NEW SERIES, VOL 11, NO. 3.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, APRIL iO, 1858.
OLD SERIES, VOL IS. NO- 29,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
gUKBUBT, PA.
Bu.in... attended f in the Count... ,.f Nor
humberland, Union, Lycoming Montour and
3olumbia.
References in Philadelphia:
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STOBE.
ELIAS EMERICH,
RESPECTFULLY inform, the citiieh. o
of Lower Augu.ta township and the pub
c generally, that he ha. purchased the Slo e
itely kept by I.aac Marti, m Lower Augu.ta
mn.hipnear Emerich'. Tavern, and ha. ju.t
tianei a aplendid .tock of
Fall and Winter GOODS-
i..tock con.i.t.of Cloth., Ca..irnere.. C...I
tuof all kind., linen, cotton and Wors ted.
A Uo, C.licoe.. Ginghams, Lawn., Mouehne
.L.ine. and ell kind.ofLad.es Dress Goods.
GROCERIES, Hardware, Queen.ware ol va
u. .tyle. and pattern..
M.o. an assortment of Ready-Made Clothing
.11 description., Boot, and Shoe., HaU and
p.. SALT FISH. &c, and a variety or
er.rticle..ucha. are snlteUo to thetr.de,
of which will be .old at the lowe.t price..
3- Country produce taken in exchange at
higheit mefket price.. il7tf
,ow.r Augu.ta twp., October 10, 1857 tf.
PATENT WIIEEIV GREASE.
HIS Grca.e i. recommended the notice of
Wagoner., Livery Stable keeper., &c., a
. 8uf aaioa to anything of the kind ever in
iced. A. it doe. not gum upon '"
much more durable, and u not affected by
leather, remaining the .arne In
nter, and put up in tin "IfBd
,nu,for..leby A.W.FISHER,
trch M.1857. m
jwrcrsia i jvtxrsia i
'., O. KIMBALL, late of Elmira. having
,ecome.re.ident of Sunliury, respectfully
,. the citizen, and other., that he intend,
a a Singing Clan, both aecular and wcrr d
ill impart instruction to all who may desire
-e themselves under hi. charge.
8 Mr..O. Kimball i. prepared to give
ion. to a few more pupil, on the Fiano
bury, September 19, 1857 tf
ruiladelptala Dry Goods ! !
SHARPLESs" BROTHERS,
ti Tows.tsB SiimrtE.. iSos,
'E removed to their new .tore, N. W.
rner of Che.nUt and -8lh 8treet, and
ened their u.ual fUtl ...ortment or Au
nd Winter URV GOODS, winch they
very low price.. Their .lock include.
Black and Fancy Bilk. Merino', and
her Drew Good., Men', and Bay .
We.r, Blanket. Housekeeping
Good., and Goed. for
Friend. Wear.'
4, 1857. 0m2e .
TRY STEAM f lOtmiNQ tflLt
tubscriber. re.pectfully announce to the
ic, that their new Steam Flouring Mill
iace, ba. been completed, and will go
ition on Monday the 3Ut day of Au-
engaged a competent arM .careful
ey trust they will be able, with all the
nprovements adopted in their mill, to
satisfaction to all who may favot them
custom. .
ER, RINEHART & HARRISON,
y, August 29, 1857. U
iBBRT BTJLSOIT,
Sdccisiob to
dPB ELL dc CO., AND L. C. ITES,
Formerly No. 15 North Wharves.)
IN PRODUCE, FRUIT AND VE
ES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4th door
let, Philadelphia.
Apple, Dried Fruit Butter,
Onion, Mercer Potatoe, Cheese
Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Beans,
Peaches, Cranberrie Egg, &c
r Shipping put up with care and di.
)DS sold en commuwion for Farmer
4. 1857. .
and $15 Single and Double
led Empire Family Sewing
Machine!.
ICY for the .ale of the 8ewing
can be seeured on liberal term tor
f Northumberland. No one need
it capital sufficient to conduct the
ierly and who cannot bring refer
liability and capacity. A personal
ill be necessary.
ir adaptation of these Machine for
f Family 8wing, will, where aver
id for aals command ready and
and.
JOHNSON 4 GOOD4LL.
f 6th and Arch Sta., Philadel'a.
1857 tf
AUKS! BLANKS I
da, Mortgage, Bond, Warranta
nil. Commitments, Bummoaa, ou
ion, Justice and Couatablee'
, &e.Can be bad by applying, at
J various kind, Lobsters, 8ar
, &.C-, just received and ' for sale
re of a. w. runes,
gnat 1, 1857
X HE Ali IIY VOICE I O BPHINQ.
I hear tby Voice, O Bpriiff
Its flate-like tone aro floating through the
sir;
Winning tny tout wit ibeir wild ravithing,
From earth's heart weary care.
Divinely sweet thy ofag
Bat yet methinks, at near tn proves I pats,
Low liftbi on viewlesi wings are bdrhe Slosg,
Tear gem the ipringing grass.
For where srs they the yonng.
The loved, the beautiful, who. wbeo thy Toice
A year sgone, along these valleys rang,
Did bear thee sod rejoice 1
Thoo teek'st for them in vaia
No more they'll greet tbee in thy joyoss
roabd :
Calmly tbey sleep bebeath tbe snnrmaring
main.
Or moulder Id the ground.
Yet peace, my beart be still !
Look upwark to yoo atore iky and know,
To heavenlier music now their bosoms thrill,
Where balmier breefes blow.
