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BIOGRAPHICAL
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Tiwai JJJrson A distinguished tatcst,.;.n a ti'i philosopher a native of Virginia; birn Aju-il, 17 l'; (hirnU'J at Wiili.tm
nil. I Man . and studied l,iv under thatdi-tin-gui-lnd civilian ;tnd patriot, Ii.uk ( llor
i Wulie. In liH r.ir. n lititiuil)fd
mci:il rr r-f 'iri;ia l.ei-l.!ute. in 177. s apt' jintt (1 a !) r.Im r vi tlie ' t niiintl( e l
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i.n ru,itT una inatui u.r inaiei in 1 1 oni uhicli t-j.ranij tlur ieolutinn elected ti (Mlf;irs 177"), ie!t-.ted "7t?. Member (d lhe c -riiiirltrp winch dratted the drla-
('ai'dinn; a itju cei.f;ttiv e io tbe Cei.era) I Vice I'leMdcnt of the U. S. in
Died
Aemh. v l'r?evoralye-.rS; n ir.einhc r ol 'j:M Nov. Hi Id, on Ins toad lo Washington, t!ieCoi,-red 177-1 ; ;f,d ti, fii, c cir. r i a , V.i II. S.,:io-(-d 70 years.
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untd the ad-.tptin .-ttid
lino;;, .i jin'jru s : t : t; i;e ei-'iMt letuec n JV. V. kiid I!;!;t In:-, its." HLd, Octoti-r, !7 ii. in the liith ear oflits :z. inty retired M-veral ai'sj.rev ion .l'rtn the eaievrd 'i-iMk life into the j .- of .-nu-tie 1 i ; ; j j i :m .. Charhs Cd rvl, of Carroll ji;. vuy survniiiprHoiiej, t thi time (MYi'M wuthon,
e,leiiil)er 1 ,..,,t Aiinai.di, Md. '-'-nz
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inli"ii, cM. ?!itiir ol Jeil'erMn, Ad un-.
i haunian made the orijxir.a t draft, ronfonr.ab'.e to which, '2?-Ui .lime, he mtio-
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fat Sitt .1," Inch w a nconded h .lidu;
Adaia-. and unaniaioudv i t-ed Jth July, 17 70 (iov ernor of Vncmia 17;L G1. rnmiter to I'ratice, which station he held
a t oli;tiiin -ttal i'ihc SUU crt. ri- 'i: t'V'ht t ic.frtcaili,i,l(if,i l-
'lit Hit', li'iiiif, ck Ii a w t.ilf rt tired.
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nl Itotnan (.athclir d ce::t, lie commetced eret'.t emincn
Ins eduralion at St. 0ner.;, G. Ii. anc fin- Kith October, (O. S.) 1.73o, of puritan pa-i-hed it at Cheim-. Trance ; ftudied in rent-. :i writer and active leader meparaans and London, an active and cP.cicni tory to the adopting and signing the decla-
newspaper writer, in livoroftlio c.-t i-e of tlie colonies, liem :i ilonun ('afnolic. of fdnr.itioa and f.,t tiue, ,o d a unu of the committee to viit Canada, earlv in 177C, to make overtures to tlie Catholic. o that province lo join the colo:,i(s . During thi tour, the declaration w h idopteil. but was promptly signed cn his nturn.on the 2d of Aucut. soon after a in'inber !
the board of war. in 1 CO 1 retired iron iuh1 1: i: .. r. . t .- , . .
in. nic, ai if r Having neen ame::i:eroi the
the Constitution of his State, and of the convention w hich adopted tlie Constitution of 11. S. Lieut, (iov. and Gov. of Maes. one of the proscribed patriots, w hom the P.ritish authorities proclaimed beyond the reach of pardon. Died 3d Oct. 1C03, in his C2d year. John Hancock, a scholar, and a man cf immense wealth, was born near Quincv, M ass. 1737, A member of the jfeneral court, chosen speaker, and rejected by the Governor, actwj with Samuel Adams, m
'lam, a lawyer and statesman of .remonstrating against the massacre by the inence, w as born at Quincv, Mass. oldie rson the 5th March, 1770, and in pro
curing the removal of the troops from the city. Ow the 5th March, the year following, pronounced his celebrated speech on
ration, a member of the first committee of I the massacre occasion, was one of the prosafety for Do5ton. had the hor.or of nomina-jfcnbed patriots with Samuel Adams. A
tt.is tieni'irJ V. .itbinirlon to Cc,ngrrs. as member ot the fir.t Conzres. and Prcci-
(ifurr lloss was born in New Castle,
Dtl. 17; 0. A scholar, became a lawyer of eminence, after be removed lo Lancaster,
l'a. a member of the Legislature of I'a. as early as 17if.i, a member ot the first Congress, and of the three succeeding, several times a member of the State Legislature, a member of the Doai d of Admiralty of Ta.
