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From the St. Louis Leaner
CHILDROOb.
BY ocr.l4lk
My little sister, tired with lay,
'Upon the floor lies sleepin .
While fairy zephyrs o'er he cheeks
With downy steps are creeping ;
A fractured farm yard round her lies,
The hoe, the rake. the rasp,
And in her tiny hand she holds
A whip, with iron grasp.
A waxen queen has lost her crown,
A ship has lost its master,
White tolry-boleyitever-fails
is almost dead wish laughter ;
The houses, doorless ever were,
The watch-dog heedless is,
The alphabet. with care disposed,
Spells “e-a-1-z" friz.
Books. p kper-dolls, and china ware,
IVith ••ba hy's"' favialte Bruin.
In fragments. Scattered here and here,
-Coitiplete the scene of ruin :
.And yet, 'mid carnage such as this
4Yur which my oWn eyes weep—
ue eyes have closed their snowy lids,
Sweet, Blanche lies sound asleep.
Oh ! fatal change ! tfintdonbt and gloom
Should fill this weirldof ours
If Ica cruel thorns
should lurk amid the flowers !
Tel such is life ! When most the beta
With love fills to the core,
chitin,Su~ne icy will upward start,
And freeze its sunshine o'er.
And dins repulsed, like -soiiie stied aditi•eic
'f hr
.cold blnod, freezing o'er,
tender leavos will droop and die,
I ntdes r,rert.rneire
i.)ys. arc ilert - awl vanishing,
They pvri , h in!! ilay.
Then, It ! that I c,011:1 only be
A little chid etway !
nen -
T hP. Mtn 'eriag ferr.—A. sensation was ore
nte4l in Witham , street, on Tuesday mornin r.
by the su.pmrance of a man on the pave with
a long Hooting beard, awl dressed in loose
pantaloons, with a turban on his heal]. 110
carried in his 'hand a' little manuscript He
brew b wk, out of which he rend to the crowd
that gathered ar +(lnd him. He representet,
him-el: :Is the veritable Wandering Jew.—
A olv knows wllo he is, or where he came
flout. A learned J , ,wish Rabbi was sent for
to converse with him, whieh he dial in the
brew linguage, and the strantter vas founil tv
be- perfect in his, knowledge or th a t most dif_
ficult, tongue. The Rabbi tested him in
Arabic, in Peen ;hut, and in the Sanscrit, but
s.ion found t 0.., the ag:el stranger far sur
passed him in intimacy with them all. The
Rabbi invited him to his house ; hut, said the
strawger, °nay, I cannot stop. The Crucified
One of Calvary has pronounced the edict, and
I may not rest. I must move !)n—ever on!"
ne was last seen on Thursday.:but where
he has departed nu one can tell—r iearlestou
itUrcary.
Short Ciort.thip.— A gentleman from Ohio
emigtntingto Minnesota. stopped in this place
a few days since to visit a rehttive. While
here, a young lady of this place happened to
call at the house where he was visiting, and,
n. , 4 the subject of conversation was Minnesota,
she observed that she would like to visit that
part of the country. After she had gone,
several gentlemen who bad been present. sug
gested that he had "better marry the girl,"
speaking, at the same time, in praise of her,
and each, in jest, offering to contribute some
thing toward furnishing his house, if he
woutl marry her. One offered to furnish all
the crockery ware necessary.: another offered
to contribute a cradle, another a bedeord,ete.
The emigrant made no promise, hut kept
,np a d—l oft thinking. and the next timehe
saw the lady he proposed. On Monday morn
ing last, they were married, and left immedi
ately for Minnesota, not forgetting to claim
and take with them the promised crockery,
cradle, lie I cord., etc.— De:a.
se-Tht L ,radon Star of December 16th,
says: **The Yankees are eminently practi-
peop e ; tey o not ream 0 tinarre mg
among themselves or with us: and no people
do a generous act more cheerf►rfly. When
Ireland was in misery the American people
83nt to that then unhappy land something
more than sympathy!'
seirlf a person acknowledges a fault when
wrong he slo;ws a_noble spirit few have such
a spirit. Almost everylsuly tries to justify
self with a "hut." and throw the blame on
s o m ebody else. The reason is, that men are
not well trek t d when fley acknowledge
themselves wrong; they are often taunted.=
We shall all be better when we are better
treated, but we must learn to treat others
better.
iter — e mititutionstily nqvr the
n$ rho el , -t that a man
i' natneally lacy. ia
dles.
