Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, April 05, 1867, Image 1
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. Cv ERIDAY, APRIL 5, 18(57. VOLUME XIY. NO 50.
A GOVERNOR .TAKEN FROM A CRATE.
A benevolent old man of Brooklyn
was making the tour of tlio city, in
pursuit of truants and little wanderers,
one Sabbath morning a scoro of years
ago, when ho fouud a little bojT asloop
m a crate on oue of tho wharves.
Ho shook tho crato, and a pair of
bright eyes opened and Hashed upon i
him, with a look of surprise and tim- j
id bash fulness. |
" "Why do you sleep hero ? " inqui
rod the old man. " Jii'Ctiuso I have I
i }j :,1 ?i. ~ i_: i.i
no llUiJlUj Huiu tnu uimu.
" Whoro is your father ? "
" I don't know, sir, 1 hain't scon
him for a Jong tirpo, never siricc he
told mother ho wouldn't come home
again."
" Where ia your mother?"
" She is dead."
"So you have no home?no father,
no mother?and live from hand to
mouth in the street, and bleep in a
crate."
" Yes, Mr. I pell soap and matches,
and sleep hero."
" Would you like to have a home,
and go to s.hool iu:d grow up to ho a
"nod jitiil brave and u^efii 1 man ?"
" Yes, Fir"
" Cutnc along with mo, I will Ihlce
you to my own house, and i'cul yon
and clothe yon, ai.d f-cnd you to
school if you prove to ho as 1 ihii k
3*ou arc, a good and iaithful boy."
Ar the old man said thi^, he da>hed
a tear from his 030*, with his coat
sleeve,T<r the boy was the very image
of his own tweet child, who had
died but a few years before. Lining
the lad tenderly out of the ciate, lu?
led him to his own pleasant home,
where ho washed anil combed and then
dressed in a suit of clothes formerly !
worn by the son of the philanthrojitst.
'IV. ll,? -t-I.w.I. i.nc
JL.VJ 'MiUl ICII LI1U P l > , ?> u ii.ii iiao in i
;
it material enough for a volume?the i
^;ood old n.an gave llio lad .*.11 tl.c !
advantages afforded by tlio tcliools of
liio 'trity <>f e'uistb.'s," arid then gave
hiia n cUml:nbij> in bU Ktore, lor he
was a well?to?do merchant.
.Viler H rvoral yoar.s of faithful service,
the young roan expressed a
wish lo engage in b iaintsa on bis
own account, or in some other way to
? 1 i.:_ r..l ,.
tAlUUU IISO
" 1 will slurl you in businc-33," said
the old man " on certain ecu ditio:s."
11 Please stato them," remarked the
young man with a smile 3 fur he sup
posed his beuclhctor was about to
perpotiataa joke at his expense.
"X* will start you in business, if
you make three promises," continued
the old man.
" Pray what promises ilo you wish
1110 to make?"
" O110 is, that you will I never
swear."
II A ?
"Another is, that you will never
ilriuk rum."
" Agreed."
" The other is, that you will have
nothing to do with polities."
" Agreed."" 1
Truo to his promise*as the shcl to
the Slav, the old man furnished his
clerk with capital and started him in
business in ono of the woslero .States,
'j-'he j'onng merchant Was very attentive
to his busir.tB?, and his habits of
ijjd.astrJ' and po'jriety were crowned
with good fortune which s/cncrally.
ji ceo in panics virtue, cuurage, enter_
1 A - I' ?
priBL'-, uuu w wjjuguncu. j\. icw ycurH i
jigo, ho paid a visit to hi* veoerahlo
friend in Brooklyn-?found him iho
Bumo kind-hearted ai?d'geni':.l gentleman
that ho svaswlun he fust lud
Kim from iho crate on the. wh$rf to
the pleasant <?Uago on tho nvcnuQ.
. "I am dellgh'lcd to soo you," remark*
?d the old-man. "May I a*k you-if
you.havo kept tho 'pledges you gave
ujcj wiiuii yuu buggeaiuu lu iiic uiu iucu
6f starting basinets on your own account?
aro you a temperanoo man
t' * y<I have not taated a droj) of any
kind Q1 intoxicating liquors since- i
prpmiaed j?oul-would hot, and you
lcnow I bad po 6accrfice to mako in
^eepfn'g thatprorriiao, fori never wqb .
.acobstomed to the use of such liquors;
jindt do not furnish them to my gu eats,
ii or to persons in K\y employment.'"
