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THE GENESEE FARMER 



Feb. 26, 1831. 



ably failed 1 would recommend to propagate 

 from roots, unless fresh seed can be procured 

 as we are convinced the frequent failures have 

 bean owing to the seed procured, being too old. 

 This plant, as the name indicates, is found 

 growing wild upon the sea coasts, in the beach 

 sand. From that circumstance, it is inferred 

 That a sandy soil is most congenial to its 

 growth. The plants, whether by seeds or cut- 

 tings, should be planted at least one foot apart 

 in the beds, which should be made light and 

 rich. One advantage in the culture of this 

 plant, is, that it furnishes the table at that sea- 

 son of the year when fresh vegetables are 

 highly prized. The months of April and May 

 would be the time for eating it in this climate 



Ten or fifteen plants of sea-kale, woll tend' 

 ed, would furnish a family with a good sup- 

 ply for the table, until other vegetables came 

 in; after which time, it might be suffered to 

 go up to seed. 



As the leaf and stock are rather tender, it is 

 necessary to support the plants intended for 

 seed, by a stake, or some other method ; for if 

 the stalks are allowed to rest upon the ground, 

 the seeds will be much injured. 



SNOW STORM. 



On the 22d, the wind blew in the morning 

 Sightly from the west ; but veering tibout to tUe 

 southeast by south, was stationary hut not high 

 in that direction for a number of hours. To- 

 wards evening, of a day which had been un- 

 commonly mild and pleasant, the snow began 

 to fall in large flakes, which it was prophecied 

 would soon be succeeded by rain, but the tem- 

 perature diminished slowly from a daily mean 

 of 36° to below 30°, and the anow continned 

 falling till the evening of 33 J, when it measured 

 abwut 12 inches. This, together with what was 

 before on the ground, measured in the woods 

 rao r o than !) feet ; in the open field, from six lo 

 ten inches less. This storm, together with 

 that of the first and second of this month, vi 

 sited lis from the southeast and cast, and it 

 would be interesting to know at what distance 

 from us it commenced, and how far south, if 

 at all, it was rain, and also its entire extent. 



NEWS OF THE WEEK. 



(D* We again invite the attention of our rea- 

 ders, and others, who have choice seeds, vaii- 

 ties of fruit or breeds of stock, to make the 

 same known to their brother fanners, through 

 our columns, and those who have choice kinds 

 of fruit trees, from which thoy are willing to 

 distribute cions, may leave them at the office 

 of the Genesee Farmer, for distribution, where 

 they will be distributed gratis. 



U We have been much gratified at the no- 

 lice which our brother Editors have taken of 

 ihe Genesee Farmer, by making extracts from 

 our columns ; and we will continue our exer- 

 tions '0 make it useful to that class of commu- 

 nity for which it was designed ; but assume of 

 them have neglected to give us credit for such 

 extracts, we hope in future they will not fur- 

 get the civilities due from one editor to ano- 

 ther. 



FEMALE AGRICULTURIST. 



A young lady at Marhlelie.id, lias in her pos- 

 session, a bed quill of her own manufacture, 

 the cotton of which she planted, hoed, reaped 

 and ginned with her own hands, while residing 

 in the territory of Arkansas, a few years since. 

 IIow many female's in our country can boast as 

 much ? 



From Ihc Rocheirter Daily Advertiser. 

 DINNER TO LAFAYETTE. 



The Americans, residents in Paris, on the 

 8th December last gave a dinner in honor of 

 the groat Apostle of Liberty to two hemis- 

 pheres, Lafayette. One of the most celebra- 

 ted houses in the city was selected on the oc. 

 casion, and the room ornamented in an elegant 

 and tasteful style, and decorated with the ban- 

 ners of the two nations in festoons. 



The occasion was distinguished by the at- 

 tendance of many of the first citizens of Paris, 

 Mr. Cooper, the American novelist presided. 

 Mr. Rives, the American minister at Paris, 

 and Mon. Serurier,the French minister to this 

 government, were both present. In announcing 

 the toasts which had been previously prepared 

 the Chairman prefaced them with some few 

 brief remarks, which served very much to in- 

 crease the interest, and heighten the hilarity 

 of the occasion. 

 The first toast announced was : 

 " Liberty and Order — the motto of freemen 

 — without the last, the first has no existence ; 

 without the first, the last no guarantee." 

 And the second : 



" The King of the French, and the source 

 from which he derives his power." 



This eentiment called up M. Serurier, who 

 tendered his gratitude and acknowledgements 

 in a brief but happy manner,and concluded by 

 proposing, 



" The Prcsidont of the United States." 

