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housekeeper. How blest is the farmer’s simple life ! How pure the joy it yields ! Far from the world’s tempestuous strife, Free ’mid the scented fields.— Ecciitl. Flowers. “Aunt Charity, discourses as follows in the Tennessee Slate Agriculturist, in relation to the cultivation of flowers: Young ladies cultivate flowers ! you will find your interest will he so great in them, that you will bo up with the lark, to see what progress your buds have made through the night; the morning air will brace and invigorate you ; you will find intruders in the shapo of sprigs of grass; which your bump of order will not tolerate ; pul ling them out will he good exercise ; air and ex ercise will promote, health and cheerfulness; : your cheeks will rival your rose from nature’s’ own pure hue. Mothers, cultivate flowers, that your children j may emulate your good example that home may he the sweetest spot to them; our first mother was placed in a garden as the most appropriate place for one who was to he the partner of him who was formed after the image of his Maker ; that her first lessons might he taught from nature’s most beautiful leaves of instruction. If we feel troubled and careworn, for troubles will come, does not a walk among the flowers calm and soothe us by leading our thoughts to more pleasing things, to the m&nilold kindness of our heavenly Father in Modeling the earth With so many jewels! Out im aginations can scarce keep pare with the varie ties of color and texture, ali his linndy work. Are we not taught this is not our abiding place, hy the flowers ? in autumn they Aide, wither and die ; in spring they hud forth with renewed splen dor and beauty, blossom and send forth their richest perfume as incense meet lor the Creator of all good; shall we be more ungrateful than the simple violet, and not semi the incense of our prafse fur all his mercies? He gave flowers as ministers of his love to us, we use them ns emblems of love and esteem to our fellow creatures; who would reduce all things to mere utility ? Our Creator has set us a better example ; flowers are of the earth, her children, and she nurtures them with her tears ; do they not richly repay her kindness? Are we hot told that Solomon in all his glory, was not clad like one of the simple Millies of (he field;’ they are associated with all that is beautiful, ele gant lovely ; they deck the bride, the May Queen, and the solemnities of the burial ; they are associated with our earliest and most pleas ant recollection of home. Who does not remem ber some favorite flower of ‘my mother’s ?’ What woman does not remember how often she has been led from nature •up to imtnru’s God,’ by the simple structure of a flower, and what wo man of refinement, sensibility, and affection, but loves flowers ? indeed, they bear a close resemb. lance to her lot, and “No marvel woman should love flowers; they bear Ho much fanciful similitude To her own history ; like herself repaying With such Rweet interest all the cherishing That call their beauty or their sweetness forth, Ami like her, too, dying beneath neglect.” Transplanting Evergreens, —lt seems not very material whether evergreen trees are trans planted in April, May, or June. They may he made to live in either of these months when they arc properly taken up and set; and as it is all. important to take up a sod with the tree, it tnav be as well to transplant this kind early in the season tie?t)re ploughing commences. It is not necessary to take up a long root with a fir, a hemlock or a pine; but it is absolutely necessary to take up a sod with the roots ; and sods will adhere to them better at this season of the year, than when the earth is more dry. not much risk in taking firs flWhv £*•* f'-ijJr the multitude of fibrous rvAs direction hold enough lint pint . jfjyajt f ’ A ■ H tender, ami ph/lca up j and set, as we set apple trees, the bark comes ofif and not one tree., in fifty survives. Long roots a. o not needed, and the trees tnay be taken up by cutting around nt a distance of twelve inches from the trunk, when that is not more than live feet ip, height. These trees and clumps of earth may be set whon the earth is wet, for there is not the same need of spreading out the roots and keeping them separate, as there is when trees are taken up without earth. Yet it is important in all cases to keep the earth loose and light, and free from weeds arbiind them. Remedy for Constipated Cows.