No. 2423. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. NEW subscriptions must be paid in ilvance. If the paper is continued, and net a iJ within the first month, $1,25 will be charg j; if not paid in three months, $l,o0; if not aid in six months, $1,75; and if not paid in ine months, $2,00. All papers addressed to persons out of the junty will be discontinued at the expiration of ie time paid for, unlesS special request is made I the contrary or payment guaranteed by some (jponsible person here. ADVERTISING. (Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con fute a square. Three insertions sl, and 25 .nts for each subsequent insertion. •he West Branch Insurance Co. j OF LOCK HAVEN, PA., VSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer chandise, Farm Property, and other Build g; and their contents, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. on John J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, ,bu B.Hall, T. T. Abrams, larles A. Mayer, D. K. Jackman, ,arles Crist, W. White ,ter Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen. Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres. T, T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. Thos. Kitchen, Fec'y. REFERENCES. irauel H, Lloyd, Thos. Bowntan, D. D. ; A. Winegardner, Wm. Vaoderbelt, i \tickpv Win. Fearon, White, Dr. Crawford, nrs Quiggle, A. Updegraff", hn W. Maynard, James Armstrong, on Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler. for Mifflin county. G. W. STEW KT, Esq. _ a p23 itlfuiiiity from Loss ami Damage by Fire, j ,Ind the Peril* of Marine anil Inland Transportation, j CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY. iirorjioraled by the Legislature of Pennsylca nia, i r ith a Perpetual Charter. Authorized Capital, £1,000,000. Miff No. til Walnut St. abou Second, I'liila. Fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer handise, &c., generally. Marine Insurance n Cargoes and Freights to all parts of the rorld. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by ,ukes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to I! parts of the Union, on the most favorable trms, consistent with security. DIRECTORS. leorge \V. Collaiiay, William Bowers, nhn M. Coleman, Joseph Oat, ilwin V. .Machettc, Howard ffinchman, GEORGE W. COLLADAY, President. GACEV WILSOV, Secretary. for Milllin county, VVm. P. EL pTT, Esq. febl9-ly INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE, Fire Insurance Compa ny of Philadelphia. Office 163.', Chestnut street, near Fifth, (attment of Assets, 51.827,185 80 January Ist, 1857. üblished agreeably to an act of Assembly, be ing, ist Mortgages, amply secured, $1,519,932 73 eal E-tatc, (present value, $109,- 00-:),) cost, 89,114 18 lock-, (present value, 883,881 12,) cost, 71,232 97 ash, &c., 64,121 56 $1,827,185 80 Pequtual or Limited Insurances made on every sscription of property, in Town and Country, ales as low as are consistent with security. Since their incorporation, a period of twenty glit years, they have paid over Three Millions Dollars' losses by fire, thereby affording cv ence of the advantages of Insurance, as well i the ability and disposition to meet with romptness all liabilities. Losses by Fire. osses paid during the year 1856, $301,638 84 DIRECTORS. has. X. P.ancker, 1 Mordecai D. Lewis, obias Wagner, | David S. Brown, imuel Grant, I Isaac Lea, icob R. Smith, 1 Edward C. Dale, eo. W. Richards, | George Fales. CHARLES N. BANCKEft, President. CHAS. G. BA.VCKKR, Sec'y. for Milllin county, H. J. WAL- F.RS, F.sq., Lewistown. mar] 9 IATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS For the People, AND THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN. nIDa3 II i ? AST Market street, Lewistown, opposite the jrost Office, has just returned from the city ith a large and elegant stock of Fashionable IATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS, suitable for spring and summer wear, r&ich notwithstanding the advance of almost Teryihing he will dispose of at low pri ts - His store has been fitted up with large with glass fronts, so that the stock can at a glance. , .'He will manufacture to order any descrip of tats, (having the best of workmen in his i r'°y and an abundant supply of material,) ould his extensive stock fail to furnish a suit e article. Parents are especially invited to and examine his variety of Children's Hats .!'