The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1858 Page: 1 of 4
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¡PENDENT FAMILY PAPER-DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT or the AGRICULTURAL, MECHANICAL AND OTHER INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT
__ - BELTONrBEIÍl lJÑWrTEXAS, OCTOBER 2~,l858.
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;ELLA\E01]S 8XTRACTS.
ÍBrilVLife in Londcn, Aug lit 93.
lorphy" Poiug* in Eu|<
laud.
the arrival of Mr. Morphy,
jiung American Pliilidor, in
ad, be baa played constantly
11 who have dared to present
|>lvc8, and his career, bo f r,
en one of unmixed triumph,
keptics who turned up their
it tlie very idea of a boy of
being a first-rate, are now
ring in bated tones about "ex-
ns to the usual rule," and so
[ We candidly own woconsid-
^Morphy a phenomenon, and
plighted tohai) in him certainly
Inest player since McDonnell
Bourdonnais.
Kits in chess speak for them-
¡and great talent is neither
ritten down, nor inferior tal-
tten up, save for a season.—
)phy has favored us with the
lore of all the games lie has
ince ho came to the old cotni-
thinking it worth while to
number of games played
the large odds of rook or
|all of which he has won.—
ig with Her Lowen thai—
ire write the match is not
i then fixed, the whole is smoke, and
the chess circle must draw their own
conclusions.
I Morphy stands in relation, mean-
' while, to Staunton, something like
our gallant Broke did in the Shan-
non of Boston, when he sent his
, well known cartel to the American
captain of the Chesapeake: " Your
flag requires a victory, such as yon
would gain in taking my Bhip, to
, give it the position in the eyes of
¡ nations you pretend to take up. I
can remain here but eight-and-fbrty
hours longer, wanting, as I do, pro-
visions and water. So do me the
honor to come out at once and fight
if ycu mean 0." It must always
be remembered that Morphy is here
merely as a traveler, and, therefore,
cannot afford to wait for an advertui-
ry till the days of grace, 1860. if
Mr. Staunton declines his challenge,
Mr. Morphy will probably run over
to Paris to play Harrwltz, and from
thence on to Germany to encounter
Anderason.
"Taxas and Her Re i urces."
We are glad to see that our co-
temporary of the Ledger is publish-
isliing a series of articles on "Tex-
as and her Resources." The press
lit Morphy has but one more cannot perform a better service to
win. They have played ¡
Mnes, of which Morphy scores j
raws one, loses three
Mr. Barnes, of St. George's
ir. Morphy lias played twen-
ties, winning nineteen and
(even. With Mr. Boaden,
pliy played nine games, will'
losing one and drawing
)f twelve games contested
Bird, Morphy gained no less
drawing one and losing
nth Mr. Hampton, the Arncr-
I played and won two games;
played against the vete-
rr Lowe, the American wins
7ith the llev. Mr. Owen, Mr.
f played five games, winning
¡losing one; and then, giv-
and move for a match of
bs, won all five, drew two,
I none!
agreed that if Mr. Morphy
Owen at pawn and move,
o play a secjftd match at
(id two moves, which match
doubtless, therefore, hear
jurse, Morphy being remark-
mi to carry out his undorta-
He baa hardly yet found
'play with the leading mem-
f the London Club, but we an-
isóme good battling yet with
lost premising player, Mr.
L'illey, destined, we believe,
|ery far o;i the road to faint;.
glad to say Mr. Morphy is
(lent health and spirits, cer-
Itouter in form than when he
on our shores, and much
i with the kind reception he
lit with generally.
!¡w words, now, on the pros-
¡match between Morphy and
Jinton, respecting which, note
strictly aim at fact, not.
ftt. Mr. Morphy has thrice
jed Mr. Staunton, and the
9Í his cartel lias been thrice
sly acknowledged. The
Jlenge was in print, in an
Chess monthly, from the
pans Chess Club, inviting
linton to come out and play
ni terms, for any stake up
je. Mr. Staunton's lo-
cated a great desire to play
but a refusal to come
and for this he could not be
Morphy crossed the sea;
uated his challenge fot the
time, vira roa—leceiving for
rer a polite renewal of Mr.
