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AN AUIVMN BONO.
The Summer is dead ntid.gpne;
Sbe bus rn»»^> V ko n dr.'Sm *wgjr;
Tin**' drops over bovr<f and lawn
And over the allies like a ehtoud, is drawn
A curtain of gloaniy gray.
The wind, like a prophet old,
Froelaimeth a doleful doom (
Ai d be tolUa laU tbsl he oil baa told,
0: ”h «vers and Ii icuds that are pale and cold
la tho dark aud silent tomb.
1 bear’no tnoip tl.c hum
Of the borer and humble-bees,
For the season they lore uot now is come;
And the birds that linger bore at ill nro dumb
la the uniat aad ttirering trees.
The day lsdaik and dirsr,
And a sbudow is o'or the earth:
There is scarce a sjuad the heart td clicer,
01 all that late were so loud and clear,
Bare tbe crtoMt'a lowly mirth.
For tlie summer, alas! is dead ;
Aud a sense of near decay
Telia ear th M jflqrjr w Jl be sbwl.
Like a r mnen! woiti and her music Ucd,
And her mirth be passed away.
Already the me plea till,
Thai a'and before the door,
Am clad in a g> Id and crimson pell;
’] ia a n be of death, and it* fringes tail,
An the wind's hrasilt aaciputh o'er.
The garden flowers arc wet
\\ illr the ram of yester-night,
And heavily droopi (he violet
l.ntig since is deud, and the mignonette
lias felt the Autiuna blight.
Hot still the ro*» bloom
And smile, at the tun flower's feet;
The lleuis ol love still lit lit lire gloom,
And gehUj weave around tho tomb
Of ^ie Bummer a garland fweet.
I'ut the sno-flower tendctli low,
With his looks upon the ground.
And the aii-of ono who is rspt in woe,
1 ,,r lie feel* the want of tbs Bummer's glow,
Who is nowhere to be found.
For the Summer is deed and gono,
The iiionth of all the fl.iwera;
And we sigh aS her ghost step!slowly on, ■
In s misty mantle along tho lawn,
And uniting the hiding bower;.
There will yet be soil blurj ski s,
Kic.the coming ol frost and snow ;
And modi to gladili n our hearts and eves,
lire \ct tn the South the lust bird Hits,
And the warm winds cut' to flow.
A nd many a glcesome tune
From many a secret lair
And many a sunny and golden noon,
To make us remember the days ol June,
And the Summer's sultry air;
Aud many a fair flower still,
j n muny u dltu old wood,
Lingering lorg on the bretzy hill,
Or nodding and dreaming beside tho rill,
V hero the partridge leads her brood.
Ami tho woods will glow more bright, •
In tnjrind gorgeocs dyes,
Than a monarch's cmwn or a northern nip lit,
Where a million ab«m*r* of various light
Are flashing along the skies.
lint still, amid this crowd
Of Joys that the season brings,
A vague, dark sorrow our hearts wl*l shroud,
A", over a meadow, a lowering cloud
Shades all with his ducky wings.
For ths Sommer a'm I is dead j
And many a joy aho bore,
That wua dear to us, with her bss fl-'t,
With bsr to tho shadowy past bus s|»cl,
And will return no more.
Bote, Read Tiiib.—lit tho library of]
tiro cn| itnl of thin• State may bo found,
a copy of tfio Reviled Code of ALbnma,
compiled by tlio Hon. Turner Hcuvin,|
under Appointment of (jov. Moore, of.
that Htote, in IfcGO.
Judge Renv’aj hod boon on tho bench
of tho Circuit Court of that State for
ten years. *
Homo of the oldest oitizons of Raleigh
will recollect this sumo Turner Renvis ns
tr shop b'»y in the bokeryand candy store
of ol I Mr. Buccbardi, who did business
in tlio city within tho recollection of
many of tho present inhabitants. The
Turner Rcavis of tho Bucclinrdi candy
and cuke shop in Raleigh, mid the Tur
ner Honvis, Judgo of tho Circuit Court,
nnd compiler of tlio Revised Code of
Alabama, nro one nnd the enitie person.
Ho raised himself by bis own unaided
efforts, front tho shop to tho bench.—
Hoys, many of you can do tho same; or
at least as well, if you will pursue tho
same industrious course that bo did.—
How Men Atm Ki.ooged and Bhanded
l in England.—Thu number of men llog-
\ ged iu the army ami militia of Great
Britain and Ireland in 1 H(3-3 was 518, the
number ol lashes indicted, 23,6G8. The
number of prisoners flogged in 1804 was
528, and the lashes inflicted, 25^38.-
Thc number of persons flogged in 1805
•was 441, and of lapl.es inflicted, 21|601.
