Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, April 30, 1842, Image 1

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JOSEPH EISEIA'. SrnoriKTOH.
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Ity Mussvv & Kiselj.
Sniilmry, Xoi UiuiiiItrrliiiKl to. I'u. Sufiirdaj, April :JO,
Vol. II . XWI.
A SIMrr'n Grnve.
Ere sin could bliuht, or sorrow fmlp,
p IVnth came with tn entity enre.,
The oienin ImJlo heaven conviyed
Amikacin at hlossom there. Curt: a in nr..
The loaves hy trimquil Vrozrs fanned
In xU'nmer hrnuty o'er me wave.,
While hi re, in lunelineix, 1 stand,
And mue henide a sifter's grave.
"My "Sister' eiae ! Ah ! who can tell
The thoughts that through my I" mum swell,
In nimiiig nnr-t'uil 91 dear.;
While mournfully I 'linRer i-mind
This spot of consecr ited ground,
And -fed that now she slumliera here
Tive ye ir have passed five ehnpine years,
Sim-eliere, beneath this twilight shade,
With Tip ken niplm and punning tors, 1
That sister's lovely t'urm was laid.
Tive changing years yet een now
1 (;n 7.0, ns then, upon her hrow.
And seem to hear a soft low vuico
Thirt liitls my very heart n-joice:
And then I start, and weep to find,
'J'hat that which Messed my ear ond eye
Wati 'liut a visiiMi of the mind
The echo of a voice gone by ;
IFnr here I see the long grass wave
"S.idly above a sister's grave.
Vet there is -hrnuty .here.. The lre
Jliini-Kwo.lly ithrough tln ounimer hour,
And the s.ift hreez.es wander free
'Mid bursting leaves ami budding -flower ;
Arid 011 the air is hurne along
''he lonekv wood-liiuf's ,pejueong;
W'hilo'lhe miW nin.inlight, like a spell,
Sli-niliers upon each hill and ilell :
Wh.it wonder then that lo my he.irt
''his grave, which in such beauty lies,
Where enrih and Meuveu tliKr liiirnm impart,
S.hould eem the gate uf p;ir.nlisc,
Wf.efc faith with her sweet smUo of love,
J'oints to the glorious HcaveiM above.
And ofien thus, to this lone g'en,
1 will, with ithoughtl'ul footsteps turn
Tur from the busy haunta of men,
The purposes of life to learn :
'Till, I.hJ besidu my sister' grave,
'J'he same long grass o'er both shall wave.
lr'rom 0'. Hill' I've 111$.
When first you Jook -upon her face
You little note beside
The limiduess that still betrays
The besuttiM it would liide-:
15 ut une by one thtvy look out Iron)
iHer bldibes and her .ryes,.
And still tltc luit tlic lovrlii'sl.
J. ike stars (nun twilight kiec.
And ilnHighfa go sporting through her mind,
Like children among (lowers,
And deeds of gentle goodness are
The uii asore .0! her hour.
J 11 soul and l ice flic bears 110 tiaee.
'Of one from l'.den drivrn,
Jiul like it riiiiib.iu; trrmt, thmgh burn
iht l '.arlh,a jinrt nf Jhtrrrn.
On ilie Pnrtrnil of a Ludy.
TIKIS III T4IE HAIil't V ftOTI ft,
Yes, there are the fcatur.es"1. her brow coil hcrikuir,
And her "yes, with a look so s rajdiic,
Jin nosi', mid her nirulti. with a suule that is there,
Truly ciuglit by the Art Phonographic !
Vet why should ehe borrow such aid ofthe&kies,
When, by iusikv a biMdom's confessiou..
Her owu Iwvil.v (ace, and the light oi her ej'cs,
Are nutlicieiit to XUK AN imphkssiuk ?
Srrvlny Aiir llllrrslxJji for it A Ifr.
