BY DAVID OVER.
soi tit}.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
THE UNION.
BY DAVID BATES.
"It must and shall be preserved." — JACKSON.
What! rend this glorious federal arch,
O'er which our proud flag is unfurled,
And crush the hopes, and chain the march
Of freedom to a fettered world?
The wretch who seeks to rend in twain
This Union that our father's gave,
Shall, living, bear tbe curse of Cain,
And, dying, fill a traitor's grave.
Wbere is the man who drew his breath
In this fair temple God has made,
W ho dares to die the living death
Of treason, by his act betrayed.
Stand forth, and let the world behold
Another Arnold basely born,
With lust for power ana thirst for'gold,
And bear a nation's curse and scotn.
The Union's safe. Ye need not fear
The words from babbling tongues distilled
Will check her in her proud career,
Till her grand mission is fulfilled.
MA* GOD SAVE THE UNION.
BY REV. G< DOUGLAS BREWERTON.
"Liberty and Unton, now and forever, one and in
operable!"— WKBSTFU.
Ara—"Star Spangled Banner."
May God save tbe Union! God grant it may stand,
Tbo pride of our people,—the boast of our laud
Still, still, mid the storm may our banner Boat fret
Unreut and unriven o'er eartb and o'er sea.
May God save the Union! Wo trust in its might!
In the time of the tempest, in fear and in flight,
We'll fall not, we'll faint not, if still in the sky
We can see all the stars in the azure fields fly!
May God save the Union! The red, white and blue, i
Keep our States stilt united tbe dreary day through.
Lei the stars tell the tale of the glorious past,
And hind us in Union, forever to last.
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May God save the Union! Still, still, may it stand,
Jpli'dd tiy the prayers of the patriot band!
I'D et merit it, our fathers ensanguined the sod— j
'o keep it, we kueel to a merciful God.
Rough Beginning! of a Honeymoon.
Several weeks ago, an athletic young farmer ;
n the town of Wayuesburg took a fair girl, j
'all bathed it> blushes," from her parents, and !
tarted for tbe first town across the Penusjl
anta line to be married, where tbe ceremony
ould be performed without a license. Tbe
appy pair were aecouipauiod by a sister of the
irl, a tall, gaunt and sharp-featured female
f some thirty-seven summers. The pair cros
ed the line, were married, and returned to
Vellsviile to pass the night. People at the
otel where tbe weddiog party stopped, observ
d that that they conducted themselves in a
aihcr singular manner. Tbe husband would
ake his sister-in-law, the tall female afore
aid, into one corner of the parlor aud talk
arncstly to her, gesticulatiug wildly the
while. Then tbe tall female would put her
oot down, and talk to him in an angry and ex
i'ed manner. Then the husbaud would take
.is fair young bride into a corner, but be o>uld
.0 sooner commence talking to bor, thau tbe
■aunt s;ster would rush iu between tbctu and
iin iu tbe conversation. The people
it. the hotel ascertained what all this meant
t.out 9 ..'clock that evening. There wss an
iproar in tbe room which bad been assigned to
he newly married couple. Female shrieks
nJ mescaline 'swears' startled tbe people at
he hotel, and they rushed to tbe spot. The
aunt female was pressing and kicking against
be door of the room, and the newly married
nnu, mostly undressed, was barring tier out
',tb all his might. Occasionally sho would
riek the door far enough open to disclose the i
italwart husband in bis gentleman Greek Slave j
ipparel. It appeared that the tall female in- ;
isted upot> occupying tbe same room witb the
lewly wedded pair, that her sister was favora- 1
.ly disposed to the arrangement, and that tbe i
iushacd had agreed to it before tbo wedding 1
ook place, and was uow indignantly repudia- j
ing tba contract.
•Won't you go away uow, Susan, peaceful?' j
said tbe bridegroom, softening bia voice.
'No,' said Abe, 'I won't—so there !'
'Don't you budge an inch" cried tbe mar- 1
tied sister from within.
•Now—now, Maria,' said tbo young roan to
his wife, in a piteous tone,' 'dou't go for to
cuttin' up in this way—now do not.'
'l'll cut up'a much as I wanter!' abe sharp- j
lp replied.
