Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-09-09
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From the Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Ohio{F4rmer.

The Ohio Farmer.
You pert yirtaososse'er on the aui uipe
To know who where and how we ma.
Come, @ lend psatt.ntiou, pll tell you the truth
! Though many there be who belle us forsooth
We Buckeyes are called, though the bucks or
all gone,
The doe too is sporting elsewhere with her fawn
And the bear and the wolf have both followet
their track
Goodbye to the beasts, for we wish them no
back.
Our fathers were Yankees, accustomed to toll,
Who migrated hither to seek good soil;
They found it, and saw it was deep, rich ant
fat, gt& 1'.s
Well timberd. well water'd, with health and al
The natiTesihad fed to the far rocky hills,
No more to annoy with their war-whoops and
yells.
So they thought it would suit we'll their muscle
and nerve, 80.
And settled down here on this Western Reserue
All smoking with steamers, Lake Erie's in
sight, ri as
Where Perry once held his victorious fight,
And taught the proud Britons twas dangerous
=, to try ,.ts$
With the true, Yankee spirit in combat to vie.
A beautiful city, the Queen Of the West,
Stands ECleveland, in taste and in elegance
Sg4#i sdress'd;- s.a 4e -p-... : FL
Life, commerce, and enterprise, waken each
.4 street, z.f...,, - -..,. 1906. ..
Where beauty, and fashion, and courtesy meet
The fam'd Cuyahoga here empties its flood,
On whose bank the warrior chiefs cottage once
stood
The CLASSY canal moving over the plain,
Our produce transports to the far-distant main,
We, mostly, are farmers, and tug at the plough,
Yes, labor and toll with the sweat on our brow,
Our lot and our pleasure, though some us decry,
And, doubling, pretend thst our story's lie;-
That We live very easy, aleging tits true;
That, half of our time we have nothing to do.
Now. if you the truth off wish to find out,
Then call on us here and see what we're about.
Wen let you know how many cattle we Craze,
What sheep, and what swine, and what horses
We raise, s-r+ l<t7sg--f.---
What butter we churn, and what cheeses we
No tribe you'll think, or pll forfeit my guess.
OF trees of the forest full plenty you'll find,
Of different uses, and various kind -
The chestnut. the hornbeam the elm and the oak,
The two last for making hub, felly, and speke.
The black and white walnut, the cherry and box,
The white.wood, the beech, for the yoke of the
The ash, and rock-maple, the cucumber too,
A tree, suppose, that is unknown to you;
The butternut, sassafras, and many more,
know not exactly, perhaps half o score.
What more shall say Do you ask for their
size? ., .. -. .a .z -r
Five feet at tie butt and they reach to the skies
Of fruits let me tell you what numbers are
here,
The apple, the peach, and the plum, and the pear,
We peel them, and cut them, and dry them to
A business fen profit that does very well.
The ounce, and the Isabelle CRAPS, too, we grow,
And smaller fruits, as our rich, gardens will
To friends and to strangers, as oft as they call,
We ever are ready to bid welcome al,
Our country is open; we've neighbors to
cheer p u -
Good fences, good roads-and fine prospects ap-
pear. --- -- r-4 .E-F -s -.ia
Behold, where the hut of the savage once Stood
Where the bear and the catamount roam'd for
. their food, -. ,-r ..,...s.
Where the wolf, nightly prowling, how'd DER
the dark plain,
Are fields of rich culture all waving with grain
OF most of your grasses We here have no lack
Some slowed in the barn, and some piled in the
stack E... ........ .'l=..
OF which we can show you plentiful yield
And we fodder it cut in the yard and the field !;
Ne'er housing our cattle. except with q shed, :
They thrive, and are lusty, because they're well
fed, 5a
And never are tender, but tough as knot
Heads up, and move lively-ay, quick as shot.
=, You now have our story but will it suffice
You'd better come on, and see with your own
eyes. --.- --.s .~--. : =
Wen treat you as we'll as we Buckeyes know
how. z...-., t-.s.
Though simple and hemely. sure, we must avow:
Well give you plain munching, substantial and
good, " = ~
And such as we w testers make our common food,
We've pork, beef and mutton, wild turkey and
goose, 80 g.
With chickens, and eggs, without number, for
And then. too, our wives, they can furnish you
out 80
With fine fatted squirrel, or q Mackinaw trout,
Or puddings and pies, fritters, doughnuts and
such,
Peach sauce, maple treacle, both priced very
But enough-come along I'VE shall ask you
You're welcome, if e'er you should knock at
rs. our door =
whether down in the valley, at fam'd Garretts-
plHe, .-.--Er
Or on the bold region, yclep'd Hiram Hill
CASPER CARNoT.
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