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iiWWWCTwBEwBlowB^?Mpe <J ?j u KS? * it . ?' r 1>;'! ' ,,' J^^SWw^w soM !? " *"r* tutu Jam< ** v 5KB6^PSt^^a3Ei^HFfilvt' ^n ' . ?Wj ff hn<l was pu v ' mh ,-vf L>c I a w hi r"' ^ ;^lE?'''r',ner,oc r'Pel >\ Aj^^BKwf t^r yjH^fnncl from tin v nwf Wu!>u>1 s'?y '' ' " * .WHpT|Hfl?nfC gathcied an I^MIjNKjL^of tVoin ? ' rin<jr this pcrio > ;."- . ' ^^t^>IVt',0 <*?> *' anil v ? i fci? nuHl^?Hnws^ifrui<.. .iii i tw ^ li > Mskots oh ri<convei)fciu limb, I v a li-->l Union od to thehandlefyr-.lhat pm\> - . tho nfotned with th.-ir labor*. A - ... ill Wnnd baskets arc.filled lliov are jm--< 1 ?bovi t f \ aud emptied In'la lho basket > in ?l v'i tii fruit is f*nMd tuaifcet, and which usualll I'. ? *<a6Hta''Q about threw nocks. 1^p?y after day tluj Same routine is gonl through \vilh; nri'd, during tho months o| August iukI Stpleiw'^r a po.u!. hum pie benu quite ait, Animated scene. Hero <> every side dan be leeir pangs of pickers mostly Dutch nud Irish, with their basket J niirl ladders; tlicre go necitimrlv coiislructeJ spring wagons, ladtfi witli baskets Hllcil with the tempting fruit; and yonder, at tin wharf, lies a huge steamer taking in Iter hi J I ? ci pus cargo. All is bustle, for tho fruit il I . ripening rapidly; and the groat object is ll I- get it to market in proper condition. ^ single day's negligence or inattention inn; I I '.cause tbO loss of several hundred basket* o I - fine fruit. , IP- consequence of the pecuniary unbar t asMneut of tbe recent owner of the "l'encll Hlowom" orchards," the trees have beei much neglected of late; and bavin;; decline* considerably, are not uear as productive a formerly. Some years ago as many 70,UUt baskets ware gathered from theiu in a bin tie season. In 1S54 the crop sent to mar at wHfl, in touud numbers, 25,000 baskcU in 1855 it was 42,000 baskets, and in 185t about 12,000 baskets. Tho price* for tin jears above mentioned averaged as follow* $1.14 per basket in 1854; in 1855 but St cofHs per basket; aud in 165G, about *1.5< * per basket. As the post of getting the frui u> market is aoont TZ cents per basket, viz lfre?tfe;*>bteket. freight, and 10 ronts basket lo cover picking, celling and otbei expenses, it will bo seen At a glance that tlx mbstprofitable seasons have been those ii winch there has beer a scarcity of fruit Year. Gross TleceiptS. lUCfa nses. Net Receipt* j*855, $27,500 $:.,r.oo ? 1855, 15,120 9.140 5,980 * 1856, 18,900 2,640 15,t)G0 : ? ' . In 1855 there was an immense peacl crop iu every section of.the country, ami the city markets were constantly glutted lieocc the. very low price of fruit that sea w eon. iTho prosenl year the crop will bo ? very light one, the prices will range high and such of the peach growers as arc for * tunate enough to have any fruit will realize . a - largo profits. ? Front the statistics given above a casual oUfferver would cojt'chuJo at once litat peach raising is ono of the Irlust profitable agricul tuial pursuits iu whiclt a man could engage but when the planting, worming, trimming and cultivating the trees are taken into ac cotfnt, wo doubt whether, one year with ' ? another, it is as profitable as grain growing Those who arc engaged in raising grain exientirely can easily make the calculation foi themselves. + J, . ^ -n ^ Sheep?Their Varieties and Culture. Tha sheep is so important an nniiual that anything regarding its improvement, or any effort to prevent its deterioration, do.-er>t* the deepest attention. Dr. Iirown, of Phila deiphia, quoted by 'flw Plough, Poohi n\d Anvil, divides sheep into tho woolbcanng v - and the hair-bearing. The structure of'lite fibre of the wo >1 on the former appears to be essentially dUforent from that of the hairy anUtiu.ce ol the latter, wlleu both tire vie??dmtebugli ;t powerful tmcrosCopo. Thou arc distinct specio*, anil should bo kept so. Vet no afleiuion has been paid to this fact, ...and the races have become so crof fed aud cotifounded, that the same sheep bears m lleeco of both descriptions'cm ditlVreut parlsi | vt it3 body, which hire incapable of such separation as ought to take place. No.v for an esxinpicot (he nature of those two vnMfclie*. O..0 buys a piece . ! ,!.? no! li in washed, but it does not fhriuk. The giulik'tiL preserves its ?bep4, :tiid is, if any - thing, more p1e<t*;Uit thau .V tb?l, having a soft silky coat. That lian a el was made of the hair viiriety. At another liinv'yott pnu-in?M? a picco of I ?* fJ-.*iireJ, and (ho Cu?i*equctic? of v.ushity and Wemiug is directly the opposite. 1: Knrii.L-u l.uf ?>*?<sri 1 (i ivi'iaua u?>.l ' ?y*i?ilifv,-| uut> VM?V* ni?U illHIUM tinpirviou* to (iciRpiratjon ant! uitf\tfoKO^tr. nund not bo blamed; it sk'uh ?..:??!