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•i'T !NEW SERIES—^VOL IV.; NO. 12.
ATHENS, THUESDAI, NOT. 28, 1850.
VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 34 I-ZZla**^**
THE BUND BOV AT PLAY.
But when we found a starry flower.
And praised its varied hue,
A tear came tretnbliug down liia cheek,
Jost like a drop of dew.
dignity in bis grandfather’* chair; and I Steers like Jim's were selling rapid-1 blemish or inequality, and, 4 ends in a I Anniversary Address—s. c. Iustiintc. It was
beingVportly old gentleman; be com- j ly for from $20 to $30. The .lawyer | point loo fine lo be visible. .The 1 breads I Alan early hour, last evening, says contents
plelely fiMed if Rom elbow lo elbow. ] hauded'Jim the X, and lold John, his { of a fine la.wn seem coaAer than the J the Courier of Tuesday, the spacious in-1 brimfull,
On the opposite side of the room, be-1 hired man to put the steer in the pas- (yarn with which ropes are trade for. an- i terior ok* the Theatre presented a most her fr
tween the brufoimaids, sat Miss Betsy. Iture with his own. Ichors; but the web of. a talk-worm, or brilliant.spectacle. From the pit to the
She was blushing with all her might, Soon afterwards John returned with ! of a spider, appears as smooth as when third tier, and in everynook and corner
A nuntiow o'er tbe rill, mother.
5’JEST.’S
lie i««nd quite .till upon the bunk.
Anti bev m long, long sigh.
why lie wept, mother.
and looked like a full blown peony,
great red apple, or any other round
and scarlet object. .
There, too, was the bridegroom,
dressed in fine purple coal and gold
lace waistcoat, with as much other fine
ry as the Puritan laws and customs
would allow him to put on. His hair
ropt close to' his head, because
Weai&*!li
Whene'er we found the upcts.
Where periwinkles slept, mother,
O’er wild forget-me-
- Ah me r raid he, while teurs n
A* fart m rammer nbowera,
"111*because 1 cannot see
The raiuliine and the flower*."
And thank God for my sight.
The Pine-Tree Stall ling.
BY HAWTHORN*.
Cap!. John Hull was the rninl-mas-
ler of Massachusetts, anti coined all the
money that was made. His was a new
line of business; for, in the earlier day:
of the colony, the current coin was tht
gold and silver money of England, Por
tugal and Spain. These coins l»eitig
scarce, the people were often forced
to barter their commodities instead of
selling them.
For instance, ii a man wanted to buy
a coat, he perhaps, exchanged a be
•kin lor it; if he wished a barrel of m
lasses, he might purchase it for a pile
of pine boards. Musket bullets were
used instead of farthings. The Indians
bad a son of money called wampum,
winch was made of clam shells ; and
this si range sort of specie was like
wise taken in payment of debts by
English settlers. Bank bills hnd never
been heard of. There was not money
enough of any kind, in many parts of
the country, to pay their ministers;
Bo that they had to take quintals of
fish, bushels of corn, or cords of wood,
instead of silver and gold.
A As the people grew more numerous,
^ an *
a smiling countenance. j viewed by the naked eye. The finest „t. the stage, the passa
s*/Well,”:said lawyer L, “how do j and most delicate lines ma^e by the cn- stair cases, was congregated an array
you like the new steer ? Is he a match ] graver, are found to be rqjjgh ami rag- 1 „f beauty, fashion ' and intelligence,
ged on .their edges; but.no»n single ap- equal to any previous.assemblage which
pearance-of this isdiscerniJjleupon the ‘ we have witnessed within the walls of
i —. ..„ i 1
Governor Etidieoti had forbidden any! twenty dollars f*
man to wear 'll below his ears. But he j have again paid
was a very personable young man;}
and so thought the bridesmaid and
Miss Betsy hcrselt.
The mint-master was- also pleased
with his new son-in-law—-especially
« he hud SB i,l nothing nl h.r portion.
- * v~. ■. ■ So when the marriage. ceremony was
over. Captain Hull whispered a word
to two of bis men servants, who imme
diately went out, and Soon returned
logging in a large pair of scales.—
They were such a pair as wholesale
merchants use for weighing; a bulky
commodity was now to be weighed in
them.
“ Daughter Betsy,” said the mint-
master, “ go info one side of the scales.”
Miss Bei**y—or Mrs. Sea well as we
must now call her—did as she was bid,
like a dutiful child, without any ques
tion of why or wherefore. But whaj
her father could mean, unless to make
her husband pay for her, by the pound,
(in which case she would have been
a dear bargain,) she had not the least
idea. ' :
“And now said honest John Hull
to his servants bring that box’hilher.”
