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_ t. - -'T.-r -vy-' * * \ * > , * ' . . - - * * ? Igjgjggggmiugmmm ? ??HWfWygBgWP??1 55E5g!1 D ^?F? '*f**^W"B""^l!!!!!g^ J > ' " I. L ?ww^^ww???My?y | / ' ** _ ____ - - , ^ *? * BY J A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1867. VOLUME. XV. NO. 19. am ? |! IBW , hi | |7? ~|?i in 11???^p?? H.UJJ" MMBBBagm^mjaa?w?? i THE TBUE ITEM OF FARMING. | Trying to <po much, in a common i terror into ph tbo farmer often ! falls. His gI oagorncss is striving to bo rich, iaJubtloRB a causo of his orror. Ho iibitiousand cncrgotic, and forms bfans on a largo iscalo, too ofion phps, without counting tho coat. Ibuya a largo farm and wants to bdlud a "large farm or," will)out un tanumg or conhiuormg tho true o nts that constitute a roal larirtor Le fancios tbo greatness of that pro on, as is too often tho common OS' te, to bo in proportion to the nujr of acres, not to say cultivated,1 embraced witbin tbo bonndaricBbis domain. The fact is now boittpread abroad, that c largo farijooa not make a tnai either richjntented or happy, b\i1 on tho cary, the reverse of al theae, unk'oil tilled, \rhon the la borer is re Jed by ample crops am 1< i- t lUir tiuuuca i.uu vnuuuD uu|/ui bmuiiu in which I engaged. No farmc: can rcalizjo full benefits of bis pre feesion will adopting a thorougl eyetom ofllure. Ilis success, com mensuiat^ bis wishes, alwnyg d< pends upeje manner in which h prepares grounds, plants his sec and rcarsstock. Neither of thes dopartrae which raay bo considei eied the <inal ones of his profo > nion, wihke care of thomeelve The soil l be rich, but it nect i onnrl mrttr Ha CHtvn ill VUlbUlO* > DWVI ?U?J WW WW ff My w. it should jn dew Limo, and alwai on aoil wbropared and of a suit bio quantror tho prodnclioo of tl crop desi Ilia slock must bo co stanlly c|l for?it derives its tliri Iroro IhoL and sends again to tb fcoil tbo* Unaoce it requires; b this is ncino in a looso bnpbaza way. Tfaimor's care is require .and all betor judgment must (exurciseq beeping up this syaU ,of rccipijl,benefits that may bo ^lized bjc-y intelligent and iudi .trious fafr. Thoro iullivation and systc fttic attdoi to all par^g of his bi ^ziees is jipensubls to a'goud deg .of tuceefThe very, corner, hlo ,|o UiieJes^aietn of farming, it '.do ^0 thoroughly; nat i <ba-^vicr gi . ,, " ?- *\ /*rv' -A*ye?w. ii iwvL " .first euiiD.?. tho measures of^. thfcb? it4u..., \ TiiUdt bv^.:.>/in tn Kniffir r*nt Till I rfll ^1?If.litis but a Braall f \ndjt>ns<?^[u^(LfyJ but a etnull an Anaro to r*pu0iah his land, obvus that but a ?m?.ll farm cn supfed -with it; and good Ju^p at ate diotatoB that to cultivat |?or\a largo iarin, artificial ferti juus bo used if good crops an tainl. - And so with lab^r, twc ^caa>t it^itably vvU ono hundrod of lad where the labor of two ancfcierhaps four might bo pro omjoyed on soveuty-flvo.aerce lis is the groat error ot fa: Tw men stiivo to do what Jb.i .barly ?io and tbue thousands o areun over, half tilled and jcin'jhalf crops. The land is ru tillfforn out.- BimulnJn,. ? . , ? ...iu6 y cur yoa the unnatural tax, till itB gioiaro entirely exhausted i fail to yield even a fceblo crc xj&uo its life is worn oat. Mi thoHoil of Virginia and other i ernStatea i? a typo of this.?' and of acres are lying entire^ les<&nd exhausted, and will ev mo& bo, till the first element* pover are retarned to it. This p is fat going on in manv of the ternStatcs. The soil is treatek - an iuoxbaystiblo mine : tho . are trying give, give, give ! till few -"ears it> will have nothing t< The )^siof tho Weat is largo and large fields ot grain; plow and, reap is the business of th< tern farmers, drawing out the .life j>f the soil, and sending axs ,the heavy exports that are con \y gckng onward, without reti to the Boil the food it requires to ?t prod active. TU*; iigbt that is being e abroad on this subject, is beginni correct this practice to some e < . but Ml most instances very little turned to th? nnil tA !' t.,,,. ----- -r tfli aftef years of continual cpOj it manifesto signs of oxhauaiioo uStimat?