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TIM FORCED SALE.
A touching tale from Real Life.
It was tempestuous night—the wind
istled ,
-fearffilly—the hailstones whose
threatened, to demolish the windows,
led tigainst them with a pertinacity as
to test their strength. In the parlor ofa
:,- . .01d fashioned house, beside rather a
ortless fire on such a night, were seat
; the fiumily of Mr. Sutherland,. consist
of him'self, wife, daughter and a faith
. mitithservant. A heavy gloom, more
.sorrow than anger, rested on eachbrow,
oven. excepting that of the maid ser
t allwled to,. from whose glances, ever
anon Cast towards the family group,
Yiese ObServer would have noticed the
interest she took in the cause of their
~r.
The picture was a melancholy one, for
e in distress has no light shade to re
, .e . ; all around it is dark and sombre.—
sensitive artist would have thrown a
his pencil, if the subject had been pre
to his views as we have described
.1..
„and his heart would have received an
. :pression which could not have been
~Illimsferred to canvass.
1 $ To-morrow," observed Mr. Suther
tid
',.• , 'is .the anniversary of the melancholy
.': * th of our Henry—to-morrow will be
_
f*a years since the vessel in which ho sail
` ..A. was lost, and all on board perished
4, all.'
.
'as," exclaimed the wife, ris the tears
fed their %Vey down her cheeks, 'to
'w will be a melancholy day.'
Iced it will, for to-morrow this house
,belonged to my father—the fund
'filch time has made, as it were, a
'ourselves, and associated with ma
leasing event in our lives—is to be
torn from us by the unrelenting
of creditors. But thank heaven,
:unc, not a crime, has reduced us to
ge of poverty."
ill they sell everything, Pa? can we
Are nothing?" asked the daughter.
it' No my child, unless with what little
!coney a friend has generously loaned mc,
Om secure a few articles. Ellen, my
it,r, take your pencil and put them down;
sideboard, beds, chairs and kitchen
ngs. The sideboard, it is true, will be
:us now a superfluous piece of furniture,
Oxt. it belonged to my mother, and I can
'. t and will not part with it."
"But.my piano,
Pa? must it go?"
:The wife sighed, the father cast his
es toward the flickering fire, and the
tighter was* silent. The fate of the pia
was decided upon. A melancholy pause
the conversation plainly told how Be
i.
: -re was the alternative—for the law nev
' studies the feelings of its victims when
xacting the penalty of a bond.
"Go Mary," said Mr. Sutherland, ad
`"dressing the servant, 'go and request the
'Aherifi ' s officer, who is watching the prop
,
erty to walk into the parlor; he is only do
; ing his dutyno doubt it is as painful to
him as it is distressing to us. Let him
have it seat by our fire, for it is a severe
night. 0
" It .is indeed, a fearful night," °Users'.
ed Mrs. Sutherland, 'and we have behav-
V: ed rudely to this man. ,
( "Mother, I have made a fire in the room
where Ite—put—'
"Speak out my child—it was with the
i
r last stick."
f "Father it Wil-S----"!
Mary returned with the officer, a polite,
gentlemanly man—for such should bo the
character of men who have to perform :a
part in the , drama of lifo---unlike the in
quisitors ofold, whose province it was to
torture by the rack, with this difference,
however,-theirs was a physical torture—
a mental one, administered with all the
• nicety and precision of legal justice !—the
olcer pelitely accepted the invitation, and
endeavored to cheer his victims by enu
merating many eases of a similar kind e
qually poignant 'and distressing. Thus
the evening passed heavily and cheerless
tly.away.
, On the T roorning of the contemplated
sale, there was to be seen a crowd of peo
ple flocking to the house of Mr. Sutherland
--6*-43oimerut of. sheer, heartless curiosity,
fripuds of the Away, who come with ineck
grY,Prr and .empty purses—otb
4ers with the intent to purchase ; but not
•mte among the crowd showed the least de
sire; to aid, waist or sympathize with the
..airttresacif the family. -.
' Thus is the world; we laugh at the mils
. fPrtun9 9 of ourfellow creator* and even
mock (heir distress, by witnessing in ai
%Abe' Mill. 'Sufferings. The auctioneer
was -:bait making his arrangements by
.fiouriabing his hammer, rolling his eyes
4Pd. utin.ilis tongue. The.house was put
Up Slit it was .accurately described
-free froth tilt hictimbidrices, and subjec(
to bid very small greiund rent; •tt Yiatt
started •Itt. five.; There
was several bidde47l whom seemed.
