1101E2 2770 _. -- - W A N I) A : sto op filo ruin!), ervlrmber 17, 1858. c itittttly V,ottrg. THE ABIDING AND THE FLEETING. IRON GOISTRE firlr joys, how false and fleeting ! Vanithing within the hour; En“ inu,ky wegt•winds beating, Came ar d wither every flower. Can I in the verdure aladden, l'asunr! now its grateful shade, Whch the autumn storms must saiden, And whose falrest leaves must fadel Seeke,t then life's fruit's to win! , natch the moment's share ! These to iitten trill begin. Let the other> blossom there. Think! thy vale of joy, and giver, Chantfcs with each shower of rain; In •he ,atne tran , parent river Thou wilt never bathe again. 111 , nu ib self art ever changing! Forms tbat now before thee rise, fa'acv , and wnile hrgh ranging. Thon I , eltuld'ist with other eyes. Vant•ited are the lips that gladly - Once bestowed love's food embrace, tr.l the foot that boldly, madly Trod the hunter's mountain chase. And the hand that for thy brother IN,.bly worked in weal and wo. Everything is now another; Swift they come and noiseless go, AU the fortn'that bears thy name, Standing now where thou blot stuOti Like a wa.e of ocean came. And rejoins its :wire flood. To beginning let completion Farm , in the harmonious rhyme ; Let thy spirit's swift fruition Yrt oittruip the Bight of time, Cali for aye thou mayest . inheritt, Mortal of the muses blest! The ideal bef,,re thy spirit, The reirard within thy breast. misreiinnenus. Interesting Chapter on Snakes A ;lapel was lately read before the Boston Socie- Natural iln-tory, from Dr. W. .1 Burnett, on :eriarae . er and habits of the 'rattlesnake. The had been experimenting on two or three ale is of this animal, and announces the die- -..•r of numerous embryo poisonous tangs in the :du of the snake. immediately behind the outward r. The u•e of these hidden weapons of de ca.n•n arrears to be to supply the plate s of the fan_• of the serpent, when they get broken ?sworn nut to service. It also appears that the , r 2 fall , . (Iwo in number) which are used in in the deadly bite of the rattlesnake, are na I , lllr shed every fear,,years, when they are not 7ye.i iy accrd•nt or wear, and the reserve tangs , cificien . ly numerous to meet the worst emer• From minute microscopic examinations rrueture of these teeth, Dr B concludes that •re are two canals on each fang, only one of which invele the Poison to the woun I Respecting the rawer of the poison itself, the Doctor remarks as There a good reason to believe that its action is iame upon all living things, vegetable as well sif.rnal It is even just as fatal to the snake it is ton her animals ; for Dr Dearing informed t!.a: one of l.is specimens, after being irritated annoyed in his cage an moving suddenly, as alt Week one of its fangs into its own body ; v..c.n rolled over and died as any other animal riald have done. Here, then, we have the re. trtable, and perhaps unique, physiological fact rpi,l secreted directly from the Wood, which , res deadly whim introduced into the very source ;he Mood) from which it was derived. la order to sc-ntini7e, bythe aid of a microcope, I:.e Opera' too of this deadly agent on the blood, Dr. Game:. stupefied one of the fiercest of his snakes '' 7 ;;:n2 chloroforni upon his head. Tirer'‘ live or thiry drops being allowed to fall* ! ea I . one slowly .. after the other, the sound a iegta foully died away:, and in - a few mi he was wholly under the agent, He was adrolily seized behind the jaws with the thumb arid lia2er, and draaged from the cage and allowed letu-cluve : in this state a second per re,,l li, of to . prevent his coiling around the rot of .1 e fn4. while a third opened his month, "d with a pair of forceps pressed the fang upward, flow of poison which was received on the end at the scalpel. The snake was then returned into tie cage. Blood Was then extracted from a finger for close microscopical examination. 'The smallest quantity aft he poison being presented to the blood between the glasses, a change was immediately perceived; the corpuscles ceased to ran and pile together, and remained stagnant, without any special alteration °l6l naaltire. The whole appearance was as though ua ritantrof the blood had been suddenly destroy eJ,exactly as in death from lightning . This agrees )66 With another experiment performed on a fowl, where the whole mass of the blood appeared quite liquid, and having little coagulable power. Or. Burnett is of opinion that -the physiologica l action of the poison of a rattlesnake in animals is Lis of a most puvi ciful'sedative, acting through.the blood on the nervous centres. He supporta IMO pco* taloa by the remarkable tact, that its fall ad coin- Plele antidotes are the moat active stimulants of these alcohol (commonly in the form of rum