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i lite fancaster CcDgn:. PEli ANNUM # IN ADVANCE 3 /amilg anil ^ulitiral ^ifiuspaprc?Fraatril ta tljc 3rts, ^rirarrs, litrratncp, ?iinrntinit, ilgrirultnrf, 3ntrrnill SinprniifiDrnts, .fnrrign anil rnuitstic >2nus? nub tljt jftlnrkfts. 1 ? ? ~ ?* ' , _ VOLUME V I I J . LANCASTER C, II, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNINli. JUNE U 1859. N IF II II R R i? hint]h?\n\. Good Morning. "Oh, 1 nin so happy !' a Utile girl said, As she sprang like a lark, from her low trundle bed ; " 'Tis morning, bright morning, good morn ing. pnpa ; Oh, give me one ki-s for good morning hi.(in ilia . Only just look at my pretty canary, t.'liirjsng his swept good morning to Mary The mm is peeping straight into my eyes ? Good morning to you, Mister Hun, for you rise Early to wake up my birdie and rue, And make us happy as happy can he." "Happy you may be my dear little girl," And the mother stroked softly a clustering curl; Happy yon can bo, but think of the One Who wakened, this morning, both you and l\ae sup " Tne little girl turned her bright eyes with a nod, Mamma, may I say Good morning' to G id 1" "Yen, little darling one, surely you may ; Iv (! < ] im Villi L n.-fl # v i r v* im ir ni it <r in t?r? ?* '' ? J - * J r> Miiry knelt solemnly down, with Iter eyes Looking lip earnestly into the skies ; And two little hands that were folded together, Softly she laid on the lap of her mother : "flood morning, dear Father in Heaven," she wild, "1 thank thee for watching my snug little bed : For taking good care of me all the dark night. And waking me up with the beautiful light, till, keep nie from Haughtiness all the long day, Dear Saviour, who taught little children to pray. ' Iflei'tfil Ihinj. From the Saturdav Krcning l'ost. Solving tlio "Ghost Question." About the *ear 18?, business hud c:illtd mo to a rtuioto part of H ...uuty, Tennessee, and 1 was slaving at t'ic house of a Mi. Hubert. The family console*! ' Mr. Hubert and - wi'e. one sen, ami two 'laughters. The ' sou's ii una w as Austin ; In* was about 4 Iw-lltV \ ears *>f age, and seemed to bo ; verv intelligent. Tne girls wero no lehs f inte I gent than An*.in A lela, the eld e t, w is about ?e\eiiteeii, and Julia, the y ningost, about fifteen* 1'rettier girls I never saw. ! loved j them butb as soon as 1 bad seen llieni. Wo were sitting by a blazing lire, talking and laughing as lively as if wo had been ae*|uaiiited lor years ; when a su 1 !?mi noise, as if some largo building was failing, interrupted ts. 'I'gli ! ugh ! ! ugh !!!' said sorne one as if frightem d out of bis senses. All ot the family rushed to the door, except Ju!*a, who sat still, ami remarked, 'It is Hill Jenkins running from the ghosts again.' Hearcoly had the words escapud her iij-b, wnun mi rusueu it ihii, gawky, awkward, almost beardless fellow, putting and blowing like h locomotive. 'Wliai'a the matter V Haiti Mr. Kubert. 'Matter enough !' s:?i< 1 Hill, hi* eyes looking mIiik al as large its the bottoms ol two common-sized tea cups. 'Out yon tier,' he continued, throwing himself dow n upon a chair ; out yonder, I heard a baby a cryin', and then somebody a groan in' and snulliin'; and I tell ye I jest got away from tliar.' At this I could not suppreaa a laugh. 'You needn't laugh, old hoss,' continued he turning to me ; 'you needn't laugh for I'll swear it's no fun ; its jest so?I'll swear it* I tutned to Austin and said, ll? ur.-?no?.. I.I... 1 - ?!. .?vwM?|/nn| iiiiii imcn liMJ . place where he heard the noise,and/solve the ghost fur him. Austin was silent. 'Will you go ?' I asked. Austin began to stammer out something. 'barn iue L' interrupted Hill, Murn mo, ^eiitlumen if you get me bacl^ tliar any\ more 7 see if. yon dd !' 'Then, tell us where it was,' said I, 'and if we can hear it, we'll solve it euro.' 'Austin doq'i care much about going, I believe,' said Adela, 'You're not superstitious, are. you,' 1 asked him. 'No,' said he, 'I'm not superstitious, but I'm afraid of catching, cold, that's all.' '( propose,' stid Julia, who hfd been silent till now, 'that we all go, Mr. Marion, Austin, Adela, and myself. Tho moon is now up, and it would be a plea*ant walk for us, besides, we might have Home real fun.' After iDtoe hesitation on Austin'* pari, thin proposition wan accepted. Hill told tin where lie had heard the ghost, hut Lrould not go with un. Off we started. When we came to 1 jpthe npot, we foui. i that Hill had knocked % down about twenty pauneli of tlr> fence. I We had gone two or three hundred J yards, talking very lively, wher. we euterod a low, dark place in the road ; the timber wan very tall and thick, which V caused it to be darker than anywhere I When advanced a few paces into this | place, our conversation stopped. Scarcely had we ceased talking, when ? ; 'ltoo-woo woo-ugh !' went something near us. i 'What's that ?' said Austin, halting, i I ndvniireil. anil -Inlm ... , .?? " OIVJIJ'UU IV? IU > I side and said ? 