The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, December 06, 1841, Image 1
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MISCELLANEOUS.
From the i\.' 1*. Sunday Mercury.
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
- BY BOW, JR.
God mndc man, and man made monevj,
God made bees, and bees made honey.';
My hearers?If yon were to ask me 1
for what purpose man was created, I should 1
say at once, he was created to love, serve !
mid,obey his Maker, and to do all the {fond 1
lie can, without directly meddling with the |
business of others; but generally speaking 1
he don't like to believe this doctrine: '
He'd rather believe that the chief end of man (
Is to keep what he's got, and get what lie can. '
I think my hearers, that man has made "
money his chief end, whether he is design- '
ed for it or.not. Go where you will among 1
the nations of lhe,c?rlh?among the en- '
lightened, civilized, half civilized, savage,
heathen, barbarian, unitarian, *trinitarian, 1
bibletarian, noihingariah, and Money is 1
the god bowed ilown to by all. Yes, my 1
friends, it is the general or universal god '
for the whole world. There is but one (
greater and more powerful:- but it makes 1
me feel bad to say, that this greater One *
is most shamefully slighted by the unhal )'
lowed attention paid the other. The dif- \*
fercnce is, one is worshipped six 'days in '
a week?aye. I may say seven?while the '
other is worshipped only one day?am[ in j^
ChOTlSnndS'Crr - ITrrfc?OJ n n xwu:
may well hang down yourjjeads,'ve prose*jc
lytes of modern. avarice, and blush for the 1'
shameful truths that I fire off "at you! I,J
shoot 110 blank cartridges?mine are no '
paper wads? but,-.with the leaden bullets (
of conviction, I mean to pierce your.un- ?
dcrstnnding chestjl, Xvliich," alas! hare been
converted into sub-treasuries for miserly, 1
worldly, gain-geltihgy' hard currency j'
thoughts. Supposing* my hearers, thatlj1
should, in the superabundance of truth j1
and honesty, havethe.superfluous kindness s
to say that you were all. worshipers of 1
false gods, the same as are those pagan '
idolaters of the East, who don't knowj1
enough to move baj?k udien too near the (
fire: supposing1 I shouldsay this?wliat j
might you do to me? Yoii' might,.perhaps '
tar and feather me?you might ridie me on 1
a rail, as averse as I am to such a mode of '
travelling fob might persecute me to the
fullest extent of the lynch laiv. There- j1
fore I sha'nt say any such thing: but 1
will venture to sav, -tjjat between you and 1
' -I ... .1 ? :
the poor ignorant neauien, nine i=> ? |
practical likeness. They bow clown to a |
log of wood, a piece of stone, or a pair i
of stuffed breeches; and you worship pieces
of gold, bits of silver and scraps of paper.
JIow much better then; are you than they?.
Not but a precious little, when the moral..
and intellecual advnntages]which you possess
arc thrown into the scale of consideration.
They, poor things, arc surrounded
by the thickest darkness of ignorance?,
so this that their little sixtecn-to-lhe-!
pound candles of instinct can burn but I
with a sickly glare; but you my dear,
friends, are differently situated. Ilere'
you are, placed in an ever-biooming garden
of knowledge. The sun of enlighten- j
mentshines clown upon )*ou from an mi*'
clouded firmament of peace; around you, on
every side fly streams ol learning, enriching
the soil of your intellects, and beautifying
the flowery vales of virtue; before
you stand the two trees of good and evil,
and you know which is what as well as I,
do. With all these advantages, is it;
possible that you, ye children of avarice,'
can be content to wallow in the filthy j
mire of lucre. But you'will keep gnaw-!
ing at the root of all evil, regardless of
the poison that lurks therein, the effect of
which is most awful. It causes some to steal
sheep, rob henroosts, lie, cheat and dissemble?others
to put on the robe of piety,
and go to church to pick pockets in
prayer time?others to squeeze a poor
man's sixpence in his clutches, till it
squeals out for mercy?and others to perform
a clandestine 'pilgrimage' to Texas,
to worship at the shrine of Mammon.