The number of melt marked witli tire let
ter I) in 18G3 was 1,1.40, with B C, 115.
In 1KG4 there were marked with the let
ter D, 1,488,1ftawked ■with B C in 1804
“Cannot bo remembered,” The number
of moil marked with the letter 1> was 2,-
502, with B C, t»0.
THE C
APPEAL.
Vol. I,
Cullibert, Georgia, Friday, ISTovembei* 1G, 18G6.
No. 4=.
«l)c itulljbcvt Appeal.
HATES OP ADtERTfsiNO •.
One dollar per aqnare of ten lioee for the fleet In
Mrtien, end Meventy-Hvo Cento per rqimre lor e#qb
aubirquvnt iunerlion, nut exceeding tlirve.
One aqaaro three montUe 9(6 00
One aqnare one year. 20 OO
Fourth of a column aix motilha ; »0 00
Halfcolumn aix tnnulha.1 70 0*
One eritimn alt monllra IfOOl
LbSCELLANSQUS.
Fron the Atlanta lntolligtooer.
C3N7EDF.RAIEDKAD AT RE3ACA. • i
A lady correspondent pends up the fol
lowing account of the uolrlo manner in
which, our gullant dead have been hon
ored by the hands of fair women. It
w ill be found worthy of perusal:
Mr. liditor:—In none of tho lhto pa
pers bavo I noticed a description of thj
dediuatioli of tho liesaea Confederate
Cemetery, nnd I not willing that tho
country at largo •nould remain in igno
rance of tho great nnd good work which
lias just been accomplished by the noble
women of Georgia, though l bad hoped
some abler pen than mine would bavo
assumed tho pleasant task of chronicling
their pa’riotie deed.
In May last tho "W^ men of Resncn,”
sent forth an appeal to tlitf State, request
ing aid iu guthc!ing up and interring in
one spot, tlio remains, of those who had
fallen in the battle of Resaca, 1 lilt and
15lh of May, 18G4; aud about tho first
of August they had received contribu
tions enough to commence the work,
nnd givoouttho contract for burying
the dead. Tlio work then begun, prose
cuted with so muoli vigor, that on the
20th of October, tlio cemetery, though
not entirely completed, was ready for
dedication. All the dead, threo hund
red and sixty-six, bavo been brought in
and interrod; neat nod tasteful head-
boards at every grave, bearing tho name
aud command of tho deceased, ns far as
nsccrtainuble—-but the majority simply
the sad inscription: ‘‘Unknown, C. H. A."
The grounds, by nature beautiful, arc
artistically laid «»tr, and onalosod by a
handsome fence, with largo nnd massive
gates, by spanned arches. Tho cemete
ry is situated on tho battle field, two
indorv above Resncn, very near the rail
road ; nnd surrounding it on nil sides
are bills still frowning with b roust works,
di fend'ng which these gallant men fought
nnd fell threo years ago. '
On tho morning of tho 25th, I, with
a number of other visitors, was present
at the dediemion services of this beauti
ful city of the dead. Tho day was
most propitious to tlio occasion, balmy
and cloudless; and the deop blue of the
October sky, ami the brilliant coloring
of tho October loaves, were reflected in
tho rippling brook, which winds through
the lower part of the cemetery. On the
bank of this brook, on n slight eminence,
was erected an exijiiisito evergreen tem
ple. Had our cause been successful,
from I be dome would have floated the
battle'flag under whose folds those dead
heroes had fought nnd died. But ns
“Fate with pitiless hand has furled’’ for
ever those colors, autumn waved nbovo
them her blood-red banners, nnd from
her fading groves shod over the bier of
each sleeping martyr, n pall more gorge
ous, more honorable, and more nppropii-
ato than any sad memento ol' a lost and
yielded enuse.
Ho, ns no Southern cross, though even
furled and shrouded; could bo raised
here, the little temple had twined among
its festoons of evergreen nnd white flow
ers these expressive lines:
" Gently we lay them undernsitb the an!,
And leave them with llicir I'.me, tliuir country nnd
their Uod."
Almost every Stnto of tho late Con
federacy is represented there; each State
in n separate plot, nnd all circling around
tlio Vnknown. In the center of this lot
for the nameless deud, is reared u mound
surrounded by cannon balls, upon whoso
summit is erected a simple wooden cross,
healing the inscription, “To the Un
known Head.’’ This, I mn informed is
soon to bo displaced for one of granite,
tlio generous gift of Messrs. Meador and
Turnbiti, of Stono Mountain.
