Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-22

rees are robed in the brightest and freshest |
VI spring green, and tho few hedges that our
Isncaster county farmers keep ana tend
Hhy are they not moro of thom look ~
rim rs a brides bonnet Some ul tho corn | ,
Is up aud some Is just planting the hog |
bristles have been scraped oil tho tobacco
plant beds and some of the leaves are nearly |
~ big ~ a trade dOllG In every harm yard |
you can see how the Jersey blood Is spread
ing itself through our stock and the track |
over there in Hiram Carriers wheat field
tells oi famous stud OF horses that Is In
prove where the profit Oi the future farmer |
will lie. To the New Yorker it all looks Ike
Central Park and he j. sorry when tn"
bugie note through COlumb,t'S streets calls
the cnttagers of Tow lin To- sre the caravan.
That is, he was sorry until good digestion, |
waiting upon appetite, summoned him to |
the dining room ut the Franklin house, Col.
umha, whore he found that the famous pct
aware shad was not to be compared with the
gay roo fish that makes her way tu the cot
umhia dam, and that gloucester cooks are
dahsters aside Ot the,ounnN geuiuSoS that pre-
side over Mrs. SHADES Kitchen. have
suspicion, too. that the grape that ahaurh~
the sunshine OF the Susuuchanna hills In no
wise lacks any flavor that floats ou the Ter
Sev air or is distilled Uphu tho NinerIhi
slopes of France.
The coach ride from Cu.umnR to MIidln-
town is through a country which gets no
credit for fertility aud portortion II ullge
from the leetng travclor hy railway AMI
yet venture that no more picturesque amt
beautiful route for private IuurnoNIuS lies
within the borders OF our county than TINS
The view from Chigucs hlll tO the north over
the splendid Donegal valley. with NJ. JOY
in the foreground and tine Furnace htls
framing the picture Is worth driving many
miles tO see. The fountains are splaShing n
welcome at the Hldemhn mansion the
heavy clusters OF purple wt7tRrla hang over
Geo. W. Mehatley- home and the hlNpi-rri
tulips blaze out from Col nunN'S front yard
Up along tue river past the fine nursery
farms oi the EnSles aud that picturesque
old mill at Shocks somebody in tonoN has
built school house where tho playground
| is the hest have seen aud puts to shame the
| restricted bounds Ot the MI JOY orphans
| school there - "A barn yard with better
| wall than around our ltil, and away OF to
| the left Of the road the pillars and Pi,R~ter~
| of the Breneman mansion make II look ike
| "A southern home. The sleepy little towns
| ct BaiuhridCe and Falmouth are walked to
| novel excitement, and presently Nuu are
| down AT the Conewago creek. which marks
| the inter-county boundary line. All the
way YOU have been catching EiImp~aS ut hlll
| and river scenery, beside which the vauntel
| splendOrS of the lower Hudson are iu~i-ulti.
can't The big dOgwOOt blossoms look like
| great snow flakes lodged upon the trees
aud the fragrant haw Is feathery with bloom;
| golden and purple wild flowers hedge the
| roadway, and springing ferns sweep the
| wheels IN the single track ct the narrow
| path. The "perNa>'ve od"r d" the Wild
| grape II in the air. and the streams that
| dash down through the uuUIdcr ueii~ Or
| come impetuou>ly from tho hIiISidcS wash
| black rock, beds and are arched over with
| alder bushes the whIte-ulOSSumed dew
| berry Creeps among the stones aut under
| the Struggling fences, aud the bowed vines
of the black raspberry twue all along the
| way.
