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COFFINED ALIVE.
That persons, during the raging of a
pestilenco and the hurry of burials, have
sometimes been earthed alive, there is very
little doubt. "We havo not, however, heard
of any well attested case of this kind, since
the commencement of the present epidemic
iu our city, and the story we aro about to
relate, avouches for no more than the confining
a mau, who, as will appear in tho
sequel, couiu not ue persuaded lliat lie was
a proper subject fur burial.
In llio course of tho disease, it lias sometimes
occurred that a man, being found
dead druuk in the street, has been mistaken
for a cholera patient, lifted upon a litter and
carried to the hospitals. It has been customary
in these eases, for tho medical attendants,
on ascertaining tlie mistake, to
order the drunken man to bo placed in the
room used for that purpose, until he .shall
have slept oil' the fumes of liquor, and then
dismiss him to take care of himself.
Two or three weeks since, a patient of
this description was oiu: evening brought
to the Hospital, supposed to bo nearly
in the last stage of cholera asphyxia. Certain
it is, that he was prodigiously blue.? :
The doctor examined him ; shook his head, j
and ordered him to the drunkard's room. j
n?ct.l..f I lii*.* niv.i lm o.l llwicn llw.? !
were merely dead drunk, there was another '
wherein it was cu-l?.?mary to lay such as |
Iiad actually died dining tho night, from !
whence they were to be canned away and ;
buried the next morning. It so happened i
that the above mentioned patient, was by i
mistake, conveyed t<i iho?/'.(f'^-ruuni, instead
of llio drunkard's.
There lie lay, unconscious of his situation
cither personal or local, until the morning, 1
when the burial cart came, and two Hibernians
proceeded to the dead-room to take
away the corpses. They found no other
but the drunken man, w being still locked
fiist in the arms Jeep, thev forthwith
proceeded to coflin and nail up. They
had him in his narrrow house, and began
to drive the nails, when the noiso awoke
him. lie started up, thrust of the lid, and
asked them what they were about!
" We're going to bury ye, sure," said one
of tho Hibernians, endeavoring to make
the inau lie uuWii again and bo daccn'Jy
tiailed up.
' To bury me," exclaimed the astonished
drunkard.
"Ay, sure," returned tho Irishman,coolly:
" it's wo that buries all lliat die with tho
cholera."
"But I am not dead," said tlic patient.
"Not dead," exclaimed the Irishman;
"aiut that a pretty extravagant assertion
for a corpse to make? Not dead ! And
sure you cannot he in your right mind lo
say so. Come, lie down, if you please, and
we'll nail ye up and bury ye daoently.''
41 Duccntlif
" Ah, sure, as dacenlly as the times will
admit of. It isn't ivcrv man now, that can
get a coflin like yutirself, to be buried up
. H I
a i).
"15ut I tell you, I'm liolJcail!" persisthe
drunken man, struggling to get out of
the coflin.
<l Not dead again!" exclaimed tlie Hibcraiian,
endeavoring to keep him in, " that
assertion won't do here. AVo fetched you
out of the dead-room, where they put all
the corpses ; and if so be, you ain't dead,
there's no confidence at all to be placed in
the doctor's stuff."
" Have I been under the hands of tho
doctor, then."
? Ain't ?...? " - e i I
i/ limb *b 1'iuiiv iur ii ut'iiu
man to nx?"
" I tell you I'm not dead."
""Who knows bettor than the doctor??
Come Jemmy, (addressing his lirotlicr
Irishman,) you liold him down while 1 nail
him up. We cau't he bothering here all
day, no how."
As the conOncd man saw there was no
such thing as resoning tho honest oflicials
out of their duty, and that lie must resort
to main force to save himself, lie made one
desperate effort, shook of the dead-enrt-men,
sprang from the cofliti and took to his heels*
. -?N. Y. Constellation..
lifodcl Ccrlificatc.?Tlio following certificate
speaks for itself. It is going the
rounds, and wo should like to have it " located,
M in order to advise the owner to take
out a " patent":
<* Dear Doctor:?I will he one hundred
And seventy-five years old next October.
