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VOLUME II. LANCASTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINAWEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20.185a NUMBER 11
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Man's Weakness an
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Woman's Weakness
A Tale of Thin
BY R. 8
[Continued.]
Mr. Bardou looked aurptiaed. Alter*
:? t-:
icrmg uis lone-?
u Come, Miss Sarah, I meant no harm.
You know I love you, I offer you my
hand and my heart, marry me, and you
will be above the world, you will hava
wealth, station, and instead of depending
upon the world, the world will court you;
ns Mrs. liardott, you will be at tho head
of society, and admired by all, besides,
your husband will love and protect you,
and be proud of you."
Tho young lady calmly waited until he
finislted.
"Mr. liardott, I have alrevdy told you
1 will not marry you, and my opiuiou ia
unchanged."
liardott was an old bachelor of fifty,
seusualily had claimed his homage all his
life, and thinking a young and handsome
wife would serve him better ih his latter
days, lie had time and again pro|*o?od to
Sarah, but, as is sor.?i, * Jtli no success.?
ller reply irritated hiiu.
" You again reject my proposition.?
Well do hh you please, but when turf
would not bring the bov down the apple
tree, atone* did," and hastily snatching
up his hat, he left the house, damming
the door after him.
Here now was another great trouble to
the unprotected female. Those who styled
themselves christians, had turned her out,
with no house to go to where she could
demand protection, necessity forced upon
tier the only alternative left her, and here
she was not safe. Suppose Bardott would
do what his threats induced her to believe,
what could she do, or what should she
do!
There is one who slicketh closer than a
brother, and in Ilflo she had rested her
hopes for succor and protection.
And this is the treatment of the world ;
bad a home and protection been granted
her, and her money was offered for it, the
helpless orphan would have been placed
out of the resell of harm, and in a situation
at once above suspicion ; hut those
who had made open professions of Christianity
had refuted her, and she was now
left with no one to protect her,
but her immaculate virtue, and God's
assistance. A determined mind can accomplish
much, and now that Sarah had
finally made up her mind what course to
pursue, alio was resolved to do so.
The noxt morning she proceeded to the
office of the Daily to insert an advertisement,
offering her services as a music
teacher. Having done this, she returned
to her home.
CIIAFTER IV.
How often it is the most beautiful flow,
er emits tho most disagreeable odor f and
how often it is in this world of ours, the
> moat attractive objects are the most worthless
f But let us change the allegory.?
How often the modest looking flower, ia
the most fragrant; and the seeming worthless
object the most valuable f 80 is man.
Beneath the smile, may live a viper heart,
whose sting is death. And again, beneath
aa unsUraetive exterior modest virtue may
have erected as edifice, whose walls no
arts can sh iVs. This is humanity. The
world deceives us daily, and he that depends
00 the world for guidance ? not
wise.
In erder to * >rk in the thread of our
Me nteiy as we had designed, the reader
mustgoVaek with us: he must go with
us to the time when Mr. Brown and fiun
ly resided in W * it w?* them be
had been suooessful as a merchant, and it
was there also he had been unfortunate.
Ia that tewn, at the same time that Mr.
Brown was to the fall tide of prosperity,
lived a nun, who though but little thought
ot, we must introduce to the reader. Tow
man's name was Lake, and with him lived
an only child?a mm. Lake was a
drunkard, yes a confirmed sot Society
had so branded him, and hia son John,
at school, was called the Drunkard's Son.
Lake had some little property, and although
he had no regard tor himself, he
did for his son, and John was kept at
school until he was nearly of age. Old
Lake, thnegh no on* seemed to ears about
mal Calf.
R THE LANCASTER LEDGE
?@Ws
id Woman's Strength,
ND
and Man's Strength.
i(i as they Are.
. BAiLEY.
him, yet people often talked about 1
he knew a good deal, and he k
something* which nobody else knew.
