The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
Farm. Garden and Household.
Blended Light a Universal Stimu-
liant, Restorer and Purifier,
REMARKABLY EXPERIMENTS

3ud light on natIlre-On the development
ot All forms of vegetable and animal life
were only great when they reached their
object through a blue medium. This blue
medium divinely iutcrposed between the
,un and the surface of the earth was the
atmosphere that "clothes the mountain in
it, azure hue" Since the blue sky days
are the times when life is at its best, said
his philosophic member of the Pleasonton
family, with a good omen in his name,
why not make an artificial blue sky wher-
ever we wish to secure animal and vegeta-
lie growth? And he did it. He put blue
gla>7 N his 2Tapery, and in five months
got the growth OF two years. He put
blue glass oyer his calf pen. and the ami
mails reached maturity in six months He
sent a ray Of light through blue glass on
lbe head 0t a dcatened mule in the stable,
and tie mule, like the woman in the story,
heard from her father at Botany Bay"
t may be remembered how full the coun-
Try was OF this topic at the time; how
some people thought there was little er-
a5r IN the case. and that it was not really
-hlue glass that did so much for vitality,
Uut "hlue grass :" and how others indulged
4 philosophic eNtravagances on the vel
.oW OF light ray, the red or heat ray and
,,Ant seemed 10 lie away and nnonla fan
',,,o tb. La,;t NJ ra;s;nT tho;. nL;ol, ans
and MO. and narlr i,.tt,Ea and c,,.,nas IN
ib. saHia M r-a,,aa If ma ono L,d u,b;e-
,,..roI ~ ham ~. ,..,aI.,t;o,, If I,lna nJass
I7rb a bnInaf,ity
Eut now comes tLa ;uteliioanca that
re1v has rauobt ot the idea md annlied
IN NOT Ia The berts and lettuce etc hut tn
tba treatment of human maladies moro
...,,.cfoil,- tho maladin. of tho norrouS
-,,tem those lenartlres from health that
may Me- suunoSed IA hp consenneut nuon
ME- in civilized society and undrr sunless
Mes Veg great success is claimed for
t.,.tr-,rr,.,,f ofthe insane hy This method
.,pd inns th, .nbiect in all lis interestino
,.b.,s,. Is recommended A New York Herald
,.po.,e,. has recent r. visited General pIp1-
,oIt,u', country seat and the following is
aar. of what the Herald man writes. OF
H. o,.tpery experiment the General cave
.Iis ,ccauih:
A}v rraperv WAS finished in March,
.N,1 ho dimensions were s4 feet lono
~ feet wide. IL feet lirh At the ridut
with a double pitched roof 1t stands as
1.,,l see. at the foot of a t,.rracpd Garden
g the direction OF northeast bv east 10
..f.thtyrSt al west On three Sides Won
u lice the border twelve feet wide. On
I'm. fourth. northeast hy east. the border
only five feet wide briuo a walk of the
.trdeu. The borders inside and ontside
we're rycayated t0 u deDth of three feet
-< inches and were filled with the usual
@ i!.:iieS '''4 'ei' 'ire I'ai .ae 9Su',
h"tt'tINN ii"l'ei, E'ieiullS PleP'ieu ioI
'o" i''5 NIleS' nc I!i9' question 10 pe
", p" - 'lo Ei0lI' ''o'i " wv W loie'
~ 9e "ecu oil ta1 l0,l' ~ =" Ne'l'.tie ~
''' PlT" T'eiS ~ ~" VI 5l"o1 va .,'o
''' i" '0 p'u0 VI N'oieU si'7S 81 'li',' 'ilc
"u' IA it2 "'ti'S Io"i So Silo,tlu o',l 'e''n1
"l ''"iet !.snV Oh every le"l III t'le crap
utti'iTe .l Vl NilGe' tioti one e"t
''"' ~ tiie ''''GNleH9 % " PiPe 9tei'l, anu
'"- rIoSe ~ tie PotS e'at'iiIi: lheih;
were PidHttd III Tue ootder' Inside ahd
'siae Oh lle 8iaPerN III the carry part OF
April 4ooI soon after pelhg plahleu
the CROWN ol Inc vines began lhe rapid
~ WIN Whlch ihty grew soon attracted
'ue attention OF All VINO saw them, In
irW weeks the walls ana INSIDE OF the ROOF
were cloSely covered "llh the most iuNur-
lou. CROWN ol ionage ana wood. he
scotsman VINO SOFA me NE vines was lost
ID anaZeneht Wheh ne saw them. lie
>tAlea that he haa never seen anything
smlIaf IN an experience OF lorty Years.
lie measured some OF the vines and found
lnem iertN-hVe leet III Iength-an Inch IN
diameter at one foot from the ground.
ms WAS the gro" IN OF iIye months. mes
ol the same varieties OF like age and SIZE,
planted at the same time, with the best
possible care ana attendance, We're at this
rame period punN plants, i've feet long
scarcely increased at ali Ill diameter. In
september OF the next year tlSO2) had
on these vines 200 pounds OF grapes In
+'b5 had about Two tons.
ne "riter saw these vines, and from
lhe development OF the wood, should
rather have believed them to be llity than
,Il' 90 '',.o'
and tbe leaves of the vines measured rs
rurjosities taken to WASHINGTON and uho-
roorapbed bv order of Professor Brainerd
nj the Patent Onics The extraordinary
results attained induced General Rabcock