Rolla Express Newspaper 1860-09-10

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TOL. I. HOLLA, PHELPS COUNTY, MO., SEPTEMBER 10, 1S60. N0- - 9- -
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THE.BOLL A. EXPRESS.
published every Monday.
Tjerms- - Oxe Dollar, per year, is advanck.
Single copies, with or without wrappers,
Five cents per copy.
ROLLA. BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN P. NORVELL.
School commissiouer for Phelps county. lie
can hu fonnil, every Saturday, at the office
of J. II. McGuire Esq, at the county seat.
W. D. SUUCK. W. N. OKGAJf.
SHUCK & ORGAN,
Attorneys at Law, Salem , Dent county, Mo.,
Will practice regularly in the counties
comprising the 181b. Judicial Circuit.
Particular attention paid to collecting.
W. N. & J. E. ORGAN,
County Surveyors, Ileal Estate, Tax Paying
and General Agents. Having formed
connections with Real Estate Agents in
St. Louis, offer rare inducement!: to those
wishing to sell improved or unimproved
lands." Commission moderate. V. N.
Organ, Salem, Dent county J. B. Organ,
Rolla, Pbelps.co., Mo.
JAMES E. C1IATJVIN,
Attorney at Law, Itolla, Mo. Office with
J. M. McGuire. Eq Agent for the Mer-chants'
anil JVlauufaaturera' Insurance
Company, of St. Louis ; Covenant Matual
Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis ;
and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Hartford.
AARON VANWARMEW.
Attorney at Law, Phelps County.
GEO. P. HARRINGTON.
Attorney at L.uv, Holla, Phelps county,
Mo. Office S. K corner otilain and Fourth
Streets.
J. M. MCrfiUIKB.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Holla,
Phelps County, Mo. Ofiice near the Court
House.
S. G. WILLIAMS.
Attorney at Law. permanently located at
Kolla, Phelps county, Mo.
J. L. HUTCHISON.
Attorney at Law. Rolia, Mo. Office, Tif-fany
House, vith. II. S. Clark. Esq.
H. S. CLARK.
Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Land
Agent. Pro apt ailention paid to the
collection of debts and the payment of
taxes for non-res-iden- ts. Lands sold for
Taxes rcaoomed. Office at the Tiffany
House.
J. Q. MARSHALL & A. DE NOUMANDIA.
P.e.sirti'iit Piactisiu-- ; Physicians. Dr. ivlar-sIia- U
will attend 10 nil surgery and ob-slvtc- ric
discs Rolla.
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WILLIAM WILSON,
House. Sign, mid ornamental Painter and
G.iiiticr. Papur-Uang.ii- g. Graining, Mar-Min- g
and gilding done with neatness and
dispatch and on the mostieasonable terms.
1). B, PARSONS.
Proprietor of the Holla Lumber Yard.
Dealer in building lumber generally.
Flouring ready matched and dressed.
Dressed Weather-boardin- g tarnished to
order.
j). f. lenox's
Western Saloon and Ten Pin Alley, Main
Street, opposite the Tiffany House. Rolla.
ISAAC C. PENNINGTON.
Plastering carried on in all its various
branches. Orders left at my residence,
oa the corner of Eighth and Park Streets
will receive prompt attention.
J. A. SCHNABLE,
Contractor. Is prepared to "iidertake the
construction of masonry, Bridge Building,
ivnd House work. Jobs done with neat-ness
and dispatch, at the shortest possible
notice and at the cheapest rates. Give him
a call.
MELL & CO.
Painters and Glaziers. Every description of
House,'sign and ornamental painting ex-ecuted
in the neatest and most workman-like
manner, and on the most reasonable
terms.
DARDEN & CO.
Souse Builders, Carpenters and Joiners.
Contracts taken for all kinds of carpenter
" 'and joiner work. Prompt attention given
to all business taken in charge.
' i Coffins made to order.
.' . FRANCIS G. DAKE.
Contractor and House Builder. Orders for
" all descriptions of! carpenter and joiner
work promptly attended to. Referexcxs
. . E. IV. Bishop. Rolla, J. 0. Edgar, arch-- -
itect and builder, and Sherman & Jones,
Attorneys, St. Louis. Enquire at Bishop's
Lumber Yard, Rolla.
