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"BUY ME AND I'LL DO YOU GOOD "
Health and Strength Secured,
BY THE THE
GREAT SPRING AND SUMMER MEDICINE,
DIR. Langley's
ROOT AND HERB BITTERS.

COMPOSED of Sarsaparia, Wild Cherry, Yellow
~ Dock, Prickley Ash, Thoroughwort Rhubarb,
Mandrake. Dandelion, &C.. all of which
pounded as 10 act in concert, and assist Nature in
Graduating disease.
The effect of this medicine Is most wonderfui-it
acts directly upon the bowels and blood by removing
all Instructions from the internal organs stimulating
them into healthy action, renovating the fountains Of
life, purifying the blood. cleansing It from all humors
and causing 1t to through every part of the
body; restoring the invalid to health and usefulness
They and eradicate from the systsm Liver Com
plant, that main wheel of many diseases. Jaun-
dance in its worst FORMS all Bilious Diseases and
foul stomach. Dyspepsia Cosyeness all kinds Of HUI
mors Indigestion, Headache Dizziness Piles. Heart
burn Weakness, Pains in the side and bowels Fatu-
lency, Loss of appetite, and torpid diseased y-
err, disordered Stomach or bad blood to which all
are more or less subject in Spring and Summer.
More than 2D0o1 persons have been cured BY this
medicine. 1t is highly recommended by Physicians
everywhere Try IL and YOU will never regret it.
Sold BY all dealers in Medicine EVERY where at only
Is and 80 cents per bottle. Orders addressed TO
GEO. c. GOODWIN CO.. Bosros
june21d4m
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From Hon. Josiah III. Drummond.l
am using the Anderson Spring Bed Bottom and
am very much pleased with il.
JOSIAH II. DRUMMoND.
Portland, July %, 1862.
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fFrom Hon. Lot NJ. MORRILL,
Having used Anderson Spring Bed Bottom, can
'hecrfuliy recommend il as an excellent article
Augusta. Aug. 8, 1862. LOT NJ. MORRILL,.
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We have introduced several of the justly celebrat-
cd Anderson Spring Bed Bottom" to our sleeping
apartments. We give this spring bed bottom decid-
ed preference any and all othcre have ever
used Our guests speak OF them in the highest terms
We recommend their to all hotel keepers who de-
sire the comfort of their guests.
w. ID. MCLAUGHLIN & son,
May II. 1868. Franklin House. Bangor, Me.
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SheviG,s Sale,

P.J. FoRRIsrALL can be found at the above place.
June %. wly
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TESTIMONIALS:

Commercial House. Portland June t. 1862
Having introduced the Anderson Spring Bed Bot
tom" into my house, after trial pronounce it TO be
an easy and healthy bed. 1 am using several kinds
of spring bed bottoms. but consider the Anderson
fully equal if not better than the best.
n. J. DAVIS, Proprietor
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Has been removed from the Office over Casco BanA,
to the office Of the
The Portland daily press., 1862-09-09

Having become fully satisfied of the benefit Of the
Anderson Spring Bed Bottom" have purchased
three of them at five dollars each and do most cheer
fully recommend them to the public.
Wateryille, MAY, 1851. Dir. n. X. BOUrELL.
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Tu-Dau's advertisements.
Chicago Il Rock Island Rail Road.
MaR IEsM
CHANGE OF TINE.