< <>) woo! witlmtil any hair, tho nature of wfticfi i* to shrink. Tr* still another piece of flannel. it.will sluink much, but unevenly; some portions more tharv other*. Spread it on h ublo; purls of it will touch it; while other pntt* wili rirfo more or lew above the euiftCu, Ofte inrfjjht as Well strai^hVii a naiuial rail ..1 hair by tho hammer, a - to makr liti? fab tic lay minoth nn<l even. Thi.s ihuniol was manufactured from the llcoco of aliCvp in whrwo Toitih I lis blood of tho wool arty) hair hearing races had been improperly mingled. The effect is injurious. Tho two should be kept ciivirely distinct,/itid then the quality of ,tho fahiic wall be uniform nnd to bo d< ponded on. Kaeh sort of wool hits its peculiar value; f>ul tho combination of tho two fiuv'h?g n j:at?Ko eo opposed can raft)!)' if ..aver T?t Hf?v : 11i11ir bnt hutlfnl. iJtr. IbovMi conclude t from an itnmei (uttfttlon of facta ihafihe linlr fWVwUfb Winch luny bo aUo railed tlw flannel producing sheep, will flouii h Wfrit iu i?!)!nd or coast I d ^ ills second inferthgo > ntmoftphere, is ?n.)^t_fat<>rnLlu;u>^'a^ r bearing. or til? fn!I'ca-cloth prtftWgijjMH J lie is of opinion', that with theorem^ Jt liio Atlantic strip, and j?oihe jj region*, liio I'liiU'd SUie.'. in the fc?^l pi * wool nml fabrics.' Di'. BrOw a ^ a large propoilion of the J 000 neros ofuiiiinpryifeJ land:'; and Jf?l little territory of Au-tiin, which* MK;VV 0 -tor told Hnh-wtrai? wan 80 *<n*ll#'jwi| 0 11 in map of the word n* hardiv Jo Jb?c cornible, {lOssosse* ti good tna'aj^ififrtf^frig I, than wo do. numbering in that dittiinb rnUliiSOM* ^ ,1 r\j? u\you .,411 1TMVI 4. wo Can only bouit of fourteen million*. th0 pr. duct of tf.cso feCvent?pO mtllii |( AtiMtia ex|mr(s annually to; the value t twenty five millions of florins, retaining ber own ?m> eight millions' worth. On r contrary, tin* product of our sheep is, an ^ ally Inn 62.a7c.9oy pounds, landing a i fioit of 18,345.'J70 pounds to be ibjpoi j j from ahmad fur Mio supply ofourE j manufacture*. IFow desirable IB it on 0 I count of their merit, now selling at uigbt | cent? a pound, n- well as for thuir fleece, I j, our bill* and ra'levs should bo enliyotiyd tlie^io beautiful and vain aide eieatures,\v out which a lainNeapocannot deserve muiio of picturcsipiel-?JSTi'xcark Adverlia ? ? . r The Medical Profession. Tbe Amerimn Medical <4 a jet to of Ji 0 giios a remarkably interesting letter fr ' an Aiuei icati im d eal student in Paris. K writer * that lie otiCO board MagCm 1 tbc celebrated l'lenelt physician and ph l? ologist, open a lecture somewhat in the 5 lowing manner: <&'* . J Gentlemen: Medietas is a great Immb ' I know ii ib vailed ft :*'cletiCe?science, J deed! It i? nothing like scicuco.. I)ocl ate mere empirics, when they arc not ol s latnns. We nro as iguoivmt as men can ' Who knows anything about medici ^ Gentlemen, yon have done me the ho > to eoino here to hear my leuluiv, and I in 1 tell you liankly now, it! the beginning, t I know nothing in tho world about m< * cine, and 1 don't know anybody that d ' know anything about it. Don't think f< ' moment that 1 haven't read the hill* ad> I lining the course of lectures at the tueili s school; I know that this man teaches am ) my, that man teaches pathology, anot * man physiolugy, such a olio threnjieut such another materia inedica?Eh bifn ; o/tri's? What's known about ail that? W ' gentlemen, at the school of Montpel ; (God knows it was famous enough in ' day!) they discarded the study of auatoi > and taught uolhing but the dispensary; < ) doctors educated there knew as much, i 1 weic quite a9 successful, as any other. I : peal it, nobody knows anything ab 1 medicine. True enough, we aro gather 1 facts every day. We can produce typl J fever, for example, by injecting certain s 1 slauecs into tho veins of a Gog?that's soi I* tiling. We can alleviate diabetes; and I distinctly we are fast approaching the < when phthisic can be cured as easily as s disease. We are collecting facts in the right sj it, and I daresay in a century or so the ' Cllllilllul ion itf frtiMi inoo ??"?' I ? - J ' WV.V.. ors to form a medical science: luit I rep ' it to you, there is uo such a medical sciei now. Who can tell how to cure the lie 1 ache? or the gout! or disease of the hct ' Nohody. Oh! you tell mo doctors ci | people. T grant you people me cured. 1 how aro they cured? Gentlemen, nati docs a great "deal. Doctors do?but little when they doWl do harm. Let me tell y generally what I did when I was the h< | physician at Hotel Dion. Sutno three ' four thousand patients pnssed through i 1 hands every year. I divided tho putie into two classes; with one I followed i ' dispensary, and gavo them the usual me vine, without having the least idea w [ or wherefore; to ihe other I gave bread p and colored water, without, of course, I ting them know anything about it; t. occasionally, gcntlviuen I would croaw third division, to whom 1 gave notbi whatever, These lay! would 'Vet a g< deal, they would fuel they wore heoject . (sick people always feej they aro noglec nhless they are well <Iruggcd-/cs imbecift and they would irritute themselves ul they got really hick, but nature invarial came 10 use rescue, anil ail the f? iauita the thiid class'got wull. There writ a ! I mortality run fittr those who received I bread p'ms*mi3 coloicd water, and the in laliiy was greatest, among those who w. carefully dingged svccuiutngto tho dispi , sary. Cci.i urn: ovini" ^nAcKiirniti*.?rThe / ricultuf-i.