O, my friends, these things are a disgrace
to a civilized community.' I have
no objection to your making' money, if
you can make it honestly and not too fast.
Go to the bees, those little democratic insects
and grow wiser. They obtain their
I bread and their honey by incessant iudust
. " ' J'
rjr.?There are no beggarly misers, thieves
and robbers among them?no land-sharks,
money-changers, flint-skinners, and sharpers?
no striking1 for wages?no wrangling,
disputing and quarrelling about gain, and
the division of spoils. NoVmv friends, all
there islove, harmony, industry ant! peace.
The corruption, of avarice can find no
crack thro' which to enter their well secured
(lomicils; ant! sloth is drummed out
instantcr by the whole bn? posse comitatus.
The bee-quits his hive in the morning, as
scroti as the sun begins to lick the dew
from the grass, and hies him away to fur
distant fields, where it buzzes about from
flower to llorver, lili he is heavily laden
with the treasure he seeks; and lie then
returns, re-returns, and returns again, and
so on till the shades of evening call him in.
He folds up his wings and retires to sleep
with a calm conscience, for he knows that
he has minded his own business, not meddled
with others,.and labored to prepare
for a rainy day. H i? sleep must be sweet,
and no mistake.
My hearers?I might as well let out the
whole cable of my opinion, as to keep such
a weight of it coiled up in my breast.?
Therefore, I say, I consider the practice
of bees making homey, far more decent
than many of your modern plans for making
money, because one is made by industry?the
other by fraud, idleness and ras:ality.
You will all go to destruction in
x djrl cart one of these days, unless you
think less of money, and more of your
>.vi> moral characters. T(tc devil is fishng
for you with a shilling on his hook
"or bait. He caught a lwycar the other
!ay,-hut1ie could'nt keep him. 'He wcn'l
,o scale him, but he did'nt like to be in
uicli a scrape; and so he slipped through
lis lingers, and went lccr-flap down into
(te muddy pool of his former iniquity.?
jut you, my friends, are not all lawyers;
T ..." ,i.?
11/ 1 U? 1101. _?wu mil HI oiUji loiuiy UI mc
Ifvil's shilling, nor hang longingly round
t, or you may get hooked up by the gill?
ind if you do, you are fried eels, as sure
is a cat can jump. All you want here is
Mtough to make you comfortable; and
hat ran always be got fairly?'besides a
imall surplus to pay your passages to, that
lappy land where one is as rich as another,
iud a perfect equality exists. So mote it
jq!
Calculating hoy. 1Ajio'"t -maml..
joys employee tor the cmterent purposes!
>fcalculation on the ordance survey of
Ireland, tlierc is at present one named
Ylexander Gain, only eight years old, and
i native of Derry, whose abilities at his
jarlv ago are truly surprising. He has
rot by rote the fractional fogarilhims from
I to i,OCO, which he will repeat in regular
otation, or otherwise, as the interrogator
nay put the questions. It is certainly asonishing
to think so tender a mind can
ctain with such tenacity and correctness
icven figures of an an answer (according
o their different variations) for 1,000 numjers.
ilis rapidity and correctness in the
,'arioUs calculations of trigonometrical
listanc.es, triangles, &c., are amazingly
leyond anything wc have ever witnessed.
He can in less than one minute make a return
in heres, roods, perches, &c., of any
quantity of land, by giving him the surveyor's
chained distances, while the great
? i ii i 1 1 . .1
csL ariiumctician, Willi an nis Knowledge,
will certainly take nearly an hour to do the
same, and not be certain of truth in the end.
A SHARP-NOSE GENTLEMEN.
