limn Pang.
AN OLD STYLE FARM.
The fences were as motley as the militia
men's coats on a first Monday in May.
From time to time some previou- tenant or
owner had devoted " fall leisure" to the
erection of a wall, mostly in continuation
of a great range of barrier which separated
the hill-land from the'flat. .1 . 1, this erection
their views of economy (no other heing re
cognized) had taken wide divergence.
Thus, one had given a circular sweep to
his trail for the salmi of iuclosing some
smooth spot upon the lowest slope of the
hills; another had made a flanking move
ment in the other direction, for the sake of
excluding some unfortunate little group of
innocent rooks. But the sinners and the
well-doers, on the score of walling, must
have long before gone to their account,
since the stones were all mossy and the
frequent gaps had been blocked up by lop
ping over some vigorous young hickory or
chestnut which had started from the base
of the wall. But even this rustic device
had not given full security, for with settle
ments and the " bulging" under frosts,
this great line of barrier was no proof
gainst tl , e clambering propensities of the
sheep; and the whole line of fence had
been topped with long poles, kept in their
placca by cross .stakes, firmly driven and
sustaining the "riders" at the point of in
tersection. To complete the fence picture,
I have to add to those half lopped hickories
in the gaps—to those bulging tumors of
stone—to those gaunt overriding poles—a
great array of blackberry briers, of elders,
of dog-willows, of dried stems of ,olden-rod,
of raspberries, of pretentious wild cherries.
Still further, I must mark down a great
sprawling array of the scattered wall, in
some half' dozen spots, where adventurous
hunters had made a mining foray after
some unfortunate woodchuck or rabbit.
So much for the average New England
walling in retired districts twenty years
ago, (is it much better now ?) As for the
wooden fencing, there was across the mea
dow by the road a staggering line of "posts
and rails"—one post veering southward,
the next veering northward—a wholly
frightful line, which was like nothing so
much as a file of tipsy soldiers making vain
efforts to keep " eyes right." ln the
woodlands and upon the borders were old,
lichen-covered Virginia fences, sinking rail
by rail into the earth, luxuriant young
trees shooting up in the •angles, brambles
overgrowing them, poisonous vines—the
three-leaved am pelopsis among them,(which
country people call mercury, ivy, and I
know not what names beside)—and this
entire range of exterior fence gone over
each springtime—April being the usual
month—and wade t ffecrive by lopping upon
it such lusty growth as may have sprung
up the season past. It is afflictive to think
what waste of natural resources is commit
ted in this way every year by the scrubby
farmers of New England.
In giving this description of a farm of
twenty years ago, I feel sure that I am de
scribin, the available surface of a thousand
farms of New England, to-day. We boast,
indeed, of our thrift and enterprise, but
these do not work in the direction of land
culture—at least not in the way of that
liberal and generous culture which insures
the largest product. I doubt greatly if
there be any people on the face of the
earth, equally intelligent, who farm so
poorly as the men of New England; and
there are tens of thousands less intelligent
who manage their lands infinitely better.
I do not quite understand why the Ameri
can character which has shown such won
derful aptitude for thrift in other direc
tions, should have shown so little in the
direction of agriculture. I feel quite con
fident that seven out of ten of the most
aecomplished and successful nurserymen,
gardeners, and farmers in the country, are
of foreign birth, or of foreign parentage.
Within the limits of my own experience, I
find it infinitely more difficult to secure a
good American farmer, than to secure a
good Scotch or even an Irish one. And I
observe, with not a little shame, that while
the American is disposed to make up the
tale of his profits by sharp bargains, the
Scotch are as much disposed to make it up
by liberal treatment of the land. Why is
this? The American is not illiberal by
nature; a thousand proofs lie to the con
trary; but by an unfortunate traditional
belief he is disposed to count the land only
a rigorous step dame from which all possi
ble benefit is to be wrested, and the least
possible return made.—Donald Mitchell in
Fours at Home.
