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Aiu:i:vii.i.i: IIannk'.s \ i assure ilieir frifinis a ml) lie |>nl>Iie, t lial t licir or- j 1 dors for any thinir in the .loh I'rinlin?r line will j lie exoouted in tin: host milliner, and ut as low ! >. rates ap at. any other establishment. | ^ 351$31f&0 Ifiiiis, \l LEG3ND OF THE! T3FIA.MA UOU53. ! ' ? v J o it n r ii o i: nix. CIIUTMU I. { ' It was evening at. the 'IVIiuma. Tins i c at)'">tlio<.-:n\*. \v!w><l' shop foimyd tho MUilh- ! ... . 1 astern c?>rn<-f <?!' that e<li!i<v, had lighted ' his lamps, which, shining tlnxmirli those j Jartfi; ?*l:iss hollies in llit; witnlow, liiie'l with ! lO'l niitl l?!ne li<|W?rs, once sti]?|ioseil 1?v litis author. when yoting :ii:>l innocent, to In- i 1 medicine of tin; most potent description, lii ' lip the faees of the |?;ism is I>v with an i;:j- , " -rarthlv glare, and eXM^-raled tin; ?f-*iit*r:*l ! redness and lilin'iifss of their noses. Within ! the office t in.* hands of the octagonal dock, j "s which looked :is though it hail ken thrown ' , nafai?<t lh"; w;i!l in a mr>i:->t st:ite :m<l stuck ; 1 . i a .there, pointed to the hour of eight. Tlic I ' I* ap.'itlin:;tit was nearly ?l.*.~t*i: < <!. Krink. "the i 1 I; courteous jui'l gentlemanly manager,1' nnd j the Major, had gone In the theatre; having j ' season '.iekets, ihev felt ilr..m-e'.ves I" ?? < ? ?! to 1 attend. and never missed a i"iiisiiit*f.>.? i , i I1 Tho coal fire in theoffi.v ?.'.rvc glowed with j a hospitable warmth, emitting a gentle j murmur of welcome to tin; expected way- i farors by the Sacramento hunts, interrupted ; J only hy nn occasional ?hprecatory hiss, j ^ when insulted hy a stream of tobacco juice. j Overcoats hung about the walls, still moist ; with recent showers; umbrellas reclined I i- j " .r.ily in corners; spittoons stood about the j . iloor, the whole diffusing that nameless odor :bo fascinating to the married man, who, ci- i gar in mouth and hot whisky punch at elbow, sits nightly until twelve o'clock in the enjoyment of it, while the wile of !>is bosom, in their comfortable home on Powell j ' street, wonders at his nbseiiee, and unjustly I curses the Know-Nothings or the Free and | Accepted Masonic Fraternity. j liehind the odiee de-k, perchetl on a high j < three-legged stool, his head snpportcd by j both hands, the youthful but literary John Duncan was deeply engaged in the exciting perusal of the last yellow-covered novel ? " ]?looil for Woo. I, or, the infatuated lie knew tliat, in :i few moments, eighty- I t. four gentlemen, "in hot, haste," wotthl call j io inquire wneiner Tlie member ot Uotigre.ss I ( had returned, and was anxious to find out what the " robber chieftain " dfd with the . 44 Lady Maude Allcyue," before the arrival ?! of the Saeramento boa!. The only other . occupant of the oflire was a short, fleshy < ? gentleman, with a white hat, dark green i r coat with brass button*, drab pantaloons. * short punchy little boots and gaiters. These circumstances might be noted as lie stood with his back to the door, gazing | intently upon one of those elaborate works ! j of art with which the spirited proprietor I j flias lately seen tit to adorn the walls of the j ^ Tehama. It represented a lady in a ball i I r dress, seated on the back of a largo dray ^ horse, (at least eighteen hands high,) and , holding a parrot on lier right forefinger, while at her feet knelt a man in the stage ^ dress of Meroutio, doing something with five or six other parrot*. The piece was . called " Hawking," hail a fine gilt frame and glass, and, in certain lights, answered the purpose of a mirror, and was therefore a very pretty object to gaze upon. In fact, the short, stout gentleman was adjusting his nllirl cnltiir ivliii'li vent nf nmdininno - ? t - I'? S?" , height, and !i;ul a perverse inelination to I \ turn down on one side l?y its reflection. I \ As lie turned from this employment, lie i exhibited one of the most curious faces it is I possible to conceive. Unlike most fat men, s whose little eyes, round, red cheeks, wart- t like noses and double eliins, convey but lit- c * tic meaning or expression, this gentleman1* il { face was oil expression. Ho wore a con1 stant look of the most intense curiosity.? a SJnquisitivcness ni?t upon every lineament of ' Idiis countenance. His small, green eyes, 1 #>rotrnding from his liend, surmounted by I flthin but well defined nnd very curvilinear /I eyebrows, looked like two notes of interro- 1 ' ligation; his nose, though small, was sharp r 1 at the end like a gimlet, and his little round I 1 mouth was constantly pursed up into an ex-1 1 ' pression of inquiring wonder, ns though the most natural sound that could fall from it. should he, " O-o-o-o! come, now, do t?