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From Porter's Spirit of the Times
How We Hunted on the Patapsco.
DEAR "SPIRIT :"—As the season approached,
' began to feel like having a "bout" in the
country among the squirres ; and the other
day, having set all things to rights, and being
accompanied by two friends, who are, t o to
speak, "rayther green" in squirrel-shooting,
jumped in the ears and soon found myself at
my "lodge," on the Patapsco River, a "good
long way from town," as they expressed it,
and commenced putting "up" . huntmg apara
tus for three. One of the aforesaid friends
considers himself airflift in sportimz matters,
and says he "used to 'could bring down any
thine—him I shall call "Qpit," The other
is an exquisite, -and considers hunting as
"dein loah"—and only lent us his valuable
presence through love - for our society.
The morning on - which we were to "hie to
the woods away," I called up my guests at
about three o'clock, and after having made - , a
hasty toilet, sat down to a real good old coun
try breaktast ; after finishing which, and 'par
ta'king of something proof against the dews
of early morning,. we shouldered our pieces
and started for the woods I taking with me
a highly valuable and well trained dog, in
case the "nutting" should not exceed our ex
peclations. An hour's brisk walking brought
us to a pretty fair "ground." I gave my
companions directions where- to strike in at;
telling them at the same time not to spoil the
spirt by taking smaller game, such as birds,
I making up my mind to have a squirrel hunt
alone: also impressing upon them the,neees
iity orkeeping as still as possible.
I then struck out in an opposite direction,
and about half a mile further on got my first
shot, and bagged my trophy: going a little
further, I found a good - 4 nu ttingsit,' and cent
silenced the labor of the day, in a very satis
factory manner to myself, but one not much
admired by the squirrels.
A short time after 1 heard an almost sim
tdtanerms report of four barrels, which, to my
surprise, were in my immediate vicinity, otnd
I instantly proceeded to the spot indicated by
Ole sound.
On gaining it I beheld a scene such ac I
never -had before.* There was Exquisite,
jumping and running round like a' thorough':
bred volt, in the spring of the year, scratching
a id jerking at his head 'with all his strength
and a - litt4.wav furtheron was the unmention
;iiile-: In] hi 0 , 4 of Qu'z protruding from
the 11011.0. y trunk •of a fmilen tree. cut
ting a. many unties in the air an Jullien's
in nu oritliestral (horns. 1 stood for
some lime almost bursting with laughter ;
Arhen ga'nino•breath snfliclent, I inquired,
,
he matter, Exquisite?" That
gent' ,trian,turn tv round and round, at length
espied me, and con only vociferate,
"Hornets, demure, etsl"
“Where is Quiz ?” said I, laughing louder
than Lefore,.
'"hornets!" roared Exquisite.
The next moment, in a sepulchral. voice
from the hollow log, came the mystic noise,
••llornets !"
"Shake 'em off!" said I, "they are harm
leo.." •
"Harmless the d !"- growled Quiz. from
the log. "Harmless the devil !" echoed Ex
quisite, from a brook he had fallen into, and
from which he was just-attempting to extricate
himself. "If I eva!4 come into this dem
rountry again after squirrels, damme! Mur
:talk ! Tub, my bv, come help me to brush
'ern off. Ah ! I'll ho stung to death ! Ah !
if I don't, dem me 1 Oh, och ! oh, och !
Hornets! hornets !"
"Roll yourself in the brook." said I ; "that's
iw only way to get them off."
- Into the brook he went, and such roiling
and splashing, swearing and groaning, I
guess von never beard before ; and then,
springing up, with a howl he was off towards
home, like a mustang on a Texan prairie,
veni l! , a s he went, "hornets ! hornets ! Oh,
these deal hornets!"
I then . stooped down to the ground. And
taking a match from my pleket, lighted some
dry leaves and
the
a little smoke, which
soon dispersed the balauce from round the log
whit+ contained poor Quiz, and then set to
wok in trying to relieve him from his un
ple isant situation.
— Quiz." said I, "come out; the hornets are
all gone,"
"Come out!" sail.tte mournfully; "I would
like to k.low the best way to get out of this.
I am stuck fast, Tub ; and if you can't pull me
out, I'm afraid I shall hare to take up my
reskience here. Wonder what they charge
for hoard. and how a person can amuse him
self i •i cold weathfir 1 7 '
"Do as the bears do," said I--" Fuck your
paws."
'Taws be hanged !" said Quiz,_ "get hold
of niv legs and pull me out."
"Certainly, my dear fellow," said I; and
taking him by the patent leathers; I pulled,
until the boots parted company with. has feet.
