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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-24
- AMERICAN HOUSE.

"A AMERICAN HOUSE.
[EA RODNEY PARKER, late OF the American
Hssm House. Lowell, Mass, .havng lease of the
AAA large hotel at the upper end Of st. Paul, with
thing in proper order for the convenience OF trav
elers, boarers families desiring furnished apartments
resper fully invites his friends and the public 10 give
him a call believing that he can do much for their
comfort be expected in "a new country not yet
supplied with regular markets. 44-ly
WALK IN AND SEE THE MAMMALS.
h. street, where he has just received new supply
Of Childreus Toys, Indian Beads Jeweiry, New Brass
Clocks Razor Sirops, Shaving Soap, Ladies' Hair
Combs Steel Beads, Twist, Trimmings for work bags.
Medals for Children, Work Bags, Backing, Backing
Brushes, Play Cards, Butcher Knives, Fishing Tackle,
Fire Works Of all soTts and general stock for Traders.
He is a MANUFACTURER of every variety Of
Cigars, and dealer in Tobacco, Snuff Pipes. &c, being
cold remarkably low for cash. lie also keeps ot sale
Wholesale and retail Quantities Of Mes. and Prime
Pork, White Beans, Corn Meal Superhne Flour, Green
Apples, Buckwheat Flour, Onions, Irish and Sweet Po
tatoes, Cheese Fresh Butter, Candies Soap, Starch
Saleratus Sugar, Mackere Cranberries Cove Ovsters
Sardines Matches, Backing Baskets Looking Glasses
Gloves, Mtens Imported spanish Smoking and scarfa
iau Tobacco, Oats, Moccasins, Conch Shells. &c.
SIX HUNDRED KINDS OF TOYS FOR
CHILDREN.
This is the largest assortment MOI tn NJ Saint Louis
Also. Pecan, Brazil. Almond and Pea Nuts, Candles
| Cakes Crackers, Bears Oil, Rosemary, Ox-marrov
aud Pernmerv Jewelry, Rings, Pencils, Pistols Per-
/ cusson Caps, Spittoons, &c.
Also, the best quality Of Cavendish Tobacco ever
brought into town.
B. He manufactures Cigars Of the best Havana
Tobacco and can sell them low a. they be af-
forded any where in the United States. He would he
glad to have call from his friends In town or country,
who have purchases TO make.
r-p Call where the wooden Negro stands sentry a,
the door aud you buy little chsrpsr for cash than
sxAv wisase sass " -. P0Al ~
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ESTR AVS.

4 NY person taking up Il stray roam mare with white
"A face and feet with portion of the name cut short
a long tail; also a red with white foot, and
white saddle marks Twill he literally rewarded by retsrn-
ing them or either of them TO the subscriber,
st. Paul, Oct. II, 1850. JOSEPH X. BROWr.
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DIR, n. BARBOUR,

DIN " > ID n INISV . INe
WOULD respectfully notify the citizens of
w st. Paul and vicinity tina, he has opened
DRUG STORE,
and will keep hand good assortment of
Drug Medicines, Paints and Dye-Stuffs-an will
also PRESCRIBE MEDICINE for all those who
wish it, according TO the Eclectic practice, as
taught in the Cincinnati Reformed College of
Medicine maI2 3tf
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LIFE INSURANCE.

LIFE INSURANCE.
National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society Of
London and NeU York.
CAPITAL, S2,5OO,OOO,
portion Of which is invested State Stocks and other
Securities in the State of New York.
G. X. SMITH, AGENT,
Office at Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
DR.. ID. DAY, Medical Examiner at this Agency. 2-24
ST. PAUL HAT AND CAP STORE,
On Bench Street.
TIME UNDERSIGNED having been engaged during
II the last six years as practical halter In Phiadel-
pha, designs opening Wholesale and Retail Hat and
Cap Storefeelng confident that with his knowledge of
the business, and facilities for obtaining goods he will be
enabled to produce articles in his line unexceed BY
in New York or Philadelphia, and far superior to any
thing Of the kind offered in this market. He pur-
doing business upon cash principles and under the
motto of "small profits and quick sales, intends king
his prices such will compare favorably with those Of
the Eastern cities
About the LIST of October he expects be in receipt
Of full assortment of Hats and Caps Of the latest
styles at which time the public generally invited to
call and examine the stock and prices. 2-22
1t, Paul, Sept, 1850. r. WEST McCLOUD.
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S2,999,l23
(Alta California.
Total,