For ninety-four years I havo been an invalid,
unablo to move, cxcept when stirred with
a lever; but a year ago last Thursday, I
heard of the Granicular Syrup. I bought
a bottle, smelt of the cork, and found myself
a new man. I cap now run twelve and
a half miles an hour, and throw nineteen
.double-summersets without stopping,
P. 8.?A little of your Aljcumstontum
Salve applied to a wooden leg reduced a
compound fracture in fifteen minutes, and
is^ow covering the limb with a fresh cuticle
pf wjiitp gum pine bark,
'Exceedingly mod eat young lady?" Isn't
tyis'a very pretty buby, Mr. B. f
Brown?"Yes, my dear; is it A boy or
g?rir .
Young lady?"It belongs to the ferpalo
* persuasion, air.''
I
RAILROADS IN EUROPE.
Tlic great railroad lino from Paris to
Marseilles, u distance of 535 miles, is now
coin[iletod, except the bridges at Lyons
across the two rivers, the Sonne and the
Rhone, at tlio junction of which the
city stands. These bridges, when finished,
will bo as lino specimens of workmanship
as can anywhere be found. The one across
tho Rhone is already nearly done?built of
cast iron?and it presents a beautiful and
picturesque view, as seen from a point about
half-a-milti above it. The piers of the
bridge across the Soaue are now buildiii"
O O
in water that is 40 or 50 feet deep.
Great cylinders of cast iron are first
planted 011 tlio bottom of the river?by
sonic means I know not how?which reach
above the surface of the water. From
these tho water is pumped out, and the
workmen decern! in them as in a well, and
carry on the woik of rearing the piers from
, the bottom of the river. This bridge across
(ho Soane is approached by a tunnel five or
six miles in length, llow far it is below
j the surface of the earth 1 cannot tell. ]>ut
! it is no uncommon thing in this country to
! travel fur a mile or two at a time through
[ a tunnel, and that, too, at the rale of ^bout
forty miles per hour. ]?ut the railroads in
lltW illtif l*tr !? *-? c/\ ili.lijvKlCitl 'PI..-.?
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hardly any perceptible motion.
Tho roads arc beautifully graded, and
then covered willi pebbles or small fragments
of rock pounded in, so as to make
them firm. The sides of the embankments
arc. tmfed. The tracks arc always double,
so thai there is no danger of a collision.?
The coaches are elegant, and tho whole j
m.^iagcmenl of the roads i?> conducted with I
the strictest reference to the convenience,,
comlbil and safely of the passengers.?'
Traveling by rail in England, and especially
on the continent, is much more pleasant and
vastly safer than in the United States. The
express and the direct trains, as they are
called, make but few stoppages on the long
routes, and ordinarily not more than one
tJI iwu ilb <1 Lcll 11 HI? J 11 <_* 11 everything
is so quiet. There is no bustle or
noise :il the station.
In obtaining ticket*, but one person er.n
approach at the same time, ami he must
get his change and retire before another
can apply. In a word, there is a perfect
system about everything. The coaches are
not like ours. They arc divided into apartments
that resemble elegantly furnished
private carriages. On the continent there
J are eight seats in these apartments, in England
only six. The first class on the continent
is far superior in point of comfort to
the firat class in England. In England they
have no means of warming the coaches in
col J weather. In Franco thev warm them
j by means of cylinders of hot wal<-r, which
I are clumped two or iinv< <l*u-iiwr
| night or da}'. They keep tho coach very
comfortable.
THE LITTLE MONSTER IN YOUR SUGAR.
The sugar .'teams approaches somewhat, in
organization and habits, to tho louse and the
itch-insect ils>elf, which arc also included in
the genus Acurus. Tho sugar mite is in
size so considerable, that it is plainly visible
to tho unaided sight. When present in sugar
it may be delected by the following proceeding:
Two or three spoonsful of sugar
should be dissolved in a large wine-glass of
tepid water, and the solution allowed to remain
at rest for an hour or so ; at the end
of that time tho animalcules will bo found,
some 011 the surface of the liquid, soino adhering
to the sides of tho glass, and others
at the bottom, mixed up with the dark and
copious sediment. Tlio body is oval, or
rather somewhat ovate, being broader behind
than before. From its posterior part
proceed four long and stiff bristles, two together
on each side, and some eight or ten
smaller ones are arranged nearly at equal
distances around tho circumference of the
tody *, from its anterior part a proboscus of
complex organization proceeds, and froin its
inferior surface eight legs, joined and furnislied
with spines or hairs at each articulation
: the spine, which issues from the last
joint but one of each leg, is very long, and
extends much beyond the termination of tho
leg itself. Lastly, each leg is armed at tho
extremity with a formidable hook. Tho
acarus sacchari clings to life with great tenacity,
for warm water does not always kill
it. llcnce, thoso who sweeten their drinks
with brown sugar must swallow several of
these disgusting insects in a living state, for
tho heat of tho beverage is not sufficient to
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mv.w.vj UIVIIII rur IIIU CUIi?OJ2lllOVI uI our
readers, wo arc happy to announce that this
insect is never found in purified, ?. e. lump
sugar. It owes its existence and nutriment
to tho albumen, which, as wo said before,
is always present in inferior sugars. It is
well known that grocers are subject to an
affection of the skin, denominated, "grocer's
itch," of which one of the symptoms is extreme
irritation and itching. To this disease
all groccrs are not equally liable, but those
particularly who are engaged in the u ban*
dling" of sugars, as tho warehousemen'
Now the acarus naccliari belongs to the
same genus as tho acorns scaliei, or itchinsect,
than which it is larger, and possessed
of an organization still more formidable and
forbidding.?JEnglUh paper.
