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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1857.
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JSVibury, Jan. S, 1 857 oct2055.
i f,Ii7Nc7i77N CAM P, No. l'J J. S. of A
' holds its stnteo meeting every Thursday
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Sunbury. July S, 18.rfi. tf.
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from Philadelphia, which he will sell on terms
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CLOlUf, CASlMliKLS & BATON El" J,
Winter Wears for men at: J boys, all style and
prices
Ladies Ores oods.
Consisting of Illack Silks, Merinos, Alj'aras,
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is much more durable, and is not affected by
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in winter, and put up in tin canisters at 37 J and
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March 14,1837.
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Fancy Wire Work of eveiy dMenplio.
March 14, 1507 3ni 0
JOSEPH ri'SEUL,
Ull BRKLLA AMD PUASOLMlBl'rCTCBSB,
No. 2 North Fourth Street, N. W, Corner of
Market, Philadelphia.
HAS now on baud an extensive assortment
of the newest and mast desirable kinds, in
eluding mxny NEW STYLES not heretofore
to be had in this niarieL An examination of
Vur stock i solicited befure purchasing elsewhere.
March 7, 1857 3m
COUNTY ORDERS County order taken
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Nov, V), 1856.
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THE WIFE TO THE WOOER.
BY SIH K. Btl.WER I.LTT0H.
Well, then, since scorn has failed to cure
The love you press so Blindly,
For once your reason I'll endure
And answer follies kindly ;
I'll Kraut that you more fair and gay
Than Luke to some may be;
11 ut light itself, when he's away,
Is never gay to me ;
Then go then go j for whether or no
He's fair, he's so to me !
It woods your summer love may wreathe
In florid smiles and gladness;
His lips, more often, only breathe
The trouble and the sadness
13 ut ah ! so sweet a trust to truth,
That confidence of rare !
Mure joy one grief of his to seothe
Than all your Miss to share.
Then go then go , for whether or no
He grieve, 'tis bliss to share !
You say that he can meet or leave
Unmoved content without me ;
Nor recks what snares neglect may weave
Too heedless e'en to doubt me.
Ah ! jealous cares are poor respect !
Fc knows my heart, my guide;
And what you feel is to neglect,
I leel is to confide!
Thru go then go; for whether or no
I'll lliink he dues confide.
And Luke, you say, ran sternly look,
And sometimes speak severely ;
Your eyes, you vow, could ne'er rebuke
Your whispers breathe austerely,
How know y ou of the coming cares
His anxious eyes foresee 1
Perhaps the shade his temper wear
Is thought for mine and me !
Then go then go; for whether or no,
Ilia frown ha smiles for me.
Hut Luke, yojhint, to other give
The love that he denies me ;
And hard, you say, in youth to livo,
Without one heart to prize me !
Well, if the parent rose be abed.
The buds are on the stem:
My babes ! his love ran ne'er be dead ;
It soul has fled to them.
Then go then go! His rival 1 Ao:
His rival lives in them.
A THOUGHT ON WOMAN.
BY HAIlFEI.I.OVT.
What makes a woman now-a-daya t
Intelligence? good looks t
A mind where all the virtues dwell t
Mo dry goods hung on haops !
Ho! whales that sail the briny deep,
lirpine not at your fate ;
Your llesh illuminates the world
Your bones make women greut !
All would be great but all don't I'ke
A course on education ;
Schools, study, honks ah ! what ar these
Comiiar'd with inflatation !
Select nli
THE BACHELOR'S BUTTON.
WHAT II.UTK.NKU AT HIE CONCKRT.
Pome years ago when 1 was a single man,
and dreaming (us some single men do) of dou
ble bliss yet uYetitied to srrivp, I went lo a
concert at the Musical Hall of Huston. Mu
mc is, poetically and provirbiullj',"lhtfood of
love," and in my seiiliinenUil statu 1 cunsum
cd a good deal of it; not that I had any object
in view. Miiirt was abstract love ; 1 cultiva
ted it. I increased my stock, so that I might
have a good deal of the tender passion on
hand whenever I saw an eligible oppottunity
of investing it. Well, to turn to the concert.