-ll!" In fact, lie was one of those beings created by a wi>o hut inscrutable Providence, for 110 other purpose, apparently, but. to meddle with other people's business, and to ask questions. His name was 1 logic; and with Mrs. l?o- ^ Ljle ? whom he had married two years be- ; lore, because, having exhausted all oilier : 'ubjects of inquiry in conversation with j her, he had finally asked her if she would j liave him?and a little l?ogle, who had ' made its appearance sonic three months ( ' <ince, and already "took notice" with an . inquiring air painful to contemplate, he oc- , mpied, for the present, "Hooin, No. 01.*' j i>og:u woa:?i iijivij mane a milium m no , lime, if lie li:i< 1 liv*m1 in the Messed era j tv'icii llu' promise, "Ask and ye shall re- ! 'eiv,1' was i'n* lill.-il ; ::?id so wo 11 w*i> his | lispo>ir,(;!i understood hy the iVc?iUenteis of j .lie 'i .inina, Mint they invariably loft llu- ! fieinity when Ik; looked askant at tlu'in ; j lis presence cleared the room as quickly as . 1 sir-am from a lire engine, or a mad dog | ouid have done il. 1 hushing some rennins of snntr from liis snow-white vest? j [Jogle took smiif inordinately; he said it j iharpetied n;> his faculties?lie turneil upon ! lie haph-ss 1Mincan, who hail just got tin; j 'Lady Mamie" into tin; cave where the kelelon hand dripped hloud from the ceilng? " J.?hn, what lime is il .joijh looked at the clock with a slight jroati: " l ive minutes past eight, Mr. Hu;le." " Wlirit time will the boat be in ?" " In :i lew moments, Mr. liogle." "Will thi- (IciktkI i'diiio down to-night?" "I don't know, Mr. llogle." " How old a man do you take him to he, I o\v V " F.nitaiiic ! she seroained? that is, 1 on't know, Mr. l?og!e." " How much does ho weigh "'Jim skeleton !?indeed, I don't know, ir." The con versa) ion was here suspended by lie sudden arrival of a stranger. He was large man, of stern and forbidding aspect, xveedingly dark complexion, with long, lack hair hanging in uukempl tangles bout his shoulders, and with a fierce nd uncompromising moustache ami beard, lacker than the driven charcoal, complete concealing tin; lower part of his face, lis dress was singular: a In-own li.it, brown oat, lirowu vest, brown neckcloth, brown i.-mialoons, I noun gaiter hoot*. In his* ian>l lie carried a l.rown carpet hag, and iciiearh liis arm a brown silk umbrella.? lasiily lie inscribed his name upon tin* re jister, "(iein ral Tecuinseh Brown, Brownsille," ami, for an instant, seemed to fall nto a broivn stu?ly. Bogle was on the ij'ii irr; he had looked over the General's houlder. " From Sacramento, sir ?" said he. The General gazed at Bogle sternly for moment, and replied, "I am, sir." " I see, sir," said Bogle, with a cordial mile, "you live in Brownsville ; may I inuire if von are iti business there?" The General gazed at. Bogle more sternly iiati before, and shortly answered, "Von uav, sir." " Well," said Bogle, " are you ?" "Yes, sir," replied General Brown in a tentorial) voire, at tl*c? sainc tinift advauing a step towan! liis fat little inquisitor, I have lately made a fortune there." " Olisaid I*??gh?, niinhly jumping hack s the General advanced, u how ?'' " liy minding my own business, sir/" huiidered the General, and turning to Dunan, who had forgotten the " Lady Maude" II the charms of this conversation, said, . <- : i ? - 'jive inn my Key, sir; awl Hi" moment ft oting 111 !