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THE COUNTRYMAN. 47 A do, and what lie should not do. And to make him a Being to be moved about and chan ged by every breath of wind—by this good act, or that bad act of man—is to make him a very imperfect Deity, and not the Grand Essence of Perfection which his rev elation through the volume cf inspired writ, and the volume of nature, tells us he is. I object to one of the lessons inculcated in the two foregoing anecdotes about soldiers’ bibles, because it gives men a wrong idea of God : and every wrong idea of Deity demoralizes and degrades. Every proper idea of God, elevates and exalts. II. T. K., Rome, Ga. Your sliinplaster (50c) uncurrent here, has been deposited, in a sealed envelope, to your address, in the P. O. in Eatonton. On sending the P. M. 10c to pay postage, he will forward it to you. ^ Mr. Traylor and Salt. Mr. Traylor, in a letter to the'Oolumbus Enquirer, seems to think that I ‘‘doubt” the efficacy of Judge Huey’s, plan for sav ing pork. I cannot say that I do not doubt it, but I can say that I think his plan will answer the purpose. My “ funny article ” is to this effect, and, as I said before, the funny part was merely intended to give interest to the useful part. It seems, at any rate, that The Countryman is creating a spirit of inquiry into economical plans for curing meat. Mr. Traylor cqlls upon a gentleman in Eufaula to give his experi ence in saving pork by the, recipe sugges ted by Mr. Traylor. I hope the Eufaula gentleman will comply : and if lie does, it will be owing to the ‘‘funny article” ot the Countryman. Cold Weather Coming. “ The Mobile Register learns that there are unmistakable natural signs of an early winter’s impending, if ,not a severe one. The Mobile sportsman finds that robins are aheady migrating from the North, as well as blue-jays, which are not generally seen in that latitude till the 1st of November. Be sides them, the snipe and other birds are already donning their winter plumage, which does not generally appear until that date. These indications are with justice regarded as unerring, for nature never makes mistakes in such matters.” The above is going the rounds of the pa pers.—In the first place do Mobile sports men shoot blue-jays 1 It is the first time I ever heard of these being game birds. In the next place, I did not know that blue-jays were migratory. We have them all the time, here. It may be different in u lower latitude. Does the Register mean to say that the snipe and other birds don their winter plu mage precisely on the 1st of November ? My impression is that birds moult at a,bout regular times in the spring and fall, without much regard to the ^weather. Certainly it takes them some weeks to go through with the moulting process, and they do not put off one dress, and another on, all in one morning, or in one day, as the writer in the above paragraph seems to intimate. It is about as hard to tell anything about the weather by the movements of the birds as it is to regulate everything by the moon. For the last 20 years I have been endeav oring to deduce some weather regulations from the movements of the robins : but they have been so capricious in their move ments, that it has beeu impossible to do so. For a long time, I tried to make the appear ance of the robins prognosticate cold weath er : but warm spells would follow their ap pearance in spile of me. Then again 1 was almost ready to conclude that robins were the precursors of warm weather; but a cold snap would come and knock this theory in the.head. So Iliad to let the robins come and go at their pleasure, without jumping to any hasty conclusion. I have seen them in abundance here during cold spells, ana then again only during warm spells.—By the way, I saw the 1st old-field lark on his return South-, on thurs. 16th Oct. Hotv to Make Matches. “ Dr. L.-T. Roberts sends the La Grange Reporter the following recipe for making matches : Take strips of wood and dip them into melted sulphur, and let them dry, which will be done in a minute after dipping them. Then the points of these sulphured match es must he dipped in a composition, made in the following manner, viz ; Dissolve, in ^liot water, gum arabic, 4 parts ; chlorate of potassa, 1 part ; and phosphorus, 1 part. These are all to be added to the pot sepa rately, and in the order herein prescribed, and as soon as the 1st ingredient is dissolv ed, then add the 2d, &c., until all are dis solved. This must all be done, in a water bath (like glue is prepared) and the mix ture must be kept in the water bath while the process of dipping is going on. The matches must be thoroughly dried before they are used. Dry in the shade for 24 hours. Cover the mixture closely.” I publish the above for the benefit of those who ask, what are we to do 1 At the rates at which matches are now selling, a man can take a pocket knife, and make a living by selling matches. The Fox Chase. A correspondent, “J. T.” (not Joe Turner but) a man of Banks Co., has been sending a poetical account of a fox chase to the Athens Watchman. “It may not be amiss,” says the Watchman, “to state that Fanny Cox is the name our correspondent gave the female depredator upon pigs and poul try, not becausa, as he took occasion to in form us, that that is the proper name for such animals, but solely because it rhymes with fox.” Here are the verses : “Old Fanny Cox was a cunning old fox, Old Fanny run a ring, just to hear the dogs sing. When the dogs gallopped old Fanny round, Old Fanny hardly touched’ the ground. When she run where the woods were thick, They made old Fanny step very quick. When she run where the woods were thin, They made old Fanny step as quick again. When they all run in abreast, They made her run her very best. When she heard the dogs cry, It made Old Fanny marly fly. We took old Fanny by the tail, And rode old Fanny on a rail. We made old Fanny cry, And then laid old Fanny by.” Shade of Somerville, how canst thou hear such a rival ? Tallow Candles. “ It may he of some interest to your nu merous readers to know that, with uot a cent of additional expense, tallow candles can be made fully equal in point of merit to the common star candle. To 2 pounds- of tallow add 1 teacup ful of good strong ley, from wood ashes, and simmer over a slow fire, when a greasy scum will float on top ; skim this off for ma king soap (it is very near soap already) as long as it continues to rise. Then mould your candles as usual, making the wicks a little smaller, and you have a pure, hard tallow candle, worth knowing how to mak6, and one that burns as long, and gives a light equal to sperm. The chemistry de monstrates itself. An ounce or 2 of beeswax will make the candle some hard er, and steeping the wicks in spirits turpen tine will make it burn some brighter. I write with obefore, me.” ADVERTISEMENTS. WIXTY PAYS after date, application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam County for leave to sell the negroes belonging to the estate of L. P. Harwell, dec’d. SUSAN W. LIVELY, Adm’x. Nov. 3, 1862. (6 9t) JOHN W. HUDSON, Adm’r. jlllLirARY BUTTONS.—Several 6ets for sale at this office. tf Nov. 3, 2862.