The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 25, 1858, Image 1
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VOLUME VII. LANCASTER. C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG 25, 1858. NUMRKI18S
Charity
VtVhan you moot with one suspected
'Of some-secret deed of shame,
And for this by all rejected
As a tiling of evil name ;
. ' (jiurd tliiuu every look and action
Speak no word of heartless blame,
For the slanderer's vile detraction
Yet may soil thy goodly name.
| ^
I 'When you meet with.one pursuing
Ways the lost have entered in,
Working out his own undoing,
vWith ,||ia recklessness and sin ;
Think if placed in his condition,
Would a.kind word he in vnin !
< V a look of cold suspicion
Win thee back to truth ngaiu.
There nie spots that boar no tlowers,
Not because the soil is bad,
nut the summer's genial shower*
Never make their blossom* glad;
[Setter leave an net that's kindly
Treated sometimes with disdain,
That by judging others blindly,
Doom the innocent to pain.
The Bluo Ridge Road
't
A correspondent writes an follows
the Kdgefield Advertiser. It will befoul
to contain an interesting account of ll
progress of this enterprise :
Ah ! this is the Blue Jiidge, with i
long sweep of beetling cr^gs, looming u
grand, stern, bnge, sombre and subliin
lii'O #lto I* ? !?* ?4- * * 1
..^v, ui numu n'ruii ^en
What jj we sec rising ap, graceful
h (ireoisu) column,/rom the brow af yi
high, dgskv mountain ? Is it smoke i
suing lioin one of the 'hurst furuMies'
a volcano ? ^5nt while wo yet g"'.e, a
mire and wondor, the winds have liroki
the beaulilul column, spreading it ss
veil over .th,o face of the mountains, ai
we see at oacc ilntl it is nothing hut
J i cloud. How natural it is for one, am
I . surroundings like these, to fall into
I 1 drcamv reverie. The willing captives
fancy for the moment, we art carried
. f way and away into the empyrean 'throiij,
1 vast of new and sweet imaginings.' It
1 hark ! what portentous sound do we he
' rumbling down in tho very heart of tl
I ' ridge on which we are standing i A
^ we i i danger of being swallowed up 1
au earthquake ! I trow not. This
Tunnel Hill, alius Stump House mou
tain, and those cxplo ions are the Ida*
. in ihu'gleat lunnell.' I lie IJIile liidj
_ 1 tallroad, cxlet .'.nig from Anderson
Ivnoxtillo, vill le one hundred and uiu
M ly five imks long ; fifty two miles in o
^ own State, seventeen in Georgia, sevent
IV it ri-P in V..rlti ( !nr<iliiia nn.l rt fi ?I. ?
/ in I
n una Tunnel is one mi;
five hundred mJ seventy two feet
length ; il?i out ire grade upward in
Westerly direction is sixty six ftfet ; it
twfl i'v feet high by sixteen in width?i
openi..g irge enough, it would seem
admit aiiy train of ears. I saw it stati
in the paper, some time ago, that tl
I J Hue Ridge Tunnel ill Virg:nia was fdui
to be too small, and I have been surpr
cd to learn that many of our intellige
citizens bad gotten themselves into tl
belief that tins piece of information bi
reference to the Stump House Tunnel.
Rut I am about to digress. The rocl
macs, through which the tunnel passes,
coin|>osed mainly of rjuartz, wuich, a
cording to liana, is an essential const.it
o?t of granite. It i? due to truth ai
science, however, to state that there is i
so a gneiss formation, or in oilier wort
that in some places the rock* is made t
of thin parallel plates, capable of beii
separated by splitting. Though this li
, ter feature would escape tho notice of
casual observer, for at no point in tl
tunnel has a prop or an arch been foui
necessary. Wherever the full section
excavated, the tunnel is completo and se
sustaining, both at the top and at t
sides, and will thus remain for yearn.
From the Kastcrn portal, the tunnel
oper. 1.200 feet. Curiosity generally ii
pels visitors to explore this artificial ca
ern, although the gloom, the smoke, l
horrid din, and the constant dred of
nrpnisturu exnlosioh are ant to work fei
full}- upon (tie nerves mid upon tbe iron
ination. After (tumbling itnd gropii
along the darkened way for a considci
Lie distance, one it rather surprised
- iind, in such a place, a brace of *mith<
^ let in full blast ; but it ia necessary I
lliQ blacksmith to follow up the aork,
that the dril's may be kept in good ord
'i'he ringing anvil, the ahooting spark*,a
the stench of saltpetre, I r ng to tnind t
fabulous story about theCyclopa asaiati
Vulcan to forge the thunder h ha of Jo<
An I at the Cycloj>a are fable ! to lin
had but one eye, in tiro tnidille of t
forehead, almost bidden by the loweri
brow?the little lamps, 'making darkm
visible,1 and ans| ended from each woi
mans oil cloth hat, are not at all calcu
- - -? . ! ll.
twi to tjfiraci irom iu? muniuii.
Shaft No. 1 in now u?hI?w eaoept
ventilation, and it nerves admirably
that purpose, the current of air rushi
alternately, up an J (lien down, throu
the opening' Standing more than 1
feet 1-cneath the surface of the earth, a
/ catching a glimpse of the blue ?