or xbiskey) is the hot. This remedy is well,known i the South, and there ails tome twenty.eve an %sane cases on record, proving than a person Buf feting, from the bate of a rattlesnake may drink from. 4 / a to two quarts of clear brandy and eventually re4l Cr —Harlford Times. When people imagine they are about to SOW to 411;rd heavens, then let thew look out for a ten! THE' 'BRADFORD.':-T;-..1-:,11.011TER. On the first day of March, 1811, Mehemet Ali perpetrated a crime which aver afterwards rendered his name infamous. He collected all the Mame luke Beys in the north of Egypt in the citadel at Cairo. He gave out that he wished them to share in the ceremony of investing his son Jonsam with the oraftan. It was 'remarked on the morning of that day that the sun rose the color of blood, and the lace of the pacha looked dark and troubled ; but at times he cleared it np with a smile of kind ness to deceive his victims. The Beys came mount on their \ finest Arabian horses, in their magnificent uniforms, forming the most supeib cavalry in the world. The pacha presented them with coflee, and paid them all honor. At length they were cnm manded to move in procession from the citadel.— Moan while Mehemit Ali placed himself on a ter race, seated on a carpet, and calmly smoked his Persian pipe. He took care to be so situated that be could see all that was to take place below. I-Ve permitted the procession to reach the critical point; he then ordered the gates of the citadeLto be closed upon the hitherto unsuspecting Mamelukes. When the portciillis tell behind the last of the proud pro cession, they were at once hemmed in like a ship in the lock of a canal. Before and around them there iviis...nothing bat blank pitiless walls and bar. red windows, and the only opening upward toward the bright blue sky. Mehemit Ali waved his hand, and forthwith the heights above bristled. with guns. The caged and defenceless warriors had only time to look around thern_with one stare of surprise, in dignation and despair, when every musket was fired, and most of them fell at'once beneath the shower of bullets. Volley after volley flashed from a thousand guns upon this devoted band. They met their late nobly. Some calmly crossed their arms on their mailed bosoms; some covered their turbaned heads in prayer; some drew their flashing I sworas, and uttered fierce curses—all in vain.— One sprang rapidly beneath the deadly fire into a red and withering mass. He spurred his charger over heaps of his slaughtered comrades, and his noble Arabian fairly leaped the battlements ; and, although the poor animal was killed by the dread ful fall, the rider escaped, amid the storm of bullets, and found safety first in the sanctuary of a mosque, and next in the desert. Four hundred Mamelukes were slaughtered in the citadel. A Pearecx NVire.—Edmund Burke, the diatin guished orator, presented his wile on the anniver sary of their marriage, his idea of a " perfect wile," which is supposed to be a true perirait of Mrs. Burke. Ii is certainly a lovely picture, worthy of the pen of the author of " The Essay on the So 'blime and Beautiful.", The following passa,ges are extracts:— The character of —, She is handsome, but is beauty not arising from features, from complexion or from shape. She has all three in a high degree, but it is not by these that she touches a heart; it is all that sweetness of tem• per, benevolence, innocence, and sensibili , y, which a face can express, that forms her beauty. She has a lace that just raises your attention at first sight; it grows on you every momenti.and you wonder it did no more than raise yonr attention at first. Her eyes have a mild light, but they awe when Ellie pleases; they command like a good man out of off►ce, not by authority : but by virtue. Her stature is not tall, t=he is not made to be the admiration of every body, but the happino,s of Sire has all the firmness that does not - exclude Delicacy—she has all the saltless that does not imply weuktiess. Her voice is soft, low music, rtof formed to rule in public assembles, but to charm those who can distinguish a company from a crowd ; it has its ad vantage—you most come close to her to hear it. To describe her body, describes her mind: one is the transcript of the other; her understanding is not shown in the variety of matter it exerts itself on, but in the goodness of the choice she maks. .She does riot display to so much in saying or do ing-striking things as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do. No person of so few years can know the world better; no person was ever less corrupted by the knowledge. -Fier politeness flows rather from a natural dispo sition to oblige, than from any rules on that subject., and therefore never fails to snike