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BON
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LEW
BURG
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H. C. HICKOg, Editor.
0. H. WORDEN, Printer.
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HrwU-d u HrT HirKOK. K.. Mitttr and thow on
buiHnss t . -V Woiutr.. JXtUistHT.
orfi-w on M -rkft strevt, ttw..n AJ anJ Thinl.ow
the PutU.fBf'. U. . ttiiKPM, jToprtvior.
The Gathering Time.
Esmomos op the isutrt of xu. siatioxs. 1851.
Tln-y crm ! tbcycnme!
Prom the tar off ile, from the torrid plain,
'J'bf h:tt-u to puss o't-r Use billowy iu;un;
Tbey ar born along tlie dttjp ue' ftwii..
By Um wild wind swtvp o'er the wreck d one's borne;
By the ftVrce tornado in hi pride,
Lhing the wavea to a fiery tide.
With the mieht of nations on their brow,
By the w-alih that hath taught the world to bow;
The wealth of th in its jrlorioos might.
The upoiU of a thouaand thoughts of light;
The ram bow glt-am of the tpirit wings,
As it nvtU in Wis and gkrvus things.
They have fathered the wpoils of earth and sea;
They have peml the shrines of tlieir mystery;
In-vi. d tire glory of earth liriitht things.
Bid music flow from her long-fwaied Kpriups,
Till the worid doth start from human lijw
To hear of the bright apot-aly .
The have Wn to the depths of ocean's cares,
'Mid the murtnuriiitr rentonaure of the waves;
And many a parJ and jewel bright
rhub out in pride on the wandtrin: flight,
And the nrrli.ts oront-t hath eau-ht
It light from the gift thv waves have brought.
They have been to the depth of nature's shrines,
tttoere Kieatn rich treat-urts in hoary mined;
Ami the fhapeleiu block at a human word,
aiu r.-d iu dross as a moulting bird,
Aud sprang up in U-auty, and strength and might
A a spirit- and bad evoked iu light.
They hare tro-l the shore of a sunny land,
, tVbere the It-athery palm-tree cluttvrinK stand.
And the bright ec-non of the pale worm gleam,
n the mulberry bouchit, as a starry stream;
And a tlioutnnd fabric ri h aui rare,
From the golden threads grow brightly fair.
They have he n where the elutti-ring columns rise.
In their lofty pride, to Italian skit s;
And the sculptor's hand hath wrought its might,
u the polished marble's stainletts white:
Till the soul eould see in a siMriHcleam,
The life of his dearest, proudest dream.
And the forest have yielded their lordly dower,
And the islei afar their fragrance shower ;
Kartb, air, and sea, have their tribute brought
T swell Ue stream of the wondrous thought
That seeks in our own loved land to shine
The world groat soul, as a thing divine.
And hail to the workers on land and sea!
All hail as ther wteet in the isle of tbe freel
Their votive gifU on the shrine be laid
Of the holiest One. in the merry shade!
And earth's nosannas to Him be given
Who on human souls shedd power of Heaven.
AnsUMft. Uototit't Jutmal.
BOX and COX.
A Capital Hronoiwu Story.
It was about eight o'clock in the morn-
5nT irhon. in the third storv front ot a
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lodging Louse on a busy street in London,
Mr. Cox, a spruce little hatter, very much
esteemed by himself, was meditating with
an air of extreme dissatisfaction upon a
small niece of lookinc-class, which he held
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in his hand before him.
" I have a great mind to register an
oath," observed Cox, "that I'll never have
my hair cut again ! I look as if I had just
been cropped for tie militia and I was
particularly emphatic in my iustructions to
the hair-dresser, only to cut the ciuls off.
ir ontt lia thousrht I meant the other
ends ! Never mind I shan't meet any
body to care about, so early. There goes
eight o'clock ! I havn't a moment to lose.
Tate has placed me with the most punctual,
particular and peremptory of hatters, and
I must fulfil my destiny. Ojen l.jcks,
whoever knocks !" added Cox, and Mrs.
Bouncer, the landlady, entered.
"Good morning I hope you slept com
fortably, Mr. Box.".
