The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-11-09

riculturaists, OF the present day, both in Europe
and America, regard deep ullage as the basis OF
all good culture. Ii in farming it be so, and no
man denies it, 1t is not less so in gardening. No
one should for moment, think OF planting gar
den orchard until thoroughly trenched or
sub:soil plowed. In this country during the
growing season powerful sun and frequent
droughts, during which we see plants growing
on thin surface soil with unmoved hard pan
beneath, flag, and actually shriveI up as a thirsty
pot plant would. DR.. Lee states the reason tor
chilly: ''As tight jug will prevent water from
running in as well as out, so a compact, imper-
vious sub-soil will prevent the ascent OF moisture
in dry weather, to supply the roots of plants with
their indispensable water, well as obstruct the
descent OF water in excess fields" The ex-
perience OF every cultivator will teach him this
How many thousands of young trees are lost in
this country by being planted in small hole Oh
the surface OF an impervious hard pan? They
may start and grow during the showery weather
of spring, but when three or four weeks of parch-
ing hot weather comes along in June, what be-
comes OF them? The young and feeble roots can
find no food, the leaves turn yellow and the trees
die. And the query is propounded, "What kill
ed my tTees?" Even the present season, not
wthstanding the great Improvement that has
been made on former practice, we have seen
large quantities OF trees dying by inches in this
way. We have orchards planted on land
sub soil powed 10 the depth of eighteen inches,
and well MANFRED, where in three years, the
trees had attained the size of ten year old trees
under the usual treatment The simple satistac-
ton OF seeing trees grow in this way amply pays
Tor the extra labor, but, not only trees grow fas-
ter, but the fruit is double the size, and fairer
and finer every way.
THE FIRST BIRTH, THE FIRST MINISTER
&C. The first white child in North America
Waa VirUiDia danUhtar IF
Dare, and grand daughter OF Governor John White.
She was born on the 18th day OF Augu.t, 1887,
in Roanoke, North Carolina. Her parents were
Of the expedition sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh
in that year. There is no record of her history
save that of her birth.
The first minister who preached the gospel in
North America Robert Hunt, of the Church
OF England, an exemplary man, who came out in
the san company with Captain John Smith, in
the year 1907. He was much esteemed as man
Of peace, and was in many ways useful to the
colony. There ls record OF his DEATH or OF
his returning to England; he most probably died
at jamestown. He had good library, which was
burnt with all his other property, in the burning
Of jamestown, the next winter after he came out
The first females who came to Virginia proper,
were Mrs Forest, and her maid, Anne Burras
in the expedition OF Newport, 1908. The first
marriage in Virginia W as in the same year-John
A-"O" " 1910 DN''""' ~ SC'O'iohy was pro-
badly by the same "good Master Hunt
The first intermarriage between the whites
and Indians was John Rolfe to Pocahontas, in
April 1913. POcahontas was also the first OF the
Virginia Indians that embraced Christianitya nd
was baptized.
The trst Legislative Assembly in virginiamet
in July, 1919, at the summons of Governor or
George Yeardley One month later, negroes
were first brought into the colony by Dutch
man Of war.
The first periodical in North America, was
the Boston News Letter, which made its appear
ance in August, l7O5 The first in the Ola Do
miniOn The Virginia Gazette, published a,
Williamsburg, by William Parks weekly at FIJI,
teen shlllings. 1t appeared in 1886 and was long
the only paper published in the colony. Slave
ry preceded the periodical press by lit years.
The Blue Ridge was first crossed by whites
in TIA. The first Iron Furnace erected in North
America was by Governor Spottswood in 1880, in
Spottsylvanla county, Virginia.
Gas FROM WATER.-Sir Humphrey Davy
said that at some future time gas would be
generated from water for general purposes, sur.
passing that of coal in brilliancy and purity -