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We love a fine hone (and a fine dog) too well
omwlves, to refuse place to the lament for tire )
of one, even though it ran less smoothly than the
annexed lines :
From Hie Xew York American.
I.lnra on the Deatti of Eclljimr, Favorite
Home.
When late acros this plcmnnt lawn,
Well mounted on thy hack,
I passed and thou didst bear me on ;
O'er many a leafy track
O'er hills that tower in noble pride,
Thiouch many a thaded Unc,
With head erect, or tiirnM aside
To view the ripened grain ;
I little thought o noon to are,
All "'ill and motionless,
That noble form that oft from me
Received a kind cares ;
That oft in aportive glee hath play'd,
Or borne with steady pace,
Her yo'jng and ginceful form, thnt nvide
E'en thine more rich in grace !
Hut here thou art, and never more
Wilt thou arise again.
To pass the well known stable door,
Or feel the lighten'd rein ;
3Vo more thy strength will move the plough,
Or drag tliPCUmhroUK lo id,
'.Veatli many a bending apple bough.
Or near the dusty road.
Farewell tho of r,n honored line,
'Tw.ni not lor that alone
Thnt thou weit lovid for thou didst shine
With virtue all thine own:
And there are weeping eyes for thoe,
And hearts that feel lull sore,
To think thy limbs, so lately fice,
Are bound for evermore!
And he, thy brother Chefs, who oft
H itli trotted by thy side,
Anil left the pressure of thy soft
And glossy salilo hide,
Will often think of thee, amid
The fair gieen fields in spring,
rS'or deem that thou in earth ait bid,
A frail decaying thing.
Farewell and though unknown to song,
Thy wcll-epcnl hie bath been,
Thine unforgotteii labor long
Will keep thy num'rv green.
Long wdl thy form arise to view,
Thy pr.iism piss our lips ;
F.uewell, thou friend both tried and true.
Farewell, Farewell, Eclipse ! II. S. C.
From the V. S. Cusette.
TO A KAT,
t'Ai-nur in in it I'Mi.vrixii oKiirt l 1st mht,
Thou long-lail'd, ebon-eyed, nocrurnjl ranger !
What led thee hither 'm ing the types and cas.-s?
l)tst thou not know that running midnight races
O'er standing tvpnt is frnught with iiiini'iient d iiiger?
l)id hunger lead thee! did'st thou think to find
Nome cheese I'urmesan to delight thy maw !
Viiin hope I iioiio but a bteraiy jaw
fan masticate our cookery for the mind.
J'eiehaiK'e thou hat a literary tuMc,
A love lor letters and that sort of thing ;
Hut why, thou wiu-lail'd imp-lhou veimiu-kiug !
liid'vl thi'U but yesternight devour our paste,
And throw our types til pyramids ut pi ?
Ttiy doom's decreed ! come Tuwmi! at him fly !
March ii, IS12. TAM.
We are indebted to one of the clcik of the Post
Ollice for the following unique sufrcriptioii of a
'otter which passed through the City Post Ollice,
one day last week :
I think I could a t.de unfold,
'T would make some ivople worry ;
Hut none my tale shall e'er behold,
iiave little'llfll Mc.lIlllia.V.
Fll find him at Xt'ttbUlKll, -V. York,
If wind be lair, and weather
So Jove no thunder cloud uucoik,
but let us come together.
liivcullon lit IrtMtiK.
A late number of the Iondon Phalanx lias
the following paragraph relating to a new in
vention connected with the art of printing:
'Amongst other interesting novcincuts, wc
may mention the fact, that the principal por
tion of this number of the Phalanx has been
composed in type by a newly invented coinpo-
t ip" machine; and it is the first piece of pcruxli-
cal literature wnicli has ever been tyixigrapliied
in this way. It is tntS ueginnnig of a new
era in the art of printing, which, with ft very
practical experience, will render the art of
composing type so simple and elegant, that la-
i- . i . . - I' -.., -...I ....
uiea may su oown, asio a piaiiaione, aim i uP
in type their own sweet effusions, with us much
ease s they commit them to writing. The
keys are marked with the letters, and when
touched with the fingers, the corresponding
type falls into iu place with the rapidity of
t-pelluig. It will multiply printing, and reduce,
its price, without diminishing the number of
workmen, or lowering their wages, for cheap
production multiplies demand.
