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A- -it- -iil 'J. i t .: ill if n Hi St- NORTH CAROLINA his CELIA'S SMILE Oh, emile nptjso! these; looks of thine Fall on my, heart as bright and chill, As sunbeams urxm snows that shine. I - , And warm riot, though they - While wkh'the falsedeceiy?! "The melting snows cop'fle aTra?;' ." j , 1 Oil, Anle rufi eon 1 1 Like euP8 on yotmg flowers that spring At the5' varmtoufh, when snows are gone, V-pope's golden harvest promising, -. -vVith fruitan. fragrance to repay The glances c-f each sunny ray. . Smile on me thus!that look will wake T knights of the heart that long have slept, And bid all Eden's freshness break L"VVhere sorrow's wintry storms havejswept; pnjiile ever thus '.and from thine eyes . Let earth draw gleams of paradise! j FORMATION OF CHARACTER. It - is ever to be kept in mind that a gooname all cases the fruit of personal exerton' v. ism is not inherited from parents ; it is created by external advantages ; it is no necessary ap pendage ofbirth, oir wealth, or tttfetit of station; f but the rsult of onb's own eavorsthe fruit u and reward of good principles, manifested in a 4 course of virtuous Wnd Jlonpurable aetion. This , ii tlie more important to be remarked, , because . it shows that; thf attainment, of a good name, whatever be yor external circumstances, is en ;.tirely withinour power. No young man, how ever humbe his birth, or obscure his-condition, isHexcluJed from the invaluable booh. . He has only to fix his eye upon the prize, and press to- i warps-itr in a course of virtuous conduct, and it Uhui a j Aj . h ' us jus. Aim ib is iiiieresting 10 nonce now many of our;worthiest and best citizens have risen to Jionor andusefulnessHby dint of their own per-,- severing exertions. They are to.be found in great numbers, in each pf the learned profes sions and in every department of business, and thev stand forth, bright and animating exam plea of what can be accomplished by resolution and effort. Indeed, my friends, in the formation of character, personal exertion is the, first, the second, and the thii d virtue'.4 Nothing great or excellent can be acquired; without it. A good name will not come without being sought.1 All the virtues of which it is. composed, are the re sults 01 untiring application and industry, i Thousands of young men ;have been ruined by relying for a good name oil their honorable parentage,, or inherited wealth, or the patron age of friends. Flattered by these distinctions, thev have felt as if thev miffht live without ef- tor merely for their own gratification and in- ence. is o mistake is more fatah ltahvavsJ issues in producing an inefficient and useless character. On this apcount it is that character and wealth rarely continue in the same family more than two or three generations. In the formation of a good character, it is of great importance that the early part of life be imptovedr; and guarded with the utmost care fulness. The most critical period of life is that which elapses from -fourteen to twenty-one years-of ago. Mic is dune during mis penoa to mould and settle the character of the future map, than in all the future years of life. If a young man passes this season with pure morals and fair reputation, a good name is almost sure to crown his matureryears, and descend with mm to the close of his days. On the other hand if a youngs man in this spring season of life, ne gleet his mind and heart; if he indulge himself in vicious courses, anaiorms naDitSQi inemency and slothiulness, he experiences a J loss which no efforts can' retrieve, and brings a stain upon hisicharacter which no tears can wajsh away. Youthful thoughtlessness, I know, is wont to regard the indiscretions and vicious indulgen cies of this peviod,astf of very little importance. But, believe me, my friends, they have great influence in forming your future character, and deciding the estimation in which you are to be heW in the community. They are the germs of bad habits ; and bad-habits .confirmed, are rum to the character and the soul. Hawcs Lectures to Young Men. PROFESSOR OF SIGNS. I f King James VI. on removing to London, " as waited upon by the Spanish Ambassador, ja man of erudition, but who had a crotchet in his j head that Wery country should have a Professor of signs, to teach him and the like of him to understand one another. ' The Am bassador was lamenting