The Placer herald., 1874-05-30
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70. tnere STANDS at this present writing very
curious machine 1t is very handsomely fin
lshed and beautifully painted in green and
solu' with the rising sun on the sides above: and
inent position 80 pawn
Ciose beside 1t Is very strong, compact. and
nienly nnlshed engine and boiler Of fifteen
morse power-engine, boiler and machine weigh
ing IN all about five thousand pounds On the top
OF the machine are two beautiful little silk Aaos
w the stars and stripes, that need no descrip-
lion' While Its companion is blazoned with six
strlPes and single white star on blue ground
1t is the flag of Liberia, and the machine il
nullers H, over has history. Ten years ago, Mr.
E EuWalu o. MOTIFS, a member of the Society of
| rrlends OF Philadelphia, went to Liberia for
the express purpose of making inquiry as to the
oonoiuon OF the people, to ascertain their wants
ana wishes, to report upon their productions
and industries, with the object in view of doing
| eooa 70 the colony by developing its resources.
Mr. Morris observed that the coffee berry is
Indigenous to the country, and grows in i'm
| mense quantities, but the total absence of ma
chinery with which to separate the hull from the
| Derry has hitherto prevented its being made
available as an article of commerce Upon his
| return to this country, Mr.. Morris set his mind
to work upon preparing a machine that would
ooviate this difficulty; and after repeated trials
and failures with different machines he at length
applied to t. T. Woodruff, proprietor of the
Norrstown Iron Works, who is both practical
his labors. Beside the machine is an intelligent
colored man, who goes with it to Liberia who
has thoroughly mastered it's details and under
stands its uses His name Is John w. Good
who has resided in Liberia for fifteen years, and
who has been selected by Messrs Morris &
Woodruff to inaugurate aud manage this great
enterprise. The machine will be shipped early
next week to its destination near Monrovia on
st. Paul's River, on the West coast of Africa
1t is impossible to tell the value of this single
machine, made in one of our local work shops
or what part it may play in civilizing Africa Ii
is the first of its kind, and will do more work
IN ten hours than ten natives would perform in
year for 1t hulls the coffee at the rate of a
bushel per minute, and could be pushed on
occasion to ten times the amount"
From this same Mr.. Edward S. Morris re-
ferred to in the above, we have received the
following,
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 1874.
MEssRs WALKUP & FncHER, GENTS
notice from your HERALD mention of native |
coffee of California. l have Coffee Hulier |
patented in this country and in Liberia, and now
ut work. We can hull 100 bushels in ten MIN
utes. By this mail l send you box of the
hulng, Liberia coffee, the shells of the same
Just as they come from the machine also few |
pods unhulled May ] beg of you to send me
not only all the particulars of this wild Cali |
fornla coffee, but say one to ten bushels of it. |
uhhlHed will not only pay the expense, but |
send half the yield of the hulled coffee back to
you. Should it prove to be coffee (and l see
you are yet undecided) will open such an in
dustry in Placer county as will be agreeable to |
witness. Send me a copy of your paper and let
me hear from you by return mail. l also send |
you copy of my Liberia AdUocate-Jan. and |
Feb. nun bers. Yours truly
ED. S. Morris.
From tie above it will be seen what word in a |
local paper, in reference to the resources of the
country where it is published may sometimes
lead to. The simple mention of tn coffee by
us, has created a deep interest whence least ex-
pected and one which, should this coffee prove
valuable as article of commerce, will be the
means of establishing new and important in
terest in our midst, at distant day. Some
may sneer at the idea, and say this wild coffee is
a humbug, but we go on the principle, that the
value of whatever exists is worth knowing
The natural production, called wild coffee, may
be worthless, but we don't know that it is until
we prove it. Then, let MS prove it,
SILK WoRMs-It will be remembered by the
readers of the HERALD, that about year ago we
made mention, at some length, of Mr.. B. Bern
hard's efforts in the silk business Two years
ago, he made an attempt at the business but
from some neglect his worms all died Last
year he tried again, succeeded in Matching about
40, 900 worms which made about six pounds of
silk. Owing to the lack of sufficient food the
cocoons small and hence the second year
his efforts were only partially successful. This,
his third year, the prospects are much better. |
He has now already hatched out about 600 900
worms, and the season being favorable for the
trees, he will have an abundance of feed for |
them If the 10000 worms had had plenty of
food last year, they would have produced about
ten pounds of silk. This year, every thing bids |
fair for them doing very well, and if they do, at
the same rate, the 1000, 900 worms will produce
$50 pounds, which, when spun, will yield
about 200 pounds, worth at the lowest estimate !
so per pound, or 81 900. That is not bad for a
little side, or they call it, with that number of
worms, "pass-time business" The labor with
them lasts some six or eight weeks, and in this
Mrs. Bernhard and the children, do it ALL |
at odd times, besides attending to their regular
household duties. Mr. B. planted out / 900 null
berry trees for the purpose of experimenting in
the business; but has left the experimenting to
his wife, while he attends to the fruit interest,
and it seems she is undoubtedly making it
success. In conclusion, we think Their expert
ments, even thus far, establish the fact that
the silk business might, and perhaps WILL in
short time, be made very profitable branch of
industry in these parts.
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School PIcNIc.-The Spring term of our pub
lie schools having closed last Friday, week
ago, on Saturday the pupils, and their numerous
adult friends, held jovial picnic, at Norcross
Grove, about half mile from town. The day
was exceedingly pleasant, and the little ones
and the big ones, including parents, teachers
and friends, certainly had a royal good time,
and feast Of fat things, including strawberries,
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