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At S1.50 per Year, always In Adtance.
tjijeotliSJ&J-Jtstit-gCijKIjiiiTHE WIGHT AFTER. CHRISTMAS.
ax i.or;pKXOnxT family joihx Ah
b.Mfa Friday a Lribare.l ol count), Peua'a. 1
7-;?.40ii r jrwr,w BC PUD is ADiXr. and
at tb mm nl fir a longer or xhitrter pritd. lliun. iu ,
ru will pay f-T f ur montii. To el tut tlx niubthit. 1 do).
firuht niiwiilx, 2 J1. fur fti&teen mouth. J tll. for tu
ear!& for fcurc,ti on year, J 0 for Ujo eopj on
-, e. Single .Nu.'l i cU. a'ayiuetit by mail ((aiil,
reeeifxd id gl -"-t-iC" sump, or batik uotva at their
walu-j Iwrm. .Mi-el kiuJ H l it mi ure rcCMteu 1u i.ay.
M-wIS. the time eipirfor whi. h a parv,r i mailed.
(unitf" have a rtinniu arrount) it i hlOrrJ.U.
AOVKiiTlEESTf hauiiftoniely- rmliiUheJ, at 60 rls fir
Hjaarv ooe wwk, .!5 eu fih alter inner lion, a dl f -r ix
lntaUi, idol, per year. Haifa aquar IU eU, l rt. -dol.3dl.
TwoMiiiar 1.40.4.wto0. Sleri halite
Bi4over ooe-ft'UriU of a column, lulol. per year. Mii, r
4xe&, ic aa nay te agreed upon. A aiuan i 12 Ii;n fcur
anailwt iTP. or lfi ' w,(lr''-. AdrLii-nieitii f a
0nra'ixitir. iIleeiU.uriwinJ-in?tPHlein-y mt admitted
Communications Tjenired on tupiexof geoem iiitert-t
and accmniifed bv the writer n-al nnme and ailn.
Tn MAviNKflC TKI.KtiitAt'll i- located in thvitiHt
f the Mat 4-' Jirtmitlr.by w liich we olten insert iuipurtaut
Jti-waJn adTaaee of tlie I'hiUd- lail.
VtBue(-t'-d uh the ti(fi- are am (tie material for mo-t
indi of OB PRINTING, whieh will be exeeuted ith
beatuem and deapatrJi and oti reaJoaabl U-rma.
tJ'aaal adfertiitnehla to hepald f T vb-n handed
Job Work when deiiverwl. All hills dw on prerUitfm.
0 iFFIf'E on Market MjUBre.nnrth "''' p,, "torey.
Jan. I. If--6- VOi:lK k O KI.H
Cif .Star auH CronifU.
910VIT, JIX. 9, IStiO.
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HISTORICAL 'When ana where shall
. & i L ri . 1 o - . L.
the West lirancb Historical bociefy be
firmoilT When via tli Val!fv first set
tormcar incnwasitie atiey ursi sei-
tl..l f TTia tint thn lllflili mp
tledf lias not me tuutn year nearly
.... i r . . t
adrj.rv AAlhratinn. at. fliti.Tonf ninitta l.f.
n ail arnnnri I If en ajnnl.I not its nnin.
tbe proper time to gather up its history I
r 6 1 J
We are led to these inquiries by perusing
, . . ,. , , ,, ,
in a lae Xi-toman a ltury of iberresby -
terian church iu that place, by its pastor,
Dr. Watson, who can no: give even tbe '
time when Father Dry son coaimeccid bis :
services there as preacher, or wlico or !
wera the first church of that order was ;
formed in the Valley. It seems probable
that the first church edifice stood about
two miles north of Watsonlown, where a
Mr. ritbian preached. nh Uistune.1
Eocieties, facts of ctmparativrly so recent a
date could be secured, and we propose
tlieir formation.
The same paper gives an account of the
elosing exercises io tbe Old Milton Acad-
emy which formerly drew student, from
the Carolinas and Virginia, and which fur-1
uished the preparatory eduction of Ki-1
vow. roiiocn, uu 01 at teasi turee canui- .
flatus tor Uuberoaiorial nooors hcn the
pupils, Rev. Mr.Wj lie, their present teach
er, aud numerous friocds, bade adieu (in
aong and address) to their worn-out old
edifice, and took proud possession of their
fine new Academic Jiuildiog, in which 70
students answered to their names.
TREASURES-By Miss I'roctor.
Lei me count tny treasures,
All my soul holds dear,
Oiven me by dark spirits
Whom I used to fear.
Through long days of anguish,
And sad nights, did Pain
Forge my shield. Endurance,
alright and free from sum !
Doubt, in misty caverns.
Mid dark horrors sought,
Till my peerless jewel.
Faith, to me she brought.
Borrow (that I weaned
Should remain so long)
Wreathed my starry glory.
The bright crown of son? !
Strife, that racked my spirit
Without hope or rest.
Left the blooming fluwer,
falunce, on my breast '
Suffering, that I dreaded,
Ignorant of her charms.