-.^Good boy, givo.Q)oy()U>h?*)d and let
Ai^h'ake it again. How about that
prQmise not to dso"profane"speech ?
"Weli/sir, 'when I 'was a little wander
or, and sold %oap and matfclics, I
* i . ... n_ _..i
BUiuwi uy* IIU<JJ zMiy uui
logos do their D.* i).'s, but l^droppod
thorn in your Sabbutb school, ^apd I
hav? never resumed tbc^. ^ X b^vof
indulgo the ei!ly add'.valgar habit vof
swearing. I think it eh'owB n I&ck of
CngiobMty. A man winhostosayeomoarid
o,wfrg(t9'&*l*&:
7s *?*nd d proper .uaa.<tf Jattgqi^e/
j ^ ^
lio fills up tho chinks of conversation
! with oaths. lie curses his e\es?his
limbs?his soul?his heart?his horse
? his luck?and thinks ho is fluent
when he is only profano. So, sir, 1
do not claim to be a paragon of perfoction,
but I should bo ashamed of
my speech, if I spiced il with profant
y."
"(Jood?good! I 'expected such a
report from you. IIow about poli?
tics'{"
Tho yotuig man of busitjesn had
until lid* moment maintained porllel
self command; hut when the last
question was put to him, his cheeks
1UU clJ* Vl lliJ^UIl.
' Well, t-ir, I supposo some folks think
I am a politician," remuiked the
young merchant.
"Sorry?very sorry," observed Lhe
old man.
'*1 couldn't help what happened,
Hl\" j
' Von promised mo you would Lave
nothing to <!<> with politics!"'
"J know J did."
41\Vl11 it id fctrango that you could
iu<t keep that promise us easily .*;s y?.-u
kept the other twi>?"
"\V? I!, sir, have patience with me,,
and 1 will tell 3 ou how it happened."
" Well, go on."
+ i.,-3 > *?u n i v: il tVUiV5} 1 WUS loriUIISIli*
in trade?honored my paper when it,
becamc due?paid, with intere-l, the
money 3 on had the kindne.-.s to advance.
1 was ft leading busi-cf"; man
in tho town, had opinions in relation
to men and measures, and did not hesitate,
on all proper occasions, to ex-!
pie.-s and defend them, and sustain!
tl.om with my vote on election day."i
''There can he no objection L*> that," ,
remarked the old man; '"polities as r.
trade, is what I dislike."
"As 1 said before, I ?ot alone well
arid us good fortune would have il.
peisuadcd sane of 1113- friends to thick
and vote as I did; without loasellin^'
111c oi c day at a State eonvcnii?>nj-the\ I
nominated use fur Governor, a:.?l J
was olocicd. Indeed, I am now on
lay way to Washington to transact
important, business lor the State."
The wriUr desires to 5:?y that tl-.isj
story is a tiue one.? Lltlle Corporal j
PROTECTING PEACHES FROM SPRING '
FROST.
The only obstacle wo have to cjn-j
teim wiin, or ever go nave to ie:iilv |
ci.danger c-Ur peach crop, is the lat";
t-prii g fronts. Aguinst these, a per-,
feet protection is found in smoke,
which, first iv com mended In Garden-j
ing tor the South, has now been tried!
in ibis vicinity fjr over ten year,*.
without, a iviiuro. It is not necessary j
hero to do anything generally, in thej
way of protecting tlio frnit, before thej
last of March. It is the late ^Jarch i
and April frosts that are to bo feared, j
It is u dense sinoko, not heat, that is j
rtfjuircd.
l'repnrc snmo Cat Irghtwood, split j
up very line, al.-.o tO;nc, billets el d'-y I
wood, cut quite short, all kept under;
cover until needed. Prepare aho, in!
advance, pi lea'of wet tun, chips, hu>\ j
dust or other damp combustibles
where fires aro most likely t ? bo needed.
The wood should be distributedthe
ever ing previous. About two or
three o'clock in tha morning, have all
han-Jfj up and st:ii't lire 8, about t;vo <;i
three rods asunder, all over, the or-l
chard, the windward on :s being near-!
est. Thiee or four btic!;> aro rupiir^d
for each fire, which, when well arted.j
mnmiu i;uvc u hiick or l*vo oI green
wood auded. Ti.cn put 011 .ai.tl near
ljr snioilier the iiro wi'.h wot tan 01
initsh. J!' any pile Le..ks out into a
ilauie, apply move traVh, to keep up.
from dampened, smouldering tires, n
ourl'uir f moi<>t, lioavy unoko over]
the treeu, until the sun i? well up, ai.d
| and the -froBt, fully Txii-hcled. Tht
I sun ko ffoin fires ol' dry wood rs sr
1
light, and rises so rapidly in a cold,
frosty night, thai, it really nfl\>rds h<?
protection, while that from damp ma
terial, loaded with 'moistriro, hugs the
gfound, and dissipates very blowly.
