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( LOTUS, CASSIMEKES & aATTIXETT,
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f IlIIlS Ureate ii recommended to the notice of
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being Sitkkioii to anything of the kind ever in
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ii much more durable, and is not affected by
lb.e weather, remaining the same in summer a.
in winter, and put up in tin canisters at 37 J and
7 5 cents, for sale by A. W. FISHER.
March H.I8S7.
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Wire Sieves, of all kiuJ. ; llrimi and Orpel Wir.CMh
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Trred in the lt inmnier.
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Fimey Wir. Work H every deK'riplioll.
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of the newest and meat desirable kinds, in
eluding many NEW STYLES not heretofore
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March 7, 1857. 3m
COUNTY ORDERS County orderi taken
as cash for. goods, and on note or book ae
eountby E. V. BKIGHT SON.
."So. !, 115.
YOUNO AGAIN.
An old man sit. in a high backed chair
Before an open door,
While the aun of a summer aAcrnoon
Fall, hot across the floor,
ilnd the drowsy click of an ancient clock
Ha. notched the hour of four.
A breere blows in and a breeze blows out
From the scented summer air,
And it flutter, now on his wrinkled brow,
Ai'd now lifU hi. hair.
And the leaded lid of his eye dioop. down,
And he sleep, in his high back chair.
The old man sleeps, and the old man dreams,
Hi. head drop, on his breast.
His hands relax their feeble hold,
A nd fall to hi. lap in rest.
The old mnn sleeps, and in sleep he dream.,
And in dream, again is bleat.
The years unroll their fearful scroll i
He i. a child again,
A mother's tone, are in hi. ear,
And drift across hi. brain ;
He chase, gaudy butterflies
Far down in the rolling plain.
Ho pluck, the wild rose in the wood.,
And gather, eglantine,
And hold, the gulden butler cups
Zfcucaili hi. sisters chin ;
And angel, in the meadow brook
W ith a bent and naked pin.
He loiters down Ihc grassy lane,
And by the brimming pool,
And a sigh escapes his patted lips,
A. he hPara the bell for school ;
And he wishes it wero not nine o'clock
And the mornings never were full.
A mother', hand is pressed on hi. head,
Her kiss is on his brow
A summer brecxo blow, at the door,
With the toss of a leufy hough,
And the boy is a white. haiml mun again,
And his ryes ore tear-filled now.
1 oin;ut(ic (iclcjj,
MATRIM0KY IN HOOPS.
The folowing story is gent its by a gculle
miin, who avers that ho pillaged it from his
wife's portfolio, thus expluining its rather
tratis-niiisculitifl intimacy with te mi tie dilem
mas. We shall not give his letter, but pro
ceed at once to the sAc-kiuuh of the story.
Frederick L., the husband of the fair wri
ter, like some oilier people had a gratidl'uther
a good old English gentlemen, who flewiu
to a passiirir-wilh his pretty daughter for mar
rying an American officer, and cut herolTwilh
a shilling. He lived to a considerable size
and age without finding the comfort he ex
pected in his roast beef and ale all the time
sighing for the rosy cheeked girl whom he had
driven from his door, and sweat ing, with sun
dry stamps of his subttuuliul foot, uever to
lorgive her ollunce But the time came when
he could no longer stamp and swear and then
he relented and made a change in his will,
bequeathing live hundred pounds and his
blessing to his daughter, and an estate in
.Surrey to her only son. Fred, on condition he
should have a male heir and reside in Knuland
The blessing came too lute, for his child hus
long been sleeping under the daisies of the
village church-yard at F. ; but estates are al
ways available, und Fred, who was now pas
sed midshipman in the navy, over head and
cars in debt and in love, too, drank a glorious
bumper to the memory of his departed rela
tive, uud nibbed him Ion voinuje upward or
downward, ns the case might be; then spring,
ing into a coach, made the best of his way to
La Kuthe to comumuicate his good fortune
to outselves and the fair lady of his lure
then a guest at our house.
Madeleine was a gay little beauty who had
snapped the heart strings of a whole legion of
lovers before she wound those of Fred rouud
her while lingers, bhc used to laugh about
it right merrily, and tell me how many she had
driveu into the church, how many had sought
refuge in California, and how many had sighed
out their despair in poetry. She thought up
on the whole, that she had dune the world
excellent service, and pulled the brown ring
lets over ber laughing eyes, as she declared
that it was fine fun, anil she ineaut to keep it
up just as long as she could.
But all was over when Fred came along.
