The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-02-06

Vi NHlCu Iue DelaWaie anu cutsdpf6he
Peninsula IL formed. In the northern
part all is rock covered more or less " it'll
decayed minerals til 1t ~ !" make soil
of exceeding fertility.
1t is here on tho western border that
the most durable granite known to
builders temp S the energies of she quar-
serpentine that il susoep,I bic of the finest
polish are awaiting development, AID all
around the farmer has ;sttairei tar!o
and fortune by producing and curing
the very best hay known to the markets
of the world. In the barren belt, just to
the south exhaustless beds OF klolin,
chrome and other eartEs that mike glad
the W., ks OF art. On the surface onl5
scrub oaks, dogwnod and laurel sprouts
grow, bat tue ouarcDtl they atfoid turns
to finest i:ou, the ore that lIugers all
around awaiting the LIanSmnter's
process. WGeu y0u pass over this you
find lanis that IN Ike agriculturalists
revel and rivers that afford riches.
ADVANTAGE OF TRANSPORTATION
Cecil county has not only soil OF
fullest resources and adaptabilty i0r any
venture in vegetation. l. has added by
nature wonderful facilities for trans
portation of its products, to which alt
and enterprise has added mnCh. aud is
constantly adding more Tbs Su>que-
hanna yields to the tide Utmost to its
nothern boarder, the Elk ana North
Easl rivers ebo and flow almost to the
Delaware line, the B lLemla ana S ,ssai.as
also panetGAte from the bay to the eastern
limits Of the county, and each aud all
are navigable almost to jhcir very heads
In brief there is h trdly farm Ia the
lower districts that is not visited period
ically by bay craft to freight Us ertl-
lizers TO the doors and bear tbu iluI.s Of
the soil away.
Added to these is d canal that cuts the
county into two, furnishing direct
transportation b. steamers to n y York,
Philadelphia and B fillmore; two ., the
great trunk lines betneen the n u II aud
South pass through the county TIC
Columbia and Port Deposit Rtdroad
and the Philadelphia aud b Gilmore
Central Railroad furnish quick trars
portation from the upper districts
On both branches of the Elk river are
to be found large mills furnishing employ
ment to hundreds in the manufacture OF
flour, paper, cotton goods, &c. y rail
road is projected, to DE known as the
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern, which
will extend along the west bank of the
Little ELI, tapping the PnIla eiphla
and Baltimore Central II ulroad at Ok
ford, and connecting with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at ChIlds' Station,
with evidence of an early purpose OF
continuing to Eiktor.
Another road is also in prospect from
Reading and Lancaster to either Car
penter's Point or Perryvrlle, where vast
coal yards are projected TO supply motive
pywer to all the shipping aud factories
on the Chesapeake. 1t will appear that
Cecil county is blessed, beyond all reas
ouable demand, with natural and applied
means of transportation. Certainly, her
to put them to market.
ALL THE CEREALS PROSPER.
Wheat can be raised, averaging thirty
to forty bushels to the acre, i'll any part
of the fertile sections. The crop of corn
just gathered in Sassafras Neck is rang
ing from fifty to seventy five bushels per
acre. Oats, rye, barley, potatoes and
apples flourish. Cecil county hay is
deemed the best in the market, and it is
raised at the rate of three to sour tons
per acre. Farmers sell their wheat aud
corn and purchase their hour, mo and
hominy.
Land can often be bought here at
marvellously low prices II tho writer's
know ledge farm was sold wi hin the
past few years Tor less tn III the COST of
the improvem eu.s on it. This year il
returns seventy five buShl!s to the aero
as its corn crop. On The other hand, u
great many farms cannot be bought |
cheaply.
Cecil county is as secure from psSti- |
lence as any spot on earth We have no |
epidemics, and contaslon generally skips |
us. Eveu our marshes AlDng tina south |
shores do not breed M llaria and the sight |
of oae shaking with lgn is curiosity. |
We have churches at aim 1st every cross |
road, and our schools are many Oar |
are all former pipils of our |
schools. Cecil was the first county to !
entrust the education OF the colored |
to colored teachers.
The tax rate is: State, 17s cents;
county, GO cents per 500, which is the
lowest of any of her sister counties,
with but two exceptions Society of all
classes that are desirable may be found. !
This article was in type last week but was
unayoidably crowded out