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TTTP "R flT T -- A 17 YPTf "P SI ft TOL. I. HOLLA, PHELPS COUNTY, MO., SEPTEMBER 10, 1S60. N0- - 9- - . lll!.JJMll i THE.BOLL A. EXPRESS. published every Monday. Tjerms- - Oxe Dollar, per year, is advanck. Single copies, with or without wrappers, Five cents per copy. ROLLA. BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN P. NORVELL. School commissiouer for Phelps county. lie can hu fonnil, every Saturday, at the office of J. II. McGuire Esq, at the county seat. W. D. SUUCK. W. N. OKGAJf. SHUCK & ORGAN, Attorneys at Law, Salem , Dent county, Mo., Will practice regularly in the counties comprising the 181b. Judicial Circuit. Particular attention paid to collecting. W. N. & J. E. ORGAN, County Surveyors, Ileal Estate, Tax Paying and General Agents. Having formed connections with Real Estate Agents in St. Louis, offer rare inducement!: to those wishing to sell improved or unimproved lands." Commission moderate. V. N. Organ, Salem, Dent county J. B. Organ, Rolla, Pbelps.co., Mo. JAMES E. C1IATJVIN, Attorney at Law, Itolla, Mo. Office with J. M. McGuire. Eq Agent for the Mer-chants' anil JVlauufaaturera' Insurance Company, of St. Louis ; Covenant Matual Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis ; and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Hartford. AARON VANWARMEW. Attorney at Law, Phelps County. GEO. P. HARRINGTON. Attorney at L.uv, Holla, Phelps county, Mo. Office S. K corner otilain and Fourth Streets. J. M. MCrfiUIKB. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Holla, Phelps County, Mo. Ofiice near the Court House. S. G. WILLIAMS. Attorney at Law. permanently located at Kolla, Phelps county, Mo. J. L. HUTCHISON. Attorney at Law. Rolia, Mo. Office, Tif-fany House, vith. II. S. Clark. Esq. H. S. CLARK. Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Land Agent. Pro apt ailention paid to the collection of debts and the payment of taxes for non-res-iden- ts. Lands sold for Taxes rcaoomed. Office at the Tiffany House. J. Q. MARSHALL & A. DE NOUMANDIA. P.e.sirti'iit Piactisiu-- ; Physicians. Dr. ivlar-sIia- U will attend 10 nil surgery and ob-slvtc- ric discs Rolla. i "" WILLIAM WILSON, House. Sign, mid ornamental Painter and G.iiiticr. Papur-Uang.ii- g. Graining, Mar-Min- g and gilding done with neatness and dispatch and on the mostieasonable terms. 1). B, PARSONS. Proprietor of the Holla Lumber Yard. Dealer in building lumber generally. Flouring ready matched and dressed. Dressed Weather-boardin- g tarnished to order. j). f. lenox's Western Saloon and Ten Pin Alley, Main Street, opposite the Tiffany House. Rolla. ISAAC C. PENNINGTON. Plastering carried on in all its various branches. Orders left at my residence, oa the corner of Eighth and Park Streets will receive prompt attention. J. A. SCHNABLE, Contractor. Is prepared to "iidertake the construction of masonry, Bridge Building, ivnd House work. Jobs done with neat-ness and dispatch, at the shortest possible notice and at the cheapest rates. Give him a call. MELL & CO. Painters and Glaziers. Every description of House,'sign and ornamental painting ex-ecuted in the neatest and most workman-like manner, and on the most reasonable terms. DARDEN & CO. Souse Builders, Carpenters and Joiners. Contracts taken for all kinds of carpenter " 'and joiner work. Prompt attention given to all business taken in charge. ' i Coffins made to order. .' . FRANCIS G. DAKE. Contractor and House Builder. Orders for " all descriptions of! carpenter and joiner work promptly attended to. Referexcxs . . E. IV. Bishop. Rolla, J. 0. Edgar, arch-- - itect and builder, and Sherman & Jones, Attorneys, St. Louis. Enquire at Bishop's Lumber Yard, Rolla. '? M II MMIPB31IIP imi iwwb MapoBiMaM-aa From the Missouri Republican. GRAPE VINES. GENERAL REMARKS. The Opinion is entertained by some that a grape-vin- e left to its natural habits, will bear as well as if it were dressed in a proper manner. There is.it is true, no doubt, but that it will bear, but it would seem quite unnecessary to argue that a grape-vin- e or a fruit tree of any description, left to it-self, will not bear so much or good fruit as if dressed in a judicious manner. That our ground, is nat-urally fitted for the growth of the grape is abundantly proved from tie spontaneous production of the vine in almost every section. Which is the best of