I saw, from the first, how it would end. She
fluttered about like a restless heart, blushed
at the mention or bis name, and ran when she
knew well enough that he'd follow her 1 And
ho did follow with an ardor that left no doubt
of his earnestness ; and she led him through
thickets and brambles, and every disagreeable
place she could think of, till, one day. 1 took
er to task about it, saying it was plain to me
that she wished him to follow her through
iile. She scorned the idea. I'ooh I what did
she care for hitn ? She was only flirting, and
lie knew it out it tcu. lunny to see bun
scratch himself to deatb to pull wild roses for
her; wasnt it? And ho had a perfect mus
tache; hadn't he f Then she sighed and said
she never meant to marry never ; she'd have
all the pleasure within ber reach, and after
that, turu into a Florence Nightingale ; hus
bands were such horribly stupid things so
i)i Were nt from lovers ; didn't 1 think so T 1
shook my finger at her, and was not at all
surprisied when Fred told me next day, in
an ecstacy or delight, that be bad kissed, be
couldn't say how many, of the sweetest con
sents m the world, lioru ber beautitul rosy
lips !
Ab ! Miss MatVeine ! flow ber tunechan
ged 1 She begun to think wives the happiest
creatures in the universe, when they bad hus
bands like Fred which, to be sure, was Dot
once in a thousand times. She began to iden
tity herself with tbein immediately. One was
so trauquilly happy, she said so settled ; and
then one's morning robes were so becoming,
and those charming little loves of French
caps lor the breakfast-table 1 I bo conversa.
tion, too bone of your gruff, "Madeleine., the
toast !" (no offence todearpaDal but. "My
dear, the toabt, if you please." Ob! she'd be
just os bappy as a queen when she should be
come Mra. j she couldu't aay the rest!
Dut "papa" was inexorable uot to be
propitiated at all, as Madeleine (aid with
tears, parrots were such a trouble to their
children non-a-days. lie laid Fred waipoor
too poor to marry i the; must wail till he
should wear a lieutenant's epaulette as if
they cared for that I But there was no help
lor it, and tuey baa to suomu ; loougn Made,
lcine told me with a smile of triumph, how
fred bad sworn to run away witu ber, ir tbe
opaulette didn't come soon, "just as if I'd do
r-ach a tbirg !" sho said. "Just ai if you
wouldn't thought J.
Things were in this state when the old
grandfather died, anil the coach in my second
paragraph brought Fred to La Ruche, brim
ful of hope and happiness. There was now
no obstacle to their union ; on the contrary,
a strong roasou for hastening it. Hut bow
to communicate to madcleiue the condition
annexed to the old gentleman's bequest was
a matter to be gravely considered. Fred
suggested my wife. I spoke to her privately
about it, and she called me a Uorgon, for
thinking of such a shameful thing. No need,
she remarked, of wounding the dear girl's de
licacy at oil ; why didn't Fred go to her fa
ther T he would consent to their union, of
course, under such circumstances ; and that
was all they wanted. She said we were cou
ple geese. I agreed with her, and added,
that, after oil, Fred was counting his chickens
before Mere she put her little hands
over my mouth, and pushed me out of the
room.
"True enough," said Fred. "What a fool
I was not to think of that myself I" He took
a dozen adieux of Madeleine, obtained her
father's consent in less than twenty-four hours
and three days after they were the happiest
wedded pair in America. Fred took his bride
to N a "home station." to which he had
the good fortune to bo attached, so that no
necessity existed for the "seperation" which
Madeleine feared more thnn any other thing
in the wide wrrld. "As happy as two pi
goons on the snntiy side of a barn," she wrote
to us shortly after their marriage.
Timo rolled on one, two, thrco years.
Madeleine's father died and left her three
thousund dollars ull be possessed ; the co
veted epauletto graced Fred's handsome
sbotildor; be was proud of his wife, nud she
of him ; but there appeared no prospect of
possessing the estate iu Surrey ! During our
occasional visits we began to notice that, in
spilo of their tender devotion to each other,
both wore a troubled expression, till at length
Madeleine came to grow pule and thin ; and
at times, there wait a quiver iu her very smile
when speaking of her husband. Fred told
me, privately, that he thought "that enrsed
will would kill his sweet wife." lie didn't
care a rush, ho said to own the whole of Sur
rey ; but, as he spoke, ho kicked the pebbles
from the pathway with an impatience that
told a different story. My heart oched for
them both, and I fell rather glad than other
wise, when tho news reached us that ho had
been ordered to the Mediterranean on a
three years' cruise. lie took Madeleine to
Savannah, where Bhe was to remain during
his absence, with the hope that, in the more
genial climate of the South, her health might
bo eutirely restored. The letter from my
wife tells the rest of tho story. It is from
Madeleine, dated at Savannah.
