No. 2423.
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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.