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ORIGIN AND DESTINY.
Among those who aspired to the hand of
.Laura Woodvillo, was a young man named Per
whosefather, a poor day laborer, had, by
self denial through many years, succeeded in
giving him an education beyond what was usu.
alliacquired at that time by those in the lower
walks of life. When sixteen years of age, an
attorney of some eminence, who perceived in
the lad more than ordinary ability, took him
into his office, and raised him to the pi•ofession
of the law. At the time of which we write
Percival, who was twenty : five years old, had
already gained ro:ne reputation at the bar, hav
ing conducted to a successful issue several
very important cases.
Mr. Woodville, to the hand of whose daugh
ter, as has just been seen. Percival aspired.
was a merchant in rather reduced circunistan
cei, but connected with certain families more
distinguished for aristocratic pride than virtue.
This connection was the more valued in conse
quence of the loss of wealth through disasters
in trade, and the inability to keep up those
external appearances which dazzle the multi
tude and extort a homage that is grateful to
weak minds.
Laura, a beautiful and highly accomplished
girl, was a favorite in all circles, and there
were many among the wealthy and fashionable
who, for her personal attractions alone, were
ready to approach and offer the homage of sin
cere affection. Among these Was a young man
named Allison, whose family had. in the eyes
of Mr. Woodville, everything to render a mar
riage connection desirable . . But Laura never
encouraged his advances in the least : for she
felt for him a strong internal repulsion. He
was wealthy, accomplished, attractive in per
son, and connected, both on and
mother's side, with some of the oldest and so
called " best families" in the State. These,
however, were not, in her eyes, attractions suf
ficiently strong to induce her to overlook quali
ties of the heart. Already in her contact with
the world had she been made to feel its hallow
11CSI and its selfish cruelty. For something
mete than mere fashionable blandishments
had her heart begun to yearn. She felt that a
tine and virtuous friend was a treasure beyond
all price.
While this state of mind was in progress
Laura met Henry Percival. A mutual regard
was soon developed, which increased until it
became a deep and sincere affection. In the
meantime Allison, confident from his position,
became bolder in his advances, and as a pre
liminary step, gave Woodville an intimation of
his views. The old merchant heard him glad
ly, and yielded a full prosecution of his suit.—
But pieceiving what was in the mind of the
young man, Laura shrunk from him, and met
all his advances with a chilling reserve that was
not for an instant to be misunderstood. In the
meantime, likival daily gained new favor in
her eyes, and was at length emboldened to de
clare what was in his heart. With ill con
cealed pleasure Laura referred the young man
to her father. As to the issue of the reference
she had well grounded fears. .
The day that fullowed this declaration was
one of anxious suspense to Laura. She was
alone, late in the afternoon, when her tlttlir
rime into the room where she n•as sitting.—
She saw instantly what was in her mind ; there
was a cloud on his face, and sho knew that he
had repulsed her lover.
_ "Laura," said he gravely, as he sat down
by her side, "I was exceedingly surprised and
•pained to•day to receive from a young upstart
attorney, of whose family no ono has ever
heard, an offer for your hand, made, as was af
&Med, with your consent. Surely this affirm
ation was not true ?"
A deep crimson flushed the face of Laura, her
eyes fell to the floor, and she exhibited signs of
strong agitation.
"You may not bo aware," continued Mr.
Woodville,' " that Mr. Allison has also been to
me with a similar application."
" Mr. Allison !" The eyes of Laura were
raised qUickly from the floor, and her manner
exhibited ' the repugnance she felt. " I can
never look upon Mr. Allison as more than a
friend," she said calmly. •
• " Laura! Has it indeed come to this ?" said
Mr. Woodville, really disturbed. " Well you
disgrace yourself and family by a union with a
vulgar upstart from the lower ranks, when an
alliance so distinguished as this is offered ?
Who is - Percival ? Where is ho from ? What
Whim origin ?" -
" I regret rather his destiny than his origin,"
replied the daughter ; for that concerns me far
more dearly than the other. I shall have to .
tread the way my husband goes, not the way
he has come. The past is past. In the future
lies my happiness or misery."
!" Are you,beside yourself?" exclaimed• the
fathers losing his self•command before the ra-
Omni oaltnness of his wife.
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VOLUME IX.