*n calls here to inquire lor ino, oil i him lip to my room." So savin*;, ami grasping (lie key extended o hiii), (jeneral Brown turned away, ami, .istiiig a look of? ficrce malignity at little >ogle, who tried to conceal his confusion >y taking a pinch of sntilF, retired, taking villi him as he v.eiit the only brown jamnned candlestick that stood among the tumorous array of those, articles provided or the Tehama's guests. " Well," said Bogle, "of all the Drown? vhere did you put him, John?" "No. 32," replied that individual, returnn" to " the cave." "Thirty-two!" exclaimed Bogle; "goodies*, ffracious! why that ioins mv room nml lie partition is as tliin as a wafer." CIIAPTRR II. Up stairs went Bogle, two stops at a ime. Tlie door of thirty-two slammed, ns le readied the threshold of his apartment; t slammed on a brown coat-tail, about lalf a yard of which remained on the ontide; there was a muttered ejaculation, hen a deep growl, and?rip! went the oat-tail, the fragment remaining in the loor. "Gracious! goodness'."said Bogle,"what i passionate man ! he's toru it off! he's ike Ilallev'tt comet: no! that never hud a nil! lie's like that fox," and Bogle entered lis apartment. Here sat liis interesting wife, rocking heir offspring, nnd instilling into its infant nind the lirst lesson of practical economy, >y singing"that popular nursery refrain, ' Buy low, bnby; bny low, buy low-'1 "Hush!" said Bogle, as he entered on tiptoe, ami, carefully closing the door of thirty one, lurid tip n warning finger to the p:irlnor of his joys and soriows. The lullaby ceased. 11 is s:i i< 1 that all women l?c?eoine like their husbands after a certain time. both in appearance ami disposition.? Mrs. Bogle, who had been a Miss Artomesia Slaekpolc before marriage, (l?o<jle said slie was named for an elder sister, Mesia, who died, and she was called Artemesia.) cer.. .1! i .. .. -i -ii - iii i i liiimy urn urn <11 ;iii rest nunc lier 11 iisi 1 ill appearance. She was of tlie 11t paper (inli'i'; one <?f those <;anut, bony females of no particular age, who always have two false eye-teeth, ami wear brmvti merino dresses ami muslin night-caps with a cotton lace border, in the morning. but in disposition she was his very counterpart. Curious, meddling, impiMtive, fond of gossip, and indefatigable in " the hur>uit of knowledge under diniculties," she was an invaltialile coadjutor to I'ogle, whom site had materially assi>tcd nvoiy times in obtaining information, that even his j rviiii; nature had failed to accomplish. Eagerly die listened to his Jalc about 1'ie mysterious Hrown and hi* tail, and, like a good and c1111i 1*111 wife, all miietlv* she iiin-<i>.l Itin i.lii-n branch, while llogle, seated in Host* proximity to the partition, listened with eager car, intent on tlie motions of their neighbor. Three times in as many quarter* of an honi did that mysterious Clenural rinjj the hell; three times came up the waiter! threes times he replied to the (?ci>eral\s anxious question, " that no one had called lor him,1* an 1 three times lie went down again. After each interview with the waiter, l.iogle. listening at the partition, heard the General mutter to himself a large word, a scriptural word, hut one not adapted to common conversation ; it began with a capital 1) and ended with a small u. Each time that lie heard it. I ingle said " ( radon-*! goodliest*!" At length his patient exertions were rc warded. As the clock struck tun, .1 step was heard upon tlic stairs; nearer and neiivr it came. Boole's heart heat heavily ; it slopped in front of " ihirty-two"?lie lid I Ins breath ; a knock? tlie General's voi -e, " Coin*- in h<* heard tin; door open, and i'itj stranger commence with " Good evening, General," l?ut before lie could my '* Hrown," that gentleman exclaimed, " Charles, Imrr yon seen Fanny l'o^le, his oar glued to tlie wall, turned his eye toward his wife and beckoned.? Arreme^ia appro: died, and seating herself on his lcnee the infant clasped to her lircast, listened with her husband. '111 ft stranger slowly replied, I have." "And who was she with J" " That Frenchman, as you supposed." ' flood Clod !*' exclaimed the stricken lirmvu, as in agony he paced the room with fearful strides. There was a moment's silt'lKC. " Dill you take hor from Mtn ?" 14 Yes, I purstia led her to accompany nic to my room at 'The Union.'" "Why did you not bring her to me at once?n ' I know your passionate nature, General, and I f?'are?l yon would kill her.'* "/ will!" growlod the General, "by heaven, I will ! but not so?not as you think, I'll poison hor!" Bogle, his face pallM with apprehension, his teeth chattering with fear, looked at Artemisia; she met his horror-stricken gaze, and with si subdued shriek clasped the baby ; it woke. The General, in a low. doon vni<*i? nf concentrated passion, continued, " I'll poison her Charles!" ' Oh !