GOING TO MARKET,
I have tried to outline the surroundings
and appointments of many a back country
farmer of New England today. lam sure
the drawing is true, because it is from the
life. I seem to see such an one now on one
of these May mornings an hour before sun
rise. It is his market day, and the old
sorrel mare is harnessed, and tied to the
hitch-post. The wagon is of antique shape,
bulging out• in front and rear, and with
halt rounded ends. The high backed seat,
supported upon a y shaped framework of
ash, and covered over with a yellow buffalo
skin, of which the fur is half worn away.
An oaken firkin is presently lifted in, with
a white linen cloth shut down under its
cover, and a corner of the buffalo turned
over it to shield it from the dust and the
sunshine. Then comes a bushel basket of
eggs packed in rowen hay, next the great
clothes basket, covered with a table cloth,
in which lie the two hind quarters of a veal
killed yesterday, (the tore quarters being
kept for home consumption.) In a corner
of the wagon is thrust a squat jug—its
stopper being a corn•eob wrapped around
with newspaper—which is to be filled with
" Port o' reek" molasses. Then, at last,
thrush% the wife, in silver spectacles, and'
Sunday gown, clambers in—a stout woman,
with her waist belted in, after a loose sau
sage-like way—who has a last word for her
darter" Sally Ann, and then anotthe - r last
word, and who cautions Enos (her hanband)
about " turniie,loo short," and .who asks if
the mare kipti.9','frisky with
the spring weather 7"
So they drive .away—Enowand Jerushy.
They talk of the new " howsen" along the
way; they discuss the •last :Sunday's ser-
mon : Enos says, " I heerd that Hosea
Wood is a cortin' Malviny Smith." "Don't
b'lieve a word on't, Enos. No etch a thing.
Did you put a baitin' for the hoes in the
waggin' Enos ?"
" No, I vum ! I forgot it," says Enos.
" What a plaguey careless creeter you're
a gittin' to be, Enos I"
And so the good worthy couple jog on.
In town, the jug is filled ; the stout matron
peers through her spectacles at tapes,
thread, needles, and a stout " caliker"
gown (fast colors) for Sally Ann. Pater
F'umi/ias Sees to the filling of the flat jug,
he makes a fair sale of the two quarters of
veal, he buys a few " garding" seeds, a
new rake, a scythe spathe, and dickers for
a grindstone—unavailingly. Two hours
befor6 nightfall, the good couple jog home
ward again, with humdrum quietude.
/bid.
gtitutifit.
CORK.
There are multitudes of persons who are
perfectly familiar with this indispensable
article, so constantly used in various ways,
who know very little of its nature and
where it comes from It is the bark of a
species of oak, not the real bark, essential
to the life of the tree, but the outer coat
ing, which corresponds to the . dry bark of
many of our own trees. This oak grows
naturally in the mountainous districts of
the south of France, in the Spanish penin
sula, Italy, and in the north of Africa. It
does not attain a great height, not more
than forty feet, nor is its circumference
great compared with many other varieties
of the oak, but it is sufficiently large to
allow of sheets being taken from its trunk
twelve inches or more in width and several
feet in length. The tree has a strong re
semblance to the live oak of our Southern
States, and there is no doubt that it might
be cultivated with advantage in the warmer
portions of our country. We do not know
that it has ever been attempted to any con
siderable extent, but it is well worth the.
