Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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feM y^" if"... K,, ^ .: * ; ; j9QHRp|9| HHHKS.^ ) vMgH K jitiiik., ^ " y v 'i tfrjkSL- --'"t -.- ^ ' *^. K^|^4.%iL is:,?New Skbibs. ' ' ofcoN C. II., SOUTH CAROLIhMw'KMBKI: II. IS77. NUMBER. 49 ?iff . - - Mm:.. ': ' T.' .-. . . jjf ^ JJPjfiWKTikms :?I see thai sotne of ^rfltt^g*b?iebeett taking Ae zig^t(lop?y^oat departure al^otor ^r Souther* ?i to^Jft us maulht half, on:le?s,\?f*cur land I whatdBe whylV now .^ea.^lka Messrs. Minfer, Norhj'an and Horau-have done; and let the rest be put- In graiq?oorn. wheat, &c., with the results obtained by Messrs. Dillard and -<f;%&cb, * ?ia? ?isid. Aoyr ^ould bringj^t as much money ^tut" If we" muti raise "Hre MtKlion bales, let it Ub done on half the land now if planted for that crop. We must not depend enK-.r tirely on cot' with the present niethod of " '- ' planting, and no average price obtained. We cannot afford to raiBe it the way we do, and make it pay all the bills. Wo must cither raise less, and thus increase the price, or we must raise more to the acre, and leave the rest of the land for other crops. ? A few more years after the present method will bring about some change, of a necessity. Neither farmers nor merchants can hold out tatlch longer. Our system is radically wrong, ^j^pd must right itself, sooner or later. Such re*>nlts as have be?n obtained by Messrs. Minter, JFrJMBKfa $oruian, H'ogan, Dlllard, Teach and others, are the right direction.^OthW- f&rmers-throughly^ tli* country are working after the B?m? re, ts. Their number is yet few in o?n\pajj,?on <* ij^Hrith the thousands who are following in "fhv 4.4^ f*M<\ ruts;" but we look forward to the tidlf. ^^^ W?v-ihcn their example will be felt by all. 4jfl| Your correspondent is intensely interested |SjKLj|^L^ of improved farming ; and especially ??UQM$t ' Hkiuprovement of coru. For four years he |^en selecting iyi<l improving a**! corn,a<^d ^tins Tnjm,. " *" gi^V^W^ihivaliua^il -v ... "^SS^^Hnicnt; and in /i few years, no doubt, we entirely new ideus and notions of corn 'IC H,ory ?f * *? a,u' possibly 15 ^QM0n#^ to (ho an average crop on upW^K ' iaoT, will sound strangely when we've learned # . - ^fow to produce live.times theso amounts per i-. : - * . Mre. Mr. G. B. Hognn reports 20'J bushels on ffifl*- yO'T " *" t <??_ . .. i ? MMA?koto f>v'; j" *nl acr?? Voar correap^ndani lite ISSK /. ' .m' #? *" wm of Upland?xttnfc^ya^iliji V' * - W>out 70bushels. A geotlcnaajwto whom' \^| *' B?ut 1 P?ck of 'he same corn for trial, raisei^H L bushels 2 pecks and.O qts. on 1 acre of pine l^Hf ?nd nays the yield'would have been 120 bUi^^H . but, for 7 weeks of drouth. Our own ficl'4^^1 ' fercd from a droutli of 7 weeks in July atnj^n Lm^T gust. We planted for 100 bushels to tl^fl^^H , 'T ai|d think that o possible average crop^^HB^^R upland, thoroughly prepared and pro^^^^^^H^ 1 / ( Ured, with well selected seed. WcJj^^NH^I P improving a while corn for scverwf^ ywP^HJH think we hove found a superloj^ corn can be planted thic^r-v is of good weight. We h^* 12,000 atalks totli^pacre this rr~,ias a small. gob, a clear + deep grain with little husk, avd run's from 58 to 63 lbs per bushel. It is always sound,'and makes beautiful meal and liominy. I always gain my toll in every bushel I carry to mill, allowing 56 lbs as the standard. Do farmers generally ever think of a little thing like this? Many carry corn to mill that will scarcely .reach the staudard weight. The toll is the | same as for heavier corn. With my corn at 02 lbs. a man tlint carries At) bushels to the mill 41 yearly would gain 10 bushels. A bushel of this < corn will grow on the same, or less ground j than a bushel weighing 56 lbs. The gain then, | in tlie field, would be six or more pounds on i y each space of a bushel. In large crops this would soon amount to something, were there no 1 ' other gain. My object in improving corn was i ^ lo secure a variety that would make good bread; I a white, clear grain, with little husk, sound and i ^ heavy ; a small, soft, white cob and deep grain; 1 a small stalk and light shuck ; and lastly, a corn I , ? - . that, would bear crowding, .nd that would ijria- 1 turo early. All this is true of the variety I am 1 now improving, yet 1 hope to do more for if in ] ? * the way of purity. 