CLE - i i.- II I) 1 H. C. HICKOK, Editor.. 0. N. WORDEN, Printer. LEWISBUBG, UNION COUNTY, PEM , WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1852. VOL. VIII NO. 45 Wholi Nckbib, 413. LEW1SBUUG CHRONICLE aa iirniraaiiisT naur Jocii, limed an Wednesday mornings at LeivUburg, Union county, Pennylranic. rCff V.t J1.50 pt Tear, fnr rash a-tualW in a trance; 11.7&, If paid wilhiu throe months; f'i,0J if paid within m year; if not pahl before tba year expin:; St rul for iu)a nuroliera. Sulawripti.wia fur ei mouth or les, to t paid in advance. liiseoutinuancee optional will the Pulili.ber, eepl whfn the year i paiil up. AnTnTldf MKrra hinliioaieljr ineert.il at SO cents per square, on aret'kf l four wei-kst. fj a year; two iuarri, $t for eix mnutlifl. S7 for a jear. Mercantile aWi.rti-jm-ntJi. wit exceeding one fourth of a eoluiuo, $10 a year. JOB WuKh auu casual etreru-nieiiU to be paiU fur hn haO'led In or dVhrereil. Coalll !Wno solicited on all tulu'tti of general inte rest not wilbin the ran-e of party or sectarian cout'-st. All letter oiurt come post-paid. acrompMitwl by the real eldreee of the writer, to receif-. aitentiu. StarThoee telatiug exclusively l. the Editorial l.-mrinieur- to he di nrted t HEKRT 0. llirxox. Ken- Mjfar and tlnxw OD vuMufM W ... . ijai'1.1, M NHMt. Oftlc on Market itrtct, between Sece-wl and Third. oeex tha Post-Olace. U. . OllUfc., rrupnelur. "The following is certainly the best anti bacchanal song we hnve ever seen Some of the be.it lyrics in the language are on the o:her side, and the efforts of temperance song writers, however truthful and sound in their hilosoihy, have been anything but eang. We think, however, the enemy has been fairly met in this instance, and we hope the author will adapt hit verses to one of his own beautiful inHodies. Commercial Journal. Oh! Comrades, Fill no Glass foi Pie. BT STZMIr. C. m TIR. Oh ! comrade', till no glaas (or ma To drown niv tout to liquid fljtna; For if! drank, the toaat should be To blighted lotlune, health, and fame. Yet, thought I long to quell the. strife That pawn hi lds egainr-t my li'e, ftill boon conianiona may ye I ; But, comrades, till no glass lor me ; I know a breast that onre tight, Whosa patient sunVrings weed my care I know a heaith :hal once was IirigUt, Bui drooping hopes have nettled there; Then, while the tear drops t lighily steal K.am wounded hearts thai I rhuuid heal. Though boon companions ye nuy be. Oh ! comrades, fill no glias for n.e. CDtijinal papers From the 'Thata Alpha Sociaty,' TjDttersitjrat Uwirtmrg The Drummer Boy. When fierce Oppression twspl the land. And Freedom called her aona to will, A patriot left his native town To join the Hoops on Bunker Hilt. Hia watchful mother, at she wept. And bade him trust to HesTen still, With wringing hands and aching heart Ueheld htm match for Bunker Hill. Xo fears had lie for as he stooped With water his cantera to fill, Dear Molher, wipe that tear," ha cried, " Till I return trora Bunker Hill." Ha went and ere ibat ibe was taught The depth and strengih of Freemen's will, A murderous shot bad spent ila force On him who fought on Bunker Hill. "Brare ton of Freedom !" (was his gap As through him ruhed the drain-like thrill.) " Tell her who shaJ a Mother's teara I died for her on Buuker Hill. Bear up my limbs while now I send One laiewtril missive, loud and shrill Lei it perform its fnitalul work. For 't is my last from Bunker Hill." They wrapped him in the rampart's robes, And alter dark, when ail waa still, In solemn silence dug bis crave. And buried him at Buuker Hill. The Beach Party. Any one who has ever visited the sea shore, knows that the States, from Maine to Florida, are skirted with long, low, sandy btaches, covered, when the sand is not too thick, with groves of cedars, and, when the trees are scarce, with sand-hills. Well, on these beaches, the wives and givss one a ravenous appetite to go in the dull weights upon our memories. But a, fulfilling Uolj Writ by getting married sun, ana irom a tune immemorial it has fresh aupply of fuel jj flung on, and the ; and being given in marriage. On the vision vanisnes. i oilier nand, it bears to me the aad intclli- How we pity thoic who never experi-1 gence that many