The Waynesburg messenger. (Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.) 1849-1901, March 30, 1864, Image 1
II . n 1 (A)Lo t Qij ir 44' ' / VL Methig familp *lanai-96kb to :it cilitics, Agrititurt, fittrature, foreign, Points& Omerat tc. ESTABLISHED IN 1813. PUBLISHED BY 11. W. JONES AND JAS. S. JENNINGS. Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa. frrOYPICE NEARLY OPPOSITE THE PUBLIC squenz...cll 4 ,1 1 lit &r.t SIMEICIIIPTION.—S4.6O in advance ; 52.25 at the ex piration of six mouths; 82.54 after the expiration of I t ex pair year. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at 91.25 per square for throe insertions, and 37 eta. a square for each addition „al inseninn; (ten lines or less counted a square.) r, h Literal deduction n made 40 yearly advertisers. doe Pia weglia,,G( all kinds, executed in the hest Itt eand on reawhiable terms, at the "Messenger ” Job Pace. matsburg 'Psintss 6arbs. ATTORNEYS. eta. L. WYLY. J. A. 1. BUCHANAN, D. B. P. HUBS WYLY, BUCHANAN & HUSS, Auti•ruey. & c0...n0r. at Law, WA YNESB UR G, PA. inf ill practice in the Courts of Greene and adjoining Counties. collections and other legal business will re ceive prompt alcohol). Office on the South side of Main street, in the Old Bank Building. Jau. 26. 1863.-13, a, a. PURMAN PERMIAN & RITCHIE. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSE.LI.ORS AT I. /W Waynesburg, Pa. pmr-ontrp.—Main Street, one door east of the old thnk jp'Ali Alai/bees in Greene, Washington, and Fay rue Counties, entrusted to them, will receive promp attention. N. B —Particular attention wilt Its given to the col {Winn of Pensions. Bounty Money, Back Pay, and other rialtos against the Government. dept. 11. 1861-Iv. a, 1.. M'CONNELL. J. J. HUFFMAN. 2E'CONNELL a ErurracaN, SITTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW - Waynesburg, Pa. - Office In the "Wright Ilt cue," East Door. Collections, &c., will receive prompt attention. 'Waynesburg, April 23, 1662-Iy. AVID CRA WFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office In the Cclttrt House. Will attend promptly to all business sntrusted to his care. Waynesburg, Pa.,Jully 30. 1863.-Iy. ar Alp SLXCIt. SOUN PaIILAIR• BLACK & PHELAN, /ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS' Al LAW Office in the Court House, Way netburg. ifept. 11.1861-Ic. SOLDIERS' WAR CILAUMFA I • • D. Re P. SUSS , ATTORNBY AT LAW, WAYNESBURG, NNNNN MI Deceived from the War Department at Wash ington city. D. C., official copies of the several laws passed by Congress, and all the necessary Forms and Instructions for the prosecution and collection of PENSIONS, BOUNTY, BACK PAY, due die epaalged and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan children, widowed mothers, fathers, sisters and'broth err, which business, (upon due notice] will be attend• edto promptly and accoratelyif entrusted to his care. Office in the old Batik Building.—.kpril 8, 1863. • 0. W. O. INTADDZILL, 6TOILNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, FFICE in the REGISTER'S OFFICE, Court Bosse, Waynesburg, Penna. Business of all kinds solicited. Has received official copies of all the llrs passed by Congress, and other necessary instruc tions for the -ea tlectinn of PENSIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY, ILlue discharged and disabled soldiers, widows, Orphan &c., which business if intrusted to his care will to promptly attended to. May 13, '63. PUYSICIANS Dr. T. W. Ross, 1 20 33:sraticainat3. as etaxzwocna.4 Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET, east, and nearly opposite We Wright house. Vito neslrg, Sept. 23, 1853. DR. A. G. CROSS WCat I.D very respectfully tender his services as a PHYSICIAN AND SHRGSON, to the people in Waynesburg and iiciaity. Ile hopes by a due appre ciation of human life aid health, and strict attention to business, to merits. ; share of public patronage,. Waynesburg, January 8, 1862. MERCHANT'S WM. A. PORTER, *Pitmenle and Retail Dealet in Foreign and Domed till), Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street. Kept. li. HMI —ly. R. CLARK, Deader in Dry Goods, Groceries, Itatdware, Queens {•ire and notions, in the Hamilton House, opposite 1.40 Court House, Main street. Sept. it, 1.861-Iy. MINOR & CO., Dealers in Foreign and Domestic. Dry Goods, Cro ettries, Queensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite thos,Grreen house. flain street. s , t. 11, 1861-Iy, SOOTAND SHOE DEALERS. J. D. COSGRAY, Soot and Shoe maker, Main street, nearly opposite the "Farmer's and Drover's Hank." Every style of Soots and Sloes constantly on hand or wade to order. Sept. 141861-Iy. GROOZRZES & VARIETIES. 