1 hope to make a coinpari- 1 son this season with corn from every principal 1 farm in this Township, hoth as lo weight and | measurement. At a future day, I hope to ex- ' .tend this comparison to Nothorn ami Western \ ' varieties. 1 want to find (lie hrrt while corn for the Smith. New theories, as to cultivation are ( '* ^ now hcing tried ; acieiice and experiment are ( r T ' being intolligently applied ; and (Impossibilities of larger yields per acre, are not beyond reali- ( zation. I>. C. \NDKKSON. f HN& Kort Mill, 8. 0., Nov. 23d. | A California pnpor describes '-the latest f ^ thin^ mih" ;,m a*i|, \v li,ii'scshoi' mil" mi? ,>!' r W tlir c t hick m-.-scs uf raw liidw rni'ipiosed '! together by heavy pressure. It is said to last longer, weighs only one fourth as much n its the common shoes, ncvor splits the hoof, 1 fj&E* and has no bad influence on tlio foot. It t vfljg?) is so elastic that the horse's step is never 1 uncertain. This will remind farmers who a drove cattle and horses across the plains in t ?, early days, of the fact, n?w almost forgot- I ten, that this is no new invention, for the a JlY cattle, and horses, too. were often shod with t shoes made out of buffalo hide, cut from i l^r the neck, where skin is almost an inch c thick.? C/n'i'stum Union. v V I? ' tho harvest is over, ( and piantJfar&^fv arc riot liappy. Manf" planted, -t^y year with the hope of idaliz- y itig fair p.{(cca in the fall, and notwithstand^hg' they 4re now blessed io many sections ^ of dhr?<lap3 with abuudant crops, they find t themstf vhs still iu debt. Labor is abundant, seasons arc favorable, prices for the cotton, j crop Urc little, if any, lower than during ' the post year, aqd with all the advantages ,-j of the present year over the Opreoeding, ^ they find that farming does not pay. s r The srognlfir spectacle is presented-of a ( vast, country, with its magnificent wealth of i foreat, "XiHsiate he fiiveral)lMriaA?4ki<fit< r AhyWTldfph'ihc globe, with ltslo^Yfcrers, .? navigable nt all seasons of ihc year, with its almost cxhaustless mines of coal, iron, ^ mica, gold, silver, load and copper, with its e quarries of marble rivaling those of Italy, <j with its soil adapted to tho production of every article necessary to man's happiness, ' this ''glorious laud, actually a beggar to y other sections less favored than ours for tho common necessaries of life. After twelve ^ years of peace the country is still staggering under a load of debt, National, State, 0 muuicipal and individual. We believe that ^ the debt accumulated in the South during the last twelre years is equal to that exist- ^ ing at surrender. Various causes arc at w*rk to produce this disastrous result.? {' iVtbirfirst place, no country can keep out of t d'bt and prosper that is continually drained ^Ajts capital. Communities are like indi -."WvivU thcy^buy more than ithev the^balwnco of trade'' will be ogahisrtheni wn id in ruin will be a short one ? ,t the fcnormojjs drain upon us for n JF* a.Al firo insurance, tho State of North ( V^-rolina has paid during one year since ^ 18j5 nearly 82,000,000. The annual out- j still very great. A comparison of the viooltM>f insurance offices in a i: Jmi ToLertpr North twr L ^ub'? neon paid for insurauce, e vf CT which, Mvagcn.ts counj/issions, N?M?orn*eou?pani$s. Our farmers TiuJ* > aj paid many uilllions for sewing machines, at ^ a clou profit io foroign companies of about fUO per cent VVt send abroad annually about S3,OOfi.OOO for fertilizers. In the l} State of "Kentucky there was spent during ft tliyr vm,'"* OT?cttc. ft?rs*r jr*m ;iru.-r^ OX nits suui lUcrt* K to that State' 'during the yoar, f.?r 1 ,24t),G52, leaving nearly a million mtjsfiart of.clean profit to*foreign ccm^fc^es doing busines? in that State. I f we \ ^^fcunc the innomes of the different insur^vonipanics of Hartford, Conn., we will w H^Aat the aggregate will exceed 615,000,- c" j^^Knmally. Of this amount a large per- ,u H^He conies f?our the South. Millions HjHiurs aro diftuially sent North to buy ox. ^HHtuffs that can easily be raised at home ? ^^^^Krcatest grain growing region of the ^Bo buy Northern flour aud corn.? UN v?