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. ? # ""'i 4b&ks v t v j fv rm' ' . " ,W%t . - -*1 $2 per annum. tok'svk ?ho wat. in advance neutral in politics?devoted to lterary, commercial, agricultural, scientific, general and local intelligence. _ j r volume iy- Lancaster, c. h? south Carolina. Wednesday morning, july u, 135.5, number 22 wmiMnns i, The Virgtniann have always been noted j hud a quick eye at catching each man's | plover, will feci happier, and be a more I nrettv noon 'lnnrr ?l.? K 1 - ?*?wwMuui**iijvy uu. WASHINGTON AT MT. VERNON. ' bhom wasiiikotox 11\ i ;o'h hio'.-ku'iiy. 1 Mount Vernon was his harbor of repose ' where he frequently furled his sn.il and 1 and fauciod himself-anchored for life. No impulse of ambition tempted liiin thence; I nothing but the call of his country, and 1 his devotion to the public good. The place was endeared to him by tho remem- ' branco of his brother Lawrence, and of ' the happy days ho had passed hero with that brother in the days of boyhood ; but 1 it was a delightful place in itself, and ' well calculated to inspire the rural feel- ' inga. 1 I Tho mansion was beautifully situated on a swelling height, crowned with wood and commanding a magnificent view up _ _ .1 j il. t?- tl ? 1 nnu turn u mu x oiuiuac. J no grounds ^ immediately about it were laid out some- ^ what in tho European taste. The estate . wiw apportioned into soparato farm*, de ' voted to different kinds of culture, each having its allotted laborer*. Much, however was still covered with wild woods, seamed with deep delta and runs of water, * and indented with inlets; haunts of deer j and lurking places of foxes. The whole, woody region along the Potomac from Mount Vernon to Kolvoir, and far beyond, with its range of forests and hills, pietttr evpie promontories, afforded sporU. of ralious kind*, and was a noble huntingground. Washington had hunted through it with old Lord Fairfax in hia sporting days: we do not wonder that his feeling* throughout life incessantly reverted to it ''Xoestntjin United Aineriea" observed lie, in one of his letters, " is more pleasantly situated. In a high and healthy country ; in a latitude between the extremes of beat and cold ; on one of the finest rivers in the world ; a river well stocked with various kinds of fish at all aoasons of the year, and in t be spring ^ with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, j ??c., 111 great abundance. lno borders ol the estate are w shod l?y more tlian ten miles of liJe water; several valuable fidi- ( eric* apcrlain to it; the whole shore, in ^ fact, is oue entire fishery." These were as yet the ai istocraticul days of Virginia. The esta'e* were large, and continued I in the same families by entails. Many of I the wealthy planters were connected with f old families in England. The young men, I especially the elder sons, were often sent ? to finish their education there, and on t their return brought out the tastes aud ( habits of the mother country. The t??*- | ernors of Virginia were from the higher i ranks of society, end nininliiinnil - ponding stats. Tliu "established," or E- c piscopal Church predominated through- < out the "ancient dominion," as it was I termed; each county was divided into parishes as in Euglan I, each with its pa- < rocbiai church, its parsonage and glebe. < Washington was vestryman of two par- I iahes, Fairfax and Truro; the parochial < church of the former waa at Alexandria, f ten miles from Mount Vernon; of the t latter at Pohick, about seven miles. The church of I'ohick waa rebai t on a plan of < hia own, and In a great measure at his ex- j peas* At one or other of these churches t he attended every Sundny, when the wea- a titer and the ronda perutiUed. His de- r (manor was reverential and devout. Mrs. WiabinMiMi knall /!?.;?/. !.