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Kite atar of love now *hf.?? a above,
I Cool zephyrs crisp the sen ;
Among tho leaves the wiud-hnrp weaves,
Its serenade for I bee.
The stars, the breezo, the wave tho trees.
Their uiinnlrfUr unite;
But all are drear, till thtrti appear
To decorate lire night.
The light of noon streams from the moon,
Though with a milder ray.
O'er hill and grove, like a woman's love,
It cheers us on onr way.
TIiiih all that's bright?the moon, the night
The 11caveat, the earth, the sea?
jRxeit their powers to bless the hours
Wu dedicate to thee.
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DV OLIVER OPTIC.
"To think of wearing the same dress to
church Sunday after Sunday!" exclaimed
Mrs. Bradley, a young married lady, to Mia.
(iuMi Iter mother.
"^Why not, Sarah !"
"'Folks will think it is the only one 1 have
wthioli is fit to wear to meeting/"
"flt ia, isn't it ?"
"J know it, hut I don't care about all the
world knowing it."
"You wouki not make att the worhl behove
that which is not true, would you 1"
"I don't care ; 1 mean to have a new rilk,
immediately."
nJiut Sanlh, your tmskaad cannot afford
It.*
"Yee he can ; at least we can curtail our
Axpeiises in soinothing else."
NVhatr
"Well, I don't know; wc could make our
provision bill less."
^-1 Mr*. Green bhook her head.
"I don't think there ia any need of onr
having beefsteaks and iniiuon-cbopi every
morning for breakfast. We never had such
thing* at home, you know. 1 would not
give a straw to have meat for breakfast." ]
# "Bui James depends upon it."
*1 know it; yet for the sake of letting me
Appear a little belter on Sunday he would
avAiiiftly dispense with it."
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>fuuiu yuu uo willing 10 ns-K min tne
question !"
MYes; why not f
44You would a?k him to go without hit
breakfast in order that vou may have an extra
wilk drtMW ?M
*( 0 without hin breakfast, mother t I
never thought of Mich a thing," said Mrs.
litadley, with a disturbed look.
"But you know it amounts to the same
thing to him. He was brought un iu the
country, where he had meat for breakfast,
and he doe* not think be oould make a meal
without it."
"We will not say anything more about
that, then " replied the young wife, who, I
fee# the reader to beiieve, would ih* willingly
have deprived ber husband of an/ real
mmIm
f. ''Ho* do you suppose Mr*. Farmer gsts
to many drain? /"
-I don't know."
"She MKSf to oorae^Cut with a new one
almost every 8a?fciy. She tonet have, ai
,W:rh*lf a dofePfclkr and beragrn."
"I hope her Wttshand ean afford them,"
replied an. Green, shaking her heed tignifl
oantlv.
"tie i* not any better off than Jnme*.?
They have the tame salary, and aro in the
sum ooeeern."
"A thou-md dollars in these herd times,
adll not go n greet way with a man who haa
a fsiaily to .jwpport, especially if hit wile bat
i? "but James tevea tyro or three hundred
do|fer* of hie salary every year."
^*$v?ry joung man ought to tare toroe"UO
fon tuppoee John Fanner doea I"
*} tbnk not, at the rate hie wife dresses."
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"But it is too hard to wear the same dress
every Sunday. If I had one more 1 could
get along very well."
"You would want another still."
"No I shouldn't, mother."
-mere is no end of it when you -undertake
to follow all these absurdities. When I
was a girl T had only one dress to wear to
meeting, and that was a calico."
"The limes have changed."
"Changed for the worse. I ana sure no
such vanity as flaunting out in a different
dress every Sunday ever entered a girl's
head, especially girls whose fathers are not
independently rich."
"Nobody thinks of wearing tho same dress
all the time. Only one irtoie
"One is enough, Sarah. If you let such
notions get into your head, you will
never know whereto stop. You could easily
spend all your husbaitd's salary in dress,
and then not kep up with the demands of
the-timet*."
"I ain vnrc James can afford me a new
vilk ; it will not cost much."
"Do not think of it, child. Be prudent,
careful, and contented, and when James is
rich you may do different."
Mrs. Bradley was satisfied, after considerable
more demonstration on the part of her
mother, that she could get along without a
new ail!*. *""d In yp the
idea of competing with Mrs. Fanner, whose
husband was no belter off than hers.
James Bradley and Johu Farmer were
clerks in a large house in tho city, and both
resided in a neat cottage in the suburbs.?
