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V o. a _ ik. 1 ? -I A i <> w in* p*i*r? 01 armmi I And hither ! carry toy worn heart, too. To 4risk tha fraahneee aa flower* the dew. Ia Ikia aharnaad polcea aa Mr, aa Mr, - > r? A wonderfnl spring tint* refcrna al way. 'H?rr ora sweat June roeaa t? wreathe the 1 hahr. "V ? ? Beda ef April and lowers of May. Slower*, 'flowers with dew-drapa deftly hung, : Ol<W IhMr* j-wela I hey gleam and glow ; 'And wearing these f forget that erer Hearts' Were broken or hopea laid h>w? *1 fnrrt old any row. and only know That -hwa waatroecwhen f waa ynnng? iFor deeyi In th??*sha<?e'*with a lipoid flow The heonltfal Cabled " Lelhean river kQne? by way pAlOOe At dreamt. "The enlee of a hjrd ia the twilight einging It* rerlr tons with dewy throat, "The dr*anty'hiMh of t glad t?e* ringing Its homrward'fcifttitVrohi'feower* ram?i#, 4* not mote *Veet'thWtlU'?kttiHft^tahtkll<?at Moving, wind like *?erirt?re Though ?aeh long shadnkry edrridHr. And. In-1 ihr.Hnfh nil Vhlh phhtce of "thine The ?t?ft rhynHfe W4nd.tr, lrt*ITafl "had etftig, *<l?alnt end ho'i'r.T. Xod'taJny a lime *On i ha wings of **? tnelody -glad dad afmag Hynul is'boifie to /he innermost shrine? 'To tha rhdtnhsrt fair that Ore furalfcHacl For th*Trf?<*ir>g <Z Ioti'i an'tt (Mt to <n> 'beautiful paleoa of draflma. *h? NW?% V? Wr rfrftwpfnr Vie eA*. The ton* bloAom. an<l myrtle iphy, ' iAW) krary MM# eifei %hd rod. Han* oerr Wi# fwtrtaHhofd and gr?y Of Oiy fem&ftnV folate vF'dreWtnV And lea<M-U, Wtfdorty, everttefra two t?WW *?A"*efcl bt Aro o pe n door? TV eweet toot love of the days of yore, TImI H*?* in the palace of drona*. There, reread fororrt H" TM? fair kiniUUlill lo%r wY mtoo, Voejp.iYeti *>f oil the world mt* mo, It rrt?orr?.< with ito immortality , I" njy. |'olo?ao of 4v?M? diVlnO=>. kfy pajnot qf droaioa that io built to flail* Th?^ love may Ilea forever there. ta thie world of ahtdYHr* *b>n*. atone, ' Ftovwr of narrow or |>alo t drat, Let n? v?f> beat* halt fdty fofr ma? Let no aw rot ecu) for me taiakt Moan | Far Kaeo I aof flaw* la my paltoe of ' '* dteatnof " Art go****1* fMMo lit ml he to Wo??, Aft pMtaura rooeo tit mino to wear? O, I eoftly lira, and I daintily faro. With Lot* la aiy palace of dreame. **** ?^ t .. . SoawtkUf About Bbewp. im-+:* - * wflMu*. *+ ? Next Saturday We propOAe to \va?Ji our .atieep. Living on the uanss of a river, ana tti&k ng out4 yard in nearly the same place each year, we are under the necessity of using some strategy in order to get the reluctant dock into the enclosure; and so, from one eorner > ot the pen, we run a fence down or up the river at an angle of s?me forty-five degrees * ith it, for a distance of several rods. When all Is ready, the whole fniuily are generally enmmoned, {Mld, under the direction of an exllMiASaxt * ?? ? Ul qttWw wi??ob atMgned tltftir p^rtiou* with *a ninch sltHl m ft genera) places liift sas-aistsAss1; \* grft.CHWkHy atjiy^u by thic miniature regional toward the r?w\ ^pftfUM?fft ?t ft year befht?v t W ?b*fv tVu^uft H|^r pwvMiiv river ^<*1 ?me ?ide, the ^THft fttftlV ^QtiWfc reach ftboat nf+* mf w?ftMV wftitfbftixi, AII4 live current ehonld be * ftjrlft ftft% Quuveajfotly eUadegaiueb Clothed in last gear's ciwt-ofl toggery, (woolen is the b&M the then (about one to fort^ fchfeep] Shoe Id take their plaeee In the water; being careful to keep the!* chest and shoulders absolutely dry, in order that they may not become nnbomfoftablv cold irotn the long fetpoehtti. Another man should hand. In the sheep, and a fourth can find profit*bib employment in helping them oat of the water and up the bauk. the test w&y to wfish them, is to let tuem soak for half a minute or less, sousing them thbrongflty. With the right hand holding by the ford iegfe; and left by the wool on the drown df the luiitd t il??n i?? tlieitt turii (iwr, and with the head under your arm, the Wool i&n l>te squeezed all over at least twice (nfting yonr arm ft aft well Kft hands) in tlie space of Halt & mintite*, when a vigorous rinsing, similar to the first proeeea, prepares Mmj part ting linjlnal for ftft exit from HiewJer. Disagreeable, always for sheep Id be washed, it is especially so in coW weather, and hence, in ihoet New tSnglftnd localities, it is bent to delay it till past the middle of June, unless the weather is Very favorable, it is easiest done after a rain, but generally best to be done on a 8aturdny aPci-noon, letting the making of the pen, varaing the sheep, and the hour or more iu the water, end the labors of the week. " ft q .? fMfl V ! Iff" {*.1 SHEARING. About one week after they are washed?if the weather has been favorable?the sheep are ready to be