The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1858 Page: 1 of 4
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Helton, Bell County, Texas, Saturday, Hay 1,1858.
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"Southern Cultivator."
the Sorgho.
Having read, with much'interest,
the many .accounts published in your
truly valuable paper, of this new
and iufolttabHr -^¿t^Ute "Chinese
Sugar Cane," I Waslnduced to pro-
cure from Philadelphia about one
gilt of the seed, for which I paid $1.
It was planted on it quarter of an
acre of thin upland but recently
cleared; rows 4 feet apart; two or
threo grains every 2¿Jeot in the row;
it came up about t¿e. 20th of May,
but did not grow much until late in
June; it was plowed and hqad twice;
in September it was from 8 to 10
feet in height und the seed yearly all
ripe. I wished to have ,i
perfectly ripe, as that was more
consequence to me than either syrup
or sugar, but I felt satisfied to makp
sugar the cane must be matured. 1
could not get a mechanic to con'
struct a mill, when fortunately, in
your Sep^||gber number I saw the
plan of one, which I thought much
better than the old sugar mill of
of the'lower country of this State
or Florida, with the lever on one
flog*—Chinese Sugar Cane, Ac. menced to have a regular succession
: y~rr of copious showers, when my prolifict
Eidtorb Southern Cultivator: took a 8tart in earnest, and in four
have been a subscriber to your ex- orfive weeks tUe whoiepatch (about
oellent paper for several years.— twdve 8quare rods) wa(J covered
with a dense mass of vines and foli-
age twisted and wreathed together,
and overspreading the whole ground
to the depth of at least two feet.
About the middle of August the
yellow blossoms began to make their
appearance, and from' that time to.
about the middle of September, iit
was a sight rich and magnificent be-
yond description. Not the richest
mounds in California with its treas-
Whilé I am sending you my sub-
s'criptisK for 1858, I desire to ask
a little information of you or one of
your correspondents, relative to the
Chinese Sugar Cane. I have an
abundance of the seed and calculate
on planting a portion next year for
green food for my hogs. I have un-
derstood recently that the Chinese
Sugar Cane, like the Pea, generates
disease. This is the point I desire
instruction on: Is the Chinese Su- nreg of gold and glittering „
gar Cane wholesomo food for hogs? ,a¡d opcl)i could p0Ssibly excell it.
If you deem the above of general, Rut unf0,tunately just at this
seed ¡-importance sufficient to give it a ^¡rne Qj so much promise, another
notice in the Cultivator, please an- dry 8peji set in which caused the
sWor. I have the pleasure of sub- yel,ow fltwer8 to fau *iu perfect
bribing myself your well wisher, ¡ showers to the earth. Though this
léouisville Miss., Nov., 1857.° ' drouth was very disastrous to my
prolifics, it was much more to my
[We have no doubt of the whole- field crop of common cow peas, which
someiiess and groat economy of; was at that time remarkably promi-
the Chi&esG Cane, as a green food sing.
for hogs 'and all other domestic ani- J believe
mals, and intend planting it veiy
largely*taext year for successional
side. I had one put up on the plan j gregn or "soiling" crops for all our
if the season had held
out favorably I should have made at
4escribed; then commenced grinding
on the 20th of September.., Ifeofirst
boiling I did not give much atten-
tion to, as my mill did not work
well. I had to be present then;
I was present at the second boi-
ling, and directed wh?u the syrup
should be taken up. 1 remarked at
the time, I thought'it '«should be-
come sugar; foP> I had bee^jn the
habit, some years ago, of ma-
king a little sugar from the common
ribbon Cane. This second boiling
was sent to the house for family use;
at the table one of the children re-
marked that the pitcher had sugar
in it. I then examined -<be vessel
that had the syrup in it and found
a quart or two of sugar, which I
took up and put in a clean cloth to
drip. Some friends requested me to
send a sample of it to the Atlanta
Fair in October last, but^j thought
tbpre wóuld be so many samples
sent by those persons who had ex-
perimented With-this plant the pre-
vious season, that my little moun-
tain sample would be thrown in the
shade.
