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Ah, ^ t. . ^ , fi-,; ?> ^ | jM&ffijb ' jfai'ii v-i^Vo.. ? v- # v * "* * * **$&- 1M1 ^ + ? * . - 10 ??> -V V-#*' *" * "*"* H * -V- <**- 90 _ * **' '*" ?'*> "?' w**Mf'"-'"*'*lll*f>'">,l-\"""?' " ?-" "?.-*- ^-w.-y ?hwh. , -*-*? -? *- -^r* > > - > * * v-" ? v," *(; - * "* v-? ' ' , r ^ [t _ $2 PER ANNUM. yffSXXZu?w.,. IN ADVANCE * * ?- ? jrf ^ NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LTERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME IV. LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1855, NUMBER 20 "' ?__? ^3m F.flTF.n f II1 W | *c'ji whoeo suit was as warmly favored | known to you, then, most inexperienced I mv nn<4? ?s?i. I r.? , :- 1 * - " . i - KyxJXJJUW X LJLJ llliJUU. From the Home Journal. LOVE vs. LAW. *-4r ^ f BY MIS* AUGUSTA BROWSE. "I am certainly the most miserable being in the universe!" exclaimed "NVahei Porsythe, as be burst violeutly into the studio of bis friend, Earnest Lacy, and flung himself passionately iuto a cornet of the sofa. "How so?" ejaculated the latter, ab stractedly, laying down bis brush and shifliug the easal a trifle, that bo might the better note the effect of a ray of .sunshine with which he had just burnished a cottage window; "ah, my dear boy, what is the trouble now ? has the iucom.1 ' * - - j".w?wv lunuivu uuciiy inugnou 10 scorn that rhapsody to her eyebrow wbcreon you spent the hour of midnight! or has she reclaimed the old glove which I espied you so ecstatically pressing to your bosom yestoreen ! If so I can hardly blame her, for, indeed, an odd glove is the most useless tiling imaginable." "Earnest had you a heart capable of appreciating my anguish, never could you thus mock me!" said Walter, as, tossing his hut one way and his gloves another, he Settled himself more comfortably into the soft couch. Albeit well accustomed to his late eccentric moods, Earnest fell now that something inoru than usually unpleasant must have occurred toniar his friend's humor; and, aware that repose to the beat mrtmstim* of oompAtava, It a quietly proceeded to sb de iu a few streaks of purple and crimson into a glow ing snnscl sky, to add a companion horn to the front of :i aegacious looking cow, And to transform into h resj?ectablc brown charger, a singular visaged phenomenon in glaring pink. Thus engrossed in his fascinating employment, he might have becoino oblivious to tbo woes of the unfortunate lllJon the sofa, had not a cnunle - ? ' I of prolonged sight recalled him to his recollection. "Pardon me, caro mio, my inattention," aid he, laying lingeringly down his /*//*IU and brushes, after a parting stroke on the round cheek of a ruddy milk-maid ; is there anything that I can do for you f eotpeltOy that color wont dry !" "Alas! no, no; lifo has beconio a bur den to me{ but 'tis bliss to kuow that its sorrows will soon be o'er." A dismal sigh that succeeded, and the deep melancholy iu his voice that seemed the vibration of a blow struck upon bis heart, restrained the railery that rose to Earnest.'* lin*. and with ocntlA ivmnniliv - r-t m ?/-"I J lie endeavored to fathom the cause of his despondency, After much skilful crossquestioning he managed to collate, from ratlier an incoherent tale, a fresh verification of the ancient saw, that "the course of true lore never did run smooth." The two young men had been,from years of boyhood, inseparable friends and fellow students, and after completing, in sunny Italy, their artistic studies, had returned together to L 1 * few month* previous to the time at which we find them. Their genius and elegant manner* presented under happy auspicicr, soon bro't them into repute, aod order* flowed in upon them with such rapidity, that feme ami fortune appeared certain. Tlieonique lovline** of n " Contadina," by Walter, attracted tho admiration of an eminent Chancellor, who forthwith invited hitn to his trunnion, about a mile from the city, to paint the portrait of his niece, a beautiful lieiresa of not quite nansteen summers, and ward ia chancery. And a very unadvised action did it prove to be on the part of the sage lawyer, for tone ere the picture was finished, the thoughtless pair I had pl?d|gcd to each other constancy inviolabkt The Counsellor, an eathnsiastie ?tirtuoao in the Pine Arts, unsuspicious of the mischief^ brewing,(for he never I dfesmctl that an artiat could presume to lift bis gase to an Karl's hares*,) grew mora and more fecieeted with tli? geniu*, inMeet^Mri dt*tingiii?hcd minnm of the yo??g fStnt^r, nn<l kept linn coneUntly producing n?w work* (or htm; tint* affording the Iceem continent opportunism of meeting, whfH they were mtl aiow ,to improve. All bed gw?? 00 very cb.irm ngtv enltt thk terriWe day, when the *M gentleman, In high detfjjht, *cqn*lrt?