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gttttwrous grpartmrat. AN OYSTER STOBY. Scene?An Oyster cellar?Enter Frenchman. "Sair, you keep ze raw oystair?" Opener?"Yes, sir; fine fat Prince's Bay." Frenchman?"Tree bein, I will eat some raw oystair." The Trmn opens a fine raw one, and puts it on & plate before the Frenchman, who eyes it ' some time, then says: "Monsieur, you call this the good oyBtair?" "Yes, sir; prime." The Frenchman swallows it, (the first he ever ate), opens his eyes and puts his hands on his breaa basket, and "Bl-a-up," up comes the oyster on the plate. "Sacretain! by gar, sat is no good oystair." "You don't put on salt and pepper, sir." "Oh! pardonel moi;" puts on saltand pepper and swallows one. "Bl-a-up," up it comes again. "Now you tell me zat oystair good ?" "Why, sir, you must use vinegar." "Oh! oui, certainment! be gar! oui," and swallows the same again. "WM M 1 V t!. mjmhjjl ana up it comes agaiu ou um plate. * Just then a gentleman en tent "Give me a dozen raw." The Frenchman turns to him, "Ah! my friend, you eat ze rawoystair?" "Of course." ' "You call ?at ze raw oystair?" "Yes; fine fat one." "Ha, ha! tint zat ia_good oystair, suppose you eat him." "With pleasure, sir," and the, gentleman y fljTpIT ftrmrr WrMr^Tf-Tit. The horrified opener stood aghast; he did not mind "sawing a Frenchman, but an old customer was another thing. The Frenchman turned on his heel. "My friend, zat may be a good oystair, but I no like him?I swallow zat oystair three times." HON. TOM CORWIN. H. P. tells the following of the distinguished Ohio Senator: I heard an am using anecdote, in this connection, of the late Thomas Corwin, very illustrative of his patient politeness. He arrived in Dayton, Ohio, late one night, very tired from a long stage ride during the day. The great humorist and statesman retired to 1?1 > ha Hj/l on that R/vmfi one oc UW| UUDOI IlUg MO UV MOM wvy ...... eupied Another bed in the opposite corner. The Hon. Tom was soon fast asleep, and snoring tremendously. The e ther traveler bore this infliction as long as human endurance could go, and then he Bang out: "Oh.! sir, sir." "Hello, hello," cried Tom, sitting up wildly in bed, "what k the matter ?" "Oh! sir," exclaimed the sufferer, "you snore, sir.""Did I snore T* demanded Corwin, "Is it possible ? I really beg your pardon, sir." And so saying, he dropped asleep again? and again the dreadful snoring went on. The poor man in the next bed again complained. "Sir, sir, oh! sir." "I say, what is it?" responded Corwin. "You are snoring again, sir." "Why, really, sir, I am ashamed of myself, and beg a thousand pardons for my impoliteness." And again the Senator sought repose; but the snoring was worse than ever, and the sufferer once more called attention to the offence. "Look here, sir," cried the Senator, "you have awakened me up three times, and twice I have apologized; what more can a gentleman ask ? Now I am tired.and sleepy, and if you disturb me again, why, damn it, I'll brain you with a boot-jack." HuxoBffOF Registration.?An aged colored man came up to his voting place upon crutches, seemingly with great difficulty. The prescribed formula, "How old are you?" was asked, when the old man was thrown into much perplexity. Recovering himself, however, he muttered in an undertone, which was overheard: "Well! how ole is my ole massa?" It so happened that a gentleman was standing by, well acquainted with him, who promptly answered: "Your old master is about fifty-five years of age." "Well, how ole is old missus?" "She is forty-five years old." "An' Miss Sally?" "Thirty five, perhaps, next fall." "Aif young missus r "Nineteen this coming August." "Well, I'se older den all put togedder, for I knows when dey all was born." It is needless to say that the old man was passed amid the good feeling of all present.? Petersburg Index, ? t Extemporaneous Preaching.?In one of the lower counties of Maryland there flourished, in the palmy days of. the "peculiar institution," an old darkey Dreacher who used no notes, and prided himself on his extemporaneous efforts. His white brethren called him "Doctor"?a title which he accepted, of course, with ludicrous gravity. At a camp-meeting which the "Doctor" was holding, one of his friends give him, as a text, this passage in the Psalms of David: " Wake, psaltery and harp; I myself will arise, right early." The "Doctor" adjusted his spectacles and read: "Wake, peasle-tree and harp; I myself will arouse right airly." The "Doctor" went on to explain that Moses was a very early riser; that he had a peasel-tree which grew near his window; and that he was wont to rise mighty airly and hang out his harp on the peasle-tree, wid psalms, j "An 'Ale Fellow Well Met."?At a certain college in England one of the students being remarkably fond of ale, managed to smuggle into his room a barrel of the beverage, without the knowledge of the preceptor of the institution, one of the rules being that "no liquors are to be used in or carried to the rooms.' When the student was found out in having \ secreted a barrel, he assured the Principal that - - ' .1 -x i_.-_ _t.? health was sucn mat ma pujo?;iau uau \Jk" | to imbibe a certain amount of hops _?rniug and night "Well, sir," said tne ' Principal, "do you feel any better since you | have been drinking this ale ?" k "A great deal, sir," said the student "When the barrel first came in I couldn't move it, and now I can carry it all round the room." Buying Geese,?The keeper of a boarding house was called upon by an itinerant poultry vender, with a request to purchase some geese. - "Oh! yes," said she, "have you got any real tough old strangers ? I have got some boarders thatare great eaters, and"? "I reckon I have," said the vender, "I can pick them out," and at it he went vigorously piling them up. "Have you selected all the hard cases?iron-clads Y* said the buyer. "I am sure of it," said the vender, "the rest are all goslings?this year's brood." "Well, then," said the buyer, "I will take all the goslings, and leave the old ones for your stock in trade." In a time of much religious excitement and consequent discussion, an honest Dutch farmer on the Mohawk was asked his opinion as to which denomination of Christians were on the right way to Heaven. "Yell, den," said he, "ven we ride our wheat to Albany, some say dish is de pest roat and some dat; but it don't make much difference which road we dake, for ven we git dare dey never ask us vich vay ve come?and it's none of dere pizness?if our wheat ish good!" fST When a Scotch minister told his neighbor that he had preached two hours ana a half the day before, the neighbor said: "Why, minister, were you not tired to death?" "Aw, j nae," said he, "I was fresh as a rose; but it would have done your heart good to see how tired the congregation was." Jwjwuttural Urpartmrnt. THOUGHTS FOB THE MONTH. The yield of the year's crop depends very largely upon it^being properly worked in June. In the first place, the "May grass," if not killed in this month, will give a world of trouble hereafter; in the second place, July is the month of