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ORIOIWAL POETRYT
von tmb onnasTiLLn nwrsarsisa.
T6?, I Think Her Wondrom Fair.
BY LiUBA OWYB.
Tm, I think bee wrondrous fair,
With bar (learning amber hair
"Which the ranch lac ever tarns to molten gold ;
And her blue eyes? ?oft end meek,
And the roM* on her obeek,
Ah! I think them eery lovely to behold.
Fall of many ? witching charm
Are her way*?they do no harm,
While the singe, or laughs, or prattles to beguile.
Very white her finger tips,
Very proud ber curled lipsVery
sweet her voloe, her dimples and her smile.
She bath smiles for all, I see,
And she deals?not charily,
Her sweet winsome looks to all who come or go.
She is not a prudish girl,
And her win lies are like that curl
On her white brow?erot free to fioot and flow.
I am " hardly ju$t," you sny;
Well, I think her fsir as day,
When with Phoebus' rarestemilee of morning lit,
But bar hsart iKht Kan km Iralnw
All h?r boaoins unsunned mow.
Ab, I will not Ull you what I think of it.
She can dance, and she can sing,
And do many a graceful thing,
Bat the cannot ?tlr the pulaea of my heart?
She i* glorious to behold
In her locks of shining gold,
Bat my soul, in all this gating, bath no part.
' '
ron rnt okkbvtills enterprise.
To Elrfe Earnest.
There is a " friendship true, without alloy,"
A heart that throbs in unison with thine;
A soul of song that thrills to give thee joy.
And softly murmurs?all tby woes are mine.
'Tie sad to yield a sacrifice to years
The hopos that glittered in their early sheen ;
'Tis sad to weep the unavailing tears
O'er leaves that mildewed in their summer
green.
?
But records true ope for the wanderer's guide,
And on the holy page a oure is found ;
All things are vain?the monarch in his pride,
Is formed of dust?to dust he must return.
Raise up tby hopes, above the world of worms
To yon bright land of an eternal day,
Beneath the table dogs may sat the crumbs.
But thou art chosen?" Jesus is the way."
" KKCLUSE."
Buckingham County, Vo.
REMINISCENCES
PUBLIC MEN.
by ex governor b. f. perry.
[continued from last week.]
tiiomaS j. withers.
. Judge Withers was a man of
distinguished talent and ability.?
His intellect was as keen and bright,
as a Damascus blade, and he
wielded it on all occasions, in public
and in private, most effectually.
Every word that fell frotn his lips
iu conversation, on the Bench, or
in public speaking, had a telling
effect. No one was ever left in
doubt aa to hia meaning when he
discussed any question. He had
moral courage in a high degree,
and cared not whom he pleased or
offended. Ho was very sarcastic
and bitter in his denunciations of
men and measures. No one ever
poeeessed less of the demagogue
than Judge Withers. No one
ever more conscientiously did
what be tliougbt was right, regardless
of consequences. lie was in
bad health all bis life, and some
what misanthropic. He never
courted popularity, and scornod
the base moans which others re/?
tll. mi.
(ui igu iv ivi vuw purp?w. ine
high public offices which he filled
were ooufered on him for hie talente,
ability and honesty, and not
on accouut of any personal popularity
which be possessed There
was a spice of malic in his composition
which delighted in wreaking
itself on unworthy men and measures.
He was as open as the day,
and it he disliked any one, he showed
it in a manner pot to be mistaken.
Frankness was his characteristic.
judge Withers was born in
York District. lis told me his
parents were %i poor, obscure and
honest." Ii* early boyhood, he
displayed great promise, ana be
came the protege of Jwtoe Wil*
Usmb Smith, who wee, at thai; time,
United States Senator! He was
well ednoated, and graduated in
she Bw?th t)areUna College with
high distinction. Immediately af
itsd that paper with great ability,
tar two or three years. In the
meantime hs read law, and was
admitted to the Bar. He was a
hsik? jli uuiw:i> wu wiitiii vjrovernor
Miller was brought out by the
Nullification party, in opposition
to bis old patron, Judge Smith, he
resigned the editorship of the Tele
scope. He would not abandon bis
political principals, and he could
not enter the canvass against his
old friend and patron. He therefore,
actuated by the most honora
ble motives, stepped aside, arid j
took no part in the contest. Governor
Miller was, at that time, the
only man in South Carolina, who
could have beaten Judge Smith.
