The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-18

rvs 80 -
The Centennial.
FROM oUR owS .CORREsPoNDENr.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9Th, 1879.

o't t"Oefiles weighing over 1--WE
ounces each, and measuring nine inche
IN circnm ference, having besu;i'n
crimson color, and said TO have a int
flavor, 10 be very juicy, with modcrai,
amount OF acid, are exhibited by Mr. +
". Durand, of Irvington. New Jersey
They are named Durand's new seed ,ins
strawberry The Great American Il
Is Claimed 10 be y vigorous grower. 'sno
without doubt the largest berry in eX
istence.o
Duryea's Glen Cove Starch Manu-
featuring Co, tries To excel the displa,
made by the O.wego Starch Factory, r
hingsford & Son manufacturers. aud il
Is hard io say which H. ahead hoth baye
a very nice exhibit of corn starch, the
former also of Satin Gloss Starch, and
the latter of Silver Gloss Starch. The
Oswego Factory is claimed TO be the
lsrgest of it, kind ip the world. Tie
.method pursued BY this company in eX-
starch from Indian corn was
invented by Thomas Kings.ord. In ls4s.
The main factory is very large, 7S3 feet
by 200 feet; IN addition. there are other
large buildings, box factory, carpenter
shop, store houses, &c. There are tw elve
acres Of floors, aud i've acres OF roofs,
and $500 lights Of glass. The factories
contain $50 watts, holding when full g.
10000 gallons OF wafer, used IN cleans
ing the starch. There are eight pumps.
capable Of raising $4,000 gallons OF
water per hour; the length of cutters
for distributing the starch and water j.
six and one-fourih miles, twenty -four
pairs of burr-siones and six pairs OF
heavy iron rollers are used in grinding
;he corn. There are five miles Of shsn-
ing. connected by 2.499 ge ar- heels. and
&c pulieys. There ar fourteen turbine
water-wheels Of an aggregate of 1,22O
horsepower. and ten steam engines OF
oi5 horsepower; toiai, 20n5 horse.
power. six thousand tons Of coal are
used annually. They are now aking
2l .5o0,Oo1 pounds Of starch annually
about thirt. five tons per day. To
pack this amount of starch. 100000 ,o0f
pounds Of paper are required, aid 5.Oco,.
'UOO feet OF lumber for boxes. The com
ipany furnishes emplo, n.snt Tor about
six hundred persons.
a splendid display Of cocoa and
chocolate is made b Walter Baker a
Co., OF Dorchester. Mass. This LOu.e
WAS established IN 1880 and for near ono
.hpndred years, anlid al! the cOmmoiion
of the country, il has been doing an
honest tusines, on n firm basis: il Ia.
always stood firm aud las mainiaine d
lie credit and integrity uhimpaired.
Cocoa has a very interesting hi>tOry
which extends far into the past: from
this fruit. of tree Of the same name.
the various kinds OF cocoa and chocolate
now known are made. The cocoa tree
grows in the West lndias, ana Central
and South America. in size it resemble.
the Young cherry tree, il grows from
twelve TO twenty feet high. the leaves
when iuli grown are from eight TO ten
inches in length. The flowers are yer,
delicate aud beautiful. The fruit rf-
sembles short. thick cucumber. quite
deeply furrowed on the sides. While
grow ing il j. green, bat as q iipens the
color changes 10 fine BLUSH red. will.
pink veins. in some varieties. 20 a deli
cate yellow. There are from twenty 10
thirty seeds IN each pod. They are
planted from fourteen 10 sixteen feet
spari. and 10 protect them from the full
eiiec; of The sun, which Injuries them.
the banana and coral tree are planted
with them. DR.. Edward pcnuelly, o.
Philadelps.ia, who spent eighi year. in
tropical regions. SAYS Of these pianta-
,ions. There 10 no sight so beautiful
ia the vegetable world A. view from a
height over cocoa plantation, when the
coral tree. called 'Cacao Msdre, has
dropped its leaves, showing then 10 ad
vantage its large. scarlet flowers, appear
ing, as looked at from a distance, like \
forrest tipped with flames, supported in
tho air by ,he interlocked branches and
dark green leaves of the cacao." Two
crops are gathered annually. lie first IN
June the second in December When
the Spaniard, Hernando Cories. made
the conquest OF Mexico. one OF thV
principal articles OF food used by the
natives was the fruit Of the cacao tree
These seeds formed also the currency oi
the country.
Prescott. in his Conquest of Mexico. :
while describing the domestic establish.
ment of Moniezuma SAYS. The Emperor
took no other beverage than chocolate
a portion of chocolate. favored will
vanilla, and other spices, aud 80 pre-
pared as TO be reduced 10 froth OF ia,
consistency Of honey, which gradually
dissolved IN the mouth. This beverage
il SO il could be called, was served In
golden goblets, with spoons OF the sam,
metal, or OF tortoise she'll finely wrought
The Emperor was exceedingly fond or
it, to Judge from the quantity, no less
than fiity jars or pitchers being prepared
for his own daily consumption. 1--we
thousand more were allov-ed for hi,