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fEW SERIES—VOL. III., NO. 18.
ATHENS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1849.
VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 30
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SamncrH Farewell.
BT ELIZA COOK.
Whit Round i* that ? 'Tis summer's farewell
In the breath of the night-wind sighing;
The chill breeze cornea like a sorrowlul dirge
That wail* o’er the dead and the dying.
TIhj sapless leaves are eddying round,
On the path which they lately shaded;
The oak of the forest is losing its robe;
The flowers have fallen and faded.
All that 1 look hn but saddens my heart,
To think that the lovely so soon should part.
Yet why should I sigh ? Other Summers will come,
Joya like the past one bringing;
Again will the vine bear its blushing fruit;
Again will the birJs be singing;
The forest will put lorth its ** honors” again ;
_ The rose be as »wet£ in its breathing; ^
"The woodbine will climb round the lattice pane
As wild and rich in its wreathing
The hives will hnve honey, tlio bees will ham,
Other flowers will spring—other summers will come.
They will, they, will; lint, ah ! who can tell
Whether I may live on till their coming ?
This spirit may sleep soundly then
To wake with the warbling or humming.
This cheek, now pale, may be paler far,
When the summer sun next is glowing;
The cherisliing rays msy gild with light
The grass on my grave-turl growing:
„ The earth may be glad, but worms and gloom
May dwell with mein the silent tomb.
And few would weep, in the beautiful world,
jftlijttllsm]. level of the sea. The stars came to my' hall of justice, fn company with the
: - ||! assistance, aid I desetied Mount Blanc, ! sheriff, without uttering a syllable.—
“The Skimmer i, Ended.” [the position of which indicated that Pennsylvanian.
, ._.il wa3 approaching Turin. Mount!
The lime of song and flowers has BIane on Iefti 30 ared above all , he | DO not Belr «■ Appearance,,
come and gone, and the gentle breezes c ] oudSj and re sembled an immense I The N. O. Picayme of the 6th inst.,
..f autumn are heard sighing o er the block of crystal, which scintillated with ! says: We were informed yesterday, by
wintered beds of decaying flowers, and ; a || 10USa nd coruscations. At a quarter! a person who states it as a fact, that on
through the brandies of leafless trees,, lo 3 o’clock, Mount Viso clearly showed ! the landing of the-aieamship Falcon, an
where the merry bird trilled forth its rich-| me j was near Turin; and I re-> individual came on shore without hat,
esl songs. The jnelody of the babbling . so | vet | to descend. I did so without coat or boots. After looking around
brook is drowned m the passing winds j difficulty. I descended in the vicinity him for some lime, with a free and easy,
—the quiet, gentle grove .has1 beer1; of an immense farm; severa! watch dogs independent kind ; ofon air, he called
to take , but little disposed to speculation and
strinped of its green rooT the hill and j greete<i me, and my pellise alone pre-jo drayman ani requested him
vaHeyare fast losing their summer love- served me from their rude carresses;; charge of a pair of saddlebags,
lmess, and the leal is sear and yellow,, t h e i r barking awoke the peasants, who! were on board the Vessel, and convey tion to the more practical inquiries, as
fiimre Inst o„r rhpeks wpr«* fnnnRfl hv • . . r . . i thom lo Hewlett’s. With some hrsitn. to the use to which these caudalappend-
mh the. ag^s are intended to he ^applied.-—
lifl the’Snakspeare tells' us '
Since last our cheeks were fanned by j were more surprised than scared by them to Hewlett’s,
the cooling winds of autumn, what a. roy presence. They iofomed me ihaivUon. lhe dray^po
change has was 2o’clfick in the morning, and Vequest, hut on .att<
hearths of many of us! What dear lhal x was in lhe vil , of p oil , For te, r J ,, ' L
dornestic scenes have been broken ~ 0 - —
asunder—the heart’s idol laid low in
F..r the
Few
juries
who hai lef
And ii
ould rememlier tlic form c
11 l be r
e that clelt
Many mighi keep my name in their lips,
IMeaxed with lhal name degrading:
My follies and sins ah.ne would live,
a next shall beam !
r.V REV. GEO. W. BETIIUXE, D. D.
