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__ - - PK - wmr ' '" "" > 72 * fiJ *' m ?* < ' ?r a !y '^sv ?. .. ? * .. >z ' . * ^ * lh 'THE CAROLINA SPARTAN, v by cavis & tbimmier. dmotcir la sautl)crn iiigljts, |jalitics, agriculture avti fttiacellaui). ?2 per annum. ' vol. xiv. spartanburg, s. c., thursday, november 5, 1857^ =? ? no. 37?? mvn M a vtATTWr A CtnAVkmAmv . injfi UAnuiilUA orAAlAN. leuau BY CAVIS <fc TlilMMLER. ?,f " of th T. 0. P. VERBfON Assooiate Editor. harvi r Price Two Dollars per annum in advance, or canc< $3.50 at the end or the year. If not paid until rocre after tho year expiree $3.00. j{1U8 Payment will be considered in advance if made within three months. tliO n Ifo subscription taken for less than six months. sooi|, Money may be remitted through postmasters at . our risk. >"??< Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, nud lusioi 0 eontraots made on reasonable terms. The Spartan circulates largely over this nud ,ng 11 adjoining districts, ond offers an ndmirablo medium fog5jo to our friends to reach customers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. wo ( Blanks, Law and Equity, con. lually on hand or couti printed to order. r CAROLINA SPARTAN. ^ OEIGINAL ESSAYS. 1,0 " grass s Spartanburg Agricultural Society. 0>i!v ACRICl'LTLRAL EDUCATION. ,?!U" The scionca of agriculture is so intimate- Cl l,h 5y connected witli the comfort of private 110, 0 life and tho wealth and -ospority of na- j n\f lions, as to commend itself to tlie carnc t ' consideration of all enlightened and bo- i w'10' ? mati< nevolent minds. In the earliest ages of our race, pastoral ^ ^ labor?the culture of flocks and Lords? served the main purposes of subsistence; while wealth and personal consideration de- ^ pended iu a groat degree upon the orient 11 of pastoral possessions. At a later period, the occupations of the i hepherd were substituted by those of the ^ husbandman, or combined together, nc- ? 'j cording to the peculiarity of local circum* tances. youn These two sources of production are the basis?tho sure and only reliable basis?of ^ 11 wealth; while they enter, in countless ^ . forms, into the question of human comfort r and human subsistence. ^ ? Tho precious metals are valuable chiefly ^ ^ as a medium of exchange?serving as the signs of value; the ..ther metals are valuable for many r.sehatncftl and commercial purposes. LIiiman ingenuity and multiform industry add wealth?contribute value?to all that whereon labor is judiciously bo- i | ^ etowed; but all theso depend absolute!? for i ""'iU their value upon tho productions of the j C.U6 field?tlio animal and vegetable proceeds of ; , the labor Of tllO husbandman. iticro ia o sense in which these various departments ^ ^ of human labor are reciprocally dependent on each other, while they co-operate in ' beautiful harmony; but there is as certain , , , . , tno t ly another sense m which everything do- ^ pends on field husbandry, as strictly and ^ justly, as tho temple, raisc>l aloft, rests, for ^ ^ its security, on the granite base firmly ^ planted in the solid earth. * com 11 Abstract tho simple articlo of cotton, and ( ? x million of manufacturing and other la- , , lll? o borers coaso to work, and cease to earn ^ broad; while five hundred millions of our -p,, race suffer a deprivation to a greater or less Au extent, of the comforts, and perhaps tho Th necessaries of life. Not only this, but of en "ships, sailorless, would lio rotting on the force ea;" commerce would suffer a dead stagna- the i tion; almost universal bankruptcy would appa ensue; while the governments of kingdoms For i would topple and fall to pieces, jeopardi- tory ring, and perhaps tearing asunder, the ten- hers ure even of property and of life. of ir Again, if you cut off the supply, nary for one single year, of tho cereals?par- not ticularly of corn and wheat?and at tho torn. aine time multiply at will the supply of solve wold and silvor?- ?i.-l 0 ...w.vwow lilUVillllVCij' UJt' ??%UVI mechanical powers?strew tho oceans with cxten hips?lot steam take wings and fly to tho (bora uttermost parts of the earth;?and yet hun- siona dreds of thousands of our race would die of have starvation, and the cry of distress would as- timb< ceud to Heaven from ovory land inhabited den < by man on the surface of our planet. tate, ^ It is worthy of remark, that almost every Wcsl riot occurring in Great Britain, an 1 almost has I every revolution in Franco, within tho last ' phial two buudrod years, has proceeded from, and uf 0,1 may bo traced directly to, a scarcity of >ng il bread. with If tho practical results of agriculture arc so then important?if so many great national and menl domestic?physical and moral interests are } certai involved in tho success of husbandry, it! portit must be obvious to all that an organized I ?th< and concerted effort to encourage and pro- j found MAtA ?f.a l?t - - - - IUV-.V, .uv O^MVUitllinl KIUVIB VI II1U COUIIll V I ,n' must challenge the support and enlist the have sympathy of every patriotic heart. And a?d t we do congratulate you, Mr. ]>resident, and tage 1 the members of this society, and wo con-, lights gratulato tlio planters of tho district, upon j impoi the success which has thus far characterized the infant labors of this organization. cause You combine both forms of produc- iucr tive husbandry?the pastoral and the strict- hurol ly agricultural?the rearing of useful ani- ftn< mals, as well as tire productions of the field. ^ But the topic?the special subject of in- reTftrfl quiry?you have kindly assigned to us, and *Wcli is suflicienlly extensive in its c" range to from f11?