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CHASTAIN & YOUNG,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ellxjay, OA.,
Will practice in the counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
April 2*. 12—ly-
ROBERT H. TATUM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TRENTON, OEO.
Business entrusted to his care in any of
the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will
meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 21. A3—if
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ATTORNEY AT LA W,
CASSVILLE, ga.
March, 4, 18.52. 4—tf.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, OA.
Will attend promptly to all business con
fided to his care.
Mav 29. 1852. 7—tf-
CHISOLM & WOFFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
E. D. Chisolm,
Cedar Town.
Sept. 2.
W. T. Wofford,
Cassville.
DAWSON A. WALKER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Spring Place, Geo.
Refers to Kerbs & Hope, Augusta, Ga.,
Wiley, Banks, & co., Charleston, S. C.
A. Wells & co., Savannah, Ga.
April 24. 12—1 y.
“Hallowed be thy Name/’
List to the dreamy tounge that dwells,
In rippling wave or sighing tree,
Go, hearken to the old church bells,
The whistling bird, the whizzing bee,
Interpret right, and ye will find
’Tis power and glory they proclaim :
The chimes, creatures, waters, wind,
All publish .< Hallowed be Thy name !”
The pilgrim journeys till lie bleeds,
To gain the altars of his sires;
The hermit pores above his beads,
With zeal that never wanes nor tires;
But holiest right or longest prayer
That soul can yield or wisdom frame,
What better import can it bear
Than, « Father ! hallowed be Thy name!’
The savage, kneeling to the sun,
To give his thanks, or ask a boom ;
The raptures of the idiot one
Who laughs to see the clear round moon !
The saint well taught in Christian lore;
The Moslem prostrate at his flame—
All worship, wonder, and adore ;
All end in <* Hallowed be Thy name.”
H'liate'er may be man’s faith or creed,
Those precious words comprise it still;
IVe trace them on the blooming mead,
We hear them in the flowing rill;
The chorus hails in great supreme ;
Each varid breathing is the same.
The strains may differ ; but the theme
Is,««Father! hallowed be Thy name!”
JONES & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CALHOUN, OA.
April 24. 12 —ly.
John A. Crawford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLK, OEO-
Business entrusted to their care in any of
the counties of the Cherokee circuit, will
meet with faithful attention. April 8.
riieirfulntss.
I think we are too ready with complaint
tins lair'worid of God's. Had we no hope
Indeed beyond the zenith and the scope
Of yon gray blank of sky% we might be fain
To muse upon eternity's restraint
Round our aspirant souls. But since the scope
Must widen early, is it well to droop
For a few days consumed in loss and faint ?
O downcast Heart, be comforted ;
And,like a ckecrfull traveller, take the road,
S'nging beside the hedge. What if the bread
Be bitter in tliinc inn, and tbou unshod
To meet the flints ? At least it may be said,
*. Because the way is short, 1 thank, thee,
God!”
311 3liout 31kn.
I. It. PARROTT,
ATTORNEY A T LAW,
(PAWMSYIlILiE,
March 11. 5—ly.
and i
dHue
basin.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO
Is engaged in the practice of the Law in
the counties of Cass, Floyd, Gordon, Whit
field and Walker, in Hie Cherokee Circuit,
and in Cobb. Cherokee and Gilmer of the
Ridge Circuit.
Particular attention giten tc the collecting
business. [May 6, 1852.
mmMMt (cai&Ds
Old Queen Bess is said to have died of
melancholy from having sacrificed Essex to
his enemies.
James the First died of drinking, and of
the effects of a nameless vice.
Charles the First died a righteous death
on the scaffold, and Charles the Second died
suddenly, it is said of apoplexy.
William the Third died from a eonsump
tive habit of the body, and from the stumb
ling of his horse.
Quecne Anne died from her attachment to
«strong water,” or in other words from
drunkenness, which the physicians politely
call the dropsy.
George the First died of drunkenness,
which his physicians as politely called an
apoplectic fit.
George the Second died by a rupture of
the heart, which the periodicals of that day
termed a visitation from God. It is the on
ly instance in which God ever touched his
heart.
George the Third died as he had lived—a
madman. Throughout life he was at least
a consistent monarch.
George the Fourth died of gluttony and
drunkenness.
William the Fourth died amidst the sym
pathies of his subjects.
3n Snipnrfant letter.
