Vincennes Gazette, Volume 1, Number 1, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 October 1830 — Page 1

VINCENNES

1VINCENNES, INDIANA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1830 VINCENNES, INDIANA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1830WNillW.VF, I.D1AVV. S.YV31U).T, ttUTOlYFAV 2, lSStt. NO. 1.

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order, genus, and species of the vegeta- tian of his great design, the happiness of, ble world, their respective length of cau- his favorite creation.

dex, by as distinct limits, as she has The deplorable misfortunes of the agbounded the extension of the stalk, body riculture of this county ; indeed, of this and boughs, with their expansion in their state ; and perhaps a wider extent, for

proper element; yet with providential this and a few year past, call upon us, care, she has endued them with a recupe- not for despondency ; it is unmanly ; it is rative or self preserving power, to elon- unrighteous ; but for redoubled exertions. gate the caudex, if accident or design well directed efforts to regain what we

shall have buried them too deep in the have lost, to supply those wants, those enearth, for it natural structure to attain joyments, those luxuries, the fruits of ag

address on Agriculture,

the improved stocks, and

ricultural labor, which providence has placed in our power; by the proper exercise of those faculties with which she

has kindly invested us.

with a view to select such as will best answer the purpose of diversifving rotation to advantage, and I shall there have a full scope of experiment, for those principles which profess to entertain ; and fur ther against those error which 1 have theoretically and practically denounced To form a judgment of those families or species of plants, which may supplv our accommodation, though experience must finally decide, yet much is to be learned from reflection upon the influence of climate, of soil and of culture. Of the first, where a parallel may be

drawn between the country of the exotic

Among the causes which have led to and that of its intended adoption, in re

to the surface; and to effect this, new efforts are made, by the multiplied growth of new and less vigorous candexes, each

hardier and from the terminating: joint of the former,

ttention, we are present issuing forth new stems: these derive

ed evidences of cultiva- their support at this stage, from the oil, agricultural distress, perhaps none have ference to the native or acquired habit e execution, displayed by mucilage, gluten, farina, and other prox- had a more steady operation, a more ef- of the plant: analogy will justify the exr manufactures; whether imate principles of the seminel grain, as fectual agencv. than that, which I pro periment.. Experience too, will sanc

viewed as exemplary to exclusively and essentially, as the embry- posed for discussion, as the last and pos tion, under a great diversity of habits

as proofs of well-timed e- on chick from those of the animal egg; ndicious co-operation on and thus expanding upon manv, the supfair authors, to relieve ply of parental nutriment, designed for a e, or, as demonstrations few, and necessarily enfeebling by the ent virtues; the effect multiplication the offspring of the parent e; the philosophic mind, seed its energies will be exhausted, and

sibly the worst of enumerated dogmas; the attempt at acclimation; and frequent one which is repugnant to the dictates of ly may the change of its nativity, even aexperience and theory; and could the ex meliorate and highly improve the characavail, I would venture to add ter of a plant.

overweening sen- It is affirmed as a general truth, that in

Dr. Blake stated that the extraction or, excision of teeth was unnecessary. He was enabled, he said, to cure the most desperate case of tooth ache (unless the disease was connected with rheumatism.) by the application of the following remedy to the diseased tooth: "Alum, reduced to an impalpable powder, two deachms; nitrous spirit of aether, seven drachms: mix and apply them to the tooth." [This remedv has been a long time in use in this city. We have seldom known it fail to give relief -- Nat Int] Cure for deafness --Equal parts of the juice of house-leek brandv and -sweet oil in a phial, to be hung up exposed to the

sun for a month or more

the ear at night, and on wool to be

kept in the ear --a sure remedy fo

for

ness.

it is a

"extensive cultivation,"

hich is not dead to ev- it's health

se, will feel a transport of tions so full of kindness, tive excellence.

