BY DAYID OVER.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
ALL persons interested, are hereby notified, that
the following named accountants, filed their
accounts, In the Register's Office of Bedford
County, and that the same will be presented to the
Orphans' Court, in and for said County, on Wed
nesday, the 30th day of April, fast., at the Court
House, in Bedford for confirmation.
The account of Nicholas Lyons, surviving Ex
ecutor, of the last will 4cc., of Lawrence Harman.
late of Bedford Borough, dec'd.
The account of Adam Geller and Josith Miller,
Esq., executors'of the last will &c., of George
Geller, late of Londonderry Township, dec'd.
The accoun' ot John Johnson, Adm'r of the
estate of Michael Ruff, late of Southampton Tp.,
dec'd
The account of Jonathan Snider, Adm'r de boms,
non of the estate of John Snider, late of Monroe
Township, dec'd.
The account of Joseph W. Tomlinson, Adm'r dt
bonis uon, with the will annexed of Joseph Black,
iate ot Napier Township, dec'd.
The account of Joseph W. Tomlinson, Executor
of the last will Ac., of Elizabeth Black, late of
Napier Township, dec'd.
The account of John P. Kced, Esq., Trustee to
yell the real estate of Wra. Anderson, late of Broad
Top Township, dec'd. fit
The account of George W. Williams, Guardian
) Martha Jaue Young and Stillman A. Fisher,
minor children of Pamilla Fisher.
The account of Peter F. Lehman, Esq., Execu
tor of the last will Ac., of Hannah Miller, late of
Londonderry Township, dec'd.
The account of Joseph Crisman, Esq., Adm'r of
the estate of Michael Reed, late of Liberty Town
ship, dec'd.
The account of Joseph Claar, Executor of the
last will Ac., of John Claar, late of the Borough ot
Bedford, dec'd.
The account of Samuel Griffith, Adm'r of the
estate of Elizabeth Griffith, iate of St. Clair Tp.,
dec'd.
The account of John Wentling, Executor of the
last will of Win. H. Wentling, late of Cumberland
Valley Tp., dec'd.
The account of John Luman. Adm'r of the
estate oi Zacbeus Luman, late of Cumberland
Vailey Tp., dec'd.
S. H. TATE, Register.
Register's Office, Bedford, April 5, 1861.
NOTICE.
The following named persons, have 51ed their
Bond* and Petitions, for Tavern License, in
the offiue of the Ulerk of the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the Pease, in and for Bedford
County, the same will bo presented to said
Court, on Toesdhj, the 30th day of April inst.
Isaac Meugel, Jr., Bedford Borough.
Airs. Sarah Filler, 44 44
Joseph Alsip, " "
John Hafer, " 44
A. (J. Alleu, 44 Tp.
Johe Todd, 44 44
Geo. W. Figard, Broad Top Tp.
J. 8. Beckwitb, 44 44 44
•Jobu A- Gump, Bloody Run Bor-
Jacob Snider, Cuuib. Vailey Tp.
"Martin Fichtaer, Harrison "
Henry Corley. 44 "
Joseph Fuller, Juuiata •'*
F. llildebrand, " "
Jouathau Fichtuer, Londonderry 44
Jacob Rahui, Liberty 44
Mrs. C Trreker, 44 "
Samuel Mixell, Mooroe "
A. J. Pennell, Itaineburg Bor.
Peter Ainick, St. Clair 44
Nathan Davis. 44 "
D. Sleek, 44 "
Dauiel L. Defibaugh, Snake Spring 14
Geo. M. Coivin, Schcllsburg Bor.
J. S. Robison, 44 44
Win. C. Snively, 44 44
Bernard O'Neil, Southampton 44
P. A. T. Black, East Providence ,4
George Magraw, 44 44 44
Geo. Stuckey Napier '•
Henry Fluck, M. Woodberry 44
Win. Pearson, 44 44 44
J. L. Prince, South Woodberry 44
T. E. Reigbart, Union 44
Michael Weyapt, 44 44
James Barefoot, St. Clair 44
W. F. Smith, Rainsburg Bor.
S. H. TATE, Clerk.
OLSRK'B OFFICE, Bedford, April 5.
