Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-30
In Ohlo.

the far famed Pickawsy plains of Pickawsy
Ohio, his impressions must be ex-
perienced to be fully realized. So we ex-
claimed the other morning when We step
ped from q car at the railroad station at
cncLEvILLE, OHIO.
This is not the only Circleville within
the limits of the Republic, but thsre is no
other Circleville like this. 1t is situated on
the banks of the Sciots river, on ten mile
square. plain piece of land that has no
hills, excepting a mound, here and there,
that exist, "ss it were," as so many monu-
ments to a prehistoric race. The fertile
lands OF the plain causes the county 10
rank among the richest in the Buckeye
State. Every pound of the land is depos-
il Of sandy, pebbly, losmy soil through
which the rain water readily hnis its way
but leaves a sufficient amount of moisture
10 produce first rate crops.
TIE wheat this season was Sd poor that
in the spring time many of the wheat fields
were re- plowed and planted to corn. 1t il
not necessary to cut down the stalks OF
corn with an axe to get the ears but the
crop is estimated at i've million bushels.
Ii is a section of this vast country that lies
so fs- south of the yunista Valley that the
preparation for wheat sowing had scarcely
been commenced. The corn is TO be shock
ed, md where it stood wheat Is TO be soSn.
is named from vast prehistoric circular
fertilization that the Indians had such ira
ditional dread OF, that they never entered
The large enclosure that was a half mile
round. The circle was a double one, twen-
ty feet high, measuring from ths b'ttom o
the ditch outside of the outer circle. Gate
ways o. cuts opened through the bank of
the circle and before each gate was Q
mound, where guard, in all probability
was mounted. A mound seventy feet high
overlooked the great circle. The men o.
q generation ago, dug the circle into tht
ditch, cut streets through the great mound
and afterwards cartcd it all away and erec-
ted the court house and several fine church
es within what was the limits of the bas,
of the mound, but now, the present gener-
alton depiore hhe destroying hand of tn,
fathers, and declare that if they had sutf
cient foresight, they would have preserved
the mound as place on which to erect q
reservoir for water for the present hand
some little city of seven thousand people
There is wealth enough there TO permit o
| the erection OF water works If they had |
place for reservoir. They indulge in botl
gas, and electric light. Ii is q beautiful
place-as used TO be said OF Washington
d. C.,-"of magnificent distance" Tn,
streets cross each other at right angles, aud
are twice As wide as the streets of MittiIn
town, and most of them as level q
floor. II Is the best paved town we hIy'
ever been in excepting this little mountain
place in the valley of the Juniata. Shad
trees abound. There are many state J,
houses, but it is above all places, place q
coy cottages. 1t is the county seat o
| Pickaway county, and twenty sharp west
.rn lawyers satisfy the wants Oi litigant
and know the tee as well as the client
| The same number OF doctors dose the dis
eased and heal the sick. Thirteen preach
ers accommodate the parishioners Of as ma
ny white congregations, and two cOlOret
preachers discourse 10 two cOugreg alton
OF their own race in tleir own churc II build
ings every SUNDAY. Twenty-right. cOmno
school rooms iOr white children and tw
rooms tor colored children give ample room
for schooi purposes. Three national banS
with d Capital oi hall million, aud pIl
OF deposits keep the finance easy. Thre
new spapers give intellectual aud polite.
vigor TO the place. Miies upon miles o
broom corn are cultivated, gathered an
brought Ia town to be manulac tured int
broOms, and hundreds of hogs are broush
TO town, slaughtered and packed, and tha
is the reason that the richest men in III
city are the pork packers and the broom
cOru men. The largest paper mil "a III
United states tor the manufaU IRE OF heay
paper, is located in the pi,cc, with urS
Two hundred hands to ruu II night and ~
Men are there from all parts Of this gres
country. The women are pretty, vi. &C lou,
and lovely. 1t Is place where man ,
means Can live pleasantly, it is a pIAc
where a man needing employment ever
working hour, may find work amOag re.
pectable working people. Living is chea
but rents are high. The iaru land is n,
as rule worked on the share, bat is rem
ed at so much per acre. Good farms rel
at six dollars per acre.
THE POLITICS
of Circievilic and PIckaway county, i,
the latest approved, most unterritied. re
hot Democratic. The erring brethren hav
a large majority in the county, and nov
that the national politics has gwen thel
The post offices and such other crumbs
NAV be dropped from the Washington cril