- ? - 0 uaimg Uin jllltj CI" I UW S always stood, m vm the custom at that I time. Both were communicants. t Among iiia occasional visitors and as- f sociatce were Captain Hugh Mercer and Dr. Craik; the former, after his narrow escape from the tomahawk and scalping c knife Was quietly settled at Fredericks* 1 burg; the latter, after the campaigns of . the frontier were over, bad taken up his ' residence at Alexandria, and was now 1 'Washington's fcmlly physician. Both of 1 them were drawn to him by campaigning g I tics and recollections, and were erer wet* ^ ?om? atTn^arnoni ^1 A atjle of living prevailed among the opulent Virginia femiliea in tboea days * that bee kmg ainoa Cad ad a*aj. The houaee were epacioae, comtHpilioq*, libe* | ral in nil tl??ir appointment^ and fitted to nope with the f&>hended, open hearted ( yBidHitoziL" * W TOO wPlDpW^Ml WBvfpil Ol :pagan and >upafb ear. fiafalbaraai rati iW^ertad bom England. * * ^ fT^b' I ' A ' * * ^ I 1 ... ...... .... .. uuiim, n untiliy passion, which, in ihoso days of opulence, they indulged without regard to expense. The rich planters vied with each other in ihcir studs, importing the best English stocks. Mention is made of one of the Randolphs of Tuckahoe, who built a stable for his favorite dapple gray horse, Shakespeare, with a recess for the bed of the negro groom, who always slept beside him at night. Washington, by his marriage,had added about one hundred thousand dollars to his already considerable fortune, and was enabled to live in amplo and digitized style. His intimacy with the Fairfaxes, and his intercourse with Iirilish aificers of rank, had, perhaps, had their tifhtence on his mode of living, lie had liis chariot.and four, with black postilions n livery, for the use of Mrs. Washington and her lady visitors. As for himself, he tlwnys appeared ou horseback, liis st.a do was well filled, and admirably regit aled. LI is stud was thorough-bred and ? i- " .... tAvwuvtn,-umcr. ms llOUSClloltJ liooks tonlaius registers of the names, ages and narks of his favorite lioiscs; such as Ajax, Slues'tiu, Valiant, Magnolia, (an Aral.) be. Also his dogs, chiefly fox hounds, t'u lean, Singsr, I ling wood, Sweetlips, Forrester, Music, I lock wood, Tiuelove, be* A large Virginia estate, in those days, was a little empire. The mansion house *as the seat of government, with its nunerous dependem-h**, such ns kitchens, anoke house, work-diop and the staples ii this mansion the planter ruled supreme; lis steward, or overseer, was his prime ninistcr or executive orticer; he ha 1 his egioo of houao negroes for domestic serrice, and his host of field negroes for the :ultureof tobaeoo, Indian corn, and other Tops and for other out of-door lal>or. Their quarter formed a kind of hamlet ipart, composed of various huts, with litle gardens and poultry yards, all well locked, and swarms of little negroes g minding in the sunshine. Then there were argo w?>odcn edifices for curing tobacco, he staple and mosl profitable production, slid mills for grinding wheat and Indian :orn,v,f which large fields were cultivated or the supply of the family and the maincnanco of the negroes. mm** lie was an early ri?er, often before day?reak in tho winter when tho nights were or.g. On such occasions he lit his own ire, anJ wrote or rca?I by candle light, lie breakfasted at seven in Summer, at tight in Winter. Two small cups of lea mil three or four ca'*es of luiliun menl called lioe cakes) formed his frugal rc?ast. Immediately after breakfast he noonted his horse and visited those parts >f the estate where any work was going >n, seeing to everything with his own syes, and very often aiding with his own IHIlds. Dinner was served at two o'clock, lie Nit heartily, hut was no epicure, nor critical about food, llis beverage was small >cer, or cider, and two glasses of old Maleria. lie tcok tea, of which he was very bnd, early in the evening, and retired for ho night about 9 o'clock. If confined to the house by bad weath>r, he took that occasion to artnnge his tapers, post up his accounts, or write letera?passing part of the time in reading, md occasionally reading aloud to the Tandy. lie treated his negroes with kindness; ittended to their comforts; was particuarly careful of them in sickness, but never olerateii idleness, and exacted a faithful lerformanoe of their allotted tasks. He In ono ot his tetter beoks we find orders, in hi a I-ntirlnn amml for rutini. ?niilnm?nl. 