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II. C HICKOK, Editor.
O. X. WORDEN.Pbikter.
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auditorial Correepondenca of Lewisburj Chronicle.
Elmiba, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1854.
Fairly cornered ajruin. Left Cincinnati
kt 7 o'clock A. M., yesterday, and arrived
here at 5 o'clock A. M., to-day C40 miles
in 22 hours, including stoppges ; and run-
sing on the xs. 1. & t. last nigut, lor a
number ot miles, at tne rate oi a nine in
OS seconds by tne watcn : to mane up lor
lost time, occasioned by stopping at a sta
tion somewhere near Olcan to take off a
baggage car, whose axles bad become too
Lot to run further with safety an exhile
rating and delightful rate of speed that
becomes perfectly fascinating. Tumbled
into bed for a brief snooze, expecting to
take the morning accommodation traiu for
Williamsport, but, through a bluuilcr of
my landlord, missed it, aud must therefore
lie back for the mail train this evening
much to my regret, for I had Loped my
lint trip orer the Williamsport & Elmira
Road would be in daylight, to see aud en
joy the wild mountain scenery through
which it passes.
This flourishing city of 10,000 ibhabi
tants lies on both sides of the Chemung
Viver, in the heart of a beautiful alluvial
flat, three to five miles in diameter, that
"open out among tie mountains like a smi
ling Eden in the wilderness ; traversed by
the river from west to east, and north and
oath by the railroads. The town is of
ncient origin, yet such an impulse Las
been given to it by the various railroads
centering here, that it strikingly resembles,
in its business and buildings, the fresh and
stirring cities that spring up as by magic
-along western waters. The mammoth ho
tels, and tome stores, are of brick, but the
greater proportion of the buildings, inclu
ding the Court House, are frame, painted
white ; giving to the place a frail and per
ishable aspect, very unlike the solidity of
your own, and many other thriving Penn
sylvania villages.
Found my way up stairs into the dimin
utive Court room, long enough to scan and
analyse the faces and heads of the judge
and jury, and limbs of the law, and witness
their efforts to embarrass an unlettered
witness with subtle interrogatories as to
the scientific operations of hot water in a
team boiler- and then magnanimously
left as quietly as I came, in order not to
disconcert the "Coort" with the knowledge
that a "chiel" from Dutchdom was
M amang them, takin' notes." The judge
might readily pass for a twin brother of
Maxwell M'Caslin of your State Senate;
and the legal fraternity, though of " assor
ted iiies," evidently comprise some A. No.
1 material though the Yankee dialect
of several twanged unpleasantly on my
ear, and I couldn't help but wish they
would learn to speak good English, as we
do in the lower parts of Union and Nor
thumberland counties 1 Yaw, mynheer,
eel it recht 1 Ich shpeeks der english fust
fate ! The most notable thing to my eye,
was the operation of the recent New York
rule which requires the lawyers to ttand up
while examining a witness) the latter
meanwhile comfortably seated in a cush
ioned arm chair on the same platform with
the judge, between him and the juryj and
except when worried by a twisty idea,
pitched at Lira in a crooked way look
g down upon the foe as independent and
fy as a wood sawyer. The consequence
M that the -frog," M weU M the boyg..
can com for a share of the fun ; and if
the latter gam a victory, it i, n't because
the witnem' shins give out first.
Next dropped into the RrptdAUan office
Jo look over the exchange in the vain
opa of getting news from somewhere near
-on. Spent a pleasant half hour with
be genUem.nl, local and the publisLcr
-theWaPeansylvanian-inthecour
I which the, begged-forsome information
W precise whereabouts of your fam
TUUge. By first marking on a skeleton
mlroad map, the exact sites of the Cross
, Smoketown, Milton, &c., I WM ena.
Wedl by . regn.!,, rf ,rilnguUt;0D
approximate locality of that
Mj DOroush, which, aa " Dim.
own," is known tar aud wide to hundreds
who are puzzled to know where to put
" Lewisburg," which latterly makes so
much noise in the world, yet is refused a
place on some current maps of the day,and
therefore seems at a distance more like a
myth than a reality.