tliose who under stand good breethru;„ and those who ,do not. She has a steady and firm mind, which takes no more (root' the solidity of the female character than the solidity of marble does from its polish and Ins tre She has such virtues as make us value the truly great of our,own sex. She has all the win. ning graces that make us love even the faults we see in the weak and becitiful in hers. (ex Some exchange paper illustrates the ad vantages of a "division of labor" b}• the following anecdote :—A certain preacher was holding• With to a somewhat wearied congregation, When he rt lifted up his eyes" to the gallery, and beheld a youngster pelting the people below with chestnuts Domini was about to administer ex cathedra a sharp and stringent reprimand for his flagrant act of im piety and disrespect, but the youth, anticipating him, bawled out as the top of his voice,—" You mind your preaching, daddy, and IV keep 'ern awake." 'No Accourrroto roe TUTI—Ta the early part ot. the eighteenth century, a farmer frond the little vil lage otTadoastes was condemned to suffer the ex treme penalty ol tho law, for cow stealing; his wife called to'see him a few days Frisian to his. execution to she ber last:tarewell, when she wired iihe would like to have-the children see him ex ecuted, to which he promptly replied,." No, what must they come tore" She replied, " you unjust as you always was ; you never want the children to have a bit of pleasure." PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. Massacre of Ike Manielukes. REASAWDLESS OF DENUNCIATION rim* !LSI QIIMITEa." & 'Printer's Lille Printers, it is said, nniveasally die at an early age. This is doublees caused by the noxious effluvia arising from the type, and want of exercise, constant employment, and the late hour to which their work is prolonged. There is no other class of human be ings whose privileges are so few, whose labor so continuou4, and whose wages are so inadequate, as printers. If a " typo" be a man of 11=4, he is debarred the privilege of enjoying their societj a t all times because his hours of labor are almost end less, and his moments of leisure so few, that they must be spent in sleep to recruit his exhausted en• ergies, and prepare him fur the renewal of his toil. Pyor fellow, he knows nothing of sociability, and from necessity, is as closely shut out from the worm as a convict in a prison cell. Truly he Is in the world yet he knows not al it. Toil, toil, toil, by night and day, is his late until premature age ends his existence. For the advancement of reason, morality and virtue, the cords of his hear: are sun dered, one by one, and when his race is run, and time to him no more, he goes down to the grave ulicareil for and unknown, although his existence has been sacrificed for the benefit of his race.— When we hear mechanics crying out against op pression, and demanding certain hours for labor and rest, we cannot but reflect upon the situation of our own craft; how every moment of their lives is forced into service to earn a bare subsistence, and bow uncomplainingly they devote themselves for tho good of the same public who wear them as a loose garment, to be donned when convenient and doffed when no longer needed. Printers are almost universally pax men ; and for two reasons. The first one is they rarely ever receive a fair compensation for their services. And the second is, that inured to continual suffering, pri vation and toil, their purse.etrings are ever untied at the biddings of charity, and the bard earned dimes are Neely distributed for the relief of their fellow men. Thus it is that they live poor, and, alter death, it a suitable reward does not await them sad indeed, must be the beginning, the existence ; arid the end of the poor " typos."—Richmond Re. publican. WASHING SHECP.—Once upon a time, when the subject of temperance was being freely discussed, the citizens of a little town in the western part of Massachusetts called a meeting to talk over thorned. ter. There had never been a temperance society in this place, but after some discussion it was voted to form one. They drew op a pledge of total ab• stinence, and agreed that it any member of the ma ciety broke it he should be turned oat. Before the pledge was accepted, Deacon D. rose and said he had one objection to it: he thought Thanksgiving Day ought to be free for the mem• bets to take something, as he could relish his din ner much bett.,r at this festival it he took hie glass of wine. M. L thon4lit the pledge wee not perfect. He didn't care anything about Thanksgiving, bat his family always made a great account of Christmas, and he couldn't think of sitting down to dinner then without something to drink. He wee willing to give it up on all other days, and, in