DR. ROBERT 0. WORD
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STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
Drugs, Medicines,
PAINTS, OILS. WINDOW GLASS. &u. Ac.
Cartersville, Ga.
July 22—24—-3m.
J. *. SIMPSON.
J. T. GARDINLR
SIMPSON & GARDINER,
WAREHOUSE
Commission JHercfyants,
MehUath St., Jlugmata, Ga. j
W LL continue the Warehouse and Com-!
mission Business in their Fire Proof!
Building on M’lntnsh Street, in all ite,
branches, mad hope by strict personal atten- ;
taoa to the interests of aU who place business,
in their hands, to merit public favor.
0T Orders for Bagging, Hope and Fami-,
ty supplies filled at the lowest market rates, i
Cash adaantes made tries required am
produce n* at are.
July 22—24—8m
Dentil of Kings.
William the Conqueror, died from enof-
mous fat, from driuk, and from the violence
of Ills passions.
William Rufus died the death of these
poor stags whom he hunted.
Henry the First died of gluttony, having
eaten too much of a disk of lampreys.
Stephen died in a few days of what was
called iliac passion, which, we suppose, may
be a royal word for prussic acid, or some
thing like it.
Henry the Second died of a broken heart,
occasioned by the bad conduct of bis chil
dren. A broken heart is a very odd com
plaint for a monarch to die with. Perhaps
<. rat’s-banc in his porridge,” meant the
same thing as a broken heart.
Richard Crecur de Lion died like the ani
mal from which bis heart was named, by an
arrow from an archer.
John died nobody knows how, but it is
said, of chagrin, which, wc suppose, is an
other term for a dose of hellebore.
Henry the Third is said to have died a
*« natural death," which, with kings and in
palaces, means the most unnatural death
by which a mortal can shuffle off his « mor
tal coil.”
Edward the First is likewise said to have
died of a « natural sickness," which it would
have puzzled all the college of physicians to
denominate.
Edward the Second was most barbarously
and indecently murdered by ruffians, em
ployed by his owu mother and her paramour.
Edward the Third died of dotage, and
Richard the Second of starvation, the very
reverse of George the Fourth.
Henry the Fifth is said to have died ..of a
painful affliction, prematurely.” This is a
courtly phrase for getting rid of a King.
Henry the Sixth died in prison, by means
then known only to his jailor, and known
ouly by heaven.
Edward the Fifth was strangled in the
tower by his uncle, Richard the Third, whom
Hume declares to have possessed every qual
ity for government. This Richard the Third
was lulled in battle, fairly, of course, for all;
kings wore either killed fair, or died natu
rally, according to the cowrt circulars of
these days.
Henry the Seventh wasItJjjmy, as a mi
ser ought to do, sod Henry the Eighth died
of carbuncles, fat and liny, whilst Edward
the Sixth died of a decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died of « a
broken heart,” whereas she died of a sur
feit, from eating ton much of blaek pud
dings, her sanguinary nature bring prone to
bog’s blood, or blood of any sort.
Unpublished Letter from John Randolph of
Roanoke.
We have much pleasure in laying before
our readers this morning the following let
ter from the celebrated orator and states
man, John Randolph of Roanoke. The let
ter of the Rev. Mr. Tustin explains the cir
cumstances under which Mr. Randolph’s
letter was written.
Washington City, D. C. )
Dec. 14,1852. >
To the editor of the Union :
Dear Sir : Not satisfied to partake a-
loue of the mingled emotions of pleasure and
sadness which have been awakened in read
ing tlie following letter from the brilliant
and eccentric orator of Roanoke, I send it to
you for publication, that the readers of the
Union and the public generally may share
in the sorrowful gratification which I have
experienced in its perusal. It proves be
yond question, that whilst, from disease and
other causes, Mr. Randolph exhibited on
some occasions an irascible and peevish dis-
pcs'tion, his heart was nevertheless the de
pository of some of the finest and n blest
feelings of which our fallen nature is capa
ble I do not accord fully with all the sen
timents he lias here expressed, but in its
general tenor and spirit, the letter has my
most hearty approbation. It is a beautiful
specimen of fraternal sympathy and affec
tion, expressed in terms of tenderness and
propriety which I have never seen excelled.
It was written to his half-brother, the Hon.