Religion is the best armor a man can
have; but it b the worst, cloak.
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WEALTH OF BRITISH ARISTOCRACY.
In evidence of tlio wealth amassed by
ancient families, llie traveler is shown the
palaces in Piccadilly, Burlington House*
Devonshire House, Lansdowno IIoiiso in
Berkshire Square, and lower down in the
city a few noble houses which still withstand,
in all their amplitude, the encroachment
of streets. The l.>uko of Bedford includes
or included a mile square in the
heart of Loudon, where the I British Museum,
once Montague House, now stands, and
the land occupied by "NVobuin Square, lied
Ion I Square, and Kussel .Square. The Marquis
of Westminster built within a few
years the series of squares callcd 15elgr:?via.
Stafford House is the noblest palace in
London. Northumberland House, holds
its place by Charing Cross. Chesterfield
Ifouso remains in Autlley street. Sion
IIouso and Holland House arc in the suburbs.
Hut most of the historical houses
are masked or lost in (ho modern uses to
which trade or charity has converted them.
A multitude of town palaces contain inestimable
galleries of art.
T.? i 1. ~ ~ il - '
hi 11it- i.-wuiiiry mo size 01 private esiaies
is more impressive. From Barnard Castle,
I rode on lo the highway, twenty-three
miles from High Force, a fall of the trees,
toward Darlington, past llaby Castle,
through the estate of the Duke of Cleveland.
The Marquis of Breadalbano rides
out of his house a hundred miles in a
straight line lo the sea on his own property.
The Duke of Sutherland owns the county
of Sutherland, stretching across Scotland
from sea to sea. The Duke of Devonshire, '
besides his other estates, owns 1)0,000 acres j
in the county of Derby. The Duke of
Richmond has -10,000 acres at Goodwood,
and 300,000 at Gordon Castle. The Duke
of Norfolk's park in Sussex, is fif*"en miles
in circuit. An agriculturist bought . . h
the island of Lewes, in Hebrides, containing
500,000 acrcs. The possessions of the
17....l -r T l-i - * * *
jjiin in j-iaiiMiaii; gave nun eignt seats 1:1
Parliament. This is the Heptarchy again;
and before the reform of 1802, one hundred
and fifty-four persons sent three hundred
and seven members to parliament.?
The borough moii-T-rs governed England.
These largo dominions are growing larger.
The great estates are absorbing the
small freeholds. In 178U, the soil of England
was owned by 200,000 corporations
and proprietors; and in 1822 by 32,000.
These broad estates find room on this narrow
island. All over England, scattered at
short intervals among ship-yards, miles,
mines and forges, are the paradises of the
nnliliv \v!imv> 111o...l ?-*
, V..~ ...V, .^..3 .*.j/wr.w ?IIU IUfincments
:ire heightened l?y the contrast
with the roar of industry ami necessity, out
of which you have stopped aside.?Ji. Mr.
Ktitvrsoits J'Jit'/lis/i 1'rar;
MARRIAGE.
