The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-25
!. fllitsa State Jol,rnat.
WEDNESDAY EvE'Ci. SEPT. 25, 1872,
A NiEDLty.

\ poet, recently from the fashionable
seaside resorts, is TINS inspired to perpet-
uate verses:
There is not in this wide world valley so
sweet
As tnat where they've Holsters and oysters to
And down to that beach poor exile of Erin,
One morning 1 spied with hungry nav
steerin'--
The dew on his thin robe hung heavy and chill,
kill
hail, Columbia, happy land
For 90orser times nigh at hand;
If could read my title clear,
[ would right off to Texas steer
Aud those who meet me on the way
l have no doubt to me would say
%, tell me, blue-ey ed stranger,
Say, whittier dost thou roam9
Through these cane.braies a ranger,
Hast thou no settled homer
O, say, can you see by the dawn's early light
The mesquite we watched at twilights last
gieammg2
Tho niosq quito that bit us so 6ercely all night,
That kept us tho while from e'er sleeping or
dreaming.
Loud rotred the dreadful thunder
J he ain a Ge,uge poured,
Fine clouds seemed rent asunder
Yet wife lay Still aud snored '.
And then sung
With trembling tongue,
Hush my dear, lie stiil and siumber;
Valiant armies guard thy ted; ..s
tieas aud bed-bugs, without number,
Gently wander round Thy head
,'rt in he Silly night,
Ire siunbers chsin hath bound me,
feel the cursed bite
OF something crt.line round me
From the Diary OF a Gentleman near New
York City
Sotoing Grass Alone. Sept. 2.--In SOW
ing field of oats last spring, l adopted
the old plan Of seeding down the land, by
sowing grass seed at the time. ] remarked
o at the time, in my Diary, that had little
faith III this plan, aud wondered why farm
ers would stick to this old system of SOW
ing grass seed with grain, instead Of SOW
ing it alone. notice that my remarks in
regard to this old-fogy system attracted the
attention of at least one man, who writes
10 a Philadelphia paper that some folks
make fippant remarks about things Of
which they know nothing but he would
really like to know if it would do to SOW
grass seed alone. All have to say is, that
il he don't believe that the best way to get
"A good stand Of grass is to sow the seed
alone. let him try it. To please my man
John, | allowed him to sow grass seed
with the oats last spring, but severe
drouth followed, and what little moisture
there was in the soil the oats took out, and
there was none left for the young, tender
grass, and, of course, it died. AS soon
as the oats were cut and drawn into the
barn, said, snow, John, for an expert
ment, as you had several quarts Of grass
seed left over from your spring sowing,
want you to sow it ON an acre Of than oat
stubble." a
''lt's no use," said John; A'there is
nothing TO shade the young grass when it
comes up, and it will surely de-"
The seed was sown, however, and came
up splendidly and when the rag and other
weeds appeared | had them mown and
spread over the surface. To-day | have
had coarse manure drawn from the barn
yard and spread thinly over the young
grass. Now, if do not cut a good, heavy
crop of hay from that field next summer,
| will say so.
The month Of September is the time to
seed down land to grass, and if no grain is
sown with it, a good crop of hay can be Sc
cured next Summer. Sow the seed early
enough to allow the grass to become well
rooted before cold weather, and it will
pass through the winter uninjured. If the
land is poor, top-dress it with manure at
the approach of cold weather, or ever after
the ground is frozen. If clover is desired,
then sow the seed carly in spring, as the
frost is leaving the ground ,Tal Neao
Yorker.