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AND BOILERS;
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Iron and Brass castings ot every description made
and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Blast
Furnaces, Forges, Rolling
Mills, Ac.
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BEDFORD, PA.,
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They have also added to their stock,
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MARBLE TOP TABLES,
CANE CHAIRS,
SOFAS,
TETE A TETF.S,
Ac., Ac.,
Eastern manufacture.
Having purchased the stock and tools of Thos.
Merwine. (late Wm. Stahl's) they have added the
game to their manufactory.
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HEARSE always in readiness to attend funerals.
attention paid to all orders for work.
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f)ni-<soods t ftr.
pAWH BUYERS, TAKE NOTICE!
SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS!
NEW
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just received,
At J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Store,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES!
Having just returned from the East, we arc now
opening a large stock of Fall and Winter Goods,
which have been BOUGHT FOR CASH, at nett
cash prices, and will be SOLD CHEAP. This be
ing the only full stock of goods brought to Bedford
this season, persons will be able to suit themselves
better, in style, quality and price, than at any
other store in Bedford The following comprise a
few of our prices, viz :
Calicoes, at 10,12, 14, 15,16 and the
best at 18 cents.
Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up.
French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac.
SHAWLS Ladies', children's and misses'
shawls, latest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth.
MEN'S WEAR—Cloths, cassimeres, satinetts.
jeans. Ae.
BOOTS AND SHOES--In this line we have a
very extensive assortment for ladies, misses, chil
dren. and men's and boys' boots and shoes, all sizes
and prices, to suit all.
HATS —A large assortment of men's and boys'
hats.
CLOTHING—Men's and boys' coats, pants and
vests, all sizes and prices
SHIRTS, Ac.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts;
Shakspeare, Lock wood and muslin-lined paper
collars; cotton chain (single and double, white
and colored).
GROCERIES—Coffee, sugar, syrups, green and
black teas, spices of all kinds, dye-stuffs, Ac.
LEATHER—SoIe leather, French and city calf
skins, upper leather, linings, Ac.
We will sell goods on the same terms that
we have been for the last three months —cash, or
note with interest from date. No bad debts con
tracted and no extra charges to good paying cus
tomers to make up losses of slow and never paying
customers. Cash buyers always get the best bar
gains, and their accounts are always settled up.
J. M. SHOEMAKER,
Bedford, 5ep.27,'67. No. 1 Andeisou's Row.
10 per cent, saved in buying your
goods for cash, at J. M. SHOEMAKER'S cash and
produce store, No. I Anderson's Row.
sep27
OPLENDID
OPENING of
CHEAP
SPRING and
SUMMER
GOODS,
AT
FARQUHAR'S
New Bar gain Store,
REED'S BUILDING.
CALICOES, (good) - 12ic.
do (best) - - 18c.
MUSLINS, brown, - - 10c.
do (best) - - 20c.
do bleached, - 10c.
do (best) - - 25c.
DELAINES, best styles, - 25c.
DRESS GOODS
of all kinds
VERY CHEAP.
MEN'S and BOYS'
COTTONADES,
GOOD and CHEAP.
A large stock of
FANCY
ALL WOOL
CASS I M ERES
ASTONISH
INGLY
CHEAP.
BOOTS
AND
SHOES.
MEN'S
AND
BOYS'
HATS.
GROCERIES:
Best COFFEE, - - 30c
Brown SUGAR - from 10 to 150
FISH :
Mackerel and Potomac Herring.
QUEENSWARE
and a general variety of
NOTIONS.
Buyers are invited to examine
our stock as we are determined to
to sell cheaper than the cheapest.
J. B. FARQUUAR.
may!7
V"EW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!!!
The undersigned has just rcaeived from the East a
large and varied stock of New Goods,
which are now open for
examination, at
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, comprising everything
usually found in a first-class country store,
consisting, in part, of
Dry-Goods,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Cassimers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
<&c., &c.
