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NoHwibe-taudiog nil lbt Ls btea
Mid on the subject, people Btill coo
Cr.c tbeir Lors. compel tbeui to
ettnd ia the 6 me cramped place, and
in tbeir own dan, and tbut from
dtT to dtr. even for wbole winter,
and some darinjr tbe yer. The re
sult is, tbe tbick lejrs, stiff joint, bad
hoofs, and other ailments of tbe gen
eral FTitem, as wpII tbe fwt and
This is wrong. A borse cannot
tell bis iDiuries be suffers n s.Ience,
Incomes "crippled, ppoiled for his
lire dies, and tiat is tbeendof bim.
Thus thousands of barges arc annu
ally lost and tbe evil extends to
everv neighborhood. Do we not,
most of us fasten our horses to one
Fpot, where they connot more, and
there force tbem to stand ! Are we
ruilllees of swelled legs in our hors
es! Are tbey as comfortable in
their cramped condition as when in
tbe field, or where tbey have room
in tbeir stall ! To tie a horse id his
stall is tbe Brst link in the chain of
abuse. Ciive your borse freedom.
He has tbe principles of its enjoy
ment within him. Give him acbance
to walk, to change bis position, to be
at ease, n. t cooGued, cramped, tyr
annized. Treat bim rationally. Not
as tbe Labit the ba'oit is bad.
Look to bis wants intelligently. He
will appreciate you and remember
vour favors for a horse has a good
memory. But bad treatment is bad
for bim bad to remember; but be
ftubuiits to it because be must ; and
he will make tbe best of a bad thing,
even walk without invitation in.o his
prison st all it is bis ocly place, and
tLre be suffers in silence. Give bim
room let bim loose in it. Give bim
l-6ling clean bedding every day.
Anddoitnow. We are now tall iog
to the careless and reckless. A hu
niaue. intelligent man will 8ee that
his Wast is cared for. Treat tbe
animal which is your main reliance
with more care, and you will not re
gret it. Rural World.
ar llt
The bark Praco is tbe oldest ves
sel ii the United States. She was
built at Puxbury bv Reuben ani
Cburka Drew ia 1824, and now is
over Cftv-on ! Years old. The Draco
was built in the most thorough man
ner and of the best materials, pas
ture oak, and if no accident occurs
may live as long in the future as she
Las in tbe past She is 251 tons reg
ister, double deck, originally a brig,
but altered into a bark in 1834.
She was first employed in tbe freight
ing business ; then sold to I. and C.
Flint A Co., for the South American
trade ; next she passed to Sajjuel J.
Bridge, Joseph Knowles and E. Tuck
fT Osborn, for the Australian trade,
and was C a ally sold to Mr. J. Bourse,
Jr., of New Bedford.for a whaler.nnd
has long been engaged in that busi
ness. Tbe Draco was well known
in Boston forty years ago, aud was a
favorite eRsel with all her owners,
s she was almost always fortunate
in making profitable voyages for
them. In 1S36, the Draco, in a voy
age from Valparaiso to Swansea,
Wales, loaded heavily with a cargo
of copper ore, passed through the
Straits of Magellan, the only vessel
of any considerable site that ever
made tbe passage before that time or
since. Ronton Advertiser.
Is Thrrr a Portrait ! Ioralialaa.
There has been among tbe descend
ants of the Indian Princess a consid
erable interest respecting a veritable
portrait of her. A gentleman of
Kichmond has for several month
bee a conducting a correspondence
with gentlemen in England on this
subject, and there is reason to believe
that there are ecreral portraits still
extant which are aulbenti', and that
n original of a "true copy" may be
obtained for our gallery of historic
Virginians. There is no doubt that
a portrait was taken of Pocahontas
w hen in England, and it is uutural
to suppose that the original, or a
copy thereof, may be in popcse'iou of
tbe llelfe family, of which Pocahon
tas' husband was a cadet The last
advice from England is that there is
still extant a portrait of tbe Princess
and her son.
The Ha lirkcl
For a yea." we have been trying to
impress upon tie farmers' minds tbe
importance of takijg care of tbe pigs,
and enforcing as roach as possible
tbe growth of the hogs on hand, feel
ing certain tbey would conouiand a
good price. Many of tbe farmers are
afraid that while tbey may get a good
price this fall, tbev will get very lit
tle next and thus incur a loss. Of
this we have but little fear. Tbe
Ibigh prices this fall and large de
mand will cause tbem to be butcher
ed off c)oely and leave the number
none too large for next year.
There is a great amount of dam
mgrd wheat this rear, which ussy be
fed to advantage. Tbe phosphorus
contained in tbe wheat is calculated
to make bone and muscle, &sd thns a
very large growth may be made
process of laying on fat begins later
ju the season by feeding corn. The
wheat also contains enough fatty
matter to give that process a good
start, which should begin on those
unleaded for market, as Boon as the
corn is matured. Fat is laid on
store rapidly and more economically
in moderate weather than in cold.
Bj taping op the growth of the
summer pigs tbey may be xnaie a
good, payiog size for tbe June mar
ket St. i. outs Journal and Farmer.
jaralM rrcaaaalllaa rfrN.
A singular coincidence, to use no
stronger term, occurred a week or
two ago in Washington. Withont
any apparent cause therefor, and
while gazing upward lata the eky, a
little three-year-old child, tb death
of whose mother had committed her
e its grandfather, paused in its seera-
jjng coauempiauon oi tciuga above,
nd turriag to iu grand-parents re
marked, in Us childish prattle:
'Draapa, myxntmaja is up yonder
ia the bkj, and I'm goiajj to Bee ber
next week " Then turpicg and en
tering tbe uonse, tbe child canght iu
granamotfeer by to hand and asked
her it she would not go with her.
"Where to f inquired the lady, and
back came the answer : "To my
mamma m Lear en." i be tollowiog
f naay tbe obua eras seized with
membranous croup, the riolence of
me attack of which baffled all hu
man siill, and on the first day of tbe
ai wets vte child died.