sheared. Tliree days would be a better space between the first job and the last than seven. The wool then would tie perfectly drv and mainly free front grease. But however reprehensible the practice, we expect to sell with the staple all the oleaginous matter that four oY six days of burning sun will fry out of tiie sheep's backs, aud tiie *buver expects to buy it, aod govern ft h s offer for the product ac cordin^y. It would be better for typtfr parties were it otherwise, but this is the law of the trade. It is well if the first ten or fifteen fleeces are not done up with anywhere from four ounces to ton of duFfr tested. Bheep like to be sheared. .We htie a buck whose wool we nave }>ersnnalty taken off for the last tfevtoto years?a monster in shoe? never giving us less than eight pounds, and ottce as high as twelve, (a cross between tbe New Oxfordshire hnd Cobtlidttwh.) that never etit-s a foot>, giving himsetf absolutely into our darn and ottr control ; and this is the case, or would be, in nine cases out ul ten, it' the sheep were carefully and considerate! ? handled. But if they are sternly held in nnnatutal and num. ? I?? ? fnl positions, cut every other Clip by the blundering or tlna targtess sheared, attd tirheh, IVoth tnere nervousness or overpowering tear, they struggle, are poUnded oh the befln with-the handle of the shears, punched in some tender place with the fist, or spoken to in a loud, harsh manner, can they be expected to meekly bear tbe miserably mean and needlcas indignity ? There Cati be no rule given with regard to tbe m?rthe or shearing! The best shearer we ever taw stood squarely on his teet from morning till night, lettning over the sheep* balanced ott Its haunches* Or tyihg on the fioor before him. But that man had no back, or it he had, it never troubled him. Some sit most of the tinfb on a low stool, and others place, the sheep on a platfiirm ra!ao/l e 1-v*? ** ?fc *? ? . viigvvi hilcd h3wi ituiii the floor, which is probably the easiest, if iH?t the best whv. lo do up the-wool, we have generally prepared a plat#*rm about three and a half teet high, and of sufficient siae to hold a leeee It ia then taken from the# or,Reread oh the plaHatrrn with the flesh-side down, folded together in a long roll in the middle of the table, and thee the roH folded iu aa opposite difeQtb?n% till ia the middle of the table ia your aqnare fleece, which should then be firmly tied with rthmg ooi'dt about as yoia would mark an orange were you prop min& to cut it into eight pieces. The best niea. will, shear front thirtyEto forty open-wool sheep iu a ; but twenty, taking ftakeae run, ia a to day's work. ! ! II f Should a cold st^rm come on i within a week after shearing, the | 6heep should be pot in the barn. 1 fcoW TO OKT Kli} Of TKB TICKS. Sortie farmers instruct eaoh ahWrfer to but each tick's head off ' at tne time of sheering. It takes a little tinite; and although thik process accomplish!# the desired result in the bash of each animal thoa summarilv served, a few wil\ escape, enough to make a respect able show for the next ye*!2: . We have adopted the followitiji^ t lan for j<?ara, and at some shear tigS have not seen a siiiglb. pub bf these voracious parasites: Fill an iron twt>-pail kettle with water, into which place btic pound of the best, plugtobaccb, torn iutb fttpall fragments. Boil it thoroughly, and 4l ? 1 ? - " * - men piacmg lue mixture in a halfhogshead tub; addj say six pails of water. It you hnra waited one week after shearing, nearly every tick will be on the iambs. Having Ifcp&ritfed thebt from the fldfek, let one mAti thke hold of the fore-legs and nose, and another the hind* legs, and theu dip them all under, being capful to hot let aily of the decoction get into their eyes. ,?*he 1 man having charge of the head, should then hold them up by the nock and fore legs, and the other, beginning at the uppermost part, press all the water possible out of the wool into the tub. The process will require about two or three passes down the sides and back of the lahtb. This id to |il*eset ve the fluid for succeeding baths, other wise a dozen lam lie would carty it all away iti their wool ard the audition of water might so dilute the uiix:nre as nt rentier it worthless. Eight pails Vvill be sufficient for forty lambs, ahti no flock thus carefully served, will abed the operation oftener than once in three years. salting. Sheep should lie 6*lted at feast once n each week. It 'he expenditure is not of essential lienefir, it is something that give*) satisfaction to the animal; and why fchoufd we not seek to make sln&p IMppy as well as men ? We once knew a !nn?r since passe to the better hut} beaut it'll) land-"-who always xiiVl it Sunday after meeting and After supper. With a Wo?