Their fortune had been thus far very much
tho same, and perhaps they might have continued
the sttmo through life, but for the
different character of their wives.
Mrs. Bradley had been brought up to live
within her means. A careful mother who
realised the responsibility of her position
had rigidly inculcated the principles of a
sound economy, and trained iter up to habits
of prudence and thrift. And all these
practical Qualities she had broutrlit with her
into domestic relations when she embarked
in a new sphere of life.
Mrs. Farmer, on the other hand, though
her parents were no belter off in the world,
had brought her up to be a lady?to wear fine
dresses, and play the piano in the parlor.?
Her knowledge and experience in household
duties was, very narrow and superficial, and
her husband's thousand dollars a year would
hardly support them. They were obliged,
in order to drees hor as her habits and wish*
o# required, to "scrimp" in many of the real
comforts of life. The provision bill was kept
at the lowest possible figure. Mrs. Farmer
thought beefsteak* were unhealthy in the
morning, and John found it necessary to be
of her opinion. 8ix dollars a year for ice
would buy a new l?onnet, hence ice was the
cause <>f a great many complaints that prevailed
in summer.
The comforts of living were sacrificed to
the luxuries of dress. Beefsteak at twenty
cents a pound was unhealthy ; but new bonnets
at ten dollars a piece were necessaries
of life. Mutton-chops at fifteen cents a
pound caused the dyspepsia, but silk dresses
at a dollar and a half a yard, were not
only healthy, but indispensablo to the happiness
of the lady.
All the salary was spent?was intended to
be spent?and the only question was whether
it should be put in the body or on the
body. The habit of extravagance was there,
and all the thrift and economy which Mrs.
Farmer knew, was to save money for new
dresses.
She And Mrs. Bradley were on intimate
terms with each other, and, as may readily
be supposed, the subject of dress was frequently
discussed.
A few days after the conversation of Mrs.
Bradley. with her mother, her neighbor was
making a "call." Mrs Farmer could talk
of nothing but dress. It was the study of
her life?what she lived for?what she most
hoped for in the future. As usual, the con
versation immediately degenerated into dress
?it was all Mrs. Farmer knew.
"How do you like iny new silk I" asked
she after several adroit pasuea, in order to introduce
this matter.
**lt is very pretty indeed. Yon come out
in a new dress almost every Sunday, Ellen,"
rcplhd Mrs Bradley.
"J wUU I eoafcl*
"I wonder how many nice dresses you
have in yous wardrobe!
[ "I have only one that is fit to wear," replied
Mrs. Farmer, indifferently.
^"Only one I"
"That is fit to wear anywhere."
"You have at least thre* silks."
"All old-fashioned?made last fall?and
all out of date. 1 tried to make John give
me a be rage, but he would not."
"I am sure, if 1 had your dreaaes, I should
think 1 were a priocess."
Lk rr> _t i ,1 > j j i. - !
r viiaw i ii mj numwnu uoni give m?
Another, next week, I shan't go to church
but once n month."
' "If ( had your drawee^ E)!en, I should not
think of another, for a year, at least."
"Why don't yon dreee better, Sarah I"
"I can't afford to do ae."
"Pooh!"
"My mother thinks I drew we'.l enough."
"Why, you ham worn the same drem to
meeting erery Sunday for a year!"
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"And propably shall wear it every Sun- 1
day for the next year."
"I wouldn't, if I were vou."
"I can't afford a new dress every month,
t was speaking the other day about having |
one more dress, but in' ther said so much
against it, that L gave up the idea."
"Tied to your mother a apron string yet!" '
sneered Mrs. Farmer.
"I am top thankful to get my mother's
advice, to reject it"
"But get the raw silk, do I It will become
von so well; and then we shall have a
little respite from that everlasting fawn-color
!"
"No, I have made up my mind not to
have it."
"Put the monev into yodr stomach, instead,
and get tiie dy>pep*ia into the bar{rain!"
said Mrs. Farmer, as she took her
eave.
The "long-run*' tells the story ; so let ustep
forward a few years, and look into the
counting room of our clerks.
J ami's and John were still there, and occunvinir
the same relative oositions. Their
salaries have been rained, and for three yearn
they have been the recipients of the handsome
sum of fourteen htiudred a year.
The first of January is at hand. Harris
& Co., are about to dissolve, and the senior.
queer old fellow at that?is about to form
a new copartnership.
