Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-05
Roanoke Acrieultuyal .SccI,,y.

Roanoke 4srtcUGXrdl Society.
Neafe pleased at the active spIt III enquiry which
appears lately 10 have gone abroad among The tarers
oi hginia, AND AT tue number OF Agricultural
which have been formed, and are every day forninr
pafucaaIiy tn this par, OF the state The only plan
by which Agriculture can euettualIy resist The en-
eioachhens OF The aanuiacturers rs to oppose corpbi
haNoh WIN combination. Instead eff the emphatic
huuher Epe, 50 feIeatediy hkrped upon by the CON
menta.ois Oh the Virginia petitions, we boy. those
writer's VIII roon have 10 speak OF the fty Hundred
United Agricultural Societies of Virginia
We have lately seen the Consiituti0u Of Society with
vac koONr Title, which has been formed Clarksyilc in
t, .enhuig eunn'y The following extract will
inily TO explain the ehieci Of ibis association:
Inc obies, OF The society shall I've promote The
and rural economy
lat ny supporting s rights In opposition 10 the in
0festeo ciaiors OF tue manufactures who uius,ly
claim the exclusive protection OF the government To-
Tue manifest injury of the great body of tie
I'D. BY enquiries into tie be,, and cleape,, system,
~ cultivation and ma,'agc"st OF the staple pfoducs
y, our SUI ana climate for foreign market and domestic
"se aio the best method af improving our lands
usia1 grasses, aud the kinds beat alaptsd 10 our eli.
naie and vafoes soils.
3D. BY enquiries INTO the hett and chespest uracica
Die mode Supplying and Maintaining til. n.c.ssa,
tears. Tor Tue farm, plantation ruad and
constructed plougas, barsVws, Wagons carts aud i'm
p!ements OF hnsbandTy generally.
|th BY enquiries "tp tie bert aud cheapest mode Of
eeung Clothing 1hd ode ng iaGorrrs; Ofconstruct.
hs an heres"y buildings Tor The plantation
such rs barns, s,ab.s shelter s,ock aud
Sra B, ehquities mio The heat ehud of increasing
I'VE puastl) aud improving The quality ct nauuT.s IN
'he,, apriicatioa, particularly tia. 81 plaster.
Oh By enquiries ihtnth D-si system, Of rearing aud
nt.>ef!InS "", trees and The possibility Of preserving
'"e ""'"o" HOs'' DHShi, &C." lPefeTSJ. mt.
ANiCDoTP or DR.. FRANKLIN
neidfed oy Hr JepeT;SOn Ia letter ~ Dec ,isip
"hSiA tue Decla'a' IN OF indie penGence was under
tue consideration OF Congress there were two or three
uhcAy expressions In II, which gave ohenc, soue
members. lie words Scotch aud 0thgT anxiliari,.
exciei the ir. Of gentleman or two Ut that country
orV-rs STRUCTURES on the conduct OF the Brush king
hegaNng our repeated repeats of the IaS which p,r
med Tue irnpaTatloh Of slaves, disapproved by
some southern g-Dteuen, whose reflections were moi
yei inatueh 10 the full ahhoence otihal traffic AIiho
the offensive expressions immediately Yielded
those gentlemen continued their depredltions Op other
parts VI the Instrument. was sitting hy mr. Franklin
no peicsseu ma was not insensibe 10 the nlutiia
lions. have maze rule, said he, whenever 1t is in
my power to avoid becoming the craftsman of papets
10 tie reviewed by q public body. tOOS my Lesson
from an incident which will relate you. When
was Journeyman primer, one Of my COMPANIONS an
apprentice halter having served time WAS
10 open shop for himself. His lr.t CONCERN wa. IN
nave handsome s!gBhoard, with proper Inscription
he composed !. IN these Yields: Juhn THOMPSON
dffer, makes and sets hatS IGr ready MONEY! win
Tue hehTe o suhJoned. Bat he ;h1nghi he Won Id
subHist t TO his friends for their Amendments The
hrst he sneTed To, thought UOfs 'hltfsy Iauo
Iosons' because foo"ed by ihe words makes hats
winch Stew he was halter. IL was struck out The
EcAt observed thai The word mskes might as well be
omhted. because his customers would not care who
made the hats u good ana 10 their mind they would
buy, by whomsoeNer made. He struck il out A third
sRid he thought the words for TedaV ,Hoev Uer. use
less. il was not the cas,oa Of IN. .... sell on
cIeuit every one who EXPECTED - pay =.
fheS were PARKED with, aud the inscription now stood
John Thompson sslIs hats yskk, Lais saw IN
next friend why nobody will expect you give them
away. What then is the uss Of that word p IL was
stricken out, and hats followed it, the rather as there
Was one painted Oh the board his inscription was
reduced ultimately TO John Ihomp son it'll The figure
OF d hat suhjoined.
Cockr0Gehes....A correspondent informs us that
Etder LeHVes scattered IA places where CockToacbes
frequent wil drive them from The house he further
says he has known houses infested by thousands
Cleared IN Sie night.