Smyrna times., 1905-08-16
SMYRNA MANS 1000 MILE
TRIP IN THE MIDDLE WEST
INTERESTING "VAcATION RAMBLE" TO THE
MIDDLE WEST AND THE GREAT LAKES.
Delaware Farmers Found TO be up TO the Az
erage Of Skill In AgricuIture-A Com
pliment TO Progressive Smyrna Growers.


erage Of Skill In Agricultural Com
pIiment TO Progressive Smyrna Growers.
To the Editor of the Times-Dear |
-Sir:-It has been said that the amateur
traveller is generally fred with a de- |
sire to rush into print and tell of his |
journeys and thus fish for notoriety,
but like all such fishers che seldom
gets bite but is often bitten" Not
withstanding the canon of the critics,
a venture is here made to relate a few
observations during a hurried two
thousand mile journey to the middle
west and also through some of the
Great Lakes. Travelling may be a
good thing for everybody, but it is
surely excellent for the conceited per-
son, for one will not go far before it
will be noticed that the world is big
and that an individual, however i'm
portant he may esteem himself, is
likely to be totally unknown or un-
noticed in the great caravan of hu-
manity. Furthermore, even the
things one has esteemed great and
much talked of in native heath are
soon paralleled or even eclipsed by
other people and other Communities.
For instance, The Penna. Limited-a
fine train, is thought by many to be the
acme of luxurious travel. Other roads
have as fine and one may venture to
say finer trains, and yet but little is
said about them. The instance serves
to show how persistent proclamation
and advertising affects the unsuspect-
ing mind, One realizes more and
more the greatness of our Continent
when after journeying several thous-
and miles he is confronted with the
fact that he has not seen thousandth
part of it, for one may go over our two
hundred and ten thousand miles OF
railroad and perhaps as many more
miles of Water course, and yet only
a small portion of the vast expanse
could be seen. If then our Continent
is so vast, what must be the stipend
Gus reaches of the whole Globe. Men
talk glibly of circling the Globe in
few months and note it as feat, so it
is, but as matter of fact, they have
only seen fringe, hair line so to
speak. 1t is therefore easy to see how
ones selfimportance is diminished by
the vastness of things on this earth
which some think the smallest of
created planets, but pardon the digres-
sion.
Whst1Hen Seem 10 Be Doing Along the Line
- The purpose of this letter Is to
note in limited way what men seem
to be doing along the line of travel
taken, and also to say something of the
glimpse of natural scenery en-route. 1T
seems safe to say that the landscape
and inviting homes in the suburbs OF
Philadelphia equal, in beauty and at
tractiveness, those anywhere else.
They are delightful and inspiring to
the humblest locker on and they ought
to breed high type of sturdy man
hood and graceful womanhood among
those so fortunate as to live amongst
and possess such surroundings
Above Paoi, about twenty miles from
Philadelphia, the fine farming lands
of hill and dale are seen until Harris
burg is reached. Whether the soil il
naturally better than ours in Della
ware may be a question, but on,
thing is evident the farms are rich
The crops show it. The great massiv,
barns show there is much to garner
and it is done. The tidiness about tn
out-buildings, the absence of farm
tools standing out, the neat fences
the fine horses, cattle, etc., show
there is practical intelligent work car
ried on. A tidy, practical, wide awak
agriculturist, Pomologist, or Horti
Alturist is a blessing to any Com
munity. He deserves a good reward
He should be honored and welcome
in any gathering of men, for his praC
tical work and ideals are benefactio
to civilization, and his example an in
spiration to youth and power for tn
substantial elevation of his community
Farmers of Delaware Up to the Average Ski
The farmers in Delaware are perhaI
up to full average in skill, but on
easily sees that so much more could h
raised if higher ideals were persistent
in mind. If every landlord or lane
lord and tenant resolved to cultivat
no more ground than could be mad
rich and kept rich and skillfully care
for, it would be blessing to our stat
Our friends Messrs. Anthony, Carte
Massey, Lienberger and others al
fine examples. They find out VIII
their soil will best produce and the
proceed at once to find ways to get tb
best results. A failure now and the
does not discourage, because thev q,