-l lias tho following with roferei to the Low ton bbnkboity: "^8 tt market crop, ?v? thitik this bhu berry Won Id pay well. They are aVe.i: cultivated ns a corn cW>p, wild imcd no * oild plaining. Si t'thein six or eighty I apart, and tho oiVlv cam required is to kr wot xVeodr, si ltd the CXCOSs f?f planjs ll continual!)'spring up nil o^r tho gfoii if not kept hit down .Mulching tho groin that i-, vr. -'ring it tun with a layer cstt.iw oi' reftt-u bay. i-- n^' ful. It would Well in vritik into lire soil a good s.upply yard rn:n ura i efort< setting out the plan On |?o(rr ?oit,';ni "<?ii*a>ioiial top drowsing ftMlius?'may h?' given. '"it ?ill he liotiiivl by tnoAv OQskiik-d blackberry culture, that, like tho ta jrhei fiiiil >- only pfo<1 need opoti cwrues of the p V'iiHia ?ttuii0tV.? gu?wjj>, lie* plants c 'be wot iu aulmlm of '.-print;, though < tuucli pvfAT.aidtutni.'ns they tt?'t well i<>. ed :t11 I U*u7ifty Yield more new e Hies t follwoing oinmitH than if no. set uiJ spiiug. /* " 1 liu plants, bear tram-planting and c riAgo wel|. i'li j chief eaufioii t > be ol?tr ed is, to hiivy tho ground ready prcpar before opening the* plants, and set thotn once-, wit ho til exposure to sun or wind. I | same remark applies u?i:i?j)U:nu,;., ami i \ tle^l to nil oilier plant*. Iroy appet , 11 mis fn?, to grow well on Almost any ? > ISfpq,o icco'iinioiaJ moist JtiAm, or even cln 1 ho la il giowtli Mild fiuilitu; wo Iihvo PC> ' N "upon a rocky aiijo lull, though peril a ' a *l hotter (liMil othois oiv a dark Mtnc.k ai pealy *oil. NVo should not luaitate lo |i ' them ujkmi any soil, except a vciy mio? j one, or one buhjyct to standing water," ' it importation of goods, > Cashier *?> come * r{h? HgU no*t offeruir day." 2U:,-Wcut*nd 1 $L found. matwre./lenlitneS worse. !S.i\r lliO * President* who told mo 1 deserved lo be v ^ piuclicd tor importing so hojvily,, ami fcbAt * ?eJ>, I neodti t com* there again for six wonts. J live JHconftt'u dollar. Concluded to rc*5 call oil BI find bbfrow u few thouvnnja. ( found nolo ou my desk from B. bogging * 3ps? lite U? fend fiim eome money, or he would * ! ?* break. Tried O. Same iuck. 22d.-*- j j,r. latched onl nt another hank'. Customers 1 - iu> wanting to aco that fresh i.ui|?orUtion. c n.1'" Spent ill leu bouts trying to borrow enough 1 ' to nay lito Unties No succwa. 24lb.? * uino Uilo and Trust company faUod. Tried 1 ,Wu tostll papdr.iu the htrqets at ilireo per cent. v 1t,c" h month. No buyers. Fortunately remit*<M1 tance from tbe West?know the j ost-uiafk I llt ?-J on oft is a good fellow. Draft five thou n . sand dollars?on tlic Trait ChniyaujfJ ll 25tl?.? Nolo on colkUorals duo til the bank. ^ 1 10 Couldn't get it renewed for dollar. Made 1 cr' icmporAty Stocks down 20. per cent. ' He*t securities unsaleable nt half prke. 1 2Gtti.??Lono called in. Begin to feel clioaky r lJue in the throat. No appetite. Tried to sell " om out my importation of dry poods at twenty fho Por cent. less. Nobody any money to buy. cr lplo Went home sick. 37fh.-~Hc?olv$d never Vhi; to put myself in the power of the banks j ful- HfPPh? Miserable institutions. Spent the ' whole day trying to borrow, and barely es- s u? enped protest. My own notos sunk in luy laoo at three per cent, a month. Overhead ors broker say, "YouVe a gone man, if you 0 . can't lake your own paper ut that pi ice." 0 [)0 Feel very much so, but got to keep u still' v nvi l,PP?r "p. 28lh.?Four hankers failed. 11 lJor Times worse than iti 1837. Feet sore with 11 usl running about to raise, money. Can't coljrU leet u dollar from the country. Everybody 1 ;di- on* ou WUMO husine?s?nil borrower*, e ocs 1,0 'en^cr!5* k)*?k full of bills receivable, )r n perfectly useless. Specie line of tho banks ; rfcr down to nine millions. Wish I'd never I' t| seen a piece of foreign dry goods. Would v it0. have been as easy as an old shoe if 1 had jlCr not importod. I had no business to build *l, )CS tftat new house* the old 0110 good enough. ej Ought to have boou content with lite iuoJ- * I eruto things; and lived on half the money. je'r' Store rout loo high. Obliged to spread out j' j,g loo much on credit to pay expense*. 29th. ' u_ ?'Neighbor failed?Bank failed. Friend ind CH^S to H!"^ *',e ru,nor iny failure was l! intj true. Air black with foul reports. Half- u re past two P. M., accounts over drawn and out notes unpaid. With a page like this occa- h! ? sionully to fall open before him, as ho looks 11 |(U? over his ledger, a man might become a more prudent dealer, and learn to give up ue the ambition of display for the sake of ' 5ee modorato success, ail easy digestion "nddtt j v sound sleep, lie might learn also to trace . U1^ his misfortunes to their real source, instead \ * of charging them on banks; for, happily, a 1 - man may govern his own affair* successfula ly, in spite of the faults of their adminislra- s ' tion.?New Yor/c Journal of Commerce. e -bS* - ?? ? |? ?