these grapes is a point not yet definitely deter-mined ; but it appears to bo pretty well ascertained that several kinds vi uiuui ell l OUJJUHIU, 1U1 W1UU tU any of the European grapes. We have grapes in abundance,' which endure our climate perfectly well, without covering ; and their fruit, instead of being injured by the frost as all European grapes are known to be, is improved by a slight frost. Of the European grapes, the downy-leafe- d vines have the impor-tant advantage, that the down se cures ii irom tue ravages 01 tue bug. If the cultivation of one vino is well understood, the application of that knowledge to any number is an easy matter. To raise new varie-ties, seed from the largest, earliest and best ripened must be separated from their palp, and kept until the February following, then to be sown in pots filled with "light fresh mould and plunged into a moderately warm hot-be- d. They will come up iu four or six weeks ; aud when the plants are about six inches high, they should be transplanted singly into pots of suitable size. Water gently as circumstances require, al-lowing abundance of light and air, ami carefully avoid injuring any of the leaves. Cut down the plants every autumn to good buds, and al-low only one of these to extend it-self iu the following spring. Change into larger pots, as occaision re-quires, till they have produced fruit: this, under good ' management, will take place iu the fourth or fifth year, when the approved sorts are to be selected for cultivation. SOIL, ETC. The best soil is alight, rich, sandy loam, eighteen inches deep, resting ou a drainage of several inches depth of brick rubbish. The richest ma-nures arc beneficial to the vine, and should bo added annually to the border or spot where they grow. During the time of their being in bloom a slight trench in a circuit, three feet from the stem may be opened, and the contents of the house pail slops, soapy water and urine be poured into it daily. When grown against the walls, the latter need never be higher than eight feet and the more substantial the better, as they, of course, cool slowly in proportion to their thick-ness. Some persons pursue the practice of annually painting the walls with a creamy mixture of one part lime and two parts soot, to fill up the nail holes, the retreat of in-sects, and to increase tho warmth of the wall. The object to be ob-tained is not only warmth, bat shel-ter from the wind, which is injuri-ous to the vine at all timGS of its growth ; a good aspect is therefore essential. It is also to bo kept in mind that the excreinentitious mat-ter, discharged from the roots of a vine is quite considerable, and if this be given out in close retentive soils they quickly become deleteri ous and a languid and diseased veg-etation ensues. Vines therefore, will not thrive in a cold, damp soil or one composed of still' clay, which is fully accounted for. from the fact that they delight only in soils easily rendered dry by evaporation, and free from an excess of moisture, and arc always more warm, which is io genial to the growth of tin's plant. If the subsoil is not naturally dry, it should be made so by draining, filling up the bottom with a suff-icient quantity of dry materials, such as stones broken moderaLely small, broken bricks and lime plaster, oys-ter shellSj&c, which will keep them dry and warm, by the free admis-sion of air and sun, and to admit of heavy rains passing quickly through without being retained sufficiently long to saturate the roots or injure the tender extrcineties. The sur- - ictlU Ul LUC uuiuui cuuuiu iiatu cb gradual descent from the wall or fence ; after it has once been made the border should bo stirred at in-tervals, to keep it from becoming hard and impervcous to heat and moisture, and when necessary, it should only bo forked up about two inches deep, at all times taking care not to injure the roots. PR VISING AND TItANTNG. xnevnieucars us nun on msc year's wood, and the great object of the cultivator is to get that wood well ripened, for on that depends a good deal, if not everything. The quantity of ripened wood of the last year to be left on a viue should be so regulated that it may be dis-tributed over the surface of the wall 'roof or the house occupied by the vine, at such distances as -- will en-sure a good scope, and 'this may be done iu different ways. It may be done by