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Kl KM. EC'OSOWY.
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l%,im t'io farmer's Cabinet. t
y THE DAIRY.
The properties of a good milk house arc, i
tliat il be cool in the summer, and moder- <,
atelv warm in the winter, so as to preserve s
a temperature of about 4~> degrees through- ,
out the whole year ; and that it be dry, so as .
to admit of its being clean an sweet at all ,
times. A butter dairy consists of three t
apartments?a milk house, a churning house (
with a proper boiler, and other convenien- j
ces for scalding and washing the imple- r
ments, which should be dried out doors when ,
the weather will permit. The cheese dairy ,
should likewise consist of three apartments ,
?a milk house, a scalding and pressing ?
house, and a sal ing house. To tb.ese may t
be added a cheese room or loft. A dairy ,
for a small family may be formed in a thick .
walled dry cellar, having windows on the (
north and east sides, which are preferable for ^
fontilhitinn. In winter these windows should .
have double sashes, and in summer, a fixed
frame of close wire netting, or hair cloth, to j
exclude flies and other insects.
In most places cows are milked twice in '
twenty-four hours, throughout the year. t
Where quantity of milk or cheese is an ob- j
jeer, three times milking must be prefera- j
hie ; but as twelve hours are necessary for
the clue preparation of the milk in the cow, ,
it must be inferior in qualify if drawn more ;
than twice a day. Whatever be the times t
of milking, the milk should be drawn off L
clear; otherwise, what is left will be rcab- |.
.sorbed into the system, and no more be gen- j
crated than is requisite to supply the quanti- (
ty actually drawn. The milker, whether a (
man or woman, ought to be mild in man- ,
ners, and good tempered. If the operation r
is performed harshly, it becomes painful to t
the cow. who, in this case, oficn brings into .
action her faculty of retaining her milk at
pleasure; but if gently performed, it seems |
rather to give pleasure. When cows are (
ticklish, they should be treated with the most ,
soothing gentleness, and never with harshness
or severity ; and when the udder is hard ,
and painful, it should be tenderly fermented {
with luke-wurm water and stroked gently ; ' .
by which simple expedient the cow will be | j
brought into good temper, and will yield her (
milk without hesitation. Whenever the teats <
of the cow become scratched, or wounded, |
so as to produce foul or corrupted milk, it (
ought on no account, to be mixed with the (
sweet milk, lest it should taint the atmos- (
phere, and thus prove injurious to the rest of
the milk. j.
Cows should be milked as near the dairy ! ,
as possible, in order to prevent the necessi- i,
tv of carrying and cooling the milk before it'
is put into the churning dishes. Every cow's
milk should be kept separate till the peculiar
, properties of such is so well known as to ,
admit oftheir being well classed, when those .
that are most nearly allied, may be mixed ,
together. The very best quality of butter
can only be economically made in those j
dairies where cheese is also made; because ,
in them the best part of each cow's milk (the (
first drawn ofT) can be set apart for throwA
|
ing up cream, t!>c cast part ot tins cream
(the first separated) can be taken in order (
to make into butter, and the remainder, or (
all the rest of the milk and cream of the
dairy, can be turned into cheese. The spoili
7 taneous separation of cream, and the production
of butter, are never effected but in
consequence of production of acid i:i the
milk. Hence it is, that where the whole
milk is set apart for the separation of cream
and the whole of the cream is separated, the
milk must necessarily have turned sour before
it is made into cheese ; and no very
excellent cheese can be made from milk I
which has once attained that state.
BEES.
Some persons that keep Bees neglect to
take them up until some weeks after they
have been consuming the honey in the hive.