A. TOt'NQ lady ia Washington Co.,
Sew York, beautiful tod well edu
ted, and the owner of aa $3,000
farm in her own, says that when'sbe
. ii married tbe entire wedding ex
penses, including her dresses, shall
not co t over $68, and that she will
make her husband happier tban any
city bell can who takes off four
eUira full of padding M ight Md
.cannot gKo a party wearing a dress
that cost under $140.
!'( ! It.
Don't turn up your no.se at cheap
metals. Men have accumulated large
quantities of gold by starting in life
witt a giod stock of brass.
Don't try to drown your trouble
in whisky. A man in ibis town has
used sixteen barrels, and Lis trouble
"still lives."
Don't rse the term "I flatter' mj
self." Some impudent bystander
will tel! vou its wrong to flatter n
fool.
Don't kick a man when be starts
down Li!l. It is wrong to waste
your powers in unnecessary labor.
I on't Matter yourself that you can
preach a better sermon tban your
pastor. A brick mason cannot mend
a watch.
Don't talk a man to death. It is a
hard way to die.
Don't worry about tbe crops, riant
tbe seed in good time and let tbe
Lord have bis way about tbe harvest
Don't rive vour coin to a blind
organ grinder. It is better to ppend
it for circu9 tickets.
Don't slip in at the back door and
drink alone. It reduces tbe bar
keeper's profits.
Don't imagine that tbe welfare of
the country can be effected by tbe
conducted of a town policeman. A
tcmpsct in a teapot is not very de
structive. Don't make baste to gain wealth
Better be comfortably poor than mis
erably rich
Don't abuse a policeman. Some
of them are orphans, and all of tbem
are entitled to your sympathy.
Don't forget to pay the printer.
Printers think ' tis sweet to be re
membered" by tbeir debtors
Ttaets.IT IwapolMe Talag.
1. Loud and boisterous laughing.
2. Beading when others are talk
ing. 3 Heading aloud in company with
out being asked.
4. Talking when others ore read
ing. b. Spitting about the bouse, smok
icg or chewing.
C. Cutting your linger nails in
company.
1. Leaving church beforo worship
is closed.
8. Whispering or laughing in tbe
house of God.
9. Gazing rudely at strangers.
10. Leaving a stranger without a
seat.
11. A want of respect and rever
ence to seniors.
Corecting older persons than your
selves. 13. Beceiving a present without an
expression of gratitude.
1 4. Making yourself a hero of your
own story.
15. Laughing at the mistake of
others.
16. Joking others in company.
17. Commencing to talk before
others have finished speaking.
18. Answering questions that have
been put to others.
19 Commencing to eat as soon as
you get to tbe table; and,
2rt. 'ot listening to what one is
saying in company.
''rlair Mraitberrlea.
Often there is much said, and
especially at this season of the year
about covering strawberries; and
many persons are injured by what
they read to act so as to heartily re
gret it when tbe spring comes round.
We have koewn people to act on
this suggestion, and cover tbeir
strawberry-beds with manure, and
find the wbole completely rotten in
spring. Ana yet a nitie covering
with tbe right kind of material is not
a bad thing. If tbe plants are en
tirely unprotected the leaves are
browned ana olten aestroyeu; wmie
it roust have been noted by every
observant gardner that the best fruit
comes from plants that have man
aged to keep tbeir leaves bright ana
green till tbeir 6pring flowers appear.
And this is whv a covering of snow
the whole winter is so cood for tbe
strawberry crop. As we have re
marked, when tbe leaves axe brows
ed tbe croD is small; but when tbe
snow covers lbe plants the whob
winter long, they come out in the
snrinir in the best possible state for
SO a
fruitful ness.
But we cannot always depend on
the boost. It does not always come,
or continue in a reeular way. Sj if
some light material can bo put over
the plants, that will not smotber ana
rot tbem, and yet will bo just enough
to make a shade from tbe winter suo
and a screen from frosty winds, it
will be doing a good turn, to tbe
strawberry plant Manure is bad,
There U a salt in it, especially when
freshj which u destruc ive to foliage;
but cleap straw, or swamp or marsn
bay that is free from mcli, answers
tbe purpose very well. But it must
not be put on very thick. The isle,
is, just enough to mske a thin screen,
and yet not enough to hold moisture
Ion? Shade without damp is the
idea, ioach light protection is good
for the strawberry plant
Afraid I Knr Alone.
" The wicked practice of swearing,
which is so common es to offend tbe
ear in every nouei, almost in
every street, it often mere bravado.
Boys think it sounds manly to be
profane, and men think it gives force
and character to tbeir sayings. Un
like most other vices, it is done Hn
ly, and is intended by the swearer
foe other people's ears.
"I wlii give you ten dollars," sad
a man to a.proo&a wearer, "If you
will go into tbe village gvayeyard at
twelve o'clock to night and swear
the same catbs you have just uttered,
when you are alone with God.H
"Agreed," said tbe man, "an easy
way to make ten dollars.
"Well, come to-morrow and say
you have done it, and you shall have
the money."
Midnight came. The man went
into the graveyard. Jfwas a night
or great darkness. As he entered
the cemetery not a sound fceard;
all was still as death. Then came
tbe gentleman's words to his mind.
"Alone with God! rang in his ears.
He did not dare to utter an oath, but
fled Crcm the place, crying: "God be
merciful totiui sinner!"
Sninkins staked his all ex the re
sult of a game of euchre the otJber
night, and lost. Throwing down
the cards peevishly, he broke forth in
the following pathetic strain : "Twas
ever thus in childhood's hour, I've
seen my fondest hopes take flight
and-every time I played tbe left bow
er some one took it with tbe right
"What does 'Good Fridav' mean?"
asked one schoolboy of another.
You had belter go home and study
your 'Robinson Crusoe,' " was the
withering rcpfy.
Tbe water is sa lav in snrrtA nf th
Western rivers that the catfish have
to stand on their heads to breathe.
Better Tbaa Saining.