^^J?uthern farmers ''fight grass" all )*' while they feed their horses on hay f gro^hV on the bleak hills of New England. . Nearly every nrti^Je of home cousumptiou 1 is purchased from abroad- Our clothing, our house furnkui%, r>ur our farming implements, are all uianufactured in other sections. ' To meet the enormous drain upon our capital to pay lor these ^ things wo have to rely principally upon the cotton crop. When this fails us, as a mat- , ter of course, wo get into debt, and debt is | always expensive. " * i The theory is frequently advanced that I we can buy corn cheaper than we can make j it. Well, we have practjgcd that theory j for the last twelve years'airfr Vhat is the re- | ^ jult? Debt, bankruptcy and ruin. y Small grain crops in the South require but little expense, yet the fanners are annually paying high prices for foreign ar- ? ticles that could be easily and cheaply pro- pe Juced.at home, with which to make f^-c. ton crop. The commercial valuo of'money "hi in the South is at least 18 pfrr cent, per air-1 . nun, and the fanner who farms upon credit a < -bust "paytTiis interfcsT" ami an ?ttluTfl6nal Hi per cent, to induce the factor to make ad- tri ranees. There is no way to avoid this high ov ate of interest. Usury laws avail nothing, foi In the present state of farming in the I i ^outh, advancing upon crops to he hero- fe< il'ter produced, is a dangerous business.?' \V;i fo meet the increased risk an aditionai per co sent, must be added. Suppose we farm on wa jredit*,' will farming pay with money advan- tw ;cd at over 18 per cent.'( We know that nii >ur annual gains must be small, and if we I iaiinot make money at this rate wo certainly | on ire pursuing a suicidal course to attempt to |,.;i arm at higher rates. In rich tanning see- i | ? ions, in valley lands, or in other naturally da avored localities, farmers make money atates of interest higher than those above. I'eriants upon the highly cultivated lands j,,, if Kngland expend from 8f>0 to 880 p*?i* try ere in cultivating and they make money, )ie ?ut wo must remember those lands have by icon enriched by centuries of expensive til- 'pj, age. When our lands have become rich by n|( n improved system of agriculture, our far- ('? tiers can then afford to farm at high rates Vci i>r money. To the cotton planter, fertilizers ro indispensable. They stimulate, the cot- 1 on plant to an early development, besides i.n ncreasing the yield, yet in too many install- hoi es our farmer buys without knowing ] we whether the article is adapted to his soil, j lot -t-. i . ?.?L _ i _?Tr?v^i>tn)Krr?a? jonerallj spoafcing the forOar system of furmilg^^^HRnRiiult. Ve must adopt intprovcd^^^Mfijjfil imJoO.d^x. Wo must ho "hjtfd)- p*u" tb^'fuik for torhaps a nail' contji^r ere is no reWm the o enable thptf tft ompy^rdtivc|yVvory cttwip l^^^K4ottnji. <^WyjTT>1yl^n tyi; ior poum] wo have a balances) our credit f $20,00(1,000. If wo s'ufr a Toss of a out p r pound we arc 820,0$,000 m debt, 'he all imnortaot orincinllwith us is to ceumulate capital. lly rfcfoitig \vc can cndcr available our vast vr&v poorer, dcelop our exhaustions mind of coal, iron ud the precious metals, w must educate he youth of the land in thflractical scicnes. We must abandon tlilhl curriculum f instruction that tits nurjflu:i<; men only or professional life. We 3st read less of >olitical and more of a^rtlltural matter. Ve have all the clcmentJrtf wealth and rosperity if we will only Aiil ourselves ol heir use. Our country w?d soon become he richest upon this contivH if the effort? f our farming people \Vbildirec|bd in the iropcr channels. Wo tnuamovc our liriyla<*kSr*from the hills of .i , Ve must build our corni'rioCin Iho South ustead of in the Nortbfcsljin short, .we aust raise otir own suffyh?s jroduec he greatest possi 'Lie (jnmititj/ o) ~ j Ve must cultivate loes Of land n wd-Jltivatc t better. Half of the*land in euiCittion .1 -- ? :?1 anlldt llfcttl 3 not. sumcieuiiy ura?nu?- -v ESsPS^'-IK Ti'r cash v.'JfWf all the Eu^k thoruMV i;rain your land, raise P^tnm'^uppITCft. sell moi than you buy ad the day of prosperity is car nt hand.? \trolina Farmer. Catti.k volt Tii&ifeouTj.n'^f eli? vc the Short-lidftL oryi > lifoth" "oatl!c* IT litrd I' M- >' >tts. ib?y arc too largo >o great consumers for aw^otRor thus ?