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A M^WTFT? T? 1 ? Y?1 h < f?> cJa uSLau^i^uJ \J LLLkjuklij2 lA/USI. sJJjLa TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. "The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance." PAYABLE IN ADVANCF. BY DAVIS & HOLLINCJS WORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1856. VOL. XII ." NO. 47. saaat 3iLiLa?i!S5?DS< The lost found and restored a 6kktcii kltum li kk. "You liavo just rolnrne'l, fru'tnl Mansoit tiave you not," Livingston, "from youi Western jutirnev ?" " Yes," he replied, " I have, ami thert ttas a c-irc-.uitistiiattending it which will knake it the most memorable event in my Whole life." " Indeed, what is that, my friend i" v'Ah, it Would take more time than either yon or I could now spare," srii'l ManBon, " for me to relate, and yon to INten to Ihe particulars; hut I will attempt a very brief sketch of the substance: " When I went to school in Connecticut, I had a very dear friend and schoolmate, named John Mc.L?d. lie was one of the brightest and most beloved pupils in the echool. He grew up, paid his addresses to a beautiful and excellent ymnig lady, a member of the church. At length he was juarrieu to ins .wary, ami mn immediately after that event, in pniMianee of a previous plan, to emigrate to a Western State. The evening before the day we were to separate, perhaps forever, I had a tender interview with my bosom fiietid and liis lovely wife ; it was deeply affecting to us all. "The next morning tiny deputed, with the affectionate farewells of many old friends and neighbors in the town where they were born and reared, with a handsome provision made liy the parents of both, who were in competent circnni>taiires. Ten years elapsed, hiring which I was in the Methodist ministry in distant places, as my :lot happened to he cast. Not a word concorning them reached tnv oars in all that time. Tin; course of duty eailvl me then to the vicinity ?f the place whoro my friend had settled, and J resolved to <;?> i?nt of my Wiiy-considerably U-* give John and Mary a -will. Arrivinir at the town. a;;>| in<iuirin<r for their residence, I was to!<! t'icy lived some distance from the centre village. At length I found the place. At tlie first glance, my mind misgave me. The sight of the miserable cabin nuulc me sick; and nfter hitching niv hur.-e, I scarcely dared to enter. Knock J could not; tin-re was no ?door?nothing "but a blanket stretched across'the .passage. Removing this, alas! what-did 1 behold ! There was Mary sitting ion :r stool with an infant un her lap, ;RVi? atnortmr -child in the corner ou the ground; for the cabin had no floor. " Oh, sight of woe! IIow altered was i!. _ 1 1 If T"? me iovciv niary 1 11 ! " Do you remember mo, dear Mary ?" I said. 44 O, Mr. Mmson, is it indeed you ? We arc ruined ; John is lost, and land the children are starving here. Wo have not had n morsel to eat since yesterday morning." "Great heavens!" said I, "and wheic is John !" " He i6 at the store; lie has not been Jicre for several days." ,l I must see him," I replied. " Better not, sir, he is a savage now, and will illtreat you." " I must and will sec John," I replied, and started immediately for the store, ac corum?: 10 tier direction. There was no timo to lose, for I was to ho at the conference, whither I was bound. nt a certain time appointed. I readily found the store and entered. The first sight disclosed four men playing cards at a table. The next glance discovered a man stretched out along a whisky hogshead. Tlie landlord was sitting by, bnt instantly hopped up and ran behind the counter to wait upon me, supposing I was ft customer. Says I, 44 is John MoL?d here ?" They all looked nt ine on hearing the question, as if I had been the old one or a Sheriff. ** What is that to you ?" he sullenly re*> I want to Mm," J a/i?u'cred. While 1 was speaking, I took another sweep of the room witli my eye, and saw something like ft man nsltxtp in the corner. "Is that John?" J asked. M None of your business," answered the ?urly bar-keeper. MIf it iR that unhappy man, you will find some of my business," I replied. So I vuoi to him, recognized him, though in this allocking, beastly plight, and began to wnke liim. This was no easv ir?!