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Hints for Trausplautiiiß.
1. Many persons plant a tree as they
would a post. The novice in planting
must consider that a tree is a living,
nicely organized production, as certainly
affected by good treatment as an animal.
Many an orchard of trees, rudely thrust
into the ground, struggles half a dozen
years against the adverse condition be
fore it recovers.
2. In planting an orchard, let the
ground be made mellow by repeated
plowing. For a tree of moderate size,
the hole should be dug three feet in di
ameter, and twelve to twenty inches deep.
Turn over the soil several times, and if
not rich, mix thoroughly with it some
compost, or well rotted manure. In
every instance the hole must be large
enough to admit all the roots easily, with
out bending. Shorten and pare monthly,
•with a knife, any bruised or broken
shoots. Hold the tree upright, while
another person, making the earth fine,
gradually distributes it among the roots.
Shake the tree gently while this filling is
going on. The secret lies in carefully
filling in the mould, so that every root
and even the smallest fibre, may meet the
soil, and to secure this, let the operator
with his hands spread out the small roots,
and fill in the earth nicely around every
one. Nine-tenths of the deaths by trans
planting arise from the hollows left
among the roots of the trees by a rapid
and careless mode of shovelling the earth
among ihe roots.
.3. When the hole is two-thirds filled,
pour in a pail or two of water. This
will settle the soil and fill up any little
vacuities that may remain. Wait until
the water has sunk away, and then fill up
the hole, pressing the earth moderately
around the trees with the foot. The
moist earth, being covered by the loose
surface soil, will retain its humidity for a
long time. Indeed we rarely find it ne
cessary to water again after planting in
this way, and a little muck or litter placed
around the tree, upon the newly moved
soil, will render it quite unnecessary.
Frequent surface watering is highly in
jurious, as it causes the top of the soil to
bake so hard as to prevent the access of
air and light, both of which, in a certain
degree, are absolute necessary.
4. Avoid the prevalent error (so com
mon and so fatal in this country) of
planting your trees too deep. They j
should not be planted more than an inch
deeper than they stood before. It they
are likely to he thrown out by the frost
the first winter, heap a little mound about
the stem, to be removed again in the
spring.
5. If your soil is positively had, re
move it from the holes, and substitute a
cartload or two of good garden mould.
Do not forget that plants must have food.
Five times the common growth may be
realized by preparing holes six feet in
diameter, and twice the usual depth, en-1
riching and improving the soil by the
plentiful addition of good compost. —
Young trees cannot be expected to thrive
well in sod land. When a young or
chard must be kept in grass, a circle
should be kept <|ug around each tree.
But cultivation of the land will cause the !
trees to advance more rapidly in five j
years than they will in ten, when it is i
allowed to remain in grass.
Curing Iltef.
This being the proper season for curing
beef, we furnish our readers with the fol
lowing directions on the subject:
Beef. —The best pieces for corning are
the plates, ribs and briskets. Pack the
pieces in casks, giving a very slight
sprinkling of salt between each piece.
Then cover Jhe meat with a pickle made
by boiling together, in 4 gallons of water,
8 lbs. salt, 3 lbs. brown sugar, 3 oz. salt
petre, 1 oz. pearlash, for 100 lbs. of meat.
Keep a heavy flag stone on the meat,
that it may be well immersed in the pick
le. Beef packed in this manner will
keep a year, and will rather improve than
grow worse.
Another mode recommended by a gen
tleman oflong experience in the packing
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of beef and pork, is the following: For
100 lbs. of beef, take 4 lbs. brown sugar,
4 oz. saltpetre, and 4 quarts of fine Liver
pool salt—mix all intimately together,
and in packing sprinkle it evenly on the
meat. Add no pickle ; the dissolving of
the salt, &c. with the juices of the meat,
will be sufficient. Keep the meat close
ly pressed together by a good weight.
W e are assured that this is the best mode
of packing beef when the quality of the
meat is unexccptionably fine.— Albany
Cultivator.
Hilling Potatoes.
Several years ago we made an experi
ment to ascertain whether hilling pota
toes was of any advantage. We left two
rows with the ground level—those on
each side were hilled in the usual mode.
At harvest time it was found by careful
measurement, that the two rows left
yielded most —how much more we have
forgotten. Since that time we never
“ hill up” potatoes, unless the ground is
too wet, and we wish to turn off the water.
An inch or two of earth over the tubers
will keep the sun from injuring them, and
that is all that is needed.
| We see some one, who signs himself
“ An Old Farmer,” gives the result of a
like experiment in the N. E. Farmer.
He left two rows in the piece unbilled—
or only gave them a little earth at the
first hoeing. At harvest he measured the
produce of the two unbilled rows, as well
as that of the two rows on each side, and
the unbilled rows gave five peels more
(and largpr potatoes) than either of the
other rows. He argues (and reasonably)
that by hilling we deprive the crops ofthe
| benefit of moisture. He says potatoes
j need a mellow soil, but this cannot be
! well secured by increasing the size ofthe
hill after planting.— lbid.
