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rvr f , " - ' Caurastcr fedger. ?2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE A iuiuilg nail political Menispaprc?fiwnttil tn tjjt Arts, Smarts, litfraturr, iffloHtum, Agrirnltarr, 3atrriial Suipmnemrnts, /nmgu anil Duuirstic %m&, anil tjjt Jilarkrts. VOLUME Vli. m LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV- 21, 1858. *T ?t ? ?>"? irlcrt ;]tVietnj. Strive, Wait and Pray. BY MISS A A. rROCTOR. Strive ; jet I <lu not promise The prize you dream of to day. Will not lade when you think to grn*p it, And melt in your h ind away : ' But another and holier treasure, You wouid now perchance disdain, Will come when your toil is over, And pay you for all your pain. Wait: yet I do not tell you The hour you long for now, Will not eomo with its radiance vanished, And n shadow upon its brow ; Yet far through the misty future, With ? crown of starry light, An hour of joy you know not Is winging her silent llight. Pray ; though the gift you ask for May never comfort your fears, May never repay your pleading, Yet pray with hopeful tears ; An answer, not that you long for, Hut diviner, will come one day ; Your eyes are too dim to see it, Yet strive, and wait, and pray. idrrtrii THE POT OF GOLD. A rUBTTY CLTK STOItY. lie-toon Bancroft, though a very good man in the main, snd looked up to with respect l?v all the inhabitants of lite village of Ceitlerville, was rumored to have, in \ stikee parlance, 4h pretty smart eye to the inu n chance,'? a peculiarity fiorn which deacons ate not always exempt. In wondly matter he was decidedly we.I to do, liavit g inherited a flua f.trui front his lather, w hich v. hs growing yearly mote valuable. It might l>: supposed 11 jht under t!ie?e circumstance* the deacon who was fully aide to do so, would have found a help meet to share his hou'O and name. Bu the Deacon was warv. MatrjlllOli V H' IS III Imn ill SOiMM lllmtitlir.i g iiiHritfr u'-nnniev hti?! it Iiih tinn rt> -olve not to ii.any unless ho could lliere )i> enhance his worhlyprospe.it}*. I'll liapp .y the little village of Centerville, un.i 111 ?> i.?u it? 111 i!?m ini!ii(?ili.it?> vit'inilv I'OltlMIIK'd fe\V v> I/O We TO IJIItllHed K) tills important particular, and of those there went probuMy nolle willi whom the Dea con's suit. <* ??lil have prospered. So h happened that year after yen.' passed away, tlnlil Deacon Bancroft was ii> Itie prone of life?forty five or llierc.i faun*?and .still unmarried, am! in all . Imni; n probability likely to remain so. Dmch Bancroft's nearest neighbor a widow. The Widow Wells, who li.ad passed through one matrimonial expedience, was smile three or four years younger than Deacon Bancroft. She was still ijuite a comely woman. I ulorluiialely, the, late Mi Wells had not been able to leave her Miflicienl to make lier independent of the world Alt she possessed was tlie siiih I, old fashioned lioi.se in which she lived, and a small amount of money, w hich was insufficient to support Iter and a little son of seven, though hardly to lie clawed as a 'productive'?of anv thing but mischief. The U 'ilow ?hs therefore obliged to take three or four boarder*, to eke out the scanty income, which of course imposed upon her considerable labor ami anxiety. 'It is i.ot surprising, then, that under lhe?? circumstance* she could now ami then have bethought herself of a second marriage, as a method of bettering her condition ! Or, again, need we esteem it a special wonder if, in her reflection upon this point, she could have Cast her eyes upon her neightior, Deacon Bancroft? ? The Beacon, as we have already said, was lu flourishing circumstances. He would las able to maintain a wife in ureal comfort; and, Iming one of the chief per sooages iu the village, could accord her a prominent social position Some sagacious person lias observed, |ntwrr<-f, that it takes two to make a match, a f?cl to lie seriously considered : (br in the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worthy Deacon, even if he had known the favorable opinion ol liia next neighbor, would have been inclined to propose changing her name to Bancroft, Unless, indeed, a mutable too live dm brought to hear upon bun. 1 l?re was a chain e for finessing. One evening, after a day of fatiguing laltor, the Widow Wells sat at the fire ill the sitting room, with her feel resting on the fender. 