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0. N. WOXDEI., Printer,
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- ' Irr-ss of the writer, to r-c-ive nlt-n'ion. wL.Thoae
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Childhood.
Happy, sweet, nil heallbful childhood,
lib iU careless, ihoubllesa air,
Like the verdaut, Ungled wildwood,
Wants the training hand of care.
See it spring op all around 08
Glad to know, and quick to learn ;
Asking question that confoaud us,
Teaching lessons in its tarn.
Who loves not iU joyous revel,
Leaping lightly on the lawn,
lTp the knoll, along the level,
Leaping lightly m the fawn!
Let it retel : it is nature
Given to the liule dears.
Strength of limb, and healthful feature,
For the toil of coming years.
He who checks a child with terror.
Slops its play, and stills its song,
IS'ot alune commits an error,
liul a great and moral wrong.
Give it play, and never fear it
Aclive life is no defect ;
Never, neter break its spirit
Curb it only to direct.
Would you dam the flowing river.
Thinking it would cease to flow t
Onward it most go for ever
Better teach it where to go.
Childhood is a fountain welling
Trace its channel in the sand.
And its currents, spreading, swelling,
Will revive the withered land.
Childhood is the vernal season ;
Trim and train the lender shoot ;
Love is like the coming season,
As the bfoeeom to the CiuiU
Tender twigs are bent and folded
Art to nature beauty lends ;
Childhood easily is moulded ;
Manhood breaks, but seldom bends.
From the Morning Star.
William Carter arose from a bed of fit
ful and uneasy slumber. The night had
been cold and windy, such a nigut as
comber frequently brings among the hills
of New Hampshire. Uliam s bed was
luird, and the cold wind found its way
through many a crack and crevice in Lis
ruinous cottage, but he might have sl. pt,
if his mind had been at ease. His wife
was a delicate woman, toil and exposure
had brought on a lingering illness, and
she lay all night, moaning with pain, and
shivering with the cold.
William arose, I said, and having kin
dled a fire, went forth into the open air.
The clouds were black and heavy, and the
winds swept in gusts through the naked
trees. Away in the distance, the tops of
the mountains were already white with
snow. lie had engaged a day's work on
a neighboring farm, but it was useless to
go the farmer would not work that day ;
so he turned with a heavy step, and en
tered his cheerless dwelling. The children
were soon Btirring, and the pale, suffering
mother rose from her restless couch, to pre
pare the morning meal. A few potatoes
were boiled for the father and children,
and a cup of gruel prepared for herself.
William Carter and his wife had seen
better days ; but sickness and misfortune,
the fraud of some, and the cruelty of oth
ers, had driven them forth from their
pleasant home, which he had spent
the strength of his early manhood to pur
chase, and forced them to take shelter in
their present miserable abode. They were
Christians, and they had hitherto borne
up, under the crushing weight of their af
flictions, with a meek and quiet epirit.
Looking forward to that bright hereafter,
they had suffered patiently, knowing that
those afflictions are but for a moment, and
the glory that shall be revealed, eternal.
It had long been William Carter's
practice to assemble his family in the
morning, to hear the blessed truths of in
bpiration, and to bow before the mercy
beat of heaven. That morning, the chil
dren seated themselves as usual, and Mrs.
Carter brought forth the Bible, and laid it
before her husband. Moving it away, he
said, "I can not read or pray. I have no
faith, and what is not of faith is sin," and
rising, he seated himself at the tabic. The
children looked up with astonishment
"What is the matter, father?" said
little Alice, pressing close to his chair.
" Why don't you ask God for our daily
bread?""'.
A tear stole silently down the mother's
cheek, as she took her place with her fam
ily around the scanty board. '
?'Why can't we have some bread and
, butter ?" said little James, a child six years
Id, pushing away the potatoes all the
time. .
An expression of agony passed over the
father's face. A torrent of bitter feelings
were rushing tlirougli Lis Leart mur
murings against Providence repiniugs at
Lis lot unbelief in God.