The Little Rock(Ark) Gazette states
that during the great struggle in the late
Presidential canvass, a young man, whose
face nature had formed a little on the pickaxe
style, was one day surrounded by a
number of hearers, attentively listening
to his efforts in electioneering, amongst
whom, was a plain old farmer, who was
affiicled with a stammering, and who thus
accosted the aforesaid gantlemer.
T tell me, my friend, d-did-dient' you
come from a rich neighborhood?"
"Yes, the people are most all well provided
for. Why do you ask she question?"
Because the scripture say the rich grind
the faces of the .poor, and I see that they
have g-got yours down to a p-p-point."
The sharp-nose gentlemen left.
. Women fattened at Tunis for marriage.?A^gtrl,
after she is betrothed, is
cooped up in a small room; shackles of
gold and silver are placed upon lier ankles
and wrists, as a piece of dress. If
she is to be married to a man who has discharged,
dispatched, or Inst a former wife,
the shackles which the former wife wore
are put.on the new bride's limbs, and she
j is fed till they are filled to a proper thickness."
The food used for this custom,
1 worthy of the barbarians, is called drough,
[which is of an extraordinary fattening
'quality. With this seed, and" their nai
tional dish, cuscasco, the bride is literally
crammed and many actually die un'der the
spoon.
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Spunky Girls.?Tlie Dublin Mail says
that a Garde Champetre, on duly in sthe
[environs of Montmarte, heard two pistol
shots, and running to the spotfrom whence
| the sound proceeded, to his astoishnmenl
saw two young and pretty women reload'
ing their pistols, wliicli they,h'ad just discharged
in a duel. The mail interposed
to put an end to the combat, anil, under
pretext of escorting the fair, duelists
through the harrier, accJompanrpd them
tliillier, and immediately gave them in
charge. Tltcy passed several hours in the
'gnardhritfse before they were released.?
Young ladies should be extremely cautious
how they handle ]fire-arms... '
Speculation in the TTcs^.?A day err l\vo
since, a friend of onrs, a merchaiHin this
city, was hailed in the street by a tall rbngh
looking fellow, very simply attired in linsey,
cow "hide boots, and slouched hat,
who accosted him \Ath? 'Hallow
there mister?I say! aint your
name V
'That's my name-sir,' replied the merchant.
'W..
Well how dy'e do^'Sposc yd%don%
know mSptlibli ''
'1 do not recollect having seen you b^fr
fore.' ; . ^ y,
'Well, 'spose not: but what I'was ?bin'
to say, was, hainjt you.got an eighty acre
lot in Wisconsin, / -?- county, eh?
I believe I do own a lot there.'
'Well, now, -perhaps you "Would like to
sell that'ere lot!'
'Well; sir I am in a hurry; do you, wish
to buy it?' , ,
'Well, now, I can't; what do you ask
for thai 'ere lot?' : * . ,
'Two thousand dollars, sir.'
'Two thou?Two thousand,dollars? No;
you're joking!? .
'Well, now; would nl yiyttjike to take
nineteen hundred, if you could/^et-ii, cli?1
*\V11y? sir, -who'll give it?' asked the
merchant, eagerly, (for he had bought it
only a few months since, at the government
price.)
'Well, will you take it? that's what I
\v?.nt to know.'
'Yes, sir; I will take nineteen hundred.'
'.Make out your papers, then said flic
stranger. I've got the money; here's witnesses
to the bargain,' and so saying, he
drew from his pocket a large bag labelled,
'shot,' from which he Counted the rhino
and rook his deed, evidently well pleased
with his bargain.
'Yon seem pleased with the trade, sir,'
said the merchant. ' *
'Well, I guess I might as well,' said the
str.-^n'rer. ^ ^,c , Vll, lullt rnrrrr
you seen flic lot?'
'Well, I guess I have.'
'Is the laud reasonably good?' continued
the merchant, supposing he had been trading
with a green 'u?.
ltfl do! icplied the buyer.
'What is its worth?' said the seller.