Henry St. George Tucker, on the occasion of
the demise of his eldest son, a yonth of sin
gular promise, possessing largely the person
al and intellectual attractions of his ac
complished father. It is proper to remark
that the letter was found among the private
papers of the distinguished gentleman to
whom it was addressed, by his sou, John
Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. Having been
long associated with the family of Judge
Tucker in terms of intimate friendship, I
have obtained permission from Mr. Beverly
Tucker, of this city, to dispose of the com
munication as uiy judgment and sense of
propriety might dictate. I therefore send
it to you for publication, awl bespeak for it
especially the attention of these who, in the
days of other years, were" associated with
its distinguished author in the relations of
personal and political friendship.
Very respectfully, your friend and obe-
diant servant, Septimus Tustin.
TflE LETTER.
May He who has the power, and always
the will, when earnestly, humbly, and de
votedly entreated, support and comfort you,
my brother! I shall not point to the treas
ures that remain to you in your surviving
children, and their mother, dearer than all
of these put together. No; I have felt too
deeply how little power have words'that
play round the head fo reach the heart when
it is sorely wounded. The common-places
of consolation are At the tongue’s end of all
the self-complacent and satisfied, from the
pedant priest to the washermoman. (They
who don’t feel can talk.) I abjure them all,
the father of Lord Russel, when condoled
with according to form, by the boric, re
plied, <« I would not give my dead son for
any other man's living.” May this thought
come home to your bosom, toe; but not on
the same occasion. May the spirit of God,
which is not the chimera of heated brains,
nor a devise of artfiri men to frighten and
cajole the credulous, but is as much an ex
istence that can be felt and understood as
the whisperings of your own heart, or the
love you bore to him that you have loot—
may that Spirit, which is the comforter, shed j
His influence upon your eoul, and incline
your heart and understanding to the only
right way, which is that of life eternal !—
Did you ever rea l Bishop Battler's Analogy:
If not, I win send it to jam. Have you
read the Book ! What I say upon this
subject I not only believe, but I know to be
true—that the Bible, studied with an hum- j
ble and contrite heart, never yet failed to I
do its work, even with those who from idios- j
yncracy or disordered minds have conceived
that they were tut off from its promises of a
life to come.
« Ask and ye shall rect ive; seek and ye
shall find; knock and it shall be opened un
to you.” This was my only support and
stay daring years of misery and darkness;
and just as 1 had almost begun to despair,
after more than ten years of penitence and
prayer, it pleased God to enable me to see
the troth, to which until then my eyes had
been sealed. To this vouebsafement I have
made the most ungrateful returns. But I
would not give up my slender portion of the
price paid for our redemption—yes, my bro
ther, our redemption—the ransom of sinners
—of all who do not hug their chains and re
fuse to come out from the house of bondage
—I say that I would not exchange my little
portion in the Son of David for the power
and glory of the Parthian or Roman em
pires as described by Milton in the tempta
tion of our Lord and Savior—not for all
with which the enemy tempted the Savior of
man.
This is the secret of the change of my
spirits, which all who know me must have
observed within a few years prist. After
years spent in humble and contrite entreaty
that the tremendeous sacrifice on Mount Cal
vary might not have been made in vain for
me—the cliiefest of sinners—it pleased God
to speak his peace unto my heart—that
peace of God which passeth all understan
ding to them that do. And although I have
now, as then, to reproach myself with time
mis-spent and faculties misemployed; al
though my condition has on more than one
occasion resembled that of him who, hav
ing one evil spirit cast out, was taken pos
session of by seven other spirits more wick
ed than the first, and the first also; yet I
trust that they too, by the power and mercy
of God, may be, if they are not vanquish
ed.
But where am I running to ? On this
subject more hereafter. Meanwhile, assure
yourself of what is of small value com
pared with that of those who are a piece of
yourself—of the unchanged regard and
sympathy of your mother's son. Ah ! my
God ! I remember to have seen her die, to
have followed her to the grave, to have won
dered that the snn continued to rise and
set and the order of Nature to go on. Igno
rant of true religion, but not yet an athe
ist, I remember with horror my impions ex
postulations with God upon this bereavment
—■« but not yet an atheist.” T1 e existence
of atheism has been denied ; bnt I was an
honest one. Home began and Hobbes fin
ished me. I read Spinoza and all the tribe.
