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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1S69, VOLUME XVI?NO zi?
The Blacksmith's Pretty Daughter.
Why do the hone* come olwys at noon
To b? shod at tha blacksmith's shop 1
At doob time, when the atin is atill,
When the blacksmith ia forced against bis w
To tmi, and hla work to stop?
Just at noon, fromh's house on the hill,
A girl with a pail comes thence;
Smiles come on her lips, on her cheeks a kIo
Aa she see* tke horses tied in n row.
Along by the blacksmith's fence,
Oh, but the blacksmith's daughter is fair f
And the horses all look at each other,
As much as to say, "NoVr isn't she sweet?
Ve know wby onr masters say that our feet
Are giving them so much bother."
The bell rings one, and the blacksmith ? ies,
"Now, then, for work right away 1"
But most of them say that it's growing late,
And they really think they'd better wait,
And come on some other day.
Oh, blacksmith's daughter, your mother, too,
"WAlt fair vlipn rnnr folliAt* K^-1
J ? "<*?
You're going in tne way that she hae trod.
You'll be a wife ere those horses are eh?d?
Ob, biaclr smith's pretty daughter!
?Harvard Advocate.
THE STRONG POINT ABOUT WOBIA
t '
"We select from the Richmor
Enquirer an article entitled as abov
which should command an attontn
perusal, because of its exceedin
candor, strength of thought, beaut
of expression and moral truth. T1
JSnguirer says :
Whether ambition is, upon tl
highest ethical grounds, a justifiab
sentiment, has been affirmed and d
nied. Milton denominates it " tl
last infirmitv of nohlo minr* " TJ
ancients never questioned its logil
macy as a principle of action. Spei
ser speaks of the " sacred hunger i
ambitions minds." Shakspeare mak<
Wolsey say, "B3T.that sin fell tk
angels"?and makes Brutus charge
against Cscsar as a crime that he ws
" ambitious." Sir "W. Davenant fine!
says, "Ambition ia the mind's immoi
esty." Otways says, "Ambition ia
lust that is never quenched." Milton
Satan avows that
" To rtigo u worth ambition?though in hell
Sancho Panza's ambition was hun
bier?"Letthem say of me what the
will?so my name but bo in print, an
go about tho world from band to ham
I care not a fig, let poople say of ir.
whatever they list."
St. Paul has it?"in honor preferrin
one another." - *
Before marriage women are mor
ambitions than mon. Men marry fc
beauty ; women for strength, eitht
the physical prowess and strength <
the soldier, or the mental strength <
the man of talent, or the power whic
wealth gives. But with men, amb
tion rarely utterly expires ; to the lat
they pursue power in one form <
another. Self-aggrandizement is the
inextinguishable passion. Butwoma
is soon chastened, and her life is coi
centrated to others; and herein li
the argument for the superiority <
the tcmale sex. Women often comm
the mistake of claiming for their se
what does not belong to them. The
claim to have as mnch sense as men
bat this is not true. They claim t
have as much integrity of character
but this is not bo. Women have- ft
less principle than men. They are muc
less rqliabjo. Their moral nature
less 8olid. ; It ls indeed a very delicai
organism, and will not bear rude ham
ling. ?o, women claim to be moi
beautiful than men s but wo feel nui;
eure that Jttr. "Valentine or Mr. Eld<
will tell them that this too is not s
Will tell them, moreover, that tl
male of every animal is mor^bcaul
fal than. the female.; f ttift, jester
more fcpaUtiful than the hen} the cot
pheasant is more beautiful than tl
femalethe peacock is more beantif
than the peahen ; the stallion is mo
beautiful tha^ tho mare; jt^he Hon
more beautifurt|^i> Uje lioness ; tl
male redf bird is. more beautiful iht
the femaiq i.the kart is more beantif
than tho hind|:tho gofeler is mo
bcautifbi than the turkey hen; ai
the Apollo Helvidere is more beautif
than the Venus^.Medici; in oth
words '$ perf^I^ formed n*anib mo
hcautif^I ' th^n' Vperfeqtly forpa
male /o#n. in tho human ?sna<aea
hijnd0Ot6cr thdni the ffimaln fnrm X
I -
destruction. Walter Scott hn? written
tho truest, and finost uninspired thing
that was over said about women in
the well known lines:
ill " O Woman, In our hour# of ense,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, O])
And va?i <blo as tbe shade in<
By the liulit quivering aspen made?
When poin and anguish wring the brow, ^ j
w> A ministering angel thou!"
