Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, November 21, 1838, Page 2, Image 2
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Any farmer who will estimate profit (
of 10D0 sheep, will find the Kast Tennes- \
fcc lias it in her power to rival in profits |
the cotton plan er, by pursuing the pastoral I
liih*, the easiest, most innocent, and delightful,
man can enjoy. i
Mixtures of the Saxon with o jr common
tock, will enable the people of Tennessee
so fiiraish to the manufacturer, wool suited
tor the varieties of fabricks made from that
staple, and manufactories will spring up
every where, provided wool can be i.ad.
While we are improving the breeds of
other slock, let us not neglect the Sheep.
rpu~ ? -??-F ? --"ill /.nrtitnl. VL'ill
I (lu iuvt;$niicut ui a oiiian wuj'--?.
l:?y the ground work of handsome profi s to
the ndvanturers; ?nd considering his own
profi s, lie will also have the consolation of j
knowing that he is doing something for his
couutrv.
Without being too sanguine, we may
look forward to the lime not remote when
our hills and mountain slopes, (now es eemcd
of little value) will teem with flocks and
herds.
Improvements arc upon the advance; let
us keep pace with them in every thing; each
improvement in the products of our country
is a source of national independence;
wus es should be changed into fields-?our i
*a:cr fulls made to perform the labor of
thousands, encouraging the arts?and thus
hy the irany means in our power turning
the balance of trade in our favor.
A FARMER.
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AlORUS 1NULTICAULI5?OlLh,.
Although the manufacture of si k has rereived
some attention in this country, especially
in industrious New England, yet nothing,
comparatively speaking has been done
towards the establishment of this lucrative
branch of domes* ic economy. The present
season seems to be the era of its general
conwnencement, and in ten years from today,
wc expect to sec the profits of the mul.
berry *nd silkworm a principal item in the
national revenue and wealth. The introduction
of the M. Mullicaulis, about four
years ago, promises a rich harvest to the
silk culiurist, and every man in North Carolina
who owns an acre of land, and wishes
to make the most of if, will consult his interest
by purchasing and cultivating this new
source of wealth. TK'S fur, the Multicauli^has
principally, been confined to repro
duction, as a ready sale h'gh prices render
the trees as profitable as can reasonably be
desired; and such will be the case for a
"year or two till their general diffusion
throughout the country shall have closed
the market; but afior that time, they will
I ondnue an inexhaustible source of large
j rofi.s on fglit labour and small cap tal.?
Vothc poorer classes of industrious citizens,'
s new branch of business will be invalu.
-h)o.?An intelligent gentleman, who is up}
irontly conversant with the subject, wrL |
-ingfrom Pliiiadelphia to a friend in New j
Orleans gives the following information. j
"The advantages of .lie Morus Muliicau- i
Is is this?one fourth to one sixth the hands i
*ii| do to feed worms less than with white !
Juilberry, Tiie leaves of the Moru? Mu!- j
icuulis are 9 by 12 inches in s;z", or by'
bout ten times larger than the while. Mr. i
hmth of Baltimore, says one acre will frcd !
one million of worms. Mr. Carry says,!
half an acre a million. A million of worms,!
weH fed, will give 400 lbs. reeled, wtiich j
sells readily nt ?5 per lb. The reeling of
any quantity can be dene with machinery, i
which costs little. A dog, or a man power :
will turn 20 to 50 reels, and these will pro. !
duce from three quarters to one pound of
reeled silk a d <y. One acre and two men, i
or three acres and five men will produce I
m/irr> ir?r?rv-nr> fhnn 30 ff, 40 nf mttnn i
ami 12 men?that is nf:er the first year.? }
In the south, \vhcr? the trees grow out all
win'er, and the foliage remains on the trees,1
they grow from 8 to 12 feet high, \vhere4 or!
5 successive crops of cocoons can be pro.
duccd, by a small family of whites and coL j
ored or, sny 8 or 10, with a good prepara-:
tion, (and nothing conceivahlo is moresim?
Sic or ens}*,) an income of from 10 t
20,000 can easily be made.
I3ut until the trees can be had no silk can !
1 c ma c. Every on", not otherwise cm-1
ployed, in this region, is entering into the ;
business. The cultivation of trees has so 1
far maioly occupied our af'cntion. They S
cao be raised here for 4, with you for 2 cents i
a tree. They command 40 o 100 cents a
free, and half the demand cannot he sup.
plied. * It is supposed, as the demand now
extends into New. York New Jersey Penn.
i ylvnnia, Ohio I) luuore, Maryland, Vir- !