'If I am so situated as not to have tc work ao hard,' she murmured, 'I shall he happy.' It's a hard life, keeping board era. If I was only as well oil as Deacon Bancroft * Still the Widow kept up Iter thinking and by and by her face brightered up.? Phe had an idea, which she resolved tc put into execution at the very earliesl practical moment. What i? was, the rea der will discover in the sequel. 'Henry,'said she to her aon the nexi rooming, 'I want you to atop at Deacor Bancroft's as you go along to school, anc ask him if he will ca!l and sea me in thi course of the morning or afternoon, juai l as he finds it most convenient.' Deacon Bancroft was not a little sur prised at the summon*. However, abou I * 11 o'clock he called in. Tlio NVulow had got dinner, and had leisure to sit down.? I She appealed a little embarrassed. 'llenry told ine that you would like to | see me,' he commenced. 'Yes, Deacon Bancroft,! do but 1 am afiaid you will think very strange of it? i at least what 1 have to say to you. The Deacon very politely promised not to be surpiNed, although at the same time his curiosity was visibly excited. 'Suppose,' said the Widow,casting down her eyes?'mind I am only supposing the case? suppose a person should find a pot of gold in their cellar, would the law have a right to '.ouch it, or would it belong to them !' The Deacon pricked tip his ens. 'A pot of gold. Widow ? Why unquestionably, the law would have nothing to do with it.' 'And the one who formerly owned the l house could'nt come forward ami claim it, i could he Deacon!' inquired the W idow further, wuh apparent anxielv. 'No, Madam, certainly not ? when the ! house was disposed of, everything went with it,as a matter of course.' I am giad to hear it. Deacon. You won't think strange of the question, but it happened to occur to my mind, and I thought I would like to have it satisfied.' 'Certainly, Widow, certainly.' said the Deacon, abstracted lv 'And, Deacon, as you are here, I hope I you'll stop to dinner with us. It will be readv punctually at twelve.' 'Well, no.' said the deacon : *1 am obi liged to vou, but they will bo expecting ! me home.' 'At any rate, Deacon,' said the Widow, at the same time taking a steaming mince pie from the oven, 'you won't object to 1 I taking a piece of my mince pie; you must know that I rather pride myself on my mince pies.' The warm pie sent forth such a delicious odor that the Deacon was sorely tsmpted, and after saying 'Well, really.' with the intention of refusing, he finished by saying, 'On the whole, I guess I will, as it looks so nice.' Tllrt Widn? ?tl" 1 ? ' ?WW " ?o % JJUUU L'UUK, and I lie Deacon ate with much gusto the generous slice tlio Widow cut for him, and after a little more chatting upon iin | it lam subjects, withdrew in some mortal nerpUxity. 'W ? iI, is it possible ?' thought ho, 'that the \\ i(low could really have fu-i. <1 a pot i B-' ? 1 " *' ? - J so to he sur^, hut why should she show so much anxiety to know as to the propria torship of treasures thus found, if she had not happened upon some I' To be sure, ' so far as his knowledge extended, lln-re was no one who occupied the house who would in the least he likely to lay up such an amount of gold ; but the house was one hundred and lifu years old, at the very least, and undoubtedly had many j occupants of whom he knew nothing. It might he, af'.er all The Widow's earnest desire to have Imn think it was only a cliriosity likewise gave additional pro ha bilicv to the supposition. 'I will wait and watch,' thought the Deacon. It happened tiiat Deacon Bancroft was I one of the directors in a savings institution situated in the next town, and lie cor dingty used to ride over there once or twice a month, to attend meetings of the I > .1 Inonru. On the neft occasion of this kind Wid- 1 ow Weil* sent nvtr to know if he would : carry I.or over with him, us she hud u little business to attend to there. The request was leadilv granted. Arrived in town, Mr* JWelU requested 'o be set down hi the Hank. 'Lin, ha!' thought the D<*nC"n ; that means something.' lie s?id nothing, however, but determined to come back and liiul out, as he could readily, from the cashier, what butin ess she had with the Hank The widow tripped into the office, look ing very nonchalenl. 'Can you give me small bills for a five dollar gold piece,' she inquired. Willi pleasure,' was the reply. 'By the way,*said she, 'the bank is in quite a flourishing condition, is it not I' None in the Stale on belter footing,' was the prompt response. 