Christianity was tlio first system
that took notice of women. That in- ^
comparable character drawn by the ^
divine pencil rested his philosophy on
?.,,i r * * - - * 0,11
xjvto, uiiu iuuiiu itn pioiIlJILUSt CCIIOCS
1 in the fcmalo heart, llero for the ^
first time in the history of the world ^
do wo find a great teacher gathering .
around him a hand of women?asso-1
i aix
ciatcd with him by the most delicate j ? ,
J . pei
and tender relations?so far as we 1 * j
know with.no pretensions to intellect,^
but bound to him by a lovo which .
followed him to the Tomb. We find
, , ... an<
him going through every city and ;
village * * "and tlio twelve were j ^ ^
with him, and certain women, which
mo
had been healed of evil spirits and in- j?or
firmities, Mary callcd Magdalene, out j
of whom went seven devils, and 4
tro
Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Ilerod's
l<* steward, aud Susanna, and many j mc
c' others, which ministered unto him of | usj
,e their substance." Then there is that:
exquisite account of the faith of the | ^
oyro-i'ncenieiHD woman with licr 11
ie " Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the j ^er
crumbs which fall from tho master's J 0^j>(
10 table"?and that vivid sketch of the : (
woman of Samaria at Jacob's Well? i 8e|,
Q" and tho widow of Nain with her dead ^
ie child? and that woman whom he pro10
tected with that infinite sj-mpatliy, '
A- ? llo that is without sin among you,
a" let him cast the first stone at her"?
n # 1 UCC
01 and those sisters of Lazarus with their j ^er
38 " Lord, if thou had'st been here, our j j
,e brother had not died''?and that j ^
lfc woman " which was a sinner," who j ?.
18 brought " an alabaster box of oint- j Q(J
'y ment," and " did wash his feet with ^
tears, and did wipe them with the
a hairs of licr head"?and then (to
8 which we have referred) " Mary Mag- ^ j
dalene, and that other Mary, weeping . *
I" at the sepulchre." .
? And the insnired nnnmnn in tliA
* L" "" Avll
y Acts of the Apostles carries on the ^
j narrative of the early church?"These ^
j all continued 111 praj'er and supplicae
tion, with the women, and Mary the j
mother of Jesus, and his brethren."
no
? It was Rhoda, " a damsel." who met ,
g urn
Peter delivered- out of prison ; it was I
,Q Lydia of Thyatira that entertained' j
,r Paul?"if ye havfc judged me faith
>r fill "?in her house; it was at Bera ^
jf that "many houorable women" | art
believed; and there are the "four!
jj daughters of Philip " at Ccsarca?and '
; Dorcas?and PrisciUa?and Urbane?
1- ucc
3t TrjTplienaand Tryphosa?Euodiasand
)r Syntiehe?and Claudia?and the '
jr "elect lady"?and the household of .
n Chloo.
A A -l. t,l?
And it is npon woman?we gay it ^
with rfivernncp?tTint P!l?v?e?ion
-.o ? -- - uja
-jf Church rests now. They arc, as eve^ry
minister will testify, the life Of every ajjc
x living congregation. From them goes wa(
y forth tho spirit of love, and of conso- mft
,. cration, which vitalizes the struggling exc
0 principle of Christianity. It is by jen
.. them chiefly that is illustrated all that g
ir is "true," all that is "pure," all that me|
h is " lovely," all that is of " good rc- me,
iB port," every " virtue," and every v
t0 "praise" that makes human life en- tak
darable. All this comes from the I jjee
r0 simple circumstance that women are fao1
te more docile and tractable than men. to t
3r Men strive to the last; women soon aj^
0> bend before the stern discipline of pai
ie life, and open their hearts to the retj
tj. lessons of wisdom?and once initiated ^V(
into the philosophy of Self-Renuncia- 8tjr
jk tion, the unfathomed depths of
10 Woman's Lovo never cease to flow fer
U1 until the springs are sealed by the icy ftQ)
re wand and touch of death. geH
is . 5 |_-,mn ' ~~ ]
ie It is said in Paris that a well dress- tioi
in ed strangor was arrested on the night the
'ul of the 14th of Febraary, in attempt- fer
re tingto force his way into the bedroom the
id of the Prinoe Imperial. ; General coi
ul Frossard- bad, the intruder arrested ch<
er and searched, when a revolver and a a 1
re dagger wgre found in his pocket. He eat
??'j
ou reiasea 10 give pis name, and as noth- in
be. ing shewed that he waa insane, it was co.
Js thought that, be'intended to assassi- tot
fe nate the^Pxince. ,He ia etiU confined th<
of . in -a cell at tbe guard.- room of the pi]
re ^Taileries. Steps .were immediately {a <
- . faken to prevent apy bwt the! servant* n?
in fVoi^ entering the pavjUon now occa- tei
all cnpieq by the Prince Imperial. M:-. \ Be
ph 7 1 " ,'\ii/iQl-i in
; ?er?6n*Htiw am : dapgernw gapft* U> iit
M>. f\^y whb,Pr*nl?oe.^ Ttyurlow Weed'? loi
p#p?r jfttorad . aajr that Hba gn
'% Jogratl baa n chip ou it* J dil
{Jg which Udiri* kfay a>o*v> knock inf
.% Iff block on foe
fej| jWji^Wirt^.iiWcti oughtt+U .knocked. u?
