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* 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#
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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
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: 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.
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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 ? ? ' ' . *'
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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*' .;
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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
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OIWTMJMT FOR B0B5S.~Tak?? hgt/*
flat ofrabite man are r