M Jlfy meal 1* to do the will of Ifim lhal tail
Upon tho well by Sychar’s gate,
At burning norm the Savior sate.
Athirst anJ hungry from the way
Ilia feet had trod since early day.
c had gone to seek lor food,
Ami left liia
They r
And there
Nor wear
lolilude.
* lowly brow
For while they sought tho market place,
HU vvorJs had won a soul to grace,
And when he set that sinner tree
From bonds ol guilt and infamy,
His heart grew strong with joy divine,
More than the strength of bread and wine.
So, Christian, when thy f.iith ; grow» fiunt,
Amidst the toil that throng the saintp
Ask God that thou mayst peace-Impart
Unto lentil other hnomtt Itcsrt;
And thou thy Master’s joy shall share, ,
E’en while his cross thy shoulders bear. \
stock, or whether it will bear out the
theory of those progressive development
philosopers, who maintain that the hu
man race is nothing more than an im
proved breed of cruslacse, and has pass
ed through the various stages of devel
opment, from tad-polc to terrapin—
from bear lo baboon,* until it finally
reached its present full state of physi
cal and intellectual perfection, we j From her
leave for learned Doctors to decide; ^
and as they differ so widely, we dare not
venture an opinion. Being, however,
Waipiiit (Enterings.
And. voiceless the eternal wind swept wide.
e needed was, where 1
i near Stupini, six kilometres from Tu-
. , , r ... . , . . , I rin. I passed the night in the farm-
ilie dust, and familiar.faces‘been buriedIj house, and the next morning obtained
i the “cold obstruction of the tomb. ;jl certificate from the mayor, attesting
The sirange disease, whose track in j my arriva |. \ reac hed Turin at 9
o’clock, A. M. and immediately wrote lo
Wit, Immor, &r.
the Old World was marked by grief and |
desolation, was wafted to our beloved !
shores, and its coming was the signal
for moaning sobs and crushed hopes.—
Our goodly city was not exempt from
1 ravages.
For more than three months its pois-
icd shafts were fixing their envenom
ed points in the hearts of thousands! —
Sobbing and wailing were heard in the
deserted streets. And now, as the last
sighing of tlie summer winds arc dying
into an echo, the notes of wo and sor
row arc heard still in our city. Hearts
herelt of their idols—a father weeping
for the “ absent one”—a wife for the
cheering smile of him who won her ear
ly love—a daughter for that mother
whose only fault was in the kind indul
gence to this now liereaved child—the
son. whoso hopes have been stricken by
the sudden taking off of a kind lather.
To such as have felt the fatal touch of
tliis terrible disease, autumn lias an
unwelcome sound. The ripened fruit
and golden grain will he unheeded by
these “ sorrowing ones.” Their hearts
will hear no music in the journeying
winds of Heaven, as they tell man that
another season has rolled away—that
another “summer is ended”—that the
gleaner for the grave has been busy
with friends and neighbors. No, no—
jbey .weep in silence for the beloved
objects iKtiVciftr pcyi r ebeer ihem again
in this, world.. ^ Tho.au tu ran’. time- lias
I cotheva^d soBgjLnNft^roeB^v^Vaoish-
ed ! VVWshall teafili us lo ffvget the
heart’s anguish—the heart’s woes.—
Cincinnati Chronicle.
implied with thi
, pting' to lift thi
saddlebags, be found he was unable to “There's none so vile that on the earth doth li
do so without assistance. The fact was, But to the earth some special good doth git
they contained $40,000 in gold, which and we have always been taught to
the coatless, halless and bootless man j believe, that every created thing had
had brought with him from California, its special use, and was intended for
my dear wife at Chateau des Fleurs,
then repaired to M. Bois le Comte, the
French Ambassador, who delivered me
a passport, and at 11 o’clock I attended
mass. in the Church of Madre-di-Dio
at the funeral service in honor oft he
death of Charles Albert. I afterwards
saw a review ; in the evening I went to
the Theatre of Angennes ; Ligier played
the part of Louis XI. 1 could not help
meditating on the fact, that on the pre
ceding evening, at the self same hour, I
was at the Chateau des Fleurs, at Mar
seilles, and near 140 leagues distant!”
