The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-24
THE CITY.

~sN Wei paid ayislt yesterday TO the farm
e Henry Avery, Esq, in Union township.
Nr avery has the oldest and probably the
,orcest orchard in this part of the State
! He has 100 acres in apple trees, probably
| .arenty-five acres bearing. The other
| ,reutv-five is set with trees not yet old
.oouch to bear, and cultivated also in
s.rawberries. He estimates his apple crop
At 5000 bushels the present season. The
l demand is good, and his opples are readily
cold at the Orchard for fifty cents per BUSH
ii He has large cider mills in operation
With copper pans set in arches for boiling
\ and has made large amount Of cider, for
which thore is a ready market and good
! price.
AS Mr.. Avery's estimate of his apple
! trop only includes his winter fruit, the
! e;der manufactured is part of the product
| ~ his orchard, above the 5000 bushels of
apnles. which AZ worth 81, 900 at the farm.
| The amount OF cider made is large, and he
has considerable yet to manufacture. III
we add to this the amount realized from
the twentv-fvey acres in strawberries,
grown upon q part of his orchard set with
Young trees, we shall find that Mr.. Avery
realizes a gross amount exceeding S5,oOO
from 100 acres Of Orchard. Probably the
amount is nearer $1,000. s
| We invite our slow going farmers to look
| at these figures and see if growing frult is
not better than growing grain? II is true
this ais an extraordinary year. Fruit is
more abundant than. usual, truly, but of
~, raHnpQS fha r,rioo
Mr.. Avery understands his business. He
is nurseryman and well-informed horti-
culturist, truly. But anybody can set an
orchard and take care of it. There is little
hard labor about it. compared with grow
Ing corn.
We should like to see thousands of acres
of the rough timber land and breaks in
Des Moines county set out in orchards and
vineyards. There is no better grape grow
ing country in the world-no better wines
are made than in the vicinity of Burling-
ton. And the profits, as we have the best
evidence, are far larger and the labor less,
than even of stock growing or sheep hus-
bandry, which is much better than grain
growing. There will always be good
market for fruit
DISTRICT CouRT.-Des Moines county
will be well represented at Fort Madison.
Five gentlemen have already got their
credentials for long terms. Benner and
Tull, both convicted of burglary, have
been sentenced for ten years each. st.
Clair, convicted of conceaing stolen goods,
has been sentenced for five years; Hidden,
for forgery, five years, and Carnahan,
grand larceny, three years.
10 A number of soldiers, coming up the
river, complain to Us, in long communi
cation, of harsh and unkind treatment on
board the CoRNELIA, between st. Louis and
Keokuk, especially by the Clerk of the boat.
They were ordered out of the cabin, when,
they say, there was plenty of room, to the
deck where it was both wet and cold
They denounce the Clerk as Copperhead.
We have no doubt they are right. None
but reptiles of that sort would turn a SOL
der out into the cold. If the owners of
that boat want business they had better
get a new clerk.
BIZ, Es1 Mr.. Boomer exhibited to us yester-
day some plug tobacco OF his own growth
, and manufacture. 1t looked well, He
raised about three tons of good tobacco near
the city.
@S-We are indebted to Mr.. Morrison, Co.
G, 37th Iowa, -"Greybeard regiment-for
st Louis papers of Monday. He reports
The regiment in good health.
lAoc1DEST. As Mr.. Coburn, of this city,
was riding with his family short distance
in.the country, his horses became fright
ened and unmanageable, and finally over
set the vehicle, breaking the arm and 9TH
erwise seriously injuring his mother, who
was riding with him.
3 ANOTHER.-We learn that some one con-
nected with the Western Railroad was Sc
riously injured in coupling cars at the de-
pot, yesterday afternoon.
: @-In the 9Th Iowa Infantry is COM
,,pany from Van Buren, county-Gen. Tut
ties county-which voted solid for Stone.
Tuttle did not get vote.
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABRoAD.-The
New York Herald, abiding to the import
and export tables for the month of Sep
tember, says: obstructive and suggestive
as they are, they fail to convey a perfectly
reliable picture of our foreign commerce.
because they contain no record of the move
ments of securities. Within fortnight
zone steamer is understood TO have taken
out not less than Sl,OO0,00O in bonds and
stocks. AT other times nearly as large
amounts have come here from Europe for
sale. 1t is generally understood that from
Che year 1858 to the year 1862, both inclu-
asive, the current of American securities
TWAS from Europe to the United States.
AT the outbreak of the war the influx of
securities from Europe became so rapid as
seriously to affect the exchange market,
Z; che principle buyers of bills being bankers
who had sold out stocks for European
holders. The problem now arises. how