Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-02-03
FROM BELLvlLLE RIDGE

Ed. JoURNAL:-After n very pleasant
visit of three weeks among friends in tile
lIoosler State, find myself once more al
home, seated in the old arm chair, with
claphoard across my lap, with scratch
book and pencil, trying to scribble few
items for the JOURNAL. l want 10 say
right here and now, that have come to
stay. saw no county during my stay in
Indiana, that wonld give old Wood coun'
ty for-her mud, water, ditcl, tax, dog tax,
Republican majority, &C., 10 the contrary
notwithstanding.
There is another boom in the stnve bolt
business. Parties from Emore are paying
So so per cord for bolts, and hundreds of
cords are being piled up along the banks OF
Two.root Creek, preparatory 10 being trans
ported to Elmore during the spring fieshet.
Mr.. Trowbridge, of Luckey, realizing that
he was losing by this transaction, sent his
agent up here with instructions 10 pay
S4.O0 per cord, delivered at Luckey. 1t is
said that the Elmore men will be up this
week and raise their bid 10 So 90 per cord,
delivered on the banks of Tworoot, and
that the Lnckey men will pay, $500 per
cord delivered at Luckey. So you see that
our lumbermen are in luck for the time
being, at least, and l could wish in my
heart that this competition might he kept
up for an indefinite period, for the benefit
of those hard working men who scarcely
ever get more than half paid for their
labor.
The last of the once numerous family
of Bellviles have left the Ridge. Enos
sold his farm last fall, and few days age
, he and his son Reuben moved to Putnam
county. Enos Bellvile will be missed in
, one particular, at least. He is one OF the
old He'll Fire" style of Methodists, and he
would sometimes pray so loud that l'
! could he heard mile, or perhaps more
He actually got so boislerous toward th'
e last that he actually slivered the roof o
the old school house, and the directors hat
E to go to work and put on new one. Blu
: Enos was good man, and was class leade
: here for twenty.three years. His mantl
n has not fallen on any one as yet, and eve
, the long headed, far-seeing Pastor, Mar
l. Richardson, don't know who it will be.
The officers of Bellville Ridge Grarg
No. 1853, were installed on the 22d ins
On the 2Slll they held a special meetin
far comforting degrees. There has bee
!. ten added to the mem bership of the Grang
within the last year.
- A terrible wind storm swept over til
Ridge on the night of the 9Th. r. "
Z. EgberL's straw shed was blown down, Kill
|. Ing Il steer for him, worth $40, and fin
brood SOW for Wm. Roller.
i Our Literary Society is in full bias
- and the boys are becoming quite profciel
in "elocution."
is The lively and energetic school "mnrm
Misa Edith Weslcott, is engaged in TO,
~ months term Of school here, and il traii
ing the young minds in the ru,liments
~ reading, writing, spelling, .malhematir
st geography, grammar, elocution, music, &C
and am glad O say she iS giving splendi
satisfaction, both to the directors All
J. pupils. ... -,
,e The growing whent is suffering terribl
by reason of the freezing and tlawIng, M
il this kind of weather continues throug
" February, we cannot expect half cro
r. next harvest. But let us hope for chani
,s for the better soon.
Two more saw mills have been added
IT the lisl this winter; one on David Beagle
place, about a mile south of Bellvil
ce Ridge: the other on David Mains plac
10 near Hugh SIewarts farm, little over
~ mile northeast from here. What We ne'
y, most now il a nortl, and south railroa
TO and post Office. Then we will mer
froia darkness into light, and will be MI
70, to cope with the resl OF the world, nj
Wv mankind IN "gineral."
ne BY the way, ia the monster liend al
va assassin still ON exhibition AT Washin
". ton, or has Judge Cox's menngerie col
TO n close? We have had no mail +
er two weeks, aud we ara behind the lis
m, house. If there ain't hanging bee
,ts Washington, d. c., and one in Bowli'
h., Green, made OF month. then we h,
"' better make huge bonfire Of the statut
Since writing the above i have hear
as incidentally, that the jury in the Gnite
nd case had returned verdict Of guilty
m -. indicted. II 81, Henry Root will plei
w set up the cigars.
'r' Youis, as OF old,
TX GRIDIRoN