"No father," replied Laura ; " not beside
myself. In the principles that govern Mr; Al-
lison, I have no confidence ; and it is a man's
principles that determine the path he is to tread
in life. On the other hand, I have the fullest
confidence in those of Mr. Percival, and know
where they will lead him. This is a matter in
which I cannot look back to sec from whence
the person has come ; everything depends on a
knowledge as to where he is going.
" DI) you know,"' said Mr. Woodville, not
giving the words of his child the smallest con•
sideration, " that the father of the fellow,
Percival. was a day laborer in one of Mr. Al
lison's manufacturing establishments. A mere
day-laborer ?
" I have heard as much. Was he not an
honest and honorable man ?"
. " Madness, girl !" ejaculatetdMr.
at this question, still further losing his self
control. "Do you think that Tam going to
ice my child, who has the blood of the
and R-'s, and in her veins.
mingle it with the vile blood of a common
laborer ? You have been much in error if. for
a moment. you have indulged in the idle dream.
I positively forbid all intercourse with this
Percival. Do not disobey mo, or the conse
quences to yourself will be of the saddest
kind."
As her father ceased speaking, Laura arose
'weeping, and left the room.
A deep calm succeeded to this sudden storm
that had fallen from a summer sky. But it was
indicative of a heavier and more devastating
storm. Laura communicated to Percival the
fact of her painful interview with her father,
and at. the same time gave him to understand
t:iat no change in his views was to be expected.
and that to seek to effect a change would only
be to place himself in the way of repulse and
insult. Both of these the young man had
already reccivtd. •
A few months later, and, fully avowing her
purposes, Laura left the house of her parents
and became the wife of Percival. A step like
this is never taken without suffering. Some
times it is wisely, but oftener unwisely taken ;
but never, without pain. In this case the pain
on both sides was severe. Mr. Woodville
loved his daughter tenderly, and she felt for
her father a more than common attachment.—
But ho was a proud and selfish man. The
marriage of Laura not only disappointed and
mortified, but made him angry beyond .all
reason and self-control. In the bitterness of
his feelings he vowed never to look upon nor
forgive her. It was all in vain, therefore, that
his daughter sought a reconciliation ; she met
only a stern repulse.
Years went by, and it remained the same.—
Many times during that long period did , Laura
approach the old home ; but only .to be repuls
ed. At last, she was startled and afflicted
with the sad news of her mother's death. In
the sudden anguish of her feeling she hurried
to her father's house. As she stood with
others who had gathered around, gazing upon
the lifeless form of her dead parent, she became
aware that the living one had entered the room,
ald, to all appearance, unconscious of her pre
sence, was standing by her side. A tremor
went through her frame. She felt faint and
ready to drop to the floor. in this season of
deep affliction might he not forgive the past ?
Hope sprung up within her. In the presence
of the dead he could, could not throw her off.—
She laid her hand gently on his. He turned.—
Her tearful eyes were lifted in his face. A mo
ment of thrilling suspense! Pride and anger
Conquered again. Without the sign of re
cognition, he turned away aad left the chamber
of death.
Bracing herself up with an intense struggle,.
Laura pressed her lips to the cold brow of lel;
mother, and then silently retired.
During the timo that intervened from his
marriage up to this period, Mr. Percival had
been gradually rising in tho confidence, respect
and esteem of the community, and was acquir
ing wealth through means of a large practice at
the bar. As a husband ho had proved most
kind and affectionate.. As a man he was the
very soul of honor. All who knew him held
him in the highest regard.
After. the death of his 'wife, Mr. Woodville
fell into a gloomy state of mind. His business.
which had been declining for j•ears, was be•
coming less and less profitable, and to increase
his trouble, ho found himself progressing to.
ward embarrassment if not bankruptcy. The
man whom of all others he had wished to see
the husband of his daughter, married a beauti
ful heiress, and was living in a style of great
elegance. He met the brilliant bride occasion
ally, and always with an unpleasant feeling.
•
One day while walking with a gentleman.
they passed Allison, when his companion said :
" If that man doesn't break hid wife's heart
within five years I shall think she has few of
woman's best and holiest feelings."
" Why do you say that I" asked Mr. Wood
ville, evincing much surprise.
"In the first place," 'replied the friend, "
man withbad principles is net the one to make
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a right•minded. woman happy. And, in the
second place, a man who regards neither virtue
or decency in his conduct, is the ono to make
her life wretched."
