The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
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; @Johnston's History@ 3
Of Cecil County !
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| Is uncertain lut if was nrObnhly after
the settlement Of Samuel GiInip ot eli
pins Rocks, which was in T33 The
Gilpn and WASHINGTON families had i'm.
trr-marricd in E,uyluud and were iutim-
ate al this fine which may srryr ia
explain why thc Wnshinrtnns hrrnmr in
tcrcStcd in an rntcrurisc of this kind in
| Cecil County. For ;; Ions. timu after th,
| erection of these works thcv vorc SIM
piled with iron ore o;,,nincd in fine ncirh-
borhuod.
The FORCES used nj that time. and fill
II comparativrlv recent rrrioI were very
! rude affairs. The blast was mndc by
means of Il curious circular brIlGws
which was opcratrd by means of Il waiter
wheel. very little machinery or -rariu.
being used So rude were Those FORCES
that there was Il watrr-whrrl for each
| bellows and hammer. consequently one
! forge building often contained several
| watcr-wheelS
| In I'LL William, pL,,.L u.h,, ~ ...,..
rotary or tbo rnnmis.innn,., ,,,,,;r,,l ,,.
III. t;,v,,nn,. or I,irri,,;., ,i,, ,,.;,i,
| thusr ,r I,orn,,,,n,,;, n,,1 ,Inr,.,,,,1 l.,
trr,tiu,, with ,h, a., E,ti,,, - I,li.,,,
nt I,n,,.,o,. ,i.i,nI ,h;. ,I.,,,,, IN ,,,,,,-
many win ,l,, rnr,,'i.,i,,,,r, ,.i,.;,,i,,
and N,rvI.,nd Will AN thair n..,. ~
philod,lnhi, ia inin th, rnrnn,i,.inr,,.s
nr th,, nr,,,.in,., h., ,.',,. wv. .,;I.,I
up the bay and landed N Turkey Point.
and never saw Il country so oycr~rown
with woods. About shutdown we ruInr to
anchor before North East town, which
is composed of two orIinarics a yrisr
mill, baker house and two or three dwell
| ingS Notwithstanding we were living he
| fore Il town. the commissioners and all
the rest of the company chose to he ON
| board as the place hv lis nupcnrancn did
not promise the hest of entertainment.
| The next morning we went ON shore. and
hrcukfaStrd a1 the public house. where
drank the best ,ask cider for the season
that ever did in Americas" After visit
ing the I'rincipu Company'S iron works
| which were then in charge of Mr.. RuN-
ter. which he SAWS were tlIoumht Io b,. MS
complete works of the kind as any ON the
cortinrnt. they started on horseback to-
wards Philadelphia. and were met nt the
| State line by the high Sheriff, Coroner,
and under Sheriff of New Castle comfy.
with their white wands. who accompnn-
ird tl,m to Chester. where they were
| met ly the officials of Chester County,
! tie does not mention Elkton, but speaks
Of dining at Oglctown and saws he drank
some more GOOD cider there,
4, ,.,..,,, u.,, ,L., I,,,i,., - ,,,,,, ,,,,,.
saws. i, Eu,,l,,J ,,,I I,,l,,,l =. ,,,;..,, =.
ltn MARYLAND th,t in th. ,.,rI, d,v. az
l,,n. ,nInnv r,u,. ~ ,I,u, ,,,,,,.,,I ;,,,,
Contracts with nou,I, in Er,,l,nJ ,,.ho
Inwnnj nloutnti,n. IN N,rrI,nI r., .,,.,.,,
,b.r -. S,r,,rt. -. ,.Inr,r, ~ ,L, man.
country r,,. , ,o,.,,, ar ,.a,r, In ,or.i1,,r,
tinn nf thnir tr,n.nnr,,tinn and rn,int'm-
,nr. N,ny nr tho n,,I, .n,tlnrs ,.h,,
,ft,r,,rL. h.c,,io d;.,in,ui.L,d i, ,I.,
Ibi,tnr,. nr ,ho St,,o r,,,.h,I IN. ,,,.,,,,,,.
LIN ity r,rvv d,v. in tI,i. n.,nn, S,,n,,
| finn, l,tnr IN tbo hi.tnr,. nf tho ,.,I,,,,,
tLn ,.,nt,ir. az ,.n,.,I. ,,,,,.,r,,l 81 H.,
,r.,,,,,,nr,,,inr ar ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,. ,,iI -
roct ,rr,ngamnnt. +, tr,nsnnrt ,h.n, to
| >mori,, far which .or,.inn ,hov ,,nuld
HIND ,ho,nsoI,., -, .,r,., any. ,,o,,,,,, ,,.h,,
| v,,II u,v tb, ,,,t,ir tl,, nr;,.n az ,l,,ir
n,..,cn mill ,uch tima nc tho dol, ,,,a,
| ;iuu;J,tod This oustor, nro,.oiI,1 NIL
tho time nf tbn R,vnlutinn,,r VIZ TN
nmirr,nts imuortnd in thi, v.,,. ,.,ro
cnll.d "R.lrmrtinrrrs For soma finn.
before this system of emigration was
disc pntinuri. it was customary for the
, caItainS of the passenger vessels 10 dis
pose of large lots of the Rrdrnptionprs
Ito n class of persons called "SOul-,lriv-
rrS" who marched Them through tho
| country and diSpusrI of them To the
farmers Az late as 1T9J This urncticp
prevailed in Chester County, and il no
,!ouht prevailed in Cecil quite aS long
An amusing story is recorded in the his
| mani cnrtri,.nd +n lao III, I,.t az tho