The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-07-05
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lhe year 1906 was remarkable fOr the
general deficiency OF il lmrvosis tlrpugh
cut the Union. Former years were more
palpably unlruitml--lSl6 especially So
1886 perhaps as meager in its returns to
tile bushaudman, but this in good lbarpbe.
cause he had put forth too little exerlion ;
but in no former year OF thssMoairy was
the failure OF crops so widespread as in
1866. Wheat @asliss tNah bat 40 atera5c
yield throughout; 50 that our country,
Which exported miHtohs'of bnshcls of this
staple, 10 tho mitlst OF our great aciNl war
h1s actually beenitnportug for solnc months
past, as she had scarcely done b fore sinco
1867 Grase grew fairly; but the season
for hay y.making was for tho most part so
cloudy, stormy, and caprieious that the Ia.
bor was d0ublod and tlse value Of thS.pro.
duet very seriously cssenod 80 that the
long, hard Wntct Tho@ihy closad ,sNyepd d
clean the farmers mnws aud stacks leaving
toms ~ thousands 0f catto 90 perish Of
starvation and 'fhc Diseases ehgcndered by
want, while hundreds Of thousands came
through IN btIch inserdblc blight that The
betier pact of the Sumlior must be given
10 their recovorya 6o,tou suffered from n
quite extensive ptutbg OF Old seed from
which the plants came up feohly aud per.
ished speedily ada 10 which damage by
extensive go9dslip Spriusd piNi by severe
drouth, and the ravagcs 10y the army-worm
III Summer, and il scenes marvel that 80
large halEcrop---nearly or quite Two Mil
bon balcs-was realized. Indian corn WIS
planted late at the South, upon ground i'm.
perfectlStp p0SS,l w HdhlS (eauh and ews,s
struck IN August 6y droulh so severe that
thousands of acres tVlad TO mature itSrglbl
merchantable ear, aud tho average yield OF
the FORMER SaYa States -wNs9less l han tom
bushels per acre, The prolitio West did
much hotier, Oliqourso sbtt tbs grain was
not generally mature when ,strucl by early
frosts and seriously damaged, In sHofi,
il is probable thai lhdrfops Of fhls ce,lnilyl
III 1866 swefe less tlnh flircc.foul Tbs OF our
average yield, and that Throo Hundred
Millions of dollars would not make good
their deficiency. For whilo the farmers
were reeompensedj in pwt hi]ncpridcRi
than their products, II plentiful, would have
commanded, this circudstaiCe otly ditf0sed
aud io1nalized dheioss, cansmg iull dpmestic
consumers to bear thuir share OF it, 1he1
country was no richer than, thougDN IJrioes
ruled low, and the cntite loss ha I thus Bed6
tlunwh on tho -iaEMersoboI5i ~, yg1 w. vie,.l
WhAm tha ,yeai ssbusil,Sss camb b. besot.
tied pn aard'Bo6kS nbalnnce1 last Whittier, III
was Generally fnun1, 20 tho ,ama2emeiit OF
many, that no profits had, heen realz,d--1
that shrupkgn prices aid bad dubts badnb.
sorhad uqm, nIhe great mercants, wh0BaT
gains had been large in former years, ohad
now made very little willie tt6g6 Who had
hitherto achieved but moderate success
were now commonly bankrupt, Mauuac-
turers, mechanicsI Ppa IspaiC tradespnp
shared 70 the general depression; railroads
founditlbir receipts lessdHed bythe scarcity
of produce and tho ihttbiityof thousalmA
TO travel; tho Federal revenue sympathiz zod
with TIP gi9sral es qee sIel ,Pqycrtyrr7
individual and general az length, stood pp.
veiled and conIcssSi. /ndhcb fho seeming
GOODNESS of the public ear to the pressing
appeals for generous contributions in mtti 4
motou2otEdacaaoh, tatichEaA geutAi,
among tho Freedmen. do not Justify tho,
too prevalent parsimohy ! simply explain
it,, lIowever it should be, the TACT is that
most persous are deaf Ito thdappealst to their
generosity when thoY feel that inBpite Of
their best efforts, THUR business is ,unproGt-
able. % LI illff ~! ~
Bupthe opening Of a now season of GERM
natieu- uvi-growth -awaivens- and tustiiics
hopsguf tsbcyetieSnT ehipgs t'tabSagtt6
wost, lrom north to south, the telegraph
and tho mails reeiprpcpte ,9ssprapces that
the skies lare propinotS Mu9, ith6 SHOWS
Of winter were oheaNys unnl tho floods of
tho LpWsr n issisappi; yetihe area desc
laetshy. itiuAHation ia but y spe6k ON { Q
map of uriopn6try ahdBvena thiE may vet
produce bounteoufly whetetilanledin Corn,
SO last as 'rtlinquished by tlle subsiding
walsrs., oThQngh the seaspn,i ,is late thereis
every promise ORA generous harvest; for
the people whono longer oTaN dthopassSlA
ger cars Ind steombpais are generally busy
at home. In spite of the cold, rainy ,sprmg
large area Mas beoh soNn'h>id planted, and
the people Of our rnralJisNiets were never
more universally ner mere eiiGiently at
work. Late as the,ssasqn isJ JheiS Op,psgd
of eifectite tnarlnhery 'insutCs that tieir
growing crops will be FAIRLY ttlled and safely
harvested. Even in the SCUM, where tic
blacks arc 'liligent, as is thdir habit, there
is q far larger proporti0n of the whites at
work than ever before. les quite pr9ba
bic thattho harvest of 1867, throughout our
Atlantic aud Cult States, will exceed that
of 1866 ASA fpll tlQsd,s sud- thAt We ,shsa
aganbpesp porting hWlnat aid FfSuf BY
next Septan,llep,uo9 h"on ,yHngolaoT
do not agree wil thaso who regret that
trade has been duh (6r sothe months past.
hold that q brisk trade, under tue oirounl,
stances, would have been disastrous 10 the
country. lrejoico that many thousands have
been absolutely driven out OF the ways of
Iraiho into those oil 'Hrpduouon. Nor do |
grieve that the Rafroadshavo received less
money ls9m passengers than they were led
To expeoV fersl deem il best, even Tor the
Railroads, thptmest,person should be in
dustrious at homo rather than spending
borrowed money in tgayqh sWhsne,e or ,Appc
goods are sold than the surplus products OF
the purchasers willpaylSr, a bahnce' must
be struck by some fashion OF bankruptcy
aud the sellers must be o.theloserss Il relljes
then, "a tlte confident trust that the dNllncss
of trade dac,aF tbsTrAcrhPI gtl - has
production, u brighter day now opens ot
the Commerce as well as the Industry of al
the States afadepeHdeat. y z ST
90 %----s--S-. -.-s----.
Linle OrOuHd apple Trccs.
We have known some tarnrers 10 max,
it a regular pfac0de f0fNa Succession, o
years to throw cauIio limo. around thei