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rnOM THE PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY COURIER.
"NOT IMPOSSIBLE."
BY 3. AUSTIN SPERRY. 1
"Know that" Impossible" whore truth and mortfy and
the everlasting voice of nature order, has no placo in the
brave man's vocabulary." I
A brilliant sight is that of the Centre Fountain I
Market, or, as it is more commonly called, Marsh I
Market, in the fair city of Baltimore, upon a summer's
Saturday nitrht. Tim immonae
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Sctahlcs, flic luscious heaps ot fruit, the blooming I
ispluy of (lowers, of every variety and color, all 1
glittering in the resplendence of innumerable gas l
light, and tallow candles?tlio busy, rosy, laugh- 1
ing huckster women, the jolly butchers, brandish- i
ing their bright cleavers?the medley and carts, |
wagons, horses and dogs?the bum, the bustle, t
and the noise of shuHling feot?all combine to <
form a scene so lively, so gay, and so animating, I
you might almost fancy it a matter of itnjtossibilily i
that there could bo a human being in all that tnot- 1
ley qoqgrcgntion who was not as happy and do- <
lighted as yourself. Yet you would fancy wrong, ?
for there are oftentimes some very miserable beings
in that crowd. The one with whom it first
comes within the province of this story to deal,
was extremely miserable?that is, if appearances i
are any guide to judgment in such matters. He \
was a very ragged and forlorn looking man, and t
had the bleared eye and bloated face of one uddictcd.to
the vice of intempeiance. As it is not i
_ absolutely indispensable to the p'lribtff inJuo4.ta.fi
specify the date of the particular Saturday night
on which this individual figured, as we are about 5
to Tebtte, in the crowd at Marsh Market, we will i
merelv meniion tlmf if wna smn?
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elbowed his passage halt way down the spare, <
and paused in front of the Arcade. For a few t
moments ho gazed at the huge transparency over i
the upper story, which exhibited a full length and '
breadth portrait of Daniel Lambert, and ndvertiz- t
cd that all sorts of unheard-of curiositios, jugglers, \
ballancers, an alligator and and an Fgyptian mum- I
iny, could be seen up stuirs for a shilling. After I
his eyes were satisfied with the figures on the tran- 1
sparency, and his ears had drank in a sufficient |
quantity of the cracked sounds of tamborine and vio- I
lit), which were ringing jovially out from behind i
it, he passed into the avenue of tho Arcade, eye- I
ing the different persons who were trafficking at 1
the stalls there, with a seemingly interested curi- I
<v?ity. At length he stepped boldly up to a spruce- i
ly dressed young fellow, who was bargaining with :
a dark eyed Jewess, for a pair of kid gloves, and
asked in the usual phrase, though not with the i
whining accents of a common beggar? ? I
"Young man, could you spare me a small sum i
f/\ naliooo r*? ar <1 i.??
%vr lUiir.fC III f uiniicascs)
"hnpostibl-c," was the rejoinder, "I have more
little necessities myself than my money will supply.
Besides I never encourngo beggars." <
Before the sentence was finished, the mendicant
had turned away, and was repeating his petition
to a youth in homespun, who was looking over
a book stall.
"Could I spare you a 9mall sum?" returned the
latter, raising a faco upon w\iich there was an
expression of frankness, and good nature, and
speaking in jt tone of unsophisticated seriousness
as betrayed him but a recent participator of city
life?"that depends upon what use you will make
of it. Arc you sure you don't want it to buy
rum?"
The beggar hesitat;^ ? moment, and then, as if
in spite of the degradation which reduced him to
beggary, he scorned to lie, answered?
"I am sorry to confess, I want it for that very
purpose."
"I'm sorry to hear you confess it," said the
young man; and laying his hand upon the inebriate's
arm, he drew him aside to a spot a little rcrctired
from the crowd. Here ho again addressed
him?
"Have you a family?"
"A wife and one child," replied the beggar.
"And what is your occupation?"
"I have none. I was clerk in a house on Market
street?it failed, and I could not obtain employment.
My troubles drove me to drink, and
brought me to this condition."
"Don't you think, if you were to stop drinking,
you could now get employment, and make yourself
and your wife and child happy and comfortable!"