" But is Allison such a man ?" -
"He is, to my certain knowledge. I knew
him when a boy. •We were school mates. He
then gave me evidence of more than ordinary,
natural depravity ; and from the training he
has received, that depravity has been encour
aged to grow. Since he became a man I have
had many opportunities for observing him
closely, and I spt'ak deliberately when I say
that I hold him in exceedingly low estimation.
I am personally cognizant of acts that stamp
him as possessing neither honor nor, as I said
before, decency, and a very long time will not
probably elapse. before he will betray all this
to the wold. Men like him, indulge in evil pas
sions and selfish desires, until they lose even
common prudence."
" You astonish me," said Mr. Woodville,
" I cannot credit your words. He belongs to
one of the best families."
" So called. but judged by a true standard,
I should say one of our worst families."
" Why do you say that 9" asked Mr. Wood
ville, evincing still more surprise.
" The virtues of an individual," replied the
gentleman, " make his standard of worth:—
The same is true of families. Decayed wood,
covered with shining gold, is not so valuable as
sound and polished oak. Nor is a family,
raised by wealth, or any external gilding, into
a high social position, if not possessed of virtue
half so worthy of confidence and esteem as one
of less pretension but endowed with honorable
principles. The father of Mr. Allison, it is
well known, was a • gentleman only in a Ches
terfieldian sense. A More hollow-hearted man
never existed. And the son is like the father,
only more depraved.
Mr. Woodville was profoundly astonished.—
All this he might have known from personal
obserVation, had not his eyes been so dazzled
with the external brilliancy of the period con
demned, as to disqualify them fur looking deep
er, and perceiving the real character of what
was beneath the brilliant gilding. Ile was as•
tonished, though not entirely convinced. Tt
did not seem possible that any one in the eleva
ted position of Mr. Allison could be so base as
was affirmed.
A few months later and Mr. Woodville was
surprised at the announcement that the wife of
Mr. Allison had separated herself from him,
and returned to her father's house. Various
causes were assigned for this act, the most
prominent of which was infidelity. Soon after
an application for divorce 'was laid before the
Legislature, with such proofs of ill-treatment
and shocking depravity of conduct, as procured
an instant release from the marriage contract.
13P this time the proud, angry father, was be
ginning to see that he had probably committed
an error. An emotion of . thankfullness that
his child was not the wife of Allison arose spon
taneously in his breast : but he did not permit
it to conic into his deliberate thoughts, nor
take the form of an uttered sentiment. Steadi
ly the change in his outward circumstances
progressed.
He was growing old, and losing the ability to
do business on an equality with the younger
and more eager merchants around him; ; who
were gradually drawing off his oldest and best
customers. Disappointed, lonely,.anxious, and
depressed in spirits, the conviction that he had
committed a great mistake was daily forcing
itself more and more upon the mind of Mr.
Woodville. When evening came, and he re
turned to his silent, his almost deserted dwell
ing, his loneliness, would deepen into sadness ;
and then like an unbidden but not entirely un
welcome guest, the image of Laura would come
before his imagination, and her low and tender
voice would sound in his cars. But pride and
resentment were still in his heart and after
gazing on the pensive, loving thee of his child
for a time, he would seek to expel the vision.—
She had degraded herself in marriage. Who
or what was her husband ? A low vulgar fel
low, raised a little above the common heid ?
Such and only such did he esteem him ; and,
whenever he thought of him, his resentment
toward Laura came back in full force.
Thus it went on, until twelve years from the
time of Laura's marriage had passed away, and
in that long period the father had seen her face
but once, and then it was in the presence of
the dead. Frequently, in the first year of that
time had she sought a reconciliation ; but re
pulsed on each occasion,uhe had ceased to make
approaches. As to her husband, so entirely
did. Mr. Woodville reject him, that ho cast out
of his mind his very likeness, and not meeting
him, ceased actually to remernber his features,
so that if ho had encountered him in tho street
he would not have known him. Ho could, and
had said, therefore, when asked about Perci
val, that ho " didn't know him." Of his rising
reputation and social standing ho knew but
little ; for his very name being an offence,. he
rejeoted it on the first utterance, and pushed
aside rather than looked at any information re
garding him.
At last the external affairs of Mr. Woodville
became desperate. Ilis business actually died
out, so tbat the expense of conducting it being
mord than the proceeds, he closed up his mer
cantile history, and retired on a meagre pro
perty, scarcely sufficient to meet his wants.—
But scarcely had this change taken place, when
a claim on the only piece of -real estate which
he held. was made on the allegation of a defec
tive title. On consulting n lawyer he was
alarmed to find that the claim had a plausible
basis, and that the chances were against him.