For then bath blooro'd s spring,
Whose flowers perennial deck a holier sod,
Whose music the sonar that seraphs sing,
Wbose light, the smile of Uod I
Icd Cale.
A BULL FIGHT IN MEXICO.
One lovely Sunday morning in tbe month of
March, 1848, (if my memory so far back can
remind me,) s small party of us concluded to
ffO to the Citv nf Moiinn inn visit lha hnll
fight on Plaza de Torot, and see some of the
ancient sports of old Spain, which is the pop
ular pines oi amusement in ine city.
Bull fights in Mexico are equivalent to the
fisrbts of eladiatnr nmnnrr thn Rnnum ahixh
at once disgraced and brutalized that people.
Beintr a beautiful
money than the law foi soldiers allowed, we
jreou w ae wnai we men cauea toe " l eo-
pie ijine ana loot it. we left Ban Ange-
O. tbe'tllaca of our nr.mnmunt anil nnpil
through a small village named Miscoac, tbe
general depot of General Winfield ffcott's
army during tbe battles of Cbapultepec, Mo
lina del Rey and the gates of the City of Max
fco. Bert we took a good drink of, volqua,
(polka, ss we called it ) we then left for tbe
beautiful town of Tui-Vihnv. . h. nu
w w Maw vSIV 1VU
and 6th artillery and voltigeurs regiment was
quartered, which made the town have s lively
appearante. We also Visited the arcbiepis
coptl palace of Mexico, the head-rjttartera of
urn. ocou ana Bian ounog tne above battles
After taking another good drink of pblqua,
and other rerreiihments, we left fur the Boil
ibg Springs, and took s good bath, which we
iwuuu uceubu, r rora ocre we went to too
Castle of Chapultenec, once the residence of
Montezuma, after hi
modeled and made a national military school,
nuu uunug tue late war witn Mexico it was
made Into a etrone castle, with anion
thick stone wall, and strongly garrisoned by
iuu muicin commanonni, uen. Uravo; but,
like all other strong fastnesses, it had to sur.
render to Uncle Sam. We examined tbe da
mage done by our artillery on the 12th and
Doummoer, io4(. Alter spending
several hours here we went to Molina del
Rev. which is at the fnor. nf 4h. r.atu r
Cbapultepec, and adjoins s large groVa bf
trees. This was also a strong fort, and
strongly garrisoned by the Mexicans, but final
ly bad to yield, though not without a heavy
me. vu iue American army, f rom here we
went te the Alameda Park, where all the
beautiful senoHtas gather together and take
S Walk arounir the Murmuring iVtnhLiha
sparkling ib the bright son like brilliants.
This is trulv S mavnifinnt nlnia fnr il.
sens to refresh themselves, abd is Constantly
crowded with sll kinds of people.
rom iue piace last mentioned we went to
the Piaza da Torn. Tha am-, (.,'!.. ... r..
this atrocious amusement, as it is called, is
over four hundred feet in diameter, with sn
area of three handrail fat
standing room for twenty thousand spectators
Wk ir.;..J . lit.l .1 .,r . . ,
fioe opportunity to see what sort of
were onr companions. Tbey were like tbe
English drink called "all sorts," made up of
represebtatives from every Class from the
Zepero, who, like the observStionist, observes
in ins u.j tuna wuai ne can steal at nigbt.
ne.a mum aim geniiemea rrom tbe
biebest classes, commnnor. mnA :...
loafers and ladronet which latter class; you'
r.i iu unuereiano, are a numerous
horde of pardoned convicts and robbers, to
be met with io every part of tbe Repnblio of
The dav wit nnn of inn eh.4 ,.ti. i
days, and the people were dressed 10 their
best finery, as ir for a fair. It wat a great
day lor the Plazas de Torot, too, sod we Soon
learned that there was to be some extra sport
everai nne nuut naving been procured from
distant haciendat especially for that ereat
occasion.
At three o'clock in the afternoon four
horsemen and six pibadoei were In tbe ring,
Swaitins. the Irnmml aiirnal f.nn. . u tj
The assailanU are call picadoret, are on
horSAhalr nA nmviiloil L - I
--------- r" mm luug apear,
lbs butcher on font. mmr ... r.n.irnii.
dressed in embroidered velvet jackets sbd or-
uiubuu pants, oucsung at tbe knee, parti
oolored hose sud shoes, and caps trimmed
with silver and irnM Vaok n ...k
around bis waist snd held tn bis bands a scarf
oi rea, yeuow or blue, with which to tantalize
the bulls : the
ed yet not so richly, and held long spesrs or
piac, wim waicu. iney gosa me DUUS, SDd
wbeo attacked defend themselves sod horses
from their fin v. Tkn ( rUn.
the stupidest creatures that ever played the
uui usiurs aoj auuience; iney never eon id
come op to Dan Rice's tricks. Their entire
nerfnrmanB Mnai.iiJ i -
and catching tbem on their beads when tbey
ti, .uii usirowiug m imitation or tbe bulls,
snd playing disgustinc- tricks bdoo each oth-
sr. Finally the trnmnet aounrlarl anil in
rushed a Urge brown boll, snorting sod plan-
P'" -touv, iuu who pain irora too tortnre
bs bad previously received. Io a moment be
""ou y iue norsemen, and severaal
sharp encounters occurred. On man mors
experienced than tbe others, got bis pike in
the animals neck, and actaallylield him ofl for
fa, mi... A wii ft a a ..
tu.iiuw ur ivo, , j,m crowo cneerea loudly,
and b seemed io tbs seoitb of bis glory, when
by a suddeq movement, tbs bull tbrsw op tbs
lance and pitched into bis adversary. Tbs
boiss and rider were tossed into tbs sir and
1 sua tanoiea in the dual The feorae was Ur.
libly gored sod tbs nan, jucoV. fll under
him. By great exertions tbe others succeed
ed in attracting the bull towards theft; abd
the crashed cavalier, Senor Papa, was borne
from the ring, and the borse was dragged oat
by a pair of males, dead.