'or ?x>ruple: 1 Man's riding saddle, hog-akin neat, large tinted stirrups, and every thing complete )oable-rvio*d bridle and Pelhara bit, pie*, ed. A very neat and fashionable Newmarket addle-cloth. A Urge sod beet portmanteau, saddle, brills and pinion. . CSoak-bag/urcingle, checked saddle cloth, loieters, Ac. A riding frock of a handsome drabtolored broadcloth, with plain double gilt wtuna. A riding waistcoat of superfine scarlet doth and gold lice, with buttons like those >f the coat. A bias asitont cont. s A neat switch whip, allv?r cap. Black velvet sap for servant. capabilities. An entry in his diary gave a curious instance of this. Four of his negroes employed as carpenters were hewing and shaping timber. It appeared to him, in noticing the amount of work accomplished bctweed two succeeding mornings, that they loitered at their labor. Sitting down quietly he timed their ojkjrations; how long it took them to get their cross-cut saw and other impliments ready; how long to clear away the branches from the trunk of a fallen tree; how long to hew and saw it; what time was expended in considering and consulting, and nfall, how much work was effected during the time he looked on. From this he made his computation how much they could execute in the course of the day, working entirely at their case. At another time we find him working for a part of two days with Peter, his smith, to make a plow on a near invention of hia own. This, after two or throe failures ho accomplished. Then, with less than his usual judgcineut, he put his two chariot horses to the plow, and ran a great risk of spoiling them in giving his new invention a trial over ground thickly swarded. a,.,... > * * ' ....v.., uuniig ? iiimi'ier biorm a trigtitcned negro alarms the house with word that the mill is giving way, upon which there is a general turn out of all the forces, with Washington at their head, wheeling and shoveling gravel, during a pelting rain, to check the rising water. Washington delighted in the chase. In the hunting reason, when he rode out early in the morning ?o visit distant ports I of the estnte where work was going on, he often took some of the dogs with him for the chance of starling a fox, which he occasionally did, though he was not always successful in killing him. He was a bold rider and an admirable horseman, though he never claimed the merit of being an accomplished fox-hunter. In ho height of the season, however, he would be out with the fox hounds two or three times a week, accompanied by his guests at MountVernon and the gentlemen of the neighborhood, especially the Fairfaxes, of Delvoir, of which estate his friend George William Fairfax was now the proprietor. On such occasions there would bo a bunting dinner at one or the other of those establishments, at which convivial repasts Washington is said to have enjoyed himself with unwonted hilarity. Now and then his old friend and instructor in the noble art of vcncry, Lord Fairfax, would be on a visit to bis relative nt Helvoir, and then the hunting was kept up with unusual spirit. Ilis lordship however, since the nlarms of the Indian war had ceased, lived al most entirely at Oreenwav Court, where Washington was occasionally a guest when called by public business to Winchester. Lorl Fairfax had made himself a favorite throughout the neighborhood. As lord-lieutenant and custos-rolulorum of Frederick County, he presided at county courts, held at Winchester, where during the session he kept open table. LIo acted also as surveyor and overseer of the pubroads and highwnys, and was unremitted in bis exertions and plans for tbe improve ment of the courntry. Hunting, however, was his passion. When the sport was poor near home, he would take his hounds to a distant part of the country, establish himself at an inn, and keep open house and open table to evo-y person of good character and respectable appearance who chose to join him in followingthe hounds. I shall not learn a Trade. Shan't you! I should like to know why not! Hundreds and tens of thousands have lent nod one before you, and more will do the same thing. A trade well learned may inako a name and a fortune earned. If you ever get ritber without working for it, you will he either very lucky or very unfortunate. I don't think much of a boy who eays he is not going to learn a trade. If bis place in the word is such that he can learn a trade and hare a good situation, he will be eery unwise not to seise the opportune ty. A boy who goes to a trade deter* mined to make himself master of bis boa* mess, and be a well informed and intelligent workman, will aeon rise to tbe bead of bis profession, if be pursues the right path. The faith Art apprentice who delights to do bis Work well, and to the best of his ability, so ae to earn the praise of bis em - - ... 