When the case was brought up Mr. Woodville
appeared in court, and with trembling anxiety
watched the progress of the trial. The claim
was apparently a fair one, and really just. On
the side of the prosecution was a subtle, inge
nious and eloquent lawyer, in whose hands his
counsel was little more than a child, and be
my: with despair that all the chances were
against him. The loss of this remnant of pro
perty would leave him utterly destitute. After
a vigorous argument on one side, and a feeble
rejoinder on the other, the case was about be
ing submitted when a new advocate .appeared
on the side of the defence. He was unknown
to Mr. Woodville. On rising in coda there
was a profound silence.
He began by observing that he had some
thing to say in the case ere it closed, and as he
had studied it carefully and weighed with due
deliberations all the evidence which had ap
peared, he was satisfied that he could show
cause why the prosecution should not obtain a
a favorvqble decision.
In surprise Mr. Woodville bent forward to
listen. The lawyer was tall in person ; digni
fied in manner and spoke with peculiar musi
cal intonation and eloquent flow of language
that marked him as possessing both talents
and education of a high order. In .a few min
utes he was perfectly absorbed in his argument.
it was clear and strong in every part, and tore
into very tatters the subtle chain of reasoning
presented by the opposite counsel. For an
hour he occupied the attention of the court.—
On closing his speech he immediately retired.
The decision was in Mr. Woods-Sine's favor.
" Who is that ? he asked, turning to a gen
tleman who sat beside him, as tho strange ad
vocate left the floor.
The man looked at him in surprise
" Not know him ?" said he.
Mr. Woodville shook las head.
" His name is Percival:"
Mr. Woodville turned his face partly 'away
to conceal the sudden flush that went over it.
After the decision in his favor had been given,
and ho bad 'returned home wondering at what
had just occurred, he sat musing alone, when
there came a light tapping as froM the hand of
a child at his door. Opening it, he found a boy.
there not over five or six years of age, with
golden hair falling over his shoulders, and
bright blue eyes raised to his own.
" Grandpa," said the child, looking earnestly
into his face.
For a moment the old man stood and trem
bled. Then stooping down, he took the child
in his arms, and hugged it with a sudden emo
tion to his heart, while the long sealed fountain
of his feelings gushed forth again, and tears
came from thelids that were tightly shut to re
press them.
"Father !" The eyes were quickly- unclosed.
There was now another present.
" My child " came trembliny his lips,
and Laura flung herself upon 11:.
How changed to the eyes cf
was all, after this. When he
he was even more surprised in I iie t
room at his manly dignity of chr 1 s re•
finement and enlarged intelligence. Anil \NIA n
he went abroad and perceived what he hall
never before allowed himself to see, the high
estimation in which he was held by all in the
community, he was still further affected with
wonder.
In less than a year. after this reconciliation,
Mr. Percival was chosen to a high office in the
State; and within that time Mr. Allison was
detected in a criminal conspiracy to defraud,
and left the commonwealth to escape
.punish
ment.
So much for origin and destiny. Laura was
right ; it concerns a maiden far more to know
whither her lover is going, than whence he
came ; for she has to journey with him in the
former and not the latter way. •
SELF.
. This insignificant intruder is at all times one
of the most impertinent companions in the
world: you may try every art and contrivance
in your power to get free from his troublesome
conversation ; the creature will press upon
your retirement, and force himself upon you
in spite of your teeth : will be meddling in your
affairs, setting thcm.in such a light as cannot
fail of putting you out of humour, or teasing
you with reflections that' mako you weary of
your life. No place is safe from him. lie will
force himself into the closet, hover about the
led, and: penetrate through the thickeit dark
'nese, Labe the deepest mese : will trait' with
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you by land or sea, and will not • quit you,
though you be in banishmet4. There is a very
whimsical circumstance, ••at the same time.
attendant upon this paradoxical character.—
Most people aro reproached with loving him
with the greatest partiality and boldness ; and
are greatly delighted, it is said, to hear him
praised, yet very, few seek
,to come to the
knowledge of him or cultivate his acquaintance
nay, the greatest — part,. by all possible means.
avoid encountering him. It is surprising to
see, say they, the pains that are continually
taken, and the contrivances used to get rid of
this continued phantom ; some flatter him ;
some bully him ; some endeavor to impose upon
him, some carry him to the gaming -table, others
to the bottle, and the like ; but he never fails
to detect their frauds, and to resent them with
severity ; like the reckoning, he appears after
the banquet is over, and not unfrequently re
proaches one with profusion, and another with
satiety. Nay, so galling are his reprehensions,
and so troublesome his intrusion, that there
have not been wanting instances, even in high
life, of some, who not being able to, help him
otherwise off, have called to their relief the
halter, the dagger, or the pistol ; and fairly
removed themselves into another world, to get
rid of him.