have been visited by enccd this delight ! God grant we may j death, and called to participate in more never outlive oor lov for lUveties. j lasting enjoyments by the payment of that Pardon me, Mr. Elttor, for not writing : debt which none of us can avoid a debt upon the whole of my theme. I fear to j which is not exempted by any procass weary yonr readers : but at loue future! known to statute or common law, but ren- t0DS- I ssay will contain my hnmble ipinion of drrcd douLlv sure bv the revealed and ie. .1 t . .. I i i ' Alter mo aunts baa been put away, I ! ureann. soon perceived the other f.llows mind, I been a practice for those who attend beach parties to eat about twice as much as they can cram into their stomachs. At tbie time, we did reverence to the memory of our forefathers chickens, sponge cakes, pie) &c, vanished as if by magic, and we never ceased until nothing remained but skele- In the 9th and 1-th of Edward III, I For fattening swine, apples are partien. . j ,. i .v. .. ' ti- u r. t. the violent rains destroyed the eorn and fruits of the earth ; and in Lis 22d year. 13-13, it rained almost incessantly from Midsummer to Christmas f Rapio JCaxte. Of the river Severn, which lasted ten days, and carried away men, women, and children, in their beds, and covered the Iarly excellent. Some farmers have saved three-fourths the expense of pork making, by allowing their boge the ma of a part ef their orchard while thai autumn fruit was falling from the trees. A neighbor sold forty dollar' worth of pork, fattened by the 'droppings" of only say the other fellows with their heads in very close proximity to those of the ladies, and looking very foolish. As this practice, much as it 28 in rogue, has never fonnd favor with me, I did not trouble them long with my presence, but, Mcendinz the highest sandhill in that region, I was soon "alone with my thoughts," like Robinson Crusoe on his solitary isle, or that equally celebrated man on St. Helena. Before me were many objects which not only " fond recollection" but a good eyesight " present ed to my view'' in the distance. Turning around, I gazed far out on the blue ocean, studded in every direction with white sails, and stretching as far out as I could see and a little farther, I guess. I was fast getting into a philosophical mood, when I waa started by a loud laugh, and found the ; ii .. I wnoie party uy my side, Distinctions in Society. Our political axiom, tint all nitn are born free and equal, is one that we ltve to bave engraven on our hearts, inscribed upon our banners,chiscled upon our mmuments, and written in indelible characters npon the pages of our country's history. Our statesmen and orators proelain it with patriotic pride. It is a welcome topic of conversation in the social ciule, the lofty and inspiring theme of the Aaeriean poet, and a rich and fertile matrial for the American author. But when we test this boasted axiom by the facts hat are pre sented by our daily intereoure with the world ; by the practice of soriety, we are compelled to conclude that it exists more in name than reality. Outvard circum stances have much to do in giving an individual, distinction. Wialth is a fsMrtnin riucnnft - til. mila ..il Mwneeea M iriaju4 W a,., rillUCO IUU SI L33l Divine law. It also establishes the fact. Great Waters for 100 years after, 1 Kich -1 - that whilst I am separated hundreds of.srd III 1483. Uollingshed. When I was young.I fill the tide Of aritralinn unJefilfd : Uut manbood'a years t.aie wronged the pride j daughters go with their husbands, brothers My parents centered in iiieir child. Bnd lovers, in the warm days of summer, Thn hw at mnihsPf a. .rrril Ir I Uy all that mrmory e-h'iuM revere, 'I'bough boon comjittiion ye mns be, Ob! co'iiratieif, fill 1.0 gt-is for me ! From tha Xatioaal Krm. THE PEACE OF EUROPE. "esoon started nome, but the sun sot of society, and it seems to matter little long before we got there, and as the moon what a man may be in other respects, had gone to visit our dog-cating brethren, 'provided he is rich : this is a rofficient it was very dark, and the niirht air ilamn .!...: j u:j n iliUlrrhtura nftka .1 , -,1 I 1 ..1 1 1 1 1 ' J -(remember, all who dwell on the