"Whv sliould mv children want for
1 1 .l ..ll. aii.imrll flixl to
lil t .Hi. Yt 11 111: UIUU13 xitt.t. i...u.." -'
i. "TTuva T not
labored honestly, but where is the blessing !
which God has promised to them that '
. . Thorn who. bv extortion
and violence, has taken away our rights,
lives in plenty and ease, while I and mine 1
must pine with hunger and cold." j
lUtarraignthe justice and the
wisdom of God," said Mrs. Carter, wiping was changed to the anxious look ot carc.j. . - - Z dilTereit dishes fail
away her tears and looking tenderly on Thus he reasoned, but conscience wh,S; ,ehe on , nf?
LerLsband. Our Heavenly Father will pered beware suffer f Jrl' ! 2 ZS SZZCllLl
..ff.. D tn 1, i.nintl nor affl etd ' cold to make a placrne spot on thy heart I tue am,.n i j
. . ., ..!...
beyond wuat we are auteio .ear
want myself ; but I can .not see , , - clnh .
this miserable hovel ! your sufferings will j
. . . . n 4 . hfinii nrw. vn Riiivf'riii'f 111 i
drive me mad."
The wife rose from her place, and ap
proaching her husband she threw her ai ms
around his neck, and pressed her lips to
his burning brow. "William," she said,
"turn not away from the promises of God
eal not up the only fountain of conso-
lation which remains to us. While we better, uut inc examination tett uu ;r,
have a home and a meal as good as this, 'for doubt. There was the owner's name
let us not be unthankfuL Our Master had ' fully inscribed th6 name of a rich mer
t wlmrn to lav his head." chant with whom, in days past, W illwm
"It is the momoryof my wrongs ot
' .
your wrongs, rather-for myself I do not
' ,wl,i..T, 5, eankerin-r mv heart, and
maddening my brain. If there is a God,
why does he suffer the rich to oppress the
.i .teone- to er.ish the weak? I
lUUli UUM 1
.m fn.,1 like taltina iustice into my
i -.i
own nanus, uuu
ing my cause.
" Let ine not see you thus, my husband.
Throw not away faith, with its memory of
1
past blessings, and its hopes lor tnc mure. ,
We have received good at the hand of the
Lord many times has he made our
cup of blessings to overflow ; and shall we
murmur, and blindly accuse His justice, it .
' I
He suffer the tempest to beat upon our
heads? Ohl beware, that evil thoughts
spring not up in your heart. Sin will
bring sorrows less bearable than those of
. . , . , , . r
poverty. IhinK not so miicny 01 our
wrongs. Vengeance is the .Lord s, and ne
LriU .wrav. Lit us. like our Divine
Tuacb.er, who suffered wrongs infinitely
- i .
greater than ours, lorgtve ana pity our
L-uvuiira.
I have tried hard to learn that lesson
before, and I thought, when no trials were
upon me, that I had succeeded. I know
it must be wrong this angry and revenge-
ri,,n,lln,rtriwi at times to
stifle it in my heart, but it will not die.
It lingers there, poisoning and polS
allwitninme. i pive inm iu l"-ji "
. . ... i, i- i.i v:.i:
. , . t i i.
,t has risen up, UKe a DiacK cumu, urn,
the face of my Heavenly Father, and 1,1
have felt as if deserted by God and man."
"God sometimes hides His face and
suffers us to walk in our own strength,
that we may know how weak we are, and
feel the corruption of our hearts ; but He
is touched with a feeling of our infirmities,
therefore let us seek earnestly for his pres
ence, and for grace to help us in this time
of need."
William burst into tears. His poverty
and his wrongs were all forgotten, in the
memory of his sinful anger and murmur
ings. The spirit of other days was re
turningthe divine was triumphing over
the human ; and they bowed down before
God, with the loving confidence of little
children casting all their cares on His
mighty arm, and committing the future to
bis wise direction. That humble cottage
was a holy place, sanctified by the pres
ence of the King of kings ; and they rose
up, with peace and resignation in their
hearts.