The box to which the mint-master
pointed was a huge, square, iron-bound
oaken chest; it was big enough my
children, for all four of you to play hide-
and-seek in.
The servants tugged with all their
might and main, but could not even
lifi ibis enormous receptacle, am! were
finally obliged to drag it across the
floor.
Captain Hull then took a key out of
his girdle, unlocked the chest, lifted
the poudernn3 lid. Behold! it was
full to the brim of bright pine-troe shill-
ind the trade with one another iucrcas- ings, fresh from the mint ; and Sam-
cd, the wnnl of current money was { oel Seawell began lo think that his
•(ill wiorftfepsibly felt. To supply the! father-in-law had got possession of all
demand, the General Government pass- I the money in Massachusetts Treasury.
‘• An exact match,” said John, “ at
least he ought lo be, for you’ve been
sold.” •
“gold!”-. .» • V,
Yes, sold ! • The steer you paid
yo
ed a law for establishing a coinage of j But it was the mint-master’s honest
of shillings, sixpences and threepences.! share of ihe coinage.
Capt. J. Hull was appointed to manu-J Then the servants, at Captain Hull’s
facture this money, and was lo Imvet command heaped double haudsful of
about one shilling out of every twenty, shillings into one side of the scales,
l9pay~Min for his trouble for making
them. ; v .
.Hereupon, all the old silver in the
colony wns handed over to Capt. John
Hull. The battered silver cans and
tankards, I suppose, and silver buck
les and broken spoons, and silver bills
of swords that had figured at court, all
such curious old articles were doubt
less thrown into the melting pot togeth
er. By far the greater part of the sil
ver consisted of bullion from the mines
of South America, which the English
buccanicrs, (who were little better (ban
C irates,) had taken from Spaniards and
rought to Massachusetts.
All this: old and new silver being
melted down and coined, the result
while Betsey remained in the other.-—
Jingle, jingle went the shillings,
handful after handful was thrown
till, plump and ponderous as she was,
they weighed the young lady from the
floor
There, son Seawell,” cried the
honest mint-master, resuming his
in his grand-lather’s chair, “lake these
shillings for ray daughters portion—i
dots and lines with which nature has or- j ih:s edifice. On be
nainented the bodies of the insect races. ; i|, e audience, Judj
How do the.Cmost finished productions
tat man fade before the perfections ol
nature’s handiwork!* ,
introduced t»:
Mr. L.» in spile of his momentary
anger couldn’t help smiling'.: and as
Jim had never said anything to him
about the game cock, he concluded to
play the stoic, too, and say nothing
about the steer.
Our hero, after waiting a month or
two in hopes of hearing from his custo-
made it convenient to call upon
him one day*.
•* Squire,” said' he, “ I’m pesky sick
r.f that ar steer bargain, and hev come
to trade back if you bain’l no objec
tions.” - , i: :
The deuce you have 17
Why, sarthi,” replied Jiui. He
laid the money on the lawyer’s desk,
and commenced whistling a negro < hut I had not the'time, the courage
melody. ...... i the strength to undertake the laborious
See here, Jim,” said Mr. L., “ lake | task. But now that God has given me
your money aud go borne. Its a good I fellow-laborers in iny children, all has
joke, but don’t tell it lo anybody.” ] succeeded beyond my expectation. I
Wall, if you want the steer 1 ’spose j have tilled my field; at least a Week
you must hev him, but he’s wuth; earlier than I had lioped. Therefore I
nior*it ten dollars.” I thought it just to employ rfffc time tliat l
At this stage of the conversation Jim ; have, gained in assisting my neighbor,
bad reached (lie door, with the money The good man would have done the
his pocket, hut halting suddenly as ! work himself, but he was prevented by
though lie had forgot ion something of illness, from whichjn
importance, he bawled out in his pecu-
umpkin was re- J*ea as if he Iran rorg«
ved with enthusiastic applause—and j jost as he reached the di
while making his introductory remarks, j his eye lo the fountain of refreshment
the breathless silence which-pervadecl where he had imbibed the eXluleratin:
one, and the boy mixed 'the : Cheerful Itlimtcdne**.
f ilm tumbler, which was; “Cheerful looks make every dish •
t, the usual inode, our Qua- feast,” we arc told, and cheerful-roind-
rhised h to his lips, and ; ed persons are, under alMrcujnstences;
poured down in one continuous stream j the objects of especial favor, ami the
the whole ‘arrangement,’ without the source of inestimable pleasure and
futerroption of a breath. Then, with i benefits. Especially nl a time when
a look*of satisfaction to the inner man, i any unusual epidemic prevails, and
which on such occasions; is seen but\ sickness and tie till .ire fearfully pres*
not described, !>e silt down lii* glass, jents in our midst, then it is that cheer-
and inquired what was to pay. He
itl, and turned logo away, hut slop*
>d'-minded persons and cheerful looks
re more to be valued than aII.the drugs
tiling, ; of the city. A goodly portion of man-
Disinterestedness.
