The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-04

( framed upon tree, 1.-THE elm or mulberry.
the top of which is shorn into the form d
an inverted hollow cone, four or five feet in
diameter, and ten or fifteen from the
ground. The wine is far inferior to that
Of France.
The town ofSpezia is delightfully."- situat-
ed on the Gulf of the same name. The
. Town is large and populous. It's streets are
/ hneiy paved, and were thronged with gen
teel people. Nothing can exceed the de-
lclousness Of the climate-the serenity
and softness of the skies, the brightness of
the waters, and the picturesque beauty of
lne nils, In all this elysian region. At ev-
cry step our senses were RECALLED with the
charms Oh the landscape, and the breathing
oraors OF Spring. Fields of wheat were
observed already IN the ear, and the fax
was IN tull blossom. From these facts
some IDEA may he formed of the mildness
OF ne climate and the forwardness of the
season. In the same parallel of latitude
III our country, the latter of the above
mentioned products is not sown so early as
the 18th Of April, and should it peep frem
the ground for many days after, it would
be nlpped by frosts.
The fields on either hand are so MANY
gardens, every foot of which is manfred
and cultivated to the highest degree. by an
overstocked population. Not tendriI of
the vine, not plant nor blade of corn ia
suhered to be out of its place, or to occupy
more ground than is just sufficient for its
support. The peasantry of both sexes are
Always IN the fields, sometimes apparently
ohiy TO watch the growth of plants under
thelr charge, which they feed and nurse
WIN more care than they do their children.
hey mix manure with water in casks.
forming sort of nutritious pap, which they
ladle out daily in exact proportions, for the
tood OF vegetables. To the American
farmer, who is lord of six hundred or his
thousand acres, this exactness might seem
plddlIng business; but here it is absolutely
necessary, that every rood should maintain
It's man. 1t would take but few such
farms, as are found in the interior of New
ork, to cover the whole Duchy of Lucca.
which contains only 800 square miles, more
than half OF which consist of barren noun
talns, incapable of tillage. Yet this terri
tory has population of 10000, who de-
pend chiefly on the cultivation of the soil
tor support. The richness of the lands
cape bears ample testimony to their honest
INDUSTRY, and to the utmost nicety in the
mode of culture. Females who never saw
te.'oons of silk or damask, are engaged in
adjusting festoons of vines, stretching from
tree to tree in waving and graceful wreaths.
While walking through the crowded
market place of Lucca, l witnessed a
scene which was entirely new to me. In
a splendid calash, with two mouse colored
norses, richly ttlrc Il as rJu1nd
letslIe4ai -, ms vrTvrEsu rvI
sale, and rendering his medical services tc
the crowd. He had stentorian voice, and
his fingers were covered with half dozer
massive rings, which are worn by all elias
ses of the Italians, from the nobleman down
to his boot-black. The doctor did no
seem to lack patients. He extracted
twenty teeth in as many minutes, and there
was no want of bids for his medicines a.
mong the multitude.