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BY W. ATLEE^ND HUGH WILSON^ ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C~, FIUD^ 17, 1867. ^ ./; " VOLUME XV. NO. 4.
ri'BUqur.O ur RKQOEfcT.
DON'T YOU HEAK THE ANGELS COMING t
Shall.wo meet beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to roll,
\Vhere in 9II ;he bright forever,
Sorrow ne'et shall (iress the soul ?
CHORUS.
Shall we meet?plinll we me^i?
Shall w?j ibeet?hhull we merll
* Shall we meet beyond the river,
\vherw ihtt fiurirpii chiira tn r?ll 1
felinll we meet in ihnt blest harbor,
When our stormy voyage is oVr?^
fSliall we meet and cast the anchor,
fty ihe fntr, Celestial shore t
*3liull wo meet in yonder city,
Where'the towers of crystal ehiue?
Where the walls are a'.l of Jasper,
Built by workmanship divine?
Where the wm.MC of the ransomed
Rolls its harmony around,
And creation ewells the chorns
With its sweet, melodious sound ?
Shall we mret with ninny a loved one,
That wiih loin from our embrace?
Shall we listen 10 their voiocft,
And behold (hem facu to face ?
Slroll w? meet willi Christ our Saviour,
When he comes to claim his own ?
Shsill we know his blessed favor,
And sit down upon his throne f
SHALL WE MEET?
Iluly nng"la in their flight,'t rave rue over earth
and sky?
AcU of kiii'JiiP.** their tleli^ht, winged with
mercy as tin y Hy. t V
CllOUUrt.
Don't you hear th?i??coming over hill
and plnin,
PcntUj'ins? mut-ic in their heavenly train?
Oh ! don*', you hour the angles coming
sinuinir as they norm- ?
Oh ! bear tne Angels, ungrla boar me home !
Though their fumw we cannot see, they nttend
nnd eir.ird our way.
Till we jiiu thfir contptiny in the fielda of
liei?\*e:i!y day.
Ilitii \v? bul an angel's wing, an?l an angel's
l)a*art of fl uiu1, .
Olr! li??w swcily would wc ring through Hie
world tlio Saviour's name !
% Yvl I metliiitkn if,I aliouU die, and lioooine an
nngt-1 too,
I, pt-? J> it J >- , like lip in niiulrt'Hy, and iho Saviour's
' bi<l'liiig <lo. _ i
LIVE FENCES AJID HOW TO MAXE THEM.
Tcua t f tt.ou.-aiuiH ol miles of luncew
having been utterly destroyed during
tbe continuance of tl?o no^v happily
past war?tho absolute rrccd of repairing
t lio f:Li n>s rnjido d?S' late, and the
" "O '
dvsiro that these fences should be
made not only durable but-atao pleasing
to the cjo, and chenp withal, wo havo
been induced to write a few lit.es on
live fences and their growth and cultivation.
Tuliiug it altogether, tho
O-iago Orange certainly offers tho
very best material for a living fence.
It being a Southern tree, renders it
peoaliarly ;appJicablo in yoar dry and
often jirou^lit visited climate. This
plant will, in five yews afier planting,
make a living lenco impenetrable to
man or beast j offering a sure protection
not only-against, borsou and cattlo,
bat al$a against hogs, sboep, and
what is often more destructive, tl>L*vi
fciid1 b?tyaV . :
exponas ofniaking 8atb a fei.co
idrtr?ilirig, Ctfmpar?d with its real ntility;
at tbe prices at which the plants
are bow sold, ? living fence after four
y?ftrs of cultivation, and when it is fit
ta be .turned out *md "will be ready to
aorve aU the purposes of any fence,
will not cost more than ono .dollar por
rod ; & Som hardly sufficient to build
and Jccep io repair a common rail
fence; and'hef near enough topay foi
and He If a five board and post io-nco
The better "wsy in yoor section will
wiH be to bey. the plants when one
year old, (rtrhich n<Jw eell for si* dol
lars per thousand, b?t next year cat
be jJrocnred.<br t^o-ibirds or less thai
amount,) and to. set- the plants th<
MXi spring. /
Th.e preparation. of the. ground foi
ihi? fence, should be such a preparation,
as we give" to. oijr corp ground,
that is^ * thorough, deep plowihg ir
l?# ?*11,. and a lighted plowing sot
thorough harrowing in-.the spring before
setting the hedge, .A very gooc
aodLueoai way it to mark out youi
hedgerowjind cultivate it obce !k cora
peas, or potatoes; take tho crop oil
plow ini the fall and then again t? Uy
gring aaabofro j by ibis tnetuis ?m
jctmumI is rendei^od mollow and fr?