*' ho exclaimed with deep emotion, "how I have loved th.it?" litre the infant Bogle, who had been drawing in his hreath for a ery, broke forth. "At on co there rose so wild a yell." IIu man nature could not stand it longer. "Smother that little villain !" said Bogle in a fierce whisper; "I can't hear a word." Artcmesia, with tlie look of Luorctia Borgia, willulrew wi?h the child to the adj >iniug room, (No. 31, Tehama, contains two rooms, a small parlor ami a hcd-chainher,) and administered a puiiishmcnt tliat must have astonished it?it was certainly struck n buck. If ha bios remember anything, thai youthful Bogle lias not forgotten that bastinado?applied a little higher up than is customary among the Turks? to this day. " At length the tumult dwindled to a calm," and again Bogle clappcd his car to the wall. He heard but tlie concluding words of the murderous General. " Bring her np with you at ten o'clock to-morrow evening, and a sack; after it is over, we will put her body in if, and carry her to Meiggs" wharf, where there are plenty of brick; we can fill the sack with tlicin and throw her off." " Well, sir," replied the stranger, " if you aro determined to do it, I will, but poor Fanny !"?hero emotion choked his utter KIICO. w You <lo hs I tell you, sir," growled the General ; " there's no weakness about rneT' Here the door opened and closed. Bogle rose from his knees; the perspiration was running down his fat face in stream*. " No weakness," said he, " goodness gracious! I should say not?what an awful affair?coming so close, too, upon tho I Mcigit-s' forgeries, ami the loss of the Van- fro kee Blade?how providential that I hap- an pencd to overhear it all! Gracious good- l>u tiess !" That night, in a whispered consultation to I with liis Artcmesia, Boole's pian of action till ' was decided upon. But long after this, tij? ! and loner after tlio horror-stricken pair had I : - . Mini*, mm ;i |)('lllHIHM slumber, till* toot-j l>e: steps of tin; intended murderer might luivo j ein heen heard, as hour after hour lie paced ' 1 > i the floor of his solitary chamber, nnd his ov< loop voice might have been heard also, oil occasionally giving vent to his fell <Ieter- ho: initiation?' Yes, xirf I'll mur-der!!!" tin liX CHAITMi HI. The next morning a great change might s< < i have liecn observed in our friend IJogle.? t,M ' He appeared unusually ipiiet and reserved |?pallid and nervous?starting when am *'v ! one approached him. lie stood alone ' "l j near the door of the Tehama; he sought ,l''' j no companionship?he asked no questions. lM Men m-'irveled thereat. " What has come over IJoglo ?" said the Judge to the Major. "I haven't heard him ask a question to dav." " Well," w;.s the unfeeling replv. " lie's I been asking questions lor the last tliirlv 1" I wars, and f reckon lie. has asked all there '"'I1 are." h'?' lint Bogle knew what he was ahnut. At tlircj 1\ M. precisely, General Brown came 'K< majestically down stairs; he passed Bogle *' mi nearly that he could have touched him; hut lie noticed not the hitter's shuddering :i ' withdrawal ; he looked neither to the right nor left, hut, gloomy and foreboding, ?al like an avenging genius, he passed into tlie "r: apothecary's on tlie corner. ',:l< " Give me an ounce bottle of strychnine,"' siid he. * " For rats, sir ?' said the polite attendant. s,n The General started; he gave a fearful ",r scowl. " Yes," he said, with a demoniac laugh, "for rats! ha! ha! oh ves?for? rats!" * Bogle heard this?lie heard no more; | :l *' lie started fur the police ot'i *e. ***** Who was Fanny ? xv" * * * * ? * ;mt That evening, about ten o'clock, Bogle sat alone, <>r alotie save his Artemesia, in No. 31. The hah)' had heen put to bed, pal and silent and solemn in that dark apartment, for llie lamp had heen extinguished. i sat listening to that shuddering pair. A ,(j( step was heard on the stairs, and closer < drew the Bogies t"pether, listening to that j,,j step, as it sounded fearfully dist.inr.t, from the heating of their own agitated hearts. [lOI As it drew nearer, it was evident that so two persons were approaching; for, aeeom- ],js panving the first distinct tread, was a light wjj toot tali like that of a young and tender i|lt female. "Poor thing!" said Artemesia, with