One of the most remarkable features of
this extraordinary institution is, the successive
changes it undergoes in the course
of its history. When the young husband
and wife first enter upon their new relation,
how little do they foresee what is before
them. As they lake possession, for the first
time, of their new house, and enjoy its
cheering aspect, its regularity and quiet,
and its expression of domestic peace and
joy, how little do tlicy anticipate the trials
and vicissitudes, the deep and yet nnseen
fountains of joy and sorrow, which lio in
their future way! In a few years, how
changed! One after another has been
added in various ways to the company which
began only with two, until at length they
find themselves presiding over a numerous
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VIIU1V VI V/Ui?UIUIl clliu IUIULIVUS 5U1U UOITICS"
tics; the father and mother both involved
in responsibilities, from which they would
have altogether shrunk, had the)' anticipated
them at the beginning. In a few years,
this happy circle must be broken in upon
and scattered. Death comes in and makes
one and another his prey; others gradually
arrive at maturity, and Icavo their father's
roof to seek other homes, and to return no
more to the ark which sheltered them at
first; and, at last, the father and mother
arc left alone, to spend their declining years
at their solitary fireside, to look back upon
scenes of activity, and trial, and enjoyment,
-
. U1\,1I wiu never leiliril. DUCIl is me outlino
of the history of thousatidn of families.
Queer Names.?What queer names somo
unforlunato mortals are blessed with ! "Wo
heard of a family in Detroit whose sons were
named Ono Stiekney, Two Stickney, Three
Stickney, and whose daughters wero named
l;irat Stickney, Second Stiekney, and so on.
The three elder children of another family
wero named Joseph, And, and Another, and
it has been supposed that should they have
any more, they might have named them
Also, Moreover, Nevertheless, and Notwithstanding.
Another family actually named
their child Finis, supposing it was their last*
but they happened afterward to have a
daughter and two sons, whom they called
Addenda, Appeudix, and Supplement. Another
parent set out to perpetuate the Twelve
Apostles, and named the fifth child Acts.
A man in Pennsylvania called his second
son James Also, and the third William
Likewise.
27kt Old. Connecticut Charter*?The old
original charter, which was deposited in the
trunk of the Charter Oak,-has b3en inoloeftd
in the frame of wood of the ti-ee which'
preserved it one hundred and sixty-nine
yours ago.
MY MOTHER S BIBLE. 1
UV G. P. MOItlttS.
Thin book w all that's left mo now? I
Tours will unbidden start;
Willi faltering lips and Ihrobbiug brow,
I press it to my heart.
For lunny generations past, i
Ilere is our family tree ; ]
My mother's l;;in<l tliis lliMe clasped, |
She, clyiiijf, gave it mo.
All, well do I remember those
"Whose names these r -cord* bear ; ?
WU 1 ?!.. I ' '
ii ii" iuiiiki HIV IK'UI'lll-vl?IIU USCU 10 ctosc
Alter llio evening prayer.
And speak of wluil these pages said,
111 tones my heart would thrill ; '
Though they are with tlio silent dead, '
Here they are living .still. <
<
My fittln-r read this holy hook,
To lnothers, sisters dear; !
How calm was my poor mother's look, 2
Who learned CJ oil's word to hear! |
Her mi gel face, I see it yet! |
What, thrilling memories eoino t
Again that little group is met '
Within the walls of home !
I
Thou truest friend man ever knew.
Thy constancy I've tried;
When all were false I found thee true,
My counsellor and guide. '
The mines of earth no treasure give, (
That could this volume buy; |
In teaching mo tlio way to live,
It taught me how to die.
WASHINGTON LOVED HIS MOTHER.
Immediately after the organization of llio '
present government, (Jen. Washington rc- '
[tailed to Fredericksburg, to pay his hum- (
l?le duty to his mollier, preparatory to his
departure to Xcw York. An allotting scene (
ensued. The son feelingly remarked tho '
ravages which a tottering disease had mado (
... 1
iipou t!io aged frame of liis motlier, and
Lhus addrc^.s..*u her: E
"The people, madam, have been pleased,
with the most flattering unanimity, to elect *'
me to the chief magistracy of the United 1
States, but before I can assume tho tunc- (
Lions of that office, I have comu to bid you 1
an adectionalo farewell. So soon as tho 1
public business, which must necessarily bo 1
encountered in arranging a new govern- '
!/. >? i... I:. ?-i f r . i - ii i - a '
uxv, uui iiu ui.-jnj.nju <_>i, l .*>n;ui lJUSi.CH lO
Virginia, ami"?1 lore tho mother inter- '
rupted liiin. " Yuu will see 1110 110 more. '
My great age, ami the disease that is fast 1
approaching iny vitals, warn me that I 1
shall not be long in this world. 1 trust in ]
< iod, 1 am .somewhat prepared for a better. 1
But go, George, fulfil tho high destinies '
which heaven appears to assign you ; go, 1
my son, and may that heaven's and your
mother's blessing bo with you always."
