The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-20

Pennsgrove.
Pennsgrova is one OF the most pleas
ant places to spend few days In
delaware river. This much can be
verified by representative OF the RE-
PUBLICAN, who went over to that
pleasant resort on Saturday and re-
|mained until Monday morning. There
are but few groves upon the Delaware
$50 picturesque and beautiful as that
attached to Colonel French's hotel,
land nobody In the world takes more
particular care In keeping their groves
I'm good condition than Colonel French
himself. His hotel Is model OF CON-
fort and beauty, fronting on the Della
WARE. Three verandas run the whole
length of the hotel. and from these an
excellent view is obtained of the Della
ware and the numerous vessels pass
'ing'up and down.
Colonel French has his yerandahs
decorated with hanging baskets of
flowers, and In q ynrd in front OF his
hotel amongst natural forest trees is a
large number Of vases filled with vines
and blooming exoties. Colonel French
takes the greatest delight In making
Ibis guests comfortable and providing
for them the choicest luxures OF the
season. In doing this he has an ex-
Icellent and willing helpmate In his
wife, who takes peculiar delight in
making people feel at home who stop
there, either for long or short per-
liod. The river breeZes here are de-
llightful and beautiful, and scarcely
who comes for the benefit Of
their health goes away disappointed.
The grove, though the private pro-
perty OF Colonel French, IL entirely
lgiyen up to picnics and excursion
parties. aad is plentisully supplied
with seats and tables. The grove is
tree TO all who come. but considera-
BILE revenue is reaped by the Colonel
from large dancing pavilion. In one
end Of which Is ry.go-round that
lcost him $4,000, and in the other end
IAN ice cream saloon and confectionery
stand.
One day last week when Kingswood
Sunday school, intending to go further
down the river but being disappointed
lin their boat, TOOK the steamer Ulrlca
and went over to Pcnnsgrove, where
they pos sed u delightful day. On that
lday 1900 persons rode upon the merry
,go-round, and the swings and other
lamusemenLs were as literally patron
ized.
Last summer &c, 900 people rode on
the merry-go-round. This season he
expects 90 QUO and next season he ex-
poets enough to pay for his merry..g 40.
round. The Colonel. unlike some Will
miDRton saloon keepers, is stickler
for obeying the license law In letter
and In spirit.
ON Sundays his bar is closed us
tight as n drum and no ono can get
n n h
hack doors. He has been keeping this
hotel since 1868 and has never missed
getting his licenee.
Pennsgrove is not an old town. In
1873 there was only one house in IL.
Now it is busy, bustling village,
latjll called. OF 1900 inhabitants. Many
OF the buildings are large and hand
some, and surrounded by spacious
lawns and summer gardens. The
principal occupation OF the inhabi-
Itants is fishing, but OF late years that
does not pay as well as formerly. This
Twas an of year in shad fishing, the
most OF the fishermen not making any.
Thing and many OF them losing
money. Sturgeon fishing used to be
Ia prosperous business for Pennsgrove
but now only an occasional stur
lgeon Ia caught in that vicinity. The
numerous seines and gill nets used In
1.-The river for catching other fish, have
driven the sturgeon down to the
|neighborhood OF Anglesea and near
the mouth of the bay.
There arc no very rich people In
lPennsgrove compared with rich PEG
lple elsewhere, but nearly all are wei
ito do and make good liyings. The
sheriff very rarely visits the place In
his official capacity. There are nc
lmanufactories at Pennsgroye, except
Ia large canning factory at Helms
Cove. which during the canning sea
lson employs nearly one hundred
hands. The Jersey favorite" brand Of
tomatoes ls canned here, and Is In de
Inland not only all over this country,
lbut In Europe.
The village is supplied with the
usual number of stores, blacksmith
lwheelright and shoemaker shops,
(which go to make up the life OF q
busy village. In religious denomipa-
Itions the Methodist Episcopal takes
1.-THE lead, besides the old Emanuel
Church near the Cove. st. Pauls NJ. e.
Church. break Off from the old ono,
lis located near the centre of the vii.
llage. The church Ia very large and
handsome one, and both churches
have large congregations and Sunday
schools. The Methodist Protestant
denomination has small church. and
the Baptist hold occasional services In
10 mission room.
Neither the Presbyterians. the Epis-
lcopaliane OF tho Catholics seem to
have gained a foothold In Pennsgrove.
IWm. A. Summerill, the descendant OF
Ian old and iilustrious family conducts
the Pennsgrove Record, the only paper
published In the place. 1t is an enter
lprlsipg. newsy sheet, which it cannot
Hail to be when the push and energy
Iof its publisher is taken into consid-
leration.
From present appearance the farm.
lers around Pennsgroye are going to
ba blessed with large crops of truck
land fruit. They have excellent facili.
ties afforded them for attending the
leading markets Of the country.
The Ulrica, belonging to the Will
mington and New Jersey Steamboat
Company. makes three trips daily TO
Wilmington and return. The steamer
Reybold, touching at the wharf every
lday. is largely patronized in taking
produce to Philadelphia markets, and
trains run twice day directly to New
York. There is some talk OF extend,
ling the railroad from PenneXrove
down to Colonel Duponts powder
works this summer.
A number of truckers ard farmers
are not satisfied with the wharfage ac.
comm odations In Wilmington since
the Wilmington and New Jersey Ferry
Company has taken possession OF
Front street wharf, and they have re.
GENTLY held a meeting to adopt some
measures towards securing a wharf at
which they can sell their produce.
Much more might be said about Penns.
grove, but this article is already long