I through this shaft, one la prepared to
*1 4 * rijjht estimate upon the light of d
I It Not ?|u?to twelve months ago, | could
I | into tho mountain, from the "J5*?t ei
I L only 420 foet, hut on this occasion, I *
I in 1,200 feet, or nearly one fogrth oi
At shaft No. 2, which is 220 feet de
/ ^B the prt?grc*s of the work i* very good
^B the eicavation having been carried (i
' feet Knit, and about seventy West. The The Contrastcontractors
are prepared to take out the \ short winter evening was da
I full section of the tunnel at this point. close ns a young and poorly
No. 3, is the only shaft not finished, .reach the door of a splendid in
but will be brought to grade by next Bleeker street, New York. Th
October. Hero an unusual quantity of ushered her into a largo and e
water has been encountered ; for a while partinent, where sat Mrs. ,
| this summer, 2,500 gallons per hour lrt.ss Qf so much wealth and gra
I were brought out?r.ow reduced to 1,000. I conversation with a friend. Th<
I A beautiful oscillating ongine and a fan gjr| stood for a moment and the
; for sending fresh air down to the toiling 8je<J, an,i presented to Mrs. 11
i miners, have been added at this point.? j bundle, saying : 'I hope the <
| The blacksmith's shop here, and also the 8Ujt vou, madame?'
.one at No. 4, is connected with tliCifan, J 'The work is well euough,'
and thus the labor .of two bauds at tbo J3 examining it carefully ;
; bellows is saved. did you not bring it before? it i
1 At shaft No. 4, the slido and cage ap- ! a week past the time it was pro
I paratus may be seau. Two sets of up- Uniess you are more punctual i
i rights, about five feet apart, extended i your word better, 1 cannot lot ;
! from the l>ottom to the top of the shaft ; ! any more work.'
' between these, passes up and down a Jt Was growing dark, and tbo i
huge box, attached to a strong cable, and ' nui yCi lighted, so the tears that
| having pieces of iron on the sides exactly j ju die girl's eves could not be
1 is - .? < ** 1 "" '
lining me upngui umuers. ttiu arrange- |icr voice was very tremulous ai
inoul works somewhat like a railroad, and . swered :
there is 110 cliauce for the box either to , ?i did not mean to break in
oscillate, or turn in any direction ; the ' ma'am, but my mother has be
advantages are safety to bands, and much worse, and my "little brother in ?
I greater power and capacity for serving wood cut his foot,so 1 had to
m, the men below. Formwly,about twenty. ; i,er vo'lco became inarticulate,
five operatives could be employed here, hastened out of the room,
but now from fifty to sixty. The hardest is always the way with t
lo i rotk is found in tliia ahafl?it has been ; pie J said Mi 5. 15 , 'a sick in
id worked 120 feet Fast, And 70 West. 1 lie mint, or a cut foot?any1
lie i full seltion of the tunnel has been excava ; R? excuso.'
| tod pretty closely to the beading. ^ 11?? I Meanwhile, Mary reached th?
'beading' extends down about seven feet dwelling she called home. Win
lts | hum the roof of the tunnel) ! feelings were laboring under lli
P? ; Tho tbiee shafts last mentioned are ; KO thoughtlessly inflicted, or her
"? I worked each by a steam engine. A . illness distressed her, or her hear
>' steam pump for the West end will be | e,| t|JO thought of helpless poi
put up in a short time. The tunneling it might have been the contrast
| this side of the mountain has been 1 the room she liacl left, slid the
ls i driven into the r^ck 470 feet. had ju*t entered which forced it'
i And now I conclude niv 'bill of part e- J |u.r> Whatever was tho cause,
1 ' iilars,' l?y stating that this inair.nioh to |,,,r usual serenity and caie t
in tunnel is open, in all, l,t?80 tec', or itmro MN t-heerful as possible before liei
14 1 than ohm third of the .entire distance ' K|.c covered iter face with her ha
'J ; through t. If wo take into our estimate leaning upcli the hi !e table be
H j the preparatory part of the business ? j burst into a passion of tears. It
'J j sucli as the putting up of machinery an 1 \ moment bef.re a faint voice
a , of cahins for the hands, the sinking of be I called 'Mary.' She started
! four deep sb.af *, .ill i.uw finished except 111ro of grief and went to her
* one, it may ' ? safely ir-sorled that tlic 'bedside.
'.h m.rk is more than half duin-. 1 was in- 'Maty, dear, wipe your eyes,
ul formed bv a scientific gentleman, who down by mo here, and read tl
ftr kindly furnished the figures in this letter, fourth I'sulm. It w-ill do us hot!
! that the exoavilir.g process is iccoltraU-il M.?iy reached down frtuti the
re i more hiu! uiofu every month. I his is we'! wotn :?ible, an I seated at
>y ' partly tho principle ihat 'practice ,.f ),M mother's bed. In a snhdi
_ i < - ? i -i ? -* ? ' "
- I makes peneci, anu men mo mini iter 01 r,.Hd She had just fini
? hand* is corral .ntlv on the increase. (I v. rse : -Mam- are the affliction
U ?"!'! hi tli.s book keeper that there , righteous, but the Lor.] delive
V are r, .w b-ua. 000 on the hill.*) More- out of theni all,' when a gentle
l" . " . ai. is sunk to grade, two heard at the door. A little girl so
' new laces in the r ck are presented to the younger than Mary opened it, at:
ur sledge ami drill. entered.
