BY S. B. ROW.
VOL. 3.-1TO. 41
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1857.
THE DYING BOY'S REQUEST.
Coo closer, oloaer, sister dear,
I en't aee theo now ;
My eyo is dull, my sight 13 drear,
: Sister, is this death upon my blow ?
Bark ! to notes so soft and grand,
- They fill me with delight;
They nreep along the airy strand,
Like beanty on the light.
Thy hand to me, kind mother, dear,
Xliy touch so soft, give me again ;
Thy gentle voice, so sweet, mother dear,
- Oh let me hear its mellow strain,
For soon your darling will no more
Listen to your tones of love ;
Sooa heil sing God's praises o'er,
la a nobler strain above.
.
Weep not for me. when I am gone.
Parents dear, kind sister, brother ;
Then a brighter day will dawn,
And I'll do happy with another ;
One who has watched over me,
With more than parental love ;
One who will watch over thee,
And guido thee to a world abovo.
Oh. be gentle, heed His teachings,
If you would be happy here ;
And when time and care are over,
Have a home in higher sphere ;
Think I am there, and it may prove,
A beacon hope to guide you on
Through life, as on you move
O'er its thorny path when I am gono.
T II E LADY'S TEST.
AX IXf ERESTI50 SKETCH.
During the time of chivalry, when young pa
lodins presented themselves in crowds as can
didates for the honor and advantage of obtain
ing rich ladies in marriage, and were never
disheartened at any test, however scvere,wbich
was required of them by their mistresses; in
theso same times, which, happily for suitors,
are now no more, there lived a young lady of
rank, who was alike renowned for the antiqui
ty of her family, her enormous wealth, and her
enchanting beanty. She was courted by three
brave knights at once ; but neither of them
was to her t.iste, and what made matters more
distressing was, that their assiduity deprived
her of the moments she would willingly have
consecrated to the sole object of her affections.
Ilildevert, the mau of her affections was infe
rior to her rank, and she naturally presumed
that innumerable obstacles would be raised as
soon as she would communicate to her proud
parents the name of her lover ; but she was
firmly resolved rather to renounce all matri
monial engagements, than wed any one but
him. Ilildevert was a very handsome yonns
man, who filled, in the castle of her fathcr,thc
office of Secretary. The young lady bad grown
up by his side, and he had probably without
being aware of it, planted in her heart the
seeds of the tender sentiments which had af
terwards taken so deep a root there ; nor could
she at the same time forget, that when her fa
ther, conformablo to the pious custom of the
age, had quitted his dominions to fight beneath
the Christian standard at Palestine, Ilildevert
had by his bravery, saved her parental roof
from the rage of banditti who had attacked it.
During a certain winter season, when the
three knights came regularly to woo this lady,
she resolved to get clear of these importunate
lovers at once, and forever. She announced,
according to the custom of the time, that a
test sheuld decide to which of the three the
preference was due ; a declaration which sat
isfied at once her parents and her lovers. The
lady reserved to herself exclusively the right
of naming what the test should be, of prepar
ing it, if necessary, and of being present when
it was executed. Tradition, however, has not
concealed from us the fact that she was assis
ted in the execution of her design by Ililde
vert, and an old faithful servant. When all
the preparations wero completed, she desired
the first of her suitors to be called, and ad
dressed him thus :
"Sly father has, for some time had his coffin
preparsdan order to remind him that his terra
of life was drawing to a close. To-night I
will order the coffin to be placed in the hall.
Put yonrsclf in it like a dead man, and don't
you stir at all, whatever yon may behold.
These commands obeyed, I will know that you
really love me."
"Charming lady, (replied the knight) can it
bo difficult for him to act the part or a dead
man, who is at every instant ready to expose
himself to death for those bright eyes T Com
mand what you please, you will find your lover
unshaken to bis latest breath."
The young lady afterwards spoke in these
terms to the second of her suitors :
" Wc have a dead man in the castle, whose
corpse will be laid in the hall to-night ; do me
the favor to watch by its side, in order to pre
Tent the occurrence of any accident. It is
absolutely necessary that yon conduct your
self with resolution, and maintain your post
Ly the side of the coffin, whatever may chance
to happen. By a strict fulfilment of theso con
ditions, I shall be enabled to judge of the sin
teritv of yonr love for me."