. had been a lawyer, and was once hij
esteemed, but alcohol held domii
way over him, and by that curse ho
loot bis standing. Now, Lake wan
one of those men you would mark d
as being worthless, and yet no truer h
beat in the breast of any one. Rum
changed hit whole bearing and aa|
but yet at times could be teen, not <
flashes of intelligence beaming from
eye, but his countenance bearing the
dences of a mind, pure, just, and hot
John had just left school, and his fa
bad determined to send him to the
of 8 to study Law. As the I
drew?pear for his son to leave, the
roan became thoughtful; what at firsi
peared of little consequence, now tin
was coming to a climax, affected him n
than he was even aware of. The fa
hated to part with his son, and altho
there was no ostensible reason whv
should not accompany him, yet he k
the world said Lake was a drunkard,
the stigma should not follow the ion.
Here was a man nature had undo
with rare gifts; education hsd compl
what nature had planned?so sens
when his son's welfare was to be consi
ed, and yet perfectly regardless in rcls
to himself. So long us the world
confined to the epithet, " Lake is a d
kard," he did not care, but when it
{ aroung Lake was the son of a drunk
lis pride revolted.
Strange as this may appear, it is sc
thing not uncommon. The father or
ther even,may have loot all pride for
and yet scrupulously sensitive when
character of his or lier offspring is <
insinuated against. And yet, altho
Lake knew this and felt this, yet we
he was so chained to inteinjteranco
perfectly wedded to liquor, that he c<
not or would not renounce the cup.
But the time approached, the fa
had to part with his only son, or else
with him, and thus give society, in a
place, a subject by which his son cou!<
scandalized, lie talked with tho i
John said he would rather his fa
would go, he was alraid to leave
there aTone; that he did not caro v
the world said, and lie vet hoped hit
ther would quit the awful habit. Tin
ther was then partially intoxicated,
told his son to 44 hush up." When s<
and in his perfect senses, old bake w
kind and indulgent father, but when
fccted by liquor, his naturo was chan
he was just the reverse. And this i
I generally the cav\A man of noble I
lure, whose heart is divested of all I
row niindeduess, and selfishness, but I
a conscience free and untraminellecl
the winds of Heaven ; yet, when ul
tiie influence of ardent spirits, the dl
of hell hold hiin in subjection; his I
cries out guilty ! guilty ! and utter il
lessnesa and frenzy impel hiin on to I
tions, which his nature would rcvol I
when in the state of mind God endcl
him with. The old man in his sober I
sea, loved his son, when drunk ha l<|
nobody. As the time drew near for J
to go, he determined to go with him.l
had ever cautioned him against liquJ
Referred him to himself, and yet persi
in hie course. And this too is aver the*
where is the father who drinks, that w
I encourage the son f Where is the dl
ken employer who would not prefer
employees to be sober men f When
the drunken merchant mho does not
B fcra sober clerk f Old Lake did not
hwjbWy^drink, Md yet he was^cha
to#is why he did not will to reman
W , and intimated his prefer
for and the father ootodtted.
Now it to happened that the very
that Old Lake and his tea arrived ii
that very day Sarah Brown's adver
I lea fii/a nnfyanfemwn
Lake saw ft, hat the eoa dM not.
CHAPTER V.
The old saying is very true, that one
half of Die world is unconscious how the
==== other half lire. The mnn of wealth, with
H -J an abundance of this world's goods around
and about him, docs not permit hi? mind
to dwell on the subject of how others sub
sist; be is comfortable, and why should
ho fret about others. .Let every one mind
his own business, that is his motto. Tim
father of Edward B., with all the comforts
which money could give, did not know, I
or even care to know .hat there was such
a being as Sarah Brown. And entirely
unavailing would it be to her if he were
uware of her destitution. The Syren song
ihat Gold sings, had shut up his heart to
all good and philanthropic impulses.
Taking up tho morning's paper lr.s eye,
caught the advertisement of Miss Brown, i
'* Jane, oh, Jane, hero is a woman offering
her services as a music teacher, you
were speaking about taking lessons again,
so here is a chance."
Jane read tho advertisement.
