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^JOHN C. BAILEY. EDITOR feW^R. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CjSpLHjTAG^ VcOME XIMOri^
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There are blossoms that hae budded,
Been blighted i' the oanld,
An' lam miss that be# perished,
' " 1 Use so so they left the .fauld ; , j
tout cower ye In s'Wath TTiV-ddngs v
Wha died upon the tree, j,
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the warld theaaisjaaa;^ ZZOtX
.But the warld it t? bonnie, > I O *
For ?or Father made ft a&e: .'!< O i
Then briehten up your armor,
An' be happy as ye gang,
Though your sky bo aften clouded,
It winDa be for lang.
HEMINISCENCES
OF
PUBLICMEN.
BV EX GOVERNOR B. F. BERRY.
[CONTINUED FRtTST LAST WJtHB.]
(If ' ? ,
Fit AN KLIN II. ELMORE.
11. * ' ? J .. I IL
This gentleman wasboin in Laureno
District, llis father was General
Elmore and his mother a Saxon.
He graduated at tlie South
Carolina College ; read law and
was admitted to the Bar. Very
eoon after he commenced the practice
of law, lie married the daughter
of Goveruor John Taylor, of
Columbia, and was elected Solicitor
of that circuit. When Governor
Hammond resigned his s?at
in Congress, Colonel Elmore was
elected his successor. He remain
ed in Congress several years, and
acquired a high reputation there
as a debater and political manager.
He was then elected President
of the Bank ot the State, and
remained at the head of this institution
for many years. He man*
aged its finances with great abili
ty, and defended the institution
with untiring zeal and fidelity. It
was assailed by many ot the first
men of the State, but Colonel Elmore
always managed to repel
their assaults with triumphant success.
When the city of Charleston
was burnt, in 1838, ho managed
to increase the capital of the Bank
several millions, by means of the
44 Fire Loan," for rebuilding the
citv. The Hank of tlin Slatrt lw?
t/ ' ~ ^ ^
came, in aomo measure, a political
oiacliiue, and the politicians were
very freely accommodated with
loans by the Board of Directors.
The Batik controlled the State, and
Colonel Elmore controlled the
Bank.
The Governor, Seabrook, had
intimated that ho should recommend,
in his annual Message to the
Legislature, to nut the Bank in
tioti. This information was
communicated to Colonel Elmore,
and, thereupon, he wrote me the
following letter ; and immediately
after my arrival in Columbia, ho
called to see me. He came to my
room and sat till a late hour in the
night, urging the impropriety of
the conrse which Governor Sea
brook was disposed to pursue in
regard to the Bank. " I stated to
him frankly that I wae opposed id
the Bank, that I did not think it
proper for the State to ii.ntieftake
the management of a hank, and
that I was in favor of bringing the
institution to a close. Mv reasons
and argument' were set forth at
some length -* I never can forget
the utter disappointment and mortification
of Colonel Eloiore on that
occasion, lie.left me sad and sorrowful,
andfcI really felt pained for
him:
Charleston, Nov. 18,1849.
Dear Sir: ' Your courso as a i
public man has always been characterized(b*Tdpor)fw|88
and candor,
as well as by statesmanship that ?
looks beyond the' moment's victory
iqto the more important results
of the future. I write you, therelore,
in tlQ ApMtr of candor, and
with the public welfare as my object,
on a subject as deeply affect- '
ing 8outb Carolina as any ever
presented. .
I hoard, at Columbia, from' one
ever hostile to the Batik of' the
State, that Governor Seabrook
would recoiugnend its being put
in immediatdrlquidation. It would ?
have been inerediblo had no bom-*
ing events cast their shadows before,
wliffk was rumor, as .
one might rntv^ wtipposed at Co*
- lombia, is repeated in the' streets >
here, and is, I bavo reason to know,
true. /u,M'> H A/J.Ki "J :
Now, rav dear sir, on jou ami
4 '* |-?A ,!
uu jour wutbo more will depend
than1 any man in the Legislature,
perhaps in the 6tate. You can
stay this ill advised and rash measure,
and save your State, and perhaps
tie whole South, much trouble,
perhaps fatal to our own prosperity,
aud hazarding the great
Southern cause by its precipitation
and the divisions and distractions
it will inevitably' produce.?