Mr. Bryant, editor of the New York
Evening Post, in his last letter from
Paris, thus speaks of political liberty
in Franee:
“ At present there is very little polit
ical liberty in France, except the liber
ty of suffrage. The police can seize the
printed sheets of any journal containing
expressions which the Government hap
pen to dislike, and prevent its circula
tion. The law punishes with severe
penalties the vague offence of printing
and publishing any thing which is calcu
lated to bring hatred and contempt
the Government, and lhereforea trial by
jury is allowed in such cases; all that
the jury has to do is to say whether the
obnoxrnos article was published or. not. jj
the jtitTgps, who are the ^reaVure^of tfee
Government, decide
violated or no#. TJ
Facing the Music—Some years
ngo, in ihc New Hampshire House of
Heprusenialives, one of the members of
that body,an odd slick liom South Hamp
ton, when the yeas and nays were taken
on an important question, did not. an
swer to liis name. Alter the roll was
finished, lie rose and addressed the pre
siding officer in the following language:
“ I rise to let you know that I did not
mean to dodge this question; 1 only
squatted a iiulc, in order lo take a better
view of the whole subject; and I now
say ♦ No’ to that critter.”
Extreme Modesty.—The Pittsburg
Saturday Visiter tells a story of two
prim ladies who entered complaint
against a neighbor for bathing in a
stream five hundred yards from their
dorr, and when asked how they could
recognise him at dial distance, replied,
“ Oh, we used a spy glass !” A grea
deal of what passes for modesty in inis
*• great country” is of the quality of that
exhibited by those “prim ladies.”
Dr. Brown courted a lady unsuccess
fully for many years, during which
time he every day drank her health ;
hut being observed at last to omit the
custom, a gentleman said—*• Come Dr.
your old toasts” •• Excuse me,” said he,
“ as I cannot.piakc her Drown Til toast
herjvo longer.'’
Tc*Ltps.—An editor says; “a fair
young friend ofours recently invited us
' to imbibe the fragrance of her tu-!ips ;
we did so with great unction, whereup
on she boxed our ears, snd affected to
say she had allusion to a paltry flower
of that name.” “ Alas, alas,” he there*
. upon moralizes, •* There is no truth in
** My good gracious ! I wonder what
they’ll manufacture out of grain next.'
* said Mrs. Partington. “ Here’s an ac-
. -count of a man making a bye fare, and
of another making a floury speech.—;
t Tbr« « whole column about corn
Jt is very interesting to see two per
sons get into a passion and scold half-
• hn hour.and thru discover that the
whole qnarrt-l arose from a mistake, and
that neither ol them knows what he has
■ been talking about.
- ‘ Why should the foreign powers of
Europe look upon lhe (Jailed States
with .contempt 1 ?
A 150 miles Trip In a Balloon.
Hot far is it la Turin ? How far to Grand Cairo !
Some uneasiness had been felt at
Marseilles, says a Paris paper, respect
ing the fate of an intrepid aeronaut nam
ed Arban, who set out for that town in
balloon on Sunday evening, the 2d of
September, at 6 o’clock. Letters from
Turin have been received, announcing
liis arrival on the 3d, at 2 o’clock A. M.
(i. e. eight hours after his departure,)
the Abbey of Stupini, not iiir from
j capital of Piedmont. We subjoin
the itinerary of Mr. Arban :
Having set out on Sunday evening,
the 2d of September, from the Chateau
des Fleurs, Marseilles, I passed
the wood of Esterel at 8 o’clock, and
my experiments showed me that (
at an elevation o! 4000 metres. The
temperature was already cold, but dry,
/law'is
therefore, of escape, when thc r Govern
ment has marked out its victim. Peo
ple are arrested and detained by order
of the Government, and there is no pro
cess like that of our habeas corpus
deliver them, if confined on a frivolous
or insufficient pretext. There is no lib
erty of assembling lo express public
opinion on political questions, in ad
dresses and resolutions, or we should
have seen the er.ti*e people moving on siVlereti
the Roman question. In short, here is
a Government, with popular forms,
conducted in the worst spirit of oligar
ch}', and allowing ample scope for the
exercise of the most capricious tyranny.