'Well, I don't know what it's ?o<>rlh, but
I've dug about ten thousand dollars worth
of lead ore out on't already! 1. can't tell
now much more I'll gii!' and with a loud
laugh, he stuffed the deed into his pcicket
and left our chop.fallen friend to consider
how much lead ore the balance of his eighty-acre
lots in Wisconsin might contaim
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Edward Doling.?Trial for bigamy.
?The tr.nl of Edward Doling, alias Sidney
T. Smith, took place at the Superior
Court of Rockingham, N. C., before his
honor Judge Nash, on Friday the 5ih instant.
After hearing the testimony, the
Jury retired upon the chargeof ihe Judge,
and after an absence of a few minutes, returned
a verdict of Guilty. lie was sentenced
to be branded with the letter B. on
his left cheek, to he imprisoned three years,
and to receive thirty-nine ftshes at three
several times, before tlv-' expiration of the
period of his confinement.?Charlotte
Journal.
Extraordinary Occurrence.?The following
relation appears in the Sentinelle of Toulon,
on the authority of a letter from Algiers.?"A
lady of Algiers, who some time ago buried one of
her children, recently obtained permission from
the municipal authorities to have the grave and
coiun opened, for the purpose of placing, in the
latter a still-born infant. The coffin was found
to be entirely empty, and an inquiry being set 011
foot as to the cause of the disappearance of the remains
of the first child, it was ascertained that
the grave-digger who is the owner of an immense
number of pigs, and who supplied most of the
pork-batchers of Algiers, fed his pigs with the
corpses which he buried! In his house, were
krtre Quantities of human flesh chopped up, and
? 1 , - on
examining the graves in the cemetary, every
coffin w^s found empty A discovery was also
made in the house of tlie grave-digger, of jewelry
to the value of about fifty thousand francs, which
had been buried with tlx; bodies. The criminal
is arrested, and the prosecution is going on; but
what a dreadful reflection it is for manv persons
to think that they have been eating pork fed with
the tlesh of their own relatives! The use of pork
has been interdicted for some time, and all the
grave-digger's pigs have, by order of the I'rocureur
General, been killed and instantly buried."
IMPROVED HUSBANDRY.
The vast improvements in agricultural products,
in roots grain, fruit, and live stock, show
what may he done by judicious cultivation. It
should be the aim of every farmer to sucure the
best that can be raised. The comfort of his family,
and his pecupiary profits \v9uld thus be alike
promoted. "Ajittle farm well cuftftfcfted," is
more pleasantancf profitable than g're# deserts
land overgrown wun muuens aim ungues.?
Thousands of farmers "who now can scarce "make
1 both ends meet" on a huudred-acre farm, inipnl
L realize double the income and tenfold coml'orl
' frcm fifty well cultivated acres. ?
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jL w S'BE^M POETRY.
Our yaller Ion Jias broke her leg-,
OM never more slyjSll lay an egg;
The brindlc,co\v lias gone'plump dry,
Agd sister Sal has cil^the pic.
v 'Tii&airih j^ifuH'of p;a and sorrow;. .
- We're boip to-day and-die to-morrow.
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The drake ia dead, that-good old drake,
.. We ne'r shall sec him more,
His head was green, lis neck was black,
Arid speckled down' before.
now oitcn at the break of,"day,
I've heard his merry quack? \
' His breastwas white, his belly grey,
Antfglossy was his baqk.
. How many times I'vS fed him cofn, ;
From sister's little pail?
^ftis legs wcre-red, his bil^of htjrn,
!jl? And curled was his tail."
;?IIoW pretty, ho used to swim
And dredshis gauzy wings? ' '
How'gaiiy-o'er the bfbok to skim
His wanton tail in graceful rings.
, lie lived in pSacc With all the hens,
The cocks alone he fought; g
The freese and ducks were all his friends,
Their company he sought.
'' Of^his head no fox, or cruel htfwk,
1 Had cvor.touehed a feather;
JLn the surfne ne'r was seen to walk,.