The bee ceases to procure honey as fast as
they consume it earlier in the season than
is generally supposed. They lose after the
first of September until they have access to
Buck-wheat that is in bloom. They will not
generally collect honey enough to support
them in the two last weeks in August unless
the weather is very favourable to their labouring,
and the season is wet, so as to keep
a supply of honey in the flowers. We have
sometimes weighed hives every week or
fortnight, and found that in a dry season the
hives were heaviest the last of July. A hive
that gained ten pounds a week in the last of
June and first of July, lost 3 lbs. from July
23 to Aug. 6th. During this fortnight, the
weather was as warm as it had been anytime
in the season, but it was very dry and
of course the flowers afforded but a little
honey. If any person supposes that bees
will gain, at this season of the year, let hint
weigh his hives every week, and he will
soon be convinced to the contrary? unless
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his bees have an unusually good pasture.
Yankee Former.
FATTENING IIOGS. <
On the first day of December, four slioats t
of the same breed, nearly of a size, and as }
much alike in every respect as could be so- i
lected from a herd of ninety-odd hogs, were s
made choice of; each carefully weighed and t
placed in a separate stye, where their food \
could be exactly regulated. They weighed ?i
between ?1 pounds and 100. The two, t
whoso weights together made 1st.) pounds, 1:
were fed on one gallon of shelled Idian corn, t<
weighing seven pounds to each, for every u
twenty-four hours, and as much water as s
they wanted. This quantity of food was a v
plenty for them : generally tiiev about con- e
aimed it. Some live or six different days g
between the first of December, and fourth of ti
January, the time the experiment was going n
3n. they did not eat their whole allowances, b
For the two slioats, whose weights toj*ethcr
made 173 pounds, seven pounds of n
*ood Indian corn meal, by measure ten pints a
were made into good mush, or hasty-pud- w
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wenty.four hours. That is, tiiese two had
ill owed them exactly half the weight of meal
.vhich the others had of raw corn. The
>even pounds of meal were daily mixed with
>caiding water, and then well boiled : the
vhole process of cooking was done on an
iverage of one and a half hours. Thev
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vere all fed twice a day, and at the same
ime. The evening feed of the shoats, fed
>n mush, was generally warm?the morning ,
Dl
cod,having stood all night, was always cold. ja
rhe seven pounds, or ten pints of meal, .
,vhen cooked, weighed an average of 30 j
)ounds, and measured an average of three ^
'aliens. There was a difference of nine
^ Cil
'ounds in the weight of the latter pair?
he smallest had the least appetite, and his ^
dlowance oflT) pounds of rnush, was just jis
much as ho appeared to want, or would ^
;at up clear; the other was greedy, and al- '
vays sharp set, despatched his mess quickly,
md wanted more. j
Dcfore the experiment liad progressed a
ortnight, there was a very perceptible dif- j.
*?,,, tUu minnnmnpp rif thcsfi DlffS.
L'lVIlUC Hi lin>
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f hose fed on the mush assumed a more
hrifty. healthy, fresh appearance, partial- j(
arlv of their liair, and this difference became
tt
norc striking as the experiment advanced. ^
On the 4th of January, while preparations u
vere making fl>r killing and dressing, they j
verc again weighed on the hoof. One of ^
hose, then, whose daily allowance had been ^
seven pounds of corn each, had increased
20 pounds in the '24 days ; the other which ^
lad had an equal allowance of corn, had increased
only live pounds. I could not account
for the dillerencc by any thing 1 could j
liscover. either before or after killing: the
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ippctites of these two were much more alike j
han of the others ; and their health was ap- ^
jarontly equally good. ,
Of the pair fed on mush, whose daily al- j
owancc had hcen three and a half pounds
)f meal each, the greed v one had trained *23
O J j j
loundsand the other *21 pounds.
These are all the material facts in these ,
s!
.wperiments, except that a very small por- j
ion of suit was put into each mess of nmsli
?and there is no miracle in them. The
logs allowed 3.4 pounds of each, gained less
:lian three-fourths ofa pound daily, and this j
surely they might have gained from the meal; j
>ut they gained more than those fed on .
-it
joublc that quantity of corn. The saving
M' one half of the immense quantity of corn
:onsumed in raising and fattening hogs in ,
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Maryland, would he well worth the otfer of .