*> rass country. The Oevons arc not wiruh'<f. because H?is is our experience) way are too <le.flite. They are like hot-Huso plants, and itli the same care will g well, hut this <11 nut ho given at all tiuuM|and hence they e not what yoti want. 1 J The lira h mui will keepTut on less and idure our climate better iftu any animal the cow kind ; hut they ill ramble and > where they please if the; hate to ''jump 'or the moon," and, if an; one interferes itli his going, lie will havi a pght on his mils. *' 4 We once had a full-bloedtf lit dimin hull at- would stop travelers nndk'chiclcs in the { lblic road. We sold hitn t\a friend who MiiV p'-HfUAvBl 'V" er saw. "* "* {1 Tho Ayrcshrcs arc gentle anikind, goou ilkcrs, and fair beef eatrta We think ein most desirable of any e ttlo wo have er owned. You cannot b't he pleased ith them. ? We have seen a great many Alderneys, id from what we could gitlurby inquiry, i think they must ultimate!' prove to be c cattle for the South. At least we inml to give them a trial as *o have done ! t he rest.?Col. A-IKk.N', q Clmrlrxton cics. .. ', ' ** ' .# How to Inckkasktiik L''l.fw of Mii.k. A Lady correspondent of a'souihern par, writing from Arkansas, (lives the folding reeipu to increase th fow of milk IroSter - *'. NCuter/slightly salted, given twice Lav, will Tn?re;ise_Ui *r flow oJLiiiilL ' ? iv iru. T1" the cow wTll not drioK it at tirst lal, scatter a handful of bran or meal er the top of it. They sooh become very nd of it. and will drink all jou give them, tried this plan three years in go with per t success. 1 had oidy ninAcow, and she is of the common scrub Jstock of the uutry, and alter s^ie besrai to drink the iter, prepared a4 above, furnished me ice a day two oniiiiarv bucket* full of lk ; ami by fccdiift; a little corn boiled tli cotton .seed, the milk yielded butter ough to supply my table bountifully anVl ivc iuc a few pounds to s"!l every week. ;ave lior three gallons of water twice a IIoo ('iiot.KitA.?A correspondent writ: from Amnion, N. (!., says that after dug every remedy known for hog cholera, finally suoeecded in chc0fcj?<{ tiie disease giving concentrated lye lu.tlie feed.? ns remedy is certainly cheap and convoint, and we advise our readers to try it.? in mi >n salt is also recommended as a preutive.? C'aro/iiut Runner. To Remove Stains from Tablesen ?Use borax when washing; d<> not il. but bleach out the?tains in the sun t the spots occasionally with a weak scion of borax. V "PLEABE CHARGE THI8.". ] These three words aTu of iuiuiensolmpoV- \ tauco to every head of cvorv lauiily or auy 1 one wliy^jiuty it is to provide ways and uionns fpfl jod, clothing and other expenses,!.; incident io existenec. ; These three words aro like three links in I a chain which wo forgo for ourselves, and ] every timo they arc repeated this ohain be- j conies stronger and-stronger, till its burden cautiot longfu*J)o borne. ' These three -words add fifty per ceut. to %he <*est> of, any dtie article we purchase, for tlm *#?fbr bants, aud \*ory likely neods cash, nnr) lift ho fn'rn hJa>iiAni>t' nv?>p ci?vnp?il if tn mririiirnigiii >ii iiiim |m | ItfdTlfon to t no cosh price,, a profit for each time he might have used his nic-u- i cy had we paid cash on the spot. These three words, easily and pleasantly i spoken, and as pleasantly responded to, i .make a man the abject slave of the creditor. I "He toils from early morn' to dewy* eve," I but the accumulating interest 60 hampers I his energies and depletes his earnings* that freedom becomes a bonu g*catly to be do- ? sired, but scarcely expected. From January to December he labors, breaking a link < of the servile chain occasionally, but too < frequently adding two, and if both ends i can bo made to meet when the accounts are I balanced, the fact is made au occasion for 1 rejoicing. These three words should be blotted from i every farmer's vocabulary. lie cannot nf- i ford, of all men, to pay enormous interest, i uor can he allow dgbts to accumulate when I future and uncertain gains cni only bo re- l lied upon. This reliance too often proves j I a broken reed, and sooner or liter,-* brings I humiliation and bankruptcy. 