Next came tbe cruel torture which seems
so much to delight the Spaniards tbe pica
dores, armed with banUerlllat, approached
bim oo all sides, waving their scarfs and
shooting at bim all manner of defiance. Af
ter having sufficiently bewildered the noble
animal, one of the most expert approached
bim directly in front, holding in each hand a
baodf rilla. Tbe bull pawed tle earth for S
moments and then plunged at bim with el
most inconceivable dexterity. The man
turned to one side and plunged his banderilla
into bis neck ; others followed, and in a short
time tbe panting bull was completely decora
ted with tbe fancy-colored cnt paper that is
then wound round tbe barbed instruments of
torture.
But still more cruel than this is a sort of
rocket that ignites with tbe force given in
driving it home, which was stock into bis
neck, where it blazed and scorched bim till it
ended with on exnlsion, blackening and lacer
ating the flesh, while the victim plunged and
bellowed fearfully, amid ibe plaudits of the
crowd. While be was writhing with pain,
and mad as a thousand furies, one of tbe pt
cadorei endeavored to fasten a rosette upon
bis forehead, wbeo tbe bull rbshed forward,
Snd the man slipped, and tbe sagacious ani
mal caught bim on one or bis boms snd run
ning straight for thp side of the ting, dasbed
the poor fellow sgaiost the stohe wall with
tremendous force. A loud shriek arose from
tbe spectators, but the man was finally res
cued and borne off. lie bad a leg broken abd
was otherwise badly injured. Our party ap
plauded the bull, and so did several others.
Tbe last scene in this drama was the kill
ing of tbe bull A matador, with a scarf on
bis arm and a straight sword in his band, af
ter playing around until secure of bis mark,
received a charge and killed the animal at
one blow. The applause that followed his
success entirely dispelled all thought of the
wounded men. '
Tbe next bull brought ia was a young one
and be could not be made to show fight.
The crowd whistled and hooted, pelting him
with oranges and calling out vaca vaca, otro
otro, another bull. Two of the horsemen,
who bad heretofore taken no part in the sport
drove the bull around the ring and threw him
several times to the ground, to the great de
light of tbe crowd. This tbey did by getting
tbe ball at full speed, oatchibg tbe tail in one
hand and throwing one foot over the band ;
the borse is urged faster, and by tbe sudden
wheel the bull is tumbled sometimes clear
over endways, throwing a complete somerset.
This bull having proved, like some of the
Mexicans, a coward, was turned out of the
ring.
There was an Indian band, and a very good
one too, playing national tunes. After tbe
second bull had been disposed of thero was a
short intermission. Our party were seated
in the first tier, among a party of ten or
twelve, who took great interest in the perfor
mance. While the band was playing, one of
the actors, picadores a very haodsome young
mam of perhaps tweutv-five vear came over
arid spoke with the party and ladies, nne of
wnom, l saw at once, bad reasons Tor the in
terest she had exhibited whenever he was in
harm's way.
"I wish you had Uot undertaken this thing,
Senor Lorenzo," said the lady, with a slight
quiver of her lips. "Seaor Papa is well nigh
killed, sod I fear your fate will be the same ;
probably Worse."
"Uuadaloopa," said tbe young man Loren
zo, "I am not so clumsy as to lose my footing
like Senor Papa, you know, Uiiadaloupo. I
was never touched yet, and there will be such
merry sport with a wild black bull wo have
here that I would not miss it for my commis
sion ;" and be curled bis silken mustache
with a confidence that drew a smile of wo
manly phdo from the Lady Guadulouj. a. Al
beit, there was a fearful doubt betrayed in
ber.
Lorenzo exclaimed, with sparkling eyes.
"Never fear for me; you shall see what prank
1 will play with tbe black bull. Why, 1 have
wagered a dozen of Burgundy with Don Pe
dro de. Arville that I will leap upon bis
back ;" and away Senor Lorenzo went, laugh-
iae
. ''Dioi, Mio !" exclaimed the trembling La
dy Guadeloupe, as she saw the fierce wild bull
bound into the ring. "I wish I bad not come
to the Plata de Torot."
. "Why so?" asked I. "Senor Lorenzo is
fariied for his dextery, sod aow be has the as
surance of winding bis wager, snd theeucoar
agemeot of your bright eyes and prayers, be
Cannot fail."
"Ob," said the Lady Gaodalonpa. "there is
oo such picadors in all Mexicb as Senor Lo
reozo. But 1 feel," putting ber right hand
upon ber heart, "something here, heavy and
distrustful something I never felt before.
A great foaf seerxJs to have caught my heart
with Sogers bf irorj, abd it Is full or sad for
bodiog. . That bill is as fierce as demob, and
see, bit horns are at sharp as tbe point bf a
lance."