'Boys, says old Mr. Harris, "you have
been with me a long while 1 suppose you
want to go ahead, and become merchants P
The "boys" acknowledged the "corn." and
John Farmer winked significantly at his associates.
"But," continued the patriarchal merchant,
"to get ahead in business, requires
certain qualities of mind and body. One
must be industrious, economical, and wide
awake, as well as shrewd.* Driving fast hor
sea, eating champagne suppers, and sucking
mint juleps, do not furnish the necessary
schooling for a merchant. I won't preach,
however. In one word ; the first of Januaryis
close upon us. Those of you who can
put two thousand dollars into the concern,
shall draw a sixth of the profits! That's
all."
The old fellow turned on hie licet, picked
up his hnt and left the counting room.
Jaraea Bradley was the only one of the
number?four in all?who could "face the
music." Tito other three had perfected
themselves in the art of driving 2:40 horses,
drinking sheery cobblers, and eating good
dinners; which Mr. Harris had hinted was
not a necessary qualification for one of his
partners.
John Farmer's surplus had been spent in
giving his wife "one more dress." As his
alary was oflener required. Beef steaks,
mutton chops, and ice were as unhealthy and
dvspeplic in their tendency, as ever; and yet
Mrs. Farmer, from the costliness of her apparel,
might have beeu mistaken for the la
dy of a nabob.
Five years more. Old Mr. Harris is dead;
and though the firm is still Harris Co.,
James Bradley is the senior partner. He
has already, made a competence, and does a
very large business.
,fr John Farmer left the concern three years
ago. It was supposed because he coulu not
endure the thought iwing j| cjerk under
bis former companion. Ho left Boston and
went to New York, but his unthrifty habits
followed him. His wife wore the erreater
part of hi* salary on her back ; and disheart- 1
ened by his ill-success, lie had increased the
number of sherry cobblers in his per diem at- 1
lowance to such an extent that he had been
discharged from hie place. Not being able
to get another situation in New York, he 1
reached Boston in straightened circurostan- i
ces. He was equally unfortunate there.?
The toddy blossoms on his nose were against 1
him; his coat was rusty, and his breath
smelt like the fog from a three-cent grog- '
shop. His last dollar was spent, and his '
wife was paying a vitit to a friend who had '
repeatedly uiged her to spend a week with '
her, and whom she would have been sorrr '
to disappoint! <
He wav reduced to the hint extremity.? '
His old friend and aasot-iate, Jarnea Bradley, '
wan now in affluence, and aide to awist hiin. '
Mortifying aa was the thought, there was 1
scarcely any other alternative, but to apply
to him for a situation. 1
James was shocked when he recognised *
him. Sherry-cobblers, a shiftless wife, "one '
more dress," and the want of encouragement, '
had done their work.
"Is there a vacancy in your counting room, '
Mr. Bradley P he asked, in humble tones. <
"There is not, John, hut I will create a j
place for you," replied the liberal merchant, '
aa be realised the situation of his former as- '
sociate. '
"Thank you," replied John, a tear start- 1
ing U> his eve, at this unexpected kindness '
?the first ho had experienced, anywhere, i
not excepting hia own houae?for many and
many a weary month. James took him I
home to diue with him, and John had an I
opportunity to contrast his own ciicumstaa ?
oea with thoae of his thrifty friend. He was <
sad at heart?in fact, he was a ruined man. ?
He did very well for a few months lb the I
counting-room of his friend, hut hie old hab- 1
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it* soon obtained the mastery over hiin
again, and he died suddenly of a disease induced
by dissipation.
"0u? uiore dress," said Mrs. Qreen?the
good old lady was now a ohrished membei
of her daughter's family?'*is the representative
of lh^ whole system of extravagance.
One more dress, as the type of a great bundle
of bid habits, was the ruin of John Far
mer. cton't you know it, Sarah 1"
M1 do, mother, and I cannot be too grateful
for your wholesome advice. I atu sure
that without it, I should have procured 'one
more dress;'then wanted another atid an
other, until I had spoiled all my Iiutlatud's
expectations. Poor Ellen Farmer! she is
binding shoes for her daily bread, uow !"
ftlisrplliinfnn* Undriim
A man who is the least incline*! to super
stition, may be excused if, at times, he gives
Mime credence to either the brilliant or the
gloomy dreams which sometimes assail him.
