Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-10-05
INTERESTING NOTES
Made by Review Reporter ina His
Travels for News.

Yonr correspondent has just re-
turned from a trip through Tyler
and a portion OF Peasants, Dod-
dridge and Wetzel counties. Of
course Tyler is the banner county,
as it is the wealthiest in every re-
spect. 1t has produced more oil in
the past six years than any other
county in the state, and is today
producing more than the other
three counties combined. 1t also
leads the others in farming, manu-
featuring, stock raising and last, but
not least, it has by far the finest ed
ucational facilities. 1t is dotted
from one end to the other with
commodious school houses, which
are kept neatly painted and are
artistic in construction. However,
we can not pass the subject of edit
eaton by without expressing our
selves in regard to the salaries OF
those of our teachers employed in
the interior of these counties. The
school referred to are not progress
ing as they should, for the reason
that the teachers employed, as a
rule have had little or no expert
ence. Were they experienced
they would not accept one of these
schools for the salaries they re-
ceive. No teacher will take the
pains with scholars, who is only
half paid for his labor, that he
would were he receiving a reason
able compensation for same. Hence
employ none but experienced teach
ers and pay them what their ability
commands, and by so doing the
schools will advance and make more
progress in four months than they
will in twenty four, with an inferior
teacher with an inferior salary.
What could you expect of a teacher
who walks two or three miles to
the school house and exposed to
all kinds of weather, pays his own
board and all other necessary ex'
penses, for the pitiful sum of SIS
to $50 per month. The parents OF
the scholars who attend the schools
in question are the proper ones to
remedy the matter and we sim
cerely hope they will give it due
consideration. We are not pro-
fessor, but merely speaking from
our own experience and observa'
ton.
We gazed with admiration on
many beauti6ed stock farms while
driving through the country; but
the one that attracted Our attention
was the Maxton farm, now owned
by Thomas Moore, and is situated
about one mile south of Friendly,
Tyler county. This farm is nearly
all covered with the finest of graz
ing grass, timothy, clover and blue
grass mixed. It contains five hun
dred acres, some of the fields con-
tanning 100 acres. Each and every
one separated by good substantial
fences. The stock barns are NUM-
erous and are tastily arranged,
showing good judgment on the
part of Mr.. Moore. We were never
very far west. but from the descrip-
ton OF the western country we have
had, we imagine Mr.. Moore's farm
gives one a pretty fair birds eye
view of that country. His farm is
stocked principally with cattle,
with few mules and horses. Mr..
Moore sold at one time in the Pitts
burg market this year, one lot of
: year old cattle which netted him
the snug sum of $500. Wear OF
the opinion that it the farmers
would devote more of their attention
to stock raising, they would derive
a much greater profit from their
labors. 1t is true, it takes more
capital to conduct stock farm
than it does to grain it, etc, but it
can be successfully conducted on a
very small capital and added to by
degrees. Mr.. Moore has only con-
Quoted a stock farm few years but
informed US there was much more
profit to be derived from one
than by merely tilling and working
the soil. He owns another valua,
bic farm, four miles southeast of
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