LIST OF GRAND JURORS,
DRAWN for April term, 29fb day, 1861.
J. W. Crisman, Foreman; D. M. Bear, S.
R. Botlon field, J. G. Briggle; Abraham Ben
nett, Jobu Claycoinb, Jacob Coplan, Emanuel
JDie-hl, David Dihz, Adaui Diebl, P. R. Hille
gas, Rudolph Hoover, G. W. Holler, John
Johnson, Jacob Kifer, H. C. Lasbley, Cyrus
8. Over, Lea is Piper, T. C. lieighart, Joseph
S. Riddle, Christian Soowberger, James Tay
lor, John Wolf, Philip Ziminets, Jr.
LIST of I'etit Juror 9, drawn for April term,
19tb, day, 1861.
Jacob Anderson, Jacob S. Brown, D. A. T.
Blaok, J. S. Brumbaugh, Jonathan Bowser,
James Burns of Tbos., Christian Ratz<;ll,J.
M. Berkbimer, Joshua Diehl, John Diltz, C
Evans, Geo. Elliott, G. Elder, Wm. Furney,
John Gates, Wm. Grove, G. W. Horn, Charles
lliilagas, Oliver Hortoo, G. W. Householder,
Isaac Imier, A. J. Kegg, Job Lysingor, Wm.
Lambum, Horatio Means, Joseph Mullen, Wm.
Masters, James Miller, J. A. Osborne, Win.
Ott, John Riley, jr., Wm. W. Shuck, David
Stnel, Michael Stnouse, Tbos. Spicer, Adam
Weaverling; Solomon Williams, Jacob Zimmers
jr., of George.
CAUTIOX
TAKE notice that I have left tny wife, and warn
all persons not to trust ber on my pccount, as I
am determined npt to pay any debts of her con
tracting. JOSEPH NICODEMUS.
Dry Kidge, April 5, lbtil.-*
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
BETTERS testamentary having been granted to
the subscribers, living ic Napier Township, on the
estate of James Williams, late of said township,
dec'd, all persons indebted to said estate, are noti
fied to make payment immediately, and those hav
ing claims against the same will present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN WILLIAMS,
B. F. WILLIAMS,
JAS. ALLISON.
April 5, 1861.-f
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politiea, the Arte, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
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MY COUNTRY'S_FLAG OF STARS.
BY HABEY BIVKR9, A POEETOPJUN.
I've roamed for many a lengthy mile,
Upon the stormy seas ;
I've seen full twenty banners float
All proudly on the breeze-
That standard too, Great Britain's pride.
The boast of England's tars—
Yet none could thrill my heart but thee,
Aly Country's Flag of Stars !
Brazil's gay flag of gorgeous dyes ;
The banner of old Spain ;
E'en Gallia's buntiug as it flies,
Is not undimm'd by stain ;
Their lustre has been sullied oft
At home, by deadly jars ;
But thy bright azure fields are pure,
My Country's Flag ot Stars 1
In some famed foreign ports I've seen
The flags of half the world—
To celebrate a gala-day—
Their buuting all unfurl'd,
With throbbing heart, I glanced my eye
Along the tapering spars,
Until my gaze was fixed on thee,
My Country's Flag of Stars !
And when thy stripes and azure field
First met my eager sight,
My bosom heaved, my heart it thrilled,
With feelings of delight.
I hailed it as the cynosure
Of our Columbia's tars;
The banner of the brave and free,
My Country's Flag of Stare 1
And whore's the heart possessing but
One spark of freedom's zeal,
That would not, gazing on thy folds,
A pariot's spirit feel 7
The veteran too, as he looks down
Upon his ancient scars,
That would not hail thee with delight,
My Country's Flag of Stars 7
•
LOVE,
There is a love so foud, so true,
No art the magic tie can sever :
'Tis ever beautious, ever new ;
Its chain once linked is linked for ever.