Laid the fair child, I'iiy,
Smiling, in my arms.
So I count my treasures,
Stored in days long past-'
And I thank the givers,
V hum I know at last!
Break the Calves and Colts.'
"Train up a child in the way be should .
go, and when he is old be will not depart J
from it," is just as applicable to the bovine .'
and equine tribes, as to the eenus homo.
The truth of the trite adage that "it is
hard to learn old dogs new tricks," is not I
Illustrated by tbe canine species alone.
ot long ago we asked one who was dri- c,re 01 lDe lr P"gc or its own accord,
ig a docile pair of oxen, how early he ' so tho car "hoo'd trained to an autotna
broke tbem to the voke. "Whv " said the ! ,io dullness of hearing. It is not worth
Jouth, "they were always broken." That
answer gives the whole gist of tbe matter.
It is no trouble, but on tbe contrary, fun
for the boys at least, to train op calves and
olts just in the way they should go, by
beginning the work before tbey are three
xoooths old. We protest against putting
key animals, human or other, to severe
labor before maturity of muscle is attain
ed ; but kind treatment, constant handliog,
halter breaking, yoking, and driviog, are
advantageously practiced with colts and
calves of the tenderest age. Ooe who has
not tried it will be surprised at the case
with which young animals may be taught
to obey. We have had eolts not six
Booths old that would eome at the call of
their names, kneel at tbe bidding, lift a
fore-foot to the band to be sbakeo when
bidden a "good morninc." lav the bead
upon one's breast when asked if they j
" "eir master, lead by the halter as
readily as an old horse, aod submit to the
mock saddle, to beating tbe hoof as if shoe
ing them, aod to of other manipulations.
And these colts never knew what it wss to
"br!? " Amera Agrictdturia.
Fashion in New York city made 'one
ensible movement this year, by abolish.
g "the table," which, by it. temptation
g'uttocy and drunkenness, was proli.
otoaroeofevil.
Jaa-1860. Settle upsll accounts, even
. 11 Bta w due-bills to balance. ,
R. COENEL1US.
Tlie fallowing Parody upuu Umtut MootVa unequal, d
itfht brjwt ChrUtma," wm meat us ly frWnd for j
publication lat year. It diJ out rub us, hnwtwr, na '
til January, atii we rrired tt for to4 j. VK tVuner. ;
'Twattht nigtit Clirulma, wliea all thro' thebouM !
tvtry acui wa abru, kim! still an a nioua,
TltuM ?HK:k(iiir. m la1 HC Nicholas,' rare,
Wert? cmititti of all that waa eatable; lh-r?.
That nUrlii.if hud Ju! Im n turk d in their htr
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' w "h er fU l SU,maeh'' n sa iu
I ws df-tins nway in my new cotton cup,
4 ud Nancy waa rather far ?one in a tip,
U heu out Id the Num'ry a roue u h a rlattef,
1 ttrnnjc fntn my le p. rryinft. m'W hat u Uiu matter?
I nvw toeaeli bvdhide, till half in a d If,
Tureop-n t!.ueirtaionaiHl thrrw i.fi the clothe,
S bile the lh:lit of the taper ert d clearly to ahoW
The plteoll plight of tlnne ohjclM ttelow,
Fr what to the fond father' eym xbould appear,
Hut the little pale fare of each iuck little- dear,
Kit each pet that had crammed itrel! full aa a tick,
1 kucw In a moment now felt like old Mek.
Tlielr pulsus i"rre rapid, their breathinp the nn,
n umi ineir noraarna rvjerteu l jl mention by waia
Mow turkey, now ttuttiuir. plum pudding of rourae.
And cnMardfl.and cruller, and craoherry aauce
It fore outriRt-d nature, ell went to the wall,
Ye lolly npdo4tle, dinner and all
Like pellet, which urchin fmm pop-)tuua let fly,
'Tiil each error of diet waa broubt to my irW,
, Tu the ahaaie vf Mhiutua, and id tanta Claua too.
em n't, nuu anu raiMu. jam, Jeiiy, and pi
I turned tma the rivbU tn my tM-d-rontn rt-ppd bark,
Ami bronirlit nut a ihial murked "I'utv. Intrac"
j W hi-n my Nnliry exrUttu'di for their ulTeriiiK Khoi-kM btr)
, lun't im tlnbfc you had brttr,IoT,run fortbelochirl"
' 1 ran find wait Mrceiy Dat;k uudt-r luy ruof
vii.m I h-r.t th mrpciaiur ofoijji,.i hoof,
1 niibt toy tbt I b.rdly bad turD.l nvMir'roand
h, ,i i,1K.u,r r,unimo tin ronn nb bound,
I """"I 'tb mud from l,i bead u, bi foot,
, AlHl ,h,.pitbr badon w.. i,i. aery .orstnuit,
! ll bad hardly had titua to put that on his tMo-k,
, ,nJ l0(-ked hkem ltMjtt lMirfu(ldW nhlck.
naw mm iwy twiunu-di Had tnrliocloritotniernfr i
i";?1T.V.'Mili,tTL,,i"7T,,'"1,"lMtr,,
lie hatln t Ih-vo abaTed lor a fortniL'ht or ia.