'It's Hill'# ghost, sure.' 'On boo-lio woo-ugh!'came forth again. I could suppress my laughter no loin , ger. It proved to bo nothing more nor less than a hog, which was uot sleeping I comfortably, and was thus complaining. 'What is it ?' insisted Austin, who had j not yet found out what it was. .lust then we came to the hog bed, and 1 | the hogs all ran oil, frightened as badly I as Kill was. 'Humph !' said Austin ; 'its hogs, I'll ! swear, that caused Hill so much running.' I We turned and went back to the house, , and had a fine laugh at Hill, about his j ghosts ; but Hill would not give up but I thnl his were reai ghosts i | I learned that there were but few per | ! soq's in this neighborhood who were not superstitious. I was informed that the place where Hill had heard the ghosts, was realiv i haunted. ' Among otliui ?lorie? tli?l were told that night concerning tin* place, one was 1 :?s follows : ? Some time ago *a Ulan was coming through this place; it was very dark ; lie ' heard something by the roadside ; turn till* in the direction of the. noise, he perceived something while. It looked he said, iike a woman, dies-ed in white, lie spoke to liar ; she raised her arms above ' her head, and said : 'John Kiuslur, if yon will bo happy, you must marry Jlano Morton, and have | the Unhurt family at the wedding. liemeinher John Ivinsler 1' So saying, she dropped her arms, and use* tided slowly upwards, until she iva? out of sight. John afterwards married Jane, and the Hubert family were at the wedding, i I expressed a desire to see or hear some ! such ghosts, but Austin thought 1 would repent of my wish when i saw them. l?ed time came, and we retired as the I clock struck twelve. ; I lay awake in bed a long time, thinking of the incidents of the day. 1 thought of Adela and Julia; which I loved best I could not tell. Nothing else took place worth relating | heie during my stay at Mr. Hubert's. I ' left next morning, 'living ami loving.' ! Two years after the above mentioned ! incident t.ok place, I was parking through ilia, part of the country again, atnl of ! course I called on Mr. Hubert. | I found that the neighborhood was as superstitious as ever. The place where Hill Jenkins had heard the ghost, was slid haunted. Many things had been heard ; sights had been seen?from au Angel to Heelz?-bub hitnr.elf. I was very anxious to come across one of the gliosis^ and during my stay at Mr. i Hubert's $ parsed through the haunted place at :U1 times cf the night, hut saw ami hca;d nothing. I finally came to the conclusion that it was all imagination. One dark r.ight in July I was passing | through litis place, and heard something i make it noise in (lot dry Icava* ueat ine ; turning towards the nomo I beheld something that looked. 1 thought, very much like ft ghost. It sec mod to Lo the figure of a woman. There was no waist in Iter dress, and it was very long. All this I could make out, notwithstanding the darkness. 1 stood still to see what she would do ] I must Acknowledge that 1 did not feel j exactly cool just then, but I managed to : appear so. 'Marion,' said the ghost, 'if you will I bo liaopy you must marry Julia Hubert, i Remember Marion!' Judge of my surprise and horror when , the ghost spread out iter arm*, and as : cei.th d upward, until .-ho was lost in the timber! What could 1 do I Scared as I was, I did riot run, knocking down the i fence, as Hill Jenkms did. I started on slowlv toward Mr. Hubert's; after I bad gone a few paces, I heard a ' distant roaring behind me that continued ; more than two minutes. I did not look . back, f}r I. did not care al?out coming in j contact with another ghost that night. At nu early hour I. retired. Next morning when I caino into the parlor Ju lia was there alone. When she entered she greeted me blushing and trembling. After I bad looked around and con { vinccd nix self that no ono was near, f- ; said, 'Julia, at last I have seen a ghost.' When I said thin Julia again blushed and turned her face from me. ?vvn?. t.:- I ,.r ? .1.-1 ?? 