"Are you coming, Quiz ?" said I.
"Coming!" said he, "I 'spore so—give
another jerk." And I did give another jerk
;—and, would you believe, it?—off came the
best half of his unmentionables.
"Let go, for heaven's sake P.' yelled he, "you
are stripping me.altogether :"
"I know that," said I, "but I can't help it."
So after trying every way I could, 1 had to
start to oar home, a mile or, and procure a
maul and wedges to split him out. On arriv
ing. I inquired:
•
"Are you there yet, Quiz?''
"Ain't I, tho' said he;
do you think I would-get out ?"
"I have found nume instrument,'," said I,
"and am going to split you out of your prison."
Nan e poor e a g ua ,
"and if I ever come a squirrel-hunting un the
Patapsco again, may the d-1 run away with
me."
So at it I went. I hammered and Quiz
groaned. yelled, -and swore by turns. At
length the log gave way and out rolled Quiz,
menus hoots and one half his inexpressibles.
Such a sight! oh shades of ink !if I could only
do justice to the picture.
"'fiat was the cau-e of alt this'?" inquired
I; as Quiz commenced making his toilet.
"Why;" - said he, with a most mournful ex
pression of countenance. '•une and Exquisite
seen a large hornet's nest in that tree there,
and as we couldn't find . no squirrels, birds
nor anything else. we agreed to have a shot
at it. and here's the cast consequences," said
he, rubbing himself ruefully ••1 got into that
enrsed log. and reoeived all mr injuries in the
eenr. while Ex :l oisite 4rnnei And took it in
['runt; but come, - o:aici he, '•1 v.ii ;o shml
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GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONbAI., FEB. 16, 1857.
in the first train. One squirrel-hunt
,a cen
tury is enough for me." So off we started for
home, he shearing and I laughing the whole
war.
On arriving at home, we funnd exquisite,
and such a sight ! Nose, eves, lips,' and
cheeks were all oue. Poor fellow, '1 pitied
him, but could not restrain laughing. They
lAth started for home that night, "'neath the
gas-light of the• moon," swearing as they
started that hunting had for them •' c h arms no
more." I believe they have not yet. got out of
the house on account of their "squirrel hunt,"
but that when they do, the hunting districts
of Maryland will n )t be passed by without a
few comments of weight by Quiz and Exqui
site. As for me, I enjoyed my hunt amazing
lv, and must say the- hornets afforded me as ,
mneh delight as the squirrels, on that welt
.sion, at least.
The moral of this story is—" Amateur hun
ters beware of hornets r )
- Yours, with dog - and gun. -
, rlsrra, „
The Mitchmon aiul the Oof11:—A good one
neeurred in Zartetille sortie time ago, when a
"Mr. Porter was landlord of the "Eagle," and
"Dutch Pete" did the "clean thing," or iton•
ors of the stable. Pete and the horses had a
large., as well as a,yery ch nnly gnat. fbr coin
panion and a disinfectant. 'At the 'time of
our fun, the stable was occupied by, a drove
of tunics.. To the great annoyance of Pete,
-Wily" (the goat) was sometimes in the hab
it of taking up his qua , ters in the hay-mow,
which he reached by a pair of stairs. Mine
host of the Eagle, and the usual crowd in the
bar-room, were one day startled by Pete
rushing in, with his “Dutch up" and almost
breathless, exclaiming at the top of his voice:
"Meestir Borter! Meestir- Boner I Wiley he
leaves or I leaves. Igoup in de "stable, and
dere vas Wiley. I say; Wiley go down! he
say. Bah-ba-wa! and shost Bits up on his
hind feet. I say again. *Miley you g a down,
and strikes at him mit de hitch-fork, When de
tarn t.tink-num-slteep pitches into,
,me and
"butts me; down stairs mung de mule jacks,
who all kicked me more,hardden de goat.—
Si, Mr. Tiortir,i3illey he leaves or I leaves!"