There is a love, but passion's beam, —
Too lond, too warm, too bright to last, —
The frenzy of a feavored dream,
That burns a moment, then is past.
'Tis .'ike the lightning's lurid glare,
That streams its blaze of fatal light,
Flames for an instant through the air,
Then sinks away in deepest night.
There is a love whose feeling rolls
In pure unruffled calmness on, —
The meeting of congenial souls,
Of hearts whose currents flow in one.
It is a blessing that is felt
¥ But by nnited minds that flow,
As sunbeams into sunbeams melt,
To light a frozen world below.
There is a love that o'er the war
Of jarring passions pours its light,
And sheds its influence like a star
That brightest burns in darkest night.
It is a love best known to those
Who hand in hand, amidst the strife
Together have withstood their foes,
Together shared the storms of life.
It is so true, so fixed, so strong,
It parts not with the parting breath ;
In the soul's flight 'tis borne along,
And holds the heart's strings e'en in death.
'Tis never quenched by sorrow's tide ;
No, 'tis a flame caught from above,
A tie that death can not divide
'Tis the bright torch of wedded love.
But there is one love, not of earth,
Though sullied by the streaming tear—
It is a star of heavenly birth,
And only shines unshaken there.
'Tis when this clay resigns its breath.
And the sonl quits its frail abode,
That rising from the bed of death,
This love is pure—the love of God.
DISCOVERIES AT ROSSTOS. —We
have a statement from T. B. F., (a perfectly re
liable gentleman.) fully concurred 4 in by nine other
citizvns of Rosston, Armstrong county, a village
on the line of the Allegheny Rail Road, and
a few miles from Kittanning, relative to re
markable oil discoveries. It is in substance as
follows :
On Saturday last, 16th, while a hole was being
dug on a lot owned by Jos. L. Reed, oil was dis
covered spreading over the water at a depth of
three and a half feet below the surface. There
were doubts as to its being oil, but it was subse
quently pronounced a very good qnality—not so
dark as other specimens seen by our correspondent,
but burning very nicely on paper or wood, and
even on the ground, and the smell the same as that
of oil brought down the Allegheny. The excite
ment spread very radidly, and since the discovery
at least a dozen holes have been dug in different
parts of the town, ranging in depth from eighteen
inches to eight feet, nearly all of them producing
oil. The citizens think they have oil to'a certainty,
and the fever has extended to the surrounding
country.
Mr. Blair, Postmaster-General, has issued pro
posals for i'urnisbiug postage stamps of the general
style and description of tnose now in use, lor a
term of six years from the first of July next.—
From the advertisement it appears that the whole
number of postage stamps furnished to the Depart
ment uuring the year ending the 30th June, 18G0,
was
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. APRIL 19, 1661.
A Yankee Courtship.
Well, you sce,*me aßd Sal got along midlin'
well foi some time, till I made np my mind to
fetch things to a hed, for 1 loved her harder
and harder every day, and I had an idea that
she bad a sorter sneaking kindness fot me.
but how to dew the tbiug up right pestered me
orful. 1 got some love books and red how fel
lows got down on their marrow bones and talk
ed like parrots, and the gals they would go into
a sott of trance, and then how they would
gently fall into tbo follar's arms, but somehow
the way didn't suit my notion. I asked marm
how dad courted her, but she said it had been
so long that she'd forgot all about it. (Unkle
Joe aiiers says marm done all the oourtin'.) —
At last 1 made up my mind to go it blind, for
this thing was fairly consuming my innerds.—
So 1 goes over to her daddy's and when 1 got
there 1 sot like a fool, thinking how 1 should
begin. Sal she sed anrathiu' was'* troublin'
me, and sez she—"Ain't you sick Peter?"
"Yes—No," sez 1; "that is, 1 ain't exactly
well. I thought I'd eome over to-night," sez
I. That's a uiighty purty beginnin,' auybow,
thinks I; so 1 tried agin. 'Sal,' sez I, aod
about this time I felt mighty fainty and on
easy.
