Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-07-06

man wEO will do such thing is not a par-
ticle better than be who counterfeits a
bank bill o: silver dollar, or wt. VIZ
forge a SIGNATURE to a bank e.-.l- ~,
have i. from perfectly reliable a1,n...-
that c1mIany Of ftr,e dealers hailiur ION
Ohio, purchased At small sn- ~ II
We-.ern New York a quantity Of seeding
INV i.-ed fruit trees, lPeacbes aud Cher
riessJ knowing them to be sueh-for the
uurseryman we believe to be a perfectly
honest man-ard hey took them UP, lied
them IN parcels, and attached l.ibel, to
them bca,iug the names Of all the Lest
llits in the catalogues. We were inform
Cd tla, the-e -pul.Jus articles were 10 be
carried to Tennessee. Here is piece Of
yi!'aily i,r YOU. Such mon richly de-
serve the reni,entiary, and We can not un-
dcr,..a@ hyG auy honest man could con-
>-ilatiou,Iy RETAIN from exposing them,
all thus al il briu, lng them to punish
mcat.
Ia every part fthc country people have
been oatraszoualy deceived by ifinerazt
crlt'ers. Iney traverse ;Ae country, aud
tIl4 orders 10 DO grating at 50 much apiece
fer ali tha- live. Wl-4 the season Of
glat,i4. cyll-,, few worAsl- 4 come along
with q was5n-l-aI of scions, containing
every yalety that could possibly be ecaIled
for, all procured firm the most respons.Jlo
source and as q proof Of this, catalogue
Of some weltku0Yu nulseryman is ozli-
bitcd, and, It may be, a forged bill or iu-
voice, while the scions were most likely
cut fr.m some Of the orchards they had
been ..@iiGg IN. Thousands Of orchards
Laye been ruined in this way. We have
nCw one il org possession which the pre-
yi9us cvner Id had grated BY one Of
these rogue, and instead Of having some
tir-c o. lour select sorts, as he ordered, hc
had a collection Of vile 1uJ5ish, m,r'ly
rr,rrai mutt, and IL zJmc cases three OK
fur different sorts on tree.
We II; gLt 90 On and cite cases Of this
rt which tayc come 70 on ,uowlcd.e
enough to Ell dozen pages OF this journal,
hut }, would be We Of time and paper
In thi- par: Q. the country people are
more eautioas and careful ,han formerly,
and few men nov are wiling to trust uu-
known IRE -7onsiJic PERSONS with the I'M
por,a-t duty Of graf,ius their fruit trees.
Not 81, haTrevar. IN sonn parss of the
West and South, where We are informed
the speculation is in full blast We hope
this word cf warning may find its way
there, and prevent at leas, few from al
lowing themselves to be yictimized. It's
but just to say, in this connection, that
there are honest men engaged in this busi-
ness Of gr4fil--men in all respects
worthy Of coniidenee-and the seryice
thev render to frui, culture IS very great.
Nha. " have said will be II detrimeut
20 HON, ft hey have characters to sus-
tail ,4,m and inspire ccaflenee.
Quite As bad as any Of the frauds We
have mentioned, i that Of rslui;. 30
different and worthless var
anl flowers. as something rev.
nary, AM vaiuIl!o, a- the mo -
prices. Crafty Vows rar.m}a'a-. D.,
country VII exaggerated colal,i d..H-
iags md bomla~';. descriptions, anI thus
deceive thousands of people. Tie common
Alpine s gawl-rry -, been T-1.Ied for
years with the word -V'maoh very cap
jiyaiu) rrehxed The Cho,tr Oh
Grape-a geat fox Grape, u,'c.ly worth
less, excep., cs NrLoNGwoErH s-ys, ;ha.
itu'-atscrye FIR c1uuoa balls II lead were
scaree-f'y iwo c. three years has had a
Gne run in almost every part of tie couu-
trv, a. ,hrre to five dolla,s per plant. The
''Ec-el,io,',' and several o.Less pugtd AMI
para3ed a55u., ere no better.
Strange 10 say, very many of those who
purchase such articles, could not be per
suaiad TO purchase those Of veal meri,,
Nothing else vii serve them but to be
humJaQged, to use a vulgar but exp
siyc term.
Newspapers lend themselves, un"i'''~r-
ly, It. il general thing, to .icss fraa,7. '''''
do great dca! cJ harm. The f."
newspaper :. looked u? % as au,h's'''j
and when tLcsa src,rlators get .L~ir s'''T-
Ing descriptions published, 'lcir work Of
deceptioa is Lalf accomplished.
The only thing that can remcty us
evil. Is the dissemination of intelligence
and We can upon the friends Of horiicu!-
turc and Of honest and honorable dealing,
in al parts Of the country, to leni their
aid in exposing ard arresiins this system
of1raud. 1t Is a disgrace to the trade and
10 the morals ofthe country. mostun-
rleasan; duty it is fer Us to give such
s,bicet this importance; but We can not
s,r;uk from it. Os.s Is Mt the only
c,rn.rv where such dishonesty IS practised;
lie same camr i, played on i smaller or
- .,' c,ar Et.VrIa rs the raUcS