Newspapers / North Carolina argus. / March 9, 1876, edition 1 / Page 1
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' - !XJufrtlw)uld greifeUojoreljr I tbiuk bo r forever betur fold eboY, ung Itmb for which we sorrow t th do fu'Jvtii lwA k i ' pHTlWQ ootiw.; , , '. A TBI'S 8TORT. . v and ftro ftlmost run. My lamp ,4tttr faintly flickrinj in Us sock t. X. !iaveeAcapcd ,ouco more the 6fjuiti.ee. but they have given f Lh. wound ; and ere tho ri Jwaclioa.his'toi.oridian ahull ked iity Jas on earth. v I. lore pulsaticn of the hcr.rt, ;Ct'!J,tnoiin(aiit cavern which iqcOiS.icciva 't so ninny 'wild tMihlfiWmiiHrtrf, rAvhoae deep- 4 cwi5 Xmyo pl.lcii ung with the afr.evcl.y,"'niid the liorsca lm.alia ) luicnnic nv Trmm (.'labored. breaths and this ''ejftri .ii which. has ao long 3&dV tofn'n$iidu ruffian crew, tfc.cn I ileat forever. Oh, ktllritat never accmod ao dear! t CfTott liast never been ao sweet 'tvehonld I acck to prolong V iTtngmith ' peril, ao ubun fotile; eb profligate. AU ' yfifty years' havogotio over me, fjw'.havii'.I consumed them? :ttf "Iwvo I .bofrieniicd ? Whose ' rgBkare I relieved I -Whoso con toVlvI botterwlt , Whoso grief jo i'"taHkte71 ? or what tone of pity i ftrl-wipvctl my 'heart? : Tho laat jrenty 'year8 I have passed a9 chief of r .' ti aim ixtKicoo imcs"" j 'fc ...1 --.I.I-..- - ..F ..vl.l.-fi' dcaperadocs, who6?tfnong in r.tcd thJ- fWffian r'avafinsr villas.' lew?7 rfmses. . wavlarinff and i ik nrkrpflfl travo er bv nir it i - ., rp j no rank, hcedingjip "aring noSkJSJ'er twntyycarf I have been brand .lon and hunted liko a beast of --Large rewards' have been of W. my capture, and troops of , mcir havo acoured tho country fchof;jny; stronghold. And vq fellow has been hurried i"accuntwhilo daring to r f my; rctreatv among: ;. the i passes. , .Thusfarri h ave .1 pur8u4t,fand our rendezvous ined ft aecrot-with the gang. day, after a desperato conflict body f troops, tho last of tho ' "s teen alair) or captured, and ; -.-V d only io die in soUtudo. ' . miserable a life , have I : IJ not recall the past, but inreviow boforo me. ould fdraw tho evil veil 6v i5 ' thatoif Aearly ' life, "-which Tare. m Jikq a blissful vision, . cd ! tenfold lovely by tho ' sweet of my .aainted. mother, radiant "5 foMic raefry happy boy. , those tvero halcyon days days hich jny roothc j Ufroyor 1 guhfe i 't!.a ty.i'cf truth and virtuqi; i with tho aacre&'voluiae'open xn r 'Sf 'drcwWo to he"r side, nut u 1J i m 4 UK ticuil, Olid to) ing will-" v curly locks.llovo forme. Ilut as tho terriblo truth ro.u.it. 1,11gCifllc.imen,ri.H.ri-i,t from the nh Uula mo iroiti its pn. uracil mo io obev it prccc?. J cmuluto tlio wio onJ good T;o J name woro written thcro; then with fc-v, . . . t . II. . howliCure'it w'oukl- iljieo her dedihinff ycTtpJMoulJ I become o man of IionOr,1 troth aftI (vrth. t grow to manliofxl"; mid then my mother (caching wcro unheeded juid forgotten.?, Tjlornio'd evil bshocU tio'n I drunk,' H:nitle'l," I foil. k Oaa drcor and sbirlcsn night I rob bed ft travclcrpn (h .looorj thtl,y clutfhing h purso cf gold, I liurrjud to my' thimbcr, Inittched a bundle Irom ft recc, crept lofily down tho aturwo.f, gayiedHhe bodid -of my no;kcr, prcscdV)no last ki unn her wrinkled browTiSdj receiving a "(ipi blcyon" fiomVJrcnming. lips, fled and ncvpr saw hc'JTVr0' Wle1' fchohoardof mv ruilt. ivS. bitter wail aha tank boncuth tho trV TSand they laid her in the valley. For two yoara I traversed the contVlupon my breast, she suid t I nent, roving from placs to place with no definite uim or object except to conceal my. crime, I had gold, bnt there wai a curao on every fjrthing. I drank from, every cup of ploiisure which -.human ' ingenuity could pre pare; but terror and rornorao embit tered every draught. .The grim and relentless phantom which ever f 'Hows guilt pursued mo everywhere. At length I joined a band "of brigands, shared thai r- peril and their -plunder, and, by v my -daring and Buccess, ere long became their leader, and thus u aurco of fear and apprehension to the peaceful traveler, of dread and an xiety