The llHUrt Fsaeral Hymn.
Ren, noldisr. rent,
Tbr ttfl* at war sre o>r ;
Rwrt. soMfcr, real,
Thowtt need thy award no mora ,
Hants, anldier, rest,
Thou htt the victor's crown ;
Boat. soldier, mat.
In h-wor fay Inaa down.
Rest, soldier, reL
Thy drear night-wsttli ia oar;
Raat. soldier. rest,
And wake to strife r mora;
Raat, soldier, raat,
Wean on though comrades weep ;
Raat, soldier. mat.
That aoiamn ailanca keep.
Reek soldier, raat.
While oannon booni around .
Raat soldier, rest.
Till tha laat trumpet aound ;
Boat, soldier. raat,
O, amy thy waking be
from lawt to sweetest raat,
-A fSt her's gift to thor i
IWtey'e Martina
Owlj • Baby's Urate.
" Only a baby's grave! *
Rome ftvnt or two. at the most.
Of sfer-dsuuefl sod ; yet 1 think that thai ,
K***wh*t that lAtlo wet
" Only a baby's grave 1 "
To children even s<> small
That (hey sit there ami sing—eo small a thing ♦
Seems w sns-ly a grave at all.
•' Only s Vshr's gVave V
Rtrsng*' how we moan and fret
Fsr a little fkee that was here a apace .
Oh. more Strang*', * >iUl we forgotl
" Only bah.vV grew H
bid-we messe.ro grief.
Few tears w* re shed vn our hahy deads
I know how they fell an this.
" Only a Uahy's grave 1"
WIU the litUe life Sv much
Too small a gem for His diadem
Whose kinolam is mede of aweh :
•" Only a baby's grass !"
Yet ofteu e come and sit
Rv the hille st*iue, and thank God to own
We are maur to Him far it.
There's something so pure in the beautiful
snow. , v*r . r a ]
That comes on its o-.m af Hgfa,
Ami mantled the vitiate and pLiws (w-Mnr
In their robes of stsuless white :
That I love to gaze through the misty air.
Where the scov-tlake. are at play.
Awd offer silent, fervent prayer
That my heart wvre as pur* as they ;
That essw wish pud h*mht aught he
Tbe emhwia .if a*fa puißj.
There's aomething so calm in the falling aaow,
like the stepping of hairy feet,
O'er the mystical mountains of kmg ago,
Through every sly retreat.
On the huah of my spirit. I -com to haar
That musical song of eld, ,
Ami the land of the bleak seem* very near,
With its jasper and its gold,
Rnt instead of the songs winch angels sing, i
Comes the dismal note* of the stem storm
king.
There's soiuetliiug so sad in the sifting snow.
As it heats ou the poor man's door.
Where the Bickering Are is burning low.
And summer comes no more ;
But the taunting vniee of the winter wind
Oamee in at the broken pane.
And clouds of snow like fiends of woe
Cozne up the narrow lane.
Oh Ood, the hearts of tha lonely cheer.
For the snow falls fast and bread ia dear. |
There's something so rnde m the pelting snow,
As it drifts ihroach the biting dr. ]
And scattrea its broad flakes to kr.d fro
In the face of tha old and fair;
And then with a careless dance it dies , 1
Ohr the graves of the dear ones in the rale, ' 1
And puts out the violet's tender eves
With its frigid tooch and dismal wad ;
0 Ughtfy rest on the new-made sod
Where we gave oar dear ones back to God.
OM.Y OS THE BOX.
u Any one rot a light V
" Hera. D.r boy. I have. The best
matches in the world. Safest thing you
can "
•* What, those things ! Won't let them
near me! Pd have the patentees Irani t
with fagots of 'em Why I paid for a box
of them, and Jessie paid, too, how much
do you suppose ? And out of a shop, mind
you!"
u 1 can't tcll I'm sure; some fancy price."
" Only fiftv thousand pounds. 11l tell
you bow. \vait, 1 can't give up my smoke,
even to gratify so just a vendetta. So for
once 111 use the ill-omened thipg. 1 go
member the last time 1 used, or tribt to 11
use them —but you shall bear."
You remember at the time when I and
Jeawe were going on together, old Foxber
ty the millionaire—mj he enjoyed the cred
it of being called,j"though without any :
claim to the title, a# it' proved, for he had ,
but seventy thousand pounds, and a mil- |
fionaiie, even by courtesy, ought to show ,
at least two or three hundred thousand, i
However, be took all the airs, and enjoyed
all the respect, of one, ami so far as he •
was concerned it came to the same thing. ]
He really showed szmut interest in our
coeing and ironing: quite twyond what
might be expected from a tsonev-grubber. i
such as he bad been all his life. The liking
began on bis side, through my presenting ■
him with a pound of the very choicest Tur
kish, which had been sent me as a present. * ]
There was his weak place. He smoked— ,
smoked day and nigbt, not like a chimney
which often has its tires banked up. but i
like a mountain on fire. '
•* Give me mv pipe." be would say, tkk- i
ing a rather selfish view of the cosmogony.
44 and I don't care if the world turns up- j
aide-down." j
A rather weak logician once retorted on
htm: " But, my dear Mr. Foxberry, ir the
world turns upside-down, you and your <
pipe must turn upside-down wifh it." ,
But Mr. Foxberry had him in a moment.
•'I say, rir," he roared, "if you had taken |
the trouble to attend—l stipulate for the
quiet enjoyment of my pipe. You like .
splitting hairs, sir, I see."
I could see that this old gentleman took |
• kindly interest in my love for Jessie.
Between huge clouds of smoke he grunted j
out his approbation.
" 1 like you." he said, "Bob, and that's
a great deal Not ao well as my pipe, of j
coarse; but more than my money. 1 like .
you better than the greedy crew who are i
boating me for it. and who will find them- (
•rives disappointed."
Every one, of course, good-naturedly '
said that / was hunting htm, which was ,
far from the truth, though I qwp I had '
the of it, and liked listening to his sto- ,
ries, his grim remarks, and. I own, the
smoking of some rare old cigars that he bad j
got from a sea captain. I visited him often
when it suited me, took little trouble about |
him, and at laat got a hint from a friendly ,
solicitor's clerk that my name figured in
'• large caps," and in large figures, too, in
his testament. The next time old Fox
berry was smoking hard, he said to me:
"Why don't yon name a day? Behold,
man klive. Pluck up and don't stand shil
ly-shallying. You won't lose bar it in the
and," be said, significantly. "I tell you
what," be said, "I've got a new box of ci
gars over. We'll make a little party for a
drive to Thfee-W>ss Abbey. Get ber to'
meet you there. Settle it all off-hand, try
the new rigare, and have done with It."
I was enchanted. Tim. indeed, looked
like business. I wrote off a hasty note to
Jessie and ber aunt, telling them how
much depended on their coming, and im- 1
ploring fliem to attend. I wrote also to
a jeweler for a couple fit ,little, lockets, as I
wanted to make a tender offering. I wa
very happy and excited. Mr. Foxberry
grew more and more benignant.
"There are pipes," tfh said, "that I knock
about any way, and throw down after I
have smoked thenu Than; are others 1
take care of, and rattdky carefully. You
are a good fellow, Bob. Will be a capital
smoker one of these days, and I'll take
care of you. * 1 1
I thanked him cordially.
Well, the morning came, and the carriage
was actually at the door. Just then the
post came in with two letters and a little
registered card-board box. One was from ■
Jessie, saying that she was delighted to
come. TW other was from the jeweler,
saving that he sent me two lockets, but i
that he wanted one back at -once " for a ■
bridesmaid's order." The lockets were
very pretty, and I admired them greatly.
It was hard to choose between tb#m. I
was in difficulty when Mr. Foxberry deci- j
ded me to roaring out from below that he
was ready, that the cigars were in, and '
that we were losing the fine day. I had 1
thus to make a hasty choice. So I chose ,
one that Isepuied the most elegant, rolled
it up in silver-paper, and packed it up in * i
neat card-board box. But how was I to
send back the other locket 1 A capital
idea! There was a match-box on the
chimney-piece, which I emptied, packed
away the locket in it, and sealed the box
in white notepaper, tying it round with
tape. I
"You," I said to a handful of the match- ,
efj "must not set the* house-on Bre. and
will beef use In my wast-coat pocket.":
And tJpre I deposited tbt-m;^*w^*j
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Pniprintor.
VOL. IV.
My revered friend, a little out nt humor,
: was still calling for me. I came down
I with many apologue, ami away we drove.
Before (ee lm*f got a quarter oiT a mile, lie
| called nut— 1 "Hallo! jnst like me! For
1 gotten my fri-cvl-vx. Drive liack tt once."