Aletlintos to I mrchase i t. ,
Sinesi.,thotwand Ave -hundred dollars
,Imteltt two); Nitich he dweh for.
a moment. Mr.< Sutherlamd" cninoregaed
his lips together , and „muttered to himself,
litiCast.MY,Atthetsisteea;thpusanti Otlari•
,',:o&tigo,thattstMd :live ;itAidiV( l ,4ll o or
inng—one—twice--thlyte Airx9r4pr,the
mat time going—"
COUNTRY
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Volume 11.
" Eight thousand P'
"Thank you, sir. Going at eight thou
sand, once—eight thousand, twice—eight
thousand, three times—going—gone 7—
What's the name 7"
" Clifford," was the response; and all
eyes 'rested on a 'tall, noble looking man,
who 'had remained silent during the rapid
bidding of the speculator—and who as the
whisper- went round, was a total. stranger.
is gone," whispe - red Mr. Sutherland
to his wife, as he pressed her hand in si
lent grief, 'we have
,no home now
• " Now gentlemen," said the auctioneer,
'we will sell this sideboard, in regard to,
which ram required by the creditor to say;
that it is an old family piece; and it is the
wish of the owner to retain possession of it
if possible. I merely mention it, as it is
known to you under what peculiar circum
'
stances: the things! are sold.' This had
the' desiied 'effect, no one seemed willing
to bid against the unfortunate man, who
started it at ten dollars, Twenty was bid
by Mr. Clifford; twenty-five by Mr. Suth
erland, fifty dollais from Mr. Clifford si
lenced the anxious parents and the family
piece was knocked down to thenew pos
sessor of the house,
gentleman who stood by remarked,
that that the act was a cool, heartless one.
- -
4 Was it?' sarcastically asked Mr. Clif.
fiLtd; 'then sir why did you not buy it for
.
Mr." 'Sutherland was much affected by
this little incident. He little knows how
much he has lascerated this heart. But I
will .buy the piano for my child.
He stepped up to Mr. Clifford and told
him the desire ho had to pt4thase the pi
on* for,•:his daughter, and' he hoped he
would not. bid .against
S Sir . , said the stranger, 'as much ai3. 1
respect : your feelings, and - the sympathy
of this goorcompriny, I cannot, nay, will
not:alter the ,detormination. made when I
first entered this .
l And.pkay,.sir, what may that be?'
pnichaSe:every . thing in it, and by
heavens 'l'll do *it,. though I pay double
price. - '
'Strange-,' muttered Mr. Sutherland, as
he found his family in araiher part of the
The striinger fulfilled his promise, and
actually bought every thing, from the'
house itself down to : the; very axe iii,the
•
cellar! , •
Afler the stilelvai over, and the compa
ny hi*, retired, Mr: Clifford requested the
auctioneer'fii walk with him'into an adjoin
ing roam. After the lapse .Ofa few Jilin
utes they both .returned to the parlor, where
the family etill rernained. The auction
eer looked around, gaVe a knowing smile
wishing them all a good day, and, as he
left the room, was beara to say - =- - - - 1 - riever
heard of Eincha thing ; a perfect romance,
ha! ha! ha!'
'You are now;' observed Mr. Suther
land to Mr. Clifford,
,'the owner of this
house and furniture ; they were once mine
—let 'that pass.'
I am, sir, for the time being, your land
lord.'
- .
I understand you sir, but will not long
remain your tenant. I was going-to ob
serve, however, that there are a few arti
cles which I am anxious to purchase; that
sideboard, for instance, is a family relic :
will give you fifty dollars the price you
paid, and I feel assured under these ell.-
cumstonees, you will not refuse me this
favor.'
'I cannot take it, sit':
Obdurate, ungrateful man!'.
Will you not let Pa buy my piano sir?'
hunibly asked Ellen, 'he will give you,the
. la
price at which it was sold.'
'lt is painful for me young lady, to re
fuse even this. I will sell nothing--L-not
even the wood-saw in the cellar
Then Mr. Clifford,' exclaimed Mr.
Sutherland, 'we have Ono further business
here. Come my dear—Ellen, get yonr
bonnet—that's your band-box—let us'quit
this house; 'we are not even free from in
sult. Where is Mary?'
