Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-06-14


kuta Baga may be sown as late - The
twentieth of June and they are more tender
than when sowed early.
some prefer one kind and some another,
70 much must depend on The soil and the
preparation. Ruta Baga will grow any
where If the surface is made rich and they
may be sown where other seeds, that should
be sowed earlier, have failed.
Carrots and parsnips require more care
To obtain large crops the soil should be
deep and thoroughly dug up or ploughed
up. For field culture the plough must be
used, but il is not good TO plough deep very
early In the season. In much of our soil If
we plough when the ground is too wet il be-
comes Jumps that remain hard nearly the
whole summer. The plough should not be
used until the latter part Of Moy-then the
manure may be spread on and Immediately
ploughed in. When we have not great
supply OF manure il is well to save some of
the finest 10 be spread on after pIoughing
and let it be incorporated with the soil bv
means ofibe harrow
AS carrot and parsnip seeds are very
light and not easily sown they may be mix.
ed with sand or ashes and be made moist
VIM Notei SOiiC uuyo uSIOIc SOWlng. III INC
quantity of sand or ashes be considerable
there will not be much hazard in wet,ing
the seed, but in such cases it shonld be GOV.
cred MS soon as it is sown. One advan-
tage derived from wetting the seed is it will
: sart up sooner and be more above ihe weeds
~.'rst hoeing.-Great care should be taken
that the rows be perfectly straight and then
We are not so liable to cut up the small
plants that cannot easily be seen.
AS the ruta baga or yellow turnip may
be sown much later than these, the ground
may be differently prepared The manure
may be spread and ploughed in or harrow
ed in two or three weeks before the time
for sowing the seeds Then let the ground
be narrowed every four or FIVE days until
sowing time Many Of the weeds will veg
etate and be destroyed by the harrow, and
much hand labor in wedding will be saved
The sugar beet wants deep rich soil and
for stock may be sown any time in the month
Of May.-BPston CntiiratOr
A Physiological Fact-A surgeon in the
U. S. Army recently desired TO know the
permission ofthe captain of the company,
containing fifty five, on a pledge never 10
disclose the name of any officer or private,
except as a physiological or metaphysical
fact, obtained from him the true history Of
every man. On investigation, il appeared
thai nine ,enths enlisted on account Of some
female. difficulty; thirteen OF them had
changed their names, and forty-three were
either drunk, or partially so, at the time of
enlistment-Mosto fIhese were men of fine
talents and learning, and about one third
had once been men in elevated stations in
life. -Four had been lawyers, three DOCTORS
and two ministers. The experimenler and
writer Of this believes, If it were not for his
pledge of secresy, that this would be an in
teresting history and would exhibit the
frailty ofhuman nature as fully as any ex.
periments ever made on the subject Of the
passions.
The Lowell Courier gives the following
account OF horrid catastrophe which oc-
CURED at lowell last week, growing out Of
q violation OF the license law Is not the
man who encourages the rum-seler 10 vio-
late the law which prohibits the sale of rum
in small quantities, morally responsible for
these dreadful consequences,
"THE PULlc Coon REQUIRES IT."-On
Wednesday afternoon, concourSe Of people
was to be seen about dwelling house on
Central street, looking in at the windows
and crowding in at the doors to see the
burnt and blackened body of dying wo-
man whose clothes took fire while she was
in state Dissatisfaction. 1t was n horrible
and awful spectacle. Death soon closed
the scene, and a coffin Immediately conceal,-
ed from view the crisped and mutilated re-
mains OF a WOMAN, the mother of u family
of children. who should have been to them
Il guide and protector We envy not the
man, who, fol- the patry profit of two or
three cents, sold 10 this wretched female, in
violation of the law, the contents OF Tin
pail, with which she was seen staggering
through the streets. an hour before the fatal
catastrophe.
True PHILosoPHy--TuE FARMERs.--
Two farmers who were neighbors, had their
crops of early peas killed by The frost One
OF them came TO condole with the other on
their misfortune "Ah 70 cried he show un-
fortunate we have been, neigbbor have
done nothing but fret ever since. But bless
me you seem to have fine healthy crop
coming up just now what are these ~
"These," said the other, "why, these are
what | sowed Immediately alter my loss"
What coming up already ?" cried the fret
ter, Eyes while you were fretting was
working" "Wbat and don't you fret when
you have loss ?" Yes, but always put
it off until have repaired the mischief
Lord why then you'veno need TO fret at ALL
"True" replied the industrious gardener
sand that's The very reuson in truth its very