.. 7i? -r ? *r 'Is this where Marv Morris liv
eo The Duration of Man. Llfe.-A Hew > .M s,.lt|C(1 f , UJ
Idea. ?
, . i- tny name n.u am.'
| , A Wo* Us r*e*ut]y }' u I 'Ah, res, you are the one I jut
... by M. Hourei.s, the celebrated French Mrs _J_.S. , in ilC(, , ou,
a physiologist, in which he assert* that the ; ,1SV, come ,Q %J-{ { cM u
is natural length of a man s life is live times #ervice (o y<m ,jQW js Uf mo(
sn ( as long as the period of growth, and as T||C Jftat' u?ow canJfe wa# dj|1
to ; su tiling that the latter is twenty jears besiJo |fae ^ wI|(jre Marv
ed concludes that the destined pilgrimage of | readill? The ,ad went ,OWHr
...an on earth is one hundred years I took lhe ,1Mnd of t,je eioaciated
?d From hi. own observations, and acts .I1|ive u physician ?'
- derived from the operations of Buflon, .No moW Ml ' ,lUHba1
.it . and fro... natural ..story, lie believes that n0,R ^ mu mucb') l|lHt t ,,
lie the proporfonate length of life in animals notbil|f, lo pay ono# , bope |
id j to their periods of growth is established, better in a few days, and then a
; and now claims to have discovered the we? . but RoW it j(J very harJ
iy | peculiar physical change in the system of Mary '
is i both animals and men which indicates 1 ' M{*t ,|ave ft bi b fevern,
c- the completion of growth. 'It consists, bo nWenJed lo; my husband is ,
u- sa\s M. Flourens, hi the union of the cjan) be wjjj caj| nnd prCscribt
iu bone* to tl.o epiphyses. As long as tl.e aJ)lj ber0 * re t ome provisions for
il bones are not united to tl.e.r epiphyses, drpn . nnd Mary, just open the d
Is, the animal grows. In man the same ef- hervanl )i;iK brought vou a wl.t
up | feet takes place at twenty,and consequent- . ,oad of wood ready ,jt. ive
i.g | ly the duration of man s life is five times alt,;IIlion to yoilr Mother, you
it- twenty. Is now fifteen years since I com provided for.'
a j menced researches into the physiological | Their hearts were too full for e
.0 ; law of the duration of life, both in man of th?uks, but the lady needed
Ml and in some of our_domestic animals,and lo convince |ier that tl.ere was .
is I have arrived at the result t|mt the nor- } ,ike tbat ofdoing good. Teara ,
f mal duration of man's life is one century. I in tbat humble room that night,
he * eg, a century a hfo is what l'rov.donce of bitterness, and there were tin
meant to give ui. i.jcjs that would put to shatne.ll
is M. Hourens brings some striking and gralilude 0| thousands that are,
ii interesting facts forward to prove the , f l|lat bave nwJ of
.v- truth of this theory as applied to domes- Mrs. It. went that night to wi
he tic animals, and claims that it has an ex- performance of a popular trage
a e.nplificalton in the relative duration of RO overCi)ino by the distre.
ir? growth and life in the camel, h.?r*e, ox, |,ero and heroine, as to ho una
g Jog, and other domestic animals, in di- t0lld anything else lor several
ng viding the several periods of man s life, m
'it- M. Monrens nrolones the duration of in.
lo fancy up to ton year*, l>ecaii9o it is from The Heavens before and aft?
>r nine to ten that second dentition teriyi 1 had occasion n few weeks
or i natea ; adolescence up to twenty, because take the early train from I'rov
o it is at tliHt Age the development of the Boston ; and for this purpose ro
er. hones ceases ; of youth, up to the age of o'clock in the morning. E<
nd . forty, localise it is only at that ago thnt around was wrapt in darkness a
he tbu increase of the body in hulk terini- , ed in silence, broken only by wl
ng ' uates. 'After forty,' ho says, 'the body ed at that hour the unearthly c
re. , doe* not grow, properly speaking ; the rush of the train. It was a mil
ve augmentation of its volume which then midsummer's night?the sky wa
ho | takes place is not a veritable organic do- a cloud?the winds were wh
ng velopment, hut a simple accumulation of moon, then in tho last <piarter,
dss fat. After the growth, or, moio exactly risen, and tho stars shone with i
rk speaking, the development in length and noire dui uitio aliened i?y her
In- bulk has terminated, man enters into Jupiter, two hours high was tl
wjt*t may bo termed the |>erio?l of invign- of the day ; the I'le'ades just i
for ration -that is, when nil hi* parts become horizon shed their sweet Influet
for more complete and firm, <n<) the whole east ; Lyra sparkled near the i
og onanism more perfect. This period lasts Andromeda veiled her newly d
gb to sixty five or seventy years, and then glories from the naked eye, in tl
70 begins old age, which lasts for thirty the steady pointers far hcneatli
lid years.' looked meekly up frdm the dep
ky Although we cannot entirely agree north to their sovereign,
sol with the theory of M. Klfturen*, that with Such was the glorious spec
ay. corrected manner-, p-issfdn-, and habits, entered the train. As we proee
go llyt life ?f m:v c,ul '* prolonged to the timely approach of twilight bees
lid, Itngib'Ti.d pcr.od he m?Qtic>D*, we yet perceptible; the infenso bin o
unt think that with th good conduct lie re began to soften the smaller star;
f a commends, moderate labor, study, and a tic children went first to rest;
[ systematic court? of living, it may not beams of the rieiades soon r
ep, only l>? extended, but its evening may b* gelhar ; the bright ednstH
I? j sustained in beauty and vigor until nigbf th<s west snd north remained tir
fry . has entirely tpl jn. Steadily thy wondroua trans
j went on. II.,mis of angels bidden fro,.. Rev. Peter Cartwright at the A
iwning to ' mortal eyes shifted the scenery of tho House
clad girl j heavens ; tho glories of night dissolved c , , ,r . . .
