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~ gFv NO. 197
. 'rill': I (Fruni tlic N. K. l''urin*T.)
ITIiiirrM’4^ |';ina4‘iV .Hoiiriinl =
la printi'd ami iiiibli.-uad t'vcry W'-tliiL-silay Ilium-j AND l)X.
iiig; at 7'tru Mi//urs ami/-ij/y ft n/.i |nr uniiuni, , **' madison.
if paid in advaiict; Thr^c Hoila,» a year, .1 i.ot * consider it as an error in oiir
paid until alV r tfi.- cxpiniiioii ofi-i.x iiioiitlis. ; li'*«l'an(Jry, tliat oxen arc t.K* little used iii
ADVF
cents
and of the weather, can In’ consultoi]; and
wlicre fhn road 9»!rvico is in le»H proportion
to tin- furiii servicf:, the olijectioii is almost >
dcpriveil of its woifjlit. In cnses wIhto it'
Mio;,t a|)pli-i, its weiglit i^ dimini^iifd liy
firHt‘irrZra.id"'^ ‘avor.s a prr-f.ronre of th.
«cck-or 81 for tlir... u. ek,-;. .;,r one H.piar.,- circumstance particularly re- >•' »>“'•>
A lilKml discouiit will I,., ma.lr to ilio.«f who cotninfnihng litm, is that he can l)c suppor-
advrrtiw'byihey. nr. J. Oi.alladv. rtis. iiiciits ted when Ht work, liy fjrass and iiay : while
€onimuiiicai«.d lor piiMii ition, tin niiiiilu r of *h‘‘ horse nMpiires jirain, and much of it,
insertions muKt Imj notnl on ilio i'nar'>in of tlu ;jiain yenerallv I'iveii iiim is Indian ■ ", :•—y-")
.nan.«cript, or U. v «ill !,.• ront.nld uu.il Com, the cn.p w h.ch 're.iuires must labor,' »'''y
and grf.atlv exhausts the land. ' ‘ wIkHi. t true
From the In st estimate I. have l-oen en- cc.nomy .ioesnot rcqum- tor them tluit ac-
abkd to form, more limn onV-half ol the jcominodation, even ou the lain., as «ell as
difll'rent from that of keeping l^or^,es shod.
If is oljr^crvahle, that when oxcii arc work
ed on a farm, over rough frozen isround,
they suHer so much from t!ie w ant of shoes,
tinned annually w ith the greatest punctual
ity as long as she lived. At lenfjth her
lamhs, when they came of age, began the
same practice, and the siiepherd wasobliij-
eil to dispose of the whole breed.
Hut w ith regard to their natural afleetion,
They arc, Iiowever, ver)' useful at tho
same time for other purposes. The brown
worms which destroy tlie cabbage plants,
do their mischief in the night, at whicU
time the toads are on the alert; and if;*
sutficient number of them are put in a gar-
the instanc:es th;it might be mentioned are den, they w ill protect the cabbage. Hut it
forbid, and chargrd nceordinply
r,'* Allroiiiinuiiicutions to the Kiiitors must (oiiic
tree of pngtii"t, or they may net Iir atti ud>;l to.
\OTH 1^:.
LT. Pcrion« indebted lo Uu vtUte of Jonas
Kudiiiill, d«:c’d. either bv NiiU* or liook ae-
eoni crop is consumed by horses, including I .
the ungrown ones; and not less than one- I ‘"r'r'ant calculation is-w heth-
hulf, hv other
cr than plcuaure’l.on^ h. Ity •"^•v *iituations, the gbneral si.vmg
;:ettmg free from this consumption, one-haif! Ij.v substituting the ox tor tnc norsc would
count, urc for Uio la«t time ri.i.i. sud to nmk. and of the wear ol the land !'>al;‘'‘ce the ex|>ense of hiiing the cr.r-
payment, ttn in^’T^"incit cun no loiii;( r be ifni'u. j i ■ • , , i
JA^fK.S c. Kl'Dlsn.L jJs'ur. I "ould U; saved, or rather more thTin one-
II. 1831. 3i I'l j hall. I'or on most farms, one-half of the
jerop of corn grows on not more than t«o-
Co.