"The man lifted his eyes to the face of his
young monitor, with a stare that betrayed these
queries were becoming unpleasant, and perhaps,
that he thought them a little impertinent, coming
from *> imcaporienccd a source; but the ingenu
ous interest with which the youth regarded him,
induced him to answer complacently.
"The fact is, I have become so habituated to
drink, that it would be impossible for me to break
off."
"Impossible?pshaw! said the other, "I don't
bolievc there it such a thing as an impotribility
any more. Why, I'll tell you what?when I
oame to this city three months ago, 1 had
not the first cent .in my pocket?for it
had taken my all to pay my passage down
from Frederick?and I did not know a
soul in the place. I looked about all the afternoon
for employment at my business,?I am a
silversmith?and when night came on I hod w
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found any. About eight o'clock I sat down in
one of the stalls of that market house. I was tired
and sick. 1 had not eaten a mouthful since I
started from Frederick in the morning. I thought
it was impossible for mo to get any thing to do, or
any thipg to eat, when an old lady who kept a
cake stand, and who had got out of patience waiting
for her husband, offered me sixpence to carry
her basket home. 1 agreed; and she gave me not
only the sixponce, but a good supper; and when
I had satisfied her that 1 was not a runaway apprentice,
offered me lodgings for the night. I started
out next morning, and boforo night, 1 found a
situation. I's a hard one, to be sure, and I don't
make much; yet it isn't imjwssible for me to give
you a dollar, ifyou'llmakc the right usoof it; and
poor as wc both arc, it is'nt impossible that you
and I mny bo rich and happy men some day."
At the conclusion of tins story, which the ragged
man h'ad listened to with a show of impancnce,
the unsophisticated yourh STtpped the
amount mentioned into his hands and left him
abruptly. The man passed down the space to a
tavern, and paused at the door, as if debating in
his mind whether to enter and spend the dollnr he
had received for rum, or tako the advice of his
young benefactor, and strive to reform. The strug
gic seemed to do a strong one, and after some
five minutes' hesitation, he turned and walked onward,
with the slow and irresolute step of one
whoso course was undecided.
Wo will now return to tho generous youth,
who, after tho churitable act related, bent his steps
homewards, soon forgetting, in the multitude of
objects that attracted his attention, the little incident
in which he had l>een the chief actor. He
found it possible, on his way to assist an old lame
porter, who was staggering along under the
weight of a large leather trunk; without hesitation,
he took hold of one end of if, and supported
half the burden. Nor did he relinquish it until it
had reached its destination, although the charitable
office led him several squares out of his way.
When the trunk was at length set down on the
steps of a three story brick in Lexington street,
he concluded to pnuse awhilo, partly because he
had too much of obligingness in his disposition to interrupt
the loquacity of the porter, who wns earnestly
detailing the circumstances of a firemen's
row, which had occurred the night before, and
partly because he was pleased with the sound of
1 piano, accompanied by a soft voice, which
:ume floating through the window blinds from the
louse. While he was standing there, a gentlenan,
with the usual accompaniments of a traveler,
an umbrella under one arm, and a great coat
lan gling arcross the other, came up, und drawing
jut bis purse, demanded of the old man bis cliurge.
"Twenty-five cents," was the reply.
"And yours?" he continued, turning to our hero.
"Oh," returned Hitc Ellery?it is time we had
nentioncd his name?"Oh, I shall be satisfied
vith the privilege of a scat upon the step until
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v ?MJ ?? iaiii9iit:i? ucr 9UI1^.
ou arc moderate," said the gentleman; "but
fyou will come in, you con hear it to better #d
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This Was said in a matter of courso tone which
eemed to anticipate no refusal; and tlic door bong
now opened, Hite, so abashed by the uncx>ected
invitation, that he knew not how to dedine
it, was ushered into the hall, and thence, afer
the gentleman had met and saluted his wife,
nto a handsome little parlor, where he was left
without even the ceremony of a word of explanation,
with a girl in a faded calico dross and
infashionable leghorn l?onnet. She appeared,
from the last named article of her attire, to have
>een upon the eve of departure, and to have merely
paused to amuse a child of eight or ten, who,
perched upon a chair, reclined its hend delightfully
upon one end of the instrument she was fingering.
