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BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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CUL I'lVA TING STIFF SOIL.
The importance of pulverization, for
... . .
.iflTwils can hardly be overated; vet it is
nntier which receive too little atten-1
II"1
tion t'rom farmers in most sections of our
co'.intry, where this description of soil
prevails. Considerable improvement has
beiMi made in t he implements used in cul
tivatisig stiff -oils, as regards their pulver-iz-jfiou
thout;!i the best implements for
ihi, purpose are by no means common.
Much depends on the plough, as to the ef
feet p' 'im-t-d on the soil some produ; ng
mii'ii cii ae pulverization than others.
Th,. ...ffnri. toward nroducing ihis ef I
feci should be to plough the land fine or ,hc ll0," " he.Mitiful and touching let
in narrow furrows. Hut, in addition to tcr E City P
this, sonic implement is needed which
will, under any circumstances, reduce iliei Sad rfct ident. Mr. David Idle, of
hard soil to the rtquisite degree of ina- Forsv ihe cotinly. N. C. w,is suddenly
bility. In England, an implement called killed on Saturday List, bv being thrown
the "clod ,-ls!ler, is used for this pur- j from i.is hors , at Kernersville, where he
pose It consists of series of iron plates, had b en attending a conslahle election,
pliced round i cylinder, with notches like () ihe evening of that day. when about
deep cut sawteeth at the outer edges. The .starting, a horse race was proposed to the
machine operates like a roller, and, being deceased and accepted. when rftr run
drawn over the ground, breaks down and ning i short distance he wa thrown off
pulverizes the lumps. at once. We can and instantly killed 't he partis had
see i.o good reason why such an imple- been indulging in liquor -Salem Press
ment should not have been brought into
use in this country. FrQm fhe v.,rrenton AW
A writer in the Farmer's Magazine
makes some interesting obsetvations in The body of Col. Andrew Motz.
TPffa P(l in t Krk I r nriiiromtinii: ii-Kinii i ii'n f . ! 1? P I ?
t .in. i.iijjiu.vu.i.uc .11. "
been made in the cultivation of stiff soils,
lie says: beon found. It was found a mile and a
"We need only reflect a moment on half below the Uridge over whioh he had
the principles which have to guide the cul- to pass on the evening of his disippoar
tivator, in preparing his soil for the seed, ancc. The Jury, summoned on the oc
and ro.-npare the means he had of over- casion. returned a verdict "that by causes
coming his difficulties, say twenty yeirs (G them unknown, ho hid got into ihe
ag'J vvith what he has now, and we shall water it or n-?ar tho Bridge, ind met his
?ee how very ditlerent is his position ren- doath bv drowoing "
iW'J by the application of mechanical
Jcienccs We speak not of his profit, ab- From the Portsmouth Pilot.
&tra-t or -oinpariti v-; but we cmnot help
tain -truck with the vast difference in A Clock for Sixty Cnts Mr. ''houn
his resources of meeting the difficulties of cev Jerome, of Nmw Haven, Connecticut,
hispuMlion. Once he had to plough with has actually made a time piec wh'n'h he
tare
eor lour horses, .n.d to cross plough
iirtM hitiiir .it. .I it i fTl ! r v iiitfl tliorv ti
to harrow with au implement which pro-
duced scarcely any impression on the
Suborn clods to plough and harrow,
whenever he could, until perhaps he found
" necessary to set his work people, in some
-yu supine ms uperauons u mi folowing inci,Hn, occurs in a letter writ
he mallet and the stone hammer, to break . , . . r i
theunml., i i i-i i i 4 ten on the Sth inst., by a lady formerly
unruly clods, li-; had to pulverize
to C;n-the one could not be done of this city-from Rushville, Schuyler
jvithout the other, and the former had to county. III. A O. Pic.