— A writer in the Massachusetts Plowman gives the follow ing remedy for constipated cows after calving : For tho benefit of those in the business, but inex perienced as I was a few years ago, I would like to insort a medicine for a complaint of which I lost my best cow, the first year alter commencing for myself, and have since had others troubled in tho same way, that is, being bound up after calving, the bowels swell, they stop eating, and look dull, unless a quick physic is administered they die. I have fo.:nd one which 1 consider in valuable, vie: one half pint of molasses, a piece of lard the size of a hen’s egg melted together to which add a cupful of ground mustard. Perpetual Roses. —Many cultivators of this fine new class of rosea ‘waste Its sweeTO<fM*'By allowing it to carry ail its blossoms in the month of June. Now, to have the perpetual roso fully enjoyed, it should not be allowed to bloom at all in the rose season. Roses are so common then that it is not at all prized ; while blooming from midsummer to November, it is highly prized by persons- The way I pursue to grow h to perfection, is te pinch out, as soon as visible, erery blossom ing bud that appears at the first crop, say from tho middle of May to the middle of June. This re. serves all the strength of the plant for the after bloom ; and accordingly I have such clusters of roses in July, August, September and October, as those who have not tried this stopping system can have no idea of. La Reine, Madame Laffay, Compe de Paris, and the Duchess of Sutherland are particuly superb varieties under this treat, ment. Indeed, they tnay be’ ‘recommended as among the ‘best of the perpetuals. 1 have adopted with excellent results, Mr. Rice’s recommendation of giving the roots ol! well established roses a good soaking in guano, after they have shed their leaves, say middle of October. It greatly promotes their luxuriant! growth the next season— Horticulturist. Griddle Cakes of Unbolted Wheat.— A *}uart us unbolted wheat and ateaspoonfiil of salt; wet it up with wa**r, or sweet milk, in which is r.iseol’. H t:-asjtm*fl'i|| f >i‘'ar;:-'ti* ; add thr. e fpeon-fii! a* 4 , mda-s H me tnisc ltd- witi, yeast, and h-av-'otT the s:hr;r u-. H <tr r.xtlk •i"d gain rad --r- <• -• # ... ] j\, | f- Sue it ;:>•. i From the Missiisippme. Improving the Soil. Messrs. Editors. —lmproving land hy the aid of manure is tedious and costly. But every farmer should, by all means, make it part of his yearly business ; and though he do but little, yet that little is a gain. Manures have been used for centuries, and the certain gain is placed beyond question. Ten four horse loads to a hand has been hauled out hy one of the citizens ofthis county, and Iml for the press of plowing, as many more are ready. Admit these ten loads only aid ten acres, yet the aid is for three yen rs nt least, thus increas ing the yield and preventing depreciation. And yet over 1,000 bushels of cotton seed, which will keep up in present fertility ten acres more—aye, ami increase the crops. Besides these, the im mense quantity of stubble and pea-vine plowed in, will enhance some six or eight acres more per hand. History tells us, that so tar hack as tho time of Xenophon, about 400 years before Christ,farmers were in the habit ofburning stub ble on the laud, using manures and relying upon frequent plowing. Plowing had been done in those very early limes as often as nine times be fore seeding. A farmer in the Connecticut val ley gave his experience a few years since, in the plowing fur oats or rye, [I forget which] —he plowed a ten acre lot, bowed one fn i ats ; then the nine acres, sowing another;’ and so on through, and he declared there was difference between each acre, and all in favor of repeated plowing.". One ofthe largest producers in Ilinds was in the habit, so 1 was informed by the plant er al liis own house, of plowing corn and cotton land, and in muring the hills. He did not know Xenophon or the Connecticut farmer from n pilo of shavings, yet he averred that his suc cess was in repeated plowing". But repeated plowing* will not alone do the greatest good ; depth and quality must lie con sidered. ‘Let him attend to hi* employment und trace the furrows carefully in straight lines, not looking around him, having his mind intent upon what he is doing,’ says an ancient writer. And for the very obvious reason which few think of— judging from the road side—good plowing can not he done unless the rows arc straight or reg ularly curved. There are those who object to deep plowing, that hy bringing the clay to the surlace and hutying the ti p soil, that the crops arc injured. Without entering fully into the matter, as a whole article might he written on this one subject, I would say, it is better to turn hut little of the subsoil at every plowing, and thus gradually deepen the soil, and if the land be thoroughly drained, no possible harm can re sult in subsoiling the depth of draining, unless you have a sandy or gravelly bottom underneath, into which the plow would let all water pass. I remember when two-horse plows began to be used generally in this country, and when Mr. ruined his land by them and blatned his ft iend for advising—so said several. This friend asked him how it was—‘false, false, sir,’ was his reply. 