sca- .Now, Mr. Editor, my paper is full, and welcomed to the parlor of many a fair shore especially those in 'Jersey, arc , I shall Lave to stop, but jast let me say one, is the centre of attraction in many called, by you excellent I'eunsylvanians, that I shall be very glad to see you, and ! a company, where the poorer but much wnoarcso innocent and pure, " wreckers, , will Le happy to take you to one of these "wretches," and all the bard names, parties if you will visit me at my home by in your vocabulary) the wives and , the side of the Ocean. miles from my friends, in imagination I am weekly conversing with them, and learning of their daily avocations in life. It tells of the defeats and success of some of my old wandering friends in political life. It shows, further, that the land in which I was reared from my infancy is rapidly progressing in agriculture, manu factures, and commerce, and improving in literature, seienee, and knowledge, by establishing institutions for the promotion of the interests of the young and rising generation, carrying npon its face the honor of an intelligent community. This country, when compared with yours, is yet in its infancy, as far as erudi tion, learning, and arts are concerned. I would, however, say that this is yet des tined to rank with many of the other States of the Union in religion, learning, and arts. Freeport has a population of i tops of many mountains ; the waters set- i half an acre of reod grafted orchard. The tied npon the lands, and wero called The . process was completed by a week or twe of feeding with grain. In one ex per- pounds of pork were madtt Again, 4 James I. 1007, the waters rose above the tops of the houses, and above 100 person perished in Somerset shire and Gloucestershire. The dyke broke, aad let in the sea at Dort in Holland, by which accident 100, 000 lost their lives, in 1140- A general inundation happened by the failure ef the dykes in the same country, 1570, and the number drowned is said to j orchard have been 400,000. Tart of Zealand overflowed, and 1300 inhabitants drowned ; it likewise did incre dible damage at Hamburg, 1717. At Madrid, several of the Spanish nobility, and other persons of distinction perished, 1723. Dufresnoy. The tide in the Thames rose so high that the lawyers were obliged to be car ried out of Westminster-hall in boats : the parade in St. Jame's Park was under iment, 500 from 120 bushels. While, therefore, the apple possesses e high value from its inherent qualities for feeding, the cheapuiiss of its production, far exceeds that of nearly every other article for that purpoae. Taking as an average the value of land at fifty dollars an aere, we have the following estimate, giving the actual cost of one acre of about 2000 inhabitants, with a number of i wter "nd q"y "' w des- coinmon schools, besides six houses for the troJei1 in tke "- E. besides Heveries and Dreams. more virtuous would be looked upon with derision. The man who has stained his hands in the blood of some thousands of his fellows, deprived wives of their husbands, mothers purpose of worshiping God, while some others are in contemplation and under process of erection. It is true our country other considerab'e damage, owing to heavy rains, February 10, 1735. The heaviest rain fell at London, and the country around it, that had been known is vet new, but all our wants can easily be supplied, as far as luxuries are C0B. for upwards of a century, and did consid cerncd, from the fertile bosom of the prai- erabIe damage, as well at land as in the ries of the west. river bein P"11 h7 let torm But it matters not in what clime we are of wind.Sept 1, 1763. Annual Register, situated : when we bow the knee, the dis- A most violent rain destroyed all the tance is the same, throughout the universe, 'produce of the earth, beat down a great ' k w aw a .111 BT J. O. M HITTIER. " Great peace in Europe ! Order wr From Tiber's hills to Danube's plains '." Ho say her kings and priests ; so say The lying prophets of our day. ('olay to earth a listening car, The uauip of measured marches hear, The rolliug of the cauuou's wheel, The ahotU-J muakct's wurdi-n.us peal, The uight alarm, the sentry's call, The juick-e-arcd spy iu hut aud