Died July 1 77 aged !'.) years
John .J'i
cominander-tn-ctiirt of the American armies, and of making the motion to adopt tlie declaration, wbich he supported and advocated with his powerful eloquence, a member ef the first and manv succeeding
dent of the second and third in which ca
pacity he signed the Declaration of Independence, which separated the colonies from the mother country forever.Gov. of his native State, a series of times. He
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until appointed Secretary of State, b l're
nit nt W ashmeton, 'i"J Vice President I
m U.r tj;..t n ;-m-.I. ;S .....i resident 1P-01. w Inch idnrr ho fa delegate in Cor.cr,.
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mil wruiti r.J-Uifi ,nj( cli,jlt f.j,rs n the C3d year of his
jage, onlht 60th Anniversary of our Ir.de-
endence. lie tlied ut Monticc llo, the seat
tirst committee of saft ty mid ob-c- ation tw ice in the convention of Marv laid, tw ice
Im y !itof at d 'til: rr.:unt;nn t!.e 'tnie a:.tl ragr, will thur iltttitig i.fc,
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. . . hi iuj i.iiin i . , mi , in;, iiiivu .Hi hivik;( im- . j lice-, antl enj.nt d the greatest honors with-.-.I'.'.'t ','!, f-Um 1 . tTv'd frunirvfry v. in, in the gift of his countrymen, r t i mi - liiii') cm icifi'i' the wi ijl.t ruf-1 Iknjamin Franklin, a patriot, philoso-
t mi. il'iit i ii:iu ftaie-Mii.tu, a naiiyp 01 j.o.-i.;n
ihorn 17th January, 17O0. At the age d" jl'0, appon ted clerk to the General Ascmjbly, and I'o-t Master at Thiladelphia -at jLi'. a meijiber ol the Awmblv. About this time, be identified eU ctricitv and lightntngt ) be the same, b) drawn, g the light-
uit.g tium the cluutls, and muiiy other ingenious asperimei.ts ; commissioner to Great l'ritam from the colonies, examined before the bar of the Hou-e of Commons with gteat credit to himself- -elected, 177,r. and "7U, number ct congre-s one of the conirnittce to hear projiOMtion? of tecon
ciljation commissiuner to Tiance in the 7 1 -1 ju'ir of bis age concluded a treat) with "that t'ower in 1778--and in 17C'i concluded iitieatv withG. Lritain, by which the war wa- tetmmated, our independnec a' kn-.vi !c dg-d elf cted to the high ion')rot To reign Associate of the Academy '.f S' i' iK'", at Talis, in 1771. After hiretum t America, he w as President of the ( onumnu ealth, and cf the St.ite con veni ?a, winch ioioptcd the new constitution.
; After a long life, spent in the mod active , a:.d u-eful pursuits.be died in his V- lib
rear. . in April, i i J'J. Frwu is H(ji.inson, a lawyer, and a man ' of i legant literarv attainments a native of Thiladflphia born 1737. A member . of Coiigie'sTG, antl voted and sub-cribed the declaration. He died in his odd year. , Oth .May, 17'dl. I liuhert Treat Vuir. 1. L. D. a lawyer j of i niinence, a native of To.-ton, I'om 1731.