secured, for our cos

county, one of the

most

prominent,

and

From these considerations may be de duced, the errors of deep seeding and thin seeding, and the propriety of throw-

ing into the earth as much seed as the one of the most disastrous, practically, to

ple equivalent; and we powers of the soil may sustain, without one agricultural community; and it would

present posession and a having recourse to the artificial mode of seem that we have been riveted to it, by

e, in regard to our own e gratification of an intu nd sense of parental affec

common sense;

timent in favor of

without regard to competent

This may be pronounced a general and than in northern climates; if so, from the

radical error of agriculture, it is in the

abilities

the

plying effects

boundless fields of higher latitude, we may derive unlimited advantages; ex tremes of heat and cold, we know to be unfavorable to vegetable growth. Inhab iting a mediate space and a mediate tem-

deficiency, by the multi- some demon chain, for past offences, for perature, far removed from the arid de-

and

transmitting to a grate-

example, the

fruits, and

moral, intellectual and so

and just.

nts so obvious

ur attention; but will

tions, which my small ex dies of agricultural sub

believe

worthy of com

ubsidary to our designs, on that each member ually bound to render, as ch or observations of the may enable him. ng the operations of na r our numerous errors -- and record of those erth the truth; by the obarison of results, qualities, we are enabled to judgement of the respec

n unnatural depth

though extreme fertility of soil, fine filth

ons may partially at

one for the error, yet, ca

pious and sha

circumstan

the

s on whi

the

farmer must be exercise

s paribus, co modified by judgment of d, will afford

the best prospect of a rich and luxuriant vegetation; which theory and practice, the results of my own experiments have fully settled to my own conviction. The error of untimely seeding I have frequently to my disappointment and mortification reluctantly witnessed; and too late seedlings of my wheat, and too early plating of my corn, have considerably curtailed my harvests.

Most pl

pla

probability their habits trol the seed lay of this

tended with

ough

have their seasons; and the

which we must atone; it is one, whose detection needs neither the abstruse research of metaphysical inquirer, nor the profundity of the mathematician; it is one within the reach of the simplest school boy, who knows the quotient of two in four, and yet is one which most

Poultry. --It is said, that hens may be made to lay eggs during the winter season, when their laying powers are usually dor-

uthern countries, vegetables enjoy a mant, by the following cheap and simple

higher degree of energetic properties. means:

"Dilute and mix 2 ounces glauber salts in a dish of cold porridge, or any other food, and scatter the same well about the poultry yard, so that no bird may eat too much; and if the effects are not apparent in two or three days, repeat the dose at short intervals, till the accumulation of eggs indicates that you have gone: far e-

serts of Nubra, or the frigid plains of Si beria, we have much to anticipate, in repect to climate. In point of soil, we possess the most multiplied advantages; from the warm and dry silicious, to the rich and humid alluvial; every texture, every useful

hem in

of accomodating

and preferences, should con d time; the anticipation or deperiod, will be generally at-

of us adopt by practice, because it is a- combination are notoriously within our dopted and practised. command. Three hundred acres of arable land And lastly--by the influence of cul constitute a usual farm, for a beginner, ture, many of our indigenous plants, now without experience, and without the useless, and even poisonous, may be metmeans of stocking and cultivating one amorphosed into wholesome and nutrihalf, probably one fourth of the quality: tive food; we have the authority of Bufthese are laid off into three fields, one, fon, for the fact, that wheat is a factifor wheat, which he knows he cannot tious production, from a worthless weed, grow, one for corn, which he knows he by the force of culture: and Columella

cannot sell to repay him for his labour; states, that the peach possessed deleteri-

and one, (called an old field) for nothing ous qualities, when first introduced, from except possibly, a few impoverished cat- Persia, into the Roman empire; it is well

disappointment

irritabili-

haracter of things and of Though many may deny the

character of things and of Though m

life, yet all will consent

an mind possseses no in- ty of vegetable

nse of truth or error-- that some plant

e faculty of reason exer-

will endure a higher

and

rvation it masters all dif

lower degree of temperature than

some a lower degree of temperature than others; that, that degree for which they have a natural and acquired aptency, can

