The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-11-16
FALL PLANTING.

Fruit bearing trees, shrubs, vines and
brambles may be trNnsplnnted In the
TALL and very often under more favor.
able conditions, and with better pros
pects of success than II set out In the
spring. There are some well known
objections rsised against fall plan ting,
especially of fruit trees, such as the long
exposure to tho swayinE of the winds
before growth commences. But the In
jury or displacement OF the roots from
swaying at the tops amounts to little
compared to the many striking advant-
ages gained in planting at a season of
the year when there Is comparative
leisure, when the ground Is usually
dry and la good condition, and when
the necessary preparatory stirring of
the soil can be made without any extra
expense.
These arc points that toll in the
growth and prOtluctiveness of fruit-trees,
either In the garden or orchard. Ii
planted in the fall, the soil settles close
" around the roots and fiores by tho
time the spring orens, and an earlier
growth Is started than with spring sett-
ing, which IL often pushed back until
the season is well advanced, from causes
over which the planter has no control.
The spring may be backward enough
to hinder planting Of trees In u way In
which they shonld be set out to In
sure success. All other things being
equal, There Is no doubt that spring
| would be the better time to plant trees,
But this does not often hupnen to be
the case, as every practical fruit grower
we'll knows. 1t Is therefore wise to
transplant in the fall II the trees, and
ground arc in readiness. r ,....
The French papers, as is their wont
after the death Of Il celebrat ted French
man, have been telling many anecdotes
about ,rhiers. Among them, IL ono
about his fOndne.s for Goldfish. IIe liked
tho fish best when served up In tho
homely way called "brandatia." But
there came u time, In his old age, when
the physicians forbade his eating tho
fish in any style, and Nine. Thiers stern
ly refused to disobey tho order. Soon
after, the ladies OF the f,rniIy noticc,i
that M. Mignet, tho historian and In
innate friend of Thiers, frequently visit
ed him, and that he always carried q
thick parcel. Mime, Thicrs was un-
suspicious, and thought that tho parcel
contained historical documents. But
oneday she made u discovery, and M.
Mtgnet no longer entered the house
with Il parcel. Going suddenly into
her husbands room, soon after M. Mig
nets arrival, she there found. him and
his friend feasting on "brandatin'' con-
tained In tho parcel. Both OF the great
men looked for II moment, after they
caught sight of Nine. Theirs, like chill
dren detected in disobeying Il school
master. '' .-'.
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The Louisville Courier Journal.
which is published in State where
whisky ought to be good II anywhere,
confirms the statement that probably
nine hundred and ninety-nine gallons
out of every thousand that are sold as
brandy are made from vile com npound
OF whisky swilI, distilled spirits and
chemical alabOminatiOns, and adds, 0And
as 1t is also equally true Of whisky,
what in the name Of goodness are we
all to do for something to drink? It
looks as II we are to be driven to the
pump in spite of us. If the world at
large knew of what vilIuinous stuffs
brandy and whisky and wines are made
Of, the present crop of drunkards would
be about the last, or at any rate all
future crops would be small. Nearly
or quite all the liquors that are retailed
nowadays arc undoubtedly slow but
sure poison, and to drink them habitu-
ally is simply roundabout way of
committing suicide, and unless you
guard yourself carefully the way is not
80 very roundabout either"
Slowly but certainly the Virginia
liquor dealers are becoming reconcfied
to the bell punch. 1t reduces the
knock-down of barkeepers, and a cor
responding depression in the diamond
market; and 1t shuts out the dead
heads TT HI :.