'You receive deposits do you notl' Yes. Madam, we are receiving them every day.' Do you receive as high as?as five thousand dollars ?' 'No,' said the cashier with some surprise; or rather we do r.ot allow interest on so large a stun. One thousand dollars is r' is our limit. Do you know of any one who ' ' *lt is of no consequence,' said the Widow huriedly; 'I only asked for curiosity, i By the way d'd you say how much interest vou allowed on such deposits as come : within your limit !' 'Kiva percent.' Madam.' i 'Thank you, I only asked for curiosity. WIihI a beautiful morning it i* !' ? And tlie widow tupped lightly out.? ' Shortly afterwards the deacon entered. How's business now, Mr. Cashier f'hu i asked. 'Abo il as usual.' , 'il?d any deposits lately f' 'Nun-' of any magnitudo.' > 'I brought over a !ady this morning t wbo seemed to hare business with you.' The Widow Wells!' 'Yea.' L '1)0 you know,' asked therashier, 'whelh i er she has money left her lately ?' I 'None that I know ol,' said the Deacon > pricking up his ears. 'Why ? Did she I deposit? any !' 'No; but she inquired whether we re ceived deposits as high ar fire thousand t dollars.' 'Indeed !' ejaculated the deacon. 'Was j thai all she came fur ?' he inquired a mo j roent afterward*. , 'No ; slie exchanged a gold piece for , some hills.' I '11a !' pondered the Deacon, reflective | ly, 'dul she give any reasons for inqui- j | ring r ' i 'No ; she said she only asked for curi- | osil vI , The Deacon left the bank in deep | thought, lie came to the conclusion that , tins curiosity only veiled a deeper motive, j lh' no longer entertained a doubt that . , I he Widow had actually found a pot of j gold in her cellar, and appearances seem , ed to indicate that its probable value , was equal to %o,000. The gold piece , which she had exchanged at the hank ( appeared to confirm the story. ; *1 rathur tit ink,' said the Deacon com placently,'I can see into a millstone about , as far as most people'?ft statement, the ] literal truth of which 1 defy any one to , question, though, as to the prime fact of ( people's being able to see into millstone ! ( at all, doubts have now ami then intruded , themselves upon my milid* , Next Sunday the Widow Wells appear- ( ed at church in a new and stylish boir , net, which led to some such remarks as , these: 1 , How much vanity some people have, ( to-besuro!' 'How a woman that has kept boarders , for a living can allord to dash out with , such a bonnet is more than I can tell!? , I should think she was old enough to | know better.' : , This last remark was made by a lady ' j just six months younger than the Widow f whose attempts to catch a husband bad , hitherto proved unavailing. f 1 suppose,' conlii.ued the same voting # lady, 'she is trying to catch a second litis- . hand with her finery, llefore 1 would . condescend \o such means, I'd ?1\1 drown ! ION self.' s Iii this last amiable speech the young x lady had unwittingly hit upon the true , motive. The Widow was intent upon 1 ^ catching l>eacon Bancroft, and she indul- c ged in a costly bonnet, not because she supposed lie won d he caught with flnerv, | but because this would strengthen in his H mind the idea that she had stumbled into bidden wealth. ! The Widow had calculated shrewdly and the display had the effect she anticipated. o i..iri?Miii Ilonfon llu n ft found an errand that called him (Mlv? ^ the Widow's. It clianced to he about v tea time, lie was importuned to stay to t tea, and somewhat to her surprise, actual- < ly did. ? The polite Widow, who knew of the t Deacon's weak p"int. brought one of her t l>e*t mince pics, a slice of which her guest J partook with Zest v 'You'll take another piece, 1 know,' t said she persuasively. I Really, I am ashamed.' said the Dea- y con, and he passed hie plate. 'The tact is,' t he said, apidegeiicallv, 'your pies are so , t nice I don't know when to stop.' 'Do you call these nice?' said the Wid- I ow, modestly. *1 only call them coiniuon. 1 '] 1 can make m'uco piea when I set out to, t but this time I did'nt have such good ? luck as usual.