VALUATION or REAL AND PERSONAL
PEopERrY.-The City Assessors, last eve
ming, communicated tbs fact to the Com
mon Council that they had completed their
iabors, and would be prepared to present n
final report on Monday evening next. The
following is the estimate of real anu per-
sonai estate subject 10 taxation:
Real Estate, $3.50, SO4
Personal. 5,79i ,Os5
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LOTS FOR SALE.

VUNiIE 81 BSCRIBER will sell his entire farm mt Ri
Il lansk Point, in lots from to 90 acres or less, tc
suit purchasers Ii is situated about half mile below
st. Paul, betweca Trout and Mill creeks and atoi DIS
desirable locations for residences. There i,
also a very valuable m-seat on the premises. Enquir.
of STANISIANS RlLANSkI I'll;
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nnnA lbs. BUTTER and CHEEsE-p-.me
bOOO artelss--lust rsceiv Cd and for sale at
SxRGENTn
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SAMUEL ii. sERGENT,

Under the Pioneer Office, Third-st.
CtPEAKING of Boston, Philadelphia and Min
- nesota Stores, l simply say that have a
LARGE STOCK OF GOODS, which intend
10 sell at extremely low prices. The principal
stock IL lis follows:
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L. ROBERTS

l.. ROBERTS.
CORNER OF WATER AND JACKSON SIS.
rs offering for saFe large and beautiful
Il assortment Of
DRY GOODS,
Consisting in par, of Calicoes, Sheeting, Shirt
ngs, Mousln de lanes, Silks, Alpaca., Broad
cloths, Cassneres, Satlners, Jeans, Ncstngs,
Coat Trimmings, I.nseys,
READY MADE CLOTHING,
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-24

l. , sdN . NV Coii'Ns
IL boxes matches,
Is bbls salt
4 gross pint TASKS
6 dz bot. Stoughton bit
6 /" Ketchup
q d" peppermint
6 I" pepper sauce
10 bbls molasses
IL doz half bxs sardines
10 boxes table salt
$500 lbs good 'sh butter
10 boxes shaving soap
10 barrels rice
10 barrels crackers
ia large 10, of tinwars
1 doz shovels
5000 principe cigars
1000 lbs good ham
200 lbs assorted candy
Ia large lot of crocKery
also, large lot spIt,oons
2 doz fine silk hats
2 /" do. I'd quality
30 jars assorted pickles
no doz cut tunnblers
! 5 bxs pipes
2 dox large brim hats
2 " common do
2 L" white wcel do
3 . pearl do
us Kegs Of powder
Nutts, assorted
ia large assor,men, taeks
6 bxs salcratus
Z boxes starch
5 dozen bed cords
8 DE- bxs Dallsy's Mag
Pain Extra cior
5 doz Buffers lipnnen
IL DE- large and SIN. hot
Perry Davis Pain
Killer
4 dozen petroleum o
RI brook oil
liz dozen brooms
s. III. SERGENT.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-24
California Items.