intense heat and drought, and everything should be put in proper condition to meet and withstand them. Before the close of June, early corn will be ready to receive its last working. This should be very thorough. The plow should not run deep, for the roots are everywhere, but a sufficient number of furrows given to each row to kill grass and weeds, and completely pulverize the surface, leaving a loose layer of soil as a mulch, to ward off heat and retain moisture. On upland and dry bottoms, the surface Bhoula, for like reasons, be left as nearly level as possible; this is readily done with sweep, cultivator or harrow?all of them shallow culHifo imnlnmflnhl Thfl hoes should follow the plows, and remove everything left by them. Peas may be planted at this working?either broad-cast or in hills. Where improvements of the land is the chief object, they should be planted in the first method; in the second, where a crop of peas is desired. Planting in hills gives better opportunity tor working the peas with the hoe, and such working is usually necessary for a full crop. Cotton should be gone over just as rapidly as possible, to keep it clean and insure an early vigorous growth. Upon this depends the first crop of bolls, which is sometimes the only one the farmer gets. Here also the shallow running plows are the ones to be used. On this point our correspondents are almost unanimous. We should be exceedingly glad if some of our readers would try the experiment of applying some fertilizers in a furrow distant, say a root from the cotton, at one of the workings this month, and give the results. Plants absorb food from the soil almost exclusively through the ends of their roots, and as these grow and extend outward from the stalk, the plant changes its feeding ground from the drill, where the manure is usually placed, to the middle of the rows, and it appears reasonable that some of the manure given it should be where the ends of the roots, later in the season, may come in contact with it As it is usually dry in the summer, and the manure is not liable to sink into the soil, it would be best to put it in a tolerably deep furrow. As the wheat and oat harvest comes on during this very busy month, we trust our read ere generally eiiner nave access uj ur uwu ? good reaper. The saving of time in harvesting a small grain crop of any size, when time is 90 valuable, as it is just now, would very soon pay the cost of a reaper. A tew days lost out of the cotton fields at this time, if a wet, rainy spell should follow, might almost ruin the crop. We would most earnestly urge neighborhood associations for purchasing such machines, where individuals are unable to buy for themselves. The general introduction of these machines would add greatly to the prosperity of the South, because it would enable the farmer, with die same amount of labor he now commands, to increase largely the small grain crops?the difficulty of harvesting these, being the chief obstacle in the way of their increase. The Pea crop was a failure last year in most localities. It is to be hoped that vigorous efforts will be made to make the limited amount of seed in the country yield an abundant crop this year. Do not trust wholly to that planted in the corn, but plant a portion of the crop by itself on good land, cultivating in the same manner as cotton, only leaving more stalks in a hill?not less than five or six. As fast as the potato beds yield slips, put them out; do not wait for rain. Plant out in the evening; pour a little water in the hole in which they are set, and fill up afterward with dry dirt, leaving just the "mid" above ground.?Southern Cultivator. *? Fundamental Elements of Agriculture.?1. All land on yyhich clover or grasses are grown must either have lime in it naturally, or it must be artifically supplied. It matters but little whether it be supplied in the form of limestone, oyster-shell, lime or marl. 2. All permanent improvement of lands must look to lime as its basis. 3. Lands which have long been in culture will he benefitted bv an anDlication in the form of bone dust, guano, native phosphate of lime, shell lime or marl, if the land needs liming also. 4. No land can be preserved in a high state of fertility, unless clover and grasses, turning in of green crops, or by the application of composts rich in the elements of mold. 6. All highly concentrated animal manures are increased in value, and their benefit prolonged, by the admixture of plaster or pulverized charcoal. 7. Deep plowing and sub-soiling greatly improve the productive powers of soil that is not wet 8. All wet land should be drained. 9. All grain crops should be harvested several days Defore the grain is thoroughly ripe. 10. Clover, as well as other grass intended for hay, should be mown when in bloom. 11. Sandy lands can be most effectually improved by clay. If such lands require liming, it is best done by a composit of lime and clay. f In slaking lime salt brine is better than water. 12. Abundant crops cannot be grown on the same land in succession, unless fertilizing matter is returned to it in equivalent proportion to those substances taken away. ? ? Bones and Ashes.?Bones and ashes pass through the housekeeper's hands every day. Wood is still the chief fuel in the farm house, and the value of the ashes is pretty well understood. They are prized for the lye they yield, and if there is a surplus from the soapmaking, they help the kitchen garden at the back door. The bones are generally thrown to the dog and lost Now, if the caretul housewife would save the bones as regularly as the ashes, she would practise a wiser economy, and help her kitchen garden twice as fast Bones are worth twice as much as ashes for manure, if dissolved, and the ashes will reduce} them. Put both in a barrel in the cellar, if! you please, and after mixing them half and I half, Keep them constantly moist with soapsuds?the hotter the better. The suds should not be poured on in such quantities as to leach the ashes. In a few months the bones will be disintegrated, and the whole mass then be mixed, and will make an excellent fertilizer for the flower border or the kitchen garden.? Exchange. ?-? Saw Dust on Dry Earth.?The Country Gentleman advises the use of saw dust, mixed with sulphuric acid, as a means for keeping stables sweet. "We have our reasons for pre-' ferring dry earth?because, first, earth is a! better manure, and, finally, is the only thing I that ought to be used in a stable. It pays to use it every way. Saw dust, of itself, is an ; acid substance, unfit to apply to land until it has undergone decomposition, Dry earth, on ; the contrary, is just the substance to carry back to the soil, charged as it would be, after use in the stables, with the ammonia which : inheres to it. Let farmers, stable keepers, everybody, try it, and try it liberally. It will | pay.?Exchange. Vof One hundred pounds of good meadow hay is equal to? 45 lbs. peas or beans; or, 153 lbs. pea straw. 46 lbs. wheat; or, 164 lbs. oat straw. 54 lbs. rye; or, 167 lbs. wheat, pea and oat chaff. j 57 lbs. corn; or,169 lbs. rye and barley chaff 59 lbs. oats; or, 201 lbs. raw potatoes. 