Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-02
THE BLOOD ORANGE.

THE BLOOD ORANGE.
AR. Fessenden-Your Farmer oil | lth, has
just been pc used, aud | nouce an extract on
the subject Of the " Blood Orange" which con.
tans the erroneous statement that this variety
Of the orange Il" is produced by grating the
common orange on Pomegrsnale stock" |
have no doubt that sill tales of The kind arc
propagaed al Malta and elsewhere, which has
caused The author o insert u, for | have seen
many OF equal Inconsistency pTomulgated IN
the public pIInts. | will state however as "a
guide against deceptive statements OF tnIs Kind
tnht il may be taken AS general rule, thai
trees aud plans can IN bur few instances be
omalgamsted by grating or inocuaIion be-
yond The limiis Of their reSPectiue genera, and
that ali tales OF grating the peach on the viii
low, the rose Oh the currant &c. are mere Ia
bic. II is stated however Oh good authority
that the rose has been made to yegetate when
budded ON the oak and on the orange, but The
shoots thus formed were but short lIsed aud
persisted as soon as The natural sap became ex-
hausted. the Gourse oil nature as regards the
vegetable kingdom is quite supply aud plainly
deIneH ted and there exists little oftliat my Ste
ry 10 which some pretend. BY The exercise
therefore of good Judgment we may generally
attain TO correct conclu.ionS, anu Lot hnd II
necessary TO rest our talth on tables.
have only TO remark further that my nu-
merons engagements have Tor some Time pre-.
cluded me from Contributions to your columns,
bat the period il al hand wntn shall be "a aln
enabled To do SO.
Very respectfully,
WIN. ROBERT PRINCE.
Lima IN Botanic Garden,
May 10, 1881.
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A,lh Masonry. The following toast WAS gi-
ven at a recent celebration, IN Iompkins cOun-
w. Ny. by an snti-nasunIc office holder.
81 Masonry May hell be boiled down 10 half
pun, aud every mason be Obliged to take d
portion.
N,rsr D.spnir -" Betier late Than neUer -
We CLEAN the iol owing for the edihcu'ion oi
such IL any there be, AS imagiae themselves too
old 10 enter the moose matrimonial. MARRIED
in Bath. Steuben co. on the lih inst. by the
Rev. ID. Smith, MIR. Moses Alexander, aged
%, to Mrs. Frances Iompkins, aged lU6
Miss Selma Parker, Of Fitzwillam, N. IL.
who received silver medal from the New
England Society Tor two spear. grass bonosis,
vhieh afterwards sold for $50, has exhibited
Two more \, Dunstable. N. Ia. surprising the
finest Leghorn.
! Indian Eioquence.- lhe following IS eE'rac-
ted from a late speech Obioio we SOF''ho'
AID Assembly Of Pennsylvania, by tue Ch'ef
of the Menomonies II has all The fgurs,ise
energy Of acknowledgements.
| " Rrothe,--Ne see your Council House. II
| is large and beautiful. But the Council House
ol The Red Man IL much larger. The earth rs
the 0oor-the cl-ar sky is the roof--a blazing
FIRE is ina chair OF tho Chef Orator, and the
| a r..n prass the seats of our Chiefs. You speak
Nv naners aud record your words IN books ;
| I,ut ICE sneak from our hearts, aud memory
| r.cords our word. IN the heaTtA otour people.
F,om Martinique we learn thai one hundred
oud f ,tu of the Itegfees VINO were engaged IA
ibe la,e revolt ia that Island had been eIecu-
ted.
Ten drops, administered in water every hour
of the mufiated tincture oj fon, Is cure for
obstinate cases OF lockJaw.
Sir Manasseh Lopez, NJ. p. distinguished Tor
having been iried aud imprisoned tor bribery
At elections, died, leaving three millions OIL dol
lar, in real aud personal estate.
Quick, the celebrated comedian, OF the LAR
,,ch school, died III London, aged 50.
+ WElMAT Ia
, <DHE highest cash pr.ce VIII ba gwen 10
u VILLA 1, aud All o.her Kinds OF COUNT!
a,oiuc. l. - KE@tk.