<?d vv^lu^xotiA l^nurJIy^^et tHewh^ewH. J ailiaftce of Mildred with the Earl of D*r? . ' . jw. uj iiiuineii as Dy ner other guardian, the ; . Lord Chancellor. Furthermore, in the < fullness of ids pleasure, he kindly congratulated Walter in baring secured for 1 him another patron in that accomplished young nobleman, who had expressed a ' desire to possess sorno of his works, and ^ also to be permitted to cultivate his per. sonal acquaintance. The poor youth, struck to the soul, was unable to frame . a suitable reply ; so, pleading sudden in| disposition, he quitted abruptly the house, and arrived at the studio of his friend in a , state bordering on frenzy. P Earnest listened with deep concern ; lie e had considered the nffair as a mere episo- H dical flirtation. P "And what says the lady lie self." "The rapturo of beholding her exqui- '' site face has not been mine since lastevo- * ning. She then alluded slightly to the 0 proposal for her hand, made by Lord c Darwcll, but, as she declared that sooner P than marry any other than myself she * would suffer her sweet soul to be torn from her laxly, I thought no more about it. r She is an angel!" ^ The tender epithet preluded a perfect tempest of sighs, and an attitude that u Talma might have envied. t "Then you think that the fair creature c loves vo.i ? t "Think 1 ah, she adores mo!' g "That she is not merely coquetting J" e "liewaro! were you any other man, tl you should answer " c ufT t- ? isinpii. women are but changeable, {j lite l?c*t of them; one can never trust o tliem," quoth Earnest, with a rueful shake n of'ilw , W > T ' I "Out upon you, cynic; you cnnnot get fi over that disappointment about pretty a Teressa Monti, who cruelly Jilted you at v Koine: but judge not, I pray you, my n matchless Mildred by such a standard? ? a peasant flower-girl?it is too bod. She o is all sweetness, all lovlincss, all uobletiess a all " a " Yes, yes, I see, the partrician is the c order of the day. It is surely a painful w feature with us artists, that from love and t< appreciation of the beautiful are linked p iudissolubly, aspirations and tastes supe- e rior to our means of gratifying them ; it n is a positive misfortune. This struggle, w this hopeless conflict of iniud with matter Ii is, depend upon it, ono of the keenest l< pains of existence. However you are in w a desperate dilemma, why don't you elope? w a gi and idea! in "A glorious idea ! Thanks, a thousand h thanks Hiid blessings rn you, my true ol friend; with such a friend and lady-love, in I am the happiest creature in the uni- a verse!" And in the exuberance of his joy p he started from the sofa and executed a w fancy step, so fantastic and curious, that ct it brought with a crash to the floor, Kar- d< nest's vasal, with the new picture, causing b the total obliteration of one of the cow's Ii: eyes, and smearing the landscape other- it wise pitiably. tr With many protestations of grief the ei culprit picked it up, and comforted the painter with the promise that he would w restore it exactly as before. He set him- tl self to the task immediately, humming b with extreme relish a itonular Italian inel- if Oily, while his friend indulged in A brief vi riMto, hut Ins slumber* were doomed to he w short, for suddenly Walter burst forth a- b gain, with? o "Oil, but what will her uncle say ? si won't he prevent it if he kuew I" And ir At that horrid thought, he painted with b excessive pains a surplus leg on a brows- tl ing cow, whose brow he had already ein- b hellished with three towering horns. t< "Of course he will, il'you be fool enough u to tell him. That's a capital idea, truly ; c perhaps you expect him to aid you in the c elopement 1 Oh, povrrino mio /" and he p laughed so uproraioualy, that the lover, a in high dudgeon, dashed away the brush e and left the bedaubed canvas to mend ? itself. - p " You might be aware, by this time, * . w L. ?