one: day, before the king, this great ' disideratum throughout all : Eurppc, when the king, who was' a qucerish sort of man, says to liim AYhy, I have a Professor of Signs in the northcrnmostcolWe inmy doniinions, viz. at. Aberdeen ;' but it is a great way off,; perhaps 600 mile's.'' : Were it 10,000 leagues off I shall see him;' says, the Ambassador, and I am 'determined to set" out in two, or or three days.' .The king saw he had committed himself; and writes, or cause to be written, to the university of. Aberdeen, statins the case, and desiring the professors to out him off some way, or makc the best of him. Ambassador arriyesf is received with rreat The sole ninitv: but IT had the honour to be Professor of b"g told that the Professor was Ci!?, Ambassador, I moilhs.- Treeing S,W0U!h M ?5?itwelT5 that-they. Had to emerL- T?uld not do' and pe.i.sc afl the while thA" iSS-?' eiex-gem.,- There was one tg" s'r?.ta: of in eye, a droll fellow, wiV b,lther, blind roguery atout him. He is.eolSwit: and ana instructed to be a Professor of 4" sl0." not to speak on nam nf Hpmi isms v but o , rtfrfnkc if - 5 TlK A 1 TZ. j l the Professor o( SWns at v F, lit AlllUdNS.innr la vi,- - " , un- day, at which he reioiced ffreatW inZZlV- gowned, wigged, and placed in a chair of stale, in a room bf thn niiAr oil wau. ie a t i ; f7 X& "1C proiessors riL "f611 saor ; t eing in adjoining joom. The Ambassador ; is now shownidnto geordy s room, and left to converse with him s we," s ne could, tne whole professor wait , ug uic issue wun lear and trembling. The uoius up one ot his J fingers to treordy ; geordy- holds up two oil his. : The uusauorrnoids up tftree ; Geordy clenches still; ..3 fist .aiv' iboks stern. The Ambassador . . ws an orange from his pocket, and Aiv u up ; i vieoruy laKes a piece oi uancj ? I ' A M r A ' I ice-from his pocket, and holds that up. Af ter which the Ambassador bows to him, and retires to the other professors, who anxiously cn ouired his opinion of their brother, i He is would not give him for the wealth ot tr " Wa11 av thft nrnffissnrs. 'to ?escend av 4? . 1 JL'., T Stir LrZ' 7StnnTithat there I first held tap one linger, denoti . tl. is one God the held up two,6VJ, V these are the Father and $oJ ."c'u"r, iJ c and lioiy urnosi; ue meaning the rather, son aim . 1 1, J4, Jc i e3r that these tnree are clenchediiis fist, to eJ T.J. - 1 .uJUnkir .ut an orange, siguiiyiug 1 one. 1 then took aUl , . p. & 61 Tr.oi f 7od, wno gives ms creatures ine gooanessj 01 . , , .. . . e , pui. me lUAuncs ife: uDon!Wh!.thewonderM man the . &! - IF! I.UUi TT 1UC1 I'llU MV W - Tl JJ j kfigii shnwinir that it was a piece r .1 ' , , 0 , . I staff of m find; preterable to every, luxury, mi nrrtfis.rrR Iwfirp alan thnt mnttprs had tunied out! IsB well; so having got quit of the Ambassador, they next got Geordy, to hear Ki vprsinn thp siTi Wp11-ftpnrdv. how a K-imro ttai. .aUo -. ,tt1.o Ar T on t h in Ic'l w w w v w v j v ww7-- I of von man V ("The rascal !' savs f Geordy, V V T Vil UUVi fT Jm,jr J mfM.rn.rn. I what didihe do first, think ye ? Held up one finger, as Smirch as to sayjlyou have only one eye ! 1 hen 1 held up two, meaning inai my -i , J , one eye was periiaps as good as both his. Then the fellow I held up three of his fingers, to say thatj there were but three eyes between us; and then 1 was so mad at the scoundrel, flint T ..tppicrd m:n neinfi. and was to come a whack onjpe side of his head, and would ha' done it too, but for your sakes. Then the ras cal did not stop with his provocation here; but forsooth takes out an orange, as much as to say, your) jpjoor beggarly cold country cannot produce that ! I showed him a whmng of a bear bannock, riieaning that I did na' care a farthing for him nor his trash neither, as lansr's Tha' this I Bu dy,) I'm I hide o' th py a'i that's giiid (concluded Geor- dhgry iyet that 1 didna' thrash: tpe scoundrel !