tolho quiet borne. .. ' In vnrlons' guises I .frequented so cTcty,nVving' circles na a foreigner otrnnlrimd wealth". -1 eat at tho festive board of merchant prin ces.' I chatted ih the drawmg-rotnfis of tl'o richest nobles of the lund. I danced in halla where pride and beau ty met. I whirled in the giddy waltz with diamond decked belles, who nov er dreamed their gallant, dark eyed partner was the daring robber chief. X)nce,. while oil a brief visit to-a pretty rural village, I rescued a beau titul peasant girl from drowning j and as I bore her fainting form to the cottago of her widowed mother, near at hanll, I thought. had Ipvef een a faco' of 4uoh marvelous - beauty atd loveliness. ' Being restored to consci ousness and learning the aituation she thanked me, with ueh a depth ol earncstnesa a.id.Bincerity, and such a look of gratitude, as thrilled me with exqniaito jo;'. ;'I roqucated permission to call 'next Jay, which wus granted, and thus began an acquaintance which grew "to - friendship and .ripeiittd into love. jX-became a daily, visitor at the cottage. ' I found her intelligent and cott tclligcnt educated..beyon.d nioet of her class ; artless and puro as the undesigning infatirVWOlvj- i " Oh ! how. bitterly, my coiiscieoco hardened though it was reproved mo for the' deception I practiced. Ig norant of the deceit and' craftiness of the world, she placed implicit trust in me, believing tno tho soul of liorior. Ah ! little did aho think as we rambled in the ldafy grovo, or Bat beneath lo I Bfireading vine ; as we etrollod bes'de tno mooniigm siream, or iingercu neaKthe. cottago door, that her tall and courteo.u3 companion, iu4 whom, she k)lacod such child-like trust, was the bold outlaw of the Alps. , ,t I told her thad rank and wealth, I told her of my vast estate and my cas tie onH the Rhine.' ;;T askc4 her to, be mine, and aharo, my fortune and my gorgeous home. ! She consented, and we - wero - man icd. On pretchso rof taking her to my boasted - palace, brought her to my . cavern, .Then, aa deception was no longer practicable, I revealed the atartlingfact that her husband wa$' an outlaV-rthe famous bandit 4 chiefs-find this ayo r must heaceforthJ her hon)e.Ofi hearing this, alio gave; mo a look pf terror unit despair never to 'bo forgotten, and wjth atcry of 'horror threw herself at my'fee't, begging mo to tell her it was blto knelt bvforo me, nU with her hand iiimmi her biwnm, imi'lorcd mo amid a torrent of bitterest tea1 a to forMko'thii nvfal career, to leave tbi dismal place, and fly w ith her to some fur distant land, and (hero In the D turo loud a lilo of penitonca and peaco. 6ti0 eoon became exhausted, ami with u henrt-brokni cry of utiuuli aank icnsleiia on tho ground. When at length aroused lio appear ed moro calm ami tranquil,' but the sunlight of her young hfo vu gone forever.' Tho roue never camo hack to her checks. D;iy by d.y ahe flow ly languished.' tiho ftlwuy tried to n-enr a atnilo when I wai near, though f;rief waa gnawing liko a canker ut ier heart. Sho.often tried to persuade mo to abandon my evil course, and hourly prayed for my reform." . A year passed,' and. 'liko a tender flower. plucked from its parent stem, aho had drorn and deeiinod. ' One day 1 assisted tier to - the entrance . of tho cave, and as I took a acutbestdu her, I observed that ho looked paler and lovelier than usnal. Leaning her ,epv' 1 J,n' t ?u but I could co nappv, and awettly to j . r roar, did I believe that you would quit ... .. . i -ii i at once tins wretched place, ana iciuj henceforth an' up-right Christian life., Obi protniso mo ere I dio that you will grunt thja laat request of her who never ceased to love you, even through your deepest degradation.'