The New Orleans crescent., 1869-04-10

ASHLAND, March ~, 1869.
Dear Sir-To give In few words my opinion
OF your portable gasights, consider them per
lection for sugar house purposes My boiling
room has q train OF seven kettles. Four OF your
lamps give an abundance Of light for three ket-
ties. One lamp gives sufficient light for my ball
ing room, which has capacity for fifty hogsheads.
One lamp is sufficient for the engine room and for
the mill and juice boxes Ny estimate Of ex.
pense is that two dollars per night will pay for my
iighs. This is less than one.half what II cost me
with my coal oil lamps
stern's raw bone fertilizer and bone black.
whose advertisement can be found In another
column, is attracting considerable attention from
planters and others interested. The ground raw
bone fertilizer Is an article Of great value. Its
utility is becoming yearly better known and ap-
preciated. The quantity TO be used dependsupon
the character OF the crops sad natural productive
ness Of the soil. For corn, wheat. rye, tobacco,
oats cotton, potatoes fruit trees. Strawberries, and
vegetables, such as celery. turnips. cucumbers,
lettuce, tomatoes, etc.. It is very efcacions-more
particularly for strawberries-it accelerates their
growth wonderfully and improves their favor.
every body takes it," Brady's bitters are an
| established Institution. Brady appears to have
.'hit the nail on the head" These bitters are re.
commended for their medicinal properties, and
are generally used by q large class Of persons
suffering from debility and weakness.
"Ihe Triumph Not 10 triomphe, but soda
triumph. Mr.. T. 8. Waterman has here on ex-
/ hibition two magnificent soda fountains which, TO
| be properly appreciated and thoroughly under
stot d, must be seen and examined. Messrs. Gar.
i ner and dwell, the two handsome and courteous
representatives Of Mr.. Waterman, may be found
in position here ready and wiling to explain all
about this splendid contrivance. One pec1liariy Of
the Triumph" fountain and syrup stand which
we thought particularly noticeable Is the economy
which can be observed In the use Of ice. The
square bottles Of glass in which the yrups are kept
being brought directly in contact with the ice
| which cools the soda water. The syrups are thus
lndelivered fresh and delightfully."- cold and in
transit, be it observed. are brought in contact
with no deleterious metal or other substance. The
method Of drawing the soda Is also vast i'm
provement, the double stream draw-cock which
unites the fine and coarse streams, and 6lls the
glass almost instantly. Many of our first class
saloons are already using the Triumph, which ia Of
itself convincing evidence of its worth.
In department A, we observed some fine speci-
mems of butter cheese. lard, fish. herring, fish In
cans, etc.. under the superintendence Of that
clever young salesman, Mr.. John W. Riddle.
Messrs Rice Bros. & Co., present fne display
| of carpenters tools, hardware and kitchen uten-
sils. The assortment of stamped ware from the
Excelsior Manufacturing Company is also very
fine. OF course there was o splendid show Of
stoves the big "Charter Oak" with its full COM
plement of brightly FURNISHED copper utensils, at
tracing the special admiration OF the ladies'.
Near the dancing platform is the Charter Oak pa
coda. with one OF those superior stoves in full
blast, turning out hot biscuit and cakes by the
pan full. The judgment Of sll who tasted these
specimen cakes, (aDd there were hundreds that
did SOY was mcst favorable and commendatory.
Stsbler's fresh canned beef is still one of the
principal attractions in Department F. We know
it to be all its proprietors claim for 1t. having
thoroughly tested 1t in our family and found j
| equal 10 the best fresh beef from the market. II
is neatly put up in hermetically sealed cans ol
from five to twenty pounds each, and Is sold IN
New Orleans q. the exceedingly low price oi
twelve cents per pound. When 1t becomes gen
orally known that this meat is entirely free ol
bone and is equal to the best fresh meat, we have
no doubt 1t will meet with an immense sale in oul
city. II Is also on exhibition and for sale By
Messrs. A. @. Pierpont & Co., at No. Is New
Leyee street. Masters and owners of ses-goine
vessels, and others unable to obtain fresh beef
) will find this superior to any In the market
The burning fluid manufactured by Mr.. F. 8
Anderson from water, is on exhibition in the frs
house you enter after getting into the Fsi
!, Grounds by the Canal street entrance. For thi
Illuminating fluid the inventor claims thst1t !
entirely non.explosive, is odorless, aud cheape
, than all others. Judging from the lights exhibi
! ted and from the specimens OF the fuid whicl
were presented TO us, we think that Mr.. Anderson
, has made q great discovery, and believe 1t to b
well worth the while Of housekeepers and al
others who are interested in getting cheap lgh
TO 20 and see this new illuminstor.
|. Deeply interested in. all that Is conducive {
the development OF the agriculturing interests O
/ the State, we naturally direct our course toward
9 the display of plantation machinery which Is +
be found in building by itself within the barrier
4 of the course. The first striking feature whic
presents itself Is the Victor Cane Mill, and II
|. companion, the " Evsporator +" for boiling sugar
v which together comprise all the machinery no.
:. necessary for taking of. in the best and mos
/. profitable manner, q moderate crop OF suga
1. And we are informed that this machinery can b
d boughtfor the very moderate sum OF $500 or 500
!. Thus ii will be seen that it is within the power
e every one owning a small tract OF sugar Ian
It to make sugar on their own account; or il SON
,t person with few hundred dol lars desires to ent'
into the business he can carry his apparatus fro
N farm to farm and charge so much per hogshes
q. for the whole affair Is small and perfectly port
K BILE. We saw this apparatus at work last IA
" and can vouch for the fact that excelle
,p sugar and syrup were made by green hand
X As we turn from these valuable inventions v
ly hear the rush of waters and the burrr Of rapid
ID revolving tmachinery. 1t Is that pump invent'
OF by our old fellow-cilizen, Mr.. Ed M. lVens, al
ID which we doubt not will prove boon to q
owners Of lands on the coast. Driven BY stea
~ engine Of moderate power, it will lift 10000
ID gallons Of water per hour to the height OF six fe
u. and discharge it in one continuous stream.
en- well informed gentleman remarked to us yestt
~ day, while witnessing the operations OF this won
an erful pump, that he really believed that with
IT. dozen Of them placed side by side In the Miss
to sippi, he could pump 1t dry In an hour or tw
,st And II looked 50 to u.s. for no one who has new