attention of those who are seeking - to der
velope the resources of th% country, and at
the same time to do a z goo'd thin for them
selves. This tree might be planted in
grounds that are not arable, and be: grow
ing up to yield a profit while better soil is
under cultivation. The cork tree, after
arriving at a certain state of maturity, sheds
its bark of its own accord, like some of our
own forest trees which are continually
throwing off their outer coats. But the
bark thus shed spontaneously is of very
little utility. That which becomts an
article of commerce is removed from the
tree by cutting around it and making lon
gitudinal incisions, care being taken not to
cut through the inner bark. The sheets
which are taken from the tree are usually
about a foot wide and four feet in length,
the bark itself having the thiekness of an
inch or more, according to its age. The
bark is not removed until the tree has at
tarred the age of twenty-five or thirty years,
and after that it may be taken off every
eight or ten years, as it- renews itself, the
quantity of the cork improving with the ad
vancing age of the tree, which thrives for one
or two hundred years and continues to yield
its decennial crop. The time for stripping
off the bark is iu July or August, when it
is easily removed. In Spain and France'
and Italy it is an important production, and
in those countries it may be seen piled up
in long rows like cord wood, or like the
bark which is used for tanniug-_ in our own
forests and by the roadsiue in the country.
Before being cut into stoppers for bottles
and the like, it is charred on each side of
the sheet of bark, which produces a con
traction of its substance, stopping the pores
more effectually, and greatly adding to its
value for most purposes for which it isused.
Its valuable properties are well known. Its
remarkable elasticity, combined with its
imperviousness to any ordinary fluid, make
it indispensable for stoppers, no other sub
stance having been discovered or invented
that could take its place. India-rubber
has' been used to some extent, but for cheap.
ness and convenience and durability, it
does not rival the old familiar article. The
manufacture of the' cork for stoppers is
almost altogether accomplished by hand,
machinery having been used only to a very
limited extent; and on account of the high
price of labor in this country, the cork is
almost entirely cut before its importation
The cutting of it is quite an art, requiring
a very sharp knife, and considerable dex
terity, to, give it the proper shape, and not
to waste the raw material. It is used for
many, oth er_purposes.
__The same properties
which adapt it for the use already suggest
ed, fit it also for buoys, for nets, and other
light articles; for life-buoys and life boats,
and for the soles of shoes, for which it is in
great demand. It was formerly used to a
considerable extent in the manufacture of
artificial limbs, but in this' department it
has been superceded by other substances
more available. We have accounts of its
use in' very ancient times for many of the
purposes for which it is employed at the
present day, and, it is very natural to sup
pose that its peculiar properties world sug
gest uses to which it could be applied. The
cork-jacket, for instance, is no modern in
vention. Plutarch, in his life of Camillus,
mentions that the messenger sent by that
general to his fellow-citizens, when besieg
ed in the capital, made use of a cork-jacket
to enable him to cross the Tiber, the Gauls
being in possession of the bridge.
Cork is a much more important, article in
commerce than might be supposed from the
compartively limited purposes to which it
is devoted. We' have not the complete
statistics in regard to its importation ; but
in Now York there are several houses Which
deal exclusively in the article, and t h e
great increase in its price is one evidenc e
of the increasing demand for it. We would
renew the suggestion that some measure s
-should be taken for introducing and en
couraging its produetion in our own soil.
We have the requisite climate and all va
rietio.9 l 6l soil, so that there can be no doubt
that , it 7 /4141 soon find itself at home. We
should not 'be surprised if the tree, upon
trial, should 'be found to attain a Size in
this country unknown in the Old World.
i t i e near , o f•ki n ,t,o, the live oak, which at
tains magnify:tete:dimensions in Florida,
Louisiana and Texas. The richness of•the
Southern mil might impait to it a etew
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1866.
vigor. The matter is at least worth an ex
periment and thorough trial. New York
Tom,rnal of Commerce.
The eyes of all birds have a peculiarity
of structure which enables them to see near
or distant objects equally well, and this
wonderful power is carried to the greatest
perfection in the bird of prey. When we
recollect, that an eagle will ascend more
than a mile in perpendicular height, and
from, that enormous elevation will perceive
its unsuspecting prey, and pounce upon it
with unerring certainty; and when we see
the same bird scrutinizing, with almost mi
croscopic nicety, an object close at hand,
we shall at once perceive that he possesses
a power of accommodating his sight to dis
tance in a manner to which our eye is un
fitted, and of which it is totally incapable.
