The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-04

Ntce N0tk fOEFWintcr.
TO those who desire something to do on
their farms in tho winter season we pro.
pose a good lob. II Is to dig underdrains
and gctrid ofall,tie cobl wet and swampy
, patches in your fields, where you have
plowcd aud plowed for yoars to little or no
purpose, losing your labor, besides suffsr-
ing tie heartache al The dismal sight.
These patches are generally the richest
portions OF your farms, and the profit aud
pleasure resulting from und crdrains would
he immense.
These drains can be built for thirty cents
pcr rod. We never hirod any one to dig
q lthem, butt is a lob weiiaved lone for our.
self and we can dig the ditch, spit the oak
Tor the drain, and altogether finish eight
rtytls per day three feet deep. Where tim
Der is abundant OF course no allowance ID
to be made for IL in counting the cost.
Good sound oak or elm can be so split
that two rails can'be laid in the bottom OF
the ditch, and answer good purpose Tor
fifteen years and often longer. In many
cases after the timber shall have rotted out
a permanent channel will be lett for the
water to flow for lifetime or longer.
Tho winter season ia good time Tor dig
ging drains. there being not many days in
this latitude when the ground will DO 80
frozen that this work cannot be done. The
wctter tho grouud is tho moro easily 1t viii
dir. provided il is not 80 full Of water as
TO he actual mud. Ifthere ia water enough
spouting out toward tho bottom of the
ditch to constitute running stream, no
time need be wasted In sceurlng the requi-
site fall
Suppose there is a swal OF swampy
like STRIP Of two or three rods long rur
ming through one OF your fields; there is
IA a gold mine for you to work. You have
for years plowed across itsand produced
nothing out of tho rich accumulation there
Of the most productive clements. Suppose
.eI aditch forty rods4ongswnl entirely drain
ara make it's,litablo Tor any crop. Hail an
acre Of the best land will be added to your
1T profitable culture at q cost Of only twelve
r, dollarsl--aud that halCacre will pay twenty
y per cent. on fifty dollars as long as you
- may live to, count the profit. Would not
le that be m0St excellent job? That half
III acre should produce at least forty bushels
u OF corn each year, or fifteen bushels oi
III wheat, and the worth Of the corn and fod'
W der, or the wheat and straw, IN ordinary
TO times should be about twenty dollars
&c Thus, as you have hitherto performed all
= tho labor OF cult ire or nothing, this twenty
Ic dollars is cor croft making twenty per
lo cont on fifty dollars as first stated.
" O. gAnd,mstk q smo way can the whole farm
DC ClNUlNu VI hI NllllOhAtplN l"lShNnl 'Nid
IN even the ordinary dry fields be made II
I, yield more largely u both wet and dry
ID seasons lind vol undordraiped viii
, Withstand both wet and drouth moro effect
10 u,.ily than IL il wore not uuderurained II
~ pays to troat almost alhclay lands IN this
way. sa' # lal'i 4'. 'f
O. Wmtor work formerly was chopping
-, down tho forests for now field; now let
Z it bo urIerdraiuing tho old fields. 1t will
IN not hurt you TO work some in tho cold
hraoing air of winter; you will fool better
for it during tho winter aud in summer the
ut pleasant results will make you happy, ie
VI Nidur scESE At A WArNRINa PLAcE.-The
subjoned is related bya gentleman stop.
It ping at hotel at Long Branch -
he About two o'clock last Thursday morn
ing was awakened by reeeiHe tap from
OF my better half For gracious sake she
n. whisr ercd 'if you want TO laugh, just listen
| to that gentleman aud his wifo, hunting d
9. mouse IN the next room lTee-eeawp 7
murmured, half awake. Now do Just wake
lg up! Tomorrow, when tell tho story
20 you1l be sorry that you wasn't awake to thu
~ reality Titus adjuted, awoke up In right
earnest TOO lato to hear any of the mouse
CT hunt, but Just in time TO hear the next room
door opened. and a little quavoring dandy
'll Of Priukey) call out to somo distant night
III walker. 'Wai taw! wai.taw! wai.tawv No
1t answer 'Watch.manl watch man! watch
I'd mani That's me, sirP growled n deep
voice 'Watch.man come here directly
It. We're in greatltwubbloi There's mouSG
. in the apartment, and it nibbles awound
in the most distwacted ruanner. spoke to
% the proprietor OF the hotel about it, aud lac
as pwomised to have the mouse wemored, but
ct he hasn't done it, Aw, think il vewy un
ShI handsome conduct of him to allow the
mouse to wemain, after pwomsug that il
a should he wemoved. Watchman Mrs.
Pwinkey is vewy appwehensive Of NIECE
I'd Can't you come in and catch the cweature2
ls 'Fraid not sir, It's too late; and should
ne be sure to wake up somo boarders Ms
W mightnt like it, How wedculousl Wei
ar IA long pause,) watch.msu, couldn't yo
SO Just step down to the bsw.room, and ge
o. somo cwackcrs and cheese, and entiee th'
animal into the entrVrn ~