hall, l'roui I'olar sea to uvpic feu The dving groans of exiled men, Tho bolted cell, the galley s eliaius. ()rjer the Luh of Lrrootliuj: slaves! I'vcc in the duugeou-vaulta aud graves ! )U Fisher ! with thy world-wide net ,l nunK in rn i v water set. Vv. U-y-z fablcrl kns of liuuven and hell At hard the patriot's prison cell, ml open wide the banquet hall - . . -.ill : i i Where kings ami priests noi i iu. Weak vassal, tricked in royal guise, ..y KaUer with thy lip 'f lies ; lS:ir.e gamMer fur Napoleon's cruwn, Barnacle ou hit d-'ad runnwn 1 There, ISourbmi Neapolitan, t'r.iwned scandal, loathed of (lod and man ; And thou, fell Spider if the North! ', fc't rote hi lift thy giant teelers lortli, ""'.Within whose web the freedom dies Btf nations, eaten up like flies ; Speak, l'rince and Kaiser, l'riest and Czar, If this be l'cace, pray what is War t White Angel of tho Lord ! unmeet i That soil accursed for thy pure feet ; Never in Slavery's desert flows The fountain of thy charmed repose ; No tyrant's Laud thy chaplet weaves Of lilies and of olive-leaves ; Not with the wicked shalt thou dwell, Thus saith the Eternal Oracle ; ' Thy home is with the pure and frco. Stern herald of tliy better day, Before thee, to preparo thy way, The Baptiat Shade of Liberty, Gray, scarred, and hairy-robed, must press With bleeding feet ihi wilderness! Oh ! that its voice might pierce the car Of princes, trembling while they hear A cry, as of the Hebrew seer : lltt lst'. God's kingdom ijuawetii sear! Bn.At Bath, rceently, they wanted a man to come from Portland and " bring bis fifr." The telegraph rendered the last laiisc " bring his '." So the musi cian and his lady duly arrived by the next train. 4 .... i ' Alo it as unfortunate as the lady was i who solicited " the pleasure of the compa f ny" of a militia captain at her house on a f certain evening when Ehc desired a select party; but was over-honored by the en trance of his little army with drum and fife, "baggauets" and regimentals ! An Ohio paper says there is a Post Master in the town of Palestine who does hot know the use of postage stamps. He thinks that they are "merely a city orna ment. He has charged five cents on all letters, and which were prepaid making eight cents en each letter. Palestine, we telieve, is i D county. aty'Why is John Bigger' s boy larger than his father? Because be a link JSij- uatuc iu iue coot waters oi me ocean,; " perieci goa senas are nevencs . ox tncir sons, and cbildxen ot tneir tatners, ; from ij;m witnesses our every action. nuniber or nouses, ana Duigea a numoer and forget for a while the cares by which breams ! How it sickens ono to j and has marked his coure with desolation ! Then permit me to add, thus far I am well ' of vessels in the harbors at Virginia, 8ept they are surrounded. It is one of these to the tedious abstract Masonings of j aud ruin, becomes the publio parties that I am about to propound to philosophers upon these to hear them 'glorious deeds are trumpeted from the mT prayer has been like that of the Spar- j vS u dreadful ,D,UB" yen-not exactly one at which .11 were lced to mere general principles, every I Atlantic to the Paoifio. Our paper, and f 0,j tL,t j m- ht not be overcome datl0" oecas.oned by heavy rains, de old women and children, but a small col- Picle . of witchery, evcrv e.irtiol. f marazina. filled with areonnu nf hia ...... .'-.T e a ; troyed great quantitoes of cattle, above - - w I - I W nil I Li n icction of the youth and beauty of the 1 mystery withdrawn ! If this be punish- mighty exploits, and these accounts are nicest place in the world. i nent, what blasphemy to hear mere book-! read with the most intense interest by 1.1 was at utrauii.ut auoiuiug iu auwj - a j . latter part cf last summer, that this party ment ' twilight to hear danger and t and towns with all the pomp of martial collected at the side of a fine large boat ! destruction prophesied to the mind by j display, and amid the loud huzzas of the indulgence iu such pleasures I ipeopio, puwicaiuucrs are givcu w uoum Oh ! could such men ever have enjoyed .!', the loftiest powers of our great- as we could possibly extricate ourselves from or "very on a snmmer s jC orators aro tirougu. ..H-.v. - the sand, and get comfortably seated. As twilight-every boisterous feeling lulled ! such an occasion. His pathway is strewn we glided down the stream, we contempla- cry painful emotion sootbcl-all vanity : with flowers, and the b.autiful, the lovely, ..j.