Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-22
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 have watched the gonrd vines. at inc tervals, forsseveral days, and never exam- inc them without some interestipo discnv. cry. In one instance saw a vine. after havlng iastened itself in d number of pla- ces, still shooting upwards, Or rather aslant, at an angie or about 45 degrees, in an ex- act line with the string, though below it.. lts.new tendril was peering alofi as \ pion- eer. l thought it in danger from it's ap- pearance, of losing it's aim, and as ,he vine inclined to hang down, in conse- quence ofits rapid growth, lkindly helped the tendril to the string, and | thought t inclined to accept the place had selected. winch was the highest point it was then ca- pable of reaching. In an hours time. however, it had decamped, and the next morning ! found it snugly coiled several inches Sbove the spot had assigned il. + had been mistaken. The vegetable knew its intended port and longitude bet- ter than | did, and the voyape seems to have been planned with a forecast wortl,v. o1 emulation in the compting hoi,se. For 'he tendril, when it coiled itself round the string, had selected d spot so far in advance oi the point of its own junction witt, the y'ne. as to form withsita very acute angle. Dut Tn short period, such was the on ward march oi the vine, that the course of Inc tendril 10 the string was at right angles with the vlne.. It was plain therefore. that if the tendril had consented tc coil itself in the place ofmv selection, the growthof the vine would have been arrested by it. or would have torn itself from it. Iresolyed. with astonishment,t that it should be the last ''me l ever attempted to be wiser than tho tendfli of a gourd vine. 0
 But find have filled my sheet without telling you half the wonderiull deeds I have discovered 6I among the gourds. Ii, Messrs. Editors, you will suffer my gourd to see the light, you shall be presented with another wreath of vines, unless they should wlther as hastily as the gourd of JONAH.
 Wr. Cokc of Norfok--tke great Eng Itsh E0rner.-The New York Enquirer. after complaining that this distinguished membcrof the English commonalty should, as report says of him, accept poerage, adds some memoranda of his enterprise and success as an agriculturist. The state- ments, we presume, are substantially, ifnot perfectly correct, as they correspond to what we have learned from other sources.
 A good deal has been said lately in Our land; perhaps the case of Mir. Coke may not be generally known, as we never see it mentioned. We suppose this to Do the case. His late contest for Norfolk cost him G75, ,0OO. or about $35O.OOO, and once it cost him G9O, O,OOO, or about $375 .O0O, in cluding exchange.
 But how can he endure such enormous expenditures-and what is the object real- ly worthl As we are apt to measure worth in this country, the object is worth just nothing at all, being productive only offur- ther and considerable expense, without emolument or profit. Wealthy men, how- ever, in that country as in this, love power, and are willing to pay for it; love to lay out their money on something matter what which other people cannot afford. Hence the geometrical ratio in which dia- monds arc estimated hence the value ofa white elephant in the east, even to mon- arch; hence the extrayagant prices we pay for cashmere shawls, blend laces, Ec. SEc. mo ono of which would be thought hall as beautiful, if they cost but half as much. 1 But how can Mir. Coke afford 10 throw away so much moneyl Simply because he
 is a great farmer, who has lived long enough to enjoy the results of experiments made in his youth, ,-to eat of the tree iha
 his hands planted half a century ago.
 When he came into possession of the es- tate he was poor, and the estate poorer, The whole was not worth @, GOO year what it is now, he himself has made i.. There were Il. .OOO acres of land lying waste, which had been let for three shil- lings an aero. When the lease expired
 the man who had it would not offer more than two shillings an, acre for renewal. Mo- said Mr. C., will keep it to breed pheasaDis and game-it will be worth more than two shillings an acre to my friends, | not to me- The man would give no more
 and Mir. Coke went forthwithio planting oak, larcl,, and sweet chesnut. as they cal 1t there to distinguish it from the horse
 chesnut---over the whole of his magnifcen
 reserve. He persisted year after year, nn' tiil lIe had covered the whole and wheI be came to be married, it was valued D
 competent appraisers. with view to tho \ marriage settlement, at 222, ,O00L In tht county of Norfolk, he owns over 60,0O( acres of land, either under high state O Icultiyation or well worked :; 5000 acres Q which he actually farms out on his own ac'
 count.-it is eleven miles round his park | a--. v =. HI. q