It was crowded to excess, aud t ho rush, on
leaving, to reach cubs and carriages, was very
great. 1 wore on thut memorable night a
blue coat with brats buttons, and flattered
myself there were worse looking men in the
room. 1 tell you, candidly. 1 admired my
self, and next to myself, the other pniiy I was
most struck with was a fine girl, with dark
eyes and black hair, who Fat with some young
friends a few forms distant. 1 hoped sue no
ticed nio with my Iduo coat with brass but
tons. 1 looked ut her often enough to at
tract her attention to both ; and being, as
mylriends would sny, iu a rather spooney
state, worked myself in a towering passion
o tare. Hut how was 1 to come at the object
of my admiration, for I was as diflident as do
voted "us shy as I was vain," as an over
candid friend once said, "lluil Columbia."
which concluded the concert, surprised me,
as uuprepared as on my first glunce to "im
prove tho occasion," and the company were
shoaling out, while 1 stood mutely pn.ing af
ter the object of my love at first sight. She
and her party eddied for a while by the inner
door of the concert room, and wero then
drawn out into the retiriug current, and lost
to sight.
I followed quickly after, lest I should lose
forever all opportunity of ideiililymg my idol;
out aius : iiiu iigntg in tne outer corrodor
were few, and so far between, that ,-no glimpse
of my star could I get." 1 pushed and el-
howetl nercely through tho crowd, with a
view of getting to the outer door before my
fair one's party had emerged, and thus gain
ing once more a sight of my sweetening.
'Hang it !" I muttered, impatiently, as I
felt a tug at uiy coat skirt, and was instantly
conscious of one of my hind buttons having
hitched to some lady'a dress. My progress
was suddenly arrested. "How provoking 1"
thought I, as I was brought to a stund, for I
could not push on without losing a button or
tearing a dress ; "how provoking tbe modern
fusions ! a lady Jnow Lag as many hoops, os
many tennclos about her apparel as a seu aao
monu." It wits with some irritation I stop
ped to undo the button, but my hurry made
the task more difficult, and instead of undoing
I ouly bungled and more, twisted the loop
round tho button.
"1'leasB to let mo try," said tho lady her
self, as I bungled over the business. Hhe
ungloved her hand it wag a sweet, white
hand, go 1 looked at her (ace. Stars and
garters ! but it was the very fair one, black
hair and dark eyes, 1 wag in pursuit or. A
she stooped over tha entaDgled button, a
slight flush tiuted her cheek. Oh, it was de
licious ! 1 hoped she would never undo tha
loop ; acd, indeed, she would Dot, for her fin
gers were twichiug nerdously, and my heart
was ueaiiug auuiuiy. i mua to uelp her
our fingers met.
"I'leasoto make way there," shouted a
gruff voice behind. We wvr blocling op the
paRsngo. Was there ever ench an unlucky
. r I i . . .
spm. ior so iucKy an entanglement I
"You hinder tho people from going out,
Amie,'' exclaimed one of her companions,
with some asperity ; "plague on the tiresome
loop, break itl" and, suiting the action to
tbe word, tho speaker leaned forward, caught
Ilin 3IPPVA n nor nnatltllnl rlnflil Ipnea In r.na
hand, and my coat tail in the other, and civ-
nig a ipucK ana suauco tug, severea us. i no
crowd behind bore on, and we were separated;
tint. Iinwitvpr hfifnrn I irnca m t. Halm." n Innl.
which intended to speak volumes. 1 thought
bum uiu nut, seem uucodscious oi my meaning:
nur irni mur. I blinv anil ltna uui Ilin nnl
iuijbuiuiiuu ien mo, ior immediately aiterwara
i i. i - . i . . . . ,
1 . i ! I r. l . , r. i
i tost ner ana uer party to view iu too aarx
ncss outsido.
TUB COfP.SK OF TltUK LOVK DID NOT Rl'K
PM0OTII.
That night I hardly closed mv eves think-
ing of my "bright particular star," and what
means 1 should employ to lind her out. 1
knew little of the town, which was a large one
and to expect to know the name of my fair
one by a mere description, was bopeles; there,
aouuticss, must be a great many witli (link
eyes and black hair with tho "bills of mortal
ity there as elsewhere.
iSly love fit crew more and more violent in-
the course of tho day ; but, tired out at length
with my search. 1 returned to tho hotel, and
took out my dress-coat from my portmanteau.
to leeu my name even with tbe contemplation
of the iiianiinuto button that detaiued the
"bluck-pyed divinity" so long. It was with
no little delight 1 now discovered what did
not before catch my eye a fragment of the
silk loop of her dress still adhered to the but
ton, twisted round the shank. 1 pressed it
to my lips it was lilac in color and stooD
ed to gently ilisetitunglo it, from the bit of
Drusj, as genlie as though it were a tress of
my loved one s hair, when gomr.tuimr clinked
in the skirt pocket. 1 supposed 1 hud left
some money there, for in my perturbation and
excitement I omitted to search tho coat ou
taking it off the night before. I thrust my
hand into the pocket. Gracious me 1 What
did I behold, whut did I take out? a gold
chain bracelet !