' "Stojv air." ! said, smiling. "I have
thought ol' that," ami pulled out a match
from mv pocket, He would have hugged
me for this forethought. He said it show ed
such a true -mokinr Instinct. It cartainlv
di*l.
•'Ju-t fancy." he said. holtKng up hi
cigar: i- l should have let this out, and
where should 1 have l**-en then I We don't
paa a village or even a cottage on the read
to Tkrae-mwa AM*y; ami there's nut a
! house within miles of it. t>r else," he ad
ilc*l, refieclivwlv, "I must have gone on
Muokhig the whole day and the whole ct
dinner 1 tell you solemnly, 1 think I
should die iff h*t alter-dinner suvoke "
f was a little facet km* oil this, making
i naarranry plan* a* t kow th aacre.l Are
might have been kept hi, or propagated;
making the coachman keep it alive during
dinner, and the man-**rvaut during the
coachman's dinner, ami I relieving both
'■But onlv think of the risk," he *aid ;
"supp*we the cigar g t clmke*!, or the fel
low cut drunk. *nd.let jt go out. iVlut
oroaW become of me then? I declare,*'
he mid, with ferocity. "I'd have tlie Mow
broke an*l dismissed I'd work hetTen
ami earth to punish him "
"Quite right." I said, laughing "But I
am happy to save the poor devil from such
a fate."
"You would not," he said, sternly,
•Where ray pipe Moanceraed. I'd let noth
ing stand in tbe way. I really believe it
ta be the elixir of lift*; and any one that
interfere* with that supply of vital energy
1 look on as interfering with my life. And
I would deal with him accordingly."'
The cigars were certainly very go**?,
and. after smoking two, he said, ''Now.
my boy, for a bit of aelf-denial. Not one
more till after lunch, or dinner, a* we may
call it; and then how we shall relish it!
That's the real time f**r exyoyment."
We were uow at Three cross Abbey, a
little old ruin, in the middle of a sort of
waste or <\mmon, with hardly a tree or a
house near, it was a favorite spot for a
pic-uic. as the ruin was picturesque, and
moss-grown, and shady, sheltering us all
from tbe sun. .fessie and her aunt were
there waiting to meet us ; Jessie looking
' lovelv, as, indeed, old Foxberry as good as
told her during lunch,
"When you're both installed in a Hue
house, she'll look all the better for such a
frame. Some one," he added, with mean
ing, "will take care of you both."
Binner was over, and he called to his
man to bring him his cigar-case out of the
carriage.
"I never was in a better huuior for a ci
gar. and for a good cigar." he said. "After
that little repast, too. 1 shall enjoy it the
more. Here is a good corpulent one for
you, and another for me. I always say.
give me my smoke, and the worid may
turn upside down. Ay. and even- human
being in it, too," he added.
We laughed at the jest. Such a little
tribute was only due to him after the , en
erous declaration about us.
"(•rive me a light," he said, sticking the
1 cigar into a hole in the extreme corner of
hi* mouth, a position which fanatical *mo
ken* are fond of.
I drew out my 1 >undle of matches with
triumph. "1 have half a boxful in my
pocket." I said. "It never does to be with
out them." And I rubbed one on my
boot-heel. It missed fire. I tried anoth
er. It missed also. I tried a third, it
mined a.'ain.
"What are vtm about V he said, testily.
"'You are veft awkward; I thought any
fool could strike a match "
"My boat ia damp." I arid nervously
."I'll try the wall here." I did so, and
failed with three more in succession.
He now lost all patience. "You are a
more stupid fellow than I took vnu for.
.Here give 'em to me." He tried himself,
but iu vain ; they all (ailed ouc after the
other. I frit my heart sinking.
"The damp must have got at them." 1
faltered, trving again.
"I bate delays, he said iu a pa.—>iou. "it
spoils rov smoke. Are you a noodle 7"
"Why." cried Jcssiu, nho had been look
ing at one of thcmrloraly. "tiiej are safety
matches! They light only upon the box."
o|d Foxberry flung his cigar over the
waft In n fury He gave me one look and
walked awav to the carriage. I rusher! in
<k*|*tr to t&ft <Mch man and the frotraan
"For Heaven's sake, a match! Twenty
poind* for one," I whispered hoarsely.
"Lord bless the man !" said the former, j
starting, "what d vc mean P'
"A match, a match ! Quick, a common
luclfer mat *!"
- ought to have one," he said, feeling in
his waistcoat pocket. "Wait—no—yes—
there is one I do believe."
He {Milled out one—saved ! It was as
precious as a gem, that little splinter of
wood. Alas 1 with fraying in his pocket
the top bad all worn off. It was no good
struggling with (ate. I bowed my head
and submitted. All the way back old
"Foxberry never opened his lip." When he
got out he complained of being ill, and said
to the bousekc-^ier —"That blackguard had
done it porpuntj • hppee of killiqg me ;
but I'll be even with him." .The next day
he altered bis will
"Now," added Bob, "admit that I have
reason to loathe the sight of safety match
en that light only on the box."
"Go" and "Come."
" If you want business done," nays the
provflrl), "go aud do it; if vou'donY
waDt irdone, send some one else." An
indolent gentleman had a freehold estate,
producing abont five hundred a year.
Becoming involved in debt, he aold* half
the estate, and let the remainder to an
industrious farmer for twenty years.
About the end of the term the farmer
called to pay the rent, and asked the
owner if he would sail his farm.
" Will yottYjuy it T* asked the owner,
surprised.
"Yes, provided we can agree about
the price."
"That in exceedingly strange," ob
served the gentleman; "pray tell me
how it happens tliat while I could not
live upon twice an much land, for which
I paid no rent, you are regularly jmving
me two hundred a year, unil are able in
g few years to purchase it ?"
" The reason is plain," was the reply ;
" yon sat still and said go I I got np and
said c&mr. You laid in bed and enjoyed
your estate ; I rose in the morning and
mipded my business."— Self Help.
" Nakhow" Gacoe Railroads. A
company has been organized in Ohio
with B*oo,ooo capital, to bnild a three
foot gauge railroad between Piqua and
Celina, running through Miami, Hhelby,
Anglaziuc, and Mercer Counties. The
right of way is to be fifteen feet, instead
of forty the hsual width. The locomo
tives are to weigh five tons, instead of
thirty, and to be capable of drawing from
ten to twenty loaded freight cars, each
of two and a half tons capacity. Each
passenger cor is to hold twenty people.
A road of this gauge is already in opera
tion in Ohio, between Akron and Maasil
lon. An extensive system of railroads
of this width is also being constructed
as feeders to the trunk lines centering at
Toronto, and the projectors of the Buffalo
and Springfield Road are thinking of
1 adopting the same gauge. It is also be
ing adopted in Russia.
The Canada papers express great sat
■ isfactiou at the Appointment of the Com
| missia&ftrs to M£le the differences be
tween .England and the United States.
"*
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
S|tani*h Burial ( !•.
The custom of burying the dead in the
' gown iuul cowl of monks lna greatly
jiasacd into di-utsc. Ihe mortal relit*
are treated with growing contetuid, as
the U|ver*titiott* *.f the justple gradually
luac their concrete eharacler. Ihe soul
is the important matter whieh tha church
now l.V'ks to. Bo the cold clay faeamed
off to the cemetery with small cereuumy
Kveii the coffin* of the rich ur* jammed
away into receptacles 100 small for theiu
ami hastily pLixtervd tint of sight. Ihe
poor are carried tff on trestlea aud hud
died iuto their nameless graves, without
fallowing or blessing. Children are
lutried with aome reguul to the oM Ori
ental customs. The cvfltn is of some guv
and cheerful color, pink or blue, and is
carried ojieu to the grave l.v ftnir of the
dead child's companions, a tilth walking
behind with the rihliened oofHn-lid. 1
liave often area these touching little
)>artiea moving through the bustling
street*, the peaceful little face asleep
under the open kv, decked with the
fading roses and withering blies.
In all well-to-do families the house of
death is deserted immediately after the
funeral. The stricken one* retire to some
other liahitation. and there pas* eight
days in strict ami inviolable seclusion.
Oil the ninth day the great masses for
the repose of the soul of the depart*'.! are
said in the parish church, and all the
friends of the family are expected to be
present. These maeaei are tlie most iui
j-ortaut and expensive incident of the
funeral. They cost from two hundred
to one thousaud dollars, according to the
strength aud fervor of the orisons em
ployed. They are rep>-at<sl several years
on the anniversary of tlie disease, and
affbrda nuwt sure aud flourishing revenue
to the church. They are founded ujkiu
those feelings inseparable from every
hum<in heart, vanitv aud affection. Our
dead friends must \u> as well prayed for
as those of jthere, and who knows but
that they may lie in deadly need of pray
ers ! To shorten their fiery penance by
one hour, who would not fast for a week?
