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'CHRONICLE
II. C IIICKOK, Editor.
0. N. WOEDEX, Pbixter.
I VU'TliRITliP P II HOXIf f V
laEsH laouiiu lkjus
At ISnSfKVBEXT FAXILT JOCB31.L,
ItMued vn FRIDAY morning at Ltwlilurg,
Ifawn county, i'tnruylvania.
TEKMS. tl.SO jKTTir..rrh aetually In adraoec
''" "Li . i
yfM;$iinif ntriab"frtiirxi.ir:rntioT
iule numtarfl. Sulieeripliori for sis unrtiths or It. to
be. paid la advance, lhscoiitinuance optional aim me
PuHlisher.exreol when the year is paid up. I
AarcaTlsinr.Trs hsnlsomelv inserted at 50 eeflta per j
titara, oue we-, Jl four wet-as, $o a year: two u.uarea, .
t for six months. $7 for a year. Mercantile advertise- j
ments. not eveecdinp one fonfth of a eolnnin. $10 a J ir.
JOB WOUK aiwl euaual advertisements to be paid for .
shen handed in or delivered.
CosinrM.'arioxi solicited on all suliieets or crneral inte-.
rest not within the ranjo of parly or sectarian eontest. I
All letters must crane faisl-paid. acroiupaiued by the real !
iMnl of tlie writer, to receive attention. s)i-Tliose ,
relating eaclusivelv to the Klitorial lieimrtment. to he di
rect to Hmt O. llirnos.. K.. Aa,tor ami thoae on
business to O. N. WoRpax. I'aUidtrr.
OFFICE (for the present) in Beaver's block
on N. 3d 8t, first floor. 4ih door from corner.
The morality of Trade.
Counterfeiting is not coufiued to the
coining of bad money, and to prove that
it is not, the New York Journal of Com
merce says :
" There are bow to be found, not in
jnnk shops or alley cellars, but in stores
with frescoed walls and lofty ceilings, such
articles as sewing silk with Italian certiG
cates and 'signatures, warranted genuine,
which the proprietors of such stores know
were never afloat upon the salt water ;
prints with " Dollfuss Micg & Co., Paris,"
upon the ticket, which the sellers know
came from a Yankee workshop ; gloves
marked "Bajou," and "warranted best
lid," which were manifestly made of
renn?ylvai.ia sheep skins ; broadcloths
bearing the well known name and inscrip
tions of a French or Belgian fubricaut,
and, to the knowledge of the buyer, were
wade near the great Erie Canal ; spool
cotton stamped " Coates," cutlery bearing
the trade mark of " Rodgers," and multi
tudes of others, too numerous to mention
.all frauds upon the manufacturer whose
name is borrowed, and so far as tnc cheat
is successful, frauds upon the consumer.
Apart from this consideration there an
other of equal, if not greater importance.
Clerks and other employers arc familiarized
with dishonesty. If it is lawful to forge
the label and signature of a German man
ufacturer, in order to give currency to Co
logne water made in New York or l'hila
delphia.vwhy may not the clerk write the
name of his employer upon the back of
bis note, in order to snore a discount at
Bank?"
True enough. And why may not the
apprentice use bis master's name to facili
tate a private speculation, provided' Lis
master never hears of the wron? If mer
chants and men of business fully realized
the migh.y iuflui nee of their daily exam
ple, more potent in most instances thau
their oft spokeu precepts, and how tbtir
own course has given the first wrong im
pulse to those of their dependauts whose
feet bave become entangled in an evil way,
they would be more watchful over them
selves, and more torn JrMwsalt: U o fallen.
v.vkiv. A writer in Blackwood's
Mignziue,
in tne course .
, . i .. . . . 1 1 . . i . .
the insurrection in China, gives this ;
sketch of Nankin : I
on
' This city whica contains more man ;
has thrice
bttlfa tOlUon Ol lUUaUltaui, uus ......
tbe circumference cf Paris ; but amidst its '
.Wrted streets arc found largo spaces ;
. .3 t.,. iu i.lnuoh. and the crass ;
lUTUCU Uli I c i
crows upon tbe quays to wuicu a uTil- ;
f alunninff was lorraeny iuouk. ,
- . r I .l I.
