The Greensborough patriot [October 22, 1839]

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VOLUME L GREENSBOROVGH, N. C, OCTOBER 22, 1839. NUMBER 36.
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In the sweat of thy fiic shall •'"'i cat bret
Frmn Ihe Team-awe fanner.
HOG8.
From the days of Varro and Coulmel-la
down to the present times, there seems
to have been but little difference of opin-ion
among Intelligent agriculturists as lo
the standard qualities which constitute I
good hog. These old writers agree in
considering the marks to be a small head,
short legs and long body, broad back, and
large hams and shoulders. If to these
points we add early maturity and apti-tude
to fatten, we have, pretty ncsrlv,
the modern bean ideal of a perfect pork
er. There is however, another modern
breed of hogs, possesuing none of Ih'-sc
qualities, which nevertheless, seem-,
heretofore, to have been vastly popular.
This is tho "razor-backed" family, as it
is Called, with long snouts and legs, thin
bodies, sharp back*, wonderful agility,
and an obstinate aversion to t iking on
fa!. This imihie tare Ins hi en in vogue
for a great while, and is still to he tonnd
•Bh many of our farms; hut w - ilunk is
now gradually disappearing before tin
more portly breed*, which have, from
time to lime, been introduced. Among
the earliest pf these 'valuable Import*
lion-, was the Chines-, which, allho'.gh
generally considered ton small in i s put
bload, for market pork, yet has furnished
an excellent cross for our native Bloe„ :
and is perhaps the ino«t delicate anil
beautiful me it of the pork kind for do.
ine-tic USfl. Various oilier valuahb
breeds have been since imported, which
aic a great improvement urioii our scrub
races, Among these may bo mentioned
the Russia, llcrfcahirc, and Irish Grazier.
The two latter are now in greater repttt" :
but have not vet been intgduci d into
this region. We have the Russia, how-over,
which in comparison with onr scrub
hog, is a vastly fine animal ; possessing
mm* of "ato-ejjialitles of the Chun pig,
with the additional advantages of large
size and heavy weight.
It is great foil", in Ore firmer, to feed
the " razor-hick" at no profit, or a dead
loss, when h" can procure at a reasons,
hlo expense, tho improved breeds of
swine, which psv so much hi tier for their
keep. The difference must be immense.
as we have no doubt a fair experiment
would fullv exemplifv. The possession
o( a good stock of swine, ino, generally,
involves the additional advantage of bet
ter attention and keep than the scrub sn
imal is apt lo receive. The firmer takes
a pride and pleasure in hlSCananfS good
pig, w'lich it is no1 extraordinary sho ild
lie altogether wanting in the rearing an
inferior one.
In n-l at.ioi t) the management and
feeding of a sloek of hogs, il is alloge'h
cr easier to |>ri scribe direction" than to
reduce them, to practice. Crushing,
grinding, boiling steaming and ferment.
ing food for hogs, can be easily demon,
strated to be by far the most profitable
method; and where the stock is small,
it ought always lo be adopt. .1. But we
despair of persuading the large farmer to
enter upon it. Il cerlainly does make a
great deal of trouble, and consumes no
little lime ; and, his time and labor can.
not always ho spared from other necessa-ry
operations on the farm, although tht r-would,
doubtless, he a fair remuneration
in the economv accompli-hed in the use
of II"- food thus eonsuuied. All Iv'gli dl
gentleman, for irisMncofMf.Saundorsof
Strand Gloucestershire.) entered upon
nud carried out an cxpeiimctit, than
Which we cannot conceive of any thing
much more lloublcsoine and laborious,
and at its termination considered himself
to have accomplished a piece of great
and successful economv. Ho daily made
five hogsheads of hay tea, thickened
(not with milk and sugar, but) with brat,
meal or bohd vegetables, and fed it to
Upwards of -100 pigs, keeping them in
esccllciit order, and many of them fit tea
the bti'ch. r. In III" course of his expe-rirocnt
he used nearly 1500 hogsheads
of the lea ; tho pigs took on sleek and
*»lossv coats, leemed highly gratified
with their fate, and drank themselves in.
to a particularly rich and delicate meat,
cither for pork or bacon. Incredible as
it mav appear, the entire charges ol bed,
board, washing and lodging for the*<
400 pigs, were at the rale of one peunt
a head per day.