*o The Princess Royal's Wedding Dress. '' !UJ. Tho Princess Koyal of England is now irt$ tho ''observed of all observers." Tho liino tl llre rolls on which is to take her to her new w 5ut country. While it is passing, she is look- T uro ed upon with that interest it is so natural ti j? to fee! in those we are about to lose. ci 'ou 'Dte wedding robe in which she is first sv >;u) to bo saluted in the character of wife is pro- ? or grossing, to be ready for the day on which ; si my is to bo enacted that most benrt slirrihg i tl ?ls and engrossing event. ! f;i [1,0 The Princess KoyhI is to be married in a I ti (Jj dress of liouitou lace, as was her august , is ],) mother before her. TliQse who know the al ids tedious nature uf die manufacture will not | n let. he surpiiscu to hear thai its cost amounted r< ,pd to one hundred and-tffty pounds. We are i a< , H not able to say what is to bo tiro price of l. nlj the robe now in preparation/Irdt are happy1 ,od to bo able to speak of its artistic design, ai ed, which hits been approved ns well for ta-to tl iy | as for patriotism, its pattern is composed ci i/) of our national emblems, liio ro.se. the this- is it'll lie, and the shamrock, beautifully tutor* ! fa bly rpemed, and producing effects equally light, ' b in graceful, and elegant. When it is remember- g tJc ed that every bud and flower, spray and ii >ut HT0 crtoh and nil formed by llio young (,i- luce inuker on the pillow resting en her knee, c< ,.,0 tho amount of female labor will appear stu ii eri- pendous. Not the most tiny leaf,or theswcl- , ling of a single lino of meandering stem, b; but has eo->l so much of human time; | ?i { t. which is, inJcid, nothing les? than human 01 At uio same time (fiat this exquisite nnd j a. elaborate work is progressing, another robe jjy is also engaging (lie time hum thoughts of ki t?i?. ilio I Ionium lace-makers. The design for (bis second piece of gfrtnainer might ::Uo ?>l .cj, lend to tl|p expectation tliat it whs intended , li lai I to euwaip the youthful foim of a princess' ' ^,1 brides maid. U h blotnel with lilies of j bi ,,1^ j tl.e valley, as emblematic in their purity as t>l they arc graceful, the <k-liiv?te hanging belts |/0 ncstlfng under the broad leaves; nature b?r* i St (n h<<l: being llto hi list, copied with so luueti ni j skill by the delicate threads, guided by the w i <je*t< runs fingers, , fo 'I lie, wedding handkerchief i< also in j>r<>- pi in gfc>s- It is Composed of a splendid bolder ! th ,Vj o! most olnb< a ale woikmaiiship, while in th . , the centre tho royal arms of Hn gland are j pi ,iu ' O'piid.bv the same proce.-s, being a perfect : \v marvel in }.ho lace linking aitl ' sr i,l. j Xo wonder that thu sight of*llio piinccss ho iii ihc first blush of her youth, tins dutighl- j (;i er of ft rjuer n, lie rue If a queen in oxpecla- j Gl tiou, surrounded by all that throws a daz- Ji' ,r. rliiig ami a blinding charm over the mortal , v. statu, should, fiom the very splendors ot' 1 cl her high position, haul us to thoughts of ?t al the village girl", who, for so many hours, ') |10 and dajs and weeks, and months, arc ply- 1,1 i, ing their busy labors, industriously cngug- ' ftl u cd in weaving hor wedding robe. 0,1 iili ;Jk 1*1 )'. I'nneh has tho following on what be c.ills : ji destructive, habit-: It is said that the early ps bird picks np the worm, but gentlemen who ' ' id hi mice, ind ladir who d.mco till 11 o." d 'j ill j o'clock in tho morning, will do well to conly j aider that the woiin also picks up tho early I bird. ' I ha ^ . ' -V V* ;- * ? v> x . > >Uasur? and ftdminuloo wilb which, nearly tro jearn tince, tli?y penned lha account n our columns of the heroio conduct of di#i Ifeckor, ef Long l'oiqt, Canute vflfiit tbiii womiirj of a tbirtisitnd, wber osctfetl tue captain, mate, and fivo seamen >f'ikj^4Uro^iu?atail acliooner Conductor, ^/ivau usliurti.nl tour o'cloek in tbo moibr ag of a bleak November .day, the ere* ihmg till evening iu rtle t igging in a blindtig 9ugw alonn, while the w.ivos froze iu mptetof ico as thoy ?a?li?d over the dogrted deck. Lata in the afternoon, Mrs. iettkor, wijicio uliHdrah, appeared on the leech, built a tiro, and beckoned to the ite\* to swim ashore, Captain plunged in; tnd, almost oq ilia. vorgo.of death, wm? rev mod by Abigail Booker/who walked into he water neck deep, and dragged him ishore, hardly able herself to contend (gainst the fierce undorlow which endan;arCd her life everv niurn^nl. So one by "be hi) curat nshd&;. na'd oqe by one, this leroiue dragged "theiu from tho anus of leath,. contending with the freezing waves rith Hstiongth given iter by an Almighty inn. Only ono man remained clinging to hq ehruiid*; while Mia. Becker paced tlio leach, beckoning him to conn) on, and exlajming, Oh, ray God! if I could save that nan, I eliotdd bo happy!*' And sho did ave him. With her clothes frozen to bar >ody, tdie tonk the Htauien to her hut and vanned .a'd fed tbcni. 