" What command has issued from that love
ly mouth I (replied the knight.) This slender
test my very squire would willingly undergo
for a breakfast ; and wherein can it possibly of-
fer any difficulty to one who is ready to brave
death that he may find favor in your sight ?"
The lady then took the remaining one of
her suitor's aside :
I intend (said she) to amuse myself at the
expense of a man,who has undertaken to watch
a corpse to-night, and who boasts and pique's
himself prodigiously upon his courage. Dis
guise yourself as a devil, and I have a dress
prepared ior you. At the hour when spectres
r said to visit the earth, go and endeavor to
make him quit his post. But remember to
maintain yourself resolutely in your own,
whatever may happen , for by this I shall
form my judgment of tho ardor of your pas
sion for me."
"What! adorable lady I is such infant sport
as this all that you require of my bravery and
love 7 No matter, your pleasure is my law ;
and tince it has taken this turn, should Luci
fer himself guard the coffin, I would J make
him yield his post to me."
As soon as night set in, a large coffin cover
ed with black, was brought into the castle hall.
Wax tapers and all the appointments of death,
were placed around. The knightoJwJiom the
first part was assigned, arrayigi linen
sbrocd, placed himself in the coflfrria the
presence of the lady, and clasped his hands
firmly together ; a crucifix was placed on his
head, which rested on a pillow, was crowned
with flowers. The vivid tint of death disguis
ed bis countenance, and the lady, after con
sidering him in this situation and feigning to
shudder with horror at the spectacle, gave him
strict injunctions not to open his eyes, or give
the least signs of animation.
The second knight began by doing ample
honor to the splendid supper to which he had
been Invited. He was full of gaycty and spir
it and laughed heartily with the rest of the
guests at the current tales of sorcerers and
spirits, and swearing that from his very youth
he hai scoffed at the Idea of ghosts. As soon
as tho appointed hour arrived, he walked cour
ageously towards the hall, where the lady was
awaiting his arrival,with the old warder of the
castle. She inducted him to his post, givins.
however, at the same time, full liberty to walk
or sit stillto read in a word, to employ him
self in ahy way he thought proper, providing
only that he should not lose sight of the coipse,
and that he should defend it from whoever
might approach the coffin.
When the lady and the warder had retired
the most profound silence reigned throughout
the hall. The knight began to scrutinize it in
every part, and at last exclaimed, "what will
not ore render a man capable of !" then throw-
ng himself into a chair near the coffin, he fix
ed his eyes upon the corpse, and the sight of
this object caused an involuntary shudder to
per'le nrs wnuiu irame; xur m iirnrncr mt.
or, who counterfeited the dead man, played
his part well, and his pale and lived counte
nance resembled that of one in whom life had
become extinct, so much that the most dis
trustful eye would have been deceived. His
head, too, half raised, appeared as though it
would advance toward the rash man who star
ed so fixedly upon him.and drag him with him
to tho tomb, which already gaped for all that
death had left him of mortality. The knight
withdrew his gaze from the hideous object be
fore him ; snuffed the lights and began to read
an ancient family chronicle. In this occupa
tion, he became so busied in the relation of a
seige of some town in Italy, that he forgot the
dead man in his coffin ; and sharing the heroic
sentiments of the brave knights whose deeds
rivetted his attention, he became, like the
first knight, prepared to pimh the adventure
to its close.
The lady, who, with her lover and the old
warder, was observing, frotna neighboring a-
partment, what passed in the hall, began to en-
terta in some misgivings respecting the success
of her stratagem, when the hour of one struck
loudlv on her ear. Instantly the knight was
heard to approach the hall.
He struck a tremendous blow upon the door
of tie hall at the very moment when the
knight who was pouring over the chronicle,
was engaged in his imagination, in cutting his
way through a breach by the side of his gal
lant ancestors. The noise made him instant
ly leap from his chair, as though the hand of
him who struck had caught him suddenly by
the hair. "Who goes there 7" he exclaimed.