! ,My heart was niovc4 in it waa never moved be fore, and hardly knowing what I said I gave the required promise She clasped my hand with look of joy on her faco that had not rested there be foro for months. ". " - ' That night she awrVtly breathed her last. And w ithin that woodland gravo my earthly happincsa was buri ed. . v . Instead'of keeping my promiso I became more recklerfs than before; and my name . became a by-word of terror: tlH-oughout th furiWMding tquntr-.; Thus haVc I lived, an cno my myself, and a curse to mankind. And thus I lie, neglected, .friendless, and alone. Uev. I. I'. I3ootlj , A Hplendld Deoiiption. t On a certain occa.siou, one Paul Denton, a Methodist preaelier in Texas, nd ertift-J a barbecuo, with better liquor than usually furiiinhed. When the people liad assem bled a desperado in the crowd cried out: "Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence has lied.- You protiiised not only a good bar becue, hut better liquor. Where' tho li quor?'; ' - - .; , j " Tb re I", auswered tho. mhusionary, in tones of thunder, and pointing his long, bony finger at the uiatchles double spring guslvicg up two Btronj colurime, with a oiud like a shout of jy from the bosom nf the earth '" Therut" he repeated with a look terrihlo a lightning, while his eno my fvrly trembled at !m feet, " hero is the liquor which God, the Eternal,' brew 'for all Lis children." s " Not in the simmering still, aver smoky fires choked with poisonous gases, and sur rounded with the Etench of siukeuiug odors arid corruption, doth your Father in Ileav pu prepare the piwious essoiiue of Ij-' pure, .cold, water. , liut in tliw glaue una glassy "dell, where the red deer '''wanders and the child fovea to . play ; there God brews , it j and .own, low down in the di-epeat valleys where th fouutaiu nuir' niurs and the rill: sing ; and high c in the mountain tops, where the naked granite lilitters' like gold in the eun;' where the atornioclouds " brood and thuadnr-atorina crash and out, -out on the wide, wido 8r&; where the hurricane howls music and the big waves loll the chorus, sweeping , the march ot'God there he brews it-rbever- nee of life, health-giving water, And everywhere it is a thiug of beauty; glemu- mg in me (lew uroji, eiuging m JJAvvajjiji, ram-, saining in (lie ice geni.TwTTTey seem turned to liyir.g jewels ; preading a gold eu vein over the setting butt, or a wlnte gauze around the midnight moon ; sporting in the cataract ; sleeping in; the gazler; dancing, in the hail-showers ( folding .its bright curtains softly around die wiutry world, and wearing the ninny colored iris, that seraph's zone ol the air, whose wU'd is the raiu drops of the eart h; add Checkered over with the celestial powersbf the mystic baud f refractionthat bit Mtil lif e-wmer, uo poison bubbles on its brink ; its foam brings not madnpss and iuuhier ; uo bloo I atoiug its liquid glH?s j palj' wiuows and starving children weep not burning tears iu its depths ! Speak, out my friends j would you eiiohnnye-it for the dctuou'B drink r'c-'IibI 1 ' ' . A shout like the roar of, a tempest an swertd No!" This most beautiful of all descriptions of water has for many years formed the chief be uty of Uough's tmrjeranee lectures eritf. ; UKYKur- ujer giving u X"11 Virginia City (Xev.) EuterprieJ , An Iufut 2 200 IVt Uodit Qiound. ilcMie, liitlo daughter of T. I', O biston, upcriuiendeut cf the Strtg initio", night befro last, took auch a journey aa wna jrobahly never taken ln-foi(tin the world'a history by a child of her age. Sho bus tiiuu and sg du begged hor father, whose buninew take him to tho mine daily, to allow Ik r to accompany him intotho wonderful rc giwiia of tho underground world. So periitent and tainear b.la aho bueti "In tho uiaUi-r (hat hor father concluded to take her down Into the lower level and allow her to aco the thing about which her Imagination acotnoi to be Bo much exited. Accordingly, night bef re last, ho took her wi'h him to the i,200 foot level. Tho firat part of the little expert'", journey wa ft vertical plunge ( by cage) toward the carth'a center of 1,303 feet : aho then took paa aago on thu tank " girafle," running oa tho incline, and defending atian angle of 43 degree until ale wa landed 2, 200 feet below tho aurfaco of tho earth. Beesio will bo four years of ago next week, and thcro is little doubt, can tru hfully aayehe ha atood.further bo low ihe light of day than