Ou these anniversaries a black-bordered
advertisement appears in the uewnjwtiers,
headed by the sign of tlie cross and the
Uequiemtt in Poet, announcing tliat on
this day twelve months Don Puis no do
Talpassetl from earth garnished with the
holy recrements, that all tlie masse* this
dav celebrated in such and such churches
will be applied to'the benefit of his spirits
repose, and that all Christian friends are
hereby requested to commend hi- soul
this day unto (iod. These unite*! efforts
at state! times are regarded as very efti
cacious.
A luxury of grief, in those who ran
afford it, consist® in shutting up a house
where a death has taken place and never
suffering it to be opened again. I onoe
saw a beautiful house ami wide garden
thus abandoned in one of the most fash
ionable stn-ets of Madrid I UXinired
about it and found it was formerly the
residence of the Duke of . His wife
had died there many years before, and
since that day not a door nor a window
was opened. The garden gates were ml
uud rough with rust. Grass grew tall
and rank in the gravelled walks. A thick
lush undergrowth had overrun the
flower-beds and the law ns. The blind*
were rotting over the darkened window*.
Luxuriant vines clambered over all the
mossy doors. The stucco was peeling
from the walls in great unwholesome
blotches. Wild birds sang all day in the
safe solitude. There wan something im
pressive in this spot of mould and silence,
lving there ao green and inplarahle in
the very heart of a great and noisy city.
'The duke lived in Paris, leading the
rattling life of a man of the world. He
never would sell or let that Madrid
house. Perhaps in his heart also, that
I<jittert*l tliorougfare worn by the itatter
ing boots of Mabille and the Bote, and
the (Juartier Breda, there was a green
spot stored to memory and aih'tuv, where
no football should ever light, where no
living voice should ever be heard, shut
out from the world and its cares and
pleasures, where through the gloom of
dead davs he could catch a glimpse of a
white band, a tiash of a dark eye, the
rustle of a trailing robe, and feel sweep
ing over him the old magic of love's
young dream, softening his fancy to
tender regret and his eyes to a happy
mist.
" Ijkc that which kept the heart of Kelen green
Before the awful trouble of the rain."
Suffering* of the French I'rlsoners at
llrHn.
The following regarding the suffering*
of the French prisoners at Dresden, is
from a private letter by an American
lady abroad: " There are hut few ar
rivals of foreigners here this Winter,
except the French prisoners, who sntfer
from the cold to a fearful extent. 1 refer
particularly to the 4 comaiou soldiers'—
all those in the ranks—as none are allow
ed to live in private lodgings. There are
many who have been accustomed to lux
uries who have now to endure all the
deprivations and bartishiiis of tha bar
racks, and associate with the low and
coarse rubble composing a majority of
the prisoners. I heard of oue very young
soldier, the son of a nobleman, who had
not a single companion in the barracks
where he is confined, whose father offered
twenty thousand thalers to the Govern
ment for permisaion to occupy private
hxlgings, hut it was in vnin. fhere are
twenty-two thousand prisoners in Dres
den, aud a great numlier confined in
barracks lately built, so near to the river
that when the ice breaks up in the Spring
it is feared tliat the buildings will lie
inundated, and the people are in a fine
state of perplexity and trouble as to what
they shall do in case this haptens. The
poor fellows complain that they are suf
fering so mnch from cold as to have no
feeling below their knees."
C'AjmsD FBtiT.—Fruit in not only the
most delicious but the most healthful
food we have, ami every family should
he supplied with it the year through. Iu
order to lfavc a supply through the win
ter and spring, preparation* must be
made early. The lx-st mode of preserv
ing is by canning. The old style of pre
serving—a pound of sugar to apound "f
fruit—is worm? than none, Class jars
with glass covers are the beat These
jars with proper care, will keep any kiud
of fruit without sugar, and will last for a
generation. Not only ix-aches, ixurs,
grapes, tomatoes, und the small fruits,
but green Is-an*. peaa, corn, and other
vegetables, should be canned in large
quantities, so that they may appear u]>on
the table not only every day, but at every
meal, until fruits and vegetables come
around again. " But the expense !" some
will exclaim. It is not so expensive as
meat, and far more healthful as well as
palatable. Try it, and save vour doctor's,
bills.
THE FISHEBY Qnamow.—A dispatch
state#that in the case of the fishing schoo
ner White Fawn, the Admiralty Court de
cided that the purchase of bait, nets, or
supplies of any kind in British waters
cannot be construed into an intention to
fish in those waters. Friendly vessels
have a perfect right to enter British ports,
to pass and repass within the three-mile
limit on their way to their own fishing
grounds, and, for any lawful purpose. To
condemn a veasel for preparing to fish,
the Judge said was wrong; it must be
shown that she was taken in the act of
putting out her lines, nets, Ac. He
therefore refuses the motion in her case.
THE billiard match between Dion and
Deery, in San Franci*eo. was wou by
the latter.
CENTRE HALL. CENTRE CO.. PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1871,
A llcller Market System.
At one of the evening di*ou**ii>nt wt
Utica, hist fall, thin aubjret was haiidlevl
for an hour or uioro ; wild uutoug tbe
suggest ion* wa* a recommendation that
a committee W uppouit*'<l to lK*k into
the mischief* of the N w York system,
uu*! to recommend uioasure* bv which
the firmer will get Wlti-r pric**s, aud the
ooiiMiimen may purchase Ixtltet foi*! at
more reioMJuable rates. In oihiidcriiig
the topic iu hand, your comuiittce have
found two el****-* of traders in the sur
plus of farm*—the produce and commie
-ion merchant, and the utiddle-mun. In
the criticism.- w>- may make on the mid
dle-man. we wish at the outsit to *li
cnniinat ahwrply between these two.
One is noce—ary, the other i* not; one
ia im|H>rtmit ; the other is an ii*aj***ti
ueuce. The fair and honorable prtHluce
merchant is a* uaeful to the farmer as
the*le|Ht tliat shelter* liis wagon load, the
freight line that tak*w it t*> tide-water, or
the bottom in which it is wafted over
sea*. Of i-isfzc there must be cheese
merchants, and wheat dealers, ami wool
hotistw, and three tnnlera mu>t have their
margin* and win their gain*, for they
have disaster* to survive ami l*>sae to
pay. For the houorable, high-miuded
men who conduct the gr**.t vxi liange* of
the world, we hnve no feeling but that of
admiration, and no words that are not
words of approval. Our eritiei-m fall*
mainly on a class of men that live by
their wits, that iui|x*lc distribution rath
er than aid it, who work for aelflsh end*,
ami generally by unfair mean*.
vv HO IS THK MUUH-tl-MAN ?
In general, he i a person who act* be
tween a turuier and a coasouar, and like
tlio monkey dividing cheese between the
cats, his policy is to bite from one and
gnaw a little from the other, till he gel*
uiorv cheese than either of the cat*.
There arc those who say Unit rniddle
meu art* a great benefit to the farmer,
and llie uiore of theui there ire the let
ter prices the producer wdl receive. Let
ua examine that propositi n a little, and
see if it will hold water. There are per
haps a million of men who own land and
produce from it more than they con
sume at home, and who look to Sew
York as their liest market, tirwnt that
500 men are wwtW in New York to de
liver that surplus to the consumer#, and
who must receive their |>y from u mod
erate commission fur handling. Now
double the number, and let 1,000 men
push each other, aud jostle, and tuck,
and lie, and swear tut iher do. ill order
that each may hare a handling iu a part
of that surplus. To the farmer this
eagerness may aeciu like an active de
mand, and lie may beliefs that it indi
cate pood prices, ami that the 1,000
jostling luiddle-uieu liave by their enter
prise and thrift made his market Is not
the truth juat here : that the extra 500,
who are not really nettled to handle this
surplus must live, and that lix-ing must
come from the consumer and the fanner;
sometimes more front one, often mainly
from the other, and in the end the work
er in the city and the worker in the coun
try hove that 500 to support, and often
to" support all their extravagance ; to pax
their losses, to foot the bills for driukand
tolmcco, sometimes to give them a greedy
profit and enable them to retire from the
wharves aud give place to others as eager
and as unscrupulous.
Why cannot the fanner do his own
marketing, and thus save w hat goes to the
middle man ? As btisiut-** is nrrnngid
at present in the metropolis, this would
be impracticable, and we give aome
reasons :
I.—Two of the great railroad* that
bring supplies into New York, the canal
and it* continuation the Hudson, run
for nearly '2OO mile* through country
that give* but little surplus. There is
•amc strong productive land on the Hud
son, but the local imputation, largely
non-producing, consume the bulk of it.
On the Erie, one reaches Ilinghumpton.
and on the Central Schenectady, before
coming into a country that yield* a large
*urplu*. Probably the County of Or
auge, in the matter of milk anil butter,
should le mentioned as an exception.
