The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01
sHALERsv1LLE.
,OrrcSpOndence

Correspondence. D.
Mr.. EDITOR: An indiv vidual answering to the
name of General. more noted Tor the regularity
with which he has drawn q fat salary from the
Government thar honored for any deels of
valor performe for ITS perpetual ation, could have
Informed your correspondent Yecal, OF all the
little peculiarities connected with the word
transpire.' as he sweat it to the tune of
nfty dollars. and made such an ass of himself
about it. that he Was held up to ridicne by jour.
nalists. and received the contempt from the
public he SO richly deserved "Yecal'' when
beaten, paid over the penalty of his folly. as q
Democrat always does. and with him 1 have no
| fault to find. but cannot refrain from maxi ing
one sus gestiOn lu all good nature: Have very
11rtte truck WIN ntggsrs. they were originated
for Republican plunder, and should You have
sweat this c0Ored individual. instead of him
you. in all probability q Leader reporter would
have gone into spasms over your inhumanity to
the c0lored race. ts7. =
am aware that gentlemen of your profession
are accredited with having on hand a vast
amount of information on all subjects. That
you can tell the farmer in what time Of the
moon to plant his wheat and sow his potatoes;
the merchant the great secrets which pave the
way to honor and fortune. great man and q
great editor once wrote book on ''what he
knew about farming" and all the ether editors
were mad. and got the people to laugh at him.
By the way. remember. one long winters eve
ming, discussing with you relative to whose
prospects were the best for reaching the poor
house first. the man with firm worth ten
thousand dollars, or an individual with like
amount in cash Your pencil made it all very
plain to me. that the man with the ten thousand
dollars would. out of necessity. become q poor
miserable pauper in . Jew years. and for the
sake of romance. believe he finally found q
home with the man with the ten thousand dollar
farm. who had in the meantime, grown i'm.
rnensely wealthy. raising potrtoes as twenty
cents bushel. Mr.. Editor, that was Q master
piece of farming you did that evening with that
small stub OF . pencil, but have labored on q
farm since then. and your picture is fast fading
fading away But am now in the dairy busi-
ness, and would like 10 have you figure q little
on this. We will suppose man has about two
hundred acres of good grass land can keep fifty
cows; has good stables tor them in winter; sells
his milk. and has no bother with churning and
milk stopping about the house. Draws his
money regularly. Reads good, don't itP Un-
fortunately. like abont nine- -tenths of oil the
dairymen in the country. he has q rail pen
where he milks his cows in summer. With the
exception Of mud and rain which you are COM
pelied to wallow through at milking time. with
the consolation Of the regular monthly INSTALL
ments, even this is bearable, but when nv
time'' arrives it becomes dangerous, yea, des-
perate. The COWS are driven into the pen
where flies congregate in innumerabIe millions.
They are Of all colors. all Sizes all blood thirsty
and always hungry. You take your stool and
sit trcmblingly down by a COW, and in the gen.
tlcst OF tones. say: g SO boss-nice bossy." You
grab teat in each hand. The flies are crawl
ing in your ears; are biting your neck, are
tickling your nose. The COW is covered with
them. and she pounds yOu across the eyes with
her tail after being we'll saturated with excre-
ment always to be found in the milking yard
Being eaten alive she grows restless, humps
her hack, and you again say " SO boss F" At this
moment another cow gives her dig in the ribs
with her horn and in retaliation, she kicks and
lands her foot in your pail of milk. You are
snaeared with milk aud if you are a saint you
will be angry and feel the same emotion q man
does when he swears, and ii you not pure
orthodox you will. astt
Mr.. Edtor, if you are ever driven to despair
by the ingratitude of delinquent subscribers,
don't. beg OF you. rush madly into the dairy
business until you have . comfortable place to
milk yonr cows in the summer.
Our Temperance Society will give picnic
next Saturday. in Hnrd's grove. Rev. @. W.
Wilson and W. B. Thomas. Esq, am informed.
furnish the Oratory on the occasion. The above
organization has accomplished vast amount
of good in Shalersville. and predict success
and prosperity for it In the future. t,'.s PRG.
Shalersyille. July sSth 1878. ..sitas