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[D. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VOL. XVII.-2.1
POETRY.
From Morris's National Press.
The Merry Heart.
I would not from the wise require
The lumber of their learned lore;
Nor would I from the rich desire -
A single counter of their store.
For I have ease, and I have health,
And I have spirits—light as air;
And more than wisdom, more than Wealth,—
A merry heart, that laughs at care. .
Like other mortals of my kind,
I've struggled for dame Fortunes favor ;
And sometimes have been half inclined
To rate her for her ill-behavior.
But life was short,l thought
. it lolly
To lose its moments in despair;
So slipped aside from melancholy,
With merry heart, that-laugli'd at care.
And once, true, two 'witching eyes
Surpris'd me in a luckless season ;
Turned all my mirth to lonely sighs,
And quite subdued my better reason.
Yet 'twas but love could make me grieve,
And love, you know, 's a reason fair;
And mile!' improv - d, as I believe.
The merry heart, that laugh'd at care.
So now, from idle wishes clear,
1 make the good I may not find ;
Adown the stream I gently steer,
And shift my sail with every wind.
And half by naturo, half by reason,
Can still with pliant heart prepare,
The mind attuned to every Beason,
The merry heart,3l)at laughs at care
Yet, wrap me in your sweetest dream,
Ye social feelings of the mind;
Give, sometimes give,. your sunny gleam,
And let the rest goOd humors find:
Yes—let me hail and welcome give
To every joy my lot may share ;
And, pleased and pleasing, let me live
With merry heart, that laughs at care.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Morris's National. Press
The Dying Swan.
BY HERDER.
"Must I, alone, of the whole feathered
troop, be mute and songless ?" sighed the
silent swan to himself, as he was bathing
in the splendors of a most beautiful evening
sky. "It is true I do not envy the voice
of the gabbling goose, nor the clucking
hen, nor the screaming peacock; but thou,
oh sweet Philomel ! I envy' thee, when
charmed through thy voice, I move slowly
over the waves, and drink in heaven's re
fleeted beauties. How would I .sing of
thee, golden evening sun ! How would I
sing of thy glorious light, of my happiness,
and in the reflection of thy rosy counten
ance dive down and die."
Silently enraptured, the swan disappear
ed beneath the waves ; and, when he arose
again, a shining form stood on the shore,
and beckoned to him. It was the god of
the evening and morning sun, the handsome
Phicbus.
"Amiable, affectionate being," spoke he,
"thy prayer is granted ; the prayer which
thou so often from the depths of thy heart
host muiely offered, and which could not
until now be granted thee."
Hardly had he said these words when
he touched the swan with his lyre, and im
parted to him the notes of immortals. A
pollo's bird, was thrilled with ecstacy—no
longer dumb, he poured forth his song in
the strains of the god of beauty ; thankful- .
ly joyful, he celebrakd in poetry the glo
rious sun, the glitterink sea, and his own
pure, happy life. Slowly the waves waft
ed him along to sweet slumbering tones,
until he found himself in Elysium, at the
feet of Apollo, in his true heavenly beauty.
The song which was denied him in life,
was henceforthio be the swan's sweet song
at death. Gently he put off his mortal
form, for he had heard, the notes of immor
tals, and seen the face of the god. As he
bowed humbly and gratefully at Apollo's
feet, his faithful wife, who, in sweet song,
had mourned herself to death after. him,
came to join him. The goddess of Itmo
mice adopted them both as her,favorites
—the beautiful pair draw her chariot of
shells when she goes to bathe in the sea of
youth.
• Have patience, mute, hoping heart !
What is denied thee in life, when thou
findest it hard to endure, give,a-glance to
wards death.
There is not on this earth a lovelier vis
ion, there is not for the skies a more an
gelic candidate, than a young, modest mai
den, robed in charity.
The pride of talents, the power of her
beatity, the splendor of her accomplish
ments, are but so many handmaids of the
vestal virgin ; it adorns her in the court, it
enobles her in the cottage ; whether she
basks in prosperity or pines in sorrow, it
clings about her like the diamond:of 'the
morning on the mountain flowerets, trem
bling even iri the ray that at once exhibits
and inhales it.
