Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-04-10

place 10 palllQ nue.. is FL tne mOrn-
ing sunshine, and the hilly breeze, that the
true-tinted rose is worn; but its fresh
hues fade and blanch in the crowded sa.
loon or the heated ball. 1t is of few vo-
taries of dissipation, that Herrick could
say
Gone asked me where the roses grew,
bade him not 60 seek,
But forthwith bade my Julia show
A bud in either check"
In order to display their own elegant
invention in explanatory fables, the classic
Bards of old, feign the Rose to have been
originally white and divers are the eau
ses assigned for its change of complexion.
Herrick, versifying one fancy, tells US
"Tis said, as Cupid danc'd among
The gods, he down the nectar flung;
Which on the white rose being shed,
Made it forever after red"
Another legend is, that Venus, hasten
ing to protect Adonis, trod on the thorns
of the rose, and, her foot being wounded,
afew drops of her celestial blood served
to make the flowers blush ever after for
their cruelty to their patron divinity.
The term "under the rose" sub rosa,
applied to any secret transaction, is per.
haps not generally known to be of classic
origin. Cupid, once on time, wishing
to gain assistance from Hopocrates, the
god of silence, gave him the rose, by
way of bribe and from this circumstance
the custom formerly prevalent among
some nations, of suspending rose from
the ceilings of rooms in which secret
meetings were held, is evidently derived /;
and hence the familiar expression, "under
the rose," which is very Insignificant un.
less the origin Of it be known.
To RAISE CABBAGE, &c.-A CORES.
pondent of the Prairie FarHaseef has the
following remarks II n regard to the raising
of Cabbage, &C.: Si= 80
Every spring I am called on for cab
bage and other plants; when inquire Of
my neighbors why they do not raise
plants themselves, | always hear some
excuse like; "The bugs eat them up,'
"The seed was good for nothing" or,
"The frost killed them," or You can.
not raise cabbage plants on old land"
&C.; and may be it is so with neighbor-
hoods where the Prairie Farmer circu-
lates, and for that reason | will describe
my way-and l have never met with a
failure. l have boxes prepared, about
twelve inches deep, and set them up in
sheltered place, high enough to be out
Of jumping distance of the bugs, and fill
them with good rich soil. Before plan
ting the seeds, prepare kettle full of
boiling water, and pour it as hot as posi-
BILE over the boxes. This kills the var
mints and seeds of weeds in soil, and
when cooled down some, promotes the
termination of the seeds planted, which
come up a great deal quicker than when
planted in cold soil. The seeds are
sown on top, and pressed in the warm
mud with a board, and are afterwards
covered with about the eighth of an inch
of loose soil. The plants will come up
quick and thrifty, and no bugs will trou-
bic them. Last year, | raised in a box
about thirty.six feet square about 5000
cabbage plants, which sold readily at 2s.
per hundred, which would be at the rate
OF S6,075 per acre. Who can beat it9"
RECEIPT FOR BURNs.-As | see many
receipts for various cures i'll your paper, |
send you one for burns:-
Take lime water as strong as it can be
made and add to it as much alum as it
will dissolve, after which add one ounce
of sweet oil, which will turn it to q jelly,
like opodeldoc, if the lime is strong
enough. This should be kept by every
family in tight bottle in some place
where it cannot freeze, and should be I'M
mediately applied. A child of mine got
her clothes on fire in the absence Of the
family, and when discovered the skin was
almost all burnt off her face and neck
we had to make the preparation, but in
fifteen minutes after it was applied, the
fire was extracted and the child at ease
have tried most of the receipts publish.
ed in your paper, but nothing have found
to equal the above. If rightly made and
properly applied it will extract all the bur
ming heat in ten minutes.
HIRAM RooT.
1--WE have been acquainted with the
use of lime water and olive oil salve, fol
burns, for more than twenty years, bu
we never saw It made up with mixture
of alum. 1t is very good salve. Poul
tees of linseed meal, are the best rene
dies that we ever saw applied to burns
Scientific American.
A CLOCK FOR Sixty CESTs.-Mr
Chauncey Jerome, of New Haven, Con
necticut, has actually made timepiece
which he will warrant to keep good
reckoning, and which he sells for sixty
cents at wholesale, and one dollar at re
tail. The works are all made of brass
He makes upwards of eight hundred 9
day Of these articles.