BY DAVID OVER. |5 0 tlltj. UIXEf'S USD. Away down south in de tlelds ob cotton, Cinnamon seed and sandy bottoms, Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Den 'way down south in ds fields ob cotton, Vinegar shoes and paper stockings, Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Din I wish I was in Dixey's land. Oh-ob, oh-ob. In Dixey's land I'll take my stand, And live and die in Dixey's land. Away, away, away, Away down south in Dixey. Pork aud cabbage in de pot, It goes in cold aud comes out hot. Look away, look away, Look away, look away, Vinegar put right on red beet, It makes dcni always fit to eat. Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Den I wish I was in Dixey's land, Oh-oh, oh-ob, In Dixey's land I'll take my And live and die in Dixey's land. Away, uway, away, Away down south in Dixey. t)lil irmssa and I am glad, He's lost de one be thought be bad; Look away, look away, Look away, look away. If he comes back, which I know he'll do, JtLisaa make him dance till lie is blue. Look away, look away, - - Look away, look tway Den I wish I was iu Dixey's land, Oh-oh, oh-oh, In Dixey's land I'll take my stand And live and die r Dixey's land. Away, away, away, Away down south in Dixey A mgger up in a groat big tree, Looking right strate down at me, Look away, look away, Look away, look away, I u,> wid a stick and I hit him iu the eye, And I made dis little monkey cry. Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Den I wish I wasdn Dixey's land, Oh-oh, oh-oh, In Dixey's land I'll take my stand And live and die iu Dixey's land. Away, away, away, Away dowu south in Dixey. A nigger in a bushel measure, Was tickl'd to death by swallowin' a feather. Look away, look away, Look away, look away. De doctor tried to fotch hiin to, But he found out it warn't no go. Look away, look away, Look away, look away. Den I wish I was iu Dixey's land, Oh-oh, ob-oh. ID Dixey's land I'll take my stand* And live and die in Dixey's land. Away, away, away, Away down south in Dixey. HOW THEY FALL. It is seldom that a young man seta out iu life with tbe determination of living viuiously. flis intentions are correct enough, but he is weak. He mingles with men older tbau him self, with whom it is gratifying to his vanity to associate. He finds among tbem habits of tboughr, expression, and action, which in bis very soul he ioatba ; hut he is weak—how oan bo resist the evil ? Nay, how oan he avoid taking part in it, uuless tie wishes tc make himself appear singular, and becomes tbe subject of his companions' ridicule I Bv de grees the unfeeling or obscene conversation of his companions becomes less disgusting aod more palatable, still at length, words that at first would have his cheek tingle with shame or stung his conscience with remorse, becomo the woof of bis couversatiou. The licentious tbe coarse expression, the blasphemous lath, is welcomed with a smile, and he is ready to sneer at others, whose moral nature is still too tcusitive to allow them to do tbe same From being an unwilling hearer he soon he. cornea a williog partaker, and the advance is rapid to glorifying in it, and himself becoming the tempter to others, to lead them in the samo path he has .himself uodden. it is fcy this 'Weakness— this moral cowardice—that we are led iuto sin, despite the promptings of our heart# we despise the man by whom wo are led, tut wo COLUO at last to applaud their sen timents aud adopt their lone. A person eotnplaioed to J)r Frauklin of hav ing been insulted by one who called him a scoundrel. Ah, replied the doctor, aud what did you call him* Why, surd ho I called him a scoundrel, too. lesaimed Franklin, 1 presume you both •poke the tryth. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c —Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. THE EAST ACT OF ALL. "Ned Bnntline," iu bis reoolleotinns of a v'sit to Nashville, teiis the following: Oue evening, shortly after the close of tbe Mexican war, 1 fouud myself at the old 'inn,' onoe kept by the Doble Ferguson, in company with Frank C., Bill N., and two or three other friends who had with me faced death on the plains of Mexico, und afterwards 'reveled in the halls of the Montczumas.' We had dined together, and the wine had not been ale; therefore we felt inclined for any kind of fun which might present i sel". A young man, of very plausible address and most genteel appearance, had iu some way get into the company, and though from some words which dropped I knew he was a gam bler, I contented myself with avoiding any conversation with hiiu, letting tbe rest do as they pleased ic regard to him. 1 heard them call him Morford, and afterward learned tint he came from a respectable stock. After we bad druak a few glasses at the bar to -top off' with, a walk was proposed; and Morford volunteering to sbow tbe boys some fun, was selected as pilot. This did not ! please me overmuch, but I would not kt any I whim or mioe break up the party, and so I ; went along. We visited various saloons iu Union and | other streets, and Morford, thiuking- he bad matters in the right train, staited.at tho head of tbe party for tho faro rooms of iSatu 8., one |of the heaviest gamblers iu the city, situated ! in Water street aforesaid. We were passing a long brick building, but a short distance below tho bridge, when a sue ' cession of screams, evidently ftom females, aud other indications of a general row, fell up ;ou our ears. As the noisecatne from tho brick building, wo were not long in making an eu irance thereto, and in a moment witnessed one of the most disgraceful scenes ibat tn:m cu ever look opou. Two frail womeo wero engaged in a beastly tight, while other brutes, in the garb of tucu aud women, wore encouraging the com <at. — The scene did not last long, for Morford, with a cry of horror, sprang forward, and dashing | tbe combatants apart, drew oue of them to wards Lioj. 'Good Heavens ! Pauline—you here?' be exolaiuied, in a voica of agony. •Yes, Henry,' replied the girl, whose pei sonal beauty was gre.t, notwithstanding the evidence of intoxioation, and whose likeness to himself was striking, 'you broke father's heart by turuiDg gambler, aud I thought I'd fiuiah tho work—" She never fiuished the sentence that she had commenced. With a wild cry of despair, the youoT una drew a pistol from his pocket, and before a word could to spoken, or a hand raised to interfere, htr trams bespattered tLe wall where she stood. And while yet the report echoed through the room, and the stifling suioke roso over her nody, tue young gambler cocked a second bar rel of bis revolver, aud coolly saying, 'Good bye, g-'utkmeu, I must go with my sietjr,' tired and fell a corpse beside the body ot his victim. It turued out to be true that she wa bis sister, and this was tbe first knowledge he had ot b er having, liko himself, departed from tbe path of honor and virtue. Our fun was over for that night, and we went back to our quarters a sobered aud s.id | dened get of m-n. None of us will be likely to forget that tragedy while life last ). Young folks take warning. A LADY EDITOR ON KISSING.-—MISS Belle Phillips, evidently a very sprightly youug la cy, has charge of a department in one of our literary exchanges. She is a very dashing writer, talking just as she feels, and leeliug, we guess, just about right. Listen to her: "We got such a raking about our thoughts on ki.iog,tbat to spite some folks we now will tell them what we don't like. We don't like to be importuned tor a kiss until all our pa tience is gone. We <loo't like to threaten bashful men to kiss them. Goodness me! bow it frightens tbem. They turn pale and red, aud, finally, like some simpering school girl turn their beuds aside as if they really thought us iu earnest. Well, we'll tell you that i( we wero iu their places, no young lady under tbe suu should threaten to kiss us and not do it. We saw a young man kisS a lady's picture onoe, and she present; now we wouldn't have done that, and we told him so. Kiss a cold miniature picture, when the original was sitting before us, with rosy red lips and defiant eyes 1 No, never. 