The child no sooner become aware of its
father's arrival, tbun it ran from the room, than
leaving the youth entirely alone with the unknown
female, who now abruptly ceased her song, and
sat running her fingers idly over the keys of
the instrument. He felt embnrrassed. He had
not been much accustomed to the society of the
softer sex, and had none of the set phrases of the
gallant at command. Feeling constrained to say
something, yet ignorant what form of address etiquette
might require in his particular case, he
resolved upon a plain statement of the circumstances
which brought him there, as the best mode
of introducing himself. Hite seldom judged characters
by dress; and the faded calico caused him
as much timidity as a shining silk could have produced;
it was, therefore, with some trepidation,
that he walked up to the piano and said?
"I ask pardon if I have interrupted you, Miss.
4 wus listening jo your song ai me uoor, wiien the
gentleman who has just arrived, kindly invited me
in. Ifyon arc so inclined, I shall be pleased to
hear you finish it."
"Certainly," replied the girl, turning towards
him a ?ct of features, which a pair of brilliant
eyes partially retrieved from the plainness which
the misshapen leghorn threw over them. She then
recommenced the air she had been performing.?
Hite, though no connoisseur, soon perceived that
she possessed great musical talent, and with very
natural curiosity, was wondering if she was not a
teacher of the art, when the lady of the house
entered the room. When the piece was finished,
she approached the girl and placed something in
her hand. The young musician thanked her 111 a
low tone, but the words were distinctly audible to
Hite.
"I am very, very much obliged to you," she
said, "hut do not give me all now?keep this much
until I come again. If I go home with all this,
be will take it from me, and spend it in the manner
that I told you."
" As you will, child," returned the lady.?
"Whenever you need it, call, and any time you
should need assistance, do not hesitate to apply to
me. Perhaps I may want you again next month,
or the month after, at all events."
"Thank you," said the girl; " I shall always
oc nappy 10 ouugc you. .And now 1 must go before
it grows lute."
"I would not lot yon no nlono," said the lady,
"hut Mr. 13. is so much fatigued from his journey,
and a little unwell too." ^
As she spoke, she glanced at Hite, who, anticipating
her wish, immediately offered his services.
The girl hesituted, perhaps from a doubt as to
the propriety of placing nerself under the escort
of a perfect stranger. But the lady whispered
that "he looked like a good-hearted fellow, whom
nol>ody need fear." Thus assured, she of the
faded calico turned to the young man with a courtesy.
and accepted his offer.
When his companion, at the door, placed he.
hnn/4 in his arrn. Hite was conscious that it trembled,
and fact would have contributed to his
emharrmftmant, but. be bsd perceived, from what
had paascd in the house, that she was a child of
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want and trouble, and hi IrnevohjK Mings ur-11
mounted his diffidence. His heart [had a great
affinity for ull kinds of h#nan distress One drop
of water has not a greiter propcnqty to unite
with another, on coming in contact, t^an had his
sympathies to mingle \vp the* sorrow! and sufferings
of his fellow bcin&. The lan<aago which
springs from such feelfigs seldom fal to find its
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,?ajr ?v? uk ix-'uri 01 me fearer, and H|o succeeded,
though wVhout the remotest desig of engaging
her affection, in making such nij improssion
on the girl's mink, that it was not likel r she would
soon forget her stronger gallant of tV it evening.
He, too, ere they replied her heme, 1 as interested
by something more than the mar featntion of
distress which had at h^t claimed hi sympathy.
Thoro was a charm in thc^oftness ar I molody of
her clear voice, which rivetod t.he to es upon the
memory; and there was an rlcv^iod of thought
and feeling in her words whkjh cW|lmftiuted/.iu&.
respect. It was a little 6ingul&r,'Ailc^er, tlmt,
notwithstanding the intimacy of shtimetit to
which they attained befor^ the end oftheir walk',
they parted without either having lfcrncd the
other's name.
Once more Hite turned towards h< no, which
he reached this time without being intc up ted by
any further tax upon his benevolence, do found
his employer and his employer's wifl in some
concern at his long absence, for he pd never
kept lute hours, and, in fact, was now|ot a little
surprised to learn that it was near twello o'clock,
and that his fellow apprentices had Idg ago retired.