"My dear, neglected Friend, What a
wicked liltlo wretch your Madeleine bus been
never to have written to you nil this long,
long time ! Hut this letter is to make up, be
cause it is to tell you oh, so much ! provi
ded (there s always a proviso in a woman s
brain, you know.) you don't leave your hns
band seo it. Promise T Yes? And then
break it ! Fy! That's just tho way I do. I
say to myself, "Now, Madeleine, my dear, you
mttsl'nt breathe this to a living soul and
the very first thing, Fred knows it all ! strange
that we women are so treacherous to our
selves 1
"I couldu't write to yon, dear, when Fred
went away, it was so dreadful to have him go;
and then my health was bad. My spirits
were bad, too, for 1 couldn't help feeling ull the
timo that I was keeping him from that estate
iu burrey. bometitnes 1 really wanted to die
for his sake ; and then 1 wanted to live for
my own. ilut we cannot cIioofb, you know,
and it pleased Heaven to keep me here, and
to make me, oh, so unspeakably happy I
'"Fred madu me promise to be cheerful in
his absence. At fust it was impossible, but
pretty soon, my natural disposition asserted
lis supremacy, and 1 rode, and danced, and
dressed with the rest. Ah 1 I little dreamed
what tho dressing would cost me !
I had been ic Savannah about six months,
when Mrs. H., of New Yoik, mude her ap
pearance in honps. As it was the dawn of
tho much-talked of fashion, all the Indies
were in a flutter immediately, and ere a fort
night had passed, every datne and damsel in
the place was sufficiently puffed out in the
petticoats to pay tourt to Queen Anne her
self. 1 had great difficulty with my hoops
being eliort, in spite of heels and really suf
fered martyrdom almost, iu vain attempts to
Conner myself within the bounds of propriety
and dignity. One morning, when of rather
larger circumference tban usual, Lieuteunut
MclJ. was announced. I wag sitting at the
secretary, writing to Fred, and had just made
a funny sketch ol myscli lor his benelit, pre-
faratory to giving him my hoop-experience,
rose quickly at hearing the name of my
visitor, upset a chair, tilted tho poor, little,
surprised kitten heels over head, and, in short
committed so many awl wwdneses that my
self-possession quite deserted me. to add
to my embarrassments, the unendurable man
was tins moruing more intolerable man ever.
He eyed me from head to foot, with an ex
pression of concealed amusement, and can
you believe it? the wretch absolutely asked
if we bad not some idea or goi ng to live in
Surry I I do think that every drop of blood
in these veins rushed to my face. It was in
vaiu 1 tried to converse, and at last 1 was
about to iilead on engagement and beg to be
excused, when he rose, laying that bis time
was snort, aud therefore bis cull must be tuo
same ; that he was en route for Norfolk,
whero he expected to join bis ship and sail
fertile Mediterranean ; that he should pro
bably see Fred in a few weeks, and glancing
at the secretary would be bappy to carry
any message or letter, .'sow, i was really
glad ol the chance, und so, quickly signing and
sealing the half-written sheet, 1 gave it to
him, and bade him good morning with great
satisfaction. 1 thought no more of the man
until two mouths afterward, when there came
a package from Fred, with a few hasty lines
accompanying, to say that he was iust the
happiest husband in mo world, lie uuu aeen
Lieutenant McB., aud was charmed by his
report otwv appearance, as well as by my
own sketch. He chid me for keeping him so
long in ignorance, and then implored me, as
1 valued his love, to take every possible care
of myself, and spare no expense whatever ;
addinir. that it was quite likely he should see
me in a fw months, as the commodore wish-
ed to communicate with Secretary P., and
bad promised to make him bearer or del
Datchea.
"JJo yon know, I was so stupid that Fred'i
mAftninir nitvA, reached mi brain till I opened
the package T Then it was plain as day.
There were eonie exnuisitely embroidered in
fant'a dresses and a couple of darling little
caps of real Valenciennes 1 You cau't ima
gine, macbere, how I cried my eyes out over
tbera, for Fred's anticipations, and then bit
bitter disappointment, stared me full in the
face.
"1 wrote, but, of course, it never reached
bitn. Ha came borne turee montn ailer. i
cannot tell you tbe rapture of that meeting,
nnr mi iranv of soul when be whispered,
Madeleine, darling, where'! our child T' I
sobbed out tho truth upon his breast, and be
too, wept uncontrollably. Hear Fred I no
one knows what a noble heart be has.
"You may be sure 1 pitched the horrid
boops far enough. Hut what will you aay
when I tell yon, that I had to bunt them np
again and wear them ; and what will you say,
too, when I add that we leave Savannah for
Baltimore to-morrow Fred and I, and somo
one else yon shall never know never I
He's just the perfection of beauty. - Do you
remember a little angel in the Dresden Ma
donna that leans on bis elbow in tho lower
part of the picture T His portrait without
the wings. Heaven keep away the u-ing I
"You must be in Baltimore two weeks
from Sunday. There is to be a christening ;
and Mr. II. and you aro to be the godparents.
So don't fail.
