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i .... .. ? BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1867. VOLUME. XV. NO. 10. DIED OF BAD COOKING. One friend asked another of what the gentleman died whoso house thoy wero passing. After a moment's Jmuse, he ?*emarked quite seriously ; "He died of bad cooking." I do hot know that 1 evor saw such a statement in an obituary notice, but it might with truthfulness bo put into a great many. The only wonder is that a groat many moro uo not aio 01 It. Probably an aciivo out-door life helps to keop off the fatal result, though the flame cannot fail to steadily undermine the stoutest constitution. Meats sodden in fat, and bread ninoienlh8 of the time sour or heavy, aro the order in many households. A lad whom circumstanced compelled to board for sever:*.' months in such a placo, said : "I ehouid have supposed thev would miss it some times and have good bread, but they nev^r did." If some house-keepers bad servod on apprenticeship, to learn tho art ol making poor bread, they could not have bucceeded better. Sour bread and dyspepsia are twin brothers, or rather mother and child. Careless, bard working mothers, who will not take a little pain to cook a low plain things well, are usually the loast sufferers by tho poor management. They and their families hav* usually such an amount of outdoor exercise that they can barely live through it, without breaking down. Still a great deal of the cross DC88 and misery which haunts such homes like a shadow, arises from the indigestion which follows loading up the stomach with stones and leathor in place of wholesome food. The evil is greatly aggravated when we come to the more comfortable middle class, where too often the whole management of meals beyond u few bad directions, is left to an ignorant and careless domestic. Good tuealy potatoes are tarnod into water moaliart liimns ; moat, in nut into Cold " ???r- "j r water at first and afterward* boiled at a furious rate until all the juices are soaked away, and the mass that remains is about as dry, and unoourishing as a block of fibrous wood Then the liquid meat which is left in the kettle is turned out into the drain (so on to the end of the chapter The sour broad difficulty is quite at great hare, and if an attempt is made to correct it, enough soda is usually employed to make a fine dish of souj in the stomach, wheu combined witL the grease usually accompanying such cooking in one article or anoth er. If our ladies only would atten< to the business themselves, and fire learn and then carefully direct thei: domestics in the business, standing bi to see that it is done right, uutil tb< habit is formed, it would do more V make their families healthy and hap py, than all the tucked skirts or cm broidered dresses they could make ii a life time. It is worth making ill effort for. It will pay you tho lai gopt .interest in the matter of mer personal happiness, to see each men corao to the table thoroughly we prepared, and to know that husban and children can partake of it witfc out danger of that foe to all happ cess, indigestion. The advantage t small incomes of such a wise superv eor as the mistress ot the house, ca not be over estimated. "The eyes < tbe mistress will do more work tha both hej^ hands." Thero is another class, too wb< though often not the richeRt, prid< themselves on the little they have a quired among plain neighbors of "goc livers." which usually means, they s a table on wbioh every luxury of tl season abounds, prepared with all tt expensive ingredients that can cot violently be added thereto. It w a curiosity to hear 'Mrs- L. descri the ingredients eho mixed into b mammoth jar of mince-pie mei All the spioe* that ever came (ov< were added with wine, brandy, cidi tea-berries, little pieces of suet, era berries, raisins, currants, and varic other things "too numerous to me tion." When puddings were roa< tbey were rendered whoHy indiges1 ble by a doaen on more of eggs, a the various- piqkles and "oatobnj rnktrtU kaac ^amilcr WAIfA Htt vrmu TTuiuu mvb ??kHirj ??