'What!' sez Sal.
<Sal,' sez 1 agin.
'What?' sez she.
'l'll get to it after a while at this lick,'
thinks 1.
'Peter,' sez she, 'there's eomethin' a tronb
lin' you powerful, I no. Its mity wrong for
you tew keep it from a body, for a innerd sor
rer is a consumin' fire.' She said this, she did,
the dear sly ereater. She noed what was the
matter all tho time mity well, and was jist a
tryin' to fish it oat, but I was gone so far 1
didn't see the pint. At last 1 kinder sorter
gulped down the lump as was rising in my throat
and sez I—'Sal, does you love everybody?'
'Well,' sez she, 'Thar's dad an' marm and,
(counting her angers all the time with eyes
sorter shut, like a fellar shooting off a gun,)
and there's old Pide, (that were an old cow of
hern,) I can't tnink of anybody else jist now,'
sez she. Now this war orful fur a feilar dod
in luv, so arter a while 1 tries another shute.
Sez I—'Sal I'm powerful lonesum to hum, aod
I I samtimes think if i only had a purty wife to
1 luv and talk to, and to move and have my
beiu' with, i should be a tremendous fellar.'—
With that she begun and named over ail the
gals within five miles of thar, and never wunst
cum a nigh namin of herself, and sed 1 orter
get one of them. That sorter got my dander
up, aod so I hitched my cheer close to hern,
and sbet my eyes, and tremblously sed: 'Sal,
you are the very gil I've been hankering after
for a long time, I luv you all over, from the
sole of your head to the foot of your crown,
an' I dou't care who knows it; and if you say
so, we'll be joined togethor in the holy bons
of matrimony, e pluribus unuui world without
end,' sez 1; and 1 felt like I'd a throwd'd up a
allygatur, I felt so relieved. With that she
fetched a sorter scream; and arter a while she
sez, sez she, 'Peter?'
'What it? it Sally?' sez I.
'Yes?' sez she, a hidin' ov her purty faoe
behind her bands. You may depend upon it
I felt orful good.
'Glory! glory!' sez I. I must holler, Sal,
or Pll bust wide open. Hooray for hooray.—
I kin jump over a ten raie fence, I can do
everything that any fellow could, would or
ortur do.' With that I sortet slashed myself
dowo by her, and clinched the bargain with a
kiss —an such a kiss—talk about your sugar
talk about yer merlasses—talk about yer
blaokbcrry jam—you couldu't have got me to
come a nigh 'em; they would all a tasted sour
arter that. Ef Sal's daddy hadn't hollered
out its time for all 'onest folks to be in bed 1
do believe I'd staid there all nite. Yer ortur
seed me wbon 1 got hum. I pulled dad outer
bed and hogged him. 1 pulled marm outer
bed and bugged her. I pulled ant Jane outer
bod and hugged hpr. I pulled tho niggor ser
vant outer bed and hugged her. I roared, 1
hollered, I danced about and out up more ca
pers than you ever heard tell ov, till dad tbot
1 was crazy, and got a rope to tie me with.—
'Dad' sez 1, 'l'm gwino to go for to git mar
rid.'
'Married!' bawled dad.
'Married!' squalled marm.
'Married!' squacked ant Jane.
•Yes, married." sez I; jined in wedlock; hook
ed on fur wurs or fur bettur, for lifo and for
death, to Sal; I am that very thing, me Peter
Sporum, Esquire.' With that lup and teiied
'em all about it from Alpher to Omejur, (that's
Latting.) They were all mity pleased and mity
willin,' and 1 wont to bed as proud as a yung
rooster with bis first spurs.
O Jehosifat! didn't I feel tremendous good,
and kept a gitting that way all nite. I didn't
sleep a wink, but kept rollin about aud a thinkin'
till my kup ov happiness was full, pressed dowu,
and ruonin' over.
QUESTION FOR DEBATE. —If a man has an
angry bull by the tail, which would be best
personal safety—to hold on, or let go ?
