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of the manufacture, importation, and 

 sale of intoxicating liquors for such 

 purposes — prohibition expressed by due 

 form of law, with the penalties deserv- 

 ed for a crime of such enormity'." They, 

 no doubt, can reconcile the two, 

 "Alike, but oh I how ditt'erentl" 



and as I give them due credit for an 

 understanding entirely' of their own, 

 I will make no comment. 



Nor shall I do my intelligent readers 

 the injustice to think that they need an 

 explanation of the real intent and pur- 

 pose of Mr. Jonadab, together with the 

 vast difference which naturally must 

 exist between a command from that 



gentleman or one from God. I surmise 

 that though there is yet plenty of spare 

 room left in Uncle Sam's domain, there 

 are but few of them ready to abandon 

 their houses, stop sowing seeds, give 

 up their vineyards and drinking wine 

 for the noble purpose of leading a life 

 similar to the admirable and enviable 

 red skins. God keep me from ri'sem- 

 bling those deep hypocrites who assume 

 that light shines but for them. I know 

 my readers can judge and decide for 

 themselves, and here I rest. 



Dr. Ampelos. 



Golden Hills Vineyard, ] 

 J^sAUVOO. 111. \ 



EEPOETS ON GRAPES. 



These are always welcome to us, 

 from wherever they may come, and 

 we are ghid to see our correspondents 

 commence early. AYe hope to get 

 quite a number of them for September 

 issue. 



Here, we have some eight}' varie- 

 ties fruiting, about seventy of which 

 are in the Experimental Yineyard 

 under our immediate care. In about 

 thirty acres of vineyards, now bear- 

 ing here, we do not think we have lost 

 over twenty-five pounds of grapes by 

 rot so far, although our upper vino- 

 yards, some ten acres bearing vines, 

 were considerably damaged b}' hail 

 twice. "Wo may have lost about one 

 fourth of their crop by hail, but they 

 still have a heav}' load of fruit. 



As a general thing, the crop is lar- 

 ger than any thing we ever saw, 

 especially on ihe vineyards in the 

 river bottom. The Concord, Ives and 



Hartford there on four year old vines, 

 will at the lowest estimate, produce 

 thirty pounds per vine average. On 

 a Franklin vine, four years old, we 

 counted three hundred and twenty- 

 six fine, compact bunches. The Tay- 

 lor, which generally sets imperfectly, 

 has fine compact bunches this season, 

 and in our experimental vine3-ard, 

 will average at least tAvelve pounds 

 ]ier vine. Four years old vines of the 

 Goethe will we think, we rage twenty- 

 five pounds, and even the three years 

 old in the other vineyards have a 

 large crop of beautiful fruit. In 

 fact, all varieties look well, but 

 especially the Maxatawney, Telegraph, 

 Lindley, Massasoit, Wilder, Cynthia- 

 na, Martha, and, last but not least, the 

 Hermann, covered from top to bot- 

 tom with its beautiful compact clus- 

 ters, the verj' picture of health and 

 productiveness. Mary Ann, Miles, 



