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1 I I I 'I \ihor M * I ^ Family Newspaper i For the Promotion of the Politica^^ocial, Agricultural and Commercial Iuteresta. j Tftrms?$2 60 a Year VOLUME 18. , LANCASTER, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1869.. NUMBER 15. i i i iiY ,,, n ?? . .. )UK STORY TELLER 'i'htec Calico Gowns. Although it may be * very "pleaeant ling to t?? one'e own name in print," it not allowable to print nenoea,especially hen Writing oOt ft IT on itoty. For thi? '?on we a ball have recoorae to 6ctition? idreta**, and introduce our young lady -^uniniftitce a* Miea Clara Clinton, and it father at Judge Clinton, of ClintonII*. \lieV?that it the people?called the "Ivje the oddest man lived. if liiy consists in Laving a way of iiia own. ,dge U.intoh *** a vary man. He :?uld insist upon living in a little brown, i^aaliixned house, without carpet* upon e Moors; and, whet was more vexatious, would not allow a aofa or lounge or ;king?chajr inside the four browo walls, i he bad an idea that the whole country is going to rack fin'd ruin, becau?e the tn wore broadcloth, and the Women >re silks, he declared be would wear uiespun as long an he lived, and bis met! folks shou'd be restricted to cal a As we hsve no'iting to do with Mrs. dee Clinton, we shall not allude to the nrtv vexation with which she carried t the whlinaira) ol<l domealic Htiona. A? ulie could do nothing wiser in to gulp down hit chagtib, abe did (i it down, mid, woman like, pretended Iwlteve, with her buaband, that they ild reform the world by making them. i-?'? conspicuously mean and uncornfort *. I itlgc Clinton wrt ?till in indigo-colored nespun, and Mr*. .1 udge Clinton in nine ?tiy calico, when Miae Clafra Clinton, ring reached the age of eighteen, and ring a will of her own, ^ which her ther **? cliVefnl to tell every body the Id inherited from tier falhea,) announced desire and determination to go to a irding reiiitol. I'lia judge himself bad a poor boy, f-edueaUd thvoOgh hi*'0%n akevtions. a proof of hi? bamble birth and i dil'iculttea he had overcome et bran y. lie h%d retoS V lb* aid df r e knot, mud Greek by tb? lid of i hit enodle, end solved the prol>lem? of elid by mooortjjht. Ife rerpeetted fcot i deaira in the world, and that waa a ?t fur know ledge. So when Mia* rn pent rated tha\ Vhm Ytrtlat, artd eoald, ! would fo to a l?oardinjj school, iudfle ifrfn rheetfu'lv af^nieaeed and expreaa limaelf randy to "raab over." Jo aooner ??? ihie interesting subject tohed, however, than, to Miaa Clara's iriae, her fath#* tX I acted tb# moat attire, thorough, and aretocratie ineti>n in tlie counter, naid the rearlr ex? . -- J J ? in ad ranee, and eeot I tor it onc? unplete ber education, with twentycmti for epending money, aod tine* 0 for tier wirdiolv. wae bad *noo|h, hfiee CUra aaid r>e all the %4?iU aa if bar beautiful had really bean P^-i?d fountain*, to blipod to dreaa in calico; bat to bee* 1 calico go*hi all ahkr, from tba aelf t piece, ao that bar companion a area Id t ahe bad bat ooa?that wee *dba at to liaar of all." I the old judge waa incorrigible.? ted eeved two ebV.linga end aiapaeee taring them ell alike, and be wee led, i/ bia daughter wee not. waa a kriatil ?la? hnx\a> i Miaa Clara bad* adieu To tbe ft n homeetead, and h?r mother who i her taare oo Ler oalioo proa, and tieep that bora tbe ftpeeaaftom which alher'e bome?pun urae made. SUa I every thing about the duo dealing, that ah? looked bach upon tt from 0 .ch window. Hat vtan tbe novelty t r condition overrame bar griet^ and or^ot all petty veiationa In tha new a and at range people around her. ery weary and traeekaoiled, ahe .ted at tha end of ber journey, and bowo into tbo reception room, where 1 aaalwd aeewral atyKah yneng ladiaa, ently newly-arrived puplft lite herbera waa lliaa June wiib bwr ev^aia-fttlinir srar traveling?draai m1 War ovtr with a ^ rat-eat loolc in Ufk ?tm; And Mi** Oara fdt Mm lha (MMliat amita l*i*l Ungarad ujxto ? ikrtMtW l?p? tf*#A ftt saWtanea to net tHat olio wmm Imhiiif to k?