1 ?v?ibi v? a ^ii'oi i%n lb i miiu I | hi J. I toll", her All L had *u?m, but. omitted what the ghost had Afiid. Julia told me that ftho had *&?.? one just like it two or three nights before, i 'I supposo,' said she, 'that you have he| coutp surpcrstitious V I coyld not deny, yet I would, not acI l^nqwlodgo that L waa aurperstiliou*. I implored Julia not to mention it until i I could find out something more about the ({boat, and the promised. I determined to pass through this place every night during my stay at Mr. Itu bert's, which waa to continue about two week* from thia time. For several nighla 1 heard nothing, nor did I aoe anything like a ghost until the night before my departure, wjieu, walk ing along, I beheld the aame ghost, at ; the same place, atanding about twenty , feet from me when I flrat beheld it. I J < 1- - ~V .-II "fwiuj^u, nun uiw giumi nnif], *Mariou, to morrow you leare thin, place tf and you have not asked Julis to be your ) wife. t !o and ask her atoncc. lleuiem- 1 j her, Marion I* Instantly I rushed forward and threw j tny arms around the gl.ost. Sho shriek- ' i ed, and started up; 1 held fast, and up I we went. | No pen cau describe, no tongue can j tell, in fact no one cau imagine my feel- j iugs at this moment. Up we went. Still I held on to the ' i ghost. l>ut 1 was becoming sick of my J | situation. I had my whole weight to uoiti tip, l?v holding to ihe phantom. 'Let mo down !' shouted i. 'Promise inu one tiling/ said the ghost. | j 'Promise that you will leave the spot as soon as you touch the ground.' j 'I promise anything to get front here/ i , said I. i 'Let us down !' she shouted as loud as i I had. l>o\vn we went. Hut as we went down, J I was very busy trying to find out some- i I thing more about her. I found that she j ! had a large rope around her, and w as | drawn up by it. A loop was made for j her feet, then one for each hand ; and she i could bland upright with the greatest Iease. Just as we touched the ground, I took l I out mv knife and cut the rope, just above 1 j the head of the ghost. 1 She shrieked and fell to the ground i I raised her up. 'Oh!' said she, 'I'eelzehuh will ho here i in a moment See ! there ho conies now !' , t Hole she tried to leave me, hut I held on to her. 1 heard a terrible noise in the 1 dry leaves just behind me. I looked a- j j round, and something was approaching. I As near as 1 could diseuru in the dark, it j | resembled a very large man. It came up very close to iue, and stood j j still for a moment ; then it lapped me on the shoulder, and said, in a r uigh, hoarse | voice, ^ | 'Coine. I ,..,t ..... I.... i i --- . j...? ii urn uuvill iO 111?* grOlHI'l, I and, us lm k would have it, I put it on a | stick about as large as a man's arm. I I snatched it up, anil gav? 'Hcelzehub' a ; itlnw with it which brought bim to tins I ground. My ghastly companion again shrieked ami fell. I caught her up in my arms, I and retrt?a:?><! as fast as iuv legs could j carry me. Presently I ran against the fenc* and knocked a* much of it down | as \>i!l detikius did. Put I did not stop ' 1 but went on nnd into the house. I sat the ghost upoh a chair and called I fur a light. Sho hero made a great effort to escape, hut all was .in vain. A light was brought ; a veil covered i In-r face, and it was with great difficulty J j that I luniovcd it. Alter a considorhle ' struggle the veil was removed, .".lid lo ! it ; was Jt'LIA KUMKKT! She shrieked ar.d fell to iho ground, and was tfien carried oil" to her room. dust here, in came a negro girl, a slave j of Mr. Hubert's looking as if* sho was | | frightened out of her senses, i 'Massa I inassa I run in do kitcbeiv right j i quick, 'cause Sambo come in Jar all bloo- | t <lv, an' *a bluedin' yet; lie got ho head i ! broke.' Austin and tnvseif went into llio kilcli- j en, to examine Sambo's bead. There was a very large gash, cut lo thj bone, inst above his left einnle. r ?? To lie brief, Julia Iih<1 employed a t<o. i gro man, Son ho, to assist loir. He I mil ' procured a long mpe, and fastened it a i rouuii Julia, at i have already said; then I climbing a very largo tree, put the rope i through a fork, and then descended. My thin lie could raise Julia as high as the ; I fork of the tree, where &J?0 would le anlirely out of sight to any person below, , owing to the thickness of tlio timber. Julia was the ghost that told J dm ; Kinsler to mnrrv Jane Morton ; and Sain- ; I bo had alwavs acted 'Ueel^ebub' when necessary. Hut after ho had acted, 'Heel zebub' w ith lite, bo swore he 'iiehcr woul.l be debit agin.' I Lore no grudge on account of .tuba's manner of cournting me?on the contra rv. I f?'lt rattier pleased and