To every State thcro was nn appro
priate motto attached. To Tennessee,
“Their names nro bright on fame's proud
sky.’’ To Georgia, “They sleep beneath
their native sky.” To Mississippi,
‘Teaco to tho bravo.” To Alnbam:i,
her own signification, "Hero we rest I”
To the Kcntuokinis, “Rest, warriors,
rest!” Among (he Salter 1 noticed a
grave upon whoso headboard was mark
ed Charley (jryloy, and w as informed
ho was a Kentucky youth of sixteen,
and some gen lo luuid hud placed above
tlio warrior boy who slept so far from
home, s beautiful tablet beuring the
touching line, “Somebody’s darling slum
bers hero.”
Among this citadel of graves I was
particularly attracted by live which lay
sale by side and nliqiist representing as
many States. Tho first, as you npprou li
ed, boro the name of u Floridian, und a
floral offering upon ids lowly mound
brought to me a breath from the “Imnd
of Flowers,” he laid left before. Tlio
next was an Arknnsiun, and in nn ever
green wreath were wound tho words,
“Over the river.” Next to him lay one
fro.ii the “Lone Slur .State,” und u beau
tiful emblem of bis native land, com
posed of arbor vitro, were attached to
tho headboard. There were two Lou
isianians w hose graves were connected
by an cvorgiecn garland, nnd the word
“ Exiled” thereon. When Louisiana
“Claimed from war his rich sat spoilt,
Thu an Lea of her brave,"
a brutal order denied them the right of
sepulture iu their own soil, niid a sister
.State receives them. Such u sentiment
was woven into the motto which first
greeted tho eye us you entered tho
grounds. Immediately opposite the en
trance was erected u lurgo evergreen
arch, with tho inscription :
To tlio right, a similar arch with these
lidvs:
' Our noble army of martyrs—
They died for u bind they could not save."
Tn tho (outre of tho ground was erect
ed the speaker’s stand. The ofliciuting
ministers wore Rev. John Jones,
of Grlflin, and Rev. Win. Rivers, of
Gave Spring. Impressive nddreuue
wore delivered, nnd everything passed
off in a most pleasing manner.
Major Wallueo, the obliging Buporin-
tcfulent of the Rond, and who, L under*
stand, has boon much interested in the
undertaking, that day allowed an extra
train from Dalton, and there was mi as
sembly present on the occasion.
We remained in this "bivouac of tlio
diftnl” till late iu the afternoon; then, ns
wu slow ly moved out of sight, l watched
the sun’s red rays, quivering among the
white head boards, or resting gently
upon their pvergroen decoration*, und
contrasted the peaceful scone before me
with tho terrible drama enacted ou this
very spot two years ago. Now
“Tho neighing troop, tho flashing blade,
Thebu-lo's otirriiv blast;
The cWa', ihc dreadful caunonsdo,
Tho din and Mi.hu nro post.
Nor war’s wild nnten, r.or glory's peal,
Shall thrill with Itoroe delight,
Those bn-ssls that never more tm>J f.'d
The rapture ol the light.
“Heat on, embalmed and anin'ed dead,
Do.ir hi the blood ye guve;
No impious tuotatrps here shall tread,
Tlio herbage of your gnre.
Nor ahnll your «lnry bo lorgot,
While Fume her record keeps;
Or llniior poiuts tho hallowed spot,
Where Valor proudly sleeps,"
VlSITOU.
A TflBILUNQ ADVENTUHE.
It was about the year 1805 that I set
tled in Virginia, near the falls of the Kan
awha. Tho country, at that timo was an
unbroken wilderness. But few settle
ments had been made by the whites, aud
they were so far apart as to render vain
all hopes of assistauee in case of nil at
tack from hnatilo Indians, numbers of
whom still infested the noiglibm hood.
I lived there alone with my wife sever
al mouths unmolested, and by diift of
perseverance, being then young nnd har
dy, bad succeeded in making quite a
clearing in tho forest, which I planted
with corn,and which promised an abun
dant yield.
Ono morning after wo bud dispatched
our bumble meal, and just prepared tn
venture forth upon my accustomed rou
tine of labor, my attention was nrrestiflt
by the tinkling of a cow hell in the corn
fold
“There,” suid my wife, “tho cow is in
the corn field."
But the ear of tlio backwoodsman be
comes by education, very acute, especial
ly so, from the fuel that liis safety often
depends upon the nice cultivation ofthut
sense. I was not so easily deceived. 1
listened. The sound was repented.—
“That," said I, in reply to my wife’s re
mark, “was not the tinkle of a beU upon
the neck of a cow, but a decoy from
some Indian, who wishes to draw mo in
to ambush."