Tho celebruted John lk vim was a man of
such uondertul diligence, that he has often told
Ins friend, that tor thirty years, summer and
winter, tho tun never found linn in U-d. lie
used to say, "I never have any dilliculties ; a
thing either can be done, or it con not. If it
can be done, 1 may as well do it as another, if
I will take ipial miiis. If it cannot be done, I
will Hot attempt to do it."
SUNBUffiY AMERICAN.
AND S11AMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute aruicenre j,, tl0 doci8i1, of ,he
I Vow thrMew Yotk livening IVsf.
Animal Magnetism at the West.
A Curious Cask op Animal Magnetism,
The ca?e to which the following letter refer
was described sortie two or three weeks since
in a Lotiim illo paper. When wc first rend the
account, we were disposed to look tipon it as a
hoax ; but we have since ascertained the names
of the persons who were referred to, and have
now no doubt of the entire truth of the state
ment. It appears that an intelligent and re
spectable gentleman, residing at Alton, Illinois,
when he first heard of the experiments in Ani
mnl Magnetism, partly in jest and partly from
curiosity, essayed to test their merits by at
tempting them on the person of an intimate fe
male friend. After several trials, he succeeded
in producing what iscallcd the Magnetic Sleep.
He remarked the usual phenomena which are
said to attend that state. Rut judge of his as
tonishment when, at the end of n few days, he
found li is patient involuntarily falling into the
sleep, and requiring his constant presence to
keep her awake. 11 is only anxiety now is, to
discover some process by which he can restore
the unfortunate lady to her natural state, and
relieve himself from perpetual watchfulness.
Like the Magician's Apprentice in (Joethe's
poem, he has exercised a fearful power, which
he does not know how either to control or to
suppress.
It is only necessary to add, that wc are ac
quainted with the family in which these things
occurred, and that we place the fullest confi
dence in the following letter, addressed by the
person so unfortunately bound by spiritual
chains, to Ins brother in this city :
Ai.tov, February
Yours of tho llthin.-t, is received, which 1
will hasten to answer. First, as to Animal
Magnetism. You were right in supposing the
communication in the Ixui.sville Journal was
from me. There is nothing in that letter but
what was clearly within the truth. The whole
truth would have developed 'other facts still
more 'passing strange.' The fact is, I am now
at (i.'s, where 1 am under the necessity of
awaking Miss l' the subject of my cxneri-
incuts, from what is culled the Mesmeric state
j every morning, and often several times during
i the day. She falls into it voluntarily, and at
times in opposition to my will. If allowed to
remain long in that state, she becomes alarm
ingly nervous and convulsed. In what, or how
or when it will end time can only determine.
We do, however, think it is gradually w earing
oil', and that her inclination to relapse into the
sleep is not as irresistable as it was. Most ol
her sleep for the last six weeks has been of this
character. Thus much as to her situation ; and
now, a tew lines on Animal Magnetism, its
causes and effects. Of course, as soon as we
discovered the tendency to fall voluntarily into
tli is strange stale, all further magnetising pro
cesses were stopped, and this sleep w hich she
now Hills into is only of n partially magnetic
character, devoid of most of its sttange fea
tures, excepting the tacts that 1 a'one can
wake hct, and that she will coiivercc freely
and rationally witli me, but cannot see or hear
any thing or any body else. I agree with you,
that there is something connected with it not at
all understood or to be accounted for by any
known course of reasoning, and further, I doubt
whether man can ever satisfactorily establish
any philosophical solution of its cuuses how
mind can thus act on mind, or mind on dictinct
' matter ; for w hen in this sleep, I can by my
i will cause her arm or leg to raise horizontal
i or any other position, and then remain btilVaud
inflexible as the limb ofa coip.se. Thus appears
j some like the uction of the mind on matter,
j The first time I magnetized Miss K. 1 could
not get her to speak the second bately loan
i swer yes or no the third time she would talk
j a little, and so on till perhaps the tenth time,
when she would couverce freely und beiran to
exuuit 1L.r ininveous clairvoyant powers,
Frln tis lil0 UMlll we wt.re aariiu.j j,v H,r
jlallillgillU, ,1, h,u,c icr6en; you ,lmy w,.i;t i
SUpiKe we were deeply interested. 1 soy vvc:
: it was couljiied to the knowledge of coa. t;.'d
family aud one neighbor. I will now st,te a
j ,-ew facts, which we all think were vvidenccd
1 . . . .. . - .
