1878.] 



THE LANCASTER FAh^;...^. 



0(j 



ar6 \)e\nn rcjoftwl in tlis lilithnr nitttudrit. 

 TIk'I'o :iii- iiiuiiy ciilii>r viiliialiK' vitrli-tii'H that 

 niiislit 1)1' I'lTiiiiiiiiruili'il, liiit it it II |{<-iii<riil 

 ' iiiiitlitki' to |iliiii( tiHi iiiiiiiY kiiiilH ill iiiii< ur- 

 cIiiidI. iliilcHn fur till' |Mil'|><>NO lit' Imtiii^. 



'J'ht' iiiiiiiv ('Xr<>lli-iit new viirii'tlr» iif ((rii|ici( 

 ('ori'«liiui'iw a fiTxIi iiii|H'tiin tnwunl tlic rxlfii- 

 hIoii of tliiH ili-xiiiilili' fruit. No kiiiil of IViill 

 will iiriKliirca liir)-!' virlil, witli Hiirli I'l-ilainty, 

 ll« till- viiU'H ciui Im' lalii down iluriii^ llii< win- 

 liTuliil Im< protcrtt'ilaKaliiHt any ilf^ri-i' of i-oltl. 

 Tlio iii'iitiiii;; ami IrainiiiK I'aii lirrn ho niiirli 

 liiyKlilli'il a.s to (li'trr iiiaiiY Iroiii ulli'iii|itin;; 

 iu ciiltiirr, wliii'li, liowcvi'i', Ih JiimI uh Niiii|il<< 

 UM that of any othi-r friiil. Tin- Concoiil Htiil 

 (■oiitiniira to lir tlic t;ia|H* for tlii< iiiilliiiii, 

 wliilit Ivi'H, Martha, loria. Di'lawarc*, ']')<lt<- 

 ({rapli, with Boiiii' of till' ni'Wfr variilirn, ar«< 

 HiirccHNriilly Kiown in the ililU-ronl ittH'tioiin of 



thr StMl,-. ' 



Small li'iiits mIioiiIiI not Ih< iicj^lcrti'il I>y any 

 faiiilly that Iiiih a nffiian- roil nf ^roiinil to 

 plant, lint i-spn-iaily I hi- Nliawlwrry, aM it Im 

 IM> ili-licioux iiM to gratify tin- tanlr of tin* liioHt 

 fuxtiilioiiH, wliilr it In ho proiliictivi- ami <-c<r> 

 tain of a crop in alniimt any wasoii thai it 

 wctnM alinoxt rriininal to ri-ji-rt it on tin- part 

 of hi'ails of many fanii!li<ti, whom' jiiniorn iil- 

 inoKt famlKli for thr want of itiirli palatalili< 

 ami hi'altli'PiiMliirInK I'immI in itH iM'aHoii. Wil- 

 noii'm Alliaiiy in Ktill I'xii'imivily ijrown, lint Ih 

 fast i^ivini; way toCharlrit l)<iwnili;{ ami otlu-r 

 varictiri* of hi'ttir i|iialily. 



for 'I'HM I.ANrA»l'KM VAHUKU, 



HAKU TIMICS OK 1817 ~l8a*. 



All/ l)'(,r Olil h'rirwl : III 'I'lIK LANfAHTKU 

 FAKMKit, of till- IMIi iiint., you rt-ft-r to th»< 

 vnrioiiH |M-riiHlH of " Ilanl 'I'iiiii-N " throii);li 

 wliii-h you havi' piiNMrd, i-xpicially (Iiohi- fol- 

 lowiiiK thi- war of IHl'J 1.'), of which you nay 

 you nttain lint "a faint itiipn-HNion," on iti> 

 coutil of your youth. An I am h few yearn 

 your ncnior |M-riiiil iiii-tockc out your ri'collcc- 

 tioiiH with lioini- of tnltic, anil thuH "(III in" 

 Col. UiMitoii'it liii({i-r i/riifritl picluri! with a 

 fow minute <li-tail», which will prove Itti cor- 

 r<*clii«i«t, W) far ;t» I'lir former home (Marietta) 

 waM contM'riieil. I would not retouch the 

 Nuliji'ct were it not that thepri-M-nl momly re- 

 HectlonM of Home may Im« ;i little litii;lileni«l 

 )>y weiiiK that otherit have been worw off than 

 Ihi-y are that hard aK the prcKi-nt tinicM un- 

 donlitciHv are, we have men much harder 

 timcH. '' Miwry " miiv imt" tun' company," 

 but xynipathy Im i;ratel'ul to it cHpi-cially the 

 Itynipathv which comi-H from like exiicrienc^-n 

 — and the burden may l»e relieved by i-iii;;!!!;;, 

 IniiniKon, the old MoliKi " I'Ct tIM all Im^ un- 

 IkaiMiy together !" 