from should prepq&lh<
X9f your hodgerow?t IeM
eight feet ?w id?, bo that th?t wwd? cm
b# kept down with .< *
| tfp?r, nod the ?oete
piftimvr '
olar bore, is ns follows: Fir?t set ?
line ol stakes (na}' foar ft-ol long ami
Ave or six .rods apart,) .exactly in u
lino where you want to eot your
plants; then with a strong, steadj*
team and a good plow, strike a furrow
exactly in a lino with the stnkos,
tho wholo longth of your proposed
fonco; roturn in tho same furrow, thus
matting it, Bay ono foot deep.?
Then plnco jour hedge-line which
should bo a small, stout ropo, twelve
to twonty rods long, with bits of red
flannel plaeod twelve inches apart
along its ontiro length'; these pieces
of flannel are to mark the di*ta>iec
apa:t lor your plants. Fix your line
steady with stout stakes, so that th??
wind will not get it out of pluco and
then straighten your furrow with a
spado or hoc, where it is out of lino,
and lay your plants in tho furrow
against tho side thereof and at the
distanco apart that is marked on the
line by your flannel. Throw a litlle
ea? th over tho roots to keep them in
their places and withdraw your line;
set it again in the furrow beyond
where you have planted and sot the
plants ob before, and so pr?jc<>ed until
you have your fenco all set. Take
y ar iuii? n. j.nd with your Aloud \
luwo ai.d snail plow iluow ftu*row.>
/III ( A 4 l\il HilAl Q l.T t hn 1\tu I. f C 11 ?\ I > I t III!
w ? i\j iiiu a uuv.1) ui vtiv bo uii i ii tiiv;
yellow part of tho roots arc all covered.
These furrows may 00 thrown on
both bidos of tho plants. Tnen p?isovor
your line, potting the plants U|>
*nd tramping tho ground well on both
aides of the plants, lh?.*n throw up on?
or bioio furrows on each s dc of your
plants salhat from three to live inches
of the-*root above tho yellow 4*
covered. This completes tho planting}
but it if* far butter and much
safer after tlijs, to cover tho ground
(or a distance .of three or. four lect on
each side of the row, with any old litter,
straw, leaves, unrolled manure
or iinvthinir thin^ that will servo as ?
J o CI
mulch. This mulch should bo at louHt
?!x inches doj'ji, bo that there would
he iQ' re ccrtainty of Uie plants nosuffering
from droitfght during the
rfirB'lyear of their growth.
Nothing further, needs to bj done
with the fc-nce this .year, morb than
to keep ilio weeds down. Leave >hc
mulch on all the first season and tb<foHowtug
winter. With two or three
hai.d*,' many hundrods of rods ol
Osagd Orange plants can be sot duily
Thousands of miles are hot out in this
Stale every yoar, und yearly the r.uinber
set out ib being largely inoreanod.
McLEAN.
Bloominuton, 111., April 16. 18GG.
"oHEEBIES OF HAMBURG.
In tbe early part of tbo sixtecnll:
century eherrios were very rare in
Germany. There had been a" rot, and
it was with the. utmost difficulty tbai
any could bo preserved. But a cili
zen of Hamburg, named Wolf, i>uU>in
the middlo of the town a walled garden,
and in the garden ho had gather
ed the rarest of cherry trees, arid b>
constant watchfulness* be had kepi
1 away the disease-from his fruit, so thai
ho aione possessed healthy oherrj
1 trees, ana tnnso in great abundance
bearing tho juciest of ehorries. Al
who fcifhed cbdrries must go to hira
' for thorn, and bo sold thom at th(
highest priced, po that every seasur
' ho reaped a great harvest of gol<
from his cherries- Pur and neat Wolfi
cherry trees were known, and h?