E $0
I
Shall I Begin to Use Tobacco ?
BY HENRY AVAR I) BEECIIER.
A correspondent solicits our candid
iuion, through the Ledger, respcct?
j the uso of tohncco. We shall ?rivo
willingly. Wo are not disposed to
so oxtremo ground on tho tobacco
estion, although we entertain very
sitivo convictions of tho mischiefs
lieh attend its use. As is usual in
discussions, two extremes are develL'd
in tho controversy respecting tocco.
One party regards tho uso of
>aeco as an evil, an evil only, and
it continually; it holds that there
10 such thing as moderation in evil;
J that the least use of the weed is
uieiotis, impairing the health and
>rtening the life. On the other
iid, the advocates of smoking and
jwing take the hull by the horns,
I undertake to demonstrate from
i latest grounds of physiology, that
>acco is an article whose use. in due
deration, economizes the nervous
ce, repairs cerebral wastes, and progs
life. We shall not take a. con?
0 i
\-ers3-. There aro several grounds ;
which wo would dissuade young ;
n who have not formed the habit oi '
ng tobacco from ever learning to use
I. It is not necessary to health or
comfort. On the contrary, it is utrepugnant
to a natural appetite. It
inds the Benses and every vital ori.
Men are obliged to train themrcs
into its uso. The stomach, the
irt, and the brain all protest against
and submit, at length, ouly as they
uld to any other mcdicinal agent,
at it may bccome, after long use,
:essary to comfort, aud even to the
ilth, is saying of it only what may
said of opium, of strychnine, and j
arsenic, all of which arc employed '
me very same purpose that tobacis
viz: to produec excitement. But
i need is secondary, artificial, and
irred. No man in health cares to
tobacco becausc he needs it. The
lit begins in puerile imitation. It
in apitih trick. Boys revolt against
hood, and think they arc men
en old enough to copj- the faults of
imperfect manhood. They arc
y opt to crawl into manhood
ough the dirty door of vice.
t may be said, that though there is
natural craving for any particular
ig, liko tobacco, yet in a highly arjial
state of society men crave stiHints,
and that tobacco, alcohol, &c.,
iscd with rigid moderation, adapt
n.selvcs iis artificial supplies to an
ificial want.
Chat men living under the highly
iting conditions of modern society
d certain stimulants, we arc not
posed to deny. But in selecting, |
s snouia avoid those which are pu- j
iarly liable to abus?, and emj)loy i
se which experience has shown to '
safe. Tea and cotFee are useful stim-1
nts. TI1C3* arc not degenerating,
latcver use tobacco aud wine' are
sged to have in repairing nervous
stes, tea and coffee will serve in like
nner, without the temptations to
esa which go with these more viot
drugs.
!. The habits of using tobacco leads
n to vulgarity. I do not by any
sins say that every user of tobacco :
ulgar, or that every ouo who be- |
es himself to it will, of necessity, I
omo vulvar. Rnf ns ft moltoi- nf
O ? V* (
t, users of tobacco grow indifferent
iho feelings of others, and habitu- <
t keep before the eyes of their com-1
lions disgustful things, which true j
nement -would hide or suppress.!
en brute animals, move by mere inlct,
learn to hide the excretions of
i-body. The mueh abused pig pres
cleanliness. Give him pure water
1 a clean bed, and he will keep himf
clean.
3ut whatever rare and polite excep s
there may be, it is undeniable
kt the users of tobaceo become indifent
to others' feelings, and shock
> tastes of men, with scarcely the
iscionsnees of offending. The
jwer squirts his saliva as if he were
liquid artillery man. The smoker
ries in his hair, his raiment, and
his breath, the fetid odor of tobacTo
some, the fresh smoke of cood
>acco ie not disagreeable. - But
sresidual smell whioh lingers in the
ye, ob the clothes, or on the person
disgustful to every one. If one will
?tobacco, he should at least thereaf'
carefully purge and purify himself.'
ifc'I have observed that persons whoall
other: things -have gentlemanly
itincta, in tbp use of tobacco seem to
c dclitfacy and generosity.: i I see a
ikV degree of itflfi*hoe?,^and of
ferenCe to others' comfbrtandfceU
p in tho4. me of tkiovtfrtioto, I-do
t 8dv *h?t tobdcoobrutiflee men'c
ilingftfv t J??fc notfctod that
sr% of tohAMt^ W>ct?a*, lwfc
eefoi of- offendV^ -|he tastes of
foe* ItfMt m irfrttarfrrtfiU be m
- r ,. t r . . .
victim. That it nets upon many as an
iusidous nerve poision, leading to dyspepsia,
to headaches, to various dorangements
of the nervous system,
seems beyond a doubt. Thousands of
persons, after long buffering, havo
found themselves restored to health by
: simply discontinuing the use of tobae|
c<>. That, in such cases, thero is an
affinity between drinking and Bmoking,
can hardly be doubted. That, in
some cases, it leads to intemperance,
seems clear.
| Why should ono incur even the re;
motest danger by learning to uso a
disagreeable narcotic agent that a
healthy man has no sort of need of?