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From the Missouri Republican.
GRAPE VINES.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The Opinion is entertained by
some that a grape-vin- e left to its
natural habits, will bear as well
as if it were dressed in a
proper manner. There is.it is true,
no doubt, but that it will bear, but
it would seem quite unnecessary to
argue that a grape-vin- e or a fruit
tree of any description, left to it-self,
will not bear so much or good
fruit as if dressed in a judicious
manner. That our ground, is nat-urally
fitted for the growth of the
grape is abundantly proved from
tie spontaneous production of the
vine in almost every section.
Which is the best of these grapes
is a point not yet definitely deter-mined
; but it appears to bo pretty
well ascertained that several kinds
vi uiuui ell l OUJJUHIU, 1U1 W1UU tU
any of the European grapes. We
have grapes in abundance,' which
endure our climate perfectly well,
without covering ; and their fruit,
instead of being injured by the
frost as all European grapes are
known to be, is improved by a slight
frost. Of the European grapes, the
downy-leafe- d vines have the impor-tant
advantage, that the down se
cures ii irom tue ravages 01 tue
bug.
If the cultivation of one vino is
well understood, the application of
that knowledge to any number is an
easy matter. To raise new varie-ties,
seed from the largest, earliest
and best ripened must be separated
from their palp, and kept until the
February following, then to be sown
in pots filled with "light fresh mould
and plunged into a moderately warm
hot-be- d. They will come up iu
four or six weeks ; aud when the
plants are about six inches high,
they should be transplanted singly
into pots of suitable size. Water
gently as circumstances require, al-lowing
abundance of light and air,
ami carefully avoid injuring any of
the leaves. Cut down the plants
every autumn to good buds, and al-low
only one of these to extend it-self
iu the following spring. Change
into larger pots, as occaision re-quires,
till they have produced fruit:
this, under good ' management, will
take place iu the fourth or fifth year,
when the approved sorts are to be
selected for cultivation.
SOIL, ETC.
The best soil is alight, rich, sandy
loam, eighteen inches deep, resting
ou a drainage of several inches depth
of brick rubbish. The richest ma-nures
arc beneficial to the vine, and
should bo added annually to the
border or spot where they grow.
During the time of their being in
bloom a slight trench in a circuit,
three feet from the stem may be
opened, and the contents of the
house pail slops, soapy water and
urine be poured into it daily.
When grown against the walls, the
latter need never be higher than
eight feet and the more substantial
the better, as they, of course, cool
slowly in proportion to their thick-ness.
Some persons pursue the
practice of annually painting the
walls with a creamy mixture of one
part lime and two parts soot, to fill
up the nail holes, the retreat of in-sects,
and to increase tho warmth
of the wall. The object to be ob-tained
is not only warmth, bat shel-ter
from the wind, which is injuri-ous
to the vine at all timGS of its
growth ; a good aspect is therefore
essential. It is also to bo kept in
mind that the excreinentitious mat-ter,
discharged from the roots of a
vine is quite considerable, and if
this be given out in close retentive
soils they quickly become deleteri
ous and a languid and diseased veg-etation
ensues. Vines therefore,
will not thrive in a cold, damp soil
or one composed of still' clay, which
is fully accounted for. from the fact
that they delight only in soils easily
rendered dry by evaporation, and
free from an excess of moisture, and
arc always more warm, which is io
genial to the growth of tin's plant.
If the subsoil is not naturally dry,
it should be made so by draining,
filling up the bottom with a suff-icient
quantity of dry materials, such
as stones broken moderaLely small,
broken bricks and lime plaster, oys-ter
shellSj&c, which will keep them
dry and warm, by the free admis-sion
of air and sun, and to admit of
heavy rains passing quickly through
without being retained sufficiently
long to saturate the roots or injure
the tender extrcineties. The sur- -
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gradual descent from the wall or
fence ; after it has once been made
the border should bo stirred at in-tervals,
to keep it from becoming
hard and impervcous to heat and
moisture, and when necessary, it
should only bo forked up about two
inches deep, at all times taking care
not to injure the roots.