'Jacob kissed Umbel,' is tho ear liest record we believe of a love kiss, though we feel assured that long before this, this lux ury was indulged in. In olden time people used to greet each other with a real hearty kiss, but fashion has substituted the formal bow, or the shakiug of haDds. Poor ex change, we say. Mark Antony resigned the world for a kiss. Our poets have written souie of tbeir sweetest lines in praise of kiss ing, We humbly beg our friends, those who aie iuseusible as not to feel tbe pleasure of n kiss, not to pester themselves in picking us to pieces, because we have thus expressed our self. if they do, we'll pay them Oack. There is oue thing pretty certain, there's only one ob jection we would raise to kissing—if any one wishes to know, let tbem inquire through the Herald. We do uot condemn kissing, but if any one was to attempt to kiss us—well, never mind tho rest." The subscriptions raised in Frauco for tbe relief of the Syrian Christians amount to 404,165 francs. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER §O, 1860. A Laughable Story. The Mobile Register is responsible for the j following mirth provoking incident : For twenty-three years old Jako Willard, has j cultivated the soil of Baldwin oounty,and drawn j therefrom a support for self and wife. Ha is 1 childless. Not long ago, Jake left the hpuse j in search ot a missing cow. His route led hiiu > through an old worn out patch of clay laud, of. about six acres in extent iu the centre of which ; was a well, 25 or 30 feet deep, that at some'i j time, probably, had furnished the inmates of u . dilapidated house near by with water. In pas- j sing by this spot, au ill-wind lifted Jake's 'lilo' | from bis head, and maliciously wafted it to tho j ; edge of the well, and iu it tumbled. Now Jako always practiced the virtue of ] : ocoDomy and he immediately sat about rcoover | ing the lost bat. He ran to the well, and find | iog it was dry at the bottom, he uncoiled the rope which he hud brought for the purposa of capturing the truant cow, and after several at tempts to oatoh (he hat with a noose, be conclu ded to save time by going down into tbe woll i himself. To accomplish this, he made fast ono i end of tbe rope to a stump bard by aud was quickly on his wuy down tbe well i It i- a fact, of which Jake was no less ob • livious than tho reader hereof, thut Ned Wells ! was in tbe dilapidated buildiug aforesaid, that au old blind horse, with a bell on bis neck, who had been turned out to die, was lazily grazing 1 within a siiort disttuoe of the well. The dovil himself or somo other wicked spirit I put it into Ned's cranium to have a little fun, so he quieily slipped up to tho old horse and i unbuckled the bell-strap, approaching with slow !' measured "ting-o-hng" to tho edge ot the well. .G d dang that old blind horse?'" said j J-ke, "he's a comin this way sure, and ain't j got uo more sense than to full in here. Whoa i Ball." ! But the continued pproe£ of tbe "ting a ( ling" said just as plainly as words that 'Ball' wrouMu't w'uoa. Besides, Jake was at Ilia : bottom resting, before trying to 'shin' it up the ! rope. , "Great Jerusalem!" said be, "the old cuss w ill be a top of ure before 1 on say Jajk Llob ! iosoD. Whoa! daDg you 'Ball,'{whoa!" j Just then Ned drew up to tbe edge of the .voll,,and with hie toot kicked a dart itiUr "Ob, Lord!" exclaimed Jake, falling upon Lis knees at lue bottom. "I'm gone uow, who*, j Now 1 lay mo down to slcrp—w-h-o-a Bui!— I pray tho Lord my soul to —w-b-o-n, now.— ' Oh! Lord, hive mercy on my poot soul. Whoa, 1 ; Ball. Ned could hold in no longer, and fcaiful ; j Jake might suffer from his fright, he revealed ' i himself. Probably Ned didn't make tracks with bis j heels from that well. Maybe Jake wasn't up to tho top of it in short order, und you might tliink be did'nt try every night for two weeks jto get a shot with his rifle at Ned. Maybe D#t 1 don't know. But Ido know if Jako finds out who 8< nt yon this, it will be (he last 1 squib you'll get. | A MEW SOCIETY. ; * Old men and young men, women aud chil dren, are admitted as members, if they possess tbe following qualifications: 1. They must devote their whole attention to other people's Lu-iuess, and entirely ne ! gleet their own. 2. When they her a scandalous report I about a neighbor or a