Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-24

this particular time. Everybody is on
the jump, supplying the demand for
peaches of all qualities and prices,
from a common Seeding at a mere
song, to your large, lucious, rosy
Crawford, at two dollars per bushel. |
Hundreds of bushels go out daily. |
Some fifty or sixty teams have been
on hand all day, each awaiting its reg
ular turn to be supplied. Besides 10
cal traffic, considerable shipping busi-
ness is carried on, and the fruit wag-
ons are continually moving to and
from the railroad all day long. The
boyssare now nearly all in the or
cbards. Each couple is provided with
a wooden basket Some of the boys
are up in the trees some picking from
the lower branches; some packing the
fruit in those boxes, which are SO ia
miliar, as fast as the boys do the pick
ing. When boxed, they are at once
placed in spring wagons and hauled to
market.
The boys are merry, busy compa-
ny, and your correspondent can bear
personal witness to their courtesy and
industry. Not a profane word-not
even an impudent stare did he notice
all the time he was on the ground. The
boys seemed to take pleasure in select
ing the finess fruit for the visitor, and
answered all his numerous questions
with rapidity AMI intelligence. There
are three hundred and sixty boys, from
all parts of our State, who came to
the Farm on account cf bad, incorrig-
ible behavior at home. Some of them
we saw at house work, ironing clothes );
some were making brooms; some shoe
making; some doing chores, and the
rest picking peaches.
The lads are formed into what are
called families, numbering about fifty
in family. Over each family is placed
teacher whS. receives the title of eel
der BROTHER and all live in dwelling
styled the family house. One of these
family houses costs $4,000 when built
and furnished. By the kindness of the
commissioner we were permitted to Wis
it one of these families in the evening,
about s o'clock. The one we visited
is called the Erie Family, and is in
charge of Mr. Buck. The boys were
singing s'All on board the Captain s
calling" when we called We noticed
a cabinet organ IN the room, which
accompanied the singing of the boys.
When they sung, Who'll be the next
to follow Jesus" we could not repress
the spirit of enthusiasm, which their
singing inspired. Surely, every good
citizen will join with us in the word OF
good cheer we tiled to give them.
A few of these boys are branded
with the marks of an accursed, abom
nible spirit, but this number is very
limited. Many, indeed, are as bright
active, intelligent fellows as you would
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After a few years training at the
Farm, bad habits are restrained, aaG
good habits arc formed. Christier
teachers, morning and evening devo.
tions, flowers, and music everywhere,
all exert a powerful influence on these
wayward sons of the State Tue teach
ings from Gods book ofnature, whole.
some food, healthful exercise on farm
of l,100 acres, and above all, the pre-
cious purity of the atmosphere pecu
liar to these hills, all assist in the trans
formation of the lads.
We noticed that our Legislature has
recently made an appropriation O.
twelve thousand dollars for the erect
ion of q chapel, which will accom-
modate 500 pupils. The total amount
of money given to the farm last yeal
for chapel, new family building, wages
of servants, teachers wages, and gen
eral expenses, was about fifty thousand
dollars.
The boys have library of some 1 :.
200 volumes, neatly arranged in cases
with glass doors and easily access BILE
We saw Abbott's Juvenile Histories
works on animals, plants and flowers
AS works Of reference, we saw apple
tons American Encyclopaedia, Mot
ley's Rise of the Dutch Republic, and
Bancrofts United States
The daily life of these boys is Sc
arranged as to cultivate the best kind
of fhabits. Let US go to breakfast with
them. A bell is ringing, and you see
boys running in all directions to the:r
respective homes.
Now they are all in line A large
boy takes command. Attentlon
Right Face Forward March and
here we all go to breakfast AS our
company approaches the main build
ing, you see Others coming mp until
you can count seven companies, ot
fifty each. Now they file in, and take
their seats on long benches at a plain
ly furnished table; you can see
bread, hutter, milk and meat But not
ToFsel Of food do they to uch. Sud.
denly snap goes teachers finger, and
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