"After that, we sail for England, in tbe
Baltic. Fred has resigned his commission,
and will leave us no more. See that beauti
ful lit tlo word, '.!' Isn't It charming? But
then to think of taking tho name end arms
of that old Knglishman preposterous! 1 shall
never jump any more fences oh, dear! nor
climb alter wild roses! Bull will twist my
own ringlets and nurso my own somebody !
Fred says 1 may. How I wish that Surrey
woro side by side with La Ruche! They'll
never make a great lady of your little, happy
MlDKI.Kt.NK.
T. S. Geoffrey ! That's to be the name
another of the 'conditions' isn't it horri
ble ? How I wish you could see what I see
now ever so many of the pinkest toes in the
world peeping nut Irom under a blanket!
"La Ruche, March2S, 1857.
A Man Courting his own Wife.
Troiidatid for the Evening Post from the Montreal
Pays J
Ton years ago M. V married in Montreal.
He was one of tho principal merchants of
the city ; but by a reverse of fortune he was
compelled to suspend paymeots soon after
his marriage He loved his wife to distrac
tion, to use a common phrase ; and the idea
of involving her in his disasters greatly afllic
ted him. After a thousand internal conflicts,
M. V . resolved to leave our city without
saying anything about it. He wished his de
parture, or rather, his disappearance, to
remain a mysterr. Hut he had a purpose.
"I will go," he resolved, "to Australia, and
there mend my fortunes, or die there without
giving any occount of myself."
I his resolution tuken, our tradesman cm-
barked clandestinely, and eight days after his
flight he was not thought of. Madame Y.
wept, we are lain to suppose; more than
this, we will believe she shed torrents of tears,
and sought bim upon rivers, and in woods,
lakes, and caverns, but in vain. M. V bad
left to his beautiful, but weeping and forlorn
wife, an income of o hundred louis, and sailed
for Austrulia. What befell hitn upon those
favored shores we do not well know; but
little by little be oinnesed wealth.
At Montreal they supposed him dead.
His wife wept bitterly; and she saw, undoubt
edly, that sorrow jaundiced her complexion,
and dimmed her eyes ; therefore Fhe ceased,
all BWectlv, her role of Niobo. Our Pene
lope could smile like a young widow of
eighteen ; the art of needlework is too per-
rect now ; are not men entangled with HT
She was faithful to her wandering husband
eighteen long months ; but she then did
what others might have done in her place.
Thinking herself young, sho tent her ear to
tender proposals. She reviewed her geogra
phy of love confessed to never having
studied the mup of the tender country ; and
ono fine morning contracted a new marriage.
Hut the first husband! He ? ah, he was dead.
What lovincr husband wjuld stay away eigh
teen long months without writing a word ?
If he was not dead, be one; lit to be, llemmine
logic.) She married. Was she happy, or
vas she not ? fShnkspearean question.) ,
Meanlimo. the first husband labored in the
mines. He acquired, acquired always ac
quired. Fulling upon nn auriferous vein, be
suddenly obtained a largo sum ; and bud his
only motive beeu the love of gain, would have
immediately returned to Montreal. But bis
dear Louisa must eat only from silver, and
drink only from gold.
The unfaithful Louisa, as we have already
said, was agaiu married. Faith does not
save us ; M. V. always labored, but an epi
demic prevailed ; our hero caught the small,
pox, aud was completely disfigured. Lis
gusted with Australiu. be sold bis property,
and embarked on an American ship.
Durinir this voyage the second husband of
his Wife died with the consumption. M. V.
landed at Portland, flew to Montreal, went
to tho Montreal House, without urousing any
suspicion as to who be was. There are
people who always love to create surprise,
and he was 'otio of them. He inquired for
Madame V.: no one knew such a person;
but M. V. insisted. Finally ho was told by
some one that fhe was unw the widow S. M.
scratched bis head. 1 hey pointed out to
him Madame widow V., afterwards Madame
widow S . and he recognized his wife, churm-
ing ns when he left her. M. V. immediately
Ml into a brown stuuy. ins countenance
was crave, sad, very sad, very gloomy ; and
thus he turned away. M. V. had moro spirit
thon money ; and be found it very stronge to
puy liis addresses to ins own wne. uui ue
did it; be courted his own wifo for thieo
months. He recognized her; did she recog
nize him ? It is more tban we know, we leave
the dames who read this to solve the problem.
He was introduced with all bis pounds, shil
lings, aud pence. People will admire pounds
sterling, and dollurs federal, and women
above all. Though scarred and pitted from
heud to foot with the small-pox, 61. V. won
the heart of his wire. They were to exchange
the aeeond marriace rings wheu M. V. pre
sented to ber the same one he bad given her
at their first espousal. Tbe woman, tbey say,
fainted.