First Seven Presidents.
Four of the seven were from Virginia. Two
of the same name were: from Massachusetts,
and the seventh was from Tennessee. All but
one were sixty-six years old on leaving office,
having served two terms ; and one of thoc who
served but one term, would have beep sixty-six
years of ago at the end of another. Three of
the seven died on the 4th day of July, and two
of Ulm on the same day and year. Two of
them were on the sib-committee of three that
drafted the declaration of Independence, and
these two died on the same day and year, and
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
and just a half a century from -the day of decla
ration. The names of three of the seven end
in sot, yet neither of these transmitted his
name to a son. In respect to the names of all,
it may be said in conclusion, the initials of two
of the seven were the same=and of two Others
that they were the same—and the initials of
still two others - were the same. The remaining
one who stands alone in this particular, stands
alone also in the love and admiration of his
country-men and the civilized world—Washing
ton. Of the first five only one had a son, and
that son was also President.
Another curious fact may be mentioned in
this connection. It is that neither of the Presi
dents who had sons was elected for a second
term.
WOMAN.
A pretty woman is one of the " Institutions"
of this country—an angel in dry goods and
glory. She makes sunshine, blue sky, Fourth
of July, and happiness wherever she goes.—
Her path is one of delicious roses, perfume and
beauty. Sho is a sweet poem, written in rare
curls, and choice calico, and good principles.—
Men stand up before her, as so many admira
tion ,points, to melt into cream and then but
ter. Her words float around the ear like music,
birds of Paradise; or the chimes of Sabbath
bells. Without her,. society would lose its
truest attraction, the church its firmest reliance.
and young men the very best of comforts and
company. Her influence and generosity 're
strain the vicious, strengthen the weak, raise
the lowly, flannel shirt the heathen, and
strengthen the faint-hearted. Wherever you
find the virtuous woman, you also find pleasant
fire-sides, boquets; clean cloths, order, good
-living, gentle hearts, piety, music. light, and
model institutions generally. She is the flower
of humanity. a very Venus in dimity, and her
inspiration is the breath of Heaven.
nahoinet.
This great reformer was not free from super
stition ; he believed in jinn. omens amkellarms,
and he had many superstitious babas. The
jinn were, according to his opinion; of three
kinds: some have wings and fly; others arc
snakes and dogs, and those of the third kind
moveabout &emplace to place like men. Again,
some of them believed in him, and others did
not. He gave instructions to his followers that
if a fly falls into a dish of victuals to plunge it
in completely, then to take it out and throw it
away, for in ono of its wings is a cause of sick
ness and in the other a cause of health, and in
falling it falls on the sick wing, and if it is sub
merged the other wing will counteract its bad
effect. To make" a bad dream harmless he
thought it necessary to spit three times over the
left shoulder. Ho was very careful to begin.
everything on the ride side and end with the
left ; and he smeared the antimony first in the
right eye. His ideas of omens,. however, were
more sensible; ho admitted lucky omens but
forbade to believe in unlucky ones.
fl '?Loney in four purso will crolit you—
wisdom in your head adorn yolk—but both in
your. necessity will servo you.