> r fr/..fr- - . - - j " ?? Willie I yrtn* about it, the rainseller and his guests remonstrated, telling me to go away, threatening chastisement and showing violence. I bad in my hand a loaded whip, am not inferior, you know, in point of wiry, muscular power, and though a man of peace, I confess that in the twenty-seven years I liave been in the ministry, I never felt so ctrong a disposition as at that moment, to give four or five men a thrashing. They were intimidated, and I succeeded at length # , ?1? ? ' 1 in geuuig 4unu u|wh fiiH (cg>, mid trotting liim off homeward. My presence and the exercise sobered Jiim, so tliat when he yencbed his hovel, lie was in his right mind. J forgot to mention that when I first went (otO the house, the ehihl upon the ground gtAfUd (Jp affrighted, running to her mother, crying, M I? be g"'?g to carry to jail, inol)jer, where father was?" And that poor {pother &obbed upon my hand, as if ber b?*rt would break. Well, I conversed I" ^ with them nn hour, talked of old times in i Connecticut, the old village, and school i . days. He was softened ? his heart was | touched. Then I urged the pledge: his 1 wife put in her profoundly earnest, almost frantic plea. She felt this indeed, to be the . hour of destiny. i "Do you think I can keep it?" said, at i , length, the miserable man, once so promis- s I ing, now so fallen. " Is it possible for me i to he saved ?" I " It is," said I, with confidence and hope; i "you ran keep it, I know you can. In < l the name of humanity and religion, try it, j < ! dear John, and God will help vou." At last, j , ho consented. Wo knelt down on the earth I ?there was no chair, no tnhle in the house i ?I took out the pledge, which I always carry iu my pocket, placed it on the stool where Mary hail been sitting, and handed him my pencil. lie wrote his name, thank , God! Notwithstanding his condition, it was beautifully written, as I afterwards observed, fur he was an excellent scholar.? We did not rise till I had relieved my over- ' burdened heart in prayer, and I prayed with all my struggling soul, and his despairing wife joined mo in the solemn invocation, that the Father of mercies would ' receive the returning prodigal to his arms, ' | ami mat lie might never go astray again. J It was now quite time for me lo go and re- 1 sumo my journey; but I could not leave the town before I called upon tlie class ' leader, left him some money for the family, I 1 if ami enjoined upon him to look after them, j and throw around John the seed of all good ! influences, to prevent his suffering a relapse, j 1 Whatever further charges he should incur 1 on their account, I promised to pay as soin ! 1 as informed of them. Another decade rolled by, during which 1 no tidings came to me at the East from this interesting couple. At length I was railed ' | again to visit those Western regions, and ' ' to pass near the residence of this unfortu- "s j natu brother. On reaching the town, my 1 disappointment was extreme to learn that ' he had removed to a distant country. I anticipated misfortune; but as the place designated was not far from my intended route, I resolved to go and see him. When [ entered the town of , where John ' ' was said to live, I made enquiry for his j ' dwelling, and was told it was the second j house on the left hand side of the road.? j t i B.?ing now so near, I hastened on wan! caand presently a nice fram ft building, painted white, appeared. I could not help putting up a prayer, that my dear friend 1 might he so happy as to occupy any hoiuw 1 half as respectable as this. Expectation now became painfully intense. What in m-rcv was I sent to see ? A scene like * . if tiiat, or worse, which ten years before left j ^ such awful traces