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AH V9TVBttaHND TO*H ST OIHALD (Urril.
The stream (bat kirrbt by yon gxed ahore
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The vla4 (bat dries at mora yoa dowy lava
Braethea and te (?n}
Thoao withered flow'rs to Summar'a ripaolng
(low
No more (ball blov ;
TboM fallen leave* that atr*v yoa garden bad
For ay* ar* dead. /
Of laugb, of Ja*t, of pleasures past,
Nothing ehall laat;
Oa shore, on tea, on rale, on plain,
Nought ehall remain;
Of all for vhteh poor mortal* vainly mourn,
Noagbt shall return j
Lifo batb its hour on earth, tbe heavens beneath,
And so bath Death.
Not aU the ohates that elank la av're silo*
Cm fatter Tim*;
For all the phial* in the doctor'* (tor*
Yoath torn* bo mora;
No drag on Ago'* wrinkled obeak rem*a
Lift's early hues;
Not all the, tears by piou* mourner* shed
Can wake the dead.
For *11 Spring gire*, and Winter takaa again,
W* griera in rain;
Vainly for sunshine lad, and joy* gona by,
W* hear* tha sigh j
On 1 erer on I with unexhaasted breath,
Time haste* to death ;
Eren with each word wo *poak, a me?eat flies,
I* bora, and die*.
If thna, through lesser Nature'* empire wide
Nothing abide?
If wind, nnd war*, and leaf, and ran, and
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each their hour?
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To oortMx tbinf*;
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la fli'j above.
THE REVOLUTION.
AM IMTBRVIKW WITH JUDGE ORR.
The Conclusion* of an Old Statesman?"
Therms Life in the Old
Land Yet"?The Fate of. the
Negro?Facte for Capitalists
and Agriculturists?The Polit- \
ical Platform?Manufacturing
Re source a?Work for our
Young Men?The Old and the j
New Regime.
A correspondent of the New
York Tribune writing from Anderson,
8. C , under date of March
17, gives quite an interesting re
port of a conversation with Judge
Orr, in which that gentleman appears
to have set forth his political
views with great fullness aud precision.
After a sketchy account
of the Judge's residence, manner
of life and person, the letter proceeds
to SAy :
LIKES AMD D1SIJKE8.
In Charleston and among the
low country planters generally, exGovernor
Orr is an object of cordial
dislike. When a Confederate
Senator, lie dared to anticipate be
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vro uiucrs, hk pruu?um uowmaii
of the cause, and to introduce in
secret session what was known as
the w Peace Resolutions." When
Governor, he was bold enough to
rise in the presence of a body of
Charleston merchants, at a public
dinner, and utter troths, political
and commercial, that made them
winoe. He had the hardihood to
affiliate socially with Generals
Sickles and Canby, and aid them
lit the arduous work of reorganiz
ing the State. He assumed the
responsibility, at which other men
shuddered, of reoommending officially,
and on the hustings, that
the white people should vote for
delegates to the State Constitutional
Convention--a Republican
body; and finally capped the elites*
of political iniquity, by per
mining nimseir to be elected to the
office of Circuit Judge by a Be
publican Legislature. People now
eay : 44 All this wae rightM Governor
Orr vn two year* in advance
of ob " 44 had we followed
hie counsel the condition of aflhirs
would have been verv different"
Dot still the prejudice is hereditary
and strong, and they neither
forgive nor forget.
-1 asked the judge hew he relished
this opposition. *4 WMfeflr."
he answered, "a public
Booth Carolina, who tbinkflor
himself, most have a hide ilka a
rhinoceros, and forty years of antagonism
have made mine so tough
that all the norcopinas in Christendon
coulau't draw blood ; that
is, when I know I*in right."
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1A1LEY, PRO'RS,
In the np conntrj, bowerer, the
I feeling toward him b? one of almoet
universal respect.. Known to be
r just in hie administration of pnblic
affaire, untainted by the breath of
any corrupting influences, often
weighed in the balance and never
found -wanting, affable with the
humblest, nod personally popular
among all classes, the people trust
him. They oonfide In his judgment.
