YOL. 2.-I0, 33. BT S. B. KOW. CLEARFIELD, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1856. ; ...... liciit. -- The following asquint poem, by William Pitt Puumtr, wu some years ago pronounced by one of tbe most eminent European critics to be the fi nest production, of tbe suae length, in oar lan guage: . From the quickened womb of the primal gloom, The san rolled black and bare. Till I wore him a Test for his DJiiop breast Of the threads of my golden hair ; And when the broad tent of the firmament - - Arose in its ejj spars, I penciled the hue of Its matchless blue; Acd spangled it round with stars. X painted the flowers of the Eden bowers, And tbeir leaves of living green ; And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes " Of Eden's virgin queen ; And when the Sand's art on her trustfal heart, t Had fastened its mortal spell, In the siUery sphere of the first-born tear, To the trembling earth I fell. When the waves that burst o'er the world accursed, J Heir work or wrath bad sped, ' And the Ark's lone few, the tried and true, Came forth among tho dead ; Wim the wond'rous gleams of my bridal beams, I bade their terrors cease. As I wrote on tbe roll of the storm's dark scroll, God's covenant of peaee. Like a pall at rest on a senseless breast. Night s funoral shadow slept , Where shepherd swains on the Bethlehem plains Their Jonoly vigils kept When I flashed on their sight tbe heralds bright Of Heaven's redeeming plan, At they chanted tbe morn of a Savior born : . J J jy to the outcast man. Equal favor I show to the lofty and low, On the iuit and uniust I descend E'en the blind, whose vain spheres roll in dark ness ana tears. See my smile, the blest smile of a fnend ; Nay, tbe flower of tbe waste by my love is embraced, As the rose in the garden of kings; At the chrysalis bier of the worm I appear, And, lo, the gay butterfly wings. The desolate Morn, liko a mourner forlorn, Conceals all the pride of her charms, Till I bid the bright hours ehaae ight from her flowers. And lead the young Day to her arms ; And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover, And sinks to her balmy repose, 2 wrap the aoft rest by the xophyr fanned west, In curtains of amber and rose. From my sentinel steep, by the night-broodod deep, I gaze with unslumbering eyo. When the cynosure star of the mariner Is blotted from out the sky ; And guided by me through the merciless sea, Though sped by the hurricane's wing1?,' Jiii compasslcss. dark, lono, weltering bark . To the haven home safely he brings. X waken the flowers in their dew-spangled bowers, The birds ia their chambers ef green, And mountains and plain grow with beauty again, As they bs-ik in their niatinal sheen. O, if such the glad worth of my presence to earth, Though fitful and fleeting the while, "What glories must rest on tbe home of the blest, Ever bright frith the Deity's smile. From the Indiana (Pa.) Register. LEWIS, THE ROBBER. . A BEMI5ISCE.NCE. Lewis was tho master-spirit of a gang of highway men, who lived by robbing travellers 'and committing depredations upon residents, chiefly between Chambersburgh and Bedford, where they harbored in the forests of the moun tains.. They wero a terror to the community, " and western merchants who travelled on horse back generally armed themselves when going to tbe east, so as to be prepared to repel an at tack, and for greater security sometimes went in companies. It was understood, or at least believed, that aome of Lewis' band were sta tioned in Pittsburgh, where, by mixing in gen teel society, and being unsuspected, they would inform themselves of the time when merchants cf that city and from parts farther west inten ded making their semi-annual trips to Fhila- : delphia, and would then find means to convey tho Intelligence to their accomplices along the road. Lewis was a young man of handsome appear ance and agreeable address, and it was said he supported his mother and sisters upon tbe fruits ; cf his unlawful pursuit. His more immediate Associates were Conner and Connelly, who, at the time of which we are speaking, kept among the gorges of Sideling Hill, where, at a dis tance of several miles, from tbe public road, they had erected a shanty, which was well sup plied with provisions and othercomforts.wbith r Lewis, alter remaining about Bedford and .Bloody Bun as long as he could do so without exciting suspicion, or until he had received letters which he expected, would resort and remain for day's and weeks, concerting mea sures for robbing tome unsuspecting traveller &r for obtaining booty in some other way. . Persons who have travelled the turnpike be tween McConnelsburgh