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VOLUME VII. LANCASTER. 0. H? SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MfiRMNr. uav O .^o
l,,Y nvyuKKT.] j liuiiHlily of spitlt
Kroui the Spartanburg Express. I hi^ it wholly "mk
The Tract Society Agitation. . ?and thus excli
In a previous number it was conclu- the entire populal
Rtvelv shown, that the propose*! publtca- American Stales!
tiotrdf Rnti slavery tracts 'Micl books by assuredly result f
tlio "AriieiTcWn'ft Ret Bocieiy," could not change of the Co
be carried out, without the most manifest 1st. From the
violation of both the letter and spirit of Law" Abolitionist
its constitution, as interpreted and acted movement, are n'
r *ipon Wy its founders huJ earlv managers, ions and semi-poli
To tbe utter amazement, however, of a its foundation els
Vast many straight-forward, holiest men, ltible platform ; 1
we are gravely told by the strenious ad- in direct contravei
Vocates of this reform measure. ive declarations i
1 bat if publications of that sort can word of God.
w.i i.? ?ii - -
....i v.? iobiicu uy means 01 tueir persistent There is nothinf
Hgilaticik under the constitution nsil now in tlio Hook of G
exist.-, :md by the Society as it is now or- Jehovah himself, i
gaulzjd, thnt the constitution must bo so of Israel, his own
changed, ami the Society be so organized view of their l>ein
?the whole South being ejeeteu?that ly land which he
their ends can be accomplished ! To the fathers, did, by stn
vast heightening, also, of the marvelous regulate slavkuy
in this case, we lind among the advocates lion among them,
of this change many names, not only of | 4,Of them (the I
those whose position and sacred ollice bondmen ami bon
should bo u guarantee for the inculcation take them as an
of the purest morals, and the strictest ti- ! children after you
delitv as regards public trusts, but wo iind possession.' 'The
several Jicliyiout presses?and among j men forever.' Hut
them those that have recently been the men aro so anxioti
most severe upon the perversion of the the Tract Society,
funds and influences of other similar So- master and server
I eieties, and the loudest in their demands of all viilanies.'
that all benevolent and cliarilable organi l*?ng and veliemc
/.aliens be lield to the strictest account ! other channels.
Hut although advocated by such an direct Legislation
array of talent, and urged forward by in- to his church, as
tluences so potent, it must, upon a too- that umpiestionnl
incut's reflection, be manifest to every un- securing higher *
biassed mind, that those changes cannot through the mere
be etlected without the perpetration of n consequent fidolil
/nun/ of the grossest character upon the these results are j
christian public?liviiuj and dead?and South greater inli
striking a destructive blow at the found a- spiritual and the t
lion of public conddeitce in all benero- slave than there ?
lent and charitnblj institutions. the master's po
It will he borne in mind, that not only tance also to his e
doe* the Constitution of that society, pre cause the Const
sent prominently to the whole world the States, though it ?
following distinguishing features as its rv where it is n<>
tuudaiiientul characteristics : 1st. Itible I>r. Clieevcr decla
truth, hs held hi common by tlic different tution ought to be
evangelical blanche* of the christian rd by the whole 1
church, as the basis of its publications.? 'the nation accept
2nd. The im??t enlarged catholicity, iih to perdition.' At
i.-girds both the membership of the so ern churches recti
cloiy, and the adaptation of its publica- . masters and serv,
iions to all classes of men?the fullest bera, the analhem
guarantee lajing g.v?r. against tli'e intro- and his co.-'.djnton
11 net ion of anv thing of a 'sectarian char upon them. Tlio
neter. Ilrd. The hroadeot nationality as also in direct conl
lespects the Ik-Id of its operations?the ti of Christ and Id
tie "American," in iis widest coniprehen- injunction is, thai
Mori, being its chosen and appropriate yoke 'count their
designation. And not only wore these, all honor,' and 'd
its literal features, acknowledged t?v its men teach them t
to hi lers as a correct exhibit of its true all dishonor?the)
rpint and intent?their wliolo lino of ac ping for them tin
lion confirming their verbal testimony, prohious epithets !
strongly an J variously uttered ; but, iu 'subject' and doinj
mi ollicial document subsequently issued them to run ?w<i
by the sociel), and circulated by its sist them in their
Agents and colporteuis, through the whole in tho deed ! 1W
length mid breadth of our country, and nes which, if pern
to some extent in Kurope; not only were through the modi
these feature* distinctively set forth as the ty,' as they have
established characteristics of the Society, ways.