any' ouo of her year aineo "tho creation of Ihe world; Tho 'infant expert was led tn rough tb ikiit of the 2,200 foot level and wu delighted with all she saw.' Oil observing the liny credture led along the drift toward them, the pick fell fron. the hauda of torn of the iniucii, aud they gazed nd it ire J will startling eye and relaxing jawtlieliei'ingthiilatleasluueofihelairitol that ujiu about which Miey had heard ! mmbv had acinally bi-en captured by their sagacious tuperiuteudeut. Such ao appari tiou no man among tliein bad ever aeea iu any mine, or had ever dr.amt ofaeeing, as a 'little i;fur-ycar-olJ girl, "paddling" about the drif'U. At the a'ght eoio of the mitiers are aid to bavo been obnerved to hastily crevs themselves. The child nhowed no sign of fear while in the mine, not even hen blitl dropped dowu the dark and dripniiijialiaft, d the approach to treni- datiou exhibited by her during the trip I Will nilUlf uv o uniiiijiu u.tfu m- j,.- rafl'e; llica t-he taid," Pp-i, take hold ol my baud.", A . A Shoit ChtTr on Comets and Women. Some Oiio has aid pertinently, but ra ti er seven y, the following of t lie two tioun substantives which head this article : Com its, doubtless, answer some wiso" nnd good purjoe in tho crentiou ; so do women. Comets are . iuconi)rchenihle, beautiful, eceeotrio ; so sre wonion. Com eld bhinei' with peculiar splendor, but at night appear nio.H hrilliiint ; so do women. Comet ronfound the mot learneil, w hen thev attempt to ncerlaiii their nature ; fo do wumtl.' Conieti equaby excite the ad miration of the philosopher and of the clown of the village ; so do womoo. Comet and women, then fore, are close ly analogous ; but the nature of each be ing inscrutable, all which remains for us to do. is to view witn a dinirutibti the one, mi'l to love, almost with adoration, the other.", ., . ;IIa might have added tnat woniau'a trails, and comet's tails are about the aame leiglh and are both worn behind., ? i A ToycurNO Iscipicnt. A' little boy had died. His body was laid out in a'dar kened room, waiting to belaid id the cold grave. His afflicted mother and bereaved lit tle sister went in to look at the sweet fuce of the precious little sleeper, for his face was beautiful eveu in deatli.An they stood gaziug on the face of one so beloved and cherished I he littla girl asked to shake bis baud, the mother at first did uot tbiuk it best, but the child rcpeau-d the request and seemed very anxious about it; she took ' the cold bloodless h iud of her sleeping boy aud placed H ill the hands of his weeping little sister.'- .';' ' '','..i ";'.,' ';' '. '". '-: " -,'-. . The dear child looked at it a moment it fondly, aud then looked up to her Jot her ihrou L'h tears and love and suid; "iloihc, this Imnd never struck me." What could have becu more touching aa'd lovely ?-.... - The following was part of a young attor ney'a peroration on argument of demurrer in one of our courts: "May it please your Honor, this' is astupendous question. Its i i. - Tt'.. A ...: i! :.. Qeciniou oy you i-ib uajr win iivo iu j"i cial history long after you aud I shall have passed from this scence ofearthly gloryaad sublunary vauity, when the toer. tisga ahull bw forgotten; when Waterloo arid lior odiuoiliall grow dim in the distant' eyejea of recordiogceuturits; when the Vamcs of Eagene; Alarlborougb aud yajwleou are no longer remembered; When the pyramid of the Pharons shall have crumbled iuto dusl; when tho hippopotamus shall cease to inhabit its tiativw Nile; even ' then your 'ruling upon this demurrer will still survive iu thfuuiKiuecotumnsoI legal loreasircsn, ' ..f - i i t . - .. r; - 't i green anu luipenjuaoie ns a jji iumiii sou grass-bopper.or a Colorado potato bug. KltUD ET A MolK. It U gcrieml- ly imagined ti nt n itian who h nrr.ii I f a mmiio entertain a ground U- i j -prehctiHiun ; but tho otl.et d.iy a inou, which it n or in the Lo- o hospital, not aa ft patient, but in k r ita of wine, did ftetuulhr kill iu i Tho man w o trying to catch it, n 1 it ran up hi slcevo nnd or to hi nee! , and then in it