complimented. In about six months from that lime I we were married. i Years have since rolled by. A robust j boy and a pretty little girl have blessed our union, and never bare I repented for one moment that I saw llie ghost, or that .tuba became my wife. What Makes the Mail? A man never knows w hat he is capable 1 of uutil ho has tried bis powers. There seems to he no bounds to human capacity. Insight, and energy wit] produce as tonishing results. LIow often modest tal ent, driven bv circumstances to undertake some formidable looking^ work, lias felt its own untried, and hitlfrrto unconscious poweis, rising up to grapple and master and afterward stood, amazed at its own unexpected success! Those circumstances, those people eno- 1 mies, friends, that provoke us to any noble or inanly undertaking, are our great '1 est benefactors. Opposition and persuculion do more for man than.any seemingly 1 rm.tfl f..r....... m 1 -? i tie miroin ui (Tilic* UtSVOl; ope the latent tire in tho young poet.? ' The anathema* of the angry cluirch on flame the zeal of tho reformer. Tyrranny threat*, fagot*,torture, rai*e up heroeaand martyr*, who might otherae have alept away alolhfpl and thoughtle** live*,-never dreaming what aplendid acta and worda lay buried in their l>oaoint. Arid who knows but the wrong* of *oc;ety are permitted, bacauae of the line g'.ld which ia tl.ua beateu.oitt of the crpde ore of humanity I Here ia a truth worth cooaidering.? j Are you io poverty f have you.suffered .1 * wrong? do ci roil met Alices oppose you? ure you beset l>v enemies ? Now is your time! Never iie there, depressed and iiieliiiicholly ! Spend no more days in idle whining. l'p like a lion ! Make 110 complaint, but if difficulty fights yoj roar your defiance. Vou know not what is in you. You are at school; this is your tie cessnry discipline; poverty nnd pain are your masters?but use the powers Cod has given you, and you shall lie master j at last. Kear of (ailuro is the most fruitful cause of failure. Stand firm upon the rock, ami you will not fail. Wliatseeins failure at first is discipline. Accept the lesson ; trust the grand result; up and up again ; strike and strike again, and you shall always gain, whatever tin* fortune I of to day's or to morrow's battle.?A'.ci j c/mni/f. m ^ m Nellie's Question. Nellie was a bright little girl who had never been known to sit still ten minutes j at a time, ami yet there she sat (>v my side, on her little low stool, playing with her doll, but without a single word. 'What are you thinking about Nellie i' ] 1 asked, at length, and the thoughtful face looked up into mine as she asked, 'Cousin Kleiiie, is there a (Jod I 'Why, Nellie,'said I,'who made you and me, and this beautiful world i' 'Liilio says it happened so ; that it is all chance," said the child in a low tone, l/illic's father was an infidel, and the chil dren had been discussing the belief of their parent. Nellie,' said I,'w hat is it that * ou have upon your linger !' 'My thimble,' mm sit hi | ? oiHienng w ii;ii uiiii tin i to do with her question. 'Where did you get it f' 'Aunt June pave it to mo la.?t summer.1 'Well, aunt June bought it at the jeweller's ; hut where did the jewel er get it }' 'Why, he made it,' was the answer. 'Nellie, the other day, as I ??> walk ing in the lields, I found a thimhle. Now how do y oai know hut tlio jeweller found yours, and that they are always just as we have them, all made hv chance J'? 'Why,' > xel dined Nellie in astonishment, 'that cannot he, for they are made on purpose to sew with. They have little dents to put tile head of the needle in, and a smooth place left for the name ; and then they are of different sizes, to lit every body. Somebody must have made them.1 'You say soilieV>?.?\y mvwt Iikvo tnndu them, because they are just what we want to sew with, and are evidently made wjui ii j> hi. .\o\v, .Nui if, 1 K? ?w tli.it Sunioboil v IIIUAtiuHO III ?do lli, because ill Mm parts of the body are exactly lilted for certain things ; 1 can see a plan in them. Tlint suii.ol-o.lv must l?o ..J ' 'Do you remember when you hail tlio stitV neck last week ?' 'Oh, yes; when 1 wanted to sou nuv thing at tho side, I had to turn my whole body around. 1 am no glad wo don't alwaya have to do s.?.'? 'Well, why don't wo always have to do so 1' Nellio was very thoughtful lor a moment, and then said, with a bright smile, Oli. because wo have some kind of a joint there, as we have in our elbow You told me the otlier day it was a hinge joint, so wo can bend our arm just ?s we can open and shut tlio lid of u box.' 