A Yew Dqnyer.—The danger. of Itilowing,
patent medicines to !lay around 'loose," is
fully set forth in the following;
A venerable lady wlio resided in it subur
ban cottage, kept a few hens . for her own
amusement. In feeding them one day, silo
wet,her feet, and a severe bilious attack re
sulted: She sent fir a box of anti-bilious
pills, and was about to take a dose, when the
idea suggested itself to her, that nature was
nature's best restorer, and she threw them
into the garden. In a feW days she found
herself perfectly recovered; and with a sharp
appetite. and looking at her chickens, she
resolved to have one boiled for dinner, and
her neighbor's son brought in one with a dis
located neck. After 31) minutes she took it
from the pot, only to find it like a stoue. , and
gave it another trial, with no better success:
and the third time she tried. it, until after
two hours and a half She gave it up as a bad
subject. The trouble was this,---the chickens
hail partaken of the anti-bilious pills, and
there was no "bile" left in Wm.—Cleveland
Plaindeder. ' •
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?The late Mr, Bush used to tell this
story of a brother. barrister :
As the COTtell wits about starting, before
breakfast, the modest limb of the law ap
proached the landlady, a pretty Qualteress,
who was seated near the fire. and he said he
could not think of going without giving her a
kiss.
"Friend," said she. '•thee most not do it."
• "By Heaven, I will, though!" replied the
barrister.
"Well, friend,- as thee host sworn," said
she. ••thee may du it ; but thee must nut make
a practice of it."
ittO - A boavting lock-maker had put new
locks lately on most of the store: in a small
village, in * Massachusetts, and the inhabitants
were
the
over their security, when some
of the "boys" thought they would make them
so additionally secure that even the owners
could not get in,. So,• on one of our coldest
nights, they squirted water ,from
_a syringe
into all the locks, and in the morning the
merchants were all shut out of their shops.—
The efforts nt entering were highly ludicrous.-
One went to puffing segar smoke into his
lock : another ran for a kettle of boilingwater ;
and another tonic
_his axe and broke his lock.
On the whole. the "bow:" thought even Hobbs
had been outdone.-4-iartford Courant.
A Sinit , !r in a Hi . ,l Place.—Last Sabbath
evening, whilst at church, we- notieed_oAe c
Whose inclinations were indicative of a fre
quent embracing of spirits, come in and elon
gate his physicality on one of the benches, in
close proximity to the stove.—The sexton
commenced the manufacture of caloric on a
pretty extensive scale.—Rummv commenced
revolving: dropped himself off the seat:
picked himself up and left, declaring that
that meeting was too hot It place for hitn!Ef.
^A gentleman Who has a. very strong
desire to be a funny man, sat down upon a
hooped sldrt the other day. 'With a despera
tion equal to any emergency, he whistled,
sitting on the 'style,' Mary."
tar"Mn, does mt kiss :you because he loves
you?" inquired a little .Tacky of his mother.
-'To he sure; sonny: why did you ask that
question 2" "Well, guess he loves the kitch
, , • - • kiss - her morirr
forty times last Sunday when you was gone
to meeting." There-was a fuss in the family.
'•iiow the deuce
Ctir"l want to Ree some of your gimbleta;"
said a greenhorn. one day, as he entered a
hardware store. The- dealer took down ',eve
ral pareelg, neither Of suited. "Well,
then, what kind do VnU want ; there io; almost
every rarietv." "NiChy, darn it, I want them
hat bores square holes.'
Itifa-Our "imp" woke up the other morning
and was astonished to see a bed hug sit
ting on the hack of a chair, pulling pins
from his coat, aid innocently picking his
teeth.
Ber. The mitaket that kicked the ?any nrer.
hat been arrested and made to girt , hnif. The
plo n .ol l 4t it •rll •cn-kei" at the time, vras
..:Jurt.
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mar,We , are un4ler' Ohhgatlona , to Hon.
CriAaLes MAso.v. the,Opmmiesioner of Patents,
for a copy of the followiug interesting, Cirep
lar—to.a , perusal of which, 'invite all our
readers.---t Ed. Compiles.
11,E' Mann SiIGAR-CANE.
SIB.:— new -plant seems to be destined'
,
to tase an important position among, our ecn
nomitial pr idecta. Its seeils. Were sent, soine,
six yearsago. front the nortbof Ohini,'by M.
de Montigny, to. the Geographical Society of
Paris, From • a cursory examination of at
small field 'of it, growing at 'Verroires, to
France, in the autumn of 1854, Mr. D. J.
Browne, then on a mission from this Office
for collecting agricultural,,-information and
products, was led to infer, tat, from the, pe
culiarity of the climate in which it was grow
infi;., its rekeniblaneo , in appearance and
habit to Indian earn, it would flourish. in any
reTion, wherever, that, plant, would. 'thrive.,
From' -this source. obtained Slime 200
pf unls of the Reel: Which was distributed in
small packages. by thli - uffme, among .the
wembars of Congress; frith the view of eiipar
iment ni,...tifith it its alt TiaNqs. of the'Xition,
and thereby ascertaining its adaption to our
sol. and climate.. In numerous ,inittanees, the.
results proved highly
'or height
if at
tained theheight gni.feet:rits4ar'innith
as St. Paul's, in Minnesota. and matured its'
seed at various pifint , f in'llassaelitist-tts, New
YOrk, Pennsylvania. Illinois,maother places
I'lll4ller south. The following year, whilo in
France, on a similar mission- as 'above, Mr.
