ei)e . Is published' in the Ittocough of Allentown, !..ehigh•C'ounty, Pa., every Wednesday, by sifILIES & MUMMER, At Si 50 per annum, payable in advance, and :$2,00,if not paid until the end of the yea T— . paper discontinued until all arrearages are ' B:7OFFICE in Hamilton street, two doors ivest of timGerman Reformed Church, directly oppo site Moser's Drug Store. 0: `Letters on business must be POST PAID, otherwise they will not be attended to. JOB PRINTING. Having recently added a large assortment of fashionable and most modern styles of type, we Are prepared to execute, at short notice, all kinds of Book, Job, and Fancy Printing. itsottit at. APRIL UT MART A. CRAFT 't right April is here ; the pleasant April ; And its hours glide gently by, Like the waves that pass O'er the meadow grass, When the south winds gently sigh ! . Or the clouds that ride In their bannered pride, So gently through the sky. bright April is here ; the pleasant April! Born of the vernal showers; And its sunshine gleams O'er our " Milton" streams, And rests on the golden flowers ; And smiles through the shade, By the dark woods made, In the depth of their woodland bowers. Bright April is here ! the pleasant April ! With her hues so soft and fair! And her robes of light O'er the earth so bright, Are scattered everywhere ; And the soft winds die With a plaintive sigh, Like the tones of a whispered prayer.. Bright April is here ; the pleasant April ! From the isles of the far south-west ; The bird of the spring On her tireless wing; Has sped to her olden nest ; • • And her sweet song floats With its music notes, Like a balm to the weary breast. Bright April is here ; the pleasant April ! Wherever our footsteps rove ; Her bounteous . hand O'er all the land, • Has spread the things we love ; Like the glimpse so bright, To our mortal sight, Of the " better land above." tbi tin r.,:;,'SV.NTIMINTS OF Pancruan.—At the print er:4' festival recently held at Manchester, N. the following sentiments were offered : Womnx=The fairest work of nature, the edition being large, let no man be without a copy. llAutus —Miniature editions, issued periodi cally, and displayed in SHALL CAPS. Tttu Panictrai. Powsus—Printing Presses, _Pulpits and Petticoats. I[lll T e have a friend, a six-footer, who was •promenading on a public occasion, with a mag nificent woman. "We arc the observed of all • ohseivers," said the gentleman. "Yes," re plied the lady, " we are two brilliant stars."— " Put the stars together," responded the gen tleman, " and what a brilliant sux they would make.l! 1E The following paragraph we clip from the regular report of the Connecticut Legislature . —" Bill to tax geese, cats and bachelors. Mr. Harrison was oppoSed to the bill taxing bache lors. There was a tax already laid upon a goose, and any marl who had lived twenty-five years without getting married could be taken under that section. (13If a lady were lame in the arm and in the left leg, if sho were blind in one eye and could not see with tho other, if she had no teeth and her ems were worn off, if she : were club footed, and had a cancer on her nose,„and if she had• a spit-fire temper, three nice fug ins and seventy thousand. dollars, how many suitors would ahe . have ? [llYhat a monotonous life does the fol lowing epitaph; fioln an English tombstone, evince c-- : . :; • ' "Departed this life, my obedient wife,. With whom I lived without, quarrel or strife ; Thirty long.years in marriage she spent, Without calling on me for a single cent." ll:7•The Boston Post says : Of all the terrible pictures, That hang upon memory's wall, That of a darned old valentine Is 'the darnest of them all. o' 4 ' If I'm nottome from the party to-night at ten o'clock," said a husband to his better half, "don't wait for me." " That I won't," said the lady, significantly,---" I won't wait, but I'll come for you." He returind a ten precisely. (They have got to growing chickens so large in Massachusetts, that farmers have to sell them by the quarter, like pork. These aro chickens to crow over. 117V° man knows what torpid snakes may lie coiled in some secret corner of his heart, waiting for a summer of fostering circurastan .. 117'" Muss ono, I lova thee•still," as the old bachelor said to his dickey, and the old maid ,to her wig. pedagogo .• threatened to punish a .pupil who had called him a fool behind his back. . 117• Men. often 'blush to bear what they were .pet &Owned tenet. :* Ernie stepping-stone' to *Anne is . not to be fOund in a jeweller's shop. . , . • . . • . _ . . . . a , .. • .. ,- . , ',. : fl ‘,.., k , , ~' A A .. 4 1 ' 1 , e' 43 '6 . ~.'8 ,••••?si•-•P''fl,f. :tl:5 ~ v• L ., , •, - ? .. 5.1.• sle . N: - ..• . • A V , , - T. ' - • .L I. •,li ~ . 5.- . 0 , :,.. , t A '7 ....'" !Zll : .- i' "; C4l,_;` •1 0 "t 7 ' ' y o § v : . •,... t , 1 t ii ,-. 