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them. Unless it be positively necessary, in order to
guard him against deception, do not expose to him the
particular character of his hearers. If any speak against
him, and you know the insinuations or charges to be
false, let him be a stranger to the calumnies, and be
yourselves the defenders of his reputation. By neglect
ing these cautions you will subject him to much solici
tude and perplexity of mind, that will, in its tendency,
unless counteracted by extraordinary grace, prove high
ly injurious. He will be discouraged—he will imper
ceptibly acquire towards those individuals a secret dis
like, and his preaching will possibly become too per
sonal. His mind should be kept perfectly free from
every extraneous consideration that can disturb his
equanimity, or show his feelings out of their true pop
ularity. If his soul must ever be agitated let the causes
of excitement be such as belong to his lofty vocation
—the brevity of life—the value of the soul—the holi
ness of God-—the listlessness of a perishing world.
Western Luminary.
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DUELLING.
The following sentiments on this subject are from the
late John Jay.
" When we seriously reflect on the declaration made
by the Almiohty at that awful moment when the re
tiring wuters of the deluge proclaimed him a holy and
an avenging Gon, * at the hand of every man's broth
er will 1 reipiire the blood of man,' when we call to
mind the assurance of the Gospel that the murderer
sin'll not. inherit eternal life, we cannot but shudder at
tue temerity of the duellist, and at the fate which
awaits him. I will not now comment on the absurdity
of seeking reparation for trifling or imaginary evils at
tiie hazard of even life itself. The folly of the duel
list is lost in the contemplation of his enormous guilt.
But suffer me to make a remark, that thus to denomi
nate an act honorable, which originates in the most ma
lignant passions—which equally outrages the precepts
oi'our religion and the laws of our country, and which
is generally perpetrated by men of dissolute character,
is an abuse of language- which cun be tolerated only
by those whose moral sense is as depraved as that of
the duellist himself. The more we reflect on the na
ture and tendency of this crime, and on the necessary,
and, indeed avowed obligation on the part of those by
whom it was committed, the more persuaded shall we
be of the prudence of the law, in excluding from all
offices of honor, trust, or profit, and from all par
ticipation in the election of the public officers, every man,
who, by being in any way accessary to a duel, evinced
a want of that, moral pi inciple, without which he can
not safely be intrusted with the rights of citizenship."
Some very interesting extracts from Sermons on Religious
Education, by the Rev. Doctor Wt&inwrigiit, are given in the
New York American. We could not help being struck with
the justness of several of his observations, particularly one,
which, as it has reference to an interesting fact, wo copy:
** It is a remarkable fact, that, let a parent be ever so re
gardless of truth and justice, or ever so devoted to sensual
pleasures, still he would not have his children adopt his princi
ples, or copy his example. No, he would dread this as a
most serious evil, and would rejoice to be assured of the
stability of their moral principles. Is t his not a sure evidence
that, however men may seem devoted to the world, they,
nevertheless, fear it like an insincere and treacherous friend ?
They know how deceptive are its offered pleasures, and ex
perience has taught them the unsatisfying nature of its pur
suits; and although they have not themselves the resolution
to break from them, they cannot endure the thought that
thoRe whom they love should in like manner be enslaved to
vanity. We could not have a stronger argument to prove the
temporal value of a religious education."
The argument here used is, indeed, a powerful answer to
those who refuse to admit the truths of Christianity. The
most determined infidels never wish their children to embrace
the same belief with themselves.
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KAlolJNG QF CORN. a
The following communication is from a very res
pectume farmer in the county of Hillsborough, who
has not learnt his farming "by his books," but by ac
111 experience-—and whose exertions in the agricul- j
Alex. Gazette.
AGRICULTURAL. *
tural cause deserve the praise and emulation of his
brethren. The methods of culture he recommends
appear to be rational, and the fact that he has repeat
edly drawn the premiums of our Agricultural Society
commends his experiments to the attention and trial
of our farmers.
From actual experiment, I would recommend to
my brother Farmers, the following mode of cultivating
Indian Corn, Potatoes, Wheat and Grass, on old
farms, where the soil is congenial to the growth of
the same.
Plough your land, which you intend for planting
the next season, soon after the crop of hay is taken
off ; and be careful not to take up any more than you
manure well the next spring ; at which time when
your land is dry enough to work without treading in
the surface, harrow the sod fine ; then carl on your
winter manure, and then spread about twenty loads or
70Ü bushels per acre on moist land ; if dry, less will
do. If the manure has been handled over several
times, fermented and made fine, so much the bet
ter, for the first crop at least ; and if in a state of fer
mentation at the time, spread, and plough it in while
warm, and Buffer as little grass to escape as possible.
Plough fine, and as many times as you please. Your
land will not injure by too much ploughing, when suf
ficiently dry. When you have done ploughing, with a
very light plough, furrow your rows, about three feet
apart, and light as only to level down the high part of
the former furrows, and leave a plain mark for your
rows ; then if the weather and the time has arrived
for planting, strew your rotten barn yard manure in
the furrows, at the rate of eight or ten loads per acre.
Then drop and cover your seed corn on the old
nure, two kernels to each foot of the rows ; placing
them a few inches apart so that if-both should grow,
you can pull up one without injuring the roots of the
other, as one to a foot in the row is enough to stand
after the first hoeing ; at which time be careful to pull
up all over, or your corn crop will be injured by be
ing too thick. Hoe in such a manner to destroy all
the weeds ; but make no hill about your corn in the
process of hoeing. The smoother the surface of the
field when your hoeing is «lone the stronger the
roots will holil to support the stalk.