A storm was evidently coming on. Al
ready the snow began to fall, but there
was not wood enough at the door to last
two days, and William must go to his
neighbor, and get permission to cut a few
trees, or at least to pickup the limbs which
were lying about. He buttoned up his
coat and went out He could not forget
the home of other days, and the shed full
of wood all dry and ready for the fire,
which he bad been forced to leave ; but Le
brushed away a tear that dimmed his sight
and pressed on thro' the storm, which every
minute increased in violence. Already a
thin, white drapery purer and whiter than
a maiden's bridal robe lay oyer the
rough and frozen bosom of the earth, twis
ted here and there, "by the breezy fingers
of the wind," into graceful knots and
wreaths. He stepped on something which
moved beneath his foot, and looking down
he saw a large pocket book, half covered
with the snow. A sudden flash of joy
darted through his heart' Seiring it, he
turned his face from the wind to examine
tho contents.' There was a roll of bank
bills, and he carefully unrolled and coun
ted them tcna twenties -nftiea- in all
five hundred.
1 1
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1851
.
I lie saw nothing clearly but the money be-
fore him-he thought of nothing but the
iblessmers which it woi
uld bring to his poor
I r .....:i it-... :t t Lie men ? I.e. lw.il fund
family. Was
it - bad not Heaven sent it in mercy
relief to his wants? an answer to his
prayers? How much good ih s money
it. iiv, m.u v.. .
ih's money
would uo ! Lreaa ana Bu,-cr i-,r ,
- his patient, uncomplanm.g w.fe-aud ;
for his little ones, whose cheeks were grow-,
ing pale with wantwhoSe nterry b.mle
i t . : i .
w.n,. ;u ant thine, and Satan mav
- - ; -
thy futh ,
the owner. Then it will be mine honestly
jjui uui nuiri w -
mine; and witu tne nope man n xuiui.
contain no evidence of ownership, he com
menced examining the pocket book again.
Mortal, condemn him not too harshly for
this wish sit not in hasty judgment on
the heart of thv crrin? brother. Thus
tempted, perhaps thy own had been no
i t
,i . i.ii. vi !
naa oceu wpm
IV nai a aeaiu uiow ,
was this to his wild hopes ! The visit.
of!
. 1 ... - i
home comlorts, which had Wcssea mm lor
a moment, as it in mockery, nas bii t.eueu
away, and he saw aaiu the miserable hut,
the pale wife and hungry children. Dash-
x i. ,i
-.11 1 ll
ing the pocket book to the ground, l.o
'stnoil for a moment nizincr on it. 1
. , , .-.. ,. .i:m,l I
whv am I thus mocked and tantalized ?" j
and then, as if a sudden thought had struckj
, - i - i i : . i ... ...... : ;frt o
-i " . ; " . . ;
thicket, which afforded a partial shelter
from the storm, he seated himself on a
fallen tree. . The elements were m com-
Tim tn,i,Titj urnrfl tn rnlll.
VAAMM.U " " l
motion, uut, mere -
, , ,i-i i -e i.i . r" . i .
nis oosom., ine love vi got", "a
own sake but for the sake of the good
which it. might bring to him and his, was
contending with long estublL-hed princi
ples of justice and rectitude.
" This man is rich," tho tempter whis
pered, " he will never miss this cum, uor
know the want of it ; and Oh !
the good
: n-,,1,1 An T7 cliivnrin xc'.u- nnd
. ..
to ami
. . , .
;tuou put away tne proueica cuPo. .c.
V"
" It is not thine ! it is not thine !
conscience. " Stain not thy hand
said
with
dishonest gains, j.nng not urn,
thv
I soul the curse of an offended God Better
! tllat children perish before thy eyes,
: tii:in i ifir. riu-ir i;iuicr tie ;i lumni.
: - ,
TI. c,t fWn f.,r more I ball an hour, the
"T.Z .ik.... '
.,, t.., i, ,,n tlJ
ail uiiuvub'is tj i e.auH - - - i ;
conflict was past, and the expression of his
face.thou?h sad. was peaceful and resigned.