and the Crossings of the Juniata will remember Reamer's tavern on the eastern slope of the mountain andNycum's xn the western, the intervening distance being about eight miles, which formerly presented little else to the eye than scrub-oak thickets, Interspersed with rocks and fallen timber, with Jiere and there a slight opening, through which the cattle feeding during the lummcr had trod- 'den paths which served tbe hunter as a guide and passage when following the game along the mountain range in winter. It was, indeed, a gloomy road, with nothing to break the mo notony, save, perhaps, occasionally the cawing ' oi a crow as she hovered overhead, or tho sud den bound of a deer aroused from his lair by the noise of approaching footsteps and the lonely traveller, as he wended his way slowly . up the steep ascent, now urging his jaded steed to greater effort, and now relieving it by leap ing from the saddle and walking by Its side, would long to gain the summit, where he might proceed more- speedily and with more comfort t himself and bis aeiniaL On ascending the mountain from the west, one sees now on the south vide of the turnpike a patch of cultivated . ground, embracing sev eral acres, which has been cleared for a num ber of years, but was a dense forest at the time to which our story has reference. It was here, immediately opposite the cleared field, that Lewis performed one of his most daring ex ploits, and which, led to his arrest and subse quently cost him his life. It appeared (rom what transpired afterwards, that Lewis had received intelligence from some of his gang, of an individual carrying a large sum of money going eastward on horseback, and that Lewis and two of his associates were on the look-out fcr him, ready to make an at tempt at securing the rich prize whenever it should come within reach. From some cause or other, however, that individual's departure was delayed ; but about the time designated by Lewis' spy, a Mr. McClelland, a merchant in Pittsburg, started for Philadelphia to purchase goods, travelling on horseback and having in his saddlebags some two thousand dollars in silver. lie had got to Nycum's on Saturday evening, where be remained until Sunday mor ning, and then early prosecuted his journey, thinking to breakfast at Reamer's. As he was walking his horso up the mountain and when he had proceeded several miles, he espied, some distance ahead, a man, who wore a sloch ed hat and an ill-hlting, somewhat tattered coat, walking rather awkwardly, his body in clined forward, now shooting diagonally across tbe road, and then, taking up and balancing himself, moving on again in a straight line. As McClelland neared him, tbe man once or twice looked around, exhibiting apair ol black ened eyes, as if he had been recently engaged in a fight; and McClelland inferred from his whole conduct and appearance that he had been in company drinking and got himself handsomely pnmmeled, without having been sobered by the operation. As they approach ed the summit, McClelland gained upon the fellow, until at the point which we have been endeavoring to describe he was about passing him ; but at that moment, and before he sus pected any danger, he found himself dragged trom his horse, t ic drunken man, as he had ta ken him to be, having sprang upon him at a single bound, while in the same instant a man with a cocked pUtol jumped up from cither side of the road, the one seizing the horse's bridle and the other coming to the assistance of their leader, who was no other than Lewis himself and who had assumed this disguise to prevent suspicion. The two men who had been lying in wait were Conner and Connelly and there can be no doubt but some one of the gang had seen McClelland the day or evening before, and that they had prepared themselves during the night to attack him in the morning. Ilad he tarried at Xycum's until later in the day and perchance got some company,he would most likely have been permitted to pass unmo lested, and tho counterfeit drunkard, who, with painted eyes and tattered garments, had been seen staggering along the road would scarcely have been thought of again. The spot was well chosen by the robbers for the accomplishment of their purpose. On tho north side of the road, for a distance of at least a quarter of a mile, the woods were more open here than at any other point on the mountain ; and whilst McClelland was hurried off by two of the men among the thickets his horse was galloped at full speed through the open space, so as to be out of sight, should any person chance to come along the road. Having com manded M'Clelland to observe silence it he did