Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-05-30

your land is in fine filth, well manure,l
and drained: your seed fresh and free
from foul matter; and when you are rea.
dy, SOW, without consulting the moon OF
/ the almanac. If all is right in other res,
poets, the moon, no matter what may be S
position, will not hurt you or your crop.
and if your land is but half prepared Or
TILED, rel on the moon as much as YOU
please, and you have 70 right to expect
crop.
If you see at the present time. mans
fences buried briars. his field overrun
with bushels and thistles. and his or
chards neither trimmed nor pruned that
man may be set down as believer in
signs. one who governs his farm by the
moon, and who will, in all probability,
reap such harvest, and experience such
results. as so irrational. unphilisophieal
course indicates - Gen. Farmer.
THE REFORMED CRows. The fol
lowing piece of drolery is from an Hi
nois paper of last summers date:
Col. Bias one Of the best farms
on the llinoies river. About one hun
dred acres of it are now covered with
waving corn. When it came up in
the spring The crows seemed de-
termined on its entire destruction. -
w hen one was killed it seemed as thou h
a dozen came to its funeral: and though
the sharp crack of the rifle often drove
them away, they always returned with
its echo. The Col. at length became
weary of throwing grass, and resolved
on trying the virtue of stones. He sent
to the druggist for gallon of alchonoI,
in which he soaked a few quarts of corn,
scattered over the field. The black-less
came and partook with their usual relish,
and as usual, they were pretty well
coaned; and such cooling and cacklins-
such strutting and staggering! When
the boys attempted to catch them, they
were hot little amused at their stagger-
ing gait, and their zigzag way through
the air At length they gained the
edge Of the wonds, and there being join
ed BY new recruit which happened to
be sober, they united at the top of their
voices in -baw-hawking, and shout
ing either praises or curses of alchohol;
it was difficult to tell which, as thew rat
tied away without rhyme or reason
But Ike Col. saved his corn. AS soon
as they became sober. they stead(astly
set their faces against alchohoI. Not
another kernel will they touch in his
field, lest it should contain the accursed
thing. while they went and pulld up the
corn of his neishbors. They have tco
much respect for their character, black
as they are, again TO be found drunk.
Stripping for a race.-Mr. Whitney,
the oratorlcal lecturer, now at Vicksburg,
recently went in to bathc about mile
from the town. While in the water he
saw fellow making off with his clothes.
which he had deposited on the bank, and
started in pursuit. The chap, finding
his naked pursuer gaining on him. took
to briar hedge and escaped. Mr.. w.
was obliged to wend his way to town,
with no clothes but his shoes. He lost
$500, which were in the pocket Of the
pantaloons which the thief ran off with.
@sgS~
Eight months ago, says the st. Louis
Reporter, the lands of Wapello county,
Iowa, belonged to the Indians, and now
the county contains 600 voters. This is
the way the West is moving onward.
The Bunker Hill Aurora of Saturday
last, under the head of News of the
Week. has the following on dit,
"A lover recently entered a house
which he had been forbidden to visit,
magnetized both the old folks, and then
ran off with the daughter at his leisure
-e9e-
Father, what DO printers live on?'-
'Why my SOM You said you had not
paid him for two or three years. and yet
you have the paper every day. ELIZA,
take TIE child out of the room, what does
he know about right or wrong.
-eSe-
Bustles were originally invented by
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norkey with a place to ride on.
{ One being asked why he married SO
| little wife? answered. of all evils, we
should choose the least.
Four of the clergymen in attendance at
the Baptist Convention, in Philadelphia,
had their pockets picked on Wednesday
the 25th ult., while sitting together near
the pulpit. One of them, the Rev. Mr.
Colgate Treasurer of the American Fo-
reign Bible Society, was robbed of $la5,
funds of the society.
A Michigan editor complains grew
ously of one Of his subscribers. The
fellow will not pay his subscription, and
threatens TO fog the editor if he stops