M Well, 1'r, I suppose she must be respectable,
or she would not be qualified to
teach music. 1 will send round and request
her to call, wheu after seeing her I
will be better able to judge."
litn; The father coincided with the daughter,
;new and a so vant was dispatched to M iss
ilo Brown, to acquaint her with Ums wishes of
ghly the B. family.
nant Had Sarah been placed under other
had circumstances, were it not thai she was
just obliged to earn a livelihood, she would
own have sent word back when the message
leart was conveyed to her that if Miss Jane B.
had wished her services, she must call on her;
[>ect, hut in her present situation, she smotheronly
ed her pride under the the folds of necesliis
sity, and returned an answer that die
evi- would call that afternoon,
neat. Arranging her dress as tidily as possible,
tfcer with a palpitating heart she set out on
city the afternoon to visit Miss B. She had
Lime ascertained from theaervant that the nuinold
ber of the bouse was 40 B. street, and arL
ap- riving at the door, she pulled the silver
st it handle ot the l>cll, ana upon Uio servant
note answering the summons she was carried
thcr to the parlor.
>ugh Here was wealth. llich mahogany
r he chairs, line sofas, and Brussels carpet ;
new gorgeous chandeliers, anil every thing else
and in keeping. Sarah observed all this, hut
envy was not in her heart. At one pcriod
of her life she was similarly situated as
eted ?f*ne was now> hut yet she censured no
itive one ^or ',er c',Hnffw eircuinstances. One
der. thought filled her mind?I will earn a
>tion kv?likood, Bl1^ hy honest respectable
was lueana- While these thoughts were passrun
',cr ,n'n^? thoughts of a very difiersaid
ent nalur0 occupied the mind of one, who
arj was gazing intently at her through the
' crack of the door?that individual was
Edward B., the brother of Jane.
>mc- Miss J aue li soon made her appearance
mo" and effected an arrangement to take music
lessons ; Sarah to call for that purj>o<?e
the evcry morning at 10 o'clock.
;ven "Well, Jane, favorable or unfavorable!" |
"g" " Uli, favorable," said Jane in r.-ply to
say her father's interrogatory. 44 To-morrow
? *? morn.ng at 10 o'clock she will give n>e my
,jUld first lesson."
" And Kdward how do you answer the
ther *amc <juestiou in relation to Clementina."
j g? " W hy, l'a," 1 must say favorable too."
new Marriage is consummated among rich
J be people rather differently than among
jon; poor.
ther A rich aristocratic father selects such a
him choice for his son, aud expecta the son to
fhat marry the girl. So it was with Kdward
\ fa- and Clementina. The father of Kdward
i fa- had selected (!brt(>niiiia u* ttu
and ton, am) welt did he know that tin: paaber
rent* of the latter would interpose no ol>as
a jections. Clementina as we have said was
at- her own mistress, that in, she did as she
ged, pleased. Her parents, even if they objee*
so ted to Edward, if Cieineiitin said she
na- would marry him, she would. But the
nar- parents were brandies of) the same parent
with stem as the B. family, they reasoned alike
I as in such matters?money was their God,
nder and so their daughter could marry a rich
evils man, that was all they cared for. Edsoul
ward had been to see Clementina. Ilis
eck- first visit was enough to convince him
? ac- that she was a vain, weak and silly woL
at man, although pretty, but Edward was
wed too well versed in the arts of the world,
*n- to tell his father he was displeased with
oved the womau of hi* choice ; Oh! no, that
lotin would not do. He U?ld hitn he was pleaHe
s?x), but whether ho would marry her or
>r.? not, was another matter, and this he dented
termined his father should hud out.
I*8e' Edward was a handsome young man,
00and a handsome young man with an
r" * abundance of this worlds goods, does not
"!* And much difficulty in obtaining a wife.
* m But although money was no ineonsiderPr?"
ate object with Clementina, yet the flrst
viait of Edward waa enough to convince
him that Uie victory waa his. She had
heard Jane speak often of him, and when
r* she bad at last seen nim, when he ennversed
gaily with her, and ihea sung 10
?wn* tor her, it was enough, wealth or
'"J" poverty, he wan the Wol of her he?fc
Much depends upon the first inopfflkton
made upon a woman's mind, the suoceaa
I of ths lover's causa. If at first sight the
dtfjlyy dew not very much incline iu your
rp, urar, the caw in generally a bad one.?
(ton- TWK in a Mad of sympathy, in love, and
Old especially if thwa be a design on the part
of the sai|||^^p|te a favorable impres*
sion ; the lady, if not forming an onfav.
able opinion at first sight, will itssured
be prepossessed in his favor. There is i
division or compromise, it is either tli
ah utterly hopeless case, or one en tin
successful.