Believing this lo bo tho case, I took
down my old musket, nnd seeing that it
wan properly loaded, I stole cautiously
around the filed towards tho spot from
which tho sound seemed to proceed.
As I suspected, there in a dump of
bushes crouched an Indian, wuit'ng for
me to appour in answer to his decoy hell
that he might send a fatal bulbt lo my
hourt. 1 approached without discover
ing myself to him until within slanting
distance, then raised my piece and fired.j
The bullet sped true to its mark und the
Indian-fell dead.
Not knowing but that be might be ac
companied by others, I returned with
] nil speed to the cabin mid having firmly
barricaded the door, t watched all day
for the companions of llio Indian I had
1 killed. To add to tho danger mid soem-
! mg.helplessness of my situation, I dis
covered that I bad but one? shot left, nnd
. i! attacked by numbers, 1 should bo on-
1 tirely in their power. Determined to do
the best with llio clinrgo of powder, I
put it into the musket, and then waited
I r tho approach of night fouling sure of
nn nttnek.
Night enmo at last. A beautiful moon
light it wuh too, und this fuvored me
greatly, as I would thereby bo able toob
i serve the movements of the enemy as
they approached the cabin.
Ii \\iis some two hours after nightfall,
mid yet I had neither heard nor seen a
sign of tlio Indiuus, w hen suddenly I
was startled by the baying of my dog
at the stable. The stable stood a little
to the west of the cabin, mid between tho
two was a patch of clear ground, upon
w hich the light of the moon fell unob
structed. J udging from the noise ut tho
stable that they would udvancc from thut
direction, I posted myself ut tho port-
, hole on liiat side oi the cabin.
1 hud previously placed my wife on
the cross polo in mo chimney, so thut in
, cum) our enemies effected all entrance
into our cabin she might climb out
| through the lower chimney mid effect her
| escape. For myself i entertained no
i liu-pe; but determined not to be taken
alive nnd to sell my life dearly.
W ith brcalblds anxiety 1 wailed at
the porthole. At length l saw them
emerge from llio shadow of tho stable,
and udvuiico ucrora the open ground to
wards my cabiu. One—two—throe—
great heaven ! six stalwart Indians, arm
ed to tho teeth and urged oil by the
hope of revenge, mid I ulono to oppose
them, with but one cliurgo of powder.
My eiisu was desperate, indeed. With
quick and stealthy steps in close, single
tile, they upprouohed, and were ulready
within a few yards of the house, when u
slight chungu in tho movcmcniont of the
forward Indian changed tho position of
the six, so that u portion of the left side
of each wus uncovered.'
Thoy wore in range, ono aim would
cover all. Quick ns thought I aimed
and fired. As the smoko cleared away
I could hardly credit what my senses
showed me ns tho result of lay shot. Tho
fifteen slugs w ith which i had leaded tho
musket had dono tluirwork well, five of
tho six Indians lay dead upon tho ground
nnd the sixth had disappeared.
Although no enemies wore now in
sight 1 did not venture forth until morn
ing. There lay tho bodies of tlio five
Indians undisturbed, together with the
rifle of tho other. Securing the nrnis
and ammunition of the fallen Indians, 1
followed up tho trail of the missing one
until 1 reached the river, beyond which
point I could discover no trace whatev
er. From tho amount of blood which
marked his trail, together with tho un
mistakable evidence that ho had picked
his way with difficulty, 1 was led to be
lieve that lie was mortally wounded, and
in order to prevent bis body fivni fulling
into tlie bands of the white foo, bo had
groped bis way to the river and thrown
himself into tho current which hud borne
it away.
Tho Indians had killed my cow, nnd
that you may bo assured, was no trifling
loss, yet in my gratitude for my eronpu
from the merciless savages 1 would have
made greater eaei itices. 1 was well pro
vided by moans of at nn nnd ml in u.iiion
taken from the rix Indiansiu cut-oof a si o-
ond attack, but this, fortunately, proved
to bo my Inst ndventuro with tho sava
ges.*
Not ono of tho band bad cscupod to
tell the tale and incite bis brethren to re
venge the death of bis comrades.
“All 1” exclaimed the old man, while
tho tears gushed from bis oyes at the
memory of thut eventful night, ''that was
a glorious shot—tho best 1 ever made 1”
LOST AND FOUND.
Thii ty Ycari' Captivity Amomg tho Indiana.
