Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-06-21


the many coloured beauty Of flOWaf md !
thus he reads the elements Of b6aut stlSS.
alphabet of visible graeefulness. IRE yeEy
inutility of flowers. is their excellence aud
great beauty, detached from and superior,
to all seffshness--so. that they are pretty
lessons in NatuTe's, hook ofginstr1etipn,
teaching man that he liyellr rot by ~ for
bread alone-but thathe hath another than
animal life" r
Cedar Hedges, as ornamental divisions,
in a neat farm, are much admired. T.
would recommend those who have moist
farms to attempt the swamp cedar for hedge
es., Gather the cedar berries in Decem-
Der, rub off the resinous matter, and put
them into unslacked ashes; and after two
weeks put them in rows like peas, if the.
ground should be open, if not, .as soon ar
the ground is open; If well nufsed sfliBy
can be transplanted in two years, and into
rich light soil formed for the purpose
and in about seven years, by suitable trim
ming, they will make,a most beautiful ever
green hedge.-Gen. Far.
Peach Trees.-A friend informs Us,
that he has saved his peach trees from de-
strnction by the borer, by placing the cin-
ders from a forge around the roots. This
method keeps the trees in perfectly
beautiful state; and was discoveredby the
Rourishing appearances Of those around a
blaeksmi.li's shop.-Salem Obs. q.
Brief History Of English Epidemics.--
One of the principal npidemics which have
prevailed in England was that too appro-.
pfiately named the Black Death, which
occurred in the reign Of EdwardITI. Like
the cholera, it originated in tho marshes Of
the indies; ittravelled over all Tho world,
and is said to have swept away the fourth
part Of mankind. Ii destroyed 10000
persons, in, London alone !; and SO deadly
was il. felt as a. universal calamity, THAT ID
had the effect Of maintaining and prol0ng-:
ing the truce between Englandand Francs.
May we not conjecture that the maladys
which has for the lasttwelye months 'afflict.
ed the north Of Europe, has produced
similar pacific effect upon the Councils soE
tho Great Powers, and Impressed their
minds with the religious necessity ofnos
adding TO pcstilence the still more formid-
able evil of a general war { The Black
Deaih. was the greatest scourge Of the l4tlss
century. Towards the end Of the 10Th
(f593) London was visited BY . plague,
which killed nearly ~ 600 ind viddals!
/ Ten years after Chat visitation. London
was again (l6OS) afflicted by smother
plague, which was imported from Ostend.
1t ragged violently there as well as in the
low countries. On this occasion ourscsp-
ital lost upwards of $4,000 of its inilsbit.
ants, who fell victims to the disease. Near
" the same number were carried away BY
asimilar malady in 1926 !; in 1886, il ap.
peared in the metropolis again, destroyed
upwards Of IS, 900 persons, and in 1913,
Ia, the armies engaged in the civil war diff
4 fused a malignant fever over the whole
II country, which was attended with q Fough-
ness and sliminess of tho throat and jaws,
with pain but scarcely eny swelling orin-
fammation. But the most formidable pes-
thence by which the metropolis has been
invaded, was that which commenced III
1858, immediately after the great frost, snd
consigned to the tomb, OK rather % the
earth, for there was no time for the cone
struction Of tombs, 6S.596 persons, ace0td-
ing to the lowest computation. Since
that time" says DR.. Sims, as quoted BY
| DR.. Hawkins, "the plague has vanished
\ from London, and oil other opidemics seem
to have become less malignant, owing TO
many causes; among which may, per-
haps, be a greater Gso Of fresh vegetable
food, less use Of fish, and universal gsa
lnf tea, superior cleanliness in orr persons,
asgreater attention to the poor in times Of
\ scarcity, which are ll0w' scarcely felt in
Il any extrema depree& and Iasilx. the tRas