And st they were. In these days bf de
generacv ia the bull ring the boms of the tn.
ro (bulls) are generally sawed off at the
point, so as to make tbem less dangerous in
case of accident. Bat tbe bull that Senor
Lorenzo was to encounter bad not been so
used, it was said, because he Could bot be
Caught. At this tbe trumpet sounded and
the encounter commenced. Tbe horsemen
fought sbV, and dared not coma nn to the
scratch, dealing tbe bull aide favors, bat not
daring to confront bim. In a few aeconds,
however, he bad tumbled one into tbe dust,
and a fins borse was taken out of tbe ring by
a pair of males dragging bis entrails after
Ullfl.
Tbe picadores then took tbeir tarn, sod I
noticed that two more bad been added to
their number one ao Indian, (a good fellow,
too,) who bid fair to rival the best of tbem all
Tbey soeeded in fastening several banderil
las in the bull's neck, and one rocket ; and
the Indian caught off a rosette which had
been placed between the bull's eyes. The
nobis animal was then the verv bodiment of
fury ; he rushed at one and another with ter
rible force sometimes falling on bis knees,
when they suddenly sprsng aside. There
was a short pause, aod Senor Lorenzo walk
ed over to where seversl cavaliers were seat
ed, aod, politely bowing, said s "Now for my
wsger !" I looked at tbs Lady Guadeloupe
oesioea me. one was pais as ids picture ol
the Virgin, wboss name she bore, io the grest
Cathedral.
Again the picadores commenced their ntav
torture. Again wer tbs banderillaa and
rockets fastened io tbe ball's tremendous
neck. Again ha plunged, roaring around tbe
nog, lighting blindly at one end another, io
tbe atmoet eoouaion and clamor. All at
once the ladies placed himself in front of the
boll. J'ue ball made a plunge, aod tbe ludi
an, placing his left foot between his boras,
spreocoUat m.. kin. , Tha air aiuj
with "bravos," "bravoe," thai Us led for asv
Mssioo-.es- it aow asms dqi Lsrssso's
turn. lis faced tbe bull bravely aod gallant
ly and waved bis little cap. I again took a
look at the girl Guadeloupe. Her face was
hidden in her bands and he whole frame shook
like the leaves of the aspen. A cry bf horror
rose from the crowd.- I tamed around in
front, and behold I I saw the ill-fated Loren
zo dangling upon one of the boms or the fu
rious bull. In an instant more he was seat
high in the air, aod his body fell heavily on
tho horns of the furious beast, who dashed it
on the ground aod trampled opon it.
There was one wild, piercing shriek a
shHek such as I never heard before, nor do I
wish to hear it again that rent the air aod
hashed the clamerous crowd like magic
Poor Lady Guadaloupa burst into tears
tears dropping down ber cheeks like so many
mint drops. Fler happiness, her hope, her
all but life bad been lost with tbe wager.
Yoa mav think it stfanee. the performance or
fete went on, but our party did not stay to
see any more, ws bad enough or tne riaza
de Toros for one day so we iiamouitd. Phil
edelphia Sunday Trantiripi.
An Affecting Letter.
The following touchidg fragment of a letter
from a dying wife to ber husband was found
by him some months after ber death between
leaves ofareligious volume which she was very
fond of perusinir. Ibe letter was written
long before ber husband was aware that tbe
grasp or ratal disease had fastened npon the
lovely form of bis wife, who died at tbe early
age of nineteen :
When this shall reach yonr eye, dear
George some day wheb you turn over the
relics of tbe past, I shall have passed away
forever, and the old white stone will be keep
its lonely watch over the lips yon have so of
ten pressed, aod the sod will be growing green
thbt shall bide forever from your sight the
dust of one who has often beetled close to
your warm heart. For many long and sleep
less nights, when all beside my thoughts were
at rest, I bare nestled with tbe consciousness
of approaching death, until at last it has
formed itself upon my mind ; and although to
you, to others it might now seem but the ner
vous imagining of a girl, yet, dear George, it
is so I Maoy weary hours have I passed in
tbe endeavor to reconcile myself to leave vou
whom I love so well, aod this bright world of
sunshine aod beauty and bard indeed it is to
struggle on silently and alone with tbe sure
conviction that I am about to leave all for
ever and go down into tbe dark valley ! "But
I know in whom I have beiieved," and lean
ing on II is arm, "I fear no evil." Do not
blame me for keeping even all this from you.
How could 1 subject ytu, of all others, to
such sorrow as I feel at parting, when time
will soon make it apparent to yoo T I could
have wished to live if only to be at your side
when your time shall come and pillowing your
bead np'ob my breast, wipe tbe death damp!
rrom your brow und usher your departing spir
it into the Maker's presence, embalmed in
woman's holiest prayer. But it is not to be
aod I submit. Yours is tbe privelege of
watching, through long and dreary nights, for
the spirit's final flight, and of transferring my
siukiog bead from yonr breast to my Sa
viour's bosom 1 And yoo shall share my
last thought, and tbe last faint pressure of
the band, and tbe last feeble kiss shall be
VDurB i and even when flesh and heart shall
have failed me, my eyes shall teat on yours
until glazed by death ; and bur spirits shall
bold one last communion until -gently faded
from my view tbe last of earth you shall
mingle with the first bright glimpses or tbe
unfading glories of tbe better world, where
partings are unknown. Well do 1 Show tbe
spot, my dear George, where yoa will lay me ;
often fee stood by the place, aod as we watch
ed tbe mellow sun-set as it glanced in quiver
ing flashes through the leaves and burnished
the grassy mound aroond us with tbe stripes
of burnished gold, each perbsps bas thought
that some day obe of us would come alone,
and wbicb ever it might be, your name would
be oo tbe stone. . But we loved the spot, and
I know yoa will love it none the less when yoa
see tbe snthe quiet sun-light linger and play
among tbe grass that grows over you og M ary's
grave. 1 know yoa will go .there; and my
spirit will be with yoa theb, and whisper
among tbe waving branches "I am not lost,
bat gone forever."
