Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-30
I.sngwo rsn's wine House.

Nicholas Longworth died in Cincinnati in
tho year 1868, at the age Of eighty. Fifty
nino yesrs earlier, fistboat had borne
him down the stream Of tho Ohio. to PROM
Using village whose census had shown seven
hundred and fifty inhabitants, and distant
some eight hundred miles from his native
town Of Newark, N. J.
Catering. as n student, the law Office Of
tho celebrates Jacob Burnet, he prosecuted
that profession for twenty-five years, in
vssting the profits in lands 10 and about
Cincinnati, and then retired TO manage his
estate.
At the bar, he is described ~ having
been quick, sbrewd, impressive, earnestly
vehement, ready to defend the poor and
the ruined in private life, upright, Tree
from sAsw, bsusvolsnt to the wrstchsd and
outcast.
NJ. Lengwerth gave much attsation to
general horticulture, but made spscialtiss
q gsapee aad s>eaWbessiss. For ths lsesefs
IN theif psrlsctiou, - ore indebted 70 him;
many years, with psn asd purse. he prose
Gated the "stsaw berry coptrevsrsy, until
strawberry bed susreusdsd bis city, and
supplied distant marksts. But the success
full management Of the grape was the
growing feature OF his useful life.
Psrceiviug the adsp,ability Of the south
ward-sloping gravelly hills along the Ohio
to vins-growing, he began his experiments
nearly forty-dve years ago, aiming 10 &C.
climatic foreign vines, but failed OF full
success, after q perscveriDg trial OF vsrie-
| ties from all Europe. About the ear 1873,
he began with native grapes. A Catawba
vine, taken from its native wilds IN South
Csrelins. vas seen in garden At Washing
ton CITY by Major Album, who brought Il
to the notice Of Mr.. Longw orth. Ths lat
ter eagerly welcomed the stranger 10 bis
gardens, and introduced il 70 the American
public saying - he did 90. ~ have done
! INV oeuntsy Q greater benefit than u bed
paid the national debt"
Success II the production Of vine from
the CAtsWba, tho 1sabslls, and other native
| grapes. brought him hearty congratulations
from the advocates Of temperance. - . pre-
inotsr Of their cause. Vine drssssrs flock
ed in thousands from European vinsy yards
and settled alssg the banks Of the Ohis
The Missouri, aud ether rivers.
LossRoyth deveted hSaAseds Of Aofse 4
the ag6ps. beGas ~ esnseuctiSa q vine
cellars wheoe capacity 10 . mislloa Of bot
tles, and lived 10 see the preduct Of wint
along the shores u Ne o6ie sisss alsns
amsust annually to half . million Of gal
lsse. PalisaA ~ snth sslAslic. b lalGsst
broeill assGlee fosults and 10 eld 60
visAsA nee lsass II ne. emily thaA HI
might predscs better grape than the stil
uasarpased OasawbA. Hs he'd seeesigh
and public spirit; WAS . ready writer
patron Of artists had vit that sparklss
like bic vine, without bitterness. Will
Mrs. L.onKwosth he lived to celebrate thsi
golden Wedding; and the choicest vintag
now shipped from The Cellars bear the nsm
Of "Goldsn Wedding" in honor OK tina
event.
Msjor William p. Anderson, the prssen
proprietor Of this establishment, grandso
Of its founder. graduated ~ . civil enEince
at tho Troy Polytechnic Institute serve
during the war.-first IS . private 10 III
ranks for several months, and afterwards 4
: an officer on tho stall Of Maj. Gems. Nslac
and Burnside, and Assistant Adjutant Ger
sral at headquarters, Department Of tn
Ohio but, now prefsrring the arts {
peace, he seems TO have inherited he rur,
tastes and vinous predictions Of his 81
cestor. Fine Attorneys low in his field
Tho poor man finds easy access to his pnr,
, by announcing himself as "a pensoner
, your grandfather The grape and its pr
duet are his study and cunning workms
in silver and gold have fashioned the pr
: miums now rendered by him to whatsoev
!. man in America shall produce those "sti
better grapes Those constantly emplo
' ed At the house number about twenty, hs
I Of whom are from France. and have he
Z. their s,tuatieus for twelve 10 fifteen yesl
asit 10 found necessary to assign each wor
man his special duty. and avoid changes.