leaving shoots to to go up the whole length of the front, or space, at proper distances say IS inches apart, and so to clothe the spaces as it were, with new wood every year, with new branches for the next year's crop, and to cut back to the bottom, or nearly so, all the wood that has borne this year ; or, when the space is once clothed with branches, to let the shoots come all over the vine as near to each other as branches may bo wanted, and to cut them back to a single eye, all over the vine which is called spurring it. The method first referred to is thought to keep a vine most clean because, as the old wood is cut away every year, and the space cov-ered with now, the training may be always done to the greatest nicety. In the spurring system, the uiaiu ob-ject is to cover the space as soon as possible with strong wood. This may be done according to the fan form, or the horrizontafforni, in the upright plant ; and although much has been written and said upon tho subject, there is perhaps not enough difference in the result to justify a preference on the score of bearing. Generally speaking, some pains ought to be taken to furnish the space well at the bottom. The vine gro ws so freely that it is desirable at 'even an cgrly period to take away, before they waste its strength, all the shoots that are not wantedj and all that are weak, so that no more branches be allowed to grow than those best adapted for covering the space, though an ex-tremely vigorous shoot should al-ways be retained, even if in an awk-ward place, because strong wood is desirable, and the vine is suff-iciently flexible to bear a good deal of bending. It is always desirable to preserve a very strong shoot, be-cause it affords opportunity for cut-ting away all that is above of the old wood it -- grows out of, and i I of substituting tho young wood for it. Taking care, too, that no weakly shoots arc encouraged, and none retained, the growing' vine is to bo divided, and the brauches so arranged as to cover the space, at proper distances, as far as it will go. from season to season, and while growth is sought for no fruit should be allowed to swell. We commonly begin a vine with a single bud, or shoot when plant-ing, As the remove always tries a plant a good deal, it is quite custom-ary to cut the root within three eyes of ground, and thus will throw out three shoots one to be trained to the right, ou? to the left ajid one straight up. Those to the" right aud left to bo loosely supported as they grow ; the upright; shoot may be allowed to grow slightly asist-cd,an- d be retained andripencd.lo be! be stopped as soon as there are thcc or four joints, aud be allowed to throw out side branches which will ripen and be fit to lay in their places, right and left, fan-fashio- n. In this way die third year will have made wood enough to cover a large space. According tu this plan, all the new wood, except that wanted to fill a vacant space, is cut back 1.. a- - .. .. l. : 1 1 yearly, mj uuo uyu, ur two, n me vine be not very strong that when the eyes break the stronger may be saved, and the other rubbed oil'. When shoots come much closer to-gether than eyes can be wanted for next year's bearing, they may be removed young, because the growth made by branches intended to be taken away altogether, is so much, vigor lost to the other branches. THINNING THE FRUIT When the vine has become fruitful, in the autumn, and it is desired to have bunches of superior size and appearance, tho practice is pur-sued of having the berries of each branch thinned until not more than half the original number remain. The operation is best performed by the use of a sharp pointed pair of scissors, and care being taken to re-move the smallest berries. This is found, as a general thihg, to in-crease the weight and excellence of the bunches, for two bunches will always outweigh four grown on tho same brauchlct of a bunch, besides being much handsomer and having more juice as compared with husks--. The average weight of the bunches on a vine may be taken, when ripe, at half a pound each, and- - with this data it is not difficult to carry into practice the well known rule which has been laid down for proportion-ing the crop to tho size of the viue. If its stem, measured just above the ground, be three inclic3 in circum-- ' fereace, it may bear five pounds weight of grapes ; three and one-ha- lf