( bo much lor signs, or two ways pf telling a story.) Mr. Jeffeeson's Opinion." The basis ol our government,?' says that distinguished apos- tie ot liber v, in a letter to Col. Carrmgton dated 1787, jV being tne opinion oi ine peopie, bject should be to keep-that right.; ,V being the opinion of the people, the great and were i leit lor me to oeciae, wneuier wc should have a government without Newspa- nprs. nr nan'firs without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. J 7 :i i i J t 1 o : , But I should mean that every man should re ceive those papers, and be capable of reading them. I am convinced that those societies tas the Indians) which live without government, enjoy in the; general mass, an lnhnitely greater degree of happiness, than those who live under the European Governments. Among, the for- mer. nublie ommon is in the place ol law, and restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did aiiv rhrtl i Amnnir th a In ttnr - iin i?fr ttlP Tirfi- r -r . . tence of governing, they have divided their na tions into j jtwo classes wolves and sheep. I do not exaggerate ; this is a true picture of Eu rope. Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, 24 unJ j and j Oungi tsn, and A.""aciiiljlic;!3, Judges, andGovernors, shall become as wolves." Extract of a letter to the Editors 'bf the N.- Y. Journal of Commerce, dated I r , Ohio! April. 12, 1831. From my youth up I have been a pioneer of the West, i 1 am now aged 45 years and leel as a European or! a citizen of the old atlantic States wou d at 90! I have seen the rise and progress of western navigation from a bark to a steam-bo,f civilization, from a shirt of net tle weed to one of fine, Irish linen, from a log hut to a stately' stone or brick edifice, from a truck-patcTi jto spacious fields', from a wilder ness and a j desert to smiling settlements; from the sites of od log forts and fortifications, towns and cities rising into importance. It was my lot to fall in with the second class of set tlers in Kentucky, and to marry, in my first wife, the first American female (so far as I can learn) born in Ohio, then North Western Ter ritory, at old Fort! Washington, now Cincinna ti. I have'ranged the country- West of the or more, West of! this. Moris Birkbeck and other English and Scotch settlers followed niy trace (tojuse Mr. B's words) to the Illinois. The settlement I formed on the Wabash is now flourishing and superseded those of others. From Dr. priestly's attempt to form Euro pean settlements in 1794, down to the present date, it has bjeen found a vain attempt. ! For eigners must amalgamate with our citizens, or they dwindle into nothing. . New Invention in Bunds. Mr. iWm. Gooke, 328 1-2 Washington street, has contri ved a very ingenious set of blinds, which he calls the " Spring Barrel and Awning Transpa rent .niinas. I ; A cotemporary speaks of it in the following terms : . " It is calculated to secure within itself, or let out at such I distances as may be required, transparent curtains for windows ; and is also well adapted : to secure maps and charts from damage by dust, &c. and to display them in an easy and convenient manner. - The Awning Blind is intended to be placed on the outside of the window, and to take the nlacp nf fhp Venetian. It lets down and unfolds in a verv ingenious manner, a piece of cloth equal to the dimensions of i the frame, which can be regulated, as jto height, by a cord attached, ve ry much resembling, in appearance, though much more ornamental, the drawings frequent ly met with of those used in South America." I pew- York Courier $ Enquirer. DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS. EPICTETIJS, the celebrated Stoic Philoso pher, was born a slave, and spent many years ot his. life in servitude. 1ms was the fact also mh sop, Publius, Syrus, and Terence. ! , he Abby Hauy, .who died in Pans, a few Jp18 .since,, celebrated for his writings distnSa,atta!ned. vantage ofbirth spue oi every aisau- writersnnu6' on of the most distinguished KSefar -d the unTarts, of a Rhnpmot nT"c pruauced, was tne r. ie Contrived J v Keep uimseii r NEWBERN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND -LlTEItYilNTELXfeNR. I . - . t.u.i.;n. Af t.Mm dia inn tn the bottom of the parish. - - i 'eoUge, etaf-"';" "3 "I." ;i bl impart, supposed his poor father at a time he, m Fa rr r TmIIaW fclAJ v a ww ii iuiv U 111V OUlilv i hospital tuff, of considerable genius and learning, followed his father's trade, that of a shoemaker ; ; r i;r vprvlwn I m at vour head, uooaness wiu-u elaborate work oti the 'Shoemaking ot the An- 5 . f holding the high dignity of Council of the Flo- ... . t.A t 1, Q x 11c tcicuraicu iwuia.li wriic vjicii, 1 .-.iL-.' Vt" Jf , c 0 . .j. ' - lUL nnffh the ten command- meiasiasia was me sou ui tummwii "i- , , , A cnanic, and used when a nine uoy 10 siug msiueuw, anw - Li i Mwisnl iHrtuPs. and the seven deadly sins, exiemporaneous verses ouuui mc Buw.; r, TT , A xne iauier 01 xxay ucu, t,c iuijv. 