Ashamed or his Motubr. A few years
since a young clerk was pointed out to the
writer, in tbe citv of Boston. Ss an obiect
or special curiosity, for tbe following reasons :
lie was nanosome, out poor ana proua.
Tbe clothes on his back and in his trunk were
all that be was worth and perhaps mrjro. His
mother was a pious widow, io very hdmble
circumstances, abd was much neglected by
ber unfaithful son. lie was suddenly taken
sick, abd a dangerous fever followed. He
was soon glad to Send for his neglected pa
rent to administer to bis wants. She came,
with a mother's love, and watched by his bed
side by night Sod by day with a mother's
tenderness. Providence interposed abd the
yonng man recovered. One day a shopmate
called to sea bim, wheb be introduced bis own
mother as hit nnr! He wss ashamed or
ber lowly appearance because it disclosed
bis bumble origio, and be took this cruel,
heathenish way to mislead his associate.
Place such an example or downright barbari
ty in contrast with the filial devotion of Law
rence, and it seems like the deed of some un
tutored Hindoo, or Sontb Sea Islander
Ashamed to confess bis humble origin 1
The curse or God will follow bim to bis grave,
unless his life is marked by change. Kvery
booorabls Sentiment Of humanity condemns
such wsnt affection, while it proves the oppo
site in tbe faithful Lawrence. Men despise
tbe one aod admire tbe other.
A School without a MartebIo the an
nual report of tbs Board of Education, Secre
tary Boulwell gives tbs following account of
a telfgovering school :
"In CbiUicothe there is a high school with
out a master. It contains about seventy pu
pils of both sexes, wbose ages average be
tween fifteen aod sixteen years. Tbey assem
ble together in a ball where tbe studies as
signed by tbs teachers are pursued. The re
citations take place in adjoiulbg rooml.
Two recitations daily are conducted by tbs
ttaperinteodent or Public Schools in tbs city,
the others by teachers appointed for that
purpose.- I entered tbs school room unobser
ved, and thought there was 00 teacher pres
ent, there was no appearance of disorder a or
neglect or study. The school bas been mana
ged upon this plan for two years, with entire
satisfaction to the teachers and to the publio.
1 had no opportunity to become acquainted
with the intellectual character of tbe pupils,
bat a school in which tbe power of salf-oontroi
ia so early and so thoroughly developed, can
st! be wtwoKby of public By-tic,
piijctllancoits.
What's to bs Done.
Winter bas come and gone, and spring is
once more upon as. Tbe winter has been un
commonly mild and genial for the business or
the farm. Stock bas generally wintered Well
and tbe barns will not be entirely empty
when the cattle and sheep no longer need
tbeir dry food. Sheep, perhaps have suffer
ed itiore this season than other stock, espec
ially yearlings. Almost eVery farmer com
plains or a greater loss than usual. Tbe
cause cab probably be found in tbe wet, bad
season of last year. The lambs came into the
yard Very thin and weak, and bote tbus suf
fered badly ba' dry feed.
Debts bate been slowly paid this winter.
All kinds or property have tumbled down.
Capital has accumulated in tbe great commer
cial centres, and is lying there idle, because
there is no way to nse it safely. ,As soon as
tbe farmers have anything to sell, abd begin
to realize qeo it, money will gradually get
into circulation tbe payment of one debt will
lead to the payment of maoy more. Ecbfaomy
and labor will be the order of the day, and
better times will come slowly. But after all
it will depend very much Upon the farmers.
Every farmer should make od his mind that
he will put his farm to its Utmost capacity of
piWUVMlffUVBS. MJV UUt BI1UW , QUO (10-
ment's repose. Plant or sow every improva
ble acre fill your barns and granaries
make up in quantity what you lack in price.
If you can't grow wheat, grow barley or spring
wheat or Corn. Put in some flax, aod grow
more or every available crop than yoa eVer
grew before. Raise more calves and pigs
Snd lambs, and be prepared next winter to
stall-feed a few nice sheep or fine steers or
bxen. Get just as much to sell this coming
fall as you possibly can. then Sell it. Don't
wait for high prices. They won't come back
again for some time ; sell and take the money
abd pay your debts with it. If you are so
fortunate as-not to owe anybody then lend it
to yonr neighbor, to enable him to pay ofl bis
pressing debts and help him to get another
crop.
One or tbe best crops to put in this spring
will be Corn. 1'lant allyou can, attend well
abd setld it to market bext winter io fat cat
tle; sheep br hogs.
Sell all you ban, buy nothing that yoa don't
pay down for, and good times will soon come
round. Rural Atw Yorker.
Two Thoufeilts.
A Tuocoiic for Husbands. Rev. Dr. Tho
mas Brainerd thus feelirrgly admonishes mar
ried men : " I would ask husbands to en pre
date those who make the joy of their dwel
lings. Are not tue kindnesses or wives often
nnnoted, UDthaoked; Unregarded T Remem
ber, that these companions of your existence
fill offices or dignity and high usefulness.
