iS;i)c itirmcv's jitcmtl)!]) biriitor. 



41 



tatoes and [uimpkins, triixing in while hot, barley 

 meal, to sciiki it. 



98th. 1 t:il<e ahout 40 loads of maniue from 

 my ho{.' sly. !t is made as stated in answer 20. 



t^ytli. I employ five hands in the months ol 

 A|)rU and l\Iav,at 50 cents a day and board ; from 

 the 1.5lh of July till 1 get through hayinjr, I em- 

 ploy 8 hands at .«1 ; utter haying, two hands by 

 the monlli, at 50 cents a day. 



30th. My apple trees are 100 in number ; about 

 one-half grafted fruit. I have a plenty grow, but 

 living in a manufacturing neighborhood, 1 catinot 

 save enough for my family's use. I have 50 

 young tiees. 



31st. I have plums, cherries, cranberries, pears 

 and quinces. 



33d. My trees have not been attacked by 

 woirns. 



33d. I use no ardent spirits on or about iny 

 farm. 



1 cut about twice as much hay as 1 formerly 

 dill. My barns are all tiill, and half of the 

 floors. 



With respect to the agricultural cause, I beg 

 leave to submit this to you inspection. 



CLEMENT H.AKRISON. 



Mams, Oct. 25, ^8i'i. 



Lvdia Darrah. 



The superior otiiccrs of the Hritish army, were 

 accustomed to bold their considtations on all 

 subjects of impoitance at llie house of William 

 and Lydia Dariab, members of the Society of 

 Friends, iunnediately opposite to the quarters of 

 the Commander-in-chief, in Second street. It 

 was in December, in the year that they occupied 

 the city, that the Adjutant General of the army 

 desired Lydia to have an apartment prepared for 

 the rece|ition of himself and frieiuls, and to or- 

 der her fimiily early to bed, adding, vvlieii ready 

 to ilepart, nolice shall be given to you to let us 

 out, and to extinguish the fire and candles. The 

 manner of delivering ibis order, especially that 

 part of it which commanded ibe early retirement 

 of her IJunily, strongly excited Lydia's ciiriosily, 

 and deteiniined her, if possible, to discover the 

 mystery of their meeting. Approaching without 

 shoes, the room in which the conference was 

 lield, and placing her ear to the Uey-hole, she 

 heard the order read for the troops to quit the 

 'city on the night of the 4lh, to attack the Am- 

 erican army encampi^d at White Marsh. Jleturn- 

 ins immediately to her room, she laiil herself 

 down, but in a little while, a loud knocking at 

 the door, which lor some time she pretended not 

 to hear, proclaimed the inlentinn of the (larly to 

 re I ire. 



Having let them out, she again sought her bed, 

 but not to sleep; the agitation of her mind pre- 

 cluded the possibility of enjoying it. She tliungbt 

 only of the dangers that threatened the lives ol 

 thousands of her countrymen, and believing it to 

 be in her power to avert the evil, determined at 

 all hazards to afiprize General Washington of his 

 danger. Telling her husband, at early dawn, 

 that flour was wauling lor domestic purposes, 

 and that she should go to Frankfort to obtain it, 

 she repaired to Head Quarters, got access 

 General Howe, and obtained permi-ssion to pass 

 the British lines. Leaving her bag at the mi" 

 Lydia now pressed forwaiil towards the Ameri- 

 can army, and meeting Captain Allen M'Lean 

 an officer, from his superior intelligence and ac- 

 tivity, selected by General Washington to gain 

 intelligence, discovered to him the important se- 

 cret, obtaining bis promise not to jeopardize her 

 safety by telling from whom he bad obtained it. 

 Captain M'Lean, with all speed, informed the 

 Commander-in-Chief of his danger, who, ( f 

 course, took every necessary step to baffle the 

 contemplated enter|)rise, and to show the enemy 

 that the was |)repared to receive ihein. Lulia 

 returned home with her flour, secretly watched 

 the movements of the I5ritisli army, and saw 

 them depart. Her an.\iety during their absence 

 was excessive, nor was it lessened when on their 

 return, the Adjutant General summoning her to 

 his apartment, and locking the door with an ail 

 of mystery, demanded, " Whether any of the 

 family were up on the night that he bad received 

 company at her house .'" She told him, "that 

 without an exception, ihey bad all relired at 8 

 o'clock." " You, I know, Lydia, were asli;ep, 

 for I knocked at your door three times before 

 you heard me; yet, although I am at a loss to 



conceive who gave the information of our in- 

 tended attack to General Washington, it is cer- 

 tain that we were betrayed ; for, on arriving near 

 his encampment, we found his cannon mounted 

 — his troops under arms, and at every point so 

 perlt'Ctly prepared to receive us, that we were 

 pompelled, like fools, to make a retrograde move- 

 iiieiil, without inflicliiig on our enemy any man- 

 ner of injury whatsoever." 



