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VOL. IX.
CASSYILLE, GEO., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1857.
NO. 14.
Giepe 1*^1 f|dbetfiseh)cofs.
I. 0. 0. F.
Vallet Lodge, No. 48,1. O. O. F.
A REGULAR meeting of this Lodge will be
/\_ held every Friday evening, at 7 o’clock.—
Transient brethren invited to attend.
]Jy order of the Lodge.
SAM’L LEVY, N. G.
J. F. Milhollex, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Cassville Lodge, No. ISO, F. t A. M.
T HE regular meetings of this Lodge are held
on the 1st und 3d Tuesday- in every month.
The members will take due notice thereof, ana
govern themselves accordingly.
SAMUEL LEVY, Secretary.
Oct. 23, 1856. 87—tf
Doct. B. F. Hanie,
JASPER, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
September 25. 33,—tf.
JOHN H. RICK.
ANDREW H. RICE.
J. If. & A. II. RICE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
W ILL Practice Law in the counties of
Cass, Gordon-,
Catoosa, Floyd,
Whitfield, Pickens.
Also in the U. S. District Court at Marietta.
Oct ft, 1S56—ly
“bThTleekeT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and general collecting agent for
•Cass, Floyd, Polk,
Paulding, Gordon, Catoosa,
Murray, Gilmer, Fannin,
Walker, Dade and Whitfield
Counties.
TjuSINESS entrusted to mv care will meet
15 with prompt and vigilant attention, and
monies paid over punctually.
Return davs 2i> days before Court.
Office in the Court-house, up-stairs, C*ss-
villo, Gi.
-ST Magistrate's Courts, in the county rog-
ul ir'v attended : Jurisdiction after 4th March,
$50. Jan 15, 1857—tf
II. p. FARROW. I J - O- RVALS.
FARROW At RYALS.
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW.
OartorsviUe, Cass county Ga.
apr 23 1937
WARREN AKIN, M. CANDLER, O. T. VF.RDERY.
AKIN. CANDLER & VERDERY,
Attorneys at Law,
CASSYILLE, GA.
P RACTICE in the counties of Cass, Chnttoo-
cm, Catoosa, Fiovd, Gordon, Murray,
Puuldincr. Polk, Walker and Whitfield.
Prompt and particular attention given to se
curing and collecting claims, and the money
paid over when collected.
mh 3, 1S57—tf ^
WOFFORD & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
W ILL faithfully attend to any business en
trusted to their care, in nnv of the coun
lies of Upper Georgia. ^T. WOFFOTUL
239“ One of the firm may always be found at
their office in Cassvi’.le.
Nov 1, 1855 8S — u
J. W. & R. C. HOOPER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
ntTILL practice in all the counties of the
yY Cherokee Circuit.
Oct 9. 1850. 80—ly.
FAIN & MARTIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IHongmton, Ga.
A NY business entrusted to their care will be
attended to promptly.
W. C. FAIN, Morganton.
WM. MARTIN, Dablonega.
Sept. 4, 1S56. 30-ly
W. T. DAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Jasper, Pickens county, Ga.
P R \CTICES in the courts of Cherokee,
Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin.
REFERENCES:
A. J. Hansel. Marietta, Gn.; W. T. Wofford,
Cnssville, Seago & Lawrence, Atlanta,
may 22, ’56 V
L. W. CHASTAIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MORGANTON, GEO.
P RACTICES in all the counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
Oct 1, 1855 84—tr
m. J. crawford"
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
BIXGGOLD, CATOOSA COUNTY, GA.
W ILL practice In all the counties of the
Cherokee Circuit.
Particular attention paid to the collecting of
money, and to paying over the same when col
lected. * mb 19, 1957—ly
S. LEVY, Agent,
Dealer in Dry Goods, &c. &c.,
Jfbrth- H erf Comer Public Square,
Cassville, Ga.
A LWAYS at home, and ready to attend to
all who may favor him with a call.
Jan 1.1856 49—tf
Doct. J. T. Groves,
R ESPECTFULLY tenders his Professional
Services to the citizens of Cassville and
the surrounding country.
