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VOL 111.
From ihc Christian Watchman.
L. / THE NEW HOME.
BY if. C. SLEEI*EH.
* Hum ! ha! so you’re engaged ! ’ said a thick
set, jovial looking man, with a roguish twinkle
in his eye, as he walked jnto his nephew’s shop,
one fine spring morning. ‘Going to marry
Charlotte Staugkton, eh !’ and beset his cane
7 -rathe rfjtfavily on-tßwllbor.
The vourig tnan whom he addressed, an ac
tive, intelligent mechanic, blushed, turned half
round, and stammered, ‘ Why—yes sir,—l —’
* Knows too much by halt! What does a
poor follow like you want of a woman that has
stbdied : . geography, and geometry, and geology,
and nobody knows what besides ? r l here’s Sal
ly Sampson,— ’
‘ *But, uncle, Charlotte is something better
P'han aMentecl trifler with books. She is a thor
ugh s*iolar; her mind is well disciplined; her
is extensive and valuable.’
* Pshaw ! a foyer’s nonsense ! There’s Sally :
-Sampson p.s’he’s’ somebody. She can spin and I
weave,‘wash and iron, bake and brew; she'll be j
,u help.lir a-man.’ _ 1
‘V-Csy uncle, but a man wants something be
sides dollars and cents. He wants pleasant con
versation.’
4 Crazed, clearly crazed,’ said the elderly gen
tie man. 4 There’s no hope now, nevy ! Rea
soning is thrown away, fairly thrown away.’
’ 1 There’s Sally Sampson,’ and he went delib
erately towards the door; ‘There’s Sally Samp
son. nevy. Yob’ll he sorry for your choice one
of these days, nevy;’ and he sallied out, mutter
* ing, just above his breath, ‘There’s Sally Samp
son ! see’s just the one for a smart youth like
him, just the one ; he’ll be sorry, one ot these
days, lie’ll be sorry! ’
* How* preposterous! ’ exclaimed Mrs. Smith,
an hour after, adjusting a stray ringlet. ‘Alto
gether. absurd ! Charlotte Staughton marry a
a mechanic! Have yuu any authority better
than common rumor, my dear Kate? ’
1 O, yes ; her own aunt, Mrs. Kston, told me of
the engagement, ten minutes since, and spoke,
too, in her quiet, smiling way, just as if she real
ly didn’t think it was a disgrace to the family.’
4 Yet I can scarcely credit it. So pretty and
accomp’ished, and her grandmother so,'fund ot
her, and folding her with and
nurjisillis! ’
ie.-Jfc't must Kate.
“of Tjhlbot, .ficeu’ied tnurfipnji
1? •* .i>rv to see lior lowered a tlifle.’
imUti are quite sure Mrs. Eston was not jok
ing; are you, Kate?’ \
• (.Wtaiuly, O, certainly! ’ anti KtV rose to
take leave, half afraid that her dreaded rival had
not absolutely fallen so tiir as to he engaged to a
mechanic.
Tho same afternoon, Susie Eston came tripp
ing through mv garden, and before she was fair
ly m the house, cried, * Will you believe it, Mrs.
S. ? Charlotte is actually engaged to Sidney
Merton.’
• 1 have expected such an announcement, these
sit months.’
‘ But Charlotte is such a fine scholar, and so
genteel, and agreeable, and— ’
• And Sidney is energetic, industrious, fine
looking and well-bred.’
‘Yes, but then his means are so limited. On
ly imagine Charlotte making bread, and sweep
ing, and doing all those things ; obliged to do it,
Mrs. S.’
• ‘ Will not the exercise improve her health, and
will not the skill thus acquired give her a deli
cious feeling of independence?’
4 0, I don’t know. But to think of a close
cap, and a morning gown, and an odious great
apron ! It’s a different tiling, this sentiment in
the kitchen, front sentiment in the parlor.’