HUMAN Lark.—Hope writes the visions
of the boy, but memory those of ttan..—
Man looks forward with smiles but back-
Ward with Sighs. Such is the wise provi
dence .of Ppd. The,cup of life is sweet
est at its brim, the. flavor is inipaired as we
drink deeper,: and the dregs are - made bit
ter that we may not struggle when it is ta
-en from our s lips. • • • -
REAsms woman in De
von-Shire England, lately carried her boy to
be ehristened,telling the minister his name
'was .acts. Being asked the reason of so
odd a name, she said her husband and her
r,elf Were religious folks, that having named
four other boys, forthe" Eiangelists, they
intended to continue with:the Apostles.
THE CHRISTIAN FARMER'S PRIVILEGES
The Christian Farmer ought to regard
himself as peculiarly happy in having an
employment so favorablelo the habits of
devotion. Either in their own nature, or
the circumstances in which they must be
pursued, some other occupations impede,
if they do not prevent, devotional feeling.
Not so of the Christian 'Farmer,
"The calm retreat,the silent shade,
With prayer and praise agree—
And seem by thy sweet bounty made
For those that follow thee."
This is the truth as well as poetry, and
it well describes the scenes of agricultural
life. The works of God awoke the raptu
rous devotions, the sweetest as well. as the
most exalted strains of ancient saints.--
These works ought to be contemplated
with the same feeling; by the Christian
Farmer. If his heart pants to hold com
munion with his Maker, he will see the
divine image in every plant and flower.
He dwells in the magnificent temple of na
ture, where the sweet incense of praise is
continually ascending from a thousand al
tars. Cold must be his heart, if he does
not catch the spirit of Mt scene, and ex
claim: "The earth, 0 Lord is full of thy
goodness. All thy works praise thee!"—
The poet says, "An undevout astronomer
is mad." Ile might, with equal force,
have said the same of an "undevout far
mer." How can he be insensible to
. ' "The boundless store
Of charms which nature to her votaty yields ! .
The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves and garniture of fields :
All that the genial ray of morning gilds,
And all that echoes to the song of even,
All that the mouutains sheltering bosom shields,
And all the dread magnificence of heaven!"
Where, sooner than to. the daily resorts
of the Owl stian - Farmer, shall we look for
evidence of the wisdom of God !• Where
shall we find fruits of his faithfulness and
immutability, if not in the uniform and con
stant laws of nature, on which all the op
erations of the farmer depend for success ?
From year to year he breaks up the soil,
and casts the seed into the ground, and
looks not in vain for .the return of harvest.
Seasons come and go in their romid. The
same kind of crops spring from the same
kind of Seed—and the same mode of culti
tivation produces similar effects from year
to year. But if God were not immutable,
would the farmer witness this regularity?
The laws of nature are only the fixed
mode in-which God operates. If he were
to change in his power, the sun might cease
to send forth beams as bright and genial.
The clouds might cease to pour down their
watery treasures in copious abundance
upon the thrifty fields. Were he to change
in his plans, the cultivation which, last
year, was followed by a plentiful crop,
might next year only favor barrenness.—
The meadows, which, last year, were cloth
ed with grass t and ornamented with flow
ers, might next year be covered with flints
and transformed into marshes: The op
erations of husbandry proclaim, in tones
not to be misapprehended, the immutability
of God.
The Bible abounds in reference to ag
ricultural scenes, and the Christian Far
mer can have little tact in drawing analo
gies, who, with the exam* of the Bible
before him, is not carried forward and rais
ed upward, to the scenes of the invisible
world, by the objects which cluster around
his daily path. Poets and prophets and
apostles, and even the Son of God, he may
almost fancy, have been in the fields, and
written on every tree, plant and flower,
some divine lesson. The Bible has con
centrated the various employments of the
farmer, to moral purposes—and made the
mirrors, in which, as he labors, he can
see images of things which are "eternal."
A NEW. ENGLAND VILLAGE SCHOOL.
See yonder simplebuilding, near the
crossing of the village roads! It is small
and of rude construction, but it stands in a
pleasant and a quiet spot.