The very fact that he predicted
long ago present consequences,
ana advised the pnblic
now to #vert them, has more than
ever increased faith In bis wisdom,
and fixed, as I am impressed, a
determination- by thousands to
adopt bis policy. What that policy
is, is foreshadowed in the following
conversation :
TUB PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION AND
DQfOCKATIO PABTT.
Q. Judge Orr, yon have been
long affiliated with the Democratic
party ot the country, and I have
some curio-ity to Karn why, so
u?n
own nitvi ni*31 ii11aucipuin convention
of in which you played
an import&nt park, you identified
yourself wit1! and espoused the
principles of another party not
generally acceptable to your own
people.
A. The answer to that question
is a simple one. It w..a generally
believeo throughout the South
that the object of that convention
was to restore harmonious feeling
between the two, sections, and, accordingly,
her representative men
were selected to confer and act
with the Democratic leaders of
the North. Results proved, however,
that elements of disruption
were already at work within the
party?that the West and East
were antagonistic in their views of
public policy?and that, in many
respects, the Sooth was not in a
condition to agree with either.
The effort then made to create a
healthy public sentiment toward ?
us signally failed, and, after a mere
spasm of cordiality in the conven
tion, its members separated as di
verse in their opinions as ever.
These bickerings resulted in the
election of General Grant and the .
fpresent supremacy of the Repub- i
ican party. <
Q. But is it your opinion that i
the Democratic party will never i
regain its power! i
A. A party called Democratic ,
may eventually succeed, but the
old regime is forever dead. The
antagonism of so many leading i
members of the party to the war
will, since the war has proved i
successful, put tbera in the same <
category in all future, popular <
elections with the opponents of the I
revolutionary war, the war of 1812, I
and the war with Mexico. None 1
ol the parties opposing these wars i
had sufficient vitality to recover *
from the damaging results of their i
rimmaitinn tin! ?1?*?
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the Republican party, already
made and which they will continue
to make, not moving cautiously in .
conseqnenco of their consciousness '
of strength, will necessarily create j
a reaction, under the influence of '
which they, too, will be overwhelmed
in national politics, as the Jack
son party was overwhelmed in
1840 in the contest between Mr. 1
Van Buren and General Harrison,
when the election was won not so
much by the popularity of the
Whig principles as by the unpopularity
of the Jackson and Van
Buren administration. High taxes,
the consequent stringency of the
finances, and official corruption, is
the rock upon which the Republican
party will be wrecked. From
the debris another party will arise
composed of the progressive men
of the country, wnose leaders will
be real statesmen and economists,
and nnder their administration the
Union will advance in trne greatness
and solid prosperity. Doubtless
the next census will change
the basis of power. More relative
strength will be given to the South
and West, which will result in
weakening the influence of the
New England States, and transferring
the control of the country to*
the agricultural sections.
Q. Do yon think the country
would be better off under a DemoAvalS/t
o/l m inlalnlinn than if ia at I
the present time 1
A. 1 can only answer thst question
with qualifications. Is my j
judgment, the election of General
Grant avoided violence and bloodshed
throughout the Soatb. Under
the administration ofMr.Sevmour,
| efforts would unquestionably hats
been made to overturn existing
State governments, even before his
inauguration, because the people
were stimulated by the delusive
representations of ardent per tisane,
who believed he ooold undo the
entire work of reconstruction. The
truth is, however, thst had Mr.
Seymour been eleoted, he would
have been aa impotent as Andrew
Johnson in every endeavor to render
assistance to the South. The i
majority of the Senate would have '
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' been against him for at least two
years, and be could not bare removed
or appointed a postmaster.
The House was in the ****** ***
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sit ioi?, and ncmeof the party would
have felt amiably inclined toward
one that bad defeated their candidate.
grant's klsctton SLasnre.
In this view, therefore, it was a
blessing to the Booth that Grant
was elected. Some of the results
to as, politically,'may not be agreeablo:
some of the Congressional
legislation that i.as followed has
been baaed npoa a misapprehension
of the real pnblic sentiment of
the South ; bnt the end wQl prove
the wisdom of the election ot General
Grant. . It must be remembered
that the war did not close
witb the termination oi hostilities.