. i?
i premium to have these experiments accujiii.l
t<viijvl hv different ner
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sons.?Md. Ag. Report.
KEKi'lNG EGGS.
Putting down in water thoroughly satura- (j
ted with (juick lime is now generally adopted
and is found to be the cheapest, as well as
the surest mode of keeping them unin jured. ^
We have sometimes seen so much lime
used as to pack close around the lower cour- a
ses of eggs, and from which they could with
ditiicultv be extricated. This is not neccs
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sarv ; that the water should be thorougly
impregnated with the lime is all that is re
quired, and to secure this object, a thin lay- j
er of lime on the bottom of the vessel may
1)0 admissable, nothing more.?Genncssce .
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banner. t
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TO EXTRACT 01 f. FROM COTTON.
As soon as possible after the oil has been a
spilt, take the article on which it fell and im- j
tnerce it in clean cold water. After soak- (j
ing awhile, the oil will begin to float upon t;
the surface: when this takes place change j
tiio water. Uy thus removing the water fre- j
(juently during a few hours, the oil will be ,
gradually and completely removed without }
rubbing or washing, and when dry iron it, i
and no vestige of the oil will remain, nor \
any change of color be visible?New Eng- 1
/and Farmer. 1;
Potatoes Manukko with Pine Leaves. v
?A Southern paper stales that pine boughs
and leaves make an excellent manure for Li
potatoes.
A farmer, in New Jersey, having a large {
number of young pine trees growing near Q
his potato grounds, he gathered a sufficient ,
quantity of the boughs to form a considera- y
ble covering to a row of potatoes which lie ?
was planting in drills. In the drill on one t
side of this he used lime for manure, and ^
on the other lie put in marl. Thcv were e
all covered with earth in the same manner, ..
and received the same culture. On digging c
them, those manured with the pine were j,
twice as large as the others, and double in t
quan tit v.
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Electricity.?We noticed not long since "
in a foreign journal, a wager between a r
London scientific gardener and frcelebrated t
cook, that the former would prodiee a hand. 3
some salad aud cressfrom the seed, before r
the latter could cook, in good sfvlc. a. log t
)f mutton io be eaten with the salad. Th
ivager was won by the gardener. Th
irocess was to immerse the seed for a tim
n oxymuriatic acid, then sow it in a ligli
soil, letting it be covered with a nie
allio cover, and bringing in contact with th
vhole anelectrical machine. By the sami
tgent hen's eggs, which require twenty o
wenty-one days to hatch by animal heat
lave been hatched in a few hours. Wa
^r. apparently free from any animalcule
ii an hour can be rendered full of living in
ects. It has long been suspected lha
rhat is called electro-magnetism perform
d a prominent part in the formation ant
rowth of animal and vegetable matter, ant
icse experiments would seem to place the
latter beyond doubt. Should these results
e confirmed by further experiments, a new
ra in physiology, both vegetable and anilal,
may be considered as commenced
s another step taken in drawing the vci
hicli shrouds the mysterious operations ii
ic inner courts of the temple of nature.
Gcncssce Farmer.
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christian decision illustrated.
Dear Madam,?If you can find room ir
our valuable journal for the following in.
nesting and instructive fact, you will oblige
A Pastor.
About twelve months since, I bad the
leasure of introducing into my church a
tdy, who with her husband had long connuotl
an enemy to the cross of Christ,
'lie Lord, in mercy, was pleased at Iengt!)
> convince her of sin, and righteousness,
iid judgment, and after a variety of oxerises,
severe and protracted, she was enaled
to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for
lb and salvation, and enjoyed, as a blessJ
consequence, that peace which the world
m neither give nor take away.