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"Why, Hite, what has kept you $t so late 1
Come, give an account of yourself,isaid Mrs.
Foil, in a tone which indicated more c> solicitude
than displeasure. Hite was thinking odhe strange
girl, and colored.
"Really ! how he blushes," continual the lady
to her husband, with good-natured rallery?" he
has been doing something very V&d-t-don't you
think so, Mr. boil?"
"Why, you know there is"nothing Imiwissiblc
with him," returned Mr. Foil, smiling at the
youth's increasing confusion.
Hite now attempted to cxculpa^ himself, by
relating his adventures. Tliis was \ superfluous
task, for they had as much confidence in his good
principles, as they had in the correjtness of the
sun-dial, by which*Mr. Foil had roguatod his time
pieces for the last twenty year9. Hisstorv ended,
ine lady expressed her conviction that it was not
impossible he might oversleep himself in the morning.
Taking the hint, he lighted his Ump, and
retired.
Hite's was one of those natures which we meet
with only here and there in the throng which
crowds the pathway of life, and in whick there is
always a correspondence of conduct v/ith sentiment.
He never qssumcd a virtue which he did
not possess, and ncvur strove to conceal or palliate
an error of which he vns $pnscious. Jic not only
despised duplicity in utfifers, hut he strove to
guard against it in himsell??a.nd he so fur succocdfiiLjJtftfJ'O
Posse?cd the ununited, confidence of
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feature in the human character tristtl ^indor. It
wu8 a feutuse in Hito's character, winch, though
it sometimes subjected him to the derisive taunts
of what in modern phrase is termed veriianc?/, yet
invariably proved a key to the respect and esteem
of all with whom his destiny brought hirt in contact.
Even the most subtle of those wId glory
in the appellation of "knowing ones," wide they
smiled at his ingenuousness, could not vithhold
the tribute ol inward respect to this quality of his
heart. Nor did lie ever find it to his disadvantage
in any one pursuit of his life?that old adtge, (too
generally, we are sorry to say, received ilto practice
in society of the present day) that 'It is safest
to meet the devil with his own weapons," to
the contrary, notwithstanding. In fait, he was
often able to foil, by the simple force of (ruth,
the arts of those, whom others, equally pkilled in
duplicity, had opposed in vain.
Another trait in Ilite's character wns> his willingness
to encounter any obstacle whick opposed
the accomplishment of duty or social obligations,
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unci iiis rejection 01 that tavonte plea ol indolence
and imbecility?"the itnjfosailil." was
required of him by his employer?no favor by a
friend, or by any reasonable creature, which he
did not undertake with the expression, " I believe
it's not impossible," And his case was a
happy illustration of the force of example. His
fellow apprentices, and, indeed, all the members
composing Mr. Foil's household?who had not,
before his arrival amongst them, been very remarkable
for industry or kindly feeling?were
first won to esteeming him for his system of
"doing things," and from esteeming him to emulating
him, until they at length all adopted his admirable
motto as a rule 01 conduct, and, as the
worthy silversmith himself subsequently had occasion
to remark, the only thing that seemed, anymore,
impossible with them, were discord in their
daily intercourse and delinquency in their daily
duties.
( To he. continued.)
Hope.?Hope is like a poplar beside a river?
undermined by that which '.reds ?t-^-or like"7rbuT"
terfly, crushed by being caught-?or liko a foxchase,
of which the pleasure is in the pursuit?or
like revenge, which i? generally converted into
disappointment or remorse as soon as it is accomplished?or
like a will-o'-the-wisp, in running after
which, through pbols and jpuddles you are not
likely to catch any thing?.but a cold.
i'oMTF-NRHs on ali. occa8ionm.?At a wedding
recently, which took place at the ultar when the
official priest put to the InJy tho home oucstion :
'.'Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband
V she dropped tho prettiest courtsey, and
with a modesty which lent her beauty an additional
grace, "If you please, sir." Charming simplicity.
Odd Things.?Tho newspapers at times havo
odd things in them. Among the advertisements
we read that "Two sisters want leashing,"?and
that "a spinster, particularly ^ fondof children,
wishes two or three, having P/Xtifrtffcsv own, nor
any other employment."
