The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-17
The OLD DOMINION.
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No matter what the attractions Of :
iarse city. even II il be no less than
skst Of the capital Of these United
States. one tires Of the sights, the heat,
The hard pavemcnts, the waterest milk
and other discomforts.
So, the other day, with light travel
ing gear, and without guide or much
previous thought. took plunge into
the country way down IN Old vir-
ginia,'' to zee what I could sce, hear
what could hesr, and draw at sight
upon the trip for the material Incl
dents Of this letter. The primary OBJ
ject Of the trip vas 70 visit some cream
cries had heard Of, that had sprung
up since the var, " and took my bear
ings accordingly. following. Of course.
the railroads In my travel. One can
not. II he would, see one thing az q
time on . trip Iike this. especially II he
he In country that Il new TO him.
soto be faithful as n ehronicler, must
need write Of other things beside but
termiIk and butter and the source
lr0In whence these articles come.
II was full twenty miles out from
Wellington before the country began
u look Ike q real farming region.
Before that II was rateby, brsIsiiy.
broken and poor, very few fields In
sight At one view, these not very large.
nor allowing very promising crops.
After this, though. there came into
view o magnificent rolling country,
with what we're called mountain
slopes In the distance, the intervening
space being filed with field and wool
lands, alternate with many park
looking shady nook In the near fore
ground. II would be mi nomer 10
call any Of this timber land. II would
BE- nearer expressing II to say brush
land, though, in fact, much OF the
growth In any other country than
ours would dub the largest specimens
trees--we, sariings.
.sThey are meaaer and more impu-
dent than before the war, said a
comedy landiady nj the first village
where made a stop and had my first
dinner. They are no account and
there Is no dependence In them, she
continued, In answer 10 an enquiry
NJ to the condition Of the coiored peo-
pie I had seen around the village.
aOh, we pay a dollar and half a
week for the girls--weli maybe two
dollars and half II they be good
cooks. and when boarding season
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for one that II first rate. "
This "hoariing season. l. the sum-
mer outing OF Washington families
that swarm out Of the city by thou
sands to the country during the hot
months, made up OF all classes. from
the thousand dollar clerk up to the
cabinet officer or president. Those
seeking economy with comfort and
pleasure, run out thirty or forty miles
and go Ia such crowds, that II has
come To be looked upon a. sort Of
harvest for the country and village
folks, who throw their doors open to
prosperity aud gain.
1t was IN the cool OF early morning.
q little after o'clock, that ! made
my first visit to the first creamery, ~
find the churn revolving with cream
sufficient to make seventeen hundred
pounds OF butter. The separate"
startei a. soon rs the farmers began
delivering milk, which was about q
O'Clock, and In two hours all thccream
was In the vat and the milk In the
cans and much OF II in the wagons,
either nj home or on the way. Not
nearly all the milk that goes TO make
UP the sum total Of the butter churned
nj this place Is delivered here, but Is
collected at branches in the ajacent
county, where ID Il separated and the
cream only delivered M tais central
churning station.
The frs, thing 10 do was to study
the character SO to speak, OF the
patrons OF the creamery a. they came
10 deliver their milk. The first to put
In an appearance was coiored man
and boy with diminutiye cart drawn
bv yoke OF calves not yet year old.
They brought ninety pounds 81 milk,
for which they received credit Mt ~
cents per hundred. or just % cents.
The next was by a grandiatheriy -looS-
ing old gent, who had nearly three
hundred pounds. from t@enty-thrce
cows-abont s, for the two nesscs.
at pays mighty little, ! tell you. SIR, :
he said, in answer to my inquiry; bat
what Nc We 10 dof There = no money
In wheat any more. nor hugs, since
the choiery has took en-" Some lew
of the farmers looked aud seemed
fairly intelligent, though all said with
one accord ii did not pay. Each took
of the skim milk he wanted at /
cent a gallon, but some said they
didn't bother with it, aud let their
calves suck until old enough for veal.
One old customer. however, always
lid bother with the skim milk. This
was sold Uncle Jake, eoiorei man
as wears old. whe, that morning, with
the help Of his little grandehilt, was
barely able to lug UP the stairs hts lit
tie mess OF seventeen pounds OF milk
received his credit Of II cents, took
two gallons OF skim milk. FOR which
ne was charged cents, and went tot
tering home with the little boy az his
side. why. yes. he has come when
he had only two pounds OF mix 70 de-
liver said the superintendent in re.
sronse to my remark about bis small
mess "Iie always comes, he con
tinaed. ..winier or summer, and We
couldn't shake him OIL II we tried
ever 81 har,l." II own hall an acre
where the house aud garden are, the
OLD man, said, seemingly pleased 90 be
noticed by stranger in the village.
ooh. browse EN- in dc fence corners
aud round about, answering a q'le~-
ton rs to where he pasturel his two
cows. rpon inquiry | found that he
4, ~. chem tied. and moved from place
to ulacc, and the two cows We're his
snls dependence for living. beside
hi garden. IL did seem amazing 10
h ar how little there was passing To
,,ess farmers. Their outlay was
small OF necessity A good farm hand
was paid from "Ss 10 81 q month
where We board them, and from siu
10 $50 a month where the labcrer
boards himself A colorci lad ~
years old said he got 81 month anu
his summer clothes. which ladsins
BY his appearance, could not asnoua'
IL much.
| met and conyersed With quite a
bright intelligent Negro who srein ar-
pearance should Judge was twenty
live wears old. asked him u u Mas
true that they we're net allowed 20
vote and il they did, their ballots were
moi counted. lie said mot IN TINS
part Of the county. They darn 90
that here" emphasizing the last sen,
lance. He said, however, there hsi
never been any disposition shown u
do 80 and hoped there wo.aii moi,
$40 We vote the Republican ucket
Why sir. a niger that would vote ine
Democratic ticket here they "onl1
run him out OF the county. Ana
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