It required time to make the people
folly realize the fact that tliey
were conquered, and to adapt
themselves to the new situation.
The principles for which they had
fonght were, so to speak, hereditary,
and it would be a marvel in
history or. in human nature for
them to have even theoretically
submitted to a stronger power at
once.
Q. Sqddoso. on the thaor* lK?t
the Southern States were never
out of the Union, their representatives
had been admitted to Congress
without the restrictions
which have been imposed bj the
enactments of that bod/, what
then wonld have been the result ?
A. In my judgment, one-third
of the States of the Union wonld
have been hostile to every leading
teature ot the policy of the conquering
party. They would not
have sympathized with the power
by which they had been defeated.
Tbey would not have given universal
suffrage to the negro ; tbey
would not have permitted the
South to be overrrun by irresponsible
and, in many instances, corrupt
men?mere adt entnrera, having
in view solely their own elevation.
In fact, snch was the temper
of the people, that they would
not bavo recognized the rights of
qualified suffrage to the colored
man at the time it was proffered.
Of course, at the present time,
thev would be glad enough to
make such a compromise. It is
the knowledge of this fact which
accounts for the persistency of Republicanism
at tue North,- and for
the adoption of a plan of reconstruction
which would remove the
fangs of the serpent by which that
section had been stnng. Still, I
do not wish to be understood as
endorsing all the peculiar manifestations
of that political creed which
have been exhibited in the South,
because Republicanism has gone
to extremes here which wonld never
be accepted at the North. A
reaction must, necessarily, take
place, and is already in progress.
REPUBLICANISM TO PRKDOMINATK.
Q. Bat will a true Republicanism
gain accessions to ita? ranks
from the native white men of the
South ?
A. Most unquestionably, but it
will be a work ot time. It ia every
day becomii g evident to" men of
shrewdness and loresight that there
is no organization antagonistic to
the Republican party which can
be successful in South Carolina
for the next ten years, and the re
mark is equally applicable to every
Southern State in which there
is a large oolored majority. The
results of the last three years have
latiafied the people thai all the
present evils of which they complain
might have been averted by
showing to the colored voters that
they intended to maintain their
new rights. Large numbers of
the best men iu South Carolina are
even now willing to espouse Republican
principles, and would
doubtless do so but for the distrust
which, as gentlemen of character
?ud intelligence, they naturally
entertain toward those who, bv ac
cidental circumstances, have been
placed in the lead of the Republican
party?men who do not, and
never did, enjoy public confidence;
men who are ignorant, corrupt,
dishonest, and unfit, by reason or
their early associations, for deoent
jocioty. lhey were adroit enough,
however, to make the more ignorant
among the negroes believe
them to be their best friends, and
by employing all the arts of the
demagogue, and an unscrupulous
use of disgraceful agencies, they
succeeded in being elected to the
most important offices in the State.
THB OOLOBCD PEOPLE.
Q. Is it yoer belief that the negro
can be oontroUed t
A. It depends upon the materi
al yon work with, and the material
you work upon. The most ignorant
are the most radical; the
most intelligent are the most conservative
and my experience with
them, in tne capacity of legislators,
satisfies me that as far as lies in
their power they mean to do only
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; that which will redound to the beet
interests of the State. Naturally,
! mn*K ?f Amim o U? I ?.?
?.. . .. .mwh wmvu I mt IM?U UH?d
upon Uw determination to
strengthen their party; some ot
their measures, each as legislating:
a city council into office over the
.head of another council, perhaps
equally Republican in character ;
i or such as extending the limits ot
'a city or town in order to embrace
more votes, have been extraordinary
in their purpose; but even ,
these have found sturdy opponents i
atnon/ the race, who will not lend I
themselves to any policy, however i
advantageous, that is not fully sua- <
tained by precedent or principle. !
