111 D. A. dr. C. H. BUEHLER.
VOLUME XXIII.}
The Name of Mother.
[What a world of care, pleasure and
anxiety is wrapped up in that ono word
litorttatt! What a sacred and yet what a
lightly spoken name. It embodies, or
rather enshrines, all our early recollections,
and is a sun to illumine the stirring little
universe of our young life. As we turn
back our gar.° from .our cares and *res
ponsibilities of manhood and parentage,
we see that gentle being watching over our
joys and sorrows like the spirit of ornni
nipresent vigilance and love, which leads
us to double diligence, that we may repay
upon our children the debt we can in no
othor way repay to her. The following
home-stanzas are too good and too true to
be lost, and to the nervous and impatient
mother we com mend the moral.]
Little Things.
BY FILANC.IB D. GAOB.
Oh ! mother, get my bonnet, do,
want la go and play ;
And burry, mother; tie my shoe,
Or aim will run sway.
Oh ! mother, do untie this' string.
It is a hateful keret;
And tell me where I put my sling—
! really have forgot.
Mother, we here my dreg; is Mow.
I wish you'd hook it up;
Oh dear ! I want a drink en had ;
Ma, take me down the cup.
Mother, I want a lone. strong string,
To mike my kite fly hilt
Give me more paper lot lite
I'll make it reach the sky.
l've cut my finger, mother—Mt
Do tie a rig upon it ;
And, mother, here—do sew this string
Again upon my bonnet.
And, mother, sew this button on
My pa nti—see how they look ;
AuJ mother, stick those leaved again
low my spelling book.
Oh ! mother. inother. comb my hair
And wash WV tare right clean ;
We girl* are all a •going to walk
Co-light ul•on the green.
70-night, just after 60.00 l you know—
I hr said we might ;
Antbmother, I MUM have some rakes,
And cheese, t., fix things right.
Oh ! mother, pick thew stitches up—
I've drooped a half a Acore—
A ml we, there's one all rovell'cl down
A &men rounds or more.
Mother. where is my jumping-rope !
M,,thrr, where is my hat
Mother, come help me, lophl my !Imre.
Mother, John ',Legere my cat.
Thus, hour by hour and &yr Lv day
These little thiogu hotrodr,
Till many a in.ttlit•i's anxious heart
Is omary and aulKlued.
Anal to her ever-trontaled ear
'rue sacred name of another,
)3y being Cvt dwelt upon,
Sounds %Oral° Clinll any other
But let each mother pause and think
How much alie has at stake;
Now many thousand tine .Irnlnt
It takes to fill a Like.
Remembering that her notay boy
A atamaman bold may M.;
And. ,drong in truth anti light, may teach
A uation to lou tree.
With glowing words of eloquence
Jehovah si plan.
Till vine shall bide ity heal for shame,
And nations bless the man.
Or. when her heed is growing gray
That daughter, kilid and true,
It'ith feeling head and ready hand
Her °little thing.' will do.
Let throw reflection• noise ■nd cheer
Each wetly, fainting one,
'll
jib par ut hopo t.. d Ing work,
Till all her work is done.
Fur not on earth cm there he found.
Through all life's vit.ied plan,
A nobler. veater work than hora
Who revs an huncet unan.
Onom OF Soros.—ln an account of the
4.origin of various plant'," which we find
in the newspapers, it is stated that "wild
oats are found in Northern Africa."—
They were probably !WWII by Anthony
when Cleopatra was the balk of that re
gion.
-Hops come from Germany." That is
true of the "waltz," cert•+utly : but other
kinds were imported from Spain and
Switzerland: .
. .
*Cabbage grows wild in Sicily." If we have seen, that Mr. Barton did not
this statement be trite the tailors that
stand any too high in their good graces.—
country can afford to he hottest,
" Rape
seed a
native of Naples." It Mr. Ellis knew this false estimate of re
in a great pitygor the morals of amiukind, spoctability was a predominant fault in
that it 'mild ever have been naturalized his daughters' characters, and ho deter
elsewhere. mined to give them a prattical and salu
••Pmatoescome from Peru." We shoultrx - • now he succeeded, the se
• •-
suppose so, from the price which we have
to pay. for 'em. “Far fetched end dear quel of the story will show.
bought" is au * , old saw"• which has a I A few momenta after the sisters had left
*lousy of "modern iustancus."—Bosiun
.Post. .
Proper Age to Marry.
Obit will the lutlies say to the Follow
ing routarks of Dr. James Johnson.in a
wuri;freeeptly published, eutitlstl..E,cono
my oltHealth." • „
"'flee. Must proper age for entering the
, holy bond.'of matrimony has been dis-,
Missed but never Settled. Ihrn entitled to
pinion ; anit altheb git'l,cannot here
give the grotintla on.tvluith it resit', the
reader may take it for grAted; that I could
adduce, were this the p riatmil plied, a greet
' Sheilah' crossbow; both' marsh and 't.hysi
cal,ifbc the dbgtittill 'sat abtitit to propound.
