The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-08

fall mo,tled upon parlor carpets before
all is over, and on fruii-waIls, upon pub
lie greens and roadsides, and ito intfu.
cncc be felt 10 every heart Of homo. Ap-
pies, pears, cherries and quincco will sup
plant the pretended failure Of plums, aud
Introduce doubtless d Diversified variety
Of the latter, to show that tho failure
was in assiduity Of culture. the sttensiou
aud patience belonging to good manages
men, which tho children not unlikely,
at tho Same time, may havd fals the
waut of-rctler than in the geuctousvs
tality and fructifying forces Of nature,
who is still, II. we'll treated, quite up 10
her duty. The forest frees are nlways
waiting turn Of good fortune, by the
hand Of discerning friend, 10 transplans
them Ia whero for shndo or ornament
they may bear moro conspicuous shars
in thc rural economy. A dcgres ot
leisure for Su,h kind Offices may bo fodnd
perhaps, in favorable season, IN the Fall,
with less Inconvenience to other business
than in Spring. There is planting en-
ough doubtless, for tho time there may
be, either in Spring or Fall, and il is
doubtful whether other work, in hurry.
ing time might not bo left to suffcr, that
value might be addcd 10 the place 10
this form, nt the garden or orcbard,or ur-
on somo picco Of pleasure ground II
hardly is doubtful as to which applica-
ton Of labor would not 6e all tho sams<
thing, q score Of years hence. We hear
Of a cultivator in Iowa, who went from
New lIampshire,who prides bimselfthas
he has set, and hns in growing, every
species Of forest-trco known to him,
which will bear his climstc. A plat OF
ground, devoted somewhere on ones cwa
plantation, to tho growth Of the forest
trees of County or State, would make
pleasant stndy for the youth Of q famL
ly, or, occupying somo nook Of public
ground, would make grove. of Acade
mus, Of which the succeeding generation
would DO proud We should like ,has
our own monument. left with those Of
others, should feel tito shade Of such .
place. A'private cemetery might expeS
to be undi.tur5ed, in such . garden es
natural science e.l- .s.l... .sr.r
Du. the grape /. for the living, and y
difu,ing itself kirdlS.again III the eouu.
.y, by tho aid Of Grnpc-day. Oa tts
way 10 Lako Dunmore,-where there
ought 20 be % garden Of plants," "doube-
| ess,-,he stranger will have seen an ia
$ ance at the place Of Mr. Sheldon, il
Salisbury, who delights in the plurality
Of tho vino. We do not know tho iinds
lie cul,ivatcs, aud say nothing Of them
as matters Of taste The spirI Of his
plantation harmonixes with the Msi,S
Law, to mako pleasure innocent and lSs'
ury profit, and bring back the pri,ni'
tive forms Of comfort to the bower Of in.
dustry again. A, another locality, We
have had tberpleasurc, the present sen
aon, TO visit q young plantation Of vines
set BY our venerable friend, MIR Georgs
Gale Of Bridport. l. is at tho rear II
his substantial dwelling. aud, poeripg ~
il, commands view Of the fnc patrino
NAL farm, whero our friend aud his fsiis
or before him have maintained tho chas-
ecter Of men, whose. stock Of ideas keI.s
even play with that Of animals or CROP
upon tho farm. lie has twenty vines or
more, set on li:lle rocky ridge, shss
shalters, upon ono side a ard for cattle
This, he said, in .ha, kindly humor ons
likes 10 meet in those in whom tho bes.
not the lees, of the wing Of life is kcp, 70
the last,-This, iss my. plantation now.
Younger men, tell them, MUS, follow
in tho field. ....-. ,..-...-s
There is no quarter, perhaps. 10 which
the spirit Of tho grape movemcn, hss
not penetrated. The leading farmers Of
course have slipped intoit, or their wives
would give them push. his something
for writer to ssy,-such are rsthersrs
to say and do not,-,hat he has himself
dabbled in j, little aud with como Dc.
gree Of success. We count some half
dozen vines, not sprout too many mot
to speak Of failures, all Aourishipg en-.
ough. Cuttings arc q good thing for
those that love to plant in hope Que can
diversity his expectations at a cheap rate,
and renew them indeed indefinitely. from
year to year, but certainty is IN theroot.
Bcing among those, who, with no small
degree of persuasion, induced our vcner.
able leader to offer his growing vines att
price, rather than distribute them by "a
vor,-a plan we had found to be far from
democratio,-we became naturally, on
his yielding tho point Of delicncy, pur.
chaser We had the counsel Of the Doc
tor iu planting, and his aid perhaps ia
pruning aud this eseut season, the see.
ond we believe from our cnlis'ing VIC alto
a second time from tho fruit Of our own
vine, with moderation certainly bat With