You could have "brained" me wilb mv la
dy's fun. I saw at a glance how matters
stood : in the excitement and fury of undoing
the loop from my button, the lady had undono
the clasp of her own bracelet, which bad not
unnaturally fell iuto the coat skirt with which
she was engaged, and doubtless, on missing
it, instead of regarding me in a romantic light
she put it down that 1 was one of the swell
mob, aud hud purposely entanglud myself in
her dress to rob her of her jewelry.
Here was on anti-heroic position to find
one's self in when I wished to bo considered
tho most devoted of knights, to be remem
bered only as the most expert of pickpockets!
Wus ever on honest lover in such a plight T
and to mako it worse, I cattld not see how
1 was to escape from this inevitable dilemma.
I must go down to tho grave remembered
only in thut dear one's mind us the nefarious
purloincr of her bracelet. To find her out
was impossible; but a bright idea struck me,
as my eye lighted on a newspaper lying on
tho cofiee-room table. 1 rang the bell und
inquired of tho'woiter when the local paper
was published. "To-morrow, sir," ho un
swercd. 1 sut down and wrote un advertise
ment ; it was in the following words :
"If the lady whose dress got entangled in
a gentleman's coat button, in leaving the
conceit last Wednesday, will cull at or send
to tho Trenioiit Hotel, she will hear some
thing to her advantage."
There, I thought, us I gave tho advertise
ment to the boy, aud Gvo shillings to pay for
its insertion in tho Tranter; there, if that
will not give me u clue to escape from a very
unpleasant dilemma, and at the same timu to
know who my enchanter is, the fates must
indeed be very unpropitious.
My plans being thus so far adopted, I or
dered dinner, und waited patiently, or rather
impatiently, the appearance of tho newspaper
next morning. It was brought up to my
room damp from the press, and then 1 reud,
in all the glory of largo type, my interesting
announcement. Hut my sturs ! with what
an advertisement was it followed in the very
samo column I ouly wonder that my huir
did not stand on end, us 1 read as follows :
REWARD. LOST OR STOLEN, on
pattl h of the Concert, at the Hall,
a tiold Chain llracelet, is thought lo have been
taken from the lady's arm by a pickpocket, of
gentlemanly appearance, who wore a blue coal
with brass bullous, aud kept near the lady on
her leaiing the ball.
Any one giiing such information as will lead
to the recovery of the bracelet, or the capturr
of the thief, (if it was stolen.) will receive the
above reward, on applying ut No. 7 Cambridge
Place.
TIIK END or IT.
Hero was a pretty plight to be advertised
in the public papers as n pickpocket, when
my ouly crime was, like Othello's, that of
"Loving, not wisely, but t-v well."
My determination, however, was quickly
ndopled. 1 went up stairs, put on tho very
identical delinquent blue coal, so accurately
described, and, taking the paper iu my hand,
proceeded to No. 7 Cambridge Place.
1 knocked at the door, and asked the ser
vant who answered, the name of the family.
Having heard it, 1 said, "Is Miss Kayiuotid
in ?"
"Yes, sir," replied the servant woman ;
"who shall I sny wants her ?"
"Tell her," 1 replied, ' that tho pickpocket,
with tho gentlemanly address aud blue coat,
with brass buttons, who stole her bracelet, is
herp, and wishes to return it to her."
The woman stared at me us though I were
mad, but on repeating my request to her, she
went io and delivered my message.
Soon there came out, not my fair one, but,
"With all that', beat of uurk and blight,
Meeting iu aspect and iu eye,"
a stalwart brother.
"That," I said, handing him the bracelet,
"is Miss Huymoud's property ; and though,
as you perceive, I wear a blue coat, with
brass buttons, and am flattered to think my
maimers are not ungentlemauly, I aui bound
iu candor to say I am not a pickpecket."
"Then, sir, you shall have the reward,"
said the brother, taking out his purse.
"No," I replied, "for, strange eg it may
appear, though 1 am not a pickpocket, I stole
the lady's bracelet."
The inau looked puzzled ; but when I told
tho truth, and poiuted to my advertisement
in the same paper, as a proof that 1 didu't
wish to walk off with the property, he laughed
heartily at the whole story, and not the least
at bis sister's description of the gentlemanly
pickpocket.
"Well," be said, "you had better walk in
acd have tea with us, and my sister will be
able to say whether she can speak to your
identity ; after which it will be time enough
to cauvass tho propriety of sending for a
constable."
You may be assured I accepted the iuvita
tion. Need I go farther with the story?
The young lady (tu use the words of Ike ad
vertisement) captured the pickpocket. The
bachelor's button no longer adorns my blue
coat, and 1 now havo framed nnd glazed over
ine nremace, tno advertisement, iu which l
am publicly described by my own wife, as a
"pickpocket with a gentlemanly address."
