Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-06-21
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| >'"rce III the WINTER season. MANY of
'hcse are neglected, for want Of knowlcIuc
now to raise, preserve and prepare them for
use. Celery i Il plant as easily raised as
caohaEc' and as easily preserved. and NAV
ne uscd as an excellent salad through the
whole winter; We, how few are there who
raIsc 1t, or at all know its good .,,Iai,ics7-
Some years ago. became thcorcticalv ac.
! Inh'ntcd with tho character and culture Of
lhis plant; but such were the sccnIino ,if
iicu'tics, that had not the cournrc IN nm
uer'akc It's culture. More subscuucn,I,. +
ihadc the attempt. and succeeded very wolf
IN raising ii, bu! lost all my labor by nor
knowing how to preserve il. | adont.d
C"hbets plan of placing Two boards in ;,
roo'-ike position on the :op Of n ridrc b,,t
wheh came 10 take my plants thry wore
ali rotten. This failure caused me 10 obon-
a"n raising That plant for several wears: b,t
oc'"S iona OF the vegetable, ! again nf-
'G"'p,'" ,ls culture, and took tie most sim
i'e pan 'ot It's preservation, aud .uccccdcd
10 my entire Satisfaction. Since thcn I
raise it every year, and have il ON Tho ,,h,.
every day through the whole winter
VIII now proc cd 10 give n detail or nv
''iodc o: raising it. | sow.thc seed in :,
warm situation on The frs, of April-a few
Sccd VIII suffice. rs 100 plants will make -
P'cn'y iOr common I;%nlv. IN the lnt,cr
part OF June, or tirs: day of July, the pnnIs
must hc set out; let the trench he prrn,roJ
as follows; for 100 plants, dig y trench "a
icct III length, and ten incll,s 3 dccp-rI,c
width OF the spade is sufficient. In Ills
trench pm TWO inches of we'll ro,,cI mn.
huTe, or rich vegetable mold. into wlch
SET the plants inches apart, aud i.nnc,:i-
atciy alter setting. water them. If ,h.
Piahts are covered hy laying boards lcnr,;,-
wise over The trench, for rwo 6, three c,ys
an" "htcrcd each day. it vii! Greatly lacil-
'''c t''cir S'r"'nG root, and insure their
"'"w'h. AS 'tc plants yrnw, gradually fill
up 'he 'rrhrh' ana continue To earth then,
up every TWO weeks Ill fall, iakiu,- corc mr.
T." cover the top bud. By thus car,hinr M
ridge OF some two fcci or Is inches viii
be raised AT the end oi' the season Dhou, rho
tIthe OF securing cabbage, celery must also
DC secured. always choose a time when
'ic Srnnnh Is wet, AMI begin at one end of
'hc fl"Se' ana clear away the earth. die
'heH carefully up by the roots, with ~
much airt as will adhere to them, and pucl,
them away in the cellar, placing them in n
pissaea t@sSthaGHf: t&@$StaH Here iisv wil
without any further attention; and are -,
AL times handy for use. If any admirers
oi thls pl""t should be so unfortunate os
not I" nave cellar. presume if The
Piai' SHOULD be taken up Us described. and
PACKED III the same manner, they might be
successfully preserved by covering with
d'rt, III the same way that farmers cover
their potatoes or turnips.
n most valuable invention is said 10 b,vc
been made Ivy laburing man in Ennlond
"i II steam engine possessing great power
ana occupying very limited space. In
the description furnished by the ALBANY
oa'iy Advertiser, we think we find much to
recommend this new engine, particularly
III eases where space is of great importance.
II Is also sand to be very cheap in con>,ruc-
ton, while the principle Oh which il :c,s is
peculiarly simple.
llc steam is admitted through hole IN
n hollow circular belt, (aitachcd to 2 wnliI
upon which II revolycs and it works bv -
a'a@ohal action against an upright piston.
ocihs forced out Of the pressure bv a ,Iiaco.
hal plate winch divides the interior into
Two portions. The rotary action is beau,i
i"ily managed Ivy means Of Il perfectly
sph"rical steam-liSht joint. AT the end of;
hScd inclined arm. towards which Joint the
upper and lower surface OF the interior port
ni the cylinder are made to slope, after the
iorni oi The exterior Of an hour glass. Tn
on these the dIacona% performs its rcvoiu
hons, such movement being permitted rhro'
an opening. Urom the circumference TO the
ccntrc,) equal in width To The thickness of
the before named upright piston. up and
down The sides of which il continually works.
10 the centre of the bottom of the cylinder
Is ilXcd shaft, having attached 10 il n
wheel which communicates the motion thar
may he rcqnirrd-and this is all The ma
chncry "I which it consists. Patents have
ppn nj I.p nm.
Great Britain and The engine is now public
ly exhibited at The British Alkah Works at
Siorke Prior.
THE STEAM SuIr.--Thc Bark CGmLrjdrc.
ut Boston, on Thursday, spoke on the 18th
uIt. when in latitude 43. longitude 80 30,
the brig Madrid, from Rotterdam bound TO
Philadelphia, which reported having spo
ken on the IL ult. III longitude IA, (anotber
account says latitude IA. the steamer Grcat
Western, from New. York (Mav " for
5risto'. IN "h'ch case, says the New York
star, she had made 300 miles i'm only six
days. She will probably arrive out in
twelve days, as she had 400 miles additional
t" make III The succeeding six days over tho
ralc she had been going at.
Rise in Lake Erie.-It is stated in tho
Cleveland Gazette of Saturday. that the
waters of Lake Erie, at that point, arc at
least three and Il half feet hsh her than thcv
were three years ago, and one and a halffcct
above the level last year A rise is also
said to be observable in the waters of tho
Upper Lakes. Here (says that papcr) is
problem for men Of science 10 solve, ifthev
can. Is there any thing in the popular
notion of rise and fall-a te--once in
seven years! Are there any authenticated
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