on the memory, never to ^ lie obliterated ? I could not tell. At a sudden turn in the road, I thought I dis- ( cerned another white liouse in the distance among the trees; yes. it is so, with green ( blinds; and as I went nearer, graveled walks were seen, a handsome paling, and ornamental trees and shrubbery. Surely tliere is some mistake in the direction ; this can't be John's home I yet it is the second ^ on the left. Fastening my beast to a lioolc, I went to j tlie door and knocked. A girl, just on the verge of womanhood, opened it. " Does Mr. McL?d live here ?" I asked , with trembling. " He does, sir." ( " Is he or his wife at home ?" ; " Mother is within, sir; hut father is in the field. Please to walk in, sir." My eye glanced through the open parlor door. A fine carpet covered the floor.? There were handsome chairs and other furniture; but I saw no more, for Mrs. McL?d l?y this time was informed of a gentleman's arrival, and lost no time in milking lier ap- f pearance. " Good God !" was all I remember to have heard from her, as she rushed ? forward on seeing me, and claeped me by the neck. She almost fainted and shed a i flood of tears, and my own condition was . not much more composed. Recovering a . little, &he informed me that iter husband was nt home, hut out upon the farm. Too t impatient to waif, I hurried away to see , him. Me met me as he was coming home. , As soon as he knew who it wa?, lie ran forward and grasped me in his arias, saying as he Rtraiued me to his bosom? 8 "Thank God! thank God! you are my " saviour under heaven. This is all vonr f ^ work," looking around. "O, I am rejoiced 1 to ae? you are here to see it." t When we had returned to the house, the f ten years1 history of struggle, repentance 8 and reformation was recounted. Prosperity I was the consequence. The dwelling was 1 his. the farm and all. His wife was happy. ' The beautiful young girl, almost a young c lady now, was the dirty child that was 1 crawling on the grouod on my first visit. c There were three more children now. To f crown the whole, he sai^-? "^fter I had persevered a year in absti- f nence, according to that blessed pledge, ta> t ken on that awful day, on the stool in the I log hut, which rises to me sometimes with t spectral horror?after keeping it sacredly a i year, I committed myself to the church, of f which my wife, who has been an angel r helping me, was a member. Prosperity at- " tended my worldly business; but this was I - not a complete satisfaction. I wanted to a be wore, and commenced study for the * ministry. My dear friend and brother, I fttn now a minister of llic everlasting gospel. How much, what an inexpressible debt do I owe to you !" We knelt down together on the rich carpct, instead of the cold earth, and prayed us fervently as I prayed before in the log uabin; l>iit in what a different strain ! Instead of (lie almost despairing supplication, und cnlrcnty of forlorn hearts, crushed to the earth with sorrow, thanksgiving, praises und gratitude now rose spontaneously front our tongues and hearts. O, the heart of Caesar never swelled with such triumphant joy at any of his conquests, as mine does for my agency in the salvation of this one man, and the happiness of his family. A Colored Duel. A duel between two colored gemmcn? i regular built affair conducted according :o the most strict and punctilious provisions of the code of honor, came off last, week. Tlie fi<rht took place with nistols if tlic most improved fashion, at sunrise, jn a small lirnnch of tlie Metairie road.? We do not know what tlie origin of tlio lifficulty was, except that one of tlie paries, to use the phrase of one of the spec ators, 'was crossed in lub by de oiler, in<l dat him hona must hah satisfacion.' We have learned from one who was recent at the combat, the particulars as hoy transpired. They are substantially as ollows: After having taken their stands, one of lie seconds noticed that, owing to their ^ isilions, the sunbeams .set his principal to jinking and rolling his eyes. This was mflicicnt ground for interfering, and he sails out to the other second with. 4I say, I puts in)* weto on dat possishnn?it's again de rules ol> all the codes >l? lioua dat I see. Do traction oh do sun bines rnder too sewere, and make my n-inciple roll his eyes altogether too nueh.' 