Our ' Devil ' says love and a good dinner (es
pecially saur kraut) are the only two things
that change a man's character.
* Mr. Blank, I want to buy a shilling's worth
of bay.
Very well, you can have it. It is for your
father?
No, tain't. It's for the Loss. Dad don't
eat bay.
Courting is an irregular, active transitive
verb, indicative uiood, present tense, third per
son singular number, and agreea with all the
girls—don't it?
MY FIRST DUCK.
In the morning, when the light was about
the color of a gray oat in a cellar, Tim roused
me up, and we sallied forth. We marched si
lently along shore, 'looking sharp, through tho
reeds. Tim constantly whispered to me 'keep
my eyes open.' The gun felt very heavy, and
in that peculiar light looked about fifteen feet
long. On we strode, my pulse going like a
volunteer's at Buena Vista. Suddenly, says
Tim, softly :
'Ah, there's a chance, by Jove ! Now my
boy, all ready ?'
'Eh, chance ! where at what?'
Tim put his fingers to his lips, and, making
mo crouch down, pointed through the reeds.—
In a minute, sure enough, 2 saw a duok grace
fully bobbing up aqd down, about fifty yards
off, or less, 1 became awfully excited.
'Let me shoot him, Tim.
'Certainly; crack away.'
I knelt down ; my fingers trembled jike those
of a sergeon at his first operation. The duck
looked about the size of a turkey gobbler to
my distorted vision. It was a fearful moment.
However, I reoovered myself by a resolute
effort, brought the gun up, took a long, mur
derous Biro, my fingers pressed the trigger, !
whang? I beheld sky, and fourtoen hundred
thousand stars perpendicular before mo. Up
on examination, I found this phenomenon was
occasioned by my horizontal position on my
. oack, combined with the concussion of the shot.
'You've hit him! cried Tim. 'He's wound
ed. Quick, quck, take my gun while i load
yours.'
1 looked at my weapon. I bad fired both
barrels at once. I looked at the duck , he wa9
bobbing up and down violently. Considerably
bewildered, 1, however, seized Tim's gun, re
aamed my position, took another deadly aim,
and fired.
'T'other barrel! Quick !or he's off,' oried
Tim-
Baug !
'By George ! you've missed him ! He's—
no, ho can't fly ! see him spin round ! Here,
give him oue more. Miud, aim carefully, now.
Bang ! fi-z-z bane! I saw the sky aud one
thousand more planets than before. When I
arose that diabolical duck was still there, spin
ning round more merrily thaD ever.
'Tim' said I 'that duck is remarkably tenac
ious of life.'
*Yes—yes. The faot is tbey are, generally
especially canvass backs ; they are called so
on account of the thickness of their ski D—
. am convinced that's a canvass-back.'
'Tim,' said I, I'll take the skiff and shove
out there and get him. You wait here. He's
uearly gone now:'
'Ves, I'll go bsok to the house and order
breakfast. Our shots have spoiled further
sport this morning. I'll have things ready by
the time you get back.'
And without waiting for remonstranco Tim
walked rapidly off.
I got in the skiff, shoved out, reached the
duok, (who appeared, as I advanced, to have bis
bead entirely shot off,) picked it up, and found
that—it was a decoy! My remarks to Tim,
upon rejoining him at tho hotel, I have, upon
reflection, concluded to omit.
ATTROCIOUS. —The following startling and
highly imflamatory dispatches appear in a news
paper 'out West,* to which they were specially
telegraphed :
Late, Later, Latest and Highly Important'
from Char lest vn— Special Dispatches by the
Underground Line.
Charleston, Supper Time, Feb. 14.—A1l
the babies in the entire South are in "arias,"
and many in this city are now employed at the
breast- works.
'Tioo and One Half Minutes Later.—Hun
dreds of the noblest women of South Carolina
are behind the breast-xoorks, aod they boldly
express their determination to remain the/e.
' Later Still.—Three Quarters of a Minute.