1 ,i,olDwrlit and filled alsn tutupuBci, o " T n P" .8e". S mother was at the same ume a scryaui w tuc estamisnmeni oi;a neignoourmg uuu eu. , . , ,. . ii : t,i portrait' painter, was a working carpenter in Cornwall. Opie was raised from the bottom of ine iatner 01 jonn vpie, me giw. saw-nit. where he was employed in cutting vtrnfiri . tn thft KmtftSSOrsniP OI xainilllJI, in lUC I j A w I Royal Academy T w The parents of Castallio, the elegant L.atm J . V 1 translator of the Bible, were' poor peasants, who lived among the mountains of Dauphiny. a lav, was passed, called m6tto, l.m.Ung i w.w--- j .1... . ... .1 the pleadings in criminal cases to one day Vm ai- lowing two hours to the prosecutor and three to the arrnsed. There was some sense in this, iridenendentlv of the saviner of time. , a There can be no greater absurdity than to sup pose a good cause can be benefitted by plea dings, the beginning of which must be quite forgotten before they come to an end. Trim's explanation of the Fifth Commandment. "PrVthee. Trim.',' auoth mv father "what V ' lA - 'i il dost thou mean, bv honoring thy father andi mother ?". " Allowing them, an't please your honor, Ithree half-pence a day, out of my pay, when they grow old." " And didst thou do that, Trim !" said Yorick, " He did, indeed," replied my uncle Toby. ' " Then, Trim," said Yorick, springing out of his chair and taking Coal by the han(1 thou art the commentator upon that part of theDecalo the best upon that part oi tneuecaiogue i" i and I honor thee more for it, Corporal Trim, thanMfthou hadst itself.'1'- Sterne had a hand in the Talmud A short Parliament. The shortest Parlia ment on record, was that of 1399, which had but one session of a single day ; and during that short space, thev contrived to upset one king and set up another. The following amusing verses are from a late volume of poems, by James Hogg, the " Ettrick g. meru 1 ' , A SCOT'S LUVE SANG. Could this ill warld hae been contrived , To stand without mishievous woman, How peacefu' bodies wad hae lived, Released frae a' the ills &ae common! But since it is the waefu' case That man maun hae this teazincr nionr W ny sic aweet pewitching lace 7 ; O had they no been made sae bonny ! I might hae wandered dale and wood, Brisk as the breeze that whistles o'er me, As careless as the roe-dur's brood, v As happy as the lands before me ; I might hae screwed my tunefu' pegs, And carolled mountain streams so gaily, Had we but waintit a' the Megs Wi' glossy e'en sae dark an - wily. I saw the danger, feared the dart, ; The smile, the air, an' a' sae taking. Yet open laid my wareless heart:, . An' gat the wound that keeps me weiring. My harp waves on the willow green ; O' wild witch-notes it has nae ony, Sin' e'er I saw that pawky queen, Sae sweet, sae wicked, an' sae bonny ! WHEN MAGGY GANGS AWAY. , O what? will a' the lads do When Maggy gangs away ? ,0 what will a' the lads do When Maggy gangs away? . There's no a heart in a' the glen That disna' dread the day: O what will a' the lads do When Maggy gangs away ? Your Jock has ta'en the hill Lr't A waefu' wight is he ; Poor Harry!e ta'en the bed for't, - And laid him down to dee i An' Sandy's gane upon the kirk, And learning fast to pray, And O what will the lads do When Maggy gangs away ? The young laird o' the Lang-Shaw Has drank her health in wine. The priest has said in confidence The lassie was divine And that is mair in maiden's praise Than any priest should say : But O, what will the lads do . When Maggy gangs away ? The Wailing in our green glen That day will quaver high, . 'Twill draw the redbreast frae the wood, The laverock from the sky ; The fairies frae their beds o' dew Will rise and join the lay, An' praise her! what a day will be When Maggy gangs away ! Father Sullivan. -On board the steam boat to Boulogne, an Irish gentleman gave us, on honor, a specimen of a sermon which he de clared he heard j Father, Sullivan, of Bally , deliver. I Father S., says, the narrator, was a worthy stout man, with a red face, who found his parishioners rather slack in paying their Easter dues, and he took the following simple means to quicken their apprehension. Preach ing to them about the gathering-time he said My "Christian, hearers .and worthy parishion ers, we must all. die. You must die, Tim Hearty, though fat and big you are; and you must die, Mistress Hennessy, though you are a likely and decent woman. You must die, Ned Casey, though you have slated your new house and I must die, though I am a priest of the parish, and have the care of all your souls the Lord between you and harm to account for, the great and the last day. h! then I am thinking, honest men, what account I will be able to give to God Almighty of ye all, Tl,W at your head, on the day of judgment, carrying all your sins on my oac, t - ABUrA Wato goodness to excuse vou Am w . . 