-.t.. i. ..-!.. r v.' 1 scattered stmt Ttrn!il r.1,ir.ft in wot the fair ioin their sweet voices in tho ten aa iuc nvtcia ea iud laeu oi -i u- --j - As the tide was falling out, we hurried on j board, and started from the wharf, as soon ! Iture." A Granger perhaps would have ! harmony with the sonl the breeze gently geucral jubilee. ! said she had a dirty face, but ice did not J wafting toward one the fragranco of Flora's j But all such distinctions i care for a little mud: it was nothing but ! offerings the mild beam of the happy : one remarks, "Vanity of v 7 I . . ..... .:i.a i 1.1. a overnowing lorreor, u, goWi news nft , m!1 Arnmn from California, lest some great misfortune ed j)ee 1771 crneu away a shQuJdx)v.eakjnct, w t wuftA, T..jfr M loo of the inhabiunts flowers are to be seen blooming sponta- j downed, 1773; in Calcutta, 1773 ; at Bat ncously throughout the length and breadth ter3W and Choisea( 1774 ; in Ken 1776 ; of our wild yet fruitful prairies. Ourin Lg,, 1776; north of England, winters are something colder than yours, i wntn H.xham-bridge, &c were thrown yet this winter so far has been mild, with jd 17S2 . ia different parts of Ger- j tne exccpiionoi a lew weess since, wncn ;manVj WBen ioul, thousands had their the weather was tor several aays intensely ; hou.eJ and property destroyed, 170 ; l cold, tne thermometer standing twenty- .-rt, of j:neland. 17S5; at four degrees below sero. To-day old Sol I Brighthelmstone, when the blockhouse 11 an1 tlw.n fV. Erc-flv reveahnfr his pambols in mid-air arc uui lor W. ....... I... II M.. . WMW.U,M..).' J O C a dav : weaiin taxes to nseii , stillness that reigned there! nothing was' pleasing monotony of the cricket's ( wings aua nits away, or us ,.seut v, I heard but the shrill scream of the great! song H these conibined,form an immea-; a common fate must soon lie beneath the j sea-gull, as he swept over us; or the voice! Hurabla source of pleasure. 'Tis at such a j clods of tna valley; the man, who to-day of the ospn-y gliding swiftly through the ' moment as this the mind feels itself frco is lauded by the world, may to-morrow 1 ..v - ftu.nr,;!. .,n in -lnH r.r. ! from the mould, an i soars far. far awav : like Columbus, be thrown into chains and ! darting with the speed of an arrow into ! t such a time, old scenes are revisited, i die iu a duugoon, or like Napoleon be course or the rivers ot this Mate, and 1 ! the water, and the next moment a poor! old companions greeted, old pets caressed, j transformed from the crowned monrach will show you the dark mineral treasure 'nioss-bonker was taking such an aerial1 actions reviewed, and bright schemes to an exile upon a barren island. ,, v. f,,rA nra;c.:nn TV. TK mipafinn mav hare arise, that It ui.nu VUW Vt IUIUID 1 (II lll.BUU. AUO I . . j . . . J - arc vain, or as ! pours down his effulgent rays with such an anities," they . impression as to make us almost come to the conclusion that fire is not essential to our comfort. In fuel, Pennsylvania surpasses Illinois. Your mountains are imbedded with coal, and your iron ore is extensive. But per mit me to lead yon alone the winding was washed down, 170. The Farmer. flight as even the thought of which had never before entered his cranium. Every mind is only brought back by some sweet ' neither wealth nor regal power entitlo one oyster bowed its head, and squirted water strain voluptuously floating cn the western to distinction, what docs . W e answer, at the little crabs as they crawled sideways ge; or, perchance, by the appearance of . virtue, education, and refinement, or in rf . .... , ..,n..i 1 1 .t. rpi. the moon, which has just "climbed the snon inteucciuai anu morai woi iu. hMiest hill." are neither the endowments of fate, nor And, again, there is the revery before jean they be inherited from ancestors, but a sparkling coal fire, where we trace land- they are the result or laborious personal through the mud. Every little "fiddler" danced a hornpipe over the hole of his