I- Sis i
:.to.i in an immense plain, furrowed ;
by canals. Its fertile district is a net- studied law in New York, and at the age
work of rivulets and navigable water- j 0f twenty-two was called to the bar, where
courses fringed with willows aud bamboos, j he gained for himself the reputation of an
In the province of Nankin, grows the ycl- honest lawyer." His '-Grammar of tbe
lowish cotton from which is made the cloth i English Language" was composed in En
ported thence ia cuormous quantities. ! gland, in 17t, and published in the
There also is reaped a great psrt of all the 'spring of 179."), many millions of copies of
rice consumed in the empire. The Kiang- j wLich have been sold. He resided forty
Nan or province of Nankin, is the richest ' ,AT0 year9 jn England, most of which tunc
ccm'iu the diadem of tbe Son of Heaven. !jic wa3 arl invalid. He composed many
Nothing "mold Europe can give an idea of ;othor WOrks ' besides his Grammar. He
its fruitfulncss neither the plains of iu lg2G) in a village in Yorkshire,
Bcauco, nor those of Lonibardy, nor even ! being v,pwards (,f eighty years old. He is
opulcut Flanders." represented as a Christian and philanthro-
THllTThe"rtm,,nn- pst He left legacies to a number of rel
TBE iilMAiaii I .:. fn-onrli nml minis nf moncv to
dcrstands that Mr. IUH has pertcc his . -
discovery, so far as re
ecaras transierruig
all colors by a single operation
The only
, .. ,m,-,nino. is an aiil in rCQUC-
. . 1 '
aesiucraiuui ...
ing
the time rci
rcquiivia iu l
' . :i.i.
. -! .1 f... m.Vine notlirPl I
from thirty minutes to, u posiu.e,
than as many seconds. A similar difficul
ty but not so serious, occurred in the
bringing out of the Dagucrrcan discovery.
Iodine, ic, were found to answer ihe pur
pose for the latter, but Mr. Hill has to
deal with many colors, and a chemical
that serves with oue may spoil or prove
useless with another. The "stick is now wJj.ch he Lad 113 gtavc8 anri von the
on the yellow. Mr. II. may discover the other g- slaVesl mating a total of 108
necessary
accelerator of this color in one jsavc3 Tn ig25, the dcbU of Mr. Jef
week or six months, but until he docs find ! fergon jjad annUally accumulated,
it, be will not be coaxed out, driven out, jbccame eo numerous, that he petitioned the
or smoked out. When the Hillotjpc yirgjnja Legislature to sanction ly a tpec
corocs before tbe public it will be a full a iottcrj lascd upon one of his
grown invention, ready to be made avail- I cs(atcs and nig roquC8t was granted. In
able t0Jfext !8.filcd faCt' 'most of the northern cities eubscriptions
ThP constitution may be hiiure'dbyover , were raised for Lis relief, and 518 000
nd tbe mind unnerved by Wing
nursing, and
nrevented hem rc!iu Ml
its own rc-
sources.
Tta followloj buMtlful roam-was written soma yaara
.8o,t,.nthorbin-Dinv.iii,whofprtrmctMiiin.M
i
ituuU!y eth . rwuised'to the last point of u spirits pre-
,minmICT. OI the tnjy, const-tent with tbrfr unity.
, TUe I'ocm was sugcutnd by I'oe's ".Raven," and U tn
iwnw measure a response to uut aauuratite nruaociiun.
mi. r
The Dove.
tt tt tOlMtJB.
Twaii midnight, sl inn, dark and deep,
And vainly 1 had courted sleep. -
VI heu woru with pain, with anruih toai'd,
Hope, faith, and tieno nearly UMt,
Jtrcakin:; the solemn mllnefa round,
jt ayntle. tft, aud murmuring sound.
Making the etillncM more profound.
1 bushed my breath! again itcauic!
My heart Wat faster still the same
Low, prut lr murmur m t my ear,
Approaching: mar r and more near:
A Mugle sound, 'et soil and clear.
And sirausety fraught with nunneries dear.
A flood of cbar aud silvery tight
Then burnt upon my raptured sigfat,
I'iliinic my little ehaiDbi-r ijuite,
And in that lijrht a bird was eeen;
Nut -fnniand hlark with stately mien,"
Hut purely white and beautiful,
t ith look no mild and dutiful;
A liirele bird with plumtte white.
In that' calm, still, and clear moouligbt.
Floating a moment ronnd my bead,
It rcslvd opH-iu- my bed
Beside a pirtun-, loielier
Tlian heathen ti. and holier :
Two beauteous belies, whose sinless eye
l!e ak them still in I'nraJise
lise li.einir. sort, and eyntie eyes,
TcU where Uut land of beauty Ilea.
There sat the radiant white-wliited bird
1 listened, but uo sound I hear!
And then I spoke: "Sweet bird.'' I said,
r'rin wbal far country hast thou fled!
Vhence com'st thou, and why couiVt thou bens?
Can-tth'iu briiiK auht my soul torbeer!
Hast thou stauge ue Ssk. jreutle dorel
Aud the biid aui-wereU 'iou u Luv."
TlieT tell me so," I S.liilly ssi.1,
"Itnt is tiiwti. and hope is dead,
AU'i 1 a'ni stek ami sail and wesry,
Ami lite is iiit and dark and dreary
Think not thy words my spirit more :
till! the bird aiuaered " lb Lovr.
Some dearly b.ved are far away.
And some who fimilly near me stay
Are sick aud sud aud sutTerivit.
