Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — Raising Corn in a Day. [ARTICLE]

Raising Corn in a Day.

“The Navajo Indians are wonderfully adroit at juggling, ” says an Arizona man, “and sometimes perform feats quite as wonderful as those of the famous Hindoo magicians. The crowning achievement that I ever saw performed by the Navajo magician is the growing of sacred corn. At sunrise he planted the enchanted kernel before him in full view of the audience, and sat solemly in his place, before it singing a weird song. Hr smtly the earth cracked, and the tender green shoot pushed forth. As the magician sang on, the young plant grew 'visibly, reaching a height cf several inches tn an hour, waxing thick, and putting out its dreo ing bla.es. If the juggler stopped his song, the growth of the corn stopped, and resumed only when he recommenced his chant. By noon the corn was tall and vigorous, and by sunset it was a matu e plant, with tall stalk, sedgy leaves and silk-topped ears of corn."