?<n which the public might permanently 2nd. There is i
rely ; but in \icw of the basis on which inalion so intense]
it wa* founded, and the ends it was ill- eclectic,'abolition
tended to accomplish, it was declared re This is evident
spooling said Society : "It is thus pro- That no other *so?
hibilet! from publica'ions involving sub procure the publ
jeot* ol controversy among evangelical tenets through tin
I'hrisliati*. Nor can topi/s of a local or makes the publi
sectional character be expected ill the is- views an essential
sues of a national, Catholic Ivstiti' uod adhesion to tl
tion." [See "Principle* and Fact* of the the other 'aects'o
American Tract Society." yielded the pecu
Now it was upon this bread and glori- that they might ti
ous basis?a basis also which the public brethren in diffusi
were assured, no one could expect to be men, in all par's
.r.-? 1 ' 1
v. ? .ow v . |M mimucik timt 11^ tVJIIIlfVIICHI mull*
Agent* and advocates urged its claims agreed. This *sei
and procure.1 f.?r it all that it ha* ever gelical doctrine* i
had, and all that it now possesses of put*- comparison of il
lie confidence, commanding influence,vast least, its leading i
pecuniary resource*, "works" written ox- that all the puhl
pressly for its use nnd made over to the should he shut off
"American Tract Society" n* its property than that tht>j she
?high eulogies innumerable, bestowed channel as a m
upon it by large hearted men, in all parts their dogmas ! ! !
of our country ?the sale also of "life nnd 1 >r. Kay Tain
membership," ami "life directorships" to It follows, then
vast numbers ol' men who rank high up- their control the
on tile iisis of "the Sights of the world" ly' would become
<unl ''tin salt of the earth those men rr?' than any othc
expecting to leave, as monuments to thiijr at present oxistin^
.own honor, and as heir looms to their 3. There is no
.children, die certificate* of their councc ruthlessly creates
lion, for life, w ith so noble an institution, culiar tenets wouli
After tins kint. of proclamation and effort, the minds of men
/or thirty yeac*, on the part of its Agents br.Mher, section
and advocates, with a corresponding in- society's bonds as*
blowing of popular favor upon it, and of eral christian dene
public inumfieence into its coffers, until even upon the ear
.Uiat Society dins grown up into gigantic delible dividing
proportions -nnd nil this because the pec- those men taken
jile laslievcd nil that had been declared which l>r. l'alinei
respecting its character and it? pernmnen- and ought not I
cy upon its present basis?after all this, it South have also t
L- lllslilllshilK/!V lironosi'il. no to OlltrnrvA Hlhlp o'xlfnrm .?
_ 1? / I - I 1 ? - - ??o~ - I "
llio/velui^s and sentiments of a generous taste even of tlie
nm1 confiding chrstiin public, ah radical chalice which lh<x
Jv lo change tho whole character of the liearers would pre
American Tract Society," by removing So certainly the
from its Constitution the restriction against ift either of their i
puhluhiug other than 'he pure ltible lishitig their tend
Ariifh, us Cod's people in all age* and lion or ortr it, e\e
.countries have understood and held it;? ' tho'American Tr*
mid tliua preparing the way fur convert* ' undergo a rndic;
lug the hitherto rofreahing streams of that doctrines in which
Society's issues into the desolating tor- liana can agree, cl
rent* of burning lava from the Abolition given to those v
xraters-lhe necessary result of this change with the Word o
l*ing, to transform that now "unsectari- which the church
sn," peaceful, and well working brother- of the wotld ev
hand into a "sectarian" organization, not many of the foi
.only of the "atraitest sect." but of the ' would have ultcrh
Anost lielligcrcn*. and explosive character 1 large proportion o
? instead, also, of its pres-nt broad o a- ad?T godly even ni
nnil of action, render- posed to slavery, repudiate
itional" in its bearings its presenting that inviting
uling from its embrace 'union' mid harmonious wt
ion of one half of tho count of which Sumiuerfi
And that all this will Ood would bless that Socbt
rom the contemplated it a great blfcssing to others,
nstitution, is obvious. it discords and contentions r
fact that the "Higher betokening only a curse. 1
s, who inaugurated this being the 'American Tract
sect,' whose semi lelig From 'sectionalism,' it will
tical creed, not only has American and wholly section
ewhere than upon the Surely even those men wi
>ut their teachings are deliberately weigh results
ntion of the mort decis- 1 without reason, perpetrate
and injunctions of the damning to their reputation
tain to work injury if not I
r more decisively taught charitable institutions as wt
od, than that the Lord 1 say, without reason?for u<
as the direct Lawgiver plead that will bear scrutiny.
chosen people, and in nels aro open to them. Uesi
g located in that good 1 duction of the commodity wl
had promised to their sire to furnish is already ove
ituc law, authorize and market it glutted and the
as a permanent institu- satiated. Nor have they ?