Culture of Hops. 



A deep rich loam, rather heavy than light, 

 with a porous sub-soil, is the best soil for the hop. 

 Air should have free access to the plantation, but 

 if protected by woods on the north aiulnoilb- 

 west, the efl'eia will be good. 'J'be neighborhood 

 of swamps should be avoided, as they aif apt to 

 IM'odiice mildew. The soil must be fitted by 

 deep and tine ploughing, and repented harrowing, 

 so as to destroy all weeds, and make the soil as 

 mellow and tine ;is possible. They must be 

 planted in rows, six or eight feet apart, each 

 way ; at 8 teet, there will be (j80 hills to the acre ; 

 at (3 ti-et, 1,210. Hops are planted in the spring, 

 and by cuttings and sets from older plantations; 

 each set should have two joints, or eyes; and 

 are generally, some six inches in length. The 

 ground is marked out into s(|tiaies, at the proper 

 distance; and where the tiirrows cross, a shovel 

 full or two of compost manure is put in ; on this, 

 a qiuintily of earth is drawn to make a hill ; and 

 in this, five or six sets, at intervals of six inches, 

 are placed. The bops produce nothing the first 

 year, and a crop of' potatoes, roots, or corn, is 

 usually taken oft" It should be a hoed crop, to 

 keep the tjrouud clean. 



The hops require hoeing and hilling annually ; 

 and a dressing of manure is ajiplied every three 

 years. The vines, the first year, are not allowed 

 to spread ; but are twisted into a bundle on the 

 bill, so as not to iiilerf'eie wilh the other cro|). 

 The secontl year, in the spring, the hills are 

 opened, the old vines cut awav, the earth loosen- 

 ed, suckers cut away around the edges of the 

 hills, and nothing allowed lo remain that will 

 injure the principal roots, or interfere wilh tlirir 

 throwing out stioug shoots. The poles may tie 

 set in April; they should be some 12 feet in 

 length, and stout eiiougb to resist the wind. 

 Ahout 3 poles will be best lor eacii hill, placed 

 so as to give a full exposure to the south. They 

 must be set firmly, with an iron bar, and the 

 earth rammed closely around them. The vines, 

 after they have grown to a proper length, must 

 be seemed lo the poles by dried rushes, or strips 

 of bass, two strong shoots to each pole, and all 

 the rest must he cut away. 



The value of the bop, depending on the quan- 

 tity of lupulin, or yellow powder, it contains, 

 should never be [licked as it sometimes is, nniil 

 that part is fully developed, or in other words, 

 not uuiil it is ripe. This is known by the yel- 

 lowish hue of the boo, or by examining it, and it 

 should llicii be gathered, with as little delay as 

 possible. The bop should be gathered in dry 

 weather, and when it is free fiom dew. For 

 gathering, a frame is used, upon which a cloth is 

 liiiiig by tenter hooks, and around which the 

 pii-kers, generally v\omen, stand, while the hops 

 .lie cut off at the root, ami brought carefully M 

 them by them. When full, the cloib with ibc 

 hops, is removed lo the ilryiu!; house, where lliey 

 are kiln dried, and bagged liir market. The 

 process of kiln drying should be completed as 

 fast as the hops are galliered, lo prevent their 

 acquiring an uupli'asant flavor from the moisture 

 they contain. When dried, ihey are packed in 

 bags, pressed in closely, and firmly sewed up, 

 and are now ready tin- market. Every step in 

 the process of ilryiiig, must be performed with 

 neatness, and a regard to the saving of the pe- 

 culiar principle to wlii(!h the hop owes its value. 

 The product of the hop is variable, ami must ho 

 considered rather an uncerlaiii cro|). From 10 

 to 15 cwl. |ier acre may be considered a medium 

 crop; though it has reached fiom 20 to 24 cwt. 