When I charge her with tWidiel, she always
does what she has just this moment doue,
pay damages for the slander in any amount
of kisses, declaring, thoughoot a pickpocket.
I was a thief, and stole her heart and pock
eted her bracelet.
So ends the story of A Bachki.or's Bvttov.
lllisrdlancmiSu
Praiso Your Wifo.
Praise your wife, man ; for pity's sake give
her a little encouragement, it won't hint her,
She has mado your home comfortable, your
hearth bright aud shiuing, your food ngreca
ble ; for pity's suko tell her you thank her, if
nothing more. Sho don't expect it; it will
make her eyes open wider than they have for
these ten years, but it will do her good for all
that, and you too.
.there are muuy woman to-cay thirsting for
the word of praise the'Jangunge of encourage
ment. Through Summer's heat ond Wiuter's
toil they have drudged uncompluiulv, and so
accusetomed havo their fathers, brothers
and husbands become to their mor.otouious
labors thut they look for and upon them as
they do the daily rising of the sun and its
daily going down. Homely evcry-day life
may be mude beautiful by an appreciation of
its very homeliness. Yoirkuow thut if the
noor is clean, manual labor has been per
formed to muke it so. You know that if you
can take from your drawer a clean shirt
wlieneveQ'Oti want it, that somebody's fingers
have ached in the toil of making it so liesh
and agreeable, so smooth nnd lustrous.
fcverything that pleases the eve and the sense
has been produced bv constant work, much
thought, great care and untiling efforts, bodi
ly and mentally.
It is Dot that many men do not appreciate
these things and feel a glow of gratitude for
the numberless attention, bestowed upon
them in sickness and in health, but they are
so selfish in that feeling They don't come
out with a hearty, "Why, how pleasant you
mako things look wife !'"' or, "1 am obliged to
you for taking so much puins !" They thank
the tailor for giving them "lilii," they thunk
the man in a lull omnibus who gives them a
scut ; they thauk the nwiy lady who moves
along in tho conceiiiootn in short, they
thank everybody ami everything out of doors
because it is tho custom, and come home, tip
their chairs Imr-l; niut (heir lteels nn rmll out
tl,a nnt.-cr,u ..,.. n p., ... 1 . 1 F i..'1'u nA-. Vi.., in !
ajici , uiiihil 11 line i..i;i iiiiiii iu
take the baby, scold if the fire lias got down,
or, if everything is just right, shut their
mouths with a smack of sutisluclion, but
never say to her, "I thunk you."
I tell you what, men, yonng and old, if yon
did but show un nrilinnry virility towards
those common articles of housekeeping, your
wives, it you gave the a J huinlivil aiol sixti- '
etlr part of tho compliments you almost j
choked them with before they were married,
if you would stop tho badinage about who
you are going to have when number one is !
dead, (such things wires may laugh ut, but j
they sink deep sometimes,) if you would !
cease to speak of their faults, however ban- j
teringly, before others, fewer wcmeti would ,
seek fur other sources of happiness than
your apparently cold, so-so-isli ull'ection. 1
Praise your wife, then, for ull good quulitics j
she bus, and you muv rest assured that her
1 l P H. ..... I I 11.. !
tie ucicucies ure luny couuiei ouutucuu uv vuur
own. (Hire Jirwu i.
Much is said of the "Independence of Pov
erty." That riches nor place, eloquence uor ,
power, titles nor glory bring happiness, is
proved in the experience of ull countries and
people. While this is true ou one hand, it is
equally true on Iho other, that poverty has
its advantages, and udveoity its uses. If
they are not as "sweet" as shake gpcure paints
them, they are not us sour us many imagine.
Punch illustrates the common blessings of
common men in tho following truisms;
You wear out your old clothes.
You are not troubled with many visitors.
You ure exonerated from making culls.
Hores do not bore you.
Spongers do not haunt your table.
Tux-guthercrs hurry pu:t your door.
ltineruiil bunds do nul play opposite your
window.
You aro not persecuted to stand godfa
ther. No one thiuks of presenting you with u
testimonial.
No tradesman irritates you by asking, "Is
there any other little urticle to-day, sir ';"
Hogging letter-w riters let you alone.
lmpuslcrs know there is no use to bleed
you.
You practice tempi ranee.
Yrou swallow infinitely less poison than
others.
Flatterers do not shout their rubbirh into
your ears.
You ore saved muny a debt, many a decep
tion, many a headache.
Aud lastly, if you have a true friend in the
world, you ure sure, in a veiy- short space of
time, to lea i n it.