A good old Methodist lady very
particular and very pious, once kept
a boarding house in Boston. Staunch
to her principles, she would take no
one to board who did not bold to the
eternal punishment of a large por
tion of the race. But tbe people
were more intent on carnal comforts
than spiritual health, so that in time
her house became empty, much to
her grief and alarm.
After some time a Liu IT old sea
captain knocked at the door, and tbe
old lady answered the call.
"Servant, ma'am. Can you give
me board for two or three days ? Got
my ship here, and shall be off as
soon as 1 load."
"Wa'al, I doa't know," said tbe
old lady.
"Ob, bouse full, eh ?"
"Xo, but "
"But what, ma'am ?"
"I don't take any unclean or car
nal people in my house. What do
yon believe?"
"Abcut what?"
"Why, do you believe that any one
will be condemned ?"
"Oh, thunder! yea."
"Doyou?"said tbe good woman,
brightening up. "Weil, how many
souls do you think will be is. tie fire
eternally ?"
"Don't know, ma'am, really I
never calculated that"
"Can't jou guess ?"
"Can't say perhaps fifty thou
sand" "Wa'al, hem!" mused tbe good
woman : "I gues, I'll take you, fifty
thousand is better than nothing."
Wuifi an Sever Waab.
A Spizza correspondent
London Standard writes ;
of the
Those of our readers who have
traveled in Spain have certainly re
marked the dirty 6tripes on the necks
of the lovely senoras; no devout
Spanish woman dares to bathe with
out tbe permission of her coniessr.
This aversion to cleanliness has
come forward from the time of tbe
anchorites Sabinus, Pachomins, Be
sarion, and other saints of tbe desert,
and indeed whole sects of that epoch
condemned all ablutions as heathen
ish, and were lauded because they
wore their clothes so long that tbey
rotted to pieces and fell off them, or
because their skins became a3 "pum
icestone" from tbe crust of dirt on it
The superstition that cleansing the
body soils the soul exists this day
among the women of those Christian
nations who have long carried on
conflicts with tbe Mohamedans, on
whom tbe Koran enjoins frequent ab
lutions. A female Bulgarian is per
mitted to wash only once in ber life
on tbe day before her wedding;
and in most South Sclavonian fami
lies the girls are rarely allowed to
bathe, the woman never. I recall
with a shudder the interior of the
Montenegrin huts. When a woman
offered mo wine she always dipped
her fingers into i. the same lingers
which bad just been engaged in the
chase on ber children's bead, or
which had been gently scratching the
pig, the pet of the family, w hirh is
always addressed by endearing
names.- The adults squat or lie
down, the children tumblo about in
the liquid manure which covers the
floor of tbe hut, and many women
are blear eyed in consequence of tbe
creosote caused by tbe smoke, which
can onlv escape through tbe door.
Tbe Princess Milena, as I bad said,
forms an exception
A Rel!lla la Blue.
We have all heard of red republi
cans, and it seems quite natural to
associate revolutions with them ; but
our Revolution a hundred years ago
was connccled also, with a blue color,
used by artists.
In tbe painting or tbe coeuraica
Raphael a beautiful biuo is used,
which in bis time (be died in 1520)
was sold in quill tabes for its weight
in gold. It was made from a very
rare rock, and from being brought
from across the sea was called "ultra
marine."
During the American Itevolutiou,
the principal source of 6oda and pot
ash was cut off. for these articles
were then produced chiefly Lv burn
ing wood in our great forests. A
Mr. Leblanc in France then invented
a process of extracting soda from sea
water. It was observed that in the'
kilns in which this process was car
ried on, some of the bricks began to
look blue. On further examination,
it was discovered that they were col
ored with the blue called ultramarine.
Before, it bad been brought from be
yond the sea. .After tiii ,di!iC0Very
it was extracted from tbe ca itself,
and at comparatively so small ap
expense that to-day it is used for
painting carriages and coloring com
mon writing-paper.
I'aaalaa aad aa Emperor.
MapoiocD, in the heighth of his
power 6ougbt to cripple tbe commerce
of England by imperial Jaws, He
ordered aa embargo to all tiia ports
of Europe. He forbade the entran.ee
of Bri'ish manufactures into France.
But tbouge be could defeat the most
skllluj generals ia tbe field, and dic
tate laws to ains and emperors, he
was powerless to cooCol the tasts of
ladies, or to constrain their t;'wn
In the brilliant reception given ia !
bis palace, be Wis mortined to see
that all the ladies, with Josephine at
tbe head, appeared in English mus
lins, woolens and silks. The stronger
tbe national opposition to England,
tbe more determined were tbe ladies
it gratify tbeir own taste, and while
tbe public spirit of the nation sup
ported Napoleon, the rule of fashion
decided that no lady was fit to ap
pear ia company whose dress, was
not procure ij from England. The
Emperor felt that ashics was more
absolute in its sway that his despotic
edicts. ,
At Kea,
Ad Irishman was brought up be
fore a justice of tbe peace on a
charge of vagrancy, and was thus
questioned :
"What trade are you ?"
"Sure, now, c.r honor, I'm a
sailor."
"Vou are in tbe sea faring line. I
question whether you have ever been
to sea ia your life ?"
"Sore, now, and does yer honor
tninK l came over irom Ireland it a
sraggin ?"
"Comait him commit him."
Anna Connett, a pretty girl over in
New Jersey, was acquitted of tbe
charge of burglary, whereupon she
threw her arms around tbe Judge's
neck and kissed him. And now a'l
the married lawyers around Plain
Celd are candidates for Jadge.
Sttnlcy says that African mosqu:
quitoes are as big as a Kentucky
chew of tobacco.
Eleven women have been indicted
at Lynchburg, for illicit distilling. '
Aa Aacleat Wall la Xlaalaalppl.
About eighteen miles from Tort
Gibson and one mile from Brandy
wine Springs, on the place of Mr.
O'Quin, the existence of a reat num
ber of blocks of cut stone Las been
known fcr an indefinite time, and tie
people in the neighborhood have
used them for props for their bouses.