* | '1 shou'dn t want any belter,' said the t Deacon emphatically. Then I hope if you like them you'll drop in to tea often. VVe ought to be more neighborly. Deacon Bancroft.' Deacon Bancroft assented, and be ' meant what be said. The fact is, the | Deacon began to think the Widow was a \ | charming woman. She was very cotnelv, and site was such an excellent cook. Be | sides, lie had no doubt in his own mind 1 that she was worth a considerable sum of money. What objection could there be to her becoming Mrs. Bancroft? He)1 brought this question before her one evening. The Widow blushed, professed to ' 1 be greatly surprised?in fact she had never thought of the thing in her life?but, on the whole, she bad thought highly of the Deacon, and, to cut the story short, accepted him A month af'erwaid she was installed as mistrfss of the Deacon's large house, l somewhat to the surprise of the village people, who could not conceive how she had brought him over. Some weeks after the ceremony the Deacon ventured to impure about the pot of gold which she had found in her eel ' lar. Pot of gold!' nhe exclaimed, in sur | prise, 'I know of none.' But,' said the Deacon, disconcerted ; you know you asked ine about whether the Uw could claim it.' O. I.?r! Deacon, I only asked from curi mil1/ /' 'And was that, the reason you made inquiries at the bank ?' 'Certainly. What else could it lie ?' The Deacon w ent out to the harn. and for about half an liour sat in silent modi- ' , latum. At the end of that lime he ejaculated. as a closing consideration. After all she makes good mince pies F i It gives me p'eaimre to state that the union between the l>eacon and the Widow proved a very one, although to the end of his li'e he never could quite make up his mind about 'That Pot of Gold !' ?? M kiokr 1K?t.?Not long since, tome la- | dies, walking ia tho garden of an eminent ditino, who bat* been classed among the traosceadentalista, saw a little boy scraping tip the gravel path with an old tah'e spoon. "What are you doing, my little hov f inquired one of the ladies. "O." said the young offshoot of transcendentalism, "l'i9 digging after the itt* I Suite." Wisdom in Paraoles. At divine service Friar Albert very devout, and avoided wandei mind by .shutting bis eyes. In the l\ of the brvlhien he was always ful and pleasant, and drew upon I the atleclious of all. So w hen li in the convent on one oc< lie set forth this parable among L-liiefly on account of a notice win then present, who was too wise uwn eyes, and presumed to inten in what did not concern him : was a countryman,' he said, 'who, ing that there was so much rest in Jise, and so many delights, set > juest of it, if perchance lie could admittance. And when be had r< the gate, after some trouble, lie St. l'eter, and requested to be lei I'lieii St, l'eter asked liiin if iie cou terve the laws of Paradise, and keep them before him ; and be sai< I St. Peter would be good euou tell liiin what they were. Then told him that lie had nothing else 'xeept to hold his tongue. 1 he co II an very gladly assented to tber jitions, and was admitted ; and ?vas walking through Para<lise he nan ploughing with two oxen, a les i fat one : and he allowed the fal 40 011 as he would, but kept wli ti d spurring the lean one. And ri ip to him, the countryman itbuked md straightway St. Peter appeare would have expelled him, \et he 1 liim that time, and told him tc warning f r the future, Aud for ;oing a little further, the count saw a man carrying a lonu beam, which he wanted to enter a house, dways turned the beam across the md running up to liiin the counti old him to turn one end of the orward. And again St. Peter app tlx! would have expelled him, I to... " ' J ?vv. ...... .HOI 111IIV3 HIM*. IfOll vay a thud time, tiie coun'.ryman nan lopping trees in a wood, ai pared all the old and rotUn trunk ut down the slraiglitest, tHllebl :re?nesi trees. And running by niked him. Then St. I'eter app nd incontinently expelled hi in. 1 cished, says the chronicler, that in Imuld hold their superiors in respi II occasions, saying, 'Far be it tl niliarity should hreed coiiUmit-t,'.? . In the aforesaid coll?ue-^*j,,alr iim'pt'iori ot young inen; saying, that ras a young hull who diverted him he meadows and fields just as he v >no day about Prime or Tercft, he t side to see the ploughing; and he I he senior bulls pacing leisurely ah he furrows, and doing but little wi io l.e rebuked them, and told lit touhl do as much as they at a star hey begged that he would conn lelp them. So, placing bis neck oke. be ran with great speed to tin lie of the furrow, and being wear nit of breath, lie looked round nn< What, is it not nil done?' And t Hills answered 'No,' and laughed a then the young hull said that he ot go any further. 'Therefore,* said we advance with moderation, becai tave to work continually, and no .into only.'