I regret to say, that, though her husband
iiccrfully joined her in parties of pleasure,
nd fully participated in all the fashionable
lilies which distinguished them, yet he had
L_. i* .. .V, fmiV.ir
o svmpauiy ior uiu new i/iaw kji v/hjut*
icnts with which after her change, her
appiness was identified. In fact, his seep,
eism on the subject of religion led him tc
?'gard its doctrines with inditrerence if no!
ith absolute contempt. lie noticed the
Imngc in his wife's views and feelings, ai
rst, with sentiments of pity; but when he
mnd that she was steadfast in her princiles,
and decided in the course she hat
larked out for herself, he became angr\
nd peevish.
I fear that many Christian females, whose
ushands know not (rod, by injudicious
onduet strengthen the prejudices whicl
icy wish to break down, and instead of at.
acting repel. I am happy to record, tc
le honor of my friend, a course of prudence
ropriety, and affection, the reverse of this,
he kept cons mtly in mind the apostolic
ljunction.W ives. submit yourselves un>
vour husbands and therefore, in al
!ic was strictly and cheerfully obedient.
^
[er religion, happily, was eminently loveh
nd attractive, yet entirely free from mcai
nd sinful compliances. It did not partake
fthat pharisaic spirit which says. Stand by
am holier than thou. At the same time
was sufficiently marked to show forth it;
ue character. Nor was the religion o
ly excellent friend, of that si'' ly, fas-idiom
haractcr which is unable to distinguish be
veen the urbanities of life and conduct whicl
;offensive in the sight of God. Thus, by;
onstant exhibition of cheerful piety, sin
oftened, in a great measure, the asperities
f her husband's empor, and weakened hi:
rejudices. Yet she was not the compan
3ii with whom he once could sing, am
ancc, and enter into company. Agains
very species of Sabbath violation she do
idedly set her face; on this subject he
irmness was now to be put to the tesf.
Her younger sister was to be married t?
, worthy young man, and the ceremon;
ras to be performed under the maternn
oof. Mrs. was anxious to be pre
ent, especially as her sister was to lean
mmediatcly for the " far west," and the pro
oability of seeing her again for a long tim
r> conic was not great. Just before tb
leparturo, she was informed hy her husbam
hat an unexpected circumstance had oc
aired which prevented him from leaving
ionic that day. " Well," replied she, "
mi very much disappoiutcd, but I must sub
nit." "O no," said he, " you shall not b
lisappointed ; we can go to-morrow, (Sun
lay,) and shall reach your mother's hous<
n good season." " I thank you for you
iitcnded kindness," replicrd she, "but as to
uoitow will be the Sabbath,! cannot go. Yoi
:now mv opinion on that subject, which i
mchanged. Nothing but a deed of mere;
vould justify me in travelling on the Sab
>ath. This is not one, and ! must beg ti
m excused." Though his wife had mani
ested much tenderness in her manner ye
nth her decision Mr. was not inucl
leased and he left home 0:1 the following
lay, discontented and peevish.
A journey alone affords time and oppor
unity for reflection; and Mr. avail
d himself of it. He reviewed the wholi
:ourse of his wife's conduct since the da;
rlien she publicly professed her faith in tin
sudor?her uniform piety, her unostenta
ions devotion, her sweet and amiable de
(ortmen% her patience with him. and tin
vident design which she manifested t(
dease and make him happy. lie returnd
home in a better temper, and receive!
icr affectionate welcome with unwonte<
enderness.
After giving an acount of' the wedding
nd the state of the family generally, he said
11 am really surprised, wife, that you woul<
lot accompany me ; and to tell you tlx
ruth, J was quite disposed to be angry witl
'ou for it; but upon reflection I can bu
espect you for your consistency. I neve
bought much nbuot religion, and one reasoi
e is, I have seen so little of it in those wl
e pretend to have a great deal. But if it w
e make me what it has made you, (thou<
it ! you were always a good wife) it is wortl
- j of more attention than I ever bestowed upc
e j it." I need not say how much atfected tli
L* j young Christian sister was, by the avow
r of her husband. Since the time referred t
, I Air. has appeared in the sanctuai
. | in company with his wife ; and though thei
, is no decided evidence that he eas experiei
. j ced a change of he heart, yet there is ui
t | questionably a great change of outwai
. conduct. Permit me, dear madam, to con
1 mend to all the wives who read your jou
1 nal, and who have unbelieving husbani
the conduct of Mrs. as an exampi
; worthy of imitation. "For what knowe:
; thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save th
. ! husband."
