Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-25
FROM BLOOM TOWNSHIP.
An Eventful Season-HOw TO ObvIate
Milksickness = No Backus = Conf
dence In the Administrntion--Ready
Market and Fair Prices.

dence In the Administration
Market and Fair Prices.
BLOOM TWP, Dec 81, 1874.
DEAR JoURNAL:--Th past summer has
been an eventful one, for Bloom township.
The wheat crop was good one, being con-
siderable above the average Of other years.
Corn has been great crop, and oats, fax,
and indeed everything the farmers usually
depend upon, has been from fair to an ex-
cellent crop. Hay seems scarce; but just
here would venture the suggestion, that
the amount Of land depended upon by the
farmers for hay, is too small for the number
Of cattle and horses kept, to winter Tor
starye) on it. | could mention scores of
farmers who have 40 and 80 acre lots, who
keep from four to six head Of horses and
colts, and from six to ten head of cattle,
who depend chiefly on making hay on
shares, or on fodder or straw, for wintering
their stock, and who every winter spend the
amount realized on great share of their
grain for hay, for which they pay high
prices and haul it often great distance
when the empty wagon is reasonable load
for their team.
The season has been dry one, and the
autumn and winter, 30 far, have been ex-
tremely so. The streams and bitches are
yet dry and but little water can be found
above the rock which underlies our soil,
even where the depth range from 10 to 20
feet. Early sown wheat did not come on
well, except where the ground was thor
oughly pulverized and drilled, or otherwise
planted we'll. But, on the whole the wheat
prospects are perhaps as good as year ago.
Money matters are getting little better
since the farmers have commenced disposing
of their immense stock of well fatted
"porkers."
"BUG BEAR" BUT NO BACKUs.
The latter part of the past summer, and
the autumn, has also brought its share of
sorrow and bereavement to the hearth stones
OF many families. Now we are all born to
die, and sooner or later, our race must end
yet it is madness for us TO rush carelessly
upon those shoals" where 80 many
ships have been wrecked, and It does seem
strange that after years of suffering and sor-
row, which my pen would be unable to pic
ture-neariy all resulting in the same way
that people can not discern the enemy. 1t
is nothing new, and it would be indeed
strange, if our country, being in nearly every
respect the same as is found to extend
southwark as far as the Miami rivcr) should
be alone exempt from malady, existing
over all the rest of this vast expanse Of ter
ritory. Suffice it to say, that if people would
keep only as many cattle as they found
themselves willing to feed and care for
this dreadful curse would cease to exist
"Let him that is tOithout sin cast The first stone
For if l indeed doubted the cause Of thi.
malady, wonld either brave it or warn my
fellow men against it and leave for some
more favored cline; but never would
conceal the truth, that | might save My
property by victimizing fellow mortal
l know whereof write, having seen cases
both among cattle, and human; and thrc'
years ago was one to suffer from it, Liv
ing on 4 small piece of new land, did no
have much pasture, and first recognized tn,
disease in COW that came up ailing, anC
died. But my family was already inocu
lated with it, and feeling unwilling to trus
their lives in the hands OF physician win
pronounced it bilious fever,"I treated m,
own family for milk-sickness, and was sue
cessful. Since this have carefully guard
cd against questionable butter, milk an,
beef, and have enjoyed good health in m,
family, while the mortality of the vicinity
| has made fearful record.
i But willdrop this unpleasant part of m,
! subject by saying to one and all, don't fea
, our country. Our soil yields bounteously +
1 the hand of the industrious; our water i
9 easily obtained and is pure and good on
( institutions Of learning are equal to any il
/ Ohio; everything is as near perfection per
? haps as God is in the habit of rendering
| to the hand of man, and the great "Bu
\ Bear" never attacks the family who do no
. overreaeh their farm capacity for making
? butter. Like Is lckus," he never bites un
+ til he is approached in his own stronghold
and on his own terms Happily Backr
, has no lair in this vicinity, and n drunkar
: here only exists on memory's page"
e CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
n Our people here feel but little fear of tn
0 political turn of the last election. We fe,
I, that with our present Executive and Jud
d cial power, our interests are safely veste
and the opposition in the House will onl
tend to purify the whole. In the meantim
!, we look forward to the coming Presidenti
election with confidence in the past recol
a Of the party.
= READY MARKET AND FAIR PRICES.
n The B. p. & C. r. K. is doing goC
: thing for Bloom township. Bloomdale ar
Bairdstown are competing and becomir
d shipping points, and we may easily fores'
l. that the good time is coming when Il
n farmers OF Bloom will have ready ma
e ket and a fair price, near his home, for a
a his products as well as an ever ready o
:. portunity of exchanging his surplus for a
(. ticles which he may need from the wcll-i
n ed store, or shop. Aside from these, the |
l. crease in the amount of taxable property
70 the township will Tighten his taxes al
T. double the commercial value OF his esta
4. Bairdstown has now one store of d
il goods, one drug store, twogroceries, one
or tel, a patent lime kiln, a stave factOry--a
|, a grist mill in process of erection. Blool
fe dale has q steam saw mill, nice little st
m ton house, large store room, and sever
N more business houses are TO be erected
w the spring. i. p. Emerson contemplat
C. opening ont his large store room in Bloc
Ill dale this week. He Is doing heavy bu
IT. ness in Eaglevllle, and We doubt not n
n, he will do good business there also. Il
! am growing tedious alike to myself a
to the reader, More in due time.
s. II. r.