M, ©ANFCA&CSWRIWM* STICK TO THE PLOW AND THE PLANE. Don't come to the citj, my boy. Your , chance, in the long run, is better where you \ are. Hundreds, indeed, make foi tunes here, j but thousands live wearisome aud even suf fering lives iu the city, t 'erks have larger salaries than young farmers, but then their expenses for boarding, clothes, and amuse ments, are so much larger, that less is saved at the end of the year. Then the tempta tions of the city are so strong and so constant that few young men resist them. Not many young city clerks, even if they avoid had company, are able early in life to hare a home of their own. A young man in the country, soou after his time becomes his own, can secure capital enough, with an eccuomi eal wife, to set up house keeping for himself, and have a quiet, comfortable, aud even beau tiful little home of his own. One of the wealthiest men iu the vicinity of II iston, who died a few years since, said the Lappiest TEARS | of his life were passed w hen he was gather ing. very slowly, the beginnings of his for | tune. When he married, be and his wife were worth, each, twenty five cents, and they j labored lovingly and happily together. This was certainly a very small fortune for two to , commence upon, but they were worth hun ; dredsof thousands when they died, gathered | by economical labor. The writer knows an j excellent young man in this coy who is no- I nearly thirty. He has long been engaged to j a young lady of fine talents and a good torn per. It would be a great comfort to both to '■ be married: but then, his salary, although quite large, would not support them in-tbe stvle of life to which the young woman has been accustomed in her own home. Ilesities. j the position of clerks is very uncertain. By j the failure of what was considered one of the I strongest houses in the city, this voung man i was thrown out of place and sulary for six j months. Stick to the plow, then, or to some j solid, whole-some Itade. You will then be sure of a comfortable living. \ou can earli er have a home of your own, and you will be ; less exposed to the constant changes in buse I ness which destroy at one blow the earnings j of years. — American Agriculturist. LOOK TO THE WEEDS! Every good farmer knows that to insure ; satisfactory crops bis laud must be cultivated : in the best mariner, and if it is so cultivated few weeds will be found upon 't. Sometimes, I even upon well managed farms, if a field here j and there, owing to adverse weather a short ness of bauds, or a rush of work generally, I be neglected for a few days the weeds ; may get a start: but this happens rarely, and j an observing man can always iudge of the ' character of a farmer by glancing his eye ' over his premises. If the weeds are not to i be regularly and systematically destroyed, the idety of conducting agricultural operations profitably may as well be abandoned, for the one is quite incompatible with the other. And this is even more pointedly so with the garden. Weeds and a garden crop are as an tagonistic as life and death. They cannot stand upon the same platform. One must be master, and it is for the owner to say which. If a garden is systematically worked—and without system no garden i,. worth having— the labor of keeping down the weeds is re- j duced one-half. But let them once get ahead, j and they may be fought all summer and prove victorious in the end. Again, let no weeds go to seed : and do not throw into the public highway such as do, to he washed down upon the laud of your neigh bor. — Germantmen Telegraph. THE CVI.TCBB OK FLOWERS.— It has been said that few things tend to express the char acter and fortunes of individuals more than the appearance of the window blinds, and the brightness attd cleanliness of the windows of their dwellings. Nothing can be more true; and we cannot but feel; when this is admitted, that the same line of reasoning will be allow ed with regard to (lowers. If we pass by a house, even thuugn it be in a i arrow, confined thoroughfare, and see upon its window sills bright rows of pots filled ~ith gay geraniums snd hell formed fu bias, we suppose that -ure'y in that house t'.eie ti u-t live some one whore mil dis not win.lit choked ttp and deadened with the duel of the city one to whom the links are not yet entirely severed, which bind the hi art to e i .i. , ,i or ■ a ture, aud who still appreciates with a tender care the sweetest c 1 most beautiful of her creatii u. Or, rhaps, our thoughts taking a sudden turn, may imagine shut some lout hearted creafurt. who mat have been fettered t > his chamber flii months or years by linger ing maladies, flies from his own racking pairs and thoughts, and seeks among those vetv flowers which seem so gay and indicative of youth and happy hearts to u<. a soiree and de light, which simple things like these often ren der to