'I am here, sir ; the key of my trunk is
lost, and I am fastening it with a r'opc'
'Stop my girl, methinks I purchased
that trunk,' coolly observed the stranger.
• Mr. Clifford, I am not so old but that I
can resent an insult—nay, will, if you car.
ry this arrogant, and to me, strange con
duct much further. The
s poor girl has
been to me and mine the best, and I may
say the Oldest friend; she has remained
with us in poverty, assisted us in our:dis
tress, not only with her purse, hut iivith
hor handsohe is, not to, iie a servant, but
one dray family, for there is, thank heav
en, no such base ,distinction in poverty
that exists in a state of blasted wealth.—
Here with nothing but what we have on
our backs, the master and servant are e
qual. She is part of niy: family, and I
will protect, her from insult. That trunk
is hers, and who dare 'take it from her?
not you sir l'
Mr; Clifford :at that moment .east his
eyes. upan. , lttary, ne she arose from the
floor ;• for a mqment they oqed op each
other* silence. 'and' she, you say, has
teen to you a friend Le.
' Indeed she .has, a kind and noble one.
ottrY on° moms t i 413 f
geed air], pAy4Pwn your, ,trunic,.,l4 o
a seat, madam; ,permit me, Miss, to hand
C.- , 3t,
Clearfield, S
you a chair; Mr. S., will you be seated?
I have yet something more to say. When
you requested me to yield up tho. wish I
had to purchase that sideboard, I told you
that it was my determination to buy it, and,
I tell you now that I will not sell it.
'This, Mr. Clifford, needs no repetition'
• 'Ayp, jut it dees, and when thatyoung
ay made the same request for her piano,
fiStAnssierVas the same. Stop, sir, hear
me,out; no man would act so without a
motive; no oire, particularly a stranger,
would court the displeasure of a crowded
room, and bear up against the frowns of
so many, without an object. Now I had
an object, and that was—be seated sir—
madam your attention—that object was to
buy the house and furniture for the sole
pu.tpose of restoring them to you & yours
again!'
'Siis not thii a cruel jest?'
Is it possible 1' exclaimed the mother
and daughter, at the same time.
Amazement took possession of Mary &
her trunk All with a crash, causing her
small stock of clothing to roll out, which
she eagerly gathered up and thrust back
without any regard to the manner in which
it was done.
4 The auctioneer,' continued Mr. Clif
ford, 'has my instructions to have the mat
ter arranged by to-morrow. In the mean
time you are at home, Mr. Sutherland—
you are in your own house, and I the in
truder.'
'lntruder, sir? Oh, say not that—l
will not tell you what a relief this knowl
edge is to me ; but I am yet to know how
lam to repay you for all this—and what
could have induced you, a total stranger,
thus to step forward. fil:t a thought strikes
me;--gracious heaven! can it be? Look
on me, Mr. Clifford, nay, start not.'. The
stranger actually recoiled from the glance
ofSutherland's eyes. 'Look on me, sir;
has that girl—that innocent girl—who
stands trembling there, any interest in
this generous act of' yours? Speak, sir,
that 1 may spurn your offer and resent the
insult.
I will not deny, sir' that she has.'
Me, father, dear father! I never before
saw the gentleman's face.'
'Say not so, Miss '
Sir—l--I, indeed, father, I—.'
'Remember ten years back ; call to mind
a light4iftired boy whom you called—
Brother. l'
•
'Gracious heaven ! Henry, my boy!'
Is here—l am your long lost son I'
Need we add more ! Our readers can
readily imagine that a more cheerful fire
Tilciked upon the hearth, - that Mary, the
faithful servant, sxas-not- forgotten in the
generpl jey_ which - prevailed on :the occa
sion.
AN' AFFECTIONATE SPIEIT.—WO some
times meet with men who seem to think
that'indulgenee'in an a . ffeetionitte feeling
is a weakness. Theywill- return from a
jciurney andxreet their families with dis
tant
_dignity, and -move among their chil;;
drenrWith the cold and lofty splendor ofan
iceberg, surrounded with its broken.frae
meat* There is hardly a more unnatur
al sight, on, earth, than one of these fami
lies. -
"A father had better extinguish his boy's
eyes than take away his heart. Wbo that
has experienced the joys of friendship and
knows - the worth of sympathy and'aflbe
tion, would-not rather• lose all that is beau
tiful in natural scenery, than be robbed of
his heart ? Who would not rather follow
his child-to the grave thao,entomb his pa
rental affection.? "
'"Cherish,-then, your heart's best affec-
Ifbrts.._:.--hidulgeln the warm and gushing
emotions of filial, parental, fraternal love.