1 have used two-horse plows for these ten years ; and to show my faith in them, I have plowed nearly 200 acres since last Octo ber, and am now using them on tho 24th of March. Reasons for operations on a farm should always be given, hut a body who has much to do, and hut a short time to write these nights, must ask to he pardoned, if in his hurry he neglects: If I wrote for honor or distinction, I should write less and he inure particular. But l Write for the countrymen, and not for the faultfinding town body: By having a deep soil, ordinary rains pass hchnv ordinary plowing, thus admitting early cultivation after ruin. The large quantity of earth will absorb more moisture, and retain it too. If kept well pulverised, it tools sooner at night, and thus creates a greater depositc of dew, with other reasons, that the reader ought to study out. 1 have no kind of doubt, that the coxv-pefi find repeated plowings from the first of October to the first of April, deep, close plowing, will im prove land, not now rich, that is in Hinds Coun ty, with similar soil and subsoil. I um yours, &c. Caleb. Restoration of Sight. —The Boston Trav- Ti'lVrHives some mteresluig~accouiits ofexperi ments made hy Piofessor Bronson, in removing imperfections of sight, produced by age or mal formation. According to the Traveller, old peo ple have been enabled to lay aside their specta cles, and people of all ages who suffered from short sight, have been entirely cured. The Traveller says that Professor Bronson is the au thor of these discoveries, and that his practice consists entirely in manipulation. Prof. Bronson is welt known in this and other cities, as a lec turer upon elocution, and has opened an office in New York, lor medical practice upon the eye, in which wo wish hitn success. But while giving credit to Prof. Bronson for his efforts in doing good, and while admitting that his method of tieuting the eye is originul with himself, we do not admit that he was the Jirst discoverer. The very treatment ascribed to him for restoring decayed sight, was discover ed long ago by John Qtiinfcy Adams, and suc cessfully practiced on himself. This is not the only case in which scientific men have made the same discovery, without any communication with each other. Dr. Franklin in Philadelphia, and Dr. Ingcn house in Ht. Petersburg, without any knowledge of each other, made simultaneous discoveries in electricity. Therefore we do not wonder at Prof. Bionsoo’s discovery concerning the eyes without any hint from Mr. Adams, who hnd long previously made the same discovery. Mr. Ad anis did not communicate his discovery to the world, but mentioned it incidentally, and as of no great importance, to two or three friends in the course of his life. We certainly wonder at him and them for not perceiving its general util ity. Mr. Adams never wore spectacles, his sight enduring to the last. Yet those who re. member him in private conversation, may re member his habit, while listening, of manipula ting his eyes with his fingers, by passing them gently over the surface, from the external to the interna! angle. Tho decay of sight that is remedied hy convex spectacles, is caused by tho gradual absorption of the humors, or relaxation ot the coats, render ing the transparent cornea less convex. The manipulation, or gentle pressure, perhaps by stimulating the coats, and thereby causing them to contract, restore! tho original convexity, and consequently the original perfection of sight. In rubbing or wiping tho eyes, we naturally pass the hand or towel over the convex surface, from thu internal to the external angle. This dimin ishes the convexity, and thus promote! the decay of the sight, and should be carefully avoided.