1 ind standW before goodness to excuse you ?rfmTedegvil and hf, angels, Uo will be roaring and stirring the fire to roast yethe Lord spare ye from ms nanas. im, " What Kina 01 a cougrcga"" v- i?ooi.s nnrl I will sav. "Pretty like (rations, mv, Lord.7 Uooaness will then ax me, " OTloc Father S , 1 - , tTlr- 7 now are mey u w( and I will answer, a(;ffhiV Arpnt nlase the Lord." And so uuu.- " b" to , , a n.ntfl nf ths Church, ana xv, , - u j tk u - .mJ Tfrartftr I will be aoie , - . tn rive ve. mv Christian hearers. Biit when B i T " tti. nfT Kather i KS:. Lte!" what ouiua iv F;.u6 .v . , .1 answer siiau x give iy mk, & - w """" Z XZZ 'lZf Sndav will 1 11 1 a n - 4 r . -t ninrKiruaiusi i be Easter-day, Fm to; give the xw .r and let me see wuai.au " 1 ie Lord." . a An old clergyman, who had an old tailor as his beadle or oflicer for many luuiuut, vuwututw. year s returning irom a sacrament, Wii V hfmm mas was in the constant naon 01 aueilull,s;uu' after a thoughtful and silent pause, thus addres- Iseu ins icu- v -n ciici , " Tammas. Icannweel tel how ii is that our k.rkshonWbegeUmgayetmnneranem lor l am sure i preacn as weei aseen um, should haefarmair experience than when I gaed amang yc." Deed," replied Thomas, " auld ministers, now a days, are just like auld tailors for I am sure5 1 sew as weelfs ere I did, and the claitk's the same, but its the cut, sir, its the new cuti" AGRICULTURAL. RECLAIMING SWAMP LANDS. Copy of a letter from J. S Skinner to Robert Sinclair, with the answer of the latter. I wish, my worthy friend, that when you have leisure you' would give me your ideas and experience on converting low swampy grounds into meadow lands. You are aware that oh almost all the large farms south of the Chesapeake, there is a great proportion of swamp land, grown up in briars and bushes, and "occasionally overflowed, that might be made valuable for tillage or for grass. Sup- pose yourself to be a young farmer, owner of such land, how would vou proceed with it? Howand at what season would you begin? I shall feel thankful for your suggestions, as well for the benefit of a young friend in Virginia, as for that of the readers of the American Far- mer. uomraana me wnen i can renuer you a like service, and oblige your's truly, At 1 1 X . J. S. SJUNiNEK. Respected friend John S. Skinner: In reply to thy request to give my ideas of the! best and most expeditious method of converting swampy lands, partly grown up with brambles, and occasionally overflown with tide or fresh water, such as is common south of the Chesapeake bay in meadow lands. Such lands are often so differently circum stanced as "to render it difficult to lay down any particular rule or line of procedure, but I hope the following practical researches may prove in a small degree useful to some of the very numerous readers of thv valuable paper. If the land is so wet as to require draining before it can be grubbed or ploughed, cut open ditches in sucn places as will effectually receive and assist the water to pass off freely; rain falling in the adjoining high grounds, settle and pass through them and spring out at or near their junction with the bottom land. In order to collect this water into a ditch before it passes fupther into the low grounds, cut a ditch along the edge of the rising ground, about the com mencement of dampness, of sufficient width and depth to carry off all the water that rises, or runs down the hill when it rains, of the fol- lowing proportions, four feet wide at the top, one and a halt teet at the bottom, and two and a half feet deep may be made larger or smaller as circumstances require and dug on an even and gentle fall to the main ditch, stream or tide; for where the bottom or marsh is wide it is necessary to have one or more central ditches, besides the above, all directed in their course to the main