The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-05
From the MOuntninS.
Correspondence of the Richmond dispatch.
MouxTAlS-Tor HOUSE, !

have anchored high long enOughito cool
uF from the furnace heats experienced yes
icriny in Charlottesville. Walking up here
last night from Alton there WIS plenty Dfair,
>,ip,mSc. bat zone Of il current, ak the lit
IT, mountain springs by the roadside dry,
hut every pore Of my skin open and pouring,
with "A very uncomfortable and general scn-
>alion oi heat and sickness until tho sum-
init was reached. when the western breeze
coming level from the distant AlleghanicS
strikes with \ most delicious sense OF cool
rc,-. and the cry * Here's riclIneSs!" We
undo ucck-tic> and wristbands to enjoy the
air-luth. sa~ .rr. -s. -' -
do not propose to write you either senti-
mcntalities or personalities in this Oh any
other notes | may drop YOU, but practical
hiIltirS. ~ - .
The drought in Albtmurle county is un-
w,rrlcntcd. Its beautiful valleys and rich
>irI"> do not look like themselves, 80
Drowned and burned with heat and drought.
SOME Of those fine pasture slopes about Char
iotrcsvilie which usually are as green as
cmrrald look as they had been pl0ugbed and
rolled smooth, and / actually supposed this
from the appearance "A little distance away.
All agree that the wheat was OF the finest
quality and fair in quantity but tho oat and
grass crops are already u failure, the corn
crop an almost certain f~ailure-certain in a
minority nl fields, probably in, the rest--and
the tobacco generally q failure, unless rain
comes soon and otteu. The ground has not
been well wet since April. Il Many OF the rail-
road watcr-tanks are empty, many wells and
springs along the base oftheB Blue Ridge Which
tor generations have been counted as yunfail-
ing are 10Y dry. SOME mills That have never
ililcd before are still most of the time, and
farmers haul their grain over the mountain
IL WayMesborO' to be ground" One, farmer
Wis saving to another to-day, s.,What will
the people eatf | don't see but that they will
lave 10 90 to grass" mo grass TO, 80 to-,
was the grutl reply a,.lap r"t,.,S .~ae,'pn.
This Mountain House Is a nice place for
q~ui"tneSS and GOODNESS, and the encircling
III ,untainS are 4 co,doa santtRsFe, over which
lie malaria of the. coast or Of the crowded
city cannot climb. &. t. Z VERiTAs. r.
New lSvrNTioN.-Mr. Eugene A. Luster.
Of this place, las invented u new style OF
S''Gm propeller, for loats ofufl descriptions,
which. after 4 careful examination, we think
possesses great merit. SO far rs we Know,
til" idea is entirely new, and first had its orr
gin i'll the brain of our young friend. The
invention consists OF a paddle running the
IIlI! length Of the boat, which IS worked
ty simple though ingenious machinery. Thei
action Of this Paddle can be reversed 'fustan-'
i1lIcously, aud is SO arranged that its force, is
lml retarded by back action. e. So" 'r', (
This invention, if q success, will supply
Il want that has long been f~elt--Yiz., theWant
ella packet that caIfbe propelled,in tho canal
hH! steam. The difficulty of rulining aste,m
lHckct in the canal has heretofore been on
account Of the damage done to the walls by
The splashing Of the wheel of the steamer,
which causes the walls to cave in. This diff
Guilty. The inventor, claims, will Ibe,gemoNsd,
10y his invention. inasmuch as the paddles
cause no splashing which can in any, way in-'
lure the walls. f.t.Etfii ~ fitifiH.l
Mr.. Luster expects to, submit his invention
10 The inspection OF competent judges of
such natters.-FiRcastte Herald 49, n
EXTRAORDINARY YIELn-Last fall Mr.. a..
a. Wooason, agent OF the agricultural de-
lNftnent 1T Washington, received from that
rly 4 small quantity Of q Fultz" wheat.
lie presented it to the. society. here, which
turned it over to Mr.tM. GraybiM to expert
lie!it With and report his success. : Al It's,
meeting last Saturday the society received
yield. Mo
pr. Grasbill s8wed TIRES pounds and
hs! OF this wheat October 1gth, and haryaHts
Gu The crop July asth. ftyyieadsd by uaesa
cure our Jnre and a haf basheis, anu by weight
$50 pounds. Ia .,Fi !,
ihis wheat came from Pennsylvania, and
mas a peculiar origin. One grain was found.
,a a bag OF guano, which was planted, aud
i'oh u seed was secured whichis now used
extensively in portions OF tle, keystone
our farmers intend TO cultivate it here
f'"cdSae Herald.