Evening journal., 1909-08-09
DELAWARE HOLDS ON TO
HISTORIC "FLAT-IRQN''

way and the other to leave W. area Of the
two states about as before. but enough
also TO bring a hornets nest about the
Commissioners. Every Pennsylvania who
was surveyed into Delaware was ready
his allegiance. every Delawarean would
yield his blood rather than his birthright
Wrapped in a Flag.
John johnson, Presbyterian Of Quaker
descent. was more disturbed than anybody
else at the thought Of being surveyed out
of Delaware and into Pennsylvania. He
tried to stop the setting up Of new boun-
Diary stones. He literally wrapped himself
in the flag OF the United states and went
10 cast his vote in Delaware. and when
the Pennsylvania tax-gathers came to his
farm he spurned them and proclaimed
himself a Delawarean. In the end the tax
gatherers seized his cattle. anu Johnson,
appealing to the Pennsylvania Courts. won
a decision which left him undisturbed In
his citizenship. The decision OF the Courts
was that until the doings OF the joint
commission had been in all matters made
legal and regular by the authorities OF
the two states, the boundaries that It had
traced should be disregarded in favor Of
the earlier lines. Meanwhile Delaware 8
jurisdiction over the actual fatlron is
fully recognized, and it Is no longer a
spot for duels and prize fights.
! A quantity administered little railway
runs from Newark up the valley OF the
] White Clay, across the northern circle into
/ Pennsylvania, and 30 on.up to Pomeroy
on the Main Line OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad. II would be hard to find any
where on the Atlantic slope a loveiier ter
miles railway ride than that through IN,
valley OF the White Clay The railway
crosses and recrosses the stream every
mile or 30. and the car windows com
mand a succession OF the richest meadows
] and the loveliest Of forest-c ad hills. Cat
tie craze knee-deep in the pastures ths
edge the stream. and crops curve over thi
hills that are not feathered with wood
land. Here and there one glimpses wind
ing and shadowed country road. and deep
ly embowered honnesteads peep out from
the upands overlooking the meadows
Whenever the train stops at a station,
rural hum assalls the ears and deliciou
odors come to the nostrils. At one poin
the spry passenger has time to run to tn
colGest OF wayside springs. one OF hun
dred such, and dip out a cupful Of de
licious water. II is a delicious land o
peace and plenty. shut in from brawlin
world. Tended from tine tumults Of c cres
rich in cattle and horses, sheep and fowls
I'm butter and eggs and the honey Of
> thousand hives.
II is a valley as rich in history an
social tradition as in soil and crops. TIL
cattle Of Quaker farmers have fed Z
+. these meadows for more than two and
half centuries, Since the days when De
aware was for Pennsylvanians merel
the three counties on Delaware" tn
waters of the White Clay have turned IN
grist mills that they are still turning. on
of the Oldest American Baptist churche
has looked for 200 years down the valley
From the hiltops that overlook the va
. ley you may see miles OF meadow an
, woodland tilth and fallow. spread out b'
low in smiling richness, with the streai
J now bursting into sunlight, now los ng 1
self In the shadow Of its encompassir
! woods. From the highest OF these hills OF
! may look into four States. and on cle
days scan with glass the lazy schoone
that sail either bay. One may trace fro
+, these hills part Of Washington's march
= the Battle Of Brandywine and in II
!, sight from some OF them is Iron III
Il where are still found, in great gap'i
brown pits. the candle ends OF the Well
:, miners who first called It Pencader, OF Il
: great hill. a name preserved in that OF Of
= Of the Delaware hundreds" dominated I
WrfHH A..
s the rolling country Of Northern DelaWa
n from the rich plain stretching many mil
southwark, and. according to the vani
of local tradition, this is the very en-
3 nence upon which the forefathers on
d thought TO erect the Capitol that no
l. stands at Washington.