Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-25

L..
The first week in October we spent in
looking about among the farmers of Knox g.
Belmont, sndsintervening counties. OF the
fairs which drew us out on this travel, is not
necessary to speak in detail. They were like
al other such fairs, in which good many
people showed good many fine things, and
every one of these coed many exhibitors
( thought his or her fine things a good deal
better than any body e!se's fine things. So
one part went homo tickling themselves be-
cause they had got the prizes, and the other
part consoled themselves by thinking that
they themselves deserved to have the prizes s,
and what with VIII ,lesome seIf-esteem and
good margin left for the falibi!ity of the
judges, nobody was very much hurt or fatter-
ed. OF one peculiarly however we will
make no no:e. Belmont can turn out as fine
a show Of horses rs most Of her sister coun-
ties,-and one other thing: The half bluoded
Quaker girls of Belmont, are az hale and
happy looking as we see any where. There
must be vgor in the breezes that blow over
those green hills, to make such hearty look.
ing people.
In all this ramble we made careful obser-
vation and inquiry OF the next wheat crop
From what we saw, it is evident there is but
small breadth being put in this fall. Very
much of the stubble land. is still untouched
by the pow. The corn is mostly in shock
! upoE the ground, ard but little of the CORE
ground put in wheat. This is more obser-
vable in Licking, Knox. Muskingum and
/ Guernsey, than in the region OF Belmont,
! where we saw many fine feds, but mostly
just coming up, and some farmers are still
waiting for good time to sow. This narrow
breadth and late sowing. make the neyt years
wheat crop rather pr6blematical in those parts.
How far these remarks apply to o.her quar-
ters we can only conjecture, though the same
hinderances are lileIy to have operated else
where. In this region the cause is two fuld
lst, the wheat weather has prevented the use
OF the plough, and I'd, the failure of the
wheat crop in previous years has determined
many farmers to turn their attention more to
grazing, and less ito sgran growing. The
corn crop has ripened well, and is heavy
The full cared shocks OF Belmont will rival
any to be seen this year in the Scioto
Valley.
I % arriving at Mt. Vernon, we took a
scramble of five miles over the hills, with our
excellent friend, LoRIN ANDREWS, President
Of Kenyon College, to his home in Gambler.
And such lovely place is Ganbier Perch
ed upon a high, narrow table, in the midst of
hills, glens and vslleys--a very gem upon
the bosom of The green earth Most of The
Inhabitants Of this village are in some way
connected with the literary institutions. The
public buildings are Of the most substantial
and tasteful order. Bexley Hall, in particu-
lar, is a master piece of Eizabethan archi-
lecture. There is large tract o. lard be-
longing to this institution, some of which is
for sale. L; proposed to select and reserve
parcel for an experimental farm, in the hope
that an Agricultural ProfessorshIp may some
day be endowed in Kenyon College; very
wholesome idea, by the way, which President
Andrews is chershng, like a sensible, piae-
tical man as he is. We saw much to admire
about Gambler, but of this was not t he ush-
ering of host of young men for morning
and evening prayers, into the cellar Kitchen
of Rosse Chapel. where every thing else Is
SO free and expansive, we cannot see the ne
cessty for these subterranean devotions; be-
sides, we do not believe in cellar kitchens,
except TO make soap in. We would rather
have the prayers under those magnificent
oaks, With the blue dome above, and the very
picture of Beauty around, inspiring Love and
Reverence for the Great Maker of them and
us. .H..
; We were supriaed at the price for which
farming lands sell in the eastern part of the
State. farm was shown us in passing,
several miles from ST. Clairsville, which
had been sold recently for over $40 an acre
The buildings We're nothing sxtraordinary.--
But those limestone hills have got the back
bone in them. We should guess that the
opening OF the Central Ohio Railroad
through this region, has something to do
with The enhanced price of the lands. All
together, we made very pleasant week Of ii
and are indebted to nsLy Of our CuItiuator'
friends, for many kind attentions.--Ohi
Cultioator.
J, A CoNTEsT.-Near the end Of his days,
the licentious Byron wrote the following
lines:
MY days are in the yellow leaf,