'Wy, wy, look hern, didn't we chuck up i dollar for ile choice of ground and didn't ' got hitn myself V 'Ye*. I know you did; but then fay day is a juel, and I'>e no notion of seeing ny friend composed upon and lose nil the vantage.' ' Well I'se no notion, as ynu i*, and sists on settling the mailer just as we is? ind ' At this juncture a friendly cloud settled ho matter at once by stepping in between he sun and the belligerents. The first two causes look their position ind all the little preliminaries being settled, well one took his pi.-iol, ready cocked. rnui ms seconu. iJotii iiianitostcM :i terri- I j'.o degree of spunk, although a sort ? f I lush paleness spread itself over their black hecks. The second who was to give out the fatal >rder which might send them out of this vorld, now took his ground, liaising his r'oice, he hegan: 4 Gemmen, your time am cum.' Both signified their assent. 1 Is you ready ? Fiah ! one?two? .hree.' P>ang, pop. went both pistol, at once, one all raising the du>l in the middle of the oad, while the other took a 'slandicular' sourse among the bystanders, fortunately without hitting an)* one. It was now time to interpose, and one )f the seconds set himself about it. Afn>r i little conversation the challenged darkey itepped foiward and said to bis antagonist : 4 Niggft, is you satisfied V I is.' 'So is T, and I's glad to get off so.? *>ext time dey catches dis cliild out on nidi a foolish exhibition as dis, dey will eteli me, dat dcy will do for sartain.' 4 Dein's my sentiments edzacly,' retorted he other. 'When yotir oninortal instrunent of def went off, I declare I thought was gone child ; but IVe so happy now? josh let's shake hand*, and go back to our ivocation.' In fivo minutes* time all bands?enemies, lack friends, white and nil??-??? '"? (mil home to work, perfectly satisfied with ho sport of the morning.?N. O. Pic. Stioio Bread.?The Cincinnati Times >hvs that all persons whero snow abound?, ire not perhaps, aware of the value of the leecv Hakes making light, delicious and vholesome bread. There is no raising in he world ho perfectly physiological, as good, resh, sweet snow , it raises bread or cakes is beautifully as tlie best of yeast, or the mrest acid* and nkalies, while it leaves no nint or fermentation like the former, nor njurious neutral salt like the latter. Inleed it raioes by supplying atmosphere therewith to puff up the dough while the >ther methods only supply carbonic acid ^ Hit him Again/?The citizeris of EwlK>rt, Missouri, were so well pleased with he conduct of Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, hi lis u affair" wiih Greeley, of the Tribune, hat, immediately on the receipt of the tews that he had cudgelled Horace, they irocured and forwarded to Mr. Rust a gold < nedal. The medal bean this inscription: ' 'Presented to Hon. A. Rust, M. C. from trbatiftas, by his friends of Eastport, Mis* ouri." And op the reverse side,44 Hit bim igain"' * i 1 Night of the Unhappy. An old man stood in the New Year's midnight, at his window, and looked with the eye of a long despair up to the immovable, always blooming sky, and down 011 the still, pure white earth, on which now (here was 110 one so joyless and sleepless sis he. Then his grave drew near to him ; it was only concealed by the snow of age, not by the verdure of youth ; and he had brought out of the whole rich life nothing but the errors, sins and sickness of nil enfeebled body, a desolated soul, a breath full of poisons, and an old ago full of remorse.. His beautiful youthful days came back to him to-day as spectres, and led liim far away back again to the fair morning? when his father first set liini