the wretched heatted and weary. Wherever flowers are seen cn-efuHy tended, we may be sure there wi'l be found people of a refined mind. No one who has not t: gen tle and a tender heart can truly love flowers; and any one who really does so, worships, it may be unconsciously, the Eternal One who formed them. U HEN \\ BEAT SBO I 'l. it UK CL T. —There has been some diversity of opinion as to the Iw-ct time to cut wheat, judging from the common practice of farmers. It is generally tip when dead ripe, or at least when the grain hits he come hard. This is no douht an error, and one of more importance than many suppose. It should be remembered that wheat U com posed of gluten, starch and bran, (iluten is the nourishing ijuality oi the graiti, makes the flour stick together in the hands of the baker, and gives weight to the grain—and there is the greatest quantity of gluten in the grain.jus/ when the sir air is yd/ow tiro or three joints from the ground, the head turns down ward, and goo ran mash a grain between gour thumb and finger without producing any mil,., h niay therefore l>e oet down as an in disputable truth that every day the wheat stands after litis .stage of its ripeness, the gin ten decreases in quantity and the bran in creases in thickness. We give these facta in time that the farmer can take advantage of them the presi-ut rea son. Germanitnrn Telegraph. WEEDS. —Now i-- THE time to fight the weeds. Every weed takes up room that should be oc cupied by something else. Every weed draws sustenance that belongs to the growing crops, lake advantage of all dry hot days, keep the hor>e among the hoed crops, thoroughly stir ring the soil, to kill the weeds, with good horse implements; hoeing by hand may be nearly dispensed with after a stand is e-tab 1 * fjre this, hoeing must be doue so as to i ip the weeds in the seed-leaf, if possi ble. Soon after the corn begins to grow well, the hand hoe may he entirely dispensed with! lor weeds between the rows will be taken care w,,1, , ,fce cultivators and horse hoes, and most of those m the rows will be killed bv the earth being thrown upon them. The few which escape should be pulled by hand when the corn is abont a foot high. Itlt. Hrurth and Home says that the first ibmg for a farmer to find out is what grow.- Leal on Ins soil. After he has learned this it thinks he should not be discouraged by low price s for a year or I wo. MaXY persons destroy their window sash endeavoring fo remove old putty. This may be avoided by applying a hot poker to the putty, which will then readily yield to tfati kn fs f.-,d lea--o the sasii dean. TUMOROUS. THE best headquarters—Brains. UNTAMED sweetness—Wild honey. ORXAWKSTAL waters—brides tears. A SKY LARK— Going up in a balloon. THE oldest woman's club—(be broom stick. VVitKX is a lady's tteck not a neck? When it is a little bear. WHY is a bob-tailed horse like a one chap- ' ter story? Because its 'tail' is not continued, j A joyous smile adds an honr to one's life, ; a heartfelt laugh, a day, a grin, not a moment, j THE abode of Miss Ann-Thropy—The Man- j eh tin-house. WHY is a prudent roan like a pin? Because ; his head prevents him going too far. WHAT did a blind wood sawer take to re store kis s'glit? He took his borse and saw. TUE husband who is two feet taller than his wife can easily overlook her shortcomings. BK always at leisure to do good, never make business an excuse to decline office* of humanity. PACER and twine are now made of wood. Imagine a package done up with a cord of wood. GIRLS sometimes put their lips out pouting ' !v became they are angry, and sometimes be i cause they are disposed to meet you half-way. A FACETIOUS philosopher says that a brisk walk will kill the blues in less time than you ! can .laughter a bob tailed fly with a flat iron. A ensihle man will be remembered long after the buffoon who sets the table in a roar | is forgotten. "You are u free booter," said a gentleman ! to an enraged party who kicked him, in the ' heat of an argument. "I THINK our churth will last a good many years yet," said a waggish deacon to his i minister, '-I see the sleepers are very sound.'' V.'ll\T' S the difference between water aud : whisky? Men slip on the former when it is j frozen, und on the latter when it isn't. | "I iiisciNK mankind," said an arrogant mil lionaire to a noted clergyman. "I see you have studied your own nature deeply," was the quiet reply. IN Cork, Ireland, a short time ago, the crier of the court endeavored to clear it by exclaiming. "All ye blackguards that isn't ■ law; ears, iave the coort." "MY dear," said an eflfectionate spouse to ber husband, "am not I your only treasure?" "I es," was the cool reply, "and I would willingly lay it up in heaven." HE who seeks to increase the quantity of his lands by prosecuting groundless claims, will probably soon find himself as groundless as