not wish to have his brains blown out, they led him onward for several miles, the other man with the horse bringing up the rear, until they reached the robber's hut, which had been constructed of light logs and covered with bark, where they halted and forthwith entered upon an examination of their booty. After ascertaining tbe amount, Lewis turned to Mc Clelland and smilingly said ho was "not the bird they had been watching for, nevertheless these were pretty rich pickings" and he and his associates were amply compensated there by for their trouble. Conner and Connelly then proposed they should put McClelland to death alleging as a reason that if he were set at liberty be would inform on them and might cause their arrest ; against which Lewis stoutly protested and at the same time banded to Mc Clelland his watch and ten dollars, saying that would carry him back to his family and friends. This done preparations were made by tbe robbers to start with the money taken from McClelland to some place where they would deposit it for greater security, and he was told that if ho offered to move from the spot before their return, his life should pay the forfeit of his temerity. That they intended to return has always been doubted, and it has been judg ed, and with very good reason, that their ob ject was to induce him to remain there during part of the day, whereby they would have gain ed ample time to get out of harm's way before he could give the alarm and start anybody in pursuit. In order to make sure work, howev er, they produced a pint flask filled with whis key and ordered him to drink freely, thinking no doubt that by so doing he, a man unaccus tomed to strong drink, Would soon fall asleep and might not awake for many hours. McClel land thought the liquor contained some deadly poison and tbe robbers were taking this meth od to get rid of hire f and knowing na was in their power and that if his death bad been re solved on all his pleading for life would be un availing, he concluded to die with as little pain as possible, and therefore, to their great sur prise, drank the entire contents of the flask. Fortunately, however, the liquor was not poi soned; but the robbers thinking their prison er had taken enough to answer all their pur poses, now left, alter ordering him to lie down in a corner of the cabin. M'Clelland was now alone. The incidents of the morning clustered around his mind, and his distress was indescribable. Within the space of a few hours all his earthly hopes had been blasted. He was not only beggared, but in all likehood doomed to die, perhaps in a few moments, away from his friends and kindred, where his body might become food for vultures and wild beasts and his requiem should be the winds as they passed howling over his bleeching bones ! He pictured to himself the distress of his family consequent upon his sud den and mysterious disappearance, and their fruitless conjectures in regard to his fate, and then ran with his mind's eye over the pages of their future history, lamenting their desolate and forlorn condition as they should be drift ing without an earthly protector on life's wide ocean, tossed by the waves and exposed to the tempest. But he felt admonished to dismiss these reflections and turn unto others. Every moment he expected to feel a deadly stupor coming over him, and ever and anon he cast his eyes upon surrounding objects to assure himself that all was not a dream and that he was still in possession of his reason. Such was the intensity of his feelings that it conn teracted the effects of the spirits which he had swallowed, and impelled by that love of life which clings unto man to his last moments, he ventured to ascend to the roof of the shanty and then cast inquiring looks far into the for est, anxious to ascertain whether the robbers had actually taken their departure or whether they were still loitering about, awaiting his death. In a slight opening in the woods at the distance of half a mile he at length espied them, pressing on with all possible speed, and in a moment his resolution was taken to at tempt his escape. Mounting his horse ho en tered a ravine near by, which he judged roust lead him in the direction of Reamer's and then urging the animal forward as fast as the nature of the country permitted, he kept in the ra vine, leaping over rocks and fallen trees, and in an incredibly short time reached the point he was aiming for, where he gave the alarm and urged immediate pursuit. We may here remark that among those back woods men who employ most of their time in hunting and fishing, Sunday is not generally reverenced as it should be, and it