out upon the Iiiyhway of life, which, to the tight, leads upon the sun-path of virtue, into a wide and quiet land, full of light and harvest, and full of angels; and which to the left leads down into the mole-path of vice, into a Mack cavern, full of dripping poisons, full of serpents ready to dart upon their prey, and full of dismal!, close exhalations. Oh ! the serpents hung around his breast, and the poison drops to his tongue, and he knew not where he was. Beside himself, and witli 1 grief, lie cried out to 11 on von :?" Oh, give j me youth again ! Oh, Father, set me oul! or.co more upon the highway, that I may choose the other path !" Hut his father and his youth wore past long ago! He saw ijneH futui dance over the marshes, and go out upon the graveyard, and he : said, "They are my foolish days!" lie saw a star shoot from heaven, shim- ! mer in its fall, and vanish on the earth.? " That is me !"' said hw bleeding heart, and the serpent-fang of remorse dug deeper in ' the wound*. His glowing imagination revoided to him tottering sleep-walkers on the roof; the tall ivind-mill raised its arms, threatening to crush hint ; and a mask, which had been left in the empty charnelhouse, by degrees assumed his own features. Suddenly, in the midst of his struggle, the music of the new year flowed out of a tower near at hand, like the distant sound ..r ? -.1 1 t n: i i wi ?\ vuiiiuti nuiiiciii. 111^ 111 II' I DCC.Htne caimcr. lie looked up to tlie horizon, ami out over tlie wliite earth; and he thought on tlie friends of liis youth, who, now happier and better than he, were teachers on the earth, fathers of happy children, and blessed of men, and he said. ' Oh I might also have slumbered, with closed eyes, on this first night of the y<?nr, if I had will-id it! Oh, I might also have been happy, you dear parents, had I followed your New Year's wishes and instructions !" Amidst these feverish reminiscences of his youth, it appeared to him as if the m tsk, with his features, stood up in the. charnel house; and, at last, by means of Al .*- ? * ?* liiai superstition which on iNew Year's sees ghosts and future events, it was changed into a living youth. He colli 1 look at it 110 more ! lie veiled his eyes; a thousand hot tears streamed dissolving into the snow, and still he sighed, hut ver}' low, heside him-elf, and griefsiricken, " Come again, only once, oh youth ; come again!" And it camo aga'n; for he had only dreamed so bitterly, in t'ie New Year's midnight. He was still a young man; only his wanderings were no dream. Hut he thanked God that lie, still young, couid turn hack from the dark trace of vice, and set out again upon the sunny path of virtue. which leads into tlift fair Innil nf li.or. vests. Turn with him, young render, if thou standest on liis path of error ! Tliis fearful dream will Romelime become thy reality', hut if once tliou shall cry, full of anguish, " Como hack to me, beautiful days of youth P* *ah, they will como hack never again 1 ? jty Since the introduction of Texas, the land suitable for the cultivation of the cant has been greatly increased. We suppose there can be no doubt of the capacity of Louisiana and Texas to rinse a million of hogsheads of sugar, without any preat effort. This is equal to a thousand million i of pounds?qnite a large item in the gene- I ral provision of food. A man was once arrested hv a * \ farmer for stealing ducks. The farmer . said he should know them anywhere, and went on to describe the peculiarity.? " Why," said the counsel for the prisoner, 1 " they can't be such a rare breed?I have 1 some like them in my yard." 1 u That's very likely, sir," said the far- 1 mer; u they nre not the only clucks I have had stolen lately." I tar The following advertisement ap- < pears io a Paris journal: "The parents of I a young lady, aged 21, handsome and well i educated, and possessing 4,800 frnnoes per nnnum, but affected by St. VUua's dance, | offer to unite her to a doctor from 40 to 45 j years old, who will pay her incessant atten- ( lion. A Writer in n New York paper speaks of a lady who v?