Tor seveiit! years i piember of the Tcgi- ! I yture of M;'ss ichu-etts a member of the Piovincial (,'ongie, 177 1; a mcmbrr of the fir-t and sf cun 1 general Congress a ' member of live to consider the State of Ma- ichu-elts, in Teh 1775 Attorney
General of Massachusetts, and Supreme Judge. Died 11th may, UJU.agcil CI. ii.. i l.,,.... ;.. i. r
ins lino rf ll ix f ftl.e ,
M. 1iKcn?, 2ouui Carolina, i mj. r.uuca1 led in America, studied law in the Middle
enre a senator in
T. S. Senate and four tunes in tnat cf his
native State. C'asar llo'lneij, brtrn in Do er. Iielaware. 170, memberof Legislature several year a member of the Congie-s ef 1 77 4. continued until '76 an active hvidcr in the war upon "the tended field' a general in the army, and the intimate friend of Washington . Ikniamin Ilirriion a native of Perkily,
Virginia, trie (icscendent of awry i-n(d able anc.ent and wealth Lirnilv, ;.r! a
Congresses. Some idea may be formed of ; spent large sums of his ample fortune in
benevolent charities, and was ;gathrei to his fathers' m a ripe o'.d age, loved, revered and lamented .
us bu-inrss habits, when it is stated he was
a member of ninety committees, and chairman of 25, commissioner to Trance in 1771, and minister to the same power in 1731.
and minister to Kugland in 171'5, a member of the convention which formed the con
stitution of his native State, Vice President of the P. S. tw ice, and President once, retired from public life in lOOl.nnd about t o'clock, P. M. on the fiftieth Anniversary of our Independence, he expired, in the 91st year of bis age . Jiichanl Hairy Lee, a native of Va. and an elegant scholar, w as born 2oth Jan.
1732. Like many cf tlie distinguished mr'i of h;s tire:-, be was educated in Tng-
ln.i, i o i a i : v i.i our s: niggle necame a po-
itical v, riie r. .:. !. in the hour of peril, a
member of the provin ial legr ' at-iie.
ii.f'inberol the first Coi:gres- and fd"those Is.ddif-r, .m!v u member of the House of
lurgesr-s. 4 Virginia, a polished and cle-
MISCELLANEOUS.
silt itouniT yy a i.roi.i:. No ! io?i er i.n ie? Mi., d better the
I i of the p opb- 'd' Lngland, and none f i h i , e ' r t t i t 1 1 m : i c. He tilled all '. . i e - "i p nv r. 1 1 u-t arid pt ;'it, aiid alt . tii" b ei-e ot common- it -elf, v. i!h hia n ci eat'it t s ; but peact wa- his duling f Dull:; I. is b.t:g j.dmi:iitiatoii, I i . er l-'-t a ,'it-'.i -v. ti. be w a in C 'rt - an .'it; ' t V.
succeeding, until he ba I the honor of voting for end -rg'iin: (he declaration a
un til ut d t h- i. u noli e d '' : u -,- - hai; . ni'Ul of "tl.i l,i-:i!.!e n.ir.- An.;: n ":Mi ileitis seat in Congress, a luemb; r and pit , ident of the colonial Assembly, t lux einor of
irgini a in 17G2, and re-elected the year f.db.wing. Died, 17:11, at bis rcidcuce, honored and i expected by hi-countrymen. If Miai.'i 'aca, a fine slIioI ir, and an em inent juri-t, lutrn, 17d(. at Wye Hall, eastern single Md, i mem!er of the first and several succeeding Cougre-sf s. In.medirtcly after voting lor and signing the declaration, elected a member cf the Maryland convention which approved it, a member of the "Navy board," twice GovernOT of Maryland, mid twice chief justice on the bench of hei judiciary . Died, 17Cd,aged Co years. Arthur .ViJilUtcn, a line scholar, having taken the baccalaurate degree of A. P. at
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m;i:u n on. s; "akng of th" darl. age-- itwuldbe
liable Mi.it tin luentn-ri ot 1 h it
r el le.uumg V n t'oi.-.l bdooply, V- z1 1 Ta v.v,li.. if.e fneiunner in Mir - tithe great I '..icon, -As the latter