ant ,formtr's Drpartment
WeaK FOR THE MONTII.—FAILIL—Sow oats
as soon as the ground is in order ; harrow !t
thoroughly and then roll. Pass the roller over'
mowing fields ; also top dress winter grain not
previously manured, with short manure or
guano and plaster. Plow for corn, and subsoil
before ground becomes too dry. Much of the
success of 'the crop depends on good plowing
and preparation of ground. Avoid such plows,
as turn up and leave a smooth, glazed and un
broken furrow. Tlio sun often hardens such
into lumps impervious to harrow. Fine pul•
verization of soil is of great importance. Open
seams and cracks in the furrow, which admit
the air, greatly aid the subsequent operation
of the barrow. Spread the manure or guano
orevious to plowing. In ordinary seasons theft
's no advantage in planting corn in this section
before the second week in next month, but the
ground should be often stirred previously.—
Plant early potatoes. Plow and prepare for
root crops. Also for sowing corn for fodder,
when there is likely to be a necessity for
it. Give particular attention to stock. After
being well cared for all winter. they often fall
off in last month; before pasturage. Ewes and
lambs should have allowance of grain and roots
and good hay, daily turned out in fine weather
on a pasture lot reserved for the purpose. Con
tinue or increase the. allowance of meal and
roots to fresh con-s. It is an old saying that'
stock well-wintered are half summered. They
should go out to grass in good order. There is
never any profit in keeping stock below the
thriving point. To merely keep them alive
will not pay. Do not turn out the stock. to
grass too early. Feed well all working cattle,
both oxen and horses. Cut hay is of great
advantage, as it economizes time, and gives
animals more time
.to rest between working
hours. It takes them less time to eat it, and is
easier digested. Give all animals daily access
to salt.
&CALL POTATOES FOIL SFED.-Mr. C. T. Al
void, of Wilmington, Vermont, says : " Some
eight year since, at the time of planting my
pototoes, I came short of seed to plant. Pre
vious to this time I had used large whole pota
toes, or the seed ends cut off, for seed and sup
posed that no other would answer. I resolved
to try the experiment of planting small pota
toes ; the . largest being about the size of
common plums, but the most of them being
smaller. I carried several bushels of these
little things to the field, and commenced plant
ing them, putting from two to (bar in a hill.
" The potatoes in the different parts of the
field came up at the same time, but the vines
from the small potatoes were not so large and
as thrifty as those from the large ones. At the
first hoeing, there was some difference in the
tops, but after that the tops from the small
potatoes looked as well as any of the field, and
continued through the season. When I came
to dig them I found the potatoes, where the
the small seed was planted, to be as good, in
every respect, as those where the large potatoes
were planted. There were as many in a hill,
and the potatoes were as large, and with as few
small ones, as those from the large seed.
Many of the farmers in this vicinity, after
seeing the experiment fairly tried, are using
small potatoes for seed. This winter I have
had several applications from dealers in pots
toes for seed who inform me that the farmers
whom they purchase from arc generally adopt
ing, the way of using small potatoes fur seed.
ORCITAIID.-118111ing, trees in this sec•
tion can be done during, this month. Select tho
best varieties of fruit trees, and plant apple
trees front 35 to .10 feet apart; peach, pear,
plum, and cherry trees 20 feet apart : dwarf
pears from 10 to 12 feet apart. Grafting may
be done this month. Prepare grafting Wax by
mixing three parts of bees-wax, three parts of
rosin, and two of tallow..
Plant out gooseberry end currant cuttings,
first removing all the lower eyes. Trench And
prepare,thc ground thoroughly with short man
ure. Grape vine cuttings should be planted
with two eyes out - of the ground, and a soil
rather sandy and moist. Trim grape vines at
once, if not already done, and dig in around
the roots well rotted manure. Strip of all
trees cocoons and larvrcof insects, and apply
wash before recommended. Apply salt to
quince trees. Manure and clear up stawberry
and raspberry beds, and make new plantations
of each. I.7ncoVer such of the latter as wero
laid down last fall for protection.
Tt A .RrSIEDY 1:01C HOME DISTEMPER.-
Thomas W. Ladd. or Smithfield, JelTerson Co.,
Ohio, writes the Ohio Farmer, that he has found
a remedy and cure for distemper in horses.
says : " Having three colts sick with this dis
ease, an experienced fluffier told me to use tar.
and he thought that the sick colt would soon re•
cover and that . those Who had not taken tho dia.
ease would not have it all; or but lightly. I fol
lowed his directions, to my entire satisfaction.
I gave the colts, morning and evening as much
as I could readily get into their mouths with a
paddle. After a few applications, the sicic ones
commenced running at the nose, their Appetites
returned, rind in a short time they had entirely
regained what they had lost from disease. Pl,'
others never took it to my knowledge. •
GRAFTING SPAS.—Ono of the most successful
grafters we know, makCs . his grafting wax of
two parts of rosin and ono part of beeswax,.
adding a small quantity of lard or tallow—say
ono-third that of beeswax. His object is always
to make his wax of such consistency that it
will not run in.warm weather, and will not crack
in dry, windy weather. Thcso are the import
ant qualities in grafting wax, of whateyorite
may. bo made.