Now EdwArd when lie visited M
Watson, went with the determination
impress a favorable impression on h
mind. The families had talked of tl
match, and the interested parties we
alike knowing to the plans concocted I
the parent*.
After Edward B. lefl Miss Clcmeutiii
he weil knew he hafl accomplished I
purpose. And Clementina knew this to
1st when one visit silcceeiie.l another, n
til it was as co iimon 4<> find Edward
Mr. Watson's house, as at hi-, father1
Clementina then felt the glowing exhilir
lion of love. She felt that Edward, at
Edward alone, could be the husband
her choice. Though a weak, silly gii
she was a woman withal, and who c<
doubt a woman's love? There was i
flirting or coquetry here, she loved hi
with that deep, true, confiding lov
which in woman is uuchauguhlc. K
wartl knew the power he held, he kne
the WMuence he possessed over her, at
he exulted in it. He did not reeipro;a
her love, it is true by deception he ind
ced her to think so, but he was proud I
nature, and to know that a woman lov.
him, with an affection boundless in ma
uitude, was a triumph which in fosterii
his pride, gave him unutterable pleasure.
CUAITEil VI.
We have almost lost sight of our frier
Lake and hi: son.
The fa.tier and son were comfortab
situated in a quiet portion of the city, tl
latter diligently--and vigorously prosec
ting his studies, the forming drinking i
much liquor as ever, and almost daily i
toxica led.
Lake as we have said, although In- a
pcarnd to be cognizant ot nothing, ';n?
a great deal. Although most of tli?- m
I ""main tliiiors.ai
' nii'T having been tv< <>r three weeks
Sf, knew when* Sarah Hrowu lived, wli
was iter occupation, w ho she was teac
ing, and had actually seen her, tln?n;
she was unaware of it; but the sou, ;
though he would have been the most an
ions to know, was not exactly certain th
Sarah was living in the same town i
himself.
CMd Lake, as we have said, was an lc>
able man, but as a great many others
a like nature, was too much addic'ed
strong drink. The old man took a de<
interest in Miss Hrown's welfare, and t
one dare touch, with malicious intciitio
one hair of Iter head, in his prcftence.Ile
would have sacrificed Ins life for h>
Her fatlier had been his earlv Imsn
friend; and he it was who drew up tl
writings for Mrs. ltrow(,V ' , ,.lt ,.f,,
Mrs. Hrowu and her sister were uiurrie
although it was a long time ''go, and n
though the number of star* in tin- firm
incut of heaven, wouhl fail to number tl
times he had been drunk since; vet, tm
withstanding all this, old Lake knew m
tho nature of that instrument, lie km*
that after Sarah's mother died the print
I at I went to the surviving sister, but I
mew, too, that after her death it can
back to Surah : all the witnesses to tl
instrument were long since dead, l?ut o!
Lake knew lie was right, and lie sat ot
evening in the corner of his little root
thinking over this matter. The old inn
knew Mrs. Ilrown's sister, like hiuise
could not live very long, that soon tin
would have to die ; that if he survive
her death, all would he well and g<km.
hut if he did not, that lul*-rly ln?y, wou
inherit the v?ro|K'rly, there being no 01
to dispute X's claim, as the facts we
not known to Sarah.
" I will go and see the girl," said Lak
I drew up the writings just us the old inn
wished, and the |s>or girl should not I
deprived of her property by ignorance :
win mill ?ou ncr fiunir iiiih* ami laik
her on the subject." Old Lake did in
wish his hoii to know that iSarali wan
S. On their first arrival, lie used his u
most exertion to keep Iiih Hon from Kefir
the paper containing the advertisement
naid he :?"the mother did not want hi
to aoe her daughter while xhe lived, and
will not take advantage of her death,
chanee thrown them together, all well at
good."
John, the t>on, wan an ambitious yout
man ; he knew the world had stigmatize
hint an the a?>ii of drunkard, hut this on
stimulated hint to continued and great
exertion. " I will yet show the world
aid he, "what I am.''
This in the right npirit. Have con
dence in yourself, young man. Net
mind if the world stm'Tx at you and sa
you are conceited ; push onward?look
ilia field of glory before you and strive
obtain the victory.
