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RESPECTFULLY informs ihe cit
izens of Suiibury ami its vicinity, tliBi
he his removed hi-. olTice to the white
building in Ma-ket Sipiie, enst of In,
T. b tiieot's st. ne. and immediately opposite the
po-t olfiee, where he will be happy to itveive Cdil.
iu the line of his pro'ession.
riunbuiy, May 4 ih. 141.
iT.rv T 7fK v a x s
Tatcnt Fire ami Thief Proof Iron
Chests, Slate lined llefriger.xtors,
with Filters attached when
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&IIM. Rilver. &c, &.:, made
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ool of every one bundled now in use and for sale
are maid-.) wfh first rale Locks slid Divid Evan.
Patent Keyhole (Jovers simibir lo the one cidi'-it-edat
the Philadelphia Eithanee. for ihice months
io lh- summer of 1842. when all the Keys w ere at
liberty t i be used, and the Chest nol opened, al
liiotiuh the eip-rim' nl was Hied ly ai least 1500
persons, tine of the same Lock wa Hied by
ltoblrs. at lie Delaware Coal Office, in Walnut
street. a've Thud, but di.1 not succei d.
(Xj lloisiinu Ms.bii.es, Iron Doors, superior
I,(Hk. and all kinds of lion Rad-nea. Seal and (Jo
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be sold, any Keyhole Covets for Fire Proof Croats,
or Doors, of any kind similar in principle to my
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be dealt wi h according to law.
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ekeep, by Oct. 1 H. AC,
Professor Espy'a First Tlcport on Melaorn
logy,
Consists chiefly of charts, rxhibiting, by vari
ous symbols, the winds and baromctic flit'- -tinntt,
and chanpps of temperature, which ac
company storms astlipy psss from the wpslern
to the eastern part of the United States, for it
appears that all storms in the United Slates
travel towaids the en?t. We extract from the
report the following
OENCKAUZATIOMS.
11. The rain and snow storms, and even the
moderate rains and snows, trp.vol from the west
towntds the east, in the United States, during
the months of January, Frbruary and March,
wliir.li are the only months yet investigated.
2d. The storms arc accompanied with a de
pression ot the barometer near the centrul line
of the storm.
31. This central line of minimum pressure
is t'encrally of (rent length Irom north to south,
and moves side foremost towards the east.
4th. This line is sometime) nenily Htnitht,
but generally curved, and most Ireq-iently with
its convex side towards the rapt.
5th. The velocity of this line is such, that it
travels from the Mississippi to the Connecticut
river in about twenty-four hours; and from the
Connecticut to St. John, Newfoundland, in near
ly the fnme time, or about SG mi'es an hour.
Cth. When the bnrometer fulls suddenly in
the western part of New Englund, it rises at
the same time in the valley of the Mississippi,
and alto at St. John, Newfoundland.
7th. In great storms, the wind, for several
hunched miles, en boih sides of the line of min
imum prosMire, blowa towards that line, direct
ly or obliquely.
Sth. The force of the wind is in proportion
to the suddenness and greatness of the barome
tric depression.
Dili. In nil trrent and sudden depressions nf
the barometer, there is much rain or snow ; and !
in nil sudden great rains or snows, there is a
great fluctuation of the barometer.
10th. Many storms are of great and unknown
length from the north to the smtl reeching be
yond our observers on iheGuif of Mexico and
on the northern lakes, while their enst and west
diameter is comparatively small. The storm",
therefore, move side foremost.
11th. Most storms commence in the "far
west," beyond our most w estern observers, but j
some commence in the United States.
Pith. When a ftorm commences in tho Uni
ted States, the line ot minimum nressure does
not come from the far west,' but commences
with the storm, and travel with it towards the
east.
13ih. There is generally a lull of wind at i
the line of iiiinimtnn presbure, and aometime j
a calm.
14ih. When the wind changes to the west, t
the barometer generally begins to rise.
15th. There is generally but little wind near oll il0 Atlantic ocean ; there will bo no hail
the lino of maximum pressure, and on each side i m,r tornadoes at the tune of the gett'-ral r.iin.
ot that lino the winds are irregular, but tend , n,,r intermediate ; there will be no destructive
outwards from that line. fl.l, in.r will the waters ever bed me v- ry
10th. The fluctuations of the bnrometer are ; . n.rp wdl be no more oppres ive heats
generally greater in the northern than in the - nor injurious colds ; the tanners and the mari
southern prts nf the United Slates. ners will alwayti know before the rains wlo-n
17ih. The fluctuations of the. barometer are : jiev commence nd when they will termi-
genetally greater in the eastern t'oan
in
the
western parts of the United Slates.
lStli. In the northern parts of the United
t' . . -t .. i n ..... .liirms .. ....... 1 1 1, .1.1. !
oiuies, inc i mi", iiiiri " , fL
in from the north of met, and teiiiiiuates from
north of west.