My father, an you may rememlM-r. wa«i ac- 

 counted a wealthy in:in (at Iht- llim hUuidard,) 

 at the <-loHe of the war, in 1h|.', notwilh- 

 HtandiiiK Home heavy ex|><-tiMeH and Ionh»-h con- 

 ne4-ted with raiHiUK a coiiiiiHliy of voliiiileerK, 

 ("Marietta (Jiayn.'') and almence fmni bin 

 buMinetix while ill camp, in ]HH. liut the de- 

 preciation in all kiiidx of pro|)<-rly. and the 

 failure of home fornierlv wealthy men for 

 whom he wan Hiirely. really left him in Mtich 

 condition thai had liii* pioprrtv been hoiiI by 

 the »lii»riir at anv time ;iflir 1H17 be wonlil 

 have Im-i'Ii b«|>i'lenKly bankrupt, lint aM all 

 MU|i|HiHi>d him fully Holvent he HvimI and hIiuv:- 

 K'eil on the <-ri-dit of that reputation until, 

 afl^-r el^dil or nine yearn ol int^-nm- anxietv, 

 he j/iadually emer;;e<l from the continually 

 itii|M-ii<lJn« ruin I 'J'hiit will explain the de- 

 tailn I now procee*! to fuiiiinili of a father'M 

 care and prudence, and a mother'^ wine* 

 economy and lioiiiu-wlfely niaiia;'enient. 



I>uri|j|; many of thoiw- anxioUM yearn, ex- 

 cept when MtraiiKi-pi Hat at our boaid, our 

 cofl'ee wan mainly, if not wholly. ioa>il«-d 

 whwit. rye, baili-y, cheHtniitii, ai-orim (wliiU- 

 oak), &c. And thin wan not Hweelencd, nor 

 (w-hen milk had to be l»in;flil) whlleiiid in 

 recomiienx- of which caciillce, no bard for 

 children to make, we wire each allowed one 

 cent a wt-ek. We hail nieat ;il 'iih iilionl 

 tlire*' inealn in eiwb we«-k, and tl llv, 



of the chi-HpcHt kindii, but no wc 1 im 



to Ije whulenouie, uuurUhiug aiid rery palalu- 



lite. KUh were iibundunt In th«<lr hpawhi, for 

 iMiya who ilcll>;lited m calclilic^ tlieiii, and the 

 iM-nt nliad ill tlie world, Wi'l|{hlnK lioin live to 

 leu poumU each, were Hold at It) to 1/^ cetitM a 

 piece. Our bread wan lye, or wheat largely 

 mixed with rye, corniueul, or |Mitat<M-H, and 

 Ueneially ({ulltlenn of butlor cheap inolaMea, 

 "Hmeiiica.He," and apnle, (mmu-Ii, or plum 

 "butter," (without other nweeleniiitt than 

 what the fruit Mipplied,) Ih-Iuk the Hulwtltille.i 

 provided plentifully In the fruit yearn, but 

 nparely in other yeain. When "company" wan 

 expecteil a \vlieat4'n loaf wan bakeil, and the 

 table wax well fiiiniiilieil to nave appeariincen, 

 for it wa.t feared that if facln iH'canie known 

 creditor.^ mi^ht nuniiect the actual but bidden 

 bankruptcy, and by wildly punhiii;j; then 

 claimn nwecp away every particle of naleable 

 properly ami leave un under a lio|M-lenn moiin 

 lain of ilebtn. Ileniile.i, tlnme were ilayn when 

 impriHoninent for debt vet nhailowrd our civlli- 

 /ittion, a dark cloud which my father alwayn 

 proudly claimed a larj^e ahare in removing 

 frmu the ntatule iKtok. Alno, except when 

 we had " company," wi< neldom naw a cake 

 on our table. Have the "KuMtnacht" cake un 

 • weelened, (and once or twice made out of 

 rye lliiur,) and the ('hrintiuan {-akisi, without 

 which two the year could not have rolled 

 aioiiiiil in our (■erman faiiiilien. Soiiiel linen 

 there wan "a birthday cake" innteud of tbe 

 traditionary "luinovei" or otlirr pie. Canned 

 friiiln were nnkuown, and the few prenetven 

 that Weri- made were renerved for exllaoidi 

 nary occaHionn, and for llni nick, whether of 

 the falnilv or out of it. 