'Yes, wo luivo such a joint win-re the head joins the backbone; but would that make the head turn round ?' 'No,' said tlio child, 'that makes us how and lean our heads back. NY list does make it turn round?' 'Tliink again, Nellie.' She thought, and thou with another bright snnlo she said, 'Oh, such a joint as we have at tlio shoulder. You said it wa.- hfco Charlie's cup and ball, only the string was so short that the ball could not fall out, but was held tight til its place, but vet it could I..,., r. ......i .1 i... i - ; ? vvtiii iwumi in iin; Uli['t I "i hUi illtll II. 'Well, I asked, 'how aro yon going to 'ix the two joints ?' We injist have tlie two motions un asn! down and around.' Nellie's stock of knowledge was exhausted, and she appealed to me to tell her 'how it was fixed.' 'Is tha backbone one long h<>ne, or a great many little hones ? 1 asked. 'A great many little bonus, wi'ha soft cush ion of gristle between, so they will not rul? against each other,' said Nellie. 'Yes,' said I, 'and on the lop of the Insi liitie hone is the Imnd, joined to it hy a hinge joint, so we can hend our heads backward and forward. Then we want to turn them around, hut we cannot have a cap ami-ball joint there very well, so we have another contrivance. In the upper bone to which the bead is joined, is a hole ; now thfc litllo bono next below it has a tooth on the tipper, side, which is so long that it passes up into this hole, so that the upper home and the head turn Upon it :.s though it were a pivot. 1 ini to prevent its slipping oil", it is tied to its place by strong cords, called tendons, which maka it perfectly s<u Curs and yet do not prevent our turning our heads as far round as wa need, to do. 117 - t- _ I - ... to wan iyei uie movement oi mesa ton dons wlien mo turn.our heads, ami wlion we take cold they swell anil give us the still' neck.' Nellio tried the experiment of feeling the tendonn when-she turned her head, and when fully satisfied, she said, 'Now I know why you asked me about my thimble. I said I knew somebody made it, because it is Just what I want to sow with; and somebody must have made all of those curious joints, because they aro just wh?t wo need to turn and bend our beads but they are a great deal more curious than a thimble. (>od must have mado them. I don't helievo Lillie over heard anything about them, but I will tell her and Nellie left me to aoek her little friend,?Am* \frt. . \\' iltjrirtiltunil. j Dairy Management. I The following careful and systematic j ; management of a dairy, was furnished by a correspondent to the Southern /'tauter, ! and will afford some valuable suggestions, ' and especially in relation to regularity : i i And 1st. f>f the feuding and general treatment of our milk cows in winter.? I As the habits nf our community are industrial, we lise at half past live o'clock in Winter, and, that chores may be done, , and all tilings ready for business, our I herdsman r'*es at half past four o'clock, and feeds the stock with hay. cleanses stalls, and prepares foi milking, which is | performed at six o'clock. At eight o'clock they are messed, giving one peck of i beets, carrots or potatoes, and two quarts . of wheal bran or shorts to each cow, wet to a swill. At nine o'clock they are again 1 fed with hay, also at twelve, and three and seven o'clock in the evening. About half past four o'clock, l \ M., they are ; again me>scd, as in tin; morning ; if less j ! roots ate given, more bran is added, to ! I the amount of four quarts per n ess. Our Winter milk cows are watered in | the stall, niuining and evening, ail they ' will drink. Twice per week our cows 10 I ccive, just before watering, two table- I spoonfuls of line salt per head, in Winter, I and a little more when on grass. Wo feed cabbage, turnips, Arc., fteelv, ! { and to prevent the taste in the milk and | ' butter, we put one quart of boiling water j ! to ten quarts of new milk, when it is set j i for cream. We have learned that in seven . I or eiirhl lionra fmm ?li/? ' e ' - "... v...3 IIIIIU ?