64 lbs. buckwheat; or, 275 lbs. green Indian corn. 68 lbs. acorns; or, 339 lbs. mangold wurtzel. 105 lbs. wheat bran; or, 442 lbs. rye straw, j 109 lbs. rye brau; or, 504 lbs. turnips. A TRAGEDY OF THE LAST CENTURY. The well known opera of Fra Diavalo is founded on tragical events which occurred in France nearly one hundred and seventy years ago. The facts are thus condensed from the court records by a Paris paper : At the beginning of the last century there was seen in the town of Lillie a very quiet house. It was a large building, but it contained only a small family?a husband and wife and one servant The married couple were advanced in years, lived quietly on their income, saw very few visitors, and admitted none to the house except the people who fur *-1- -J .1 tnUli nMnuiATIB A1* ntllCFnrilUl LimiitXI UlOiil null {/1V1UHUU8) W? V?>v> ..-,v ministered to their wants. One night this couple, man and wife, were both robbed and murdered in their bed. The servant girl had heard nothing of all this and knew not what was going on. The night was hot, the air dense and oppressively sultry, so much so that she had taken refuge in her room, and for the sake of coolness, divested herself of her garments before a large mirror. While there, catching sight of herself, she suddenly cried: "How hateful one looks when naked?" Having said this, she retired and slept till morning, and arose, as usual, without suspecting what had happened. She prepared breakfast as usual jor her master ana mistress, hut they did nfot come down. She was amazed and waited for some time. They did not appear. Tired of waiting she sought their room. A horrible sight met her eyes. Blood was smeared everywhere, and on the bed lay the poor old couple, cruelly, horribly, vilely butchered?mangled only as a beast or fiend could find it in his heart to mutilate victims after murdering them. The girl raised an alarm and the multitude came rushing in. Of course justice came rushing after in the shape of a police, with a judicial investigation. The criminal was sought for, and as none other could be found, suspicion fell on the unfortunate servant Ia those days they bad a homble way 01 trying to get the truth. They called it questioning. The questions were put with racks and thumb-screws. The Lillois servant maid was infamously tortured, even to extreme agony. Yet, notwithstanding her weakness and Her sex, she endured the infernal torture without confessing. This was not remarkable, as she was entirely innocent, and was in consequence kept much longer under the torment to make her confess. As there were no proofs of her having done anything, they finally let her go as soon as she was healed. Unfortunatdy the torture had made her a wretched cripple. She could only hobble along, and her arms were terribly withered. And being no longer able to sew or work, she dragged her helpless form through the streets of Lillie for sixteen years. This is historically true?nay, more than historically, for history often lies, while these accounts are drawn from the dry and accurate records of a court The worst part of her sufferings was that many people believed her guilty, and shunned her accordingly. It appears from the record that during these long years, while she went about with her withered arms and bent back, her whole frame suffering from the torture, begging a copper sou to buy her bread, that she was always resigned, mild, and exemplary in her conduct. One day, after sixteen years of misery, she stopped at the door of a baker. She held out, through her rags, her naked and mutilated arm toward the Daker, who stood on his door .sill. As she did so, he exclaimed, in a mocking tone, while observing her garments: "Well, Marie Anne, how hateful one looks when naked?ha! ha!" Now, it is remarkable that in all the sixteen years which had passed, Marie Anne had not forgotten those words which she had spoken when alone on the night of the murder. It flashed upon her mind that the real murderer might have heard them, and that he stood before her. In brief, the journey man baker, when arrested, confessed the truth. He had regularly supplied the old couple, and knew the ways of the house. He was hidden there on the night of the murder, and heard the girl when she made the remark on nakedness. And as the criminal is often by the will of Providence his own accuser, so this man, following one of those eccentric and dangerous impulses, which man often experiences, to say the most dangerous things, had uttered to the girl the words of that fatal night. He was convicted of the crime for which Marie Anne had been tortured and suffered a living death. Prnin the Cincinnati Enquirer. THE SON OF "HENRY CLAY. Yesterday morning our special telegrams announced the end of a weary life, in stating that Theodore, eldest son of Henry Clay, had died in the Lexington Lunatic Asylum after a long confinement The record of his blasted life in brief is this: At thirty ye^rs of age Theodore Clay was a promising lawyer. He was the image and the hope of the statesman whose fame was on every tongue. It is true that there were whispers of wild living, and of indifferent morals, that somewhat tinged his fair repute, and even darkened his future prospects. Still it was hoped that these were but the result of the youth, and would be cast aside, when circumstances called upon the matured man to assert himself and make hiB talent felt in the community. It was at this turning-point in his life that Theodofe Clay began to pursue, with an unwearied nerseverance that caused his friends great uneasiness, a young lady of Lexington, whom he had long loved hopelessly. The object of his attachment, who is at the present moment one of the brightest ornaments of Kentucky society, repulsed, firmly but kindly, every attention offered by the infatuated young man, after his meaning had become manifest. It was useless; he would not be refused, and followed her in the streets by day, and wandered in the neighborhood of her jhorae by night, in an annoying manner, until at last it became evident that he "was not all there," to use the soft phrase by which a kindly peasantry express insanity. Subsequent violent demonstrations tended to confirm the impression. It being even related that he went to the house of Mr. and demanded his daughter at the pistol's point, until at last the wretched truth could no longer be ignored and confinement in the Asylum became a necessity. This was accordingly done (in 1832, we believe,) his father providing for his support at that time, and leaving $10,000 in his will, the income from which was secured to Theodore for life. That life, after thirty-eight years of imprisonment in what in the earlier days of his confinement he was wont to call "a good boarding-house, but having some of the biggest fools he ever saw as boarders," has just closed. For nearly thirty years he was one of the most noted of the inmates. Not only his proud descent, but his graceful manners and flow of conversation rendered him an object of interest to all visitors. He labored ? J? xi-- i_-11..n