Modern philosophy, armed with its hopeless
skepticism, has vainly sought to banish
among the crowd of fables, those features
which prove the intellectual existence of man
jJuringJii* sleep; on the other hand, there
were many respectable personages or antiquity,
philosophers, as well as commanders of
armies, with the most eminent writers of
Greece and Rome, who thought it their duty
to have faith in dreatns, on which might do
pend the safety of a people, a city, or nn
army, so that, without blushing, we may become
credulous after the manner of Xenophen,
Simouidea, Cassius. Caesar, Plato. Hut
without wading so far back through the flood
of time, to search for celebrated dieams, we
need cite only a tew, which approach nearer
to the present period :
Maldonat, a Jesuit, had formed a design
of undertaking a commentary on the four
Gospels; for several nights he thought he
beheld a man, who exhorted him to go on
.ipeedily with the woik, and assured him
that he would complete it, but that he would
uoi line long alter it was finished. This
man at the same time pointed out to him a
certain part of his stomach, in which Maidonat
experienced violent pangs, and of
which he died, very soon after the work was
concluded.
A man, who did not know one word of
Greek, went to seek outSaumaixe, and showed
liiin some certain words which he heard
in the night in a dream, and which he had
written in French characters. lie asked him
if he knew w hat those words expressed I
Sntimaise told Itiin in Greek, they signified,
"Go thy way*, doat thou not see that death
threatened) thee ?" The dreamer returned
to his house, whioh fell down the following
night.
A learned man of Dijon, being fatigue*]
all day with studying one particular passage
in a Greek |>oet, without being able to comprehend
it went at length to bed hiu) fell
asleep. He fancied himself transported in a
dream to the palace ofGhristian.at Stockholm,
where he visited the Queeu of Sweden's library,
and perceived a small volume; he
opened it and read ten Greek verses, which
solved all the difficulty he had labored under.
His joy awakened bint; he arose, noted
down what be had just ??<f. finding
Ore adventure of so extraordinary a nature,
lie wrote to Descartes, who was 'hen with
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me vneen in aweoen, and described to In in
nil the particular* of hi* dream. Dcscaitea
replied to hira, telling him that the most
skillful engineer could not have drawn the
plan of the place better, nor the library,
than he had done in his letter; that he had
found the book in question on the table he
pointed out; that he had therein read the
verses mentioned by him, and that he would
tend him the work at the first opportunity.
Marshal Villara, at the age of sixteen, wax
t cornet in a cavalry regiment. Oue night
lie was on the advanced guard in the cainp,
tnd was wanning himself before a wretched
Ire, when he heard a loud voice calling to
titn to join and mount hie horse with his
jscort. The youthful warrior paid but little
ittention to this order, but still he heard the
mice, and at invisible hand seized him by
lis cloak. Villain then obeyed, and scarce
aks he advanced a distant with
is than ifcc place he had left blew up I
with a terrible explosion. It seems that the
snenty, abandoning the territory, which was
iireatened by the French arm?, buried some
>arrels of gunpowder which t^ey were una>le
to carry away. The soldiers belonging
o Villar? had lighted their fires precisely
>n the spot which concealed the barrels,
rhe action of the fire oomnienced by dryng
the powder, and finished by its exploion.
The protecting genius of Villars preeVved
biiu front this danger; and also saved
with bitn a handful of brave fellows who,
without the fortunate star which guided
titn might, perhaps, have perished.
The writer of thte article has heard related
he following adventure; M ne night, after I
tad gone my laat rounds, I betook ruyself to
ileep, when all on a sudden 1 dreamed that
>ne of my hdt hotteea was oa fire. This
atvck me forcibly t 1 roee anc hastened to
he hot house pointed out to me in my dream,
when t had the happinere to arrive in time
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to prevent, without doubt, a serious mbfur
tuue. A tire Imd Actually broken out front
oue of the stoves, which were Always k?pi
burning day and night, and seetned likely.
, infallibly* to make c<>ti?id?. able progress.'
Without further search, we may Agree in
the opinion, without di-cuxsing the cause,
that dreams are not what superstition ha*
stated them to be, neitlier ate they what
they are debited by modem philosophy.
Xh? )f}ietce?ficn of the diiife of
ioho Bunion.
It has been obsei ved bv some one, we cani
. it . _i - ?
iuh rrwurvi wiio, mr. mere is oiuy oil* instance
in th$ whole history of- England
of a woman making her appearance
at Westminister Hall, and before the Judg s
of Assize in order to make a formal defence
in tator of the unfortunate. The woman
was the young and interesting wife of John
Banyan, who had become a aaCritice for conscience
sake.