1 I Those three words need never be spoken " il a self-denial be practiced for a year or ! two. Pay as you go, involves no accumu- | f latyig burdens, but lightens instead the > t dally routine of labor It is wonderful to j f note how much a family can dispell ic with , < if a rigid system of economy prevails, and do- j \ termination to live within its means exists, j o These three words may be used as a t in- , ( porary means of bridging a hard place, but I t their use is always extremely hazardous, and ; 1 should never be us d when ' Pay as you go" r jpr '-Cash on the spot" can by any moans be ' J Protect tham from the manure and close sleeping place, where the j 1 emulations from decomposing dung, urine, t straw and other organic matter, arc added , j to those of their own skin and lungs when I ! huddled ton-ether in niimlims See 1 i that both food and water nru clean, in the j : sense of being free from diseased germs, : andrfrom the macroscopic particles of do- i composing matter which, within the system ' ! as well as outside of it, appropriate food for < the disiaso poisons, and favor its increase j ; ' while they depress its vital powers, and les ; ; sou the chances of virus being thrown off. j I And hero it is that the pork raisers are most ' I .l'rctjJLIunt.ly?-ai^--faultyJf'ifrv .or .a homliyd | i pigs nre allowed to crowd together "in affl-d thy manure heap, ajrottenrstrftw.-styek', or] 1 up dor a barn, subjected to the droppings-of.j ' other animals as well as their own products, j < i Their feeding troughs and drinking waters , i ! are so supplied that they can get into them i ; j with their filthy feet, and they must devour ' i j the most obnoxious matter or starve. If. j : under this abuse, disease is developed, the , l : healthy are left with the sick, as "they will I ; all have it any way,' and the result is usu- | ; ' ally a clean sweep." i Tin: Bust Cow koii Smai.l Farms.? jit is not supposed that cows kept on a I small l'arin arc placed there for the purpose < j of raising calves lor sale. They are placed I there lor the butter shey produce. 'I ho question is often asked, which shall they i he, blooded or scrub stock '{" The ques- i tion is *?a?ilys'an4w.ered. Keep only such j ..(.'i ll 11?itj ' 1't.tv tl??> put'p?<H?. I Our opinion, and also that of the principal 1 daryuieu of the country, is that the Jersey, j commonly called Alderney, iv, above all olh- ; ers, the best butter cow. They are easily kept, very docile?a point, not he over- i looked?and beautiful, jfMng milk ot superior richness, from which is produced finely-colored, solid butter, haying an equal texture aud flavor. .Butter made from such milk has been Jcnown to keep when placed in a dry, not cold cellar, without tho use of ' ice, and when taken out was in a hard, firm condition, and was then sold twelve to eighteen cents per pound higher than best ordinary butter. Tho cost of Jerseys is not much more than for scrubs, and they will more than tnako up the difference in price in a few months.? hive Stock Her on). A subscriber to a Southwestern newspaper died recently, leaving foiy^yearV subscription unpaid. The editor appear^# at ?!... .......... I .1 :.?i .1-- ? <?v/ 4iim ui-pwuvu in iiic coinii u palm loaf fan. a linen coat and a thermometer. Moral?well, that's obvious. ('dmpki.i.kii ro Advkiitikb.'?The man has been found who c ?uld do all the business he wanted to without advertising, and has been compelled to advertise at last.? l!? lives in Florida, and his advertisement is headed "{Sheriff's Sale." : ^ WHT tttE *AMI DOKTPAT. ". ' ..^4* don't iho farm pa# ? Simply because by nil iaijudicious use of fertilizers, ImyingCpoy thitigjfbkt is qfli^d for i?le witbWtesting the quality, you umko your otttyjjcoHt you uiore tlip*-l%frtfcaiized For it in market. It is becaafcVoajdo not plant smulPgrnin but rely upob?tf$?pg yodf\ aata hay and wheat from abroad', and. thereby persist in sendiog your money OriV'of the country. . . ; . ' Fnrmiug will ucvor pay whore fii>iners ' ' * rely entirely upon enriching their latki with* fertilisers Which have doubled Cape Horn. We bolievo that much of the corn raised iu LhcXarolinag costs the producers two dol-. tars per bushel. This is the result of cul- . tivatiug poor land till it is "phoughed to bo barren" without adding any vegetable matter to supply the drain upon tho quantity in the soil. When the farmer