The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-30
STRIPED AND BLACK DUCS..A
CHEAP HOT.BED.

ChEAf tlO1sDCDs
One Of the greatest evils We have to con-
tend with in our gardens is the rava.es OF
the bugs in our young vines, and numberless
are the inquiries and suggestions about the
best way to protect them while young and
tender. Narions cxpcdicnts have been tried
with more or less success, according to the
care and time bestowed upon them. 1t is an
old saying that "a fat calf is not lousy" on
that principle Isuppose that plant or vine
growing vigorously without any check, on be-
ing put back by transpIantins or other cause,
will not be injured BY bugs. Such | found
to be the case with my vines last year, and
the method took to ensure a vigorous growth
was new to me. and may be to others. will
state the process:
used the manure heap from the horse sta
ble for hot-bcd. After leveirg down the
top where it was heated, covered it with
pieces of rich turf taken from: the edge of the
barn-yard, cut into squares of five Or SIX inch
e>, and placed grass side down. | planted
my seeds in these pieces of turf so that each
piece would make Jill !; then when it was
time to transplant, just removed each piece
OF turf toa place prepared torit in the garden
without disturbing the plants in the least. |
never saw plants grow so fast before, and no:
one Of them was injured by the bugs, while
some planted in the usual way were destroy
ed by them. For the convenience of trans
planting, should think that turf would be
better than loose earth to put on AIRY ho.-bcl.
). MASSEY, Wa;er,own n u, -HuyM SCR
lorlcr.
GENERAL. PrLL!sSIEE-Thc officer who
has been recently invested with the command
Of the French army before Scba>topol, earn
ed his claim to that distinction about ten wears
since. in Africa, by an exploit which will for
ever cover his name with intamv. lie
su.locatcd some three hundred men, women
and children of one of the Arab tribes. in a
cave, because he was unab., to make thcm
surrender to lis arms. We copy from the Pare
b,on Pop"ajrc, Of Paris, the following ra,l-
err aro.ope;ic account Of This ati,ir.
THE cave had only two entrances. one a
5ove the Other 10 which an inrlo>cd iootps,!.
led. y company of rrrna,!:ers received or
,!crs to follow this difficult; route. and to ar
rive as soon as nos.;b.c At the retreat Of the
X ,bv!rs: but tie latter had the advan,,o, Of
ti:iny with certainty Of KILN, the. men en-
cared in this species Ct r,yiur. II va, f,uu1
necessary to abandon Tie a,,,.k IN front
Arinye>imcut o. n. place wa. then tbou III,
of. Famine would nrob,blv have romncU,J
the Oulrd Rh;,s To- submit but C,r,,oy Pal.
'iss;,r was in hurry 10 ;,;n his col,,,.m.
On rho otb.r h,,J ,,o~o woro 80, ,uo,,
sufficient to take up permanent encampmcnt
On these mountains where an instruction
might ann,hila,c the column in short, >i,.e
was not in conformity with the Co.ouci's in
,irurtions. lie had directions. at any prize.
% destroy the pr.>'jqe attacked 10 The retreats
If the Kantara.
IN Internal idea, borrowed, unfortunately
.iihcr from cur civil wars or from the war,
IT the SpahiardS in America had been ipE-
-atcd as an extreme measure bv the Govern
'r. 1t was to territy the KabylcS lv threat
ming to >uloca.c them in their caves Lv Gr..
Il was thought that in presence OF such men.
zee all resistance would cease ,,,..r .,,;
in~. though not without a good deal O. dir.
Guilty, in plarinr himself in communicative
with Ike defenders Of the Cavern Cl,,
P,jiis,;cr threw ON, H.. ,,r.,, ,,,
Marshal Eugca"d. Thc .trahs laughed a, il.
ana one OF the French '':s o: truce VAS even
S''icd ny Item.
y commencement Of Ike prn;,.r, w,<u,L.
in The idea that their Indifference ouiv a;o>r
from the certainty which they cu,.r,,;u.d
hat the threat woulI Tot b.. n,- IN cx.,.,
ion. Heaps of dry wood and straw w.r.
thrown from thct,ns of ,,, C
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