" His' delight was rainyr weather. >>
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He soon wag fat, increased in size, ~
He waddle J as he walked;
He was indeed a glorious prize]
As through the dqeks he stalked.
Had thus lived a long life' s span,
Ilc'd didd a happy drake, *'
But fortune's ship forever draws
Misfortunes in her wake.
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g One dark and gusty night there came,
'Some vile and wicked poacher; -?
Who seized on him as lawful game,
And made of hira orroatlcr.
a * rMoitr
Trouble in* Prospect.?The "New
Brunawickers are expressing great dissatisfaction
at the cx partepurvey of the United States
Government to deterinine'tke due north line.?
The St. Johns Courier says, "that the American
Tt" aznl markiag-tha line by
t-:e transit matmiinn it nr i 1 ,n L-inr* n ^ nVrnnoTn.
ical survey, they having found, on trial, tnaf fiueir
would give them a considerable advantage, bycarrying
a new line considerably to the eastward
of the line established by the joint survey of the
Boundary Commissioners, many years ago. That
though the line is said to be run merely for the
information of the United States Government, yet
it is generally understood, if not already avowed,
J that when Govenor Fairfield is sworn into office
! next January, he intends to take possession of
the new line, and sell and settle the lands with
the least possible delay. This attempt will produce,
that paper says, an instant collision. It is
not propable that Govenor Fairfield, or the people
of Maine, will attempt any tiling of the kind. The
line is being run for the information of the United
States Government, that its true position may be
octoViliclmr) Tbp Pntiripr m-idpntlv
U^VU.U^V-.Ji j
argues from its fears, and notfrom facts, for it is
altogether improbable that it should be possessed
of the inlcnlimisol Governor Fairfield, who has not
yet taken his seat, and will not for several months
to come.?Public Ledger.
' SANTA ANNA.
The curiosity of the American people is alive
to the question what will be the conduct ol
Santa Anna on his reaccession to the chief power
in Mexico-, and what will be the result in relation
to the fortune and liberty of the Mexican nation!
The general impression is that Santa Anna is
full of intrigue and quite destitute of principle.?
We know an American gentlemen who had occasion
to have considerable intercourse with him
and his prominent friends, when he was before tri
power, and who formed a high estimate of his
moral and intellectual character.
lie will now have an opportunity to confirm
the good opinion of his friends or the ill opinion
of his enemies. lie has recently professed himcoif
frionrllv tn thn restoration of the-FederaI Con
stitution of 1824, and by those professions he has
made himself successful. If he adheres to these
professions, lie will gain new honor. If he departs
from them he will be doubly stamped as a
hypocrite and a knave.
Some suppose the Mexican people to be incapable
of conducting free institutions, and that a
military rule of their country is a matter of inevitable
necessity.
We are not prepared to recognize the soundness
of this doctrine. A people may be incapable,
from ignorance and poverty, of contending
successfully against those who oppose the establishment
of their liberties. Cut if inen who like
Santa anna, arc thrown in the situation which enables
them to shape public affairs, are disposed
to discipline the people in habits of self governmcnt,
and if a truly popular constitution embracing
the primary requisites of universal sulFrage
and very short terra? of office be established, we
know of no evidence that it may not be maintained.
We have said that some entertain a favorable
opinion of Santa Anna. Our own impression
has been of a contrary nature, in consequence
of the cruelty which he has exhibited
before, and the seemingly craven spirit after his
defeat and capture by Gen. Houston in Texas.?
It may be said, however, in palliation, that these
features are some what natural?that many
analogous cases are-found in the civil wars ol
Spain and of South America, and tliat the faults
, of Santa Anna may have bten mare the result
. of the contagion of example and of association
I than of innate depravity.?Pennsijlvaiaaiu
I A Georgia paper mentions a baby^jnihat ^tate
only "one year oJd? weighing sovfit^j^Hjunds.'