The reader may Temcuiber that thcl'owagcr
Countess of Westinorehind -was one of the titled j
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ersonagcs who vts.iteu the I niteil "Mates, liu-t
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suiiinior. & ctiriotl i anecdote is relitod el her
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inarriagc. She was the only daughter ol the
cniinent and immensely wealthy backer hild,
who flourished iu JUaiJca, about the time ofthe ,
French Revolution. When he died, he made a
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ui l.nt-mrr nil iu npnnnrlv li lu jhi 11 irli I rr
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tli I.UUUIII1H trim, ii out; fiitiiiiiu rue ruMiiu
marry a mechanic, (he commenced life, him
self as a brewer) who had served a regular ap
.prenticeshi.p of seven years at his trade, lf she
married imy olber person, the whole estate was
-to alienate 'from her and her heirs. The then
young Furl of Westmoreland met b:r by chance
at u ball ei en at some public occasion by the
Irfird Mayor. lie resolved, if she .was willing,
to marry her, and on her consenting to wail sev
en yearp, he bound himself apprentice to Mr.
J'oliock a highly respectable saddler .in Fina
dilly aud actually lrnrntthe trade. lie served
tis seven years and exhibited a saddle, which
ivie had made, to the entire sir! refaction -of the
(executor under the will and gave title foH'or
itune ; Miss fhiid U'came a l)uchess and the
tiiechauic's appren'ice one of the wealthiest
Farlsof Kngland. After all, he pencil only
half as long us .poor Jacob who gave seven
1 ears of his servitude for Radical uud r.even !
J 1
more lor Iah and did .not get so much cash
us his I-ordship by a pietly coui.iderable dift'cr
ence. Huston 'l'ri)iirrijit.
1.pii;s, it u bitidthata quantity of green
mge, plated in the closet, will cause red ants
to d isuppeur. Try it. I 'iIliaiiijort F.hn.
A clergy man was censuring a young lady tor
tii'ht lacui". "Why, sir," replied Miss, you I
woiilJ not surely recommend Imur habit to j
votir parishioners." I
1'rom the Chicago lh mncrut,
TI1K SPIRIT IIM'FF.
A TAI.E OFT. CHARLES.
M'hen leaves by the wind f tinlit are stirred.
When the quit wild hark of the wolris heard,
When the owl his dism d warning hoots,
And vivid lla-h the lightning kool,
A spirit from the Indian say,
is seen around the bltifl to piny.
Near tiic fltMinKhinr viil:ip?.of Si. ChrtrlcH
roars one of the mot wiajpstio hlulft, which
.ro 8ofreqietly found on the hanks of tlte Fox
Hr'oi-, and which add so much to the beauty and
Kcencryofits silver waters. It is Htunt-od, n
little south east of ihc villnpo. Alonjjthis sum
mit, are Bevernl ancient inottnd.t, n hich have,
probably for no-cs, been tin; hnriul placets of the
Ttti1 l.l'fQ B,1 Vi.M.x.tl.. l.n.. I. ..I . 1
tribe, and one whom she knew was very stroti"- '
1 f
iy Bi.iu:itei u tier, i.ut wiieai asked 111 mar
riage of her parents, lie was astonished tu -fnd
himself relused, and likewise to learn that
theirdaughter was intended by them furanother,
u -vomig brave of distinct 11 111. The Ja.!ter had
ncquired 1 lame by dend:: of vdlor rendered his
nation, and the many captive whites he had
taken ulong the shores of I jike T.rie, arid eve.n
among tUe .nation of the Scnoeas. At the
meirtton ofthe young hunter wishing Ononi
bidga in uiarringe, hertnuiily pressed the brave
to urge his suit w itlilter, w hich he did w ith ar-
dor am! unceasing asiduity ; hut she refusod j
him, .end persisted in hcv' preference fur the
vonnir hunter. Tnllie ree.mi.iieridi.t i,.n fl,r i
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friends in liivor of the brave, he repli'vl that
she had chosen one after her own mind one
who Wiould spejul his life w ith her , and, by Jrrs
profession, would ide for Jie.r subsistence
and secure her comfort and 'happiness; but if
the accepted the brave, he would be constantly
Alio it iv.i Kiimn flood s.nf hr.ivnrv nr rvnliot li.-
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would lie absent from her, e.xruvsins himself to
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danger, and perhaps death 011 a distaut battlo-
'
1id,l ltfavi"S r a ",uw l, ,r(,J ,w
ra,lis l'f V"- w-'h wor'J' W'""tr -
exposiuiaiicns were 01 no avail w nil ner lamny
or C-iendii. They at length by stratagem aud
'l Ult'tlllB.
