Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-13
rpr uNEARTHINo OF THE
pEFALCATioNe
4, Georgetown and tho Edscs u HAS
nm tho People In tho Lower Hun-
a,,d.-Tho Good Old Days Of
sussex When simplicity Pre-
x.lIod-The Sons and Grand
sous Inherit tho Sterling
Honesty of Their Sircs.


v,lm,urt,n cannot have any idea OF the
M, produced by the recent exposure OIL
n.no,r,tc rascslity In this county. 0t
vh,rs YOU will II is tho subIect Of con-
,,r,,iop, and men who have voted the
n,mocra,e ticket for years are heartily
dmus,ed with the dolncs OF their party.
|1bs bali. however, has not yet been told,
md when the Investigating COMMITTEES
,omple,e their labors, there will still b.
Sms caute .or astonish ment aud disguss.
stterplsojtace all the blame on q
who M ssed to the great M.
IN regiun., aud consequently 10 mot
/, 10 defend hlniselfis having IT, effect,
4 some Of those who are trying 70 take
halter behind corpse are looked upon
IlA the greatest distrust The pecu.
Mons have no doubt been going on fos
I,.p, aud /, is moro than probable that
blh,rs besides the ex deputy clerk Of the
Esee were cognizant Of fhis fact, and
suAiel By bis transactions.
Vic tie,e men are It WAN rAthe duty
f ,he committee TO ascertain, and then
II the public know all the facts without
1eN OF l.yu, laero 10 no doubt but this
slp@s wiz save @ effect. and that hun
ll,as viii vote The Republican ticket q
Ne conlBs slsc.lor, who In me past have
been TOO lutssafm TO vote at oil. The
rwqgas, will lie that the Republicans
HI e1y 'hs county By u much larger
k,Ichy than Ct the last election.
1s sanet County OF TO day 10 vastly
lfsrii 10 what u wAs thirty ypars ago
7tn iAs people voted lust ~ they were
bhJitelr leaders. but now they read
kss papers, and have learned 10 think
I'D vote according 10 their convict tlops.
a. Tie tiae jau.s, buchanan was a can
Ii'ata Tor Pr,.tleut | Travelled throu IN
lhs easetn par, o! Sussex, aud found II
impossible 10 lud m,n who would en-
sae In political discussion until after
'paIty had held e meeting, and then
be only atgnmen's were those that had
t'p ad'aaee'l by the speakers from tha
pump Ilen stoves, especially coal
,o'rs, were almost unknown, and no
Mere you would the old fre-placs,
loN as large 80 some Of the rooms In
Wy houses, predomlnsted. In front of
asse lres ho careful housewife would
hl ttc long winter evenings ia knit
gGT spinning. While the young folks
~ q inatl sveet potatoes aud apples.
ihe johnny cake board AMI Dutch
th Played al important part In tho
lllary a Engagements, aud although
hop aud homlny," or at least hog and
ofo, were tho p,iacipAl articles OF food.
Ihs women Of that DAY knew how to pre-
Peie uem 30 tha, they could serve up .
neai NJ ior Prizes. Farmer, raised
.aeI own wool, aud many hou.ss had
.nen looms, Consequently the greater
!Ai. q me clothing worn By men aud
Isenen was not on y home raised, hut
uh, home wove and home made.
Nai ihs great staple. and although
xsei the land In. tho eastern part o
NJ was SO sandy that It would not
e'ace enough TO pay for the tilliny,
IN wn il'nty Of wood lnni, and new
pAhl Hhs continually being cleared
brought under culture. The priu
" means oi mmunication were by
'ticoaeb and sloops. vessels. the
W. called them. that pliod botwes u
.aiaa river aid the large cities. Thess
''tN were generally owned by store
aYeh, and many Of tho farmers sons
showed tue water" by running them
Aslf owners. Money WAS scarce, and
aas everything needed from tho store
bought by barter. A man or q
'aah would 20 to the store with q
ss jug In one hand, and . pair OF
'Stsn' Ta or basket Of eggs In tbs other.
a'le were many small farmers who
~ aceount at the store nearly ali
~, OF al least until corn "shuck-
ume, whea the greater part of the
YOU'D 10 required to pay thoir bills.
.sseliefsal price Of corn at that time
" cents bushel, and Il was equally
~ as money anywhere. Wood
ssea,relJ syaat realize enough 70 pay for
,, ~gl' and trouble OF hauling, con-
sNY, .Y, when new piece OF ground
..atea, hundreds Of cords were
n =, oG the ground. In Baltimor
'.Iei sunlreds there was but one
=, se sess no railroad or teleg raph
so,n. w, very few persons "tookn I
ss,', sx,, ha' little was known o.
n.,,ss wong on in the outside world.
Ia, 'salding in Baltimore hun.
bhla by Scs, rsN wisNss to 70 to Phiia.
% to nsn,, nlaa, ne woVd be obliged tc
b The ,,,as ,napsooro, where be would
brsetosn ke Inis would get him &
tk llot,I ~ -, ''iiiF ior dinner at the o ID
b,L;r ,,saa A,'vf WAich he would tax,
bid bo,rh 'of Bfldgevlllc, whore b,
or trc mixed train, com posed oI
sL, car. passenger cars and several
rI.ct .s.s aud he was very fortunats
rkc, ..neu .,, The depot at Eleventh and
N, ppntsls, Philadelphia, bv mid
uld trsv,l VnS nn o. sn economical turt
there Wa on me iehoouers or sloop Q
pcrisnc,Ia as generally SO much deIa,
su s,ysI III setting over the bar 4
Ter y.rr ef inlet that this vav wa,
mel popular atter tho railroad wa,
lult, tup,s .pa were kind and hospitaols /,
l,oa 1hu stranger, especisflv n ~ N
peS Oh she city," was siwsy. ~,
w,i indeed, 1t has been ss,d th", ,
sn nn' was a fluent taIker And con cn,,,'
ters in us,uer s,, story, could find soot
|houl .nansex SUSSEX for whole mont
fs As ,psnaing a cent. The ueopl'
u,, and ,EelAl kenerAl rule, worry superstI
y over 'o ui WAS scarcely . mile o
hn,.a A., which a legend Of balm
Rul., , ala not hang. Al one n,Sc.
.s ,o.d looking dog could be- bs .esn p.ses ;,
W. - ana and Chunks" throxsn :, ns w., w.
In, ot lever known to vsry fro,n LII =,
..t,is, :" 81 dozen feet or 90 % sb..S s,S% 81 a.
l.nnna' or "crsetur," =, horace ~
'',nly NJ! known. AZ another Mr',es n,.as wer y
uut.a ts,n, IN antiquatsd v!rmsn, place :, ,
ld,nis, on On a coal black s,eed wsnI, wnni'
Vnr ,ip appear alongside Of spv voun' on
ss n' 1.v,f kso~u aeasss, to ss.:p :nd :ltacugI %
Fris,ip M persist ,as In riding sions.,"c. Wcra, 4 D
= ai,,. u'n on until he had ronS nS wy -. :
n.. s"lpIp ppsar as mysteriouslv Wv =. ilus n !
,ssr ssa STORES stt: r. !, ne ), p =. blood sss
Wi, .nS S,Slnd tn. blazing sr a.. ana no o. o.
,nias To'' to ..ns ..sr az evening :p.us ~ slIl \
d. ID :. and cover sho,ae;, shsI. s.,so would erav
b. iuos,d S..a, pa, thom a iats 1isit' Tor fear
e-set IL q l6r - 81 .,