Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-22
sTAUNTON AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. JULY 22 1862

FARMERS, TAKE A HINT.-It is very sur
prising to see how slow men are to take a
hint. The frost destroys about half the
bloom on the fruit trees; everybody prog
raosticates the loss of fruit; instead Of that,
the half that remains is larger, fairer, and
higher favored than usual; and the trees in
stead Of being exhausted, are ready for an
other crop the next year. Why don't the
owner Take tie hint, and thin OFT lis fruit
every bearing year? But no; the next sea-
son sees his orchard overloaded, fruit small,
and not we'll FORMED; yet be always boasts Of
that first mentioned crop without profting
by the lesson it teaches. s
We heard man saying, '.sthe best crop
Of celery ! ever saw was raised by old John
-. on spot of ground where the wash
from the barnyard ran into it after every
hard shower" Did he take the hint, and
convey such liquid manure in trenches to
his garden? Not at all; he Dragged about
that wonderful crop Of celery, but would not
take the hint. r..
We knew case where farmer SUBSIDIZED
a field and raised crops in consequence which
were the admiration Of the neighborhood,
and for years the field showed the advantage
Of deep handling But we could not learn
that single farmer in the .neighborhood
took the hint. The man who acted thus
wisely, sold his farm and his successor .pur-
sued the old way Of surface scratching.
A staunch farmer complained to US of
the soil as too loose and light; we mention
ed ashes as worth trying well, now you
mention it I believe it will do good. ]
bought part of my farm from man, who
was a wonderful person to save up ashes,
and around his cabin it lay in heaps. /
took away the house and ordered the ashes
to be scattered, and to this day noticed
that when the pillow runs along through that
spot, the ground turns up moist and close
grained" It is strange he never took the
hint There are thousands bushels of ashes
lying not far from his farm about an old
soap and candle factory with which he
might have dressed his whole farm. Ia
A farmer gets splendid crop of corn OF
grain from off a grass or clover lay
Does he take the hint? Does he adopt the
system which shall allow him every veal
| just such sward to put his grain on? No.
he hates book farm ng, add scientific far
ming, and .'this notion Of rotation and
Ijogs on the old way.
A few years ago our farmers got rouindly
into debt; and they have worried and swea
under it, till some Of them have grown grayel
and added not a few wrinkles to their face
Do they take the hint. Are they not pitch
ing into debt again. Fruit, Flouers Far
ming.
FRANKL1N's Son THE GOVERNOR or New
JERSEY. Speaking Of the son of DR.. Frank.
lin, the Newburyport Herald says:
"As the name Of franklin is prominent.
| ly before the public, it may not be uninter
esting to give some account Of his only son,
William, about whom we think little il
known by the community at large. Unlike
his father, whose chief claim IS for the in
valuable services be rendered his country
in her greatest need, tie son was. from the
first to the last, devoted loyalist. Before
the revolutionary war he held several civil
and military Offices Of Importance. At the
commencement Of the var, he held the Of.
flee of Governor of Now Jersey, which ap-
pointment he received in 1775
''When the difficulties between tie moth
er country and the colonies were coming to
crisis, he threw his whole influence in IA
yor Of loyalty, and endeavored to prevent
the Legislative Assembly Of New Jersey
from sustaining the proceedings Of the Gene
raj Congress Of PHilade1phia. These efforts
however, did but little to stay the tide Of
popular Sentiment IN favor of resistance te
tyranny, and soon involved him ii difficult
ty, He was deposed from Office by the
Wings, to give place to William Livingston
and sent prisoner to Connecticut, where
he remained two years in East Windsor, in
the house Of Captain Ebenezer Grant, where
the Theological Seminary now stands. In
TITS he was exchanged, and soon after went
to England. There he spent the remainder
Of his life, receiving q pension from the
British government for his fidelity He
died in 1913 at the age of eighty-two.
GAS might have been expected, his oppo-
sition to the cause Of liberty, so dear to the
heart of his father, produced al estrange-
mcnt between them. For years they had
no intercourse; when, in 1884. the son wrote
the father. In his reply, Dir. Franklin
| says: Nothing has ever hurt me 50 much,
and affected mo with such deep sensation,
tas to find myself deserted ii my cid age by
fmy only son: and not only deserted, but te
Find him taking up arms against me in q
cause wherein my good fame, fortune, and
life were all at stake
''In his will, also, he alluded to the par
his son had acted. After making some be.
quests, he adds: The part he acted agains
me in the late war, which is of public noto
riety, will account for my leaving him no
more Of an estate he endeavored to deprive
me Of :"
A SRoNa MAN IN Iowa. The McGregol
Qowa) Times, commenting on the feats 9
strength said to be performed BY Dir. Win
Eship, of Roxbury, Mass, says:
! eve have seen Andy Gaffny, Of nc
Gregor, lift, for the fun Of the thing, ovel
one thousand pounds at square lift, ant
he tells us that be can lift twelve hnndret
pounds without any straps, machinery, o.
other advantages. Andy don't think he ;
the strongest man in America, but he cal
| -: ~. ~ ~,o;rL+ &c Tho Ro,tor NLoco;