No answer was returned, and the silence which
followed sinco the blow, was only interrnpted
by the echo of his voice. The guardian knight
seized a taper, and drew near the door with a
design of opening it but changing his pur
pose, he stopped, listened attentively, and was
about to repeat his question, when a second
blow, louder than the first, was heard. "Come
in, I tell you !" exclaimed the guardian knight,
and then stepping back a few paces, in order
that ho might keep his eye upon the corpse
which remained tranquil and motionless.
The guardian knight placed his taper on the
floor,drew his sword,and marched with length
ened strides towards the door. A third blow.
compared with which the other were really
gentle, shook the door at the same instant
the two sides flew open, and 'Satan' entered
It is well known that in bodies of ignorance
such as that in which this adventure took
place the d-1 was firmly believed in by the in
habitants of Europe. The people, the knights
and even the princes themselves, believed that
he assumed all sorts of torms for the purpose
of tormenting mankind. Upon this occasion
he appeared in the gnise of a tall and robust
man, whoso firm steps shook the flooring of
the hall. His powerful arm brandishing abea
vy lance, and he cast a look full of fury upon
the guardian knight, and another upon the
corpse ; and in spite of the glittering sword of
the former, he walked firmly towards the cof
fin. The gnardian knight defended his post
raosi valiantly, and the issue was doubtful
whm thndead man forsrot what be had to
play. The danger to which he found himself
exposed, from tho sturdy blows which rattled
by his coffin, and his curiosity to behold the
fray, induced him to raise himself in his coffin
and open his eyes ; but no sooner did he be
hold the frightful enemy of souls, than be
leaped from the coffin, and prepared to flee
At the sight of a corpse in flight, the two
combattants lost all courage the d-l made for
the door, and the guardian took refuge in
neighboring chamber.
The young lady, accompanied by the wit
ness of her success, entered the hall which
wrung with bursts of laughter ; and, recalling
the three knights, who dared hardly raise their
eyes for shame, she reminded them of thci
contract and bade them recollect, that both
the laws of gallantry and knighthood forbade
them again to press their suit.
The knights took a hasty departure from
the castle, and Ilildevert was soon afterwards
united to the object of his affection. "So
mote it be !"
A ' HARD SHELL" SERJION.
The following, together with the well
known sermon on the "Harp of a thousand
Strings," has been lately published in Eng
land as a veritable specimen of the pulpit or
atory of the backwoods of tho United States
"Beloved brcethering : I'm the man what
preached the sarmon which has been printed
in the papers from the tex, 'And he played
on a harp uv a thousand strings spcrrits uv
just men made perfeck.' I mout as well say
I don't take pride in things of that sort, for,
in the language of my tex for tu day I'm
an orful sinner, (he chief among ten thousand,
and the one altergethcr luvly. Them is the
words which you'll find in Gennesec. I'm
gwinc to preach without notes, 'kase I can't
write, and 'kase I couldn't read itef I could;
my notes are bank notes, of which I have
pocketful, and notes of hand, which I shall
give to our square to collect, when I gets back
to Indianny, fur I'm an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and the one alter
gether luvly.
"This tex, my brecthering, can be divided
nto three pieces fust second third. Fust,
I'm an orful sinner. That means you indi-
widually, not mo personally. Thar ar more
slua nvi lit. a 1 1 . 2fi-
catch the ague, when
a little spirit will keep
you in good health 'tis a sin to steal, unless
you 'steal awile away' 'tis a sin to swear, un
less you swear and sin not 'tis a sin to lie,
nnli-u vou lie low and keep dark. PriJe is
sin. Sum is proud of their books ; now I ain't,
though I'vo the gift and the grit to speas in
Sum is proud of their larniu ; thank God,
I've none to be proud of for I'm an orful sis
ner, the chief among ten thousand, and tie
one altergethcr luvly.
"Second. 'Chief among ten thousand?