PR VISING AND TItANTNG.
xnevnieucars us nun on msc
year's wood, and the great object of
the cultivator is to get that wood
well ripened, for on that depends a
good deal, if not everything. The
quantity of ripened wood of the
last year to be left on a viue should
be so regulated that it may be dis-tributed
over the surface of the wall
'roof or the house occupied by the
vine, at such distances as -- will en-sure
a good scope, and 'this may be
done iu different ways. It may be
done by leaving shoots to to go up
the whole length of the front, or
space, at proper distances say IS
inches apart, and so to clothe the
spaces as it were, with new wood
every year, with new branches
for the next year's crop, and to cut
back to the bottom, or nearly so,
all the wood that has borne this
year ; or, when the space is once
clothed with branches, to let the
shoots come all over the vine as
near to each other as branches may
bo wanted, and to cut them back to
a single eye, all over the vine which
is called spurring it.
The method first referred to is
thought to keep a vine most clean
because, as the old wood is cut
away every year, and the space cov-ered
with now, the training may be
always done to the greatest nicety.
In the spurring system, the uiaiu ob-ject
is to cover the space as soon as
possible with strong wood. This
may be done according to the fan
form, or the horrizontafforni, in the
upright plant ; and although much
has been written and said upon tho
subject, there is perhaps not enough
difference in the result to justify a
preference on the score of bearing.
Generally speaking, some pains
ought to be taken to furnish the
space well at the bottom.
The vine gro ws so freely that it
is desirable at 'even an cgrly period
to take away, before they waste its
strength, all the shoots that are not
wantedj and all that are weak, so
that no more branches be allowed
to grow than those best adapted for
covering the space, though an ex-tremely
vigorous shoot should al-ways
be retained, even if in an awk-ward
place, because strong wood
is desirable, and the vine is suff-iciently
flexible to bear a good deal
of bending. It is always desirable
to preserve a very strong shoot, be-cause
it affords opportunity for cut-ting
away all that is above of the
old wood it -- grows out of, and
i
I of substituting tho young wood
for it. Taking care, too, that no
weakly shoots arc encouraged, and
none retained, the growing' vine is
to bo divided, and the brauches so
arranged as to cover the space, at
proper distances, as far as it will
go. from season to season, and while
growth is sought for no fruit should
be allowed to swell.
We commonly begin a vine with
a single bud, or shoot when plant-ing,
As the remove always tries a
plant a good deal, it is quite custom-ary
to cut the root within three
eyes of ground, and thus will throw
out three shoots one to be trained
to the right, ou? to the left ajid one
straight up. Those to the" right
aud left to bo loosely supported as
they grow ; the upright; shoot may
be allowed to grow slightly asist-cd,an- d
be retained andripencd.lo be!
be stopped as soon as there are
thcc or four joints, aud be allowed
to throw out side branches which
will ripen and be fit to lay in their
places, right and left, fan-fashio- n.
In this way die third year will have
made wood enough to cover a large
space. According tu this plan, all
the new wood, except that wanted
to fill a vacant space, is cut back
1.. a- - .. .. l. : 1 1 yearly, mj uuo uyu, ur two, n me
vine be not very strong that when
the eyes break the stronger may
be saved, and the other rubbed oil'.
When shoots come much closer to-gether
than eyes can be wanted for
next year's bearing, they may be
removed young, because the growth
made by branches intended to be
taken away altogether, is so much,
vigor lost to the other branches.
THINNING THE FRUIT
When the vine has become fruitful,
in the autumn, and it is desired
to have bunches of superior size
and appearance, tho practice is pur-sued
of having the berries of each
branch thinned until not more than
half the original number remain.
The operation is best performed by
the use of a sharp pointed pair of
scissors, and care being taken to re-move
the smallest berries. This is
found, as a general thihg, to in-crease
the weight and excellence of
the bunches, for two bunches will
always outweigh four grown on tho
same brauchlct of a bunch, besides
being much handsomer and having
more juice as compared with husks--.