If we take a printed page, we shall find that
there is some particular distance, probably
ten incites, at which we can read the
words and see each letter with perfect dis
tinctness; but if we move this page to a
distance of forty inches, or bring it within
a distance of five inches, we shall find it
impossible to read it at all ; a scientific man
would, therefore, call ten inches the focus
or focal distance of our eyes. We cannot
alter this focus except by the aid of spec
tacles.
But an eagle has the power of altering
the focus of his eye.just as he pleases ; he
has only to Wok at an object at the distance
of two feet or two miles in order to see it with
perfect distinctness. Of course, the eagle
knows nothing of the wonderful contrivance
which God has supplied for his accommo
dation ; he employs it instinctively and be
cause he cannot help it. The ball of his
eye is surrounded by fifteen little plates,
called sclerotic bones; they form a com
plete ring, and their edges slightly over
lap each other. When he looks at a distant
object, this little circle of bones, 3 expandfi;
and the ball of the eye, being,rulieved from
lfl
the pressure, becomeaatter ; and when
he looks at a,very near object, the little
laßes press•together, and the ball of the
4d. is thus squeezed into a rounder or more
convex form; the effectis very familiar to
everybody; a person with very round eyes
is near-sighted, and only sees clearly an
object that is close to him; and a person
with fiat eyes, as in old age, can see no
thing.--clearly except at a distance; the
eagle by mere will, can make his eyes round
or flat, and see with equal clearness at any
distance.
COAL AS A RESERVOIR OF POWER.
Coal has all the characteristics which en
title it to be considered the best natural
source of motive power. Itis like a spring,
wound up during geological ages for us to
let down. Just as in alluvial deposits of
gold-dust we enjoy the labor of the natural
forces which for ages were breaking down
the quartz veins and washing out the gold
ready for us, so in our seams we have pecu
liar stores of force collected from the sun
beams for us. Coal contains light and
heat, bottled up in the earth, as Stephen
son said, for tens of thousands of years, and
now again brought forth and made to work
for human purposes. The amount of power
contained in coal is almost incredible. In
burning a single pound of coal, there is
force developed equivalent to that of 11,-
422,000 lbs. falling one foot, and the actual
useful force got from each pound of coal in
a good steam-engine is that of 1,000,000
lbs. falling through a foot; that is to say,
there is spring enough in coal to raise a
million times its own weight a foot high.
Or again, suppose a farmer to despatch a
horse and cart to bring a ton of coals to
work a portable engine, occupying four hours
on the way, the power brought in the coal
is 2800 times the power expended in bring
ing it; and the amount of useful force ac
tually got from it will probably, exceed by
100 times or more that of the horse as em
ployed in the cart In coal we pre-eminently
have, as the partner of Watt said, " What
all the world wants—Power." All things
considered, it is not reasonable to suppose
or expect that the power of coal will ever
be superseded by anything better. It is
naturally the best source of power, es air
and water and gold and iron are, each for
its purposes, the most useful of substances,
and such as will never be superseded.
Quite marvellous results have lately been
noted from the use of ice applied to the
spinal nerves. Its frequent application in
some severe eases of apoplexy has relieved
the patient. It is applied to the ltunbar plex
us of nerves over the spine, alternated with
hot water to the feet. A case of undoubt
ed hydrophobia. has been cured by follow
ing that treatment. The patient was bound
to the bed, face downward, and a thorough
wet cupping from the head down the whole
length of the spine, followed with ice appli
cations for two or three days uninterrupt
edly. - Pulse and breathing became quiet,
pains gradually left him, and complete "re
covery was the result. In the French hos
pitals the ice treatment in cases of nervous
debility, paralysis of the motor nerves, pro
lapsus uteri, convulsions from teething, and
perpetual convulsions, has .been successful
without a drop of medicine. The great
secret of this mode of treatment consists in
using the ice long enough to get its tonic
effects only, which is a nice point, and re
quires great care from the medical atten
dant, as short 'applications of ice are power
fully neurotonic, while its too lengthy ap
plication debilitates the patient,—Nation.
