Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-21
AT TIE JUMPIM& OFF.
On the BassAfras kivsr, ueou county,
Mu "A Long Drive.
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lOn tuc bHAsAfFhs kiVeri Oooil COUNTY
Mu "A LonG Drive.
Oorrespondonoo Of the REPUBLICAN,.
| BAssAFRAs NECK, Aug. 10 A Ionl
drive OF over thirty miles through
beautiful country brought me to this
which | shnll have TO call the jumplnt {
on place, aud this evening / am quar-
tered in q one story log cabin on th,
banks Of the SsssAfrRs river, which
from All APPEARANCES was built BY somI
handy settler In the last century. Blu
AlthouRh the house IL not much fol
style, 1t is comfortable, aud the view II
delightful. just aorOss, and but few
miles distant IL Betterton, we'll knOWI
TO WilminRtoniAus As one of the bssl
places for perch fishing in this country
Shll further down, the beA u.iful Chosa.
peAks eau be seen flowing majestIcAly
along to the seA.
On the banks Of the sassafras river,
fully half mile from any other house,
there ia one s;ory shanty, occupied By q
singular character who ia best kno IN
As "TEe Hermit" He 10 q man prob
ably 40 years Of age, and gives his
name ~ George Sanders. He 10 tall aud
angular with Jet black sIlken hair. and
has heavy muataehe, while exposure
10 the sun has 30 Drowned him that at
frat sight stranger would be Rps "a
take him for an Indian. With dog
and several cats rs his companions, he
lives 10 this shAnty and has lived there
apparently happy and contented for the
pASt ten years. The neigbora ray that
be came here from Maine but this /
suppose is more cOnjecture.Rs he is very
recticent and hos never bsen known to
speak OF his family, birthplace, or
whsre be came from. His time Is spent
In hshinR during the season. and he
told me that he found ready sale for all
the hsh that he can catch by sending
them on the Boat to Baltimore. There
are boats running from here daily TO
Baltimore and Philadelphia, which ut
pfeseLt 10 carrying q great many
PEACHES,
Speaking of peaches reminds me that
n ,ttced e0mh very fine orchArdson my
WAy here, and also some very poor ones.
L a fAot the yellowB seem to be spreading
farther south, and quantities Of prema. :.
tlre fruit is the result
I also passed through o very fine pear
orc 1ard short distance fiom Where
am stopping. The trees are OF the
dwarf variety, and almost breaking
down With fruit. This section was Wis
Tied by heavy storm ysst erdRy, which
5r Jke down the cora 81 d etrlpped the
blades from the stalks. Fortunately 1t
did not extend over . very wide spGoe
or lAgt long, Otherwise the damage
wjuld have blen very serious. The
OOTn that escaped the storm looks we'll
Aui vii no doubt give large returns,
wItle other cTOps are equally promis.
iIR. There are some very hne resi-
d noea In this yioinity, which show,
that As = rule the farmers are thrifty,
energetic men.
The Wilmington Basket g. Crate
Q. mpRny have d gang OF men employed
In cutting soma IhiFty acres OF gum
wood for use ut their factory. These
men are under the supervision OF T. B.
Deighton, Of Wilmington, who has
been here Ebont three weeks, and ssys
that 1t will take them fully three weeks
more to complete the job.
The EivAr ia FAld "a ha allad urIth aah
and crabs, and have made arrange.
ments with The Hermit" to take n Q
out In HIS boat tc-morroW 90 that / can
Try my luck. He tells me that there is
no trouble in catching either, and that
al man has to do is to bait his line,
HE b, the by, / found THE iRtliS1. In tihs1 hDh4
we'll educated man, and one who no
doubt has travelled a great deal. He
esemed very much pleased with some
PhilAd elphia and Wilmington papers,
which happened to have IN my valise.
The nearest p9stofiioe is six miller, 40
1t does not afford much opportunity to
forward mEil mater, And 10 is NOT
probable / shall write again while an
hers OBSERVER.