! Aud th beard on hia cbtn waan't white aa the snow.
!,, , . , . ...
nut. Inspecting their tone uea in despite of their teeth.
' AnJ JraioS his watrb from his wnitnt beneath
j He felt of earb pulw. saving, "Each tilth belly
1 Mo.tcetrid" berehaiaugbid "utuierestorihatjeiiy.
linzu "Wl re u CUUUU, flUUJO. .M"a, ii. lie en,
A i:d rroaned when be raid so. in Sf.ite of myself;
iiut a witik of bis ere when he rhvsicked our r'red.
H oti pre me Ui know I bad nothing to dread.
And doed all the rent gae bis IroWjcers a jerk,
And ailuitig directioiis wliila I.U.wing his noMe
lie tlKlu t reicritie, but went straightway U work.
Me bnttonrd .lis coat from bis rbair he artffe.
Then iumisl tn bis gig, gave old Jalep a wbutle,
aod Jaia dan'a on as u nrit-ked liy a tlillle,
but the Uoetor exclaimed ere be drove out of sight.
j night:'
The Art Of Not Hearing.
I "The.'ll he Well h. tn.iunr.ia0M-l ui.-lit I J.,n.a. wnAtl
, shnud bo Uugh, ; fTer. weU-rega1atcd
! family. It is full as imnorlant. to domes-
tic happiness, as a cultivated ear, fair which
so much money and time are expended.
There are so many things which it is pain
; fuj t0 hear many which we ought not to
; bear very many, which, if beard
disturb the temper, corrupt simplicit;
U) Will
Ml
I..... .a,,
roodesty, detract from conteotnicnt and
bappiuess, that every one should beeduca-
ted lo take in or shut out sounds, accord,
ing lo their pleasure.
If man falls into violent passion,
and calls me all manner of names, tbe first
word shuts my ears, and I bear no more.
If, in my quiet voyage life, I find myself
caught iu one of those douicstio whirlwinds
of seoldiog, I shut my ears, as a sailor
would his sails, and, making all tight, scud
before the gale. If a hot aod restless man
begins to inflame my feelings, I consider
what mischief these fiery sparks may do in
the magazine below, where my temper ii
kept, and instantly close tbe door.
Dues a gadding, mischief making fellow
begin to inform me wbat people are saying
about me, down drops tbe portcullis of my
ear, and he can not get in any further.
Does tbe collector of a neighborhood'!
scandal ask my ear as a warehouse, it in
stinctively shuts up. Some people seem
aoxious to bear everything that will vex
and annoy them. If it is hinted that any
ooe has spoken evil of them, they set
about searching tbe matter, and finding it
out. If all the petty things said of one
by heedless or ill natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, be would become a
mere walking pin-cushion, stuck full of
; sharp remarks. I should as soon thank a
j mau for emptying upon my bed a bushel
j of nettles, or setting loose a swarm of ants
m mS chamber, or raising a pungent dust
ia mi touse generally, ai to bring in upon
me a11 lbo UM,e of cu ' topiJ peo
pie. If you would be happy, when among
good men, open your ears ; when among
bad shut them- Abu" " ,he tDrot DM
nucnlr arrangement by which it takes
while to bear wbat your servants say, when
tbey are angry; what your children say,
when tbey bave slammed tbe door; wbat
your neighbor's ssy, about your children ;
wbat your rivals say, about your business,
your dress, or your affairs.
There are two doors inside my ears a
right hand door leading to the heart, and
a left band doof with a ' broad and steep
passage into the air. This last door re
ceives all ugliness, vulgarity, and misebief
makiog, which suddenly find themselves
outside of me. Judicious teachers and in
dulgcot parents save their young urchins
a world of trouble by a convenient deaf
ness. Bankers and money-lenders often
are extremely bard of hearing, when un
safe borrowers are importunate. I never
bear a mau who runs after me in the street,
bawliog; nor those who give me unasked
advice about my own affairs; nor those
who talk largely about things of which tbey
are ignorant A well-bred person never
bears an impertinent or vu'igar remark. A
kind of discreet deafness saves from many
insults, from much blame, and from not a
little apparent connivance ia dishonorable
cooversation.
If there are sounds of kindness, or inno
cent mirth, open fly my ears I But ill
temper, or harshness, or hatred, or vulgar
ity, or flattery, shut them. If yea keep
your garden gata abut, your flowers and
fruit will be safe; if yon keep your doors
closed, no thief will run off with yonr ail
er; aod if you keep your fan shut, yonr
heart will lose neither fijwer nor treasure.
LEWISBURG,
J Snowed Under for Three Wights!
la Harper'a Macazme for January, a Van
kee maiden lady of advanced years narrate-, !
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in uaiui ui siyir, nu cvcui in nrr j uutntui aa ya.