Now. brilliant as was the success ol
this experiment with these interesting
pun »• can hardly heps to persuade any
i-l our readers io i< peat it, and therefore
Wt do not attempt it, although it la our
linn conviction liial Ibere is but little, Il
any, labor, lime, or expense incurred on
llie farm, which would be- better compen-sated
Iban that spent in a judicious pre-paration
ol food by cooking or fermenta-tion,
for swine particularly. This troub-le,
owing lo a different organization of
the digestive fuoctioua in the horso and
cow, would not bo so well remunerated
when incurred for tin in.
We like the Kentucky system of ma-king
pork. The hogs there go into clo-ver
in the spring, are turned upon the
rye fields as they ripen, when these are
consumed subsist awhile in Iho wheat
and oats stubble, and fatten themselves
in the fields of standing corn. This sys-tem
involves two pailicular important,
among olher advantages. The hoga re-quire
little or no attention ; and return-ing
to Ihe soil whal they tako from il ibe
laud is in a constant routine of improve-ment,
although growing i xhaust ing crops
the gicater part ot the lime. This melli-
. d is adapted lo a large business ; and
.d.hough it wears the aspect of waste and
slovcnlaaeas,It may be questioned wheth-er
it is not, vpon the irholr, llie most «.-•
conomical thai can be devised.
Crops of oats Consumed while standing
some early, and others to come in ahout
the middle of August and first of Sep-tember,
would aid greatly ilvjhc rearir g
ol hogs, and iois or fields of ntuehoki s
for Fall, Winter and early Springyouttng,
would without doubt, he lOUlid eoiivt ti-ll
ut and.profitable. The orchard, in Its
season,will also prove a great help.
From the Journal o/Commerce.
iibiiii r'ASltiu.NS.
Coop- r, tin- tragedian, IMS at Usl re.
tin din-in the stage, and intends lu go
10 tunning and cultivate the uioius mul-iiciulis.
Dr. litrd, of Philaih Iphia, author of
tin- UUdintur, Catavar, etc., has, it la
-aid, bought a lariu m Maryland, and re-tired
io ii mill a despetate determina-tion
of becoming one ol the- yeomanry ul
the laud. .May his stocks and drops
illlive! Would, exclaims the Public
Ledger, that a newspaper puff could
promotl his corn or help his potatoes !
Mr. Senator Rives, of Virginia, II *
very rcspcctablu lanii'.-r. His tarm eon-luiiis
six or seven thousand acii B, all in
a bovlv, extending ahout 7 units. "On
one side, you perceive three or lour huu-ilred
acres of wheat; on souther a com*
iireluusue field of »i How con.; yoodel
are many acres ol oats; and on Ihr
illOUtllain side a large li> hi of tobacco "
I'lic editor of the MadlsOtlian thinks
that, "whatever may be, said of Mr. Rives
as a politician, there are lew wliucan
boastol tim r wheat."
We cut these si raps from our ex-change
papeis ; ai.ii they are but a spe-cimen
ol many otln rs, ol II similar char-acter,
which might be presented. We
regard it as an omen of good to our coun-try,
when men of otln r professions, or of
no profession, address llicuisolve.s lu the
cultivation of the soil, and go io woik
upon it like men. Such persons, who-i
ver 'hey are, perform their part in pro-moting
the gri I, neglected, vital inter*
ist ol llieir Country on llie one hand,
while on -Il i h r tiny dovyhat in them
lies to ch< ek the mania ol speculation,
and gambling, and i xp- riiiiciiting of all
kinds which has recently Insii out peo-ple
to a degree disastrous in itself, and
disgraceful lojtis in Ihe eyes of all civili-zed
nations. Fill these things Ihe cur-is
in the toil—in n-gui r, rational pur-suits,
and steady .ubili, and gains to be
relied on.
Of enures w-e rejoice in every new ac-cess.
on io Ihe ogncultural interest, of
improvement, ol invention, of science ol
a.iv sort, made available to the farmer in
any wu). On Ihe same principle we
hail Iho example of dislingutsln d cm-sens
who add tin ir personal responsibil-ity
and respectability lo ibis profession
lu tin-: connection Mr. Clay and M'.