All of wbich will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con
tinuance ot the public patronage.
Call and examine our goods.
may24,'67. G. YEAGER
XTKW ARRIVAL.—Just received
at M C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STORE,
Straw Hats and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments. Rib
bons Flowers, Millinery Goods. Embroideries,
Handkerchiefs. Bead-trimmings. Buttons. Hosiery
and Gloves. White Goods. Parasols and Sun-Um
brellas, Balmorals and Hoop Skirts. Fancy Goods
and Notions, Ladies' and Children's Shoes. Our
assortment contains all that is sew and desirable.
Thankful for former liberal patronage we hope
to be able to merit a oontinuance from all our cus
tomers. Please call and see our new stock.
iuay3l
if lie gfifoTtl lOnscttc.
THE HECE AXI> THE GRAY.
"The women of f 'olumbns, Mississippi, anima
ted by nobler sentiments than are many of their
sisters, have shown themselves impartial in their
offering made to the memory of the dead. Tbey
strewed flowers alike on the graves of the Confed
erate and of the National soldiers."— New York
Tribune.
By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead ;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;—
Under the one, the Blue ;
Under the other, the Gray.
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet; —
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Under the laurel, the Blue ;
Under the willow, the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go;
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe '. —
Under tho sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Undej the roses the Blue ,
Under the lilies, the Gray.
So with an equal splendor
The morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch, impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all :
Under the sod and ihe dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Broidered with gold, tne Blue ;
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
So, when the Summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain ;
Under tne sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Wet with the rain, the Blue ;
Wet with the rain, the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done ;
In the storm of the years that are fading,
No braver battle was won ;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Under the blossoms, the Blue
Under the garlands, tho Gray.
No more shall the war-ery sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
' They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead !
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day ;
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH KOK IICK.
In the days of the good colony of Vir
ginia, the distinction between rich and
poor was based upon laws which, like
those of the Medes and Persians, alter
ed not. One of the most devoted fol
lowers of this code was a wealthy plan
ter, living in what is known as the
Northern Neck. He was in all respects
a frank, open hearted manly gentleman;
but his estimate of his fellow men was
founded upon the principles that gov
erned the selection of his horses—blood.
Wealth, too, was by no meansan unim
portant feature with him. He had our
human weakness, and like all of us,
was influenced more than he believed,
by pounds, shillings and pence.
This Mr. G had quite a large
family, and among them was a daugh
ter whose beauty was the standing toast
of the country. She was just eighteen,
and budding into lovely womanhood. —
Not only was she beautiful in person,
but her amiable disposition and many
accomplishments made her more than
ordinarily attractive, and half the gen
tlemen of the Northern Neck were al
ready sighing for her love.
There was in the country atthistime
a young man who was already rising
high in theesteem of his neighbors. He
came of good family, but was, as yet,
a poor young surveyor, who had taught
himself his profession, and who had
spent much of his time in traveling
unknown forests, with nothing but his
compass for his guide, and his chain
for his companion, locating lands and
settling disputed titles. He was a
model of manly beauty, and excelled in
the varied feats of strength in which
the olden time Americans took such
pride. lie was calm and reserved,
and there was about him a dignified
sweetness of demeanor that accorded
well with his frank independence of
character. He was a great favorite
with all who knew him, and there
was no gathering to which he was not
asked.
