Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-05-17

Look 10 yonr Bees.--If number of wnr n
ldays ensue early in the season, and rev;v,
BEES from their torpidity before there is nm,
opportunity to provide supply offesG, ther,
h, great danger Of their pefishing with hun
|ger and they must be looked TO, to see thn
|bey have honey to eat Bees, aAer the,
awake from their torpidity, .must ca; or die
and as they are out early this spring. il. !.
|probable that many swarIns r-DrTish or,
he owners are aware. Till there is an on
oohunity to supply themselves, let honey
and water, or moasses and water, be mixed
together, and placed in shallow vessels
Either in or near the hives that they NAV
feed. Many bees perish from flying out IL
|he spring in warm sunny days, with cold
nights, and we have seen~.t4re snow banks
FOUND hives almost covered with the chilled
|Or frozen inses+s. In this case, MS coming
|oul i, so~advantage, the remedy is to shut
hen in--tGenesee Farmerl
Gardening. "A correspondent ofthe New
|YoIk Gazette speaks of the great sums made
|lg women in the vicinity of that CITY. who
|iaye turned their attention to market gard.
hing. One lady hired two gardens. and
Feuend small piece of land on Long Is
Band and though she was Obliged to hire
u her work done, and her vegetables CARR.
led 10 market she cleared, on the third wear
III her experiment, twelve hundred and iihv
Dollars, over and above all expenses. She
nised only four articles for the market. two
(which were strawberries and tomatoes
Another lady at Flushing, in very small
hece offend, cleared seven thousand dollars
ia twelve years The truth is, market
GARDENING, if rightly conducted, is highly
btofabie business, and affords much more
easure TO The man who values prdctcal
than the precarous employ
Inent usually found in crowdeRcities. It is
worth hundred dollars year, at least. TO
Fel ones self 1.-The lord of the soil."-IBos.
bn Times.l
STEAMBOAT BURNT.-We learn from the
Louisville Journal, that the steamboat Penn
britannia was destroyed by fire at Paducah.
DO the night Of the Dist April She had
'iluable cargo for Tuscumbia, Florence, and
knoxville, aud $4,000 in specie for the De-
Eaur Bank When the steamboat Norwich
which was ascending the river) arrived at
[he scene Of conhagration, exertions were
baking 10 get the specie from the wreck.
bal about $4,000 had been recovered
|he portion recovered, however, was in
ke;y damaged condition, having been part
|ally melted. The hold filled, and the
bunk while the Norfolk lay there, and, in all
probability, nothing more will be recovered d.
EIhe cargo and specie were insured, and
here we're was an insurance of So 600 on
be boat. No lives lost The fire origina-
|din The hold-cause unknown.
Washing Trees-The following may
prove useful hint TO those who are anxious
|hat their trees should possess beautiful ap-
|Eannce The Boston Cultiva;or recon-
bends lie from wood ashes or from pot
|sh, as the best wash fortress 1t should not
b applied until May or June, when it will
|il The moss and all insects that adhere 10
Die bark. There is a small animal resem-
|IHg louise to be found on most young trees
Ehry never appear 10 move excepting in the
month Of June and then they are not great
|nyellers The lie above named, if put on
June, efectually clears the tree Of this in.
stt
4 hNatchez, Miss. three lavern-keepers were
|eently indicted for charging more than Of
9yceais for meal of victuais.
An old lady down cast recently slept so
ENund that when she awoke in the morning,
tAe did nj know who she was
LARGE SnARK-A shark was taken
p board of the brig Helen, of this port, on
PEI last passage to Matanzas, which measur-
eighteen feet, His liver contained ten
kaIOns of pure limpid oil his jaws when
lEended, measured twenty inches apart
had lory-four rows of sharp teelh-two
tundred and twenty in snumber. The day
DEVIOUS to taking him, a large shark jump
don the gunwale Of the boat and capsized
and took one man. After which, a chain
f0Ok was baited with large piece OF beef
fnd this monster OF the deep was shortly ia
a-PrOeidcnce Journal
Lime as Manure for Potatoes.--John
de Of Waterford, VT states that he raised
% bushels more of Potatoes TO the acre
ban Otherwise, by making use Of half pint
lime to each hill in planting. The lime
'laid in the hill, and the Potatoes dropped
Impressed upon it before covering.
4 A Philadelphia advertisement reads thus
Wanted, coachman TO take care OF pair