uuuer me imiiumuauuu tuau uc n<u vjrovige Washington, and was fond of assuming the traditional attitude of the Father of the Country. At the occasional balls given to the inmates (averaging some 500 in number) he was always exquisitely dressed in the style of his day, and was the beau par excellence. During all these long years, despite his general gentleness and cheerfulness of manner, he was restless and discontented, and required close watching, it never, in fact, having been considered prudent to allow him to go out into the grounds without attendants. About the year 1860 his condition began to grow worse, and he soon after became demented, continuing in hopeless idiocy until a few days since, when Death, greater healer than Time, placed him again upon an equality with the peers off his early manhood who had gone before him to the God that created him and did with him according to His inscrutable will. And so ends as sad a story as the truth of history ever commanded to be written. Two sons of Henry Oayyet survive him.' T. H. Clay, ex-Minister to Honduras, now residing on his place, "Mansfield," near Lexington, and John M. Clay, the celebrated , stock raiser of Kentucky, and one of the ' greatest turfmen living. IMPORTANT TO DRUNKARDS. J, A correspondent, writing from Tennessee, says that he is assured, by the most prominent citizens of Memphis, that an efficacious remedy has been found for the disease of intemperance, whether produced by excessive use of liquor or opium. The following is his statement of the fact: During my pleasant sojourn in Memphis, Tenn., my attention was called to a matter of ??>?* l'mnA^anro tn flip crrPiit. mnjuipfi nf flip men who seem to be vieing with each other in efforts to ruin themselves by intemperance, and we really think they should be called upon at least to reflect and learn for themselves what I was assured by the most prominent citizens of Memphis had been found foP the relief of those who are unable to control their appetite for opium and liouor. During the cholera in 1866, f)r. J. D. Stifl-j u man, who now resides in Memphis, originated' a theoretical preparation for the purpose of , injecting into the veins of collapsed cholera patients, which was a natural blood pabulum, holding largely the organic gases. The success of the preparation induced him tp tnffiift, ef&cts internally by the stomach. that it answered the purpose of liquorst ^w5 produced no unpleasant effects. The preparation is very pleasant, and is used in a great variety of forms in beverages. He found that by using this once, the drunkard became more, desirous of it than liquor, and that after he had used it for a certain length of time he ceased to desire it, and found that liquors of all kinds, tobacco, and almost every thingunnatural to the system becomes obnoxious to him. This becoming known, the experiment was tried upon the most abandoned cases of the city, who were in the state of delirious wretchedness. The success was just as complete with the most popular gentleman as witn others, ana me tning nas oecome generally known in this section by success in every trial The idea developed in Dr. Stillman s mind, the philosophy or a natural system-of1 reaching those ills of life. This did not satisfy the theory of Dr. S., that this was available for every ill that man is heir to; so his efforts were directed toward the opium or morphine eater. He had commenced treating a popular gentleman in Mississippi Just a week before, a lady in Memphis had taken twenty grafcwof morphine to poison herself. She took it at 4 P. M. At 9 P. M., she was abandoned by the most popular city physicians as beyond any possibility of cure. Dr. Stillman heard of the case, and took it in hand at half-past nine o'clock. At two A. M., the reporters of the Memphis Appeal visited her, and pronounced her beyond all hopes of recovery, yet Dr. Stillman continued until morning, ana finally succeeded in fully restoring her. The city journals gave the corrected account in their issues on the 24th and 25th of May, 1869, which called the attention of many victims of opium and morphine to this counteracting power, perhaps available to restore them to their original constitution^ The fact having become known through the medium of the press that it was in reality successful in relieving the worst cases, many are now rejoicing in a perfect freedom from those disagreeable habits, as the result + + t J > GREEK BRIGANDS. -J There is a regular system of treating for tNe ransom of the captives. A letter is conveyea by the rowsers from the captive w his friends. This generally contains a satp conduct for the messenger who shall be chosetfj to go to the robber c^mpand -treat and a bp4 marking out certain places he must stop at He travels by night on a white horse, and carries a small bell, which he rings at certain convenient and solitary stations, where he is answered by a shrill whistle if all is well. Unless the whistle is heard he must not go on, and Jon on a.rarimu] fViat tVio man I bUC TTUUir ^/XOU JUO OV (MAHUgVU VUHV WUV MHIM himself does not know where he is finally going to, so that it is impossible for the authorities to discover the brigands' haunt thereby. At a certain spot the robbers meet him, and conduct him into the presence of the chief Then a regular bargaining is commenesA/ The chief names a sum, which the messenger, if he is a man of determination, and represents well the inefficient means of the captive, can often get reduced. When the bargain is finally struck, the messenger goes back for the money by a different road to that he came by, and returns with the same ceremonies an4 precautions. The ransom is delivered tofE^ chief in presence of all the band, who light a taper and examine the coins to see if they ate good. The captive is then brought in, loosed from his ropes, his beard cut off, and then he is kissed by each robber on the cheek, while they all cry out several times "Kallali!" that is to say, "Begone, and be of good health." Should the robbers be besieged during time of the bargaining, both captive ana ransom are destroyed. The robbers' great object is to terrify the people into bringing sufficient ransom; therefore when it is deficient,or'the captive is too poor to pay at all, the most horrible cruelties are practised. There;are several such cases known to have occurred quite lately. One man whose ransom was short "vT' the sum named, was tortured, stripped naked, and slowly burned with a lighted fuse to such an extent that he can never recover. A boy of fifteen had his ears cut off from the roots because a hundred drachmi of the ransom were wanting. But the most terrible account of all was as follows: Three peasants had been taken prisoners. Two of them were enabled, by the sale of their oxen, to make a sum sufjki. cient to content the brigands. The third tcE a poor man and could pay nothing. 