inches, ten pounds ; four inch-es, fifteen pounds : and so five lbs. additional for every half inch of cir-cumference. Grapes may easily be kept a long time. In a cask or barrel, having its crevices well closed so as to pre-vent access of tho external air, place a layer of bunches of grapes, well cleaned and gathered in the after-noon of a dry day, before they arc perfectly ripe. Proceed then with alternate layers of bran and grapes till the barrel is full, taking care that the grapes do not touch each other, and to let the last layer be of bran ; then close the barrel so that the air may not be able to pen-etrate. Grapes thus packed will keep for a year. To restore their freshness, cut the end of each bunch, and put that of white grapes into white wine, and that of black grapes into red wine, as flowers are put into water to keep them fresh. The Bite op a Dog. Dr. Ste-- j phen Ware, of Boston, in his testi-mony in a reeeal case which grew out of the injuries from the bite of a dog, furnished the following val-uable advise : In the cake of the bite of a do where the teeth of the animal pen-etrale- d the flesh, whether tho dog was known to be mad or iiot, ho should use the same precautions. lie would wash the wouud with warm water, extract all the virus noesible by sucking the wound with his lips, and then cauterize it deep-ly with the caustic most readily ob-tained, but should use potash if it could be procured at once. The time in which the effects of the bito of a rabid dog would bo seen, va-ried from two days to three years, but if no effects were felt after two or three months, as a gcncraUhing the patient might consider himself safe. Bites made through clothing ure seldom productive ofmuch harm as even if the dog is mad the cloth-ing absorbs the virus before the teeth reach the flesh. Most of all the fatal cases are where tho per-son was bitten on some naked part. Concerning the possibility of a cure in a real case of hydropho-phobi- a nothing was said. The I'rtncb op Wales. The Canadian correspondent of the N. y. Times says : "xVfter a prolonged discussion with a New York Com-mittee, and a subsequent interview with Mayor Wentworth, the Duke of Newcastle has entirely changed the original programme so far as the fleet is concerned, and has set-tled upon the following plan : After the Canadian tour the Prince will visit the West, spend-ing a day each in .Chicago, St Lou-is and Cincinnati, besides devoting a few days to the great praries. Returning he will pass two days at Washington, a day and a half at Baltimore, a day in Philadelphia, and three or four days in New York. In that city he will accept a ban-quet from those whom his commit-tee represent, bc?ides some atten-tion from the Mayor. Pic will then go on to Boston, possibly halting a day at Providence, spending two days at Boston, and leaving thenco to go to Portland, from which port he will take his farewell of tho United States. Tho fleet will not go to New York at all, which is considered a great triumph by the Grand Trunk peo-ple. Fears arc cutertaincd that if the ships should go to tho Mctop-oli- s the seamen would desert and other difficulties would arise. Atra levee held by the prince on on the 27 th ult there were 139 Americans, and according to the list there were two judges, five Gov-ernors, ten Colonels, three Majors, eight Reverends, two Captains, three Mayors and one General, ' The fall of rain duing that day was continual yet all went on har-moniously. President Buchanan said in his late speech at Washington, that neither Breckinridge or Douglas got a regular two-thir- d nomination, hence auy Democrat was at liberty to vote for either as he preferred," "Patiiee wants you to send him two yards of black tweed cloth he don't care what color it is, and when lie kills his pig last week, he'll pay you what you owe him." An old toper was heard advising a young man to marry. 'Because then, my boy said he, 'you'll have somebody to pull off your boots when you go home drunk.7
Object Description
Title | Rolla Express Newspaper 1860-09-10 |
Description | Vol. 1, No. 9 |
Subject | Rolla (Mo.) -- History; Phelps County (Mo.) -- History; Rolla (Mo.) -- Newspapers; Phelps County (Mo.) -- Newspapers; |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Phelps County -- Rolla |
Source | The Daily Evening Herald printed and published by Treadway & Albright, St. Louis, Missouri. |