 A |)laiitation will last, well tended, from 12 to 15 

 years, when its renewal becomes necessary. — 

 Cidlivalor. 



own both to the foreign, both to the sumptnous 

 fashions of the deposed nobles, and the filthy 

 raggedness of the sansculott.s Frizzled and 

 coifl'e, not a hair was out of order, not a speck 

 lodged on the surface of the blue coat, not n 

 wrinkh; crumpled the snowy vest, with its under 

 relief of delicate pink. At the first glance, you 

 might have seen in that fiici; nothing but tin; ill 

 fiivored features of a sickly coimtenanci! ; at u 

 second glance you would piuceive it bad a pow- 

 er, a character of its own. The foiebead, though 

 low and compressed was not without that «p- 

 pearance of thought and intelligence which, it 

 may be observed, that br(;aillli beiweeu the eye- 

 brows almost invariably gives; the lips were 

 firm and tightly drawn togciber, yet ever and 

 anon they trembled and wiilbed restlessly. The 

 eyes, sullen an<l gloomy, were yet piercing, and 

 full of a concentrated vigor, that did not seem 

 supported by the thin feeble frame, or the green 

 lividness of tlie hues which told of anxiety and 

 disease. 



'•Such was Maximilinn Robespierre. Such the 

 chamber over the Meuuisiers shop, whence issu- 

 ed the edicts that launched armies on their ca- 

 reer of glory, and ordained an iulificial conduit, 

 to carry off the blood that deluged the uictropo- 

 li.s of the most marshal people on the globe! 

 Such was the man who had resigned a judicial 

 appointment (the early object oi' his ambition), 

 rather than violate his philanthropic principles, 

 by subscribing lo the death of a single fellow 

 creature ! Such was tlie virgin enemy to capital 

 punishment, and such Bulcher Dirtnlor, now, was 

 the man whose pure and rigid manners, whose 

 incorruptible honesty, whose hatred to the ex- 

 cesses that tempt lo love and iirine, would, had he 

 died five years earlier, l.ave left behind him llie 

 model tiir prudent fathers and careful citizens lo 

 place before their sons. Such was the man wl o 

 seemed to have no vice, till circumslan.-es, th.-t 

 hot bed, brought Hirtb ihe two, which in ordinary 

 times lie ever llie deepest and most hilent in n 

 man's heart — cowardice and etwi/. To one of 

 these sources is to be traced every murder that 

 master-spirit coimnitted. His cowardice was of 

 a peculiar and strange sort, for it was accompa- 

 nied wilh the most nnscrnpnlous and determin- 

 ed will, a will that JVapoleon reverenced." 



Kobespierre. 



"He was alone, yet he sat erect, formal, stifl", 

 precise, as if in liis very home he was not at 

 ease. His dress was in harmony with his pos- 

 ture and chamber ; it afl'tctcd u neatness of its 



Analyses of Indian Corn and Ruta Raga. 



To the Editor of tlie JVcw England Farmer : 



Dear Sir — In your last " eek's paper, yon ex- 

 pressed a wish for analyses of Indian corn and of 

 rnta baga. They are herew'nh enclosed — and 

 for the purpose of comparison, potatoes are add- 

 ed. 



100 lbs. of— C'or». Ruta Baga. Potatoes. 

 Contain ol' Frcsti dug. FrRsh dug. 



Flesh-forming princi- 

 ples — Gluten, albu- 

 men, &c. 1.2(; 1. 2.07 

 Fal-forming princi- 

 ples — as Gum, sugar, 

 starch, woody fibre, 



oil, &c. 88.43 13. 24..34 



Water, 9. 85. 72. 



Salts, 1.31 1. 1.3!) 



1.312 I.OOO 1..38(; 



The acids and the chlorine are combined 

 with the alkalies, metals and earths, and fiuiii 

 salts, called sulphates, muriates, and phosphates 

 of potash, soda, lime, iJtc. 



What (yon wish to know,) is the action of the 

 salts? So tin- as cbemislry has yet gone, these 

 are tinund combining wilh the /7f'.s7i-fi)rmiiig prin- 

 cinleg only, and never wilh ilie liit-formers. 'I'liev 

 form a pyrt of flesh, blood, sinews, bones, gris- 

 tle. They arc found in the animal body, only in 



