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road will soon be finished to Hagerstown, giving it a quick
connection with Baltimore on the east, and supplying much
needed facilities to a large part of the county.

It will be seen from the above that Hagerstown will soon
be the point from which will diverge three Railroads, all go-
ing, by most direct routes, to the great centres of commerce
of the Union, all passing through very fertile and highly
cultivated sections of this county.

In turnpike roads this county is better provided than any
othertin the State. Some of its far-sighted and enterprising
citizens having, a few years since, inaugurated a system which
not only has given the county most admirable roads where
they were most needed, but also has resulted in bringing from
their tolls, large revenues into the county treasury. An eu-
ample that could, and should be, followed in every county in
the State.

This county has very extensive water-power on the Potomac
and its tributaries in almost every neighborhood. This has.
been improved to a large extent with flour mills and other
manufactories. The brands of flour from this county
have always borne a high character.

The price of land varies frtim twenty to two hundred dol-
lars per acre, and when all of its advantages are considered,
these rates are very far below those fixed on similar lands in
Northern and Western States.

The dwelling-houses, and farm buildings are well construc-
ted by the generality of farmers, and agricultural enterprise
is quite a characteristic of the people—judicous economy,
with kindness and generosity are strongly marked in the
practice of the people of the county of Washington.

In each of the three last named counties there exists the
numerous descendants of those who emigrated from Ger-
many, and were the first settlers of this part of the State.

All of the solid virtues which characterize the German
people wherever found, are well developed in this class of the
inhabitants of the counties of Carroll, Frederick and Wash-
ington.

The Fatherland on the Rhine has no cause but for exulta-
tion in the character of her children on the Potomac.