As I said before, the colored peo- '
pie may, for awhile, distrust the 1
professions of white men, but when I
they see them in earnest, and dia I
cover that it is not merely a mat- 1
tor of politics, but of practical ben- <
efit to the State, which is involved i
in a combination of strength, eon- I
fidence will be restored, and the <
two races will work together in 1
harmony. I
Q. Is there a disposition among i
the colored people to improve their 1
Opportunities '
A. Undoubtedly: large numJ
bers of colored chilaren are attending
school, many of their parents,
by economy and industry, have
accumulated means; as a class tbey
dress better than before, and there
ara nanaral -
w ^vuv< ? v v luQiivv* ifi uupruvc* I
meat. There is of coarse a large 1
class of idlers, lazy men and wo- i
men, who have no ambition to do i
more than live from hand to <
mouth. These prey upon society, J
and bring their race into disre- i
pate; but this is an evil which on- -1
ly time can core. It is the bright- 1
er side of the picture which oar <
people are pleasurably contemplating,
because they see in the advancement
of this large colored I
element a corresponding degree of <
advantage to themselves aud the I
W ?* ? ?-? 1
whi>?. no nam intelligent inoor.
As an agricultural comiuuuity we
must depend ujv-n it for success,
and, if it cannot be brought from
abroad, our policy is to promote
all educational influences at borne.
It is a realisation of the fact that
the interests of the two races are
common, that each depends upon
the other, that the black man is
esseulial to the welfare of the white
man, and that both must work together
in the business concerns of
fife, whieh has brought men to
their senses. We are, in short, becoming
progressive.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Q. Allow me to ask, Governor,
what is likely to be the m>eration
of the fifteenth amendment
throughout the South !
A. It is my belief that in a few
years Congress will find that they
have put into the hands of the
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ouuiu m iwo eugea swora j tliat
that with which they intended to
deprive the white man of power j
has only doubled it. And should
the question of repealing the t
clause be raised, its strongest op- .
ponents will then be those who live
south of the Mason and Dixon's i
line. 80 identical will |fee inter- *
csts of the two races here eventually
become?all local causes ot ir ,
ritation being removed?that the
8outh will go into a national con- t
test with au her armor on, carrying
with her the balance of power,
and the ability to determine every 1
vexed question of national politics.
Ideas do not always culminate in
a day or a generation, and we can <
well afford to wait the issue, know- ,
ing that mind will at last triumph f
over muscle, and secure for us as ?
a people united, without respect to c
color, all the rights to which we 8
are entitled. In other words, New r
England will not always dictate to c
us from the floor of Congress, and t
the North generally will not enjoy
the blessings of partial legislation. (
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for result*, I think we should be
gratsfnl for t!?* fifteenth emend- B
meut.
THE FATE OF THE HBOSO.
Q. I here frequently teen it i
stated in the public print* that the i
negro is dying out, and the fear is I
expressed that, in the course of i
time, there may not be enough left i
to tin the crop*. Bnt what are i
your views on this subieet! i
. A. It is one to which I hare not t
given careful attention. Yet my ]
observation of the mortuary re- i
oords of ear prinelpal cities satis '
fie* me that the fear expressed is 1
not without foundation. Katural I
causes, which you wili readily ua- <
derstand, are at work to prod ace *
this result In old times^ under our t
system, the health of slaves, espe- j
cially of the young, was a matter <
of constant solicitude. Unless on i
extraorcra&y occasions, they were i
neither Overworked nor permitted ]
to lounge in idleness. They were i
fed on substantial food, comforta^ <
bly clad, properly amused, and i
had uo oars*. When ill, the plan <
tat ion physician was called in, and I
wmammmmssmaass* ' .t . in i,
oumntt of ifjc 01
MA, APRIL 187ft
mil bit skill applied to the buuiMM <
of restoration. The slave repre- I
sen ted money?money in himself,
and money hi the current year's I
crop. It wasn't profitable to allow t
him to be sick, and much less prof- i
itable to let him die. The coose- |
qaence was that, between the year i
1800 (when there were only 50,000
slaves In the United mates) and i
the year 1860, the increase was i
upwards oi 4,000,000; and it is a i
grave question, by the way, what I
sort of a country we should have i
bad in fifty rears more at the R?m? .
