Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-21

IN THE CoUNTRY.-Through the
courtesy of a friend we were enabled last
Saturday to make trip of few miles into
the country. Our course lay through the
town of Watertown to the Village of Piper
vile and we found the road in fearful
condition though no worse probably
than any Of the Others leading ont of the
city. One of the objects of our excursion
was to learn what we could in regard to the
condition of the crops in this section, and we
regret that the result Of our own observa-
lions and of information derived from farm
ers was less favorable than we could wish.
Winter wheat seems to be badly affected by
rust, and will be injured both in quality and
quantity. The same may be said Of spring
wheat in many localities, but the latter with
favorable weather from this time till har-
vest viii probably give an average yield.
Rye and barley are nearly ready to
harvest and fair crop is expected. Corn
is badly behind, in fact we saw but one
piece of any extent which seemed sufficient
ly advanced to warrant the expectation of
crop, and that belonged to Mr.. Robert Will
liams, who has fine, well kept farm of 200
acres, adjoining the village of Pipervllle,
and who, by the way, has the honorable
reputation of being one of the oest farmers
in the county. Potatoes are troubled with
bugs in some sections, but in others are
quite free from the pests the crop will
probably be equal to that. of last year.
Apples do not promise as abundant harves
as earlier in the season, but fair yield may
be expected. The sum of the whole seems
to Us to be about this: There can not in
any case be g large harvest of grain or
fruit, but with favorable weather from this
| time on, the yield will not fall much below
the average, and HIthout such weather it
certainly will
The constant pro mise Of rain prevented
US from going about as much as we would
have liked, but we Lad the pleasure of see
Vi duU
We found Mr.. Jonathan E. Piper at his well
hlled store, which also serves as the village
postofice, engaged in examining the aceoun is
pertaining to that part of his business. He
did not say that he expected Nasby's fate
but we are confident if it comes that he can
make better showing than that luckless ex.
official SD cceeded in doing. We were much
pleased to find Squire Smith still hale and
hearty and bearing the weight of his eighty
| four years with as much apparent ease as
many men do half that number. We hope
| it will be many years before we shall miss
| the old gentleman's venerable form from the
place he has so long occupied. VIM. P. Owen,
John S. Perry, Samuel Piper, Ed. Griffith
and E. R. Adams, the most of them pioneer
in the county, all have fine farms about
| Pipervi'le and are enjoying the well-earned
results of long years of toll.
The village itself is not the largest plac,
| in the State, but having rich agriculture
region about it, and good water power
| does more business than many other far NOR
| prententious places of which we know; and
without the ornaments ola Common Coun
| ell or City bonds, 'holds the even tenor @
| its way" and shows balance on right sid,
of the ledger at the close OF every year