, 1883-12-15
Odds and snds.

Ben Butler having SAID thai the new gov
eruo: % New Jersey is an attorney If the
Pennsylrani, Railroad, the latter rises TO re-
mark tia. tie GovsInOr Of Massachusetts, Is
4 liar. The governors of thee days are not
distinguished for those harmonious relations
which existed between the snc!en, gov5rGCr4
of The tso Ca-oi.nGs, an i!iGs-! n Of which
is seen IL the faaOas remark q; thr Govern
or OF south CaraIin,: ''lr's 4 long ,,me b.
t,.een drink
Green county, Wisconsin, i the .ia.erican
L:mb5rg. In that county the:e sre forty
eight Lirib1rser cheese factories. using
nearly 2O9,GUc pcunds Of mix daily. tie
produce of l,:,Jj cows. AID making u, lS3
pounds Of chess each Gsg- SIXTY tDousa.d
pounds Of milk are aiso used daiiy IN tXtnty
Saiss cheese isc,osiss, using > 80 cos and
20, 600 pounds OF milk, and making Haily ~
$50 pounds OF cheese. Other localliies IN
that state and in other parts ot :he United
States ait beginning TO compete II this fancy
cheese business.
Ia England the term inventor h s q
broader meaning than it hzs IN this ecuatry.
1t comprehends the person who hrst ialro-
duces novelty into thst country from
abroad. ard it ia ilnmaterial whether he was
the first to conceive or originate the ida or
has simply appropriated the results GI sem?s
foreigners intellectual labOrs. Tie po.i1y
Of The English law appears TO be encourage
ment to the introduction Of novelties, rather
thaa an indueement to originate them, AMI
it offers but few obstacles 10 the granting ot
patent.
Judge Huat, Of California, mas Just rem
dered decision OF great interest 70 fruit
growers. A Gaming company agreed to
purchase an apricot croP ior i've years, tax
ipg TWO hundred tons year at three eeats
pound. Last year $50 tons were refused On
the ground that they we're defective. The
grower sued, but the Judge held Il the
contract implied warranty that TIE apri-
cots should be sound. The fault lay WITH
the season, not with the grower, but the
law could not ccmf;l the acceitlnce Of de-
tectiye fruit.
Il Is curious t. note the taste 0; the cOun-
tries Of the world as shown by the KINDS Of
tea thev consume. N.ns-ter,hs Of the black
tea sept to England from China Is congo,
whereas to America very little but oolOng Is
sent. 1t Is fact that in lSS2 not one pound
Of ooiong was shipp~d FROM Cana t. the en-
tire Continent Of Europ@, ,neiuding Russia
aad Siberia, their supply being composed
> holly Of congo. and Australia. which i'm
ported 1850. 60 pounds OF congo, took
only 1900 pounds of oolong.
G.ape growing is row an established IN
iustry IN Lower California. The profits are
great Tor vineyard Owners and s1tisfsc.ory
the vine manufacturers. When the farmer
makes from slao to $50 per acre he might
well res; satisfied. 1t is probable. howeyer,
that the industry would be more extended,
the profits greater, and the vine and grapes.
particularly the latter. cheaper but for TIE
enormous tx iu the shape Of freight ehvge-
imposed on the vintage industry BY the Pa
cifc railroads.
The pescb-groxing center is gradually
moving south. a few years ago there were
great orchards in New jersey. Then Deia
ware was the chisf producer. Nos Mary
land and Virginia are coming to the front
The largest peach farms are in Maryland
The Round Top farm has l25,OOs peach
trees. On the estate Of Col. Watkins there
are 10. 900 trees A peach trees usefulness
is over after ten or twelve years OF life, aod
the soil In which it srows Is unfit for frait
culture.