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ortho GEOROIA JOURNAL.
Knobs BY RAU.—'* A poslsireler may aa-
iTo a laltar la Iba publisher of a naarmapar, to pay
Cm ofa ihirdpanion, and froak tha latter If wnt-
"—Amm Kendall, P.M.O.
0W»S CHARGE AT HER DAUGH
TER'S BRIDAL.
■r bin. t. H. atoooHiir.v.
-Daal aently, thou, whose hand hath won
' Tb« roues bird from ft* neat nw ay,
yPbere.carelaaa 'neath a venial aun,
n£« gba gaily oarolled day by dar.
^ Tbt haunt la looo—the heart must xrlore,
From wlienco bar timid wing doth aoar,
Tba paaaira litl at gush of ova,
Yet hoar her gushing tong no more.
* Deal gantiy with her—thon art dear,
Beyond what vaatal lipa have told;
dad Ilka a lamb from fountain clear,
gba tarn# confiding to thy told i
gba, round thy awoet dumealic bower,
■ -The wreatha olchangeieaa lore ehall twii
Watch for thy atep at reaper hour,
7- god blend her holieat prayer with thina.
Deal gently thou whan far away
Midst atrauger aeeuea liar foot aliall rare,
(for let thy tender care* decay:
I The sou I of woman liree on love,
dud ahouldst thou, wondering, mark a tear
elid break,
nr
man’a atrong heart can ne'er partake.
Bepitiful, ead aootha the fear
Thai '
A mother yialda bar gam to thee,
On thy true b( east toaparkla rare.
8be places'neath thy houaabold tree,
The idol of her fondeet cere,
gad by thy truet to be Ibrgireo
When judgment wakea in terror wild;
Brail the treatuted hopea of heaven.
Deal gentlr with the nidow’a child.
MISCELLANEOUS.
[ruon THC VlttLADELFHIA lit*.]
THE WEDDED STATE.
A Wold for Bachelors.
[•flowoften with beauty and pride, does the eve
if life creep on without offering a consolation
y pen ring a friend.”
-■There U no reel, no hope, for her who tramples
the holiest feelings, end trifles with sacred
i» ‘
r Wrecently offered a few observations in rela-
[fat Is the policy and propriety, the wisdom as
the virtue, of matrimony, in a condition of
like ours. The article, we are glad to find,
• or two notes that have since reached us
read in the proper quarter, by the individ
far whom it was more particularly intended—
ly, the young and the middle aged baehelore of
If. One of them expresses his warm appro,
of the general tone of our hints and sugges.
b bat assures us in many cases, the gentlemen
M wholly culpable. He cites his own for ex-
,11 end says that he has, for the laat eight or
lytara been eagerly in aearch of a wife—a part
hr life, auited aa well to act as “a sweet com
is” in hours of leisure, as to preside at the
’ his household affairs, and officiate with
I propriety as a mother, but thus far, he
i unsuccessful; and simply because he is a
n,of bu.iness habits, with little skill in
' fashionable life, and wholly unused to
cy and glibness of speech which are so
i the circles of "dandydom.” He has, on
in one occasion, so he confesses, been
I in heart by the fine appearance, bright eyes
I face and captivating manners of some fair
t of the tender sex. At such times ho has
ito call once or twice ; after having receiv.
i4an introduction—and thus, to make a beginning,
"'far; ah attempt in tho way of courtship. But
i on such occasions, he has found other gen.
t present, sometimes younger, and sometimes
tost of them wearing moustachios, or dislin-
I by other marks of fashionable appearance,
ad carriage, which traits seemed to him, in
lof momentary idol, to throw him entirely
the ahade. Nay, more thao once, he has
jked up courage, and made an effort to win the
itodexcite an interest in the heart of the lady
Ufa regard—but, unfurtunately, without success,
‘dashing, the Big-whiskered, the moustachiod.
'Ay, the flippant, the frivilous, the hollow-heart
I empty-headed were, or seemed lobe, pre
Ito ibe one who really was serious in his
t, and possessed the means of making home
Murtsbls, Thus he has abandoned the pursuit
i lime al least, in despair.
Ve fear there is some truth in Ihe complaint of
rcorrespondent. We fear that thore are among
•fair ones of our city, beauties and belles, gen.
• creatures in heart, but truly artificial in manner,
“ “> misled or mistaken aa' to the positive re
load real merits in a suitor, as to prefer the
™ trifling before the grave and substantial—
king, the gay and tiie indolent, before the
young man who devote* the greater part of
* to his particular business—who has little
by daylight for promenades in Chasnut
“h° is constantly on the lookout for some
i lurn in trade, who believea that one es•
»a happy marriage, is a comfortable home,
Deans of contentment,if not of luxury, to
t of his choioe—la in many cues slighted
jgleeied by the beauties of our city, regarded
Sf common.place, trading sort of a
no ‘ adorned with the characteristics,
^■sy attribute to polish, style and gentility.
| “oroover young men of the kind re.