will there fore cause no surprise to learn that when M' Clelland arrived at the tavern just mentioned he found there some half a dozen or more of rugged mountaineers, who had called in for their "bitters" preparatory to starting into the woods in quest of game. No sooner were they made acquainted with the robbery that had been committed than they volunteered to go in search of tho robbers, and in a few mo ments bad all things in readiness and set out, resolved to do their best. The hunters had a general knowledge of the topography of the mountains, directed their steps toward a point some distance beyond that designated by M'Clelland a3 the one where he had last seen the robbers; having reached which, they divided into two parties and moved some distance apart, and in this order had not proceeded very far when they espied the objects of their search, by whom they were seen' likewise at the same instant. Tbe robbers tried to escape by running, but before they could get beyond the reach of the hunters rilles Lewis was wounded by a ball, and one of the others killed, whilst the third escaped unharmed. Lewis was secured and carried to Bedford jail, there to await his trial, but afterwards made his escape and was pur sued, and whilst rowing himself across tbe West-branch of tbe Susquehanna in a canoe, was shot dead by one of his pursuers. While in prison, Lewis stated that he had concealed a large sum of money under a rock tbe specie in a vessel and the bank bills in a bottle near a small stream on the west of the Allegheny mountain ; and after hi? death dili gent search was made for the treasure, by dif ferent persons and at different places but it is not known that it has ever been found, and the probability is that it had been removed by some of Lewis' associates. Had Lewis' mind been directed into the right channel and subjected to a proper course of training, he might have lived an honor to him self and his family and been useful in his day and generation ; but having a penchant for the romantic and lawless, where he could indulge his passions without restraint, be became a lienated from society, an outcast and a by word, and in his death we have but another proof of the truthfulness of the proverb that "the way of the transgressor Is hard." Ah ornciAi. return of theJSpanish debt has just been published in Madrid. The total a mount of indebtedness is 13,580,466,110 reals. Among the items is one of "inscriptions in favor of the United States, 12,000,000 reals." Society without children would be like tbe earth without flowers, the sky without stars, the heaven without angels. THE LIFE OF A snOWMAN. From the N. Y. Sunday Leader, March 16. P. T. Barnum, whoa few months ago was reputed to be worth half a million of dollars, now comes before the Supreme Court, brought there by some of his creditors, to explain all about his property. He states that he sow lives in this city, that tbe Museum, once his, and all its curiosities, have been sold for $24, 000 j that he paid $12,000 for it fourteen years ago, and that now he has not the least interest in it. He says that last Juno he was worth $500,000. His property he valued at $800,000, and he owed $300,000. About this period the Jeromes came along and wished him to en dorse their notes for $100,000. Barnum did it, and repeated his endorsement on similar paper, as he supposed, to take up the former. Finally he ascertained that ho bad endorsed to tho amount of $464,000, and so far as he knows, there may be a million of dollars of this paper out, as he'of ten signed in blank for the Jeromes to put in what amount they chose. Still Barnum don't consider that he has failed, as he says his refusal to pay these "clock debts" of the Jerome's don't exactly consti tute a failure. He alleges that the holders of these obligations of his were the very persons who induced him to become responsible for the Jeromes. The splendid paintings at Barnum's house at Iranistan, ho says he sold for $2,000, tho' they cost him $10,000. His present assets are Crystal Palace stock, which is not worth half as much as the skin of the celebrated woolly horse once in his possession. Now, whoever has read Barnum's biography written by himself, will consider it vtry strange that he did cot follow his own advice. Who that knows Barnum could believe that he would endorse the notes of a clock company to the extent of nearly every dollar ho was worth in the world, according to his own esti mate of the value of his property in June last He says he owned property which he valued at $800,000, and it was mortgaged for about $300,000, which left him about $500,000. At this very time