Language | English |
Date | 1860-09-10 |
Item.Year | 1860 |
Item.Month | September |
Item.Day | 10 |
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Collection Name | Rolla Express Newspaper Collection |
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Title | Page 1 |
Date | 1860-09-10 |
Item.Year | 1860 |
Item.Month | September |
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Item.Transcript | TTTP "R flT T -- A 17 YPTf "P SI ft TOL. I. HOLLA, PHELPS COUNTY, MO., SEPTEMBER 10, 1S60. N0- - 9- - . lll!.JJMll i THE.BOLL A. EXPRESS. published every Monday. Tjerms- - Oxe Dollar, per year, is advanck. Single copies, with or without wrappers, Five cents per copy. ROLLA. BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN P. NORVELL. School commissiouer for Phelps county. lie can hu fonnil, every Saturday, at the office of J. II. McGuire Esq, at the county seat. W. D. SUUCK. W. N. OKGAJf. SHUCK & ORGAN, Attorneys at Law, Salem , Dent county, Mo., Will practice regularly in the counties comprising the 181b. Judicial Circuit. Particular attention paid to collecting. W. N. & J. E. ORGAN, County Surveyors, Ileal Estate, Tax Paying and General Agents. Having formed connections with Real Estate Agents in St. Louis, offer rare inducement!: to those wishing to sell improved or unimproved lands." Commission moderate. V. N. Organ, Salem, Dent county J. B. Organ, Rolla, Pbelps.co., Mo. JAMES E. C1IATJVIN, Attorney at Law, Itolla, Mo. Office with J. M. McGuire. Eq Agent for the Mer-chants' anil JVlauufaaturera' Insurance Company, of St. Louis ; Covenant Matual Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis ; and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Hartford. AARON VANWARMEW. Attorney at Law, Phelps County. GEO. P. HARRINGTON. Attorney at L.uv, Holla, Phelps county, Mo. Office S. K corner otilain and Fourth Streets. J. M. MCrfiUIKB. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Holla, Phelps County, Mo. Ofiice near the Court House. S. G. WILLIAMS. Attorney at Law. permanently located at Kolla, Phelps county, Mo. J. L. HUTCHISON. Attorney at Law. Rolia, Mo. Office, Tif-fany House, vith. II. S. Clark. Esq. H. S. CLARK. Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Land Agent. Pro apt ailention paid to the collection of debts and the payment of taxes for non-res-iden- ts. Lands sold for Taxes rcaoomed. Office at the Tiffany House. J. Q. MARSHALL & A. DE NOUMANDIA. P.e.sirti'iit Piactisiu-- ; Physicians. Dr. ivlar-sIia- U will attend 10 nil surgery and ob-slvtc- ric discs Rolla. i "" WILLIAM WILSON, House. Sign, mid ornamental Painter and G.iiiticr. Papur-Uang.ii- g. Graining, Mar-Min- g and gilding done with neatness and dispatch and on the mostieasonable terms. 1). B, PARSONS. Proprietor of the Holla Lumber Yard. Dealer in building lumber generally. Flouring ready matched and dressed. Dressed Weather-boardin- g tarnished to order. j). f. lenox's Western Saloon and Ten Pin Alley, Main Street, opposite the Tiffany House. Rolla. ISAAC C. PENNINGTON. Plastering carried on in all its various branches. Orders left at my residence, oa the corner of Eighth and Park Streets will receive prompt attention. J. A. SCHNABLE, Contractor. Is prepared to "iidertake the construction of masonry, Bridge Building, ivnd House work. Jobs done with neat-ness and dispatch, at the shortest possible notice and at the cheapest rates. Give him a call. MELL & CO. Painters and Glaziers. Every description of House,'sign and ornamental painting ex-ecuted in the neatest and most workman-like manner, and on the most reasonable terms. DARDEN & CO. Souse Builders, Carpenters and Joiners. Contracts taken for all kinds of carpenter " 'and joiner work. Prompt attention given to all business taken in charge. ' i Coffins made to order. .' . FRANCIS G. DAKE. Contractor and House Builder. Orders for " all descriptions of! carpenter and joiner work promptly attended to. Referexcxs . . E. IV. Bishop. Rolla, J. 0. Edgar, arch-- - itect and builder, and Sherman & Jones, Attorneys, St. Louis. Enquire at Bishop's Lumber Yard, Rolla. '? M II MMIPB31IIP imi iwwb MapoBiMaM-aa From the Missouri Republican. GRAPE VINES. GENERAL REMARKS. The Opinion is entertained by some that a grape-vin- e left to its natural habits, will bear as well as if it were dressed in a proper manner. There is.it is true, no doubt, but that