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itl;--;' "'''-A:S:f;;:':i;f ' ' . ' flOHTH CAROLINA fORTFO! 10 ; '"sill ' .. ' .r- i , f: . 'J. - v . ( 1 -F-f. - - - i . 2 . s-i . r1 i MwvV- 'V' -1 " "' ' " ' , - 1 1 i - - i ' ' I Devoted, to JigriciMuret IMefatiw SALEM,;$tOKES COUNT Y, NORTH-p AROLIN A y.y'l FOURTH VfWKUjflE, NO. 3. - OPTE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS, IN ADVANCE. The Xus. " mm' TO A LADY, GARDENING.; BT THOMAS MOORE. j O, could we do with tb is world of mm A thou dowt wilhthv garden b.wer,! T?;-t the wrriln mid keen the flowers. IVIiat a henn on earth we'd make it ! So bright a dwelling should bo our own, So warranted free from siali or lrown, ; That angels sooii would be coming down. Bv the week or the rriunth to take it. ) Like these flies that wing through ir, Ana in liienieics ' A stock of light still ready there, Whenever they wish to use it ; r fi in thi world I'd make for thee. Our hearts shonld all like. .fire-flies be, And the nan 01 wn r pmsj . ) Break forth whenever we choose it. j . While every joy that gladu our sphere; Hath still some shadow hovering near, ' Ir this new world of ours, my dear, Such shadows will all be otnitte.d ; iT.t thrv're like that eraceful one. Which, when thou'il dancing inhe sun, 6tiil near thee, leaves a charm upon Each spot where it hath nitted r. V. should never be omitled : because on those injure alpaVt of the subsoUwhich is infertile, the parents are the action of frost is grea!est,and because until it feceive new principles from the atm(s iyhjch stands bv their one,ploughing ot jlus kind may save two in phere. jhey fwho pretend,5? ; says Arthur latest attention is gtnng as m many other cases; we must submit to pre cares distract him. He is. abroad, struggling . weeds sentjneohvenience for the advantage of future amid the business of life, or resting! from it if not benefit;. But eveniere,1 it is laid down as af vvith, those! whom he has chosen from his own Inninrf t" urrittlr lst KtsM vf iiiiuniu aiv Ditr den. while slv pa arils sleep, , And you'U have grain to sell and to keep. piougning; Decaase,tQ jtne action ol -air, and may bedeeperathan lhose:of;;spring, and whose half lisped words, and hearty fougfc Wut lh "9f? . spring -ten njibse;.:?! summcr.:If :the.ycgelat and siiriny countenance tei! you: that the en dividingfquahty is second only toyUiMyof jjie ble soil beeepdeep ploughing will notiniurey trance into life U over a pathway of flowers. npty, out the last prayers ot uttered over the small i crib. own bedside, and 'their given to the peaceful breath- ina .,i ouns.vina ine unaer laver oi earin is as oro rns of its nrriinant , - , 1 operations however, we i roust .not iorgetto per for vegetation as the upper, maintain a pa, V Years pasChildhood has strenffthened in. 's ells ploflh and care must be ta- radox refuted both i b reasOn:ahd;experience? to boyhood and Wmboledy along Into man. Ken that our lurrows nave sumcient deiina y W here,' however, it becomes part of your ob-; hood.: Old cenriexions:are brokenparehts tion to carry off surplus water. With these ject to mcrease deptji of the, surface :soiltr are sleeping in their gravesnew intiroacieg precautions, your ciay erounu win oe reaay deep p JttlHnc h indispensab e : and m thisi are forrned-a npw hnm i nKnut Kimiiri early in the spring lor another piou and the decomposition ot the sod and (turned down in the fall) will be nearly I . .1 1 . X . aiioeetner, comnieie.i r 1 rule, that rtm vrooortion: as vnu ' drenen imir i 0nfrtnn ) Tim- ;a Kon t 'K w - . ' v I - : ,.!.. j A - " " : 7 V m J '-. f ta w w w . aaw ai7 W.al4 I I ! In dry and warm soils, these advantases are 1 ntQuehin&K vou increase the ner.pssitu fnr mn.nttfnrhA r?A iUnU u-uA Ulm r less, but still the time gained for. a spring ures." M y v .heir raitri and stndv ha diminod h.v vvork is sufficient inducement to a practice "From six to eight inches may be-taken as; Those who began life after he'had grown up,L that