,Browne obtained several bushelS - of the Seed,
grown 'from that reputed to have been brought
froM South' Attica. by Mr. Leonard Wray, of
London * and . which has shine -proved to be
identical nth that obtained' by this Office
in
There appears to be no,4oubt anon' many
in Europe, as well itt thia country. )1.4 to the
trite botanieal name of 'this +-dent. M. Look
Vilmorin. a scientific .eultivator; •df
provisionally gave it the name of ,H,Sc,d.s
sgt•Tharett-14. 'which' bed previouslY• beto,.
an
plied to the Common broom-eorn, if not to
other species. or at least varieties, of sonic al
lied plant. Ile also coniectureff-that
he- the .Soohooll (Andropegon
gliam• others,) cud thought,tbat it, might •
_comprehend, a variety of it, as well as A
!ma t t ;Ceji'a, )4% etc., of Icointli.
Wray, - - who has . devoted much time aril
don tA) ,tlll),(3)ltiVatiln) of this plant, the
view of, e,Uricatiog sugar • from its
Cape - Natal -and other nhutes, states that, in
the southeast part of Caliraria, there: are at
least fifteen varieties of it, some of them
growing to .height of 11- or ,15 feet, Kith,
stems. as thick, as
_those of the sugar-cane
(Sam/tem/a qfficioarnm,) M. Vilmurin, also;
says that, in, a collection of seeds gent to the
,Museum of Natural Jlistory at Paris, in 1.840.
by2M: d'Abadie, there ivere thirty kinds of
sorghum, among the growth of -which be,par
ticularlv recognized ,savenif„plants„ bavirn
stems of, a saccharine flavor. Others u.re of
the opinion. that,, • the common broom-corn
(Haws s sacchaeatto.i) the ,:peculate o.r Guinett 7
corn, .(&orty,l4 ain ,vdkigre.) and the Chinese su-•
gar-cm le, ( atiOrgh ton soca arui wo e ) all of which.
containing more or lesasaceltarine mutter, be
long, t,o,the ,same species, but are, variations
cause4.lor diiierences,of,soilatolvlimate, or by
a disposition to spurt, after, the u t atioo.of
corn and other, plants under caltivatit.
The Chinese sugar-cone., however, (Hirers
from the others, in containing a fur larger
proportion of joke, an 1 consequently ire
more valuable for fialder and other two:tont:cal
! uses.
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• in 17Gti; a plant atuthigonp to' the one in
question, Wits experimented upon at Florettc e,
in Italy, by Pietro Arilidtio, for the extrac
tion' of sugar; yet it 'must have been, of a dil'-
fereat variety, as he describes its, seeds as ,of
a clear brown color, while those of the Chi
nese sugar-cane are of a shining jet-black.
and in appearance identical with , those of
the Sorghum valgt, tre. of the old nollectiens.
DESCRiPrION ANP WA 64 n' Gitownt.
roe Chinese sugar-cane, when cultivated
on or4inary land, -in the United States. some
what after the manner_ IX broom-earn, grows
to &height of from 8 to TO feet, while in Eff
ropo it does not attain much more than half
of ' thin altitude. Its stems are straig,htand
smooth, often covered with a , w hi te . I- 1 100m. I , r
down,. having leaves imtnewhatflextto,us, fall
i ngnver, and greatly. resembling in appearance
tbbse orlndian corn, but more elegant in, form.
When, cultivated in hills, containing eight or
ten stalks each, it puts , forth at, its top at
cal panicle of dense-flowers, green Aft first, but
changing .into ahades.„4l.ll4 finally * IMu!
dark purple, avmaturity. Io France, and the;
central and northern, sections of ; the United'
-States, it ham thus far proved an annual; but
from - observations made by M. Vilmorin, as
well as some experiments in our Southern
States. it is ennjectOred that,froin the vigor
and fullness of the lower part of the stalks,
in autumn, by prnteecing them during the
winter, they would produce
,new- plants the
following spring,. It stands drought far bet
ter than Indian corn, and will resist the effects
of considerable frost without injury, after the
panicles appear, but not in its younger and
more tender state. If suffered to remain in
the field after the seeds have ripened and
have been removed, where the season as suffi
ciently. warm and long. new panicles will
shnot out at the topmost joints, one or more
to each stalk, and mature a second crop of
seeds. The average yieldof seed to each pan
icle is at least a gill.
