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♦F. R. FILMS,.Editor? VOL. YT. J!tc Quitman Oanucv. rUBLISIIEU EVERY FRIDAY. TEK M 8 : TWO DOLIARJSA YEAR WHEN I'Ain IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. One senate. (10 lines, or less,) firs', inserlkr* S.MW; <*ach fol’v-vintr insertion, $i *'C. When advertisements are mminucul for one m mth or longer, the charge will be foil •’ s : y " iHi 2 Mt®i 4 Months. ! 1 Month?. | }t» Months. | j 7 Months, j ;H I*l out ha. Jo Months, 1 12 Months. I -2 8.00 1 15 18 21 24 2« , ' :v- 35 J'JO.OO! 15! 20j 25 HO H4j 2»m 3*l 4« 4$ 4112.00 R 241 Ho HC. le- <*‘t 44 ir| 58 6 14.00 25 33! HO 44 4' ’4 sj si ; 52j 60 eilO.OO 1 3*| 4. 45 50 5.V s»' : 57' 58 05 12(30.00j 50 r»s| 7< 7 S'l 8 |! 00 120 18(4.5.00 r.s| 7' | 8 85 :»-*j !•**.; 1 D'j i |l5O 24;6O.O0l 75 Be] !l Ot* 110^: ■■ IV* ,%20.i * LFGAL AliV! KTISING. Sheriffs Salts, per lew of 5 lined.. . . 2.50 “ “ exe.eediug 5 lines, pr. s<jr... 5.00 Sales by Administrate!Kx. c’.iters and Guardiatts. tvr quit re- 0.00 Citation of Admin: ratl m or .Guardian- Bhip, per t-tjaare 5.00 Notice o Debtoi" ami Groditvtra 0.00 < Ration for leave to .ell land 0.00 Citation of Dtfauistdjui of AdmlnU ratur.. 10. on if ** Guardian 0.00 Homestead Notice 5.00 j For anno mein*: candidate- for office, s!e • •’ * ObitiiHW notices, Tribotes of Respect, and a! at tide* of & rial character, charged foi advertisements. I§l!sCfUauCotts. CAM, \ MAN. Any one win. is disposed to try a laugh, will do well t read on. " iotro'jac'i'Th wwg"~*T'< nMnijiiatrioii*, . hard-working man, of twenty-three : years, Being the . hirst child, at.ei th. on'y son, he had always remained at, home, assisting- l.is fat' er upon the f.rm. John war mue ■ respccte and by every one in the neighborhood, and many u b: .ght eved girl had secretly thoughteho would like to change her name to M:- John Jackson. llut John was no lad (»’ man. j Th» fact was John was very bashful, lie would lather hoe potatoes all day than undergo the e rene ny of an intro duction to a young lady. Not tl. .1 J-'hn disliked t'e dear creatures—f i from it. We Uclic that he, in c:: :mi with all : bashful, well-meaning in n, entertained j the vrv login-st re-p ct and ndtn :a'n n | lot- them. And tins, no <1- übl, was th principal Cause ■ f bis bushluh: a. II felt that they were shpeiior I- -and . thst he was unworthy t - m-soci > wit, them upon terms ot equality, llut w cannot stop to tnoru ze Nancy Child; was tie (laughter if respectable fanner, whose lands adj ; ed the Jackson tarm. Nancy was u jirettv, saury little wench, an 1 she liked John Jacks 01. When they were chil dren they attended the same ,c< ... !, a-, as he was a tew years her armor w •• usually her champi n in the Cos! ; ' -lis pules that an-s ;, and her companion in going and reining. At last John h-- came so much <fa y ung man as tola kept from school, as she hud been in pas’ years. John dir covered, too, that he lad been growing in stature, and it seemed as if he had been growing out of shape - Ills feet and legs appeared very awk ward; he dido’t know what to and with! h's hands; his face pained hi;i, ar.d, ta ken all in all, he was inclined to think In was not more than half put together. Now the truth was John Jackson *»« , rearly a fine looking young man, one nothing but his admiration of Nancy could have suggested any such foolish thoughts abou'. himself. As ti e novelist says, it was a lovely j day in Angnat. The heavens were clear, serene and beautiful —the trees were la <aden with g.Jd n fruit, and the I- anti c birds t V : . le-ei.-Tii. branches. Earth— -There, we've s' ! down to eaitli (nice more; such 1- by heights, they make our head dizzy.) \\ i were about to say that “earth had yield ed her bountiful harvest of a year's grass, and cl ver, and honey-suckles, which the noble ycr-monry' of (.'heater ville had garnered within their st re houses”—but epon second thought con cluded to word it thus: The farmers of Chester vile were done haying. J( hn Jackson’s sister had a quilting that afternoon. His father lad gone to Keith's Mill to get seme wheat ground, and John was left to .