'He wasT condemned to death. lie fell at their fee|J praying for mercy. "The law forbids |1 the answer.?Casaell's Magazine. A German Woman of the Period.?A German paper gives an account of a strange ' moMent, which occurred lately on tncim4W ; of a marriage before the civil authoritiesj^u' | Algeria: jl The official required the consent of the mother, and askea if she were present.; A loud bass voice answered, "Yes." The mayor looked up and saw a tall soldier before mm. "That is well," he said; "let the mother dime here?her consent and signature are necessary." To the astonishment of all present, the soldier approached the mayor with long strides, saluted him in military fashion, and said: "You ask for the mother of the bride; she stands before you." "Very well, aifjt Replied the mayor, "then stand back, I can take" no proxy. I must see the mother?the mother, I tell you!" "And I repeat," rejoined the soldier, "that she stands before you. My name is Maria L . I have been thmy-six^, years in the service. I have been through several canapaigns, and obtained the rank of sergeant. Here are my papers, the permission to wear uniform, and my nomination as i seargcant-major." The mayor carefully ex| arained the documents and found them perj fectly correct, and completed the marriage of : the bridal pair, the mother blessing them so : fervently with her deep bass voice that all I present were more startled than touched. Washington's Only Joke.?During the < , debate, in the first American Congress, on the i ' establishment of the Federal army, a member 1 offered a resolution providing that it never should exceed three thousand men! Where-, , upon Washington moved an amendment, that j j no enemy should ever invade the country with , a force exceeding two thousand men! This } joke was a perfect success, and the laughter which it excited smothered the resolution. S&* Air is a meal of which we are constantly partaking?hence it should always be pure. fading (at tic faMratfc. CONDUCTED BY J REV. ROBERT LATHAN. I [Original.] T"E BEST. , Some men are so constituted, or so educate 1 themselves, that they are never satisfied with J anybody or anything. Throughout all Chris- ' tian lands there are a class of individuals who . are continually raising objections to the Chris- ( tjan~Teligion, and finding fault with Chris- < tians. We have no apology to make for the j inventions of men, which have, in too many instances, been regarded as part and parcels ' of the gospel of Jesus Christ; nqr do we de- 1 sire to make any excuse for the sins of God's ] professed people. A human invention is no- j thing but a human invention* it matters not < by what name it is called; and sin is sin, it 1 makes no sort of difference who commits it 1 Bat admitting the feet that men have, and are prone to corrupt the gospel, and that the ( best Christian on earth sins daily, still the ] Christian religion is the oldest and best reli- < gion the world ever saw, and Christians have i been, and still are, the best people on the face 1 of-the earth. This is not a mere theory; it ! ife susceptible of practical demonstration. That | the religion of the Bible is the oldest religion in the world, is simply a historical fact The ] Bible is the oldest book in the world, sacred i ^ arofane. The object and aim of the Bible jQKrcSbh mart how to serve God. The Bi$e specially teaches what man is to believe con- | cerning God, and what duty God requires of ! man. It is professedly a religious book, in the highest sense. Its theme is Jesus of Naz- i areth. It treats of many subjects, but they vJ are all designed to illustrate the main subject. During what is usually called the Old Testament dispensation, Christ is prefigured by a j multitude of types and ceremonies, all of , which indicate a Saviour to come. Through j these the worshiper was induced to put his confidence in a future deliverer. The Old Testament clearly makes the announcement of a covenant of grace, and the mode of administering that covenant was through typi- ; cal ordinances and gracious promises. . , In the fullness of time, the mode of administering the covenant of grace was changed ; ' but the covenant itself remains intact?the ' basis of the Christian's hope, and the muni- | tions of rocks behind and in which he shuts himself from God's avenging wrath. The Bible, which contains a formal statement of the Christian religion and the change i made in its administration, is nearly four thousand years old. It is not affirmed that its simple antiquity makes it the best book in the world, but die fact that it has been subjected to so many fiery ordeals and always ( came out unscathed, speaks volumes in its praise. There are many old books, and re- ' ligious books, too. Some of them claim a high antiquity, but when they are looked at soberly, they contain nothing that is fit to be 1 compared, in a moral point of view, with the Bible. The moral law, or Ten Commandmeqfa, are inimitable. To institute a comparison between them and the moral law of any nation or people, is as egregiously foolish as it is heinously wicked. . As a moral code and indicator of duty, ! under every circumstance, the Bible is the { best book in the world. It does some things 1 ^hat no other tpok pretends to do, unless in undefined vagaries. It teaches what God is. This fact can be learned from no book except the .Bible. A heathen philosopher was once : listed to answer this important practical question, but after days of reflection declared his inability to give an answer, saying that the more he thought of it, the more difficult it became. This was not strange. We may gaze upon the blue canopy of the heavens above and the green earth beneath us, but they give no satisfactory answer to the question, "What is God?" There are many other respects in which the .Bible is decidedly the best book. Its literary excellence is unrivalled. The most sublime passages ever mortal man was permitted to pronounce are in the Bible. The orations of a Tully are tame when compared with the third chapter of the prophecy of Babakkuk. , The poetry of the Bible is unrivalled. The most neglected book is the best book in the world. It is a complete library within itselfi It teaches us how to live at peace with ourselves, with our neighbors and with our God. It teaches us all the duties weowe to our families, to our country, and to God our maker. It teaches us what we should do, and what we should not do; what we are, and what we fyill be. But not only is the Bible the best book in the world, but those who practise the religion 1 of the Bible are the best people in the world. 1 The religion of the Bible elevates and restores i man to his proper position in creation. Infi- 1 -dels and scoffers may object to the Bible and magnify the faults of Christians as much as > they see fit, but it is only gross prejudice that ( prevents them from seeing that the pillars of j society are the precepts of the Bible, and the i advance of civilization but the practice of < these precepts by Christians. The happiest 1 family on earth is the family which fears God * and keeps his commandments. Such a fam- ^ Uy enjoys many things that a family of pa- 1 gans or worldlings cannot enjoy. The bread , (jjidwater of such a family is sure, and the 1 comforting and sustaining grace of God will i be sufficient for it under everv circumstance. 