>ueh bait dish under his arm, and A br&ft* in his hand, he sought the pasture where the flock was kept. They literally u knew his voifcto," and would run i from all parts of the field to receive from his hahu the hiorsel they craved, and therewith, as they understood it^ his hfossitVg. A dozen ihust eat out of the dish that he held in his hAhd, and the Only strife observable, was as to which should get the nearest to the gray hairied matt. AfterVHtrd, fcarttfe the reading of the Wofd ahd the voice of prayer in the house ; but, of all the scenes of these blesse?> Sabbath-days, salting the Sheep, seetUs to IIS now, as among the moet fitting and bttutitiiul: t dLovtcfe.?t)nring d\lr Visit o? Cher aw last week We were shttWh A tot of nearly two ftCres planted in clover by Capt W. L. J. Held; next his dwelling holibe lot. This lot of clover is a oeautiful one, and me plants aiti nertlthy and vigorous. It it undoubtedly the best that has been seen this side of Y?. which has been testified by strangers who bad visited the placo for observation. . Oapb. tteid is justly proud of bis snceeas in the first ex. periment in the cultivation of the clover* and lie tee Is satisfied that it is a valuable crop. He planted in December last, and lias just recently harvested the third crop. This is a practical pr??of thai clover can be cnltivated In this country with great profit and with less mAumi on/1 1?*!?? - ?iL? vnvf ?uu IIIMII ttlljllllllg rliK! that oould bo planted on the same ground. [jframsi tlnviil* Journal. Fjom hard ngrinst a hasty tern per. Anger win cum*, but resist it strongly, A suark may set a Immm oa Are. i fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all your Lifio. Never avenge an ia* w- rMj Step oet of Uie paling of tbe divine lav at one point, and yon plaee-youaselC out ot> ike shelter of the whole law. Yon-are then* be* yondi the reaoh ol move) t except , through a Mediator. < i rnrry , , , L. , Xik? Mid Iim Xuiuk Editor* Southern Cultivator :? The saving of manure lies at the foundation of all agricultural improvement, and yfct It it hbifhor nnderstood nttr p recti Hod this country. We Han never afford tt> bny maritit-e Iff tin# ptic*\ nntil we learn to harvest and apply that which is contlnhalljr |poing to waste arotihd aft. In saving manure ps in everything else, weshopld have aplilce for It i. I propose a plan which-, if ptjh i* practice toe preeeiit Vfear, Will increase the amount of Hwnurfc beyond the expectation of the most fedfijfrmne observer. Take of any good fasting material, four or six poets, (agt-eeable to size of J>et).) sufficiently Urge to be slibetahual, and set tliem.nn lite irround, and um?tlinr.lv>?>,? ?** * ?" rouudj as necessary?-at first abunt three or four feet. I would not have tbenl hiofe than five feet high. Use common refuse heart plank, (such as can be picked up about any SAw mill,) that will make it sufficiently ch?e to retain the manure. If well made, they will last for years, and may be buy site? ay about six by eight feet. Set tlifcm in thte most convenient places about this yard, dttrf see to *ty that vervthing that will make man nre be deposited in them?ashes stove cleaning^ bonfeSj leaves, old leather, fcnicken mfthuro trom about the poultry yai-d and hnusc^ as well a& sweepings of leaves, and dhi^s from the wood yard, and last hut nut least, the unincntionahie contents taken oilt frbtn the bed rooms in tbe morning, which is the leaven that makes the whole liltnp valuable, hna in ft few mortthe you have a mass of snperi er nm'rttir'e. Try it, and my word for it, if ydu distribute well and cultivate, you wi)l h Ve an abunpance of vegetables to spare. Hut this is not nil. Toil must have these recentAcl*?? of* tw.v/it ?i. so in tli? garden, and deposit all vegetable matter that you find it inconvenient to work into the soil, and bv the addition of a load or two of stable annre, in a few months yon wi|l hare just what yon need- to put iii the trendies, !n sowing seed of liny kind. Tly the use of charcoal about the " water closets," pig pens and poultry house, you retain the fertilizing ga-MCS. prevent the tih pleasant odors, and accnmnlate a quantitv of the vtery best manhfO, which mar be nsen separately OP taixed with other 'manure. A Watt your barn )otk you may s&Ve an incalculable amount of manure, by having la- go stables* and nsing an abundance of leaves "and straw, bv which yon retain all the manure which shonld bo taken Irom them dry, distributed and plowed in deep. It is a great mistake,, in mv optni'oh, that manure shonld lie in milk for months until the rain, snn and