riaoeofthe proluce toinnrket. in the same
seali* w ith the liin;, is to be put the value
jf the gra>s and hay consutn''d bv the i«\-
hniis, and sometimes a smaller pio|x,ition !i" tl*e other scale, the v,due of rh.-
i‘d or sold, an may U' dwrrU'd. ' his c >rnlields : and .-ulistitute lor the labor |''ik|>, :iik1 halaie'e moreover, any dilljrencii
Uuudj> and Aliri hajiJizi nci ut-d and turuardi-d U'stoucd iii tliriii, th'* more ea.') task of i *lie V .iliio fif th* gr:es and hay
wall proinptui»» to c.r‘. rs. 'I’b. y limt on baiiU i,r(ividin' pastiira"e and h;.\ . • jeotismie-d by oM'ii, and the value oftheox-
* m 'T‘^ '■ ‘V‘ ■ Hut NMil not th “ov hiiiiM'n; Nv hen k.-pt at I shn.ghti red fhr Ix'tf. In all thesf
r.-.|mre gram IlK.d as well as the '^louUless proper m.t to
I 5( la V I KM’Si:. 'I*t IW-ort.tt hors-' ' fertamh nui. h l.;ss, if am. .lu.lg- . lariwrs ought to
JJLjL.fl on th. ( ri„.»tu>.^ a iiw y,td. „b^rvatioii I >ll(.uld ^iv, II-"'"'Pl-rdoing what they Can
iiunii-K.ml01 llii t ourt lluuioj, III 1.1 rtii'.'tun, .
I ilo fur them-ielves. Hut the rule has its e\-
b.»prr\','‘"Ti.t suwlVar"J/rJcItlira.m suliiee with- m ctaiu'^* w lil'p"the i1T;.i' ^ cepti.,ns : and tin; error, tf it b- committed.
w ithout number, stupid and actioiiless crea
tures as they are. \\ hen one loses its sight
in a lloek of short sheep, it is rarely abau-
I doned to itself' in that hapless and helpless
state. Some one always attachej itself to
it, and by bleating calls it back trom the
j preeipice, the lake, the pool, and all dan-
j gers what(-ver.
j 'I'here is another manifest provision of
inatuie with regard to these iinimals, which
I is, that the moic inhospitable the land is
Ion whidi they feed, the greater their kind
ness and atteiitiiin to their young. I once
I lieided two years on a wild and bare furin,
call- d U illensli e, on the border of .Mid Lo-
I tliian, and of atl the sheep i ever saw, these
1 were the kindest and most aliectionate to
their young. I was often deeply aHected
at see.iies which I witne3s;d there. We
li:i,l one very hard wmt«r, so that our sheep
, grow lean m the '^priii';, and the thwarter-ill,
: (;» soit of par.ilytie utlettion^ came among
them, and einied oil’a numlK'r. Often
liav* I seen these |*.or victims when fallen
down to rise no niore, e\Tn wl.en unable to
i lift their head , from the ground, holding up
Ithc leg, to invite the starving lamb to the
miserable pittan«'e that the udder still cuuld
supply. I had never seen aught more pain
fully aliecting.
I It is Wi ll known that it i? a custom with
! .shepherds, w hen a kuiih dies, if the mother
I have suHicieney of milk, to bring her in
ai;d put another lamb to her.. I liiive de-
; scribed the onx-ess sotnewiiere else—it is
'IV Kf{,'inu i*i’>of Mccklrnburj;, So. O'* and 6,t, the Single plough u-^-il in our coniti»-Ids..
wCb*rliiUi. CHI i'u.»d«y, the lUib ol Jxptoinbcr. 1 That he la slower in his inovements.