7 " 1 honorable man, than he who docs just < enough to shuttle nlong through the day, and hurries away from his work as though < it were a nuisance or a curse. 1 1 knew a hoy who was too poor to go to school and college, although he would I have liked that course very wel'. But he < had to work. So he went to learn a trade, i Lie tried to do his work always to the best 1 of Lis ability. He went to a place, and 1 ;< one day his master came to look at what 1 lie bad done, and afier closely examining^ 1 it, he turned round aud said to the foro-, I man: ''James, this is very excellent work for i a new boy." jj Did not that little fellow feel as proud ' as if he had wjn a triumph? Ho was re- < warded from the start with the good opio- 1 ion of his employer, and he never forgot J the pleasure with which lie heard hismas- ; ter's encouraging words. He always tried < to do his work well?to do the very be^t, and while the other apprentices did not I seem to care how their work was done or I how thev snent their master'* time l.e i took a pride in working as though he was in a higher post now, and doing well in more ways than one in thin world. I Not long ago a boy was leaving school; i as I had a chance of speaking to hiur 1 i said: ' ^ I "What are yon going to do?" I "I am going into a merchant's jobbing l house." ' "Going to be a clerk, then! Why < don't you learn a trade?" "Trade!" said he, "I aint going to learn a trade." ' i "Not going to learn a trade!" I should like to know why a trade is not ns good as a clerkship. I suppose you thiniyt is more genteel nnd respectable! What would you do with a jobbing house, I wonder!" Learn a trade! Did you ever hear of such a man as Ben Fnnsiln. who learned the printing trade, nnd became one of the most distinguished men of modeln times? Have you heard of a carpenter named Rittcnhouse, or a man who made philosophical instruments, and afterwards revolutionised the world with his discoveries in the steam engine ? Have you heard of Jaiues Watt, or is it genteel cot to know anything about trades or those who learned them! Who was Arkwright, that followed the trade of a barber? or Whit ney, or Fu'ton? Who was Gov. Armstrong, of Masnchusetts, or Issac Hill of New Hampshire, who learned the trade of a pi inter? Did you ivcr hear of a man who swung his sledge on an anvil and became the distiiu'iuislipil Elilm Tturt-'iitl? ? 1 ? 1 Did you ever '.tear of the distinguished cobbler named Rodger Sherman! Or of the illustrious lame cobbler named Roger Sherman! Or of the illustrious lame cobbler of London named John Pounds who founded ragged schools, and put in opera tion one of the greatest pieces of Machinery of tbo age! Yankee Courtship. Does any on you know Deb Saucepan! Shouldn't wonder, for she is a dreadful nice critter. Daddy used to make a great fuss about my stickin' to hum,so clus, and said I might as well be out a courtin' Deb as to be squattin round the fire doin nothing. Well, 1 told him, it warnt no kind of use; but the old man wouldn't bear nothin agin hit opinion; ao I had to go just to please the old man. Deb u*ed to go to the old White Church you know, up Uncle Jarvis' lane, near the black* smith's shop, right by the orchard. Well, I rent off, dressed tarnation slick. I kind o' guess I rubbed to the matter of two pounds of taller candles in my hair just to make it curl; but twant no use; it atnek out just like hogs' bristles, lint some how or other I got myself in pretty slick order; and had on my new hat and coat I won at the raffle, and off I bolted to the chtMch, with my hand in pockets, whiatliti' "flail Columbia;" felt as big as Bony part at Waterloo, and the fust thing I Mad was !