evaporation has exhausted all its Strength, oP tUitil it is M rotted," before distribution. When spread oh the land In Ha green state, and plowed turner deep; ill the fertilising g'Asds r.i o r'dtdincd in the soil, and go to the proda&ion of Crops. If tlia dlAtritinlinn ta mixta iM Rill Of winter, it is better and will 1 be gnt>d for more than one tJrop. It will be better generally to pen cows, sheep and hogs where yon wish the ttittnbto deposited, and if perilled every night, will soon enrich a large plat of ground. The use of leaves and straw, scattered on these pens, pay well for the labor bestowed. This plan would have been good under the olj system, but under the present we shall find it necessary to adopt all the improvements, and labor-sav> ing machinery, althongh ft may he, by doing so. we wiH be stigmatized as u l*>ok farmers." We ear* not afford to cultivate a large breadth of land, and the prejudice of the negro is very great against inning ivioei* ii uu* iic to very funct) disposed to listen to the song. * Woodman, spare that irts* But 1 must not be tedious. I woekl not be understood as oppce> inpr the pwretrswe end judteieae die tnoutiow of fir til tzars, bit with the Kottroed facilities we have hero, it is economy to look at home first for a supply. Toon, fraternaJly, XK-JACXSOIT. Clinton, Jan. 1869. Tne l>eet plan we ever tried for managing stable manure, is to i li 'I inrr-f ' | ,jr wrur tea Have stable? on elevated ground. Excavate the stalls a few inches below eni'face of ground, and allow I the manure It) accumulate for a year?herer handling until you are ready to apply it to the land. If thb fetalis are not too small, (and a gobd supply oi litter is used,) they will retnaiu sufficiently dry tor the comfort of animals?the manure will e kept just moist enough} and he tramped down sufficiently to allow de*b. relator decomposition to go on. Very little of the valuable gases will escape?to in sure agairiet tide* it is only hetiee sary to sprinkle the stalls occasionally with piaster.?Ed. Oult the Good time doming Lb. the South The New York Commercial Advertiser forcibly remarks: The condition of the Southern States at the present time is full of firomise. They seem to have falry tided over their industrial and bolitical trdublefc, and the future is oritfht with the promise of a high, and, we trust, endtiritift prosperity. Another good cotton crop, bf wblfch the indications appear to be the most favorable, will place them in , a position which even the Northern States may envy; Hie Southern people, fortunately tor themselves, have had no credit for several years past, and liavo therefore no debts at the present time. They liave 1h;Ci? forced to live econoini cally, and depend entirely upon their own resources, while the Northerners, as a rule, have been extravagant and wasteful. It is probable that in the Cveht of the octiurreh'ce of the financial panic which some persons rCgard a5 imminent, the Southern people would feel the shock much less k'only, and recover from it much more rapidly than some of the more wealth\ and apparently moro prosperous Northern States. "the cond ition of the cotton mark et at the present time indicates that no materia! reduction is likely to occur in tl*e present prices of the great staple. The supply of cotton in both England and the United States is scarcely hdeqttate to the requirements of tonsttthCrS during the interval that elapses hefore the new crop begins to come forward. The cuble quotations of 12?d. for middling uplands at Liverpool, is a fortune for the Southern planter. That there will be no important reduction from this pHcfe is apparent from the evident inadequacy of all the cotton fields hi the world to supply the demands for consumption. The supply is fallihg off from India in spite of all the e orts of England to Stimulate production ih that region. The South, for a series of years to come, will be the great sofctrce of cotton supply for the world. King cotton is recovering his lost throne; but he will reign henceforth A% a constitutional monarch bvet' freemen, qot as a tleftpbt over slaves. Free labor will ultimately vindicate its superiority even in the cotton field. Ifothihg, then, but the contingency of unexpected and unlooked for disasters to the new crop can pfoVent the South taking a new start. At present the accounts of the cotton and corn crops are favorable, and the yield of both tbese products will he largely in excess of last year. With the prospect of plenty of rao jy* itnd with no debts on hand to .oeorb it, the South at the close of another successful harvest will pugs ess the means and capital required to stiintilate the great railroad Mud other industrial enterprises that are destined to impart to it a new impulso on the road to prosperity: ? ?