ansion in I '"to the glories of the dawn. The l.lwo f ?,r:urs .l,.,a'1te ,l n.ec*
o servant sky "ow turned more softly gray; the' ?r 1 * rtrlwriK''t to visit Now \ ork
lc-gant a j great watch stars shut up their holv eyes- *ome > ears ?nd 't was arranged
the uiis- ; the east began to kindle. Faint streaks V? " T*1.1 . II
nJeur, in ; ^ pur.plc soon blushed along tho skv ? T, 1 b,8.bIre,h'cu ?l?ected to i
5 young 'i'e whole celestial concavo- was tilled with "s 80cm ""d denorninationa
n courte I the inflowing tides of the morning light li'" "?V?" '? .1 r-f.r0?r., to the /
-a small ! which came pouring down from above in If ,L ."t l0a(Wuarler-s- W hen
work will | 0"e great ocean of radiance; till at length ! # <r ' ' owe\e.r' "PPeared at the
as wo reached the Blue Hill,, a flwal, of T' U,e"' "otl""K u,'"s
aid Mrs. P'lrple lire blazed out from above the her fi J"? " *U.86<??:J to its pro
hut whv I woo and turned the d.wv tear dron. ,'f i T??K <>'?
is at least flower and lea! into rubies'and diamonds. 5 "T",' luere,ore' b
miscd.? ' In a few seconds, tbe everlasting gates of 2* el. ? ? ? S r??m' ,l?
aud keep the morning were thrown wide open, and I to show hin/unli!!^ ?V|T l? * 8er
fou have ! U.e lord of day, arrayed in ghriL too se- ? 1 "sr L,P, 8lairs
i vere for the gaze of man, began his state 1 i ^ Up' Up ,r' k.artwrig
room was ?Kdirartl Kvcrett. g I wond?"?g amazement lost, the ser
cathcred ? _ apparently untiring in his aruusetnei
seen but1 The Doctor and his Patient. I ascending. Finally, the servant op
, .1,0 a,i- I Of?" 11,0profoaaiona, Uado. or occopa- '' ???I I'',"" "I'""110"1 "I"" tiro
.ion. that engage the mind, of tL "ftR" ft'1'I', 1 , [i "
y word, ?f plij'.iciana is lire mooi divmificl. In | w|,;u ,.ft ,, . i B cdtlteBer
en much j locating ho has to find out the constitu- j tfo. Broiinse8._rPn0nio T Min*?
chopping : tioi? of those lie is called upon to visit, for I was .ilft rof... 1 . nqviiry 1
Here it is frequently the ease that success mav j ^^11. VnZr ,VoVf
and she j l>e owing more to a deep and thorough i S^ This lVjl|B"l,fficd
I knowledge of the constitution of the i>a- ! , P , V ggafiC* V"1 v?7 P'
hesepeo.' ticnt than more common place applica- i IStim! *-g .,T
'Ottioi, or j tions. As an illustration of this vVe will V / Vm 'V
thing for re'ato an anecdote of one of our old phys- | ,iown l.ii i ' , 7 V' ,W"\
I icians, who, if he finds physic will not ^!,.;^length Acs
i humble , cure, tries other means, as the case mav ?' iK,'- ' b('for?, 1,10 Mrv?nt c
ether hor I reonkc. * J* J'? ??P?. * cter enquired il
.e wound t Dr. <>. had loag heon the attending u>?h-v wnn?^. T "P
mother's physician of a young lady past her teens, al iJL i? \ ( P. ' 'ieav011 w?r?l,
t sicken- i "> ! erected with certain disorders it.ci | j t lt , ! " T'"' H"<J pw
rerty ; or ' dent t? a want of occupation, and the I MrvMi t \,rtw*v !' ?')ar.t i>eacebetween
j care of a family. She sends for the Doc- j found himself l' i ,,,<>re
one she | tor i" reason and out of season ; he rushes i ]r ,i . i ?o " 8 when i
-elf upon ! "?t m a ;i,40 pace, and funis his patient j (jtne ?? " v,?oro"s'y. In
contrary | perfectly well, but sad and lonely, and of < nantinJ with il " r*a|> ' - .