Thar is different kinds of chiefs. Thar's th
mischicr, the chief of sinners, and the Cayug
Chief. The mischief means the Old Boj
what keeps the fire office below, and lets poe
folks suffer in the cold here on airth. Tb
chief of sinners means you, you wharf rat,
arter-dc melons, amflebuss animals, what lie
here about the canawl. Look at them eb
hosses rise up in judgement agin you, high f
bone, low of flesh, tufl' hides and short m cl
ones, near the crows cawing, fur they kn
that whar the canawl is thar will the crowsb
gathered. The Cayuga Chief is a feller wtt
pitches into my frens the spirit-deaicrs, ai
my other frens, the State Prison officers.
is one uv your cold watur men who goes f
the prohibition law that Governor Seyme
vetoed. If 'twarnt Sunday, I should boor
for Seymour fur I'm an orful sinner, the cbf
among ten thousand and the one altcrgetjr
luvly. 1
"Tlmrdlv. 'Alterzcther luvly.' DifleJt
things is luvly. When my boat swims litia
duck. I sav she am luvly when my 3
gives me no curtain lectures, (she has the jl
of the tongue as well as myself,) I say slit.
luvly when the wind don't blow, and it d;t
rain, and it don't do nothin,I fay the dayjn
luvly fur I'm an orful sinner,the chief awg
ten thousand, and the one altergether luv j
"In concision, brcethering, if that bigje
uv stuns wus one stun, what a big stun
would be; ef you, my breethering, werae
bruther, what a big bruther you'd be ; atf
my big bruther should fling that big stun.o
the canawl, what a great big splash that wd
make fur I'm an orful sinner, the chii
ruong ten thousand, and the one altcrgtr
luvly. I
"My breethering, I want to give noticdr
give noticdr
this place t
1st four, w I
uv all the as
will be some carryings on at
Sunday afternoon at half-past
shall prove the doctrin' that uv
in the world, the hard shells am the thiit
and the best fur I'm an orful sinnerte
chief among ten thousand, and the one t-
gether luvly. I
"I shall prove that book larnin' ain't oj,
my brecthering, that ritin' sermons andgj'
a celery for um is a sin that deserves indf
fication for I'm an orful sinner, the chj
mong ten thousand, and the one altergjr
luvly. I
"Brcethering, let us liquor, and thd
memberimr the words of the pj:
Bo sure yon're light, then go ahead."
1 " " " '
rra- a lnveletter is a check on tho baf
imagination, payable at Sight.
WHAT ADDISOU SAID ABOUT. HOOPS
"Joseph Addison wrote a sataricle article in
the Tatler, about a century and a half ago.
with the design of showing up hoops to the
laughter of the town. Tho wits of the present
day have all had their 'dig' at the same ener
mous topic, but we have seen nothing yet that
in dryness and quaintness of humor will equal
that of Addison. It is rather odd, it may be
added, that a fashion, which was ridiculed out
of existence so long ago, should spread itself
in the middle of the nineteenth century, and
that the same war which Addison and the otb
er satirists of his age waged against it should
all have to be fought over again. Though the
following may be of no particular avail as an
argument, it is nevertheless very funny read
ing, and as- such is worth puttin into the pa
per.
Addison in describing the trial or a young
lady whom ho has arraigned in his court of
high humor :
"Tho court being prepared for proceedings
on the cause of the petticoat, I gave order to
bring in a criminal, who was taken up as she
went out of the puppet-show, about three
nights ago, and was now standing in the street
with a great concourse of people after her
Word was brought me, that she had endeavor
ed twice or thrice to come in, but could not
do so by reason of her peticoat, which was too
large for the entrance of my house, though
had ordered both the folding-doors to be
thrown open for its reception. Upon this I
desired the jury of matrons, who stood at my
right hand, to inform themselves of her con
dition, and know whether there was any pri
vate reason why she might not make her ap
pearance scperate from her peticoat. . This
was managed with rrreat discretion, and had
such an effect, that on the return of the ver
diet from the bench of matrons, 1 issued out
an order forthwith, that the criminal should
be stripped of her incumbrances until she ba
came little enough to enter my house.' I had
before given directions for an engine of sever
al legs, that could contract or open itself like
the top of an umbrella, in order to place the
peticoat upon it, by which means I might leis
urely take a survey of it, as it should appear
in its proper dimensions. This was all done
ncoordinarlv, and forthwith, upon the closing
of the engine, me peucuao u i..ght into
court. I then directed the machine to be et
upon the table, and dilated in such a manner
as to show the garment in its utmost circum
ference ; but my great hall was too narrow foj
the experiment ; for, before it was half un
folded, it described so immoderate a circle,
that the lower part of it brushed upon my face
as I sat in my chair of judicature. I then in
quired for the person who belonged to the pet-
tcoat, and to my great surprise, was directed
to a very beautiful young damsel, with so
pretty a face and form, that I bid her come
out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little
crook at my left hand.
