An Essay On Good Roads

].i,ii.' Pearl Stag-ner, o; Anchor, woii tilLo priae recenitly offered by the McLoa'ii county, (111.) Good Boade Ixaig'ue ÍOT the bc.st essay om good roatiSi and tthese are Koune ol the liítihy sayltaga oí this 18-year-old obsc. ver oí euaren eveatfl : Th,e:c Ls lail o:i iccr tao service oí tili,5 people, in the clties, as well as in tilie euCTVaunding co'untry, public noads. U:i tliese tlnniauds ( (lolHars are spant yearly ; 'out Httle, if aiiiy, bonerite aire derived Irom thla epi i ranwifi aanoimiit. A littlo di'.'t is plled -a.p 51.WC afid t-h'-b t'o ili'll a iiiole, ooly to be swept iway agaia by tlie next siionver. Dat, nevertlveless, some good, hanest ma,n has wortoed orut Jiis naad tax and th,e hias -eceived iki tor Ills day's Jabar. HíOW has tiua raad besa bomeiiteil ? W'lvtt ïemiaine to sfiiioiw that the mog e,v Iri.s bean expended ? A hole full oí 'water. IMmd ! lU'iid ! unid ! iw ttieio vlio mala topic of cunvefsation. Tlhese wiorda ane Uh.e ïir.-st -hiag in the coiy umi:s tal ;i villaje aewspaper. Di'h'inlg !aiong t'lie pofads we meet til:' (joüiilg Do tolwn, Loc pvovisSoas, i li &o tw goiilg to sea the si k, aiiú tlie Boliool voi-iuy to his ooant.y toool ; all ntud-spattered rlgs, and witli h'Mses (pattered with wïltlh mud, water niKl )ors])iratio,n S,me witl a.sk, "Are we tí blame bocause we are iJrced t le&re oiux ■homes on bafiimeea ; oau we stop tihc rain '?" Nio ; WE ca.a not B'top iíii: rain ; it Is a necessity, jjof." we jiced i& ta fiil oui' cistern, oiw 'Wolls a.ud our rivera. The jgrass whitoli wais t'uo oartli wit'h ita gireen jwa-nffcle, Bjpctíaids out ■and guwvis as it Üriiíks oí tito reíreshr teg ditiape oí water. Tlie wliite daisy and yollaw bubbei'ciip Hit up thieir i ■.-! ds iai tlLanlcfuldioss as thcj' receive ibis gift. from heavaa. SÏHOfuld we iiot ba thnnkíul, too? "Wluit i des iiate place this would be witHaut the jtowcns and praas to wcleanie tis nndtell us of the coming isprSlng ? Ij't iihe nato Sail ; we eau noib stop il., aibd W'Jülil iï3t Bbaip it. J'.nt ame üliiing tliat eauW ba stopped is tilia bad rodds, Ijtttïte in.oney 1hu ia v ' 'iisiily M-asteil fof Tiseles puirpaseÈ wias spelat 1 tiling, grewJing aiT graVoling tliom. Pew( )co'ple seem t i reallze the gffect @ood noads ■v,i;i h.ave ota a cqramimifcy. It will iimo'-'case 'Jtie lrice of, land ; Ifc will iinpnove Vhs lnerolia.nrts trade; It will help the pleasure seeker toi enjoy lifie. buit no one hias a.s much, neeil "f giCKxl ro.ids a.s tihie faiaaec