nis it is, the cultivator of be but gradually changed, in consistence in the knowledge he is with their health and; that sudden vicis- . .. , , of one error itudes of heat and cold, are pernicious one step towards the at- to all, but more especially to some, and truth; as the celebrated in their earliest development, tly remarked, "we never These facts are infallibly true, and n from the unexpected re- whether we gratify our vanity by contin ents which contradict our ing to the higher order of things the attheories: a frank tribute of irritability, or allow if to b served communication of extended to vegetable life, the deductions s, by the several mem- will be the same: 1st. that is consisten y entertaining the same with the health and growth of a plant, to same interests, will ne- select for the period of seeding that point ly those profitable steps; of time which will afford from experience it march through the de- the quantity of heat and the course of sea

on which is conformable

nstrable, that one acre which

worth many of our

search in the ratio of the this, our relative duty .

to science, has one indi- 2dly

he the sea

to its habits

whether these be native or acquired 2dly to fix this period as remotely from

tunate as to reach the the season of winter as the course will

macy; we must look to allow, that the sensitive fibrils may not observation of others, as come within the reach of excessive and

and its

al char-

destructive ch

of temperature; from

tle, fit emblems of this forlorn and hopeless system. This is notoriously the general practice. It is one of those ancestral relics, one of those sanctified patrimonies, which the habit of devotion, seems to have made sacrilege to violate and it is ruinous as it is general and steadfast.

It is demon

is well cultivated

common lands This, gentlemen, is not visionary; it is easy too, of adoption and of practice -- Consent to devote your attention to onefourth of our present undertakings; con centrate upon this, the energies you had dispersed on the whole, and it is adopted. And what do you gain by it? Grant the cost of cultivation of an acre to be two dollars for rent or interest of purchase money, and two dollars for other expenses before stated, at four, and you have only one dollar, for profit. But apply your improvements to one acre which you intended for four, and you will thenceforth have the product from one acre which you would had from four; that will be twenty dollars; from which deduct expenses of one acre, as before stated, at four dollars, and your profit will be sixteen dollars on the acre in-

lication, cannot be presum- which the young plant, once affected,

e truth or diminish the im- dom fully recovers --3rdly, not to risk a subject matter. period of time, though apparently with the principles which promising, or because such a one may , I shall offer in the most have been attended with a fortuitous suc-

possible, a few reflections cess; but to adopt that which is predica- the richer the soil, the more ra

of agricultural practice ted upon the usual climate and habits of vigorous the growth; and the more rapi-

ssist in the proscription of the plant. and vigorous the growth, the less

Though chance may embolden us to to casualities

ubject Many errors of cultivation, beside those

be added as concur

known that the potatoe, a native of South

known that the potatoe, a native of South America, (there a wild and common weed,) "bearing small tubers, too bitter

for our use," has been reclaimed by cultivation; and ranks among our choicest vegetables. In the language of an accete inquirer into the arcana of nature, if there be any who feel sceptical on the subject of such metamorphoses, let him visit the fairy bowers of horticulture, and he will there perceive, that her magic wand has not only converted the tough coriaceous covering of the almond, into the soft and melting flesh of the peach; but, by her spells, the sour sloe has ripened into the delicious plum; and the austere crab, of our woods into the golden pippen: the acrid and poisonous aplum gravcolens, has been changed into delicious celery; and the colewort, appears by culture, under the improved forms of cabbage, savoy and cauliflower. The magnitude of my subject, the providential mysteries and fascinations of agriculture, will palliate the offence of my devotion; its science is enchanting and boundless; its practice is co-equal and co ordinate with the creation of man; its march is pari passu with that of its moral virtue, and its intellectual character; it has been employed as the first instrument

of his creator to accomplish his great and

stead of one; or an advance upon the intrinsic value of the capital, equal to fif-

hundred per cent, with less trouble

teen hundred per cent; with less trouble glorious ends ; and he who holds it in contoo --because you have less space to cut tempt, he who holds it subordinate, he tivate; and with less uncertainty, because who does not assign to its lofty position

gn to its lofty position

and

hionable

ject our sympathy

oning; or, perhaps, in the deviate from general rules on this

faculty, the offspring of yet success will more generally attend enumerated, might

over-ruling

a formidable

influ exist-

d by the

into

al to our local interests those of American agri-

their observation. Unfortunately, the Hessian fly has

thrown our wheat crop too much upon the control winter, a circumstance greatly conducive The

rent causes of the present embarras-

ment; they are considerably within our

nough."