A magnificent old elm spreads its broad
arms above, and seems to lean towards it,
as a strong man bends to shelter and pro
tect a child. A brook runs through the
meadow near, and hard by there is an or
chard—but the trees have suflered much
and bear no fruit, except upon the most re
mote and inaccessable branches. From
within its walls comes a busy hum, such
as you may hear in a comes_
bee hive.
Now peep through yonder window, and
you will see a hundred children, with rosy
cheeks, mischievous eyes and demure fa
ces, all engaged, or pretending to be so, in
their little lessons. It is the public school,
the free, the common school—provided by
law ; open to all—claimed` from the com
munity as a right, not accepted as a boun
ty. Here the children of rich and poor,
high and low, meet upon perfect equality,
and commence under the same auspices
the race of life. ilere the sustenance of
the mind is served up to all alike, as the
Spirtans served their food upon the pub
lic tables. Here ambition climbs his ligle
ladder, and boyish genius plumeiliis half .
fledged wing. From among those laugh
ing, children will go forth the men who are
to control the destinies of their age and
country : the statesman whose wisdom is
to guide the senate =- the poet who will
take captive the hearts or. the people,
and blend' them together with immortal
song—the philosopher, who; boldly seizing
on the elements themselves, will compel
them to his wishes,' and, through new com
binations of their primal laws, by some
great discovery reVolutionize boll; art and
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1846.
That common village school is New
England's fairest boast- 7 —the brightest jew
el that adorns her brovi. The principle
that society is bound to provide for its
members education, as well as protection,
so that none need be ignorant except from
choice, is the most important that belongs
to modern philosophy. It is essential to
a republican government. Universal edu
cation is not only the best and surest, but
the only sure foundation for free institu
tions. True liberty is the child of knowl
edge ; she Pines
,away and dies in the arms
of ignorance. •
Honor, then, to the• early fathers of New
England, from whom came the spirit which
has built a•schoolhouse by every sparkling
fountain, and bids all come as freely to the
one as to the other.—S. S. Prentiss."
A NOVEL SCENE rat A Mtn House.—We find
the following account in a lateforeign paper—how
pleasing a contrast it forms to the dreadful scenes
which were formerly enacted in institutions of this
kind :
"A, ball anrc - oncert were given last week
at the Nottingham Lunatic Assylum, at
which nearly all the patients were present.
A very large and commodious room was
tastefully fitted up with flowers and ever
greens for the occasion. Benches were
placed on each side of the apartment for
*the male and female patients. The enter
tainment commenced .with g 1 p.singing,
which seemed much to attract their atten
tion ; and one poor man began to sing and
recite verses in the most plaintive and me
lancholy manner; yet all_was order and
decoruM. When dancing commenced,
each person selected, indiscriminately; his
partner ; and the country dances were
danced with as much correctness as is seen
in more rational circles ; and really most
of the patients seemed to enjoy the enliven
ing scene. The.matron and several of the
attendants and visitors danced with the pa
tients, and there was not the least restraint
or apprehension... Some few desponding
patients were brought into the rooom, in
the hope that the festive scene might rouse
them from their wretchedness; but their
malady appeared to be too deeply seated
for them kr be much relieved. The scene
altogether was one of a most gratifying na
ture, and fully proved the advantages of the
modern humane treatment over the brutal
ity and cruelty of former days."
A SLIGHT CAU:SE OF WAn.—A writer
in the N. E. Puritan states on the authori
ty of the Historical Collections of Penn
sylvania, that when the French had posses
sion of the Valley of the Ohio, a feud a
rose between the Shawnee and Delaware
Indians, in the Valley of Wyoming. The
children and women of each tribe were
gathering fruit upon the Wyoming side,
when a_ dispute arose between them, con
cerning the title to a large grasshopper,
caught by one child and claimed by anoth
er. This involved the question of bound
ary and territorial right. -When the war
riors returned from the chase, they took
part with their respective women—a tight
ensued—the shawnees were defeated; and
expelled from the Valley by their conquer
ing rivals. "Let him that readeth under
stand."
SCRAPS OF WlSDoM.—Spcak your mind
when it is necessary and hold your tongue
when you have nothing to say.
Let the slandered take comfort—it is on
ly at fruit trees that thieves throw stones.
