Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-09-27
CANADA THIsTLEs.

tocked down with clover and tlmotnyy Whlcn |
kept for moving several years In success |
ion. At the first moving found part OF IT. |
piece nearly round and about four or five
DDS in diameter, so loaded with thistles that
carcely any grass could be seen among
hem. / moved the whole, and secured the
lay upon the other part of the lot, and spread
he thistles, thinking TO dry and burn them,
o get them out of the way, there being an inn
nense burden of them. But being informed
hat cattle would eat them after they had be-
come wiIted, cured them like hay, putting
hem in heaps for the night and spreading
hem for the sun and air 10 dry by day, TIL
The stalks became considerably Timber by
whiting, when they were put upon q corner OF
a scaffuld by themselves in barn, and ALT
tie salt sprinkled among them. The next
winter they were eaten without waste, both
cattle and horses eating them as greedily as
any hay whatever. -.. a,s,--.l lid
When these thistles were moved, they
were full in the blow, and the ripest blossoms
had begun to turn brown with ripeness. AS
soon as these thistlcs were removed the grass
grew luxuriantly among the roots of the this
ties. The next year very few thistles were
to be seen where these grew; and the thlrd
year none, and none afterwards: have re-
peatedly moved patches ofthistles since, OBJ
serving TO NOW them in the same state OF
ripeness as those first moved, as here related,
with uniform success in their destruction.
believe the reason why every thistle IS NOT
killed by once moving is, that some. rev
stalks are less ripe, and, of course, are not
hollow in the centre, so as to receive the rain
and moisture which rots and destroys the
root. a- ,r ..s. -s.s.a.s IL -,
Some years after this first experiment,
was in company with several gentlemen,
and mention was made of the spreading OF
these thistles about the country, and their
becoming injurious to the farming interest |;
when one of the company, man OF much
correct observation, but accustomed to ex-
travagance of expression, said . there was no
trouble at all in killing them, for only let
them know that they were good for some
thing and they would die of their own ac-
cord" learned from this gentleman that
his experience upon this subject was very
similar to mine, and the result the same. s'1i
NJ fsaar s.s.. M Yankee Former.
Singular System of Labor in the North OF
England.-A person from the south or mid
die counties of England, journeying north
ward, is struck when he enters Durham or
Northumberland with the sight of bands OF
women working in the fields, under the sur
violence Of one man. One or two such bands,
of from half dozen to dozen women, gen.
orally young, might be passed over; but
when they recur again and again, and you
observe them wherever you go, they become
marked feature of the agricultural system
of the country you naturally inquire how it
is that such regular bands Of female labor
ers prevail there. The answer, in the pro-
vincial tongue is" Oh they are the bone
ditches''-that is bondages. Bondages that
is an odd sound you think, in England
What! have we bondage, rural serfdom,
still existing in free and fair England Even
so. The thing is astonishing enough, but IL is
a fact. AS cast my eyes for the, first time
on these female bands in the fields working
under their drivers, was, before making an
inquiry respecting them. forcibly reminded
of the slave gangs in the West Indies. Tur-
nip hoeing, somehow associated itself strange-
" in my brain with sugar cane dressing
but when / heard these women called
" Bondages." the association became tenfold
stronger. On all the large estates in these
counties, and in the south of Scotland, the
bondage system prevails. No married la
borer is permitted to dwell on these estates,
unless he enters into a bond to comply with
this system. These laborers are termed
hinds Small houses are built for them 0n
the farms, and on some of the estates ofthose
of the Duke of Northumberland all these
cottages are numbered, and the number is
painted on the door.-BGptist Journal. ,s
An Original Anecdote.-A few weeks since
Gov. Marcy visited this village. and while
at the United States Hotel was waited on by
many of our citizens, Mr.. 8. lawyer from
Brooklyn, also called. as he happened here,
and being acquainted with the Governor, they
were soon in very familiar chit chat "Oh,"
said the Governor, have story to tell of
Mr.. 8. He called at my Office some time
ago to obtain pardon for a man who had
been sentenced to States Prison. Being sa-
tisfied with the evidence he presented, con-
scented, and requested him to hand me the pa
pers he had, to endorse the pardon. He did
SO, and just as had written "let pardon be
granted" he begged me to stop, as he had
given me the wrong papers. To be sure he
had handed me Wing speech he was about
to deliver, but had granted the pardon be-
fore the offence was committed" The CON-
pany received this joke with hearty roar at
the expense of Mr.. 8. who taking it very
good nataredly, desired to relate an anecdote
in return.
II have just returned said he, "frora a
tour to the Falls, and while travelling thro'
The western part of the State in stage, we
came to a long strip of corduroy road, and as
we were bouncing over it and were almost
driven through the top Of the stage, the dri-
yer stopped and said, Gentlemen, take
particular notice, this is the identical spot
where Gou. Marcytore his pGntal0ons.'"
The applause with which this repartee
was received was joined in by no one with
more pleasure than by the Governor himselE
and Mr.. 8. concluded by saving, "Accord-
ingly we all dismounted from the STAGE and
having infinitely surveyed spot SO famous
in history. we gave three cheers for Gov.
Marcy, though some Of US were on our way
from the Wing Convention" :s.kt'
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