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M ISCKLtAX EOITH.
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FAMILY scenes.
pins; Sa% run* a
of thlS table, raises
id, and of course
lustily. The mother
assistance.
' ® “Rid it hurt its pr
* was it hurt my Sally?”
The sobbing child points |o the ta
ble.
“Was it the tablet naughty table"?
Beat At yrall.” [Slap! slap! on the
“ThSj^jl teach it to hurt my Sal
anothit tUfee. Beat the naughty ta
ble again, ft shan’t’hurt my Sal
ly.*!
In the mean time Sally’s contusion
has become less painful, the red
eyes are
4ft
. and the child is pa
cified—at the expense of a practical
lesson injrencnge. Miss Sally, fifteen
years afterwards, throws tho blame
of every mischance or misfortune
which her own clumsiness or firilv
has caused, upon her companions
and dep
must
0
ents, simply because she
ye a table to beat.
The'?mfotfier’s pet, Tommy has
been playing all the morning with his
tiew toys, has broken up his drum to
see wjbat was inside of it**and tost
his penny trumpet and his wind mill
into a cojrner; amhmwv he conv-s cry
ing to his parent, tired of bis play
and plaything, and expects her to
spend her time in inventing new
amusements for him.
“No Pm-busy. The clothes have
just come in from the \yashing, and
I most pnt them away. I can’t play
with you to-day, Tommy: indeed I
can’t. M'ffj-
H«t Tommv knows belter, lie
hn^heen'trtTd fifty times before, that
his fft^hd^was busy and could not
attend to him. and lie remembered
well (Hat a little teazing gained him
victory. Like a good general, he
tries the same manoeuvre again.
“Come and plav with me. Ma! I
don’t know what to do. 1 can’t play
al >oe. and Dick won’t be home from
school till two o’clock.”
A frossb denial provokes a second
fit oferving. and TommyV persever
ance triumphs. 11 is mother plays at
bare and bound with him, makes a
cat’s cradle For him, tells nun ■.■imsi
Slones'; and mends Ids,drum, till the
clo/ik strikes two. Tlie^fnther comes
secs no dinner readv, looks for
fe and finds her at the napery
bis
%
5K&
press. “My dear, how is every thing
-«0 late to day?”
“Oh, that teasing Tommy would
have mo play with him this whole
livplong morning; and I have not been
able to do a thing since breakfast.”
Thus a petted child’s whims arc
allowed to derange thfc economy of a
whole family; and the good mother
never dreams that she is bringing up
her favorite to bo a selfish, self im
portant being: a burden to himself,
and a plague to society.
Even the odious vice of lying is
most urfconsciously, but most effect
ually, inculcated by (he weakness
and inconsistency of parents.
“Frank, yon shall not go outside
e .garden wall again, to play with
irty boys in the. street. I
liaveTold you fifty times I would not
have it; and t wont. If you ylver^o
again- without my leave. I’ll never
spaalfcjjlA vo" i^er wards. I’ll sell
you to$f$pe gip|S»r and t^y may do
what they like with you.”-
They say man wouhf leap over tire
wall of a paradise, even though it
were surrounded by a desert, to es
cape confinement. At any .rate,
Frank does not choose to be Cooped
era. They bring them more busi
ness than all other causes put togeth
er. %
From the Southern Agriculturalist.
USE OF CHLORIDE OF LIME,
As « preservative against country /e
cer.
Dear Sir: The period has arrived
for the performance of a promise that
I made ydu in September, that if 1
escaped the country fiever until the
middle of November,' that I would
make you a communication on the use
of the chloride of lime, as contribu-
ing to the preservation of health, when
exposed to the mephitic air of tin
country during the summer. Before
l enter on the explanation, it is neces
sary to premise, that I visited my
plantation (under the culture of rice)
throughout the summer,"for twenty
years past, generally remaining two
and often three nights—that for
twelve successive years [with the ex
ception of the two last) I invaiiahly con
tracted the country fever, and was
several times dangerously ill, aid
many weeks confined to my chamber.