- Brcwtr'a Franciscan Ji Al>Pil I IVtl l'tfttl'li rtV Sir.vik' t vu ?.One of the most aw ful results of walking of which wo have heard pired at ll.e Upper Ferry Landi Loins, on Friday night last. The can gives the following account occurrence : Friday evening a farmer, name* Bray, from Indiana, who was rei lo some point on the Missouri rivi hia father in law and four children in on the Ohio and Mississippi Kail Being in straightened circuiustanc family obtained permission lo atop night in a small room on the (err at the foot of Carr street. B twelve and one o'clock in the nigh arose, in his sleep, and taking hit goat child, aged three years, in hi actually walked from '.he room ai the water ! The piteous wailing the ch'ld, and the loud calls of tlx for help, soen drew a number of to the melancholy scene from a places on the ievee. Before inj could resolve on any means of r the drowning objects, both bad s be seen no more alive. We hav< been caiied on to record a more aj casualty. An Unexpected Foktcne.? It ted ibal a surviving daughter of Burr comes curiously into posse quite a fortune in this way : Ui a lease from Trinity Church of th mond Hill property, three or four I lots in the centre of New York, ft six years. He re-leased the land ly three years to Actor and otlie their lease expires in 18C0. T! for three years then belongs U daughter, and the claim is indisj and the value of the lease very j Already several of the lesaeeaa ha promised tho claim for from $1,6C 000 per lot. 'Bill, I've been in real ealati lately,' Well, John, bow much have j ped in!' 'Bought a lot in the remeterj half acre for a residence lot juat be< 'What the deuce did you g north for! Going to live there!' 'Yea, Bill, I wanted a home the gravel' Hints to Sportsmenus was 1 l.o following bints which we End iu ! ring of , tbe Charleston Cvtricr, may be of some socio- advantage to tbe younger portion, at least cbeer- of our spor'siueu ; and we therefore traus liuiself fer them to our columns; tbe hints about e was line powder deserves attention : 0 :asion, Messrs. KJitors :?As tbe gur.ning 1 ^ them, i season has opened it would be well to 0 was turn your attention to tbe kind of am ! in bis munition best adapted lor general use. b neddle There is a very common error with rogard d 'There | to the size of both pow'der and shot. I bear Much experience has taught the writer ^ Para that No. 7 or 8 (the latter of which bo out in 1 uses) is tbe proper size of any tiling un | 1 gain ' der duck shooting, say for l'alridge, Ploiaclied ^ ver, Dove, or Larks, where such are j s found killed; Ducks, Turkies, Ac., require t I in.? heavier shot, single or double 1$ Ac. It 1 ild ob ! is not necessary to use No. 4 to 0 for gen- j would eral use as some believe it to be. Now ^ 1 'yes,' with regard to powder. The old notion , . gh to of very jine (say FFK) as the best kind , Peter 10 use is by no means unusual, in fact it 1 to do, is another error, especially with uovices j untry j in the art. The reader may have been io con- j iu the habit of using such, and may never I ^5 I as be have considered w hether a considerable 1 ' saw a portion of tbe finest particles may not be ! in and composed of charcoal dust, one of tbe j j( , ox to ingredients, thus causing a linger residutn i , ipping or more rapid fouling of the gun?if so, ! j inning discard it at once, and use a much roar- ! ^ I liiui: scr quality ol powder. Put you may be il, and j disposed to enquire "How will such coarse ) spareil powder ever get into the tube (or nipple) () i take ' of tbe gun 1" My friend, you have been i ^ thwiih | laboring under a delusion. This dust rynian powder which you have been in the habit ' ( , with of using, 1 will engage to say, has often j but lie been so wedged into tbe tube by raindoor ; mini; down the ,K~ 1 . ? vuc L?(1 lias w yman exploded, lull !iot the charge. beam If ihe tube is clear you may depend j eared, thai !i more certain communication with (j but he ; the charge is obtained, by using powder ng his i winch is too coarse to enter the tube, nor 1 l( saw a i can you possibly observe the interval of ^ tid he | communication, if such an idea should ; ;s, but even exist in your imagination, for there ! and i alone it must be. A proper test will 6oon lie re- satisfy you of this. eared, j 'p|J(J writer is ?ow using the last pound | ?] or be (l quarter keg of "1'uck Shooting, No. j, feriors | 3 grain." manufactured by the Hazard j ?ct on powder Company, and can testilv to its ,, l!i* 'A strength and good ipiality, in proof of i w 1 of