grai.t spi akr r. be v. ::. called the Cicero ot r.ii ; i a, :: l.- finbci of t!.. f.r.-t Congress, he t.i-.t intro.itr.etl a HiOtiou in Congress. lOib dun.', 1 770, ':t!:u.t i'n re Uniu l Colo
nies -uire end of rlkt ovht to Le, Free and Inbrptndent States." P.cing called away by sickness in bis family, Mr. Jefferson was
appointed m his place on the committee to which the resolution was referred, and filling the vacancy of the mover, Mr. Jefferson became chairman, and thus became draftsman of thatjastrumciit which has so justly given celebrity to hi name. Once President in Congress: he died in the tilth
year of his age, loaded v i;h the honors cf
his countrymen. liomas Stone, a lawyer cf some distinction, a man of great limine; of purpose, born at Pointson Manor, Md. 17 13. a member of Congress a number of times, and greatly influential in forming the confeder-
Wcstminster. Lnpland, and a gentleman cf! ation of the States, lie died in the aufine foitune, born in South Carolina. 17 13. tumn of 170, ged 43 years, having filled spent two years in a four tfi r ti'ih Turope. the nio-t important offices in the govern-
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a mend'er (d tlie ''secret committee rf (ive," in 1775 a member of Congress in 7G took an active part in fhe w:u a soldier, taken pti-oner at Charbston. ;md sent a such to St. Augustine Mifh?r.u with the i est of his fellowprisoiif i s, great hatdships" elected again t Congress, 1702. Departed lor the hetfc r country beyond the grave, at his country seat, on the Ashlv, 17o3, aged 15. FJhridgc (ierrr, was born July, 17 11, at
Marblehead, Mass. Took his degiteof
V P., in his loth year, at Harvard a mer:hant by profession, a member of the Gen-
TaiiilIa I Anll,n d.il.til til'tf ml ij.'.l-c . . r .
...i . 1: 1 t ihiit , l."lliiuii, r.'i it. ... v in. vvfci:?V'.lc. lheology and. ' 1 ,-.r . . ., ..
! I0iiriu.ro luiope iiioano iu, n mem-
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jber cf Congress; afierwards Supreme Noith America1 Ju 'ge of his native Stale; was wounded at
fl.p-uot contain I wo hundred surh unman-' Teautoi t taken pri-uner at Charleston L- ilv.grrrdv, and indecent !,riltes as were as in the State cony ention for foimmg a a5t"nbled at the 1 ,te .'.inner of the West-1 new Constitution 1790. Died March, 1B09.
ri ti-tf r rlerfoi-j. v.beie he was urettv Iknjamiu liu?h, M. . born near Phila-
r-ml.li tn.fpd l!i.:.vslsaw one fel ' delplu.i, 2 1th Dec. 1715. A physician of
lHdMvn.nuM,, cut a roa.-lfowl a-un-1 great eminence studied at Edinburgh,
r,fro..rt.u,H,iU another had his fojki Paris and London his name is written as
i'nrk in the neck end, ready to take cue of iaeiibly,if po-,i,ie, onme scion oi meui-
ment. Fre-icis Light foot Lee, youngest brother to Ft. H. Lee, a man of fine abilities, and extensive information, though much inferior in education and eloquence to his brotht r . i i . .
er, several years a memoer oi inenou-ei of Pni ge??es, sev eral times n member of Congress, from 1'ichmond, the metropolis of his State, a member of the Senate of his native State. 'The particulars of his death not recorded by his biographer. Saurtt l Chate, a lawyer and justice of great eminence w as a native of Md. born 17th of April. 1711. Kearly a member of
eral Com t of Mass. Pay, in his 2Dih y car ! the Colonial Assembly, a member of the
i memoer oj tire nrsi committee oi satetv lirst ami lour succeeding l oiigresses, a
for Mass an active and efficient leader during the rev olution. He spent the e.v e-
member of the mission to Canada, in v'0,
with Charles Carrol and Dr. Tranklin, at
nir.g prtviou to the battle of Hunkers Hill, ibis suggestion, the convention of Md. re
'..c li lives.
C. I V
cal fame as on the declaration of our rights.