^arrenDe83^ When tilt , th* MiKftVdevetand their true int they will cultivate no moro land they oao do .well. JiFifty aor?s of for tiljage ^oa^ht to a high eta onltiva*ionApays better than oni dred mo olefin tho ,Way that# y Jj THE TEMPEKANCE PLEDGE AND TIIE J PRINCE OF WALES. [Wo transfer to our columns tho following rcmaks from tho Pulic Ledger of to day. The announcement is bo startling that \vc can hardly credit it. Thoeftootofit cannot bo overestimated if tho Prince adhores to his nlodcfl. nnfl nnfa willi it. | r o-/ ? -The prayers of every ono should ascend to God, that Llo would grant unto this high oxamplo, porinanoncy, and groat good ] "Among tho lato itoms of news from England is tho announcement that tho Princo of Wales has taken the temperance pledge. Tho fact of a , 3'oung man foregoing, of his own freo l will, tho pleasures of the bottlo, and i breaking up tho scductive associations b which poo try song and falso bcntirnont 1 havo thrown around them, is worthy - at any time of commemoration and 1 ll.Sj lr'twl lo 1 prilibU. voi'y UH1VJ KJl tuo 10 s good in itHoIf; it is good also as ser r ving for an exumplo and encourago> ment to others to do the like, and thu 1? the process of imitation is going on, i i- puro and salutary is suusiiLuted fori ?- polluted and noxious moral almos< e plioro. Hut when a prince royal am d heir apparent to tlio throne takes sue! e a bold and decided atop in favor c r- temporanco, ho will soon ho followo s- by largo numbers of the avistocrati a. the fashionable and tlio woalthy, wli is would have hold back or ridiculed it similar proceeding by a less distingu iTs ahed nersonagro. liven though the a | may not at onco banish alcoholic i 10 j quors from their ontertainmcntB, the n- will no longer think it nccoasary 1 ift procure tho most dolicatoly flavor) at or costly wines to offer to tho Prim ut or press them upon others in his pro r<J ence. it is not for us to say, though ^ id; may conjecturo what has beon tho < be roctly inciting cause of tho presc .?m pledge takon by the l'rince of Wall > . T ? < f. ? r\Pn rtrl unlirr W 111 | XII UiUIUUUUO U44WTVI1J M..U uv/..jj <? M. ia? I ho has run of hi to both in Paris a | in his own capital, ho may have foil tn* j himself goin^ too fast, and that be isi | health and temper wove beginning roc 1 suffer* Ho is a husbnad and a latl neb and cannot be insensible to tbo n i to and positivo dutjes which those n ure relation impose on him as head of1 ves household . ?nd an exemplar to children. Another viow of the bi - - routed itself to I | ? v . .-1.13 4houg I qiiito probably on the history of "'o ' 'fi *<* ln ?f: * ?5- - ~ '4U*^M LuroB. whioh h?lived. -Art**. Mm itoek, any redeem ing oTrefiiied epiuurah lount- A drqnkard without ft single gfrB it is wit humor or eentjmont! Th<^oi ,n bo croup heart and tioblo traita i ;o?ent character of Fox were obscuii j 0 Pro-- -perverted by tho contaminate I ilizcrs corrupting, association of Ge^lfl 9 ob-j wh?t,prinC0 of*Walos. Tb Sl > mon;\ ard-eloqt??nco and wit "ofJHffl acrcB I could not protect b(m from bejnB ? men 1 dation,and final beggary, fc&m fitably | tha carouaala aad midnigVtyyfM i. which he found ready cot rming. in.theporaon of royal jr can such a dark picture in his f acres coniraBling it with the p^F'^E'u prcylu- of his father, l'rinco Al\9j[W^ o over bave occurred to the Pijy\.M . after that ono of the surest uw^M^H.]0 cncr- ding tho gross vices 1 and it | and of imitating tho ^ j >i>, bo-itt>A? ?1 , ? Bccynngy rm ... 