Since its introduction into this country, the
I : - -•
adapted to our geographical range of Indian
corn. It is of easy cultivation,`beingsimilar
to that of maize or-,broom-corn,.bnt will 'pros
per in a much poorer twit. It does not suc
ceed so well, however, when sown broadcast
with the view of producing fodder, as it will
notgrow to much more than one-half of its
usual height. If the seeds are planted in
May, in the ;Middle States. or still earlier at
theSouth. - tYro.:crops - of:fndder can 'he-grn'wn
in .a. season from the same roOt - s—Ahe s^st tine
in June or .July, to he cut before the panicles
appear, which would be green and succoleat,
likeyoung Indian corn—and the other a
month or two later. at the time, or before. the
seed is fully matured. In OA extreme North
ern States, where the season is . too short and
cool for it--to ripen in the open air. the cultiva
tAr will necessarily hare to obtain his seed
from gyp^ one fort;lor 'math. If itwere impor
taw. fui him to raise his own seed, he could
IMII
ct,l,Tr VA TfnlV,
start the plants under glass, in the spring, and
remoyethein to the field' or garden at.about
the period of planting. "Indian corn, after
txhiebthey would fully .mature. One quart of
seeds are found folio sufficient for an apre. If
the soil be inditlerent or poor. they may be
sovrn in rows or drills shoat 3 feet apart, with
the plants from 10 to 12 inches asunder: but
if the'soit be rich; they may be planted in
hills, five er more seeds to each, 4 or 5 feet
apart in one direction, and 3 or 4 in the oth
er. The plant's may be worked or'hoed
in the ennrse of the season', in a similar man-'
nor to Indian corn.., Any suckers or super
fluous shoots, which may spring, up, may be
removed.. The seed should net be harvested
liefiire it acquires adnrk or black hue. ;Should
the plants ledge, or fall on the ground, by the
excessive vrei,,tht of the heads, during storms
of wind or rain, before the seed matures, they
may, remain for weekri' without injury. In
collecting the Seed, it convenient method is to ,
cut off the stalks about a foot below the pani
cles, tie them- np in bunches of twenty-five,
wnd
„suspend, them in *my secure, airy place,
sheltered from rain. if intended' solely for
fielder, the first crep should he out just heforo
the panicles would uppear,,and the second,
E 4 llOll as the seed arrives at the milky stage.
It may he tel op. in bundles, shocked and
'cored, Tike'the tops or stalks' Of Indian corn.
If not intended to he ethployed for any other.
ecopontieal ,use, ,after, the
,seed, has been ,re
moyed, And
.the weather he cool, .and the aver
nen temp .rature of the day, 'does not exceed
45° or 50'-F., the stalks luny be cut up e ose
to the ground, tied tio in bundles,
.eo lee ed
into shoeks, or stowed ii , a mesa in succu
lent state, iTh• fodder inßlods or .barns, where
they will keep without injury, if desired. on
: til spring, in this condition, howerer,the
er parts of the stalks wilt be found 'to he
quite hard and :woody, and will require to
1)0 ehrn p‘d into small pie es fur fee , liog.
7', ewr , .. , '_iet.—l'artictilLr care shOuld,,he
oh
serve'l not to cultivate this Oath in the vicin
ity 1111) , Mrah corn. Guinea, corn, nor brooni
eorn, hybridises, or mixes , freely with
tho , e • Jolts, which would render the seeds
pf th 6 priuhie . t unfit foreowing.
•
Yours, a cry re:v.o,l4y,
Go Aft MARON, ,
Co„rirrieYioaert .-
:Frain the Form Journal. '
Selection of Seed. Corn.
Eti.i , roas.;,' —We en remember to our
Aorrow, the ilialealties 'we Were eftiled upon to
.encounter nt,our luxt.corn planting. AlluuSt
(~ ' very farmer was compelled to replant, not
once mily,.but frequently two or three times.
and in some instances failed to secure a start,
even with ell this trouble. Various causes
were assigned for this ft,ilure :of the seed to
I.cerniinate.
