Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-01-30
WORCESTER COT NTY.
Desirable settlers Will Find
Good Openings Here.

Wednesday Baltimore -lHtfffc'tH con
tanned the following complimentary no
ticc of our county for which every resi-
dent should feel thankful to that live and
enterprising journal aud 10 the cores.
pondent who has truthfully portrayed us:
Snow Hill, January 25.-probably no
county in the state offers better induce
mcpts to the immigrant or manufacturer
than Worcester lis close proximity To
the Atlantic. from which the brcezcS of
the Gulf Stream are waited, causes u
freedom from excessive heat or cold which
makes the climate all To he desired for the
cultivation Of early fruits and vegetables
Plowimsiis frequently done mp 10 January
and resumed in February. During the
summer the southerly sea breezes set IN
ut shutdown and make the evenings cool
and delightful The hcalthfulncss of this
section is unqucstiouablc, as is attcstcd
by the longevity of its inhabitants, as it
is nothing unusual To find persons from
ninety to hundred years of age
In Pocomokc City. Snow llll and Der
lin are graded public schools, with uncX
are scattered throughout the rural dis
tricis in large numbers, aud churches may
be found at nearly every cross-road.
Taxes are light, the aggregate amount
of state and county taxes being less than
one per cent. upon an assessed valu
alton Of less than three iourths of the
actual value OF he property. Wages
are low compared with other parts Of the
country. Day aborers receive from 30
cents to 81 per day with board, or Sl.25
to 81 10 withou, board Good farm hands
soil is mostly a sandy loan, with a clay
sub-soi, though in some sections are large
areas of white clay lands. The prices of
land vary, according To locality and inn
provements upon the same. ranging from
$40 10 So per acre. In some cases, where
farms are improved With fine dwellings,
outbuillingS, etc. the price will reach
so 10 $40 per acre. The Pennsylvania
Railroad branches pass through Worccs-
ter, with two passenger trains daily, while
the Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
runs semi weekly boat from Baltimore
To Snow Hill, the county seat which is at
| the head Of navigation ON the Pocomoke
/ river
SOME on THE INDUSTRIES
\ H.
mills, box factory, whip factory. cotton
factory, two white oak splint basket fac
tories and II large canning factory, the
output of which last season was nearly a
million cans. Pocomoke City is also well
supplied with manufacturing enterprises,
such as sawmills, crate and basket iactO-
ries, ship-yards, marine railways. a ioun-
dry and machine shop and the Eagle Rol-
Ter Flour Mills Both of these towns are
| lighted with the Edison system of cleo
tric light. House rent in the towns is
low. y comfortable tve-roo cottage
can be rented for from so 10 800 per
annum Berlin, seven miles from Ocean
City has also several industries, and Is
in the center of rich agricultural section.
The society is good, and all honest, sober
and industrious men are welcomed 10 this
section with open arm, and assisted TO
obtain employment The dissoluie and
idle are mol wanted, and for such persons
I there Is no room in Worcester. Six miles
I from Snow Hill are the wcll-known "old
furnace lands. where, al the head OF Mas
sawango creek, is found AN incxhaustible
supply of boz iron ore which yields over
20 per cent. of the finest iron known.
INDUCEMENTS FOR IMMIGRANTS
The inducements for imm grants TO This
county are:
First. The mild and agreeable climate
Second The ease with which the soil
can be cultivated, and its general good
character for fertility when properly at
tended 10.
Third The earliness and length of the
season, the long autumns giving the far
mer abundant time to make preparations
for the succeeding season.
Fourth. The variety of crops that may
be grown, the soil and climate being
adapted 10 all the ordinary farm crops,
fruit and vegetables. Peaches, especially
thrive well IN this county. and are not
attacked by the yelows,' which is here
unknown.
Fitth-The nearne>s To markets; the
most distant points being within seven
To twelve hours OF the Baltimore, Phia-
dclphia aud New York markets.
Sixth-The advantages 10 be obtained
by settling in county already well popu-
lated, having schools churches, pOstoilices
etc, within close proximity 10 all sec
tons.
Seventh Tie exemption from taxation
Cor constructing roads, schoolhouses,
county and town building, these being
already erected.
The majority Of houses in this county
are built of native pine. and can be erect
ed AT q moderate cost, "A two-slory dwell
ing house from seven to eight hundred
dollars
Groceries. provisions. &c, can be pur-
chased at a very small advance over city
wholesale prices, while fish, oysters,
CLANS, crabs, diamond-hack terripin and
wild fowl are iobtnined at prices that
place them within reach of the humblest
laborer
on THE SEASIDE FARMS
What are known as seaside farms, stu
ated upon the shores Of the Synepuxent
Bay, can be bought low at the present
time. They must necessarily become
valuable upon the completion OF the In
land Waterway, which will give to thsee
points direct daily communication with
Philadelphia by water, and thereby ena-
BILE truckers and farmers To shin their