M bile X aui weak and munntuing ;
J'at b for the oilier iEri'-ves and tries
To my the tears that All their eyes
V h cimes not conif Tl from atwre !"
r'iri'nly but rannrnlnlly the doie
Liislincliy answered - lion is Lots!"
I started np " The world," I snid,
"Though beautiful It onee was made,
Is full of crime and misery now :
t uut sits on many a hspijnrd brow :
The warrior diawf bis bloody sword
Slaves tremMe at the tyrant's word
Vi.-e honored virtue seorned. we sue
W hy are these ills allowed to be !"
He raised bis liead. Uiat soft-yed dove,
As tboi'dli mv bol s he'd reprove.
Then theatd and auswered "Uoli la Lovt"
Korpive.' I said, in accent mild,
I wouM I were sffain a child ;
I've wandered fiom tlie heav. nly track,
and it is late tn journ-y (mi k ;
Iy wii.gs arc cliped. I cannot soar,
1 strive to uiount. but o'er and oer
lv leeble Wlltps I nose in valu
I flutter, sink, and fall f
In low but earnest tones lite dove
Still softly murmured" tion is la)v.
' T1ic.ii movest me slranpely. wondrous Urd !
Mv m ul is slr-i.p:r, d'-oply stirred
l v hn:-t -rows iiihter lo.-y I i'.ill
Mv mission upon i-arlh fitilil.
1'iovii r my l.e to Ood sincere,
Hv d-aor a'll my duty here :
Miall pust fimie."ifini be furiven,
Aud sbail the weary rest in heaven
lie .ptvad bie wlnirs. that radisnt- dove,
Andi:beeri. aaaaexed "tiootd Ixjvi;:"
Tliantis. lieavei.iy wevsenper," I erlea,
1(.-U H.ll tllHt p elUle s'til U'-lde J
Silrrofnd-d by lh li.lit rf Truth,
I out(-nioii m et for mh youiii;
1h..o b;ee,4!l tyre el" Ijtve si rl lv:.ee.
My h' pe "'' f-'"h thou'lt stiil increase;
I- ei i r m-nr nie. e-n: 'e Oove.
1 know. I feel thai "i.oj is Love:"
" Jtest.d on a bu-t of Pallas " Hortn.
Lindley Kurray.
It is not generally known that
this i
" rrme nf F.nirlish eramnianaiis was an
t
American, and born within the present;
i . T .X. 1 ., ITo a-tid linen !
it us tn jicoinioii i-uiiuij. , "
in the year 1715, on the Swatara, in hast I
iu u".jii ;
liailOVCr IOWU511II', im-u o.uv.v., ,
x .t.: !,,., I -lni.o ctov nneff I
lion T.'im.otitor. nntv i
Lebanon county. His father was a miller,
and followed that occupation wuen i-iuu-
Cy was born, but auei waias ueiutcu ms
attention to mercantile puisuits,and amass- j
uuuuuil 111 mrivauuis ,..e..,
cd a considerable fortune by trading to the .
West Indies. Lmdlcy was the eldest ot
twelve children, aud when awut seven ;
- ,..., ,. .1
ears or age v.uS u u..-t ,
I -I
no noun
111 If I I : ' 1 1 L IliSbC llij WVUVUt v sk-- I
cation than could be had at Swatara.
e - - i
t"al lne ri-siuuus m um i'ii"-"Ji
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imuiu v.. , v -- .
J 1. F i n veitn (J MW j on lauv. ins
. , ,,.., IT.nnah."
who
i , . - . .
'i,o,i i,nrn In comnamoii for sixty years,)
" in;i'iim oaa suu...
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hould be devoted to pious and benevolent
uses. He was a Quaker, and interred in
aburying ground of that sect, in the city of
York, " far from friend and fatherland."
When Mr. Jefferson retired from the
Frcsidency, he owned 0,84C acres of land,
,i:. :,l.l intn turn filantations. upon one of
UlllUtM I'- I .
jwerc presented to bim. Ho owed, how-
ever, about gUit.WO. lieiore tuc ioucrv
.tklcts. were all f.-M, Mr. Jcffereon dicl
IEWISBDRG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY,
I SINGl'LAR OCCLRRENCK. A ICW days j
L;n.e two boys, belonging to Robert A.
1 1141'A nt l'nnrliitiin iiKimt ntirt tiiiio rw I
low Richmond, were drowned in James
', river. The Southern Era states that they
' cama their death iu the followil)" fiin-
. J--,. , w
i
j gular manner :
" They had taken a dog down to the
river with the intention of drowning him.
When they reached the water, one of tlie
twain went into it with the animal, anJ,
to drown him more effectually, got upon
his back. The dog attempted to escape j
from the bands cf the boy, and while do
ing so dog and boy got deeper into the
water, where the djg got away, leaving
his murderer to his fate. The oiher ne
gro on the bank, seeing his comrade about
to drown, plunged iu to his assistance, and
vainly essayed to rescue him. They both
perished by drowing, while the brute safe
ly reached the shore, and went back to the
house. Such an incident we do not re
member to have heard or read."