ftieif "iM'H Mtootmg, truck ^ e Pre i of a very large and brilliant grain, for ' s , there general use. '1 wo and a halt drahnis ( a self in ^o j o) Gf t|,jg, with one and a rjuarler ' |, vould. uz (1 1 4oz) No. 8 (LcRoy's Wind ,| timed ; 'Power) shot, in the opinion of the writer, , w ?eheld Hud of a friend of great skill and expeii mg in encej who use* the same, both in quality I 0 >r^- and size, is all that can i?e desireil by |, em be ,i?v one who uses a gun of not less than J t, and sixteen guage. A Silt'01fc.lv. s 3 and I - I tl in the ! , e mid "Plundering Practices in and about ^ y and i Congress." | t l said, j Washington correspondent of the ' t l"! Richmond Enutiirer, in detailing "some t t mm. .* . . , , v could oftlse plundering practices m and about I they, ' Congress," says : s use we 'pjie nlost monstrous abuse of the mile- h t for a , ft^e system, and at which Mr. Houston, 1 fcords. j Albania, dealt a very elleclivo blow, I is in the otlice of the Sergeant at Arms. . ii'Llsii 'PI,at olliccr was charged w ith the duly ; sleep of summoirng the clouds of witnesses trans i that attended the last scansion ; and, alne Si ' though he never went out of his office to I '. .. | make service, it is said that he cleared t ' 1 more than $25,000 by the little job! The I of the WHy waH uDtnaged was this: The Sor- j geant at Arms is allowed twenty cenls a 1 J John mile, coining to and fro, for summoning < noving ! witnesses. lie would readily obtain a tr with person to go the round, and summon a i i, value large number of witnesses in one trip, j I iroad.- and yet he would charge mileage for a i es, the number of trips equal to the number of i for the witnesses. About fifteen witnesses were v dock summoned from the teighborhood of etween Fort Snelling; and so the Sergeant at- i t Hray Arms charged mileage for fifteen trips, ? youn- ?nd he was allowed it. s arius, In the Watrouscase, about twenty witml into nesses were summoned, al one time, from cries of the distant State of Texas, and the Ser ? father geant-at Arms greatly facilitated himself persons on the prospect of a monstrous fee by djacent charging for about twenty constructive gennity trips to Texas. Mr. Houston, however, escuing opposed this, compelled the Sergeant at ank, to Arms to succumb, and saved the Govern* i rarely ment nearly 10,000 by the unfliuching ipalling economy in this instance. 1 might pursue the general subject of cotrupt and pilfering practices in and is sta- about Congress, by giving an account of Aaron tj,e cr0wds of sinecures kept on the pression of mjapD?messengers who get $1200 and irr hold 500 per annum, and porters who are ie Itich $1200 a year for doing nothing, all Kindred 0f whom are, of course, too proud to do ?r sixty- menial offices but are politicians, or by for six- informing your readers of the fabulous rs, and ^ CORl 0f goorgeous furniture, mirrors, llrusie lease Bejg carpets, and book cases costing $800 >l>urrs each, (you can see one in the Claims finable, committee room.) which adorn the coin;reat. mittee and private drinking rooms; or by vo com- detailing the thousand anJ one petty 10 to$2- plunders by which llncle Sam is made to bleed at every pore by a swarm of subal ,. terns, hangers on, supernumeraries, and t a .iltle no^ mu dip- ? " Wind Statin.?It may be cured with r, and a the following remedy ; Ink* equal parts rond it,' beefs Stall, neatsfoot oil, brandy and :o so far spirits of turpentine ; shake well together, and apply it thoroughly once day until beyond cured. I have cured them in this way in eight weeks.? Corrtt. of N. K. Farmer. a iUlrimlturul. Value of Sheep to the Farmer. Sheep a;e profitable to the farmer, not mly from the product of wool and unit on, but from the tendency which their eeping has to improve and enrich his and for all agricultural purposes. They lo this: 1. liy the consumption of food refusd by other animals, in summer ; turning raste vegetation to use, and giving rough ,nd bushy pastures a smoother appear nee, and in time eradicating wild plants o that good grass and while closer may ake their place. In this respect, sheep re of especial value to pastures on soils oo steep or stony for tho plow. In wilier, the coarser parts <>f the hay, refused iv horses and cows, are readily eaten bv beep, while other stock will generally eat nost of that left by these animals. For these reasons, among others, no Ta/.ing farm should be without a small luck of sheep?for it has ueen found that s many cattle and horses can be kept nth as without them, and without any jury to the farm for other purposes.? I small llock, we said?perhaps half a ozen to each horse and cow would he he proper proportion. A variety of ciruinstances would influence this point ; uch as the chaiaeter of the pasturage md the proportion of the same tilted and lesirablefor tillage. 