* ?t?7 tw^W, po4t a lookad only to ?ne*aatar lha of Uwt Qaf, ?^io, mlfotag arpon r><? i? i||? moat fa^tlaaa ailtto, auiHa >?otb?d ia atadytog itiapsrtarmtfttia m Gmj and Km lam rtt?4iai?fad jm and noilrn. Tmm vailed ap Clara's fall Irovrt, bat aba was VN proud to w?pe tbam away , on# fall, then another, when a eoft roica aaid? **Yon ar? wry tirad, I amairt; to ara We all \ bat wa ahall ba attended to hooo.n Clara looked bar thank* to tha faotla tpaakar?a girt rety plainly dreread, and of a tweet, wiaaoma countenance, who. cringing nercnair nearer, uktd dm torn* trivial queetiona, and rallied aome anui ing experience# of bat own ia reaching lb? inetilutioo. Clara Ml more at eeee, and, baing natuVally vivaciout add intelligent* rcon ; made friaoda with the kind lUangw, ?,W> j'lnvitaH K.? ?? livcomi Her roormmate. i The acliool term aooo commenced, and there was little time for Clara to think of bar homely garmenta. but when Sao day came mend, and ahe took another calico dreaa from bar wardrobe, exactly lika tha ona aha had wore all the week, hut room mete ?aid : ''Mm Clinton, I beg your perdoe, but wouldn't aomething elae do better to day f The young ladiea uauafly dreaa a good deal hate, especially the firat Sabbath of appearing, and I em afraid J on will not find it pleeeant to be ao plainly attired." Clara bluahed, hot aha waa a brave? hearted girl, and had tba good mom to know tbat deception could a>4tl nothing. So the aaid frankly : ' Tba truth it, I bara but thraa drataea 1 in the world, and tboae are exactly alike 1" \ii?t Pleaaant looked at bar a moment I ax if atra thought aba muet be quizziog, but, paroaiviog tba bluabaa and coofutioa of bar room niata. borat oat laughing ) "Why, Clara) It ia ao comical! You rauat axcuae ma, dear, if I do Uugh a little. How doaa it bappaa you draaa ao \ plainly I' I myV-II ? : -iJ : ft vit, ujj minor ii ?orj unu in hillio tiling*, and it i? kn wiN th?t we ahall all drtM in printa." Mi?a Pltrntl went to the eloaet, and, baking out a plain but ttry preeentabte black eilk, eaid : "lMeaea wear tbia, dear Clara. Don't tliiuk .but I ah all lo?e you juat ^a w?jl ia calico,)but naanr - f tL? gt'le won't, a*>d von are ao Moa<ti*e you will be wownded. < I ean well do without thia draaa the whole term, aaJ no ooe will know but it ia j your*." 1 Clara Ireaitaled. She bad always d?? ired a ailk draaa. She bad been thinking all the tnoroing of (be ridicule of her cboolimatea. Should abe accept the offered kindneea f Or would it be batter to wear her owa clolbea and appear aa be really was I She did not heeftate long; bat putting I her arm* around tfiea Pleas ant's aeck. kitting h* with trembling lipa, then aaid in quiet, firm way : "Than! you, tSeftfc yo? a Ihooaand timee. It doea not eeiei Mtt. My lather would not approve U, nor do I. If you let* me, that ia enough." VJiee Pleaeant patted Cttta'e cheek gentlr, murmuring, "You ere right, CUee, end yam ere haedeoa* in yoor eellee than the itthet of them in all their eilka and finery.'