19 h. In the southern parts of the United
States '.he wind genorally seta in from the south
of east, and terminates! ffom the south of west.
20th. During the passage of storms, the wind
generally changes from thn eastward to the
westward by the south, especially in ;he south
ern part of the United Slates.
Accompanying this report is a circular tothe
friends of science, on the subject of artificial
rains, containing niai y certificates of irentlemen
of high standing, in various p uts of our conn
try, that tain of great extent were actually pro.
duced before their eyes, precisely a predicted
by Professor Kspy. The cloud were seen by
them to form in a clear sky, right over the fire,
and pour down a flood of ruin, which increased
in magnitude at least tweniy-eight ini!ee Fast
of the place of beginning, w hilst it rained none
to the We6t. Several ot these rains took place
in Pennsylvania, last summer, and someofiheui
in Indiana, two summer ago. All occjrred in
extremely dry, warm weather.
We are al liberty to publi.h, also, written
statement of JuJge Catron, of the Supreme
Court of the U. S. After mentioning a number
of storm which have occurred from time to
time in Tennessee, exhibiting phenomena which
be and Judge M. W. Brown think can only bo
accounted tor by an up-moving current in the
middle of them, and thus conform to Epy'a the
ory, be says: "As to the producing of rain by
an upward current from beat, it into difficult to
illustrate the theory, that few will underV.and
the philosophy of it but those who have been ac
CQbtotned lo Urge fire in the forest. I have of
ten eeen it produced before I was ecjutlntod
wiib E-py'a theory, and once since, rnu-t dis
tinctly, in the Cumberland mountains, when it
rained on and over the fire, and on neither side.
I travelled thiouch the fire during the rain, and
was on both sides while it was raining. The
rain was soft and light, and the morninrr fair
North and South of the fire. Being on horse
back and alone, 1 had, and took timo to exam
ine the phenomena, in relerence to Fspy's the
ory and I view this theory of storms as estab
lished, and that ol producing rain as greatly ad
vanced." Jiidpe Drown says: "that on the Northern
border of a violent tornado, which passed
through Tennessee, there was a violent storm
ol'liail and rain, with a storm N. W, wind dri
ving obliquely into the tornado. On the South
side the wind blew strongly from the South,
without rain or hail.
A'onir with the hail fell a great quantity of
tbp preen lea ves nf tieps, and in many intan
pes brnncl'PS or limb which wpre covered w ith
a thick layer or cnattnir of iee, much thicker
than in the heaviest sleet The view of ItBil
was about a mile from the path of the tornado,
on the North side."
Professor E-ipy concludes his circular with
the following :
IS7RrCTI0MI TO OPSmVFRSJ.
In my Philosophy of Storms, from page 4Ih!
to 519 are detailed many other fucts of a simi
lar nature, all roinr; to show that rains may he
prndnred in t'me ot drought. It remains now
to try t'fp principle on a large scalp, to sep
whether it may not be used economically to be
nefit mankind.
From the investigation which! have been a
hie to make on this subject, and on the nature
of rains generally, it follows certninly that all
travel eastward from the p'ace of br'finr.inp ;
and that rains and snows in the winter are of
great length from north and sooth, and com
paratively narrow from east to west, and ot
course travel side forerro-t. St veral other con
clusions are rendered highly probable by these
investigations, but can only be made certain by
future experiment".