" I can't say I did, Mrs. IJ-, observed
Cox, putting on his coat, " I should be
obliged to you, if you could accommodate
me with a more protuberant bolster, .Mrs.
B. The one I have got now seems to me
We about a handful and a half of
feathers in one end, and none whatever in
the middle."
" Anything to accommodate you, Mr.
Cox," said Mrs. B.
" Thank yon," returned Cox. " Then,
perhaps, you'll be kind enough to hold
this glass, while I adjust my coat"
Certainly, Mr. Cox. There why, I
do declare you've had your hair cut !"
" Cut," said Coxj " It strikes me I've
Lad it imnrtd! It's very kind of you to
mention it, but I am sufficiently convinced
of the absurdity of my personal appearance
already. Now then for my hat. "There,"
added Cox, putting on a hat which com
pletely covered his eyes, "That's the effect
of having one's hair cut That hat fitted
me quite tight, before. Luckily' super
added Cox, "I've got two or three more."
Wherewith, Cox went into an adjoining
closet and brought out various hats, which
he tried on, successively, but with no bet
ter result " This is pleasant," resumed
Cox ; " never mind, here's one that ap
pears to wabble about rather less than the
others and now I'm off. By-the-bye,
Mrs. Bouncer, I wish to call your atten
tion to a fact that has been evident to me
for sometime past, and that is that my
coal goes remarkably fast"
"Law, Mr. Cox !" exclaimed Mrs. Boun
cer, amazedly.
" It is not only the case with the coal,
Mrs. B.," resumed Cox, but I've lately
observed a gradual and steady increase of
evaporation among my candles, wood, su
par, and lucifcr matches."
"Law, Sir. Cox, you surely can't sus
pect me ?"
"I cau't say that I do, Mrs. B., only I
don't believe it's the cat, moreover, I dc-
! sire to know how it is that I frequently
: fi . aDartmenU fun 0f smoke f
Why," said Mrs. Bouncer, anxiously,
" I suppose the chimney "
" The chimney doesn't smoke tohacro,"
interrupted Cox, with sharp emphasis;
" I'm speaking of tobacco smoke. I trust,
Mrs. Boudcer, you're not guilty of cheroots
and Cubas?"
"Not I, indeed, Mr. Cox!''
" Nor partial to a pipe ?"
"No, sir."
" Then how is it?"
"Why," said Mrs. Bouncer, wondering
Iy, " I suppose yes that must be it"
" At present, I am entirely of your
opinion," said Cox, " because I haven't
the most distant particle of an idea what
you mean."
" Why, the gentleman who has got the
attics, is hardly ever without a pipe in his
mouth and there he sits, with his feet on
the mantel-piece!"
"The mantel-piece!" said Cox ; "that
strikes me as being a considerable of a
stretch, either of your imagination, Mrs.
B., or the gentleman's legs. I presume
you mean the fender or the hob."
"Sometimes one, and sometimes t'other.
Well, there he sits for hours, and puffs
away into the fire-place."
" Ah then, Mrs. B., you mean to say
that this gentleman's smoke, instead of
emulating the example of all other sorts of
smoke, and going up the chimney, thinks
proper to affect a singularity by taking a
contrary direction."
"Why"
" Then, I suppose, the gentleman you
are speaking of is the same individual that
I invariably meet coming np stairs when
I'm coming down, and going down stairs
when I'm coming up ?"
"Why yes I"
" From the outward appearance of the
man, I should unhesitatingly set him
down as a gentleman connected with the
printing interest."
" Yes, sir and a respectable young
gentleman he is."
" No doubt Good morning, Mrs.
Bouucer."
" You'll be back at your usual time, sir,
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lea uiiic uviuiii tuia oluiii i 'u
needn't light my fire in future, Mrs. B.,.
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bolster. And so uox went, dui came
back to request Mrs.