' grew rioter and tmorg famous^
OnA Hi'Asnn. whnti htM f:h?rrv trflfv
i were in blossoui, and giving preinifr
> of an abundant Drop, a war broke ou
' in Ibe Horth of Germany* In wbicl
' Hamburg, was Invaded, city wai
1- besieged, and so surrounded by tb<
? oumn^ that no.help could reach it.?
Slowly they consumed the provision!
mat were garncrea, out I ami no starec
- them in tb? face; nor did they dan
J yieJtf to the etieray, for in" those dayi
> there "was little mercy shovrn -to th<
I conquered, and whiio any hope ve
maincd the poople held ont, malcim
I- vain e<ie* into' the enemy's camp
r pnd growing weaker, daily, ffti l?u?
i ?n3 ltoes food reraaiopd tor therfi'.v
V. Meanwhile, the feuittif" tirew mfir
fierce ?he heat was intense
9 ?nd Jfljp ibe brooks hqi
About, ?
? *th*t tbe besiegers were becoming wit
t wHbjAlasI; M tt*4? (ben more ??r
>n T?lil Thi? -fTr i' a..n?v
* ??o rm^oar birtswor
after a week of fighting with tho enomy.
In his absence tho cborriee hud
ripened fust in the hot sun, nnd wero
now Rnpeth, fairly bnrating with tho
red juico, making one's mouth water
at tho fci^ht.
A sudden thought came into hie i
i
I head as ho looked at his cherries, and i
a hope sprang lip that ho might 3-ot
I save his fellow-townsmen. There was ,
not a moment lO lose, tor iwoiiij-] |
four hours moro of Buffering would j I
make the town delirious. IIo brought <1
together all tho children of iho town, i
to 1 ho number of throo hundred, and j i
had ihem dtoxsed" wholly in white.? ji
In thoaj day.s, and in that country,!:
tho funeral processions wore thusj
dr.frsed. JIo brought them caeh into,
his orchard, and loaded caeh with a
nrancn, neavy wmi ncn, J'liey um;r-1
ric?.j, and marshalling tlioiu, sunt them j
out of ibo city, a foeblo procassiorrj to
tho camp of tho onemy. Tho d} ing
men and women filled tho sheets as
the white-robod children passed
through tho gales and out, into tho
country.
The besieging Gonersil Faw.the pro- i
<*e.s*iori drawing near, concealed by
the h;?aglis lliey were carrying, and
he suspected somo siratngem, as if it
! were Birharn wood dining to Dunoi
j nai.o. '1 hen he was told thnt they!
; were children ol lLamnur?r, wuo nan
hoard that l.e ajid his army were f-ul'-l
i t'ering of ihif'nt, and wero briigingj
j lu.-cu-us chert ief ty quench it. Thereat'
no was very angry, tor ho was of a!
criu-1 and violent nature, and ttu.di
hat they had come to mock him, audi
lie surely would have put them to I
death before hi* o\es, oven as hvj hud
MWurn he would do all the people oi
the eity.
I B t whoci tho pr< ccssio.i came before
i liitn, an.l lie 6u\v the poor children, so'
thin, bo pale, so worn out with burger, I
the rougn nun's heart was touched;'
a spring of fatherly lovo that huuj
loi.g been choked lip in him, bickei
| forth ; he was fiilod with |>ity, ninJ
j^ti-ur.s came to hie? eyes, and what the
j trarriors of the town could not do
; iho peaceful children in whito t'id ?
j they vanquished tl.o hard heart.?
' That evei inj^ the little cherry bearers
returned to the citj-, and wiih tliein
w?nt. n (ir.-at. nriit-L-Hsinr. of fturlft ttllfiiJ
1 with provibioi.s f>r the Riarving people;
and the very next Jay a I real j
<.f pcaco was signed.
' 1?? memory of ibis ovent, tbo peo|jlo
of Hamburg still ke*?p, avery year,
a feblivul called the Ftu^l of Oheriies;
whoa tbo cHildre(f Of the city,
clad in white garment*,aifiar<-U through
iho htroclB, holding gr.ee n boughs, to
which ihc people, coming out of their
i house, hasten to -to tie bunches of
i chorries; only noV the children aro
I chybby and iriorry, and they oat the
Cherries tuemseives.?Uiversiae niagatin^for
Young People, March Number.