' inia, Kentucky, &e. and the voracity wiih
viiich t Vv arc sough? Is prodigious ; I s. v. i
.! 9 suppose*'J ii*at eex* ; r demand w 11 '
v still greatt r.
In Louisiannn \ou have only lo ngitate ,
the subject, anJ you will go uliend. In your ,
where the tree will remain in the !
ground all winter?here they are taken up }'
f?> preserve them from the frost?they will j1
have four months more to grow, and be- i'
sides giving a tree of from 9 to 12 feet, the '
foliage for feeding silk worms will be pro- j
portionably groater. j
I kuow several hundred in the business '
this season, not one of whom made less
than 800 per cent, and many who laid out jl
ilor 400 dollars, and cleared 6 000 to 8,000. j *
One man the past season on 15 acres made j1
1 A* ZVA ???kA f / I 1 f
near 5>iuu,uuu. immense lorwnes unve ; <=
been made by if. No one has touched it! s
without immense profit." a
Notwiths anding the above encourage- Sl
^cnt, and the generally favourable opinion ' <l
of certain success, we should advise our
friends to hold back for a season, rather n
than pay the enormous price asked for the .
frees and shoots of the Mukicnulis. Twelve j
months hence a man who asks several dol-1 ni
.'?rs for a switch, or ten cents for a bud, will' ,r
be laughed at.?Newbern Spectator. ' 01
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From the Southern Agriculturist. i ol
?nr. VAI.tTE OF IRISH.POTATOES AS FOOD TOR I W
rows. !st
! nt
May, 1837. : fr,
-1Jr. your January number, j in
I read some hints about the raising and cul. t cl
'ore of IrVi Shvatr^ 1 mrs*. add to yo*r .
nvn, my firm conviction, thai then i: no
vegetable, which we can possibly cultivate,
possessing so many ad van.ages, as a lood
for ourcatdc.
In [he first place, its yield is greater than
almost any vegetable we can possibly cuL
tivate. This season, I planted an acre in
Irish Potatoes, after the plan laid down
in my former communication. I am now
digging them for my cows, and I do assure
you, Mr. Editor, that, it causes in tltein a
double yield of butter and milk. My plan
of feeding my cows is, to boil the potatoes,
with other vegetable matter.?for instance,
the potato tops, turn'p tops, &c. This mash
I give out to my cows, which yield fifty per
more milk bv it. than if they were turn
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ed out upon the best pasture only.
In the second p'ao*, this crop is easily
attended. All lie working that the potatoes
need, I give thein, before mv hands g ?
oul to their regular morning wot k. But or
the manner of doing this, I must refer \ o ?
to my former communictition.
In tlie third place, potatoes are the ear.
liest root crop, that we can yell have. in
our climate, the land may be prepared, and
i planted with the Irish potato, oarly in February.
And if ihe land bo well manured,
or covered with litter, tluj young plants will
1 sustain not tho least injury from frost or
cold. I am, however, no great advocate
for planting loo early ; since several years'
experience has convinced mo, that potatoes
put into the ground early in Aprd, will maI
ture ns soon as those put in at an earli? r
I perio i.
In the fourth place, corn may be planted
: among potatoes, with tie greatest advanj
ta go ; and thus a crop of corn and potatoes
\ may be ,*ais"d on the same land, wi hour
| one crop in the least injuring the other. Ini
deed, the notaioes shading ihe voung corn,
' a* an early perol, will prevent its growth
being retarded by co!d weather; and the
same working which will keep the potatoes
clear of grass, will also benefit the corn.?
As the potatoes are dug in, the loose earth
which is pulled down front their bed, may
be hauled, with great advantage, around the
com. Last year, my corn planted in this
way, was decidedly the best I had in my
whole field.
In the fifth and last place, you may re.
plant the small potatoes after you have dug
: the larger ones ; and these will vield an cx~
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, cellent crop for winter use. Whenever I
I plant corn among my potatoes, I make my
i potato rows five feet apart, and plant the
! corn in the alley of each row, at the distance
of four feet from each other. In digging
in my potatoes, in the spring, I place the
small ones in the alley, between each hill of
corn, and throw the earth from the old bed
upon them, into the alloy ; so as to form,
j at the same time, a bed for the com and
i young pofato"S. The potatoes thus raised
! are excellent for winter use ; and as a vege.
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j table tor the table, arc equal in qualify to
the very best of the "Emerald Isle."