Our clolliin;{ wan on the naiiie economical 

 Hcale ; for daily wear, in nummer, the home- 

 made tow-linen and linen-Htri|H'4l, with heavy 

 hoine-made linen for nhii-tln;{ ; and in winter, 

 velvet for pantn, or boine-made canninet for 

 the whole niilt. Afl.er a time a bi-avy cotton 

 cloth took the pliice of lilii-li, and Koini-tlmen 

 a h<-avy woolen cloth (domi-Htic) nliperHeded 

 the canninet or velvet. The velvet lieiii;; un- 

 liniMl, |j;ave a line ntart to the blood, and 

 caUM-<l a I'aU'hin;; of the breath when drawn 

 over the bare nkin in a cold room on a cold 

 winlcr'n niornln;; ! Kor tbone were tlliien 

 when we knew liothin;^ of underwear in aliupe 

 of ilrawirM. 



J doubt not that othern, yet living, could 

 more than match thew* ntati-meiilH, with 

 ^'I'l-ater liaidxbip in food and lainmi-nt ; for 

 thorn- were, Indeed, bard timen when niany of 

 our lient i-iti/enn were torn from their familien 

 and tliriint into the old Kancanter Jail nimply 

 for Ih-Iiik too poor to (lay their debin, Iraviii).; 

 wivi-n and children de|M-mlent on the kllkdneiM 

 and charily of friemlN and nei|{hborn. 



1 will conclude thin nample of iM-rnonal re- 

 coIlectioiiN by addlii;{ a few extriu-ln from an 

 uiiti-bio;.'rapliical nkeU-li, written for me, at 

 my reipient, by my father. It will nliow the 

 enoriiioun rim* and fall in the prlcea of real 

 enlate, between lHl',jand lH-,i2. 



" J'rom the commeiii-einent of llm war until 

 the r'low, every article rone in piice. All the 

 bankn bavin;; ntopprd payinjjr n|M'cie for their 

 paper, and their numliei in IViuinylvania iii- 

 creawd from l.'j to TiT, inxiied their paper with- 

 out limit. Thin rained the price of every- 

 lliin;;, eniMvially real i-Htate. lloiinen in 

 Marietta nold for from <ri<),iiOO t/i S'iO.iJOIJ ; 

 va/ant buildiiiK lotn, -tti feet front by ^^<)l) feet 

 deep. Hold for from f.VMl to 8'.i,MKi a pie(«'. 

 In IKl.'i I caiiKhl the epidelnlc and purcbaMKl 

 4H Bcren of land iuljolnluj; the l>oroiii;li, at 

 tl,.'i(XI (M-r acie, and laid it out In 175 town 

 loin ami dinponi-d of Ihem by lotU-ry, (iU wan 

 the practice at that p<-ri'><J,) at $/iIK) per lot, 

 excluxive of (eiicen and live renerved lotn. I 

 Ijoii/bt a farm |Hl)oiit half way l>i-tweeii Ijin- 

 cai-U-r and Marietta] of I'Xi iicrin at t'J.VJ |n-r 

 acie, and aino bou^-bt neveral lionwn to ^et 

 rid of my money. In IHIK the bankn renumed 

 n|M-cii- paymentx, and the di-btn which had 

 Ineli conliaclnl when ' rajjn ' wi-re Ibe i-ir- 

 culatin/ nil iliiiiii. bad now to |j<- |tald iu allver 

 wlii-n one dollar wan woiHi S.'i of pajx-r. The 

 farm I had loiUKht at (I'J.'iO |H-r lu'ie I hold at 

 t\'Mi, ami In two yearn after it wan M>ld at 

 ^40 iMit acrv ! Jiouaen in town which iK;ld at 



one time at lin.OflO, were afterwards aold hy 



the nberlll for il.llNI, und .-lume did not nefl 

 for ua much an the lime m then' walln had 

 coat. HiillililiK loin that had iH-eti nold for 

 flom t'J.tNM) to |'.',r>(K) each, were Hold lor t'M 

 each. The fact in that theie were but hvA 

 men In a |topulalion of alMnit 'Jt,iHH) souU that 

 did not break up iK'foie IH'J'J." 