A most successful teacher in medicine; in
A country rn in who paid Ins tip th'1 other: 1CT2 not less than 'UO pupils attended his
to as end the state hou-e steeple, lectures; he was successively chosen iro-
with a few of his fi iends, in a house not far
from the road to Lexington, among whom was the brave and early lamented General Warren, on parting in the morning, the Gen. for the scene of danger, this brave man, all devotion to his country, dropped
these (lassie words "Ihihctt dirorum tst, lro pa tria morV before night his corpse
was an example. A member of Congress in member of the convention which formed the new constitution minister to Trance, several times Governor of Mass.
g j r d with won der till hi- mouth rivalled j feasor of chemistry, of the theory and ii" f ircumfe ranee, of tin bell. "What's j practice of medicine, of the practice of .i.t.. .... . iii. ii 'i i'i-.'. ... . ..
iti.it',' "ill lite leu. iieigiijee-: ii; physic. Ll.osen, in July, a delegate in 'bat ttiikes fire, I wonder it don't blow up! Congress, he was not present when the t ic tow n i declaration was adopted, but signed it on
taking bis seat a member, also, of the Pennsylvania convention to form and adopt
her constitution. Died UUh April, 1C13. Thomas Lnch,Jr. a lawyer by profes
sion; a student o the lemple; a native ot Georgia; born 17t'J. Elected a member of Congress at the age of '27 to supply the vacancy occasioned by the illness of his fath?r. Inheriting a splendid fortune, and
Ani ttlv cornri.is-ioned magistrate sent 1 .v fdlivnrig inde to a book seller: "Sir, 1 le m n l n,i nil the c r of the legislature tl" it belongs t - o u a r it if the peas, as 1 am I.ov one.
hi'trt Cr n y,i, a, t Mr. P's corilpli Ienti tiMr. C. think- it unnecess.iry lii-
1 r f l V K' ; , amVted with ill health, he retired early in lui'j litid'j. Ilr. C compliments to c ' '. M. i.i,;,iL- i .n tn lite from the cares of State, to repair by
1.11. II. - ' HID UllllCt-ll-HI I I , . .. I t.l..i.n I I t....n..;.iil.iw. travel a shattered constitution. He per-
No tuan I obliged to thmk beyond his t -ip.i itv : an 1 c never transgress the b ,uiil-'of goodtciue, tut whtuwc aim to yj) le on J it.
The father of Cen. William II. f larrison , laic Minister ti ('olou.bin, v.lu lnul the luuu.r to rcre?i nt ill4 whole t tntory N. W. of lli; Ol io Mer in tl.c ( oiif;r.'s of the I'nitcd Htatcs. He w ho hbo afterwantg flovi rnur a Inre poilioa of that tt rritorv, mid (iiacrnor of InJiaini nt
llip ei.rrmcin riiiei,t of t!:e httu war, in which he
ncted n Majnr Crrncrid, and h i ferineil n ihofI huiioruldf and distinguished prtrt. For his tal
ent', qtinlil.cationr-, piitrioti'tu and ervu'c,
(Jen Harrison whs rliosi ii a mrrnber ol Itic L. b.
SiiMiiile by the LecinIiituTi- of Ohio, and lifter
wnrda si li ctcu Vy the l.tte l're-ideiit as Minister t Coldiiibi.i, froui which mi'sioii he was recn li
ed by President JuikMnint in: enormous ix-
peime, to m:ke a place for 1. I.aioorc, h
youru; lawyer of Kentucky.
cinded their instructions to their representatives, not to vote for declaring the colonies independent, the early patron and benefactor of the distinguished William Pincknev, a member of the Md. convention
which adopted the new Constitution, chief justice of Md, and appointed by Washing
ton an a-sociate judge ot the U. S. court.
Sainutl .ldams, a native of boston, a line rholar, a merchant by yucfessicn, was oru 22d Sept. 1722. He reported the
first resolution to the citizens ef Poston,
denying the right of the mother country to
tax the colonies, against their content, for
purposes of revenue, n political w riter of
eminence, a member of the general court
in l7t'5, member of Congiess !'. times, a
member of the convttition which formed
tit wm this committee which consisted o
C'lisril'S (!nntitwnrl)i PnirklirV. William It. nrv
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l&lieu ai rtra, nun un tiunaufv uii.i un-'iiu- iirayion, vv iiliani li ilities, n i-uwiiru vvay-
lavii)- recourse to (oi difficulties bttween jiintry. and tho pu
irms, then in possession ol brim;, keci
plished wife, on a voyage to 1 ranee, 1 ). mar, hnt resolved on Inmost recourse to force,
William Hoover. a lawyer ot eminence, 1 " scttin.fr ine niiatuun. ot w-b ihe
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ooyer, a law y
born in Poston, 1712, and educated at liar-
yard college. Hemovtd early to Pvorth
colonies and mother cotin'ry, and tho public
of linti-d, keepers. ivic
taken possession ol Hccor-un$iy .
