The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-01
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

Baugh's Raw Bone super PhOsphat,
-PrOgress of CiviliZaUion-Ira p
Bowen g. Goa Supervisor An
: TroubIe-Business.
Il CHICAGO, March II, 1S7O.-To- day we have
y had the severest snow storm Of the year Or
: Friday last We had some two or three inches
j of snow and sleet. On Saturday, late in the
a afternoon, it began to snow very fast, and on
s Sunday morning the snow was eight or ten
81 inches deep, the heaviest sinsle enOw fall OF
the season. Monday was warm and pleasant
but Tuesday morning there were three OF
four inches of fresh snow. AID it continued
showing through the forenoon, with furious
wind, which blew the snow in great heaps,
and seriously impeded locemOtlOu. How deep
the snow now is no one can tell. To day the
snow is thaving, and sleighing is becoming
poor again.
COURT HOUSE ROOF FALLEN.
In the midst Of the Saturdays storm we had
a catastrophe, which came near being a
tragedy, which was repeated-not by request
late in the evening. For year and half
Y the city and county have been building two
4 wings to the old Court House at a cos
of oyer $500, 900. At quarter past one
o'clock on Saturday afternoon the greater
portion ofthe roof Of the west wing fell in,
injuring eight workmen in the rooms below,
two OF them seriously. At A D. m. meet
ing of the Mayor, Common Council Building
Committee, and Board of Public Works was
held, TO investigate the cause Ofthe accident
at which meeting Mr.. Rose, the architect
assured the meeting that the roof Of the
other (east) wing was perfectly safe. But at
! half-past eleven that night the east roof fell
in with crash that was heard half mile,
with rumbling sound like thunder. COM
mittee of investigation has been appointed to
examine and report on the matter, and,
strange to say, four of this committee are
architects who have professionally endorsed
/ the work as safe after examination, and some
Of these spoke contemptuOusly of indi ,iduals
| and newspapers for suggesting fears that the
| building was unsafe. One Of these, after cerS
| tIfying to the supervising architect that there
we're ''no indications of Instability in any part
of the structure" added: Trusting that
you will hereafter treat -qdthereTs for ners-
DepsTs 1rih the oOateTnpt dbeT deSeTUe. 1 remain
| truly yours, John NJ. Van Osdel." name
| Mr. o. because not knowing his animus to-
ward newspaper men, Ihave recently spoken
OF him as architect of one of the finest blocks
of Chicago.
Another architect concluded his certificate
in this wise: 81 affirm that the building viii
stand q lasting monument, pointing with
scOrn 10 the bare talsihcatiOns uttered so We
hemently by few over-ZeslOus, bigOted in
dividuals, who report that it is in danger Of
falling, long after their remains lay moulder-
ing in the dust and their names have passed
into oblivion" Two other professionals give
similar testimony, one OF them declaring that
he ''couldn't see how the cracks in the inte-
rior walls (which had given rise to apprehen-
sion and criticism) could work any injury to
the building" He can now probably see hOlC
II ,oorked. AT least the public can. The loss
is said to be $4,000.
THE OLD COURT HOUSE
seems to have been endangered by the set
Ting Of the walls of the new wings, and
meeting of the judges and Of the lawyers
practiclng in the courts IN this county has
been called to determine whether it is safe to
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house.
FAR5uNG-How TO INSURE GOOD CROPS.
As the season of seeding approaches the
most important question with farmers, is,
how to make their fields produce the best
crops at the least expense. The diminishing
weld per acre of cereals, roots and grasses, |
consequent on the exhaustion Of the soil by
continued cropping, has led all intelligent
farmers to the conviction that the only way to
restore theh farms to their original fertility
Is to return to them, in some shape, the ele- |
ments of which they have been deprived. |
Every crop of wheat. or other grains, or !
grasses taken from the soil diminishes its |
p-cductiveness because it takes from it pOr- /
tions of those elements essential to the 1
growth and msturity of perfect crop And /
II this process is continued long enough, the I
soil becomes worn out and worthless Many
of the early settlers of the west, especially 4
on prairie farms, thought the soil inexhaust- !