SHIPMENT or GOLD DUsT.-We can
safely say that the shipments of gold from
tins country, during the month OF Augu st,
exceed that Of any other month since the
discovery of the mines. The amount is al
most incredibly large, versing on three
rnilions of dollars. This sum has heen
regularly manifested, and is exclusive of
the parcels carried through by private
hands. The following exhibits the amount
by each steamer:
August Is, per Carolina, $l59, 900
August Is, per Columbus, $4,000
August 81, per Oregon, 1850, 900
Per Sortherner. $50, l23
Total, S2,999, 1913
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30 bbls old whiskey, ,
81 -" ofnew lard. No l
SO 4" Dayton ale
10 " Amer. brandy
6 4" Nal. wine
5 " old peach brandy
2 casks Holland gin
4 pipes old co. brandy |
1 do pale brandy !
10 bbls n. o. sugar
s 4" loaf I" |
3 (" double refined
5 bbls Clarified sugar
20 bxs tallow candles
Z /" Star candles
90 &c No. l soap
Is 4" raisins
5 bxs Mrs.G. B.Miller's|
fine cut tobacco
/. 5 4" smoking
IL " chewing
10 " common
E2O L" Goldfish
lis -" herring
/ Z &" imperia! tea
!. 7 /" young hyson
/: 8 =" Soushong sn.bx-
/ 4 /" do large
a large assortment blxts
20 kegs white lead
3 bbls lipseed oil
80 bxs glass
Orounu pepper, 'ioe'n'"
and Shoe Blaexmg
s Dbl. Mackerel
Is bags Of shot
8 bxs clothes pins
Window sash, assorted
Lamp chimneys
5 doz bxs figs
7 s bxs claret wine
! 5 " champagne cider
Fresh eggs
5 bbls vnegur
) reams wrapp. paper
10 doz bottles Of ink
/ June 20, 1850
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LOGS GROUND INT0 BUILDING Ma
TERlAIS.

BIZ III, Of tbot primitive nofiUe perer he HsrsS
YvyIIE BARNES, at their Single Lsth and CfaFecara
II Mandatory north Of the Bartis. Church, in
At Paul are ready furnish seh building pssersis ~
Shingles cths and ClsY promptly At snch Fr'e~s
as will diminish the Of buti1ng in town, yearly c
half Call in and see Us. We grinding lss- inis
houses every DAY except Sundays. 2Ts
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MINNESOTA BOOKSTORE,

wholesale and Psfat
WY c. IKDVC spoSe receiving md openfng = tsrss
w . assortment of school aud miscellaneous fofA'
ard stationery which will be sold for cash AZ
hIe taye on Eastern prices. dp 6ouht WIZ Dc
made 10 schools supplying Themselves ~ the o'heh;
Cash orders fram ST Anthony, S;hlwaief, ~ i,om
other settlements in Minnesota, rsspeciini:y 'one'o'
So Paul, soptes pee u, iSt1 Nt
~ n hills GREEN APPLES, received and Tor SAFE
- e1 very low by }" hoDhNi
-. : II,JTrTur ssrd Flrie ffayes, the best
n p.knr's OF the ST. rAUL HARDWARE siohk,
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OyssOY,JTEON.


NTOTIcE - hereby given that tho partnership iatey
~ exj.firs between william DsYncher ard lcuis f.
Paul under the Of Deiosser and Paul. vas dssosef
or tho 3s,hdsy Of September last ~ nsntnai ecnsx:
ouix E. Paul in authorized settle sill debts due tss
Arm. WILLIAM DhnOthra,
Crtobers ;s5N LOUIS e. PAUL. 2Ss
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SAINT LOUIS MARBLE WORKS.
81, W0shington .4renae, nssr Fourth st.
NHARBLE Mantle Pieces Of every variety;
vi also, Italian Marble Monuments. Tombs,
Head Stones, Furniture Tops, and Marble work
Of every description, for sale lo~ by
23,r &c WILSON.
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PROBATE COURT,

FROBA r. COG Xxi.
~ Office is hereby given, that tbs resalaf
~ terms of the Probate Court OF Ramsey
county, Minnesota Territory. will De holden On
the first Mondays in March, June, September
and December, respectively, at 9 clock a. n,
a; my office in the town Of ST. Paul
4o-yfy HENRY A. LAMBERT,
Judge Of Probate Of
Ramsey Co. Min. Ter.
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vUNHE Co-partnership heretofore existing under III,
a name OF 'Babcock Ames Il WILKINSON" is Thu
day dissolved by mutual The unfinished bust
of the firm viii be settled in the
this dissolution had net taken place
l.. A. BABCOCK,
NJ T.. AMES,
st. Paul, Sept. 20, 1850. NJ. s. WILKINSON.
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ST 4 C T. s.

