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From Deane's New-England Farmer.
Method of preserving CABBAGES
through the winter.
Preserving cabbages through the
winter for the table, is a matter of
. some difficulty in this country. My
method is, to pull them up in windy,
dry weather, and let them lie a few
hours, with the roots upwards to drain ;
or hang them up on trees or fences
for this purpose. The later they are
taken up, the better, while the ground
continues open. I let as much soil
remain on the roots as I can, and set
them upright in a celler, which is so
cold as to admit of some degree of frost ;
& I seldom fail of making them keep till
April. In very warm cellars they will
soon decay; and in rotting the smell
becomes extremely disagreeable, and
undoubtedly very unwholesome.
But that I may have a few later in
the Spring, I make a trench in the
driest sandy ground, nine inches wide,
apd of equal depth in which I place a
row of cabbages, with the roots up
wards, contiguous to each other ; fill
the cavities about them with some dry
straw ; and then shovel the earth up to
the stalks on each side, almost as high
as the roots, shaping it like the roof
of a house. The cabbages will come
out in May as sound as when they
were put in, and the outer green leaves
will be turned quite white. As they
are not apt to keep well after they are
taken out, two or three at a time may
be taken, as they are wanted for use,
Selected Poetry.
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MR. SHERIDAN,
The celebrated Orator, meeting Miss Linley
(now Mrs. Sheridan) at the entrance of a
grotto; in the vicinity of Bath, took the lib
erty of offering her some advice ; with which
apprehending that she was displeased, he left
the fallowing beautiful production in the grot
to, the next day.
UNCOUTH' is th© moss cover'd grotto of
stone,
And damp is the shade of the dew drop
ping tree ;
Yet I this rude grotto with rapture will own,
And willow, thy damps are refreshing to
me.
For this is the grotto, where Delia reclin'd,
As late I in secret her confidence sought;
And this is the tree kept her safe from the
wind,
As blushing she heat'd the grave lesson I
taught.
Then tell me, thou grotto of moss cover'd
stone,
And tell me, thou willow, with leaves drip-'
ping dew,
Did Delia seem vex'd when Horatio was
gone
And did she confess her resentment to
you?
Methinks, now each branch,' as you're wav
ing it, tries
To whisper a cause for the sorrow I feel,
To hint how she frown'd, when I dar'd to
advise,
And sigh'd when she saw that I did it with
zeal.'
True, true, silly leaves, so she did, I allow ;
She frown'd, but no rage in her looks did
I see;
She frown'd, but reflection had clouded her
brow, #
She sigh'd, but perhaps 'twas in pity to
me.
Then wave thy leaves brisker,thou willow of
woe,
I tell thee, no rage in her looks could I see;
I cannot, I will not, believe it was so ;
She was not, she could not, be angry with
me.
A-
For well did she know, that my heart meant
no wrong;
It sunk at the thought, but of giving her
pain;
But trusted its task to a faultering tongue,
Which err'd from the feelings it could not
explain.
Yet oh, if indeed, I've offended the maid,
If Delia my humble monition refuse ;
Sweet willow, the next time she visits thy
shade,
Fan gently her bosom, and plead my ex
cuse!
Nay more=-may my Delia" still give you her
charms,
Each evening and sometimes the whole
evening long ;
Then, grotto, be proud to support her white
arms,
Then willow, wave all thy green tops to
her song.
And thou, stony grot, in thy arch may'st
preserve'
Two lingering drops of the night fallen
dew,
And just let them fall at her feet, and they'll
serve
As tears of my sorrow, entrusted to you !
Or, lest they unheeded, should fall at her
feet,
Let them rest on her bosom of snow, and
I swear,
The next time I visit thy moss-cover'u seat,
I'll pay thee each drop with a genuine tear.
So may'st thou green willow, for ages thus
toss
Thy branches, so lank, o'er the slow wind
ing stream;
And thou, stony grotto, retain all thy moss,
While yet there's a Poet to make thee his
theme.
gxsefflanp.
