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Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
SAaMv DAspY's CouRrsu,p.-,Go

SAaMY DARBY's CouRTsHIP.-1Good
afternoon Squire JONES'"
4Goodafternoon, friend Darby, come
walk in." swell, Squire, how is your
lovely dartar, Sal, to-day, and the rest
cfthe family"
.Why,they'cr all up and abuot. bar.
tlcuiarly Sal; she is very hearty, has b
good appetite. and eats a right smart
fhancc; aud the way she smokes her
pipe is the right way, and sing-Lord
man she sings like a n@rtingale. "Oh
she is a burstcrg"
swell, Squire, I'm glad to ne.- so
much in praise Of Sal, for | love her
tnightilys and mean to court her, TOO. !"
"Why that's plain honest and clever
III 60 aid call SAL"
Sure enough he did, and she soon
made her appearance.
SHOW are you SAL" says l."
.sOh, sorter middling. How do you
feel, Mr.. Darbyr
"Why, Sal, | amt well-l'm love
sick."
aOh, hush, you don'tsay so--wcll, dc
tell me who she is9'
With that ! sorter sided up to SAL
and Sal she kinder sidled Of. III
Says /. "Sal. d0n't be so darnat6n
sme..p ssIe.er'sn' for you are the very gan'm
fGcet cat, you don't say"
"Ycs do, and Pm in as hard earn.
est a,evcr my old dog Lion was at a
That pleased her nightly, and she
kandcr tossed her head and looked os
proud as some Of your town pals do
when they git in n ball room.
says !, "Sal, will ypu have ,ne1''
reckcn as how | will-you dent
catch this child refusing to do that thing
when she has SO good !. chance"
80 Oh we went to the parsons's. and
gal and ] got married, and now we
i've as kinder happily together as can
oe, only sometimes she bawls out to me.
a.Mr.., Darby, don't be a splitting
ycur tobacco julceo on the fire dogs, and
SUCKING your feet on the fender. MAY
oe burnt IT, can keep any thing de-
cent Tor you--plague take all tobacco
cnc 7er, say, that are as nasty as you
arc always about it."
and the way she raps my toes with
Ius .ongs' when she sees my feet on
the fender IS no ways common, / tell
you-however,l live as happily as j
can expect with woman-that's the
fact. : w
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
V A IL L 4 II Y.

From the Dayton [ohio,l Herald.
SPRING.
Soon. spring will breaths her charms abroad
Ger fields and woods again.
And show the snliv ming power Of God,
Within her Aow'ry train.
Each day 10 kasien!ns on. to bf,n.
Tho Fichcs; gifts Of eas.s1.,
And fragrance Ger the !sad 70 aing,
And swell our hearts with mir.h.
The scsshes'a race vii! coca appse,.
To sing their songs Of love.
And econ the azure sky--ncw drea,,
b sloss and blue above. 3.
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
LIBERTY ACADEMY.

IN the town of Liberty, will be opened
N on Monday the 25th Of February 1885,
under the superinrendence of JOHN.
CAULFIELD. The course viii embrace
the Latin, Greek, and English lrnguages
with an extensive circle ofScience. The
long experience Of the prccepter, and his
determined application, promise high ad-
vansages - his pupils.
February l4tk, 1883.
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
FeECi0nG Hotel.

JACKSON, LA.
NHIS establishment is now opened
- for the accommodation Of the
public, under the supcrintendcnnoe
OF the undersigned. The house has
been completely and handsomely fur.
nished, and every effort has been made
to render the Accommodations agreeable
and satisfactory to travellers, visitors
and boardcrs.
Extensive stables arc attached un-
der the charge Of an attentive ostler.
And every facility Cor the satisfactory
management Of this department is pro
vided.
The table will be uniformly furnish.
ed with the best supplies of the mark.
ct; and no pains spared to make The
bar perfectly acceptable. Balls, and
parties OF pleasure may be entertained
Oh the shortest notice.
The establishment has been purcha
sed and is entirely under the control 0,
the present proprietor, whose best cx.
crtions are rendered to build up the
credit Of the house, and make it in ey-
cry respect. worthy the patronage ofa
liberal and generous community.
A. STONE.
Jackson, July Ii, 1888. 23-tE
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20

Fob. 10, le3s--l-tf
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
coXCoMps.

They're at the !cuntain heap al! the news
Unworthy Of repeating; and kaow well
The latest cut 70. coats. and whether ekoes
Or rbco.a are most geatecl; can also tell
Where's to.night'c party who ~tl!bs the belle
During tho evening; talk Of their high rant.
Ride 'srotting horses. smoke, and 'cut swell !,
And broadly swear when wine too much they've
s, drank,
NougA' g esesesl b elsxkaaiR in bsut
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
HAw beautiful i Night.