The telegraph office was the next resort ;
where the obliging young operators, the
Messrs. Morse, relatives of the great in
ventor, permitted access to the key to elicit
tidings from home over the wires. But
wind and weather just then interdicted
communication down the North Branch,
and a sociable chat with the operators at
Carbondale and Honesdalc, as well as those
at my elbow, was the sum total of relief
from that quarter, fur impatient disappoint
ment. Had a brief interview at Lis law office,
with A. S. Dive.n, Esq., President of the
Williamsport & Elinira railroad, whose
official appreciation of the editorial frater
nity is prompt and practical. Your read
ers will remember him as one of the prom
inent invited guests at the last railroad
meeting at Old Fort. He inquired with
I much interest after the local prospects of
the Spruce Creek road, and said it ought to
U made, but added truly that the present
overwhelming depression in the money
market, rendered it impossible to move in
it at present.
But while my hand is in, perhaps I
bad better go back to where my last letter
ended, at Cincinnati ; though I can add
but few details, for want of leisure to ex
plore the city and its suburbs, and gather
items. I had supposed it to be a delight
ful place to reside ; but one day the heavy,
oppressive, stifling atmosphere of which,
every body complained, developed the fact
that the circular basin containing the city,
sometimes suffers for want of free circula
tion of air; and in summer time, it is said.
the sun often beats down with furnace beat
as into a cauldron, without a single breeze
to lift and lighten the fiery mantle.
Heard Dr. Elder' lecture one evening
on "Liberty Ideal and Practical ;" most
of the time being taken up with the first
branch of his subjeet, which he discussed
extemporaneously with great acutenesg and
proiunaity, and wonderful affluence yet
choice precision of language,and embellish
ed with quaint and humorous illustrations
furnishing a rich and instructive enter
tainment, yet doubtless disappointing
some who evidently expected a blood-and-thundcr
ranting declamation.
I chanced also to hear Fred DoCqlab
there one evening, before a select audience
of 3000. He is a light mulatto, and on a
first view in front, the general aspeot is
unmistakably African ; but a quartering
or side view by day light, as I afterwards
discovered, gives mere the color and fea
tures of an Indian. He is above medium
heigbth, stoutly and squarely built, with
high shoulders, and evidently possessed of
great muscular strength. The craniologi
cal developments indicate great firmness
and self reliance, and an invincible will, as
well as a high order of intellectual endow
ments. His voice is full, deep-toned and
clear, well modulated and nnder nerfect
control, and his enunciation deliberate and
distinct. His talent for wit and humor,
and his powers of sarcasm, and invective,
and the most stirring eloquence, are cer
tainly remarkable and I can now the
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ueuer creun lao statement received Irom a
respectable sourcej that Tom Corwin
about the only man in Ohio, who can beat
him on the stump. There is an occasional
tinge of misanthropic bitterness in his tone
and manner, arising doubtless from the
ostracism and insult to which he is con
stantly liable when traveling; Railroad
Companios and Conductors generally evin
cing more of a disposition to pitch him
overboard, than suffer him to occupy the
most secluded scat in the train: Hotel
keepers, ditto, of course.
For instance : He was on board yester
day, and when the train stopped at Shelby,
midway between Columbus and Cleveland,
with "20 minutes for dinner," we all buri
ed to the first scats that offered, and Fftia
took the lowermost opposite corner of the
remotest table, out of reach of the other
passengers ; and attracted no other atten
tion than as an object of curiosity. When
about half through an angry attack was
suddenly made upon him by thfl landlord,
who sought to then transfer him to a
small stand in the corner. Failing to in
fluence him, a brawny bully was called in
who took him by the shoulders, and at
tempted to remove him by force; but Fred
seized hold of the table and declined the
invitation with an expression of counte
nance that indieatcd an inclination and
ability to take care of himself, if he bad
only two to handle. He had intruded on
no one, nor bad any passenger complained,
he had paid full price, and said there was1
no time to finish bis dinner if he bad
to take a fresh start' The passengers were
about interfering in his behalf, when
his assailants left him; but he passed his
hUti in nintnlhn aora-imr labia for
fresh supply. Mine host took his money,
LEWISBURG, UNION
and looked da"jers at him.but cave him no
more turkey. He remarked afterwards
that he "would have clubbed him out of
the room, but he was such an uir'y devil
that he didn't want raise a fuss with him.'
He told Fred in passing out, that if he
didn't behave himself the next time he
came along, that he wouldn't get in at all.