rate of negro growth. It is another
grave question whether, if Providence
intended emancipation to i
take place at any time, it did not <
occur auspicion6ily in 1863. - But <
to resume. The condition of the <
freed men is now reversed. 'With 1
no master, he has no sense of re- i
ftponsibilitv. The more ignorant t
among the field hands are con- i
tent to live in sqnalor and wretch- t
edness, their children die from t
lack of pro|)er food and care, and t
there is nn quest ion ably a diininu- i
lion in their nnmliers from natural <
causes, which in their present sit- I
natio cannot lie controlled. This i
is especially the case among the
negroes 011 the coast; but the remark
does not apply to the intel
Ifgent colored man anywhere. It <
is a remarkable fact that the slave <
increased twenty-three and one- I
Iiaif per ceni., uiu the colored t
free people only one per cent, dor- t
ing the ten year* preceding tho 1
ivar. If I remember rightly, the c
sity registrar of Boston reported i
that during the five year* peced i
ing 1809 the number of colored ]
births was one leas than the nutn- <
ber of marriage*, and the deaths I
exceed the birth* in the proportion <
of nearly two to one. In Rhode <
Island and Connecticut, according <
totho registries kept, the yearly i
deaths of blacks and mnlattoes i
liave generally exceeded the year- i
ly birth*. There is no method of 6
reaching similar results in the >
south, except through the reports c
>f the health officers of the differ t
3Tit cities, but these show a start- t
ling amonnt of mortality in the t
race, and invite a question as to i
its ultimate condition. My own <
impression is, that in a quarter of t
i century from the present time, e
ill the colder regions of the South, t
from Virginia to Georgia, will be s
nainly populated by sturdy white 1
emigrants, before whose competing t
oil the negro will be obliged to 1
? I? ? ? ?*
j..v> n?j, miu mat n? Will seCK 9
he lowlands* as hi* final abiding ?
dace. These are bat speculations, s
ret the fate of the red man is to a a
rery considerable degree typical e
>f the law of nature which has ap- c
died to the negro in every State t
n which he has been compelled to ?
york for his subsistence, side by t
tide with the white. The South, r
lowever, requires all her laboring i
copulation, and as a people, we
leplore any exigency which threat- r
ins to deprive us of so essential an j
lid to our prosperity. Hence it is *
bat our lioerai minded men, foreeeing
these results, are prepared j
>y wise and humane regulations fl
or their enlightenment and moral j
md S1 cial improvement, to make y
lie colored people valuable in our ^
igricultural developments, and t
bus retain tlieurftw an element of
practical strength and usefulness, j
MM1GRATION ? ITS IMPORTANCE TO \
TIIB SOUTH. i
Q. The views yon have express- 6
id lead naturally to the inquiry 1
rbether the people of the South
ally appreciate the importance of
in infusion of more energetic help, fl
if white emigration from Europe ?
ind the North, and what induce- t
cents are offered to citizens of h
>ther portions of the world to setle
in your midsti d
A. The inquiry opens a broad '
ield and comprehends much. In
general tsrins, I answer thatvview- *
ng the question of Southern re- r
uscitation in all its bearing, emigration
is an absolute Southern v
lecessity. Our losses during the
var amounted to the enormous
urn of S7.000.000.000. We have i
eft to as, however, an immense *
trea of land, a productive soil, and {
i genial climate. Our* rescoarces \
ire incalculable, but we need pop- j
j I at ion and capital to develop '
hem. We are satisfied with our *
present labor. It ia insufficient I
and to some extent untrustworthy. 1
fo illustrate: The population of <
3oath Carolina is in round nam- <
bers, say 700,000, nearly equally
livided between white and black.
Hik w aid give ns but twenty- i
Jiree persons to the square mile, 1
ret the territory of the State, uu- ?
ler thrifty cultivation, mar be
nade to sustain 4,000,000 of per- f
tons with ease. To obtain this c
jopulstion we must tap the reser- c
roirt of the world, ana to all who <
some we will extend a cordial <
welcome. Immigration will in- i
luce competition, and in competi- ?