,)e tfli.cted somewhat in this manner: first There has lived here for many years a
Rots
JKrVia I ... L !
the
unctuous clay was cut in Ions lonci-
4 . I . r-,
uu'nn parallel pieces by the plough, and
left
on tho edge to dry, being divided by
douole wedge called a plough. This
a
K sufficiently dry to admit the tread- j completely taken possession of htm that
6 ol horses' feet with impunity, is crossjhe has been found at times rolling about.
Culinio larne tubes, and these are subieer-
lo the action of natural processes. The
;,Un dnd air dry out al! the moisture, ow
,Jle lar&e surface exposed to their
Jll0il The moisture abstracted, the
begin, to crack, and show here and
lerc symptoms of fissures by the evapor
for!1 l,le nioisture, forming receptacles
r Ulc next rains, which one by one again
VeH out the particles, and slowly the
il(J,e is broken down in'o a friable
fulIe ,dSt'rves l,iat lne practice now is to
SUi vv ll,e plough as soon as the soil is
J:i!)lv dned -with the clod crusher, or
,u iujiUr powerful separator of clods,
n.ce or twice going over the field,
-'Ml t z? . I i . ... . .
1 is r
i;(ne a
whole summer's expo-
'Jre. ,
Washington, proprietor of the Mount
Vernon estate, was asked by the Presi-
demon Friday the price of which the U-
nited Slates Government could purchase
Mount Vernon for a military Asylum;
and that the reply ivas, that for two hun-
dred acies around the mansion, he would
ask two hundred thousand dollars Mr.
W. remarked, that the offer of two hun-
tired thousand dollars had been made by
private individuals, and that, of course.
he would expect the Government to pa defendant's land.
renrainrnTh0,f,laT 1"' THE defendant, Cadar Parker, i, herc-
ZT.h P f han,,!,T,nrtiead fi,S "-ynotitted that the above mentioned Jus
being the property, as it shou d be ol the t;Q , ,
J wn Ul l,e tices PXPfMil inns u?rrn rlnltr fnfn mnrl
An.er.can peole.-AV.A New,. ,
'
Jinny Jlsy .tun. It is stated that the
Commissioners appointed to choose the
Sltflit 01 tht Armp A jiilum l..i,ro u
7... . J " iun-iijs.
" j.- u...... uuumipcat near
Itnnrirolnntn ' ....... u .1 I 1 i -
..wv,,, ui-cupicu oy i oionei loren-
u i uumas, assistant adjutant (ieneral. :
The nrice naid wns 90 nnn a f
I " .
Q3 The personal and political friends
of Thos. Ritchie, Esq.. recently tenderod
him the' compliment of. a public dinner
upon the occasion of his retiring from the
'prominent position he has so long occu
pied is Ih- leader of the Democratic press
m the United Staes."
m u,e United St .tes." Mr. R. declines
wnose 'Ti ysitr ions oisappfarance iroui L.in-
eolnton we noticed some time ince, has
will warrant to keep good reckoning, and
- Kinli li r flls iiiv mxtv cents at whole
sile, and one dollar at rot iil The works
are all mule of brass. He makes upward
of eight hundred a day of these articles,
jj White Man Sold at Auction The
man named Barnaby, by trade a blacK-i
smith, having a wife and a large family ot
- .
children -He Iias always been somewhat
intemperate, but "latterly the habit has so
the streets, utterly helpless. Complaints
were lodged against him by some of the
citizens, and he. was arrested as a vagrant.
Ar the trial he proved urn nis Iay
had never suffered by his intemperance,
and that there was then in his house suffi
cient money, meat, flour and wood. ' The;
jury, notwithstanding, brought him in
guilty, and the jmlge sentenced him to be!
sold at public auction, to the highest bid-;
der, for the time of four months.
The sale actually took place yesterday;
.i w..Q lnnr. in the presence of
II lilt I'U III l IJUUiTV- v. w - , ---i , . . .
a br-e assembly of citizens I think jaun.lke l.vcr compla.nt const.pal.on and
lhe South may well . Hu,e .nti- nervous dec me-preredfrom rennet.
sUvcrv fonatiL of .he Nr.h. who h,vc or the .our. h ..om.ch , of .f cr.
