The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-17

ln the frs. placg / caused 60 be- eyragatcd
arrntro ditch, four miles long, and one some
points from % a. IN lrut deep. beginning NJ
Savannah swaWpaul ln-sug entirely through
hr pond Secondly were dug spring 4ltrhes
of several miles IN lrnuh in nll suitable par-
O. and lastly parallel bitches leading from
tho centre 90 ihu spring drains these lateral
dLches were placed &C Intervals OF liu yards.
Tho cypress pATt, formerly visited only by q
,tnOr, Il now easily accessible. and iurnishrs
uhuud1nt and durable timber f0r building and
tneing The open, uncuIuyaied part 10 Gov
cred with grass averaging 1000 pounds 70
tho acrv, palAtlbIe and nutritious 20 horses
aud other stork, Last year sAty acres yield-
rl sixty hrayF balrs OF rpitOn, and the beet
ARE Of the corn land seveny-siy hnshela'
This work was accomplished g lash ditch
rrs, Negroes, it b. said could have done n
cheaper; but governed hy The maxim ne 80
ior nina crsyiliam rouhncd the black man
~ The cultivation uf tho staple commodltea'-
M Irish ditoher, brought up Ia lorhity not
iarg.r thAa,a rig stye, with Q rotten potato
Tor iiia brrakiaat, yoke upon hla neck, ana .
la yatherrr inlhis porkct n 10 be EXCUSED "
.Hi. reiish for hAerly be- keen and bis dev9 ton
fbdisf tiodde-s\prnlouud and sincere, -
a 80 when pruprfl, sch0oled IN llAe cis-
-aflwi,fi,. nj yarslty hr bfrsmes The Nncst la
Iaror la the waTld The railroads be has halt,
the canals ho las dug, the b0gs be has dram
"a The cmhanlmcnts le hos thrown NJ, the
tpestachft lie tr driven forth, heapuak the
-a.aa!.ilnAe aud lallle nf liz zeEsl.es aud lnr-
uish 10 his Adopted country satisfactory re-
immigration Tor hi' eccentriciuca and ulrhu,
i,,te VI ,i,n. slaild poRliSae 10 Foll an' Agd
riin. bo,,.troucr ~ Erin be- laid low, hisiorytn
filling IN her pages, will bu compelled "a sd-
hnlt flnt he wrldcd tho spade with more
adroitnusa than the sceptre,' and that III 4
Hr-tTiuvrrHrurT w uitrhrr tuirneAsufauIy
Transcend all his efforts ~ politician.
La The nllen -nnenlilxAtHd part OF MOLLY a
u.nd there are several hundred acres OF peat
from az O 80 inches deep resting on bot OF
llue clay nj first had gIyat misgiNnRs ~
rugaTd 10 this peat land, and thought Of u..ns
il exclusively for pasture and manure LUIS
yoor planted seventy acres OF II ~ corn
VITA a katie plough rimilar 10 the biutc OF a
coulter. rut the lnnd both ways every twelve
,,,.l-.-- ,l-f-tl' ct-tir--rur fr''--'-''-
followed the same lurrow with bull tongue,
and hurstod up in every direction square
blocks OF peat Aiter being exposed 10 the
run and made dry, these were fired and burnt
By this means the formidable roots OF the
cane graw were oradicgtcd and coat OF ash
~ secured. In the spring, ridges wore thrown
Mn tho corn planted, and up 10 this time
2, tlrre n better field Of grain.
Several hundred acres Of this pond are ab
propriatcd 10 pasture. The grass ~ inAnJ
nIaccs IL breast high, anil the mowers pro
nonnce IL equal to any specimens IN New Eng
land. TO me "a Is panorama, 20 use bil
-worl, transsenslapty beautiful Unfortunate
1y do not reside on my plantation, but "hef
| 90 there (Which is oNen) and look aronn,
an TINT plAin ofTcvet, I become dreamy ant
al "a la
meadow east Of the Buffalo prairios. Whei
i behold the cattle browsing on the ranl
grass and cotton and corn springng from
soil which for ages generated malaria anl
monsters, enjoy the landscape with NJ mucl
i,lsto ne ever Archimr,lr- ,ld his solution OF
The prublcm ofthc King Of Syracuse, or Sar
danapalus his dinner on bull iro9'.
independent of this have drained on th
satneptcmises some fifteen other ponds, al
OF which are productive, and one Of which
embracing hundred aoFss is worth in th
opiuion ofsomc Carolina gentlemen Who har
visited H. two hundred dollars "a the acrc-
contro to circfnimrcrirc, y1nuIng fnyasdS
for building and fencing, pasture for cattl,
hay for work horses and corn and cotto
which would not disgrace the banks of III
Mississippi.
Has your humble servant accompishc
ANYTHING in the premises worthy Of Your aim
and trouble in wadng through this letter p
l. is not something to introduce health wbcr
previously t'ftigrurrt fevurs pFdyaftcdY I
ST. Patrick became saint for banishin
snakes from ireland, aud Hercules a dem
god for cleansing the Augean stables an
driving wild beasts from the mountains o.
Lydia, may not your humble servant take
little comfort to himself for roofing out on
Of the strong holds of posiilcncc, and convert
ing vast qu1gmire into fruitful fcld2
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