appear course atllicted with blues. All be can P<f^ I
r mother, do is to administer a 'tincture,' w ith a ; rol, ,u I I ?m sorry to tro
lids, and f?w drops of peppermint, and the patient j jf v'oll w:ii g "* 10 seo t',c (
fore hor, | h well for a day. . /' | ^ ^ ^ ^
wns but | "" one occasion, h cold, boisterous I <
from the night the doctor hud just turned in, wrap- ' ?j , * ' ,
lrom her Ping bimself snugly in his blanket with, j to ." 7?*".' '1?"" S008 .t,UJ 8*rv
mother's I the hope of a quitt sleep, wten :? loud it,," c Kt a smgular
| rap aroused him. cLhP UP ,n tho uPPer ??ory wanted
and sit 'Who is sick !' inquired the doctor nuir- ! Vm t r??m* Aml the" "*'?
ie thirty- I muring. , goes Mr. Uerk,Boo.l<
! -MS. Sully Strickland, ,i,. .he i, ? Am,*.*.**!'
shelf the j most dead, expect she'll die before vou ? 'Wall I will t i ...
t the foot ' get there.' J " e1!; 1 w,? 1,e ""dor great obliga
,ed ?"ico I 'I'll U alone.' said tho doctor, exclaim- ' '' J?U wil1 S,,?vv lno t,,e v v d
shed tho >"g to myself, 'dog, Mi?t Sallr, i n try iu 1 MM,rss
of the c,,ro her this time.' * ' *'" "hen once more down stair
rethhiin The doctor plods along through the < nc'* 1 ?tfc.r "Md taken anou.er <
tap was mud and mire, cold and rain, studying 'Ul 8UfV^' , lho ""rroundings, the (
me years ?? application. Wi.en arrived at the ! J eLn<lu,red 'f tj.ere was
id a ladv dwelling of Miss Sallie, ho tinus as usual i '|rl " ' ,? C!1U ' him.
' | in a depressed slate of mind. . 1 e"\ ,s".vs U"e,? 1 eter.'yea, my fri
esp ! 'Doctoi,' she said feebly, 'I expect to j ! w,n,'d be greatly obliged to you I
I. 'That die every moment; I am very low. Can 'r,,a,1taxc i t
you do anythju" for me?' i broad-axe, says Mr. (Jerkin a<
?t saw at I The doctor feels her pulse, nothing the I ,s,"1"tnJ> 'and what do you propose t
??d 1 matter, merely wanted company. The \ml}{ * bro"d?f?'
? of any i doctor became communicative. i thought .should like to 'blaze
her!' ' 'Miss Sallie I was having a terrible *7. !? J.oola'
111v burn 1 dream when your servant awoke me.' I , * ne?d'?ss to say that l'eter (
.-j ? I woo it j' ?t.? .....i,. wright was the l.on of that week al
T? UCL" " 7 , v7r J A8??^; ?n?l that it was not further rd
J it and I I dreamed I was dead, continued the < 1i . r i t . <>
u u, ?nu I ed of huu to climb up that end ess s
sufferer doctor, 'and descended into the lower re* I f , , . ' , . e . ,
gions, where I met the 'old scratch,' who \ ^ ??rways-but when his friends e
lid's sick | invited me to view his dominions. The r*'", ?'!llJl.lirc or, or ca upon
iave now inmates were engaged in different occu- I I.? ? n< VJ"" ^ ensconce in
, . , .. . of the most eligible rooms in the hoi
shall get | pations some playing cards, others swin* | ?
II will go I dling their neighbors; in line, all the pur
I for poor s?'u they followed in life, they continued Curious Facts About Old Age
there. When lie got through he pro | Those who look forward with any d
id should claimed to the four quarters of his do , , , .. , . ,
a physi- minions that all should go to bad, 'for' j to old **>'* aml h,ul no co,n,ort m C
. for you, ',e? 'Sally Strickland will be here di- J '?r Senectufc, may be better pleased
thechil- rectly, and there'll be no sleep in bell for the charms held out bv that general
oor?my a month.' The doctor's speedy departure ' u.rJ Septimus l'iesse, the Baptist* 1
telbarrow increased to flight of a broom stock of the nil;e,eeiull cei)lurv .
i all your flourishing actively in his rear, but the !