They are shut out from the world's applause,
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icii iubui icoii 111 iuo autiuraiiiB ui yuur grati
tude and consideration. When you see tbem
still and cold in death, it will not grlve you
to remember that your love bas thrown sun
shine into shade bf tbeir allotment; . that your
1 .. L.J' ' .'' . 1 1
prater, auu example uave given mem am in
the right training or your children,"
A Tuocoht for Wives. And tbus bo' ten
derly reminds married women or their duties.
" I would ask wives and mothers to remem
ber that life is uncertain. Valuable as tbey
are to tbeir husbands, their children, they are
liable at any time to lie down and die. How
carefully and prayerfully should they tbeii
live! How much do tbey need a practical
and earnest piety, that tbeir responsible
duties may be all done and well done I As
their children are liable to be banded over to
the care of strangers, how necessary that
tbey be led early and safely to Christ."
Weppinos x Ckntury Ago. To begin
with a description oi tbe lady, iler locks
were stained upward over an immense cushion
that sat like an incubus on her head, and
plastered over with pomatum and then sprin
kled over with a shower of white powder.
The height Of this tower was somewhat over
a foot. One single white roBebud lay on its
top like an eagle on a hay stack. Over her
beck find bosom was folded a lace handker
chief fastened in front by a bosom pin rather
larger than a dollar, containing your grand
father's miniature set in virgin gold. Her
airy form was braced np in a satin dre&i, tbe
sleeVes as tight as the natural skin of tbe
arm with a waist formed by a bodice, worn
outside, from whence the skirt flowed off, aod
was distended ta the top by an ample hoop.
Shoes or white kid, with peaked toes and
beela or two or three inches elevation, inclo
sed her feet and glittered with Spangles; as
ber little pedal members peeped curiously
out.
Now for the ewaln. His bait was sleeked
back and plentifully befloured, while his Cue
projected like the hahdles of a skillet. His
coat was a Sky blue silk, lined with yellow,
bis long vest or white satin embordered with
gold lace, .bis breeches or tbe same material;
and tied at the knee with pink ribbons.
White silk stockings abd pumps with laces
and tie. or the Same hue completed the habi
liments or bis nether linoo, Lace ruffles clus
tered Stoand bis wrist, and a portentous
frill worked io correspondence, and bearing
the miniature of his beloved finished bis truly
genteel appearance. Selected.
Imtmt ,
An Editor's AubiRca. "Whom are you
talking to?" Why, to a much larger audience
tbab the best conversationalist ever could
boast or aod to more than ever listened to
bim during a month. How few clergymen,
how few public speakers or any description
ever witnessed ao audience half as large as
that to which tbe editor or tbe Smallest
country paper preaches! How many clergy
men are there who are accustomed to audi
ences or a thousand, add how few papers
which do not Gad more than a thousand
readers.
''NONK BUT THE BRATKST DRStRVI TUC FaIR"
A fewe days since, two htudents at Ober
lin College, Ohio, quarrelled about a lady,
and being conscientiously opposed to duel
liog with mortal weapons, met in pugilistic
combat. One of tbe combattants was badly
whipped io nine rounds, and consequently
"caved." Tbe lady ia. dispute was a dashing
mulatto.
Um
A IaKoi Snug. Several day! since we
saw ao unusual large stick or sqnere timber
io a raft oo the river. It was 60 feet long
28 by 30 inches square, and Contained S50
cubic feet; It will produce over 3,000 feet of
1 iflcb boards, allowing oo fourth for waste
in sawiag. Raftsman's Journal.
Joitt. "lb, timet are bard enough. I
dined oa corned beef and cabbase yesterday."
Brown. "Why, what did you do with that
pair ducks t saw yoa pay a dollar abd a quar
ter forf Jones. "Oh ah yes. Wsll I
bad then besides I"
What part of a abip is a man like who sup
ports a (amily T Answer Tbs msio-ttsy.
tiFE;S DAY;
Bt 0. OBACN0RY tllRR.
O, come, in life's hop. kino;
Be glad at the dawning;
Why list to the warning
Gf time's future storms t'
the noontide: approaches 1
It's sorrow encroaches.
On hearts it reproaches
With useless alarms.
Tbe KtiKtSb is falling I
Old age is appalibg
Eternity calling,
How solemn and loUd 1
Niout! nigbt is oppressing!
Poor life ia distressing !
God grant us thy blessing,
For thou art our aid.
Influence
BT CUITWOOD.
If in one poor bleeding bosom
I a woe-swept chord have stilled ;
If a dark and restless spirit
I with hope or heaven have filled ;
Ii Iv'e made for life's bard battle,
One faintheart growbraVe and strong
Then, my God, I tbnnk Thee, bless Tbee,
For the precious sift of song.
J -I l -si-
Jfarmcrs1
Pumpkins Among Corn
In the Farmer of February Ctb, in answer
to certain queries of a correspondent, yoa
express some doubt whether "any gait! is
made by the introduction of tbe pumpkin
into the cornfield." This question belongs
to a class in practical farming which can
never be settled by theory. Careful experi
ments, made under different and adverse cir
cumstances, can alone settle them. And it
is to thesq experimentsthat every intelligent
farmer boght to Contribute something for the
geberal good.
Tho question bf utility in cultivating corn
ib tbe same field with pumpkins is not by any
means raised now for the first time. It is ol
der, to my certain knowledge, than the "Mis
souri compromise," and may date back for
aught I know, to the first hill or corn and the
first putr.pkio. As a general rule, I am op
posed to mixed crops ; yet there are excep
tions to all rules in farming, and I think this
matter of corn and pumpkins is obe of tbem.