j bey0UlJ ,1C possibility ofa doubt. Nobody but
myself is capable of waking '4ler, She would
talk with no one but in., except 1 had first
t wllled ,i,at slie Khouhl. bud also nlaced the third
, .,creo in contact v,nU ier,aBiBCii i. their hands
, l(l,rot,cr. SI. could hear nothing but my voice
or a noisq rnade by me. 1 have seen i. tire
ft Un within a finit of her head withr-u ; her
allowing any 6igns of hearing it. Her eyes
j closed, bhe w ill tell when I cat and drink, will
tell accurately w hen I left tho room, and wliou
, I returned. You may bear in mind that none
i of ua hl vn of lho Liud- ttmJ wore
: ""'"'pared lor most of the phenomena,
'"e evening while Aie was in this sleep,
aomo apples, ruisms, and walnuts wer- passed
i round. I commenced eating an apple, when
i she remarked. 'These ure giod apple.' I
I l''cn took up l-oiuc laijin:-, and aked her what
majority, the vital principle of nepublics, fro.,, wl.i. l,
Smiburj, IVotlhiiiHbrrhtml i.
I was eating! She told tne correctly, t. !
handed iiKXpnnrc vitregar which Ustvnl, when '
she exclaimed, Whatdoyxu Want of this sour
stufl !' G. next hamlcd mo some sugar, and
soon, until we were satisfied she wan conscious
of whatever I w ns eating she tasted what
ever I tasted. Her position was such as she
could not have seen what I was eating if her
ryes had been open. We next discovered that,
although herself insensible to corporeal pain,
she felt w nsible any pain inflicted on nic.
Prick my hand for instance, and she would jerk
hers back, and perhaps rub it on the Rpot where
mine was pricked. Full my hair and she
would say 'Who is pulling my hair!' 1 next
discovered that she would often speak of sub
jects on which 1 was thinking, and finally, one
evening, when we were testing her strange
powers, I put a piece of apple ia my mouth and
remarked, these are good raisins that 1 am eat
ing. She replied 'You need not attempt to de
ceive ine 1 know your motives and thoughts
yes, I can see your every thought,' I then di
rected a third person to write on paper sveral
questions, on what subjects they choose, such
however, us she would naturally be capable of
answering. I then took the paper, and sitting
by her side, put each question to her mentally ;
that is, without speaking or making any noise
whatever. As I read the questions to myself,
she would speak out and answer them, one af
ter the other. Mind, I did not speak a word
from the time of receiving the paper untill she
had answered the last question. Uy such and
other experiments, we were convinced that
she was truly aware of whatever was passing
in my mind. One evening when 1 hud placed
her in this state, I was laboring under a slight
cold, attended with a cough. She was asked
what would cure my cetigh ! Uer reply was
'you must be careful or your cold will be set
tled on your lungtf, for I see thfy are inflamed.'
On questioning her farther, I was fully con
vinced that she was conscious of seeing and
knowing my, as well as her oivn, internal or
ganization. Now I come to w hat to many appears the
most extraordinary phenomenon, I mean clair
vovance, or the power of perceiving what is
occurring at a distance.
In this faculty, or in the exercise of it, she
appeared to improve at e.icii sitting, the same
as a person will excel m any thing by practice;
and our experiments in clairvoyance, had not
advanced much at tiie time when she com
nicnecd falling into this sleep independently.