Ti tr. ,,!, f.,r
mm a nan-penny worm 01 iuuk, aim u
let it stand, as he wished the cream to
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He was gone, at last! Mrs. Bouncer ;
declared she was all of a tremble for fear .
m, mi.iMm In W, m, p..,'
went out. Luckily, they had never met,
and what was more, thoucht Mrs. Bouncer,
thev were not verv likelv to do so. For
Mr. Box was hard at work on a newspaper
all nicht, and never got home till morn-
g;
nnil Air Pnv w:l ltlltv millcinrr lints
all day long, and never came home till
night So that Mrs. Bouncer was ytttntj
double rent for her room, and neither of
her lodgers a whit the wiser for it ! And
upon the reflection, Mrs. Bouncer immedi
ately stowed away Cox's hats, dressing
gown, and slippers, into Cox's closet,
locked them in, and put the key upon the
ledge of the door. She then bustled about
and made the bed for Box, not forgetting
that what was the head of the bed for Box,
was the foot of the bed for Cox people's
tastes differed so ! and was about plump
ing up the bolster a little more, by way of
a finish, when in came Box, very cross,
and calling out behind him, down stairs
" Pooh pooh ! Why don't you keep
your own side of the staircase, sir ? I say
it was as much your fault as mine, sir."
" Law, Mr. Box !" said Mrs. Bouncer,
"what is the matter?"
" Mind your business, Bouncer !"
"Dear, dear, Mr. Box ! What a tem
per you're in, to be sure ! I declare you
are quite pale in the face !"
"What color would you have a man be,"
returned Box, who was a thin, dry-stooping
man, " I say, what color would you
have a man be, who has been setting up
long leaders for a daily paper setting up
and titling up, all night?"
"But then, you've all the day to your
self, you know."
" So it seems," retorted Box, frowning
askance at Mrs. Bouncer. "Far be it
from me, Bouncer, to hurry your move
ments; but I think it right to acquaint
you with my immediate intention of di
vesting myself of my coat, waist-coat, &c,
and going to bed !"
" Oh, Mr. Box !" said Bouncer, retiring
immediately.
"Stop!" said Box; "can you inform
me who the individual is, that I invariably
encounter going down stairs when I'm
coming up, and coming np stairs when I'm
going down
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" Oh, yes," said Bouncer, mildly, "the
the gentleman in the attic, sir."
" Oh !" observed Box : there was a
pause. " There's uothing particularly re-
markablv about him, except his hat ; I
mccthimin all sorts of hats white hats
and black hat: hats with broad brim,
and hats with narrow brims hats with
naps, and hats without naps in short,I've
come to the conclusion that he must be,
individually and professionally, associated
with the hatting interest."
" Yes, sir. And by-the-bye, Mr. Box,
he begged me to request of you, as a par-
ticular favor, that you would not smoke
quite so much."
" Did he ? Then you may tell the gen-
tie hatter, with my compliments, that if " There, Mrs. B. Now, then, for my
he objects to the effluvia of tobacco, he breakfast things." And Cox took down
had better domesticate himself in some ( his key from the ledge, opened his closet
adjoining county." nnd went in, and shut the door after him,
"Nay, Mr. Box ! you surely would not the noise waking np Box, who looked out
deprive me of a lodger ?" i from his bed curtains, vaguely exclaiming,
" It would be precisely the same thing, i " come in !" to an imaginary Mrs. Boun
Bouncer ; because, if I detect the slightest , cer.
attempt to put my pipe out, I at once give j "I wonder, though," thought Box
you warning that I shall give you warn- suddenly " how long I've been asleep,
ingatonce." j Goodness gracious my bacon!" Box
" Well, Mr. Box, do you want anything jumped up, and staggered to the fire place,
more of me ?" i "Eh what's this ? A chop, whose chop?
"On the contrary I have had quite Mrs- Bouncer's, I'll be bound. She seri
cnough of you !" i onsly thought to cook her breakfast while
"Well, if I ever!" said Bouncer, I was asleep with my coal, too and my
bouncing out of the room. " What next, gridiron ! But where's my bacon ? Here
I wonder V lt s- Well, 'pon my soul, Bouncer's do-
" It's quite extraordinary," soliloquized g And shall I curb my indignation?
