LEWIS
BURG
RONICLE
t
BY 0. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
II. C. IIICKOK, CoRRESrOXDIXG Editor.
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FRID1Y, XOV. 23, IS55.
To our Patrons.
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but there must be a uniform apem.and unless
we have some reliable proof of the ttoire to
continue, we shall take it that our pr.pcr is no
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iiott tiora ui'J rtuvjiit-c i i.m wuinr
It may be ak..l, by brother TvPo, and by
readers generally. We say. Vmpltaticall. '
WELL. It is cheaper to houe.t patrons, f,',r
they get their paper at a less cost, are not '
dunned, and at the end of the year are not in ;
debt to the Printer. It is better for duh.ne.l ,
....irnm" h ir. rn in mrt nn,i '
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do justly, and that harms nobody. It is better
f i r ( 1. . 'r.'i.'. rt r. r ttt.w bkI mnrm miin.v
have i. in tim are les, harassed bv creditors. ;
and save rarer, ink, labor, and wear and tear '
of type and other materials. And fi rty-nine .
out of every hriy of our patruns say, - lr is
JCtT TMtL KlnuT TH I TIG.
The City printers have almost entirely
adopted the Advance system, and the best and
most flourishing Country papers are following
in their wake. We can therefore cainestlv
recommend it toall.as mutually a lvantasrou
It is true, this change ill require some res-
olation-siimesaeriftee. We struck orTTWO
HLWDUED names from our list, in default of
advance payment i and yet we have realized ,
m.,re money iban during any previous year.
fome of them the best, we doubt not have
VWil .VP e " .s'.'r..a" 1 i
and not renewed. Some of those still in ar- '
vears.have sent theircash tutheCity fornews !
and other journals, as we happen to know;
others
ibetub'cr? tit'n bookTif o'ltflouHshin""
i e su criplion w s our uri ""'j
rVe)
cotemporaries. From others, tte have no re
turns. And yet. the saving of paper. ink, Ac.,
and the actual ash in h.-.ri, far exceed the
Aiuior as well as the pmjil, of sending to men
who do not pay tlwir paper debts ouce a year,
if ever.
THE FrTUliTZ.
Notwithstanding ihe erasing from onr list
of over 200 names, we have still kept hand
somely in advance of all our county compet-
itnrs; and the qual ty of onr list commends
elf to shrewd business men everywhere as
. t.:hv im WF.1.U-M r..H Ai.vr.Ttsi of
al Estate, Merchandize, ic, as those who j
itself
TN
Real
pay in advance, are invariably the best busin
ess men, and the men who advertisers delight
to deal with.
Heretofore, also, rur patronage has been
omewhatcircumscribcd by ur advocacy of
certain Ijxal Q'lfntion, which alienated large
numbers of citizens, who would otherwise
t -i ... nnr nntrnnq. Thnse issues hein?r
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as we heartily trust-now fully decided, the;
future will we hope give us more opportunity
for advancing ova nwi "ciest. hue we ,
have no apology to make for our successive .
j.r. .ri,;i. n;,-;.i ad l.,rih..r-. !
tt is true that in none' were we promoting cur
individual interest. Hereafter, we shall pay I
more attention to mat Drancn in uugrc anu :
is not unreasonable)
we have so long and arduously labored, note
to aid o in i ur "good cause."
With the County Scat at Lewisburg For
eign News by Telegraph when the 1'hiladel'a
papers fail and all County News given as
fast as they transpire, Ihere are hundreds
who will desire this print, who have not, here
tofore. The continued high price of paper,
and of everything printers use and eat,forbids
any reduction in our Terms ; and if a change
does notoccur.Printing rates must eventually
be raised. For the present, we shall continue
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class of non-subscribers to try the Chronicle
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circulation we make the following offers :
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7of the same, vita oir, for $1J
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m"his offer for one year ONLY, that aJ
fSfair trial may be had, when the oldjaj
reprice of $1,56 in advance, will be to.j
Hr-all alike.
COURT WEEK at Lewisborg I7th De
cember will afford a good chance to all in
the County to bring in or send in pay on old
accounts, renew subscriptions, or mate new
ones. And to those at a distance, the Tost 1
Office i, always open, at a trifling expense. :
Gold may be sent safely, and fractions of
dollars in postage stamps.
Thankful for tbe liberal and constantly
increasing encouragement accorded to our
mtnmn journal for a term now covering
eight year, we respectfully ask its continuance.
,
co ilident that it will more than repay its cost, I
ad determined lo improve it as fast and as
far as oar talents, our time and our patronage
will enable u to to do.
WiKDEN & lOENELU'S.
.n,P.....e. . --...-.j cnurcly nniutei.ig.u.e, i w.i. ... , quar,crs t0 the Gentiles. The
... n- .u.m ..unniini ulriTiia.. 1 ..11: '11. I 111 .,!