CIT. PAUL AND SALTWATER hose
y who wish to travel across the fine country
between these towns, u distance Of only 90 miles.
while it is sixty mes around by steamboat, viii
find stage leaving each town for the other, eve
ry morning after breakfast, except Sundays!
ROBERT KENNEDY, Proprietor
Saint pnnl Inlx lRSn -
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DRUGS AND
III & % IGI N Els


lust received from, The east a fresh snlil, o:
u Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, VAR
nishes and Dye-s.uls, which " i'll be sold at tbs
lowest prices.
FAMILY MEDICINES.
Anii-bous, ca,Aartic, vegetable, and aguc pills
Coxe's hive syrup, Stough;on's hiiters, burgundy
pitch. I.inimestz-voiatile, nerve ana bone, peor
mans and anodyne Am, I thompson 'seye water
opodeldoc, paragoric, castor oil without taste or
smell, rheumatic drops, Mexican Mustang Lini
ment, together with every article in the Drug the
for sale cheap for cash.
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NEW ATTR TION.
MFR. CHARLES CAVE informs his friends
wi und the public that he has Jast opened
A Splendid Bowling saloon,
with appropriate accompaninenis. IN Robert .
new building near the new Post Office, ip SAINT
Paul. The lovers Of the recreation OF Bowling
will find the Accommodations and entertainments at
the most complete and perfect description. n6x
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NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has
~ been appointed by the Court of Probate for the
County Of Ramsey Minnesota Territory, administrator
Of the of George Winnie deceased, late of Saint
Paul in said county. All persons indebted to said es-
tate will make immediate payment to me, and those
having claims will present the for settlement le
gally authenticated. II. JACKSON, Adminst'r.
81. Panl. Sent Is lS5O.
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tOIuMJNS IHsUFuNct 90, O7 tOIHWbUS, UNtO-CIlfkd
100000.
gNNIE undersigned having been appointed agents of thin
Il old and reliable Fire and Marine Insurance Compa
NY prepared to issue Policies fair and reasonab,
rates The character and standing of III company have
been well established for many years. and pre-
pared give the evidence of its reson
sibility and libcrglty in settlement oi losses
2-2tf RICE, VITAL. d BECkER, agents.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
LITERARY DEBATING CLUB.

The Literary Debating Club of Port Tobacco
held meeting ON last Friday, the 18th inst, and
elected the following officers, to wit
GEORGE BRENT, Esq, President
FREDERICK STONE, Esq, Vice President,
JAMES MCCORMICK, Secretary.
The following gentlemen were appointed by the
Chair Committee on Questions, to wit:-R H
MIrcHELL, PEMBROKE BRAwNER and NICHOLAS
SroNEsrREEr, Esq'rs.
The Club elected WILLIAM C. BARNES, ESQ, as
Orator for the 4th of July next, and WILLIAM B
SHAcKELFoED, Esq, as Reader of the Declaration
of Independence.
The following question is appointed for debate
on Friday, June the 9TH:
DO nations more on IN Indefinite progress, on art
they doomed to decline and fall?
Messrs. n. SToN and J. w. MITCHELL
to debate in the affirmative, and Messrs. R. s.
REEDER and G. w. CRAM, in the negative. =
The public is most respectfully requested to at
tend this debate. AS it is interesting question
it will no doubt stimulate the gentlemen engaged
in the debate, to excel all their other efforts.
The Club then adjourned until Friday, the 18th
June. JAMES MCCORMICK, Sec'y.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
SANITARY PREcEpTs. The following
re from DIR. Brigham's "Utica Asylum Sou