* not possess the boldness of manner,
or wit, -the promptness of speech,
•••ly acquired by the idle, lbs vain,
And,liras, when mingling at par-
< oi soirees, or even in private parlors,
nesaeem awkward, or their very me-
•faUtaksn for ignorance. A sad error is
* i fair ones at ottr city, who will!
“iRHl - ‘
atsiitly surrounded by flippancy and folly, debarred
att opportunity of uttering htoowu thoughts, end of
diecuvering those little traits' of character, which
Its deems essential in a partner fur life. Titus, he
nitty pay one visit, and another, and if he still be
deprived of a fitting opportunity to mingle for an
boor in the society of the object of his preference,
he will, in many cases grow irresolute, and per
haps abandon lbs pursuit.
Another correspondent complains that some of
tits fair ones of Philadelphia ««m iso high. He
describes himself as an active citisen, yet on the
sunny side of thirty, very well to do in the world,
and quite anxious to become a married man. But
his busiuess occupies much of his attention, and
therefore lie hus little leisure to waste in trifling.
Not loogsince, (so lie informs us) lie was caught lor
a moment. Thai is to say, he was charmed by the
appearance, the manners and conversation of a
young lady with whom he had accidentally become
acquainted—and he ventured with a strange feel-
ing Blurting into life its bin heart, and a vague hope
in bis mind, to call one or two evenings at her fa
ther's house. Hu wss well end kindly received,
and the fuvorable impression made at first, evident
ly acquired strength. Gradually and delicutelybo
interrogated Ihe young lady as to her views and
expectations, and was not a little surptised and
mortified ut two very bold evowals, viz. that she
would have nothing to do in the way of matrimony,
with a man who did not belong to one of the high
er profession—and in kite second place, she would
never become the wife of tin individual who could
not enable Iter to move in the richer circles. In
other words, he discovered, or fancied he discover
ed, that while he would be tolerated and received
with civility and treated with respect, as an aequain.
lance, that being a mere storekeeper or trader, be
must never aspire to the hand of the object of his
preference. His pride was wounded, his sense of
propriety was shocked, he was disappointed, and
the more so because the lady herself was the daugh
ter of a very reputable citizen, wito hud accumula
ted merely enough to enable himtolivu with econ
omy, and by the practice of a trade remarkably
similar to that of our correspondent.. Cases of
this kind are by no means rare; end the hints here
embodied will not, we trust, be lost up on the inter
ested. There are doubtless faults oik both sides,
which lead to so many instances of single bleeeed■
net*.
Yet another correspondent writes us somewhat
in this strain : “You are quite sever e upon ua, Mr.
Editor, as though bachelors should ' ce condemned
in all cases. Lot me assure you, th ,at in many, the
fault is not ours, I by no means ' wish to remain
longer enrolled in the list of '*th< tse crusty old fel
lows for I fuliy appreciate and respond to that
fine passage in one of " ' ~
Miss Brt timer's works, in
which, when speaking of wedded I l.ife, she says—
“See how within such a happy.' Itamily,every dif
ferent gift unites itself to form an-. agreeable ele
ment of goodness and beauty, in w Inch every mem
ber of ihe family finds his life ; w -here oach capa
bility receives its development, each feeling its
counterpart and its answer; each-, pure desire its
flower! See, how tears are like - a heavenly dew,
■miles like the sunlight which anti ces out the flow,
ers and love is the blessed, the f ruitfui earth from
which the seeds of all that is go. jd and to be en
joyed spring graciously up! Stie how the body (for
it is to be included) enjoys iual.f, end thrives in the
harmonious regulations of ho n te, and with fruits
which are not like, those of lit e first Paradise—
forbidden!
'Life is a continual developn lent—a continual
spring.'
Yea—yea—Mr. Editor, I tvo uld readily join in
the society and enjoy the happy hours of married
life, could I meet a fair one, witio would suit my taste
■nd receivo my addresses. I a; ppreciate the senti
ment of a gifted modern writer , who says that 'no
more precious offering could Ibe laid upon the altar
of a man's heart, than the first I ove of a pure, ear
nest and affectionate girl.' But thus far, although
I have made more than one trial , l have been doom
ed to failure; and the appre liension sometimes
■teals upon me, that with a I lourishing business
now in progress and wealth, so far as money is con-
cernetl, flowing in upon me, 1 may yet in my old
age, die in a garret, or, if you p lease, in an elegant
ly furnished chamber, with no t me to administer to
my wants, in kindness and in 1< >ve. In honesty, it
is right for me to confess, that although of tolera
bly fair proportions, I am not in the eyes of the la
dies, a “fine looking fellow.” One of them inti
mates dissatisfaction in this wa y. “Oh ! he is ve.
