Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-06-13

- A"o"-tue Cnofcest vines from aI
quarters OF the world, trained and distribu
'ed al !he pleasure OF the skilful vine ,lres
ser, with their branches already loaded I,
exhuberance, together with thousands or
| thousands oil the morus muliicaulis tree with
leaves now larger than your hand, and Won
VIII begin TO have some idea of MIR. Biddle',
Grapery.
Ane vines which there first strike their
roofs are afterwards transplanied and in,
urea 10 open held culture, where purcba-
sers may select the kinds they choose =
| w Thin the came enclosure 10 a green bouse
OF pTsportishaie dimensions, with lis count.
less flowers from the diminutive and del;c,te
hearts ease and da6odiI OF earliest Spring TO
the tall and splendid dahlia, that blooms in
gorgeous magnificence until beaten down
oy the rude step of hoary winter.
This entire suite Of hot houses and the
surrounding grounds, are irrigated al pleas
ore from the waters Of the Delaware, at the
| loot OF The lawn, some hundred yards off by
means 81 small steam power engine.
"Fresh through thousand pipes, tn. wave di,hl.
And thirsty vineyards drink the exuberant riIl.
When oil his arrangements are COMPLETED
one may at sny time, in the range of his hot
houses, realize the temperature and pluck
the fruit Of all the seasons-whether of YER
uout VI CHOW autumn.
any possess the qualities and appliances
10 ENJOY true Ciceronian otium cum dignifa.
tie, this gentleman seems in a fair way 10 do
it. and if we may Judge physionomicsiIy. ma.
ture has rarely formed man who could do
IT With more genuine relish. Were Sully
called on Tor picture, blending cheerful.
ness and benigniIy, he would ask Mr.. B. to
him-wiIh his clear blue eye and ever smi.
ling countenance. II may be we'll question,
ed whether sny Of the ribald attacks of his
enemies ever provoked him half as much az
would the bite of musquito. In the tenn.
per OF my Uncle Toby, he has often lifted
the window and lei flies al large, and some
large ones too, that others would have Tiled
Yet even this man, 10 all beholders "caIm
as summers morning." is not contented-
and would you know TO what guilty beiqht
his lofty and Unsuitable ambition aspires-
is u, think you, TO climb again the steep!e
OF 81 Peters, or the summit of Mont Blanc ?
10 run once more the round OF Partisan a.
musements? or again TO witness the brilliant
ana heartless pageantIy of a presentation at
the Courts OF ST. Cloud or 81. James mo.
reader, 10 mono OF these does this gentleman
asP're-ior with ell of them he has been
PHILOSOPHY taught him the vanity OF political
greatness,
"A little rule, little sway,
sunbeam in a winters day,
!s all The proud and mighty have,
Between the cradle and The grave
What then say you, is this
m-monster IN his thought
Too hideous TO be shown?'
Shade OF Brutus, bear me witness while
tell you the great ambition of this Meme.
an Lion-lhis Minotaur, is TO stuff do,pn
every mans throat a bunch Of fresh grapes !!
grapes Of American growth-unimpor,ed
and unimpregnaied with sa,c dust. In good
earnest, things are so arranged that his Wig.
heron, Mr. Smith, besides supplying The
confectioners of New York and Phi1adeI-
phia, can send grapes piucked al noon, TO be
eaten at breakfast next morning at Balti.
more or Saratoga. And finally Mr.. B. in.
tends 10 show that white grapes. of the
choicest kind, may be raised SO cheaply as
10 become the common desert at every far
mer's table. The rich nabob who da,es TO
incur the reproacb OF grapeless dinner.
vii! be ever after Stunned by all true disci.
Piles OF ApicIus, and ready in The agony of
his shame, 10 follow the example of that
great gormsnd-and poison himself Such
are The pursn's-sucb the wicked aims of
Nicholas BiddIe.
The very head and front Of his offending
Hath this extent, no more"
AGRICULToR.