— The pressure, whether in wiping or manipula ting. should proceed iu eyes originally perfect, from tho external to the internal angle. Short sight, remedied by concave glasses, is can ill Uv oensvexity of ibe oxterim! cor. j ti'-.i win ijit-r rrnjjenilal i-r caused bvdhcasi- ‘ In tlii -j;./*. nil v-ipftig, rul biny n: •iiiii>ipuiatioi< sir. ll,ii jiioi t t rl fr..in t| I'lt- tloil O’ tin fitt-Il.nl j M2o§ © ® (EH g QD iDM® ©DS To angle, the reverse of the motion necessary in the case first mentioned. In manipulation, care must be taken against pressure ton liard, or con tinued too long, which may develope inflam mation. jflfUtaHggUaiwfl. FOR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. Domestic Training. —Permit us to say. to those mothers who interest themselves in the education of their children, he assiduous early to implant domestic tastes in thaminds of your daughters. Let your little girl set by your side wilh her needle. Do not put her from you when you discharge those employment! which are for llio comfort of the family. Let her take pnrt in them as far as her feeble hand is capable.-. Teach her that this will be her province when she becomes a woman. Inspire her with a desire to make all around her comfortable and happy. Instruct her in the rudiments of that science whose results are so beautiful. Teach her that not selfish gratification, but the good of-a household, the improvement of even the humblest dependent, is the business of her sex. When you walk out to call on your friends, sometimes lake her with you : especially, if you visit the aged, or go on errands of mercy to the sick and poor, let her be your companion. Al low her to sit by the side and learn those nursing services to him. Associate her with you. Make her your friend. Purify and perfect your own ex ample for her sake. And xvbi'e you mingle with domestic training, and with the germ of benevolence a knowledge of the v-’orld of books, to which it will be a sweet privilege to intro, ducc her, should you he able to add nut a sin gle fashionable accomplishment,still he contin ually thankful in shielding her from the conta gion of evil example. A Noble Child. —At ono ofthe anniversa ries of a Sabbath School in London, two little girl* presented themselves to receive a prize, ono of whom had recited one verse more than the other, both having learned several thousand verses of Scripture. The gentl man who pre sided, inquired, -And couldn’t yon have learned ono verse more, and thus hate kept up with Martha ?” ‘•les, sir,” the blushing child replied:; “but I loved Martha, and kept backjti purpose.” “And was there any one til all the verses you have learned,’ again inquired the President, “that taught you this lesson V “There was, sir,” sho answered, blushing still moro deeply ; “/ honor prefering one an other;” Perfect Happiness. —A laundress, who was employed in tho family of one of our for mer Governors, said to him, xvith a sigh : “Only think, yous excellency, how little mnn ey would make me happy !” “How liitle, madam ?” sdyi the Governor. “Oh ! dear sir, ono hundred dollars would make me perfectly happy.” “If that is.all, you shall have it,” and ho im mediately gave it to her. She looked at it with joy and thankfulness, and, before tho Governor was out of hearing, exclaimed: “A wish I had said tteo hi The Rob Roy of the Mississippi.— .ln one of his speeches in the Senato last’winter, Mr. Foote, oftho Mississippi, gave hy’ way of il lustrating his argument, the fol Awing oarra. five t * l lt has been barely fiteen year* since I was called upon to defend a gifted native of New England, against a charge of which he confess ed himself guilty; that charge was.murkier. My client—for such he became— had been guil. ty accuiding to his own account, as given in an autobiography dictated hy him, but which I was accused, at the time, of writing, of eight mur ders and sixty robberies. Tho testimony against the prisoner was too conclusive to ho resisted successftlHy. He had been convicted ; the sentence of death was about to-he passed upon him, and he was asked the ordinaryVjues tion- -wha‘ ho had to say why this dreadful judgment shtfbld not be pronounced against him. ‘He arose gracefully frqm his scat on the prisoner’s bench; he stood erect before the court and the audience. His countenance was free from the marks of trepidation, of embarrass ment, or of conciotts guilt. His mind seemed tor a moment solemnly to revert to the strange scenes of romantic and bloody adventures through which he passed. He turned those fierce eyes ot his upon the judge who was pres ently to consign him to the scaffold, and ex claimed in tones that I can never forget: ‘Sir, you have asked tno a question; and I intend to answer it. \ou behold before you a man, cut off from the sympathies of his fellow beings, who is yet not worthy ot their esteem and commisscration; who has not slept in a hu man habitation for full nine years; who has roamed along the banks ofthe majestic Missis sippi and lived alone upon the meat, uncooked, ot tho wild tenants of tins miUoHseM tlm hr has been aide to make his victims ; who, not forgetful ofclassic lore, has perused with delight amidst the gloom of the unfrequented forest, tho