economizes, not merely of our labor! but the ordinary1 depth of, sufiicientVplouehinrs., are fast crowding him out of it, and there are the productive powers of the earth also, by 4th. Of the different modes of ; ploughing many claimants upon h'13 industry and loveV soonest enabling us to shade the soil with a level or ridge ploughing which is to be pre for protection and support. - I : growing crdp.t Cy yy j lerred ? J . J p y $ Years passHis own children have become-? as he also quitted' steps have lost W.nm familiar- plied plriughings. This appears as well from all ground i in which clav Dredominatcs. what J with the cane, to whir.h ho i ohli.d to trust the precepts of Cato, as from the opinion of ever be the culture, should be made o lakelhisl in his walks. He has left the bustle which la Columella, that lu"age, winch does not leave form ; bfeiejtt powerfully j tends to drain? tigued hi m.i He looks aiixiouslyiin each daya the earth in a" state of dust and render the use the soil, ani; carry off from the roots of the; paper among the deathsand "then ponderty of harrows unnecessary, has not been well per- growing plants, that superfluous water whicbj over the name of an old friend, and tries ta formed.: Toll, and his disciples, carry the left to itself, would seriously affect both the1 persuade himself that he is younger, and stron doctrine siill further, and believejhat frequent qualit? and the auantitv of their Droducts. I eri arid hbi a hnttr hold noon life than anift ptoughihgs enable us to dispense with even In sandv, porous, dry soils, on the other handj of his cotemporaries. - v y y - 1 the use of manures. Tliis, however, is extrav- level ploughing is to be preferred, because! I Months iassHe gradually diminishes the age,,V i.V- cci liiiii uiui ; me piuugu udii ui riaging sucn sous would out increase that circle ot his activity. He dislikes to go a-L much, but it is equally certain that thefe is want of cohesion, which is their natural defect J broad where he sees so many new faces : 'and A loamy soil, f which is a medium between he grieves to meet his former comnanions. C pro- these two extremes, ought, in a dry climate, ter a short absence, they seem to have growa ;; . zu. nai numuer oi piouguiugs, prepuraio- j nis question admits no absolute answer. i men, and are quitting him, ryto a crop, is necessary or proper i -f, we nave already suggested the latter mode, the home of his fathers. His !- l he Komans were in the practice ot mum- m stitt, heayy, wet clays: and. in our oDinmni their elasticitv his hnnd h much it cannot do. A- . - A . . . . - U . M - j Agricultural like other business, having pro- these two extremes, ought, in a dry climate, ter a short absence, they seem to have grown fit for its object, is a subject of calculation : to be cultivated in the flat way, that it may so old and infirm. Quiet i enjoyments only its labor must be regulated by its end, and the ihe better retain moisture ; and in a wefcclM are reiishedi-a little conversation about old the n . iZ . . . ' mm . ' I". A m v nr t ill iff AA'JCao t front a Treatise on AgncuUure, published at Albany in I f, . J. ... r . , . rroa. m o Jgj9 i . ;f, ; t-1 ff r-j -f L I bearming. - : When,' therefore, we . hear . o.f six OF. TILLAGE, AND THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH ploughings, preparatory to a wheat crop moment the expense of this , transcends IT IS FOUNDED. . . . . . ' i . - . ui - T ape has three oniects: 1st, the . . - conclude, either that the plough will soon stop, raising or that it belongs to one of the Dihettanti, be we who mate in ridges, that it may sooner become dryjt times a sober game at whist a religious. gj treatise and his early bed form lor him the From UNewngJand Galaxy. i I 1 sum total of pleasures. T ! - , ' HUMAN LIFE, . IK iv L ' 'vic i 1 L .. I : . .