'Oh ?< honorable name jn w&m.'t t ?>oulh- 8ovcrejg>ifl would Jo I'M rhouB. Of Solomon, -ItiaiMW^' ? y use- Lemuel! lo drinJdfU-Jf iroceeB THE Pin ATJJhto Wes- and ? need IoMlt'J? X 1 like ^rk-baBkot/arJK>lWrldl0' b? Lf . Mil MP Bpfc tO micro 4uarwiD jW ) giv?. itl3hox\]IivSl0 8fli^ ,lie farnee P'n, "wh^^ ^'and bo,'! ' r, sov you explfzei Mi\?^ world B wei- without/kiwl f'' I8 ^.e. v8? vcr; ofyoaiA>wWVl0?fod,^T^lsr? 'ay i, iy,ifyou.Avo.oJr ilt?ni tl>? n/? nltfl' AVelH' the pi"i li ruinj I thortT Ww*yi -\o it J" j wwkt! "Iftn r>/B otf^Ban go throbgfc. i I roth" gj#%6rkjProo can," said J luetic) t^n?d/?. yx>u witl.n^t I ing to/ivo'b/g." "W?t?" "Bcdause < *tont, ft ftti^Brour Urid?/'~Mid I is io-\th^pi*?. "Y<mR> poor efooked i saAdie,; "v^F>oo v ipitlyfl J qb proud Mbl can'i bead *itb- ] ' "iI'^|5?^P4BMck-- J- pall i dra/Cr0"^ kf*tfojjPy in?ulfr **e aga?n." ( f 'ri?k tbrjSd the pin,* While t J06^e^$?0 th**?*^9 8t th? c ? d'?Weli b r ifimmm ?hk . awrt luivo nothing to quarrel about now," naid U? I??" "it aconiH misfortune I has br'ught us to our eensoa " "A pity bad coino to thorn soonor," Maid te necdlo. "How much wo rcBomV human boings, who quarrel aboa their brethren till they lose thoirimd never find out they are broken till they lio down in the duat logcicr, as wo do." W9X AHD WHERE THE DAY BEGINS. A wo travel eastward, the day bcj?inoarlier; near tlio equator Btarlight npjars an hour earlier for each thouh?i miles going enpt. "When it is sti iso iuNew York, the people of Euhave had sunlight for many hours, ai Ihe Californians are still in their ( brt. dreaming. Evidently the day b a first beginning, and at the ea^tVd. But how far and where? who I p the peoplo who first seo light on unday morning? u Jt is the sun which brings tlio day; y uoro does lie lirst bring Monday? If J- o could travol with him wo might id out. IjcL us spposo tho caso, Wo j ill take an early start: x\t sunrise, Sabbath morning; With t'uo muii just ? . tho point of pooping over tho lioriJj-'>n behind us. Aa we go, tho people if VC3 U8 a Sabbath greeting; wo bring ^ibbath with us to Pittsburg,St. Louis, .g ilb Lake, San Francisco. At San ? runcisco our faithful chronometer in^ rms us that wo have been on the | amp about five hours. But wo star a, d on Sabbath morning, and it is Sab j,tth morning still. Wo go on, stili ttl Sabbath morning. Will this Sabith morning netfor end? The quiot icific knows vory llttlo of Sabbatl any other day, and our qucstioi ,;"arco rccivea an cclio for reply, ve W hen wo go to Yokohama, in Japan Shanghai, in China, we search foi of mo Yankee, wide awake in earlj ntforning. and wo are told for the firsi d^iie that Monday haB come. Evoryj^jjero now we bring Monday, and ii ,jd o.nty-fouv hours, by the chronometci iffrcr htai ling, wo uro in Now Yuri ijCain, andfiid tlio merchants- taking ior.'vn their shutters, and the Monda}' Q^r wspapcrs tolling us what has hap0*^-icU during our absence.?Scieutifi Lho 1 erican. j^tue Mange.?The mange is a cujjlh'Ous diseases," and contagious. I hJrji large herd, r? tingle animal is at jjnd " 5t ? toldom that any cfrcapt: 'gMt ... - a us to ' *.* **** romovei (kffl'OmO . i:i . % V(W" ijWo<<ai no ppesibld Qotun^umca stfiBBidrr Jn. ^-JsbouT^tfci / ' efc&.?c .q* itching hnd !? ;< ?.. SjEjJj'^WloIr " It Is firs t S6?l AfiTOm, tne-i?il, and thei^ -00^^,{, overy direction. Tho^aus? aro Iijous. Over-fecdin/?r undor foed l,ing will produco it/ ^ sudden cbang< L from tho lowest A??1 * ? the riches L will bring it on.