A REDBREAST'S ADVENTURES.
I am going to tell you about the
trials of a liitlo red breaHt family 1"
once re<td of. They were too serious
t- to laugli over at the tune; but on the
' principle "that nil is wtril that enda
, well," it will ans'ver. to smile over
I them now. All wept well enough
i with (he ne-t und eggs till a little bei
fore the birds were hatched. Then
along cumo the old gardener, snip1
ping hero and thore wiih his big
i shourajand what should he do but
3 snip away ibe ivy branches bo close
* that the little neat was sadly damaged!
* Out rolled tho beautiful blue eggs,
i bliding-down, a) easy as they could,
t over tho shining leaves ; so thoy were
> not broken. That was trouhleenopgh.
? though; for the disiraoted parents
3 could not pick thorn up, with all their
- little f>bil!; ho "ihoy scream od, and flots
tered.and hovered about over them
i in such u pitiful manner/that the kind
3 lady of the house went put to enquire
s into tbo trouble. Tbay^were greatly
? terrified by her appearand?; and re
doubled their outcried. But sho gent
/ ly picked up tne egg?, ana tunited
I, tbom snugly into tbo nest, and then
?7 walked away. ? _
? Down Jlew tbo mother bjrd,.
b scoi'ig all was right, who 'noatkd down
>, upon ibum, warjnaiog tbef? j?Hb~ ber
J downy br?Mt Jn two ^dca1 lime
o ibero won*four bttnd
d iAtftanrasran* dimoHbtf W
a grt.jMaw ?.,d
e vn^k *3$* 4**&
but sho manured to warm them into
iio by hor hand and a good firo- Then
I guoss j ou would havo laughed at her
tioxt pcrformanco She tried to mend
a bird's nest with a j>ieco of old flannel
cloth. It was rather a poor piect*
ui worn, on ujo wnoic, uiougu 11 answcrcd
for a while.
Unt ono ni-rht a drenching storm
nearly drowned them out, and the1
|?>or lilllo tilings v hieh had lived
through ho many difficult icb acomod
10 bo dead at last. The r<ibinn*at by
ind looked on very contentedly ibis
lime, as tho lady invesiLa'ed ibeir
u flair*. Tlioy wero convinced now
that their bii8ine?H would t o n -imaged
righi. You boo what love and gentletfiiKH
nail fcff.-et. ovnii in rh;ifiir:n r llm
natural habits ot' a bird.
"Wo will t-tko the poor things to
the fire, and give thctn a change," nai<i
mo,her, though it seemed Idco a very
poor chance. IJut as lor tliat old
rust, it is not fit, to be trusted any
further. Try and find us an old oi.e,
if y?u can Mary." A deserted nest
was found in t: c currant hushos, and
in this tho happy family were once
more placed, alter the warm fire had
thawed them out for the eocond lime.
I can not follow their adventures further,
fur a little time they all flew
a way. Hut if they woro as succesb1
u 1 in escaping further dangers, or if
thoy made as g >t>d friends in the wild
wood as thoy did in the garden, 1
think they must havo lived to a good
old a^c.?Presbyterian.'
THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES.
BY CHARLES A. rEAHOPY.
IjETTOCE.? Jjoiluce maybe sown in
tho f';ilI, or in January, Fobuary ami
March. Fall sowing will Kceure tho
o:n liost lottucc, L-ui it will not be as
tonder or as sweet ;.s that town in lho
spring. To have Lottuco in perfection,
tlic ?nil iniiHt bo rich, light and
mollow. The s.'.cd may bo sown
broadcast, and tl.e young plants
transplanted, as soon as thi>y thow
four l.-avcs. Lettuce, properly trans
planted, is nviro mclinod to head and
blanch, than that which stan Is whero
it is sown. It may also bo sown in
drills, fourteen inches apart, arid thinncd
out to eight incbos initio drill.
Cover tho.ficed about half an inch and
nress tlio earth firnilv on thorn Let..
luce is an animal, producing its fceeds
freely in this climato. In many coun
try gardens rabbits destroy the young
plants as soon as they appear; To
prevent, this, keep the in well sprinkled
with ashes. Head Lettuce should be
cut somo six hours bef >re eating, and
soaked in cold water, as it will thereby
lose many of its narcotic properlies.