" ""5 - - - from time to time to tne cuuor, ana ne ... , ,
our establishment. We ask (and certainly ,t in,mnml .heth.r thev will .0t 8t?jk3.anJ
ORIGINAL ESSAYS.
Communicated for the Iewiburg Chronicle.
TllAXSTVTIOX.
As in m e;arJn'B fmprnnt, flowrry hl,
Th. crafrful rnao eipands its blooming head,
afi from rule hand, retiri-d, its stalk extends,
And frvra the r-ai-tunil tribe m wall drfends,
ifn-ftittl by Sot, awl rri-ry Tcmal shower.
It rains new beauties as it meet each boor.
The gfjdiyra Tie to fan tttii lovely rose,
Vi'itb brcise as soft as from Arabia blws.
Mt'eting tLe balmy kiss of southern Rales,
It wnfts its odors through the prostrate Tal'-s,
JVIilitin; all tlie nyin,h and rustic twain
Tli:.t so(rt a'i-iaU on tbe velvet i-lain :
V, in n unit! 'tis i-ri-i jn-l. its beauty dies away,
It. fli.ige witlnr., ar.d its srents deray;
No more its bosom to tbe day expands.
Nor catcbes spangles dropped from dewy hands.
Thus s"me fair ft male, deeked with roseate bloom,
Sees peare and virtue to her bosom come,
While love and friendship 'round her form entwine,
And rpotless Flares blossom forth divine;
Retired frum bUf v seenes, she passes life,
l'nknown to envy, and unseen by strife,
beloved by all wlio travel virtue's ways,
Vt'ho judo on merit, and with justi'-e pmie:
Till some vain crxconib, with insidious wiles,
fedoeing arts, and tafriiiating smiles,
Allures Ibis fir one from ber peaceful grove,
trnce the retreat cf iuuoeence and love;
Then leaves her helpless, hopeless, and alone,
To virtue, honor, tml to peace, unknown:
Not one kiud tear bedews her deathly urn,
No friends to sih, and fur her loss to niiinrn!
HELEN'.
TACITURNITY.
Mil. ElUTult : I am called "an odd fel
low," because I will not bo perpetually
talkiuz in company. I should not mend
the matter, were I to speak all my thoughts
as they ri.-e. Tho truth is, that I think
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, V7 " nt , ,
8CC",S t0 F P t
at a- ThlnS' very common, scarcely
attract the attention ; but it has often been
a matter of very curious speculation with
myself, that a perpetual flow of words.like
. , m.. .1..11
a stream riri nng over
ipjling over its pebbles, should
' run on without any imaginable source
from whence they flow.
My F'-,r teazes me for conversation...
I had once t-erious thoughts of contriving
a machine, to articulate sounds, and to go
by tie force of a pair of bellows only, to
supply ber the place of a ix-iMe compan-!
inn tint T '11,1 vfrv f, rt i , n nn f.irt hrr
consideration, that she would not trouble I
J - - ' J 1 v j
herself tii Ltow t !, , hollnwA riften. and that '
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she likes me very well for guttering her to
talk without interruption, although she is ;
r,1P ,.. ,lr,i ...:,;. ., , fr nlv taeif .riiitv. '
T rardoD.ladic. an'd centlemen, 1
t nm .vu, ,. ,
, i
make. When I Lave been iu very malic
. . : : . ,
ded by a variety of birds. Their notes !
gave mc no interruption, and sometimes
aruuscj mc a little ; but I have gcldom had :
,he diprf"'"ion of joining in what is called
the conci rt.
on., i t i.. r,. !...
comparoa to wa-cu. i ..kc ul to
1SOU ,11, 111.11. ..un lULi. " w.im
proportion u.e ,.,- pr.ng ana tuc aunt .
exactly together ! If tins can be done it j
matters very little whether the stops be ,
more or less loud ; it will always point
out the true time. If the Lalai.cc-spr.ug :
be a little too abort, or tho main-epnug a :
.i - t il. . I .1 '
,i,t,c ton p,ronS or tre ven" 19 n"1t
worth while to be always altering and
regulating. When the one has run down, :
let it lav a little While before Wllltlinj Up; 1
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or put the one back a little, and the other
forward ; but Heaven preserve us from j
the grating sound of a watch that is apt to .
loose its banee-spring !
I do not entirely approve of my own j
ilisnnsitlon to bo silent I it SCCmS too T'ltitU
r- , .
an indication of deficient force in my main-;
pring. JJut what is to be uonc s i can i
.a 1 ax
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I.UI. UOUI I1II1III1.1.1U 1111 U'-". iiiiiuiui. ...
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not communicate my odd thoughts in
alternate conversation ; u wou.a oc .mo ,
attempt to converse in different languages
without an interpreter. If my thoughts (
and opinions are noi eo cceeuiriu s vu uc
amuse a sufficient number to merit a place
in bis paper.