The Maxim, then; Would inettleate,
thie*thet tnutrinabny should not be con.%
tracked'before the Irtit.year Of the forth -
Septennial, on the part of the females, cos.
before the last year of the same in the case
of die male; in weeds. the t ama l e.
should be twentpone, and the male lath:wl
imentreight years old. That there should
ibe seven yearlditereuce •betweeathe ages
of•tthe , seem at whatever period of• life
the solemn contraot is *meted upon. need
,Itat bo tuied. as it is universally eAlmitted
,sitero if a; %Moreno of ikevOO,Y•ares nut
piiMMlC*lll4•dttration of Wei. the two seat,
111 hi ilia ,61401itta of Jot . cosstioitton
'•--tito symmetry Of the form, aid the lin
ramesta orate face." .
TINE LESSON.
A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE
The young ladies were seated in a rich
apartment. They were Misses Amanda
and Emma Ellis, and their cousin, Delilah
Carlton. The latter was engaged in the
womanly occupation of sewing; the two
former in discussing, critically, a ball at
which all three had been present the pre
ceding evening.
• "I don't like that Mr. Barton at all,"
said Miss Atuanda, continuing the conver
sation.
"Nur me, either," responded Miss Em
ma, who was the eldest.
"Aud why not, cousin," said Delilah, "I
am sure he is handsome enough, is he
not."
•
"Yes ;
"But what, cos ?" said she to Emma,
who had spoken last. "Surely his man
ners are pleasing, and his language polish. :
ed, without affectation."
"Yes, yes, but for all that he is vulgar,"
said Emma, pettishly, "vulgar in his
ideas."
"Vulgar exclaimed Delilah, "you must
allow me again to differ with eon, cox,"
she continued, looking into her cousin's
face with a winning smile. "I think he is
quite refined, more so than Mr. Riec or Mr.
Brown and many of the other gentlemen."
"Only think of comparing Mr. Barton
with Mr. Brown, the Gentleman .' ex
claimed Miss Amanda Ellis. "Why, Mr.
Barton is a mechanic."
"Well, suppose he is, dear," said her
cousin, "does that make him vulgar, or less
respectable For my part, I think a me
chanic can he as much of a gentleman, (in
the true sense of the 1% ord, ) as a million-
Well, I declare, cousin Dill, you have
some of the funniest notions," said Miss
Amanda, "just for all the world like pa ;
he thinks one man just as good as anoth
er, even though he be a laborer."
"Yes," said Emma, "I do wish he would
la - , a little more oirennispect and find bet
ter company for his daughter than mechan
ics. It is his fault that Mr. Barton C4lllleS
here ; lie gives him such pressing invita
tions. 1 ,appose he wants me or - you, A
manda. Would'nt it make a fine paragraph
for the pap, rs ? Miss Amanda (or Emma)
daughter of Mr. James Ellis, merchant, to
Mr. Charles Barton, Iniclothie. Oh dear,"
s•tid the spoiled !vilify, (for both sisters
possessed great personal attractions, t row
herself back upon the sofa and laughing
heartily, iv; also did her sister.
"Woll, well, girls," said Mr. Ellis, who,
hidden lichind the half open door of the a
rtrtmcnt, had been au unobserved listener
to the conversation, mid who now entered
the room, -you may laugh now, but you
mad• live to regret that you did not try to
obtain Mr. Barton for a husband. Mark
that !" and the (4,1 luau, taking his hat,
left the apartment.
"I declare, if there is not Mr. Barton on
the steps :" exclaimed Emma, who was
looking t h rough the blinds ; "Come, COM ) "
she coutiuued, addressing her sister, "let
us go up stairs into the parlor, and leave
cousin bile to entertain him ; it will be a
pleato/re to her, she is partial to mechan
ics and the sisters left the room.
The object of the foregoing conversation
was a young man w bout Mr. Ellis had in
troduced to his daughters and niece some
months before, as a master weehanic.---
But, unlike their father, who valued a
man for his character, and not for his mon
ey, the Misses Ellis were great sticklers
for respectability, their standard for which
was Helios, and the consequence was, as
the room, Mr. Barton entered. Ile was a
bout middling height, with a fine figure,
regularleatures and intelligent counten
ance./ His eyes were of a deep blue, his
'eyebrows deeply arched, and his forehead
very high and white, from which the jot
black hair was . pnaltedback, displaying its
fine proportions: Ile was a handsome
man, which fact even the Misses gllia did
not attempt to deny, and the ease and po
liteness with which he greeted Miss Carl
ton, spoke his claim to that which the lady
herself had awarded , tr.l hina—the title of a
gentleman..
'IIe was soon seated, and in conversation
with Delilah. Delilah Carlton was a charm
ing girl. It is true sho did not porosities the
exquisite proportions and ropier. foatures '
of her, two cousins, but there was ever a
Sonny smile upon her face and a cheerful
sparkle in her clear, iight blue' eye; and
Ozelia'olich light , and bounding spirits
OW merle itor,appaarp if netss beautiful as
her ooredinri at keit , more agreeable ; so
thought hitt,lia!tutli es ho OW up** ,
tewlieVulsininulen4ol:•,,ltUirianett Let ter, tho u ght , Nitro iossesslier
for a wife, 'dependant all she is upon her
GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIBAY EVENING, APRIL V, 1852.
uncle, and dowerless as she would be, than
either of the Misses Ellis with their spoil
ed tempers and their. fortunes.