a suppressed gasp. The heavy tread i of General Brown could he heard distinctly j1U] in No. 32. The parties stopped at his door ?a knock, and they were silently admit- jm, ti'd. ] The vo'ce of the General hrokc the si Inilenee. "Oil! Fanny," he exclaimed in the bitter anguish, " how could you desert me?" me There was no articulate reply, bill the to Ibtgles heard from the unhappy female an ?ai expression of grief, which almost broke see thciri hearts. ten "Fanny," continued the. General, 11 you or hav!) been faithless to mc?fickle and f.ilse Tin a* your sex invariably are ! I loved you, Xt i Fan ? I love you still !?but my heart can ver no in ore be made the sport of falsehood ! ag You must die ! Take this!" < "Hold?wretch!" shouted Bogle, "Let ley in? go, Artemesiaand throwing ofl* his poi coat, the hemic little fellow threw open his ifoi own door, kicked down the door of thirty- ran two, and stood in the presence of the innr- ant dcrer and his victim, | istol in hand ! At ) the same instant the liell of thirty-one was con violently rung, the doors on each side opened, and the gallery was filled with men. But what caused Bogle to falter?? ' Why did he not rush forward to snatch the victim from her destroyer? Near the centre table, on which was burning an ^ astral lamp, stood a remarkable fine look- ^ in'/ young man, who gazed on Bogle's ^ short, punchy figure, with an inquiring ^ . smile. On the oilier side of the table, but nearer oc* the door, his brow blacker than h thunder- an( cloud, sat General Brown ; in one hand he ' hold a small piece of meat; the other re- s-v" rpi taiued between his knees a small but exccedingly staunch-looking dog, of the true a,K bull-terrier breed. Both the General and 1,01 the dog showed their teeth?both were ?nc" epitoirres of ferocity, but the snarl of the 1,111 dog was as nothing to the snarl of the eye General, as, half-rising from his seat, but still holding the dog down by the collar, he t')U shouted?" How's this, sir ?" j Bogle staggered a little?dashing back Bee from his brow the perspiration, he dropped of the pistol, and, leaning against the door, des gasped rather than articulated?"It's a goo dog r*' or "Yea, sir ln; TOfired the infuriated Gen- cou ernl, rising from hh chair?" and a she dog j at that/ what have you got to say about an(j - if, Bogle, almost fainting, tttnnunered pain- ^ fully forth, " Is her?name?Fanny f*" u D?n yon, sir," screamed t|ie General, "I'll let you know! Sta-boyl bite him, j Fan!M \> of I JVikc an arrow from a bow, like lightning grn tn the cloud, like shot oil' a shovel, like vthing that goes quick, sprang the female Il-terrier on the unhappy liogle. "Man is l>ul inottal," ami Bogle turned llee. " It was too late!" Why did In.' ce oil' his coat!?ah ! why wear such lit pantaloons ? Shrieking like a demon, the ferocious ist flinging to one extremity, his hair on I with fright mid horror at the other, gle rushed frantically down the passage, ' rturtiing, in his mad career, police ! ircrs, chamheruiawls, housekeepers and 1 iirders, \v1k?, alarmed at. his outcries, ' oiiged tumiillitously into the hall. The t llijjht of stairs, ho look a jump?the : ond, In; rolled down from top to bottom, ! hull terrier clinging to liitn like a steel ]??first the dog on t??|>, then liogle?ar- j eil at the hottom, lie sprang forth into ' nsoine street, and reckless of Fritik's i rnied ery, "Stop that man?he hasn't1 id his hill!" away he went oil the wings j the wind. It was an awful sight to sire ; it little figure, as, wild with horror, lie ; i down the street, the staunch d'>g swing- ! j from side to side, as he tied. It was a fearful race! Never did a short 1 Ir of legs get over an equal space in an ! nal time, as on that trying occasion. At j ?-lh a sailor on Commercial street, ta- ' . I i<_? the dog for a portmanteau, with whic.lt : supposed 1 >ogle was making oil", stretch- i out. a friendly leg and tripped him up. j t his troubles were. nut ended. When I mil-terrier t;ilc?.a hold-?a fair hold?to j it ??ir, one of two alternatives tnu-l oI>- | n?either tlx; animal's teeth must, he ! iwn, or the piece must come out. 