Mr. G seemed especially to like
the youug man, and it was not long be
fore he insisted that the latter should a
bandon all ceremony in his visits to
him, and come and go when he pleas
ed. The invitation was heartily given,
and as promptly accepted. The young
man liked the planter, and he found
the society of the beautiful MaryG
a very strong attraction. The result
was that he was frequently at the plan
ter's residence; so frequently, indeed,
that Mrs. G felt called upon to ask
her husband if he did not think it
wrong to permit him to enjoy such un
reserved intercourse with their daugh
ter. The father only laughed at the
idea, and said he hoped his daughter
knew her position too well toallow any
thing like love for a poor surveyor to
blind her to her duty and to her fami
ly-
Nevertheless Mary G was not so
fully impressed with this conviction of
duty as was her father. She found more
to admire in the poor surveyor than in
all her wealthy and'aristocratic suitors,
and, almost beforeshe knew it, her heart
passed out of her keeping and was giv
en to him. She loved him with all the
honesty and devotion of her pure heart;
and she would have thought it happi
l ness to go out with him into the back
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1867.
woods and share his fatigues and troub-
les, no matter how much sorrow they
might bring to her.
Nor did she love in vain. The young
man, whose knowledge of the world
was afterwards so great, had not been
taught to consider as binding the dis
tinctions which society drew between
his position and that of the lady. He
knew that in all that makes a man, he
was the equal of ar.y one. He believed
that, except in wealth, he stood upon a
perfect equality with Mary G , and
beloved her honestly and manfully, and
no sooner had he satisfied himself upon
the state of his own feelings than he
confessed hisdevotion.simply and truth
fully, and received from the lady's lips
the assurance that she loved him ve-y
dearly.
Scorning to occupy a doubtful posi
tion, or to cause the lady to conceal
aught from her parents, theyoung man
frankly and manfully asked Mr. G
for his daughter's hand. Very angry
grew the planter as he listened to the
audacious proposal. He stormed and
swore furiously, and denounced the
young man as an ungrateful upstart.
'My daughter has always been accus
tomed to riding in her own carriage,'
he said. 'Who are you, sir?'
'A gentleman, sir,' replied the young
man quietly; and he left the house.
The lovers were parted. The lady
married soon after a wealthy planter,
and the young man went out again in
to the world to battle with his heart
and conquer his unhappy passion. He
subdued it; but although he afterwards
married a woman whom he loved hon
esty and truthfully, and was worthy of
his love, he was never wholly dead to
his first love.
Time passed on, and the young man
began to reap the reward of his labors,
lie had never been to the house of Mr.
G since his cruel repulse by the
planter; but the latter could not forget
him, as his name soon became familiar
in every Virginia household. Higher
and higher he rose every year, until
he gained a position from which he
could look down upon the proud plan
ter. Wealth came to him, too. When
the great struggle for independence
dawned, he was in his prime, a happy
husband, and one of the most distin
guished men in America. The strug
gle went on, and soon the 'poor sur
veyor' held the highest and proudest
position in the land.
When the American army passed in
triumph through the streets of Wil
liamsburg, the ancient capital of Vir
ginia, after the surrender ofCornwallis,
the officer riding at the head of the col
umn chanced to glance up at one of
the balconies which was crowded with
ladies. Recognizing one of them he
raised his hat and bowed profoundly.—
There was a commotion in the balcony,
and some one called for water, saying
Mrs. Lee had fainted. Turning to a
young man who rode near him the of
ficer said gravely—
' Henry, I fear your mother has faint
ed. You had better leave the column
and go to her.'
The speaker was George Washington,
once the 'poor surveyor,' but then com
mander-in-chief of the armies of the
United States. The young man was
Colonel Henry Lee, the commander of
the famous 'Light Cavalry Legion;'
the lady was his mother, and formerly
Miss G , the belle of the 'Northern
Neck.'
TRICKS OF A J COOLER.
The far-famed Robert Heller cannot
be satisfied with his legitimate tri
umphs before an audience, but occa
sionally does a neat thing for his own
amusement, very much to the surprise
of those who happen -to be persent. On
Saturday last, while passing an itiner
ant vender of cheap provisions, Mr.
Heller suddenly paused and inquired:
"How do you sell eggs, Auntie ?"
"Dem eggs," was the response; "dey
am a pickeyune apiece—fresh, too, last
one of 'em ; biled 'em myself, and know
dey's fust rate."