If your fruit is frczen solid Lefuro 'you
ucgin, wuiiu j ou aro -at worU, do noi
despair, but meko all Ifae ?inoko you
can, aud as light a protection as it
seem*, looking throagh it when the
6un is lising, wo havo had it so full}
protect the frozen fruit .from- rapid
(hawing, that tho; frost was all. extracted
^yitliout ii jury to. the fruit .;
Ih out first trial, wo were apout givingiUp
iiji (h^pair, tibo cold was so in
tonab aC'day-break, bat our sucoc-h
was perfect, .At, this place, the fr.uii.
is vei%BcWottti; teclced^ doetroyod lm~
^ore' A^frii, if>' tf'hioh md&UiJiot mor^
lhatt-ono_or^p*,
' --
DICY LANGS ION.
The patriots of .Laurens District, in
South Carolina, during tho revolution,
were frequently indebted for important
information to 0110 young giil,
fifteen or sixteen years old at tlio
commencementof tho war. At length
suspicion of tho active aid tho rendered
was excited among the Tory
neighbors. Mr TjJiigslon was informed
that he would ho held lv.sponj?ib!e
thosicef'irwaid, with his properiV,
for tho conduct of his daiiirhter.
The youn^ <{ii] was reproved severely,
unci commanded to desist
For a. time sl>o obeyed : but having .
heard by accident, that, a company ol
loyalists, who on account of their '
1 uthless ct iu lty had been e illod the
"Bloody Seoul," in tout on their woik j
ot death, were about to visit the " Kl- j
der settlement" where her brother j
ai.d hi im> liietui.s wen: livli.-', she de- i
tciaiiiivd at nil I..:X:U(!.- {o .vara them !
>!' tiio intended c.vpeditiu::. Shu had i
none ii> whom to confide; but was!
idi!i?*-d to K avo her hi.me alone, l-y j
slcukh, and at the dead hour 01 the j
niu.i-1. Many inile.s were to b?? tr.i j
Vot>ed, niid lite road l;.y thr u^h the j
woods, and crossed mar.-b. s and j
L'Ul'liS, \\ llOl C lliv ?JUli Vtllicic. S <lj
ini-lyiOts and i'wt-logs wi re wauling i
She v. aliccd rapidly o.>, bcedb ss oi (
alight dillicultiis; btr. i.or heart al |
most l.iili-cl her u lion t-ho came to Liu- j
brinks ol" the Tyger?a drop and rapid*!
stream, which 15:u*in \\a-> no pi?f:.^ il;ty
of c. ?.-x? opt by wading through
the f?.rd 'J ins t-ho knew to bo deej.
at ordinary time*, : ni it had d u:?t
!c-s been rendered more dangerous b\ j
the rains that bad lately fallen.
She entered the water: l>til whi:?
' ! ,
in tho middle of tbo ford, became by- i
came Ik wilderc I, aim knew not wLai I
direction to take. Tlio hoai.se ru.su I
"f the waters, which were up to h i |
nock ?the biaek-ic.-s of tiio ui^ht?the I
ultcr MM.tu.Je aiouiui liv.r?ilie nn?er j
lainly it .s: the next step .should i jjfuil !
her }>a.st lelieroont ..fed nerj and I.>5- I
in^ in decree her peif j?o.-sos.<?ion, :1k- i
wandered lor tviino lime id the ehyn j
nel without knowi?1 whither to tnr.. j
hor Salop?. ila\ing with difficulty!
reached tho other side, rho I->?L no j
time in hastening to hor brother, in
p 1 1.: .. -i 1:.. / _? 1 p 11 i
luiiiim lit r 11 ;i i ii ui.-j lneiHjs <>l lie pre !
paragons m.tdo to sip-pri.-c an 1 I? ? ;
slro} them, and urged him toeeiid his j
men instantly iu d (latent din c.ions !
to arouse and warn the nei_hburhood. I
The suidior.-i had just returned irom a
fatiguing excur-iun, and complained
that th^y were laint from want ot- *
fuod. The noble girl, not satisfied
with what f-hc had done at such n?U
to herself, wa? realty to lulp them a!ii)
further by providing lefre.-hments im
mediately. Though wearied, wot, and
Khiveiiuw-with odd, bIio at once set!