'l'hey ' 1 n't time to draw Fanny's teeth ! They brought IJogh; home iti a haild-cart, ; 1 put him to hcil. He hasn't s:it tlnwn 1 ee. As they took him up stairs to his j >m, surrounded hy a clamorous throng, ' i door <>f No. 1<), at the foot of the first ;ht of stairs, opened, ami a gentleman of j ceiling dignity made his appearance in j Iressing gown of a beautifully embroidd pattern. 'John," lie said to Mr. Duncan, who, h an extensive grin on his countenance, 1 " l?lood for iJiood " (somewhat dilapied in the scuffle,) in his hand, was bring up the r;-ar of the procession with a j idle, " whnt'sall this row about?" John briefly explained. ' I thought it a lire," said the gentleman, at 'Pfirturiunt montt's, nuncftnr? ' A ridiculous muss," said the classic in Duncan. l'lie gentleman retired ; so <1i<l the chainmaid so did the hoarders generally ; did General Brown, wit.li liis dog under arm, swearing that lie would not part li for five hundred dollnis; so did i policemen, somewhat scandalized that io?lv was murdered after all. liogle left llie house next day in a babyuper, swung to a pole hetween two chinen. Ariemcsia and the infant folred. [ hear that he has lately increased his iincss, taken a partner, and attends ;<? : examination of wills, marriage settlents, and other papers belonging entirely other people's business. Sneak is the ne of the partner; lie or Bogle may be n daily at the "Hall of Records," from until two o'clock, overhauling something other, that is no concern of theirs.? i?V furnish all sorts of information gratia. s like llie wine you get where they adtise "All sorts of liouors at 12 1-2 cents lass." General Brown hns settled in Grass Val, Nevada county, and would have apntcd every white male inhabitant of Cal nia a jpemher of his staff with the k of Lieut. Colonel, had lie not been id pa ted. fanny killed f;?rly-fonr rats in thirty scids, only last week?so Tom says. I'lic Tehama House is still there. f?5?""Pr. Kalopium, do you think my ter will git well ?" 4 Well, if .she don't git no wnss, anil does slim better, she may po . bly git over it. a see she's a flitried with a concatenation lie diagnosis of the metacarpial flnmmux, ic-Ii extends from the noboscis to the inor lobe of tlie anterior revolution of tbe i iput. Nothin' kin help her but calomel 1 persimmons taken jintly both together j i spoonful, more or Icsk, aecordiu' to the lptoms, every other day, off and on. , jm will oventooluy put her out of pain I into a sweat, and restore a healthy ae1 of the minor pedals and reduce the yelopedia of the neuralgic diaphragram, nediately under the left side of the right ' ? 1 1 Lor' a mercy, sicli larnin1 ! who'd a ' nk it ?" ^ ; Z3T Why is a dog's nose like January ? muse it is always cold- The propoundcr < litis weighty query is the same who is 5 irons of ascertaining whether a dry * ids seller in the, cellar under the store the Seller over the cellar, behind the 1 nter. . \ <m i 13T Bad bait to catch a wife?Poverty I a red nose. Good bait?Brass watch, | >w copper? to rattle in lieu of dollars, ! a good suit of clothes, the bill for the er being unreceipted. ' > | 8ome folks have no more memory i past kindness than mx\ oyster has of its < ndmothor, ll "The tiiloof life, swift, nhvnys in its coursc, illiiy run in citi<-s with it brisker force, Hill no where with a current so serene, Ol' linlf so clear, as in the rural scene." J'rom tin' ft'rinsee Vurmrr. Millet Culture. In 1851, I had a dairy of forty-five cows, ami having been obliged the year before to buy iimsi of my fodder for ;i dairy of about the same numl-cr, I east about l<> see if I couM not find something that I could raise in tlie place of liav that f could keep my cows on, ntxl keep lliom in a good condition, i.ml at (In; same time got :i good supply of mill; from them for market (.-is milk dairying is my hu-im-ss,) I sow<;il corn, and fontnl it an excellent substitute; but to keep si? many cows on it. required too much labor, ami aftor 111M-winter it became too dry and harsh, and did not givo mw-h milk. In 'j 1, I sowed four acres of millet (four quarts per acre) the 10th of Juno, and had as much fodder as fr^m any eight iicres of grass that year?and it was a good year for hay. I have raised from four to eight acres every year since, and have invariably had good crops of not only fo lder or hay, or straw, equal to as many tuns of tin: be*t timothy hay, hut fiom twenty to thirty bushels of seed to the acre, eijual to as manv hushels of corn to feed to any kind of domestic animals. I fed most of my seed, aftor having it if round to milk cows. preferring it to Indian meal, as making more milk ami of as rich <|iialil v. The la*t season I had six ai res of millet which has hoen worth more than $50 per aero, or &3J0 for the six acres. 