The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-06-25
hints from II, W, Doechor.

ni ihe West used 10 know pretty well what
was meant by The process Of acciiHiafion--
o. applied % himself or some immigrant
neighDor from the North, Perhaps nothing
short Of the fertile fancy Of Mr., Beeoher
would have applied % an inanimate object
~ perfection, IN Inc uririt which fellows from
hs" Indian Farmer aud Gardner /" ahd shown
how plow, II not hardened against disease
ltke iis essitsFr Iissy ssstly b. FsBdsFsd sie
gFeaf sAaLe4," hy the process Of exposure 10
the elements around, HE hints about other
iixings are we'll worth attention on the
score Of domestic economy
ACCiIMATIAG A PLoW.-The other day We
we're riding past large farm, and were much
grhtiAed at o device Of the owner Tor the pre-
seryalion Of his tools. A good pillow, appa.
rently new IN the spring, hsd been leil al one
corner Of the field, standing in the fuTow
just where, four months before, the boy fin
ithed hissfiHL Probably the timber needed
Fcas0uiHg-lt was certainly getting IL. Per
haps IL was an EdsfeTH concern, and Waa leit
out for acclimaiiou, May be the farmer left
Il there 70 save time IN the hurry Of the
sprlng work, IN dragging Il from the shed
Perhaps be coveted the share 10 save IL from
elements and save Il from rusting. Or, again,
perhaps he IL troubled with neighbors that
b0rTOr, and leh ID whore it would bee conVe-
nient for them. lie might az least, have built
a little shed over H. Can any one tell what
farmer leaves plow out whole season for
IL II barely possible that he was an IyIshmaH
ur'tE bad pLaHtcd for a spring crop Of poWs.
Amer We got asleep that ',,Fhi- Nc dreamed
a dream. We went into that mans barn
boards we're kicked of. partitions we're half
broken down, floor a foot deep with manure,
hay trhmpcd under foot aud wasted. grain
squandcrcd. Tho wagon had not been haul.
cd under the shed, though II was raining
The harness was scattered nbout-hame in
one place, the britehing Ia nnother--the lines
Wcrc used for haifers. We went 10 the house.
A shed stood hard by in which u family wag-
on was kept for wife aud daughters to 90 TO
town in. The hens had appropriated IL 49, a
ruoat, and however plain IL was once, IL was
ornnmcntcd H0W inside and out (lierc, by
the way, let il be- remembered that hen-dung
il the best manure for melons, Aquashcs Gu
cumburn, &c.}-I-p -psSped into the smoke
house, but Of oil the ':t3ings" that ever |
saw a Chinese Museum il nothing 10 H.
Onions, soapgtcnsc, squashes, hogs briStles,
soap, old iron kettles, "a broken spinning
wheel, n ohuTn, a grindstone, bacon hams
washing.tubs. barrel Of salt, bones with the
meat half cut OF, scraps Of leather, dirty bags.
a chest Of Ind an meal, old boots, smoked
suusngcs, nshfs and brands thBt remained
since last " smoke stumps Of brooms. half
a barrel Of rotten apples, together with rats,
bncon.bugs, carvigs, sowbugs, and other YER
min which collect Ia damp dirt,J We started
Tor the house the window near the door lad
twelve light,-two Of wood. two ofhats, four
Of paper, one Of a bunch Of rags, one Of
pillow, aud the TSrt OF giuss. tudrr It stuudE
several cooking pots, and several that were
not for cooking. As We we're muditating
whether 20 enter, srci' r sa,aA afo-e from a
quarrcling man and woman, that We woke
and 10 IL was a dream. So that the man
lefl his plow out all the season, may live
in the nontost house in lhc country, Tor all
that We know only was il not strange that
we should have dreamed all this from Just
seeing plow left in the furrow?
A PRESCRIPTION FOR Early RlslNo.-
Henry Ward Beecher, in his last star paper, /.
has the. following
"Good healthy children shat are put to bed ?
NJ night when birds and chickens retire are
admirable wakeners in the morning. When |
done sleeping there is no help for you. |
Wake they will, coo and frolic they will. |
Your hushing and humming are vain. Your
efforts 20 put them To sleep only serve TO
veke you up. A bouncing boy, a year old, |
creeping out Of his crib slyy aud pouncing
upon his fathers face, with ohrp and chuck /.
lc is better than any alarm clock. A clock |
will soon run out its cacophoneous rattle, but |
q child never runs down or ends his fun
But we have discovered a new method of |
waking early. Perchcd up upon our green |
hill slope beyond Peekskill, we have found il /
difficult TO sleep after about four O'Clock Of /
summer mornings. For a countless multi I
tude Of birds, in all the trees and shrubbery, /
nim their notes at US with such sweet archery |
that we are pierced through and through |
and through with tho silver arrows OF music /
II is in vain that you wrap the pillows about |
your ears. 1t is in vain for you to reflect !
nat you need sleep aud viii not get up 1
Every one knows that an effort of will suiii- |
,ient 20 resist the annoying or attractive |
sound, is itself Tie end Of sleeps While we
are resisting we are wakening. Thus this /
very morning all the trees about our little |
,ld house were belfries, and rang out more
'himes than were ever heard at Cologne or /
Antwerp. And after the first recognition, |
We turned resoluiely to the wall and deter
mined to sleep on. - Il
But, that's a robin said SaSs, and
that's n bobolink, there goes a wren,' and
parrows, lnrks, ptGbes, cat birds, and many
IF their cousins in the orchards and woods,
III joined TO laugh us out of the idea of sleep
ng. Now if any one wishes to know how TO
yet up early, we will tell him. Go out of the
MY early IN the day. seek some Tranquil
,lace in the country where guns are never
,earG where fruit trees and shade trees
'bound, and where the shaking Of the leaf or
he distant crow of the ohantieleer ia the
oudest sound ever heard, except of birds.
\nd then. after walking all day among the
ields and hills and forests, and supping up
IN milk that never dreamed of a city milk
nan, go TO bed by o o'clock. If you do not
wake before the next morning, report your
ase to us and. we viii make fresh prescrip-
ion.T
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