Tub Haiti. k ok Waouav. Napoleon's
battle of Wagrum wus the greatest of modern
times, if wo consider the number of men en
gaged iu it, and assembled ut the sumo mo
ment in the field. There were three hundred
thousand men iu the two armies, und from
the extremity of one wiug to tho extremity
of the other, was a distuuee of two leagues
aud a half. The beauty und majesty of such
a spectacle may eusily be conceived. We
had seven hundred pieces of artillery, und
(he enemy five hundred. Thus twelve hun
dred guns were thundering simultaneously
over tho narrow field. We fired during the
duy eighty-four thousand rounds of artillery,
and had twenty thousand men put bors du
combat. Yet the victory was without result.
The times were past when multitudes of pris
oners fell into our hands, as in Italy, ut C'lm,
at Austerliu. at Jena. It was a buttle
gained, but it left muuy others to be fought.
Memoirs.
Tun Greatest Mkk. A writer iu the
Christian Examiner thinks the three names
which will shine the longest on the Western
Continent are those of Washington, Hamil
ton and Webster.
One night, when Sir Uichard Steele pres
sed Dr. Garth to stay with him, the doc
tor consented, "for," said he,"l have but
fourteen putients that 1 ought to see to-night
and of these live are so bad thut no physician
can cure them, and nine have such Constitu
tions that 1 don't believe all the physiciaus iu
Loudun could kill the in.
farmer's gcpiinunt.
Time of Cutting Grain.
Orain cut from seven to den days before
it bocomos dead-ripo yields more bushels to
ine acre, belter Hour and is intrinsically worth
more money than when cut when dead-ripe.
Hosides which advantage there is scarcely
any loss from shattering, whilo the ttraw, as
provender, is infinitely superior.
There is another powerful reason in lavor
of early cutting. The rust, thut fell destroyer
of tho wheat crop that blight upon well-
grounuea nones it is Known mawes its np-
ncaratlCe ntliV fl few rinva lioforp tbil irrmn
becomes thoroughly ripened ; therefore, by
anticipating this period by cutting belore
its appearance wo avert its inlliction, lor a
sore infliction the rust always proves to be.
Again, by cutting some days befure the peri
od when the grain becomes dead line, more
timo is allowed for the harvest a matter of
much importance.
To show the advantages resultinir from
early cutting in England we will givo one of
several experiments mode by JUr. John llan
V Mr
nam, the distinguished English farmer.
These experiments extended through the five
different periods of cutting, viz ;
N'o. 1 was cut a month before fully ripe.
"2 " 3 weeks "
" 3 " 2 weeks " "
" 4 " 2 days " "
" 5 " when ripe.
Taking 100 lbs. of the grain, ho found itlo
yield flour as follows :
Vo. Flour. Seconds. Hron.
1 75 lbs. 7 lbs. 1 7 lbs.
2 70 lbs. 7 lbs. 1G lbs.
3 rill lbs. 5 lbs. 13 lbs.
4 77 lbs. 7 lbs. 14 lbs.
5 72 lbs. lllbs. 15 lbs.
"It thus appears," soys Mr. Hannam, "that
No. 3, cut 2 weeks before it was fully ripe, is
superior to ull other varieties, giving more
per bushel than No. 5, cut when fully ripe,
by lbs. of Hour, and a gain of 15 per cent,
on the tlout or cquul mensure of grnin. 100
lbs. of wheat of No. 3 makes P0 lbs. of flour,
while 100 lbs. of No. 5 yields only 72 lbs.,
showing on nerage of H per cent, in favor of
grain cut raw. In grinding it was found that
No. 5 ground the wnrs-t worse than No. jl.
In No. 5 were a greater quantity of flinty
panicles, which would not pa.-s the bolt, than
in uny of the others. The brun from No. 5
wus coarse and heavy, whilo that from No. 3
was thin as a bee's wing."
Mr. Hannam thus sums up the advantages :
"A gain of 15 per cent, of Hour upon equal
measures; u gain iu the weight of straw of
14 per cent. ; while the flour produced by
No. 3 was of a fur belter quality than that
produced from grain cut nt uny other time."
Wheat cut early commands iu England 2s.
per quark r more than that cut when full
ripe. Amirii-iin I'urmer.
How to Raise Turkeys..
Will you allow me, in farmer style, through
your t'ultivutor, lo give my experience in
raising turkeys', lor tho benefit of your read
ers. 1 commenced raising turkeys about
three years ugo, I never met with any suc
cess until the last season, 1S53. The wiuter
previous, I wintered one torn and two hens,
and they laid 00 eggs, from which I ruised
45 turkeys from 50 hutched. Until tho last
summer, I never could raise over one-fourth
that were hatched.