Thirty years ago, when Jackson was
a little hamlet of two or throe hundred
persons, a young woman might have
boon soon, ono sultry day in August, ac
companied by n little boy fiveyoors old,
wending her way toward a grovo in tho
neighboring town of Blackmon, for tho
purpose of engaging in tho then common
jiustimo of picking borrias. Tho young
wojnan, uftur toiling nwny for awhile,
bcemno annoyed w ith the ceaseless impor
tunities of her child, nnd sent him home.
Bhe thought nothing more of tho matter
till, upon her retun in the evening, slio
was surprised to find that the boy hud
not returned. In reply to tho queries
of the anxious pnrents the girl rulutcd
the circumstances narrated above, and
added that she knew nothing of the
whereabouts of tlio child. Day after
day passed, nnd still the missing mem
ber of that distracted family did not re
turn, nor could any tidings of him be
heard by bis agonized parents. Finully,
after every searching parly who went
out to find the missing ono had returned
nnd reixirted their mission fruitless, nnd
after all hope of seeing their darling hoy
again had vanished from tho minds of
tlio nilliclcd parents, suspicion began to
fasten upon tlioyoujig woman, who wus
a servant iu the family. Bhe again as
sorted her innocence, mid stated that she
know nothing of tho missing boy from
tho time she had sent him homeward —
In spite of her protestations, however,
she was arrested for tho murder of the
hoy, nnd incarcerated in tho rude lock
up which had bcon erected by tho early
settle**. Here slio was kopt for a time
ti'l it became apparent that no evidence
against her could bo obtained, when she
was discharged from custody, still as
serting her innocence to tho purents of
tho child, who longed for some tidings
that would dispel tlie uncertainty which
hung over them like a cloud. Their
hopes wero doomed to disappointment,
however, os nothing could be beard of
the missing ono, nnd ho was finally num
bered with tlie deud, tho parents giving
up all hopes of over bearing of their lost
boy again.
Years passed, nnd tlio little bnmlet bo-
came a large mid flourishing city. Tlie
solitude which formerly roignuu on tho j
hanks of tho Grand river was broken
by the mechanic nnd tlio artisan, mid
tlio air resounded with tho busy hum of]
industry. Nearly all tho old settlers had {
passed away, and another generation'
imd succeeded them. Among the many
now comers wiyia son-in-law of the afflict
ed family, Mr. J. Z. Ballard, our fellow
townsman, who was generally surprised,
a few days Hince, to learu that the boy j
who had long been numbered witli the;
dead hud arrived in tho southern part ol |
this State, and was making inquiries af-
ter his fmni'y. Tho hoy hud grown to j
bo a stalwart man of thirty-live. His
countenance had been bronzed by con
tinual ex|K>Huru to the elements, nud his
sinewy features hardened by repeated
adventures iu the Western wilds. Ho
states that he hud but a dim recollection
of his forinur home, but vividly remem
bered tho time when two stalwart forms
with rod visages crossed his path,
snatched him up in their urine, ami cur
ried him off' amidst his piteous cries for
his lov ng mother. Since that time he
has been constantly with tho Indians,
joined them in their hunting expeditious,
ud followed their trail us tin y j«»ur-|
neyod toward tho setting sun. IIo learn
ed to speak tho language of the Foto-
wutomius—-for that wub tho name of tho
tribe with whom tho greater part of his
lifo had been spent—and iu answer to
bis repeated enquiries, bis captors told
him they had stolen him from Jackson
county, and that his name was Willey.
The ludians confounded tho name with
Filly, which was the real name of his
father. Mr. Ballard went in quest of tho
missing one, and, upon arriving at the
placo where he had been making enqui
ries, was told that he was gone nwuy,
but would return, in a few days, when lie
will proceed to tlio bourn of his aged pa
rents, to make glad tho hearts ol an af
flicted father and mother.—Juchon CM-
ABUSE OF WORDS.
Tho oxtravagnnt words used by Yqung
America in our day nio very offensive to
people of refined tastes. Young ladies
nro tho greatest culprits, and they can
bo satisfied only with the strongest su
perlatives. Tho following from un ex
change is very suitable:
A contemporary complains tlmt some
of the noblest words iu tho English
tonguo are daily prostituted to ignoble
uses, nnd says, “That constant applica
tion of great- words to small things is
gradually undermining tho native
strength of the language, insomuch, tlmt
in order to make nn impressive statement
it is necessary to pile a l’elion of adverbs
on an Ossa of adjectives.” Tlio com
plaint is certainly well founded; but
whether tho nuisance can bo materially
abated by nay force or frequency of re
buke is questionable. Tho evil is wide
ly spread, but it tuny bo soon in its most
nmligimnt typo nmong half educated
people nnd—young ladies. The latter
class are especially addicted to tho ad
jectives of tlio ntnnig kind; nnd oven
those are generally too weak for their use
until they have been "raised to the third
power" (as n mathematician would say),
by being put in the superlative dogreo.