Lorenzo Dow once said, in speaking of tho
grasping disposition of human nature?"though a
furmer should get the whole world within his enclosure,
he would still want a little spat on the outside
for a potato patch."
There are three kinds of praise ; that which we
yield, that whioh wo lend, and that which we pay .
We yiold it to the nowerful from fear, we lead it
to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the
desorving from
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SHORT PATENT SERMON.?BY DOW JR.
ON RELIGIOUS DISSEMBLING.
Text.?In Islington there was a nmnu,
Of whom tho world might soy,
That still n godly raco he ran,
Wheu'cr he went to pray.?Gomismith.
My Dear Hearers?Islington is not the only
sea port or land town that contains such silverwashed
ornaments to the christian religion as the
one mentioned above. We find them wherever
we go?they are around us just as thick as hemp
and grass-hoppers, onty we don't always distin
guish them from the real Simon Pure; but all we
have to do is, to give them a little scratch with
the thumb nail, and then it's easy enough to toll
what stuff they are made of. These fellows get
down on their marrow bones, and make long
prayers just for a show off; but they could'nt
liray, nt. all if the.v hadn't it. allxut and dried be-^
tore hand. I've seen them get boggled before
now right in the middle of a prayer; because they
wanted to vary it, and hnd'r.t the gumption to do
the thing nicely. I once knew an old farmer up
in Connecticut, who might be set down as a fair
specimen of the whole batch of these cunning
dogs, who lick the outside of the platter. He used
to pray in his family every morning as regularly
as the tea pot was emptied; but when offering
up His thread-bare petition, one eye was single
to tho glory of the Lord, and the other to
matters nearer home. On one occasion, as he
drew th6 big arm chair (over which he had been
devoutly leaning) to the casement, he cast his
eyes out of the window, and ero his humble prayer
had arisen higher than the chimney top, exclaimed
in the fullness of his heart: "There?there
?run, John ! them d?d hogs are all in the mowin
n <rin f ' TTr?rr> mv linnnnro
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men of Islington. "He ran a godly race whenI
e'er he went to pray; but at any other time his
raceconsisted in licking the devil round the stump."
The coat of religion won't fit these deformed beings,
any how you can fix it; it wrinkles in the
bank?cuts under the arms?sits awkwardly and
won't bear wetting. If I had my way, I'd strip
every rag of hypocrisy from their backs, and leave
gibing on them but the mere shirt of honesty,
'iKrich thc Jj0rd knows would be a thin covering.
Their show of piety is only to help them along
smoothly through this world. It makes them appear
upright, just and equitable; but I do positively
assert, that the man who thus counterfeits
religion for the sake of the world, would not hesiiato
to steal a sheep's head and pluck from a pauper's
hovel. They will offer their spurious coin
at the gate of Heaven, but it will be no go??can't
go in with that shilling. As my venerable fntlier,
who is now numbered with the dead, once observed?they
burn out their candles in the service of
the devil, and then throw the wick in the Almighty's
face.
Dearly beloved brethren?don't for the sake of
common honesty, profess any more than you possess!
take a pattern aftor me; be frank?be honest?apealwYpuxjDinds
on all ocrnsums?toll the
who was refused "aOmissfon Tnto
served credit for his sincerity, when he said it
made no difference to him, for he could go and enlist
into the troop. It has been said that an honest
man is the noblest work of God ; some say a pret
iv woman is. mat as it may, l believe my congregation
is pretty nearly of the riglit stampthough
n little is yet lacking. I came among you to
preach without script, ana an empty purse. Just
fork over u few coppers more, and then if I don't
ladle you out a mess of good pottage, it will be
because your dishes are all bottom upwards.?