J am aware, Mr. Editor, that this communieai?\>n
is too late, to be of much benefit
at the present season : but it may serve
for future use ; and mny also give some
some bin's about turning nitr small potatoes,
which are usually thrown away, to some a."L
vantage.
Froin the Silk Culturist.
Hints on Feeding Horses.
, In feeding horses with grain, the proper
quanti y ot the respective kinds is regula'ed
by weight, for in this proportion are the
different kin Is considered nu'ritious. As
for example, we < ive to a horse pi r day half
a bushel of oa;s, the weight of which is
17ibs., and if we wish to change 10 other
grain, as barley, rve, or Indian corn, the
same weight will suffice; and as th'-se grains
lire mueu iieiiviii lii<*11 u iii, a |>ii/jiuj ii^u.iu;
less quantity, by measure will suffice.?
Another rule, deemed important, is this,
that whenever heavier grain is su'.s ituted
for oats, a quantity of fine cut straw should
be added, as a substitute for the husk of the
oat?. Tiiis induces a more pcif ct diges.
tion of the grain.
The practice of giving dry grain to horses
when pastured, or fed wit'igre n cut
grass, is condemned: for the grain thusgiven.
is never perfectly digested, on account
of t lie effect of the watery juices orthc grass
upon digestion. When dry grain and green
feed arc given, as m ich interval should be
allowed between the dry and green food as
circumstances will permit.
Von Thaer considers S lbs. of meadowhay
equal in nourishment to 3 lbs. of oa s;
that hay improves by age, if well kept, and
is most nufri;ou3 for horses when a year
old; that the second growth is not equally
nourishing; and that hay should i ot be unnecessarily
exposed in making, tho fresh- !
ness of its scent being peculiaily gratifying ,
to horses and cattle. I
In holland and Flanders, farm.horses are j
uniformly soiled during summer. A horse
is supposed to consume from 84 to 100 lbs.
of green food per day with occasional grain, j
An aero of clover, at two cuttings, will !
jive twelve tons of green food; and hence j
lialf an aero of clover, fed green, will suffice I
for a horse four months.
It is also a general practice in Flanders, 1
rnd is extensively adopted in Greut Biitain, j
o convert the entire food into manger meat, |
hat is, to mix the cut straw and hay, the I
,rrain and the roots, or whatever is to con. 1
titute the provender for the day, and to feed j
Itogether in the manger, in regular mcs- 1
es The value of litis mode of feeding is
lleged to consist
"I. In its requiring a more thoroughii
mctiVniinn of i!ir? food than when it is oiv ! *
a in t ie common way, thereby ass.sting i
igestion, and consequently promo:nig the
ntrition of the animal; for, it is not only I
ue that old horses lose much of the power j
f mastication, and that young and greedy : i
l'tle are apt to devour a considerable part \
tneir corn entire, when it is given alone, j i
hich passing through them in the same
ate affords no kind of nourishment, but all j t
limals are known to derive nourishment s
on? their solid food, in a certain degr?e,;
proportion to the care with which it is ! li
lowed.
4 *?. It is coRR'jmocl in less tin'". '
' 3. B> the mixture of the materials, some to
pronor'ions of which, as damaged hay, or ar
straw, might he refused if given separately,
an equal consumption of the whole is secu- tai
red.
4. Py i ? admi ting of being more readi- j
Iv weighed, or measured, than when given
separately, it can be more accurately dis.
tributod to each horse; on which it may bo a^'
observed, that more injury is of en done to an
horses by allowing them an unlimited quan- ec^
tity of rack-meat (uncut hay in the rack.)
than even by stinting them to a scanty al{owance;
for they will not only pass whole
nights in eating, when rest would do them
more service, but, by tins extraordinary dis- Cf
j ention of the stomach, its powers are weak
ened, and their general health is injured.
"5. It prevents waste, and consequently
goes farther." ,
Mr. Wiggins, whose daily business ex~
tends to the feeding of three hundred horses,
estimates the saving by the feeding en- tj
n'rrtv in rhi?u*av. in the manner, at one sixth. u
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Rye is considerably employed as horse : f<
feed in America, particularly in Pennsylva.
nia; It is generally coarsely ground, and j
mixed with cut straw or chaff, and moistenerl,
by which the mass is incorporated. jr
Bai ley is extensively used in the south of I
Europe, in Asia Minor and in Persia, for j c
feeding horses, for the reason, probably,
that oa's, being indigenous to colder c!i- {j
j mates, do not grow well in ihesc countries.