He did beat him a few votes,
which gave encouragement and
success to tbe Nullification party
ri it?
tU IJUUIU VBFUIinH.
Judge Wither* commenced the
practice of law at Camden, and
soon acquired a lucrative practice
and a high reputation as a lawyer.
He was soon elected Solicitor ot
his circuit over Chancellor DarSan,
who was the opposing candiate.
The duties of this office he
discharged with great ability and
impartiality. His health became
bud, and he resigned t.ie office, after
he had filled it for many years,
and was several times re elocted.
He continued, however, in his pro
fession till he was elected Circuit
Law Judge of the Stato. He first
took his seat on the Bench at Spartanburg,
and delivered a most admirable
charge to the grand jury.
when court adjourned for diuuer,
I complimented hitn on his selfpossession
in taking; his seat
for the first time on the Bench/vUe
said to me, 411 was utterly confused
and embarrassed, but the
beauty of it was, I lot no one see
it."
As a Judge, he was always clear,
able and learnod. On the circnit
he despatched business with great
promptness, and his opinions in
the Court of Appeals will compare
well with those of any other Jndge.
lie acquired considerable reputa
tion as a writer whilst oditing a
paper, and it increased through
life. There was great force and^j
point in his >tvloas well as beauty
of composition. His speeches at
the Bar were always logical and
lucid, sometimes fiercely dentin
ciatory lie was a very high-toned
and honorable man, and no one
was more apt than himself, to denounce
ana ox pose all meamuxis
and dishonorable conduct. He
seemed to take great pleasure in
doing so, where he might sometimes
have passed it over without
notice. He was by nature very
passionate, and his ill health made
him irratahle and peevish. This
sometimes occurred on tho Bench,
and made him appear wanting in
proper courtesy.
In tho trial of a case at Anderson
for retailing without lieense. the
Hon. J. f. Reed was defending,
and Judge WMtner, then Solicitor,
was prosecuting. The Town Uonncil
had lefused t?>grant any license
to retail spirits to any ono. This
measure became very unpopular,
and defendant set it at defiance,
hoping that he could appeal to
popular prejudice, and be acquitted.
The Solicitor, in order to
prove the retailing, put the defendant's
counsel on the stand, who
stated that ho did, on some occa
sions, call for a drink, and pnid defendant
for it. In the argument
of the case, the defendant's counsel
declaimed forcibly and at great
length on the injustice of the indictment,
under the circutn dances,
and argued an acquittal as a rebuke
to such petty tyranny, &c.?
In charging the jury his Honor
said, ** There is only one quest ion,
gentlemen, for your consideration
in this case, and that is, whether the
defendant s counsel who proved the
retailing is to be believed on his
oath ? If yon think him worthy
of credit, you will find a verdict of
guilty, otherwise yoor verdict will
be uot guilty. Qive the record to
the jnry, Mr. Sheriff."
The Judge told me of a pieoo of
malice ana passion on his part,
which I did not think altogether
well founded. He was going from
Camden to Sumter court in an old
sulky. It was late in the evening
and raining very hard, the weather,
too, was quito chilly, and he
thonght he would stop for the
night at the next house. He drove
up, aud the gentleman who was
pacing hack and forth in a long
| piazza, took no notice of him till he
asked if he could got to stay all
night with him. The gentleman
replied promptly, that ue did not
keep a public house, and continued
his promenade. Tliis cold, inhoa
pitahle reception nettled the Judge,
and he said to the gentleman, u I
did not mistake your residenoe,
h , tor a hotel, but I thought your
kindness and humanity would
prompt you to give shelter in tuoh
weather as this/ to a wet and suffering
fellow-creature like myself.