; i "There is a large class of excellent f?
III ? i
! male characters, who, on account ot the
1 ! very excellence, arc little known, becaus
j to be known is no their object. Their an:
I .. j -
I umuu na> a uuiii.r uiaic. x iiuy jiuj
i through life honored and respected in thei
j own small, but not unimportant sphere
i and approved by Him whose they art
i J and whom they serve, though their face
. are hardly known in promiscuous society
. ; If they occasion little sensation abroad, the
produce much happiness at home. An
; when a woman who has ail 'appliance
L and means to get i?y' can withstand their
, toxication of a flatterer, and the adoratio
, of the fashionable: can conquer the fond
i ncss for public distinction, can resist th
, i temptations of that magic circle to wliic
. 1 she is courted, and in which site is qualifie
. ' to shine?this is indeed a trial of ftrmnes?
a trial in which those who have neve
. I been called to resist themselves, can hard
I ! ly judge of the merit of resistance i
others.
! i These arc the women who bless, dignil
, j and truly adorn society. The painter n
; j deed docs not make his fortune by thei
. sitting to him : the jeweller is not brougi
. into vogue by furnishing their diamond:
i nor undone by not being paid for them
. : the prosperity of the milliner docs not dc
? pend on affixing their name to a cap or
t ' color; the poet does not celebrate them
; I the novelist docs does not dedicate to then
t; but they possess the affection of their hu:
; bands, the attachment of their children, th
i
. esteem of the wise end good, and above al
I j they possess His favor,4 whom to know
' j life eternal.'" * * *
" 1 am persuaded that such women con
) pose a larger portion of the sex than is gem
j rally allowed. It is not the number, hi
i 1 the voice which makes a sensation, and
. j set of fair dependent young creatures, wli
) arc every night forced, some cf them r<
, (lunctantly, upon the public eye, and a bev
. j of faded matrons, rouged and repaired fi
: an ungrateful public, dead to their blandis]
. mcnts. do not compose the whole fern a
1 ' world ! 1 repeat it, a hundred amiable \v<
, men, who arc living in the quiet practice <
r'' their duties, and the modest exertion <
1 i their talents, do not fill the public eye, <
j reach the public car, like one aspiring lot
,, der, who, hungering for observation, ar
3 i disdaining censure, dreads uot abuse, b
s i oblivion; who thinks it more glorious
f head a little phalanx of fashionable follo\
s crs, than to hold out, as from her coalman
-1 ing eminence and imposing talents si
i j might have done, a shining example of i
\, that is great, and good, and dignified
21 woman. These self-appointed qucoi
s maintain an absolute but ephemeral empi
s o/er that \\W\a fantastic aristocracy, whic
. i they call the world. Admiration bese
1 I them, crowds attend them, conquests folio
it them, inferiors imitate them, rivals cm
. | them, newspapers extol them, sonnets dei
r them. A few ostentatious charities a
! opposed as a large atonement for a ft
o' amiable weaknesses, while the tin pa
v : tradesman is exposed to ruin by their ve
il; geance, if he refuse to trust them, and to
; gaol if he continue to do it."
e! IIanxaii Moore.
' j Melancholy reminiscences.?Within tl
c j last four or five years, six members of tl
c i bar of our city, who from their talents ai
^ i former standing were eminently qualifii
* | for activity, respectability and usefulne:
S ; have perished by the suicidal use of into?