4 ..e . ?.... : . *l / 4 4 ''' 4' l' . 4: .. X' . ~ i , *ft f; l "- ;,I' - i.. :.e- t15tt.,...-li . „ tt tu 4 a ?... t r , '1:41 - • Iv 0 4•5, - leuat6 Inral -(3mtrat 515,085, ggrirtiltur?; eburation, 311orafifq, imuannt, Taaritttli, fir., iSz't VOLUME IX. 3iscrilanintio. A CIIEIFTAIN LOVER. At that time, when the Crescent, overthrown under the walls of Vienna, began to grow pale in Hungary; the chief of the Erlau guerillas was Leikem, a young and fiery patriot. He con stantly harassed the garrisons of Erlau, Ma yan, Szolnok, and other places, by capturing their convoys and defeating their troops. On one occasion he accomplishcu a very successful expedition by unexpectedly falling upon a treasure convoy in Cyongyos, on its way from .E.lau to Buda, and cutting down the whole es tort. While his men were engaged in a combat with the Turks in the streets of the town, Leikem heard a ey for help from a neighboring houe. He leaped off his horse, rushed in, and found a Turkish soldier ill-treating an Hunga rian girl.' 'With a stroke of his flashing sword he split the infidel's head, and liberated her from his grasp. Exhausted and subdued by terror, the girl lay senseless on the ground.— Leikem, with the aid of some women, soon re stored her to consciousness. The girl was tl:e very type of Bugariaii beauty, with black eyes and hair, the charming expression of her face heightened by a gleam of gratitude towards her delivererd. To the young man she seemed the fairest of all the maidens he had ever beheld.— The girl, too, on recovering thought the chi( f just what she in her lively fancy had imagined a true Magyar hero to be—tall, stately, with spal-hling eyes, the terror of the enemy and the friend and willing protector of the helpless and unhappy. In our country love soon takes root, end in creases with a rapid and marvellous growth.--L The young man remained but a short time with the maiden ; still it sufficed to fill their hearts with a sentiment not easily to be elliteed.— Leikett left the girl, whose name- was Irma, with a promise of soon returning, but that promise was more easily made than fulfilled : for scarcely had the news of the loss of the costly convoy reached Erlan, than the infuria ted Pasha sent a strong garrison to Gyongyns, and ordered a hot pursuit after the bold guerilla chief; so that Leikem, fur a time, was an un willing prisoner in his inaccessible' lurking place in the Matra. As a punishment for the loss of the money, a contribution was levied on the town of Gy ongyos ; and, at the same time, to insult the inhabitants in their most sacred feelings, the Pasha commanded the delivery of twelve of the most beautiful daughters for the harem of the Pasha of Buda. The consternation and the wrath of the poor tpwnspcople at this two-fold outrage knew no bonds ; but, conscious of their weakness, they submitted to the sentence, and as neither entreaties nor promises could soften the inflexible Turkish commander, presented their girls for selection to the officer sent for that purpose from Erlau. Arming the number chosen was the unhappy Irma. ..Leikem speedily received this dreadful intel ligence. His instant determination was to pre- Vent the maidens from being carried off ; but, for the moment, he was quite at a loss to devise a plan likely., to prove successful against the numerous garrison of GYougyos. In the midst of this dilemma lie was interrupted by the arrival of a messenger froni his uncle, the prior of a monastery of Carmelites in. this neighbor hood, summoning the, chief to an immediate conference, which Leikem diditot delay'attend ing. to, knewing his uncle"; Who :had already often assisted himWititzood advice during his expeditions, to be a wise amid patriotic man. He found the prior in.great excitement as to the fate of the unfortunate town. The monk conjured Leikem, by his Christian faith and his love for his country, now to show what enthu siasm the Hungarian wris capable of in the de fence of his rights and his. countrymen. Ile then proposed to him to.go to the town dressed as a monk, and there to agree upon .a scheme with the inhabitants. The first part of this propoSal was easily effected, ns a few hours previously, Dulo, the father of Irma had sent to the monastery for a priest to pray for his daughter, who was then dangerously Leikem was for a moment unmanned- by this sad information, but by a violent effort lie choked hislelings, and declared his readines,s to comply A'ith the wish of his uncle. He hast ily put on a cowl and left the monastery mounted upon a mule. Ile had the good for tune to pass the Turkish outposts unremarked, and arrived at the dusk of the evening accom panied by Dulo's messenger, in Gyorigyos. With tho capuchin drawn over his head . Leikem entered Irma's