'JOSEPH PATER, Peltier in Glttlaceiries and Confectioneries, Notions, PeribiniPries, Liverpool Ware, dee., Glass of all sizes, and Gm Mautdtig and Looking Glass Plates. trreash paid Or ippd,eatjag Apples. *tun. 11, 1661-Iy.' JOAN MUNNELL, Dealer in GroCeries and Confectionaries, aII Variety Gbands Generally. Wilson's ?kw Building, Main / gre e t, Bent. 11. 1861-Iy. W4TIMEB £ND JEWELRY S. M. BALLY,. Main street, opposite the Wright !Inure keeps always on hand a large and elegant assortment of Watches aqd Jewelry. Mrßepairing of Clocks, Watches anal Jewelry wfi receive prompt attention (pee. IL 16111—ty Bowies, &c, LEW-IS DAY, Deals, in %Wool and MisesHelmond Books, Station err, Ink, Magazines and Papers; Oue door east •i Porter's illeare„ Main eitreet. flet•t. 11. Mal Iv. SADDLEIS AND 4 1 / 1 13MEIS8- - SAMUEL WALLISTER, Saddle. Harlan and Trui Maker. old Bank Build- Main liankint c It, teal—fr. per. FAKERS' & DROVERS' BANK, Bisti‘rt I.4 ll 7 ll ltiirir.Aß, Castile, see. 11161-4. ioCtibutougi. What Young Men have done, Alexander the Great had defeated the celebrated Theban band at the battle of Cheronea, and gained a military reputa tion at the age or 18 ; he ascended the throne of his father, Philip,. before 20, and at 25 had reached the zenith of his inilitary glory, having already conquer ed the world. He died before the age of thirty-two. Julius Cfcsar commanded a fleet at twenty-two; was consul be fore forty; had conquered all Gaul, and twice invaded Great Britain before forty five, and died at fifiy-six, the victor of five hundred battles, and the conqueror of a thousand cities. Hannibal was commander.in-chief at 2G. Scipio Africanus was distinguished at 16, and at 21 closed his military career. Gengis Kahn raised an army of 1000 men, and defeated the rebels at 13 ; at 40 he had made himself Emperor of Mo gul. Henry the IV., of France, com manded the Huguenot army at 16; and at nineteen was King of Navarre; at 40 he had overthrown all his enemies, placed himself on the throne of France, and became the founder of a new dy nasty. . Saxe entered the army at 12 ; soon commanded a regiment of horse ; at 24 he became Marshal de Camp, and at 44 Marshal of France. Prince Ma urice commanded an army at the age of 16. WE G. RITCHIg Peter the Great was proclaimed Czar at ten years of age. Charles the Twelfth, of Sweden, ascended the throne at fifteen ; completed his first successful campaign against Denmark at eighteen ; overthrew eighty thousand Russians at Narva before nineteen, and conquered Poland and Saxony at twen ty-four. Cortez conquered Mexico at thirty-six, and Pizarro conquered Peru at thirty-five. Napoleon was Lieuten ant at seventeen, Captain at twenty, chief de battalion at twenty-four, gener al of brigade at twenty-five, and com mander-in-chief of the army of Italy at twenty-six. Dessaix entered the ar. my at fifteen, and after rapidly passing through the lower grades, became a General of division at twenty-six ; he died before thirty-two, with a reputa tion second only to that of Napoleon. The first symptoms of approaching death with some is the strong presenti ment that they are about to die. Oza uam, the mathematician, while in appa rent health, rejected pupils from the feeling that he was on the eve of resting from his labors, and he expired soon af ter of_an apoplectic stroke. Fletcher, the divine, had a dream, which shad owed out his impending dissolution, and believing it to be the merciful warning of heaven, he sent for a sculptor and ordered his tomb. "Begin your work forthwith," he said at part ing; "there is no time to lose." And unless the artist had obeyed the admo nition, death would . have proved the quicker workman of the two. Mozart wrote his requiem under the conviction that the monument he was raising to his genius, would, by the power of - as sociation, prove a universal monument to his remains. When life was fleeting very fast he called for the score, and musing over it said, "Did I not tell you truly that it was for myself that I composed this death chant t" John Hunter has solved the mystery if mys tery it might be called, in a single sen tence. "We