*? v ? ? regaled, and were 00 hotly spioed to born ?h* joowthft of ordinary mc tab. ' Ono is remindod of Addison's iomarlcs on such a table. "What counter-ferments must such a mcdly of intemperanco produce in the body! For my part, when I behold a fashionable table sot out in all its magnificence, 1 fancy that I see goulB and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumorablo distempers, lying in ambuscade among tho dishes." Such extravaganco in iuo uso 01 matcriate, is far from being a Bign of a good cook Good cooking consists in preparing well, simple,' wholesome food. Unwbolesomo food is badly cooked, however ingeniously tbo materials may be jumbled together. Kich people may bo ablo to afford tbo time and exponse of being sick after living on sueh diet, but it is not agreeable oven if tboy can afford it. It is not wiso or right to thus lay themselves aside and cut short lives which might ho usefully employed in God'B service, just for a momentary gratifiua tiou uf tho palate.?Mother's Journal. . ANTIDOTE FOB POISON. Sehcl for a physician. Moan while, remember tiiiit tho effect of admnurtured poison is inutiiStafiOOUS, or comcs on slowly. If instani^oefiUS, tho patient immediately cries out with thu sensation of heat or burning, or scalding at any point from mouth to Htomuch : the nresumntion then is / I * that eomo corrosive poison has been takon?something which eats or destroys or disorganizes the muscles or fleshy parts of the tongue, mouth, throat, stomach, etc. iloat poisonous hubstancfs of this sort are acids, and the first best romedy likely to be at hand is common soap dissolved in wa. tor, or soda, or saleratus, or magnesia j but in the hurry of inexpert hands the remedy may be made bo strong as to become of itself another poison; hence it is best to take the ?implest thing which is most likely to bout hand, and which cannot injure in any quantity or strength in which it can bo taken; hcnco fur poison; which cause an instantaneous sensation of burning in the throat, etc. drink a teacupful ot sweet oil, 01 lard, or grease of any sort; tbo most - that can happen from an over amount > is that it will bo vomited up, and this ? brings more or less of the prison oul > of tbe stomach; thon you can mori ' leisurely drink magnesia*water oi > strong soapsuds, or a table-spoon o ? wood ashes, put in half a pint of lukc ; warm water, atir, let it settle two mio utes, pour it off, and drink. 1 if a powder bos caused tbo urgen t sensations, the most generally appli I uuuio uutiuuio IS IU HWUUUW UIIO u p iwo raw eggs; tho white is the efii & cient part, but there may Dot bo liin o to separate the yolk. Tbig is best i poisons from arsenic, corrosive subli i- mate, verdigris, creosote, etc. n if tho effect is not instanstaneoui e and time may bo taken, the first bos * thing to be done in all cases is to gt e the poison out of tbe stomach instan ly> by swallowing every five minute a tea cup of warm water into wbic d bas been stirred a full teaspoon eac >- of common salt and ground kitcbo i- mustard. Tbere is vomiting almoi o as soon as it reaches tbe storaac ?- Anon armk a cup or iwo ui vui n BiioDg coffee, which is the best remc >f dy for all anodyne poisons, as opiur n morphine, laudanum, etc., etc. ] short, if tho sufferings are instaotan o, ons and urgent, drink sweet oil < 3- soapsuds; it gradual or causingdroi o- sioess, mustard emetic, Blrong coffee, >d whito of eggs.?Dr. Hall. 0t 10 10 The Christian Pilgrimage.? j_ men have been termed pilgrims, ai ^ life a journey, then we may add tb b0 tbe Christian pilgrimage far surpass 0r all others in the following importa particulars: in the goodness of t Jr road, ia tbe beauty of the prospee in the excellence of tho commiiiv. ai 01 J I + ' n- in the vast superiority of the accoi m8 modation provided lor the Chrietii n<_ traveler tvbea he has finished 1 j0) course. ti- m ' nd A man's pride shall bring him lo > " but honor shall uphold the humble ,ly spirit. I f i >r- ' Lies have long legs bat weak bao THE KITCHEN GARDEN. Gather the early crops as tJiey mature, saving all the straw and haulm for stock or the manure heap. In gathering roasting Oars, cut up the stalks at tho