"Well, I'll try em," said the magi
cian, as he laid down a bit of fractional
currency. "Have you pepper and
salt?"
"Yes, sir, dere dey is," said thesable
saleswoman, watching her customer
with intense interest.
Leisurely drawing out a neat little
penknife, Mr. Heller proceeded very !
quietly to cut the egg exactly in half, |
when suddenly a bright, new twenty
five cent piece was discovered lying
imbedded in the yolk, apparently as
! bright as when it came from the mint.
Very coolly the great magician trans
ferred the coin to his vest pocket, and
taking up another egg, inquired:
"And how much do you ask for this
Oarer
"I)e Lord bress my sole !• Dat egg !
De fact am, boss, dis egg is worth a
dime, shure."
"xUI right," was the response; here's
the dime. Now give me the egg."
Separating it with an exact precision
that the colored lady watched eagerly,
a quarter eagle was most carefully pick
ed out of the centre of the egg, and
placed in the vest pocket of the oper
ator, as before. The old woman was
thunderstruck, as well she might have
been, and her customer had to ask her
price for the third egg two or three
times before he could obtain a reply.
"Dar'sno use talkin', inars'r," said
the bewildered old darkey. "I can't
let you hab dat ere egg, nohow, for less
dan a quarter. I declare to de Lord X
can't."
"Verygood," said Heller, whose im
purturbable features were as solemn
as an undertaker, "there is your quar
ter and here is the egg. All right."
As he opened the last egg, a brace of
five dollar gold pieces were discovered
snugly deposited in the very heart of
the yolk, andjingling them merrily to
gether in his little palm, the savant
! coolly remarked:
"Very good eggs, indeed. I rather
like them ; and while lam about it, I
believe I will buy a dozen. What is
the price?"
"I say price! screamed the amazed
daughter of Ham. "You couidn' buy
deni eggs, mars'r for all de money you's
got. No! Dat you could't. I'segwine
j to take dem eggs all home, I is, and
dat money in dem eggs, all 'longs to
me. It does dat. Couldn't sell no
more of dem eggs, nohow."
Amid the roar of the spectators,
the benighted African started to her do
inicil to "smash dem eggs," but with
what success we are unable to relate.
"GIVE ITS THIS DAY OIK DAILY
It 1(1. A l>."
In a miserable cottage at the bottom
of a hill, two children hovered over a
smouldering fire. A tempest raged
without, a fearful tempest, against
which man and beast were alike pow
erless. A poor old miser, much poorer
than those shivering children, though
he had heaps of money at home, drew
his ragged cloak around him as he
crouched down at the threshold of the
miserable door. He dared not enter
for fear they would ask for shelter, and
he could not move for the storm.
"I am hungry, Nettie."
"So am I, I've hunted for a potato
paring, and can't find any,"
"What an awful storm!"
"Yes the old tree has blown down.
I guess God took care that it didn't
blow on the house. See, it certainly
would have killed us."
"If He could do that, couldn't He send
us bread."
" I guess so—let's pray 'Our Father,'
and when we come to that part, stop
till we get some bread."
So they began, and the miser crouch
ing and shivering listened. When they
paused,"expecting in their childish faith
to see some miraculous manifestation,
a human feeling stole into his heart,
as an angel to soften it. He had
bought a loaf of bread, thinking it
would last him a great while, but the
silence of the two children spake loud
er to him than the voice of many wa
ters. He opened the door softly, threw
in the loaf, and then listened to the
wild eager cry of delight that camc
from the half-famished little ones.
"It dropped down from Heaven,
didn't it?" continued the younger:
"Yes I mean to love God forever for
giving us bread because weasked him."
"We'll ask him every day, won't we?
Why, I never thought God was so good,
did you ?"
"Yes, I always thought so, but I nev
er quite knew it before."
"Let's ask him to give father work
to do all the time, so we never need
be hungry again; he'll do it, I'm
sure."
The storm passed—the miser went
home. It was no longer barren.