1 et musses of limber to the smount of forty
acres for very twenty miles be prcpired and
fired simultaneously every seven days in the
summer, on the west of the Untied States in a
jjn (lf pr fPVrn hundred mib s long from
north to south, th.-m the following result.' seem
hiohly probable, but not certain until the exper
iment is made : A rain if great length north
and Fouth will commence near or on the line of
the firs; tins rain will travel eastward; it
will not break up till it reaches fur into the At-
nl(ic (1CMn . jt w; rn;n pniy ,,,nrt time
in
Bnv nne ilP(, . jt w not rain again until the
nexth seventh day ; it will not rain enough and
n()t (oo ,,.1, jn ony one p8ce . jt n() 0(. M.
tended with violent wind, neilher on land nor
t "
nate ; all epidemic diseases, originating from
floods and subsequent droughts, will cease; the
proceed of agriculture will he greatly increa
sed, and tltp In alth and happtners of I he citizens
will be much promoted. These, I sny.arp the
proliablcnoi certain results nf the plan pro.
posed ; a plan which could bp carried into ope.
ration for a sum which would nol amount to half
a cent a year to each individual in the United
Slates ; a plan which, if successful, would be
nefit in a high degree not merely the landsman,
but every mariner that plies the Atlantic. If
lh' scheme should appear tis gigantic to com
mence with, let the trial be first made along the
A'leghrry mountains ; and let lorly acres ol limr
ten- icre iots be fiied every seven days through
the summer in each of the count ies of McKean,
Clearfield, Cambria and Somerset, ill Pennsyl
vania ; Allegheny, in Maryland; and Hardy,
IVndleton, CjIIi, Allegheny, and Montgomery,
in Virginia. The ten acre lots should be, a
convenient, troni one to four mil' apart in the
form of e square ; ao that the up-moving column
of air which !iH be formed over them may
have a wide base, and thus may a.cend lo a con
siderable height before it may be leaned out of
the pei pellicular by any wind which may ex
ist at that time.
The summer rains at present are local, and
of very limited extent; and though they travel
toward the east, like the winter storms, they
are not extensive enough lo cover the whole
country ; hence, portion of thn country are li
able to be parched with drought and hot wea
ther. May it not be possible Ihat thi irregularity
ia in part produced by the irregular buru ng of
1. a i..u. nr.. rips thua nrnducinff nartial and ir-
,ov ..." , - r t- 1
regular rains ; interrupting the wide extended
Se r Krr1 on Meteorology to th Snr
peon General United 6tai Arooy, by tbe. Aw
thor.
and general rains which would otherwise tuke
place, aa th y do in wit ter 1
'I here is at present, and will be for many
years to onie, a vast amount ot timber cut down
and burnt every summer, in the westorn parts
ol'lhe United S ati s, etiough prrbeps, to produce
the wide extended and uninterrupted rains so
much desired without any expense. Until the
government of the United S'ates can be- indu
ced to carry into effect the above plan, I earn
est ly recommend to all persons who have fal
lows or other large masses of combustibles to
burn, save them till the very first dry spell in
tfee summer, and to ensure simultaneous action,
let all west of west longitude b7 degrees set
fire to their materials only on a Thursday, those
west nfOOdejirep in the iiinmino nt ten o'clock,
and those at 00 deg'ees ut six o'clock in lh" i
veiling; and let all east of s7 ilegres set tirr
tu their mati'iials on a Friday, tlmse west ot 77
decrees at ten in the morning, and those east of
77 degrees at six o'th ck in the aOerniM ii ; and
in no case let any fallows be burnt unh Si there
has at least a w eek elapsed without rain.
I hope this request will be complied w ith, not
only because all ere interested in the probable
results, but because it will be attended with no
expense, and the best time o! burning is in very
dry weather.
It is not at all probable that all will be ready
to bum on I In; first dry spell, or even on the se
cond or third, and thus on every Thursday and
Friday during the season on which there may
b" a ilraught. materials enough may be burnt to
produce a general ruin.
For some time after these general rains, par
tial rains cannot t.ike place, both b-cause ot the
scarcity of vapor left in the air, heraum-any np
mount; column of air wlimb may be formed will
not rise very hioh before they enter into the
stratum containing much of the calotte of elas
ticity i!iven out by tne condensed vapor of the
pr vious rain, in w hich the iip-inovino columns
cannot swim ; and it la only a tier the low air
becomes charged with vapor, and the upper air
becomts cis'led by radiutmn, that nno.her gene
ral rain can be pnxlt.eed, and it is not prubab'e
that not cither of these can be i flvcti d in less
I lit n about seven i'iiy.-.
I hope that all editors ofnewspaperfc through
out the United Stales, who think there if tbe
least plausibility in the plan here propositi, wil1
publish this letter, or tit len-t em. ugh of it to let
all vl.u have ni'itttuU to bum kuoiv huwlouct
in conceit.
Finally, I desire all who burn thoir materials,
to watch the phenomena, and send a description
of the w hole to '.he Sar-'euti GuntTal's Otlioe,
Washington.
