Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-18
western EirRIni.

ano''S "aIe''e' anu communicate a es
observations, principally Respecting a..
in this part Of Western Y.
When | wrote you last, which va, a,,.
spring, q more promising aud b~esoro'.
pect for an abundant Wheat crop cou5
have been desired and, indeed, tb,. h..
prospect did not fail to cheer and aa,...
anxious farmer until within e few A.,
harvest time, when be discovered. n
appointment of all his fond hopes, t, a,
ly blight had cOme over all hi, f.i,
! ant prospects. What farmers cal! the
suddenly attacked the wheat iu,, ab,o.
time it was msturiog, and de,,r,v.t -
mense quantities OF the grain; ,ud ;ss 4.
crop shared the same fate so tba, III. :.
in both these crops is very grea, ipi...
Hence it is, that the farmers here ara A.
fully discouraged, and all classes Of the.
munity are grieVousIy affected by the -.
causes that have borne SO heavily % the h.-
ers-a succession of failures 10 the
the last three years. has rendered ,sa
10 this section Of the State not a lfIa -.
gent, hard, and oppressive The h,n,.
main dependence now, is on the C3,n :.
which, at present, bids fair h be A ,,s'.
heavy one. We have succeeded here
in one crop at any rate, and too, i, am.
enormous growth of weeds. The E,s
never known, 50 say our Oldest iDbatr,,.
This appears to re owing to very We, .r,,,.
and umuer With this rank weety ,,,,.
there IS a remarkable wee!, or rather a,,,..
called Horse.weed, and a very aprrs,,,
name it truly is, as horses greatly pre,e,r >.
all the grasses. IL is a stately. te,U,L
plsot, growing TO the height Of ten Or ,v.,
feet. IL has long pedicles or foots,s'k. ..
porting leaves OF considerable sze. !, p,.,
spontaneously and luxuriantly in r,b l,
grounds, and often around the borders 4 ,r
tlvated fields and gardens. That It i. him,
nutritious there can be no doubt. And.
gentleman, a native OF Hanover coca,y. n,
residing 10 this Valley, and a preuy o..
blood relation Of our Owa illustri0u, Cls1 II.
forms me that q very poor man Of hi. coQ,.
ty, made, some five years az. 100 bs,ss.
OF corn, with a couple Of nags lei and W
ported entirely 90 this plant - feeding gee,
ily on stalk aud ail-and tor thi, crop .rspt
ing 10 the field, he got twenty-five ceu.: ,
oushel. thus real zins 800 Tor h: croa
havetrarelled through a humber 81 ID, Sale,
vet have | never seen this plant before 70 F..
my trave 5, and, Therefore, | %c0usIIer !Arw
growth, aud a. 1t certainly l. Highly ssu,J,
IL deserves more attention. Il wJGil Be +.
excellent sub.ti,ute for clover AMI c,tr
grasses. IL requires no cultivation, .rOEF.
firmly wherever the seed may ye 1ryV,s.
As o As the seed shall be July ma'ufs.
intend to transmit you u email supDry. SCI.
which you eau make any Use you mry -
proper. AN very sure II would hosa,g
sition to any persons bavIrg krt'' Ioi' a.a
YOUR towu. ! have taken sOme palu,r'is
the botanical name of this risrt, aG4 sHls
given by Doctor Short, Of l. xIngton, h,
lucky, 10 an account of an excursion beu..:
from that place 10 the OGio river, 10 -.
and published in the TransyiSanIa jyoc:
Medicine. The Doctor calls 1t Ambr "a.
tida. (lIorso-weed.)
The hog-cholers, as it is termed, ,'h,ag,
has scarcely one symptom 10 common ~
that disease in the humau,) has been 40 q
drawback on oar farmers, and '.A
g strong reason to suspect that the ei'
1uences did not stop short with the ~
these animals. The country around bees
been very much infested aud orcrrcn -
mad dogs, and it il not a, all u%nhECi1h
nany Of them went mad from feeding -
putrid carcase7 OF these cholera hog. "
10 his writings on hydr0Eh0Oia, .ji
The disease IN all rabid animals Is j 'e7,f-
that this is obvious 10 dogs, who are I'll
subject to it, and that 1t il luduced 10 Tea
by the usual causes OF fever, such - 'cati
or putrld aiIment, extreme cold, and TIE 'a!
den action of heat upon Their bodies. !'
further says that proofs OF It's 6s'i
derived from each Of the above cause, ae %
be met With 10 most Ut the authors w0o n''
upon it. This eminent maj wa d
the habit Of supporting his oulnI1h o. "'
disease being a malignant teSer, IN 1e.'tr'l
lectures to Us, by a variety d fe''l'
ard among these be addnced cases o. = '
taneous hydrOpbotia having occurred 10 70
trid fcvers, aud even III the yellow 'e'H F.
1893. 1t was also bic opinion tuai amos
food, 10 q state of putridlty, Is among'' n'
most frequent causes OF caoIne m'l't'
Now, may | not reasonably suppose io'S;
cause Of rdbies 10 the dogs d n'
and adjacent n~eighDorhoods projected ~
eating the putrid flesh OF hog- 'ha' ~
Of the distemper called cholera' lhsfs'f
it not be we'll for persons wa9 1'''
dogs, to prevent them, az much a. i0''.'
from feeding on all animal food 10 a ''.' +"
p%utrifsctiou. especially during the ios ''!'
with the mad dog eSti'enso' .
these parts is, an affair that occurred u:
day u few miles heGce, wnich h'' .'
ated no little stir, alarm, sni Inli2''"
anor gst a certain set OF folk. 40 OH ~
low collected sbou, thirty hards Tor Toe
pose Of tbrcshlog out bis wheat crop "o1 :
them on @ sheep that had been D''so ~
dog. These people dId ut h14 u ,
until the day alter they had tei-'e' 20 ~
old nan's choice mutton, when tLeJ Os.'-
1j,fy1cted mai not from sGJ ~"