friend, they must not ' eat, drink or sleep, until the chief officers of the society arc informed of the same. No person shall become a member unless he |or she is a person of leisure; und oan loaf about town, or make about seventeen calls a week, and watch the .actions of tho people gen erally, and be ready to report at headquarters tho slightest intimation of a rtport. The followiug are souie of the bylaws aiad regulations of the sooiety: Art 1. *£his sooiety shall he known as the Tattle and Gossipping Sooiety. Tho principal and ruling officers shall be as follows: Oue ! great liar and two lesser ones, three tattlers and four gos-ippers, any one of which will con stitute a quorum, and ahull have power to transact business at any time. Art. 2. If any member of this sooiety shall bo found guilty of knowing mote about his ! own business than that of bis neighbor, be . shall be expelled forthwith. Art. 3. Any person belonging to this socie ty who makes a practice of telling tbe truth ; two or three times, shall be-expelled without a hearing. Ait. 4. Auy member who does not report' ; regularly what his neighbors residing within ! three doors of htm have for dinner evory Sun- ! day, and for tea every time they have compa ny, shall be cut off from the rights aud privi- ! lege'J of this sooiety. Art. 5. If any member of this society shall see, hear tell of, or even suspect that a young man baa waited on a lady twice, he must rc- . port them as already married, or to be married i soon, or he shall be looked upon as no tattler,' and shall be fined to the full exteut of the law, for any such misdemeanor. Art. 6. Any man or woman who shall ne glect their own business to take the trouble to 1 circulate about town scaudalous reports which j they know to be fal*e, shall be deemed by all j respectable citizens as Commander in Chief of; said society, uud shall be looked upon a* such by uli its members. The following is an exact copy of a notioo posted up in a New Jersey towu: LOST—A calf rod. He had a white spot on one of his behind logs. He was a she-calf.— j I will give three dollars to everybody what will bring him borne. v ' J A POSITIVE WITNESS. It is of Warren, the author of "Ten Thous ; and a l'eur," that this sharp practice in tho 1 examination of a man aocusad of swearing falsely in a will case is related. It shows j groat dramatic power unconsciously exhibited ! iu his business. The prisouer beiDg arraigned, aod the for malities gone through with, the prosecutor, placing his thumb over the seal, held up tho | will, and demanded of the prisoner if he bad seen the testator sign that instrument, to which I he promptly auswered be had. 1 'And did you sigu it at his request a* sub j scribing witness ?' { Gdid.' 'Waa it scaled with red cr black wax ?' j 'With red wax.' 'Did you see him seal it with rod wax ?' 'J did.' 'Where was the testator when ho signed and soaled this will?' 'ln his bed.' 'Pray how long a piece of wax did ho use V 'About three or four inches long.' 'Who gave the testator this piece of wax ?' 'I did.' 'Where did you get it ?' 'From the drawer of his desk.' 'How did he light that piece of wax ?' v w ith a candle.' 'Where did that pieoe of candle come from ?' * got it out of tbe capbnrd in L ; s room.' 'How long was that piece of candle ?' 'Perhaps four or five inches long.' 'Who lit that piece of caudle ?' '£ lit it.' , 'What with ?' 'With a niateb.' 'Where did yon get that match ?' •On the inautle shelf in tho room.' Here Warren paused, and fixing his large dc p blue eves upon the prisouer, be held the wiH up above his head, his thumb still restmg upon tbe seal, and aai'h u a solemn, measured tone : 'Now, upoo your solemn oath, you saw the tesUtoi sigu that will ; he sigued it iu his bed ; at his request you signed it, as a sub scribing witness, you saw him seal it ; it was with red wax he •-sealed it; a pioos of one, two, throe, or four inches long ; he tit that \x h $ with * piece ot caudle, which you proou tWrof"bid from a euptord ; you fit that o-in die by a match which you found ou the mantle shelf *' '1 did !' •Ooee more, sir; upon your oath, you did ?' 'I did !' 