Thus the farmer* of Central and Western
New York are divided by half a dnv's ear
travel and a fare of at least 84, ami often
8* each way. from the people to whom
he would sell Ilia grain, veal, cheeae,
apples, butter, honey, poultry, egg*,
feather*, beau*, and potatoes. He can
not afford to spend from 810 to 820 in
going to market with a lot of produce
which may lie worth all told not oyer
B*2oo. Tliis is the difficulty unmlier one,
and it is uusurmountahle.
I—New York haa regulated and estab
li-hol customs, all in the interest of the
city aud its middle-men, and adverse to
the farmer. For instance, suppose a far
mer in Green Comity lnvs njinc new
milch cow to sell, he reads in his news
oaiMT ( i that prime milk cows are
bringiug from 870 to S9O. and some as
high as SIOO and $l2O. HP out* her on
the boat and goes down with her soon
after; as lie jmsses Spuyton Dnyvil, a
person steps aboard and come* up with
the air of n man of bu*in-5.4, and praises
the cow, ami says, " I want that animal
for my family' use. She is gentle?"
"O, yes." "How old ia her calf?"
"Four weeks." " All right I will go
right up to the house, and send my man
down to the l>out for her." " How
much did you say ?" " One hun
dred dollars'." "AU light; a good
cow is worth 8100 in any family." The
fanner is elated ; ho has sold his cow W
fore the ts>at has her lines out, at the high
est priee his fancy painted. He waits an
hour—no man. Another hour—nothing
from the nice gentleman that wanted
a family cow. Soon the mate tells him
the eow must leave the loat. He takes
her out on the wharf and stands there
tid afternoon, holding her, tired, and
worried, and betted, and hungry—lioth
man and lieast—till at last another man
comes up and asks if that cow is sold.
The farmer tells his story ; man asks
him to deserits- the gentleman who wns
such an early purchaser. " Oh, he is a
dead beat! You will never see him
again. 1*1! tell you what I will do. I
w ill give you 875 for tliat eow. If you
don't sell her benight, it will cost you
$lO or sls to hold her another day ; 875
is all yon can make on her above ex|a-ns
es, if yon should sell for a §UXi to
morrow." Poor worried fanner. Both
jaws of the trap take him at the nukle,
nnd these two men work together just as
even and venomous as the boys of any
steeltrap, that ever stripja-d oflf the log
of a woodchuck.
This is only one instance in a thou
sand, and it is part of n great system for
discouraging and overreaching farmers.
11EMKDT m'OOEHTEI).
He who discusses a wrong should urge
Something by war of righting it. Your
committee do not suppose that any one
enactment will eflcctually cure the mis
chief. The farmer, octinq alone, can do
much toward a better state of things ;
the formers ading in contti, can accom
plish much iu that direction ; and a little
good leyisUUion, if duly executed, will
greatly aid private endeavor.
WHAT THK SINGLE FAHMF.It CAN tlO.
Let him forward his produpe in packa
ges that are perfectly honest, putting
big apples in the middle of the barrel as
well as at the ends; keeping straw, and
weeds, and corn stalks from the middle,
as well as from hoops of his hay bales.
It always is a brass shilling that a
man makes by his tricks in packing. If
he has a good name on the wharves, such
deoeption kills it, and he will work twice*
as hard and wait twice as long to regain
an enviable repute a* it requires ta win it
at the outset. Let him lie wise also
iu classifying his load*, tuid render, if
lutosible, only one grade at one shipment,
\ir iutitauee, mppose a farmer living on
the cool clays of Niagara ur Wayne
County, semis to New York ten barrels
of soft fall ftpplf*, and iu the me lot
miiks No. 1 spitaaabergH. On reaching
the wharl, the merchant see* the soft
apples must lie sol,l at ouee. Perhaps
he trades right away with a pie maker at
81.25 a barrel. Thin little lot of spitxen-
Wrg* he knows will keep till March ;
but lie is dealing in fall *|i|4>'*- The
buyer* of hard apples are ma in market;
he offers them to tne pie matt for 81.50,
aud he take* them. The farmer could
have got 02.50 or 81 for those apple* if
he ha<l kept them till mid-w inter, or sent
them with a large lot as aoon as freezing
weather ia over. This is aa illustration
of the mistake that farmers make in ap
tile*. They use the same indiscretion in
hotter, cheese, dried frnit*, egg* aud
poultry. Most of the New York mer
chant* do a driviug—not to say a shtoh
daah-husinea*. 1-arge sale* and large
profit*, if they can get them. Large
Sides, any ho". The vice of tire metro
]H>Utan system ahonld be destroyed hv the
farmer, and provided against. Classi
fy at home. Send No. 1 butter in good
ivitupauy ; fat chickens with tat chicken*,
and big red apple* only with such as are
big. and red. and hard.
Let the single former, unless hi* means
are very limited, go ta New York a*
ofteu a* once a rear, and make acquain
tances among the couuuiwkm merchants,
and le*ru the waya of the metropolis.
He mar hit upon soma worthy eiusen
who will offer to giro hhu 60 rente the
year round for 10 poumla a week of sweet,
yellow, firm grained butter; who will
take hi* honey, hi lard, his jellies, his
currant sriue. Iris maple srrup, his fresh
laid eggs and hi* plump chiukeu*. at the
aame good figure*
W JlSTcost OBTEW ACTIOS MAT AOToOTUMI.
The farmer's life is often praiaad be
cause it is so independent; and when that.
inde|>r!)drnce amounts ta isolation, aud
a refusal ta eo-mwrate with hi* ueigh-
K>rs, hia independence ia somewhat like
the lihertv of Hilly Bowlegs and Spotted
Tail; a harltarous freedom that strips
him of half hi* comfort, hia |Moanl-ir>
gains. There are huutlreds of town* in
which the pntflm for four or six months
is from butter. r!ach dairy makea after
tlieir own faaliion ; the roll* are kept un
der cloth iu a eon! )suitry till about 5D
iKMIt! ds are aaved ; it is thee rauunrd
into an oak or ht-mhwk keg. set into the
front end of the sleigh, taken ta s depot,
and shlpie<l ta a great butter house on
Front or Water street*. Arrived, the
long steel gauge ia pushed through it,
and the tab or keg gtea with 56 (fillers
at a single taste and at wholesale rates ;
and the poorest roll of butter in that tub
gitv-s prior to IV u-Wr.
Now Mipjxise a dozen butur-maker*
acre ta act in concert, appoint one of
their tiumher to classify the Italia, and
pack No. 1 with nothing but No. 1. In
this war ten keg* may be collected, eight
of which would lie of the finest qitafity.
If those families had a friend iu New
York, or should send a good market-man
from their numl*er, he ontildengage tlw*e
eight tutto at the highest retail price
Ten centa a pound on 500 |>onnda would
give 850 a* the gain from the concerted
action in the sale of one article.
Farmer* claim are organization*
through which much of a purely bnsjnnw
rliararter can lx accompliahevL Before
the dtocuatuon of Ute evening is taken up,
appoint a committee and vote hhs a
-mall snm for hi* expen wa; his tithe in
winter he can afford to give for ft mutual
leiiefit. Send him to New York with in
struction* to learn bow the farm era com
prising the dab can obtain the best pri
ces for their egg*, poultry, butter and
dried fruit. Rend the beat Ituuneas
in an you have, and let him act for
nil, with the same sagacity and wisdom
that he displays in Ute management of
hia own affairs. I will not believe that
such qttalitiaa are not to be found The
greed of the metrnooh* is creeping out
ward 1 know, and shooting it* view* into
the redder veins of rural manhood ; but
there are great arteries in the b wlv poli
tic that as yet, thank Ood, are pumping
only parr blood ; supplying Train* that
are "clear to see right, and heart* Uiat are
warm in the love of virtue and honor.
It i* not impowihle ta seed to this as
sembly men who are quite superior to a
per eentage, or a bonus, or a job Hurh
men will see that no claas deserve# Uie
fostering care of lvw-givers so much a*
the onler that is fundamental and indis
pensable ta all Uie rwd ; Uie aider with
out whom the engineer inustl>ox hi* the
odolite, the merchant look np hi* ware
hoose. the lawyer burn his yed tajte. and
the editor ehew btfih ends of hi* quill.
When Uie farming interest is duly repre
sented in our Assembly, when working
producers outnumWr talking men. and
ambitious men, and lobbyists, and the
hunter* for soft places, von will have
laws regulating business on city wharves
by which wheat rower* and itaker* will
be brought face ta face. The city house
keeper will see the verv hands that do
her churning, that handle the curd* for
her table, and rook the delicacies which
aha reservp* for the end of her banouet
Much legislators will draw the wind from
the craft of our middle-men, and they
will liecome like Otlielo when hi* oc
cupation was gone. Necessity will force
them to eat honest trade, or to go huti
gry.— Report of lAc Nttr York Skit* Agri
cultural (SmmitlM, now firtt pultliihccf.