'J his was substantially the account first ublished in the Cotninsreial Advertiser, mil furnished us by Cap'. Dorr, of this Uj., Thd ailielo was read iu the Canadian ihirlianienl, and the sum of *200 voted to drs. Becker, as k reward for'hor noble conHut, while tlie tn-joibers of l'ailiainetit eourihuted froin their private partes &200 nore. Captain l>oir brought her to Buffalo, nd trough his efforts she received ^lVO n gold and a beautiful family Bible, neoinpniiiiul by many valuable presents. At Cleveland similar action wu? taken, an I he people of Amsterdam gave !rr *100. *rqm many other sources oho received ituilar generous testimonial*, witii n raolesty which piov.-d her native nobility. But the crowning rtl-t of this series of vations, so honotahle to the hearts of all oucerced, occurioil recently at i'orl Rowan, diere sho was presented with the gold nodal of tho New York Life Saving Be cvok-ut Association for 1857. Uapt. Dorr, untiring in his interest in lio welfare ami appreciation of Mis. Rccicr, presented her case to tho Association so trongly, that it was at once decided that im medal was due her. lu May of the resent year it reached him, aud he for rardod it to Mr. Acton, the Collector of Customs at Port Rowan. vA pic nic was rranged, and very largely attended, and iio presentation took place on that occuion. We wish that we had space for Mr. tclon's remarks, for they arc eminently loquent and appropriate to the event. On ebalf of Mrs. R.eker, Mr. lkickhouSe, J. of Port Rowan, read a reply full of wotartly gratification for the honor bestowed pon her, ami oversowing with gratitude 3 Cnpt. Dorr, who had striven ?o well and 3 successfully to secure a proper recogniion of her services to human life in peril. Hut our crowded space forbids us to do tore than oiler our own tribute ot admiraon. Mrs. Heck *r no longer lives in the *nblo fisherman's hut from which she led forth to rescue the crew <>f the "Conuolor." On that dreary night she won >r herself, not only the homage of all good tell. hut :i <<fiiiif^?i?lil.i I , ?... .. vvxiwi iituiv. ill WJ11CII Ito now resides, nm] where, we liust, the veiling of her days may pass in puthb of leasanliiess.?Hujf'alo Commercial Adverser, Whlat Gnowitfo.?In New England, 10 farmeis often raise cxceiluiit "spring heat," by pursuing llio following course: hey plow very deep, ami make the soil no, and manure very generously; they scare the best seed, tliey sow two l> islmls? midlines ni-ue?to the acre. We have am wheat iields growing ?>u the mountain des, in Massachusetts, which hare yielded lirty bushels to liie aero. We know one irruer, hi that State, who h as paid niton on to this matter, and wiiu .viy? tiiat there no dillicai;y in raishag excellent wheat in tmudauco in New Ki. ^and. lie has a louiitaiti farm himself; and yet he laieiy itsOs lo's than twaity-livQ bushels to the sro. He raises spring wheat only, and iki > the grcale.-.t paluain every r? >peel. Such facts us then', from New Eng.and, re admonitory and encouraging to us of 10 West. All *0 lice I to secure largo rops of wheat, as regularly as other ctops, to lake duo puitis that in ciicuinstaucc < ir loss favorable, jive to the farmer in leak Now England good crops of the same rain. Wo would :ay, limn, do ilio loilowig things: 1. Have your I add in the beat possible j >ndilion, by dmintge, and the best plow - j >g and harrow ing. '2. See that it is reh, either naturally, or ! I* the Use e?t manure M mum should : thor be well lotted, ur applied with previ- , lis Ciopo. 3. <let ti.u very be.it *?.ed. taking tliu ivico of the best farmer*; nial. ' it perclly ciennj use none l>ut the plumpest ernc-l*. 4. To prevent Mitit. u?e tli.j prepnra'.iou j mine and limo, vijicli *> hare juwial men mentioned in.dm Farmer. 5. l>o not be spuing of tlio seed; two Li'hots to the acre (? uot to much. fl. Sow ehrty ami cover evenly nnd well. These Jtro o'd aiggpstion*, w,-!l under- | ot?l by practiced farmer-., but n gioat any do nut undcriend tiii'in; and many ' ho do fait t?? ptaclCo them. We therere insert (hum not, (whilo farmers nie | cpiiring tiieir . mind f?r wheat.) hoping ey may be of me. We have uo nympay with the dospii/ing feeling which unions iiiuu 10 1 !1 iriA growing of heat. Intelligent yid careful culture may | euro gOnorou* crojl still. ? ?... U?- ?A Loyk SCK-.K < i.i!?;Ai? AND PHO.VOHAI'IUCA I.I.Y lihTuTKD liV IhlllEKKRICK iiiNfi t.i.uvsl'lm est ??f iho jiliuit! sighI tlio lovyor, "plumy my phoelingt when | plioroseu the plieai il consequences oph ir phloeing phrom our phalnor's phami ; I'liow pUcllowft uulil have phaced liic iimc with ns much phortilude as I have; i<l h- pltirkle phort no pliailn to smile on j ir h?v??, I phind ' n.-t pltorogo tbo plic:itv of becoming y? t husband. Phnirc&i >rnnre?, phatewel phorovcr!" "Hold , iraklin, hold!" p "nnticnlly exclaimed i ranees, " I will pli How you phoicvcr!" ill l'lirutikiiii plde ind Phrancis nhniiii- , What may a cat ivo thai nothing eke I isf Kittens. 