The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-25

"I'll give you quarter if you will, y
said the reporter, now thoroughly IN
terested.
"Well, dunno what it is. Dad gets
it from town in a bar'l. Here's what
he gets it in," pointing to a large cask.
On the end of the barrel was the
stencil mark;-"200 pounds grape
sugar, from Michigan Grape Sugar
Mandatory"
SIS that glucose that the bees are
getting?"
Its something that dad gets out
of that bar'l, that's all | know about
it."
The inquiring visitor tasted it.
There was an unmistakable gumdrop
flavor to it.
Eve had hard work to get the bees
used to it. Dad put in a lot OF syrup
at first but the bees take it straight
now"
"How long does it take to fill a
hive?"
"Not near so long as it does when
they have to get the honey from
flowers. We've taken out lot this
year already"
The boy brought out of the house a
box of glucose honey which looked as
clear and inviting as though the sweets
had been distilled from the purest
flowers.
do you eat it?" the boy was
asked.
Sometimes. 1t amt so good as
the other kind, but it S Just asgood to
sell. Say, don't you never give me
away co dad, or he'd skin me-"
The Old Slave Bell.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat
The liberty bell" so often apostro-
phizCd by orators, has its antithesis
in the Louisiana exhibit in the Gov
eminent building. This is the old
''slave bell'' that for many years call
ed to work the $50 slaves on the
Fountainebleu sugar plantation. This
plantation was one of those princely
domains of the earlier planters of
Louisiana. 1t fronted on Lake Pom
chartrain, having a water frontage of
nine miles. The original proprietor of
the Fountainebleu plantation was NJ.
Bernard de Marigny, loyal French set
tier of Louisiana, who, on the occa-
sion of the visit OF Louis Philippe to
this country, entertained him right
royalty at his plantation, and was in
turn received by his imperial guest at
the court of France with distinguished
hOnors.
The bell was cast in 1925, and ira.
dition says that Mr.. Marigny, stand
ing over the large caldron filled with
molten metal, dropped therein / 900
Spanish silver dollars to give the bell
q clear and silver tone. Three French
inscriptions are on the bell. At the
top is the legend, q appartiens a
Monsieur Bernard de Marigny," while
other inscriptions specify the time and
place of founding.
One striking point of resemblance
between the "slave bell' and the liber-
ty bell is the fact that each has fis-
sure IN the side. Concerning the fs-
sure in the slave bell a pretty legend is
related. The bell stood in the center
of the plantation and was pealed to
summon the force of slaves to and
from their work. Early in the morn
ing It's changing reused the tenants of
the quarters to their daily tasks, and
at eventide it's silvery notes were
borne on the soft breezes to the most
distant corners OF the great planta-
ton.
At the sound of its evening peal, the
army of blacks, worn with their days
labor, would come tIDoping back to
the rows of cabins that formed the
quarters. A right welcome sound it
was to those dusky toilers and they
learned to love the bell and to repeat
tales of its wonderous purity of tone
and far-reaching sound. 1t is ira
dition cherished by these former
slaves, who daily obeyed the bells be-
hest, that on that morning when Lin
coin proclaimed emancipation and
freedom for all, the bell fell from its
lofty pedestal and rent that fssure in
its side which now silences it. It's
power gone, with none to obey its be-
hest, the bell chose perpetual silence
to impotent pealins, and is now but
mute memorial OF bygonepower.