We, arrayed in domestic conflict,
into two'fierce parties, will present
a poor example of that union
t in tnliinli iKn ? ?4 ? '? ? ? J
M nuivu VUVJ uvuwLi uiuob reij, Bnu
a miserable head to rally and direct
their movemontB.
Bttt again. At this moment I
proclaim and declare this Bank is
stronger flfiifeuioro fully prepared
to fulfil all ftMbrtfctibnd than I ever
knew it. It has never failed to
fulfil every obligation.- It has paid
mbre than $3*000,000 to public
debts and treasury from profits.?
It has received abd paid abont
$$0,000,000 of public moneys, and
never lost a cent. It has support
ed the State Government, times
without number, and for months,
and for hundreds thousands dollars,
when it bad not a cent in its
Tieasury. It has kept the faith
and credit of the State and its own
without blot oft blemish ; and now,
when it has six years ot chartered
existence to run, and is under
pledge to the creditors of the State,
abroad and rat liome, it called to
the bar of crime and ignominiously
to be stripped Of its privileges,
and, like a odnvicted criminal,
condemned to public execution.?
Can yon aid in this ?
Do, my dear sir, write to me and
tec me Know what wil) be your
couree, lor 1 feel the deepest anxiety?not
for myself, but for the
State, its credit and good name
and prosperity i ,
To me, personally, the relief ot
ten years to'pay my .debts to it,
which is to be one ot the conditions,
would .be more than an
equivalent for any personal discomfort.
The relief, too, from the
care and responsibilities of no bed
ot roses, might, restore a constitution
and health broken down and
destroyed Almost in this sisypbean
labor for the public.
Yours, truly,
F. II. ELMORE,
lion. B. F. Perky.
The Bank, however, was not put
in liquidation. It had too many
friends in both Houses of the Leg
islature tor such a measure to be
successful. The Bank continued
its operations till the State ultimately
lost the whole capital, four
or live millions ot dollars, by the
Confederate loans during our civil
war.
On the death of Mr. Calhoun,
Colonel Elinore was appointed to
succeed him in the Senate ot the
United S ntes. Be remained in
that body but a few months be
tore bo too was taken from life to
eternity 1 For many yeaps, Colonel
Elmore, with his Bank, was a power
in the State, and a controlling
power, ile was one of the most
adroit managing public men that I
ever saw. His talents were of a
high order, and his power of controlling
others uiteurpassed. In
this respect he was not unlike General
Jackson, and hie head and
face were not unlike "Old Ilicko i
ry/' Mr. Calhoun once character
ized President Jackson, in the Sen- 1
ate ot the United States, as posses- 1
sing the qualities of the lion, whilst
Van Pur en possessed those of the '
fox and the-weasel. I think, with 1
all his firtAncss and co'nrage. and
other high qualities, there was
more ot the fox in General Jack- ;
son's face than of the lion. 1
I once heard Ool. Wado Hampton,
the intimate friend of Col. El
more, Bay that if there wcro too <
ways ot approaching any point, 1
equally safe and secure, the one
direct and the other circuitous, 1
Elmore would always take the 1 at- 1
ter. But let no one suppose from
this remark that either Cbl. Hamp 1
ton or myself doubted the honor *i
and patriotism of Colonel Elmore. (
lie was an honorable man. and a
must woi thy and excellent gentle- '
man. It was his nature to be cour- 1
teoue, wise and adroit. Ho sel- 1
dom gave offence to any one. Bnt
I did hear him, one night, talk to 1
Major Felder, a former member of 1
Congress, from Barnwell, and then i
a member of the Senate, from Or- >
angeburg, like an angry master I
would speak to bis slave! I was <
Chairfhan of the Committeo on <
Finance, in the State Senate, and 1
Major Felder wa? a member of my i
Committee. Tho Qperationaof the
Bank were, ynder investigation by <
the Committee. Col. Elmore, tho '
President of the Bank, was called 1
before the Committee for some at.
p^matipQ. After tl^Jpomimtteo ]
adjouroed, Colonel Elmore addressed
Major Folder in these 1
words" X g*T* jou potipe, fir. ?
that it i Item of jour epeahipg of
the affaire of the Bank, after?yop <
*:.t i*
return home, as you have done in
Columbia, I will bold you persoually
responsible for it I"
When President Polk was elect*
ed, he tendered to Colonel Elmore
the mission to the Court ot St.