But, notwithstanding the diligence
John to hi* studies, the occasions wereb
quent when his*tlioughia reverted to fc
rah Brown. They had l?eeti HchooiiiipU
Beneath tlie shade of the same tree ib<
had often played, and her cheek w?s tl
first that received the warm ksw ot Ik?
hood love ; yet this love grew w tli tie.
growth and streugtliAted with the
strength. Long, long ago had nhe pror
ised to be hie wife. ^Yes, Uturn pnqter
appreciating the natofe of the rel^tionsbi
ft '
>r- they hud l>oth promised to be mail aiu
lly wile. But time brought no change, an<
no w' en Sarah grew up to the age of sixteen
en her mother aO? a\s Ix-fnrc looking on tliei
Iy i1111111.1.-. a-> cinei'e pi.<\ now began to sei
that there was something more in tlii
i>s than "puppy love."
The father of John paid but little atteti
ur tion to it, yet lie clearly saw how thing
,t; were, lie loved Sarah, he loved her no
re only for herself, but he loved her for he
i,y father's siike, but when Mrs. Brown pro
hibitcd her daughter from seeing Join
ia? again, then the pride of Lake was a reus
"s eel, he felt it keenly, he saw that lie wai
the cause of this, but actuated by tin
"* most lionoriible motives he told his sot
at that he must not seek an interview agait
* with Sarah. But what could John do.?
:i" Not a dav had passed without his seei.ig
his tiist lov?'s idol, and now not to set
her ;ii ail; lie would not promise his lathr'?
er, determined that he would see her. It
l" was from the assiduous endeavors of John
H> to see her, and to prevail upon her to elope
with him,which, coining to the knowledge
of the old lady, induced the latter to remove
to S. This move was made so sew
cretly, that no one knew it but John
half suspected. When, therefore, Lake
and his son arrived in S., although the forll"
uier hy seeing the advertisement, knew
*y how tilings were,, the latter did not know
fiat Mrs. Brown was dead, nnd only susP*
peeted that Sarah was living there. We
'Is must do old Lake justice by saying when
his sou prnposi^} to remove to S. ho had
no# lyii^jitu n or knowledge that Mrs.
Br<*|pjWQ, Sarah were residing there.
>d *KoJj|pntinued to give Miss Jano IV
les^lffvininsic, and beside* two or three
ly oHi?* pupils, Miss Clementina also. Clemeiitina
took her lessons, of course, at her
u- own residence, but fearing (love is ever a
!IS live to fear,) that Edward?her Edward
u- might become enamored of Sarah, by be
inur thrown so much in her company al
1'- Mr. \i.\ determined she would lake lea
xs >\ itii .Jane, as she could then observi
"? Edward: liesides, if he were disponed to fal
mi in i??ve wnli Sarah, she, wouhL he a check
Edward whs an old bird, antr not apt
at 1 caught with chaff*. He loved Sarah
h Lnit < t so much as to make her his wife
jh yet In* was her devoted admirer. It
d- Clementina's presence he acted cautiously
* hut with all bis eaution. her jealousy wai
aroused. Love is ever so alive to jealousy
that if EdwHril had not even exchanged i
single word w ith 8arah. she would have
n- I en ji-aloiis ?.f her. Jealousy was tlx
of c fher takiiiL' inusie lessons here.?
in The *.-rv tact of Sarah U'ing a linndsomi
p j vonntr la-ly, was sufficient of itself to
10 arouse her jealousy.
II, (TO IIE CONTINUED.)
r.
n, French Marriage Brokers.
n, A late I'aris letter says?
I. I have wondered how matrimonial
11 agents?those people that advertise desira
a hie husbands and wives, comfortable setie
tleinents in life, dowries, and amiable
it- tempers?manage to make both ends
II mei'i, A eitininissary of police lias just
w ' .411 - - 1 > \t ti-ivf dealer in this wav,
I- ; .ill* il* i" ' : ?- '' e I out. lie adie
I vi-rtisil ii.m e : ! ? tor to all the
le ; erowiieil heads, and sold patent inedicities,
ie I He w as also an agent for marriages, and
Id j had a tine lot of voting ladies, with dowle
ries varying from '20,000f. to half a mil
n, i lion. I Ie had upon his Ixxdcs the names
at of daughters of mem hers of the Academy
If, and Senate, of a marshal of France, and
v sundry Herman princes. Hontlemen that
d applied for wives paid an entrance fee,
1; and in the course of the negotiation sunId
dry other claims, in all a considerable
ie sum. When it became necessary to
re bring the affair to a conclusion, a ipiantiJ
ty of faded loveites, with a parcel of eldere,
| ly females acting as their mothers, were
in j introduced, and the applicant was only
x> | too glad to make good his escape. Ho
1 | generally abstained from making the
to I swindle public for ft-ar of being laughed
?t at- The investigations that have been
in commence!! will probably lead to the
il- breaking up of all the matrimonial oflice?
ig in 1'aris.