i shall l>e remedy was effectual. i A s',ort l*,n0 aff? xvas givon an act
? i ii ? of an old lady, more than 80 ye*
xpression ! Tobacco" j age, wlio had cut her third set of t
them no' ' l'irou8'' 'weeding' (tho work and her features have now, it ia said
io |UI?rv i"ff with the hoe) as soon as you can , juvenescence of 30 years. Many
. uff AP tllA rklelila tliaf tllAV UPA _ , (iti I fl MUVA 1 lAAtl Cil'lloOMnl m unif ?\( u
ftcresheu . mi* i"?; ?? ? ??^#v- | ?? ?? i^v.. w..vv?vu, iijmiij 1^1 11
but not 'n?>* ^ should be done if possible within are adduced, with the admission lliu
anks-giv- 1 ten ?l*y? after planting, and by nil means Are bound, perhaps, to give creden
lie feeble ',e^ore l',e grass roots get much hold of certain good authorities when they a
'increas- ground. This work should be done that such natural changes have occt
nothing' w'^* *>>ucli care, very little rough usage in the entire body, that the powe
tness tlie ' ',oe Against the young plant will youth have been restored to persons
sly and ^C8troy it- bet every sprig of grass which they have been familiar Vel
w of the ! grow'ng close about the plant be picked do Taranta (let us bv all means cite
hie to at- RWHy with the fingers. As soon as possi thonties) relates that there was an a!
days. after weeding, use piaster, dropping a in the nunnery of Monviedrn, who r
! small quantity on each plant. If you ?d the great ago of a hundred years
have preserved a few bushels of ashes to j was then vory infirm ; but the lost
ir Dawn, use with the plaster in equal quantities, ?rs of nature unexpectedly came ba
sines, to it will improve the dressing. j her. Mack hairs grew from her
idence to After weeding, work in the rows with 8l|d tlio white hairs fell ; all the toel
se at two a small plough running with the bar as turned into her mouth ; wrinkles
rerything near the plants as can be done safely lost from her face; her bosom sw
nd bush- and throwing the earth from the plants. ' and she became at last as fresh and
tat seem- i Work in ibis way in both directions. 1 I)' as she bad been at the age of t
lank and j The next workings should bo done with Many catno to sea the marvel, be
Id, serene ! a shovel plough?throwing the earth to abbess did not readily suiter herself
s without ! the plants. These workings should be ????. for she was ashamed, she sai
ist. The continued at intervals of ten days until the inclinations and passions which
had just the tobacco gets loo large. It should agvin to life with her restored beau
v spectral then be finished off with the hoe, taking Some writers have been so peculiar
presence. out bunched of grass which may have regard Otis as the real miracle c
lie herald escaped destruction, and dressing the miricle.
shove the ground, but not drawing earth to the Italian ladiea uaed to eat snake
ice in the plants. in order to retain their freahnesr
enith ;? Wokm*.?The tirat 'glut' of worms youth. Johnstone in his "Chemist
iscovered usually malte their appearance in July. ' Coniinon Life," says; "Before aC
ie south ; The tobacco being small, a flock of ??? ? beauty is sent to the seragl
i the pole turkeys kept well to their work usually Constantinople, she eats about an oui
tliscf the subdues them. The damage they do at ? very choice and peculiar dcscrinti
this season is not generally very material.; manna (the Sinai manna) every da
tsele as I j It is important, however, that thoy eight or ten weeks. This has the
cried, the should all be destroyed, as every ono of imnarting.embonjx>int?or rath
una more which is allowed to pass into the Horn beautifully rounding all the angels c
f the ?ky blower may propagate hundreds the human frame; and, without tho loai
i, like lit samo season. The great damage usually aggeralion the result is a form as
he sister done by worms ia in August, and their ; tiful as a living Venus de Medici*,
netted to- , increase may de prevented to a cons id- manna is also much esteemed in
Ulions of erable extent Wy destroying every one as a remedy for affections of tbe c
iclmnged. i that mftke* its appearance now.?Ameri- ' Roast hare is also aaio to be a
figuration can Farmer, I preserver of beauty.
"" I kept ou the place,
ened | 'j jjy |RUj should bo deeply plowed v
uttie narrow plows (say ton inches at le
8 '''s : every two wceki, from the first of .1
vant Up to the time of planting. The
?>' 9 deep plowing should be :.l>out teu d
l''*s 1 before planting, one-half of the uiai
id at j intended to be put on the land should
? | spread over it broadcast, and plowed
lite- | 'Phis should be the coarser man
,u8" keeping the best rotted for the last di
i8er iing. When you are ready to pi
. spread the other half of your man
treet ' an(] plow it in about three inches c
ould . with short plows. With this last d:
f he j?g pUl 0? aU the ashes you may bav
jain . Sp^ro( keeping enough for the las', d
1 a1?^ ing. Take, then, an Iron toothed ha*
| a|^d harrow your land thoroughly. ^
^'je Utid is then prepared for the seed,
than your land has been well manured,
mele j carefully prepared, two pounds of s
r.uo jft not too much. We have found
tune poUlld of Red Top and one pound of li
I Baga, to be good in quality, and of
uble proper amount of seed. When mi:
tltrk j together, one half should be sowed in
h''u direction, and the other half in the ot
{ At thu same time the seed in sown,
( most important to ~ow to each acie
ant, , i,usi,e| of salt, one of plaster, and as m
9 I ashes as you can command, well mi
him ; together. A very light brush shoulc
UP | run over the land, followed by a st
, one horse roller. In ibis way the see
covered up with a gentle pressure, s<
to produce an earlier vegetation ;
lions j yOU|,jf plants stands the dry seasons
ovv" j occur much more successful!**. Our t
j of sowing is from the 10th to the 20tl
i, af- i August, trying to iiit upon a day just
T'X ' 15y November the lied '1
:lerk niay ho useu/ . , ,
i> r ii 'on while thov last,
any- lluta !>agas remaiuin^ . ? ? ,,s i t
' in the winter, as they arc a hardier
end, | nip. 15E1
The Fall Garden.
