The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-26
ROBERT A. SuERRARD.
Letter from Bucyrus.
Written for the Herald.I


1 BUcrRUs, o., December, 1853.
| Mr. ALLISON lin my last communi-
cation 1 closed by speaking of the num-
erous quantities of rounded. smooth
stones, called negro heads, evidently
brought in on icebergs from the far
North, ages long gone by. In travel
ing from Fremont to Bucyrus, a distance
of forty-fve miles, observed at inter-
walls, frequently lying in the fields and
along the IOadsides, some time with
long distances between, few of these
round smooth stones, mostly small, but
here and there lay a large one that
might weigh from five hundred to
thousand pounds, and, what is worthy
of notice is, that although they have
lain on the ground for ages, there are
none of them buried under the surface,
unless by alluvial wash, and that, too,
where the ground had a gradual de-
scent In travelling out on the San
dusky plains, three or four miles South
of Bueyrus, although 1 went and re-
turned in different routes, l did not see
one of these smooth, hard, round stones,
so plentifully distributed over the high
tablelsnd from near Fremont for two or
three miles South of that place, and
why it is so, is matter not easy to de-
eide on, at this late day.
In passing southwark from Fremont
to Bucyrus, there appeared to be some
difference in the soil; in some places,
the land inclined to be wet, and gener-
ally produced more of the swamp elm
than any other kind of timber which is
not so good for boards or rails, but
makes good fire wood, for which, in
many places, it is much needed, espe-
cially upon the plains of Bueyrus. But |
again; as to the diversity of soil, corn,
potatoes, oats, grass and apple trees
fourished better, and appeared to be
more productive on land that contained
from thirty to forty per cent of sand
mixed with the soil, than on clay lands;
yet, l noticed that clay lands, with
favorable season, produced good wheat
but not so good for other products Z
should the season be over drv, as was
the case last summer and fall Fruit
trees do not thrive and grow so fast on
clay soils as on soils well mixed with /
sand the reasonis the roots of the tree
are too much cramped and confined;
hence, the body of the tree and top will
be, in some degree, in proportion to the
roots.
learned while out Northwest that
.he apple crop in Seneca, Crawford
and Wyandot counties, was more abuu- d
liant than in many of the counties bor- Z
lering on the Lakes. was further iu-
ormed that there had been shipped on !
he Railroad from Bucyrus alone, the !
present Fall season, not less than thirty !
thousand barrels of choice grated fruit
The apple crop in the above named /
brought to the farmers Iemu- I
leratiye prices, as many Of them re- 7
eived, in Seneca and Crawford counties, 7
S high as $1.9O cents per barrel in the ]
richard the purchaser being at the ex-
,ense of finding barrels aud picking, n
-auling, and shipping them. y
The roads near Fremont are being Q
lore thoroughly worked than in any
ther part Of the State, 50 far as bad 7
ccasion to travel Nowhere did ] see .
uch expense and pains taken, and such = =
borough work done BY deep ditching, o
lie dirt well thrown up in the middle s