Although Elizabeth niniids alone among
her sex as au advocate, yet there never was
otfered a more eloquent and unsophisticated
defence than that which she made on behalf
of her husband. She first of all had the
courage to appear before the House of Lords
to ask the Supreme Court of Appeal to relax
the rigors of a persecuting law. Their
lordships, it is said, rudely told her to go to
the-Judges of the Assize who had condemn
ed her husband, and without fail she did so.
At the Assize Court, Sir Matthew Hale presided,
And he was accompanied by Mr. Judge
Twisden, a magistrate vl ferocious iciupeta
incut, whose countenance and deineanor
strangely contrasted with the mildness and
placidity of theLoid Chief J usiice. We are
indebted to John Bunyaii himself for a description
of the conduct of Judge Twisden on
this memorable occasion. He saye, Judge
Twisden snapt at rny poor wife, Elizabeth,
and angrily told her that her husband was
a convicted pet sou, and could not be released
unless he would promise to preach no more."
But Elizabeth, however she loved her
husband, was more enamoured the gospel
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nnu buv gnve iuu court to unuersianu mai
her husband could not purchase freedom at
the expense of keeping silence about the
mere}- and compassion of God.
"It is false," continued Elizabeth, "to say
that he has done wrong, for at the meetings
where they preached they had God's presence
with thara."
"Will ha leave oft' preaching!" roared
Twisdeu.
"My lord." said Elizabeth, "he dares not
leave otf preaching as long as he can speak.
Hut, my lords," she proceeded with tears iu
her eyes, "just consider that we have four
small childieii one of them blind, and ail of
lliem have uolhing to live u(hiu while the
father is in prison, but the charity of Gluistiau
people. O, my lords, I myself 'tmat/ed
at the new* when my husband was app'e
bended, and lieiug but young and unaccustomed
to such things i fell in labor and was
delivered of a dead child."
This was loo much for Sir Matthew llale.
who now iul?r|>osed with (lie ejaculation. Al
as ! poor woman.' He then inquired what
was her husband's calling !
"A tinker, please you, your lord," said his
. wife; "And because he is a tinker and a
poor mau he is despised, and cannot have
'justice."
Law is stronger than tears. The Lord
Chief Justice loid the woinau there was a
latV lie told li?r fliat lli.-r.* an. .Ill"
person in the realm who could pardon her
husband and that person was the king, if ut
how was the broken hearted wife of a linker
to Hud her way to the footstool of a monarch
! "Alas ! poor womau," he said, I'm
sorry for youi pitiable case.r
Elizabeth now became convinced how vain
it was to expect justice and mercy froin ail
earthly ttibunal*, and with an heroio glory
which only can be found in the annals of the
Christian faith, she pointed to her teaia
'as she departed and uttered words which
never should die as long as the English language
exists.
"5>ee these tears," said she, "but I do not
weep for myself: 1 weep for you, w lien 1
tliitik what an account such poor creatures
as you will have to give at the coming of
the Lord."
This scene took place, we will add, n >t
only before John frunyaii was known as the
author ot a booic, but i>efore ho ?ver conceived
the outline of hi* '1'ilgrim* Progress.' I
lie was kept in jail in order thai be might
not preach ; but by this persecution he wa>
enabled to write a book in hm prison cell
which has been preaching to England for
many generations and which will edify and
eulighten the world to the remotest posterity.
iBgirictiMufa/ Jmtbs.
The following statements will be found
oorrect as to eoiU long under cultivation :
1. All land on which clover or the grasses
are grown, must either have lithe in them
naturally, or that mineral must bo artificially
auppliea. It matters but little whether it be
supplied in the form of stone lime, oyster
linie or matt.
2. All permanent improvements or lands
must look to lime ae its basis.
3. Lands which have long been in cultures
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will be benefitted by ffce rtpplfcithut of phO*pliate
of lime. and it i# Art important whether '?
the deficiency t? suppthd in the form of
In>ne diiat. guano, native photpliM* of lime,
comports ot fi?*h, ashes or th*f ofopmerakell
inue?o? marl?if the land need lint* atone.