In a few weeks he died, but not be
fore he had given the cottage, which
was his, to the poor laboring man.
And the little children ever after felt
a sweet and solemn emotion, when in
their devotions they came to those
trustful words :
"Give us this day our daily bread."
HORRIBLE SCAFFOLD SCENE.—A
horrible scaffold scene occerred the
other day in the prison yard of Jauer,
in Silesia. A young woman, not of
the lowest class of the population, was
to be beheaded for gratifying her jeal
ousy of her former lover, by an act that
led to the death of several persons.
The faithless man had deserted her
and married another girl. The deser
ted mistress, to revenge herself, set
fire to his house, and several persons
perished in the flames. She was arres
ted, convicted, and sentenced to suffer
death. On the scaffold, just at the mo
ment when the executioner bared her
neck, and was about to fasten it to the
fatal block, she broke loose from him
and his assistants, seized the large axe
that was to cut off her head, and then
defied the dumbfounded officers to take
her. They rushed upon her, showered
blows upon her head, and, finally, af
ter she had slightly wounded some of
them in the scuffle,she was knocked
down and handcuffed. She uttered
wild, terrible screams all the while,
and the executioner and his men tried
to dispatch her as quickly as possible.
They tore her dress from her shoulders,
tied her feet, and dragged her to the
block. Although still screaming and
resisted, to the best of her power, the
leather strap on the block, by which the
the victim is drawn foward, was soon
slipped over it, and the executioner
seized the axe. Unfortunately, the
dreadful scene had made him quite
nervous, and, on striking her, he mis
sed her neck and cut deeply into her
shoulder and back. The blood rushed
from the fearful wound, and the
screams of the unfortunate woman
grew heart-rending beyond descrip
tion. A second stroke, dealt her a few
seconds afterwards, finally put a stop to
her sufferings.
THREE men were recently convicted
of murder in Tex.s and sentenced to be
hanged within a month, unless the
alleged victim turned up alive within
that time. Fortunately he appeared,
and they were set free.
VOL. 62—WHOLE No. 5,413.
HONOR THE MTROXUEMT BOND.
Two centuries ago it was thought an
insult in the Highlands of Scotland to
ask a note from a debtor. It was con
sidered the same as saying, "I doubt
your honor." If parties hadsmall busi
ness matters to transact together, they
stepped out into open air, fixed their
eyes upon the heavens and each re
peated his obligation with no mortal
witness. \ mark was then carved in
some rock or tree near by to be a re
membrance of the compact. Such a
thing as a breach of contract, we are
told, was then very rarely met with, so
highly did the people regard their
honor, and so truly did they fear Him
beneath whose eye they performed such
acts.
When the march of improvement
brought the new mode of doing business,
they were often painted by these inno
vations. An anecdote is handed down
of a farmer who had been to the Low
lands and learned worldly wisdom. On
returning to the native parish he had
need of a sum of money, and made bold
to ask a loan of a gentleman of means,
named Stewart. This was cheerfully
granted, and Mr. Stewart counted ont
the gold on his library table. This
done, the farmer took a pen and wrote
ar* ceipt, and offered it to the gentle
man.
"What is this, man ?" cried Mr.
Stewart, sternly eyeing the slip of paper.
"It is a receipt, sir, binding me to
give ye back yer gold at the right time,"
replied Sandy.
"Bindingyet Well, my man, if ye
canna trust yerse/f I'm sure I'll na trust
ye! Ye canna ha' my gold !" and gath
ering it up, he put it back in his desk
and turned his key on it.
"ttut, sir, I might die," replied the
canny Scotchman, bringing upan argu
ment in favor of his new wisdom, "and
my sons might refuse it to ye. But this
bit o' paper wad compel them."
"Compel them to sustain a dead fa
ther's honor!" cried the high minded
Scot. "They'll need compelling to do
right if this is the road yer leading
them, I'll neither trust ye nor them.