My syrup is as good and thick as
any from our common cane, and has
kept quite as well. Six gallons of
juicfr made one of syrup; it took
just two and a half hours to boil
after the kettle (iron) was hea-
ted—three hours from the time the
juice was put on.
The
the Imphee, introduced by Mr. L.
, A ThrivtagTaw . ,q
The Leavenworth (Kansas) Led-
ger sayS of that place:
"Here you will find graded streets
and sidewalks, paved with two inch
cotton-wood plank; here you will
find from six to ten thousand peo*
pie—not inclnding dogs, of which
staple there are large quantities.—
Here you will find free niggers and
free men, and free women, and free
babies, live Yankees, with onions
and wooden nutmegs in their pock-
ets, full-blooded Virginians of the
fasteBt families of Virginia, big
raw-boned Kéntuckians, from within
six miles of Lexington, Ky., live
Yorkers, a'Tl the way from big York
State, bow-legged Dutchmen and
elopement. on W-e«red Irish. Humanity may be
fouhd here in any form. Everything
else may be found here in the same
profusion.
. . "City lots ranging from five hun-
clothes, from cap to boots, and sent (]red to fiye thoUBand dollarB. blg
¿Lo l>i«n/]la tn tViA 1 (inU'B riAllflO I nHT.— —
A Kentucky Elopimtnt.—A ro-
mantic elopement and marriage took
place On the $9th, near Cincinnati,
between a Louisville heiress and a
Kentucky swain:
The guardian of the young lady,
a prominent citizen of Louisville,
was Opposed to the association, and
fdrbade—not exactly the bans, for
he had no idea matters would reach
that climax—but the attention of the
young gentleman, and posted off to
her lessons at school. But "where
there is á Will there is a way," is a
réjiiárk which the young lovers
proved the truth of. The Kentucki-
an visited the city, and managed to
obtain communication with his affi-
anced, who was closely watched
and guarded, and a plan was finally
arranged for an
Monday afternoon, the lover went to
a well-known clothing establishment
and procured a full suit of boy's
stock. See the very conclusive let-
ter of our friend,, G. D. Harmon,
elsewhere on this subject.—Eds.
Eds. Southern Cultivator—In or-
der to. test the value of CEinse Su-
gar Cane as food for hogs, I made
the following experiment:
In September I weighed two shoats
and put them in separate pens. No.
1 weighed, when put up, 76 pounds.
It was fed on what' corn it would
eat and slops from the kitchen. No.
2 weighed 73 pounds, and was fed
exclusively on Chinese Sugar Cane,
seed and all.
They were fed something over
three weeks aud again weighed.—
No. 1, or the shoat fed on corn,
weighed 115 pounds, having gained
39 pounds. No. 2, or the shoat fed
on the Sugar Cane, weighed 110
pounds, having gained 37 pounds.
This" result shows that Chinese
Sugar Cane is very near equal to
corn, aaJood for hogs. And take
acre for acre, and Sugar Cane is
ve.y far superior to corn, from the
fact that it will produce atieast five
times as much. In other words, 5
acres of Sugar Caae is equal as food
for hogs, to 25 acres of corn.
Yours &c., 6. D. Harmon.
Utico, Miss., Oct., 1857.
least, one bushel to my square rod
of ground planted. As it was, I
only made abput half that quantity
—that is, about the rate ot fifty or
sixty bushels to the,acre.
And here I would remark that, I
think I made a great mistake, in
allowing two peas instead of one to
stand in any of the hills. I would
also remark that one corner of my
patch was very stiffr red clay foun-
dation, which was equally as good, erages a much less admeasurement,
if not better than the lighter pót-jThe superficies is estimated at 237,
tion. _
Ho% Agriculture may be Im-
proved
s
the bundle to the lady's house. Post-
ing himself at a convenient corner,
he soon had the satisfaction of see-
ing her emerge from the building
unattended, and admirably disguis-
ed in her new suit. Forthwith,
through the aid of friends, some-
where, the hearts' wishes, were grat-
ified, and the two made one. / *
Dimensions op Texas.—The great-
est extent of the State, east and
west, is about 800 miles, and north
and south about 700 miles. The
outline, however, is very irregular,
and the extent in both directions ov-
One of the beSt agricultural ad-
dresses of the past season, is that
of Hon. L. Chandler Ball, before the
Hoosick (Town) Ag. Society. It
discusses the question—"How shall
the necessary conditions to further
agricultural improvement be secured
and farmers take the rank,' exert the
influence, and reccive the honors to
which, by their contributions to so-
cial order, and the welfare of the
State, they are entitled?" He lays
down the following propositiftns
and to their elucidation the add
is devoted. ,■
1. By adopting a higher standard
of Qjlucation, both general and pro-
fessional. ►
2. .By * moreiifchorough cultivation
ofthe soil, by #hich its fertility shall
504 square miles—an area nearly
equal to the Austrian empire, and
more than three times the extent of
the six New England States.