outlet ; experienced ditchers can give the proper fall to the water as they dig, but for hands less experienced, it will be best to assist them by levelling as they pro ceed; a cheap level may be made as follows: nail three narrow, boards together like a pair of rafters, witfi a collar beam, then fasten the plumb line to the top of the rafters, passing the line down to the collar beam, on which have a line marked at right angles, with a ho rizontal bearing of the lower part of the level, which may be made to span fifteen or more feet, with which great despatch in levelling maybe performed; and should there not be sufficient fall at the intersection of the main ditch, and tide, to let out the fresh water in time of a high tide, a strong and durable embankment must be made, of sufficient length and height to keep but the highest tides. In making the bank take the earth from the side next the water, otherwise the muskrats will undermine and burrow through the bank; through this bank make one or more tide trunks of sufficient size to discharge the fresh water ; if a trunk of not more than twelve or fifteen inches wide in the clear is required to discharge the fresh water, it may be made by spiking thick oak scantling to "the inside of these frames, nail the jointed thick boards made water tight, in order to prevent leakage around these trunks ; prepare a kind of mor tar, such as is suitable for making bricks, and ram or pack a body of it around the trunk next the tide water ; fit in and hang with hin ges by the upper edge a strong door, which must be so constructed as to open with the pressure of the fresh water when the tide is low, and as it rises its own weight presses the door into the rabits5, and keep, out the salt water : by this means in low tides the fresh water is all discharged through the trunks, and the embankments and trunk doors keep out the tide water to the complete drying of U1C tvuuic warsu; duiu win De proper here to remark, that inasmuch as the fresh water is kept in the main ditph during flood tide, it must be made large enough to hold it until ebb tide. j otherwise it would overflow the meadow land. From the main ditch make as many smaller ones as will completely dry the land, many of which had best made after the sod is rotted, and the sou becomes fine, as hereafter di- ana uie sou ucuuuic, une, as nereatter fr feMttS and burn the bushes;' this work, as also the ditching, may be done during the fall and win- ' ter months, when other business of the farm will best permit; plough the land deep and well during the winter or spring months,! com pletely turning under all rushes and other trash. Oxen are much best for ploughing sich lands, on accountiof their great strength and steadiness. Then harrow, cultivate, or 'shal low plough, to keep weeds down while the sod is rotting, but as soon as the sod is completely rotted, plough deep and harrow until the soil is fine. By this management the fresh water marsh may be mostly got in order to sow with orass seed the nrst tan, ana me san waicr V r m- mm u A m . M. marsh the second fall, requiring at least one oertT1 ftr ditching to dry, and evaporate , - - -m 3Luoui its saltness. When the soil by repeated til- has become drv. and mellow enough to . - - ,0 sow wneat in, 11 may aiso ao 10 sow grass seed, but if there appears at this season, sav about the first of August, (frequently thedry est season of the year,) damp places, they should be entirely removed, bymaking small drains, so as to convey the waterinto the prin cipal ditch, to perform which the cheapest and best way is, .(as the ground is now mellow,) to plough from two to eighj furrows, open irom .hAi inichin(r with n wntpr i n rr nw in each other, nnismng wtn a waver lurrow in raises the ground on the outside, and lowers it in the centre, the earth thus ploughed must be j r - o ---- r o o - removed to low spots near which may he per formed very expeditiously by a yoke of oxen attached to what is generally called a scoop or scraper, andr in Flemmish husbandry is called the mouldebaert ; which is made like a large shovel, but the kind most in use here has two handles, one for the man to hold, while the oxeri or horses draw the scoop edge foremost,, into the mellow earth, by which means the scoop fills with earth equal to one-third or half of a one horse; cart load, which they draw away, sliding on its own bottom, and