The traveller who looks from his car win
dow ont upon the splendid chain ot farm
above and below and around Mtddletnwu
most generally asks upon which one ot then
their owner, James Young, lives and 10
nearly always has pointed out t. him tha
| certain one which seems to be the centre q
| the system, " OAK Lane ~ it, owner calls n
distinguished on busy day 10y 20 lag Il
smoke floating from the tall stack OF tn
| boiler house that adiOln~ the uarn. Hat NJ +
Young does not live there. His private rc-i
dence IL in the tnree-stury, wIde-trunte,
brick building in town, Just below the sta
tiOn, where he has his home, his hank ant
; his private office, and where cordial wei
| come awaits the visitor, whether Ne CONT
afuOt or talIy-hO, heralded 10y Telegram O
! the bugler'S note The carriage win whlci
: | he conveys his guests to hrs farm i very likD
! the comfortable Old vehicle that PrcSiien
| Buchanan used tO drive he bought IL thirt'
years ago in Philadelphia, amt il Is good a
l ever. 1t was made in those days and wa
, one of that kind. / believe these iImuu
farms have been written mp many times by
many people, and it is pretty h ard To- say any
e thing new about them Everybody, q
course, knows that Mr.. Young has thrtcei
in all most OF them joining, tut tsw ar
: on this side ot town they cnjupri~e Lilo
; | acres, and back on that high peak, whIcl
| stands at the corner Oi DtuphIn, IvlaUoI
and Lancaster, and looks into three or rou
more counties, he has $40 acres 0t pa~tur
| lands upon which, like the : is heri-man
he leads his llOCks in summer. lie iei .,I
, stock cattle this summer and doubled hi
| money on them ~" has .-. mills COWS at tn
| dairy. most OF them Jerseys. all tunruugh
| breds, and 1t il not uncommon L. ba ppInte,
a | out mild-facod deeT-eycd creature hrougii
| over from her natiy" isle tor not less than
$1,000 note That little bull has p-digree 4
" which he IL proud a. Ot Norman blood, but
; YOU don't think he is cross devil Mr.
, | Young will show you hole Iu the barn doc
t that his horn utn.Ie when he plunged at hi
owners leg, WHO had happIly got ~ ON tn
| right side of the door. Mr. Dung use
, mules entirely far farm labor : he has abou
l fifty of them. He conducts all his operation
. himself and has no tenant farmers or crOI
: | pers he engng'rs about 81 men, and pay
, | them wages according To their worth. LabOl
saving machinery OF every device iS en-
| plOyed. steam mlII At oak Lane grind
feed and corn mol .md chops the fiddler
, there are blacksmith, wag0umaker and sad
uler on inc place 10 10 all the necessary r.
pairing "A carpenter for huildIug aud tool
for everything. There are perhaps twenty
five miles OF white hoard fence with re-,
gates; and It is not whtewashel until afte
the spring rains and when the harvest hand
have leisure. The houses aud barns an
gates are painted and their clean whit,
bright green and brilliant red do not nee
renewal Ottener on an average than once II
ten years Every yard on every place
clean a. a new pin. Won do not see a wee
or unwbolesome growth in any yard or ga
den. Not a stone nor stump nor tree bumI
the surface of any field the trees are ~
| along the roads, which wind around thrOug
the farm, and locusts are mostly planted, io
they come To ready profit. Much Of the Ian
has been redeemed from swamp by unde
drainage of tiles and broken stone ; there Ar
about twenty-five miles of this aud, by th
benefits of 1t, land on which Mr.. NOung ono
shot ducks il now among the best of hi
principality, and some that he paid $50 a
acre Tor | suspect he wouldn't sell for 500
-,
OF course, everybody wants tn know if
pays. That isn't your business or mine. Rn
Mr.. Young keeps on at it ; he seems to hu
anew farm whenever he gets a chance, an
whatever else he has on them, believe ther
are no liens. Perhaps il does not pay to wal
up the sides of every one of the clear littl
brooks that go whispering and Creepin
around through these fields /; but IN l,i0
| acres ] can calculate good many saved br
| holding these little streams to narrow chan
neis and by keeping the fence rows so cleaI
that they can farm right up 10 and almOS
under the bottom rail. Some Oi the field
| are over loo acres in extent, and really d,
not see why farmer on this scale shoulC