bottom, and if not needed for hog", cows or working stock, euro them for winter; left in the patch they are wasted and very unsightly. Irish Potatoes may bo gathered as soon as /Ha *-?? :r ilta nmntKnr ia tvnf tuliun most of the vines aro decayed. If left in the ground they will be likely to take a second growth, which spoils them for a table use.?Dig them early in the morning, lalo in the efeuing when the the sun is low, or in cloudy weather; fur if exposed to the midday sun, they are suro to decay. Do not put them up in bulk, but spread them, of the sun, under cover, un til perfectly dry; nod keep thetu tlius spread, not over fivo or six incites deep, until there is danger freezing, when they may be 9tored, in the winter, in barrels and boxes in a dry place, safe from lrost. Thus kept dry aud cool without sprouting, they are equal to those grown at the North for either planting or eating. Sprouts must be rubbed off in they appear, or they ruin the potato for eating. Prepare thoroughly the ground in which they and oiher eurly crops were grown, by ploughing or spading, llutt it may be ready for j transplanting or sowing other crops j These operations, for success, in Lot weKiher, require fresh 'Jug soil. Pole, I3uru?b and Snap Beans and Table Corn may stiil bo planted, also melons, cucumbers and tqua*he9. If you have not plenty of cablmge plants, they may still be sown, but will require shading until they begin to come up, but no Joug?r We raise thorn at this season under glass, white washed with pipe clay, to t*?mpei the light and heat. Beets sown at this lime, if a sUnd can be secured, are excel-II 117- 1- .1 I c itut till wiuier* uo isuaik uju eeeu ium ui five days, until just reaJy to sprout ; have the beds freshly made ; dry the seed will sufficient superphosphate, ashes or flue , dirt to iow readily ; mark the drill* and , water them, then cover with Sue I rtfsli soil ! and after a few hours to allow the drills t< , dry a little, gently pi ess the soil upon thi . the rows with a plank. ^ Thin out the latter planted crops o L. carrots, beets, &o. The latter make excel I lent greens (cut up, lops and bottoms ^ after being nicely washed,) from the t?m , ihey are big enough to pick until they an ^ an inch in diameter. Keep the surface so * light and clean by surface hoeing.?Cu r off the upper shoots of tomato plant94whe f the fruit is half grown, aa it hastens ma - - - T> .1. ? 1 A I J T. luruy. rvuui u[) jjiam us vuey ueetj. xi hoeing at this time, do not go too deepl nenr the plants, as they need all their roo t lets tc gather moisture from every quar ter. Trurisplant Celery, Winter Cubbagi r Tomatoes, Sweet Potato Slipa, ?fcc., bt _ protect the more tender *orta by iuciinin e over tliein shingles inserted in the earth o the side next the sun.?Winter Cabbag it is needles? to undertake to grow umu: under the following conditions: The gruun mu3t be very deeply dug?not less tha * * - I < A _ __ I _ I j a looi?auu nuten indies ir.ucu ueue ^ It must bo liberally manured with fit t mannre, and o portion of this manur but not all, should bi some good supe j phosphate. They should bo planted lo ^ in the ground in a trench, and the earl graduully drawn up to them so that l! ^ lymOs may be on short stems; tbe ma k roots will then be deep enough lo dra moisture from the lower stratum, and sii y roots will be emitted from tbe stem all t! way to the surface. Cabbages thus mni ' flged, with the worm kept off by bar picking, are pretty sure lo head. Do n< allow uny of the leaves to be plucked < before the head is formed. ?vIf water is convenient, nnolv it liberal or ? , I ' at Dight. Frequent surface hoeing is good protection against drouglft; the dc being copiously absorbed by the pore -Ii soil.? Basil and other Pot herbs shoi Qd be gathered when the plants are in bloo at Begin now to prepare your ground icb Ruta Baga aud other turnips, for wh t see agricultural work for the mouth, ho Southern Cultivator. is, Dd Hovr Cattle Kill Trees?It is m* noticeable fact that a tree ever aa thrifty, and of whatever kiqd, 118 wbich cuttle gain access, and urn whioh they become habituated stand, will