My mode of raising them is as follows : J
made each hen lay two settings, which they
will do without injury if they ure well winter
ed. I set two settings under dung hill fowls,
and tho remainder under turkey hens. As
soon its they are hatched, I have crates pro
vided and immediately shut them up, and
keep them shut up for four weeks ; and then
let them range anywhere on the farm. 1 feed
them ou Indian meal, ui'.il keep buttermilk
Constantly before them. 1 put about half
an ounce of assafirtida in their milk each day,
and this keeps them lively, and they ure nev
er bothered with lice. When I let them out,
they seem to grow up without any more trou
ble. 1 think there is nothing that will afford our
farmers greater profit than turkeys if managed
in this wuy. I think the whole secret of my
success lies in assafatida. .My debt and cred
it stands us follows :
Dr.
To 3 old turkeys, 3 00
To 4 bushels of corn, 3 00
To meal fed young ones, 5 00
To lb. assufiLlidd, DO
11 90
Ur.
Ily 45 turkeys raised aud told at $1, 15 00
l!y 3 old ones, 3 00
By 2 bushels manure, 3 00
51 00
II 00
Leaving a net profit of 39 04
on 3 turkeys iu one year, or 13 profit on
each turkey.
1 f any of your readers can give me any more
advice on the subject, I will be thankful for
it. Jasou 11. Tultle, iu Country Gentleman.
ANkwMudkto IIksthoy C.uKKi'iu.Ar.s,
as practiced in portions of the New England
States, is by the use of jire-cruclers ! The
way is to pluco one on the end of a split pole,
thrust it iuto the nest, and knock them all to
flinders. It will tuko sometimes two or three
crackers to demolish a largo nest, though for
small collections a single explosion is suffi
cient. The buys dou't cousidcr this work,
but go at it with a gusto.
I. IMF. A farmer commences with the use
of lime on his soil ; the first seusou he sees an
improvemet; he continues its use for some
two or three years, and finds but little if any
perceptible change in his crops ; he now cries
IiuiuIihij, this use of lime. Now the truth is,
that in his first application, tbe land was ra
ther deficient iu lime only ; but in not usiug
other manure iu couuection, other substances
iu the" soil wero exhausted ; potash or soda
was now wanted, aud hence the constant use
of lime only for a series of years will injure
and deteriorate the soil.
Sugar Watkr. Sir II. Davy has said that
diUorcut plants and grapes grow much more
luxuriantly when watered with solutions of
sugar, than with common water, the two li
quids differing in nothing but the preseuce
of carbon in tho former, and its ubseuce in
tho latter.
Irish I'otatoks. Kuight, of tho London
Horticultural Society, suyg that by taking
off the flowers of this root as soon as they
appear, the crop of tho tubers or routs will
be increased one quarter.
o 1 1 r
OLD, BUT VEEY O00D ADVICE.
Ye who would save your features florid
Lithe limbs, bright eye, smooth forhcad,
From age' devastation horrid,
Adopt this plan
Twill make, in climates cold or torrid,
A hale old man :
Avoid in youth, luxurious diet;
Restrain the passion's lawless riot :
Devoted to d.imestic quiet,
Bo wisely gay :
So shnll ye, spite of age's flat,
Resist decay,
Seek not, not in Mammon's worship, pleasure,
But find your richest, dearest treasure
In hooka, friends, music, polished leisure !
The mind, not sense,
Make the sole scale by which ye measure-
Your opulence.
This is the solace, this the science,
Life's purest, sweetest, best appliance,
Thut disappoints not man's reliance,
Whatc'er his state ;
But challenges, with calm defiance,
Timo, fortune, fate.
Six Valuable Receipts.
A correspondent of tho Country Gentleman.
at Greensborough, Md., couiumuicato the fol
lowing receipts :
No. 1 ClTtRT FOWDI'B.
Curcuma, J lb.
Powdered Ginger, 1 ouueo.
Black Pepper, 2 ounces.
Cummeu Seeds, 4 ounces.
Cardamon Seeds, 4 drachms.
Powdered Mace, 4 drachms.
C'uyaune Pepper, 1 ounce.
Mix all together in a very fine powder.
No 2 Extract ok Cki.cky.
Celery seeds, J ounce.
Brandy, 4 ounces.
Iigost for two weeks and filter.
No. 3 Extract or IIkn-vkt.
Fresh Rennet, 12 ounces,
Fine Salt, 2 ounces.
Proof Spirits, 2 ounces.
Whito wiuc, 1 quart.
Digest for 24 hours and strain.
A quart of milk, requires 2 or 3 teasnojn-
fuls.
No 4 Bi-rniso Fluid.
Alcohol, 3 gallons.