>ob steppin off her horse, and up I runs to speak to her, when 'long come that tarnal Joe Turner, dressed all fired nice, looked as if he Irnd beeo put in a band box, and walked her right off, fore 1 could say, "bow'd doe, DebP If I didn't look natie* sheepish, then ftaint no matter, I Mushed jest as blue as an fndtjo bag. "Newer mind,'* sea I, "meetto will bust up some tima or other, and Deb ^KHfcure to go hem." Bo I went up totke house to wait for her, and > f & # , f & ?vro.. Din. ilid look screamin nice. I felt so flustcrificd I didn't know what on earth to say to her; I at last got out, "Deh!" and says I, "don't iny faco look all over goose, pimples?" and blame my buttons if Deb and that tarnal Joe Turner, didn't snort right out. Anyhow, we ul went in, and Deb handed me a chair, but I never looked where I was settin, and down I went, ker whollop right on new bounet and fix ups; overset the chair, and sprawled right on the floor, and split my new coat down the back wide open. But Deb pinned it up, and that gave mo a kind of an infection for her, and I staid to tea; but I was so conllustrated I spilt roy tea all over Joe's pant's and he called me a darned awkward hog. I never said a word the whole durn time; Deb bad to do all the talkin,' and I answered yea and no. Says she to me, "Jonathan did you ever hear a serenade ?" *"No," says I, "Miss Debby, I nevei beard of Sarah Nade, but I have hcaru Loll of Sal Edwards,'' and Joe, the fool mortcd nt that, too. But Deb said she didn't mean Sarah Nade; it was what the town chaps call the music, when they go out to play at night, and then she looked kind of slantindicular at Joe, and I am pretty certain be gave her a buss. But I .seed that Deli loved Joe more than she did me, so I got ready to back out; and says Deb to me, "I spose you're goin to 6cc Mol Michale." Says I, Deb, 1 guess 1 got a little more taste than to run arter sich cattle as that.1 And then she looked at me quite smart, and that tickled me all but to death, ami I riz up to make a bow, but some how 01 other I catehed my feet together: and 1 sprawled right agin her, and upset liei right into Joe's lap. She got tip darnec mad, I tell you, and scz she "I'll be con found it, that's too bad." Hut I had ti snort right out, for I never knowed afori that Deb wore false hair, and when sin fell her heart-catchers come oiT, and slit looked jest like a screech owl; and says I "Deb, never mind, we are goin to sheai our old black sheep next Summer, and I'll send you wool enough to make a wig on.' That riz Dcb'a ebenezer, and she madt one poke at me with the shovel, but il warnt no use, I was on the road to hum And I told dad, and dad laughed; seodat allers laughs whenever anything tickler him; and 'twixt you and mo that is tin last time I ever went to see Dob Sauce pan. JGRICULTURAL" For the ledger RESCUE GRA8S. Mn. Editor. The Rescue Grass is commanding sonn attention, if I am to judge from the fre quent enquiries made of me, relative t< my experience and opinion as regardsiti usefulness and value for pasturage, anc other purposes. I have concluded, for the benefit of al such as feel an interest in finding out tin great value of the Rescue grass to tin public, to give, through your valcabh paper, * statement of what it did for mi and let the people judge for theinselve as to its worth. About the 15th or 20th of Septenibei l?.t I A ~e \I- T ..... ? ui .nr. iverson 01 ueorgia through his agent at Columbia, n peck o the rescue grass seed ; about the l;i*t o September I planted it ujmui a half aer< of ground, a part of which wascowpenct for turnips. The ground, when cleared was of thin black jack growth, very po< i I prepared it well, and planted in rows o 30 inches apart, (20 inches would do let ter), l.y running a very small furrow ii the top of a bed and covering with a rake and every person living in Lancaster Dh tricl knows what a dry fall, dry and free* ing winter, and dry, cold, and backwart spring we had, so much so that about th< last of April and up to the middle of Maj great fears were entertained respecting the total failure of the grain crops, how ever the raina came in time to greatly benefit the wheat and oat