he endorsed notes for near half a million of dollars, without even carefully scrutinizing the responsibility of those whose paper he put his name to. Ho even mort gaged his property to raise $80,000 for the Je romes in December last. There may be a woolly horse in all this reputed failure of Bar num after all. The Jeromes did not get this $80,000. Barnum says he raised it in bonds on several States, counties and towns, but a friend of his just at this time had looked into the affairs of the Jeromes, and told Barnum that they were bankrupt, and he was ruined Barnum then sold these bonds, at a loss of $30,000, and took tho money, be says, to pay his own debts. There cannot be much sympathy for Bar num. Whoever has read his biography, from his own pen, must be satisfied that his moral principles were never strongly developed. His book, which he managed to sell in various countries of the globe, has disgraced the A- merican name. It is nothing but a history of the art of getting money under false preten ces ; and the author, in a moral point of view, is no better than thousands who have suffered the penalties of the laws for such practices The world is always better off without such ge niuses as Barnum. No one pretends that he ever possessed talent in any honorable and dig nified employment. He is a mere cunning showman, who would seize upon other men's ideas and apply them to the art of money ma king without proper remuneration even in a business point of view. "Show me how you live, and where you live, and where you get your means to live?" This was ene of the questions put to Barnnm during his examination ; and he replied to it by say ing that be lived in this city, in Eighth street, and kept boarders, and had no other means of support, except some meat given to him by his son-in-law, in Connecticut, and some vege tables which grew on his farm last year. He said he had a gold watch and a bieast pin, worth tome four or five hundred dollars, which be would produce, if required to do so. He also casually remarked that he had two suits of clothes and about twenty-five dollars in money. A Max or Bosks. Here is a curious fact for you. The flesh of a living man once grew into bone. It seams hard to believe, but I suppose it was so ;'for in the museum at Dub lin, Ireland, there is, or was, the skeleton of one Clark, a native of the city of Cork, whom they call the Ossified Man, one of the greatest curiosities of nature. It is the carcass of a man entirely ossified in bis lifetime, living in that condition for several years. Those who knew him befoie this surprising alteration, af firm that he had been a man of great strength and agility He felt the first symptoms of this surprising change some time after a debauch ; by slow degrees, every part grew into a bony substance, except his skin, eyes and intestines ; his joints settled in such a manner that no lig ament had its proper operation ; he conld not lie 'down or rise up without assistance. He had at last no bend in his body, yet when he was placed upright, like a statue of stone, ho could stand, but conld not move in the least. His teeth were joined, and formed into one en tire bone ; therefore a hole was broken through them to convey liquid substance for his nour ishment. The tongue lest its use, and his sight left him, aome time before he expired, j Closing Scexr or x Leoislatcrs. The Legislature of Nebraska Territory adjourned on tho 25th Fubruary, after repealing a law giving women the right to vote, which "they had passed the day before. A letter from O maha City gives the following account of their adjournment t "One member called for music, another for 'drinks all round some shouted 'go it boots, 'go it, 'such is death,' let me go to the Gov ernor and tell him he must not fool with us any longer;' 'I move a committee be appoint ed to inquire after the dignity of the House I move the gentleman from Otoe be declared a brick ; Mr. Speaker, will a game of poker be in order 1' 'I move we take a recess for fif teen minutes to drink ;' I move the medical members be requested to take the pains (panes) from tho windows, and extract the Tooth of Time,' &c. One member set the clock going at railroad speed to bring the hour of adjourn ment around. Members were mixed up with outsiders inside tho bar, some talking, some smoking, soma walking, some perched on the tops of the desks and chairs, and everybody enjoying himself about as nature dictated. The nouse had more the appearance of a pub lic bar room than a hall of legislation. Mem bers were called on for speeches. About midnight the Council sent in word they were ready to adjourn. Resolutions