The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-03
A Wood County BOY i'm the Miami
valley.
TIprEcANoE, Jan. 25, 1859.

on the Nal River r. Il, By way OF Findlay.
Travelling by railroal affords bat limited
opportunity for acquiring a knowledge of the
country and towus through which one passas--
Fnday is an active business town ani presents
a neat anil aourishinS appearances, Most of the
business part OF the town is situated on one
street an | the houses are built OF brick. 1t is
connected with c Crrey by most miserable rail
road which does well enough for freight AMI very
cautious travellers.
| While on my way from your town to Fiudlay
in that vehicle which runs on the plank road.
certain office fed democrat who was blowing
off" on the talents of Mungen and Steedman,
made the following rich reply when asked if
the said gentlemen were good orators; d" Mr..
Mungcon is good orator and a great reGsoaer,
but for eloquent speaking suppose SIeelman is
ahead ofhim; for rSdl scientific speeches S'eol-
man is not beat in Ohio" This gave M a very
exalted idea Of the ." scientific speaking of Ohio
and tried to bring to mind soma of the eloquent
expressions which that gentleman had einpha.
sized as containing som1thing grand, bat my
memory was so poor that could recall none of
the striking ones but what might reflect on his
morals in the use of language.
Carey is quiet place in many respects In
tho first place it is a railroad town and has its
railroad inhabitants. And then it has its two
landlords who get after every stranger that is
unfortunate enough to find himself in that de-
lightlul place, and stick to him much worse than
Black Swamp mud in rainy weather. The only
way to escape is to put up at the Gait House,
or som, other equally nice establishments
Leaving Carey, tile Mad River road passes
through country sometimes hlly and inter
sporsed with streams, but generally fat and
level Bellctountoin, Urbona. aud Springfield
were among the principal places through which
the train passed.
It. was twilight when the engine whisllcd
for Dayton. The sun had set, leaving the
clouds in the west tingeG with crimson, and
taking many fantastic shapes. A few lights
were scattered over the city, and viewing it,
between daylight and dark Us it were, seemed
to add much TO its real beauty. The depot is
a large and handsome building, Once in it and
every thing was hustle aud confusion, Baggage
man handling, or rather throwing trunks in
worse manner than thoS interesting specimens
} who follow the same occupation in the city Of
t Toledo. Engineers running their engines for
ward and back, aud conductors talking down in
their throa,s about being all aboard" After
: waiting about haiti an hour for the Cincinnati
II train to come in, the train started north on the
h Dayton and Michigan road, with cars marked
. Dayton, Linn and Toledo bat which, as the
people OF your town and Wood county general
ly know do not 90 to Toledo, ending their
e course on that road at Lima.
0 The first station OF any importance on this
, road is rippecanoc, situated on the right bank
OF the Miami river, thirteen miles above Dayton
. and six miles below Troy, the county seat of
= Miami county. Tippocanpe is well situated,
q. being upon the calai and railroad. 1t is about
the size OF Perrysbur5 an contains many good +,
substantial buildings, most Of which are located
, upon one street running east ami west through
the central part of the town. 1t contains
+ large dstllery, two fOuru5 mills, one oil IN III, ,
L a railroad depot, brew cry, four or five dry goods
q stores numerous groceries aad three hotels if
they are entitled to that nam'. besides school
i house and two churches. But to other mat
}. ters.
The corn dill not rip3n her, as ea'ly as usua /
= owing to the laten SIS OF the spring and the
great amount of wet weather, still it was all
rip. long before frost which did not come until
about the middle Of Octobr. Here, as in many
, other places, th2 full amount was not put out,
! and it is very light crop which has just been
r gothcrel.
The wheat crop Of the past season was but an
average one, or perhaps not that, but better
( one, judging from appearances, than the next
! one will be, as the wheat now looks very poor
: and the weather still continues untnvorable.
/ and what, the former at IS cents and the latter
, at SlO0, while Others are waiting for higher
prices,
The potato crop was almost an entire failure,
, the farmers not raising enough for their cwn
/, use, and on account of this failure, potatoes
= have been selling during the most OF the fall and
y winter at 81 per bushe and upwards
! But the most complete failure was in fruit.
. Many who owned large an old orchards and
y who made large quantities of cider heretofore
} had hardly an apple to eat, and those who had
e any, said they were Of very inferior quality, b..
= ing small, lnotty, and good for nothing.
/, There has been great amount of falling
weather; the winter has been open AMI tn.
,, weather warm with the exception OF two or
three cold snaps.
Stock is generally good, all kin Is b,ng i'm
proved by selections from the best breeds known,
and having first rate pasture or feed,
Many Of the farmers, whose land has been
injured by continual cropping, have turned their
attention to the raising OF stock and Miami
e county never fails to MAKE beautiful display
e of fine stock at her county fairs.
Il The cattle are generally of the imported bree Is
and look well. | have noticed several droves
;, which presented an extremely fine appearance
e Large numbers of hogs are raised by the ia rmcrs
$ and sold as soon as they are large enough to
feed, to the spectators who own the disilleries.
, where they are attenrd on still slop This is
81 considered to b. more profitable than il would
e be to feed the grain at home AMI sell the pork
g or hogs when ready 10 butcher, Many are rails
ing sheep AMI make it profitable too. Some
prefer the Spanish varieties on account of the
q nneness Of their wool othrs the leicester,
! cOntendng that they less liable to disease
aud endure northern winter mach the best
ri Is not Wool county, WHEN well drained ada pied
= to the raising of sheep, and would not mlny OF
our tanners find it to their advantage, at least
Z in the long run, to raise greater number of
: sh"ep and pay more attention to them?
Z had thought of saying something about
mules, as several persons are quite extensively
engaged here in raising them, bat will reserve