My annual exposure to the deleterious
air ol a rice plantation, with a regular
recurrence of feves had made it al
most a habit in my system; but never
theless I continued to incur the risk
of visiting my plantation. In tile
month of June, 1829, h iving reflected
much on the established purifying
quality of the chloride of lime on an
imal and vegatable putrefaction, 1
determined to test its efficacy on the
miasmata of tSj|e country, s'ljn-osii:.
that the air of im ciiaumer might
possibly be corre< tnl by it. and ren
dered more salubrious. Under this
impression. I procured a small jug of
the chloride, and took it to my plan
tation about the middle ol July, in the
summer of 1829. when I common cd
my expeiimei t with it by putting two
table spoonfuls into two saucers, (two
ui each,) one saturated with water to
a staie of paste, and the other was
kept dry; they remained on iny man
tlepice until I retired to bed, when
they were removed to my chaitihei
and placed on each side ol my bed
stead. (on the floor', at the distame
of three or four feet. 1 never replen
ished the saucer until I re-visited the
country, which was generally in the
course of eighteen or twenty days
throughout the summer. 1 experi
enced m fever, after June, in 1829.
and [ # cnn confidently say that my vis
its to the country in the summer of
this year, have been more frequfcnt
and of longer duration than heretofore,
and with perfect impunity. I have
regularly used the chloride on each
visit, with the alteration of placing
the saucers on the hearth, in preler-
enee to the bed side. Whet her my
exemption from fever in the two last
years, may be ascribed to the chem
ical properties of the chloride, or
not, I am incompetent to decide; but
1 am disposed to think that it affords
some protection in our dorniiloiy dur
ing the hours of sleep. Planters will
recollect illat the summer ot 1829.
was remarkably \> J*t as ; his has been
dry. As nn auxiliary io ii.V* ciilpride
adjoining wheat has been left -alive.
From iU present ifypearanoe, it will
odiic^ I believe, two thirds more
jts adjacent neighbor.
" the keeping in the bag be (be
*-
>f this superiority? 1 believe
nit, heoause in several previous
years, sdhd wheat has been kept by
me in bags, and no similar insult has
taken place; r#y inference uthence,
is, that this difference must be owing
to entire ripeness of the seed. Should
any reader of this communication have
doubts on this subject, it would give
me.greal pieasuso to show them tbe^
growing wheat, which will convince,
I should think, the most septi-
cal.
From my twenty-four years experi
ence as a tanner, I am also satisfied,
that the smut is mainly attributabh
to unripe seed wheat. My seed
wheat has been always riper than
that of iny neighbors, and during that
period, I have never seen but six
smuKed heads in my own cops. In a
conversation With the late Mr. Isaac
Williams, he confirmed tny opinion,
hy staling to me the same practice oi
one of his nearest neighbors, attended
by the most entire success.
In making this communication, the
interest ol whogt growers is my sole
object, and if, bjr it, their crops should
be increased, it will contribute to the
happiness of your obedient ser
vant.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Liberty Ilill Caroline.
harvesting oats.
It is much the best way to moiv
(not to reap) oats when beginning to
iuiii yellow, whether they are wanted
tor tjuider, or fur the oats nub the
fodder If a farmer warns to make
tile most of Ins oats, il lin y are ever
so sioot, let Inin umiv (lieu wueu be
ginning to turn yellew. Dry them
a ell, thresh them us nun h as he
pleases, anu Ins cattle oil cat the
straw in preleiviiee to tjie n.sl mead
ow buy—and besides the grain must
he brighter and heavier than it they
stand in the liYId till quite lipe, and
the straw is spoiled.—Detroit Cur-
ter-*
throat,
flames, 3
rage, Vo
of a forge 1 ?