A fine coat often covers an intolerable
fool, but never conceals one.
Dr. Johnson compared a plaintiff and de
fendent, in an action of law, to two men
ducking their heads in a bucket, and daring
each other to remain longest under water.
PUFFED Ur.—Soap bubbles are airy
things, but they soon burst. • Just so it is
with men puffed up with vanity. They
make a show for a season—sail on the
current, but soon burst and nothing is • left
of them. Pride is an ingredient that is
never found in exalted human nature. It
is mixed in the composition of fools : a
man who has a mind to cultivate and a
heart' to improve never finds time to be
proud.
BYRON.—Macauiy saytrof Byron, that
he could exhibit only one man, and only
one woman—a man proud, moody, cyni
cal, with defiance on his brow, and misery
in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implaca
ble of revenge, yet capable of deep and strong
affection : a woman . , all softness and gen
tlenesii, loving to caress and be caressed,
but capable -of being transformed by pas
sion into a tigress. -
Among the articles now exported large
ly to England, are clothespins, (which are
carried over by hundreds of hogsheads) ivor
y and wood combs, augers, gimlets, and cut
tacks. In all these things we supply the
English Market.
—THE - BliOccumni WATER.—On Tucs
.day Morning, at Dr: McClintock's anatom
ical rooms, Surgeonßarrabina, of . the U.
S. Navy, repeated, before a numberofpio
fessional gentlemen, the exnerinients with
ibis new styptic, which attracted so much
attention lately in New York and Balti
more. Tivo healthy : sheep wore the sub
jects of the experiments, their carotid ar
teries being hslfsevered;and in both cases
the flow of blood being stopped by the ap
plication; in the.course of from 'fifteen to
twenty' minutes—the animals on being re
leased running about appirently as sound
as/ever.--1-Phiktil. Led. ' ' '
"FEARLESS AND FREE.
' A correspondent of the Courier des _E
tats Unis relates an incident which occur
red recently at Paris, and which caused
quite a talk in the fashionable circles._ _ A
' Fair was got upby the ladies for the bene
fit of the Polish Exiles and many of the
most beautiful and fashionable ladies in
Paris took a deep interest in the matter,
and furnished articles for• sale or acted as
saleswomen on the occasion. Among the
numerous useful and ornamental articles
offered for sale at one of the tables, was a
simple yet elegant Greek cap, trimmed with
a green silk ribbon. It was not of great
value in itself, but what gave it immense
value in the estimation of some persons,
was the label attached to it, viz :—Made
and presented by Madame de N—."
This lady was one of the most celebrated
beauties in these parts—young, beautiful,
witty, and accomplished, and a widow.
The Greek cap, so neatly made and flo
tastefully trimmed, soon after - the opening
of the Fair, attracted the notice of a fashion
able lounger, who, after reading the label,
said to the lady shopkeeper in a voice
trembling with emotion, "I will buy this
charming little cap, Madame, if you have
no objection. What is the price."
"Forty francs !" replied, with a sweet
smile, the fashionable . dame. This was
evidently a high price for the article in
question.
The gentleman took out his purse to
pay for the cap, when another admirer o
Madame de N—, who had come up just
in time to witness the bargain, said, point
ing to the cap, '‘ , l will / give sixty francs
for it."
"Very well, sir," said the lady, with a
smile, "the bargain is not yet concluded,
and the greater the sum I receive for the
cap the better it will be 'for the poor Polish
exiles."
"Eighty francs !" exclaimed the firs.
customer.
"Five louis d'ors !" said the.newcomer
without hesitation.
"One: hundred and twenty francs !"
"One hundred and forty !" "Two hun
dred !" -" Two hundred and. fifty !"
"Three hundred !" "Four hundred !"
"Five hundred !" In a word, the bids
rose rapidly to one thousand francs for the
little Greek cap; so determined was each of
these gallant gentlemen to secure the, prize
in himself. The successful competitor
was the one who entered second on the
list. He carried off the dearly bought cap
in triumph.
In the evening of the same day there
was a large and a fashionable party assem
bled at the rooms of one of the ladrpatro
nesses of the Fair. The exulting purcha.
ser of the pretty cap was present, along
with his vanquished competitor, who had
bid for it the sum of nine hundred.francs.