' eating liquors, and either died in some 01
' ! of the institutious of charity, or were buri<
e ! at the public expense as paupers. We r
*! member some of them in the bright at
j O
3 j sunny days of their prosperity, when tl
r l world was smiling around them, when tin
*, were courted by numerous clients for the
11 i counsel, or professional assistance, ai
s 1 wKrni in 11?r? nrtrlo nf rnn<pnnf?nrp. thf
f spumed dishonor from them, and urged tl
" cause of innocence and justice, with tl
2 i bold and powerful pathos of their el
* j qucnce. Then they exulted in the supei
1 ' or dignity of their nature, challenged a hi:
L I n v
11 and general respect for their churacte
? j and attainments, and were the objects
j esteem and admiration to their friends at
' i acquaintances. One of them possessed
* mind of the mightiest order, a loftiness
e j sentiment that soared to alpine heights
f the most elevated Dime, and a magnanimi
2 that shrunk instinctively from the touch
* corruption. But in an unguarded hoi
* ; they took and tasted the liquid poison, ai
21 again and again they sunk under t!
2 j intoxicating influence of its paralizir
' I power.
The habit of intempcrace formed, th(
* travelled lapidly in the downward road
! ruin. They were seen daily sitting in tl
[' grog shops, in parley with the debauclu
' and drunkard, bathing.in the stupifying bli
j of drunkenness. They were seen staggc
~ j ing away from these haunts of horror at
despair, to sleep in some cheaply purchast
lodging for the night, and the ensuing d;
r found them again running the same ing!
11 rious round of revelry and ruin.
ho I One of them, one night,t was taken up
ill drunk and stupified in a snowstorm, almost
;h perished with the cold, and finally ended Jus
jy days in a hospital. Two others became
m inmates of the poor house, and there died
lis and were buried in paupers' graves. Anal
other became insane, and was in the lunao,
tic asylum, was restored to reason, rey
i commenced his career at the bar, but soon
re j relapsed into intemperance, and batlessand
n- j shoeless walked the streets, lodging often
n- at the watch-house, and finally became
d crazed again, and sent to the hospital, and
]- there soon after died. Another, after
r- haunting houses of intemperance, was
is drinking his money and health and characle
ter away, was attacked with the cholera in
st his lonely lodgings, at night, carried to the
v Daane street hospital and there soon after
I expired, and his corpse was sent to tenant
j Potter's Field.
" The sixth and last, who held his head so
o high above his peers as to refuse any other
than the most important business, wasted
* his time and talents in taverns, was regularly
J j for moths the companion of drunkards, and
the dull, drowsy devotee of intemperance,
'' until at last he was attacked with delirium
'* tremens; insanity seized upon his brain,
j and when his mind was suffered to become
the scat of reason for a short interval, too
V* I .
j j late to save him, he requested to be taken
' to the lunatic asylum, where waning nature
soon alter yielded to the potential power of
" i the deleterious draughts he had taken, and
n
I | with the mind almost of an angel, lie sunk
*; into the darkness of the drunkard's grave, a
j; melancholy memento of poor, fallen, dej
; praved, demoralized man.
I Such have heen the effects of intempcra
nee upon some of the mcmliors of the
| New York bar, and we grieve to say that
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destructive career. We write these lines
. I for them, and pray that they may be warn
cd before it shall be too late.
X. Y. Ladies Morning Star.
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Sir Waiter Raleigh and intemperance.
5' ?44 Take special care," said the great Sir
? Walter,"thatthou delight not in wine, for
'' there never was any man that came to liona
or and preferment that loved it; for it
> transtbrnietli a man into a beast, destroyeth
}? natural heat, deformeth the face, rotteth the
5* teeth, and maketh a man contemptible, it
,e dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body,
'' as iw doth the tree, or as the worm that
I engendereth in the kernel ofthe nut."
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u j Tin-: CiOOD CHILD.