Thinking tints, is it to be wondered at
that Le LA left her with a half formed
determination to win her love if it lay with-
in his power.
When Delilah appeared at the dinner
table that day, many were the meaning
and inquisitive glances her cousins cast up
on her. At last, unable to restrain their
loving habit of "running" their cousin,
they spoho.
"I hopo you have spent a very pleasant
morning, cousin," said Miss Amanda, with
a mock arch look.
"A very interesting tete-a-tete, was it
, not !" whispered Emma, across the table.
"I spent the morning very pleasantly,"
answered Delilah, blushing slightly.
"Oh !I dare say,° sarcastically; "I sup
pose he guye yh a desertation on mechan
ics, did he not, coz ?"
„"Well, and suppose ho did," said Mr.
Ellis; who had been listening patiently,
but into whose face the color now rose.—
"Is it not better to listen to that, than to
the senseless conversation and sickly sen
timents drawled nut in affected tones by
foplings, half men, half monkeys, who dis
grace hnmanity 7" and the old man cast
such a look upon his daughters as made
them quail beneath it.
"But never mind, Lile," he continued
in a softer tone, and patting his niece's
rosy elmeklY"uever mind. Mr. Barton is
worth three or four such would-be-gentle
men as Mr. Rice and Mr. Brown, and in
more ways than one. Mark that, girls
Ile is worth two or three such, in more
ways than one." The last sentence he ad
dressed to his daughters.
Days, weeks and mouths rolled by, and
Mr. Barton had become a frequent visitor
at Mr. Ellis'. It was very evident that he
was paying particular attentia to Delilah
Carlton, and it was also plain to see that
they were not unaooeptible. This fact
futuished an ample subject for the sisters' ;
sarcastic remarks. As for their father,l
whenever they indulged in them in his!
presence, a knowing smile would play up
on his face, and he would repeat to them
his assertion that they would seine day
wish they had obtained Mr. Barton fur a
husband.
Thus things continue:for some time.—
At length ono looming, about ain'c
months subsequent to the period when
our story commences, Mr. Ellis entered the
parlor where his daughters were sitting,
with a light step and sparkling eye.
"Well, girls, what do you think of it!"
said In., rubbing his hands in glee.
"What'" asked both the young ladies
iu a breath.
"The wedding we're going to havi
"The wedding, what wedding?"
" Your cousin's."
"Delilab's ?"
"Yes, she is going to honor the mechan
ic with her hand. What do you think of
it, ell ?"
"I don't think much of it," said Mies
Emma with a toss of her head.
"Nor I," said Amanda.
"You don't, ch ? Well suppose I was
to tell you that she was going to be married
to a man worth two hundred thousand
dollars, would that alter your opinions ?"
"Why, what do you mean, Pa T"
"Listen rand I will tell you, girls," said
the ofd gentleman, bending upon his &ugh,
tors a grave and somewhat stern look.
"The father of Mr. Barton, to whom your
'cousin is to be married, was an old friend
of mine ; we , were playmates iu boyhood.
He was apprenticed to the carpenter trade'
about the same time I entered the count
ing-house. Soon after he had finished
learning his trade, he went to the city
of Baltimore, and there started business for
himself and was married. Beiuk possessed
of genius, and having a\goed education for
a mechanic and builder, he soon became an
architect and subsequently amassed a largo
fortune. Knowing the reverses of fortune
to which all are liable, he resolved to make
his only son Chas. a good architect, so that
if ever the 'fickle dame' should desert him,
he would have whei'ewith to earn honehtly
his daily bread ; . he succeeded. A year or
two ago ho died, leaving his wholefortuno,
his wifo;boing already dead, to Charles, his
only child. Aboutsa months ago Charles
came to this city on a visit. Ile called
upOn me as his father's friend. In the
sOutse of conversation I asked him why he
was not Married. Ile said he' never yet
Met with a young lady ho thought worthy
of calling his wife ; that he 'could find e
nougt Who' would mirrj , him
for the ,sake
of his money, but that' bush a one he would
never marry.
"I told him that I would introduce him
to some of our city ladies, and see if he
could not find ono amongst them 6'1014
hint. Ho required, then, that I should
conceal his wealth, and introdnoe hint,
only as a master mechanic. I acquiesced,
and knowing your false estimate of rcispeo:
Why, embraced the opportunity of teach.
.lag you a Ipson, which I sioceraly, hope
will 64 Kr salatury infitiilo 7 „ 'I itn
whoa I . broughe hinie with te, 'tad
introduced him, that usltherot you would
"FEARLESS AND FREE.'
be chosen, because I knew you would not
stoop so low as to wed a master mechanic,
but the event that will soon take place, I
easily foresaw. Your cousin knew nothing
of his wealth until to-day. I see you look
surprised, girls, but did I not tell you that
you would besorry, some day, that you did
not obtain him for a husband ? And did
I not tell you that he was worth two or
three such ninny-hammers as Mr. Rice and
Mr. Brown, in more ways than ono Re
member, girls, that wealth is a false stan
dard by which to judge of respectability
and worth. Not that a rich man may not
be respectable, but that very often, he who
earns his daily bread by the sweat of his
brow is more of a gentleman that he who
counts his thousands."