From the Chcraw Gazette.
A New Enterprise. —lt will be seen by
a-communication in another column, that
the Marlboro’ Manufacturing Compnny,
j propose to the public the establishment of
a new company to be engaged in the
manufacture of Cotton Bagging. In a
conversation we had a few days ago with
Mr. Townsend, the principal stockhold
er in the present Company, he assures
us that, by the outlay of about $2,500,
and cotton at the present low rates, he
could manufacture Bagging, weighing
two pounds to the yard, for 15 cents it
yard, or if twilled, a somewhat lighter
article, but equally strong at the same
price. This reduction in the price of
Bagging, it appears to us. would of itself
be a matter of some consideration to the
planter, but more especially when it af
j fords an additional and no inconsidera
ble market for the consumption of the
lower grades of this staple production.
Let us enter into a calculation and
mark the result: If cotton could be used
for all bagging sonsumed in the Southern
country —and we know of no reason why
it shonld not —say to cover 2,500,000
hales, at five ynrds to the bale and two
! pounds to the yard, it would require 12,-
I 500,000 yards of bagging, and 25,000,-
000 lbs. of raw cotton, say, in round
numbers 62000 bales—considerable more
i than the whole crop of the Pee Dee
country and its tributaries. But this is
not all; the poorer qualities, which are
! now scarcely worth preparing for ship
ment, would thus find a ready market at
home, and of course to this extent relieve
the .foreign market of its superabundant
supplies, and still further, by diverting
the labor of a portion of our operatives
into a new channel. Besides these con
siderations, the South would be saved a
heavy and exhausting drain upon her re
sourci s, which at the present time cannot
amount to much less than $2,000,000 per
annum. Interest and patriotism both
point to the line of duty, and we trust
that those who feel an interest in this en
terprise, (and who does not ?) will not al-;
low the present opportunity to slip with
out trying it in a tangible form.
Another! —We take advantage of this >
opportnnity to state, that our enterprising
fellow-citizen, Mr. James W. Burn, re- 1
cently expressed to us his intention of cs
tablishing*a Factory on Juniper creek,
about seven miles from this town, where
he has already Grist and Saw Mills in
successful operation. Mr. Burn is just
the man to succeed in the undertaking.
He is a practical mechanic , intelligent,
industrious, enterprising, and with suffi
cient means, earned too, by the sweat of
his brow, to commence the undertaking
without involving himself in debt. We :
AUGUSTA, GA. FEBRUARY 15, 1845.
have no doubt as to the result—he must
—he will succeed, if life and health are
spared him, and no untoward incident oc
curs. He asks no other protection or en
couragement. than that which a free and
unshackled trade will afford him.
Smoking Hams. —We are assured bv
an intelligent farmer that hams are effec
tually preserved from the attacks of the 1
fly, while their quality is not at all in
jured, by throwing red [*pper upon the
fire in the smoke house, during the latter
part of the operation.
II ounds on Cattle. —The most aggra
vated wounds of domestic animals are
easily cured with a portion of the yolk of
eggs mixed in the spirits of turpentine.
The part affected must be bathed several
times with the mixture, when a perfect
cure will be effected in 48 hours.
Laughable Story.
The following is a laughable account
of the misfortunes that befel an Ameri
can gentleman upon a visit to a lady in
Paris, to whom he bore letters of intro
duction. After relating a number of lu
dicrous and amusing mistakes upon his
entrance into the presence of the lady,
he thus proceeds:
“The ordinary routine of a French
dinner commenced. A regular scries of
servants appeared each instant at elbows,
inviting us to partake of a thousand dif
ferent kinds of wine, under strings of
names which I no more understood than
I understood their composition, or they
did my gaucheries. Resolute to avoid
all further opportunity for displaying my
predominant trait, I sat in the most ob
stinate silence saying out to every thing
that was offered to me, and eating with
the most devoted application, till my fair
neighbor, tired with mv taciturnity and
: her own, at length herself began a con
versation by enquiring how I was pleas
ed with the opera. I was just raising a
large morsel of potatoe to my mouth,
and in order to reply as quickly as possi
ble, I hastily thrust it in, intending to
swallow it hastily. Heavens! It was as
hot as a burning lava. What could Ido ?
The lady’s eyes were fixed upon me,
waiting a reply to her question. But my
mouth was m flame. I rolled the burn
ing morsel hither and thither, rocking
my head from side to side ; while my
eyes, which involuntarily I had fixed on
her, were strained from their sockets.—
She regarded my grimaces, of the cause
of which she was ignorant, with an ex
pression of amusement and surprise, at
which I can laugh at now when I think
of it.