Think it not to weakness, God is love—
love is God ; love everybody - 6nd every
thing that is. good.
• "Teach yotir children to love—to kive
the rose,-the ' rain, to : : loVe their Orentsi
to love'their God. .I*it be the studied
object of domestic 'culture, to .give them
warm hetirls,apd.arilent affections., Bind
your whore family together by these strong
cords." .-,1
YIELDINP ••• TO TEMPTATION.--A black
snake, fbur feet tunl-a•half in length, was
captured in an,apothecary shop:3l4nel
He was brought—to fh' city in h load of
wood ; Navini made;his.war to tbe.apoth
ecary shop;':hifti6r . nits - put. uporilge . floor,
and 'the ':=unfortunate visitor yielded to
temptation, get; drunk, and was easily cap,
tared. Thia r - isainother striking° instance
of the dangers fn unsophisticated
visiters to the city are exposed; •••••
4 • • "'',BOStOtt•
A GENTLE HINT.-=-A spruce young
man, gallantifig hie intended, was convene
ing upon tlie %late 'turn out, when he te
marked that ."he wished he was tablii to
rnaintaimall. the factory &IS, {in dwell,
for six Months. He would do it to prevent
their returning to the mills."
His fair one, who till now , .had' beeik a
silent listener to his patriotic' discourse, re.
plied, with a sigh:-.1
"Ah; sir,l wish you wero r able to main
tain Om' of Oem." • • • •
'You're Onvitruck„ as the boy saidmben
he knocked down-hie father. '
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ptember 14 1 1840.
Intereeting Account of the , Oregon Country.
The editor of tho Galena Daily Adver-
User, 111., was gatiffa twhear a--faw,,days
ago, from his oldlriend, Isriiel
who, in his declining ago, brings up on
the shores of the Pacific. Mr. Mitchell fest
everything ho had in getting-tbor9,,bui his
life and that'of his family, were bpare6-- 1
Those who knew lifrn will'Usk
.vouch
ers for the strict integrity oft 4 statements.
His letter is liked ' 4 • • •
PotriLAND,May' 20, 1849:
We left lowa, on.tho 15th of April, and
arrived at VaneouVerthe4Ath of
.Novem
ber, 1847. The first . part or the journey
was pleasant, the latter part hard and tee
dious. As We approach near the moun-'
thins, the cattle begin to die, poisoned by
the mineral waters, Their, carcassea dry
up without putrefaCtiOn,:so mire is the . air.
No flies or,
~mosquitoes.- -We soon came
to the salenitus„ lakes, which area 'great i
curiosity. In the wet 'season, these lakes
are strong ,lye' shallow, and from 100
yards to 800 in 'circumference.— l
When the 'dry season approaches, these
lakes dry up, and saleratus is formed two
or three inches deep, white as snow, and
good for all the- Purpeses of the common
,saleratus. ,- At the head. Of SWeet Water,
we ascend .a hill say '5OO feet in two miles,
and are on the great divide bet Ween 'the
Mississippi and the Pacific.
In a few minutes we came to the Pacific
Spring, which- empties its waters into the
Colorado: •. In -due time we came to the
Soda Springs, which are great curiosities.
There are vast numbers of them, rising
just to the levelaf the surface,;: and many
others fait ing stone basins for themselves,
and rising two or three feet high, some
running off, with a strong current, and all
effervescing precisely like the soda of the
shops. ';Hero the signs of volcanic action
arc very , apparent. In travelling . down
Snake River, we are constantly seeing
strange sights : immense cascades, boiling
springs,,hot springs, chasms of extinguish- .
