The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-16
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1858,


night upon a new subject. 1t would
he needless for nc 10 be eternalIy har-
rangueing you about our slovcnIy way
Of farming, Tor presume have con
vlnced all whom | shall be able, that
! have presented the right theory, and
warrant all who practice alter my
Instructions plenty Of corn. ! intend,
should | be permitted, when the sea-
son OF the year approaches some
ntarcr, SO that our farmers will not
forget, to give the best plan for pre-
pairing and planting the crop Of 1858
Farmers who intend sowing grass
seed in the spring, had better break
up the land designed for grass this
winter, and let the freezing puivcrizc
the clodS. Now look how the con-
mon way OF sowing our grass seeds
has almost always r"suItcd--in fail
UiC-~d idCL hhUWh 10 nearly every
farmer in this country; fact, too,
which has done great injury to our
country We frequently hear men
say your country IS not well adapted
to grasses" Well, from the speci-
ncnS which it presents we might
answer no. But the truth is, our
country is well adapted to grass, and
lam anxious that We begin to improve
IN that branch OF business. We have
IN our country thousands of acres of
low, wet lands, that are yet considered
almost worthless, which. if they were
cleared up and sown in herds grass,
would yield from thirty to fifty dollars
Il year in hay and paSturagc. This
IS true. Try it; and then if you
should find that have led you aStray,
Just send mo word, and will come
and pay all damages. hcSccch you,
tanners, to commence with the new
ycAr 1896, with spirit Of improve
mcnt, and let us communicate freely
with each other, and see if we cannot
present 10 the eye Of the admircr Of
good taste something worthy of old
Franklin | am in earnest.
In view Of the fact that the great
southern University is located in this
county, fact which is well calcu-
lated IN itself to stimulate every citi-
zen who desires to remain in Franklin
county, To engage with new energy
~ every department Of business. We
may now look to be visited by the en-
'ightencd from every nation under
heaven; and not on y enlightened, bat
poSScsscd OF plenty Of the Spize,qnc-
INN, to purchase all our surplus, we
Wl'l not have to go begging about to
get somebody to buy our beef and
pork, wheat and corn, potatoes and
turnlpS, and all the little things that
ye can spare. We will have Il ready
market ut home and no credit asked. |
What change is about to come over
us, | feel almost like shouting to
think that we will be done following
lttlc drove Of hogs through the mud
and cold for months at "a time to find
Il market, and when we reach the
sunny South--thc biissfu South, as
The orators say when they are speak
ing Of the South--how arc we treated
Hog drovers need no information on
his subject. They will keep you
grinding round until they make you
feed and spend all that ought to be
nett profits before they will buy, and
She poor sufferer must return home to
neg MS creditors TO hold on and Gi. G
him chance. lie thinksh he can come
It after awhile. Ard many poor
unfortunate fellow has lost his health
aud wealth both in this same traffic.
But the scene is about to change
Now if you wish to be healthy, OBJ
serve the following rules: Rise early,
live temperately, take bath once a
week, and do not shave your face till i
the first day of April, 1858, and the
doctors will find but little employment
IN their profession for the next three
months to come and reckon nobody
cares Npyt tinin | ,vr.tn bor,, sn,,,n