The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-10-25

.s...- f5. Hta8r.i NJ d at Mansfield smashed up his
caravan. Jgs AL I.s 5illerv and about four miles OF
t-#-o-a GIigl H..a ae, sugar, and paper collars
M f. T. Hz=Ga.rl- ANONYMOUSLY back, and his cot
...f.aFrrfaa au- arranged between the rebel
E.nr Smith lae a lf-was frustrated by the obsti-
.....f gfs III. .rar. Dick TAYLOR. When n. 7. b.
ta..s H.lt oath . he ought to count up the nun-
a..0H 1861 -four bacon, soap and candles,
err.-..u.. a..-a E.- the number Of good pieces Of
."E.m.-t.- ....rN.g Of good ammunition and small
Hm..-U G rar..a inine &C., &c, &c, that he has
r.nn .a -4g
0.rI tre a.ar periuries that the present sys
EM aas5 .wa ~ as furnished, there is not one to
..r1ura o. .a vi ior-general n P Banks-'the
..sa aa.an ebs' ever had"-when he swore
ru.r 20 had ulra. rgal aid or comfort to the enemy
l. 9r ina.e
Tr1 REugn yr 3ARDENs IN ILLINoIs.-Tn the
r.u..u a4.r-fua I'd Ion. s. K. Casey, of Joliet, a
s.a-a 9u 0r ltaining 250 square yards, is de-
voted W. cabbage. Two kinds growing in this
miniature r ..H l Die headn and cannon ball,
a. .ha .as rs ar. a.atdy marvellous. They are very
a.. a.E a.ar.a l N n are one foot and four inches
IN diameter avt0 nearly two months Of growth
bgf8-. .rg aayy Of November The average
v..rrt ot .l.4 t.. . when full grown is 40 pounds,
. HI ". r..E gg are feet to each head, an acre
..rI We'll. a8tJ n.e IS and the average weight 40
ra.u. .ar Hea0 rive 1913, COO pounds per. acre
TGtHaa .ra ..rr ing 4 feet square to each head
"H. ... Is u=a MO.- ln) the number of heads per
a..e Isl. De azT4 will give still greater weight
t@ .aoW Dead, sua .H being from 80 to so pounds
.aga. BIZ the is. lposition, it would require 10
ta@u eaaM ing 10 tons, to transport the
y gia z. one 0ca such enormous growth, to
Chicago, al5, " is per head or / cent per pound,
the value G.. aaa ga0 you'd be S968.
There roa U his a more interesting sight than
this Haa'l 0naaa b, Of scarcely twentieth of
aere ulOl Ita . red and fifty huge cabbages. 1t
a.r.a n i5e3 a overs of production Of our soil
an. ..#s X ..1 the same time, to the owner of
.ar acres oalr tau en- this amount ifwe cultivated
l.H tg.gna
Eu.neiga rden, belonging to Mr. Charles
Wueguu.. 8 rape vines, each six years old,
v...'. have leg, caring three years. One Of them
-' &&r. z0g0 al which is trained up against the
south s.a af Dr. Sc has now growing upon it over
..gau hundred rs Of fruit. At the east end of
DIE house traiu.t against the siding in the same
80u"r slaa abelan vine, which contains nine
ara-rel e. .ustgl4 Don treis near by, is another
vue-Lssu alLa1aa lining four hundred clusters-one
hurdla5 having te5 removed. 0nehaIf of the entire
number al cigaa5 i'll average fifty grapes each, and
will weigh naag S ounces each, three clusters weigh
tu1 pound ga.a the yield from the three vines
urar eight u Il pounds of rich luscious fruit. In
matsae #ah ea4a1 sell readily for twenty-five cents
naFaagaa AND alue of the crop Of the three vines
tlGa reaH is &-1.
NE space 5a i for the proper growth and devel-
1aaau. oi b sluE me- is at least 40 square feet, by
1s Daa mere ! allow 1000 such spaces, and will
gross 1000 Whit be results Of one acre, according
10 .hs, which lir estimate almost Incredible,
and yat -cu 2lieving." An acre will, therefore,
produce Wi.A me care and at the same rate, over
20u 1000 pounds N trapes If one-ffth of this amount
Is the actual 81 ar, if we give to each vine 800
nHat9 fleet n of light, air, etc. the result would
..-a be- nUan ouuds per acre, or $4,000 as the
vslaa Of tha [Chicago Times.
T8a> EHavz 81 Dow-The correspondent of the
g. s. Ilhlaa i d recent letter from California gives
aMa aIoEiu ing information: cat little town,
Co., bend Of rat lion On the Sacramento river, lives
NJ. widow cE 0la hn Brown Her daughters teach
Wl-. ODDS w8 she finds employment some
IAH- a.. rfHa and physician among the neigh
boring amues, Dy whom she is warmly loved She is
entirely dependent upon her labor. There is a
project to purchase house and lot for her in this her
chosen home. ANY, who would aid so worthy an effort
may send their contributions through the mail, or by
Wells, Fargo Co.'s express, to her at Red Bluffs
Tehama county, California I do not know whether
Mrs. Brown is Of the movement but surely she
ought to be placed beyond the reach of want by the
American people,
We give the above the benefit of our larger circula
ton and are fr from wishing to throw straw in the
way of the object it eontempates, the subscription
proposes. let the benefactions Of the benevolent
flow out toward Hrs. Brown and every other good
woman toward the deserving widow of every good
man, however mistaken may have been his ideas Of
duty and responsibility But we canuot help mounting
our morasug tripod and ''refectng" upon the times.
When Mr.. Wendell Phillips bore, it were, with
pous care the ashes Of old John Brown into the wds
Of northern Now ok and shook the hundredwintcred
pines with his eloquence, he laid the martyrs relics
beneath the sods of the wilderness-ob! it vastly
fnel But how beautiful would have been the climax if
the orator had bethought him to feel little in his we'll
lined pocket for -he destitute survivors of the family
There are many who did not admire Mr.. Brown, nor
sympathsc in full with his ideas. Consequently while
they desire to do justice to the memory of that truly
remarkable man. they feel themselves drawn di-
recy at present to the relief Of other widows than his
But where Mr. Phillips and his rich friends Of Mas
sachuset that they permit this relic Of their "rep
resentative man to suffer? They could purchase a
house and lot ior her" in a little toHn on Sacramento
river and not forego single luxury. Why have they
lost sight Of herr
The fact Is, that having poor old Johns 'knap-
sack strapped pon his back and set hs soul amarch-
ing on, they fancy like many of these D0ret-prt-
terea-n5hI phartrop.ss- their work finished
with their last SPEECH and they turn in and take it
comfortably, A very good dodge for old Mrs. Brown
would be to ''np and de-" then would she come into
notice once more if She didn't get "bread" she would
have at least famous "stone, and most soulsrrng
Grafton from ffst-cass orator at the laying of the
foundation New York News.
George Augusta Sala, in a recent artica n "Ameri-
Young Ladies' says they are the most accomplish
ed talkerslin the world Their readiness Of dicton
the ace flow ofideas their quickness of apprehension
are really ard truly astonishing, An American girl
has something smart and sparkling and yoluble to say
on every subject. Yon beaming belle in the balcony.
with the cataract curls and the illusion waist despises
such mean and mechanical trumpery as needles and
thread She has plenty to say for herself Nay con-
versationaIy, she would give you fifty and beat you
easily At hundred up She never stammes she never
hesitates.
MISS -laa LEGISLATURE mests oh taa -hir5