"Ob," said Fred, "it's a public house.
didn't stop for your accommodation, but
merely for my own convenience I"
The incident afforded much amusement
to some Southern planters in the company,
who seemed to think it a small matter to
kick up such a dust about, although they
greatly disliked Fred and his abolition
principles. An intelligent slaveholder
from Fredericksburg, Va., remarked to
me, "That's nothing strange. Northern
people come down amongst us and coax
away our slaves, but when they get thfm
here they lift up their hands and eyes in
holy horror, if a colored person happens
to come within gunshot of them. To be
sure we don't permit our slaves to eat with
us; though the women frequently sit at the
same table with their mistress, feeding the
children: But if I had my coachman
Bill with me now, I would have taken my
dinner with him at the same public table
without hesitation, and a great deal rather
than with one half the loafers and rowdies
I meet with along the route."
In this connoction I may add that I be
came acquainted at Cincinnati, with a
wealthy New Orleans merchant, who in
formed me his favorite confidential slave
John, now near 60 years of age, was one
of the most perfect gentlemen he ever knew;
not only in dignity and politeness, but in
purity of morals and inflexible integrity.
"I broke up housekeeping last spring and
he has been absent nearly all aummer tra
veling in the northern States, as he has
frequently done before. He is one of na
ture's noblemen, and I would trust him
with millions."
Railroad speed gives very unsatisfac
tory ideas of the regions passed through.
From Cincinnati to Columbus the country
is rolling and hilly, and thence to near
Cleveland low and flat, but fertile, through.
out At Columbus, beside the outskirts,
I could see little above the dead level, ex
cept the huge dome of the new State Cap
itol, which it is said will cost $3,000,000
when completed. At Cleveland the cars
reached the water's edge through a deep
ravine in the lofty bluff, on either summit
of which spires and roofs were widely ex
tended; but no time was afforded to ascend
the heights, to promenade the wide,
beautiful streets, and get a wider view of
the ocean-like expanse of Lake Erie. In
mile or two eastward, we lost sight of the
lake, and did not come within reach of it
again in daylight. I was anxious to get a
leisurely glimpse of famous Erie, but
darkness concealed everything but the de
pot, and the glimmering lights in the di
rection of the city. Not even a ' pea-nut
vender" was visible. The belligerant
Erieans were doubtless right, but are bit
terly anathematised by everybody out of
Pennsylvania ; aud will have some trouble
yet to secure a satisfactory final adjust
ment of their railroads. These are now
located so high, that to bring them to the
harbor; I suppose would require a new lo
cation for many miles in both directions,
which would be attended by heavy expense.
Dunkirk, also, was invisible ; and will
be associated in my memory with only a
" hasty plate" of oyster "soup." If any
ot your readers want to know more
about the place than that, thy will have
to make an exploration for themselves.
So much for my forced detention in
this interesting part of the Empire State.
If I hadn't micsed my passage, you Would
probably have been spared the infliction
of this epistle. Better luck next time.
H. o. H.
From the Bloomabnrf Democrat.
Letter from Senator Backalew.
Buetnos Arsis, S. A., )
September 22, 1854. j
Dkas Sir : We arrived here on the
19th, and intend going np the river in six
or eight days. We have both enjoyed
pretty good health thus far, and ftave had
upon the whole a prosperous journey. We
left New York on the 8th of July, in the
steamer Atlantic, arrived at Liverpool on
the 19 lb, went to London on the 24th,
and returned on the 28th. Left Liverpool
for Rio, August 1st, in screw steamer ship
Brazileira. Stopped at Lisbon, Madeira,
St. Vincent, Pernambuco and Bahia, and
arrived at Rio September 1st. We were
there detained until the 12th, and then
earn on here, in the steamer Camilla,
stopping by the way at Monte Video.
The distance from here to our destination
is 1000 miles by the course of the river.
To go op, discharge and receive cargo and
return here, requires a sail vessel from
three to five months. The steamer in
which we go up, will require 12 or 15 days
to ascend; will remain at Assumption
about two weeks, and return in 9 or 10
days. ,
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1854.
I jntend to return to New York direct,
either from here or Rio, in one of our sail
vessels, which will take 45 to 70 days.
Every one is congratulating us upon arri
ving here at this particular time, when we
will be able to go on by steam. A steamer
does not go up to Paraguay oftencr than
about twice a year. The last one was there
seven months ago, and another after the
present one miy not go for a long time
This city is the most inviting one for
strangers in South America. There arc
no vexatious restrictions upon residence
and business imposed by the Government,
duties upon importations are moderate,
there are no internal taxes, and the climate
is salubrious and invigorating. The trade
of the city is considerable, although the
harbor is unfortunately a bad one, and re
quires great improvements.