it will bear, but it would seem quite unnecessary to argue that a grape-vin- e or a fruit tree of any description, left to it-self, will not bear so much or good fruit as if dressed in a judicious manner. That our ground, is nat-urally fitted for the growth of the grape is abundantly proved from tie spontaneous production of the vine in almost every section. Which is the best of these grapes is a point not yet definitely deter-mined ; but it appears to bo pretty well ascertained that several kinds vi uiuui ell l OUJJUHIU, 1U1 W1UU tU any of the European grapes. We have grapes in abundance,' which endure our climate perfectly well, without covering ; and their fruit, instead of being injured by the frost as all European grapes are known to be, is improved by a slight frost. Of the European grapes, the downy-leafe- d vines have the impor-tant advantage, that the down se cures ii irom tue ravages 01 tue bug. If the cultivation of one vino is well understood, the application of that knowledge to any number is an easy matter. To raise new varie-ties, seed from the largest, earliest and best ripened must be separated from their palp, and kept until the February following, then to be sown in pots filled with "light fresh mould and plunged into a moderately warm hot-be- d. They will come up iu four or six weeks ; aud when the plants are about six inches high, they should be transplanted singly into pots of suitable size. Water gently as circumstances require, al-lowing abundance of light and air, ami carefully avoid injuring any of the leaves. Cut down the plants every autumn to good buds, and al-low only one of these to extend it-self iu the following spring. Change into larger pots, as occaision re-quires, till they have produced fruit: this, under good ' management, will take place iu the fourth or fifth year, when the approved sorts are to be selected for cultivation. SOIL, ETC. The best soil is alight, rich, sandy loam, eighteen inches deep, resting ou a drainage of several inches depth of brick rubbish. The richest ma-nures arc beneficial to the vine, and should bo added annually to the border or spot where they grow. During the time of their being in bloom a slight trench in a circuit, three feet from the stem may be opened, and the contents of the house pail slops, soapy water and urine be poured into it daily. When grown against the walls, the latter need never be higher than eight feet and the more substantial the better, as they, of course, cool slowly in proportion to their thick-ness. Some persons pursue the practice of annually painting the walls with a creamy mixture of one part lime and two parts soot, to fill up the nail holes, the retreat of in-sects, and to increase tho warmth of the wall. The object to be ob-tained is not only warmth, bat shel-ter from the wind, which is injuri-ous to the vine at all timGS of its growth ; a good aspect is therefore essential. It is also to bo kept in mind that the excreinentitious mat-ter, discharged from the roots of a vine is quite considerable, and if this be given out in close retentive soils they quickly become deleteri ous and a languid and diseased veg-etation ensues. Vines therefore, will not thrive in a cold, damp soil or one composed of still' clay, which is fully accounted for. from the fact that they delight only in soils easily rendered dry by evaporation, and free from an excess of moisture, and arc always more warm, which is io genial to the growth of tin's plant. If the subsoil is not naturally dry, it should be made so by draining, filling up the bottom with a suff-icient quantity of dry materials, such as stones broken moderaLely small, broken bricks and lime plaster, oys-ter shellSj&c, which will keep them dry and warm, by the free admis-sion of air and sun, and to admit of heavy rains passing quickly through without being retained sufficiently long to saturate the roots or injure the tender extrcineties. The sur- - ictlU Ul LUC uuiuui cuuuiu iiatu cb gradual descent from the wall or fence ; after it has once been made the border should bo stirred at in-tervals, to keep it from becoming hard and impervcous to heat and moisture, and when necessary, it should only bo forked up about two inches deep, at all times taking care not to injure the roots. PR VISING AND TItANTNG. xnevnieucars us nun on msc year's wood, and the great object of the cultivator is to