-" -' ; weeks nass -Innrmitv krint him tn ha OR-THfc FIRST AND LAST MINUTE. -L .L-4- U:--'V II.: 1 J il Ii ! ! V. cuituiticr. ins Wilms are iimuea 10 me small r . . . iTT . z. 7 ravc', Unace between his easv chair and his bed. him: r- . .j .r.AA m.i. Ul r -ii i i- . - . . t . . rJ 1 i i.. .. I., i tt c. u i-i i"' 4H plains wiiow v.c, n iinK ll oeiow mm u, cuum,i.C wusu , til our j v.w,a M a ma.M rr:, swo! en mKS nrft wrnnnAfl in flannol. necessary. or useioi to man anq ine aniniai ne practice, wc hnd that spring crops 'of the ce- child is born unto him: Minutes pass the aVa -la f ,,i;., u.a M;Sf. 1 V" j V .. i -... . nj .K-:m..m LkA.M 1..J ' j.i i . . . iA . ? Ji c m i J yL u:i.i . ui.i i... u:. ! ,s s,g"t is Lijling his cars refuse their duty. employs; -u, me iipiwiuii wtj real gramma i suceen oesi on one tan piougu- uunu was umsscu uy a parcm, hiuhu ii taniiui i i ,i it ,f 4-1.1 ;. ,l: . i.,L.-;. Lninthn n t irmsnhnrir, inflnnnr 'A 1 J . lii ,.aLa a f.oA ? rnni,p .nri r,rrLA iA Kom - ...i.vJ ,nf1 n. cup, is.but;half filled, since otherwise. ..Idjliij it vjjK.f . ...... ---"1 iii t , ci I I illgcu nilll luiiu ntU) uiiu into, yuiaa i vvumuv) ....... v,jcim uiiu& u-uuni w rr iiioii fjs sliakin'' I) 'which inciense its fertility ; and 3d, its des- ploughing in the spring: and that spring and instict alone guides for sustenance the young; ips without truction of weeds, and plants which rise spun- -summer crops, of the leguminous and cruci- wile too has faintly answered to a husband's L 'v . y,ianeousiy ana arc -aiiogcmcr """'ii v torm lamilics, form the best possible prepara- questions oi ieu nis warm kiss on ner loreneaa. in a small degree, for the nutrition of men aiid "tion .jfor winter crops, and render unnecessary Hours pcis. The low moaning from the and which, if left to themselves, would stifle more than one additional ploughing. After all, closely covered cradle, tell of the first wants ol or starve the intended crop. ! ! 1 W; any proper answer to this quesition mustnecess its infant occupant The quiet tread ol the ihed by considerations ol soil nurse speaks ol. suttering around her ; whiiq crop, and culture ; influences her glad countenance says that the very suffer In fulfilling either or all of these objects, it is arily'be qualifiei evident that the simace ol the earth must be weather, season, broken and divided inio small pans, so that in which cannot but exist in a cases, and over Una which she is trying to alleviate, is a source the first instance, it may furnish , a; fbed and which we have no control. Wheat, for in- of iov: andlthe nameless articles, which from : collection ot onrorinn fnr thfi n d sown, enable tlitrn t I tim Irk timp sli nrrnrurr rn tli hearth '.IaII J 0 tllCIf and cannot carry it to his shrunk; spilling Us contents. .His, now- '. .. -- '..". .... ers are weaKened his taculues are blunted-- his strength is lost. I y, t y V !r iDays j9a..-The old man does not leave his bed his memory is failing he talks but cannot be;understood he asks questions but they relate to.the transactions ot a lormer gen eration he speaks of occurences, but the re- no one around Jnm can go back scenes he seems to commune with comrades', but when he names them it is found tit...! .. J ... . m iknn . . - , fl-.llj.T a iv r I a i m n I inr I h a r nurt pcips a nrl a t f n i' grounddemands more tillage than calcareous lions of those, who have progressed further l?af t"e aleris of oblivion have long covered ,...U 1 ... .U . .1 J...I nn ih. nalhoinii ifotiQlnnKn A, r IUCII luu US. Callil, UIIU CdlCarcUUk cell 111 1 11 a 11 S'llIVl. I wii . pw"j v.on.n.,u. Wet mgs or dry weather makes frequent plough Lfays pa. Visitors are thronging the chain-1 Hours pas.- The taper grows dimmer and (according to circumstances) either use- ber, and the mother, pale and interesting after Icljmmer the machinery moves yet more and ladei"-' recciii sicMiess, is icccivuig iiieir coiiiraii - 0-,rr. ,c ,cvCI tta !,',,CJ a I 1 urn '" ' J' ' , h ; y . ''si-.tyta Diish their roots into the soil and draw from it a portion of their. 