sometimes," lie says, "feel within ourselves that we shall not live, for the living powers become weak, and the nerves communicate the intelli gence to the brain." Ms own case had often been quoted among the marvels of which he offered the rational expla nation. He intimated on leaving home that if a discussion which awaited him at a hospital took an angry turn it would prove his death. A colleague gave him the lie ; the coarse word ver ified the Prophecy, and he expired al most immediately in an adjoining room, He had long labored under a disease of the heart, and he felt the disorder had reached the point at which any sharp agitation would bring on the crisis. Who Will be the Thirteenth ? The Paris correspondent of the Chi cago Times says there is in this city at this time a very lovely, very charming young lady, who is destined by extra ordinary fate to go through the world without beim: , a married. She is a dark beauty, with magnificent eyes, a glow ing cheek, a lively expression, a grace ful figure—in fact, altogether endowed with every attraction, even to that of having in her own right $500,000, and being an only daughter, with the pros pect of inheriting millions. The lady is now about twenty-six years old, and has been engaged to be married twelve times. :Each time the unfortunate lover has died within a few weeks of the time appointed for the mutual cere mony. Yet no suspicion of dagger and bowl can be cast upon the fair ono; a dark, mysterious fatality has carried them away. Several died of typhoid fever; one was killed in a dee); One was throws from a horse ; two Were drowned ; two were killedl3y railroad . accidents, and one—hung himself—, The lady has survived all these shocks. ,Thirteen may be for her the tarter**, , fly the 4W =Op& Wha Premonitions of Death. , WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1864. Profitable Stock of Fowls. The Boston Cultivator makes the fol lowing statement : Knowing that Bitsm W. Jones, of Dover, Mass., had for several years paid considerable attention to the raising of chickens and the production of eggs for market, we requested him to furnish a statement in regard to the business. In compliance with that request he has given us certain memoranda,_ from which it appears that on the first of January last he had fifteen hens and three cocks, worth $8.50. From Jan uary Ist to November 30th (eleven months) the cost of food, consisting of Indian corn, buckwheat and boileSpo tatoes, consumed by all the fowls on the place, was $23.75, making the out lay $32.25. During this period he sold 123 7-12 dozen eggs for an aggregate amount of $27.95. lle also sold, dur ing the same time, 101 fowls of various ages, for $50.80. The stock on hand, on the 30th of November, was twenty seven hens and one cock, worth sl4. The aggregate returns are .therefore $92.75, deducting from which the value of the original stock and expenses, ' $32.25 and there remains 860.50. No account was made of all the eggs required by a family of eight persons, which may be offset against the care of attendance, this being given by Mrs. Jones. All the eggs and chicken, were taken by the market man, who sold them in Boston, and the sums named were returned to Mrs. Jones.. The highest price obtained for eggs was 30 cents per dozen, and the lowest 18 cts., the average being a fraction less than 24 cents. More than half of the chickens were hatched before March 13th, and the sales commenced on the Gth of May when six chickens sold for $4.30. Of the eggs set, 70 per cent. hatched, and of the chickens brought out, 90 per cent. were saved. Mr. Jones states that liis fowls are a cross between the Dorking and "old fashioned barn-yard fowls." They have heavy bodies e► ith short, yellow legs.— They are kept most of the time in their house and yard, which is warm in win ter and cool in summer. The English Language. After the Norman Conquest, about the year 1066 the whole kingdom of England was divided between the Nor mans, who were the lords and gentry, and the Saxons, who, with a few excep tions, became the cultivators of the soil. These two races did not even enjoy the ordinary means of communication to gather, for the Normans spoke French, as well as the king and courtiers, the courts of law used the same language, and the common people alone used or understood the Saxon, which they em ployed in their own affairs. This sep aration of language lasted till a hundred years after the Conquest, when the English language began to be used by all the inhabitants of the kingdom.