The Bedford Valley Snake. Two
of our citizens have visited the spot where
... v. r
this huge serpent was seen, with a view of
capturing the monster. They were unsuc
cessful, but received abundant assurances
of liis actual existence. They saw and
examined the skin he had shed, and fouud
lt fully tirenty-one fcrt six iiivAes long. fore the New Hampshire Agricultural So
They also saw and conversed with Mr. j c'uty William S. Kino, Esq.
John Elder, a most reliable citizen, who j I5ut t0 come t0 tne second prejudice of
had met the animal face to face. Mr. E. I f-"nc. As a class, they say that etjKcial
'encountered him in a lane, across which
' he was lying, with his tail in one meadow
t and his head near the second fence. From
: his dusty brown color, Mr. E. mistook him
:for the ridge pole of the fence, until his
j horse started back with fright, when the
serpent reared up the full height of the
rider, and darted lire from his eyes. The
horse instantly whirled aud dashed off in
alarm, and by the time he could be brought
back to the spot, the snake had disappear-
'ed iu the hijrh grass. Mr. Elder thiuks'ot especial education; but the tanner is.
j he is between 20 and oO feet long. Bar-! yct unconvinced. Men are not born with
! sum may get him yet. Cumb. Journal. natural knowledge of law, or of mechan-
I ,.. . ! ;0Sj so tjiat after a little observation of the
j AMioratury Teople. A table of ; pn,rJ;cej they Ci.n take Liga rant ia lneir
; the last census shows where inhabitants, rcspei.t;ve occupations; but the farmer
,of the different States were born. It is;c..,ius that be has, from youth, all the
vw.w. w a-v, o j - VV .v
. -w- a It? 1.1
are.
eermonu suows ucrscu a regular j
Live.
She not only has mainly stocked j
her own town" but has been constant! v
uer own iowii. , out, uas uccu loiistautiy ,
sending off swarms to other States. Of ;
the 314, ViO persons residing in the State
when the census was taken, 2f?0,!MH were !
t i.. . o.,a., !
born in tne Btate. iut besides tie ;
J there were in other States nearly 140,000
inersous born in Vermont, she bavins re-!
i '
coivcJirom ttrem not q.me oi .
I e i r - o r V- TT .1
a J . ff , M f A. A a
WU"1Q ',u,JO Ka,uv i,LW ;
and Massachusetts.
About !,UIK born
in crmont have gone to those two Mates.
.a va - a - '
Most ot the rest have gone to -ew lors
f t- . i mi ;
Not iiia-
' c . , ,
in-have rrone into the Southei
J o
cone
rn part of i
',7, C'.
Coal Column ron the Crystal Pal-;
ArE.Mr. Gray, of the Baltimore vein at .
Wilkesbarre, has taken out a column
mm nf :
, -- ,
p ,
Coal for exhibition a! the Crystal rtisce, ,
m New xork, which measures Dur teet .
square and tiKcnty-inne 1tl ot hcighl
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" . . 7 ' "m, T
livviioi. aaw. ' '
have contributed S1000 to defray the ex-1
penscs oi moving aim ininiur:ing mt.su
- i . .
specimens of their coal. A e -- not yct
prepared at the mines of th ouamokin
region to take out columns of such immense j
dimensions,but we can produce in quality, j
from a number of our mines, au article
tliir Will SlADa RCll'UU IV uuuc, su VeSIV. -
that win bu.
. J I t tinna in
the!
I'nlOU. lie uavi; uot ui.aiia lata, sai ji
. . . , , i 1, .
it will be 6cnt on. W c should like to sec i
it side by 6ide with the best that can be
produced. Sunbuty American.
Fatal Accident. An Irish laborer,
in the employ of Messrs. Morehead & Kil
Icn, was accidentally killed on section CC I u;m to wear more homely apparel. Is it
of the Sunbury & Erie Railroad, on Mon- j true, that this it is, and this alone labor
day, 29th August. A horse taking fright i w;th the hands hard work that makes
from the falling of a quantity of rock in the practical man ? Then is your hired
the pit where the carts were being loaded, i jJCp wu0 follows the plow day in and day
started to run, and the deceased endeavor- j ont who shivers in the wintry stable and
ing to stop bim, was struck by the hauies sweats) at the harvest, many an hour when
and knocked down, the cart wheel passing yOU are occupied about other affairs, a bet
over his neck, dislocating it, and causing Uer practical farmer than you, for he often
instant death, lie was buried at the Cath-. worts more. Then is the ox that he
olio burying ground in Milton on Tuesday,
irZZVnr. AVo-The
AMONij THE OMEN. lllC
Buffalo Republic says :
"Officer Harris ascertained that a girl
named Jane Hall Lad come from Roches
ter for the purpose of haviDg a regular
duel with Catharice Hurley, they having
chosen seconds, and repaired to the toll-
bridge on Ohio street, for the engagement
A large crowd assembled to witness the
scene. As soon as possible, Harris was
on the spof , and took the bclligcrants to the
watch-house.