1 iciest mr an inc money bo couiil borrow, but though the devil made wry faces whon he cmn? to pay the bills, yet they were ?U paid. One expedition after another failed ?the devil counted tho tiiuo, only two years, that ho must wait for the soul, nnd mocked tho elforis of the de&mtTng roan. One more trial was resolved upon?the tnau stalled a newspaper! '1 he devil growled at the bills at the eud of the first quarter, wm savage in six months, melancholy in nine, and broke, "dead broke,M at the end of the year. So the newspaper wculdowo j and tho soul was saved. A Young Lady OvnnnoARo.?As the passengers were getting otf the 1 telle, at the Central Warehouse wh.uf bo.it, on Monjay night, a young lady, in supping from the liciie to tho wharf boat, made toe short a step, ami dropped between the two boats inio the river. ITc-r proleclcr, who, we believe, was travelling with her, and who w?? assisting her from one boat to the other, gallantly?stood still, and lookej down nl her. One of the deck hands, who heard tho splashing in tho water, and the young lady screaming f?.r help, cried out, "git out of my way," and "ensouse" lie went into the v.ntor and rescued the lady. As soon as she was placed out of danger on the boat, her "attendant" rushed to her, andciaspiug i her in his embrace, oxel timed, "O! my dcur, I i >u had liked to have been 'drowned.." lie mis so much rejoiced that he left, the dar. ' I i ... - -- ' i ?iinuui giuui t.ic ii anno, or ' ! oVeii t .?u ki i?* me, for jumping in do river nr ' tor his gnl."?S(/i,vi (.1 to.) JfcfMjrtcr. 4,IIo\? a he rutins mauk!"?MessrsKditors: In answer to tins inquiry, 1 will slate tlml llio grapes cultivated lor in is pur|x>aO arn of a peculiar kind. thin skinned, and very rich in sugar?melt is the grape tront which the lino Malaga raisins are made. The fruit is left upon tho vines until j 1 thoroughly ripe and beginning to shrivel, 1 when the healing blanches are broken nud beat down, to bo left in this <vny to the operation of tho sun until tho watery part of ifio juice of the grapes is evaporated, the tfugar crystaluod, and thoy hto tuitficienliy dry for packing in boxes. No sugar, as many suppose, is added. All our native granee are too thick skiuncd and dvlien i.l in ?ae6hariue' matter | for tlii- pui|H>*c. Any grape in this coun- L try that will make -\ good raisin must bo i sought for in more Southern latitudes, or in , conservatories. H. l.owistoivn, Pa., August 20 IPS". | Public Ltdjtr. J. Artificial SroxR.?A species of con-ji ere e, in which a*lies are a principal ingre- ' divnt, has, of late, br:cn adtantageously in- * treduced for building purpose* in Vans.]! v.Mic aTnuuiaciururg nun i . reported (o util- ; ii.e most of their waste iu the working up of this now nmtctiah So rapidly has (his artificial stone been improved, that sialic for ' ( llooi> arc now made seven moires long hy six metre* wide, which being laid all in one pieco, no beams or vaultings are tie- 1 Cf'Hiiry underneath. The inventor t-nyt: "J ; fabricate in artificial stone, as hard us the j best stone, nil the parts of a house?collar*, 8 drains, paving dnga, sinks, walls, floors, > roofs, exterior ornaments? without using wood or brick. lfy this process, the house, f ,l however large it may be, is a monolith; and 11( tlds niouolUh equals, at least in solidity, t masonry or hewn Mono, and, in respect to ; > expense, it cost* much less than tlto coarsest building in rubblo." I 1 ?? ' j f( There is a good story told of n young n man who had a light And incipient mous- I tachc. < tnc day, whiio fingering tho few hairs, lie said to Harry: ''Hadn't I better t ? dvo this moustache?" "Ob, no!" replied Harry, "lei it alone, and it will die of it* n self." U An epicurean dyspeptic, Applying to a ' physician toy novice, wa* told to steal a ' liOrac. lie would Ire put in a penilci\tinry, .ho diet und exorcise of which would restore Xl WniT '* " * ir V. ^ vi ?> v i % r- , r ? % ^ < j ? * - \ ^ * ^ * ' .'. | s the biod iog?. U hJT'n p ?uftftr^S musty stooll, nod is M?ily pttHsd-oiiTb* i ntmuoniacal efHum of lb? norie seems peculiarly to concentrate |n this perl, end it# toty strong odor has great sUnictio* ? for ail animals, especially canine, MKLfhedv;^* himself. For the oil of cumip.. the horse has an instinctive passion?both nro org! tin! natives of Aftbia, nud when ^he horse scents the odor, he js instinctively drown towards it. The oil of rhodium poMtsies peculiar properties. AH animals seem to cherish h food nee* for it, and it exercise* a' kiud of peculiar influence over them. The directions given for training horses are as fellows': Procure some horse-castor and grate it tine. Also get some oil of rhodium and cumin and keep the three separate in air-tight bottle*, liub a litllo oil of cumin upon your hand, and approach the horse in the Held, on the windward side, so that he can smell the cumin. The horse will let you conie up to hint thru without any trouble. Immediately rub yoar baud gently on the horse's nose, getting a little oil on it. Yon can tlion load hirn anywhere. Oivo him a little of the castor in a pieco of loaf sugar, apple, or potato. Put eight drops of oil of rhodium into a lady's silver thimble. Take the thimble between tho thumb and middle linger of your right lmnd, with fore-finger