4. No land it can be prterntd in 4 high
-tate of fertility, utiles* clover artd the Jpaat
w? are cultivated in the oouiaetif Mbmfc*.; ,m- '
?. Mould I* in?le*pen*ifile in saUr
mid n ii?iihy supply oho alone be prtnrvcd
i(trough the cultivation of clover,- and the
grosses, the turning in of green crop*, or by
the application of composts rich in the die*
menu of the mould.
8. All highly concentrated animal manure*
are increased in value, and their benefits
prolonged by admixture with plaster, rait,
or with pulverized charcoal.
7. Deep plowing greatly improve* the
productive power# of every variety of soil
that u* not wet.
8. Suhnolling sound land, that is land
that in not wet, is also eminently conducive
to increased production.
9. All *et ffttad should be drained.
10. All grain crops should be harvested
before the grain is thoroughly ripe.
11. Clover, as well as the grosses intended
for hay, should be moved when is bloom.
12. Sandy lands can be most effectually
improved oy clay. When such lands require
liming or marling, the lime or marl is most
beneficially applied when mode into compost
with clay. In slacking lime, salt brine is
better than water.
13. The chopping, or grinding of grain
to be fed to stock, operates as a saving of at
| least twenty five per cent.
14. Draining of wet lands and marmbea
adds to their value, by making tlietn to produce
more, and by improving the health of
neighborhoods.
15. To manure, or lime wet lands, is to
throw manure, lime and labor away.
16. Shallow plowing operate to impoverish
the soil, while it decreases production.
17. By stnhling and shedding stock
through the winter a saving of one-fourth the
food may be effected ; that is, one fourth leea
food wili answer, than when the stock may
be exposed to the inclemencies of the weather.
9 Cvpittl dptil Eool fto,x.
The Evening News of yesterday tells the
following story i
Completely Bold.?As the Citronelle train
was on its downward trip to this city yesterday
morning, an incident occurred that
| caused no little amusement to the passenger*.
As the train was approaching eight mile station.
a ladv quite elegantly atliied, with a
lovel v Imquet of wild flowers in hand, and face
concealed from view by a handsome veil, was
discovered standing on the platform. The
train was ordered to stop, of course, to take
in their fair passenger?and stop it did. The
gallant commander immediate!} jumped out
upon the platform, cried out as usual, "all
altoard !" at the same time raising his hat
and politely extending his hand to help the
lady aboard. She, however, did t?ot reeognize
liis gallantry, but stood dutnh and mo,
tionless as a statue. The astonished conductor
advanced, involuntarily raised the veil,
when, lo! instead of a face of female flesh
and beaut v. the words "April Fool," inscribed
on a black "light wood chunk," inet his
astonished vbion! He started back, gave
the signal to lie off with unusual violence.
jumped altoard, exclaiming to the innocent
engineer in a stentorian voice, "who the??
told you to stop here 1"
The sequel to the stoiy was richer than
the foregoing. When the Mississippi train
catne along, a few hours later, the Conductor
observed a female fignre standing in the middle
of the track, apparently going toward
the city. The train was on a descending
grade, consisted of eight care pretty Well
loaded, and was going with considerable
*pced. Conscious of all this, the conductor,
had the whistle sounded furiously and shrilly.
yet the figure moved not. She must bo
deaf, thought the conductor, nhd Ordem! to
slacken speed and sound another alarm?
but the woman still sUmhI in the direct path
of the fire-breathing tocortiofive ; while tho
distance between the two was being rather
uncomfortably decreased. *
Now, rwilSy ahtrtned, tho "Ort'loctor rhrvifce?i
to shut i?e brake* bard down nhd shut. tr
steam; but it was too late. The cars wourld
not stop, and terrible to relate; the cowcatcher
caught the ntipposfed Wpthnn and
tossed her full twenty feet off to the horror
of passengers, and the undisguised terror of
wvikmiii nujiciiiitcuucni! nmuiicmr ?na engineer,
floating through whoaeexcited hnddi
wore uncomfortable yjaioft* of inqueet, grand
jury, solicitor, etc. When the train stopped
they Iiuri?e<l with pallid cheeks and throbbing
h*earta.?|to the spot where the poor tm?
foi lunate rested, and to! it wm the same bit
of wQpd, wiUi the sakne "April Fool" stamp
that so troubled the Citroaefte conductor.
Just th^n a peal of laagfcter came Ism
the neighboring'wood, * Very of gWs
were seen enjoying something eery mtteh.
It turned out that they were the c Jeter m
thora ef the double hoax, and they are entitled
to a pietnium for the aocceas of their is
mention