Boston, they eay, is the richest city in
j '
the world in proportion to its population.
If taxable property were equally divided!
.vely lLtonln would L.vc UiU bun- j
drcd and forty dollars.
WHEN STARS ABE IN TUB QCIEr SHIES."
v r. L. CIXWEl.
Wnen stirs are In the quiet skies,
Then most I pine lor thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars hsk on the see.
For thoughts, like waves (hat glije by nljht,
Are stillest when they shine,
Mine earthly hoe lies hush' d In llgbt
beneath tbe heaven of thine.
Their Is an hour when angels keep
Familiar watrh o'er msu,
W hen coarser souls are wrapped in ileep-
Sw-irt spirit ioe.it me then.
Tucre . an hour when boly dreamt,
Throufli slurnher fairest pHd.
And in that my.tic hour it seems
Thou rhouldn be by ray side.
The thou bts of thee too sacred are
For daylitrht'e common beam ;
I can but kuow thee aa my star,
My augel and my drcsiu t
Wheu stars are in the buiet skirt,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me tb"n thy teuder eyes,
As stars look on the sea.
The Fanner.
Officer of the Union County Agricultural Society.
PreniJrnt Jacob Gu.NDY, East Buffalo.
Corr'g Sr'y Kichd V.B Lincoln,lIartley.
Ri-c'tf Sec'j O. N. Worden, Lewisburg.
Treasurer Robert H. Laird, East Buffalo.
Jjibrarian Samuel Weiriek, New Berlin.
i "Com.-Jas. P Boss, Lewisburg.
" Isaac blenker,NewBerhn.
do llv W. Snyder, Penns.
First FairyewBertin,Thurtdai,0tU3,H;ii3
Prejudices of Farmers.
TExtracts from an address delivered be
education is not necessary for thew an
education, adapted to their occupation as j
farmers to teach them more than they j
, u , 1J
uoiiii1; mem to improve uiiuit iue uoiuirs
e. r t l e i
of their predecessors, as other classes of
men have done an Agricultural Educa
tion, looking directly at their intended
business for life.
All professions, all trades, all other oc
cupations of men, testify to the advantages
knowledge ol his Mismess mat is neccs-
C
sarj . and a fcw ye&n of praet;ee completes
tLc cducation j if we ailow that we merely
i - i .u i i j j !
desir(J- to e(iuai tn08e wuo have preceded
a m i' iw WB VwP,nsI1 .!
tiero, rj .juu, ; .j.
the t:ndt,ncv of tTie to w ran u
tbe ttnaency oi tlie a e is to improvement
e fontetPfW
b. i
ut,
..
Maker appears to be.
tililt caeL g,;neration of man should excel,
in o la predecessor; but it is
n . . .t n
itilu lO eXDCCb lniltruvcmviUm wuvic tail mv
content t0 be ,-,;,,,..
-
The object of an agricultural education
lin(lnui)ted!v. to make practical farmers :
, h at ,Le outset we stumble over a !
' '
.., v, 4 ,
, , hat constitutes a practical
!. inner.
' ' -
To decide whether a stranger, who calls
1 I If o r.irmor !iia tinht tn tll till.' I
; himselt a tarmer, has a ngQi to tne uut.,
I . t,.i.M.,I.nm,i,i.xiu
u"l) :,f7ri:.:Z::A
" J!'. "Za ?Z7Z W i
u" "- i
dened by manual labor? If a man, , a j
. havin hands -
and uncalloused bv con-
; v .,...o i.;...
HCl V U IUU HUH lliiuuic, incncuio uiiu-
elftovonr notice, as a practical farmer,;
. A 1
J
fAn rAiif nnfacss. ihiiv nnnav nttL urevriif
- - ... . hnt I
vious aoauruuv v ao w , j (
tJ,P i r0ur sleeve, as vDu !
setbhim d()wn for fary farmer.
rig,it haye JQU ,0 dcr;de
'pretcnsions, and, off-hand, to
fMrmPr. .s ,-.!
'..
- 1
complishcd as yourself, or even
- - ... 1
teach you what you have not yct learned,
. t : t, I
in your Uivu ovi:uiiavioii i an i3
you consider that a practical farmer is he,
mil he only, who labors with his hands ;
this would make them tough ; and the ne
cessities of his occupation would compel
j ,jr-ives the most practical, for he wears
ugLcr and t0USher girmcnt -J" harder
1 ' 6 ""b e,
i nil innrrnpr e 11 mii'ii i... 1 1 .17. usiuli
hands, and a oca more nan worn, man
either of yon.