slopping the mouth of the thimble, to prevent the oil from running out whilst you are opening the mouth of the horse. As soon na you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the thimbh over up I on hi* longtie, and ho is 70m servant. fte ! will follow you like :i pet, Jog. I LI aw riik DtVii. Lom\?The following is i too good to be lost. We -clip it hotrt tin ! exchange pApor, and respectfully eat! the attention to it of certain person* who feel disposed to spread in the newspaper line: A yoting . man who .ardently desired weld til was visited l?y hi* Satanic majesty, who tempted him to promise Ha soul for eternity, if he couM l?e supplied ou this eArih with nil the ..toney lie could rise. The bargain was concluded?the devil was to supply the money, mid whs at ln<t to have the soul, unless the young matt could spend more money thun the devil could furnUb. Years passed away?the man married, was extravagant in his living, built pu'aees, speculated widely?lost and gave away fortunes, an J yet his coffers wore always full. lie turned politician, and biibcd his way to power and fame,.without teducing his "pile" of gold. IJe became a "fillilnuter," and fitted out ships and aumes, but bit banker honored all his drafts. Lie v. out to St. l'aul to live, and paid the usual rates of disintegrating." Tho Hoston Boat perpetrate* the following: Tt is raid of Eugene Sue. that "though a pi..fo<-cd Socialist, lie lived like m 1'rince.** ^yj In (he?Huiewiy souieofour people, though professed christians, live like the dcfik pc An elderly Pennsylvania woman villi her daughter, looking at the marble statue of (lirxrd, in tho College building, the oth er day, startled tho bystanders by exclaim ing: "En Silly, how white he whui ?qi An ollice seeker, in urging his claims. i st.i.l thai his grandfather didn't fight fn the revolutionary war; but he guoasod lie would have like to, if he had been in the country at tho lime. I'o was appointed. j ?< Francis the First, having asked Castel- 1 lan. Uishop of OtJcsiu, whether he was of SHI noble extinction;?"Sie," <rit the reply, "Xonh had throe sons in (lie Ark: I cannot say from which of them I am descended." thi John Thclpfli* wished lo know why the Ohio E'fe and Trust Company is like the Atlantic Telegraph CaMe! Because it be- . came embarrassed in paying out and broke.. "John. diil you fiud ar.y eggs in the old AC hen's nest this inorniugt" '"No, sir. If the old hen had laid any, she mislaid them." Tho Chicago Timet contains the follow ing adverti .meat: Di "W anted, as partner in a general banking business establishment ou tho west side, a Qfj sol?er young man, with a capital of fioui _. If I .>0 to tfJoO. Address W. Ik R, Times L?I oflice.n Coy. Wm .uiu Siutoii Hunter.?It appears pretty evident di.it liter* Will be a contest hctwecu ihc iiunds . ; Ilou. H. M. T. Hunter, aud Gov. SOI VVUo t.-r a wot in die I.'nittJ Stale* Sviiale. The it -hin. nd Kiaiuircr, wliiih ho* t? ?n dficndiag bu .?u?. M me with much opint and ability from ihc ; ?iii1?- niailc up.ni l,.iu, say* that p?i?i stent'Recti- fit"] v.i i i .ijht l?v varioos iniimfivrt friends of .1. p-r iliii .T. chaining tli.ii fio?. \V?v was y-\f-] Lin_r in Mib-ttltute lain n* Senator fnim Vifg ni.i, i d lotinl or would toice Gov. VV;-? jirt'n tlm po i i'"ii If l.e >k<|ii!d n?w he a ea'^1"?!*te, t wr?nld Ik- tXJ, I ! i :..rd :?i .in ark nowlerfgriie'it of hi* nmktvs* tod iimbl :y tocmpe vviih Mr. un titer !r. the t.*?* do ,?loio. 11? sill thm endure tho id ei>n<r'.'jtffticcii i uid huuiitwiii'iii rf actual iKfett. if ?uel? a mailt.1 ilfl > ; > i f ( .fCi-d uj- ?! him, h:? (pu nt]? ir.Kjt ' ? ?vi-- . i< i.-ii<ti. elnim ih* eliinoe* of u contest, as ll?* omy otl iK-nti* of pivtcctiiiif l.im. . I A Ci'BiosiTv.?TheS'clma (A!a ) Scntineionhe 1st in*!:in? sty*: Wc hnd in Car office the olhorilnv Wf l |ii?i*v of silver coin, which is one thou .aid seven undrcd and tilt* vines old. ii was u coin qvej hylic I-rael.t.* b-Juref the de*ftiRrti.?n of Jerusalem, ml is a ormt t mio-fify. On Otic ?h1e ?.f the piece \7 i tiic rtaoro of ih.i T?...? *?f r.it. >? ?*- ? ?* JPUr??w ?? ? . m nrirrrv v>rn 1 fa j * ^ .l?tii l<m the lf? V."- f'tt ilio < !in-.' side is an "D.1 i'O, iuwr bed in liobrotv cknridUni llie woiil* i*J Si shy off I wink* Thuooin must h ire bee? made II *i?m? |He i.iit ol .Jerusalem, whicli, il recollection of ?UI *>]tino History screes os wefl, w? nhmrt *eTentr mm nftrr the birth .?? Christ. It is ol A poor char- OtC vt<N- "i m*or, ? ..ut the i f of ? half a d.-ilar, mei * ; in |iiir4 sheer About Mkon moti- Mr- * i ? >! 1^, of this city, who is the ewiiu1 of II, )* ' ( >rn*(s us that il has Uk.ii ihe propttty of h"?? family at ii?no hundred years - ? A new process for polishing ^hiss ha? Iwc? ?hs ^v^mlo >eer< <1, which w ill materially redoes iho c<*4 on j*rf ate tfliisa mirrors. h is dons by placing the plntvs , ' utween discs turned hystesfn, M wdrror which, yjg il by the old proi i >#, wotri c - . ti?l . n I . the new ean b? Imnd* for fifty ih?l- ^ . htou ?The urewt Qoy?tr.?r ih.binson, dim u'-; , . .WWWII, III is ill-.Ui, ItMrv- , > ''i*4 ' thai it - < - tot tt., Vv i kqlicn. '?