othe.r uieaus succeeded in dri-viug the bunUir
to some distant land, from which he never re
turned ; or at !cat, was never iinorc seen a
mong his tribe .; and ttiuti, 'by harsh means, be
gan to ceir.p.el her 'to accept for her husband
the brave, whom they had chosen. I'ut to all
her expostulations and assertions tlxt siie could
never love any but her young hunter, and, that
; father than have the brave whom she so much
i disliked, she would live u'cjtKi r. the depths of
i the solitaiy forest, they paid noregurd. Ononi- !
( bidga, to this 'itue had been the joy and delight
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was usual for the females ol' her tribe. Her i
brothers had expressed a w i-di that she might
if possible .lie persuaded rather than compelled 1
I to accept the brive tor a husband. 1 11 order
j to remove some of 'her objections, they took
I measures to make some provision for her future
maintainancc and presented to the brave all in !
,l,cir "imI,lc ' liv,,,S " IuJ d" j
U;R .
sire
At about this tiuica party was formed t go
to Red I'tpc hitone, on the shores ofthe Mn.si.-r
sippi, above the fa Mo of St. An'hony, to procure
some of the charmed irtoiie for their pipes.
The parents and brothers of Onouibidya were I
of the party, and she heiselfwus bl one with ;
them. It was on tlieu" assembling ut this bluff, j
previous to their departure, ttiat thty offered
thf ir nrese-tits t j the brave. Fncouraged by j
these, hr again renewed bis suit; but wn, m
I'erttoloic um-ticcetbful. Htr family and friends I
' "'""J " '" " Ho wait upon him wh.-u faint and wearv with
the rest,.,- place ofthe dead ,ft'r,ia village and j t,t. !ab(tf (lf lho - , ifr(t
.mmcuate vicinity. The n.,.tl. and cart ,ide ,;,r ,H ( ,:UlIlibil, ,, 1U)t tis e,M ,
arc washed by a brook called the Cnlar or ISjull' i XVjM yml (,vt. U(; j()V.u , . luItcr ,s
run; while, a distance luiin; its base, at Hie j jr nw:lv
west, rolls the river iu its lone and silent j Rut hhe could not repress her passion oven
jrrandetrr, its thorw, t-till untouched by the j Ihto, ulJ LiUiro .other could speak, t-Iie re
hand of civilized man ; on the east and nouih- ( sitticil
east sides rises the beautiful rolling praritv, i 'What! I marry ,Tnotlier one on whom I
dotted here .nd there w ith the fields ol '. c'"' "'v,'r place my udertions, and with whom
itihe emigrant tettler. 'J'he beauly ofthe seen- ; ' '"'ver be Lappy ! Lf this is your love
ery troin .this point, ,is such .that travellers, who j '',r ",l'' '1 w ; HOI," J',1U shu'l have rea
lm ve gazed with delight ut .other b'ttils am! j "," " regret your course.' Saying this site
Hiitits on the river iite struck w itk tiiicuuimiin : wi,,l,i"-'''i ni"l while they were iimking pre
interest, on beholding this sjiot ; and on lettv-' mral'"": ,;,r ferfivul, , (determined iiHii
ing ft, otten turn aud linger still, as if em-hairl- ,lu,t'" hi-r with the hravcthalday.)whc wound
ed, to gaze at its beauty. It is railed the ; !"r w"' ,l' ll"' '"I"'1 ' 11,0 """j ""d calling to
Spirit HlufT,' mid a tale is told of it of to much ; '"'r ,r"'1"1-' llres.sed them thus : 'Vou were
interest, that iiutny a heart is made sad at its ""' driving away my hunter, but
recruit. For n number of years no Imliati hr.s ''"" W0II,(1 1,nvt me wed another. Vou tniMight
been seen to cross its summit ; but, by a cir- ,nr,""r'1 ''. l,ut you sLaJ! see huw cert.iin
cmtous path they ail go round it, for n dark ! ' can d't'c, fl ftir pl.-iiis. She then rommene
