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aiLEGHANSAN" DIRECTORY.
LIST OF POST OFFICES.
l'.jit )'..
jiciiii's Crock,
i'..-t!iel Station,
Post Misters. Districts.
Joseph Graham, YoJer.
Joseph .S Mardis, Rhicklick.
Ih-.ijamin Wirtuer, Carroll.
I Litzinger, Chest.
John J. Troxell, AVashint'n.
M. C. .MCaguc, Ebensburg.
Isaac Thonntson. AVhiti.
('.!rn!!M'.vii,
irn.-Nurcr.
Full ".i Timber,
li aia'.hi.
r!.-:i (t-jillle-U,
J jliusto'.vn,
U rot ),
Mineral lV.".t,
Muiltr't'T.
iVrshiug.
i'! in-villo,
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A-iru-aine,
Ni!;i L-'V.d,
:,..r!.::iJ
s ;
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J. M. Christv.
Galliuin.
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Joseph 2 111,
Win. M'Gough,
If. A. Hoggs,
Win. Gwiun,
K. Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Ftv.iu-is Clement,
An .In w J. Perra!
G. W Iliiivman,
Joseph Mover,
George Conrad,
I!. MCoIgan,
Win. M'.irmv,
M":-'s M. Gillespie
Anlrew beck,
Chest.
"Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Conem'gh.
Munstcr.
Conem'gh.
Su?i'h an.
"White.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washfu.
Crovle.
"Washt'n.
S'tJimcrhill.
i ,-f. ', Kkv. 1). IIakuisox Pastor.-w-
'!- every ,a!b.vth morning at In.'.
' ;;" 1 ''- evening :U o'clock. Kab
: i S ;i r.i at 1 o'clock, 1. M. Prayer niect
'..'.. rv Thursday cveuing at 0 o'd'ock.
.' '.' ' '.' l',.ix.-nlt,il C'.Hrrli JiKV. J. .SHANE.
barge. Rev J. M. Smith. A
'';,' every .Sabbath, alter nately
iu tlie morning, or 7 in the
on. iVoi
.id
.1
'. o'l-Lock, A. M.
l.iy evening' at 7
meeting every rhurs
''i Lul'rn-Jrutzw. Ll. R. Powell,
' 1'reaehiag every S:ibbath Morning at
I..v !:, an. I in the evening at (J o'eh7ek.
tii S-oiH.oV at 1 o'chu k, P. M. Prayer
on the ilr.-a .M';i'l::y evenimr of each
: an I o:i every Tnco !.iy, Thnrsilay
ri uy evening, e.eo2tin the Erst week
:i :a iii!i.
''" t'f-.lht lh:v. John Williams,
' I'rca 'hi.ig ( very Sabbath evening :it
lix-k. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock.
I'nyor ni M-tisipj every Friilay evening
"ri k. Society every Tuesday evening
il :'. V.'m.T.lovd, Pastor Preaeh
ry :-'.!'. !..t!i nurning at li o'clock.
-''' li-tj'ti.tti !l;:v. Daviu Jkxkixs,
!'r.--ao!iiag civit Sabbath even in if at
. S ibb.it h .School nt 1 o'clock, 1'. .M.
:'l--:v. I. J. MrrciiULL, 1'ator.
'-very Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
rs ..L 4 o'clock in the evening.
.MAILS AIMIIVE.
-;!-. at 1 - o'clock,
.:. " at
MAILS CLOSE?
A. M.
A. M.
ut r, o'clock, A. M.
at r, " a. :-L
Mail-.; from l?utler.In.lj.ina.Strong.
irrivi: on Tii"sil;:y and Friday of
-.it " o'.-lock, V. XI.
i.'.irif on jlonjava anl Thurs-
r.-
:it 7 o'clock, A. M.
Tlie ails from Newman's Mill.-?, Car-
arrive on M outlay aal FrMay of
-.. at :, o'clock. P. M.
Dip; ii-bnrg on TnesJavs V.nJ fiatnr
o'clock, A. XI.
t O'lioe open on SunJavs from 9
j.k, A. XI.
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WILMOUE STATION.
- t Kvpre.ss Train, leaves at
M.til Train, "
0.45 A. XL
8.43 P. XI.
8.24 P. XI.
10.00 A. XI.
G.30 A. XI.