his claims. SOME one has said that "it is sweet to have friends you can trust," but we have found it to be a good bit sweeter to have friends that will trust you. A focsu lady in Montgomery, (Ala..) who was caught smoking a cigar, gave as her reason for the act, "that it made it smell as though there was a man around." "YV bat have you to remark, sir, about my oratory?" once asked a vain public speaker of John Randolph. "Noth ng, sir; it is not remarkable,'' quietly replied the merciless wit. ''PATRICK," suid a lady to a slip of Green Erin who was officiating in the kitchen, "wheie is Bridget?" "Indeed, ma'am, she's fast aMeep, lookin' at the bread bakin'." A UKXTLKHAX popped the question. The lady in a frightened maimer said, You scare me, sir. The gentleman remained quiet for some time, when she exclaimed, Scare nte again. LUCK AND LABOR. —Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a new legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock, and, wi:h busy pen or wringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. A YOUNG iady being asked by a feminine acquaintance whether she had any original poetry in her album, replied: "No; but son.e of my friends have favored me with original spelling.' THE Excise Commissioners are complained of for being cross-grained but there is uo doubt, about their cross eyes—that is, their X-eyt-s (exercise,) A D iw X KAST girl, being bantered once by some of her ft-male friends in regard to her lover, who had the misfortune to have but one leg, replied : Puob ! I wouldn't have a man with two legs—they're too common." A TRAVELER in Pennsylvania last summer asked his landlord if he had any cases of sun stroke in that town. "No, sir," said the landlord ; "if a man gets drunk here, we say he is drunk, and never call it by any other name." THE poet Longfellow, at a party in Boston asked a French gentleman, who happened to oe present, why he reeir,- I so sad and unhap py- at that moment? To which the latter re plied, "Me very tnosh dissatisfy. Me just heardet my fadere be dead!" JIST So.—"At what a rate that girl's long e is going !" said a lady, looking coni plac ntly at her daughter, who was discussing some subject of apparent interest with a hand' some young clergyman. "yes, : ' replied a neighbor; "Iter tounge is going at tbecu-rate." k ot- can judge of a man's religion very well by hearing his talk, but you can't judge S P'cty by what he says any more than you can judge of his amount of linen by the ; stick out of bis collar and wristbands. | '"JEVSIK, ' said a venerable Scotchman to his daughter, who was asking his consent to accompany her urgent ar.d favored suitor to the altar, "Jennie, it's a very solemn thing to get inßrried. M "I know it, father,"' replied j the sensible damsel, "but it's a good deal ! soleutner not to get married." A Dutchman was once remarking his tnar ; velous escape from drowning when thirteen ! of his companions were lost by the upsetting ; of a boat, and he alone was saved. "And how did you escape their fate?'' "1 lid not go iotepote!" was the dutch ins n s placid answer. "Is uiy face dirty?" remarked a young laclv to her aunt, while seated at the dinner table on a steamer runuing from Cairo to New Or leans. "Dirty! No. Why doyou ask?" "Because that insulting waiter iu.ists upon putting a towel beside my plate. I've thrown three under the table, and yet every time he comes round he puts auother one before me." "Sutr your eyes and listen mit tue," said Cucle Van Ileyde. "Veil tie first night I opeas store I counts de monies, and finds him nix right, I count him and dere be tree dollar gone, aud vot does yer tink I does den ?" "I can t say "Vy, I did not count him any more, and he comes out sboost right efcer since." Stts Josh Billings: "Most enay man will conceed that it loox very foolish to see a boy drag a heavy slay up a steep hilt for the fleet in plcohur of ridin dawn again: but it appears to me that that boy is a sage by the side of j that young man boo works bard ail the week, and driuks his stamps up Saturda nite." < niunsii Stm-ucrrr. —Little Susie, poring over a book in which angel.- were represent ed as winged beings, suddenly exclaimed, with vehemence : "Mamma, J don't want to be an angel, and 1 need not, need I?" "Why, Susie!