Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-07

hardy, most any shade, could use them
on my farm. The Catawba grape origi-
mated here, and the wild grape, of which
there are great quantities, is superior TO
many of the cultivated grapes of the
north.
Some Of the native wine here is very
exhilarating, but this is followed later
on by mot profound depression. l
visited vineyard here last week. 1t
was in retired place in the mountains
where there lived a kind of recluse who
makes the native wines in great pro-
fusion. did not see his vineyard, but
l saw most everything else on the fol-
lowing day. He makes a sort of
sauterne whics is very heady it seems
to me now, looking back at it.
was long time getting up to his
cabin, but l did not mind the journey
back. As soon as he found out that
was not connected with the government
In any way he made me welcome. do
not know when 1 have felt so welcome
as did then. Both of us felt welcome.
He laid aside his work in the vineyapl
for the day.
"And do you have to tread the wine
press alone" | asked, looking up into his
clear, honest eye-the other one had been
removed by the government. And do
you have to tread the wine press alone:"
l repeated.
ooh, blank the wine press" he said,
as he took another dipperful of the
sauterne, Il never use one of those"
This wine has bouquet also. 1t is
very potent indeed. 1t is like the bou-
quet of a crushed tragedian. The reader
has no doubt witnessed the acting of a
tragedian whose work by the critics has
been classed as rotten. Well, you take
q crushed tragedian of this class, and
you get bouquet not unlike the moon
light sauterne works of the mountains
This wine is 4 good antidote for the
bite of the deadly moccasin. 1t is used
for that purpose almost exclusively. The
use of this wine along the valley of the
French Broad has now almost wiped
out the moccasin and substituted a
bright green snake with vermilion
stomach.
The soil Of the eastern part of the
state is what is called a transported sand,
gravel or clay. of the Tertiary period,
the assorted detritus of the abraded
hills of the metamorphic rocks in the
midland country" In the western part
of the state the soils are what is termed
clayey, of a most violent and tenacious
variety, running from a cream color TO
a deep. dead red, and when it has
ground itself into the clothing nothing
on earth will remove the stain. Every
thing has been tried, from benzine down
to special act OF the legislature, but i
will not come out.
Some eat the clay of North Carolina,
but it is an acquired taste. Yankee in
valids will never get 50 they will be
willing to board where this is the piece
de resistance de t3rre. 1t would de terre
a good many from coming. fear, as a
waggish but feebleminded person said
to me yesterday at the asylum where l
spent the day.
We raise about 100000 pounds Of
rice IN this state, Mr.. Secretary, on a
good year, and 1t meets with ready
sale. Rice beer IS now being made in
Georgia, but it is most deadly in its eff
fects. While we hail with joy the open
ing Of wider market for our rice we
are panied to notice that the beer in
some cases creates a desire on the part of
the consumer to lay waste some of the
best known citizens of the state Rice
beer is said to be most disastrous in its
effects, and a movement is on foot to in
troduce il among the commit rs of New
York and Chicago. 1t kills the consumer
in about two years, am told. The only
reason why it N ght not work on the
communist is that its fatal results de-
pend entirely upon its action on the
brain.
Tobacco does we'll here and grows to a
great size. Fine cut tobacco, so largely
used in the middle and western states,
is planted about the first Of June and is
harvested Ill september. The product
runs as high as % TO 81 pals to the acre.
Smoking tobacco 5 planted little later
and runs higher a. to product, being 80
to 10 papers to the acre on a good year.
Plug tobacco, unless it suffers from