Litchfield enquirer., 1859-03-03
Correspondence of the Enquirer.
NEw HOLLAND. O..

here in Southern Ohio. The young Buckeyes, part y from habit and. probably. more from natural nre ference, cherish decided aversion to employing i in the exercises of the school-room.
 So. while engaged five days in the week in teach
 ing the young idea how to shoot, my sixth is often employed in drumming about" and getting better acquainted with the people at their farm york; and by their freplaces One alwsys meets with friendly and most open hospitality among them, and .this is calculated to prepossess the stranger in their favor Doubtless to this same hosptable spirit as cutivat- ed South, many of the sunny side" views of the peculiar institution. which short scjourn there SO often gives to Northern men, are to be- credited The open latch string. and hospitabc reception of the stranger, has not unfreluently quite dimmed Northern eyes to the cheeress comforts of the slaves quarters, and the crueltes of the whipping post and auction block they may he seen even in that land noted for its hospitality the Old Dominion. G
 But here though but few score miles from that tainted soil which feeds it, we have slavery. that most humliatng serflom which comprises as its subjects tho supporters of Buchanan Cox & Co., These are daily diminishing in numbers. while in this Congressional district they are quite outnumb cred by the Republicans, who send to our next Con- gress Tom Corwin-the " old wagon boy"-of whom they are justly proud. He will count one with those sttuents. and will be match for several Cuba eting negro-drivipg, doughf.ce Cox es. When Ohio has placed few mere men like the former in the halls of Congress and removed few like the latter from them she will have delegation there worthy the great body of her earnesthearted freedom lov- ing sons.
 Bnt to return to my starting poirt. and notice some of the manners and customs of people here in this portion of the Ohio valley One uscd to the compact. roomy. neat looking houses of the North and East, is struck with the contrast when seeing the smaller unsightIy. and in most cases log dwell ings of the farming classes here The other day , noticed large log house in process of erection no over two miles on a good road, from a steam saw. mill, and this in country settled more than fifty years ago. The custom of building chimneys- sometimes of clay and sticks the outside of the of bcanty utility it is difficult to perceive Does business or pleasure lead you to seek entrance to one Of these dwellings-often two rooms accom- modatinp family Of six or eight-you are attended to the door by one, two, three or more dogs and your knock invariably answered ly the invitation "come in." Once free from the attentions of the dogs you are offered seat before the fireplace which has not gwen way as yet to the stove for culinary pur- poses. Yet it has somewhat degenerated from it's mammoth proportions of former days No longer does it allow the good dame to enjoy her favorite pipe in it's corner-no longer do tho children crack nuts there nndstnrbed by the heat no longer are the largest trees of the forest required for back logs. But still its capacities are such as permit it's use only where wood and air plenty, still it per- forms its usual office of keeping one turning" lest he should be roasted in front and frozen behind If you remain to supper you will sit down to substan- tal meal of bacon, bread, and sweet potatoes-if in their season-served mp with variety of condi -ments, and accompanied by the never falling coffee You will of course be pressed to remain all night, and do not decline because you see that the only
 'spare bed' shares the room with one or two others and the same where the family cat and "liye." If their notions of hospitality and refinement are not disturbed, yours should not be.
 The Yankee or son of the Emerald Isle is not more lnveterately given to the of provncia liss than the Southern Ohioan He "allows' to do a thing where you intend ;'' he " reckons'' where the Yan kee '' cal clates;' he calls " mean' man or na ry;' good supply" of anything he terms |" right smart of it; if he carries anything he "packs" it ; his horse is his beast - the day, after twelve o'clock is C evening he does thing not once or twice, but onc't or twict, and finally the most Il. the teacher with the term master" &c., Sc.