-- ? brief remarks pable all epieo-ls -i?i * Important nohject of " Ag- 1 'f< rirulturel Klucatot. J|.,w shall wo tin- l',(1 pros* lh*. public mind *,(), (|,0 importance j pl'*he of tlm branch of hum u labor? Ilow ral<!?' wo arrango to have tho young men au o country full in love with tho bounties re: 0 field?tho waving grain?tho golden us usts?tho bleating herds?tho iuno- na >, tho plenloousncss, tho health giving on ations of rural life! Flow shall wo ca ohaiue into comparativo insignificance sit ittractions of tho town and city?the da ing, fostering, corrupting, debilitating rei jnces of city life, and the miserable il- nb ns of tinsel and bronco?tho do-nothmd the good-for-nothing, so called pro- ph >nal and political career? llow shall j :onvinco tho ingenuous youth of tho j try, that honor and usefulness are not : w' ned to any given calling, depend not ! sl" my titles, nor the occupancy of any j 11,1 1 places? When shall they learn that i a benefactor who inakes two blades of t ''l< , or stalks of wheat, to grow where ; ls mm irrniu AVI.... ?Ml -I ''' 1 ? - ? uviviv< ?? xi(?ii win (11i ,v" that lawyers and doctors ami politi- l'? are, for (lie present, continued only as pi' -tiry evils, performing in their sphe. ?' liico of the leech, to deplete the Lody* < c Ly blood sucking, at those points P' e there happous lobe too much inlhmi- i P 1 3ii? It is a shame that sensible men j cu encourage their sons to enter into tho '? idle, loafing life of a law-offico, or a : ir's shop, while the God of nature has j at1 umlcd them with so many appliances j l* lefulness, for rational enjoyment, for 'n1 oiis independence, for tho acquirement or eallh and refinement at hoiuc! By 'alse and mischievous sentiment?that l'? rofession* absorb the talent and confer JU1 istinctioiis of society?many educated by g men have been mis led away from n,< proper vocation, into one of tho mis- cai id learned profe -i ms, and have fritter- ?rl ray the lie>l years for manly exertion? 'ef j little for themselves and noth- ? or society?waiting 1 >r tho honors to su from somewhere, and feeding on the CCI i of " 'squire" or "doctor." llad their [ies been directed to tho field of agri- PU ro, a great work might have been ac- *lu ilished: elegant mansions would have l''i reared throughout the laud?orchards l'l( gardens would have diversified the t?u ty of the country, and elevat -d, cluM- l''' . and purified the ta?te of the rural popu ] 1" ?philosophical inquiry and rational i vatiou?application* of chemical Rci- J to the arts o! life?well-directed labor ^ economical husbandry?would have ;i,j ly increased tho productiooK of the all and the dairy? the poultry yard and mi ihocp-fold, no as to cheapen the articles *u 1)14 ily consumption, aud spread blessings j., ic board aud urouud the fireside of ni: in habitations. And if these sons of M: oil had failed in this liue of labor "to u" 11 and the applause of iisteuin<r sena11 ? ra they would at least have shared j0 tlier glorious privilege? co i llirea's of paiu and roiu to d<-spis?, sit, scatter plenty o'er a amilui^ land, ill il road ilicir history in their country''t eye*! of at educated men are needed?that men lo ilighteued mind a, correct taste and 110 1 *u or character are required?to improve (je sgriculture of (lie country, is but too ca rent to the least thoughtful observer. fai uore than one hundred years the terriof the State has been settled?thcliman felled?the soil cultivated by a cla?s ^ ion of tolerablo industry, and of ordi- st? average intelligence. Hut they have Al been, in any liberal 6enso, educated ^ They have never been able, of them- g(, a, to apply tbo lights of science to the or of production. They have, to a great all it, ploughed and reaped as their fa- a'J did beforo them, varied only by occa- sU 1 thirst for speedy acquisition, and then jje exhausted the soil?destroyed the jrs?killed the goose producing gol- riv iggs?and abandoned tbo ruined os- 011 and sought tho fertile regions of the . COI t. This unwise and unthrifty economy j eft the State agriculturally poor, and an jly mutilated and defaced as the result 0 hundred years of toil; notwithstand- Pa is, and was, a country by nature blest rare advantages and resources. Why 9j,j such a result of so long an expori- bv ? As a pooplo?as a section?we are inly far behind, in this respect, many >ns of the common country. The evil jj,', 1 failure, we apprebenJ?will at last be J |ju i, mainly, in two causes: clc ICducutcd men, as