The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-09-12
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SWEET l'nTATo SEED BLooai he nm.
der'slgned !. has raised three years past
IN the following way, vizt s.
he Yam potatoRind blooms in August;lin
abouta month thereafter they form apod;thel
seed are then formed of about the size oil sage
seed, and on the SANG so'... The pod should
5 be noticed an;l gathered when ripe, or else
they will soon;drop, In the spring, mt the
usual time 6f: sowing seed SOW them in the
same way j SOW cabbage seed They will;
not come up qaitesas soon, but will continue
doing SO through the spring. Tho plant is
small anu dcicae in appearance, and should
slsi drawn IN a wet season, with little dirt
Sattaclicd to It, and transplantea The loaf
ana vine have different appearance fromtho
potato usually, and the potato will be found to
grow larger and smoother Than usual.
prefer this method, after satisfactory prac
lice, to raise the Potato, to any other Whoiey.
ter. cj
COLLIN WOOD.
Baldwin Co, June 1910.
Remains Gfa 1iastotlon and fossil Elephant.
DIR. John z. c. Warren has edited the Ma
{ stional Scientific Association, sitting at Cam.
( bridge, Mass, by an exposition of tho AL An.
sasf'dens found IN the State of MARYLAND,
some som fifteen miles from Baltimore, which he
cons1dered Aliocenc fossils, like many similar
Stgeti,i $; ~ Europe; showing higher antiquity
fi's specimens nearly resembles the nlasolon
teeth of South Carolina :
Dr. Warren m alc distinction of the mas.
( todon race into tuo species; but his position
{ here was combatted by Prof. Arassis and 9th,
ers, who held to the existence of addi,onn,
species.
floi. AgassiZ exhibited the remains of n
FOSSIL elephant found in Vermont, in the slope
OF MI l,sOO feet above the sea on the line
oi the Rutland and Burlington Rail Road
measures have been TO sccure, if possible Tho
entire skeleton of the animal.
No DIssoLUr1oN. Of Tho tirp,n ;r,or-
csted IN the annexed, says the ALBANY Arnus,
desires its publications in order. rs he s,airs
to correct aniisapprckcnsion which, mirh o,h.
erwlse exist among those not perfectly con
Vcfsant with the facts in the case:
"Not'ce.--lt having been public dc,,lar,l
that the National Democratic Party ia dis
solved, the undersigned would take the liner
~ OF correcting such declaration by stating
mat tllcre has only been slight change in
the. tirm--the Mcssrs. Van Buren, L,vinr
withdrawn their interest therefrom and, uni.
ted with Abolition and Co, in the wholes,l,
manufacture OF political distractions, poat-
wool controversies, etc.
The business OF the National Democratic.
party, (having mainly for its object The r;d-
aance OF the country from wllig ruc) will still
pe carried on under the ancient principles by
which they ever been governed, hy the
"DEMoCIATIc Masses"
lie HLAvE CAsE.-lt appears that the COL
orcd @ man Albert, who arrive in this city on
thursday lakt, per the PHILADELPHIA cars to
charge OF Officer McCrccry is said to he lopr
TO Mrs. Hays Of Cecil county, and was ar,
rested IN Chester county. PENNSYLVANIA, hay.
ing run away several years since, four Of which
he was employed by Mr.. Georrc Martin of
the Friends Society, in Chester county. Tho
colored man did not receive any ;miury whilst
IN the hands OF the officer. Mr.. Martin, who
1oi,owed the party to this city, has been nrres.
ted under the State law, upon the charge of
'arporng and onploying slave, damages for
wages wa oeins claimed to the amount OF 81.
OF bail.-Battimore Sun.
'SESSEoPATHY.--A correspondent whose
experience has been very mpartiollv d;viJo5
Dctwecn. Homeopathy and Allopathy, sends
the Providence Journal the following parnlv
on inc lines which have lately gone the rounds
OF the papers touching these two schools of
medicine:
Take the opcnair,
The mere you take the better,
Follow natures laws
TO the very letter.
Let The doctors go
To the Bay of Biscay.
Let alone the Gin,
The Brandy and the IVh;skcy.
Freely exercise,
Keep your spirits cheerful,
Let no dread o! sickness
Make you over fearful.
Eat the simplest food,
Drink the pure cold water,
Then you will be well,
Or least you ought TO-
IMPORTANT DIscovERY.-A surgeon of
Hottlnger has discovered complete anli,lotc
TO arsenic. 1t is peroxyde, or Tic rcd oyydc
OF iron twelve parts Of which neutralize one