“ That irt /igbl!”; said Alexis, to a
peasant who with thelv&*p'£f his'chil
dren, was clearing the stones from a
field, and carrying them to a marsh, j j ng as he did in' the place where the
from which, on the other hand, he cart- j consummate masters of the art had long
ed muddy soil lo the stony field again, been accustomed to achieve the most
“ that is right! in this way by industry j signaltiiuinphsevcr.ivoni.1 theexercises
and prudence,.man rules worthily over j 0 f this noble faculty—addressing an au-
rth, and renders it fairer and more ( fi e nce, which for genius, taste and
ureninicss siieucu which.pt:i\iiucu *■ hv •■*•.•
assemblage, betokened .the deep in- j beverage, he exclaimed—
terest manifested both ip the orator and j ‘Lad, thee*s a very small boy, but
his subject. He observed that he had j thee docs make a gr-gr-great lemon-
never coveted the gift of eloquence.so ! tide?
the present occasion, si
fertile. May Got] bless the labor rtfj nnetnenl, would compare advantageous-
thy hands!” The peasant thanked his j | y V vith any in the Union. Neverthe-
neghbqr, dried the sweat trnm his brow; | of!Sj the call of the Association,
and cheeks, and replied with simplei vvhose Anniversary they.had met to
fauiiliariiy. “For several years l have J commemorate, he appeared before them
remarked what was wanting to iny field; with an ardent desire to contribute his
which was in the same condition as this, co-operation in the cause for which the
Assoc iatio
Squ
yer hain’t got no
want to sell, hev
From Arthur’* Home Gazette.
Facia for the Curiops.
Micnoscopic Wonders.—A drop of
stagnant water, upon being examined
by a powerful microscope, will be found
inhabited by thousands upon thousands
if animalcules, each swimming with as
much freedom as a whale in the ocean.
Their minuteness is ext rnortl inary,
some being 1 no; more than l-20,000th
part of .an inejt in length ; that-is
insect one inch
the same prop
And things have turned
out so well, that I can do. in secret for
him, for which he would be unabled to
do for himself, this year as the harvest
is approaching.”
“IIow!” exclaimed Alexis, “your
ghbor does no* know that you are
orkiii;
“ Not in the least,” replied Geron, this
was the name of the peasant.
“But in that case,” said the prudent
Alexis, “ he will not 'evvard you, per
haps as you have deserved.”
*• Reward me ?” replied Geron’, “who
wishes a reward for such a service of
love? • My neighbor would*, have don
t the like for mefrriiad b^lfSick. H
length, wonid bear ! j^vf'd surprise when he first see h
f them, asi held again will he my reward.”
- giant one hundred thousand feel in j Alex’S* eyes shone; with both hand
height, would bear to a man of five leet. | grasped Geron s right, pressed it to hi:
Yer, diminutive ns they are, most ofhosom, and said with emotion—“ Bless-
ihem have tnouihs; many stomachs;, ^ he thou, oh man, with Heaven in thy
and, of these last, some possess be-i hear V blessed. be thou! The AU Be
tween forty and fifty. The variety
their shapes is truly nmnzin
Idng.'sleniler thread, another a serpent;
some are round, some oval, others tri
angular; one 'is a thin, flat plate, an
other a net-work of seeming seeds ; one
is shaped like a funnel, another like a
bell; *
dent Being, who loves the good,
the tenderest mother' loves her infant,
will bless thee and thy children to the
Death and Sleep.
In brotherly embrace walked the An
gel of Sleep and the Angel of Death
upon earth.'
k’ening. They laid them
selves down upon a hill not far From the
dwelling of men. A melancholy sl
id hav
nd.-rlul proclivity to
groan, whine, snarl, growl and find
fault with every body and every thing,
making other people peculiarly misera
ble, and rendering themselves the most
offensive ol iti'.olerahlc nuisances. At
aft excitement, alarm and
be studiously avoided as
incitivc of diseases, these
icrs, these incesant predic-
uble, more sickness,
-these persons, with
should be con-
a tunc ’
panic i
proinoti
eternal
ters of more tr<
ami more death
tul conntcn;
fined, shut up, kept out-of sight. They
nd disgust all healthy peo-
the inmates of the
collage—from
latest generatic
• A Dream Realized.