Mr Jas. Gage, Jr., went out there a
few days ago to explore and had a
specimen stone bronght into town.
It is about three feet long by about
twenty inches square, resembling iu
sbape a bar of soap. It is probably
j a tative sandstone. Mr. Gage took
this block himself from beneath tho
roots of a large pine tree. It focmed
a portion of a wall about twenty
feet broad on tbe top, which Mr. Gage
traced for a distance of 2G0 yards.
The inference that one would natu
rally draw from this superficial view
is that this must have been a city
wall, but dtep exploration might
show it to be a portion of a fort,
temple or other building. Anyway,
its antiquitv is probably immense,
antedating
the history of the red
men.
Aa Insealaaa ConneI.
A farmer attending a fair with a
hundred pounds in his pocket took
the precaution of depositing it in the
hands of tbe landlord of the public
bouse at which he stopped. Having
occasion for it shortly afterwards, he
resorted to miue host for payment
But the landlord too deep for the
countrymau, wondered what be
meant," and was quite sure no such
sum had ever been lodged in his
bands by the astonished rustic.
After ineffectual appeals to the re
ccollection, and finally to the honor
of the Bardolpb, the farmer applied
to Curran for advice.
"Have patience, my friend," said
the counsel ; "speak to the landlord
civillv tell bim you have left your
money with some other person. Take
a friend with you, ana loage uo
him another hundred in the presence
of vour friend, and come to me."
He did so and returned to bis
legal friend.
"And now I can't see bow I am
going to be the better off for this, if
I get my second hundred back again,
but how is that to bo done ?"
' Go and ask him for it when he is
alone " said tbe counsel.
"Aye, sir, asking won't do, l'am
afraid, without my witness, at any
rnto
"Never mind, take my
advice,"
bid vou
said bis couusel ; "do as I
and return to me."
The farmer returned with
bis
bun-
dred clad to find that safely in
hi
possession.
"Now, sir, I must c content; out
I don't see that I am much better
off."
"Well, then," said the
now take vour friend with
counsel,
you, and
ask the landlord for the hundred
pounds your friend so you leave
wth him."
We need not add that tbe wily
landlord found he had been taken off
his guard while our honest friend re
turned to thank his counsel, csulticg
lj itb both hundreds in his pocket
Making Apal Butter.
We find in the ural exv Yorl er,
from a North Carolina correspodent,
this receipt for making what is so
common to toe farmers' wives oi
Pennsylvania and elsewhere app'c
butter. It contains we think some
hints which may prove new to some
of our readers at least, though it en
tails more labor than tho old Penn
sylvania mode, but doubtless pro
duces a better article: and we there
fore extract such portions as may be
useful :
"I make apple butter only from ap
ples; I have a brass kettle holding
25 gallons in which I boil 20 gallons
swext .cider uovn to $ gallons, which
makes a nice sweet syrup. Tbis is
put away in jars for the present
Then put four bushels peeled apples,
quartered, in J brass kettle and) boil
it to a mash with 20 gallons sweet
cider with out sliring, over a slow
fire. Then take the mashed apples
out and strain tbem through a strain
er, and put tbe strained masb in(tubs,
and put away for next day. Next
day strain early and put tbe straiued
mash ia tbe kettle again, and five
gallons oi boiled cider or syrup.
Then stir it with a long bandied
stirrer of wood with half inch holes
ia t, over sJow Cre.' TbSs' bo'iin
and stirring taj.es from twelve to
fifteen hours' steady work-
Tbe apple butter is in tLis vay
condensed, and will keep for years
without being closed entirely air
tight Before I use it at the table 1
aici ns much cream, milk or sugar
and waur ti,ere u applp butter.
But to make a perfect apple buUtr,
it takes other materials to do it
Take peaches, pears or blue and
yjllow plums, peel and quarter tbem
aod boil tbem to a mash with good
cider; strain and work it as you
would the apples. After it is done
pnt away in jars like applo cutter,
aod when the grapes are ripj take
your Crgt apple butter maje from
peaches, pesrp, etc., roi it upjin the
kettle again and boil the whole up in
tea gallons of grape juice. This will
make a delicate preserve, wbuh pon-
densid is worth fifty cunts per pound
anywhere. I am selling aanuallv
wjlD0Ut aay difficulty, 1,000 pounds.
Add spiv, cinnamon, and if one de
sires apple buttc? sweeter, sugar to
taste. " ' "
Mw la Uake tbe Batter Come.
A reader of an exchange aks,
"What Is the matter with the cows'
milk?" She complains that tbe bat
ter will not come. A correspondent
of the same paperreplies as follows:
Now 1 cannot tell what is the
cuse, but I can tell the remedy; Tot
I have practiced it for tbe last 25
yecr3, and I never knew it to fail.
When tbe GiilJ; js brought in, strain
it in a tin bucket or pan, fad set it
over a pot of boiling water. Keep
the W6UT boiling until the milk U
scalded, or until a ecu?) rises on it.
Then pour it in pans or crocks, snd
set it away in the usual way. 1 pre
fer tbis way of heating milk because
it prevents scorching. Pursuing this
plan, you will God tbe buttei will
come readily, and be of superior
quality. To scald the cream a'ter it
has risen does not do as weli.
A country girj near Utica mistook
tbe meaning of a young man who
was looking up pickers for bis father's
bop yard, and when asked if she was
engaged sweefly said: "Not yet,
but always thought it would be pleas
ant" The young man rode home
quickly, and dreamed all night of
"breach of promise trials."
A Vinrenoea, Ind., man and lis
wife after a stand up fight of an hour
concluded to call it "a draw." She
drew about fcix handfuls of hair out
bfhishead.
If captains were lesa reckless, there
would be legs wrecks.
raid la Ills Owa Tela.