very soon die. In the ci w; of a solitary sbnde tree in a patrti in or by the roadside, this is of coma occurrence. The query may have b< suggaatedj-tor ytb+t ia th'ui- .ewin ks. In the first plaoe, rabbing a tree the necks of cattlo is highly pernicious, and if poraisted in, it will commonly destroy thorn sooner or later ; but if tho body of tho troo be covered so that their necks cannot touch it, death will onsuo just as certainly if they aro allowed to tramp tho earth [about it. But why should tramping ! earth dostrov tho tree ? Tho reason I is ouo of tho wide and important applications to tho laws of vegetable growth. Tlio roots of plants need air, if not as much, yet just as truly, as tlio IcaveB and branches. Their cuso is analogous lo that of fishes, which, though thoy must have water, j must have air also : viz : j ust about as | much as permeates tho water. 11 it ; bo all shut off, so that nouo that is fresh can got to thorn, thoy will exhaust tho supply on hand, and then , die for want of more. So tho roots of trees and vegetables want air. I ? ucn iuo oarui is 111 u uur-nui uuu nut .mal condition it is full of inlorstices J and channels, by which air gcia to jtheiu. But if iho cattlo aro allowed . to tramp down the earth, and the bum j aids their work by baking it at the | same timo a crust like a brick iw forni! ed, wholly impervious to tho atmosphere, and tho t;eo yields to its falo. So a tree cannot live if its roots aro covered with a close pavement. Tiny will strugglo lor lifo by creeping to 1 the surface, and hoislintr out a brick i here and a stone there, or lirul a cra< k vvhoro their noses can snuff a litilu breath ; but ii fought down and covered, will finally givo it up. So if a tree bo thrust into a cloao clay, or its I roots arc kept under water, it reluses i either to bean aquatic, or to put up 1 with iis aluminous prison. It will " grow as little as possible, and die the first opportunity.? Prairie Farmer. , Croup.? We copy un article on tbif disease which wo commend to the spe I oial - consideration of mothers. It it from Hall's Journal of Health, anc j may bo read with advantage: Crouj a seldom comes on suddenly. Generally it has at first no oilier symptom! f lhau those of common cold, but the . very moment tlio child is seen to car!t ry its hands towards its throat, indi e eating discomfort there, it bhould b( s considered an attack of croup, nnc j] should be treated accordingly. Whet t a child is sick of anything, no phyBin cian can tell where that sickness wil _ end. So it is with the cold; it maj n appear to be a very slight ono indued y still it may end fatally in croup, putrii t sore throat, or diptheria. Tho mo _ mont a mother observes croupy symp e% toms in a child from two to eigh u years, the especially croupy age, sh g should keep tho child in her own rootr by her own side, day und night, 110 re allowing it for a moment to go oul j8 side of the doorft, keeping comfort* ij bly warm, so that uo eliillnesa o n draft of air shall come over it. Ligh r. food should be eaten, no meats, he ie bread or berries. The whulo bodj e, the ?oet especially, should bo lcef r- warm all tho timo. Rubbing twent w drops of sweet oil into tho skin ovc Lb the lefb breast with tho hand, two c be three times, or more times a day, o in ten gives the inoBt marked relief in lw cold, in preventing croup. Such Je course promptly pursued will promp be ly euro almost any cold a child wi i- takof and soldom fails to ward off e id fectually, in a day or two. vhat wou ot otherwise have been a fatal attack off croup, with its ringing, hissing, ba king sound, itu uneasy, oppressive ar lly labored breathing, none of which cs a be mistaken when once heard. Mar >w a sweet child has been lost thus : T! ua parents aro aroused at the dead of tl ilJ night with cough that suggests crou; no. but it seems to pass off, and in t ror morning they wake op with a feelii ich of thankful deliveranoe from bodii ,? ill. The ohild rnna about all day if perfectly well-; but the noxt nig the symptoms aro more decided, a 0 ou the Dext night the child dies; fc B0 this would have been averted wi t0 