...u. forever cM a Mi6 of diraee on a reefon, o. Baron Le.b,g, .h p ph, -.sncetable
and innocenl fa-nil v, by pub- idio?.cal chemist, b, J S. Houston. M.
lielv selline tho husband and, father ,M,
n 4 . -c
Austin & Co., vs. Cadar Parker,
In Edgecmbe County Court, February
term, 1851.
Justices' execution for $25, 3, levied on
defendant's land.
R H. Austin & Co., vs. Cadar Parker,
In Edgecombe Count v Court. Februarv
term, 1851.
Justice's PPmt,nn fnr w 7
p.h,... " 7." -r' rv,
County Court, with the following return
of Constable endorsed thereon, to wit:
"Lev ied the 20 dav of January
n.i., n. .. i: . i .
w auai i arher unaivioeu interest in
two tracts oi ianti in the county of fcrige
. .... .
.combe, adjoining the lands of By thai
Howell, Arthur Parker, and others
no
lulJVIIIdl 111 I'llLI t V !. lit U'UIIU.
Andrew J Knight, ConstaMe "
And that unless he be and appear at ihe
next term of said C ourt to be holden on
the fourth Monday of May next, at the
Court House in Tarboro', ami then and
there show cause to the eontrarv, the
r..igmems 01 uio.MKs.ice win oe auirmeu, i
.. .1 i ii i . ir i
rt..u m.c ...i.i. ,n.cu iunuernneo 10 oe
II. .".! I.I I
,wl l. I i I .... : , . i .... i i . i.
soiu io sansiy the satu juugmculs, antl the
costs in this Court.
Done by order of said Court, February
term 1S51.
JNO NOR FLEET, Clerk.
Taiboro', March 25lh. 1851.
William S. Brittle, AdmV of James M.
Battle decM vs Jell ro Fort, and oth
ers Heirs at Law of James M.
Battle dec'tl.
In Edgecombe County Court.
Petition for sale of real estate, to pay
debt
btsof plamtiU s intcsiatc, hied at r eb-
11 term
ru
THE defendant Jethro Fort, is hereby
notified, thaj. said petition was duly filed
at the tini above statetl, and that unless
he be and appear before the Couri afoie
said, hi its next term, to be held at the
Court House in 1'aiboro', on the fourth
Monday of May next, and then and there
plead, answer or demur to plaintiff's peti
tion, judgment pro conjesso will be enter
ed against him, and the cause heard c.T
parte so far as he is concerned
Done bv order of said Court, at Febru
ary term, A. D. 1851
JNO NOR FLEET, Clerk.
Tarbora', March 25th. 1S51
uti - of .Yortli .tn'oiina.
Edgecombe County,
vVilliam F, Mercer, Adm'r. of James B.
Wilkins dee'd.
vs.
mos Wilkins and others. Heirs at Law
of the said James B. Wilkins.
Petition for sale of real estate to pay debts
of plaintiff's intestate, filed in the Clerk's
office the 3 1 st day of March, 1851.
TH E defendant Amos Wilkins, who is
; believed to be a resident of the State of
Texas, is hereby notified that the above
mpntioned netition was dulv filed in my
office on the 31st nay of March, 185'.
,.,.... n u ir.,
nnn iiiai u less nc-uc uuu duucdi "nuifc
i.JS,jce, Gf the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions at the Court to beheld
for lhe Counly 0f Edgecombe, at the
Court Hougc in Tarboroufthf on lhe
M of Ma next and then an(
fourth
and there
plead, answer or demur to the same, judg
ment urn ton Tessa will be entered anainst
' nroconfesso will be entered against
the euse heard ex parte so far
as he is concerned.
JNO. NOR FLEET. Clerk
of said Court.
Tarboro', April 1st, 1851.
Pepsin,
The true, digestive fluid, or
astric Juice,
FOR the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia
D. n-
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Bacon and Iard
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