neighbor, or ran about, like a kitten cha sing its tail, as it appeared to us without any definite object. Every living thing appeared to be enjoying itself, and why should not we ? wc had started with that intention, and were now the more encour aged to carry ii. out. Wo had by this time entered the deep water, and as the breeze was freshening, we wero running along at a rate that would appear perfectly marvelous to you fresh water animals who never saw a better boat than sn old batteau. I now had time to notice our company : there were only four young men, and eight or ten girls ; and however pleasant this circumstance might have been to one portion, I have my doubts whether the ladies would not rather have had at least one gent, apiece. But we soon reached the beach, and had the pleasure of unloading. First, we had to carry the girls, through mud and water up to our knees, to dry land : next, the same thing with something much more substantial namely, the dinner: then, having selected a place to have the dinner, and having there deposited our bundles, we separated to prepare for the surf. We ere soon in it, and then the fun' splashing, and kicking, and ducking; get ting knocked down, and nearly drowned by the breakers, and getting up, puffing like a porpoise, and at it again and all those things of which one who has never seen the ocean and reveled in its waters ean have no conception. While the girls were playing in the shoal water, I busied myself in catching a hatfull of clams about as large as the minutest particle of nothing. We soon collected at the rendezvous again, and the dinner wu set out. It scapes in most brilliant colors where each crevice presents some scene of our childhood's hours. Here we see the old homestead overhung with the willows the old porch with its rude bench the house dog lazily dozing in the sunlight the well, with its rusly. creaking chain everything in the exact position we last effort ; in attaining these every man is truly "the architect of his own fortunes," these awaken, bring into action and im prove the finer and nobler feelings of the soul, smother the asperities of our natuae aud cause us to love aud venerate whatever is good and right. Let us then be diligent to cultivate and improve tho high and which kind heaven drawn from beneath the surface, while in other portions of the State tho bowels of the earth groan underneath tho heavy pressure of the lead. Adieu for the present may prosperity always attend my native place, as well as my present home. II. B. 1 . 1 e 1.- . . r.L aa.tH m rn 'o. In this nieea of i noblO laCUlllCS, wiui anthracite, we trace the benign features It" endowed us, aud thus gam true dis of a dear old man we used to bail as "our junction, confer lasting good upon our race Father ;" in its neighbor we recognize the jcure the esteem of wise and good men loving countenance of an old lady, who, with her spectacles on her head, and her knitting iu her hand, used to answer when, in our boyish griefs we cilled aloud for "Mother." In that blazing coal that has just dropped through the bars of the grate, we see tho form of a lovely and only sister, with whom on ono day we sported, and on the next carried "Forget-me-nots" and roses to decorate the sod that rested above her pale face. (Oh ! how desolate were we then.) All through the fire, wc witness the representation of our boyish exploits, and as each spark hurries up the narrow flue but to be extinguished by the first breath of sir, wo are reminded of Mir airy castles, and brilliant schemes, whit-ii faded away at the mere touch of reality . la the particles of heat thrown out, to render comfortable the room, we see our good actions,which have bestowed pleasure upon otben,and happiness upon ourselves, the recollections of which still remain to gladden aud cheer our reflections. The dead cinders and ashes at the bot tom, serve to remind us of thoso deeds that have benefitednone and still prove and the favor of God. I2T We frequently receive Matters from abroad, which wc thhk too good to be en joyed all alone, and believe would be en tertaining to tho acquaintances ot the writers. We give a specimen below, and should be glad to hear ajain from the same