The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-18
A NEW YORK EDITOR IN HARTFORD.

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them, hence the following extracts from
the pen of Mr.. F. N Barrett, editor of the
American Grocer, which is recognized as
the leading trade journal of the East,
will be particularly interesting.
Landing at Aberdeen on September
25th, MIR. Barrett fell into the hands of
| Messrs. Strasbaugh and Silver, and by
means of the formers automobile and
companionsilip he was enabled in a COM
paratively short time to see quite AZ ex-
tended sweep of Hartford territory. He
says:
I'VE wish every reader could have en-
joyed with us the inspiration of that
cool, bracing atmosphere the exhilration
of running thirty miles an hour in an
open vehicle; the magnificent view of the
meeting of the Susquehanna river with
the Chesapeake Bay; the ride along the
river bank through well titled farms and
prosperous villages. We stopped to in
spect the tomato acreage, notably one
field of fifty acres, thirty of which was
left to rot for want of help to pick; grew
enthusiastic over the old forest trees, the
plumed elms, the gigantic white oaks
and an ash five feet in diameter, whose
roots are as old as the government.
| "At Havre de Grace we met with a
warm welcome from Hon. S. ]. Seneca,
owner of the famous Red Cross brand of
tomatoes. Time has silvered his locks,
bestowing grace and dignity of person
that indicate the character of one who
has wrought great things for his fellows.
A brief call on Mr.. A. p. McCombs, presi-
dent of the bank, followed. Although
four and eighty years old, he is still &C
tive in affairs. We inspected the new
granite bank, which for its size and equip
ment is one of the finest in the United
| States.
1.-The first factory visited was one oper-
ated by Mr.. w. F. Silver few miles out
of Havre de G,ace, where the grand old
trees stir your emotions and make you
feel as if you could worship them; here
ripe tomatoes being packed in sanitary
cans with conscientious care. Tomato
packing at the best is sloppy work and
therefore one does not expect to find a
tomato cannery as clean and inviting as
where apples, pears and peaches are pack
ed, but the buyers of Silver's best goods
are to be congratulated on having as
fine stock and as carefully packed as any
that goes into tin can. Buyers know
that an honest, full packed No. 3 standard
is better value at 90 cents per dozen than
the general run is at SEE to 50 cents,
and vet the packer is squeezed to name
lower prices than is warranted by honest
quality and weight There ought to be
fixed standards with inspection if the
packing of tomatoes is to be made profit
able and if the confidence of the consumer
is to be maintained. 1t is really a hard
task for broker to induce Gamer to
put up fine raw stock, full weight, packed
with care. The difference in price that
now exists is not enough to encourage
the packer to do his best.
"Our route took us to beautiful Bel Air,
lovely town. with magnihcently shaded
trees and homes that betOkened thrif,
and comfort. There is JOY in life in these
delightful country villages and towns
easy of access from the cities but far
enough away to preserve their social adj
vantages and be free from the artifciality
of city life"
After describing pleasant interviews
with the various brokerage firms or the
town, and the gusto with which he en-
joyed Maryland dinner prepared by an
'old NANNY" its browning features be-
ing "its fried chicken and corn bread,
such as New Yorker never gets unless
he has imported a southern cook" he
takes up Maryland corn factories on the
second day.
Nearly forty years ago the father of
Mr.. c. W. Baker began the canning of
Bakers sugar corn, and from that day
the brand has been most popular. Har-
ford raises Shoepeg and Evergreen corn,
which when young and tender is very
sweet and toothsome. 1t is preserved in
its natural state as whole corn, the pro-
cess at Mitchell's factories and the Baker
plants being identical. The corn is cut
by adopts, the most skillful of whom cut
from 10 to 20 ears every minute. After
being thoroughly cleaned it is pressed in
cans, which are passed through wooden
basin filled with water at a temperature
of 80 degrees, requiring ten minutes to
exhaust the air. Then the can is closed
and retained in kettle for forty minutes
at temperature of 24O degrees for COM
plcte sterilization. A valuable adjunct
to these large corn farms are herds Of
cattle which are partially fattened on the
refuse from the canning house and yield
good profit
Towards night we sped to Mr.. Silver's
ancestral home near Deer Greek, in the
beautiful hilly section of Hartford near
the Susquehanna. A spanking pair of
horses carried US through acouutry with
a pre- Revolutionary history, now dotted
at short intervals with canning factories
and we'll titled fields, on which were COM
Portable homes At the home place we
saw a lordly ash FIVE feet in diameter
and two huge black walnuts towering in
the air with enormous stretch of limb,
while near it was the old stone school
where many a boy afterwards prominent
in affairs, kicked his heels and studied the
three RS as did his ancestors, whose
graves are seen at the granite church on
the hillside. We do not wonder that
family life is a charm amidst such sur
roundings, and that the boys and girls
are enamored of the country, and know
its hills, dales, brooks, creeks and trees.
In the morning we rowed across the
Susquehanna, whose rapid waters are
studded with islands and alive with rock
and bass. Because of these charms, New
Workers have located club houses along
its banks and EN- oy to their hearts con-
tent the finest sport in angling. Every
where the scene betokened JOY in living
and invited to life free from the whlrl
and excitement, the noises and innumer-
, able smells and germ-infested air of the
great CITY; and deep was our regret when
we said farewell and hurried on to Balti-
more"
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not reach the scat of the disease. Catarrh IS
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