A mass of information will thus be accuinnla
led. which lead lo inodificatiors in the plan lor
future operations. James S. Usi y.
M Dobrer.'o IT-r, in h:s account of the A In
pln-ne ot 'Paraguay. Vol 3. page 150, says : 'I
myself have seen clouds and lightum.' prislneeil
from the smoke over the till grass anil bulrush
8 that lh..- Indians are lint In hldine tur si Utno
fire to the plains in order to pmditco rain, they
having leained ihat tint thicker smoke turns in
to clouds whirh nour forth water."
January 1, 1?45.
Tri'TH tka.oi;h tiia.v i .itiov A po r
country girl travel'ed from (Ice Cms", near
Maneln ster. to I London, during the trouble in
the time of Charles the First, to seek a p'ace as
servant. Failing in this object of her ambition.
she engaged her.'elf as what was called tub-wo
man to a brewer that is, she carried nut th
beer from lhr brew-hoti". Pleased with her
healthy, handsome lace, the brewer riised her
to the position of his servant ilieil to lli.il of
his wife -finally, to that of wi.loa , with a
handsome dowry. Slit engaged Mr Hide,
then celebrated us a clever l.ttvyer, to seitlo
some pur.z ing money matter lor hor, and, as
In o.vn money in i'ters InipMied to he not oniy
puzzling, but ma hopeles stale ju-t then, ho
proposed to llin rich wnlow and in.irrted In r.
Mr. II. became Lord Chancellor, and Firl ot
Clare udnil.
Tlie only daughter of the inirri.igo b c.imo
wile of Jjinci II, and mother to tbe Princes
Alary and Ann; ind so the poor tub woman en
ded her lifu a Countess of Clarendon, wife to
the Ijoid Chancellor of England, and mother to
one, and grandmother to two Queen of Eng
land. Wives Cai'oht by Tram. It iaeaid that
the Winnebago Indians catch their wive by
setting trap for them in oilier words, when
ever a young Indian lakes a lancy to a squaw
be leave steel trap in front of lo r b de al
night. If thi i taken in by the lather the
squaw i not expected to "put her fisit" into
the matter at all 'he contract i considered
settled; if not, and the youij man diem the
copper-colored fair one V.01U1 an extra trap, he
! have two, romelimp three. henever Hie
Irapor trapaare taken in. the marriage ceremo
ny at once cornea off. Tin ia atxf't the last
we; of ctUa; wifu ye tbou'.d b-vo thought
of
TIIK HAT TOWKn.
Tl e memory of I Litto, archbishop of Maine,
is still execrated on the banks of the Rhine,
eight or nine ci-nliiries alter hi death ; and, to
this day, when a cloud or fog is seen resting on
the Mimithrum. IhvS peasants point to it, in f'etr
anil detestation, as containing the spirit of the
savage priest. Ilitfo was a man without a
heart, lie delighted in cruelty, ami was plea
sed with nil sor's of horrors, except th ficti
tious. lie would have made an excellent egre.
only that he wanted the peculiarity of appetite.
A famine V'e ted the land which was under
the spiritual anil pastoral care of this gooj shep
herd. TIip people dietl in thousand ; infants
perinhed of htineer at the br'nt, and others of
hunger and self det 'rfation 'hat thpir fountain
orator" n fnpd to supply their i ff sprinrr wi;h
thp menn or lirP. The aicl.bi-ln p feasted and
faltmcd. Hp p sypd to C11 d, however, to re.
rrovp Ms en'e troin tn" lann ; lie n-atlematizr-d
the f. nl fiend with b. I", bMik, and
candle ; nay. hp fasted an enlirp day on Stewart
ea'pand smoked salmon, drinkinp nanjjl.t save
j'.hnniiisherjTpr. and siulpshpi mpr and hockel-
mer. Put Iip jjave nethinir to (he starving poor
not a fracmpnt. not a crumb.
Then the people waxed wroth. They look
ed with their hungry eyes into one another's
fares, and said, "LpI lis cn unto the man o'
God ; let us go up in a body, and show him our
skin nnd bones, and cry altogether with a bind
voire. 'help ! help:' " and they went up: and
their vr ires, althoooh thin anil weak and bro.
ken, were sbl". because of the number, to reach
the archbishop" ears, as Iip sat drinking the
pa'p -vinp and th red at his dessert.
'W hat is this !' cr ed the archbishop; 'what
rascally concert Iibvp wennw !'
