The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-06-04
THE FARNH ER.
SPRING COMPLAINTS.

raj operations advances, we hear, as usual, OF ltI
merous cases of suffering among individuals en-
gagged IN the laudabe work oftilling the soil, u
drawing from the bosom of our mother earth
that nutrimen, which she so bountfully provides
for all her children both man and beast-"c at
de and all creeping things These complaints
are peculiarly incidentto this period Of the year,
and various remedies have been resored TO, or
suggested for their removal. Meantime the la
bors of the husbandman are greatly interrupted,
and the anticipated fruits Of his early toll nip
ped in the bud Among the means sometimes
applied in these cases, is a process commonly
called spounding'-and IN instances of very Sc
we're affection, recourse is had occasionally, to
the administration, externally, of powerful
compound denominated 'pebblestone and brick
bats, an extremely harsh preparation-so call
ed, doubtless, from the frequently overwhelming
violence of its effects.
Several Of our farming townsmen who rejoice
in the proprietorship of valuable moving ground
and grazing lots in the subcrbs, are complaining
sadly of one species of annoyance, which threat
ems to cut off their lenderest hopes and greenest
aspirations, and they endeavor but generally in
vain, TO evade the mepanced evil Ivy recurring to
the first mode of cure above narned-and
straightway the pound is filed with iocks and
herds, candidates for redemption from the field
drivers clutches, as tresspasser's upon forbidden
fruit. The horned quadrupcds toss their ant
Iers, and swing their tails, in absolute derison
at the idea of being punishable for hooking the
bars from rail fence, or butting down garden
wicket, while the less censureab|e ewes and
lambs, with the utmost innocen nee Of vissage,
heat mot guilty to the charge of muDching
the tender blade, and stripping the shrubbery
of its bursting leaf!
Others of our neghbors, who covert the pro-
duets of their enclosures in town-who have
seiuously piled the spade the hoeond the rake
who have fancifully shaped and carefully made
I'D the bed upon which the lily and the tulip d
the rose and the peony, in all their gorgeous
glory, might haply repose-and have credulously
deposited in the rich mould the seeds OF many
prospective dinner, are exec 'sively d'sordered
by habit-not in themselves but in other hip
eds-of scratching and recking whereby tho ex-
pected crops Of green peas and squashes ana
corn are transferred in embryo 10 the crops OF
supdrv rascally BOOSTERS and their foul mouthed
feminine confederates; the former perpetuaiiy
sdurring the latter to deeds of desruc'ion-and
the latter clapperclawihg each other, or eggng
on their younger followers to oil manner OF dir
~ mischef-To these causes of distress, dose
Of the aforesaid composition of pebbestone and
brickbas is ordinarily exhibited, which, if it pro-
duce not its desired effect, is not unfrequently
succeeded by an emission of equally hard words
ms. self l catch 'em III wiring their Internal
oo,,sr ~ rho u ,,,., nnchrisian and anti-demo
cratic EXPLANATIONS!
Moral Keep thy mutton from migration an"
.bv puilets from pulling up thy brothers. plants.
---,Nantucket Inquirer.