4 It is not sentiment that the heart craves, dear
Susie, but love ; deep, pure, abiding love ; and
when this is once implanted, the tilings you
speak of have no adverse influence. Let a smile
be on the lip, and the 4 love light in the eye:’
then if the cap is clean, and the hair parted even
ly beneath it, if the morning dress is an exactly
titling dress, not a slovenly wrapper, and the
gn a’ apron is smooth and spotless, believe me,
they positively heighten the charms of a wife,
and are far more agreeable to a husband than
satins, and ribbons, and all the ornaments of the
drawing-room.’
4 Ah! you have given me one drop of comfort;
but, after all, I cannot help thinking that Char
lotte is throwing horself away.’
4 And why throwing herself away ? She does
not diminish her beautiful gifts. They will be
unfailing sources of refined happiness, both to
herself and friends; and 1 mistake her much, if
she will sigh for an opportunity to cast her jew
els to the crowd, to be gathered or trampled up
on, according to the moment’s whim.’
‘O, no, no, indeed! hut then, —but then,’
‘But then, my dear Susie, your views, and the
views of your fashionable friends, are exceeding
ly contracted upon the subject of labor, and for
give me if I add, not a little irreligious. This
particular ease, however, appeals so strongly to
prejudices, that I cannot hope to benefit you much
by reasoning, or illustration. We will talk
about it again, in Charlotte’s parlor.’
4 1 hope it will be a pretty one; I detest ugly
parlors ; ’ and the lively girl tripped back more
merrily than she came.
Yet even I could but admit a few cowardly
fears. 4 They have been educated so different
ly,’ I said, 4 Charlotte has been accustomed to
such entire freedom! How can she be true both
to herself and husband ? How can she strug.
gle for perfection, render her house attractive,
and, at the same time, make not too frequent
demands upon resources which must long con
tinue slender?’ 1 forgot, for the moment, how
blessed u thing it is quietly to gather the good
and the beautiful about the spot, whatever and
wherever it may be, that the beloved calls home ;
to hedge it in, and surround it with barriers
which the discord and tumult of the world cannot
penetrate ; to create an atmosphero of tranquili
ty and peace, iinrufll<‘>l by a breath of discontent
iiSMfeiiiiam
“AS LITTLE GOVERNMENT AS,POSSIBLE ; Til AT LITTLE Eld
or ambition. I forgot hoxv, in this beautiful
work, the heart expands, hour by hour; how the
exercises of patience, and forbearance, and
thoughtful kindness, purifies and elevates; how
healthlul activity sends the blood in its quickened
flow to redden the lips, and mantle upon the
cheek; how, in fact, the faithful discharge of
home duties communicates an intense vitality,
increasing the will, and doubling the power for
action. I forgot how insignificant are the mere
tmunplvs of society, yhe~ixppttftlsC'.of fill! “’’vo\v
draxving r&om, the graceful, but heartless hom
age offered not to worth, but to talent and to
fashion. It was for a moment only. A sweet
vision of domestic life, rich beyond measure in
heart treasures, was before me, and I feared no
longer.
At the risk of seeming intrusive, I called on
the married pair, the very evening after their
return from a trip to Cape May. Their house
was a small, old-fashioned, stone building, stand
ing far back from the road, and nestling beneath
tail, drooping elms, which vied with each other
in shielding it from sun and storm. The heavy
columns of the portico peeped out here and there,
from among roses and honeysuckles, and only
pathes of the roof were seen at intervals, so
close were the interwoven tendrils. Small, dia
mond-shaped glass crowded the windows, and ;
heightened the agreeably antique air of the ]
whole ; though, in truth, the foliage clung so j
thickly about them, that but small portions of
them were visible. As I approached, f caught
the notes of a thorite song, and soon distill- j
i guished the clear, sweet voice of Charlotte, and
the mellow bass of her husband.
4 Love, music, and shrubbery,’ I said to my
self, and, thinking a third party might not he
quite welcome, 1 was on the point of turning
away, when a white dress fluttered in the door
way, and my friend, gleeful as a bird, bounded J
over the flag-stones to meet me.
4 1 am glad you have come,’ she said 4 itis so j
! quiet and home-like. Besides, 1 want you to
i help us plan. Sidney declares that the place |
1 tor each article of household furniture, down to
I the mop and duster, is a subject for deliberation.
So u[son such weighty'matters give us the benefit
of your experience.’
