The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-12-14
THIRD EDITION.


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DOWN IN HARFoRD.
A Delightful Run Down Across tho
susqurhaana and Out In the Country. |
Incidents and People Met With
Going to ohurch-Gunniag for Rab-
bits-On to Aberdeen-A Beautiful,
Bustling Thriving Town.
A most delightful and enjoyable
day or two In the oountry can be spent !
In Hartford County, Md, 10 the neigh. |
borhood of the Levels, Hopewoll |
Church, Rock Run Church and Avon |
dale, now eallod Aldino. This section
of country is some six or seven miles
out from Havre de Grace. In north
west direction, some iva miles north of
Aberdeen and within live or six miles
OF Boil Air, the thrifty and pretty SHIRE
town of Hartford County The oou ntry
Is high table land, fiat, as the name
Levels Indicate, entirely an agrloul-
tural region with fertile soil that
produces luxnriant crops. 1t was the
lot OF the writer and friend to reach
this place on Saturday evening last
and to spend Sunday and the greater
part of Monday in this quiet retreat
whore the people nearly all 20 regu-
larry to church, attend to their own
business and care but little how The
We and our friend took a b. Il O.
train from Delaware avenue depot at
8 O'Clock on Saturday afternoon, and
we crossed the Susquehanna on the
high bridge IN tho evening Just AZ Il
glorious golden sunset was throwing
. Its rays down On still smooth pla,
cid river making IL look like a lake OF
gold. did Susquehauna lay in n very
quiet mood. 1t requires almost a
stretch OF the imagination to balleve
that this quiet, smooth, multiplied rlv-
CT at times gets on high horse and
overlooking It's banks. carries destruc.
ton, sometimes death, To the towns
that nestle along its banks. The view
from off this high bridge Is q beaut-
full and most romantic one. Beneath
lies Garrett island on which there is
very productive farm.
Down the river Is seen the p, W. u
B. Railroad bridge, and beyond that to
the South the river widens into an
arm OF the Chesapeake Bay, famous
for duck and fish At the east end OF
this bridge lies Perryvllle, owing its
importance to q junction OF railroads
and Il Steamboat landing, about which
some interesting legends of tho lata
war could 10 told. At the western end
oil tile bridge sits liavre de Grace, the
largest town in Hartford county.
Amongst the iut5 and proIIontorios
on either side of the river, nurLhward
lie hustlirg, thriving towns and vii
lagos. Port Delosit on the Cecil side
is one OF tho largest OF these towns,
and further up Uonuwingu sits nestled
amongst the hills.
On the Hartford side OF tho river q
suburb OF lTavre de Grace CROWNS the
hill at tho western end pr the high u. \
o, bridge. Farther up the town OF
Iapitlum with Its pretty white cot
furr "a hflVfI M fiI nj In Ia
eye Of tho traveller All along the base
oil these high blaTs extends tho old
Tida-W Water canal. IL looked like Il
thread oggOldeu laco In the golden
sunset u saturday evening ln9 days
for canals are past, railroads have
Knocked them out. But here we are
at Havre de Grace station, nnd We
aIight from the train only to ho helped
into a carriage 10y our friend .ihouHs
X. prlce. and we start on our journey
OF seven miles to the inland, and ar
rived ut Aidino soon after niEhtlail
Our road lay through q beautiful cuun
try.
Upon either side were old time man
s.ons, Indicative Of the thrift and lap
pinoss uG those days when slaves wer'
more OF II hurthen than an udvantag,
to thciT owners. This section Is mol
yet denuded OF Its grand old fores
timbers. We almost wonder how TIC
woodman has been Induced to with
hold his axe. All thi, section was the
camping ground of our genial com
peulon who took tho greatest pleas
ure In calling up rrvories OF the pas
and dllating upon HE Incident and IS
cepades OF his youthful days.
But we are In Aldino, II used 10 h
called Avondalt, bat II short time AK,
post office was established here, all,
rs there were other AvondaiGs In tn
country, the euplunDus and ptstt,
name Of Aldino was selected.
1t Is but small settlement, com
prisug some ten or twelve houses 0
new church called Christian Church
q branch Of the Baptist denomination
3 school house with the stars am
stripes lying from It, u ranncry an
the village store and PostOiiice KEEP
by our yoang friend Thomas X. Price
Mrs, Sarah Price was tic sister OF gu
companion and at her house we loun
unstnted Hospitality and good cheer
Everything that could be done wa
done iui our comfort by this kim
ln'iy, her sons Thomas and jesse. an
daughters. !dora, LiHH!u and kutur;
Dolly another daughter was ub7eu
and William }. another son lives Il
Lup.dum. An excellent haryGn
supper Was koenly re.ishgd, A gem;
and beautiful sun greeted Us on SUI
clay morning. walk OF II little MOI
than a mile to Hupewell Methodl,
Protestant Church, Ia attend SUI
day School, was enjoyed
Here we got acquainted with quil
large numbel az the good people {
the nelghbGrhood. In the evening v
attended n great revival muutinR
the Rock Run NJ. T.. Church, son
two and a half miles dissent. II
church was tlled to Its utmost cipa
lily and pastor Mitchell, a Methods
not ufIHid TO shout preached . puwe
1ni aerinon The altar was cr0WdS
AMI many were converted,
Here va learned that Rev. Il
Hubbard, pastor of Union NJ.
Church, NillaluEl on, hal becn spen
Aug a Week Or so In tho H1ishborhoo
He leotui ed on Temperance in Ro
Kun Church on fhurs,iiiy evening la
bnme other church Oh Friday eyenlE
md preached twHe IN Aberdeen
Sunday TINS did very we'll Tor
minister WHO went away Tor weJl
rest,
Monday IN ltulns our companion,
might as VOL rHnp Nam JOHN
hGlley. joined a company OF gum,
and Went after rIuuits lhey rrtul
cd about Hpan iout nuttuu tdlis IA
Ing 10 tiie lot pi friend huliry, thou
they did not all fan bs' uiohia ulrrri
aim. N0w VIZ had to leuNs tlliA pie
ant place and ltluru to NllmluEt,
We hHa tRs grutt uleH-Ill'u ~ nrrtl
during GIu stay With su'h leading
fsrpri4lus stalnIla aud la,u"rs ~
1anaA1e-, several families 81
Walter Mr. Mgr&!em formerly iy
n68I NJ s3lcu II. L. Church
Baldwin, lin ilopb.E4 tllA t,als
SpeIrsrs. Inc tIihvIts, ttn ihulup,,
tie strfeH Bla, thf' 4ulieu"sJe.
NilkiHsoH5 Ill" liaunus uAd IN
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