Tint Siiiut Tkkb. According to Humbolt,
there is a tree iu the South Sea islands which
nroduces reudv made shirts. 1 Ue natives
cut off nieces of the tree about two feet long,
from whicti tbey draw ou me uuroue uara, as
boys draw off tbe bark ol cuesmuu to muKe
whistles. Each man selects a tree near bis
own diameter so that the shirt may be a good
fit. When the bark is off. tbey cut a hole
in each side to admit the arms. The shirts
do not reouire any washing, etarching, and
ironing, aud a more convenient article for
loafers could not be imagined. The same
country produces bread fruit, so that a fellow
may get bis board and dome, graua.
Cube roa Cuaomo Khei'matissi. The
Loudon Lancet contain! tbe history of a te
ies of cases of this disease treated success
full? bv Dr. O Connor, one of tbe physicians
of the Koyal Free Hospital, in a number of
cases under bn care, by tbe use oi suipuur
and tunnel bandaging.
Mr. Buchanan is to have a lommer resi
dence at "Soldier's Home," four sulci from
WasbiogtoD.
Tho Printer.
The Rclfusl Morcnry gives the following
in relation to printers t
From high to low they are (lie same care
less, lighthearted, clever, well informed, reck
less fellows, knowing how to net better than
tbey do nothing at times everything if tho
occasion requites, or the fit takes them. No
sooner aro tbey comfortablo in one town than
they make tracks for another, even though
they travel on "hair space" means. And to
what will they not turn their hands? "We
have seen," says the American editor, "one
and the same individual of the craft a minister
in California, a lawyer in Missouri, a sheriff
in Ulno, a boatman on a western canal,
sailing a privateer, and a pressman in a large
printing office. Nor are tho characters con
fined to any one country they ore every
where the same. We huve met them as
lecturers, actors, travelling preachers, ven
triloquists in fact, everything. We have
met on a tramp in this couutry members of
this roving profession from all parts of the
globe Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portugese,
Germans and Swedes, ond nil apparently os
much at home ns in their own country.
Ardent lovers of liberty, king craft and
prirsts find but little favor in their eyes.
They are always with the people. "When the
Chartist excitement was raging in England,
the most eloquent and spirited leaders in the
movement were printers, When barricades
were raised in Paris in 1843 tho compositors
cast their type into bullets and fired them at
the royalist troops. When the Americans
wore at war with Mexico one of General
Taylor's regiments wos composed almost
entirely of printers, and they were the
bravest or his troops."
Solemn Questions for Marrying Men.
An exchange propouds tbe following ques
tions to ull who contemplate matrimony :
What is the market price for Point Applin
que luce ?
Have you any idea of tho morril effector
white kid gloves and slippers?
What is the general ell eel on society, of a
new dress for every party during tho winter ?
What is the difference between Point
Blond and Brussels lace, and which should a
lady prerer for confidential adornment?
II a bonnet or the present style cost fifty
dollars, would two thousand dollurs complete
an appropriate costume ?
Have you any rules to compute the solidi
ty or a woman who is in full dress?
And, iu conclusion, whereabouts in tbe
hoops is the woman ?
Bachelors would do well to ponder these
questions as connubial felicity is impossible
wimoui tue required lulormation.
To Mark (jni'Kt.. Dr. Franklin's favorite
breakfast was a bowl of warm gruel, in which
there was a email piece or butter und some
toasted bread und nutmeg. This, though
the simplest or all preparations, is often ill
mude; and therefore, we recommend every
woman to make a point or learning to do it
in the best manner. To make good gruel,
four things are necessary ; the vessel in which
It is made must be thoroughly clean nod free
from grease, the meal must bo well sifted, it
must be mixed so as to be free from lumps,
and then it must be boiled. Ask vour invulid
whether ho prefers it thick or thin ; if the
latter, mix together by degrees one table
spoonful or Indian or oat meal with cold
witter; if the former, mix two spoor.fula or
meal. Have ready a pint of boiling water in
a skillet; put it on the fire and stir it till it
boils, to prevent the meal Irom settling at
the bottom ol tho vessel. Let it boil hair
an hour, skim it, and season it lightly with
sail, as it is easy to add more, and a grain too
much may spoil it. here milk is not for
bidden, a small tea-cupful added to a pint of
gruel, alter it is made, aud boiled up once in
it is a great improvement. Milk porridge is
made nearly the same way ns gruel, ouly
using huir flour und hair Indian meal, and
half milk instead of water. Tim whole
cooking or tho meal and flour should he done
with water, and the milk added afterwards
and boiled up once.
Rolntiiins t&kn tliH irreatpst liberties, and
give the least assistance. If a stranger cuu
not help us with his purse, he will not insult
us with his comments ; but with relations, it
mostly happens thut they uro the veriest mi
sers with regard to their property, but per
feet prodiguls in the the orticlo ol' advice.