EAw bOSu.:sui is Night!,
A cewy .rsshnsss a!ls the silent a:,;
No mist obscusos. 40 li.:ie cloud,
Breaks .he whole serene Of heaven:
In fall csb'd g!cry tho sjos;ic moon
Rolls thro' the dark blue depths,
beneath her steady ray
II desert circle spreads,
Like tho round ocean, girdled with the sky.
How beautiful is Night.
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20

Books often afford n rest and solace
e the mind which sleep fails to produce;
and It is better sometimes to consult them
than the pillow.
Piney Woods planter., 1839-04-20
New Goods.

THE undersigned have Just received,
= and are now oiitrihg for sale large
Stock Of Staple and Fancy Goods, consist
ing Of Dry Goods, Ready-made Clothing.
Hardware. Cutlery, etc. etc. The ladies'
and gentlemen OF Liberty and its vicinity
are invited to call and examine for them
selves.
NORWOOD & BRAMBLET.
March l6 dot
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
Silk CULrURE.

From tho Journal Of American Silk Society.
The following correspondence is pub
lished for the public good. We have recei.
80 many letters of inquiry on the subject,
that we have concluded to furnish all our
readers with our opinion at once. With
US there is no doubt on the subject-that
there is much doubt with people generally.
our extensive correspondence fully proves.
STRIPPING OFF THE LEAVES OF MULTIcAuLIs.
G. B. Smith Esq.
Harrisbursh, September Is, 1889.
Dear Sir,-At the instance of several o.
my friends, who are, as well as my self en-
gagged in the rearing ofmulticaul trees, l
take the liberty Of addressing you for the
purpose Of elicilng information on ques-
ton which we deem Of some importance.
A Mr.. - has large lot of morus
multicaulis trees, growing in our neighbour.
hood, and is now stripping them ofall their
foliage, excepting few leaves on the ex.
treme ends of the branches-his reason. is,
that the buds will not be SO liable to i jury
from frost, and that they will mature more
readily and sooner, than if the leaves were
permitted to remain on
Mr.. -, also. has large quantity
of trees growing in lot adjoining Mr..
IS. On being questioned why he
did not strip his trees, his reply was, that
he followed that plan last year, but thought
that it injured the buds"
Presuming on you' long experience in
tho cultivation of the tree, feel confident
that you are fully capable Of satisfying us
by giving the desired Observation-Disclosures
in your opinion that by permitting the fol.
iuso to remain on the trees, subject to at.
tacks from frosts, thereby causing Tie sIeu
or petiole' to become stiff and hard, con.
sequen,ly injurious, if not totally, destroy
ing the bud or if it would be better to strip
the foliage Oft ---.
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EXPLOITATION OF MuLr1cAuL1s.

The Tables Turned.--Recent accounts
from Paris and It's vicinity state, that SO
unpropi,ious has been the season for the
crop of Morus MuI,icaulis on account Of
the cold and wet spring and late frosts, that
the prices have advanced greatly. and there
's some propect that orders may be sent 10
this country for supplies Of our superior
trees, as our fine climate AMI powerful sun
Causes them 10 grow far more vigorously,
and to make much more ample develop
ment that they do eahcr in France or Italy.
In fact, our finest trees, ofono years growth
attain to thrice the heishr, and have three
to four times the number Of branches and
buds that E,sopenn trees have. This point
ls readily accounted for by the fact that tn"
Mul,icaulis is an exotic in Europe as well
as here, and is native of climate Which
approximates far more closely to ours than
10 The humid atmosphere of Europe, where
The power of,he sun is comparatively feeble.
The experiments made in Texas have
proved that country to be very congenia
to The mulberry. The greatest excitement
exists there in regard 10 tie silk culture
and immense plantations are about be ng
formed in that fine region. We must be.
gin to look about us, and no longer be so
recreant TO This all-mporiant object as to
let our sister republic leave US in the back
ground. N. Y. Star.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
Let such as ridicule the idea Of making

Let such as ridicule the idea Of making
improvements in agriculture, mark the diff:
erence in the appearance of farms Of equal
natural fertility. occupied by different indiv.
duals. Notice the change that comes over
the face ofthe poor. run-out farm, when il
exchanges its Indolent, needless and SLOW.
enly tenant, for the industrious, intelligent,
thorough farmer. A farm may be run up
by good husbandrY, as well as run down
by bad. And 10 look around and see the
many farms in every town. which 10 the pas
ser.by appear as ifthe "man were DEAD
and the woman absent" who will say that
there IS no chance for improvement 1t
may be determined with lolerable accuracy
by the stranger in passing, who does and
who does not take an agricultural paper.
Ceshire Farmer.
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PATENT BUTCHERING.