'Well,' roared tbe desperate man, throwing
the door wide open and stalking out amongst
the crowd, 'well, jest you two wimmen put on j
your duds and go right straight bouie and j
bring bank tbe old man and woman, and your i
grandfather, who is nigh onto a hundred; |
Bring 'em all here, and I'll marry the whole !
d—d caboodle oj 'cm, and unfit all sleep to- i
gtlfitr r
The difficulty was finally adjusted by the j
bill female taking a room alone. Wollsvillej
is enjoying itself over tbe 'sensation.' '
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &e., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
LYMAN BEGfHER'S COURTSHIP.
Ao eminent divine, who is as well known as
be is universally respected, many years since
wa9 led to the conclusion that 'it is not well
for man to be alone.' After considerable pon
dering, be resolved to offer himself in marriage
to a certain member of bis fiock. No sooner
was the plan formed than it was put iuto prac
tice, and gottiug out bis cane, he speedily
reached tbe dwelling of his mistress.
It chanced to be on Monday morning, a day
which many New iiugland readers need uot be
! told is better kuown as washing day.
Unconscious of tbe honor that was intended
her, tbe lady was standing behind a tub in tbe
back kitchen, with her arms immersed in the
suds, busily engaged in an occupation which,
to say tbe least of it, was more useful than
romantic.
There was a knock at tbe door.
'Jane, go to tbe door, and if it is anybody
to see me, tell them I am engaged, and cannot
see them.'
The message was faithfully rehearsed.
'Tell your mistress that it is very important
that 1 should see her.'
'Tell him to call this afternoon, 1 said tbe
lady.
But it was unavailing.
'1 must see ber now,' said t'uc minister, 'toll
me where sbe is. 1
So saying, he followed tbe servant into tbe
kitchen, to the great surprise of ber mistress.
'Miss , I have come to tbe conclusion
to marry; will you have me?' wasthemiuister'a
opening t-peeeh.
'Have you!' replied the astonished lady.—
'ThiH ta a singular time to offer yourself. —
Such an important step should be uiado a sub
ject of prayer aud deliberation.'
'Let ns pray,' was Mr. B.'s only response,
as be kuelt down besido tbe tub and prayed
that a union would be formed which would en
hance the happiuess of botb parties. His
prayer was answered, and from this union, thus
singularly formed, has sprung a family re
markable for tsleut and piety.
PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN.
To understand the philosophy of this beau
tiful and often sublime pheuomonon, so often i
witnessed rince tbe creation, and essential to 1
tho very existence of animals, a fow fact-, de
rived from observations, must be remembered :
1. Were the atroo pbere everywhere, and
at all times, at uniform temperature, we
thould never have rain, or bail, or enow,
'iha water abirbed by it in evaporation
from tbe sea aud from the earth's surface,
would descend in au imperceptible vapor, or
: cease to be absorbed by tbe air when onoe ful
' ly saturated.
2. The absorbing power of tbe atmosphere,
aDd consequently its capability to retain the
humidity, proportionately greater iu cold than
warm air.
3. Tbe air near the surface of the earth is
i warmer tbao it is in the region of tho clouds.
: The higher we ascend from the earth, the cooL
ierdo we find tbe atmosphere. Hence the per
! petual snow on tbe very high mountains in the
hottest climates. Now, when by continual
evaporation tbe air is besvily saturated with
vapor, though it be invisible and the sky cloud
less, if its temperature be suddenly reduced
by cold currents of air rushing from above, or
Irotn a higher to a lower latitude, its capacity
to retain moisture is dismissed, cloud" are
formed, and the result is rain. Air condenses
as it cools, and like a sponge filled with wuter
and compressed, pours out the water which its
diminished capacity cannot hold.
How singular, yet how simple, tbe philoso
phy of rain ! What but Omntscicnco could
have devised sucb an admirable arrangement
for watering th# eartb.