_i i !.l -t t Mr, 11*} ci milieu, Willi an Mir ui hijhuu giandnur, bow luucb I de*pi*e dishonorable conduct. u jw would it look, toll me, after nil hi* kindnma to mo, to steal away, c without hi* kuoplfdge, bit niec??the | dulling aud aolo ornament of his age 1" * f' "Well, |t'a absolutely the beat thing 1 that ] ewr lnt*rd in my life, Oh, cari*- r unto mico, you will make A jewel of a ' husband. Every evening will be devoted V* eosfeaung to your wife tbe follies of the * 4oy.;;MMtlimk? 1 MW teo you ftiitu)6?t > her feet plesding for forgiveness. He k I youth, that in affairs of lore, as in war, jvery stratagem is honorable. Love rules the cainp, the court the grove; Lore soars above impossibilities?lovo defies everything? Love laughs at locksmiths?love sees but one object, Hie adored one?lovo recognises but two spots of earth; The one tliAt small, lleloved and consecrated spot Where Lea i*?the other, all The dull, wide waste where she is not ! iYhy, my princo of innocents, the princi>lo of honor is concentrated in the belov>d; so, by all means, see the fair damel this night, sound her views, arrange irelintinariea, and?elopo I" At the conclusion of this very excellent ccture, deliverod not without fitting gesnro and modulation of voice, another lit if laughter seized him, and became so ontageous, that, at length Walter, deslitehis anger, was compelled to join in, >r Earnest's laugh was of that rare deightful kind that is music to hear?so toll, so genial, the very cream of a joke lowed through it. Now, no more striking mark is there f the utter degeneracy of the age, than ho gradual extinction of romance and hivalry. lu the good olu days of yore, ho courso of true affection hut seldom ;'iJed smoothly, and as an adventure is nhauced in value in exact proportion to lie amount of peril incurred in its ahievemeut, the lovers of that era must, eradventure, have been the most felicious f mortals. Now nil, or nearly all, natcho* are conducted in a prudent, ca!.^wvitig, ousiness sort ot way, tmu is cient to wilt every emotion of sentiment nd |?oetry. Once in a while, to be sure, re have a bit of elopement to dispel the lonotouy, hut even these savor not of tho did, daring, and exciting spirit of those f old. We hare such a case in oar mind t this moment, a case, too, of love true ud fervant as any of old ; but, alas ! the idinne&s, caution, and rationality with rhich the affair was conducted through i a favorable issue, was harrowing to a oetic mind. A chevalier of the sixteenth entury, that glorious age of night orinlry, could lie have been witness to it, ould have shivered his lance in despair. ustead of dainty ladder of silk being iwered from the top of the chimney, on Inch the maiden fair descended, she 'alked cooily out at the garden gate ; intend of the time chosen being the dead our of night, it was the brightest hour fdny ; instead of the trysting spot being i the damp and unwholesome bottom of tuoat it w as tlie corner of a particularly ublic street, where, in the face of the hole world, should it chose to behold, a irriagu was in waiting; and instead of mining the attire of a page, staining nut rown her delicate cheek, and exchangig her silken boxen and fairy sandels for ie rougher foot gear of a youth, she ipped off in gaiter hoots, and drove uncceptionably femanine. What brave times, in sooth, were those, hen might constituted right; when cast os were stormed, obdurate sire* an.l reathron cast into dungeons deep and iKaliibrious and fair damsels borne off ictoiious by adventurous gallants whose bole title deeds glittered on their trusty lades! Even glance we at a couple of f centuries Inter, we may still find a nail cake of the precious loven retnainig, though, perhaps, somewhat overtked by thosun of advancing light. At lis period, trap-doors, silk ladders and oats, wero much iu vogue?engines, afsr all, quite as romantic and useful, tho' ot so thrilling and exciting, as the antesdent, when the clashing of swords and langing of armor were the bridal symhonics, and the wniia of the wojuded nd the lamentations of the berieved the pithalnmiutn.. No fouler instrument ras ever invented against the pence ard >roeperity of runaways than the telegraph; , vast amount of human sufferings and aroken hearts has it to answer for. e * Then, dearest, we must elope; what are wo for sordid dross) with your sweet ?resence to inspire mo, I shall toil (1st ind night, nor ever know wearinoM. Let it fly to a roee embowered cot, and they nay keep your wealth. Do you oontanl if ildred h 4 Mildred tlooped to pluck a moea U*J * the replied, do you know tha,penalty of* oping with ao hoarvta t I hate beard Mm * J w..J -?; ?