A young woman, named Mary-Ann
Hunter was found dead in a bed, in a
house at the upper end of Church-
Street; verdict of the jury, fit of apo
plexy; she was from Charleston. [This
distressed female, an unfortunate victim
of seduction, had resolved in a state
of intoxication upon her own destruct
ion, and sent for laudanum to a doctor,
who suspected her purpose and sent
, paregoric elixir, a part of which she
had taken, when Providence interfered
and by an apoplectic stroke (she be
ing subject to fits) took her out of
,this state of existence.]
I N. Y. Columbian.
[
1 Singular Insanity. —The unhappy
r man committed to Bridewell on Satur
-Iday upon his own confession, for.
rpoisoning his mother and brother, is in
3 that particular completely beside him
r self, and exhibits a singular instance of
, mental derangement. Rational in oth
and the breach immediately closed up
with straw and earth as before.
To make BUTTER in the Winter.
In many parts of our country, the
art of making good butter in the win
ter is very imperfectly understood.
Indeed, many good dairy women, sup
pose it absolutelyim practicable to make
itin that season. Now, in some pla
ces, at least in New-England, it is con
stantly practiced, and the process is as
familiar, as that of making butter in
May or October. —The short history
of it is this
The Cows should be stabled, and fed
on good sweet hay, and if provender
is added so much the better. Instead
of keeping the milk in a warm place,
it should be put in a cold one, and no
matter how soon it freezes. Freezing
will separate the cream much more per
fectly than it will rise without, and it
is taken off with much less trouble.
When the cream is churned, the churn
should not be put too near the fire.
The ordinary warmth of the kitchen
will be sufficient. Too much heat will
destroy both complexion, and thc jla
vour of the butter. It will require a
little more time in churning, than it
does in warmer weather; and that is
all the real difficulty in making as good
butter in January, as can be made at
any season of the year.
A person on meeting a friend, con
gratulated him on his lately coming in
to possession of a landed estate:
" There was such a report," replied
the other; " but you may rest assured
it was groundless !—London Paper.
Ladies vrith feathers in their bonnets
should be cautious how they walk at
present in the roads or the fields in the
vicinity of the metropolis, lest some of
the keen city sportsmen should mistake
them for wildfowl. ibid.
A Caledonian Courtship.
A son of medicine verging to his cli
macterick, breathed out his amorous
sighs to the daughter of a Scotch Peer.
The Lady, prone to jocularity, seem
ed to listen to his suit, solely for that
entertainment which grey haired folly
produces in assuming the characteris
icks of juvenility. The doctor one
day was to pay a visit in form to the
goddess of his idolatry ; on this occa
sion he was determined to be as Adonis
like in habiliments as possible. It is
requisite to be known, that the doctor
was a man who scorned to be thought
of the sect of Peripatcticks; when
he appeared it was in the equestrian
style. On such an important event
as the present, resolving to be spruce,
he took an immaculate shirt, not on,
but in his pocket, prudently consider
ing, that in the action of riding, its
purity might have been tarnished; to
prevent this he resolved to put it on
when he should conic within a small
distance of the scene of his wishes.
When arrived at the settled distance,
the Docter proceeded to disrobe him
self of his upper garments, still sitting
on his horse ; his hat, wig, coat and
waistcoat were taken off and laid upon
the pummel of the saddle. In this crit
ical moment, malignant fate designing,
his faithful Pegasus received a fright
from somewhat on the road! Off sat
Rosinante with the Doctor in demi nu
dity, and ran with him (instinctively
knowing, from frequency in going,
his master's destination) to the door
of the very house he had hoped to en
ter with every minutiae of dress adjust
ed. His Quixote like appearance
threw the family into such paroxisms
of laughter, as precluded the operation
of speech, or means of assisting the
distressed doctor. ibid.
Judge Foster. —A short time before
this great Lawyer's death, he went to
Oxford Circuit, in one of the hottest
summers that had been remembered,
his charge to the grand jury was as
follows: " Gentlemen, the weather is
extremely hot, I am very old, and you
are very well acquainted with your
duty—practice it." ibid.