ty clever, but I cannot bear the idea of a husband
having such a foot.” Anottie >r says, “I like him
very well as aa acquaintance ; but for a husband,
give me a man of whiskers, and a fine head of
splendid black hair.” And y< it my feet are not
remarkable for size ; and my hair, although sufit.
ciently flowing, is, I am bound ' to confess, rather
between Ihe sandy aud the fier; y. Nevertheless, I
have known many excellent hus bands, far worse off
in lira matters alluded to than r nyself. A third ex
claims—“1 do not like his bu sit less. One hates to
be called llte wife of a Still he is doing
very well, and may soon be r: ich ;—thus indicating
an eye to the money rather th an the wan. You at
once seo my position. Mr. Eldilor—it is that of
thousands in this good oily of «t trs; Again, there,
fore 1 ask the question—‘Should bachelors aheayt
be held io fault Y
Our correepondent is not unreasonable. The
ladies should profit by such get ill e hints, A rough
form frequently conceals a nob le heart, while those
who look entirely at the exterior, And make up their
minds rather with reference to man ner than integri
ty, will in the end, find themselves sadly mistaken.
Industry, intelligence, temperance and good nature,
are ihe true esseotiels fora husband. We would
not have a daughter of ours marry for money, or
throw hereelf away upon an idiot ora clown. And
yet, nothing ahould be avoided with more horror by
parents, who really look to the well being of the
objects of their love, than the empty idlers, the
whiskered and brainless fashionables, the dissipa.
ted and reckless rtmss, the hotel haunters, and
heartless fluUerwrs from circle to circle, with which
great oitiee likeottts abound.
Love is an alchymist that can transmute poison
into food, and a spaniel that prefers even punish
ment from one hand to carcase* from another.—
But it is in love as in war—we arc often more in
debted for our success to the weakness nf the de-
fence than to tha energy of the stuck; for idleness
line ruined more women than passion, vanity more
titan idleness, and cruelty mow than either. L*.
die* ol fashion starve their happhtMa to feed their
vanity, end (ova to feed their pride,
much l« different instances, being mostly of veget
able origin. Minute lichens and other cryptogam-
ous plants may, by the agency of winds, bo traits-
ported frum a great distance, and be diflussed in
myriads through the atmosphere. The showers «f
blood, which have at various periods caused roucli
popular excitement, ttre now ascribed, aa in the
case of the red snow of Greenland and the Alps, l<>
the red globuloa or seeds of the uredo nivalit, or tu
minute red insects. The red excrement nf insects-
lias also occasionally given the. appearance of drops
of blood falling from the air. The shower of sul-
plter. which is recorded as having ocourrrd at Co
penhagen in May, 1040, was doubtless the same ee
the phunomeoa of May, 1804 ; but this last yellow
depoeit, on unalyais, was found to consist of vegeta
ble pollen, resembling the powder of lycopodium.
A shower nf yellow powder was also observed in
1761, at Bordoux; but this was immediately recog
nized as the pollen of some neighboring pine for.
ests. carried up into the air by a violent gale. That
small frogs and fishes occasionally descended with
rain, is not improbable, as suoh animals, olid even
matter a hundred fold more ponderous, have been
ratsud into the atmosphere by whirlwinds. The
color has been occasioned, in other instances, by
earthly and metallic maiter in a state of very fine
powder; and in these cases the descent is usually
accompanied by violent electrical phenomena, an-
nlagoua to those which almost always attend the fell
of meteoric stones or aerolites. A striking exam
ple of the showera of dust, which are recorded os
having fallen at different limes, in various parts of
the globe, is given by Dr. John Davy. One of the
most remarkable circumstances connected with it
is the exlent of surface over which the dust fell,
comprising Italy, Multu, Sicily, Sardinia, and, per
haps, even more distant parts. This occurred, as
noted by Dr. Davy, in Malta, on the 16th May, 18-
80. “ In the morning of that day,” ho aaya “ a
strong sirocco wind prevailed; the atmosphere was
hazy, the sky overcast, of a sooty hue ; at 8 A. M.
the dry thermometer was 09 deg., the moist 93
deg. Toward noon the wind moderated, and, at
the same time, the obscurity of the atmosphere in.
creased, so that the natives became alarmed and
apprehensive of some impending calamity, such as
an earthquake or something extraordinary. Be-
tween one and two o’clock it became almost cairn,
with the same slate of atmosphere. About that
lime, I believe, the failing of dust was first perceiv
ed. I happened then to be riding into the country,
and was surprised to perceive the raindrops, of
which there were but a few, left a reddish stain on
my linen; and on going into a garden, I found the
leaves of the plants generally covered with a red.
dish dust, of extreme fineness. The exact time
the dust was falling was not ascertained ; it proba .
blvdid not exceed two or three hours. It cease' 1
soon after 4 P. M. about which time the wind chan
ged to westerly,and the haze diminished. Whe n
the dust was falling fastest, and obscurity w as
greatest, there was sufficient light to see obier :ls
distinctly. The quhntity, loo, of dust which fell « as
inconsiderable, What was swept from the deck of
tho Windsor Casilo, a ship-of-line, of seventy-f our
guns, then lying at anchor in the great harboi ,- of
Valelta, was supposed sufficient to fill two b' tick
ets.”
