Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-12-01
Pretertiva tgeIlrnit Trsss,

10 prevent rabbits from killing young;
ffpits trees, cut ap the lelfg coarse lprai.
Tie grass, which grows about six feet in
height in all the bottoms and lowsplaces
in almost all parts of Illinois; bind il in
bundles at each end, and with an az cut
y IN Two in the middle. Each part will
h DC three feet long, which is. as high as a.
rabbit can reach. Take enough of this
grass to cover the tree well on, all sides:
ne string around the top OF the grass
aherit is p0taround the tree, and tie il
again about half way down; hoe a little
garth around the grass at the bottom, and
tread It down.. This covering will re-
main firm until grass grows IN the spring,
when the rabbits cease eating tho bark
oItrees;the grass should now be removed.
This will not injuree the trees, AMI is
cheaper than any other plan that have
tried. ltried grease, far, tobacco, aioes,
sulphur, &C., but find that grease and
tar injure the trees and everything of the
kind becomes useless before winteris over
--irosts, sun, rain, sleet, and snow wear
them away; and have often seen where
the deer have peeled trees when covered
with either tar OF, sulphur. Should deer,
sheep, calves, colts, cattle, rats, or mice,
10y any means get into your orchard, they
Vii not disturb the coarse dry grass. |
have iixedmy young trees in this way for
the last yentg years, and have not lost
tfee,-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
STRANGE NolsEs.--A correspondent
ofihe Florida Sentinel, states that on the
SD ofOct., about midday, strange rum.
bling noise was heard al Tallahassee, in
the heavens, resembling Tie distant thun-
der or the rolling. of cars on the railroad
or more nearly the d s2harge of steam
under water. The air. was perfectly calm.
the sky cloudless though the atmosphere
was filed, us common at this season, with
At dull, misty haze--thcrmctaeter about 70
or 80. happeaIed very distant in the
upper regions, though the sound some
what resemb!ed that ofarge birds es-
cending very suddenly, aud continued
from quatter to half minute. :,
In explanation Of Tie above he says:
otis quite possible to have originated
in some meteorological phenomenal, posi-.
bly, long and. dense body Of meteoric
stones passing through the earth's atmos.
phere. The common course of these
currents are nearly parallel with the
earth's surface, fro M The rapidity cftheir
movement and when that mo ion is over.
come by the farce ofgravitation, and the
TALL upon it. 1t may be that they have
continued for thousands Of miles, before.
they were finally overcome by this agent
and they may possibly not have fallen
short of the Pacific Ocean or South Pole.
The course ofIhe noise was from north 10
south, and continued in that direction,
gradually retfeating. Had it been CLOUDY
itcertainly would have passed off as dis.
tant thunder; and had it occurred in the
night there would quite likely have been
along train ofalight, or. ofbldzing sparks.
The LADIES CAN 5sTpLL.--The editor
ofthe Louisville Iris, on his way. home
the other night, picked up a very extraor
binary peice of decoration belonging to
some young woman. lie appeared to Be
at loss what to call il. We presume,
however, that some Of our female acquain,
,tances could give him light upon the sub
ject. Hear him describe it:
alt is shaped, or rather it was. good
deal like recent hal -rnoon; like an India
=, rubber GfespreseFEer, and somewhat like
apig yoke; felt alittle soft like, and was
covered with bed ticking. We had near
ly broke oui neck overit, and as we nev.
erhad any luck in our life; we thought
may be we had onhd a treasure at least.
We didn't know but il was a new way
the banks had adopted of making remit
tances so. as to prevent robbery, for the
ugly thing had sizing at each end so
thatsln an emergency aeDIAN might tie 1t
around him and carry it a short distance.
Wittfanxious hand, therefore, we seized
our knife and tore into it, itIript six in
ches, and the first thing that protruded it.
self FRONT the orefc was an old rouhda,
bout, and then in rapid succession, three
short shirts and two long ones, and old
fur cap, anda pair ofbreeches, old and
ragged, the skirt of an old calico dress,
apair OF old calico drawers with frinrcd
bottoms, four oldsnight caps, two cradle
blankets, one leghorn bonnet. one old mo.
rocco boot, two table cloths, ten, small
pieces ofdiaper, very much worn, an old
piano cover, two long night gowns, one
ragged waist coat, three quilted petticoats
md SIX hiPpens. What on earth could
these things be? Do tell!!'' Ex. paper.
Well, the editor does make a great
UsTLE about small matteFs.-( Printer 5
mp. 5.s.......-.
$ ANEcDoTE OF ScHo0BE1N's GUN Cor.
roN.-When Mr.. :. attended at the Os-
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