is un loaded by the driver, who raises the handle without stopping the cattle. To form a drain with this instrument, fix the teams across the above ploughed land, and with the edge of the scoop in the centre, and . load with the ploughed hisrh edge, and haul it off to the near est low spot, not more distant than twenty-five yards ; on returning, cross the ploughed land and carrv a load out on the opposite side, and So plough and scrape until the whole drain is completed to any desired depth. The work may be done in this way at one-fourth the usual cost of ditching leaving a handsome cavity gently raising from its centre, convenient to pass over with a plough or cart, and may be cultivated with the rest of the field or meadow, consequently the brambles will not grow as they do on the ditch bank, yet capable of con veying as much water; this implement has long been used by road makers and cellar dig gers, and is very useful on a farm for remov ing pitch banks, and other moundsof earth, and filling deep washed gutters! The cost of this implement is about eight dollars. The land being ready to receive the grass seed, proceed, to sow timothy or orchard, grass seed, very evenly, when there is no wind, at the rate of about six quarts of the former, and of the latter one and a half bushel per acre ; from the twentieth of August to the tenth of September is the best time in the latitude of Baltimore : thev will do to be sown something latftr rtn ... ..S1UnA w nn Wnftr sflnHvlan3 .. .uv., " J the seed ought to be sown as soon as the heat of summer is past, to give the grass time for their roots to get sufficient hold to stand the winter frost. Rodt. Sinclair. RURAL ECONOMY. RULES FOR MAKING GOOD BUTTER. If you have four; or five cows, it is best to churn every day; and by no means less frequent than everv other day.j If you cannot churn every uv' "uw ie cruam wnen gamerea, a handful of nice salt. In vefv warm weather. - W when milk sours soon, nut two heaping table spoonfuls of salt in every pair of milkf before straining. The quantity as well as the quality ofthebutteris greatly improved by this method. If you have ice, put a small piece into every Pan fmik, and also into the cream when you churn. If voU have no ice, out the cream into a pail, and hang it into the well, twelve hours before churning. In the warm season, cream should be skimned as soon as it is in the least sour; and in the coldest weather, milk should not stand mdre than thirty-six or forty-eight hours. The utmost care should be taken to keep every article used in making butter per fectly sweet, by frequent and thorough scalding. REARING POULTRY. From an interesting communication in the Southern Agriculturist, by a lady, we gather ' the following directions. Poultry of a middling size and a black color are the best. Fowls to$ fat do not lay abundantly. No profit in raising fowls if you have to buy grain. They should be fed early in the morning, and about sunset Regularity of feeding, both in time and place, is of great importance. Cleanliness and shelter from storms and winds, are essential to their health. Clean' water is a preventive of the pip. The fowl-house should be often' cleansed and perfumed with herbs : Straw, in the nesj, changed every ten or fifteen days. Hay is better than straw, not so liable to breed ver min. Ashes and sand should be convenient, where they might roll and trim their feathers. To make them lay in winterT they should be shut up in a warm-place. Boiled potatoes and turnips are cheap and good food. Melons and . salad are refreshing in; summer. Young hens should be put to set in a quiet place. Eggs may be preserved by a coat of varnish ; by pouring over them warm mutton suet so as to till up the cavities between them, by surround ing, them with a paste of ashes and strong brine, or by immersing them in water, con taining a solution of salt and lime. When setting, hens frequently require fresh and clean water. Method of Preventing" Milk from Turning Sour. Put "a spoonful of wild horse radish into a dish of milk ; ; the milk may then be preserved sweet, either in the open air or in a cellar, for several days, whilst such as have not been so guarded wilt become sour. .
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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May 13, 1831, edition 1
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