Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-19


Various plans for keeping apples safe |
through the winter have been i<ried and re
commended for general adoption. One says
that busying them In the grouad 10 the best
means ef ksepisg them. -Anothss packs !
them 10 saw dust and says that they came
out sweet and fresh in the Spring Mr.. ID.
W. Adams. Of Waukon, in n communication |
to the Gardeners Noafhly, for October,
says tina, the best plan is to freeze the ap |
pies perfectly solid and keep them frozen -
late in the spring as possible.
lie says that his attention was first called |
to this method twenty years ago, in the
town Of Winchendon, Mass. A merchant
bought lot Of BAldwins, and stored them
in loft, where they were neglected until
they bscaos ceoplstely frosss. Havisg
large stock Of Bu0hlo robes, be covered
the floor with them ard placing the barrels
On thess, he covered them with several
ehacknseese fobeA 20 that
The fruis remained frozen until late
in the spring, and then Of course, thswed
very gradually. rhsAe dpfhs kept sossd
until July. He says that last winter . msr-
chant in Waukon bought . lot Of apples,
and stored them h . cellar that was not
frost proof. In December he was keeping
up iivs h. The DllAs y keep thes 49,
from freezing, but be had to give II up, and
the apples were frozen, and remained 30 oil
winter. In Nay, be sold them ct high
figure, - they were in 6ne state Of pres
elvstiea. AVS .geti Ill
The same correspondent says that few
yeass ago he received barrel Of choice app
ples BY wagon, IN Decenbss. when the mer-
curry was At % degrees, distance Of thirty
miles. or course they we're thoroughly
fSoxen, and ratified in the baDstl Nike stones.
lie wrapped the barrel in blankets and set
II in cellar at about 40 degrees. In .
month he opened the barrel and found the
apples perfectly sound. He. says that in
those localities where the winter b
sufficiently cold and steady, apples may DO
frozen perfectly solid, h winter, and remain
exempt from decay for three Or four months.
Freezing dose not injurs them in he lease,
il they are thawed slowly, and in . situa-
ton where cir and light are excluded. -Er.
DeecheP .oa Hloslc.
In mentioning to: his congregation last
Sunday that sacred concerts were to be
gives q tu.ss dusisg Tie coming winter in
Plymouth Church, Mr.. Beecher said
have ~ the growing necessity svssy
year isAsiy that there wss . ds6eIeocy, Of
The higheot style ofsscssd music, and ls6en0
regard Il q psculiasly unfortunate were
this congregation to know nothing but mere
fantasias-msss SECULAR mnsic, Thers b -
much didsrsnes be6Wen religious music and
secular - there 10 between religious
thoughts, between religious poetry end sec>
ulaf poetry, ~ yon Ulsd oely u heaI ieoo
feel snd understand chat Il Is appropriate
music for the expression Of religious feel
ING. will risk any harm That vill come
from the highest kind Of ecclss,astical
music But u ySaas61h hayA noGh1ag bit
philharmonic music you will want nothing
bat That, end shsn thSt time comes the
words will be les aed lees important.
The Cleveland Hsrald says that some
boarding school Aseshar A,vsys served pud-
ding 6rst 1t dinner; Il vas what is called .
minute pudding made Of rye meal just
brought to boil' and then plsssd upon
the table. Il was the only dish on the
table. with promise. which Was its invari-
able sauce; Boys, the more pudding the
more meat" And so the poar divers would
hoist In the pudding until there was no
room for meat.
Tue United States, finding the work o.
rcc'nstructng itself too tough job, has
turned its attention to the recon struction
Of Mexico. In thslanguage Of Mr.. Seward:
1--WE have taken measures. while lacilita-
ting the anticipated French evacuation, To
CO operate with the Republican Govern>
ment Of Mexico for promoting tia pacifica>
| tica Of that country. and favor the only
and complete restoration Of the proper con-
stitutional authority Of that Government.
The report that Chief Justice Chase con.
templates sesigning his position to accept
the Presidency Of the Pacific Railroad is
without any foundation. .,