WINTER ARR A n q l. NJ + \ I.
On and after Sunday, February end, 1862,
until further notice, trains will leave Rock Island
Station as follows
GOING EAST,
Day Erpres, and Mail tram at $50 a M, arriving
in Chicago at 5.4jp m.
Through freight tam at $40 M, arriving IN
Ch cago at i,3O IN,
Night Express at BIO p m, arriving IN Chicago
at j.ljam.
TRAINS ARRIVE rROM rHE EAST
Nigh, Express at 9.l5 m, leaving Chicago at
HIS N.
Through Freight at l4j m, leaving Chicago at
745 p m.
Day Express and Mail at 7.ij p m,, leaving Chi-
cago at ll.3O IN.
All trains syer this road are in direct connection
at Chicago with trains over the Michigan South
crn, the Michigan Central, and the Pittsburgh and
Fort Wayne Railroad, to and from Detroit, To-
ledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,
DunkIrk, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Albany, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.
Also at LaSallc with trains Of the Illinois Gem
tra Road, North to Gaicna and South to ST. Lou
is, Caro- Memphis and New Orleans, to which
places tickets can be procured Of
", Is. GRENELL,
Ticket Ag't X. r. Depot, Rock Island,
Passengers are reminded Ofthe necessity of CIV
ing distinct directions TO the destination Of then
baggage also to procure tickets before taking then
seats in the cars, the conductors collect fares
only to stations on the line Ofthe Chcagoan and Roc k
Island Railroad. JOHN +. TRACY Snp't.
W. II. WHITMAN, Asst Sup't.
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From the >t. Louis Republican
CHAPTER ON DttsfEE.

1t was though. 90 be somewhat Of draft
On pubic creduhty, when people were asked .
10 believe thar cotton could be made an agri.
cultural staple in Illinois That this plant
can be raised there and that to some extent
IN Southern Illinois, it will be raised there,
IN lew cases for a market and in more nu-
merOus cases Tor domestic use, if the present
high prices continue to rule. We do not doubt.
But the growth will he comparatively sicklv .
IA cool temperature will rctard its prugrcs.
late trosts Will cause NECESSITY for rcpiaut-
ing, and early iroS1- Will catch it much before
1t has fully developed itself, 50 that the Yield
Will be small compared with the product Of
the southern cotton fields Nevertheless. far
mers IT. Illinois will do well the coming sea.
son to pat in a patch, - aud will no doubt be
rewarded for the extra labor it will cost them.
AS cotton planting On any scale worth men.
tOning, would interfere with the culture Of
crops better suited to the soil and climate Of
Illinois, and the risk Of perhaps II total loss
IL the experiment would be incurred, no far
mer in Illinois, unless he has made up his
mind that he can afford to employ extra labor
in view OF such n risk should attempt the
cultivation except "a we have indicated.
The sanpuine expectations of the visiona-
rles who imagine that Illinois is to be turned
into cotton state, may be consigned to the
limbo whittier 50 rnany ;lIa f,,,Ios h,,,, ,,,,,
before them. What Shall ha s,id nf tLo ia.,
new fancy that IIinnie ron la u,aao a ,a,j,,
state We ,ui,h,o sn,n ex,onr ~ haor 4, 4 -,
tho etonle rr', If Nirnng,,o nav. ,nn,
would he ornnge. and nina a,,,,os H., @
snnehody IN Snr7noGald bn. ,rr;tttaa ,ot,a,
about nm exner,ment IN c,ffeo ro;s;,, ~.
ras,dant of E,aingl,ar, cou,t, Ia,i,nIan 90 n
linois Mr. Geo R UnHTan ;s tha ,'ar,',
who i said 70 have snccoaded in it (. n.
story ,oas Mr. U,H;nan racaivad t.,v s,",
from Aus,roI,a tLroo 'vnors o,., and lo,,
raised t,y, husbeI, nfcnF,o ,t tLo ro,o n
,t9.,' t"' 'u','',I - "l "a, ia,, "
tn,''F ,ns Su>ne.S StH 90 'ne acre. non Mr' M?uI
W" W Iu7'Oy county Is referred 10 as haVlhg
eS. S"a.e4 ,'''' I,nge ana ceftihed 10 It's goou
fu"''S'e>' we nave no particulars as to the
.Li'u,HoSahce oi us cultivation but from
Tue statement Ied to suppose that the trees
were SGT Out ~ 'he open AR and allowed to
grow uouef 'he usual conditions Of field cul-
'afe,
n" ''!'s may De true "a. It is pleasant, yet
h'oI0 ue'ah' "7uia be deslrabIe, In Brazil,
'fop'cal G3uhny j. It takes coffee six months
ofIPen' ne pant noWers IN August, Sep
'einoeF u'u osloper ana the ripe berries are
ga'here1 III march, Aprl and May. There
~ 10 Lro7' III tne coHee regions, aud the ay.
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LAND FOR SALE CHEAP
VIII NEII
ON TERMS TO SUIT PIJRCHASERS