* Nothing more waa raid. The tee (trie Wftlt down to the eeaeiflbty room When the bell rang, and foeed the people etand ! *nK KraaP*> watiler the eppeeranee of I the eeeieteet teethe* to lead fham in chureb. "t/ooh ] wilt you tn whiapared Mitt tiay to Htln ntit to bar, "If tk?t|irl ieu'l golnf to chwreW fa th?l old calico.H Mifc* Pfeaaant frowned, but Clara Nnilei Mm had toa^tCtai kw pride that mufulnf oa hrr hnwt; aha had ra? otved not to ba mada anbappy by wbal ha ooald oot halp. The a*s9tb%t entered the rim mom with a ruaila and a trail ba At ting War aia tio%. ' She took ?4 the Jbanf.lfaftiaiAveT with a awerping f lance, and peremptorily ordered Miaa Ofata Olfaton to har roowa. Miaa Plaaaant wb la pared word in tbfct lady'e aar ; Miaa Clara waa recalled, and i the proceeaioo fall into litre. It waa very rrtitiow Klat alt Art (taArmaa thaee pwnf ladrav ptaaed, evamcd to ldo4 only ' at lira <caHea droaa. Vl ?w ao wj odd to tM a young lady going to church in ' "print. From tba 4*?aa Ibay lookwd iato lha faer; aoch a pratty faoa at il *u too | ?oo bright, ail thinking of tko * dditp of 1 the anira, and woodoriag tba tbo yoot>g lady <?oold ba. ft waa not Wag bafoc* Clara booanta Vaovtt aa dra yoawg lady io calico. Old Mr. Vannat, tba aaaliblaat and naott h?~ flooolial gaatiaMao df Aa lott, having bad bia aitaalion dtrartad to bar paeoKar 1 draw, mada tbo diaooaary that hot father J bad baao a door aatd hilweae ftiaod io eollago. Ha *ai tatf aMah bo wait mod | ba aod ladre Cllaton bod woJWd kaad to flora io tba thorny oaya df pawWo * i / jf Mr. V so net, at lb* first opportunity, ' vent n carriage to beiag Miss Clara t<"? j dint with bit family, and told htr many ' rtoriea of wbiih Judga Clinton WM tb? baro, and was evidently vary proud of bit prntty daaghter. Afterward, ba from lima to Una rent bouquets front bit rare esoltcv, and audi abundance of fruit, bat idea taking bar to ride occasionally with bin family, tbat the young ladiet of tbe institute ware almost in a state of envy. Fioally, aa if to drive tba yonog ladles to distraction, tbe Vanttett fave a party to nbich tb? most in duOTtti*! and ? oaltblari rrmtllw of Uim |! county ware alone inritndv Evan the . ptincipa) of tbe institute was overlooked, i Vo this rareo!inn Miu Clara au tmm* ! iri hvr calico dreae by liveried eervaaU.? j Old Mr. Lingard ?> ao proud of her ' pluck, and *o delighted that the did not appear in telle aod ailka, that he devoted hiroeelf to her much of the eveoing, iatro dueing her to hie friend* with many flattering a* pre** ion* of admiration. She waa finally taken to supper by young Mr, I Vennet, who evidently thought more of cheerful, aenttble converaation, I ban of all the aatina, lacaa, pearla, aod diawonda in the drawing room. Aa might be expected, Miea Clinton from that ?*%nVng waa quite a belle.? No one could alight a young lady to whom the Venneta had been to attentive. Heeidea, there waa aomething quite novel in having a beautiful young creature from the country who bad a rich father, aod wove calico because she wee not poor I? The young ladiea petted ber because they bad nothing to be jaaloua of; the old ( die* paUooiaad ber u ao eiampla for ibeir "taa^fcfwa ; (be jouog mco raapact -J I... L ? - ? u <>? ivii u?r pr*uj w?y?, inucpenneoce of character, Sn-A ready wit; hod ibn old men put their thumbs into the arms of thsir vttU, and gneee'v announced that H<li< *m quits an original and etemplsry young lady, and they wished there were more like her.** Indeed, the only tvsnWe was that Judge Clinton** ea'ioo dreeae* didn't prove hie daughter's ruin. The twr* school aaaeten was to eloan with a puhlid examination, upon which occasion all the young ladies were reqeir ed to wear whits, with satin sashee, and a ro*etie upoa the left shouldsr. Hie principal bad an eye to effect, end she *?5tVI sduiit nothino that JiitetM hap ? mony. MIm Clialoa'e calioo gown ?u *?(o?d at one*. "It woold do vary wall, perhaps, for Mr. Vennat'a party, bat tt ?M not pro par far an examination!" 80 Jtidge Clioton received a vary polita aota from that formidable lady, requesting him in (rigid and unmistakable terms "to allow bit dstghbsv white moll.