Surely I fell by no ignoble hand. And tlie
very man ( ) who gave me Hume's •« Es
say upon Human Nature** to read, adminis
tered «4 Beattie upon Truth” as the antidote
—Venice treacle against arsenic and the es
sential oil of bitter almonds—a bread and
milk poultice for the bite of the cobra capel-
lo.
Had I remained a successful pci tical lead
er I might never have been a Christian.—
But it pleased God that my pride should be
mortified; that by death and desertion I
should lose my friends ; that, except m the
veins of a maniac, and he, too, possessed 44 of
a child by a deaf and dumb spirit,” there
should not run one drop of my father’s blood
in any living creature besides myself. The
death of Tudor finished my bnmilitation. I
had tried all things but the refuge to Christ,
and to that, with parental stripes, was I
driven. Often did I cry ont with the fath
er of that wretched boy, <4 Lord! I believe
—help tbon mine unbeliefand the gra
cious mercy of our Lord to this wavering
faith, staggering under the force of the
hard heart of unbelief, I humbly hoped
would, in his good time, be extended to me
also.—St. Mark, vii., 17—29.
Throw Revelation aside, and I can drive
any man by irresistible induction to atheism.
John Marshall could not resist me. When
I say any man, I mean a man capable of
logical and consequential reasoning. Deism
is the refuge of those that startle at atheism,
and can't believe Revelation; and my -•
(may God have forgiven us both,) and my
self used, with Diderot & Co., to laugh at
the deistical bigots who must have milk,
not Revelation that of the laws confessedly.
Our own is fibril the same source—so is the
false revelation of Maboment; and I can't
much blame the Turks for considering the
Franks and Greeks to be idolaters. Every
other idea of one God that floats in the world
is derived from theTradition ot the sons of
Noah handed down to their posterity. i
But enough—and more than enough—11
can scarcely guide my pen. 1 will, howev
er, add that no lukewarm seeker ever be
came a real Christian.; for 44 from the days
of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom
of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force”—a text which I read 500
tunes before I had the slightest conception of
its true applicstim. Tour brother,
J. R., of Roanoke.
To H. St. G. Tucker, Esq.
44 From old Virginny, I ’spose ?” said the
Sucker.
44 Yes, sir, old Virginia,” was the reply.
44 Von are pooty high up in the pictures,
thar, I ’spose r” continued the first.
441 don’t know what you mean by that re
mark, sir,” says the Virginian.
44 Oh, nuthin’,” says the Sucker, 44 but
that you are desp'rate rich, and have been
brought up right nice /”
44 If the information will gratify you in
any way,” says the gent, patronizingly,
smoothing down his hair, 44 I belong to one
of the first families !”
44 Oh, of course,” answered the Sucker.
44 Well, stranger, bein’ as you belong to the
fnst, I’ll jest give you two of the fattest
shoats in all Illinois, ef you’ll only find me
a feller that belongs to one of the second
Virginny families.”
44 You want to quarrel with me, sir,” says
the Virginian.
«4 No, stranger, not an atom,” answered
the Sucker, 44 hut I never seed one of the
second family, and I'd giv something to get
a sight at one on 'em. I know you are one
of the fust, canse you look just like John
Randolph /”
This mollified the Virginian; tlie hint of
a resemblance to the great statesmen was
flattering to his feelings, and he acknowl
edged relationship to the orator.
44 He, you know,” continued the Sncker,
44 was a (/e-scendant of the Ingin gal, Poka-
huntas!”
.4 You are right, sir,” answered the other.
44 Well, stranger,” says the Sucker, 44 do
you know there is another queer thing that
puzzles me, and it's this : I never seed a Vir-
ginnyan that didn’t claim to be either de
scended from an Injin, John Randolph, or a
niggarU
We need not odd that the Sucker rolled off
his chair suddenly ! They were separated,
and kept apart until the Sucker got off at a
landing near his home. As he stepped a-
shore, he caught sight of the Virginian on
the upper deck, and hailed him at once with:
441 say, old Virginny, remember—two fat
shoats for the first feller you find that be
longs to the second Virginny family !"
Any one famishing an occasional original
contribution to this Department, will notonly
place ‘The Stardard’ under obligations, but
wdl receive it rtgularly, tree of charge.
A Successful Cultivator.—Col- Wil
der stated in his address before the New
Hampshire Agricultural Society, that a gen
tleman who makes the culture of the straw
berry his special business, raised on five
eights of an acre more than three -thousand
boxes. These he sold by contract for tlie
season at twenty-five cents per box, or about
twelve hundred dollars per acre.