> ( The good child revercnccth the person
jt| of his parent even though he may be old
a and poor. As his parent bore with him
() when a child, he bears with his parent
, though that parent may be a child twice.
v When Sir Thomas More was Lord Chanccllor
of England, and Sir John, his father
l was one of the Judges of King's Bench,
ho would, in Westminster-Hall beg his
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blessing ot him on his knees,
pi He observes his parent's lawful corner!
mands and practiseth his precepts with all
)r j obedience. I cannot therefore excuse
u 1 Barbara from undutifulncss, and occasionI
ing her own death. The matter was this;
,Jf' her father, being a Pagan, commanded bis
to : workmen, building bis bouse, to make two
t. j windows in a room. Barbara, knowing
j ! her father's pleasure, in his absence enie
joined than to make tlirec;; thaq seeing
jii them, she might the better contemplate the
Holy Trinity. Her father, enraged at his
,ls return, thus came to the knowledge of her
lv religion and accused her to the Magistrate,
^ which cost her her life.
J 1 laving practised them himself lie entails
' his parent's precepts on his posterity.
,v Therefore such instructions are by SoloI*
mon (Prov. i. 9.) compared to frontlets and
r*c chains,?not to a suit of clothes, which
,w serves but one parson, and quickly wears
jj out,?which have in them a real lasting worth
n_ and are bequeathed as legacies to another
a ,jre.
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He is patient under correction, and
I ?i?i.e..* ;? \y ll All 1VI p \W?t_ fr?r.
i the country for his exploits in lion hunting.
: On one occasion, whilst shooting with his son, v
the latter came unexpectedly upon a iion, and <y'y
fired but missed hisaim,whentheanima! rush,
ed fiercely upon him. The father, who witnessed
at a distance what had occurred,
with all that coolness and confidence which v
those only who are accustomed to such en* l^f~:
counters can command, came to his son's
assistance, and, approaching within a few .
yards of the spot where the lion lay with
closed eyes, growlingover its victim, whom
it seemed to press closer to the earth, as if
fearful of losing its prey, he levelled his
piece and fired; the ball passed through the
animal's head, when it rolled over, and, after
a lew struggles, expired, near' the body
of the young man, who, to the inexpressib'e
joy of his parent had sustained no serious
injury, although it was some time before lie
recovered from the terror into which he had
been thrown. On my remarking that it
was a surprising deliverance, 'Yes,' he replied
emphatically, 'God was there!' "
From the Columbia Telescope.
Mr. Preston, in his speech concerning the
Rail Road, on Monday last, drew a very
striking contrast between the difference of
character of the people of the Northern
and the Southern parts of the Union, and
the consequently opposite condition of the
countries that they inhabit.
Me said that no Southern man can journey
(as ho had lately done.) through the
Northern States, and witness the prosperity,
the industry, the public spirit, which
i tiny exhibit?the sedulous cultivation of all
! those arts l>v which life is rendered comfor|
table and respectable?without feelings of
deep sadness and shame, as he remembers
! his own neglected and desolate home.
: There, no dwelling is to be seen abandonI
ed. no f irm uncultivated, no man idle, no
' *"-<-11 ui-on tmuirinlrkverl. Everv DCf
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son anil every thing performs a part towards
the result, and the whole land is
covered with fertile fields, with manufactories,
and canals, and rail roads, and public
edifices, and towns and cities. Along the
route of the great New York canal (tiiat
glorious monument of the glorious memory
of I)e Witt Clinton) a Canal, a Rail Road,
and a Turnpike, are to be seen in the width
of perhaps a hutidred yards, each of them
crowded with travel or overflowing with
commerce. Throughout their course lands
that before their construction would scarcely
command five dollars the acre, now sell
lor fifty, seventy five, or a hundred. Passing
along it, you sec no space of three miles
without a town or a village, and you
are never out of the sound of a Church
bell.
We of the South are mistaken in the
character of these people, when we think
of them only as peddlers in horn flints and
I bark nutmegs. Their energy and enterj
nrizo are directed to ail objects, great and
I small, within their reach. At the fall of a
| scanty rivulet they set up their little manufactory
of wooden buttons or combs?they
plant a barren hill side with broom-corn,
and make it into brooms at the bottom?
and on its top they erect a wild-mill,
j Thus at a single spot you may see the air
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j tilC UQl'IIl !i|]G [III! WUICI, Ull nviuiiig iw.
them. But the same time' the ocean is
I whitened to its extremities with the sails of
their ships, and tiie land is covered with
their works of art and usefulness.
