The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-02-26

or white wash, temporarily cover
ing blemishes or defects but in a
systematic cleansing from cellar to
garrettand an intelligent and provi
dent disposition Of all waste and
garbage, for much of it could be
turned into the manure heap, in
place OF being heaped upon
our thoroughfares. men =
ace TO health and a blot, on the
landscape, draw ing flies instead Of
growing flowers. People so devoid
of price, so lacking in considera.
tion for the comfort and welfare
OF others aud the good looks and
good name of our city should be
summary dealt with.
One of the least expensive meth
ods of improving the beauty of the
streets would be the planting OF
trees 'on larger scale, trees of
more attractive foliage and with
longer lease ON lie than the naples
we now affect. Suppose our happy
60 lucky forefathers had paid a lit
tie more attention to planting trees
and less to planting each other, in
the long ago, how we would rise up
now ana call them blessed. What
a monument to their good sense
and forethOught on our avenues
would be a few of the widespi cad
ing elms or mighty white oaks that
once houished here, hut which,
with characteristic improvidence
they cut down and consigned to the
flames, and now no doubt many of
them know just how it is them
selves and frequently long for the
cooling shade that they did not ap-
preciate when on earth. The
beauty of a town depends almost
entirely on its trees for they not
only cover multitude Of sinners.
but hide multitude of sins, and
with all our dust, or mud and
wreckage, hundred fine old trees
along Locust, Main and Maysville
streets would cause every conner to
expatiate on the beauty of the
place. Now let US profit by the
folly Of our ancestors, that our end
may not be like / have imagined
theirs, and by systematic planting
we may have the pleasure of pass
ing our last days if not ON the shady
side of Easy" street, at least on
the shady side of some other.
But we can do more than orna-
ment. We can make the streets
themselves more useful and sub
stantial, not by piling them a foot
deep with material once or twice a
year and then leaving them severel,
alone, but by properly spreading
and rolling the stone and by keep
ing the drains in order, for next to
traffic and the atmo- -phere the great
est enemy TO the macadam road is
the rain and snow fall. By firmly
packing the top dressing and prop
erly rounding the road bed there
would be but little softening of the
by the action of the
water, chug holes would disappear
and costly repairs would be no Ion
ger needed. If 'tis true that eter
nal vigilance is the price of liberty,
It's truer still that it is the price o.
good roads, they need constant
and unIemitting attention and on
that account / hold that crusher.
spreader and roller should all be
owned and controlled by the mu-
the force operating them
also attending to the dit, hes, the
of the waste and the
general supervision of the streets.
stone could then be bought from
all who had suitable material to
offer, and many flinty farms would
in this way be prO6tably converted
into pasture lands, and no better
than the field bowlder can
be found for covering streets. 1t
is folly at this stage OF the game to
discuss any other pavement. We
have not the means to purchase
brick or asphalt even if there was
a real necessity, but there will be-
nh real necessity il we use more
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