Br FIENTRY J• STAIILE. "TRUTII IS 3tIGITTY, AND Wll.l. PREVAIL." 1111114 linuspflprr----Prtntrh to Vulifirs, - . • • . r i>? • .„/ • •• _• -• e ,Nsy -/ <>. - >-„7- • ' I 37 Th YEAR. F P 71' - ler The Republicau Compiler is published every Monday morning, bY HENRY J. &CARLE, at 81,75 per annum if paid in advance-52.00 per annum if not paid in agvance. No sub-. scription discontinued, unless at the option of the p ibliSl •11 al' je — pt _isher. until a, arrearages are paid. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. —Jo 0- WORK:- don3-i-neatlytreaply-,—a-n-d—with dispatch._ y ci - e ve-Offiee on South Baltimore street, direct ";,:«opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment, •Wie and a half squares from the Court House. PUBLIC SALE. ON Saturday, the 30th of December instant, at 1 o'clock, P. M., the undersigned, Executors of the estate of HENRY. Bovvcas, late of Mountjoy - township, Adams county, Pa., deceased, will sell at Publtc Sale, by vir tue of an order of - the- Orphan's Court of Ad onis county, on the premises, 'l-.C 4 lb:ce atm,a...i-rtrl Of said deceased, situate in the township afore said, adjoining lands of John Budy, Melchor 'Wolf, John Bender, and others, containing NINETY-EIGHT ACRES, more or less.— . The improvements area two-story Log Dwelling, • Ifil with •a Stone Kitchen attached, a - -r• Log Barn, and all necessary out- Imildings. There is a well of water near the -d oer i -and—an-0 RC-HA-R-D - of - ch all kinds; on the premises. There is a fair Se-Attendance will be given and terms made known on day of sale by J. H. BOWERS, JOSIAH BOWERS, Executors. Dec. 4, 1854, •kaZltUrfaßlll IdT,TT, Special 'Meeting. T the last meeting of the Adams County Agricultural Society, it was resolved that subjects connected with Apiculture be discus sed'at the meetings of - the Society, and that the first topic for inquiry be, application of Lime to land." A specal meeting was also ordered,.to take place at the Court-house, in Gettysburg, on Me first Saturday in January next, (being the 6th of the mouth,) at 10 o'clock, A. M., at whiCh time the above sub ject will he taken up; and it is expected that there-will bea general participation, particular ly by those who have used lime in agricultural processes, and whose. observation and experi ence have_ furnished them with facts of a char acter more or Jess valwahle.. The ineeting will doubtless be an interesting and instructive one,_ and all are invited to it. By order, iNai - McGINLEY, Pres'l. H. J. STARLE, &C I S/. December 4, 1854. td Teacher Wanted. ATEACHER is wanted to take charge of "Good Intent" School, in sub-district No. 4of Straban township. None hut a com petent Teacher need apply—and good wages will be paid. Immediate application to be made to HENRY IT NI OR, Dec. 4. One (If the Directors. 1217,-.CS' 'eril, - ?) rpy ( NEW ESTABLISHMENT. • CLOTHING TO ORDER. r HE onderstgned takeirpleasure in inform ing the citizens 'hi Gettysburg and the b _ (fe a-, ' iriwrally; GARMENTS of all kinds, for GENTLE MEN'S WEAR, at the shortest notice, and in the latest possible style. Having opened a Merchant 'shoring establishment, in Chant hersburg street, opposite the Lutheran church, and secured the services of experienced work men, he feels confident of pleasing all who may favor him with their patronage. Coun try produce taken in exchange for work. J. S. GRANIMER. December 4,1854. TAVERN ticEN SE. IN THE MATTER of the intended appli cation of JOHN A. Dtcxs", for License to keep a public house in Hampton, Reading township, Adams county—it being an old stand. The subscribers, citizens of the township of Reading, in the county of Ala ins, recommend the above petitioner, and certify: that tlie..inn or tavern above mentioned is necessary to accom modate the public and entertain strangers or travellers, and that the petitioner above named is of good repute for honesty and temperance. and is we!l provided with house-room and con veniences for the lodging and accommodation of - A; rangers and,Jravellers. Thlin Miller, Andrew 13rough, Jr., Samuel .`Deardorff, D. M. C. White, Jacob Smith. Michael Hanes, Henry Albilt.t. John Baker. Cornelius Smith. Benjamin Chronister, Jacob Miller, Jonas Chronister, Gibson :Myers. December 4, 1854. 3t Notice to Trespassers. TIPS:is. to notify all persons from trespas sing, on our premises, (being in IlerWick . and 14-amilton townships,) by Gotiniiiir or otherwise, as we -have received more or less damage from those that fear or care nothing. therepre are, determined to enforce the full extent of the laws - on all that disregard this notice. Adam Steffan, Georte lonrie 11/iNana 1. lid!, Daniel Miller, Francis J. Wilson, Reuben Wolf, F. Wulf, blacksmith, Sumac: Wolf. farmer, Henry Troy, Jacob {YOU'. Cyrus Wolf, Riman, George Null, David Mardi, Geo. Flickinger, Gerirge Jurdy. awl VTAITTMD. 