Bnldle deserves credil. They hate done
something t- r farming, 'especially tile
former, who is practical, uootdious and
thrifty.
Governor Hill's case again, is in point;
we mention il with satislaciioo, for Ins
" Fi.rm- r s Visitor" grows monthly in fa-vor
with US. In the last number he al-ludes
lo Insown ojier.ii ion-. He plant d
five acres ol corn. May (ilh—a Juuiiary
-on of a day. H'S neighbors laughed al
bin , b ' now he says:
"Uurcoru is ai least a fortnight more
forward than that of some persons who
laughed at ua for complaining of cold fin-gers
when wo planted ii. Travellers
Item Portsmouth who pass by till fi> hi,
say lliere is no supt nor field of corn I" -
IWeen the two places; and we claim
credit for it, In cause il is land which tun
rests ago was covered With willows,
brakes and other bushes, Blld which, from
ri dundancv of river -and had been con-sult
red all hilt worthless."
This is Ihe Irii" spirii and must ih
good. If he is a public heiii factor who
makes two blades of grass grow whor
none grew before, much mm so he who
carries on the process to this extent, and
who takes pains to make known his ef-forts
and his Bucctss. And we like Ihe
n publicariism of the thing loo. Wo be-lieve
altogether in ihe farmer's parly,
and ibe politics of corn. Here now is
a picture tor foreigners to consider:
" At the planting ol thia corn and al
each successive hoeing, we have crossed
the river in Ibe morning with our work-men,
aud instead of returning where c~
ther employments called, have kept up
our row with very little help, during Iho
forenoon al bust of each day. There is
an attraction for work in a growing field,
that amply compensates for all inconve-nient
"sweat of Ihe face, and even lor
tired limbs."
In Ihe same paper is mentioned Ihe
ease of tho attorney general of New
Hampshire, who has a salary of 91,300,
and finds it, it seems, too small, ball of il
being paid in " expenses." Now whal
does he dot Why,—
" The attorney has a lot of land in
Goffsiown, of sixteen acres, which he
purchased several years ago al a low
price. Il was a common meadow, pro-ducing
a small crop of inferior hay/un-nl
he drained, ditched, changed ihe sur-face
and manured it, sowing it down in
IK rd's grass and olher English hay. The
laruii rs of the Vicinity estimate this iin-proved
land al titty dollars the acre—he
In licves the land worth a hundred dol-lars,
und therefore does not dispose ol
it."
Once more, there is the venerable
Judge Hoys, of South Berwick, Maim-.
Wnh a lucrative legal practice, h" slill
manages one of the best farms ill bis VI-ClllltV.
"Heeould -'.fi rd to lay on! money in
improvements; aid- lor several years ii
is sin posed ho carried more to ihe ground
Hum was r tur-e d to him.
"The Judge now receives both pless
nie mid profit from Ins f.ir.-ii. Asdeacri-hed
to us, h" has converted much land
deemed lo be useless, into the most
fruitful fnlds. His mowing lands which
produce abundance of the best English
bay, having heel, found in ihe sunken
waste, hive undergone 'the operation
of ditching and other expensive prepara-tions.
His pasture grounds, it is said.
have been brought to yield much feed
in a small space, by pursuing the coursi
in relation lo their Cultivation that il
pursued with arable and other cultiva-l
« il grounds—they have been cleared,
ploughed, subdued and manured ; and
we are informed the proprietor is of opin-ion
that no less gains are to he nvide
from pasture lands thus prcpan d, than
from land highlv cultivated for any otln r
purpose."
This is excellent. The more of such
men, Iho better. Let farming become
as fashionable as it is manly and thrifty,
and wc shall all flourish. Spee'd Ihe
plough.
TIIBKOHAN POTATO.
We have rcci ivi d from a subscriber
in Montgomery COUnty, Maryland, sam-ples
of a crop of Ihe Rohan Potato, mis-
. d by him this season en Ins (aim in that
coimtrv. The rnitaioes sent lo us are ot
enormous size and weight, being also
periectly ,'sound. The following infor-mation
Concerning this valuable product,
extract* d from Ihe letti I which accom-panied
them, may be useful to mini rea-ders:
" The Rohan potato, lately introduced
into tins country, is.remarkabli for its
large 1,'zc, extraordinary productiveness,
fine flavor, and f.-rinao-oiis qualities as a
late or winter table p.italo, or for sloek.