No Man ruins his health without bringing
the consequence down upon himself. Like
Samson, he destroys the temple, and buries
himself in Hie rums.
lira Tiiikgs to (iivB The best thinr? to
give to your enemy is forgiveness; to your
opponmcut, tolemnce ; to a friend, your
t . . ..I-,, , -
neuri ; to your cunu, a goou example; ion
father, deference ; to your mother, conduct
that will niulio her proud of you ; to your
self, respect; to all men, charity.
Gen. Jackson's Sm'it Box. A letter
from Gen. Shields designates Col. Burnett,
who commanded the New York regiment in
his Brigade iu Mexico, as a proper person
to receive Gen. Jackson s gold sauu box.
Tl,a Trinmnh nf ft Woninn lips net in thn
..w - -
admiration of her lover, but in the respect of
i. . i i i . , . i. . : : i u . ... ,
Iter nUhUUUU ; uuu lllUb in (;uiut-u uj- u luiipiiu.i
cultivation of those qualities which ghe knows
be most values.
Tim i.iKii Gin. A letter from Holland, or
29th orapril states that all tho best Holland
oin is iiihiIh nf and malted bnrlev. and in be.
ing distilcd is flavored with the juniper berry
and that the Italian berry is only used by
those who disli'l a common article, which can
be sold at cheaper rates. I he three princi
pal places where gin is made in Holland, are
Scbiedem, Deft Haven aud Uotteroam.
Tim nnnainar of the Ohio and Mississippi
TrailrnnA i. in ba the occasion of a irrand
jubilee at Cincinnati, on toe dd ana 4in oi
June. A large nurr.bet ol guests nave Deen
invited to participate by tne Cincinnati
fmineila A r run oe ment s are bo ill IT made to
conduct the affair m an imposing mauner.
Ct.i-.u . . TtinTif T.ntA news from MeX.
ur.fr... . m ' -
Ico brings the very important item that on
.. . . i r,t. :
the ZUtu Ull., a Mexican womau ui ins capi
tal was delivered of teven male children at
one birth.
Two dozen peaches were exhibited at the
rooms of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society on Saturday that were sold for $10 a
dozen!
Yirgiuia elrawberries, from Norfolk, are
selling in New York at jl per lDrt-
If a Spoonful of Yeast will raise fifty cents
worth of flour, how macb will it take to raise
funds enough to buy another barrel ?
HWlady'i name suits the young men best ?
Ads Mary. (Marry
$) f c t r a .
(From tira Pittsburg Dispatch J
BT JOHN K. HOl.MKS.
The flic, are verv impudent,
We set them down as foes;
They dart and btiz around your rar,
And then attack your nose.
They have les conscience than a Jew,
Less pity than a knave ;
They care not for the rich or poor.
The nervous or the brave.
To churches they make free to go,
Go buzzing out or in ;
They never ask the learned divine,
If they can light on him :
What do thev care for intellect,
For aobcrne.. and truth,
Or sentence, from David'. Psalm.,
From Joshua or from Ruth.
When dust i. brushrd, it stays away,
A little while at least,
But brush a fly, it comes right back
To torment man or beast!
It takes an exquisite delight
In sleepy men, or sick ;
In making cow. throw bp their tails,
And wicked horses kick I
Some fooli.h, simple, saucy flies
Stay up too late at night,
And being fond of dazzling thinga
Sport with the candle light 1
They find as lovers often find,'
The flame they love betray,
Deceived and scortch'd they fall and die
As mortal lovers may.
fanner's tpatfrntnt.
Bi.ack.nino tor Ilortsn Harness. Melt
four ounces of mutton suet with twelve
ounces of beeswax, and twelve ounces ofsuirnr
candy, four ouuees or soft soap, dissolved in
water, ana two ounces of indigo hnoly pow
dered. When melted and well mixed, odd
hair a pint of turpentine. Lay it on tho har
ness with a sponge, and polish eff with a
brush. This blackning is for working harness
which should be polished up at leastor.ee per
week when in coustant uso. Tho following
is a receipt for carriage harness blackning :
Take three sticks or black sealing wax and
dissolve them in hair a pint or alcohol, and
colored with lamp black, will answer the
same purpose. This is a quick drying bard
varnish, liablo to crack tho leather, ond
should therefore be put on as seldom as pos
siblo. To Ccrr IIkaves in Horses. The follow
ing remedy is confidently presented : "I
would advise tho nsiug of cut straw quite
freely ; wet the straw uftcr cutting, mix on
corn aud oat meal feed no hay food oat
straw as hay is fed from racks. Tho outs
should be cut as early as possible, and not to
injure tho grain for market straw to bo
kept from rains as much as possible, nud
taken to tho barn bright. More grain has to
be Ted, and may be as straw is much cheaper
than hay to feed When tho weather is too
cold to Teed wetstraw, oats and straw may bo
red."