Pi.t.i.At!n iiirr.A fur which
' - ' ...
he had started, he turned his face toward;
his neighbor's house, where he obtained a
small load of wood, and a team to haul it:
home. I
That nijrht, after the children were in
bed, William produced the pocket book,
unrolled the bank bills before his aston
ished wife, and told her how he found it,
hid beneath the snow.
" What shall you do with it ?" she said.
"What shall I do with it?" said he.
" Return it te the owner. We can bear
toil and poverty, but not the reproaches of
a guilty conscience."
" I knew it would be thus. When that
dark temptation was on me, and the evil
in my heart seemed ready to triumph, I
knew that you would not fail to see clearly,
and to approve the right."
" But, William, how will you get it to
him ? You have no horse, you have no
money, and it will not do to risk it in a
letter."
" I have thought of that," said Will
iam, rising and going to the window. "The
storm is over, and to-morrow I must go on
foot, and carry this money to Mr. Carlton.
It is but fifteen miles ; I will start early,
and perhaps he will give me enough to
pay my passage back in the stage."
The next morning tho Carters were stir
ring early,-and long before sunrise Will
iam was on his way. It was hard walking
through the new-fallen snow, and the wind
was cold and piercing; but he pressed
resolutely on, and before noon reached
the house of. Mr, Carlton. He ascended
the marble steps, and rang the bell. A
servant appeared, and in answer to his in
quiry if Mr. Carlton was at home, informed
him that the gentleman was out, and tiat
he would not be back" till dinner; which
would be at two.
' William cast a glance at' his threadbare
and rusty garments. He did not wish to
enter that house, where the splendor and
lnxnrr would form a striking contract to
Jhia own comfortes home,' but he was
His first impulse was, to secure the cold ana weary, uu uu.u ?- -money
and threw the rocket book aw,y. seat anymore by a firo, so ho satd to the
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servant, 1 have important tH.s.ness IU,
Ur. Uiriion, I, -t
m ant wu reiu.u3.
Xlic man eyea mm irom - ,
and wifh a slight sneer on Ins lace, v. men
William did not f til to mark, conducted
- i
'him into the kitchen. J'repamuotis wr
( roast;n,fsudl a
x. as baki n0, I ml . i an ro
- hav. tu P ,d the appc
U -rf cp .
inn .-it n iii : rri'iv i-i f in iiiijuluu m -
endurance.
. rf .
rw;iy,
but
a and timid look
arouna xue niagnnia-ui, mimuuvu..
scarcely dared to step on the soft carpet,
which gave no sound beneath his feet, and
be shrunk, as he caught a full length view
of himself in a mirror, which extended al
most from the ceiling to the floor. Mr.
fnrltnn motioned him to a chair, and he
seated himself on the edge, fearful lest he
should soil the crimson velvet cushion. -
"Have you business with me, sir?"
said the gentleman, in an impatient tenc.
" Yes, sir," said William, producing the
n.,.r-,.tJ,Uil.- nnil h:indin!f it to him. "I
j-v. , o
found this yesterday, and, as it bears your
t i i --s i, ; win
, - -
" Ah! then you found my pocket-book!
I am glad to sec it sgain which I never
expected to do." He carefully examined
lf
it
Allnbt,"hcsa,d,andimom.gu.
.... - . . ... -I
,J Joa
lor reiuriniig u,
n . i 4V. ,f .iTitn-ns I
come valuable papers,
and carelessly i
placed it in his pocket. ' j
William had no more to say. lie or- ,e,
nmi wu l i l in i ui uiim,uv.t, v
, , atio ,1C W:1S suiTcred to depart.
IU1U II H4 w v
or ol
I am sorry that you dm not give c m,
IKOr
man something, father, said a t air
- . . , i. ,i. i .
irl as she seated herscn on an ottoman an
his feet. "Did you notice how pate ne
looked; and how he almost staggered as he
rose to go away
V"
"Did he? no, I did not notice it. I
would have given a fifty dollar bill if 1
had thought of it. But he is gone now."
" But, father, you might send it to him.
- You know him, do you not ? I fear that
"e ,s - j
i tad some dealings with him!
years ago. Nhcniuum mo tu.iu"-,
i he had something to do with supplying
' the timber, and now I do remember that I
' beard lie bad lost his farm."