And they did remember it ; for in after
years they showed in their choice of hus
bands that they had not forgotten their
old father's LEssox.
Our Country.
In 1792 the corner stone of the prevent
Capitol at Washingtdq was laid. At that
time, General Washington, in whose hon
or the new; seat of government was named,
officiated. Fitty•etght years afterwards,
namely, on the fourth day of July, 1851,
the corner stone of an extension ut the
building was laid, and the Secretary of
State made an address, in the course of
which he presented a 'sketch of the com
parative condition fif our country at the
two periods.
Then we had lifieen States, now we
have thirty-one. ,
Then our white copulation was three
millions, now it is tulenty-three.
Then Boston hqu,llB,ooo people, now
it h:is 137,000.
Then' New York liad 33,000. now it
has 515,000,
Then our imparts: were $21,000,000.
now they are $178,010,000.
ul
Then our txpor ' were 826,000,000.
they are now $151,0 0,000.
The area of out to 'tory was then 800,-
000 square miles, it t now 3,300,000.
Then we had no r4lroada, now we have
eight thousand five *tidied wales
ruads.
'Then we hid 20qposi offices, now we
have 21,000.
Our revenue fruits postage then was
SlOO,OOO, now it is 43,000,000.
Titesti ars only a Irw Lacs tu show the
rapid growth id our wuntry ; end whit we
and uur rioldroo haW tu do to secure the
ctiuttlitiaues ut this prosperity, is to hive,
fear, and obey the of out hither ; to a
void inteiniwrance, pride, emoeuloin, sod
greediness Qf gain, dud cherish iu all our
Hearts a true palriotisai, and a just e
of uur obligatoin lo thti.e that shall ethos
alter us.
l'serts Iteciepts
l'reparalion for cleaning Tin covers.--
filslne and a 8111U11 yuauuty oi
prepared whitening in eweet oil for two
hours, until it auluires the consi,teney of
truant.
Glue past•.—lustend of pure water for
mixing the flour, use glue water, to 14 , hieli
add some alum mid main to keep it trout
turning. It must be make veil) . thick.
To h&c Iron sluin.r out of itlarble.—
)lix equal go:unities ot fresh oil of vitro'
and lemon-luu w a bottle; shake it well ;
wet the spins, and in a few minutes, rub
them with a soft linen rag until they. dis
appear.
71) purify Stagnant {Finer.—One part
of chalk and Hsu of alum will speedily
purify stagnant water; and four parts of ani•
'nal Carbon, and one of a lum, are SUlrleiellt
to purify a thousand parts of muddy river
water.
Essence of Nutmeg.—This is mule by
dissolving one ounce of the oil ut a pint of
of rectified spirits. It is an expensive but
an invaluable mode of flavoring in the arts
of the cook or confectioner.
Essence o/ Ginger.—Let four ounces
of Jamaica Ginger, be well bruised, and
put it into a pint of rectified spirits of wine.
Lot it remain a fortnight, then press and
filter it. A little emigre of cayenne may
be added. if %millet.
Philadelphia /lute.—Take a pound of
flour, the rinds of three lemons grated
fine, half a pound of butter melted in a cof
fee cup of cream, a teaspoonful of yeast,
and three eggs. NLx ; add half a pound
of finely-powdered white Sugar ; work
well, let it stand to rise well, and it will
make 39 buns. •
NEW VIRTUE IN C)7IFEE.—Tho London
Medical Gazette gives the result of numer
ous experiments witi roasted coffee, prov
ing that it is the MOM powerful means nut
only of rendering animal and vegetable ef
fluvia, innocuous, but of actually destroying
them. A room in which meat in an ad
vanced degree of decomposition had been.
kept for some time was instantly deprived
of all smell on an open coffee roaster being
carried through at, containing a pound of
coffee newly routed. In another room
,
exposed to the e taaviuni occasioned by
the cleaning out of q dung pit, so that sul
,pliurated hydrogen and ammonia in great
quantities could be chemjcaliy detected,
the stench was completely removad within
half a minute, on the employment of three
ounces of fresh roasted coffee, while the
other parts of the hope were pertnunkntly
cleared of the same smell by being simply
traversed with the coffee roaster, although
.the' cleansing of the 'dung pit continued
for several libure after.
The best mode of using the coffee as a
disinfectant is to dry the raw bean; pounct
it lit ',mortar, mid then 'roast it on, Mod
erately heated iron plate. undi - rassumes
a dare brown tint, when it is fit for use.
sprinkle it in sinks of case pools, or
lay it on a'plitte in the roomer - widish you
Wish to have purified. Coffee *eider col•
pe oil acts more readily in minute quanti
ties.
4 , 'person writing an )attonymous note
is like s . peppy . iusiole'oi mo7Ao4lllollre ,
barking at you With his nose under the
gate. •
Truman Uenry Safibrd.
Tuts -remarkable boy was born at Roy
alton, Vermont, on :the '6th of January,
1836. Prom early infancy he appeared.to
pOssesell uncommon powers of mind. Al
most his first efforts at speechovhen but
nine or ten mouths of age, were made to
ascertain the yeasons of things beyond his
comprehension. During his first year he
was very delicate and fragile, and the re.
mark was often made that not one mother
in a hundred could have saved him.
