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and Bakewell sheep — a very neat dairy house, with a 

 churn driven by horse-power. Mr. Morris makes butter 

 for the dignitaries of Washington, and here, let me assure 

 them, that they may be assured of the perfect neatness 

 of the manufactory. Mr. Morris is a young Philadel- 

 phian of wealth and intelligence, who has devoted him- 

 self to a noble pursuit; and his lovely wife is a sweet 

 flower, that adorns her pleasant home, and makes the 

 visiters at her hospitable mansion feel "at home." I have 

 neglected to mention that we arrived in the evening at 

 Westchester, the delightfully situated seat of justice of 

 Chester county, and were soon visited by Dr. Darlington, 1 

 a well-known agricultural writer, with a cordial invita- 

 tion to breakfast which we accepted; after which the 

 Doctor drove us over to Mr. Morris', but was prevented 

 by official engagements from spending the day with us. 

 He however, transferred us to good hands, and a good 

 carriage, in which Mr. Morris spent the day, until late 

 in the evening. And his acts of kindness, similar to 

 which are now everywhere to be seen among the "strong 

 bond of brotherhood" which is forming among the 

 friends of agriculture, did not end with that day, for at 

 an early hour the next morning, his carriage was at the 

 door to take us down to the agricultural fair, at Wilming- 

 ton, whither we were also accompanied by Joseph Cope. 

 But the limits of this letter will not permit me to re- 

 cord the high praise that I intend to do hereafter, to 

 Wilmington; not so much on account of the display of 

 stock and implements, as upon the ennobling spirit that 

 seemed to pervade the whole population. The Horticul- 

 tural exhibition, which is connected with the Agricultural 

 Society, showed the power of "female influence," and the 

 room in the evening, showed a greater amount of female 



1 William Darlington, born April 28, 1782, at Dilworthtown, 

 Chester County, Pennsylvania; died April 23, 1863. Noted bot- 

 anist and horticultural writer. See Dictionary of American Biogra- 

 phy, 5:78-79. 