--pair some tools to be teady on the won. w to commence mowing the meadow grass. Suddenly it occurred to John el at il he remained I about the house in the afterno u, he would he called in at tea time and re quired to do the honors of the table. le. avoid this, he quietly i;hoah..ied hi- ; scythe and stole away to the m d-.w. half a mile distant; fully res ,!v and that j he would nut leave the re until it w ..s s dark that lie c -uld cut see how to m.v and thus avoid seeing the gills. The meadow was surre.uuded on ah sides by a thick forest, which iff. ctnally shut out what little breeze tin re Diig t ] bestirring. The sun p nred its ray. as though the little mead -w was t . focus point where the heat was contract . ed. J Lu mowed and sweat—sw-a' and mowed, until he was obliged to sii j down and cool ejff. Then it ccearr.-d l Juba that if he took off his pa .Is he! 'H IS j® A A.J &>;*>A A« A, <v *Sk W • A/A AAA« 4 t A-" |r f sßgfcV; »' ■ 5 | might be nisc comfortable. There j could bo no impropriety in it, as he was entirely Concealed from observation, and there wan not the slightest reason to suppose that he could be seen by any person. So John stripped off, and within, r v er save his linen—e u. m n!y called n shirt —he resumed l.is w. ik. He was just e'-ngratulating himself upon the good time he had haying, and the lucky escape he bad m - from meeting the j girls, ivliea l e ch anced to distut l> a j huge black snake, a genuine twister, with a white ring around IT* in k. ! John wan u.o coward, but he was nior - afraid ■f kc. - ■ pre-erva j Hon was the first passage that flashed i upon Jpl u’s mind, and legs take care of I she body, was the nest. Dropping l.is ' scythe and spinning round like a top, lie was ready to all ike a ?.40 gait, when i at thin moment thConake was near ! enough t > ho k ins crooked teeth into John's shirt, j.i- 1 above the liotn. With : a tremendous spring, he stalled < CT with ilie speed of a loc m dive, liis first j jump took the suuke clear from the | gr-.ut.d, uud as John stole a hasty glance over l.is shoulders, he was In n-fied te> i find the r< ptile securely fastened to the extremity of his garment; while the I .speed with which lie rushed forward kept tl e si rpeiit atari angle if nmety \ degrees with his body. Here was aqu mdary. If he stopped j the snake would c il about his body and squeez - him to death; if he eotitoaird : tlm.ijoee would so ii fall from sheer ex haustion. On he lh» , scarce da:i: g to i think how his dreadful race would end. Instinctively he had taken the direc tion of home, when a feeding e.t security cane over him. .Suddenly <1 .u edaemss l.is niud the true state of affeiis—l is fathe r gone—the quilting- -and Worst us all, the girls ! Tin's new horror sent the: blood hack curdling ub ut Us neck, and he earn.' to a (lead halt. Tho next mo ment h.e felt the b ly of the Cold, clam, my mi'll.;cr in contact w i!h his bare legs, liis tai! creeping nreniud them in n sort of an eieziiig n \. as thoHgli hi» sn-ikcship only mediut. and a little fun, by v. ay of tickling John upon the knees This was too much for human end a once. dV.'.li a yell, such as a man .. ver niters ei.ve when in mortal toner, poor John again act forward »t :■ break neck pace and once more had the ph-as arc ot seedig the snake resume liis har riz .ntai position, S'inewhat after tl;e t.islijon , fa comet. On h flow ! John forg'd the quilting, forgot the girs, forget every tiling but the Snake. Idis act ive i xcrcise f lie paid purlieu- ; lar ntn s.iioii to Ids lunning), together: with the ex i.ssive h «t, lied brought on the uouc-bl 1 and, sad as lie iau, cals erect and head thrown back, his chin, I throat an K shirt-bosom wore stained ! with the tl .wing sjlieani, His first wild shriek hue) startl'd the quitters, soil forth they rushed. Wonder ing if some rnaei Indian was not prowl ing about. By this time John was within a few rods of the barn, still run- j niug at the top of his spied, l.is head I turned so that h could keep one eye on ihe snake, and wi:h the other observe i what cours: he must taken The friend- | ly barn concealed him from the sight of the girls. 