Melons.?The melon has been cultivated
for centuries. It is a native ol
Persia, and draws its rich and lusciou>
juices from bur arid und barren sat.ds
To have the Melon hero in perfection
iu uiuov ww ii lit <* PWII'I j n'?ii.
New lard, lresh from iho woods, suit'
t'->OT? best. A pieco of. new land thai
has been trod by cattle, will producc
tUo water-melon of monstrous 'size.
AH melons, to bo kept puro, should
not be plan tod in tho iinmediuto vifin
ity of Squashes, Cucumbers or Gourds
as the Beed saved from these, raised
in cIobo proximity, will produce Molom
partaking of tho nature and flavor ol
all tho pquash tribo?the mixture ol
pollen producing new varietieB, bul
rendering all worthfep*, otwaii'g the
Melon to be ifcgjpid, the Cucumbci
overgrown and hollow, the S<jna?b tc
be watery, and tho Gourd sholl soft
Water and mask melons may bt
planted from tho middle of March
tihroogb.tbo month of April, Planl
wpier inelons ton foet apart each way,
somo. eight or ton seeds to a bill, and
when tbey show four loaves, thin oat
to four plants to u bill. Mu.-k mcloni
may be planted aboot fivo feet apart
iiiid Cbinnod out in tbe. earao manner
The tmegpr Citron Musk-melon it
tl*o.flfiQrft vurioty cultivated. Wjbet
grown in periVetion, it combine?- tb<
flavor of the strawberry and the Pint
Appte;ijtir~iMi variety sbooFd riot b<
nHm> A* sw mmjMwb
earliest and best ufielon? drv in th<
GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA BAILROAD
COMPANY.
The annual meeting of ih* stockholders of
this Comprny win held i?t Nickeraon's Hotel, '
on Thursday May 2. Dr. M LiBorde ttb?i
culled to the Chair, and Mr. C. V. Currington, I
Secretary of the G'otnpany, requested tonctn* |
Secretary of the meeting. The Ch-iirman ap- |
pointed a Committee to verify proxies, and
called upon the stockholder* for the imiuunt o 1
iht-ir individual stock. The Committee reported
49 lfl I thai ea represented. I
[ The I'icsideut, 11. 1'. Iiaminett. Esq., rend [ .
{ tin? report of llie President and Directors of!
the business anil affairs of I lie Company, for (
the year 1800. and presented t together- with
the Superintendent.'* report Hud t'ic table* of
lh? Auditor mid Treasurer and Foreman of
the Woi k.diop* us ilie ar.ntiitl report.
On motion of Kev. J. I'. Boyee, the report* |
were referred to a Committee, consisting of ,
Messrs. Aiken, Harrison, Townes, ilagood and
Stern.
The Convention then took a recess until 8 '
o'clock p. m.
At the hour to which the meeting a-ljonrned, J
the stockholders then re assembled, ?nd IX Wyntt
Aiken, Krq , Chairman of the Committee
on Reports, rem! their report, which, after
some changes being made, was received and
ndontod. an follows
Thatthoy have examined the several points I
in these paper*, which to the cursory render in- ,
vit?-d iuveetigntion. We reported summarily !
the entire iiidebtcihu'ss jf the Company to be
something over $2,250,000. The expenses of
llw pasl year, both ordinary and extraordinary,
have been ? little over $'100,000; of this
amount, $126 (>00 have been nppli- d lo the recoup
ruction nf that portion <>f tho road destroyed
by the wnr ami Ireuhet; the total jn- j
eoiue for the pnst 3'onr ha9 been $25l,00o ; the
actual debt of the ro.id has, it the past twelve
months, increased $.>0.000, exclusive of the
interest accruing upon the bonded debt of the
Company. That this amount was not larger
was a source of surprise to your Committee,
who (eel assured that the road, in tU present i
condition, is muuh more able to liquidate this in
creiiscd indebtedness, and taccessfully survive
it* existing encuii.brances, than it was n year
ugo to tind?rUke to rebuild its present con( l?tlO|l.