*-n upon one dress a full * mile of fringt (rimming / Another young ' lady in New York haa adorned a single 1 A roca mUIi M4IMI itn// ^/V?? ^vvV.r ..-.tMfvw wm* yufUfl V/ ribbon. Truly, this is carrying exlrara-1 ] gance io drwa to tfteai length* / I ] fl No Gloom at Home. Above all things there should be gloom in the home. The shadows of cli:! discontent and wasting fretfulncss shot/: never cross the threshold, throwing th< w largo, black shapes, like fnneral palls, ov the happy young spirits gathereil there. ' you will, your homo shall be heaven av. every inmate an angel there. If you w !. you shall sit on a throne and he tin; presi ing household deity. O ! faithful wifo, what privileges, what treasures) greater ? purer than thine ? And ht the husband strive to forg?t h cares, as he winds around the long, narr* street, and beholds the soft light illuinii: < ins nine parlor, spreading its precious Ucn on the red pave before it. The night eolil, aiul cheerless, perhaps, and the 12 comber crust battles with the worn skirts his old overcoat, and snatches, with a riV hand and wailing cry, at the rusty 1 that has served him many a year. He L been harassed, perplexed, persecuted 1 h;is borne with many a cruel time, mam coM word, and nerved himself up t> energy so desperate that his frame a spirits are weakened and depressed. .\ now his limties ache with weariness; temples t'iroli with the pain-beat caused a too constant application. lie scare* knows how to meet his wife with a pie. ant smile, or sit down cheerfully to tin i;..i? .......i ...i.:..]. ~t.~ i.? : i ? ??.i ni>v mull, niiiui auc II.IM J>ru\IHCU Willi much care.. But the door is opened?tlic over cf thrown hastily oil*. A sweet singing v. fulls upon itis ear. and the tones are so and glad, that hope, like a winged an-; Hies light into his bosom and nest against his hc.'irt. The latch is lifted, and the smiling f of his wife gives an earnest welcome, shining haii is smoothed over her fai* hi ?indeed she stole a little coquettish gla at the mirror hanging in its narrow lia just 10 see n sue looked nc.it ami pr? before she came out. Her eye beams ? love?her dress is t:ist?*ru! ? mid?what. Why ! he f?>r**?;ts all the trials of that l? long day, as he folds her in his arms i imprints a kiss upon her brow. A home where cfloom is banished?| sided over by one who has learned to : herself and her household, Christianitv oh ! he is thrice consoled for all his tii He cannot lie unhappy?that sweetest. dearest solace, is his?a cheerful bom Do you wonder that the man is strer encd anew for to-morrow's cares ? Sfill Another Discovery in Cult'font It is not long since that we announced discovery of a mine of blue muss ii Dorado county, Cal. liy the last ar ..... 11...# ?i.? - ?? '> w OW Viiab ? ? IIIU U|>|n;i |' (i u Ul 1< Valley a small spring or stream c (possessing all the properties of cantor has been discovered. A facetious a pondent of the Placer Press suggest* the discoverer that he would perhap.-. . well to make a proposition to the Iil Do. people to purchase his spring. They tn use it to advantage in workiny < if t blue mass! JC3T Widow Grizzle's hushanii in.'? died of cholera. In the midst of his ir acute bodily pain, after the hand of de :! had touched him, and while wiithing agony, his gentle wife said to him?44 WMr. Grizzle, you needn't kick round and wear ail the sheets out, if you ai .t dying!" fcir A ladv said to a gentleman wno j ^ had accompanied her and her sister to ^ church, 44 Whv, it rains?send and get an * ' 0 own. umbrella." 44 Why," said the beau, " yon are neither ^ sugar nor salt, rain will not liurt you. - " ' No," said the lady, " but we arc lasses.' lie sent for one iufmcdiafely. followm, ? 1? dows, v jtST" An Irishman called at our office to H(J m one day with an advertisement, and, like a readers prudent man, inquired what it would cost. j ^ ^ lie was informed that for one insertion the ^ . price would be &2 ; subsequent Insertions, .' 