Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-12-01
whole No. 81.

finds theremainder Of his way obscure, and is
at last obliged to pursue the path through
which the humble Mr.. Smith draws rails, till
worn out By The fa,igues ofbody and Of mind, J,
I he shelters himself under the roof of some way
side peasant The true road to Riches is drea-
ry, uncertain and at best rather thorny. AM
other expects TO arrive at the Golden city by
the shortcut across the gulf Of speculation.
Soon he finds it a dangerous path, full of OBJ
Estacles and delays, till when he arrives at the
rotten bridge over the giddy gulf, he finds that
in the last great rush to the city it was fear
fully strained, and nowtlis too dangerous to at
tempt one step upon thoroughfare SO anu
| biguous. Many set our on the journey with
hearts elate, beating with aspirations after high
lattainmcnts, where, by the sad influence ofbase
lcompanions, they are lured from the main road,
and lost in the mazes of dissipation, Indeed
almost every one tires of the monotonous
scenery Of the high-road, and lured by the hope
of quicker journey; ordispirited by fatigue;,
soon branches into the by-paths ofpleasure, or
gives up the project, and lies down by the
woy-side. 5s sss..s
Friend, if you wish to reach the city Of
Riches, keep in the main road, study the
gnidc=boards Of honesty, industry and econo-
my. Ask of none the way but those who
have travelled the same road. q.
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EARLY VEGRTABLEs.-Evc one has obser-
ed that when lettuce seed gets scattered upon
the ground in the fall, and lies in the earth du-
FIRING the winter, twill be up earlier and come
/ to maturity sooner than where the seed is
sown in the spring, be it done as early as it
may. The only objection to sowing in the fall,
lis, the ground becomes SO hard, that although
the seed comes up quickly, the plant never
grows SO thrifty, nor becomes so large and
grateful to the palate, as when the earth has
been mellowed after settling in Of the spring.
The same is the case with Parsnips, Onions,
ERadishes and many others.
Now to obtain the benefits of fall sowing
and at the same time avoid the counteracting
circumstance Of the ground becoming compact
and hard, / would propose that the seed be
lplaced in a small bag, and buried slightly in
lsome safe place till spring, when, soon as the
/ ground is fit to work, prepares spot for their
reception; this being done, dig them up and
plant them. The seed by lying in the ground
evidently undergoes preparatory process, es-
sential to quick and healthy germinntion, not
to be obtained in any other way. What this
process is lam not fully prepared to state
though probably it consists in the absorption
of the oil that the seed contains, rendering
every part of it susceptible of being acted upon
by the moisture of the earth and thereby fit
ting it to spring quicklyinto life on feeling the
warmth communicatedoy the April sun.
1t is important to have seed of any kind
come up quickly after it is sown, that it may
get start in advance of the weeds, which
draw away the nutriment essential to plant,
and by being first up choke and retard its
growth. Take Onions for example, which are
/ generally three or four weekscoming up; now
1 ifthey could be madeto come up in one, we
shall thereby obtain an absolute gain of two
weeks Of the weeds, which if it should not
save once hoeing, it will certainly render the
| first hoeiDg less difficult and tedious,
! have witnessed two instances where seeds
have lain over winter in the ground, which fnl-
/ ly corroborates what have been stating.
i had occasion to dig tiench eighteen or
Twenty deep late in the fall, ,into which
4 ! threw parcel Of radishtops filled with seeds
which were afterwards covered upto full depth
Of the trench dug. In the spring,I had this
same ground spaded upso deep that many of
i the radish seeds were again brought to the sur
face. 4 On this planted beet seed. In two
4 days after the ground was thus prepared, the
radish seeds had germinated, and made their
appearance, and continued 10 growmost luxu-
! riantly Of any that ever saw The other in
stance strikingly illustrates the benefits of thus
4dlsposing Of seeds during the winter. II was
1.-THE following 3: After having prepared some
ground for parsnips, and planted them in the
4 usual manner, Icame across a bunch of seeds
where an ungathered top Of 4; seed parsnip had
accidentally got coy cred up, and lnln through
the winter, OF this, 4 gathered up handful
and threw it broadcast upon the ground had
previously planted In four or five days this
last seed came up and grew TO be several
inches 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 the advantages
Ito be derived, obtained. There are many 9TH
er kinds Of seeds, which j am fully convinced,
\ may be kept and prepared nthesanse way for
/ 1eafly termination with equally beneficialre-
J. slIts shall test the experimentmore extensive
i ly this winter with different kinds, and whether
4 lthe result prove successful, or d failure yotil
.llfeaders shallbe informed inthe spring. Buck
cye Pioughboy.
OTr.-4Th he Steam Boat New England has
lbeen got off, and takento Buffalo. Sheis dis
Il niantled, and laid up for the winter. She il
lint little iniiired: her hul iii as sound as ever