Tom Taciturn.
A, ii I
1- X -M 11 i
.Viirfl callrlh f-milly tr, a fair by ftrayinf
'Mid pildi'ii meajoim, rich with clover dew t
gh diktat he stiii thirx. of naucht mm piji"fc ;
nil no .he smilp anil hid him aa adieu ! i
W hil-t he, rtili mi-rrjr with hii flowery rtore,
Deema not that Mora, rweet .Morn, returns no more.
Kttm mvilk but the boy. to manhood irrowine,
Hee-la not the time he wea hut one sweet form,
One young, fair fare, from hower of ja--mine glowing.
And all fain loTint: heart with blisp is warm.
to 'nco, unnollre.1, seckf the weafc rn hore,
And man forgcu that noon return do mora,
.Yiy.t toil"1' 9'n'Ji at a casement gleaming
With the thin fire-light Bickering faint aud low,
V.J which a gray-haired man is sadly dreamiug
Of pleasure gone as all life's pleasures go;
Kibt calif him to her, and he leftTes his door,
EUt-nt and dark and be returns no more.
"Nothing likk Leather." Hunt's
Merchant's Magazine has an article show
ing tbe progress of the boot and shoe
trade in Massachusetts, which, ten years
ago, employed Nineteen Millions of capital
and now has nearly three-fold that sum.
jj,e following shows progressjn Lynn
1845
2.4..;2J
1855
rain of boots and shoes
.WSeW!
w u.or .
$1,4S.iO
ti.t.v.A
-j
34.0110
6.ip0
Value ef lasts made
15. "Ml
Number of naekine boxes of shoes
Children at public M-bouls 3.i'6fl
Male operatlies in boots and shoes 2.719 4 MS
Yemal do do 3,iltl 8,476
We learn that over 70 per ccnt. of the
entire population of Lynn is engaged in
the boot and shoe business, and as a third
j of the population 13 under 15, and about a
fifth constantly attended school, we may
j safely infer there are few iillc fingers in
Jijan.
r... doc ,nlrest " " J o J thl hinil
From the New York Tribune Nor. 16.
Economy in Food What shall we
Eat ?
Tbero has been, there is now, tberc will
be much suffering for food in this city,
notwitbstanding our recipts of tens of
thousands weekly of butchers' animals and
our millions of bushels of corn, and wheat,
and rye, and oats, and barley, and buck
wheat, and beans, and pons, and rice, for
breadstuff, and daily chip-loads of pota
toes of both kinds, and untold . piles of
other edible roots and vegetables, and
great storo houses full of flour, butter,
cheese, fish, fruit, eggs, poultry and salted
meats, and a thousand unnamed articles
of food, yet the mass are not full fed; and
why? liecause they do not know how to
cat. Not that they lack the animal func
tion of consuming, but in providing, both
in the purchase of kind and quality, and
in tbe preparation, there is a lamentable
want of judgment and utter want of econ
omy. The want of food among the poor
is a great evil. It breeds discontent, dis
sipation, crime and ruin to any civilized
society.
There is a remedy.
It would be a greater chnrity to teach i
that remedy than to establish soup houses, i
Tho first step would be to change our
fashion of food ; to abandon such articles
a3 ar0 excessively dear in tho raw state,
) for others fqiully good and mire nutri
t .. . . .
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rat'nal P " f ' g'
j ony rroln,te economy, but health; both
0f which would add vastly to our stock of
enjoyment
Without exception, both rich and poor
. . . .' ... ... . .
,n Amcnei cat extravagantly of animal
f J0d, coaked ia tho most extravagant and
wasteful manner, by frying, baking, roast-
jng 0r boiling, and throwing away half of;
tho nutritious matter in burnt gravy, or
gelatine dissolved in the pot Iuinnr.
Again, we consume vast quantities of
the meanest and most innntritious vegcta -
t . , ,.! rr,i,-,,,1 I rt 1,a mnat
U 1 1.. . tiNSUJ Ul .3' i UM. .jjuv J ...vm.w.
hoVlMj WMtcfu. manner. The fashion
. r , . . :n 1 ; .-' .... xa en t,
ui t A 1 1 tl .1 II V I. ! I ' , ,,q ' -J DVi ' J .uv.
r;cu and they are aped in their folly by
the 0nr. The conseouence is. that thev
-,i n,l ,.rr..r;nr. .t,.w -nrlr n,l
W9r,M f,,l
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hiv-'.j.
how it shall be applied? Better than
..u" ,l IIIL1 "1 Ji'r..:.
provide food for the poor, but to teach
them what to buy and how to use it ; how
to economize their monev.