CIDER. The orchards are bending under the weight of apples, and the time of making cider is near at hand . The general process is understood, but attention to two or three. particulars, may greatly increase the liquor. Why does Burlington cider bring, in market, double the price of that made elsewhere? Use water freely in making every thing sweet and clean before you begin, but very sparingly afterwards. Put your apples after being gathered, for a few days

in a dry place, exposed to the sun. Let your casks be perfectly sweet.

See that the

bright

sun . sweet

straw used be clean and

Thr

w all the

apples to your pigs.

sorts of the

and

should be corrected.

in the temple of science, its pre-eminence in the circle of useful arts, is entitled to

and commiseration.

How infinite and sublime are the sub-

pects of reflection! How subtle and com-

miration, con of agriculture!

d nature, are found branches of ad

e rotten, or rotting Keep the several

orts of the apples separate; if ground to-

gether the cider will not be so good. When the liquor has undergone suffint fermentation to throw off the impure matter in it, and while it is yet sweet, take a clean rag that has been dipped in brimstone; shake the cask well, then fill and bung it tight. This mode is highly recommended to preserve the cider sweet, while it will yet be pure. the crab-apple should be more extensively cultivated for cider. Liquor, delicious wine, may be made from it. We received from Mr. Eusebius Townsend, this summer, a barrel of bottled crab cider far more grateful to the taste, and we are sure, more wholesome, than any other drink that could be used. On opening several of the bottles, the cider foamed and sparkled like Champaign wine. The apple crop, properly managed, may be very profitable A small apple orchard below Westchester, two years ago, produced to its owner, several hundred dollars. --Village Record. Boring for water -- The process of boring the earth for spring water has been practised with great success in various parts of England. A pipe is inserted into the bore, and the water overflows into a cistern; in some cases it rises 20 feet above the surface. Mr. London expresses an opinion, that in a great majority of situations in Britain and throughout the world, water may be obtained by boring. The expense of this process is very small in England the charges being four pence per foot for the first ten feet, eight pence

per foot for the second ten feet,

plex are

e the objects of a

nected with the purposes

our

From the highest to the lowe

increasing

g four p feet.

nce per he aug is draw

advanta

derivable to the soil

animated nature, are

disasters, for many years incident from a diversification of crops, were

to the disasters, for many years incident from a diversity of crops, were

onspicuous for their to this, our once most valuable staple-- known to ages past: the classic farmer

one whose loss we must deplore; one I Mantua, more than eighteen centuries a-

most

useful study for the cultivator of

useful study for the cultivator of the

found branches of a

name

he e time the

inju

ep seeding; e error of u to season; an

to usual crops, regardless of other circumstances, ce to an obstinate and irrant to a customary rotation, stomary; and when it has profitable; and lastly, the er sive cultivation. gmas, that of deep seeding

seeding are intimately

may readily be associated

atic

predic

gentl

tly

emen, you will g

as recorded

entime

Sic

every tribe of insects imperious

r his jud

judgement and attention; some spe ist him in the pleasures and neces-

d windla ditional l

if by means

call iron tube 1C

the hole and spring discove

rive itse

ities of his life; and he must

regain; and from which you quoque mutatis requiescunt fetibus arva; preserve them; while others are

consent to release, what I will ven the practice was adopted in the highly

ture to pronounce your natural invetera- cultivated region of Italy

y of attachment. The fly, the long culture, the c

f climate, want of market , or deficien

recognized, at all times and hange where agriculture has flouri

It has been in all places shed

By a mutation of crops, your fields are

come intruders upon the fruits of

dustry

he must learn to

arn to his in-

intrench

dow

forming one

and so on

oot at every adr is turned by

up by a sh

the auger gets deeper, of iron rod are added to pling boxes and a cast ng is introduced into

n down. When the it, a tin tube is forced

himself against them.