If there had been a public house
anj where on the road, 1 should
not have called on yon.*' By this
time the gentleman ascertained
wno tie wm, end v?try politely naked
him to light; arid earn he would
be happy to here the pleasure, ot
his company for the nlj^ht, "No,"
said the Judge, " I will drive in
Ihe night through the rain to Sum*
ter Court Honse, before I will take
shelter with such a tnan as you
are," and he drove off. " This fellow,"
said the Jndge, " was a wealthy
man, and a shining light in
the Presbyterian Church. He afterwards
became a candidate tor |
the Legislature, and I took great j
pleasure in telling about his inhos-;
Citable conduct, which damaged
is election ooneiderably, and he j
was defeated."
Judge Withers was, for a nam*
ber of years, a member ot the
Board ofTrnstees of the South Carolina
College. (Je told me, that a
yonng brother of his was represented
to him as being very talented,
and he determined to educate hiua.
He save him money, and sent him
to the South Carolina College.?
The young tnan thought lie needed
a great deal more clothing, &c.,
than .be had money to purchase.?
Therefore, h e onnn*?rt oi?r?on??o
with sundry merchants in Columbia,
who all sent their bills in due
time to the Judge for payment.?
His brother haa given hiui no notice
of his indebtedness, and the
Judge was shocked at the amount
of these various bills. He immediately
sat down and drew up a
bill for the board of trustees to request
the Legislature to pass, making
it indictable and punishable
with tine and imprisonment for any
merchant to sell goods to a student
of the Oollege, on a credit. This
bill provided fur1 her, that if any
lawyer should sue on, or attempt
to collect any snch accounts, he
was also to be fined and imprisoned,
and, perhaps, stricken from tho
roll. When RiibrnitteH t-r* tlm
board of trustees, the extraordinary
features of this bill excited some
mirth, and the Judge could get 110
one to second his motion for sending
it to the Legislature. The
Judge was so much disgnstod with I
the reception his bill met in the
board of trustees, that be 6woro be
would never attend another meeting
of the board, and never did to
my remembrance.
Judge Withers married thesis*
ter in-law of Governor Miller, a
Miss Boykin, who owned a valuable
plantation in Kershaw District,
and a large number of slaves. Li is
treatment to the slaves, and management
of the plantation, was so
kind, indulgent and hnuiane, that
it displeased somo of his neigh
bors, who said it was a bad example
in the neighborhood, and demoralized
the slaves on the other
Slantations. This determined the
udge, as he told me himself, to
sell out and invest the proceeds in
bank stocks and bonds and mortgages.
With all of his temper and
instability, Judge Withors was a
very kind-hearted gentleman, and
most indulgent and affectionate in
all the relations of life. IIi& house
eervants did pretty much as they
pleased, aud he did not protend to
watch over them On one occasion,
he told me, that his carriagedriver,
in whom he placed great
confidence, was cangl t in a theft,
and he thought it was a good op
portunity of having a general confession
of all his roguery and rus
cality. He asked the tellow if he
had not beeu stealing big corn and
fodder, and selling it. The boy
declared that so far from having
done so, he did, on one or two occasions,
when the Judge was short
of fodder, steal a few bundles of
one of the neighbors to feed his
iiorees with!
Judge Withers was elected a
member of the Southern or Con
federate Congress, and assisted
greatly in framing the plan of
Government adopted for the Confederate
Spates. I received from
lnm whilst in Montgomery, a lone
and moat cordial letter from winch
I will make a few extracts: " I
am exercised in a calling, at pres
ent, which is to ine wholly novel.
I never dreamed of being a mem
ber of Oongreaa, especially one to
make a Constitution, and then
laws under it. Circumstances
seemed, to a majority, to demand
imperatively the exercise by this
Congress ot the legislative power
for a time, a short one I hope. I
have no taste lor this kind of life,
no penchant for office, no art in
concocting and executing the
schemes in which politicians de
liohk an ft tliriva * * * * T
never had a doubt on two points as
to yourself: First, that you would
unflinchingly maintain your opinion
to the last: Second, that when
the last earns, that it, whea the
State overruled your opinions and
took a final step, you would
travol witli her. 1 heard, yon
so declared in December, and It
did, in no wise, surprise roe. ' 1
was sure I knew you too well to believe
von one of those prophets,
who, having predicted a couree
taken by bis country to be unwise,
hazardous and evil, would, to maintain
bis prophecy, work to fulfill it.