*' If the principal had designed to mate judge "Clinton the happiaat of man, which ha didn't, and to render It forever oat of j Mine Clara'a power to wear white mull, ' ha could not mora "effectually have ac eotttpWhed her purpose than in writing him tbia note. fudge Cthrtoe, of Clinton vifle, declared \ha\ hti Waa not to U dictated to by any 1 woman?oat ha; and p?eeieety hccaase it would oblige bar to have Clara dreneed in white, it would dieoblige him to do so. ttie rather impolite reply waa t "Heaent hie daughter to acbooi to study boohs, not drees. If tiu wanted bia daughter to I wear wbile, aba we# at lihert? U provide 1 thai garment hr bar. For bia pari, he did aot know what right teacher* bad to dadde what color or good* their puptle hoold waar. Tf aba au not trilling bia daughter ahouTJ appear in priat.iha waa ftt liberty to aey eo end be would ramora bar al oooe from the achool." The principal, aa map be aapporad, waa ae aa a principal eoaM wall he. liut what would tha Vannata lay, and tba wealthy peraona whom thap would ioflu ence, if Mlaa Clara waa baniehad for waartug a draaa they bad coodaaeaodad to how or | lieaidee, Clara waa tha beat writer, the beet alegar, lb a beat dialogue-maker of tha wdraftoaabeei. flbe waa aacaaaarp te tba brilliancy of lb# aaairaraary. Tba principal dadded to adopt tba judged Mf geOlior, and provide (be ootflt at ber ova nptoM. Bat ?o sooner ?u this deeded upon, (baa lbs judge wroU bp expreee, protesting that kie daughter tkoulJ not wear while e< oil, nod (bat ba I was cowing in person to Ma (bat aba didn't violate bin com mead. Tbe result of H van, (ba jadge carried bit point, and Clara ?m (ba add bird la (ba whale flock of white pigeons. Among all (ba t|aoene <rf (ba 8w4aa mod mall, the raetia belle * * ike obecrred of obeer*era. Hba wan reeM) fba bawdooOMat, merriest, and moat s parti lag are at are ia (ba room. A ad wbwt waa sadly pv?kb| to (ba ? ??? . . ? - - - . . pfriocip*!, there lit Judge Oliuion, in hi* wit of hoatipuD, by tue *io? of old Mr. Vennet, upoa the potfcrtD, availing birrMlf of every opportunity to tell tb? whole story connected with the calico garment, and (atnipg thy confused Ueacber to ridicule At laat it came to the distribution of priaea, nod that for eceinplary eoiduct and correct recitations was awarded to Miss Clara Ciietoo. If J u.igs Clinton did not maks a speech on the-' (occasion, it was because Mr> Venr"^C4id. As the address was fully iTcpot^pyn-wSa titn. its nnttvery, we will nrx .*Vp6rt it here, but simply refer to that part of it which relates to our heroine \ "I am happy," laid Mr. Vennet, "that thia price has fallen to the daughter of my friend, Judge Clio too, of Cliotonrille. She i* a worthy daughter of a worthy ire. She may well be proud to hare received thia token of ber teacher's arppro bation, for aha woo it undar peculiar and trying circumstances. Young ladiee, do not forget that though you are beautiful when adorned, roe are more attractive,! more intellectual, more aelf reliant while you remain satisfied with what Provr dance bar placed at your disposal." V Borrowing. "My daak" said Mrs, Oreen to her bus*' band one morning, "the meal which we borrowed from Mr. Black a few daya ago ia almost oel, and we fees I bake to tnot row." 'Well," aaid her husband, "Mod end borrow a half buahel et Mr. While's ; be teal 10 mill ye?terd?y." And when it cornea eh mil we return the peek we borrowed roorethea e month ego from ihe widow Grey f "No," aeid tbe buaband, gruffly, "rbe can eeod for it when ahe wanU it. 8am. do you go down to Mr. Brownh and aak bim to lend roe hie ax to cbop aome wood th?e forenoon ; our* ia dull, and I aaw him grind bia laat night And Jim, do you go to Mr. Clark'a and aak biro to Uik|L? khammar: and do yoa V#ar I you might/aa well borrow a few naila while you are about it" A little boy enter* and aaya, "Father aent me to aak you if you had done witb bia hoe, which you borrowed a week ago laat Wednesday ; he wants to use it." "Want* bia hoe, child I What can he want with it f I hare not dona with it yet ; but if be wanta it, I auppoee he meet hare It Tall bim to tend It back, though, ea toon at ha can anare it " ? r ? "* They Ml down to breakfast. * O merey P exelaime Mr*. Green, "there i* not * parcel of butter in the houae. 