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TPmUH -WMBIKIL1? (E-ILIE AMMR PRINTED BY H. 8. NOBLE SALEM, STOKES COUNT1T, NORTH-CAROLINA JOHN C. BLUM, PROPRIETOR. VOL. I. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1829. pro. 47. IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MOENING. TERMS Ose Dollar per annum, if paid in advance ; One Dollar and 25 Cents, at the end of six months j but if not paid within the year, the price will be One Dollar and Fiftt Cests. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at fifty cents per square for the first insertion, and twenty-five cents for each succeeding week. AJ1 letters on business must be post paid, or they will not be attended to. JOHIY F. HOLLAND INFORMS the public, that he has on hand, at his Pottery ia Salem, a large and handsome assortment of EAR THERN WARE, which1 he offers to sell on reasonable terms. He having par chased the entire interest in said Pottery, is compelled to call on those indebted to the concern, to make immediate pay ment, as the accounts must be liquidated. Those- who fail to attend to this notice, will only subject themselves to further cost. - Salem, Oct. 23, 1629. 43 J. & P. REICH, COPPER-SMITH 4 TIN-PLATE Workers, ire ESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public generally, that they still carry on the above business in Salem, in all iU various branches, and will supply their customers, on the shortest notice, with STILLS Sf WORMS, Hatters', Dycrs Wash and Tea KETTLES, $c. $c. which will be executed in a durable and workmanlike style, and on accommodating terms. All kinds of repairing in any of the above articles done with punctuality and despatch. Also, a variety of TIN WARE is constantly kept on hand, at wholesale or retail. Old pewter will bo taken and run into plates, dishes, and spoons, for those who desire it. !T7J Old couoer and Beeswax received in exchange for Km any of the above work. Salem, September 14, 1829. ftit44 JUST PUBLISHED, AT THIS OFFICE, THE FARMER'S PLANTER S ALMANAC, FOR AGRICULTURE. THE AMERICAN FARMER, Contrasted icith the Agriculturist of Europe. 1830. Calculated for ike meridian of Salem, Lot. 36 5, Long. 60 17' CONTAINING the usual Astronomical calculations, in teresting bints to the Fanner, on Rural Economy, &c. Useful Receipts, Anecdotes, &c. Officers of the General and State Government, times of holding the diffeicmt Courts, Members of the General Assembly for 12D, &c. &.c. To be had at -wholesale or retail of the publisher, Salem ; of Col. S. F. Patterson, Mercliant, in IVilkct-boro' ; and of Mr. William Smith, Merchant, in Charlotte. $T Orders for any quantity icill be thankfully rcccucd by the publisher. Salem, Sept. 1620. WARRANTS, WARRANTEE DEEDS, EXECUTIONS, SHERIFF'S DEEDS, CA. SA'S. ATTACHMENTS, BONDS- of all kinds, and an assortment of Superior and County Court BLANKS, constantly kept on hand at this Office. These Blanks are neatly printed on good paper, and afforded at the customary prices. A jovial sort of Bacchus, had so far impaired his health, by the practice of drinking, that a physician who was called in pronounced his case desperate, since his present intemperance would quickly end in death, and an immediate forbearance would prove equally fatal; the man -being alarmed, begged the doctor to propose some remedy, be it ever so severe, On inquiry it was found that his usual dose w as twenty glasses of rum or brandy each day. The Doctor advised him to continue his portion as formerly, but on finishing each glass, to drop iu a single drop of melted sealing wax ; which was done, until the glass was gradually filled with wax and the &uokard perfectly cured of his miserable habit. The beautiful passage on this subject which follow, is from the eloquent remarks made by Mr. Otis, Mayor of Borton, at the recent Cattle Show in Worcester, Mass. " When I beheld, this morning, the imposing spectacle of the thousands arrayed upon the four sides of the neighboring hill, with their attention en gaged upon the exertions which " speed the Plough," I could not but compare in my mind, their enviable situation with that of the immense number of cultivators in another part of the globe, who forc ed from their homes, are perhaps at this moment drawn up in hollow squares, and fighting battles, in the success of which they have no interest, to in crease a domain in the possession of which they can have no share And we cannot dwell too much or too often, however familiar the truth of the reflection may be, upon the contrast in the condition of the vcomanry of this country, and of this portion of it, with that of the tillers of the soil in other parts of the world. . Look first at the gigantic empire of Rus sia embracing half the world, and we find the great mass of the population are slaves attached to the glebe, and with it transferable like its other appen dages In Poland, sometimes denominated the gran ary of .Europe, this humiliation is aggravated by sub jugation to a foreign master. In uermany, in bpam, in Italy, with different modifications and palliatives, the same degrading tenures and vassalage prevail. In France, these oppressions have been mitigated by the revolution, and the number of small proprie- tors has been increased and their civil and political capacities enlarged But the