Boose Ripening Pears.
The practice of gathering pears while hard,
and ripening them in suitable places nnder
cover, is well understood and often resorted
to by persons who make the culture of fruit
a profession, but is not known to many who
may chance to have more or less of this kind
of fruit, which they would learn to prize
more highly if it were rightly managed. The
following is from Thomas’ work on Fruits:
44 Nearly all pears ripen with a much finer
flavor, if picked and matured. The excep
tions are very few. Some, which prove to
be only second or third rate when allowed to
remain till they soften on the tree, become
rich, melting, and delicious, if house-ripen
ed. Gathering the frnit while yet hard,
will, in nearly all cases, prevent or greatly
diminish the rotting at the core, which oth
erwise nearly destroys the value of many
early sorts. Winter pears should hang up
on the trees as late as safety will allow, and
when gathered, should be kept in'a cool room
till near their usual period of maturity,
when the ripening is to be completed in a
warm room, at a temperature of from sixty
to seventy degrees. They should be covered
to prevent shriveling. Some cultivators have
wholly repudiated winter pears, merely from
a want of skill in the management of their
ripening, or the want of a good cellar to
keep them in. Some sorts, however, as the
Buerre d'Anremberg, require but little care;
others, as the Vicar of Wakefield, need par
ticular attention. Bnt the transfer from
the cool to the-warm room is of great impor
tance to most, and will convert tough and
hard specimens into those which are juicy,
melting, and excellent.
the squirrels ate off it. This looks small by I ground fine, or coarse Virginia, and to cve-
the side of the rich prairie and river bottom j ry 100 lbs. of salt, add 1 lb. of saltpetre in
lands ; but it must be remembered that it is j large troughs. Place tlie joints used on
(said to be) 4. worn-out land,” and the first ! clean plank over the troughs; salt the sides,
experiment. What satisfies me that the sub- ! using the salt bountifully, for what the meat
soiling is what made my corn, is, that one of 1 does not absorb will be left in the trough for
the very neighbors that ridiculed my 44 fancy [ st<Jck hereafter. The saltpetre will give tlie
notion,” mndc an entire failure on the same bacon a rich claret color, and is otherwise
kind of land, where nothing but a lane di- 1 seasoning. Let the meat now lie undisturb-
vides us. ed for about forty days; if very mild weatli-
My mode of farming differs from every one cr, thirty-five days will do. The meat is
in my neighborhood; therefore I am the gen- . then to be taken tip, and with a brush clean-
eral laughing-stock for all; but I think the eil of salt, the sides first, and to be hnng
smiles are vanishing, and turning to aston- highest up in the smoke house, which should
ishmeut and wonder. Last year my farm be no little squatty affair, but at least eigli-
was visited from several quarters, and it was teen feet high. On the under joist hang the
given up by all that my crops could not be joints ; the day after hanging commence to
surpassed. ; smoke witii green hickory wood, keeping a
m dense smoke night and day, which may be
Saving Seed Corn, done without danger by digging a pit in the
Mr. Holbrook, one of the editors of the N. j fl ' J0r ! this l‘ roce9s nmst ** carried on until
England Farmer, and a very successful far- | tl,e bacou bec0,,,es dr y and firm * anJ ° f nn
mcrofBrattleboro, Vermont, in an article orange color, which will be in some twelve
on the cultivation of corn, says:
While upon my present subject, I will say
a word about saving seed corn. All expe- enne pepper, the whole ham, except thepart
days. The hams are now to be taken down,
and with a duster of finely pulverized Caj-
rienced farmers are aware that the produc
tiveness and early ripening of any kind of
corn depend very much upon the manner of
selecting the seed. I have a long-eared va
riety, which I have been planting and im
proving for some ten ten or twelve years; and
although during that time I have tried, 1
presume, a dozen other sorts, I give the pre
ference to the first-named sort. Whatever
may be said in favor'of a change of seed, us
regards other crops, there is no need of
changing seed corn, provided proper care is
used in the yearly selection of that for plant
ing. By proper attention to this matter, a
variety may be perfectly adapted in its hab
its to a given climate and soil, and changed
much for the better as to productiveness.