. 1101111111; 111 iiicir i«)ngr 10 iitatii ii iiio!.i • • * c — 1 , .1 ,
iuit: and ai^r. tai.li. g'Mxl plij^ht W ithout Other food than a plen-ithere m:iy Ix-, or may not be at
l:ai II. 1). UOlN.-iAVll.Ii:. -is of g.v.d jjiass or u-x-i ha> . And as this luch every prfxhice of
BftI % \ lie liB' li'iible .»et would double the supjilv of lieef, , convertible into nioney. In the old
Jir'^»-ol I Its * i 'a set ort is louiid m that ic'unlnes, this is much more the rase than
.'“vi.isaiiiv, Jix^ n, I'Ul. s teoii>i(leniiion lor u double coiiMiinption ’ nev, niueh more the case
. . . / .1 i- • 1. kitui f»i* Tikrul (owns, tiuil) ut a (ll^tance tVoiii tliein.
Ith Ihvision 01 Im- N‘rlliC ^ruuin .M1.4. >Kllia ‘»i iiyxj, li i i
Ji. t»a will U: rcvicHtd at Ur- loll liuici* * "I he ol jecli*iis ^rriomllv laaft*' to the o\, ^ *** iiHJ-it oXhcr parts i our conn-
»ndplaci». fare, Mz: 1. That he is less tractable than I “ ‘-hahge if ciremii.-t;.!ice is taking
tir«t Md ^-cond K.emiuii. ol Mon-goi.ie. plaee, which render every tlims rai>ed on
luih ol !>-picmb..r. I., . , . , 4_ Ifnrmeily; and as the change proeeeds, It
^ j w ill be mon‘ and more a |»oiiil for considr-
_ _ ration, how far the laborin doing wkit might
■ i Jf 'ttie'tiinn'u. maiet."'’ ‘boir^ht, r.nild ears more in uuother way,
TIiBSklubur. .No oa, in SululMitv, mistake. t)i the two animah, tnc ox i- ,"*" Ix? pmij^ent, fir r*a*ons v*-inch
«n .S«turdy, U.l l7Ui of .'H.pUmU-r. ' , ((„. „,oj.t doi ile. lu all countries where the ' ‘ '‘’''y ex|H rieneed friniK-r will Understand,
Til. Irxccll H. si.iicuu N0.5J ui.a > t.at .Suics-. ,i„. .iraiiglit animal, his do- I*'"* rather than hir-
' rLe% MO.U 'n'^ovubial. IliMntraetibdity,where ^ ''".vmg whiH m.y 1- wanf.l. ^
TiUr, on 'rmir«d y, the U:.;d ol .^pi.mbtr. i it eMsit., Las arisieii fmm an tK'caMonal u.sc j ^ ‘ "* ‘^con-
'I’hc SU(kc» Kf'giiiicii'«, Nil. b.-i and G(:, nt (JiT- ‘of him oiilv wiiii long and irri giil.ii iiite-r- ' W'twcM ii the o\ and the horse, preler-
»i.niou,.in.''4iuraay.ib.. .s.pini.b.r. which, the hufiil of di~^ ipliiie al'le to the h.tt. r, and inf-iw to the former ;
U-mg bn.ken, a new oik- is to be f-rin. d. jail.ipted to purt., ul:.r services,
■I V s.'con.i ol.jeetiirfi has hut as hlth-Iplaee on mnnv
fnundaiM.n. The coiMitution o» the ox ae- j'>*c I'bj'Vtion wh.ch
eoimu.Klales ii>. If, n, reudilv as that of the ’ a-am,.t the ox. He is 1,
h..r>e. to ,di(I.^r. nt chiiiate,-'. -Not only in ,l^c hor.e lor road .serrice.
anen Ml (Ireiee ;ind llaly. l>ul throu^houl
IS during the months of July and August
that these animals will be found of the great-
«st use to the gardener. Although thu
melon, cueumljer and squash vines during;
these month.s, are of that size that the yel*
low bugs cannot entirely destro> them, yet
they continue to feed and multiply upou
them in a compound ratio, anti in this neigh-
Ixjrhiiod the large black brovs n bugs often
become so numerous upon squasltcs as en
tirely to check the growth of the vines.—
VV here gardens are fenced with boards and
tight, a few t»tids put in will entirely des
troy those Lucs, vvliich if left would he sure
to appear in an abundance the followinjr
spring.