a general tiling, l'u devoted themselves to other pursuit'', c.?l he country has thus lost the advan- uo and aid of intellectual force and the (lit i of experimental seionco in this most rtant Held of human exertion. As tho result of the first named J'01 , tho lit* and employment of "afar- ^ ,t has cone to bo regarded as more sit< do and 1 iss honorable than profession- ori 1 other occupation. doi 9 devoutly trust tho time has come to . pot to tho order of things, so as to remove iu, rsl cause, and to enlist a noble corps son llivatcd, refined and intellectually ca- wo men, to redeem this first great inter>m neglect, and inaugurate a new era .... ,, hit i history of agriculture. This accom- (,;n d, the second cause will ceaso to ope- of < md an independent planter -sowing d reaping his own field#?pushing the | tl searches of science into tho region of the j v 1 eful and llie practical?extrac'iug from 8 turo the secret wonders of production? r jojing securely the fruits of his labors? a ting "tho chiofest of tho wheat," and, in- a umentaUy, blessing tho land with abun- 91 nco of "corn and wine and oil"?shall ^ dizo our highest conception of an honor- ^ le, dignified and exalted manhood. h But what is agricultural education? That p rase can mean nothing more than the '' >sl skilful and successful method of culti- ^ ting tho soil. Now, ono of tho schools u lero this knowledge is to be imparled is a ch an organization as yours?an agricul- p ral society. You are doing the work, to 1 a extent of your operations, of educating n D agriculturists. Eniigbted exporienco a another school wherein much is to ho c irnod. But wo have profited bid too lit- , d in this way heretofore, partly because 14 inters have pursued no systematic order I experiment*; partly because tho icsults > j experiment have not been published and j j1 cservt. 1 in any convenient form; and 1 I ti rtly (anJ mainly) bocauso competent bci- ^ tific investigation has not been sullieieut- t directed to this important field. e It is idle?rather, it is sheer ignoratico li d folly?to sneer at "scientific farming." c can easily bo demonstrated that every " jririi.tiii iiuTuuco, cuuer in *ioc:s-raisiug, [ j planlitig, has been the legitimate result! j Rcienco applied to agriculture, or of cn- I htcncd experiment made by competent ^ d educated men. The light once shed : j science?the experiment once made by ! i un of science?the results and the practi- ! t 1 benefits then become the common prop- j 1 ty of all planters, both learned and un- ' ' irncd. The application of lirne?of marl | j of plaster?and of guano, and of those j c balances generally having the largest per , a nt. ofnnunonia, to increase the productions i r the soil, is the direct and legitimate re' " l e It of agricultural chemistry. The intro- | , ction of the best varieties of seed*, and ' i a most profitable vegetable products, is j 'i a benefaction of science. Through tin' lidance ?>f the same enlightened power " a Chinese Suyir Cut*, which i* bklv (<> j tJ ore a national blowing, La? b<*eu given | (he country. It Is nt least doubtful v.' 'd academic ; college n?it" inllv it-.i >n jn?*riicl ' clusivcly in agricultural science, vmild be 1 ' visable. I bis branch of knowledge, like j r 1 others, stands intimato'y rela'ed (< ?1- j r asl all other departments < ' physical m\- j co. Tiutli is our. And the diiiercnt de ! c rttucnts of science reciprocally aid and 1 listrate each other. The science of inatho ;r iltics aids in constructing a mansion or h ' ;l ible. The science of physiology is almost j ' dispensable l<? the liighe>t mi.vvs *n the 1 ' llurc of uuiinal life. The truths ofnatu I 1 philosophy are necessary to enable u-> raise and to apply mechanical power?to 1 hfc.1 rik'l u u' n*o? ** ' 1 w m<*?. mv? it IU UllCH Ji It 111" I le?to irrigate a thirsty field?ami to save, 1 ' many modes, too groat an expenditure | " labor. The science of chemistiy reveal* i " our wonder and admiration the compo-1 ' nt elements of all vegetable and animal ; * bstances?how they grow, and how they '< v cay ? why they ate healthy, and what I I uses disca?e ? what conditions are mo-t , '' irorablo to their growth and development > to what uses they may bo applied?what1 " inities they posse**?and what they like d what they dislike?how they c t, how 0 oy breathe, how they a^imilatu other sub inees, and "grow by what they feed on." *' II these sciences aro inoio or less impor- ; nt to tho iiighust results of agriculture, , o infer from this tneag'c and hurried ?, itemcnt that a libtral < luottion, in tho I diuary acceptation ot that term, will meet the necessities and requirements of an J ricullural education, when the results ot eh ji training aio combined with practical t perieuce, and brought to operate in this j i id of cnletprise. ! -y Not tho lea*t of the benefits to be do-1 1 cd from an educated agriculture, is tho | Itivation and development of rural tu--t-. , )w much of tho elegance, as well as the h mfort and refinement, of rural life, do- a uds on the taste displayed in domestic " 'angeinonls. , w Shall wo never cease to bo fatigued and h ined by dingy gates and ?Iirly fences?by f< nbro lookitig walls?by neglected and i u formed front-yards?by tho absence of; tde trees nnd flftivcr. !?