Daily Republican., 1888-09-19

We met the venerable ex Sheriff Abrnm
Cannon now Au ootogenAEian In age,
but still we'll preserved, active gentle,
man, fond Of talking with friend over
times . half century ARo. Referring 70
the season hu said there had not been
day when crops suffered from dEouth
daring the summer and ~ . c0nse
Queno0 we had moat remarkable crops,
especially of corn. He had Just bsen In
70 sse Rsv. B. y. Price, his pastor, who
WAS confined to his bed by long and
severe illness, but from which he Was
slowly recovering. Mr Price too has
p ssed the golden age Of three SCORE and
tsn and 10 now living on borrowed
years.
II We are not mistaken, he is the old.
est minister In the Wilmington Oonfer-
enoe in active work In parting, friend
Cannon said he thought the political
skies were bright for the election OF
Harrison, for whom he hoped to live TO
vote, be having voted for his grand
father, Old TtppeoAnoe, In 1910. Ca up
the Ogleton road We 90 and soon reach
tho beautiful and productive farm Of j.
W. d. Peters, where another hall. mile
OF young Dayton Hedge In stretched
along the ublic road. II ia doing well,
but the around-moles are little
Troublesome. IL il said that II q few
castor beans . 9 p!Ai i In the moles'
course they will lease 70 diaturb the
young plaBts, On TO O6leton, village
OF four or Ave houses, store and post.
office, and beyond is Paul Glllir, an.
other patron Of the Dayton Hedge %.
Bis quarter mile of young hedge ID
alrea1y Of most surprising growth. Mr.,
GIIita Ewn0a pElnnn mdrr Fhla Tn
land Dominion of Canada, but makes
. most excellent Delaware farmer Our
neSt stop lie ~ the ato1k farm of DR.. W,
B Ulrioh, at tina Low p W. b 2,
STATIC ct Newark.
or oil the young hedges we have, thai
around this farm lie the best aud largest.
DR.. Ulrioh 10 resident Of Chester, Pa
and is forl1In candidate on the Demo.
cratic ticket for State Senator from
Delaware County. A short drive up
into the town OF Newark, and the be.
nevolept and broad emile Of John z
Lewis, proprietor of the DER Park
Hotel, RSsuFes us hearty welcome, aud
while our horse 10 enjoying his six
quarts OF oats we are fArinR sumptuous
IL around friend LsWIs' we'll sp read
board. Mr.. Lewis 10 one Of the enter.
pTlslnR men Of Newark, and he booml
every thing that has merit In IL, without
regard TO q little cost. Henos he has
been Q strong friend for introducing
water into the town, and he will hardly
| stop until he sees the town lighted by
electricity. The introduction Of water
into Newark IL costly enterprise, IS II
saddles the oWn with debt of $50, 600
which will have to be paid off by dIEscl
taxation, ~ the revenue from the water
can hSrdly be expected 70 cover more
THAI the RAINING expenses. The pipeI
have nearly ell been laid. and the stand
pipe will soon he erected, when water
will aush and h)w from spigots In
nearly every house
Frank Corrtney's hedge, a mile or SC
from Newark is probably the best in the
county James L. Ste n arts ia nearly as
good and John B. GAllagher's 10 fully, II
not quite up to both Leaving Newark
we wend homeward by the Roseyille road
James Brown beyond Stanton, has q
young hedge four feet high and Egberl
Kiair has a half mile of beautifully
growing hedge. He has Just flushed the
erection of large brick house on parl
of his farm and has commenced the cree
ton of barn. His son will occupy this
part Of the farm when the build ngs are
compile ed.
Richardson at Marshallton started
out to make his young hedge outgrow all
others hut somehow 1t has disapf ointed
him by stubbornly refusing to grow fast
| It has probably been too we'll cared fol
but may make up next year for its los
this year. These are but few of the new
hedges planted by the Dayton Hedge
Company last Spring. AS a general rule
, they are all doing well where they are
properly looked after and cared for, and
every thing denotes that It is 10 become
the future fence of the country.