The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-06-22
9ei9hhnrlrund alerus.
Letter from Churchyille.
A HIGHLY IMPROVED SECTION.

HIGHLY IMPROVED SECTION.
The pressure ofwork and business no doubt
prevents you from hearing from this locality
more frequently, and when look around at
the beautiful fields and splendidly titled farms
in this locality | can well understand that those
engaged in the cultivation Of the soil give it
strict and almost undivided attention. There
are very few localities, anywhere, more beauti-
full than this, more carefully titled, and but
very few in which there has been more improve
ment in the last ten years. What was within
that time an unsightly old field, on the road to
| Bel Air, is now the farm of Mr.. Jesse Burbank
under whose skill and management it has been
made very productive. His apple, pear peach
| and cherry orchard is beautiful, and is now Just
coming into bearing. 1t is wisely and Judi
ciously selected and would compare tavoraby
and equally with the best in the county. His
grass, wheat, corn, potatoes, grapes and garden
promise abundant yield.
Mr.. Jacob ShertZer has rented the Wakeland
Hotel property, and is conducting a local option
house for the accommodation of the travelling
public, where they can be comfortably enter
tanned.
There are many small farms near here belong
ing to colored men that show great deal of
thrift and industry, upon which they carry on
the business of farming and canning 10 profit.
they have very good school where their chill
dren are receiving good, common school educa-
tions, which | hope and believe will improve
the condition of the rising generation and
make them good citizens q condition that
will be better for whites and blacks in the fu-
ture.
GOOD STORES.
If the ladies of your town want to enjoy n
pleasant ride, overa splendid road and thrOugha
beautiful country, advise them to come Church
yilewards, and should they be on shopping
intent, they will find at Mr.. l.. G. Makinson's
large new store splendidly selected stock of
goods, in almost every line or should your gen
tlemen readers want anything in hardware or
machinery he can accommodate Them as he has
converted the old store house into hardware
and machinery department, and keeps a full
line of almost all kinds.
Mr.. Aquila b. Hanson also has a very good
store, and as competition is the life of trade as
well as a guarantee of low prices, advise your
readers to give Churchvile Il call.
Should they want to get new set Of frHni-
ture or get their old furniture repaired, they
will have good opportunity of doing SO at
the warerooms and shop of Messrs. Shuck "
Son, who keep very large and fine selection.
WELL KEPT ROAD.
Mr.. Thomas A. Hays has repaired his part of
the road from Churchvillc to your town IN first
rate ORDER and think the more roads he has
the better will be the travelling, and at less eX-
pense than is usually required.
THE ROADS OF HARTFORD.
Speaking of roads reminds me of the recent
structures and comments of one of our county
papers relative to roads in this county. | have
recently ridden over nearly all the counties of
the Western Shore of this State, over much of
the Eastern Shore, large part of Delaware and
York, Lancaster and Chester counties, Penn
sylvania, and whilst | would be glad to see the
roads of this county further improved, am
bound in candor to say they are better than in
the localities have named, when the character
OF the country is taken into consideration; and
believe the much abused supervisor and
County Commissioner is entitled to great
deal of credit for the same. To keep roads in
repair costs much money, and you know that
high taxes cause much grumbling. The roads
OF this county are certainly hundred per cent
better than they were ten or fifteen years ago.
Many new bridges have been built and old ones
by better Hence | think the Com
missioners are entitled to great deal of praise
for the same, and hope they will continue in
the same line. TRAVELLER.