(! v icc? t.s (><>\oriX't Walkvt i<>tuil Win hi bis cflbtt* -l v > ccurv u f,tir tr4? o% ilntl oc*c;u??n:t', "?, -M'i * * Jw * % * * # * V *4 ?w-5. ?.V - ' r v v: '" >% ' /< '*? \, * _ : *'. ? , > *7? y * > '4 ? / ' -v ? #,* ? . >, ^,- . a. ^ . . ? ^ret^^nd'ilccotn pti<b?d:t?Wltfoj1^^B^S5S gPj beJj aomewhat severe f*> hie rumatk^jjj' jff| thj liuauof delieiance* oImhmU ^ tor, 'h# is ons-ot Ul? now M^Uol rtk&liq?. himl' .*?.. - , ^u. Nothing in particular/ tetHfi*jCupt, &,; , 5 'I have just received a ltUer froU? jitm; shd - J* I will wager you a dottca of .ohl ftort "vfrati,,^ you cannot guess in six gueeMa how he n |sp?iUcAT.?' " AfVfl 'Done,' said the Doctor, 'its a wager.* *"? 'Well, coinmencogu^sing,'saidb- . K ?double ?. . 'No.' - '. " . ' ''?- *_ -M Kate? Jfn I ?: " . - it *f 'No, you have missed it agfcia.' y ?r- r. J i? n Well, then,' returned tho Doctor, C#a vhit doublet.' ' M 'N\>; that's not the way. Try .again; it'* Vfsj I your last guess.' . !' " "-r-'i-i- , S i 'No,' said S? 'that's not the way. You i linve lo>t the wager.' J^ay ' Wtll,' s.tid tho Doctor, with tnuulr pelu- D lenco of manner, 'how the devil does he t* ;^ r spell itf " /n?** \V !i v, ho spells it c at,' replied S., with mn? | the uiuio^t gravity. Amid tbtj. roar of th$ **** mess, and almost cholciug. yilli rage, the *e'f I Doctor -prang to his feet, exclaiming, 'Cap; k"'Sl I tain 9., I am too old a mail to be trilled chn I with in this ma oner.' * .? _ , ?? ??? or# j Ono p'et?saut Sabbath-' morning, while Invtt ilonry Ward Deedmr whs on his way to church, he found the side walk occupied by a number of boys, playing marbles, upon which he stopped short and exclaimed: 'What, boys, playiug marbles upon the Be1 I Sabbath day! why, you frighten liud' I Upon w hich a hardened little viuner look- '-1, ed up and answered: 'Frightened, h*?l W hy t, in tho d?1 don't you run then!" p, The National Intelligencer says of lite *'* 1 new while hly, of African origin, tbnt "ii , I has tho delightful peculiarity of a high W^(M degree of fragrancy, particularly io the ma?t tnoruiug?tiro odor being somewhat tike vanilla. Tho botanists here are puxxled, K| though very touch pleased with it." J D So ten one grapo eating is as follow.*: In j,' health, eat only tlio pulp; as a laxative, com k l>ine tlte seeds wilt* the pulp; am Ionic.the s kin with the pnlp, ejecting the weeds. Thot you accomplish the gratification of your t.isto and insure health. Eat immediately F|g after n regular ineul. "Look fittliHt," exclaimed a returned Irish ~ soldier to ? gaping crowd, as he exhibited with some pride his tall hat with a bullet hole iu it. lajok at that, will youl Yon see ~\f that if it had been a low crowned hat, 1 should have been killed outright. Oneof our cotemiKHiuie*, remarking upon the corr?ts|>ondviice between 1'resident liuchantiu and I'rof. Silliinan, the great New Haven geologist, says "the letter of res poiifo is talher a criislactuuit Lrmailn l.?i li,,> - * - "*^*i1" ^^f^5L llu- jkjIUtih^ paienx tw n-u.i 1W fvwpfekt Ucoii.pjn aj xjicW Uxtle. 'IV all ?* tar " 3 W A R iW *15 -A-*?Hf .; J ; ^ irate of Counterfeits and Base v ^Wmiintiontt,..... .;_ i? gquuinc ivrtUJfl is Am>??* Room 4 * J?* <.uji^v?J wrapper n*t?nJ vacl* MP*. ^ 'Meff per koMttr *>r oi* Urttl?*KfB. wit# fW imIi Snd rtsluil t<y $iX>Vil>A^E/l>.' I Cba. ; ? St., 6sf. C fai Jkud I * )fii* Ar?tvr* pent tak S?crm?lrV SrATfc^ *# n ull firder* and sppbwUitfua tot ^ / flql . bv.^ddrvsiKa, '. j. ? , ^ * ?'. sOLi>ALso ny +*>. WHKB A- lTKlNnVH.i'pnrtuiibarg, Sn.Ot. K.W ?fc G00*HJ40Nv " " ' 11. WATSOS, d?w?Ai;i? A* ICHCTVii, . V'.'- *X'JL . ? p. WON ar VORRT8, FnkrttvHln, * K. UKXIiY, Uu.vi^viiU U HAURIS, & CO ! RutWfcrdiw., N. C pril i4 o ? Iter A llcinitnli tell RAT AKD MTCK ANTtlUlLATOR. Dr. McLANE'S CELEBRATED EliMIFUGE : I lil VEK PIlLIiS. oof tHe b??t Prrp*r?tioMof th*if*. They are not rccomended as Universal Lire-alls, but simply for fiat their name pur- : I irts. '**??* \ dTfae Vermifuge, for polling Worms from e human system, has * ;o been administered jW*." ..yrCT ^ th the most satisfactory ^ ,ults to various animals bject to Worms. The Liver Pills, for e. cure of Liver Comaint. all Bilious Dengements, slck readme, see. $; - .. Purchasers will please particular to ask for \ C. McLane's Celeited Vermifuge and ver Pills, prepared by (LV UvtuAuj I^Xoy .e proprietors, PittSrgh, Pa., and take no icr, as there are various ler preparations now > 1 - ?? - - lore the public, purrting to be Vermifuge * d Liver Pills. All lers, in comparison th Dr. McLane s, are jrthless. The genutnr McLane's rmihige and Liver Us can now be had at respectable Drug >res. FLEMING- BRO S, BO WOOD ST., Pittsnv?oB, PA*Polo Pr??rMifi >ML & Nfw Orkai*, Qn#r*\ u.t ;U- Soirtb, to wWm all oriM*t b? SdrfrMfi 'l. -4 1! P>Y A- COOUOIOJf, " ' * TOI.M3SUN, " * tiRl' i* 11.' 1 . " " EJiAN A NOUUlrj. I nloiiviHe, !*? " fS a. 11LNUV, L?un>iw*iH?. fr " * ?-? . 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