able and were in the hSbit of burning their /
straw, as a useless incumhrance. Manure |
was not thought worth the trouble of carting
to the fields; for whv should soil already rich (
enough be further enriched. But a few /
years experience Of impoverished soil has
taught them the great law that the only way
to make or keep the soil fertile is to return 10 .
il, in some form, the constituent clements /
drawn from it--thst they must give bae to
it what they take from it. The chief exports
of the west are the cereals, beef and pork,
lsNf Nh ,laka -
clements necessary to the growth of good 1
crops. Wheat-the leading crop-is the /
most exhaustive. Every year the wheat
belt is movingW Westward; Western New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota, each IN turn presenting
the same spectacle OF exhausted wheat fields, l
the Weld per acre diminishing to twe-thirds,
one-half, or one-third the original product,
as the process of repeated cropping cOntin-
ues. Change, rest and rotation of crops Will
do something, but there Is only one method
of making worn out or unproduciive lands
fertile, and that is to impart to the soil the
clements essential to the vigorous growth of
plants For you can no more mske plant,
than an animal grow without its appropriate
food. There is one source OF manurial sup
ply greatly neglected by Western f5Emers--
the bones and Offsl of animals. England
sends across the Atlantic and gathers up the
bones of our animals and converts them into
bone dust to enrich her fields. The East,
too, wiser in this respect than the West
draws largely upon this supply, and if the six
or seven Thousand tons Of
BAUGH's RAW BONE sUPEB-PHosPHATE
yearly by the Northwestern
Fertilizlng Company of tins city, from the
bones and blood of the slaughter-hOuses-th
product of Western farmers-the greater part
Is shipped East, at a high price, including
most unnatural direction, when it
is so much needed at home. Five hundred
IL. 49,, 1. II L
loads of stable manure. A ton costing S45
equals 120 loads and will suffice for
Eve or six acres, and will more than repay its
cost the first yeaf. / used ton of It last
year on an scre of grapes and five acres of
wheat seeded to clover, and it wrought
wonders. The wheat crop was excellent,
the clover superb. The grape vlnes-just
remarkably vigorous growth. 1
also used 100 fbs. on my garden of 20 square
rods, and the product was so unusual as to
excite the remarks of all the nelghbors. 1t
is the cheapest fertilizer for its intrinsic
its phosphate is all derived from the bones
Of animals. Not ton of if should go east.
THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION
is shown not mure by the quality of the gar
ments we wear than by the style and nate
rial of the dishes from which we eat. Wealth
new demands, and supply always follow de-
mand. The improvements in convenience
and comfort of household utensils, especially
Of those belonging TO the culinary depart
ment, since my remembrance, is very great.
An inspection of the leading wholesale crock
cry houses in Chicago would surprise one un-
with the extent and character Of
this trade-which keeps pace with the advanc-
ing prosperity of the cOuntry-and would sat
isfy the most fastidioUs that there is no need |
Of going elsewhere for elegant and costly
wares; that the rich and the poor can here
meet and be satisfied, and that while common
wares can be had in the greatest abundance
AZ the lowest prices, the richest and most
aristOcratic can here find dish fit to set be-
fore king. The soEg of the blackbirds oc-
Cured to me while looking through the lead
ing wholesale stOle of
IRA P. BOWEN & CO.,
importers and jObbers of crOckery, glassware,
lamps, and Kerosene gOOd5, at 107 Wabash /
avenue. Their new stOre of SIX stories is fill
ed with the largest stock of domestic and .
foreign goods of the latest styles and best /
qualities. As they import their own goods,
customers can purchase goods here in Origi- |
nal packages. Their lamp department Is 4
very large. Thy have go different kinds 4
of lamps, msny of them of the most elegant |
patterns. With the ssgacity and enterprise /
OF young men-the class who have made /
Chicago believing in quick sales and small /
profits, and in giving every purchaser his 4
moneys worth. and determined to lead in /
their line of goods, they offer the most de- /
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