We will guarantee that his costume to
day would not disgrace an habitue of
Broadway. Truly* appearances
fallacious and deceptive.
some purpose, whether for good or for
evil. But for the soul of us, we can
conceive no possible use to which a tail
only three inches long, appended to a
human body, can be applied. We can
readily conceive how a “ fine flowing
tail” might be useful to an unfortunate
judge or juryman, as a plaything, to
while away the tedium of a three hours
speech in a “ yellow-water case’*—or to
lash
Beautiful Allegory.
We take the following from the
Spingfield (Mass.) Republican:
“ In conversation a few days since
with a lawyer who was an enthusiastic
admirer of this great man, he related ! the lawyer, how it might serve
to us an anecdote of Mr. Crittenden’s ! him into a proper degree of fury, at the
professional career illustrative of his j proper moment for “putting on the
singular power before a jury. j steam,” or, curled gracefully upon his
“ Mr. Crittenden was engaged in de- J back, how it might serve to relieve the
fending a man who had been indicted ; awkwardness of the positions he some-
fora capital offence. After an elabo
rate defence, he closed his effort
by the following striking and beautiful
allegory;
“ When God, in bis eternal counsel,
conceived the thought of man’s creation,
he called to him the three ministers
who wait constantly upon his throne—
Justice, Truth, and Mercy—and thus
addressed them; “Shall we make
man ?” Then said Justice, “ Oh God !
make him not; for he will trample upon
thy laws.” Truth made answer also,
“ Oh God! make him not; for he will
pollute thy sanctuaries.” But Mercy,
(hopping upon her knees, and looking
up through her tears, exclaimed, “Oh
God! make him. 1 will watch over
him, and surround him with my care
thrpugb all the, dark paths which he
;may, have ScO[frfcld.** ; Then ;.0o<k
and 5
deal with thy brother.”
“ The jury, when he finished, was
drowned in tears, and, against evidence
and what must have been their own con
viction, brought in a speedy verdict of
not guilty.”
of hi* name,
1 soundless; and all v
n’d freezing Death, who, 1
.farmers’ Dtportnirnt.
Agricultural Ode.
God of the rolling year.
We in thy courts a'ppear.
Thy praise to sing;
And lor the golden store
That loads our thre*hin?41<
Ando
Jingo
times assumes, in the opening of
speech. In short, we can readily
conceive how such a tail might be made
generally useful; but a stump th:
ches long, we regard as neither useful
nor ornamental, and a decided incon
venience on the bench, (unless with a
convenient augurhole in the seat, and
at the bar, a decided bar lo advance
ment. We refer the subject with all
its difficulties, to the scientific gentle-
who are now discussing the sub
ject of the unity of the human race, anil
hope they will favor the public with a
solution of it.
A Second (Jly&ses.
An old man ol very acute physiogno
my, answered to the nameof Jacob Wil-
mot. was brought before the police court
in Philadelphia. His clothes looked as
if they had been bought second handed
his youthful prime, for they had suf-
n iii|n,i.iiun: Hus airi-.my tuiu, uui U, J, . , •' * , * :•»
and my centigrade thermometer marked J nore ,r0 [ n l " e rubs of the world
four degrees below zero. The wituM hanlhe proprietor himself.
blew Southwest, and carried me to- j
wards Nice. For two hours I was en-
veloped in thick clouds above my head;
my pellisse was no longer sufficient to
protect me against the cold : and my
feet suffered most grieveously. I resolv
ed nevertheless In continue my voyage,
deciding to cross the Alps, from which
l knew I was not far distant; my
supply of gas being sufficient to raise
iny balloon above the highest peaks.—
The cold increased, the wind became
steady, and the moon lightened my
path like the meridian sun.*,T M(as at
the Tool nt tin; A tV«*^ms-
cades, and the mountain lorrcnls'spaVk-
ling in the light; the abysses and rocks
formed large black masses, which
served as a shade to this gigantic pic
ture. The wind rather baffled the reg
ularity of my course; I was alternately
to descend and ascend, in order to sur
mount the incessant peaks. It was II
o’clock at night when I attained the
summit of the Alps; tho horizon then
became clear and ray course regular. I
was 46000 metres high ; and was ob
liged as a matter of necessity to contin
ue my voyage towards Piedmont. I
only saw a chaos before me, into which
a descent was impossible. After having
supped, I conceived the idea of throw
ing my empty brandy bottle inio the
midst of ibe snowy waste, in order that
any subsequent traveler might discover
some vestige of my ascent. At half-past
1 A.‘ M. I found my sell above mount
Viso, which I knew well, having explor
ed it on a funner occasion. The Po and
Durace thence derive their source. I
recognized' the position and discov-
From the Fxlmettp State Banner.
