Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-21

GooD FARAIING.-The name Of PERRY
PARKER, is pretty well known in this
county as one of the tidy, successful and
thrifty farmers of the region. He Is not
only a model farmer, but everything
about him, his farm, his buildings and
grounds about them, his stock, all be-
speak''a man of model ideas. Whatever he
does is well done. His crops, therefore,
are not only of the first quality, but
abundant in quantity. He appears to
have little about him in common with
the jerry-go-easy class of farmers, who
make slow headwsy in the world and are
generally sad and complaining at their
hard lot He is cheerful and happy be-
cause he manages to keep ahead of his
business. He does not deny himself time
enough for the enjoyments of the pleas
ures of life. No one passes his place and
looks at his well arranged buildings, his
extensive barns. his well painted and
comfortable dwelling and out houses, the
general neatness and taste of his home
stead, and the cleanliness and good con-
dition of his farm, without a pleasant
thought about the happy condition of
the farmer, and the independence of
farm life.
These allusi ons to our old patron are
not for the mere purpose of pleasing and
f1attering him, but for that of showing
the contrast between him as the represen-
tative of a class, and the other class of
farmers briefly spoken Of We would
like to show, how much IS due to tact
and well-timed energy in conducting the
farm, and how far it is possible to live
above the life of shiftless drudging and
boorishness into which so many ofour far
mers allow themselves to drift. If any
of this class, who may chance to read
this, shake their heads in doubt over this
kind of talk, let them read what follow
the knob of the whole matter:
Mr.. Parker raised the past season two
acres of potatoes. By prompt attention
and perseverance, he got the bugs under,
and followed up their discontinue with
such regularity that they were unable TO
rally. Little damage, the refore, was
done to the crop, and the whole time
spent would hardly exceed days work
for one hand. He gath cred from these
two acres, 500 bushels of good merchant
able potatoes. $3.50 an acre, is pretty
good farming, and pays about as well as
any every day business man can fol-
low.
MIR. Parker also planted ten acres of
corn. 1t was simply well cultivated and
titled. From this ten acres, he gathered
1000 bushels. That Is a fair yield for
light, sandy, ridge land, such as his farm
is made up of in the main,
Beside this, he planted six acres ofsweet
corn, from which he gathered 600 bush
els. So much for the cropping.
After the late rain, and a days sun
upon bis corn stalks, while they were in
the moist condition which is the most
favorable for husking, with his hired
man-Frank Buck--he went 10 work
husking, and as the result Of their days
work, they had I4O bushels of ears, and,
the stalks were all bound and stouted up
in good order, before quitting.
This we think, is a glimpse at the Sc
cret of successful, happy and genteel
farming, and it is within the reach of
most men who are blessed with wealth.
industry, and tact. A few more such
farmers are needed, scattered over the
country, TO raise the standard offarmIng.
DEcIDED.-The suit brought by this
county against Lake to constraIn her 10
bear half the expense of building the
bridge over Grand River on the county
line, swept away in 1866, and which was
a matter of considerable notoriety at the
time, after being shuttlecocked about in
two or three different courts, has been f.
nally decided by the Supreme Court of
the State against Ashtabula. The matter
in controversy was $4,000.
SILVER WEDDING.-Our old protege A.
IL Byington of the Norwalk, Ct, Gazstte,
and his accomplished lady, celebrated
their silver wedding ON the 9th inst. Notice
Of which was duly received. That thew
had good time," there can be no doubt.
for thew count their friends by the legion.
How happy we should have been to have
shared in the pleasures of the occasion.
As, however, that was denied us, we can
only give expression TO our wishes that
the happiness of the last twenty-five