He may be found at big office day and night,
unless professionally engaged.
Office—one door west ot McMurray’a store.
Cassville, Jan 22—tf
____
Thos. S. Wayne & Son,
Savannah. Georgia.
W ILL give strict attention to rbgeiringand
forwarding merchandise of every de
scription, selling and shipping Cotton, Wheat,
Tobacco, Core, Flour, Bacon, Wool, Ac
Liberal advances made on consignments.
Savannah, Jan 26,1857—ly
A. C. DAY,
Tailor,
Cassviiac, Ga.
S HOP—In the Patton building, east of tbs
court house.
Jan 1,1WT
6ei)ei*gl Kdbeirtisetoenfs.
GLOBE
HOTEL,
Cassville, H” tllh Georgia.
BY GEO. W. BROWN.
M R. GEO. W. BROWN having recently pur
chased this old and well known bouse,
has permanently located in Cassville, and will
be glad to accommodate all desiring board, ei
ther by the day, week, month or year. His ta
ble will be supplied with the best the country
affords, and charges moderate.
Cassville, Dec 4 43—ly
Winship’s Iron Works,
*- ATI.ANTA, GEORGIA.
T HE undersigned are now prepared to re
ceive and execute orders for all kinds of
Castings or Machine works—via.: Steam En
gines. Slide Lathes, Mill work, of every descrip
tion, Iron Railings, for Graves, and Yard Fen
ces, Siigarand Bnrk Mills, Ac. All personsfa-
voringthem with orders may rely upon having
them executed In the best manner, and with dis
patch. Orders for Sash, Blinds, and Doors,
promptly attended to. Cash paid for old Cop
per, Brass and Iron Castings,
mh 12—tey WINSHIP, BRO. A SON.
M. McMURRY,
Dealer in Family Groceries,
CONFECTIONARIES, Ac.,
(South West corner of the Public Square,)
Cassville, Ga.
K EEPS constantly on hand Coffee, Snc-ar,
Svrup, Molasses, Candies, Family Medi
cines, Ac., and various other articles, too tedi
ous to mention. mh 4, 1857—ly
A. W. STROUP.
Architect and Builder.
CASSVILLE, GEO.
T NFORMS the citizens of Cass and the adioin-
ing Counties that he has permanently loca
ted at the above named place, and will attend
promptly to all orders in bis line of business.
Feb 1,' 1857—ly
Tin IVTamifactory,
CARTERSYILLE, GEO. '
T HE undersigned has on hand and expects
to keen on hand, a large stock of Tin ware;
Cooking, Office, and Parlor Stores—of all sizes
and patterns; and invites the public generally
to call and see him before purchasing else*
where.
Job Work done to order. Linen and Cotton
Rags raken in exchange for Tin ware,
mh 19 -6m J AS. W. STRANGE.
CjjQirt |5nefnj.
PATTEN, HTTTTON & CO.,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA:
Commission and Forwarding
Merchants,
C ONSIGNMENTS of Cotton., Corn. Wheat.
) Flour, Paeon, <fr„ solicited- Merchan
dize and Produce forwarded with dispatch.
Refer to Col. R. M. Younq and D. W. Camp,
Esq., Calhoun, Ga.
June 25,1S56. 20—ly
B. F. BOMAR,
Commission Merchant,
FOR THE PUDCHASE AND SALE OF
Tennessee Produce,
COTTON, GROCERIES, Ac.,
Alabama Street, (South of the Macon A Wes
tern Depot, Atlanta, Ga.
Oct 23, 1856—tf
Savannah Grocery and Fruit
Depot.
W. H. FARRELL,
W HOLESALE and retail dealer in choice
Family Groceries, all kinds of West In
dia and Northern Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables, Ac.,
corner of Broughton and Whittaker streets.
All orders from the city 'and country
promptly attended to.