Ye can gang elsewhere for money! But
ye'll find none in this parish that'll put
more faith in a bit o' paper than in a
neighbor's word o' honor and his fear
o' God!"
A PROUD MAN'S BONES.—Of all the
farces which disfigure the human soul,
not one is more foolish than pride. Its
folly was practically illustrated by that
surly old cynic, Diogenes, who, while
examining a heap of bones, was accos
ted by Alexander the Great.
"What are you looking for?" asked
the proud monarch.
"For the bones of your father, but I
cannot distinguish them from those of
his slaves," replied the philosopher.
If the cynic was rude he was also
right.—ln the end the king and the
slaves are alike. As both come alike
naked into the world, so both leave it
alike naked. Both come and go with
nothing. How foolish then fortheone
to lord it over the otherduring the brief
interval between the cradle and the
grave! The proudest man on earth is
only dust.—Why should he despise his
fellows who are made of the same ma
terial, and are inheritors of the same
destiny? Consider this, O proud
heart, arid take lessons in the school
of Christ, who was meek and lowly in
heart.
HAVANESECUSTOMS.—A letter from
Havana says: "The ladies here do not
wear anything on their heads. You
think at home that our ladies wear next
to nothing, but the bonnet worn by our
party attracted such attention, because
there was anything at all worn, that the
ladies feel it a great annoyance to be
stared at, and have taken the veil,
which is all that is worn. The Hava
na ladies do not come out till evening,
and then come out in their carriages to
the plaza or on the drives, to hear the
music. The children seem growing
up about the street, like weeds by the
wayside, uncared for and but little ob
served. We noticed them from six
months to six years old as naked as
when they came into the world. This
is among the lower classes, but you can
see them at any time of the day on
most all of the streets of this city, or
standing in the doors and windows.—
The nativesseem tosmoke all the time.
They come into the dinning-rooms for
breakfast, and the first thing after they
sit down to the table is to take out a ci
gar, light it, order the breakfast, smoke
and eat. You will often see at our first
class hotels from twenty to thirty men
sitting at the table smoking, while, la
dies are sitting at the same table. I
find that Americans pick up the habit
quite readily."
DARK HOURS.—TO every man there
are many dark hours when he feels in
clined to abandon the best enterprise,
hours when his heart's dearest hopes
appear delusive; hours when he feels
himself unequal to the burden, when
all his aspirations seem worthless. Let
no one think that he alone has dark
hours. They are the touchstone to
try whether we are current coin or
not.
RECENTLY, in St. Louis, a crowd had
gathered on a corner, and an excited
individual, panting with heat, rushed
up to the scene, exclaiming, "What's
the matter?" Only a man killed, was
the reply. "Oh ! is that all? I thought
it was a dog fight."
KIXDXEM TO ACTUALS.
Professor Youatt gives the following
interesting fact in one of his valuable
works: "A horse in the depot at
Woolwich liad proved so unmanagable
to the rough-riders, that at length no
one among them durst even mount
him. His mode of throwing or dis
mounting his rider consisted in lying
down aud rolling over him, or else
crushing his leg against some wall, or
post, or paling. All means to break
him of these perilous tricks proving
unavailing, the animal was brought be
fore the commanding officer with the
character of being "incurably vicious,"
and with a recommendation, on that
account, that he should be sold. Col
onel Quest, hearing of this and know
ing the horse to be thoroughly bred and
one of the best-actioned and cleverest
horses in the regiment, besought the
commanding officer to permit him to
be transfered into the riding troops.—
This was consented to, and the transfer
was no sooner accomplished than Col
onel Quest determined to pursue a
system of management directly op
posite to that which had been already
attempted. He had him led daily in
to the riding school, suffered no whips
even to be shown to him while there,
but petted him and tried to make him
execute this and the other manoeuver,
and as often as he proved obedient re
warded him with a handful of corn, or
beans, or a piece of bread, with which
bribes his pockets were invariably well
supplied. In this manner, aud in no
great distance of time, the rebel was
not only subdued and tamed, but ren
dered so perfectly quiet that a little
child could ride him. He became, at
length, taught to kneel down while his
rider mounted, and to perform several
evolutionsand dances and tricks in the
menage , which no other horse in the
school could be brought to do. In tine,
so great a favorite did he become, that
his master gave him the appellation of
The Darling."