Diwirusz.—Dr. Russell, in a recent
letter from Versailles, narrate* the fol
lowing incident: One of ths great mill
tary chiefs was going to hi* quarters Uie
other cveuing inside the princely pr
ciuta, when he wo* brought up by th
point of a bayonet, and a demand for Uie
password. T'lie general had forgotten it.
" I am General von he exploinetl;
" 1 have forgotten the pas*." The sentry
wa* a man of few words, but they were
cmphatir. In Polish-German, he merely
observed, " I will shoot you 1" and look
ed ao \ery like it, that the general
desisted from verbal controversy, and
waited till a soldier from the post hail
returned with an officer to identify liia
excellency and give orders for his
release.
In Alh ghanv, Ps. Mayor CaUow waa
called on lately to sit iu judgmentupon
a Mrs. Bittner, who had attempted to
commit suicide ; a fine of thirty dollars
and oust was assessed for the infraction
of "the statue in such cases made and
provided." This romiuils us of the law
abiding Frenchman who climWd to the
top of a monument in Paria and was just
alxmt to throw himself off, when a person
who tros up there taking a look around,
beggid pardon and said : "Don't you
know that the legislature has declared it
s capital offence to oommit suicide ?"
"Oh, haa it ?" was the reply, "then I'll
not do it," and forthwith he descended.
AT the Illinois. Valley Coal Mine
Company shaft, three mi lee from Lasalle,
a miner named Knowles stepped into the
cage to descend to his work. The engi
neer instead of lowering the cage, raised
it, and Knowles, apprehending danger
from contact with the pulley, jumped
for the landing from which he had started,
but instead of alighting on it, he struck
his head against a post and was dashed
backward into the shaft, and fell a dis
tance of 530 feet. The bones of one of
his legs were forced, hp into Ms body.
Of course he was killed.
Hearing braperlne* In N,
A horticulturist In Htuttgerdt ha*
<l.\ ised an ingenious method of rearing
grnpcvinsn hi pots so as ta obtain grape*
with vary little trouble in ft room or
other sheltered place. A vigorous l
hesdthy cutting of the late growth of the ■
wood u taken, trout throe to five iuohw in
h-ngth. liftvina at Ue upper tnl two
fruit Inula. The cutting 1* enveloped ,
with uoaa, but an as to leave the x-'
Inanity bearing the frnit hud* recover. J
ed. The catting prepared it ino-rtml
rally into a large flower pot, having 1
fruit bud# projecting ftbuve lh edge s
of tlui pot, which ta then to be filled with ,
rich rot-bed earth well moistened, fttt-i
placed in the aim In-hind a window and
Kept uniformly raoitt The water p. *
plied ahonld be lukewarm, no *a*to'
atamulnte the devekqimeut of tha young '
root*. When the wewiher ta such that I
them U no dangor from night frost*. the
pot may be placed outside the window
ur against a tunny wnU. or even iu (be ;
ground in order to secure a more uni- '
form moisture and temperature. Mlien
the two fruit buda hare producedj
branch?*, having bnnchea of grape* •
upon thetn, Utero shoots are to be trim-1
rued m that two eouml leavtw remain
over each gaapc sooot, in order to keep ,
up the rirruLtiuU of Ore *#p, since i
without tlii* the grape* wouM not de
velop. A single leaf would be sufficient, *
but t* o an* better, for greater security. '
An oeeaaioiiai watering with liquid ma- I
nntw i advisable In order to*Uoiulato the
growth <>f the plant, although this uuit ,
be applied with care, ainoe an t f.ee**;
wit] uo more harm than good Iu t>nft
instance a grape shoot treated iu this
way produced nine large Imnebea of flne
grapes, although ench e nutatwr would
I*9 rather more than could oouvcuieatiy <
be supported by the plant.
The Contract Ml*m net ft FaUnr*. <
A Oomnritftee of tha 111 mora Jhegula- 1
tare ha* juat visited the Htftte Mwt at,
Juliet, and it ia reported they became
bewildered at the erident luoarneaa and j
want of judgment aith which the buii
neas of uie institution haa been conduct
ed. It was ascertained from the bowk*
that aomeof the departments were ran
on contract with onlsidn part***, an I
that Q*ne were not : that aonie of tW.
Tranche* were remmjcratire, and
other's had been maintained at a ruin on* j
expense to the Ktate from their oorn-,
m*ncement In the matter of the sale
of good*. it waa found that in some in- 1
stance* jsvrtie* wholly irresponsible. end
others of a doubtfnl "character, had been
allowed to purchase to the amount of t
81.Vi.000, and that the priaon waa a-1
cumberetl with debt to the amount of .
nearly 8333,(J00 fur material, machinery, -
aul atack, a huge portion of which waa .
on hand, but on which not more than
tialf the price at which it was inven
toried could be realized. Of this in- j
del 'tedneas the moat waa orerdue.
The whole of the stock, machinery, j
fixtures, and appliance* were valued at
8596,000. This waa thought by the.
committee to lie the roal value- It ap- ,
poan-d to be tie opinion of the com
mittee that the eyatern of running'
manufacturing deiuutmentain the prison 1
by the State was a failure, and that the!
sooner it could be dnaed out and the
workshipe of the institution nm upon" |
the contract raton, by which the labor ,
of a certain number of eonvicta ia kwaed
to an ontaide party, who will furnish the
material and the neoeaaa rr irapiemai t, {
the sooner the prison would hern a poai*
lion to sustain itself
Sow we have the San Francisco Cos*-'
mercia! Ilmskl testifying that beet sugar
will lie a failure on* the Pacific Coast, i
It estimates that 3,000 tana of licet* will i
yield only 800,000 pounds (five per cent 1
of saleable sugar, at twelve cents w
jmund. worth •afi.OUO; and B,iM)
jtounda (three par aent) of dark salt
Hugar. for refining purpose*. worth, at
six cent* a pound, tIO.MJtL This maku*
the total value of the product of 3,000
tans of beet*. 846,800. The expenses
of reducing this quantity of beets in d (
factory working fifty hands a Jay, be (
estimates ta be 570,0(00 j so that the loss
in the operation would be 129.800. 'l*hftt
this kind of sugar should be profitably
made in Germany and not in tMtfornia.
ia owing perhaps ta the lew* saccharine
matter that the California beet* contain
compared with thnar grown in Europe,
and the high coat of labor and machin
ery in California.
Why we Le*e our Teetlu
In civilized society a complete sad
perfectly sound set of natural teeth is a
curiosity. If teeth continue to deterior
ate as fast during the next flftv years ft*
thev have daring the jv*st, tne people
wilf then aearrwdy have any teeth t all
except such as the* dentist furnishes them
ta order. This deeay and kwe of teeth is
confined tauten, ami mostly ta the divil
i*ed meet of men. Where ia there an
animal on the face of the globe, except
some domcstio anunal kept by, man in
the moat unhealthful condition*, that
loses its teeth by decay ? The Indian,
the negro, and the less civilized natiou*
and race* generally have good teeth.
Wlint is the cause of thi* premature loe*
of our teeth ? I>y*peptic stomach*, ml
eratna brend, tobacco, drugs, uui lewnli
neaa, etc., have much to answer fori*
cam*-* rf decaying teetli, bnt the cause
which I leire ta call i*rticular attention
to. and whieli is of more importance than
any other, though generally overlooked,
is that the teeth are not made of suitable
material*. Teeth are very largely com
posed of mineral substances, as phosphate
of lime, carbonate of lime, silez, eta,
and in order that they may lie sound and
perfect, food must be oaten which eon
tains these mineral substance*. A* well
cxjied ta make a perfect steam boiler of
sheet lead as to make jx-rfivt teeth of
snch fotid as fine-flour bread, fat msut,
sugar, starchy preparations, eta, which
do not contain the elements needed. It
people will only substitute unbolted
wheat meal or graham flour in plaee of
the superfine flour now so generally used,
their health and strength will not only be
greatly improved, but their teeth, and
ropectaßy their ehildrftu's teeth will be
harder, stronger, and much loss subject
to decay.—Kxxhmfit.
—• -■ - ' ,
I'kmalf. Masons. A discussion in t
Boston paper concerning the existence
of female FwuiasiMia bungs out a state
ment from a correspondent, who saya he
ia " well acquainted with two ladies who
have received eight degrees, and who
are the ' shining lights' of a flourishing
lodge in Vermont. The circumstances
of their admission are very interesting,
and closely related to certain weU-known
adventures in our late war, when these
two heroines followed, for over s year,
the fortunes of one of the Vermont regi
ments. I was ]uvoeut myself at the
initiation of one of these ladies, who
went through the ordeal in a manner
worthy of the title she has earned. It
was the same as that undergone by men,
except in a few particulars .of dress,
which was slightly altered in respect to
her sex."