room. She was much changed during the few weeks that had elapsed since he saw her, and was so exhausted that the pretended •monk had to bend over her to catch her whispered words. He could not long carry on his disguise, and was forced to ex ; - claim, with all the fervor of his noble heart. " I:am not a' monk, Irma, but thy warrior; and am come to cure and to save thee ; for as a 51:i1luiturab.tinix1---lu.a.2m.alaiil• IP.t11.11.11144.) ALLENTOWN, P long as T. live thou shaft not fall into the power of the infidels." At the sound of that voice, the tone of which she had never forgotten, the girl thought she dreamt ; but again looking into his truthful. manly face, she saw that all was a happy re ality, and she seemed to live anew. The guerilla chief liliewise disclosed his secret and his intention to her father, who. cheered by his presence, instantly stole away to 'fliers of his tried and brave neighbors, in viting them to meet at his house. The men came. As it was supposed that the escort, with the tribute of the town. on proceeding to Buda, would halt for the night at the fortress of Hatvan, half wny between Gyongyos and Buda, at the proposal of Leikem a darling plan was projected and resolved upon. Two days later an order came to give up the tribute of money and women. The mayor . by presehts obtained the permission of the corn• wander that the maide,l!s * should ha allowed to remain veiled during, their journey, until they were introduc'ed into the presence of the Pasha' of Buda. All happened as they wished. At the moment of their departure they were taken in closed litters from their dwellings, and left Gyongyos under a strong escort, accompanied by the fervent prayerS of the inhabitant's fur their safety. As they proceeded very slowly, they did not reach Hatvan till late in the even ing. whereupon the Aga reeolvcd•not to go any further that night. While preparations were mahing for the accommodation of the unusual guests, the commander of the fortress attempt ed once or twice to pay a visit of ceremony to the maidens ; but the matron under whose care they were, nn energetic llimgat inn woman, re mained inflexible, and after a short contest rescued them from the presence of a very un welcome visitor. At milnight, when all was hush( d around, the sentinel at the door of the house where the maiden rested, had he been more vigilant, must have heard the opening of a window above his head, and seen a human form cautiously de scending. The sentinel, ly.wever, dreaming. perhaps of Mohannned's paradise, remarked. neither the slight noise, nor the figure in whom the chief was easily recognized, which by de grees glided down the high wall, till it stood like a menacing shadow behind him. Here a heavy fall was heard, followed by a dull groan ; then all becaMe quiet as before. The sentinel being nolonger in the way, eleven other forms let themselves down from the window, one and aril bearing greater resemblance to stalwart warriors than to gentle - maidens. Leikern hastily gave his commands in a suppressed voice ; and after leaving two men at the door of the dwelling, they vanished into the dark and deserted street which led to the cast gate.— There they surprised the small guard and with equal ability, and cut the men down be fore they could even think of resistance. But in spite of their quick and cautious proceedings, they were detected by a Turlkh sentinel who fired his gun, which - aroused the ()thug at their posts en the walls, and the alarm e.r,nn aeon re-echoed from every qUarter of 119 place. No time was now to be lost. The gate was forced open with all speed, and the drawhridgC let down. Leikem gave a shrill whistle, and on its being repeated at a distance from the for tress, in a short time a band of 150 brave men rushed in through the open gate. Leikem placing himself at their head, led them - io.a de cisive attack on the barracks, where the Turks already began to rally in overwhelming num bers.' The battle ensued in the market-place, where the dwelling of the commander and the barracks stood, and where [the mass of the garrison• :Was arrayed. Leikem's irresistible charge ; , and the death of the Pasha, who fell at the beginning of the engagement, soon discour aged the Turks ; darkness and confusion did the •rest ; and after a short and sanguinary massacre they surrendered to the mercy of the victorious Hungarians. The garrison still num bered six hundred men, who were greatly sur prised to find that they were conquered by so small a band. You will have already guessed that, instead of the supposed maidens, Leikem and eleven of his men, disguised in female at tire, formed the party so carefully escorted to the fortress, which enabled them to accomplish their bnzardous undertaking. At the news of the fall of Hatvan the greater part of the inhabitants of Gyongyos fled to that stronghold, to seek shelter against the yen. gennce of the Turks, and they were determined, in case of a serious attack, to dio under the ruins of its walls. Among the arrivals were Irma and her father. Leiitem, nor' commander of a fortress, the fruit of his bold enterprise, celebrated his marriage with his beloved Irma, who was accompanied to the altar by her eleven beautiful companions so gallantly rescued by the bridegroom. WASIILICGTON CAE.E.