The wants of the rnad are many nnd grctit.
und to elevate it to the position of a firstclnsa
railroad will require the expenditure of
thousands of dollars to supply it with the rcqite
amount of rolling stock. Whence these I
funds are to be drawn, the Committee are una- |
hie to suggest.
They feul assured, from a careful examina- j
tion of Ti eiiBOrar's book*, that tv?ry iUm i.i .
It s too-condensed reuort can h'? nuh.tn>.i I
itted.
Tlie CixnmiiLue concur io tlie suggestion of
the LVei-ident, tlint the Act of llie Legislature,
parsed at llie session of 1866, relative to retir?ig
certain bonds of the road, should bo adopt* >
1 ed, aud recommend such adoption to thia cou- j
vi-ution.
Ou motion of Gov. Orr, the Act of the Leg- i
ialnture <n regard to tile-bond* was accepted by ;
llie stockholders.
The annual election for President and Direct- i
or* wes irouc into, and resulted ia II. P. Ilammett,
E*q., being unanimously fa-elected as
! President, a*>d Rev. J. P- Qoj-ce, Daniel B.-own,
i Ksq., Col. Simeon Fair, Alex. 4JUcliee, E#q.>
| ll'-n. B. P; Perry,- Col. L. D.-Cliildt. A. C.
, Hawthorne, Esq., II. T. Farmer, E?q., Guv. J.
L. Orr, Rol/t Stewart, Esq., Dr. J. W. \V
Marshall und Col. J. P. i: eed'were re-eleoted I
Dinctore.
Col. G.-F. Townes offered the following resolution?,
which were passed:
iietoivcd, 1'ltuL the stockholders of the Greenville
hii?1 Columbia RmlroiJ Company hava
heard with satisfaction that ilie r<ilro?d track
^ from the West in rapidly npproachhig AhIivill?t,
1 in North Caroliua?only eixiy miles from the
head of Hie Greenville and Columbia Railroad
?mid entertain hopes that the circumstances
of the country will ere long warrant an exton
?ion of a connectir.g road from 0-reenville, to
m?et the railread at or 'near AnWville.
' _ Jietolard, That in the event (tf such connect
1 ion, the construction of a railroad irom Ninety
Six, or its vicinity, to Aiken?for which a
_l .... ! i. j l . d.-i- ?ml
I rcuniwri id auvnnjr giauieu ujr hub oiuir? win
afford to the buHinets and .trade beyond the
mountain* a inoal direct connection with Charles'
ton, as well as with Columbia, and also .place
I the Soulh-weet in near connection with the
i whole line of the Greenville and Columbia
[' RuilioaJ, mid consequently with Ashrillo mod
f roads connecting therewith.
On motion of Gov. Qrr. the following rtso-lution.wa*
pirne'd:
' Rttolvrd, That the President and Director*
' of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad bo an
thorized to make n fair and equitable arrangement
with the Blua Ridgo Railroad Company,
, which will eoable them to run the Qreeoville
trajns over the Blue ,Ridge Railroad, and nae
' the roUing.etocU of the latter Compauy.
' Orf motion of B. F. Cray too, Esq., a reaolutftin
nf lhAiita ^ Tlmfna* ft WJaVai^A* !??/*
1 for (he aie of ,lhe hall, wa? pnMeil.
p On motion of Rev. J. P. Bojroe, a revolution
*?? passed tendering to Dr. M. Lsboid# the.
tbiink* of rite cgii.veution for the patient and
oonrteous manner with, whhth he presided oytf
their deliberation*. , . . ,
Qo motion of Hoa, By F. Perry, the oouwen
Moa adjourned up* dl*at JS O'oloek p. m.?Pha ?**<
SY? fi-j*
HOETlcV LTUB AL iflNTfl.?Cultivate
actad^iottnoes, if deitf rablo; if uoV, oat
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FLOWER GARDEN AHD SHRUBBERY.
Iii this department, everything
diould now bo in order; tlio walks
well gravelled and rolled, the turf
mown overy fortnight, tho edgings
trimmed, the soils in the border and
bed-' kept light and clean by frequent
stirring.