*? it"* 11to stablos fronting tlio house, and no-' > huts in iincoitifoi L.ti'io proximity with j manor?with tiie absettco of all that can arm the oyo and attract the taste? A o ,lo limo wliilown>h?an hour's work?a t* lo ta>to?a littlo regard to comfort and li anlincss?would ruinovothe unsightly re- u gnanco of homo, and change beyond em- i: ition the appearance of our rural habitn- t! nn. It is not always the result ot lazi l> >s, nor of poverty, nor of ignorance; but a j want of cultivated taste. ! h Seo an humble residence erected in a w odland. It might bcimio tlio abode of tl nforl?even of Biiuplo eleg.mco. But the tl it operation scorns to bo to cut (/men every ' iiitij'nl tree and shrub growing round tlio c j, and then plant a sickly apple tree for h lament!?dig the well in trout of the t? ar?aud build the stable just over the way! tl Tlu> house itselt must be built as near as a jsiblo to the road, and a rail-fence run c zag close to tlio door. 'Tlio ontiio as-1 ft ilblage, blackono 1 by time and weather, n ar and tear, presents any thing but an tl ractivo placo for a homo. This ordor of ngs may bo reversed; anJ a cottage, with lo expense, may become so simply ele- n it and attractive, as to bo an object' c, onviablu regard to a king. 1 j, When shall we learn something more of I ,) lie science of human comfort? When shall rc assert our superiority of nature, and -y how ourselves creatures of tasto, endowed f rilli a sonso of tlio beautiful, wiili which jM)(| tod has 6o profu&odly cloth d nil nature ^0,i round nsf When shall wo learn that there wo( rc considerations really higher than a . e von pence? and that "man shall not livu . y broad alone?" 0 lo ( If we bad time, it could b? shown that a ublic tasto for the neat, the elegant, the (|H* euutiful, lias much?more than wo are pre- t ared to admit?to do with the state of pub- ||aJ] c morals. If you compel a human being a maintain, in outward life, and in personI habitudes, the sfahti of an itifeiior nniaal, be will not greatly e*cecd bis fellow nimal in polish?in politeness?in sympn- t atliy?in tho nobler attributes of our na- [|ip uro. Wo do believe a man would not of- lrj ' en return in a stale of drunkenness to a j eat and elegant cottage home, where wifo SL,t n?l children awaited bis return in cheerful .() j oinfort. Wo think bo would cherish too early the attractions and heart-joys of such u(-1 home, to profane and destroy them by a ( ourse of brutality. We present, then, tho improvement and }js roper cultivatinn of rural tasto as a suh- |)e ] ret of great interest and real importance w 0 that class of our fellow citizens who seek v to do tlie S'nto miuio se'v'ce.*' It is a work ?;v ?r a philanthropist. We commend it to ^ liis society. OlTer premiunre for tho neatstand most elegant domestic appointmonts, laving always a judicious referenco to lo- jnc nl circumstances and tho pecuniary ability .Ult f tho proprietor. - We oir?.-r 'mother consideration for the mrpose of investing tins view of our sub- rey, ect with its intrinsic importance. What i* patriotism? ^ ou will answer, a |uo ;rent virtue?an ennobling sentiment of or ur nature?called, aloveofcountry. Where n|., s this noble attribute nursed?whence does J.j t spring? /Vow love of home! How is his lovo of home to be implanted and cher- r{1( shod? Make it (he loveliest and dearest |J0, dace on earth! Cloliie it with attractions ?strew it-> paths with flowers?surround no ts halls w il'i comfort?make it the abode /_ ?f cheerfulne-s and conte itinent. Is it such 1 home as a titan will turn from, without a ^ grcl, and wend his way to distant lands? a t Jo his children partake the same iuditfor- we nee? Then, indeed, tin re may be but lit- Ust le love of//?'!> cnuutry -their jiativosoil? o bind their atfe? lions .md call forth their e(j levotiou to the ^lale. if, instead of a con- j,,r lant et! .r' :> inciense ihe number of tie . jro***, iuiiI'S and cotton at the expense ? i? all other imp-m>in?- it", planters would a9 , k-vote mo labor and some capital to the ? term meat improvements on the estate?in tan bfii bail'liugs, tLo'ir enclo?'iie?. in the , , 1 ol ho-na, a*' ? tho increased fer j? ;ip- of the soil; in !> led walks and cool ..||( t-fies'riog iel??-nU, lir. ludgo fences, and v iihor pr.iciicnh'e modes of raising the value ,,f ( if the estate -they would transmit to their (j0, liildiett a b>tt,r iuluritanee, its a less pre >or "lions an I m il ?' ! form; while the connrv?the S. ?'.<*? ?ul? 1 l?<* enriched in its j(ll| ."-outer", and nir condition and civilisation, ,j0j s a |M*opb', gn-aily benefitted. A contrary j ((1 ine ?