20.0 00 LBS. PORK . , in December next, for whicl) CASH will be paid. Farmers who have the_ article for sale, will du well by calling and maid— , en gagements with the subscriber, at his Flour, 13iicop and Grocery Store, in West Middle streets Gettysburg. GEORGE LITTLE. Nuvembel 13, 1851. 4i ' lEFItn. That so long and so often las water! , us nor The old farmer rest:: in his hug and last sleep, While the waters a' low, lamdng lullaby keep. Ile - has - plough - ed - hhrhed - forms. ltret - reaped - his - laErk,L .No morn shall awake him to labour again. Yon tree that with fragrance is filling the air, Si, rich with itA bloss'oms, co thrifty and fair, Ity his own hand was planted; and well did he gay. It would live when ibialanter had mouldered away. He has ploughed his last furrotc. has reaped his last grain, No morn shall awake him to labour again, For "the pitcher is broken." the old man is gone. He has ploughed-his last- fu-r.ciar.,--has-reaped'his last grain, No morn shall awake him to labour again. 'Twas a gloom-gicing day alien the old farmer died; The. stout-hearted 'mourned, the affectionate cried; And the prayers of the just for his rest dui asrend, For they all boat a brother, a man. and a friend. Ire has ploughed his last 'furrow, has reaped Lib last grain, No morn bliall awake him to laboUr again. is doe he revered, he respected the laws: . Though frrtrless he bred, he has gone where his worth Will outshine like pure gold all the dross of the earth. le has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped Lis lust grain, No morn shall awake him to labour again. • Select An Eccentric Will. Mr. .Railing, of New lla.mpshire, :EnglAnd, cident, .between ,Brighton and London. Ilis lei" Tirr 't 1 - ir nears, after having yai,_ nark the customary u neral honors, did :what all heirs do in similar cases. opened the will of the deceased to ascer tain what share each was to have in his pos- . Ominous liberalities. As he had never given a penny to either of his relatives, during his lifetime, they expected to be the richer now that he was no more. One may imagine the surprise cawed by the firstling of the will : "This is my testament. give and bequeath all my goods, present or future, moveable or immoveable, in England or on the continent,• to-that railroad, company on whose road Phave the happiness to meet with death—that blessed deliverance from my terrestrial prison." Further on, the testator gives - his reasons for his bequest. The idea had taken firm posses sion of his mind that he was destined 'to die a violent death and the tnost-desirable one in his view was that caused by the explosion of a lo comotive. Be traveled, therefore, constantly on the railroads in England, Belgium and France. There was not a station where he was not known. All the conductors were familiar with his peculiar costume. He had narrowly escaped death' several times. Once, he was shut up in a ear under water ; another time he was in theThext car to the one that was shatter ed, and he described with the greatest enthusi asm those terrible accidents, when he saw death so near without being able to obtain it. Disap pointed in Europe, he went to the United States.. He made frequent excursions on the Ohio, the Mississippi, the Ontario, and the Ni agara, but, notwithstanding the frequent ex plosions, he returned with a whole skin. He was destined to be crushed under a car of the mother country. It is said that the relatives will attempt to break the will, on the ground of insanity, but i Lis probable that the railroad will' win the suit in spite of the prover(' that the murderer never inherits from the victim. THE LADIES, A ND TEE CENSUS. —The returns of the ages of the ladies have given some trouble, and a slight correction has been necessary._ Those who in. 185 1 were between 20 and 25. must'of course have been between 10 and 15 at the previous census : but the number of n rls be tWeen.iftand.ls..M.lB4-1--was-not-large enough to grow into the goodly company who in l_t<itsay they are but between 20 and 25. The retut u, also, between 30 and 35 in 1851 is too small as compared with the return for the favorite age of 20-25 in 1841. After allowing for immigration, and comparing the numbers with those of men, the Registrar-General and his assistants are of opinion that about 35,000 ladies who have entered themselves as between 20 and 40 really belong to the next age.4o-60, to which the body of delinquents are transferred in the calculations and tables accordingly. The gentlemen who feel driven to this conclusion very handsomely suggest that those who made these misrepresentations may have done so "be cau-e they were quite unconscious of the silent lapse of time, or because'their imaginations still lingered over the hours of younger age," but they are obliged to add that it may have been "because they chose foolishly to represent themselves younger than they really were; at the scandalous risk of bringing the statements of the whole of their countrywomen into discred it."