A Hint ahoi't Potato Tors A New
York potato cultivator says : "The potato
itself exhaust the soil but very little, as its
elements are derived niuiuly from thn atmos
phere but the potata top exhausts more
than any other one vegetable as its elements
are derived more from tho soil. Potato tops
then, should all be carefully buried when aud
where they are dug. If this practice wero
universally followed, no crop, would exhaust
the soil less. Let the fanners try thoexpor
ment, and write the result for the benefit or
others."
"A Good Harvest Drink. The following
mixture 1 can testify is tho best 1 bavo ever
used for a harvest drink ; it is very simt 'e
and cheap. We have used it for two bar
vests, and never bad a sick hand in the har
vest field since we used it. It is as follows :
Take 2 ounces or ginger, 1 pint vinegar, aud
molasses enough to sweeten it; stir this io 3
gallons or cold water, and it will be ready
for use. Let your hands drink freely or this
any lime they want. Cor. Baltimore Sun,
Sicki.t Plum Turks. The Pennsylvania
Cultivator says that salt, freely applied to
tbe surface of the ground around the tree,
and over en area as wido as the extent or the
brunches strong brine applied as a wash to
the trunk and limbs, and pulverized salt
introduced into the trunk or the treo by
boring into its centre, and then plugging it
up all or either or them aro said to be cer
tain means or restoring plum trees that are
in a sickly or enfeebled state trees that are
troubled with tho curculio bug, or trees that
have evidence or diseased sap. black warts
into a healthy and luxuriunt condition. The
plum is naturally a marine tree, and it is
surprising bow much salt it will assimilate
and thrive upon.
Preventivk of Potato Rot. When the
rust which always precede! tho rot is first
discovered upon the leaves, cut the topi even
with the ground, and immediately cover the
stump lightly with dirt. Tbe routs continue
to grow the usual lime, ripen well, and arc
free Irom rot. if the stumps are not cov
ered, the root ceases growing ; but when
covered the top will grow up anew through
tho covering of the stalk, and be green when
cut. Potatoes treated in this way have es
caped the rot and grown to foil size, while
others, in rows by their side, not cut, have
nearly all rotted. Maine Farmer,
How to Cook UmiiARn. H Is a common
error in cooking rhubarb to peel it. This
should never ba done, as the skin contains
the aroma of the plant and is not at all
fibrous, but cooks as readily and becomes
pulpy. Wo have derived this information
from a French cook of note, experience and
skill. The same cook tells us that asparagus
should be cut into pieces about three-quarters
of an inch long, before cooking. It
should bo boiled willi a nice piece or salt
pork, and served up iu the same manucr as
peas.
Tub Tennf-ssek Wheat Crop. The Knox
ville Whig says; There has been town an
unusually large amount of wheat in East Ten
nessee and ii tbe season is good from this to
harvest thero will a crop gathered that will
astonish the catilos. If nothing happens to
tho growing crop, in view of the amount that
has been town it will wield our people Iu the
thirteen cauntiti or this end of t'je State,
$2,000,000.
SroNUB Biscuits. Beat the yolki of six
eggs for about hair an hour, and then put in
three-quarters of a pound of fine white sugar
whisk it well, till yott see it rise In bubbles.--Beat
tho white of the eggs to a strong froth,
whisk them well with the sugar, and yolke,
and boat in also seven ounces of flour, witn
the rind of one lemon, grated. Bake tho
cakes iu tin moulds well buttered ; the cakes
require a hot oven. When you put them
into the ovon dust them over with angar.
They will require to be bal el about hair en
hour.
Bltkf.tr Cake. One pound sugar, 1 cup
butler, 4 cups flour, I cup sweetmilk.Ceggs,
1 teaspoonfol soda, dissolved in the milk, 2
teaspoonfols cream tartar rubbed in the flour.
Stir tbe sugar, butter and yolki till light (
then add the well beaten whites or the eggs ;
then the flour and milk ; bake quickly.
Tirotnia Batteb Bread. One toacopfol
of rice, boiled io water, with a little salt. .
Before it is quite soft add a teacupl'ulormilk ;
after taking it from tho fire, stir in a small
peice or butti r, in oi dor to sepcrate the grains
or rico. In the morning add to beaten egg,
a little more than a pint or milk, and as much
less thon a pint or fine India meal, as yon bavo
t'er the pint ormilk, and two toblcspoonrulls
or flour. This batter will fill two square
pans. Bako one hour. A most dchctout
breakrast cake.
Urior Cake. Two and one half cups of
floor one ond ono half or sugar, two-tliirds or
a cup or butter, ono hair cup ot'miik.'.two eggs
ono teaspoonfol orcream tartar, hair teaspoon
ful sodu ; bake iu a pan.