F.uough, however, was elicited to prove that
she could tell what hnd transpired in an udjoiu
ing room, and at a distance of two miles; and
if at the distance of two miles, why not at a
much greater distance ! Those trials which
alforded the most positive evidence of thi
Hwer. were like the following: Coz. tJ. or
I.., would go into another room and disarrange
the furniture, upset the table, or place chairs
on the bed, and make other changes from the
usual position of ailairs. On being asked to
hxk into the room, she would exclaim, 'What
are these chairs on the bed for V 'Why are
things in such confusion !'
On being questioned further, she would ile
scribe the exact situation of things. Again 1
took her to my room, at the hotel down town,
about two miles, and she described its con
tents, even a painting that is hanging on tin
wall. It was a room in w hich she had never
been. Many trials of this kind have satisfied
us that she in some way became conscious ol'
things of which the natural perceptive lac,),
ties or the senses could not have iiili:iiid her.
In repeated instances she hai informed me
what was going on at tittherV anil Captain W.'s ;
would tell it in a manner apparently as nutura!
as it she had been tb'jre. We had not, how
ever, entered into ity arrangement with any
one, then, tORscvrtain whether she told truly,
therefore ha ye no positive evidence. On Christ
mas eve, however, I directed her to go to W.'s ;
sbJ immediately began as follows ; 'Alinirn
is sick.' On being asked how she seemed,
and whether very sick, she replied, 'she had a
cold and some fever, but is better and is not as
sick as 1 at first thought.' On being asked
w hat they Were doing, she says 'Father V. is
sitting beliire the fire, w itti his shoes oir, warm
ing his feet ; mother W. is also sitting there,
holding the babe, and F.liza is tip stairs dressing
or undressing. ' This must have been about
nine o'clock in the evening then. I have never
asked any questions to learn the truth or false
hood (fall tins; bull received letter on the
Tlh or (Mh of January, from mother, dated De
cember 'J Itli, (day before Christmas,) iu which
she says, 'Alinira has had ft slight altuck of
fever, attended with the rash, but is now much
better. On heing mked whether blie saw
these things, she would say, it dots not seem
as if I saw them with my eyes, bull know
them. I low it is that I know them, 1 cannot
tell.' Thus, you have briefly the result of my
experience in Animal Magnetism. I am con
vinced that tliia rate i-oue of the ino.-t ciii
tuc, one ef the iiio.t ptrltct, in the .wi.
tlioro U no appeal but ro force, the ,ul principle and
suitrt(ty April 2, lsi-2.
and liicultres devekiped in this states that lias
cvnr bw'ti known. I am almost inclined to be
lieve, if it had not aswnrcd its present or any
other alarming appearance, I should soon have
fwmn able lo have oened adaily correspondence
With you. If I had nothing else that demanded
my attention, I should like to pursue the in-
estigatmn farther. What a field it opens for
contemplation on the qualities' and nature of
mind and matter ! and I wonder it has not
been brought into view more, in aid of some of
the theories relative to mind nnd matter, espe
cially Idealism. IS'ow you can make what you
can from the facts that I have given you. That
they are fact, and no humbug, you caa rely
upon it. As for myself it is completely en
veloped in 'shadows, cloud and darkness,' and
even Ci. is for once bewildered.
We must laugh as well as cry in this world
s last week was a sad one, let this be more
cheerful. The following ciuizzical story was
told at ft tctnpprauce meeting iu Hartford last
week, by a reformed toper. It opens rich and
as the man has become sober, one may now
laugh over his ndsurdiiics with double relish.