writer. Corrwponuenes of the L-wisbnrg Chronicle. FitKEroRT, III., Feb. 2, 1852. Mr. Editor : Enclosed please find Two Dollars,the amount due you for your inval uable paper, which I commenced with Feb. 26, 1851. I say your invaluable paper, not because I am a farmer, but the peru sal of it affords many of my clients who are farmers, food and instruction ia that branch ef business, especially those of them whoso native residence was Union county. But I might add that it affords me pleas ure to pay for the perusal of a paper which recalls my own native -home so vividly. Besides, your sheet advises me of many facts transpiring in that part of the conn try -of which without it I might remain in utter ignorance. It also bears the delight ful intelligence that some of my fond young friends and school companions art Floods since the Christian Era. The following chapter, we copy from a volume of Mortimer's Dictionary,pub lished in London, A. D. 1780. Ed. Chron.' Inundations and Violent Rains. Of the Tyber at Rome, destroyed part of the city, and a multitude of people and cattle, A. D. 164. Again, 717. In En gland a great inundation of the sea, overflowed a tract of land containing many thousand acres in Lincolnshire, which have never been recovered, though many schemes have been proposed for draining off the waters, A. D. 245. Camden. Another, by which 5000 persons, and an innumerable quantity of cattle perished, 353. At Glasgow, Scotland, by which 4000 families were drowned, 733. The Tweed overflowed its banks, and laid waste the country north and south upwards of 30 miles, 836. Continued rains in Scotland for five months, 918 Fordun. Hist Scot. A prodigious inundation of the Ma on the English coasts, which demolished a number of sea-port towns, and great num bers' of inhabitants, 1015. Speed. Earl Godwin's lands, said to consist of 4000 aeres, overflowed by the sea, and prodigious sandbanks formed ; now known by the name of The Godwin Sands, on the coast of Kent, 1100. Camden. Flanders almost overflowed by sea ; the town and harbor of Ostend totally immer sed ( the present city was built above a league from the channel, where tho old one lies overwhelmed) I10S. Histoire de Flanders. At Newcastle npon Tyne, 120 laymen, several priests, and others, were drowned, by an inundation, loZy. Value of Fruit Fruit Culture. After a lapse of nearly two centuries 'since the settlement of the country, the cultivation of fruit is just beginning to assume a character its merits deserve. This riaing estimate of the fruit is not founded ou any false basis, anil ia not destined, like many other objects of general and eager interest, to endure only for a season, and then pass away, bo long as substantial and cheaply furniahed food, and the most desirable and wholesome luxuries shall be objects worthy of attain ment, so long will the fruit culture main tain its importance. As an article of food, and more espe cially apples, have been proved of great value. Somo farmers save annually, in various ways, from fifty to a huJJred dollars by tho use of green and dried fruit npon their table not merely by the amount of aliment afforded, but by add- in" to the variety, and to the list of luxuries, enabling them to reduce the amount of ether and more costly articles. By a free use of the best sweet apples throngh autumn and winter, for baking and for puddings, some families have avoided large expenditures. Iho aggre gate saving in the millions, of American families who might enjoy the privilege of plenty of fruit, with a general cultivation of the best kinds for a succession the year through, might perhaps be set down, without extravagance, as more than tho whole expenses of tha geucral govura-ment. Not less iinportaut is the value of fruit as an artice of food for duuiestio animals. Although direct and careful experiments by weighing and measuring are still wan ting, enough has been ascertained to prove that apples, especially the richer sweet varieties, as food for cattle aud swine are fully equal te potatoes, and some of the most careful trials already made, indicate their decided superiority, being about as seven to five. The chem ical analysis of these two productions shows the superiority of the apple