cxticme terror, lenp into tho J'Kr fellow' open mouth an 1 down Ida throat. Cnrily cnou-h, it wa not u(Tcated. Tho. mouse, it acoma, can etiduro being without air longer than any other animal, and finding luelf na it were, in prison, tried to gnaw, ita way through the wretcbod inan'a cheat nnd tlmmt, who prcaently expired In great agony. Tina ta perhuna the strangest death that baa ever befallen a human being. London Letter. The m"Bt agreeable of companions, is ft at mi pie, frank Bias, without any bih pretention of an'addrcwive greatneea who lovea lifj and nrrdcrtand the Uio of it ; obliging alike at all hourr; above all, of golden temper, and itcftd. fast ft aa anchor. For audi a ono we gladlr exchange the greatest genini, t'io moat brilliant wit, the p rotfindest thinke.'. . . . . . . It's a ruriou incident of matrimony, ksji ih Cincinnati Timet, that if you tell your wife to get up and luild the fire ahe exhibits her dutiful ot Hence by forthwith proceeding to fire up. Ia Tczat an imbil) r of liquid lightning wife nut the bar account with a live shoot er aud thro cooly a ' i Lis family doctor to vaccinate him with u : ovie knite. Fro Uio iMmtliern t'uUiralor for March, Thoaghia For Ta Month Much has to be crowded into hi and nextj("ioiith. Preparation for and planting itsolf, can bo put off uo lou ger.'Ifbivd we-ther prevails, every one becomes fearful of getting " behind" aud the fjar ofteu induces imprudent action. The leinptatioii 1 very great ta plough land -vheu too wet. We have 'warned our readers against this very often, but foe I that the warning cannot be too ofteti re peatod. It is simply ruinous where elay U present. If land too. wet is ploughed in the fall or early winter, 'the freezes may iu part repair the damage, but if clouq io the spring, years are required to undo the uu wise work of a day. Whenever iu doubt whether laud is or is not dry enough to plough, be sure to give the laud the bene fit-of the doubt. ' " ' '. CORJT PI.ASfTI)tb.' '' '. ., It is well to divide the crop of upland eoru into two parts oue of some early va riety that will mature by the 1st Juiyp the odierofthe best large kiud. growuin the neighborhood.' It is not' often4h ;aso that b th June aud July are vety dry and therefore one or the other of vthe two crops is very apt to " strike the Reason. T Early corn should bo planted rt the beat land, orelse highly manured ; it cannot wait or delay its progress uVaeurcb of food. This must be ready to its roots and io am ple supply.- It must also bo cultivated rapidly for a like reason. ' Varieties from Murylund dud Peusylvania have succeed ed well in Middle Georgia, and X. Pad has given ns cbeorhiff accounts of the" Cooley' COrU 1U ittlSSlaal(i, , x vc iuo mum- viup Some iat'va variety is to be preferred. Farmers pa more attention to tho (election of seed cord than auy other grain hence it seldondegcncrates. ' The question has recently been fpruug, whether improve meatof ptn Is best reached by developing varieties with two or more ears to the stalk, osuch as have an" inorca$ed number of tows of grain on each ear. It is claimed by those" who advocate lh? latter raethe, ttat a variety producing 4 to 6 ears to the stalk, will rapidly go back to 0ie-earbcar. ing stalks, if cultivated under unfavorable conditions; but that the uumber of rows of graius to the ear iijixed and constant ua der all couditious. Can our readers throw any light ou thia matter ? Plant ar?y and cover shallow soak seed ia weak solution of saltpetre or nitrate soda, aud theu cost with coal tar (very thiu) for benefit of birds aud bud-worm. How maniireshould beapplied to com is fctitl vexetf queetiou in dull vr bill, un each (mm ic i-.r i 111 of. .i t t w:.t. h t j I'i " ' - .! -' i .. - fivm tl.e f - . .'-', " ' 0 I :l!,lr t j -- -I i ,' , t :-iif f.r Li jici tv..', v. .i i ll.C I ;i-c f ll.c i , . . , o t f-.il nu-i i i ! I .1 '.-rt fi'inon r '-: ta. - fi t t t r,i! irctn ti ' ot-iry ! i:r-it!i nf ilia taU t!iU h i i i r ( h r ; t to I n too l.tr,) b ! I .