The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-21
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pRosrfcv DEruT.
rRNrf EDWARD COUNTY, Va,
september ~. 1872.
OWNS t" the dry weather this summer
~, lobgrro crop on red band is an entire fail
#.. iud upon nay iand> the leaves are gene
st., hloW Erilrm size. Very little taIlow
a Nu. h,nI drnr for wheat. There hiss
.-0 lnt' ON" >c"kin:c rain since >prin@. This
81, fourth veal nl dr"u slIt III this rarticu-
wr-hh"Ihocd Spurious fertilizer, and
81, -.u!.u,r~ have. almost brought the farm
od,,jondrnry. Nlny prefer to engage
aN jr~.u; y occupation tu the cultivation
t lI" >oli. The time for seeding wheat
.'u. arrived the farmer is looking around
IRA reliable m9rur" 10 put upon his wheat
'.roN. "a" country Il titled with ccr,Iii-
. H.. ol'. he >.-nLtur", nj reliable men,
,'.'"tH"- t&v VIRTUES "i manllrCS that are
MT worth hauling cat upon the land.
y rG'iul "Nalnln1ti"n of nlanv ct
-t'~r testimonials shows that no weight
".',r'rr ~inuil hC attached TO them. Men
" ur'u"urr have done much harm in per-
Inscriptions men IN their worthless manipu.
i'a,@- Where il Il riond thrown over the
".a'i" >Nl I"yt Of fertilizers. No one knows
N5'' Z" >~l,ri; even the odd original" Is
." bought with uuc. lr>piciun. Allagree
i#' II doc, not shell rs strong rs it did at
=. IMtniN years ago II would almost
va. on''> breath away 10 yet oil the wind
@ II WAS awful, hut now the ammonia,
''.1I', 50 rrhiy That il can be applied to
I"".'aci"Tr> without the least dCtrilncnt or
'''n'"H"nrc to TIE most iaStidiOus. The
i0' = higher but the strength less.
td'' 'rr" arh' OF system does not work H.
'''''aiy ~ Tie rurA districts rs it does in
'"' r.'ir>. | hr npar>,ncs> Of the pbpukl-
'li. IL" distinct feature of SEPARATE schools
'' '""Iml Of color. aud the prejudice in the
"'' ~ nl the well br'd against mixing up
NNI everybody, all c~nspirc To make the
fo"'> anything bat Il complete success. 1t
!, "u.H the poverty OF the people that can be
i"ad i'll justification of their existence, and
W. >iilc OF poverty many schools are spriug-
~ ny IN private families, and home educt-
~ J. hecomin% more and more the order Of
ddy. The success attending the mixing
#"l boys and girls in old-teld schools in
INV u. -dNt, III a Dctltl aSt-till-
''' Nr plead ~ IN excuse for doing the
'A' III these degenerate days, when vice
III Premium in high places and virtue
-> 'ii>honorcd. Education without moral
.1'i.ll'. yves power to its pos>cssor to ac-
'liH'>h h'>r designs, intrigue, and evasion
"", aid Instead Of being a blessing to the
""iIy viii prove to he Il curse. The bet
.'"aS'r" elias, OF the community are of
."'on that the education OF the whites, un-
'.' -" present system. i sacrificed for the
III .: 'ir negro. Unless some provision is
,,'.''' Tor INSTRUCTION Of the classics and the
'-''' H'!nrtes O! mathematics. the colleges
''t Z" down, since the common schools
~ 10 break up the private schools, and
,,, are destroying the stcpping-stones to
'S'. HE sooner this feature is incor-
'''''' INT" The c"mmon system the better.
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