—A number of young ladies were in 'arms'
during the greater part of last evening, and
many more are extremely anxious to follow the
selfasacrifioing example of their sisters.—
shame on you young men.
'One Quarter of a Minute Later. —We have
learned from reliable sources that the study of
military tactics will be introduced into the fe
male schools of this State immediately, as tbe
spirited girls declare their willingness to take
charge of the South Carolina'lnfantry' wbioh
is to be ' raised /'
'A report from the interior says tho negroes
'wear' drilling, but it needs confirmation.—
Everybody is in a blaze of enthusiasm' aod the
Gas Company has suspended in consequence."
LET IT ALONE BOYS. —Let it alone? To
drink that stuff in the drunkards bowl. Aye,
let that alone ! Don't even learn how it tastes.
As the serpent fascinates tbe bird only to des
troy it, so strong drink charms at first but kills
at last. The first drop may charm you, there
fore don't drink the first drop. If you wish to
enjoy good health, if you value a good charac
ter, if you want to be happy and make others
happy, if you want to go to IloaveD, avoid
strong drinks.
'Beware of the first drop !'
See yon youth with irons on his hands and
feet. He is in prison. Another youth with
weeping eyes is bidding him farewell, for tbe
prisoner is about to be led out to die. He is
a murderer. Tbe law is about to take his life.
But hearken ! He is speaking something to
his brother. What does he say ! —These are
his words:
'Remember what I told you—Let the liquor
alone!'
Good reason bad he for giving his counsel
liquor had brought him to a fellon's doom—
Bet boys heed his words—Let liquor alone !
How to Prosper in Business.
ID the first place make up YOUR mind to ac
complish whatever you undertake; decide upon
some particular employment, and persevere in
it. All difficulties are overcome by diligence
and asiduity.
Be not afraid to work with your hands, and
diligently, too "A cat in gloves catobes no
mice.' lie who remains in the mill, grinds; not
be who goes and comes.
Attend to jour own business; never trust to
any one eNe. 'A pot that belongs to too many
is ill-stirred and worse boiled.'
Be frugal. 'That which will not make a
pot will make a pot-lid. 'Save the pence and
the pounds will take care of themselves.'
Be abstemious. 'Who dainties love shall
beggars prove.'
Iliße early. 'The sleepy fox catches no
poultry.'
'Plow deep, while sluggards sleep, and you
will have corn to sell and to keep.'
Treat every oue with respect and civility.—
'Everything is gained and nothing lost, by
courtesy.'
'Good manners insure success.'
Never anticipate wealth from any other
source than labor, especially never place de
pendence in becoming the possessor of an in
heritance. 'He who waits for dead men's shoes
may have to go a long time barefoot.' 'He
who runs after a shadow hath a wearisome
race.
Above all things, never despair. God is
where he was. 'He helps those who truly trust
in him.
Horns.
Julius. Sam, I went shooiin' yesterday in
de woods, and 1 neber seed sicb woods iu all
my life. JDe trees was eight hundred foot high
an' ec berry tick, too, so tick 1 tink day
warnt four foot apart —de trees wasn't.
Sam. De shootin' must have been good,
Julius.
Julius. Yes, Sam, dat it was, de deer was
berry plenty too, berry fat, and dey bad sicb
monstrous boros—day was, let me see, I'should
say at least sebenteen foot long. Yes I should
say dat.
Sam. Look a here, you ofe nigger; do you
b'leve I swaller dat lie whole? Sebenteen
foot!
Julias. Yes, Sain, I stick to dat. Dc ho,us
was at least sebenteen foot.
Sam. Ya! ya! you obstrop'lus lying nigger.
How de dobble da get thro' de woods when de
tress so tick
Julius [nonplussed ] Well, Sam, I was
gwioe to say dat [ called at de nub&rs to ax
them for something to drink.
Saui. Nebbar mind dat. iax you about
de boros and de woods. Answer dat question,
old cir-eumlution.
Julius [scratching his wool.] Did I say
dat da trees was four foot and de horns seben
teen?