 The Chairman then rose amid a profound si- 

 lence, 



" It is in calling your attonlion to the next 

 toast," said Mr. Cooper, " that 1 most feel my 

 insufficiency for the duty which has fallen to 

 my share to-day. A glorious consummation 

 has just been added to the acts of a long life, 

 past in a constant struggle for the rights of the 

 human race. We have met, gentlemen, to do 

 honor to that ardent and chivalrous spirit, 

 that rushed, uncalculating and devoted, to the 

 rescue of the feeble and oppressed in the gloo- 

 my period of 177G— to the youth who was 

 found worthy to sit in the council of VVaBh 

 ton — to the enlightened individual, who, at a 

 later day , contended with ignorance and pre 

 judice in his native land — to the prisoner of 

 Olmutz — to the fearless patriot, who directed 

 the attention of a victorious warrior, at ihe head 

 of his conquering legions, lo the first and mos! 

 solemn duties of a citizen— to the Senator who 

 was foremost in withholding the sceptre from 

 the grasp of u military diclator,and to the man 

 on whom not only the eyes of France, but of the 

 whole civilized world, wore turned, in ho; 

 and confidence, a confidence that the result lias 

 nobly justified, in the hour of his country's 

 greatest trial. This brief cataloguo will recal 

 to your minds the histories of tho two hemis* 

 pheres, and the great events of more than two 

 ages, in which your illustrious guest lias boon 

 a conspicuous actor. Since the last, and, per 

 haps, tl.c most important of all these glorious 

 achievements, homage, of tho most unequivo- 

 cal and flattering nature, has been the reword 

 of his courage, his constancy, his disinterested 

 ness, and his consistency. Admiration and 

 respect have poured in upon lur» from every 

 qutrter, and this banquet, probably, is not the 

 twentieth, at which the public have chosen tc 

 exhibit their commendation in this particular 

 form. If wo have delayed the manifestation of our 

 own feelings, it is nut that we have estimated 

 his conduct loss, or that others have sympathi- 

 zed in his triumphs more. Hut admiratiou and 

 respect ate not the tcrnre I could choose lo 



use in describing tho feelings which have now 

 brought us together. Admiration and respect 

 are tributes which Lafayette has extorted even 

 from his enemies. Gentlemen, we lore him." 

 The speaker was here interrupted by a spon- 

 taneous and tremendous peal of applause. — 

 The whole company rose as if it had but one 

 soul, and delivered nine such cheers as have 

 rarely been heard within the walls of Paris — 

 The venerable La Fayette was obviously and 

 powerfully nffecled, his eyes suffusing with 

 tears at so strong a mark of the affection of 

 his hosts — " Yes, Gentlemen, and we have 

 reason lo love aim." Mr. C. was again inter- 

 rupted by a second burst of sympathy, scarce- 

 ly lessstrong than the first. When silence was 

 j again obtained, he proceeded — "Perhaps the 

 history of the world does not 6upply a parallel 

 to that feeling which binds the community of 

 which we are members, to the illustrious mar, 

 who sits at your table — a parallel to a friend- 

 ship which has been transmitted, among ue, 

 from generation to generation— to a friendship 

 which has endured through good report, and 

 evil leport : through days of darkness and days 

 of sunshine : through peace and war — to a 

 friendship which has equally resisted the de- 

 pression of defeat, and the allurements of suc- 

 cess — to a friendship, Gentlemen, in which 

 one of the parties is an individual, and the 

 other an entire nation ! Before such feelings, 

 all political consideration:., except as thev 

 may serve to strengthen our esteem, are mo- 

 mentarily lost ; and I feel certain of meeting 

 an answering sympathy in the bosom of every 

 man who hears me, when I odd, that we arc 

 not assembled to-day, raoro with the intent to 

 do honor to him who has been so well termed 

 the ' Patriarch of Liberty,' than to exhibit the 

 reverence and affection of children towards a 

 common father. (Another burst of applause.': 

 — We will now fill to the brim — and drink— 



" To the health and happiness of our ven- 

 orated guest and friend/' 



The good old man replied with a voice a*> 

 most suppressed by the flow of genuine and 

 generous emotions. He spoke of the vicissi- 

 tudes of his long life, of the proud moment 

 when in presence of the two buuses of the A- 

 merican Congress he had been told from the 

 representative chair, that in every instaoc e 

 on this side of the Atlantic, he had proved him- 

 self a genuine disciple of the American school, 

 and a not unworthy son of Washmgton. He 

 then proposed the following : 



" To the American people, the Cist borrj 

 and most highly gifted sons of independence 

 and freedom — may they forever enjoy the 

 blessings of federal union and self-govern* 

 ment." 



The Chairman next announced, 



•• The People and Institutions — The Presi 

 dent and other Functionaries of the {Toiled 

 Slates." 



This was followed by an eloquent address 

 from Mr. Rives, which we are obliged to omit 

 from waul of room. Mr. Hives then proposed 

 the following toast, alike creditable to the 

 representative abroad and the patriot aim", 

 statesman at home. It breathes the perpetui. 

 ly of our Union, free from nullijlcativn of 

 clamors about disunion : 



" Our Federal Union — tho source of our 

 rcs.iect and security abroad; the palladium 

 j of our liberties aud happiness at home." 



Toasts were given by several other genlle 

 men, among which was one by Mr. Lameth, 

 a soldier of the Auiencau revolution, who lia'l 

 been severely wounded at the battle of Yoik- 

 town. 