The Boston Transcript says:—‘‘Just
. . . two weeks ago, last Saturday night, n
her kindly* nn.l .houkHenvcn far her. j^bj. jfc «l2£’fa- ^
for M » no, every vv.fe ,hat's worth her ,he 5 e. have .wo .hick appendages like ^oir. am^i'a
horns. Some change tiwjr dimenskms fr!une rf min j. An , r havin „ fa u en
a. pleasure ! at times .hey cs.cnH (o , as | ee ) , shc ,,. u| , fri „|, l |„| ,|ream or vi-
modorato length, q,en cnn.racl .o al- 1 sioB . shB .Ireamed that her brnlher,
mos. nmhmg. Many arc opaone. while | who WBS in ,| 1C „, c5lrr „ parl Q f \ e «.
others ace so transparent as to be scarce- j York, *
lmd been organized-—a
cause upon which the prosperity and
glory of our State-depends. He next
spoke of the imposing exhibition we are
about to witness, in the approaching
Fair of the Institute—of the triumph of
mind over animate and inanimate smal
ler—the era of progress which has be-
to dawn upon os. Knowledge is no
longer locked up in cloisters. The
press, teeming with its multitudinous
• labors—diffusing education and intel
ligence among the people. Ail the
varied pursuits of industry and labor
are receiving an impetus which will
eventually make us a wealth\v produc
tive and independent nation. Agricul
ture and mechanic arts are fast tending
to that spirit of affiliation which will
serve to render their interests one, and
their mutual advancement inseparable.
With great copiousness of detail the
orator dwelt for nearly two hours
out the rapt attention of his auditors for
a moment abating, on the inexhaustable
resources of tiie South, for noi only pro
ducing the materials necessary to ei
l»le her people to live within themselv
hut for workrngfup her raw materia)
to elegant and useful fabrics.
He forcibly illustrated the bearing of
the interests of Agriculture, • the-Me
chanic Arts, and Education, upon each -
other—and earnestly urged the necessi- k,,l ^T LI , , ,,, .. . , ,
ty of a reform in our system of educa- ° h! brother*/ replied the gentle
liori, by making them more decidedly Angel .if Slumber, “and
practical, anil regulate! with strict re- S""' 1 »>”»..'his awakening recngmze
sere id the business or lire, the devel-1 >” ,henefoelor, uml
opment of industry, nml the cultivation gratefully bless thee in jits joy?
of that eoiMlitton of. self-dependence,! n ” 1 ^ 0l b ers * and ministers of
which is the only safe-guard of our po-j thf ^ r - . , f . n ,
Htical and social equality. One sug-| . As he spake, the eyes of the Death
gestioo especially struck
prevailed around, and the chimes j pie, arid arc “sure death” to persona
of the evening bell in the distant ham- [of diseased body and mind, while the
H ceased. j cheerful-minded man or woman, with
Still and silent, as was their custom, j cheerful looks,' rejuvenates and fortifies
at these two beneficent Genii of the the minds of all, ur.d fills the soul of
iiman race, their arms entwined with ! the sick and desponding with hope, con-
cordial familiarity, and soon the shades i fidenceand courage. A cheerful mind-
of night gathered around them. ied physician, who can inspire his pa-
Then arose the Angel of Sleep from tients with a firm faith and hope of re-
hls mossgrown couch, and strewed with Icovery, and administers nothing but
a gentle hand the invisible grains of “bread pills,” is to be preferred, nine
slumber. Thm evening breeze wafted cases out of ten, to the physician of
them to the quiet dwelling of i!»q tired jglootny misgivings, of solemn coun-
husbandrnan, infolding in sweet sleep i tenance, althougfi he gives the most
the old man ‘oil the staff, down to the',
infant in the cradle. The sick forgoi I
their pains; the mourners their grief;
the. poor their care. All eyes closed.
His task accomplished, the benevo
lent Angel of Sleep laid himself again
by the side of Iris grave brother.
“.When-Aurora awakes,” exclaimed
he, with innocent joy, “tnen praise me
as their friend and'benefactor. Oh!
what happirtess, unseen and secretly to
confer such benefits? How blest are
we to be invisible messengers of the
Good Spirit! How beautiful is our si
lent call!”-
So spake the friendly Angel of Slum
ber.