I "How far did bo conic thi.; cold moit-
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in:', to bring you that pochct-booK r
He lives in 13 , he nmt h:ve
conic fifteen or twenty miles. I ought in-
! ..,,1 tn i,.IV(, ri
10 u''c I '
id him well lor it, and 1
will not fail to do so yet."
Here the dmner-bell interruptel tuo
! conversation, and ae latuer a,.u um, .
: procecueu to uiu u......0
f.T
' lur.
Carlton wa:s not a scish or a cold-,
hearted man, hut ne wa not Uu..-ui
the wanU and woes of others, and his good
deeds must have been few, but lor tne
. , i i . . ;
gentle promptings of his daughter Mary.
She, good girl, had a quich. cje, a, . u
. : . r . . i ii
a warm heart Misery never passcu ucr
unnoticed, and many were the hiessings
which fell on her young head many were
the generous deeds performed by her father,
of which he would never have thought,but
for her suggestions.
But while tho rich man was enjoying
his plentiful repast, William Carter, with
a sinking heart and weary frame, turned
his steps towards home. He had not tast
ed food since early dawn, and now full fif
teen miles lav before him. He felt disap-
j i :...i:..n m-ivod at the cold and
puuiiuu, muifc"--") fc..--- -
indifferent manner in which his services
had been received. He did not ask a re-
ward for restoring what w!s not his own,
but he might with justice have demanded
recompense for his time and trouute, uut j jf yQU had died L
even that was not offered him. He re jncvcr cquU have forgiVen myself. I have
membercd the wastefulness of wealth, the . yQU gomo atonemcnt for the
extravagance of luxury, which he had wit-, .. of wUich I was guilty f and he
nessed,and somethirg whimpered, " You i..iceaa folded paper in his hand. "There,"
were a fool. That man scarcely thanks . conjinue(1 wnea you are able, read
vou for returning what he would have, to not thank me. It is no more
never missed. It would have made you
happy for months and years." ?
Resolutely putting down the evil tho U,
he raised a silent prayer for help and resig-
nation, and pressed on his way. 11a grew
weaker and fainter every step, and little
more thaa half the distance was gained,
when he sat down by the way utterly exhausted.-
He covered his face with his
hands and wept, and but for the thought
of his wife and children at home, would
hare crept aside, and lain down upon the
snow' to die. Fortunately a man came
along with a sleigh, and he rose and asked
for a ride. The stranger took him and
brought him within a milo of his own door.
It was late when he reached home, and
he had scarcely strength to cross the thres
hold, and throw himself upon hia bed.
His overtaxed physical eysicm nau givuu
way, and before morning he was raving in
the delirum of a violent fever. Then did
the poor wife feel, " that the hand of the
Lord was heavy upon her," but her faith
f,;i.l not. As earthly hope faded away,
, i i
Iri-'Uter and brighter grew the hope, of
eternity ; and as she watched day after
day by the sufferer's couch, bathing his
burning brow,and soothing Lis wild frenzy
with her loving voice, she wasauw w say,
i,:,ml,rl, He sk'v me yet will I trust in
Him." Oh blessed, sustaining power of
r i..t fiitli. not in man, but
l.U 1 .1 U11U MV-v ,
r.rwl-hon.-. not of earth, but Leaven.
Ol'ng to thy faith, poor woman ! Make
ti,v heart struna in confidence, lor uou
,;u t fnri:iUf theo ' Even now lie is
nretmrin" thv reward, no will not break
the bruised reed, nor crush the humble
heart. , .
l)id the rich man rest sweetly, as he lay
down on his downy pillow? Were there
no remorseless thoughts when he remem
bered the careless act of injustice of whicl
he had been euilty ? Like Ahasuerus, he
could not sleep, for God troubled him,and
ho resolved to make ample recompense for
the wrong he had done. He concluded at
first to send him a letter, and a handsome
present, but the thought did not satisfy
him ; and he resolved to go himself, and
see what he could do for his poor friend,
that would most benefit him, and quiet his
own conscience.