‘Gladly’! gladly! Ah, Mr. Merton, your hand
-1 grasp is a right cordial one. It carries the
I heart in it, I am sure.’
4 lt docs in this case, at least,’ and with a
i glow- of proud pleasure, he ushered nnv’nto a
| little parlor/ which, in my
iievt <1
’ Coweii carpi?t, with a pattern of oak-teffvespnff
acorns, covered the floor, the low, broadpivindow
seats were filled with geraniums, verbenas, heli
otro 4 e o nge trees, andvLctuses, and four nich
j es sunk in the wall, were occupied with choice
| books in substantial bindings, the joint library
|of the young couple. Upon’ the mantel were
j two pretty pictures, the ■work of Charlotte, in
rosewood frames, and between them was a Targe
sea-shell, filled with flowers. A little ebony
stand, covered with sewing implements, stood in
a corner, and two small tables were loaded with
excellent engravings. Upon a folio Bible lay
Sidney’s flute, a very line one, as 1 had often ac
knowledged, with scores of mental thanks to the
owner, in the moonlight evenings of the previ
ous summer. I carefully scanned each article
in the room, and 1 felt sure that the most fastidi
ous could suggest nothing better, the circumstan
ces considered. There were no lounges or ot
tomans, no thutieuils, or mirrors, or chande
liers, tilling that contrasted glaringly or un
pleasanW/f with the homeliest details of a me
chanic’s life. But there was a charming quiet
ness. ‘I he very air seemed to brood with a lull
ing power over the books, and pictures, and
blossoms. ‘Alt!’ I mentally exclaimed, ‘Sid
ney Merton can but love this spot. Here his
heart must gather both warmth and strength.’
4 We had almost forgotten the kitchen,’ said
Charlotte, after an animated account of her visit
to the sea-shore, which had brought to my very
cars the rush of the sleepless billows.’ 4 Do you
know that I am to boil my own kettle, and cook
my own bread, Grade, dear? ’
4 You ! ’ and I glanced at her fragile figure, her
snowy forehead, and dainty hands, which verily
seemed made for nothing but to touch the piano’s
music-breathing keys. 4 You. indeed! with those
delicate fingers, Charlotte ? ’
4 Why not ? Are not white ones as good as
brown ones ?’ and a ringing laugh went floating
through the window, and lost itself in the thick
et. ‘Wait and sec. Wait and see. We shall_
have no baker’s bread, no French rolls, but good,
substantial, home-baked. Survey my kingdom,
and say if it is not worth while to reign here.’
She opened a door as she spoke, and then added,
• 4 Sidney avers that the reason why ladies dislike
their kitchens, is, because they so oftrS'. permit
them to be dark and unfurnished, and crowded
with the coarser .implements of househokTtoil.’
4 1 agree v*- T- ;> n, entirely; but the objection
you have na|v- J- Etnnot be made to yours ; ’ and
I looked with ~!??“ nt jJction upon the pleasant green
of the walls, the floor.) of a cool stone color,
rnnslin curtains, the flower-pots ranged in the
window-seats, the nice mats, the table, covered
with green cloth, and the water bubbling into
a receiver in a recess, across which a curtain
could be drawn at pleasure.
After I had completed my survey, we passed
on to a nice, airy room, which was to serve as
store-room and buttery. Rows of maple boxes,
glass jars, barrels and buckets, britannia and net
covers, and piles of coarse napkins, still more
effectually to shut out the dust met my gaze.
I was really ashamed of my prolonged scruti
ny, and inquired for the utensils that we were to
locate. ‘You will laugh, Mr. Merton,’said I,
but I must confess that I always grow enthusias
tic over brooms and dusters. I learned to love
them years ago, when a kiss from my mother
was the reward of their skillful use, and my af
fection was by no moans diminished during my
school days. O those bright morning hours,
; when some worshipped, with
1 appropriate corem. hoitw ie spirit at neatness 1
I the waving of white arms, the glancing of active
feet, the trcses of gold and sable glittering in
AND MERCA/|H^Hr-C I{TISE!{ -
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the level sunbeams, the open
through which rushed the fresh
in the merriment! I see the whole
I saw it then. Then, too, the laugh
more heart-felt and musical, the
the wit brighter, the sympathies ntere read
love quicker and wider in its “small ifestj
How heartily should we have rejeefc*#!