Most hardy annuals have already
been pown, at.d tho j*v??nnd is now
getting so w.irm that half hardy kinds
m air lia o., T..I ?t i.ln nl <n1 * ?* it?n ?im
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lers, where they are to remain. This
class n quires even more caro than
the hardy annuals, both in propairing
(ho soil and covering tho peed properly.
ll is best to "start them in March,
under glass, and transfer them the
present month to iho border!". Some
of this class, lor instance Double
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DUISUrUH, 1 UIIC'l IIIO IIUIW ) ll'lllr
tauts, Asters, Tiiumbitrgia?, Cypress
vines, Petunias, and Salpiglossis, arc
among our prottiust plants. Iridood,
iih a class, they surpass in beauty and
interest and continue longer in blooru
than the hardy a? nuals. Sow, also,
biennial and perennial plants this
month.
Verbonas and Petunias should now
bo planted wlicro thoy aro to bloom,
and the other bedding plants, Iilccwiso,
as soon as tho danger of tho frost is
over. The most useful of tho latter,
aro the lalanas, which are pretty, and
alw.'iya in bloom, Oestrum Parqui or
Night Smelling Jasmine, Aloysia Citriodorn,
Abutilons, Salvia*, .Niorembergi:iH,
Alonsr.as, and Heliotropes
Tho Scarlet Geraniums do not perfectly
succeed wilb us in a full exposure,
but many kinds prove first rato.
Transplant, when of 8niHcient8ize,all
oc^umig uniuMiuiuiii piuniM, irum
llio nutvcry beds to tho borders, and
when the danger of frost id passed,
tho half-hardy kinds from tho hot bo?j
or pita, to tho plaoo where they aro to
flower. Meanwhile harden thorn by
exposing them by day gradually to
tho. Do not take them at onco from
the pit to the ground, but keep tbom
in the pots in a sheltered spot a fu\v
days until their leaves have hardened
Bedding plants from a distance will
suffer severely, even if thoy finally
survive, from boing planted out at
once, ins eud f.f gradually accustomed
to ibc nil* and sun.
Piunt out Dahlias. Finirh at once
tho pluming of nil tho Icuidiiou*
sbrub-s and evergreens, as} it if
already ralbor too Ulo, unions
in piU]>ii(otis censoiiM. Gladiolos ol
the - Gaudyvoneis tribo may Btil
be plantod The new varieties vnrj
much in co'or. and fire beautiful. O
climbing plants tho Manncttia*, the
choicer Morning Glorioi*, as Ipopiei
liinbaii and I. Keani, uro. very desirable
; Kof too, the Loasas, Mauran
dine, ?nd Cyjiresd vine?. Their train
ing is a picking onro to the Iadio??
Tie up, H8 they require it, tho pluntf
lo uuituhlo Htukt-8?So. Cultivator. .
Moles.?Farmers should .tako notice
of this paragraph:T A scientific
Colompora'ry relates the following foi
tho benefit of mole killers and othen
wh.) wish to disturb tho ordor of nature.
A municipal council in tL><
State of Zurich took it into its heac
to bo very zealous in talpicide, wher
M. Weber, a naturalist, intervened
and imparted to the council the rebuilt
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oxumiocd thcalomuchs of fifteen molei
caught : in different localities, *'aric
discovered no vostige 'of roots 01
plants, but abundant evidence of earll
worms. Ho shut up several ruoles ir
a box with sods of turf, and a smullej
caso of grubs and earth-worms. Ir
nino days two moles'ate 841 * wbit*
worms, 193 earth, worms, 25^daterpn
lars, and an entire mouse. Be (ben
1 placed meat cut email .with vogetablea
The moles ato the former and loft tb?
latter, then he gayo; tbom, veg^t^.
bles only?>in twenty/four. h?ura the;
were dead of BtarrntioB^^" -? -
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JBakkp Bbans.-?-F*jw people 4$no\v
the lax orj of - fceked beads, Bimplj
because few cook# property' prepare
them. Beads generally are nQt .cpgk
' 4,wr.ktcg> enough^,,A'UiiT.iftc om
method: Two qnrwrfca of- middiinj
reed white beari?, iwo
pork, wnd one spoonful of snorcFsoe
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I POLITENESS OF MANHEHS AT TKZ TABLE.
HINTS TO THE LITTE FOLKS.
" Thtre is no spot upon the earth
Fur sweeter than the rest;
There is one spot, we all must own,
The brijjhtest, nivJ the best."
