The Litchfield County post., 1827-05-03


 He planted four acres twOswith seed in iCs natural state, and two with seed soaked as above. Contrary to his fears, the lat- ter came up four days earlier than the for mer it was not injured in the least by worms or birds, while one half of the hills on the other two acres required to be plan ted second time. If the seed being im- Pregnated with the salts is not injured, if it will grow as well as seed not soaked-- the experiment can easily be made wheth- CT the salts will preserve # from birds and worms, by exposing quant;+y of it where worms, squirrels and birds can have access it. 1t is worthy an experiment of the kind, and we trust some of our agricultu- ralists will give it trial, for their own, as we'll as the public good.
 The severe cold with which we were visited on the first inst. is accounted for, from the fact, that the late storm was one of snow at the north. The papers inform us that the whole range of the CattskiIl mountains arc covered with snow to con- siderable depth. Cloaks are not usually needed on the first day of May ;-but this year few persons appeared to feel com fortable without one. We have reason to fear that this change in the weather from what it was three weeks since, will destroy peaches if not sundry other kinds of fruit.
 Fir.-The inhabitants of this quiet village were on Tuesday evening last aroused from their cosltations by the alarming cry of fire. This was an almost entirely new sound to a great majority of the citizens; for however it may be with other villages of similar size, which have engines to extinguish fire, and of course can afford to have them often, we, be- ing destitute of like safe guards, and depend ing solely upon Etna and Protection insur- ance policies, have heretofore. at least for several years, seen no larger flame than is made by a shaving bonfire But we have di- gressed; as above stated, there was on Tues day evening fire no less real than the burn ing of house. How it took fire is the ques- ton; Tuesday was d cold day, and had the tenement been inhabited by bipeds we might kaye concluded that the room had been over- heated to keep them warm; but such an expla- nation will not answer, for we are told that there has becn no fire near the building for several weeks except that which "levelled it with the dust" We must therefore conclude. that the said house possessed certain inherent ignitible qualities, winch kindly refrained from acting while it stood in the immediate vicinity of better buildings; but on its being removed to a new location, where it could burn without alarming its neighbours, it peace ably took itself out of the way. Damage,- to the owner SloO,OO.
 So great IS the dearth of news at the pres ent time, that after looking over fifty or sixty papers from different parts of the country, we can scarcely find sufficient suitable matter to fill our sheet. We seized our last New York and Boston papers. with eagerness, ho- ping to find two or three columns filled with "latest and important intelligence from Flu rope;" but here we were disappointed. No thing of importance is copyed from English and French papers. except the " Fashions for May," and sundry theatrical notices. How ever important such articles may he to the ci- ty gentry, we care not enough about them to induce us to read more than the caption, and take it for granted that our readers are some what likeminded. Fer want of more imme- diately interesting matter, the presidential question fills pretty large share of every i'm portant political paper; certain of these arti- cles we feel strongly inclined to copy, in or der to be in keeping with our contemporaries. The Morgan affair is by no means forgotten nor should it be until some of the darkness which surrounds it is expelled; but we live out of its influence, aud have ourselves said enough on the subject, until we can say MOrpa n iS alive n or tho r,onrdarors oc tt a