The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-10-22
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Oquawka Spectator.
Digging Potatoes.

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! Digging Potatoes.
The sooner potatoes are dug, after the,
are ripe, when the weather is fair, and The
ground dry, the less liable they are to rot
After digging, let them lie on the surface
till thoroughly dry, then secure them in
cellars. sheds or barns. as may be deemed
best; put them in broad shallow bins that
they may be exposed to the air to prevent
heating, and convenient for Inspection
When potatoes are inclined to rot, after
being put in the cellar, the rot may be
checked, in some measure, by strewing
lime or plaster among them. DR.. Hayes
plan of fumigatiug with birthstone does
not succeed well. The potato rot pre-
walls to a considerable extent in some sec
tlons, and to moderate or small extent in
others and we have abundance of rain
and warm weather, which has tendency
to develope that it will prevail to great
extent as in previous years. Therefore
farmers should take every possible pre-
caution TO guard against it. Numerous
cases have occurred where potatoes have
been dug while the ground and the wealth
er were dry, previous to heavy rains, and
they have kept well while others in the
same piece dug later in the seasons after
wet weather, have nearly all rotted, eth
er in the ground or after being put in the
cellar. And we have had several instan-
ces of this kind in our own experience.
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A sad and solemn scene was enacted
yesterday, in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner-three human beings were con-
dcmned to death, and another, { a woman J
was sentenced to the State prison for the
term of five years. In all these cases, the
Incorporate use Of Intoxicating liquors has
been the cause Of homicide-in each Of
three of them it results in a two fold death
the victims of mOmentary vengeance,
and the sacrifice that the law demands for
the shedding Of human blood. The wom-
an Doyle. for the homicide Of a female
named Sullivan, by striking her on the
head with a metal pot, is sentenced to the
State prison for five years. She is thus
separated from her five children who are
left TO the mercy of worthless and un-
feeling fathcr. Joseph Clark, condemned
to death for the murder of policeman Gil
lcspic, has been forbid by the court to
hope for any remission of the punishment
pronounced against him. Michael Null
vcy, for the murder of Bcekman, by shoot
ing him, was also sentenced to death but,
from the observations of the Judge, we
should say his sentence will not be car
ried to capital punishment. Joseph Sui
lilvan, for the murder of Edward Smith,
has been also condemned 10 die, and has
been told by the court that he can enter
tain no well grounded hope of any remis-
sion of his sentence. This case, we are
bound to say, from minute and careful
attention to all the facts of all the homi-
cidcs under consideration during the pres
cnt term, exhibits more invincible reasons
for the interference Of executive clemcn-
cy than any of the others. The circum-
stances arc simply these: Sullivan and
his wife had domestic broil-the hus-
band being inebriated,~ vented his malice
on his little household property by smash
| ing it. Smith, the deceased, lodgcr in
the same house, interiered, and told him
he should not do so. A quarrel cnsued
between them, and the drunken man seiZ-
ed some weapon-not produced or proved
on trial, but supposed to be kniie-and
struck Smith with it while he was tres
passcr on the premises of the prisoner
One of the blows proved fatal; but there
was no premeditation-no laying in wait
no concealed weapon. 1t was a fata
rccontrc between drunken wretch and
sober man, who, no doubt, intcrfered lol
the better, but whose philanthropy was
not called for by any violence of Sullivan
toward his wife or any other human be-
ing. Suilivan's case is not one in which
the law should demand life for life
N. Y. Herald, 27M.
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