SANITARY PREcEPTs. The following
are from DIR. Brigham's "Utica Asylum Sou
venir:"
ave wish we could impress upon all, the
vast importance of securing sound and a
bundant sleep; if so, we should feel ,ha
we had done an immense good to our fell
low beings, not merely in preventing insani-
,y, but other diseases also.
owe fear that the great praise of early
rising has had this bad effect, to make some
believe that sleeps but little consequence
Though it may be we'll 10 rise with the sun
or when it is light (not before, however,
yet this is of minor consequence in com
parison with retiring early to bed.
"'l have always taken care,' said the wor-
thy DR.. Holy oke, after he was above 100
years Of age, 'to have full proportion oI
sleep, which | suppose has contributed to
my longevity
"In our opinion the most frequent and
immediate cause of insanity, and the one
most importan. to guard aganstis the toan'
Of sleep.
"ro procure good sleep it is importan
that the mind should not be disturbed fol
several hours before retiring to rest.
'Drummond thus extols sleep:
'Sleep, silence, child sweet father of soft rest,
Prince, whose approach peace to all mortals bring
Indifferent host to shepherds and to kings,
Sole comforter Of minds which are oppressed
Lo, by thy charming rod all breathing things
Lie slumbering, with forgetfuness possest."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
NEGROES.-FREE AND SLAVE.

We copy the following article from the
New Y ork Herald, as containing true de-
scrlption OF the condition of the slaves al,
the South, contrasted with that of the color
ed race in other localous
The two distinct races Of men, the white
and the black, never yet stood side by side
IN social system that can compare with
the present happy relations that exist in the
South. Ii is spectacle which is exhibited
in no other country. The one is dependent
upon the other. Each belongs to, and all
are parts OF, a peaceful system Both are
surrounded with all the comforts, convent
ences-ay, Injuries, and endearments of
life. Love and kindness sweeten the tasks
OF servl!ude, aud quie. obedience and devo-
ton Tighten tasks of command. Each plan
tation is regulated and governed after the
model of happy family. There is also
the legislative, the judicial and the execu-
tive system working in primitive simplicity,
and for the good of ALL What is the state
Of the negro in other parts of the world
Look at Africa, where he is found in his
native state, wild, crude, cannbal, stupid
and but one remove from the ourang outang,
and but two from the little monkeys Of the
forests. He is brutal, beas,ly, barbarous.
teroclous, and possessing every vice with
out one virtue.
Look at him al St. Domngo-in a state
of social and political freedom; sometimes
as an empire, sometimes republic--pos-
sessing all the characteristics of the race
black, ignorant, brutal, blood-,hirsty, luslful
vain, and stupid, without redeeming fea-
ture of white humanity.
! Look OF him in Enthusiastically poor,
lazy, ignorant, the type of human hog.
Look at him in the Northern States
lazy, indolent, ignorant, and, if honest, the
slave of any employer who will work him
and give him bread, as much and more so
than his coored brethren in the South-lol
there, when sick, he has home and the
comforts Of life ; here, when sick, he may
starve or die. Those who are not honest
parade the Five Points, Elm street, and 9th.
er resorts, ragged, dirty, and destitute their
food the offals of the street, and their con-
dltion only bettered when sent to the peni-
Tertiary or State prison.
Here are the several pictures. Look at
these pictures. Look at them all. First
the happy condition of the negro in the
| Southern States. Second: the miserable
condition Of the negro in the rest of the
world. These are facts-s,ern, incontro-
ver,ible, and undeniable fixed facts. This
| is what the negro now is.n
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
BALTIMORE MARKET.
SATURDAY, Nav Rs, 1855

