The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-02-18
Grape Culture and Wine Making.

! The general indifference exhibited by the peo-,
pie OF our State to the culture of the grape has
arisen in no small degree from the belief that
| the business could be overdone. There can ex-
ist no greater error lat The people of America
have yet to be reclaimed from the curse Of ar
dent drinking. This happy consummation will
1 be attained through the products of her own
vineyards. . HHheito the demand for wine has
been confined to the better classes and the de-
sire to tickle the palate of these has kept out Of
market those wines which could only compete
with the (supposedJ foreign article and lconse-
quently the high prices put them out ofthe reach
OF the masses increase the production, ard the
consumption will be in proportion. As long fs
there is "a relative existence between them the
demand will always be certain. Already the
Wines OF California, inferior in many respects to
those Of North Carolina, are meeting with public
favor, and this State is now taking the lead in
the manufacture Of wine with coil and climate
that originated the grapes, from which is made
the best article of American wine. North Caro-
lima possesses adaptabilty to this particular cul-
ture that cannot Beexcelled Him. J0mnak
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LABcRIiIN GEoRGIA-Tbe labor question
seems to be gradually settling itseR in g eorgia
a correspondent who has been travelling in that
State writes " - - ,.-, -, -,.,
$50 far as have been ableto observe all along
my ,urpey, not more than one-ffth OF the force
engaged for the coming season are paid stated -
wages The highest wages / have heard con-. q
traeted for was seventy dollars and board. Il The d,
average is about fifty dollars per year. In many IL,
instances good hands are working for their food
and clothes, Ina majority Of cases an interest
in the crop is all that is furnished, the freedmen nj
finding their own provisions" z, telT .bnor,>
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GIVING TIE DEVIL IHs DuE.-There is a I'D
point in the following anccdqte: m % es.s.t-,
.J A person was making call upon an old lady,
who made it an habtual rule never to- speak ill %
of another, and had observed 1t so closely that =
she always justified those whom she had heard r.
evil spoken of Before the old lady made her Ho
appearance into the parlor, her several children
were speaking of. this peculiarity of their moth
er, and one of them playfully said: Mother &
has such a habit Of speaking well Of everybody,
that do believe if Satan himself were the sub.
ject of conversation, mother would find out some
virtue good quality even in him. Of course)
this remark elicitel some smiling and merrneut
at the originality of the idea, in the midst of
which the old lady entered the room, and on q, q
being told what had just been said, she i'm
medIatey and Inv Ountarily replied q ..Well my
children, wish we all had Satan industry and "
perseverance, ..y-Il lftFa -aar.ear baa aslfgea
gss- Some Georgia negroes stole hog and ate
it, The hog had the cholera and the negroes
died Look out for leader in the New York
Tribune, headed another Rebel Outrage" ~
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"A woman in Monouk, Illinois, caught her hus- 4,
band trying to commit suicide by hanging, and ~
after cutting him down and resuscitatng him she
gave him good thrashing which be richly de-
served. naa H53 H'4 80 r 80 "a, :; -e.s,r
Love SONS even at parting the seeds of return. s
Regrets for the departed types of the joy of -
a coming reunion. ag ra.'1@1g7gz rfa. -' 'ff'i
Nothing so adorns the face cheerfulness;
when the heart is In flower, its bloom and beauty