mi's wish to play, but a desiie
I.a "few weeks," preliminary
e, study of openings, and so
Mr. Morphy bowed assent,
[.does to almost everything,
; few weeks, and a few more,
without the day being fixed,
iitiative here .being clearly
upon Mr. Staunton, Mr. Mor-
dent his third challenge in wri*
and received a writton reply
reek. But, unfortunately, this
¿n yepty was an echo of the
¡"delighted to play," and the
of it; no day or even month fix-
the encounter. Morphy, per-
il, hardly feels it delicate to send
^urth cartel, but we think his
^ightway cohibo would be to do
pimple saying: " Will you kind
the State at. this time, than by show-
ing her advantages, among wlrffch
are enumerated by the Ledger, the
following:
"Within the limits of Texas there
are millions of acres of land not to
be surpassed in any portion of the
habitable globe; and these unlike
the lauds in most other places, re-
quire but a small amount of labor
to yield a rich return. So great is
the fertility of Texas, that we can
produce, year after year, upon the
same land, the same crops, without
the aid of manure of any kind. In
no other pwt of the Union can so
great a variety of articles bo culti-
vated. So easily is Indian corn or
maize raised in . Western Texas,
that but few of our farmers have ta-
ker. the trouble to pay the proper at-
tention to the soil before planting.
The north and north-western portions
of Texas are peculiarly adapted to
wheat growing, and, in all probabil-
ity, the day is not far distant when
the wheat crops' of this State will
be more important than those of
sugar and cotton louibiued. As a
wheat-growing country, we have
two ujicat advantages over any
other.-* and these are the weight of
the grain, and the period at which
the crop conies to maturity. When
ii proper system of railroads is in-
troduced to provide facilities for
transportation, the quantity of who it
grown will be greatly increased.
With but an ordinary share of
cultivation our lands will yield from
500 to 750 pounds of clean cotton to
the acre, the quality of which is
very superior for heavy fabrics, and
if properly handled will command
an advance of from ^ to 1 cent per
lb more in the European market.
The first crop raised in Texas was
sold at the handsome price of twen-
ty cents per pound. Sea Island
cotton has been also raised and
meets with perfect success. Cotton
planting commences in February in
Texas, and picking begins at an ear-
lier, and continues for a longer peri-
od, than in other portions of the
United States.' — S. -■!. Herald.
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A Residence in two States and
Thru Counties at the Same Time.—
At a place called " College Corner,"
an individual occupies a house that
is rather singularly situated. One
half of the house is in the State of
Indiana, and the other half in Ohio.
The boundary line between Bntlel-
and Preble counties in this State
runs directly through the house; so
that< the occupynt lives in two
counties in Ohio and one in Indiana
at tho same time. 01 course, if he
was charged with any offenco it
would bo right sharp work for the
officer to catch him, armed with a
process from Preble county. He
would only have to pass from one
room to another in his dwelling to
be beyond the jurisdiction of an
officer, b' going into Butler county.
And if officials from both counties
should come at him at the same time,
he takes to the kitchen or the parlor,
as the caHe might be, and he is safe
beyond their reach in another State,
although he might be within arm's
length of the officers. It would re-
quire three warrants to catch a man
so peculiarly domiciled, and if want-
ed in this State, he would not be
compelled to cross his own door sill
without a requisition.
The house of an old resident in
this county is similarly situated.—
The city line just cuts off the porch
of hit: house, so that he sleeps iu the
country, and takes his ease on the
porch in the city. Where he sleeps
and eats is of course his voting
place, so he is necssarily put down
amongst the 'country constituents.'
Cin. Gazette.
A Good Matured Rebuke.
ood natured old far-
A certain
mer pruservi
i t i
five Out* and a Kiss.
Some days ago we stated that a
conductor upon the Sixth street rail
road had kissed an attractive fe-
male passenger, the kissee submit-
ting to the caress with all the natu-
ralness of a kitten, in pursuit ot
the tip of its own tail. The conduc-
tor who enjoyed this saccharine
privilege we will call Mr. Smith —•
Mr. Smith having received his fare,
and kissed the cherry-cheeked pas-
senger, gallantly assisted her to
alight from the vehicle. As he did
this, he was espied by Mr. Brown,
another conductor on the same line.
Brown had a brother for whom he
ed his good nature, let
whát would turn up. One day,
while the blaok tongue prevailed,
one of his red oxen was reported
dead
"Is he," said the old man, "well
lie always was a brpechy old cuts.
Take off his hide ana carry it down
to Fletcher's, it will bring tho oash."
In an hour the man came back with
the news that "Hue black" and his
mate were both dead.
"Are they?" said the old man,
"well, I took them from B., to salve
a bad debt I never expected to got.
It's lucky that it ain't the brindlea
Take the hides down to Fletcher's,
they will be as good as cash."