oAlohhA1, -hdy 80, icoo.
GRAIS.-We have to note an improvement in
the prices of Wheat and Corn, under the influence
of the English adviccs to 18th instant.
Wheat.-We quote Nd. reds to-day, fair to prime
at llsal20 cents; Md. whites at l2oal33 cents.
Corn.-The market opened on Monday with
sales of Nd. white at 53a55 cts, and of yellow at
81 cts On Wednesday the sales of white were
at Sass cts, and of yellow at 53a6O cts.
Oats.-Md. Oats range from 3Sa40 cts
ToBAcco.-At the beg inning of the week the
demand for Maryland crop Tobacco somewhat
and shippers, though anxious to purchase, were de-
tered by the low prices prevailing on the other side
The market opened however with very good feel,
ing under the circumstances, which maintain
ed to the close The better descriptions were
mostly sought after, and nearly all Of these kinds,
together with some common lots, were taken t pre-
vious prices, some slight concessions being occa-
sionaly made in favor of buyers. We continue for
mcr quotations, viz: Common Mary land S35Oa4 :;
good common S4a450 brown S4a6; and fine
brown S6.50al0. Tobacco from the upper part of
Maryland continues much in favor, and finds rea-
dy sale at high rates. All that reaches the market
Is quickly sold within quotations. viz: Tails or
tips SlaS; seconds S5aS red SSal4 spangled
Sl0alG; and yellow Sl5a2O. Some parcels of
fac yellow sold at S20aa2, and one hid at Sci
The inspections of the week comprise ,055 hhds.
Mary land 445 hhds. Ohio; 10 hid. Kentucky ;
6 hhds. Virginia.; and hhds Pecnsy vania-total,
1870 hhds. The total inspections this year are
l2,2l3 hhds. against l4,l5O hhds. to the same Pc
Rod last year.-.imCriCan.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-29
PEACH-TREES.

The Horticuzturist for April has the fol-
lowing recipe for supplying peach-trees with
the n"urishment they require, given by an
sold Digger" IA
have found by repeated trials that VIC cd
ashes is the very substance (along with
sufficient manure in the soil, mind) to main
tain healthy, substantial, and produc tive
habit in the peach-tree.
DON'T content yourself with sprnkling
four or five handlus of ashes round peach
tree, and expect its leaves to Turn colour
with a lease Of new life. Take half peck
Fof leached ashes to Young tree, or half a
bushel TO full-grown tree-in that pro-
portion at least; put not dust Of it around
the Trunk, (that is, so far as beneftting tile
roots goes,) but make a calculation with
your eye of how far the roots of the tree
spread; it may be two feet, il may be SIX
teet every way from the trunk. Then, hav-
ing satisfied yourself about where the great
er part OF the young fibres are, spread the
ashes on the surface of the ground, over
them, and turn it under about three inches
with light spade. If such treatment as
this don't give you healthy trees, then your
stock is radically diseased, and only worth
place on The wood-pile. -|.
The llltle enemy, the peach-worm, will
very likely have established h,msefin your
trees. If you have not been over your trees
last fall, lynch him on the spot, by ferret
ing him out of his hole, in the neck of the
tree, just below the surface of the ground
You can do this good turn for peach tree
in five minutes, by lifting the soil around it
two or three inches deep, laying bare the
stem Just between wind and water, as the
old sailors say. If all looks clean and
smooth there, very well; replace the soil
again. If, on the other hand, you see gum,
then look out for the enemy Scratch a
moment with your knife where the gum
oozes out, and you will get on his trail :;
cut into the bark till you find HMM the
shape Of white grub, three-quar,ers Of an
inch long; and when found, snake no ote
of it," but settle his accounts as rapidly as
you can. 80. -. '
This grub comes from an egg laid in the
bark, IN summer, by the winged insect
Unless the creature is wonderfully abundant
il contents itself with looking about for the
tender bark at the surface Of the ground. On
this account ii is good plan TO outwit the
rascal by heaping up little cone or pile
Of wood ashes, tan, or sand, say SIX inches
high, around the trunk. the sole object of
this is to guard the sof! place in the bark a,
the neck of the tree. On this account you
must clear away the pile every fall, so as
to let the bark harden again. If you
do not, but keep it there winter and sum
mer, you will find that it does no more
good than blowing against the wind-for
the very plain reason ,ha, the bark becomes
tender at the top of the pile, instead of the
surface OF the ground, as before.