'ton* j There are but few seeds to be plai
? , this month. All tbe turnip seed sin
, ! now be planted, lluta 15agas canno
1,1 .v got in too soon, sow Early White Dt
, j for the first crop. The lied Top is
; for standard crop. When greens is
5 *'10 j object as well a* the bottoms, tlio Knp
ln." Norfolk is the best variety. As the '
eries nip must grow quick to be sweet, tlio
" . ! in which they grow should be rich ; s[
"'In' | or plow the ground deeply before ap
1 one I irg the manure broadcast, and spad
,se* ! plow it in. The seed should bo plai
I in drills ; there is generally four times
I much seed planted, relying on thini
| I out. In field culture, the Turnip ore
the South should equal in \aluo the i
icrro cr0pi The brightest jewel in Victo
witli crown is said to be a Uuta Baga, and
wri- ! soa girt Ide is walled around with c
'orta nion lur,1'P9* And here, w here the '
1 nip will grow all the winter, requirinj
i pulling or housing, but may be pi
lount fresh from the ground every day, I
irs of September to March, we have no Tu
eotli, jewels in our crowns, and our half si
I, the | ed cattle, hogs, and sheep attest,
such , woeful visages, that we could not kui
rliich breast work around our larders,
t we j English Peas, Snaps and Corn,
ce to ! green eating may ho planted. Spa
issert and Mustard, for winter use may noi
irred put in. Winter cabbage may ycl
rs of transplanted. Continue to earth up
with celery, Begin now to pave the see<
cscus Okra, Squash, Cucumber, Melons
! au Onions. Plant the top of the tree 0
btass and Shallott, they will take root iirm
ea:h- ately and grow through all the Fall
i,and Winter. If worms are troublesom
pow mong the Kail Cabbages and liutn II
ck to | sow Gypsum broadcast over the yi
head, > plants, and mix the seed with Gyj
lb re- when it is sowed. Gypsum will no
wero ; the worm, but the sulphur in it is c
oiled, 1 sive to the Miller that lays the
love- i which produces the worm, and it will
liirty. for more congenial quarters to depot
it the eg?*. Permit no weeds or grass to
to be j seed in the garden.? Cotton Plantei
d, of i Soil.
came
: A Hint.?When you prune a i
as to 1 branch off a tree, always see that a
if the 's oppoait^lhe cut, this will help
heal over quickly ; and you will
meat l',e matter still more by making th
i and* always a sloping one.
ry of Bugs on Vises.? In addition to
ircas- remedies mentioned in our last, wo
lio at add, from a responsible source, that
ncoof ashes of anthracite coal are a great
ion of tection to plants against tho striped
.. r,- ; ,I.- 1.1.~1. l..._ A /
>, iui ' mo uinvA |,UK* A ^uiiiiciiinii linuri
effect lliat, after trying gypsum. soot and
er of phur, in rain, lie tried coal ashes, a
if the on al>out half a pint to each hill o
st ox- ' cumbers, and the effect *ns at onc?
l>eau- i parent. Kvery hug disappeared and
This | not return. A remedy so simple an
Syria cheap, ought to be kliown. I'erha
heat." will turn out, by and by, that oothinj
groat hoen made in vain.? A merican Aff\
i turinl.
"""i ilmirulttiral
isary
1 for From tho South Carolina Agriculture
wits Turnips,
meet |he turnij> crop has been too 111
al'* neglected in the South, and it will bo
object in the following brief cotiimuti
^ j tion to give our tnode of preparing
1 j * | laud, aud putting in tlve seed, which
??r8 proved successful with us for the last
i years.
lath- jt;s certaiuly an error to putin a u
6 re" ?most a half acre or so, that
was , been cow-penned on. As a general r
vant we one quarter of an acre to c
they working hand on tho farm would b
ht 'n . good proportion ; more or less deperu
vant i on the number of stock intended tc
i>i ?.f i -
Pickles and Store-room Saucesj
[Thcro is no department of domestic econ_
I otny more interesting than tliis, and with
dist. i it involves a largo outlay of
i money, which overy planter's wife at least
j j should and may just as well save at home.