'My lord, t/'j a wafer .'—Blacfcwjod. WOM AN'S INFLUENCE. Every caDdid observer of buuian nature will freely admit that woman exerts a power ful influence ovr-r the humsn family. Without woman to encourage mao, he would falter be j fore great aud responsible undertakings, and yield to difficulties. This may appear doubtful to many at first view but I ask you to look at j the history of all classes of good mon. What ;do you bear theui say? "Had it uot been for j the warning voice of my dear mother, or sis ter, or female friend, I would he ruined, irro tricvably lost; but, by heeding her timely warnings and taitbtul admonitions, and by the help of God, lam saved from tbe gambler's cell, or the drunkard's grave." Thus they speak. The tiue woman, in aer different relations to una as a mother, sister or wife, has u more po tent influeuoe over hiiu than be is often willing to give iior credit for. Many a man has been applauded aud bouored with fame, when a part of it, at least, might havo been bestowed upon a female relative. Look at Washington, styled the "father of his oouutry." What would he havo been w:tfc only s commonplace mother? She was a trno —not loud aod boisterous —but a good chris tian wouiau—just such a wouiau as every moth er should be. She considered it her duty to minister daily, to her sou's spiritual welfare, i und never neglected to inspire him with high, noble, virtuous views of life, and sLe lived long enough ;o see her son great, good and successful on earth. Happy woman ! But ail woaieu are not such. "Deluded by iguorauce and seduced by siu," they became quite tbe I reverse. Aud the world is the worse for it O, woman ! pause aud pouder over your sit -1 uation aud duties. Mother, feed that little sou or daughter by your side with food conve nient for him or her. Sister, learn aud per form a sister's office toward your brother.— Wife, properly compauiou your bus baud; ho a helpmate to his soul, and you will all rep your reward in due time.— Rural Jimencan. ABOUT TUIRTY. —Mr. Charles Cist, who took tbe ceusus of the Fifth Ward in New York, this year, tells a good aueodota of a conversation botweeu himself aud a married lady, which will bear repeating: 'Madam, what age shall 1 put you dowu at?' Nodireot answer. . Glow old is yoUr husbaud?' 'Sixty-one.' •Ami your eldest son?' 'Tweuty-seveu.' 'And tbe next?' 'Twenty-one.' 'And how old do you oall yourself?' '1 do uot koow my age exactly, bat it is about thirty.' 'Did I understand you, madam, that your oldest eon was tweuty-seven?' 'Yes.' 'You must surely, then, be more than thirty?' 'Well, sir, (quite snappishly,) I told you about thirty; I oan't tell exactly; it may bo rhuty-oßc or two, but 1 am positively not over thai!, _ Robert Fulton, the Inventor. Autoog other anecdotes of the first experi ments of Robert Fulton, the following, from tbe pen of R. N. Haskins, of Buffalo, has been lately published. Some twenty years since, more or less—for 1 cannot fix the date with more certainty—l formed a traveling acquaintance upon a steam boat on tbe Hudsou river with a gentleman, who, on that occasion, related to me somo.inci dents of the first vojago of Fulton to Albany, in his steamboat, the Clermont, which I bad never met with elsewhere. "I chanced," said my narrator; "to be at Albany, on business, when FultoD arrived there in his uuKeard of craft, wbiob everybody felt so much interest in seeing. Being ready to leave, aud hearing that his craft was to return to New York, I repaired on hoard and inquired fcr Mr. Fultou. 1 was referred to the cabin, and I there found a plain, gentlemanly uaau, wholly alone, and engaged in writing. " 'Mr. FultoD, I presumo.' " 'Yes sir.' " 'Do you return to New York in this boat!' '"We shall try to get back, sir.' " 'Can 1 have a passage down?' " 'You can take your chancs with us.' "I inquired the amount to be paid, and after a moment's hesitation a sum, I think six dollars, was named. The amount in coin. 1 laid iu his open hand, and with his eya fixed upon it he remained so long motionless that 1 supposed there might be a miscount, and said to kirn, 'is that right, sir?' This roused him as from u reverie, and