* # # * you wjjj jmve
before yon read this, that Davie is
assigned to the Presidency, and
Stephens to the Vice-Presidency.
Both elections were unanimous,
and the election of the latter will
prove to you that this Congress is
not proacriptive." * * * On
his return to Camden, he wrote
me. u My liking tor active ser- j
vice in State affairs does not increase,
though it may grow on
what it feeds on I am now in the
ways of tough politicians, and you
know it is hard to lu&rn an old
tnoukey new tricks. My place is
about the hearth-stone as 1 think,
and I strongly suspect my colleagues
in political adventures will
give the eatne testimony."
In August, 1865, Judge Withers
wrote tne a long letter enquiring
as to the duties oi a Judge under
the circumstances in which our
State then was. lie commenced
bis letter by stating, 441 can avow,
with all candor, that I am glad the
Executive power foi this State has
been placed* by the Executive of
the United States in your hands,
for I think I know you have ^hoeg.
elements of true manhood in your
composition that will work out to
individuals of merit, and to the
public, which makes up what is
left to the State, all the good which
we can expect in the unhappy circumstances
in which we are
placed." At the close of his letter
he says: u I am in a very inconvenient
condition to discharge judicial
duties outside of tny house.
I have not a dollar, and know not
wnere 10 get one. My estate, 1. e.
what was my estate, is in the
hands of others, and I have much
reason to apprehend they intend it
shall remain there. I mean the
most of them. At present, they
seem to commend starvation to
me, with that philosophy, not unna
turol to a full stomach, when cone
templating an empty one. I fear
a 6tern and high morality, in respect
to contracts, will not again
be seen in your day and mine.?
God preserve us against the leprosy
of stop laws or pine barren laws,
gotten up by rogues to cheat honest
men."
Judge Withers was a man of
great wit and humor, and most
scathing sarcasm. IIo told me an
amusing incident between him and
the pastor of his church. The
Rev. gentleman applied to him to
receive into his house, a young
lady for twelve months or so,
whom he represented as amiable,
accomplished and pious, really a
most lovely and charming person.
The Judge said to me, the idea of
making a stranger a member of
his family, was what ho could not
think of for a moment. IIo hesi
tated what to say, and at last, the
idea suggested itself of turning the
application into a joko. He ro
plied very seriously : u Ah 1 I see
what you are after, you want to
make mischief between me and
iny wife " The clergyman was so
much shocked at his interpretation,
that he simply'bowed and
passed on to seek quarters for his
protoge elsewhere.
Judge Withers was a gentleman
of ordinary height, delicately slentier,
with Grecian face and features
in character with his mind,
sliarp ana keen, lie was a great
talker and talked well.
[continued next week.]
A My&teby of Blood.?In the
Memphis, (Tenn..) Avalanche ol
Wednesday last, appeared an anconnt
of the finding of four fleshless
blackened skeletons, in an old
privy vault in the rear of what
was onco known as the Shelby
House, on Shelby street, near
Gayosa. The skeletons were
found by some workmen engaged
in excavating a cellar on the corner
of the streets above mention
ed. Since then thirteen skeletons
more have been found, making
seventeen in all that have beer
taken from this reeking, unchristian
tomb for murdered men't
bones. That the bones found arc
those of murdered men there car
be no doubt, as the Shelbv House,
in former years, was the ab<>de ol
the lowest and most vicious of the
human race. The number ol
dark deeds of blood that have
been consummated in this bonse
and adjoining quarters no mar
can tell. All or the bones as yel
discovered present the same hide
ous, blackened sight, tho effects ol
the acids and gases by which thev
were surrounded. The fact thai
all the sketaton* discovered were
contiguous to the saino spot precludes
the idea that they were ev
er deposited there by the ritee o
Christian burial.
1 '?* "
.A Sam Fbanouoo court has de
cided opium eating not intotnperi
ance.
...-.-A , BUokahiUtj.
