Litchfield enquirer., 1839-06-20

not advise the EXPERIMENT. OF a whole orchard
of trees until a Partialstrial should be made
upon a fcw. Lexington (Ky) Gazette.
BY GEOReE WEBSTER or ALBANY.
From my experience, am satisfied our
fruit trees may be preserved from that dread.
full insect, the caterpillar, in very sure and
easy way. In the year 1906, the large elm
at our corner was nearly stript of its leaves,
by small caterpillar. Vnrious modes to
destroy them were made use of, such as COW
ering the body of the tree with tar, fish OIL,
and burning their nest, but without any good
effect. Some day in the month of July,
was standing at our door when gentlemen
from Niskayuna was passing by. He accost-
ed me in words like these -" George, Ills a
| pity to lose so fine tree" In answer" We
have made use of various articles to destroy
them, but without success" " Send," says
he, sand get little sulphur, and bore into
the tree about six inches, and my word for it
not a single caterpillar shall be seen nfter
forty-eight hours" "Will you stay and see
it done I" "Iwill," said he. The hole was
bored, The sulphur put in, and q piece Of
wood the size Of a cork drove IN very strong
~. to prevent the sap Or sulphur oozing out.
In less time than he mentioned, there was
not the vestige of q caterpillar on the tree
Soon after a caterpillar appeared on our pop
lars, in front of my house every tree was.
served in the same way as the elm had been,
and the result the same-while my neighbors
cut down those fine trees, because they were
afraid that the insect was that very venornous
reptile called the asp" or alligator. A few
days after, discovered that a very beautiful
plumb tree in my yard WINS attacked by tho
caterpillar; the same course was applied,
and the result the same. have followed this
practice every year since 1906, when dis
covered those insects on my trees, and there
has never been a caterpillar ON my trees af-
ter forty-eight hours. 1t has been tried in
| New. York and Pennsylvania, where have
been present, and in the WESTERN parts of this
State, in no case has it 10 my knowledge or
belief failed. Two men are sufficient to go
through an orchard or forest of 200 trees in
day. asi 4sss
P. s. have strong presentiments in my
mind, that if applied to our peach, plumb.
and cherry trees, it would prevent the black.
The Field of Blool' at Jernsalem.-At a
late soiree of the Dublin college Of physi-
clans. a highly interesting paper was read
by DR.. Wilde,giving an account of a remark
able tomb discovered at Jerusalem, which he
had in person examined: and from the re-
mains found therein, he was led to believe it
to be the Aceldanla, or field Of blood" pur-
L
by Judas to the Jewish priests The door
way of this tomb was Of mixed architec-
ture, the pillars and pediment being Grecian |;
the floral embeN ishmeHt on the architrave
Hebrew, and the door itself solid stone, hung
on horizontal hinges. Inside il was q large
chamber hewn out of the solid rock, each
having smaller crypts in each Of the three
sides, in all Of which human remains were
found. The skulls which he exhibited, were
Of nations who never inhabited that land,
therefore strangers" at jerusalem at this
period. No Jewish remains were found
The skulls belonged to the Mongolian. Ethi-
opian. or the mixed races two of them, on
the authority of Pritchard. were Of Turkish
origin. one an African, probably 9 .ncgro, %; Of
Mozambique. The Tomb was accidentally
discovered by an Arab OF Siloe. The infer
ence DIR. Wilde drew was, that il was the
| true Potter's field, being used for the burial
lof strangers who died 10 Jerusalem.
A Witty Butcher.-During the election IN
Connecticut, 4 violent Tory went into the
shop Of q Wing butcher. "What j. your
pleasure I" demanded the knight Of the clea-
yer. IL want calf's head, !" was the reply.
The butcher having two, inquired of bis To-
/ nv customer, which he would prefer To-
ry one, or Wing one. "A Tory one to pc
sure" rejoined the customer. Very well, sir,
I'll send il homo for you" When the cook
proceeded to dress il, the brains were miss
ing, and the master was speedily made nc
quainted with the circumstance, when ne re-
turned 10 the butcher, and indignantly inqui-
you not aware, SIR replied the cleaver, that
Tory heads do not contain brains And did
you not choose Tory calls head IN prefer
encfa To n Whiu One 2"
| Good Rules.-The way to get credit is. TO
| be punctual the way to preserve 1t Is not
to use it much. Settle often short ac-
counts. ,4s5 a IL f9aa
| Trust no mans appearances -they are de-.
ceptive, perhaps assumed for the purpose or
obtaining credit. Beware Of gaudy exte-
rior. Rogues usually dress we'll. The rich
are plain men. Trust him, If any one, who
carries but little on his back. Never trust
him who flies into passion on being dun
ned--fDake bin pay quickly If there be any
virtue in the law. ...
Beware Of him who is an Office seeker
| men do not Usually want Office when they
have any thing to do. A mans affairs are
rather low when they seek Office for support.
Agree beforehand with every man about 70
do a job and II large put it into writing-if
any decline this, quit or expect 70 be cheated.
Though you want a job ever 20 much make
all sure at the onset ( and IN Q case at all
doubtful make sure Of guarantee. Be not
afraid to ask Il il 10 the best test Of resporl-
sibilities, for If offence be taken you have es-
capped a loss.-Sonebody. "A
/ We'll done Vermont. There is a man on
the Green Mountains who feeds his geese
with iron filings, and gathers steel pens from
their wings. %
The GYeaiea Mosquito Story yst-A cores
pendent writes Us, concerning the fnosqui-
tees In Michigan, that a man living near
Grand River, being in the woods was exceed