11-km-w that they were in the yard, having caught a glimpse ot them as they lushed from the house. A few more bounds and he Would he in their midst. T.r a moment modesty; i'veucame fear, and he once more haled. The snake, evidently pleased with his j rapid transportation, manif'eated i.is gratitude by /.tiomptii g to enfold the; | legs of our beroimi in his embrace. With an exp! - ;yc ou<:h! and urged j so ward by circumstances ovei which he | had n ; control, peior John bounded ou. liie next moment lie was in full viow e.f j the girls, an I as he tinned the corner of the barn, the snake came round with a whiz something after the fashion if . c. acb whip. Having reacle and the barn yard, to hip dismay be fonud the bars up; but time was too precious to be wasted in letting dawn bars. Gathering all his -■>■:: gdi, j he bounded ink the air—snake t to— j and as he alighted on the other side', hi. , suakeship’s tail cracked across the upper! har, snapping like an India cr .ethe r. Again John set forward, now utterly i icgard'-.-sB of T c piegeiiceof the gir , ! for the extra tick e,f the snake’s tad as: he leaped the bars, banisa and all the bash j tulucss and modesty, and again he ha i the pleasure of finding tin- snake in a straight line, dtawing steadily at the hem if bis solitary garmeu!. The bouse new became the centre <! attraction, and around it he revolve and with the speed of thought. Four times in each revolul'ou .- s iie tuim-d the cor ner his snukeslJp came around with a wh'z whic was qui-e rebesoing While describing the third circle, ns he , c ime near the gr. up «.f woueicr-siriick giris, w itlmut T‘ mo. ing his gaze bum the snake, lie managed to cry out : ••call a man!” The next moment he whisked out of sight, and. as quick as th light, reap peared on the other side of the bouse— ucaz shall tux raziz r:iz a r.isttTS maintain, un.v.vzd by pba?. anb unblibud by cain. QUITMAN, GEO.. JANUARY 6, 1871. “cam. a man!” And eway he whirled again, turning | ihu corner so rapidly that the whiz of the i make sounded half way b tween a whis tle and the repeated ptonui cialiou of a 1 (1 111 l.'C. ! either of the girls had stiiced f - . n» their Macks, he had performed an I other revoiution “cai.i. a man!'’ Away he flew, but liis strength was ; >up;..!.. ailing Nancy (Hark was the | first to recover her presence**of mind, and seizing a hooj -pole, she took her si.eiion near the corner of the house, slid as John reappeared, she btougi t it down upon the snake with sueli a force that it br. lie his back and his hold upon John’s nether garni.■ name time. John rushed into t m house and in !.i» room, cud at tea-time appeared in his best Sunday suit, but little the worse for the race, and to a I appearance cured of ban! in nc-is. That night he walked be me with Nancy Clark. The New Year they were married, and now, when John feels inclined to laugh at his wife’s lieu p, or any other peculiarity, she Ima only le> say “C.J! a man,” when he instantly so lids down. Tbe WayaCesi !»Mtm Dili ii. I.V I.Et'XHll .SEN. Taking the census must be a funny ihirig ;•> a funny man, tend it must be a dec de lly Miidancl.oily .pursuit to one I wl ose tears and curses emmo easier than !aug!,tcr. There arc many people whose reading is chiefly e i lined to tracts, be cause such lit. ratine is cheap, whose infuin iu. ii t'Oiching lirmy things—the census included—is consequently h > limit" i that they are obeli qni.e cl.i'.l i line in the presence el'aiiything new, and if the n w thing is 11.1 pre-tty which the cvusns-takcr, for instance, rarely is with i,is big book and his catching .(■•leatiotis—tie"- ..r • apt to deal with h after the ma ' children, tl at is, get frig iii-oid at a oi mad at it, or hot In. 1 uv< r'neanl the lollowing race, and, among the few times in my solemn life, 1 laughed. ‘Madam in?’ 