Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-19


One-sisteenh 81 5 /
Gppsum. A bed of this valuable mineral has
recently been discovered on The land of the Og- !
den Company, on the Tonawanda Reservation, in |
the town OF NewstGad, in this county il has
been opened, and is now being ground ut the plas-
Ter mill at Falkirk, on Murder Creek. A speci
men left with us has been declared Of fine quail
" by competent chemist. The supply promis
es to bo abundant and from the fineDess OF its
grain and IFS Wilderness, we should Judge that 1t Is
OF that kind used in succo work - Buffalo Gaz.
More fruits Of geological surveying.
Horticultural expedition 10 China. CHM has
long been known 10 possess many rnre and valua-
ble trees, shrubs, fruits aud flowers, which have
not yet found their way 10 Europe. From thence
come our beautiful Azrleas CnmniIlias. aud Wis
tnrid lGbCinel Slnenses. Taking the advantage
Of the opening ol the Chinese ports hy the late
treaty. the urliculjuIaI Suciety of Loudou has
rcsoiVed so send person well qdnliicd lUr The
uuderlsk 90 bring home all le finds worthy OF
intrOductiOa iuio England. Among the fruits
tIere, the Pekin peach is said TO weigh pounds, !
and nothing is more melting and delicious. Our !
uwu Government at the United States has it in |
contemplation IL 6t out an embassy on a liberal
scale To CAi$ia5 aud We hope among other impOr-
.ani matters, that the subject Of agriculture will
not he Iorg0en. lu HE meanwhile, we shall call
the attention Gi The officers u atr merchant ships
nbout to saii on their aunuad voyages, TO these
private way .4Rleric0n 1gricHiteriS.
The Boston papers announce the death of the
venerable llodijah Baylies on tue 26b Uit. in the
S7th year OF his age. He Was engaged atwo OF
tle mOst illuslrl0us events OF Me Her0aUtiou.-I
Judge Bsylies serred i*ro;sgh she war, duriag the
latter part OF wici' he nus Que N the aids Of
Washington, being recommended 10y his friend
Gen. Lslnco u, wlca The lalet became Secretary
| at Wm.
A Chinese Lady's Mails Before tde evacuation
Of NmgpO, a report was brU1gnt one morning. 20
Mr. GnlzIutf, that The head Of his Chinese police
I had disappeared as also one of his wives while
! the other lay murdered in The hose. Mr. Gut
zlaf and nyseIt Froceedeh to inspoc. tie house,
! We found the wo,nuu on the aOor with her lhrolt
! cut She had been dead some hours. ] otsecv.
! ed what appeared thin brown siics o; i'anbu
| loosely fastened round her wrists, and remarked
| To Mr. GuIzlsf how singular it was tlIat tiey
! shoali have tound 1t necessary to bud her i'ui
| he exclaimed, :" Those are her aaiis' 1t appears
that tine ladies' ia he habit when going ted
! OF 'soiienimg their nails in warm water, and then
winding them roJnd their wrists to prevent their
| being inlured.-Yhe Last Hear in Chino
| ~Omlateiy in The WeSk Il is n common practice
| out west, for persons whose erterlriZe exceeds
iheir Weans, 20 settle on vacant gov ernnent land
| aud make improvements WHICH, according 10 their
| notions, give them preenpive giIt. Quite nn-
| merUus communities tie found composed OF
| those who have other lille To The land they
cupy than The claim TO this right. Among such
TINS Clam is geAeiaiy tecOgnlzej and IS not an
| irequeniiy sold iOt valuable consideration. II,
however, occasionally happens, that man wish
ing to buy, goes to The luud Office and selects one
| of the tracts this improved Notice is given to
The S9udtter of the aci, an1 ii he IS unable TO pay
/ The price, the land is sold to the stranger. Custom
requires he shall pay the foruier occupant the val
ne OF his improvements, bkit 40 aw cotnpels him
TO do So aud in he does nor, he rs apt TO have
t,
upOu him us their enemy, and treat him accord
ingly Sometimes The settlers asS0ciaie together
Tor mutual support aud give warning 10 all those
seeking to buy their lands of il,e trestaent they
may expect In ;he Milwaukee Courier of the
22d ult we find The proceedings of Il meeting Of
this class of people, from which we copy HE fol.
lowing in reference TO those who buy land Z" in W
olaon OF the rights Of the rghtlu clai'nants
thereof as they express H. The resolution ~ u
{ terrible sentence Of OulaWry.
Resolved, That we will extend to such person
none OF the Inequalities Of friendship. none OF
the cives VI social lile--that we will cOunte-
, nance no alIiaace with him in business or friend
shp-that we Mill neither lend nor sell 10 him
, thm we will not give him fire when that in his
house goes out, nor assist him IN his corn husk
Jugs, log rollings, nor rssings-nor III any OF o1I
intercourse recognise him ~ our fellow save ia
, | preserving his property from destruction lay FIRE
o himself from dea /, s'hen in our power 10 d'
50, aud 10y giving hlni bread when lie Is iIuHgry
and awarding 10 him the right of Christian burta
, when he dies. And that it any person shalt eX
3 tend hun other treatment, he shall be viewed il
9 the same light as The aggressor himself.
Bufdi0 Commercial .3dueriiser
\ Curious method Of Planting Cora. hir. join
f ". Sweet, of Tyringham, Berkshire County, in
: forms Us that he plants his corn in the following
niamuer and las realized no bushels o, shelle
corn to the acre.
lie spreads what manure he intends for tn
0 field on The surface OF the green swari then h
ploushs the land ino ridges about three ieet aai
d in the fall-each ridge or row being made of Nv
III back burrows turned under narrow strip q
= sward which is not dstuI he'd. la the spring II
: rolls aud harro ns these ridges aud on the top
T., each ridge, twelve OF fourteen inches apart, h
,r plants his hills Of corn, Three or tour kernels
a the hill, aud cultivaes II through HE season Wi
II the hoe, culIivn,or aud plough, much ms Il
II deems necessary In this method. he renarke
r. that he was not troubled with weeds or drought
" In the fall, ms his corn is ripe, ie gather
10 The ears then pulls ny all the corn stalks and la,
them d51yn leDglhways l,etweeu the burrows an
:. then spliis>is ridges with the pillow and cove
:. lhese stalks up completely. Ttus is made h
ridges tor his second crop of corn, 10 10 plunle
y the succeeding spring The / 10 bushels was II
=, secOnd crop, planted over The buried stalks. III
-, above is sufficient 10 give the reader un idea
/! this system. He contends atler the first crop i
~ wants no manure ion his corn except the stall
~ applied as we have described.
- Il is quite probable, the sods and manure beiI
under the corn the first year, tina, while these II
y undergoing decomposition, being The whole pei
u Cd Of the growth of The corn, the crop will stuff
less from drowh than it would were there
. vegetable matter beneath it 10 attract aud deia
a., moisture until its decomposition is completed.
y" As III the fact that corn stalks are The best m
~ nure for corn, the idea is strictly Iosophic
=" and is fully sustained 10y chemical analysis II
VI doctrine seems 10 be well sel,lrd that each CIR
requires lis own pecu'iir f0oi aud unless tho s
.. contains this, the crop will moi flourish. Hen
20 20 the necessity OF rotation of crops
,as The Batavia Times states lha, the Sheriff a
pie his assistant performed the duty of hanging Be
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