The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-21
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Washington on waiiinsford.

The following extract from Washing tons diary. now owned by a Walling- ford gentleman. will be of interest, as showing Inc opinion of the place formed by Washington when he passed through here:
 President washington's private dia- ry shows that he commenced his tour through New England october lb. l7ss. his retinue consisting of Major Jack son. Mir. Lear and myself. with six ser wants" He reached New Haven Sat urday. the l7th. remaining there over Sunday Qodging at Browns tavern). His complete entry for the 18th Is as follows:
 Monday. lsth-Left New Haven at 6 o'clock and arrived at Wallingford d3 miles) by half after o'clock where he breakfasted, and took walk through the town. In coming to 1t We passed thro' East Haven about midway; after riding along the river of that name about six miles on which are exten- sive marshes loaded with hay stacks the ride is very pleasant, but the road is sandy, which It continues to be with in a mile Of the tavern Darlington s, which Is but an ordinary house) at Wallingford. This and about i've miles of the road beyond-that Is west of New Haven-is all the sand we have met with on the journey. These sandy lands afford but ordinary crops of corn nor have the crops of this grain east of Stratford river appeared as heavy as on the west side of 1t. The lands (stone being less) are in part enclosed with posts and rails. At this place (Wal- lingford) We see the white mulberry growing, raised from the seed, to feed the sIlkworm. We also saw samples Of lustring (exceeding good) which had been manufactured from the cocoon raised in this town, and silk threads very fine. This. except the weaving, Is the work of private families, without interference with other business, ana IS likely to turn cut beneficial amuse- ment. In the township of Mansfield they are further advanced in this busi- ness. Wallingford has a church and two meeting houses in 1t, which stand upon high and pleasant ground. About ten o'clock We left this place and at the distance of eight miles passed through Durham. At one we arrived at Middle town, on the Connecticut river, being met two or three miles from it by the respectable citizens of the place. and escorted in by them. While dinner was getting ready took walk around the town, from the heights of which the prospect is beautiful. Belonging to this place, was informed (by Gene ral Sage) that there were about twenty sea vessels, and to Wethersfield, higher up, twenty-two-and to Hartford the like ..umbe, other places on the river have their proportion-the whole amounting to about ten thousand tons. The country hereabouts is beautiful and the lands good. An average crop of wheat from an acre of fallowed land is estimated at fifteen bushels; sometimes they get as high as twenty five and thirty bushels to the acre from the best lands. Indian corn from twenty to forty bushels per acre. Their exports are the same as from other places; together with potash. Having dined, we set out with the same escort (who conducted us into toWD about three o'clock for Hartford, and passing through a parish of Mid dletown and Wethersfield, we arrived at Hartford about sundown. At Weth- ersficld we were met by a party of the | Hartford light horse, and number of gentlemen from the same place with Colonel Wadsworth at their head and escorted to Bulls tavern, where we lodged"
 He left Hartford Wednesday, the Fist about half-Dast ten a. m.. and reached Springfield about four p. m., and so on to Boston and thence to New Hampshire and returning his entry under Tuesday. 18th (Nov.) begins as follows: Left Hartford about seven o'clock, and took the middle road dn- stead of one through Middletown, which I went.)
 Breakfasted at Northington, in the township of Berlin, at the house of one Fuller Bated at Smiths on the plains of Wallingford, thirteen miles from Fuller's, which Is the distance Fullers is from Hartford-and got into New Haven, which is thirteen miles more about half an hour before sundown." " He left New Haven on Wednesday, the 11th. about sunrise, and on Friday, the 18th, between two and three o'clock ar rived at my house at New York;"