Success is never achieved, save ~
in rare exceptional instances, by
spaemodic effort. Patient indna*
try coupled with intelligent effort, "
will do more to build up fortune a
and lead to victory in every legit- n
imate field of labor than any other P
two elements combined* Tbou
sands become disheartened 84
through a combination of perplex- 0
ities, which they could surmount 0
were they endowed with a little s<
more fortitude, and lc68 yielding ?
to the pressure of circumstances. 0
Some give up the moment they P
are confronted with difficulty ; 11
others display signs of pluck iu 17
their preliminary movements, and w
then show the white leather when w
the hour of struggle is fully upon b
them. How often victory is lost *
simply by giving np when by 11
holding on the triumphant notes 11
might ring out from the very 1
heights. Young man, never suf- \
fer yourself tp bo intimidated and l'
cowed down by opposing circumstances.
Stick to your line of bat- 0
tie, and success will be yours.? d
No man can afford to be defeated. 8
Reverses may come, but they need 0
not be recognized as defeats, but r
only as checks to self confidence. 8
44 Bull Ran" will be regarded P
throngli all coming time by Amor 8
icons, both as a deleat and a vie- 1
tory. It humbled, and yet exalt- v
ed the nation. The lite of every
yonng man may abound with 44 re- P
verses," which may become the *
very stepping stones to enlarged
success. What every man needs ri
is a good degree of 44 stickability." 11
With it, he can become a victor ;
without it, he will sink below the
level of common failures.
Be Happy Now.
How old are you ? Twenty- ^
five? Thirty? Are you happy g
to-day ? Were you happy yester- g
day ? Are you generally happy ? jIf
so, you have reason to judge
that you will be happy by and by.
Are you so busy that you have no .
time to be happy? and are you .
going to be happy when you are r
old, and you have not much to
do ? No ; yon will not. You now
have a specimen of what you will
be when you ore old. Look in the r
face of today. That is about the
average. Ihat will tell you what J
you are going to be. What you j
are carrying along with vou is ^
what you will have by-and-by. If
you are so conducting yourself
that you have peace with God,
and with your fellowmen, aud
with your tacilities; if every day
you insist that duty shall make
you happy, and you take as much
time as is needful f r the culture
of your social faculties, you will
not be exhausting lite, and it will
be continually replenished. But
if you are saving everything up
till you get to be an old man, hab
it will stand like a tyrant, and 6av,
"You would not enjoy yourself
1 before, and you shall not now."?
1 ITcw many men there are, who
have ground and ground to make
money, that they might be happy
by-and-by, but who, when thoy
have got to bo filty or 6ix'y years
old, had used up all tho enjoyable
nerve that was in thein. During
their early life they carried toil,
and economy, aud frugality to the
excess of stinginess, and when the
time came that they expected joy,
there was no joy for them.
Integrity.?Integrity is a virtue
that costs much. In the peri'
od of passion, it takes self denial
" to keep down the appetites of
- tho flesh : in the tiino of ambition,
with us far more dangerous, it re
I quires very much earnestness
of character to keep covetonsness
within its proper bounds, not to
' be swerved by love of the praise
of men, or official power over
them. But what a magnificent re
compenso does it bring to any and
- every man 1 Any pleasure which
> costs conscience a single pang is
; really a pain, and not a pleasure,
i All gain which robs you of your
integrity is a gain which pro
i fits not; it is a loss. Honor is
> infamy it won by the sale of your
i own soul. But what womanly do
light does this costly virtue bring
F into our consciousness, here and
i elsewhere.
> Thb following is the statute in
the old Saxon code, retering to
1 leap year: u Albeit, as often as
t loaoe vearre doth occurre. the wo
- man boldetb prerogative over the
f menne in matters ot courtshippe,
' love and matriuiunie, so that when
1 the ladye propoeeth it shall not be ,
> lawfnl for the manne to say her
* nae, bnt shall entertaine her proposal!
in all gode conrtosie."
- -??? ? *
Thk Duke of Devonshire allowed
his son, the Marquis of Hat ting?
ton, while he was still under age,
? $460,000 a year as college pocket
money.