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PRINCIPAL.
Pupils Received at any time and Fitted
for Business Life , or for College.
REFERENCES:
Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D.: Rev. J. W. Mears; Rev.
Jonathan Edwards, D.D.: Rev. James M. Crowell,
D.D.; Dr. C. A. Finley.U. S. Army; Samuel Field,
Esc. 1023-if
PiIIiADELPIIII
FOR
Ircourrc.. LADIES, '
. .
NORTWEST CORNER OF CHESTNUT and
EIGHTEENTH STREETS. •
REV. CHARLES A, SMITH, D.D.;
,PRINCIPAL.
Fi A ci GIR
ibliitpirgire'
'FOR THE !
READ the Testimony of a raw of the many Eminent
Clergymen and their Families' Of New York City,
who, having need the Bosodont for a long-time put.
are.oonvinced of ita excellent and invaluible quali
ties, give it their cordial commendation •
Rev. THOMAS DEWITT, Pastor Collegiate
Ref. Dutch Church. Lafayette*, Place.
Rev. J. W. ALEXANDER, D.D., Presbyte
rian-Chu...city= Fifth Avenue.
Rev. J. B. WAKELEY,D.D., X. E. Cit. 'Mho
sion
ary • " •
Rev. W. F. MORGAN, D.D., Raster Bt.
Thomat'Vetureta, Broadway.
Rev. E. EL . DID.; Pastor' Fourth
Universalist Church, Broadway.
Rev. SAMUEL COOK E, D.D., Reeler 8C Bar
thelemew's Church. Lafayette Place,
Rev.SAMUEL 08000D.D.B.,PasterCharch
of Messiah. Broadway.
Rev. B. N. ADAMS. IX E. afiefelt Duane
Street. • -
Rev. lIEMAN BANOS, late Pastor . CMOS
nary X. E. Church. Brooknly.
Rev. W. 8. Mlle ELS, Pastor Baptist Church.
Sixteeath Strew.
Rev. GEORGE poTTR, Paster Ifteeby
terion Church. Culver:44y Place.
Rev. E. E. RAN It IF. Pastor Presbyterian
Church, Forty-second Street.
Rev. T. E. VERN I LYE, D.D.Pastor of Col.
Butch Reformed, Falkyette Plaee.
FROM G. P. J. COLUMN. DOCTOR DENTAL stneaur.
DI WARN. N. J.
The popular Dentifrice, known ac Tax Busguts's
SOZODuNT." besides being a very pleasant addi
tion to the toilet contains ingredients that if used
according to the directions, will prove of the greatest
utility to the health of the month and teeth.
seir BEWARE OF• IMITATIONS!
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers.
HALL & RIIOEXL,
gustrant CDmpaitirs'
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET. Pil IL 41. ELPH - Lik.
CAPITAL PAIL) IN, IN CAS'!, SM. Ix o.
This company continues to write on Fire Risks
Only. Its capital. with a good surplus. e, safely in
vested.
'7l
Losses by fire having been promptly paid, and more
than
$500,000
Disbursed on this account within the past few years.
For the present, the office of this cemPany willre
maul at
41S WALNET STREET.
But within a few months will remove r 0 it. Own
Building_ N. B. COE NEE SEVENTH AP D CHEST
NUT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure out
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety,
DIRECTORS.
THOMAS CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GILLETT,
FURMAN SHEPPARD. S. LAWRENCE.
THOS. MACKELLAR. CRAEL 4 .s I DUPONT.
JOHN SUPPLEE HI NAT F. 'KENNEY.
JOHN W. CLAGHORN JOSEPH KLAPP. M.D..
SILAS YERKEs. Jr.
THOMAS CRAVEN. President.