— The gentlemen were acquainted with the French also ; but every Englishman spoke the mixed language which had been gradually formed between the Nor man French and Anglo-Saxon. This is the language which has finally super seded the use of all others in England— the language of Newton and Bacon, the language of Milton and Shakspeare, in which wisdom and genius have achiev ed so much to instruct and delight man kind. A New Difficulty. Nickel cents at the Mint are growing very scarce. When the government first commenced the use of nickel as a material for coin, it made a profit on the coinage. The old fashioned copper cent.was too cumbrous, and the nickel penny was an agreeable change. Since the government adopted the use of nickel, the article has risen largely in value. All metals have lien in price. Nickel is found in Germany, but the supply to the Mint is mainly derived from Litchfield, Connecticut. The prospect is, that after a while the gov ernment will find difficulty in procuring for its requirements, and some substi tute will be rendered necessary. Mean while, the demand for cents, at tlie . United States Mint, is most pressing, and not half of it can be satisfied. The fear is, that the government will not be able to obtain nickle at such a rate that it can furnish a hundred cents for a dol lar, as it now does. A Revolutionary Relio. John P. Putnam, a grandson of Gen. Putnam, has presented for exhibition at to Albany Army Relief Bazaar the pistols in which was burned the first powder of the Revolittion. It will be remembered that Major • Pitcairn rode toward the crowd drawn up in hostile array at Lexington, shouting. Dis perse, ye rebels." and fired his pistol in their midst. His horse was shot under him, but he managed to escape. The pistols were found in the saddle, and became the property of General Put nam; and were worn by him during the Revolution. Sunday Always. By dibbrent nations every day in the week is set apart for publie worship : Sunday by the Christians; Monday by the Crreekst Tuesday by the Persians ; Wade ay by the Assyrians; Thurs day by thsr Itcrirtians; Friday by. the' Turks ; Satitrdely by the Jews, Add be tkistherdiartad Teralatia*.andit is apparent that saw eta- : 041407 Mineral Riches of Arizona. All accounts concur in locating im mense mineral wealth in Arizona. The thieving, murdering Apache Indians as yet prevent settlements and working of the mines, though there is now every indication that the Californians mean soon to spy out and possess the land.— The attention of the enterprise of that State has recently been turned South, and exploring and mining companies will ere long do for New Mexico and Arizona what they have already done for Nevada. The N. Y. Times publishes a a letter from J. R. Browne, dated Tusean, Ari zona, Jan. 18th, giving a detailed ac count of the attack by a party of Apaches upon Col. Butterworth and party, and the murder of Messrs. Stephens and Mills. The escape of Col. 13., who nearly perished from hunger and ex haustion, was almost a miracle. Mr. Browne gives a glowing account of the mineral productions. lie has been pretty extensively over California and :\STashoe, but has been nothing to compare with Arizona. Ire states that the average yield of the silver mines of Tuhac, imperfectly as they have been worked, far excel Washoe. The solid masses of precious metals exceed those of any similar working. A territorial government is about being organized, and Mr. Browne says it would pay the government to send thousand troops there for the permanent protection of the mines. Adventurers are coming in from California in all directions. "Time is Money." If you visit the mint of the United States, in Philadelphia, you will find that in the gold room, there is a rack covering the floor for to walk upon ; and if you enquire the reason for it, you will be told that it is to prevent yon from carrying off upon your feet the minute particles of gold which would otherwise cleave to them. As it is, the precious dust sifts through the openings of the rack to the floor beneath, and in such quantities that thousands- of dol lars are annually thus saved. "Time is money ;" amthe is the prudent person who prizes and husbands its smallest fragments. It was by this course