“ Monsieur is ill!” at length she gently
; and in an anxious tone inquired ; I could
jbenr no more. My mouth was flaying
with intolerable pain; so quietly aban.
jdoning the point, I opened it to the ut
j most, and out dropped the infernal brand
upon my plate. Not the slightest ten
dency to risibility ruffled the impertura
ble politeness of the lady. She sooth
ingly condoled with me on my misfor
tune, then gradually led the conversation
to a variety of topics, till exerting the
j magic influence that true politeness al
ways exercises, I began to forget even
:my own blunders. Gradually my cheeks
burned less painfully, and I could join in
1 the conversation without the fear that
every word that I uttered shared the fate
of the action I attempted; I even ven
tured to hope ; nay to congratulate my
self, that the catalogue of calamities was
completed for the day.
“Let no man call himself happy be
fore death.” said Solon, and he said wise
jly. The Ides of March were not yet
lover. Before us stood a dish of cauli
flower, nicely done in butter. This I
naturally enough took for a custard pud
ding, which it sufficiently resembled.—
Unfortunately my vocabulary was not
extensive enough to embrace all the tech
nicalities of the table, and when my fair
[neighbor inquired if I was fond of chor
fiuer, I verily took it to be the French for
custard pudding, and so high was my pan
egyric of it that my plate was bountifully
laden with it. Alas, one single mouthful
was enough to dispel my allusion.
Would to heaven that the chorfiuer
had vanished with it. But that remain
ed bodily, and as I gazed despondingly on
the large mass that loomed almost as large
and burning as Vesuvius, my heart died
within me. Ashamed to confess my mis
take, although I could as readily have 1
| swallowed an equal quantity of soft soap,
! I struggled manfully on against the moun
: tainous heap at its base—and shutting
1 my eyes and opening my mouth to inhale
as large masses as I could without stop
ping to taste it. But my stomach soon
began intelligibly enough to intimate its
intention to admit no more of this nause
ous stranger beneath its roof, if not even
expelling that which had gained an un
welcome admission.
The seriousness of the task I had un
dertaken, and the resolution necessary to
execute it, had given an earnestness and
rapidity to my exertions which appetite
could not have inspired, when my plate,
having got somewhat over the edge of
the table, upon my leaning forward tilt
ed up, and down slid the disgusting mass
into my lap. My handkerchief, unable
to bear so weighty a load, bent under in
its turn, and a great portion of it landed
safely in my hat. The plate righted it
self—as I raised my person and saw as I
glanced my eye around the table that no
one noticed my disaster, I inwardly con
gratulated myself that the nauseous de
ception was so happily disposed of. Re
solved not to be detected, I instantly roll
ed my handkerchief together, with its re
maining contents, and whipped it into
my pocket.
The dinner table was at length desert
ed for the drawing room, where coffee and
i liquors were served round. Meantime I
i had sought out what I considered a safe
hiding place for my hat, beneath a chair
in the dining room, for I dare not carry
it any longer in my hand, having first
thrown a morsel of paper, to hide the
cauliflower, should any one chance, in
seeking for his own hat, to look into
mine.
On my return to the drawing room, I
chanced to be again seated by the lady
by whom I had sat at the table. Our
conversation was resumed, and we were
in the midst of an animated discussion,
when a huge spider was seen running
up her arm.
“Take it off—take it off,” she ejacu
lated in a terrified voice.
I was always afraid of spiders; so to
avoid touching him with my hand, I
caught my pockethandkcrchief from my
pocket and clapped it at once upon ihe
miscreant, who was already mounting
over her temple with rapid strides. Gra
cious heavens ! I had forgotten the cau
liflower, which was now plastered over
her face like an emollient poultice, fairly
killing the spider, and blinding an eye
of the lady—while little streamlets of
soft butter glided gently down her neck
and bosom.
“ Mon dieu ! Mon dieu !” exclaimed
the astonished fair.
“ Mon dieu !” was re-cchocd from ev
ery person’s mouth.
“ Have you cut your hand ?” inquired
one.
“No ! no!—die spider—monsieur is
killing the spider.”
“ What a quantity of entrails!” ejac
ulated an astonished Frenchman, uncon
sciously to himself.
Well might he be astonished ; the spray
of the execrable vegetable had spattered
her dress from head to foot. For myself,
the moment the accident occurred, I had
mechanically returned my handkerchief
to my pocket, but its contents remained.
Darting from the spot, I sprang to the
place where I hud left my hat; but be
fore I could reach it, a sudden storm of
wrath was heard at the door.