- l-.xpiess Train,
M til Train,
" C.I-
c aat Line,
COrVTu" OFFICERS.
, J '!:;' the Court,. President, Hon. Geo.
.'.'l""- Huntingdon ; Associates, George W.
'i'T. !:ii-hard Jones, Jr.
',t,i r ll. In -.-nil ! " T. .n -i 1 .1
ri.
l: ,
I'rotJi tii'itn ri . Robert A. M'Cov.
r nwl U.rori'.-r. Michael Ibissor.."
li
l-'-'U j ;!.' r an J Jieconhr. John Sean-
iN 'I i
!' Robert P. Linton.
! i Si.,ri'T. George C. K. Ztilim.
. tor. I'll. Phili:) S. Noon.
i'
V ' 'jiuiitis.iiuifrs. Jolin Hearer. Ab.l
';'!- l'.id T. Storm.
t-ur, r li! r.r
,,,rr -.v.-.? JUrtctor. William Palmer,
Ilarro. Michael M'iJuire.
"r (..- iVr.igitr-r. (Jeorge C. K. Zahui.
,( S'.'iranl. James J. Kavlor.
tn:.le Ar ri.r. Thomas .M'Connell.
'''''.-x i ri 1 i.. - i r.. i . .. i.
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i'"""'.' s''rri;or. Henry Scanlan.
r. ivttr Donirhe'rtv.
M"C.
r,;l,'" hiU of Common SchoU.S. R.
'I;
Mce- David II . Roberts,
"i Kinkcad.
''"rJff"-- A n d re w Lewis.
,J,J'ti ',u,lril An.lrow Lcwb .To?!.,, Tl
1 jr. 1, , . ... ' "
, i "-uu uit-.Yis, i.icuara jones, Jr.. u
Unrr.
t- Cuncil James C. Noon.
''f'"'jh 7Vf.-wrrr. Oorpre Gtirley.
i'7 VV Davis Jt Llovd.
-arker. Thnm,, r i 5 c'
4-M (ulasi, William Davis.
'yur,r f tSchottl y;,(,,.Evan Morgan.
" Col7ecor.(;,eo dnrler.
tr-lli. lmrJT. Davia.
- u-tjr"c iinriev.
J'l 1 1' .r IV. ..: . - , .
j ..,r,-t.,v. wavii j. Jore3
r'i:p.
aviJ H. Roberta, Daniel O.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRTjTRY9aiT
SELECT POETRY
TEse 2isi-&2r of the Slieil.
A sailor left his native land ;
A simple gift he gave
A sea-ahell gathered by his hand
From out the rippling wave.
Oh! love, by this remember mc 1
lV-r inland thou must dwell ;
Rut thou shalt hear the sounding sea
la the murmur of the shell.
Ah ! woe is me! with tattered sail
The ship is wildly tost !
A drowning cry is on the gale ;
They sink, and all are lost !
While hsppy yet, untouched by fear,
Repeating his fircwell,
Poor XI-.ry ftrniles, and loves to hear
The murmur of the shell.
The tidings reached her simple brain;
And aiuilhig now she goes
A mad girl reckless of her pain,
I neoa.-ci ous of her woes.
Rut when they ring the viljage chimca
That tolled the lover's knell,
She sighs, and says idic hears at times
Death-music in the shell!
lirnrr the Atjriruli.iirnl Sjcirtics of Blair and
Cai:i',ri-t C-jitnti''. d.-LWrfil at ticir J'ublic
J'.c.'iihitions, iii OctuLi-r, It't'J.
BY Gi:o. TAYLOR.
COXCLUIJED.
Before that time-, I do not tlouLt, the
sumo .stern logic will induce tlioo who
follo'.y ti.s, nut many j;e:icraiio!i, ii' to long
lionet-, iu tiiling our iie!Js horo, to reclaim
the liundrtd-s ol acres now occupied by in
PtJe fence i ; and to find another invet
luent lor the hundreds of thousands of
dollars, now invested in that article. And,
since this mii;ht be done even no'.v, at no
greater expense than that of herding or
confining cattle, which would be greatly
lessened, if it would not be entirely defray
ed, by the increased capacity cf a given
number of acres of grass to feed them, and
the increased amount of manure secured,
it is by no means clear that it would not
be good economy to introduce, before it
may become necessary, that reformation
nl.-o. This, however, by the way. liut
it is uiKjue-tionably a dictate of economy,
t'i inti 'aIiu-c a', mice a thoronjh sith-M of till-ij'-.