On ACRES Of good upland prairie. about
CU one and 4 half miles from Andalusin. Rock
Island county. THERE'S never failing stream of
water passing through It. a small portion of /, i,
the best quality Oimeadow land. The remainder
is rolling prairie, the sOii Of which is very superior
Coal OF hrst rate quality has been found on 1t.
There Is also some timber ON 1t. At Andalusia
there is good steamboat Iandng also, an ex-
tcnsye Touring mill, which afford a convenient
market tor coal and grain. The village, located
on the great Mississippi, some ten miles by river
below Rock Island, contains several hundred In
habltants N which there stores, churches and
good schools. The land is very desirable to any
one wishing fine location.
Also, so acres OF prairie, two or three miles
from Cordoya, Rock Island county. This is the
finest quality of land, The Sterling and Rock
Island railroad passes through Cordova. The
land IS about the same distance from Port Byron
to which the cars are already running, as it
from CordoVa.
Also, 50 acres ten OF fifteen miles ir ON Du
buquc, Iowa, near the Pacific railroad, 40 prairie,
/ under cultivation and 10 timber.
Also, a house and lot IN rort Byron, Rock ISL
and county.
Also, beautiful corner lot IN Red Wing, MIN.
ersota, tOurshng town A. the head OF Lake Pc
pin. This is the county seat of & aodhue county,
/ the great seat of learning in thato tate.
| Will sell all the foregoing ch cap, exchange
portion for house and lot IN Rock Island, If APP
pllCatiOn be made soon.
II. & CONNELLS.
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PROBATE NOTICE.


STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock Island County.
To all administrators, Executors and GudratGuS
As the Statute Law Of this State requires all Ad-
ministrators and Executors to render an account
OF their administrations ,at least once in each
year, to the Probate Court, and also at the end o
two years iarthest close the settlement of ea-
tates therefore,
Notice is hereby giveH, To all Administrators ol
estates in said County to render account of Their
administrations. to and before said Probate Court
agreeably to the requirements of law also Guard.
Ians Of Wards in like manner in order 10 prevent
the necessity Of issuing summons,
By order Of Court.
JOSEPH COMET, Clerk
Rock Island, Jan. 18th, 1862.
Jan l4-dw3w
Register, Independent, and Chronic Des Wes-
ems, please copy three weeks.
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They who, in their hatred of slavery"
says the patriotic old National Mtel'ge"ceT,
would extinguish it iu sea of blood, by
armiug the slave against his master, or who
would bury it under the ruins of the consti
tuition by waging against it the war which
can be cyn.ttutonally waged only against
the armed sedtion, know not what spirit they
are Of. if humanity to the slave and not hat.
red to the Shareholder be their constraning
motive"
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SEEDS At THE PATENT OrrICE.-A large col.
lection Of seeds Of the growth Of ls6l, is now
nearly ready for distribution at the patent
Office:
Members Of congress will each receive
four hundred and seventeen papers Of forty
two varieties.
Agricultural societic, will receive fifty pa
pers each. Of for,y.two varieties.
About fifty thousand papers are reserved
for genera. distribution TO persons making
applications.
Something ike hundred aud fifty hands
have latterly been employed in making pack
ages filling them. &c. \ large portion Of the
employees are women
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ESTRiF.

