The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-06
IIESSANFK

"hieil promised - bush.i
10 the acre. viii not yield more than t,a
IlESSIANFLY
NooDsTocg, May Dive yer. =,
regret To learn, that this drstrretiv.. -
Is committing unusual ravages a,no,.,.'.,
gram this spring. Although our - tue
uiaie neishbolnhood has moi ,u.fa;,,., '' ,'i
.efi"i injury Set we learn by rrsnaa I'D
Die gentleman, lately from Ballimor. IA a.
many ot the farmers had turned TIA. IN. mat
IN Their grain fields, and many othrr, III, ...'l
plonShing them up. were
We have occasion tn rer.t a..
grain crop this year for more than ON sne
son. The war which We may ealeai s.'
upon having taken place in E,ron. ,a.',
naturally allect the price of bread s5,,g m
aud, from IA moderate estimate we Is
have fairly presumed the crop of this w..
would wonderfully have relieved III. ~
barrassments ofthe country, and Of eos el''
qaence, its loss at this particular tim ' ,',
be seriously felt. ''e ''as'
Since the above was in tvn. a.,
learned from a highly respectful. .o, "a'e
that the Lawler wheat has MT h aourc''
the least affected by the rayages Of the A.
Herald, Shenandoah Co. Va
600
Jmprorementin the culture Of Potoio..
correspondent has requested us TO inser, ,b>
following - The first year, SAYS he. cnt
the potatoes III three pieces, the ton of tb,.
middle and bottom parts Il SUPPOSE .yer,,
person knows the top of the potatoe from,
the bottom, as the principal eyes are on IN.
top and planted these in three rows. TN.
top plant was ten days earlier than th.
ms die plant, aud a greater crop tn. nil
die plant Was earlier than the bottom. and
better crop the bottom produced bnt =
very indifferent crep. For some seasons
past have only planted the top eyes. and
may safely say, have the hest crop and
the driesi potatoes in the country. Nonc
need he deferred fiom this plan on tbe
ground on waste for after the top is emf
oil the remainder keeps better and longer
Tor use than # the potatoe was preserved
entlre. Aspreofofthis, laya whole potatoe
on the top OF the ground, or in any other
exposed place, and it will shew, that he
top plants grow faster, and are many inch
rs long, before there is any growth from
The bvtfom'' Farmer.
Col. BooN.--We lately observed that
the history of Col. Boon was that Of
thousands his copntrymen." As popu-
lation advanced he retired west, sometime,
bounding several hundred miles at time,
The editor of the New York American.
noticing a new work, which is about to
appear, on the settlement Of the western
country, aud mentioning Col. Boon, says
- Although sen7i savage in his plea.
Snrts and pursuits, he was not so in frroci.
". HIS manners and disposition were
plac PIE and kind. His heart was frank.
honest and sincere. He withdrew from
cociety, not as msdnthrope, but as a
philosopher As civilization advanced, so
he, from time to time, retreated." An an
eedote was told of his last retirement
winch, however incompatible with the Dig
ATTY OF history, may well be recorded. not
only as descriptive Of the man, but also If
those to whom his remark was applied
" hrst removed, said hc,A tn the woods of
Kentucky. ! fought aud repealed the sa-
wages, aud hoped foe i~pose. Game was
abundant, and car path was prosperous
Bnt soon l was mulestcd by interlopers
ffem every quarter. Again I retreated to
The reglons Of the Mississippi; but again
these spectators and settlers followed me.
Oace more withdrew to the licks of Mis-
sonrl-and here at length hoped to find
rest. But was pursued-foI | had not
been two years at the ticks, before ID
yankee came, and settled down ,cifhin IN.
hundred mules Of me ! :"
.Fsles's Register.
Hydtophobia The New York Medical
journal, contains an interesting letter from
Dr. Charles Davis, of Elizabeth town, upon
the treatment of several persons who had
been bitten by rabid animal. One of the
subjects was badly bitten in the hand. DR.
ID. was called forty-eisht hours after the
lntlictinn of the wound he completely ex-