The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-05-05

reward gained by his victories, to return to
his native fields.
And in modern times this occupation has
been held in no less esteem. There are
not wanting those among the English nobil-
ity who take lively interest in all rural i'm
provements, and preside at the meetings OF
sgriculturists, with no less reputation to them
selves than benefit to the art.
Washington found the most pleading re-.
taxation from public cares in the superin.
! tendcnce of his own estate. The cmperor
ofChina, at the beginning of every spring,
goes to plough i'll person attended by the
princes and grandees ofhis empire; he cell
ebrates the close of the harvest among his
subjects, and creates the best farmer in his
dominion mandarin.
In various ages many have written to ex-
plain the principles and celebrate the excel
lcnccs ofthis art. Some have adorned it
with the elegance of fancy, and others have
methodised it with tho precision of rules.
Hcsiod was one Of the earliest of the Grcci-
an poets to sing the praises Of tho plough:
and in work nearly cocval with the Iliad
ITSELF has combined with the principles of
the art, many curious observations on the
seasons most propitions to its various en-
ploymcnt.
AT a period of society when its advantages
were better understood, and spracticc more
generally ditfused, Xcnophon expatiated in
his economies OH the Importance of agri-
culture, and described its influence on the
arts, and the advancement of civilization.
Virgil has described at large the rural
occupations Of his countrymcn, the cultiva-
ton of the land, the season most favorable
for tillage, and the nature of grazing and
planting. He has adorned every branch of
his subject with refined and striking beau
ties of composition; and has so fully collec-
ted the best observations and choicest max
inns of antiquity, as to render it almost n
supcrfluous task to consult the works of 9TH
er authors, relative to tho progress which
his predecessors had made in this subject.
PROTECTION TO TREEs-A friend who
has the we'll being Of our fine trees and
plants much at heart, writes 10 us as fol-
lows concerning n new discovery of means
whereby insects may be driven off effectul-
Iy. He says:
owe are indebted 10 Austria for recent
and happy invention. An individual ofthe
country has thought Of using the galvanic
power for the preservation of trees and
plants He uses for that purpose two rings
one of copper and the other Of zinc Fla
wing placed one upon the other he fixes
them around the trunk Of the tree, and #
an insect but touches the ring of copper, it
receives mt once galvanic shock by which
i, is killed, or made to fall. The effect of
this apparatus is equally good in dry wealth
er, and its action is unceasing"
1t is very simple plan, and is deserving
of trial.-U s. Gazette.
PcTArcE D!sEAsE.-The Yarmouth
(Maine) Register states that sea weed used
as IL manure put into hills efftctuaIiv pre-
vents the potatoe disease. Also that peat
is believed TO produce the same result. We
had fine field of potatoes last year, entirely
unaffected by the rot, while other lots a.
round us were more or less affected, and
some Of them badly We attribute the en-
| tire exemption, in our own case, to the use
oftanner's manure, containing, among other
ingredients, a considerable per centage of
| lime.
CURE FOR TooTHAcHE.-The Manches-
ter Messenger says the following receip:
will in all cases give immediate relief
Take teaspoonful of black pepper and
mix it with the same quantity Of salt; then
place the same mixture upon shovel, hold
it over the fire until it smokes; then inhale
some ofthe smoke through the nose.
| PUEBLO 1NDIANs.-In the recent massa.
ere and subsequent engagements in New
Mexico these Indians acted a conspicuous
part. We learn from the independence
Expositor that when the fortified church
Of Toas was fired by the American forces
a Pueblo squaw appeared on the ramparts
bearing flag of truce, which was shot
from her hand. In these engagements SAYS
the Exposior, the Indians fought better and
did more execution than the Mexican
They would kill our men with their arrows
at distance of one hundred and fifty yards,
while on horseback, they were perfect par
thians
EXAMPLE FOR You've MEN-The Clip
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