Farmers ! yon greatly mistake the mean
ing of the word practical Stand with me
nnon the ouartcr deck of a ship, as she
strips for a battle with the storm. The
bullying winds roar the threatening sky
descends and contracts tLe angry waves
lift up their heads the tempest-tost bark,
now piercing the sky with her trembling
masts, now driving head-long into the
yawning trough of the sea, is fraighted
with human souls. Do they not now, n
Wllu "" t '
, need the services of pract,ca sail -
or to conduct then, safely hrongh the en-
.ironing IcxiM Wlio then is he, to
with human souls. Do they not now, if
".
of a practical sail-
SEPTEMBER 23, 1853.
whom all eyes instinctivly turn, as under
God, their only hope ? Is it that stalwart
son of the sea, whoso strength is the boast
of the ship's company ; who can " swim
farther, dive deeper, and come up drier,
than any man in the crowd " who can
" hand, and reef, and steer " who can
mount the rigging and sliding knots with
a squirrel's agility, and tie all the fast-
1 Knots and sluima knots that are the sailor s
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pride, and splice or " lay a cable with the
next man " is this he, who is selected as
the best practical sailor, to command the
craft, in her hour of danger f Far from
it, friends. The practical man, for the
occasion, is yon dapper little fellow, with
soft, white palms; sporting, mayhap, a
seal ring; and dressed as if inclined to
give to tar and pitch and all other defiling
substances a wide berth. He it is this
man, who has been educated for his po
sition, and who directs tbe labors of others
he it is, who is the practical sailor. If,
then, in the hour of danger, when death
rages for Lis prey, and the yawning sea
shows the ready grave, men acknowledge
the might of niiud, why is it that farmers
will persist in undervaluing it, and set up
sinews before it I
As we cast our eyes over the country,
we see it traversed in every direction by
roads of iron; mighty hills are demolished,
wide valleys are filled up,and swift streams
are spanned by viaducts. The neigh of
the steam horse wakes the echoes, far and
near, as, with eyes of fire and with breath
rf itcby Bmoke) u rugLes . Us j
roadth tbe roar and tt of fln j
-jlanche. Now, if there are things that
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practical man can surely do, the piling of
dirt and stones into a long narrow heap,
and the digging down of banks of earth,
and the hammering of iron, and the put
ting together of bolts and nuts and plates,
must be among them. But we do not give
to the thousands of brawney workmen,
who ply pick and spade, the honor of build
ing the railroad; nor do we credit to the
faithful smith, who, obedient to directions,
has wrought out a rod, and again ham
mered out a plate, the performances of the
finished locomotive.
By and by as all now admit that a man
may be finished practical sailor, who does
not defile his palms with pitch, oakum, or
j rattlin-stuff; and as one may claim to bei
rattlin-stuB ; and as one may claim to be
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a practical builder, rearing huge structures
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vi ciauiK) uiiuuiuk ton.., sau aiunun
.nn nnrS nnt. tinniPTi lii fiands
f W naTOCn nanasi
, . 0f gnade. Bick. or crow so we
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will arknowledge that a man may be a
practical farmer, competent to the manage
ment of acres, who does not toil all the
day long at the plow-tail. To farm well,
as to direct any other operation well, the
foreman, whether he be master or man,
must thoroughly understand how things
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.mo- nml ttion tlm nrnvptK i
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win be louuu 10 uoia true oi larnung, as
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niost unngs e ne, tue eye on mas-.
ter IS 01 more VaiUC man Ills nanus.
Scientific Aenculture is the cultivation '
t iho earth bv rule, and not bv cuess-
work. Indeed, when and where gnessing !
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enaj system ucg,; tuco .uu im m
birth place of Science
How many farms, gentlemen, within the
reach of vour observation, arc. lv this de-!
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TmitioncicDimcaiijcuiuvaicu ; ua now ,
yy the dcpth 0f the soil, the character of
j i r c o o i
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the subsoil, and a wise intention to render
' decPcr Jcar year,
'ch by inch ? How many farmers of your
acquaintance, who enter on a farm with a
soil tbree inthe8 derP undertake, as they
well and easily might, to render it, iu
able to!.lWC'vcycars'wcvc'ncneeecP' I would
tell you here, that the experiments of
thousands of farmers have proved that by
thrusting the point of your plow oue inch,
or three-quarters of an inch deeper at each,
and bringing to the surface so much of the
inert subsoil, to be operated on by the atmos
phere and to be benefited by the manure
year after year, you will to this extent in
crease your active, fertile soil, and gradu
ally create another farm, as it were, under
your old one. But this would be scientific
farming and, consequently, in the opinion
of too many farmers, mere nonsense, not
withstanding that facts, plenty as black
berries, confront them with evidence.
On how many farms in this State, or in
any State, is the manure applied with suf-
fifinrtt knnwlirlrrA nf tha enrnnnnnnt ntirtsi.
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jn now many is lue manure iseu prepareu
and preserved, so that it retains all of its
valuable constituents f Whygentlemen,
if one were to say that plants, to thrive,
require food in certain proportions; and
that if one of the necessary substances is
not present in the soil, and is not supplied
in the manure, the plant canuot thrive ;
and that in proportion as you have or ap
ply the precise quantity of each ingredient
necessary, so nearly do you come to getting
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the maximum crop you wouw set ii uowu
mem
1 at on
And ,
fact,
once, in scorn, as scieniiuo mrimug.