ALFRED S. GILLEIT. V. President and Treseurar.
JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. 1023-1.7
PI YOUR OWN MOH COMPANY,
S. E. cur. Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Insurers in this Companyhave the additional guar
antee of the CAPITA'. STOCK all paid up IN CASH,
iun whi o c tua h, ts to th gether with . CASH ANSETS, now on hand
Invested as follows :
$lOO,OOO II: S. s.2dbiinds -
103,000 City of Plmadeiphia Loan 6's.
new,
70.1150 11. S. Treasury NOUN, 740.
WOO Allegheny County bonds.
15,00011 8. Logi of 1881, •
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds.
12.700 Compound Interest Treasury
Notes.
10.000 Philadelphia and Erießailroad
bonds.
10,000 Pittsburg. Fort Wayne A Chi
cago bonds,
8.500 City
ds. of Pittsburg and other
bon
1.000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 shares Corn Archangel National
Bank
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of , Reading,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank,
142 shares Williamsport, Water Com-
Mortgsges, uround Rents, and Real
tate
Loans on collateral amply secured...
Premium notes secured by Policies
Cash in bands of agents secured by bon ,
Cash on deposit with U.S. Treasurer.
Cash on hand and in banks..
Aeorned interest and rents due. Jan. 1.
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92.
Leases Paid during the Tear anaountinete
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY, thus aiding the
the insured to pay premiums.
The hist DIVIDEND on all Mutual Policies in fosse
January 1, 1888. was
.V1_10"1"7/ PER CENT.
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year. 1865.
Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in ens
midst, entitling it to more consideration than there
whose managers reside in diatant-oities.
Alexander Whilidin. William J. Howard.
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent. John Aikman.
Hon. James Pollock. Henry H. Bennett,
L. M. Whilldin, Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mingle. Isaac Haslehurst.
Albert O. Roberta.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
GEORGIC NUGENT. Vice• President.
JOHN 0, SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN'S.' WILSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
O. G. ROBESON, Assistant Secretary.
A few trot-rats °anymore wanted.
LOSS OF LIFE .08 INJURY
A' , CCIDENTS
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
TINLEBT MUM CORM,
Cash Capital and Assets. Dec. L 1865,
Thr. Plo_nurx A ccriarsi Ixscrßeson
pguADELPHIA .BRANCH OFFIOR,
FEW YORE.
Where policies are issued sxlveriug all and every des
cription of accidents happening under cirorun.
stances. An institution whose benaiLL- nbe en
jo3rbd by the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination required.
Policies immed for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in
ease of death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compensa
tion in case of disabling injury, at rates ranging from
$3 60 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and moat praell
cable mode of Insurance known.
Policiesizritten for five' years. at twenty per amt.
discormton amount of yearly premiums. Hauxdous
risks at hazardous rates.
Ocean Policies written, and permits issued for trays I .
is any part of the world:
Aeoident Insurance to persons disabled by aotriden
is like the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
in 'the field. providing the means for comfort and
healing andnunplying 'their wants while prevented
from pursuing their usual employment.
The ratmof premium are less than in any other
class of itunarince, in proportion to the risk.
No better or More satisfactory investment can be
made of so small a sum. Therefore—sueure i» de
15.aveters.
RI) A.'io Oita-11i orc-.1)
J. G. BATT.ERSON, President.
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary,
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
WIE-W. ALLEN & CO.,
•
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General Arenis for Penns
.vt.44 • Tar"'
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURE YOUR LIFE
AMERICAN
01 7 PHILADELPHIA,
$1,143,874 -15.
6870336 31.
INDEMNITY FOR
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
6696,338 12.
Vciaree.mr IN Am=lce..
409 WALNUT STREET,
PANY Ili
409 WALNU( STREET.
PHILADELPHIA
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4461.061 66
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147,909 IP
169.481 96
217.604 56
52.466 18
20,000 011
66,824 14
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