For cxpi rum nl, I pi inted separately
Iwo potalos, weighing each a pound, (be-ing
about half Ihe size ot Ihe accompany;
Ing.) and I raised from the-tn 1-13 lbs.
which is rather more than two arid a
third bushels: and I have reason lo he.
lieve my whole crop (about 300 bushels)
Will fully equal tin- increase. They un-certainly
a most valuable introduction,
and I doubt not will be universally cul.
tivab-d —giving an increase of mote lliati
sevenlv fold. I procured my seed last
spring ol John A. Tkompum, of Catskill,
who introduced Ihe Rohan potato from
Europe, lie informs me that just in
prooortinn as they have become known,
In demand for them has increased."—J
NaU Int.
MrX'IIAMCS.
There are no class among u« heller
cnlithd to great consideration as mem-bers
of society, than the mechanics.—
Apprenticed early in life, ihey acquire
their education and Ihe rud'menls of
their profession bv " the sweat of their
brows," and thus beget habils of industry
and application that must in a land like
ours lead ulwavs lo competence and often
lo Wealth. I' is bv some supposed that
their pursuits are unfavorable to that
sort of social inlercoujsi , that gives dis-tinction
among uicn. It is not so. The
mechanics are not surpassed by anv por-tion
of society, and mav as sorely arrive
it the highest distinctions, as men nl auv
other profession. Franklin the states-man
and plulo-oplu r, was n practical
printer, and Trittram BurgtU, the ora-or.
was an apprentice to a cooper.
ShrtTei), ihe shin -maker of Virginia,
met John Randolph in a Congressional
debate-. Randolph launlcd him with his
profession. " The difference between
ua," replied Sheflcy, is, " I was a shoe
maker, but sm now a member of Con-gress,
if ihe gentleman had been a shoe
maker, be would have continued one."
The worth and intelligence of me-chanica
has often given pre-eminence to
families which otherwise they would not
have attained. To their study, ingenui-ty
and industry, we owe all that adorns
and bcaniifii a our dwellings or sddt to
Ihe corn lor is and luxuries of life. The
planter may grow the staple, but they
who practice the mechanic arts aid him
with Ihe implements that faeilitate the
culture, and return hia crop in a beauti-ful
fabric Ibal arraya himself and family
with elegance, and administers to Iheir
comforts and convenience—and more,
providea Ihe most profitable sources of
commerce, and increases the wealth uf a
nation.—Mobile Adv.
CHINESE MODE OF PROPAGATING
TREES. • •
According to Ilavison's account of
Chinese horticulture, Ihe nurserymen ol
the celestial empire have a mode of pro-liagating
trees, which promises some ad-vantage
over all othcis. A branch of
gaud grow-Ill, and one that Will not L'H
figure or tnj-.iru the tree, is selected for
Oj» rating upon. Around this branch,at
the place intended for separation, a small
rope made of twisted hay or slraw filled
wilh cow dung is wound rept-alcdlv a-round
ihe braiicn until quite a mass of
the miti ri nl is accumulated. Abov-ilns
is hung a gourd or oliu r vessel.
punclUrud in such a manner lb it but a
diop as** lime oaoapos and f Ms on the
ina-si a-'I th.- frequency of the (all is
gradual! d so that tin' mass shall be civi-
- -uitlv moist. An incision is then math-,
ami the link removed from a narrow
space ibree-fonrtbs of iha eircumferenci
of the branch, iioinedi.ilcly below Ihe
rope. Ai i r remaining about a moiilli,
one-half of ihe remaining bark is removed
the mass being kepi wet as before. In
another month and sometimes earlier,
the roots will show themselves St tin-oulsisi:
of the mass, and the whole be
filled with iheir ramifications. Tin-branch
is now carefully separaU'd from
the tree, and planted in the |msition II is
io occupy ; great- attention being given
that Ihe rope, now nearly or quite rutted,
is not in llie least disturbed in the pro-cess
of removal. The benefits of this
system, are, that trees of a favorite kind
may be multiplied, where there ore none
suitable for grafting or innociilatiou ;
and that trees so grown will produce a-biindance
of fruit in 'hree or four years
from the time of removal.
