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* 5i; Enormous Potato—Great Discovery!Some time since, we received a watermelon from the .Agent of the American Express Company, in Indianapolis, weighing 40 pounds. In the note which accompanied it, we were Told that it was hut a me Hum size! We hardly knew how to ac» count for the growth of such a melon in fJousierdem, but this morning we have the mystery unraveled. We received a pink-eye potato, weighing 2 pounds and 7 ounces from Mr. John Davis, of Blnckiord county, Indiana, accompanied by a letter, giving the modus operands of such great success in agricultural pursuits. We append Mr. Davis’s language; he says;—“ The people of this neighborhood, till lately, have been taking theCom-rm rcial, Enquirer and Gazette; and in that time ’taters came to nothing at all, but a short lime since the farmers stopped those papers, made up a club, and sent for the Dollar Times; and ever since then, the pota toes grew three times larger, the apples much sweeter, and it is realy true that the girls are handsomer, and we all are a great deal better natured, on account of the spicy jokes, good poetry, and pleasing tales.”--Dollar Times. ^iVH-* A npw Oprman naner has been started
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Danville Advertiser
Danville, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 15, 1853
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