New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

tbe safety of the tobacco crop ~ IhVu' il" -,
Imminent and the man who raises the crop mas nov
frcr enough 10 secure it, rs is likely, you VIII see on
n cool afternoon all through these meadows crowns
of some of the best people from town, htiphS tOrt
cnrc The tobacco and those young ladies', dehcaLe
and accomplished, graduates perhaps u si,'
HoyoBe hoping they may be wives Oh hiissollaai!Ys,
or at least OF rich men, aboTlng iutblully lu tio
rn IL saved and the stars appear. AZ that hof nc
air will be filed with the sweet melody ol te n vi
the church where Jonathan Edwards preached, OF
where David Braineld delivered broken eNnull"
Eone Which melted every eve to tears, for he had come
hithpr from his missionary work TO de, or leI"ps,
as they listen, they stand upon the very spot WIZ
Tohn Elliot the Indian apostle, ana bitter enemy
If tnb,rco trod his weary way with hlentay III
dams. bearing books he had wntten IN thelI ian
gnage and seeking no distant village that lhe5e
children of nature HlShJ not ulo hIunouV " Ni'"'
edge of the Gospel. -, .t4 A. +obocco
worm is getting the mastery, all ;inetTs, Whelno,
white and adorned with rings OrTOueh with toil, lhsl
be busy The tobacco worm - similar 10 nc toalo
worm and perhaps is identical when tui groNi ho
is three or four inches ong, rom y H" ,b trces
Of gold and with belly iDcning to silver gray
Like sin he is at first small but he grows FAST iced-
ing on the precious leaves. ana Whel he nlHHes
hole thc hole enlarges with the leaf lie IS not nara
10 KILL for he is filled with soft Julce, but thOse o'
familiar with the process are apt to hesitate, ana 10
have a feeling similar TO disgust The true way 10
dispatch him 10 take hold of the lower part OF ms
prrson and give him deXtcTOus jerk, by when MS
skin breaks his head Is nearly torn OH, ana iho'e
who are expert will do this ~ quickly as "A hen can
pick up kernel of corn 10 press HIM WIN inc iopl
Is a waste of time, particularly with ladies', LOT lhe
dresses are IN the way. and to squeeze MN WIZ So""
make the hands slippery and out OF older-lh iaVl,
the hands at the best become coated WIN ,NeNct
gum of an intense odOr, gathered from the leaves
While one is so occupied old clothes WIZ Ve WON,
and In coming from mornings W0tk' uiIpu,t
with fatness II viii be a relief 10 find clean garment"
hanging in stable or shed, and e" make a cl"ntoi
Then after washing on The stones rom h'u'l'' "t
afterwatd at the sink and getting few touches III
a private apartment one can enter the pafor WIs"I
fresh, and as good as new: . " +. ...
mi. la ylt
inc tobacco on so large u breadth Of the best dnd ia
NewEugiaud, whether the SOL VIII NOT III le c..n,
be exhausted. IL IS maintained that. nv uslnE
manure that which the crop takes away y lo.t"'3u'
and 20 prove this they refer To- elcs inc i"hS Nv
voted 10 tobacco beng as fertile ~ ever h'v ''
doubt that these meadows are hc'lci h"llcu iv' ~
bacco chan any other land m oui country, i1i 'Io
reason that the plant requires large amount on P'.
q. and ths has been supplied by The decomposition
81 ,r,nitivc rocks brought down annually FROM the
hills aud from the Green Mountains ny 'he 3n'""'
overflow. But IL - conceded 10y Scitht'ho h'" Ii'c
ical farmers and 10 has been proved 10y eNpcitIe,
that where the piow Is ilii year "l''i W ' -
growing Of special crops tie time comes Fly i"ot I
there IS a deficiency OF some minerals N"''l
art nor nature except ~ % long couhrn A''' '''i
supply. Although clover produces aii tht ''in'ht7
required for producing crops 1t can De "oNn
so persisentiy that the Rloun" n'''' ,cs
grow There is scarcely a dnuht but ti"l
those farms on which stork has been crown l'. q
long series of years. at last fan 10 produce "hl.hH
with vgorous constitutions. aud IN the regions inht
devoted 10 fine dairy interest the abortion M COWS ~
reasonably referred 10 ~ hflthcitH l lt eNIl O. '''
the Connecticut meadows VIII stand what may cor
RESPOND 10 tobacco cXpcciOtatuu ten OF more
years, fox they are not unaware oil me iAci IN'e
stated They have considered the subject Win great
ocuteness and they are making provisions aguln-.
future exhaustion hy vigorously Adopting lh' I'.'