Sam. Yes, lax you wunce more how de
deer run troo de woods under sioh circum
stances?
Julius. Why, you see, Sam, dat—dut do
deer—when da cum to de woods— dey pull tn
dar horns!
A THICK-HEADED HUSBAND —A pious
old lady, who was too unwell to attend meeting,
used to send her thickheaded husband to
chureb, to find oat the text the pre.cher selec
ted as the foundation of Lis discourse. The
poor dunce was rarely fortunaie euou c h to re
member the words of the text, or even the
ohapter or verse where they could be found;
but one Sabbath he ran home in hot ha'te, and
with a smile of seif-satisfaciion on his face,
he informed his wife that he could repeat ev
ery word without missing a syllable. The
words were as follows:
'An angel oame down from Heaven and took
a live coal from the alter.'
♦Know overy word,'replied the husband.
'I am quite auxious to hear it, continued
the wife.
'They are nice words,' observed the hnshand.
'I am glad your memory is improving : but
don't keep me in suspense, my dear!
•Just get your big bible, aud 1 wul say the
words for I know them by heart. Why, 1
said them a huudred times on my way home.'
'Well, now let's hear tbem."
'Ahem,' said the husband clearing his throat.
'An iugen cum down from New Haven and
took a live colt by the tail and jerked him out i
of his halter.'
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VALUABLE RECEIPTS. —To destroy rats —Catch
them, one by one, and flatten their heads iu a lemon
sqn eezer.
To kill Cockroches—Get a pair of heavy boots,
then catch your roaches, put them in a barrel, then <
get iu yourself and dance.
To kill Bedbugs—Chain their hind legs to a tree,
then go round in front and make mouths at them. ;
To catch Mice—On going to bed put crumbs of j
cheese in your mouth, and lie with it open and 1
when a mouse's whiskers lickle your throat, bite.
To prevent dogs from going mad—Cut their
tails oil' close behind their ears.
To keep Healthy—Take brandy smash early in
the morning, throw it out of tbe window aud then
eat your breakfast.
To kill your Enemies—Treat them to tangleleg
whiskey.
A young lady was one day talking to her
little class in Sunday Sohool about God's great
love to man. Wishing to impress it upon their
uiiuds, and to know whether they understood !
her, she asked,
'Now, obildren, who loves sll men?'
The questiou was hardly asked before a lit
tle girl not four years old, answered quickly,
'All women!'
It is feared tbe peach crop iu some quarters
in New Jersey is again nearly destroyed. The ;
pleasant weather has oaused tho peach buds to
swell and almost burst; but the cold has since
blaolrcned the buds; and iu some orchards not
a tree has been spared.
VOL. 34, NO. 16.
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! Sr.sonabie Hints.
COLD GRAPER Y. —One cf the most critical
periods in the management of a grapery where
there is no artificial heat employed, is when the
buds are bursting into growth. A few days of
genial weather at this tune, will bring forward tho
buds, then comes a frosty sight and destroys tteoi.
e are aware that such occurrences are rate, but
unless great care is exercised first, in retarding
growth as much as possible, by keeping the house
well ventilated, and secondly, by mainiaining the
vines ID a horizontal position, the probabilities are,
that if not destroyed they will receive a serious
check. To avoid even a chance of failure through
this means, it is a wise precaution to have a flue in
the house, which may be used if occasion requires
" ® kD ® Wn a cr °P ***** 'icing a frosty night
tn Maj, by filling the house with smoke
Commence at once by keeping the house cool at
•right. And ventilate by top sashes onlv, bot
tom ventilators wo consider useless in 'a cold
grapery.
LAWNS.-In some retentive, undrained soil.*--
-ie grasses will be more or less thrown np, and thfc
roots exposed. A covering of well pulvenzed soil,
if mixed wah a portion of wood ashes, superphos
phate of lime, or guano, will impart vigor to the
plant-., and increase the color and veidure of the
Uwn. One of the principal points towards socur.