We find many Americans here, and our
people have a good share of the foreign
trade. Last evening we attended a Sab
bath School celebration at the Methodist
Church, at which many declamations and
dialogues were recited, very mueh after tbo
fashion of a school celebration at Lome.
Only one was in Spanish. The spirit of
Methodism is one of innovation, and, like
that of most sects, is uncompromising.
Hence the popular and religious prejudices
of the country were not spared in the per
formances! Catholicism received nianv
thumps, and frequent allusions were made
to United States, her privileges and posi -
iion. A large Missionary Map hung up,
represented Encland, the United States,
and one or two other spots in pure white
all Catholic countries in red Mahomc
dan in blue, and Pagan in black.
It is remarkable how healthy and com
fortable the whole population here appear.
The ladies dress very gaily, and, as every
where else, are not unwilling to be seen.
Shopping is done in the evening, and the
streets are pictures of gayety and life.
I shall use all possible expedition in
getting home, being very anxious not to
fail in prompt attendance in the Legisla
ture. I hope to get back by New Year's,
and if I fail, it will not be for lack of due
diligence.
I shall return with increased regard for
the institutions of our beloved eouutry,
and I hope with the improvement which
travel is calculated to produce.
Very truly yours,
C. R. BUCKALEW.
Hon. L. B. Rupert, Bloomsburg, Pa.
HUGH, THE HUNCHBACK.
Avm Me lilttt IMgrii. Br Maat latum.
"Shame! for shame!"
"To treat a deformed child so !"
"Why can't you look, man, at what
you're treading upon ?"
Such were a few of the ejaculations!
poured out by a group of men, on the out
skirts of a crowd assembled to witness a
grand exhibition of fireworks, on the eve
of the Fourth of July. The first speaker
had picked up from the dusty grass a child,
who had accidentally been knocked down in
the general crowding and jostling,4nd who
now lay apparently senseless in his arms.
"Who is it f what is it J" inquired
one and another.
''It's Joe Patterson's little hunchbacked
Hugh," answered the man ; "and pity 'tis
they couli'nt have kept him out of this
crowd. He has been ktideked down and
banged about, till I am not sure whether
there is any life left in him."
"Bring him here, sir !" exclaimed an
elegantly dressed lady, whose carriage had
been driven just outside of the ring which
encircled the crowd.
"Oh, mamma I he is dead ! the poor
boy !" cried the youngest of her children,
with tears in her pitying blue eyes. .
"Just as well as if he were," said an
other ladv in the cafriap-e. "It is cruel
kindness to let such a deformed child live
to grow up."
"Hush ! sister," returned the firsi lady,
"he is coming to. Remember, the child
probably has a mother to love him, if he is
ahtfnchback!"
"And be has a sou, too, Aunty," spoke
up little Lilla, with a reproachful look in
her half dried eyes.
"Yott are a strange child, Lilla ! Look
at the fireworks t"
But the biasing rockets had lost half
their attraction for Lilla ; and when her
mother proposed leaving them for a few
minutes, to take a deformed boy home, as
his arm was very painful, she consented
g'y.
"I declare, I never Will ride With yon
again, sister Winstan," said the aunt, dis
dainfully ; "you are always picking up
some object of distress to shock my nerves.
I shall not get this creature out of my
dreams for a month ?'
Lilla glanced at the boy, whose lips and
eyelids trembled, though he lay perfectly
still on the cushions. Hugh bad heard
all ; but it was nothing new to the poor
deformed child to hear ridicule and scorn
heaped upon him. Yet it wounded him
not kis deeply, for be Lad a ccn-
sitive spiitt, which had grown sore In
its harsh contact with a selfish world,
In oni thing Mrs. Winstan had
guessed wrong ; he had no mother in this
world, but was cared for in some small
measure by a boisterous, drinking father,
and a rough, but well meaning sister.
Dorothy, the sister, came out to receive
him, soon after the carriage stepped at
their dwelling a tumbling-down block in
the dirtiest street of the suburbs. Sbe
lifted him out in her strong, red arms,
thanked the lady for her kindness, in a
loud, shrill tone, and then stood to watch
the horses as they trotted away.
"Oh, Dolly !" moaned the boy, "please
carry me np stairs V
"Ycsj yes, you silly child ! this is what
you get by going to such places 1 How
long, I wonder, before you will learn that
you are not like other folks, and can't
go amongst 'em ?"