4. There is an argument of personal
purity that has always seemed to us
| should be sullicient with a generous
and honorable nature. The habits of
using tobaceo, oneo formed, is well
nigh invincible. Now, no man of self
respect, not already entangled, should
choose to go into bondage, to become
a slave to matter of sensuous enjoy
mcnt enjoyment.
There is, also, a reason of personal
cleanliness. .No man who habitually
uses tobacco but must be offensive to |
delicate tastes. It is a matter of prop |
er pride for one to bo certain that his j
person is pure, his skin sound, his j
mouth clean, his eye cool and clear.
If one is unwilling to wear a filthy
coat, how much less should he be willing
to carry a filthy person ? Kow
and then a tobacco user may by great
carc hide the effects of it on his
person. But in far the greater number
of instances, even among well-bred
peoplo, one can at once see or smell, or
both, the signs and effects of ilio noisome
weed.
We hardly hopo to influence any on
whom the habit is fixed. We do hops
to dissuade some young men from
forming a habit which is utterly unnecessary
to health and comfort, which
in most instances is unwholesome,
whioh sacrifices personal cleanliness,
addicts ono invincibly to a sensuous
appetite, and which changes delicacy
and kinducss to a selfish indiffercnco
to the comfort and conveniencn of nil
who are brought in contact with us.?
New York Led (jar.
The Oyster Trade op New York.
?The headquarters of the wholesale
oyster trade is at the foot of Christopher
street, two miles from the Battery.
Hero about twenty five largo
barges arc moored, all of which have
covored docks. These belong to plan- J
tors, who arc daily supplied with their
boils, and there are about two hundred
schooners employed in the transportation.
These boats cost about
eight thousand dollars per day. Ono
may thus perceive that the wholesale
oyster trade is no bagatelle. Thero
are men who will plant fifty thousand
dollars, worth of oysters and wait
three years for their return, and there
arc some parties in this trade who
wield a capital of a quarter of million
of dollars. The patriarch of tho oyster
trade, Elisha Ruekman. is said to
be worth a half Million. Ho i8 now
retired from active business. Oyster
dealers claim that these fish aro good
at all seasons, and tho letter II has no
influence upon their quality, this prejudice,
according to their view, being
apsurd and baseless. Tho best season
for trade is tho holidays, and noxt to
that is Lent. At the present time
the oyster trade is very lively. The
most successful saloon in Now York
is "Willard's on Broadway, where
about one hundred bushels aro
opened daily, a half dozen hands being
employed in this work. Willard
is no doubt getting rich Very fast,
Aqd active hand can open eight hundred
in an hour, or about a dozen
n. minntj ?
? U..U u WVI II UIIC D|)i;ilUIUg UI
oysters it must bo remembered that
the shells also have a value. Sach is
the demand f<?r fertilizers in New
Jersey that it will pay to take the
shells there and bam them.
tmiAi?v
The Rev. TVm. H. Mixburn.?-The
numerouG friends and admirers of the
Rev. Wm. H. Mil burn will be gratified
to hear good news of him in Europe.
At the last accounts he had just
| returned to Paris from Berlin, where
; he bad undergone,, three months ago
I ?n nnuMtinn x* ' *
MM V|/V??vfvu M>V VU9 UOUUD Ui>. VU9 Willi*"
nent oculist Professor Yon Graefo, in
the hope of restoration to Sight,-, The
operation; was hat partly successful,
hsvincr hp.?n fnllftmaH K?r '???<> <> 1~~-i
-q jMfMVOV** WJ OV ? Vi O iUtm
inflammation, a violent pulmonary attack-,
which for, a time threatened his
life. Another operation Ton Graefe
thinks may effsot, inn" measure, Mr.
Mil bum's recovering the use of kit
eyfes, but ?. thtf patient is jost now too
we*k to> 8ttbniftt*> it, *nd it trUD^probiu
bly be .several months befor* the knife
can again be applied. Meanwhile Mr,
MOtw^ils^f^int IecttuN?to? ditbijr
the ?spetwe# of his sojotirn abroad.