1,1 The Coi"iisk or True Love <fec.?A
' j singular instance of love in adversity is thai
" i?t a couple at present confined as vagrant-*
in Uiu jail of Hamilton county, Ohio.?
ilu\ hnw been engaged to la? inarriec
lor two years, l?ul since which period
' they have never l?eo? out of liinho at th<
'-s ?ame time, though each has heen at liberty
l',' some twenty times. The damsel s?rve?
out the term of her incarceration, hut Ik?
fore Iter lover is also free, she is re-arresti*!
as a vagrant anil sent hack. And thm
tM also with the swain; when free, he gets tc
pondering over the delights of connubial
lo felicity, lakes a "snifter" or two frm Ml
10 excess of joy, gets drun' and is returned
. to the lockup Tliey lioth now almosl
de?|N?ir of being out together long cnougl
v to be married,
am
2L| ? " -M
fj Lieut. Herryman, of Uie United State)
fie N*vy, has performed the service of run
y- mug two linrh of deep sea sounding
it asroaa th* Atlantic. The rcsuUs giv<
11 r plausibility Hijecturfl"Uiat th<
n- Worth Atlantic OeMn is probably nowher
ly tnucb more than 60,000 fathoms (80,001
p, fset) doep.
1 igrirulturnl.
Is sloth indulgence ? 'tis n toil,
Enervates man and damns the soil.
Wrung.
From The Soil of The South.
? Planting The Sweet Potato.
r Mb. Editor: I consider myself a wan
. advocate of improvement in Agriculture
, and as the season for planting the Swot
. Potato lias returned, and having tw
s weeks past, planted about sixty bushel
? of seed to draw from, will give you- m
, plan of planting, if the land is stiff,
, have it deeply plowed, with very narroi
scooters, tlien have a wide furrow dee]
. with a turn piow, run three feet and i
, half apart, pouring in the seed not cut
as 1 diiil garden peas: generally two ani
three, sidu and side, covering with a turr,
plow from each side of the drill, to prevenl
the seed being pulled up in drawing oul
, to plant; as the seed are not cut, they
vegetate quicker. 1 generally plaut draw
ers about the middle of April; and plant
ing as many bushels of seed as stated
, at two drawings 1 can plant my principa
crop of from six to ten acres. When yot
wish large sized yams, you must plan!
your drawers early. Vines are good foi
small potatoes, and for seed. Cowpen
land, or trod as some term it, though
very productive, the Potato will not keep
as well as when cultivated in the natural
soil, nor will the Spanish and other kindt
that yield well from the seed; such I uw
first. The Spanish yield well from th<
drawer here. 1 have a Haytien yam, thai
produco abundantly from the drawer
and they grow large, and keep better thai
the old yam; they are easy to live; tin
vine is superior to any other class fo
' I hogs and cattle.
t J For early use, say in July. I plant th
( Spanish, and a class of the red out an<
, yellow within, in hills; they produce bette
I 111 hills,aud are not subject to be destroys
by the inele, as if planted in ridges o
* ^ ?ow several hundred bml
els of potatow on uaiiu. i cv/uoiuct mcu
an important crop. In a loose soil, the;
j come to maturity earlier, if it is not to
poor, than in a stitt' soil?land that wil
j not yield more than ten bushels of cor
, per acre, will produce two hundre
t bushels of j>otatoes?tho quantity depend
, much upon the soil and seasons. 1
, congenial soil gives, when the season
suit, live to six hundred bushels per acre
, I plant drawers in ridges, each drawe
, about eight inches apart, and, if in bed
that are wide, 1 have a double row pu
in. 1 put them up in hills of from fifty t<
eighty bushels. The followiug is my plan
1 have a thick hatch, as I term it, ol
pine straw, on the top of the ground
then a dry pole, sharpened at one end
driven down in the wntrn of tho Omm
Hiul around it, the potatoes are put ii
pyiamidal shape, then I have dry con
stalks placed around, then pine bark, ant
lastly earth, and the thickest earth on tin
(North side, then I have the pole drawi
out of the centre, to admit air to the bot
torn, and finally good clapboard covers
??ver all my hills: a cap of pine bar!