—One Cu p olbutte<three of sugar, four of flour, five eggs, the yolks and whites to bo beaten separately, one cup of sweet milk, ore teaspoonful of soda, and tw. o cream tartar. ~ APRIL 4, 1865. Advice to Consumptives. In some good advice to consumptives, Dr. Ilall says : " Eat all you can digest, and exercise a great deal in the open air, to convert what you eat into pure, healthful blood. Do not be afraid of out door air, day or night. Do not be ftfra:d sudden changes of weather; lei, uo 'change, hot or cold, keep you hi doors. If it is rainy weather, the more need for your going out, be cause you cat as much upon a rainy day as upon a clear day, and if you exercise less, that much more remains in the system of what ought to be thrown off by exercise, and some ill result, some consequent symptom of ill feeling is the certain case. Hit is cold out of doors, do not indite yourselves, month and nose in furs, veils, w o'en comforters and the like ; nature has sup plied you with the best inhaling regulator, that is two lips: shut them before you step out of a warm - room into the cold air, and keen them shut until you have walked briskly a few rods and quickened the circulation a little : walk fast enough to keep off a feeling of chilliness, and taking cold will be impossible. What are the facts of the case ; look at railroad conduc tors, going out of the hot air into the piercing cold of winter, and in again every five and ten minutes, and yet they do not take cold °llener than others. You will scarcely find a consump tive man in a thousand of them. " It is wonderful how afraid consumptive people are of fresh air, the very thing that would cure them ; the only obstacle , to a cure beinlthat they do not get enongh of it ; and yet what infinite pains they take to avoid breathing it, especially if it is cold ; when it is known that the colder the air is the purer it must be, yet if people cannot get to a het cli mate, they will make an aria one, and im prison themselves fur a whole winter in .0 warm room, with a temperature not varying. ten de• grcesdu six . months ;, and all such paid: die. and yet we follow in their footsteps. If I were seriously ill of consumption, I would live out of (lours day and night, ex?.ep's, it v. as raining or mid-winter, then I would sleep io On unplaster cd lo.t. louse. My consumptive friend, you want air, not phy:dc ; you want pure air, not medicated air ; you want nutrition, such as plenty of meat and bread will give, and they alone ; physi7. has no nutriment, gaspings for air cannot cure you ; monkey capers in a gym nasium cannot cure. If you \rant to get well, go in for beef' and out-door cur, and do not be &laded into the grave by newspaper advertise ments, and unfindable certifiers." 'tent Cv2twonaatliion of Mire The . consumption of human I:fe during the reign of the emperor Nicholas has been enor mous. He has carried on war with the Circas sians uninterruptedly for 2S years, at an an nual cost of '20.000 lives on the Russian side alone, making a grand total of nearly 000,000 Russians who have perished in the attempt to subdue the independence of Circassia. In the two campaigns against Persia as in the Hungarian campaign and the two Poli.sh•cam paigns of IS3I-42, there are not ,sufficient data to enable me to form a correct estimate of the Russian loss, which was however, in the Persi• an and Polish wars enormous. In the two campaigns againstlurkey of IS2S-20: r. 00.000 fell, of whom, however, 50.000 perished by the. plague. The loss of the Russians in various ways, since the entry of the Daubian Principal ities, is understood at •30,000. In thesc calcu lations it should be horn in mind that no esti: mate is attempted to be made of the sae: of human life on the side of those who fought ru their liberties against the aggresiluns of RnSsia. If this calculation were atteMpted, itjs pro bable that the result would prove that neither Julias Ceasa 4 r, nor Alexander, nor even Tamer lane, has been a greater scourge twthe human race than the present Emperor Nicholas.