Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-20
LETTER FROM
JONATHAN Q. SMITH,
no \. Is. I'IiN-.
OBEpLIN, July 10, Isl

MISTER n. ID, CHf - tDoJ i WOOD rite
yu n lu lines from this plaicc. ] am inform
cd yu olTcrd won bundrid dolors aud yurc
nifty influence tn burst the cditur ov the
Fdrmer. ] no from this that yu air loyal
We had big mcctin hear TO day. Judg
Wclkcr, the distinguished Member ov Kon-
gross from this district maid won ov his
crate speeches.
Obcrlin is situated at the cross roads in
Lowrainc kounty. 1t is smart town and
has a reputation equal two that ov the Gle
fant Hannibal 1t is prinspelly noatcd fur
its loyal, Intelligent and fashionable cullcrd
society aud for its institushcn for furnishcn
intcllcck fur yung men and wimcn. Jacob
Dolson Cox got his intclleck hear; and it
was hear that was stillcd inter his susscpti-
bel mater that low for the culcrd pccpcl
which ndooccd his nominashcn for guvcrner
by the loyal pccpcl ov Ohio.
a pusson who has never lived in a cullcrd
community nose but little ov its blossoms. |
reckon yu hav bin two mcctcn wharc the
atmcsphoar was pcrfumcd with rose water,
musrat and bare oil which air very nice
when pccpcl hav no better; but WI shood
cum hear, WHARF the air is pcrfumcd, cleo
triiicd and glorylied with the sweet ccntcd
oders ov the free Amcrikens ov Afrikcn de-
sent. In warm weather, when the air i.
smuthcrin hot, and when the pccpcl air
lyablc two disease, liberal number ov cul.
lerd pccpcl intcrspcrscd among the sickly
white trash maiks the atmcslcar pure and
helthy and ralctable two every stummick
and VIC ken breathe as softly as the infant
chile upon its muther's brcst. Yu ma took
about goats, polccats, musrats and sich like
kcarcn away sickness; but tha air worthless.
as the chaff wheat is borne on the winds ov
heaven when komparcd two the oder ov tho
culcrd pccpcl.
For the purposes ov health, we shood ha,
culerd pccpel in every kommunity. | be
leave that if a white man wood marry a cul
lerd lady he wood becum so healthy that he
wood never die, unless he was gorcd by 9
bull, kicked by a jack ass or smashed up on
railroad. fit wascnt fur my Jane, wooC
marry a cullcd lady quicker than yu coot
pizen a dorg with strick9. Sich is the law.
ov mater as laid down in the Declarashcn o,
Independence.
i BY introdusen the tickets ov cutler,
voters into the ballot-box it will be purified
1t will cfrectually prevent frod or corrupshcl
frum crcapen into the aforesaid ballot box
and prcsarve it frum awl coDtaminasle
whatsoever Then awl olliscrs will bea con,
pctcnt, oncst and faithful; then taxes wi
bea rcjucod and the publick debt will mel
away like butter in July SUM-
Sich, mi deer sur, is the posishen yur
distinguished member ov Kongrcss, mise
and uthcr speakers took at the mcctcn hcl
in this airthly paradise to-day. Parse
{ Reed, ov Wooster, sez Paradise was los
sum several thousen years ago; but kc
asshure yu, and it affords me graft plashur
two du so, that the Paradise which was S
c long lost has bin found at the cross roads
). Lowranc kounty, WHARF it has bin fitted u
by the Yankees with awl the modern in
pruvemcnts ov the age. The Coppurhc
: what played the devil with Adam has bi
J. driven out and gon down two Hoan
Il kounty, and THAR is know danger two b
y apprchcndcd frum him in future.
: Up hear, Judge Welker thinks the onl
C wa two prcsarve the liberties ov the peep,
d, and restore the Union two its pristine purit
= is two eniranchisc the cullcrd peepcl. Th
air so oncst that few ov them elected t
n kongrcss Wood purify that buddy and mai
!, it respectable. The Judge may hav dife
q cnt opinyons when down in yurc bcnightc
: region but sich is the doctrine ov the laitl
full. 1t is the cavcn what will lcavcn tt
,fI poliikcl loaf ov the country. 1t is II
balm ov Gilcad, long lost, now found, hol
ness two the Afrikcn.
c Iu must embrace these scntimcnts
IS fondiy as yu wood embrace ten doll
&C grccnback 1t ma require time for sum
/, purify themselves and wash ava wi pref
It dice against an equality with the Guile
$ pccpcl, but tha must cum two it or join Il
rs God forsakcn Coppurheds.
y Hopcn that yu will bostir yurcself in Il
g coz and Civ awl yure influence for the ben
fit ov yurc cullerd bruthcrs and sisters
sccurcn votes for Jacob Dolson Cox, | su
" scribe misclf,
Yurcs forever,