It is the people, hnswered bis men; 'they
are hungry, and they cry for UxkI.
I.el them work, vaileN. said the archbish
op, growing red with indignation.
They have no work, and are too feeble to
work.'
'Tih feeble to work ! Cm you now ! what is
thai ! Merry on iw, Hipsp are feeble lungs, in
ileid! Send them packing, I say! Oll with
il.em troop, trundle.'
But the people would not move, forthey were
fir rce in their hunger, and valiant in their de
spair; and they continued lurry with one voice
Oh, man nffiod ! help I help!'
Tin n the soul of iIip archbishop waa stirred
wi'h w rath and fiery indignation, and he Cm
n -nmled his arrhir to h.y hold of the rebels.
nrdrluit tin in up in an empty barn near tbe pa
lace. And when this was done, he sat quaff
ing the pn'p w ine nnd the red, thinking of the
inso'ei re of the bts populace, till the veins of
b s head sw lb li with fury.
'Co,' ss id be lo l-is mee, starting S'lddeiilv up
trr m the table, 'go nd set fire to the birti.'
Ai d hi men did so.
Ai d the a'ri.h simp s'nod at the window
uHitini' imnitientiv: but when ho saw the
fl on- h irst through the ns.t o the barn, and
beard ib srreaiif of the wretches ithin, iip
rlappi'd hi bunds and cried nut joyfully : !
horns ! it burns ! llurk lnw the ml tqurk !'
That night the archbishop') men were awe
kooed by their rna-ter, and ran to bis rhnmher
My lord.' sb'iI they, 'what is the matter V
It is the ra's,' an-wi red be; they will nt
b t me alone.' And they saw thnt 10 conn
terpane of precious fur was indeed nil gnjwed
to pieces. Then the men wailed and set traps
and dogs, nnd slew the rais in great numbers ;
hut the faster they slew, tlie faster they grew
A id the airhb-shop had no rest, neither night
nor oay. At 11 is meals, in" O'liou vermin j-nn-pod
in his porringer, or up-et Ins drinking cup;
and It he sh-pt, (w inch fear allowi d him but
r.in-ly in do,) he was sure lo be awakened by a
rat tearing at his lluoal.
Toe archbishop, at last, d termined n t only
to have a palace nitesdd by such importunate
guests, but to Chi"" a haloing in which ths-re
coii'd be no ss b Iity of a repetition of lh
nuisance He nccoulingly 1 aused a lower to
he built amid the rushing waters of the U nger
loeh, and when it was ready, set out With a j .y
fill heart 10 shut himself up in bis new alode.
He embarked at Iliogen, and on arriving at
the tower, sprang eagerly lo land. Thnt day
he feasted in safety, lie retired early, and com
manding that no one should disturb r come
near bun on pain nf death, be prepared to en
joy, at b ast, the luxury of an untroubled sleep,
lie had already undressed : bo', 'fi the luMnp
of bis exultation, would scan with hi own eyp
the a; ace nf wat rs between him and the land,
which waa the tenantable inheritance ot bis
loes.
Ashe bvrked out of the window, he saw a
motion on the dark and tronb'rd water beneath,
which was unlike the motion of the waves. The
whole Rir'iice seemed instinct with life i and
on the opMis,te shore a plashing sound, a of
hundreds and thnu-ninfs if s'ones or other small
tlii s, dro) ped from the rock into the river,
to.p above the din id lhe wall r. Struck with
j sui'den terror yet not knowing bat to tear,
the erehbuhop Waned uvt d tbe window, end
lixiking down the bottom of the wall. There he
saw niyriads of email black things rising nut of
the waves and ascending the stones, and a a
fa'al conviction flashed upon his mind, he litis
tent d to abut the casement. lis v us but a mo.
ment too late. The casernei t closed 11 p n the
neck of a monstrous rat ; and a the brut gas
ped ami goggled in hs face, tbe arc'ibisln p, 0
verpowcicd with horror, let en bis hold.
That night the achhishnp's men heard a ery
from th"ir master' room ; but they remember
ed his command nnd did not stir.
My lord, said they, 'iiasbep, and dreame
thnt he i ttill among the rata at Ma it f ' N
verthelese tl-ey were troubled ; for the:r lonl
was a hard master, and waa accustomt d to pun
ish, whether they did ill or well, if haim came
of it. So, in the morning, they all tanarxtouj.
ly lo hi chamber, but the arehbishnu was g- n.