In Paris; nnder the auspices of cfor
aiy. ? ^ y I
* ' * ;. * ' . .
vr fihI iij^B^^Viiriiiiilflii'ii fii &.
of this month. "When ho returns, to
us, as wo hope ho will, no longer the
Blind Prcacher, wo may confidently
expect to hear from him a new and ii
fresh narrativo of adventures, and the n
lecture committoes, in making up thoir o
! course for the nest season, should bear 'I
him in mind.?N. Y. Poit a
- 61
Interview of South Carolinians with P
the President. a
81
Among tho visitors who called on r<
i ino x'rcBiaent on Tuesday morning
| were tho lion. J. P. Reed and Hon.
I W. D. Simpson, of South Carolina, 11
who were presented by the lion.
Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky. Dur- H
: ing the interview Mr. Reed read for w
! himself and Mr. Simpson, the follow- >'
I ing paper in relation to the condition w
of affairs in that State : '<
Wo have called, iyjr. President, as ?
members elect from the old Commonwealth
of South Carolina to the Forty- 0
first Congress of the United States, to Mi
tender for ourselves and the peoplo we E
have been chosen to represent, our w
congratulations upon your auspicious d
' assumption of tho office of Chief Magistrate
of tho American Union. We ii
are, Rir, natives* of tho State from mi
whenco wo come, and cla.. . is repre- ol
mon nf Wo nnninnt tinnnln
? rv?ru.?- .V
tion, to be familiar with their political o
ami material condition, their senti- n
ments and aspirations for the futuro. tl
Politically, in addition to tho loss la
of nearly all their pecuniary resources, hi
they have by tho results of the war u
been practically excluded, lor more u
than thrco years, from tho family of h
States, and the blessings of civil gov- n
ernment, but having been rccontly re- V
stored to their original position in tho p
Union, upon tho plan which tho Con- Ii
gross in its wisdom saw fit to adopt, ?i
without concurring in the manner of 1'
mun icMLurauou, mey nave accepted c<
the accomplished fact in good faith, g;
and are as loyal to the Government of et
a common conntry as any other equal
number of the American people. w
Their condition socially is and has t'e
been one of profound peace, and aside ei
from a few isolated acts of personal
violenco that have occasionally been g<
committed in different parts of the hi
State, such as are unfortunately of 0L
too common occurrence in all sections di
ot the Union, good order has prevail- at
ed, and the laws, State and Federal, tl
enacted for their government by Ui
bodies in which they wore unrepre- Cc
sentcd, have been respected, obeyed, m
and enforced without the slightest to
tendency to tumult or violence. ni
Materially the abundant harvests w
that have been vouchsafed to them, 01
and the high prices at which their rc
leading staples have ruled, have re- p(
lieved them in a great measure from 0r
their embarrassments, and opened up
to their imaginations the dawn of a V)
prosperity so entiroly unexpected as
to leave room to hope that events which jn
were deemed '.ho most crushing evils d(
may turn out to have been indeed 0|
" blessings in disguise."
In sentiment, while almost the entire ?
native white, and a large number of
the colored population, have affiliated
and been identified with the national
_ (0
Democratic party, their fettora aro
not of such controlling strength as to
induce or permit a factious opposition oc
to the party in power, or hinder them cr
from yielding a hearty support to all 01
such measures of your administration 111
as will, in their judgment, tend to de-. c*
velop the resources and promote the P'
interests of a common country. 'a
Their hopes and aspirations for the ^
future are, that their State may hence- ^
forth occupy precisely the same rela- ^
tions to the Government under a com- P1
mon Constitution and laws that is
occupied by the other States of the
Union; and to this end that the laws
imposing burdens and conferring bene- 10
fits on the people may be un'formly *'
enforced, persons and property pro* ^
tected, the peace preserved inviolate, ?
the unity and perpetuity of the Got- h
eminent maintained, and that uninterrupted
fraternity, prosperity and happiness
may attend the whole American ^
people, East, West, North and South, bl
without regard to race, color, or pre- .
vions oondition. And suoh, sir, are
the sentimenta of:the hearts of ourselves
and our people, j.' -j,-: ?, '
In .response to which, .the President n
remarked : Gentlemen?The J senti- ia
ments expressed in that paper should it
ffieet the approbation of every lawabiding
and TJnion-loving oitizon of
the coonffry.
' TniPltRATDRK 0?, CW>t ?OR ChCTR- '
*Ij?o.f-Tfeo N?#' England Partner, lor!*?
ply to ft correspondent wbo asked for in for- t
njaiton on tbi? poiW, a& 4#po?t4i*w> ftW .{
. urioo* *bo owVoowe, replied a? JtoUowfj.. k
S^Iuonr owo praotioe we bare adopted" d
tf&i.ilagreea aa tBe' prober temp?r*ture.
Dorio^tb^
Vliifxtn'i jtMiiLtiLair, ,v ,..^>^1^,.:?
