Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-08-11
VOL. Q, NO 2a
letter iron, a thens county.

ActtefIfOuA AAtmcto COUHsJs
Below we publish d few paragraphs from
4 private letter, writtcn BY an old friend
and subscriber in Athens county. We
have no apology to offer for 50 doing. either
to the writer, or to our readers:
MR. A. THoMsoN- DEAN Sin: II las
been a ..long time" since Ispenncl 4 line
to you; and as you doubtless think SO your-
self from the fact that my subscriptions
is behind--by "way of remembrance" |
enclose you one dollar, which you viii
place to my credit, and continue the "Tel-
egraph" 70 ny address.
As long MS live. (and am a5ts.) ms
tend to take the Telegraph, or some other
paper published in its stead.
E---F i1Tve often thergfft, tirat hsr sslferhl1
thing, our own honse papers are too poorly
sustained. Thousands of dollars are year
ly sent east for city papers, filled with
foolish, trashy noyels--many Of them, for
numbers, not containing an item Of news
of consequence to any one, while our own
county papers--those that take the most
interest in the welfare of our community
--are often driven to the greatest stringeu-
cy. and often to liquidation, for WANT Of
support.
/ Aftera long season of uncommon strin-
gency in money matters, the present shows
indications of "better times" Probably.
never has Athens county yielded heavier
crop than this season
The Wheat and Oats are fully seciired.
and, generally, so with the Hay. Corn
! also looks egcellent
Potatoes have already fallen from $500
to so cts. per bushel, since the new crop
Athens county el1oys some privileges
which Meigs county might easily avail
herself of. l refer particularly to the
\ Railroad. How easy a matter for Meigs
to build a branch road out to Athens, or
even to Hamden, and thus be thrown In
close connection with epery part cff HE
United States. This, by some, may be
fdoubted-yet it is true The man who
steps on board the cars at Athens, need
not necessarily step upon the ground in Wis
iting all the principal cities of this coun'
! try.
i The Ohio river istoo uncertain now for
this progressive age. Cotgiess could hot
do better deed for this county, at its next
session, than to declare it not navigable
stream, and allow Railroad Companies the
power to "bridgev it wherevcrthey choose.
Let that be done which will bring the two
great portions OF our nation--the East and
the West together-and then marked ad-
iv;nlta@e will be perceptible in both hasy
and direct communication with other coun-
tries, is what will bring out the resources
of any particular portion.
often start from this place and arrive
at Cincinnati the same day--take one day
for business, and return upon the third.
I The Marietta and Cincinnati Company
are now surveying a route from Belpre
(opposite Parkersburg) to place called
'Scott's Landing"-four miles below Ma
rictta, and thus intend soon to have Rail
road connection, and avoid the present te-
dious mode of connecting by the river.
Marietta will then stand at the extreme
end of the road East, for the present, at all
events. Nor is it at all probable that thY
; road will ever be finished beyond thaO
point. H
: NJ. tE c., and N. w. V. roads are here
after the roads for the merchants and 9th
ers going East from this section of Ohio. !.
f. NJ C..