Box, when left to himself, the trouble I , Shall I falter in my vengeance ? No !"
have, to cet rid of that venerable female, growled Box, digging his fork into the
She knows I'm up all night, and yet she
seems to set her face against my indulging
iu a horizontal position by day. Let's
see : shall I take my nap before I swallow
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before I swallow my nap pshaw ! I don't
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know what I'm talking about. I've got a
rasher of bacon somewhere," continued
Box, feeling about his coat tails. "Where
is it? I've the most distinct and vivid re-
collection of having purchased a rasher 0f,Irmbis closet witn a sniau tray ot tea
bacon oh, here it is." And Box pro
ducing the same, together with a penny
roll, laid them upon the table the next
thing was to light a fire.
" Now, upon my life," said Box, taking
a lucifer match-box from the mantel-piece
and looking into it, " upon my soul, this
! is too bad of Bouncer this is, by several
' . . '
Idem-cos. too bad ! I had a whole box full.
i ,ren d.-ivs .nro. an.l now here's on V one I
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I'm perfectly aware that she purloins my
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ac-jeto ak any uuprcjudiced porson, or;at each tler, petnueu.
't'crsons. their oniiiiuii touehiuir this candle. I " are Joui 8ir
In the first place, a candle is an article I
d-m't require, because I'm only at home in
the daytime: audi loiicht this candle
n the first of May, calculating that it
would last me three months, and here's
one week not half over, and the candle
i
three parts gone !"
Box slightly groaned, and
lighted the i
nrC.
Then taking down the gridiron that i
hung near the grate,looked at it, and final
ly burst out into the wildest accents
" Mrs. Bouncer has been using my grid
iron ! The last article of consumption that
I cooked upon it, was a pork chop, and
now" smelling of it " it is powerfully
impregnated with the oder of red herrings!"
In despair at Bouncer's conduct, Box
placed the gridiron upon the fire, and then
laid the bacon upon it. Drawing up
chair he sat down to watch the bacon, and
thought that if ther was only somebody
there to superintend it for him, he should
like very much to indulge in a short nap.
A long, weary yawn, soon decided the
question ; and taking one more look at the
rasher, it occurred to him that if it warped
much at the corners, it might, possibly
turn itself ; and so, after a wistful glance
at the bed, ho arose, and eventually laid
himself down for a brief interval, drawing
the curtains around him.
Not two minutes had elapsed, when
Cox entered the room precipitately, and,
with a very merry face, began to pace the
floor. Conscious of being eleven minutes
and a half behind the time, he had
sneaked into the workshop, somewhat ex
cited, when his employer, with a smile of
benevolence, said to him " Cox, I shan t
want you to-day you can have a holiday."
Thoughts of "Gravescnd and back ; fare,
One Shilling," instantly suggested them
selves to Cox, intermingled with visions of
" Greenwich for Fourpence !" Then came
the two-penny omnibusscs, and the half
penny boats in short, Cox was quite be
wildered. "However," thought he, " I must have
my breakfast first that'll give me time to
'reflect. I ve bought a mutton cnop, so l
shan't want any dinner. 1 here, good gra
cious ! I've forgot the bread. Hello !
what's this ? a roll, I declare ! come,that's
lucky 1 Now then, to light the fire, eh V
And Cox looked in the lucifer box on the
tablc( and wanted to know who presumed
COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1851
to touch his box of lucifers. It was emp
ty ! lie had left one in it he would take
his oath he had left one match in that
box ! How was the fire to be lighted, th ?
' irhy the fire was lighted ! Cox was con-
founded ! And where was the gridiron ? on
the fire, Cox declared !
And what was on
the gridiron ? Bacon ? Bacon it was.
j " Well, now, 'pon my life," thought
Cox, "there's a quiet coolness about Mrs.
Bouncer's proceedings that's almost amus-
i mg ! fche takes my last luciter my coals,
and my gridiron, to cook uer breaktast by I
I can't possibly stand this ! come out of,
that!" added Cox, poking a fork into the j
j bacon, transferring it to a plate on the:
table, and replacing it by his own chop. .
thoP nJ deliberately throwing it out of
, "e window, wnicu ne again cioseo. so
, much for Bouncer's breakfast, now for my
i own-
Havine once more deposited the rasher
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on the gridiron, iox tonic tue Key 01 nisi
, eloscUwbicn was on tbe opposite direction
, to that of Cox,) opened it, and went in,
! slamming tbe door alter bun.
j "Who's there?" said Cox, emerging
tilings. tome in, 11 inai s you, iurs. u.