The beautiful and lovely Madame de N.
was also there, as lovely and sprightly as
ever, and watched an opportunity when
she was surrounded by a large number of
persons : "Do you know that my dear
mother-in-law was quite fortunate to-day ?
An article of trifling importance,—of little
value in itself,—which she presented to the
Polish Fair, a simple Greek cap, trimmed
by her own hands, was sold for the enor
mous sum of.one thousand francs."
Our readers will imagine the mortifica
tion of the unlucky purchaser of the cap
when they are informed that there were
two ladies known by the same name, Ma
dame de widows both; one, young
and charming—the other had been. so in
former years, but was now nearly sixty
years of age !
With that air of cruel raillery which la
dies so well. know how to assume towards
those of their admirers whose attentions
arc unwelcome, the beautiful Madame de
N— turned toward the proud posseisor
of the cap and said :
“Undoubtedly, sir, you had particular
and weighty reasons for putting so high a
value on the handiwork of my mother-in
law. Your affections are most worthily
placed, and believe me, I will gladly do all
in my power to promote your suit. Your
pretensions do honor to our family, and I
shall be quite 'happy to have such/an amia
ble father-in-law as yourself.
'STATE'S EVIDENCE.-A good story is
told of George White, a notorious thief, in
Worcester county, Massachusetts. He
was once arraigned for horse-stealing, and
was supposed to be connected with an ex
tensive gang, which were laying contribu
tions on all the stables round about. Many
inducements were held out to White to re
veal the names' of his associates, but he
maintained a dogged silence. An assu
rance from the Court was at last'obtained,
that he shonld.be discharged, upon his te
.vealing, under oath, all he knew of his ac
complices. The jury were accordingly suf
fered to bring in'a verdict of "not - guilty,"
when he was called upon for the promised
revelations: "I shall be faithful to my
word," said he ; "understand, then, the
devil is the only accomplice I everhad : we
have been a great while in partnership :--
you have acquitted me, and you may hang
him-f y.ml can catch him !"
•Gls that thalamic the old cow - died
off" asked att Englishman, nettled at
the industry with which a New England
er whistled Yankee Doodle.
"No, beef," replied Jonathan, "that arc's
the tune old Bull died of I"
"THE AMERICAN MULTIPLICATION TA
BLE."--This is thehead i4hich the Hagers
town. Herald places,over its marriage list.
AN AFFAIR AT A FAIR
A SIDS Bcovr.—The Richmond Whig, after
going over the muster roil of the most prominent
of the Locofoco aspirants to the Presidency, and
giving to euch a blessing as it passes it along, con
cludes with the following, which we suppose ap
plies to the Bounerges of the Senate—that howev:.
er is not the right term for, Mr. Allen ; Boaner
ges signifies the son of thunder. Mr. A. is the
fedi& of the noise in the Senate Chamber, the
Jupiter Moans (not Capitolinus) of the venera
ble Synod of law and speech makers:
"Hence, even among our opponents, we
have a choice. There are among them
mereof moderation, of a conservative epir
, it; the friends of a dignified and pacific
bearing in our foreign relations. But if
any man deserves the general reprobation
of all Americans, it is the rabid, noisy, re. :
lentless demagogue, who is willing to sac
rifice the. real independence of his country,
in order to attain the object of his ambi
tion, or to wade through a sea of blood to
the Presidential chair. The man who can
seize upon this Oregon dispute, and coolly,
deliberately, for the sake of his personal
elevation, fan it into a blaze of war, endan
ger the lives and happiness of his country
men, and peril the peace of the world, de
serves to be marked with an indelible brand
of shame, and .to receive the everlasting
reprobation of his country.- 'We might as
well have a Nero or a Caligulain the scat
of power, as elevate such a-man to office."
U. S. Gazelle.
Orchard Caterpillars.—Theseplagues,
that have M . late years become so numer
ous and aestructive•by toleration, in our
section, can now bedestroyed easily, when
pruning is going, and scions cutting, &c.—
The eggs are now seen on the limbs of the
trees—deposited in rings around them.—
These rings are of a brownish gray color,
from a quarter to half an inch long, and
each contain 200 to 400 . eggs. Suppose a
tree to contain 20 of ese kings, (some
have more,) there are 8,000 caterpillars;
with ravenous appetites ready to devour
the foliage of your trees as soon as it
makei its'appearance. Go to work now,
and look sharply for these eggs ; pick them
from the limbs and destroy them.