"My pretty maid," said I, "do yon own
yourself to have been the inhabitant of the
garment before us V.
"The girl, I found, had good sense, and
told me with a smile, that 'notwithstanding it
was her own petticoat, she would be very glad
to see an example made of it, and that she
wore it for no other reason but that she bad a
mind to look as big and burly as other persons
of her quality ; that she had kept out of it as
long as she could, and until she began to look
little in the eves of her acauaintance : that, if
she had laid it aside, people would think that
she was not made like other women.'
"I always gave great allowance to the fair
sex upon account of tho fashion, and therefore
was not displeased with the defense of my
pretty criminal. I then ordered tho vestment
which stood before us to be drawn upby a
pully to the top of my great hall, and after
ward to be spread open by the engine it was
placed upon, in such a manner that it formed I
a very splendid and ample canopy over our
heads, and covered the whole court of judica
ture with a kind ot silken rotunda, in its form
not unlike the cupola of St. Paul's. I enter
ed upon the whole causo with great satisfac
tion, as I sat under the shadow of it.'
"Addison then goes on to tell how the coun
sel for the petticoat were called in, and an
swered the popular objections thereto called
with 'great strength and solidify of arguments'
and an extensive amount of 'florid harangues,'
in the perpetration of which we detect no
signs of a falung-ofr in the present race of
lawyers. One great argument was, that the
business of woollen manufacturers derived
vast benefits from the calumniated fashion.
The counsel also read a petition of the rope
makers in which they say 'that the demand for
cords and the price of them were much risen
since this fashion came up.' A third solid
reason was founded on an appeal from the
Greenland traders, which went on to ' show
that the use of hoops occasioned an enormous
increase in the consumption of whalebone, and
that large additional revenues accrued to that
branch of the British trade. Addison finally
decides the case by pronouncing the petticoat
a forfeiture, but disclaims all hostility to
'proper ornaments of the fair sex.' He says
"On the contrary, as the hand of nature
has poured on them such a profusion of
charms and graces, and sent them intoi the
world more amiable and finished than the rest
of her works, so I would have them bestow
upon thctxselres all the additional beauties
that art -cm snnnlv them with, provided it
does not interfere with, disguise or prevent
those of nature.
"I consider women a beautiful romantic
animal, that may be adorned with furs and
feathers, pearls and diamonds, ores and silks.
Tho lynx (hall cast its skin at her feet to
make beta tippet; the pea-cock parrot and
swan shall pay contributions to her muff; the
sea shall te searched for shells, and the rocks
for gems ; and every part of nature furnish
out its share toward the embellishment of a
creature that is the most consumats work of
it. All this I shall indulge them in ; but as
for the petticoat I have been speaking of, I
neither can nor will allow it."
. A Cabgo or Iaisu Girls. The City of
Mobile, Capt. Marshal, sailed from Liverpool
for New York on the 2Cth ult., freighted with
over 900 passengers. Among these are a par
ty of 120 young women and 14 men, members
Of 133 different families, the expenses of whose
immigration are defrayed by public subscrip
tion from nearly 4,000 different persons, the
majority of whom are laborers and servant
girls, to a fund entitled the "Irish Pioneer Em
igration Fend." The object of tho institution
of this fund is to raise the wages and other
wise better the condition of poor families in
the poorest districts of Ireland by the assisted
emigration to the United States or Canada of
one member of each family, specially selected
on account of good character and industrious
habits, in t!ie expectation that the person so
assisted wiU not only better their own condi
tion, but will according to the usual generous
practice of Irish emigrants, also send for, or
otherwise greatly help, the rest of the family
in Ireland.