The Angel of Death sal with still
deeper melancholy on ibis brow, arid a
tear, such as mortals shed, appeared in
his large dark eyes. “Alas!” said he,
“I may not, like thee, rejoice in the
cheerful thanks of mankind; they call
ne upon the earth their enemy and joy-
weight in silver! 1
The children laughed heartily at ibis
legend, and would hardly be convinced
but grand-father hnd made it out of his
own head. He assured them faithfully,
however, that he hud found it
an immense amount of splendid shill-[ pages of a grave historian, and merely
.ings, sixpences, and threepences. Each 1 had tried to tell in a somewhat funnier
bad the date of 1662 on the one side, j style:
and the figure of a pine-tree on the “ Well, grand-father,” remarked Cla-
; other side. Hence they were called ra, “ if wedding portions, now-a-days
- pine-tree shillings. : Ami. for every j were paid as Miss Betsey’s was, young
twenty shillings that he coined, yon | ladies would not pride themselves upon
will remember. Captain John Hull was, an airy figure, as many v-of them do”
entitled lo put one shilling .in his own; * iSSSB
pocket. The magistrates soon began { A Lawyer Outwitted. ''
to autpect that the mint-master^ would j Jim Seesicks, .a horse jockey, who
have the-best of the bargain. They of-, also delights in cock rights, and boasts
fered him a large Bum of money if be j that be can, at any time, bring up a
would give up that twentieth shilling,; rooster that wifi-whip any other one
which he was continually dropping in-j that can be produced, happened once
to bta pocket. But Capt. Hull declared! to have bU favorite rooster most horri-
(bat be was perfectly satisfied with the j bly bruised by au ordinary looking barn
•billing. And well he might be, for so | yard fowl belonging to a neighbor. Jim,
dilligcnily did he labor, tliat in a few; however, was. not the man “ to jgiye it
years bis pockets, hia .money Irag, and { op so.” It being noised about the neigh- contain fiftv.diSerent varieties of.'micro-! Th!. ^ ^f'-r*!iltl'ivy'
hit strong bos, were overflowing with j borhood that he bad found his match scopic shell-fish. ;, The minutyst *\*ci’ x 6'c\ock on Suhd^ momi.
pifie-tree shillings. This was probably; fur once, a lawyer residing in a village ’ ^ ^ loctiicfc od OudUsv tnormi
tbe case when became into possession near by, sent him word that be could
•of bis grand father’s chair; and as he j accommodate him with a feathered, pu-
bad worked so hard at the mint, it was ] gilist. that would give the victor a speci-
certasnly- proper that be should have j men of Buena Vista warfare. Jim. has-
A comfortable chair to rest himself on. ] tenet! down to the village, and, without
Wwi Ihe mini*master bad grown j seeing ihe r<HUtrr v i paid ^ t wo and a half
we«y'ncb,a young ninn, Samuel Seawell j dollars for him, and obtained . permis-
by name, came courting hia only daugh- \ sion to the coop and took bis ^property.
<ak 40f. His daughter, wliose name ! do^ The lawyer had impjediaie business
ben know; but we will call her ' Betsy# ,j out of town. Nothing Was heard from
Betsy was a fine. hearty.damsel, by ’no Jim or his rooster for sometime; but
outers a C e so transparent as to t>e scarce-, York, was killed, and his body, horribly
ly dtscermble from the fluid tbeyin- !miin gletlin ,,eath. This dreamed see.n-
habit. Singular, tqo, ami vanous are jcd ^ vivid and real, and impressed her
their motions; -some swim with the ve- j min(J So forcib ,„ lhat she awoke, and
iqcily of an arrow, others more slowly | even rose from ,; er be(l> ail( l walked her
and with apparent difficulty; smite, ruonii v ■ ' in g reat aoguish. .
