Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-05-28
Turnpike Roads and somo Other
Matters.


Turnpike Roads and Some Other
Matters.
Editor Fayetts County Herald
During a recent trip through the
inland counties Of Ohio, ! hal the
pleasure Of trayersing the county Of
Fayette and Witnessed the energy
and public spirit Of the people, as
exhibited in your extensive road
Improvements, and felt perfectly as.
founded when informed that but
one year ago you were all founder
ing in the mad half leg deep to a
horse, during the late Fall and ear
ly Spring months, except on one
road leading to Circleyille, and part
of the way to Wilmington, Clinton
county. By-the-way, the aristocra-
cy Of Clinton are old fogies; reg
ular mud larks, They prefer the
mud to graveled roads; because,
forsooth, they cost too much to
suit their convenience at present,
They are a dead weight on the en-
ergy and enterprise Of that other
wise noble county. Young Amer
lea must stir up and push ahead,
even if they have to leave them
floundering in the mud and be COM
PEELED to unhitch their horses, as /
was informed a couple Of their
Judges, who decided adversely to
their road Improvements, were com
PEELED to do few days ago, be-
cause their teams were unable to
drag them through the mire.
Hitherto lam informed that your
people in Fayette used to look up
to Clinton as an exemplar; but ]
am sadly mistaken if the people of
Clinton would not be immensely
benefited by copying after your ex-
ample in Fayette county, in the
matter Of Road Improvements, and
pray the Lord to impress upon the
minds of their Judges in that Dis.
trict the paramount necessity of
road Improvements in that county. |
AS to their Lawyers, their God is
the almighty dollar. They are we'd
ed to their idols let them go, as
you do with some in Fayette It'll
was distressing to notice in the va
rious counties how close the grass
was cropped, and the comparative
ly poor condition of the live stock |
that was carried over to the com
ing season. l found the universal
cry to be, that corn, fodder, and
hay never was so scarce in the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant,
and the grazing surface of the
whole country bore the most un-
mistakeable evidence of the fact
The grass lots in many places were
gnawed to the very earth and still,
everywhere the stock sheep, cattle,
hogs, and even horses were poor,
more so than l ever saw
them. Many farmers without hay
to feed their work horses during
cropping time; and many more with
out corn to feed their pigs dur
ing Summer. However, | am
told that it is not usual for your
to be SO cramped for feed
for your stock. Be that as it may,
the fact is undeniable that / MOTTO
ed a large amount of live stock that
actually suffered for the want Of
sufficient amount of food and from
all l could gather on enquiry, the
feed could not be obtained for love
or money.
l felt sorely mortified at the spec
tacle of a preacher of the gospel,
hunting his milk-cow one rainy day
along one of your roads. He rode
a poor raw boned horse, under the
shade of an umbrella. l found that
he was too poor to purchase either
hay or corn in sufficient quantity to
keep his horse and COW through the.
latter part of Winter and early
Spring, and as to hiring grass at
this season Of the year it was out of
she question, so the preachers COW
had to Craze along the public road,
where | was fortunate enough to be
able to say to him, II saw your COW
1t the turn of the road'. / was
somewhat startled when he sudden
y epquired. "Did you see any
hing of Joe. Shucks, in your trav-
lis ?" said no, and retorted, by
asking, "who is Joe. Shucks i"-
The Rev. Gentleman remarked, "he
S some one that claims that he has
to take up any stray
lorses, mules, sheep, goats, swine,
cattle or geese that he may find
at large; and ! was afraid
he might come across my poor old
low and drive her off, These off,
,ers Of the law, as q general rule,
rave no mercy on poor man; all
hey are after is the money; and
vas told BY a neighborJ of mine
hat Joe. Shucks was Dragging that
le could make more money by en-
'orcing the law "To restrain from
at large certain animals
herein named,p than he could at
else he could go ct; hence,
-ou see, | might be pardoned for
)eing a little anxious about my
,ow; / was afraid Joe. Shucks had
rot hold of her"