o^r ' With this view wo shall furnish our roadica
<-'rs> un^cr head, all uecossary inforthe
{ ination for making, at home, every variolous
| ty of pickles. Then you know thoy are
e not poison, and ruade of good, fresh and
Jere sound vegetables.?Ku.J
has
vile, 1 In the making of ail sorts of pickle, saliucli
j ads, and sauces, in which vinegar is ein10
a ployed, it is of much importance to have
ling it of the strongest quality, as well as of
> ho the best flavor. If the flavor of chilis,
capsicums, tarragon, eschalots, garlic, or
villi any root is wished to ho imparted to the
ast) vinegar, it is only necessary to put a porfuly
lion of either (say one oz.) into a bottlelast
! ful of the liquid ; cork it closely, and in
ays j a very few weeks it will ho found thorluro
j ouglily impregnated with tho peculiar
I Ihj ' taste ; then strain it ctV, and fill the bottlo
t in. ! up a* it will answer fcr rnoro than
ure, ' once. The flavor of any herb will also
ess- 1 he communicated by boiling it for a short
ant, I time in the acid ; as well as a few fruits,
ore, | the tlavor of which is very^delicious when
leep i imparted to vinegar,
ress- J l'ickles should he made at home, as
e to both cheaper and better. The pickles
ress- ' should be kept either in glass bottles or
row, ! iu stone or unglazed jars, hs tho vinegar,
.'our or evOll suuied vegetables, will corrode the
If glazing of jars, wln'cw, bai!;g MAdc frjlti
and ( lead, is poisonous. Use saucepans lined
>eed | with earthen ware or stone pipkins to boil
one I your vinegar in. If you are cotnpellcd to
Luta 1 use tin, do not let your vinegar remain in
tho j it one moment longer than actually necsed,
! essarv ; employ, alsof wooden knives and
otic forks in the preparation of your pickles.,
her. ' Kill your jars three parts lull with the arit
is ' tides to be pickled, and then add vinegar
two ] up to the neck of the jar or pottle,
ucb When greening, keep the picklos covxed
I ered down, or the evaporation of the steam
1 ho : will injure the color; a little nut of alum
uall j may be added to crisp the pickles, hut it
d is j should bo very small in proportion to the
> as oauntity, or it will give a disagreeable
the 1 tlavor.
that If any symptoms appear of the pickles
iino I baeominnr nimiMi- l>?il
. & | UJC MHUglli ilgillU
i of aJJing a littlo moio spice; keep them
be- also close stopped, as exposuro to tbo air
'ops makes the pickle soft,
the
lui' to 1'icklb okion8.
2. I Silver
onions, as near of a size as possUflo, 'uAl5?
them into warm water, which will pre.j
vent their alVecting the eyes so much
uuld ' w^''e Peeling them. As they are peeled,
t throw them into a strong brine of salt and
itch ' walcr' w'^ 11 srua'' bit ?( alum ; let them
best i ren,R'n 'n ^'l nuXt day, then put
| them on the fire, and boil them in it for a
dish ! m'nuto. Or, as they are peeled, throw
tur ' d,<Mn "n*? ,n'lk and water ; drain them
soil ' ^r0IU 1?''S w',en they ?r? all done, put
^ , them into a jar, and pour the brine on
. ? them boiling hot; cover them close, and
P ^ set them aside tiil the next day ; drain
0 "! and dry them in a cloth ; put them into
1 0 1 cold \ir.egar. with a few blude9 of bruised
' l?? ginger, some whole pepper, and, if ap"
proved, a little mace and .sliced horsG-radP
c ish ; keep them always well covered^vith
c. r,n vinegar; cork the jar close, and put it in
rJ^ | a cool dry place.
'orn- !
Tur- Flll ft row s Sort.?Peel and slice
r no j large onions and sprinkle them with salt,
illcd j To every gollon take about a dozen capsifrom
j cuius, either dry or green, slicing only a
irnip I part; add a few clove?, some pepper and
,arv- I allspice, ai! whole. Pat tbo onions into
with jai^? distribute the spiecs pretty equally
Id a amoug them, till up the jars with vinegar
i and set them in a pan of cold water over
for ' the fire, taking care thai they are closely
nish i tied down with a bladder; keep a wet
jo t.a cloth over them to nrevent the Madder
, 1)0 j from bursting. In about an hour and a
tho | balf the onions will bo soft enough.
Js of ?
Hnil j Osigns am) Cucumbers.?To every
'niof1 | dozon of cucumbers put three largo onions
nedi- cul both thick slices,and sprinkle salt over
; them. Next day drain them for five or
e H" 1 six hours, then put them into a stone jar,
nRas pour boiling vinegar over them and keep
ounS them in a warm place. * Repeat tho boil*
Mum j?g vinegar, and stop thein up again in1
k'" stantly, and on till green ; the last time
>fibn- pul pepper and ginger?keep in stono
C'RCS jars. The vinegar is very good for winter
look {minds.?Pructicol Ilousekeeiier,
'l8 ! ? tm m m
*^nmf Death from Milk Sickness.?Our In1
formation of the death of Mr, Simmons
and his wifu, from milk sickness, says tho
small \fobilo Mercury, was derived from tho
^ brother of the deceased. They resided
i it to
1 in Ilowell's neighborhood, about sixteen
e cut miles west of the city. Both were attacked
on Monday, and they died within
1 the twenty-four hours of each othor, on Satn?w
1 urday anJ Sunday. Our informant also
1 the I . , . . .,
pro j mentioned the case of a widow woman
and and ber two children who died the next
na us day after drinking the milk. These resiI
sul- Jed juct over the State lino, in Greene
county. Thero are seven or eight other
cases in the neighborhood above mention|
dj,| ed, none of which has yet proved fatal.?
d so The disease among the cattle is there atpa
it trlbuled to the same cause alleged in one
r iira ui uju cuj papers una murniug j w?e run
rieul in oat* (and rje) which has extended tn
the range.