'Ju!i;r Chare lieini' Ht Ar.nai)ohc,i, hu?ine.s,
nttemled a dt bating lab cotiipuLd of a number of spirited ytniiitc men. Uuti.j the debate he discovered one w !iy spoke v. ith r-iuarkable ease, fhiijiiinei' ui-.i fluency; nfUT tho detmte
was throu-li, iidjro Chase sought an nctjuaintnr.ee with thu iuii man, and learned his name was I'-neiiC ", that he was poor, and was thcu envoin hi bieud by his services in an apothecary's shop, and designed tudiiu; medicine. Tin.-Jnde advised hiai c studx law; inid otfer-
fd him the iiso of ht lihrary , and in voted him to
live in his family nutil he h.-id C ii...le(td his Undies ihpse propositions were fclaaly accept
ed, and y oumr riiikiiey put no hi-i ti.o.k imiue
diately for tin; Judge's resideuee. I !a same
ouiiir man nl'tt rwards heciiuo one tl' the most
distinguished la wy ern ol" his time : atli-rney en eral td the V. S. auj r;iuMr tu H '.,.; a.
FARiyiERS' DEPARTMENT.
From the Canna'Jiaii Cuurant. HESSIAN FLY. As the wheat crop this season has, in some places, suff'red considerable damage from the destructive ellects of this insert, we are happy to he enabled, by a valuable and obliging correspondent, to publish the following directions for destroy irg it: The Hessian fly deposits its ccc, on the wheat ear before it i? reaped; the
cg is so small as to be invisible to the
naked eye, but may he very distinctly seen with a microscope; sometimes one grain of w heat will be observed to have
several of these eggs on it. They are attached lo the wheat by a glutinous substance, deposited around them, by
the parent fly, by which they are held so firrr.lv on ihe surface, as not to be easily rc.hovt d by the motion of reapii g, threshing, ifcc. Shortly after tho eccd begins to germtnate in the soil, the genial heat of the season, brings the young fly from its egg, in the form of a very 6mall maggot, (as is the case with all insects:) these little maggots deposit themselves at the root of the stalk, to the seed of which their egg has been attached; between the stem and the lowest blade or leaf, where they may be discovered, during the month of May and bginningof June, quietly reposing; here they remain until the warmth of the season brings them to maturity, when they commence eating the substance to which they have been attached. ll ia not until this period that their destructive ertecls are visible, by the wheat becoming withered and blighted. This accounts for the f-.ct, that wheat, which is attacked by tbi6 destructive insect, piescrtsa healthy ap
pearance until the month of June, the period at which this embryo-fly begius to use food. Now it is evident that if the eggs cf this fly can he destroyed ou the seed wheat by any process tli:t will not also destroy the vegetative quality of tlio grain, the ruinous effects will be avoided. This can be done by the following very simple process: "Soak the seed wheat itwater for twelve hours ; spread it out on the ban: floor, so as to allow the superabundant water to escape; then take fresh slacked lime, and mix
it among the wlieat in quantity sutucientto have every grain covered with
the lime, taking care to stir the wheat
well with a shovel, so that no parttclo may escape coming in full contact with the lime, which when thus applied, will in a 6hort time destroy the eggs, and consequently preserve the gruia from destruction." Our correspondent assures us that the egg, which before the applicatiou of the lime, appears clear and transparent, afterwards becomes opaque, and
puts on the appearance of an addled egg. The ellicacyof the above remedy
has been established by several experiments, one of which we will here relate.
Wheat, supposed to be iufected with the Hessian fly, was taken, one half of
the quantity was treated witti lime, ana the other half was sown in the same soil, with the prepared seed, in alternate drills; the result was, that every btalk from the prepared seed came to maturity and was productive, whilst the alternate drills which had been sown withi unprepared seed nere almost totally destroyed.