Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-04-17

Michigan whiskey-.Its Effects.


We have all heard Of Indiana rot-g0t
forty-rOd, benzine. and a host of rsmes
for the Anid sold under the name Of whis-
key. Probably the Wolverines can beat
the world making bogus whiskey, and as
to the drinking part you can bet your bot
tom dollar that they can outlive any 9th
er man, quart for quart. They might as
well scratch the law forbidding its sale to
Indians of the statute books. for you cant
get red skin within ninety rods Of
Michigan drunkery. Several members Of
the Lo family took sudden departure to
the happy hunting grounds after Partak-
ing of that delightful beverage, and if
there is particularly obnoxious cuss that
yon want to get rid of, just ask him to
take drink Of "Shiawassa Nectar" and
you will not be troubled with him any
more. | do not mean to say that drink
will kill him, bat he would think you
meant to lay him out and would keep as
clear Of you as though he owed you a
thousand dollars. | took a drink with a
friend aud 1 will give the
results as far as my shattered memory
will allow. The first sensation on filling my
mouth with the nectar was that the top
of my head was coming off the next that
a torch-light procession was going down
my throat. | took my seat and in a few
minutes | lancied myself to be Horace
Greeley and was about TO deliver lecture
on what | know about farming | arose
and relieved myselfo of something like the
following: +,.g ..., ,, ..;...t. ..,.. 49,.
Cotton culture, my friends, is the no.
blest Roman of them all. Cotton, as every
school boy knows is the king of the Can
nibal Islands. Cotton, my friends, may
be found every where. 1t is found in the
ears of men, and especially will you find
it in great abundance where pure wooden
goods are for sale. TIE best Sea Island
cotton is raised on the summit of Mount
Washington. This is the variety which
produces the best camel's hair shawls and
.
ostrich feathers. In order to secure the
greatest briliaDcy Of ostrich hair, it is
necessary for the camel to roost on the
topmost branches Of the cotton plant, The
best quality Of camels' feathers are pro-
duced by causing the ostrich to kneel in
the shade of the cotton plant for nine CON
secutive days in the month Of December,
one hour each day.
The camels in this region are imported
from mountain in Vermont called Cam
els Hump. The famous tune, '''The Cam
els are Coming" originated here. The
cotton products of this region are gathered
principally by Southern ladies, who visit
the mountains in great numbers for that
purpose in the months of December and
January. r.,
The best quality ofcotton, for thread is
grown in Alaska. The spools begin to RI
pen in about the third week in April and
begin to wind abou. the 42d day Of May.
1t takes Goats best six-cord about ten days
to mature. Clark's number 20 ripens in
nine days, four hours and 65 minutes, by
Chicago time. The labels on the ends of
the spools need the utmost care and at
tention after the fifteenth day from the
blossom, as otherwise they will read best
quality machine thread, which would be
a fraud. 1t will do to commence gather
ing the spools about half.past s o'clock,
?. NJ. on the 4th of July, The variety
that produces the cotton yarn, ripens 10
minutes and 4 seconds later. The skeins
should be carefully gathered and spread
on the ice to dry and then packed for use.
As an article of diet, it is excellent"
My friend, in the very kindest manner,
now took me away and genty laid me in
a stall in horse-barn, where | dreamed
that was captain of the Great Eastern,
and had got stuck on the St, Clair Flats,
in trying to make a passage, to Saginaw,
where | intended to take on a cargo of a
few thousand acres Of pine lands and a
few hundred acres of salt blocks, II couple
dozen snow mills, and sail for San Domin-
90. lawoke, and my first impulse was
to steal brick smoke-house, which was
situated in the rear, near an extensive
shoe shop. Bat before getting off with my
coveted prize, my attention was attracted
to an old man with o basket-ful of old
boots, snow-packs, shoes and pieces Of old
harness, &c. / discovered him to be the
gentleman who dispensed the ''nector" to o,
me, and 1 watched him with intense curl
osity. He gathered up all the old boots
he could find and deposited them In an
old kerosene barrel, with one head out,
which was half full of stagnant rain wa-
ter. AT the bottom was about six inches
in depth of angle worms, mostly dead
ones. He had an assistant, and through