appearance
eyes 'were
body • swollen with
fell like the bellows
skin had a dull scaly
rapidly as id appear (ike a dull va-
pbur. When the Canadian began to
play upon the flute, the Serpent start
'd with surprise, and drew back its
bead. In proportion as it was affect-
<‘d with the music, its eyes lost their
fierceness, the movements of its tail
became slower, and (he noise of its
rattles gradually died away. It sunk
in circles on the ground, its skin re
sumed its lustre, and slightly turning
its head, it remained without motion,
apparently fixed with attention and
pleasure. At thfs moment the Can-
ndii n advanced a few steps, produc
ing with his flute sweet and simple
notes. The reptile opened with its
head a passage through the b ug grass,
and followed the musician, stopping
as he stopped, and following as he
umit forward. In this way it was
led out of the camp, attended hy a
great number of both savages and
Europeans, who-could scarcely be
lieve their eyes, when they witnessed
the effect of music on this Serpent.”
There are other established ac
counts of the power of music in at-
tra< ling serpents, which are given by
credible eye-witnesses from the East
Indies, and which shows, that the
figure us. :l in the passage is founded
in faet.—Child's Magazine.
tail moved so Isaac Mason at length revealed him-
REV. JOHN WESLEY.
IVhat muu be done by Industrious I lab
its
f recommend the avoidance of mg.'.’*
up: sojift leap? the garden wall next
dajf, *“
sail t f
J0B is'tho merriest an&lilic nois
iest amongst his rough companions.
* His mother mids him. Does she
use all intercourse with her own
ild, as she promised? Does she
sell him to the gypsies, as she said
iffi-obe would?
Yet she expects him, when me
air whilst in the country, and an early
bregkfost before exposure to the
m rnitljf air. Having acquitted my
self ofiny promise, 1 leinain. very re
spectfully, dear sir, your obedient ser
vant.
HUGH ROSE.
Charleston Nov. 16, 1SS0
*
on.earth be learnt such wickedness:
end^werC jrou to suggest that her own
example, (at all times mere powerful
with children than precept) was the
Id be coiisiderei
cause, '(would be cotiiidereg an
n«yer to be forgiven.
No wonder that a man’s word goei
little in thiTworfd, and that
MMHust have oaths anil pledges U p-
sions. The best friends
|ve; are ignorant moth-
ON REAPING WHEAT.
To the Editor of the Virginia Herald:
8ir—As the lime of harvest is ap
proaching, I address, through your
paper, my brother farmers, on the
importance of allow ing wheat for sow-
|ng,to be entirely ripe before reap
ing. Accident last year, and eye
the propriety of I hi* course.
In the year 1829, having selected
by hand some euis of Mexican u he^
and sown it in the
■mi
fall of the sui
grows up, to consider his word, oncet year, it wis forgot ton until my little
gwen, .sacred . inviolable. If she o/m wamiiiJn/l *ma * 1... a I a ■ a a a
detects l$fm in a3ie, she wonders how
son reminded me that it ought to be
gathered. It was then from seven to I ^ —1—
ten day. after my other wheat of # *ON **TffE ^HARMING OF SER
ivlwxil ““ PENITfi
Mr. Wesley, the venerable founder
of the Me l nudist denomination, is
universally allowed to have been un
ext ramd.nary and highly distinguished
character. VV hatevei may be thought
of his peculiar sentiments, none can
dt ny Inin the credit of truly apostolic
zeal and benevolence in what lie con
ceived to be the way of duly. Fur
upwards of filty years Ire travelled
8000 miles each year on ail avarage
visiting Ins numerous societies, at 47
annual conferences. For mote than
■ 60 years, it was his constant practice
to rise at lour o’clock in the morning,
and nearly the vholeol that period to
preach every morning at live. He
guner.illy preached near 20 times a
week, and frequently four times a
day. Notwithstanding this, i*ery few
have written more voluminously than
he; :*iviui(y both controversial ami
practical, ,history, philosophy, medi
cine, politic*,
at different times * the
whi^li his irpn^vas enriploffcd.