^ lowost worst fortn h Filthy 8taibics'un(^ want of cloanli ! ness about /^? animals .thgnriHolve I will prod/k it,?but not so readilj as inj>rePer feeding.. The trcatmen [ to eftV ? euro is simple. Prepan j up oirawjt Of. tlireo gills of splits o .linn. f:lirAM.fniiri lis nf n nnnrir ^ IUI jj ' -r ? n " """ w" ? )ur- of solpliar, anil oil onopgl lAvduco .the whole to a. thin plasth 'jaguent. liub this jo gently, by ' thoroughly, with tho hand or a suf brush?the hand is best, and thcro ii no danger in doing it. Whole oil ii disagreeable to uso on account of iti smell, and linseed oil.is ot too drying a nature^ The host oil, perhaps would b* new buttor,^ before being salted ; this wbuld be sweet, soft, ami penetrating. This mixture may be kept in a.tight vobsoI for yearr, and would prove an excellent remedy for the "mange," as well as for several other cutan^ons mid contagious dis cj a bob u> wnrcn came are subject. Summer Pruning or Grapevines. ?Dr. John A. Warder, tho experienced grape grower of Ohio, writes to tbe American Journal of Horticulture as follows t^'nching oft the epds-of soipe of-the shoots is a very important part of ByopjDor pruning; but" it is one vstoicb Uas been very much abused in practice, and. still mare so in the criticisms af those Who" theoretically eondeinn the practice. It is well for us to con rider tbi&i? in all .pruning of viues, we must, remember the-, necessity pi ecepiftg the plaQt in due stftpe as to ts'wood, aod that Ave desire to have bis proporly distributed. We want lie new growth, which g?3& to forni. ,fre canoaior U.fi next-yoar*? frtriiagt, brmedlow down on tho Btocit, and tot at tbo enda or higher parts oi 4be fine, which would poon give us high, i&ked slocks, and bare, empty. trolli6H Htioh as may every where l?e seen." ?he Gardener's Monthly says thftt C V . . V . 4' * '* ^ ' 4 <# - * * : TRUE OBEDIENCE. Johnny Brown was sitting in tho ! | woodshed making a Boat for his littlo I cart. There stood frosh from tho pointer's with all tho colors of tho rainbow. Johnny was working industriously to finish hib *cat, for ho wanted to givo Winuio, his sister "Eftio's doll a rido boforo toa timo. Besido his work on tho cart, Johnny's thoughts wore busy with a story which his kind mothor had been reading to him about a littlo boy who by i.i^ .1 >- t l mo UUV/U1VIIUU illlVl JJWWU UU II11 Vr 1 rJ V i ed the lovo of all who know him. Johnny was resolving in his mind thai, ho would try and bo as good and obedient a little boy as " Archie G ray." As Johnny was about to lcavo the garden with Mi^s Winnie safely slowed away in her seat, and little Kliio by his side, ho heard his mother call to him from the side door,? "Johnny, won't you bring in an armful of wood and make the Are for tea'( You know 1 am engaged with company in the parlor and "can1 not very well leave." "Yes, mother, in a minute," shout cu jonnny ; and although ho fully in1 tended to oboy hia mother, yet instead of ono it was fully sixtj* minutes beforo Lho thought again caino into Johnny's curly pato, and it was thon too late, for mamma bad left her eotn1 pany and made the firo herself. John ny hung hiB head when he remombcr ed hisreBolve, and he earnestly askod I his mother's forgiveness that night when ho went to bed. So you Bee 1 that Johnny, although ho had the in' tontion, was not j>romptly obedient. 1 The next day Johnny did all fn his power to help his mother, and her ? pleasant smilo and loving words well repaid Johnny for his attempts to be ' truly obedient. Yet wo shall see il t ho actually succeeded, for the day baa " not )-et closed, and Johnny js out in ' the yard playing with Efliio:. r j Presently a rag^d boy with tuna: blod hair and a\ljrt|f- face slioutcil to J Juhntiy to conae"; and play Tnarblet wilh him. Mow this wna Jbhuny's favorite c gam?, and ho cu^ic rhsliing into the house iii a perfcot turmoil to know il ho might go and play marbles with ~ Toramj' Price. ' "Johnny," said Mts. Brown, '! dc " I not wish you to play with Tommy !