Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-07
4 FINE CUUSTRY DRIVE.
The Hnjoyable Trip iof a wide Awake Ian.
CastrIan.

castrIan.
For the iNTELIIu uESCEE.
one fine morning tow days since the
writer, in company with a friend, started
from Lancaster with no other object in view
than drive in the country to zee aud he
seen, to talk and TO be talked to. our route
lay to the south of W., and a. We descended
the county hill the sun was Just rising above
the horizon, casting its mellow rays across
the landscape, which, with tho fresh breeze,
seemed to be giving vigor tothe coming day.
To our right lay the county buildings on
our lett Rohrers greenhouses filled with
beautiful flowers farther ON the winding
Conestoga and railroad, with green pastures
and rugged landscapes, with view extend
ing fully ten miles to the south aud forming
a picture long worthy TO Ue remembered.
Crossing Winners bridge We take the Phlla-
deiphia pike past Mellinger's meeting house
till we come to the StraSOurg pike, distance
from Lancaster OF nearly three miles. Here
we turn to our right and proceed toward
Strasburg. What fertile country II really
is With surface slightiy rolling, broken in
places with rugged limestone rocks, the rlch
soil produces cereals in such abundance as To
make il unriValed by any other section IN the
state. Wheat harvest Is Just over (the oats
remaining to be cut), the fields are check
cred with shocks At gram, while full barns
and larger staCksturther attest the iertlllty OF
the soil
The self-binder, with which largo harvcsls
can be cut and bound in a short time, has in
many places taken the place of the reaper
and seiErako, which had in turn taken the
place of the cradle swarth and the stlil
smaller grip of the sickle. Hay was made IN
abundance. The corn looks green and
thriving, and Lancaster county great staple,
tobacco, also seems promising, the most oi II
being Havana. We saw many patches that
we're topped. Aside from farming the man
utacSres along this road consist OF HTuu :
| large Touring mill at Mil creek, where Oy
| the roller process aIe produced hundreds OF
| barrels of flour annually, and HlrNln 5
| creamery, where large quantities OF cheese
| and butter are yearly Yrodured and where
| Girvin's creamery cheese, SO largely bought
| in our Lancaster Market Is manufactured.
FINE COUNTRY.
Finally we pass through the somewhat
| quiet borough of Strasburg, taking road
| leading in a sOutheasterly direction through
| a rich agricultural district. Two miles from
| Strasburg we come to what is known as the
| Georgetown road, leading along an elevated
| ridge. From this road We haVea view OF the
| country for miles, extending even so lar as
| Lebanon county and embracing thousands
| of acres OF the best farming land In the state
| Almost level, it reminds Us of the vast prat
ries of the West, only with the great dliier
ence that it is thickly studded with commo
| diOus barns aud comfortable dwellings, and
| with orchards and groves OF trees, the farms
| being nicely fenced and stocked with the
| finest broods of cattle aud horses, Lancaster
| county farmers may well DO proud OF theI
| progress, and Lancaster county may well bt
| called a garden spot
With our farmers hard times selm To b'
| unknown, aud tho sights give the lh
| preston that an era is at hand winch YOU
correspondent sincerely believes Will Oe on'
| OF the most prosperous III our country
| history. To the south OF this road our gaI'
, is somewhat interrupted 10y high rldg
covered with timber. Yet along its base IL
many valuable farms. Ascending the hilI
| we cross the White OAK road, along whiC
: the Postal Telegraph company have erecte
I wires. The farms seem to he smaller, bu
1 the land is good. There arc To be seen man
: traces of mineral, the most abundant
| which seems to be iron ore. The iamOu
l | nickel mines are but couple of miles cas-
S and to which we contemplate paying iutul
y | visit
HILL. AND TIMER LAND.
We pass on through the nesting village
: | Georgetown south to the state road, dow
4 by what is familiarity known as Jackson
s mill, a large grist mIll situated on Il
0 Octoraro creek and ON by Bartville sto
IL and postohice. On this side of the VIII
s Oak road the surface is more hilly, al
IT there is more timber. But the luaii
,s | of soil seems good, large crops being pr
ts | duced and the farmers having all nioue
" improvements. Dairying seems 10 iorlh
a important part of occupation win tho "a
q mers OF this section. In the woods huckl
~ berries and black berries are abundant, al
,v | pickers in abundance, we suppose u
ai berries are disposed OF to the large farmers
ia | In the neighboring villages. Finally we
~ | rived at the house OF friend, where All
in | refreshing the inner man and spending
Ia | pleasant hour in conversation, We hnd Ol
n selves again behind our spirited bays hou
Nv | for Lancaster.
by AN INCIDENT.
90 One incident of our visit is worthy