It has lieen recommended to place small
pieces of boards about one inuli from tha
ground, 3up|)orted upon small stones, in that
quarter of the garden where the l ibtus ol
thes; animals are waiiteil, as they will take
shelter from the sun, under them ; but aftei'
caiilmge leavea have attained their size, they
adord them sufficient covering.
It is of ns mucL impfjrtance and licnafit
to the siieceeditig crop that ins^'cts should
be de.stroyed as weeds, for although insects
are furnished svith wings, there is reason
to believe that they deposit their eggs near
the place where they feed, as we iVequently
observe that fields which have been a ti w
years in grass, when ploughed and [ilanted
with vines, that they are not eaten with bugs
altli(iu;:h contiguous to gardens or old fields
where tiiey are very injurious.
doiie by putting the skin of the’ dead lamb •'
ujion tlie living one, th*ieve iifimediatelv Tft«/ Oriffin of Chimneys. Xotwithstand-
acknowied^es t!ie relationsiiip, ar.d aff?r the all the magnificence of the (;re:k and
! .skin ha? wrirm. d on it. so its to give it some- i Homan architecture, which we yef behold
i thing of the smcil of her own progeny, and j « admiration amongst the rums which
•: it has sui ked two or three times, she ac-1 remain as records of their taknts and gen-
; cepts and nourishes it .as her own ever after. we are yet to learn whether or no they
'Mie Kv>cl.in^;ii*j>i lu^iiiiinU, .\o. ti7 and 'I, at
W ■ niworlli, on MonJay, lin- o; is* iiUmtxr
'I'hr Ouii.'urd Kitnm nU, So ;>T atiu j", «l
Ci r« ii«boiou^h, on Vv luntsday, ijie ytUi ol ^ep-
L.'iiiiKr'.
J’lif l{e(;iiiionl of I'avalry attachrd lo till' 6lli
Brt/ailo, at Oii;(li*boroU4;ii, un tin: ^Mliol .Vp-
ttmyer.
T .a I)a\id«on R.nin.enM, .No. 87 and s'f, at pre.-^ nted ,lo US m niieii nt In.stury, |
L'ixin-T’oii, on 1 rid.iy, Uit . Jib ol N f.u.inlH;r. the o\ and tlio plough are as.'kx'iat‘d. .\t i
(From tie- New Kn;;lar.d rarniti.J
A.vD iKiri:.-^ or siikkp.
nv TIIKVITRU'K MirrilCfeD.
IV^ V IMf I k I,’1,’I i'*'*’’'- !|k'W( rtiil cnpabilities than any of the finer
' » Alv, H I i/ I'I'j 1 iiu.'l.ike- hi re. as in the ('inner e;use, has a- ; hnv'ds that have b
lOM '\1 * M THIS (II 1 HI,
WKAU A.NU 'll .vH.
Ik’*-!! introduced into Siot-
friM ii from the eli;>ei^.if occasional emploj- I land, and theref.ire the few aiu-cdotes that
m lit onh, witji no other than green IIhmi. S 1 t„ relate shall l>e r(,nfniel tojhem.
Tlie lerm‘iitatii>n ol tins 111 the animal, heat-I' I have heard of i-heep . returning from
all sii. :i, the t'ollowing de.icrijtioii, lieing uii
evtiriet fn ni l>r* .lohu'ion's late werk, eni-
l'han!>e of Air m the I'ur.'uit
j 'Vhether it is from joy at this apj»arent re
animation of her young one, or a little doubt
reniiiining on her mind that she would fain
disi'ol, 1 cannot di eide, but, f>r u number
ofdiiys, she shows far more fondness, more
I bli iitins, and caressing, over this one, than
I she did formerly over the one that was re-
■illy her own.