In die first of these countries it is uniformly j ^
f^d with straw. Six bushels have been ,
lour.d, 0:1 trial, :o be equal to eight bushels j
of Oi.ts. Barley con. a ins twenty per cent, j
more starch than oats. 5 per cent, moro sac. ],
charne matter, and 27 per cent, less husk. v
B i ish writers have furnished us withes- s
tim ues of the annual expense of keeping
farm horses. 0:ie of these belorc us gives i\
ihe aggregate expense of a two.horsc team a
and driver at abou'90/. (S400.) This ineludes
the in crest on the const of the team
and implements, 270/.*and 10 per cent, for
repairs and deterioration. We state this v
fa. t for the purpose of calling the reader's
attention to it.. It imports, ihat allowing for r
the days when the team cannot labor, and
assuming 260 working days in a year, tint c
i a term and driver should cam more than j
I SI 50 a day for 260 days in a year, to pay
i i'ncf. arirl tlmt nit ttipv tail short in doiii? !
j ^ |
! this, is absolutely loss to ihc owner. The j h
j keep, in Britain, is probably higher howev-! f
j er, than it is with us. Yet we are persund- j
j cd i|,at few among us duly reflect, upon the i [
j cost of maintaining a horsc.ieam in a plight j
requisite for doing good service. In Brit.
, ain a team of good horses is considered ; c
j adequatcto the cultivation ot 40 to 00 acres I
in tillage crops." ic
From the Southern Agricukbrist. i ^
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PR( GVOSTICS OF THE WEATHER. j c
VVc co; t the following prognostics of jc
?the weather from the Southern Agriculturist. e
' It has been compih d from the writings of c
Lord Bacon. Rest, the Shephercd of Ban- | b
I bury, Worlidge, and autliors of approved j
i experience. ; l'
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1. ilG.N'S FROM VAPUOKS, OR MISTS . j
1. If a white nrstinan evening or n'ght n
scraad over a meadow wherein there is a r
river, it promises the next day to be bright. : |j
2. When the mist hanging over the low- j f
: er lands draws towards the hills of a morn. :
ng, and rolls up their sid es until the tops .,
be covered, there win ho no rain. il
| 3. In some places if"the mist hangs upon j|
| the hills and drags along the woods, instead
I of overspreading the lower ground, in a s
! morning, it will turn to rain. f]
! 4. If mists rise in low grounds, and soon ?
' vnnicli ftt ir> ivnntlinr. f ^
5. If they rise to the hill tops, rsio in a
day or two. (One of Mr. Worlidge's jr
rules.j n
6. A general mist before the sun rises a
near the full moon ; fine weather. j p
II. FROM CLOUDS.
1. If is a sympiom of fair weather when
clou Is dissolve into air; otherwise when thev 1)
are collected out of the air. p
2 Whn heavy rains are about to fall,
c.er cloud ris s bigger than the former, a:
and all the clouds are i:i a growing state. si
3. When clouds are fi .-ecy, deep, and b
dei.se towards the middle, and very white j bi
at the edges, with the sky very bright and ! tli
blue about them, they arc of a frosty cold, w
n'ss, and will soon full either in hail, snow,
. or Imstv showers of rain. ic
| 4. When clouds breed high in the uir in tu
j thin wh'te trains, like locks of wood or the th
tails of horses, there will soon be wind bs. n<
S low a d probably rain with it. th
5. When clouds as they come forward j
seem to diverge from a point in the hori. [ nr
zoo,a wind may be expected from that quur- j n<
ter, or the opposite. 1 tl>
; 0, W.icn a g<moral cioudiness covers the i is
sky above, and small black fragments of, m
clouds, like smoke, fly underneath, rain is :
not far off, and it will probably be lasting, j t\\
7. No surer sign of rain than two dider- *h
out currents of clouds, especially ift'ie uti- ni]
dcrmost Hies fast before the wind ; and if ra
two such appear in hot summer, a thun Jcr an
storm is gathering.