Savannah, Ga., Jan 29 56—6m
B. S. OATMAN,
DEALER IN ITALIAN, EGYPTIAN AND AMERICAN
STATUARY AND TENNESSEE
MARBLE,
Monuments,
Tombs, Urn? and Vases. Marble Man
tels and Furnishing Marble,
Atlanta, Geo.
All orders promptly filled. Ware room op
posite Georgia Rail Road Depot
James Vaughan, Agent Cassville, Geo.
Jan 1. 1857—tf
CLOTHING
At Wholesale and Retail,
MADE TO ORDER.
W E have now got our Clothing Manufacto
ry in operation, and are prepared to offer
great inducements to purchasers at wholesale
or retaiL In point of price, quality and make,
as we now manufacture extensively at home,
and thereby get a better make, which we will
sell as low as Northern manufactures.
We are also prepared with a first class Cut
ter, and good Tailors, to make up fine custom
work to order, and in all cases insure a fit—
We also keep on band at all times a good stock
of Gentlemen’* furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valices, Piece Goods, Tailors Trim
mings, ta.
Terms cash, and but one E ^ee. G4goif
Atlanta, Ga., Feb 12,1857—ly
GRAY & JOHNSON,
Surgeon Dentists,
CARTERSYILLE, GA.
H AVING permanently located
at the above named place,
are prepared to practice their pro
fession in all its branches, with neatness, du
rabilitv and despatch.
They will practice at Cartersrille, Rome,
Cassville and Marietta, and also in the sur
rounding country. Orders sent to Cartersrille
will meet with prompt attention. Orders re
spectfully solicited.’
Office at Cartersville, Ga.
JOHN GRAY.
F. IT. JOHNSON.
Nov .20,1856—tf
McCarter & co.,-
Booksellers, Publishers A Stationers,
I NVITE the attention of country merchants
to a large and well assorted stock of Books
and Statiouery, which will be sold on accom
modating terms.
They also keep s fell snpplv of Law, Medi
cal, and miscellaneous boots’, and invite the
attention of professional gentlemen and those
who are collecting Libraries, to their establish
ment, at 116 Meeting street, Charleston, S. C.
mh £6, 1857—ly
/ VSNABCBGS AND YARN, nt Factory
V / price, at LIVY'S CASH STORE.
September M. »-tt
Original.
Lines, on the Death’of Robert Tow
ers.
BY EMILIE X BAKER.
He hath gone to the grave, and thou now
doth deplore him,
That no more thou wilt meet him, again
on tbis earth.
Nor wilt you, kind Heaven, to thee e'er re
store him—
He who ever was noble, and fall of true
worth.
But a few days and honre have
pass'd since he met thee,
With cheek flushed with health, and eye
clear and bright.
Yet now from thy midst hath he thus early
left thee,'
For a mansion above, ’mid the regions of
light.
But thy kind hearts watched o'er him when
sickness came oh him.
On bis lone couch of pain, and friends
were not near,
Anil oft from his lips was there uttered in
wonder.
Why, why dost tliou keep me so long de
tained here ?
And though kind pursuasion was but thy
responses.
Still, still was his cry, I am ready to go,
I will not stay longer, and farther advances
He makes to arise from that couch—but
no, no.
Exertion were fruitless, the death king was
with him.
To bear him from midst thee, thy young
friend so dear.
And silently round him, thou there didst
stand, watching
II:s expiring breath, in sorrow and tears.
GeDtle sister, whose grief is almost past
suaging.
That far from his side thou Wert, when
doomed to part;
May Heaven sustain thee, in this youthful
affliction.
At the loss of thy brother, so dear to tby
heart.
And yon, far off brothers, who could-not
behold him,
Will weep oe’r thy loss, because never
again
Can thy eyes, with their gladness, ever
beam on him loving.
As in past happy hoars, which thought
brings a pain.
Both to thee and to all the dear friends that
doth love him—
The brother, the sister, yea, each one and
all,
But early in life he learned with true wis
dom.
To prepare—to be ready—when Heaven
should call.
