The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-04-04

4 First. or Efficient Cause 7" sse, o'os'H
ssimoGao FRO BE cdNTrNUED! a'
3 PLANK RoAps. The folloing from
Hunts Magazine, is a just estimate OF
the value Of Plank Roads," % o." o. eeN
g ain the lis, Of the great improvement
Which have given to this age the charac
ter which it will bear in history above all
o,hers--tl,e age Of happiness 10 abe
people--,he plank road will llbear prom
inen, place, and it deserves n. u
changes ale condition of The farmer
where yer i, isfouad. Itgives thorough
liare second only 10 The railway; and IN
This respect, superior to IL, that Il may be
/ used by all, without being subjected to
the rules and regulations of Others, as to
time, speed or cquipagee in which they
NAV choose 10 travel " II aunihilates one
oi ihc sorest evils known 10 our rurai lie
I'm evil which has hilhenomade a farm
to some-in many parts ogiour county
an involuntary hermitage, secluded, and
a,,ainable only by a weary pilgrimage
oyer-no, not over--but ihrough roads
which seemed 10 have concentrated all
cl the. evils which could embarass the drayet
Ter. A bad road is no longer known
where there is a plank road. The iatmel
is B ought IN the vicility of the village
r and CITY, enjoying its benefits, and oxemp
from, its inc The plank
road finds its. way 10 the forests. trsi'
bnlding, itself from them, and then
placing the wood treasure into active
nse. Ii aIlures the settler TO. redeem
lands hitherto set down desperate rea
, estate, unreal as TO income, and real only
, as Ia taxation 1t goesnp into wild lands
: and, pleasent drives. It, magnides the
! means used by the farmer in taking hl'
products to market. Ii is the, road OF th'
}people--open 10 all, and like the ,naliol
in whose energies il has grown into sncl
favor, is every year increasing lis rang
and extending its benefits,arr.sr ,i.rlp
!, = r*rsA, = = gsi
= Railway, with all their value, and the,
r are of priceless worth to many, are ye
The horougbfare for the citizen ava
: = from hls ,home--for the journey, n
: travel, the tour; but the plank road IS tr
- the home use for the.transi, which ha
:" ~ begun and ended in a day, o. its frac'lo
If (which is 10 him who uses il doub
=, H. value or occupation for the hours OF II
y, day- which increases the happiness, an
= comfort, and profit ofthe farm, That ioua i
9 ,,;on of all tie institutions OF society,".
q BIG Gun Joe Billings, a romancln lcn
y Yankee, was, one evening seated IN a.,
q, bar.room Of country tavern in Canad
IN where we're assembled several old coul
= = ,ryman discussing various matters CO.
! nccted with the "Icmp and clrcumsian' rs !,
!. Of wars la the course Of his remark
y, ~ ono of Them stated that the BRUSH Go
-, -, eminent eminent possessed the largest cannon
"a, os| The world-and gave the dimensions
i, one lie had seen. s.s....s5 ,',,.,.3 ,ss,
'ysue him 10 lei such an assertion pass unc'
no |,radicted. s-...,..,,t,.,,..-s,g ri. b
ne M ..poh. gentleman" said he, 81 wo
u,s ,hs deny that is fait sized cannon-but
aae iaoe are rel leetle mistaken ip supposing II
''ou be named the same minute with one
,sr' our our Yankee guns WHICH ! saw in Charl aIl
'e, .own las, year. Jupiter! that H. 'oas q
i'm cannon. Why, sir, il was SO -, ,niurn' J.
,;.,, M large, thai Tie soldiers were onllgeo
, ,si' Employ yoke Of oren to drdo dr ng.t m !
olgy aThe duce they were," exclaimed !
Us of his hearers, with smile o. y trllnm ,ll \
one one spray can you tell me how they got
'nn ,.n saWhy, You fool" returned ai Joe Joe, - =
u axe e unvoked 'em, and drore 'em through
: = 'or ~ touch .hoie!" = z...aa -, y,
and Horses should be curried and brus
form down dailysa This aspecessary as
re. for a person 10 wash his hands and
ami daily. l, is not only necessary to
out eoy, hut 10 permanent health,