of delegating to others thexThanjß
sweeping our sjuy TOutfTs ana ujEjl
sWiWflic tabor could be
ing and dusting! ’ . B
4 Here is proof to the contrary,’ said Ch.l
conducting me into the very midst of send
brushes, tubs, baskets for wet clothes, fa
clothes, for the newly ironed, for the unrr
and she was so lively’, and Sidney si jtie !
twine, knife and hammer, that I vtjj tl
stayed until midnight, had not the v;:k!’th
striking ten, reminded me that my ceil t (
protracted to a most unfashionable le\ o 0 ,
And yet, after my return homey y j
bravely trusting, I feared that, the\novt
my friend would weary of her task.’ But\
gave place to autumn, autumn to \\vinu
still she was without assistance,
days, when a cleanly widow of the \J|
ed and scoured for her. She wafl
out or dispirited. True, her pefl
something of its
hand was a liltled
thought less Ih-xihlejfiß
dp t■ the plaf||
■ rillllK 1 1 collar d® f ?
Biussols lace slnqjN
agreeable g.iftiei iuge^W^B
house. Only a few p
time, and music, eon vers icidn, pictliß
and periodicals, with the graceful^Hj
ess, and the sensible, happy host,i hCjg
I desire. My friend was neither vs :
the preparation, nor secretly dislfl
expense. Baskets of cake andAgpra
a side table, of which the guests paiSHl
; ure, but there were no oysters, or ices, or
or any of the thousand and one modes of j
tatious money spending.
Mr. Grey, Sidney’s kind-hearted, but I
giving, and somewhat despotic, bachelol
did not, at first, call on the young peel
was quite as well, perhaps, for Charlotte®
all his peculiarities from her husband, nfl
therefore, better able to ’
tive when his first displeasure
~| made his appearance one aftMila
he.coiild iiotM
ne was in T --•.., gre!Mriiurrysß
pressing, very. But somehow,- Mrs.lfl
contrived to hide his hat and cane, wl
asserted he could not find them in a xveeH
she drew ail arm chair, a particularly |H
into the little porch opening from
and seated him so that he could enjoy tliH
tern breeze, and, at the same time, waH
light labors. With a tolerable! grace, MIH
accepted the attention, and IB
tended to be absorbed in bis newspapers,H
dozen of had taken from 4 \miiuß
lost not a single lbotstop of his nej re
lectly unconscious of
moved about, now and then fnrgettou(KjHH
dice of her guest, so tar to break iifJJ/Hj
of tunes, which the old gentlefyiM
no great lover of music, long to hear-fIH
lighted a tire, and brushed away She(!iß
fell on the floor in the operation, 6Jj
flour, mixed some cakes, and
oven to hake. Then she
little eating-room, which, liktttiiop2?if\Vitli|H
flower-vases, its plants, its vines,
the window, and makiq|; a soft, green shj, l .' > [£ggj|
4 Here, there, every-where, with the tan jH
a fairy,’ thought Mr. Grey, as he cau'gjilH
sound of her voice, now from the hall abo** fiS
from the cellar below, now from the
again from the well-appointed storef-room.rflH
Just as the last biscuit was done, Sidncyfc aM
up the avenue, and the crimson mounted ‘- v y J||
brow of his wife, at the love-look he beHiaffl
upon her, when he saw his uncle followin r yH
to the supper-room, gently rubbing his f ‘{9
and nodding repeatedly, as was his customesH
more than usually pleased. Mr. Grey XyjJjH
bit of an epicure. He particularly’ deligh IJf
a snowy table-cloth, dishes glossy to the
smooth to the touch, bright knives and
and these lie did not always obtain at the
So when he sat down at Mrs. Merton’s | 9
and tasted her exquisite imperial, her big jM
with just the softest brown upon them, the AH
sweet blackberries, and tastefully mouldeA-TW
mange, he began to nod, and nov J|
sciously, thereby giving his
tire satisfaction. While he was
house, which in spite of his business,
carefully, from attic to cellar, mentally
ing upon the neatness of the whole, Charlouo
slipped out, and persuaded her aunt to spend the
evening with her. Mrs. Eston was a sprightly)
well-informed woman, and so interested Mr.