8. C.oudj like large rocks ; great show- j o?
ers* ! wi
9. If small clouds increase ; mucli rain, j or
10. Iflarge clouds deer -aso : fair weath- j tu{
er- 1 be
11. In summer when the wind has been ! cr,
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south two or three days, and it grows very j
hot, aad clouds rise with white tops, lik? err
towers, as if eno were on I he top of anoth- drr
er, joined together with black on the neth- tlie
tr side, there will be thunder and rain suJ- fro
don iy, out
12. If two such clouds rise one on cither strr
!iund ; rain. wic
13. Dappled white clouds, (called a by
liackernl sky) generally predict rain. 6
14. Small hlack clouds of a clear oven- win
ng: undoubted signsof ram. t up i
15. Blue or black clouds near the sun any j the
ime of the day, or near the moon by night; j fl
ignsofrain. {and
16. Small waterish clouds on the tops of' will
tills; rain. 1
17. If clouds grow or appear suddenly,' the
he air otherwise free from clouds ; tempes's that
hand especially if they appear to tho South
West. i
19. Clouds set.ing on the tops of moun- i
ns : hard weather. j'
III. DfiWS.
Dew plentifully on the grass after a fair
y, foretells the next day fair; hut if'
ter such a day no dew is on the ground, j
id no wind stirring, rain may be expect,
i?
IV. FROM SKIES.
1. Between a red evening and grev morn*
g, is commonly a heavy .lew or a mis1
~ ">' r?>rtrninfT SUL*
rer inc jjroiiuuf 'jut n a iwu ? .
;cds, there is no dew.
When a lowering redness spreads too far |
pwards from the horiz ?n in the morning]
r evening, rain or winds follow and often 1
oth.
3. When such a redness, tegemer with
raggednessof the "clouds, extend toward
ie zenith in the evening, the wind will he
igb from the West or South-west, with
lin.
4. When the sky in a rainy season is
nged with a sea-green color, where it
uglit to be blue, the rain will continue and
icrease.
5. If it is of a deep dead blue, the wcathr
will be showery.
6. A dark thick sky, lasting for some
me, eiiher without sun or rain, always be-1
omes fair, then foul?this is, a clear sky i
cfore rain.
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v. FROM sun.
1. When the air is hazy, and the sun's i
ght fades by degrees, and his orb looks j
diitish and ill defined ; one of the certain I
igns of rain.
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li. li me raysoi iik* -uu uicunuij uhukqh ?
lie clouds, irradate and are visible in the !
ir, rain very soon.
3. White at his setting ; bad weather. ,
4. Shorn of his rays; had wether.
5. Going down into a bank of clouds ,
rliich lie in the horizon ! bad weather.
6. If he risj red and fiery ; wind and j
ain.
7. If he rise cloudy and clouds decrease,;
:ertain fair weather.
VI. FROM MOO.W
1. When moon and stars grow dim, with
t hazy air and ring or halo round ; rain
bllows
2. If the moon appear pale and dim, cx>eet
rain.
3. Ifred a sign of wind,
4. Ifof its natural colour, and {lie sky
dear, fair weather.
5. If the moon is rainy throughout her
course, i' will clear up at the ensuing change,
ind the rain will probably commence in a
L'w days after, and continue; if, on the
'nntrnrv. the moon has been fair through
iuf,and it rains at the change, the fair weatht
\v 11 probably bo restored about the fourth
ir fifili day of the moon, and continued as
icfore.
G. If the new moon does not appear till
lie fourth day, a troubled air for the whole
notitb.
7. If the moon, either at her first appear,nco
or within a few days after, has her lowr
horn obscure or dusky, or any wise sul.
ed, it denotes loul weather before the
iill.
8. If discoloured in the middle, storms
re to be expected about the full, or about
10 wane, if her upper horn is affected in
ke manner.
9. When on her fourth day she appears!
potless, her horns unblunted, and neither:
at nor quite erect, but between both, it j
iromiscs lair weather for the greatest part i
fthe month.
10. An erect moon is generally threatenlg
and unfitvorahie, hut particularly dc- |
otes wind ; though if she appear with short j
nd blun'cd horns ratn may rather be ex- j
t
ectcd. " ;
VII. FROM WINDS. ;
1. When ilio wind veers abou'. uncertain-1
' to several points of the compass, rum is ;
rctly sure to follow.
2. Some have remarked, that if the wind,
3 it veers about, folio vs tin: course of the ;
in, from the east towards the west, it f
rings fair weather; if the contrary, foul; j
at there is no sign of rain more infallible,
lan a uliisling or howling noiso of the
ind.
3. Win*] turning to north-east, continu-!
ig there two days, wi hout rain, and not 1
irning south the third day, or not mining !
e third dav, will ho like!v to continue 1
Dr;h-east for eight or nine days fair, and
en come south again. }
4. Ifi' turn again out of the south to the [
)rth-eas\ wi;h rain, and continues in the j
^rth-enst f\v? dnvs. u-idian? r??in. and nni. i
er turns south nor rains the third day, it |
likely to continue north-east two or three '
onths.