It was he who said : complain. No wrong has l
leathen) yo shall buy them. The Society never w
dinaids.' 'And yc shall From the beginning it has b
inheritance for your inoti heritage of American
, to inherct them for a Christendom. They volunta
y shall be your bond- to i'. as it is?and that In fn
the doctrine that theso character, its spirit and its in
is to proclaim through of operation,
is, that the relation of , And if ever there was a
it is 'the concentration ! cause in which it become go
This they have been true, conservative christian
intly teaching through who would not ?e6 the foun
Again, (lod himself by moral and religious, swept a
incorporated slavery in- id phalanx from east, west
then constituted ; and south, unitedly ami energetic
ily for the purpose of up for the right, and stay tl
idvantages to the slave ot evil, this is the time and
>ased responsibility and a benevolent Society, bocomi
v of the master. And for its years, long renowned
jvcrvwhere seen at the beneficence, redolent with al
rest fell in both the ! ries of the past ; and, until
.emporal welfare of the with brightest hopes for tli
ould be were be not j peril of its existence from ei
ssession' an 'inheri I lions ; or by a fraud which t
hildren.' And yet, be- j indelible stain upon our t
litulioii of the United christian character, liable to
toes not establish slave to purposes of evil, the rest
t. protects it where it is, no human mind can comp
res that 'such a cotisli- such an outrage, christian 11
execrated and outlaw- triots cannot nnd will not ta
lUinan race and that
tng it are on the way _ ^ tm
id because the South Tiik ( t'ti.i.OTisi:.?This i
ive, as did the Apostles, puuishuieut was introduced
ants together as mem- j 1700, when tho
as of the said ltoctor t(.tnbly was deliberating 0
? arc ceaselessly poured [code, by Joseph Ignnnce (?
so men's doctrines are vs Itom it derives its name,
lict with the teaching* tivea of humanity (iuillotin
s Apostles. '1 lie divine capitation, a punishment I
t all servants under the oll|y f,r nobles, and introdu
own masters worthy of chine, which had been long
o them service.' Those under the name < f "mania
o count them worthy of Scotland l>y the name of
r themselves even aha- There for *t he prevalent noti
? dishonorable and op instrument was invented by
And instead of beini; o-i >
0 ui i?muuu9? i uuu|^u connec
r 'service,' they instruct most horrid recollections, tl
y,?nay, '.hey ctou as perhaps the easiest, the <
escape, ?ud then glory most eiVectnal m<*le of ex>
it theso are tlie doctri- COuld be adopted. It conait
uiltcd, they will publish right posts fixed in a hori/.(
um of tile ' 1 ract Socio- and a wedge shaped blade,w
done in various other ,jej by n pully, moves up au
posts by means of groove
10 other 'sect' or denom- criminal is to be executed
y 'sectarian' as this new drawn up H-ul suspended at
'sect.' [ ble height; tlie condemned i
fiom the facts: 1st, |,iA fHCe will, his neck directly
t' has ever striven to i^ife, and bound to tlie platf
ication of i?s peculiar corj l,eing loosened the blac
st Society. I li'.s Sect great rapidity,and immediate
cation of its extreme head from the body.
condition of its conlin- 1 _ . - ? ?
io Society 1 '2nd, All RbadiSo.?Some people t
r denominations readily profit in an hour's reading,
liarities of their creeds, ?wj|| jn who|fi Jay of Ua[(
mite with their christian dnxinc over a hook. '1 heir
ng among then lel'ow frtCt SM|tIy The brovv i8
of our country, those te|1AQ t|l0Ught, t|l6 eye kindt.
in which they were a.I al.culi0ll| t|,c ||pS perhaps
ct' deems otner evan> move patsu with the (
of little importance in 0f ^|)a writer. To such min
,i peculiar creed . At mjnutea spent in reading iso
men procletm it better, ^vantage. K
very sentence
ications of that Society ^ |^||t j(i ,?e,nories; c
from the whole South, a tonj(, lQ t|u}r reflection; ev<
nild he deprived of tlint . | j* ft n0V! nft;r ,,f i..
eawi ui uiAbcimnaiiug . ? - e. "
[See Dr. Wayland's , S,eal |H>rlion of what
ler's Letter*.] , '<,a*8 tLrou^li their mind am
, irresistibly, that tinder WHtor running through n siei
'American Tract Socie this i* "ot to he re<
more intensely is?,ctori- su tons of intellectual trasL
r society or orgamz'iiou urc'^ gratify a d-pravei
r. Die rule is, to road what is
other Wet' which so . inK of*"u> then think of it.
division*, or whose pe *
I so certainly intlamo i From the Plain:
, array hrotlier against , St Lot;is, April 27.?Th
against section, break ninil train, with dales to the
>undur, rupture the rev- has arrived in this city. 1
miinstioiis, and inscribe countered violent mow sto
tl.'t surface the most in mi?U on the rout were fr
lines I Already have Marcy was overtaken by (?
i their position, fiom press, and ordered to await
informs lis lhay cannot l"ort Smith. The Time's ex
lo recede. The whole twenty-thousand Indians a
aken their stand. The ting on the 1'lains 7. ith the d
theirs. Nor will they of making a descent upon
'new w ine' from the Md that hostilities have in
le self-constituted cup-.! f?l. This is domed by ge
twill to tlieir lips. taclied lo the mail train whor
hi as tlicut) men succeed ?d through the country.