seem to exist in perpetual rest, others ] Aljf)ljjer: ]a(ly> ° hn wa9 asleep in an
will revolve with incredible velocity on ! adjoining .chamber, was awnkcued by
the.r centres; undalalmns. Imps, oac.l- j W ailin q , ar„l, on going into the room
lntinna. successive wh.rls, in short, njl, BSCPrlai „ L | le caaMj her silting
conceivable progression are practise;! hv ;i „ chajr weepil . Tlle l ady endenv-
them. Xhesi! animalcules have been | „ re<J „ ao(llfce ' h ? r fears, and finallv
found m the blood.of the frog ttn>rl-persnarled her to retire onco more to
salmon, and: in the fluid, contatned fa, bcdi „, ld , |ri f „ , |be dreanl . The
the eyesoffishim the waters nCslreams , leu Mo „ day llie young l ady
flowing.!., mme, el the depth or five ' iv( , d „ le i e „ ra . dl ^, despatch, an-
hnndred feet telmv the surface of the f ^.min g that her brother, Mr. Wise, a
earth, and m those of spnugs upon the | Jrakanju „ on , he Western Railroad.had
sutniml or Mount Stnat.; Some sntall ( fa , kn f roln the carsnn one of the freight
fragments of ice found in the ocean,; lfBin , „ oar . KaS,, ClssthantvJV. Y„ and
jly well timed and feasible, viz: lhal
aMlte approaching World’s Convention
—ihe Stale of South Carolina should
send as orte of hep chief coni ribuiione,
a specimen of the •’cotton-plant, as an
emblem r»f that great element of power,
ihe mighty lever which exerts so vast an
influence over the trade of the civilized
world, and makes intercourse with ..us
the desire of all nations.
We would not pretend in the circum
scribed'limits of a notice like this, to do
anj-thing like justice to such a produc
tion as that of which we speak, which
so long enchained the unwavering at
tention of a promiscuous congregation
of all ages, sexes and conditions. • Nor
can We attempt to portray on paper, the
gratification which it afforded -us, anil all
who were'present; to listen to the high-
toned and manly sentiments, the jud
cious and seasonable counsels, the cor
vincing and logical arguments, the
the startling orid incontestihle facts,
which it developed;- and the just and
» exceed-' Angel beamed with pleasure, and ugan
unavoidable conclusions, which it forced
upon every reflecting mind. The ad-
iipoii being melted, were.discovered to r i n *STcr 'Sd tnalwitfvbilled* ^ ress will *l»e published in pamphlet
contain fifivdiflerem varieties of. niicro-; Xhe accil | enl happened at about 2 ^ rm ^w*
scopic ehell-fiah. , The minutest sjtect-, 0 v]„ c l- on Sundav mormwr Dreciselv! b read ’ stm,,ed and ,ls f P rece P- s car_
mens of shell-fish have a 'diameter f a jj OU . .l .• _ «, ei ] re am ”^ - t ried out by every one who desires the
which does not exceed I-30,000th part j , . * j prosperity of the State and-thfr ,_outh.
pf an inch; and yet, in certain locali-1 ... a Sice .Point-.. ! * -
iies, they , form a suhterrauean strata Daring the progress of a cause to our j A Str UnnU at ia f ‘Critter.*
.many fathoms in-depth.- ..It is said,] Coupiy Court, on Tuesday, one of. fhe | One of our subscribers, says the
jnoreoyer, 4bal although many of these , gentlemen “ learned in the lavv” object-! Rhode Island Republican, who bap-
are parasites, jiving upon , larger ani- ed to a young man who waa giving evi- 1 pened to be in Newport fast summer,
mals, they are the no selves inhabited, by 'deuce being^asked if he knew his Wn [ got dowu into (he bar room at a very
others!- N*»r-»r^4i;iicri»scopic insects!age. No man could know his- ""
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medical
providcdl”
Feeding Stock.
The introduciiou of the Straw Cutter
the greatest improvement in stock
feeding ever yet introduced. It is nol
ly a saving of a vast amount of Fod
der, .which, with out the Cutter would
be wasted r but it is a means of pre
paring food suitable and palatable to
all kinds of stock! Shucks, oats in
the straw, fodder, millet, or any of tfie
grasses, will go nearly as far again, by
being passed through the Cutter and
then sprinkled with salt and water, or
mixing meal bran, or what is better.
Shorts with it. Horses und cattle wilt
eat much coarse food when prepared
in this way, and it saves a vast amount
of labor in masticating. Fodder when
■prepare in this wav, is not liable (ogive
horses couglus or bellows. A cow may
be kept to her milk all the winter by
cutting up shucks and packing a layer
of them in the bottom of a cask, then
sprinkling with meal, shorts or bran ;
then another layer of shucks, and so
on until the cask is full; every few layer*
applying boiling water with a little salt.
