The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-07-07
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

ceeded in raising g couple Of rows of the
best quality Of Java coffee, from the import
led berry. He sowed the dry berry in drills,
having first soaked them in ashes and water
FOR an hour. When the plants were an inch
above the surface he stuck a row Of oak
scrags for them to climb on. Favored by
alternate heat and rains, they have come on
finely, and the berries are nearly ready to be
gathered.
AS Long Island has about the same lati-
tude as the Western Reserve, would it not
be wise for some Of our farmers to try the
experiment The true way to ascertain what
our country is capable Of producing is TO try.
Time was when it was supposed the only
way to enjoy the luxury Of sweet potatoes
was, to buy them from the southern states.
Now there are hundreds Of farmers in Erie
county who raise them for market and find
them profitable crop. If an article of such
general, not to say universal, consumption
as coffee, can be raised here, instead of being
dependent on foreign countries, we should
have taken another step in the progress of
our Independence. 1t must be candidly adj
mitted, however, that there are a class Of
people who would have strong prejudices
against any kind Of drink made at home
and would turn up their noses a home grown
coffee Sandnsky Register.
Gov. Seymour, in 1850, bought three lots
in Keokuk, Iowa. He has just sold these
lots for ten thousand d0lIars. The Keokuk
papers say this is not much above the aver
age increase Of the city property in that
place.
REMAINS OF a MAsToDoN. In excnvating
the earth for street in ST. Louis, a week or
two ago, the diggers came to the remains Of
a mastodon of extraordinary size. One of
the teeth in good preservation, weighed 81
pounds. The skeleton was found Is feet
below the surface Of the earth.
4 casting, weighing $4,000 pounds, was
turned out at the Globe Works. New York
a few days since. This is said to be the
largest casting in single piece ever Effected
in this country
The iron monument to Henry Clay. in
course Of erection at Pot;sville, Pa, was 10
be inaugUratcd on the 4th Of July.
THORN APPLES PoIsoNoUs. family Of
six persons, living in the white house adjoin
ing Benefits block, GA Buffalo street. Koch-
ester, were poisoned by eating stramonium,
or thorn-apple, which had been cooked for
dinner as green's
The BREAKS. The Lafayette GAzrTTE is
informed that the breaks in the Wabash Ca
nal will be repaired about the 10th of this
month.
BIO TREE.-Thore is black walnut tree,
about 20 miles north Of Kalamazoo, IN the
.countv of Allegan, which measures 33 feet
in circumference two feet from the ground
The body Of the tree-now in partial decay
lis about 80 feet high. the limbs mostly bro
ken off. This is probably the largest tree in
the West
TOBACCO. CONSUMERS of the weed will
pleas chew the following from the Wor-
cester (Mass.) Transcript -" We noticed a
man about our streets. collecting into a bag
old slumps Of cigars. In Our large cities, the
collecting of old cigars is made lucrative
business, as they are readily purchased by to.
bacconiSts, and manufactured into. fine rl.c1r
ing tobacco"
nlTCu NOTICE.--To all tie owners Of lnnd