Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-12-31
Matters a, Wood County Inhrmory.


port ~ the luhrmiry Directors viii not be pub
ished until atter April nest, and rs there arc
many LITTLE items interesting 10 farmers, which
lht report will not contain, allow me to give them
/ Few "f such items throuRhahe columns VI your
| valuable parrr. -
The farm is situated On The Portage river
about ~ miles nurtheast bf n, P,rfhgcv1ne and
about 3 nhles southeast u 1iowllnf Green, th
| would be- county scat, hnd u kndwh as the oll
I Phillips farm. 1t contains l6O kefesso Of lanl
| principally clay sul, and " qult tsaithhnsh h
the river runs through Il. 0noAwcslld tupp5s q
that having so godhhOut II 'w,htd b. arv
but il has never b en- snllci9n!ly ditchcd. We
are now cleaning Out the old bitches anil lna ing
SINE new ones, making rle drains IN the garden
and some low wet places on the htrm.
few such springs no last, will teach tho
ntmcrs uf this county that II c0sts M Jrc a. allow
NE water To rrmrihpB their hTgs, Ithanh il doqs
h. ditch II "a 1lle mcrAscl crop IN O,ei iGrst
ycSr after NE h,nl h we'll draucd Milljn many
instances and perhaps IN most, paw tho whole
c,tt olduoltag. Nc have ppy tho firm ouly
aGlutJ0 or % acfca ofs laHd Nhrlcr tcal, vatihn.
Tbis yosr We have rails ii twe han lred bushels
bf nice whcal tSo hundred an twenty five
bushels oats two bHn Ireland firty bushels Of
potatoes, eight hundred heads Of cabbage ani
plenty uf other vegetables tO supply the county s
tanily for the present. Our c,fn crop Is almost
failure, aud makes me feel a little like the wO-
man, who, when her garden crop failed, thanked
4 FONlucnco tlNt ncf nuighOofH we're better oh
lhhn herself. So Far as Know thiuk the raftn.
erF IN this nciRhhoflmod have not succeeded
much better with their corn thau have. went
Through all the mAuCuvCrs nG raising thirty acrry,
but only hnsked 2O0 bushels uf cars. Mrst oi
ths farmers in this county know how u symna.
ihlze with follow ID such a hx, I sowcd three
acres of Buck wheat aud harves'ed nine bushels,
pretty goUd per cent IN thc seed, but severe
Joke on the crop, a. hRrgNps w ARD would SAY.
We have not much stock, but enough 81 that We
slmll not need 10 sell any focd. Tho stock con b
siits Of fur hor Ses, ons cTt, flvS mich cows,
two yearlings and six spring ealves thirty six
slrep and twenty two shoes We have Ju'ch.
crcd hogs from which we got 1900 pounds Of
pork besides lard, Sc, aud have hogs ratlening
which will be butchcred IN a few days from
which VIC shall realize hbou, the same quantity,
Albo fOtte2 COW which we shall butcher soon,
and have no doubt but the meat will taste ms
good to our people as the farei caif dill TO the
naughty bay after he had fed On husks.
he new brick house built here about year
ago Is 62S3 feet, two stories high aud contains
~ rooms, Theru is q hall below ppl one above
With six rooms on each side of the halls, six of
tlIc lower aud three Of the upper ronms in the
from cud of the building arc Fixed with grated
dDOrs ami windows. Thcsc nrc prcpircd Tor In
sane patients, of whom wc havo at present elev-
en-, six Of them have th be kept confined all the
tinic twoabnut half q Q tint tht: ther tllreo arc
harmless aud are allowed to Walk around and
work little when they have nu in iiuatiou 10 do
So, Poor dementod creatures thiuk no one
who cuuld see them, would complain Of his
share Of the taxes paid to dssst In smoothing
thor weary path down lies rugged stream.
The house 10 warm and comfortable, but Is
rather crowded nt present We have thirty in
mites besides tho eleven above referred to. The
tlirty are mon, women and children who have
come here from various causes soma are Grip.
pied, some are bluh, some tr1 old and others
top young to mainan themselves, aud q few
who are c1usttutinnNlly lazy and don't try ~
help themselves This class is lu be pitiod nearly
as much as any for lnrh,css iiNs btcoma a dis
easo with them. Hut aner all the inmates 6f
tile institution are rathera happy Cimilg. Those
r9ipiously inclined, go by themsslvcs these
lohg winter evenings and sing and pray and cu-
1ny themselves, while others sii and tell yarns,
sing songs Nc. ', I,2fcoNrsc, minglo with cidpr
crowd as 1t happens to suit them. The health
of the inmates is, remarkably good, not ono Of
them h,s ever taken sick her. We have nevtr
but once called a doctor aud that was for con-
sumptiyc patient who has been sick for five or
six years, Doctors ROGREs & NASvILLE call ev-
cry week, however, tor their contract ms physi-
CLANS for the lnfrmary requires them to do 81.
Sons uf tho inmates 20 10 thu District
School At PRESENT but presume other arrange
mcnts will he made for their education. |
think Of nothing further ON jllis subject TINT
will be interesting 20 the public generally.
Things arc stirring pretty lively in aud around
Bowling Green. Work on the Court lIduse aud
Jail is still EeinH nn, notwithstanding tile cold
weather, These buildings are abnul iiuiShed,
believe. have not, however, heard of their
" being reuted" 10 any one yet,
A reason tble amo nut OF RlilrOad gisSiig Is
done eyery day, and the moro sangrno expect 10
zoe the hun horse with his puie rider stcanliug
into tuWh al ho distant dav. '"
Truly Yours,
.T.. T.H ID H#..' ~ a. u