Cumphino, 1 gallon
Gum Cuuiphor, 1 ounce.
Dissolve tho camphor in the alcohol, and
then mix. (A nd then throw the mixture ill
the Street. Eo. Amkr.)
No. 5 Watku Proof for Booh.
Kosin, 4 drachms,
Lard, 1 ounce.
Mix and molt them together over a slow
fire.
No. 0 Black VAR.visn ior Lkatiikr.
Gum Shelluc, 1 ounce.
Gum Juniper, 1 ounce.
Lamp Black, 1 ounce.
Kosin, 1 ounce.
Venico Turpentine, J ounce.
Spirits of Wine, 1 lb.
Mix aud let it staud in a warm nlaco for a
few duvs.
Sviuts ok Fhcit. Theso are prepared in
a similar manner to copilluire, substituting
the juices of the fruit in pluco of the water ;
in this way it is very easy to make syrup of
oranges. Before the oranges ore squeezed,
to express their juice, each orange should be
well rubbed or grated with the lump sugar j '
by so doing tho fine flavor of the rind is pre
served. All theso syrups are drunk by dilu
ting them with water. About a wineglassful
of syrup to a tumbler of water will be found
to make a pleasant draught.
Svm r ok Coitke. Take about on ounce
of tho finest coffee, ground, and a pint ol cold
water, oilow them to stand together for 12
hours or more; then strain, und odd one
pound and a half of sugar ; boil for one or
two minutes, not longer, and again strain.
Syrup ok Tk.v. One pint of water, two
pounds of sugar, an ounce of black tea ; boil
together fur live minutes, or rather less, and
then strain. A wiueglassl'ul to a hn'.f pint
of cold water makes very good Cult tea.
To Nritramzb tub Acin (or Socrskss)
in Fruit Pik.s or PuM'Im.s;. As the fruit
season now advances, it is well worthy of
notico that a large quantity of the free ucid
which exists in rhubarb, gooseberries, cur
rants ond other fruits may be judiciuu.dy cor
rected by tho use of u small quantity ol cur-
Immttn iif koiIa without in l!io lonst nlV.-i't in -
i - - - c
their flavor, so long us too much soda is not
added. To an ordinary sized pi j or pudding
as much soda may be added as piled up will
cover a shilling, or even twice such n quanti
ty if the fruit is very sour. If this little hint
is attended to many a stomachache will be
prevented and a vast quantity of sugar
saved ; because, when the itcid is neutralized
by the soda, it w ill not require so much sugar
to render the sour sweet.
Currants for Tarts. A female friend
has politely favored mo with the following,
which, if you please, you may publish in
your paper for tho benefit of such of its read
ers as may be desirous of preserving currants
for tarts :
"Ju a preserving pan put a pound and a
half of sugar for every two pouuiU of cur
runts, with a sufficiency of the expressed
juice of the fruit to dissolve the sugar.
When it boils, skim it, and put in your cur
rants, and boil again till they become qmto
clear. Put them in ajar, cover them with
whito paper, dipped in brandy, uud keep
them in a dry place."
Gooseberries may also be preserved in tho
same way. It is a good pluu iu preserving
these fruits to remove tho blossom., which, iu
a dried stato, adhere somewhat teuucinusly
to the blossom end of the fruit, by careful
washing. By this ineuus they are removed
without difficulty.
Fkancks Anm:.
Bkst Mush Battkr Cakks. Tuke a quart
of milk, or milk and water, and muke a thin
mush of it, of meal, adding a lump of butter
and a teuspoonltil of salt; cool it, uud put in
three eggs well beaten, and four spoonsful ol
flour. Have it the thickness of common
batter, fry on a griddle und serve with
butler.
(V)
iuCipC.5.
Dnmonnis.
Canadian Yaskbkihm. Over tho lino in
Canada they are quite as inquisitive as thnir
Yankee neighbors probably the south wind
carrius the infection over and they ore cer
tainly more ii: danger than the Jersey farmers
would be of yellow' fever with the quarrnntino
at Sandy Hook. Some years since, as wa
loam by letter from a Canadian friend, the
Receive General was traveling on a steam
boat with considerable funds for the govern
ment and for tho sake of safety ond privacy
ho engaged tho whole of tho lndios' cabin.
The passongcrs wero all alive to ascertain tha
reason of this orrangemcnt, and especialy to
know what business tho great man could havo
on hand to require so much room and money.
At length one of them, more bold than tha
rest, ventured to introduce the subject as tho
Receiver was walking the deck, and approach
ing; him asked if be was on a government
contract.
"Yes 1" was the gruff reply.
"A very large onot"
"Yes, very largo."
"May I ask what it is?"
"Yes."