ey d Indian maid, they say, is seen to hover a- j ''jr'''.!,' her death song, sweeter by far than
round it. Some forty year nga, there was in , 'b'iiig :eho of the evening vesper, as the
the Jiatiun of Tot town torn ies, an aged chief, ' f!,i" 1"',,'i,,' walled it sofiiy towards the regions
whose name was Wayishliecv and who was j i f le hies. Siie then rushed with the swift-l-viG
siill reinembered by the old Indian trad- ll0,'s ,U'l'r t"'a'r,i Hie river. Her frieuds
ers of rhictigo and other points on that beaut i- to T'-M,c ,,l'ri ru.-hed with all possible iitisle ;
ful lake. It was in the time of this chief, that ; Clll';illfe,("1 I'" ame with hearts ready to burst
one of the most mel,inchol.y transnetions that w ""tf"'" ; assurmg her that her hunter
ever occurred ffiiiong the I'ottowatomie nation j h'lu,,l'' rel-red, if she would desist. Jt is
texik place near this bin IV. Ononibidg;i,, the j am- Vou are tix late,' she replied, as she
only daughter of H'ayishkce, was dear to Ikt i P1"'1 moiue.ut wu .the brink of the prucijiice.
parcnte, tmd thcboa&t.of her tribe, t'oiitrary , J lu?n w ith a mighty Imuiwl, slie rungeil into
tothe wi.-iiies nf her fnnily, the had firmed an ; rnvr ' litirc her triends could icach
ardent attachment to a young hunter of the ; ',l0 "l1 ts crystal waters had closed over her
nttrynt what tLoy Fttpposcd unjiiHtitl.ihle ch--H'mnncy
on her part, remonstrated Fwcrcly,
mid evi lined threats to compel 1ct to obedi
ence. 'Well, letl,, said f nnnihiilga, "yon
Im o lefttnc inilmptj. 1 told you 1 did nut lin e
iiun, and that 1 would not Jive with him. I
now wish to remain Hinj;le, hut yuK will not
even allow mc that poor boon. Von soy you
love me and thut. yon arc my ;trent.-, my bro
thers; vet von have .driven from nic mv I11111-
t.-r, and I will rnner! nkvik 1 love another.-
iy have forced him to ronm au outcast from
village, nnd from tri'lie to tribe, and Ihis tno
ment, perhaps, 4ie in alone, far from his native
tribe, none with htm to assist in huiMiiirr hi.s
w igwams or spread his skins fiir his bed, none
'"r,'v,,r
Snidi
Such was the story told ly au aged Indian
in JSlti. Aud while telling it, the stiffness of
age foisook iiis limbs, aud the k-eltng of youth
again renewed his age, while tenia trickled
down hisfurrowed cheek.
Aud he was the belovod hutiter, . ho had
once more, 11 in! for the last time, returned to
.behold the sacred spot where' he had trod the
last steps of his Onnnihidga.
iintv axovT
Tint, though Andy's functions in the interior
were suspended, his services in out-of-doors af-
r ..il. . ' i .
""r ere isxusionaiiy pui in reipiisuion. nut
,irrc l''?vil genius still haunted Lim, and he
l,,rt 'H,t ', P'L'ee vf buKiness his .master
sent him upon one day, which wan so simple as
to ih fy almost the chance of Andy making anj1
itiistake ah nit it ; hut Andy was very ingenious
in his own partioular line.
'Hide into the town, and see if there's a let
ter lor me," said the stjuire one day to our hero,
is, sir
Vun know whereto go f
'To the town sir."
Dot do you know wh"re'io go in the town ?'
No, sir.
And why iJoift you ask, you stupid thief V
Sure I'd find out, sir."
Didn't I often tell you t-j ask what you're to
do, when yon don't know !'
Vis, sir.'
'And why don't you f
'I doiVt like to be troublesome, sir.'
fonfiinndysni !' said the squire ; though he
could not help laughing at Andy's c&cme lor
reinaiutrg in ignorance.
Well,' continued he, 'go to the post-office.
Vou know the ost-ollice, I tupKse !'