certainty if from the first night t jer child had been kept in a warm roo tQ warmly clad j if the bowels had be J8e kept free and nothing had been eat ]re bat toast with tea or gruel, or stew lrtn fruits.?Exchange. lVu ^ Q6D Bells and priests may call others g'{ holiness and kpow?nothing <5f it the by solves. v " #k ON COLONIZATION IN BRAZIL. my rev. p. m'neii.l turner, p. 1>. i.ETTKK 2l>. Aiinr.vn.i.e, S. C., June 22, 1807. My Dear Doctuk : Before I commence nnotlier letter, nlluw me to request that you will ri-twl over my first. Y<>u perceive tlint the |>lnn proposed meets lite objectioun to emigration urced hy ninny who aro opposed to it, under uny circtim-tauces, and by some who have j?one to Htnzil, and who have returned dis9tit?fie>l. These last fnund themselves anion)/ foreigners, with whom they could have no xyin* pitlhy. Their language, manners, religion nml everything eUe were ptran?crs to them. Thin : result might have been expected. For one, I should be very unwilling, much aa I mi^ht. desire to emigrate, to luke my family alone, or with only three or four other*, to that dist.mil land, where we should be compelled to feel, from I <i?y to <lay, that we are strangers, iit a strange | laud, lint il' 1 could u'o abroad, with eighty or i one hundred faimlirtt, Hjicnkiilv our own language, ond bound together by a common sympathy, liko the Huguenot?, who fiaine to our coasts niter the revocation of the edict of Nantes, I cnii readily conceive thai I might feel more nt home in liruzil than i now feel in my name iMnte. Wk should follow the example of the I'tiiitmiHfrnin England, the Quakers, the Swede*. J the Fin?, the Hutch and others, who colonizj ed Nj/rth America, by emigrating in sufficient i numbers to create a society, to foster u commou sympathy. to keep alive our sentiments, to sus' tnin the tiiitiiulions of learning and religion, i ami to be mutual supporters. The French, tho 1 Germans and the Swiss have settled in Hrazil oil : tIn-* pinn. nnd they arc exceedingly prosperous as | colonies. Helieving that our people a9 ngricul1 turali?ta, nri? more enterprising, I can autk-i! pate for them even a larger share of prosperity I if they will ndopt a similar plan of proceed! ing. Sbnll we oppose to we'l established facts, ' in the history <>l colonization in IWrizil, the mi. fnvornhle reports of a few individuals who tried iti<> < - lieine ot emigration almost sincrled baud 1 e<l ' !t is l?y no inc.tns surprising that those who went out ill this way, should have conic , hack dissatisfied, nnd tried to disMiade others : from making the experiment. I cmi nrrnv the J cxpericnco of hundreds of families against that of tin; few individuals whohave returned disconi touted. Among these are uonie well known tc , in*. But I reserve their testimony f.it ! another place; nil wish to say more about my | | plan. Take twenty Buch diagrams as I requester I y?u lo inuke, and make four rows of five each k i This will represent a District twenty by twentyi five uiile?. and sntBcieiu for thirty sinal! colonies or tn-o thousand f.imiiies, an area not as lnrg<- a: Abbeville District. Suppose tliut siich a num j ber of colonies could be organiz-d and be in duced lo co operate in one general pl.m for th( common good : how easily could nil the dpmatid i of litis large society be met by ihe sssimauct . rendered l?y one to another I Though the dif | fereut colonies might belong to different religiou ) ; denominations; yet, having been impelled li] , the f>nmc reasons to leave their niitivn land, hav I iug common sympathies aa fellow countrymen i | having the fame nolile purpose before tliem, thrj | would really constitute a compact, homogeneuui locirt}'. and be enabled to contribute very materially to I lie prosperity of each oilier. So fa its religious mutters arc concerned, there migli be ? presbytery, an nsBocimi'm, a conference 3 and a enliven lion Supposing the coloniei i equally diviileil, there woulil be only iiv< churches, wiili their minis*via included, in eaol 1 of these bodies Yol this would be a noble be ginning fur future operations. Some of tin largest ecclesiastical bodies in