Litchfield enquirer., 1832-04-05
PLANTING ORCHARDS.

ing. His plan IS to take shoots from the choicest sorts, insert each of them into a potatoe, and plunge both into the ground. leaving but an inch or two of the shoot a- bove the surface. The potatoe nourishes the shoot whilst it is striking root, and the shoot gradually springs up and becomes a healthy tree, bearing the best fruit, without requiring to be grafted. This discovery is valuable !; for if the seed or kernels of ape pies are sown, all except that one roundish seed which differs in appearance from the others, produce crab instead of apples.-- Cuttings, too, when committed to the earth, rarely succeed. The sun dries up the sap before the root is formed, and it must be under very favorable circumstances that a cutting will answer the expectations of him who plants it. But the Bohemian method seldom fails. It has also been successfully tried with the cuttings of myrtIes, geraEi- ums, scarlet fuchsias, &Cc.
 | Have care now, Mr. Chccker-player, that you do not pass away too much time to no purpose. Has farmer nothing to do in winter7 am afraid that your cat- tie suffer not little, while you are push- ing on so fast for the king row. Stop !- No betting! Another game, sir, and you are gone This is called an innocent di- version, but call N not SO, when it calls you from the necessary attention of your affairs at home. Have you no hemp or flax to dress2 Have you a sufficient quan- lity of wood at your door2 How much fencing stuff have you on hand Arc there many, very many matters that re- l n n HkNv rN. sb,n spring? Come away, come away, say, from this tempting catch-all. o, this con- founded water-pail upon the counter !-- This is what does the mischief. A water pail, checker-board, and bunch of long mines set down this place to be an a. bominable man-trap. Come away, come away, ! conjure thee; there is dsnger lurking here For when man suffers himself to play just one game for 0muse- naent, the possibility is, that he is beat; if so another must be tried and if then suc- cessful the conquering game follows of course-thus we are led on, till Time, Mo- ney and Character are lost forever.
 Hints for LOvers.-lfa youth is woo- ingly disposed towards any damsel, as he values his happiness, let him follow my ad- vice; call on the lady when she least ex- poets him, and take note ofthe appearance of all that is under her control. Observe if the shoe fits neatly-if tho gloves arc clean, and hair we'll polished. And I would forgive man for breaking off an cn- gagement, if he discovered greasy novel hid away under the cushion of sofa, or a hole in the garniture of the prettest foot in tho world. Slovenness will ever be a. voided by we'll regulated mind, as if it were pestilence. A woman cannot al- ways be what is called dressed, particular ly one in middle or humble life, where her duty, and it is consequently to be hoped, her pleasure lies in experimenting and as- sisting in all domestic matters; but she may be always noat-well appointed And as certainly as virtuous woman is crown of glory to her husband, so surely is a slovenly one crown of thorns.
 Mrs. s. c. Hall.
 Easily Accommodated.-A young lady who was learning to act in tragedy, was asked by her teacher what she would say to lover who had been unfaithful and treated her in the most scandalous man. ner. I should say nothing replied the lady; I should get another.'
 Cure for the Gout.-" Pray, Mr. Absr- ncthy, what is cure for the gout 1'' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. "Live upon sixpcnce day, and earn it ," was the pithy reply. s,s
 Bigotry.-If there is an individual in this world, who richly merits the most hearty generations from every honest man, it is the bigot. By this term we mean that man. who pretends to be holier, wis. CT and better than those around him. He is never guilty of feeding the hungry, of clothing the naked, or administering con- solation to ,ae afflicted. On the contrary he would take from the famished wretch his last morsel of bread and his last rag. and then triumphantly tell him, he was one accursed of heaven. Such man is more detesied than the seven plaques of Egypt. If you chance to come in contact with such a character, say nothing, but turn and clear for your life; he is wolf in sheep's cloth ing; escape from him as you would from the beast he most ressmbles.-W. Pat. "Who is the most miserable mnn on carth !? and whiihcr shall we seek him I- | -ah- aa