Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-11-20

GU anu Ill tlle EIoCeoS vi ellptyluS lie
action of copperas is so energetic that NJ
Schalterman finds that if mixed with the
foulest contents of a cesspool or privy for a
few hours, the mass may be removed with
out any sensible odor.
London Book Of Facts.
EARLY PoTAToEs.-Mr Coleman, in his
Agricultural Tour, published in Boston, af-
ter detailing some of the methods practised
by the English gardeners to procure early
potatoes, mentions the following:
Another mode of obtaining early pota-
toes, not nea0 potatoes, is to plant potatoes
only so early in the season as that they
shall be about half-grown at the usual time
of taking them up. These may be taken
up in the autumn, and replaced in earth
and early in the succeeding spring they
may be sold as new potatoes.
GRAPE Directions for Pruning.
He also says he obtained from one of
the best gardeners in England the follow
ing directions for pruning grape vines.
With regard to the best way to manage
the vine, when fruiting, invariably stop
the shoot one eye above the bunch; and it
is the practice of the best gardeners in Eng
land. ! generally leave one shoot not stop
ped without fruit, and to fruit next season,
and cut the shoots out that have borne
fruit this year. On the short-spur system,
every shoot is stopped an eye above the
bunch, except the top one, and then it must
be managed like the rest; all the lateral
shoots must be stopped one eye above ano-
Their, until they cease growing, as the more
leaves you get the fruit will swell larger.
EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR.-The Eng
lisa people are remarkable for taking great
deal of exercise in the open air, and are
generally great walkers. Male and female
high and low, walk much-a custom worthy
of imitation by our countrywomen. A for
eign correspondent of the Boston Post, fur
nishing some account of Mr. and Mrs
Hewitt, (well-known writers, gives the fol-
lowing statement:
We (NIr. and Mrs Hewitt and the writer
were all up with the dawn, and, after SUBJ
stantial country breakfast, were on our way
to Swansea. Arrived at which place, we
walked over the splendid ksaeh, which ex-
tends from the town to the Mumblehead, a
distance of nearly seven miles-for we were
all great pedestrians, Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt
particularly so. What would some young
ladies, who never venture out unless in a
carriage, OR for brief street promenade, say
to such walks as those taken by the de-
lightful authoress we are speaking of? Soon
after their marriage they undertook walk
into Scotland, having long admired warmly
the ballad poetry and traditions of that coun-
try. In their ramble, after landing at Dun
barton, they went over mountain and moor
land, wherever they proposed to go, for one
thousand miles, walking more than five hun
dred Of it-Mrs. Hewitt performing the
journey without fatigue. They crossed Ben
Lomond without guide, and, after enjoy
ing the most magnificent spectacle of the
clouds alternately shroudlng and breaking
away from the chaos OF mountains around
them, were enveloped bya dense cloud, and
only able to effect their descent with great
difficulty and with considerable hazard
They visited Loeb Katrine, Stirling, Edin-
burgh, and all the beautiful scenery fol
many miles around it, traversed Fifeshire
and then, taking Abbotsford in their route
walked through the more southern parts
visiting many places interesting for their
poetcal or historical associations. They
returned by way of the English lakes, hav-
ing, as they have been frequently heard tc
declare, enjoyed the most delightful Journey
imaginable. They also made another ex-
cursion into the north of England, Scotland
and the Western Isles, traversing the mos
interesting parts of their journey again or
foot.
A WORKING JUDGE.-Judge Woodbury.
says the Boston Post, opened the court
on Wednesday morning, sat till 2-re