At a mkxtixo ol the fiali and salt deal
en of New England at Boston, it was
stated that the annual value of our ooeon
fisheries is #50,000,000 ; that forty mil
lions bushels of salt arc used in the Uni
ted States every year, or. about one bush
el to every inhabitant; and that the av
eftigc rate of duty now on salt is 224 per
omit, ad valorem, making the averse
cost per bqphel r to thl consumer Wty
cents.
TSBUS: T*n Dolltra • VMr, in Adnnoe.
Nob Doming".
' WHAT Kufiutfoimni WITH m COM
-1 UMdM HJri BTO HAT
The Aon fYotnhitfo Comrnlwuon hi (tow
'at work. FVrim the tejraHs M the party,,
we luafc* tha follow iug HzMiwatipg ex
; taatfa:! j 1 . tt . i
wam uomijimo tm- - 1
i HmHu Do®jingo Otty fa not lung but a 1
i lain. | ba\fti Usui here nop two day*
I aud have < arched v inly for a ujrw houaa,
; a fireh brick, a liefifly-ijufaried atone, |
'or A lately sawed w'afttlirtja* Apjiar
! entjy tffare fa no*, in tlie whole erfjr, a
atruoUue that fa tiot two handred yaara 1
I old. All tha h 'Ua \>mr gnc jnuof of '
, (treat age t rutubhqg aUmca. ixawnfe
11 slung to dwoay, iy and otfar 'iuo*
, c-lunanu to the w*u, tuowt i.uil mold and
, discoloration n*n where. E"try t atrrei
'is but a oopy of it* fellow *. It* bouses ,
are like pri-oii*, with thick wwlfa, massive
doors, snd barred windows.
VMR TWUt'KU a.
> i'reaidaut Baex in In* mt--i view with
i Me. Wade ssid : t 'aUnd, i UuU whusn ap *
< ranch fa sag! in tha L'luUsl Btata. wad i
j m> littfa here, fa leally not at the bred of j
discontented IVmtinicuus ; but he fa with
s force of Hsyiisua, a few other fareign
' ere, and a ri-ty smell number of iw-rra
| related In or cxmiMrted with hltimtdf.
,Hafa of lutfa imiMWtamiDL The Carre fa '
: Hav has ;Hp ofareo are M*ytu*a U* 1
I decs not fri; but aj
Uuytiau tivucral fa iu pQjmmtf Tha
Haytwu Gowrumcut, by hi* am, ia mak
: lng aa Vigorous a d(dfldiih aapqs- j
sib' , just at this particular time, tn ar
tier to affect the pw -pie of tha Uatfa)
i tttaiM. wul prev. nl tn* Urtglibhring the
mfairwn IG-poUic Iroai brreti waited with
I* (bfaV ptfaf* , " lifer* >J.' fa fart I
%4Ht4 114 Wt \t- \ 01. in MM it '
j Boiuama fa a p**r bfaK ifarij |ilac
4 enough, lot all ifa aud pictiy
, caqm *j]Kxraaniv. h u* buiit inn nsu
dutn hsp-haanrd ..rt uf way along half
a mile pf cnrxlng idiore at me foftt of a,
ridge of xroodW MB*, and what
wtlh its rumbling hmre and grouaqnc
bnfa I think it fa one of the tnust alranrd
plaere I ever saw. Tlnfafi Mt t reht at ■
uufai boiUluga, oil Udd, .j wr
the u**Ntf' part ol fa light fratg. w v rk of
•uanUiqga breraght trim the fkratei-. and
J with baciiW* split in half !
.and pnwsefl flirt br tulfng *<*# |k>
' thn> while wet. The rude pkakiftg
made in this primitive manner it fcmi
four to six inches wide una half m ounr
terof an liotk, ia Minos* j
unknown. bfct moot of the lUUf on- sdute- ,
' wsabcnL TV' Tudfig i* ofWr alcavcw
1-tmad together with v.ne*. The floerfbg, I
' when there m any, fcfcirb in not afca,
consist* of or hart;
■ or boughs, or the mm* love* Uha* art'
i used far thnbafa. None of the luwscs -
i or. pcrhaj* I *iu>uid sav cahjn*—have ,
.more than ono *orr ; lev W>< more
than' one, or. .perhaps, IwA room*.
Poor* and windows We hixWfc- which
* the majf nty ctf the people hvee leaned
to do without; hut there arM or three '
houarw in the vilkgw rooftri with *brair*
and unpphmi with uUnuuh fnslern gu- ,
. venkuos* aa pLajak flouts. pattitJuu*. and
iduum and window*. < Li the centra of
i the V-ttlwnent' fi|" the rtaza. dr square,
without which Ho Spanish-built hernia
thought to be crwuplHe and here ia a
Lilwrtv Tree, of the royal palm spacwa,
• planted by tha willapvi fit. Vat pan ,
W a- ' h *d ' . -* i
t • nunu aosdmuiMiMKa. -t 1
There ia no tavern, or hotel or other
place 0# acooumodstkOQ for Mraimcrm
j and *o fWr a* I have boeti aid/ to leant
1 there aye not more than two or thr*e
bedstead* on the . whole 1 Vmnvrta.
. Thooe w isvhawe no hammock* steep on 1
rude larnlsw frame* or on imprutnaod
pallet* *d lohreatod hock. Uiaa cup
ooa huttira of hie that alnuyt
. ereorbudy Wiw a niuh>. 4 Of the W
! hooaee In the place, mora than half. e
'la mm* war devoted."td* trade., How 10
shop-kee]>ef* run he mafntwfne* iu **}
village of SO booM is sprobfc-as hi I
11 political economy that I shah go* at*
t (.tempi to acdve, bul it ia. so. All that I
ifbavc seen sell liquor, otxd besides tin*
I' at*lie of cximiperee one aajl t>ny common
i ! dUieoei. grocerieA tobaeco vegetable*,
■ and fruh. * 9i , 1 * -•> •" 1
thb annexation wramrttNr. •*
1 Li, On the anbjurt of annecntvii the p*u ,
' pie of Harnhua u* anthivi—tlc and an-
Mtmnoux ; but their: ouuikiu of coane
should not be aesuwed to be that L
mei-.rdvmf the Matidefw' Jt Ik thfr on
- fr salvation of this tiortioo <it the ftepifl*- i
. 1 lie All the trade, tha pr-Oeetrav, the
! ksupport of this lithe MUkmmt eoraua i
k i from the Unitad thatoa." Talk te aav ,
' ana. you uMat on Urn pouinaulA. sad
' | you will linorobtAii the somaacutununlis, i
!, l>f whiah yon rnav take tfu-< of 4jy
loguc for a somine;
1 ' " Well. Vnofc, Me yAu in favor of
f! what they ml! nunc ration V
" Tea, W, Thi r * >\*<V i V*'
I " Well, what is uuwuS 'D t"
M • It's getting into the Stn e and Ugviu'
; ■ kv< ?••
1 f •'' Whv ar van in favor of auuex*-
•ftioar
1 j•' Ca'se itgivca ua pnAivt itm far . our
' jaalvea and our property, sad. prevents
I the Wars which w* been bavin*."
The iieople. arc id, a censUrtt stole of,
"! tnaccunty. They have ao heart to raise
II crops, for that may bs Si ulaayhil, astbey
' have Iwen a doaen tmn* hen-tofaae
1 1 There is no law. we rwdrcw* for robbery,
' and ilcprevlations aa incessant. Many i
' | declare tliat they will not stay" here if
1 the annexation scheme is defcuted, tor
" ■iu that cms- tho, diaordera will bis te
f' douUM. But if thctr "get intd the 1
: HUte. 1 * the" * believe tht
i trade will become proHpcrous : North-1
JI era capital, industry, and tat*Uig*nce I
} will enchaacetlie Value of their land and
I give them a good caah market for tlueir j
j produce.
m ; A SMUKA 'ALui.'i-M', t t |
I We found no uriaonars ia tbeoaiabooM
I perhaps thev hud all boed rel-soad. ia,
f i honor or the Uuitad BtsU-e—lut vigw
, I ilant and iapootoig of tlW'gnard
. was worthy of thb hixliMt odtulrniilm.
II It vh a militWJiOiard, dt-tailod, I bo- 1
-1 licve, frdm the'sUndiug away of
t ( public. Tho troopa wcrv barefoot and
lH elml Tlieir arms iorc vario-ia ■
, j Some had knives : two feof long, with a
■ blade fro id tdo htf six indies in Vqdth.