about her preparation*. A few boards j
were taken from the roof of the house, |
a fire kindled with then), and in'a few i
minutes a hoc-cake, partly b:ik:d, was J
Imdcon inio pieces, and thrust i:?to the j
.siioL*i>ouehcb of the men. Thus pro-!
visioned, ihe Itltie company hastened !
to give the alarm to their neighbor*,
and did ^o in litno for ail to mak
lh?:;r o-c.: po. The next, day, when
iho "scout" vicited tho place, thoy i
found i o living enemy on whom t-<
wreak their vongea?co.
Al a later poriod tff the war, a pnrly
cune to hit; house wilh ihe dct-pcralo
design of putting Co death all the mun
r.f . !./? nk?A.,l .
wi iiivj j > J 111 11 y i ii'j ui u ai/^vii i y
but tlio feeble old roan, selected - by
lu-ir relentless ha'e as a vietirn, was
in their puwer. 11'/ o >uM nut cat-ape
or resist; and hoeorncd to irnploru
their mercy. <jno of the company
drew a'pistol, and deliberately leveled
ii at the bi oasV of Ijsrgilo'n. Suddenly
a wild shticlc was hoard; and hi?
young daughter sprang b_l.vc<eii her
uged parent and the fulal weapon.
1'he brutal f?oldieh roughly -ordered
her to out of tbc way, or the contents
of the pistol would be inH'.untiy
lodged in her own heart. She I.cjded
not tho threat, wbioh. was but too
.iUoly to l>o fuifi-kd the next moment.
her arms tightly round the
old mnn'H neck, she declared thai hoi
own body should first receive tlio ball
timed at bis heart 1 There* are few
human beings, cvon of the most depraved,
entirely invoit&ibleHo all nobh
and generous impulses.. O.i this occasion
the conduct of tbe daughter, ^/
feurleaa, ai> deter mined to fhield her
father's life by - iho sacrifice, of her
jvtji, touched the t>part oven of a.
member qf the> ''Bloody -Soottt.,''?L&ngstun
wag Bpnjx-d; and the pari}
left the -house filled with adftui a^o;.'
at the fiIiuhaffcfcUon"ahiTdevotion tjiey '
THE SHOOTING STARS- j
We comc finally to tho <jiiofitmn, 1
what i-* the material, what is the ruin
oral constitution of those pirango bod-!
it's? We have already observed that .
they sometimes split into piecc? high j
in the mid air, and occasionally hi row I
tho ground in their fall. Wo shall not !
now htop to give a catalogue of in- i
>tanccH; they maj* L>o found t-lsewln.ro, t
and specimens may he scon in almost j
our) museum oi any cons-.quence. j
();i submitiin^ Ih. .n to chemical anal.
'
yis, they arc found to coiiMst. most ,
frequently o( iron in a luolallic and
matlcnbh-, and not, in an oxidized state; .
the iron i* it) general mixed with !
nickel, ai d tliero aro vaiioas com-j
pounds of magnesia and uitlca, and in !
some instances just tli0H0 very ingre- i
'iients which are s.-en in the trap and ,
banal Lie locks ot our own earth, j
Theso fiery messengers, then, bring1
with them tidings from tho cliiil, dia- j
taut regions of sp;ice, that matter j
therein ahointls similar to the tnatt ;r |
which cuiisliluics what lies below thy
urust ol oer own planet. J3ut i\ot
only ss ?, the positive handling and the
actual analysis of Ibis interplanetary,!
i?r, it may alter all occasionally 1 e, i
this interstellar matter, serves only t> I
confirm what modern skill has been j
able to detect regarding the material !
