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Is published' in the Ittocough of Allentown,
!..ehigh•C'ounty, Pa., every Wednesday, by
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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."
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.