Thanksgiving Proclamations, though always
pleasant to contemplate, are usually formal in
text. That of Governor Banks, of Massachu
setts, however, is really fresh and original of
its kind. Mark the oadecce of the litany,
wbiob rises snd falls in every scntenoe:
For the favored positiou which separates our
beloved couutry from the political complica
tions that torture other nations, and secures to
us well regulated liberty aad universal peaee:
For tbe preservation of the States united;
For tbe public health and prosperity;
For tbo rich harvests of tbe year;
For tbe privileges of general eduoation;
For tbo capacity and hope of future im
provement.
) And the never-failing consolations of Chris
| tian faith;
Let us remember, in every aot of thanks
giving for cur iuappreoiabie privileges, the op
! portuuities tbat are offered,
For tbe relief of those in want;
The succor of the oppressed;
Tbe consolation of tbe afflicted;
The comfort of the imprisoned;
Tbe encouragement of sucb as are east
i down.
And the recognition of all meu of whatever
caste, oondttion or clime, as children of a com
mon Father, and subjects of one universal and
: incomprehensible destiny.
A Wisconsin paper,describing a farm which
; tbe advertiser wants to sell, adds :
"Tbo surrounding couutry is the most beau
tiful the God of nature ever made. The
I scenery is celestial—divine ; also two wagons
; to sell, and a yoke of steers."
SwiDgiDg is said by the doctors to be a good
exeroise for the health, but many a poor wietch
I bas come to bis death by it.
An irritablo man is somewhat like a hedge.
| hog rolled up the wrong way, and pierced by
' bis own prickles.
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2-3, 1860.
A MODEL WORSHIPPER.
"Tell me about the sermon dear;
Take oft" your shawl and hat,
And come and ait beside me here;
The text firat—where was that?
"Well, really, Aunty, I don't know,
I have forgotten quite;
I wish you could see Jane Monroe,
She dresses like a fright!
"Miss Lyman wore a splendid shawl,
With that old horrid bonuet,
The very one she wore last fall,
With that old trimming on it.
"But Mrs. Deacon Jones had on
Oae of the richest collars
I ever saw. and her new dress
Must have cost fifty dollars.
"Strange what extravagance and waste
Some people always show!
Then Hattie Bell, what want of taste
She dresoes with you know."
The audience you remember, dear,
If you do not the sermon;
Which preacher do you like to hear,
This one, or Mr. Herman?
I
"Oh, I like Mr. Herman, for
He's handsome, aunt, you know;
Then he's so graceful, and his teeth
How splendidly they show?"
AM EPISODE AT THE BATTLE OF
VOLTERIO.
THE DARING AND DANGERS OF GARIBALDI.
A correspondent of the Journal des Dtbats
says :
"The most brilliant episode of tlrt action of
the Ist of October was the re-capture of tbe
battery at tbe fool of Mont San-Angeio.—
When I left Santa Maria, 1 knew that this
battery bad been very uiuuh disabled in tbe
morning. Garribaldi arrived at nine o'clock,
when the enemy was thunderiug at it with all
his strength because it took biui in flank, and
was causing him severe loss. The triple bat
tery courageously resisted tbe attack, and
never slackened fire, when all at once the one
situated at the foot of tbe bill became silent.
The royalists, to tbe number of 2,500, got
round! tbe bill, rushed upon tbe guns spiked
Ave of them, ana killed several of their men
at the pieces. Garibaldi, on the San-Tamuiaro
side, 800a observod tbe silenco of his favorite
battery, aDd aid-de-camp from General Miiwitz
soon tuformed him of the disaster, which would
probably bavo lost biui the battle. Garibaldi
at once started off, crossed Santa Maria, fol
lowed by Medici and bis stuff, aud collecting
what men be could, cried out in a voice that
caused all to shudder, '-Wo are going to die,
but tbe Italians must win the day ; at all other
points we have conquered.Followod by 100
men, at & rapid pace, Garibaldi, leading the
way in a small disabled carriage, went right
forward. But justaa they got near the Oasiuo
of San Angelo, some Neapolitan Chasseurs who
were lying on the grouod rose and fell upou
them. The coachman drove his horses into a
ditch, and formed a barricade of the carriage.
Garibaldi jumped up, iudignant, aud went up
to the Chasseurs, shouting "Viva Italia'"—
Some of bis meu coming up at tbe saute time,
the enemy beoaiuo demoralized, took to flight.