TI10 president was deeply allected. His
head rested upon tho shoulder of his parent,
whoso aged arm feebly, yet fondly, encir- 1
cled !:!- neck. That brow, on which fame 1
had wreathed tho purest laurel virtno over
trave to created man. relaxed from its lnfi.v
J
bearing. Thai look which coul J have awed
a Roman Senate in its Fabrican day, was
bunt in filial tenderness upon the time-worn
features of this venerable matron.
Tho great man wept. A thousand recollections
crowded upon his mind, ns
memory, retracing scenes long past, carried
him back to his paternal mansion, and the
days of youth ; and thero tho centre of attraction
was his mother, whose care, instruction
and discipline, had prepared him
to reach the topmost height of laudable
ambition ; yet how wero his glories forgotten
while ho gazod upon her from whom,
Wiisted bv time and maladv. 1?a mmt
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part to meet no more !
The matron's predictions were true. The
diseaso which liad so long preyed upon her
frame, completed its triumph, and she expired
at the ago of eighty-five, confiding in
the promise of immortality to the humble
believer.
Remember his story, little children.?
Washington, you know, was a great man.
I shall never expect to soo any little boy
become a great man, who does not love his
mother.
Improve your Moments.?Many people
are in the habit of mourning over their
ignorance and complaining bccanse they
liavn no rinimi-fiitnlwm 1V.r T' ?'
? . ? -j.J?.?...ivu .vi obuuj. ii muy
would 6pond tho time \vhich is consumed
in making theso complaints, in studying
useful books, they might become comparatively
well educated. Ono of tho best
informed men wo ever knew was a mechanic,
who had devotod only twenty minutes
a day to study, and had reflected over
liis reading, as ho best could, while working
at his trade. Any person who really
wants to become well informed, will gain his
wishes, no matter what difficulties may
besot his path ; while those who only desiro
to clutch tho honors which learning gives,
but caro nothing fur knowledge itself, will
remain in ignorance, though surrounded
with abundant helps to education.
A tall, slab sided Yaukee, who made bis
appearance at Capo May last summer, strolled
down to the beach during bathing time.
On seeing tho bevy of beauties sporting in
the waves, he burst into a fit of enthusiasm:
u Jo reu-sa-lem! if that don't remind me
of something good we have at home."
?WEW >it P m,pired i^fD?K( "!l">
.lood mtW . , '
"What is it 1 said JonatWn, smacking
his lips,41 why it's last** and water."
THE ERASIVE-SOAP MAN.
Tlio itinerant follows who frequent our
^Hinges, timing the sessions of tho Courts,
mil on all other occasions of popular assemblings?vending
there small wnrcs, a
a tlio Razor-Strop man?aro sometimes
very amusing. We noticed one of'em last
week, crying his erasivo soap to as simple
i crowd as wo havo observed in some time,
lie was a sharp-eyed fellow, with a sanctified
look, black whiskers jlihI ;i still Mnplrm
md enormous straw hat.
" Gentlemen," ho said, or rather sang?
' gentlemen, I oftcr you a splendid article,
i superb article, an incomparable article?
liagical, radical, tragical article." (Hero
ic displayed a cake of soap.) " Magical,
adical, tragical erasivoSoap! Yes, in its
- fleets upon its inventor most tragical!?
Shall 1 tell you how ? It was invented by
i celebrated French Chemist, after twenty
peais of toil, labor and privation. In just
iftecn minutes, two seconds and a half, afer
the discovery, ho fell into the arms of
.lenth, and his name bccamc immortal !
i'ou can draw your own conclusions, gen,1cm
en !"
" .Magical, radical tragical, ora-sivo Soap!
Dime a cuke ! Hand mo the luoncv !?
served mo right!?ther's the soap! Yes,
.hat man has got a cake of the incomparable,
inappreciable, magical, radical, tragical,
i-ra-sivo soap.
" Gentlemen, you'd open your eyes, if 1
.vcro to tell you half tlio wonders performed
jy this in-com-pa rablo article. It cleans
>il spots, removes stains, hides dirt, briglit?ns
good colors and obliterates ugly ones !