—n: Emperors Alexander and NicAolas IT Dr. Lee. Who :ire Your Comparzioinsl' "He that walketh with iviso men shall Le wise; but a companion of fools shall be de stroyed." It is said to be a property of the trerfrpg that it acquires the color of whatever it adhere:, to for a short-time. Thus when found on growing corn, it is commonly a very dark green. If found on white oak, it has the colca' peculiar to that tree. Just so it is with . men. Tell me whom you choose and prefer as companions. and I 'certainly can tell you who you are. Do you love the society of the vulgar. Then you aro already debased in your sentiments. Do you seek to bo with firofaue ! In your heart you are like them. Aro jesters and buflbOns your choicest friends ? lle who loves to laugh at folly is himself a fool, and probably a very stupid one, too. Do you love and seek the so. ciety of the wise and good ? Is this yoor habit? Would you rather take the lowest set among others ? Then you have already learned.to be wise and good ? You may havo not made much progress but even agotgis not to be dos is.. . • on yonr way, and seek to be a couipaniotrof all that friar God. S . o you'shall be wise for yourself and wise for eternity: NUMBER 26 Customs at Eiba. Oa the Thursdarbefore . Easter and our Good Friday, a custom, known as La Riuniono dei Battenti, is observed—by old man as a pen ance, by young ones as an act of prowess. The performers, having made an incision in their backs with a razor, don a white shirt and a jacket of di. ,7plor &longing to their wives or sweet-hearts, wearing theta so as to be open behind. They then go about the cow - try in procession, to make the round of sev churches beating their wounds with scourge which, from time to time, they dip in water them hea 4. i:ier. On their return, the womankin take possession of these garments, covered wit blood, and display them with pride at the pu lie washing places, as marks cf the superior r. bustness of their future or actual lords. Goa ern:milts have in vain endeavored to abolis: this barbarous ceremony--after every succes sive occurrence of which acme of the perform crs are punished with imprisonment. It i nencrally wound up with drinking and fighting which, of course furnish still More causes forth anger of the authorities. Brides, on the occa sic n of their marriage, repair to the ceremony bare-headed ; and in the district round about the mother of a newly married man, on. his Cr . rival at. his house for the first time with his wife, throws some rice or grain behind the back (.1 her ean,liter in law, to warn her that. after that day of joy and fcstitity she Must de vote lietsif to the more serious CfirC3 of a goal housewife. If old persons marry, or a widener and a widow, they are probably aroneed on the day of th:!ir nuptials by a noisy sc.mtiirrr7Ll, or ringing of bells and knocking of saucepans, very much resembling the old English custom of marroW-benes and cleavers. In almost all parts of the island,- ing the solemnization of the ceremony of marriage, the hitaband places one of his knees on the dress of his bride, which prevents the secret powers frcm any malignant trick. ; fur these latter, it appears, in the ab sence cf this rite, bn the pronunciation of the sacred words, " Yes conjtmoo," are opt to whisper others which have a bad effect on the future population of the island. GOOD ABViSCE. I. Patronize your own traders and mechan ics. This is doing as you would be done by : and is building up the town you live in.. 2. Pay your debts; so that others can pay ME 3. Quarrel will no man ; and then no man will quarrel with you. • 4. Do not steal your preaching ; n man was once struck blind, you know, for stealing fire from heaven. 5. Send your children coistantly•to school : and look in now and then yourself to see what they arc doing there. G. Keep all neat and clean about your dwel lings : for cleanliness, you know., is the hand maid of health and a distant cousin of weal,h. 7. Avoid scandal; for this is n pest to any convna.;.iy 8.. Be liberal in respect to• tqncirible enterprist'; for the goad book says. ":t'm liberal soul shall be made fat."' 9. Empty your liquor bottles ; for you have already " forked over" quite enough for them. 10. Visit the sick, the widow and the father less ; for this is one part of that relig!on which is " pure and undefiled." ExceNerat Adtice. Oa the subject of behaviour iii compan3 Leigh Iticlituon gives the •following c . xeellen advice to his daughters " Be cheerful, be n Be serious but not dull. Be corn inunicatiVe, but not forward Be kind, bu not servile. Beware ofsilly thoughtless spee2l - ; although you may 'forget them, others Will not. Remember that God's eye is in every place, and His car in every company. Beware of levity and familiarity with young men ; a modest reserve, without affection, it is the only safe path. Court and encourage serious con versation, and go not into intelligent company without endeavoring to improve by the inter course permitted you. Nothing is more Unbe coming, when one part of the company is en gaged in profitable and interesting conversa tion, than that another party should bo and talking comparative nonsense. How Muun Luau Sort.s NEED.