Too good for this earth. Heaven in its rich
mercy,
Hath indeed called him thither, from pain
and from care;
He obeyed the high snmmons, and spread
his glad pinions,
Aad wafted him upward, to dwell fore’er
there
Cartersville. April 22d. 1857.
1 1 suffocate!’ she pant-
ffiisrellautnus.
From the Home Journal.
One Oyster’s Difference.
We transfer this French story to our
columns, for the social behoof of the
modestees and the ladies:
M’me de K , a Russian lady of
great consequence, formerly, in the fash
ionable world, returned lately to Paris.
She had been absent some years, and of
course had been forgotten ; but it was
now necessary to her happiness that she
should reconquer her former glories as
the most adorable :md best dressed wo
man, particularly the latter. She called
again upon her former dressmaker, the
most eminent, of course, in her success
es of toilets and confided to her the pro
blem and its anxieties. There was to
be a ceitain ball. M’me de K wish
ed to appear first at that, in nearly the
costume of a Gabrielle u Estress. It was
promised.
On the morring of the day of the ball,
madan.e called upon her dressmaker.
The dress was done. It was a miracle
of perfecL beauty ! Twenty thousand
francs’ reposed sotily on folds of tails,
plaited as if by the fingers of fairies.—
The corsage was truly marvellous—but
oh. horror!—when it came to be tried
on, it was found impossible for M’me de
K to enter it! Against the hints
and counsel of the dressmaker, it had
been made upon her old measure.
‘Oh, desolation inexpressible!’ ex
claimed madaine, * what is to be done !
But it cannot be helped. You must set
instantly to work and make me another
corsage!’ ..
‘ Impossible T said the mouists, ‘ we
have but three hours, and thirty dresses
to complete and send home in that time.’
But would madame make one more ef
fort )’
An effort was made, and this time
the corsage admitted Madame and her
enlargements. Bnt the was very pale,
and Had recourse everv moment or tw 0
to her * salts.'
ingly cried.
‘ Madame will get accustomed to 'l
little bv liltle,’ said the fasieuse. 4 And
then, with the exercise of the ball, the
size diminishes. Fortunately it is a ball;
for, if it were a dinner party, Madaine
'■ would be obliged to give up the dress.’
The stifling woman looked with glar
ing eyes upon the speaker. * It is a din
ner !’ she exclaimed, with horror. ‘They
dance afterwards!’
‘ Then,’ 6aid the dressmaker, very pos
itively, ‘it will be necessary for Madaine
to omit the dinner.’
And to this desperate resolve M’me
de K consented. She took the dress
maker home with her, ordered a dozen
oysters and a bottle ' of Bordeaux, and
sent an apology of a headache. She
would make her appearance in time for ance -
the dance.
‘Twelve oysters !’ exclaimed the mod
iste, as she saw her customer goat them
voraciously. ‘ Please Madaine omit one!
Eleven are as many as your corsage will
admit! Alas, Madame, the last oyster
takes up * great deal of room !’
‘ Eleven be it, then !’ said Madaine
with a sigh. And leaving the long for
ultimatum on the p’ate, she completed
her toilette for the evening.
Her old friends found her figure char
ming—her waist as slight as ever—her
self paler than she used to be, but still
otherwise unchanged. And the gnaw
ing sensation of the unappeased hunger
which she had all the eveuinjr, was con
soled by the compliments to her unrival
ed dress and her well remembered and
still beautiful figure ! But another oys
ter would have burst the lacing of the
adorable corsage! And, (moral !) to
forego that 12th oyster should be taught
in the discipline of female academies.
Although this alloyed bullion will
stand the usual tests, yet it is quite cer
tain that time, sea, and other influences
will make their mark upon it.
The Register very tritely observes,
‘ While old fogy chemists fill secure offi
ces and fat salaries, modern chemists are
playing such pranks as these.’—Thomp
sons Reporter.
A Temperance Story.
One evening last week we..took our
place at the supper table of a Cincinnati
and Louisville packet.
Supper and conversation had pro- - , A , - ,
j . c „ _ one that farmers possess in a remarka
gressed some before we were seated.— I,, , .