Men With Tails.
The recent discovery in the interior
of Africa, of a race ol men gifted with
the somewhat unusual appendages ol
tails, or to speak more scientifically,
who have tail-like appendages, formed
by the elongation of the vertebral col
umn, may ’ perhaps throw some light
upoii the subject of the human race,
.. . ir. , - v -PW , vb»ch’bis_jfc*ntly occupied lhe .public
Ans.—-Because she has lost her Gainc# .ered 'its tnngnificienl plans. Before ; would indeed, be a matter of astonish-, mind, and-rformed the subject of so
and her General Worth. Mbis conviction had been obtained, a. menu" j much laborious investigation and re-.
singular effaci of mirage, produced by j “My sentence is, that you discontin- \ search by learned Doctors and Divines,
Somebody very wickedly says that the reflection of the moon on the snow ue traveling for the term of thirty days,j and which is supposed to bear some-
two blooming young'ladies got* caught and the clouds, would have led me to while you recruit yourselfal Moyamens- what upon the institution of slavery,
out in a shower very ‘ recently, and imagine that I was on the open sea. The mg.” But whether this discovery is calcula-^
when they had got borne, lhejruin had west wind,'however, had not ceased to “ This retort was a poser, and Mr. Wil- ted to sustain the position taken ^ by
washed the very color oul of their blow, and niy exact observation showed mot submitted to the requirements of those who maintain that the negro js a
checks. me that I could not be much above the the “ vagrant act,” and retired from the 1 regular detcendent from the Adamic
What business do you follow, Wil-
mot ?”
“Business! None! I*m a traveler.”
“ A vagabond, perhaps?”
“ You are not far wrong ;—travelers
and vagabonds are much the same thing.
The difference is, that the latter travel
without money, and the former without
brains.”
“ Where have you traveled ?”
“ All over the continent.”
“ For what purpose?”
Observation.”
What did you observe?”
A little to commend—much to cen
sure, and very much, to iaught at.”
“ Umph ! and whal did you find lo
commend ?”
A handsome woman that will stay
at home, an eloquent preacher that will
preach a short sermon—a good writer,
that will not write too much; and a fool,
who has sense -enough to bold his
tongue.”
*• Whal do you censure ?”
“ A man who marries a girl for her
fine dancing—a workman who believes
in the sympathies of professional gentle
men—-a.youth who studies law or.medi-.
cine, while he has the use of liis bands;
and people, who elect a drunkard or
blockhead to office.
“ What do you laugh at ?”
“I laugh at the man who expects his
position to command that respect which
his-personal qualities and qualificationi-
do not merit.”
“Oh ! I perceive you are an ulterer«f
pithy sentences ; now I am about to ut-
! ter one that will surprise you .”
A pithy sentence from your honor
The Turn ot Life.
From forty to sixty, a man who has
properly regulated himself may be con
sidered as in the prime of life. His
matured strength of constitution renders
him also impervious to attacks of dis
ease, and experience has given hisjudg
meut the soundnessofulmost infallibility.