this country tool 1 their rise from-a smaller cource. And if, wliil appealing io be divided, tliey could be animatei ' by the spirit which pervndes the Churches o , Chri.it in (bis placo, their influence for goo. j would be incalculable. Though lacking uui forinity, vet cherishing " the unity of (he spiri - in the bond of peace," iliey would be co worker in 'he cause of Cbris(, and could not (nil t afford material uid lo each oilier in spreadin: t abroad tbe gospel. e fco far as other interests are concerned, ereH advantages might accrue from such an arrange meilt. Tbe interests of education will requir the establishment of u college in n few yean 'l'wo hundred thousand dollar* will be needed t ? put one III operation. l el n llie Colonic!* n . alive to iheir interest8. mid will profit by the experience in tins country, ibis enm can b l' eisily ruined in ten years. I.irt enuli family fc< ^ bound 10 contribute tell dollars annually tor tli purpose, and if n* many hs two thousand fami ^ lim enn be induced to settle together the win r will be accomplished with almost no effort. I return for the on- htindn-d dollars. comrihute in tbe rourse of ten years, let ench family I y entitled to the rilucatiou of one con at. the cj lege, and all that may be considered a* liuviii ,r been advanced is fully repaid. By tlie unia if annual contribution ol leu dollars on tlie pn ? of eueli funiily, a collcge can be placed upc a solid foundation, continuing, from year to yea <1 lo dispense its benign influence upon societ/. Painful experience baa taught U- the value < manufactories for the fabrics in comiuon un t. both of wool nnd cotton. While we should ai II at the establishment of an agricultural comtni nity in Brazil, we should uot leave iliat comtni if- uity enlirelv dependent on others for manuftii I . tures. As tlie individual funnel lias his liorxi shoes made in liis own shop, but depend* t of Jsheffield for Itis table-cutlery, bo a communi of farmers should have (he means of mtikii their coarser goods, for themselves, though th< id may depend on the factories of France a Gei-many and Great Britain for fabrics of fin texture. An appropriation annually, like tli iy suggested for the college, would in tun years i j10 tablish a woolen and cotton factory, each with capital of or.e hundred ihoOsand dollars, cap tlO ble of supplying all the demands of the color D t requiring a large amount of the wool and cott ' * raised in the colony, and yielding a consi be eruble surplus of fabrics, which might be m to advantage. Brazil is noted for its herds ? cattle, Klieep <bo Hides are very abuuJa II it i<u- ..t. ..... _:ll 1 I.,?l o il p> A lie VUIV1IIMIS mil uocu ouuro, enuui atJ harness, trunks, <to. A l>irge tannery, with ma , ufneturing shop attached, might be established Ot easily as a wdo"f or cotton factory, by anapprop ll(J atiou of ten dollars from ouch of (be two ihousa families', for only one year. Oilier rxtabli* ,u^ menta, that could not be put into operation wii (,(l out capital, and it being a**umed that ?.he col nists will not have any surplus capital, might '"e started iu the same way. To some such schen m, will appear chimerical; but they are all praclit ble. Fifty dollar* annually from each of t ihouaund families will sustain the churob, s .On the academy, and will establish a college, ,A i wool factory, a cotton factory, a tannery, shr shops, harneatabops, &o.? Sio. There need no difficulty in the detail* of managame especially ff we should have one such man as i to I friend C'ul. P., in each coiony. r^acn coil I conld appoint ita member of 6 board of tr I tees for the management of each separate tereat, just m Jit. Peabody has eniraaUd inmneemant of his donation to a board np? pointed by himself. My object is merely to show in what way very great results may he brought about by verv Hiiall effurtu ?>n the purl of individuals, provided they aro united iu spirit ami in purpose. This eeliema fbows how desirable it. ih that a good manv colonies or hundreds should be oipiiii7."d, and settle near together. The greater the number of emigrating families, the greater the inducements 10 emigrate. Two tliousmid families will constitute a self-sustaining colony iu every ro hpcci- i!?veiy riMb? ui innurere uiiu pruie^siurmi nu'i) would find nmple employ mom in it. Kven if they nIiihiIi] tint b" IIIigimiA, the cotoniatn could not etiiuvly <1is|>eria?