5. After a northerly wind, lor the roost of
o months or more, and then coming south,
ere arc usually three or four days at first,;
id then on the fourth or fifth day comes 1
in, or else the wind turns north again, j,
id continues dry.
6. If it returns to the south within a day ;.
two, without rain, and turns northward :;
:h rain, and returns to the soutn in one j
two days, ag before two or three times I j
jollier aflerthis sort, then it is likely to:
in the south two or three months togeth-! (
as it was in the mouth before. s
7. Fair weather for a week with a south-! n
>!y wind is likely to produce a great j fj
_ _? . :c .i i i i r i
nigin, ii incre nas ?eeu inucn rain our 01 ; s
soutli before. The wind usually turns j s
m north to soul!) with a quiet ivir.J with_
rain; but returns to the north with aj
mg wind and rain The s!rondos: j
id is, when it turns from south to north ! h
west. j t(
J. If you sec a cloud rise up against the K
id or with wind, when that cloud comes ; u
lo you, the wind will blow the same way ' S
cloud came. I s'
L W hen the wind varies for a few hours | hi
afterwards begins to blow constant, it, p!
continue for many (lavs. j ol
0- Whatever wind h gins to blow in! at
morning usually continues longer than j h:
winch r*sc? in the evening. fr
11. If the wind be east or north-cast in
lie fore part of the summer, the weather
is likely to continue dry ; ami if westward
towards the end of the summer, then it will 1
also continue dry.
12. If in great rains the winds riscor fall,
it signifies the rain will forthwith cease.
13. If the south wind begins for two or'
three days, the nonh will sndden'v blow j
after it; but if the north blows for the same j
number of days, the south will not rise till
after the east lias blown for sometime
14. A change in the warmth of weather j
is generally followed by a change of wind, j
~ vnr. ?ii teors. 1
When me cors, or the aurora boreal is, I
appear after some warm day, it is ge^jcr. I
ally succeeded by a coldness of the air. '
IX. FROM ANIMAL CREATION.
Swallows,when tlicy fly aloft aft'-r their prey
a serene sky?when they skim the ground
or the water, rain not far off?their appear.
ance, a sign of spring set in. When tnc
notes of the vvhippoor will arc heard, spring
has set in?when sheep wind up the hills
in the morning to their pastures, and fc- d
near the top, an indication of the clear ng
of clouds or drizzly weather--.,.dogs grow
sleepy and stupid before rain, and by refusingfheir
food and eating grass,show their,
stomach out of order-?-water fowl dive
nnd ivush themselves more than ordinarily
before rain?flies are particularly trouble,
some, nnd seem rmre hungry than usual.- toads
are seen crawling across the road or
beaten path in the evening?nicies work
harder than usual, and sometimes come
forth ; so do worms?ants arc observed to
stir and busile about, and then return to their
htirrows -.-bees stir not far, and betake
themselves to their hives.-.-swine discovor
uneasiness, as do likewise sheep, cows, <fcc.
all nppeariui more eager in pasture than
usual?birds of all sorts are in action and
more earnest after their prcy-_..fleas bite
I harder than common?.spiders crawl
abroad. On the contrary, spider's webs on
i the trees, or in the air indicate fair and hot
weather-?so do bees, when they fly far
ntid come home laic.w-?likewise, a more
t than usual appearance of plow worms by
nigh*, lfgua's play up and down in the
op-n air, near sunset, they presige heat; if
i in the shade, warm and mild showers , but
i if the} join in stinging those that pass by
: them, cold we i !> r and much rain may b;
exported. In m m. frequently, aches, corns
and wounds are more troublesome, cither
! towards rain or frost. The crow rawing
; and walking on the seashore, or on the
1 banks of rivers or pools, presages rain,
Birds that change countries at certain seai
sons, if they come early, show the temper of
1 the weather, according to the country
i whence they came ; as winter woodocks,
pigeons, &c. if /hey cnmc early, show a
; cold winter.
X. FROM VEGETABLE CREATION.
; 1. Most vegetables expand their flowers
and down in sun-s liny weather, towards tho
evening* and against rain close them again
|?as in the down of Dandehon. The rule
I is, if the flowc.s are close shut up it betokens
1 rain; if they are spread abroad, fair wca
| ther.
2. All wool, even the hardest and mo>t
! solid, swells in moist weather,
i 3. The snecdv dryins of the earth's Sur
i face, is a sign of a northerly wind and fur
i weather; and its becoming moist, of a south;
crly wind, nod rain.
4. When sounds are more plainly heard
than usual, rain.