His mind is resolute, firm and equal;
all his functions are in the highest or
der ; he assumes the mastery over bu
siness—builds up competence on the
foundation he has laid in early childhood,
and passes through a life attended by
many gratifications. Having gone a
yeat or two past sixty, he arrives at a
critical period in the road of existence ;
the river of death flows before him, and
he remains at a stand-still. But
athwart this river is a viaduct called
The Turn of Life,” which, if crossed
1 safely, leads to the valley of old age,
round which he winds, then flows be
yond, without boat or causeway to ef
fect its passage. The bridge is, how
ever, constructed ,of fragile materials,
and it depends upon how it is trodden
whether it bend or break. Gout, apo
plexy, and uther bad characters, also
are in the vicinity to waylay the travel
er, and thrust hfift from the pass; but
let him gird up his loins, and provide
himself with a fitting staff, and he may
trudge oitin safeiy with perfect compo
sure. - To quote metaphor, “ The Turn
of Life” is \ turn eliln** into ft' prolong
ed walk or into the grave. The system
and powers having reached^flieir ut
most expansion, now begin either to
close like flowers at sunset, or break
down at once. One injudicious stimu
lant, a single fatal excitement, may
force it beypnd itrown strength ; whilst
a careful supply of props, and the
w ithdrawal of all that tends to force a
plant, will sustain it in beauty and in
vigor nniil,night has entirely set.'—The
Science of Life, by a Physicvin.
•See “Vestiges of Creation."
nd sword-like pen—and with an inward laugh—
On mind’s vast grave, wrote dead Hope’s epitaph
In ice for ink. Her dream was liberty.”
“ Remember, by earnest qndeaver ? to
L circle iyr which.
16 (he gospel
. seizing each moment
and the good which it brings, he it
friendly glance, spring breeze or flower,
extracting from every moment a drop of
the honey of eternal life ”
“No sincere desire of doing goo.l
need make an enemy ol a single human
being; that philanthropy has surely a
flaw in it which cannot sympathise with
the oppressor equally as with the op
pressed.” —
“ The cure of all the ills and wrongs,
the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes
of humanity, lies in that oue word
Love. It is the divine vitality that ev
ery where produces and restores life.—
To each and every one of us it gives the
power of working miracles, if wc will.”
“ All clouds of sorrows, all afflic
tions, are but Voices of Angels, which
are attuned to the deaf in ear and hard
iti heart, that they may touch and make
vibrate the chords of the inmost soul,
become the medium of mute eloquence,
by evolving holy sympathy from oth
ers. They are the voices of holy spirits,
and do thus speak that all tribes and
nations may hear, every man in his
own tongue.”
Energy.—Energy is omnipotent.—
The clouds that surround the houseles;
boy of to-day are dispersed, and he is
invited to a palace. It is the work of en
erg}'. The child who is a beggar thi
moment, in a few years to come, may
stand forth the admiration of angels!—
Who has not seen the life-giving power
of energy? It makes the Avilderness to
bloom as lbc:rose; whitens the oceans ;
navigates our rivers; levels mountains;
paves with itoa a highway frotn Stale
to Slate; and. sends thought with the
speed of lightning, from one extremity
of the land to the other. Without cner-
vhal is man ? A fool, a clod.
Our tribute bring..
Not for our brethren, slai
On the red battle plain.
Is man laborious,
Than tho victorious
Weaver of bay*.
More than the sword or»
is the plough honor
Time to Maury.—Let t
All i_ divine.
Coil of the bounteous earth,
Shield us from blight and dearth.
Henceforth as now ;
I.ct us all dwell in peace,
Our flocks aud herds increase.
McCracken’s Experience.
Tell us about the fight, Jo.” -
Whyvjrou see, boys, it was one 61
the tightest places j ever was^—Jack,
give us a light, will you f I njevef seed
pcrzacily as many tnen around one poor
fellow afore; an’ I wouldn’t a cared
much then, ef it had ben in a place whar .
I knowed the ropes; but I never had^J’
seen Louisville; but somehow, I thought'
ef I was to gel into a file. I’d show some ' , .
of them chops (hat Mr. McCracken could i whu .' vl . shes ,n l,v<! lo "S and h "RPV «**
put in some right tall licks. So, I lakes j ma l rr " : ’ 1 al lQ \ of
off my homespun, roils up my sleeves,! el 8 ,cen * ,. 1 1 iase ?S VS ol , sexaa ’ lr "
when all at once sulhin’ itruek me.” mosl ca P ablc of lestmg attachment.