' i Some hml swords,* of all MM of odd
' i patterns. At lewd one carried a musket
fj without any lock. a dpatm of
' these troopa lolled in the dirty guard
> house, eating bananas und ilriiifiug ,oo
f! coanut milk, and. Khiokiuy ilirty pipes, i
1 . The calaboose eonaists of line roomi m
--> i ply ventilated, tlioWh it hay neither door
1 nor windows. TKbte is neither dark cell
k nor gallows; Ait fiawana has fine act
.) ol mahogany stocks, whereof ons of
' tha oorrasi>uidente in our party will
' i long uneervw * pleasant racoUaction.
Like I>r. tig* imjuisitivo pi
r, tleuian wanted to nee " how the thiK
' worked," and the guards were delimited
■I to show him. He silt' down on ■ the
>! ground mm! carefully placed hte unities
> in the holes; the "npper bur ww let
down ; and then aU the yonng gentle
man's coiapaniona aat on it, uie.au
' ..peakuble axnuseuiant of the speetatiprs,
' until the prisoner had found out a great
' deal more about stocks than he had amy
desire to Icnow. 11
TBX PEOPLE.
Where the earth yields ao freely of her
store, and the artificial wants of civilised
> life ere unknofrn,.it would b unreashn
-1 able to look for a fray fcdustrious-popu
' lation ; but I must say that the people
XO. 9.
vf banian* im proas im m bain# an tin- j
cow muni v lay art of vagabonds. They !
arc irresistibly fiood-bamored, and e*rj'
l.aHly iuU Uign-ui beyond' their station
They have .opacity for faaprovrtuetit
and more general information than one
would naturally expect. Bat when
propertv u insecure and frail in i **r*
in w*oe, ud avun patttakwtw, not an
aLrarfMo neeaatltj. what in the an® of *
fork T The leiwa or* mow indurtri
' qua thau th man, and what little labor
there u performed is nearly all don# br
them, I mode a little journey inland,
wwtminy, in MO)oajr with hue of my
lellow-travstsn (nook of oa in /tutted ue
;a bull, nacoarfto# to tba euatotn of the
country h and everywhere wr we struck
by the iuvt-r*ion of Lho next*. Near
the top qf a loo# hill we met a man and
Woman r.-tan.iuu from town. They hod
evidently' Men Id 'barter their produce
foraome family eeeeaeriea, and tba wife !
waa staggering under th load of two
beesy bagw the JmalMu4 walked
#ai|y ahead onrotj *hah™i Wc met
•envoi women lAnUti# bulla to mod from
! fbe town, ao.feluMren Csrrviug burdens, j
} Bat not a man doing anything. The
(bird* of erewttifo lounge about Ihe shops
sunk orwagm. and look t rtrangera ; hot
duriu# <mr rtrfy to tbia part— and 1 have,
btx> constantly ahww—l hnva oaaa
; way a man to go*. exee f 4 * ortogfat >
Uudy uetpoe* kejit buoy on the Meth- ,
•ruirxenmnajro rauoeaM.
jl rite report* of tlx* valor and variety <f
timber od the attend ate probably wot
Himmtoid The kind* mod used tor#
oumim i - {
1 wood. lignum vnr, iron-wood, ana
w. ana these ire said by the lotutirt*
1 M yhe Huedhkni, m *clT a* int. nigral
n.k.KHwnt- with wham 1 hoeetelked to
be of groat aburtoaauw and large growth.
• Mr. Barr, who wda a Union soldier and *
j fern bfto Imt t*w* ye*> MB** ** •
mahogany tr **> to thi* j-rt of Uu ilad
1 It front 1 foot Kf 6 feet in diameter ; §#-
. num . im. 4 tort inches . arfto-wood. d ty
f f
wood, fi to 3D incbe* fia bur aa.l hove
learned. titter aev no oaw-nulla- -though
the water power is abundant—and wumj
ld*d
su use at oB h made of any of the mill
'Utream* The dtmate> and noil omea to Be
admirably suited to the aagsrraaur, bat
the processes of extracting the juice aoe .
■ f I<od tbnt the crop is not valuable a* it
aright la be. The mm grow* voiy rieli
hni4y,,aod 1 hpar of a plantation .
[which La* been running 40 years without
yuttottill strong and healthy.
I Ottec in fiwU yamrn the ntubhle waa eat
uu i the land burnt over, but the eoil ha*
ftHt-r been toirmL Plow* are unheard
'it The tobacco raiaed iwwr flamaoa k
oaf beltor than <m oon
but it ia tsteemto inferior to that of the
•onthfn side of the iUnd lam an old
land faatidioaa aaudter. baa I have no
hesitation in. peonoaacing the ok cent
lieu of Hamana Letter than yoa can get
HOT 10 orl/i eAt* in Jlew Tort* and the
2 eeat csigar of Banto Domingo equal to
the 23 pent Regalia or Partogy. The
I amoking iohaeeo would aell in the Sfatea
for 1.0 or 2 pound ; here it brings
fO cmU. Jt i# tooauruog forthr onii
narv amoker, hot its flavor ia veiy 6m.
The inhabitant* of both OPXea, chew to
bacco a gidotdaaL but do aaO nmaafar
tux* Lhr W for cbcwuig pufpoyw a* we
do Titer hare a hipUy aocialde way of j
tmoking. 'pammg about a cigar from owe
j|o apotb- r. a* the calumet ia (owed
around at an Indian ooanciL Indeed, it
ft conhi*ivd giwadv extravagant and
profligate to sdndke the whole of a cigar.
While there are any whip in port, thr
pomdation keep itatof ui tobacco by, y.
y. td: . -i r
Peculiar Teaple.
Tkc, estrarugact man hnrt a cab to
; WV out for au ouiuibuw.
The toad of gallantry moorted Lia,
ftcotch tootbor-in-law undmneath the <
miatleto.. alfbotigh ho kne*brfrvh*ti<i
tlmtabv had town tokiuff
Che oangwiar man e*p*eted to And
a Wdiea-maaL tdam ha wanted <m.
The cmlgtoo* man beiievad tba amor- i
iuicv <Jt' aipbrdiirwr that a ktn# circuit
jfa§ tht atroeta were
man allowed hi* Are to go out.
totber thka rmfthebeD to hid iomo-
tnaa enjoyed the half
hoar that be apont in woitin# for the
nuuinerved oirt the'ooop
for expected guertn, when only >
tbfne of therti Lid achudly am * ed at fhe ,
appointed hour for eotftig it
The lutftv man at cfceru to rood
"Parodter Loot?" wad afterwnrda mw
heonl to boavt that be got through it at
> a sitting. • ■ j
The hopeful man twice gave a rah,
driver a aoverwuni tor a hffli,ug. *ud j
twice rherisbedthe dehudonthatit would ,
be wtnthed to hftn. [, i ' *' k
I Tbemanof fxrtitaAe waa torave euouah
to opn hia float door himself, when he 1
nt the tax patlierer. tha goa man. and ;
the rale colkctor knock at it
The cautious man never mwut a lade i
' ! awtor from home without taking hia um-.
hrrlla with mm. and putting* corkscrew,
ipoa and ink. and a billwtamp in hi* ,
jiocket. *
h Tha gluttonous mau, by bribery, went;
beforehand to the rapper room and de
. vourwd the hver-wingis of all the fowl* !
■ tlianlaved there.
; The recUeaa man was InJd enough to
take his wrto down Jtegeat street, and
tU D her that he had a teu-pound note
j about him. !
. The phdest man waa tcm|)tod to re- j
| turn thanks far the bhdeamaida, and, to
avoid his chaffing friends, was caught
. [next day at Oravwend in the act of eini
' gratioa.-^Piisok.
r * Wcnut-r—Woth is not only the normal
' i condition of 'httman existence, but it is
I I the Isw of happiness ; for although there
I are abodes and strains of happiness that
l | coma to ua by stnroiy, pt,
taking won eornprvhcnmtrly. and human
;!ufc at large, mtui is happy in thepropor-
I" tloo in which he is aceoniplishiug by the
development of his own powers. It is
What s man do®* more than what he is
•eceivtug, that makes him homy. It is
■ tha evolution of mind fotwea, in coanec
[i tion with the body, addressed to worthy
, objects, and attaining them. It is the
seu<K> of power in believing; it is the
" -senae of bfe in activity ; it ig the sense
" of Odd in man in the lowbr sphere,
creating, or preparing to create—it is
" this that is the secret of happhiels. The
U idea of most men is that happiness is
. eostaey ; but ecstaoy is paroxysmal and
[ m; whok'sonm. That happiness which is
. the moat wholesome and best for us is of
a low' measure; and this happiness is
nowhere else so well obtained as where
' a man has rightly adjusted labor ; and
that day by day. Nor can I conceive)
( how any main, unlets he fa laid aoide by
[ an ordinaaaa of Providence toom direct
. labor, con be happy, with the poaaeauon ;
of *ll his power, with self-respect, with
a sense of his dignity as a spiritual being,
and with a sense of bis responsibility as
a worker together with God, if he be not
i aa industrious man and on acoomplisher,
or if he seeks happiness in leisure— Rev
H W. Breaker.