New Hampshire. Keturah.or Tury.",.she
was called, was the stuut daughter of a far-
iner living with Ins secind wile, ( feeble.
'uo-iess, compiitnimg woman, wun a sic lily
child.) and had one full brother, Ebenezer.
One "stinging cold" morning, btr father (or
"Sir") ruse very early, and after a hot break
fast from 'fury's hands, left borne fur the Iowa,
fiileen miles distant, hoping In be back that
evening. But a snow storm baR to "spit"
6...hed all the -chores." eol in an extra quan-
lily of wood, and began lo speculate upon the
poor father's condition. The whining step
mother and babe were carefully put to bed,
when the two children, after exhausting knil-
ling, reading, whittling, spinning, eating ap
ples and chestnuts, playing checkers, telling
stories, and wondering, at length concluded
that the howling wind had -blocked up lh
lane, chock-a-hlock full," and that father
would have to step and put up for the night
with their t'nele Nathanirl. So Ihey Covered
tip an immense bed of live coals, set out a
lamp, lantern, and tinder-box for tiim, if he
should come and the remainder of the sto
ry we will let Aunt Kettirah tell herself, as
follows :
Wal, we went to our beds 'fore ten
o'clock ; and I laid awake a good spell,
thinkin' of father, and where he was
whether he wm out on th roatl, or safe ia
i '
at Nath's 'though I cau't say I was jist
real oneasy bout bim, nutber, for he was
a bale, hearty, middle-aged man, and used
to taking care of himself and others all
bis life. Then tbe poor little baby in
tbe next room cried and fretted, and that
kep me awake another spell; but I got to
sleep at last, and slept a .good while, aod
when I wuked up I thought it must be
morniug ; but no, it was pitch dark, and
so I went to sleep again. Well, so I did
three or four times. Thinks (ays I, this
is tbe longest night I ever did know I
Bimeby I felt hungry, and kinder restless,
and sorter faint like at my stomach, and I
thought I'd jist slip up aod light the
lamp, aod sec what time o' night 'twas.
So, you see, I slipped on some of my
elo'es and opened the door j but land of
goodness 1 tbe kitchen was as dark as a
pocket not a ray of light from the beartb.
I groped 'round and got hold of tbe
.tongs, aod opeoed tbe ashes not a spark
left of all tbe bed of coals I had covered
up so carefully I AH dead out ! I was
bewildered ; but I felt my way to the
settle, and got tbe tinder-box and lamp,
aud in 'bout ten minutes I struck a light
aod lit my lamp. Just then, the other
door opened, and Eben he come in, half
dressed.
"For tbe land's sake, Eben 1" says I,
"wbat in tbe world are you up for J"
"Cause I can't sleep," says he. "I
never knew sich a night ; and I'm real
hungry, too. I guess we didn't eat supper
enough, after all, Tury. What o'clock ia
it?" aod he took up tbe lamp aud held it
up to the face of the old clock.
"Hullo 1 Tury," says he, "only twelve
o'clock now, and we sot up till after ten !"
says he. "Wbatin thunder does it mean?"
says be.
"Maybe the clock's stopped," says I ;
but I trembled as I said it, I didu't know
why.
"So, it ain't, nutber," aaya Eben;
"tbe old fellers all alive and swinging.
Look at father's watch, yon,Tury, will you?"
But tbe old silver walch said t tudve, too.
"Well, I donno,"says Eben, "if that
don't beat all. Only two hours, Tury 7
Impossible; and tbe fire all dead out,
too why that would bav kep twelve hours
good. How long have we slept? Ob,
Tury I wbat is it 7 By George, I begin
to think we've slept over la-day and into
to-morrow I"
I was too scared to langh, and I could
not answer ; I was all of tremble with
the cold and tbe fright. I went to ooe of
the windows, and opened the wooden
shatternot a ray of light I Then I held
op my lamp a solid body of snow kiver
ed tbe winder. Eb sprung to the door
and half opened it a solid body of snow
reached above it ! We both of as see in
the same moment what bad happened.
Buried up in the anow, we bad slept all
night, and how much more, I couldn't
tell. Twelve o'clock, and it wag pitch
dark ! Was it twelve at night, or twelve
at noon 7 I couldn't tell. Then I teas
scared. "Buried alive !" says I, and I sot
right down and kivered np my face in
my bands, and cried. I knowed I hadn't
oughter, bat I couldn't help it, nohow.
'Twas a bad fix now, warn't it 7 I only
a gal of fourteen, and with tbe care of a
feeble woman and a sick child and a boy
of eleven all I bad to depend on.
But, there I our Eben teas a manly boy
I'll say that for bim and be wasn't ea
sily daunted.
"Lor', Tory, don't yon be scartl"
says be. "What if we are banked up in
the snow 7 Father and Nath arc both
alive and atirring, and they'll dig as ont,
never yon fear. I think it is precious
lucky father was outside, to scratch for us.