ed volcanoes, ISte.• When we come to the
Dolls, on tbo ColUmbia, we . see where that
river has cut for itself a channel in the so
lid rock - &ova fifty to three- hundreed feet
deep; tkiroUgh which . the stream roils'and
foams with great rapidity. At the Cascade
Falls, 'this mighty river descends about
feet ire the c distzuice of three orfour,miles . ;
From' the foot of these Falls to the mouth
of theMillamette, or to Vancouver, - there
is a current of about three` ntiles an hour,
when not affected by the tide. Astoria,
near the mouth of the river, is destined to
be the New York of Oregon, while Port
land, on - the, Willamette, is to be the Al
liartY—'-the head 'of ship navigatiOn. 30
.feet water front this. place to the ocean can
always biyobtained—except in two places,
one-at. the mouth of the Willamette, and
the otbera littlC up, - where at low water
And low tide,, there is only nine feet. The
tide acts it four five feet, so that eve
ry day a. vessel trim come in drawing 12
feet of water. Oregon City, by nature, is
equal in water power to what Rochester
hap heen made by art. A river, twice the
size of Rock River, pours down three dif
ferent-channels, cut in solid rock, 30 to
40 feet, Islands are formed between
those channels od - chicli machinery may
be erected. . Above the Falls, the valley
widens out into extensive plains, the most
productive- 4.e in at, I think of any on
earth. Our glettt. 'export, however, is
lumber; our forests Are inexhaustible ; our
water power immense ; our market exten
sive and increasing..- It is now worth from
$4O to $OO per thousand, owing to the
gold discoveries in California, and will al
ways be worth $2O for enortation to the
Islands. Them aro 3,004,000 acres of
fine timber-land unoccupied, sprite imme
diately on ship naviOtion.
Each of the three great divisions of Or
egon have their peculiarities. The East is
almost - a desert, destitute of timber, - burnt
by excessiVeei . irouths,'and the soil is %Owl
-1y • or , y(Acalk2COrisijttion—lara, leached
ashes, &c. The Blue Mountains, howev
er, have much good rand and timber, and
will. sonic day,,no &UM, be inhabited by
&healthy and happy 'peoPle. Middle Or
(*anis ,a_golcid - spil t in general, and the
best grazing emintry,l suppose ) on earth,
though apparently netball so luxuriant as
the Mieoivappi Walley..; The grass is mere
nutritious, and. in.: . manY places it' is so
thick as to fOrtit:a Mat, which, to a person
walking through -er r , over it, seems like
walking over a bed'; afal there is and kind
as salt . air .brine. : -4-Timber, however, is
scarce. theeountry. will lie waste,
hut- ,it will:: • papture millions . of .steck, aad
even now rhanyr of the: Indians count their
iterpeP'bihiindr4lis; Irnot 'by. thousiinds.
~'The- Middle District :is bounded on' the
-West. by the CapeadrtXountains; which aro
- covered with i a= tinnier of which you, can
have 4 - 4,idek,l;Pine, Red, . Yellow . and
White Fir,.Elemhiekqpruee, Cedar, 4c.,
rise in stmight.an d' uniform trtmks,M. the
height cif 100 to .100 feel, .in many instan:
ces, to the . first limb; and IthmA taperillg
'lOO to 150 feet.toz sharp. .At ',oth
er phides'tho commence 'wirer_ the
ground,. The:: most.:remarkable • wider,
growthia the' ,V,lne Maple: It!
_grow! in
bunches,' each bunch containing lamer ten,
shoots of the.size.pf a naues . thigh.,i.T.hey
grow 'tan: - Or iiiileenAet.
down find- grow into qieirnund;
NTELLIGENCE.
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branch out again, and so continuo to re
peat the process; rendering it impossible to
pasg through on horseback, and'sometinies
evetron,foot.„,. I have. literally,' crawled
through them and not been on the ground
for hundreds Of yards, and sometimes have
ntieheenable..to see the ground, so thick
is the :,undergrowth below ;-' nor see any
"obleoi3o feet from ine ork . 7pny side. These
cases 'are not common, though there arc
many plates 'Of ''
',Miles. in extent, in the
neighborhood of the most dense settlements
we have where the fool' rif''-the:white intin
never trod. Western Qregon has never
yet been, to any great extent, explored,
most of the travel from place to place being
by water.
The great - valley of the Walamette, (pro
nounced ,Walam-ettee, accenting the se
cond syllable,) is mostly beautiful prairie.
There is considerable timber, and what
are here termed fearn and _oak 'openings:
'The fearn openings are where the fire has
killed the greater portion of the timber,
and the fearn has grown up to' the detri- I
Mont of all other herbs and grasses. . The!
oak openings arc covered with grass, as!
with you. : There is very little wasteland 1
in West Oregon; even the mountain lands;
are good soil, free of rock, and seldom ve- '
ry: steep. Like ill mountain countries,
there is much good water; mill-sites abound.
