Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-11-27

now at an end, at least for the present. Ii
IS, in common parlance, fiat upon its back q
and whether it can be made TO stand again {
Of ITSELF or be held up upon crutches re- s
mains to be seen. Il has fallen suddenly {
like tremendous Colossus; and it now |
lies sprawling with good many under it,
who are crushed by its fall. Some are
quite dead others may crawl out with
only some of their Limbs broken; Others
may by careful skill. be restored again to
soundness. if such skill should fortunate
ly be at hand; but vast numbers have
fallen like those who We're revelline in t
The halls, which the giant in the old tesla.
ment pulled down over their heads. We /
have no pleasure in contemplating these
wrecks of hope; these enterprises of av-
arlce stimulated to an intensity which new
er can be reached without our integrity
as well as our happiness being put in ex-
IRENE peril. In al such cases the reac-
ton is exreme-the ebb corresponds 10
the food. The country in many parts is
covered with the Mu!ticauis almost as
thickly as most wheat stubbles are with
the Roman wormwood; and prices have
gone down next TO the point of giving
| away.
Some years since, in Boston, when the
marketing was brought to town in pan
niers slung across the horse, wild pigeons
were in such abundance, that a farmer
who had come to market with bis pan
nlers full of pigeons, after selling as ma
ny as he could for penny a dozen, at
length IN despair went away, leaving his
horse, In hopes that some person would
steal what remained unsold. But Judge
OF bis surprise, when on returning to
his horse, he found that some other mar
keter as unfortunate as himself, had turn.
ed has load upon what he had left. It has
not yet quite come to this with the Multi
caulis, although they have been sold in
quantities at public sale, at four cents and
at two cents per tree: and then the sale
was stopped for want of any further bids.
This is certainly greatly undertaking
, them. They are plant of inestimable
value to the country. They yield an
abundant foliage The worms consume
them with avidity; and they have not, as
: many feared, proved unhealthy. The
t silk produced by them is Of excellent DUAL.
ity. They will not endure our rigid win.
ters; but the taking them up and storing
! them In the cellars, or covering them IN
In the fields, is not an affair of any great
, labor or trouble; and the extra labor is
. amply compensated by the ease of pick
ing the leaves from low shrubs compared
with the difficulty of gathering leaves
from high standard trees.
we have right to hope, therefore. that
, the public judgment will at length do
hem full justice; and although thew can
not be expected to go as high as they have
heretofore been sold, yet they will bring
; such price as will fully pay for cultivat,
) ing them; and be obtained so reasonably
that the farmers will be warranted in max.
: ing plantations of them for the purpose
f of raising silk.
Our only fear is that the disappoint
i ments which many must experience in
, falling to realize the brilliant prices which
5 their heated lmaginations anticipated, NAV
disgust many with the whole matter, and
, operate to produce prejudices against the
t business of raising silk. This will be a
t great evil; for in our humble opinion the
, raising of silk in New England NAV
, presently become almost as valuable an
interest as the raising of cotton in one oil
the Southern States. When we have a
lutte leisure and an opportunity of look
ing at the documents, we design to give a
: history, little known to most persons. OF
What was done for the encouragement and
i advancement of this business many wears
: ago and long before the Am rican Revo.
luton. Fl q
| IMPORTANT FACTS IN REGARD TO
KEEPING APPLES SOUND FOR A LONG
TIME.-Ihe following IS an extract of g
letter from VIM. Carmichael, of Queen
AIMS 20. f. S. Md, dated June 2. 1880
had this day on my table the first
strawberries from my garden, and At the
same time, dish of fine sound Newton
plppns from my orchard. They were
not kept for the occasion they have been
used in protusion, in my family, since the
hrst OF January, and presents made of
them to some esteemed friends. The ap
fples were preserved by being dried in the
sun for two or three days when first gath
cred, and put away in dry sand SO as not
TO touch each other. To have fruit thro'-
out the year is desirable-it is a CHEAP
luxury, and think conducive TO health.
have hitherto paid some attention to
storing my apples, but have not before
succeeded In preserving pippins till the
ripening of the summer fruits. The
sand ought 70 be perfectly dry, and clear
of clay. which would give them an earthy
taste.
| do not claim as an original discocerq
the means of preserving apples. Pack
Ing them In sand is Common In this rort