>f poli -y has already ruined much of 0f ( he ; 1 ?! ! ? lands of the country, and the ltfr iroprielois iavc h-ft them ? wad rod, worn j()1, nd lorn, and have carried their wealth and we* heir children to enrich other Stale*. The wj( ante exertion, more wisely directed, would j ,] i.ave prcservcil a splendid estate from ruin t||;1 ?wealth w mid have assumed a different jKM ml a bettor form?the whole would have I , . ? I co11 leen wed to <011 own State, which has | ? litre rod infinitely more from t!?o less of. S()jj I'liito population than from the lo AS of! b*? iropertv. Wlice i?, our patriotism? <>ur ave lor the oM I'almetlo Commonwealth? t|u She is grievously sntfering. To the rescue, ! k|j noil of ptlldic "pirit. Lot us arrest the tide of . j, ior strength, now tlowing Wesll Lot us "j nricli and heantifi the land of our fathers! Wft hive her pe ?p!e?let thorn no longer be orn from her bo vim! "V. \.e iMitute* a St ?t< ? a ?>>t high nwil Mtt labored mouna? m Tit ek wall ? nut litvt'i ! gait-; Cot c i.. s |n nlv.i'. 1 s|tir?>s and turrets crowned: Cot Mtarn'l att 1 ?;io '! ! oouti-, still Vh rcli> v-lii ic I l> m ii. ?h wa'ta perfume to pride. >cr, Co; men?'1 4:i m iiit< I iivn? ? t Kit wlioth r die I.now, hit know their rights? imikiiMM il l"'iii-t nt'i? lh in ? 'reveilt the ! ? o- .mi '.t l> tw bid til I 01 ii 1I1 tir t 1 oil wh tiny retid the eh till? \ 'Inn1 constitute :? St it> !" : *W(< Here is a field for trrc 11 achievement. fd? tnd lie who shah faithfully and effectively ; My, ihor to improve, in all those respects, the S?L, grietiltural ? m illion of the country, will ,>n, jorit the row triN of fuo patlioti-in. lie j,j , rill deserve tot 1 rocoivo more honor at the j, (l cuids of tlie pe ?p|(? for -noli a service, than utu ;r till the 1 'tineombe eloquence lie could ma ver expend in the halls of legislation. f,u>, Kespootf illv, Are , litt| \vt?l-1??i:i? TUCKKK, lao Chairman. Spa Somo of the papers are lecturing woiiion ' end u extravagance in on and advising them had ? retrench, especially dating the present j pec nuncial ililli uliy. Doubtless theio arc the 1:111 v cases of 1111 warrantable extiavaganco for ? this way; but do people over consider Mr, tat two or thri " glass s of braiuL and all a Uozen i<- ; i!i i<, indulged in daily l>v , ' man, to pay nothing livo and ten doj l''? ir dinners, nmoant to morn in a year than t *';l' <>n' 1 he re<j?tiii?.l to dre<s a woman uji t > J'0' ?e I'ti 11 re<|iiiroment4 it' fashion? Mneii of, l,?lis talk about the extravagance t" women | w'" > nonsense. They am almost universally 1 " aroful, and tunny a trader would today 'hr ave hcon safe ami sound if lio had listened hP? .? the prudent counsel* of his wife, rather ,1''1 tan the reckless promptings of his own s;l" mhilion. |i is natural for mean men to i'h>s ndeuvor to shift tlio responsibility of their l'K) illy to other shoulders; hut it is rather too ''1 inch to charge a commercial revulsion like l:,? lis upon one's wife and daughter. 1 hill Mr. < roen, when you said there was too i ' ' inch American eagle in the sneakct's dis- ,1 jurse, did you moan that it was a / </ ?/;ted to I rojnction; and to what c/nu.i of the speech wh id you especially refer?' 1 the Hill Slike Acting Devil. iVIion we wero boys, Hill Sliko ani c groat cronies. Willi me there was y like Hill, and with Hill tliero wns ly like lla/el. We wero both w rid be termed hard cases, in this day i of tho world. If any mischief wasd lie neighborhood, Hi!) and I were s iuiiio in for our part of the blame. Vbout Christmas times we always ha I of fun, such as building rail-pens i ting calves and pigs in the upper sti iging plows, "big kettles," or anyth could lay ban Is on, high up in trees plex tho owners, and all such tricks t. Novo such acts would be looked as an unwarranted outrage, and the ] rator would be hauled up and fined; h y wore only laughed at as "Chrin recollect one Christinas Eve, 1 till nr out to have a rich time of it. Hill ix up, and act as devil, and we were around and frighten tiro youngsters heir wits. Accordingly, we arrange in looking red cap with hums on it. ccd it upon his head, and then mat 0 laco for him out of red tl mnel, wi 1 him in a white shoot, and started. Tl ro several boys with us, and by thei i unanimously elected to go before e lire old folks at each hou.->e a hiu at was going on, so that wo would ourselves into a scape. I'hu first house in our route was Ui k HondV I went in, made some err: I as soon as possible slipped tho jok old man and old woman. It was lit with them, and so I went bnck or ted to my companions. In a si io Hill, alias devil, poked his sing king head in at the door, and, g siuplion! bucIi a scatlerment as t ce. <>iiK boys, cats, and every tl >, excepting liie two old ones, tuml Maiis like an earthquake. In we tied, and such a laugh as wo had; iv the giils slapped us on our faces jhtoning them so badly. This was a us beginning, and so wo were ulmost to get to the next house. Aftor partaking of some doughnuts, or little cukos that had l?eeo cut out * liiiuhle, and which tho girls call kii started for Major Allen's. I went o i ll, and knocked at the door. 'Gome in," said a sweet voice. 1 ol tho command, and found Jane, the s daughter, all alone. 'Where's the old folks?" asked I. 