The quantity of sawing timber is immense.
There arc .many placeg where, I verily I
believe, 1,000 logs may be cut from an'
acre, that will average 500 feet to the log.
Now, for a moment, cast your eye to our'
market'. China, 'Australia, .and all the
islands of the Pacific, arc almost destitute i
of timber, and rely alone on Oregon for
supplies. Our facilities for manufacturing
are unrivalled on earth. Our stock is rai
sed and fatted with less labor than that of
any other country. 'A state of health and
energy unknown in the. Mississippi valley
is experienced by our inhabitants, and we'
might and should* a happy people; . but'
the variety of tempting, lucrative employ-'
ments that present themselves, make it
difficult what to choose or where to locate,
and there is a continual change of business.
There is great want of
,capital ; Intle
competition. Were I able to
' give you the
number of our producers, , our exports
would exceed belief; they exceed $5OO
for every: able bodied white male citizen
in Oregon. ..I know of more than 15,000
barrels of flour having been shipped,
,5,000,000 feet of Jumber, 1,000 barrels
of salmon, and a large-quantity of kilter,
cheese, &c. The products of 1848 more
than doubled that ofany former year, and
those of 1849 would no doubt have excee
deed it, had not the gold mania broke out
and nearly depopulated the country. A
bout three fourths of the population are
gone to the mines. Some, however, have
returned to cultivate their farms, most of
whom intend to go back again. The
quantity of coin and gold in the country
has become so great that every thing is
high. 'A good laboring man gets $5O per
month. Large farms are deserted and
even mills lie idle. Our printers arc gone
and the papers stopped. Our officers are
gone mid our courts stopped also. The
I machinery of law and government is!
laid asde, and our country is exposed to
I the Indians, without any protection. Gev.
1
Lane and 12 or 15 dragoons arc here-the
rest deserted nt California.
Of the climate I can only say, that the
winter of '47 and '4B WilS mild and pleas
ant compared with any I have seen, though
said to be dryer and colder than usual,
i
I yet there were some floWeri, and grass
grew *all Winter. But in 1840 and '49 the
winter was as cold as usual for the south
part of Kentucky or Tennessee.. The Wa-
I lamette' river at Portland froze over for
two or three days, the first time, Dr. Mc-
Laughlin says, for 42 years, though the
Columbia has been closed two or three
times in that period.
The steamship Massachusetts is now
just in. It brought 100 troops, Flying Ar-1
1 finery, Fbelieve.• More are expected
pry day oni the Oregon. al l suppose they I
will build a Fort, Lighthouse, and Arsen
al. They have rented ,Dr. .MeChillin's
mill for $8,0 . 00 per year, and bought Gov.
Abertheny's for $30,000. '
DOWN WITH TUE TELEGRAPH!--" Why,
Fanny, I believe you are going crazy."
"Going crazy 1" she echoed ; "and
isn't it enough to make one go crazy,
when such things, are taking place, and
the cowardly men daran't stop
. 'em. I
wish I wasn't a woman."
"Put what is in the paper to make you
act so 1" ,
"Can't you wadi Don't it say there,
Women and children starving to death by
Morse's telegraph—Fatal spread- of the
cholera by electric telegraph--Two hun
dred 'and fitly dying a day in New Or
leans by magnetic telegruph—Horrible
riot in Now York and twenty-seven.hves
41st PY tOegriph—Terrible fire in Riston
an ImmensettbrnOunt of property destroyed
by telegraph-Welch'S circus blown down
and lives lost by electro;magnctiC telegraph
—4)4 yet, you men site hero With folded
arms, and never, yaise t(finger to stay the
progress of. this inhuman', all-devaStating
devnur4r llo .nster. , I wish I, was it
man l" . 1144 ',4,unt Tanny,Acw out „or the
room, kit v iPZ 11 * , /e; witOnd in ad"
tonishment, - •
Number 12.
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"Thinks I tol!my."