\ otice is hereby given thai on tue 23d day
~ Of December, 4. D., 1851. IN the Town Of
Moline, David R. Wood took up as an estray, on.
Dark Brown Mare colt about one wear old, which
was appraised before Ellsworth Mapes, ESQ.
Justice of the Peace in said town. at Thirty dor
lars. JOSEPH COMET, Clerk.
Rock Island Jan'y 10Th 1862.
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The following generaIsSn the union army
ore democrats Mcclellan, Halleck, Buell.,
Rosencranz, Sherman, Wool, Dix, Butler,
Burnside, Mcdowell, The following are re.
publcans. Fremont, Banks, Lane, Phelps.
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JESSE BDIIE~

TlNE BOOT MAKER Particular atten.
/ ton paid to nice work, and satisfaction guaran-
tecd IN all cases, Ladies shoes made to order in
the best manner.
Repairing done at short notice.
nis- Shop on Illinois street, ue1t door TO y.
Perty'sgrocery store.
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| persons that may desire to leasefo. term o
years, the following property in the Cit. OF Daven
'Ort, VIZ:
IN block 3-225 feet, fronting on Cd street,
lj0 feet, fronting ON Water street.
80 feet fronting on Sd street.
In block l7-Near the Market House
30 feet fronting on Warren street,
tending 100 feet back, with an
each side OF the lot.
In block $50 feet fronting on Third street,
l2j fronting on Scott street.
In block 2O--32O feet fronting on Third street,
800 feet fronting on Fourth street,
800 feet fronting Harrison street
300 feet fronting on Ripley street.
In block 27--IG0 feet fronting on Sixth street,
$50 feet fronting on Warren street.
In block 3l-l6O feet fronting on Fifth street,
80 feet fronting Scott street.
In block $500 feet !Tontlng on Western ayeRu
lGO feet fronting on Sixth trect,
100 feet fronting on Seventh street
In block 3S-l5O feet fronting on Brown street,
100 feet fronting on Seventh street.
In block 3S-- 65 feet fronting on Sixth street, and
extending back $50 feet.
For particulars inquire OF Corbin < Dow Attor
neys at Law, or OF JAMES MAY.
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v plFt % acres " n u " q 10 "a
Tp 10 raugc2
And that tn, time of redemption ON said sac o.
SAID lands viii expire on the 3oth IA! ., a.
d. 1862.
February |, w3t
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u =
OF
NEW YORK CITY.
| 8 6 3.
STATEMENT on THE CONDITION
Or THE
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK,
On the Ist Day Of January, A. b. 1862,
Mad, 10 the ivditOr Of the State Of Illinois,
Pursuant 10 the Statute ofthd' state.
Name and Location.

The name OF this Company "a THE Homf IN
sURANCE COMPANY, Incorporated in 1893, and To-.
Gated in the City ot New York.
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4eaal 1lotirrs.
-
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

STATE OF ILLINOIS
ROCK Island County,
Circuit Court IN and for the County Of Rock Island
and state OF Illinois.
Foreclosure 'of Mortgage.
Henry AlIen, complainant, rs. James " Brack-
tt', sat'H A. bfaekett' Mary L. Cary, jeremiah
l., Cary Joseph Grovcr, Laura A. Hfoycr Charles
Bracket, L. Maxwell Brown, Franc,sp uom,,,r,
Robert W. smith, Josiah Wilkinson, Ellen Hoone
Amelia Boone and John Seayer, defendants
NOTICE l. hereby given that |, f.. f.
N Bean. master IN chancery of the above named
court IN pursuance OF decrctal order of said
court made N the above entitled cause on the
2Oth day OF September, aud OF the September
term OF said court, A. u ISOl, shall, on Saturday
the 2sth day OF Dec, A D. 1851 between the hours
of 8 O'Clock a, III. ana O'Clock p, IN Of said day
sell at public auction at the door OF the Court
house, IN the city and county OF Rock Island and
state aforesaid To the highest bidder for cash IN
hand, the following described real estate, to vat (;
That part OF lot eight ~ IN block three l3 IN the
old or original town Of Rock Island, county Of
Rock island and state OF ILLINOIS, commencing at
the southeast corner of said lot, running thence
north along deer street 10 the alley IN the rear of
said lot, thence along said alley west SIXTY feet,
thence south at right angles to the south side Ot
SAID lot on Illinois street, thence cnst along sad
Illinois street SIXTY icet to the place oi beginning,
being sixty feet of from the east side of sand lot.
L, K, BEAN, Master in Chahcery,
C. NJ. OSBORN, X. !. Co, His
Counsel for Compl't
/ Dec. b, ls6l,
ADJOURNMENT.
The above sale stands adjourned to SATu r.
| DAY, THE nth DAY OF JANUARY, A. b.
| 1862 /. r. BEAN,
Master IN ChanCery,
Rock Island, Co, His
Rock Ishnd, Dee, Is, 1861.
ADJOURNMENT.
The above sale stands adjourned to SATuR.
DAY, JANUARY 25TH, 1867, at the same place
/ and hour Of day.
F.. r. BEAN, Master IN Chanccry,
Rock Island County, Illinois.
Rock Island, Jan, II, 1862.
ApJorRNNENr.
| The above sale stand, adjourned to SAIuR-
| DAY the Ist DAY or FEBRi AIRY, a. D., 1862
, at the same place and hour of day.
f. K, BEAN, Master IN Chanccry,
Rock Island County, Illinois.
Rock Island Jan. 10Th, 1862.
ADJUuRNMENT
The above sale stands adjourned to SATJ h.
DAY the 10TH DAY OF FEBntARf,A, D. 1862
| at the same place and hour OF day.
T.. X. BEAN, Master IN Chanccry,
Rock Island Co., Illinois
Rock Island, Feb l. 1852
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BY TELEGRAPH Home Insurance Co.,
Exclusively for tie Daily Argus,
A. u4dicatio" Of cfaGgM-7le treasury near
N empty A mooement II. the right direction
in regard to .trdud and treachery to,cards
tie g0rernment--