"Not like other folks I" repeated poor
little Hugh, when his sister had tucked
him up carefully in his warm attic, and
gone down to prepare a wash for his sprained
wrist He forgot for a moment his bodi
ly paid, in the pain which shot through
his heart at these careless word;. "Not
like other folks ! no indeed, I am not !
But how am I to blame for it ? I didn't
make myself! Why did God make me
so
v
He raised the blanket from bis face,
, and peered into the darkness with a kind
! of superstitious tvti at the question he
! Lad involuntarily asked, for be Lad not
: forgotten what his dead mother had taught
him : that God was eood, and that he did
everything for the best
"I don't know what we shall do with
Hugh, to keep him out of Larm's way,"
said Lis father the next morning. "He
has such an intolerable curiosity to see
all that is going on in the world, '.that I e'U
get his neck broken among these city boys.
I'll send him to my sister's cousin in the
eountry, to learn a shoemaker's trade.
"The best trade in the world for such as
he," replied Dolly. And so, as soon as
the sprained wrist was strong again, litt'e
Hugo Was packed off to a country cobbler's
close leather-perfumed shop.
It was a new thing to him to be impri
soned from morning until night, waxing
ends, whittling pegs, or driving them into
the tough soles of shoes new or old. Not
a kind word ever fell on the pocr boy's
ear. If be did his work faithfully, he re
ceived ho word or look of encouragement.
If he fell to musing as he sometimes did,
he was roughly aroused by a shake, and a
growl to the effect that he din'l earn the
salt to his victuals ; "should like to know
what Ac expected to do tu the world ?"
One Saturday, Hugh bad the bnusual
privilege of a half holiday. With 'his vil- j
lage boys he could not go to play,ior they
had once driven him from their green,
with shouts of scornful laughter. So hi
turned down a shaded lane, that led to a
dark pine wood. Through the heart cf
this wood stole a still stream of cool wa
ter. Upon a mossy knoll, on its bank,
Hugh threw himself down to cherish sad
thoughts.
"To bo a shoemaker all my days, and
stay in a Stived-up shop !" thought be, "I
Oil t hfit it ! Itllt Wlhat ela mm I Jo'
Who cares for trie f Who is there that
does hot laugh at me f I wish I was dead
so I do.'
He laid his pale check on the soft moss
and watered it with bitter tears. Ab he
raised his eyes at length, they lighted on
a clear blossom1 of the fringed gentian. As
he took the flower in his hand, it seemed
to him as though its fringed blue eye looked
lovingly into his, saying, "God made me!"
"God triade you yes ; made you sweet
and beautiful, but how did he make meV
reasoned the bewildered boy, whose rebel
lious feelings had by no means left him.
Still he looked fixedly into the Sower.
"I don't laugh at your hunched shoul
ders, Hugh," It seemed to him again to be
saying softly.
"Sognu don't ', and if there was one
living blue eye that looked as kind as
yours" he stopped, and thought for a
moment of little Lilla and her mother.
"But that was only pity j even kind people
can never love rue. I Wonder if the angels
in heaven will love me T My mother will,
I know," and bis lips trembled. "But I
am afraid I never Shall be fit to' go to her,
if this naughty feeling stays in my heart!
I can't help it either. It must be God
made me for something, as well as this
dear little flower ! Yes, he gave me a
tout the little girl said that ! Perhaps
my soul ean do something in this world,
though my body is poor and crooked. Til
try!"
And with these little magio words, Hugh
sprang np from his knoll, buttoned the
flower in bis vest, and made bis way home
ward to his work.
Five years have flown. In the ball of
a village academy, a knot of school girls
are discussing a weighty matter. The
young men of the academy have been tic
Iivcrlng orations of their own composition,
for a prize : and the result has astonished
every one.
"Is it not too bad," says Safah, "that
tuch a fellow should win the prize ?"
"Why, has he not got a giod a right as
any of them ?" asks a b'ue-cyed girl of
fourteen at ber side.
"Oh, right, to be sure ! but I shouldn't
think such a deformed piece of humanity
would be very forward to push himself be
fore othc-f people !"
"Should he not make the most of the
gifts God has given him ? It is unjust,
Sarah ! He won the prize fairly, and
spoke nobly ! you ought not to be so un
kind !"