In tho intense vocabulary of these excit
able damsels, a simply pleasant tiling is
“charming,” und a disagreeable thing is
"shocking.” Whatever is line is “splen
did,” at tho very least; nnd nothing
that is deemed in bad taste is ever other
wise than "horrid,” “awful” und "ubom-
inablo.”
In this snpie hyperbolical strain, they
speak of a pretty bonnet as “delicious,”
and describe an ngroonblo gentleman ns
“fascinntiug.” But it is not tho adjec
tives alone thut suffer: the verbs are
tortured qiiito ns mercilessly ns their ad
juncts. The commonest things nro
“dontod on,” nnd “adored,” or “uliomin-
ntod,” or “detested;” while “love” is lav
ished alike on objects of tnate, appotito
ond affection. The same person assures
you tlmt she “loves” her mother, her lap
dog und raw oysters! Whut could she
say of her Redeemer ?
We onco heard tlio indiscriminate uso
of siipcrlativea quietly rebuked in a pas
sage of conversation, which wus nearly
as follows:
“Qon’t you think Miss So and-so is
perfectly beautiful ?” snid a young lady
to Judge B., apropos of a good looking
school girl, whose name hud just been
mentioned.
“She is pretty,” suid the Judge.
His fair interlocutor look puzzled and
disappointed. “I appreciate your ad
miration of your friend,” said tho Judge,
“but perfect beauty, my dear girl, is
somewhat rarer than you seem to imag
ine. I do not know that I have ever
scon an example of it in innn or woman.
Pretty girls nro plenty enough; good
looking women are not uncommon; de
cidedly Imndsoine ones are occasionally
met with. I havo seen (in forty years)
liulf a dozen who wero beautiful; blit a
‘perfectly beautiful’ woman i* what I
have never seen hithe to ”
The young lady looked a littlo aston
ished ut first, but huving reflected a mo
meat, it occurred to her tlmt tho judge
might be in tho right, nnd that she did
not moan anything like tho panegyric
which slio had pronounced, anil she suid
so. “Why, judge, you are so uwfully
critical; I only mount to say she wus
pretty.”
“I thought so," said tho judge; “but
how could I know that your idea was
not as extravagant as your epithets f You
must excuse me for tho mistake, since it
was not wholly my fault.” And so end
ed tho discourse.
Rzi.r-EDCOATioM. —- Costly apparatus
and splendid cabinets have no magical
power to mako scholars. In ull circum
stances. its u man is, under Goa, the mus
ter of In's own fortune, so is ho tho mak
er of his own mind. Tho creator has
eontistuted the human intellect that it
can grow only by its own action. It
must certainly and necessarily grow.—
Every man must, therefore, in nn impor
tant sense, educate himself. His books
nnd teachers uro but helps— the work is
his. A man is not educated until ho
has the ability to summon, in cuse of
emergency, all his mental power in vig
orous exercise, to effect bis proposed ob
ject. It is not tlifa man who lias seen
the most, or bus rend tho most who can
do this; such an one is in danger of
being borne down like a beast of bur
den, by un ovorluiu mass of other men's
thoughts. Nor is it u man who can
boast merely of native vigor aud capac
ity. The greatest of nil tho warriors
that went to tho scigo of Troy had the
pre-eminence, not because nature had
given him strength, and ho carried the j
largest bow, but self-discipline had
taught him how to bond it.
FIEID MW GARDEN.
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Miximi Potatoes.—Wo met with a far
mer Inst week, whom wo know to bo
very successful-in bis agricultural opera
tions, but who has notions of his own
about /arming. A mong other things, ho
said that bo always guts a bettor crop
of potatoes when hg mixed together sev
eral kinds. Ho says that if you take
several kinds and plant them separately
on the same piece, and then plant un-
other similar with them mixed, the latter
will bo a lurger crop than the former.
The idea wus new. Dan any of our pota-
too raisers toll us about itV Wo thought
it ut first only a whim, but us hu has al
ways good crops, wo did not like to let
him oil - without an investigation. What
think you, brother farther??—Jlanur /hr-
mtr.