realizes that his corn costs him over 75 conts per bushel lie ought to quit farming, for evidently ho lias mistaken his Farming don't our farmors lo not pcrmanentljri&MBvo their land.? They exhaust it by implication of commercial fertilizers which quicken the soil and at uico cxnaust inc small supply of vegetable matter therein contained. Do you stop to think what fertilizing your land costs you? Suppose you apply No. 1 Peruvian at tho rate of 200 pounds per aero. This, with interest added, will cost you 88 per acre? more perhaps than your land is worth iu the market. If you were improving your land by the addition of vegetable matter, whether In form of oirfiinu of tlio wood laud, UlUck OF barnyard compost, all would be well, but too frequently such is not the case and the farmer though realizing good crops finds that i omclvnc or other farming don't pay. Fanning don't pay because you pay too much for credit. When farmers pay over en per cent, lor interest generally there is i losing business. If you would only calmlatc what farming on credit costs, you vould find that the rate of interest paid is mucinous. Sometimes as high as IUU per tent, per annum. It is not the fault of tho ucrchant The capitalist will always avail liunelf of the chances to make prolits on his nouey. That is his business, and if the armor is ready to purchase at high rates of ntorcst the capitalist is always ready to sell. Farming don't, nav because, von nac too _ ----- - ? ?? ? i,,, | zmfiSuM fee stock? hat cost the State emery year aixArly Jour ni/lion dollars. You do nut stump your ~ and. While your barn-yards are tiegleecd and wasted by winter rains, while bri^ irs and bushes arc growing around stumps iinl in fence corners, while your dogs ire killing your neighbor's sheep or worrying your neighbor's hogs that have climbed over your broken fences, while you ire enjoying the blessings conferred upon rou by a crop lien or a mortgage upon tlio homestead, you speak snccringly of "book Inruin" and are careful not to rend anything iudaliug to your business. r 'Ulf ilnuny?A'i*^*w?n?.ry"ts In.the ftrm. * - Wlicfi farming pays, the country prospers, fo make our land prosperous \vc must ac umulatc capital by raising everything wo jan in the way of breadstuff's and then raise is much cotton as.possible. Cotton is our monopoly, but at present bread is our king. There are many counties in the Cnrnlinns that pay annually from $J10,0UU to 8f>0,0(K) tor corn. If we raise our own supplies this amount of capital would bo retained among us to assist in building up'our country.? Think of it.? Carolina Farmer. ? . Kducati no Fa km Kits.?An old farmer of this State, long interested in the improvement of his class, writes: The i:.inkling of the military with agricultural instruction is as inconsistent and incompatible as the attcmp to mix oil with water. The two things are entirely at variation with .each other. Tffe"#T>Tre"'iy*trr' ought to be, eminently and sdveraly-H^servafive. The other "if notoriously wasn^W and destructive. The one is or ought to be, to teach habits of industry, thrift aud econ- ouiy. The other inculcates habits of idle- ' f ncss, waste and extravagance. The one plainness of dress, manners and simplicity of life. The other glitter, show?a lofty air and manner, well calculated to fill the youthful mind with ideas of pride and auihiti.iii .Mini !i ilitruttlu ll.i. tl.n -? * - .. UI'VXOVU IWI vuu ?|UIVl I'Ul^UllS of agriculture. In no seu.se and in no / view can these two dissimilar avocations of / life he harmonized. The one must, in the / nature of tiling destroy the other, at.d the more hutnhle and retiring is always the v / victim of the proud, lofty and ambitious.? / American Farmer. / / There are great multitudes of lowly / lives lived on the earth which have no / name among men, whose work ho pen ever / records, but which are well known and unspeakably dear to God. They make no noise in the world, but it needs no noise to / make a life beautiful and noble. Many of God's most potent ministers are noiseless. / How silently the sunbeams fall all day long upon the fields and gardens, and yet what I joy, cheerful life and beauty they diffuseV * : How silently the flowers bloom, and yj I what swet fragrance they emit! 7 /J / /- A