The average weight of the bunches
on a vine may be taken, when ripe,
at half a pound each, and- - with this
data it is not difficult to carry into
practice the well known rule which
has been laid down for proportion-ing
the crop to tho size of the viue.
If its stem, measured just above the
ground, be three inclic3 in circum-- '
fereace, it may bear five pounds
weight of grapes ; three and one-ha- lf
inches, ten pounds ; four inch-es,
fifteen pounds : and so five lbs.
additional for every half inch of cir-cumference.
Grapes may easily be kept a long
time. In a cask or barrel, having
its crevices well closed so as to pre-vent
access of tho external air, place
a layer of bunches of grapes, well
cleaned and gathered in the after-noon
of a dry day, before they arc
perfectly ripe. Proceed then with
alternate layers of bran and grapes
till the barrel is full, taking care
that the grapes do not touch each
other, and to let the last layer be
of bran ; then close the barrel so
that the air may not be able to pen-etrate.
Grapes thus packed will
keep for a year. To restore their
freshness, cut the end of each bunch,
and put that of white grapes into
white wine, and that of black grapes
into red wine, as flowers are put
into water to keep them fresh.
The Bite op a Dog. Dr. Ste-- j
phen Ware, of Boston, in his testi-mony
in a reeeal case which grew
out of the injuries from the bite of
a dog, furnished the following val-uable
advise :
In the cake of the bite of a do
where the teeth of the animal pen-etrale- d
the flesh, whether tho dog
was known to be mad or iiot, ho
should use the same precautions.
lie would wash the wouud with
warm water, extract all the virus
noesible by sucking the wound with
his lips, and then cauterize it deep-ly
with the caustic most readily ob-tained,
but should use potash if it
could be procured at once. The
time in which the effects of the bito
of a rabid dog would bo seen, va-ried
from two days to three years,
but if no effects were felt after two
or three months, as a gcncraUhing
the patient might consider himself
safe. Bites made through clothing
ure seldom productive ofmuch harm
as even if the dog is mad the cloth-ing
absorbs the virus before the
teeth reach the flesh. Most of all
the fatal cases are where tho per-son
was bitten on some naked part.
Concerning the possibility of a
cure in a real case of hydropho-phobi- a
nothing was said.
The I'rtncb op Wales. The
Canadian correspondent of the N.
y. Times says : "xVfter a prolonged
discussion with a New York Com-mittee,
and a subsequent interview
with Mayor Wentworth, the Duke
of Newcastle has entirely changed
the original programme so far as
the fleet is concerned, and has set-tled
upon the following plan :
After the Canadian tour the
Prince will visit the West, spend-ing
a day each in .Chicago, St Lou-is
and Cincinnati, besides devoting
a few days to the great praries.
Returning he will pass two days at
Washington, a day and a half at
Baltimore, a day in Philadelphia,
and three or four days in New York.
In that city he will accept a ban-quet
from those whom his commit-tee
represent, bc?ides some atten-tion
from the Mayor. Pic will then
go on to Boston, possibly halting a
day at Providence, spending two
days at Boston, and leaving thenco
to go to Portland, from which port
he will take his farewell of tho
United States.
Tho fleet will not go to New York
at all, which is considered a great
triumph by the Grand Trunk peo-ple.
Fears arc cutertaincd that
if the ships should go to tho Mctop-oli- s
the seamen would desert and
other difficulties would arise.
Atra levee held by the prince on
on the 27 th ult there were 139
Americans, and according to the
list there were two judges, five Gov-ernors,
ten Colonels, three Majors,
eight Reverends, two Captains,
three Mayors and one General, '
The fall of rain duing that day
was continual yet all went on har-moniously.
President Buchanan said in his
late speech at Washington, that
neither Breckinridge or Douglas
got a regular two-thir- d nomination,
hence auy Democrat was at liberty
to vote for either as he preferred,"
"Patiiee wants you to send him
two yards of black tweed cloth
he don't care what color it is, and
when lie kills his pig last week,
he'll pay you what you owe him."
An old toper was heard advising
a young man to marry. 'Because
then, my boy said he, 'you'll have
somebody to pull off your boots
when you go home drunk.7