Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-12-01

u ore successful than his neis bors in his
}culture. i he escaped the punishment ii
IA wizard--was suspected of dealing in
The black arr Of or holding converse with
the evil spirit. Piiny mentions a freed
man, who having much larger crops than
his nei2hh01s, was accused of wtchoratt
{and brought TO trial! He produces in the
forum, stout daughter and his excellent
" constructed spades, shears and other
tools. with his oxen and said " These,
Romans, are my charms" Ee was ac-
aui'ted. ESnrc,s'as, to make fields fer
tile and produce abundant harvests by
nonsensicaI phrases ana ceremonies were
used By the aHslo-SaXons. and Cato the
censor has transmitted tons a ridiculous
receipt fer the same thing.
The implements and practices ofagri-
culture have in many countries been sta
tionary from the earliest records Of histo-
~. Modern travellers describe it III
Syria now as it existed among tie Jews,
long anterior to the christian era. The
ancient Roman poagiI is now used in
parts Of itaiy with little Or no inIprnye-
ment. The Romans abouuded in useful
1 implements Of husbandry as cuItivators,
| harrows, rakes, hoes. axes. reap ho0ks,
| hand and hnrse machines fer tIireshing
grain. A reaping machine is mentioned
by Pliny and described BY Pallasiius as
used on the plains of Saul. Gar Anglo
Saxon ancestors whose hushaas!ry lad
been almost created by the Roman con-
guest, used r;.kes, sick!es, scythes and
fails. very uuch like these used now in
England.
The wheat fan was introduced into
Scotland from Holland III lzl0.. Its use
was publicly denounced frcm the pulpit
is impous. Sir Walter Scott in hts
novel of Old Mortality has lumorousIy s.
graphically described the objections to It,
IN the complaint Of AIaGse ilealrigg to
her lady of Tilietudlem. Your Leddy-
''shlp and the SIZE ward (says fianse) had
''been pleased To propose, that my son
''Cuddie suld wotI. in the barn WIZ a new
tangled machine for diShilng the corn
''frae the chat. thus impiousIy thwartine
'fthe will of divine providence, by rais-
ling wind for your LeitIyship ain parti-
''cuIdi use by human art instead Of suii
letting It by prayer or Whiting p2tlentIY
'or whatever dispensation of wind Pro
evidence was pleased to send Oh the
''sheeling mill" Chao. 7.
Herodotus, who wrote 900 years be-
fore the christian era, tells US that Wheat
and Barley. common articles of food in O.
ther countries, were considered mean and
disgracefuI in Esypt.-Beans were not
grown. The inhabitants would not eat
them and their priests would not even
look at them. Wheat, rye. oats, barley.
mlliet. Indian corn, clover aud bucer0e,
were cultivated by the Romans. The
vegetables used by them seem to have
been nearly such as are cultivated now,
except the potatoe and a few others. OF
Fruits the pine apple, eooseberry and Or
ange do not appear to have been known
to them. PIiny the younger in a letter
to bis friend SeptiHus CIerns mentions
as de!jcacies of a supper he had prepared
fer him--a lettuce a piece, three snaiIs.
two eggs, a barley cake, olives. sourd |
stalots. snaiio was /, common dish at Il
Roman table. ping the elder mentions
one Falyius lIirpines, who had carried
The art Of rearing them to such perfection.
that the shells of some Of bis snaila world
contain ten quarts. In some part of Swift !
zcrland, tbs food was held in high re- |
pute in the last century addison Tray.
364.
,ihe Anglo Saxons cultivated wheat and
barley. Glover was not introduced into I
gland until 1860. TIE list Of vegeta- (
bles would appear 70 have been 4 very
short oae. la cookery book supposed !
have been complied in 1900, by the /
master cooks Of Richard II, monarch |
- hose household is said to have consisted
Of l0,000 persons, his kitchen OF 500
cooks. elaborate directions are given forj
cooking 'cabaches,' peas, beans, onious,
leeks and rapes, (turnlps1 are the only
other vegetables spoken Of, Hume in his !
history OF England, chap. 55 tells us that
" 1t was not TIL the end Of the reign Of
Henry the 9Th, 1547, that any salads.
carrots, turnips or ether edible roots were
produced in England. The little of these
vegetables that we're used was formerly
imported from Holland and Flanders.
Queen Catharne when Size wanted sal
lad was obliged 10 dispatcl. messenger
tbi'her on pnrposc. The use Of hops and
the planting Of them was introduced from
Flanders about the beginning Of this seIgn
or the end Of tie preceding, (1509.'0
The city Of Lcnden retitioned against
their use lest thcy iniure the beer. From
an entry dated 1895. in the household
book of Cl!lt,rds of Yorkshire shiI-
ilngs (88,4455 was given for six 'cabaches'
and some Garrett roots bought at Hull. a
sea peri. eighty niles distant into which
place they were 10 doubt Imported from
Holland About this period an acre Of
good land in Cambridge shire was let at
% cenfs per acre. 1t thus required the
rent OF ten acres Of land TO purchase six
cabages and some carrot roots. Eecf &
Pork by statute of Hcary 9Th was order
Ell 10 be sold nj Ices ti,an ono CONT :rut