Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-12-27

p~u interest and the interest of this over.
burdsned, 2auper ridden city. You are in
she rsgular Practice OF hiring in sumner
lahorsrs from the city, both men and wo.
men, at such wages as you may; and oil
this we do not complain--it is your right
bu it is not righ, that yo1 should employ
them OF such wageA , only servo to feed
e. ciothe their fani Tes during warm wealth
er, and as soon as Winter approaches send
them, back for uS'to feed here IN the CITY
I'LL Spring. Ss1ch is the case, and sever
has beeu, since the great influx of foreign
hmmigratifn has cenlcted in New York
We h,vsfuo doubt that ten thousand ner.
sons who have labored in the country the
I sest Supmer will return here TO Winter
cry To- freeze or starve, or live as best fthsv
ggreyatlvon charity soup and Ward rexef
negative by Sem mus. SO live or deffor ,bev
attempt to Prog, even when they,Kiob,. ss n
raSls copmsrcs;" I, sngs;r,y tss wants os Winter
And thousands will not lay Up. sgything
while. they can get slms-house coal aud
the psecarious subsistence obtained by beg
ging or clSmOring around the ward-relef
soup.kitchens, and bread-and-mest Gispen-
saries. We think we speak within bounds
when we cay thst the calls Of beggars al
our basement door have averaged ten a day
.tor the last year, aud, yet, they were uni
aversalIy refused, because VIC look upon all
such slms giving as 50 many causes rather
than cures OF suffering famine. Just so
long as that class # women and children
who clsmor for bread and meat can obtain
II so easily, just so long will the number
increase in the alarming degree it has done
for year past in this city Now We do
not ssk the farmers TO take away these
ssrdy, lazy begsSrs end support them, but
We do ask them 10 keep their Summer la
borers through The Winter. We do not
ssk this as lavor--we claim it as right.
We insist upon it that no laborer has any
legal OF moral right to return from the
county to be wintered in the city; aud
those who dispense charity would do well
TO inquire into every case and rigidly- cut
oil every one who asks for help this Winter
shs lived in the country during the Sum
mer This number would probably surprise
every one that pities the poor. We soon-
tend ihat man or woman who has been
able to work for wages wages, too,
aa armers give--kas no right TO ask for
charity in the next SIX months. II lUrm.
ser cannot afford to pay wages in Winter,
be can afford to iced his summer aborers,
and he rhould do it. INST ad ol dscharging
md sendi'g them back upoui'e city IL
is mistaken no.iIn thlt .armer c1nnot
Aud employment f,r libJrers ~ Winner.
In tp- la litnde 'ul oue-ho!i the days OF
'ths Winter months are good working day,
and win very slight 4xc tions ths e .houd
b. 10 time.
Now US see whot ther, is for farmers
to do ~ Wut'r. IL thr first pace No
vember is geH-railv one ol the best work.
tne months in the year, yet We jldge yu
- IT, 'Usiug ali your hircirng- muo nd
female, from the way they are hockng in
20 the city. Why not keep them al work!
Let us see a, what. Upon land that re.
suires to be cleared OF stone, 20 and dig
then, up, or yather loose ones together, 80
that when light snow falls you can ,do
more hauling in one day than you could in
three days upon dry ground.
During the winter YOU wi have many
goods days to lay these stones into vail,
g. This is one OF the best mOnths in the
year to trim your orchard; and upon most
of your land as good month as any to set
out trees, either fruit shade or limber
Every good day in November should be
utcu NY tNtIN OWutE VI tlhl luuu III pllN-
ing, because oc exposure of the soil to the
,WiIter frosts is as good as fair ressing
Of manure
Any farmer who suffers Christmas to come
upon him before he hus got an ice house
ready for the first good time to Ill it, is
lacking good common sense, There nre bu'
few farms in America where an ce-housg
would not be worth double the cost OF fill
irg and keeping in rcpsir,..a and interest upon
the cost.
Tho work that should always be done in
Winter, but is most neglected, il getting
homo and cutting up Summer supply o
wood To neglect this. il perhaps the wors
OF all farm economy. Getting out and haul
ing fencing stuff is another kind of proper
winter work All the lumber hauling shoul,
be done in snowy countries upon the sled
: but is often neglected because the farme
-, has no "herdsmun."
- Most Of the fence building should be'don
Ia Winter, yet il Is a kind Of work that il
NEST neglected, because unnecessary TO re
strain cattle.
We contend tina, no barn should ever b.
built without cellar, Yet ninety nine u
y every huHdred are so built. To remed,
this. go to work In winter, and dig ant
wall yonr barn cellars As soon as this /
dore, 70 to the nearest muck bed and dig
cellar in that, nnG hnul portion OF il l.
=. your new barn cellar, 10 compost with you
manure heap.
Hauling manure Is another kind Of Win
Der work; but mind aud not drop it in llti
heaps to bleach and soak through snow an
= rain. Pile II up 70 as much as possible t,
-s'shed rain, 10 some convenient spot, 4
haul upon thS field when you want it.
Every barn, too, should have a ciste,n
"a Winter is the time To dig it. or cours
you have one now at you house, II yo
hsTe not, you are unworthy to be called
=. good farmer.
if you nosd well--Ond most farms d
need one more--dis it in Winter. Dil
too, every cellar or other excavation tha
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