It was the fifth day of William Carter's
sickness, and the physician said, that
nf0ht would be the crisis; if he lived
through it he might recover. He Lad then
fallen into a lethargic sleep, nis pale
...:e. i.t.i: liTu bond nnrl irrizinrr nnx-
UlT DUC 11 ' - 1 " . - '- r C
sunkcn features and half
.
thut eyes. The children, with sad laces
und noiseless step, crept around the room
There was a raD at the door it was
j j ft gentlemal, entered. Mrs.
i Carter looked with surprise on her unex-
. i , i z a v.
' pectwl visit er. Ilia dress and bearing, so
f hurttble
, . .nnl,.r tbne tave
awed her, but that was no place to fed the
paltry distiuciions of human society. In
the presence of that power, before which
rht v and the
j , . . we. fuel that tliey are
equals that they are brothers. She arose
and offered him a chair. He did not seem
to notice her, but advancing to the bed, he
sazed long and earnestly on the ashy fea
tures of the sufferer, while the tears chased
one another down his cheeks; then turn
in'; away he threw himself into a chair
and wept with uncontrolled emotion. This,
es the reader may have guessed, was Mr.
Carlton. He came into the neighborhood,
and inquired for William Carter, and had
been told of his siekucss, and its probable
c.i '-is?. The good woman where he stopped,
Lad a warm heart, and a voluble tongue,
rnd little suspecting who her auditor was,
she had given full scope to her eloquence,
in denouncing the man who suffered her
poor neighbor to walk fifteen miles, and to
return without even a dinner.
M rs. Carter stood mains in silent as-
t01,Islmcn, on hcr v!sitcr wuen be arose,
in hcr
( qo be
spared for your husband's recovery. I
ispareu in
baJ timc
, - .titndo or surprise, he
was gone.
The next morning William was better.
The crisis had passed the fever was gone,
but he lay weak and helpless as a babe,
and but for the many comforts which that
purse procured he might have died.
He grew stronger day by day, and at the
end of a week he was sitting supported by
pillows in a large arm-chair. Mrs. Carter
approached the window and exclaimed,
There comes the stranger who gave me
i .
the purse.
minute more and he entered the room,
A a(.u5ng -William he grasped his hand
caracstly
u TJianlc TJcavcn that yon are alive
1' justice The pocket-book waa of
! reat importance ta me, and it has cost
: d
-hen tho gentleman was gone, WiU-
1 ii. vnn nnil funnel it. Si deed
rain openeu me yu,
made out to himself, of his old house and
farm. There was dancing and shouting
among the children ; and in the hearts of
tho father and mother a deep and noiy
joy mingled with thankfulness, and trust
in Uod. .
I need not pursue my story further, nor
tell of the happy reinstating in their for
mer home, nor how in after days, William
Carter often gathered his grandchildren
around his knee, and told them of his
bitter trial and temptation, and taught
them, that they who put theirtrust in God
arc never forsaken. t ' ' ."
"Trust In God."
Though ke tiay ate, yd wiU I trait in kimJob xiib 15.
If sorrow eome, an,l o'er thy brow,
In f umiwa iteep, ber Imaate plauteUi,
Or melan, holjr' voice, o sail,
It solemn song so solemn ehantetn
As to unncTT thy aoul in thae
"Trust mo 1"
1)T denth, of some kind friend bereft,
Most desolate, thy Iran is made;
one promise vuto tbea ia left,
(On tiod may then thy beart be staveil,)
lie II not iursake, but ealleth thee
.. u Inut e
" Snt willingly doth he alliet,'
T is 6 tby ctfil these trials eome.
To wean thee from this earth so drear.
Awl nearer draw to Hearan, thy bom!
Though dark, mTsiertoos. oh tiiey be
" Trust mvl"
That, one by one, each tie fa rivea.
Ami youth's bright dream of life oereastj
liut Faith new life to thee hath ifjren,
Ami briirhtly sbadowelh o'er the rot
Heaven's earriervloe hath broubt to thee
"Irusnae!"