HOYS OX THE FA KM.
The time was when boys were consid
ered of but trifling account upon the
farm. They answered to run on er
rands and to do the light "chores" a
bout the houseand barn. To keep them
out of mischief when not attending
school they possibly did some service
astride the horses to mark out corn
ground, and cultivate the corn and po
tatoes. But if ambitious to join the
men in the field or elsewhere, they
were equipped with the most worthless
cast-aside tools, such as rusty hoes,
worn out scythes, old fashioned
forks, used up shovels, dull axes,
battered hammers, unfiled saws,
and so on through the whole catalogue
of farm implements. They grew wea
ry using them and so would men have
done accomplishing only the same a
mount of labor. It would not be
strange if such treatment first planted
dissatisfaction in the heart of many a
farmer's boy, which finally ripened in
to utter disgust, the seeking of employ
ment behind the counter of the village
store, or perhaps, in something less
honorable, which in the end resulted
in iniquity and ruin.
We have faith in the farm boys of this
day and generation. The nation owes
them its sencere gratitude. They are
' deserving of all the benefits that shall
result to them from the new Industrial
Schools that are about being establshed.
Their early life is a preparatory school
that will teach them to appreciate the
benefits and blessingsthat theagrieultu
ral colleges are intended to dispense.
Honor, encourage and care for the boys
of farm agriculture.
KEEPING FARM AccouNTs.-Letany
farmer try the experiment, and he will
find it as interesting as it is useful, and
both interesting and useful to know
from year to year the actual produce of
his farm. Let everything, therefore,
that can be measured and weighed, be
measured and weighed; and let that
which cannot be brought to a correct
standard, be estimated as if he himself
were about to sell or purchase it. Let
him, likewise, as near as possible, meas
ure the ground on which he plants, the
quantity of seed that he uses, and the
manure that he applies. The labor of
doing this is nothing compared with
the satisfaction of having done it, and
the benefits which must arise from it.
Conjectures in these cases is perfectly
wild and uncertain, varying often, with
different individuals, almost a hundred
per cent. Exactness enables a man to
form conclusion which may most es
sentially, and in innumerable ways,
avail to his advantage. It is that alone
wliich can give any value to his experi
ence; it is that which will make his ex
perience the sure basis of improvement;
it will put it in his power to give safe
counsels to his friends, and it is the only
ground on which he can securely place
confidence in himself.
DANIEL AND EZEKIEL WEBSTER.—
A Boscawen farmer came many years
ago into the office of the Statesman and
illustrated the difference between the
economic habits of the brothers Web
ster in the following way: Ezekiei, he
said, having a cord of wood at his of
fice door, would say to a laboring man,
"Mr. Jones, there is a cord of wood to
be sawed twice, split, and carried up
stairs. What will you doit for?" One
dollar," replies Jones. "But, my dear
man, you can complete the job by the
middle of the afternoon, and you do
not pretend to ask more than a dollar a
day. Come, say seventy-five cents,
and the money is yours." Jones yields
and does the job.
"Daniel," he continued, having a
cord of wood to be served in the same
way, calls the first man who comes
along, and says, "I wish you would
properly prepare that wood for my
stove, and take it up stairs.' > WJ 10 "
the work is done the laborer is asked
what is to pay and says, ''One dollar,
sir." One dollar!" says Mr. Webster,
"why man, you can't afford to work
so cheap as that; here is a dollar and a
half, and call again when you see a load
of wood at my office door." -A ew Hamp
shire Statesman.