Goodness !" suddenly exclaimed Cox, set
ting the tray on a bureau, and running to
the fire place. "My chop I Hello! what's
this ? Bacon again ? Oh, pooh ! sounds
compound it dash it hang it I can't
stand this !" and Cox, with one plunge of
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! lD wanspiereeu iue uacun, iu siriu-
"S w luo wmuow, . jiug rapiuij
i lul" luc "i ug .ik n...Uu, u.
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went back to the bureau for his tray, and
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i triumphantly, when he met Box face to
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i:iip. hi in i mri v nrinrii. linn iiriMTiMrii 111
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Box and Cox looked !
demanded Cox,
UW'"S uPj .
00 Jou want 1,erc s,r
" " J" como to that, what do go
ant v
" It's that printer."' observed Cox, put-1
tins his trav upon the table.
" It's that hatter." observed Box. fI-
lowiii" suit. !
" Go to vour attic, sir !" said Cox. in
amaze j
"Mu attic, sir? Tour attic, sir !" I
" Printer !" cried little Cox, rising on
his toes. " I shall do vou a friirhtful in-;
jury, if you don't instantly leave my apart
ment" "Your apartment? Ha! ha! come, I
like that ! Look here, sir," said Cox,
producing a paper from his pocket, " Mrs.
Bouncer's receipt for the last week's rent
bill, sir!"
Whereupon Box producing a similar
paper,held it up to Cox's face, exclaiming,
"Ditto, sir !"
" Thieves !" shouted Cox.
Murder ! shouted Box, a little louder.
"Mrs. Bouncer!" shouted both, from
the middle of the room.
"What is the matter?" cried Mrs.
Bouncer, coming in. Both siczed upon
Mrs. Bouncer at once.
" Instantly remove that hatter," cried
Box.
" Immediately turn out that printer !"
cried Cox.
Well but, gentlemen"
" Explain !" said Cox, pulling her to
wards him.
" Explain I" said Box, pulling her back
"whose room is this ?"
" Yes, woman," said Cox, towering
" whose room is this?"
" Does'nt it belong to me ?" demanded
Box.
"N-no!"
" There !" cried Cox, w you hear sir, it
belongs to me !"
N-no ! ' sobbed ilouncer, " it belongs
to both of you."
Both of us ? shouted Box and Cox.
0, dear gentlemen, don't be angry,"
implored Mrs. Bouncer. "But you see,
this eentleman only being at home in the
day-time, and that gentleman, sir, in the
night, I thought I might venture, until
mv little, baCK, seconu uuwi "
"When will your bu, cuuu
demanded
and Cox.
" Why, to-morrow."
" I'll take it," said Cox.
" So will I," said Box.
" Excuse me," said Mrs. Bouncer, "but
if you both take it, you may as well stop
where you are.
" True !" said Box and Cox.
" I spjke first, sir," said Cox.
" With all my heart, sir," said Box.
"The little, back, second floor room is
yours. Now, go !"
" Go ? l'ooh pooh !"
" Now, don't quarrel, gentlemen," en
treated Mrs. Bouncer, "I'll see if I can't
get the other room ready this very day.
Only do keep your tempers !" and Mrs.
Bouncer left the gentlemen to themselves.
"What a disgusting position !" observed
Cox, pacing the room.
" Will you allow me to observe," said
Box, sitting down at one side of the table,
and watching Cox's movements, " if you
have not taken any exercise to-day, you
had better go out and take it."
" I shall not do anything of the sort,
sir," returned Cox, seating himself at the
table opposite Box. "However, don't let
me prevent you from going out."
" Don't flatter yourself, sir," drily ob
served Box. " Stop, sir that's my roll !"
and snatching it away, Box put a pipe in
to his mouth, coolly lighted it with a
piece of tinder, and puffed several volumes
across the table to Cox.