'Vis, sir, w here they sell giinpowdi r.'
' You're right for once,' said the sipitre; for
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10 mj:ri r J'iil llltisit'r war lliu ivi soil Willi
had the privilege of dealing iu the atiircaaid
combustible, 'tiothento the iost-ollice, and
ask for a letter ler me. Keineinlier, not gun-
powder, but a letter."
'Vis, sir," said Andy, who gut astride uf his
hack, and trotted away to the post-ofliee. On
arriving at the shop -f the postmaster, (lor
"'t person carried on a brisk trade in grocene
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presented himself at the counter, and bjid,
'I winrf a le.ttlier, sir, if you p'uze.'
'Who do you want it for ?' said the postmas
ter, in a loiio which Andy considered an 11 g-
gressiou iisn the sicrcdness t,( private 1tf
bo Andy thought the ooolest contempt he could
throw upon the prying import tiienee ofthe
postmnster was to 11 peat his o'lestioti.
J wuut u lettlier, sir, if you pluze.'
And w ho do you want it for V repeated the
pot tiuabter.
'What's that to you V said At.y.
The posjjtiaster, laughing at hi-' simplieity,
told him he could not tell what Inter to give
him unless he told him tin? direction.
The direi t ions 1 got was to gel a lettlier
here, that's the d irections.'
'Who gave yisi those directions !'
''J'he mast her.'
And m'Iki's your master !
'What cotismi is that o' y'Hir.if
Why, you stupid rascal! rf you don't tell me
his name, how can I give you a letter !'
'Vim could give it it you liked ; but you're
find of ax in impideul ipiestions, bekaze you
think I'm ss-Miole.'
'tio along wit ' this 1 Your truster must
he as great a gewo as yourself, to send such a
uiessen!r r."
'Kail luck to your impidence f said Andy;
is it Spiire Kgiui you dartosay gisise tol
'h, Sipiire Fran's your maither, then?'
'Vis; ha ve you any thing to say ngin it T
'Only that 1 mver saw you before.'
I-'ait1i then you'll never see me agin ifJ
have my own eotisint.'
I wion't give yen any iMtet for the squire,
unless I know you're his servant. Is there
any one in thp town knows you ?'
'Plenty,' said Andy, 'it; nut every one is
as ignorant as you."
3ust at this moment a person to whom Andy
was known entered the house, who Vouched to
the postmaster that he might give Andy the
syii.iie's letter. "Have you one for me !'
"les, sr,' sa id the pout master, producing one
'foiii pence."
The gi:!einan paid .the fnirpence postage,
and left the shop with his letter.
'Here's n letter tin the sipiire,' paid the post
master, 'you've to pay uf. .elevenpence postage.'
'What "tid 1 pay elevenpence for !'
'For postage.'
To the divil wid you ! Didn't I see yon give
Mr. Durfy alottiier for fourpence tins minit,
and a biggei lettlier than this ! and now you
want me to pay elevenpence for this scra-;f a
thing. Do you tlnnk I'm ti fool !'
'.No; but I'm sure of it,' said the postmaster.
'Well, you're welkin to be stirr, wire : but
don't be delay in' me jiow ; here's fourpence fur
you, and gi' inc the letthor.'
'( !o along, you stupid thief," said the post
master, taking npthe letter.and going to serve
a customer wi'h a mousetra,;v
While this person and ninny rrthers were
servi d. Andy lounged up and dowu the shop,
every now n:d then pulling in his Jiesd in tie?
middle ofthe cu.-tomers, ctid saying, ' W-:fl yi 11
gi' me the lettlier ?'
lie waited fur above half an hour, in defiance
ofthe anathemas of the postmaster, andntlast
lelt, when he found it impossible to get cuih
mon justioo for his muster, which ho thought
he deserved as w til us another man ; for, under
this impression, Andy deterunnod to give no
more than the fourpence.
The cipiire in the .mean time wng getting
impatient lor his return, and when Andy made
his appearance, asked if there was a Jetlor for
hu'i.
' There is, sir,' said Andy.
'Then give it to me."
'I haven't it, sir."
'Wins'. ilu .vou mean V
'I le wouldn't give it to toe, sir.'