2 They enrich laud by the irunufacure of considerable quantities of excel cut manure. A farmer of long experinee in sheep husbandry, thought there as no manure so fertilizing as that of beep, and (of w hich there is no doubt) lial none dronnod bv iti? I | nuiiiini UJIUII lie land suffered so little by waste from xposture. A (Jertnan agricultural wri;r has calculated that the droppings from ne thousanJ sheep, during a single night ould manure an acre sufficiently for any rop. liy using a portable fence, and loving the same from time to time, a farler might manure a distant field with lieep at a less expense than that of cartig and spreading barn manure. I he value of sheep to the farmer is inch enhanced by attention to their ants. Large flocks kept together are 1U/*V?.?UA1* * > " | 11 , - -yo.l hould be To get good fleeces ol wool, nd large, healthy lambs from poor neg cted sheep is impossible. It is also true, lat the expense of keeping is often least itli the tlock that are always kept in ood condition. The eye and the thought f the owner are far more necessary than uge and irregular supplies of fodder.? )ivision of the flock and shelter, with traw and a little grain, will bring hetn to spring pastures in belter order nan if kept together with double rations f hay, one half of which is wasted by he stronger animals, whilo the weak of he flock pick up a scanty living, andoften inies fail to get that through the whole rioter. We commend this subject to the con ideralion uf our correspondents?it needs ittention on the part of the farming pubic.? Country Gentleman. From the Farmer ami Planter. Rainy Ray's Employment. Mk, Editor:?As we should always >e usefully employed, and use our time to he best possible advantage (this evening >eing too wet for out of ooors work,) 1 tropose to write a short article on the a?ove subject, which you can publish if you think fit. All iuu.-.v acknowledge that it is to the interest of each and every one, at all times to be usefully and profitably employed ; especially if ho would desire to thrive and prosper in the world. No one has any time to lose or idle away unimproved. We should work while it is day, for the night cometh w hen no man can work. The farmer, as well as the man of any other vocation, can work or use his lime profitably on rainy days. Because it is loo wet to work out, it is no reason why we should not work at all. lie may rest assured that he has a jJenty, and inor< than he can do if he will. Every farmer should have some kini of lumber house, or work shop, in whicl his tools should be kept. On wet daylet him repair thither, or make and repai all such tools as are needed on the farm such, for instat ce, as plow stocks, harrows axe handles, and many other things tlia cannot bo enumerated. A farmer sbouh plan out and arrange his business so a not to be compelled to stop bis hands ou of the field when the weather is favorahl for out of doors' labor in order to altem to all those numerous jobs which can b accomplished as well on wet days as dr ones, lie can do or have done all of hi shoe making and mending, coopering Arc - on ramv dava. IIa c?n ul?r> l.uv hi* corn shelled and sent to milt whe the ground is too wet to plow. In word, r farmer's labor is almost endloss he tries to manage and keep up ever} tiling pertaining to a farm. And, whe he can do or think of nothing else to d on a rainy day that would be more prof table to him or his neighbor, then let hii pick up the Farmer and Planter, an read a few articles in its pages, whit will employ and invigorate his mind > do something both profitable and usef when the rain shall have ceased falling T. F. A. The strongest kind of a hint?a your lady asking a gentleman to see i( one her rings would fit his little finger. m U ill iili.lt U | luU'Ifhj. An old widow, when her pastor said j to her: 'God has not deserted you in jour old age,' replied : 'No, no ; 1 have a very good appetite still.' 'Whose pigs are those, my lad ?' , 'Why, they belong to that are big sow. 'But 1 mean who is their master?' 