>l I**"illllg 1 tho a hove articles, milk will taste biully, ! consequently tare is taken to inform the j dairy woman whenever these articles are J { fed. The water (litis applied, renders the . milk anil hotter perfectly sweet and ' good. In Summer, we seldom miik tint twice j each day, at 6 o'clock, A. M., and halt | past U, P. M. In ail points mentioned j we are very regular and precise, for which j we have clocks in our stables. Of rearing calves. All calves in ' tended to l>e raised are weaned at four \ weeks old, and fed hy hand, except bulls, ( ' or some special breeders, which Wegener j ally put on a poor cow for the season? j j when commencing to feed by hand, wo ' 1 only give about f<vir quarts of new milk for tho lirst four days ; for the <l?Ai ' J ' four days, we add lia.f morning's miik to night'-, or vice reran ; at eight d tvs, feed ! milk twenty four hours old, continuing i thi- through the season, iie leasing the 1 j quantity to six quarts, and taking the I ] :tii!k even when skimmed at the ordinaI ry time, finding they do better than not j to have it at all. P>v degrees a little bran i | is add.-1 the milk, in order 10 learn | j them to eat it. When learned, they are I I fed about oue pint each, per day, logelh j er with roots and hay at pleasure. They j I at all Llllies have frr.., - - vv IIVV.UOO l?? W ?UT| ! which is brought to their stall L>y aqtie* 1 i duct. Calves foil on milk need water. ( t. Of the feeding of fattening hogs. At i | present we do not keep them ; when we I did so, their food was al! cooked, except ) | their swill from the dairy and kitchen.? They were regularly fed three times each . dav, giving them, on an average, about I eight quart? of corn per head, per day t that is, for the last four weeks before | slaughter, in which time no swill or mots i are fed ; the object of this is, to harden the pork ; perhaps it would not hu very j profitable to feed this way for market.? j The whole period of fattening was about | three months ; the first eight weeks po j tatoes, pumpkins, squashes, <fcc., ifcc , are I cooked and put with the cooked meal ; ! the meal being cooked by itself requires j j a long time to cook ; they are fed of this j mixture, all they will eat, three times I each day. Our hogs used to average a ho;, it 500 lbs. for a drove of fifty or ! more?they have averaged as high as | COO. It is the decided opinion of some of | our hest herdsmen, that, since all we can I i have of a hog is the carcass, the sooner i this is obtained, tlie better; of course, we | | t ; ' * | feed ail they will vat of fattening materi J i ?1 ns above from birth till slaughter.? | i Others think they will arrive at about the | | same si/e by (.oiulijOii iooU iur store 'orgs. ! But one tiling our experience justifies, and that is, that a pig may bo made to attain three times the weight in the first six months of its existence by rich and plentiful food, that it will by the common I method. Experiment in Cutting Wheat. A practical farmer in this Stale has i | sent to one < f our rural papers two sam' pies of wheat, of same kind, grown in the same field, hut cut at different times, lie st ttes that one sample was cut on the . 20th of July last, in a green state, when i the crushed grain had the appearance of thick dough ; the other samplo was cut six days later in a. ripe staie.the ears 1 drooping and tho grain firm ami hard.? Both samples remained in stack uatil the 17th of October. When the grain was { threshed, it was found that the green cut I i portion was equally dry with the other ; , j DDI, Upsides that, the green cat grain weighed twenty eight ounces per bushel 1 more than that which wa* allotted to stand till it wan quite ripe, and tho for- I mcr has been also found to produco -a belter sample of Hour, with onetwelfih ' leas bran. If we have any doubting reader*, lure i is an experiment easily to bo tested.? ! i Agricultural newspaper* have, for a num, ber of years, urged farmer* to cot their ' i grain before it is fully ripe and hard ; but t we believe the number who have adopt-' oil this plan is limited, in comparison with the whole farming community, liesides the advantage in heavier grain, we think all will agree with us that it is a great advantage in a wet harvest, allowing a longer period to get in grain. Most of our readers will, doubtless, remember, that last Summer, just as the grain was beginning to color, wo had most delight' fill and dry weather ; and just as the grain was ripe, and the customary time for harvest was at hand, the rains set in, and continued for a month or tnoie, and the wheat was all more or less injured, i Those farmers who to<>k advantage of the plan of cutting in a soft state, had their I grain housed before the wet weather, and, | of course, could command the highest price for their perfect wheat. Thousands of dollais in the aggregate might have been saved to the farmers of this coun. try, if they had taken "time by the fore lock," instead of letting time drive thein in their harvest. Have none of our read, ers a word of counsel fur their brother