■ S a P. s ' COf nprising a first rate stock, from elves Can ma^e c ' lo ' ce to please them o't'r friends will find they are not for rtiri"' may rest a9Bure d of finding an _ie to their taste, or can have one made at h °ft notice. hankful for the patronage heretofore so lib al'-ltiSten^ lm ' s °D c ' tß his friends to new -° Se ' r "^ e ' Jle( l square up and begin k. . at "l an y number of visitors from this or ei ghboring counties, to take a look at him "J or evening. N. J. RUDISILL. Dr. J, D. Stoneroad )iv r* i% P r °F eßß iotial services to the cit ountr S ®,J^ ew .i st own and the surrounding JHay 21 j® ce ' n Beehive Drug Store. imnsrcnaiß asjsd wwxßaim qwddmui inroasraumh aawnsw@wsT 9 scwsmh <s®®si®^ 9 ip^ 0 TO BUILDERS AID CARPENTERS. T■XJM B E E ! Wm. B. Hoffman & Co. AT their Lumber Yard on East Third street, Lewistown, near the Presbyterian Church, ; have received, and are now receiving, in addi tion to their large stock of well-seasoned Lum ber— -20,000 ft panel Boards & Plank, from •; to 2 in. 10,000 ft first common Boards 50,000 ft second common Boards 20,000 ft 1| inch Boards 15,000 It Sidings 2,000 lights of Sash, various sizes, 70,000 Plastering Lath, all sizes, Plain Siding and ready worked Flooring, Hemlock Joists Scantling, 3x4, 4x5, 4x6, 6x6. Lap and Joint Shingles and Shingle Lath al ways on hand. fd^Doors, Shutters, Blinds, and Sash made | to order. All orders thankfully received aud promptly ! attended to. may2l ICG-AIT FOTJITEItY. fPHE public are hereby respectfully informed JL that we have leased the above well known Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand a full assortment of all kinds of STOVES, viz : Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different Trs£sizes, Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c. and also Iron Fence, Hollow Ware, Water Pipes, Ac., and will make to order all kinds of CAST INGS. All orders sent to us will be filled with care and despatch, and on as reasonable terms as at any other establishment in the State. We hope, friends, you will call and examine our stock before buying anywhere else. You will undoubtedly save money by doing so. DANIEL BEARLEY & SONS. Lewistown, March 26, 1857.-y - Selling Off at Cost! AS times are hard and money scarce the sub scribers wish to reduce "their stock, and will sell their present assortment of eastern work, consisting of BOOTS AND SHOES, Cents, Ladies, Bojs and Youth's Waiters, Children's Shoes, &c. AT COST, for cash only. All kinds of goods in their line made to order of the best material aud warran ted. Also, a large assortment of Home-made Work now on hand, which will be sold at the lowest prices. The attention of the public is invited to the above, as the eastern woik will be offered at such prices as to defy competition. All persons indebted to us will please call and make payment immediately, or the next notice to many will be sent through the hands of the constable. je!B JOHNSON &. CLARKE. IV. & (]. MACKLIN, McVeytown, Pa., keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Staple and Fancy Ery Goods, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AYD (APS, STRAW GOODS, HARDWARE, QIEENSWARE, (EDARWARE, Wall and Window Papers, STATIONERY, CARPETS, DRUGGETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, LINES, OIL, LEAD, PITTY, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, Salt, Fish, Plaster, Guano, Cement, Stone Coal and-Grind Stones. We are paying the highest market price fur all kinds of GRAIN; or where parties desire it we will ship their Grain hv canal and pay them nctt proceeds, after deducting freight. McVeytown, February 5, 1857. Pennsylvania Railroad. ON and after Monday, June 22d, 1857, trains leave Lew is town Station as follows: Eastward. Westward. Express, 5 14 a. m. 5 40 a. m. Fast Line, 10 47 p. m. 729 p. m. Mail, 404 30* " Through Freight, 5 00 " 1 50 a. m. Emigrant, 5 00 " 3 25 " Express Freight, 5 00 " 10 15 " Local " 7 25 " 12 40 " Fare to Ilarrisburg, $150; to Philadelphia, 4 20; to Altoona, 1 75 ; to Pittsburgh, 4 70 Ticket Office will be open 20 min utes before the arrival of each Passenger Train. D. E. ROBESON, Agent. PI SK'S METALLIC BURIAL CASES, AIR-TIGHT AND llf DESTRUCTIBLE, For protecting and preserving the Dead for or dinary interment, for vaults, for transport ation, or for any other desirable purpose. For sale at the new Furniture rooms, under the Odd Fellows' Hall, by ANTHONY FELIX. New Arrangements. AFTER returning our sincere thanks to our numerous friends and customers for their continued patronage, I would inform them that I am still to be found at CE>Hc£L With a desire to bring my business nearly to CASH, after the first of April our credit terms will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed Fifty Dollars, we hope still to conduct our business so that we shall enjoy the good will of our numerous customers, and that the num ber may be greatly increased. marl 2 F. J. HOFFMAN. I UMBER! LUMBER! LUMBER! J Every kind of Dry and Green Lumber is on hand and being received, which will be sold at the lowest rates for cash. [aug!3] F. G. FRANCIBCUS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1857. lias lansMss. "FORGET THEE." "Forget thee," yes, I would