But thix IB not what I wanted to explain;
p;* was,TTiyTiytr:TrT,1fWfr^»' ilHft-iiaiy it!:
lambs mu't be driven to a house with dogs,
,Mt thaft'.ie lamb may be put to them ; for
tl.cy will onlv l ike it in a dark confined
I place. Hut lu re, in Wiilenslee, ( never
' need to di ive home a sheep by force, with
dogs, or m any other way than the lollow-
■ ing;—I lound every ewe, of course, stand-
I ing hanging her head over her dead lamb,
and having a piece of twine with me for the
; piir|X)Se, I tied that to tlic lamb’s neck or
I toes, and trailing it along, tl^- ewe lollowcd
I me into any house or fold that I chose to
I lead her. Any of them w ould have follow
ed me in that way fbr miles, her nose close
on the lamb, which she never quitted for a
moment, except to chase the dog, which
she would not suller to w alk near me. I
often, out of cuiioaitv, led them in to the
I side of the kitchen fire by this means, into
the midst of servants and dogs, but the more
■ the dangers imiliij'lied aroiind the.Anve, she
j cl'iiig the closer to her deud ctr^()niig, and
rthought of nothing but protecting it.
I , ■ TC.U).-:.
! Tlicre are.fevy parts of the animal cren-
' tion that are 1'Hiked upon w itli moreoontempt
' ttian /ort/M ; an. 1 vet thev arc capable of iiiin-
i>tering lo tli- comfoi t .md convenience of
man. One ren.'^-on why we loi.k.npon them
wuhso miirh contemi.t is. thutwelijrm our
ill'- third objectii'ii nl-o, is not a solid droyr road the iM'lter par; of my life, nnd
1 II c. 'I’lie ox cun, by a pr.j|nT liarnes.', lie iiiaiiy straggh'is have I sera bi nding tlieir
tied, ‘>l harige ol Air m the lui.-uit .•! „pH ^.s the lior.se, iK tWeen ; sfejis norfhwaid in the’spring of the ve;ir.
Ilcallh,\e., will be atknowleoged asJU^f rows of Indian corn: and eijually so ; A shepherj ran iv sees thev' juiirrievfrs
a;id appropriate. [Joiirmii >/u'cd for other piirp-wes. f A|K'rience mav , twiee. If jie sees them, .nnd stops iheni in
I the niornmg, they are gone long ^elilrt
“ Tlu rc isacoiiditioiior stateof bodv and Ix* sjili lv appealed to on this point,
nnnd, mteniieiliale f»«lwcen that of .-lek- In the fuirtli [)lace, it is allegi'd that he tiight; anil if he w'es them nt niuiit thev
I) >s iind hrullh, but inucli nearer the lor- i'slower in his iiioveincnts. This is true ; t will begone many miles iH'tbro morning,
iiier than iho latter, to w liicli i am unable but m a le.ss d. gree tiian is often taken for ' This stmng atlaehmi nt lo (he place of then
lo give :i .satislhctury name. It is daily and grant'd. tl\cn that are vvt'll chosen for i iiativitv is mueh more prrdoniifiant in onr
hourly I' ll by lens ol tlious^md^ in tins m«-- their form, an? not worked after tin* age of' aborigianl breed, than iii atn cf the other
tropolis, uimI ihioughout the enipiie ; hut I j alvint eii.dit vear.-'.. (theage at which the) are ■ kinds vvith which I .-’.n acquamti d.
•1.1 nut know that it has ever been ijes«;rib'il. , hi ,^t littfd liir U'ef) are not worked too man) I .\ shepherd in Hlaekliouse bought a fi'W
It i.s not euruUli- by physie, though 1 appre-1 together, and are suitably matched, may hi' ; sheej* frnm anotlier in (';awiii''l, ulwnit ton
liend that it niake-s much work loi the dix-,- j kfpt (o nearly as tjuiek a step a-* tln^ horse. i milrs distant. In tlie spring follow ing, one
tor- ulliniulely, it nut lor the umlfrtakers. ■ \luy I not s.iv, a steji tpiicker than that of! of the ewes went kiek to her native place.