75 cents each. " An faith," said lie, "I'll K P ,l? > > . . . me, I pr only have two subsequent insertions I ^ ^ A Witty Apology.?John G. Saxe lmv- they lasl ing been prevented by the storm from ful- fh0 n filling an appointment to lecture in Al- js deer-s bany, remarks in a letter of apology : 41 J,cre lo had no motive to break the engagement, washed nnd every motive, except a /oco-motive, to anything Iteep '? ' washing XST A woman has suggested, that when some pe< men break their hearts, it is all the same art >s 6 is when a lobster breaks one of bis claws? deleterio mother sprouting immediately, and grow- to run d ing in its place. glass, it Quite Natural.?A bachelor advertised ^ ^l*06 Tor a "helpmate," one who would prove a , . ft bowl c :ompanion for his heart, his hand, and his w. . of A fuir nno ?nl.;n? ..U ? V Pe " ? ? ?~ ""??? "" / **? Jgatijgr aestly, ? bow big is your lot P the ^ %W When a young lady offers to far mora fieia a cambric handkerchief for a rich of water jachelor, she moans to aew in order that ihe may reap. . Farm , .. , . Take 2 jar A Yankee editor says that the . t fir Is complain that the itn.a# are so hard ^ he young men can't pay their addre* ?,?* .?*.? ring, and ggr The fellow who spells Tennesse so as tc 10 a c does up tha orthography of "old either-w Bickory" thus?Jwn jam. good ?s i qa^aaae I< Axto: t is III) ; C|> sllou the fnfi rt nrul given i mi finds re liis si I, inflow < little f s*. 13, ' lose ai; . :il?lo to 'J plan J to l.f I 1. A _ C I IIV, !('(!(I * in t!t< r tlie d derate, a and kept in your o\ '<o cr.iplt VllOlh ;r r it. mint I" inc iff 0:1 s of sp : t'lC c wn willi nili? . 1.1 I" >ne has classed il'er llo< "gilt, an v once 0 IIO ilu-cji in 1 in ket-| noss to Jy c.I.I e tin pie; I 'forveil if i iiitl . i e true t ,v; any om in sin Pro; Mr. Lam n-is} Iviini corn cn a simple At noon c May, (sa\ ?oak in a tor?say ! ter sulliri< e next me it or nioi ijSily, tlic-n convenient art. Tlie d thus j?r< re plants on. The ke?passii ilivator, ai si incut jut) '6 corn w< ? four ro ' liich had l> oduco of cd was eh .'oducc of tl ed was sev mi.l n !> Cll >111(1 l\ field nv , rows m< ... | The diller< destroy tlie business ol your neigii- ":u ? l'ie d which ill turn destroys your I,riTareil tCl of its appear suled? the ft. " , oiip, the lattc unq Windows.?A correspondent . , , . ' . .... . . cut down b American Afpiculturist gives the . , , . , T inches high, g improved mode of washing win- ^ ^ ^ j k'hicli, although not altogether new . . , ,, . . ear in tlie wl ay be valuable to many for our ? rows of un about a we< A n <vront uimmn Ir\ c/?/mi i*ir* rr ...?.. ..... : irom tlio pro ?iiu never touch brick-dust if I can J (jy joa?, -p but if their brightness depend* on t|lu i,usjK.| a, efer to rub tliein three times n day excee(j G2 ] han once, for it is less labor, and (juc? ()f t|je ^ l l""Ser- over 200 but icest article for washing windows kin, as no particles come off to ad- Cramp. the glass and make it look as if *',e n'g'11 I' with feathers. There is no need of cramp { larger than a hand-basin for tuck8 *0' y'" windows. The great splashing tightly warn ople make in the exercise of their l'ie k"eo ? or ntirely useless, and is, moreover, 'n? f?re'hly, us. When the water is permitted t',U3 e*citi own in groat quantities over the means dissolved the putty and soon loosens P ? from their setting, and also staina the *l<sor?ler ' i. Two pieces of wash-leather and fectunlly rem if suds are all that are necessary. above ._ _i? it. ?. -t,.L ken of Itpfor iu glum urst wiui iu? *vbi Giuin or "" and after it has becomo dry, with ft ' _ d cloth, and it will look clear, and To remove so than if rinsed in a dozen pails solve catnph the liquid pr< apply it on vi eri, Make Yvur own Candles.? atiiinm. \V pounds of alum, for every 10 for as the ani >f tallow, dissolve in water w - _ w?m nuv 01 % w u put in, and tben. melt the tal- Io about two the alum water with frequent