Boundaries.—Northern: New Mex-
ipp, Kansas, and Indian Territories,
from the latter of which it is chiefly
separated by the Red River;—-East-
ern: the State of Arkansas atd Lou-
isiana, the Sabine being the dividing
line between Texas and LouiBana;—
Southern: the*Gulf of Mexico;—
and Western: the Rio Grande, which
separates it from the Mexican States
and tÍ0*Territory of New Alexico.
houses, small houses, and everybody
with "plenty of money and no poor
kin." Then we have all kinds of
business, from the boot-black to the
blackleg; from the liquor seller tó
the liquor drinker; from the land
agent to lawyer; from the harness
m aker to the hórse doctor; merchants,
mechanics, traders, speculators; men
doing all kinds of business at all.—
If a man cannot find what he wants
in Leavenworth, then he cannot find
it anywhere."
• i . ■ f V ' i
Mormon Rebellion.—Intelligence
has been received at the War .De-
partment that' the presence of the
United States Troops , has failed to
intimidate Brighom Yonng and his
followers. Determined to refuse the
demands of the President, to yield
'tothe authority .of the Federal Gov-
ernment,. they ■ seem anxious for a
fight ' •! ,iM4«fair;b¡
Further intelligence by telegraph
says the President has agreed to
send a commission to Salt Lake to
undertake to settle the difficulties
without bloodshed.
•I .! .TA*
iSSUS
Marítimo
hundred*
expect to knap
the work house bj
time. They don't <
nor her beauties of
but they idolise
of a man planting
and loafing oa Me. wtffr l
Wjiat a thing.—Mm/IUi
Ugh! What a horrid
Give us our Polly Ann
"Kentucky fortune,
go to the bugo. Well have i
of it.—Exchange.
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Extract from letter to "Planter and Soil of the
South" dated Coosa, At .. 1867.
* But in relation to the Chin
Prolific Pea, my «pei ience does not
account we had received ofjexactly coincide with his observa-' 3. By the pjere general introduc
tions. I obtained a few peas, (4 <>z.); tion of improved implements of hua
a<k||e increased, and permanently main-
it ! tained.
Wray, made me anxious to pro'cure ! from Mr. Douglas' crop of '56, and bandary by wrtiich farm^akid house
i iwiMfrf Ufti nrrd; but since yourjplanted them, or rather a part uf hold labot1 may b^nore easily, ant|
kfettlc of ju ee,¡IT1 iiTT| i?11"-*'
with one teitspoonful of «mí
pint, with tcttspiiiiiiliil'of Si
luti4>ii, must l>i: repeated
8 minutes and the Kcnni
for i to hours, if necessary'; at
lc'ist ,until the 2 Ihs. of sod* has
been used
ming prOCvnn, ii xi.-iiiu- lire IIIIINl DC.i -H „.ia ¿.'A,.