'Gone over to grandfather'*," she rep sweet as sugar. 'Very sorry,'" said I, "for I had im t business with the old man." she assured me that they would bo I a fthoit time; and tilling a pinto i nniny" from a large kettle, where it ling on the tire, she invited me, with the prettiest ! miles you ever saw, l< ivn nnd wait till it cooled, and then lie with her. I looked at the big, plump grains, tstiug open in the plate, and inhaled tcioiis mint that arose fi<un theni, tin Iced at thenvsect I.ice and sunny si my would-ho.entertainer, and you'd heliovo 1 wished I'ill and the rc?t <?f ,'s in Gwna. I felt sure that all the could sue would l*i nothing t<? conij h eating "hominy" with Jane Allen, ared not act the traitor. Sol pteten it 1 had no lime to spare, and bide a good evening, I hurried hack to npanions. Hoys," said I, "Jane's all alone l?y \ It wouldn't bo tight to scare he 1?let's goon to Brown's?" N<>, by gum,raid Bill, "I wouldn't i ,t chance for a hundred dollars, rhted me at singing school, and now f her hack f >r it." I still remonstrated, hut in vain. i ' > > - 1 IV j.IIV*.-, .11.11 ?>> I li.UU lO (JIVil 111. As we itemed tlie house. Hill said: Now, boys, whatever you do, don't ronl, nor laugh, nor nothing, and .1 ? scaled her, we'll all slip oil", and si 'or know who, nor what it was." 'We ail agreed, and after we had I lioiied around the chimney to hear ?m. Hill walked in. i ioral evening, Mr. I )evil,M said tlio s: ct v oi c thai a few minutes before urn to coin 13 in;' good e* .-ning. i supi 1 are Use i to warm llui H;" and forth* heard a "splurgo" as it a ^ourd nd its way into the pot of boiling Ik and then came a splash and a cry, h a olio as we had expected to hear, 1 of Hill's real, genuine squalls on In -i key. Wo all ran in and saw water dripping down from Hills cr , while In* was stamping around dness, t< aring the horned cap and t'l from this head. .lane, tho tnisehiev le elf, was standing up by the cupbo, gliing as though slio would go i miis. Fortunately, Hill had received ing injury, but I assure you it put I t > ?>ur f in f o that night. The j I be ui farm I upon us when we least led it, ami - > wo went home, feeling 1 done for. I'lie story soon got out, a long time Hill went by the naiin l>ovll. Vvvii' Sroiiv.?There is an old sb?rj Fast of a 111 in journeying wh<> me k and dread apparition. "Who 1:" s;.nl the traveller, accoslinif the ? I .1... in.. ... ' - > . i urn tuv i Mijjue, u rojuiO'l. CT. are yuii going.'"' rej >inoU tiie tr.? "I am going to Ihunascus l? ee thousand human beings," said otre. Two months afterwards, ilio i irning, met tlie* same apparition at ie point. "KaUo >pi?isaid lie. t ileal with me in in l'lion dcclari it werl going to slay three thousand mucous, anil to! thou hast slain th nsaml." "Kiiond," loplieil the IMaj i not over hasty* in thy judgment' oil, indeed, hat my three lhou?aii r kills I tho r. I on "s ?as s that it's all t' >11 v f r hi? frit lell him that ho mustn't enlarge his th en he is lining all he can to coin m. Customs of the Chinese. 1 I Says tlie Kev. \V. (J. Milno, author of I no- Life in China, on (his subject: no- "7/r jHtyiny calls, your take off you hat, j hat ho keeps his cap on; you advauco and oiler wd a hearty shake of the hand to your friend; one but he, as he advances towards the host, uro closes his two lists, and shakes his own hands. d a 'C-l< dinner, (whori you ean afford it,) mid you commence w ith full and soup, etc., and jry, end with a dessert .if wines and fruits; but ing J ho just tin ns tho tables, beginning with j , to fruits, wines and biscuits, and winding up ( as with fish and soup, up- "At toeddinys, Knglish ladies wear white; per- Chinese ladies cannot wear white, but other hen, colors. Instead of young, blooming bride inas maids, trimmed in white, \<>u mav see old matrons rigged in black, attendant on the ul I anxious bride; and. for a honeymoon, the was bride dispenses with a flight about the > to country to this and that spa, and satislios 'i out herself with being caged up for tho first id a month in her husband's house; and there and j Is *;o need of^iny announcement when she le a may he 'at borne.' rap "At funerals, black is uot worn, but I lero while; ami tho dead are shrouded, not in n I white, but in the gayest dresses, and j "In amusements, it is not uncommon to t of see adults Hying kites, and little urchins 1 not s piatted on the ground, looking on; and 1 shuttle-Cock-, are baltle.lored generally, uot j ncle by the hand, hut the heel, md. "In books, tho name, when written out I o to side, is inscribed on the bolt m edge. The | all beginning of the book is what you would and I count tho end. The running title is on the | liort j edgo of each loaf. The paging is near the i mar j bottom, riot at tlie t? {? corner. Marginal fc'al | note# are written at tho top, not at tho foot ook of the and in reading, you proceed ling from right to left, rending each column frotu hied top to bottom. all "Miscellaneous.?The surname nnnoutic and ed doe# not follow the Christian naine, but i for precede# it. In kissing, tho fond mother I glo- hold# up her lovely babe to her nose to era- smell it, a# she would a rose. In moon light, no matter how bright, you bear your and lighted lantern about with you. The sea villi men, in naming the point# of the compass, say#, 'east, west, north, south.' In launchn a# ing a vessel, she is sent into the water sideways. The horsemen should mount his hey- horse on it# right side. The scholar, in reMa citing hi# lesson, does not face his master, but turns his back upon him. In parties, do not wear light pumps, but as thick soled lied, shoes as you can get; and, for blacking, they must be whitened with white load, por- and only the edges of tho sole." >ack ''TilkPhantom Muff-Head; or the Solvitli mek's Oatii."