Mrs. Piozzi one evening reading in
her closet, the candlestick suddenly
jumped off the table, a hissing fire ran
along the floor, and after a short time,
left a piece of paper in a flame, which
with her foot to prevent mischief she
put under the fire place. She then sat
down with out any light, to consider
what could possibly occasion this event.
She knew the doors and windows
were fast, and that any thing should
come down there, and strike the can
dle offthe table in that strange manner,
was altogether impossible. After she
had wearied herself with reflecting to
no purpose, she rang the bell. When
the servant was told what had happen
ed, he begged pardon for having by?
mistake given a mould candle with a
gunpowder squib in it, which was in
tended to make some sport among the
servants on a rejoicing day.—Mrs.
Piozzi, with much good humour, de
sired him not to make himself uneasy ;
all the concern she had received was
from not being able to discover the
occasion of the accident. From how
many incidents; muqh more trifling,
,have stories of ghosts and prodigies
been handed down to posterity.
The man who wishes for popularity,
must please the women; they are eith
er ardent friends or implacable ene
mies.
Suspicion very rarely occupies the
bosom of innocence.
er respects, the idea of occasioning the
death of those two persons, though'des
titute of the least shadow of foundation,
has seized and had possession of his
mind for some time past; and it is only
now after suffering and pining with
phenetic remorse, that he is in prison,
with the imaginary prospect of a certain
and speedy atonement for his crimes
upon the gallows, that this remarka
bly hypochondriac appears contented
and comparatively happy. Uis con
nexions are respectable, and proper
care will be taken of him.— ibid.
—
Genuine and carious Anecdote of Dr.
Johnson.
During the last visit which the Doct
made to Litchfield, the friends with
whom he was staying missed him one
morning at the breakfast table ; on in
quiring after him of the servants, they
understood he had set offfrom Litch
field at a very early hour, without
mentioning to any of the family whith
er he was going.—The day passed
without the return of the illustrious
guest, and the party began tQ be very
uneasy on his account, when just be
fore the supper hour, the door opened,
and the Doctor stalked into the room.
A solemn silence ensued a few minutes,
nobody daring to inquire the cause of
his absence, which was at length re
lieved by Johnson addressing the lady of
the house as follows: " Madam, I beg
your pardon for the abruptness of my
departure this morning, but I was
constrained to it by my conscience.
Fifty years ago, madam, on this day,
I committed a breach in filial piety,
which has ever since lain heavy on my
mind, and has not until this day been
expiated. My father you recollect,
was a bookseller, and had long been
in the habit of attending Walsal mar
ket; and opened a stall for the sale
of his books during that day. Con
fined to his bed by indisposition, he
requested of me, this time fifty years
ago, to visit the market, and attend
the stall in his place. But, Madam,
my pride prevented me from doing
my duty, and I gave toy father a re
fusal. To do away the sin of this
disobedience, I this day went in a post
chaise to Walsal, and going into the
market at the time of the high business,
uncovered my head, and stood with
it bare an hour before the stall which
my father had formerly used, expos
ed to the sneers of the standers by
which I trust, I have propitiated Heav
en for this only instance, I believe, of
contumacy towards my father !"
She married a young husband —ran
away with a fencing master, of whom
she learned the small sword, and be
came an excellent fencer—soon after
seduced a young person of her own
sex —set fire to the convent in which
the girl's friends had confined her—
carried her off in triumph—was con
demned to die for this offence, but es
caped by the restoration of the young
woman to her friends —went to Par
is—became an Opera singer—caned
every man who affronted her—killed 3
in duels —and after other adventures
quitted the stage —was seized with a fit
of devotion —recalled her husband,
and passed with him the last of her
life in a very pious manner, dying in
1707, at the age of thirty-four !
This extarordinary Syren was e
qually fond of both sexes, fought and
loved like a man, and resisted and
fell like a Woman.
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