KELP1SU SWEET P0TAT0E#
A correspondent of the Southern Cul
tivator gives the following plan of keep
ing sweet potatoes :
I build a pen of logs, any desired
length, nnd five feet wide (tins lessens
the risk from bulking), four to six feet
high ; how it down evenly on the inside,
so that tho walls may be ceiled or daub
ed smoothly; cover tho whole with n
good roof, nnd have n email door iu the
end. When this is done, raiso tho bot
tom with atones live or six inches high ;
cover these with dry sand, to keep thoin
from cutting tlio potatoes, which may
now be put in, beginning in tho middle.
Threo or four inches of dry sand must
be placed between them und tlio wall.
I aomvtimos have n plank for this pur
pose, raising it up as tho potatoes are
put in, keeping tho space between tho
plank and wull well tilled in with.sand,
which will run down through tho pota
toes ns tho plank is raised. Let them
remain so until freezing weather, when
you c*.ii readily cover entirely with the
dry sand, deep enough to keep thorn from
being chilled. Borne attention may bo
necessary for awhile, ns tho sand will
continue to disperse itself among them,
nnd leave the top naked. There should
be no leaks in tho roof. Thera is but
littlo waste in the sand when once pro
cured. Like tho house, it is always ready
nnd at tho snot. Ilunoo, tho cheapness of
the plan. The philosophy of tho plan is
tho uniform temperature it insuros, while
it absorbs and carries oil' tho excessive
moisture thut may be in tho potato. 1
havo tried this plan -satisfactorily for
twenty years successively."
Bwcot potatoes must bo dug tho latter
port of October, or as soon an tho vinos
uro slightly wilted by the first frosts. To
determine when your potatoes are fully
ripo, dig several in different parts of
your field, break thorn, nnd if, when dry,
tho fresh part is white, the potato is ripe,
aud should be dug at once ; but if the
broken purt dries off' dark, tho roots are
not yet lit to be gathered in. It will bo
safest howevor, as a general rule to dig
just ns soon as the vinos are nipped a lit
tle by the frost.
TURNIPS.
“Sow turnips, don’t neglect it. Fivo
hundred bushels of turnips, nro equal to
three hundred nnd fifty bushels of corn
when fed to stock."— Exchange. Not
quite I ono hundred pounds of turnips
oontuin from ninety-one to ninety-two
per cent, of water, w hile now Indian com
contains but eighteen per cent., leaving
in the cuse of turnips eight or nine
pounds in tho hundred of dry nutritive
matter nnd in thut of corn eighty two.
Quito a differnco. For feeding stock,
fifty-two pounds of corn, according to
the experiments of I’etri, nnd filty mno
according to those of Boussengnlt, are
equal to one hundred pounds of good
meadow hay ; while different experi
ments show thut it tukes from threo to
six hundred pounds of turnips to nfl'ord
tho same nourishment for animals. Tho
turnip, it hus thus keen proved by
experiment, owing to its largo percent
age of water, posasscs small comparative
nutritive value. But in another point of
view tho turnip crop is very important.
There uro few if any crops from which
can bo derived so much nourishment per
acre. If it takes, according to tlio vari
eties of corn and turni|is selected, or the
species of animals to which they are fed,
from six to ten bushels of turnips to
equal iu nutritivo value ono bushel of
corn, un ncro of turnips propnred nnd
cultivated properly, will feed considern-
HUM0R0U8.
Wo know a girl so industrious that
when she lias nothing else to do she knits
her brows.
Thr min that doth an |>ip*r hk;,
<trudging fit* price u one a jeir,
Will never n good hnabancl make,
liMunao lila wife can never know what in gn-
ji r nn in the world, nnd hi* children mil
very ignorant appear.
The lust line is rather long for good
metre, but the moral is excellent.
“What are you writing such n
big hand lor l’at ?”
“Why you boo my grandmother h
dnfe, and I'm writing a loud lutlhcr to
her.”
“Do you like codfish bulls, Mr. Wig-
gta •"
Mr. Wiggin, hesitatingly: “I really
loii’t know, Alias, \ I don’t recollect at
tending one.”
Lamb hits off half-gown boys neatly
when ho describes them as “tilings lie
tween boy and ninnhood—too ripe for
play, and too raw for conversation.”
Coleridge onco asked Clinics Lamb,
“Did you over bear mo preach?” to which
tlio witty essayist stuttered tlio reply,
“ I never heard you do nny thing olso.”
An Irishman, on being told to grenso
tho wagon, returned in nn hour after
wards, and said, “ I'vo greased every
part of tlio wagon but them sticks the
wheels haug on."
Married, at Roanoke, Vn., on the 24<h
ult, by Rev. J. Gutes, Mr. John Post
and Miss Sophia Rails. If this match
don’t niHko a fence of tho first quali y, wo
should likoto know what stuff will.—JEr-
chtnti/e.