8i, run over to Mr*. Notable'*?the alweya be* excellent butter in her dairy?end ask her to lend me a plateful." After* minute*,Bi return# : "Mr*. Notable eivie bae aent you the batter, bat bega 4a remember that eke ha* already I eat eeventy nine pleteeful, which ! are acored on the dairy door." "Severely oioe plateelul," exclaimed the | aeloaiehatl lire. Greee, holding up both band*. "It ia no and) thing; I never had half that quantity ; and if I had, what ia a little platefnl f I ahould never thiek of keeping an aceouot of eueh a trifliag affair ; I declare I have t minH mt? to borrow any'hing of that reran craaturo again at long am I liv v" A Bird in the Hand ?A color ad man to whom meat waa a rara bloating. on< day f>nnd in bin trap a fan rabbit. 1!c took bin out alirt, bald biaa wodar hi? arm. patt*ui ii<p, began to apaculata on bin qualilioa. 4 Oh I how bory fat I Do fat teat T eb?f , did aoo 1 Lot oa aao how wo cook him I s!& J^ast hsjc. No ; he ?o bory fa?4 hr | loan afl do fat. Ma fry him. Ah I ba ao bory fat, ba fry bimaaiM Golly ! bow fat ba bo! T>oa ma ataw him.H Tbo thought of tha aarory ataw made (ha nugro forg at hiwiaalf.aod in apraading out tha faaat to tho imagination, hia arm ' raiaaad, whoa off boppod tha rabbit, and ' aqaattiaf at a goodly ditfanew, ?rad hia | lata aarwar wHh great compoaura. Tha | aogro knaw ihera war an and of tba mat | lev, eo, kuflntnooiog all bw pbiloeopby, be 1 tbM eddreeeed tVa rabbi t< MYou loaf .eared, white whiekered, red < eyed ret, yo{*?ot eo bery fet, erter *11 f1 "Why do yoa drive eucli * pitifel look iag eareaee aa tket f Why doo*t yoa pal a heavier eoet o( drah oa biro, Pet I"? "A heavier coat of teeb oa bim ! Ry the power*, the poor create re ran hardly eervy whet Utile there i* ea hiaa wow.* Ta aa et.hanf* the marriage of Itr. Ooope* to Miee Stevee le eaeouneed.? The raeult va,!l probably be barrel*.? {Not eo $ (He reaek will be a lot of little ebavere, and if aav of them be deagktera, it will eveataeta la boepe ] i Grass Culture iu the SohthEditors Cultivator :?la ihe March number of the Southern Planter it Far* I mer, a Virginia farmer, who bear* tbu j revered name of Washington (John Washington) says : "The greatest blunder committed by Eastern Virginia farm* era, it theii neglecting to raise hay?and hay?many of them. To save fodder in the usual way with hired labor, as a re1 ml1ria_.:? : in. ? ci _ Iiuuhqiii?o ictu, is iiiijnwiuie, ooooer or later, all Southern farmers will rco aod . acknowledge the "blunder" of attempting ' to pull by hand, corn blade* enough to feed working stock, cows K>vi"g milk, young cattle, nod keep ibem in good condition. Such fodder costs at least fire times wore per 100U lbs., than to raise a mixture of orchard grass and clo< ?er hay, as recommended by Washington to Virginia farmers, lie sows a bushel of orchard grass seed, and a gallon of clover seed on an acre with oats, in March?tbe-ground manured and properly cultivated. As his instructiee article headed "Orchard Grass," will fill not over a page in the Southern Cultivator. I hope to see tbe article copied. He says, "orchard grass will stand tbe in?Asion of broom strew, if you will practice a little patience, and not sutTer it to t>e grssed until is ! *? f'tut- < J m nu<I. Then yQQ can't hurt it, except with bogs or tbe plow.,l, As additional evidence of tbe tenacity with ?bich this grass holds tbe ground, I may remark, that eighteen years ago, when in charge of tbe Agricultural Dei partment, at Washington, I seeded an orchard