The roots will spread in every direction near the
surface of the earth, where they receive the effects of
the warm rays of the sun, the nitric particles of the
earth, exuded from the field,
this latter mode can be as conducive to the growth of
the corn as the former ?
If any are at a stand and wish to know,
Let them try the experiment row by row,
By planting one row deep in hills
And more shallow the next in drills.
ma
corn
is it reasonable that
I have planted my corn mostly in rows of single
stalks, for several years past, and in several different
ways. Last season I planted my field in the above
mentioned manner ; except two rows through the field
L planted in hills of about three feet apart, and had
about three stalks standing in a hill on an
to
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of
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so
of
the
average,
and tended ft equally. At harvest time, I gathered
and measured the ears which grew on the two hill
rows by itself. I then gathered and measured the
taken off the two next rows which stood in single
stalks of one foot apart, and found the latter to
ceed the former in proportion of one-sixth pnrt
I am satisfied, that if I had planted my field in hills in
the common way, last year, 1 should have lessened my
crop at least eleven or twelve bushels of corn
acre. The expenses of cultivation in this way will
cost about one day's work per acre more titan the
common method of planting, and i have no doubt it
will increase the crops on an average one sixth jtart.
1 would recommend tue preparation of the field for
Potatoes the same as for Indian Corn. The planting
to be one large potatoe, if of the large white kind, to
every foot and a half of the row ; and bring a little
aiou,d U P round tiie hil1 in hoeing ; but not to make
a i arge ),;]].
In this way I consider your corn and potatoe fields
prepared in the best manner for a crop of wheat,
other grain the next season. The following spring,
plough it light and fine, harrow it dowii smooth ; then
ears
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to
of
a
sow (if wheat) about one and a half bushels per acre,
which has been soaked twenty-four or twenty-eight
hours in a pickle of about half the strength of the
strongest brine. When the pickle is turned off, add
slack lime or good house ashes, as much as will make
it sufficiently dry for sowing. If you calculate for
your next crop to be Grass, sow a peck of herd grass
seed and ten or twelve pounds of clover seed per acre,
then put it in with a light harrow or a switch made of
brush for the purpose.
In this way we get the crop of Indian'Com or Po
tatoes ; one crop of Wheat, Flax, or any other grain
and four or five crops of Hay, with one coat of ma
uure ; and that without impoverishing one field.
THE PLANTING OF TIMBER.
" I am but one year old," was the response of an
aged Persian to the interrogatory of his monarch—i
" for it was but last year that I began to live for pos
terity by planting out a tree." When we consider tha,t
all the woods of Great Britain have been sown or
planted by the hand of man, and witness the rapid
diminution of our primitive forests, we cannot but ap*
preciate the sentiments of the old Persian, and feel
the propriety of imitating his example. The planting
and preservation of timber forms now, in Europe, ap
important branch of national economy. An idea of
their labors and usefulness may be formed from the
declaration of Mr Loudon, the enlightened editor of
the Encyclopaedia of Gardening and Agriculture, that
in October last, he travelled "for six days along a
winding avenue of fruit trees, upwards of 250 miles,
(from Strasburg to Munich)" consisting of the apple,
cherry, pear, plum, and black walnut. What a de
lightful feature must this form in the rural scenery of
the country, during the season of blossoms and fruits.
And how easily it might be imitated in the old settle
ments of our country.
I began these remarks with the view of recommen
ding to our farmers the cultivation of the sugar ma
ple as a means of embellishing and enhancing the val
ue of their estates, of multiplying their personal com
forts, and in fulfilment of a duty to posterity. The
subject was suggested by reflecting cm the commenda
ble beginnings which I witnessed last Summer in dif
ferent parts of the State and particularly in the «mun
ty of Louis, N. Y. of making plantations of this val
uable tree. The attempts to preserve the forest growth
of this tree have been unavailing. ' The trees are
soon prostrated by winds when the other wood is ta
ken away, and the lands around cleared. But when
set out, of proper size, their habits early conform to
their location. I saw many acres planted at regular
distances, besides avenues of them on the highways.
Albany, March 13, 1829. J. BUEL.
From tha I.ynchhurg'Virginian.
CULTURE OF CIMBLINS AND MELONS.
Mr Editor —Cimblins, melons, and all other kinds of vines
require good old manure ; nothing suits them batter than vault
manure, kept one year after it is taken out; hog's manure j.
excellent. There should be, for cimblins, five or six shovelfuls
to each hill, distance about six feet; as the vines expand it
will be very useful to check their growth for the benefit of the
fruit. It is generally placed on the side shoots, and only one
cimblin should be permitted to grow on one side shoot, nnd
as soon as the blossoming is over, the shoot should be stopped
by pinching off the head of it. The main vines should also
be stopped after they have a sufficient number of side shoots
and cimblins. This kind of pruning will have a tendency to
improve the size and the quality of the fruit; it is advisable to
take offlale blossoms and small cimblins which have no chance
of cotning to maturity before the white frosts take place, and
which would injure the earlier and better fruit, by depriving
it of some of the nourishment. When the latter part of the
season comes on, and the cimblins have nearly completed their
growth, it is advisable to break off the leaves whenever they
shade the fruit, in order that it should have the uninterrupted
benefit of the sun, and to cut off freely the straggling vines,
so that none should be left but those which bear fruit; thin
will hasten their maturity and perfection. The same system
of pruning is still more needful for musk melons; it will im
prove the flavor and the size of the fruit, and is, I believe, uni
versally practised in the old countries. The French always
pinch off the small top of the heart, at the earliest period,
which they call charter, and which encourages the growth of
the slender side shoots, which are the fruit bearers. The ri
pening of melons is much hastened by placing under thefn.