Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-03
LETTER FROM ToNToGAEY.

LETTER FROM TONTOGANY.
ToxroGANY. Oct. 81, 1871.
En-. JOURNAL: Please excuse me for my tar
diness in not writing sooner. If were an edi-
TOR could set down and dash off letter in no
timo but as am not, and not accustomed to
writing but little, find it quite difficult to get up
letter out of nothing; therefore am compelled
to wait for events tn transpire.
This season has been one Of the dryest known
in the Maumee Valley for many years. The year
1888 was as dry year as this, but the drought
was more severe in the interior and southern
part of tho State, We had no rain that year
from July to the third week in November. A
great portion Of the wheat sown in the interior
and southern part Of the State laid in the ground
for weeks without sprouting, but the winter was
mild and the November rains caused the wheat
to sprout and the next season we had goud
crop. There has been considerable wheat so wn
in this township and where the ground is sandy
there is considerable wheat, but on the muck
a1d clay lanI most Of the wheat is lying in the
ground as dry as the day it was sown. 1t viii
depend much on the winter whether We have a
crop next year. The prospects are anything but
favorable. The wise farmer will hold his wheat
pect for crop next year.
Owing tn the severe drought the grist mill has
stopped and can only resume business when we
get water. Wells and cisterns are dry and peo-
pie are compelled to haul water from the river or
wherever it can be got. This is their own
fault to a great degree, as most ofthem can have
fountain wells ifthey would oaly go at it and
bore down from sixty to one hundred feet. Should
fire break out here there could not be
water secured to eatinguish it. Why the citi-
zens do not unite and dig town we'll is beyond
comprehension. There should be one on the
corners between Black and Whitmore's stores.
The residence of Mr.. Turney, some three miles
west of here, was recently destroyed by fire.
When 1t was first discovered the neighbors rush
ed to the spot and in sLort time put it out (as
they supposed, but it again broke out in the up
per part of the buillng and all effort to save it
were unavailing. Otherwise we have suffered
but little from fire; but at Weston and farther
up the railroad great amount Of damage has
been done in the destruction of timber, wood,
ties. Sc. We were blessed with light shower
last week which dampened the leaves so that
fire did not run, which has relieved us of the
dense smoke that filled the atmosphere so long
and which was very disagree able.
Trade is not quite as lively now as It has been
owing To tie farmers being all busy husking and
securing their corn crop. Corn will not yield IS
heavy a crop as last year, but at the same time
it is good crop. Taking all together, farmers
have no reason to complain. This year has
demonstrated that our prairie lands can stand
drought better than the clay or gravel soils.
The new schoo! hous, is progressing finely, a
bell has already been put in the belfry and the
building will soon be completed and ready for
the winter school. George Nichols boot and shoe
shop is being cosel, while iDr. Davis new
drug store is being pushed forward rapidly, w.
Feather has commenced his new building de-
signed for saddle aud harness shop, 2OxiO feet,
two stories high. Several SIN lller buildings and
additions are being erected in various parts Of
town. The painters brush has whitened mum .
Der of buildings that had become somewhat rus
ty. Altogether, things look in prosperous con
diton.
X. NJ. SINNERS new residence east of town,
has received the finishing coat insides Your old
townsman, Jeremiah Crane, was the foreman on
the plasery. This is one of the finest residences
in the county, and when fully compile eted will cost
$4,000. "Res." ."says it will have 10 be "warm.
ed" when he gets into it. That's what we are
waiiing for. We are in on that line every time.
We learn that Mr. Fred. Foot, who has been
engaged in the mercantile house of Peck & Mil
Ter for several years, has moved 10 HlskinS,
aud has formed partnership with Messrs. Cum
ming < Rush in the mercantile and grain busi-
ness. Fred.is a frst-rate fellow if he is on the
bachelors list While we regret to lose him
from here, we wish him success in his new en-
terprise. He carries with him the best wishes
of h ost OF old friends.
As the season ofout door labor is fast draw
ing to a close, we hope IN see our citizens engage
in something the coming winter that will be to
their advantage, aud We can think Of nothing
that would be better to while away the winter
evenings than a good lyceum. We have the
material to organize good lyccum, one that
will be a credit to the town. The new school
house will be just the places will the citizens take
hold of il and see that our town has a lyceum
this winter.
Mr.. Hartman, residing one and half miles
south of here, from four and half acres raised
and threshed over thiry-two bushels of clover
s'ed. Can any Of our Wood county farmers
beat this
Last night ice formed third Of an inch thick,
/ anu SC ;-s we have cold norih wind, admon-
l'hing us that winter is i,,s; ,-."roaching. The
loAfy groves are stripped Of their foliage and as
bare as in mid-winter, while the ground is COW
cred with dried leaves that rustic in every
breez,.
just learned from gentlemen from Weston,
that two men had been arrested there for setting
wood on fire and had AN examination aud were
bund over to court. The name Of one as given
ms, was .Nels Gray. Ne hope, il found guilty,
thai they will get the full benefit of the law.
TYSON.