Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-02
Correspondence Delaware Gazette.
FROM AIARYsVILLE.
MARYsvILLE, O., Nov. 20, 187c

MARYsvILLE, o., Nov. 80. 1870.
In common with adjoining counties,
Union has her fine yield of corn this
year. And what is equally important,
the hogs to which this corn is being fed
are of the better quality. The fine
Chester White and Magee hogs, with
their various crosses, shipped from this
place to Buffalo and New York, are only
excelled by the famous Butler county
hogs. or those fattened in that great but
ter region, Chataqua county, N. Y.
Much money has been expended in
this county in the Improvement OF
horses. That these investments have
been judiciously made is evidenced by
the fact that our stock of horses, from
both former and recent importations, are
not excelled IN any county in the State.
FREE Pixies.
Not only are our citizens alive TO their
interests in securing and keeping good
stock, but they are exhibiting a most
pTaiseWorthy hberality in the construc-
ton of gravel roads. Free pixies, al
ready completed or in process of con-
struction, now traverse the county in
every direction And what is most com
mendable, is the fact that those upon
whom the tax falls most heavily are
most enthusiastic IN praise of the system
of road taxation It's the true way, as
our Delaware neighbors will sometime
find out, as Madison, Washington and
other counties have already done. Other
improvements follow closely upon the
heels of free pixies. The tumble-down
old cabin is giving way to the neat cot
tar he. 4 IL L.
calves, once licensed to roam at will in
the front yard, are now assigned to their
several enclosures, and the proverbial
goose-pond is giving place to the cleanly
shaven lawn and choice evergreens.-
New frame barns, with abundant she'd
ding, delight the eyes of stock too long
accustomed to choose between the storm
and the warm side of pole fence.
MORALS AND EDUCATION.
The old saying that Delaware has a
population of Coco, and 1000 of those
are Methodists, if intended as a com
mentary on the morality of the place,
may with equal propriety be applied to
Marysville. Few county towns in Ohio,
l apPrehend, have better class of cit
izens than Marysville. l know of no
Place-not even excepting Delaware,
famous for its religious privileges and
tendencies-where the habit of church.
going IS more universal than with us.
attribute this to the unity and good feel
ing between all the churches, of what
ever denomination.
Our schools, under the able superin-
tendence of Prof. F. Wood, are in
tourlshing condition, with every room
IN the large school building filed to its
utmost capacity.
A County Teachers Association has
been organized for the purpose of eleva-
ting the profession and making more
efhcient those who follow this most hon
orable of callings.
COURT.
Just at this time our Court of Common
Pleas, which convened on the 10th inst.
and will run through this week and pos
sibly into next, is attracting considerable
attention. The docket is a full one, but
many cases will be continued for want
OF time. Quite number of liquor cases
have been tried this term, some of which
have developed some most tremendous
swearing, if nothing more. AS Judge
Conklin well remarked, the alarming