The Chun so select a place where the
branch is enlarged, or the commence-
■iienl of a vear's growth, for winding the
rope, it being found thai roots spring at
inch points more quick!) Him at others.
After thu branch is sepsrated, the stump
from which it is taki n is cut off to some
proper place, and covered with some
substance lo facilitate the healing or
covering of the wound with bark.
Argument* for Silk Browing-—The
Noitoik Ih raid comes up to Mm woik ot
pushing on this gnat business in thai
quarter, with a vigorous cogent pen—Al-
Hiding lo soill" sample's sent huu by a
Iru nil from Murlreesboruugh (N.C.,) he
says :
'• If indeed ihat portion of our lowland
population who attach themselves from
clnhlho.id to the semi.barbarous occupa-tions
ol galhrrng wh.irtlc-bernesto sell
—ami of crabbing, clamming, fishing,
eoou and 'possum hunting, etc., for their
subsistence, would devote a portion ut
iheir lime lo raising silk worms, they
might, with cerlainly, in the course ol a
fi w years, might acquire a competence
sufficient to keep beyond the reach of
•ant, and that Wlthoul half ihq labor
ih-y are euinpt I'eil to put t'-rih in these
vagrant pursuits, which ban ly keep
:In-ill bi'tond the verge of starvation.—
in a few years iniillicalllis mulberry Will
he abundant, and connnon as duck-weed,
d with Ihe labor of cultivating a few
squares of cahhagc in bis garden, a far
uier may raise silk enough flora Ihe sale
of which to lay up a handsome income,
without interfering with his agricultural
pursuits. In Ihe mean tune, however,
while the mtilticaulis is maturing lo this
point, Ihe common while mulberry, al-most
a spontaneous growth about tin
country, mav be used with great advan-tage
aud profit, as ihe quality of llie silk
which our friend has sent us from Mur-
Ireeshorough will testify."
Lei such as ridicule Ihe idea of making
improvements in agriculture, mark ih-difference
in appearance of equal natural
fertility, occupied by different individu-als.
Notice the change that comes ov
the face of thelMOr, run-ovt farm, wl:-
il exchanges lit indolent, heedless and
slovenly tenant, for iho industrious, in-n
lligeut, thorough farmer. A I .rut mav
be run up by good husbandry, us well as
run down by bad. And lo look around
and see the many farms in every 'own,
which lo the passerby appear as if the
■'man were dead, and the woman absent,
' who will say that there is no chance for
nnprovcnui! It may bo determined with
tolerable accuracy by the stranger in pas-sing,
who does aud who doea not lake an
agricultural paper.—Ctaairc Farmer.
Cheap mode of raiting Water by a tea-ttnckeel
and band.
In conversation ihe olher day with Mr.
Blake, of Augusta, upon the various
plana and modes lhal are now in use for
raising water, be suggested Ibe idea of
attaching a leather band around tho sbafl
of a waterwheel, lo which should be st-udied
lin elevators like Ihose used for
carrying up meal and flour in flour nulls.
The lower pan of the band might dip in-to
the water, receive a supply and pas-ting
over a pulley at any required height,
carry it up and empty it into a cistern at
the lop, from whence il could be convey-ed
by tubes to any distance and to as
high an elevation as the cistern. In ma-ny
placet this cheap system would do as
well or better than a force pump. The
cost would not be great and the chances
of gelling out of repair would be very
few.
Deciduous trees, that is thnse which
hod their leaves, may lie planted al an)
time helween the fall of ihe leaf in an
luuiu. mid the opening the buds in spring.
Evergreens should be planted when grow--
ing. The best lime is soon after the
ommericcment ol growth in spring.—
Holes for all trees transplanted should b'
lug three or four feel in diameter, lo en-able
the young roots to penetrate th'
loose eartn thrown in lo fill nrnru- holes.
Let plentv of wit.-i be poured into lie-le
..' lime of fib ng up when ever-greens
ill a growing stale are planted.—
Tins will settle the earthsufficiently with-out
Heading.