W 4 • :worth y an db
We tiro indebted to 'o -
serving friend for 'many 'of the"..following,
hints. • •
Whenl set a_ mass of chip . i'Ameumn- •
late in a fatiner's bakk yard, , itiraimng
year (tiler year, 'thinks I to myself,' if the
coarser ones were raked out, they would
serve for fuel; while the., finer parts, with
thenddition of soap kids &c.i• from the .
house, would afford a valuable • sotirco of
manure. • •
When I see a coliveX barn-yard, 'thinks
I to myself,' there is comparatively but
little manure made there.
When I see banks of manure rusting a
gainst a barn 'during the summet' season,
serving only to rot the building-----(thinks I
to myself,' that manure might -be better
employed.
When I see the drainings of a barn-yard
finding their way into gullies and . rividets,
while with small expense, they might lie
thrown on to a valuable swell or declivity,
'thinks Ito myself,' that farmer is blind
to his own interest.
When I see a hog-yard not well suppli
ed with articles for making Matiure,ithinks
I to myself,' that man suffers loss for the
want °feat°.
When I see a piece of hoed ground in a
mowing field, and the turf, stalks end
stones, that were carried out by the plow
or harrow not collected together, 'thinks, I
to myself,' there is something slovenly in
the case.
When I set plowing &the, year alter
year, in the same track by the side of a
fence or a gully, till a dyke of considera
ble height is thrown up, and of course a
corresponding leanness in the interibri
'thinks I to myself,' there is a Want Of good
husbandry.
.When I see a stone wall topped outwith
a single tier of round stone, 'thinks Ito
myself,' the upper foot in the height of such
walls ought never to have been put on, and
look out for dull scythes and loss of hay.
When I see a fruit tree loaded with
twice, the top necessary for bearing well;
and this perhaps partlydead, thereby keep
ing' the needed rays of the sun • from the
under crop, 'thinks I to myself,' hare is an
indication of bad husbandry.
When I see stones piled round the trunk
ofa fruit tree, 'thinks I to myself,' here is
an invitation to suckers and ,to mice, and
if dull scythes should follow, it would not
be strange.
When I sec a total failure of a crop of
Indian corn, 'thinks I to myself,' If that
man had bestowed all the manure & per
haps two-thirds the labor on half the ground,
he would have had a fair erep arid a fine
piece of ground' for a crop of Ruta Bagrt
the following year:
When I see a farmer selling his ashes
at ten cents per bushel, 'thinks I to my
self,' he had better have given his pur
chaser fitly cents to leave it fbr his corn
and grain.--illaine Burner.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
There is an even-tide in humanlife, a
season when the eye becomes - dim and the
strength decays, when the winter of age
begins to shed upon the human head' its
prophetic shows. It is the season of life
to whith the autuinn is most analagous, &
whicli it becomes, and much it would prof
it you; • my elder brethren, •to mark the in
struction which the season brings. The
spring and summer of your days arc gone,
and with them not only the joys they
knew, but many of the ideas who gave
them. You have entered Upon the au;
tumn of your being—and whatever may
have been tho,profusion of your spring
or the warm temperament of your suhi
mer, there is a season of stillness or soli-
tude which the beneficence of heaven af
fords you, in which you may meditate up
on the past and future, arid prepare your
self for the, mighty change which you , may
soon undergo. It is now that •'Ol.l may
understand the magnificent language of
heaven—it mingles its voice 'with that of
revelation—it summons you to thede hours
when the leaves' rallnrid the winter is gath ,
ering, to that • evening' study 'Which the
mercy of heaven has provided iii the book
of salvation. And While the Shadowy val
'OPetis; which leads' to thef 'abode 'cif
death, it speaks of ' that 'IOVe which - cart
comfort and save, and .vo'll6 conduct to
those greenpastures and those still waters
where there is an eternal; spring !for•the
children of pod.
How strange, and yet how fortim'ate for
human nature, is the impossibility of ,im
rnediately believing,in the complete disap
pearance of a much loved being! Though
the evidence of her death lay scatteted
round, I could' riot belieire that I Was :for
ever separated from her: reinctu ,
bra nee, her image, her here teatures, the sound
of her ;voice, the peculiar turn Of.her ex
pression, the charm of' her countenance,
, .
were so present, and; as itliere; sot.ricor
pdrrite in me, that she seemed; more than
ever with me:; she appeared to envelope
me, to cenVerse with me to call 'ine,by
my trine, as though I could heave risen to
meet her, ,
andto'see her °rice mote
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04riliacksrniths in California go
for shoeing a horse, ' •
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