Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-28
Local oorrespcnlenee of Tie wheeling 1ntelllgeneerl

local Correspondence OF tie Wheeling Intelligeneerl
MEssRs. EDlroRs-Having been very much
occupied for sometime past, it has not been my
province to examine, with my wOnted care, the
contents of your widely circulated Weekly
And not until yesterday, on accidentally taking
up back number did my eye catch tie notice
from Mr. Lohmire, of Beallsvillc, Ohio, of my
letter from that place to the InteHigeneer, some
time since, touching the appearance of that VII
lagc its inhabitants its hotel, &c.
Now, u few facts connected with the appear
ancc of my letter in that, village, will ut once
show the truthfulneSS of all that was suggested
on the subject in my former correspondence.
When the letter appeared in your paper, 1t was
taken from house to house, shop to shop, store
to store; read over and over, talked about, &c,
and the common consent and agreement OF the
inhabitants of that village was, that 1t is so true
that it cannot be answered" But after much
ado on the subject, Mr.. LOhmire, and, by the
way, quite gentleman and a scholar, concluded
that he could, by the well known taIlacy, called
by logicans ign0rGtio eEenchi, divert the atten-
ton Of your readers from the real facts in the
case to other matters. Hence, without even an
effort to show the incorrectness of my state
ments about that place, its society, trade,
schools &c he descends to certain low allu-
sions and vulgursms, of which we should
scarcely have Judged him capable. had his name
not been to the letter. But here we leave the
matter Il lin, with this single remark, that we
are happy to learn that either our letter or some
thing else has aroused the energies of that peO-
Pile at least to some extent, aud that new life
seems infused into the people of the village and
surrounding country.
No doubt many of your city readers eSpe-
cialv would like to hear something from the
country in reference to the prospects for good
crop of grain, grass and fruits, by one who mas
travelled around considerably since the spring
opened Well | would say that the prospect
/ fin If ~ heat and has not been
surpassed, in this region, for many years:
/ Wheat especially is forward and looks fine, and
without some calamity the farmers will reap
IL large harvest of this kind of grain. Oats and
barley look moderately well only, for the almost
I constant rains caused the farmers to have TO
put in these crops when the ground was too
wet, which is always ruinOus to the crop and
| injurious to the soil. The corn crop is very
/ bac6vard in fact, many are only IN the midst
/ of their planting; this crop will doubtless hc
limited, without great care on the part OF tarIn-
erS In this country it is a custom amongst the
| tlers of the soil to pillow their corn very shall
lowly; this answers very well when it is a sod
| that has been turned deep, unless the season
should be very dry; but in stalk land, that is,
where there was corn last season, the ground
ought to be stirred deep, two or three times du-
| ring the season of cultivation, especially so
when there are heavy rains in the spring after
the land has been plowed, as is the case tins
season. Ii after few weeks it should set in
dry, as it often does and the farmers, whose
corn lands were plowed before these heavy
rains, do not stir their lands deep so as to retain
the moisture, the corn will wilt in short time
and without large quantity ofrain cannot ma
ture the grain. suggest, then, to all such farm
ers the Importance of stirring at an early day
these lands quite deeply. When the corn Is
Young you can run the straight side of your
! large plOws very near the corn without lnjurlng
it in the least and then, after ten twelve days.
- hoo orr aUal II and have n
loose soil that will retain the moisture against
| the drouth of the summer and fall. But if you
who have planted your corn on baked soil,
should only scratch the surface with a cultiva-
tor or some other light pillow, and the season
should set in dry, you will scarcely raise your
seed, for there is nothing to retain the moisture
and for the roots of the corn to spread out into
and gather up nourishmcnt for the stalk and
/ ear.
The appearance for fruit is not very favorable;
the most of the peaches, pluns, and cherries,
! have been DESTROYED by the late frosts of the
season, but there yet remains, moderate mum.
Der ofapples and ounces. do not think, how
ever, that there will be very plenty of any kind
! of fruit in quite large region ofcOuntry around
Wheeling, embracing portion of Ohio, WcS-
tern Pennsylvania and Western Virginia.
find, in my peregrinations, that the different
religious denominations enjoy, to some extent
| in this region, the general awakening" that
has been so extensive in the Eastern States, and
especially in the cities The last Indication of
| the kind that have noticed was in Bethany
College. On passing through their village the
other day. learned that meeting had been in
| progress there for some eight or ten days. con
Quoted by the Professors of the Institution,
chiefly of evenings. There was deep interest
in the college and community, with no uprOari
Gus excitement that we too often find in reli-
gious meetings of this kind, but all-perva-
ding sense of the goodness of God and mans
dependence upon him About thirty had been
added to the church, chiefly from among the
students ofthe college. From all that heard,
/ have no doubt but that much good was efFcc-
ted for the students and citizens. A.
WESTERN VIRGINIA, May %, 1853.
A CoMMoN DlsEAsg.-Pimpular diseases are
exceedingly vexatious and spoilers of all beauty.
They frequently develop themselves in young
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