The difference in product, between careful
selection in the field, and taking tlie seed at
random foom the crib, will, in a very few
years, be much in favor of the former mode
—the soil and cultivation being in both ca
ses alike.
As soon as the earliest years are thor
oughly glazed, I go over the field myself,
selecting from those stalks that are iistocky ’
and vigorous, and that produce two good
ears. The selected arc taken immediately
home, braided, add hung up in a dry, airy
place. When I commenced with my favorite
variety, it was difficult to find twin ears ;
bat now they are abundant. My crops also
that is covered with rind, is to l>e well dust
ed, and, with any coarse cloth or good do
mestic cotton, the ham is to be closely fitted
and sewed up. Smear over this canvas with
a brush of whitewash made of lime and wa
ter, and hang up the hams again. The shoul
ders may be saved by the same process with
out the canvas; let the sides lioDg all the
time undisturbed. The hain3 must be can
vassed by the 25th of February. In this
way hams will keep seven years, and retain
all the sweetest juices of fresh bacon. I
i ought perhaps to add that in very wet weath
er, I make a smoke under the meat to keep
it in a firm and dry condition. This plan is
simple and easy, and if followed, will be a
perfect guarantee against fly-bugs, skippers,
or mould.
ripen ten days earlier than at first, i will
not mention the length of the ears that might
be found in my fields, but will say to you
Mr. Editor, come and see for youisclf.
Agricultural Progress of tlie United Stater.
The following letter, addressed to the ed
itors of the National Intelligencer, Wash
ington, and published in that journal, con
tains facts interesting to the American peo
ple :
To the Editors of the jVat. intelligencer:
The statistics of Agriculture, so far as
they have been published from the Census
Office, disclose many instructive facts. To.
promote the farming interest, and bring
some of the most prominent features of this
branch of national industry under the eye
of legislators and statesmen, I respectfully
solicit a small space in your paper to call
attention to the progress made by a nation
of farmers.
The Time for Pruning. i Maize is the most important crop grown
The late Mr. Cole,.Author of several works ' > n the United States. It is one of the sta-
on fruit, &c„ is excellent authority in this j pies of every State ana Territory, not ex
department, and gives his opinion as to the ! cepting Oregon, whose climate is least friend-
best time for pruning, as follows : j lji to this American cereal. The United
Volumes have been written on this subject, I States census of 1840 makes the corn of the
a great part is mere theory. Many prune I preceding year377,531,875 bushels,
in the spring from custom, and others in j 1 he census of 1850 shows that the crop of
June because the wound heals quickiy, not, 18-10 was 591,586,05-j. Increase 214,0o4,-
reflecting that it is of more importance the j 278 bushels. These figures indicate a gain
wound should heal soundly than quickly, ol lifty-scTen per cent.; while the increase of
We give directions according to our experi- J population was not far trom thirty-four per
ence for thirty years. | «ent. Corn being one of the most profitable
Slight pruning, in which very small limbs, ' crops any where, I have studied its increase
or dead limbs of any size, are removed, may and decrease in the several States with much
be performed, when most convenient, in any !interest; but a due respect for the uurner-
season. Moderate pruning should be done 011s claims on your columns forbids an ex
in June, July or August, though it will an- tended notice of even the most abundant and.
swer very well till December. If trees are I reu.uneruting products of our national in-
pruned in July, August or September, the dusiry. Allow me however, to say^that
wood will become hard, sound, and we.1 sea- New York produced in 1839, 10,975,286
soned, and commence healing over; and it is bushels, and in 1849, 17 ,.144,808 bushels,
not material, otherwise than for appearance, This, lor an old State whose rural popula-
whether it heals over the first, second, or . t on increased but little in the last decade,
third year, as it will remain in a healthy is a large and creditable gain. It is one of
state , the many good fruits of her excellent agri-
We should prefer October, November, or cultural societies, known all over this ex
even December, to the spring, which is the tended Republic, as well as in Europe,
worst season. The trees then are full of sap, Pennsylvania has advancedJiercorn cul
and it oozes out at the wound, which turns
black and decays, like a tree cut in the
spring, and allowed to retain the bark. But
if limbs ever so large, are cut in August or
September, tie wood will become hard, and
remain so, if it never heals over.
Thirty-two years ago, in September, we
ture considerably, though less than New
York. Her crop in 1839 was 14;240.022- •
bushels; in 1849 it was 30,428,540. While
Georgia has added to her annual harvest of
Maize 9,5iS,418 bushels in tenyears, South
Carolina has increased only 1,548,502.
