The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-12
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A TOUR OF THE NEcKs."
A Pleasant Drive Through Portions OF the
18th and 18th Districts "A Prosper
Gus Section-Fine Farms. &c.

Nss1.. Efiior. On Sunday. July 27th, your
eOrrespOnient began tour Of that portion Of Bal.
tmOre county known a. The Neck.," my object
being 10 pick up wha, there might be 20 learn ..
that section. Having seen much D. attract atten-
ton thought your readers ;hi be interested
Ia short description u that portion Il Baltinore
county.
Early Sunday morning. in company with a
friend. seated behind good horse. We started fssu
Loeb Raven, our fret objective point being stem.
msr's Run, on the PhilA, Wilmington and Bai,i.
more railroad. Our course was dopn the IIarford
road until within six miles 81 the city, when Ne
turned southeast towards the Philadelphia road.
The country along the route presents picture of
industry and thrift rarely met with. II l. mostly
settled by Germans. Who own nearly all the farms.
and Who appear to conduct them in a most neat
aud successful manner. Between many Of these
s;=s!! farms :hs:e 10 lin. fences. inlics,ing
that their owners are peaceable and neighborly
Most d them are engaged in truck farming and
10 time nearly all Of them, by industry AMI econ
ony, become independent. Another secret Of their
success IL that they do their work. hiring but
little IL any help. This portion Of the county Is
undoubtedly the garden spot" of Maryland. and
drive through u affords much pleasure. How
ever there 10 one annoyance that IL worth men,
tioning. The drinking houses are kept open on
Sundays the same as during the week and are FIRE.
quented by people from the city Who drive out and
often after becoming Intoxicated become n nuts.
anee t. peaceful and Law abiding citizens. why
IL u that the laws 90 preseTSe the peace and pre-
ven, the sale Of liquor on Sunday cannot be en-.
forced,
We reached stemmer', Run about 80 a. m. aud
visited Ofem's VI. T.. church, IL being model edi
fee in It's way, being much larger aud more hand
some than country churches generally, and the in
terror 10 beautifully freseoed. Here we found n
large and hourishing sunday school, the officers
and teachers all apparently being active in the
cause. An able sermon on the duties Of Sunday
- A. n a
Ing. The singing Of the choir and school was
very fine, Miss Addie Townsend, an accomplished
musician, presiding at the organ. The people Nc
found TO be Kind and cordial In their manners,
ever ready 20 extend . welcome 90 s,rangers.-
Amer church NO visited Mrs. Walters where Ne
we're very Hospitality entertained.
After dinner. having exchanged my companion
for m interesting aud Intelligent young lady, We
proceeded TO edo" The Neaks proper. What are
known ~ The Necks are large bodies Of land
bordering upon the water, near the junction Of the
dunpowdsr aud Susquehanna with the Bay. The
out over the wide expanse Of water white sails
be seen going 20 and FRO also the large excursion
boats going out from the city, and the rich verure
which fFinges the shores Of the rivers, the whole
combining 60 make picture most pleasing 10 the
eye. This IL Back River Neck and the farms bear
evidence Of careful attention.
A. stemmers Hun Il located the large iron fur
mace Of Msssrs. Pristcnberg a Adler, where the
best brand Of charcoal iron manufactured In the
United States 10 made. The furnaces are now In
active operation and have orders enough ahead 60
keep them running three years. Near the furnace
10 the hne farm Of Mr. John =. Hayes. who former
y owned the furnace property, and not far oG are
the large tracts owned by Mr.. wilfon Townsend.
who supplies the ties for the Phiia. Whining.
ton and BALTIC. railroad. The timber that 10 not
o. for ties is burned into charcoal which u used
at the furnace. Mr.. Townsend u we'll known as
an enteFprising business man. In this locality
are 10 be found some Of the finest farms In the
State and among them are those Of Mr.. Moses Fox.
Mr.. fossett, Mr.. volmyer and others. westopped
q short tune at the latter's place, and were very
pleasantly entertained.
The prices % land are, - q general thing, very
low, the average ranging from $40 10 $40 per asre.
One reason for this 70 the fear Of ehills and levers
which are somctimes prevalent In this section, but
beyond ell doubt the locality bears . far worse
reputation In this respect than u deserves. Dur
ing my whole trip did not meet with one person
who was suffering from this disease.
The land 10 very pFodaetive. being we'll adapted
10 the growth - corn, wheat, rye, oats and grass,
aud particularly well suited TO the raising Of gar
den products.
On Sunday foliauing I visited Gunpowdsr Neoks,
which ere situated about eight miles north Of Back
River and Holly Neeks. This is also beautiful
and fertile country, with hne farms on every hand
The view from the handsome residence on the farm
Of Col. B. y. Taylor is one rarely met With. The
Cols farm is beyond ell doubt one Of The anpst In