Grey, in a dispute about manufactures, that elev
en o’clock came before he had once thought of
going. It was quite too late for him to return
to his lodgings, so all declared, and he was at
length persuaded to remain.
Everything pleased him. Stairshi&
aversion, and he could not admire suflit jH,J tIU
little bed-room attached to the parlor. W !S f H
no beds were so light, no linen so smi'nffniM
coflee so fragrant, and no steaks so te" < H|
those of Mis. Merton. After having
these luxuries a few times, his
became so pointed?-that the young couple
him to make their lHUi3£4m horo&iej |^ e ££nß
he began to nod
and. that vm \ day, completely
pent of In- laxonio bed-room, wi-H
nan collectimi us fishing an<f’? 4
volumes upon a variety of strunffePS
slippers, cigar-boxes, riding-wliips^B
A lilt, fair,
promo in the little eating. roonij’),
into a nursery, and a bright-oyHJ
girl of thirteen, assists Mrs. Slertjß
Mr. Grey, all hi* vexations have ■
heart Imd longed for just *vh
oaV Wveiiing, April 1m1847.
Uprising, how busy he contrives to be, frequent-
Htelaring niece and nevy cannot possi- (
feet along without him,’ to which they sinn
|||assent. He has added two wings to the
dark-colored stone, to match the cen-
the other, as he says, |
each niche ijJ
‘ / JEJ^lM||^>fri'sewood,
* “f? s ‘ ,( ing in an immense,
Hr e f ,assin g m the hall. I wa ,
m::ry l ;T'z a p r,m iwitir
B^csentlv’\} ed r y re P eated lj,,rts of laugh’
■j csentljr Mr. Grey ISS ued from the nurse
®m nf’i - n<J • T u ’ jbin g his hands. 4 Clmrm’
Bole’ r’ m Ba '| d j 1 ?’ ‘ charrnin g woman ! On
Rf'Vu gkd , he didn ’‘ tft ke Sally Samp.
Ha a * right, nevy was right! ‘There^s
ws;
B T,IE MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT.
t0....."7TT.
s. n.
|®!w4motdark|y o’er the past,
departed,
■9flower has lost its zest
H ll itslincense/parted
learning .oOthy heart,
Hp retrace life’s measure,
MET-,’ SCU . ne3 that hear a part
rded, trpasur..
‘1 Path of our youth,
borrow,
are thorns that wound thv truth
HP clo “ d thy'blow with sorrow- ’
basket) in life’s young dawn
■<l hailed its beauty beainin.r,
Mmessw.fttidecametlowher on
M waked me from my dreaimng.’
Sielnm burkß , tcored by; wan care
morning o er the billow,
M il ' V , e -’ i,ie ’ P roveil ,alse as fair
A H ” spayns Ins needy fellow 1
|, the tororted in childhood's hours,
|ttughtne ,n “human nature,”
WkßutUrJhes love garden bowers,
the creeping creature!
|I vvas proud too proud to “droop,”
I blessed the changing feature”
tc°ur’e tf | 7h r ' ge ’ fW ’ ‘ f, " m t 0 no P>
■Ucursed their 44 human nature” ,
KAk4”’ V Sitd<! > a soft’ning breeze, }
E 0 er V'e heathei, \
Hkce and joy together: ‘
■hues, thoughts of boyhood’s days, ,
■ironging round my spirit,
■Live and dreamy lays,
bids forget it.
not darkly o’er the past,
long departed,
Bfeetost flovfer has lost its zest,
Wfn from its incense parted.
B-Agrifultnral Productions of Coahuila.