AGRICULTURAL,.
Thoughts for the MonthThis
is the critical period with
tie summer crops?virtually they
re made or lost the present
jontb. If the grass is not
romptly subdued it will either
take " the orop or give it a back
?t from which it will nevor reover.
Every experienced farm
r is aware of this; but possibly
>me of our younger readers have
ot lost a crop by a little dallying
r procrastination or lack of
romptness and energy, and do
ot so fully appreciate the delands
of the situation ; for such
o may be allowed to put in a
rora ot caution. Hire extra I
ands if you can get thein, or can
rork tbem to any advantage, relembering
tbat in tbia case it ia
rue to tbe fullest extent, tbat a
stitch in time saves nine"?
Vork early, work late?lose no
ime till the battle ia won.
Let tbe last working be tborugh
; whatever corn ia going to
lo, it tnuat do quickly ; it will
oon tassel and silk, and tbe devel*
pment of tbe ear must follow
apidly. It cannot wait tor 6eaone?^ive
it therefore every op ortunity,
kill every bunch of
;rass and every weed, if auy
here be to disputo the ground
ritb it. Make tbe surface me!)w,
tbat air and moisture may
enetrate if it should be dry.?
Mougb shallow so as not to injure
tie roots?tbe plant must feed
apidly, and will need every
loutb it has.
Cotton should now make
' weed "?preparatory to fruiting
ti July and August. Work it
horefore as ofteD as possible. If
i is small and the ground is hard,
lough pretty deep in the middles
-it the soil is clean and soft,
weepings or harrowings will an
wer. Let tne hoes go over careully
and remove all gross which
tiay have been overlooked. If
rell done, little or no hoeing will
>e needed thereafter?light plowtigs
until the limbs meet in the
niddles will make the crop.
Plant a largo crop of peas ; the
iced should be in the ground by
ho middle of this month. Don't
ely on that planted in corn, but
hint by themselves, lay off rows
hreo feet apart, drop in hills 18
n. apart, ? doz. seed to the hill.?
'his is one of the inost cheaply
aised crops we have, and none
nore valuable either for grain or
orage. Jf it fails to mature beore
frost, the vines can bo cut for
lay, or if not needed for that,
hey will furnish the land with;
ho cheapest nitrogen to be had
or the next years crop.
blips may still be set out?have
een good potatoes made (even in J
his latitude) with 6lips put out
ho 1st of July?but that is not
isual ; in this hill country the
niddle of June is lato enough.?
Jrubgrass is peculiarly inimical
:o the sweet potato, keep it therefore
carefully out of the patch ;
:ake the vines out of the middle
ind after ploughing and hoeing it,
pull the vines back in that and
work tho next and so on. The
fines should never be allowed to
ake root in the middles.
Look well to a full supply for
he coming wintor. Il there is
my prospect of scarcity, put a
ew acres in drilled corn ; on rich
ind thoroughly prepared land the
field is almost incredible. Put
in drills or 3 feet apart so as to
illow a working or two, and sow
ibout 3 bushels of seed to the
icre. It ought to bo thick, to
make the stems small and easily
cured. Cut about the time it
silks. The diflicnlty of curing is
:he greatest drawback. As soon
&s it will bear it without danger of
moulding, tie in bundles and set
on bills against the sides of barns,
&c., under shelter to euro.
In farming, as in most things, it
is not wise to exchange a certain
for an uncertain good. It would
be extremely foolish, for instance,
to neglect the wheat and oat crops
now ready tor the garner, to cultivate
a cotton crop, which to say
the IcAst of it, is very uncertain,
both as to yield and price. Save
the wheat and oats, and do it well.
As the weather can never be
counted on, shock up exactly as you
would do if you were certain that
a rainy speil would begin the
next day. Just as soon as the
grain is dry enough to bear it,
house or stack without delay. If
possible, wheat should be boused.
Oats tnay be stacked or, what ie
better perhaps, put iu ricks. It in
tttrtflfrt tl)MA klinnM Ka lai-rrn tr
expose a small extent of sartace in
comparison with the amount ol
straw and grain in the stack.?
