Litchfield enquirer., 1837-11-09


 ton of the oil that the seed contains, rsn- dering every part oft susceptible of being acted upon by the moisture of the earth, and thereby fitted to spring quickly into life ou feeling the warmth communicated by the April sun.
 It is important to have seed of any kind come np quickly aficr it is sown, that il may get start in advance of the weeds, which draw away the mulriment essential to U thrifty plant, and being first up, choke and retard it's growth. Take Onions, for ex- ample, which are generally three or four weeks coming up: now if they could be made to come m in one, we shall thereby obtain an absolute gain of two weeks of the weeds, which fit should not save once h"elng, will certainly render ;l.e first lIoe- ing less difficult and tedious.
 have witnessed two instances of seeds having lain over winter in the ground, which fully corroborato what have beon stating. 5 a
 had occasion to dig trench eighteen or twenty inches deep late in inc fall, into which ] threw parcel ofradish tops filled with seeds, which were afterwards covered up to the tull depth the trencl, dug. In tue spring, | had the same ground spaded up so deep that many of the radish seeds were again bronghtto the surface. On tlsis planted beet seed. In two days after the ground was thus prepared, the radish seeds had germinated, and made their appear ance, and continued to grow, the most lux uriantly of any that ever saw. The other instance s,rikingly illustrates the benefits ofthus disposing of fseeds during the winter. It was the following: After having pre- pared some ground for parsnips, and plant cd them in the usual manner, came across bunch of seed where an unga,hered ton of a seed parsnip had accidentally got cov- cred up. and lain through the winter. Of this I gathered op a handful, and threw il broadcast upon the ground had previous Iy planted. In four or five days this last seed camc up, and grew to be several incl,- es high before the seed first planted was out of the ground, which was as many weeks in coming up as the other had been days. Here, though accidentally, a fair experiment was made, and positive proof of the advantages to he derived, obtained. There are many other kinds of seeds, which ! am fully convinced, may be kept and pre- pared in the same way for early germina- ton with equally beneficial results. l shall Itest the experiment. more extensively this winter with different kinds, and whether the result proves successful, or failure, your readers shall be informed in the spring.
 w. WETMoRE.
 Temper0nce Aaecdote.-G 6 ood morning. MT. Bluenose, said we to an old acquaint- ancc, as we were going home from our of- flee about daylight. You are out early this morning!' | Yes said l,e, with dry and hoarse voice, while he shivered as # he were under Nova Zembla sky---sI can't lay single minute after day break !; l feel such aterrible sinking feeling hcre,' pointing to his stomach, that it always seemed as though should faint away.'-- Ah, we replied, .tllat is certainly very bad and alarming-how long have you suffered in this way MT. B. r 'Why indeed an- swered he, ! can't tell exactly, and find tthat cant get any relief till have dressed myself and walked down as far as the Ho- tel, orupto Mr. Grocer's store after that l have always felt better for an hour or SO, and thcn it comes on again!' have ob- served lately, Mr. B. that you have large spelling under your arm. lf I were you, l should feel concerned abont it {; pray how' long have you had it r we continued.-- Why that too has been gro,oing upon me, was his answer, just like the bad feeling in my stomach; indeed I suppose that fsel- ing was caused by this s,selling. Whom first discovered it, it wasn't bigger than q gill cup, and then could lay of morning about as well as any body; but it grew amazing fast, and in single year it got to be as large as pint bottle, and here it is now, only four years last 'lcction, and it is full as big as two quart jug-and all the lime this here feeling has been growing worse 7 z} 'Well,' said I, 'my old friend. unless you do something for it quickly you are moi long for this world. You must consent io an operation Operation! d--,l me fl ] do! But you must or it is gone case ! -~;.l, you. You must iIaveIiI Sweittng cut off close to your skin; it may hurt little 1; it may be rather a painful operation, but it is the only thing that will save you. Jf you will consent to it, and instead nftaking your carly walk will drink cup of coffee and eat bit of cracker the first thing in the morning, you may stand it as long as tlic best of us. But if you do not-mark my word-you viH6s ia your grars ia less than q tUcire month He started with evident snrprise--'Squire.' says he, T see you know all about this cursed sccn of mine, ,'--throw- ing open lis ragged coat, and flashing npon the greGnd large ear,i'en jug there it is of close to the akin, hand ns 1smperance paper. and blast me if you ever see the