8,ubstence.;i: ; ) To accomplish thisV leading intention (the division of the soil) various means have been employed, Fosil, anima1,"and vegetable man ures, as well by their mechanical action, as by fu, injurious, or impracticable ; and the s their chemical properties, promote 11 ; .as do t a horse hoed crop is, perhaps sand, pounded iimestoneand water (as in the more inioortance to that which su r.ulture of rice. but it IS tOthe'spade arid plough 1 vvmild hf thp. -fallmvimr nf a whole we must lok for that degree of efficiency,! 3d. What depth of ploughing most to be the father is with her alone, as the twilight "sa knell. The springs of life can no longer. without which the earth would have remained recommended ? ' deepens about them, while they are planning g desert, or Would become one. j Of these 1 Thistjuestion, though less complicated than the future destiny of their child, where the scale of labor js small (as in garden the last, requires, like it, an answer qualified j Weeks pass.-The eyes of the young mother culture) the former is to be preferred ; but in hv circumstances. Tao-rootcd nlants reritiirp are sparkling with health, and the rose blooms farming, the greater expedition of the! latter I deeper tillage than others: Ifall pougliings again on her check, and the cares of pleasure Knends are near, but he. does not recognize gives it a aecmeti nnvaniage. vnr reniarns, oats, , in itself, of uiations, anq listening proudly to their praises meauie uie aiioiea span. ine motion ot ccccds. thau of the Utile treasure, which lies iaslecp in its: h hose about, him is unheeded, or becomes; a" snmmlr rockinu-bet at her feet. The scene shifts, and vexation , hach fresh inquiry after his death force on v: its wheels the "silver chord" it fast untwisting the pitcher is broken at! the fbuntain-and Mime is a burthen." His chil dren are about him, he heeds them not- hir therefore, will ; be conhned to the; operations of this instrument; and pariiculailylto such of these as have given occasion to differences in opinion among practical farmers. j y y 11. At what season of the year (spring. jlThe Marsh bean grows on a fall ploughing ; and well harrowed, will (on suck plyuhing) give a good crop without other culture. ; i . i Without water there is no decojn position, and milch wa ter checks and prevents it. . t j! 1 JThos who have any 'doubt, about the importance of .tlUfl. 1 li.v. Kill t I.JvU k ..4T...I. aIT. I1.11.I1 .. SUmiTCr, OI tall) IS plougnmg oest periormCfl, in ,heR collection of small bodies, admitting air, heat, and mois- relation to a division ana improvement 01 ine luf?oiBg epnngorsmnmermom unaer such coi- eo'd and the destruction of weeds ? in til tlr)AAVAMi1 VkfllVfsi 4 A fl h kits- -f 4 li VThwore tcientific opinion ii in far or ofar r tiat u Wub prertcu evaporziioD.j lections he will find a much more vigorous vegetation, than and home engajre her attention, and. the fath- them. . 1 he circle is completed. .uThe course er is once more mingling with the world ; yet i run-and utieri weakness! brings the damp- they find many opportunities for visiting the; w.nicn usners in tne night otUeath.- M-y young inheritor of life i to watch oter : Minutes pass "-Yli breathing grows softer dreamless slumber to trace each otherfs look and losyoj--: his pulse beats fainter and feebler in his countenance, and to ponder upon the Those around irpare; listening, ;but cannrot felicity of which he is the bearer to them. ' tell when iliey caw. The embers areburnV Months pass.' 1 he cradle is deserted. Hut out-rand the blaze flashes not before it ex 1 1 ' n ..... . 1 1 1 1 ' . 1 I ! .. . ..... . - 1 . . . '-."T 'JJU the chamber floor is strewed with playthings, pires. His 'Uhree score years; arid ten and tiicrc it a mticone loitering among tnem' numbered, iiuroan hfe uis fituvhjecLV 1 ' v- 1 :' 1 -J - . T (."'..:. yy.-x-'.' mi m li 7. S:- M - : y- y. y . . f: y-' ;'y Si. 4; . :: j y. " " ' ' ! , i -IV.
Weekly Chronicle and Farmers’ Register (Salem, N.C.)
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