crops ; but no so with the Rescue Grass?st the tim that the season canre it was nearly ripe and I gathered my seed about the 20t! of May. My instructions from Mr. Iver (son was to give the grass one or tw< woNttng*', hot owing to my having, th year previom, Ut ray turnip* go to *om on ft pari of lb? groond, ! fond, nit* { mining my grass anu uetore it came that there was a fine stand of turnips u , the part where turnips had been mi , and when the grass come up it wa ; unpromising, ami the turnips lookei find, I concluded I would save the tur by not working the grass, the grass li ever, in november began to take root spread, at which time the rabbits, f< and birds of every description took to grass, and k<-pt it down until the Is I April, at which time wo had some I seasons which caused the grass to g most rapidly, artd soon spread unt locked in the rows, and about the fir May, you could not tell by the app ance that there were such things as t in the patch, the heads entirely filling the space between rows, giving it the pcaraticc of being sown broad-cast. 1 bout the 18th or 19th of May I foui i had neglected gathering my seed too h for the grass had shed the seeds, and straightened up so that I could see i rows very plain, and upon examinin , compnny with several gentlemen, conclusion wns that half the sec I or n i was on the ground. I then, on the 2 1 commenced in the evening, and on ; next evening I had gathered seven . bushels of seed, and there were nine r which I did not gather, owing to a cl i rising which caused the wind to blov ? ?!<; gicuici Jiiiri Ul me 81'CU W'lllcll , wiir then 011 it. I feel confident tlmt 1 could liavo saved all tlic seed the 1 acre would have yielded nic about 3 40 biisbels. ( As to the Rescue Grass for pastui | I have never scon anything to equi every kind of beast and fowl likes it, [ one acre will afford (I am satisfied) r r grazing than four or five acres sow I Rye. My reasons for thinking so art 1st. The great disposition of the! , cue to stool out and spread upon > ground. , 2nd. Its very rapid growth, and ? too through the w inter and spring mo t at a time when no other grass or pai r age can be had. | To show how hard it is to keep itd< I will relate a fact which seems all 5 incredible, yet it is true, as many car I lify. I gathered my seed about the ! of May, (as I before stated) ; I turned 1 mules and cattle upon the half acre, a j chance ofyoung grass w as growing an 3 the old stalks which I had stripped . seed off. They eat up nearly all tlx stalks and the rain set in, and altln the cattle, from 15 to 30 head, were ned there every night, and my hogs fed upon it until the 18th of June, v I took my plows in for the purpos - sowing it down in peas. I then f? the rows still green with the young { growing, and I believe if it had not plowed up, and the stock taken c } would have headed out again. I . now a fine stand of peas sown broad j and for the benefit of those who ar j would bo, afraid that the grass when j I ted, and set in the ground, could no got clear of, will say to them tho peai I living and growing finely, but the gr."1 no more. I will further state that process of having to strip tho seeds s might be an objection raised by son it is not so tedious as one would sup] s for I stripped off a bushel of seed m in less than an hour by the clock. I am so well satisfied with the Il< Grass, that I intend to plant nbou j. acres this fall, and I shall have cigl ten bushels of seed to dispose of, at dollars and fifty cents per pock, whii . less than half what I gave for my sec JAMES I). McILWAIl June 1855. [Prnm Iho fLnllx Texas Oats rs. Rescue Gross, BXI'KRIMKNT WITH AYR. On tlie 20Ui of April I cut my rv? . third time; it then being in bloom?; ] 10 lbs.; Aggregate (3 cuttings) 31 1 -t s This will close my experiment for r season, and perhaps for ever. I left , Oat, or Rescue, still undisturbed th . might fully develops itself and run tin j seed, it is now nearly dead, without t having been cut or grand ; and if ? a sprig of any owe row was cut, it w f not weigh 6 lbs. 1 have abandon \i with the eeed in despair. 