Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-22

bya stake, for if moved about by the wind,
the roots loosen aud The tree is injured
The trees ought to be planted the I'd year
after budding Or grafiing--if planted ont in
fall, the head should be shortened down in
spring. If you plant in spring, do IL as
early as possible, but The ground must be
] dry ON the top when you plant,-theh
when the buds begin to swell, shorten the
head. After spring planting, guard against
| the drought by laying small stones around
the tree. to the distance Of feet from the
centre. - american Farmer. 81
s.a. a4st u.s. G}r ~. 81 !. s. 81 =. Is bs8d sa&
EMIGRATION. 49,, 80 .,sf,
| Nolhiag awakens in our hearts mora
lively sensations of pain. than separation
from our children and fsiends. The tics
which bind parents and children together
cannot be broken. without wsinsiny the
heart with anguish, aud INJECTING wound
upon our peace which can never Be healed.
When the separation is occasioned BY tie
stroke OF death, we can follow them 10 tile
grave-re-commi, their lileless remains 10
its mother ear,h---bow in submission "a, The
s'ern but just decree Of heaven but we
never can forget them. Tho endearing
reeolectioRs OLA kind and indulgent parent,
or a, loving and! affectionate child, are TOO
deeply cnstanped in our memories 10 Be
effaced by the oblhefa,ing hand of tine
they live with US, and fail but with our
memories. Little less painful is separa-
ton by distance. When our children and
friends take mp their line. Of march for the
far West-when we give them the parting
hand and pronounce the almost unutterablo
FAREWELL, our bosoms ipstinctivelv swell
with signs, and our eyes overflow with
tears. We gaze upon them as they aFe
rccediNg from US till an intervening object
shuts them out from our view-perhaps
forever. Reflections and sensations on
such occasions may be imagined, but they
cannot be described. . las'5t ",
But why and wherefore are they gone i?
Have they been driven from the family and
social circle-fromt the luxury of fathers
solicitnde and mothers fondness--froni
the blessings of the village schooi-house
and the hallowed privilege Of being en-
ton,bed in the sepulchre OF their fathers.
by the cruel mandate of law, or the irrevo-;.
cable. decree Of llecessityl No; ihey
have been torn from cur embraces by the
alluring and often illusory invitation of, a
more fertile soil and genial cline. An TIii-
nois or an Indiana has infatuated them
with her promises Of wealth without labor
aud enjoyment without alloy. Thew have
spread out the Embellishments OF their
woodlands and prairics before them. and
they have forsaken father and mother.
friends and neighbours, and every thing
which can render life desirable, for their
possession. And will their anticipations
DC realized We fear not. Every lover
oi the old States can but regret the constant
stream OF emigration to the West, both On
account Of its depopulating influence, and
tho hardships and privations which The en-
grant must endure. If, then, every lover
Of Now England deplores the existence of
that spirit Of emigration which is drawing
off tho host portion Of her population, will
Inc not study to devise aremedy for 20 great
an evil? But what-it may be Inquired
will check the tide, and cause il 70 flow
back upon us with current equally strong
and irresistible? The answer suggests il
selfto every considerate mind. Renderit
more desirable and profitable to stay than
to 60. But it will be replied, that the old
family farm is worn out, and the old pator-
nal mansion is going to decay. Then re-
""'"to V0 SOH ~ an improved system OF
agriculture--by judicious rotation Of
crops and the application of manure--re-
pair Of rebuild the old family domiciI--
make partitions in The old homestead, for
small farms are better than large ones--if
yon cannot raiserorn aud wheat to a profit,
raise teasles, madden, wood, make silk, &c.
That tho soil Of the western country is
more productive than that of New Eng
land, we havo no doubt bat whether It
will return the cultivasor more actual profit
is question which must be decided BY a
comparative view Of product and price,
Corn, for instance, cannot DO raised in
such abundance in New England as in some
of the Western States but the deficiency
in quantity may be more Than made up in
quality and price. If an acre Of land in
the West will produce four times ss much
corn as an acre in the East, the balance at
first view would seem 10 be in favor of the
West /; but II one bnshel in ahe East will
command as much. money as five in the
West, the balance is in fact in favor Of the
East, by 20 per cent altar;st.
The North American Review 70 ahout 20 pass into
she hands OF Rev. Professor Palffey VI Cambridse
There is little or no meri; ia laxative.
ness--no more than there is due 20 a. cata-
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