Fermentation soon takes place, and
cows fed on them will improve in flesb
and in the quanti.y and quality of their
milk. They can be fed in no way
cheaper, the main cost being the cutter,
and this will be more than saved in ono
Meal i
ing Lors<
another great saving in feed-
Two bushels of meal will
t feeding horses as three bush
els of corn, what a great saving of jaur
tvarlc for the horse, und tlie health of aor-
.vould Ik* much promoted. Where
s unground state, a large-
) the intestines-
.... Battered with the j «•'">>“» = v <- ™!“* '*- v «»>•
im of meek-eyed—-the I ^ rom ,l,e s “ oll,n « na,,,,e aml 1,eat of
Criticism.—An editor in Illim
ludes to one of his contributors
following terms:
An interesting female correspondent
sends us a very uninteresting piece ol >o ,
poetrv, and' timidly lisps a request for rn 1 . c •’ un
r * . .. . • ii , propoition of it goe
us publication. The moon is called 11....}
bright—the star
inal appellation «« . CU T" 1 " a i the corn, cramps, arid fevers are engen-
a come tutor a fulUhareol eulogy |<1((rt;(| ^ |„ nve , St and .. B ou”get
the fat tug spnng ,r pronounced , „ tredd „ f kjUi ina horse
silver plated, or somelhtnjjtolbat effect, j ( j ( - eg f m lbe „ f y unnmslicBted
Besides this, the poem a equally m- corn ft, reeling with meal. i. may he
struettve on other ,m,e>r.au. snhjem, | , h „ fa c „ t r „ d , |c m>kin ^ it
hose 1 , and swept the house the week-af-
tcr she was blasted with p»»etic fire, we
will give in and startle the literary world V"' -* , ™ a “ 8 ?
- ° - v nr ,he nreint we ! Straightway to the hardware house autl
P . procure a Straw Cutter, the outlay of
a few dollars will save you hundreds,
and improve your stock.
Piiazma,’ Jr.—‘First
fit able the owner. Keepers of horses,
ommnnd j*ou t«> the grist mill;
slock owners ol* all descriptions, go
from its lethargy,
say, darn your stockings, and dura your
poetry too.”
Scene
Editors and Representatives
We frequently see paragraphs in cer- c j as3 in geography come up. Bill Toots,
tain newspapers headed-“editors look- ’ wfiat’s a cape?'
ing up,” when nun of the craft happens] , A thing that mother wears over her
to be appointed or elected to an office. ] shoulders.’
^ age,! early hour, when there was nobody
confined to ibe .waters p many.varieties_ beitceauy statement un the subject j _bm a boy in attendance, when lo! who
haV« been finind-iq the cavities of a: vvould be “hearsay evidence,” and should come in first but a tall, well-
common. grain of sand; each teaf is a, must.go for .niching.; or, to use other dressed Quaker gentleman, who had
«plony«*f insects grazing on it like oxen { words, the .‘learned gentleman’s pbjec-j beer. ' " 1 * l!A “ >1 ‘ “ , “
ding, and other Puritan dainties,' she
a WM found aqd plump as a podding.
With thts round, rosy Miss Betsy, did
Samitcl Sea well foil in love. As "he
was a young man of good’ character,
- industrious m his business, and a mem-
- kCf of lbe church, the mim-m*ster very
readily gav* bis consent.
- M*Ot«s, yoo may take her,” said he,
* in hia rough way, o*'and you will find
berk heavy burden enough.”
On the wedding day we may sup-
v pose that honest John Hull dressed
. himself in a plain coal, all the buttons
of which were made of pine-tree shill-
ibgs. The buttons .of his waistcoat were
Btx-peace8; and the knees pi his small*
clothes were buttoned with silver three-
gfoecs. Thus attired, he sat with great
Th<9 if the way that Jim .was sold,
but he hnd bisyevepge, as-you shall-see
presently. , Y-';-. 1
.Early one morning our jpekey cafled.
at'the lawyer’s residence, with a beau
tiful fleer,' which he had just driven into-
^ ^ cicdr thither by the‘yearly
field; .the white sugar uppn.raisios! iiun wag that although it must be 1 rue ■ conference.’ The Friend looked about
kmi -figs affords a home for rajfiioos, »ud j ffi al every man must, be present at his | for a moment, and th,en turning to the
each tooth is a .world busy .with life. : I own birth, it »s- equally true that he boy, inquired: Boy, docs thee make
The surface of xvir bodies is covered 1 vrquld be loo young, at^"”the time to re- f any lemonade?'
■wrtb Scales, like^those of A' fishbone;collect the.circumsiauce. The novelty! ‘Certainly* sir—a great 'deal eyety
hundred and fifty of. which can. be cov-|of the objection tickled the fancy of day’ .
ered with a single, grain of sand. Qoej every, pne.kffio appreciated the joke.—-f ‘Well,'make me a glass. Take that,
of-- these--scales coverk .five'hbhilred ■ The Judge permitted the question lo be largest sized tumbler. ,
the village.