?Father?l'o 1 behold' was Son?lie sees luef one F?No; it caunot bel You Lave a 5 sit name? eat S.?What now! [Aside.] F.?That name? , all S.? I# Snook#1 tho F.? And cn your breast ? er? I S.?A inole. nile F.? I la! ha! My mole-marked only son. j bet- (hb, bliss! Hut no?[with distrust] the S.?He doubts ? [tears open his wnistfun coat.J Pe e hold! ?aro F.?[Cautiously. J 'Tia there indeed. yet Thy mother's nntuef ded s.? Was Jane! ling F.?Baso fears, begone! ("Cine to my arm?,<>li! mnlo marked eon of Jam! Ki.r mountains iiiuU'hiils prove whon moles prove her true; r ho Am! to arteciioii's in>t act al! i# p! tin, Wlicii h i? are Snookst-s ami their mothers Jane. ni?s [Villagers dance?Brandita fire a feu de Flio j.iie. Monks and nuns fall on their knees, I'll j and the faithful servant wipes his eyes with his coat tail.] Bill [This is all of the ahovo highly terrific earn that will appear in the columns of the \ Chicago Tribune. Tho remainder can be j o>< 1 i- ... i ..-i- -i v' ? - - -. . umii.u ??ui^ hi mo .sew nirK verm Huge, irtor SmitiKins writes for ll?e Verinifugo; JJiff lio'll Uin> writes only for llie Vermifuge. Among its corps of regular contributors may bo ?ooti mentioned llogg-, Hoggs, Moggs, .Scrogg*. i?or mid Toggs. A thrilling romance is .n ; co ir-e of preparation frotn the pen ol j thic \'.> r:r< who has been engaged regardless of if r?-? ? ^ r"? r? had expense. I anno Fungus furnishes one col ' rose umn per week for the Vennifngo nt an vi11? alarming sacrifice of the dictionary. The had Vermifuge contains all the murders, sui'iiii cities, rapes, seduction* and other disagree.!not , l?le termination* of allairs of the heart, hut They appear regularly in the Vermifuge, the For sale by the bnts.j i SirnviMi 11 cm \N N vri'HB.?The lnifla* lo lb-pllhiic tell- a stoiy which WO don't I'lV l'*? lievo, hut it it m> g"fil lliat it i* worth re '?lH pealing, simply a* a j >ke: 41: llfv. I!?urv Win.l Hoeclier, dresse! in lul,> very e unm ?n clothes, was slinking human 110 nature .1* exhit>lled in the highways rind a" hy wavs of New \ ork. In the course of i oke 1 .1'< t ins [UMiosxji'iu: peregrination;* lie wont into I oX" a in h|; auction shop. lie stood awhile on ,rt" j entering, nnd relleeied, dmihtless, how any :l one O'tnl ! l?o so lo-t to all sense of truth I j and honesty as the auctioneer in question, i endeavoring t > palm ntl* his worthless trash . j? to tho inexperienced in city ways, a* good ' . ;i and valuable, and finally the auctioneer I .iU, called out: "Mr, Heecher, why don't vou j j oe-j vv't'4 R'OHtly astonished, as we i can well imagine, at finding himself' known 1 At.| in tins place, us ho had concealed himself in kill purposely eai?less dress, lie immediately the und stalled tor tho residence of one of r in the inemhers ??<" the church in tho neighbortho hood, and reqiKttted him. as an act of kind,v],\ ness, to go down and inquire of that per dsi w'"o aold htuisolf to Satan for the ' | ;il i >ve of gain, h nv it was tliat lie knew him i,tv in his disgui-e. The neighbor kindly con- ' sented, an I on entering the "I'elor Funk" ? j shop lie addressed the auctioneer; ,j "II -w is it that you knew Henry Ward I I'eoclier so well as to he able to leeogniac ! him in his disguise?" Mi ls ; "II ov do I know him? Why, 1 h/tni "his, twen n member of his congregation for the j ract 1 hist tire >/r irs; and own the J\flhptU> from i the front!'* A Calendar of Fire-Side Saints, "Punch" here describes a number of excellent person* very pleasantly, w ho, however, are oftener heard of than seen: St. Hliskv.?St. Uetsey was wedded to a knight who sailed with Knleigh and brought home tobacco, and tho knight smoked. 