The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-11
WHEELING-NEN YORK,
ooNoIrloN Of oeops en- RoOrE.
WiAt.r sA,atta E4,.ll,A. Model FsrnI'E
Ia The Lsntls,,r, Pa, NlI'y-aE iitii'
from Stn,lI Farn,-L NIrp At Cr,S'oS.
SlEhuSt,s irOn "a UL.snsuoh CAI.


AlEhtA hftl tTpH AhNbNtNAIvhNHs
!srsiaI Correspondence Of The intelligence
" NV Yoax, July 9.--wheu l left the
Ohio river valley to coue East was under
the impression-an impression derived
= from my observations in X ,usas, siirs iuri,
u Illinois, Indiana ami odio,-thar thc
winter wheat crop was almost everywhere
a comparative lAllurc. BisasI joarneyed
: Eastward from Pittsburgh soon realized
i that the wheat crop WAS improving, and
that however indifferent it lnisIt DO III the
West it was good crop East, This was
especially lrueaiter Ges6inS lLe mountains.
Better crops OF wheat aud mole zelda Of 1t,
l never saw Tue whoio county between
Harrisburg and Phiiadeinha ressmblod u
t checker board-eyery alternate spot, vary
, ing in size from two acres UP 10 twenty,
seemed 10 be field oirpe reddish wheat,
well set, we'll grown and well headed. ]
J am surs that II will yield any%htTe from
8 twenty 70 thirty bushels MI hcre. Ana
G from Philadelphia toN-W York l saw The
, s4uIe thing. There "ill he b'g crop 0l
wheat In Etstern PsnnDylyanH and New
Jeney. | inquired about wheat culture
. in the East Gs passed along. How WAS
was tho land keptso wonderfully lertilc Z
Because ~ il iSG good limo Si0ns soil TO
/ begin win, aud " because II ~ very hiShly
|, ieftiIix.d. As much g 81 10 SO per Hcre
are spent ever year lor rleTI!'E:rs-And this
too on lands with 100 to 2OO acres.
MODEL PARNISG.
As we passed through the Lancaster val
lay, the tirst time lad passed ihroagh It
in daylight for years, ls4id to Il railroad
man, "you appear to have model farming
here"
"Yes," said he, ''llese Rrc the Penn
syIvauia Dutch tina. yon read about
the descendants of the Dunkards who seI-
tied this region. They know all about
farming. As you ace, their houses are
small but their barns arc Ilige. They
scarcely ever fail to gather large crops, lOi
they hurse their l4ud III tue most careful
| tGShion."
"Uan thoy make such farming pay
them?' l asked
"Well," said he, "they are rich. Their
i4rms Ire smail but YUry VIlltbls. They
get the highest prICes for lhtF bsei, gut
ION aud il0gs, and also Tor tiieir huy, gram
and potatoes. PniladeIpHia aud New YORK
are giad to buy all they nave 10 sell, aud 10 |
pay fancy prices Tor u, knowing that It's
quality 10 trst class. You SET these peo'
Die are very frugal aud simple III theft
habits. You selIUlu see one oi them
on tue cars. They aTe shippers and
not travellers. They have no Expensive
homts 10 keepup; they avoid aIl llig9tiobi
they are all well led aud heGithy, " are
their animals, and they always make and
save monty"
"sn.iI tiHDI we'll till.i
Make tis 6AtlI well uiled'
is an old couplst that has It's Completlst
illustration in the Lancaster valley. Tbs
tyo extremes oil farming are setn III ihs
South where spent thu eummer--where
the farms are large aud ~ indltlerently
tilled-and the small larm5 Of these
Dutch QIakers, as lhey are sometimes
called, OF PenusylvAnla.
Recently talked with Que ot the Dung
ards-a Mr. Aunhrman-who livea Lear
Middletown, Fpderick county, Maryland,
who was on bis return home from con.
yenlion OF Dunkards IN Kansas lie aud
his daughter were on the cars and they
we're two fine physical specimens OF hu-
manity. lie tod me great deal about
the peculiaritieS OF his stct-Cl their CLOSE
relationship to the QiGkert-and h0g he
had raised family and accumulated
means on iArm OF ~ acres. AllOy close
cultivation and iertIllzIion OF the soil, Is
in the Lancaster Valley, and their rigid
simplicity Of lie. .z-I
PRoN PiTrsDuRGH TO PMiLLDEEPnlA.