*% aw IV) lUOUttUlU ' , death, or banish'merit for life ; is there other hope ?" I "No, dearest, it is tnadnjss, utter nr ' noss, to hope that tbo poor artist cc ever openly win the high-born keii Rather let me fold my arms about ( crushed and bleeding heart, and flee aye from the hated liauuts of men !" "A prettily rouiyied sentence that; 1 my good friend, what of my heart ! or you forget in your magnanimity, tin too, may possess such a chattel?" "My beloved I what a selfish fello am to think of myself. But tell me cerely, were the poor lover out of 1 way, might not that gay, titled sui who besieges your-uncle's residence, come more to you than he is t might those starry eyes beam as brightly, those beautiful lips smile as bewitchin on him, as they do this moment on in " Walter, Waltr*, you are cruel! i very insulting also, sir, let me tell y if you deem that Mildred's heart is tr caught by, or bartered for, empty tith miserable gold." "Hut your inexorable guardians, angel, your uncle and the Lord CJ?/?n lor, who would spurn me as a hound fr their presence, were I even to knee them to plead my deep devotion, w of them ! They may even compel yoi a union more worthy of your incompa ble perfections!" "Compel me ! compel Mildred Clar don to wed against her will! Not all uncles and Lord Chancellors who e lived, or will live, could be able to efl that." -rorgne iJie40t?*qpOv? IUIU* U|/VM poverty?poverty in all but bounJ love for you?and your station, and n?e if the difficulties which hedge us in, not insurmountable ? "No." "No!" echoeJ the young man cagei "They will never consent to our marri:i you must be aware of that as well as 1 "They never will; no." "Mildred, then what can you me Speak, relieve me from t1?is harrow suspense," said he, breaking off the r vous trot that he had been performing the detriment of the flowers and bord and transforming himself into a statin and a very superb one, too, he made, 4 shall shall run away!" The rich blood mantled the fair ch of the girl, and suffused her swan 1 throat, and ibe little snowy bands plucl to minute atoms the fragrant moss-b Hut the lustrious dark eyes were so doi cast, that they caught nUhisen.juir gaze, and the only reply be received \ in the mischievous smile that played mong tho sweet dimples. "Can you be serious, when you kn that running away with an heiress is si a high misdemeanor?" "Yes, I know it is; but surely, if y love mo as devotedly as you have a the and times told me you do, you could object to a little suffering for my sake.' "Abl but reflect bow you would su also. I have too much magnanimity forget you." "Egotist! you have seen my friend, I ily Fleetwood, the beautiful creature w that sober laoking husband that I torm so much ; well, she, a wealthier licit tlian your faithful fiancee, elopod with I brother's tutor, who was fully as poor yourself, and n >t half so handsome. I)< trouble yourself, I l>eg, to bow so low, the compliment which you appropriuti yourself is intended for my own good ti and sagacity. What an excitementtt was; I must laugh to think of it. I chan to be in my uncle's study, reading in bow-window, ard concealed by the < tains, when her gurdians were ushered and heariug the name of Emily pronoun took the liberty of listening, thougb u bio to gather much. This much I know, however, that after long contu tion and laying of their wise heads gether, they emne to the conclusion t they could not interfere, as the gentlen had, in some masterly way, evaded law." "Blew you, love, you have lifted weight off my heart; we mti*l evade, 1 ?how shall I find out the w<)T "Consult my nncle." ? 'Your uncle! Is your little h turned!" I "No, it is perfectly steady. Con kins and we will bo the very last pen IB J be world whom ho wiU eospeab I the meanwhile do not notico me uiocli w at 0 _ tim iuiu nun, uui paini assiduously on that I In i no beautiful Madonna, and I will pretend to in be pleased with Lord Darwell's attentions, lad- and bestow upon tbo poor soul the first si >uld smile that be had has ever been favored In ess. with." "] this "Yes, and give him enc'ourRgoincnt w i for that he may presume on,'' said Walter, ai sourly. 