as he louked up at mo the big tear was brimming iu his eye, and his voioe faltered as he said, 'Excuse me, sir; hut memory was busy as I contemplated this, the first pecuniary reward I have ever received fur all my exer tions in adapting steam to navigation. L would gladly commemorate the event over a bottle of wine you, but really 1 am too poor, aveti for that, just uow; yet 1 trust we may meet again wheu this will not bo so.' " The voyage to New York was successful, as all know, and terminated without accident. MOTHERLESS. Motherless ! Thero is a wail in the very ' sad, slow word. What an infinite, mournful meaning It has—a meaning to be felt, but far, far too profound for the poor compass of words. One by one friends drop away from our sides and we feel all the different degrees of deso lation and bereavement. But though with pale lips we may have echoed the word "lonely" many a time and oft, as the sods foil upon the still bosoms aud folded hands of our best be loved, and life, robbed of its l ive tie.sures, may havo seemed almost teo worthies for its ; daily exertions, wc uever, never can know tho fuli meaning of that sad word nor tec! the ut termost reaoh of the heart's bereavement, till tbe grave has covered from our sight the form and face and eyes we first looked upon with i conscious affection. When we are~uiotborlesa we are alone, for no other friend can fill the void a mother's loss creates —no other love can supply the place of that which has gone from us here forever. The saddest grief-notes io the diapason of : sorrow have been wrung from human~bear:s by ! a mother's loss. Manhood and womauhood 1 mingle their voices in tbe cry, and little child- j ren aud youth of all ages re-echo it. Even i the wail of the infant, as yet uooonscious of a loss that never can be supplied, has a prophetio saduess iu its cuts that is liko no other souud of human grief. Dick, a datkey in Kentucky, was a notorious thief. On one occasion, Mr. Joues, a ueigbbor of Dick's master, called and said that Dick must be sold out of that part of tho country, for he had stolen all his (Jones') turkeys.— Dick's master could Dot think so The two, however, weut iuto tbe field where Dick was at work, and accused him of the theft. 'You stole Mr. Jonas' turkeys,' said the mas ter. •No I didn't, Massn,' respouded Dick. The mastor persisted. 'Well,' at length said Dick, 'l'll tell you, rnussa; I didn't steal dern turkeys, but last night when I went across Mr. Joues' pasture, I saw ono of our tails on de fence, so I brought home dc rail, and, conft-uod it, wheu I come to look, daro was nine turkeys on de rail!' WESTERN POLITICS. —'Do you support Abe Lincoln?' 'No, sit!' 'Do you support Douglas?' 'No, sir!' 'Do you support Bell, then?' 'No, sir!' 'What! do you support Breckioridge?' ♦No, sir!' shouted the screamer: 'I supports Betsey nnd tho children, and it's mighty hard screwin' to git along at that, with corn only twent-five ceuta a bushel!' SPICY. —The following passages at arms has taken place between the Petersburg, (Va.) Press, (Loco.) and the Intelligencer, (Union.) "Democracy survives."— Press. "So does tbe devil."— lntelligencer "And as both are uow fairly in the Geld for the next campaign, "choose ye whom ye will serve."— Press. "Of two evils oboose ye tho least." "We'll take the devil."— lntelligencer■ •Bill, I'm fasoioated with Miss Million.' 'With her personal charms?' 'Yes, with her purse-and-all-charms.' Tbe past year has been one of great pros perity to the farmers, who should therefore re mnuber tho poor —printer#' VOL. 33, NO. 48. Igtitttlraral. A CURE FOR GLANDERS. A lew years ago i I had a very valuable horse which had lbs ! glanders, which lasted some twelve or eighteen months, and so badly that 1 offered to sell him tor §>ls. He could be heard to breath from fifty to one huodred yards every l-teatb ; in deed we could not sleep well, so distressing ; was hta breathing, the stable being cKsc by.