" Hello !" shouted Cox, nauseously,
" what are you about, sir ?"
" What am I about ? I am about to
smoke, sir."
" Whieu !'' sputtered Cox, jumping up
and opening the window at Box's back.
" Hello !" said Box, wheeling around,
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f u" """" "
" Then put your pipe out, sir !
" There !" said Box, putting his pipe
on the table.
"There !" grunted Cox, slamming down
the window, and re-seating himself.
" I shall retire to my pillow," suggested
Box, taking off his coat and making for
the bed.
" I beg your pardon, sir, said Cox,
jumping np, " I can't allow any one to
rumple my bed." .
' " Your bed !" said Box,turning around
" Hark ye, sir can you fight !"
"No, sir."
" No ? Then come on," said Box,spar-
ring wildly at Cox.
" Sit down, sir !" shouted Cox backing
! "P against the bureau, or 1 11 voeilerate
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Box, conscious of his superiority, did
so; and Cos, adjusting his nat, liKewise
I resumed his seat opposite.
" I say, sir," said Box, at length, and
with some mildness, " although we arc
doomed to occupy the same room for a
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lew Hours longer, i uon i see any necessity
for cutting each other's throats, sir eh
" Not at M " rePlied Cox- Il's an P-
eration I should decidedly object to."
" -nd aer Bl' I'Te 110 violent animos-
5,y to yon, sir."
"Nor have I any rooted antipathy to you,
sir-
" Besides, it was all Mrs. Bouncer's
fault, sir.
" Entirely, sir."
There was a pause.
"Take a bit of roll, sir?" said Box.
"Thank you, sir," replied Cox, break
ing off a bit. Another pause, and Box and
Cox looking seriously at each other.
" Do you sing, sir ?" enquired Box.
" I sometimes join in the chorus."
"Oh,thcn,suppose you give us achorus?"
Another pause.
" Have you seen the Bojemans, sir?"
" No, sir," replied Cox, briefly ; "iny
wife wouldn't let me.'
" My wife V. said Box, rising.
" That is, my intended wife
" Well that's the same thing ! I con
gratulate you," said Box, shaking Cox's
hand.
" Thank you,'' said Cox, with a sigh,
" but you needn't disturb yourself, sir ;
she wont come here."
" Oh, I understand. You've got a snug
little establishment of your own here on
the sly cunning dog" said Box, nudg
ing Cox.
Concluded next week.
Oil Lady, leare thy silken thread.
n isoKAi aooti
Oh lady, Im tbj lllwn three
Aad flow'ry frpeetrte--There
ue living mere oo tbe boeb,
And bkmoeu ea tbe tree;
Stop where thou wilt, tbj eerekeg bsd
Soaee readom hud will Meet'"
Thou auutt not treed hat tboa wild find
- The deJojet thy feet, -
Tw like tbe birtlxUT of tbe world,
Wheel earth was bona in blonar
Tbe right la Bade of eaaaj dree,
The air ia all perfume;
There are erbaaoa hwda aad while and Use;
Tbe very rainbow abowera
Have tarped to bjoiwrei where they fell,
And atrewn the earth with flower.
There an fciry tolipt in the Eaet,
Tbe garden of the eun
Tbe rmrj itrrame eeaert their hww
And btoeaam aa they mn:
Morn open like a erhnaon roee
StUl wet wHh pearly ahowera;
Then, lady, lean ue auaenmwau
Tboa W1B ue
Hint A jog of the mental elbow.
floor be ready, ma'am?'
jfipi KS.l"H!lir
From Um Maine Fsmwr.
Queries respecting " Banner Wheat."
Dr. Holmes : For several years past,
much has been said in the Go?pel Banner,
by its editor Mr. Drew, in relation to what
he calls the " Banner Wheat." Among our
agricultural friends, in different parts of
the State there seems to be some disagree
ment as to its origin. I have taken pains,
recently ,to examine the files of the Banner,
with the expectation of being enlightened
upon this point, but the result has been to
render the matter still more obscure. In
that paper, dated June 13, 1S46, 1 find
the following paragraph :
"Winter Wheat We have the Kloss
winter wheat now nearly up to a man s
arm-pits, and on the point of heading out
We received it originally from the Patent
Office at Washington, and have raised it
for the last two years,it has stood our win
ter better than grass. It is the largest and
handsomest grain we ever saw."