A correspondent of the Farmer's Re-gister
says : " One thing I know from
experience, and that is, all pigs should
he either killed or given away if Ihey
are littered at any other season of ihe
three spring uioiilhs. Reasons are ob-vious."
Hogs, like of cr animals, particularly
when fattening, should occasionally have
It.
" The weight of linn- is increased
from .10 lo 00 per cent bv slaking ; and
us bulk is Irippled or quadrupled."—
I'rof. Jackson.
Plant Artichokes around the slumps
in your cornfields; Ihey will need no
more attention uulil Ihu fall or spring
billowing, then turn in your hogs to dig
them.
iiiMi:mM.
1) OMKSTIC S C fi N E It Y.
The b.I owu.g description of North
Carolina Scenery is from the "Charles-ton
Mercury," coiniiiuiiic.it' d by Iwo La-dles
whu recently passed llnougli Ihe
Hickory Not Cap':"
*• Alter passing Ashville to go East-ward,
you rule for '-.'') miles througti a
lovely ridge of mountains—of all sizes
and shapes, changing continually in
their appearance Irom the winding ol
Ihe roads; this ride is beautiful,and ma-ny
preily farms are passed b\. You
then enter the " (lap," which pass is so
narrow—you feel walled up—and so
d nk, (although mid-day) there was no
sunshine al all, for a mile in the " tijp"
—il then widens, and you pass miles of
llie Wildest, and most beautiful scenery I
ever t iw—much the same us the "Flench
Broad."
Broad River is a mere creek in this
pirt, its source being in the " Blue
Riilgo"—our road now became al limes
appalling—we got out of our carriage, 1
sup|K>«c Iwenly tunes—and walked, hot
as it was—for fear of being upsot. About
half way through ihe " Cap," the scene-ry
is cbsngid, and Ihe Blue Ridge seems
lo have been divided besom violent
convulsion of nature, and the Rocks and
Mountains nuw assume a mosl sublime
appearance ; words cannot describe Ihe
effect produced by viewing them, you
are lost in "wonder, love, and praise"—
for the " hand that made them it di-vine
!" *
But do not expect me lo describe, wilh
ray feeble means, llie wonders and beau-ties
of this sublime (Jap—stupendous a-
I thought the Table Rock, it is almost
- -ignificant to the Qiaut Piles of Monti-mis
and Rocks, for at least five miles of
the ride on cut-in,"; the Cap. The
heights are said lo be one mile, by the
an asiiremenlof the Engineers. Nothing
* The perpendicular mountains on tho
••French Broad, are lulls lo these precipicef;
and when the mountain scenery ends, then
Come the rocks, like splendid wailed fortres-ses
and Castles of a variety cr colors ami
shapes, some with the blue sides a- tmeotb as
gists, in BOfne above these again, large tree-grow
on a scant toll, tppearmg from their
height no larger than 11 >wer shrubs.
I thought ihe "TableRock" grand, till I
licr-td these inaccessible fortresses. When
you come to where the Gap opens, it is truly
a tubiims sight, 'br Iho tops of the mounl tins
are so high and rocky, it pains one's eyes to
l.Hik up al these immense pilot of natural fiir-treasei—
in short, I cannot describe the effect
on iiiv delighted leolings in viewing this won
derful tscnery.
can surpass the aublimity, wild beauty,
solemnity and grandeur of the scone.—
Above all, the coloring of the landscape
is ibe softest and sweetest 1 hsve teen in
nature, presenting beaotiful bluet, lilacs,
yellows, green, greys, dazzling white,
and almost black.
We had Ibe good fortune of having a
fine day for our excursion, and had tbe
delight of beholding every variety of
I Hilii and shade ; and the stillness of Ihe
whole scene was only broken by our own
noise, snd Ihe tweet murmurs of the wa-ters,
forming Ihe sources of Broad River,
deep tnd dark below tbe dangerout road
we wiro walking over—the carriage fol-lowing
ut, having at timct barely room
to pass on the very verge of the preci-pice,
over atones and locks, which threat-ened
lo break it St i very atep our hones
took. I do not wonder Ihat to many
foreigners have been enraptured in visi-ting
this Gap, hidden at il it Irom Ibe
world, and Ibal Ihe " Counterfeiters" se-lected
this neighborhood for iheir deeds-
There is a wiiler-fall in ono of Ihe
heights, which appears but a fool wide ;
but it tix feet Ihe whole way down
When we got lo Harris's, I requeued
bun to lake me to s.-t- the "Whirlpools,"
Sir..; he accompanied me on horseback.
