Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-19
EASTERN SHORE.
From Baltimore 10 CIayaon-yoy

Oysters-A Suggestive Sign-TnibOt
and Car cline.
EAsToN, MD August 16 The census
returns make this town tho metropolis of
the Eastern Shore, and the largest place
on the peninsula south nf New Castle. IL
now contains 3 ,020 inhabitants: h gain of
$40 since 1870 New Castle coutaiu- j, 800
people, against 9l6 in 1870
E,ston Is located nearly III the centre of
Talbot county, of which it Is the county
seat, and in the midst of a naturally good
farming region The soil hereabout Is
more clayey than in the adjoining coun-
ties of Caroline and Qaeen Aune and some
| quite rank fields of corn are TO be seen.
Just above the town | noticed one large
field that promises to turn out 10 bushels
| TO the acre
There are three weekly papers published
here, the Gazette Ltdger and STIR the
first named Republican in politics, the two
latter Democratic The editor of The
Hdsette combines the dual tla- Ut post
master aud Journalist aud, between the
two avocatious is kept rs busy ~ Any man
need wish TO be. There ~ suli another
paper published AT E,stou Point abpu,
Two miles west of here by the Hubbard
Brothers, mainly to advert,ee their phos-
phate.
TIE town of Il ,stou ia rather comlactly
1 built, the business pJrtiuu lying pehriy
half mile west Of the railroad Here,
for about three squares on the maiu street,
there is considerable life and activity the
rest of the town il characterized by the
stiffness peculiar to most country places
THE INDUSTRIES OF EAsroN.
First among these come thu phosphate
factories, one near the town conducted by
Nickersoa Il 90, and that of the Hubbard
Brothers, referred to above. rhs latter
establishment has y capacity OF ~ tons of
phosphate per week.
la the lower part of tina town is the
peace evaporation OF j. Il Thorp " Sons,
started iii operation for the season last
week. la busy seasons there have hsen
az many as ~ hands employed IN this
establishment. The work of pairing and
otherwise preparing peaches for drying in
these places is generally done by girls, who
get about 10 cents per basket, and can
earn from 80 to rs cents per day. Con-
siderable business is also done in drying
apples, and one season great many dried
oysters were sent out from Elston, which
were pronounced pretty good. They were
principally used for making soup,
There is u mill here in the course Of
} erection, aud now nearly under roof,
which is to be devoted to the manufacture
of paper from straw. 1t il essentially
home enterprise, the stock, $50, 900 being
held in the town and county.
DOWN TUE CHEsArEAKE.
came here vie the steamboat Enoch
] Pratt from Baltimore to Oxford and
a thence by rail. The ride down the Chesa-
peaSe on the boat was enjoyable. In Bal
timore | met General Howard b. Ensign
: the President of the Maryland Steamboat
Q COMPANY. which runs the steamers En0ch
i Pfatt, heRt and Peatz. Some months
\ ago there was a very active competition
:. and cutting of prices between these boats
d and tho g Of the Potomac Steamboat Com.
n pany, until fares were reduced 80 low that
4 it was an every day occurrence for people
of Oxford, Iiston, Cambridge, and other
towns to go to Baltimore when they
II wished to purchase q dress pattern or u
II few bars OF soap. The merchants oil
n Wilmington will appreciate the situation
Of their brethren OH the Eastern Shore
10 while thus cutting of fares was going on
by recalling the days of the competition
between the FeJt0H aud the E2iza Hun
d cor. The competition still exists but the
j. companies nave combined on reasonable
: schedule OF fares aud the people spend
more ot their money where they earn it.
u We are competing 10 eu honorabl,
IS way now, said General Ensign, "gud al
a parties odnuerned Gro the better for it
,f You will bear any amount Of rumor
- about return to the old system of cut
X ting prices but there is nothing in them
to This much ap7Op0s of report, in thr
a. last issue OF the Denton .I0urnul, tina
, such thing is likely to happen
rur ,ft;,r, oxn mn, suopr
ne M. N.,,t n..,, -,
,h 49, ne 'i It, 'ss' d pu,,Gu o"t ifon IN
ig ,,,,,ock in tba EVENING sn3 s,aam.d aay,
IS the patapsco townr1 the bsv Thsr,oon
ahont Milf fnlt a;tvereJ H. v,ava. ,gith
&C lorG lane of li,Lt u,h,l. i,nn,rnrahl
n lessnr liphts tro,n lbirnin,t in th. burLn
%. and buildings along tba docks md u nrye
"a wrre n,irrowed in the dark waters
:. In tba adi,ining DON the w,tern,.,o,
IL aaet va lyinp-abonf a brndr,d lit,l
srhoonars yery mnrh mike aWS n.nl,a
closely together like sardiues in II bux-al
M disehar2ng cargoes Of welnrs Of a
we grades and si$'S. The suene was prett
he one, possessing charms which daylight
be would have dissipated
- Cat on the bay a gentle orft ~ is rnflin
iat tins Chesapeake, While an occasions
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