attempts?that of pub- i *
Ls under the Constitu Tell >no. Te wingad wttuja,
>ry distinctive feature of ?ny pathway roar, do ye not
irt Society' will speedily <]?iet spot, w here hoops are w<
>1 change. Instead of Some, lone and silent dull,
i ail evangelical Chris- <>' some e?-e, where womei:
iiicf prominence will three abreast, along the villi
vlioae conflict i* direct The loud winds hissed aroui
f God?new doctrines end, snickering, answered, 44
of Cod has in no age ? m ^ m ?
er sanctioned ?which If you desire to enjoy life
unders of that Society punctual people. They imp
) rejected, and which a and poison pleasure. Make
f the more intelligent only to bo punctual, hut a I
noiig those who aro op- i hand.
t
, Instead of From the Aincrican r.vsbyteiisu.
spectacle of Little Belle Richmond.
irking on ac- j mean to try and do as 1 ought to day,
e?d believed Mtl(j not j0 a wrong thing ; 1 mean to
y al,d make a very good girl, said little I telle Uitfh
it will exhib mond, as she sprang out of bed one win lhere
neriting and t?r morning.' When she was all dressed into the ?
nslead of its nicelv, her liair combed and shoes tied, as the mi
Society,' free 8|ie opened her door to run down stairs. little i
be only half <j ,nCan to do right,' said she, as she culture.
;j' closed the door, and returned to the bed- me ?"
ill pause and sjjP| aI1j there knelt to offer her morn- hundred
before they, j?g prayer. She pravtd that Jesus would the tin
a deed so j ],e||, i,cr to keep her resolution, for she 1 or cucum
and so ccr- th.-?t she couldn't he good in her 1 the same
ruin to other OWit strength. Would that all little girls , the vol at
>11 as that. . JjqV8 would remember that. | will mix,
5ne can they , Itclle was only nine years old ; her oration,
Other chan- 1 mother was dead ; she had no brothers i srjuashy
i!es, the pro I ntllj 8j8ter* ; no one to love her but her the gouri
lich they de-j jear ^i,,^ father. 1 lor father was ? sandv so
_.i '< > - i
mum-, me young man, who loved his little daught- greatest |
public taste er very (]eAr|v. j deeply sj
inv right to pelle ran down stairs, singing a pretty '"'J* *'101
?een done to i,Vinn, and she ran in the parlor where her ' '10 w
as theirs.? ! fl4ljiei. wa8, ! to injury
een the coin-; What a happv little girl!'said her wed rains
evangelical fHti,er, kissing her tenderly. | having h
rily went in- .[ mean to be-good all ilav, papa ; I've of plnntii
II view of its begun the day right/ saiu Hello, sweet- Holes sin
tended field I iv? " i with well
I IV. # ? .
I 'IIow have vou begun it, dear !' : over twe
lime and a praved, papa.' higher in
od men, and 'That is tho right way, darling?the , 0,1 (
men?men on|y wav j(> right . lint ring the lit- j Rcod ", ph
dations civil, ^ell ' for p,0 servants to come in to they hav
Way?in sol- pravers.' \ in
, north and l(eUe did as her father re. pros tod, and run, brai
ally to stand a moment after the two servants entered j terminal
lie incursions H||j qUjet|y sealed themselves. Belle was vigor of
the crisis,? verv qUj/t during the whole exercise, j just set;
ng venerable c|a8pjng her hands when she knelt in lake oil
for its vast I prayer>' low buti
II the memo j ;jer father gave her an approving smile , vine,
now, radiant I H8 |,e kissed her 'good bye,' when An ov
ie future?in | H|ie Went to school. She "begat: to duce hut
> il machina- j tbiiik what good she might do that day, should b
oust infix an when she heard some one behind her melons r
rational and . caJ|i?g outf 'prouJ girl! proud girl. tice of la
he perverted j cql(J turned around, and saw a little " ills. "s v
rlts of which ?,thoolmate coming near her. melon
rehend. To I 4 hear you l?efore. Mary ; did before th
icn anil pa- [ yon speak to me?' said she, pleasantly, positive i
mely submit, j' .yes, 1 did,' answered Mary, passing "<> go tin
1'astoh. 1 jier> which th
I 'l)o wait, Mary; I'm going now.? (Ireat
nstrument of IMcaso wait.' '"'Jo l'ie
into France I 'Do you want mo to?' asked Mary. j with the
National As * 'Yes^ I do; of course I do.' ; or retard
n the penal 'Didn't you tell Kmina Taylor that ground i
uillolin, from you couldn't go with mo ?' asked Marv, ( fast ak tl
From 1110 j quickly. "* : down,
proposed do- I 'Do right,' said Belle's conscience. tlietn ah.
Iiitlierto used 'Yes, 1 did, Mary. But that was he- ped hug
ced this ma cause you struck Kinm*. 1 would like of guano
used it. Italy to go with you if you are always good, the vine,
ija," and in j I want to he good Mary.' j wil" quic
"inniden,"? ! 'You are good, Belle. I wish I was The fi
on that this as good !' answered Marv.