"Can't Afford It." A short time ago we
were under the necessity of making a purchase
of some potatoes, when we accidentally met a
farmer coming into town with a load. We
asked him the price it suited us and we told
him we would take two or three bags, as we
wanted some for planting. They were un
loaded and we paid him, at the same time
asked him if he took a newspaper, to which
he replied that he got "one from Philadel
puia, c utwn that he ongilt t0 tafce a
county paj-er, particularly the Journal as it
would bo to his interest. He responded by
saying that be "could not afford it." The fact
is he did not know tho price of potatoes in
town, and if he sold the whole load at the same
price he sold to us, he must have lost enough
on his potatoes to pay for a county paper three
or four years. We dont wish to make anv fur
ther comments as the facts are plain. Law
rence Journal.
E?-Uncle Sam, after carrying on business
for the past eiglit s ears, having three wars,
buying tenitory from Franco and Mexico,
building railroads, speculating in a bank and
trading with all creation, comes out with a.
snug little balance on hand of twenty-two mil
lions, enough to setup several millionaires,
and which makes Sam a millionaire among na
tions, bince our revolution England has
quadrupled her national debt, and the other
nations of Europe have run up a score nearly
n proportion, while Sam has paid off bis debts
bought real estate, and has money laid by for I
a rainy day.
Crossing the PtAixs.We learn from the
Greenfield (Mo.) Southwester that emigration
to California is greatly on the increase in that
part of the State never before having been
greater, if equalled, unless in the year 18-51-52.
As many as twenty wagons a week have
passed through Greenfield this spring, bound
for California ; and it Is thought that seven
mousanci Dead or cattle have gone from that
county, and twice as many from Greene. Cal-
fornia is a great State, and will wellrepav the
agricultural emigrants
tTT-The Newark Daily Advertiser of Mon- I
day evening says j The crop of strawberries J
in Jnew Jersey, this year, has been unusually
large. The steamboat Keyport took to New I
1 ork on Saturday, 933 barrels, each barrel con- J
taining abott 200 baskets, making 180,600
baskets, which sold on an average for 31 c. !
per basket, making $6,531 for a single trip
une DasKei contained only three berries, that
measurcu o incnes eacn in circumference.
ino aeason uu oniy just commenced.
3-1 he Vineyard (Mass.) Gazette, says that
auringthe Spring months there have been I
taken from the Matakeset creek, in Edgartown,
IU08 barrels, or 604,800 herrings, worth, av.
eraging the prices at which they sold, at $4
per barrel. $4232. ' The present year's catch
is about equal to hair of somo former years,
when herring were plenty. At the other
creeks in town, about $600 worth of herring
have been taken this Spring.
IF" A Mormon Elder who was preaching the
beauties of Mormonism in Sheffield, England,
praising Brigaani Young as a saint, and every
thing else that was good, was pushed from his
rostrum by the inhabitants, and ducked under
the town pump. . .:
ET-Near Lancaster,. S. C, last week, ins
storm the hs.ll drifted in torn 0 places to the
depth of focr feet.
AGRICULTURAL.
Scmxir Management of Sheep. la the
spring do not turn your sheep into the pasture)
until it is well op, or until it is ankle hrgh, so
as to bavo something to shade (he ground ;
keep yonr sheep close and feed hay and grain
of sums kind they will eat it well if kept
from grass. When put upon pasture, have
three or more fleld asd change them often,
ao that their pasture" maiy be sweet. 1 have
known a neighbor loose three' hundred sheep
out of six hundred in one summer. He divi
ded them into three large fields, with no hade
except what the fence on the south side of each
field made. The sheep if along the fence,
and when the nose fly came, the sheep were to
be seen running with their noses to the ground
fighting the fly, and eating only just enough la
keep life in them. The sheep did net go more
than eight or ten rods from the fence, and this
was eaten close to the ground, when there was
plenty of pasture on the north side of the field ;
as a consequence, the sheep poisoned them
selves in their own filth. The fly laid its eggs
in the nostrils of the sheep, and they soon,
died in great numbers of "worm in the head."