get that wood well ripened, for on that depends a good deal, if not everything. The quantity of ripened wood of the last year to be left on a viue should be so regulated that it may be dis-tributed over the surface of the wall 'roof or the house occupied by the vine, at such distances as -- will en-sure a good scope, and 'this may be done iu different ways. It may be done by leaving shoots to to go up the whole length of the front, or space, at proper distances say IS inches apart, and so to clothe the spaces as it were, with new wood every year, with new branches for the next year's crop, and to cut back to the bottom, or nearly so, all the wood that has borne this year ; or, when the space is once clothed with branches, to let the shoots come all over the vine as near to each other as branches may bo wanted, and to cut them back to a single eye, all over the vine which is called spurring it. The method first referred to is thought to keep a vine most clean because, as the old wood is cut away every year, and the space cov-ered with now, the training may be always done to the greatest nicety. In the spurring system, the uiaiu ob-ject is to cover the space as soon as possible with strong wood. This may be done according to the fan form, or the horrizontafforni, in the upright plant ; and although much has been written and said upon tho subject, there is perhaps not enough difference in the result to justify a preference on the score of bearing. Generally speaking, some pains ought to be taken to furnish the space well at the bottom. The vine gro ws so freely that it is desirable at 'even an cgrly period to take away, before they waste its strength, all the shoots that are not wantedj and all that are weak, so that no more branches be allowed to grow than those best adapted for covering the space, though an ex-tremely vigorous shoot should al-ways be retained, even if in an awk-ward place, because strong wood is desirable, and the vine is suff-iciently flexible to bear a good deal of bending. It is always desirable to preserve a very strong shoot, be-cause it affords opportunity for cut-ting away all that is above of the old wood it -- grows out of, and i I of substituting tho young wood for it. Taking care, too, that no weakly shoots arc encouraged, and none retained, the growing' vine is to bo divided, and the brauches so arranged as to cover the space, at proper distances, as far as it will go. from season to season, and while growth is sought for no fruit should be allowed to swell. We commonly begin a vine with a single bud, or shoot when plant-ing, As the remove always tries a plant a good deal, it is quite custom-ary to cut the root within three eyes of ground, and thus will throw out three shoots one to be trained to the right, ou? to the left ajid one straight up. Those to the" right aud left to bo loosely supported as they grow ; the upright; shoot may be allowed to grow slightly asist-cd,an- d be retained andripencd.lo be! be stopped as soon as there are thcc or four joints, aud be allowed to throw out side branches which will ripen and be fit to lay in their places, right and left, fan-fashio- n. In this way die third year will have made wood enough to cover a large space. According tu this plan, all the new wood, except that wanted to fill a vacant space, is cut back 1.. a- - .. .. l. : 1 1 yearly, mj uuo uyu, ur two, n me vine be not very strong that when the eyes break the stronger may be saved, and the other rubbed oil'. When shoots come much closer to-gether than eyes can be wanted for next year's bearing, they may be removed young, because the growth made by branches intended to be taken away altogether, is so much, vigor lost to the other branches. THINNING THE FRUIT When the vine has become fruitful, in the autumn, and it is desired to have bunches of superior size and appearance, tho practice is pur-sued of having the berries of each branch thinned until not more than half the original number remain. The operation is best performed by the use of a sharp pointed pair of scissors, and care being taken to re-move the smallest berries. This is found, as a general thihg, to in-crease the weight and excellence of the bunches, for two bunches will always outweigh four grown on tho same brauchlct of a bunch, besides being much handsomer and having more juice as compared with husks--. The average weight