Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-04-12
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EDWARDsNILLE, APRIL u, 1928.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
| Communications accumulate upon our hands
with such rapidity, that we despair Of being
able to publish half the number we receive.
We have now from twent, to thirty which we
have not had leisure to peruse, so much even,
as to ascertain the subjects upon which they
treat.
DEY's FLAX DRESSING MACHINES.
A writer in our last number, on the
subject Of The culture of hemp End fax
| in this state, communicated information.
very important TO our farmers, that it is
The intention OF Mr.. Dey to establish his
machines IN Illinois, the ensuing fall, or
early in the spring Of 1924. TIE s,ate-
ments Of MIR. Dey respecting the opera
tons Of the machine, and ais calculation
of the profit to be derived from the Gull
tivation filaS, have been published in
IS paper, and they clearly demonstrate
The certainty Of great gain. Our soil is
unqueslioaably better adapledtoihe pro-
duclien Of his article, than lhat of the
eastern states; and ss he season is now
passing by, at which an experiment can
DC made the present year, it is hoped the
subject will receive immediate attention
A leuer lately received from Mr. Dey,
isy gentleman in Bond county, contains
the following information:
. g The first machines made BY the pa
Ttentce, united the powers Of dressing both
flax and hemp nlhe same machine; bur
as the two articles differ so widely in ihe
circumstances necessaryto ensure apeal
dressing for Either, il was soon found that
the dressing Of one derangedthe mach ine
100 much 10 operate properly Oh the
other. He has hence been induced to
divide the. work between two machines,
the one exclusively for flax, the other
for hemp, and the result is as satisfactory
an the most sangnibe can wish. The
flax machine turns out from one to two
pounds Of clear fax in minute. The
pA,eulee viii shortly publish pamphlet
containing all The inior,nation relative to
both that may be desired. The price of
a machine, exclusive of the patent right,
is S4oo."
\ On the fourth page we have inserted
a communication of $ II Friend 10 Li6er-
ty," advocating slavery. II was sug-
gested to the writer shat there were
presses enough on his own side Of the
question, without occupymgourco'umns
with his nonsense; bu, he was particu-
larly DESTROYS thati should appear in the
Spectator, because it would the more
directly meet the eye of the Stree party"
requested that, if we could no, pub
lishit, unacoompanied BY remarks ofour
own, We would touch il moderately
Willing that he should enjoy all the be-
neGt OF his arguments, which he can de-
rive from our silence, will say nothing;
except to request of our readers, tina,
they will compare his sentiments with
those Of san Old Resident of Illinois, -
whichwe publish to-day.
We have also, by request, copied
from The Vandalia paper, an article under
the signature Of A Plain Cii,zen.' AS
in that piece great inj':stice is done to.
one ofths representatives, from this eoun-
~, we subjoin the following statement Of
the case relative to the g Instructions -
about which SO has been said.
4" The Instructions from Madison in
favor Of convention, were on nine pieces
Of paper, one Of which contained nothing
but names. The whole number ofnauies,