New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-18

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have courted pretty earnestly late During the ab
seDce of Mr.. Low and family day or two ago, Small
took his employers horse IA noble ANIMAL which cost
its $780, and sold it at the Bulls Head for $780,
with which money Small immediately repaired to one
Of the packet agencies and secured berth for himself
and his Jenny on board the ship Great Western for
Liverpool Mr.. Low missing his favorite horse and
the servants, began to suspect something wrong; but
where to look for the runaway couple was rather
puzzle. While cogitatng what course to pursue in
regard TO the matter Jane who had doubtless TO
the conclusion that it would be too bad to lose few
dollars due her for services, put bold face, and
called upon Mr.. Low to demand payment Of the
amount, whcreupon the latter prudently gave her
encouragement to wait until he could attend to her
wishes, in the meantime sent for Officer Matthews,
who followed Jane down town, where she met with
Small, when the couple at once taken into Gus
toby and conducted to the Twenty first Ward Station
House. On searching the person of Small, sl05 in
British gold found upon him; also, PASSAGE
ticket of the following purport:
"NEw.YoRH Sept. l6. 1857
This certificate ente, the bearer Mr. Small and rite toa
stceage passage the Great Western berth No
IL, Room No. 49, her present hence to Liverpool"
Small owned up that he stole the horse and sold it,
but urged in mitigation Of his offense that he was
drunk at the time; he admitted, also that he and his
Jenny had arranged matters 70 occupy the same berth
on their pass age as Mr. and Mrs. Small and have the
nup,ial ceremonies performed afther they got to the
could country" Instead of enjoying the honeymoon
on board the robe ship Great Western, they soon
found themselves shut up in the gloomy cells of Sta
,ion.House and many more days have elapsed,
they will probably have still greater impeachment to
their anticipated coDugal happiness.
The CRY BLACKBERRY TRADE.-TO those who
view the crop Of wild blackberres in small parcels-a
few quarts here and possibly bushel there-t will be
matter of come suIpree to see how the whole crop,
aggregated together in this market, swels not only
into bushels but wagon loads; at 30 bushels to the
load to 800 wagon loads. Within the little circle
around New-York, from which such soft pershable
fruit can be brought for it will not bear long Transport
tation and the vines are only permitted to grow in
waste places--the aggregate Of all picked
and sent here for city food would
occupy sixteen hundred wagons, sixteen hun
bred men, and three thousand two hundred horses,
making procession twenty miles long. True we can
only this in fancy, because the crop does not come
all at once but this is what it amounts TO in total
For this we have pretty good data. Our estimates
are not guesswork, but made up by careful in
quy for THE TRIBUNE by the firm of Messrs. Drew
4 French who the largest operators in The city 10
this line, having employed this upon small
portion of Long Island fifteen men, nineteen horses
and thirteen wagons in collecting aud bringing to the
railroad from the farms where the berries picked
sEvINTY.THREE THOUSAND QUARTs-equal to two
thousand two hundred and eghty-one bushels. The
freight charges of the Long Island Railroad
to this house alone for blaokberres gathered by their
agents amount to 500. All other parties must have
furnished half as many more, making an aggregate OF
3, 500 bushels of blackbenies from Long Island this
season. Messrs. Drew q French paid out 81 800 and
if others paid half as much, then the Long leland
blackberry pickers have drawn from the city, for a
product that up to last year has been OF scarcely any
appreciate value, the of $ll ,2jO, which Is at
least ten thousand more than they could have yielded
but for the happy thought of one individual. Impor-
tant results often the fruits of happy thoughts
thoughts that lead to inventions, which, although
small in themselves, productive of great results
ia an act of Justice to honor all inventors who pro-
duce things calculated to advance the interests Of those
who produce human food Let us do one of these acs
now. Up to a very recent period, notwithstanding
the advantages of railway carriage to the farmer,
which afforded facilities for transporting farm products
great distance the humble picker of blackberries en-
ioytd but very little benefit from these increased ia
cites for the that this excellent, wholesome
fruit would not bear transportation, as it had always
been forwarded in bulk. Country merchants, who
bought the rich ripe fruit Of women and children,
measured it from their baskets and pals into boxes or
ba kets to send to market found that every handling
Injured the berres, and often that bushe Of good
measure Of plump berries put in a railway car when
delivered in the city, half a bushel of pulp, in
state of ferment aton-neither saable nor wholesome,
nor in condition to handle and messure at retail by
the quart. 1t wa, soon settled that blackbenies were
too soft and perishsbe to ship in bulk, and too low
priced 10 bear the same kind of given to
rawberries and rsspberes in small baskes. Besides,
wild berries do not grow like cultiv sted ones, upon
the threshold Of the city-they must be transported
much lager distances and endure much rougher hand
ling To enable them to bear this came the happy
thought Of MIR. Joseph I. French This thought was
to prepare a large quantity of light, cheap wooden
boxes of exactly quart measure, with crates made
| to hold two dozen boxes, having hinged lids,
that, when fastened held all snug and very port
abe aud yet strong enough to bear rough handling.
These crates being carried to the field, and the berries
picked directly into the boxes. they thus reach the
consumer without any change handling Of the
berries after they are picked from the vines. Topper
feet the arrangement it was necessary to organize
force of men and wagons to make daily visits to the
| piekers, and supply them with boxes and bring the
fruit 10 the railroad stations This was first put in OPP
Grafton by Mr. French on Long Island last year, AID
to still larger extent in the present year. aided oy
Me.srs. Drew Il French, who have received and cold
to the retail dealers the very large quantity we have
named as the result of this season.
| Beside the berries of Long Island II - been sscer-
tanned by careful inquiry of other dealers, ana Oh
freight agents of the routes Of ngress to tho