of the bunches on a vine may be taken, when ripe, at half a pound each, and- - with this data it is not difficult to carry into practice the well known rule which has been laid down for proportion-ing the crop to tho size of the viue. If its stem, measured just above the ground, be three inclic3 in circum-- ' fereace, it may bear five pounds weight of grapes ; three and one-ha- lf inches, ten pounds ; four inch-es, fifteen pounds : and so five lbs. additional for every half inch of cir-cumference. Grapes may easily be kept a long time. In a cask or barrel, having its crevices well closed so as to pre-vent access of tho external air, place a layer of bunches of grapes, well cleaned and gathered in the after-noon of a dry day, before they arc perfectly ripe. Proceed then with alternate layers of bran and grapes till the barrel is full, taking care that the grapes do not touch each other, and to let the last layer be of bran ; then close the barrel so that the air may not be able to pen-etrate. Grapes thus packed will keep for a year. To restore their freshness, cut the end of each bunch, and put that of white grapes into white wine, and that of black grapes into red wine, as flowers are put into water to keep them fresh. The Bite op a Dog. Dr. Ste-- j phen Ware, of Boston, in his testi-mony in a reeeal case which grew out of the injuries from the bite of a dog, furnished the following val-uable advise : In the cake of the bite of a do where the teeth of the animal pen-etrale- d the flesh, whether tho dog was known to be mad or iiot, ho should use the same precautions. lie would wash the wouud with warm water, extract all the virus noesible by sucking the wound with his lips, and then cauterize it deep-ly with the caustic most readily ob-tained, but should use potash if it could be procured at once. The time in which the effects of the bito of a rabid dog would bo seen, va-ried from two days to three years, but if no effects were felt after two or three months, as a gcncraUhing the patient might consider himself safe. Bites made through clothing ure seldom productive ofmuch harm as even if the dog is mad the cloth-ing absorbs the virus before the teeth reach the flesh. Most of all the fatal cases are where tho per-son was bitten on some naked part. Concerning the possibility of a cure in a real case of hydropho-phobi- a nothing was said. The I'rtncb op Wales. The Canadian correspondent of the N. y. Times says : "xVfter a prolonged discussion with a New York Com-mittee, and a subsequent interview with Mayor Wentworth, the Duke of Newcastle has entirely changed the original programme so far as the fleet is concerned, and has set-tled upon the following plan : After the Canadian tour the Prince will visit the West, spend-ing a day each in .Chicago, St Lou-is and Cincinnati, besides devoting a few days to the great praries. Returning he will pass two days at Washington, a day and a half at Baltimore, a day in Philadelphia, and three or four days in New York. In that city he will accept a ban-quet from those whom his commit-tee represent, bc?ides some atten-tion from the Mayor. Pic will then go on to Boston, possibly halting a day at Providence, spending two days at Boston, and leaving thenco to go to Portland, from which port he will take his farewell of tho United States. Tho fleet will not go to New York at all, which is considered a great triumph by the Grand Trunk peo-ple. Fears arc cutertaincd that if the ships should go to tho Mctop-oli- s the seamen would desert and other difficulties would arise. Atra levee held by the prince on on the 27 th ult there were 139 Americans, and according to the list there were two judges, five Gov-ernors, ten Colonels, three Majors, eight Reverends, two Captains, three Mayors and one General, ' The fall of rain duing that day was continual yet all went on har-moniously. President Buchanan said in his late speech at Washington, that neither Breckinridge or Douglas got a regular two-thir- d nomination, hence auy Democrat was at liberty to vote for either as he preferred," "Patiiee wants you to send him two yards of black tweed cloth he don't care what color it is, and when lie kills his pig last week, he'll pay you what you owe him." An old toper was heard advising a young man to marry. 'Because then, my boy said he, 'you'll have somebody to pull off your boots when you go home drunk.7 |