*' questioned her mother. Humph! leave off all uiy pretty clothes, und wear feddK Iska a ben?" i g-Uiif'mat. HY ENDURE A LIVING DEATH? The confirmed dyspeptic may almost say with St. Peter, * 4 I die daily." The object of this arti cle is not to remind hira of his pangs, bat to show biin how to banish them forever. The means of immediate and peiiuaoent relief are proffered him in HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, And it is fur him to say whether he will continue to endure a living death, or to put biuiself in a position to render life enjoyable. LIVING ADVERTISEMENTS Of the efficacy of this matchless vegetable stom achic are to be found in every city and town in the United States —healthy men and women res cued from toiture by its use, and eager to bear testimony tu its virtue/. It differs from any other bitters in existence, in this especial particular—it : is not alcohulio. For such constitutions and systems as require for their invigoration a diffusive stimulant, HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC lias been provided—a preparation in wliicb the solid extracts of tho finest restoratives of the veg etable kingdom are held in solution by a spiritu ous agent, purged of nil deleterious constituents. The patient, in choosing between these two great antidotes, should be guided by his own condition. If in a very low state, from debility, tho Tonic should he his selection; hut in cases where the emergency is not so pressing, the Bitters is the specific required. Thousands find infinite bene fit from taking each in turn. There is no phase of indigestion, Biliousness, Nervous ltisease. or Physical Prostration, to which they are not adap ted" and in which, singly or combined, they will : not effect a cure. EXCHANGE PAIN FOR EASE, And Weakness for Strength. Get rid of the ail : meat* which interfeie with enjoyment,'east gloom and der-pondency to the winds; take a stronger i hold of life, and, in short, BECOME A NEW-MAN! Through the instrumentality of the most power ful end popular of all vegetable invigorants and correctives. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS. Biliousness, Indigestion, General Debility, and, alt the complaints which proceed from a want o proper action in the Liver, the Stomach, and the Bowels, are eradicated by a course of this great CONSTITTJTIONAL SPECIFIC, Which not only combats and conquers diseases j that have intrenched themselves in the system, ; but is the best known safeguard against all un healthy influences. Persons whose occupations and pursuits subje t them to the {depressing ef fects of a close, unwholesome atmosphere should take it regularly, as a protection against the low fevers and other disorders which malariaengon | ders. Invalids who are WASTING AWAY, Without any special complaint, except a gradual declination of bodily strength and nervous ener gy, will find in the Bitters a fountain of vitality and vigor as refreshing and exhilerating as a pool in the desert to the sand-scorched and fainting travelers. HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTERS, Is composed of the pure juices (or, as they are medicinally termed, Extracts) of Roots, Herbs and Darks, making a preparation, highly concen trated and entirely fret from alcoholic admixtures of any kind. HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with the purest quality of Santa Cruz Bum' Orunge, Ac., making one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. 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T. 21. LYNCH. Agent, Bedford, Pa. Sjul#;!/ putffUanejms. QUR NEW FAMILY SINGER SEWING MACHINE. The superior merit# of the "Singer" Machine, over all others, for either family use or manu. factoring porpoaea, are ao well established and generally admitted, that an enumeration of tbtir relative excellence it no longer eontidered nec —IJ. OUR NEW FAMILY MACHINE, which has been brought to perfection regarllee; of time, labor or expense, la now confidently pre sented to the public aa incomparably THE BEST SEWING MACHINE IN EX . IBTEXCE. The machine in qneation is SIMPLE, COMPACT, DURABLE A BEAU TIFUL It is quiet, light running, and capable of per. forming a range and variety of work never be fore attempted upon a single machine, -uin either silk, twiat, linen or cotten thread, and tew. ing with equal facility the very finest audcoar-.-t materials, and anything between the two extremes in the moat beautiful and substantial manner. 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Or commum. cations may be addressed to THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. 458 Broadway, Xew York. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, 110# Chestnnt Street. C. LOYER, Agent, Bedford, Pa. 9oct 11m S II A I II T I G 0 R FOB TUB | RENOVATION OF THE HAIR. I THE GREAT DESIDERATUM of He AGE! A dressing which is at once agreeable, b thy, 1 and effectual for preserving the Hair. /'i f.. gray hair it toon restored to its original c 'or and the glott and frcthnett of youth. Thin hair is thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness of ten, though not always, cured ny its use. Noth. ing can restore the hair where the fallicies are destroyed, or the glands atrophied and decayed, j But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by j this application. Instead of fouling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. 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