111 but, "Never fear for that, Mr. Jealousy, but , do just do as I bid you," retorted she, tossing 11 it I, back her curls with a pretty assumption el of authority. ni w I It was finally agreed between them, In sin that Earnest, whose person was entirely w the unknown to the old gentleman, should t! tor, act in consultation for Walter, as his agibe tatiou or brusque notions of bouor might ai not betray the whole scheme. ul and Accordingly, the next day, Earnest, at- hi igly tired in a suit of demure black, and wear- si e ?'? ing a couutenancc studiously lugubrious, <p and waited 011 the counsellor, and was ushered tl 011, by a servant in gay livery, into a spacious pi i 1:1 l!__j -- " i ue uururj-, imea 10 mo ceiling portentous* fr j or looking tomes, interspersed liere and tliero tn with inustj' rolls of parchment, and piles my of red-taped documents. The lawyer sat pi eel- at his table, deeply absorbed in the pictu- E oni resquc and romantic pages of his favorite, pi | to Blackstone, a writer whoso works have fi> hat the universal reputation of being the most in i to amusing reading in the profession. A- ed ira- round him were grouped in profusion, the productions of other choice law novelists, w en- such as Coke, Lyltelton, and Gil Bias, a the upon which Earnest cast an awe-struck ver glance. in feet Before speaking a word, l^ove's mission- of ary, with a propriety worthy of universal pi twenty guinea fee, which,"by' 6?i tell of habit, the disciple of justice secured, h< t be and locked up in a secret drawer. That to done, Earnest opened his case with much ni flowery circumlocution, substituting as a- to ly. greed, himself in place of his friend, and b< lfT0( wrought up such a plausible and grievous ta [j" history of love, tyranny and wrongs, that of tears of sympathy sprang to the old gen- oi anj tleinen's eyes. Brushing the pearly drops or j?g away with his cambric handkerchief, he to icr- warmly grasped the hand of the distressed dl to youth, and assured him in vehemeut lan- \> er? guage that such monstrous injustice should a? 5 he frustrated, and that the ati'air could be fe W(} carried through triumphantly, without for- ^ feiture of property, or any diflioulty what- a| eek e,rer- Opening a ponderous folio, he read, ij.e in the first place, the penalties attendant ro ked uP?n stealing an heiress, or crown-ward; w aid. tBey were fearful to think of; banishment C}1 ivn- ^or I'^t or imprisonment during the term a, jng of seven years, with confiscation of propvas er,y?which latter item, though deemed a y( I matter unworth/of notice by the deluded c| ones, was viewed in a somewhat different tj, ow I'gl't By the more rational agent. q 1C], "But, my dear fellow, that is mere stuff; ft( here is a private clause that entirely coun- at ^ou teracts the whole of it." And taking down j., from a shelf, the ninth volume of Blaek- 8(l not stone, upon Turtiewilkins the famous j?- jn ? rist, he Adjusted to a nicety his gold spec- 0f flfer tacles, settled his j?ortly person in a com- rj j to fortable attitude, and with extreme unc- [? tion, road from chapter seventh as fol- jn Jul- lows? ,n ith "But, Although, in sundry unjust and ? ent cruel statutes, devised and enacted by di ess vers evil-<li*posed persons?not holding in her due reverence the laws of Cupid?the runas ning away with a ward in Chancery, bo ?n't adjudged heinously criminal and punishafor ble by death or banishment for a term of ) to years not exceeding the natural life, with *' iste confiscation of wordly pelf; yet, moreover R' iere is there a clause which provideth ample r< ced means of escape, to wit: If aaid ward do, the in presence of suitable witness, with her w :ur- own two hands, purposely and detormi- w in, natelv, lay hold upon a steed?whether ced white, red or black it mattereth not; if b na she do saddle, bridle, and otherwise ac- tf do eoutre said steed, without instigation of, ^ It a- or HMiatance froin the oppoai:e party, who c< to is supposed in law to he, not particrps 01 hat eriminit hut partictp* forc'tbn* in the ^ nan fnuil' if ilia llian .it..I 11I.. m ?iml *. ? w ? fu the foresaid steed, by her own free potrer and j, will; and if, when thus mounted upon snul (; I a ateed?be it red, white or bla-rk, it nix: m too te eth not?the, aeid ward, do extend Iter o| rtn and seize upon said particrpt forcibi* el draw him violently upon said steed, wheU- <!