i-oiistitu'i?>n of the stars, nay, of the i
very sun hims-.-lf. It might seem aj
and :i strange assertion to state j
i hat we possess any certain knowledge
the mineral constitution of the
b .<l:es so inconceivably remote from
u.-s that we have 110 means to measure
M.cir oi.s'.anccs, and if we had the
m:\ins. we po-^e.-'s no arithmetic which
rouhJ ooiivoy any intelligible conception
of the number c f the miles. l>ut
so it is; ami, a" certain as it is that a
veil instrueted observer, by analyzing
can detect ti.o muterJul i.aturn |
1' i he source lYom whence itcomvs. I
' j
>\ iioi,i5cs" il may he from the combus j
lion of iron, or <?r nut^noium,
.?r sodium, so ccivtvi" it h, tlwat the
from the sun and from tlio slurs
indicates lIk; comoiislion of these very
metals in llmgo bodies which otherwise
wo must huvo considered, fori
such purposes, hopelessly remote. 11 j
is nut a little satisfactory. then, to find I
that ko soon as wo arc unexpectedly
iibie t;> handle niu.-scs of matter, which
:ue the neighbors and the congeners
of tlio sun and tho stars rather than
o( ourselves and of our own planetary
home, wo liud all our scientific conjectures
verified, and we extract the
very iron, and tho very magnesium,
and the very materials fiom the meteor
planets, which we saw on firo with
our own cj-cs in tho mid air, and
which wo shrewdly guessed constitute
the fires of tho centre of our universe,
and of th'.se L-tsor lamps which are
loo.remoto oven to iool the might of
his influence. The sun, tiiid stun?, and
comets, ard r.ebuiic, and tho mc-teoiic
dust which is bomctimcs spread upon
- -11 -? I
iieius, uiu mi uuuiiu logciniii" in
ot.c common mntciiul relationship.?
Good Words.
HOW MANY ACHIEVE FAME.
It is not given Lo all to bo masters
of song, liko Burns; or art, liko Palis.S3'
) or engineering skill liko Stevenson
; or of critical acumen, liko Guilfords
j or abstract science, liko Forgnson
ortho eldor lLcrschel; yot these,
at lirstr wero nil poor working tnOn,
who gained their odueatio>n by their
own'efforts, who did battle with pinching
poverty, luck of educational means,
prejudice of class, and all those lion?
which stand in tho way of men ol woa- |
ker mould, who, "1<H 1 dare not, wait
upon L would. "All cannot bo field
tuai'Klialrt in tho army of 'Iffo ; but.
somewhat lower, yet very honorable
graded havo been attained bj' men
otice i.n tho Tfliik who; while never
for a moment do.-pising the Inbor by
which iboy. earned bread, were not
disposed to consider working, eating
and Bleeping, jill that is worth liviug
? _ riu !_ j ;i i '
I'ir. iiioiruauy laoar nones'.ly-and
i itel igcqtly p vfoimed, ihoy. thought
ilicmsolvca to-, bo froo citizens of.
thought, in uhi'jh Iruo men take rai k
iiccoi din? to what thoy esson'.iully are,
qui to uiUiipotidenlly of tho. condition
of their iile. When the sun thinun, it
shines for ail, lord or laborer, find the
gracious inalfnctB wirioh ' n;nko men"
ociicvo in good ,and .bsautiful thingp,
tronsuro o^J and nomish Ibo ??gc;G6lion's
of universal nature, ofid cultU
vato the talent entrusted to their cure.
Ij.jmIc in in fti.v ItinirrAnhifinl rlintirm.artt
j p-rnj-r y; y >
and you witt eee.'bo.vf Utile tho Aoir~
uumBLwiQeft of, oarty.Jifelia^e boqn
Aljlo^^ rnT^'c^e^bo (^ir'eer' of really,,
^refttmci). Ilea) mo a la I energy eoonf
KEEP YOURWOED WITH THE CHILDREN.
We cannot estimate too highly the
iinportanco of keeping faith with tho
children. When onca thai is destroyed,
tho cornor-Btotio of our iiifltioiica
is taken away. It will not bo strange
if tho whole fctnictnro will crumble
around us, overwhelming us with trouble
at.d unavailing Borrow.
it is rclalcil th:?t tho Karl of Chatham
had promised th:it his son chould
i!o pioscnt ;ii ilie U.Mnolition ot a wall
:iI? ?i?l the oliilo, lull through aeeidont
it wa-i pidlod i!o<y!i in i i 4 ahnoiivo.
1 i ir.lord.-hi|i felt the importanco
r,f his wel d being kepi. sabred, s > lu:
>rd n od llio wall to l>o rebuilt, that
lii y ,1 might bo present w'ncii it
was again dotn<di.-d)cd, as ho had
promised. It was not that, a child's
whim nii'jht ho hniTiOrcl, hut. that
hi* faith in his father's Word might he
unshaken.
Those little open eye-* tako Bliarp"
note of your actioas liOtn a very
early age. You may sometimes! gel
on the blind oido c?l* older people, but
rarely of a lillle child. They go light
ill rough the flimsy disguises of sophistry
and worldly politeness, and
eoine down to the halo plain lac Is.