I Imods govern the world!” asks t Nett
per—|t answers tit* ^etMloa thus; “Tha
i box, the ballot-be* tb* jury
Col. Smith.—Sol was so desperately ill it t this
city last summer, that death aud he wer e for' weeks
playing ot « gums in which both part'ies w> ere so
dead a match that the slightest falr.e triove ori either
side would have fatally decided t'.ie 'eager. Sol is
acknowledged to he an exceller,; player, but death
has had great experience in his time, and often
makes tremendous hits. So', played, too at a great
disadvantage, having to car r y 0 n the game on the
flat of his back, while his adversary stood, holt up.
right before him, display' <ng his point* i-,, the strong,
est light. At length S< j| became somewhat douo’-
ful about his next move and called in the aid of V
celebrated phy.iciar ,_ as skilful a mar.aa this or
any other city can uoa st. -Let me fee I your pulse,'
said the Dootoi. Sol str-etched out, what in better
days had been hie qrm. ‘Hum ! you should have
sent for me before. 5 ‘fJo your best now,'replied'
the sick man. For a whole week there was no
oppearance of amendment in poor Sol. The Doc
ter would come, feel Ids pulse, | 00 k at his tongut,
order him to lake-n othing, and depart. Oul . 0 f
all pattence, Sol said one moroing-'gjve meson,- e.
thing, Doctor—don't let me lie here and die wit' l.
out at. effort to break the fever,' The Doctor wro te
a prescription. ‘What’s this ?' said the patient_
i’ll swallow no drug-) I don’t know the ingredioi ,ts
of.' ‘It’s & febrifuge,' said the physician, brief ly.
‘A what!’ ‘A febrifuge! febrifuge) febrifuge
repeated the patient slowly and musingly—'Hu- m !
and you have been coming here daily for a we ek|
and you now give mo a fobrifugo. Bo good en-’
ough to hand me that purse on the table ?—th snk
you—bow much is your fee Y The Doctor sta red.
‘How much do I owe you, I say ?—you don’t un
derstand my case, and I will insist on you lea ving
me. 'Mr. Smith,’ exclaimed the Doctor, fea ring
Ihe fever had disordered his head. ‘Stop!' said
Sol; ‘you won’t tuke the money 7 titen send io your
bill and retire, 1 beg of you.’ The physician i look,
ed with commisserution on the suffering man , but
observing the fire flash from his sunken soc’ kets,
withdrew with a hearty bow.
Half an hour afterwards Logan oame in, and
found Sol repeating in every variety of indi| ;nant
tone, ‘febrifuge ! febrifuge!—the ignorant qu -ack !
give me febrifuge ! What do you think Lo gan 7
dial licensed assassin, after considering my case
for a week, has just fdund out that I'm tro ubied
with worm* ! and has prescribed febrifuge: W orma
—who ever heard of any body but molaasei i-can-
dy-aucking children having worms 7'
'Febrifuge ! worms!’ said Logan in turp rise
‘havn’t you made some mistuke 7 Febrifuge is any
medioino intended to cure fevers; aren’t you think
ing of vermifuge 7’ ‘Oh Lord!’ groaned Sol
‘vermifuge, that’s what I meant; I've made a mis
take—call back that Doctor, I must beg hia pa rdo».
But why in the name of Heaven don’t they give
Christina names to their d—d drugs 7—St. Lorn
RtnUle.
A Drunkard’s Elociuknci.—A drunkard was
lately taken before a justice in Baltimore, and com
mitted to the alms-house. As he was about being
lifted from the floor to be taken to the carriage
which was to convey him, a bystander remarked
that he was in a fit condition to describe the berrorr
of intemperance. At this, the inebriate started,
and with difficulty gaining bis feet, looked the gen
tleman in bie faoe, and said io the most eloquent
manner—“7b detcribe the horror* of mJmpsr-
dnes, tit, a would tak* a pen of iron, dipped faa
the burning lava of hall.” The effect upon those
in the offloe wee eteoiriqal. ^ .
A CoNacuMidua Joaaa.—“I remember,” say*.
