The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-02-22
Notes by the Way.

But at last our door opens and we hear the cry,
"All aboard for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, and all points South" We pass in with
the crowd and are soon whirling along on the
lightning express There are but few stops and
we see little of the country, but are too tired
| and sleepy to care. Perhaps they stop three
| minutes i'll the Pennsylvania depot. There is
but one incident to break the monotony of the
ride. At New Jersey station the door opens
and a man tries to enter But, gracious hea-
vens! he has to bend low to save his head, and
can with difficulty squeeze through the door
way into the car. And when once he is within
and has Strengthened up, his proportions are
immense. We think of Jack the Giant-Kier.
of Sampson, Goliath and the devil But all at
once we have it. Yes, it is Barnum's giant, Col.
Reuben Goshen, come down from his farm TO
take a ride to town. Yankee brass is proverbial
and we are chatting with the giant, al
though the children's ballad, "Fe, fl, TO. fum
smell the blood of an Englishman," rises inyol-
unfairly to our lips. He is an intelligent man,
however, and not by any means bad looking.
Ills mOnstrosity is in his size He is about eight
feet tall and is said to weigh some secga h,ladfd
pop"ds. This is doubtless an eXaggeratou, but
when we find man of the elephantine proper
tions of this chap, one or two hundred pounds
Is of little account. Wilmington is reached Just
before midnight, and we resort to the nearest
hotel. After days tarry we tind it miserable,
dirty affair. the principal business being selling
Jersey lightning and not in keeping guests.
The only pleasant feature is the attention and
politeness Of the negro servants. We have the
j,),, tn H. ,t.,.
in Delaware and It place of considerable i'm
| portance. Just before night we take the train
| for Dover and in ,ue time find ourselves
comfortably Situated 1t the Richardson House
This is to be headquarters for time and the
next morning we look about Us The ground
is entirely bare of snow, and along the line this
| side of Wilmington we have seen horses and
cattle in the fields browsing the ,tubbe. W.
take the ears for Wyoming and then with grip
sack in hand take three mile tramp to Leban-
on We can hardly realize that ony three days
ago we Were riding in our sleigh on the drifted
roads of Maine, bundled up with buffalo robes
fur cap pulled over our ears, and heavy nit
tens on our hands Here we are picking our
way along the muddy roads bare handed and
perspiring. everything indicating an April day
in Maine. We suspect, however, that this is
| warmer day than usual here for they have had
nearly a foot Of snow this winter in one storm.
! 1t remains but short time however. The
farmers do not provide themselves with >leds
and no >lcigh> such as we have in Maine are to
! be seen. We are now out in the country for
! few days and will note what we see among the
| farmers. BRUSQUE.
AMONG THE DELAWARE FARMERS. SOIL AND
PRODUCTS, ETC.
| FREDERICA, Feb IL, 1883. Having passed
several days in the country villages and among
| the farmers of Kent Co., we may be in some
measure prepared to iot down some items in
regard to them. The surface of Delaware is
! level and the soil generally light and SANDY
| The farm products are corn, wheat, garden
truck, oats, etc But especially does it excel in
| the quantity and quality of its peaches and
small fruits. In this part of the State it is no
uncommon thing to find forty or fifty acres of
| land in one farm i'll peach orchard. The trees
are generally obtained from the nurseries and
| begin to bear in four OF tive years and continue
to produce Il profitable crop for five r>iN years
when they are cut down and the ground is de
is repIantcd. When first set out the trees re-
ceive liberal dressing of lime or some fcrtiliz-
Cr TO give them astart. the ground is cultivated.
! and corn or some other crop raised until the
! trees come into bearing, after which no crop /,
raised in the orchard unless it may be the straw
| berry, as acres of the orchards are devoted TO
! this crop. In this way, with few acres de-
| voted to bIackberrie>, the crew ON large farm
are kept constantly busy from the time the
| first berries are ripe till the peaches are har-
vested and marketed. During some seasons
large quantities are left un@athered for lack OF
heIP 10 DO the picking Men, women and chill
! dren are all busy during the berry season. and
| 1t Is question now much agItatcd here how
/ they shall induce immigration to the State To
assist IN the work lhere Is scheme an foot
| 10 induce colony OF SWedeS To settle mere
! lhere are many negroes IN Delaware and 'her