James Carson, NJ. d., of Liverpool, has
taken rut paten' for what he calls New
quick, easy, and humane method ofSlaugh'
tering animals" The advantages Of his
method (of the mode Of performing which
his paper gives no descripton) as stated
by himself are The following:
IAN increase Of the edible parts of a
carcase to the amount of at least one.tenth
beyond that which it would supply, by any
mode ofslaugh!ering hitherto in use. The
meat thus obtained Is more JUICY, tender,
and far better favored. 1t sets sooner. and
Of course is earlier 6r for use. Ii keeps
much longer sweet and untainted. la some
experiments made on meat killed in my
mode, and some slaughtered in the usual
way, ut the same time and kept in the same
place and circumstances, mine continued
sweet. while the other gave the most une.
quivocal signs Of incipient putrefaclion. II
never shrinks, bu; on the contrary enlarges
in cooking; the ia: being supplied with tile
juices which enrich The muscular or red
portion is much more savory and is more
acceptable 10 delicate pala,es, and is there.
fore the less wasted. It requires less time
10 cook. The centre of large joint is
done nearly as soon rs the surface. These
qualities are derived from the meat being
less spongy, and better conductor of heat,
than meat obtained by any oflhe mode Of
at presen, in use. 1t prese. yes
well. and requires much less quantity OF
SALT"
IfMr. Carson has discovered mode of
animals which will realize one.
nurth ofthe advantages he claims, he has
made a discovery Of great value, and we
mall hope to hear OF the speedy introduction
If the patent mode of butchering into the
United States Farmer.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
ANSWER.
BALTIMoRE, September, IL, 1889.


Dear Sir.,--In answ.r to your letter Of
the 18th, would remark. that am opposed
to stripping the leaves from the mullicaulis
in the fall. The leaves are as necessary TO
the perfection ofthe buds and ripening of
tho wood, tho roots are, and should rs
soon think of digging under the tree and
cutting off the roots, as Of taking off the
leaves. Ifthe leaves are stripped off, the
buds are almost certain to start to supply
their places especially If we have a warm
spell of weather,-and thus the buds are
very much Injured for planting next season.
The functions ofthe loaf mr. as necessary
to The ma urity Of ihe bud as the tree itself
is, and without this aid, do not believe
they can become perfect. As to any injur-
lous effect to be apprehend"d from the pc
lole (or stem ofthe l-af) becoming hard
from fros, and consequently injurious to, if
not lo'ally destroying the bud,' little re.
Aection " i'll show the fallacy Of the supposi.
ton. The very first effectuaI frost will turn
the leaves yellow, and before twelve o'clock
ofthe day after sach frost, every leaf will
have fallen to the ground. No hard stern
or petiole will be left. The bud will be per.
feet; ahd after the leaf falls of its own ma
turity, the buds never start till next year.
Bu. If you lake them of, before they have
Performed their functions, the tree naturally
tries to supply The deficiency by sending out
new ones in their places, and thus the bud
intended for next years growth of wood. is
made 10 form leafthis year, and by this
extra exerlion the eye is more or less injur.
ed. LIT it be borne in mind, that tree
cannot grow withou, leaves. They are The
the lungs of plants through thom the plant
breathes, and by means Of The oxygen they
extract from the atmosphere, the plant is
matured. The leaves are merely attached
to the tree by temporary fixture, and held
10 it So long only as il of use. The moment
the tree ceases 10 have use for it, il lets 90
its hold and falls to the ground. The cir
culatlng fluid, or The sap of The tree, returns
to the roofs, or at least ceases 10 flow, as
soon as the tree is ma.ured, or The cold
weather put sop to vegetation; and as
soon as this takes place, the leaves fall from
he trees. The only reason any one can
give for stripping offhe leaves prematurely,
IS that they, {the leaves0 keep up the cir
cula,ion of sap by the force ofsuction long
sr than is useful TO the plant. This seems
10 me most unnatural supposition the
caves are not the cause, but the EFFECT Of
he circulation Of the sup, as is proved by
he fact that If you strip mullicaulis ofalI
is leaves in summer, it Immediately puts
,ut new ones, which it could not do if the
circulation Of the sap was suspended.
But do not depend upon mere theory,
'ear before last | wishedto preserve some
caves for use in spring, and in October
trippcd few trees for the purpose. Every
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
CHINESE MODE OF PRopAGATING TREES.

