The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-04-09
gar 10y i!Ie applying OF 1-G,er or otAe. suit
a1le liquid ,crseioj ard quickly pressing
out, substantially As aud for tie purposes
eXnlaIutd

explained
So The mysterious liquid which IS TO
make sOrgao -U-ag so Che.T snd 7ie-ty %
s.m.,v pure LIadu.te..:sG water-;Aat
WASHES AWAY tie nlo.asses aal part Of the
sugar, and leaves the balance ..ec from =.
portion c. Is eummy impurities. I-nt It
wonderful. aud "e!l worth yoUr \ ; and
Ks 10 know? Did not the patent oihce
do wei! to secure by letters patent tll>
woadertu! discovery 10 HIM and h;s as
sIgnets etc, etc. ,
Bot We already have fumors that his
riyht to this process : disputed. III. {. y
Roberts, Of jacksonville, HIS, who WAS in
our office :, few Gays since, assures Us that
lie has used soda in c.ar fy!ng sorghum
s.rup, as +! a. also almost every other sor~
gho cxper;nleuter, for several years-and
that for more than ,:To years he has wash
ed sciih eater the mo.asses from the sus r,
when in the mash state And lie, more
over. authorizes us 10 state that lie consid
ers tie process OF no value what.ver, e1-
crp; upon small scale, when merely a
sample Of saga. .og exhibition or similar
purposes Is wanted; that il i utterly I'M
practicable upon an extensive scale as he
has found from experience. Mr Roberts
Is ready 20 substantiate his priority Of dis
cOvery al any time, and thus throw open
10 the wcrld the use OF ,Gatc- to n1anU.1ct~
ure s1lgr from sorghum sirup.
Turn again 10 ,he report issued for the
week ending December -, 1868, and
read.
j. +. Sheldon, Viola, Ill: Il claim the
process herein described OF treating sorg
mum sirup, when cold, with saleratus or
lis equivalent. IN the manner and propor-
tious herein set forth and described
i claim tie process herein described
OF treating cold sirup with sal-ratus in the
manner described and for the purposes
s.: forth
And again Il claim the treating Of sorg
hum or other sirups successfully with So
da, cream OF tartar and milk
Mr.. Sheldon did US the honor OF visit
the other evening, ana showed US the lat
ter patsnt lie uses two table sI'roniuls
OF soda. I tea spoonful Of cream oil ,"rtar,
! gill of sweet milk per gallon OF sirup.-
As we understand it, If our readers vary
/ in tho slightest degree the amount Of
either Of these ingredients they avoid i'm
fringing upon this patent of Mr. Sheldon,
and we hardly telieve theY would injure
their sirup, and they might possibly gain
all the good results of the patent itself!
It may as well be stated here, since we
have said so much, tHaC Sentsnan OF
undoubted means, who happened III the
office at the time of Mr.. Sheldon'5 wish,
offered hir, $1,000 if he would make sugar
from a sample of good sorghum sirup by
any or al! of these processes, in his pres
ence. in 8 given time. Mr.. 5. had not
the time then at his disposal, but rrepos-
ed TO return at some future day and max g
the sugar Neawait his return.
| Mr. S sells family, township and coun-
ty, and perhaps other rights to this dis
covery and wished an editorial notice OF it
1 in the PRAIRIE FARMER Not fully con-
vinced that such was our duty, even for a
consideration, though he showed US sew.
eral certificates of wonders performed We
declined to do SO. Perhaps our readers
| can guess the reasons.
We do not know how many agents these
men may have petambulating the county
| with thimbleful Of sugar as sample,
and a pocketful of certificates to prove
F! that sugar can be made at any time by
the use of these receipts, which will be
disposed of for only few dollars Nor do
we know how many similar patents have
been granted and are now being vended
through the West, but would caution our
readers against them all. Buy nothing of
the kind without the best and fullest ev-
! idence Of real merit When man says
he can make sugar from sorghum, put him
to the test, and take no mans certificate
as evidence.