In an hour the man came to in-
form him that the nigh brindlo was
dead.
"Is he?" said the old man, "well
he was a very old ox. Take the
hide down to Fletcher's it is worth
more than either of tho .others."
'Hereupon his wife taking upon her-
self the office of Eliphaz, repriman-
ded her husband severe severely,
and asked him if ho was not aware
that his loss was a judgement from
Heaven for his wickedness.
"Is it?" said tho old man, "well,
if they take judgements ii. cattle it
is the easiest way I can pay them."
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A Lion in the Path,—Stage dri-
vers occasionally encounter a bear
or wolf on the road, but this is no-
thing to ~the adventures of tho Afri-
can "whip." Galignani's Messenger
says:
As the diligence which plies be-
tween Gueima and Boua, in Africa,
was a few nights ago proceeding
along llio road near tlie village of
Penthiovre, the horses, all at once
reared up, and refused to advance;
and the driver perceived a gigantip
liou liCfted in the middle of the
road. Ho at once iuformed the pas-
sengers, and they all manifested the
greatest consternation; but at his
suggestion they lighted chemical
matches and burned paper. The
light of the moon, however, was bo
strong that it paralysed the glare
of the flames, and they produced no
wanted to obtain a place, and un-1 effect on tho lion. The consterna'
dertook to shovel "down" Mr. Smith
for this purpose. Mr. Brown then
li.dged a complaint with the officers
of the road, and laid back to await
the results.
Mr. Smith was accordingly bro't
up before a tribunal of the Direc-
tors, while Brown was present as
prosecutor in tho case. Brown
made a formidable charge agaiiiRt
Smith, and allowed that kissing lady
passengers was something altogeth-
er outside the regulations of the
road. Smith being put upon his de-
fence brought iu the kissee, a very
pretty lady, whom he had not seen
before for some years at least, and
who happened to be his own sister!
The tribunal, at this exposition of
the circumstances, acquitted
tion of the passengers was on the
increase, when the animal relieved
them by walking slowly away.
A man named Sclniff, residing at
St. Mary's Hill, on tho Mississippi,
deliberately shot his own son, the
other day, killing him i.istantly.—
The gun was loaded with twenty-
seven buck-shot and one slug, which
entered tl.o young man's left breast,
tlx; slug passing through his body
and entering a piece of wood behind
him. They had disagteed about
some repairs to the mill which the
son had commenced. Aftei the
murder, the old man boasted of the
deed, saying that he had meditated
it for a long time.
Rattlesnake Bite.—The Medical
Journal says the following prescrip-
tion is an infalliable cure for rattle-
snake poison:
"Mix together four grains of iodate
of potash, two grains of corrosive
sublimate, five drachms of bromine,
and keep the mixture in a glass-
or do you deciine! stopped vial, well secured. Ten
■ drops of this mixture diluted with a
tablespoonful of wine or brandy,
constitutes a dose, which is to be
repeated,'if necessary, according to
the exigences of the case."
The Medical Journal of tho Medi-
cal Sciences contains the result of
Smith at once, and then discharged (
Brown for his meanness in report-
ing as an outrage, that which was
not only natural but commendable.
Brown now wishes he had stayed
out of the shoveling ■ business, and
acted like a mm.—Philudrljihia Ga-
zette.
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The Gonzales Inquirer speaks of
the field of Sea Island Cotton be-
longing to Rev. A. Davidson, as
ticing tlie most flourishing the editor
had ever seen. The field is three
miles from town, contains about one
hundred acres, and the | lants are al-
most borne to the ground by the
balls. The yield is now something
like 60 pounds, and the Rev. gen-
tleman thinks that his whole crop
will uett him from three hundred
to four hundred dollars to the hand.
Competent judges pronounce it one
of the richest fields they ever wit-
nessed.
Editorials.—A noted chap once
stepped into the sanctum of a ven-
erable and highly respectad editor
and i nd ul ged i n a tirado against a ci ti-
ssen with whom he was on bad terms.
"I wish," said ho, addressing the
man with the pen, "that you would
write a v«ry severe article against
R,—, mid put it in your paper."
"Very well," was the reply. Alter
some more conversation tho visitor
went away. ,Thu next moruúig he
came rushing into the office, iu it
violentstate of excitement. "What
did you put in your paper? 1 have
M''-1 hnd my nose pulled, and been kick
lame the* day,
epting nty challenge."