that Elihu Burritt, "the learned blacksmith," made himself master of fifty languages. Exploration of a Wonderful Cave. The St. Louis Republican gives an interesting report of a recent exploration of a wonderful and beautiful cavern, called Fisher's Cave, on the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad. We are assured by the author of the report, that the cave is more marvellous than the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, be ing richer in the fantastic incrustations that decorate its walls and ceiling, and more thickly studded with grotesque stalactites, stalagmites, and similar for mations. This remarkable cavern will yet become a favorite summer resort for our citizens. Gold in Missouri. The Missouri Reptfblican reports that gold bearing ores are now found in Madison county, Missouri. An assayer and analytical chemist in St. Louis has proved some surface ores, and reports : Conglomerate ore : 1,120 grains of gold to the ton—equal to $67,20 per ton. Quartz conglomerate : 500 grains to the ton—equal to $33,60 per ton.— These were from surface ores entirerly, says the Republican, and confirm ex periments several times made dining late years and which indicate a yield ranging from $22 to $ll2 per ton. It is estimated that the cost of working the ores for gold will not exceed five dollars per ton, and a company is to be formed for that purpose. - - - The Rebel Prisoners at Rook Island, Illinois. There were 97 deaths among the prisoners at Rock Island, week before last, of which 62 were from small-pox. So far there have been, in all, 736 deaths among these prisoners, of Which 306 were from small-pox. There is a strong corps of surgeons in attendance, who are doing all in their power to im prove the sanitary condition of the post, but sickness, nevertheless, continues to prevail fearfully. There are now 800 of the prisoners under treatment for various diseases. The Antietam Battle Field. The Baltimore American says: In the Maryland Senate yesterday, the Committee of the Antietam battle-field reportefi in favor of the purchase of twenty acres of the battle-field, and jointly with the State of New York, which agrees to bear half the expense, to re-inter therein the remains of sol diers of the Union who fell in the bat, tle. They also propose the purchase of three acres upon South Mountain, npon which to erect a monument to Geu. Reno. A Medicine. Abernethy's prescription to a wealthy pa tient was: "Let your servant bring you three or four pails of water, and put it in a washtub ; take off your clothes, get into it, and from head to foot rub yourself well with it, and you'll recover." "This advice of yours seems very ran& like telling me to wash myself," said the pa tient. "Widi," said AbernethY. "it is open to objection." About Money Matters. To the wife, and yet more to the wife's mother, of a man of business, one who speaks feelingly, suggests this most valuable rule : Beware of starring the the funds or drain ing the capital whigh serves as the very tools of your husband's trade, and is the very life-blood of his business. Many a lady, had she begun in apartments, might have soon luxuriated in her own draw ieg room ; but by expecting to begin with a complete establishment has crip pled and crushed her husband to the ground. Many a man of business is ruined by this error ; and whose fault . is it ? Why, nine times out of ten, the fault of the wife's relatives. The wife herself, were the case fairly put to her, would many a time say, "I join my lot to his. Let us begin in a quiet way. The greater the struggle the more pleased shall I be to support and to comfort him. We. will strive together, and I will tell my friends we only sink to rise. lam taking a course by which I shall with far more certainty be eventually estab lished as elegantly as my friends would wish." Instead of which the family expectations are too apt to betray the husband into a scale of exp9nditure which drains the strength of his busi ness, and cuts the very sinews of every enterprise, till a feeble trade, or per haps actual insolvency, is the result. Don't aspire to begin where older persons were contented to leave off.