James, the first of all foreign missions.
President Polk ana Colonel
Elmore were in Congress togetb
er, and the offer of this Embassy
to Qreat Britain, shows in what
light the talents, powers, patriotism
aud ability of Colonel Elmore
were held by the President elect.
Shortly after the refusal of the
mission, by Colonel Elmore, General
Thompson and myself tnet the
Colonel, with his family, at the
Li Die S^od e Snmpi. Gen. Thorn psou
aiiidseated in the pi*
azza of tbe hotel; "Thorpe some
difference, Elmore, between this
and the Court,of St. James."?
"Yes," replied Ettnore, "I am here
at home, with my wife and children,
which is far more agreeable
to me than being at a foreign
court."
I was going one day with Col
onel Elmore to dine at Mr. Pointsett's,
when lie made some allusion
to our relative ages. I told
him that when 1 was admitted to
the Bar, he was pointed out to me
as one of the great men of the
State. He said this must then
have been about the time hegrad
uated, for ho thought himself a
greater man about that time than
he had ever done oiuce I The
Colonel was a very warm hearted
friend, and a most pleasant gentle
man in society. He was a devoted
follower of. Mr. Calhoun, and
Jet had great influence over him.
know that the frieuds of Mr. Calhoun
were very anxious to have
him in the Senate of the United
Slates, as his colleague. They
thought he was the safest counsellor
Mr.. Calhoun could have. A
seat in the Senate was at that time
tendered to Colonel Elmore, and I
remember he called his friends together,
in Columbia, to explain to
them why he could not then accept
of a seat in tbe United States
Senate.
On the death of Colonel Elmore,
in Washington, both Houses of
Congress paid a high tribute of re*,
spect to his memory. Mr. Webster
spoke of him as "a leading
member of the House of Representatives,"
and possessing "great
talent."
[continued next week.]
Speech of Senator Schurz
St. Louis, July 22.
At a Liberal Republican meeting
at the Temple, to-nigbi, called
lor the purpose of electing a county
Executive Committee, Senator
Scfihrg delivered a very lengthy
and elaborate address, of which
the following is an outline. The
Senator started.out by saying:
"Standing before iny constituents,
I deem it my duty to give an
account or my puonc conduct, the
motives which have governed it,
and the ends it is intended to secure.
I can do this in no better
way than by expressing hilly and
frankly my views on the events
which havo prod need the present
extraordinary situation of our public
national affairs, events in which
I took a small part; and also to
state what I consider it ray duty i
as a patriotic citizen to do in order
to promote the best interests
of the republic.
s4It has been my raisfortnne to
displease many with whom I co- (
operated in the political field for
iiiM.it^onrs, anu wiui wnom I now,
with great regret, find myself separated.
To the attacks with whicli <
some of them endeavor lo over- ]
whelm me I have but ono answer." <
ile then reiterated what he has i
previously said about never con- <
sideling his party the supreme arbiter
ot his sense of duty, lie then |
said : "When I was honored with
a seat in the Senate ot the United i
States, I expected to support the i
administration which then came
into power. The tasks it was call- i
od to perform were of unusual im- <
portance. The civil war was over; i
its logical results, the abolition of i
slavery and the organization of i
free labor society in the South, <
were just being reduced to politi i
ca! form, and imbedded in tho Con- <
ititution of the republic. The first i
great object of our policy should t
Cave been to renationalize the j
South, and rpviveamong the South- <
urn people a feeling calculated to <
attach then hearts again to the for- i
tunes of this Union j for let ns not \
indulge in the delusion that the <
holding together by force of its j
oompopont parts is a basis upon i
which a republic can safely rest or i
long end ore. It requires a bond j
which binds together the hearts of ]
the people and hot their bodies.? i
Only to create that bond was for j
118 tno hiirheat oblect of otfttoamon. -
fbip? !&e
then referred in detail to the i
different acts of administration 1
???.' ?** t t'f tT
party, going over the ground traversed
by himself and others in the
8enate. '
In regard to the San Domingo
matter, be made the following
statement:
"When the San Domingo scheme
was pending, two gentlemen in intimate
relations with the White
House came to me, each one separately,
soliciting my sopport of the
project. They assured me, if I
would give that support or abstain
from opposition, all the patronage
I desired would be at my disposal,
making me ift that respect one of
the most influential men in the
land. One of those gentlemen subsequepU^'
admitted to me in writing
that the offer was made to me
with the conse&t of the President
himself."