8 *d c ‘ s fids, he I'otnuE time fw reaniiig,
corresponding, visiting the sick, juu‘
arranging tiio matters ofliis numerous
society; but such prodigies of- labor
and exertion vvould have been impos
sible, had. it not been for his inflexible
temperance and unexampled economy
of time. Yefagto supple that he had
no failing, or th^J^was fiee from
faults, would be Wmrd, but after
vieiving hjs snfferm'gs and (he extent
of his success, \Vfth in unprejudiced
mind, it Is impo|)pib(e 16 deny him the
Bethlehem—from a Traveller's
Note Hook. — We visited this charm
ing town, on our way from Philadel
phia, and found il to exceed our inos-
sanguine expectations. It has be*
ton e the resort of many from vari
ous parts of the Union, and some fam
ilies “from the city,” spend a part ol
the summer here. The accommo
dations are good. We stopped at
the large establishment kept by Ath
erton, a quaker, who with his wife
and daughter, do evejjp tiling to make
it the traveller’s home. This liou»e
is very large, three sto.ies high, and
commands a fine view of the country.
It belongs to the Moravians, by whom
this place was first settled; and at
this time it continues to be, exclu
sively, a Moravian settlement. The
only place of worship, i3 a spacious
church belonging to that denomina
tion: it will contain on the lower floor
about Uvo thousand persons. The
Moravians are fond of music; and in
the dhurch. besides a fine toned or
gan, tlipy have a full hand of instru
ments. A day or two previous to
our arrival, one of their old members
died; and as they have a peculiar
ceremony on such oemtsions, jou shall
have it as commun'nroted to me. As
soon as a member dies, 4 musicians
ascend to the lop of the tower of the
h, with
it t
*115. Aouiuoui tasi year, ana eje . UIUIU , “ '• impopiDie 10 aeny turn the
sight this year have convinced mo of Character of a singularly great and
■“*“ ~ e * worthy man ^ ^
Ini
the 6
Jie finished •‘his
ear of nis age.
which time be
i,000 sermons and
1,000 miles.
career in
In the
preached
travelled
le&jlh diM£ Thfe body
aiv remove* to the house
i' ol * l|ie and on the
the friends o» M ,e u*cea
at the church, where h'.'’
V v , •: •*-
iadvilLe, Penn. June
tvois tl-avelling In Upjier Cahadn, that
may tend to throw light on the ex- respectable farmers met
pressions used in this passage. “One. (he stores of this village
day,” says lie,. u a riiufeknske entered Thii one accosted the oil
out camp. A^ong us was a Uanuiii* mifUir way, “
Jn who could play on the flute, and ! Gebfger^at (heroVn
who undertook to divert us. "On Ins ■ "■ ~
going near the rbptile, it curled itselt
up, flattened his head, blew up its
cheeks, drew up its lips, shot out its
I'ang9, and showed its blood : .ij$(h
Tfiis
do
elioio
his hand. George eyed thl
saluting him with H^fQiSnb
for some time; but ‘
o|Qiie)bI^e:
Wfhe advantaged. „
link I hav« seen you [
mg' perplexed &*oi,
with numerous remarks, dalctlale’d
pune and more to excite bis curiosity,’
although :
fore.”
self to his brother George.. Tbe'gin^
gular fact was then tlisciosoj, tl,ai
although these brothers reside witjiin
the distance of six miles, the*~oiie
north, and the other south, of this
village, and each of them almost week
ly in town on business, that they lit
not met each other, during the
fifteen years. It is,no Jess %mt
hie that durin rj
peatedly visited
^period they ri
°l hex’s, fauia
but it so happened that thd f»ar(v vSI
ited was invariably from l^me, on tlfl
occasion.—Crawford Jlles.
Simple Means of Purijying Water —
It is not so generaHy known ns it
ought to be, that pounded alum po S .