fact, that was the only time when he cared anything about it. Mr. H. next rose, and said he agreed with the ' other speakers, except in the time. He didn't think mnch of Thanksgiving or Christmas, though he /liked a little at any time, There was one day, how ever, when he must have it, and that was on the Fourth of July. He always calculated upon having a "regular drink" upon that occasion, and he wouldn't sign the pledge II it prevented him hoot celebrating Independence. Squire S., an old farmer lollowed Mr. B. He was not in the habit of taking anything often, but muss have something when he washed his sheep. He would sign the pledge if it gave him the privilege of imbibing when he washed sheep Why, he considered it dangerous for him to put his hands in cold water, without something to keep him warm inside. 4 Af . er some consideration, it was concluded that each member of the satiety should take his own oc casion to dtink—Deacon D. on Thanksgiving, L. on Christmas, &c The pledge was signed by a large number, and the society adjourned in a flourishing condition, after it shot•.ld be 'he duty of the members to watch each other, to see that they did not break the pledge. The nest morning D. walked to his neighbor's yard, who, by the way, %%as Mr. S', the sheep man, wondering, as it was a bitter cold morning, whether S. was yet up. He met his neighbor coming out of the house, and, to his surprise, gloriously drunk— or, to use a very modem phrase, " burning a very beautiful kiln." " Why, S," exclaimed the astonished deacon, ." what does this mean, sir ? You have broken your pledge, and disgraced our society and the temper ance cause." " Not—hic—as you know; no--hic—deacon.'' I haint—hie—broke the—hie—pledge, deacon." " Certainly you have, sir, and li ghat! report you to the society. Yoe agreed oot to drink except when you wash sheep. You cannot make me think you-are going to wash such a cold day as this." " Follow me, deacon." S. waded for the barn, and' the deacon followed. On entering the duor,the deacon saw a large wash tub standing on the floor, with an oldrato tied to it, the poor animal shaking dreadfully with cold, and bleating pitifully. " HlC—there, d-deacoo, n said 8 , pointing to the sheep with an air of triumph, " that old—hic—nwa has been washed six timeethis--his—nierning, and l— his—ain't done with him—hie—lett" _The deacon "retired.", Obedish thinks the ?tee of Knowledge' was the birch tree, the twigs oL which have done mote to make a msn acquainted with arithmetic, thane the other members of the vegetable bringdoM coM bined. The Rat. No other animal is placed in circumstances which tend an continually to sharpen its wits as the rat; nor does any other appear to be of more approve ble nature. He is a moat intelligent 'family, being related to the beaver. And in civilized countries he is not a wild creature ; for he follows the progress of civilization and adapts his own habits of life to it so as to avail himself of its benefits. Wheresoever man goes, rat follows or accom panies him. Town or country are equally agreea ble to him. He enters upon your houses as a ten ant at will, (hisrown, not yours,) works out for him sell a covered way in your walls, ascends by it from one story to another, and leaving you the larger apartments, takes possession of the space between floor and ceiling, es an entresol for himself. There he has his parties, and his revels and his gallopades [merry ones they are,] when you would be asleep, if it were not for the spirits widi which the yootri and belles of rat land keep np the hall! over your head. And you are more fortunate than most of your neighbors, if he does not prepare for himself a mausoleum behind your chimney piece or under your hearth alone; re ire into it when he is about to die, and very soon ['fiord you full proof that though he lived,like a hermit, his relics are not in the or der of sanctity. You have then the additional com fort of knowing that the spot so appropriated will henceforth be used either as a common cemetery or a family vault. In this respect; as in many oth ere, nearer approaches are made to us by inferior creatures than are dreamed of, in out philosophy. The adventurous merchant ships a cargo for some distant port; rat goes with it. Great Britain plants a colony at Botany Bay, Van Dieman's Land, or at the Swan River; rat takes the opportunity of colo nizing also. Ships are sent upon a maga of dis covery, rat embarks u a volunteer. He doubled the stormy Cape with Diaz, arrived at Malabar in the first European vessel with Gus, disiovered the New World with Columbus, and took posses. own of it at the 'same time, and circumnavigated the globe with Magellan, and with Drake, and with Cook Werustas.