“wily, lTnotieed mail feller on the L. Female Soc.ETy.~He who speak
utside of the crowd pick up a rock. < ‘S ,l ly ° 5 m .° e _
but it was’nt him, for he threw it down
again, another feller, a Major something,
had an eternal big hickory stick in his
fist, and—•**
“ Was it the Major ?”
“ No, I don’t believe it was ; as lie’ll
walked away before the skurmage com
menced ; and Idid’nt see him any more;
beside, he did’nl look like a man what
would maltreat a stranger; but, as I
was sayin’ suthin’ struck me.”
“ Whereabouts did it hit you, Jo?”
“ On the head. As I was sayin* I
had iust got myself peeled, and had
sort a singled nut a pop-eyed lookin' I surraan ,;'?
nrl ivni I It i n L- i n rr I mark, 1
made of that k.nd of material which
so easily worked that everyone has a
/ I hand in it. A sterling character—-one
who thinks lor himself and speaks what
he thinks—is always sure to hnve ene
mies. They are os necessary to him as
fresh air; they keep hitn alive and ac
tive. A celebrated character, who was
surrounded with enemies, used to rc-
feller justVore me, arid ' was thinking!"™' 1 ” “ Th »y »« s P a ' k '- "W** lf
to myself, you’re ray mut, sure, when ! do n «» blow will go out of themselves,
sulhin’ struck
Did it knock you down ?*
“ Hold on fellers, don’t be in such
a squmption—no, it did’nl knock me
down ; but—”
No—I eam S 8 e ay d it y d“d ? much; but, | God's Field,; a beautiful name, sugges-
as I was sayin’ the pop-eyed feller look- "™ " f h °P efa ‘houghts. So we s
edas ef he thought he was about to ever be taught to see it-tb.nk tt.
catch the orfullest cowballopin he’d
Gtnl sprcl Jlio plough.
Stirring the Earth.
In frequently stirring the earth, there
are several and important advantages.
It loosens the soil, and makes it permea
ble to the roots of plants. It finally
pulverizes the soil, and reduces the
sods and clods, and mixes the different
kinds or layers of soil turned up by the
plough together, and mixes the manure
finally with soil. We have ploughed
greensward for immediate sowing with
fine seeds, and by manuring, 'and the
frequent use of the harrow aud culti
vator, wc have made it of fine tilth, and 1
well adapted to lender plants, like old
mellow soil.
By stirring the soil often, so as lo>
present new surface to the air it be
comes enriched by elements imbibed
from the atmosphere. Bui if the earth
is allowed to rest, a crust is formed at
the lop, and no improvement of conse
quence takes place in this way. Hence/
in ploughing or cultivating land often,
in order lo kill or wither cough grass,
sorrel, or other noxious plants, the soiS
becomes improved by the means used'
to eradicate the weeds with which it is
infested ; so that the whole labor is no%
spent merely to destroy the cumbrous
of the ground. The soil that is turned!
up in deep ploughing, or that works up
moderately in sub-soil ploughing, be
comes greatly improved on exposure to*
thefcilmosphere and frequent stirring.
By stirring the soil, weeds are de
stroyed in their tender age, before they
become large, to rob the plants of nutri
ment, or require a good deal of labor
to destroy them. If the farmer can-
keep ahead of his work so as lo stir hi»
tillage lands often, just as the wced»
have started, he will save a great deal
of labor, besides gaining an advantage 1
in having his land in the best condition*
in other respects lor a good crop. Some-
writer says, in regard lo manuring,,
“ Feed your crop, and your crop wilt
■ciety is a numskull j feed you ;” and it may, with equal pro-
a knave ! the former not having sense j priety, be said, protect your crop against
enough to discern its benefits, and the the weeds, and your crop will proteeb
latter hating the restraint it lays on his you against want.
vices. | Frcqueul stirring the soilis the cheap-
Enemies.—A man who has no one- es i aill | must effectual protection of
mies is seldom good for anything ; he ts , crops against drought. The soil that
often stirred, in a dry time, is moist
almost to the surface, while that which
jlected, or lands in grass or small!
grains, which do not admit of this oper
ation, are dry to a great depth ; and
this is one reason why wheat sowed iir
drills, and cultivated as oilier crops
sowed in the same way, yields more
than that which is sowed broadcast^-—
At another lime we may make further
remarks on the subject.