,By some was attributed to the
intense-cold ; by, others, to the unusual moist
ness of the eob. &e. But, whatever the cause
of the. -failure, it ought-to prove a warning to
every former,-to make an Wort to provent,n
repetition of it next season. There is but'one
wily to do this, and that is ; first, seleet, a sef
ticient•miniatr of- the finest ears, taking care ,
Otos they aro not merely the largest in size:
hut the most. perfectly filled, from the heel of
the ear to tb e p lint. Take he eare'the grains
in which...ere loose 'or imperfect. Having , me:
leeted a sufficient quantity, next place it where
the air, can have free access .to it.. A. dry,
miideretely warm, well ventilated loft, is
my ()Onion "the suitable 'plate'.. If the
seleetion is novie in the field during husking,
a small portion of the husk siiiittld be allowed
to remnin On env', eur, iii order that two or
more. ears 41flil ,be tied together, and Lung up
to the rafter.
If' thi9 vOuvep iA pl7riufo, I hare butlittle
fear of failure to germinate.
' 4.!. It. B.
hily,—The ralir,t,lt itigo ist iy mnicing
n great yotii•attion owing the English garden- .
er,.4.-4t grows ten or twelve feet high, the
flowering portion measuring twenty inches,
and hearing eighteen superb flowers, , some
tvhat resembling the common white . lily, ex
cepting that they have a deep pnrßlis`h, tinge
along the inner edgeof eneit division of the
perianth, tool inensttringfive and a half inches
across the mouth of the tube. , Have tiny
of our gardeners received thin plant.,"und ib it
hardy?
kliling a Pifpee (Jul editorer
ptrr, .public - hed ut Lake Superior - , after
having been without a mail three week, says;
"Should the mail not arrive this week, we
shall make onr regular issue ne:t, Tuesday ;
Ur this number vas made up from an old
magetinf and a rell.lions , almanac of last year:
and :so - hung as this. material holds out we
shall he independent of the
lle•It is not what p"ople eat, hut what they
digest, that makes them strong. It is not
what they 'gain, but what they save, that
makes theta rich. It is nut what they read,
but what they remember, that makes them
learned, It is not what they profess. .but
what they practice, that makes them righteous.
6.7tockii , / Dee/M.—From a recent number of
the Nebraska Advertiser we el:met the fol
lowing:' On Saturday, a Mr. Smith suffered a
moat hOrrible death at Smithfield, in Wood
bury county. lie -was engnu:ed as a sawyer in
the new steam mill at that place, and whilst
gigging back the carriage, got his foot caught
by the saw, which split his leg nearly the
wholelenghth before he could withdraw it,then
by an unneenuntable destiny, his body fell
across the log before the saw, and was severed
in the middle, most horribly mutilating it; in
t, cutti,ng-the—body-into_numerous pieces,
which were gathered and decently interred.
The deceased lefts wife and two children.
ItarThe'Seneca O/ error, published in New
York State, rave that Joseph Boyle of Phelps,
on Saturday inst, won a bet of twenty-five
dollars ; having dressed a beef in nine minutes.
OarAn author of a love story in describing
his heroine, rays :—"lnnocence-dwells—in-the
dark clusters of her hair." A wa r uish editor
Aup...ests that a fine tooth comb would bring
it out.
itEir \. Never wa , ite animal or vegetable refuse.
—The very soap suds from the laundry are rich
manure.
te-if 7ant to kiss a pretty girl, why
kigs her—if ynti -an. if a pretty girl wants
to kiss you, why le, her—pike a man. ,
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TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
DESTRUCTIVE FRESHETS.
Tu.° Million of Dolton,' Worth of Property
Destroyed at Albany—Alarming Scene—
Fire and Flood—The Whole Lower Part of
the City, Submerged—Great Destruction of
Cattle—Houses and Bridges Swept Away—
Nany Families Driven from their Homes—
Great Distress--A Public Meeting Called—
The City of Troy Flooded—Trains Stopped
and Rosiness Suspended—Great Destruction
on the Sumptehanna and other Rivera.
Auttory, N. Y., Feb. tremendous
flood occurred here last. night in consequence
of the recent thaw, causing an immense
amount of damage to property. The loss is
estimased at $2,000,000.