—The wedding entertainments of old er. times were very expensive and harrassing to the wedded. The house of the parent would be filled with company to dine; the same would stay to tea and sapper. For two days punch wu dealt out in prolusion. The gentlemen saw the groom on the first floor and then ascended to the second floor, whets they saw the bride ; there every gentleman, even to one hundred in a day, kissed her. Even the plain friends submitted to these things. I have known rich families which ha.) one hundred and twenty persons to dine—the same wbosigned thei r certificate of marriage at the monthly meeting; these also partook data acd sapper. As they for mally passed the meeting twice, the same enter- tainment was repeated. Two days the male friends would call and take punch; and all would kiss the bride. Besides this, the married parr for two entire weeks saw large tea parties at their home, having in attendance every night the groomsman and bride maids, to avoid expense and trouble, friends have, since made it sufficient to pass but one meeting.— When these marriage entertainments were made, it was expected also that punch, cakes, and meats, should be sent out very generally in the neighbor. hoed, even to those who were not visitors in the family. • A DIACOVERIt.-A certain deacon in one the bias sachusetts towns, afro was a sery zealous ;advocate for the cause of temperance, some years sirce, one hot summer's day, employed a carpenter to make some alterations in his parlor. In repairing a cor• r.er of the mop-board near the fire place, it was found necessary to remove the fire-board; when, lo! a " mare's nest" was brought to light, which astonished the workman most mavellously. A brace of decanters, iundry jugs, bottles—all con taining "something to take`•-a pitcher and tum blers, were cosily reposing there in snag quarters. The joiner, with wonder stricken countenance, ran to the proprietor with the intelligence " Well. I declare," exclaimed the deacon, " that is curious, surely. It must be that old Capt. B. left those there when he occupied the premises, thirty years since." " Perhaps he did," returned the discoverer ; "but, deacon, that ice in the pitcher must have been well congealed to have remained : solid so long a time !" • THE vteras' FANO.—The fang of a viper is a tri vance. ft is a perforated too It loose at the mot; in is quiet state lying down flat upon the jaw, hut furnished with a muscle, which with a jerk, and by the pluck as it were of a string suddenly erect— Under the tooth close to its root, and communica ting with the perforation lies a small bag contain• ing the venom. When the fang is raised, the otos ing iaw presses its root against ibe bag underneath ; and the force of its compression sends out the fluid' and with a considerable impetus through the tube in the middle of the. tooth. What mere unequivo cal or effectual apparatus toed be devised, lbs . the doable perpfte of at enee inflicting the wound and injecting th. poison! Yet though lodged in die mouth, it is so soastituted, as in its inoffensive and gleam' state not to interfere with the animal'. op dmasy ogles of receiving its Axel. ft has been ot. served also, that none of the harmless serpents, the black snake, thebtind worm, &0., have these fur, bet teeth of an equal . size, net moveable u this is, but fixed in the jaw. SAGACITY ovs Docr.- - 41te Albany Reickerbooker gives an aeoostat of a dog belonging to one of its carries" The Genies fell sink, sent Out a bey to deliver the papers, who, bektgiusepairsted with the rowed, wiesseempanied by tbedog, whestop. pout as tlas door of runty subscriber and wagged bit tail, never niiseing onis is a list ofsist buttered. At the door of all subscribers who had not paid for a long time, the dog was heard to bowl. =EMI Scene In aßread Car [Train just on the point of starting. Enierhurried ly a young married couple Young husband —Make baste, Bessy, no lime to be lost. Here's a seat. Young wife (anxiously glancing at a' bundle in her arms.) -George, isn't there too much: air comes in here? I'm afraid the baby will take 'cold. Young husband (good hunmvedly )-Not a bit of it. He'll get along famously. • Young wife—But I'm so uneasy you know. I wonder if there's been any small pox here or mea. sles, or hooping cough? Do please ask the con ductor. YoUng husband.—Nonsense ; you mutat% think about such things. Remember me .to the old folks and don't let them spoil the Hole fellow.— Good bye! Time's up; I must be oft. Young wife (detains him.)—Stop a minute George, they won't go just yet. Mind and take good tare of yourself; arid be sure to write to me often. You'll find all your things put nicely away in the two lower drawers. There is a dozen shirts, seven pair of stockings, fuur pair 'drawers, six pair-- Young husband (turning to leave.)