ndustry. -- The more

f demand, most imperiously call upon quasi -- at rest; diverse proximate princi ery kind in a country, th

you to rid yourselves of this icubus;

divest

f in

dustry of ev

to bottom.--[New

d pipe from top

mer.

om the Balti

hronic

to pie

greater is the opp

punishments ---Whilst

president of the United State

everv b

siti

diverse elements, in various propor- wealth of that country and the more of roe, and t

as as

nows, acted

ows, acted diametrically in

o his own advice to Mr.

urselves of this bewitching in- tions are called into requisition, for vari- the raw material that,

fatuation, this morbid addiction to

ances ous

plants; and their re

y industry

pective

y tral custom

and practices, which though when annually diversified, are supplied by ticles, the greater i

of the

consistent with the best and kindest mor-

al feel with ph

with accumulation of a new sto

is pregnant, in this instance, it otherwise perpetually drawn upon

ical evil. evil.

man is skill, are converted into manufactured ar-

the amount of pro

the country; the greater is th

mount of matter for exportation; the greater is the quantity of labor called into

k, which, perty in the country; th

perty in the country; the greater is the a-

former upon the with physical evil. must, of necessity, be exhausted.

Numerous crops better adapted to our As a proof of my conviction of the

the clums, and to sub- Numerous crops better adapted to our As a proof of my conviction of the requisition; the greater is number of per-

paucity of seed. present market, are within our command; truth of the principles of physiology and son profitably employed, and the greater

it is a duty we owe to our country, vegetable economy, which I have been is the amount of comf

duty we owe to our country, vegetable economy, which I have

tervail a

es excited

xcess plant

for this

purpose.

e and debilitating to

to its subse

uent

ur neighbors, our families, and our- endeavoring to

process e disc

of vegetation from osure of the radicle

selves, every m

vegetable kingdom for such as

ort, I sh

all

been i

transfer

the amount of comfort and

cir

ulated through all classes of the com-

at munity. By superadding the skill & labor one of our citizens to the raw materials of the

country, those materials which are now introduce, as sent to a foreign market are greatly enat hanced in value, and the balance of trade opportunities prevented from being so much against us

to procure them may enable me, (which as it otherwise would be.

I now unreservedly and publicly

prosperity

inquiry, by experiment, by them the next year, practically an of research, to explore the large, to an experimental farm of

will best hundred acres of land.

earth an

d the

suit our purposes; to discover if possible, and promulgate the results, and receive

plume if no more, the self approv

ated by a central stem, the self approving consciou

ated by a central stem, the

he atmosphere; it is a phys-

anced upon eminent author- plied these talents, with which

plied those talents, with which he

, with which he may

aving performed our obligations,

s well to God as to man; of having

to has affixed to every class, have seen fit to

endowed us fo

promo

hall

Upon these lands I

far as the friends of my home and abroad, or other

the principles presented by

d rule of his con-

duct, the king of England seems to have put in practice General Jackson's theory

rmine

it is well known that, for years previous to King William's ascending the throne rooted personal dislike arising from different political biases existed between him and many of those whom he found

occupying the Did he punis "rewarding"

every species of crop, apparently

solicify)

con

for the t

th ach

oth ache --At

a recent

sistent with our climate, and our market, meeting of the London medical society, contempt

various offices of State. h" them for the purpose his friends? No: bein

satisfied they were "capable and honest" the King continues them in office, and assures them if his co operation and support, so long as they continue faithful. Thus, in the system of Government, as well as in other systems, we may now and then

a little wisdom in

ick

quarters to

t which we accustom ourselves to look wi