The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-08-07
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r,s-ep, !. Indiana Railroad. :

,etlr RAwsoS, President Of the Fremont & In
diana Railroad, left this place for New York
on Wednesday, to sec TO the shipping Of the
rails, engines, &C., for this road Fremon
Journal.
The iron, we learn, is to be furnished in
snail lots, sufficient TO lay some six miles al
time. Before those lots are delivered, OF
rather when they are delivered, one hall
the value has to be paid down in cash, and
for the other half are 10 be given the bonds Of
the Company, in such a way as to make the
Directors Of the road personally respons ible.
This being the dilemma in which the Di-
rectors are place j, they will not feel secure
to proceed in the purchase of iron, any fas-
ter than money is furnished and stock sub
scribed to keep them safe. The citizens Of
Fremont have raised funds enough to pur
chase the Hrst lot, and IRON will be furnish.
ed, and laid down just as fast as the means
Is provided to pay for it. II the track be
laid. and the road put in running order as far
as Findlay this fall, the friends OF this i'm.
provement must come up TO the WORK and
furnish the meals for accomplishing this I'm.
portsnt object.
Agricultural society.-The time ofhold
ing the County Fair is approaching again.
1t would be well for our Farmers and Me-
chanics TO bear this in mind, aud do their
part TO make the next Fair one OF the most
interesting and important we have ever had
in this county. These Pairs may be taken
as type Of the enterprise and skill Of those
engaged in industrial pursuits, and will, Of
course, lack in interest and efficiency, as
this same class lack in energy and public
spirit. A fair exhibition OF the various pro-
ducts Of the county, cannot be given, ifthose
who contest for the palm, depen upon luck,
Just on the eve of the exhibition. to furnish
them with something suitable for that occa-
sion. Indeed the object OF such exhibitions
is defeated, unless they are made to act as a
stimulus in promoting healthy competition
among producers. Let each one see to 1t,
that he is making real progress, in whatever
pursuit he may be engaged, and then let the
specimen presented on exhibition. fairly rep.
resent the success OF his efforts. Our coun.
ty is rich in resources, ard need not fall be.
hind other counties in the quantity or quail
ity OF her products.
suitable Ground for Wheat.-Weha have
had conversation with several Of our expe-
rienced farmers in this county, and they
give II as their opinion that i' is very bad
policy TO SOW Wheat, in this section on
Corn ground. Owing to the peculiar char
scter Of the soil, such ground is not sufi-
ciently compact to protect the roots OF the
Grain from the hard freezing, 20 which it is
subjected, during our severe winters. The
failure in raising Winter Wheat on our
western praires, is said to be owing to the
fact that the settlers SOW their Wheat on
Corn ground, in preference TO undergoing
the labor Of breaking up new ground and
the violent, plerceing wind that sweeps
across the prairie, thus read lily penetrates to
the roots, and freezes the grain out. Since
care has been taken to sow grain in soil of a
different character, farmers in the west have
been much more successful in reising Wheat.
Many OF our farmers having moved here from
sections in which the land is much more rol
ling.and the soil more compact. have not been
sufficiently careful to adapt the cultivation
OF their land, in this section, 10 the nature
OF the soil, and hence, they have lost their
crops, or had them seriously injured by the
ground heaving up. and exposing the roots
OF the Wheat TO the severe freezing, du ring
the latter mart of the winter
Lunar Rainbow.-The very rare phe-
nomenon Of Lunar Rainbow, was seen in
the northwest, on Tuesday evening last
We understand il caused some perturbation
among those who are impressed that gen.
eral dissolution Of things is at hand. Now
this occurrence, though unusual, is by no
means new, and results from the action Oft he
laws Of refraction and reflection Of light.
such as produce the solar Rainbow. In
works on meteorology, we find mention made
OF a number of Lunar Rainbows. Among
the most brilliant and remarkable, were those
seen i7l0 and 1852. There is not the least
danger Of such phenomna doing injury to
any, except to those who are liable to be
"moon. stricken.'
Flonr mill Burned. d.-AsHsssELrLR's s
FIGURING Mill, ashort distance below Gilboa,
IN Putnam county. wos burned on Tuesday
night last. The Mill had been fitted up
anew, with Steam Engine, Circular Saw,
&c., during the past year; and was in an ex-
cellent condition to do its allotted work.
Not only we're the Mill and its contents de-
stroyed, but much ofthe lumber in the yard,
in consequence of the want of help to re-
move it out Of reach ofthe FIRE. The loss oI
this Mill will be seriously felt, not only by
the energetic proprietor, but by the people ol
the surrounding country, who labor undel
no little inconvenience from the want oI
many more such Mills.
Branch Road.-Mr. ]. S. Patterson
his been appointed Railroad Agent, by tn,
M. r. & l.. &. Railroad Company, to attend
TO the business Of the Warehouse in Find
lay. Mr.. Patterson, has long been known
a. q popular business man, end we presum,
his appointment will give very general sat
isfaction. There is one improvement about
to be made, which those who have had t
wait many long. weary hours for their turr
to store their grain, will hail with pleasure
and that is, two additional places for receiv'
ing and weighing grain. Other improve
ments are about to be instituted for eleva'
ting grain, &C. There will, no doubt. be ,
larger amount Of grain of different kinds, ts
handle in Findlay, this fall, than has beer
the case for many years.
Conc to steubenvillo.-Mr. G. M. MAY
until recently engaged in the Clothing bus