It IS that wr.Aii A.M> 1 luii ol the living ma-' maiiv hor.ses vvp sec at wxirk, w^o, on ae. .ind yeaned on a wild hill called (.'rawinill
chine, mental and cor|M.real, which rc.'ults' eount of their ag(' or the leanne.>s ocea- ('raig. t(ii a certai;i day about the begin-
fiom over Ktrennoiis lahrair or exertion of ] Muiwd by the costliiie.ss of the f'ooil they re-I mim of .liily liillowing, the shejiherd went
the forjxireal |K»vvcrs, condiii ted in an\n ly iqinre, lose the advantage vviicre thev might j and brought home his ewe and lainl)—took
of mind and in bad air. It liearssome anul-, have once had it ! J tliv tieece from the yew, and kept thu lamb
o”y to the state ol a ship, which, though' 'I’he last objection ha.« most weight. The ' for one of'his stock. The lamb lived and
i.tiil sea-worthy, exhiluls the elli'cts ol a ox is not so well adapteil ;us the horse tojthn>ve. and never ollbred to leave home,
Icinpestuous vova^e, ;iiid indieatei tlif- pro- the road service, ospeciullv lor lung trips. : hin '.vtien three ye.-trs of age, aiul alniut to
priety of’re-canlkmg the .mmiiis and over- In common roads, winch an* ollen soft, and have her first lamb she vanish'‘d ; and the
had chimneys in their dwellings.
In the mean time it !s as difricult to im
agine that the Romaas, who taught us how
to build, were not possessed of some ii>eari3
of preserving their elegant munsions from
smoke; mansions in wliich every refinement
in luxury was to be found. Ilow can wa
l -illv her own. . possibly believe that they, the slaves of
But thiH is not what I wanti’d to explain; ^««UTe, should sufter their apartmeuta
*—I ^ L. -.-it,
Cirtild the Major-domos or theirliwsespre.
pare in smoking dwellings those exquisite
and sumptuous dishes which so oitcu Laded
their cpiciirean tihles?
It is not, certainly, amongst tlie imper
fect ruins of city walls, temples, a;nphithea-
tres, baths, aijueducts and bridges, that
we may exjiect to, ^nd cliimncys ; but at
llerculaneuin,f(^*,ivample, private dw ellings
have bjen di.scovered.* However, there
have not been found any traces of chimtipys.
Paintings^ and pieces of sculpture, which
have ■Soaped the ravages of time, thrpw no
light whatever on the subject ; there V no
thing to l)C seen which has the le ist-restin
blame to what we call a chimney. ,
If chiimu.ys existed m the time of the
Koitians, Vitruvius would nut certainly
have failed to describe the manner in which
they were constructed; he siiys not a woid
concerning them ; neither d.jes,Julins Pol-
lux, who has collected together, vvith the
most scrupulous care, the llreck names
given to every part lY their dw'ellirtg'i; nor
(ladulphus, who, in his time, ^which was
not sofar^back,) has left a veealiulary of
all the Latin terms made u;»e of m aichi-
tecture.
