Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-26

tnroug hout the entire affair.
Mr. Joseph Carter, who has been on a
prospecting tour TO Texas i. enthusiastic in
his descriptions Of the Lone Star State
lie will remove there for a permanent resi-
dence, with hi wife, in few weeks. In
company with Frank Wall of Augusta Mr.
Garter has purchased "a farm of $40 acres in
Freeow county, West Texas, &c miles from
San Antonio. lie saws that the soil in IN.
section in which he is to locate is fertile. the
climate delightful, and the people hospitable.
The average crop of corn is from 10 to Co
bushels TO the acre; oats. 30 to Zoe bushels,
worth 80 cents a bushel. 1t is a good country
for cotton. From 300 to 800 pounds can be
raised to the acre. This sells readily tor cash
at ten cents pound. Tropical fruits of all
kinds flourish well. Two crops of potatoes
year, on the same piece of ground, can be
raised Cattle and sheep raising is profita-
BILE business, and is carried on extensively.
Here is material for a whole Sabbath school
library. Harrison Munsey of Jefferson is a
venerable Methodist, and a prominent pillar
of the church in his town. Sunday morning
last Mr.. Munsey looked ont of his window
upon his cornfeld, and saw a flock of crows
at work devastating the piece. Il snum,"
said MIR. Munsey excitedly, .them pesky crit
tiers will pull up all my corn The blood
of youth came flooding back into the old fell
Ha
got that it was Sunday; and hast
lily taking down the old Queens
| arm which some ancestor had borne
a century ago in the Revolution, crept around
the corner of the house and blazed away into
the group of sable-coated rascals Bang
went the musket. The charge had been in
the piece for years, and the recoil was ter
rife. Mr.. Munsey was knocked down, and
his shoulder broken in three places. The
old fellow bears his sufferings with the forti-
tude of martyr at the stake. He SAYS that
he is satisfied that it is Judgment" on him
for Decorating the Lords day, at his time of
life. by going cunning after crows.
We have been shown a pamphlet contain
ing Photographic picture and description
of a machine for concentrating and anal
gamating metals, and recovering quicksilver
lost in stamp mills. The device pa
tented BY VIM. l.. Inlay, Esq. of Philadel-
phia. Pa, in 1879. Its operation is by &C.
centric gear producing precise slow and
quick motion, and the cause of separation of
the metal from the gangue. is by the peculiar
motion of the machine, and the specific
gravity of the metal The machine consists
of fiat table with two upturned iron sides,
and similar end, the opposite end being
open for the discharge of tailngs. The ia
Bile is set on an incline varying from to
inches. the waste discharge end being low
est There are four outlets at the head,
where the metal passing up against
water current. is discharged, while
the pangue matter being lighter and
worthless, passes in the other direction
as waste. with the water current. The con-
struction of the machine is very simple and
will no doubt. in the near future, supercede
all other devices for concentrating ores of all
descriptions. We learn that company mas
been formed here. who have purchased the
patent for the States of Maine, California
and Oregon This territory has been
merged into corporation under the style
of the 'Golden Gate Concentrator
Company" of which Horace 2. Tobey'
ESQ. of Boston, is president, ). ).
Brooks. Esq, of Augusta, treasurer
and ID. NJ. Waitt. Esq, of Augusta, secretary.
This machine is perfect success in cases
,,h.r. sales have already been made. This
company has a machine at Blue Hill, where
it will be put into operation soon. A run
from this machine would be more accurate
test of the value of mine property than any
ASSAY would possibly give.