In the Banner of a subsequent date,
(Aug. 22, 1846,) I find the following ex
tract, by which it wdl be seen tbat tbe
Kloss" wheat underwent a change of
name, and became the " Banner" wheat :
" We call it the Banner Wheat, for two
reasons : first, because we are sure there
is nothing in this country equal to it in
the shape of winter wheat, for hardness,
productiveness, and its competency to
make wheat flour, (the grain is light col
ored, and weighs 60 lbs. per bushel ;) and
secondly, because it is a grain introduced
by us, (the Editor of the Banner) and has
its origin in the thimblcfull we have raised
it from."
In the Banner of March 12, 1851, the
following statement, in relation to the
origin of the " Banner wheat," may be
found :
" Banner Wheat. So far as the winter
is concerned, our Banner wheat has had a
fair chance. There are
some thousand acres of it, now, in a good
state, on the farms of the Kennebec Val
ley. We originally introduced it from
the Baltic Sea, in Europe."
Trom this statement it would seem that
the " Kloss wheat," which Mr. Drew ob
tained from the Patent OJi-r, and the
" Banner wheat," which he " introduced
from the Baltic Sea," are a different ar
ticle. But by the following, from the
Gospel Banner, of March 29, 1851, it
would seem that they are ONE and tue
same :
" Age of the Banner Wheat. The first
Banner wheat about a table spoonful
which was ever raised in this State, we
i : -1 S., 1 1
It
has, therefore, had seven years sowing
amongst us has proved hardy and prolific,
C-
By comparing the above statement with Jed hy the worm, while almost every hill
the one before given from the Banner of!inthe adjoining places suffered seriously.
June 13, 184G, it will be seen that the i one who examined the field, could
" Kloss" wheat and the " Banner" wheat doubt the efficacy of the prep:iratioa so
were introduced into the State at the same striking was the difference of the five rows
period, and I have always supposed them
to be one and the same ; the seed of which
was obtained " from the Patent Office."
I am inclined to think that the new ac-
count of the introduction of the " Banner i
wheat" from the " Baltic Sea," is a little !
attempt at humbug, and has been started
to create the impression that the Editor of
the Banner is a great benefactor.
It is said that the " Kloss" or "Ban
ner" wheat is grown to a large extent in
the western part of the State, in York and
Oxford counties, where it was introduced
by lion. Kufus Mclntire, of l'arsonfield,
who received a package from the Patent
Office at the same time that Mr. Drew re-1
ceived his spoonful " from the Baltic Sea.'
If so, is not that worthy, though modest
friend of our agricultural interests, entitled
to a small share of the honor which seems
to be monopolized by another and as a
public benefactor, is he not entitled to a
township of land from the State, or to re
ceive Vs into his "porringer" if ha
should see fit to hold it oat as anybody
else?
Now, Dr. Holmes, if you can afford the
time and room, will you do justice in this
matter, by giving the facts as to the origin
of this " Banner Wheat," and inform us
who is entitled to the credit of its intro
duction into the State and at the same
time, let us know if the " Kloss" wheat
and " Banner" are different articles, hav
ing their origin in different countries ?
April 8, 1851. Querist.
Note. We have received the above
from a highly respectable source, a resident
in this county.
In regard to some of his queries, we
would say that Br. Drew is entitled to
much credit for his care in husbanding
the small package of wheat, originally ob
tained from the Patent Office, until it has
become multiplied to its present extent
If he chose to call it the "Banner Wheat,"
we have nothing to pay, as far as it is an
Yolnme VIP.. Unmbet 5.
Whole Number 369.
l:nnt m-nliiVilInn tn liim but tho
multiplication of names of any one prod-
UCllOu or iruifc v uc v ..
confusion.
