Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-02-04
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VS. find the following strangely
cisconsolate article id The Ohio
Farmer of the 30th ultimo.
aaF1YErrE CoUSrY We are do
Rag just toiembly dowpf here in
,hIitllc Bnstlet We have got a
bout all'the principal roads in the
county piked in the last Two years,
at a cost Of about three thousand
dollars a mile. 1t is a heavy tax
but we had to do it or leave the
County. We have a level ooiInty
you know, with q tenacious clay
sub-soil 4 great proportion Of it
not drained or poorly drained, and
ia d consequence, has been plowed
swct and poorly farmed, and has be-
fGoms exhausted Our crops. dete
riorating yearly in quantity and
qualify. Our expenses increasing,
the general Indebtedness quite
heavy, and weare not making mon
tey enough from our farming and
stock growing operations TO enable
as to incur the heavy expense Of
tiledraining and improving our
lands, and the next thing is-What
is to be done?
.g9 T 8da WIN. HAGLER.
v Certainly our bachelor friend
must have bOen 10 audesponding
meod WlIen he Wr0te tlle above ar
ticle. We are unwilling to think
that the farmers of our county will
agree with Mr. II in his statement
that the farming lands Of Fayette
county have "become exhausted,
and our crops deteriorating yearly
in quantity and qualltyP 1t is
trne however, that our indebted
nessis heavy, in consequences ofour
extensive turnpike enterprise But
If we have incurred a debt of $780,
900 for this work, we have for 1t
lEame received for the roads, while
some Of them from the fact chat one
piece of land may be taxed three or
four times on that number of froads,
may bear heavily on some mdivid-
nals, are worth to the,county more
than the cost by long way. Our
lands are far from being worn out
and the suhsoil is Of that character
which, with proper management,
never will wear out and, our bach.
elor friend (who, we fear, has given
himself over to aliro of despair, and
blissless, lonely solitude to the
contrary notwithstanding, never
were III a better condition than they
are in the year Of grace, 1869 and,
instead OF deterioraliug, they are
yearly improving BY the extended
process of under. draining that is
being carried on by our cntorpris-
ing farmers. Our readers in Fay.
ette county will bear witness with
us, that lands which a few years
ago were regarded as nearly worth
less, on account Of their swampy
condition, have by this draining
process been made and now class
among the best lands in the State.
And the lands of Fayette County
to-day, so far as the soil is concern {
ed, Is in condition to yield q great /
or amount Of produce than in any 9
year since il has been settled, with i
q favorable season aud proper cul-
ture. flour crops fora year or two
have not been equal to the expecta- |
tons ofOur friend, it has been ow-
ing to tho unfavorableness of the
season, aud not to any deteriora-
tion Of the soil. tla 44..uas75 q
Our bachelor friend, inaconelu =
sion, asks, "What's to be doneT =
To which the FarmerrOplies, gGur- n
tail expenses and keep pogglng n
away" That Is very good advice, !,
But our advice TO our highly re- !,
spectod, and so far as worldly 4
goodl are eoncerned) well,tordo !,
friend, gto acquire that kind ofre, :
latiOnship to the possessQr Of "a /,
pair Of bright eyes and a heart full n
of tender affections, that makes two
aeaFts happy aud puts thom IN pos.
lassioA of real domestic BLISS sss a5
OrPosED 10 the WmsKY TRApEn III
The Guernsey Times gives the fol oh
owing item "Mr, Samuel Lewis, vi
IsniOr proprietor of the Grant ad
IOuse, Wheeling, West Va, last nc
yeek refused to lease a roomin his WI
Iolel for a Saloon, although offer TIL
ID $4,000 for a lease Of ten years, OBJ
iis answer WAS mo, sir, if you wa
sOuld ODER me $4,000 for one ca
roaF, you coMdnot have II Tor that fol
purpose" He afterwards rented pli
he room at $500 year to gro. N.
isr. tin
sAn honest mans the noblcst wa
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