Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-06-20
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SAPcCtcu. ne uluerent varieties Q
sponges have been classed among veg
etables, aud have presented to the OF
servation of the naturalist, seeds an
flowers before unknown. Fire-ston
IS sometimes covered with brown an
blackish spots;--thc mouldy substance
which coniposes them adheres to yari
Gus other matters, aud may be consid
cred as little garden In vegetation
where the plants, though exceedingl,
minute, have visible seeds and flowers
When we reflect upon the quantity Of
moss which covers even the hardes
stones, the trunks oftrees, and the mos
barren places; when we consider the
quantity of vegetables upon the surface
OF the earth; the different species o.
flowers which delight and refresh us;
the trees and bushes; add TO these the
equatic plants, some of which exceed
a hair IN fineness; we may be able to
form some idea of the multitude in
the vegetable kingdom.
All these species grow up and are
preserved without detriment TO one an.
other, each having that place assigned
It which is most suited to its properties.
Such is the wisdom displayed in their
distribution over the surface of the
earth, that there is no part oft wholly
destitute, and nopart cwoysthem in too
great abundance.-,Somo plants re-
quirc the open fields, where unshelter-
ed by trees, they may receive thesun' $
rays, others can only exist in water;
some grow and bud ON the surface OF
tue earth, whilst others uiifotd them.
selves on its bosom.
The different strata, which compose
the soil of the earth, as sand, clay chalk
&c. have each their different vegeta.
bles; and hence il is that in the vast
garden OF nature nothing is absolutely
sterile; from the finest sand to the film.
ty rock, from the torrid to the frozen
zone, each soil and climate supports
plants peculiar to itself.
Anothcrcircumstancc highly worthy
of attention is, the Creator has so or
dercd, that, among his immense varie-
ty of plants, those which are most pro.
per for food or medicine, either to man
or boast, grow in greater abundance
than those which are Of less utility.
Herbs are much more numerous than
trees and brambles; grass is in greater
than oaks; and cherry trees
more plentiful than apricots; had oaks
been more frequent than grass, or trees
than herbs and roots, il would have
been impossible for animals to sibsist.
The goodness of the Creator is every
where manifested, and there is no mind
so weak that does not comprehend that
he is all-grcat, all-powcrful and good!
Contemplate widely the extended veg
etable kingdom, for wherever we 90 at
this season of the year, we walk on
plants and flowers; and as far as we
extend our view we behold fields and
meadows covered with the rich bless.
ings OF heaven! SruRa.
Neno England Wires.---It has been
said that New England girl makes
the best wife in the world-and we
think, says the Lowell Journal, that
any New England man viii cheerfnlly
admit the truth of the ovcsaying, al
ter studying domestic life in other
countries. New England wives are
faithful and Observation-Disclosures of
conjugal infidelity are of rare occur
renee among them--thcy make excel
lent mothers-are frugal and mcthodi-
cal in their household arrangements
shine in drawing room,--and appear
to great advantage when supsrintend.
ing the economy ofthe kitchen. Such
a wife is a jeacei, and no wonder she
should be sought after, far and near.
The Southern gentlemen, while they
streniously oppose the Union of the
States, evince no repugnance to an u
MON NTH the rosy-cheeked lasses of the
North.
Secret Of hUing alacays easy.-An l.
Italian bishop having struggled through
great difficulties without complaining,
and met with much opposition in the
discharge of his episcopal functions,
without ever betraying the least impa-
thence, an Ultimate friend of his who
highly admired those virtues which he
conceived it impossible to initiate, one
day asked the prelatc if he could tell
him the secret of being always easy.
eyes," replied the old man, II can
teach you my secret, and will do it We
ry readily. 1t consistsin nothing more
than in making a right use ofmy eyes.
His friend begged him to explain.
"Iost willingly" said the bishop. "In
whatever state am, | first look up to
heaven, and remember that my princi-
nal business here is to get there: then