Siic letter of an intelligent correspondent
Ht! Louis Republican, dated “Camp San
■ Buena Vista, near Saltillo, Mexico, Feb.
we make the following extracts :
■riel’ agricultural productions from the
Monclova, he says, are corn, sugar,
Bbjfofthe^aticr, not much is grown, as
factories, and hnt little <!<■-
■vs finely, the stalk being
BroWofyyinter. It might be
there was any demand
needs a little
■adequate machinery to enable tho tn-
Mfftn produce large quantities of it. It is
Vedas with us, but when in syrup is run
Hds resembling small loaves of loaf su-
Hied pilonccs , weighing about a pound,
■r grows well and.vields abundantly. 1 wo
Hf it are made in a year, if the occupant is
R lazy to attend it. The first is planted m
Kh, and gathered in June and July. Ihe
■nd is planted in July -or Ist August, and
■ehed in November and December. When
Hafrived at Monclova, the Ist ot November,
Itikier ears and green fodder were abundant
RJrselves and horses, from the second crop,
■is the principal crop of the year, as it is
Hjable to injury from the vicissitudes of the
Her *han the first crop. The yield
high, 1 could nol
of corn.
tl >e vicinity of Monclova, wheat is grown.
begins to he elevated, and beyond
n T*^^K™ linot P r °fitab!y raised.
° \ ■HPfPm known physiological fact is continually
to notice: that is, that latitude alone
“ f V I govern the production. Wheat cannot
CSe ” or of good quality, in Louisi.
f*f s ”° here, in latitude 25° and 26°, seve-
miles further south than Louisiana,
} WMjfcn,to perfection. So are apples and
Sfcjfcowing to the elevation of the
of the/sc a .
Jmiliv mill's \Vn,t of
•; v \ of e\.•.'!!. 11l u hrul
jwo floiirint: mill.- ill
HHRffny The stream xv hi. h pus-,
■town. The be-! Mexican fe-iu
to the American nr
ffiterally sold without being boiled
W.tcge quantic- of I hi- unbolted
raHand it makes a wry sweet.
MLii'sfliy brown bread. Ii is, lioxv
Wmmlr doxx n, and to soldier* gene.
Vito Use it, as they did not like to le
n bran to ho little flour.
Hjans keep small sieves in tin ir
fr*te the bran from h fle, lr [■
WIYZ, AND U%FORM IN ITS.APPLICATION TO ALL.”
■then makes a light breud ; and I must say, 1
never eaten sweeter or better light bread
1 "V 3 made by the bakers in Monelova and
Pa Hi&-
Aalt and r - C are n °U^a'^ J *J :i Mexico. Corn
■isnjMfceneraily fed to they are
• Urn.6 ra * n :lt all, it is *ls njA barley,
nHIs but (*T*j j^isi'd,
Tfi C a,)
:h*L £?£%!£ -vis?
b -*ns, &c. may be had sh
ing them repeatedly ‘ IJ7 r ° Und b - v P ,a,lf -1
iss’patt;^
fall; bill there h *° p,aW COr ” in the i
*o August to put it i mn t| e rang<3 . flom Foblua, T !
a good crop. ,G g, '° Und > and st 'il have ! t
g Z7,iT m ‘"" nd i
the ,ouv kL s ;y ” ‘ “* r ,n •>
in tlie hailMc^ W S Urn^“ n ° tfou nd
raised. By ,L e -rid offT™ ’ J ° P rofi '“bly
nifying ,7as 7,) ‘ ‘ Varrant ad mag.
were he g Se oft l a *?’ ! n They
| were of little account (7“aT 6gg8 ’ and
abundantly, ’uuj'are much'used SqU j J S, ‘. RS ’ S ro ' v I
thing, very few veo-einl i ‘ • Asa general
v; ;r • **„. I
I MMiro wtbmmu of TIIE HB
utensils which were ” n “l? 0 ” 1 ’ 1 ,le sal 'ie
quest, in the sixleent Sed b - y C ? rtC2 ' 01 thc >.