1 had intended to have preeervec u tatter and deposited them with yo ? gJAtuiious distribution to each pereoi I wo?W have obliged themselves to r? i the ea|iiiiinnal whieb 1 haslh-dMide, up, report tlie result for publication ; but of pon tbe three rows which I sowed, CO feet fide, long, I do not think I could gather a gill s so ofs<cd. 1 so As seed will probably be cheap in this nips neighborhood, say $1 per bushel, I will iow- furnish you with that quantity for distriand billion to any of your subscribers who >wls will agree to renew my experiment and the giro the result to you for publication in it of your widely extended and valuable jouright mil, as I do not wish to detract from its row merit as compared with Barley and Rye; il it This much I will say, however,' that in the st of absence of either of these grains it might ear- be employed as a very good substitute,' ows if grown on very rich soil: fup AlGERNON. ap- ? . A- The other side. 1,1 t lb v. ivtuanv poa ol- t ?* .v ? ull a ouwou cmg. flojne of the seed of the Ceratbchloa Brehad viaristata, obtained from you through the l>r. Gray, of Nashville, Ten., on the last g in of October. It is now three feet high iri the some places, and headed out beautitully; nore Some seeds have thrown out from 12 Oth, to 15 branches and it is very heavy grainthe cd? end must yield heavily in that line; teen '' this climate should mature it. owg I should not be surprised if it yield 20 Ion,] to 30 bushels to the acre. This quantity r 0(y shoots it far ahead of any other downs niestic grass with which I am acquain if I tod. half 1 invited Judgo Martin, of Liberty, the 5 or other day to see it and ehcvv it. We did so and came to a nem. con. conclusion rage that it abounds in saccharine matter? il it, ? >y equal to nutfze. anj | I sowed the balance of my seed on the note loth of April. Il is coming up handsomely; n in l')' <leep plowing, sowing and harrowing .; In tho seed. _ lies- Where did it originate! Tell us alt the about it. I will givo it publicity through? the Tennessee newspapers, that Remaining, most respectfully, nths TURNER VAUGIIAN. 5tur. Jm Guardo, Tcnn., May 10, 1855. Valuable Receipts,nost Ei?rrons Southern Cultivator?I liavd ! tcg. some valuable receipts, and ii" you are not 20ih Pr0Pnr?J with better, and think proper, I my you may insert them in your Valuable nonnr nne ,On<r To CURE the ScOUUS in C0LT8.?Keep J tj|0 tlio mare glTof green pasture; take three > old ?p^s' half a P'nt ?f whiskey or other >ugh sP'r'lR? 2 oz. of brown sugar, half an oz. of Laudanum ; mix well and pour down the H|ftC colt. I will insure a cure. ? vhen Cure Swelltko on Quurarr in e gf IIogs.?Cut the knot or kernat open at >und l',e i:lTV 1'1C cut ?*H*'?nd lelhim *y jrass S?been Tlio above I have tried, and never >ff it knew or heard of them failing. W. 8. have Joxper, Tenn.t May 1855: cast, G, or Always Drop the H.?A school mas'>lan ter, hearing one. of his scholars reAd, the it be hoy, when ho came to the word 'honor,' s are pronounced it full; tho master told him l8S jrt it should bo pronounced without the H, I the M thus, onor. 1 off. 'Very well, sir,' replied tho lad, 'I will ne? remember this for the future.' ^ pose, 4Aye,' said the master^ 'always drop ysolf tli? HThe hcxt morning the master's tea, with' ^ct|c a hot muffm, had been brought to hi* desk; t (cri but (be duties of his vocation made bin? iit or w"'1 co'^' wken, addressing the lw0 same boy, he told hiin to take it to the eh is ^ro R,H' heat it. j 'ics sir,' replied tho boy and taking it ^ to the fire, ate it. Presently the roaster called for the muffin. I hare eat it, as you bade m*, replied m or.] ?s? l?>y'Eat it, you scoundrel! I bade you take it to' the fire and beat it/ ? 'Hut, sir, yeaterday you told roe always yield t0 (^roP H. ! I lbs. ^ fellow at a race course w^a stagger* I "?' ing about the track with"more liquor than' ^,e he could carry, at H "Hulloal what'* the matter nowf said |r?'u a chap, whom the inebriated ipdWdtt*! over bad juat run against. Lfory *?Wb?hie?why," aaid the follow, ao ould druofc Ibut he waa hardly able to avtto0<i il late, "the fact ia, a lot of to? ?**? l?"# *r Jl been bellteg liqtww on the ?* * to^iy I the Rnd ibey hate got m to hchl ^ ipqgt Trt* Hkioht or jB ** 1 > *