Then e'er to Cod, In bnmble prayer.
Till life "ball end, thy voice be raised;
Cod heareth lie is everywhere
With (rrateful heart, Jet Uim be pralsi-d!
Surjer-t -J K MORRIS.
Prayer to Inn' frteiid, ami willinitly flyetli inwwnt
The Farmer.
For the Lewisborg Chronicle.
Another Word about Manure making.
Mr. Editor : The Farmer's Department
of your valuable paper should be filled
weekly with articles written by farmers in
our own community, and to show my wil
lingness to do my part, I will throw in my
mite. . .
A great deal of manure is lost yearly by
letting cattle run out on the roads, espec
ially in the winter season, when they ought -
to be in the dung-yard, in order to nave
their droppings there to mix with the
straw in the yard. The loss in this way is -
irrcatcr than many are aware of. euppose ,
that the amount of manure dropped by cat-
tle, is as great in the day-time as in the
nilit in this way we will be able to see j
the loss at once.
Many farmers are obliged to let their
stock run out, in order to get water. In
some cases they have to travel at least a
fourth of a mile to reach water and return,
and they frequently stand about the water
for hours, so that the farmer loses half the
day's manure from his cattle. Any one
must have observed daring the sleighing
season, the snow around these watering
p .
plaeea literally covered with manure, and
enou"h of it on the road to spoil the
sleighing. Besides, the cattle are forced
out of the track into the deep snow by
every sled or sleigh they meet, and thus
are worried and sometimes injured.
To avoid these Iosscs,evcry farmer should
bring the water into his manure yard, if
possible. A goodly number of farmers in
our Valley have done this, some by laying
pipes to springs from higher ground, and
others with the hydraulic ram force it from
their springs from lower ground up.
More in the next. J- G.
Deer Tark, East Buffalo, April 18, 1851
From the Gennantoirn Telegraph.
The Potato Rot
Mr. Editor : Though I have spoken
quite positively as to the effect of the rem
edy I have proposed for the potato disease,
yet I beg the reader to believe me when I
say, that it is with extreme diffidence I
undertake to give instructions in a matter
of so much consequence. I am aware that
there are many ablo chemists and experi
enced farmers in our country, whose
knowledge of agriculture must be far grea
ter than mine ; and as it may be that a
few trials of my remedy will prove me to
be mistaken, I am almost ready to distrust
my own senses whenever the idea strikes
me that in this matter I am placing my
self in the capacity of a public teacher.
But I do not wish to be understood in this
light I only state what others have, nor
so much as some, in regard to their views,
that I believe I am correct in mine. Time
and experience must establish or disprove
my theory. Neither do I wish to say that
there is no other remedy for the evil in
question. I believe that good potatoes
may be grown from the balls or seeds ; but
there are objections to that plan, which 1
sball nrobablv notice hereafter. It is a
i
love of the science of agriculture, and the
interest I feel in its success, that prompts
me to say anything at all on the subject
The use of charcoal as a fertilizer is not
a new thing, though it is only within tha
last few years that agriculturists have taken
much notice of it. Yet it is apparent that
but few farmers in this country understand
its value its necetsity to the soil. lVof.
J. J. Mapes, the able editor of the "Work
ing Farmer," has advocatad its use more, I
think, than any other man in our country.
But even he has not spoken of it to my
knowledge, as a means of preventing the
potato rot Nor can I learn that any oth-
er person has. A writer in tne "American
Aerioultunst," January, iei, in speak:-
in" of the injury of tne crop in some sec
- .. .
tions of New York and New Jersey, last
year, says of his own crop, " I mixed char
coal with the compost of a small portion of
the ground planted; where this was done
there waa no rot"
This is the second year that. I have en
tertained the views I am now advancing
Yelame Vni., Mcmter 4.