If be bad been here with us, nobody
mightn't have thoogbt of looking for us
for days and days ; bat, yon fee, we're all
right with father to look out for as."
"Father can't do every thing, Eben'
fays I, a-aobbiog.
"No, bat wa tare a Father who cm,"
aayi be. "When father fail ns; Mere's
God, Turj.' - j
UNION CO.,' PA., FRIDAY,
I declare Uwas as good as preaching to
bear that boy.
"You're a good boy, Eben," says I ;
"and oughter been ashamed to let yu
bc ,he first 10 UJ thtt' "d 1 ,hree ' .
I older than you ; but I'll put my trust in
jjinj 1D(j tie j,est J can '
"All right, is," says he, "and now let's
make a Gre, aod get aome breakfast right
away, for I'm tremenJut hungry; ain't jou?"
"Well, dou't you make mi noise to wake
up Marm, for dear life," says I ; "for,
fure s Joa Jo. he 11 worrJ ,he "klns cfl
' itf lie tfias awow T ahn.ilit aaw in "
w. .a - - J
And so then bim and mo begun to
make a fire ; but jist as It begun to kin
dle, Eb, who was standing looking on,
poked his head up chimbly, aod then,
quick as thought, what does he do but pull
the fire all apart, and stamp it all out.
"Why, Eben Hapgood, what under tbe
sun did you do that for '!" says I. "What
sort of mischief are you up to, now 7''
"Mischief?" says he. "Look up the
chimbly yourself, Tury."
Well, I looked, but I couldn't see
thing.
"What is it 7" says I.
"Covered with snow," says he. "We
musn't make a fire."
' "Musc'rf I'sbaw, nonsense," says I ;
"I guess so. Won't tbe beat niek tbe
enow 7 You'll see the fire will do the
business in a few moments."
"Stop, Tury," aays be. "Before the
fire melts that snow, it has got to burn,
hain't it 7 and iu the mean time, if there
ain't no draught, where is tbe smoke to ga
to 7 Don't you see we are packed in is
tight as in a box, and if tbe amok can't
go up chimbly,. won't it como ont into the
room here, and choke us 7 Don't, pray,
make a fire, if you dou't want to make a
regular emoke.faouse of tbe place, asd ba
con us all by wholesale." Now warn't
that smart for' a boy only eleven years old
to have thought of 7
"But, Ebeo' says I, "slia'u't we freeze
here without any :e?"
"Oh 1 I guess not," says be. "We're
so banked up that the wind can't get in;
and if we are a little coldish, that's better
than being choked with smoke. But
wbat shall we do for breakfast, Tury 7
I'm most awful hungry. I never could
stand nothing with an empty stomach,"
says he.
"Well," says I, "Eb, we've got cold
meat, and baked beans, and bread, and
cake, and pies in tbe bouse ; so yon see
we aha'n't starve, any way."
"No," says he, "sba'n't starve; but I
kinder want tomethinj hot. I vow I'd
givo my best jack-knife for a cup of hot
tea or coffee."
"Can't bave it, I guess," tays I, look
ioe at the great, yawning, black fire
place. "Stop a minute though, Eb. Come
to think out, there's the old nurse-lamp
father bouzht when little Martha was
sick ; couldn't we manage to kinder cook
with that 7"
"Well thought of," say, Eben. "You
go get it, Tory, and get on the rest of
your elo'es, aod then we'll try our hands
at it. I guess we'll make it work."
So I rumaged out the lamp, and, sure
enough, we managed to heat some water,
to make some tea, aod bile some eggs,
and we bad quite a breakfast.
"Well," says Eb, "my condition is won
derfully improved by that. Now, Tory,
wouldn't it be well to give poor Marm a
feed 7 I reckon she must be hungry, too,
by this time."
So we fixed up a nice breakfast for
mother-io-law a bowl of hot tea, two
biled eggs, two crackers split, and dipped
in hot water, and buttered, a piece of
pie, some cold, meat, and so on and I
took it into ber room for her.
"It's dark aod stormy," says I, "and I
thought, mebbe, as yon wa'n't very well,
you'd like your breakfast in here, Marm."
"Wbat time is it 7" aays Marm, rou
sing np.
"Well, I don't exactly know," says I,
"but I reckon it's early."
"Look at my lamp, Tury," says she,
"it didn't burn half the night. I do wish
yon was more careful about things."
i looked at me lamp ; tbe oil was
burned clean oat.
"Well, I'll get another for yon, Marm,"
lays I ; and I died oat tbe empty one,
and then fetched in a full one.
"Wbat io tbe world did you bring ma
tea for 7" says Marm. "Ain't yon got no
coffee 7"
"No," says I; "I didn't make none to
day, aod I thought you liked tea better."
"That's when I bave the headache,"
saysshe. "Hasn't fat ber come homeyet?"
"No," eaya I," Tie didu't eome."
"It's real onfeeliog in bim," aays she,
"to stay ont when ha koows howsick I
am." I didn't say nothing I dars'n't.
"This is pretty poor toast," aays she, next.