with orchard grass in the District of Columbia, on a farm bought for experimental purposes, which has yielded good crop* ever since, without re seeding, as my son informs me, who li?es on the farm. Recently, while visiting my son, I noticed n little aedge in the gra?s, hut not enough to injure the bay. I have raised I nrrhtril irriu m ilh ?.in?l utiata/iiinii In fleorgla, and feel tlia! I cannot render Southern agriculture no better service than to commend it to the nttantiow c.f alt who would rejoice to nee our section commend lerger profit with less labor on the farm. A f?n days since while ie Knoxville, I m? fermere netting corn from flat boete et sixty cents e bushel, and bey from wagons at twenty fire dollars e ton. At these prices, e farmer receives tl 25 per 100 lbs. of hay, end $1,20 for 108 tin shelled corn Noar T can raise 1000 lbs of hey as easily as 100 ponnJs of corn ; while the h*y will bring twelve times more money then the corn, on my farm. These facts indicate very clearly the ex ceaa of corn cultnre in Tenneaaep, ami the defic'ency of graaa culture. The South< ern mind cling* to traditional practice* and error* with a force that nothing *p parently can overcome. A tingle horai will cut five acre* of graea in a Jay, yie'd ing fifteen or twenty thouaand pound* ol good hay: worth from $150 to $200.? Compare pulling fodder by laiy negroet with thi* having operation f A aingh hone will rake and pitch the hay on fin acre* in leat than a day. Labor saving ' machinery it more needed in our agricnl tore than anything efae, to compenaati ' in part for the Iota of slave*. More farm era rauat ralaa grata, horaea and mule*,oi many will find working a took tco acaret end nign for them to purchase. Th< correspondent of the Cincinnati Cnmmer ( cisl, who visited Mr. Dickeon's plantation t reports that white 1 40 freedmen produce* | less cotton than 60 slaves, they destroys* or injwrsrf working Stoc? five fold mori than when Mr. D. owned the laborers si well as the mules that tilled his ground This consumption of live horse flesh is i new and important agricultural fact. , To snhance the price of mules, is t< breed more mares to jacks, and thereby diminish the number of breeding mare< , rlised in all mule raising districts. I1enc< both horses and mules will inevitablj I Income scarce in the South ; for oui * breeding stock is steadily l>ecoming less , ! simply because we raise mult* instead o i1 breeding animals. When the milSior rush ioto cotton growing and at one* , over work and under feed mules end hor< 1 sea, prudent men will quietly bur brooc meres, sow greee seed and clover, sad I I s i < - - P'w?c? Don* n**n id in* en*ape*t meo o*r. draw cul<ar* end 'lock reining reqitir* very liltl* labor, av? *11 field* Ironi ; waahieg, improve lend, give aure crop*, end Urge profit*. Southern farmer* plow toe meek aurfeee, end *very way ovardo tillage, e* lbo?gh rt we* the beginning, middle end end of all good husbandry, Urea* AelJe that teat eighteen year*, a* | demeeatfered by the experience of the i write*, will give *s*e)l*nt beef, motion end becoe, (the l**t named w toede oa butt*c milk end clover,) will give wool ' and all farm stock, and a plenty of manure fjt raising wheat, and ad needful ! grain. Eighty arms in pasture and mea? I dt)w to twenty under the plow, is aboMt a fair proportion. In place of this selfsustaining system of stock husbandry and tillage, our farmers put eighty acres in corn, cotton, or other tilled crop, and hara no white tnan\? grass, solrh on the farm, but rest it in weeds, sedge, briars, and sassafras bushes, so far as it is not cultit vated. No income is realised from pet* ennial grass, because they look to the j plow and hoe for all money crops. Will I not money frofn plants that grow ten or 1 twenty years with no use