'Why, the little un, sir?he's a grand un to tight;' A Paik ok LI i slands.?A country editor perpetrates the following upon the marriage of a Mr. Husband to the lady I of his choice: 'This case is the strongest we have known in our life ; 'The husband's a husband, and so is the wife.' '1'ai'A !' said a little hoy to his parent the other day, 'are uot sailors very, very ! small men V?'No, my dear,' answered the father: 'prav what leads you to sup' pose that tht-.v are so small ?'?? m. ? - ~ w jLivv-nunCj replied tbe young idea, smartly,'I read, the other day, of a sailor going to sleep in his watch.' I What very bad practice is a comet conj bluntly guilty of i?Tale-hearing. "1 can,t see how you can sit and oat, | while your wile is so sick." i "Why, my dear fellow, it is not that I love my wile less, but that 1 love pani cakes morn.' A New Dikt?Cooked cucumbers are | said to be as good as cooked egg plants. : Here is the way to do them up lor table use :?"Take a lull grown cucumber, line, ' but still solid, and slice it linn?that is. I not over a quarter of an inch thick?and | dip the slices in n flour batter so as to I coat them ; fry in very hot lard and pleni ly ol it, (not in a greased skillet) and eat I them hot, and see if cucumbers are not j eatable. Slices of fat poik, treated in the | same way, are a good accompaniment. In both cases the batter should be cooked of an even light brown. i been in j ting some moneys due bim in that city, * was about returning, when he found that ! one bill of a hundred dollars had been overlooked. His landlord, who knew the ! debtor, thought it a doubtful case; but added that if it was collectable at all a tall, raw boned Yankee, then dunning a lodger in another part of the hall, would I "worry it out" of the man. Calling him ! up, therefore, he introduced him to the creditor, who showed him the account. 'W.iI, Square," said he, "lain't much j use o' ti)in\ 1 guess. I know that crit* i tor. You might as well try to squeeze i ile out of Bunker liill Monument as to I c'lcct a debt out of him lfut any how, ' Square, what'll you give, sposiu' / do ! try .V Well, sir, the hill is one hundred dol1 Iars. I'll give you?yes, I'll give you half, if you'll collect it.' 1 ''Greed,' replied the collector, there's [ no harm in tryin\ any way.' Some weeks after the creditor chanced j to he in Boston, and in walkicg up. TreI mont street, encountered his enterprising j friend. I 'Look o' here,' said he, "Square, I had considerable luck with that bill o' your'u. You see, 1 stuck to him like a dog to a root, but for the first week or so ' twan't | no use?not a bit. If he was home, he was 'short;' if lie wasn't home, I could ! gel no satisfaction. By-the by, says I, . after goin' sixteen times.'I'll fix you!' says | I. So I sal down on the door step, and j sat all day and part of the evening, and 1 j began airly next day; hut about 10 o' clock he 'gin in.' He paid me my half, i an d\I gin him up the vote' Boctors are very wise men, sometimes. ^ This fact is fully illustrated by the following from the New Bedford Mercury : 1 ! "In a certain flourishing village down i 1 eastward, where flourishes a literary inslis union a gentleman took one of a family r o'" infant puppies, and gaining entrance ; into n neighbor's house before the folks i, were wide awake enough to know what t he was about, chucked the little creaturo 1 at.long a iitter of kittens, of like tender s age. l'uss made no distinction between t the stranger and her own offsnrincr. and ft lie on his part took kindly and'confidingly 1 to hia new nurse. Great was the astonish* ft ment of the house hold when it was disy covered (as they supposed) that their cat was the dam of a puppy. The news of J, so portentous a birth spread over town e like wildfire. lVople came in flocks'to ? see the sight. The fortunate possessor a was oft'ered live dollars for the little monif ster, but declared he would not part with ' it for live hundred. That the case might ? not fail of due authentication, two physio cans, of the first respectability, were suinV | rnoned to inspect aod report upon it. m They jointly and severally scrutinized the id animal, and found that it was certainly a h puppv, having all the characteristics of 10 ; the dog race, except the caws. These ul were pronounced to resemble oat's claws. Tha perpetrator of the joke couldn't hold in any longer. The rat was out of the beg in a twinkling, and if the doctors ig outlive the memory of their essay iu eomof parative sooiogy they will be more -lucky 1 than most victims of a "sell,"