1 God, in his word, by his providence and spirit, -j sgys to such ar household, "I will never leave , WWiOr 'forsafcB' you." The greatest temporal t cfiamity that could befall the world would be 1 to banish the Christian religion and destroy t Christians and drive them from the earth. To 1 blot oat the sun would 9hroud the world in j darkness, but to banish the Christian religion { would make earth resemble helL No man ean live in a community where there is no t God. Man without a God is a fiend incarnate. Bo soon as Christianity is banished from any particular locality in Christendom the vials of j? God's wrath will be poured out upon it, and 1 Sfe inhabitants will melt away like snow offjc the ditch. Christians not only build churches, but they |1 build the railroads that checker Christian ;) |ands, and the school-houses and colleges that i dot eveiy land where the religion of the! j Bible exists. ? I " y* < ? i VST "How poor you are," says President ' i Edward, "If you have no. heaven but this ; 1 world. You have nothing but a little of this j t olod of earth; what is it all worth ? If you j ? have a little more land than some of your j I neighbors, or if you are in a way to make j c more money than others, and you have more i \ worldly conveniences and pleasures than oth- ^ c #rs, or if you are promoted a little higher j t among men than some others are, what a poor 1 portion is this, and how miserable are you, j i who have no better happiness than you' call j t your own! How happy do these things make ? you ? "What satisfaction do they yield ? Are j i such things as these the 'rivers of pleasure' e that you choose for your portion ? Oh, how \ miserable! When a few days are passed, you c must go to the grave and into eternity; and a then how wretched are you, if, when you have! t done with worldly enjoyments, it may be said c that you have received your consolation! . t THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. In a city in Virginia, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, I knew a young mother, who, with her four little boys, was < living in great poverty. They were the wife < and children of a Confederate soldier, and his J pay was their only means of subsistence, j Five persons to be fed and clothed out of the pay of a private in the Confederate ranks, and that in eighteen hundred and sixty-four! j None but those who lived there then can fully understand what utter destitution this implies. Twelve dollars a month, when provisions ] itood at such prices that I fear it would bring ] discredit upon all my statements were I to * record them! \ This little family had not always known want The mother, educated and brought up < in comfort, had married a clerk in the dry 1 roods business, who, as he prospered in life, bad been able to set up for himself, and thus < bad maintained his family in comfortable 1 ease. But the call came to give up. all , this, and turn his back upon "mfe, children i and home," and he obeyea it 1 Their pleasant little dwelling had to be ex- ] changed for two small rooms in a large and < dreary.habitation, occupied by several other J families equally unfortunate. The mother ' oahU dn nntJiin? tn arid trt their little fhnds. not only because her time and strength were taxed with the sole care of four very little children, but because she was afflicted with an infirmity of the eyes.* Thus her remarkable skill in the use of her needle were unavailing. Here was a helpless little brood, indeed; but He who hears the young ravens when they cry, spread over them His shielding wings. Among these four little boyB there was one whose infant topist in the love and^ goodness of his Heavenly Father shone like a' fixed 8tar. When his mother's heart was ready to break with the weight of want and woe, his little voice was always ready tosoothe . and cheer her with the lesson of faith learned . from her own lips. He seemed a little comforter, sent from Heaven to bid her keep up i heart and hope. Bore was her need of one. 1 As the meal would go down in the barrel, j down would go the mother's heart?sinking, ] sinking. But this little cherub, with his clear, 1 bright faith, took note of the fact that the ! barrel was no sooner emptied than by some means it was supplied again. One day he sat and wondered over this, until a thought flashed over his mind, like a ray of light from heaven. "Mamma," said the little one with a free all aglow, "I think Ood hears when we scrape the bottom of the barrel J" t I do not know how this childish utterance 1 may affect others, but I cannot write it without tears?not tears of compassion simply for ( such bitter poverty, but tears of gratitude for such beautiful faith, tears of delight in the tender poetry of the unconscious babe. Yes, little one, you are right. Through all the mighty music of heaven, swelling up in i sublime chorus from the innumerable multi tude, that little dreary sound Qf earthly need has reached the ear of Infinite Pity. He has heard, and He will relieve. I have taken up this little nofe of triumph and sounded it on, hoping it msfr reach other ears besides those of the mother to whom it was first uttered?that it may< cheer other 1 weary hearts besides hers. When all the springs of comfort seem to fail, think not, 0 fainting pilgrim, that you are forgotten in your neea^ for as surely as i there is a god in heaven, jjHe will hear when ! you scrape the bottom o? the barrel" , , PERSONAL 'HOLINESS. ^ j Holiness is positive/and therefore, aggressive and impressive, living under the cross, i it uprears the cross. Partaking of the life ; and energy of God, it inscribes on its ban- i ners, this world belongs to Christ and He : shall have it. This principle supplies the mo- j tive power to action?the food that* nourishes zeal, Jhe strength that grasps the helm. With this central power of God in the soul, the feeblest mortal becomes the mightiest martyr; and he who, with David, could say, "I am a worm and no-man," becomes invested with a moral omnipotence which enables him triura- . phantly to exclaim: "I can do all things through Christ, which strengthen eth me." He sees things in their true relations, and estimates them according to their intrinsic value. Eternity becomes to him a present, overmastering reality, and the value of a soul assumes proportions beyond all utterance and conception. Feeling as God feels, and therefore, acting as God acts, he grows not weary in well doing, but abounds more and more in the work of the Lord. A full and entire consecration of all he is and has, becomes essential to his happiness. The motto on Calvin's seal, "Give all to Christ; kept nothing for self," becomes his ruling passion. Holy vojhtions issue in benevolent actions; tender emotions ana wonu Bymuamica w?uuio palpable, benificent forms. While he proportions not his zeal to his success, he fully realizes that his success will be proportioned to his holiness. He strives, therefore, daily, after greater similitude to God, and thereby daily, enhances his usefulness to man. His words of Christian instruction and