I have a fondness for you all; and a deep affection
for the souls of those young ladies in that back
seat yonder. I have too frequently noticed the
smiles of levity upon their countenances ; their
eyes are oftencr turned to the young'men at their
right, than upon me. I cannot see these buds ol
purity contaminated : their immortal parts are toe
beautiful and tender to be exposed to the chill
winds of the world. 1 have hopes for them yet
You, young gentlemen, who are now leaving the
flowery lawns of youth, to enter the green bowers
of manhood?I warn you never to dissemble : life
with you is now a reality, nnd death will become
so, sooner or later. Avoid hypocrisy?shun vice
?court virtue?end let the man of Islington go tc
Hulifax. You, old men?who are scattering white
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nans upon mo grave?whoso leet totter?wliosr
eyes grow dim?bear with me fora 6liort time Ion
gcr, while I prepare for you u downy bed, so thai
you may lie down and rest in everlasting peace.?
So mote it bo !
Virtue ok Colu Water.?Dr. Shew, in a lot
tor published in the N. Y. Tribune, thus speaks o
the curative virtues of cold wafer, in cases whicl
have been believed to be beyond the reach of ined
icine.
It has been the general opinion among physi
cians that hydrophobia resists all curative means.?
The immortal 3'riessnitz has succeeded in curin;
it in dogs. The animals arc made fast, and thei
dcuehed incessantly with very cold wntcr,until tin
symptoms abate. The paroxysms at first increase
After Tlouclnng, perspiration isLbroughton by coverings
to retain the heat.
Sir Charles Scudatnore, a well known medical
author and practitioner of London, says that in the
melancholy disease of hydrophobia and tetanus,
the most active of the water-cure processes well
deserves a trial. Many years ago one of his horses
was seized with locked jaw, and the poor animal
appeared to he fast approaching to a hopeless condition,
the furrier having exerted all his skill in vain,
The late professor Coleman by ehnnee arrived at
the time and advised repeated effusions of the
spine with the coldest water from buckets. After
about an hour the pasins becamo relieved and
a complete recovery ensued.
The douche, a jet of water of any required size
and height, can be made a most powerful agent?
Even drops of water from a height make strong
impressions upon tho living body. The douche
is certainly one of tho most successful moans for
taming tho furious maniac."
Tho douche, or something much liko it, has beer
introduced into the prisons, as the means of "taming"
refractory convicts. None havo been found
able to resist its influence.
A gentleman rode up to a public house in th?
oountry' and asked, "Who is the master of vhJi
house t" "I am, sir," replied the landlord, my
wife has been dead about three weeks,"
UasrtTi. Sion^?A man who had established a vp.
pling house, was about to erect Ki? sign, and re<
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IfOJI, Editor* #sMtl Proprietor*. 7
AGRICULTURAL.
TO YOUNG MEN?FARMERS' SONS.
In addressing this class of readers, I wish to lay
aside the dignity of the editor, and come among
you as one of your own number. For I too am a
young man, and farmer's son ; and I know from
experience what disadvantages you labor under in
the pursuit of knowledge, and what numerous discouragements
you meet in your efforts for intellectual
improvement. But I also know, that if
you have the will yon can succeed in making great
attainments ; and I know, too, that there is a great
work for you to do, and gtcat things will bo expected
of you. Immense responsibilities rest upon
you, as those who are about to assume tho
management of our much-abused farms?as those
to whom the community must look fur that reform,
in our nractice of agriculture which is bo imperi- '
ousiy aemacaca atuie present urne. - it oegtcr.^a ?:
be plainly seen that it Still not do-Tor v^j to follow
in tne beaten t racts ofyoA" fathers, a ad content yoai>
selves with doing as that' have done. They received
their lands at lot/ prices, fresh from the
hand of God, abounding with fertility, and producing
plentiful crops with little skill or labor; while
the absence of western competition enabled them
to obtain a ready market for all their surplus; and
their simpler habits and fewer wants, rendered it
less difficult for them to attain respectability and
happiness in their profession. But how different
is your situation 1 You obtain your lands at high
prices, and many of them so impoverished by a
long course of bad culture, that the staple productions
are greatly diminished ; or the fields are so
filled with noxious weeds, that a double amount of
labor is necessary to obtnin even a scanty crop.??
While the competition from the vast W est is so
rrrno? o ?\/1 I ? * 1 ^
(5'tov aim iiivicaouig, mat mi iut'5 must, uu very
low.
But you will ask, "How are ice to obtain tins
knowluJgo 1 Wo knv? only it plain school cda?
cation, and are obliged to devote nearly all our
time to labor. Scientific leaning belongs to colleges,
and those who arc not obliged to work for
a living." Here a^ain is a groat mistake, and Orte
which the Cannot lamily arc very apt to fall into.