There was once a farmer-on Long
Island, who was abotuas mean as
meaa could be. lie was rich for
meaa people always get rich ; and be
f crup'ed at nothing that would add
a dollar to bis piie. Not far from him
lived a shiftless sort of a negro, who
loved to steel better than be did to
work; and tbe farmer said to biro
once:
"Clem, I will give you fifty cents a
bushel for all ;otatoejrou will bring
me and I don't earewbere yen get
theu ." "
Clem jumped at the chance, but ask
ed him where he could get them.
'l doL'.Vare wLe:e. Of course vou
will steal 'cm. But that's none of
my business "
The bargain was struck; aud every
night for a vc k Clem would drive
tn thn fnrm.ri house with a lead of
potatoes, ca rv them ioto tha cel'ar,
and receive his pay for ihvr.v At
length tbe farmer asked bim where
he eot them
"Stub. Wi boss!-' renlied the dar-
kev, with a grin.
"Where did you steal 'em; Clera ?-'
"Ob, up in your side lot !" replied
the negro, while a grin took entire
possession of bis face.
He got away in time to savo his
sable back; but that farmer hasn't
bargained v i.h him since tosical any
thing. FfiVelM r C old In faltealnc.
A producer of pork in Musking
bum county, Oh who has made un
experiment with hogs with a view
to ascertain how far cold retards the
rate of fattening, reports the follow
ing resul's: Carefully weighing
the hogs fed, aad the corn fed tothein,
and estimating p rk at four cents
per pound, he found that, what he
fed out during tbo first week iu Oc
tober returned (in pork) 80 rents per
bushel ; the first week in November,
00 cents; the third week, 40; the
fourth week ia November and tbe
month of December, 2." ; the Grst
half of January, ."; the last half 0.
In the October week of the experi
ment tbe weather was pleasant and
warm. It gradually grew colder till
tbe latter pare of November, from
which time it remained about sta
tionary till the first of January, after
which it run down to zero, and be
low in the latter part of the month.
Tbe hogs were well sheltered in a
good pen with plank floor. Agricult
ural lli'port.
TheTrntbfnl rilot.
The passenger, who was going
down the big river for the first time
ia his life, secured permission to climb
up bet-ide the pilot a grim old gray
back who never to! J a Jie ia his life.
"Many alligators in tbis river ?" in-
"t r. 1 I
qtnrea tno stranger, auer a iook
around.
"Not so many now, tincc they got
to shootiu' 'em for their hides and
taller," was the reply.
"used to be lots, eh
"I don't want to tell y&.i about
'cm, stranger," replied the pilot,
Hjihing heavily.
"Why ?"
"Cause you'd think I wa3 a-lyiu'
to you, and that s sumtnin' 1 never
do. I kin cheat at keerds, drink
whiskey or chuw poor terbacker, but
I can't lie."
"Then there used to be lots of em?"
inquired the passenger.
"I'm most afraid to tell ye, Mister,
but I've counted 'leven hundred ally
gatora to the mile trom Vicksburg
cl'ar down to Orleans! That was
venrs ago, afore a shot was ever ur-
ed at 'em."
"Well, I don't doubt it,'' replied
the stranger.
"And I've counted 3,4o0 of 'em on
one sand bar!" continued the pilot.
"It ljoks big to tell, but a Govern
ment survevor was aboard, and he
checked 'em off as I culled out.
"I haven't the least doubt of it,"
SP.id the passenger as Le heaved a
'sigh.
"I'm glad of that, stranger,
Nome tellers would luius. I was a
liar when I'm telling the solemn truth
This used to be a paradise for alli
gators, and they were so thick that
the wheels of tbe boat killed an
average tf forty-nine to tbe mile ?"
fcg-'Is that so ?"
"True as Gospel, mister ! I used
to almost feel sorry for the cussed
Dru'-is, -cause tueyu cry out een
most like a human being. We kill
ed lots of 'em, as I said, and we
hurt a pile mors. I sailed with one
captaiu who alius carried & thousand
bottles ot liniment to throy orcr to
tbo wounded ones I"
"He did?"
"True as you live, Lj did. J don't
Vpect I'll ever see another sueti a
kind. Christian man. And the alii
gators (lot to know the Nancy Jane,
aud to know Capt. Tom and they'd
swim out and rub their tails agin the
boat an' purr like cats an' look up
and try to emile J"
"Tbey would ?"
"Solemn -truth," stranger. "And
once when we grounded on a bar,
with an opposition boat right behind,
tuo alligators gathered around, got
under ber stern, and bumped her
clean over the bar by a grand push !
It looLs like a big story, but I never
told a lie yet, and t never shail. I
wouldn't lie for alf the money you
could pat aboard this boat."
There was a painful yuasg, gnd jit
ter a while the pilot continued:
"Our injines gin out ono, and a
crowd of alligators took a towiine
aud hauled us fortv-five
miles up
stream to icisburg!"
"They did
And when the news got along
the
river that Capt Tom was dead, every
alligator in tie riycr daubed bis Jtft
ear with mud as a badge of iiioiun
in,' and lots uf 'cm pined awav and
died!" "
The passenger left tLe pilot bouse
with the remark that he didn't doubt
the statement, aud the old man gave
the wheel a turu, and replied :
"Tbar's oce thing I won't do for
love nor money, and that's make a
liar of myself. I was brung up by a
good mother, aud I'm going to1 stick
to the truth if -.bis' lioit 'doesn't make;
a cent." Vicksburg II, raid.
Dr. Githrie, in a recent address,
told a very suggs ive s ory, to this
effect :
A friend of bis, questioning a little
bov said :
"When votir father and mother for
sake you, Jonnhy I do you know who
will take you up ?
"Ves rirP said he.
"And who?" said the friend.
"The police !'' was Johnny's reply.
A Brooklyn girl is engaged to be
married to an Iial iaa Count, and in
the course of four or five years she
may be looked for on the streets
with a baud-organ playing the us.ial
tunes.
Take eare er the poor Indian
he'll take hair of the white man.
and
In what meter should 'Tp
balloon" be sung ? Gas meter.
in a
A Story far Girl.