New Hampshire has decided with great
unanimity to receive her share of the sur
plus revenue, voted to the States by Con
gress in 1836, and which she and one or
two other Locofoco States had squeamish
ly refused to accept. N, Hampshire has
also made her submission to the Constitn=
tion by voting to district the State for the
election of members of the House of Rep
resentatives, in obedience to the act of Con
gress on that subject, and which she had
denied and successfully resisted.
UPWARDS OF FOUR HUNDRED LIVES
LOST. —Accounts have been received of
the loss of the emigrant ship Cataraque.
The vessel left Liverpool in April last with
369 emigrants on board, and a crew of 46,
for Van Diemari's Land. In August she
reached Bass's Straits, and on the 4th of
that month struck on a reef off King's Is
land. Nearly one half, the passengers
were drowned below. About 200 reached
the deck and clung to the ship, but the se
verity of the weather caused her to go to
pieces. Only nine of all on board sur
vived. The ship was out of her reckon
ing.
CARPET WEAvixo.—Yankee Ingenuity.
Mr. Bidgelow, an ingenious American
Artisan, has invented a power loom for
weaving grain carpets, which is already in
use by the Lowell Company, who have
set fifty looms in motion, and expended
nearly one hundred thousand dollars in
this branch of manufacture. The carpets
produced are of the finest quality. • Mr.
Bidgelow has also completed a machine
for the manufacture of Brussels carpeting,
which has every prospect of success. Ile
has also invented a machine for the znami.
facture of Marseilles quilt, a species of
work seldom attempted in this country.—
It is said that he has received an offer of
£BO,OOO from England for the patent.
FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS were ex
pended last year in carrying on the govern
ment of the city of New York. The city
debt is $12,681,850. The tax required
this year will be nearly equal to the rate
of 81 upon every *loo's worth of proper
ty ! There are now in the eight institutions
belonging to the Almshouse Department,
supported by the city, 4,828 inmates, more
than one half of whom are loreig,nera.
The receipts for the American Coloni r
zation society in February, - according to
the African Repository for March, were
$2,269,82. These is good reason to be
lieve that-this most interesting enterprise
is now steadily acquiring a stronger hold
of tile public mind. '
The U. S. Gazette says, that Dionysius
Lardner has 'been engaged since his' arri
val in Paris from this country, in thp prep
aration or - a
philosophical account of this
country, to be entitled "Five Yeats' Resi
dence in America, or, America in the .
Nineteenth Century." .
It is stated that a lady,living pear Ber
lin, in Prussia, who has only attained .the
age of 103. years, has just contracted a
fourth marriage with a yOuth 0f•74. But
the cream of the joke is; that among the:
children which the bride brought to her
new husband, was a boy of 82. ; • , •
It is said that the Greek P b at
Constantittoplq derives V 9 1 19
of $500,600 froni thedoniiiimp^ .11grulls
to the lloly Seratlehreat..lertijla
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS Pia 4144"..1
WHOLE NO, $94
A GRIC.'OIIIYR.A.L..‘ii.,:j.
Faux)No.—Orchards should now bb
pruned if not already done. Young -tee
require but little, just.enough to keepihe
heads in proper shape, and: to •remove
branches, that crossor interfere withOdiers:
Old trees, the flea& of which . have grevin
dense with branches, should be thinned out
to admit the sun and air; this improVes
very much both the size and' flavor of the
fruit. In doing this a pruning saw should
be used—the limbs should be cut eloie to
the tree, and the cut smoothed ovei' with
a sharp pruning knife or chisel. 'Noyiu
ning should be done, if it can be avoided;
after the sap has commenced fiowipip-- ,
The Plum, Cherry, and other trees, apt to
give out gum, which- is termed blie.ing;
had better be pruned in midsummer.—,
Trees, that were top grafted last season, or
previous ones, should be carefully exam
ined, and all the natural shoots that have
sprung up belo* the graft should be pru=
.
ned oft
Deciduous Ornamental Trees ¢ Shrub,'
should now be pruned. This must be
done with .a view to improve their shape.