There were no chimn"ys in t!io teiitli,
tv*('ll*th, and thirteenth centuries,' which
seeins iiilly proved by tii*' curj'nt' iVZ/'-of
! opii'iionsof them, O.S wi iixe too a[)t todo w ith the I'Jnglish and the KomaiiS. .\t the lime
our own sp*'eieH_alt«geth;r Ir.' outward up- of the middle ages, they niadi’ tlifrir tires in
. pean’.nces, withmit iin]iiiring’into their good j a kiii.l of furnaei?, which was obliged to bo
; or had quahlH S.. NVe cohlf s>f ill it tjierp is covcrcd at the time of goi;ig to ie.>f. 'I’o-
I nothing very, inviting in the outward ap-j wards that period, it was ordered, that evo-
! peurance.of one of’these animals ; but when j ry fire should be extiiiguidied at a certain
morning after the I'ravvmel shepherd, in i
going his roimd'i found her w ith a i.ew-yean- i
ed lamb on the very gair of the C’rnwmel i
iiaiihiig tin* :i/"inu. It might bf> cotiipar-1 sometimes suddenlv Im-coiiic so, tie' form of
pd to th*’ eonililioii ol the v\ heul.s ol a car- ■ his Imit and the shortness of his li'g, are
riage, when the tyres U'gm to niiHlerate j di.sadvaiitages ; and oil roads iVo/en or luin-
Iheir close embrace ol the wool-work, and . piki d, tim roughn(!ss of the suiliice in the ! ('raig, w here she was ianibed hersi'lf. Mif
require turning. Lastly, it U'ars no verv ioriner eas\ xiid its harshness m lioth ca- 1 remained there till the first week of .Uily. |
remote similitude to the strings of a harp, .os, ar«! niconvement to his cloven hoof'.— | the tune when she was brought a lamb hor- j
when they get relaxed by a long series uf Hut where the di.stanci; to market is not i self, and then she came home vvith h’rs of'
vibiatioiip, and demand bracing up.” I great, where the vurj*ng state of the roads ! her own accord; and this custom yhe cot' - ,
we make «)wr--'elv''s more ac(|iiainted with
t^ieir habits, our disiilte ol tlu iii ee:iV>s, for
in this it'is m in politics—welaud tl'.at man
who is working for us, whom wo w'ould treat
withcontfinpt in another 'ituation. 'loads,
during th'j summer months feed almost en
tirely upon insects, and in tho ordinary
course of Iheir feeding the nninlier destcoy-
ed is quite con.^iderable, .Mr. Hradley, in
his treati.se on hitsbundry and gardening,
states tiiat, a pair of sparrows, dnrin; the
time they have their young, destroy 3,^00
eaterpillur.s eachvveek, or'J 10 for each bird
daily. Now if we makecomparisan between
the size of a toad and a sparrow, aiul allow
that a given weight of either requires a
given quantity of food for a certain period,
v.e must suppose that the numbt'r of in.sects
devoured by toads, is very great. W e have
frequently seen it recommended to put toads
ingardenstopreserveyoungcucumber plants
from the stiipd bug. They are not effec
tual for that jiuipose, as the bug does most
damage during the heat of the day; at which
time the toad either burrovv.s himself in the
ground, or .seeks some ctiicv rf'ti^'-r from
tJi" j.i' - ■ of 'he
iMOr in the evening.
'I’lio first mention of chimneys vvns ii\
! 'U7, at a period in w hiL.h Vernec expen.
enced \hc siiock ol ;yi earthquake wh;i !i
throw down a great many, (lataii- savs,
in his History of Padua, that I ran' isco do
(iararera, lord of Padua, came to iit
I3i)>; and that iiot finding a ehimnov in the
inn where he lodgcil, he obliged them to
have one constructed by masons* aiul eai-
penters, whom he caused to 'r- sent for tVoin
the neighbourhootl where he residoii. 'I’heso
were the tirsj chimneys over seen at Korne.
and the arms of the nohlema:) was |)laird
above them to commeinoiate so gre.it ae
event.
•Not orjginaily of the l!iiq;li.-ili, bfl introdiiri .•
by William the cunquiTor; not, a.» lia.s bi’tii lie ii'-1.
ly asserted of him, that bo It-arcd llir plo!.-. > ■: .' ii
Kiii;hsh, bul it was an nnoieiit Nurie in eus*., ’..
and the bell, still called l 'oiivr, fru. in sjiiic of tli,
revolution, I'veu now ring's or toi's at ubiiui niiu
o'oioek 111 siM'ral in Morn'aiidy, to wpji!
a^'ainst fire,
Th*’ swil'f!’ -i’of lime is n:ist siiiiiiie—{J.r '•t*
cf mail 'MIi s'JI't'' V: " n in ■ v '', l ,