I would Dot knowingly Uo anything to dispar
age the value of the corn crop, for I bold it
to be by fur the rriost valuable grain crop of
New England, and indeed bf any other coun
try whose Climate Is adaptdd to it, and whose
soil will not produce wheat as a stable.
I recollect very well that my grandfather
had ail the old fasbobed prejudice ib faVor bf
raising pumpkins, and would plabt tbem
among corn, potatoes abd even beans, if the
soil was rich enough to bold out any prospect
of a crop. My father, on the other band,
doubted the Value of pumpkins; and was
especially opposed to anything that could, by
any possibility, detract from tbe product or
bis coruOeld. With these opposing views
apod tbe came farm, yob will perceive at once
that there was a necessity for trying an expe
riment ; for "a bouse divided against itself"
could not stand forty years ago better than it
can now. Accordingly, in the year 1818, 1
tliinli it was, tbe cornfield was equally divided
by two or three rows of potatoes through the
ce titfc, and oce-hulf planted to cdrn with
pumpkins, and the other witbbut. There was
no perceptible difference in the growth or the
tbe corn, and when the field was harvested
there was bot a difference of three bushels ib
the quantity on each part, although tqo whole
field embraced oo area of four or five acres.
Eleven large loads of handsome pumpkins
were considered by thy grandfather as a
weight of evidence in favor of bis theory (or,
ia other words, his side of the cornfield) wbicb
could hot well be resisted. I believe that
my father, ever after that, planted pumpkins
with his corn.
It seems to me reasonable that a plant So
well adapted to tbe shade as tbe pumpkin
and one which receives so large a share of
its nutriment rrom the atmospbe-o, cab be
planted with corn without injury to the lat
ter, and without much detriment to the soil.
Indeed it is held by tome intelligent farthers
that the large leaves of tbe pumpkin, by sha
ding tbe ground, and thus preventing the sun
from dislodging tbe various gases which de
coihpo8o and form soluble matter io the soil,
to be taken up as food for the growth of
plants, are a direct benefit to the labd, to
Say Ootbing of the Value or tbe pumkin crob.
It ia well settled, I believe, that pumpkins
fed but. without the seeds, io moderate quan
tities, to milch cows; impart a rich flavor to
the milk. It is elsO conceded that they are
very valuable in fattening beef. Let them
not therefore, be given up without some tan
gible evidence or tbeir inutility. Cor. Iftiv
England farmer.
Extra Earlt Potatof.s. CbVer tbe bot
tom or several shallow boxes with six inches
or equal parts stable manure and loam and
puttany early variety or potatoes over the
surface two or three inches apart, then rover
tbem with six intbos of tbe compost. Nail
slats or an open cover Over the top, and bury
ia the side of a fermenting manure heap, the
warmth of which will soon Start the potatoes
into growth. If tbe beat should be too great
remote a yortion or the manure from tbe top,
and adroit air lustde tbe box. Wbeu the
weather will allow planting out remove tbe
boies which will cOutain a mass of roots abd
whitish colored Stalks. Jave them in tbe
open Sir for a few days to harden off; and
having watered tbem copiously take out tbe
potatoes with as much earth aS possible un
disturbed about the roots; already formed
aod transplant id rows. You will theb baVe
potatoes at least two or three weeks earlier
than wheb planted at first in tbe Open ground.
The middle or latter part of March will be a
proper season for putting thorn in the com pot, t
baep io this latitude. American JyricuJfur.
ill March.
Have Yob Sown Your Oat. If bay,
you deserve to have but half a crop. "V e
never remember more favorable weather than
that for the past two weeks op 16 this wri
ting, forearlv farm operations. Every farmer
QUU1U U V llu Via VIV . J -
the ground. . during this spleuded spell.
Ibis crop cannot be sown tooaoOrf, as every
a urL. krtnwa and if will not in March
tbe cbaaoes are three, ta one In favor of f
joeojieia, ,
iftprfmeitli
About tiie drapo Culture
As tbe grape culture should receive a
great deal niore attention than it has hitherto,
we have occupied, from time to time, consid
erable spate In urging this fact upon thi
readers of the Telegraph. In another plncai
will be found what appears to bo very good
advice as to the planting and pruning of tho
grape. In tho following remarks or Mr. Peck,
or Bloomfield. made, at the lute Fruit Grow
ers' Convcntjoh of Western New York, thrre
Is much truth told. The kaMld is desor
vedly regarded as a favorite whorevor tho
season is long enough to mature it. Everi
Out in Western New York, where the seasori
is mnch shorter than oar own, it is recom
mended as the best grape for general cultiva
tion. Mr. Peck said:
I have a vineyard of one hundred yiiies,
which last ybar bore Seventy-five bushels. , I
sold six hundred pounds last fall, in liulTnlo,
at eighteen cents per pound. The year be
fore I sold a quantity in New York at twenty
two cents per pound. I would ricomtnend
tbe habtlla for general cultivation in Western
New York, My land is a clny loam, natu
rally dry, descending to tbe north. An indi
cation of the ripenesi of tho fruit ia tho
withering and drying of the stems. Have
preserved tho fruit, packed loOBcly iu boxes,
Until March. I do uot .think taking off tho
leaves to admit air and light, as practised by
some, any benefit ; but, oo the contrary, an
injury. My method of pruning is as follows :
Commencing by planting a vine two rears
old, I let one Cane grow the first year, and iu
the fall cut it back to six inches from tbo
ground ; tbe next season I grow two horizon
tal canes, one eabh Side of the stem, letting
them run about six feet each way, and then
pinching tbem off; the next year, from these
norizobtal Canes, I train uprights, parallel trt
each other, about fourteen inches apart to
the trellis ahd Stop tbem; the. next year I
prune off the side shoots to twj buds. I
practice the renewal system with the up
rights. Tho vines staud twelve feet apart
each way, with dwurfpear trees occupying
intermediate rows, and are cultivated with
tbe plow and cultivator. One hundred Vines
and tbirty.five dwarf pear trees occupy half
ao acre of ground. 1 obtained last year 75
bushels or grapes, weighing, at the rate of
forty pounds to the bushel, three thousand
pounds. The vines have been plauted four
years. Germantown Telegraph.
