Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-07-20
AGENTS.

Monday, July IS, 1S40.
AGENTS.
The following gentlemen are authorized sgents for
lie Journal Our patrons in their respective neighbor
hoods will confer favor on us by paying their bills to
the above agents. remit 10 u.s. per mail, ut their
Hest convenience.
JAMES NJ REDMOND Marlborough, n. G.
JOSIAH JOHNSON, Clinton, Sampson county.
DR.. j. B SEAvY, Harrells Store, New Hanover CO.
JOSEPH r. KEMP, Baden county.
DR.. SHERWOOD, Strickland's Duplin county.
B. S. KooNcE, Rfchland, Onslow county
lay REQUEsT.1
From the Commercial.
I,etters on the Vine Dresser Model Pra ct ca
School, for the Culture ofthe Grape Vines
as Staple i'm the United States.
"Gen,ly to hear, kindly to judge,
How poor an instrument
May do noble deed !'-[ Shakespeare.
No l.
To General ALEx'R MAcRAE:
Nh Dear Sir-Althnugh many Of our friends
have requested me 10 address them and the
good people of Wilmington, on the subject of
the field culture of the Grape in North Caro-.
lima, which did, not many days ago, but as
MANY individuals interested in the success OF
this national undertaking could not he pres
emf, you suggested the propriety of embodying
some of the facts contained in the lecture, to
appear in the Commercial for their sake.
now cheerfuIly comply with your just and
reasonable request, in a series of short letters
That the grape vine can be cultivated in
this country as a staple produce, | have long
entertained, as you and many other gentlemen
with whom | conversed on this subject, have
long considered perfectly feasible, if practica
knowledge and time could be given TO IFS cul
ture The people most interested, will per
ceive that do not stand alone in this opn
ion but on the contrary, | am supported BY
the experience and observation of many O
the inhabitants of this region. who have pre-
coded me in this branch of industry. | only
mention Laspier's success in Bladen county
and Capt S Potter, of Shows Point, near ant
below Wilmington, which no one will pretenC
10 deny; nor the present success Of Mr.. Nal
. lett, near Fayetteville nor that of that wor
thy of worthy and pink of useful men, Long
worth, of Cincinnati and last, not least, my
excellent friend Plzzini, of Richmond, Va.
What has been once done successfully, cal
be again performed. The misfortune has beer
that the intelligent farmers and planters who
have begun this business, at their demise, tht
vineyard left by them was surrounded by {
community incapable of approaching the value
of that kind of property, for want of the pro
per practical knowledge that would enable
them to continue, 10 advantage, the culture o
the grape and the making of the wine as {
staple produce.
1.-THE jewel that we fnd we stoop and take it
Because we see 1t but what we do not see
We tread upon, and never think of it."
The poor farmer thinks that he cannot spar
the time TO raise any kind Of fruit, much les
grape zines, OF which he does not understand
the management. The rich spend every few
years large sums of money, TO procure no
house vines from nursery men at the north
which are no sooner planted than they arr
destroyed, by neglect and by want of practi
cal knowledge, both in the master and still
more so in the neglect of the slave, who hate:
the very sight of anything on the farm, IN
less it be corn, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, ant
field beans, because he thinks he knows how
to take care of them, and is frightened at thu
sight of any new staple or improvement which
shall call upon him either TO greater exertioI
or closer attention, or that shall task, IN tht
least, bis moderate intelligence.
With these evils before US, we must seet
for remedies, and they may be found both 70
the master and for the slave, where they shall
both learn practically every detail of thi
branch of profitable industry, and in such
school as | have proposed TO establish nea
Wilmington. and on a healthy spot, which
will be attractive to all by the many comfolt
it will afford, and the solid information tn
public will be able to acquire. For furthe
information on this point, refer the reader t
my advertisement.
/ fear that these letters will be " but che
veril glove 10 a wit; how quickly the wron
side may be turned outward %
More in my next.
Respectfully, ]. TOGNO,
Wilmington, Vine Dresser Practical Mode
School