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nl l.ntsr r.l.a iln VHIt &rP01int TOT IUC
that one man grows .1 hundred buih
els of corn to the acre, and another but j
twenty ? Why, clearly because the ground
whereon grew the hundred bushels was
naturally, or by scientific treatment, in a
proper condition for corn bearing had iu
its womb all the necessary kinds, and c
uough of each kind of food, that the young
aud the growing plant required for its
leaves, its stalk, its tassel, and its car.
, Ana uow ao yon account r. r t:i" iacr., mai
v e .1 f . .
you do not get an equal crop on the fame
ground the next year ? Because the first
crop has eaten np a good share of the food
in the ground-pantry ; aud the third sea
son, (if any man is silly enough to try
corn on the same ground, without having
supplied food by manure,) the third crop
would find the shelves pretty well cleaned ;
and the progeny of that year, would be
pigmies.
On bow many firms is accurate calcu
lation made of tbe cost of growing differ
ent crops, so as to decide which is the most
profitable to raise f On how many farms
is an account kept of outlay and income
from each field and each animal, that the
prudent husbaudman may know where is
the mouse-hole in his meal-bin ? This is
not because it would be scientific farming.
To be sure, a merchaut who pretended to
carry on an extensive busiuess without
keeping books, and without taking now
and then " an account of stock," or who
would continue to deal in certain styles
of goods without knowing whether he was
Tnn!cintT nr Intsinir mnnpv bv tlie ntiPrstinn.
wou,d u he,d B't surcly tUt u
n0 reason why a marl who pridc8 LimscIf
on being a plain, practical firmer, ahould
farm by arithmetic !
Do farmers heretbout, or farmers gen
erally anywhere, attempt gradually to im
prove their seed by early and judicious
selections, and by always planting the
best, instead of reserving the worst fur that
pnrpose, or do they sell all that is fit to be
sold, and keep the poorest for home use
and for seed J This gradual improvement
of seed, such as Mr. Brown, on an island
in Lake Winnepesaukee has made in corn
known as Brown corn and as many
j others have made in many plants, and
' fruits, and flowers, by the simple selection
of seed, with judicious cultivation this
i smacks rather too much of science, for a
practical nrmer.
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fccieutine Agriculture
practical firmer.
recognizes
fof that minnri a rat ecr.oiio. lls-'jsar
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Dhcd. to exert their best influences, upon
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soils where water too much abounds, and
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you, -aoes every practical tanner, who;
knows beans. ell, perhaps every prac- j
tical tarmer does not " Know Deans, or
he would recognize them in a good share
of the ready-burned rojf.e that he buys !
At any rate, how differeut the operations
of the svstcmatio and of the fruess-work
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drainer. The first discovers the secret
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waiurj auu BO nn-avcs uia ui.uus, aui. no w
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cut OB the vein Deiore it opens on me sur-j
face. While nine-tenths of your practical
men dig ditches in the lower part of the j
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I ik.t n nnnAa cf r.env.Mi I ir ia wortk a '
f- I
pound of cure
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This subjocl of drainage ,
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opens too vast a field for me to venture
upon u luu uac.
This same rule of prevention causes
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your scientific farmer to do alt things in
teason. lie stirs up tne earm ueiween toe
drills of his crops, with the boo or culti
vator, to kill the weeds, before they attain
to great size, aud strength, and appetite.
There is no such glutton as your weed.
Like sharper among honest folks, it de
frauds the legitimate owner of what right
fully belongs to him. With coolest im
pudence it steals from the young and ten
der plant three-fourths of its food, and
grows in consequeuce three inches to its
one: Mr. Weed over-tops it; he bullies
it, as it were, after reducing its strength.
by starvation. By and by, be claims the
ground as his own, and flourishes m undi
turbed possession. ' He' becomes seedy, at
length; establishes alarge family, in good
quarters, to rob succeeding crops nf I'o'a-
tatocs and carrots ; aud is only uprooted
and punished when he has about run the
lencth of his evil course.