* for ho is not a fit companion for you ; ^ and I would rather you would wait till - LWU-jpaorrow, and then go and piny - withyour eojauiD Frank." 8 . "Fehaw/'grnintoed- Johnny fclm??thifciyrat?rtri?ght let me go '* I n ^ b?^ri{ftm med the dqoV wftK 3 Tcock^down the tei&te-pf qn? .wlwE the bsrey T in - 1 VtHgr Trr'1"!" *-"1?Ah.cAre. '* Jolmnv know it"*** ?? - * ? ? "aminu) iu beaut 0 his'mothcr alter she had once forbidt don him, so ho wont to bed vhnt niglil ' feeling that he was not yet trulj^obc dicnt, for he was not yot chcerfuus B" obedient. f A night of rest seemed to havt t turned Johnny's ill naiure; and ir s "the morning he awoko, resolved thai f for onca bo would certainly try hu 1 best to do right, 13ut little readers i he did not do it in his own Btrenght 3 That morning, as be knolt bolide bit t littlofbcd, bo thanked God for keepinp L bira through tbo night, and asked hit i blessing for the day, and then rose * "from hia -knees and left, the room, i That day baby Lena "wan sick and > fretfb), and'at his mothers request he > cheerfully rocked tho cradle while his > [mother was at work, although he lefet 1 bis promised visit to V.Frankie" ft>i 1 that day. . * i And Johnny went to sloop that night s. with a smilo on bisoliabby face and a I warm kiss of approyar on Ms roBy lips. Happy Johnny, ho had tvt last learned to |>o truly obedient.?JSvangelut. - . ; Expedition Kequirrd.?A . rftver rprtt^ dgotor of GeQrgia ha*.rrathef . a hidw delivery, which was tho goJafcion of an am wring scene in the T&ia. tic aftyittria. Ho was proadhtnjr1 and illustrating his subjeet'by tho /ase of a man oondenancd to h? tiungy&nd re* priared under the callows. Ae wont on to describe the-gathflri/g or* the crowd, ijee-bfin'giij^.-ofi# A(/thc prrfionor, his r^narl^rtdb ^ >s^ows.'lhe oppoaraoo or the cxv6Mof>ert .tho adjustment of* the^aUjBivtJie preperation to let fall the p^^^# A?4-juBt .then tho uppoarano^ ifct&>3k???ce of tho duHVcovered eaMMMhiKfa^ed howo, tho waving liie oom motion in the thriliiig point wbep ?n a breathless su&ra becamo little prolix. Otitfji Ij^MllPfttioa oould noia in ooiqdPWP wieoongp?-gallon I>oolor,fur GUNPOWDER IN EVERY HOUSE. I Gunpowdor in the open air burns quietly. In ordor to show that it bus power wo must con lino itr. Excopt j from guns, firecrakorn, otc., wo might j not bivvo found out that gunpowdor I can make a great noise. Thcro in a j common sort of friction match composition that is a little inoro explosive than gunpowder. It burnB quicker, ami wbon coiitincd it given a sharper an.l loudor report. Tlio matchcs to which wo allndo ignito with a flush J and with a Blight crackling sound. ! MoBt of tho matches callod parlor : matches are of this sort. Tho readiest { way of making a match oxplode in to i lay it on tho floor and proas it with i tho hocl of Iho boot. Tho result in i shiu'pnosH and loudness of tho report is about tho same an that of a percussion cap. Another way of making tho experiment is to wrap tho match closely in stout paper and givo tho composition end a slight blow with a hammer. Tho cxplobioii will bp as loud as beforo and tho papor will bo torn to shreds. There is, without doubt, explosive force in a box of matchos to burst tho stoutest muskot. Children should never try the experiment of exploding matches. The melancholy .lute of tho Austrian princess, betrothed to the son of Victor Emanuel, and burnod to death but thoothor day in conscqucnco of troading on a lueifer match, is a warning in point. The greatest care should be taken of theso perilous and too plontiful little articles.? Scientific ; American. Subsoil, Vi.owino.?May we again re mind renders of the use subsoil plowing nnd, refer them to our former articles for a , more particular account