( covers the hole on the top, where th<
jKfle is pulled out. Wo are cultivating
and have been for eight or nine years
wheat, and successfully. I have palnte<
already about eighty acres of corn, tin
first is coming up, planted the 14th o
February?shall plant long staple cottot
next week, and the week following tin
Banana.
Ues[?ectfully, yours,
DAVID L. WHITE. M. I
Quincy, Fla., March 2, 1853.
From the Southern Cultivator.
,' Deep Plowing?Cultivation of CornPreservotion
of Potatoes, &c.
Messrs. Editors?It being a wet dm
; unfit for out door business, I thought I wool
seize this opportunity of putting n fe\
1 thoughts together and sending you for you
> disposal. I have iiotieed some pieces in you
> paper on deep plow ing, which, in the inair
I think correct, and which has hcci) my prni
fur VHAftt- Hut U'hnn I hmnL u itli -non
toons or turning plows, I nm always govern
ed, as to depth, by the depth of the soil; a
L my experience is, that plowing with then
i kind of plows, or any turning plow, if yot
stir up the clit),nnd throw it to the top, yoi
I injure your land, unless it is well manured
. and then you inuy plow as deep as yoi
please. Nor am I in favor of turning plowi
For common land, onleaa you have manurei
[ broadcast; they will then do in order t<
throw under or cover np the manure. No
> ui.i I in favor of turning in old or dead grass
| I much prefer burning it, for observation ha
, taught nie that where the grass has beet
( burned, corn and cotton comes up and grow
i off letter than where is has not been burned
I suidl was in favor of deep plowing. I
I must bo With tbo right sort of n plow, whicl
1 is cither your subsoil or common Coultr
I flow. With these you may plow as dee|
i as you plentt, which will add to the improve
ment and productjti of your load. In >841
(I tMnk that wri the dlry yenfl broke
al! rov land Wth Coulter*, aa deep awl could
? and then pi' wed oil iBy corn and eotton ove
. with tie; same plow* still tryingto go a litth
, deeper than at A rat The leMfH was, m
land plowe^peilow and eseHiell the yeni
and I maddpKbty of corn, and some to ajdM
p for 1 sold ooMeel hundred bushels, with n
e more rain tMn my neighbors. I think tb
y Coulter plow the beat and cheapest plo\
' that w^fiere among us.
L 0*
a 1
ytgain, I beg leave to differ somewhat
with the commonly received opinions of the
day, in regard to the last working of corn.
As above said, I do not believe in turning
land over with your turning plows; our
summers are too long and hot, and it is killing
to land thus to throw it up to the sun.
- But my experience has taught ine to plow
corn deep all the while?even when laying
it by?notwithstanding it is said that in
breaking the roots, &.C., you injure it Now,
M 1 shall not attempt to explain the philosphy
of it further than to say, that by breaking
' off the old roots, and stirring up the ground,
you put new life and vigor in the whole
0 stalk; as by trimming and pruning an old
Is tree, it assumes n new growth, ana consey
quently new life. This may seem a little
1 heterodoxies!, but experience teaches us that
this is true; and I would respectfully ask
why it is that the top ear on a stalk of corn
P is ulways the largest? and why it is that
1 you may may top corn long before you pull
, the fodder, without injuring the cornf
1 There appears to be some inconsistency in
I this, but observation proves it to be so.
I Last year, I hud a field of 45 acres, second
I year land, in corn. The rows were 4 1-3
r feet apart, and the corn stood thick in the
drill?say 3 feet. At the regular time giving
it the last plowing, the weather was dry,
and the ground stumpy and rooty. The
? corn looked very fine indeed, and wo
I thought, under the circumstances, that we
l would give it a geod hoeing, and accordingly
t did so. The result was that my corn was
f injured; and I now believe that if I had
t plowed it, it would have done better, noU
withstanding it made me over 300 barrels.