—l know, know. Never mind about them now. I dare say I shall find them all right. Young wite.--And George, one word more, orgy one word. Young husband.—Well, what is it Bessy Be quick. Young wile.-1 he wash woman Don't let her charge you over half a dollar a dozen. She has got now of yours—(Bell rings ) Ydung husband (hastily moving away) yes, yes, I'll see to it.r, Young wife (calling him track and speaking quickly,)count the pieces before yin, send them.— Those people are so careless. Who will sow your buttons on, while I am gone, I wonder 1 (Husband gels figety.)No don't be in inch a hurry, that's a dear. I been', hail— Young husband (looking ow.)—lndeed, Beg.sy, I can't stay any longer. Don't you see the cars are beginning to move. Young wife—so they are, I declare.—But, George —he turns around abruptly—won't you kiss the baby berme you go ? Young husband look. round half shame laced at the other passengers. The anxious mother unwraps the mysterious little bundle and discloses a tiny face nestling in among a world of frills and em broidery. Young husband mamba's hurried kiss, and then hastened away, and with a laugh and A very red face, just as the train is beginning to gath er speed. Young wife looks sorrowfully out of the window for a moment ; but presently brightens op and kisses her hand to her young husband standing on the platform. (Kr An Irishman employed abort a store in flos• ten, was one day surprised and delighted by tile entrance of an old acquaintance. Alter a minute's jollification, the caller left, when l'at'e employer said to him : " So, Pat, you knew that chap in the old coot ME " Och, an' sore I did ; and it's lucky the day I met him here. Ili, granlather was a gineral; his father wss a gineral; an' he'd ha' been a gineral hisself if he'd not come away." " But what was he after an your pockets? I thought I saw him pot his fingers in them, rather slyly." Clapping his hands to his pockets, Pat ascertain ed that both watch and pocket book were miss ing. " Murther!" he crieJ, gesticulating like a whale with a dozen harpoons in his side, " the chafe! the spalpeen ! the come ! I knew him well, wid all his family. His p,ran'father was hanged, an' his father was hanged, an' he'd been hanged hisself, tf he'd not ran away " RAIN IN 'CHF: U. S.—A paper submitted to the As sociation for 'hel Advancement of Science by Prof. Blodget, of the Smithscinian,lnstiMie, slates the fol lowing interesting.fac's : The portion of ihe continent. east of the Rocky Mountains differs esseritially fiord the western por tion and from Europe in regard to the diAtibution and amount of rain. 1 - s fall is symmetrical and general, not irregular and local. Ttie actual amount falling annually if greater in Uw countrica. and decreases w i th the elevation, It is greater in the Missimmitpi valley than on the Atlantic coast in "the same kai title by about one. , enthih. It is less nn the Alleghenies than on the Atlan tic coast in the same Nilo& by about one-eighth The law of distribution is deduced as one of reg olar decrease in temperature, wheiter that decrease of temperature is due to increase eievation of Itibh er 'latitude. The soaren e:)f sopply of moisture aro considered as tying below the surface atmosphere. (Kr Table-talk, or knocking, sometimes leads to embarrassing results, as is proved by the follow ing gossip, current at Berlin. A-party met the oth er night and based a ehain, and when the Bold was in movement, a married lady present put the question— " How mail abatises have IV' Tap, tap, tap, tap--or four, replied the table. "True; wooderlul!" exclaimed the lady, and an others. Franily her husband earns la, and asked the Weld question,. Tap, tap,—or two, wu the answer. The effect produced by this may be better don. cased than described. This might be termed.... amindslose table talir.n elisPdonle hews, soapy, azuf tell me what the gar eimecis are?" ' Pepper, 'enuistani, salt, and sisegati-theftes what mammy always seasons CunhaShag Too Much Land The farmers generally attempt to cultivate too much lan.l. The disadvantages from ibis are many and obv.iiiir. li is no exaggeration to say, that the hunk culiira:ed to this country are capable, under it high butte of cultivation, ul produ cing twice as much as they now produce. When will our farmers hill appreciate this fact? There is no one thirg that contributes pc> much in retard our Agricultural progress as Ihe•folt.l of cul tivating too much land. .