—Landon Tim cs. Men I:sot - GIL- T it is estimated that the in come of William 11. Astor, of New York Is 51,- 0t,,c00 per annum. This is reaping pretty fast the, saving.% of a sagacious and fortunate father—being about .`:::3,255 per day, per hour, per minutc, or 4 cents per second, including nights and: t' indays„ The Astor family of to-day is rapidly con solidating wealth, but the Astors of to-morrow will as rapidly scatter it again. Under the en actments of this. country, family- estates can not hold together long. one. p., who is attached to a Parisian theater in the quality of a physician; expressed Ins astonishment that MRII and %moan ‘vere not cleated at the same time, insteadof the latter springing from the rib of our fir?i,t, parent. A young, actress standing by, remarkable for the a ,, r ecru' turn which she ever gives to the ex pression of her ideas, said : •• Was it not natural. .1-f —, ,,, , that, the flower should come after the stern'?" Q'7 The 'l'ure Haute (Indiana) Express thus forcibly hit--; the tendency of the age to get ahead of Moe,. : ~.- II ON DElt ;LW; [CAL fos:.il flog: has been cikr.oveied in the al,a-h • gIEM half a dozen strata of mud above him. to the formation of which. ace , u - ding to wtll-e-uab lished geological ptinciples, a period of ,is thousand years ea , tii play he attributed. When thiSastoundingante-Adamite fossil was brought tOlight. all the live Fr 0 , ,,, gatlicred around it and exc;ainitd, ••Retitatuccit Pentfitneoh Og T. Enoch ! hinielt.c!i Bo'ci; ! Amalck Arnalek !" Om; their titter db.b e . lief in the lo ; :aie instmr ace to C ' , Trove thi, thils - fact in t.citnce bef9rc they can •, Qtlpice poettn. 19 The Old Farmer's Elegy. BY JOSIAH T. CANICe On n creep crazi ,, w knoll, be the banks of the brook There's. the welt that he dug, with its waters so cold, With its wet dripping lmcket_ so mossy and No more from its depth. by Ow pittriarch drawn, For upright and honest the old farmer was; 3grirnitnrr, litrrnturr, ".;105 nub krirnm, 4.'4D Varktt, (Priarnt Eumrstir nuh ,furrign inurrtising,mud, kr, GETTYSBYRG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1854. Cases like the one I am about to relate are much too frequent in our country, and they are such, too, as should be _guarded against by all who have an interest in education. The inci dent was brought to mind by hearing a com• . n mad- am, 4e by the parent of a pool; boy, who had been grossly neglected by the teacher of the e- Hvillagsclool,-fteglected T simplirbecause - he - was poor and comparatively friendless ! Many years ago. when I was a small boy, I attended a school in the town of—. Among the scholars there was a boy named George Henry. Ills father was a poor drinking man, and the unfortunate boy had to'suffer in conse quence. George came to school habited in rag-, ged garments—but they were the befit be had : he was rough and uncouth in his manners, for he had been bro - ught up in that manner ; he was very ignorant, for he had never had an op portunity for education. - Season after season, poor George Henry oc cupied the same seat in the school room—it IN - SZ tt back corner seat, away from the other scholars—and there he thumbed his tattered primer. The ragged condition of his garb gave a homely cast to his whole appearance, and what of intelligence there might have been in his countenance, was beclouded by the '.outer covering" of the boy. He seldom played with the other children, for. they seemed to shun him ; but when he did, for awhile, join with them in their sports, he was so rough that be was soon shoved out off the way. The -teacher passed the poor boy coldly in the street, while other boys, in better garbs. ._were_lindlyi-not iced— In ---t-he-schoolyoung i Ilenry was coldly treated. The teacher _ . EfINWTMIMMINIMPIMM • • • • ••••••••• 7.. head," because he did not learn. The boy re ceived no incentive to study, and consequently he was most of the time idle, And idleness begat a disposition to while away the time in mis chief. For this he was whipped, and the more idle and careless he 'became. He knew that he was neglectediiky the teacher, and simply because he was poor and ragged, and with a sort of sullen indifference, sharpened at times by feelings of bitterness, he plodded on his dark, thankless way. Thus matters went on for several years. 