in regard to fraud and treachery to,oards
tie gOrernment--
TeIegraphed 10 the Rock Island Argus,
The Trbune's dispatch states that Gn order
has been issued u the commanders OF diVi'
sjons in Virginia, directing all surplus bag
gage not actually needed for troops on the
march, to be sent here and warehOused,
Another order has been issued 10 the sur.
geons in charge of hospitals in this city 10
send the conyaescent patients 70 Annapolis
and elsewhere, and otherwise TO have ready
as many spare beds az possible,
The Herald dispatch says that the secre
tary Of the treasury in note 70 Mr, Spaud'
ing relative 20 the treasury note blll, says;
Immediate action is Of great Importance,
The treasury is nearly empty, and have
been obliged to draw for the last lnstalment
Of the November loan. - soon ~ II Is paid
fear the banks generally will refuse to re-.
ceiyc the United States treasury notes. You
will see the necessity OF urging the bill
through without delay"
The chairman Of the ways and means com.
mittee will endeayor to bring the house 10 Il
votcon the treasury bill On Thursday
From information received from our scout.
ag parties and from other sources, it j. be-
icycd that large bodies of rebel troop. have
been within few days transferred by rail.
road from Manassas, relying upon the utter
inability ot the federal army to move against
them, On account Of the impossible condition
Of the roads,
Worlds dispatch
81. .,,, r,ti 80. t.f ba'
par,ie. directly stated, that orders have gone
forward 10 Marshal Murray and District At
torncy Smith to compel parties who .pld or
chartered improper vessels to the war depart
ment for the Burnside expedition, to return
the sums received, or q to prison.
firm il New York, known to have been
violently secession long after the fall Of sum
ter. viii, it j. stated, be the first called upon.
it WA. regarded very strange that the firm
should have been employed,
Trcachery as well a. fraud is suspected in
The fitting out ot the Burnside expedition, and
those who have sworn to ialsehooi in respect
to the draft Of their vessels will be compelled
to refund.
FORT NJ SRoE, Feb.&.-Thc Chippawa left the
blockade of Wilmington On Thursday and ar.
,t;,,, ,,';,, ,,l 49,, .I,,i7,
'",Ts VIZ, ",o ,',o ',', ,r..,, ,,.
Pn%"" ] si',,o
uUIIS ,.' T''"'' ''l"I'' qua Pa''ct c V'oI.
/ inside al anchor, hut heard no firing
s N,''ss',".''', iI - sun "''' ''' WI"
4 Harof truce wen, to Cranev Island this
n. m hut has mot vet returned
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GILT FRAMES GILT FRAMES !

DORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAMES.
| OF all sizes and styles, can be had at my shop
on short notice. Also
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COUNTY TAXES.

4 'hc Finance Committee of Rock Island coun.
| ", with the concurrence of majority IF
me Board OF Supervisors, have instructed the
township collectors to receive United States
,aieasufH notes and County Orders, for county
loHN NJ. WILSON,,
NJ. A. Swllrh, Com
II. SAppoKIs
''''"d, Jan. 2Uth, lsG2. DIV w,
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iGs~ For nice job Printing, OF all kinds, go 10
he Rock Island AKGu- Office.
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Artists and others in want ofanythng in my
line, are respectfully invited to give me call.
ne" Shop on Illinois street, over d, Llngle' ?
furniture store, near Temple Buord's grocer
store RICHARD PLATT.
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4lew Adrertisrmrnts.
FRESH OYSTERS.

DY the can, or served up in any stylr de
ID sired, Agood supply always on hand
the best Liquors and Cigars,
PHIL HEINE,
Rock Island saloon.
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Prices TO Sui! the Times.

Orders respectfully solicited from abroad, and
all "work done on the square" All letters
promptly answered. j. P. SWAIN
Joliet, Illinois.
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surprise will abate somewhat 10 know thht lne
great volume Of heated air, known rs the trade
winds, passing from the coast Of Africa to
Central America, is turned in its course by
the Andes, and is forced north through the
valley of the Mississippi river, and spreads
its genial influences over the pralries OF IN
nois.
The writer reyerses the common theory OF
the trade winds, which instead OF being heat
ed air." are the cooler breezcs which blow IN
from the north on this side the equator, and,
from the rotation Of tie earth on IT'S axis,
when they reach the tropics are felt as winds
from the northeast. These winds blow
ing from that direction, on entering the
Cult Of Mexico would meet no obstruction
At the head Of that gulf, nor beyond until
they reached the Rocky Mountains. Why
they should be turned up the valley Of the
Mississippi, is not preceiyabe. In fact they
are not The southern winds which warm
this valley are currents set in motion by trop
ical heats, and which ascend nurthwardIy,
while the cooler currents which flow in to sup
plv the place they occupied are descending
southwardly. But unfortunately for the
hopes Of our tropical friends, warm currents
are not youchsated to US very literally in the
winter, and though they sometimes venture 10
ohtrude on the dominions Of old BoreaS in his
proper season, he usually gives them cool
reception, aud they seem glad 10 get away
after a very short stay here
Upon the whole we are inclined 10 thlnk
| that, when this cDnee-raising IN Illinois II
thoroughly 4ifted, it will be found that, II
! there is any foundation for It, all 1t VIII snow
/ is, that somebody has been amusing himself
/ with something like hOt.hOuse experiment
! in the culture Of coffee BY treating the
shrubs, a- many who tend flowers DO those
which flourish in the summer air, but would
be destroyed by the blasts Of winter--the
cleandor tor example, in this chmate-by
digging them up and keeping them N warm
place with access to AR and hight through the
winter, the coffee bury may have been raised
in Illinois. But, as we believe, in NJ other
way except by continuous hot house culuyh
ton We say this notwithstanding the posi-.
tive assurance ot SO Caut u, and cIrcum=pect
"A j.urual Il. the Chicago Trijuns, that 70 use
It's own words lit has been demonstrated 10
u certainty, that coffee can he grown in Hi.
nos
If, however, any Illinois farmer is willing
to make tho attempt, he will have whatever
induccmcnt u his setting out coffee planta.
tion the state agricultural society furnishes.
, That association has offered reward Of $50
for the best 500 pounds OF Illinois grown cot.
| fec, fifty pound. Of which must be exhibited
ut the January meeting; and a premium OF
s2j for the best fifty pounds, five pounds OF
which is also to be on exhibition,
Coon TuSG The Frccport bv2,'at has the fol
lowiu, good and true Illustration of the feeling,
.f q. .l..,