Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-08-08
COUNTY NEWS.
FROM our OWN CORRESPONDENTS.
ANDOVER.

Monday at Andover has much the ap-
pearance of a market day. Business is
rather active, showing that Andover is the
centre Of quite an area of good and well
to-do farming community. The land is Of
more than ave:sge quality, roads good and
the drives pleasant.
Mr.. D. P. Sweet on whose farm-half
mile south-oil was found some year or
two since, has leased a number of acres
upon which digging had been carried on to
the depth Of some fifteen feet, where the
indications appeared-so near the surface
to be quite satisfactory. The parties
who have made the lease are Pennsylvania
oil men. They have some two thousand
acres under their control An engine is
to be put up as speedily as practicable and
the development prosecuted steadily.
Mr.. Sweets farm adjoins that of Mr.. c..
W. Morley, where the surface indications
are much the same as those on the Sweet
farm.
The road east of the village passes
through rather handsome district of coun-
try, and the farms are attractive in sp-
pearanee and culture. At the distance of
a mile and half lies the beautiful place Of
Mr.. S. NJ. Wade. Much taste has been
displayed by the plentiful arrangement of
various kinds Of trees-pineS, evergreens
and deciduOus trees. We know of no
farm which has such an air of cultured
taste about it as this. The line of broad
spreading, venerable naples that SKIRT along
the road we have not elsewhere seen for
their regularity, mature growth and the
extent of the line. 1t was at this place
that Mr.. Colfax found his lady-the sister
of the proprietor of the establishment. In
neat stock Mr.. Wade gives hls preference
for the Aldernies, and has some fine speci-
mems Of both genders. He has dairy of
Is COWS, all full bloods, which for purposes
of butter making, fOI which they are used,
he is of the opinion that they are unequal
ed. The dairymen of that region, who
were prejudiced against this breed, when
introduced by Mr.. Wade, are now adopt
ing bis Opin4ous and are stocking up with
Aldernies.
Our Young friend, W. D. Howells, son
Of ]. A. HOwells, of the Sentinel, has open
ed an Office in Andover for the practice of
homeopathy, and we understand heis max
ing very fair impression and gaining the
confidence of the people.
Landlord Keen holds his old position
and his house enjoys good run of custom.
The railroad people supply his table, and
give dependence upon that source, while
the dollars and dimes from the other and
more general revenues of the establishment
furnish the means for his frequent invest
ments in real estate. He is u popular
landlord and thriYes by his calling.
There is the sign Of a printing Office still
there but no paper makes itweekly appear
ance. The stock of our old friend Mont
gomery remains, awaiting utilizing-when |
some poor demented printer shall make his
advent, and impelled by a restless ambi-
tion to boom shall get out his prospectus
for another hebdomadal. --rF
AndOver has several wen stocked stores
with fair indications of business. The
leading one, however, is the old standby |
of J. S. & B. H. Morley-at the Post Of
fee. Nearly every one within the business
range are identified more or less intimately |
with this establishment, and a sort of fam
lily, relation extends oyer the whole area.