The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-09

But once again viii attempt, 4
Though. you may yiewit with contempt,A
To send this note to Charlottesville, 4
TO g lOc H xi twenty if It's yoprwjih9a
Now will write, though it is late,
That Indianai is the State,
And if you do as 1 implore. q
jest forward this Il ask no more. EgMtP q
SEND Us Cry ITEMS. it is inn
possible for a local editor, however
robust and industrious, to visit every
part Of the eitg5on the same day or to
be in more than one place at the same
timey we would be obliged to our
friends in various parts of the city to
furnish us any items worthy of publi--I
cation that may come under their OBJ
serEation) Give us 0hriefyHhe facts.
dates, names. and locality, accQmpa-
MED by a responsible name as d guar,
antee for the truthfulness of the state
ment, The names, Of course, viii, not
be published. In this way many
items that escape our notice may fnd~1
their way into print, and the JOURNAL
be- made more interesting to all. !
A CRITICAL. TIME-The balance of.
this month is the most critical season
of the year. to planters who cultivate
tobacco. Either too much rain or
too much dry weather is alike injur
ious. The one dries out the substance
1.-THE gpm- the other washes it out
Hence during the whole month the
planter is exercised with the deepest
anxiety, lestfin single day hisswhole
summers labor and investment Of
means may be lost Too much wet
weather is, worse than too much dry.
or in other words, tobacco will endure,
without injury, more dry weather than
wet, " aa 1s.se. .j .,.5.. ,sa s2aI
There is another source of danger,
and that is an early frost, by which,
in single night splendid fortune
may be wrecked. From now until the
10th of September, the planter will
not be the happiest of men in Ameri-
ca. The weather thus far has been
especially propitious, and we hope it
will so continue until the crop is. fairly
housed. The crop, this season, which
is unusually fine, is from two to four
weeks earlier than those of former
years, and is consequently in less
danger from frost.
ARsoNN The fine barn on the farm
of Mr.. VIM H. Law, in Perry Town
tshp, Eonsthe Mt. Vernon road, three
and a half miles from the city, was
totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday
evening, with a lot of hay, the prop
erty of the tenant, Mr. Diedrich w
.FLangelson AN attempt was made on
Monday night to burn Che barn, but
the incendiary using matches was un=
successful in his efforts. On Tuesday
evening about o'clock he made a
second attempt, which proved sue
/, icessful. The fire was, discovered soon
after being kindled,. and a man was
/ seen to run away from the barn. He
d was pursued and caught, proving to
q be one Dan. Gallagher, who had pre-
fyiously been heard to make threats.
While the fire was raging he was CON
fined in a stable, but managed to
make his escape, and was again ar
rested yesterday. and had an examina-
: Ftion before Esquire Walker, and in
default of $500 bail he was committed
to await the action of the next Grand
J Jury. Gallagher is a man beyond the
meridian of life, and rather a hard
looking fellow.
!. Il Henderson, AGRIouLTtU5RA /. FAIR.
i, Quite extensive arrangements are
: being made for this Fair, which is to
, be held on the End of October, CON
| tinuing four days One of the promi-
), 1nent features will be the fast horses
= but liberal premiums are also offered
! for tobacco, garden and farm products
: manufactured and fancy articles, etc
: Each day will close with mule race
1 gander pulling or a pig chase, so that
e fun will be one of the entertainments
!. of the. occasion. The Fair Grounds
( are among the finest in Kentucky, anc
i we are informed they are to be thor
!. oughly repaired and furnished There
E viii doubtless be good exhibition
and general good time.