Garry the sides up perpendicular
ly lor say half the height of the
staok, and then " draw in " very
gradually to the top. Most of the
damaged stacks we aver saw,
were injured by too rapid " draw
ing in " and imperfect capping.
Select a high dry spot, drive
two forks in the ground, eo that
tliey may stand 15 to IS inches
high and snch distance apart as
the amount of grain demands.?
Lay a pole in the forks, then sot
up a row of bundles on each side
of the poles, their bnts on the
ground, their heads resting
against each other above the pole.
Continue to set up bundles on
each side of these first rows untr
the desired width of base is had-6,
8 or more feet. These bundle.
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pressed cloeely and firmly together
to make a good foundation.?
Now place a set of bundles on
this foundation, with their buts
projecting a little over the edges
and the tope raised by laying
bundles under them, so as to givo
the bills a moderate slope downward.
Now fill in across tho
widths with bundles laid horizontally,
then arrange another set of
bundles along the edges as before,
; but drawing in a little, so that the
successive courses of bundles may
I resemble the successive courses of
shingles on a roof. Then fill
across as before, and so on. The
ends may be built np perpendicularly?but
the drawing in of the
sides finally brings them to a
" comb." This should be neatly
capped with a ridge board made
of two broad planks nailed together
and held in position by poles
resting on them from opposite
sides. There is hardlv unv limit
to the amount of grain which can
be put in a rick, as its length can
be extended indefinitely.
For feeding purposes, oats cut.
as soon as they begin to turn well,
answer best?the straw is not
then so hard and woody as in the
ripo and the grain does not shatter
so badly in handling.
Where the oat 6tubb)e is not in
clover or grass, it may be planted)
in drilled peas, and the piowings
given these will cover enough oat
seed to give a good stand of oats
again in the tall. In this manner
quito a number ot good crops of
oats and peas may be grown in
succession.
Begin at once to prepare for a
turnip crop. The land intended
for this crop should have a " clean
fallow," that is, it should be ploughed
over and over again at intervals
of a lew weeks, so as to keep
it pcrtectly clean and get it into
the finest tilth. Most of the manure
intended for the turnips
should be incorporated with the
soil during these successive plough ings.
Of commercial fertilizers,
bone dust or superphosphate are
best. At the same titno that the
land is being prepared, steps
should taken to secure a supply ot
good seed. For 6tock purposes
the Rutabaga are much the besg
Some oxcellent hints concernint.
turnips will be lound in another
place in this number.
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Dilioence.? We find in Scripture
tliAt most of the great appearances
which were made to eminent
saints were made when they were
busy. Mo6es kept his lather's
flock when he saw the burning
bush ; Joshua is going round about
the city ot Jericho when he meets
the angel of the Lord Jacob is in
prayer, and the angel of God appears
to him ; Gideon is thrashing
and Elisha is plowing, when the
Lord calls them ; Matthew is at
the receipt of custom when he is
bidden to follow Jesus ; and James
and John are fishing. The Almighty
Lover of the souls ot men is not
wont to manifest Himself to idle
persons. He who is slothful and
inactive cannot expect to have tho
sweet company of his Saviour.
[New York Observer.
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A Mother.? Let no young man
expect success or. prosperity who
disregards tho kind advice and
pious instructions of his mother.
God does not mean us always
to be sombre, least of all upon
Sunday, tho glad feast of the resurrection,
a day whose atmosphere
throughout should be one of
ui_ i - -
i^uiub9 uuwuriuiy joy.
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An irato Western editor lately
wrote to a contributor : " If you
do not stop sending me such abominable
poetry, I'll print a piece of
it some day with your name appended
in full, and send a copy to
' your girl."
There are twin brothers in Ncw|
berry port, Mass., known aa rights
( and lefts, from the fact of one be(
ing lame in his right foot and
| squinting with his right eye, while
r the other is lame in his lett foot
and squints with Lis left eye.
A Baltimore minister has been
i deposed just tor playing wbiaky
f poker and aoetion pit en for the
> drink* in a lager beer saloon.?
, Strange how little charity win?
people have.