forget And have no memory linger— yet It cannot be; Around my heart there is entwined A mystic chain which ever binds My thoughts to thee. Forget, ahfain would I disown Vour right supremely to that throne Of memory; Forget 1 may not, or dismiss, "l is linked with all my happiness. This thought of thee. Though other loves may pass away. And hope her harbinger display, Not so of thee; That memory may not wane, ever. Nor ceased to be the loved forever, Loved well by nse. MY GIRT.. BY R. M. M'LURE. Playing, playing, round me playing. By the lireside warm aud bright, Is a little rosy cherub, O, she is a gem of light! Rolling o'er the carpet there. Pulling at the rocking chair. Running, running everywhere. Little prattler void of care! Now she's in the room, now out. Now she's sitting by the stand Now she's scolding Pont about, Now she pats him with her hand. Thus she goes around the room, • Now she's got the poker—l.rooin Now she's crying—now she talks— Now site's running—now she walks. Now she fails—anon she's up. Going, going alt the time; Never knowing when to stop. Now she's singing some old rhyme. Thus from early morn till night. Romps this tittle cherub bright Gem of hope! with golden hair. All around ine everywhere. She is only three years old. Only three years old to-day ; Does she think of after tinn , When black hairs will turn to grey / Ah, she never thinks, not she, Of the days that are to be: Of the hopes and cares and fears. Days of lotting, Joy and t< ars. Little angel, may'st thou ever Be as Joyous as thou art; Taste life's bitter cup, O, never, Or be doomed to broken heart. May thy hours l>e sunny hours. May thy path he strewn with flowers. And when death steals out thy spirit. Go bright mansions to inherit. 189tftli4BitlVSL TIIE LATE DAVID S. McKIM. [As everything relating to McKim is of interest, the following article addressed to the Philadelphia Bulletin, will aid in throwing light on his conduct before his execution.] . MESSRS. EDITORS:—The grave has clo sed over Mclvim, and his sonl lias winded its flight to that dread tribunal where the secrets <>t' the heart are known—where lies and deception avail not. Far be it from me to say or do anything to harrow up the feelings of the respectable relatives he has left behind; but even they must know that "the evil that men do lives after them." Neither have I any thirst for notoriety; but, actuated by a sole desire to have jus tice done to the witnesses who were ma ligned and traduced by the culprit but a few minutes before he appeared before the bar of the Almighty, I have concluded to make a statement such 'as, 1 hope, will re move any doubt as to the guilt of MeKini, if any such doubt may have been raised by the solemn, asseverations of a dying man. Shortly after the arrest of MoKim, on the day he was expected to arrive at Hol lidayshurg, I called upon the Deputy Sheriff, John McClure, Esq., and made a proposition to him to go into partnership and publish a life, trial and confession of the murderer, if the latter could be had. -Mr. McClure expressed a. willingness to enter into such ail arrangement, and I gave him the necessary instructions how to pro ceed. The week before the trial was to take place, McClure called upon me and stated that the MoKim matter was fixed, and that he promised a confession, in case of con viction, for SSO, which sum he wanted to enable him to fee another lawyer. A day or two after we went to his cell and there talked the matter over. MeKini stated that he had received a remittance jind paid his lawyers, and had use only for $25; that if we would advance him this sum, iinoase of a conviction, lie would furnish us with a confession; and, if acquitted, he would refund the money. With this understand ing we left. The conversation, of course, was confidential, but I informed A. F. Os terloli and O. A. Traugli before the trial, and Win. A. Stokes, Esq., one of the coun sel for the Commonwealth, immediately after the trial, of the arrangement wc bad made. On the first day of Court I told McClurc to pay McKim the money, and I would re imburse him the week following —to which lie agreed. As he never called upon me for the money, I was at a loss to know whether McKim refused hi take it, or had taken it and returned it again, but his speech in the Court House, before sentence was passed staggered my belief that Ije ever would make a confession of any kind. I took an early opportunity to communicate my suspicions to Mr. McCluro, but he in formed me that McKim still told him that it was " all right." On the strength of this, I even wrote to 11. B. Aslunead fr the estimated cost of' 10,0(10 pamphlets. Ivvo weeks later McClurc could get no sat isfaction out of him. lie declared his in nocence of the crime most vehemently to the very man whom he promised a confes . sion! It