[ion is car safety. There ia ao <
seHSBseHBEseBSBeesseseeBB
irpr:
att flnfc Couitlnj.
Aher coercion that can be applied
to idle men. Tbejr .most either
work or starve. Doubtless we
have to eneoeater much opposition
from the West in our endeavor
to dirert the tide of emigration,
but we have more to offer
in me snape ot reward than any
Western State. Onr products are
nearer the great market* of the
world; our soil is tar more fertile,
ind the emigrant will come to a 1
State already settled and possessng
the advantages of age if not
>f progress. The tame causes
which have developed. Wi-cousin,
Minnesota ahd Iowa, may be apspplied
with equal, if not greater,
success in South Oarolina. We
only require a multitude of termors
to raise the orodnct for which
we have lieretofore paid the North
Mid West, and in my judgment,
he owners of large tracts of valuible
plantation landa will be glad
o dispose of their surplus posseslions,
rather than attempt the cultivation
of crops on the gigantic
icalo which belonged to our formor
system of labor. Experiment
baa demonstrated, both here and
abroad, the value of small farms
and diversified industry. We
have about 4,500,000 acres of land
under cultivation, only one-fourth
[>f the area of the State. This
would throw into market 415,500
farms ot 100 acres each. To illusrate
by comparison: New Jersey
ma CKiutn U&rolina are very near*
y equal in imputation. The value
>f the products of the first named
Jtate in 1850 was $60,900.000; of
South Carolina during the same
rear only $49,980,000. True, the
capital ot one is largely devoted
io manufacturing purposes; the
capital of the other is employed
chiefly in agriculture; but you
will readily see that if all the facilities
at our command, our vast
vater power and manufacturing
esourccs, were developed to the
ame extent as in New Jersey, we
rould realize a truly golden dream
if prosperity. Even under present
circumstances, we shall be beter
off pecuniarily, in five years,
vith anything like favorable crops,
md will have more actual cash at
>ur command than ever before, in
wo years we will begin to invest our
lurplns capital in manufactures;
>ut at present our people are
ifraid to invest iu anything. They
lave money, a large amount of it,
>ut it has gone into coin, and is (
lidden away. In a little while, as
oon as political affairs are settled.
nd confidence is restored in the
idministration of State and nationil
affairs, yon will see it come forth
ind go iuto stocks and bonds. The
>ld evil of extravagance, so fatal
o permanent proe;>erity, ha? been
dfectually cured, and hereafter aa
nen appreciate the difficulty of
naking money, they will manage
ts outlay judiciously.
IK OONCLUSIOK,
emarked Judge Orr, the views I
inve expressed to you this evenng,
while eutcrtained by a large
lumber of the citizens of the State,
iave never before, that I am
ware of, been publicly uttered.
know what will be the result
then they are published. I shall
>e roundly abused for telling the
ruth and speaking what, in my
udgraent, is common sense; but
he soundness of these reflections
vill, am confident be demonstrated
n the future, when passion has
lubs'ued, and reason once more
issumed sway.
A von no lady contemplating
natrimony was one morning harxl*
id a Testament bv her father, with I
Lie leaf turned down at the followr?g
passage:
44 lie wLw) givetli in marriage
loeth well, but he who giveth not
n marriage doeth better.**
She immediately returned it with
he following reply written underteath
:
44 Dear father, I am content to do
rell; let thoae do better who can."
Ladies have always been credted
with a knack of doings things
it the right moment, and a young
American girl now visiting Paris
s evidently nowise behind the maority
of her sex. While skating
ecently at the Bois de Boulogne,
ihe managed to slip and fall whilst
the Prince Impei ial was dashing
Mpt. His Imperial Highness graciously
picked up the beauty in
distress.
e m m
' William Uowrrr, who is over
ieventy-tbree years of age, says
ie baa four doctors?temperance,
txereiae, good air and good hours.