Sit down on the porch, children,
and let me tell you about Aunt
Ilacbel, and tbe story she once told
me. One day when I was about 12
years cjd, I had planned to go arter
S'.ra berries, but Aunt Bacbel said
tome: "A girl of your age should
begin to learn to do housework.
Take off your hat, roll up your
sleeves, and help me do tbe baking."
I pouted, and sighed, and shed
tears, but was encouraged by the
promise that I might go after the
baking. Uuder good Aunt Itachel's
direction, I mixed a big loaf' r bread,
nlaced it on a tin as bright as a new
dollar, and was rubbing the flour off
hit hands when she called out:
"This will riever, never do, child
vou haveu't scraped vour breadbowl
clean."
I shall never forget the picture she
made standing there, her eyes re
garding me sternly, one hand resting
on tier bin. wh'le in the other sne
held th untidy bowl.
"It will never do, child," she wen.
on; "It is not only untidv. but it
makes too much waste; to be a good
housekeeper you must learn to be
economical. Vou have heard of -the
story of the young man who wanted
an economical wife?"
"No," I answered, and I might
have added that I did not wish to
beur it either.
"Well," she continued, "he was
very likelv youug man. and he wan
ted a careful wife, so he thought of a
way he could find one. Oae morn
ing he went to call upon the differ
cut girls of bis acquaintance aod
ai-ked tbem each for tbe Ecrapings of
tneir breadbowl to feed his horse.
Vou seo they all wanted bim so tbey
got ail tbey could for bim. finally
be came to a girl who hadn't any, so
be asked her to be his wife, because
he thought she must be economical
Aow," said Aunt Bachel trium
phantly, "suppose a young man
bould ask vou for the scrapings of
your breadbowl, what could you
sav : '
"What could I say?" I repeated
scornfully; "why I'd tell him if be
couldn't afford to buy oats for his
horses they might starve ; I wouldn't
rob the pigs to feed them."
1 suppose Aunt Ilacbel thought
tbe lesson was all lost on me ; but
as true as you live I never knead tbe
bread to this day without thinking
of Lcr lesson in economy.
Like a Woman
The other day as a Doylestown
mother was combing her boy's head
with a fine comb, a female acquaint
anee entered the house without form
aliiie3. There was just one instant's
time, and during that lustant the
comb was concealed, hand raised to
the boy's chin, and as the lady en
tered the mother remarked:
"Come, Henry If you don't hold
up your chin I can't button your shirt
collar!"
The Cunning Cobbler.
Ma
any years ago, tbe husband of
an old lady, living in Buckingham,
died without making his will, fur the
want of which necessary precaution
bis estate would have passed away
from bis widow, bad she not resorted
to the following expedient to avert
the Joss of her property ; She con
cealed the death of ber husband, and
prevailed on an old cobbler, her
ueighbor, who was, in person, some
what like the deceased, to go to bed
at ber house, and personate him,
in which character it was agreed that
he should dictate a will, leaving the
widow tbe estate in question. An
attorney was sent for to draw up tbe
writings. Tbe widow, wbo, on his
arrival, appeared in great affliction
st her good man's danger, began to
ask questions of ber pretended hus
band, calculated to elicit the answers
she expected and desired. Tbe cob
bler, groaniug aloud, and looking as
much like a person going to give up
the ghost as possible, leebly answer
ed ; "I intend to leave you half of
my estate, and I think tbe poor old
shoemaker ;' who Jives opposite, is
deserving of the other half, for he has
always been a good neighbor." The
widow was thunder struck at receiv
ing a reply so different from that
which she expected, but dared not
negative tbe cobblers will, for fear of
losing tbe whole of tbe property,
while tbe old rogue in bed wbo
was himself the poor old shoemak r
living opposite laughed ia his
sleeve, and dividded -vith her the
fruits of a project which the widow
bad intended for ber sole benefit.
Aboirr MolUaK Eks.
There is an objection to the com
n;oa cay of boiling eggs which peo
ple do not understand, ft is tbis:
Tbe white under three minutes' rapid
cooking becomes tough and'jndiges
tible while the yelk is yet soft When
properly cooked eggs are done even
ly through like any other food. Tbis
result may be attained by putting the
eggs into a dish with a coyer, as a
tin pail, and then pour upon tbem
boiling water, 2 quarts or more to a
dogea ogB, snd cover and set tbem
away from the stove for fifteen min
utes. Tbe beat of the water cooks
tbe eggs evenly and sufficiently and
to Sf jplly liVe consisteney, leaving
the centre of yelk harder tbua the
white, and the egg tastes cs much bet-
tpr and Jijeer as a fre'sh egg is nicer
tban a stale egg. and no persop will
want to eat them boiled after haying
tried this -method once, r hvrl
eit lurkcr.
Abolinhitrg (he Rats.
An e?chaujo takes a rather de
spondent v'e? of tie rat question
when it saya : There is one effective
remedy for rata when tbey obtain
possession of your premises. If one
tears dovn hjs fioac-p, pJof a arsenic
into the foundation, and builds upon
its site a strong jucjosure filled with
large and hungry ou, the ruts will
desert it. 'lbe remedy is a costly
one, and it has its inooqreniences,
but so far it is the only remedy which
can be tried with anv reasonall;
-trope that it will be effective.
No Pifferexc ()' Jffyi. Going
up .Market Street the other diy, a
man saw a boy about eleven years of
age seated on the sidewalk, bare
headed, in the full blaze of the ecorch
iii;r snn.
"Dub, you ought not to sit there!"
suid the man.
."Why ?"
"Because you'll wet all tanned up."
"Makes no difference lo nie wheth
er I sit iu the sun or in tbe shade,";
sadly answered the boy, "mother tans
me up ttree or four times a daj any-
how."
A Duluth assessor says it is nosi.
tivelr amazing how cheap property
becomes as he passes up and down a
street. It falls seven per cent, when
ever he enters a bouse.
Spotted Tail's daughter is makieir
moccasins with a sewing machine at
opuueu laiiAgencv.
New Advertisements.
