The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-06-02
[From tile Oskaloosa Herald |
How to Keep Sweet Potatoes.

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How to Keep Sweet Potatoes.
Since the rot in the Irish Potatoes has
become SO common, keeping the Sweet
Potatoe through the winter has become
an object Of interest to all classes Of
people. AS have had eight years Of
experience in the business, | think |
know something about it am there
fore willing the people should know all
that | do about the thing.
use dry sand to pat them up int
do ut matter how the sand is dried, on a
kiln,in log heap, or in the sun, 50 it is
dry that is all that is required. Iprefer
drying in a log heap, as it costs at least
four times less, and is Just as good.
Any family that has little room with a
stove in it, may keep box or two Of
eight or ten bushels, without much
Inconvenience. The boxes must be
raised six or eight inches from the floor !,
and they must not be nearer than four
inches of the wall. Fill the box with
potatoes with sand. There is a good
deal said about kiln dried sand, but it is
al! fudge. | have known potatoes kept
two years in sand dried in tbs sun. /
have also known them to kept well in
Buckwheat chaf. In order to keep po
tatoes with success, there must be ther-
mometer ke it in the room. The mer-
curry must not sink below3oo if does,
the potatoes will chill and rot it also
must not raise much above Coz or they
will grow. l never lost any Of my pota-
toes only by letting the room get cold
A thermometer only costs dollar, and
every man man ought to have one.
Editors may confer favor en- their pa
irons By inserting the above.
EZRA HINSHAW, snr.
Richland township, ,Keokuk county, Iowa,
Fifth month the S, 1859.
PERILOUs POsITIoN OF A BALLOON
PARTY.-The New Orleans Picayune Of
the Sd inst. has an account Of the aerial
voyage Of Miss Way and Professor Will
son, who left New Orleans in the Balloon
s'Paul Morphy.' It says:
The voyagers, afterreaching the heighth
of thirteen thousand feet, descended un
til they found favorable current of air
to 60 north wise, as they desired to reach
Jackson, Miss. They crossed the lake IN
half an hour, in the direction Of Coving-
tion, enjoying the sight Of the waves
ripping its surface with the white foam,
dimly visible through the veil of night
sailed over the pine woods, where several
fires afforded them grand spectacle, and
were conversing about the magnifcence
Of what they had seen, whentheir course
was sudd denly checked. They had come
down too low, and their anchor had got
caught in tall pine tree. The balloon
got entangled in the trees, and the two
adventurers had to remain all night
suspended at some forty feet above the
earth, and not able to see enough to de-
scend, on account Of the darkness. FL
nalls, when the day came, Miss Way let
herself down with the aid Of rope, and
went in search Ct help. She reached
DR.. McQueen's house, about half mile
off, and with his assistance, the balloon
was::got down safe.--They then found that
they had landed in Pike County, Miss,
one hundred and thirty miles from New
Orleans.
The Paper haring the largest circula-
tion.-The paper Of tobacco.
Paper for the rougAs.-Sand paper
Paper containing many fine points
The paper Of needles.
Ruled paper.-The French Press.
The paper that is full Of rors.-The
paper Of pins.
Spiritualist's paper.-(W)rapping pa
per.
Paper illustratad ac,th cats.--Editor
ial exchanges.
Dro,cing paper-The dentists bill.
Tie turarite aannea on ruiIronds-C Car.