It is the White Blue Stem Kloss Wheat,
and if our friend will turn to the United
States Farmer, published in New York iu
1843, Vol. II, No. 2, page 23, he will fin4
an acknowledgment of a sample of th
seed, received by the Editor from Mr.
Ellsworth, Commissioner of .Patents, and
the following statement made by the Hon.
John Snyder to Mr. Ellsworth, respecting
the origin of the wheat, with which he
furnished Mr. E., for distribution. He
says :
" The bushel which I have sent you is
the product of my county Union Penn
sylvania. Its origin is briefly this : Mj
neighbor, Christian Kloss, saw in his field
of blue stem wheawa single top-proud head;
he was struck with the contrast between it
and the wheat of the whole field,this being
the only white head in it, and much the lar
gest At harvest time he secured the Lead
and seeded it in his garden the coming
fall; I do not recollect the time, perhaps
six years since (1837). He divided the
next year's produce among hi neighbors,
and hist fall there were one thousand bush
els of this seed sown ; one farmer bad
four hundred bushels. It is called Klou's
Whifr Blue Stem.
Mr. Snyder goes on to state : " The
wheat I send is the growth of last year ;
it will be recollected our country was tilled
with rust and smut this wheat escaped,
yet it is not quite as full in the grain as
the crop of the preceding year; it weigh
sixty-five pounds per bushel. Ho
ping it may prove useful to the agricultu
ralist,it being a Pennsylvania s'aple,I haz
ard nothing in recommending it as the
best wheat in the northern part of the
State, and quite the best I ever saw."
The above extract are the substance of
Mr. Snyder's remarks, aud are authentic
respecting the origin of this variety t.f
winter wheat
From th Gnnantown Telegraph.
Nitre or Saltpetre for toaklng Seed
Corn.
Mr. Freas : The Washington Stand
ard some years since, published an account
of an experiment made by Mr. Hart Mas
sey, of that city, on seed corn. It seems
that Mr. M., before planting his crop, stee
ped the seed in a strong solution of nitre,
under the impression that it would have a
tendency to protect it from the worms.
This result succeeded as he expected, but
there were other results more important,
if possible, which he did not export. "The
first rows," says the Standard, " planted
with corn prepared with saltpetre, yielded
; more than twenty-five rows planted with-
out anJ preparation. We should judge,
1 from appearances of the field, that no one
Kernel saturated with saltpetre was touch-
and the remainder of the field.
Nitre is by no means an expensive ar
ticle, and we have known fanners use it
liberally on their lauds as a manure, par-
ticularly on those cultivated in grass and
grain ; also as a steep for corn, under tho
popular presumption tbat when protected
by it, the ravages of the crows would be
less frequeut and fatal. Steeps for seeds
are now quite commonly used, and on no
vegetable with more decidedly beneficial
results than on Indian corn. As this isi
one of the most valuable j.rodacts the far
mer can raise, if a solution of nitre will ef
fectually obviate the worm evil and
partially limit the operations of that
feathered rascal, crow, while, at the same
time, it acta effleienily as a health' and
invigorating manure upon the soil, its
use in agriculture can scarcely be urged
with too much earnestness and leaL This
may appear to be a trivial matter, to be
made the subject of a newspaper commu
nication ; but let it be recollected before I
am condemned, that it is to small mattery
that the farmer is indebted for his success.
Without attending to them, he will always
have an np hill hxines, and become
poorer and poorer with the lapse of every
succeeding ycT. AGRICOLA.
Lowvr Dublin, April 2, ISal.
How to Ap'iy Lima
The best way to -.pplj lime is to hare it
fresh from the !ii)n, slack it with water,
and spread it coiling hot ; let the state ..f
the land 0'.i which it is put he what it may,
it will rjiore readily incorporate with tho
soil i a that than any other state. Lime
does not contain much manure, but has a
stimulating quality that promotes vegeta
tion while it lasts ; but it the good effect
is not followed up and supported by some
thing more nutritious, it soon sinks back
into its old state, or a worse one, Exper
ience is better than theory. J. jj.
STNo ponla-y should be kept longer
than three years.