We came lo three immense pools, one
above the other like the locks of a canal,
wilh a heauiif.il cascade tumbling down
the mountain io the first, and ih.-n over
Ihat on an immense country, and as it
were of stone to the second'pool, and so
mi lo the third, each pool so deep that
Harris said Unit no bottom had everbcerf
discovered; these pools were smoothed
and round like a Well, looking more like
llie work of masonry than nature. I shall
n r thi.ik these p.nils a mosl singular
;ir:iduclioii of nature ; and you burst up-on
these womb rs from a thicket without
any warning, eSCi pt the noise of Ihe wa-lers.
Harris amused me all the way
back lo his tavern, by telling mo all Ihu
wonders of the Gap.'
Rutherford is a romantic district, and
llie face of the COUntrv all through tho
Gap is entirely in its primeval freshness
as it came from llie hand of the Creator.
.No axe of man has yet defaced its for-i-
sts; a very rough road is the only sign
of hit Innovation.
North Carolina intends to turnpike the
road through Ihe Gap.
THE IIEK.MIT.-A FABLE.
A pious hcrmil, who lived in the soli-tude
of the foresl, lar from Iho noise of
men, wat once wandering through Iho
woods in search of a few wild frutis and
berries to make up hisfrug.il meal. He
heard a moaning in Ihe grass, and look-ing
down saw a fox, both of whose fore-legs
were broken, writhing like a snake
on the ground, and apparently starving.
The good hermit was about to seek tome
food for the helpless creature, when au
eagle apjfearcd, soaring high overhead,
and suddenly let a fowl full from Us tal-out
directly at the feel of tbe fox. The
starving animal scii: d greedily on tho
precious prize and soon made a hearty
meal on it. "Ah," exclaimed Ibe pious
enthusiast, "this is the linger of God.
Why did I distrust Ins providential care,
and winder over lull and dale lotoek my
daily food .' II-j who brought lood lo ihe
mouth of this helpless annual, will surely
never forget Ins servant. Henceforth, I
will lake no thought for im body's suste-nance,
but Irusl lo hit goodness, and de-vote
all my time lo im dilation." True
to Ins resolution, he returned io Ins cell,
snd neither ptu£ked the fruits thai hung
on the tre.1 s around him, nor went down
lo ihe brook lo quench his thirst. Three
whole days he lived thus, and was wast-ing
away to a shadow, in Iho vain hope
of a direct interference of heaven. On
the evening of the third day, juit at ho
sunk into slumber, thunder rolled through
the cave, he saw a form of angelie
beauty, and heard a sweet but nclemn
voice that spoke thus—"Moris!, how fee-ble
is thy understanding! Cnulilst thoa
thus misinterpret ihe lesson contained in
ihe eagle's conduct 1 Thou art not lame
and helpless as was the fox, but art
strong and active, like ihe oaglc ihat
gave him food. Hi:n thou weft to imitate,
in going ubout and doing gornl lo others;
for know lhal idleness, even if sccompa-nied
by constant prayer, is odious in lira
sight of the Almighty."—"/ Y. Mirror.
The Poiggamiet.—TUc story runs,
ihat on e, iu iho dark ages, a young man
was bro ghl before lln. authorities, char-ged
with having married several wives.
When called upon fur his defence, •' |t \a
true," said he '•mosl learned judgas ihat
I have inarri. d several WOmi n, but judge
for yourselves whether my object in so
doing was not praiseworthy-. A man has
surely a right, if he buys an article lo.
good, and il turns out lu be bad to reject
it. Now I found that the first wifu I
married was ill-tempered, the second Is.
ay, snd the third false, snd so forth. All
I want is lo g "I a good one, and I shall
be satisfied." ']'|„. bench were puzzled
•at first at this novel defence, hot after a
short consultation decreed, that as it
would be impossible ter the defendant io
find a ported wife, except in Ihe- other
world, he should be Immcdiati ly put :o
doaih, '.a en . du him i, look fot . .