A Georgia paper asks whither it is
supposed that tho Southern lMiopia will
run Northern men? WcP, we believe they
did occasionally run u few of them during
tho war.—'Prentice,
A young lady traveling from Louis
ville to Nashville u few day ago was
observed to havo a liicco of court
plaster on her lip. When tho enrs
emerged from it tunnel tho court plaster
was on the lip of a young man. Neither
knew how came it there.
Curran’s ruling passion wnB a joke. In
his lust illness, his physician observing,
in tlio morning, that ho seemed to cough
with more difficulty, he answered, “That
is rather surprising, as I havo been prac
ticing all night."
Milton was asked: “How is it that in
some countries a king ia allowed to tuko
his placo on tho throne at fourteen years
of ago, but may not innrry until lie is
eighteen?” “Because,” suid tho jmet,
“it is easier to govern a kingdom thuu
u woman.”,
An urchin, not quito tliroo years
old, said to his sister, while munching ii
piece of gingerbread, “Bisn, take half ub
die cake to keep lo afternoon, when I
get cross.”
This is nearly as good ns the story of
tho child whobellowed from the top of
tho stairs, “Ain, llunnuh won't pacify
me!”
A ceruln judgo was reprimanding nn at
torney for bringing sovcrul small suits in
to court, und romurkod that it would
have been much better for nil parties bad
he persuaded his clients to leave their
cause lo the arbitration of two nr three
honcHtmon. “Please your honor,” retort
ed tho lawyer, "Wo did not chnoso to
tmblc honest men with them.’* Tlio
Judge fainted.
A cobbler living in Baltmore thus an
nounces his culling: "Surgery performed
here on boots ana shoos, by adding of
tho feet, making good legs, binding the
broken, healing tlio wounded, mending
the constitution, and supporting tho body
with now soles. Advico gratia.”
We rend of a man in Pottsvillo, who
wus very much intoxicated, nnd being
nrresfod, wjw sent to " durance vile,”
“Why didn’t you boil him out?” ask
a bystander,
" i/ffi/himout?” said thoothor; “why
you ouidn'tpump him out.”
"How no you like tho charaterof St.
Paul ?" asked u parson of his lunlady ono
day.
' Ah ! ho was n good, clovor old soul,
I know, for ho onco said, you know, tlmt
we must eat whut inset before us, and
ask no questions for conscience sake.
rr - v , I always thought I would liko him f«
bly more stuck than an ncro of corn; and j, our j eri »
a farther advantage of tho turnip crop is
that after a drought or other casualty by
which the coi n and farUgo mips nro cut
off', thoro is still timo to picporo the
ground, and if .stable and lot munuro is
not to be obtained, its place can be fully
supplied by guuno and Huper-pliosplmte
of lirau used together ; thus, with prop
er preparation of the soil, several hun
dred bushels of turnips can bo mndo a
sure thing, on loamy or sandy loamv
lands. IJpon stiff clays there is conniif-
orubly more difficulty, but there nro very
“Cun you tell mo, sir,” suid n stranger
to n gentleman in a ball room, "who tlmt
lady is near the second window—thut
very vain looking lady ?”
“That is my sister, sir,” repliod the per
son addressed, with a fomidnblo look.
“ No, no, I don't mean her,” I mean
that ugly woman luuriing against tlio
piano; there’s abont as much expression in
nor face as In a bowl of bonnyclabbei.”
“That, ar, is mv wile.”
“No, no, gasped tho miserable stranger,
few plantations on v’h'oh there is not a perspiration starting from every pore.—
good deal of soil Unit can bo inudo to “Good grsoious! 1 wish I could mako you
produce good turnips; and further,stock understand me! I mean tlmt blear-eyed
uro found to thrivo bettor if thoy nro fed
a portion of green food during tho win
ter, than if confined entirely to dry for
ego. indeed, with tho uililitign of a lit
tlo straw, they can ho not only wintered,
but fattened on trumps. Alnny fail to
raise good crops of turnips but of late
years we are getting more nnd more in
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object in the pink silk, the ono so awful
homely—Isliould bo afraid Bhe would
splinter a looking glass junt by leaking
into it. Thoro she is looking at us now.”
“ That sir,” said the gentleman, with
fioroo calmness, “is my eldest daughter.”
The stranger darted H orn the room, and
cleared tlie premises us though he had
to the opinion that if tlio requisite care, been struck with a presvutiment that a
skill, and manure bo applied, it is a very
Bure curop.—tfouthern Culticator.
powder mug ezine was going to explode
ia that room iu lera than three roobrnha