of the rationale i The use of the subsoil plow does not elevate I the subsoil lo the surface, and thus removes the only objection ever urged against lis , . use. It does permit the atmosphere to entei the soil to a greuler depth. It enables rootf j to travel through larger portions of soil ??ud thus como in contact with the greater , amount of food. It prepares the subsni ( for future elevation and admixture with the surface-coil, thus deepening all of oui > coils. It dojs away with sourness of soil > It provents drouth, by enabling tho utmos I ! phero laden with rooiiture to comO 111 etui' i taut with cold surfaces on which it will In deposited by condensation. No well 6ub > soiled Geld ever suffered from drouth. Nu subsoiled meadows ever run out. For, un j til roots are brought in contact with cold | and undisturbed subsoil, their crowuscan never ceaee to tiller, and thus replace such crowns as may be tramped by cattle's fuel while pasturing. Old meadows may-be sub, without turning over tbe sod, lifting , Cjie Wb^l ' ' '1 ** an molt, differing dead I, ^ooU to decay, ajiu.. r? m. ad|r *al|i?kiMitm&pberp<amS - ENCOu?..*. "* The Savannah A%vcrti9qir the following paragraph in. the couWr r of au article on "Southern Mechanics" It tells its own tjjle: > Wehavouow in our mind a case ( which happened just before the war. ^ A large rice planter irv Sooth Carolina j needing an engine to drive -his mills, .applied to a firm in Charleston nod ' ono in* Columbia to know on what } toruas'tbey A'9ald build Wm an en; gi'no ctf a certain power and put it in ' running ohier.* Tbe two estimates ( wero very hear alike, thorc being only a diQertiice of* about $100 between [ .them, ilo acoe'ptod neither, but went ( NorfchA"b bought one better to look ; at^be^g a little more highly finished and commented for Bomu two hundred or t*o hundred and fifty dollars less."By iho time it waereet upand in running order on hie plantation the cosi -lyrd Amounted to justrwhat it' wodd . hive cest bad he ordered jt-in Charles 'too. But he had the pleasure of taa trip North and ?njo?ing <him| self,'by spending some of his money umon^. tt>o very peopis he was then abusing, jn hid public speeches at borne as villaina-and cut-throats, <eat-_ ing oat the sattstante t>f the Boatb, &o Here was a^boumtful. example' of cousistoAoy. However, his beautiful engine vms sot up arid pat to wojk. In three weeks it needed over baa~ ling, tirid . bsfrre^* txya -month; bad' pawed he had been obliged; to send for ofcp of. tSajneotiunjeta of his* own State, whose offers to. build /im\. ha rejected.>?yHC in Wdrlcmg order, coaling bi<u at.least between liAto-and six' bmidred dollars more tbtfh bo. aotfld havo^ot ft jjoodsabstahtlal one j for in tlio first place. * -\ 'A\ This Tb but under our own-observation, bat it ]a ft" fair of 4b? general coarse c pursued t>y our peopfe4>?fora the war. M I' tl?A ? * J 11 *' ?>w utauu??/ wuiriuttg mft| and . KmsKvSfsKj ?bwip i6o In thrlofcg Ytnijamoig cror- -i V ? ? ' ' . *' ..# . . ?.?? * * " -' ing in our own community the money 1 that would otherwise bo lost to us. ' PRETTY POOR PRACTICES. "Cosmos," who edits tho rural column of tho Saturday Evening Post, enumerates a list of prolty poor practice : It is a pretty poor practices for a farmer to dig and dolvo, tug and grub, and clear up fifty acres of land at a cost of $2,000, and thon in tho third | year surrender about a fifth of it in the bria:B, brambles and ox-oyed daisies. Poor piactico lo liali manuro, half plow halt'seed and half cultivate a tield, and tbun harvest from it loss ' than a half crop. To keop two inforior, scrawny, scrub cows for dairy purposes, that givo less milk than ono good one, and consumes moro food than three. To purchase in town 000 loads of livery