'Who wouldn't give it lo you '
'That ovv Id chate heyaul an the town, want
ing to charged ri.lrle tor it.'
'May he it's a double letter. Why the devil
xl.du't .you pay vv h.it he asked, sir '.'
Atrah, sir, why would 1 let you be chated
It's m t a djuhle lo'.lher at ull : not abjve hall'
the sic o' one Mr. Durfy gut befwe my lace
for toui (enee.'
'Vot 't! juinoke me to break your neck ome
day, jou vagabond ! Uide back lor vmir lite,
you oiiiaiihauu ! and pay whatever he asks,
and get me the h.!Ur."
'Why, tir, I tell you he v. .- wlliu' them be
fore my lace for loui k ucc a-picce.'
'(Jo back, you seouiidrn! ! or I'll hoivwip
you ; und it you're louder th;'i tin hour, I'll
have you ducked in the liorsesind !'
Andy vanished, and made a second vit it to
the post-olliee. When he urrr" . ed, t vo ntln r
persons were geitinjr lflt. is, mni lln pu..tiiaster
was seltM.r.g the epi.-tles t ir tacli, from a
large parcel that lay Info-1." linn 011 the counter;
at the situe time nui:y sh ip cu .tmt.eis were
waiting to be sci ed.
'I'm rome lor thai 'it Hdt r,' ..aid Andy.
'I'll aiteud to you by diid-l.y.'
'Ilie inasther's m 11 hurry.'
'I,et him wait till his hurrv's ovir."
'IK 'II iiiiirlher me if I'm not back soon.'
I'm gtud to b-'ar -n.
While the postmas'er went on with such
proViil.ing answers to these appeuls for d.-patch
Andy's eye caught the heap of lette.rs which lay
on the counter; so wLile ,ceitain weighing of
sisip nn.i tobacco KB8 go'intj fis:ward, he con
trived to bivome posirt.'tcd of two lett-'.rs fumi
the leap, and, having v fleeted that, waited -a-
tiently enougli tII it was the great man's jilea
sure to give him the missive directed o his
master.
Then Jnl Andy li-Hride his hack, and in tri
umph at his trick on the lani'JHaster, rattled a
liWg tin; road hotiiewarxl as fast as the beast
could carry him. He came into the sipiiie's
presence, his face beaming with delight, und
mi air ofsell-sj'jsKed superiority in his manner
unite unaccountable lo his master, until hn puk
ed forth his hand, which had bet-n gruhhing up
his prizes from the bottom of his pocket; and
holding three letters over his head, while he
tsuid, 'Look at that !' he next slapped them down
under hra broad (1st ou the table beliire the
squire, saying.
'Well: if he did make me payrlevenper.ee,
by gor, I brought your honor the worth o your
money any how j'
A Kurmrr'a Lift.
From an Or.itiou delivered before' the Ameri
can Institute in New Yotk.by Rev. J. O. CI1011
It is a production of much meri, snd al
though the work of a scholar, i.-i well worthy the
attention ofthe prn'vtieal mm. The tStibject of j
Agriculture treated of in this lecture with,
singular felicity and it contains many passa
ges which would interest and prove useful tn
the farmer The fillowimr passage respecting
the lile of a farmer, expresses ju-1 Hctit itrntrt :
I wish I could sen in ufloiir t urners a dis
position to magnify -k?ir calling; Imt I have
tieen grieved in many a farm hoes?, to listen to
lamentations over what thy term their 'hard
lot.' I have heard the residents upon a noble
farm all paid tor, talk a Unit drudgery, and nev
er hav ing their work done; and lew or no oppor
tunities for the -children ; and I have especially
Imen sorry to hear the females lament over the
hard fate ofoonie promising youth if seventeen
or eighteen, who was admirably filling np'his
duties, and training himself for extensive use
fulness and influence. They have made com
parison betweeji his situation coarsely clad and
working hard, and coming in fatigued, with
forne cousin at college, or young men who
rfrrlril it in a city store, till fft length the boy
has become dissatisfied, and begged off from
his 'rue interests and happiness.