,ossille rira.trcs One Is To ploW deeper. aud 10
bring up deposits made hundreds Of years ago
another is To rotate, and give The soil rest that u
may recover: but they know that even WIN ihtf'
helus exhaustion is only question OF ume' cor Iilr
day must come when all The manure they apply VIII
at last be carried Oh IN the tobacco cop, WINE l'e
annual river deposits viii only help Keep back the
day Of ruin FOR period 80 short as not 10 pf worm
toluu into account. The plan they have adopted Is
this TO buy cattle and grain n the " est 10 ieet anu
! fltten them ON thlr own grounds. Tins getting
| large supplies of fhauuTe, that they may 30 oh
! indefinitely with the tobacco business. Wlilc ih'f
are making money Ia feeding tiic stock. Inc u"iH
IT, they mean 10 die hard. and confess thdl % VIII
take good deal to XII them; but say they arc
| rushing 10 ruin. because tobacco VIII Hui grow hl
| manure alone any more than man can live by h.rad
| alone. There are DINER most important l"'hli'tH
| with reference 20 the New England people. nnd IN
particular with regard 20 the p,prtui8 "i tho RICO
| itself all Of which connected iut space l- uOt
| giyen now With reference 10 tins one subject. p 10
he remembered dear children, that rich soil Vas
not got together At great expense ipr any snch lt
pose rs raising tobacco IA this style IL was inired
ior the growth Of pTast grain. iluL land Mowers. it
families might 1--we On the products ui ia'lr ""h
labOr3 and be- made stronger aud happier iIotu}-
not that they OF anybody else sIoui De Ht' N"ih'.
The Devil does this world; be- has only 70
mortgage H. aud the growing 81 tobacco d. paying
! him compound interest
Tie n6rps a.aldoqsiias insanity seemed 20 d1 good
thing Tor Northampton. tbs was the '.iHn liahiIrt
OF slk-rcclug and spinning Oh % small scale, WHICH
| has been expanded by the help of capital and The
! labor of several ingenious men. Now they take the
! lead OF all other establishments in tlc country
! and they even have machinery superior 20
| any found NJ England or France. About thc
| same time, other manufacturers colmrn'el boo
u small way aud being successful. others
were added SUI without attracting nuch attention
abroad but finally they have some of the i't manu-
/ featuring establishments ~ Nc"-futi"hd' NhIc
Others equally extensive are To bc cltcrd. large
pant 81 these are about two NIL distant, 900 90 uc"
town Of thc name of Florence Lore air rlit NJ Che
silk Companvs works visited factory lpr making
screws, which are driven with hummer and winch
rcyolye they are driven, without breaking the
threads formed IN the wood factory Tor masking
table cutlery, a cotton factory, sowing machine
GmnuiactOiy OF vast s1c ana, tlstNLtIc, "lI'i
works on large scale. a Of which $40 immense busI-
ness, and employ thousands OF hands.
Perhaps one-hrd of the people now are foreigners.
who have built "a Catholic ChuiclL a wonderful
change, since those days when strangers were hardly
allowed to stay over night lor fear oi change. Icae
foreigners connected with the fJ,tOues, aud they
are doing 80 well that they have 'oueiit real estate,
and built houses and there whole streets of neat
cottages, swalmlng with tbc'r children, making 81
evident that the Old County VIII settle NcW-Lu-
gland again. Some OF these foreigners have BOUGHT
land on the hills and pine plains the soil Of which
had been considered barren. hut 10 is rccent dis
cOyory that tobacco VII grow there for line crops
have been produced iIUm land that was bought at
81 az acre
on with scarcely change. With the present genera
ton. bearing in IT'S veins the old and trlc blood
did not learn that consumption prevails. perhaps for
the reason that Boston habits do not prevail aud
generally the young people looked wen. From what
/ could gather, the gTOwn-up young women spend
many hours IN their chambers. Their educatiOn is
completed there are few duties 10 perform the house
was furnished long ago, aud their prospect is like
that Of their own valley when covered with mist
Looking down through the Stats of the blinds upon the
passengers. the still evening comes on they can
only think what they have often thought before. For
their brothers and their brothers mates have gone to
the West-that greedy absorbent Of New.England
blood--and, busy in Chicago, St. Louis, some