Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-17
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REHoBorM, Aug. IA ride down
the Delaware railroad nowadays is
most interesting though dusty trip. Be-
ginning at Middletown the passenger
begins to see peaches and peach buyers
and peach sellers and peach wagons and
peach cars, the latter fitted up length
wise, with shelves one upon the other,
which look for all the world like the
hunks in the hold OF tramp steamer,
minus the straw mating
AS the train speedsasouthward these
sights increase, and peaches become
more abundant and peach trees fit by
the car windows by the ten thousands.
The plazas around the station are
damned with donble-decked wagons of
peaches which are auctioned off at the
rate of one minute to ready buyers for
CITY commission men. AT these places
every sale means the transfer of an
entire wagon load, which Is from 20 to
so baskets. Peach fruit is king. Little
else is talked about-little else is seen
or thought about, and yet the chance
through traveller from the populous city
will unconsciously paraphraze Cole
ridges immortal line this wise;
peaches, peaches everywhere and not
peach to eat" Not even the ancient
mariner himself suffered such an em-
barrassment of quantity as the peach
hungry passenger will have to endure
on his way down here.
Station after station was passed where
| there were at least from five 20 ten car
loads ready for shipment and yet not
at one of them was there young
lad with "gumptionn or commercial
sense enough to offer some for sale TO
the passengers q large number of whom
We're putting their heads out at each sta
ton exclaiming "Myl N.Y. Look at
those elegant peaches; how wish had
some" After awhile | grew rather
tired Of having the peripatetic newsboy
poke bananas, figs, oranges and other
foreign fruits under my nose and made
bold to ask him il he had any peaches.
He looked at me in wonderment, then
in scurn almost and said "nawh," in a
manner which might lead you TO sup
pose he had never heard of such fruit
and so goes the world.
The most interesting passenger on the
train came down on, Friday, was an
old colored man wearing a by-gone
linen duster, Il pair of spectacles and a
very wise old look. He sat right ahead
of me for long while reading copy
of EVERY EVENING he had found in
the seat. But there would have been
nothing noteworthy in this had the
paper not been upside down and re.
NAMED SO during the entire half hour
the old fellow was pretending to read
it. The temptation was too strong fol-
me to resist leaning over and saying
swell, uncle, what's the news2"
"Oh, nuthin' much, boss, sees dere's
$ still sin and hot wether around" which
was altogether an eminently safe re-
mark.
! DIR. B. L. Lewis was seen at Harring
: ton station several days ago in company
with George w, Emery of Seaford anC
Superintendent. Holiday. The subjec
of their talk was the Worlds Fair peact
+ car, which is to leave two days befor,
0 Delaware Day az Chicago, this month
The two first named gentlemen had jus
y received letter from Mr.. Massey ask
:, ing them to take charge of the arrange
n ments for filling the car, after which
y the Pennsylvania railroad would take i
e to Chicago free Of charge in double
!. quick time, by attaching it to one o
q their express trains. Both gentlemen
: declared they were going to "hustle."