I um conversant w f'.b rvj truer peones of en
joyment than J 'have witnessed -in American
farm houses, and even log Cabins, where the
lit her, under the inll.ienee -of enlightened
Christianity and sound -views of life, has gone
with his family, as the world have termed it,
into the wood. The land is his owe, and he
has every iihlueeiiient to improve it ; hefimlsa
healthy enehyim irt tor himself and tn 111 1 ly, nnd
is never at a loss for -materials to occuoy his
mind. 1 do not think the physician has more
occasion fr research than the farmer ; the prop
er find of vegetables and animals will alone
constitu'ea wide and lasting field of investiga
tion. The daily journal ef a farmer -is a source
of nv.ieh interest to himself and others. The
record of his labors, the expression of his hopes,
the nature of his fears, the opinions of his neigh
bors, the results of his er.-pepiments, the -entire
sum total of his operations, will prove a deep
source of pleasure t-i try thinking tnau. lf the
establishment of agricultural sirt:ietf a. and the
cattle show's a oer country, eho'dtl have the
effect of stimulating one farmer iu every town
10 manage his laud and Etock upon the best
princif lee of hushundry, there would lie a won
derful and Hpeedy alteration in the products of
the eanli. because comparison would force itself
1, .on his friends and neighbors : and his exam
ple would he rirtair.ly beneficial, for prejudice
itself will give way to profit."
There i.-i much beauty as well as truth in the
f illowiug passage on the subject of iirattifying
a fa-'-if; hficsf;
"It is to be deplored, that in ninny parts ot
the country the firm house makes so lilt 10 pre
tension to eytenmi beauty, and that it is desti
lute c ('those attractions w hich are always at the
cjiiiiiutid if tli - occupant.
II i.v many alinde.-do we knuvv that are hl
mo't without gardens, and quite without flow
ers. It is the panel' mloin to nui'I.e our habi
t.it.oiiJ tli" hr.ine of as 11 any y and pleasnrcs
i.s pos i tile, and llieie night to Ik: a thousand
svvtet attrirti '!, in nr.d trotiuJ the sacred spot
we call our home.
Thir. ft i-lir.g is pnrfiif.'.ly p'lil- - iphieal. The
liajfiLitce ofthe lose that is plucked at the door
ofthe con age, is i-wecfvr in mior to the poor
tiiiiu, who has assiduously re. an ii U there amid
difliciillies aud ijifccoiiiiigenieiit-, ihttii if it vv re
culled t'tem the partem-" of u.e p-ilaee ; nit
thu root which he hab du ti.iin his own httl,
jia-rden is more graU.-1'ul to Ins palirie than if it
were the purchased product ofonknow n hands;
und this argument, if it be true w hen applied to
individuals, js e.ipjul-ly blid on the bro ul princi
ple of nations.
O, we greatly need somethisg i.mre ofthe
fciyeot uud beautiful about our house and cotta
; thut bhall make tbildhood, youth and oge
all cry out, 'there , is iiio yluce like home' In
your suimner rumbles away from the hot city,
you i:y to tt!o firm houses of thi evJ xithcr
iillfralinii) one culuinn $5.ri ; half column, fix,
thiee (narrN, 1 2 ; two squares, f 9 ; one Fqusr.-,
r. Without the privilege of alteration a hbrrhl
iSi-rount will be made.
Advertisement left without ilirrrtions as to the
lentrth nf lime tin1? are to be published, will l-
continued until Ordered out, an J rhargcl acco'd
iriuty. C j"!ixtrcn lirte iak a fquare.
States; now just thirrl how differently yottr
mei"ory calls up various houses at Vich you
have sojourned. You can think of a'xrta likrt
pnnidise, and there arc others that you recol
lect, and thrrr are only the capabilities for im
priM'rmeiit and tine opportunities for the hand
i.t industry jst gotid taste. How well we re
caJI'to mind the pretty white co'tage, the deep
greeu bliuils, the painted trellis, the climbing
h'hriib, the neat gRrdeh fence, the svi"tly sceiir
ted flowers, the entire air of comfort, and how
y.'e long again to enjoy the blireuif qnieror sa and
repose. 1 believe a garden spot exerts a t-ao
tary influener( not only in esrry life, but in the
advanced periods ofhutnan existence."
