Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-26
The Culture Of strawber1ies.


great luxury and source of profit to set out
a strawberry bed. Vines planted this sea.
son would produce the next, and with prop.
er care can be made to yield bountifuliy.-
The most common garden variety is the
lIovey's Seeding, which is great bearer,
and has very handsome berry, But there
are many other kinds worthy of cultivation,
which may be obtained of any of the nur-
scrynen.
One OF the newest varieties is Peabody's
Seedlings, which is the largest vet grown
We have n description and engraving of
this strawberry, which we should be pleased
to show any one who may wish to see it.
AS the time is fast approaching when the
strawberry bed will need attention, NC COPY
the following directions from one of our ag-
ricultural exchanges, and shall refer to this
matter again
The best specimens of fruit, the largest
and the most highly colorcd and favored,
arc always from those beds where the plants
are kept thinncd out to rows or Z" "hills p
If the runners cover the whole surface, the
fruit is smaller, more shaded, and the fla
vor is not in the highest dogroe of pcrfcc-
ton, But the cultivated bed has one draw.
fruit. This evil may be easily rcmcdicd by
piSclog the short grass which is obtained
by moving the lawns, between the rows
Tan has been recommended, and it does
tolcrably well, but it is itself not SO clean
as is desirable, Straw, chopped short, is
used by some, and is cleaner aud better
than tan. But tho soft, clean, fresh grass
only one inch or two in length, obtained
from lawns, is much preferred to either and
it is easier and frequently renewed. The
moisture which it assists in retaining in
the soil, promotes the larger growth of the
fruit If irrigation is applied, this cover
ing retains the moisture in the surface soil
and prevents evaporation and crushing
We have known the fruit while ripening
to be doubled in size in "a hours, by a plcn.
tltul supply of water, dropped on the plants,
and the mulching given them is next best
to constant waterng.-Larmcr. Watering : .E
Tie MASSACRE OF ENIGRANTs.-Our Nor
mon war is settled, but we hope the Admin
istration will leave no measure untricd to
ascertain and punish the parties engaged in
the bloody massacre of our cmigrants. If
recent developments prove that the Mormons
were concerned, no peace should be made
with them that did not involve tho surrender
of the guilty. If Brigham Young implicated
thcn take him up try him, and hang him.
Nothing would give greater security to the
emigrant trains:
A letter published in the st. Louis Republi-
can, dated Fort Bridgor, April IL, says:
An official report of DR.. Hurt, an Indian
agent of the Territory, is understood to have
been made about the lst of December, fasten
ing upon the Mormons the cold-blooded mas
sacre Ola largo company of cmgrants last
fall. There is no earthly doubt of it; it was
within twenty miles of Rock Creek settlement
They set on the Indians, who were twice bea-
ten off; when, appearing themselves, pro-
lessedly as friends or mcdiators they trcach-
crously induced the emigrants to put aside
their arms-into the wagons--that the Indi-
ans might not be afraid to meet them in coun-
Gil and then, all together, fell upon them,
and slow a hundred men and women, and
children old enough TO talk"
Destructive SronMs.-During the
past two weeks various parts of our District
have been visited with very destructive
storms of hail, wind and rain. Our young
friend, Drayton Nance, Jr., has suffered
much from them. We are told that one
whole field of cotton on his plantation, was
completely ruined by hail. last week. The
rains have been severe, washing lands ruin
ously, carrying away fences and overhowing
bottom lands.-La~rensvtUe lie Hcrald
THE MoNTH OF RosEs.-June, the month
ofroses, has at last arrived May has been
charry of her smiles, aud her tears have
drcnched the earth.
juno and October arc the great months to
us, of the year; they are the two gates, on the
| cast and on the west that let the Summer I'm
with her robes of verdurc, and let her out in
all the prmp and pageantry of he splendid
autumn coloring. We have been allowed to
pass in with her through the eastern gate.-
1t will not be long before we shall hurry off
to the shadows and the brooksidcs
| June in itself is blessed month we hone
its broad lap is full of blessings for all of us
Let us hope that June will be true to herself
and her poetic reputation, and that, under
her genial influences, flowers and fruit will
mature, each in their appropriate season.
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CAN" said Mrs. Partington, as she
stood looking at the pIacards stuck all Owe,
the front of o store, advertising damogeo
goods for sale. 1t was not big r, like
those With which doctors begin their pre-
scriptions with, but the simple ejaculation
"ah y and as she said it, people going
along listened to what she bad to say. This,
continued she, running on likea wheebar-
row, Z" is what is meant by Mr.. Jacqueths,
where nc says, sweet are the uses of adver-
tisements,' but''-and here she buttcd
against the word " damaged" (" making two
syllablcs fit, with a profane construction
on The first. that rnoda bor bo1a nn Lo,