American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-11-29
Four paws in the noching Valley.

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events. tina, our first visit to the Hooking
Valley was made during the most glorious
weatheroft the third week Of October and st
the time of the County Fair Of Fairfield
ut lancaster. This Frost Spirit had written
his autography upon hill and valley. in the
thousand gorgeous hues.that make Up the
Autumaal pageant. The broad and varied
acres were studied Thick with tho shocks
The nan AM womea had laid
aside the toilstained habiiimsnts, and cares
of tie great harvest and were come up
with good!y attire AMI happy hearts to join
in The annual festival ofLabor. How they
out from tho valleys anl from over
fhs hi!i'.-:hos5 hale sons ani lAu ghters
of toll; and how they jainc4 hands and
spoke kial worlS an 4 looSe1 theft little
won lermants on all the tids +ain 81 that
hal b-en gathered there, are pictures Of
memory that We have stored away for the
lark and stormay days Of winter that are
before Us ,,iowIhat the season uffairsfs over.
Wha. a whols Sia!a is our own Oaio!l
AL what u people! Blu they are not
all aiikes-ao siri R,tween the diIigent
provi lent farmer Of few acers upon the
Reserve, AMI the liberal, expansive Ctttlte
King Of tie lower valleys-who wastes,
levery year more than TIE YANKEES earnes
there is ditf4rsace enough to (oan1 halt
a dozAu uat;onalitios. Aud in all our
wrlderings We take quiet as much inter
est in stuIying tha geology OF the peopls az
of soil; fOs somehow we have come to think,
thAt ~ the %vultura instinctiStly hoyers
waero halmay snuff isprey, SO do mHn
in their p~lscs,; an | the iso;hermal linss
of society are Gixel fa,!si Ia humm geos.
raphy. : lta
The Faigijll C,la:y A ;ricuitural So
ciety has ample groan Is. beautifully locs-
ltcd Just ont OF Lancaster, back Of which
rises The pcrpeHiiuulAr, rocky brow Of
dt. PbnslIt, higher than several meeting
house s!eoples, sai overlooking rs it does
tho wiOl. PLAZA, where once was the vii.
ilay9 arl r&iIyiny place of the Wyanlots,
seems like "a seminal Of the ago, around
whoa bI;e sweeps tie tile Of progress.
Iald from whosj holry top. tho curiouivis-
tor M ~ 5Ize Mt the present, ordfetm Of
the past, as Tvs dill, wllila tie host OF peo.
pl3 all anind; ia the area far below,
l9okgl Ike chillren's toys.
This city OF LlaYa'tati Isl gr.at oil | iowa,
one of tbs oil last in the S:a.e, anl withal
il OIL IN! to b. a moral place, since with Il
papul sioa Of rising 5000 it supports some
thirteen churches, < has also a good system
of pupil; schools. 0fpoli.ioal celepri.ies
it has furnished It's quota. in the persons OF
such msn as Thos. Ewing, Gov. McliIl,
tienry S.anbery. Ju lge whitman. etc.
Unlike our s 400 Valley, this isa sand
stone region. Ths rocks crop ous upDn
the Hill ST les, an Che Debris Of rel slnl-
stone premeats nj! the soils, whilst iron
oxydes are perccptiable in many OF the
uo2y springs alon! tho watery courses.
Much Of ths soil is clay loom, AMI Is al
miripiy alAptol for fruit growing, as wJll
as corn AL ppsturase. VS. sro glal to
find thit ~sav4r,l en:erprisint gentlemen
aropIslin tthe fruit BUSINESS in ibis region,
for it must DO coafsisol thero is great room
/, for improvement. r. j. Black, near Rash
, viii, mtla gjol show %offruit, aIl il sci.
/. linz all the trees Ia ian raise: s. Cofmqn,
4 near Clrroll, ia also working into n good
G orchard all nursery, anil j.. @. R.incy,
near Lancaster, is laying olt a large or
Y chara fug the sale of fruit. The grape has
also been intro Lace. wish good success.
Tho horses 10 this region are Of ino style
AMI action, an formed the most attractive
feature Of tlie Fair. TniS IS tho hsai-quar.
: tiers of tho fam9us'oll Printer, an | also o
d Prince H,i ahl Clay Trustee, and is nov
r rejoicing in the possession Of Imported
- Monarch. There is no use TO speak oftht
" cattle in this connection. The names. o
Braseo, RihAr. Krz, Pclrse, Shatfer, Hu.
Dor, and lots Of others, are synonymous
with all that is excellent in tho way o
LShort,horns, Bloolel sheep mil swine
r are not so well established, but a good be
ginning is m3lo. and tho sagaGiuus far
mers oftho H9eking Valley will not SUITE
. SO Important q branch Of Stock raising L
n DO much longer neglected. ~.
6 The Mechanics Of this region are ma
king COOL progress in soma departments
, such a5.carriayJ m liking. etc, but the far
: mers have yet to depend mostly for agri
. cultural implements upon imporlations from
G other places Our fiiend Mwk Ksighlly
l. Of ltsynoldsburg is driving n good bushes
$ in supplying reapors, mowers, wheat drills
ETC., from the establishment of. Warden
' Brokaw Il Child, of Springfield. Bat W
/ no!ircd u now single checkrOw corn plan
y ter. the invention Of john Blmkwood, c
G Lithopolis, which seems TO he equal to tn
best we have seen of this class.
Tho Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zlnesvill
! Railroad is nov in operation through thi
- country rs far cast as Lexington in Porr
y Co., and will be th~roughto gainesville in
Jew weeks, This will afford great facil
4 ties for the farmers ia getting their stoc
anl produce to market, either Eas! c
West, anl the completion Of tho lIocl
TO ing Valley Road, will form an outlet f
the vast mineral deposits. bslow. Tn.
quarter OF the State. which is abont Il
last to avail itself Of these commero al f
:. ]ciIities. viii then all largely to our ex
r. port trade. Truly OHIO is u who.
iy Safe, and the gdol time has about con
he Otthe Fair it is not necessary 10 spea
is further in detail. We enjoyed a rare o.
o. portunity of spending considerable win
ST for tho amusement oil several acres Of
us good looking md attentive yeomanl
n. aud womonry rs We often SEQ togethe
n and by way Of agreeable variety, had
IN most capital social re union in the fan
a ily OF Judre Whitman, who, whalevl