Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-05-26
For the Democrat.
Fir. WAYNE. Nav 23I. 1850


EDS. DEM.:--The weather is 50 delight
full hereabouts, and HE prospects for abun-
dant aud profitable harvest time generally,
are co Authorizing, th"s urusuai vvnyraruia-
tions from one portion Of the country TO
the other, should not at all be unacccpta-
bic or discouiasing. therefore | thought |
would "mix" lille.
The strong probs iIity-we may say
almost cer,ainty--of general European
producing population il this country have
III cultlva.lo All unusual amount OF their
staple productions. and a most glorious
prospect Of a rich and luxuriant result,
cannot he otherwise than encouraging
not only to the farmer, but to all classes vi
community. In anticipation OF proIracted
eastern difficulties, We already see and leel
the results so certain to be produced in the
! event Of their continuation, in the late rise
OF hreadstuifs and other provisions. JUST
w. Sowever, we need rain here very
much. though since the spring weather
fairly mad. It's appearance, we seldom see
a more fayorab,,,, or propitious one for the
getting in of crops Of al kinds. On yes
lerday learned, howesN"r' mat some few
fields of wheat have been t,.,rsa'enea VIII
the ravages of the fly, but it does no. seen
TO be at all general. The corn is M aco
thriving finely. The fruit prospects a.-e
quite promising.
For, Woyna 10 Of ~, 49, ,,orx, l. Il L.
and 70: the favorable weather in which
farmers are generally SO busily engaged,
business is quite lively. Occasionally we
have little sharp shooting here. On Sun
day week, whilst few loafers were about
the Canal, a mile or two from the city,
catching frogs. quarrel ensued hetwee n
two or three of them, and then fis.ht oc-
cured. upon which the one who came of
second best. went TO house near by and
got a gun. crept up through the bushes,
and shot the one with whom he had the
difficulty. 1t is thought. however. he will
recover. A few days before this occur
renee. stage. driver struck Dr.. Worden
on the side of the head With sto ne. frac
turing his skull about three inches in
length, from which a piece of the skull
bone was extracted. He is getting we'll.
however. Both of these CASUALTIES were
the result Of bad whisky. ~
On Friday evening last, an old and es-
teemed farmer near this city was in town
with load OF wood. which he had sold
and delivered, in his usual good health,
and just as he stepped Into the slors door
to get his pay for it. fell dead in his tracks
His name was James Rogers--was abou,
90 years Of age, and pecuniarily in very
comforla' circumstances. salon. -
/ supp. > you are but lily prepared. as
yel, to tell how the cash system is to op.
crate in the newspaper business. II ought
to be made to work, and iris to BE- hoped
tina: it will be more generally adopted by
the country press. Ii would be better Coz
both the publisher and his patrons. aud
certainly an sffectual preventative of thai
thieving imposition SO frequently praclic-
ed upon publishers BY dishonest knaves
and runaway subscribers. The subject oi
Its becoming more general, especially in
| Northern Indiana. will doubtless be moot
ed At tie Editorial Convention TO be held
at Plymouth on the ,l4th Prox By the
way | noticed very sensible and we'll
timed article in The Local Of the Repnbl
can Of las, week, in abiding to the propri-
ETY. OF sffordiny an entire free pass through,