Lord EWoti, “Mr. Justice Gould trying e ease at
‘We.find ihe WiawJ»g4BsydiM‘l7««»d
tie sketch published under the
po vis i« tho Baltimore American.., V ,
Povsarv.—A .few days aiece. » f»o»« »•* „ de *
eei »tly clad female,'presented herself at one of our
pal ice offices, end requested the magistrate lo send
Iter to the almhuuae. Her manner and langoago
den mtpd that site had aoen better days; and while
she begged the officer lo grant her last request the
tes rs in rapid courts trickled down her fu/rowed
die eks. snd Iter sobs choked her utferancs, as she
trii d io tell tier mournful story. Tho officer as in
dut; r bound asked her name, when site replied in a
mat mer that brought tears, from the eyes of those
stui dy minions of the law, whose heart* are neces-
sari ly steeled lo pity and Ihe finer feeling* of the
ma- 3. . . u
“ A«k me not my name.” she criod,' let me bear
in * ilence and unknown, the fate an inscrutable
| Pro viduuee bus meted nut me, but let not aged pa
rent a. fond brother* and loving aisters, hear that I—
| that i liuve died the inmate of an elma.bouse, and
the recipient of public charily,
“1 will grant your desire,” the magistrate repli
ed, • ‘butif Lknew more of your history end cir
cuit) stances, 1 might probably do something belter
fory ou.”
“1 will tell what I dare tell, If you will believe
that I speak the truth, and use your influence to ob
tain me some situation, in which 1 cun but. earn an
hone si living,” was her impassioned answer,
T he-msgistrale promised to do all Ito could for
her, and alleviate her situation as much as possible.
*-t lay Heaven bless you sir,” she .aid, and told
the f allowing mournful and tfirilling concatenation
of su .ffering and perversity, commingled with the
actua 1 feelings of the woman.
‘T wo yeurs ago, sir, I was happy and know not
what it was lo want; my parents were rich, and
owned-' one of the first piantstions in a southern
Stale . I was but young—not twenty, but 1 had my
suitors, the sons of wealthy tnen, yet I loved them
not—n o one of tho gaudy throng^ had as yet made
an impression on my heart. Thera was in the
neighborhood a poor, but manly youth, the
toucher of our district school; he visited our
house, and wns treated with all the respect and at
tention that tho other visitors received , and I—1.
sir, fill in love with that man, and it was recipro
cated. My father soon discovered our secret, and
forbade him ever to cross hia threshold again.
Ne*d l say, sir we met clandestinely and wore mur-
l ied ; WO fled and took up our residence in this ci
ty. My husband—my William—taught anaoaae-
n ly for a livelihood, and for eighteen months we
v fere happy, but then my husband was taken sick,
puid he—he died! Yes—oh God !—-he died !
e ,nd I was left alone among strangers. I wrote to
i my parents, asking their forgiveness—but—my—
letter was returned unopened. My little means are
exhausted and I must starve, or—go to that refuge
of poverty—the almshouse—but it will not last
long, the sands of my life are nearly run out, and 1
look for a refuge from this world’s miseries in
my grave!’ ...
She ended, and every eye present was wet with
sympathy for her unhappy situation. One gentle
man who was present. will, that noble, generous
>snd manly feeling, so characteristic of natures
noblemen,’ came forward and offered her a home
and asvlum beneath his roof, which we need not
add, was cheerfully and thankfully accepted, and
she left the office with the prospect of better, if not
laaopier days before her.
Thus it is in this world, misfortune dares piano
h er ruthless hands upon victim* of every grade ;
a,id the sons und daughters of luxury sometimes
drink of ihe bitter dregs of the cup of peuury and
misery !
ToDacoo Csuruax in Usoaau,.—Ybere ssewfa
lobe, s* ws have herstofoss riwshadsm-loniDS■
any dutrtit that tbs Ctdliirs of tobacco ItdomhoiwH
hccomfc- tosheral lb Osorgfe. Tha sdhor of lfcb
Savannah Republican, Speaking of tb# favor with
which rife subject htfa mat, say#—'* Ths inquiries
for seed and information are multiplying. Coosid.
eruble quantities of tho Cuba seed have been die-
tributed from this city, sad ten time# ibe quantity
could be disposed of even yet were it in the mar
ket. Neal fall we feel confident that a full supply
may be relted opuii by our in ibe interior.*
A new specie* of seed obtained not tong since
from Celinfornia has been used by a Mr. Clarke,
ofOrangecoonly, Va. with entire success; audit
is believed that it would be admirably adapted to
the soil and climate of Georgia, owing toil* rapid
growth end early maturity. The seed sown by
Mr. Clarke was obtained from the Patent Office ai
Washington, and although not put into the ground
until the middle of March, the plant* were ready
to set out as the other kinds town in January.—
Mr. O., in a letter to the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth,
Commissioner of Patents, describing his expert,
ment, remarks s
‘ The California tobacco, if it continues lo ripen
and grow for the lime to come, as it did for me on
the first trial, must come into general use—first,
because the plants are much earlier in the spring
(sny ten days at leaat) than sny kind we hove; se.
condly.when Iransplunto i, the growth is remarku-
ably quick, matures and ripens at least from 10 to
16 days earlier limn any kind of tobacco we have
in use amongst u*. It is a large, broad, sicky leaf,
of fine lexture. and cures of a beautiful color, aud
some plants grow as large as 7 feet across from
point to point; and, upon the whole, i consider it
a valuable acquisition to the planting community.