will thus be seen that lie had a eon frxstoit to notice. The reason why he did not make it is evident. Subsequent events prove that he htid made up his mind to ; cheat the gallows by either escaping from prison or committing suicide, and under this hallucination ho labored up to the day on which he was executed. But if there is any other evidence want ing not elicited at the trial, look at his incon gruous statements. To his counsel he sta ted, that on the morning Norcross was mur dered, he got off the cars about fifteen miles west of Altoona, in order to meet a friend, leaving Norcross in charge of a man named Robinson. To his spiritual advisers he said, that lie got off' at the first station west of Altoona, thinking it was Altoona, and expecting Norcross to follow. When the discrepancy of these statements was pointed out to him he had nothing to say. A visitor asked him whether, when he left (iailitzin lbr Altoona, he took the rail road or the country road. Jle immediately answered " the country road." Now the fact is that no road leads to Altoona but the railroad. He might have reached Altoona by going down Sugar Hun to Allegheny l'urnace, but that is a road no stranger could find in daylight, much less at two or three o clock in the morning. No man would venture through the tunnel at night, and it would keep a stranger busy to find his way over tunnel trill. Once on the other side, no person hut one exceedingly well acquainted with the country could find the Jiemington road ; and even if found, one who did not know the path and foot logs, would soon lose it, for at places the wagon track is directly in the bed of the rivulet. During the trial, McKim told one of the Illinois witnesses that the first time he saw Attix in Dubuque, he looked upon him its a uian who would >wear another's life away, and yet on the gallows fie declared most emphatically that he never saw Attix until lie saw him in the (,'ourt House of Blair county! Another ease in point, and I am done, i His bitterest invectives were against Mr. Meek, who testilied to McKim's taking breakfast at his house on the morning of the murder. This MeKiin denied, and gave an accurate description of Kearney's house, as the place where he breakfasted. I t may be that Fleck was mistaken, and yet j it is not at all unlikely that he was at both j places. The evidence only went to estab j lish the murderer's presence in Altnona, ! and yet in almost the same breath with which he denounced Fleck, h< twice ar- Anoirhdi/cd being in A/toona on fin morn -1111/ of flu t raged u! But, it is useless to pursue this subject further. His career in Heading, l'ottsvillo ; and Long Pond, proves that lie was an un ■ mitigated liar, and there was not a single person who listened to his long and loud protestations of innocence, but what knew that all the statements he made were lies, malignant and black as bell itself. | It those who have read the speech, | could have listened to the tone and energy I in which it was delivered, and then oon j trusted the whole with the evidence given on the trial and what 1 have above written, the conclusion must have forced itself upon their minds that no such an extraordinary criminal ever expiated crime upon the gal j lows in this or any other country. I consulted Mr. McClure in regard to this statement, and he is willing to certify to the entire truth of what I have stated, if necessary. t\ -J. -JoNKs. Ho//it 11ri/sJtn/■'/, A hi/nst 2.~>, 18f>7. EXTRAORDINARY FREAKS OF A LUNATIC. A young man in Mercer county, I'a., named Davis, has for sometime manifested symptoms of insanity. The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: lie imagined himself to be a second Dan Hice, engaged in getting up a circus. On the Bth inst. he caught a snake, which he took to Hell's school-house, in the neigh borhood, where, he says he had a grand performance; after getting through which he swept the house, and broke all the win dows with the broomstick. 11c then pro ceeded to the residence of Mr. Win. Cur ry, a mile or two from town, in the absence of the family, and destroyed nearly every thing in the house. He says lie went there "to have some fun ;" broke a gun, with the barrel of which he smashed the crockery, dishes, glassware ami windows; broke to pieces a clock and two watches, grinding up the works in a cider press. It then struck him that the ground where the house stood would he an admira ble location for a circus, whereupon he built a lire on the floor, and it was soon in flames, from which he narrowly escaped by jumping from a window, cutting his arms and hands in getting out, and leaving a broadcloth coat, which the heat induced him to throw off, a prey to the flames. — Considering the bees appropriate perfor mers in his new circus, he upset several hives, and undertook to put sleigh bells on the insects, in which " performance" he was very badly stung. When the neigh bors came running to the tire, they found him under a shade tree, congratulating himself that this was the u best performance I lie had had yet —it brought the largest au ; dience!" The house was entirely desfroy ! Ed, and the poor lunatic secured and taken to Mercer jail. A Drotrpy Danittel. —The lloekville, (In diana) Republican tells the most extraordi nary robbery story that we ever heard. It says that some fellow entered the house of Mr. Jesse Wright, of that (Parke) county, and robbed the room of Mr. Wright's (laughter, who was sleeping in her bed.