My dear old filciid, tliiMtt* were, Indeivl, 

 "/iiiril tiinen " In and around our old home! ^ 

 A. It. (Ironh, »»'.««/ii»w/tu(t, JJ. C, A/iir.7. aM, 

 1H7H, _ 



For Thb I.AM(UttTga Kamhhb. 

 KAKM NUTUa. 



Washcy i'Klda 



Hilly neldn are apt to wanh out dilche« by 

 heavy raiiin. I'ick up the loone iitonen on Ihn 

 lli-ldn, haul tliem to nmli dllchl^« and Itll them 

 up. If theie are not handy, take brunh and 

 dirt and make bankn. Throw dirt in on the 

 lower end to ntop the water. Then put ImuhIi 

 In on the iiptier aide. Ket theiii upii|{lit, or 

 alanl them a little down bill that the water 

 don't wanli the dirt away. Then |iiit diitoli 

 Ibe briinli to hold Ihem in place. Make niicli 

 bankn every ten or twelve vurd.-i lhiou((h Ihn 

 whole ditch', the Htee|H'r'llii- bill the nearer 

 llii'V niiint be to){ether. Hut let tbi-iii nlwaya 

 lie the depth of a fill row lower thiin the aur> 

 face. The npacea In-lween tliene bankn will 

 till Up of thi'iiiaclven, and by and by ^^raaa will 

 i;row over them, and lh<- water will not again 

 wanh them out ; but never plow Ihem up 

 axuin. If I bey are llllid up too bl^b the 

 wali<r will noon make a new ditch by the nldn 

 of lliu old one. 



fcncva. 



htiai|;lilen up all |M>at fencen while the 

 ground la yet nioint and aolV If m-glecled 

 until the ^Mound in dry and hard it double* 

 the lalnir. While the i;round In noft we ciui 

 piinli them an ntral;.'ht aa we want them and 

 kei'li them HO by iKiuiidlnK in nome dirt, liut 

 if delayed until the ground U hard they luiva 

 to Im' dug out oil one aide. 

 Kuada. 



Make the roailn iverywbeie on the farU) 

 In-fole the ground Inllrmly aettled, aalt liiakea 

 the Im-hI job, and la not no apt to wanh away 

 by heavy rainn. Wln-ii left until hay-inaklng, 

 llieii the ^.'I'oiiml ia tiMi hard to pick or plow, 

 and what in thrown Into the road remain* 

 loone, and diawn heavy wlieli we couie Ix) haul 

 in bay and |.'iain. lint when it in made early 

 ill the npriiig, it nettlen liiliilv fant by the tluin 

 the hay-making and harveating cornea. 

 Kiiiatly. 



Notliin;:; nbouM In- put o(T iinlil Ixi-niorrow 

 that ••uijhl to Ih' done and I'Oii lie done to-ilay ; 

 for thin In only playing into the bandn of that 

 " procranlinallon " which In "the thief of 

 time." J. U., WarvH'k, ApHl, IH7H, 



I'ACTS KOR I'AKMKRS. 



There are many valuable blntn contalmtd Iu 

 the following paper read by (^ol. ,1. I,. Ktlcbter 

 before the Meikaloimly Agrlculluial S<M'ii-ty, 



at itn lanl meeting, that will Im not only of 

 InU-rent, but of ii-al lK-ne(ll : 



Mr. /'mull lit 'iml Hrvllniini • I am lndelit«Ml 

 to Senator i'jinenlroul for u i-opy of Ilia 

 "Traiinaclionn of the ( allfornia Klate Agri- 

 cultural Kocietv," ami am aiiiM/.id at the Im- 

 iiieiiM- agiiculliiial rentiiiicen and uiilionndtwj 

 fi'ililily and pioHi.erMy of the (iolden fState, 

 and the high appret-iation of her citir.eiin of 

 agricultural and borticnllural No<-le|ii-a a« a 

 nii-aiiH of developing her renoiircen. I have 

 ^'leaned flom thin re|"/rl many valuable fact* 

 to utili/.e for till- lienilll of our noclety. 

 Hiatc Aid to AKrlcultural tocktlet. 



The |>-glnlaluie ' ' ' ■ U-n 



».'.,(XI<J to the State ' .j 



t'i.UIJ*) to each ol I ,m.i ■.i...m /.ni'.ua, 



thereby vanlly augiiientiiig their ability to j.'lv<j 



liln-riil "•■ ' » ul.iil. :.i, laigelv in excena 



of til i-n, 'J'be MM ripta 



of lb. , ., ■ f4r, (Ci'i iiiid tb» 



<*xptm«M about llie aame 