During his third year Ins peculiar fond
ness for figures 'was first noticed by his
parents. At this age he learned the names
of the nine digits, and' the Ronan method
of computation. The first uses he made
of this new acquisition, were to counttitne
on the clock, and to arrange his father's
periodicals according to their numbers.
At four years of age he commenced at-
tending school ; but owing to the difficulty
in crossing a stream which ran 'between
his father's house anitthe school, he did
not attend ma° than six weeks in the
course of the year. During his sixth and
seventh years lie ittraved very rapidly
in mathematics. , .
One day he said to his mother, "If I
knew how many rods it ie around father's
large meadow, I could tell the measure in
barley-corm" When his father came in
she mentioned it to him, and he knowing
the dimensions of the field, made a calcula
tion, and told Truman that it was 1040
rods around the meadow. Alter a few
minutes of mental computation, the boy
gave 610.700 atilhe distance - in barley
corns.
This was remarkable in a child of sii
years of age. but before his eighth year he
equaled the famous Zerah Culburn's pow
ers. Yet these feats were not achieved
without study. By practice he improved
rapidly, yet when the cultivation of his
powers was neglected, he lost proportion
ately. During this period he acquired from,
hooks some knowledge of Algebra- and
Geometry. These seemcd - to - givii *him
additional powers for perforthing lengthy
calculations in his head,
In 1814 Truman had a dangerous at-
tack of Typhus fever. When the alarm
ing.crisis of this disease had passed, and he
Was slowly recovering, he pleaded most
affectingly with his mother f.:r Day's Al
gebra and his slate. Aware of his extreme
net vousuess and irritability at this
she thought it would ho better to gratify
than to refuse him,'and accordingly gave
them to him. He immediately commenc
ed making a long statement. which ex
tended nearly across the slate ; hut before
he rid finish it his little hand failed, his
pencil dropped, and in hie despair he burst
into tears and wept long and bitterly.
Alter his recovery he was furnished
with Hutton's. and the Cambridge Miithe•
mattes. W its these and the books he
prethavoly had obtained, he spent the win
ter of 1844-45, in a course of hard study.
He was now taken to Hanover, N. H..
where, in Dartmouth College, lie saw for
the first time an extensive collection of
books and mathematical instruments. The
sight made him wild with excitement, and
when taken away his cheeks streamed
with tears.
During this tour Truman was introdu
ced to several scientific men, and bed his
library enriched by many LI soul acquisi
tions. In the spring of 1815 the idea in
calculating an almanac began to engage
his attention. He set about constructing
one, which was conyleted when he was
but nine mad a half years idd, and put to
press ill the autumn of 1845. During the
' summer of the following year he calcula
ted four different almanac calenders ; one
for Vermont. one fur Ildstomene for Phil
delphia, and one for Cincinnati.
While preparing the one for Cincinnati
he became much abstracted in his manlier,
wandered about with his head down, talk
ing to himself, etc. His father, on en
quiring what he was doing, found that lie
had originated a new rule for computing
the risings and settings of the moon, ac
companied with a table which saves full
one fourth of the usual labor. This rule,
with others calculating eclipses, is preserv
ed among his manuscript 1111111111801 in the
library of Harvard University, at Cain
bridge, Minis. Two editions, amounting
in all to 24,000 copies, of this almanac
were sold.
When finding one of his rules for abridg
ing the work in calculating eclipses, he
seemed for two or three days in a sort of
trance. One morning very early he came
rushing down stairs without dressing him
self. took his slate, and pouring on it a
stream of figures, he soon exclaimed in
the wildness of his joy, "Oh, father. I have
got it ! I haie got it ! It comes It
comes !
This young prodigy attracted much no
tice from scientific men throughout the
land. His parents continually received
liberal offers and kind suggestioas in re
gard to his education. At a bank he was
olfered.st thousand dollars a year to calcu
late interest. Another admirer of his ge-•
nious advised his father to carry him about
the country as da show."
What to do wtth this remark able boy
beeline the question with his parents.—
But it was at length decided by an . Writ.
,tition from H d University.to place
Truman under the charge of Predifient
Vercit and protesior Pierce. According
ly,hiti parents removed to Caddiridge, and
the youthful mathematician is now not 0n . ..,
Iy improving his mental powers, but is
forming a, i{aaFa healthy. and rugged physi
cal constitution under the watchful and jti
dieiotte tdirettion bf these distinguished
Whentriintht tire not in unisoo, the words
of lore Aiserif are but the 'raiding of din"
ehuine thit ;elle the victim it is, bound.
- The purest ply thin' We can expdelence
lit ond'we lore, is.to see that person a
" 1/ A le happiq.oo to others. . ,
• Wonted irtie &id deal' like French
wetetstaw.very, pretty ,lo leek a tv , ,bml
iditkrol4o,7olllll l6l l4 , Tflik• Ailt°
441% gn u *, t •
•
Gibson. the pedestrian. Ilefirkralon"
plated his Seat of walking 1010 elf miles
in 1.050 half Imre, at Cestleeardatt, N. Y.
Vouttir lifrataintedt,'•
"to'illd the mind's development, 111: WII.IO
The dawn of little thoughts",
Don't kill the Hlrdx.