HOW TO PLANT CORN.
Editors Telegraph : As it is com planing
time, it occurs to ino that it might
ot be amiss to remind our pUniing friend*
f Mr. Dickson's method of planting corn,
'he readers of the Southern Cultivator
re familiar with his suggestions on this
uhjeot; but as very many of jrtur readers
otsibly do not take this valuable journal,
lid would be glad tj know the plan purled
by tliia 'prince of farmers," as the
3sult or liis experience, and scientific re arches
it) farming for ruore than twenty
oar?, 1 will take the liberty ol furnishing
je desired informal on.
Certainly, it our planters could but take
peep at Mr. Dickson's corn cribs, still
/ell filled with corn which he made three
ears ago. ami see the abundance and even
asie of that valuable product. which seems
? grow around bira a? if by magic, they
ould be anxious to learn the secret of
ich uucccsB. Fur the benefit of those
ot posted, and who feel an interest in this
INimportant subject, I will furnish Mr.
hckuon's method of procedure iu his own
ords, lor breaking the laud and planting
ie crod :
"llavo good turning plows, and accoMig
to your ability, use one or two horses,
nd subsoil. Unlc over the field and lay
EF the land so that the horses will go
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;unu VIII a, iu?ei, jiuu me uirt will lall
own bill. A loam will break up the soil
me lughes deep in ibis way as easily as
ley con Id seven inches on a level piece ol
md. Coulinue lo tnko ibe lands iu ibo
line way unul tbe fluid is {limbed, one
jam following another?all the lime goig
round ibc circle; and it yuu bub&oil,
ave one learn between eacti turning plow
inning in tbe buttoiu of tbe furrow.
VLien you finish tbe field is ready for
Ian ting, if ibe proper time haB arrived,
i deciding this point, you must be gov
-ned by tbe weather. It varies from ihe
lb ot March to tbe 1st of April. Ac
jrding lo my experience, a man only
ttina bard work, and more of it, by very
irly planting.
"Now for the planting: Lay off furrows
i* b a long shuvel plow on a level, neven
et apart. Coiumeoce at tbe opposite
id with a longer shovel and open out tbe
une furrow. Tbe reason for ibi* is, you
it UD to trepa nni) >)lnmna on/I nmU. ?
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HUT finish at the ends. This furrow
lould stand op?D seven or eigbt inches
aep. Whether you use o impost, cotton
ed or guanos, let each band have bis
tree (est measure and deposit the manre
just three feet apart. Then drop the
>ru within three or four inches of the
anure, one or more grains, as is your cusm?dropping
on the near side ol the
anure, as tbe dropper gots; and then
ith n very light furrow cover tbe corn one
r one and a half inches deep. Tlie bariw
should go tbe same wuv as tbe dropjr
goes to keep from pulling the manure
1 !be grain"If
you cover deep you Iobo all tbe ad
antages of low plowing (but not of the
iep breaking) and for this reason : Corn,
good weather, will come up from a
jpth of one to six inches, but will strike
ii room aDoat one incb trom i tie Rurtnce
the g'Onud and all below that will per*
It. Tbat is onu reason why I am oppo
d to dirting corn an soon as it come* up
-it tringH the root of tbu- stalk, to the
p of the ground."
This, Mr. Editor, is Mr. Dickson's meth1
of preparing the land and planting the
op. The plan is subject to the approval
disapproval of your many readers. We
iust make our own corn, and some
lange from the usu.il popnl r system of
anting is nece?sa>y, in view of our dull
bor and increased liability to drought.
7n miiat ornnrrf nominal tlm nflf, eta nf lint.
ry. Summers, and the deep plowing and
jep planting, as advised l?y Mr. Die sun,
roniise the appropriate remedy.
Libellous Epitaphs.- Much libellous
latter has been written on tombstones
tnmt wives Witness this from Selby, in
orksbire ?
Here lies my wife, a sad slattern and threw ;
1 aid 1 regretted her, 1 should lit to.
Here le another, often attributed lo
>ryd?D, but to be found in tbe French long
efore:
M Here 11m' my wife; here let her lie:
She'* at rtot, and to am I."
Tbe following one breathes * spirit of
isignaiion which in far less abrupt. There
t also aludicrooa touch of ike polite about
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: "She oneews*mire;'
And now,. , v
To thee, O Lord, X her rtstgn} \ .
And 4oa year obedient humble errant,
BbbenKetcp*
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f&togae i oset, ',.
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AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
By green manures is, of course, meant
vegoiatiio manures plowed down. |
Cultivation would produce Sumac of a I
superior quality to that now gathered. 1
The wheat crop in Middle Tennessee
presents a magnificent appearance.
Chicago shipped 7 8 bushels of wheat in
1838. Tbn amount shipped in 1868 was
upward of 40,000,000 buhbela.