Speaking Of the Lancaster Valley, | ani
reminded aa to the whole character OF the
wonderful county through whica ths
Pennsylvania railroad p.s'st pSRpsylva'
nis, us seen betWtea Pittsburgh aud Phil
adelphia, Is a grand Bate. There are the
noble valleys Of the Juuiats Rud the SUs-
ouehauna and The lesser valleys OF less in'
nortnnt streams, through which that in'
Ieomparable highway Ot travel, the steel
tracked and suue GRllaSitd Pennsylvania
road threads Ia way. The distance from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia is Sjt miles,
and vet Yon can easily make daylight run
Of the VhOla TOulv at this season OF the year
by leaving Pittsburgh Vt s in the morning
and reachiEg PHILADELPHIA at 10 in the
evening. BntyO can do better than l'Iat ~
taklnv. as did, IN afternoon train and run.
ming out to the top oi the mountains NJ
Cressou-l25 miles-rsarhins there Tor
suppsf ana .ayiDg oil flr aoJd nights
sleep at the IoiniG:n HOUSE. Unlortu-
nsteIy made my stop lev dsyS too soon.
They wtra burning wood ln the $40 FlSGS
OF the rotuudR on the eveEinsni lhe 30.h
Of June, aud ,ha lalies were wearing their
shawls us they pAfs.ltd the great vefan'
dahS. | should like TO haze tssIed CreSSun
as sumner resort on snril d'ys " We
rave been having here sibcaIhel Ii July.
| II that SIMS "nlppiny aQl eager AIT thal
uuicSeued everybodys peCs on tho bhAut;:
iul SlndIy Of July lSt sill blows gFouhd
ia rnmnn:ic walks and drives, II IL lor that
isalnre alone, rs the patent medicine nian
wouid SAy, "wOrlh the money" and the
sgelteriny people Of this metropolis would
he rlad 10 I,ay IIGpdsoWely ior a pneumatic
,r6e through which they GOULD bo shot out
nj this torlld iut0 tilAt arctic aihosphefe
every night.
sIaHrs PROA An OnsENvATloS Can.
Resumips my daylight "Trip over the
great pennsyIvnniS, waited for tic noon
express rom PitEti'gh, TO which IN oh.
sefyilion car Is attached 81 Cr, sson, Where'
In YOU 20 over the crest aAd down lbs
slop,s to Altoona. There isagEeat rush
out OF the sleeping and pafioT ears into
this observation car. ladts SLo haVO
been shut up in the rniinan coaches ever
since leaylrS Chicago and St, Louis, set
their tirsr t.nanpipsttb vlsw ci the outdoor
world lhrouIh Which lucy WeTe travelling
| IN the seaside. IL was refreshing 70 bear
the CutIUGting eXcnnat,ond that came
irom some Cl 'hese scDllc pR'rIe people as
they looked upon the grGIIUnFDl the Lcehe
sureat out before chem, lieYer ltMigine
extrayagauCs Oi speech Ms iul'y matched
by tllv excllips vssusu and sniier matter,
| I III, that II wRH heTe-iyr tIny thu vtrti'
cal suu shining upon this ilGprsiiTe sctne
OI green moIntesns, slipping wales, great
por "a and Cel.bTated t-ih4 WAC u very
.snenlid" Que ird@d, G,I ''teritatly
chsrmIug' 10 even tho uloO' mAt,pf 0Elacs
traveller
Tne rack layics NJ the Pennsylvania
road over the Alvsteai,e. I'IlgTa'fs the
perfection OF mOdtrn engineering tEilb
We'll remember yGsIaAg1 wnsn q Ierfi'
bic accident took place III ,hVsS s,I'c mUun.
Itains, Owiug to tlly ia:,lnAt Isr4 StI0 wind.
llassed up and dONn ihs IntuH,dins by
ropes. Many Of your readers remember a
still later date on both the Is. 4 0. and the