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>j -i-. ' r-.r
caw
As Uicce. is uQfliing like, taffingvtinia .t}i3 ,
forelock, u~e wilt again remind^fejbawj^j^^y^^
iiaijfe'd from tbeirwoods,'into th'fei^ &<&&&&&*
as.jv-iJI.from'abedar least a foot .dee^.^Ties^*'^
materials, as' reason. wLH-^ucgost, shoiila be
.jnrrfrif?' n?.fh<?f tV.?i o/inroi oVirtnM bo hirrbei1 thari"^. nA
I tiiC centre,-iu.order thatj^giring'io the yards d., J
basin-likeftoni, none qf the l^uid manurSinay fo' vv^fledwny
anudost The stale which'is.made? ; ' }
by. twenty head of cattle,froroAhe perjed offcfrniffiSjgJBj
nanciag iqdde'riin"tlie faJ],^un(ft;'tiii2 time off y'
fin ing out inanu re in the spring, would'"birsufrncient
tO/cdnv<Srt a hundred loads ofro&matefiate,'. >.V
-poLen of_ into effective food of plan^V'which
would he^a good dressing fdr-j^t^least twenty:
acres of corn land.' If then Weere cqpeet in ourf
6piniqavad2 we believe, \ve are, suFdvithe'latfttf j!
of gathering' andtransportation. should not bd *,V &
considered in the light of an uiBiipdrahle-"'dtyfcc^ .
.tion to its'performance, as every twenty loads of
man fire thus produced wiStild aa&at least SQ/pe^fcent,-to
the productive power of the soil, anifton* - ;&v^
sequcntly somuch'iDqrc to' the income of,the far- <?|jg
mcr. WiUiouf manuring, th^ most fertik lahda?"
1 by-continous cropping, will lose their fruitful-i 1& j
uess, and defy the, lab^ ofthe husbandman} rt'r; ^ -j
jshpuld, therefore, be fhestudybf all tb iftcreasd j
their manure piles by all practicable theknsi and^jgr'
we need not add, that this is.onoof the CflSkpesfeh 1
plans by which the end can be ;btainedV'as welfyas
being accessible to eve^Me.>'Ah^nbe^^* .^|
sing farmer could with a yoke of oXeni a cart anil*
one hand, have his qpw-yard bedded in tidewaywe^oropose
(u^vyp Weeks,,and surclj?'the labor
anatlme coufa not be,.better appropriated'' So
make your'arrangements "forthwith and " go* |qrf>af.*5j
\vo^;w,ithout further delay.?Amerkari Fajgnet.
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From the Southern Planter. . '#j|
'i PLOUGHING. .
The following extract from. Chaptal's Agfi? $
cultural Chemistry, shows thnnebessify pf wbri*
ing a crop, espepjtally during a drOUghti v
' ' ;VThe air may "be considered is a VehiiIe,-con.i . *
stantfy loaddd wittea quantity of wateMn^ttpoUrj vj
of which the coolness of the" higbift.caufle8^v'
deposit a part upon the earth: The smfc<^
the groundfend the, leaves of plants dre oftpiC
moist ifethe morning: the'return of the aim* and ' ^
the heat of the day, evaporate this' lkmid.-ttf-Lbd^S^
deposited again it sunset, and during the.hight; ?
thus, .by an alternate movement, determinedthe
changes in the,, temperature of. tho atmoe^fca^j
Shore, at differenf^periods of the|Wenty-houA'?E*
out*, water is constantly applied io plants, fo?."V?j5|
preserve them froto the e.tces^- of" heat, 'whichwould
wither ain^ dry up their organs.
"The aqueous vapours,,suspended" in the"
bejrin to be'condensed and precipitated at SUnset*
and with them is deposited" the' gfeategt pjrt of 1
the emanations which have arisen from ihe earth
during the day; these exhalations, though;benefit 1
cial to vegetation, are almost always injurious to &:-r
man, and it is npt without rphson thatj he fears.