All straggling. irreggtdar, decaying. or dead
branches should be removed.
Strawberry Beds, Bulbous Root*, Ten=
der Trees, Shrub:, Plants, Rosa. Grape
Vines, 4c., that have been protected jitt
ring winter should be uncovered as soon
as the weather is-mild. - Broken-spil bruis
ed limbs should be pruned off, and the earth
carefully dressed around them--erpplying
manure where necessary. ,
GRAFTING YOUNG TREES.--40111e or
chardists have much improved their
fruit
by the process of grafting choice varieties
upon their native stock. This is no dipubi
a very judicious method in some cites and
available much sooner than the Ordinary'
way of transplanting young trees. But it
is now generally believed . that, the life of
a tree is much shortened by this pro . cess,
and the premature decay is in proportion
to the size and age of the tree when pat.
ed. But, as it is well known thiitss
will not bear the same kind of fruit as the
apples from which they were taken, mach
difficulty and disappointment is experien
ced in obtaining trees to actin permanend
locations which will bear the proper kind
of fruit. '
This complaint is now wady: obviated,
as most nurse'' , men have adopted the
practice of grafting white'' :
the nursery, and when not more than half
an inch in diameter at the base.ln this
way, no injury is supposed to be sustained
by the trees. After the trees hale been
set out, the soil should be kept loose by
putting a quantity of chip dirt or 'other
course substance around them, so that the
moisture and heat will penetrate to their
EARLY POTATOEL — in Yang , gone by.
St Patrick's day, the 17th of this month,
was the usual timaat which early potatoes
were pig in the gr ound; but as the sea-;
sons have like men undergoneavastobange
in this country, that period may - peasibly .
be too early ; yet, although it may be axi ,
soon for planting, it is not for preparing,
therefore, the sooner the better the !mod
be broken up, as, an additiomd' ploughing
to all root crops Operate* adninneously.
In selecting the seed for plaritingounie but
sound roots should be taken. The stela
should be cut at least a week befeie I**
planted, and as cut should,be dried
and lithe theory which we publish in tftin
month's number be. correet,. it would be
well, as a preventive against: the ,rot, tun
soak the potatoes before cutting than, in a
solution of salt and blue vitriol.
In addition to the soaking , and aryl.
ing ia lime, we would recommend, when.
the potatoes first come np, that a mixtere.
of one part salt and two parts liino be
kled over each row, so, that' sho uldthe
ground be infested with the. visahrooms
described, they may also receive their qui
etus. If the diease be Caused by fungus,
we can see no reason why the was' and
drying in lime should not pnive equally
efficacious in preventing thefecurrence
the disease, as it is in relieving the wheat,
crop from the smut.
7 - •
CIA,VER Fletns.—All fields of Clover
should have a bushel .of Plaster, per acre.
sown thereon as soon as practicable, a
moist day to be selected for the: operation;
By attending to this hint ten times the V*l-'
ue of the plaster will be added , to the 't
duct of hay, while the soil itself" Willtop f
clothed with an abiorbent that wilt eontin 4
ue through the season to dime front' The
atmosphere whatever there may floating
it that is calculated to enrich the soil or
furnish pabulum to the, plants i_"-for,;-- . of
truth, it is thus that plaster stele; Or ad - Stinal'
a quantity as does, could not productillm'
astonishing results which are so gintiqiit:
ly witnessed by. the Observing Siemer, "and
which. contribute so largely the -10 . 1s$6:'
nonce and comfort of the ntimkg.
which we are sure are deer 'ho t ** Pre: .
and - hearts of every good matt.,
Suzep.--As the 'Ewepi wilt. be AND . Ing
in soon let them reeeimdsilYeiri:#4litit*
to their bay, filditittr, orstraV eriotla 'itO t,
or omit" ' or the equivalent -in il. - 1
should also be earefullrialiedat
a week—aad, at all timetii.in sues is esek
der cover,, there should , be a eappkiN of .tait
ai4 4 , 1144 to which - 40Y gee haweetileeise, vy
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