Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-11-16
MISCEIIARE0Us
Dried Potatoes in California.

y California inventor has made a machine
for pressing and drying potatoes SO that thcY
@iil keep for years, yss preserve their natural
navor. No chemicals are used in the epera.
lion OF curing, everything being done By a
simple msehine capable Of pressing rix hun.
assd bushels of potatoes in twsnky>four hours.
lie machine not only presses the potatoes.
Dat lays them on q tray in 3 coneayc form
with tbs hellew side down. After the pros,
cure they aFs put into a drying apparatus,
where they remain for two hours, thea they
arc ground into coarse meal resembling
cracked rice.
The FIRST shipment of these preserved no.
tatoes to Liverpool, last ysar, broughta large
Proht. The average price of potatoes in San
francisco is abont twonty, Eve cents q buskel.
Dried, they brought in England ferty Eve
shiitings a, hundred weight, or ct the rate of
q dollar and q half q bushel for green pota
toes. This year preparation has bcsn made
for drying and shipping largo quantities. II
Ia said that there arc three hundred thousand
acres Of useuitiyAted land on tho western
slope ofthc Coast Range, near San Francisco,
especially adapted to potato growing. The
I'gs and nists from the ocean supply suF.
hclent moisture, and the soil Yields bonn
tlfuify, The only problem heretofore has
been "heFo to market the product.
TAKING THE PIzEN Our OF BEEs.-scmc
years ego | was visiting a family in SUSSEX
county, n. j., where a large humber Of
hives OF bees were kept in a ysrd near the
farm house. The bees wers unusually cross
and 6elilgerent-they would 'biz out VII
angry tyke" as sny one who approached
the!r yard. On speaking to tho old ceutla>
msn on the subject he said that thew we're
feeding on the buckwheat, and were full of
'.Pizen," aud that he would cure them BIZ
the time L came again. On tho next day /
found the bees quite pacific and quiet, freely
letting me come cIOse to their hives. On
asking Tor al explanation Of their nmiahle-
nesH. air. s. pointed TO an efigy hanging
uesr tho bee<yaEd. lie had put shis up in
the night. In the morning the swnying of
the efSgy excited the war>Iike little fellows,
aad they literally covered their enenv ali
the forenoon, until all had stung him to their
coetent. and had exhausted all their roison
without harm to themselves CT others,
FVFi.y, knowledge is power.
4 Coop ACCoUxT.-'To sum it 20. six
long years of bel-Eidlen sickness. oc.t-
l9s 5000 per year; total 81, 2GO-all of
which vas stopped By three bottles Of Hon
Eltters taken by my wife, who has dono her
eWn houseWork for a year since, without the
loss OF q day, md l want everybody TO know
IL EoF thalf b2Geht.
JoEN WEEKS, Butler, N. Y"
I say, William, whore did YOU pc, vour
Watch repaired, As nina don't run only Dart
OF the tiEne? I vii! tell you Bhero to 60 now
toz good work and prices low. Go to Sir. II.
=. Barron, in Charlestown. He is the man
that can pnt them in order whom Others fail
to do SO, and then he has American Watches
and the celebrated Rockford Watch, jew.
slry Of all kinds, both Gold and Silver, sna
nary fas thioge. Call on him and ask him
to repair your Watch, and SEQ il you don't
haVo she correct time hereafter. Renembsr,
lis sIGa is q Watch, with o pair of Snecta'
eles with eyes in them, and @ Biloxi Toca
Watch, next door to Ns. Gustav Browns
confectionery store.