The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-07

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mir and sunlight are the prOtectiycs relied
upoH some 0f.thc growers PeiGQlt crops
0f WeetI6 n rFDR M thGtf RiBSyaE aEds
dWfug lsS Wet We1thtF, and eat thcm
down IN the dry. Their agency Is 10 NIB.
Sorb Tie moisture from the earth and thus
relieve tie yIues: and arG, without ques-
liml, oI no sight scrvicf in me Intended
direction. With soil and climate 70 well
adnp,cd. 10 the growth Of the grapG, the
gTCakiTffnd n liig vine md IIaZIgEs sui
phur, has bern nddetil q flig rtdurecs oi
ihtbc Islands Adeposit or brimStOnc has
been discovered on the eastern shore Of
Putin, Bay, or South Bass Island; Il Is
very pare, Int, as the discOycry Is only
fcw %erks nd: 4, eXh:1t gbd yalI8 Qb ii
nFe vet unknown.
The pure juico oi the grape as It comes
from tho press is tested by . SacchprOmc.
ter, d slender glhss tube Withia graduated
scale marked upon 1t, which TiScs from q
bulb which Is loaded enough TO hold the
tubc upright III liquid II the sacchar.
Ometer sinks 10 10, tue wine Is Of n stan
daF,l quality. rich, aromatic and substan'
tial. II II fails to. reach that fgu5e,tt
ASk5 these qualities, apd 1t isneceS9sY %
bring It upto the marx by the addition of
an article which NIL wine makers declare
they never use in their standard wines.
and the name Of that article, to be whis.
porctl, IL sugar. Tlpse wines sell from
their native islands, Just NOW, at 81 90 per
gallon for Delaware, 81 % for CatAwba,
and 81 for Concord. in wholesale quAnti'
ties. II Is ssOmGtiIucs sold tor use when
ono year old, bnt should not be sold before
Il BNWo years OfHge; then 1t Is good, and
does not improve much after three years.
By means Of this saCchNrOmetcr, the wine
prcsscr is able To determine the quality Qt
tic wine which hO will draw from his
casks When 1t has ripchcd. There. iS no
uncertainty about Il; he has settled all
questions on that point before lie drives
tliti bang; Somehow, In fermentation the
wine deposits equally md ahbOthly on
the inner surface OF the Cask what is
known 10 the winc.mikers rs the ."wlne'
stone" Ii will deposit this stone an inch
in depth in year Il resembles StCne,
and when crushed the fragments look like
gravel; and knowledge Of this fact may
explain tho meaning OF the expression OF
experts, who speak Of the crusty wine
The brandy which comes Of dIs1llntion
pl the pUmirG and lees Of the wine MANI.
mcturc, Is highly prizc'ilOr It's medicinal
properties, hut whether itCnmcs up To the
Cognac standard tErr writer has no Gx1.
l,eriedcc 10 guide hti Judgment. The
value Of the brandy IL If this heneiiI TO
tile wino.grOwef, that it'paYs the entire
expense Of his years wine pressing
The figure here given arc for wine
grapes. The trade III table grapes are I'M
mcnse, but there are no figures attainAllc
as 10 The, number OF pounds which the
islands send out S.tnBlc gFnpCs IN the sea.
son; bnt the fruit goes al over the coup.
tfy. The Catawbl takes the lead, then
Delaware, then II few fancy varieties,
which arc not yet generally grown, such ny
the Isabella, Concord and Hartford FRO
life, OF these three tho Hartford Prolific
Is the earliest, II
Tie otiEinatdrs Of grape culture here
were tho Niessrs Kelley, who len Glove
land in 1889 for u residence on the islands.
There were then five poor iAmillCs al'
really on the ground, The first business
done by the McssS. Kelley was in stone
and cedar, hut In 1870 they begun 10 cX-
pertinent with grapes In 1854 the trade
In grnpcs began. In 1861 the crop from
l2S acrus Welded $59,0 600. Last year the
trndr was rcp0rtcdt6 be worth over $400,-
900 The Inhabitants number nearly or
quite 1000. Yhcy llaVGiieir schools, and
churches, and stores, and enjoy iheMl'
seltEsy greatly, lidiIE good heghUofS 70
eacll other, and taking good care that
vicious rascaIs from the outer world do
NOT get Il iOOlhold in their midst.
The transient pOpulAtiontof the island
III tlls.Sumncrlis gTeat ter than the perm
,ncntllot tho ismnds arc the watering pla-
ccs for Ohio and Michigan, and Putin
Bay Island is the prominent resort. Two
lnrgc hotels, OrG hero already .Apq ms
Winter cohphHy Of Cincinn6ttNns Atc TO
build another, larger still. The fishing
here, at certain tlG6s Of ftho year, is great
snort, and fashions blossom in the hotel
pariorS and plzzas, as rHnkly as at New
bort md LongI3ranch. 1t was Of Putin
Bay that Commodore Perry gathered lis
little fleet on the evening OF September
0, 1873; II was from this little haven that
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