— This is the reason so many ladies re main unmarried. Young men feel they are expected to begin with all the ele gancies which middle life only can a eal ize. Time was when ladies - would marry to help their husbands ; they now only marry to weigh them down. Half the mad speculations with married men arise from this. They say, "We must reduce ; business is bad, and we must live on less." So they speculate to make more; ruin comes and no one suspects that the failing. man has been goaded on by the grand expectations of his wife's relatives. More than half the squabbles and the misery of married life proceed from money matters. There is one constant tussle between "we want" on the part of the wife, and "I can't afford" on be half of the husband. And do we lay the blame upon the la dies'? Only thus far, they ought to ar range for a certain allowance for certain things, and keep within it ; fbr let a man liveto the age of Mathuselah, and while his family expdediture is not lim ited, he will always find it more than he could have calculated. And the only way to keep within your income is to pay ready money, remembering the shrewd observation of Archdeacon Pa ley : "I always require my wife and daughters to pay ready money. I know they only buy what they think they want ; but ready mesiey checks the im agination." Having a Purpose. Youngster, schoolboy, clerk, or apprentice —a word or two in your oar. If you desire . success in any matter pertaining to this life or the coming, yon must have a purpose—a determination, that, God helping you, you will achieve success. You may be poor, friendless, unknown,—your clothing scant., your stomach half-filled—your place may be at the foot of the ladder; no matter. What ever your position may be, do your duty in it, stoutly slid perseveringly, with your eyes fixed far ahead and upward. Keeping the purpose before you that you will rise, be obedient to your employer, at tentive to your besiness, obliging to your shopmates, and courteous to strangers ; and seize every opportunity to improve your heart, your mind, and your work= nsh";). Do everything well—no slighting, no h:diag defects, aiming always at perfection. Watch those who are skillful, and strive to equal and excel them. Secure the friendship of all by deserving it. Allow no opportunity of ren dering a service to pass without improving it, even if it cost you some labor and self denial. Be of use to others, even if in a small way; for a time may come when they may be of service to you. A selfish man may get ahead faster than you ; but selfish ness is contemptible—and you need not en vy his success : when yon achieve your ob ject nobly, you will enjoy it, and be respect ed. Always bear in mind that character is cap ital. To gain this you must be so scrupu lously honest, that you wonld be as willing to put live coals . in your pocket as a penny that is not yours. Never run in debt : do without what you cannot at once pay for, even though you should suffer somewhat.— No matter what the amount of your earnings may be, save a portion every week, and in vest it in a saving bank of good standing : it will stand you in a good stead some day. Better temporary abstinence and constant plenty afterward, than unearned present comfort and future perpetual want. Never lie openly or covetly, by word or action. A liar may deceive his fellows--God and him self never. Conscious of falsity, a liar can have no self-respect; without self-respect, reputation cannot be achieved. With a noble purposdsta the end of all your actions, and with action becoming your purpose, your success is wierely-a iluestion of tinie,- 7 -alwa N ys provided xou, have Aisne 4 brain and chawicat eikaiuiconseWw-4 1 57 0 0- graphical Advertiser; The Pulpit Window. Rev. Zalelial Adams at one time exchang ed with a neighboring minister---a mild, in offensive man—who, knowing the peculiar : bluntness of hischaracter, said to him, "you will find some panes of glass broken in the pulpit window, and possibly- you may suffer from the cold. The cushion, too, is in a bad condition, but I beg of you not to say anything to my people on the subject ; they are poor, &c." "Oh no ! oh no !" says Mr. Adams. But ere he left home, he filled a bag with rags and took it with him. When he had been In the pulpit a short time, feel ing somewhat incommoded by the too free circulation of the air, he deliberately took from the bag a handful of rags, and stuffed them into the windows. Toward the close of his discourse, which wag more or less up on the duties of a people toward their cler gvman, he became very animated, and pur posely brought down both fists upon the pulpit cushions, with a tremendous force— the feathers flew in all directions, and the cushion was pretty much used up. He in stantly checked the current of his thoughts, and simply exclaiming—" Why, how these feathers fly!' —proceeded. ine had kept his promise of not addressing the society on the subject, but had taught them a lesson not to be misunderstood. On the next Sabbath, the window and cushion were found in ex cellent repair. --[Hartford Religious Her ald. How was This. I used to visit a young man, about eighteen years of age, the only son of a pious mother, and she was a widow.