"Well, pray Sir, what is it !"
"Why you see," said tho Receiver-General
with great seriousness, "tho King of England
has made a urescnltothe Kinir of Shim of his
half of Lake Ontario and I am engaged to
ootue it on
No more questions were asked.
WomoD, to a little l;or. "Jimmv are vour
folks all well J"
Little boy. "Wes, ma'am, all but Sally
Ann."
Woman. "Why, what's tho matter with
her?"
Little bov. "O nothhiir cartic'lar onlv she
had tbe hoopiu' cough once, ond she haiut
never got over it. The cough haint of any
account now, but she has the honp despot
ic."
An Irishman was asked nt dimmer whether
he would take some of the apple pio.
Is it uoulsome .' asked be, looking ut it.
"To be sure it is ; why do you ask that
question ?''
"Hekaso I once had an undo thut was
killed with applc-plexy, nnd, sure enough. I
thought it something of the same sort of dish.'
A countryman walking along the street'
of New York found his progress stopped by
a close barricade of wood.
"What is this for?" said ho to a person in
the street.
"0, that's lo stop the yellow fever."
"Aye, I have ofleii heard of the board of
health, but I never saw it before."
A dying Irishman was asked by his con
fessor if he was ready to renounco the dovil
ond all his works. "Och, your honor," said
Put, "don't ask ino that ; I'm going into a
strange country, and 1 dou't want tj njako
myself' enemies !'
A young lady once hinted to a gentlemen
that her thimble was woru out, nnd asked
what reward she merited for her industry.
He sent her aa answer in the shape of a thim
ble, ou which the following liuea wero en
graved. "I send a thimble for fingers Ditnblo.
Which 1 hope will fit when you try it ;
It will la3t you long, if it's half as stroug
As the hint which you gave me to buy it."
llerejs nn old epigram, in two lines or
rather, au epitaph sharp enough to wako
up tho vizen, if fcho was not" very dead iu
deed. Here lies my wife Polly, n terrible shrew
If I said 1 was sorry, then 1 should lie too !
A shrewd old gentleman once said to his
danghti r, "Bo sure, my dear, that yoa never
marry a poor man ; but remember, the poorest
man in tho world is the ono that has money
aud nothing else." There is much truth in this
aud we commend it to the ladies.
There is a woman living in Pulaski county,
Ya., w ho has regularly presented her husband
with an heir during tho month of March of
each year, for 10 years. Exchtnuc.
March! March! how prolific of squalls
thou art !
What is the difference between a fisherman
and a truant school boy ? The one bulls hil
hook, end the other hates his book.
Wliv ia n. rerson nnnroachitif' a camllclika
"J I i i c- - '
a man getting ofl' his horse ? Because ho ii
going to a light.
The only way to cure a boy of staying oot
nights is to break his leg', or tlso get tho
calico he runs with to do the housework.
Youno Wike. "O, I'm so glad you liko
birds ; what kind do you most admire ?"
Young Husband. "Well I think a good
turkey, with plenty of drcrsiug, is about as
nice as tr.y.
A woniuu in ono of tho towns of New
Hampshire who had been ill used by hcrhus.
band, on finding him asleep one day, quietly
sewed him up in tho bed clothes, and theu
gave lnm a tremendous tbrasiiing
Przzi.isrj. A lady being asked by a gen
tleiuan to join iu tho bonds of matrimony with
him, wrpte ihe word "stkikks-," stating ot
the time that the letters making up tho word
stripes, could be changed to .as to make an
answer to his qestiou. Who knows the an
swer. What is the difference beta ecu a Pupryito
and a Baptist ? Ono uses caudles, and tho
other dips.
Smnlinfl. Smoking is reccommended to
young gentlemen who wish to look sallow, un
happy, und unhealthy.
( U M'ith I 'ailed Pcauty aa with a clock
the more tho lace is auumeled the more clear
ly do we see the progl'ees of time.
.Iu Allauy Editor thinks his property
would have been carried away by the lalo
flood, had it not been for the heavy mortga
ges upon it.
A deathman of the name of Marten- mar
ried a lady of the name of Martin, and it was
punuincly said that be knocked her eye (i)
out on the day or her marriage.
ll'cn the I'ule of lluthlun.l was Viceroy
uf Ireland, Sir John Hamilton attended one
of his levees. " This is timely lain," said tho
Duke, "it will bring everything above ground."
"I hope not, my lord," said Sir John, "for I
have three wives there."
A Voter, deficient in peisonal beauty, raid
to Sheridan : "1 mean to withdraw uiy coun
tenance from you." "Many thunk for tho
favor," replied tho candidate "fur it it It:
uglieol mil.' I eur .aw.