Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-12

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an1 foegs. As q tfss paseas ns-aAclnss.
l1efN L4se beea ~ ssch thiaes snes
1855 tsom 1851 up & lhat ulne siss
--l1isfs-cr1rels * specl20s had ~ ga oar
F4-aLts ana lay into sac United States
treasury teF ceaI. ~ Iae1r receipts. As
tl-sEe "eEs ~.999 articles ga tAe AsI- tAs
geVer1ns@lE derives = large revenue
from Ills source. he amount for Gle
Es.UlY-tao ye4rS reached SIS CO., CO..
q 1883 lle tax Mas abolished. since
dat uu-e there have oesn DO p1tens
medicines. Nov, d yos see tbs root
tie lel1 up snail. cream eolored root
s1u-s.. LAT tbs shape u the human
srlre. II ~&s so clear that cae could
Almost 80 through a..
This h= SD. lis What Is known IS
ginseng roc. tkat has been celebrated
Tor hundreds II years Formerly Il "~s
grown IL the Chinese empire. but no~
The great supply comes fron the United
Stakes, - here tAe product - half mil
lion pounds every year Some Of IL Is
found Ia the mountains o. West Nif-
ginia. Pennsylvania aud the Carolinas-
Ohio. Indiana and Minnesota furnish
some. and LITTLE II Il We find around
this lake \ great deal used 10 DC found
in New England. just ecro2s the LAKE.
More than leO years a. tie Rev. Or.
Jonathan Edwards wrote a letter % the
effect that the root had been found Ia
the woods near StOckbEidge and in other
places IN New England As wei IS in the
country of the SIX Nations. Tie traders
ia Albany have been eager 10 purchase
al they coaid get cf the root 10 send 10
England. where they make great profit
by 1t. This has occasloned our Indians
OF al sorts. Young and old, TO
spend abundance Of time IN the
woods, and sometimes to a great
distance, IN the neglect OF public
worship and their husbandry, and
also IN going much to Albany TO sell
/ their roots. which proves worse 10
/ them than going into the woods. where
/ they are always much in the way Of
I temptation and drunkenness. The
/ plant has = smooth round stem about a
/ foot high. which divides at the top lnto
/ three stalks FOR leaves. The flowers are
snail and greenish and the fruit is a scar
let berry. You will see by this root,
which Is a fair specimen, thai it Is spin
/ die shaped. FROM one 10 three inches
long. about IS thick ~ the LITTLE finger
! and terminated by several slender fibers
/ When dried the root Is yellow ish white
and wrlnkled externally, and within con
sists OK a hard central portion surrounded
by soft whitish bark. Ii has feeOlt
odor. ani a sweet taste somewhat like
that OF .icorice root You VIII never
find Il on cleared land unless i. is shaded
and YOU VIII never find il except in rich
soil. The root gathered in the spring j:
worth very little because it is full OF
water.
In preparing crude ginseng it is only
necessary 60 wash the root thoroughly
and 50 dry it, either IN the shade or sun.
Ii is never dried by fire because OF IL,
danger OF burning Once scOrched i
has no value whatever. The Charlie,
ginseng is generally prepared in build
ing erected for the purpose. The green
roots are shipped to the city works
where they are washed by machinery
This IS followed b = process Of steam
ing and then the roots are placed il
driers. These driers are wooden frames
covered with canvas or wire netting. -
OF one size. SO that they can be packe,
closely together. The ginseng is sprea'
on these Gricrs. and they are placed j;
the dry room, which is heated TO tenn
pcra.urc of 10 degrees. The crude gin
seag is white. the clarified straw color
But 90 not take al Of this trouble.
only dig the roots and dry them. D.
you SEQ th.s little grub hos:'
looked ct thu man more closely thar
] had before and saw that the crown o
bis black felt hat was piece of clotl
sewed On with rude stitches, and wheI
he handed nae his little hoe l said. -
strikes re that you have been in sons
pretty rough places with this hoe an,
that hat"
Il should think had. It's all nar
can 10 To get into come Of the place
where / have TO get. wear out tire
or four of these patent tops TO my nat
every week. 30 one is round % sew
them on and SO have 20 sew them o.
myself.