He said thai' be had withheld
this ntatemeut arlong time, in spite
of many provocations, and made it
now only because,, as the papers
have recently slated, the President
himself put forth the assertion in
a published interview that he
(Schurz) has opposed him because
he had not received as much patronage
as he wanted.
lie then dwelled upon the abuses
of patronage and evils ot the
civil service, statiug there never
was a time when the latter was
more like a thoroughly drilled and
disciplined organization ot political
agents, or when the public interest
was more shamelessly overruled
by political exigency.
Referring to President Grant,
he said: "I should prefer not to
speak of him, did he not stand as
tlio embodiment and personification
of the pernicious system which
derives from his individuality its
peculiar character. Gratitude for
iiis military services and respect
for his office have long restrained
many from exnroRftin? '
w P - vubU 1 CU1
opiuiuns concerning him. I shall
be tho last inan to forget or to carp
at the great services he has ren
dered in the field of war.
" The honors he has won, the
laurels he has gathered, shall not
be touched ; but now he is a civil
officer, and he asks us to continue
him at the head of Jtko civil government.
Wftn ttiiB question, Mo '
laurels have nothing to do. When
he ascended the Presidential chair,
it may be said tho whole people
surrounded him with cordial offers
of their confidence, and willing
to aid in all he might do to
givo the country a good government.
There was not a statesman
in the republic who would not
have been ready, nay, proud, to
servo him at his call, lie might
have reinforced his supporters
from the ranks of the opposition.
Accidental mistakes would have
been readily forgotten ; evidence
of pure motives and honest efforts
would have easily silenced factious
clamors. But his career of President
warrants the conclusion that
he has never been able fully to
appreciate the difference between
military command and the complete
duties and responsibilities of
civil administration. I doubt whether
it has over become quite clear
to his mind what the Presidency*
means in our system of govern-'
meut. When that high office was
presented to him, he took it as a
Bort of national reward, an accommodation,
a place in which, after
his military exploits, he might
make himself comfortable. His ;
mind 6eems to have been but little
disturbed by the great duties and i
problems he was to take in hand.
Lt was soon discovered that for his ;
future succoss ho needed organiz- <
ed partisan support. It was easily
had. Required alliances form
1a .1 1~-- ?--- 1
su uiDiiiBuiven uy uaiurai gravitation.
Soon we found bim surroun- 1
dcd by political managers?Camerons,
Chandlers, Mortons, Conk- <
lings, Butlors, <&c., ready to do his (
work if he would do theirs. It was
a matter of congeniality. The in- >
tereets of the President and of such
political chieftains identified themselves
without difficulty, aiding |
with executive influence in con- ,
trolling States for thomselves, and ,
they giving their aid in controlling ,
the party for hitn. One hand |
washed the other. This was grad- ,
ually brought into system, all co ,
operation being welcome; even ]
ludi as ttiat of Ulayton, in Arkan* {
ms. Tben that peculiar parly doa- ,
poti8in grew up which ostracised ,
averybody who refnsed to obey its (
jommandu. It gave birth to a ,
lew sort of party orthodoxy, whose (
first tenet was that President |
3rant must be re-elected. Oppo- ,
jition to Grant constituted high |
treason against a party, for which ,
there was no quarter." The Sen* (
itor dwelt on this theroe at great ,
ength, using the strongest and so- (
merest language that has yet been
timed at the President and his
itipporters.
m Aher retelling to tho President's
aepotisin, tiis appointment of Tom 1
Murphy, his fondness of personal 1
'iiTJE* T v
pleasure, and that be had actually
seen foreign Ministers in the capital
of the natioD, looking for tde
Government of the United States,
the Senator added: "I will not
wrong President Grant. He is by
no means a monster of iniquity.?