“ Sacre! bete! sacre!” the rin the
first syllable being made to roll like a
watchman’s rattle, mingled with another
epithet and name that an angry French
man never spares, was heard ringing like
a fierce tempest without the doors. Sud
denly there was a pause, a gurgling sound,
as of one swallowing involuntarily—and
the storm of wrath again broke out with
redoubled fury. I seized my hat and
opened the door, aifd the whole matter
was at once explained ; we had exchan
ged hats—and there he stood, the soft
cauliflower gushing down his cheeks,
blinding his eyes, filling his mouth, hair,
mustaches, ears, and whiskers. There
he stood astride, like the Colossus, and
stooping gently forward, his eyes forcibly
closed, his arms dropping out from his
body and dripping cauliflower and butter
from every pore.
I staid no longer; but retaining his
hat, I rushed from the house, jumped in
to a “ fiacre,” and arrived safely home,
heartily resolving that, to my last hour,
I would never again deliver a letter of
introduction.
WASHINGTONIAN
TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE,
We, whose names are hereunto an
nexed, desirous of forming a Society for
our mutual benefit, and to guard against
a pernicious practice, which is injurious
to our health, standing and families, do
pledge ourselves as Gentlemen, not to
drink any Spirituous or Malt I.iquors,
Mine or Cider.
[No. 31
From the Raleigh, N. C. Standard.
Mr. Holden :—lt has been denied in
some of the northern papers, and else
where, that the Siamese Twins are real
ly married, and that they are in our
State. I have taken the pains to inquire
of one of the Honorable members of the
Legislature from Wilkes, in this State,
and I am sure the account must amuse
your readers as it it did
Your faithful servant,
JOHN WHEELER.
Dec. 20, 1944.
Sir: I will now satisfy, or try to do so,
the anxiety you seem to have about the
Siamese twins—the fact of their being
married, sir, you need not doubt. They
are married. I have often seen their
wives, before they were married, and
since. Adelaide and Sarah Yeath were
the names of the ladies they married.—
They have each one daughter, whose
names are Josephine and Jane-ersyler.
The ladies they married were in posses
sion of considerable fortune, and of a
great many personal accomplishments;
quite delicate and handsome. Their
children are a complete model of them
selves. As to the precise time that they
married, I cannot state. They were mar
ried by Rev. Colby Sparks, Minister of
the Baptist Church, who I am well ac
quainted with, and who has often told me
all about the circumstances. The ladies
were born and raised in the county of
Wilkes, and there arc no ladies in the
county with whom I am better acquainted.
The twins live within 3| miles of me.
They live in quite splendid style, and
have all things neatly arranged abou.
them—the former to considerable extent
They have a splendid assortment of far
ming utensils, and seem to have superior
knowledge of how to use them. They
keep several hands to work; and I know
of no family who appear to enjoy life
with more delight. In short, their situa
tion is as near complete any person I ev
er saw. And from every appearance, it
seems that they nre the very men who
ought to have married.
In politics they vote the whig ticket in
full, and advocate the whig principles.
Their manner and custom at home is
quite polite and accommodating, and their
company very engaging; so much so,
that their house is often crowded with
visitors. They sometimes give parties
and Christmas dinners.
Capture ot a Desperado.
The Cherokee Advocate contains a let
ter from Mr. Daniel R. Coodcy, giving a
detailed account of the capture of Bean
Starr, a notorious outlaw and murderer,
who, with his brothers, has been for six
years engaged in the commission of rob
beries and murders in the Chocttvw and
Cherokee nations, and on the Arkansas
line. Learning where Starr was, he,
with nine Cherokees under his command,
followed him, and, while engaged in
searching a house in which they sup
posed him to be, Starr came riding up at
full speed. He was within fifty yards of
the house, when he perceived the party,
and immediately turned and fled. At
that moment, and a few seconds there
after, ten shots were fired at him, three
of which took effect, two in the right arm
and one through the body. After pursu
ing him a mile or so, he was taken prison
er, and carried to Fort Washita, where
Col. Harney received him, and he was
placed in the hospital. Mr. Coodey and
his party recovered ten horses and mules,
which had been stolen by Starr and his
comrades.
The Cocoa Nut in Ceylon. —Nearly
all the domestic wants of the Singalese
can be supplied by the cocoa nut tree.—
He can build his house entirely of it.—
The walls and doors are made of cajans,
the leaves platted ; the roof is covered
with the same; the beams, rafters, &c.«
are made of the trunk. He needs no
bed, as he can use the coirope made from
the outside husk. If he wants a spout,
he hollows the trunk split in two. It al
so supplies him with many of his house
hold articles. He makes his oil from
the kernel; and the hard shell supplies
him with spoons, and cups, and drinking
vessels, and lamps, and water buckets;
the refuse of the kernels, after the oil is
expressed (called vunak) serves for food
for fowls and pigs; the milk from the
kernel is used in his food. In short, if a
man have a few cocoanut trees in his gar
den he will never starve. Arrack, a
strong spirit, resembling whiskey, is
made from toddv. the juice of the flower,
and brooms are made from the ribs ( irita )
of the leaflets.