Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-02-21

car load, per bus.-Sl.25; from store,
$40. Potatoes are arriving there from
the State of New York, via. Erie.
ACCESSION To LAKE COUNTY.
We are gratified to learn that Messrs.
W. s. Streator and Son, of Cleveland,
the well-known breeders of Durham
cattle and fine horses, have purchased
the large and excellent farm, knows as
the Dan Pike farm, tour miles east of
Painesville ON the North Ridge. and are
and a new dwelling house, intending to
remove their splendid herd of cattle and
stud of fine horses from their farm near
Cleveland to that in this county, aud
carry on their stock breeding operations
herein the future. There are other fine
stock farms for sale quite low in this vi
cinity, and no where is there any better
shipping facilities.
The following from Moore's Rural
Neao Yorker is applicable to the farming
as though written for their special ben
eft:
/ SOCIETY IN THE CoUNTRY.-One of the
chronic complaints made by farmers is
| that they have no sooiety-that they are
| so isolated, have none of the social priv
ileges which might be theirs, were they
living in towns. This is often used by
| farmers sons, daughters and wives as a
sold or rented and the family move into
| town near church and school. These
| reasons are sometimes valid. But it is
| often the case that a neighborhood of
| farmers make no effort to employ their
! own resources in social development.-
There is no neighborhood cohesion
| Every mans hand is against the other
| mans hand: every woman nurses scan
dal against every other woman. The
amenities of life are neither known nor
nursed. There is no friendly inter-
change of visits. The long winter eve
nings come and go and no neighbor ever
sees the other except as they chance to
meet at the blacksmith's shop, in the
market, OH the road or at church. They
neither get together to talk over farm or
| other matters. There are no reading,
singing, debating, dramatic, or other
clubs formed among the young folks
They have to go to town for amusement
| or profit.
Need we say that this is both wrong
and unnecessary? Suppose the materi-
al out of which country society is to be
composed is crude and uncultivated.-
| Cultivate it. Here is field for effort on
| the part of the more intelligent. Stin-
| ulate thought and action in this direc-
ton and it will be astonishing how much
the crudest and most untutored will
learn i'm short space of time. At any
rate, hold neighborhood meetings. Gath
er together at the home of some one
| once week, and strive to develope some
friendly feeling, neighborhood pride
| and ambition, home talent and resource
es. Let old and young meet. Abandon
fOrmalitIes which only freeze out natu-
raj action and beget no warmth. Go in
| for good time, in some ways. Com
bine instruction with nusement. Plan
some project which shall enlist the ac-
tive cooperation of all. Treat no one
| as unimportant. Make every one, old
and young, feel that he or she has a
place, can, and is expected to act part.
Commend what is done well and kindly
| and considerably criticise whatever may
| be improved.
Why, this isolation Of which so many
complain can be broken. 1t should be.
| 1t will be. We are glad to know that
the Patrons of Husbandry are an agen-
| cy to this end. But thousands will not
| join it; and those thousands should sub
stitute something else for It which shall
| meet the social wants and awaken the
social spirit among farmers. There are
hundred ways for improvement and
pleasure which will suggest themselves
the moment the ice of reserve and self
| distrust is broken. These winter eve
nings should be utilized to get acqnaint-
| ed with each other--to lift each other
| up; and any neighborhood effort of this
sort should include all. Try it.!
STATE FAIR LOCATION.
The State Board of Agriculture have
decided in favor of Columbus as the To-
catior for the State Fair, for the coming
five years.