kept up, and the juice, must not l.« I ™ttr B' 3i,@4 ^
allowed lo ¿timé to n general <'oilin
over the entire surface, but
two side8„at farthint. Two „
pounds of soda are sufficient fur 150 T° t,ib Suskikt or,baif> Ccüwtt:
of do-
ígq-Stjcking Dogs.—Mr. B. has
tried hot eggs, rotten eggs, mustard,
cayenne, and whipcord.' If he will
try'ti followHi|v I think he will
find it answer the purpósé:<—Mako
a hole in the side of an <¡g¿, blow
it, and fill it witih plaster of Paris,
inserting at the same time a small
piece of twine, so as to fasten the
egg to the plate of a trap. Choose
a pretty wide jawed trap, fasten on
your egg, and set the trájp in a con-
spiciouB place, whore tl é dtyj will
'find it easily. If that does ltot cure
him, put a little strychnine 1hto the
egg, and tak^my word for, it^ he
ill¡drpp egg-sucking.—Long Rifle,
'@¿1.25$ sack
line.du
■i\ 11. i. , . Sugar.—39 lb
up. During tin skiin- wjfjMkev—OhviT's . so i
process, a gentle fire, must he ¡ V* g
• i f ',n* «
; m:trkcl under linlr croi
¡Jlghl 9n r, liciirv In,
' 7 or 8.vr-4 ol I., tnl. %>¿i. Mn«lf rr
iflken up bv Joint HoIimmi urn] enf
WtiBr hn.! errare bc'm*
"^"ujLrhltea^lfcio*.
r?? n<l «fia In th*
'led II nn U,(> right lili<,
' ON* I'M. "
tra.r d hefor* w
Thp .Rochester Democ^t, at onoe
a fiery abolition and a flaming re-
vivalist newspaper,.givef us the fol-
lowing:
"The orthodox people of Btyliop
haVe, concluded to offer frequen)t pri-
vate and publio supp^cations for. the
conversion pf Rev. Theodore Worker,
and that th^tt desirable event «hall
take place."
The editon af thot
man, intimates to the corresponde*!
of the New York herald, one of
who uü^Binsinuated that ki sold o«t
his jotmal to the Douglas party,
fifty thousand dollars, that H'
be "prudent In them not to
auy unjust insinuations against 1
States or its conductors In
ture." i;
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From some statements published
by an English' contemporary on the
subject of ordnauoe. it appears &at
the cost of a 1^-inch shell, at ** M>~
through the air, is two popp
shillings. At each exploeion,'
go two gttiníÉfs^ bang I The <
ted cost of firing a 86-inch bomb, to
nearly thirfy ^nncU, or om, W
dred and fifty dollar*.
Steam Firs É ¡e/wjS¿~In)
Missouri, the ótesm fire enginoo!
becoming graat ravorltes,<
since Ijhe performance at the'g
fire at the Pacific HoM, and at
burning of a hemp factory on!
tin streét, on whioh ocoaskm
extinguished the ,__r
the hiemp wan ón fire,
000 worth' bf prop
insurance comp^niei
new steam fire enginee
them to the citjr. .
i 1 IIIIWI1I, I0 Oil " .1," -39*
A besr has alwayo been reckoofá
to be a formidable i, %, g/ty
deceiver who hags hie victim to
death, in' tire moret'iffectionatoj hut
painful manner. Bdt the aoM «0 >
rible specimen of the bear welter
heard of, Is inentloned In the follow-
ing versé Which we1 clip from a Wes-
tern poein: ' - '■
f
One* atandla' bjr • tm,
wbmb* «UuuMtkl
Aoould* rlcht'Mitl
■i ):
Kíli.kd Hte Tiachi*.—The Cham-
bers Tribune, states that on the tSth,
near Berlin/Alabama, ajichool' tea-
cher named Browner attempted to
chastise a lad of about twelve years
of age, named Colins, when thé let-
ter drew a krii/e and inflicl
wound wbjcb caused the
death jit p short time.,
jsescape
TbebwrwMi
iss
•' 8* «ImnM t MWryMf.'' ' h'
NoE.acus.x^V^—Mr.)
fthe well kno
Clermont
iTflfl "'* '
CU.rk' Dit'li
'intri, L C.
