Daily Republican., 1881-07-23
AN EQUINE FARM.
A Glimpse Of Mr.. Welsh's Noted
EstRbl .sh ment,

A Glimpse Of Mr.. Welsh's Noted
Establishment.
Mr.. j. Travis Quig9, writing from
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, to the New
York Star, about Mr. Welch's equine
farm, so noted in connection with Ire
quois and Parole, says:
! AS l drove down the road leading
from Ches, nut Hill through his farm /
found Mr.. Welch in his shirt sleeves, a
broad brimmed straw nat on his head,
leaning over post and rail fence,
watching couple of farm hands plant.
Ing rows OF sundoWers along the edges
OF corntield, ever and anon gazing
pensively over the broad fields of " heat,
rye and oats, which storm of wind and
rain had just broken down and render
ed untlt to be cut except by the primi-
tive and expensive method in use be-
fore moving machines were invented.
The object of cultivating suntlowers,
found, was to obtain q supply of the
seeds, which possesa medical qualities,
and Mr.. Welch attributes the healthy
condition of mis- stock to his feeding
taem, at intervals through the winter,
pint measure OF the ground suntowel
seeds. Purser Welch, as he is called
from Mis- rank in the United States
navy, is a mild. spoken, ruddy-complex-
ioned, blue eyed gentleman, about 50.
l. lett to follow the bent of his own in
clination he will discuss history, .itera-
ture or pontics in preference to horse.
Indeed. there is nothing whatever about
him to Indicate the stable, and when it
comes to that he takes rather more pride
and interest in his thoroughbred cows
than he does in his race horses, which
have carried of the trophies of the
British turf.
There are nearly one hund"eh hor es
CT all kinds in Mr.. Wclch's stables to-
day. The present monarch of tne equine
harrn is Alarm, Il thoroughbred, W no
traces his pedigree back to the royal
stables OF the King Of England, two
hundred years ago. Indeed, no horse
III America eXcels Alarm in blood.
The landscape view of the White
Marsh Valley, in wnich Erdenhcim is
located, from. the top OF Chestnut Hill
is really beauuTul-worthy the peucil
o. he greatest artist, and alone worth
the journey from New York to behold
III its midaul.mer loveliness The Hill
as 1t is called, is about 800 feet above
the leve! OF the Delaware, AMI FRI IN 1t
the land dips down into the valley be-
low, which looks from this elevation as
II it had been scooped cut OF the sur
rounding hills by Titanic workman. A
train OF cars could run by its own
gravity from the sumni. Of Chestnut
Hill to the depot at Ninth AMI Green,
the descent being nearly 100 feet to the
mile;but it would dnever pay to run down
the other side into the white marsh val
ley. II
The sights along the opes Of the hill
and commanding good views of the
valley, are dotted with the villas of the
wealthy residents of Philadelphia, and
sell readily at prices varying from ST.
200 to - 900 an acre. Within sight Of
and seemingly near enough
TO send rifle shot into it, is villa, re-
Gently erected, the Hucr of which paid
SC, 900 for thirteen acres Of land.
This magnificent farm Of $50 acres is
snptIhly situated, but the demands of
'ha merchant priaces in that direction
Will eventually make it too valuable
property for the owner. The vicinity
IS reaOlent OF his historical reminiscent
;es. The raad to Wclcll's farm is the
same lane which Light Horse Harry
lee came laundering down with his re-
Del tro ,pers upon the British soldiers,
Irving them before him like chatf be-
ore the wind, Oh the eve of the battle
If Germantown. Within sight Of Er.
ienheim are two hills, one co the north,
where Washington, and one on the
south, where Lafayette, held the out
POSTS when the ragged rebels were Ell
'alnpeu ust above vt Valley Forge.