1 have fed thirtvfivc cows oil the straw since the 25th of January, and have enoujrh left to last until the l*t of May, ami got 120 bushels of sectl from the lot. The ripe-l of the seed, some sixty bushels. I have for seed, .nml the balance I am now feeding my lioises, ami find they do as well on the meal put oil cut hay And straw as they did when I fed an equal quantity of corn and oatmeal. Now for the mi'.ncr of raising it; I have raised it on green sward, turned over at my convenience any time in the fall or in the spring up to the time of sowing; 1 then harrow until mellow, then put on from twelve to eighteen quails of seed per acre, and as much fine manure as I can spare, from live to fifteen good wagon loads per aero, and sow about the middle of June, and I am sure to have double the amount of hay that the same Iaml in similar condition would produce in meadow. It will stand the drouth hotter than any other crop I ever raised ; in fart, it wants hot, dry weather for ft to grow in; if it is moist enough for it to come up, there is but little danger, as the last two years have proved. After the seed is sown and well dragged or cultivated, the ground should be well rolled, as we get a good deal of dry weather about that time, and if not rolled it may he too dry for the seed to grow; but after it is once up, I think there is hut little danger, of a failure of a crop. The time of culling that I have practiced is, as soon as I get through with my oats?say the last of August, or when about half of the heads have seed matured enough to grow. The stalk will he green and full of juice. I cradle it, let it lay one'or two days to wilt, and stack it U|> as I do oat?, put on a cap, and let it cure iu the stack; it will then be as blight as the best topi tigs of corn, and any animal will eat it as any other forage. T. 1J. SIIEPAIID. Large or Small Seed Potatoes.? T>y an experiment carefully conducted al the North American Phalanx, in Manmoulh County, Xew Jersey, the following interesting results were obtained: 1. Large whole seed, 29 lbs. 14 o7.., proIT J II ? JUt Ull If4* iu.\ 2. Large potatoes cut in halves, 15 lbs. 12 oz. produced 124 lbs. 3. Large potatoes cut in quarters, 7 lbs., produced 98 lbs. 4. Medium potatoes, whole, 9 lbs. 3 oz. produced 140 lbs. 5. Medium potatoes, cut in halves, 9 lbs. G oz., produced 88 1-2 ll?s. G. Medium potatoes, cut in quarter, 4 lbs., produced 07 lbs. 7. Small potatoes, wljole, 8 1-2 lbs., pro [luced 117 lbs. 8. Small potatoes, cut in halves, 0 lbs., produced 84 lbs. TIig per centage of small potatoes to the *eed used whs greatest on tliu quartered targe potatoes. The following figures indicate the value of marketable potatoes, at 50 cents per bushel, on an acre for each sort as above: f. - - -$111 00 5. - - -050 33 I. - - - 78 33 0. - - - 43 33 J. - - - 01 00 7. - - - 73 00 L - - - 94 00 8. - - - 52 33 Repetitions of the experiment have all joen in lavor 01 tne largo uncut potatoes 'or seed. For Ihe Cure of Croup.?A piece of fresh urd, as large as a butternut, rubbed with >ugar, in tlie same way that butter and *urnr are prepared for tho dressing -6f pud^ lingr, divided in three part*, and given at intervals of 20 minutes, will relieve any also of croup not already allowed to pro-, jress to tlic fatal point. Tho Japan Pea. The editors of the Philadelphia Ledger, ! less than a year ago, received from tlie pa| tent office, a number of seeds of different 1 varieties of plants, which was distributed from the Ledger office around about the , country, to various individuals, for the pur! posts of testing their production, as well as their adaptation to the different soils and t climates ol the country. Many of theso w.-i.. I. i i .. > >< UVCII ^illlllTVII 111 11.U" rope ami Asia, under tlic directions of tins intelligent head of the agricultural tie-' * ? partmcut of the patent olliee. The Ledger says : ' " Among the rest was n new species of pea, called the "Japan Pea," which has created considerable interest among cultivators on account of its prolific qualities, and the case with which it may he cultivated. As an instance of its great productive powi er, we may mention that we have recently seen a plant from one of these seeds, raised by \Y. L. 81 leafier, Esq., tliu Cashier of tha (ilrard liaulc, which had upon its branches about four hundred nnd fifty pods, the larg?