< mm , Na*oLko*T0 Ideas.?The Last the Best.?Louis Napoleon is a mode) Emperor; lie is a elose and sagaeiofts observer of the drift of ptesing events, and in his present iiiitvciueuiB tOOKlIlg lO Something like a free French legislature he hM neatly outflanked hie adverse t ie*/ While Prussia, Austria and Spam are 00 rapidly advancing in the path of pojmlar rights and opinions Napolean sees that lie cannot stand still. And when he seen this he acts, and this is the best ol alibis Napoleonic ideas. [N. T. HeruiA. Ala. Mawtom Marsis is now sole proprietor of the New York World, having paid $100,0(1? for the remaining quarter interest. mm ?? ? &? I I I III I I II I I * 1 frerfe of OSfestitutioii for Cosaty Ar rlsultural S*ei?tf. The undersigned, eitit ns of-? Conhtv, by affixing their names to the subjoined Constitution, ami bjr paying annually two dollars for membership, do form themselves into an organization to be known as the??O'unty Agricultural Society?the objects of which will be enoouragemeut of all improvement in agriculture, and the kindred arts and sciences* Which tend to increase the profits and pleasures of agricultural labor, ana render home lite on the farm attractive Snd happy: The officers shall be a President, elected by ballot by the members ' present, at tlitt fclose of eSCh ftnnnat mM*tin0 lino Vina ' ? , .-><v w >w m i toivitjii' irvini each military district in the county | a Secretary and a Treasurer? nil elebted in the same hianner at the same time. Theso officers shall constitute an EkecntiVb Committee, ^ho shall have the power to fix the tune and filace of holding the annual meatus* and fairS, and to prescribe the rules and regulations to be observed in the ma ageraeutof tne same* It shall l>e the duty of this committee to enc urUge the monthly meetings of the Society, especially during the period of preparation for and, the tillage of the CCo^s; and to bring before such meetings those topics and questions for Colloquial debate best calculated to seep bp the work and the spirit of improvement. It shall further be the duty of this committee and its individual membors to procure) from time to times written ossrtvs and addresses on appropriate subjects from persnns distinguished for their success in agriChithre. or for their learning in the kindi-fed arts ahd scictiCeS. Tho Secretary eliall keep a full and perfect record ot the proceedings of the S cietj\ The Treasurer sliati make, whenever called upon by the Society or Executive Committee, a lull exhibit of the financial affairs of thd Society; ahd bo keeper of the Society's funds;. 1 he President shall have the power to Call a special motetinc of the Committee of the Society, when* in his opinion, the interest of the Society requires it? Front Addre&e of Secretary ef Qa. State Ag'l Society. feihali tfc large f ahni We have seen the annexed anecdote of Bake well more than onfee, nhd possibly it may not be new to many of ohr readers, biit it ift bo applicable to many of onr South erh friends, that tvb republish it at the risk of it being thought somewhat stale. Robert Bakewell* the celebrated English farmfer* usbd to toll the following anecdote of a farmer in Leicestershire: w I'll is farmer who bwr.fed and occupied 1.00' nfcres of land; had three daughters When his Oldest daughter Married, he gave her one quarter of his land for lifer portion* hut no money ; and he found by a little more speed, and a Httlfe better Management, tlje product of* his farm did ?6t decrease, tie then set to work, and began to grub np his torse And fern* and jiiowea up what tie tailed his poor, dry furze, feoveHflr In some places nearly hrt.lt the lfcnd. Attef fjiving half of his land to two of lis daughters, to his great surprise he fouhd tna? the product increased ; he made tnore moneys because his new, broken up frirzO land brought excessive crops, and at the Same time be farmed the whole of hie land bhfter, fof be employed more npob ft; be rose two hours sooner ifl tbfc bmrufng, and had no more dead fallows once in three years; instead ot which ho got two green cro)? in one year, und feu tbein upon the land. When the third and last daughter married, he gave her 250 acres, or half of what remained, for her portion, and n6 money, lie then found that he had the same money to farm one quarter of the land that he had at first to farm th* whofe.* Boston offered a minister inf Brooklyn $15,000 a year, but lift refused i%, Tbk railroads of the UnitedStates earned $400,000,000 last year. Smybtoms of cholera have appeared at Knoxville, Tenn.