The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-26

-poeI describes take place, but
little way up the street a woman
stood on her porch with a small
flag in her hand. waving it and
vehemently speaking words OF in
tense loyalty and patriotism to a
mounted Confederate officer. Later
III the day the little flag lay tram
pied in the dust by the marching
/ feet.
Mrs. Southworth, visiting the
city, heard of Dame Barbara, -
her loyalty and her flag, and
doubtless also the incident of the
lady and the little flag. SIZE told
the story to Whittier, who wove
from it the tale and poem, with
good bit of "poetical license. j"
The bookseller further told me
that when General Reno passed
through Frederick, he called on
Mrs. Frietchie, having heard Of
her and her flag. She presented
him with it, and it was carried at
the head of his troops, into the
battle of South Mountain, where
the general was killed. His body
was wrapped in this flag and taken
to his home in Boston. Mr.. Nix
dorph showed ME a letter from
General Reno's son, saying he still
had the flag, with some bullet
holes in it.
South Mountain is only little
way from the city Except the
stone erected to General Reno, on
the crest of the hill, there is moth
ing to indicate the stirring scenes
and slaughter that took place
there, and some of the sons of
those who fought, in peace and
plenty till the fields and watch
'the kline wend lowing Ger the
lea. "
/ am writing from Hagerstown,
a thriving city of fifteen thousand,
on the west of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Pennsylvania is
few miles to the north, and West
Virginia twenty-three to the south,
just across the Potomac. Travel
ling in that direction one passes
through the battlefield of Ante
tam, with its many monuments,
full of historic interest; but for
bear to write farther Of such
events, least l tread unduly in the
fields of history and romance,
rather than in those Of agriculture.
in which my feet have ever walk
ed.
This is one of the best fruit re-
gions of this state; in fact, the val
ley between the Blue Ridge and
Cumberland Mountains, extending
from above Gettysburg, down to
the valley of the Shenandoah in
Virginia, is veritable garden of
the Lord" Fine productive or
Chards are on the hillsides, the
valleys are also covered over with
corn" As noted in a former arti-
Gle, here are some of the finest
peach orchards. Mr.. Arthur
Towson Of Smithville, has some
twenty-five acres of this fruit.
One fifth of them have not come
into bearing. Last season from
ten acres eff fore-year-old trees and
and like number of nine-year-
olds, he sold So, 500 worth of
peaches, $1,000 being net. Some
of the older trees yielded $500 an
acre. His most profitable variety
is the Alberta, but he finds it very
susceptible to leaf curl. Cham
pion and Chan's Choice are both
favorites. He has many Salway,
but they come into competition
with earlier and finer looking
peaches from further south, and on
that account he is not planting
largely of them He, like all the
orchardists, has the San Jose scale,
but i'll the main they are holding
it in check. Lime and sulphur
have been and are most generally
used, but find the prepared oils
in good repute; on apples, giving
rather better results than the lime
and sulphur. In speaking of lime
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