An early Spriug is apt lo be caught by
nipping frosts ; hence the recent cold.-map,
preventing premature vegetation and keeping
things back in the orchards and gar
dens, amy piove a blessing.
Were it not for the improved machinery
now in use upon our farms, particularly
reaper*, mowers and threshing machine",
it would be utterly itupos-ihle to supply
the home consumption of grain in 'hit
country.
In plowing down grern crops attach n
he;ivy chain to the fi< at of the p'ow beam
which drags down the g'as", so that it doe*
not, choke the plow. In this way it can
be plowed down so nicely that one would
hardly bel'eve two feet ol clover biul been
turned under.
If those who grow poor crops would
blame ihe weather mid the sensor I<-bs
woulil drain more, plow deeper, and enrich
the Boil by graAses and manure?they
would nnd that the weaiher anil the seasatif
are not. so much to be blamed for the
failure after all.
The munu'acttire of superphosphates in
this country wan commence*! about eight
een years ago. From that time i'. has
gradually increased, until now about 70.000
tons, representing a money value of rather
less than four millions of dollars, are annually
sold.
The " men-folk9 " should see to it thai
the flower-bed has its allotted spot, of
ground?to bn changed if need be. if a
fence has to he moved to make room Th*
wife or daughter who learns to till the soil
prdperly for a rop of flowers, may (jive
the farmer many a shrewd hint adap'e.d t?.
bis broader cultivation.
Good rules for tending the barn are:
Feed in the morning at soon as you can
see to do bo, end repeat till all lire filled ;
turn out to drink before noon, so thnt
the slock may be out from one to tbrec
hours, as the state of the wealbei may be;
tie up aftr diuner and feed ; begin to
feed in the afternoon early enough so that
you may giye the last foddering before
dark.
Alsike, or Swedish clover, would do well
on prairie soil. It will hold much better
than common clover. When tbeaommon
red does not Httain a good growth the
Mammoth clover will do bettor, though
the first crop must be cut for seed. Some
seasons the green clover will salivate
horses mu- b more than others.
Scotch Fife wheat was imported from
Russia into Scotland, and thence to this
country, where il has generally yielded. It
belongs to tbe white chaff, beardless, arobir
variety, and is distinct Irom most
Spring wheat in its harshness and strong
wiry straw. It is seldom attacked with
i UBt, as the straw it not luxuriant, and
though sown on very rich .soil, it seldom
lodges.
A writer in the Rural Qentlevian bms
Herkimer county first taught the English
louse American cheese, and now ships
them more than 4,000,000 pound* per
year. As the entire amount shipped from
the Little Falls Market io 1868 whs
0.324,610 poUnda, England, if the figure,
qu>>ied are 'correct, receives by far the
greyer portion of all the Herkimer county
cheese made.
A stock of raspberry or blackberry
bushes can be increased rapidly and eaaily
bv siii'ply tak'ng away from the parent
plant all the roots it can spare, and culling
them into pieces, two inches or so in
length, and planting them in good, rich,
dark colored soil. Nearly every onn of
th#m, if watered when dry, will make a
firat class plnnt.
The potato crop of the United State* is
worth qiany milliuiiii ot dsllars annually,
and its total lo>8 would be a national calamity
not readily repaired. We fear that
rery few persons . realise how important
this esculent baa become to oa .at a people,
fi? tin? tnanv mtlli/ina nf /IrllLrs baiiLrl Ka
t&T".r"? *v ?
Added'to oor wealth by *ten very slight,
improvement upon the bset varieties now
in en f.f ration.
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Some, nnetiee Of wheat will adept them
Belve? mora readily for Spring Sowing iha>: ,
other*; therefore ft la the duty of farmer*
to experiment io the matter of getting
early end pro!T5c'8pHng ^be?u.?The
Wiitfe^wbafu that. adapt tfaemeefcree bear*
to Skieg wring ere: the smooth Yarietie*
mepy of their original Winter
wheit qoaliiiaa, and ?re BOt inferior io any
rcmyt to^yniter wbaeU.r ' olu? 'lo vfcl
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, C&k lto#K*H Jtufatt'ttarnEii AlditnooJoe .
&A length of a *wm<m, wpli?d 2 ;
*3V?rty to On
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wJiuiM?^r ^?l?w?d b ,
i'st8%dl&-w. Bnebtt'i Wife make*
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Scientific Daring.