( ead er white, red or Mack, it inatterotli not, ard in ibis rude manner do carry hiut off ult in spite of his teeth, and his loud and bit ^ one tar outcries and entreaties, he, said /*?# ?- m In cape /onrtAwt, shall not, verily, be held a- M be- menablo to the power ot the la#; but, in a ^ 0 ft f J* <fc # A * 4 % 4H ^ eu thereof, shall be condemned to rolain in perpetual duress to his keeper." With excessive glee the old lawyci apped together the book, exclaiming, a^ 0 pushed his spectacles up his forehead Srow, my boy, the way is clear, so wt ill drink a glass of wine to the health ad happiness of your beautiful bride, amJ lay 6nccess crown your enterprise!" With a thousand warm acknowledge lents, and a promiso to acquaint his ben 'actor with the result of his advice, the rlist bowed himself out, just catching as e did so, a glimpse of a marvellous be itching face smiling at him from between le folds of the window drapery. That evening, Walter, as usual, spent 1 the counsellor's; and during a few minte's conversation with his betrothed, an s leaned over tho instrument from which le was drawing forth enchanting elo nvnte, planned ino elopement tor tho tird morning ensuing, when licr unsusacting o!J kinsman wpsld be absent oni the city on assize business of imporince. The interval preceeding thedenoument, roved an age of misery to the unfortunate arncst. Walter, with his doubts, sorites and surmises, gave him no rest for re minutes together, and was sticb an tolerable incubus, that lie often exclaim1 in vexation of spirit: "How slow the day slides on! When e desire Time's baste, be scents to lose match with lobsters." At lust wore around the eventful morng; and attired in a fanciful riding habit green, and velvet cap with sweeping umes, the adventurous damsel sallied Till k? .U'.o ijn^i as if in play, de>w to saddle her horso. Long neonsmod to her spoiled childish freaks, the an cheerfully complied; and several atmpts did she make, coolly and critically, :fore she succeeded in completing the ok without aid, to the infinite distractior 'poor Walter, who nearly danced with it tho gate, and her own mischievous itcrtainment. Finally, all being finished i her satisfaction, she gained tho sad e with one graceful bound, and smijing falter to approach, took his hand and isi.sted him to mount behind her, which at accomplished, tho animal set oft' at full teed, the groom staring with op mi mouth ; this new folly at his wilful mistress. As to the sequel, it was much in tin lUtine of all other sequels. Tho unch as first furious with rage and mortifi ition, and brought the case before high ltlioritics; but as nothing criminal or ie side of the gentleman cou'd be pro >n, and the lady was considered as a plter in the profound ami awful eye o ie law, the prosecution was abandoned radually t bo old gentleman's rage tuoder ,ed into grief, then into forgiveness, tinli . last, lie ennto to relish tho daring j?k< ienly as any ore, though he was sorelp il l; and not only received the erring pail to his house, but became a warm friend 'their ally, who caused tho domicile tt ng again and again with his delicious tighter; and made lite consultation scent i tho library the subject of one of bis lost celebrated pictures. AGRICULTURAL Shrubberry and Vines. I?ct there nlwnys he n lawn in front o >e house, nnd let the hardy climbers find II over it, appropriate places on w hich t< sat, and fasten their wonderful bnrdeni f grace and loveliness; let honeysuckle; ltd jessamines, clematis nnd hignonins istnrias and roses clustet over it, nnc cave for it a veil of beatify; which the in shall every moment diversify with ewitehing light nnd shade, and in which te rcphyrs shall always nestle nnd roth lemsclves to sleep, where the bees shnl >me light-hearted, nnd sing their monoh ious lyrics of industry an thoy gathei vsctest nectar; nnd whe.re the littlo hirdi ini build their annual nests, and res milics not more loving than the one thai sells beneath those embowering vines ultivating such natural ornaments upoi in nrounn n nonie win rennu me U??I? f a family, will Improve the manner", wil lovnte tho moral", and airengthcn all tb< oineslic and social affection in ?b?ir hearth . will aseiat also in forming hnbita o tdoatry and frugality, ns well M habU| f observation and intelligent piety. Le family plan how beat to adorn a yan ad decor do a house With foliage, and the; rill find springing up in their 'falMn ilty of fcvlfng aid a atfwjth of sytnpa ? ?2*^ thy to which others arc strangers. Each one labors to promote the pleasures of , others?hence domestic affection; all are k planning'for the future?hence hopeful patience; all seek to turn every spare hour ' to tlie conmicn profit?hence orderly arrangement of time, frugnlity and iudustry. 