— After plundering as much as lie could, he proceeded very coolly to steal the earrings out of the ears of the drowsy damsel.— Then he pulled the rings off her fingers, and thinking still that he hadn't made the robber}- complete, lie cut oil the hair off of one side oj her head. And he accom plished it all without waking the girl.— She must have been sitting up all night the night before with her beau. Girls, j take warning! Hurled at the Cross Roads. —On Mon day last a young girl named Earlwine, whose father resides on Fish Creek Mills, in Marshall county, Ya., committed sui cide by hanging. Cause, disappointment in love. She was found suspended from the limb of a tree lifeless. Miss Earlwine was about eighteen years of age. The su perstitious people in the neighborhood would not allow her to he buried in the church yard, and her remains were appro priately interred at the Cross Roads, in ac cordance with a heathenish custom and an obsolete law. Death from Fright. —A Mr. John Jane-1 way, an Englishman by birth, met his death on the 'J erre Haute Railroad under the following circumstances: He was dri ving near the road in .a buggy, when his horse took fright at a locomotive, wheeled the vehicle around, and backed towards the | track. The locomotive, which was running I slowly, was instantly stopped, and some by- j standera caught the horse by the head; but 31 r. Janeway, under the terrible idea that he was to be crushed to death, died on the j spot. A Coir irith II Wooden Leg. —Last week Mr. Robert Wright, farmer, of Burton Lazars, near Melton Mowbray, had a cow which broke its leg, and which they at tempted to set themselves; but finding they could not succeed, they sent for Mr. Reynolds, veterinary surgeon of Melton Mowbray, who found it in so bad a state as to render amputation necessary, and lie has affixed one of timber in its place, which is likely to answer every purpose. It is fas tened around the knee joint by means of leather straps, and the beast can use it.— Nrttingham Journal. -I Darkey Theologian. —An old negro, near Victoria, Texas, who was the only Baptist in the neighborhood, always "stuck up for his own faith," and was ready ftith a reason for it, although he could not read a word. This was the way he " put 'em down " Vou kin read, now, keant you?" " Ves." " Well T s'pose you've read the Bible, haint you V' Yes." "You've read about John de Baptist, haint you ?" " Yes." " Well, you never read about John de Methodist, did you ? You see I has be Bi ble on my side, den. Yah, ya-a-ah !" gL.An eccentric clergyman, lately allu ding in his pulpit to the subject of family government, remarked that it is often said, " That now-a-days, there is no such tiling as family government." But it is all false —all false ! There is just as much family government now as there ever was, just as much as in the days of our fathers and grandfathers. The only difference is, that then the old folks did the governing; now it is done by the young ones." Novel Application. —"I say Mr. John son, did you hear 'bout de c-atsolepy dat be fel Phillisc ?" <lo' course I didn't; what was it?" " Vu see, de doctur ordered a blister on her chist; well, she hadn't no chist, no how, so she put um on de bandbox, and it drawed her new pink bonnet out ob shape and spile um entirely." JteaT'" Ah," said an Englishman, '• I be long to a country upon which the sun nev er sets." " And I," said a Yankee, " belong to a country of which there is no correct map, it grows so fast that surveyors can't keep up with it." Mr. Shinglesticks mystified a tea-party by remarking that women are facts. When pressed to explain his mean ing, he said, " Facts are stubborn things." B*3juA lady told her husband that she had read the Art of Love on pui-pose to be agreeable to him. " I had rather have love without art," he replied. Cork, a short time ago, the crier of the court endeavord . disperse the crowd by exclaiming. " All ye blackguards that isn't lawyers, quit the court !" New Series—Vol. 11, No. 43. S&t' The last dodge to sell ready made clothing has been introduced Ivy the Boston dealers. They place in the pocket an old portmonnaie stuffed with paper; a customer comes along inquiring for a vestment.