7— 'ost of the scholars who were of George Hen ry's age had passed on to the higher branches of . study, while he r —poor .fellow, still spelled out words of one and tivo syllables, and still kept his distant seat in the corner. His father had sunk lower in the pit of inebriation, and the unfortunate boy was more wretched than ever. The look of clownish indifference which had niarked his countenance, was now giving way to a shade of unhappy thoughts and. feelings, and it was evident that the great turning point of his life•was at band. Ile stood now upon the step in life , from which the fate of after years must take its cast. At this time a man by the name of Kelly. took charge of the school. He was an old teacher, a careful obsericr of human nature, and a really good man. Long years of guar dianship_over_wild youths had given Jilin a bluff authoritative way, and in his discipline he was strict and unwavering. The first day which he passed in the feath er's desk of our school was _mostly devoted to watching the inovements of the scholars, and studying the dispositions with which he had to deal. Upon George Henry his eyes rested with a keen, searching. glance. but evidently made little of hiuLduring the first day; but on. the second day he did more. It was during the afternoon of the second day that Mr. Kelly observed young Henry en gaged in impaling flies upon the point of a large pin. He went to the boy's seat, and, after re- I IfORMIII the dirty, tattered primer from his desk. "Dave you never learmLmoreAhan liii;il;iiTlT?"raed the teacher. "No, sir," drawled George. "flow long; have you attended school ?" "I don't know, sir. It's ever since I can remember." “Thor von must he an idle, reckless•boy ,” said the teacher, with much severity. "Do you realize how many years you have thrown away r Do you know how much you have lost ? What sort of a matt do you think of making, in this way ? One of these days you will be too old to go to school. and then, while your companions are seeking some honorable employment, you will be good for nothing. Have you patents ? "Yes, sir," answered the boy, in a hoarse, subdued voice. “And do they wish you to grow up to be an ignorant worthless man ?” The boy hung doWn his head and was silent, hut Mr. Kelly saw too great tears roll down his cheeks. - In an instant, the teacher saw that he had something besides an idle. stubborn mind to deal with in the ragged scholar before him. He laid his hand on the boy's head, and in a kind tone he said, "I wish you to stop after school is dismiss ed. Do not be afraid, for I wish to assist you if I can." George looked wonderingly into the master's face, for there was something, - in the tone of the Voice which fill upon his car that sounded iran,?.',e to him, and he thought. too, as he looked round, that the rest of the scholars re garded him with kinder countenances than usual. A dim thought broke in upon his mind that, fiom some cause, he was going to be hap pier.than before. After the school was dismissed, George Hen ry remained in his scat till the teacher called hun to the desk. "Now." said Mr. Kelly, "I wish to know why it is that you have never learned any more. You look bright, and you look as though you might make a smart man.. Why is it that I find you so ignorant ?" • "Because nobody never helps me," replied the boy. "Nobody never cares for me, sir, for I an) poor." By degrees the kind-hearted teacher got the poor boy's whole history, and while generous tears bedewed his eyes, he said : "You have been wrongly treated : George— very wrongly : but yet there is time for re r toption. If Lu ill ty to ‘ 4 _ 4l, , : th_ y _ o _ i fr w ilf y try to learn ?" "Yes—O. yes," quickly uttered the boy in earnest tones.— "Yes—l ,should love to learn. I should love to learn. I don't want to be a bad boy,' he thrillingly added, while his coun tenance glowed withr unwonted animation. Mr. Kelly promised to purchase books for the boy as fast as he could learn to read them. and when George Henry left the school-room his face r‘l.s wet with tears. We ,:ehol.-a who had remained in the entry, saw him come out, and our hearts were warmed towards e Slightecl Scholar him.