He suid
tl used to drink, and my wife used to jaw
me about it. What do you get drunk for ? said
she; what do you jaw me for ! said I. So we
agreed, and made u firm bargain that I would
not drink and she would not scold. For three
long days we held on firm no drinking nor
scolding ; but on the third evening, bemL' in Chapel and for the state apartments of the cas
company with some good fellows, I took a J tl In precisely nine days from the date the
horn, und when tlmt was down, I right off j order was given, one thousand were at the cas
u anted another, and in a very short tune 1 i tie and on the floor. The carpets were much
found uiyselfubout how lure you ; with twenty ! adm,red. and gave universal satisfaction. The
horns safe and snugly in my breadbasket ;(tre- j ,0st brilliant and beautiful colors are printed
mentions luugtiter.) uy ana by it gut to be t
tune to go home ; but, as you may well sup-
posc, 1 dreaded to meet my wife like the tooth
ache, (laughter.) However, go I must ; and
so 1 staggered along, hoping to find my wile
abed, (laughter.) When 1 reached the house,
I found it still lighted, and through the window
1 saw my wife up and waiting for me. (Laugh
ter.) Thinks I, I can't go in yet, but 1 must
wait till she goes to bed ; so there I btood half
ireezingin me coin rain to Hours, (.tremen-
dous laughter.) At lust she went to bed, und
I crept iu at the bacli door, stumbling over puiis
anu ctmirs, tnil lumlly succeeded in getting to
bed without disturbing her, (laughter;) but
after dozing a while, 1 awoke and found inv
M.H" us diy as a hMi, (laughter ;) you know,
brethem. how dry we all used to be in the night
niter we'd had a spree, (tremendous laughter)
My wife always knew what was the matter
with me, when I got up in the night to driulc
cold water, (laughter.) I hardly dared to get
up, for tear of my wife; but my thirst was
greuter than I could bear, (laughter ;) so out I
crawled, and groped very soflly after the water
pail, (laughter ;) but no water was there,
(laughter ;) 1 then felt round in the dark, on
the tables and shelves, for tomelhing to cool
my burning thirst, (tremendous laughter ;) soon
I found a tin pan lull of liquid something; I
seized and put it to my inontb., and took along
and hearty draught the liquor at the same
time running out at cv,rh side of my mouth,
down my cheeks, tremendous laughter;) and
so I thought the liquor ta.-ted odd, and at that
iiiMant it fla,'ncd on my recollectiou that 1 had
fixed poujr- poison a few days before to kill rats
Willi (tremendous laughter fir five minutes.)
'.lorror-.-triick, I stood my ha'r landing on
end it was death to he ream out, Ibr my wife
would jnw mo if she waked, (laughing and
i-Uuiping ;,) und t-urcly it would be death tu hold
r-till; and tcieutn i must, and scream 1 did,
(riotous laughter.) 'What was iu that pan V
Vuii are diy are you !' eaid she. 'What was
iu this pan !' chuulcd 1, still louder.' 'What
makes ou diy !' m learned she 'W hat was in
this pan !' yelled I, iu perfect agony of fi ar.'
What pan!' 'Why the nun on the tdull.'
Oh, you brute, you have drank unaf! my March.
(Tremendous hmghler for five minutes, and
cric-s of order from the chairman.) The next
morning my shirt collar was p.tMod fa.-t to my
neck and cheeks, and it took Imlfnu hour to
clear it off. Mere Mr. Bruwu sat down amid
the cheers of the whole Socictv.
Aii'Lrs rou Srot-K. Under this head, a
"I'ractical Fanner," m the llostou C-iltivutor,
says: "Last year I but. hered u hog sixteen
months old, Which weighed otHl Ins. For sonu
r,k brfo,e briMinn hun to the tub, he utt ' R The good men slept over.
untkingbut boil,dorj,Us." Corn nual W1111 j ith w ere early risers. At hmr o clock the
offered hun, but refused ; the poik was of the i "0At '"". y Iper mm accos
best quality, and though the moon was not con- I ,lh' 'io'U h"VM wU ':lcred whttl
suited..! killing h.m. the .aid -that we mi.t put !' U. 'eb,jir. U.
-Sle-l i.e r i.rui.k a b.l i" tf.e po.." j '''J w Part !' R 'l'lelliie y'M 'f.
. W. 'Will you a.-k my pardon, Joseph !' B.
Shui i isii. Keuder, how much mutton do ; No, air.' W. 'Then 1 will ask yours, Jowph.'
you think you would eat in a lite of sixty years, Poor Joseph was in.-lautly lathed ; tinitUn as
having each day a moderate allowance We by the w and of Moses, w hell forth gushed the
will tell you; a flock of 300 sheep. Really the leurs like the water fioin the rock, lie had a
contemplation of thut idea, in enough to mke a
in.ui leel shcepibh all over, paitiiuluily about
the held and shouhlvrs.
i.nmlv p.-mm of dpnisui.-JErrrns.