day in .Mexico. centur *are used at this j
b “SIS; ,o ‘. h .1,, ~,1. I
BfiEtfdwsiVs
■
oH the same laud, plo\ig 1 1 iug the \
wheat in. A contrivance for a harrow, levelled ‘
the ground after the plows. Laeh plow was ,
drawn by two oxen. The plows Were of the
same pattern used by the Romans t\\ o thousand,
years since. They were made of the fork of a
small tree, one prong of which answered for the
beam, and was cut long enough to fasten the
oxen to ; the other prong was cut off about four
feet long, and sharpened at the end, and .1 sin
gle stick fastened into the fork and proj<? A >
hack made the handle. This was the whole
plow—lock, stock and barrel. When a forked
tree cannot be found, the shoit stick is morticed
into the long one ; the short prong is the coulter
the long one the beam. I his was lastened
by by a raw-hide thong to the ox-yoke, which,
in turn, was fastened in front of, andjto the horns
of the oxen, by another raw-hide thong. The
handle was held by a paeon, who was armed in
the other hand with a long pole, with a sharp
-road in the end of it, which he unsparingly
plunged into the oxen to quicken their speed or
to change their direction.
Som ”of the better plows have the coulter
shod with a piece of iron, resembling a hull
tongue, eight inches long, and tapering from
thence to two inches at the point. This is the
greatest improvement made upon the plow.
° The ground is never thoroughly broken up,
and is only scratched a few inches into furrows
deep. Efforts have been made to introduce bet
ter plows, and some have been brought from the
United States, but the Mexicans did not like to
use them ; they were soon broken or thrown
aside as useless, because no one would plough
with them.
The harrow was as simple a contrivance as
the plow, and consisted of a single, stick of square
timbur, the size of a joist, fastened in two places
with a raw-hide rope to keep,it square to the
front, and drawn by a v. L-e of oden, to level th|
MljpClhUllUi
LI The metatc , or stone corn.niiljuse'd for pie.
Sparing tortillas, is the same article that was
■ised by the Indians at the first conquest of
j| Mexico.
| Their hoes are clumsy, rough machines, de
cidedly worse than the meanest hoe in Old Vir. ‘
j ginia—and that is about as bad a character ns I
I know how to give them.
r Their axes and long and clumsy, with blades)
, about three inches wide, and resemble the up. j
[ per part of a pick axe or grubbing hoe. It seems •
j remarkable that they should ever lie able to peck
a tree down with one. The great superiority j
of the American axe is so evident, that some 1
few venturesome persons have commenced the
use of them.
A Mexican cart is the most unique of all their
inventions. It has not a piece of iron in it. It
is construct'd entirely of wood and raw hide.— I
) The axletree is a rough hewed log, rounded at
i both ends. The wheels are mado of knotty live
oak, two and a half feet through the hub, auu
trimmed down to seven inches in the tread.—
Two slabs of the same width nroßiinjied on to
the centre-piece, to give rotundity \
A heavy tongue is morticed into the axle, and
has a wooden pin inserted through the upper j
end, by which to fasten it to the yoke. The i
hotly is mado of wooden poles, inserted into 1
round s[dings eight feet long. This is used for 1
hauling wood, dsc. Wlion they wish to haul.
com, com.stocks sro jls-d a-ror.s the wooden ‘
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euch as Bin Iliad*, Pos/ Bills,■HtnidsihihuVctfo-*
Cards. Pamphlets, Checks, Bills of LadihtX,. Bi s
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Mt. ‘>r in puUt, silver nod Bronze,- MM
in* at the verj lowest rates; j£ *vyfj
poles, and lashed tightly,to them with
Taw hide. VV'hfcn wheat or shelled coil
earned, they linethe inside of the stalld
matting made of the palmilla, which |
the material of which gunny-hags aid
The ©x*yoke is a piece v r
three
near each>f|,', with |j|f |! j!
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I ?;ri!^ st r d ;° th °
cart, sometimes"”,’^ 5 by ,he side of 1,1 -
a g'.V, ill-natured
ox-goad in his hand ft, an f.’ ‘ Vlth a long
and when he wished to
goad into the ofl’ov b b P ps ixis
around his fellow Lf'^, Scre ”' s U P his tail,'runs
the cart. They move ° ang .’ S the direction'<•:
ican oxen S; m ° r<? bnskl - v thaa Amer
n&u.lJtgZZ*'’*'**'''*:
r Spanish.”