Hnillotin. is 'We are all sinners: there is none good time of >
:ted with the ] ?no, not one.' When Helle had said about th
he (juillotine this, she made her little friend promise to vance?, t
quickest, and be good,too. 'Only ask Jesus for strength weeks,
edition that to keep it,' she said. l?y using
Is of two up- During the opening exercises and the and clinj
>ntal frame, prayei, ltello resisted a temptation, mihI that ripe
'hich suspen* she was glad she had done so. ller les seasons'
d down the sons were all perfectly learned and red- other mi
s. When a ted. and stie gained an approving word impregn
the biade is from her teacher.
a considcra- In the afternoon, Delleheard her name
s laid upon called, in a whisper several times. She '
' beneath the turned around and saw a little girl, with A :<<r
arm, and the her book before her face eating an ap gives hi?
le falls with ] nle. This was breaking the rules ; so Me forei
ily severs the ' If el I e, not thinking, whispered, 'l'lease greei, Ik
don't : it's against the rules.' , unlit the
'So is whispering,' said the child. j turning
vill gel more Hulle blushed ; and when ihe little in May.
than others girl offered her half of the apple, she in rows.
ss, indolent was going to extend her hand, when she a few sn
reading is in thought, 'Is il right ? No. Jesus help ing then
nit with in- me.' , length o
fs'with lively When they gave in their reports lor the wood a!
involuntary day, I telle'* was 'deficient ; but after two low*
jlowing lines school had ended she told her teacher all. treliis.
ds every five She was forgiven, and her teacher press- and mar
f inestimable cd a kiss on her lips, when she said, ful of gu
leaves a path j 'Hood afternoon.' each roe
very page is ' Belle Richmond came with her little "Win
try metaphor happy face to her father, and told him long to I
their fancy, how she had spent the day. Il was of tho lo
people read almost her bed time, but sho did not to the tr
1 is lost, like feci tired. laterals i
'P, tXl.. -i.a ii -:i l -- < i ? ?
o. iu hiiiid .?ijf viiiim( ?hiu hit lamer, "yon eft 11 uranclic.t
jTettcd, since 'good* every day. lint, Hello, joii until tli
i aro now de- bave sinful thoughts, perhaps to-day : thc first
! nppftti'o,? you liave still a ?inful nature, ami only the top, i
worth think- by prayer can you overcome it. Keep thu leaf >
nearer to Jesus ami you are safe. Now again un
Helle, you have found it easy to do other bit
l- right ?'>? day. when Jeans helps you,can ched out
ie Santa Ke )ou ,l0' r'ght J'our li,B time, aM same as
1st of April, jour dayt>, asking Jesus to help you ! taking ci
'lie train en' ^ty i?y dear, and you will grow in may pro
rms and ani- 8?*ce ** Jou yeR^* ?^cn to *he '
oxen. Cant. Rrd y?u will be indeed what you they are
arlanu's Kx- now _ e,,tirean
escort at ' Kiwkstixk II amji-TOX. ? extra tro
Ira says that - im Hn<'
re congrega- Nkvkr abuse one who was once your i ^ " ^
cterminMon bosom friend, however bitter now, ^
the Frontier, Never hire servants who go in pairs?
fact com me H8 sjsjers> cousins, or any thing else. 7 ,
ntlemen at- Never insult poverty. w?.'! !
eceutly pass- Never stand at the comer of a street. ' .
xt i e vines wit
Never speak contemptuously of woman- cRn j
kind. i. > '
, that round Never speak of your father as the "old *mm) h'
know some
orn no more? Never blow your nose beiweou your Nuw
some island thumb ana fingers. ounces o
i can walk Never eat a harty supper. over a fl
iga pave l Never stop to talk in a cburch-aisle nl'ter much as
nd ;ny face, service is over. iniism!.
? r?
nary place. Never aniile al tlui expense of your re- syrup, i(<
ligion or your Hible. alebohol
i, avoid un* Never taste a second nap. bottle at
>edo business Never reply to'the epithet of a drunk- i? to bo
it a rule, not aid, a fool, or a fellow. mixture
itlle before- Never taote an atom when you aro not applied t
[iiungry ; it i? suicidal. i furins an
I1LUII ill XL A 1C, lO(Wl
M 1 Useful Receipts
2UinrilltUrUL ; Kkcsht for Foukdkri:
' Take 1-4 lb. alum, dissolve it
" ~ ter, let it cool, tlien pour
Culture of the Melon- I borsc> Don't be afraid ; it
is no fruit that enters so largely If the horse is stiff, put his
laily consumption of our people wa'..-r, one at a time. I hav
clou, and none that seems to be rnl horses in this way.
understood or appreciated in its! ]{uKA1) Omelet.?Put int<
A line flavored wate. or musk R lCR c of breRj crumb9t
ould not be planted within one ! crcR R? fu, of buUer w
rods of any other melon, or any Rnd ^ wben lh(
don family <,ourds, squashes |ib80rbeJ lbe c*ream, b*nk
hers should never be planted in boat ll|C|n a liul(j wilb lbo .