persuasion, of a firm and joyful faith in God, of a sweet assurance of life in Christ, are like nails driven in sure . places. His life becomes a new evangel, and : himself aa living epistle, read and known of *11 men. He transmutes the spiritual precepts of Christ into life and conduct, and the doctrines of the Gospel into holy acts and histories. An indefinable sort of spiritual emaciation proceeds from him that urges without words, and that restrains or impels oeyond the rigor of logic, the glow of eloquence, and the thrilling appeals and monitions of the pulpit. This spiritual emanation, the crown'ana glory if a truly holy man, speaks a language which 10 sophistry can elude, no conscience ward off, 10 heart brave; which is understood in all lialects, appreciated in all climes, and which s demonstrative to all phases of human na;ure. Were there an earnest striving after use- ' ulness in accordance with this principle hroughout the Christian Church, how rapid c ind triumphant would be the progress of ruth. How would her treasuries overflow with means for carrying forward her heaveny mission. How wtada the ranks ofhercon- ; aerated sons befilledfo plant the standard of he cross on every mountain and in every ralley, and publish salvation through the isles . md the continents of our globe. How would ler masses, baptized with the Holy Ghost -i md inflamed with a holy zeal, gd everywhere, I ike the scattered disciples in Apostolic days, J ^reaching the Word. How Soon would tnis \ flighted earth be changed into the garden of g he Lord! , ] To this it must come, if this world is ever j o be conquered for Christ.?Christian at Work, i Treasures.?Every man is treasuring up * itores for eternity:?the good are laying up reasures in Heaven, where moth and rust " m/s* sinommt ?ax7?l anrl imitfnititnt. JUL Li UUt WUU^V| M4V VVM ?f ire "treasuring up wrath against the day of vrath." What an idea is this! Treasures of vrath! Whatever the impenitent man is do- J ng, he is treasuring up wrath. He may be * jetting wealth ; but he is treasuring up wrath. I le may be getting fame; but he is treasuring lp wrath. He may be forming pleasing conlections ; but he is also treasuring up wrath. $ Sve'ry day adds something to the heap. Ev- i iry oathihe swearer utters, there is something jone to the heap of wrath. Every lie, the * iar tells, <frery licentious act the lewd man j iommits, adds something to the treasure of f vrath. The sinner has a weightier treasure if wrath to-day than he had yesterday; he vill have a weightier one to-morrow than he " las to-day. Wnen he lies down at night he s richer in vengeance than when he arose in j he morning. He is continually deepening c ind darkening his eternal portion. Every leglected Sabbath increases his store of wrath; a ivery forgotten sermon adds something to the veight of punishment All the checks of y conscience, all the remonstrances of friends, a ill the advice and prayers of parents, will be aken into account, and all will tend to in- " rease the treasures of wrath laid up against lie day of wrath. j ?fce gtrfcviltt TEBM8?IN ADVANCE t >ne Copy, one year, f 3 00 >ne Copy, Six months, 1 50 )neCopy, Three months, 100 rwo Copies, one year, 5 50 Five Copies, " " 12 50 Pen Copies, " M 25 00 persons who make up clubs of ten or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be 'urnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents jer square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents jer square for each subsequent insertion-less than ihree months. A square consists of the space oc:upied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. So advertisement considered less than a square. 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As jvidenoe of the superiority of our BITTERS over ill others, we have certificates from many of the leading physicians in our State, who have prescribed them in their praotice. THE OLD CAROLINA BITTERS Will be found invaluable for WANT QF APPETITE, GENERAL DEBILITY, CHILLS AND FEVER, DYSPEPSIA We do not offer OUR BITTERS as 4 cure for ill diseases, butaa an Aromatic Tonic, they have no equal. Forwateb^^^giats and Grocers everywhere. GOODRICH, WIffEMAff & CO., Importers of choioe Drags and Chgmicala, CHARLESTON, S. C. March 24 12 ly THE POLICY HOLDERS' LIFE All T81TEIE ASSH&AICE CIMPAIY OF 'A'JdUU 80XTTB, 29 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Having deposited with the Comptroller General K 050,000 For the Protection of lt? Policy Holders, WILL ISStJE THE USUAL FORMS OF LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES. , nriHIS Company is purely MUTUAL. IT HAS I NO STOCKHOLDERS. Its object is to retain among the assured all the benefits arising hom their premiums. It IS plain that in a purely Mutual Company ALONE can the public derive the entire benefits which the present knowledge of the goience of Life Assurance can confer. ? "There can hardly be a happier set of capitalists on earth than one that has obtained right by perpetual charter, to insure lives, receiving from the proceeds, first legal interest on the stock as a sure thing. and secondly 11} or 20 per oent of what ure called profits?that is, premiums proving to be a surplus forever."?Mass. Ins. Oom. Report, 1859 to 1865, pp, 158. Persons wishing to become members, or desiring any information, will please communicate with any of the Officers of the Company. WM, McBUBNEY, President. " " E. P. ALEXANDER. V. Pres. and Actuary. E. NYE HUTCHISON " " N. C. J. P. GILMER " " " Ga. GEO. E. BOGGS, Secretary and Gen. Agt. JNO. T. DARBY, M. D., Medical Adviseri April 7 35 tf pn DR. SHAI.LKNBEJtGER'8 v Fever and Ague ANTIDOTE Always Stays the Chills. rn.i. l v? ? xv. mufi XAUDvlUCUiUiUC JUOO UVOU UWUiW UiO J. UUUU fifteen years, tad is still ahead of all other known remedies. It does not purge, does not sicken the stomach, is perfectly safe is " any dose and under all circumstances, sad is the only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of Fever and Ague, because it is a perfeet Utllst* SO gMaiis? Sold by all Drngadsta. P. I*. TOALE, CHARLESTON, S. C. II ' Largest and most complete"! Manufactory of Poors. Sashes, Blinds,Mouldings, Ac., in the Southern States. 9-FBIHT2D PBIGE LIST DEFIES COMPETITION. -60 ja* SEND FOB ONE. WST Sent Free on Application, ~fdt April 21 16 ly RING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. . [T ERE AFTER the-.trains over the KING'S fl MOUNTAIN" RAILROAD?on Mondays, Puesdaya, Thursdays and Saturdays?will rtm as ollows, making .close connections on the above nentioned days, with trains'on the Charlotte and Jouth Carolina Rsdl road: ^eave Yorkville, promptly, at 7 o'clock, A. M. Arrive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. jeave Chester at 2 q]clock. P. M. Lrrive at YorkvillWl^ntelack, P. M. All Freights most be'deftjered at the Depot by : o'clock, p, nr., on the erettlpgs previous to the Iflnarhi ro Af thn train 'Tate. YARD- ^ examine the ^ork ; have nothing finished j that will suit, we have < j Marble^ and designs to ; i Io not put it up according to design or contract, ve do not ask you to take it. . We are endeavoring to build upa FIRST CLASS aAKHLiis Y AKiJ, ana, in oruer u> uo av, we *?