The salaries of the Judges of the Su-
Kme Court of the United States, are at
iU> be increased- The Chief Justice
ia to mcafve fIO.IOO, ud tba Isaocista
i justices llaooo.
A 's - us
W* might hsv- hwJ
If Jfljifj S : ISsS Z' ||Hij| iftili i luii'f" lijli'f*#'
Xdffi f| *jr wf'<-nf i|lnjij| k
nrar
By an* avert br* tiMogti titotadmp
If baud ta Land toroogh ito myalartraagate-
Of wemsJhVwd," w# bad tout lookal. 'gnd
Had Krthh
Waa dawn, what now ia uomicty iw' sad W
Wabcteforgrt-
If all of tUa had addfd ita> maartrtMMMNtew,
To every bow. woald Hto added wmwtomm.
love t .
Could ! know sooner whether M were woU ot ill
With timet aw wieii toaid 1 aam #4y t#i I
More #W '
Ah! tso.lt thus I tit *nd tern sad pomhr.
Losing STjapteue jwmani whits I wwadm,
About tbTdsy* ia whidi yoa pw* *d
No teaotXl, sad did itolteww tba o*m
Or right of me. a
iful all lost IhtoflS am la the sagd'a totptog.
Nopsa. torua^jtt rty
TUa yssas of b#**w> wffl a# aarthh iwo pw
hw>rth^hssiNSwmto4l^^
——
Ports and ranrtas.
The oapital to bagta Ufa with—A aopi
tal wife.
Nearly avarybody i* down on slippery
*; •- 4 * /"
One poultry fonder to ("wliforoia bos
10,000 l*cn.
A good way to expand f*m dtest—
eaity a heart It.
The wild geese arc raid to be begin
iu their flight nardtw^d.
Why w provident* % vagabonds J
Because th<y ore adtodated with vtoea. |
A lewver in Indiana recently throw an
inkstand at a proaidtog judge, and waa
ermt to -jail for am month* ~
A Maine pmwr noting thai the tber- I
HMPMtor i* tegrcra below roro, mtorma
ita nmflmt that camphor ma rtaw for
mHripdtifMliN. **•'>'•! * u
The amount of ice that will he cut in
the vicxuity of Boston wiß not be much
bra limn JH,IJOO Urn* the kuvort mop
by tor tor many yraro.
Infantile maohrom—Why ia a baby
like a abrof of whmtf Beroime ti m
fiwf cnlH and then thftelietf tepi flfli
ally bswmm* the flower of the family.
Thirteen thousand nine hand** atd
tcrty-two tort' t Mfl|
cumtilcted throiifli the taotrth o# 'lie
Horoae, and Uflfl fart mart to be
dog through- 1 if |
the Hon. Mr- Johnson, in the,,%orte
of thr- State of Mimiraipid, hsa introduo
edwtt art to punish with imprisonment
auyane arbouaas protone hngaage on
the Sabbath. y
Some nsnghty to Fsuatbn. the
other 'toy. omanatel an "Id g thic
bar**, hitched to on awning part, with a
atolea card sign, which .rood: "Oato
wanted: Inquire within."
The cowmmptiflo of irrifldal flowers
•vf all kind* in tiw United State* aasonnu
tomtnething over worth an
utuJly. They have been made Airily to
Frame, but should be made in §• coun
try.
, A termagnnt whose L- md ftnolly
l .-at her, ran house to haw father to eow
: Lin. and the old man with grori indig
nation said: Ml you* hutitond that if
ever brots my daughter tfrin, 111
bust hi* wife I"
A Halt County (lfo.) paper advertia-
f II 111 MM * Id A 4Mtehkeri*ll
teacher with ptenty of stuack, at the
•Pride erf the Prairie" achoolhan*, "loen
tod in the Lower Iffawuari river bottom,
in fihia county." >'
Smnrthiug for the .novalttm and fUy
wxighta. four hero kills youctoarptoe
by a poiwinad portage fcUnqk, which he
wvnda her to a note rvqu.rttog *,*-
ewer, and gete the endccoe ir guilt into
his handa again by return mail
• 4 I toy. boy. ia there anything to short
•round new f* inqateed a spoebnnau of
abovbemet •* Weß,** ropited jc hoy,
"nothing juat about hem, but. our
achoobnauter is juat ear tha kill cutting
hiteb rods ; you might walk upend pap
lute over. * ...
A canoaoondeut of a Berlin paper
.write* that the inhabitants of the country
and the email towns to France arc la
dnatrious, frugal virtuous, and in com
fartoble cirottmstaneea. but look pubfie
urfrit, being content if they eon gat
along tir.KMkwtod. '
A prominent drr good* tHriWhent of
Boston is said to We marked half an
an hour on the toltowiu* grosxrttiau.
ami toiled to pro an enuwur: "If Lug
mm build a atone wall in nine
how long wiQ it take five man tobufld "a
irv a nilii six davs
LULS W*U IB BI oay* r
When ft k siry on Mouuf Washington.
tbev obtain Che larw f the vfnA'lif |6>
itur only a rod or *fw>mitoioor. *ia
to ]w the ictrtnuwart fully. *®d fftm
in* or lie down, a*o pmaww spun
I tor single bobm! against the terxibb"
galas which prewii there. J
A oner in • Oasuwbticßt bmtht oiUfr
aUfrtd t bdtar gad 4-
mM a ham; standing ut Jb *
stall The animal j>psnmt3& refet*l
desperately, Iwt m found neSt Stsraflk
rearlv death it* bowels protruding ivW
the wound cause* bj the taw* of, the
COW. ' * •£&*■ *• *
A DahUh edtar. who lut* str*y?l *s
far eastward aa Sew Yorit. writes in rap
tures to hi* paper ef tWpeople 4 U#
remote wUon. Hew: "flowddHif
ent the folk, do not I Row gwen they
look ! What an air of primitive At
i oeuce there ia atafft them . How Jdaarifil
1 they seem to be! Thee neeer-heanJ ef
DaMf
The Worcester Err**** Cfttsrife tbns
s dispose* of " Mary's tohl V •*" *
" Marr had * BtHe tanh" > 4
WVr be*r4 tt or sad o'er. -as 4
Uatfl tbte Kttia lanVa become ' #
A perfect Utile txwv! •
So I neowAe then? stall be dug,
A grave both deep endwise. •
, In which taat laaib and all He tardaj
Be buried Me by aide.
A faw days ago in Sew Or loan a. a* a
bor, eighteen yuw old. was wading
along Melpomene rttwt, in that eiw,
which was deeply flooded at die time, he
suddenly felt an acute pain in one of lis
feet, and. raising it to we surfaoe. saw a
cooget eel follow, and fait it bite him
again. He soon grew wry sink, an.Was
earned to hia home and attained
promptly hy a physician, but died the
next 'lay. * ' .
A new kind of army tayoneH" lAifcg
made at Springfield, "Maw. Tbr y*e
shaped almost exactly Hke a sharfp
pointed trowel, and the dimenapms
about the same, or much like the ajfoar
heads of the South Sen Island aranpta.
Their design ia not ao much for -
as an efficient instrument on ;i skirjnjsh
I line, and being furnished with finger
pieoes where they are Joined to the jrrtna
they can be used either to lop bougw* or
dig holes for picket defence.
Marvis Johnson,# noted stokrbujfer
of Illinois, recently bought up alls the
hogs in the vicinity of Loanftm, to<Wc
amount at 37,000, "and several cm lends
of steep, all of which he shipped U>ptn
cago. He went off shortly after* osten
sibly to sell his sheep in Albany, ajftd
never came hack, He bad, probkble
$15,000 in cash with him, and owes fully
$90,000. He writes*trom San Franeiffio,
OaL, that he was robbed in the street
ears in Chicago, and would never come
until ha bad money enougirto, pay his
'debts. | ;
A coßßir)Si)r>T of the Wor .-ester
sevs of the late Ethan Alfen; the
pistol manufacturer: "By his tpvsnttyc
: siiTl, his resolute persevemhoe, and his
unwearied industry, Me. A. acquired? a
handsome property. He owes ah, under
God, to himself. He one# aald U ng> :
Some persons envy me what they con
sider my prosperity. But they "isld
not be willing to pay for it what I b£*e
' paid. I commenced baaneas with a %>*
' ital of 812. I often went buagiw W sSfee
! the price of a meal. I dressed as #r
tasw** * I W •