stir- application, 1 it clarifies and harden* the tallow der to kill tlx i tnuke a most beautiful article for hati-hed out ? Inter or summer use, almost as of no safe ap sperin. ~ ' the efcgs or n iwamwt iim wnn m 1?jgaaa 'rum the Northern Farmer. ms In Sheop Husbandry. nxioin with good shepherds that Id never he permitted to get poor I. Hence, sis tho feed become* frost-bitten, especial care should to tho floek, and here the farmer himself at a loss. lie wishes to ;ore of fodder as long as he can, 1, while the ground is hare, sheep or hav, unless shut entirely from iweeu " hay ami grass," sheep ofamount of flesh which they nru regain through tho winter. A now is to give tliein the best liad, yard them on cold or stotmv I lliem a little good hay or sheaf i morning, an:! let them run duav it' the weather is sufficiently llcmembering that they need tteution, and tluit they should as cfood condition as possible, vn judgement as to tho means veil. axiom is, never let a sheep f/rotff cr. It is very hard work to rccruit :** a half starved sheep, even sed, and often when the warm ling come, they fail one hy one, areless farmer's hack lots art* i scattered crow-baits. The best i) krrp them from rjctliii'i voor. a large lloeli, the sheep should oft' early in the winter, into ks, according to tlu-ir age and nl then he fed aecordingly. If get poor a little grain seems to id etleet; hut a little grain given goiid order, will assist a great ing them so. It is a pleasant feed a line tloek, of sheep in weather; while nothing can bo want than the rare of a poor. Hock, in the trying weather of April. way is to never let sheep get season of the Th s is the irep husbandry. S. 13. paralion of Seed Corn. ing Wdinore, ;tn experienced a farmer, st.-ilos that lie has had >p increased ahout 33 per cent, preparation of tlic seed as fol?f the day before planting, 18th 8 Mr W ) t juiI my sifQil cowl strong decoction of copperas 2 lbs. of copperas to wjirni soft ;nt to cover a bushel of corn. riling took out a peek, added a -? c of s??ft soap, stirffcd it thorpnt on plaster enough to make . to drop for planting, say one whole field was planted wjtli e v,hi|il n^iir rows, wiiicii . I with seed without any preparafter culture of the whole was ig through each way with tlio . .* nl hoeing twice. The four row* ed were cut up, harvested. and :ighed and measured hy itself iws next adjoining, the seed of een prepared as ahove. Th? the four rows of unprepared veil hushels and a half; tbn lie four rows from the prepared - : enteen hushels?a difference of ilf hushels of ears iu one huuventy liills. Tho remainder of eraged fully equal to the four insured. enee in the growth and appearcorn of the prepared and lined was striking from the time ance ahove ground until it tn*>rmer looking crreen and vi?ror W w O *, v puny am! yellow. It was all y the frost when about three , but came on finely after the . There was scarcely a soft lole field, excepting on the four prepared seed. These wero' ik later in repining than that pared seed. The soil is a san* , * lie whole expense of preparing id three pecks of seed did not -2 cents. The increased proiehl, by preparing the seed, waa ihels of ears. 1 Those who may be subject in me to that excrnciMiing pain ?, may be secure against iu at? g any kind of bandage very d the leg immediately abovo it may bo remedied by breathand taking long respiration*, j the action or the. Inngs, by the whole system will Ihj anierhaps in less than a minute will l>e abated and the pain of- oved. < - - > remedies we lirtve "heard '?ptve, ?nd they are at least worth ^ . --r. v ' Vemyin from Cat fie.?Dfanr gum in new rum, maltlft^ 3tty strong of camphor*'' urious parts of the ho^y of thjja is a harmless appIic&o%?!?o mm ? concerned, leavftglfce 1 cloar, but destroy the lice, or three tfefte ftfier tho' flra t rub on the liquid agntafy Qr? young vermin that qw?y h?$e flor the Ami rubbing., lk now .plication whith will pwHt iU frowhatAWf. - ; V ?j. s ,. - " '* ' m