Don't kill the bitds—the liµle birds
That sing about your door,
Boon as the joyous sprang has come.
And chilling shams are ti'M.
The little bit& I—how sweet they sing !
0 I lit theta joyouii
"..ir And do not reek to lakithe life
Which yuu can navel. give.
Don't kill the birds I—the pretty birds
That play among the trees!
'Twould make the enith a cheetlmMplace,
Should toe dispense with tbeve.
Don't kill the hildal..--the hippy 'hints '
That bleu the held and gto.tt
Su nottieent to look upon. '
They ithaim our antruseet love.
I mart Not: - - •
/ must not borangryc •
Nat vetch rudely away
The playthings , from fatter
When we are si play.
I never must, 9narrel • . ,
With boys in the etrelit ?
?tor give theist thermion '
Bad word. to repeat:: - • •
I must.nni beatterr "
When things do net as p ,
Or he peevish and dry.
01 sulky. and route.
Why'd,oes cohe'burn wiiiiontstrilks f
Because it'it the distilled - Chid rennin,
ing itsthe-rstorts-after-htlieg-freedtfristritt
gases and vapors. Dr. Arnott observes,
that "a pound of uolteprodocus ; nearly ad
much heat as a pound of cosi," but we
must remember that a pound of coal dives
only ihreeAtinatters of tt peutid'of eoke, al.
though the litter is wore bulky than the
. .
former. _
Why le a rein in jumping from, car
riage moving with great sliced, in danger
ut falling,,-afusritia feet such the'grOmid
Because his bedy hitt ue inch teWard
velocity as, if he had kr.cu Twining , W4h
the speed of the carriage, and !allege he
advauce his feet as in running, be muat„tte
certainly he dashed to the ground,,..aa a
runner whose feet are suddenly arreetetl.
Artitr..--l'he Romans gave this'ertinth
the moue from onerio, to open, be
canoe it watt the tegeon what' thitigr open.
ed. Front that came the English word
'
•
Aran perSona have' on
deavored to find the origin of April 001,
or All Foul's Day ; but we do not rerpein:
her to haioa heard that any one fully ; suc
ceeded. It probably owes its origin to the
tact that iu early nines kings, 11 . 131:W1lb and
enperors, were ill the habit of employing
men for the purpose of milking sport, or
diversion for tketn mid their .guests. guests, To
fill this office it required relaY.
and a flow of sparkling wit. Soineiiines
these persons were men of extensive
knoweledge, and understood Several lan
guages.__..
In those nines the birth-days of great
and also days on Which they per ,
'maned some great exploits were afterward
observed. The. Kitig's Fool, or Jester,
being a celebrated character, it is quite pro
bable that some particular day,' was observ
ed uu his 1101111 in, and that this fell on the
e.rst day of April:
From a very early period this day . has
been considered as mie set apart for all
kinds of mirthful lidly and pra c tical juk
ing. Thu custom ci playingoilittle tricks
on this day. whereby ridicule maybe fixed
upon unsuspecting persons, appears to be
universal iii Europe and America. It is
very remarkable that the Ilintioos prac
ties blinder tricks on the 3lst of March.—
, In England and America, the person on
whom the trick is imposed, is called an A-
Aril Fool ;in Scotland a 43lawk.. A favor
ite jest in England is. to send one
some foolish errand, as to obtain the
tory of Adam's grandfather; or to ask him i
how the spot of crud came on his face; and 1
a t h ousand similar trieks.-
"The cubical contents of a chain" may
be ascertained by placing it its a Tease I
filled with water, and Melt' - 1111101Tigining
how much water has beets displatted by it,
allowing each
,rallun of Water to cer.tain
282 cubic incites. '
For the ....Vines's/cif ,Bsaxer.'
Acrostical Holgina.
1 am composed of [wow-nine lotions.
My 1 SI I 17 llis a tfitintry in 8. Anterita4
My 014 13 26'1 is a females , nitrites
,My 3 17 4 18 20 ilia county in• Ohio, '
My 4 14,28 is ass
My 5 2425629 27 is a condi, in Michigan.
My 6 4 II 6is 'county in Penneylv . sufs.
My 726 II ta heinims lb a sbip. '
My - 81l 8 14 is a 11./Itni.
My 010 12 , 1 6 his weight. • - •
My tO 7 ilea preawaul
My 11 24 is s prsposl;iqn.
My 12 15 11'28 9 9 13 is what every tobsixe
show stimuli' carry with him..,.
My 13 9 27 28 0 1 14'07 16 11 I/ /3 3 is 000 ci
U. Slates. • ,
My 148 8 6't3 tit the ruatie'af a Midi.