Agriculture is understood to express,
not merely the cultivation of the laud, but
also all the operations incidental to it, or Iho taroi oi ouenn rraier, con
consequential upon it. Accordingly, we gaining about 60 acres of laud, near this
find science in tbe Stock-y.rd. The en- j Borough, in Mahoning township, was sold
lightened system, that prevails in the field, jn few days ago to the fatuwissa, William-
is introduced here. Acting upon the well- pri auu r.r. i...iia u.r.u, iU.
established rule that like breeds like," - snog little sum of Sli.OOO-or at tbe rate
she selects fit moulds, and builds up breeds N-f 2W) per acre. The road will pass
of cattle for the shambles, square and pon- through 0n0,5f iV,M
derous,like the lordly Durhams; and again j j, f porter Marcy, left at our sanctum
frr the yoke she prepares the beautiful otber daVj a swajj iiraritu taken from
and agile Devon ; for tho milk-pail the re-; trc wll;tn prC;jenlcd the singular
serves families of each of these breeds, in lienumena 0f a fun grown apple, young
which big udders and profuse secretious of Luds auJ m,,,., ia t'ull bloom. rani
milk aro hereditary. For the churn she Uantt0ck frm. 13 wrf.
shows the gentle Jersey cow ; seven quarts j : , , . ' ' .
of whose milk will yield a pound of butter, i C..a-. Sept. 16 -The Kceot
a .l.ia Jiino .v,t,-m-a -freshets have caused great mjiirr to tbe
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VOLUME X N0.23.
WnoLE Number, 491.
Suffolk, the Middlesex, and other breeds.
that run to fat, as naturally aa a turtle-fed
Alderman they eat, they grant, they
sleep their lives away, until they have at
taiued to a very Lambcrtism of obesity :
and then, with a gurgling in the throat,
they change into pjrk, and are laid dowu
in the barrel.
Cows Noldin.j vp their Milk. Tt
is well known that many cows when they
first come in, when their calves are taken
from them, will hold np their milk, some
times to such a degree as almost dry then'
selves before they will give it down.
"A few years ago," writes s corres
pondent of an English newspaper, "I
bought a young cow, which proved to be
very wild and when I took her first calf
she would not give down her milk. Iliad
heard it remarked that putting a weight
on the cow's back would make her give
her milk down. I accordingly drove her
into a stable, got a bushel of grain and
put it on her back. While in this position,
she had no power to hold up her milk, for
it came down freely. After doing this a,
few times, and afterwards by putting my
hand on the back of the cow, it would
give way and she would immediately givo
Jown her milk."
Tbe rationale of this treatment appears
to be that the weight counteracts the
upward tendency of the animal's muscular
actiou.
Oueoon beats the Wqhld. Under
this caption, the Oregon TirMs of the 13th,
tilt , says :
We had the pleasure of examining
some tall specimens of wheat and oats at
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express office, raised
by Mr. Campbell on his farm, a few miles
uorth of the Santiam river.
Tbe wheat heads are over six inches'
long, on an average, "2 inches in circum
ference containing over two hundred kar
nels of wheat.
The oats were good eight feet tall the
heads measuring forty-one incke contain
ngfour huwiretl oat to the head I They
will be forwarded, we learn, to the World's
Fair. Who beats this?"
Taix Cors We have seen and heard
accounts of several stalks of tall corn da
ring the present month, but tallest which
has come to our knowledge, is a stalk
ijrown by Caleb B. King, near Chadd s
1 moajnrine wenteen feet in Leii
t r. t. it. , .T. . - 1,-1 Vam
I wnu luc usia riu. isuia m mass miw iivu.
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th irrnnnrl II.f I nrirrr r. rnmner.
The Farmers in this county have nearly
. ,11 fititl,.. shots caaoiniT fanw rF lliavn
in thcir wheat about th(j
. rAn Rlime fin.,a mh- h
we have seen look quite green already.
74.V.
William Noams of Philadelphia, one
of the most eminent mechanical engineers
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ouuainz a sieamsuiD. to db reaav lor sea
n Fel- j, warrantcd to
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li - rosH the ocean in mix davs. and that with
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ieatcr purity against wc.uent tnan m
'ne s,eamers nof ,n,
Several
model
teatures are mrroaucea in me uiouet. ado
j,
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ill be unusually flat-bottomed, and
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Willi & irj 11 '' . 11 yi '-r igvi wmw e.vwua ww
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! live tlilil9 luae 01 hue vuumu ssub, wsaiitaf
but 01 feet of water.
A new mode of illumination Las been
jdevised by M. Alexis Godillot of rans.
The principle is, the multiplication of
light by means of innumerable small mir
rors arranged in a particular manner in
multitude of frames bound together, the
whole made to revolve while reflecting the
light from a bright burner placed before
them. The rcflfctiug power is so great
; that, it is said sufficient light is furnished
to enable a man to read at the distance of
! a kilometre about two thirds of a mile.
fc3r- The State Agricultural Fair to be
hr.1,1 .it P:tt,luir.r nu the 27th. 2Sth. '29th
,aud 0lh vtomi t well atten.
oo,y bj cUilen3 of our
frou 0hU) Kcntacf y aui
jother Sut Stance U almost too
j fyf maQy -.bitoTS eMt of tli6
i ul0uutaiu.-, but our friend David Taggart,
j .. ... , , e-uiDitioll about
, Uum.rcd of ui, ti.lcst chickens. This
lot will be hard to bejt even by our WeU
cm amateurs. -Sanlury Auuri-an.
... .-r. .ti in Month fTttraliTMi
nee rri't
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