A little child had been promised
liio in xt time g:aiid pa came he
should go homo with him. The next
tinu* came, but the promise was not,
I'uiii;led, so the child reminded him ol
it.
" Von don't think grand-pa would
tell you a lie i" a.'-ked the old gonlleinen,
sadly cornered.
" I don't know," answered the
child ; " What does grand-pa call it?"
A mother had promised a cako to
h.-r 1't.tlo ho}" when &ho returned
home one day, but being absent for
sjveral hours she forgot it. The Utile
boy had been watching long at
i be window for her, and bis disappointment
was great, but not bo great
;is Itis amazement at hii mothor lor
breaking her word. "Forgot" was a
word who.so moaning ho did not know.
Mother ?iuiel;ly went out and bought
? - O ' ~
the cake; but still the trouble lingered
in bis mind, and be was beard
saving sofiiy to biinsolf, by way of
comfort, " Mother only forgot." lie
eouid not bear to think she bad told a
lie. llave your diddion equal sensitiveness
with regard to your truthfulness
'{
One almost trembles to hoar the
scores of promises which some heartless
mothers make, with no thought
of ever fulfilling them. But chil
dren vory Hoon learn to value them
at'A hit they aro worth; and who
can estimate the conscqucnccs to
their immortal oouls of this early lesson
in falsehoo 1 !?S. S. 'Times.
EVEHY NATION HAS ITS OWN "GAXT."
Tho JUouis ot Homo informs us
that wo walk Vai.kec as well as talk
Yunkeo. Tho travelers who visit tho
liolcl of Watorloo aro accustomed to
enter their names in a?rcgistcr. The
bo.>k has been k?pt fui\.many years
by the samo person, and with wonrlni
Pivl hA Jc ?iMa i r\
nato the visitor's* iiatioT.a'ity by simply
inspecting t lie hand-writing.?
Much more easily ca:i ihe profession
or nalioo be detected 1 y Ihe means of
the gait. The gravo Spaniard; the
>>hlogmatio Dutchman; tlio vivacious
?;nd sanguino French in a n j thcr rescr
ved and formal Briton ; the irxjnisi-"
tive, iippc'.uOu*, self'-c mfiJent Ameiican,
cach'betrays the national trail in
his style of walking. The sailor rolls,
as if our tiini planet sailed unsteadi'y
'in,., r.,
j- uu ouiu i vi ijiiii uv uu >1 urn iiu
longer on duly. ^Tho s^c^phanl
bonds his knee, as if every man he
meets wu? a prince. Th j lawyer steps
baldly and patroniiriugly. The clergyman
abstractly, ns if lite street was
Irs; or carftiously, :is if mindful of
gins and pitfalls upload lor the feet
of Iho unwary. The waiting clerk
is known for his bows and graceful
effrontery." We .distinguish a oox-com!)
by the-tho careful manner in
which bo picks' his wtily along the
street;^ a watchuiun ' by his hoavy,
measured 4,lead.? Students saunlor,
Kohoolgirls trip, doctors hurry, hunters
stride, teamstors. trudgo, gossips
gad, markct-tfoiujon bustle, boatmon
shuttle, ghosts stalk, aldermen wad
dlo. - *
Cant>id^tes comina Fiioii Atmo ad.
?At a slated inootipg of the. J?reftbytQry.of^JewBruuiiwjck,
hojci at Pi inoo
ton, No Jersey, oo thB 5tk lust.,
twelve candutnt'ds for licensure were
receivcU. Q1 fiinp w,oro .from
= Canada *r.d .Nova Spotfa. ?"'*
nev?jr sticks
mmms
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MAKING BUTTER.
A correspondent oi'tpe Rural American
says tslio puis no water with tl>c
rt cam, nor does she rinf>e tiio butter i
as many do, considering thai the wa- j
i tor destroys the sweetness of the but- |
i ter, and causes it to become rancid
much sooner. She uho thirties that.
; i-lio obtains more butter in cold wcath'
cr by heating the milk, removing tho
! cream tlm next day, and heating
.. ..^<1 iiuw !:i:is nearly MS much I
' cream as at thy first skimming. Thy J
churning d<?os not occuitv over fifteen
1 i I
; minulcs, mid ihe butter comes out in j
1 good order, and ycilow, even in tho [
ouldcst weather.