My 18 3IS is kitehon utdnail
My 16'13 is. prsprWitlant ,
My 13'1 18 0180 , knalapett at draw. •
My 18 17.17 623 hi Owals:s,TtlpT•
19 0,8 3 4,c01101)n . RFF"CuIt $ 1
My ao id 7 010. 016 t of the hifotioi -•
My 9.1 5 sls4thilii*" . ,
My 22 1 2 27 6 is'color. 1,
My 113 t• Obit $ r •
'My 24 4545 17 , 0 la iefatlB;'l r;
lily 24,14 11,17 11, 111 is the.ftwo
ht 7 , 46, 3, 0 1 1111 ,4 0 ifm/r 4 ., I t.' ot 71 11
My 47 1 1 k 11 14 Is, vet; asssreattip synseurs.
my is is' 14:t. 61p1 on 644 4V0.6 •
My 44 . 14 4 its I/ Oest She Mimi& MeV: 0.1
1, 51 1 1 whialeiailtaitt paivanitite,tri'Vestaaa ,
ceaomis.
New Oxford, March 31041662.
TUT/Z14..,
Thole h wok' TwEnzliiii Phil,. .1.
Xi*f Orfar. atoti*o: u
Now ,i(sfulp pvo will .frolt 4 Wiol
tigiato ons reisiiquic
„lc,* thiphir plaaii iellrfN
Whit thhitillla timid Inity
CONUNDRUMS
Vesse•htitAlittaii by viii6h 4.47 tooth
itivyslair basil 4siyabiktiseiviti.not sate without
paitsojhatiwittbsiit fitirmitisseeri due *ovation, .pro.
1014/Pititiltilt/P l l9o l 9l o ll o i l4 9 o yia alio I
What is *hs which is *bees *II human helper
ikaarifh and yet isheliggiethotweliked and
as well as the vtiskildeit of assithited
tv+tirlt. 46.1 k,
TWO INDIAARIV TER Ai
.., 11,1
' 11147 u . R 17/
=MEI
I,4livi l ifttit+ n v. i .L., 1,•,11,
2111.fr'!,
'ri'rO 'fits Ge irT;iib`' "l I,,'' l l '''
, ~. ei r
,wn .e . to p ,i
,
Deep NOWlllag- , 4 ewe*, '
.„.
. ~, FRIEND EDITOR :—A fanner in thilk4j
einity, while ploughing last,fall, was,as); 4 4
by ,R ; neighbor who. althqugh lie had, a
large farm, could scarcely support his (slm
ily of it, why he ploughed so deep I
~ , 1
••13ecause, neighbor," lie replied. I .oov.
ed the same way last year, and yeas tit •
fore, and I found I plowed up a great deal
of P /1" , , ~R
"Gold I" eitelaimed the amaxed neigh
bor, "wity how much did , you plow, qp ll'
"Weil, some hundreds of dollars a year.
gild I did , it in this way: my crops svelte
twiettos large where I plowed as deep ,ris
1
now do, in the Hone field where ,1 for
mally plowed. only to half the ile.gth, add
they Sake lam manure. too."
"I don't believe a word of it," said' the
IneiglAbor.,disapointed in the gold , digging.
,`,,lf the% is,the way you plow op gold. I cut
,','lf
you Willnever sot the river on. tire.
, g(,),111! thegood, old way. and Always hod
a the berii , Thire is , little to kart, in farm
ing Which those before us did not know.:'
1 ..0411 heighbor, you may do as you
llifei lig', filar° tried both ways, and 1 (ant
more than satisfied with the result. IR
deied,by strictly persevering in it aed,oth
;Tr iniprorements, I shall nearly Of giti4o
doable, my 'crops, and , hence more :lin
double tuy profits, and all this excess I Con
sider just so much gold plowed up in my
firh•V :' ............. -- .7- ~.... f.
0 h} " -
i ued the neighbor, ..I. see
yinit are, from yohr new notions, a hook
farintir r end hefting 'to an agifeultural soci
ety'; z bbl yotelt find lit wonl:pay ili li tito
lOng rifil,'l th ink:" ' ' ' 1 ''' ,''''"
• ..Theitt+6 Where . you are' in `error r 'inY
friend, I am no book farmer— T l belong to
no deffenitaraf litieTMY: toil I Illeall td,l o iP
one frtthe'earlieit iipponithity: 1 adlit64l-
edge.:'• hoWevet, to reading weelily," ilia
'qemtetritton
_nl . irapli, and ei'peclatly .
ihe 14/cultural deparmaent" mid I ant'hoW
free to'confeis that ieliil4liit-en into mote
eilmible hints during the II ti yearit'lliaYa
taker( it; on subjects - connected WI It illy
Ara.' business, 'Ned fifty ithislit;it fliffis
would pay fury • indeed, LI Wai' Ikt' fit ii..
shoaled' td adittit it to 'fitYself. Ihi r tYlible
wee so
,lnifOli fir fanning; thoWillillelity
life a farmer, that-t did not,bow eintiiiii
...i
-nieated through. the 'coin/Ifni iirtiierA4-
~ , . -on%
Hut all would net sitiAry his fie
and he returned tfilils din 'ha .: ciMil
plantation.-grumbling'setliiiiirag6' ' ilia
that had crept intotthe h'eadaiir WARP ,
ple, ''and detilarltig , Oaf' ifiiy , -ttiu ' ot,
1 ..
eolith him. , l' "- ' ... ".1.