JOHN F. BLYMYER,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints,
OILS, &C, &C
The following is a partial list of goods in Stock: Cirpenter's Tools,
Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, PI me Iron?. A dzes, kc, Black
smith's floods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, Ac. Saddlery
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Names, Buckles, Kings, Bits and Tools.
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the
largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White
Lead, Colored Faint for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors,
Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains,
Slc. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil alwavson hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
very elegant styles. Ditston's Circular,' Mu!?y and Cros3 Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lii: J Kettles. Handles of all kinds.
SIIOVEIJS, FORKS, SPADES, It Alt 34,
Mattocks, Grub Noes, Picks, Scythes, Sncaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking
Glasses. Wash Boards. Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mat", Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Uuekets, twine, Hope
Mop Sticks, Traps, bteelyards, .Meat timers ana ctuuers, traces, Low
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and hcrub brushes, Horse Urushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches aod everything
in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Ac, Ac,
Tbe fact is, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal
exclusively in this kind of goods aud give my whole atttention to it. Per
sona who are building, or any one in need of anything in my line, will find
it to tbeir advantage to give me a call. I will ahvay9 give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers for their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
ISTo,3,
April 8 '74.
1875.
New Autumn Styles.
L YHST STOCK IX THE CITY JLST OPENED.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
SPECIAL ATTIiiCTIOKa JN OI K .
Dress Goods Department.
Fl'LL LIE OF ALL THE LEAD1.VO BRANDS OF
HDOIMIIESTIC
Shawl3, Skins, Hosiery, Gloves, and Small Wear;
IIOTT03I IKICi:.S I'ARAXTEED.
Sule Agcntf for the Celebrated Fnllerttni'l Freepnrt Flannels, New LMh.ii
Flannels, Hlailketn. anl laro.
Merchant!! are invited to call an'I cianilno nur Stork and Prleef.
Wholesale Exclusively.
ARBuTHI
'JOT,
r
scp23 Ho. 223
B. T I E G L E,
nyCERCSIjlNrT TAILOR,
o. 33 Smitlifield Street, ritMjursh.
Jurtrreclve.1 a lull t.-k of CLOTHS. CASSLMKEES, ami VEST1XOS, for
Fall and Winter wear.
LOWEST PEICE3.
-All work and Fits ijaarantccd to jrlve perfect
IB O O T S
.A. 1ST
WHOLESALE
GILL
Xo-.a-V IJBEKTY
ire doorft from head of Wood urect.
We are daily receiving goods, and have
BOOTS, SHOES & BUBBEBS
in the market, which will be sold at BOTTOM l"KIC.
V'mi can sieri;ii aiirmi"n ui i?w irairrmwr
Fort Pitt. RiiR'alo. ami Erie Calf anil kin llanU-inacie Dools.
AUi. WOMEN'S. MISS KM', and CHILDREN'S
Rl HHKlt (11 KIDS at Factory Kates.
N. H. Orders promptly attended to. Eastern
COX SUMPTION CUKKD AT LAST !
THE TRUE REMEDY FOUND.
PROF. W3I. CUESTIIEU'S
GREAT LUNG IIEALER
I A KIRK REMEDY FOR
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS,
OF CHEST, AND ALL DISEASES OF THE PULMONARY ORGANS.
If your druggist duel not keep it, send to
Y III. G"f"tVT- A" OlIM I Mnmonfl Street.
PITTSBURGH, iJ.fV
ANOTUER CASE OF CONSUMPTION Cl'RED.
PiTTfinrnnn. September 12. l"7t
PROF. WM. GCKNTHER Dkaii Sib : It Is with irrent plwwuro that 1 haiten to conKnuulate
you on your suecesjlu treatment of my daujf hter.
deuocuM mleil tome by your tni that consumption
ment, ttirougn umne rroviucnce, oi resif rtoir many more 10 neuuu, x return to you our iiuccre ami
faearttelt tbanMi Pd niiy (i'l Speed you In your guod worU.
onr, resiXN-illlliy,
Proprietor
PROF. WM. OL'ENTHEH Sir: Durinit the
Intrs. I contracted aoold whlchcauseda harshness
duced to try your l.uoit Heiiler. which cured me in less than two days- I recomnv-nded It to public
speakers and singers sutlering from hoarenc"s. My wife used it f.r a severe cough, wiih satislactory
results. Yours truly. J. II. HI I.L.
l
September 22, 1873.
835,000 WORTH
FIWE GAEPETS.
STOCK
Henry McCallum
77 FIFTH AV SUE
uariarir 'm.v"l by water at the Inte fire has been removed to the bnsement of tbe Id.
Which wa. J)
mond llannK
tiou troiff curt fOK fO DAVS.
tints w vnip i.tfif -
leMth
03
BUT
obins
COMMISSIOM MERCHANTS,
?To. 88 S. EUTAW Street,
BALTXMOBB.
fX CAT ti
tV f V OV-LiIli Ui? II
1 BUTTER, ECGS and POULTRY. $
Quick sales and prompt returns with cheek for produce,
is our style of business.
Cards can be had at Messrs. A. J. Casebcer & Co., Express
ce, Somerset, and Express office, Mineral Point. Sep 22.
WIKE & YOUNG,
BUTCHERS
AND DEALERS,
WIioIeHale ami Iletail,
FRESH MEATS,
ALL KINDS, SUCH A3
BEEF, POttK. MUTTON, VEAL. LAMB,
SACS AGE, PUDDISCJ, BOLOOXA
AND
LARD, OUR OWN RENDERING.
Market dyi, Tuejdajs, ThurtdAjt, awl Satur-
dart
New Advertisements.
an sizes, nay i uueys, jiuuer I'rinta,
JOHN F. BLYMYER.
1875.
DRY GOODS:
SHANNON & Co.,
and 211 Liberty Street. Pitiscurgh-
suti - 'factlun. S?p22.
3D SHOES
HOUSE
OK
Sz BRO
STl!Ff.'.T
Jr'I TTSBUHGII, PA.
now one of the Unrest Fall Stock, of
CLSTOM CALK HOOTS. Men'j Miner Shoe.