Another writer pays: When the!
milk is brought, in, pour into tho pail i
i boiling water, according to the quanti j
ty of tho milk. Jf you have six or j
! eight ijuarts, pour in two of water,
I and tal it stand till it is done steaming,
! aiid all the unphvisatit la*to will bo re;
moved. Let the milk stand iusL lomr i
*? o
enough to have :\!1 the crenin rise,
which will bo '18 houis ul tho longest,
am! not wait l'or the milk to thicken,
as no cream will riso aflor tho milk is
soar; then as you skim your milk put
it in a clean, stono vessel, and not
cover tight, stirring lightly every timo
: tho cream is adilucl, and tho night bc'
o
i fore churning stir thoroughly till all is
!even, and never let it stand an hour
1 i'.f'.er it is fit to bo churned. IT it is
j cold, add hot water gradually till of
; the right temperature.
Calculating I3oy.?Among tho
! many boy8 employed for tho different
i purposes ot calculation on tlio ordnanco
survey in Ireland, there is at
present ono named Alexander Gwin,
only eight years old, and a native of
Derry, whose abilities at his early ago
arc truly. surprising. Ho has got by
rote Iho fractional logarithms from 1
, to 1,000, which ho will repeat in regular
I rotation, or otherwise, as the interro'
gator may put the question. It is
certainly astonishing to think so ten;
del* a mind can retain with such toJ
naeity and correctness ecvon fi^uros
: of an answer, (according to their dif
j ivrunt variations^ lor J.,uuu numbors.
1 His rapidity and corroctnoss in the
various calculations of trigonomotri- '
cal distances, triangles, ctc., aro amazingly
beyond anything wo bavo ever
witnessed. Ho can in lesa than in
one minute rnako a roturn in acres,
roods, porches, etc., of any quantity
of land, by giving him tho surveyor's
cbainod distances, while tho greatest
j mathematician, with all his knowl|
edgo, will ccrtainly tako nearly an
hour to do tho eamo, and not bo certain
of tho truth in tho end.
Morality in Spain.?Air. Grant
remarks that "Spain retains less of
tho real spirit of Christianity than
any other country." Taking morality
to be the essence of Christianity, lie
J might have said that tho immorality
j of tho Spaniard, moro especially ono
: particular form of immorality, among
i i lie upper and lower classes of society,
1 and of the pricHts, is far boybnd .that
of any other European country. As'
: ono slight testimony of this,.we may
j bring the sorrowful, hut solemn ac^kiiowled-jmont
of the archbishop of
odo ot tiio largest provinces m Spain,
, th.it ho only know of two priests in
his whole diocese besides himself who
i led decently chaste lives ! Whilo.it is
' also worthy of nolo that no country
i ia Kuropo, we beliove, can show so
! onorn.ous a proportion of foundlings
! and foundling hospitals.?Cornh'dl Mag;
uzine. ? ,
Tho San Francisco Bulletin says
j that there aro facts* enough to prove
i "that California, is no longer devoted
I mainly to diguing cold, but can claim
i to have engaged successfully in a
i greater variety of. industries than.almost
any other. State in llio Union."
In 1BGC tho gold and silver yield -of
the State, was about $41,000^00. lis
agrUyiltm'&l products notted $55,000,'
000. Its manufactured.articles-w?ro
not of a 1o81 valuo than $30,000^000.
This Jabt branch ofindustry is very
floniiabing Californiahp are justly
proud, of tho rapid growth, ol their
S:ate; they may be equally satisfied,
with its substantial pro<fpority* * *r'
ArpLB CU9TAUB.?rJ&o roaka Kihecb'capcst
and best^otfory-dtfy farmer's
tippfe cu&tavd, tftkd'btveftt'&pples that
will oook, pare, cut, and slow- tjiofn;
whon well done, stirjill thoipifecoa aje
ibvoken; wbon cool, thin^wilh in.Ilk to
a propor cousiatonoy, and bake wkh
. one oruei, liko a pirmpkln pi$l Eggs
in aj^ bo prepared ftud added frify Jnflk,
- (? ba^y-^i&pugH it wilt djj'^lfthou^
Bo,?w,odt<?Mng, ip aAc?j?ry.'i It?na^y
^ aeoned v&tfc any'ii^ipS' Bpi^tiqfc
Ki. 1 k W iLhotuw ' \?V
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| IMPORTANCE OP BULK IN PEED.
