The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-05-27

my pleasure, and my advantage, to attend to ii
regularly. J. NJ. G.
Weston, May 10, 1929.
GRATING THE VINE.
Mr.. or,-After making many fruitlcss
attempts to cultivate the vine by grating,
have the past season, succeeded to my entire
satisfaction The result of my experience
wish to communicate to the lovers of horticul.
ture, through your useful paper.
Early last spring took two wild vines from
the trees, where they grew naturally, which
suppose were an hundred years old. dug a
trench about six inches deep, from the roots to
a convenient place, where had trained the
vine to graft. In this trench buried the vine
in suitable branches for grating, and there in
serted the gratis, which were also covered
leaving only one eye above ground. At the
usual time for such buds to break, mine burst
forth, with degree of exuberance, which | had
never before witnessed, insomuch that had
to prune them every ten days throughout the
season, to keep them in tolerable order Some
Of these CRAFTS grew nearly twenty feet long
producing fine bearing wood for the next year,
and several fine punches of grapes the first
season. think, on moderate calculation, |
shall have the ensuing season, several bushels
grapes from my two vines.
CALVIN MORRELL.
Hamilton County, Ohio, March 25, 1899.
BEE Worm, OR MOTH. We have beer
told, land indeed we are satisfied of the
fact from personal observation that the
bee worm, or bee MOTH has been very des
tructive to the bees in this part of the coun.
try. We have seen whole hives destroy
ed by them. Each cavity of the comb i:
found to be occupied bv a round black
worm, about the size of large bees body
some of them appear to US like winged
insect, in its chrysalis state; the mouths o
the cavities containing the worms, are clos
ed by kind of web, not unlike fine cotton
We have seen a method of destroying these
moths prescribed, which we subjoin
I" Instinct teaches the bee moth to secrete
herself during the day, in the corners
of the hive. All, therefore, necessary tt
be done, is to take such advantage of thi;
fact as that this most pernicious enemy
shall rush to its own destruction. For this
purpose let the oriice of the hive be fou
inches wide, and one inch high. At the
commencement of the season for the moth
place a single on the bottom or floor Of
the hive. You will find in the morning thai
almost every moth has taken refuge under
1t. They are readily despatched. This i:
the mode l have practised with my OWL
bees, and not single hive has been injur
Pd."-Wesfern Carolinian.
YICIssITUDES OF FORTUNE. The crimina
<court of Justice of Corsica was lately occupied
with the trial of case which presents some
curious and romantic circumstances. About
the year 1850, native of Corsica, named Fran
ceschini, on his return from Sardinia, where he
had gust been married, was captured by an AL
gerine coTsair, who conducted both himself anC
mis- wife to Algiers, where they were exposed
for sale as slaves and purchased by rich in
'habitant. He had humanity enough, however
not to separate newly married pair and ir
the course of time they had three children, two
boys and a daughter named Davia. Frances
chinl eontrived TO get into the good graces o.
his master, amassed large fortune, and obtain
ed permission to return to Corsica with his fam
dly. He had scarcely, however, set sail, before
ne was again captured, his treasure taken from
him, and he and his family carried captive to
Morocco Franceschini was again very fortu-
nate, however, and was presented to the EN-
peror, who evinced great Partially for his
daughter Davia, then. about seyen,years old
Though he was loaded with honors and riches
the love of country prevailed over his ambition,
and he asked as favor of the Emperor that he
might be allowed to return-to which the latter
consented, on condition that Davia should re-
mann. When Franceschni returned home, he
began to feel uneasy at the idea that HE daugh-
ter should be immured in seragio and hav-
ing armed vessel he again set sail for Moroc-
co, with the intention of carrying AVA prince
of the imperial family, in order that he might
obtain his daughter in exchange. He landed
at Salee, but was suddenly attacked with dis
order and died. Some years elapsed and Da-
via, after numberless vicissitudes, had become
Empress of Morocco, and her mother and her
two sons went there to see her, and resided
with her some time Davia died in 1902 of the
plague, and her son Augustin possessed him.
self of her riches and returned home. Two
years afterwards he suspected that his nephew.
Jacques Marie, had robbed him of 500 piastres,
and he therefore brought him before the above
court on this charge. The court, however, ac-
quilted Marie, and he was set at liberty.
AZ. Burrel, who is at the head Of the chemi-
cal labors Of the faculty Of medicine Of Paris
has lately discovered a very simple mode of
distinguishing the blood of man, woman, the
horse, the sheep, the COW and the rat. The
Importance Of this discovery, especially as it
regards physiology and medicine tegaIe, is i'm
mense.