“ Look here,” Squire Littleton,” said
be, “doni jou wxmt to this ’ere
steer V-
“I guess not Jim.”
“Yes.y.er do, though... He’s. jus-exJ
act match to * " ’ ”
somebody, and will sell him cheap.’
!*How cheap ?”
. ” .Wall, seein’ as how I want the
money dreadful bad, you may hev him
for ten dolforjA’.* fcj*.'.
On this subject we fully agree with the
New York Herald, lhat it is an aban
donment of their high position, lo strive
for the prizes in the political arena.—
They should be above it. As'Conserv-
aiors of the public peace, of the princi
ples of the constitution,. <?f private and
public rights, they should be beyond
the influence of party gifts. It is a de
scent from |bt:ir intellectual position, to
crayvlmtoan Assembly, where they will j
exist in the .midst of jobbing and in- j Methodist Episcopal Missions.—
trigues. We do not desire the press to We learn from the Newark Daily Ad-
por«,'yet through . openings an winfile : put to the ynuugmau m another shape,
. * the sw£a& exudes.Iifee water through: a n namely, ias to what age he believed
sieve.: How -wonderfully .• small vmust ] himself \o_be.—Sheltham Journal.
be tbe ptnicles hf ^hat floili which cnii j ~ r ,
find an outlet through openings, 75,000 . Never- .take a paper, more than ten
of which; can be bidden by one gram j years .without, paj ing lbe primer, or.
. w of.aandl • The -finest knd smoothest,, (east, sending him-ft Ji>ck of your hair
i*ra, and I’ye got to needle, "when examined by a powerful *,i el hj ra k n o»v that : you are about.
go down lo court JU> swap horses with microscopic, looks-like a rough barofu.
Boy mixes irigredients, and pours
wdjer about-half full.
‘Stop—leave a vacancy. Has thee
any old'Frettch brahdy V
iron; but the sting of a bee, viewed’ Many women (and. men also) com-] rum?*
through a glass which magnifies a fine plain of having too much - work. - .If] * *No',.sir.*
needle poinua the breadth of a quarter, they attended to . their own business
of an inch, exhibhs everywhere the-only, they,woalddo much toea$e them-;
most beauiifuTpolisb, without the least selves. ... 1
‘Well, pour till I tell thee Stop/
The boy acted accordingly. ;
•Stop !* exclaimed the Quaker in due
time: ha3 thee any-‘good Jamaica
Any Santa Cruz?’ * v
‘Yes.’ -
•Well, pour till I tell thee stop.
‘What’s a plain?*
*A tool used by carpenters for smooth
ing ofl boards.,
. ‘What’s a desert?’
,It*s goodies after dinner.*
‘That’ll do. Bill, I’ll give you‘good
ies* after school.’
The foregoing actually occurred in a
school in -Kentueky. It is needless to
say that Bill was ‘one on ’em.*
he, placed on a.footing with the Paris jveriiser ‘hat the Rev. J.rim J. Matthias*
journals. ^ Editors should hold to their (ormly Governor of Cape Fulmas»
own.position tp.be worthy of it—Baf-j Western Africa, and now a stationed
timore Sun. ! prechcr in New V *rk city, has been
■ -1 - .. , ; \ m S- ; appointed superintendent of .the mis-
AGratefud Commonwealth.—-Mas-! 8 ions in Liberia, under the care oP the
sachuscits has attained her present < Methodist Episcopal Church. He in-
staie of;prosperity by the. protection of tends to sail for Monrovia in a few
her.peculiar property has received from tveeks. Our impression is that Mr.
the General Government. She is now .'Matthias is not to remain long in Libe-
repaying, the boon by npllifying such fog ria. He goes out lo preside at the ati-
islation of that government as happens i nual conference lobe held in January,
to be oflensiye to her prejudices. j and will return soon after the con fer-
Massacbuscils was rescued from , ence closes.—N. Y. Coin.
British tyranny by Southern wisdom! —r—
and Southern valor. She afterwards} ‘Sir,’said a'hypochondrieal patient,
etuleuvoretl to show her .gratitude by while describing his symptoms to Aber-
.forming a British alliance against ihe. nethy, ‘I feel a pain in my side when I
Southland is now still further liqidat-| put ray hand to ray head.* ‘Then,
ing the debt, by robbing the *Soulb of] sir,* exclaimed the mild physician, ‘why *
her rights and property.—Richmond Re- ; the doce do you pot your ham! to yoof
publican. head??