* i >ect to do good work at the lowest possible prices. ! We are also prepared to famish SOAP-STONE, I or Hearths, Fire-Places, Curbing, Ac. ' I Cement and Plaster Paris on band and for sale. ' F. HAPPERFIELD A CO. ; April 17 28 tf ; _ JUST RECEIVED. i A LARGE supply of those excellent COLLARS j < TL and SHIRTS, which are sold so lowthatthere j | an be no excuse for wearing dirty ones. Also, a large consignment of Ladies' Hats, .Bon- i. lets and Ribbons, which will be sold to the trade ! ! t Manufacturers' prioes. Also, the Wilson Shuttle SEWING MACHINE. | vhich will do all kinds of family sewing as gooa 8 the highest priced Machine. Price $40. JOHN MAY, Agent. , May 10 25 tf | , PLOW STEEL. !' A LOT of Plow Steel for sale at the Store of 1 \ BRATTON, MASON & WITHERS. I WALTHAM WATCHES. THE extensive use of these Watches for the last fifteen years by Railway Conductors, Engineers, and Expressmen, the most exacting of Watch-wearers, baa thoroughly demonstrated the strength, steadiness, durability and accuracy of the Waltham Watch. To satisfy that class in all these respects, is to decide the question as to the real value of these time-keepers. More than 450,000 of these Watches are now speaking for themselves In the pockets of the people?a proof and a guarantee of their superiority over all others. The superior, organisation and great extent of the Company's Works at Waltham, enable them to produce Watches atapiioe which renders competition futile, and those who buy any other Watch, merely pay from 25 to 50 per cent, more for their Watches than Is neoessary, , We are now selling Waltham Watches at less prices in greenbacks, than the* gold prloes before the war. There is no other manufacture of any kind in the United States of which this can be said. These time-pieoes combine every improvement that a long experience has pro vedof real practical use. Having had the refusal of nearly every invention in Watchmaking originating in this coun try or In Europe, only those were finally adopted which severe testing by the moat skillful artisans in onrworks,'and long use on the part of the public, demonstrated to be essential to correct and enduring time-keeping. Among the many improvements, we would particularize: The invention and use of a centre-pinion of peculiar construction, to prevent damage to the train by the breakage of main springs, is original with the American Watch Company, who, having had the refusal of all other contrivances, adopted Fogg's Patent pinion as being the beat and feujt- less. Hardened and tempered hairsprings, now universally admitted by Watchmaker* to be the beat, are used in all grades of Waltham Watches. ? All Waltham Watches have dust-proQfcape, protecting the movementfrom dust tod loosening the necessity of ths frequent cleaning necessary in other Watches. Out new patent atemr winder, or key leas Watch, is already, a decided success and a great Improvement on any stem-winding Watch in the American market, and by ftir the cheapest Witch of its quality now offered to the public. To those living in portionsof the United States where Watchmakers do not abound, Watches with the abovementioned Improvements which tend to insure aocniaeyi stasnilnsBs, durability and convenience, must prove invaluable. Every Watch gt ranteed by the Company. To prevent imposition, buyers should see that every Watch should beer either of the following trademarks: American Watch Co., ....Waltham, Mass. Amn. Waich Co Wal^sm, Mass. American Watch Co., Crescent Street............ Waltham, Has*. Applctoh, Tracy ft Co................. Waltham, Haas. WalthamVatch Co., Waltham, ttfck. P. 8. Bartiett,............................ Waltham, Mass. William Ell6^y,.Mn.iM?...?.u>wM??VtUfc^i|- Mass* Home Watch Co.,.......................Boston, Mass. For sale at retail by all respectable dealers. A descriptive circular giving much flsaM feu formation sent to sny addresa on application, Ho Watches retailed by the Company. Address, BOBBINS & APPLETON, Agmtt, " ' 182 Broadway, Hew Korlu ri "~. J ' y ' w ' " -Mi . Ask to see the new FULL-PLATE WATCH bearing the trade mark "American Watch Co., Crescent Waltham, Mm" It is by far tho best Full-plate Watch made in the United Statw, and aurpaaeoa anything heretofore made in this country for Railway Engineers, Conductors, Ac. April21 eowto the best nr the worldT THE SCIENTIFIC AHEBIGAS. $1,500 Cask. TOB1890. $1,500 Cuk. A VALUABLE PREMIUM FOR AIL. fftHIS splendidly illustrated weekly Journal t?i JL Popular Scienoa, Mechanics, Invention. Engineering, Chemistry, Architecture, Agriculture, and the kindred arts, enters its Twenty-fifth ydfr on tiie first of January next, having a circulation far exceeding any similar journal now published. The Editorial Department of the Scienttfip American is very ably conducted, and someov the most popular writers in this country and Eu-. , rope aro contributors. Every number has 10 imperial pages, embellished with fine Engcavtep of Machinery, New Inventions, Tools for the Workshop, Farm and Household, Engineering Works, Dwelling Houses and Public Buildings. A journal of so m uch intrinsic value, at the low price of |3 a year, ought to have, in tins thriving country, a million readers! Whoever reads the Scientific American is entertained and instructed, without being bothered with hard word* or dry details. , to isrrterdBs and hosghanics this journal Is of special value, as it cantatas a weeklyreport of all Patents issued at Washington. with eopjpus notioee of toe leading American ana European Inventions. 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Arrive at Charleston ?,._4.0Op. m. AUGUSTA WIGHT KXPBJS88?(SUWDATB EXCEPTED.) Leave Charleston, - ..........7.30 p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 6.10 a. m. Connecting with trains for Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans, via Grand Junction. Leave Augusta, .....4.10 p. m. Arrive at Charleston, 4,00 a. m. COLUMBIA WIGHT EXPRESS?(SUWDATB EXCEPTED.) Leave Charleston. .?..6.06 p. m. Arrive at Columbia, ..4.46 a. m. Connecting (Sundays excepted) with Greenville and Columbia Railroad, ana on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with Charlotte and South . Carolina Railroad.; Leave Columbia, 5.60 p. ni. Arrive at Charleston, A.30 a. m. ' SUMMERVILLE TRAIW. Leave Charleston, 2.50 p. m. Arrive at Summerville...... .....4<10p. mi LeaveSnmmerville,.. ..7.10 a. m. Arrive at Charleston, .....8.25 a. m. CAMDEN BRANCH. Camden and Colombia Passenger Trains on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and between Camden and Kingsville daily, (Sundays excepted) oonuects with up and down Day Passenger at Kingsville. Leave Camden, 6UJ5 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, ?11.00 a. m. Leave Columbia, 1.45 p. m. Arrive at Camden... 6.00 p. m. H. T. PEAKE, General Superintendent. April 21 16 tf WHV SHOULD a farmer not buy a Weed-Sewing (sowing) Machine? *> Beoause he is bothered enough with Weeds without sowing them. ^ Buy Singer's Machine from M. JONES, Ag't.