Xy farmer, whatever land he may
have, should di.-tuib the surface of one a
cre more than he can farm well, lie should
remove everything in the way of his imple
ments, plow dee) and subsoil, if need be,
drain, and thoroughly manure, oite Cold
after another, until be has in a good state
of cultivation a tuiffieicnt puuntity of land
for his purp jsc, which would be found great
ly less than he now ''farms," as it is call
ed. The balance of it, if he is unwilling
that it should la' waste, ho would I'nd it
profitable to soli, or have it cultivated in
a proper manner by his sons, instead of
lusting, us the custom is, after more land
for them.
This is well illustrated by the oft-told
story of a man, whose entire estate consis
ted of a vineyard, and his famiby of two
daughters. On the marriage of one of the
daughters, he gave her one-third of the
vineyard; but he found that its yield was
not diminished with its size Afterwards
the other daughter married, and he gave
her another third, lie was surprised to
find that the one-third which he retained,
still produced as much as the whole vine
yard had before yielded him. The secret
was, that the whole of his labr and atten
tion, previously distributed over the whole,
were needful to the fraction, and were after
wards confined to it, with the result of a
three fold increase. And, I have no doubt
many u farmer in this country might fur
nish a similar marriage outfit to each of
three or four daughters, and make himself
no poorer. There are few, if uriy, lure
present, I am avcII persuaded, who would
not find it to their interest, to confine their
attention to a thoroiitrh cultivation of Mich
portion of their land, as they are able to
cultivate veil. And those who undertake
it will take one important step forward,
with the progress of the age.
III. lhere is another error of our larm
ers which though not an equal, yet to some
extent, is not less general ; and which, it
seems to me, nothing more thau that the
attention should be directed to it, and re
flection upon it excited is wanted to correct.
I mean the habitual disregard or neglect of
what ii tasteful and ornamental in the ar
rangement and care taken of our farms, and
the fences and buildings upon them.
"I went by the field of the slothful and
by the vineyard of the man void of under
standing," says Solomon in the l'roverbs,
"and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof,
tr.il the stone wall thereof was brokcu
I WOULD RATHER EE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Henry Clat.
down." This Is a graphic and true de
scription of the aspect presented by many
a farm in Pennsylvania, whose owner or
occupant is not a sluggard, or, in many
respects, "void of understanding," but an
industrious, and, to most things, a thrifty
man. His error is in not cultivating, and
consequently not being able to appreciate,
or at any rate neglecting, what is deman
ded by good taste, or a taste for the refined
and beautiful, not less worthy of gratifica
tion, certainly, than the mere animal ap
petites. Subject to some creditable exceptions,
it is true, in every neighborhood, our
farmers, in general, allow themselves to
fall into slovenly habits, and their farms
to present a neglected and dilapidated ap
pearance. This is most likely to be found
the case of farms occupied by tenants ;
but it is true, also, of many cultivated by
their owners. Many a comparatively weil
cultivated field, 1 say comjm rat inly, for
few can be said to be well cultivated, is
surrounded by a fence barely suilicient to
protect the current crop, sharing the ground
it occupies with a venerable growth of
briers and thorns. Meadows which in
proper condition would be lovely lawns,
contrasting delightfully with the cultivated
upland., arc net imlrequc-iiily seen sur
rounded by an unsightly border, consit-
lng ot a dilapidated worm fence, partially
hid by a rank growth of brieis and bram
bles, and splotched over with bunches of
bushes which the mowers have mowed
round for years. The iidds are inconve
nient and ill-sh:::ed. The orrhnrd. if
there is one, has here and there through
it a dead tree, which it seems to be the
calculation, should remain until, under
nature's slow, but sure process, it mould
ers down into the earth; while others
again, unthrifty for want of care, are de
formed by dead limbs and branches. Im
plements are lying around where they
were last used, to rot by careless exposure.