stable manure, and suffer 000 of bettor homo made manure to run to waste. To attompt to fatton three liogs I into 1;200 pounds of pork on iust as much feed as would koop two nicely growing. To estimate agricultural fuira as arrant humbugs, and spend threo days overy month saving the country at political mcotings. To depond upon borrowing your neighbors' rakes, mowers and all sorlfi of implements in haying and harvest timo. To house up a thousand buahole of grain waiting for a rise, till onetenth has gone to food rats and mice, and the remainder smells liko tho essence of rat, and tho price is down 40 por cent. 1 [ To plant a bitt orchard of choice fruit trees with a firat thought of money-making, aud leave them to do 01 die. ? ' The "Wakkr" Trade?The Paris I vagrant's droll account"-of his trade is not so "b^d a hit to Homo peoplo whe aro in tho habit of sub-letting thoii consciences. This "deputy" business can not go very far with safety. He who noglects to keep hiB own heart "with aH dilligence" will find that nc other persoD can be trustod to keep it for him. It has been well said that "one hall I of the world does not know how the ' omer nnn uvea"?i.e. gan.s a Jiving, Ono man in Paris earns a livelihood by keeping awake himself and disturbing the Bleep of his employers. A man is bronght up beforo the Prolectnreof Police, charged with being . a vagabond. Ho was fouod Bleeping 'n the gutter. ' r, ~ -An ?" Tr iTw^ei?*by .f Vfbkp* the ij teet gnH? feera yMy bnstiww Is mey eieep,;ftn<l 1-got ooe^rte A^Mj( market gardener I wake." "How comee it, then, that-yon were found asleep?" * ^ "That's just what I was .going to tell you. S mefimes 1 go bleep too, ?i'a follow ia a fellow, after all, you know?so I have a deputy waker, who receives halt a sou every time ho oatchfcs me asleep." "How cpmes it, then, that he didn't wake yoa ?" "Well, you eeo, a fellow is a fellow, after all, and my deputy, he went to sloop, too, and ho'?v got no deputy under him to wak6 him when bo goes o sleep, and that's bow His." Cement foii Knife Handles.?1. Lay a piece of alnm on the stove, and when melted roll the knife shank in it, and immediately throat it -firmly into the handle. . It will soon be ready for use. ' 1 2; Fine-brick dust stirred into m?K ted rosin and used hot, will fix knife and tork bandies very firmly. 8. Jlix equal parts of wood Ashes and common salt with mortar; fill me nandie with this, and then drive .in the shapk and let it . fixed o stove Hpud iD Shift is very tight.?American AgrU%lto&%& ' * | - .+*? A (^eerioal ^jrcoat.-?A well-known pariah minister in t<be West, Highlands ; difitingaiuhed for bia vein of hamonr and aarcaatio observation, meeting'the ' other, day % zaaloas member of the J Free Chnrob, 8aid~"i atrl told that yon a>e curving back to the Eatablish- ' pient again." "God forbid!'' exclaim- J ed th6 Other; npon which thejnlnitior '[ rtyarMio?r-"YYeJl, it ta seldom you %nd t ?grt)a<oiv?uob matters, but theSoare fast tto ry Words I usod wbetf-Ttbe&rct tfce inport:" V >? *'".*% &?. "y .- .V*' .; - 's??* . '* FOBAOE Tako hood from tho last year of soar* city, and., provido plonty of forage. It is not good oconomy to depend on hay alone for forago j it is an oxpensivo crop to grow and soouro, and Rcarcoly is thoro enough to answer all tho demands of tbe stools t there fore, it ib hotter to study tho use of sorgo, millet, Bowed corn, otc., for in- . crcasod supplies. Wo candidly believe that on an average four cattlo could bo kept on our larms whore one is now kept, if sufficient Btudy waa made of forage crops and of tho root crops, beotB, carrots, parsnips and turnips. "What a differonco would this mako in tho country I Quadruple tho number of cattle, and ovory other crop would ho vastly increased in nAnanmiAn/iA 4 4 ~ ? - ?