?such is the virtue of (lies all-lie:iliii<r nfv.
;r-fadiiig, spot-removing, beauty-restoring
lealth-giving, magical, radical, tragical,
j ra-sivo soap!" The vender wiped his
jrow, heaved a sigh, and re-cominenccd,
standing at ease against the piazza post.
" Why, gentlemen, when I first became
tctpiainled with this inextolerablo gift of
livino Providence to erring man, I had an
obstruction of the vocal organs, impodineuts
of speech, that bid fair to destroy
.lie hopes of tlio fond parents who intended
lie fur the pulpit. I was tom/uo tiod?but
O ~ 1
L cain'e across litis precious compound and
.wallowed just Jialf an uuncc, and over since
.o tho satisfaction of my parents, myself,
md assembled world, I have been valuably,
rapidly, successfully, interminably, unintermittingly
and most eloquently sounding
llie praises of the incomparable, infallible,
inimitable, inappreciable, ucvcr-failing, allhealing,
spot-removing, beauty-restoring,
tUHgieal, radical, tragical, c-ra-sivo soap !
" All, gentlemen, a world without it
would be naught! It takes tho stains from
your breeches, tho spots from your coat,
removes tho dirt, restores tho gloss, and
ditluses a general cheerfulness over tho
character of the wholo outer man ! True,
?culleincn, l'vo worn the forefinger of my
I'i'rllt. llilllil fl? lln> iircJ Iivin# 511..el
O Ail I....M...UIIJJ
tho eflicacy of tins ineffable compound ; but
I bold that the fore-finger of 0110 man, yea,
or the fore-lingers of tliu men are ns nothing
when compared with the peaco and wcllaro
of society and the world.
" Oh ! magical soap! oh radical soap!
oh tragical soap I What wonders thou
dost perform ! The frightened locomotive
leaves its track as it were, on the approach !
The telegraphic wires tremble and are dumb
in thy presence!
" Why, gentlemen, it clears the complexion
of a nigger, and makes a curly-headed
liiiir elrninlil I Tl il./?
from your breeehe3 and tlio spot from your
coats, in like manner, it purifies tho conscienco
and brightens the character! If
you nro a littlo dishonest, try it! If your
reputation or clothing is a little smutted,
I'll warrant it! For ladies whose slips?I
mean these little, brown, yellow, white, blue
and many-colored slij)/)crn?have become
soiled, it is the only cure, panacea, medicamentum,
vade mocum, iu all globular
creation. Then como up, tumble up, run
up, and jump up, likollung'ry patriots and
buy my incomparable, itifalliblo, ineffable,
inappreciable, coat-prescrviug, beauty-rostoring,
dirt-removing, t.pccch-improving,
character-polishing, virtue importing, allhealing,
never-failing, magical, radical, trr.g-!
icfil. ftomnmirnl- R-R.A.SIVR
lloro Hard-cheeks' oratory was interrupted
by a shower of dimes from hoy?,
men and hobbledehoy, and tho "show" was
considered " closed."
An Old One.?Mr. Salomon I. Felkcr in
cutting a stick of white oak timber, tho
other day, opened upon a tree toad, that
had 'come to us from former generations*,'
as Webster said to his fish. Over hiin had
grown sixty-seven grains or rings of the oak,
indicating that that had been his homo for
67 years al least, where be had existed without
air, without water, and without food.
At first he nniil nn Attantinn l?n!nr*
out in the world again, and remained in a
torpid stato; but, after lying in the sun a
few minutes, he marched off ' hopping na
vigorous'aa a new one.'?Netoburyporl Htr- \
aid, S*pt. 2. i
Hwo Women Veil th* TrutJt.-~When a
woman says ??,another woman, " Sho haa |
a good figflrW,? Jrou may be aup& that she j
?.^*^^d/or ?ha fcqtrfota, or that sh*!
"8ha
morally ocrUin that
GORDON COUNTY M0LA8SES?IMPORTANT DIB*
COVERY.