From the Germantown Tclrg:a!i.
6rchard Grass,
ilr. Editor: I notice in ibe Telegraph
of the 10th instaut, an article on grasses,
which speaks very highly of Orchard GroR
for pasture. I have been sowing Orchard
Grass for several years, and my experience ia
that for pasture it has no equal. It affords
earlier and later pasture than any grass I
have ever sown, horses ahd cbws are both
fond or it, oh a jjood soil tbe rapid growth of
it will surprise any one not accustomed to
growing it. It does not run out, but if sown
thick, say two brjshels per acre, wbicb I think
tbe right quantity, it will take the place of
cither clover or timothy, and if topdressed '
with manure in tbe fall, instead Of running
out, as many grasses do after a few years, tha
sod increases from year to year without resovr
Ing. Wherb d field IS adapted io grazing, with
shade and running water in it, two almost,
indispensable requisites in a pasture .field, I
would advise my brother farmers to put snch
a field in with Orchard Grass, and in place
of plowing this field in rotation with the
bthers, skip It, and 1 am sure all Will agree,
with me, that for pasture io a dry seasoc,
this Geld is worth any two of the Same size of
bther graSseS. To Cut for hay, I cannot
speak so highly or it as clover and timbthy,
as it must be cut bo a good soil about the
first ef June, and at that time the weather is
usually such that it is difficult to make bay
ib less than three days, abd if it should get
wet in curing, 1 think it is Injured mare thaii
tiny other kind, as the leaves drop off, and.
the bare etolks make very poor pay, and if
tbe catting of it is delayed, the seed soon
ripens; and the stalks are very woody. Tbi
second crop, however, I cobsider makes
better cow bay than the firtt; and it is said
that three Crops Of this bah be cut ia one sea
son, this 1 haVe faeVer done, but I have had
very good pasthse after cutting two crops.
I consider tbe fall the best time to sow after
wheat.
Xtoiitginnery County March; 22J, 1658.
Sl.MOS.
Grafting Wax. The composition used,
as grafting wax in oar practice, is made of
two parts beeswax, one part rosin, and a bit
of tallow about ons-foiirih tbo size of tbu
rosin. The prnportibns are intended to mako
tbe wax suitable to all temperatures not to
get too bard and crack Ib the cold winds of
spring, or too bot and ran In the bot suus of
summer.
A faew composition, however, is now re
commended; of the merits of which we Cannot
speak. It is made by taking, say two ounces
of Common rosib, melt it over a slow fire, but
not to beat it as to make it throw off its tur
pentine, when it becomes perfectly clear, add
a little less than one ounce of alcohol mix
well, and put in a bottle at once and Cork
tightly. When it is to be uftd, alcohol must
be added sufficient to make it fluid, and when
applied to ireeS; it hardens at once and forms
an air-tbigbt covering. If this is so, it is au
improvement on tbe old composition, which
has to be melted into a liquid state, whenever
it is applied.
A Canada Farm. A farmer at TownaeuJ
0; W., writes to the Coantry Gentlemqji as!
follows : "1 have five hundred acres of laud
nbder Cultivation all in a block. 1 have grown
whole fields of wheat that averaged 40 bush;
els per ocre. I bad obe field of 14 at res that;
went 43 bushels per acre; 1 have grown 07
bushi-la Of shelled Corn per acre. I raise froni
10 to U acres of Swedish turnips every yetr;
Never bad a failure. Last season 1 had 13
acres 3J of wbich produced 4000 bushel;
This astonshed tbe natives. 1 have a diary
Of 25 Cows, and a stock barn Capable of ac
commodating 40 head of Cattle. I cut all the
feed for my s'.ock. 1 give tbem a mixture of
cut straw, hoy and turnips, three times a day
measuied to tbem with a basket. My cyttlo
are .11 fat. I think it a very great saving toi
kiiep stock under shelter. Turnips 1 cob
sider just the thing tb keep animals healthy.
EookoiiT i BasAb. Twenty-six pounds
and thirteen ounces of good bred have been
made from fourteen pounds or fleur and one'
and a half pounds of tice, by tho following
method ! rt
Tie op the rice in a thick linen bag. allow'
ing it ample room to swell ;beil tot three or
four hour, till it hammea a smooth paste ;
mix this while warm with the floor, siding
the esual quantity el yeast end salt; allow tbe
Jn,..u 4. - .i. av. nil divide Into
i -ii u tv lav mm? um m-, , ,
loaves. It re affirmed oo high authority tues
I rjpw toes treated will yield any r w..
Vre bread than by the ordinary neiaoa.