of plow or ho?, 1 L - a. i-kl- - um HccujtiHDiB ae mat derived from wearing out. our already impoverished plantation* ! The farmer who raised grass, etock and provisions, and plows but little, needs but few work animals, his blacksmith bills are small,his expenses for labor are also small, while his income and independence are about as sura as the certainty that rain will fall and grass grow. P. LEE. ThiDgs Done Some cooks will throw out the water in which meats have been boiled, without letting it cool to lake off the fat. Bits-of meat are thrown out which w?ul4 m>L. U-.L?.J U.VKI ul linoti. The flou? is sifted in a wasteful man ner, and the broad pan left with the dough slicking to it. . Pie crust is Isid by to sour, instead of making a few tarts for tea. Pish cloths are thrown down where mice can destroy them. 'fhe Scrubbing brush is left in the water. Tub* and barrels are left in the sun to dry and fall apart. I Nice handled knives are lute wo into hot water. Silver spoons aie used to scrape kettles. Cream is allowed to mold and spoil. Coffee, tea, pepper, and spices are left to stand open and lose their strength. The cork is left out of the molasses jug and the flies take possession. Vinegar is drawn in a tin basin and ' allowed to stand until both basip spd vinegar arc spoiled. Dried fruit is not taken care of in season, and becomes wormy. Potatoes in tbe celltr grow, and Dx sprouts are not removed until they be' i come worthies*. Pork snoi's for want of salt, and beef because the brine wants scalding. Hones are burned that would make soup. Clothes sre left on the line to whip to pieces in the wind. 1 Brooms sre never bung op, sod sooa re spoiled. Oo to Farming1 A good living is what comparatively | few men succeed io making in t\llage or 1 j city lile, and y et cothirg is more easy of ' accorr pluh men I en the farm. Untitles, 'j there is a p'eature in cultivating and emI he Dishing the earth, improving and in ^ creasing i't prcdocts, and thus addirg to the aggregate of human'.happiness.?1 Why, then, should young men hesitate ' to be farmers f Tt is both profitable and 1 honorable. It is the nearest approxiraa* lion to independence that a man, as a memher of society, can make. A gentles man farmer?and all farmers are, or should be, gentlemen?belongs to an or r j der of nobility thai is not indebted to * j place holders for installation, and may, if * | he chooses, he ranked among the great* est benefactors of '.he human race. Let I 1 iko i/lln WAItnns m n r. ? c Ia ? a. t? ? ? i iuq iuio j uuiii; men ku huik uu I Ml HJO| ' and quit seeking third and fourth rate ' clerkship*. In abort, go to farming and 1 quit bagging. 1 - ? ? wm Making Poultry Profitable. 1 The place to which your chickens re* tire ought to have a dry floor, and be > kept scrupulously clean ; and as the floor t j ia the eooleat part of the room, their rooeta ought not to he more than twelve ' inches high, and to be alantiog, which r 1 wiil keep the warm air in the roost. Silt r ling hens can be cured by patting water I in a vpwcl to the depth of ooe inch, putI ting the hen into and covering rtre top of > the veeael for about twenty four hours.? t I The vessel should be deep enough to al> | low the fowl to stand up. This is the I I heel remedy we have ever tried. KarthI I worms are srstilt rsliiktit K? An*,I ? , | fowls. Taka * rpada onca a day And ' i ty?tn orer tba ground for your bans? ' Thay will soon run After you when ibey you witb the apada, And will Amply ' I rnwArd you for th? tstrA tronbln to ac1 : commodate tbem fry An OTcreaaed supply 1 j ?f 'SH'>? Canada Farnur. t | A mun carrying a cradle wm Hopped by ao old ?nmn nod thoa accosted, "So, air, you bars aoma of tba fruits of matrimony." HoftKr, o!d lady," bam! I ho; "you oitaiakA : tbia in sneraiy tba fruit-bask*."