An animated discourse was going on
fit him more than the truth.
truth without an oath; but a dishonest: to be the future farmer; while the sc
one, were it not for fear of immediate j tive, sprightly and intelligent led, should
punishment, would never testify truly,; be educated for what the unwise father
if a lie would, in his estimation, bene- j might regard as the more reputable nod
| more valuable business in life. How
! sadly do such parents undervalue the
! dignity of their own calling, and how
1 little do they know of that wide, expan-
* sive range, which agriculture affords for
the exercise of the highest capacity—
the use of the most liberal, thorough and
accomplished education; and for the en
joyment of all the refinements, comforts
and luxuries of a Christian life.— Okie
A<j. Rep.
Prejudices of Farmers.
“book farmisg.’’
While a want of suitable educational
facilities and advantages is sensibly felt,
there are other evils in the land which
retard the intellectual and physical iiu
provement of the country, and impair
its productive capacity; among which is
ftvixt an old gentleman and an excee
<)ingly sober-faced lady, not less than 30
years old, on the subject of tempei-
How Jed missed it.
■ I love you, I adore you, but I’m talking in
my sleep !'
Some folks are in the habit of talking
iu their sleep, and Miss Betsy Wilson
was of the number. This peculiarity
she accidentally revealed to Jediah Jen
kins in a careless conversational way.—
Jediah had just finished the recital of a
matrimonial dream in which the young
lady and himself figured as hero and he
roine, he having invented the same for
the sake of saying at the conclusion
that it was ‘ too good to be true,’ and
thus, by speaking in parables, assuring
the damsel of what he dared not speak
plainly.
‘I never dream,’ said Betsy, * but I
sometimes talk half the night, and tell
everything I know in my sleep.’
‘Yes; I can never keep a secret from
mother; if she wants to know anything
she pumps me after I’ve gone to bed,
and I answer her questions as honestly
as if my life depended on it. That was
the reason I wouldn’t go to ride the oth
er night—it is awful provoking.’
Some days after this, Jed called at the
house, and, entering the parlor unan
nounced, found that Miss Betsy, probably
overcome by the heat of the weal her, had
fallen asleep on the sofa.
Now Jed, as the reader has surmised,
had long felt an overwhelming partiali
ty for the young lady, and yearned to
know if it was returned; but though
possessed of sufficient courage to mount
‘the imminent deadly breach,’ or breech
es, (connubial ones, we mean.) he could
not muster spunk enough to inquire in
to the state of her heart. But he now
bethought himself of her confused som
nambulic loquacity, and felt that the
time to ascertain his fate had come. Ap
proaching the sofa he whispered—
‘My dearest Betsy, tell, oh ! tell me
the object of your fondest affections.’
The fair sleeper gave a faint sigh, and
responded—‘I love—let me think (here
you might have heard the beating of
Jed’s heart through a thick wall,) I
love heaven, my country, and baked
beans; but if I have one passion above
all others it is for roast onions.’
The indignant lover didn’t wake het,
but sloped at once, a ‘sadder but not a
wiser man.’ At last accounts, Jed was
‘shinning up to another young lady.*
A Key to a Financial Mys
tery.
The New Yoik Register, of last Fri-
dav, says: ‘only a few days since, a .
modern chemist took a thousand dol- • J' our cat ^*, *'hen you die you will be
lars in gold eagles, and put them through j endlessly torture 1 in a fiery pool,
the crucible; the next day he deposited * Loy—That would be an additional
the buiiion in the essay office, and the j inducement to speak the truth and noth
dav after received a ‘ bar’ marked $1,-! ' D g but the truth; butjhat punishment
Ago I can be avoided by a timely repentance;
The plain English of this is: ‘Some’! but repentance will avail me nothing to
Other metalic substance can be combin ! ,ne out of the penitentiary,
ed with gold, and such combination will i Judge—You are a noble boy. who
stand the assay teats of our mints.’ The j gave you these excellent instructions?
secret science of doing this was discor- j Boy—My mother, sir.