1 A family that will coscnt to dwell, for a ' half a dozen years, in a house, and keep it naked of vines, and still surrounded " by a barren yard, ought to be abated as a nuisance; for its children will be either > heartless or slovcnlvi "Millof ? **VW uuu Ibo VU1VUIC. From one season's experience, I think tlint millet is peculiarly adapted to light, Warm soils, bilt will grow on almost any soil which is not too wet; that the soil should be ploughed deep and well pulveri ized, that the time to sow the seed, if intended for hay, is any time during the month of June if intended to ripen, the last week in May, that the quantity of seed if intended for hay, should vary from 10 to 20 quarts?-very rich soils requiring most seed to prevent the stalks from growing too rank?but if intended to ripen, 8 to 10 quarts per acre will be quite sufficient; that the proper time to harvest* if for hay, is when the grain is just tilled and the top of the head or spike is beginning to turn yellow, but if intended for seed it should fully ripen; that the best mode of harvesting is to cut with the cradle or reaper and bind in sheaves when sufficiently dry; and that the yield per acre on good soils will be from three to four Ions of hay, or 30 to 40 bushels of seed. It leaves the soil in a loose, friable stale, consequently, rnss and clover seeds do well when sown with it. As to nutritious qualities, it is ft regular panacea for the tr.ving of ull hungry stomachs, whether of biped or quadruped. ? It///;*/** .will, work Jiard keep in line finely cut with a stniwcuttcr, and mixed 1 with four quarts "o#s ground millet seed per day to each horse. Food in the same i way to milch cows; it will keep them fat and sleek, and cause an unusual flow of good , rich milk. Colts, calves and sheep lairly luxuriate in the green fodder. The seed fed to hens will inake everlasting layers of them, whether Dorkings. Shanghais, Poland, Spanish or native. ?other necessaries being provided. > Canada Farmer] Salt. Plaster and Ashes for Corn. I Having recently seen several allusions ! in the H viral lathe use of salt asnmanuro for corn, 1 will briefly give a littlo of tny experience, as I have not raised a crop of corn in eight or ten years without npplying it. When I tirst commenced the use of it, I experimented for several years by ( c ressing a portion with it and leaving a portion undressed, 'ill I became satisfied that the profit was fully equal to 25 per j. cent., ami iny example has been followed by many of my neighbors. 1 use and apply it as follows: I Take a half bushel salt, 1 bushel plaster, 2 bushels leached or unicached ashes, , mix thoroughly with a shovel upon tho . b.iyi floor, and apply to the corn as soon I as mixed, and as soon as tho corn is plant) od, the same day if possible. I direct my hands to press the earth over the corn , with the back ot the hoe on covering it, so that its exact position may be known, and Iirvo boys to follow immediately after and scatter a small handful of the composition over the print of tho hoe. I usually apply about three bushels of the mixture to the acre. . - If by accident any of the hills do not get their share, the color of the corn on comf ing up reveals the fact, beiug usually rath* , er yollow, while all that receives the dreaa* ? ing is of a very dark green,And grows rap' idly Irom tho start?being little $ any re* ' tabled, by chilly, backward weather, j which frequently occurs after corn planting, and very seldom "rolling" in the ( most severe droughts. For two years , past I have commenced hoeing on the t fourteenth day after planting. I 1 apply tho same mixture in the same manner, to potatoes, and with marked , r benefit?Wm. D. Cook, Bodus, N. Y. May 1 1855, in Ilnral New Yorker, r ? I T) Ji ti J ti : ti a nc|ninu.?iA DIUf* cyod girl on a pile of freshly cut clover. ' Go way strawberries, you hare loot yoer 9 taste. *? A wovnan offering to sign a deed, the judge asked her, whether her husband f compelled her to aign. J*, * "tie oompoil m?r mmU IWJftdk "?o? jfck nor twenty liko hi