One dull day in August, just afternoon,
h balloon rose in the air at the foot of
Cloed Hills, on the western edge of the
central plain of England It wan inflated
with the lightest of gases which chemical
skill could produo?'. and it rosa w!?.li
prising velocity. A mile up and it
cnlr-rod a strata of clouds more than a
thousand feet thick. Emerging from this,
the sua shone brightly on the air ship ;
the eky overhead was of the dourest and
deepest blue, and below lay an immeasurable
expanse of clouds, whosesurlace looked
as solid a.- thai of the earth, now Wholly
lost to view. Lolty mountain* and then
deep, dark ravines, appeared below; the
peakt) and sides of those ?loud mountains
next the sun giUer.d like ?now, tut casting
shadows bl'-ick as if iliey were solid
iork. Up ro-e the balloon *ith tremendous
velocity. Four miles above earth a
pigeon was I-1 .no--*; it diopp'-d down
through the air a* il a had been a stone*
The air was loo itnn to tji.ubie it to fly.
It was us if a ship lud< n io the deck were
In pass from the heavy waters of the -ea
into an inland midline lake; the bark
would sii'k at. one* m the thinner water.
Up, np. still lusher I W' at a silence p'olonnd!
The heights of tin- sky were as
Mill as the deepest d pihs <A the ocean.
"?< luuiiu uiimig me search for
the lost Atlantic cal>le, the fine mud lien as
unstirred Irom venr to year a* the dust
which imperceptibly gathers on the turniture
ol a deserted house. No sound, nor
lift*.?only the Wight sunshine falling
through a sky which it could dot wafni.
Up?five railw* above earth I?higher
than the inaccessible summit of Ciiitnborazo
or Dawngiri. Despite the sunshine,
everything freezes. The air grows too
thin to support life, even for a few minnnw
Two men 00)7 are in that adventurous
(million?the one steering the air ship, the
oilier matching the ectetuifio instruments,
and according (hem with a rapidity bred
ot long j?r .dice. Suddenly, as the latter
luok? at hid inHromeflis^hts sight grows
dim ; lie takes a lens ttjlielp his sight, and
only maiks from the falling barometer that
tliey are rial tig rapidly. A flitck of brandy
lies wilhiu a tool uf him ; he tries 10 reach
it. but hi* arniH refuse lo obey his will.
He trieH ?o call un hia comrade, who has
gone up the ring above; a whisper in that
deep silence would suffice?but do sound
comes from his lips?he is voiceless. The
steersman comes down into the car ; he
finds his comrade in a swoon, and feels bis
own senses failing bim.
He saw at once that life and death hung
upon a few moments. He seized or tried
to seize the valve, in order to open it, and
let out the gas. Hid hands are purple
with intense cold?they ar? para!?ze i, they
will not respond to bis will. He seized
the vuire with his teeth ; it opened a little
?once, twice, thrice. The balloon began
to descend. Then the swooued marksman
returned to consciounness, and saw the
steersman staodiug botore bim. He looked
at bis instrument?they must have been
nearly vight milee* up; but now the ba*.
romeler whs rising rapidly?the balloon
was descending. Brandy wbb used. They
had been liighei above earth than mortal
man or living tbiu<* hUd been before. One
minute more of r?<aonori?of compulsory
'tiautiou?oi* the part at the steersman,
whose senses were failing him, and the air
ship, with its intense r a rifled gas, would
b?ve tieen floating una! i ended, witn two
corpses, in the wide realm of ?pa?e.?
Once a Week.
Salt as ? Fertilizer ?Some time
ago, when in Ei>g>aiiii, I was passing
through Lancashire, and noticing all the
fleld-i to be white, as if C"vered <o*th a
huar-frust, I inquired what it was, and was
informed itsar it was common ua(t, which
ine farmers awd as ibeir roost important
fttrulisor Id uhvoIIiq^ in tbe interior of
Ptiuiixylvania I perceived ib? same .thi'og.
and was there aUo informed that tfye article
produced the mot-t t?iDefici?^ result.
I desiieto BOggeat tbe tNBjUf thiaartiol?
to oar farmer* iu tbe interior, where feaMh ,
mud i? not obtainable, and the %'dt* taig^r
from drought.' ba? a .( n?rbbM
effmvf id retaining motetore. ,*bfl eveu in
that reaped alone ia valuable, W'
great mBaaure 11 preveou tbe ptirchfeg pf
the ground by the inWnae beat
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Tbe beat quantity tobe pot Upon bod
in tbe interior i? about one aawk "J^tri^ra,
and, in fact, from elpee ob-wtaljko I opt?mider
a combmaiipa of liir6HeBfe#ill pro^ -
au?e any |'?r ortl- tttK* po/ *cr? tbicr any
oue kind ?ImM. - bMCfprttidd pro-, *
portion* faf ?rtfiwry l?od I *wi?Mtru>rb? :
avdjtiy tKRuxUi
)?m| aft* poupd*,,^*!* ,
MV00 haodred mmI iwemy ?<wjd?^ foris
r^th**; h,
Mono*, be mado to Drodaot sVw> ta!?c &?r
Mil duly ppr?ji*tt*i '
rtMpft* lad n*?ow.
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