The seed 1 send you have come muoh more to per
fection than the seed 1 obtained from you; which
circumstance, I think,is favorable toils beingadap.
ted to our climate.”—Marlbro' Ga%.
Tho seed furnished by Mr. Clarke lo Mr. Ells
worth has been distributed by the latter throughout
ihe country, a small lot of which has been for
warded to us.
enct,a|
'Mi
l«*n1
-if I
Taste For Reading,—If I were to pray for a
taste that should stand by >yie jn stead under every
variely of cireumsta“- oei( an( | |, e a source of hap
piness and cheerfulness lo mo through life, and a
shield against its ills, however things might go
amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a
taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as
a worn.'y advantage, and not in the slightest de
gree derogauT® ^ rom '^ 8 Ligiiwr office und sure and
stronger panoply of ren a ” ou * principles, but ns •
taste, or instrument, and a mode Of JJ' eB .«urable
gratification. Give a man this taste, End the means
of gratifying it, and you can hardly foil of making
him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his
huuds ir must perverse selection of books. You
place hi'jn in contact with the best society in every
period of history ; with the vyisg;*, ihq Silliest,
with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest char’
aclers w.hu have adorned humanity. You make
him a den.izen of all nations—a cotemporary of all
ogos. The world has been created for him. It is
hardly possible but the character should takes high
er and better tone from the constant habit of osso.
dating in thought with a class or thinkers, to say
the least of it, nbove the average of humanity.
It is morally impossible but that the manneis should
take a tinge of good breeding and civilization from
having constantly before our eyes the way iu
which the best bred and best informed men have
talked and conducted themselves in their intercourse
with each oilier. There is a gentle, but perfectly
irresistible coercion, in a habit of reading well di
rected, over the whole tenor of man’s character
and conduct, which is not tho less effectual because
it works insensibly, und because it is really the last
thing he dream of. It cannot be better summed up
than in the words of the I,alin poet—“Einollit mo
res, necsinit esse feros.” It civilizes the conduct
of men, and suffers them not to remain barbarous.
Sir J. herthel.
A Ghost Sfectaclrd.—Some years ago there
was attached to the Park Theatre a very worthy
old gentleman—a man who had lived long enough
to realize the truth of the aphorism of Dr. Johnson,
that
“ Superfluous lags tbs vetern of Ihe •lage.”
His name was Chapman. He had been a good
actor, and was a very usoful one, even in his old
*g®. One night Hamlet was up for performanoe,
and just before the curtain rose, the actor who was
to enact the
N Ghost of HmiIci's Daddy,”
was among ihe missing, and Mr. Simpson was in
some doubt if he could find a man among his troup
who could go in and tell the “royal Dane”
Tub Artichoke.—Several trials which we have
known made with this root, indicate that it is one
of the most valuable for stock, winch cao be culti.
voted. A few years ago, a gentleman of our ac
quaintance planted a small patch of rich ground
with them. The produce was at the rate of 1,209
bushels per acre. They were principally harvest,
ed by hogs, which were turned in and allowed to
root them up as their appetite prompted. They
gained well, with no other food, while the arti
chokes lasted. A great advantage of this root is,
that it will lie in the ground without injury ail win
ter.
Mr. Thomas Noble, of Massillon, gave us a
brief account of a trial with artichokes, made by
him the past season. In April, 1848, he planted
two acres with this vegetable. The ground was of
medium quality. The artichokes were planted in
row* 2 1-2 to 3 feet apart—using a little more seed
than is commonly used in planting potatoes. As
soon as the frost was out of the ground last spring
(1840) tho digging of them was begun and contin
ued as the stock required. The produce of the
two acres was 1500 bushels. They are principal,
ly fad to sheep, though some were given to cattle
horses, and hogs. All animals ate them well,
seeming to prefer them to turnips. While the
sheep were being fed with them, they were pastur
ed on growing wheal and clover. The shepherd
thought the wheat and clover was sufficient tor
them, as there was a full “bite,” and he according
ly discontinued tho artichokes. The ewes 'fell off’
iu lltuir milk, and ihe lambs soon showed that they
‘ Hning so well. The artichokes were
were noi w ‘ -“on did as well as ever,
again given, and they fodder, He
Mr. Noble also, used the tops m* • k
cut them in October, just before the Iru. .
dried and housed them. They w-ere fed • .Me
stock in winter, and wore preferred to corn •
Mr. N. is so well pleased with artichokes, that he
israi.in ! « h “^,yjjr ^ ^ „eces.
.ouuire but little c”-mi .U. ar-
. market, «r
nature of th* pastor
lishsd “English grus M
tak* tb# trouble to .'
struck with an (nqtoL
would accrue from an la
tbn«avfR‘
few oents to ila sailing f
thing about lb* toerMgMffi
be easily obtained, 1
a belter system of dairy i
bion.