— He was dying of consumption ; but airing the whole Circe months of his lingering and exhausting illness, I never heard a murmur from his lips. Ilis good mother, who not long after fol lowed him to the world of spirits, had the same sweetness and serenity of temper. When he had become a christian I do not know ; but his faith matured rapidly during his illness. He had a pleasant room into NV hich the spring sun shone brightly all the morning, and he loved to have it so, for it seemed to cheer both body and soul. He was particularly fond of flowers, and his friends nearly every day brought him a fresh bunch. And there he would sit, in an old arm chair, ' amid sunshine and flowers, talking peacefully and joyfully about death and the heavenly world. One day I said to hiui," How happy you seem here! what makes you so cheerful even in prospect of death V' 'Oh, replied hef "it seems to me only like going out o tasked himself to commit, the contents, all the names and dates from Adam and the year one down to Nimrod,, Ptolemy Soter, Ileliogabulus, and the rest. Our verbal memory soonest fails us unless we attend to it and keep it fresh and in order. A child will commit and recite verbatim easier than an adult, and girls than boys. To keep the ver bal memory fresh, it is capital exercise to study and recite uew languages, or commit and treasure up choice passa ges, making them a par; of our mental wealth. Anecdote. When John Brown, D. D., first settled in Haddington the people of his parish gave him a warm and enthusiastic reception ; only one of the members of that large church and congregation stood oat in opposition to him. The Rev. Doctor tried all the means in his power to convert the solitary dissenter to the unity of feeling which pervaded the whole, body, but all his effort-.: to obtain an interview proved abortive. As Providence directed, however, they happened one day to meet in the street, when the doctor held out Ida hand, saying "My brother, I undeNtand you are opposed to my settling in Iladdingtou." "Yes sir," replied the parishioner. "Well, and if * be a fair question, on what grounds do you object to me?" "Because, sir," replied the parishioner, "I don't think you are qualified to fill so emi nent a post." "That is just my opinion," replied the Dector, "but what sir, is the use of you and I setting up our opinions in opposition to a whole parish 2" The brother smiled, and their friendship was sealed forever. How very true and for cible God's word, "A soft answer turneth away wrath."—[Western Watchman, To Destroy Borers In Fruit Trees. Bore the tree about one inch in depth with a gimlet or small auger ; fill the hole thus made, with sulphur, and then secure it with clay or shoemaker's wax. The sulphur will penetrate the tree, or .the sap will carry it into the pores of the tree, and the borers will disappear ' and the trees will recover . from their injurious effects. I saved a thrifty ap ple tree by this method a few years since. The sulphur does not injure the tree ; the hole made for it will grow up, and the tree will thrive again. If holes made by the borers fire accessible, fill them with sulphur, and the borers will not Again trouble the tree. If the trees are large, more sulphur kill be required, and perhaps an inch auger would not be too large. Let the sulphur be put into the tree in a half a dozen placee. It * will not injure the tre4; acid ie a certain remedy against the Boyer. NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, NO What is a year? 'Tis but a wave On life's dark rolling stream, Which is SO quickly gone that we Account it but a dream. 'Tis but a single earnest throb Of Time's old iron heart, Which tireless is, and strong as whin It first. with life did start. What is a year? 