9 If wainscots or wui's that used to
sweat, bo drier than usual in the beginning
of tbe whiter, or the caves of houses drop
more slowly than ordinary, it portends a
hard and frosty winter.
6. When there are but few nuts,co!J and
wet harvests generally foilir.v; when a great
show of them, hot and heavy harvests sua.
cccd.
7. if the oak bears much niast.it pres
ug"s a Mug and hard winter. The same
~ O
of iiops and bawes.
XI. FRO.V RAIN*.
1. Su Men rain never lasts long; but
when the air grows thick by d -grees, and
th i sun moon and stars shine dimmer and
dimmer, it usually r tins six hours.
2. If it begins to rain from the south with
a high wind, for two or three hours, and the
wind fulls, hut the rain continues, it is like to
#<..nliin (./-.lire nr m r\ m ?\n,f rlnt.C IICII
lillli vUVJIVU IIUVII OJI %* y Miv/I v-1 Uliu VI v/' V u?J\*
ally rain un'il a strong north w ind clears the
air; these long rains seldom hold above
twelve hours.
4. If it begins to r;:in nn hour or two before
sunrismg, it is likely to be fair before
noon and continue so that dnv; but if the
'
ram begins an hour or two after sun rising, j
it is likely to rain all tint diy, unless the
rainbow be seen before it rains.
XII. FROM SEASONS. i
1. Generally a moist and cold summer'
portends a bard winter, J
2: A hot and dry summer and autumn,;
especially if the heat and drought extend !
far into Sep emb-r. portend an open begin- j
ning of winter, and cold to sticcce towards
the latter part and beginning of spring.
3. A warm and open winterportends a hot j
mddry summer, for the vapours disperse;
n!o the winter showers ; whereas cold and
rost keep them in, and convey litem to the
u'c spring. So suith my Lord Bacon,
4A severe autumn deno es a windy
?inter; a rainy spring, a rainy a serene j
lummor, a windy autum * so th:if fl?e air in
i b.'dunce is seldom dcb'or to i'aclt ; nor
lo die seasons suet c'd each other in tiiej
amc tenor fur two years together. So also |
ai'h my Lord B icon.
TREE-'. ; I
Everyone that has read the heart of Mid i I
/O'.hian, will remember the following sen. ! '
inee ; 4f Jock, when ve hao nothiuge'se to I <
- * - i? . . 1 ,
) do, ye may oo aye sncsing in a tree ; a :1
ill Lcgrowing, Jock, when yeYe sleeping." 1 '<
ir W ilier Scott says somewhere that these (
mple words induced fti: Earl to plant a j [
irge tract of counlyy, which, in such a :1
lace as England, weuld in a few years be)1
f immense valued We can only repeat the;
ivice given to Jbck.-.-let every one who _ h
is imtiiing cl.<c to do, he * sticking in a
y\*\!:n? n^reri'v:r,:\vroan t!* 'Iw'fit *
From the N. V. Bab. Regis!cr.
DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.
The annexed extract's taken from a pa.
per in Blackwood's IvJinburgli Magazine,
enti led 4 Adventure in the Northwest Territory.'
It is a graphic description of a
most thrilling scene :
After residing nearly a year in one of
the most distant posts of tho Norihwest
Company, and conducting the fur trade
there, I began too look forward to ray rOk,
...... M.mtmnL I waited with ilu?
tin H IVJ - " jjlVUI*
est impa ienco for the arrival of that period
which was to terminate banishment and re.
store ine to society. I was nearly three
! thousand miles distant from any settlements.
| and my only companions were but two
young men, clerks in the establishment,
j whose clmractcrsand limited acquirements
j rendered them verv uninteresting associates.
! Tliis lake discharged itself by m<*ans of n
! river, into another of much greater dimenj
sions, and thick forests covered every par:
of the neighboring country.
One afternoon I took my gun and strolled
out in s^ar-hof game. Though it was
now the beginning of spring, the lake was
completely frozen a -ross, the cold of the
prccediog winter having been very intense.