Ir. Morphy leaves all conditions
Ir. Stuuntou, and will piny for
ny stake, from £100 to ¿500 on
kch side. A gathering of chess
players, takes place at Birmingham
• on Tuesday next, at which both
Messrs. Morphy and Staunton will quite a number of experiments made
be present. Unless the day rud with this antidote, resulting iu its
Jiour for beginning the match aro | complete triumph.
The Indiano! Courier mentions
the arrest of a person supposed to
be Tom Middleton at Indianola. ITc
was examined and discharged. He
left in the Charles Morgan. Alter
the boat had cast off from the wharf
and was fairly under way, he is said
td have placed his thumb to his nasal
protuberance, performed fantastic
gyrations with his four digits and
exclaimed to tho*e on the wharf in
a sarcastic tone—"When yon* got
hold of Tout Middleton again, you'll
keep him, won't ycr— -a-yt
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The Victoria Advocate mentions
the fall of refreshing rains there,
which has given a n«jw supply of
grass for stock. The prairies have
been fired to a considerable extent by
tome rascals who deserve banging.
une
Ken
h
ed twice." "I wrote a severe article
as you desired," calmly returned
the editor, and signed yoyr name tu it,"
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How Franklin's Discoveries were
Treated.—In speaking of the first
publication of his papers on electri-
city, Franklin himself, says
"Obliged, as we were to Mr. Col
liusoii, for the present of the tube
&c., I thought it right he should be
informed of our success iu using it,
aad wrote him several letters, .con
taining accounts of our experiments
Ho got them read in the Royal So
cioty, where they were'not, at first
thought worth so much notice as to
be printed in their transactions.—
One paper which 1 wrotf to Mr.
ennursley, on the «amenosa ol
ihtning with electricity, I sent to
Mitchell, an acquaintance of
mine, and one of the members
the society, who. wrote me word
that it had been read, but was laugh-
ed ut by tlie connoisseurs."—[Works
of Benjamin Franklin, vol.v, p. lty
Advantages or Education.—"Doc-11
tor, '' said an old lady, the other day,
to her fatuity physician, "kin you
tell me how it is that some folks is
born dumb?" "Why, hem; certainly
madam! 'replied the doctor," It is ow-
ing to tjte fact that tliey come i'lto
the world without power of speech!"
"La me!" remarked the old lady;
"now jest see what it is to have an
edic%tion! I've axed toy old man
more nor a hundred times that are
name thing; and all I could get out
of bill) was, "K/tse thty it!"
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The annnerstnte Fair of Georgia
will be h ld Hi Atlanta from tbe 19th
to the 93d October ne*t.
How to Exterminate the
vH—Interesting Discovery.
J. L. Booth, now of this olty, who
has made some valuable improve*
ments in grain-cloaniijg machinory
for flour mills, Bernia the result of
some experiments with his machine
for eooiiring grain. Hé obtained
from a farmer thirty bushels of
wheat from a bin of two hundred
bushels and after passing through
the machiue, placed iu glass jars
samples of the oleaned and unclean
gruin. Upon examination Bometime
after, be found the latter alive with
weevil und badly eaten, while that
which had been scoured was per
fectly free from any appearance of
the insect. ,This led him to a micro-
scopic examination of the berry of
the wheat, which resulted in the cou-
victbn that any grain infested wit!
t ho weevil can bo entirely cured am
preserved by the simple process of
cleaning. In proof of which, he
states that a large portion of the
gruin seemed to have a single blist-
er or slight prominence upon
germinating end of the berry; which
was readily removed by the point of
a knife, and the egg of tho weevil
discovered. Mr. Booth is satisfied
hat this thorough scouring and ag-
tation of the grain removes the
¡glutinous covering of the cell con-
taining the egg, and that its expo-
sure to tho air destroys its genera-
ting properties. Ard if tho wl
'ft taken in any condition, after
n ect has passed into the larvm
perfect state, and treated as al
mentioned with any offeotive smut*
ter, this post will be completely
eradicated. There are other spe-
cies of the same destroyer—one in
which the egg is deposited in the
berry while in a soft state before
i a r vest, and the depository being
capped oyer to exclude the air, the
egg remains thus protected until
th.< grain is again sown, and does
not change until decomposition com*
menees from the action of the earth
and process of germinating.
