The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-17
FIFTH EDITION.
FROM TnE EASTERN snSstE.
The Peach Crop n isood Ono ut ehes.
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CHEsTERTowN, Nd. Aug. 18.[This
has been Kent County's peach week
peach orchards, peach-buyers, peach.
growers, peach-sslers, peach wagons,
peach cars, pench-plucks by the thou.
sand, peaches great and small, good,
bad and Indifferent, ach fuz around
your neck, peach juice down your arm
and the tempting morsel In your
mouth. Peaches, peaches everywhere.
Every man, grower, buyer and ship
per. has been aDsiormed into a spec
ulutoI In peaches.
The plazns around the railroad sta
tions are daily packed and iammed
with doubledecked wagons dilnpldated
nenrhorns and vehicles of every age
class and description. Peach fruit Is
king; little else to talk about little else
IL thought ABOUT. Extra telegraph op-
lperators have been sent to the busy
stations to receive quotations OF the
state OF the market or to send mes
Isages relative to shipments. Every
orchard Is busting camp of workers
representing half the states OF the
Union and possibly half dozen or
more nationalities. Nearly every rail-
road station un1 steamboat wharf con-
itiguous to the peach sections has been
! turned Into rustic camp OF peach
plncks and tramps.
\ 1t ls worth trip half across the
continent to study the marvellous va,
riety and striking characteristics oil
this new life which is just now 80 I'M
portant n factor in harvesting this
great Eastern Shore fruit crop. This
transient population ID drawn from
nearly every nationality under the
sun. and, with the regularity OF the
recurring seasons and with tbs sud-
denness OF the ylsitations OF locusts.
they lock to the peninsula peAch'
growing region. This peach. pludk Is
a curious production-cur.ous in APP
pearance, dress, methods OF life and
and in u thousand other ways. Among
them are some erect. well-formed and
handsome men, while on the other
hand there arc tho manned, the halt
and othor wrecks Of manhood.
There are some with 10 nose. ono
! eye no teeth, ono arm. distorted limbs
, and many ailments that appeal to the
syInpathies. Not less Interesting are
the costumes. Tho Prince Albert
coat Of many years ago mny lend to
one ministerial appearance in spits
of dirt and decay. A gorReously col
orod coat may go along with trousers
! that simply hang together. Shoeless
: feet leave theii Trucks In Eastern Shore
dust which once may have worn pat
ense. Forms are llutterlng in rags
, which once stood at the lar and plead.
ed for mercy aud justice for others.
F., Men arc at this moment sitting on thu
: rOadsdes reading old newspapers
, given them by stranger friends who
have written editorial matter fol
leading journals.
q This Is no oyerlrawn picture. stern
:. reality, which mas any day he realized
among tile peach orchards of Kent.
, ono poor fellow could speak the Latin
+ French and German languages cor
: rectly, with magnificent How of pure
and cultured English. Another high
lily educated man stated that he had
, been special correspondent for a Lon
= don Journal during the -Prus-
= sian war. Another, the son OF wealthy
= parents In New York State, said he
was graduate of two colleges and q
i, man of splendid address. but glad to
:, pluck peaches at % cents a day and
leg for food from door to door In the
absence OF work.
: Btoken.down artisans OF nearly
. every imaginable trade arc to be
found among this motley crowd.
When unuccupiel they sleep on the
= grass, beneath the trees. on warm
nights, and whom the weather Is cool
, In sheds. straw sticks, hay mows, or
anywhere that shelter may be found.
MIR. VIM. Elinson. who has one of
tho finest orchards on the Eastern
Shore, and is known to the tramp fra
d ternity probably In every state In the
l. Union, has to-day over sixty tramp5
o employed us peach-plucks. Large,
o comfortable barracks are given them,
n ana abundance OF wholesome grub is
!, served ON long tables under rustic
y tent, and each man Ia allowed a coarse
o bed and two blankets. The average
u peach-plucll, however, doubles himself
up in a straw stack hay NOW or oil
a board VA "A vacant shed, and even
these privileges are granted with re-
,iuctuncu because Of danger from lire.
Tho tramp, ns Il rule, has three strik.
Ing uharaL teristics. lie Is an inveterata
q smoker an ardent lover of intoXtcants
4, and has never had anything to eat for
three days. While many of them make
excellent farm laborcrs, others are in
q solent and worthless.
:, The pGach seilson ID now in its glory.
= and these people ole being given en-
H,ploymcEt.
al. From 1.-Two to twolty,t five carloads o.
.ftuit arc being sent ZACH day from the
;. peach growing sections of Maryland
and Delaware. The constant ant
rapid inroads OF that fatal blight
tHIknown as tie 'ycllows' promises ii
the course OF few years TO sweep
N from existence this great industry
= which row has invested in IL Lot less
$ than six millions OF dollars. cover:
= over 20, coo acres of finest land In tht
!! state and numbers many millions OF
q trees. Prudent farmers will take thu
k warning and got into something else
p, before 1t Is too late.
"a -o~
4 Miscarriage Of Justice.
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