Ohio has seventy well organized agricul-
•ld Tirniia v*. Soffernlom.
An Illinois Sncker took a great dislike to
a foppish young Virginian, who, a few weeks !
since, was fellow passenger with him on one i
of our steamboats. The Virginian was eon- j
tinoally combing his hair and brushing his
boots—to nil which movements the Sucker j
took exceptions, w being what he termed, j
'« a litiie too denied nice, by half.” He fi- ;
naUy took up his chair beside the Virginian
and began:—
» Whar aught yen be from, stranger r”
.««I am from Virginia, sir,” politely an
swered the gent.
Sflbsoiiilg.
A writer in the Southern Cultivator gives .
the following as his own experience on this j
important subject:
Deep snbsoiling is the very thing for earn, \
in any and all kinds of sandy soils. Last j
year 1 ploughed around my corn with a small;
subsoil plough made at my shop, as near like |
a genuine subsoil plough as I could remem- I
ber; having never seen but one. It struck
my fancy that my sandy lands could be ,
helped with such ; and as I bad no chance to .
send for one, had to make them at home. 1
was very cautious not to allow them to lean .
either way, as there was danger of cutting
the corn roots, and I used them next to the
last ploughing I gave my corn before laying
by, just as close as they could be run to it,
and just as the drought was beginning to do
harm. The land is a very light sandy soil,
which my neighbor! said was worn ont. This
was my second crop on it, and I gathered a
little the rise of twenty-one bushels measur- ’
ed '**e acre, besides peas, and what
cut a very large branch from an apple tree, (tural societies, and an efficient board of ag
on account of injuries by a gale. The tree ricuUnre. Her corn crop m 18o9 was 83,-
was old, and it has never healed over; but! 008,14 buske.s; m 1843 it 1m**fff*-
it is now sound, and almost hard as a horn, Gain iu the ten years ^->^4,649 bushels,
and the tree perfectly sound around it. A These official statics speak volumes m
few years before and after, large limbs were favor of agricultural societies, and legisla-
cut from the same tree in spring; and where t:ve aid for. theJ support. kj ar. com
they were cut off the tree has rotted, so that posed of practical reading farmers, and I
a quart measure mj l ,ut into tbe cav ’ : ' • • IU ~ :: i ;Ut men , of th * an?
tie * ’ leaking an efibrt to organize a national ag-
j ricultural society Should they, in its fee
ble infancy,ask a little assistance from Con-
. Good Bacon in the South. j gress, it is to be hoped that sach small aid
A correspondent of ..The Plough, the a* the State Legislatures grant to State so-
Loom and the Anvil,” says I “ ot «* » ,U,heUL , To My n0th -
4. With your aid and consent, Mr. Editor, ing of tbe large increase in her groin crops,
I will submit to the readers of your valuable New Vo. ri, by giving some forty-five some-
journal, a fifteeen years experience in mat- , ** then *8,000 a year, La. greased
ing and keeping good bacon. It is necessary the products of her dairies over filter
that hogs intended for bacon should be close- cut. The recent census shows the .mmense
ly confined in a clean pen for at least two product of over eighty-two millions peunds
months before butchering, and should be fod ct butter, (82,044,828 •) eese, ,1
on wholesome grain feed. This is done tc j 996. In the production ol these articles, .be
impart to tbe meat a firmness andjriieyso- gain from buttermilk snd whey -tu P-
lidity which other methods of feeding are making amounts to millions ol dollars,
not apt to produce. Kill as soon as the ’ Unlike the farmers of New V ork and O-
weather will permit, say'fcirly in December, j hio, those of Virginia have failed to discover
Cut out the meat the day it is killed, trim ! the advantage of united efforts lor the pro-
the back and rib bohes with all loose pieces motion of agriculture. In 1889 the corn
of lard or flesh, taking care to get the pieces erop of Virginia was 34.577,591 bushels—in
of meat as smooth as possible. Let the meat 1849 it was only 85,588,583 bushels. Gain
so cut ont-lie on the smoke house floor, or j in ten years but 900,991 bushels
left till next morning, ard allow no piece to 1 With a view to correct what Icannot but
lie on another. Then take good alum salt, regard ns an erroneous judgment in that