"I shouldn't tbink it waa touted at all I
It looks as if it hadn't seen no fire I"
Thinks I, "Then it'a looks don't belle
it ;" but I did'nt say it bad or it hadn't.
So I waited till she'd eat np all I'd
brought ber, and then I naked how the
baby was.
"Miserably enoogh," says Harm; "and
I guesa, whan yon name to have n sick
child younslf, and Icara wbat it is to be
JAN. 13, 1860.
broke of your rest, you'll remember your
carelessness about my lamp, and be asham
ed of it." (Well, mebbe I might bave
been, but that time never come yet.)
Ob ! wbat a long, dreary day or night
(for wcou!du't tell which to call it) that
was ! Fitter cold ! My bands toochilled
to spin or knit, I hadn't nothing to do.
I couldu't cook, or wash, or iron, for want
of a fire ; and I couldn't sweep or clean
house by lamplight. Then the house
seemed so onnaturally still not a sound
from outside, and every little noise we
made, if it was only to move a cheer, or
drop a spoon, it bad an onnatural, choking
sort of sound. Now and then the poor
little baby would wail out, or we'd hear
Marm hushing and lullabying to him,
and their voices sounded boiler, as if from
a tomb !
Bimeby Marm she called me, and told
me to take a blanket to tbe fire aod warm
it for tbe baby, and I bad to tell ber I
eouldu't.
"You ean't f" says Marm. "Do tell t
And why not, I'd like to know 7"
'Fore I could think of any excuse for
I d:du't want to worry ber with the truth
-ourllbeo be stepped right in and told
her the whole ou't.
"So you needu't find no fault with Tu
ry, Marm," says he ; "for she's done the
very best she could for you ; we ha'u't
had a mite of fire for I doono how lung !"
"No fire !" says Marm, starting up,
"Why, children ! you dou't mean you've
been iu the cold all that time 7"
"Every mite of it," says Eben, "and
Tury's all but fruze to death, now. Look
at ber she's all purple 1" Marm didn't
say another word.
When it come six again, we made some
more tea, as much for something to do as
anytuing, I guess; for we badn't much
appetite, then; and I took some more in
for Marm. Sue drank it, but never said
a word, ouly, "Let me know when father
comes."
"How is the baby now, Marm 7" says I.
"Tbe baby 7" says she; "oh ! he is
quiet, now. Let me know the minute
father comes."
Well, after that, seemed to me it grew
colder aod eolder ; but maybe it was only
'cause our hope was all dyiog out, and
nothing was left to warm us but our love
for each other aod our trust in God. Eb
en aod I got tbe blankets and comforters
off of our beds, and wrapped them about
us, and we nestled close together, with our
arms about each other's neck. Ooce,
Marm opened ber door and asked me for
a drink. She looked paler than usual,
and very ghastly.
At last I donno bow long it was, we
dido t keep do reckoning, for we bad grown
drowsy with tbe cold, and were asleep in
each other's arms I heered a dull noise.
"What's that ?'' says I, starting np.
"Eb ! Eb ! rouse up I Wbat was that 7"
"Father !" says Eb, kinder dreaming.
Another louder noise a sorter scraping
sound and then Eben heard it too, and
we both jumped up, and holding each oth
er by tbe band, and almost afraid to draw
a breath. Then came a dull, heavy blow
on the top of the chimbly, and a whole lot
of snow came flounce down into the fire
place, and, jist then, Marm came out and
stood by tbe hearth, pale and trembling.
Then father's voice (for it was father,
sure enough) called down the chimbly
"Wife ! children ! are you safe 7 Speak !
in mercy, speak 1"
I looked round for Marm to answer ;
but I see she eouldu't. Her lips moved,
but didn't make no noise. She was pala
as a ghost, and a-trembling all over, and
sbe made a sign for me to speak.
All alive and well, father," says I,
"only 'most froze. Make haste."
"Thank God! thank God 1" says father,
heartily. uXow lean work I' And then
such a scraping and digging I yon never I
Wa found out, afterward, that father, and
Natb, and a dozen of tbe neighbors
strong, stout men with four pair of cat
tie, bad beeo most of two days in getting
np to as from Nath's I
It was Viednttday night the snow fell,
and it was Saturday morning when they
dug ns out Oh I bow good the fresh air
and sunshine seemed to as agio ! Ebeo
he stood all ready, and sprung out with a
shout aa soon as tbe door was cleared.
Father laid bis band on the boy'a head as
he passed by bim, and aaid "God blesa
yon my gal 1" to me, and then be harried
on to mother, who still stood, pale aa a
sheet, trembliogand ailent, on the hearth.
Just as he reached her, she kinder wilted
right away, and sallied over, and would
have dropped right down on the hearth if
father badu't caught ber.
"Why, Susie dear 7" aays father, "why,
Susie I wbat is it, lovie? Why, she'a in
a dead laioti Upen tne door, lury.
We'd best lay ber on the bed, I guess."