Garibaldi was slightly wounded in tbe stomach,
and his trowsera were riddled by two or three
bullets. "If 1 only bad another pair, 1 ' he said,
and without further remark be continued bis
march towards a battalliou-of 150 Hungarians,
commanded by General Mogyorady. He
poiuted to the Neapolitans who were in pos
sesion of the battery, aud cried out to them,
"Forward, my lads, disperse that rabble yon
der for me!" This "rabble" consisted of a
regiment of tbe line, a squadron of oivalry, a
company of Chasseuia, aud company of artil
lery. Tbe Hungarians, without waiting to
couot tbe numbers of the adversary, rushed
forward and obarged with tbe bayouot. After
a contest of twenty minutes, tbo battery was
retaken, and onoe more it poured its storui of
grape on the Neapolitan troops, wbo fled in
coufusion across the fields. The Hungarians,
in this encounter, had thirty men put kort de
combat , the Neapolitans about two hundred.—
Garibaldi did uot watt to dress his wound, but
borried elsewhere. The day, however, was
uow won.
Waterloo the day after the Battle.
Ou a surface of two square miles, it was as
certained that fifty tbousaud men and horses
were lying ? The luxurious crop of ripe grain
wbioh had oovered tbe field of battle, was re
duced to litter, and beaten iuto tbe eartb ;
and tba surface trodden down by tbe oavalry,
and furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels,
strewed witb many a relic of the figbt. Hel
mets and cuirasses, fthattered firearms and
broken awords; all the variety of military
ornaments, lancer caps and Highland bonnets ;
uniforms of every color, plume and peoon ;
musical instruments, tbe apparatus of artillery,
drums, bugles, but, good God ! wby dwell on
the harrowing picture of a foughten field ?
Each and every ruinous display bore mute
testimony to tbe misery of sucb a battle. "
• • • * Could tbe rnel
ancbully appearance of this soene of death be
brightened, it would be by witnessing tbe re
searches of the living, amid its desolation, for
tbe objects of their love. Mothers, and wives,
aud children, for days were occupied in tbat
mournful duty j and tho confusion of the
corpses— friend and foe intermingled, as they
were often rendered tbe attempt at recognizing
individuals difficult, and io some cases im
possible.
Io many places tbe dead lay four deep upon
each other, marking tho spot some British
square bad oooupied, exposed for hours to tbe
murderous fire of a Freuob Batterry- Out-
side, laaoer and enrrassier wero scattered
thickly on tbe earth. Madly attempting to
force tbe serried bayonets of tbe British, they
bad fallen in the bootless essay by the musk
etry of tbe inner files. Further on, you trace
the spot where the cavalry of Frauoe and
England had enocautered; chasseur and hussar
were intermingled ; and the heavy Norman
horses of the imperial Guard were interspers
ed with gray ohargers which had carried Al
bou'a chivalry. Here the Highlander and
traiiuer lay, side by side, together; and the
heavy dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon
bis helmet, was grappling in death witb the
Polish lancer. * * * On tbe
summit of tbe ridge, wbere tbe ground was
cumbered with dead, and trodden fetlook deep
in mud aud gore by the frequent rush of rival
cavalry, the tbiok-strewn oorpses of the Impe
rial Guard poiuted eut tbe spot where Napole
ou bad been defeated. Here, in column tbat
favored corps, on whom bis last obauces rested,
had becu annihilated, and the advance and
repulse of tbe Guard was traceable by a mass
of fallen Frenchmen, in tbe hollow below,
tbe last struggle of France bad been vainly
made; for there tbe Old Guard attempted to
meet tbe British, and afford time to tbeir dis
organized companions to rally.
SMuethlng about Burning Moun
tains.
Geological theorists assert that the inequal
ities on the earth's surface arise from tbe up
lifting of volcanoes, earthquakes, etc. But
minute seams iu sandstone formattou indicate
that tbe whole is tbe effect of despoaitious and
precipitations while in tbe submersion by tbe
sea, aad the advauoe and retreat during peri
helion periods we have aqueous sgeuoy requir
ed for the precipitation.