CHINESE MODE OF PRoPAGATING TREES.
According to Havison's account OF Chi
nese horticulture, the nurserymen ofthe ce.
hstial empire have a mole of propogating
trees, which promises some advantage over
all others. A branch Of good growth, and
one that will not dis6gare or injure the tree,
is selected for operating upon. Around
this branch, at the place in;ended for sepa.
ration, small rope made oftwisted hay or
straw filed with COW dung is wound repeat.
edly around the branch until quite mass
Of the material is accumulated. Above this
is hung a gourd or other vessel, punctured
in such a manner that but a drop at a limo
escapes and falls on the mass and the fro
quency ofthe fall is graduated SO that the
mass shall be- constantly moist. An inc's:
ion IS then made, and the bark removed
from a narrow space three. .fourths OF the
circumference of the branch, Immediately
below The rope. After remaining about
monih, one.half Of tho rema'nng bark is
removed, the mass bciag kept wet as before.
In another month, and sometimes earlier,
the roots will show themselves at the out
side Of the mass, and the whole be filled
with their qualifications. The brunch is
now carefully separated from The tree, and
planted in the position it is TO occupy grea
attention being given that the rope, now
yearly or quite rotsed, is not in the least dis
,urbed in the process OF removal. The
benefits Of this sysem, are. that trees of q
favorite kind may be multiplied, where
there are none suitable for graftting or limo
culation and that trees SO grown will pro.
duce abundance Of fruit in three or fou
years from The time of removal.
The Chinese select place where tn
branch is enlarged, or the commencement
of years growth, for winding the rope,
being found that roofs spring at such points
more quickly than at others. After th'
branch is sepa.ated. the stump from whicI
i, is taken 10 cut off 10 some proper place
ard covered with some substance to faclli
tate the healing or covering ofthe woun'
With bark.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
ON THE SELECTION OF MALE ANIMALS IN
BREEDING CATTLE AND SHEEP.

In the May number ofthe London Far.
mer's Magazine, is valuable paper on this
subject by Earl Spencer, who is one of the
most successful breeders in England, and
whose sheep, produced by a cross Of the
New Leicester and the Merino, have atlrac.
ted so much notice, Doth on account of
weight and wool and extreme beauty Of
form, at the Smi,hfeld Fairs. Earl Spcn.
Ger con,roverts the idea advanced by Mr..
Cline, the celebrated surgeon, TINT the male
should b., smaller than tho female. Earl
S. is ofthe opinion, that 10 crossing differ.
ent breeds in which one was much larger
, than the other, the male should always be
, selected from the smallest 4; but tha, in the
same breed The male should be, az nature
has provided, the larges, animal. In our
apprehension, there is good reason Why
in crossing different breeds, The female
should be selected with a roomy ches', and
the male ofa smaller size, as we have known
within few years several instances fatal TO
calves and TO cows, in which large bull
of the Durham OR short horn breed, had
been put to COWS Of the common breeds Of
q small size. In these cases, calving was
impossible from the size Of the young, and
death 10 parent and young was the result
The following is tho directions given for
scleciing bull or a ram, the particular
qualities desired in crossing or propagating |
thebreed having been determined before.
hand, and the kinds to be crossed chosen
with reference to that point.
Gen. Farmer.
"The first object which any breeder of
cattle or sheep must keep in view, whether
he intends to breed bulls orrams. or whether
his aim is meuely.to breed oxen or we,hers.
is thatihe stock he breeds from shall be
healthy, The frs. thing, therefore, in the
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
From the Westfsld lMass.l Spectator.