"I suppose you think no prize too great
for Liin," rerpouded Sarah, with a malici
ous little laugh. "Perhaps he will offer
his services in escorting you to the pic-nie
next Monday, in return for your eloquent
defence of his rights. 'The Lily of Lis
bon Academy,' a1 Professor It. called her,
would be honored by such company."
"She would indeed be honored, Sarah,
by any mark of esteem from one whose
opinion is worth something '." replied the
blue-eyed girl, proudly arching her grace
ful neck. "Did you never learn those
lines of Watts
I wnuM be mea.ared by ny tnmt ;
The numl'a tlure vf Um "'-'- V
"You are a most unaccountable girl,
Lilla Winstau 1 But, good evening ! I
must not stand fooling any longer." And
away went Sarah, followed by most of Lt-r
mates, while Lilla returned to the school
room, to search for a missing book.
" Thank you, Miss Winstau !" These
wbrds sooken almost in her ear. as she
. , , ,. .
was bending over her desk, caused her to
lift her head with a start and blush of
surprise. The deformed Hugh, now a
t " ""fc" "o
young man of some seventeen years, stood
by her chair, gazing at her with those
r i j vi i. i-t. i. ,
mournful, deep, black eyes, which had
often won h5r svmpathy.
"Bless you for your words of kindness !
, , . ,
they bave done more for me than a Lun -
dred pri2cs could ! I bavo learned that
there is at least one in the world who will
Judge me ly truth nit by sight !"
In the pulpit of one of the principal
churches of D , rises Sabbath by Sab
bath, a pale-faced, high-browed man,whose
deformity is the first feature to catch the
eye of a stranger. It is not until y,u hear
him speak until you catch the fire from I
his eye, and the enthusiasm front his lips,
that you forget to pity the speaker. You
do not wonder then, that he is willing to
come before the public eye weekly, even
with the weight of his natural defects; for
who can think of these, when ouce carried
away by the tide 'of his eloquence f
Yes; Hugh has gained Lis end. He is
"measured by his soul" in the sight of
all who know him. He Las striven nob! v.
by the help of his Maker, to fit that soul j
for companionship with the spotless apos- j
ties and angles, and a ray of their own
pure light seems to have fallen upon it
If any one wonders at seeing, after the
church services are over, a young, proid,
beautiful woman, lay her white hand upon
the deformed preacher's arm, to walk down
the richly carpeted aisle; they have bnt to
look into Lilla's face for the solution of
the mystery. Lilla not oulv loves the
crippled form at her side, better than the
most matchless ones of earth ; but she is
proud of her noble husband !
Agricultural Knowledge.
Knowledge is something which too
many of our farmers think unnecessary to
be coupled with agriculture. They think
it only necessary for professional tricn,
that a farmer has neither need nor business
with it, and it would be wasting time and
monev in givinc a cood education to a
boy intended for a farmer. Now if Know
ledge is useful to a professional man, why
could it not be to a farmer f Would not
the latter be as much benefitted by it as
the former and would it not bs of the
same advantage to him f
The time was when agriculture was
looked upon as something of little con-
quence, but that time is pact, aud it low
ranks among the first of sciences. Its
beauteous noble parts hive been slumber
ing in obscurity yet ; and we ean ouly sus
tain it in its present position, and raise it
still higher, by acquiring useful knowledge
ourselves, and by educating our children.
For, couple any pursuit with ignorance
and it sinks link it with education it will
rise.
It will never do to think that, if a boy
can read in the Testament, scratch a little
with the pen, and solve a few questions in
the Rule of Three,he is sufficiently learned
for a farmer.. He might crowd himself
through the world with that mueh, if Na
ture had been liberal with her gifts to
him. But without the "fickle Dame s" as
sistance, we think be would make little
progress. But give him a good education,
and he will go through tbo w-rld respectt-J
aud honored by it, be a benefit to his noble
calling, and nn ornament t seckty.
YOLUaMK XI NO.JG.
Wnoi.s Number, 556.
v live in au ae of improveuu-nt, and
niist keop up with the march of the same.
There arc too m in y that follow in the f yjU
steps of their fore fathers, and think noth
ing can be done well, ualos it be perform
ed after the fi.-hiun of thtir aneetirs.
Their modes suited their age, sot ours.
Fanners are not alive to their interests as
they should be, aiid unless knowledge Las
a more general flow among them, they
must rn:ain behind the age). Many fare
mers can not afford to give theif sons a
classical educatii c, bit they may all give
tLein a good English education ; they
have it iu their power to raise the Free
Schools to sueh a grade as to have all the
Euglish branches tauglit in them. Lea
thern make their Pons acquainted with all
the Euglish branches, and see what a diff
erence there will be in the next generation
of farmers.
