New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-18
VOL. III. NO. a67.

night the house becomes perfect dungeon, and
will remain SO through night and day till opened
to the free air, and te]erably correct idea may be
formed Of the comforts of an American compelled
thus to pass six months in land where every thing
else is as alien to his ideas of propriety as the
houses. These are the better sort Of houses, but
the poor live in buts with no floors but the bare
ground, constructed by setting four posts in the
ground at the corners, stakes between interviewer
with bush and plaistsred with mud and matched
over head with straw, bark, or palm leaves. To
build such house, work. ne at slow rate estab-
lshed by law and custo m here, i: takes man sev-
eral weeks. The delay, however, is submitted
to with great deal of patience, in good weather,
as the family can and often do move in before the
the work is completed. The other day was much
amused to see whole family in the actual occu-
patton of one which lacked as yet every thing but
the post holes, calmly and philosophically smoking
their segsrs without concern, as they enjoyed the
shnde of an adjoining house, rent free. The larger
houses and public buildings always erected with
great moderation and without the least appearance
of any regard to rents and profits. When man
gets money enough he puts up wall twelve feet
high along the streets, with door ia it, and there
he leaves it, till be gets the means to put up of
the sides and so on, till the whole is completed,
before which time the walls first erected assume
the appearance and dissity of venerable ruins of
centuries gone by, and hardly hint at all at the
rapid march Of modern enterprise. When FIRST
arrived l spent some time examining and admir-
ing the walls, supposed, of an ancient church,
all the wood of which appeared to have decayed
by lapse of time, or been consumed by FIRE, as no.
thing but brick and stone walls were left. On close
examination, however, little piece Of reef was
discovered in one corner, with room finished and
priest was there officiating at the alter. On in
qairy it appeared that instead Of ruins these walls
we're the evidence of the march of improvement
and that the church was a new one, undertaken
by subscription some years past and stopped for
want of fends.
have not time at present to describe the mag
niicont scale upon which the business of the town
is transacted, &c. &c. but will do SO in my next
Hoping that you will excuse the dessltory style Of
this long letter about nothing,
remain your obedient servant, az.
SUPERIOR SEEDING GRAIs.-Something more
than year since, says the Worcester Spy, we in
formed the public that gentleman of our ac-
quaintence had raised Seeding grape which
promised to be Superior to any native grape, before
known. Another years experience has fully con-
frned the expectations entertained of it. 1t is
probably hybrid between the Isabella grape and
the Sweerwater, beth of which grew side by side,
where this came up, and combines the respective
exc.llencies of the tive. In its appearance 1t re-
scmbles the Isabella, being Of the same form and
color. In its other qualities it resembles the
Sweetwater, being very sweet, tender, Juicy, and
fine favored, and without any hard pulp about the
seeds 1t is fine bearer, perfectly hardy, and q
letter from the cultivator of it, which now lies be-
fore US, says it rpened, the last season. I" six
weeks earlier than the Isabella, and continued
good on the vine till tho hard rosts of November.
He says " l give this the preference to all other
grapes for out door cultivation in this Climate.
NEW METHOD OF GROWING AsPARAGus.-The
Editor of the Horticultural Magazine, recommends
trial of the following method ofgrowing asparagus,
which is practiced at Nice, and of which high
account is given in the London Gardeners Chron-
icle Take quart wine bottle invert 1t over the
head of stalk as asparagus just rising from the
ground and secure it by three sticks so that 1t
cannot be knocked over. If left in this state, the
as paragus will grow up iato the interior OF the
bottle, and, being stimulated by the unusual heat
and moisture it is then exposed to- will speedily
fill it. AS soon as this has taken place, the bottle
must be broken, and the asparagus removed,
when it will be found to have formed thick head
of tender delicate shoots, all eatable, and as COM
pact az q cauliAower. American Farmer.