He is simply a man who makes use
of his high official position to suit
his own convenience, regardless of
other interests. Ho does not sit in
his closet a designing usurper,
gloomily pondering how he may
subvert the free institutions of the
republic; neither does he pondor
how he may preserve them. He
does not ponder at all. He simply
wants to carry appoint; when,
?uu tu? in me oan uomingo case,
the Constitution happens to st^nd
iu his way, he just walks over it.
He does not mean to break down
the authority of laws; he simply
wauts them Dot to hamper him in
bis doings. He does not mean eyetematically
to outrage the public
sense of decency by nepotism and
low associations, to corrupt the
service and degrade our political
lite ; he only wants to make his relations
and favorites comfortable,
to associate with men who are congenial
to him, and to take the best
care of his interest he can. Lie is
not incapable of occasionally doing
good things. He prefers good appointments
to bad ones, other
things being equal. He undoubtedly
desires that affairs should go
well, his own weltare included.?
Such is the character of his personal
government. lie should be
doing it too much honor by calling
it C&esarisui. It is not inspired by
any grand, lofty and long headed
ambition. It is absolutely barren
of ideas and originality, bare of
striking achievements, void of noble
sentiments and inspiring example.
It is simply dull, heavy,
stupid and stnbborn in its selfishness."
After pursuing this 6ubjcct still
further, and with some bitterness,
tho Senator spoke of the apathy
which naturally follows a period
of great excitement, and declared
that the Cincinnati Convention
was the result of a popular uprising
from such apathy ; that it assumed
dimensjons far beyond any
expectation* or itsroriguiuiurs, embraced
multitudes who were impelled
by oDe impulse to unito the
whole American ueonle in the
bonus of reconciliation and frater
nal feeling, and to shako off personal
government and party despotism,
acknowledging that its action
bad caused disappointment
to himself and others, who
wished its declarations of policy as
well as its candidates to be such
that the victory of the movement
would furnish an administration
approaching the ideal of good government
as near as human wisdom,
integrity and earnest efforts
could carry it.
He declared ho had come deliberately
to the conclusion that no
possibility existed to unite more
fully all the sources which the
movement authored under itH ban-1
ners, aud argued that the overthrow
of party despotism is the
first thiug needful to any reform.
Greeley would have at his back no
regular organization, and could
wiu support aud favor of the people
only by deserving it.
Turin reformers should learn
from the enemies of theirs, who
instinctively find the surest and
most natural bulwark in a party
which is controlled by organized
selfishness.
Mr. Schurz then caused to be
read correspondence with Mr.
Greeley in reference to civil service
reform.
Greeley Accepts Present.?
Greeley has accepted a present.?
It was a trophy from a church fair
of the Roman Catholic Cathedral
of St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Greeley
wrote the following letter in
acknowledgment:
New York, July 11, 1872.
Dear Sir?1 have just received
through Mr. O. A. Dana, your
valued present, for which 1 retnrn
my hearty thanks. The weight of
sixty-one years on niv head has ot
late rendered a cane desirable; and
while 1 am doubt fa 1 as to the reception
of presents which have a
liigh pecuniary value, I gladly restive
yours, whereof the worth is
measured and established not by
the number of dollars it may have
cost, but by the foud, warm hearts
which gladly co operated to tend*
jr it. Accept my profound ac
knowledgments, with my assurance
;hat boncelorth as heretofore I shall
abor to smooth the ragged patli*
*ray of poverty, and ronder onr
jonntry first, and the whole world
iltimately, the home of political
'.quality and religions liberty.
Yon re, II on ace Gkkkley.
," X?Ett* are two things in this
ife for which we are never pre- j
. -x 1 J at a f- a ?.1 is
wruu, nuu mm ib twins.
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farm anp home.
Tram (A? Lmurtkmrili* Herald.