Now, you would ask, how should he sat a
his sheep 1 He should have put theat all into
one field and forced them to go farther from
the fence ; and about two or three days after
the first shower be should have changed them
to another field. Whenever you see your
sheep run with their noses down to the ground
dr've them to your farthest pasture; the fly
will stay about where the sheep have lain.
Keep changing them from field to field and
you will not be troubled; With woni la tho
head." Correspondent of the Gtnntssee Farmer.
Wur Dkw Hcrts Sheep. From time-immemorial
it has been a precept with shepherds
not to let the sheep turn out upon the dewy
grass, or graze in damp of marshy regions.
Why the dew injures sheep no one could un
derstand, although the fact was well estab
lished. Sicbald, the great comparative anat
omist, has explained the mystery In his treatise
on Entozoa. The eggs of these creatures, ho
states, are deposited in the bodies of cattle,
and then voided. They lie until the rain
washes them into the earth, or the- farmer
flings them in manure upon the sotL The hu
midity serves todcvelope them ; they fix them
selves against the moist grass, and with it the
sheep carry these tiny entozoa Into their
stomach ; once there, tho business is soon ac
complished. Thus it is that damp seasons are
prejudicial to ncep, multiplying tire diseases
of the lungs and live? fo which these animals
are sulject.
Ciccmber Bugs. Most gardeners are much
annoyed by cucumber bugs, which alike prey
upon the cucumber, melon, pumpkin, and
squash the latter beimr its favorite. Various
plans ImVe been devised for tbeir protection.
such as soot, &c. A method which has been
practised with nearly entire success, is to
form a mixture of equal parts of finely rround
I black nenner and vlivat flr.nr nri ,,
plants, while the dew is upon them with this
mixture, using an ordinary flour or pepper
box. It is a fact generally known, that black
pepper is so obnoxious to most insects, that
few will approach or stay in its presence. The
object of the flour is to combine with the pep
per, and with the water of dew, to form a paste,
which adheres to the leaves for many days, nn
less washed oft by heavy rains, in which rasa
the application should bo renewed.
Wuen Does Wool Gaow 71 answer, when
it is wanted to cover the sheep and keep it
warm. From the time the sheen ! chrwi
until the frost comes you can see tho shape of
every clip of the shears ; when the frost and
cold weather come, it grows out immediately.
Now, if you wish for a heavy clip, feed when
the wool is growing. If you have say extra
feed, then is the time to use if The wool
draws very bard upon the carcass, and growing
out fast deceives almost every farmer. They
think their sheep are doing well when they are
gwnS poor. I can make an additional pound
of wol u itn 01,0 hushel ef corn, and my sheep
wm 'terwards winter one bushel of corn
easier. Let yonr sheep get poor while the
W00' 18 growing, and yon cannot recruit them
unt" thc net snmmer.J. D. Chamberlain,
farmer.
To Make a Evergeee flsnw now.rf
If you have an Evergreen, or Norway Spruce,
Balsam Fir, American Spruce, or any of the
pfnes, and desire to make it rrow more com
pact, just pinch out the bud from evenr lead-
inS branch, all around and over it. Repeat
this process again next year, at this time, and
your evergreen will continue thereafter to
grow thickly.
Increase or Fisa is the Ohio. The Wells-
burgh Herald notes the ery perceptible In
crease of fish in the Ohio river, since the with
drawal of so many steam boats. Fish were un
usually abundant last spring, and this season
more so.
The boats, the tleraU says, are iror.rm.d tn.
have disturbed tho fish in their sbatrnln fen
erations, and their number were front that
cause, doubtless diminished!.
U-The Montreal IPi t..
of French Canadian young men are loaving
that city and Lower Canada, this season for
California, Minnesota, and other principle
points in the Great West. , As many as 009
unnared and ftfty have gone in a single com
Pny.