The barn, stabling and out-buildings, and
even the house and garden, (unless, as it is
sometimes happily the ease, the better
taste and care of a tidy and industiious
house-wife, have saved these latter from
the general neglect and dilapidation,) you
find in strict correspondence with the
surroundings. This is not fancy, but a
faithful general description of" ninny a
farm iu this and every other county in
Pennsylvania. What a contra.-.t between
this and one tastefully arranged into fields,
the fences iu good order and the fence
rows clean the meadow, one green,
smooth sward the orchard pruued and
thrifty the barn, and sheds, ami tool
house, ami outbuildings whitc-wasb.cd and
neat the garden neatly fenced and taste
fully cultivated -the hou.-se painted white
i i i i - . . .
auu encio.-eu( and surrounded with
i.. . i i i . t i ,i
uees, auu suiuos, ana vines, ana Uowers.
hat sight more beautiful and enchant
ing ! Y'e cannot pass without admirini.
and r
rding it as the very abode of
health, and peace, and purity
ana impru-
ii ess.
'He
I'o,
we
are ready to sr. v.
is a
spot of this earth which has been redeem
ed from the curse." "Here, if anywhere,
is a very counterpart of Eden !''
Now, this difference costs nothing more
than a little care and labor, amounting
only to pleasant recreation, and a positive
and elevating gratification cf the cultiva
ted taste which prompts it. And yet can
it be doubted that a little sy.-demutie at
tention to this subject clearing out fields,
and meadows, and fence-rows, white-washing
fences, barns, and out-buildings, pru
ning fruit-trees, and planting occasionally
a fruit tree, or shrub, or flower, and fixing
and arranging generally with a view to
ornament would completely renovate and
transform the appearance of many a farm?
There are few, indeed, which such atten
tion would not visibly improve. And why
should not this be done i Y.'oald it not
contribute largely t) real comfort and
happm
ess
ji'v. j x. j X .Jl II'.r
grutiiicutio:i than to cat and drink :
Jitit it adds to the v ihtc of a farm. A
Pennsylvania senator, from one of the
eastern counties, was heard complain that
the assessors valued his farm f ee. dollars
an acre more than the farms of his neigh
bors, while he declared the only difference
was that Ins Jhtee.i were tclit'c-ioi.tuhul !
And the judgment of a purchaser, or one
desiring to possess himself of a home,
would be more likely to bo thus influenced
than the Pucks county assessors. Who,
if he wished to purchase, would not make
a difference between a farm which judi
cious care and good taste had ('.eeoraled
with attractions, and one which neglect
had suffered to become unsightly ? What
renders anything more sought and sale
able, enhances its value. Modern expe
rience f till proves the market Standard of
Iludibras
"What is worth in anything,
IJut so much money as t'will bring !"'
Yes, be assured that these ornaments,
strewed over your farm by a refined tmd
cultivated taste, while they minister to
your comfort and happiness, and the com
fort and happiness of your family, w hile
they beautify your home and your nei"-h-borhood,
should your farm be put into
the market by yourself, or those who come
after you, will prove a ".savings hank,"
in which will be found every penny of
their cost, with compound interest.
IV. The general neglect of our farmers
to plant and cultivate fruit trees and oreJi
artk, has been, and still is, as I conceive,
a great error; and one in relation to which,
even at the risk of being tedious, I must
be indulged in a few observations.
I need not dwell upon the fact that this
subject has been, and is, neglected; that
this whole region is largely deficient
iu furnishing even a home supply of good
fruit, one of the richest and mo..-t delicious
products of the earth. Our towns every
year purchase the refuse of distant mark
ets, while there is no reason why we should
m-i supply ourselves, and even send 1 u"c
quantities abroad, than that we neglect it.
This is known and acknowledged. I pro
ceed to drop a few hints upon the manner
this subject shoull be attended to, and the
inducements to it.
1. livery farmer, I remark in the first
place, who has not a good orchard, shoal I
.!iint one uithout illiti. What his hands
find to do here, should be done at once.
The kinds of fruit which come into bear
ing .soonest, require live or six years to
yield any considerable crop, whilst yen must
wait twelve or fifteen years for an apple
orchard to come into profitable bearing.