Wheat
Mb. Editob By yoar permission,
I will give yon my oxperi<
ence with wheat this year, on ol<l
pine land, that has been recleareti
and run in cotton two years; aut
a part being too rough for cottoi
waa put la oorna This section it
bill-side, covered over pretty thicl
with white flint rocks ; and an un
dergrowth of sassafras, thick ovei
it, was also cut off.
About the middle of October, ]
hired ooe of my tenants to cut of
tbe spronts, which w?r?
high, plough down the corn ridge*
and scatter a good coat of cottoc
seed over this ground, and bom
the grain. The land being \erj
rongh from the stumps, rocks anc
bad cultivation, the wheat wai
only tolerably well plonghed in.?
The weather being warm, th<
grain sprouted immediately ant
came up, took good root befort
the cold weather commenced.?
And now, May 28th, my tenant it
cutting this wheat, and I think th<
5 acres witl make 75 bushels o
wheat. The wheat stands on th<
land from waist to neck high.?
The cotton land adjoining, wa*
well Rpnttoi'n^ ?? ?*
?...v.vu u?er Willi cottor
seed, and sown down in December
; the ground being loose, i
was closely ploughed in. Thii
wheat did not come up until ir
February, and then looked vet)
tbiu and email, and now ie no
heavily headed, nor by oue-thirt
as tall as tko October sowing *, anc
will yield about one-?half as mucl
as the early sowing. What is the
object ot this? To encourage oni
farmers to sow their grain earlj
iu the fall. Oats in September
and wheat in October. It ii
alarming to see the number o
men in our country going arounc
with their sacks, hunting a litth
corn for their horses and breac
for their families. When will i
be better ? Not until the cottor
and guano fever ceases from rag
ing to such an extent amongst us
Brother farmers, quit mortgaging
your cotton crops I Put in mon
erain^lLvc at. lioinc imtorAwtent
of flour shipped 1,000 milei
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v UD , uuu men we will be happy
and will not have the yearly can
of hunting up provisions; nay
even of halting the plow, anc
hitching up the team tor Green
ville after corn. Let politic;
alone, run the plow 1 Let the Co
lutnbia ring do the talking, and 111
tlie work and pay the expenses
until we can do better.
SALUDA.
Hired MenWe
don't know how it is
though we have been there our
selves, some way or other it is, b}
some, considered a kind of die
grace to be a hired hand on tlx
farm. Since we worked out bj
the month, it has been onr.prov
ince tb have hired meu?some
times by the score?yet we always
considered tho laborer worthy o1
his hire. When we were one ol
them wo were treated like a white
man ; was a member of the fami
ly ; sat at the same table with the
farmer; fared suraptuonsly or
good Rye Indian bread (wish wc
bad it now ;) worked hard ; had a
good appetite ; tried to do our duty
; learned many of the mysteries
of farming; and when our tims
was out, received twelve dollars
per month, instead of eleven,
which wo had let our services for
We never considered it a disgrace,
but io this day feel a little proud
that at one time we were one of
tbe toiling millions of the people,
and earned an honest livelihood.
Since then wc may have got up
in the world a peg or two?occupied
some pretty high positions,
bnt we never felt so much pride
in any work as we did upon the
rold farm away down East,
which we received twelve
good, hearty, earnest, live dollars
per month. It tbore was any disgrace
in that, we outlived it long
years ago. It was tbe beet year's
education we ever had. We
learned more than we did subsequently
as a school teacher?
afterwards as a book keeper?or
any other position we ever occupied.
We contend that it is not a disgrace
to bo a hired roan, on the
other hand, it is one ot the most
honorable positions a young man
can occupy, a position, too, which
ltAA IvAAA Vk?. iL* - ? A *
una uncu uwiipicu uy iuu greatest,
best and most honorable men of
this age. It is infinitely preferable
to a clerkship (n a store?better
than any of tho hundred dif
terent occupations which bieacb
the bands and save tbe face from
tbfrttm. How much better iu every
respect to awing the boe?
than to sell a yard of oalico or a
stick of tape.
We would like to know in what
: way it is 8 disgrace to earn a livelihood
on the farm. But the idea
of working out is repngnant to the
feelings 1 Why should it be??