Titf Cake. Five cups flour, two of ru;nrj
one or butter, one ormilk, ono teaspoon
suleratus, three eggs; bako in a pan.
Soda Cake. Two and a hair cups sugar,
3 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, a peice ol butter
the size or a hen's egg, 1 heaping teaspoon
ful of cream tartar, jj or a teaspoonfol ol soua
and a little nutmeg.
Yankee Short Cakes. 1 pint warm water
or sweet milk, a piece or lurd a little largor
than a beu's egg, n little salt ; wet stitfenough
to roll as pie crust ; cut in squaro cakes aud
fry-
$mnonms.
Mr. Brown TrtEAia au. uis Cl-stomkrs.
Some years ogo Ben Brown opened a storo
iu Swoptown.and in order to book every body
in trade, he offered to treat every one that
bought anything at his store. Money .being
pretty scarce, thero was a good deal or bar
ter going on in those days. So Sam Jones
called into the grocery and dry goods store
or Mr. i;rown aud oeked for a darning needla
offering in exchange on egg. After be re
ceiving the needle, Jones said :
"Come, aiu't you going to treat?
"What on that trade ?" .......
"Certainly ;" a trade's a trade, let it be big
or nttie. . ...
"Well, what will you take I
"A glass of wine," said Jones.
Tho wire was poured out, when Joues
neb to reauest
yon to put an egg iu tho wine ? I am foud of
wine and egg.
. u it., mo.i'fl monnncw too store-
keeper took the identical egg which he had
received for tbo darning needle, and handed
it to bis customer, who on breaking it into
the wine glass, discovered that it contained a
dottbto yelk. , ..
"Look here r saiu vue pu"s,
think you ought to give mo another darning
needle ? This you see, is a double yolk.
Apoi.ntvs gets IssrmED. "Dearest, I will
. .. . .11 n,-nri.,l with IVV. ill S0ITI9
UU11U tuee u tut " ,. .
secluded vale, close by n purling brook, me
andering over its pcuuiy ouuum, iu..j
r . . .. D :,.Mini. aim na. 'I.nre. love.
babDling uuitei. uni6 -r
love.' where iho atmosphere is redo ent of
. j..i k.,..Aii f tin ay A
soothing, spicy aromas, ,Vml,"u .'JS,u , i
languUC, aud t'-e heart dissolve in the liquid
fires or love where the balmy morning
i ; ti.n rlnnen forest's leafv mazes
zepur i,u .. -
chantiug love's melody where tho tiny song-
sters that whirl in ctnenui epm.u
i.. i.... i.no t will nlnnt thee a carden
of gorgeous loveliness, culled from natures
ardent designs, warmer n'i o
incense." . . ,
"Dolpby, dear, don't forget to have a patch
for cowcumbers ond ohim they're so Dice
pickled."
A few pays Af.o, o teacher asked a' little
boy tho following question
"Into what state did tho fall of Adam
bring mankind?'' .
The youth pondered a moment, oud then
answered "the stato of matrimony ! ihe
teacher fainted and was brought to with a cup
of water from the rpring " the year.
A Sweet Paddy Hot. A grocer io "Wor
cester, Massachusetts, tho other day. left a
hogshoad or molasses stauding in his lact
yard with tho head out. A little J rush boy
climbed up on the edge to get a chauoe at
sticking his fingers iu tho sweet Quid ond
then licking thum, when bo lost his balance,
reeled, ond over he went, head firot iuto tbo
molasses! He was pulled cut by the heels
and led home, so stuck up that bo wouldn t
speak to his old friends. Tbey had a good
time that night in his parental shanty,
wringing out the clothes ami scraping tua
molasses from bis hair into puils.
A Yorxa Ladt engaged to be marriod,
and getting sick of her bargain, applied to a
friend to help her to unite the knot before
it wus too late. "Oh, certainly," he replied,
"it'i very easy to untie it now, while it is ouly
a beau kcot."
Sta Walter Si:ott once gsva on Irishman
a shilling when a sixpeuce would have been
sufficient, lteiiicml.er," said tbe Boronet.
"yon owe me a sixpeuce." "May your honor
live till 1 pay you," wos tho reply.
SYKrATi.r.-' Jem. you brute yon'v been
driuking!" "No. 1 havn't, I've been looking
at another mon drinking, and it was too much
for me."
A G re it Favorite.--"Your husband leemi
In he a great rovotite atuoug the lartiei," said
Mr. Jones to Mrs. Butterwood, tbo other
dav "Yes." suid Mrs. B , "but for tbe lifo
of me, 1 don't iee where they find anytbinj
to like 1 uever could."
CnASACTFR in Mn. Hcntz's itory cf
"Love after marriage" lays down tbe law
thus "U mao is not ugly enough io frigKt
en kis horee, he is banJsome enough tu marry."