—We have late ly had occasion to remark that less lime is needed in soils than many suppose. Prof. Ern mons, in his report on the Geological Survey.of North Carolina, says : ' If we may appeal to observation and exper iment, it is established that a small per centage of limo only is necessary to the highest degree of fertility; and yet this small per centage is I PIM DUST ON Pf..txrs.--An enflsh orchard. ... necessary.' If there is present one-hall of ono l i st, occupying fifty acres, says ho protects his per cent. it seems to lie sufficient for it is rare trees from.. ssi-mtfars and other insects by to find a large quantity in productive' oils 7Ong over the young fokago quick limo pul verised and siftcdthrougli .a fine sieve. fio.ppul l. (parhaps the the limo into a thin conical canister, perforated Prof. E. is a chemist . and geolqadrA periencii and was one of the first first) to ascertain :12..6 some of ti!e : most pro- at ono end, and with a long handle. The timo dilative soils for wheat in Western New York for using it is in the. dew of the morning, or contain comparative little lime.-13osion Cid. whenever the leaves are damp. Ile has found , •it very effectuaL . • tivator. . . The i ftirmtr',q Vfpuriffitnt. Sown:a Cr.ovensErn....—Sowing cloverseed in the spring upon grain, or upon land that had' been.previously seeded with timothy, is so well end( rstood region, that information upon this subject is scarcely information at all. S ill we may not be doing any harm, in giving the method of an Indiana, farmer, which will be found detailed below. The objection to. sowing in the chaff, is the uncertainty of the quantity sown—otherwise the views of our In diana friend may possess some weight:— My time fur sowing is in the 3d month, (March,) about the last freeze, or cold when the ground • is frozen ; if rain or wet weather precedes it, there will be icicles, as it were, oozed out of the ground, the seed falls be tween these, and when melted covers the seed nicely ; it saves the trouble of harrowing. which is recommended by many, andis consid ered indispensible to late sowing. I also find, by experience, that sowing in the chaff is much th chaff that enclo- i==azzo Mags are fed on it ? We believe that it does.— We ono year gave some 'such milk to a soup '.hat was with pig. It made her sick, and she cast her pigs before her time, all of which were lead. We were told that such would be the result if we fed her with it, bat were faithless. The next .year we -fed it to another under the s.me circumstances, end the result was tho same—all the pigs being dead. We found that rather costly experimenting, and we have never tried it again. Last spring, one of our neigh• bore, who had a very fine sow, fed her, with a pretty generous portion of such milk; she mediately became very sick, and came near dr. in.—Maine Farmer. PItOrITABLI: Stair' roa FAIMERf:.-00101101: Ware, of Virginia, the owner of o. flock of im proved Cotswold sheep, says: I consider the improved Cotswold, the most profitable slMep for general farming purposes, ;wool and mutton.) for while I formerly sold one mutton futmyears old for $2 50 on grass, and $4 on grain in the winter, in the same time, besides getting more money for fleece; I sell four of this breed fee $lO ; and that profit is in that proportion, allowing that each bring the same number of lambs, [eleven ewes bro't twenty eight living lanls ; five of the eleven brought sixteen lambs ; one of the five brought four ; the other four brought three lambs each,] for I never self one of them the fair after ono year old for less then $lO each, part bred at that ; butchers have offered $0 and $8 cash for tome lambs and liven refused. Tho thorougk bred are ten much in demand ; and too costly to alter. POULT:tY 2 , IANURR. - Doctor Dana says The strongest of all manure is found in tho poultry yard." It can be saved with very little trouble, and every barrel of it will manuro half an acre of land.. It is particularly valuable for gardeners, and we know of nothing which For the convenienco . of our readers, and in an• wr- to-numerous inquiries, we annex below standard weight of numerous articles of arm produce, .which in the intercourse of trade, it is of iinportanco to have well under stood both by buyers and sellers. . Wheat, GO lbs ; Corn, (shelled) 56 lbs ; Corn, (on cob) 70 lbs ; Barley, 48 lbs ; Oats, 35 lbs ; Buckwheat, 42 lbs ; Clover seed, (Red) 64 lbs Green grass, 10 . lbs ; Timothy, 42 lbs ; Blue grass, 101bs ; Hemp, 44 lbs ; Flax seed. 50 lbs ; Beans, 60 lbs ; Beans, (Castor) 45 lbs ; toes, 60 lbs.
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