Litchfield enquirer., 1831-12-01

apples were packed under rrain. .hev would arrive h Europe in much finer con~ ditiOn. A s
 PTeseyudtion ef yoots.-Previous to sb. commencement of severe frosts. you should take eup, with as lissle injury as possible, |the roots Of your turnips, carrots, parsuips. bcets, &c. aud they may De preserved. ac- cording 10 M Nlahon as follows 1: ss On the surface of . very dry spot of ground, in d we'll sheltered situation, lay straeumaof sand two inches thick, and on this . iayes Of either sort, covering them with smother layer ofsand, (the drier lhe beiter.l and SO conilnae the layers 0f sand and roots till all are laid in, giving the whole a roof-Iike slope; thcncover this heap or ridge all O. yer with about two inches of sand. over which lay a good coat of drawn straw up and down, as ifthalching . house, in order to carry of the wet, and prevent its enter ing the roots; then dig wide trench round the heap, and cover the straw with the earth so dug up. to . depth sufficient to preserve the roots effeceually from frost. An opening may be made on the south side of this heap. and completely covered with bundles of straw, so us to have accesst to the roots at all times when wanted eilhcr for sale or use" S M N.
 Some people lay straw or hay between Nthe layers and roots, and immediatelv on the top of th0m; this | do not approve of, as the straw or hay will become damp and mouldy, md very often occasion theiro to rot. while the sand would preserve them sweet and sound. K All thesc roots may be preserved in,like manner m a cellar but in such place they arc subject to yegetate and become stringy earlier in the spring. The only ad- vantage of this method is, that in the cellar they may be had when. wanted mora coii- venieniiy during the winter, than out of the field or garden, or from the heaps. All the above roots will preserve better \, in sand than in common earth; bat when the former cannot be had, tue sandiest
 earth you can procure must be put up with. WAy sciH not plants tgou;sh ia close
 rooms g MA .ls sES
 Because they require fresh and constant supplies of oxygen, of which there is but comparatively little in the atmosphere ot l the room. Why skoHla not JsoUes ;n Water, and licing piants in pofs, 6s kept ;a bedyooms3
 Because the Auwerss and plants greatly
 injnre the purity of the air during the night, by giving out large quantities Of earbonic
 acid, similar iO that which is separated
 from the lungs by breathing. which Is
 highly noxious. There are instances of persons who have Internationally gone to sleep in, . close room in which there has
 been a large growing plant, having been found dead in the morning, ns effectually snfocated as if there had been charcoal stoyc in the room. 1fGss. Joar.
 Maferialism. "A preteDdcd free -,linker in England, who had brought forward a
 number of absurdities to prove that we have
 no souls, asked . lady present, with m air of triumph, what she thought of his philos-
 ophy. She :eplied, It appears to mo, Sir, that you have been employing good
 dealsof talent to prove yourself . beast!"
 Propristy. Propriety is somewhat
 Nncertain term, meaning one thing in one
 case, and anotterin another. One class | of Misses may talk loud and gigg:e in tho street with perfect impunity; whereas let it bS done by another class, and it would be exceeding rude and vulgar, and thu \ height of impropristy.
 r Fish Siory.--In the year tho ship ----, of -, was on tic coast of Japan, aftei sperm whales; she had been unusu- lallz successful, and was nearly full, when
 one day two of her boats being out, the
 he,admost one struck very large female lwhale. who having at the time young one in company, was unusually fierce upon
 being wounded before they could 'sstern
 all" she raised her rail, and with tfe-
 nendous blow stove the boat in pieces, skil-; fling and wounding every one on board, but Ione sailor, who, on finding himself in sks |elcment, seized uponan oar for his support.
 nntil he could De picked up by the other
 boat. Tie whale had nor done all the in- ljury she intended, for. upon looking around \ and spying Jack upon his frail snpport, sbs
 made towards him with open jaws, and
 swaliowed him, oar and all :!
 I For few ni0menls Jack was utterly
 eonfounded. but having recovered began to ithink how he should extficaie himself from Ibispnplcasant siinations The entraaee to fl the ahyss looked too well defended by .
 row of teeth, forhim 70 make his exit that Iway,gwhile ghe monster vas in her native
 element, and not having Jonalsss journal. thas Dc might do d his predecdssof had done bei0rc him, he well nigi, gave tip in