- We ,flioke kindly to him, and walked with him to. his house ; and his heart was too full for utterance. On the next day, George Henry commenced' studying in good earliest, and-the teacher help• ed him faithfully. Never did I see a change radiant and sudden as that which took ',bee in the habits of the poor boy. As soon .as the teacher • treated- hith with kindness - an - d - resfeet;tlie - s - e ra s followed the example; andlhe result was. that• they found in the unfortunate youth orm, of the most no ble hearted, generous, accommodating, and truthful playtnates in the world. Long years have passed since those school boy days. George Henry has become a man of middle age, and in all the country there is not a man more beloved and respected than he is.- And all is the result of one teacher's hay ing done his duty. You who are school-teachers, remember the responsikihty that devolves upon you. In this country of free schools, there should be no dis tinction between classes. All are alike en titled to your care and counsel, and the more weak the child, the more earnest should be your endeavor to lift him up and aid him. - . Great Railroad Speed. TIME. HUNDRED MILES PER. HOT:R.-A paper was lately read by Judge Meigs, before the American Institute 'Farmer's Club, at 'New York, upon the subject of rapid railroad travel ling. in which he said : '4 - have, with others, admired the progress made in velocity on railroads up "to even one, hundred mills on hour on straitihl rail., which has-Tbeen — dono - in — Engla nd. Butlen - Waal views of railroad velocity far beyond an vet yen ur o e . e_xpresse . e mperor o Russia ha's' taken the first great step towards. what I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel'. "Instead of cutting a narrow alley through the country; or going. around has in the ivay of a straight line—he has set a broad way five hundred miles, from St. Petersburg to Moscow—he has made it all the,way two hun dred feet wide, so that the'engineer sees every thing that comes on the road ! "Such is part of the future : the railroad from point to point a mathematical line : the rails ten times stronger than any now used the locomotives on wheels of far greater diame ter, si.y . twelve or fifteen feet : the gague of a relative breadth : the signaliand times perfect lysettled ; the road, walled on both sides, dur ing the transit of trains having the gates of the walls all closed. Then instead of one hundred r ) a miles an hour: we shall More safely travel three hundred miles u hour' 1 will not pre tend to say mo e,--one. hundred seems fast enough ; so did twenty, a few years- ago ; and now, on very straight• rails or some straight runs, we do travel sixty miles an hour in this State, and in England one hundred miles have been accomplished. "Mathematical precision and time will solve thi's problem—a passage from New_ York to San Francisco in ten hours !" ' [We have no doubt of one hundred miles per hour being perfectly practicable railroad speed, by the building of such railroads as those described by the Judge; and this opinion we expressed in the columns of the Scientific American some years ago. But three hundred. miles per hour inclines us to the fogy side of the question. This speed would require a Piston velocity 33,000 feet per minute, of eighteen-inch stroke, if the drivingwheels were twenty-four feet: in circumference, (nearly eight feet in diameter—whoppers) they would have to make 1100 revolutions per minute. As the wheels cannot turn around without steam, the query with us is, the means' of raising the steam necessary to perform this feat, as the, boiler would have •• • • • . , 61 • water per minute--sixty in an hour. So far as it, relates to the final velocity of steam in the _vac uutu.,„the_speed-of-tin ve , -h wad red-i ni les- per hour could be obtained, but how can such a quantity of steam be evaporated in a locomo tive boiler, in this space of time ? , Judge Meigs may perhaps be able to .answer us. With respect to the velocity of bodies, our ideas are bounded by what has been perform ed before, our eyes—the flight of the swallow, the pigeon, the eagle ; and when we look to the heavenly bodies and calculate the awful velocityw.t.. h which they are unceasingly wheeled through - space, the mind is struck with solemn awe at the mighty power of the great Creator, who has made huge Jupiter to revolve once on his axis in ten hours, and through space at the rate of 4(185 wiles per hour, or fifteen times the velocity of a locomo-, tive, running at the rate -of three hundred wiles an hour.—Scientific American. Er7The man who is too poor to take a news paper;-- has bought a slab-sided dog, an old shot-gun, and a twenty shilling gold watch. lie educateif his children in the streets, and boards his Shanghais on his neighbors. The young lady who let down the window curtain to keep the man in the moon from see ing her in her night clothes, has been seen at with a hole in her stocking ! PRE-PAY YOUR POSTA(iE. —After the 'lst of January next, all persons will be compelled to pre-pay 'their postage. No letters will lie car ried by 'Uncle Sani unless you "sock" in ad vance. Our readers and the public gent:rally should remember this....