All this time, if you have not j et commen
ced, you have lost. Your neighbor, if you
have such a one, who started ten years ago
is ten years ahead of you, and yon cauuot
overtake him. If you buy a farm with
everything else wanting, you can supply it
aliuo.-t immediately, if you have means,
liut humri will not supply you at once with
an orchard; nothing but TIME will do it.
You mu.-t wait for it. This is a consider
ation of such immediate and pressing im
portance, that it should remove and dispel
at once a rising doubt, as to whether the
fall or qrli:f is the better time to plant an
orchard. 2s ow is the time. If you wait
till spring, something may then prevent it,
and another year will be Jo.t.
-. Pvery farmer, I remark again, when
he procures young trees, should see to it
that they are rightly planted, ami properly
cared for and attended to, as something of
value. A young fruit tree, if he wishes it
to grow thrift ily, an d bear good fruit, should
not be set out, as he would pLut a fenee
po.st. A large hole should be dug, and a
bountiful supply oi'suitablesoill-e rovided
and then he should prune and firm it as
it grows ; and he should protect his young
orchard from cattle, and from the various
c i ie m : es of t h e t re es, w i t ! l u ; i re m i 1 1 i n g ca r e .
If lie is unwilling to do this, he should not
incur the expense of purchasing, or the
trouble of planting trees. The maxim is
nowhere more in point,that "what is worth
doing at all n worth doim--
well.
1 remark again, that every farmer
who has planted an orchard, and made a
commencement to grow fruit, should se
lect some suitable spot of ground iu his
garden, or some other convenient place,
which he should call his "nursery."
There he should plant the seeds and grow
up for his own use, seedling stocks of the
various kinds of fruit trees cultivated.
If he dees not know how to do it, he can
roauiiy learn the simple process of inocu-
latin
or engrafting these stocks, when
large enough, vita the choicest kmus of
fruit that can be procured. When lie finds
abroad, any new or superior kind, i;Vit be
during the season of rest, or when the
sap is down, he can take gntjh, or, in the
summer, Lul., and carry them home, and
preserve and propagate them. He can
thus, at no greater expense than the few
occasional minutes it may require, and
which would doubtless prove agreeable
pastime, always have a stock of valuable
young trees. lie is prepared to extend
his orchard, if he wishes to make it lar
ger; or to plant another to take the place
of one on the decline; to dig out, at
the proper season, a tree that has died,
and supply its place with another: and
thus, without the trouble and expense of
going or sending to a distant nursery, lie
can keep his farm avcII stocked with good
trees, bearing the choicest and most val
uable fruits. This should be practised by
every farmer ; and he should teach it to
his sons us a necessary branch of -husband-ary.
Even ladies would find it mi agreea
ble and appropriate amusement, to learn
to transfer a bud of one flowering shrub,
one variety of rose, for example, to the
stock of another, and thus secure the pleas
ant effect of having many varieties grow
ing upou the same stock.
And now, lot me ask, why should not
ever- farmer give some share of his atten
tion to the cultivation of fruit ? In view
of the inducements to it. it h; truly sur
prising that so much apathy and iudiucr-
ence prevail upon the subject. There is
no department of his labor in which hi U
more likely to become pleasantly interes
ted. Y.m n..l i . .. . "
x.. wnuiun a tree mat you
have reared and trained a detrree of at
tachment akiu to paiental. You feci when
planting and rearing it that you are pro
viding the richest luxury for" yourself and
your family. Y'ou feel that you may be
making suen provision for them, after you
shall have left them. Y'ou feel moreover,
the sweet consciousness, that you arc dis
charging an obligation, and performing a
a uuty, which we all owe to those who may
follow us. The tree that you rear, may
outlive you ; but there is something plcas"
ant even iu the thought that it may sur
vive, a hving monument to your memory.
Then, when iu the spring time it .sha'ii
put forth ita blo.-son.s, and in the summer
or autumn bend beneath its rich fruit,
your children will be reminded of you and'
will say, "our father planted it." " It will
live, a living remembrance of you, when
perhaps, the stone that marks your ro ting
pluee in the cemetery, shall be neglected
and moss-grown.