'I am,’ (aianding in tho outer door way with an expression . I face at once su pe cting anil militant)’ ‘Will you let me step in out of this rail:?’ (It is a Cold d.izzlc ) ‘Come in in il you want !o.’ Stepping in, the gentleman takes the first chair he comes to mid sits down, the enemy furtively glancing at the bro in in the corner and standing u lit tle aloof. 'I am taking the census Madam.’ ‘1 havn'l any. You’d better go along. I tel! you I haven’t any,’ getting in n vi-ib’e tremor. Opening bis big folio (he gentleman, !e> i-.'ng' up beniguaiitly, says, ‘Will you tell me your husband’s lian e ?’ ‘No, I won't, lie don't owe you any thing. lie eh n’t owe nobody nothing. You'd better go along. 1 don’t want you he re,’ making a motion towards the broom. 'Madam, I don’t want your money. I wouldn’t give you any tremble fir the world. Allow me to ask you some ques t ous, will von?' smiling blandly. If they are decent, ye u may ask them; of (..mrse yon may. I havVnt said you shouldn’t. Ask cm, and be cjuick about it.’ ‘Welt, now, wl at is your husband's ~4Arii‘ T * ‘What doyen want to km w that for?' 'I wont to n>*t it down in this book.' ‘Are you one of the Grand Jury? 1 tel! you my mail’s an honest, hardwork ing man. Ho never did nobody any harm, lie earns his money. He don’t go around insulting people, asking in decent quest! ms. I'm a decent, woman, ton, a-k my ne g hbors if I h ii;'t.’ ‘Hot that woilhl be ask leg questions, my dear Mad..lll.’ ‘Don’t diir roe, you! —You’d better go along!' taking two steps towards the broom. After a short pause, during which the manes qu stions sceins to be writing: ‘Y. u say y.mr husband's name is John St- ik; well, ’ 'I didn’t say so, I didn't t;ay no such tiling. Its Joshua 1) eking, and 1 uin t b»; inr-d us it neither.’ “His ag<-?' ‘T oo .• : s again! 1 wouldn’t tell y- 0, if ii w.t.» t save you . ’ ‘Have- y a any children?’ ‘Acs, we have; and honestly come by, too. ‘ls that the old. !?' (a daughter stale- | ding ly V v ‘ w gnawing tier thumb nail and dr. .rn v contemplating the j lain and some very duty el gs in the! street.) 'How old are * 011, Miss?’ •r • urt ’ ‘Dunk you tell him, l. zz e-!’ ‘Madam, will y u pera.i; m: to ask : yoil wheie 30 u were born?’ ‘ln Hartford C unty where decent | people come fr. m. ’ ‘ln Haitford County. And your hnsbaml | w: s born in the same place.’ ‘No be wasn’t. lie,- was born and reared in this town; brought up by tn,mi: his father fuel mot 11. T liulii died of j ammonia on the breast—ti.e san e week, and left the; poor little infant without father nor mother in thin wicked world' jto care for it and bring it up. Hut God | eared for it I don’t suppose) you bo— ! Iteve in a God, do you?’ ’ | ‘.Madam, was he twenty-one or two when he married you?’ ‘Ho wasn’t neither twenty-one nor twenty-two when 1 married him. He was twenty four years old, and u much better looking man than ymi ever will be, if you live to b: a hundred.’ ‘Then he is now thirty-eight.’ ‘Uz, did you tell him that? Go in j the kitchen, you! and stay there till I j come,’ —which she makes a pretense of doing. ‘Now what is your husbands occupa tion? Hi* which? What does he do for * living? lie works on the railroad. In wh*t capacity? lie dont work in anything of the kind. He helps make embankments and mend em. And ho full .down one, last summer's a year. Somebody had coax ed him to drink; and his wheelbarrow fell on top of him and broke all to pie ces and broke his leg. lie hasn't never been \vh it you may say drunk since. Has your hu.-baud any pamerly—real estate e r chattel.-? 1 l.n w \vh t you me :■! - r now. You eor t fool me! Yon are the lux man. N', hi : a-.- no 1 iy. '-d pit know what you mean by them ether things. He has no property at all. Have you any? 1 wish tils' 1 had. How many children l.avo you, Mrs I) .s'.ing? Might living, two dead; poor things! both eh ini and and in I eaven I hope: that one’s tvvin b (.then and that one’s twin sisier. T.. y have all found their way in to seo the sight—Lizzie partly invisi ble. Were they all born in this town? All but tw o. Wipe your nos. Laza rus.