The Hartford herald., 1880-06-09
Hoover lItll Hash.
HOOVER HILL, May q, 1870.

Editor Herald:
WAR ON THE HILL.
Our neighbOr, Mr.. T.. G. Hoover has
been very much troubled by some mis-
chievOus parties of late, who have made
il their infamous amusement pulling
down his fencing. Mr.. III. didn't consider
il "a very pleasant duty To adopt fence
building as an avocation during the
warm weather, so he resolved to put an
end tn such an outrage, which was ac-
complished, and in very heroic style.
Capt. Ill. summoned to his assistance
Messrs. John and Ed Humpston, young
men of bravery constituting the
Hoover Hill infantry and marched To
the scene of contemplated trouble, dis
playing all the pomp fairly conceivable
(barefOoted with their pockets full of
rOcks) and concealed themselves in IA
thicket in readiness to meet these intru-
ders. Presently the parties expected
arrived, and began very merrily TO pull
down the fence, enjoying IL seemingly
as fine sport, when the Capt. in the
bushes arose and at the signified COM
mand let 'em have 1t i'm way that lays
Gen. U. ;. Grant on the shelf The
boys sent stones whiZzing through the
air, and the mischief-doers were COM
PEELED to beat hasty retreat. No more
fences have been pulled down since,
and we believe If those persons Of such
audacity as to take advantage of the
darkness of night to put their devilish
designs into execution, were properly
dealt with the country would soon be-
come free of such wretches. The
whipping-post, If it does seem little
like ha r rhar r;f lSa n~nnIln,,f
remedy for this kind of mischief.
We had very refreshing rain here
last week, which did all kind of grow
ing vegetation abundance Of good.
Crops as a general thing are looking
very well at this time, Notwithstanding
the wheat crop is presumed to be cut
short by the recent dry weather, but
not seriously injured. Some little to-
baccO has been set during the past week,
but owing to scarcity of plants
throughout the country, the crop will
doubtless be curtailed two-thirds of the
amount farmers had anticipated plant
ing.
The farmer stood by his tobacco bed
Whence all but him had fed,
And seeing the fly had cleaned 'em up
He solemnly scratched his head.
Miss Susan Hunter, of Pleasant Ridge,
is visiting relatives in Shelby county.
Miss III. forms quite an attraction In
that pleasant town, and her absence h
regretted, and her return eagerly looked
for by her many friends there.
Our friend w. D. King has recently
returned to his former home, and is at
present farming, having unfortunately
lost his position as mail agent OH the
railroad by the influence of some Of
Ohio cOunty's meddlesOme Republicans,
who thought it entirely out Of the ques-
tion for Mr.. King, as he Is good DEM
ocrat, to be hOnOred with a government
mail agency. Mr.. King is an honest,
upright and intelligent young man, and
receives q hearty welcome among his
many friends in this section.
VIM. TrOgland has at last awOk to
the interests of his neighborhOOd, and
gone to work i'm good faith erecting
did not locate his establishment on our
Hill, as II is the most celebrated ''sang"
region i'm the United States, and would
than the place selected. Among the
many industrial pursuits that consti-
tute the glowing prosperity of these
genial heights, we may properly at this
time mention 'sang digging" which is
chiefly followed by the fair sex during
leisure hours, as means of recreating
their minds from the general tedious
hess of domestic economy. There never
was spark of aristOcracy existing on
the Hill, and i'm consequence there Is
real joy here. 1t is the young ladies'
pride to be useful.
They search the green wood over,
And oft among the greenbriars hang,
They have no taste for pride and ioi,y'
But seek for honor and for "sang.
Some of our young men, We regret to
say, have the Florida fever down here,
while others dream of going to Texas
most every night, and of course wake
up desperately hOmesick i'm the MORN
ing. If you are an industrious young
man, not afraid to soil your hands at
hard work, let me say to you, stay in
old Kentucky. 1t is very common
occurrence to see young men seemingly
dissatisfied with their work, while i'm
numerous instances you may see many
entirely out of employment, which is
cOntributable, i'm u great degree, to the
fact that they have never made
themselves content with the practice of
any one profession or avOcation for a
livelihood, but have been continually
changing from one to another with the
fain hope that business of a more lu-
crative kind may be attained. But
nine cases out of ten 1t Is a mistake. We
have many In our personal knowledge
who have committed error, who have,
by the glowing accounts Of Texas, Flor
ida and California, with her vast min
ing wealth, been induced to go there to
seek fortunes, for the mere trouble of
picking them up and have returned to
the blessed homes of their nativity, sat
isficd that there are places In the world
where lazy man can starve to death
besides Kentucky. Young man, be con-
tented. Adopt business and stick to 1t
there Ia a goal fl be won.