Ab, poor Marm I When we got into
the bedroom, then we knew well enough
what it was ; for there, on M arm's bed,
lay a litde white heap cold and titfl at
the mow ouUide I
Poor Marm I She knowed we children
eonldn't balp bar, no bow, and so aha bad
kept her own tad secret. Ahswell ! there
wan eoaw good In mother-in-law, after alt I
I s'foie there is io 'most every body.
"THE UNION," established In 1811 Whole Ko., 2,394.
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"CIIROXIttE," established in IS 13 Whole M, S22.
Cattle's Tongues Curry-combs. I Lean Calves make Ilean Cattle. '
The tongue of a cow or ox is sugge-' Calves and vearliugs, at this season of
live. It is armed with a eticpt bed of : tlie year, are joften fed upon the eoarftal
spices', tery rough to the touch, and idap' fodder, and needlessly exposed tothe wea
led to a variety of uses. With this plia-1 tber. They are brought ia lale from thn
bio member, it draws grass between the ; pasture, several week after tbey hava
teeth for cropping, and all other articles ' ceajvd to thrive, anl are kept upon poor
of food when necessary. It comes in play ' fare, all through the Winter. Tbespbio
in reaching up into tbe limbs or trees for gy for this is, that the far, produces a
foliage or fruit, or iu reaching over walls fciriaia amount of poor bay, which muss
and fences after forbidden crops. The , to used up, and the youog cattlo eat II
tongue is also uecd iu disturbing tbe bair better than tbe older ones, and are there
and skin on all parts of the body within ; forekt-pt upon it. This isdestructiveof the)
reach, and the inaccessible parts of tiie ( best interests of the farmer, for It ia all
bead are curried by mutual aceommoda- ! the while undermining ibe constitution of
tion. No sight is more common in a his stock, thus preventing their future
herd of cattle, than reciprocal uses of the j thrifty growth.
tongue. Here is nature's bint for tbe use It is biglily important to remember that
of tbe card aud curry-comb. The tools the constitution of a horse or cow is deter
are especially called for lo Winter, whon ! mined in the first three or four years of
cattle are kept in stalls, with their beads life. It is particularly liable to injury in
eoufioed, so that they can cot use their j the early stages of its growth, and if atun
tongues upon their own bkin. I ted tbere, it never attains a full developc-
It is said by old hostlers, that a good ' uieut. The farmer lays the foundation of
curryiog, brushing, aod rubbing down
ooce a day, ia equal to a feed of oats for
a horse. However this may be, tbere can
be no doubt that it greatly promotes the
comfort and health of horses and cattle.
It removes all filth from the skin, which
is apt to accumulate in stables, unless cur-
rying is attended to daily. The tkin is
constantly throwing off effete matter,
which collects around tbe roots of tbe hair,
and stops up the pores, unless it is in
some way removed. The tongue docs this structure, aod clothe it with flesh. If
partially, but the card and curry-comb do farmer wants the best oxeo, the best mills
it still better. The office is performed for j crs, tbe fi-test roadsters than be mada
the horse quite regularly, because be is i out of bis stock, ho must give tbem a fair
more frequently exhibited io the presence
of his owner, and tbe cleanliness of the
carriage, and of the clothes of the family,
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depend somewhat upon tbe condition of
the skin of tbe horse. But the ox, the
cow, and the young animals, are sadly ne
glected. It is not nnfrequently, that a
yoke of oxen will come out of the stable
in tbe Spring, with a thick plaster of filth
upon their bams, tbe accumulation of a
whole Winter a disgrace to humanity,
and to the good husbandry of the owner.
All these animals manifest their pleas
ure at the use of the card and curry-comb
upon their skins, and after a little practice,
tbe youog stock will ccme as regularly for
their carding, as for their food. It is an
excellent method to tame heifers that are
to bear their first calves in the SpriDg.
They become accustomed to the handling
of man, and submit to the first milking
without much resistance. It is equally
good for steers that are soon to be brought
under tbe yoke. Tbey become so gentle
under gentle treatment, that they are ea
sily broken to tbe yoke, and make a more
tractable team, than by the ordinary pro
cess. Tbe card is a much better persuad
er, than the on whip. This is excellent
business for tbe boys, and they should be
taught to keep the card moviag. Ameri
can AyriculturitL
How to use Rough Fodder.
Every farm produces a large supply of j
coarse material, tbe straw of the grains, i
the stalks and butts of corn, and tbe bay j
from swamps and marshes. These all con-1
tain more or less nourishment when well
cured, and are available for food. It is a
common practice in many parts of the
country, to fodder them out from the stack
yard upon the frozen ground, where ball
starved cattle are constrained to eat them,
or perish. This is the poorest use they
can be put to. Better use the whole for
bedding and manure, than make them the
means of tormenting brutes with the pangs
of hunger.