Put, comparing the yield with the ex
pense, there is no uwrnjn-tjiUiLfe cronjnor
is there any other way by which a firmer
can, with the same labor and outlay, so
much increase the permanent value of his
larun With respect to the profits of fruit
growing. I have not time to make or pres
ent calculations. It is weil known, that,
in Xew York and the eastern states, the ap
ple is a valuable export crop ; and it can
be produced as well here as there. It is
known also, that in 2s cw Jersey, many a
princely residence, and many a princely
fortune, have been reared by the profits
of the peach. And, to show how a good
orchard enchauces the value of a farm
here, or how the want of one depreciates
it. allow me to :.-tate a single fact. There
is a body of land lying within two miles
of one of the county towns in this Suite,
upon which the owner, a very worthy man,
lived, and which he had cultivated nnthrte
farms, for, perhaps, forty years before his
death, without planting an orchard upon
either. Peing at this time iu market at
an Orphans' Court sale, a gentleman, who,
with an intelligent friend, recently walked
over and examined them, with a view to
purchasing told me their conclu-don was,
that, compared with an adioiuimr farm
which has a good thourii not
a very lare
apple orchard upon, it, there was a differ
ence iu the value on that account, or from
that cause alone, of one t:i.;u.nn '., 1. 1,:; in
each, or of thr.-eJh'.utiiil d,!l,trs iu all.
And, upon repeating th
to the reiitie-
men wno owns tne orch
ird, he assured me
io would not take it for tit't.-.-.i hu:i l.:,l
dollars. And, by planting a good orchard
upon a farm which has none or one that is
worthless, while the expense of doing so,
and of taking the proper care of it, would
be trivial, and soon be reimbor.-ed by a par
tial crop, it is safe to affirm, that the farm
in almost any locality, and in the estima
tion of any purchaser, would, in ten or
twelve years, be increased, iu value a thou
sand dollars.
I have thus, farmers of this county, ta
ken the liberty of bringing to your atten
tion, and of respectfully recommending to
your consideration, a few selected subjects
deemed of leading practical importance, as
lying at the very threshold of improve
ment and reformation in our husbaiKlry.
I. As lyimr at the foundation of sue-
cessful
ract;ce, the importance of obtain-
ing a knowledge of correct theory
farming, or what may be termed iisdaaen
turj jo-ineijil, ; in relation to which I have
recommended, and would again hcie re
spectfully but earnestly repeat the recom
mendation, that every farmer here who
has not already done sj, uuil himself of
every available means of information upou
this subject, and then ACT njxm the hnoicl
cdje. aciiu'red; md, as an instructor, and
a valuable monthly monitor upon this and
other practical subjects connected with
his business, that he take, read regularly,
nd pre-erve, the "Amijuioax Aghici
b-
T fit 1ST,'
or some otuer iro
od agricultural
periodical.
II. The subject of a Ttioitoroil TILLAGE
in reference to which, we urge it upon
every farmer to couilne his operations to
the surface which he finds hi-iself able to
vuiiicnte YVi'.LL.
III. 'I he cultivation atul r.rnct'ceofaooD
TASTE, m ornamc-utimr his iarm and home
bv
a degree oi
care and attention.
as regu-
larly and sy:
tomaticully best
jvedupoji this.
other nai i cf L's li'...i;.css.
i . ;iuu n.iuuj, liie planting aau rea -
ing good fruit trees, and the cultivation
of chcice and valuable fruit.-;.
I am well avrarc, my friends, how Lard
it is to shake off, and break ac:ay from o" J
and inveterate habits ; and hov aim?.-;
hopeless it is to expect it. Hut sure I am
itvat, our maimers here present coal. I I-
induced from this amo to act u-.
t
sagge ..lions,
year eighteen
..,-,-1
i i!"'-r.,.uowo".!u OHte un ?iz r.i l
terms- .o axxfji.
' i$s.ro i.-v AS AXCL.
KG. 27.
.u-uuure oi ,uis count y. I have no doubt.
mat every sueeeedi
every succeeding ve::r would ditr,.,v
th
he must happy results, in the increased
anuiiicrcasingprodtn-'aveness of vour fields
the increased ami increasing value of your
farms, the increased ind increasing com
forts and attractions of your home's, and
in the rapidly growing wealth and beauty
of your rich and beautiful little county.
You have every incentive, farmers, let
me add in conclusion, to virtuous pride
mid laudable ambition, in your avocation.