About two huudred active volcanoes are
reported, of wbich eighty cine are in tbe
Islands. Submarine volcanoes often throw up
isiauds. The Azores, tbe Lipari, tbe Canaries,
etc., are examples.
The ashes from volcanoes often produoe
total darkness from thirty to fifty miles around,
aud are thrown three hundred miles distant. —
Pieces of rook are ejected with the foroe of a
Cttuuon ball. Cotopaxi once threw a piece, of
oue hundred cubic yards, eight miles. Fish
ejected from voloauoea are those of neighbor
ing waters.
Lava is a stony substance like basalt, and
may sometimes be seen at tbe bottom of a
crater, ted but, like melted iron, bubbling like
a fountain. When it overflows the crater it is
very fluid. At Vesuvius, a red hot curreut of
it was from eight to ten yards deep, two or
three hundred yards broad, and nearly a mile
long.
la Mexico, a plain was filled up with it iuto
a mouutaiu oue thousand six hundred feet high
by an eruption in 1759. Its li3at was so great
tbat it coDtiuued to smoke for twenty years
afterwards, and a piece of wood took fire
three years and a half after it had been eject
ed, at five miles from the crater.
Stones of itmneuse size rise to the height of
seven thousand feet, and others, darkening the
air, fall one hundred miles distant.
Thirty one great eruptions of /Etna have
occurred within the record of history. Iu an
eruption iu 1693, the city of Catauia was
overturned in a moment, aud 18,000 people
perished iu tbe ruins. The crater of ./Etna is
a quarter of a mile high, ou a plain three tuiie
acros. Tbe mouth is a milo iu diameter, and
shelves cone, lined witb salts and su Ipber.
Tbe central fiery gulf varies in size, and
noises arise from it, witb volumes of smoke.
D'Orviiie descended by ropes near tbe gulf,
but was annoyed by flames and sulphurous
effluvia. Pouipeii was destroyed by a shower
of ashes, aud llereulaueum by hot mud over
which six streams of lava have sinoe accumu
lated. They bail recently beeo destroyed by
au earthquake, aud were rebuilding. In the
barracks of Pompeii wera found the skeletons
of two soldiers fastened by cbaius; aud in tbe
vault of a country bouse was a perfect cast of
a wouiau witb a child in ber arms.
Tin a Fearful Thing to Live.
We frequently bear persons remark that it
is a fearful thing to die; but seldom do we
bear tbetu say 'tis a fearful thing to live. It
may be a fearful to die (certainly a soiernn
one,) but to me i: seems more solemn, more
fearful, to live. Tbat is a solemn hour when
we g#xe upon tho pnlid check of a loved and
dying ouo—when we feel tbe last pressure of
those lips upon ours—when tbe last farewell
is faintly whispered—and to the dying one it
may be solemn to leave eartb and its loved
objects, aud|to enter the "diend unknown ;"
but surely ouc need not tear to die wbo has
thought, spoken aud aoted in the fear of God,
framing all bis actions with tbt great day in
viow, when all decisions must remain as they
are made ; when every secret shall be revealed,
all mysteries solved, nothiog oouoealed. 'Io
one who has thus lived, dying can only be like
-Wrapping the drapery of his couch about him,
And lying down to pleasant dreams."
But Life ! O, Life ! what is it to live ?
Not merely to eat, drink and sleep— it is to
love, to rejoice, to mourn, to feel tbe keenest
sorrows, to know tbe greatest pleasures.
"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not
breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial."
Man dies, but bis influcnoe lives ; It ceases
not with tbe pulsations of bis heart, but shall
live and be felt eveu when bo is forgotten.—
This makes it a solemn, yes, a fearful thing to
live. O, wbo does not shudder at the thought
of exertiDg an influence wbioh shall tell favora
bly upon an undyiug soul through all eternity ?
Prof. Hitohoook, in bis obaptor on tbe
"Telegraph System of the Universe," intro
duces the remarkable theory that our words,
our actions, even our very thoughts, tnake au
indelible impression upon the Universe ; tbat
"not a word has ever escaped from mortal lips,
but it is registered indelibly upon the atmos
phere we breathe." Whether this bo true or
not, it is certain that we all have an influence,
and that this influence is continually exerted
for good or ill upon all around us. Knowing
this, bow cautiously should we tread life's
path way ; ever keeping sentinel at the door
of our miutl, tbat no evil thought enter, and at
our moutb, that no evil word go out.— Moore's
Rural JVew Yorker.