garden or field with melons, for f ,ike . omc]ct
ive nature of the pollen of each _ 1
making hydrids of the next gen- Sticking Salve.?As r
giving the melon a goardy, Smith, I send you a re<
flavor, and softening the shell of ! king Sticking Salve of the fl
J. The melon delights in a j not only for sores, but for
il, and to have them in their Three pounds rosin ; half pov
perfection, the ground should he ha.f pound mutton tallow.
mdod or subsoil plowed. The ' spoonful sulphur. When in
lid he about ten feet apart. * | er, turn it into cold water, an
ater melon vino is verv subject l together with the hands, by
from water ; heavy and contin- ' doubling it, fifteen or twenl
give them the appearance of the origiot.al recipe says, "ab<
eon scalded, hence the necessity i ?and it '3 fit for use.?Rur\
ig on hills instead of on a level. ^er
>uUI be excavated and tilled in j Ilr.n mascuk.? Hen inn
I rotton manure, with a mound j or fifteen times stronger tl
manure at least twelve inches yard manure. It may be
i tint centre than on the outside ; several times its bulk of loan
:entre of this mound, plant the allow it to remain a fe
tut some six or eight, and when | convenient, to allow it to itn
e four leaves, thin out to three | loam, and then be applied
a bill. As the vines begin to Or tire ben manure may be
ich au l bloom, pinch out the 1 cast, hairowed into the ear
bud, which will throw the whole turn uuder lightly with a ga
tlio vine into the young fruit i otherwise, and the quantity
as the fruit increases in size, must be in accordance with
all but one to a branch, and al j The lime may be treated in
>ne melon to ripen on one branch tionod way.? Country O'eni
, , , , .,, i Ci'uk roil Stammkhing
er loaned melon vine will pro 8V?nl)|u pr?nounco,,t ,ap Hl t
inferior fruit, lire cultivator M {hJ Uv (\ear
n, mind mat the roots of | invetera.e stammerer will b.
un just as fast, and that tne prac , fmJ ,)e c;m no,mce ilc
y.ng back the vines over the . , long and constant mactic
ery injurious to the crop, the ? f .1 < * . ?
- , J , , . ?' 1 nounce perfectly wed. Una
ouud cannot be broken too deep ,ninei| 'in lW(/ w eilhc
e vines begin to run, but it is ; ||eljc COIlcenUlieous IlclioI
injurv to the vine lor the plow ^ vylunl nu>lion in th<J
ree inches below the surface over lbose of lbo ( which
e vine has already run. I 111.^:. 1 .1
. , . . * . , , probable , or it inav be ll
care should be taken in hand- 1 ||l0nt of ,,|0 fi attracts 1
vines when working among them ofUa. illvVivi.lurH from bis sp
hue. l or every tendril broken j ,OWR H frfte nclio|| of .Jj
led m its maturity. Keep the (.onceril(J(, in nrtlcuiati.>n.
Mean around the vines, an i as
ie vine elongates a branch, peg Sm.t am> Asiiks kohCoi
, so that the winds mav not blow i"g my cows to pastille ii
jut and break them. If the strip provide several small tubs
is troublesome, mix one portion ' fixed lliein firmly in tlio so
1 to two of gypsum, and dust over them liuing overturned, put
1 when the dew is on?the Imil's iOiieijuart of sab. and thr
kly depart. ? j sifted wood ashes, previousl
rst melons that set on llie vine by stirring, 'lhe cows part
nre in.about four weeks from the this mixture, it prevents
eting. The second settings in sudden change trom dry t
ree weeks. As the season ad a"d lias, besides, a most
hey will mature in less than three ( effect upon tlio general s\
Fine crops of melons are made insert that salt should be f
brush lor the vines to run on only once a week, as its
?to. The seed of the first melon I <??<? would be injurious. H
>ns should be saved for the next p'i'd in this way, no appr
planting, if it grew where no he entertained. I have ne
;mbcr of the melon family could instance of this kind, and I
ate it ' the article for years.? Gi'r,
1 C'/rnph.
Hot.?Jt is a fact indispu
Tomatoes. * j savs \|r, Cuthhe.rt \V. Jo
respondent of the (ionesee Farmer sheep are allowed free acces
i modes of growing tomatoes,? will never he subject to the
vards his plants in a hot bed or the rot. >ome recent cxpi
>use, and grows them in spots lead ine even to hope that I
ly nre a foot ami a liali high, or the other, ho able to pro
them out about the second week euro for this devastating db
Me plants'tiivm three feet apart room but lor one fact : Mi
When planted lie diives down Stanlv, in (donchestershire,
akes, six or eight feet apart, leav- of 1828, purchased for a in<
1 ahout four feet high the whole ty sheep, decidedly rotten, i
if the rows, and nailing a strip of of them for some weeks one
I along the tops, and tying one or every morning ; two only
pr down the stakes,*o make a the winter; the surviving
The ground should ho dug deep ewed and have now, says i
le rich w ith manure, and a spoon lambs by their sides.?/VrA
ano mixed with the soil around ; Curb for tub II.te ok a
i . e quote. ' ^ writer in the National
n they have grown sufficiently ,avs tb|lt irilft o( hartsho.