>ng a fine lawn consists in mowing early, so that
the plants may be induced to spread on the surface
ami thus from a close covering, able to resist the'
the scorching influence of a dry season
FLO WEK GAKDEN. Annual plants for the
flower garden, as Lupines, Asters, Marigolds
Stock-gilly flowers, Dwarf Larkspurs, Amerantbus!
Cockscomb, Balsoms, Schizanthus, Foxglove &c.
Ac., should be sown in a frame, to insure success
It is not necessary to make a hot-bed of manure
but procure well pulverized soil mixed with sand
and wood mould, or that from decayed leaves if it
can be obtained, sow the seed in drills and cover
slightly Keep the glass pretty close, and slightly
shaded by sprinkling a little sand on the glass, un
til they vegetate, then air more freely. It will be
advisable to thin out the plants slightly where they
are so thick as to injure their growth. When the
proper season arrives, about the middle of Mav
the plants can be carefully removed to the Sower
beds.
|fc Hollyhocks are beautiful and etfeetive in some
positions in flower gardens, tbey are as double aud
variously colored as Dahlias. Procure seed of
good sorts and sow it in a sheltered border in the
open air, when the plants are a couple of inches
transplant singly in rows about six inches
apart, tbey will flower the ioliowing season.
PE AKS ON QUINCE .—Pears grafted on Quince
require deep rich soil, many failures have occured
and much disapointmout has been occasioned by'
planting dwarf pear trees, in the abscer.ce of a
preper knowledge as to the treatment they de
mand-
Tear culture on this system is not for those who
plant a tree as they do a gate-post, an.l who look
on the after treatment iu the lame light, viz leave
them until they decay, and then plant another
grumbling all the while about the absurdity of this
mode of raising pears. When planting the trees,
place aorne light soil around the roots to give them
a start. Cover the whole of the Quince root and
about an inch of the pear stem with soil. The
quince will throw out roots freely from any portion
of the covered surface, it healthy, therefore deep
planting, so long as the soil is in proper condition,
is not in this case injurious. If the roots are
stumpy, and destitute of fibres, cut several up.
ward slips on various parts oi their surfaces, to*
encourage the emission of roots Farmer and
Gardner.
INDUCING FRUIT BEARING.—"An Old
Subscriber" writes, • '1 have tried with most grati
fying success a method of promoting fertility in
trees, which was first suggested to me iu the Agri.
culturist. I have a large Bartlett pear tree which
has persisted year by year in making a most ram
pant growth, but which refused to do its duty in
the more important matter of fruit bearing. In
July last year, I took a stout cord and bound it as
tightly as possible, three or tour times around the
trunk of the tree, and left it there until November.
The result is that this year my tree had about three
hundred large, fine looking pears upon it so loading
it down that I had to prop up several of the bran
ches to prevent their breakiug. The tree at the
same time has made a strong, healthy growth of
about six inches.
TO REMOVE LICE OR SCALES FROM
TREES.—Make soap suds strong, using whale oil
soap if it can be had, and wash the bodies about
the middle of June when the scales are young.—
Potash and water answers the same purpose. Two
washings during the season may be needful. Rub
bing the bodies and limbs with a rough cloth, or
v ith a broom, greatly facilitates the removal of
the scale. The more vigorous you make the
giowth, by manure, ashes or lima, dug In around
the roots, the less will you be troubled with in.
sects upon, or diseases of the portion above ground.
jtmeiican .inricuiturisl,
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VACCINATING THE GRAPE VINE—A
French horticulturist, Col. de Goiberg, claims to
have discovered a method of preserving grapas
from mildewing, by vaccinations. He placed one
or two seeds of the mildewe l grapes in the vine.
A clammy matter was formed in the interior of
the incisions, and the grapes entirely escaped the
mildew ■, while one vine which was uot vaccinated
lost every one of its grapes.
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lu the matter of plaiu fpeakmg we are ma
ny of us like the soldier, who in his first bat
tie was afraid to fire ofl his musket lest he
might hurt somebody.