ered in France, and com no u n ested to i Jndffe—Such a mother deserves su jh
this country early last summer. The|»*>n! may our heavenly Father bless
case cited above is only one of repeated ; J 011 l*oth!
experiments made, with like results, at • Mr. Clerk, qualify the witness,
the assay office in this citr, and at the has in his examination, given us more
mint in Philadelphia. At the same as- j common sense information on the bind-
say test g are used in European mints, the • '°g nature ot judicial oaths than ail tue
same resulti would undoubtedly follow.! musty books in the court room could
Hence, we irresistibly come to the’<*°' , , . . .
conclusion that operators, bankers, or Repeal yotir lawa for the punishment
bullion dealers* having their beadquar-' °f peijunyand false swearing will be as
ters in France, are engaged in this ap-! common as it is now rare,
predation of the precions metals. ' An honest person will speak the
‘Oh!’ exclaimed she, with horror de
picted on her thin lips, ‘I do despise the
whiskey drinker.’
The gentleman dropped his knife
and fork, seized her hand, giving it a
hearty shake, we thought tears were
going to drop from his twinkling eyes.
‘Madam,’ said he,’ ‘I respect your sen
timents and the heart that dictated
them, I permit no person to go beyond
me in despising whiskey drinkers. I
have been disgusted or this very boat,
and I sav it now before our worthy
captain's face. What I ask you, can
be more disgusting than to see. well
dressed, respectable, aye, virtuous look
ing voung men whose mothers are prob
ably even now praying that the tender
instruction bv which their yotfth was
illuminated, may bring forth precious
fruit in their maturity. I say, to see
voung men step up to the bar of tbis
boat, and without the fear of observing
eyes, or the condemnation of enlight
ened opinion, brazingly ask for old
Bourbon or Rye, or Monongahela whis
key, when they know there is the ve
ry best of Old Cognac Brandy.’ Ex
change.
The Bov ox the Witness Stand.—
Judge Grosh, of Pennsylvania, commu
nicates the following to the Ambassa
dor: '.
After the plea “not guilty” was en
tered and the jury was sworn or affirmed,
a small, very intelligent looking boy was
called to the witness stand. The de
fendant’s attorney objected to his testi
fving on account of his age, Ac. The
attorney for the Commonwealth said the
boy was unusually intelligent and re
quested the Court to examine his com
petency, and I proceeded accordingly,
very mildly;
j lu |g e _lWhat is your name, my son^
Bov .(Giving his name'
very distinckly, which I do not now re
member.)
Judge—Where do you reside, my
little man?
Boy—In this c : ty, sir.
Judge -Have you aDy parents alive
and residing here?
Boy—One only; my mother.
Judge—Do you attend school, my
son!
Boy—Yes, sir.
Judge—I presume from your intelli
gence and praiseworthy conduct here
that you will soon be allowed to attend
the High School and become a useful
man, and, if necessary, assist your good
mother.
This drew tears of pleasure to his
eyes, and he replied that by the favor
of the School Directors he had attended
the High School for the last six months.
Judge—How old are you, my good
boy?
Boy—Mv mother says that on to-mor
row I will be thirteen years old.
Judge—Are you here to give evidence
to the Court and jury in this case (nam
ing)?
Boy—Yes, sir; if required so to do.
Judge—Do you know the solemnity
of the obligation of a judicial oath iny
Reflect before you answer.
Boy—(Very modestly.) I think I.
ble degree, prejudice. Prejudice in fa
vor of old ways and plans of farming—
of old implements—old, standard, su-
peranuateil notions—old lunar, and
equally ridiculous kiudred influence—
aud bitter, unyielding prejudice against
science as applied to their business— a-
gainst the teachers of well conducted
experiments, against agricultural books
and newspapers, against everything, in
fine, that is written or printed, and
which may be included in the very odi
ous, yet comprehensive term of ‘Book
Farming.’ Unfortunately, we have a
class among us, who imagine that all
knowledge necessary for conducting far
tning operations ismtuitive—the gift of
nature. They not only disregard agri
cultural information, as derived from
other sources, but they sneer at and de
ride those who have wisdom enough to
avail themselves of its advantages.
