Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-09
Fruit Trees.

4 Fruit Trees.
i Notwithstanding our caution in recon
Intending such a system of general or
chard planting as would be appropriate tt
warmer latitudes, yet we cannot let thi
last opportunity, for the year, pass by with
out again insisting on a due attention tt
the further proving of such varieties as W,
have the faintest hope may be made to sue
4 coed In our climate a ss +.
i For ourselves, so far from being discour
aged, our determination has only. beer
stimulated and strengthened by the gener
Ial report Of failures Our climate is moi
severe than that of many portions of New
i England and the. old continent, where the
several varieties, so coveted by us, are
1 grown in considerable abundance. k
If you have failed then, heretofore, try
again, and this time adopt better methods
and use more care and Judgment in the
modes Of protection. Everybody love;
/ fruit Everybody Graves it; and we hat
almost said nobody can be healthy with
out it. We hope, therefore, our sugges
/ tions may not be unwelcome. sa97
i First, as recommended before, secure
the hardest varieties, and be less anxious
to grow a great number Of different, thar
a few Of the best and surest kinds ST.
Secondly, select the most favorable
ground. If this be low and wet, the tree
will become too sticculent, in the first
place, and consequently more liable to de-
struction by freezing in winter; and see.
ondly, the buds and blossoms will be more
likely to be nipped by the late frosts Of
spring. In no case should thorough drain
iihg be neglected. a9a r. p @o9 w.
Thirdly, if possible, plant the orchard
where it may be protected on the north
and west sides from cold winds. Forest
trees will accomplish this best; but, in the
absence of natural forest, rather than
leave them exposed TO almost certain de-
Istruction, either a belt of timber trees
should be planted with a view to such pro
lection, or the regularity of the orchard
should be broken up, and individual trees
be planted here and there, about barn OF
house, orclunps of trees--ir short, where
ever they may be even partially screened
from the cold wintry blast.
| Perhaps the Norway Spruce would
prove desirable tree to cultivate for this
purpose. For small gardens, the Arbor
Vitae cotld be made to answer the double
purpose of ornament and shelter. At all
events, the necessity for shelter cannot be
too strongly impressed.
Fourthly, in the first trimming, SO ar
range that the tree shall grow low, rather
than tall, and by this means escape, some
what, the severity Of the winds. ha1g
IF the above, and other points which
we shall take occasion to mention at the
proper time, be faithfully attended to, we
doubt not that nlauy excellent varieties Of
apples may be grown in Wisconsin, and are
| determined, for ourselves, to enjoy the lux
ury Of pears, and even peaches. II.
y Wisconsin Farmer.
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| THE HuNTINeToN CAsE-There seems
to be great deal Of mystery in relation
to the attempt of the man calling himself
Scatchard, to get Huntington out of Sing
Sing. The N. Y. Tribune says, its fact
being taken from the testimony Of Chas
I. Kane: 7itaaaY So IL
His (Seatchard's) skill as penman en-
abled him to forge the name Of any mar
so accurately as to defy. detection. Ad
ded to which, be was an adept in the tele
graphic art, and while h%esided in New
Orleans exercised his ingenuity upon the
wires in remarkable manner. Living il
the outskirts Of the city, near the tele
graph lines, he made a counterfeit tele
graph pole, with a hollow space through
| the center, in which he inserted an insua
ted wire, and brought it in secret contact
through a hole in the glass insulator, with
| the main wire Of the lines. Then contin-
uine the branch wire to his own house, he
| was enabled to read any of the messages
that were sent to, or from New Orleans
| and make such use of the, information as
he pleased To effect Huntington's release
he would forge the name Of the Governor
to a pardon, and before it twas. presented
take possession of the telegraph above and
below Sing Sing, and by his peculiar ma
chinery intercept the inquiries OF the War
| den to the Governor at Albany, or the
District Attorney at New York, as to the
Authenticity, of the pardon, and asend, IN
either case, the following reply: 81.
"The pardon has been granteds but you
give him in charge of the officer, who has
bench warrant for bis detention 1880
This warrant was to be presented at the
prison, BY confederate at the proper mo-
ment, and Huntington was to fly with Inn
to this city, where swift-sailing schooner
was to await them, and instantly pat to
sea. and make for Havana, or the Isle O
Pines. s
A MuRRAIN APPRoAcHfSG.----Mr Sam
luel Caswall, an extensive miller and corr
merchant, in Limerick, writes9to the Lon
don Times, as follows: s'R sls
i IA most fatal epidemic has been TO
lsome time past raging in the herds OF cen
1 trail Euroye, and has now reached koenlgs
bon,. ybor, ,,,,., t.,Y iS said to have