Hills Duplicate,
COUGHS, COLDS. CATARRH
Alter sutlerinir hr opwardsof one year, you have
can le cured. Hopinsc that you may be the lntru
m M r-r r. I in
of Baltimore Hotel, b6 and 148 Water Street.
PiTTsnrann. January 25. 1875.
present winter, while holding a aeries of meet-
in my nd.-e, my throat being atfectcd. I was in
reMcni t'liisonrn vonierence, w iveeii treci.
OF
ppi and will 1 oilered at a large redui
PITTSBURGH, PA.
T R .
Id
d
& Co.
r1
EE & CO,
Merchant
Tailors,
And Mannraetnren ot
Kent's. Youth's and Boys,
Mill 31 II
Msiii GooSs.
121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Artnue,
PITTSBURGH.
apri.
Xt'io Advertisement.
J.W. PATTON. CO. HURST.
N EW G OO DS.
THE NEW FIRM OF
PATTON & ADUST
So. i, ItaeVn !Iook,
t.
oner itf "! t..i.. . . ... J " -
f"un,i 7' In ntj..i:;
. ' ""'"'TTinfiu.i in an in w'nit ot
t-rl lhrJ lal
luur Urge i-.rinjcut nf
iuD ti
CALICOES.
i liloachrd
and Unblended Mucins
GINGHAMS,
S MUTING,
TICKING,
BOYS AND MENS'
HEAVY PAXT STUFFS,
in Cottonade, Double and
Irish Jeans, Satinets
Cassi meres &e.,
DEESS GOODS.
in Plain and Corded Aipaccas, Pop
lins, Cashmeres, French
Merrinoes, .c,
STAPLK & FANCY" NOTIONS,
HATS &z CAPS,
BOOTS &z SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGAR3,
HARDWAR:
The bests jsortment of
Carpeting and Oil Cloths
eTer lr"aifht to tr.wn. A l.irzo jnk-S nf n?cn.
ware. iH-terminiM to he nj tn the times" iu rt
mrnt.KriVa an.l nrtrvs. we rcsneotruliv x.lirir
oalltMUi thi.se in want of e m1s.'
Plraiant and Profitable Implii;
Dienl - ji.-:iiitiliii:"' -t iiiiniiirnc.''' "(Hi. hiw
lovely:'' "What are tlipv wonh? ' itc. Su.-harc
nrlamatiuns by ih' re w)iee the liinreelrirnnt
New t iiromt.s (.pxlii.-cl bv the inn i,ean uml
Amerii-an t'hnmin l'uMlfhtnir 1V. Tliev are all
pcrlei t Urnm of Art. Ji one ran resist tfe teni
tatit.n to lmy v hen Wftiiirtlie t'hroui.m. t'anvans
ers, Aiienls. anil'lailie? ami gentlemen ont ot em
ployment, will timl I hid the hest ulienftiireverof
ferel tn make money. Kor lull pnrtirtilarK. senil
stamp At eonhilential i-ireular. Aiii'n-ss K. iLEA
SDN it CO., WanhiiiKton St., .ton, .lla.
ei.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GROCER)
Flour and Feed
STORE.
We woul.l most rcjiieptttallr announ"e to
friemli ami the nul.l lc irenerallv. in the
Ticinuyiii somerset, that we hat
have o;ieueU ,
our .cwur on
MAIX CROSS STREE1
AnJ in auiiltlon to o rail line of tbe best
C'oiife tioueHe. .Yotlon,
TiIco, Cijcurx. Sc.,
WewlIlemlraTor.ataU times, to ennt.lT .nr ens.
turners wltn ue
BEST (JUALiTY OF
FAMILY FLOUK,
CORN-MEAT.,
OA TS, SHELL h i) CullN,
OA TS d: CORN CHOP,
11 It A N, MIDDLINGS
Ami everything
trt-!iilri( to tha FocJ Depart-
mental the
LOTOT POSSIBLE FEICE8.
FOIl
CASH ONLY,
Also, a well ic!octcJ sUx-i of
tiUuware; Stoneware, Wo.lenware, Bruh
ai Finns, ana
STaVTIOISTKRr:
Whk-h we will tell at cheap at the cheapest.
Please call, examine one owvt nr .11 1. 1 .
be utixtieil froia your own jml?ner.t.
Don't forget whire we
NEW STORE!
- ........... -.u.vj uiiitiu nifir
friends nut the puhlw Kvneiuliy, ifcat tiier hxm
G J Xi K Ji T '' ,
n the line ofthe P. V,'. a R R. R.. anil not AHuw
for sale a a (Seucral tJtiwk of .Mer..,an.i
tlstlim,( " ..
puy uoors,
CI.OTIIINO,
QUEENSWARE,
ITAUDWAIIK,
UATS & CAI'b,
BOOTS & SIIOE3
&c, &c, &c.
Ail ol which will be ioU auaaa fc.r : 111
ohaniteil forpnhic.
J"' El Lumber of all klnlt. Hoop-pole,.
Crow-Tics, Bark, Staves, fcr.. Also. WeoL But
ter, KKgJ,
Bacon, Grain of all tln.lt. Far. Sheep-Pcltt. r.,l
lieesWKX. for which we will M, ho,t.... . .1 .
lneashorOu!. r ' 1
1 SALT AND FISH.
alwayi on hanL Give ns a call aml.be Convinced
that we lnlenJ to Jo irulne ami caitix 1 1 nn.ler-
"M SCIIELL & TflLSOX,
C. A. VALTM.
C. W. Teiai
CHEAP STORE.
CASH AXD I'KODUCIJ.
Walter B, of Gebharta, bavins dissolved
partnership, a new flrra baa been established by
C. A. Walter and C. W. TrnxaL Goods told at a
low fianre. Tor cash and prednce; No CREDIT.
All kinds vf merchandise kept constantly oa
band.
OlYE US A CALL.
Walter & Truxal.
October 13, is;j.
maritt'74