-1 111. SIMCK INC; Se WNW. -=- . A young girl named Scluide, living in llethlehi - In township. North ampton county,committcd suicide last Tuesday week, by taking a dose of "rat's-bane," which she had purchased at a drug store in Bethle hem. While at dinner, the medicine took effect—she was seized with violent pain, and vomiting, and in her agony ran out of the house, and by an almost superhuman effort foreal herselithrough a pale-fence, breaking it into splinters. After running about in the barn-yard for sonic time. she fell and expired. She was enciente, and doubtless the victim of some villainous seducer. ,77 - It is noticed :is a, remarkable circum qauce that during the , •ttintner, while the chol era was raging in nearly all parts of the com l . try. ships crossing the Arlintic_mere_ c4i ti 44 .4. 4 . free front the scourge. But tow that it is appearing on shore, it has broken out on boat d ships at sea. many of which give alarming,re pat; of its fatality. Iry"Dear sir,'' lisped a great lady, in a watered silk, at the, World's Fair, ' 'have the goodness to inform rue if there are noblemen in the United States 7 /2" "Yes, nia'am,' answer ed Jonathan, "I 4in one of them." To prevent dog: 'roan killing ::keep cut their heads oll':Lnfulc they can un about. How a Coat-was Identified. In a justice's court in Boston, a case was re cently decided in a novel way. A coat was in dispute. and - the evidence was direct and posi tive for both claimants : the parties were Irish. and roll of.grit, "ready to si mad all they had been carefully examined. and the court *as in a_±Anamllli!_y!l-not---k now Mg-who-had-the-hes claim on the garment. however, a moment before his Honor was to sum 'up the evidence, Patrick Power, One of the claimants, made the following 'proposition fur settling the affair. Said Patrick "Timothy Sullivan, now you sny that coat belongs to yourself entirely. I say it is my own. Now mind ye, Timothy, that both iv us will take the•coat an' look it all over;an' the man that finds his name on it shall be the owner." "Done," said Timothy. - "An'ye'll stick to the bargain,"said Patrick. "To be sure," answered Timothy, and "yes." rejoined the council on both sides. .. "Thin look at it,". said Patrick, as he passed the coat into the hands of Timothy, who vain. ly searched every part of it for his name, and passed it to Patrick, boastingly saying, "An' now " let its see if you can be findin' your name on the garment." "Yell stick to the 'greement I" said Pat rick, eagerly grasping the coat. "Upon the honor ov a man," replied Timo thy "Thin hottld on a bit," said Patrick, as he drew a knife and opened a corner in the collar, of the coat, takingthereforn two - yerysuod peas, exclaiming as he held thetn.in his hand, "there, do you see that 3", "Yes, but what iv that?" said Timothy. "A devil a dale it has to do wid it—it's me name, to be sure—pea for Patrick, attd pea for PowerF, be jabers !"• He lot the coat amid roars of laughter. To Make Kens Lay Perpetually. Keep no roosters ; give the hens fresh meat, chopped up like sausage meat, once a dny—a very small portion, say half an ounce a day to each hen in winter, or from the time insects disappear in the fall till they appear again in the spring. Never allow any eggs to remain in the nest fi: what aro called nest eggs. When the rookett do not run with the hens.. and no uest eggs are left in the nest, the hens will not cease laying after the production of twelve or fifteen eggs, as they always do when roosters arc allowed. but continue laying per petually. If the above plan were . generally adopted, eggs would be as plentiful to winter as in summer. One reason why hens do not lay in winter as freely as in summer is the want of animal food, which they get in sum mer in abundance in the form of insects. When the grodnd is covered with snow give them access to lime and pebbles, frop which the egg shell is formed._ Pumpkin Pie. Stew ,the pumpkin dry, and make it like squash pie. only season rather high. In the country where this real Yankee pie is prepared perfectiim, ginger is almost always used with other spices. There cream is used instead of milk, which gives tae pumpkins a rich fla vor. Roll the paste rather thicker . than for fruit pies. If the pie is large - and - deep; it will require to be baked an hour. in a hot oven.. (Obbs