Why should this bitter, senseless, and
uncompromising warfare be continued
against ‘Book Farming?’ What is it,
after all, but the teaching of the laws
of nature, unfolding the principles and
explaining the ways and means by
which she operates, giving to you
through the medium ot agricultural pa-
pe r s, and the standard agricultural and
scientific works, not only the well-ma
tured and enlightened views and opin
ions of men of deep resear< h ar d prac-
ticaMtnowdedge: bu'. giving to you also,
the results of various experimental pro
cesses, conducted by their own prac
ticed hands,observed by their own critical
eyes ? Are those who have such a ho
ly horror of‘book learning,’so profound
ly wise that they understand all the laws
and all the mysteries of vegetable life?
Do the)’ understand all the properties
and uses of the various gases, and other
elements floating around and about us?
Do they know in what vegetables they
are most required? Do they understand
how, and with what substances these
gases can be most readily fixed, and
the extent to which it is profitable to
use them? Do they fully comprehend
all the other mysterious agencies by
which they can use all the other means
and advantages which are spread out in
such profusion before them? Is there
nothing hidden in the deep arcana of
nature which has not yet been fully un
folded to the sharp sighted visions and
clear comprehensions of these intuitive
wise acres' 1 . •
I know that some men are id ays
wise, alwavs iufallitde, in conducting
their operations, and. consequently, that
‘experimental farmers’ are not always
successful in making their farming busi
ness profitable. But, prav, how does
that unfavorably affect either you or me?
The knowledge of a failure, in a par
ticular case, under particular circum
stances may be as profitable aud advan
tageous to us as if the same experiment
had proved eminently successful. It is
quite as necessary, and as prudent, to
understand how and when to avoid evils
and dangers as to profit by what is known
to be good and safe.
In truth, fellow citizens, while I claim
to be highly conservative in most things,
and ain regarded as an 'old fogy' in oth
ers, still I must be permitted to say that
I have no patience, no toleration for
that class of farmers who are constantly
descry'ng agricultural education, aud
who would stop suddenly every effort to
cultivate the intellect and to improve
and elevate the habits and the tas’es of
those connected with country life. Their
unconquerable obstinacy, their mole
eyed and bitter prejudices are equalled
puly by their deplorable ignorance and
their unbearable perverseness. Their
precept, example and influence, are con
tinually evil.
don’t you know that if you tell a lie on
do.
Judge—What will be your punish
ment, m v dear boy, if you swear false
ly, or speak a lie on oath?
Bov—I will be sent to the peniten-
Uarv (weeping) and thus break my dear
mother’s heart. There were other eyes
besides his in that house overflowing
with tears. c
Defts Attorney—(Frowning.) -Bov, a „ e others, and especially the young, in
every effort and commendable underta
king.
If ‘knowledge is power,’ in he hands
of every other class, [ cannot perceive
why it is not so to the agriculturist. The
di\ine, the lawyer, the physician, and
the artist, the mechanic, the merchant,
the musician, and all others, seek to ob
tain not only the particular education
necesswy and appropriate to their call
ing and business, but they desire to
acquire a knowledge of all k ndred
branches, so as to increase and enlarge
their capacity for the highest usefulness,
Can I Help Yon.
Can 1 help you ? Just say the word.
There speaks the whole souled, whole-
heaiteJ man—the man whese very shad
ow is worth more than the body, soul
and estate, personal and spiritual, of
two thirds of the human race heating
that name. How he lifts the despon
ding spirit of his brother in trouble I—
All day he has met with cold eyes, cold
smiks, cold words and colder sympa
thies. Men fly him because they have
heard he was unfortunate: and—be a
villian, a thief, a murderer, says the
world in action—bift don’t be uiifortu-
uate. 111 lend you ten thousand if you
are worth fifty; if you are unfortunate.