- 1 wiiuv^uvnvu Ul 11JU giunivc UlUUUUtUI manure allbrdod and tho better sya? torn of cnlturo thus surely dovoloped. If wo cxpoct to proBper as a nation, wo must dolve deeper, till more effootually, manure heavier, eeloot our eoed? bettor, and study all tho economies of nature moro closoly. Now is your time, in oach crop to noto tho plants showing tho greatest amount of innnf.A rirrnr nr ofomino wnnlr Vt^m .. ??? Wfc WVMiUIUMJ If Vl? IIUVU1| i'ollow thom through tho season, and if they prove voiy productive, take your seed from them. Lot us now be satisfied with a vir. gin soil, for soon all its virginity will i have passed away, and it will be more , difficult to rostore than it would have been to Ravo tho material strength of ( our soils. Our Western brethren , have lands at prosent richly stored with plant olemonts. Out of these States thoy generously supply us with i food} wo would that they look well to keep up tho supply of crude ma, teriul in their Boil, that it may ovor be thus- Thoy must remember that . sngbt additions lrem year to year can bo raado more cheaply than largo aditions after tho land is "run down j" ( besides thoro is the condition of dit vision or distribution throughout tho ( soil, which is exceedingly difficult to , bring about.?Farm Fireside. Writing fou the Puebs.?Dr. Pea? ' body gave it as hia experionco that while - clergymen prepared the best "copy" forth? 1 "North American" as far as exactness > went, yet it almost invariably needed compression and an acccssion of pith. Habits of oral ministration have induced a prone nosato lreeexpatiaiion. Peter Biafno, speaks ing of his countrymen, says thero are numerous instances of men who have failed as preachers succeeding greatly as journalists; and the reason is doubtless that of Dr. Peabody's on the other 6ide of the quedlton. Their nnlnrnl liflliiln nf ' pression readily fall into curt, crisp, emphatic utterance, which failed to be perspicuous in oral display, and of course attractive in the type. The same reasons acted h% Foster becoming, as acceptable ' asa^prtao^r'aVbo.wtis ad essfeyfot, and | rpnd6#irih!I)r; -Arnold's career as a pulpit . oI aU kinds,'as ?a the merest -physical ^iand,-tia4 olwieaihotmpractfced follower even,'when ho thinks it within his grasp. Lord Lynd- i, hurst ueed to tell those who scoffed at the .leading articles of the n&Wspapar, they had belter try and write one thenAelres. ? Tobacco.?Sb va the "American Bantish'' * - *?r- ;? Wlien Dr. Parr, who was a moat inveterate and incorrigible devotee to tobaSco, was asked bow he attained such an appetite and ability for smoking, he replied'tjbat be acquired it as oiber men acquirqvlrtji#, * by toiling after i^, Very few yoo*g men or women oommence this vip^^ tndut- / gence witbouta consciousne** of guilt.- ' There ieaaenas of sharps and degradation J which it ia Ithpossibl^Bhalte off whan ? young man, and Specially a Christian A Tnunir man koWfaa bis Caroo'r *n it>mukn ? a ?? ? or ohe^Br; >?re is a leUinjf down of hi* feeling of^rianfineaa and self-respect when ' at. be b^Mtected in this indulgence for the fir?? lima by those whose esteem and^ tm? poet be tbIum. The use ofUaro^ef -ajwrt nrgw1I ' got up; and no ftoonfer had I got oil fny ?. ^ thipga tbaa in oorawMr. B. J^f R??9jk>a discussion- about no arlfelo of furnttiira that wr had got the day. befojej.^/got quit* agitated^aod I'got out pf ibar.^Mm u quick M poMt^a whwj be iold"l?r?^ktt IJtad got to WextrtVagroC", Aftbt totfttad sotthi^bbita^W ipfc&M: **- ,<' "' |P?' ifege; bat w? fcjrf no* got fiir before iiMdo- /?' wl and we got wet.; turning abo?ty<]we rot back a* %>0Q as Tntecrtol. ' . '* : ? ' ; 1 j.1 ^ ?. < ^-g-g ....- . m n,v<>ti OIWTMJMT FOR B0B5S.~Tak?? hgt/* flat ofrabite man are r