-; f ;ir mora iatiirstrly e- u , ', I ,. ; iivVeh'j'tnriit if t!i tar, H n i !' liie lnrj'rr poriii.o of irauur-) ; ; ihould ke pUeod whrra li e "; ur" r can rot conv.-iiirntly shib it ; l' ', , arun-t the V -l t!. :a'.k. e ctiui'J, tin; --.ia the aU.Ti.ee cf xperiieiii. t i tli'uk lli.-it t 1 ' liiunorc ft j r,i I t..af t!.e grin at J "... lime is i!e-;r.' '- tu jit HM';l!. i. ' ' or to th p'u -t. t' a ll.o larger il Ihould W plan d around or n. ur the l.'.l pf corn at ita lir-t or .to.ii w ot;: And this not only for the r . .u I ftboVO, but al" In . all-.l l!,.' inaliur. I loiUd to corn being big' ly hit arc liable to bo Kaei.ed out ami 1 i. . plied la advance of the lnii t' . y j oecJcl. rncrAKATiox rort corrox. . We usually recommend en nrlf I ! ding of cotton laud, ana a levtrin the beds a little before pluming. Wr.rti yrrra cotton seed au J phosphate are : 'd as manure, the water furrow i r or-med, the mauure applied, and mliiht fist ikro n OU it. This is tiest doae in tn uarr, t ', may be dotndur'uc the fastball' if I': V. If any af the seed cm up tin y i. i killed by computing the b.d. If i ; i -ready don, the rows shoe-1 1 z 1 ! "." and mauor put ia and lid t!,i i leaving the cutnp'it.og 1 1 tl.e b' ' later peiio.l. J'.at it i ut wii otfthe uhole to tl.e last. Wet I a : ' cr may inUrl'erc or dry weather may r.: ' the ground lito hard to plough. lany fear there may beaks' from k--f ing when fortihzjrs are put iu early. In i. case of nitrogeuoui or highly animotiiat- d s manures ther is danger of this, but U.on ii liitlo danger with ordinary, phocphat or with htablo niiuiuro and cotton ivu which have to sulT. r decniuposition bci'ura they can feed plaits. At any rate, the danger is too smalt to justify the risk of being caught ith land oat, prepared. If; the pedj are completed just iu advance planting, nnd the weather proves dry, it. more ditlicult to get n stand thau if the . , beds previously made have bceu "eetilc 1'' by rain. It it safer to finish ihem a few week ia advance, and secure a ratur- face at planting time, by pasting a harrow tin-in. "" " ' . . ' ' Oompeit II(aj. Examine these fre- qu:nlly, and if anything' iuoro than gentle wariutli ia present, quench by making boles and pouring in w utter,' as heretofore directed, excessive bcalt.il! drive of ni trogen. . .' . .- ' (burst Pohtoa. Nothing ia gained by "bedding out" too. rlythe tubers are apt to rot. It is L.;;.r to do th work later, and pl.i7 uu.l r , t',,-iii some ubstanca which will p-iiciatca vtry gentle heat. In our JttAt voluii'e, it wi 1 be remembered, a corre?)on.lri:t ave ap'nn by which "slip might be obiaiued iu itireo ' week putting dowu a layer of stall j manure direct from the atallirthen upon this a layer of earth a few inches thick. , On this the potatoes, : and .M them ft fw iuchea of earth tW whWa to be well protected ; from Mature t ireventv the manure from gettiug vyUjtx aud generating loo much heat. " t Is. SaouT Mktkk. The following Remember, 4,, Tnnty ia carl itifrirtM ago ia moisture in dronrV-11! yu cannot give too much t : of ir and one bone with a cultivator ) is worth ten men with boes. f I Till deep with cabbage and ahalloTT with onions and turnipe. Earth" upfi Vs brona rooted plants liko cabbage, corn eta., but not edible rooted crop like I beets, carrots, and parsnips ; nor should ( these last be worked deep after they "j are well along in eize, or they will put out aide-6hoot3 and grow ecraggy. t It possible, transplant upon 'tofev plowed land before tho eurfac- ' ' ,vn Generally, roots are " l ' ' without watering th:'-1 t --i lands with it. . - Probably mor ' ; t';ati e;:cc ; ? t pechdly t!..- fl. -leet 6ueds are t!. j follow aoakir t . or seeds. Corn a ad moat certain to bo prcllteJ. Never pull plants. Always UT; w! a spading fork, so that even t!e Ca roots fihall bo -preserved. Take car uf the iraul'ury t' nieaus put it un ! r kl.u liy all uot ia us, aud it will last and work better. Duria re airs atioui.t be pur aud liave cvtrvt! i. : r 1.13 . 1 .. needed. And wh.-n t wanted, Lov thtm e.u!y h r V ft . 1 th r
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