GREAT ExpLnsroN.--7hree Ponder
Mills blopn up one Dpelhng- house. one
Barn, and taOo out buildings bloom TO atoms ;
and, strange to SAY. no Eues iost.--On Mon.
day morning last, at abou. half past ten
O'Clock, the powder mills b.Ionging to Mes
srs. F,o' & Gillelt, s,antig about TWO miles
west Of this village, were blown up. There
were three explosions, al intervals oftwenty
or thirty seconds. The first was the cyln.
der mill, which was short time before pu;
in operation, and the workmen had left but
about five minutes previous, and who were
at tho time working in the corning mill.
about FIVE rods distant, and which blew up
within twenty seconds, giving the men bare.
ly time to leave the mill, and throw them
selves into the brush within twenty feet oft.
And, strange as it may appear, they escaP.
ed slightly injured--one without mark Of
injury, except from being bIackened BY the
powder; the other receiving billet ofwood
in his breasi. They had scarcely risen
from their hiding place, when The packing.
house, which contained four or fvc hundred
barrels Of powder, exploded, prostEating
them again, and leaving not a ves.ige to
mark the spot on which it stood. The
ground for several feet around was swept
Clean Of every thing. A dwellng-house
standing near it was unroofed, two sides
were blown in, and no, even jost left stan.
ding. The pIas,ering of the standing walls
was shaken from them; the partitions brok-
en- to pieces. feather beds were shook up"
and not a person Of Tie six or seven in the
house injured.
The conclusion was so great that build.
ings in the village received considerable in.
Jury from it. One building, at least milo
and half from the mills, had twenty or
thirty lights broken out, and another had
one window totally demolished, The casing
being carried across the room. Abont ten
pounds Of powder, ready for sale,
aud nearly the same quantity naoufactur-
ng, were burnt. ~H .
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.CHERA w GAZET r E.

than that form seed raised in Albany, thus
showing six or seven DAVIS difference for
computed degree of lai ude in the earlIness
Of the crop-the northern seed giving the
earliest crop in ratio inverse TO the for.
wardness of The spring. This will serve as
a hint to farmers in districts where corn is
liable to be cut ffby early autumual frosts,
TO obtain their seeI from a more northern
latitude, or from district of higher latitude.
ALBANY Cultivator.
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their expense from abroad. In this way,
the Ayreshircs have been made, that have
become second, now only, to the Durhams.
Could The attention Of stock breeders be
better employed than turning to this subject?
II really seems to me The only way that our
country can ever be filled up with good
milking and fat,ening animals. A few
years Of such breeding. would assuredly do
more for US than century of imporlations."
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11
A VISIT TO The BURNING MINe NEAR POTTS

WILLIE, PA.
A large party of gentlemen assembled
at Minersville few days since, for the pur-
pose of visiting the burning mine, on the
jugular vein, at the gap Of the Broad Noun.
tain.
Beetling above US foi some hundred feet,
and beching forth smoke and fame, arose
the track Of the vein, which we ascended on
the crop. A little putting and blowing
brought US to the second level, where the
disaster commenced during the extreme
cold weather of last winter. A hanging
CRATE placed at its mouth 10 equalize the
temperature, communicated fire to the cou.
plugs ofthe gangway, and was the primary
cause of the vast damage which has accru-
ed. Some hundred feet farther up the hill,
a large space had caved in, and down the
assures between the upper and lower r, cks,
could be seen a yawn'ng fiery gul phi. A
sulphurous exhalation issued from it. About
the jaws Of this vast cave, we're deposite of
sulphur, and some alkaline substances, in
great quantities. Large ren,s and assures
in the ground showed the extent Of the re-.
gng internal heat, and many places ap
pearcd ready to fal! in, and preci plate tho
spectator into The chasm. Down
the old air shafts, the currents of air rushed
with rumbling sound, 10 feed with their
oxygen tie volcano beneath. Now and
then crumblns mass of slate, or detached
portion rock, would I'lunge headlong into
he smoky crater!
Tue vegetation on The summit and sides
Of the bill, showed the scatching effects OF
heat; the tall pine dropped lis
giant arms. tho hemlock bowed its head, the
young oak and chestnut were clad in pre-.
nature " scar anil yellow leaf" and here
md there. the mountain vines seem to cling
more closely to their parent trees.
A dreary, spot, is now that once lovely
mountain gap the voice .ofindus:ry is hush. |
u.
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bu Immediately began TO grow, and when
the frost set in and stopt vegetation, the trees
were covered with young leaves of the size
ofa dollar, and there was not bud formed
for the next seasons growth. Respectfully,
GIDEON B. SMITH.
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From the Silk Culturist.

+ Messrs. Editors Il have been engaged
four years in the cultivation ofthe Morus
Multicnulis, and the experience through
which | have pass d, and the knowledge
which | have obtained in this business, dur.
ing this period, has satisfactorily convinced
me, that success in the preserva ion and
propagation Of he MulticauIis, depends very
much upon the quality of stock.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11

When, or in what manner, the ravag
will be stopped, is matter of uncertainty
In the mean time, the loss of time and ma.
terials falls heavy on Mr.. L. C. Dougherty,
the lessee, who has used every possible
means within mis- power to check the de-.
struction. Attempts have been made to
smother tho fame, butt always breaks out
in some new place with increased fury and
battles lis opponents. Pottsville Jour.