W intea Butter—Mr. Jade Klmbalb J ^
don Vi., has shown tie some MOolioa*b«HoM*odo
in December law. It is yellow >e aaemwf tbe ufee
that are made In ItHfe. '■ J 'VA
Mr. K. tells o* ba maids Mo milk bafora saariag
it for cream; and hia mod* for sealdiaf lO to-boM
a quantity of wafer in hie boHer aod aat Ibe mUk
pail in the hot wafer—hot boiHnf—lift iba mil
become thouroughly warm. It la than MM
in a dairy where the heat is kept uniform ai
sixty degrees.
We think this is a better mod* of making wtotar
butler than scalding or fraeaing the Brsana.*-flflaaa.
Ploughman. ,
Egyptian Corn.—Robert W. William aft*
lahaasee, Florida, in a letter to th# ndilOF afl-tbo
Ainericnn Agriculturalist, dotad Nov. IE H44
says; “One word about Egyptiaa aoa»«. kfefaow
green, with p crop from fiv* to eight hand* uW*
each root more iked half matiiftat This, should
it mature, will be the fourth ripe seed thet has bOOU
gathered from one planting. Froaath* mannas It
continues to send up shoots free* the old root,
induced lo try if it will not rattoon next spring,, by
protecting it this winter, > - ;
“The tow price of tho great southern staple 1#
having ihe happy effect of causing proprietor* to-
give more *T their personal atfenttoa totboirpleo-
tations ; ends as a natural coosequeuce, producing
u ta«ie for the acieoee of their profession, end o
demand for agricultural publications and Impntsad
implements.”
two
at
tho
“Tba (low worm shews iba matin lo ba near,
And 'Ains to pale bit ineffectual Ere."
In his emergency he asked Mr. Chapman if he
would do the ghost. “Ay, that I will," responded
the venerable actor, and in a trice was caparisoned
“ill complete steel," reedy to “visit tha glimpses of
the moon, makiog night hideous, aud we fools of
nature.”
Tim good old actor, doubting hi* perfection in
the words, took a took at the piny, and stationing 1
himself by the wings, looked It over, that he might
be teady and perfect when called for. As he wss
nsarstghled. he wan obliged to wear spectacles
when raiding. Presently he wa* summoned, end
0tt ^* ?*“*» e, *n[ ffato aghoet, Ho had toareely
etoJWffre paoee before tit* whole sodfesee broke
quire but little <
sary to keep the ground clear oi w«„ u .
licholte get a gnpij Sturt* "* "
M. T. Johnson, of Greensboro,’ Alabama, lately
informed ns, that he is this y enr growing 30 acrw
fusbio v >0k f 4 | l considers il.em timeout pro-
fitsble vegetable he can raise, I„ that climate they
cun De dug any lime in the winter-
There are several varieties of artichokes, but
that called the Jerusalem arlictioko (Heliamhus
luberosus] is considered the be3l. From the fibres
of the tops or stems, a cordage is sometimes man-
ufactured in some part of Europe Alb. Cult.
On Ploughing Old Pasture Lands With
the consent of tho proprietor, two pieces of old
pasture were ploughed last spring, in the parish in
which I reside, and sown with oat* in the usual
way. ^ 1 lie produce of the first piece is estimated
at 70 bushels per statute acre; the second piece
produced 04 bushels per acre ; and I have nu doubt
of tho successful ciopping of this land for a series
of years, in the hands of the present good msnag.
iog tenant. A part of this field, containing about
fourteen acres, remained unploughed, and was not
slocked in the spring, but mown for hay in July.
The whole produce was only about five tons, and
but little herbago grew afterwards. It i* easy to
seo Ihe relative position of the occupier with re-
gard to these two pieces of land.
It may be said the excessive drought that lasted
so long in the summer, caused the failure of the
grass land. Thi* is fully conceded—and the fact
strengthen* the evidence in favor of ploughing, in.
asmuclt as it gives the farmer a greater control
over the elements. By ploughing deep, pulverizing
and stirring the soil, lie can render it capable both
to atlrap. And rotuin moisture, aod enable the young
plants to resist in a great measure, the effects of
excessive heat or excessive rain. In this descrip.
tion of land, there has been an accumulation of
vegetable matter going oil for generations, alt of
which, by a course like that it pursued in the above
case, might easily be converted into food for man.
—Tho*. Underwood, in Northampton (.Eng.) Mer.
