The forest, for a fence

Brookville Inquirer, January 4, 1833

FOREST TREES

A practical agricultural writer has observed that "most of our farms contain gullies and other spots inaccessible to the plough; these, transplanted with a few yellow locusts, would in a few years, afford an invaluable supply of good fencing timber. The tree may likewise be set in every other length of crooked fence, round the farm, and will in a few years furnish a plentiful supply of this invaluable timber and would add greatly to the beauty of our rural scenery.

It is of rapid growth, and easily propagated and spread, and I think should be more generally attended to."

He also suggests the propriety of planting these gullies with the Jerusalem artichoke and says, "if they are suffered to remain unmolested for three years, they will furnish for many years after, a good range for store hogs in the winter. The rooting of the hogs will serve to spread and not eradicate them as the smallest piece will grow, and the summer season will recruit them for many years."

Note: Evidently a boring insect ravaged most of the yellow locust from most New England states in the 1820s. Much ado was afoot in the 1830s about how to grow the trees from seed. 

$75 REWARD!

Stolen from the subscriber on Saturday the 17th, a small bay mare with a star in her forehead, 3 years old last spring. The mare was taken by a person calling himself Joseph D. Nead, who also took with him at the same time a gold watch, 60 dollars in cash and a camblet cloak. The mare when taken had on an old saddle, a buffalo robe and bridle. The above reward with reasonable charges will be paid on the detection and delivery of the above-named person to A.F. Neal, Lebanon O, Nov. 20, 1832.

The above person had on when he left Lebanon a suit of Kentucky jeans, drab fur had and generally wears a ruffled shirt. He is a round, chunky, short-necked, shouldered fellow and talks quick, but not very loud. He is likewise a great brag and a great liar. 

Publishers of papers throughout the U.S., but particularly in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois will favor society at large by copying this notice as said Nead is an accomplished scoundrel and will doubtless commit other depredations the first opportunity.