•, / lr y lie firm place no harmer ahould think of man aging 70 or a 100 tiered of land with one or two men. Ii is bad economy to do so; nothing can be expected born it but poverty,—poverty of both land and purse. Ilow much better it won't] be to cohi vale hail the number of acres and do it well It costs just as much to plow an acre that will yield ten bushel of coin, as one that will yield 80 or 100 bushels. The difference in hoeing would I e the some. It would regnire the same ament of fenc ing in one case as in 'the other, and the mine tax will have to be paid on each. IVhy not therefore, plow less and plow deeper Why not cultivate less land and manure more? Farmers, many of them, appear to for.:et that they have a good pro ductive larm just underneath the one they are cul tivating, ecoally cud perhaps mach more productive thun the one on the MI: face. Tutu up the farm then, and use a deep sub soil phiw—expose 11 to the action of the sun and frost, and thereby double your crop. But the surface farm—if there are any scruples about disturbing - the one immediately underneath —may be greatly increased in productiveness by properly manuring it. Let a portion of spring work be devoted to carting out manure on the land that is to be cultivated. Be assured that no labor will better pay. It any one has doubt on the sub ject, let him try an acre of thin land without and another with manure. And if he desires to be mote utilitarian to his investigation let him deduct the cost of the manure for the raloe of increased crop, and it will be found much better to manure one, r' welt than to cultivate two withaut manure. But let him try the experiment of both plowing Jeep and at the same time manuting well, and he will forever abandon the idea of cultivating more land than he can cnltivate well. Farmer l—thiiik of these things; do more—prac tice them, and our word for it von will never hal e occasion to regret that you did not cultivate more land. PENN AND Tile INDIANS Penn made himsell endeared to the Indians by his marked con descension arid acquiescence in their wishes. He walked wi.h them, sat with them on the ground, and ate with them of their roasted acorns and hom iny. At this they exptessed their great delight, and soon began to show how they could hop and jump ;:at which exhibition William Perin,to cap the climax, sprang rp and beat them all ! We are not prepared to credit such light gayety in o stage goy• ernor and religious chief; but we have the positive assertion of a woman of truth, who said she saw it. There may have been very wise policy in the menAttre as an act of conciliation with more than a regiment of sharp shooters. He was then suffi ciently young for any agility; and we remember that one 01. the old Journalists among Friends speak of hint as having naturally an excess levity of spirits for a grave minister. MARA FOR LIFF..-1. Choose the path of virtue, and imitate a high pattern. 2 Do all the gooi in thy power, and let every action be useful. 3. Cultivate thy mind carefully—it will be a store of pleasing reflection. 4 Be diligent in thy business, and strictly up right in all thy dealings. b. Investigate affairs elms-oy, and engage in them cautiously. 6. Lay thy plans wish prudence, and be prepared lor emergencies. 7. In all difficulties be patient, and overcome them by peiseverence. 8. Do that first, always, which needs doing incrl 9. Have a place fur everything, and everything ni its place. 10. In 311 things be economical mean ne,,s, and combine uulity wtth elegance. FONT) OT 'ME LEMIRCor4 —We are reminded of the prayer of a birght. wiay hide three year old,' of our acquaintance. He was fond of the ludicrous, and wherever he heard anythin tending that way, his 'until %vas filled with at. One evening h• had been listening attentively to a song from his play mates, something like the following: 4, Old Tucker he FM'drunk. He fell in die fire and kicked up a chunk.'" In a short lime, his mother wished to put him ka bed, He knelt at her knee to say the Lord's Pray• er, as usual; but the song had got mixed op with his devotions, and he commenced as Inflows: "Our t'nthrr who urt in Iletvro— Fell in the lire and kteßed up a chunk '" ORIGIN or Tr's. TRU' Foos's-csr.—Wheri Oliver Cromwell became Protector after the execution of Charles f , he caused the stamp of the rap of liber ty to be pined en the paper need by the govern ment. Soon after the restoration, Charles 11, hav ing occasion to use some paper or despatches, that government paper was brought to bim On looking at it and diseoiering the stamp, he inquired the meaning of it. On being toff he raid—" Take it away, I'll have nothing to do with die fool's cap." (ltr The.science of late has bean brought tor such perfection in this country and in'Eogland, that it is of very little use to any body, except to lair yers. Ote , The original and only genuine ",.spi4.44p- . ping," is when a drunken fellow knoCks at Ls neighbor's door, inoteairbf his oWn. EIUEMIMEI /140
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