Young friends, come to tho table in
time, never keep t,ho folks waiting,
j bo prompt, get your seats quietly be
lore the blessing is pronounced.
I " In silence lake your seal,
Ami give thanks to God bofor* you eat."
Como with clcan hands, clean faces, ;-eombed
heads, and grateful hearts. .
j Sit still j bo quiet; wait patiently
till others aro helped.
Don't stretch your arras across tho
. tublo for food; this is impolite.?
, When you wish for an article at your
' meals, at?k for it politely.
.Never find fault with your food ; bo
ihatiklul fur tho simplest, plainest
' faro. Think of tho perishing, starving
poor, who would gladly eat the
i crumbs that full from your tablo. Be
grateful to God f >r oven a bone to
pick, or a crust to cat.
j Eat such things as aro placcd before
you, asking no questions making no
1 wry faces.
' Never take tbo load in convorsation ;
1 keep your tongue as with a bridle;
| guard the door of your lips. " A fool's
voico is known by a multitude of
j words." Somo young folks render
i themselves ridiculous and disgusting
I by making remarks whilo older per'
sons} aro talking.
j If necJ bo, help others to any dish
, I or article that stands nearest you.
j Eat slowly, masticate well your
11 food.
Bo caroful that you drop or spill
' nothing. A beautiful whit table,'
cloth looks badly, if Boilod with
i ) liquids or things from your plate.
, j "The tubie-cloih you must not spoil,
I Nor with your foud your fiug?rs?oil.''
t Never leave the table without permifsion.
Sumo little boys and girlseat
hastily, like starving pigs, or a
j hungry wolf?then jump and run 1 la
ILhispolito ?
Keep your scat until all rise from
{ the table. It is ill-manners for child
ien or younger members to rise
I up and leave the table before
others arc done. And what, if poasij
j bio., is still moro ungontoel, is linger,
j ing to finish j*our meal and keep
. I ulhera waiting
t When told to rise, then yon must pat
| Your chair awnj with noiaelesa foot, i
Aud lift your heart lo God abore
' Iu praite for all his wondrcn* love."
' Children truly polite at the table,
' are almost sure to bo polite every*
> whore. D. F. .NEWTON.
[Voice of the Weti.
Tiie Art op Health.?Walking is
the beat possible exorciso. Habituater
yourself to walking v<Jry Tar. The
y -Europeans valuo themselves on baring
subduvd tho horse to the use of
man, but I doubt whether we have
% gainod by iho use of this animal. No
. ono thing has occasioned so much de(
gonoraoy of tho human body. An Indian
goos on foot nearly as far in a
, tuiy, iora long journey, as an enfeeI
bled white on a horse, and he will lire *
t the- beat horses. A little walk of
I balf an hoar in the morning when
i you first tise, is advisable. It shakes
off sleop, and produces other gopd ef?
fects in the animal eeooomy.
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Antidotb?A poison of any conceivable
description and degree ofpo'
ter.ey whioh has been swallowed in?
' fantiiinnllir r\* Ktf ann!/li>n4
1 1WOMI mj v? ?/J HWVm?UV} Uldjr UO ; \
r rondered almost instantaneously
1 harmless by swallowing two gills of
.sweet oil. An individual with avexy
Htrong constitution should take twiee;
the quantity. This oil will nentraliaa
' evory form of vegetable or mineral
1 poison -with which physicians and
?hcmists are acquainted.
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.l viu.?x ifv jryvir w (uaw
r r int9 the lamp, and fill tbo latter aboat
r half fall with coarse salt, and then
j pat in about ono inch of o?l, and it
Vill be'fband that a great saving wilt
r _ be tKo result. Tbe salt washes gradf
. naliy.j^wfty daring the barnibg, and
^ > muaW therefore, be renewed from time
}' to^ime. The light is porer ard more
4 brttl*fcntr than without the salt, sm|
^; tM^ck ne^ds'no snnffing.
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? A barrel .of. flour can be parehftloA
r> (t^<jPt?i?, 8entby rail and ete&mer toj'
Liverpool, and thenco tray&gjported hi
i Vessel to Boston, ^ less ex* $
>'than it oan bo purchased In tha
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