pages of Horace, of Tacitus and of Juvenal ; who felt for the degraded condition of his race, and sighed to participate in some work of gener al melioration. ‘I have slain men with impunity and without remorse, who were in my judgment burdensome to the generation with which they stood conneo. ted, and whose death I supposed would prove a blessing to socio'y. lam now charged with murder, and convicted, upon evidence which I admit to be strong, and even irresistible, of the slaying of a human being in cold blood 1 am now to be held responsible ?. He was my en emy without provogstion. He pursued roe with unsparing malignity. He subjected me te in dignities which excited me to madness, and I vowed never to rest satisfied taitil my persecu tor should cease to live. Look upon me ; bear witness to the world hereafter that 1 1 stand up at this solemn hour, calmly and composedly before you. My soul is unconscious of crime. My heart accuses me not of murder; and when a lew days hence, I shall ascend the scaffold, to expiate offences of which I am myself not sen sible, by undergoing a dishonorable death, I shall be found 1 trust, as calm, as self possessed and unruffled as F now am.’ Sorb said Air Foote, i* the character and bis* toiV i>t the niait who in liiijm, •vkj, hrirewn till’ Tvldi K, y * * t! r Mi- - .idppi.’ The Masieiaß aid the Bell, Some years since, there lived in the city of B , a celebrated performer on the French Horn. He waa of German descent, but was nevertheless proud of America, the land of his nativity, and looked upon ail imported musicians with bitter contempt. Roerbill was a favorite with the people of B , and was invited to almost every entertainment given by the elite of the city. But sorry am Ito say that the French Horn was not the only cornucopiary article to which the great musician was devoted. A horn of brandy and water was equally his delight, and an evening’s entertainment was scarcely ever closed before be had risen to a state of beat itude, seldom attained by water-loving mortals. It was a cold night in December,- when all the gay fashionables of B had assemfded at the residence of one ofthe wealthiest citizens in the vicinity of the city. The party was a brilliant one, and the gifted Roerbill was in his glory, lie never performed better in his life. He ‘outdid’ himself. The soil and mellow | tones floated front his magic horn like the en | rupturing strains of an cnchauted isle. Gaily j and joyfully passed the hours, until ‘ the clock | told the hour for retiring.’ But, alas! tho truth i must be told. Poor Mr. Roerbill! what ails j thee now? Is it the inspiration of the music. ! or of me spirit-stirring draught too freely imbi (Jed that causes thy eye (o glitter so wildly ? Alas! 1 cannot tell! But certain it is, that when Mr. Roerbill slatted on his hotnewuid course, his vision was very ‘oblique,’ and his steps, as Carlyle would say, a little ‘ obliquer.’ Being, in that hour of bliss somewhat fond ofthe line of beauty, lie had wandered ontofhi* way, and presently found himself in a field, where a largo Durham was wont to roam. As he manfully worked his way through the drifting snow, and staggered bravely on ward, he was observed by the bull, who, —that is the bull not liking the ill-timed invasion of his ancient domain, advancud menacingly towards the in truder. Mr. Roerbill, by this time had met with an insurmountable obstacle, and fallen prostrate upon a bank of snow, which, being observed by the indignant animal, he halted ; and, after proudly pawing the snow-covered earth, gave one loud, and not altogether unmusical bellow. The fallen hero turned his eyes upon the assail ant, and alter carefully survey ing his person, exclaimed, in the most contcniptuuus tones : * Sir, you are an imported musician—hie— liic you are.—and nothing else. Sound A, sir, —sound A.’ * 800-00-o !’ roared the bull. ‘ Sound A !—I say, sound A,’ replied Mr. llo crbill. * 800-00-o !’ repeated the bull. ‘ That aint A. you imported rascal,’ cried the indignant musician. ‘ 800-00-00-o !’ roared the bull in still louder notes. Pretty good—pretty good 1 Now sound B, you foreign impostor !’ cried Mr. Roerbill, at the top of his voice. But this time he received no reply. The in fiiriated animil, instead af obeying the mandate of poor Roerbill, rushed upon the (alien hero, and raising him on his horns threw him twenty paces over fi stnnll ravine nqr hy. Fortu. nately, Roeibill alighted on afeother bank of snow, and was not much injured. Ho arose in a few moments, dashed tho’ snow from his lace, and then turning towards the bull, and in dignantly shaking his fist at tho still enraged beast, exclaimed : •Sir,you may be a good musician, but you arc no gentleman /’—Great IFesf, The ‘yoL'NG man’s Almanac. —Staring at a lady under her bonnet, is considered very much beneath a gentleman. Never sit next to a baby in an omnibus, much less between two habies. Never go into a theatre when a money-taker says “There is plenty of standing room,” Unless you wish to see the performances fron the slips, over a Black Sea of hats. . If you light yqpr cigar at a lamp-post, take care it has not been newly painted. It is n very bad case whon a young man parts with his watch, even to prove that “Time is money.’’ “Whut is enough for one is enough for two’,” says the old proverb : but this can scarcely be said to apply to tavern steaks, which certainly got srmllor by degrees, and beautifully less eve. ry year. Never do things by halve*, lmlocj ii = ding a bank-note by the post, or paying a cab man his demand. You often hear of a man ‘‘being in advance of his age,” but you never heard ot a woman being in the same predicament.—Quite the contrary. Certain young men, when they are invited out to a ball, only go in time for supper. These are what may be called the supper-numeraries of society. A walking-stick has legs, but an. umbrella has wings. By-the-byc. if you are wise you will lake care not to buy a silk umbrella, for it only flies all the quicker. The most certain method of borrowing £5 is to ask for j£lo. Y'ou had not better attempt to decipher any correspondence when you get home late after supper, for it is a grammatical truth that a per son must master his liquids before he can go through his letters. A “rising young man” is one who rises reg. ularly—not later than eight o’clock ; a “promis ing young man” is one who pays his tailor not later than a twelvemonth altei he has promised him. “Healths” are no longer complimentary ; but a medical man should particularly refrain from proposing a person's health, for he is sure to bn suspected of wishing him ill. Be careful, if you hare your portrait in the Exhibition, not to stand opposite it, or else you will probably overhear remarks that will make you feel most unpleasantly beside yourself. Os all passages in a young man’s life, there is none so trying, so solemn, or accompanied with so much earnest feeling, as seeking for the lucifer-box in the dark. To soften a Policeman call him “Inspector.” A bad hat, taken to an evening party, fre |iiently comes out next day as good as new. If two omnibuses are racing, never hail the dtwt unless you hnve a particular fancy to be tjn over bv the ‘vrmid. Ttyere.** Almanac!; ‘for 184 ft. ‘ Thc Black Coat.—The Rev. Drs. Chaun cey and Cooper of Boston were intimate friends. Dr. Chauncey, like many literary men was ha bitually absent. Dr. Cooper was noted for his inviting brother clergymen to preach for him ; was currently reported that he used to walk out on Boston neck every Saturday afternoon, and inrite the first gentleman with a black coat whom be saw coming into town, to fiil his pul. pit for him. A negro servant of Dr. Chauncey’s who pro. furred anew garment, to the dark discarded vestment of his master, determined to turn his knowledge of these facts to his advantage. Hav. ing one morning carried the usual supply of wood into his master’s study, he remained stan* ding; the doctor soon noticed him, and the fob lowing conversation took place. •Well, Sambo, what do you want?’ • Want a coat, sar. De old one patched to pieces, I ’fraid to go nowberes.’ •Very well, Sambo, go to Mrs. Chauncey, and tell her to give you one of mine.’ I’hc Doctor resumed his studies, but Sambo retained his position. His master observing him a second time, and forgetting what had passed between them, asked— M ’ What do you want, Sambo ?* • O just a coat, sar. Old coat full of hoiesT’’ ‘Very woll, go and she will give you one of A second time the doctor resumed his book, but finding thc black still stationary, he began to recall what had passed and exclaimed with some asperity : •Well sir, why don’t you go V ‘Cause 1 ’fraid massa Chauncey.’ • Afraid ? of what ?’ ‘ Why, sar, I ’fraid to wear a black coat, cause—no, —no, it won't do—l can’t tell you, sa r.’ I insist upon it. ‘ Well then, if I must—sir, ’fraid, ’cause, oh no! massa, you’ll be so angry.’ ‘ I wish I had my cane here;’ exclaimed the doctor. Sambo finding from his impatient glance at the tongs, that there was a possibility of finding a substitute, cried out: ‘Oh! sar, neber mind do cane, I tell yiu why 1 ‘fraid to wair one of your coats—l ’fraid if I had annoder black coat—that Doctor Cooper will ask me to preach for him.’ The Doctor burst into laughter. Go, go Sambo, ask Mrs. Chauncey to buy a coat of whatever color you lancy.’ Sambo hastened off, grinning with delight, to get a scarlet coat, and Dr. Chauncey ran to Dr. Cooper to tell him of the whole affair. Latin vs. Grain.—The following, we copy from Sachet’s Parlor Paper. The story is well told:— The Rev. Dr. P was settled over a large congregation in the State of Connecticut, made up in great part of intelligent farmers. He was a very loarned man, and sometimes illustrated his sermons hy rather free quotations from the old Latin Fathers. The good farmers with a fair knowledge of their vernacular, were not, however, competent to interpret Origin or St. Augustine, and whenever the Doctor came at they were obliged to take hunle r J’joVsiafi - ~tf ,e expense of a severe spirit, ual lathe Doctor’s congregation was an old sort of genius by the name ol Merrie. On one oc. casion the Doctor bought some grain of Merrie, which proved to be full of vile admixtures that rendered it nearly worthless. Meeting him soon Hfter. the Doctor addresser! him : ‘ Mr. Merrie, that grain which 1 purchased of you, was full of cockle-seed and chess.’ • Indeed !’ ‘Yes, and it makes very black bread; Mr. Merrie, —we can scarcely eat it.’ •Well, Doctor,’said Merrie, with a funny twin kle in his eye, ‘l’m sorry,—but I guess you’ll have to let the cockle-seed and chess stand off against the Latin in your sermons I’ A Popular Preacher. —A short time ago, one of the self-elected class of divines, who are not in common excessively college bred, was holding forth to a congregation upon a subject well calculated to arouse the attention of incor rigible hearts. After blazing away with this subject, until he had rendered Pandemonium as hot as Vesuvius, and as black as Milton’s Satah, he rounded a sublime, peroration tviih the fob lowing sentence : “ Now, hearken, ye sinners I .ltn y- lUty'u -it pn t n h—l, as sure as I’ll catch that fly on thc Bible ;” at the samtTtttfie making a determined swoop with his palm across the sacred page, to capture the talismanic insect. He then proceeded to open his clinched fist, fing er by finger, until the last digit was released, but behold, thc poor fly had eluded his grasp. Look ing surprised and disappointed for a few moments, the minister at once exclaimed, “by thc hoky, I’ve miss’d him I—there’s a chance for you yet, ye sinful ragamuffins I” \n Arab Retort.—‘Why do you not thank God,’asked Mansur of an Arab,‘that, since I have been your ruler, you havo never been af flicted with the plague ?* • God Is 100 good io send two scourges upon us at once,’ was the reply, but it cost the speak, er his life. Patronism.—An Irish friend, speaking of his native country, said it was an execrable place ; in fact, the only thing in it worth own. ing was the whiskey, and that certainly was admirable. ‘You mean to say, then,’ said a waggish friend, ‘ that with all her faults, you love her still r “How do you do, Mrs. Tome; have you heard that story about Mrs. Ludy ?” “Why, no, really, Mrs. Gab, wbat is it ! do tell.’’ “Oh, I promised not to tell for the world I No, I must never tell it. I’m afraid it’ll get out.” “Why, I’ll nover tell it as long as I live, just as true as the world—what is it ? come... tell.” “Now you won’t say anything about it will you?” “No, I will never open my head about it sa credly. Hope to die this minute.” “Well, if you believe mo, Mrs. Funday told me, last night, that, Mrs. Trott told her that her sister’s husband was told, by a person who saw it, that Mrs. Trouble’s oldest daughter told Mrs. Nicolas, that she hoard Mrs. Putein tell Naomi Bliilc, that a milliner told her that bus. f. > -err.’ mu’ of Ptshiotl.” Case or Insanity. —The first case of note this morning was that of M'. Tobias Baker, charged with insanity, by bis wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Baker. Mr. B. is a man of sober and subdued aspect, decently dressed, and seemingly about fifty years old. Mrs. B. is a keen-eyed, sallow matron, of spare figure and commanding stature, being half a head taller than her hus. band, who stood meekly by her side, while she made her complaint. ‘lf you please, Sir, (said Mrs. Baker to the Mayor,) 1 want to have something done with my old man here, for I don’t think it safe to let him go about.’ ‘Why not ?’ inquired his Honor. <He does not look like a dangerous person.’ * Looks is very deceiving,’ observed Mrs. Ba ker. ‘For all he seems so quiet just now, he’s as crazy as a loon.’ ‘ What does he do that looks like madness ?’ asked the Mayor. ‘ Why he kicks hideously sometimes, when he’s asleep.’ remarked Mrs. Baker. ‘That may be owing to (he fleas, or the night, mare.’ •Nightmare ! I never heard of such a mare as that,’said Mrs. Baker; ‘but why should any kind of a marc make a man kick like a horse? TjlVfl again, he’s got such a monstrous appe tite ! he’lleat as nfinyHlß"TtjTwjK|fo*aloe># ,^P l setting. Would any man in bis right senses do the like of that?’ ‘lf the potatoes were well cooked, madam, I think be might.’ ‘ Well, I never! a man with his seven senses to eat six potatoes! Then again, sometimes he sepms so fond of me, that he is readv to eat xs up.’ i ‘That does look a little suspicious, madam, I must confess,’ remarked his honor. ‘I guess it does,’ resumed Mrs. Baker; he’d be hugging and kissing me half the time, if I’d let him.’ * Avery decided symptom of an unsound intellect, 1 must say,’ observed his Honor, thoughtfully, and perusing thc couutenance of Mrs. B. • But the worst of all is,’ cried Mrs. Baker, growing more warm, ‘he won’t let me keep the cash, and buy what I take a notion to. Don’t that show how crazy he is ?’ ‘ You hear,’ said bis honor, addressing tho accused, ‘You hear Ibe charge, Mr. Baker.— Whut can you say to it ?’ ‘l’m not sure but she’s right,’ answered B. * I must have been crazy when I married her ; and the trouble I’ve had since was not calculated to make me any straighter,’ ‘ 1 think,’ said the Mayor, after a pause for consideration, ‘you had better take him home, Mrs. Baker, and try him awhile longer; if he continues his strange capers, and especially that hugging and kissing of yourself, let us know, and we’ll take care to put him in safe keeping .'—Pennsylvanian. Anecdote or Wm. Laud.—When the tern, perancc movement first came into notice, Mr. Ladd—though an ‘ardent reformer’—was not quite prepared to go the entire pledge. Ho was willing to eschew rum, gin, brandy, ‘sour ; cider,’and all that; but he could not go the abandonment of his wine, his rich, mellow, hciirt-worming winc ! Til UTCI lie OAU g*ve - i.i .1 [.. irOTt..j ol getting • sawed ’ upon the generous fluid. His wine cellar was gelling low ; but every body was signing the pledge, and it must be replenished in a shady way, or not at all. Being at Portland about this time, he bought a barrel of fine old wine, and employed ‘Uncle ‘Siah,’ a well known teamster to haul it to Minot, saying : ‘ Here, take this barrel of ‘oil’ with thc other articles.’ He reached home first, and after seeing the ‘oil’ carefully deposited in the cellar, he cante t the door to settle for the hauling. ‘ Well, Uncie Siah,’ said the Captain, rubbing his hands, ‘I really wish 1 had something good | for you to drink ; but the temperance folks are making such a confounded noise, we a—a-- have to banish it from our houses. But ‘Uncle ’Siah’ had already a hit of brick in his hat, and was bolding himself rather un steadily by the wheel. •It’s n-n-no-m-matter, Chappcn,’ he hiccup, ped, ‘not the last kuc-kuc con-se-hic-se-qucnse. conce I 1 d-don’t nped any—l w-was dry, b. b-but I took a g-g-good drink out yous oil c.c. cask. It’s fca-hie.apital oil, Cap’n! Pure w. wintet-strained, and no m-tn-mistakc I’ The Captain came out a ruhk teetotaller at the next temneranee meeting. Decidedly Rich—One of the parvenu la. 1 dies of our village, but would be wonderfully ar ! istocratic in all domestic matters, wa* visiting a few days since at Mr. G ’s, (all know the old Major,) when, after tea, the following conversation occurred between the Major’s ex. cellent old-fashioned lady and the ‘top-not’ in consequence of the hired girl occupying a scat at the table. Mrs . ‘Why Mrs. 1 you do not allow your hired girl to eat with you at the table? It’s horrible.’ Mrs. &- ‘Most certainly I do. You* know this’ hne ever been my practice. It was so when you worked for me—don’t you rccol. lect ?’ 03” A metropolitan house-keeper advertised recently for a wet nurse. A young Irish girl offered herself. ‘How old are you, Bridget ?’ said Madame. ‘Sixteen, please Ma’am.’ ‘Have you ever had a baby ?’ ‘No, Ma’am, but I am very fond of them.’ ‘Then I’m afraid, Bridget, you will not do me. It is a wet nurse I want.’ • Ob, please Ma’am, I know I’ll do, ,Fm very ’asy to teach !’ ‘Well, Joe, I understand you’re going to Cal. ifornia.’ * •No sir.ee ! I’m going to the theatre.* ‘All right; 1 thought you were going to the play sir’ (placer.) Naval Tactics.—A captain, one oftho old school, being at a ball, had been accepted by a beautiful partner, a lady of rank, w ho, in the most delicate manner possible, hinted to him the propriety of putting on a pair of gloves. •Oh!’ was the elegant reply i ‘never mind me, ma’am : I shall wash my hands when TTe done dancing .’ The very last curiosity we have seen spoken of in the papers, is a “ wheel that came off a dog’s tail when it was a t raggin'.’ The man that sent it in has retired entirely from public life.