— I he dealer, if lie judges his customer to be of the right stripe, after essaying several coats, at last says; " Here is a coat made for a gentleman—he wore it one day and sent it back—it was too small for him—try it on. Ah, it fits first rate—like if it was made for you. It is well made—buttons sewed on —strong pockets." The customer puts bis hands into the poekets to try them, when his fingers come in contact with the poket-book. His imagination is kindled with the idea of appropriating the suppo sed treasure. " How much did you say the coat was ?" lie eagerly asks. The dealer names a good price. "It suits me —I'll take it," is the quick reply. The money is paid—the self duped customer walks off hurriedly with Iris supposed prize—not stoping to hear the suppressed chuckle of the dealer as he looked after him out of the corner of his eye. A method of securing sales, which savors strongly of rascality and the drop game. agricultural, see. SEED WHEAT. Before the 15th of September, most of the wheat that will yield a good crop next year will be in the ground,"and the value of the crop will depend greatly on the character and condition of the seed. The importance of this great staple, and the distress resulting from a diminished supply of it, entitle all the aids in its production to a careful study. Sch rt Good Seed. —lst. Choose a kind which has succeeded well in soil and cli mate similar to your own. Intelligent neighbors, who have raised good wheat, can help much in this matter. It is not well to try experiments on a large scale, unless one is prepared to risk a considera ble loss. 2d. Accept only that seed which is per fectly ripe and plump. Let no man im pose on you by saying that smaller kernels will produce a greater number of plants from a bushel of seed. What is wanted is a strong vigorous growth of wheat plants. This you cannot effect from half-grown or shriveled seed. 3d. Never sow any but the cleanest seed. Vou can tell by examining it what its con dition is. If the seed is good in other re spects, but is foul, clean it yourself. But be sure to have it clean at all events. 4th. Reject seed that has been kept damp, or has been heated. Seed that suf fered either or both of these injuries may germinate, but it has lost a part of its vi tality, and should never be used for seed if better can possibly be secured. stl). Do not sow mixed seed on the same ground. Let the seed of one sowing in the same field be of one kind alone. You will thus know what kind you are sowing, and be able to compare results, with an approach towards accuracy. Oth. If possible, never sow seed which is more than one year, or at most two years old. Old seed may grow well. But it may not. Prudence will suggest that seed should be used before it has been exposed to decay, to insects, to dampness, or to other injurious agencies. Experience has taught that some of these are likely to in jure the kernel, if it is kept after the first year.. One way to get good- seed is to select the cleanest and best spot in your wheat field, where the grain grows most perfectly and is most mature. Then harvest and thresh these portions separately, with the greatest care, and save the seed for sowing. Pur sue this course for a number of years, and you will produce what will seem to be a new variety of wheat. But it will only be the same, developed and perfected in a higher degree. This operation for secur ing good seed will pay in every department of farming and gardening. A good mode of preventing smut is the following: Spread seed wheat on the barn floor. Upon four bushels Of wheat dash from 12 to 16 quarts of human urine.— Stir the whole well together. Then add about six quarts of fresh slacked lime, and shovel the wheat over till the lime is even ly diffused in the wheat. It should be sown as soon after this preparation as prac ticable ; a long delay would injure its veg etative powers. This mode of treating seed wheat is deemed in England a specific against the smut. It has been practised in America also by some wheat growers, who say it has been uniformly successful. Tar water will answer instead of urine, and is preferred by many. The farmer who will select and prepare his seed wheat according to the above sug gestions, will greatly increase the chances in favor of his having a fine crop next year. —American Agriculturist. Butternut Pie. —Boil 1 quart of niilk with the rind of 1 lemon. When it has flavored the milk strain it; have the meats of 8 butternuts mashed fine and mixed smoothly with a little milk; stir into the boiled milk, set it where it will boil; swee ten to the taste; let it boil 4 minutes, take from the fire and bake directly or the erost will not be good.
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