Massachusetts is perhaps the most flour,
ishing of the Northern States. Yet of natural
productions she exports but two arti;
cles?granite and ice. Absolutely nothing
but rock and ice ! Every thing else of her
commerce, from which she derives so much
wealth, is artificial?the work of her own
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hands.
All this is done, in a region with a bleak
i climate and sterile soil, by the energy and
11 intelligence of the people. Each man
knows that the public good is his individual
advantage. The number of rail roads and
other modes of expeditious intercommuni,
cation, knits the whole country into a close,
ly compacted mass, through which the productionsof
commerce and of the press, the
e.onH tho m^ans of know]
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edge, are universally diffused ; while the *
; close intercourse of travel and business
: makes all men neighbors, and promotes a
I common interest and common sympathy.
In a community thus connected, a single
flash of thought pervades the whole land,
1 almost as rapidly as thought itself can fly.
The population becomes, as it were, a sin
gle set of muscles, animated by one
; heart, and directed by a common senso
rium.
How different the condition of things in
the South! I lere, the face of the country
' wears the aspect of premature old age and
decay. No improvement is going on?
nothing is done for posterity?no man
thinks of any thing beyond the present moment.
Our lands are yearly tasked to their
... ? nf nrnrhmtion. and when
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exhausted are abandoned for the youthful
West. Because Nature has been prodigal
to us, we seem to think it unnecessary
to do anv thing for ourselves. The indus
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try and skill that converted the inclement
and barren hills of New-England into a
garden, in the genial climate and fertile soil
of the South would create almost a paradisc.
Our natural advantages are among
the greatest with which providence has
blessed mankind, but we lack the spirit to
enjoy and improve them. The rich ore is
beneath our feet, yet we dig not for it.
The golden fruit hangs from the bough,
and we lid not our hands to gather it. The
cask of delicious liquor is before our eyes,
but we are too lazy even to broach it. In .?
thinking, in writing, and in talking, we are
equal to any people on the face of the earth
?but we do nothing but think, write* and
* talk.
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U1UW1WUI I(|[U1 Is. > > iivit ..... ..
inerly tutor to Dr. Whitaker was by him,
e then Regius Professor, created Doctor,
'^e Whitaker soietnnly gave thanks betore the
University for giving him correction when
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2a his voung scholar.
lie is a stork of his parent, and feeds
u* him in his old age. lie confines him not
ie a long way off, to a short pension, forfeited
if he come into his presence, but "shows
e* piety at home," (as St. Paul saith, 1 Tim.
v. 4.) to requite his parents. And yet the
1C debt?I mean only the principal, not the in7
terest?cannot fully be paid, and therefore
!jr he compounds with his father, to accept
in good worth the utmost of his endea7
vors.
iie Such a good child God commonly re.
:ie wards with long life in this world. If he die
?*! young, yet he lives long who lives well:
r'* and time misspent is not lived; but lost.
s'1 Besides, God is letter than his promise, ii
rs he takes from hiin a long lease, and gives
?i him a freehold of better value.
^ As for disobedient children if preserved
a from the gallows, they are reserved for the
rack to be tortured by their own posterity.
?* One complain*'*! that never father naci so
ty undutilul son as he had. " Yes/' said his
son, with less grace than truth, " my grandur
father had."
^ I conclude this subject with the example
le of a Pagan's son, which will shame most
Christians. Pomponius Atticus, making a
funeral oration on the death of his mother,
;.v did protest that living with her three score
f? and seven years he was never reconciled
10 toher; because?taking the comment with
*e the text?there never happened betwixt
ss the least jar which needed reconciliation.
:r* Fuller.
id
,(j from stedman s wanderings in tiif. inj
terior of southern africa,
g "The father of the young man who accompanied
mo was cclobra'cd in this pnrt of