anb (Enb.s. The Clinton, N. Y. Courant vnys that the people of that vicinity who believe the sec, Stlling their property to pay their debts and prepare for the event. - 5. t iFT6iinfemplatiql Louisville, Ky.iand Jeffersonville, In., and thus unite both banks, while leaving the navigiiliiin free—as in the manner of the Thames tunnel. [r,i'ln Russia it is found that if powdered charcoal he fluxed the tallow before it is made into candles, the light is found to be greatly improved. This is a plan worth adopting. g:7 - There is in New York an asylum for drunkards, where, conscious of their weak ness, they voluntarily undergo a wholesome ordeP of discipline and life. (r — 'i - The Swiss have, comparatively, more telegraph wires at work than any country in Europe. They convey thew in leaden tubes, underground. It is remarkable that of all knowledge, the most important, the knowledge of ourselves, is the most universally neglected. riVarson ton..of New buryport, an ec centric divine. was once called upon for a pray er at a Fourth of July dinner and gave "Oh, Lord, deliver us frau sham patriotism —amen." A . GREAT CA Y.-A cow belonging to Mr. IVilliant Roller. in Perry township, Berks county, gave birth to a calf recently, which weighed, at its Willi, 117 lbs. r i Ci - The public libraries of the United States contain near five millions of volumes. • r7'l little daughter of G. C. I.3nrnap, of Pittsfield, aged one year, was killed by the hook of a dress sticking into her throat. rr,. , 'George A. Leavitt was sentenced to the State Prison for life, at Manchester, a few days since, for robbing his father, tinder the threat to take his life, of fifteen dollars, on the 31st of September last, at Amherst. 17 - Some people as much envy others n good name. as they want it 'themselves ; and per haps that is the reason of it.—Pen. ":ri - lt is said that Dr. Kane, the leader of the Arctic expedition now in progress, will lead to the altar Miss Margaretta Fox, one of the fa mous spiritualists, upon his return from the icebergs. 'A butcher in Athens. Ohio. has been de tected in. nabbing th e village cows, making beef of them, and then selling thew out to the nwne, sat ten cents per pound. The hide and liorirs-found-at - a. neighboring-tatmery-betra-yed him :;- - The king of the Hawaiian islands has a new cloak ivhich cost about a million dollars. .k portion of it is made of feathers. Procured from birds difficult to catch, and which have each of them only two of the kind. 1 - Wine culture in Illinois and - Missouri is very much on the increase. It is now about twenty wears since the first trial was made, tune- pro% ed an enti re but the experiewie sirwe gained enables the chittu er to obtain a very tit result. =====;Yl=ii ZIN tolumn. Compensation for the Summer's Drought. We have no - doubt - the long continued drought w * •si rinds . of insects, worms, animalculit, &c., throughout extensive sectitins—of—the—qiiierti— w Tell - have hitherto proved highly detrimental to our valuable crops. A southern paper says that the joint-worm has been annihilated in many wheat fields. having become dried to powder before arriving at maturity, and shed ding their pestiferous brood for another sea son's ravages ; This is one way that our far tners may be compensated 11)r their short crops. If they are further taught economy in feeding what they have only to animals that can-best digest and make a suitable return for their food. and-in an economical manner, if it will further teach them to plant early, and have their fields deeply plowed, well pulverized and manure& so as to afford a continued though partial sup ply of moisture from the atmosphere during even the driest time. then they will have re ceived -ample compensation for the limited diminution Of their present season's american Agriculturist. ' Many farmers. not accustomed to the use of guano, rely on the statements of the vendor, or of a neighbor, or any other person who will give advice as to Om best method of using it, the best artiaes to: mix with it, &c.: and not unfrequently are led into very grave _errors.