Although tlio prcscnco of a suffi?
j cicnt quantity of nutritivo matter in
tlio feed it naturally tho most fundamental
mutter for consideration, its
bulk is scarcely less important. Tho
function of digestion requires that the
teed shall proporly fill tho stomach;
and however largo tho supply of natritivo
matters may bo, tlioir effoefc is
imperfectly brought about if tbo food
bo too small in bulk; and it actually
becomes more valuable if dilutod with
\voo\ly liber or somo othor inort Bub* .
stance. On tbo othor hand, if the
feed be too bulky, tbo eonso of repletion
causes the animal to ceaso eating
long beforo it has obtaiood a sufficient
supply of nutiitivo matter. It is
ino.st necessary, thoroforo, to study
tho bulk of the feed, and to cortsidor
how to mix tho different substances
in such a manner as to adjust tho pronnrfmna
? . 4 1 * * '*
j/v*viuuo ui iiutnuvu muiicr 10 tnoir
bulk. If wo examino the naturo of
tho mixed feeds most in voguo among
I feedors, it will most generally be found
that very bulky feed is combined with
j another of opposite properties. Honco
| turnips, the most bulky of all kinds of
1 feed, aio used along with oil cako or
I bean meal; and if, from any circumstance
it bccomes necossary to replace
a largo amount of turnips by tho lat?
substance, the deficient bulk must be
replaced by hay or straw.
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CURING LAMB SKINS.
A correspondent of the Country Genj
tleman gives tho following directions :
As soon as the skin is taken irom the
animal, stretch it tightly on a board,
flesh side out; then, before it begins to
dry, I apply an equal mixture of fine
salt and alum, thoroughly pulverized
togethor, until tho ekin is slightly
whiteced by the mixture. I theu
tnko no furtbor notice of tbo skins
until 1 want them for use, (which is
always a few weeks from the time of
applying the mixture.) I then take
them and thoroughly wash them in
warm soap-suds, let them dry, and
rub them Boft with my hands. After
rubbing they are soft and pliable as a
kid glove, and will continue to be.
Another receipt is tbo following, as
[ we fiud it in an exchange : Wheat
I flour, 20-parts5 alum, 8 parts; salt,
I 3 parts. Pulverizo, mix and rub this
compound over the fckin, after nailing
it out tightly. In about two weeks
rub tho hide together and dress -off
with a knife.
U. P. Seminauy, Alleghany.?Tho
Tbo session at this Sominary closed
with tho usual examination before tho
Board of Superintendents, last week.Among
the most- Interesting of the
exercises was thp closing ceremony,
Wednesday evening, of presenting,
tho graduating class with copies. x>f
tho Bible. This was conducted by
tho venerable Dr. Pressly, who, after
a most instructive and. impressive address
covering tbo essential principles
of pastoral theology,' presented each
mflnflini* ? *1
.mvuvvi Vi luu UiUCH, UIOVOU 111 ail,
with>a beautiful copy .of the Biblo, ?
accompanying the - presentation in
each case with an appropriate exhortati9ja
in the language of tho 3)ible.
Tho entire ceremony was urtuflually
solemn and. -Impressive.?'P.tm* .
byterian.. v ' v
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Toxas has built lour hundred and
twenty-five miles of raUroad, forming
four grand trunks diverging North,
South, East, and West frQm tho cityof
Houston,'and affording ample room
for lateral roads when tho_wantaof ^ t
the coutftry shall require, them. Tho
Houston TeJegrajyh say$: ''These main ^ r ..
arteries of trade will, when comnloted.
- i ' . * V'T.T'
not only link tho railway system of \
Texas witU tho vast neUworkof railroads
in the Northwest, .and'with,
i those .of the'States e88t'of; ffce*lyssjs- '
J sippi, but furthGrj will bring .through '
| Texas tfye products oftfoi/tf 6&Uluest
Mexican States in the Onward^ course
of civilization toward ifie ^^PacifiO
Ocean."
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Mrs. Harriet Bee^h^r Stoweancb ,
Charles Beeohvr^er^'Brotheri sajfred
from Tinn YVirtr on iniifa Ui-aJ J
- ? Y- ~-f ;v,M *VH?y ?V jUfUUdj
in which Stato Captain Frederick iJ.
3$iowe owns and is oultivatf ?g> Ariji. .
IXo oxpccts? to remamv about'six
months.
' Guru for Foundeu.?Toko six ?gg?, '
boat thom as y oil would for custard;
mix tbom with One, pi A&?f y ititegai?;
pour it down asfoon as you disooyM?
tho Lot so to bvibundered. Founder
originates ifHtho j"
I.
- : Gfcnoraf- oWfcin
loavo, wili go oh ^ptarn/DpnoftA'a
!.excursion to
!Tfto.8ftit>jwv5;
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