> with lawyers. Their counsel ia needed, even when they are no cu*e3 in court, lint I have exceeded my liniila nnd must defer llio further c -iisiderutioii of my plan to another letier. Yours trulj*, D. MoN. T. To Dr. W. P. Hampton, S. C. Exchanges will plen.-?c copy. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 3TAND. Thousnnds and thousands stand Around the throne of light. Willi nnrps in cv?-ry nana, And clothed in virgin whito; They joyfully adore tlie Liimb, And magnify tlie great I Ami Like ocenn's waves tliat break Upon tli* encircling shore, The melody rolls on Echoing evermore 1 Holy I Moat Holy Lord and King, With ruusouied powers Thy praise they sing. " Not unto u?, O Chriwt, Not unto us," ihey cry, 'Thou liaet .salvation wrought, Thine is the viutory ! To Thee tln-se radiant crowns we owe. These spotless robes Thou didst bestow I Lord, we would blend our song Willi that triumphant strain, And an it rolls ulong Echo it back again I , One holy Church on earth?above, Unites to sing that " God is love I" Yes, though our weary feet ' Still tread the dnrUwome way, In fellowship wo meet , With children of the Day ; * One spirit fills each runsouied heart, And thus united? who can part f ) ^ _ i j soon, soon me morn siiai: break, ; When we shall hear His voice, Calling the dead to wake, ' Bidding His Church rejoice I Lord Jesus, cornel and bear away , Thy Bride to everlasting day ! ' ?liritith Herald. i [ Raise Sheep-Eat Mutton.?Good . mutton, well fatted and neatly butchered, , i9 the most wholesome, nutritious, and > cheapest of meals. It grows quickly, and costs little to produce it^ compared with * beef and pork. Every farmer should have a few long woolled Coaset eheep, at f least?Cotswold or Leieesters. They aro d little trouble, and will keep fat on the oris t of the cattle. They usually bring twin 9 lambs, wh<cb will sell to tlie butchers for C> ' g from eight dollars to ten dollars by tha t first of July. Their fleece averages from i. eight to fourteen pouncta, with from eixe teen to twenty five per cenl. shiink only. ? Their wool is now, and will be in the fu? e lure, worth thirty per cent, more than ie Merino, which shrinks forly-fivc to sixly per cent., according to the family and _ treatment of tho flock. Long wool makes k strong, excellent, and durable stocking j yarn, though it is mostly need to make the >? brilliant, light and lustrous Orleans goode, '* for the apparel of our pretty womej. II Two 6uch sheep will yield as much profit m no ? tuiiiiuuu UIMY, UUU UVU UI UJC1U umi r, be kept as cheap as a cow in milk. Tbeir of lambs mid mutton would keep a farmer e, supplied with the best of fresh meat of one kind, as often as necessary, tho year i- round, and would make an agreeable cpisocle to the eteical round of salt jnnk aud in pork, and be far more healtliy than either. ,y Those who eat principally' salted meats, ey show it in tbeir complexion, tbeir skin be"d ing less fair and smooth. Pork, at best, at eateu constantly, produces irritation and eruption of the skin. a! We have now a plenty of sheep in the y. country?over 82,000,000 bend?(more Z than ever before, according to tho populajI'I tion). Then let all the manufacturers, mo*. chanics, and all men who are invested to es, have good meat and (be board^T opera* "n~ lives cheap and wholesome, see to it that ri- mutton-raising and wool growing are properly encouraged as a matter of health ill and economy. Meat is a great item in the expense of the board of operatives, etc. iw If we grow oar own wool, we shall always have mutton plenty and cheap. This will tod affect materially the price of other meat, and the whole people, including the man* b? ufacturera, would probably gain as much by cheaper meats as they would lose by a my proteotive duty on wool; for, encouraged, both wool and mutton would be plenty th? and cheap.?Farm and Fireside,