, There is no reason?only that of
I false pride.
I Young men of Miunesota 1?In
I the free West, one man, provided
( be behaves himself, is just as good
i as another. The man with his
, thousands is not a whit more resDeeted
th?n "?? ?' -
?.. vuo wno earns Ui8
. oread and meat by working out
on the farm. A year or two
[ more, then the hired man will
p have his farm, his wants?one of
t which will he a good hired man.
[Farmers' Union.
i ?
, What He Can Afford.
j Farmers are often censured by
1 those having little experimental
i knowledge of the farm, tor neg*
lectin e certain labors or improve,
.- j- ' * - ?
3 memo ucBignea to add beauties or
1 comforts to their homes. Doubt9
less the majority of farmers would
- willingly make such improvoj
ments did their means justify the
9 outlay. The man of wealth need
f not stop to count the cost; but the
9 farmer whose income'is limited to
- the proceeds of his farm must dei
cide whether he can afford the exi
penditnre. The farmer is often
- accused of meanness or lack of
t enterprise for neglecting costly
i improvements that would swallow
i up his little farm half a dozen
f times over ; but ho has fortunateL
ly learned to distrust 6uch advice.
1 It is folly to suppose that the far1
mer of moderate means can suri
round his home with the most
3 costly adornments, or even make
r such improvements as he might
I desire. It is fortunate for the
, community that we have one class
9 of citizens willing to earn their
f luxuries before they enjoy them.
1 But there are certain improvc9
ments which the poorest farmer
1 can afford, and which he cannot
t afford to neglect. lie can afford
t to plant the best variety of seeds,
- and keep and breed tlie be6t ani.
mals. lie can afford good, cont
vpni<*nf fnnlo ? 1
, . - w.v>? >?w? auu employ gOOU
i J help. He can afford to pay for
~books and imno.r Ha ^r,-,
jyhot anorfl to grow crops that will
, not pay tor production, or squand3
er his resources by commencing
, labor that cannot be completed.?
1 Governing himself by theso siin
ble axioms, he will soon find himJ
self in a position to gratify every
desire instead of being bound b}'
J the stern demands of economy.
; [Farm and Fireside.
Too Much Land.?The following
paragraph from an exchange
is worth more than a mere corner
f in a news column.
" It is said that when mechanf
ics have land, they generally give
. it better cultivation than farmers,
) and consequently have more
r grapes, strawberries, and water.
melons, and earlier potatoes and
. cucumbers. They devote more
i care and labor to a 6mall space,
I and reap a larger profit from it.
f If any one will look at the imi
mense crops a very 6mall garden
. will often rrodnp? for ? ftumiK'
, -- ? J 1
and compare it with the very little
crops from very large farms,
they should need no better inducement
to enrich their soil highly.
The great point to remember is
this, that labor is the great heavyitem
in farming ; but that it takes
no more labor to farm rich
ground. "We have, as it were
double crops with the same single
labor.
?
Iron Water for Plants.?It is
stated that wonderful effects may
be obtained by watering plants
and vegetables with a solution of
sulphate of iron. Treated in this
way, beans will grow nearly
double the size, and will have
much more savory taste. The
bean seems especially benefitted
by this treatment, it is equally
applicable to plants and flowers,
imparting to them unusual growth
onh a1j * 1 * *
??<V4 i/vuu vjr V/1U I1H1IS IIIrOW 11
into wAter and left to rnst, will
give all the necessary qualities tor
forcing vegetation as above doscribed.
So much is said and so little understood
respecting the 6izo of
nails, that the following statement,
giving the length in inches from
3 penny to 20 penny, will be information
to many readers: 3
penny, 1 inch ; 4 penny, li in
ches ; 5 penny, 1}inches; G pen*
' nj, 2 inches; 7 penny, 2? inch
ea; 8 penny, 2? inches; 10
nenny, 2J inches; 12 penny, 3
inches ; 20 penny, 3$ inches.
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A Kansas Radical edifo-r, wlicn
lie heard of Greeley's nomination,
very sensibly gave up his paper,
got married, and went to work in
UiB father in-law's paw mill.