farmers ?? Western Agricultural. Extract from the J'hihulcl/ikiu (Penna) fni/uircr, a newspaper which has stood in the foremost rank of public journals in the V'nited States for over sixty years. K.NTKKfltlSi: IN !!l -im.SS ExKMI'I.IKIKU. ?The subject of business enterprise naturally commands a large share of the thoughts of the American people. Hence me theory of any new branch of business is anxiously inquired into, as well as the (net whether it pays or not. Among the establislnnents introducing novel features into business, in place of the stereotyped and time sanctioned forms, the Gift Hook Enterprise stands tirst. It has accomplish, ed far greater success than any of the modern improvements. Advertising in tin* public journals, when attempted on a laige scale, was condemned by everybody as injurious to the interests of trade; but as always is the case with a good idea, it prospered, until every one now advoiti.-o as a necessity. George G. Evans, the originator of tho Gift Hook Enterprise System, was born at Uinghant, Maine.? llis lather is an eminent physician of that State, and Ids uncle, lion. George Evans lias represented Maine for many years in the United States Senate. ?Jr. Evans' early years were spent in Lowell, .Mass., where lie started the first Hook Enter prise ever projected; since which time he has opened over one hundred and fifty hi mch -toic. 1 ho main establishment is .No. l.NO (.'hcsnnt Street, Philadelphia. Mr. Kv ins ha: a Iio^t of imitators; so me ut thorn cheat the public !>y advertising thcmsclves the <uigii ators ot the business, an 1 bring down condemnation, not on*!"v on thoniscl ws, but on the man whose tra ! they aro counterfeiiiug. because swindlers or ignoramuses, in any trade, subject u> to l^>s, we are not therefore to censure men engaged in legitimate tr.ule; because '"Peter Funk" traders in watches deceive and cheat the public, honest watchmakers are not to be denounced r.nd avoided ; and so, because a number of "Peter Funk" concerns in the Gift Uook business, encouraged by the great success of Kvans' Knterptisu, sprung up in New York, and for a time cheated those who were deluded into dealing with them, there is no reason that a fair, liberal and energetic publisher should be condemned with them. No injustice couhi be greater. Kvans purchases w hole editions of books that be does not publish himself, at the lowest figures; sells them at regular retail prices, and gives a premium with each i. 4i??"n ' ' kuwiv , in vicij piu,uw worm 01 books bo appropriates *5,000 worth of Jewelry, watches, die., which are given away with the books, purchasers often receiving gold watches, costly cameos, silvcrplaled ware, silk dress patters, die., *kc. Mr. Evans originated the Gift Book Business in 1851, and his great success in it is the result of tho energy, the integ ritv, and the liberality that have characterised his course from that day to the present. In addition to tho ahove just tribute to the merits of Mr. Evans, and tho unequalled success of his popular enterprise, we take great pleasure in hearing testimony to the high integrity which has ever characteri/.ed his multifalious business transactions, establishing for himself and his house a name above suspicion or reproach, And a fame which must 'lead its possessor to fortune and renown.' This is r.o spasmodic etfort on our part, at fulsome eulogism , it is tho plain recital of selfexistent facts, read and known of all men in our State,to whom Mr. Evans and his business operations are extensively known. Wo havo dealt with Mr. Evans for years, personally, and conversed! with scores of others who have sent him their money and orders, and received Books and valuable Gifts in return ; and it is certainly a higher meed of praise than usually falls to the ordinary lot of man to l>e able, truthfully, to say, that in nc single instance have vro over heard tb< first word of dissatisfaction expressed. llis assortment of Books embraces tlx standard works of tho languages, am every department of American literature and through his agency, vast numbers o useful books have been spread throng? every part of the country, to tho grea advantage of tho rising generation ; anr in this respect, lie may very properly b< bald to be a public bonofactor. 