1 Jut he thought Uetsey, likeotlier fine ladies in the court, would fain that ho should smoke out of doors, nor taint with tobacco the tapestry. Whereupon, tho knight would seek his garden, his orchard, and in any weather sm??ke sub love. Now. it chanced a* the knight smoked, Ht. 1 Jetiey came t<? him and said: My Lord, pray ye come into the house; and the knight went with St. 1 >otscy, who took hint into a newly-cedared room, and said: I prav, my Lord, henceforth smoke here, for is it not a shame thai yon, who are the chief prop of your house, should have no pl ica to put your head into and smoke? And St. lJetscy led him to a chair, and with Iter own lingers filled him a pipe; and frotn that time the knight sat in tho cedar chamber and smoked his weed. Sr. S.u.i.v.?St. Sally, from her childhood. was known for her intermost love of truth. It was said of her that her heart wa< a crystal shrine, and that all the world might see it. Now, once when other women denied or strove to bide their age, St. Sally sai 1 I am five and thirty. Whereupon, next birthday, St. Sally's husband, at a feast of all their friends, gave her a necklace of six and thirty opal beads; and on every birthday added a bead, until the beads amounted to four score and one. And the beads seemed to act as a charm; for St. Sally, wearing the sum of her age about her neck, age never appeared in her face. Such, iii the olden time was the reward of simplicity and truth. Sr. Piui.us,?St. riiilli* was a virgin of noble parentage, but withal a- simple as a shepherdess of curds and cream. She marlied a lA>rd and had much pin money. Uut when other ladies wore diamonds and pearls, St. I'hillis only wore a red rose in her hair. Ynt h..? ??! ? 1 1 * " ... ..... ujuiici uuugru iue best jewelry in the happy eyes of the poor about ber. St. l'hillis was rewarded. She lived until four score, and still carried the red and white rose in her face, and felt their fragrance in her memory. Sr. PinKHK.?St. I'hcebe was married early to a wilful, but withal a good-bearted husband, lie was a merchant, and would come home sour and sullen from Change. Whereupon, after much pondering, St. l'lnrbe, in ber patience set to work, and praying the while, made of dyed iamb's wool, a door mat. And it chanced, from that time forth, that never did the husband touch that mat, that he didn't cleau hia temper and his shoe*, and he sat down by l'lni'be as mild as the lamb whose wool he had trod upon. Thus gentleness makes miiaculous door mats. Sr. Lilly.?St. Lilly was the wife of a poor man, who tried to support his family ?and his rhildreu were many?by writing books. la those days it was not so easy for a man to find a publisher as to say his paternoster. Many were the books that were written by tho husband of St. Lilly, but to every book St. Lilly gave at least two babies. However, blithe as a cricket was the spirit that ruled about the hearth of St. Lilly. An I bow she helped Iter helpmate! She smiled sunbeams into his ink bottle, and turned bis goose peu into the quill of a dove! She made the paper he wrote on as white as her name, and as fragrant a9 her soul. And when folks wondered how St. Lilly managed so lightly with fortune's troubles, she answered that she never heeded tlietn, for troubles were like babies, and only grew bigger by nursing. The Boston Courier is of opinion that abolitionism is a disease. It expresses its notions of the disorder as follows: "One of the most interesting and in*truotive facts in the history of the human race is tno recurrence, from lime lo lime, of diseased conditions of llie public uiincl, consliluliug moral epidemics, which infect .-ociely witli tnorn! delusion*, just as its physical condition is occasionally disturbed by infections or contagions di-temper*. Whenever one of these moral epidemics seizes upon the public mind il becomes morbidly sensitive in some particular way, or on soma specific subject; it runs into the most pitiable extravagances; it sen us to |.w<? ail sense, reason, and judgment; it exhibits the symptom of temporary delirioustifsa. The prevailing sentiment in the Eastern States, iu legard to the negro race, con>ti; wtes a striking illustration of these intnih-ctu'il cpidemic-, and-one which, in future liiu? % vv ? 11 be looked back upon with the same mingled sorrow and amazement with which weal this time regard the witchcraft mania of the old colony of Massachusetts." M vmmai v.m ? - ? ? -- ~ II" n.M ;\ letter from a fiiend inform* u" of the marriage at Baltimore i?f two ??f thtj rc*cued from the "Central America." Both parties bee a mo mutually attached to one nnpdier on board the steamer, and on the very evening pre* cding the disaster sealed heir nfltMllon with the usual '*vow.*' When the pale came ??n, and the panic was at itsheighi.the young lady threw herself III hi* arms, and with a gallantry quite becoming tb<* romantic oCcasino, the gentleman impressed ber bro* with one of T*nnys< n's patent "-out sent" ki?scs, and "*1k1" lior ovei into the first l>oat thai was lowered, lie saved hiin*clf on a plank. Upon aniving at Norfo'k the lovers met. Hut the young man appeared strange. Ho had losl his valise, atld all hi* money. The young lady ,n??med h;m thai money was nothing. The young man shook his head and looked sad, as in itch a*to*?y: "may he you think ?o." lbn, --nil his devoted one, I have enough. 1 < not. Kn* liter hns two hundred thousand. Ah! gasped the affianced bridegroo :i, ( we *p?ak novel fas!iion to give Bonner aclfuncolo make a point.) atfd he looked extremely philosophical, but raid no more. They suddendenly vanished, ami wo suppose are now enjoying nil the blessings of matrimonial, die., fzc. ? l'rtirsburg ( IV) AV; ?vw.