AVe recently vi?te?.l the model farm in this
neighborhood, and found the urbane proprietor,
Mr. Peters, engaged in a novel enterprise.
lie, with his hands, was employed
in making superior molasses, or syrup from
the stalks of sugar millet, or what most
persons would call ehicken corn?it is of
that genus, if not the same.
lie had planted a quantity of it for fod
tier, to feed his eattle upon, ami being of
an enterprising turn, bo determined to experiment
on this millet, and has succeeded
in making an excellent article. The stalks
being stripped of their fodder, aro crushed
between two iron cylinders which arc turned
by a crank drawn by two mules, the juice
runs in a rcservior beneath, and from thence
into buckets, which are emptied into large
boilers, and being reduced by boiling to
about one fifth, becomes an excellent syrup
fit for table use. Wo were informed by
Mr. l'eters, that although but little attention
had been paid to its cultivation, not intending
to make such use of it, and it was
raised upon inferior land, ycl from the experiments
already made, he expected to
average about U20 gallons of svrup per
acre. This is doing a profitable business,
lie intends another year to plant 100 acres,
believing that upon good ground with
proper cultivation it might yield from 400
to 000 gallons per acre"
Sixteen stalks will yield one gallon of
juice, and 5 gallons of juice one gallon of
thick syrup. Two mules and two hands
will press out juice enough for 100 gallons
of syrup per day. We call the attention
of farmers to this important and valuable
discovery. Wo have seen the operation,
and wo liave tasted the syrup, and know it
is no humbug.
Its manufacture is in the power of every
farmer, and what a saving of expense,
,?|,An Jo >7 r>
iimvu *?j ? vt|/ jo iivit cv?iiiit? at i c j'ci
gallon. The syrup is that much extra, for
you have tho fodder and the seed besides.
Instead of importing, wo might export it
in vast quantities.? Calhoun (G'n.) Statesman.
SATAN A FISHJEKMAH.
I was sometime since walking upon the
wlmrf where a fishing boat lay, and as I
was passing and repassing, the master was
uttering tremendous oaths. At length T
I iurnoii to Lint mid iitmiJin ~ bouidu liin boat,
said :
"Sir, I am unacquainted with 3'our business.
AVhat kind of fish arc these V'
"They are codfish," replied ho.
" How long arc you usually out, in order
to obtain your load 2"
"Two or three weeks," lie answered.
" At what price do you sell them
lie informed me.
41 Well, have you had hard work to obtain
n living in this way ?"
" Yes, hard work," said he.
" With what do you bait these fish ?"
" With clams."
" Did you ever catch mackcrel ?"
" Yes."
" Well, now did you ever catcli a fish
without bait ?"
" Yes," said he, " I was out last year, and
ono day when I was a fixin' my line, tho
bare hook fell into the water, and the fool
took hold of it, and I drew him in."
"Now, sir," said I, "I have often thought
that Satan was verv miit-li liko ji fisherman
-J - -- '
lie always baits bis book with that kind of
bait which different sorts of sinners liko
best, but when ho would catch a profane
swearer, lie docs not take the trouble to put
on bait at all, for the fool will always bite
at tho bare hook."
lie was silent. His couutcnanco was
solemn; and after a pause, as I turned to
go away, I heard him say to one standing
by him, "I guess that's a minister."?Peoples
Organ.
Affection in Animals.?A gentleman in
California had a fawn, which ho had raised
with a lamb and two dogs, tho four being
much attached. Tho fawn being missed,
after searching for it, attended by tho three
animals, ho found its body, it haying been
shot. Tho lamb licked its face with every
sign ofgrief, and kept up an incessant mournful
bleating. If a small boll Lhat tho fawn
had worn on its neck was rung, tho lamb
.......i.i ?i.? -..I., i- i i; -
1IU1IIU lull IU mu bjiui, UIII| IU no U16:iJ>J)OIIltcd.
From that time it took no nourishment
until it died.
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A " Wine Man of Gotham" Sold.?A
New York Alderman who had just marriod
a couplo and received a $1 note for tbe job,
asked a party of friends over to a neighboring
saloon to "smile," when on paying-forthe,
liquor he discovered that the bill given
him by the bridegroom was counterfeit.
A lady was asked : " When a lady and
gentleman have quarrelled, and each consider*
the other most at fault, which Of
them onght to bo the first to advance towards
a reconciliation I1' Her answer was:
"The best hearted and the wisest of the
two."
. .27* London Time* on the PulpiL?>The
JUondott; U'tmcii riv peaking of tb*, dsgwu*
r*oy of t>j? p?lpi^ clow* We ..a*
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From (he Soil of the Soiilh.
WORK FOR OCTOBER.