Vol. II--o. XXVII.
A Korlfie.
.MiiF.piiou The following recipe for in
tetiipeiumx" tuny be of great advantage to many,
who aieatllictcd with hydrophobia and rum-a-ttsin.
It was sent to me yesterday by one of
the moLt intelligent, respectable, and wealthy
married ladies iu Bultimore. 1 give it below in
her own language, and now return tier my
heurtfelt thanks for her kindness.
"Sin I have never seen you, yet I feel
dcepiy interested for you, and hope you will
pardon me for sending the following recipn :
A sovereign Remedy for Intemperance.
Take sarsnpRrilla and make a tea, and when
thirsty, take a gill with a grain or two of qui
nine iu each glass. To quiet the nerves take
assufa'tida disolcd in hartshorn, a teaspoon full
morning and evening.
Do try the above, it has done wonders, and
was discovered by nn eminent physician."
The publication of the above, Mr Editor, will
no doubt be of benefit to many.
MILFORD BARD.
No. 12 South street.
Amcricax Skill Abroao. The new carpet
mentioned iu the long descriptions of the recent
royal christening, as having been laid for the
occasion in St George's Chapel was the inven
tion of 1 1. A. Wells, Ksq , an American. It is
a new patent felted carpet which is made with
out spinning or weaving. The order was
C'ven lor one thousand yards for the floor of the
frotll iM.ia 0f every possible variety, anj it is
jj l)ia, l)ies0 C!,r,,ets can be sold by the retai-
ler at about three shillings per yard, and afford
a remunerating profit to the manufacturer and
wholesale dealer. Thefe -patent felted carpets
appear likely to supersede the more expensive
carpets now in general use. London Courier.
Tuc English Coai. Mine. It is feared in
Englnnd that there will be, iu a few years, aii
cxhaublio of the coal mines of that country Ly
, L)tC vabt drain opened by the great increase m
' BtL,am ,mviL'ution.
A dispute arose in Sterling, Mass., in a con
gregation, about repairing iheChuich. A fierce
debate was had, and tUe meeting adjourned un-
til the next day; but in the night the Church
was burned. A reward of H.tKK) is ollered for
the appreh..riMoii of the incendiary. .V. 1".
Tribune,
The Wintkk is UtssiA hasbeen mild beyond
precedent. The Na vy at tH. Petersburg on the
13th of December was free of ice, a thing al
most unparelleled. The breuking up of the
river is usually attended with disastrous inun
dations. The ground upon which St, Peters
burg is built is a mere swamp, and the founda
tion of each house is upon piles. When the
ice Marts, signal guns are tired from the citadel;
that the people may prepare themselves in
case it dums up and a flood follows. Phil. (ia:.
Tin: Sciwulmastkh Vati;i i.n England.
It is btated in the annuul report of the Register
of births and deaths for the year ending :30th
June, 111, that out of 1,54 couple married,
there were 41,612 tnalea and i'4,54 females
who could unt read their own namc9 !
It iyle pronounced one of the most severe
strictures on the fair sex. I le w as asked if wo
man could keep a secret. "There is ouo secret"
I said he, "and that is the only one they can
; keep their it."
I
I
AsfctDoit fH- W'tsLtv. Joseph Bradford
w is for some years the travelling companion
of Mr. Wesley, for whom he wculd have sacri
li. ed health and even life, but to w hom hia will
would net er bend, except in Meekness. 'Jo
eph,' said Ml. W'e.-hy one day, 'lake the let.
le i4 to the post.' R "1 wdl tike them efter
preaching, nr.' W. 'Take litem now, Joseph.'
15. '1 woli to hear you pit ich, sir; aud there
w ill be sullicieiit t uue for Hie po. t alter service.'
W. 'I insi.-t upon you going now, Joseph.'
li. ! w ill not go ut pre.-eul.' W . You won't !'
B. '.o sir.' W. 'Then you ai d I must part.
i lender soul; as was toon observed when the
appiul wa imije tu tho heart nistwuj of the
In ad. Wall ,-' TuKniH .
ii ii i ; ' ii ji i.i mi
fkiclh or aivi:h i im;.