. and shuns the ni^ht damps. Irt Southerii' cli-<
TT1UIUI, U 11111 ;a ^)nri, - intfltrtia V - ,
and rains less frequent than -m the ndWlfeH^^'
vegetation is supported by the dc . s, which afS
very abundant. In order that *he dews of night
may produce their best efFecl^uponvegetatio^,;-*
it is necessary that the soil shbuld unite certain.
qualities, which ifrdoes not always possess.
"When th6's6iI;He hard and compact, and fdrma
by the action of the air, ah impenetrable CrUst,the
dew is deposited upon the SUrfafce, and evapo
rated Dy tne rays 01 me sun, wimuut ^uavuig
moistened the roots of the plants or softened the. . ,#.
earth around them; so that; of the organs vjhat 'ft.
serve to convey nourishment to/the plaht&^the
leaves are tlie only ones benefitted bythfl^ew,
while the roots, which are the principle vehicles
of nutriment, when the plant is fully developed, .
are not in auy degree benefitted by it.?It is ne.
cessary in such cases that the soil should be sof- -.7
tened, lightened, and divided, so that the air may
convey the water with which it is charged to the ; -fi .
roots of the plants, and to every part of the earth' w:'.
surrounding them, to a certain depth; thus the .>>&:.<
plant can imbibe, through all its pores, the reviv~7;.^:
ing moisture; and that which it received by iti' \
r Kits is mqre lasting than that which it-absorbs in !" '
' any other way, because the^ roots being sheltered '
from the rays of the Sun, evaporation' takes place
, less rapidly, and the moisture is retained, ^whilst
the leaves are speedily dried by the heat- Besides,
! that earth which is most easily affected by the */;. ...
. dews yields most readily to the action of roots, \
. whetlier it be to fix the plant firmly, by their *ex- \
tj tension, or to draw from tlie sou lis uuiruiveprop[.
erties.
( "This explains in a natural manner the origin
of a custom observed by all agriculturists, and of
! which all acknowledge the advantages. When, *??
[ vegetables, such as peas, beans, potatoes,.and Oth-. ^ X
, er roots, are sown in furrows, at equal distancee ~ 1
. from each other, soil in the intervales is hoed or
i dug with the utmost, care, and thus rendered light
[ soft, and favorable to the air; whilst at the same
. time weeds, which would be hurtful to .the cultif
vated plants by depriving them of nourishment r
afforded by the ground, are destroyed^ and the
. soil rendered more fit to receive the rain and con
4 11 * ?' T tkot hpn.
t j.vey 1110 ine rouia. i uu uui .
. efits are real, but I hold them to be secondary,
and subordinate 'to the advantage derived from
, opening access to the air, and permitting it to deposit
its dews upon the roots and upon the earth r
in contact with them. <
"I have uniformly observed the effects of this
method to be equally speedy and favorable in the
. cultivation of beet-roots, and I have never employed
any other to restore their vegetation to its
freshness, when thdjp-., become yellowish and
drooping; in Ihree or four hours it will becojne a
beautiful green, and the leaves spread' themselves
out, although no rain may Hjcve fallen; and
this often" when the soil had not cohiimed a single
weed. I have observed the-same effect produced
upon the other culinar^roots.
"In die South of France, wH&re it hardly eve?
rains duringthe summer.th'e foot <Jf each setting <J
the vine is laid bare, W.digging around it a cir\
cular trench, deep ana wiao enough to contan?
! uncovered, the stump, and the radicles proceea'
ing from it; and the opening;'i^speedily covered
f over by the leaves and branifies. It is evident
> that thi3 metiicd lias another advantage than that
'L of facilitating', the access of the air to the roots,1* ' i
that it may deposit there the dews with:' -Mch it
, is more abundantly charged than in cold clifhates
?if it were not thus, this practice would expose . .
, the vanes to be dried up by Ihe.swching-heat fiS
' the sun." .
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