in the aliment it contains, and also proves that some sorts excel ethers in richness and value. Hence the importance of ascer taining, by careful trial, those sorts beat adapted to feeding and fattening. Co st of land, 850 00 Cost ef fifty apple trees, 10 00 Cost of setting out, 5 00 The crops from the land will more than pay the yearly interest for the first few years, aud the product of both land and trees, will more than pay it as they be come larger. An acre of full sized bear iog trees would therefore cost no more than sixty -five dellars. With the selec tion of the most productive srts, ia eonnection with the vigor imparted by the good cultivation, tha trees will yield upon an average, ai least eight bushels each, or four hundred bushels from the acre. The annual interest eu the orchard at 6 per cent, would be about four dollars, the neeessary cultivation and manuring, to maiutaiu a most fruitful couditiou, would not exceed six more, making ten dollars the whole yearly cost of the four hundred bualwU, or two and a half cents per busheL In the more fertile parts of the country, the only cultivation required would be one plowing and two or three harrowing annnally, reducing the cost of the un gathered crop to about one cent and a half per bushel a sum much lower than the same value of uutrime it yielded by grain or root crops. No land owner need 0i a copious suppiy" neetunj not, use ether crops, the yearly attention of procuring seed and plauting. Suoh crops never suffer by a glutted market, so long as tho growth, maintenance and fattening of domestic animals form an iinportaut xirtion of agricultural economy. Nor is the time required for an orchard to come into full bearing so great as common opinion regards it ; for through the vigor imparted by good culture, trees will attain a full bearing age in a third of the time requisite whure the soil is neglected, and tho trees allowed to take their own course. As an article of comfort aud luxury,the value of fruit can scarcely be estimated. The few who have lcarued by actual ex perience the enjoyment of the best, and most delicious sorts for the whole twclvo months, would nut willingly relinquish the privilege. Many it is true, have fur nished themselves with occasional supplies of their own raising they possess only a few scattered fragments of the yearly circle of fruits ; but the number is yet much too small, although rapidly increas ing, who may place upon their tables delicious sorts on almost any day of the entire year. Is not abundant provision for this yearly supply an object worthy of much exertion? What commodity is more calculated to increase the comforts of country life, and add to the pleasures, and to increase the attractions ot home to young people, than fine and refreshing fruit of one's oan? raising, during a whole season 1 The en- joy incut yielded by a siugle bed of straw berries, supplying a few quarts daily for the table, we have never yet known to be despised ; but this is but a single specimen in a rich and profuse cluster, when com pared with the whole assemblage, embrac ing delieious and ruddy cherries, golden perfumed apricots, juicy aud refreshing apples, luscious bloom-dusted plums, but tery aud melting pears, fragrant and crimsons nectarines, elusteriug aud trans parent grapes all diversified with their many and varying sorts. The value of fruit for market, as s sourse of income, has been proved by many striking iusUucus. Farmers, whose orchards do uut-occupy a teutu of their, laud, often make more by the sale of fcuit than from all other crops besides. We have already seen iu what manner &ur hundred bushels of apples may be relied on as au aunual crop from oue acre of land. Admitting only half this amount of g'Hrd fruit for market, and that the un galhered crop is worth only twelve and a half cent per bushel, (the lowest we have) ever known for good winter apples,) then we would have twenty -live dollars as tho yearly interest on au investment of sixty live dollars ; or, deducting three dollar for cultivation, twenty-two as s Ms din. dend. There has scareely been a seasoa. j however, for along series of years, whea a v S- I 4 f J 111
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