Lie to trellis, I select two or three re;ncd fJtlw bile ()f a in
ngost shoots and t.o them loosly ; woun(f bo aJd, hhould
eI ts, cutting away all other small bftlhe(, wjth i( ftU(1 lbrc0 (
vhich may grow on the main (|i|uleJ uke inward|y dur
i. I let these main branches grow Tbe hartshorn decomposes c
ey have come m flower and set virus insinualed into tbo W)
hunch ot fruit; limn I mn.u.
,? mediately destroys its dele
>ne joint above tlio fruit, leaving The wri^r> who resjded in
entire. ! then allow it to go on | ?|ne) Hrst lru.tj (l f0f t|>0 hi
itil it has flowered nr.d set an on )in<j fol|||), lhal it rein(J
cch of fruit, when the top is pin- nmj jnflamation almot insta
one leaf above the bunch, the qlI0ntly he tried it for tho h
the first, and so on of all the rest, snake, with similar success,
wo to cut all the lateials which creation of the writer, an
w on tho main branches down p|iy#jcinn lrie<i jt \n cases o
ixela of the loaves, as often as anj always with success,
produced, but lea\ing the leaves
If any one will take this littlo Planting Pox. row j
uble, be will be amply repaid professed gardeners, know li
>lut ly astonished at the immense so??e "border ornament ougl
of fine large tomatoes be will t?d. It is usually stuck in
f planted in a favorable situation, Rn'' left struggling on top o
I ripen at least as early as those w'1'' three or four tunes as i
i any other way out of doors, and three or four times loss >o
ly three days or a week oarlier. ought to have. Pox grn
pe lhav will hang longer on the we!1 from RH
l.out 'decaying. The situation Now, the trench in which
Il\ be too sunnr. Depp, light lo planted, should be fu
?il suit tliem best. ! on lbe , ??* ? W?g
shallower on the alley s
m1 ^ "" should be made fine?and t
Ouaftimo Wax.?Take two tej to the bottom of tho t
f common rosin, melt it slowly in tightly with soil, leaving
re, being careful not to heat it so R|K1 H half to two and a h
to toake it throw oS' >U spirit of | of gtound. There will bo r.
t?. When it become* clear as not growing, or of producin
Id a little losa than ono ounce of nt the ground. Of course
, and mix troll and put into a think of planting lx>v withe
once and cork tight. Alchohol wm ^ n
added sufficient to make the Kind words are among
liquid and keep it so, and when flowers of earth . they, con
.0 trees it hardens at once and , blest home into a paradise;
air tight covering them especially around lbe f
N UMBER 13.
** iioR8Ks.?| 3J.oripftr.
in hot \va- J
will cure.? ! A wise man will speak well of his
? feet in hot neighbor, lo?*e his wife, take home a news0
Raved seve- paper, and pay for it in advance.
) a stew pan Mike, if you meet Pat tell him to make
a tea cup of l,a8t?dlh
salt, pep- ' ,Sl,ro an I will,' said Mike, 'but what
3 bread has j h',a" ' 'din 'f ' don't mate hitn ?'
mixture, and Charles Lamb, when a little boy, walk*
j ing with his sister in a church-yard, and
coucsted l.v i rea(,inS ll,e epitaphs, said to her: Mary
cine for ma ' w',ero ,irc a" tho naughty people buried 1
rst quality?i
pains, ike. young unchin hearing that his brothmd
bees-wax cr was vtry sick, asked his father the fob
and a table- | lowing question:
ie!ted toireth *1 sa}'? dad, if l'cte dies, mayn't I have
d then work J l,'s boots I'
pulling and J ? ??? ?>
:y minutes? | 'Ma, pa is getting very rich, isn't he?
out an hour," 1 'I don't know ; why, child V
_il .Vein t*n?- 'f'nie.i Ur.
- ? I jjitw IIIVJ 11 Ml L. II IllUUUy. ?"
Almost cvory morning, after breakfast,
mure is ten when Sallv is sweeping the parlor, he
lan common ffiws "ie a six-pence to go otn and play.'
mixed with Sally received short notice to quit.
w weeks, if Piston went to J'aria in 182H, and
pregna'e the was one day walking in front of the
in the hill-? Hotel Mauric, with his tongue hangin<*
sown broad- out of his mouth.
th, and then j 'What are you doing that for?' asked
.ng plough or I his intimate friend, P->ti?tr.
used per acre 'Why,' replied the eccentric man, 'I'm
its strength, learning your language, and I want to
the last men- catch the accent.'
'ft man.
