The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1866-02-10

- M 80 t~''~-' ~ = '-'ssr' "f~t~s
Heg acccua' from communication 10 ,he
Hssssscss Csus'y Upiou Of ,he lsrh.
Among The nul,iIsdr Of things iha,
sHsssss my s'ssn'iyn. .shile on sreeen,
visit ioihs oh Homestead 10 North Csrolirs
I-~iil mention The ioiio- ing. " nicb viii
chow 10 ~hieh wsy ny ,aess hlwed.
On ne old farm ere six srpl. irsy. s,i.i
bsafinr. snss we're pl. nted II 1906. one 80
Aorshsm,' smother RED P.ppiG (" and
~ others : !. mbeI~ izs.""--,l- iarsss. q
snca,s 10 diameter. On 90 scjoinlng farm
there are three Lmbensis trees that we're
sfsfi'sd 90 popisr roots, whwh have been
bssf're spes 1929. .nd near 30 .set hiyh.
~ the 80 sigAbcrheed lh-re a. Back Hr.ri
Chsrry Tree, s,ii bssring. .at is said I.
fhass been stys i. 1876. older .han any
psa no. living there. sud three iset IL
IdIsme'rr. dscsyine very fast. There 10 .
gss psvine. . nssiss sweet grape, six inches
dIsmstsfs which has bsrn besrine 30 yssrs,
Chad s-vsrai bushels on il when fisi, lfth
mpf lssh) growing on bisgk gum tree.
80 issi high. which 10 complslsIy covered
9th vines. Anorhe, which commence
b.srirgio 1880. ava sis.I tesring ven sraw
~ o. mulberry tree % slint ricgr. 100
Dsys or s-dge sfs.,. The sfse ,r..s lhst
~~re planted .5 yssrs sgp. 80 no i.rges u,
-'z- 'han those plsnisd here y yea. ego,
Peach orchards rlrp'ed 20 yesf. sro ~.
-'il' heaIing, though Ihs irpiI u much sspa.
TX ESQ wh.u 10 years w. .lirnJr.ds a.
tsresis Of irlrt pssshss wese ssii,rg q z
esm's pound. and shp scilsr ,Lipkinc il .
good Price. Ths'e II. FIX ,rs. growing
81 the east eide IL huus-; from which I
ate ripe tie 30 yrsfs $50. and again founc
ripe fruit on il and did eat again. Thers'is
> small house. ssiii uset. thst was buiIt In
l7G0.. covered win rhf-nut. shingles. and
~esi;ssfsosrds srs. s',li dung ssrvice. snc
"ns aide hss never been rv-rovsssd, yst N
'urrs w.'ss. 'heogh worn very thin. IL
1884 hauled chesnnt rsi.s snd aid 70 rods
of > rail fsnsr, whicn i stiii s,srdiag, seem
ing not m.rs tLsn half worn. Thers are
.sinu, rsils s,iII 10 : fence. that we're spin
10 1877. sut Of . is,d ,ses. FieIds thst
~.rr ,n cn',i,s.ioo - is4c. ere nov over
gro~n ~ih piLs bushes. from 10 10 u tee,
nigh. 70 thick 'lhst man can no, ride
through lh-,n; others cverg rcwn ~i,h osk
md chrsnu'. are many places completely
nstred With the grape vine. The younY
cedar RE- i ncw becoming widely dIfTss-5
Tho seed being scasted bv The cedar biss;
'hry grow in old fslds snI shundantly
aivp. the -kifis o. f,res,s 81 20 yesrs max.
ING good fenes posts. Mulberry trees that
hsss been standing IN open ground 40 or
20 yssrs. will yieid hslf . ton u lesvss Tor
six growers. md will grow srywhere that
u rich encuuh for psee. There are ,hous-
sats of scrss oflsnd ths, have loose rccks
enough 70 fence i, into 20 acre lots, and
shsrs sss thousands Of psnneis ef lease nat
On the erounS. ~ith . dozen loose stones
10 6ve feet 81 each corner, snd some places
the stones ere ibrown out .. the way 70 gei
the iesse or the earth One swsrm Of vees
asd worted il roon : y 8 feet. Tor 26l
years ~i'hous ever swsrming. making seve.
~ hundred pouads Of hsney each yesr. ba,l
y wss destfsysd BY The var. A 6eId sf IN
serss wss fenced Up for psrsimmon . rchara'
which was sx,sstsd 10 winter 10 hegs md
40 sheep. and from the qusstiiy of fruir,
the expectation wevld.br reslized; this l.,
The grestest show Or any one kind of iruit II
ever wisnessed. Sweet potatoes were sbsn-
dsnt svsty whore. and fsr superior to ssy
rsised " their Hocsier brethren; lhsy and
the persisaou ssem % be the I've moss
sbundant Iuxsriss that grow 10 Carolina
! Inss'ssd Isrss round white yam potato.
different from sny vsrisy 10 shis State.
eslIed ths"wkite African" excslIent flavor;
I've wctssn raised on very smsi. ot 40
busheIs Of then. some them we're ssfound
ssd sbeul The sxe % I IL pound she'll.
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Or The Cincinnati Commercial ,sdvises
the farmers " 0ais, Kensueky. and indiana