privileged orders are also restored, and with them distinctions and ine- oualities to which we are hapnilv strangers. Pas over into England, the nurse of agriculture, the cherisher of all science, and the model of all arts amidst all the riches and glory and liberty of that favored nation, we shall find nothing to excite a wish in the independent New England farmer to com mute situations with the farmer of old England ; ev en there, the greater portion of the land is held un der superior lords, and burdened with rents and taxes, and tithes to the clergy, and the intolerable charges, increasing pauperism Many of their far mers are certainly opulent and highly respectable. But in all their associations and exhibitions, the merit and pretensions of the plain farmer merged in the interest felt, and homage paid to the rich or titled Proprietor, and the honor and glory of the improvements in every agricultural department, are by a tacit consent for the most part ascribed to the patronage of the noble Duke or popular Grandee. Thus we may travel the world over, and though in its different quarters we may find luxuriant soils and salubrious climates, we shall also find the earth quake, the hurricane or the pestilence -or in the absence of these, ignorance, vice, and political mis rule In one place a privation of liberty, in another t incapacity to make use of its possession. So that go where you will, you may return with pride and j pleasure to the bleak mountains and blithe vallies ; of your own region, with a conviction that no race ; of cultivators upon this earth have more abundant cause for satisfaction with their lot than those of blest New England." Gardener's srorkjcr October November. Gardeners are too apt to suspend the use of the hoe, and other means of keeping the upper hand of weeds too early in autumn. In consequence of this piece oi negligence, purslane, pigveea, couch grass, and other vegetable intruders, give a very trouble some practical exemplification of the old adage, that " Lazy folk tofit the most pains" Every weed I which escapes extirpation, becomes the parent of a numerous progeny of pestiferous plants, which spring up like so many heads of the Hydra of fabu- 1 lous lore, and monopolize the soil at the expense of eery ining wmcn is gooa lor any tning. uei, mere fore, the provident tiller Tecollect, that a scratch of ' his hoc in time, will save nine. But we will give a little rhyming (not poetry) oa this subject, with the. ! hope that the similarity of sounds, at the close of oar couplets, will aid the memory of those for whose usp the maxims are intended : Since the best way of weeding Is to prevent weeds from seeding, The least procrastination Of any operation To prevent the semination Of noxious vegetation Is a source of tribulation. And this, In truth, a fact is, "Which gardeners ought to practice, And tillers should reinembcr. From April to December. Preserving Grain. A discovery of considerable importance has been announced, with regard to preserving grain. To preserve rye, and secure it from insects and rats, nothing more is necessary than not to fan it after it is threshed, and to stow it in the granaries mixed with the chaff. In this state, i it has been kept more than three years, without ex periencing the smallest alteration, and even without , the necessity of being turned to prevent it from hu midity and fermentation. I he experiment has not yet been made with wheat and other kinds of grain, and they may probably be preserved in chaff with equal advantage. Weeds. :Many weeds are introduced into fields by the slovenly practice of suffering them to grow and go to seed in yard's, on dung heaps, on the bor ders of fields, &c. One year of good weeding Will prevent the weed's seeding ; But one year of their seeding. Makes seven years weeding. Baron. A gentleman of science, who has paid attention to many subjects of domestic economy, has favored us with the following receipt for curing bacon a mode which he assures us he has seen practised recently in England with complete suc cess : When the Bacon is prepared for smoking, say one hundred weight, use four pounds of wood soot, in as much water as will cover it ; let it lie twelve hours, then hang it up in a dry place ; after which it will be fit for use in a few days. Jipst. JJulcttn. Handel. Some folks eat two or three times as much as others for instance, the incomparable and inspired composer, Handel, required uncommonly large and frequent supplies of food. Among other stories told of this great musician, it is said that whenever he dined alone at a tavern, he always or dered ' dinner for three ;" and on receiving an an swer to his question " Is de tinner retty V " As; soon as the company come." He said, con trepitot Den pring up to tinner prestissimo, 1 am de gom bany." " How can you, my lord, prefer punch to wine V " Because, my dear, it is so much like matrimony ; such a compound of opposite qualities." " Aye, my lord, I am the weak part, I suppose." " No, my love, you are the sweet, with a little of the acid, and no small portion of the spirit." To render good for evil is God-like; to render good for good is tnan-lilce ; to render evil for evil if Oeast'like ; to render evil for good is dcvil-Hke. JUasau
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