J ,08ds 1,1 cart,.
ir journey. A Mexican (17° tecl . ms Bsua .Hy do on r
a,| d children in these caKs 7’”
?, raw hide on tlm i ’ .on puts
and from failing through l ' ee|) llle chthlren
y top for a cover “f* PU ' S anolher over tim
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• oxen, as a ben i-h . ‘ “ e hisses at liis
1 Bniii, and off Zl ‘f 7 uld do when close on
withafullbandof^adic
fondTStt l ; ,,ited S *‘ -em to he
j with squalling eidlr/ 1 S <lgeS . 3nd rail road cars
ofthei>fell o J nn h and othe groat annoyance
it
j Tllr f Z 0m th f Tori Daily Tribune.
i, S ,STrt ®““™ Rpo,T„„._Thi,
-%> ser
st. at five u - lU INassau
English and Amtarfcaii Clbtncsnlogy, thills giving
all the latest ana most brilliant discoveries in
the noble art of tailoring. It is, moreover, em
bellished with engravings both scientific and or
namental, exhibiting new cuts (not geometric
but dnudymctric) of human garments, and also
showing how smooth-laced gentlemen look when
suitably got up. Altogether it is a publication
worthy the attention both of those who make
clothes and of those whose chief business is to
wear them.
• Wc cannot dismiss this Eclectic Repository
“with a mere account of its intrinsic merits, b e
regard it with emotions far too deep for such
cursory laudation. It strikes us a novel fact in
American history. In a word it represents the,
birth of anew literature among us, the practical
literature of good clothes and respectability.
Carlyle has written a transcendental book oiv
clothes, but transcendentalism is not good for
much practically ; all the philosophy ol Savior
can’t teach a man what color his coat should Le
of or the proper length of its tails. But here is
the real philosophy, the true science, the genuine
wisdom, free Irotn all fog ot speculation and
ready for use. Take it, O sunny, perfumed and
purple-lighted world of fashion, take it and be
i content !
It is also apparent that the making of clothes
is rising into its proper dignity as one of the fine
arts. Rejoice, then, slandered and depressed
tailors, too long set down as fragments of twin 1
That old absurdity is disappearing before tilths
blazing light of this age and you can, now or
presently, make good your claim to be a man
apiece or least as nearly so as the best of your
neighbors. If painting, which consists in repre- 1
senting figures that have no life, is a fine art.
how much more is a fine art which adorns nnd
I sets out figures that actually have life or what
! passes for such 1 Quite as much may be said
I of tailoring as compared with sculpture, and u
! yon compare it with dancing or singing it will be
! found to have a superiority not much shortqtm
. il_. ‘ . . .
lUhlt d.U:t ul TivTlgreuTg ®life. 1
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I * • VI l >>t. Wj
; form, tailoring deals with the whole of itfl
j lime calling, second only to the
j tore herself and not less necessary! NS
| may produce men but they are not finished
out thy assistance. W hat gentleman wo^|
I think himself fit to appear in public, much less*
1 go to the opera, without the previous services of
! a tailor ? Just think of it. W ithout tailors the
| human race would he compelled to live in utter
j privacy and isolation, as it were, every mail in
i h's own barrel. Do not all the mstitufjons and
amenities of society then depend updHnflQjM&i
arts ?
W r cannot help thinking that is yet
very far from its final perfecting. are
now made with painful and inhuman uniformity
the same for all men. The poet, the orator and
that highest form of the species, the man of taslii
imi, all wear coats of the same cut and color.
The tailor lias to follow the general tendency of
•he age which is to destroy individuality and con
found all persons together in the mass. Rut the
ideal of the art should he to make every man’s
coat correspond with his essential character and
represent him, as it were, in cloth. We rocol
lent n passage in one ofthe novels of that strange
German humorist, Hoffman, in whifsh a hair,
dresser being sent for to discharge his official
duty, requires his customer to walk up npd down
the room, while he observes his character nnd
ascertains whether his hair should he cut roman,
tfoally, classically, poetically, Dantoisticnlly, af.
ter the fashion of Henry Fourth, Julius Ciosar,
or someone of fifty other modes. The tailor
Ftto. 1 ;
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