'What does a man thluk of when he thinks of nothing?' said a young lady tc a gentleman with whoin she had broker an engagement, 'lie think*, miss, of a woman's promise.' I Inniumni'j. Walkot srvi<i the other night, that mar* riage used to he matrimony?but now its a 'matter o'money.' When Jack Jones discovered that lie I had polished liis bed mate's boots instead | of his own, he called it an aggravated instance of 'laboring under a mistake.' Mr. l'nlltip, coming homo kite 'pretty full,' finds the walking slippery, and ex| claims: 'V-er very sing'lar; wh-when ever | water freezes it alius fr-freezes with the | slippery side up; singular !' I Spare moments are the gold dust of time. Of all the portions of life, spare moments are t he most fruitful in good'or evil. They are gaps through which tempi | tations find tho easiest access to the 60ul. 'Oh, dear!' exclaimed Henrietta, throw ing herself into the rocking chair, 'I'll I never go to that Postofiico again, to be i looked out of countenance l?v all those ' men on the coruor. It's so provoking! What can I do, Sarah Jane, to stop those I awful men staring me so in the face ?'? ; 'l>o as 1 do,1 replied Sarah Jane, with a j slv look ; 'show your ankle !' im m ^ A wag said of a woman who had ohl tained a divorce from her husband be! cause he hud a Laid head, which he concealed by a wig during the period of urging his matrimonial suit and the consuim mation of the bargain, that she wig-gled out of wedlock on a bald assumption. A short time ago, a schoolmaster was ! wanted for a western village. A pom; pous little fellow,one of the applicants,being asked to give a phylosial reason why j cream was put with tea, replied : 'llecauso 1 the globular particle- of the cream render i the acute angles of the tea more obtuse 1 | He was elected. A lady friend of ours says the first tirao sh?? was ki>sod she felt like a big tub of roses swimming in honey, cologne, nutJ megs, and eranberiies. She also felt as* j if something was runuing through her \ nerves on teet of diamonds, escorted by 1 angsls, shaded by honey suckles ; and the ' whole spread with melted rainbows. Jo| rusaleni ! what power there is in a full j breasted kiss. The Lord's Fable.? In illustration of old Henry Ward Beecher's liberal stylo of invitation to the communion, the anI ecdote is quoted of an English Judgo, who, on being refused the bread and the cup because lie. was not a member of his dispensing church, quietly remarked: 'O ! I beg your pardon, 1 thought thii was the Lord's table: I have nothing more to say if it is only a privato little supper of your o.vn !' 'Wife! wife ! our cow's dead, choked on ^ a turnip.' 'I told you so, I always koew that she | would choke herself with them turnips.' 'But it was a pumpkin?a darn big | one.' 'Will, it is all the same. I know'd all J along how it would l>e. Nobody but you I would feed a cow on pumpkins that were i not chopl.'' I 'The pumpkins was chopt. And 'twant ' the pumpkins nuther, what choked her, i 'twas the tray?the end on't is sticking j out of her month now.' Ugh ! ugh !'There goes my bread tray. 1 No longer ago than yesterday T told you the cow would swallow tliat tray.' A Boy in a Quandary. Little Eddy on his way to school, frequently loitered by a small stream, which he was obliged to pass, to witness the gambols of his playmates while bathing; the water being of a sufficient depth in somo places for that purpose. Fearing that soine accident might befell him his mother had told him never to venture near, and in the strongest terms never to go into tho water. Oue day, however, being overcome by temptation, and the urgent solicitations of boys older than himself, he yielded to their importunities and his own wishes, ami for an hour, en* tered into their acqtiaiic sports right heartily. Hut, as ill luck would have it, while dressing himself, by some mismanagement he put on his shirt rong side out, cnliroly unnoticed by him at the time ; but tbe quick eye of his mother saw It, and divined the reason at once, iiefore retiring for the night it was customary ( for the little boy to kneel by her side, and ! repeat his little prayer. While on his ( knees she took the opportunity to reprove k him for disobeying her command. ^ 'Edmund, bow is it that the buttons areon the inside of your shirt collar !' ) 'I don't know, isn't that the right way,, j mother V No my son, you have disobeyed me, I 'f am scrry to see; you have been in swimj ming?else how could you have turned ^ your shirt ?' I The little boy felt that his mother had spoken the truth, and was for a moment : silent. However, the satisfactory expla, rmtion as ho thought, soon occurred.? With a triumphant look and a bold voice i he replied : t 'Mother, I-I guess f turned itgittin1 i over the fence J i , Wonder how many meu have turned! their coats 'geltin" over the fence % . t. A