I unhesitatingly affirm, that .there is scarcely a
young man in Western New York, of ordinary
intellect, who cannot; if he has the desire, mako
himself familiar with ull the most important sciences
connected with agriculture. Within a few
}rears past, so many excellent and and cheap books
lave been published, in which both theory and
practice are explained so that all who read them
can understand, that there is no longer any good
excuse for remaining in ignorance. It is true tnero
is one thing greatly needed in this country, which
is not yet supplied ; but, if young men will mako
their wishes known, it soon will be. "We mean
an Experimental School of Agriculture. To thoso
' who could devote a year or two to the subject,
such an institution would be of more benefit than
many years of reading. Let none delay, ho\raverj
make good use ot the time ybtrmtve, ana oitlur
powers God has given you,and you can rise above
all difficulties, and will find the profession of agriculture
afford vou more true eniovment than
you now conceive possible.?New Genesee Partner.
From the Tennessee Agriculturist.
TO DESTROY WORMS OS CABBAGE.
Gentlemen,?I am not aware that the following
easy and simple method of destroying worms on
cabbage, has ever appeared in print. I believe
it was discovered by an unlearned person, and I
hope will not be less efficacious on that account.
As the worms arc already commencing their depredations,
it will be well to publish it soon.
. At night (about sun down) strip off one of the
lower leaves and lay it on the top of the cabbage,
I back side down. In the morning very early take
it off, and the whole, or a large proportion of the
\ worms of that cabbage will be on it, and can ho
disposed of aa at.y one scea fit. Two or three trials
will effectually free the cabbage from all worms.
[ I believe it never fails except when the nights aro
quite cool. W. Chandler.
Ataraovs out of Cucumbers.?Some timo
. since on the authority of a correspondent, we recommended
that cncninher.-i he dressed ir> tVie
t same way ns asparagus and a dish would he produced
equal to the latter. Wo have tried tbo
experiment, and find that our correspondent is
correct?many thanks to him.
The Savannah Republican notices the suggesj.
tion, and states that the article has been served,
up on toast at the Pulaski House, Savannah for
the last six years ; and snys that if the cucumbers
be sliced lengthwise, and fried in batter, they will
be found an excellent substitute for fried oysters.?
New York Sun.
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' Agriculture.?Agriculture was the first and
e should ever be the most esteemed of all pursuits.
How happy would it be for hundreds of our young
tn'eri," 1 r^tlleywmV'Af-pt'i* y I cYaivArififth*''
of ground are a better capitol than ns many thoUt\
sand dollars procured by writing their names at
, the bottom of a negotiable note ; and when years
of misery might bo saved if men would believo
| that a dollar actually earned, ns by farmers and
i mechanics is worth a hundred in prospect to bo
1 gained in trade and speculation.?Saturday Courier.
How to Clean a Fowling Piece.?Stop up
i the touch holes by means of a little wax; ana then
pour quicksilver into the barrels, roll it along them
I for a few minutes. The mercury and the lead
will form an amalgam, and leave tho gun as clean
ns the first day it come out of the shop. Strain tho
quicksilver through a piece of thin washcd-leath;
er, and it is again fit for use, for tho lead will hq
i left in the strainer.
Weight of bushei.s of Gra,n.?An English
1 farmer has given the fallowing as the resist vf. n
experiment to Mc.rta|n th,? weight and number of
Winchester b\l#j,0> of each of the undermentioned
sorts of ?rain Wheat 62 lbs., 550,000 grains ;
hAr'4ey 52 1-3 lbs., 520,000 grains; oats 32 lbs.,
1 1,260,000 grains, poplar pew 64 lbs., 110,000
? grains; horse beans 64 lbs., 270,900 grains.
Candles.-?Take 2 lbs. of alum for every 10
lbs. of tallow, dissolve it in water before the tab
i low is put in, and thon melt the tallow in the a
i into water with frequent stirring, and it -yyill cl>* S
fy and harden the tallow $o as to make a tnosl
? beeutifbl article for either ^vintyr or sumapfr use,
almost as good as tporm.