October is generally the busiest month
with cotton picking; but in this section, /?|| fi
most of the cotton has been gathered beforo
this time, in consequence of the unusual
shoitucss of the crop. Thor.o who have SSwS
been hickv riiomrli tf? ?*?
which have belalleu the crop arc still engaged
in picking, but most planters must
employ their forces at something cl30.?
There is, however, never any lack of some- - ^
thing to do on a col ton plantation. It is froipiently
remarked that the cotton planter is
forced to forego nil the advantages of fall
plowing, because the constant employment
of his force in cotton picking, leaves him 110 .
time to devote much attention to that business.
No such difliculty will be in his way
this fall ; and those who have crops of pea
vine or stubble to plow in, or stiff land to
break for the benefit of the winter freezes, , /.fSS
should lose no time now in that work.?
This is also a fine season for ditching; and
' ' " "
xuw.u siiu uui many plantations within our
knowledge uu which a good deal of labor ajgj
might bo very advantageously bestowed in
this way. 11 is very heavy work ; and to
hands unaccustomed to it, rather dangerous 4 <,
in the hot mouths of summer ; and during
the winter, the lands requiring ditching, nro f ; ':generally
covered with water, which renders
it exceedingly disagreeable work at
that season of the year. Every day which *.'
can be appropriated to it now, will repay
the planter, and we advise those who have
the time, to devote it to this very indispensable,
but much neglccled operation.?
Others, who have not enough open land.
will Jiml time now to clear. We repeat
however, what we have before said, that wo
think it is poor economy to go into tlio
woods to clear new fields, while those already
opened and fenced have a number of
acres within them which have not been reduced
to profitable cultivation. Let the
wet places and thoso which have been allowed
tu grow up in briers and brushes
within the field:; be thoroughly dried, cleaned
up and reclaimed, before anything is
doac towards making new clearings. This
is also the month for putting in the wheat
I Tim <
?l-. a vitrei iy or corn will probi
ably iuducc many planters to turn tlioir
I t itmtglilft l,i lliiv criin. Allow mo lu aiij.-giMt .. *
to those who arc thinking of doing so, that
it is better to sow a little patch well prepared,
than to undertake to cover a largo
field in a careless manner. Break the land
well, manure it well, and sow it well, and
the harvest will repay all the extra trouble.
I Wo must not omit another subject of great
and growing importance to the agriculture
of this section, and which the leisure of thin
season will allow the planter to attend to.
| Wo allude to the preparation of homo
made manures. Let the spare teams and
as many hands as can bo spared, bo employed
during the fall, in the collection of
materials for composting. llavo theso
hauled to somo convenient places near or
within the fields which arc to be manured.
i Do not wait for rainy days, or odd limns.
I but separate a force specially for this work,
and keep them systematically engaged.?
Tlio amount of manure which will thus bo
collected during the fall and winter will bo
incrcdible, and the increased crops of next
year will more than compensate for tho labor.
The stock of fattening hogs must bo
constantly attended to. Com and pea
fields should bo opened fur them as soon as
possible, and they should bo fattened during
the pleasant weather of the fall, as
rapidly as possible.
I l-'rom the Ohio Valley Farmer.
FATTENING HOG3.
By giving special enro to the feeding nnd
managing of hogs, I Jiavo been nblo to do
uvu ? giim oi aa pur cent. Who shall say
that by giving suitable attention not ouly
to their feeding and management, but also
to their breeding, \vc may not obtain a gain
of 50 per cent ?
| Five bushels of corn proporly fed to a
| good hog, will produco from 7o to 100 lbs.
increase in gross weight. In selecting hoga
i fur fattening, wild or shy ones should be
avoided. Hogs of good temperament,
having a mild and gentlo disposition, lay
I on fat tho fastest. ' If I can have my choice.
I will neither select a black or white bog,.
One having different colors I would always
prefer.^ A sandy color combined with some
other colur, generally denotes an anirnnl
easily and rapidly fattened.
I am not an ndvovate for griirdiqg grain,
believing cooking tho same to be farprefer|
able, both in bettering the food, apd in
choapness. Cora properly aoo??d?&boti!d
| be boiled 24 hours.
I Agricultural Societies would do well to
offer premiums for the beat essay upon this
important subject. To *11 such Societies .
who offer a premium of $100 on. the treeding,
feeding, and fattening erf iiog*, I will
give $10, if 1 am able to *tu?hd th.4 t%eet