Bosses the property of purifying wn-
ter. A large spoonful of pulverized
[shead of
ol"m, sprinkled into
water, (the water sti
the time.) will, after
Jew hours, by ,,reefy
bottoro the impure v jjhf
ifv it. Hint it will be found
nearly all the freshness and Ae
of the finest spring water. A pailfu
containing four gallons, may be puri
tied with a single tea spoonful.
Dreaming.—Intemperance of evers
kind in eating or drinking, in sleep 01
watching, in rest or exercise, te-di
«<• make dreams disagreeable; a nc
litrelore, one and of dreaming mat
be, to recommend temperance anc
moderation. For the time we era-
ploy in sleep bears a great proportior
to the whole of human life; and, i
there be any expedient lor rendeidni
that part of tinie agreeable, it is sure
ly worth whify to-pufit in practice
Habits of virtue and soberness; the
repression of turbulent desfres; anc
the indulgence of pious, social, anc
cheer/ul disposition^re, for tlie most
part, effectual in giving that lightnesi
to the animal spirits, and that
temperature to the blood, which pro
mote pleasurable thoughts througl
the day, and s*veet slumber and eaw
dreams hy night-—Hr at lie.
The CentreviHe (Indiana) Tim<
contains the following anecdote*:—'
hemarkable Conduct of a IJar’i
Mr. Israel Abrahams, 111 the vRaiitl
ot this town, lias a horse that. vvtlL<
his own accord, pump a sufficient
ot water for all the other horses c
the farm. ^ Mejinve witnessed bin
when turned loose into tbebnrn-yar<
go directly to the pump, take th
handle between his teeth, and thro’
the water with as much force, an
almost as umcli regularity, as a ma
would, until Iiq would pump,«iour
e tor Ins companions and hinifel^ wht
,v he would driidi, and dciibcratcl
hie. No pajfli Were jiW take
deposited.-
i fiPth perfect
same kind had been cut. This wheat
was then gathered.and deposited in a
bag. Last Ootob#; this wheat was
seeded on tho sam* day, in the same
anuer and adjoining other Mexican
heat. No selection of land was
made for it, as no experiment was in-
tenW -I, .urvived ,he .„d io'Yunnin^i
the IHSt flfiVftrA IVHllAR taratl* l!ti m m
PENTS.
“They are like the deaf adder that
stoppeth her ear; who will not heark^
en to the voice of charmers, charm
ing never so wisely, Psalm 58: 4, 5.
or as wo read in the margin of our
larger Bible, “be the charmer never
the last severe winter with Jittle iniu-
ry r but not more than one tfeird ef 'the
Mr Chateaubriand mention^
cumstance which occurcd wl
I
tff
assemble 7
funeral service is performed. , The j
corpse is brought from the dead house]
to the lawn in front. The mOurnelsi
place themselves around it, and alter '
several strains of solemn mnlfceWne
procession takes up, the line ef-ffiarch
iSUhe grave, preceded by the band
still playing, which is continued some
time after tfyp coffin is
The grave yard is keo|
neatness. The, graves ‘ are in rows,
on each of which
of stone, about
.on which is eng
deceased—th0 * d
ordeath.
ed at, v wa
welder,
ed in 1
miles fi
on, hetW^ r ^
r York, Ithexe is a daily line of
stages. It is situated on the Lehi»»’ 1,0
that river und the canal to th
Ware runhwg through,
is remarkable—that
ftliich
^*lo hi
London—i
'east to^west
nqrth
cnce; tpspo
It contains 1
Eese, 15 Rom
gogues, 6 Qua
.50 i
is 1
churches,
in Catholic,
Chapels,
senters Chapels, S3 Hospitals
BanKs.
a physican, according
Herod^us, never altimpjed thecu
of but^H maladjL^Pery diseas
yer resj
munitj
counts
. in Betlile!
te ® of the* 4 MCT'avians ac
this raoraj phenomenon.