We should not ocly attend to the rising
generation, but improve ourselves by stu
dying aud reading such books and papers
as are calculated to improve us in our noble
pursuit We spend many hours in indo
lence and foolish conversation, which, if
spent with useful books, would be of vast
use to us.
The beauties of agriculture are to an ig
norant man as though they were not,
therefore not appropriated by him. He lives
and sees the things grow around him ho
knows that if be plants a certain kind of
seed that it would grow and produce seed;
but how it grows, and what it feeds upon,
he does not care to inquire.
"One man there was, and many such you miwht
Have met, u oo never had a dozen Bought
la ail his lite, ami never changed their course.
I "M to-d mem oer, taenia iu. 'customed place.
! rom mura till night, from youih till hoarv asei
Little above ihe ox which grrzej in the fiela,
HlJ reason rose ; so weak bis memory,
: l mt ca,Ued ' be
. Ktmeinbered; ani bis judgment so untaught,
: That what atveaing played along the swamp,
i fantastic cla"j in robe of Cervine,
!He lhoaPh "e dtvil in disgaise.and fied
j Wuhgnevingheartandwingedfootstrfshoi?.
I ' ne word philuM-phy be never beard,
S' ""V!"'' h"a uf !lberty'
: -Necessity, or laws of gravitation
' Aud never had an unbelieving donbt
i Beyond.his native vale he never rooked ;
. An.l lki.ni.ktlk. 1. - .1 . L .
....u "- -ui i tut li l A. 1 1 1 u i ill rounti
The world's extreme, aad tho'l the silvt r mooa
That nightly u'er him led ber virgin host
Droaoer man nis latter sstueld
How differcutly'is it with the enlight
ened farmer ! he derives pleasure from
r" u,u- lu" 8""" "
"a:,CU,ue ,ts ow"' ,a omng what It
feeds upon. He knows by examining the
soil what kind of grains arc best adapted
I to it He understands the philosophy of
almost everything around him, and feels'
ready to exclaim with a celebrated poet :
"Happy the man that kuows the canto
of tiiiiiffs."
A Hard Case.
A Cleveland, Ohio, paper commenting
upon the late bauk failures in that city,
!ajs : "A poor Irish woman, unwards of
60 years of age, who for the last ten years
Las kept an apple stand ia the vicinity of
the Depot, deposited seme thre months
ago the sum of S3U0 in gold iu the Canal
Bauk. Yesterday morning with tremb
ling steps she wenUo the Bank and asked
for her money. Bat she was cooly refused
the little all, which she had laid np to
support her declining years. This poor
old creature had borne the heat of svmner
aud the blasts of winter to accumulatti the
sum, and now she finds it swept out of her
reach, and squandered in luxurious Iiving,-
or sunk in copper stock speculation. How
mueh is the heartless swindler better than
the open highway robber?
The PLilade!phiaZe.yerof20thult
iu giving au account of the current exhi
bition of the Frank u.n Isstitite, states
that on the sixth floor, the improved Gas
Stoves exhibited by Andrew Mayer, wero
put to the test on Saturday, and the roast
ing of a pieee of beef weighing 14 lbs. was
effected iu two hours, with the consump
tion of only 1(3 feet of gas, the value of
which is about three cents. The meat was
partaken of by a number of persons enjoy
ed. It is a novelty to witness cooking in
operation at the height of six stories from
the ground. These stoves are improved
over the kind before made by the use of
two burners, which enables the eook U
carry on boiling and frying at the same
lime. Mr. Mayer also has an improved
form of stovos for warming chambers or
dining rooms, with gas, that commend
them to general use, from the ease with
whioh they are managed and their freedom
from ashes and cinders.
The Oldest Inhabitant. The Lon
don News says: "Sinoe the days of Crom
well, we have heard no such orator for tho
masses at John B. Oongh. Men of more
learning, of more logic, of more gorgeousr
rbetorio, of course we Lave." The writer'
of the foregoing must be something more
than fr hundrtd ytirs old.
Mr. J. Lorenzo Lyons was ordained aa-
a Missionary, deeiicnated to tne bytna
Mission of the American Bvard, at Una
troee, Pa., ou the 9th utt.
t&'l. U iM wil!,-n? r.r.tter Laf;
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