-r portion of which contained from two to three peas each, or yielding about one thousand per cent. This from a single pea, in a single year's growth, is something worthy of notice. If each pea possessed the qualities of ^production in the same degree, We shall h:ivi? in tin. *- *' ... ..... 1-vv.onti jv.irs grOWlll nearly half a million of pods ami a million of pons. Our fanner*, who are better skilled in such calculations, can estimate the number of bushel.; this would make, and \ what number of pounds it produces, ntsix- \ ty pounds to a bushel, the weight of peas 1 and wheat to the bushel being nearly iden ticnl. "This new and rare plant is found'weir adapted to our soil and climate, and yields bountifully, whether planted in rich or poor soil. !t grows up about two and a half . feet high from a single stalk, putting forth bint.chcs still" anil woody, like a shrub. It ; requires no poles or sticks to support it.? ; Tiiu brunches at the end of the season be" j conic covered with downy pods, about two i inches long, each containing from two to j three peas of a eream color, and very hard. When boiled, the pea becomes exactly like :i bull' bciiti- 1? ?? ? ?? - -- ... '- .i uiiiuuiia ill US: qualities, ami makes an excellent winter ' foot I for man. It is planted about the usual | titins of planting corn, in rows, three feet j apart. The blossoms are said to be beautir fill in appearance, some yellow and some J violet. The leuves glow just beneath the ! bundles of pods. ! "The plant was obtained in 1851, from j some Japanese sailors, who were wrecked j on a coral island in the Pacific, and saved I by some American seamen. The crew of i the wreckcd vessel had supported lliemj selves for a number of days solely on tlit-so j peas. One of the American sailors got some of them, took them to Oregon, _ i whence they were carried to Ohio, from i which State they have since been disseminated, through the patent office, over the 5. j Union." Compost Heap. There is another way of preparing a very e j highly fertilizing manure, which no farmer 1 ; should he without for :i ils?v Ti Jc ' ? j . >a illV VU1U" | post heap. The cost of the structure in which to build the heap would be about one-half the cost of a respectable hog pen,. I ami every pound of waste vegetable and animal matter about the farm should be gathered together and deposited in the heap. The scrapings of ditches amd gar- fe!. ib ns, the oflalft of the kitchen, the stalks of vegetables decayed leaves and wood, all j waste straw, even a superannuated pair of boots?in short, everything that now goes i to loss on a farm, should be thrown into the % ! pile, and left to rot and fester until it be~ J comes a fertilizer of the most extraordinary power. It will soon engender all llie acids and alkalies that form the essential elements. of vegetation. A distinguished man lias said, in refer*- % ehce to the compost heap, that ''the careful'; \ farmer should allow nothing !o run away in the form of a fluid, or fly away in the disguise of a smell." In the old agricul* tural countries of continental Europe, a heap of this character is in every matiV barn yard, and I confess that to me it i*. wonderful that it is not so here. In for-ming the heap, alt that is necessary is to. mix a due proportion of soil with the other; heterogeneous substances, and then add, | quicklime in the proportion of about one*.' . I tenth or about one-fifteenth; but as some* chemists deem lime to be injurious whent animal manure is present, it might'be a? * well to use the sulphuric acid or a strongsolution of potash.' The* heap is once.pr.% twice mixed with the spade to raake^itfitt , for the field, and as a manure it canqotnjbW . ' i, ho,. > -v., vH-a . surpassed. Among the most beneficial substance Si that can be incorporated in .such heaps ere; the bones of nniuials, hundreds, pf pounds, of which' yearly vgo.; to lofi.W.# fftrro.^ They contain a substance Called phos^ of lime, the tendenoy- of which to ^ ^ 1 v ^