Important to l'arinrr-
A fev: weeks since tve publishcJ t:
communication from a correspondent,
giving the results of nn cxperiivretrt in
plantini; corn, by Unit JJassey, 1'sq., of
this village. Mr. Massey called uvu
us nn Saturday last to correct an iinpor
tant error in saM communication, ani
inviteil personally to examine Uic saiii
field, which we accordingly did, ani
t.'ow give the results of our ob.servati.xi.
Air. Massey took the seed corn witli
which he planted the field, a small
quantity, and soaked it in a solutioii of
srtlt nitre, commonly called salt pctrc,
and planted with the seed l-)juspiepa
red. The remainder of tlie field, tve
believe, was planted by the same indi
vidual. .'ow for the result. The five
rovvs.planfd with corn prepared with
saltpetre, will yield more than tw-entw
five rows pl.uited witluntrt a-nv pjepjra
Uon. Tlie five rows were initotu lnd
by the worms, w hile the rcniaLidor f
the field suflered severely by thodepie.
dations. Wc should judge that not one
kertt'-i!, saturated with salt petre, wa
touched while almost every bill in the
adjoining row suflered severely.
one who will examine the fielJ ran
doubt 1'he efficacy of the prepara'iort.
He will be astonished at the striking
difiereitn'c between the five rows ani
U3 remainder of the field.
Hero is a simple fact, which if sea
srrna-'.rly and generally Jvnown, would
have savod many thousand dollars ti
the farmer; of this rouatrv aiine, in the
j article of corn, it is a fact, which
should be universally known, od is, in
all ito"oal)ility,one ofthe greatest disco
veries of modern times in tlw much iie
elected science of agriculture. At al
events, the experiment should be ex
tensi". ely test.ei1, as the results are deem,
ed certain while the expethseis cumjui
rativcly nothing.
Mr. M. also stated sg to the result of
another experiment tried upoai one
bis apple trees last spring. It is .1 fine,
thrifty tree, about twentysfive or tlhirty
years old, but lias itwver in any cuvc year
ptodaoed over abrxj-tlwo busheJs ofr.p
pies. While in blossom last spring, 1ms
ascended the tree and sprinkled pj aster
freely on the blossoms, and the result is,
that ft will this season yield twenty bu
shels of apples. Now if the plaster wil
prevent tire Llast, it is a discovery of
jjreat importance. Mr. Massey wa
led to make tlie experiment by readin?
an accotmt of the production of tree
adjoining a meadow where plaster Juii
been sown, r.t a time when Uk?i was a
breeze in the diiectioji of tlhi ojv
chard, the trees contiguous tive tnea
dijvv bearing well, bile the others pro
duced bo fruit. Watcrtown (N, .
Standard.
Ci-riol's Discovfrv. h Jus been re.
contly dm-.rovered that if water t.e per
mitted to run otrt !' : iiiyh a bole in the
bottom of a vessel that contains it, a
vortex will be formed in a direction
contrary to the coiir: of the sum. 'J'Jii
is said to be invariably the fact ; and if
the water be Jot ciWy made lo whirl
round in the opposite course, yei a soon
as the opposing power is removed, it
wiW begin to turn contrary to thsun.
The discoverer of this phenomenon im
putes it to the rotation f the earth on itt
axis, and deduces from it a method f
finding the latitude of places.
Vot vr, Mi'x. Tbcrccan iardiy l.
a wivire sublime sjcctaclc presented for.
nr admiration, than thnt of a young
111.111, who, .urged by jIk; -impulses iif
ti u-ling ttitcllect, starts boldly from
the t re art ding tanks of obscurity and
witt-iii, deteriutncd 10 1a1-t'le lus jvav
tiiiough every obstat lo to honor and
renown. Think lioaven, that thoiie
tin; gifts of ftti'tunc are denied to sueh.
they possess that god like pruvipU
within, before the irrisis'ablc eirg-v tf
which the most formidale obstacle be
come as obweh barriers, in the p;i'J
wb.icb ib OMOiTiiiMe ambition pouiti out.
(Irving