— which in done with the right sleeve, afterwards with Ihe lelt. Stop llmt, fydial! -whose hand is buried and closely occupied in the mystic depths of tier own tresses. Where were Lazarus and Lydia born? In Uhl Town. How many «t tlie-m go to school? You mean, how many of them go to school? - Yes. Id just like'to know what you’ll ask next. May be you’d like to find e<qt how many of ’em has had tho measles and the he opii g-Ooiigh—from Liz down lu Lillian And m ne of them g" to tecbojl. That's so! Liz, go straight in the kitchen and go to sorting th. 111 potatoes! ; Wiiuldu' you like to know whclhci they havo teen buptized? They liuve , been,. I see you think the. holy baptism i a humbug. Such mrn ns 3on are My good lady, 1 have one more ques tion to ask you: What is your ag- '? Guess at it! Now guess at it! If my i.wn father should ask me that he would have to gins** I doi.t blame you fur wanting to know. I must put it duwn'hrre. Hot it down for all I care. Shall I write, twenty eight? Ye*, t»euly-eight. That’s— 0, rn .? Liz! You m'nd your business, you g iod-for nothing child! Ho writes, and afterward* murmtrs, Arammtbe Disking sgc, twenty j ft. Tiiat’s my name, and you are r ■• n tieniaii, sir. Wont you take a glass of buttermilk? After ascei taming tho name and age of the remaining children, lie rises to de part. If you ever com ■ this way, sir, drop in,—almost laying hands on him not violently however. In tho absence if Mr. Dusking? 0, lie’s no account nohow. Here, l izzie, say good day to the gentleman. Lydia, haven’t I tol 1 yon to stop that? The gentleman will think you've go! ci ■-•.•pel a. Aid yen're a; too—my gracious, S lomonl I reckon it must be j in the weather. Call again, sir. G-oei ! d *y- ti (>'•'ll !Icm: a A Dctt,—Can any one) d:fi. 1 gdi iim r ? Wo can feel and . enjoy ii, but il is hard to pin the thing : and wu 1 any (1.1 isMil definition. The good 1 nmol "J man is at all events a happy man, « noc. to be envied, a man on whom Ir.'iib 1 Hi'! ' p ly, lend u man who con 'ers .is mucl ha; piec.-s as he enj o.s. lie radiates it a- it were, and Ira good hu» timr become :- an atmosphere in which dtlier pe< po.-V g ■ and humor, I tent or p : n ed naif to death, cm -s out, revives and I flonrisht'S. G o l hum »r can scarcely be ] called .1 im-ral virtue. Ii depends per- , hups ns mucb cm disposition and the per- I f ct action e f the liver as on anything! else. A good I iin.i'M and lean niiist Le j ipso facto a eupeptic man, « man t• ti n joys a good dinner. Now, a quality which depends upon the: act on of a man’:, liver (.'un scarcely Le a high urial qme - ty. And yet has any man a right to be dyspeptic, is it not a moral duty not to be ? Hitting aside the lare cases of in- . vitable misfortune, is not dysp* psia a mail’s ..veil fault, g- ncrolly—llie result (’fills gluttony, his laziness, bis stupidity, his carelessness or his ignorance ? And are these things moral virtues f Has a man any right to make himself wretched, to peep’e ihe world with horrors, to be a nuisance to himself and everybody about him, because he lack- sense to control bis appetite or tho or -rgy to take sufficient exercise to keep Ins liver healthy ? On<*<f these elajs we shall conic to the conclusion that the snarling, fulfill, ill tempered or complaining and dojuvssed victim is not merely to lie pit ied, but deserves to bo punished a* he is He may be very devotional in liis way, make high pretensions to piety and religious feeling, hut he is none the leas a nuisance; and on the whole, dyspep tic piety is as unhealthy ua any other dyspeptic thing—-Ex. Widow Jones’ ® -w. Widower Smith’s wagon stepped one morning before Wid vv J. lies’, and he gave the usual signal that he wanted somebody in (tie house by dropping tils elbows on biskn.es. Out tripped the widow, lively as a cricket with a tre mendous black ribbon on her anew - white cap. Good morning was soon said on both aides, and the widow waited tor what was further to he said. __ “WIG ma’am Junes, perhaps you don’t want to Bel! one of your cows, no how, nothin’, no way, do you ?” “Well, there, Mr. Smith, yi 11 mightn't have spoken iny mind better. A poor lone woman I il- er me docs not know what 10 do with so many creature's, and 1 should bt> glad to trade, if we can fix it.’ So they adjourned to the meadow— funnel Smith looked at Koun—then at the widow—then at the Downing Cow then at tho widow again—mi l no on over the whole forty. The same cal* wan made every day for it week, but far mer Smith could not decide which eov. ho wanted. Mt length on Saturday when widow Jones wu# in a hurry to get through her baking for Sunday and luid ever so much to do in the house, an all farmei’a wives and widows have e 11 Saturday—uhe was a little, impatient- Farmer Smith was as irresolute as over “Tom D wuing cow is a pretty fair . : ure—blit’.—lie stopped and glanced at the widow’s face, and then walked around her—not the widow, but the' cow. “That ere short horn Durham is not a bad looking beast, but I don’t know’’ —- another lo k at the widow. ‘'The Downing cow I knew before the late Mr. Jones bought her.” Here lie sighed at the ullusiou to the late Mr Jones. S' e sighed, and they both look ed at each Other. Il wua a tiighly inter es; ing m uivit. “Old R"an is a faithful old milch cow. and *0 is Hriudle, but I liuve known bet' ter.” A long stare succeed this speech —the pause was getting awkward, and at last Mrs Jones broke out : ‘La! Mr Smith, if I’m the cow you want why don't you say so !’ The intentions us Widower Smith and Widow Jones were duly published the nex'. day ns is the l«w and custom in Massachusetts, and as soon as they were “out piib'ishcel,' they Were, married. “Dally, I UoHrrcJ.” Joe Stetson was a wild, rollicking fellow, who spent most of his time in I drinking and gpreeing, while his wife, Fully, was h ft at home to and 1 the ch res Upon n certain occasion Joe left h. me, to be Lack os he said, that night. N g'ht came but Joe did not. The next clay passed; übcmtdMiusot Jo- came up in the ee. i-.t ci.nditfoii |-oio; Llo—hia el Ahes were dirty and torn, one eye in and -ep moiiriiiii.., and his face presenting more the sppeatenco of a p.eeie of raw meat than anything else, l’olly met him at the door, am! noticing his upp -ranee ex claimed : “ "T.y, Joe, what in the world is the matter?” “Fully ” paid J.. 0, “do you know Jim Andrew'*? Well, him and me had a fight ” “Who whipped, Joe?” “Fully, we had the hardest fight you ever did see- I Lit him, and he hit me, ami then we clinched; ain’t supper most re a ly? 1 ain’t had anything to cat since . estorday morning.” ‘•Hut firs! tell me who whipped, Joe,” continued l’olly. “Polly,” continued Juo, “I tel! you, you never did see sue. a fight rs mean 1 him hud. When he clinched me I jerked loose from him, then gin him three er four of tho all-siifficientest kicks 3 011 ev er ’'hoard e.f. Folly ain’t supper most ready? I'm nearly starved.” “Joe, do tell me who whipp'd,” con tinued Ful y. “Folly,”replied Joe, “yon don’t know i 11 >t .ing about lighting. 1 to!! you w«- j f..ught like tigeis: w rolled and turn-- j I led—first him on tup tl cn me—then the ; . . ys would pat me e n the shoulder and j | holler, ‘Oh, inv! Stetson!’ We gouged j and hit, and tore up tho dirt iu Seth I Kumntl’s grocery worse nor two wild | nor Auiium NO. 1 | hulls. Folly, ain't supper moat ready? I’m monstrous hungry.” “Joe Stetson,” exclaimed P.dly, in a t‘ ii" bristling with anger, “will yon lelt me who whipped!” “Fully,’’said Joe, dra wing u very long sigh, “I hollered.” To (V. a Rusty Flow . —Take « quart us water and pour slowly intu it half pint of sulphuric acid. The mixture will become quite, warm from chemical action, ami this iu the reason why tho acid should be poured slowly into the water rather than the water into the ac id. Wash the nit u.’d-board, or any OUI - iron that is rusty, with this weak ac id, and let it remain on the iron until it evaporates. Their wash it again. The object is to give time for tho acid to dis solve the rust. Then wash with water