I soon fell in with a flock of wild ducks, but
before I got a shot at them they began to
fly towards the middle of the. lake; however,
I followed them foarlossfully over the icovin
the expectation that they would goon
alight. The weather was mild though
rather blowy. Detached black clouds mpYe
l rapidly along the face of heaven in in?..
mense masses, and the sun blazed for.h in
unobscured splendor, at one moment, and
was completely shrouded from vieig in the
nex\ I wis so intent on the pursuit of my
game, that I hastened forward almost on.
consciously, my progress being much faciL
j irated by u thin layer of snow which cov|
crcd the ice and rendered the fooling tolerably
secure. At last i fired at the duck?,
; and killed one and wounded nno her. I
i immediately picked op the first, but its com-'
! panion having only been winged, began to
i ioap away before I caught hold of it. I followed,
but ha 1 hot advanced more than
twenty yards when, to my astonishment, [
1 found that (he ice was in many places cor.,
j cr< d with the water to the depth of sever:
al inches. I stopped short, full of alarm
j and irresolute what to do. It was evident
i that a thaw had already commenced, and
! as I well knew with what rupidity the irebroke
up when once affected by a change
I of temperature, I became alivo to the dan^
i gers of my situation, and almost lost thought
,j of moving from the spot on which I stood.
The weather had growu calm and hazy,
i and the sky was very black and lowering.
| Large fl dies of snow soon began to fall
languidly , and perpendicularly through the
air; and after a little time those were accompanied
by a thick shower of sleety rain,
which gradually became so dense that 1
eouIJ not discern the shor.v I strained
| my eyes (o catch a glance of some living
j object, but a dreary and motionless expanse
j sfrcched on every side, and the appaliig
j silence that prcva led was sometimes inter,
j rupted by the receding cries of the woun?
} d?d bird. All nature seemed to be fear.
I fully awaiting some terrible event. 1 lis!
tcned in fearful suspense to hoar. I soon
I distinguished u distant thundering noise,
j which gradually became stronger, and npI
pea red to approach the place wherol stood.
I l>..nn-i.?.l nvn'Acinne nriit hnlljiu/ milFmiiM
1 v ' " j/v-r* i i ' i 1 * uaj/iwoiuiav itliu ivlif/lt ii?mi limig
of irregular loudness were succeeded by a
tremendous sound like that of reeks burst!
ting nsun Jer. The ice Trembled beneath
j my feet, and the uext moment it whs disu.
riiusl by a vast chasm, which opened itself
' within a few yard* of me. The water of
I the lake rushed upwards through the gap
! wi'li foaming fury, and began to flood the
surface all round.
I started backwards, and ran, ns I con.
cjived, towards the shore: but my progress
was soon stopped by one of those weak
parts of, the ice callcdair holes.?
i Whde walking cautiously around if, my
mind grew somewhat composed, and I resolved
not to advance i?oy farther, until J
had fixed upon some way of regulating my
course, but I found this to be impossible. I
vainly endeavored to discern land, and .
the moaning of the wind among the distant
forests alone indicated that there was not
" C .nnrr inrl ?
nny >i! QJI near nr;? w.'wug uuU <<~^nur
i b'as s, loaded wiih snow and slec*, swc|%l
i ,innrr mvnlvintr cvorv ihinff in nf).
I ? -
I scuri:y, and beivildofing my steps with naulignant
influence. I sometimes fancieJ I
' s iw the spot where our post was situated,
an I even the HXTcs and houses upon it; but
the next moment a gust of wind would
whirl away th: lantastic-shapcJ fogs that
had produced the agreeable illusion, and
reduced mo to a ci ion less despair. I fired
my gun repeatedly, in hope that ;Ii3 report
vvju d bring some one to my assistance ;
however, t e shore acknowledged by feeble
echoes, that the sound had reached them.
The storm increased in violence, and at
intervals die sun J of the ice bceakiug up
rolled upon my ear like distant thunder, and
seemed to utter appaling threats. Alarm ?
and fudguc maJe me dizzy, and I threw
Jon ij my gun and njshed forward to the
face o'"thedrilling showers* which were now
so thick as to a fleet my respiraiion.?I
lost all my sense of fear, and began to feci
:i sort of frantic delight in <stru&r?lin? against
[lie catering blasts. I hurried on, sometimes
running along the brink of a circular
<pe ing in the ice, and sometimes leaping
icross ('rightful chasms^-all the while un-Qiicious
of h iving any object in view. The
ce every wh re cracked under my feet, and
[ knew that dead) awaited me, whether I
led away or renmiacd on the spot I felt as.
me would do if forced by some pcrsccu ing
lend to range over flic surface < f a black
md shoreless occean, and aware that, when.
}vcr iiis tormentor withdrew his susaining
)t;,ver, ho would sink down and bosufTocaeJ
among trie billows that struggled be- ,4
icath him.
Atiast, night- came on and, exhausted
iv n fatigue aud mental cxci'emeirt, I wrap.,
d myself in my cloak and lay down upon
he i re. It was ?o dark th%t I oouH'TJOt
I