Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-01-30
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that the forests Of the State arc rapidly dinin:
ishing, Ind that wood every year is scarcer and
dearer. Considering the value and necessity Of
woodlands to 'furure generations, farmer cain
btdo better service to his posterity, and to the
State than to pefpetuate the forests. To accom-
plsh this object, the woods now standing must be
carefully guarded and cut with caution. Only
the Oldest trees should be selected, leaving the
others to improve by standing. The high price
of wood leads our farmers, often to cut off all the
timber of some pieces Of land; whose soil, rocky
situation, or position on side hill, prove that it
is of no service bat for wood. A little care of
such tracts would lead to their perpethty, and
to their constant increase in value. All "wo6d-
lands should be so securely fenced that cattle
fshdNldhavc no access. A little care will protect
theTyoung trees from the growth Of underbrush.
But there is one thing Hitherto neglected by OR
farmers, to which we wish to|call their attention,
and that is, the sowing Of various nuts, that will
preserve the forests to posterity. 1t is on this
bject that the present generation have been the
most careless, and have shown the least regard
to the benefit of the future, because they may
suppose the present will derive no advantage
from it. Let therefore, our farmers every year
scatter acorns of different species, especially Of
the white oak, beach nuts hickory nuts, of the
kinds most serriceable for fuel, and in places a.
dapted to:thd tree, chesnyt, if they wish supply
of fencing, maple and ash keys, &c, and they will
be doing as much service to their grandchildren
as if they laid up money for them at ten per
cent, interest.-Hatyord Times.
Womea Out of Doors.-The editor of Har-
p,r's Magazine, very judiciously expands sug-
gestion contained in one Of Mr.. Greeley's letters
from England:
"Our eyes have just now fallen upon passage
in Mr.. Grceley's last letter from Europe, in which
he speaks Ct the appearance Of the English VIC
men, and d'commends, with little more than his
usual ardor of expression, their perfection of fig
ure. He attributes this, and very justly, to the
English lady's habit of out-ofdoor exercise. We
had thought that this fact was known; that it
was known years ago, and that our fair country
men would catch hint from it, that would
throw color into their checks, and fullness into
their forms. And yet, sadly enough, our ladies
still coop themselves in their heated rooms, until
their faces are like lilies, and their figures like
Gly-stems.
We have alluded to the matter now, not for
the sake of pointing satire surely, but for the
sake of asking those one or two hundred thou
sand ladies, who every month light our pages
with their looks, if they do indeed prize little
unnatural peallLess o. hue and delicacy of COM
pexion, beyond that ruddy flush of health-the
very tempter Of kiss and that full development
of figure, which all the poets, from Homer down,
have made one of the chiefest beauties of wo-
man. If not, let them make acquaintance with
the sunrise; let them pick flowers with the dew
upon them; let them study music of natures
own orchestra. Vugarity is not essential to
health ; and ethe, elastic figure does not grow
in hot houses. For ourselves, We incline heartily
to the belief that if American women have
wish to add to the respect, the admiration, the
love- and-if need be-the fear of the men, they
will find an easier road toward that gain, in lit
tie vigorous out-ofdoor exercise and a uniform
attention to the great essentials & health, than
in any new-fangcd costumes, cr loudly applau-
dcd rights"
MARRIAGES BY SAE-1Ainong the ancient
Babylonians, ut certain time every year, tho
p,,rr;o on.aII, fo,natac wern aSSomh1od ond disnn-