I’m very poor myself—would like to
help you—could have done so three
days ago, or three hours ago—but posi
tively havn’t got three cents, nor shan’t
be in possession of that amount while
your misfortune lasts. If your old aunt
dies or your uncle, or in fact, anybodr
who chooses to leave you a fortune then
just call upon me—I'll-manage to have
a little loose change on hand.
But look yonder comes a broad shel
tered frank browed man, who meets his
poor brother with a hearty slap tin the
sholder, and can I help you ? just say
the word. Don’t be afraid now ; what
is your trouble ? Out with it and if you
would like a little cash, just sav so.—*
Don’t be downcast—what if you have
failed in your expectations once, twice,
or thrice? Havn’t some !«f our most
successful merchants done the same thing,
made the same mistake ? Aud where
would they have been if they hadn’t
found friends ? Come what do vou
want how much ? He doesn’t clap
his hand on his pocket with a styx like
frown which says as if he had bawled it
out iu your ear, no entrance in here<—
He is not one of those dyspectic, cross
grained, surly, moneyed machines, that
squeezes a sixpence till it squalls, and
reads a {newspaper with a very greeJv
voraciousfeagerness, for fear he shall not
get two cent's wor:h. He lives for some*
thing else, than gain. His passport to
heaven is written on his face, religion on
the hearts of the downcast and sorrowing
—iu the homes he ha» made happv bv
his benevoleuce.
Can I help you ?
Write the words in golden letters, fbt
they are only heard on rare occasions.
The sneer, the scorn, the doubt, the re
fusal, they come with every nightfall and
suii rising. Niggards grow like mush-
roons, hut angels are scarce. Niggards
can never look beyond their own com
fort and convenience; no matter who
starves next door; they scatter cirs6s
and discouragements, and blight, God
only knows, how many gentle hearts.—
They never say. can I help him.
But the angelic ministry of these hel
pers of humanity—men who believe they
were entrusted with powers, the godn
well might envy : that they might be
used to some good purpose, what shall
we say of them ? how give them the
burning praise they merit. Good whole
souled, generous men, the angels, and
God himself smiled approvingly, when
with beaming eyes and hopeful words'
you said to a dispirited brother, 4 C»n I
help you!’
Black Joke. ^
The appended negro story, copied from n
Southern correspondent of tbs Boston Jour
nal, is not bad:
Gene:ai C gave his black man 8nW-
ney funds and permission to get a quarter’s
worth of Zoology at a menagerie,at the same
time hintiDg to him the striking affinity bs-
They not only refuse to tween the S', mi* and negro races Our a*,
enlighten themselves, but they discour- ble friend soon found himself under the
He
anJ brought too, in front of
sedate looking baboon, and eyeing the bibs
quadruped closely, soliloquised thus : .Folks
—sure's yer born, feet, bunds, proper bad
looking countenance, just like nigger, get-
tin’ old. I reckon.’—Then, ns if seized with
a bright idea, he extended bis hsnd with »
genuine Southern .How dy'e do Uncle?* The
ape clasped the negro's band and shook it
long and cordially.
Sawney then plied bis new acquaintance
with interrogations as to his name, sge. na
tivity, and former occupations, but eliciting
no replies beyond a knowing shake of tbs
bead, or a merry twinkling of tbs eye. (tbs
and to elevate them in their professional: ape was probably ,meditating tbs best way
standing. The more extensive, varied of tweaking the <k(rkey's nose,) be concluded-
and thorough the attainment of any
man, the more useful, reliable and prom
inent will he be. in his' position. The
farmer it is who alone disregards and
deprecates substantial learning, and in
veighs against intellectual and personal
accomplishments. It is no marvel,
therefore, that the stupid, dull ignoramus Mrs Partington says tbs best .aaeedots’
of the family, should be retained at house I for . piseo* is aot to tabs the -dsrasd staff.’
*»/
tbs ape was bound to ksep non-eommitta’, /
and looking cautiously around, chuckled
oat, *He. be. ye too sharp for them, old
feller. Keep dark—if ye’d jast speak one
word of English, white man would bava
a hoe in yer band in less then two minutss.’