THE YOUNG WIDOW.
She is modest, but not bashful;
Free and easy, but not bold,
Like an apple—ripe and mellow.
Not too young, and not too old,
Half inviting, half repulsive,
Now advancing, and now shy.
There is mischief in her dimple.
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;
She is schooled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma
As mistress of all hearts;
She can tell the vety moment
When to sigh and when to smile;
O, a maid is something charming,
But the widow all the while!
Are you sad? how very serious
Will her handsome lace become;
Are you angry? she ia wretched,
Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb;
Are you mirthful? fcow her laughter.
Silver sounding, will ring out,
She can lure, and catch and play out,
As the angler does the trout.
You old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bald and wise,
Young Americans of twenty
With the love look in their eyes,
You may practice all your lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But 1 know a little widow
Who could win and fool you all.
COUNSEL TO THE YOUNG.
Never be cast down at trifles. If a spider
breaks bis web twenty times, twenty times will
he mend it. Make up your minds to do a
thing and you will do it. Fear not if trouble
comes upon you; keep up your spirits, though
the day may be a dark one—
Trouble# never last forever,
The darkest day will pass away.
If tbe sun is going down, look at tbe stars;
if tbe eartb is dark, keep your eyes on beaten.
Witb God's presence and God's promise a
man or child may be cheerful.
Never des/iair, when fog's iu the air,
A sunshiny morning will come without warning.
Mind what you run alter. Never be con
tent with a bubble that will burst, or fire that
will end in smoke and darkness, but tbat nbicb
you can keep, and wbioh is worth keeping.
Something startling that will stay,
When gold and silver fly away.
Figbt hard against a hasty temper. Anger j
wiil come. but resist it strongly. A spark j
may set a bouse oo fire. A fit of passioa may
give you oau*e to mouru all the days of your
life. Never revenge an injury.
He that revengeth knows not rest;
The meek possess a peaceful breast.
If you bave an enemy, act kindly to bim,
and make him your friend. You may uot win
him over at once, but try again. Let one
kindness be followed by another, till you havo
compassed your end. By little and little
great things are completed.
Water falling day by day,
Wears the hardest rock away.
And so repeated kiudnesses will soften a heart
of stone.
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy
tbat is whipped at school never learns bis les
sons well. A man tbat is compelled to work
cares uot bow badly it is performed. He wbo
pulls off bis coat cheerfully, strips up bis
sleeves in earnest, and sings while be works, is
tbe man for me.
A cheerful spirit gets ou quick,
A grumbler iu the mud will stick.
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions
aDd tigers, for we oan get out of the way of
wild beasts—but bad thoughts wiu their day
everywhere. Keep your heads and hearts full
of good thoughts, tlmt bad thoughts may not
find room.
Be on your guard, and strive and pray,
To drive all evil thoughts away.
As a weary traveler was wending his way
through the mud iu a far west region of tbe
country, be disoovered a young girl seated in
the front door of a small log house. He rode
up and asked ber for a drink of water. He
drank it, and she being tbe first female he had
seen for several days, offered her a dime for a
kiss. Tbe girl accepted tbe offer, and receiv
ed both tbe kiss and the dime. The traveler
was about to resume bis journey, but the girl,
never before having seen a dime, asked—
•What am I to do witb tbe dime? 1
'You may use it in any way you wish,' be
replied.'
'lt that's tbe case,' said she, 'l'll give you
back tbe dime, and take another kiss.'
NEGRO SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.—In New
York there was a proposition to amend tbe
Constitution so as to give negroes tbe right to
vote. , This proposition was voted upon at tbe
election on Tuesday, and wis defeated by ■
large majority.
A little fallow, four years old, tbe other day
nooplussed bis mother by makiug the follow
ing inquiry:
'Mother, if a man is a Mister, ain't a woman
a Mister-y?'
