The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-27

schools, manufactures, mills, marks
iis. churches, newspapers, and an
intelligent and entcrprIsing class Of
men and women. All that they
promised much more Vine.
land has realized. Tho cxistrncc Of
eighteen common schools and ono
acaScmy Indicate the views "C the
people in 'ho matter oi education.
Nearly all the prominent church
organisations Of the ronnirv. have
one or more societies in Viurland
Tn" largest proportion Of settlers
are from the Eastern States, hut
every Northern State has more or
lese Representatives. Tho farms
aro from i've TO twenty Hcrcs N cx-
tent, o few less than I've, and some
more than twenty, bn; tho average
IS probably about ten. OF course
these are not Pennsylvania farms
for stock raising or srain gowing
Fruit culture and truck" raisIng
IRE the great features OF labor. more
particularly the former. These
small farms create nropnlous neigh.
borhood, insure social order and so.
cial literary advantages, besides II
concentrated system Of labor, re-
sultiny in the fullest development
of tho capacities Of the soil. tho ju.
diciOus application Of fertilizers. and
n very general and admirable taste
for rural adorumcut. Another
feature that strikes the stranger ~
the almost total absence of fences
But by township law, rigidIy en-
forced, no live stock nre allowed To
run ut large; hence fences are not
needed, and tens Of thousands OF
dollars that unsightly fences would
cost can be expended III clcarin the
land, or IN bcautIiyinG the homes
Of the people. A. un mental
substitute for fences, miles OF young
evergreen hcdgcs nud som"tim,s ~
osagu orange arc beng lnntcd, cr
are already qniir advanced Which
q few years hence will tonstiin'e u
feature OF rauiarki,blc beauty. OF
course these rural adornmcnts ARE,
moro or less, in an rm5ry, state M
yet, sha,ie 'rctr AMI hedges do not
mature their beauty in une Of even
in six years; hui the germ oi sur
passing beauty is there; the streets
and roads aru laid out. the trees and
hedges nrr planted, (with more or
less addition each spring and nu
:umn.) and the will, Taste and en-
terprIse are there, which a' no dis,
tant day will make Vincland more
famous for beauty than tho Sweet
Auburn" oi Golismilh's song
AS to the soil, we find there are
two classes who always admire II.
One IN tho chemist, whose analyses
prove the existence Of unIurptaseI
mineral ami marine stores of plant
food; the other, tho experienced and
ski'lful cultivntOr Thcrapid growth
VI fruit trees, vines. aud plants
when properly cared for. attest its
natural fertility. Tho only promi.
nent deficiency ~ the nbs"rce OF tho
average amouh' of vegetable matter
IN tho surface soil, but which clover,
or swamp muck (of which immense
quantities are Mt hanD, stable ma-
LurO, or some green crop roadily
supplies. A clover sou, once estab-
lished, grows with almost amazing
luxuriancc, and then "all things are
possible" IN the agricultural line.
Once cleared of itS wilderness de-
brs the new soil works like n charm.
There is an agreeable diversity Of
soll clay, sand, loan and gravel in
all desirable proportions, but rarely
u stone larger than pebble. There
is an abundance Of clay for brick
and for pottery wuro, and fine,
white, sharp sand. fer pressed con-
crete brick along thr Maurice river,
II stream forming the ", stern bnun-
Diary Of the 'wnShIp The surface
is rolling aud from the var"uS littio
eminenccs the eye takes in II wide
expanse Of country.
II isperiectly na'nral-in fact IN,
avoiduble, that ~ II settlement so
combining 80 MAN. advantages for
markets, literary ana religious priv =
ilcgos, sociabllity TASTY, temperance,
good morals nnd good order, mat
property in spite Of nOn-'aNrs or
business drprcSsion4, should nd-
/ vance ~ rate almost vilhout par
allel in the rural world ThuRu ilt
tie frmt farms, only three or fur
wears out o the woods, and costing