Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-17
II .Rnstedp rhe Market.

II MS country dIOunu houhH lNNN'
said Capt. Smith Fairchild, who com
mands the spruce little steamer Urbans
between this place and and Penn Yam
sis now one of the greatest grape
growing regions in the world. The
Yineyards cover thousands and thou
sands of acres, clear from the edge Of
the lake up to the summit Of the hills
on every side OF it, We ship thousands
OF tons of all kinds of grapes to the
New York market every season, TO say
nothing of the tons aud tons and tons
that we mash up into the best wine ON
the American continent. But | can
remember the first grapes that went
from here to New York, and. although
there wasn't more than three hundred
pounds of 'em, they glutted the mar
ket. That's fact.
STANLEY Fairchild my father was a
cabinet maker, and Uncle Billy Hast.
ings lived upon the hill yonder, where
the beer garden is. Nobody had ever
thought of raising grapes rs a busl-
ness, but Uncle Billy had some OF the
finest grape arborS that ever tempted
Il youngSter into EN- ON dark nights.
One fall his vines were so overloaded
with grapes that he didn't know what
to do with 'em. An idea struck him
that il would be good thing to ship
lot of EN- to New York. This was
in 1917. There was no way to ship
EN- except by lake and canal, and
Uncle Billy thought tine best way TO
do II was to pack the grapes in bar
rel with cedar shaylugS. He brought
big cedar block TO my fathers shop,
and told him to have 1t converted into
shaving. ! was chuck OF boy
then. and father set me TO work
with a plane to demolish that block.
That put me down on the grape BUSH
ness at once, and | made solemn
wish that the steamboat or the canal
boat would sink that carried Uncle
Billy's grapes, so that the business
would end right there. saw nothing
bright in future that had nothing in
store for Inc but the making Of cedar
shavings. Well, knocked that block
into curly bits in the course OF day
or so, and Uncle Billy packed them in |
with barrel Of the incest grapes that
ever made an Obedient boys mouth |
water. And, rs | remember having |
nj the time, the worst OF il |
was that they got to New York all |
right and made a good sale. Uncle |
Billy was delighted, and like all spec.
ula:ors, wasn't satisfied Nothing 1
would do but he must send oil another 4
barrel, and he rolled another cedar
block to my fathers shop and | was
set 10 work to knock the spots out OF
ii.
III this industry keeps growing.
sand to myself, this part of the country
don't hold me-
Il peeled the second block down 10
nothing, though, and Uncle Billy ship
ped his second barrel of grapes 10 New
ork. Time wont along, and one day
Uncle Billy gotta letter from the party
ne had sent the grapes to- Nv father
lsked him how the business looked.
Z" Well. said he. i made Is shillings
lear on my first barrel, but my second
me busted the market IL won't do
Q put too many grapes In the New
ork market at once.
Il went out behind the shop and
iowled for joy over the failure OF the
.rape-growing industry. But that
'loneer shipment Of Uncle Billy's set
eople to thinking. and now the New
,ork market can't get enough Of
iammondsport grapes. - Hum6sonas-
'oTt N. }. cor. New York sun.