Mr. Editor; thieeircuilet4e oelifiginl
in my own neighborhttod, it liiiitt tibt&r
stated; and - tlititiltit'rir Vreseiiiiiii Wit
was told To 'me liy one or , the 'pail riilLtiild
you can make such use of it itiy , ort '1161414
Very truly yinum '' -'' -",' " 4 ''''
A FRIEND TO ITROOKEENA
Dnroso, J..,.. 120, L 8 ii. , ; icit.tl old
' • trient - the'kerM•Aelii c tifi'
Large Seed IPotatitee
,titi:#44l,
Mn. Enrroa.--"i'lla litteetithi Or lia'rger
' versus small, potation! Sur,,seediateetweast
present to -engage,* large aheralo; attrintiott
111 several ol• our . agriettlinral jtopyln44--
Perhaps a siatement of an eiertme i m t a
larger scale thita 'until 'Wilt h ode tidiest at
l ii
this time. fu the fall & IS4Bsic‘rtierisftit d
oil two aterea,,uf glround andellidat Maio.
ly plowed. 'Ette. toil .4 la , War tr eottedY
loam, with n deep sandy eVteriiii 1 1, 4 1 4',%.YP 11
at the time' of' plowing, dowll to ItokOt}tY
meadow, three years ituits r ithr rotting.—
ft was plowed ot the fall' , filVlW pvi'vpithe
of extertnionting Om o t kl -r ror°'l , welatt'''
bounded. , '!'illy folloaincityrik . ,, , , aa,hapAed
upon it one hundred two . ,bo,rse Alva
loads or well rotted :bath-yard tpialltus
epreed it evenly end plowed hine t filithets
deep. Ater:ol4W well, tuarkeilleaseqdlrelle
four niches dcpp and . , threo*4l9orlldeid
planted with fine large .kmll'l9l'44 -
toes, chosen and p reserved careftt 1 Or
the purpose. 'Nu Outgoes Wird,' I Ind
planted at tire rate of kw*tity, hl,lithefirtB'lbe
acre. 'File iarge seed wale', itiatilhileite to
complete the planting'stur wetr`flkied
ni , have recourse •to the edit . boiCihe
'listen,' asinine. The 'attalit'plith` taa
planted in. one day: ' The pliditticitift"up
well, and were whit tatintked-'o7olilill,flettl
tivator. pro apparent ehlteriii&ilietVerien
the large and small seed.[ iv Weifii i dug
about the middle or Mepterhber; 018110Mc
ing at the 'ewe planted *Wlll6'l'o%4l betel,
(about a 'gainer of ait'nere.) n u ‘Vii i 'lliitre•
surprised to find the puitudeti'ed'lttlitiltiud
the yield to goad: it having tillen'ii flitter
lie theory of mine that the litigtiel"pinihee
Rhine shoukl lot , /planted, . to stake'if good
return. We gitteturod,laagefellyo setehitl
oowo,t, Vol luotio • i'rgtk°o o 9!!tqWo,.k.ib°
probabli"yield ofthe burr peek,. „/Vigo
thhit Our surptllia,'whih'untiolu r ilnillitverat
rows of the latter, to fititl‘tbitt ilitytiit#l is
little short of fortner,bpkiumpluttty
and miality. . i . , ~ e .
Allelt.er acre $ll a I! le re II pt.
, - a l hoe r igl l it 01..
.P
...
ed* few days i leet pint ,the r linst patelt,on
deep allui.d.rod. in a Very I,4lssl,,lpetn
nor and 'eoif' eli,with the, eul list.,pnia- ,
'toes. pr yell fine a (91 ' 0 litrget,,pota
tOilooldl'!lOritriff , foO4l l , ...40,,x101 of
'.ilia 1 : 1,1 9, 40 4 *)Y , ! , p, (1 6 ttl'llAtOtitog',9rth°
'bus an d o Ilitlf acres 2O (i. ~ ,
. ,Y,4i. iiiii*WpAy, ' PAvi l t ai:, ve t vic.
p. ~, • -..._..„,... •,„ • _.• -_,•,, 2 •._.....,• • ...,
.„, •. . , Early fratrellpe. 1 , ~,,, ,
;
. Asoloott att.:Crow the abaence,oll theist.
Abe gnelond.fmn be put ,fftgood ortlerreeiect
a i ,spot, adapted ioluntipe.,tnanure,itstmll
'lrttllooll wood bunt-yard awl' tut* Ina
stoma. flow/It. Owl io I 3 or .8 .IttebooqbaoP ,
1 t harrftw,,, atutput.oo a Pp-dressiogs.mten-
posed,of,7 parts well rotted penal* and I.
part ashes, harrow that hi, sow your tur
ttip-de‘ii; herrn w thent lightly in:'ineltertve
the grottutl A dusting IA Ire/slily alai e t 4, lime.
'When the plants come .ip'. iipri4 l . !kjeli
41 over them, a or 4 sectle.ssive mot i ons,
scrip., When they begin to bottle. Thin
Ahem out. so as to stand 8 or 10 iiietel a.
'put, sti rthe so il with the hot r and *et
, ,
pier them equal quantities of'stilt andillas.
ter, at about the rate of a buehil,an . ,epr, it of
°Vb Keep the grotintl *tire/4,44 or -
,' • ' ~ '
Plitih Olean of weeds,,Ontl yolk at
itttaZ 4 4* ,Vl4 Abe °lt ,
d i ,
i
& Welt et the at I. .... al
ilium season- -