'Tis but a turn Of Time's old brazen wheel, Or but a page upon the book Which death must shortly seal. 'Tis but a step upon the road Which we must travel o'er; A few more steps, and we shall walk -Life's weary rounds nb more. prim Selection of Fruit Trees. Let the person wishing to purchase fruit trees first settle it in his own mind that lie must pay a fair- marketable val ue for them. Badly grown moss-Ov-• ed trees, or trees with broken, dried up roots may be bought at a low price, but in the end they will be found a very dear bargain. A late number of the Country Gentleman contains some use ful suggestions on this subject: It is not the largest or finest looking trees that are the best. In fact, the eagerness to procure big trees at the ex pense of a full proportion of roots, which it is impracticable to take up with such trees, often results not only in the loss of the trees themselves by death, but it frequently requires years for them to recover and regain their thrifty state.- Neither is it necessary that the tree be as straight as a candle, for a few years' growth fills up the crooks in a trunk, and makes it as straight, or nearly so, m any other. The three great points are : To have healthy trees—to take them up with as perfect roots as possi; bl e—and to keep these moist and un injured till they are set out again.— These three requisites cannot be easily secured by taking large trees, while those of moderate or rather small sise will readily furnish them all. - Small trees are easily dug without mutilating the roots ; they are packed for trans portation safely and with facility; the labor of digging and packing and the cost of transportation are much less than with large trees ; mid they commence growing immediately, with little check in their vigor ; and, if well cultivated, make the largest as well as the best trees at the end of five years. The late Dr. Kennicott, who was a success ful nurseryman as well as orchardist, said, that of the trees which he sold to his customers, the full-sized symmet rical ones never grew so well as the smaller ones, possessing less beauty of form. The reason was a curious one-- lie could never succeed in persuading the owners to shorten-in the heads Of the handsome treee, while he could iu, duce them to prune or put back Jiro others according to any directions e might give. To sum up—procure small, healthy, well-dug well packed trees of the best proved sorts only from reliable nursery men ; let them be well set out and well cultivated for successive years, and they will afford a profitable as well as satisfactory result. We observe that some of the West newspapers appeal to- their agrieultmid readers to put in large crops the com 7 hip- Spring. This }s gopd advice.-- The producer and consumer have every reason to agree in this. A St. Valli editor, exulting in the prosperity en joyed by the farmers of Minnesota, says: "This calamitous war, either as the real or assumed cause,. has swelled the prices of the commonest products till' they almost rival in value the fitbalonta-. Golden fruits of Hesperides. When wheat commands a ready, firm price, of from 90 cents to $1 per bushel, 04 80 cents, corn $1.15 to $1.20, potatoes 80 to 90 cents, and when onions "ars considered cheap at $2.50 to $3 a hash el, certainly even the mast avaricious cannot complain that farming in nesota don't pay." The same general facts hold true. throughout the West, and should Eu rope be engulfed in war before another twelvemonth, which is more than polik.. ble, adding to the demand already ex isting, the American fanner is likely to be rewarded for his industry as never . before. The support oflarge armies at home, the operation of the oonSerip don laws upon the labor market, the troubles which agitate the Old • World, all go to help the agricultural classes in the United States. Therefore, *int every acre of arable land that .11a. popo k „ ble. Wheat and corn are &jetty need, ed for export, but all the small %multi such as are produced plentifully in the Eastern and Middle States, to say nothing of potatoes and other vegetables, will find a ready market. —Eva/weber:. Color C%Rts.—Taire one pint of corn meal, one quart of stow milk, fair legs, beaten, two tableepoonsinl of foe, as soda enough to sweeten the Dar e ayi all well togatixer, slid bake have any corn with egg's, fight tilip eg o nmeit be will beaten. WHAT IS A YEAR!? Plant Large Crops. M RI