The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-03-17
For the National Era.
TOT INC NAJIOuaI LIH
A REMEDY FOR THE POTATO ROT DISCOVERED

A REMEDY FOR THE POTATO ROT DISCOVERED
Dr. BAILEY: | would be the last man in the
world to let fly upon your readers q humbug
Therefore in the outset, allow me to say, with
all candor and seriousness, It is found out
There is no longer any rational doubt of this
After many years of suffering from the loss Of
this most excellent egctable-excelent in it's
proper state-and after many years of deep
search and research into the mysteries of ma
ture by learned men, philosophers, and chem
lsts, the cause and the cure are at length dis
covered, and by an obscure and humble farmer
of Michigan, while the learned have been look
ing into the elementary particles Of matter,
searching the leaf the stalk, and the root of
the vegetable, with their microscopes to find
the insect that has done the mischief with its
poison fangs, or the Insidious disease creeping
like worm or us a worm, through its fbres.
He has observed the laws of nature in the work
OF vegetable production, and has found the Sc
cret and every rational mind, that knows what
that secret is, responds at the first int,mdton 10
ITS reGsOnGblencSs and ats ptau,iJiltH and the
neIt moment remembers facts IN his Olon erpe-
ricnce that confirm the lrhoie of IT, So away
Ay the ten thousand spccuiations Of chemical
agents Of lime and alkali, and dreams Of clouds
g
and they all perish and fly away as the morn
ing mist before the rising sun.
Now, Mr. Editor the question is how shall
the people receive it, while the discoverer, and
those who labor to give it to the public, shall
be amply rewarded 1t is the custom in for
eign countries, in England particularly, to give
TO those who have been great public benefac-
tors Il public testimonial, worthy of the great
benefit bestowed upon mankind. Thus did
Wilson and Golden receive their testimonials
thus are the penny contributions TO the author
Uncle Toms Cabin; thus will Elihu Burrtt re-
ceive his testimonial, when ocean penny postage
shall have been carried through, and stall 20
waited in reality over the seas on the sails Of
every British ship az he sends it in magma
ton over the world on his letter envelopes
Such u testimonial not only the United Statcs |
but the world, owes to the dscoyerer of the cure
for the potato rot Think readers, of the extent
Of its blessing. from the extent of the sufferngs
the disease has occasioned Does steam or the ,
telegraph carry such blessings to mankind as
the potato would be, if cultivated as it has been
and may he again--a sound and healthy vege- /
table the known world over planted on hill /
tops, and by the way-sidee and over the graves
of loved ones, to Furnish food for the living,
teeming halEstarving millions Of earth
The practical point Is here: This discovery
is within the reach Of all it is a process by
which the potato is wholly renewed There is
produced upon the acre an astOni-hngly large
amount; they come forward earlier III the
spring the vines, or tops die not till the frosts
kill them in the fall; aud in the spring the
quality Of the potato is as good as when taken
cut OF the earth in the autumn, and may re-
main 50 until new potatoes come again, so that
we have new potatoes the year round
1t il proposed to sell the information to prac-
tjcal farmers by which they can renew their
seed for the trilng sum Of five dollars Mir
COngdon is the agent for the Northwestern
States, and has opened an Office in Chicago. H.
iinos. 1t is the only centre OF organized efforts
for bringing the subject properly before the
people, and probably will become the centre Of !
operations for the whole country. Letters con-
tainingremttances, and asking for information,
may therefore for the present be addressed to
VIM Congdon, Chicago, Illinois.
The public will again hear from this discov-
cry, and probably in way to attract more de-
cidedly their attention; and in the mean time
tho following certificate may be Of service to
some W
From Hon. Jonathan Shearer, Of Plymouth.
"From experiments made under Mr.. Roberts's
instructions in reference to the cause and cure
Of the Potato Disease, am fully satisfied of the
utility of his discovery. J. SHEARER.'
o. Our correspondent Ia tho following
communication exposes the inconsistency Of
mere frugmentary philanthropiHs. We do
not suppose he means to say that the meeting
IN New York called TO dcnOunce religious op-
preston in Europe, should have resolved itself
into an Anti-SIaycry meeting, or that all Of
the acinrs I'm that aAAnmhly Mere nntrne 10 the