The city during the night has been the scene
of the utmost Confusion, owing to the combin
ed evils of fire and flood, a fire having broken
out whilst the flood was at its height.,
. Laborers - have been working all night in
removing goods from the first to the second
floors of the stores in the lower part 'of the
City, where it was thotight they would besafe,
but at 11 o'clock the water began -rising ra
pidly,' and-the workmen had to desist'andrtut
for safety.' • •
The water continued rising till 4 o'clock this
morning, when it reached a point three feet
higher than. ever before known, flooding the
whole loWer -portion of the city as high up as ,
Green street. The , lower parts of Herkimer
and Hudson (parallel) streets are submerged
to the first story and Broadway is flooded
frOrn the Exchange to the Delaran
Tbe stores and cellists On the west 'side are
tilled with water, and nil the streets' between
Broadway mid the river "ore navigable by
boats. A large, nerither . of cattle have been
drowned.
At three o'clock the be bolls were:inutile('
in different parts of the city, adding to the
torrerii of the scene. 'Warren 4 Sun's builiT
inz, on BroitilWay, and :Messrs: Gilson it
Dalton's planing mills, and Barreit ware
house-on the pier all being at the
same time, owing to the slacking of a large,
toantity of lime. Owing to tlieheight Of the
water it wile imPrissibhl to get the engines to
tfic fire, and therefore the firemen proceeded
in.boats with buckets, and succeeded-in eon;
fining . tho Mimes to thebnildings in which the
the onginnted. The glare of the- conflagra
tion upon the rushing Whters of the river and
the devastating'flood 'in the city rendered 'the
scene one not soon to be .forgotton..
The s team! 'propellor Western World, caught
fire ,from, the burning - warehouse and burnt
until she sunk.
It is . rumored that several lives have been
lest. , - - - -
Twelve- canal boats; three *gee and two
stenm tugs have been mink.
The canal warehouses en the piers are store
in and the flood is making a breach t h r o ug h
„...
them. - •
roar hundred Battle in East Albany. hnie
been drowned; also, runny. borsee,stnbled in
the lower Tort of the city. ,
Three wrecked houses poised down the
river this 'morning frnni some paint shove the
city. ' Two men were seen upon the:root of
••
The litylsoa Ricer Railroad is submerged
and the Central - Railroad is in 'the ,=carne
eondititin.—The trains are landing their
'passengers on the outskirts of the city.
- No trains have left here to-day. -
Afnoort the water was again rising. -
A public. meeting has been called. for the
relief of the sufferers.
The streets are in the greatest excitement."
Several. alarms were sounded again at noon.
'tie families rescued ,from the flooded dis
tricts are landing from flat boat 6 at the post
,
steps,•
The water is still riming as this despatch is
sent
The bun' er districts are all overflowed,
and much lumber, has been swept oft
'rue pity of Troy is nearly overildie4,"
and the bridges i a the 'neighborhood are in.
dnneer. : One bride from up the river float
ed down against the Troy bridge this morn
g.
in
The,freight depot at Green Island has been
burnt by slacking lime.
The trains are all suspended, and business
is entirely stopped.
11.tnetstseac, PA., Feb. 9.—There is a terri
ble flood-on time Susquehanna river, in conse
quence of the breaking up of the ice.
The ice moved, but gorged four milesbelow
here, and blocks of ice are now piled Up on
the railroad track ton. to fifteen feet high, so
thet the trains are suspended both ways.
• It is reported that a couple of, bridges on
the Juniata have been swept away, with
several piers of the Cumberland Valley ,bridge.
An sixful destruction of property seems to
tlie threatened along the line of the Susque
hanna.
PUILADELPEr Li ' Feb. 9.—The ice in the
Schuylkill river broke up last night. There
was eleven feet of water
. ). t oing over Fairmount
dam, and must of the wuacent wharves were
overflowed. - Considerable quantities of coal,
wood and lumber were swept off, and some of
the canal boats were left ashore on the wharves
by the waters subsiding. Others were carried
oif down stream, but the damage done was
not so serious as was anticipated. '
TRES:TON, N. J., Feb.9.—A part of Ytuadin's
foundry has been washed - thr
ter is covering the streets
of the town. The bridge
above should give by the
ice. The ice on - the Lehigl
up.
EASTON, PA., Feb. 9.—T
at this
_point rose 16 feet_
The ice is broken and dr
bridge is in great danger.
feet above the bridge in
Lambertville bridge Is also
house in the neighborhood
away. In some places tin
twenty feet high.
TROY, Feb. B.—TheHudsi
ed to rise about 7 o'clock
centinue_s to_rise_at the rata
It is now about 6 feet
large quantity of ice from
floosie rivers has broken
clear as far down as two mi
factory. It is rising very
4 feet between 4 o'clock
this evening. The nail
mile and a half south of T.
Mar Poultry is received
the rate of 200 tons per da
NO. 21.