— I determined to kiii or ctire, <o for experiment. On Monday i gave him as much dry calomel as I wouid lie on a tin-cent piece; on Wednesday I 1 did the same ; on Friday I gave it again ; on baturday he could not bits a pumpkin ; on ! bund ay morning 1 looked in his trough and i found at least one quart of old mattery scales, with a mixture of matter, aii in a lump. From | that time he breathed easy, and never was | troubled again with glanders ; it was a perfect cure. 1 worked him in my buggy for two i years after that and traded him as a sound ! horse to a neighbor, who was familiar with the : disease oft the time be had it. He was slightly [ salivated, awd was as good afterward as be fore. A neighbor tried the remedy with equal suocess.— Cor. Southern Planter. To PREVENT-SKIPPEBS IN HAMS. —In a | communication to the Cotton Plant says— j "There, is according to my experience, nothing ■ easier than to ovoid the skipper and all otTicr j worms and bugs that usually iofest aad often | destroy so nrioh bacon. It is simply to keep j your smoke house dark, and the moth that de posits the egg will never enter it. For the last twenty-five years I have attended to this, j and never have my bacon troubled by any iu sect. 1 have now hanging in my smoke house J bams one. two, mid throe years old, and the j oldest ore as free from insects as when first huog up. lam not aware of other causes for the exemption of my ba con from insects but siuip!y,the f ac t that my smoke house is always kept daik. Before adopting this plan, I had tried many experiments, but always without success, or with injury to tho flavor of my ba oun. I sturkei witb green hickory—this is important, ss the flavor of bacon is often ut terly destroyed by smoking it with improper wood. n| INDIA RUBBER WATERPROOF VARNISH.— A writer in the Scteniijic American says : ,; I havo us{>i] a solution of India rubber and turpentine for about tweuty years, as a water proof varnish for art boots auJ shoes: I uiako the applications before blacking is put on, or else remove the blacking by water. Wbeu the leather is moist I take the solution of India rubber and apply it with a rag, taking care to rnb it in ; tben I put the boot in a moderately warm place until the whole is absorbed. Tho process is repeated twice, or until the poree of the leather are filled, when the surplus is wiped off. In a few days afterwards blacking may be put on, and tholeetber will polish well. By this method of treating my boots 1 make them not only water-tight, but much more du rable, and the leather is always kept soft ami pliable. 1 treat every pair of new boots in the maimer described, and affect a considerable annual saving thereby." How TO SAVE SWEET POTATOES.—TUO other day, while conversing with threo gen tlemen, the conversation turned on sweet pota to keeping, aud the following was the plan ro commendod : Take boxes three by four feet, and put three inches of dried oak leaves on the bottom, then one layer of potatoes, al ternating till the box is filled within six in ches of the top, aud that six inches must be packed with leaves , and be sure to keep the three inches ail round the inside of the box packed tightly with leaves ; then put the cov er on, dig a hole in the grouud lour iuohes larger than the box, put two strips iu tho bot tom two lD'hes thick, and then put dry leaves all around it, aud on the top put enough to make it one foot bigb ; then put on one foot of earth, forming it roof-shape. MUTTON VS. PORK. —Wo mean to repeat a a thousand times, or at least till what we say shall have some effect upon our countrymen, tbat a pound of lean, juicy mutton can be pro duced for half tho cost of the same quantity of pork ; that it is infinitely healthier food, especially in tho summer season. We havo nothing more delioious than smoked mutton hams, of the South Down breed of sbtep, Veoi you itself is not superior.— Farmer. TUB ART OF AGRICULTURE.—A great deal has been written aud said about the soil noo and art of agriculture, but for praoiioal guidance the whole thing is in a nut-shcll. It consists in these two rules—make the land rich and keep the weeds down. If auy person who trios to raiso any plant will follow these rule* i ho will succeed, and if ho does not follow them ' he will not sucoeed.
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