Give to grief a little time, and it softens to
a regret, and grows beautiful at last; aud we
oherish it as we do some old, dim picture ef
the dead.
VOL. 33, NO. 47.
Igrirnlturnl.
Farmer's Boys.
The following article, which we find in the
Valley Farmer, a Western Agricultural peri
odical, we cvimuend to the attention of every
farmer's boy. Parents should, also, point it out
to their sons, and if necessary read it to them
carefully, and then hand the article over to
tbein, without comment, unless the remarks be
of a mild, pleasing nature:
'•ID the wild world there is no uiore impor
tant thing than farmer's boys. They are not
so important for what they aie as tor what they
will be. At present they are of but little con
sequence too often. But farmers' boys always
have been and we presume always will be tho
material out ot which the noblest men are
made. They have health and strength, they
have bone and muscle, they have heart and will;
tbey have nerve and patience; they have arnbU
tion and endurance; and these are the materials
that make men. Not buckrams and broadcloth,
and patent leather and beaver fur, and kid
gloves and watch seals, are the materials of
which men are made. It takes better stuff to
make a man. It is not fat and flesh and swag
ger and self-conceit; nor yet smartness, nor
flippancy, nor foppery, nor fastness. These
make fools, but not mem. nut men sueh as the
world want, nor such as it will booor and bless.
It is not long hair, nor much beard, nor a cane,
nor a pipe, nor a cigar, nor a quid of tobacco,
nor an oath, nor a glass of beer or brandy, nor
a dog and gun, nor a pack of cards, nor a nov
el, nor a vulgar book of love and murder, nor
a tale of adventures, that makes a man or has
anything to do with making a man. Farmers'
boys ought to keep clear of all these idle, fool
ish things. They should be employed with
nobler objects. Tbey have yet to be men of
the cloar grit; honest, iutellegent, industrious*
ambitious men who shall love their country and
their kind. With the means they possess how
easy for them to bo in faot the first class men.
Tbey have land and stock and tools; they bare
health and time and mind; they bare schools
and papers; they have books and perseveranoe
and the heart iu>d band for work. More than
this they need Dot. Let them awake and work
and read and study. It is not *1! work: nor
yet all study, that will make them men of the
right stamp. They must work intelligently
and study, with an earnest purpose of being
benefitted, and then tbey will becorno what they
ought to be, the real men of the world.
FEEDING HENS IN WINTER— The value of
warm food, and a variety of kinds for hens, has
often been reiterated, but the following record
of experience is furnished the Am. Agricultur
ist by a correspondent;
"I base twenty-eigbt chiokens, large and
small, several of them fall chiokens. 1 obtain
ed but a few eggs the fore part of the winter
—net more than one or two a day. The feed
was corn and oats. In January I tried the
experiment of hot feed one# a day, in the morn
ing. As soon as the firo was started in the
cook-stove, I put a quart or so of small pota
toes in an old dripping pan, and set them in the
oven. After breakfast I took a quart or more
of wheat and buckwheat bran, mixed, put it in
the swill pail, and mixed into thin raush with
boiling water, then added about one quart of
live coals from the stove, aod put in the pota
toes hot from the oven, addiog all the egg shells
on band, and sometimes a little salt and sulphur.
These mashed together are fed immediately in
a trough prepared for the purpose, made about
ten feet long, of two boards six inches wide,
nailed together, and two short pieces nailed en
the ends, with a narrow strip nailed lengthwise
on the top. and two bearers under. The object
of this was to keep the hens out of the trough,
and leave room on each side of the narrow
strip. At noon I fed six ears of oorn out up
in piecos an inch long; and in tho eveniug oats
and wheat screenings about a quart. Now for
the result. In abont a week the number of
eggs increased six fold, in about two weeks,
aod aiuoe, they have ranged from twelve to
twenty eggs per day. The coldest weather made
no difference. When it was cold and stormy j
kept them in the hen-house all day. aud gener
ally until 10 or 12 o'clock, touch singing over
the corn at noon I never heard from hens before
—a concert of musio that would have done any
lover of eggs good to hoar."
The Chinese picture of ambition is a Manda
rin trjiog to catob a cornet by putting salt on'
• its tail.