Wb.o!e Kumtcr 36?.
and so far m I have had opportunity t
them, I have reason to believe that
my labor will not be in vain. I wouia
therefore recommend formers this season
(it being wow so near planting time), to
try it on a small scale, and proceed in the
following manner : Take one-eighth of an
acre in a field to be phiuted, either in rows
through the field or on one side of it
ground that was plowed last till or cariy
this spring will be the best; spread the
compost (as directed to be prepared in my
article last week,) evenly overn, ana ptow
it in. Strike out the rows in the ordinary
manner take good sound potatoes, mid
dling size, cut them iu half lengthwise, so
that each part will have an equal portion
of the eye or seed end, and place them in
the furrows cut side down, ono foot apart.
The rows should be at least three feet
apart. Iheu throw a handtul or charcoal
dust over each piece, and cover with a hoe.
Cultivate during the season as you do the
rest of the field, and immediately after
they have blossomed, go through the rows
with a bag or basket of charcoal dust, and
sprinkle a handful on each hill at the root
of the vines. Repeat this again about
three weeks before the tubers Lave at
tained their ordinary growth.
The alkalies in the compost are neccssa- ,
ry as food for the plant, but they will not
prevent the rot ; that is the office of the
charcoal. The chemical and physiological
action will be explained in the treatise I
contemplate publishing next fall or winter.
TiC tiuantitv 0f charcoal, (and perhaps
jn gome respect the mode of applying it,)
j mentioned, may have to be
varied.
Next fall I shall be happy to hear by
letter or otherwise from all who make a
trial of the remedy. The labor and ex
pense attending it will be light and eay.
The compost which I would recommend
when an acre or more is to be planted,will
differ somewhat from that advised in last
week's paper ; and I hope to be able to
give some desirable information on this
interesting subject for the use of farmers
next year. I shall be satisfied for th
present if I am instrumental bv tliee
- i- -i- k
articles m eucumg a more murougu
, tigation into the nature of the potato dis-
. eaj.
Tracy E. Wallik.
Rising-Sun, Philad. Co., April, 1851.
Prepare well tie Coil nr Seed.
Farmers should aiiuw theuselves to
spare no pains or expense in tins prepara
tion of their cultivated lauds, whether
desigued for the production of grain, root,
or grass crops. There is a faLe economy
in this matter, which requires to be cor
rected. Editors may write and lecturers
declaim, till the former are blind and the
latter dumb, yet unless farmers practice
the precepts they ineulate, no reformation
will result, and agriculture will remain as
it is to the end of time. In plowing, har
rowing, manuring, and planting, see that
all is carefully and scientifically performed.
If you are so unfortunate as to have helps
who prefer to have their own way, and
will not obey your injunctions, set them
adrift at once. Get good men give them
a fair example by being precise and cir
cumspect yourself, and allow them ample
time to accomplish, whatever they are
engaged in, well.
Get the best seeds and the best roots,
and do not be niggardly in providing
whatever is essentially requisite for their
comfort, or the success and welfare of your
crops. In this way fanning, in all of its
departments, will be a pleasant and profit
able employment to all.
Said an aged cultivator to us the other
day, "I never permit either myself or those
in my employ, to half do a thing. Expe
rience is an expensive teacher, but the
lessons derived from that source are inval
uable. When I can not command the time
and means to perform a job of work as I
think it deserves to be done, I defer all
attempts till I can. If I have purposed to
put in an acre of corn, but find upon exam
ination that I am deficient of manure, and
in order to plant the acre must necessarily
diminish the quantity per hill, I choose to
circumscribe the extent of the former, or
augment the quantity of the manure."
This is the right policy the thrifty con
dition of our aged and intelligent friend,
proves it so. In everything, thorowjhnets
is highly essential ; and one great reason,
in my opinion, why so many poor farmers
are to be met with, and so many poor crops
harvested, is, the details are not properly
performed in anything pertaining to their
work. System is no less essential, in the
field, than in the counting-room or in the
study. To my farming friends, therefore,
while I would take them kindly and encou
ragingly by the hand, permit me to say
fo all things trtll: This is the great secret
of success in farming, and all who try it for
themselves will find it so. S. P. W.
Chester county, April 1, 1851.
W&jSwect oil occasionally rubbed over
bedsteads &c. the Valley Farmer commends
as an effectual remedy against bedbugs.