The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-08-18
E,s,crn Corresponaeuce.
EAST GaAsvlLbG, August 8, lsS


FnlEsD HlooINs :-.-
Having leisure moment, my thoughts natu.
rally wander back to tile Maumee Valley. aud
proninent among other objects. you seem TO
stand out with extended hand to welcome a
morning chat Pie journal" now makes its
wsckl, visits, aud meets with a c0rdisl recep-
iiun-becduse II keeps. me posted IN regard to
the most interesting events connected with the
g cion OF country where ii is published. P0iit-
icaly, the Journal keeps up with the Times"
aud 1! may add, sometimes little ahead; how
ever, my OBJECT is not to Herald it's praise,
but simply to give such items as | think would
interest it's tesdersi such as description OF the
climate, soll productions. dc., Of this section
OF coultry. The climlte is cold aud healthy /;
the winters ore long aud generally severe snow
often falls to great depth, 80 that the good hus
band. or boys have to tunnel through the snow
bunks To get into tn" trout door ~ the lower
story. Notwithstanding the severity Of the
winter aud its long ani tedious months, spring
comes in rapidly TO dispcl the gloom, and joy
sui gladness spring forth from every living
thing.
The weather in summer is cool and drlight-
ful; such encrvating aud exhllerating brerz=s
have ncvcr enj 'yeJ ia any other lace save these
mountain hills.
The soil is various Thl hills an plains are
com posed mostly OF sand, aud coarse gravel,
with but very little vegetable mold hardly
en0ug TO call It soil. The lOwdnds (or swamps
as they arc caIed) are mucky, und ure well
adapted us erilIlz.r to enrich the poor grav-
ely hills
The surface heinz very uneven, you sallom see
more than few acres Of land, that are anything
like level, except m irshrs or swaInps. IL is
amusing 70 travel oyer these hills you will
often talnk tina you were coming TO the end Of
the road as You enter a dense forest OF hemo cks
when ,the road will take nn abrupt turn to the
right, or lett, ascend steep hill, or, may be des.
crnd into u deep, narrow ra>ine, or gorge, where
you will invariably find litlle brook, whose
cooling waters gutter aud sparkle like good old
"MOnons ahea'--but much pureT, and heaithi-
er
The fields are Of all shapes and sizes, and it
would anuSe western man To see the - patch
eS OF rye, corn, oats, potatoes, grass aud gar
den patch in the sane field, aud that field soIne-
times nOt embracing more than from one to five
acres
The crops in this section OF the country are
unusually good. The farmers have been delayed
in gathering their rye aud hoy, Oh account of
the frequent raius.
There is nothing worthy Of observation in re
gard To this mountain region, anI that is, 1t Is
seldom visited BY drought. This Is the fifth
sumner have spent here, ami have never
OF what might b. lerm!d a drought. While the
plains are frequently subject to very dry wealth
er. the high grounds are visited with frequent
showers. There appears to be some local caus-
! es that attract the vapOrs.
| | have just returned from Hartford, Conn.
where the weather was very warm and the roads
unconmonly dusty but as | approached the
| high mountain towns there was different air
| cool nn relreShlnS--th1 ground moist and con-
slan'y kept So by frequent showers. While you
have been suffering with ssvcre drought and hu
weather, we have not had 10 exceed three d
four days that We're anything lIk, warm weather
aud while write, hear tn distant thunder.
This is emphdtlcdily u land OF berries. The
appear to gov spontaneously, aud seem to b,
indigenous to the climate. They are found it
great abundance over the fields aud along the
highways, rderng most of the fences, S,
much 50 that You can hardly so amlss OF them
Ga our orrivhl here there were plenty oi th'
blue whortrberries. They grow on low bushes
and are superior TO the black, as they have flu
spnghny favor, bein8a little acid. AT the sam
time the red raspherrieS were III great abur
dance They are highly a ,vored and delicious
with proper mixture of sweet cream aud sus
ar. A. this time, black whorte berries, lnrg
/, and firm, are brought to the houses ut five cent
per quart (dry measurr). Black field raspbsr
rrs have also been plenty, but are now gone -
The running blackberry likewise produce bounll
fully. They are now ripe. Last, though 10
least, the standing blackbcrries are just begin
ming to ripen; they will be good for about Oh
month. They are superior for pies, aud are nc
bad with cream aud sugar.
have not tasted green apple since cams
here, and have not seen one fit to eat; still
we have had old apples in their stead unit
now. Yours truly,
J. A. ScOTr.