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New Mode or Grafting. Mr. Dow
ning of Newliurg, has lately practised
with success, a new mode ol grafting,
the object being, to test the quality of
fruits raised from seeds in a shorter pe
riod than would be possible by permit
ting such scedings to stand until their
natural time of bearing. The method
is, to put the top of a shoot from a seed
ing tree, or a new variety, when it ia
desirable to procure a specimen of the
fruit immediately, upon the top of a
thrifty shoot of a middle aged and fruit
bearing tree ; the process being simply
to take thrifty shoots, about a quarter
of an inch in diameter, and cut them ia
a slanting manner clear through, so as
lo detach about four inches of the top
from the rest, making the line of the an
gle about an inch the stock being cut
in flic same manner. The backs are
then to be carefully united and bound,
up with yarn, covering the whole with
grafted wax, to exclude the air. By
this mode, fruit may be obtained in a
short period, so as to test its value at an
early day ; the operation being simple,
there is scarcely a fear of failure.
Living axi Orxamf.vtal Fences.
At a recent -meetinc; of the Botanical
Society of London, Mr. D. Cooper gave
an account of a new living fence, form
ed by planting young trees in a slar.ting
Mjsition, every tree leaning the opposite
way, so that they will cross each other,
and then at the parts which come in
contact, take off from each a piece of
bark and tie close together, covering
the part with clay. This grafts each
tree into his neighbor, and forms in a
few ycitrs a living fence, with diamond
shaped openings. The plan- is an ex
cellent one for ornamental fences.
EaSTEUN METHOD OF MEAiCRIXO TlME -
The people of the Hast measure time by
the.leugth of their shadow. Hence if you
ask. a man what o'clock it is, he imme
diately goes into the sun, stands erect,
then looking where his shadow termi
nates, he mersures his length with his
feet, and tells you nearly the lime. Thus
the workmen earnstly desire the shad
ow which indicates the time for leaving
their work. A person wishing to Icavo
his toil, says, "How long my shadow
is iu coining!" "Why did you not
I come sooner?
"Because 1 waited for
try shadow." in ine v in chapter ci
Job we find it written. "As a servant
earnestly riesireth his shadow."
Robert's Illustrations.
Who cas solve this Problem. Fill
a wino glas to the brim with water, or,
if possible, raise it higher than the edge,
by letting one drop lall at a time, until
the water presenti the convex surface.
When this is done, drop into the glass
as many common pins as will fill it, and
the water will not overflow. This
simple experiment may be easily tried,
but we have never seen it explained.
Water is not compressible in a w ine
glass, and the pins arc made of solid
metal; yet the water in the glass will
remain as it was before the pins were
dropped in. Exchange Paper.
The Dri'mmer Boy or Lrxrn's Lane.
Major General Wintield Scott, whild
on the frontier during the late border
difficulties, at a complimentary dinner
given him by the citizens of Cleaveland,
related the following characteristic an
ecdote that occurred during the battle?
of Lundy's Lane, in the last war: In
the very midst of the battle, his atten
tion was arrested by observing at a lit
tie distance, where a whole company of
riflemen had just been cut down by th
terrible fire of the enemy, three drum
mer boys quarrelling for a single drum,
all that was left to them. Soon the two
stronger ones went to "fisticuils," while
the third quietly folded his arms, await
ing the issue of the contest. At that
moment a cannon ball strnck the boys,
and killed them both. Willi one bound
the little fellow caught the drum from
between them, and with a shout of tri
umph, and a loud "tattoo," dashed for
ward to the thickest of the fight. Said
the General, "I so admired the little sol
dier, that I rode after him and enquired
bis name, w hich w as , and di
rected him to find me at the rlose of the
battle; but I trover saw him afterwards."
At this moment Mr. , one of fhe
most respectable ineichanls in Cleave
land, arose, and w ith a smile and a bow,
informed the company that he was tho
Drummer Boy of Lundy's Lane."
CoNiicTto. John Robert:-, chnrged with
the murder of John C'o.x, wt4 tried lust w eek in
Caroline County, Md , uud ciiieteJ of murder
in the tccoud dene,