Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-07-07

Z right side and the danger Of non committall
l al never WA" saysthe Colonel, " IN quano-
airy but once"
&DurinR nv elcctioneering campaign for
Congress, / strolled out in the woods, 50 much
bewildered with politics that forgot my re
ae. The first thing thst took my fancy, was
the snarling of young bears, which proceed
ed from a hollow tree, the entrance being
more than forty feet from the groun9. =
mounted the tree, but soon found coulo nO'
reach the cubs with my hands. 50 SIPS Ln'
i feet foremost. to see if could not draw tncLI
up with nv toes, while hung on wsn my
hands to the top of the hole. Wn.ie ss III
ing with all my might 70 r '.sas,9 ,,cra ,hay
hands slipped, and down ! went more IMAM ma:
ty~erstv Gaef. when landed amongst the taml-
n, .nF;yy,.,r0 hears. soon found that might
- ,.eII Undertake to climb the creased end
e. ra;nbow. as to get back, the tree being
% large and smooth. NOW this aoos a real
owondlaTv! if I was to shout, it would have
been doubtful if they heard me from the set
clement, and if they did. the story told by
NV opponents would ruin my election
They would not vote for man that ventured
into a place, that he could not get out.
While considering whether it was best to
call for help, or wait there until after the
election, / heard kind Of scratching and
growing above me, and looking up saw the
old bear coming stern foremost upon me-
My motto is, "go ahead" AS soon as she
came within my reach, I seized her tail with
my left hand, and with small pen-knife in
the other, / commenced squirting her forward.
I'll be shot, if ever a member of Congress
raised quicker in the world than did. She
took me out if the shake Of a lambs tail"
termination OF SEEDs.-There is q COM
plant frequently made by those who pur-
chase their garden and other seeds, that they
do not grow; and hence it is inferred that un-
ripe and inferior seeds are put up to increase
the sales, and consequently the profits of the
gardener and the scotsman. This inference
may in some cases possibly be correct; but
that it is so in all cases where seeds do not
grow, is evidently wrong; for no fact is
more clearly ascertained, than that good
seeds do not always terminate. Two
things are indispensable to the termination
of seeds-heat and moisture ifeither of these
is absent, the process must be suspended. 1t
follows as necessary consequence, that seeds
planted so deep that the rays of the sun can
not influence them must remain in state un-
favorable to their growth and if planted in
soil where there is warmth but no moisture,
the same result will ensue. Some seeds have
coating so hard that they rarely grow under
ordinary circumstances. The man who
should condemn his locust seed because they
did not grow, when planted without prepara-
tiOn, would only manifest his ignorance by
pouring boiling water upon them, and allow
ing them to stand AZ hours, he would find
that most of them would terminate. The
termination of beet seed is much accelerat-
ed and rendered more certain by the appli-
cation of water nearly at the scalding heat,
and allowing them to remain in it for twelve
hours.
I The application Of the above principle may
assist J. d. in determining the cause of his
failure in terminating the mangle wurtzel. -
Our experience i'm the cultivation ofthis root
has not been very extensive, but perfectly
and we have found no more diff
fculty than in growing the common beet
In sowing it we have rarely had a seed fail,
and we have hitherto purchased of the seeds
men. In all possible cases, however, farm
ers should raise their own seeds they can
then choose their favorite varieties, and be
certain of their kind and quality. The saw
ing of seeds requires but little time or labor,
and frequently prevents serious trouble and
loss.-Gen. Farm. N.s5
From the Ne,O- York American.
Mourning Apparel SO bigoted do we be-
come to long established usages, that we too
rarely ask of our proper pride the question,
" Are these customs based upon correct prin- |
ciples, upon motives honorable to human ma
ture or human intellect-or are they the off
spring of prejudice and superstition-o an
age of a narrow-minded bigot-
ry, which should find little sympathy in an
age when education in every form is 50 easily
attained!" have read many rational and
feeling paragraph within the last ten years,
on the subject which suggests these refiec-
tons. Imean the custom SO widely prevalent,
of wearing mourning apparel at the death of
&r hot no ctV rcscfl