Am old woman who went in the
oultry business some time %i?oe
inder the expectation that she
ould make her fortune by soiling
iggs, has quitted in disgust, because,
as site says, 44 the hens *11
iever lay when eggs are dear, bat
itwsys begin ss soon as they gat
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They take food papers aad read
them.
They keep aeooent of km operations.
They do Dot leave their implement*
Mattered over the form, exposed
to mov. rate and beat.
They repair their tools and
bc!!;!!nss at a proper time; and do
not softer a subsequent three fold
expenditure of time and money.?
They use their money judiciously,
and tliey do not attend auction
ales to purchase all kinds of
trumpery because it is cheap.
They see that their fence* are
well repaired, aad their estde are
not grating in the meadows, or
graiu fields, or orchards.
. They do not refbse to make oor
reel experiments in a small way
of many new things.
They plant their fruit trees well,
care for them, and of course get
good crops.
They practice economy by giving
their stock good shelter during
the winter ; also good food, taking
all that is unsound, half rotton or
mot Idy ont.
They do not keep tribes of cats,
or snarling dogs around their premises
who eat more in a month
than they sie worth in a whole
life time.
Lastly, they road the advetiscmeuts,
know what is going on, and
frequently save money by it.
Successful farming is made by
attention to little things. The farmer
who does his best, earns his
money with best appeciation, and
uses it with best results. Such
men are the salt of the earth.
A Somnambulistic Feat.
Somnambulists appear to have
double life, in illustration of wbich
the Troy (N. Y.) Times relates the
following :
.4 A farma. J: 2_
Aft uh ? > ooiuiii^ III DriBIQI,
Ontario county, in tins State, is a
somnambulist. One day while
working in the field he loet an iron
tooth from the harrow with which
he was putting in his wheat crop.
He hunted an hour to find it,
but was unsuccessful. During the
eusuing night he arose from his
bed, partially dressed nimself, and
started out. The night was very
dark; one of his boys followed
him with a lantern. He kept up
a running talk with himself about
the 4 drag tooth.' He walked in a
straight Hoe to the field where he
had been laboring, perhaps a
quarter of a mile from bis residence.
A rriving at a certain point,
be stopped short, kicked away
some eariu, ana Drought forth the
missing tooth. . Then turning
squarely around lie proceeded directly
to bis home. Arriving at
the door, he performed the feat of
lifting the heavy stone step, which
required the combined strength of
hiiuself and another man to raise
the next morning. He threw the
irou under the 6tep, let the stone
down easily, saying, 4 there you
are and can't get away again,' and
then coolly,ana apparently without
the least excitement, retired to his
chamber, disrobed himself and
weut to bed. He was entirely unconscious
the next morning of what
he had been doing. Now, the
question is, what peculiar power
enabled the man to perform this
wonderful feat I It would seem
little less than a miracle, but of
its truth as related, there is 110
doubt."
An Eloquent Passage.?To
Geo. D. Prentice, of the Louisville
Journal, the world is indebted for
some of the most eloqnent and
beautiful Passages to be found in
the English language. The following
is from his ready pen:
** It cannot be that earth i>
man's only abiding place. it cannot
be that oar lite is a bubble
cast up by eternity to float a moment
upon its wares and sink into
nothingness. Else why is it that
the high and glorious aspirations
that leap like angels from the temples
oi our hearts are ever wandering
unsatisfied I Why is it
that the rainbow and cloud cover
us with a beauty not of earth, and
then pass off to leave us to muse on
their loveliness t
44 Why is it that the stars, which
4 hold their festival around the
midnight throne,1 are sot above
the grasp of our limited faculties,
forever mocking us with their unapproachable
gl-.ry I And finally,
why ?s it that bright forms of
LFcmitj *re jirewniou to our view
and taken from na leaving the
thousand streams of our affections
to flow back fn an Alpine torrcot
npon our hearts! There is a
realm where the rainbow never
fades, where the stars will bo spread
oat before as like the islands that
slumber on the ooean, and where
the beantifhl beings which peas
before as like shadows will stay
I forever la oat presence."
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