com mending the clerks and officer of the TIous, down to fireman, were passed ; but not a word was passed for the Speaker, whom a few mem bers took occasion to abuso in bitter and un becoming language. In tbe midst of. confu sion, worse confounded, tbe House adjourned. Well Said. The Iudian in bis native con dition, is no fool, as tbe following anecdote re lated by a Washington correspondent of the Baltimore "Republican" attests : We met Col. Starabourg to-day in the ro tunda of the Capitol, and while we were look ing at tbe carved representations over tbe door-ways of the rotunda, the veteran Indian agent told us that in 1830, with a delegation of tho Menominee Indians, be visited the Cap itol, and explained tbe nature and design of the stone groups in the rotunda, when the chief, "Grizzly Bear," turned to tbe eastern doorway, over which there is a representation of the landing of the Pilgrims, and said, "there, Ingen give white man corn ;" and to the north representing Penn's treaty, "there Ingen give um land ;" and to the West, where Pocahontas is seen saving the life of Captain Smith, "there Ingen save um life" and, last ly, to the south, where the hardy pioneer, Dan iel Boone, is seen plunging his knife iuto the breast of one red man, while his foot is placed on the dead body of another, "and there, white man kill Ingen." ACokspiract Agaisst Mr. Buchaxax. A Washington correspondent of the New York Courier says : "It is understood that Gener al Pierce and Judge Douglas, or their mana ging friends, will oppose the nomination of Mr Buchanan, on the ground that he is not unmis takeably committed to the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise, and that under the circum stances his election would be a popular rebuke to them. This circumstance will diminish the chances of his nomination, and it is believed here, among tbe politicians of the classes I have named, that these two prominent aspi rants will combine upon a Southern candi date, if neither of them shall be able to secure tbe nomination. In that event, the question will be fonnd reduced to a choice between Hunter and Rusk. Mr. Wise is a capital, al most irresistible stumper, and were tbe strag gle confined to Virginia, would distance all competition. But he cannot stump for the Presidency, and I predict that his energy will be found no match for the luck of Mr.Uunter." Soxethiso or a Fawlt. A correspondent of tbe Uroana Citizen writes from Bourbon county, Ky., about a family as follows : "The old gentleman is a native of Maryland, and is now in his 70th year; was brought to the State of Ky., when quite young, and has raised his family in the above county, consisting of six sons and three daughters." He then proceeded to describe tho family, all of whom are six feet in height, the tallest being six feet Hi inches, and the lowest (a daughter) six feet 2- inches the aggregate height of the whole of them, eleven in num ber, being seventy feet. The father weighs 200 pounds, the mother 285, and the children from 1-50 to .296 pounds. Tbeir aggregate weight is 2500 pounds. The writer adds : "The family are all living except the young est daughter, are all wealthy, and of the first families of Kentucky. I must add, that seve ral of the grand-children are over six and a half feet, and still growing." A SiEiGHnco Partt. Washington's Wrtb- day 22d February was celebrated by the In habitants of Madison and Clinton counties, Connecticut, by the getting up of an old-fash ioned sleighing p;rty. Three hundred and fifty-three sleighs were in the procession, con taining fifteen hundred passengers. Trades aad professions of different kinds were repre sented, and flags were displayed at ditferent points along the route. . P.receeding the pro cession was a full-rigged steamer in complete working order, blowing off steam aa. she went along. At sundown, a National salute of 18 guns announced the close of the festivities. now MINERAL COAL WAS JttADE Geology has proved that at one period there existed an enormously abundant land vegeta tion, the ruins or rubbish of which, carried In to seas, and there sunk" to the bottom, and af terwards covered" over by sand and mud-beds, became the substance we recognize as coal. It may naturally excite aurpriae that the vege table remains shonld have so completely chang ed thfir annannt character, and become black. But this can be explained by chemistry ; and part of the marvel becomes clear" to the sim plest understanding, when we recall the fami liar fact, that damp hay, thrown closely into a heap, gives out beat, and becomes oT a dark color. When a vegetable mass Is excladed from tbe air, and ' subjected to great pressure, a bituminous fermentation is produced, and the result is the mineral coal, which is of various characters, according as the joass has been ori ginally intcrminglod with sand, clay, and oth er earthy impurities. On account of the change effected by mineralization, it is difficult to de tect in coal the traces of a vegetable struc ture ; but these can bo made clear in all except the highly bituminous coking co&l, ly cutting or polishing it down iftto thin transparent sli ces, when tbe micro; cope shows tbe fibre and cells very plainly. From distinct, isolated specimens, foand ia the sand stones tsiidit the coal beds, we discover the plants of this era. They are almost all of simple, cellular struc ture, and such as exist with us in small forms, (horse tails, club mosses, and ferns,) but ad vanced to an enormous magnitude. The rps cics are long since extinct. The vetation : such as grows in clusters of tropical Ulana, but it must have been the result of a high tem perature obtained otherwise than that of the tropical regions now is, for the coal strata are found in tho temperate, and even the' polar regions. The conclusion, therefore, to which most geologists have arrived, is, that the earth, originally an incandescent, or highly heated mass, gradually cooled down, until la tho car boniferous period it fostered a growth of ter restrial vegetation all over its surface, to which the existing jungles of the tropics are mere barrenness in comparison. Tbe high and uni form temperature, combined with a greater proportion of carbonic acid gass in the manu--factnre. could not onlv sustain a cicaxtic acd prolific vegetation, but would also create dense vapors, showers and rains ; and these again gi gantic rivers, periodical inundations, and del tas. Thus all the conditions for extensive de posits of wood in estuaries, would arise from this high temperature ; and every circumstance connected with the coal measures' points to such conditions. Potatoes Be it Ends vs. Seed Es ds. John Brown, of Long Island, communicates the fol lowing to the Granite Farmer. "Several years ago I made some experi ments to satisfy myself concerning tbe dispu ted point as to which is the beSt portion of a potato to plant in order to obtain the largest and best yield. The exact result hasbeea lost, and as I hare often since heard and read assertions directly contrary to the conclusions which I then deduced, I resolved to repeat the experiments. Last spring I plan ted four rows of equal length, side by aide, with two varieties of potatoes. In one row I planted none but the seed ends, so called, including about one-third of the potatoes, and' in the next row I planted the butt end of the samo potatoes. I bad one row of seed ends and one row of butt ends efa variety called Peach Blows. The yield of these four rows was aa follows: Pint eyes, butt ends, 21 7 founds seed ends, 179 pounds; Peach blows, butt ends, 229 pounds; seed ends, 179 pounds.--Tbe potatoes raised from the butt ends were much larger than those from the seed ends, and appeared to be from a week to ten daya earlier. This result corresponds with that of my former experiment. Had the whole field been planted with butt ends the yield "would have been more than 600 bushels to the acre. I also planted two rows next to the above, la one of which I put only large potatoes, half a tuber in each hill, cut length-wise so aa to divide the eyes equally, and in tbe other row X dropped only small potatoes, one In each hill. From tbe former 1 dug 161 pounds, and from the latter 134 pounds. I should add that the average yield of the field waa about 180 pounds to the row ; and that large (not the very lar gest) potatoes were used for aeed cut length wise with a half of a turber In each hill." A Sailor was called upon tbe stand aa a witness. "Well, sir," said the lawyer, do yen knew the plaintiff and defendant t" ' ; "I don't know the drift of them word," answered the sailor. ' "What, sot know the mean'.s? of rfaistifT and defiTniant 1" continued the lawyer $ a pret ty fellow you are to come hare aa a witness. Can you tel! mejsrhera oa bsxd tbe ship It wa that this man struck the other one t" "Abaft the binnfcle," aald the sailor. ' "Abaft the binnicle t ' what do y ou mean ry that T" asked the lawyer. "A pretty fallow yonror---f the siH-r, "to come here a l.uvyer, a: - iw2't 2k.c viisi abaft the binnacle mia-is." " : - -' A wao says he knows osiy or:? better than love, and that is to be thrown iito a pond vi uiusu wo mui wxia in privilege or . A - l - a ffL ... a . . your way. eehor. .
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