New York Evening
[This id tlie trne grain we<
Calandria granana, not the Midw ^
from which oar wheat field* suffer *o
much.] Ed. O. f1,
To keep Tires tight ou Wheels*
Í desire to aBk room for tbe,fol-
aifex-
the me*
initiative
n the matter shall be sure to find
lis reward in tke«gfeater call for his
wot-k: ■ '
I wish to cominunicate to tlie pub-
lic a method by which tires on wheel
carriages may be kept tight. 1
ironed a wagon some years ago, for
my own use, and beforo putting on
the tires, I filled the felloes with
linsocd oil; and the tireB have worn
out and were never loose. I ironed
a buggy for my own use seven
years ago, and the tires are now as
tight as when put on. My method
of fil)it>g the felloés with oil is as
follows:—I use a long cast-jron oil-
heater, made for tho purpose
is placed on a string, so ás to bang in
the oil, each felloe one hour, for a
common sized felloe.
The timber should be dry, as
green timber wiil not take oil
Care should be taken that the oil be
made no hotter than a boiling heat
in order that tho timber be not
burnt. Timber filled with Oil is not
tim*
was
JK?
can i
m
in the t(
are to
be leai
be tear;
ding thei
hftw
etc. When
at'pleasure
tho yoke and
around yon until
voice ana motion.
One man ean train
at the same time Thf,
yoked on different sides t
in the yard: until t'
to drive; then tak
yon want an up-he
pair do uotput them
vy loads at first, hut load
grees until you
to work."
Young Steers can
and mnch injured 4tev<
such as drai
kept at it until wor
The advantages of this
training steers over the usual
are numerous, uot the least of
is being able to , accomplish more
in four days, than by the old wqp
roanymonths,, , , "
Trees ik tbe Vjctatrr oi
Barn yardi.-flt wosld lie well if
farmers would surronud their
yardB. barns aiid> pig-pens
trees. Such trees bear ar
and: heavy crops of plums
be obtained in ebon
Btnng fruit is sure to
and devoured as soon
thns preventing the
curculio. Apples, pears,
and all othor fruits, do well for
same reason, and
vided with 4 pli
quid raanute ir<
the barn and bi
or spring reco
some trees.
\ A Sundse
man! Was charg
ently dragged
val meeting, and
jo home with liim.
et the story travel
md a fair o¡
broadside. .
with the offence, he
owb. In the first
i4Ve tried to
ler views, no a choice of
Secondly—my wife Uae net
m
■m
3 !%:
••y ^ - jL". '
ed any óf the revival meetings i
Lowell. In the third placiwn jahjt
susceptible of water, and the
ber is much mare durable. I
abused some time ago wheii I told
a blacksmith now to keep tires tight
on wheels, by his telling me, it was
a profitable business to tighten
tins, and tbe wagon maker will
say that it is profitable to hiu* to
make and repair wheels—but what
will the farmer who supports the
wheel right and smith, say?
[Cor. Southern Planter.
Great Straw Plowing Match.—At
the recéiit show of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society, held at Chester,
England, onKbt Mth ult., five steam
plows contested' tor the handsome
\ rize of £600 „ (43>4S5.) Fonr o;:
operated by
steam
engines fixed op $W> field and mov
ing the "shares" back and forth
ropes and wiiitll asses. T1
the plows were
1 a—a -h1llm ubmiiiwj,
forth by
„r c_.,'h*" fifth
plow (Boydell's) had a traction ett-
Sine, wbiob moved over tbeUktf<L*-
ach of thesfe turned o
rows at onee, and the
well done by thém, all but
broke down. The sóil W
dry, stiff clay. Furrows
inches were tnrued over,
competition was very s;
The successful plow was FoiWs
it executed one and three quarters
of. an acfe tm heuBVn o* '
y Í
fl
not even attended any of/the u
ings for any purpose whatever,
conclude—neither my wife ndf
self have any inetinakiW to
Finally-*! never
meetings,
wife.
Ode Unrivalled Climate.—As tftt-
timony in favor Óf our fine climate,
we atfe told by one who has Spent
the past summer liere (and it -htt
been unusually long audi i
that while ho has boon
more e;xposed to the di
the sun than nshai, he
much less oppression ft
than in any other latitude i
he has lived. Bni tbia;'
ricnce of all who baye It
There is a charm about
of Western Texas whTcfc ... ,
to it, and any one who hak inhalétt
its pure atsiosphdre, has
lovely akies, its fleecy <
veil tbe summerti suri, ot I
ed out in view of the 1
mornings, can say 1
. . vS
ly this climate ii
A. Herald.
The Matagorda*
j poller bo;
been in Tex¡
Baptist clerj
protéstant ^
a cnrious'oldboy'td) be nowi'dqpi-
pying a devira plaee.^ ,
Col. Cabtey, aVi
baa heen|
noon Punta
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