All thia coarse material shonld be kept
under cover, and run through a bay cutter
before it is fed out. It Bbould then be
mixed with Indian meal, or some concen
trated food. Tbe most of it will tben be
eaten, and while the coarser portions give
bulk to the food, tbe finer parts and the
meal will furnish nourishment two essen
tial qualities in the fodder of tbe rumina
ting animals. It will be better still, if
tbe commingled mass can be steamed or
boiled. This process softens the coarse,
bard stalks and straw, and enables the
animals to digest them more perfectly.
The use of steamed food is increasing
among those who bave sufficient capital
to carry on the business of farming. It
enables ooe to work up all the rough fod
der, and to pass it through the stomachs
of thriving cattle. It gathers up the frag
ments so that nothing is lost.
If tbe steaming apparatus or a large
boiling kettle bc not ready, and the meat
is not to be had, it is a good plan to mix
sliced roots with the coarse fodder cut op
short. Turnips, beets, carrots, parsoeps,
and mangel wnrtxels, are rapidly reduced
to fine chips with a root cutter, aod are
highly relished by eattle. Tbey ought to
be used in connection with bay or straw.
Animals will thrive much better npon this
mixture, than npon either need separately.
In any one of these ways, rough fodder
may bo turned to good account, and all
stabled animals be kept fall fed from tbe
close of the grui jg season until Spring.
Thia careful preservation of fodder will
greatly increase tba manure heap, and add
to the riches of the farm. Stuff the ani
mals and they may stuff the soil. Amer
ican Ajriculitritt. " '
the future character of tbe auiinal at this
early ajo, making the most of the good
qualities it inherits from his parents, at
aggravating the bad ones. Ho is as really
a builder iu the feeding of an animal, as
the tu-io who rears a houss. Tbe vouna
! animal wants good rich food, the best
which the farm produces, particularly
that which abounds is tbe raw mates
rial fjr making mu c'o aul boe, that
it may perfectly eUbonto the osseous
chance in the first and second Winter.
It does not look reasonable that bog
hay, and molJy, damaged corn atalkl or
hay, will mako strong bones, or cover
tbem well with muscle. Many a man baa
tried ibe experiment, aod tbe result baa
been uniformly unsuccessful. The abased,
animals always come out ia the Spring
looking thin aud cadaverous, every briaU
ling hair and projecting bona altering itf
remonstrance against the misguided owner.
Even bulls that are to perpetuate the
herd, are frequently kept in thia half
starved condition with tbe other youog
' eattle, and are put to use before tbey are)
half grown. Wbat can a man expect with)
such management of his stock, but miser
able runts, that cumber rather thin adorn
bis farm. Let tbe colts, calves, and year
lings have tbe best of hay, and the care
ful attention of the owner through tba
foddering season, if horses of good speed
and bottom, good milkers, and strong ox- .
en are wanted. B g h:y should be held
at a discount. American Agriculturist.
Iron Works In the United States.
Fiom a table, compiled by the Ameri
can Iron Association, exhibiting the nam
ber of iron work', idle aod in operation,
in the United States, it appears that there
are furnaces, rolling mills, or forges, in
twenty five States of the Union, leaving
but eight States destitute of iron works j
these sre Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida,
Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, California, aud
Oregon, all upon the boundary or, frontier,
The following are the totals :
Work.. Furnaces. Forres, Rolling Mills.
1.1.1) S'-l a-'J 210
3-8 272 W li
Working,
Abandoued,
In all, tA 632 S
These produce annually about 850,000
tons of iron, tbe value of which, in an or
dinary year, is fifty millions of dollars.
Of this amount, tbe portion expended for
labor alone is 35,000,000. From a ta
ble, prepared by Charles E. Smith, show
ing tbe duties, tbo importations, and tha
priee of iron in Liverpool each year
since 1340, it sppears that under tbe tar
iff of ISIS the increase in the import of
iron is more than the increase ia the
population, and more than thirty-eight
times the increase in the douicstio pro
duction. A Cow Sickliso Lambs. A cow be
longing to Mr. Thomas Ilislop, of West
Oxford, calved last spring. Her calf waa
taken from her at five weeks old. A fort
night afterwards an ewe died, leaving three
lambs. As tbere was danger of the lamba
also dying, the owner took one of them,
and held it to the cow's teats. Next
morning on going to milk the cows, all
three lambs were found sucking the cow.
Another lamb was placed with tbe cow,
aod she has suckled all four ever since.
They follow ber wherever she goes, and
she protects them from dgs aud othet
animals that attempt to molest them, show
ing the same affection for them as if they
were her own progeoy.
LIBERAL Rev. James Perles, of Tal
lahassee, Fla., has invented a plow, of
which he has sold Ibe patent right in twelve
States, realizing therefrom tbe handsome
sum of 9251,000. It is said he has given
away of this sum 9200,000 for eburcB
purposss.
Joshua R. Giddiogs was iu Hartford
last week, and while tbere wrote a letter, .
and fixed a stamp thereto, the first time,
be remarked, that be had paid postage in
twenty-one years. His franking privilege
expired on Monday noon.
Liveried carriages with driven noiforin
sd to watch are now regularly hired tw
the snobs of New York, in whieh
are in Broadway, payiog very high (at the
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