Produ' tive industry, in any and all its
departments, as I have already taken oc
casion to show, may lay just claim to the
highest dignity and honor; and pre-eminently
so, the labor of the husbandman.
Agriculture has been rronounr .-d Ice r.,
I ' ' J v
eate-t statesmen, the great interest of
....... "."unuw a acre are oilier aspects
than those presented, in which it has at
least equal claims to the tribute of uni
versal respect. It is so with regard to the
value of its products. The grain of wjieat,
or the gram of corn, is of far more intrin
sic worth than the grain of fold. The
agricultural products of many of the State3
of this Enion are of far greater value than
those of the mines of California. During
the almost unexampled depression the
business rutercsts of this country have
suffered for the last two years, the ac
knowledgement has been "on the lips of
all merchants, and traders, and bankers
cven as well as others that we must
wait for and find the remedy, not in arri
vals from San Francisco, but iu the pro
duce of our lick's.
Agriculture is "the great interest of this
country" in another and higher sense.
Its elenieiit is the atmosphere, and its do
main, the wide area of freedom. Its ru
ral employments beget and foster patriot
ism and public virtue, the vital principles
of our free and glorious in-titutions.
v hile the contact of masses, in our cities
and large towns, inflames the evil passions,
and incites to volcanic eruptions that seem
at times to threaten its stability, our fears
for the ultimate safety of the Government
are at once dispelled, when we glance far
abroad over our valleys, plains and prairies
and behold everywhere, among the tillers
of the soil, conservatism and loyalty, and
law and order. And since, as agriculture
was the first and, of necessity, umd be the
hist employment of man, and must contin
ue to the cud, the great, and controlling
interest of this great country while the
gorgeous bow that succeeds the genial and
fructifying summer shower, shall be seen
spanning the heavens in token of God's
promise, that "seed time and harvest" shall
have perpetual succession, we may still in
dulge, amid much tint is calculated to ex-
-ite
apprcuension, a Wcd-grounded ho
ef the perpetuity of our free institutions.
Jl-stices of the Peace. The atten
tion of Justices of the Peace and Consta
bles is invited to the following Act of
Assembly, entitled "An Act in reference,
to the commissions of Justices of the
Peace and Aldermen," approved April 13.
1S50: '
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &C, That every
person hereafter clectel to the office of
Justice of the Peace or Alderman, shall,
within thirty days t.fter the election, if he
intends accepting said office, give notice
thereof in writing to the ProthonoLiry of
the Common Pleas of the proper coun
ty, who shall immediately inform the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth of said accept
ance; and no commission shall be issued
until the Secretary of the Commonwealth
has received the uoiice aforesaid.
See. 2. That so much of an act cf As
sembly as requires constables to send cop
ies of the returns of the election of Alder
men an 1 justices of the peace to the Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth, is hereby re
pealed. Mu. kvi.i ami Gsx. YVashixgtco..
Mr. Irving hir.i.If ence saw General
Washington. He sal. I there was some cel
ebration going in the Citv of 2sew
York, and the General was there to par
ticipate in liio ceremony. 4 Oat nurse "
continued ?'.r. Irving, "a good old Scotch
woman, was ve.-y aiixi..as for i,,e to see
mm, ana i.ehl ine up m her a.us ai he-
rode K.t.
I his
however did not s-tLfy
ll"r.' s? t5iC ,iext 'l'v vh?" walking with
me in i"roa'7,v.- si c espied him in a t hop;
she soizel my I:.:ud, a:d uuning in, ex-c!.:Im-d
iu her Lhmu Scotch : "l'!e -e your
Excellency, 1
iere s a nam;
General Y-'a.-I
"v". ( lenl face .i,
that's Cll-
sgvn tiien
o ; a me,
- -j
kit after ,v-""
turned !:. ;u'-r
suitle-1, i.-.'.i .i-
j gave me l.i ?
.:u upon
rviity, .ari;e.-t!. I:..vi. u-ivou to bc-::-vc
la.., : :m.:.d m- tbvcugh life. I
! v, as but fire yvars old, ct I c:: feel thit
' ev.-a now."
I -
-uvd i rTU 1'irst que-tiou of a mother "Doe-r"-
' tor, is it a cherubim or a s-.ra' ''