.? At every Why Cats Wash their Faces.?A
lie same time ca' caught a sparrow, "and was about to
so the tnosA devour it, but the sparrow said, 'No genii
surprised to an eats till lie lias fir*t washed his
fiucnilv, and face.* '1 he cat, struck with this remark,
e he will pro- sel l^ie ?pano\v down, and began to wash
may bo ex- 'ds face with bis paw, but the sparrow
r l?v a svm "ftW nway. This vexed Puss extremely,
1 of the nerves !"la l't5 said, 'As long as I live I will cat
finger, rnd in first, and wash my face afterwards.'
is the most ( - ? ? *??
i ?t the move- An itinerant phrenologist stopped at
the attention a rustic farm house, the proprietor of
ccch, and al which was busily engaged in threshing,
ividu tl nerves "Sir, I am a phrenologists. Would
you liko me to examine the heads of
vS. On turn- -vo<l.r children. I will do it cheap".?
i the spring, i s,l,d the farmer, pausing between
and hav?n<' :',e two strokes,"! rathergnoas they don't
'il, to prevent ll" "l0 0''' vvo,nan combs them
into each tub ' witl1 a findooth comb once a week."
ee quarts of
y wel' mixed 'Pompey, did you take that note to Mr.
like freely of Jones ?'
injury bv the '''A inassa.'
o green food, ', )<d you sea him V
invigorating har> m(J did.*
stem. Some 'How did lie look?'
jiven as often *^l>y, massa, lie looked pooty well,
more freonent '??deriiig lie is so blind.'
lilt whin's up 'Blind ! wli.it do you mean by that?'
ehenaion need *^Vhv, massa, when I was in de room
vor known an gil'bin de paper, lie asked mo whar my
have so given ',:U was, alu'. perhaps you won't beiicvo
mantown Ttl- . ,no? niassa, he war on do lop oh my
hod de hull time.'
itatdy proved, m
hnson, thai if J Uiiki'Matic.?" Well, Bod, how arc
s ol sail, they } 0,1 \
disease called 'Why, I've been troubled a good den!
erimeuts also with the rheumatics lately.'
shall one day ! ' An?j 1,ow is )'?"r wifr
vo it to he a ! 'She's very rheumatic too.'
ease I have i 'And how's little Dicky!'
r. Ibisber, id 'I think he's got a touch of the family
in the autumn complaint; I think he's a little rheumatic
jre trifle twen to?*
find gave each 'Dear me, well 1 will call upon you in
ounce of salt il ?D?y or two, and see how you are; where
died during '1? you lodge 1'
eighteen were *' am almost ashamed to ask you to
inv informant ' <>ur '?dgiiig, for that is room uttic too!'
Mad Doo.? Statitliso Disc i.osrni..?'How do you
Intelligencer <D>, Mrs. Towo ? Have you heard the
n is a certain Rtorv nhont Mrs. Ludy?'
ad dog. '1'lie 'Why, no, really, Mrs. Had ! What is
be constantly Do tell!'
:>r four doses, 'D, 1 promised not to tell for all the
ing the day. i world ! No, must never tell ou'i.'
hemicallv the 'Why, I'll never tell ou't as long as I
sund, and im- live, just as true as the world. What is
;>>< i,.n '
icriuuMics*.? , ,to 4 xyv/.nv, it?i.
15ra7.il some 'Now, you won't say anything about
te of a scorpi- '?? will you ?'
.veil the pain I'll never open my mouth about
itUly. Subse il? never.'
ito "of a rattle- 'Well, if you'll believe it, Mrs. Fundy
At the sug- j ,0''' Ine 'HSl Bight,that Mrs. Trot told her
old and aide ,',a' l,er sister's husband was told by a
f hydrophobia person that dreamed it,that Mr. Trouble's
oldest daughter told Mrs. Nichens that,
her grandmother heard hv a letter which
peop e, except s|,0 fro,n |M.r sister's Recond husband's
low this hand oMe* Uo{h^6 B(ep jJulghter, that it w as
it .0 >e p an- r0pOrje(] \,y the captain of a clam boat
t n ' * ,c* just arrived from the Fee jee Islands, that
ic groiiin tji0 nicrmfcj(jt ahout that section wear
nuc i <>p arm crjno|jnw made out of Bhark skins!'
ttoin than it .
ws nearly as ? ^ m~~
the root*'.-? Death from OmcrMCiaios in New
tlin Oitrriurr ia VoilK. Corotier II ilia hfhl ?n ilidtlcsL in
II spade deep l',e cas? of tlie child whose death from
a few inches circumcision was announced on Thursday,
ide?the soil The child, Myer Jacob Levy, (whoso pahe
lx>x inser- ; 'cuts reside at No. 03 Haxlcr street,) bo
roncli, packed '"g eight days old, was circumcised Sunonly
from one day last, by Dr. Ahrams, of Dleccher
a!f "inches out street, w ho performed the operation in the
o danger of it "*u*l manner. A few hours afterwards
g full foliage il wns discovered that the bandage was
no one would displaced and that the child was bleeding
ait a lino. profusely. Dr. Ahrams was recalled, tut
ii^jflbrts to stop the hemorihage were
the hrighest inflfcctual. The verdict was 'Death from
vert the hum- ; convulsions, superinduced by loss of blood
therefore use following circumcision ; further wo find
ire circle. that the operation was lightly j>eiformed"