My plan is to plow late?until almost in the
| roasting-ear?while some contend that when
' corn bunches for the tassel, is the right time
t to lay by.
I A word about Potatoes, and the mode of
l keeping them. It is an object with all fart
mere to dispatch business in a safe, short
and easy manner; and I propose that in put}
ting up potatoes, those that are intended for
a seed,should be put in hill. My plan is this:
1 simply level the place where 1 want to
r make the hill, and then lay two rails down
on the centre, about 6 inches apart; then
e lay a couple of thin pieces across them, and
fl putting on them two more roils, 1 close up
r the top so as to prevent the potatoes getting
I through and filling up the vacancy. I then
put mV potatoes on the mils nntil I m>? tli?
r hill as large as I wish, (and the size6 is not
" nP- Then I commence
y the hill; then I put on vines, followed wiitn
0 dirt?say six or eight inches thick?being
[J careful not to stop the holes at each end of
n the rails, and also leaving a small hole on
1 the top, covered over with a few lnmrds ;
1 these all to be kept open daring the sweat*
8 ing or seasoning process, which will 1k> two
^ or three weeks; then close them up with a
a thick covering of dirt. You need no other
i. shelter, and if your potatoes are in good or*
r der when put up, there is no danger of their
8 injuring. I have tried this plan upwards of
^ twenty years. I speak of Spanish potatoes.
You ean keep your potatoes equally seeuro
by patting them in houses; and 1 have
known the builders of potato houses to bo
' most particular to have them, if they could,
, air-tight. 1 heard a gentlemen, not long
, since, say how particular he hud been in
building his potatoe house, and that the y
j had all rotted. I told him they would always
rot if put up in that way. Now I
. have two potatoe houses ; one is built of split
logs, with the cracks chincked and daubed,
i and dug in the ground seme 13 inches; a
i loft of split logs, and a few inches of dirt
- thrown on that. The other is built in the
, same way, only of hewn logs. The secret
- of keeping potatoes, is to let them have sufti*
B cient air, and this must be done by letting
your door stand open day and night until
} ttinv *n 1, ?,.i...V. ,I...i_ .... *1 ?? ??
nvj viiiuugu uica Dncnviu^ unu ncauur.1?
ing process, and also pulling out gome of
1 the daubing in the cracks After this you
e may close your door and cracks, but rcniemf
ber they must have air during that tiuio,
, whether in hilts or in houses.
B Now, Messrs. Editors, I shall close my
hasty and desultory remarks, leaving them
at your dispos.l. We -.hould be much
pleased to hear from the planters of Middle
*. Georgia, their practical improvements in agriculture
; for we want to find out some improvements
that nre particularly suited to
our soil, climate and productions?in short,
the secret we want to know is, how to mako
__ large crops, and a short way to get them in,
and have time to improve our lands.
J. C. W. L.
^ Vpson Co, (la., Feb. ISM.
I M&- A Goon Stout is told of a doctor
Tr in 1 loverly who was somewhat of a wag.
, He met one day, in the street, the sexton
with whom he was acquainted. As the
h usual salutations were passed, the Doctor
- hapiK-ned to cough.
s "Why doctor," said the sexton, "you
" have got ft cold! How long have you
; had that r
"Look here, Mr.-?-,'1 raid the doctor
with a show of indignation, "what is your
i charge for interments!"
t "Sine shillings," was the reply.
> "Well," continued the doctor, "just
r come into my office, mid I will puy it. 1
' don't want to hava voo round ao anxious
H atmut my heoltlh*
? The sexton was soon UVen with him,
I. however. Turning to tho doctor, h? ret
plied :
h "Ah! doctor, 1 afford t?> bury
r you fit been so
P I m it bn since *00 began to Heathi
Sinoe the abofn conveftuftion, HmUImt
' party baa ventured to joke at the exlfoee
I of the other. m \
8AW re An** It ia believed that Seny
ta Anna, on liia return to Mexico, intend*
' to reduce the republie to a depHidency on
m the Spanuli Crown. 1m fottWe Wlovee
menu of that wilr poKMn will be watch V
>d with much internet liere, wwll Jta ha
Mexico.
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