Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-05

Of the farmhouse and The cottage, see a
neglected mine Of innocent pleasures. Men
will seek enjoyment; they cease to be men
when they do not. If they have il not at
home, they will seek Il abroad. II they
have no cleanliness or quiet within their
habiiations, they will have some substitute
in the trumpery glitter and narcotic fumes
OF the tavern.
Will you say, after this, that there is no
moral in my subject2 am sure you will
not. Asa general observation, have new
er seen idle or proAigate sons issuing from
the cottage paling which has been decked
by their own infant hands. And, on the
other hand, itwould require stOical love of
virtue for his own sake. 10 make any youth
love the foul, smoky, fenceless cabin Of a
thriftless father. SUeeten home and you
close nine o"t Of ten doors to temptation.
Nework paper. AusrRALIs.
Cultivation Of Fruit.-As to the matter
of profit, l would inquire in what manner
an acre of ground, in the ordinary course
oil cultivation, can be made SO profitable as
in the cultivation of fruits. Good fruits
will always find good and ready market.
After the trees are set out, the ground may
be cultivated for many years, with little or
no injury 10 the crop, and with great bene-
fit to the trees. The trees, themselves will
require little other labor than pruning, and
this requires one day annually. 1.-THE fruit
be judiciously selected it would sell in the
market for more than the whole. crop of
corn, potatoes or grain, and pay for gather
ing and marketing. Take for instance a
premium crop Of corn or any other grain,
after dedncting labor, &c. City dollars
would be liberal amour, for profits, and
yet cannot but think an acre Of fruit would
yield profit of four times this amount.
Fruit is also one Of the greatest Injuries
which God in his providence has given to
man. Have you not been at the festive
board loaded with all the dainties which
wealth and taste could collect from this and
other climes And have you not seen that
those ripened in our own sunshine have
always been preferred : What foreign fruit
can compare with the mellow blusI,ing APP
pie, the luscious pear aud the peach which
fills the room with its fragrance?
Ripe fruit also contributes greatly to
health. have seldom known family of
children accustomed to the daily use ofrpe
fruit, who have much occasion for ply
stefan. 1t prevents in both old and young,
dysenteries, cholics, and various other ills
which flesh is heir TO, and gives the form Of
health and strength so essential to our hap
piness. This is cheap medicine T; much
cheaper than that presented by a physician
which we must pay dearly for, and his vis-
its beside.
The peach is probably the most short
lived tree Of all our fruit trees, but it is re-
newed with very little trouble. Plant a
peach stone in the place where you want a
tree to grow, and it is very sure to come
I'D and flourish. The better way is, how
ever, TO have nursery. Take few feet
Of ground in the garden and in the fall plant
number of stones. At two years growth
tho tree may be budded with fruit which
you know to be excellent, and in the fall OF
the year the tree may be transplanted to
the place where you wish it to stand. Let
it have southern aspect at the south SIDE
Of the house or Garn, or on the south side OF
hill. and it will for several years produce
fruit abundan,ly, which will repay all your
labor and trouble. When it decays let il
be renewed by another. In the same man
ner other fruits may be produced.
Moseteys Addvsss.
FARMERS WoRK. 1.-The way 10 preserve
your Indian corn against the wire worm ant
against birds, is TO dissolve about pound
and half Of copperas in warm water, g.
nough to steep about three pecks Of corn
or in other words make the solution az
strong as it can be made, put in as much
copperas as the water will dissolve,a land soak
your corn therein 40 hours before you plant
il. The corn will thus be secured against
the v;re porns, which destroys the kernel
while in the ground, but not against the ca
norm. which eats off the young shoots, jus