Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-04


That ingenious person, the editor OF the Madiso-
man, gives in his last but one th indescrbabic se
rousuess, the following evidently without dream,
CLEAN, stray notion flor idea, we dare not say,
such thing never having made itself conscious in
his sensoriuml Of what is really meant
EXPERIMENTAL FARMING.
The following letter. from an overseor To his en- :
ployer, a member of Congress, gives an amusing
picture OF experimental farming" and will, no
doubt be recognised as any thing but fancy's sketch
'GEoR., -- Co., March 23rd 1872.
SIR; have the honor 10 inform you that III ne 8
here have gone on pretty much IN the old way since
my last There is nothing new, hut | regret to
say that the SOW you sent from Philadelphia is
dad Twenty 1--WE of the lambs, odt OF forty, arc
dead. One OF the colts is dead The two D. cnlye,
which you sent 10 me are dead. have been
waiting Tor the rye TO come mp, that might the
clover seed you sent from Baltimore, but after all
It wouldn't grow, 50 ploughed it up and set the
ground IN oats and hope TO get a crop II the sea-
son turns out fine. We had freshct two weeks
ago, that carried AWAY one hundred and fifty pan.
nels fence, and the hands all engaged ia doing
up the fence. Ben injured his knee, IN mnuling
rails and has been unable 10 work since the I'D
February. As EmnR was tending on the cart
she tel from the top of il, and injured her shoulder
40 much that she can't stir. As for the wheat The
IS scarcely any appearance oft, and the best thing
we can do will bo to Plough up the land and put
II into corn, bat shall wait your orders. All other
matters are going equally well. Now SIR | have
given you fair account of what we are doing, and
must say that have done every thing in my power
TO please you; and if you don't like the way I've
gone on, you will send me my walking papers as
soon as possible, us don't like to be blamed when
conduct right, TO the best OF my knowledge.
Yours, respectfully.
.Nota Bene The fodder is oil gone, and there
won't he half enough corn to last us I'LL the grass
grows-Please not to forget to send on some mo-
| ney in time"
at IS unnecessary TO say that the nbove account
OF his farming operations highly satisfactory 10
our friend, who very good naturally, in answering
the letter, expressed his belief that the oyerseer had
attended io his business, and, he seemed to have
obeyed orders IN every thing, he requested him TO
remain where he until fault should be found
with him for neglect Of duty.
Some OF our readers may think that the above
Is heton, but we assure them that, as the writers
OF stores say, the letter is founded on fact" and
we doubt not, the experience OF many OF our
who farm at a distance, will bear witness TO the
probability OF the ale."-I .uadisOnian.
Now, who will not have seen, at a glance. that
this is really an Aegory, apologize in the East
ern taste. This admirable overseer, managing n
plantation with such rare success and diligence, is
clearly no less a person than our own "heayep-
senr' John Tyler. Every fact FITS, every sentence
squares with this solution.
Things going on pretty much in the old wayp
Just Us under Van, only "sorter worsen "No-
thing new"-cxcept the old depravities: the old Io.
coloeo concern pretty much. only that age hasn't
/ much mended II. The 'sow fiom PhiladeInhia >,
now found out 10 be n bore, is clearly Mr. Barker
The twenty i've lambs" whom he expected To
nave p0oItd at his ease, are evidently the Wbig
Senate, whose fleeing has proved something like
That which the crow made when he tried 10 emulate
! the eagle. AS for the "dead colt which niece NJ
stock is meant, MIR Bradford or MIR Stewnr,. W.
cannot be positive: but the calves are Rob ,nJ
John, beyond all dispute. On the whole we've never
] seen prettier description OF live stock nil deod
like the Presidents. IL reminds one irresistible NJ
! the psthe.lc account which, in Peter Pindar Inc
| King receives OIL his sheep:
"Deadw replied Robertson "dead de,dt d.,ti t, 10,
| ihen' hke' a dropping lily, hung his head
| As for the rye. that WON'T come upp tba,,s
plainly the Loco Fo-o seed sown last fail, which
diGnt Sproui: II u had the President would have
been sir clover" But, alas all flesh is grass,-
The seed from Baltimore" can Ian nothing I'm,
| the unmeaning John Jones, who "won,t crow -
win all the Post Office dung that's put upon hin.
so that he'll have to be "ploughed upr and n Ger
tain Scotch grain, called Dhvdge nut IN ne snring
crop, Il another drought shouldn't cut that sboT1
TOO The ireshet" is probably orc Of MIR Man
gums or MIR Archer's speeches. which ce,,,inI,
swept away pretty long line Of the Presidents
fences, and has kept the Guard. the Cabinet. and
the independent Press" building bush fences eve,
since. Who the "Ben" is, that maued his own
ieg instead OF lenee-rai, we can't sny, for want
OF knowing MIR Bradiords christened name. The
mlshnp, however, is frequent enough nmone Tho
Guard, and is cotempOraneous with The PbiIsfel-
phn Tyler Washlngtonian festival in escnpnp
from which, sunJres were run over. As for Emi.
Una, THAT'S some accident about tho Secretary Of
ota'e $ once and will probably be set right by
few certificates" The wheat that "wont Gomez
Is, presumably, Fiscaty the first and tho corn
tnat the BIRDS have almost pulled up the latter Ex-
| chequer. OR the whole, the great "Erperimental
| inrm" - m what's called "a blue wnyn and ro
have every reason 10 concur with the overseer and
the Precedent, IN the very favorable view thew take
! Of their own dongs. As Tor the "walking panersn
! oh that the Heaven senr would only make rs that
part Of the oyerseers Offer He'd scarcely have to
ask twice.
p. s. to the N. B. Fodder" is p,lpubly Tr...
sury notes; Com" the Revenue; MONEY the
Loan bill. which Mr. Wise is helping along a. 80.
Pidly'- Iqd,PsHd,Ht
THE CROPS.-We nrs glad To find il stated in
The AtIandfn Gazette, that the growing crop Of
wheat IN OIL hat section oi country looks IN
very promising condtIon-B.
Tho Carroltonian Of this mornine ssv..--'rbe
Gram crops present very favorable appearance
ior MS season Of the year The Wheat Is 10 lux.
urant as 10 induce many Of the farmers To turn
their stock on IT'D.
ONE READY.-The Charleston (Va) Free
Press says We aro happy TO hear that our liu q
Branch Bank IS now, and has boen for some time
pnsi, ready Tor resumption. She has only been
awaiting the word of command from her superior,
and the benefit Of their good example.
TnE FigsT CRoss m MISUNDERSTANDING
terrible IS going 10 happen in Virginia We regret to
ace by the Richmond Enquirer, thus;
ITO ARMS
"Ths Fiery Cross Is passing through the State.
and our friends are organizing, armlng, preparing
fot the gT'at battle Of tho third Thursday Of kpnl
THE Ftiry Cross' was at the Dickens dinner in
Richmond the other day and now here - this
Fiery Cross which vss 90 amiable there going 10
raise the very deuce "Ihe third Thursday Of April"
RrprssS.
A WtIALE..-A fine little biI Of whale snort
camo OF yesterday morning near tic entrance Of
COR harbor OF the south side Of Cut yhunk Ledge.
The pilot hoat Superior stated young whale, and
alter brisk chase the animal surrendered 10 his
esp,ofs, and proved TO he fine specimen n The
ceehelot or sps rmacet Species about fifteen feet in