ty thousand
not he j ' y "" iii« rifhi
Sv'la ^ State SéS£
. . ofwi ,a?as
|i h«r i>. 14 hdt Mil
I, two dlatlnct ] J
«oW . Al a { "
, . * .Tf" oTili aim a rnnti
iii* nwt In 'h f forehmd,
""""l i'J'í! l-'< «b''* r>
■■■liíHll ib'
l >r*4«btlS
>1110 ;
: > pHl
J AlKon mitre Mb(4
«ouie mkMIh fiuir^",
7 ,?m ol«|, und
blag* lac *, it nenr *ti
! ««ch 'V "xmnfflh
TJl 14 Iilfii. Mtildlf*
'•I r°"meí'í,i',l,'d. the 26th day
ti irarc11' v ' H"d ordert-d
;M puhl,cat.V|i of this writ for ft>ur sue-
Kessive weeks, before the tenth Mou-
{dayflie>d fn
A. D.. 1868, in "The Weekly Indo-
"A clever thing" is reported
on'tlK. nth day íTlliSSíttfl
said Pltthttlff, of which the lbréi&ttftr
is a hr0 statement. ' *
; Ami , you, the said Sheriff; wHI
muke m«rv eo of this writ and make
return Uiereof acocordiiig! to law. '
ExiPxesident Comonfort
iOhed a card, dated at üetr Qrtisáo,
April O, denying
«SWSSRÜÜr "T!*
all tho green coloring vegetable ex-,iuadeaffi«lAvit in writing jhatMid Barnes
W Embree a.ul -Hit (Jrt lif•""* bro" *
.nii<lf*v bamm, lu« *"í °n"*' "*J
I ll>at s«id Harnea
tract is thrown out ofthe kettle in I*th ^rflinary am«.th
U y« íi. Sat. Marah zi, 1M1
FJ?sir-i o
^ ... ine wneKIV IIMe AW, Wm$
pendent,""4- weekly newspaper pri n-1"'" M
Jodandpnhlitrhod in tltecomity of
Bell
no
A8 soon us this is perceived to be
the case, lioil down to the Syrup
pcint, and strike off into coolers. By
this proowú 160 gnMi ins of gfood
ripe juiee will makt 40 gallons of
g i' d Sprup—that is I gallon of Syr-
up to 4 of juice. The reason "
gain is olivions. By the old proci
■of nsitig litni —os i s. oiupounris
the acids nro too hcuvy to float i-s;
so«W~ dilo /<ii" the lu being the sul- j
fhate of lime, commonly known as
firnl Saturdj' ill Jili'it" lie*!, o xliow c.uiitp .
njiv phiiriiflN IiohIiI i ü¡ Imve jiidumcnr for !í?r llnul
fíM mi account fur iiii-'lical wrvie. l filvd <«1
willi mi-, nn i forco-tmif unit. b.an'iM .
Uivin iincler my Innil tliis 15th Inv ot ff^ r'«|'t —.
April, It58, E W LKER. ^.TaUauPh;
J. P., Bel I'ouiln. Texan.
nil :
and It .N ob
l aoésuto atV.ieaaid, tliere being
■ papw in said Lampasaas mounly. I . 1
Oiv^n under my hand, this Urn ^512^
26th day of March, A. D.. 1858.
WfTNESS, J W
the
h" '"'aiipmrancenrhiirln.i—i u.
Iw a|i|M4iranceof hnrlncha.l kh
W B IfEKD. Ske ijf, BC
3/ >)MUJru £¡auta,
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Tlie State of. Texas—('onntv
J^ETTERsi o/Aiiininietmtion
upon the Estate of W,Hian P
U'wis, deceased, having IH-ei. gran-
H to ihe nndersigncd I,y tlie Conn-
court of iMipaeaaa cotinty, at its
br.ii.rv 1858, term, all poisons
having chums sgainst said estate,
are notified to present tliem within
'J1.0/ me, tn««iL_ the time piescriln-d hv law
*TWírT«4^ pllO^ ;víi«t H®aE¡S JACKSON 1
nff
ut office in the 'town
«hie April tin
eiOiO'M'i i
'Betl
•arded
L
bklton
> a
V.. /
\
* *
I
passas county,
hereby certify t
a true cripy of tli
iu itar possession ¡f
lM'ref.y oH¡rtr?A# |lwllK,
•The Weekly Ii«iepj..Ml*-ot*a l.ewa-
apo«• «.nWishrti rn Belton, Coenty of
-H, . tatf of Texas, fbr foUT Snei^s-
s.ve weeks, according to law. This
Sheriff Ijtmp. Co., Texas
apl hOAMAw
ntenth. at
emmmttr
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