Every good cultivator is aware of the
important advantages in stirring the
soil often, and he practises on this prin
ciple with success. Let those who have
doubts on the subject select a part of
a lot, give it extra culture, and mark,
the result.—N. E. Farmer..
Time is a fortune, on the proper use of
which depends our success in this world
and our happiness in the next.
The Germans call a church-yard
: should
The following lines are on the monu
ment of a younggirl in Mount Auburn:
“ Shed notjfor her the bitter tear,
Nor pine' wltli vain regret,
’Tiabut the casket which lies here—
The gem is sparkling yet.”
Those orators who give us much
noise, and many words, but little argu
ment and less wit, and who are most
seed in his born days, and I’d just
doubled up these pertater grabblers,
calculatin’ lo plant one of’em on the
tip of his nose, and knock both his eyes
back inter the natural position, when,
I said before, sulhing struck me.”
“ Was it the pop-eyed feller?’
“ No sir-ee ! I knowed from his build
vas a quicker-motioned man ’an he ( ...
ts; and had jest sort o* sot my upper 11°^ whet, they are the least lucid,
lip stiff, and drawn in a long bretb,! should lake a lesson from the great vol-
wben suthin’ struck me.” jnature; she often gives us the
“ Well whal was it ?” ! lightning even without the thunder, nut
“ Why, an idear lhal I’d beticr be a j>l>« tliaftder without the lightning,
makin’ tracks from them diggins fast; j. ' . ; ,, .
and boys, if you’d only ben about ihar j T *>e Persians have a saying that
that morning,you’d a seed old McCrack-1 “ Ten measures of talk were sent down
en, a makin* the fastest time for lW o; upon .the Earth, and the women took
miles and a leetle better, aA ever was
made'in Jefferson! Whoop! and if
you’ve got any. more of the ■ bald-face
pour it out!”
Increase of Population.—Miss Su
san Felt, of Syracuse, N. Y., recently
gave birth to five living infants—all of
whom are likely to do well; The fath
er of these children at once consented
to marry Susan, and a handsome sum
was subscribed for a *fit out” for the
family. How proud Susan Felt about
that time ! The mother of five chil
dren and the wife of a floating husband
—all in a clay! Oh! My! What a
squalling !■—,Y. Y- Herald,
Women Stronger than Oxen.—A
distinguished physican says; I antici
pate the period, when the fairest portion
of the fair creation will step forth unen
cumbered with slabs of walnut and
tiers of whalebone. The constitution
of our females must he first rate to
■withstand in any tolerable degree the
terrible inflictions of the. corset eight
long hours, every day. No animal coaid
survive it. Take the honest,ox,'and
enclose his .sides with hoop., poles, jiqt
an oak plank beneath him, and gird the
Sweet Potato Seed from tbc Bloom.
The undersigned has raised, for three
years past, sweet potatoes, ol better
quality than usual, in ihc following ivay,
: The yam potato vine blooms in.
August; in about a month thereafter
they form a pod ; the seed ate then,
formed of about the size of sage seed K
and of the same color. Tho pod should
he noticed, and gathered when ripe, or
else they will soon drop. In the spring,,
at the usual lime of sowing seed, I sow
them in the same way -I sow cabbage
seed. They will not come up quite as
soon, but will continue doing so through
the spring. The plant is small and
delicate in appearance, and should be
drawn in a wet season, with a little
dirt attached to it, and transplanted.-^-.
The leaf and vine have a different ap
pearance from the- potato usually, and
the potato will be found to grow larger
and smoother than usual.
I prefer this method, after satisfactory
practice, to raise the potato, to any other,
* '■ Collin Wood.
A sailor being, asked if ho were
allowed to. gratify three wishes, what
woald they be ;
“ My first wish would be for all the
rum in the world.” “ And the next?**
“iUl the tobacco in the world.,” “Now
r f 0 the third ?” Jack was at a loss, turned
whole with a bed cord and demand of his quid with his tongue, and at last an*
him labor. He would labor indeed but J swered, “ Why, darn my eyes, a liltfe
j} Woql4 be for breath* . .. more rum,”