and you will see where the worst rusty spots are. Apply some more acid and rub those spots with a brick. The acid and the scouring Will remove most ol tho rust. Then wash the moulboard thor ■ e.'iighly with water to reunovo all the ac id and rub il dry. Brush it over with petroleum or other oil, and let it be until spring. When yon go to plowing take a lull lie of the acid water to the field and apply it generously do. urty spots us rust thut may remain. Tnd ucid’and the 4 scour r.g ol the earth will soon make it pc: Let ly bright and smooth, ll all iron work he washed over with petroleum as bouii as we put our tools, implements, and machines aside for tho winter, it will keep tiicin from rusting, and save a great de.J of trouble and annoyance, to suy nothing of depreciation grid loss. How i'rc.in 1 a Mads V'.Tnric.—The way in winch sugar is made perfectly white, was found out in a curious way: A hen that had gone through a clay mud-pud dle, went with her muddy feet into a •'.ngar house. Ii was observed by some one (La: wherever the tracks were Ilia sugar was white. This led to some ex periments, the result was, that the clay came to be used iu refining sugar. It is in this way: the sugar is pul in eartheu jar", shaped as you sec the sugar is. The Luge end 1 are upwards. The ends have il hole in them. Tlu. jer is filled with sugar, the clay put over tho top and kept we-t. '1 Lo moisture goes down through thou garii.ei drops from tho “Jo in the small cod of tho jar. This makes the sugar perfectly white.—Ex. How in.-.ny take a wrong view ofljfo, atid ..a.do their energies and dis troy their nervous System in endeavoring to accumulate wealth, without thinking us the present happiness they are thr Jiving awry. It ia riot wealth or high station which m ik"s a limn happy. Many ul the most wretched being* ou earth liavo both; but it i» radiant, Bunny spirit, which knows how to b ar littjo trials and enjoy little comfo t«, and thus ex tract happiness from eveay incident us life. P*K..Kt:VATio» oir Wood.— The best preservative of wood in said to he a com pound e.f one part eiliente of potaasa and three ul | nre wate r— the wo .and to remain in tlie Kolntion tvveuty f ,ll r hours, then (ired for several days, then BoakeJ and dried a second ’on", und Bubsequently p liutr-l tv:ice. over with a mixture of one part water-cement and (our of the first - mention'd mixture “Thus prepared, it will not decay in the ground, and wifi be incombustible out of it. Tux Last Two F.-cxim.—Do not kill the turkeys until they arc fat. A pour bird is always slow of sale, even at a low price; while a good 0113 will Bell much quicker, and bring from tlireo to fivu cents a pound more. Reckon the hint two pounds at the extra price ths turkey w l! bring, audevry turkey raiser will Bee tlisl tkeko fwo pounds bring him in nearer fifty cents a pound than twen ty five. Fi.antino Onion:.—Mr. Van Wy>.k cak'd the Farmer’s Club if any 0:1c pres ent ln:d tried raising bilious in ridges Mr. Lyman said they didn’t do it in Wethersfield, where they had been grow ing onions f.r the past two hundred cars on the sum; lau !. Mr Derby said that, onions should not bo planted oa ridges like the carrot and beet. An exchange, discussing kerosene o | ;, lays that if the; wicks are soaked -tr ng vinegar f.r twenty-four hours, .in! th'.ion; ly dried before used, all ke will he avoided, ti e wicks will last lunger, and increased brilliancy will he 1 htained. Tl •• N: w Yuik Times asks—Shall we* have ale male I5;ble?-:i bright and -o ion: light, now gone to blazes, lie— el.:r. and t ::.t “Wo want an anti-slavLuy Bible and an anti-slavery God.” Tho kind - I god they wanted they g..t, and he proved to he the devil. At a le.-eiit ex -miuri!inn, the qiirslL n was pill to a dues of sill ill boys ; ‘Why .0 tl.e C< ..'(too.! i ;\-e 1' su Call. (!?’ wlu 11 a blight little fellow i ut up I. s hand. •Ho you kinvv, J.eiues?’ \ s, in.i’.eui; L.'i.a so it e mu-e ls Vermont and N.w lianij shire, aid cuts il.iougl’ Ala-suchu- BCtis! was the triumphant i\p*y.