- c - itliieh — a — little. reflection would have caused' them to avoid. The advice of ticLmhoio be full , whr - " ie followed when it is contrary to the uniform result of scientific experiments, or to vounnon sense. No constant reader of the Arm Journal would ever he guilty of mixing guano with * class of materials only calculated to set free its ammonia. But as some of our new subscribers may not. be posted on this subject, we iiPpend an extract from a communication by Prof. Benj. Hallowell to the Virginia 'Sentinel. He says: may state, that it is entirely opposed to chemical principles to mix live.ashes. or lime, with any animal manure. Ammonia, .the chief valuable characteristic ingredient of anithal manures, is usually found. in these ma nures in 'Combination with some organic ileitis, and these acids. owing to the generally stronAr affinity, unite with potash and lime when they are present, and liberate the email:4lin, thus rendering the immure of much less value. ' , glut- this is not the only injury. The libe rated ammonia unites with the acids in the soil, as the bowie; crenic andapo-crenio acids which are almost insoluble, and forms compounds readily dissolved and washed from the soil by the rains, greatly depriiing it of those cimstit. cents . upon which its fertility chiefly depends. "It is the deteriorating effect arising from the escape of the ammonia,. and , the soluble compounds it forms with the organic acids in the soils, that indicate the propriety of mixing plaster With guano to "fix ' the ammonia; pre vious to sowing it on the land. The first crop may . be none the better thereby,' and. in.eome rare instances, possibly not'quite so good : but be the land will always in a state More, favor able to the growth of subsequent crops. will take this occasion to repeat, that I regard the discovery of guano,_ and its intro duction into our country, as a great blessing,. by increasing the fertility of our soils, and al fording the means of improving many lands, oiherwise in a state of hopeless sterility. But Are must not depend upon the use of t h is, as, the settled policy of farming. to Me neglect of. our home manures. It is opposed , to every . • 7 - 7. lair t le circuit of our globe for guano, and neglect equally, or even more valuable ma. -mires- i on our-very-preinisesrand - in - our lietgti; boring cities." The juice of the sweet apple, it is probably known to most of our senders, makes an ex cellent molasses. The article: when properly made, is pure, possessing a vinous or rather brandied flavor, which renders it greatly su perior for mince, apple or tart pies, to the best West India molasses. If it is made from sour apples. a small quantity-of imported molasses may be added to modify the flavor. - Beer made with it, possesses a' brisk and highly vapid flavor, which common molasses does not tm part. Four and a half barrels of good cider will make one barrel of moldsses. costing in ordinary seasons, about $5.50. One who has had considerable experience in manufacturing this article, says : "I make little cid& ; my apples are Worth more to feed my hoss, than for cider ; but I make a practice of selecting' my sweet apples, those that furnish the richest, heaviest liquor, and make a cheese from them, using the cider thus obtained for making apple or quince pre serves, boiling down for molasses, and keeping two or three barrels for drink or ultimate con version into vinegar. When new from the press, and before fermentation commences, that which I intend for boiling is brought to the house, and boiled in brass, to the proper eon- Sistenee, taking care not to burn it, as that gives the molasses's - disagreeable flavor, and taking off all-- the scum that rises during the process. The quantity to be boiled, or the number of barrels required to make one of molasses, will depend greatly on the kind of apples used, and the richness of the new f l uor. Four, or four and a half, are generally sufficient, but when care is not used in making the selection of apples. five barrels may be ne cessary, but let it. take niore or less, enough must be used to make the molasses, when cold, as thick as the best West India. When boiled sufficiently. it should be turned into vessels to cool, and from thence to a new sweet barrel, put into a cool cellar, where it will keep with out trouble, and be ,ready at all times.—Re pub lies J , ,u rn aI. WIIAT FARM I.: RS 31 IG II T Do.—The New York Sun says : One of our paper•makers, speaking of the scarcity of rags, writes thus : our people would only raise flax, instead of import ing thiir linsecirarid - oliTo - r - fh - eir own ii we should soon have paper stock in abundance. Those farmers in this county who rai-ed flax this year have sold their crops, standing in Ow field, at $4O per acre, and - some get more than that." CO — rn London lately. 22 pins wire e ' rac!:ed from the breust and knee of a 01i02.. wom a n who had swallowed them Sho had-them-in her mouth v hele taking clothes from a line, and being 'startled Ity :t young 121 1 / 1 1 in sport, let them slip ciLiwn her throat !"- - TWO DOLLARS A-,ITSR.- Mollie of Using Guano. Apple Molasses; NO. 1 .1.
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