Stump Lifter.—What is the best kind of ma
chine for taking out stump* 7 Many contrivances
have been got up for Ihe purpose of clearing fields
of stump*. One of the most common in thi* sec.
lion is the wheel and axis, mounted on high posts
so a* to lift the slumps up. Th# Albany Cultivator
lias a out of one which it says cost three or four
hundred dollars, and which has cost ihe inventor,
first and last, 910,000, to bring to perfection. Tlij*
appears to be an excellent machine, but although it
' require* but a stogie horse to pull up e stump of (lie
largest rale, yet it oost* too much for “these dig,
gings.” '' ■ . J. ’
We have seen the following very simple plan of
etump c fearing, adopted with good.sucoese.
eriwtig, stiff, hard woqd stick i
fifteen of twento foel longed ri.
ViNKBAB.—A writer in tb* New Genes*** Far
mer, gives the followW receipt for making vine
gar, a barrel of whidt, according to Ibfe nsod*.
will cost but u trifle. Taking eight gallons of clear
rain water, add three quarto of moleeaee, pot Into
u good cask, shake weft I few limes, tbs*
or three spoonfuls of good yeast, of JW»
cake*. If in the summer, piece the c**r
sun; if in winter, near the chimney •here
keep warm. In ten or fifteen day*, add tt»L_
quor a sheet of brown paper, torn In strips dipped
in molasses, qnd good vineger will be prodnoqd.”
1’he paper will in this way form wh*t te celled to*
"mother,” or life of vinegar. •
Prevention of the Fly in 8*eif.—I here
heard that an excellent way of preventing aheap
being struck with the fly, is to mix train-oil »nd
sulphur st A moderately tbiok substance, and wo
occasionally apply it with a brush down the beck
of each animnl, during th* sseso* that thfr fiy to
about.—M. A. 8. [The plan will very frequently
succeed in preventing the attack Of the fly, but the
more simple aud effectual method is the occasional
application of coarse whale-oil. _
London if* Crim*
Make Your Own Candle*—Take two pounds
of alum for every ten pounds of tshoW. dfesolve it
water before the fellow I* pnf in, end thfawmelt
in the alum wafer, with frequent stirring,
‘"YT 'clarifies a.”' 1 hardens the fellow *0 as to
and it f larl,le * -.ic.fe for winter Of earn,
make a most baauttiu! » "
mer use, almost as good ** , P 8fro l „
' !» .Mind In the Cincinnati Chronicle that
*»« *wv wf. • ; Y
•the whole number of Hog* packed et varies*
places in Ohio, Indiana, Hlfeoh, Kentucky and
Tennessee this season was 692,870. Lfet season
the number was 933,600—showing a decrease this
season of 340,030. The felHag off to weight is
said to be very great. It fe estimated at trout 12
to 15 per cent.
To destroy Vermin ooCutle, take sulphur Wei-
um 4 ox., oil of tar 4 ox., whale oil 1 pint; grad,
ttally mix together. Sometimes the two latter alone
will prove effectual—Cor. London. Ag. Gan.
Precocity,——Mr. Edward Hartley, of Kent ee..
has in formed us that be bee a self, of life agm «f
one year, one month, end twenty one deye. wbfeh
is the mother of a eclf weighing 4T M llife.
*!»*(«*.) JK*.
To Primevb Flowrrs; Insert the stem in water
up to the flower, renew the wafer dolly, adding «
little powdered chareoc! and occasionally <ttoati.
lute salt water for fresh.
Continuation or Mats m Cows—Extract of »let-
ter from Mr. Calvin Buttor, Plymouth, Ct., te the edi.
tor: “On the subject of keeping now* in milk from
year to year, I have bad some expertenae. It fe oot
true that cows kept constantly in milk, willsfta**^
of yean fail of their milk. This dependsupefa ifa
lure snd disposition of lbs cow for milk or fstfes
I kept one in milk tor five run cooctintir. *r»A
creased in Imr milk every year, and it wss akaoR im
possible to dry her when I turned hsr fe bseT l md
now milking on* for ths third year, wbfeh ssitlfer —
nor fails in her milk, and I presume would not, sfieeid
■lie bo milked ten years, f im milking another for tbs
first year, which 1 presume will cantina* to gain, from
year to year. My cow* have been kept from ths bull
—not spayed.
w 8r a V n 0 t to “? T w ‘be editor.
W & Gtbbes, Est, of Chester District, B. O., says r
—“In your November number, p. 3Y7, notice fe fakes
of spaymg cattle. Mr. Jam* Knox, ag active to enter,
prising young farmer, and neighbor of mine, baa been
n the snceessfoi practice of spaying milch sows and
heifers for some years put; the cow* do set
■M^dth***’ " e,,er l0 **- ,hai ' “ i,k ’ e*d one that he
spayed three vesrs ago* is giviqg yet hsr 0***1 quoQti.
ty of milk. He has never feet Me. Thto totem he
successfully spayed on ewe for me, as sn experiment,"
Flt in Wheat!—Mr. Wm. Whiting ol Nsw-Ymk
sent a. an extract from rife Detroit Advertser. rec^
mending cats to be sewn in the fill with wheel. ~
quarts to the acre, for the pwttotfeo hf tC who
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