Some small fragment of his night-gown were
on the floor, and some speck nfbltH among the
rushes; but, skin and bone, lith and l.u.b, had
tbe rata eaten him up.
Hint for Ilia Brasnn.
The following hints are condensed from t'.e)
last number of thc'American Farmer." Our ag.
ricultural reader will find them worthy of con
s iteration at thi ten son of thn year .
Wheat Field: It should be the bni'net of
every wheat grower to examine the water fur
rows in hia wheat fields, and tn have every
thing cleaned r ut of them that can in anyway
impede the free pnssngp nf the watijr.
Sowing Clover. All who may not already
have sown clover seed on their when', should
do so at an e irly p-rol ; so firmly convinced
are we of ita fertilizing property, that, tirr.e
and opportunities permitting, we wnuM sow clo
ver seed upon all mir grain fie!.!--, whither we
intend to permit them to remain in griss fir hay
or pasture, or to plough them up at the end of
the season But we would, sosoon os onrgnin
was cut, sow a bushel ofplaater In -he ncrn tn
encourage the more rapid growth of the trnd-T
clover plants, in order that they might maka
shade to protect thems'-lves frn 11 the bur.in
suns of summer All clover fiehU should ba
drc-sed with a bushel of plaster to the acre.
Lucerne, We have often advised our read
era to try a few acrea ol thia valuable gras.
Whether cut green and fed to horses and rattlp,
or cured into hay, it is one of the most profitable,
artifioial gras;e.. It may bo cut three or four
times a year.
Oils. The earner tMserop is got in the)
greater certainty will there he for it to make a
good yield ; but it i use'essto txpe t largo pre.
duction without the snl be gosd and uitahle to
the nature of the oat and plant, and wherever
there maybe any doubt of ita fertility, neare
must be used toMipply the deficiency. If no
thing else is at command, let a compo-l bp made
or two bushels of ashe aivl imp of plaster to thtt
aero sow it eP ;'y over the fi -ir. 'h. it' el
, iU dissolve thpsmd, 'urm a -i i.'nteof pol ish,
and time impart to lb- sir w Mi cap-ic;iy t.i
st-iinf erect an I fare thn wi n, whilp lh- pltst- r
will attract pah'i'otis gr ss from the at'"ij-p'iere,
whereon the pla ts m iy fi-ed, give v- lutne a d
siib-tance to the kernel, rnd insure itsptifttt
frnitification
I'rrpari'ig the Gruurd. Tbe rr u-i'1 a''nild
be ploughed deep say 7 or 8 inches, tl oroug'
ly puNf-risei', snd o'ter the oats an- plough- d in
1 wo or three inches deep, rot more, the gr u d
should be bariowed finely and then rolled w itU
a heavy to!It, a Ihit lh earth may be com
pressed around the seed and llcilitute it germ
nation.
Quantity of eri to the acre From 2 'o 4
b :nt-U to tlie acre has been found the beat quail
tiiv.
On. It i time lobe putting the com gr und
in order, and while the grower may be making
hia arrangemrnls. let him not f.rgit that his
success will mainly depend lira n the pain which
be may bestow in the preparition of his ground
that be shool I plough it deep, pu'v-rizi it
finely, and manurn it wild every thing n V
shape of terttitr which he can command, gi
ving it broad cast, and with a liberal hand, not
omitting tn give to each hil' a m'xture of ashet
and 1 bushel of plaster to the acre.
Alfhonm: Karr am hi Tilt. The ta.
lented author of "Lea gnepp," and various f
Uit-rjmx d'tfprit, relates tht be lately sent
hia tnilor to make him a cat out of a p f ce
of cloth be bad purchased. "Cn't du it,
said the tailor; "there ia n't tutT enough.
Karr then sent for another tailor, who, after
carefully measuring the material undertook to
make the coat. In due tune the garment wae
delivered, and Kirr's first visit was to the tai
lor. ".1a voila, mnlhrvrtvx !" said be ; beho'd
me in tbe very coat fro 11 the very etutT you said
was insufficient ! Y"U se there wa ptufl e.
nough r al !" "V- ry bl ely ; said the man 1 f
measures, w th itnp-M urlmbU- tavfi frvid.'Vftf
ike' ; but the mi of tie tail ir who maJe it
not so big as mine I"
It is no 0110 great thug w iich make tSa
ch iracicr if wan, bul a, re.it (uany iiult
tbinj.