The firat step toward this llesscd state
nr thinc-i. should be taken bv our Citv
'
gnvcrnmutit, if indeed we have such a
,uft f() hj removing aI1 rcstric.
tions upon the producer, by which ho is
I
ffom Mnsumer. We pay
of tli;rtv.tlirce per ccnt.
upon eT(,rv,uiug lUat ;3 catcn in
York 0Tcran,, ahovc whal W9 shoM
.f restrictions wcrc rcmovcd.
, . . . . . , .
-economy in kind and quality of food for
iuJustrious poor j
frhry ilo not stu ly economy in their '
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iiuicuuacs. ;ui aiuua ui nun 111141 t'JJi
from ten t(J tweQ cents a pound, and
f Americans are willi to take '
. J . , eneralIv "hose who '
In'f "T h vol or a !
,oin 8teak rf leef , le of ,amb or mut. I
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, nr a ,,,, ul ur uUrK- auu laiuiy
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I
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maa.g famjy ;s 8lightIy extravagant 5 the
mnr- ,
The Jews' religion in '
cating fouuJcJ on u cconomy.
They ea, on,? th(J fore q,lartcrs anj sen
.L : J I 1...1.I- l.:-J
I me more expensive aim less vuiuauic uuiu .
fore quar-
roasts equal to i
, , nottdes. or eookin? in :
arjy form with vegetables and cravy. The I.
ninn nr woman with seantv means, to fill i
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I the market basket, not ouly buys dear j
j meats, but crude, innutritions vegetables, j
gucll as ca-re , turnips and potatoes: for !
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notwithstanding so many persons imait j
potatoes a neccsiary article of food, they !
are not an economical one ; and all the j
cruder substance of vegetablo food though
necessary and healthful, should not be !
sought after because cheap, to save money, j
The most economical mode of preparing !
food is a due mixture of meat and vegeta
ble substance in the form of soups ; but
no man should live upon soup alone any
more than he should upon meat or fine
flour bread. Health as well as appetite
requires variety. Ii happens, now, that
breadstuSs,notwithstanding the high prioe
of bread and flour, are the cheapest of all
human food ; and it also happens that by
our slavery of fashion we do not use the
cheapest kinds of this kind of cheap food.
The following are the retail prices of
e .1 .-i;..ln of f.irul in
euuio ui mo jjiiuiif".. w.w v. - -
Flour, per barrel, $12,00. per lb 61 els,
Kye do
4 to 4
Nago
Farina
Bread
8 to 9
12 to 15
1
3J
3J to 4
3 to 4
5 to 61
5
6 to 7
Corn meal, per cwt, 2,75 tn 3
Buckwheat do
Harlev meal do
3 to 3,50
3
4 to 4,50
4
Oat meal do
Hominy do
Cracltd wheat do
Rice do
Split peas, per bushel, 2.25 4)
Whole do do 2,50 6
White beans do 2 4J to 5
Dried sweet corn do 4,50 10 to Uj
1'otaloes per bbl 1,50 to 1,75 If
Maccaroni aud Vermicelli II to 13
Susar 8 to 11
Butler, average 28c. Cheese 12 to 11
Apples per bbl, 2 to 3,50. Per bu. $1 are.
All kinds of Meat, salt and fresh, and Fih
will average 12 Jc per lb. to buyers.
Kjres 25 cfi per doz, or IS cts. per lb.
Turnips 2-rc, Carrots 50c, Beets 50c, On
ions 5c, Cabbage about 2 cts, per lb.
Dried Fruits. per lb. Apples 7 to 8c, Tears
12 to 20c, Plums 8 to I t c. Cherries 15 to 20c,
Peaches 15 to 18c, Kaisms 8 to 12Jc.
Tbe following is the proportion of nutri
tious matter, and of water, in each of the
following substances :
Lbs. Substawces. Lbs. nutrit. mat Lbs. water
100 or Wheat Flour contain 80 10
100 Corn Meal 01 9
100 Rice 86 14
100 Barley Meal 88 12
100 Kye Floor 79 21
loo Oat Meal 75 25
o Potatoes 22, 77J
loo White Beans S5 5
loll Carrots 10 90
loo Turnips 4J 95J
100 Cabbage 7J 92J
I'll) Beets 15 85
loo Strawberries 10 90
lot) Pears 16 8t
Kill Apples 16 81
Hit) Plums 29 71
I no Apricots 26 74
100 Peaches 20 SO
1110 Crapes 27 73
100 Melons 3 97
100 Cucumbers 2J 07J
Meats generally arc about three-fourths
water, and milk, as it comes from the cow,
; over ninety per cent. How is it as it
clracs fr0m thc
I tLis clc,nical MalJs!i
Jtf(;3 ivo U9 the exact C0IDparative
. V!l,ue of food fcu w;lh tha, wd the prices
of tfac art;c,c. ;t can not be harJ
. ,. -n . ... rhMn,.t
i matter to determine wnat is me cueapesi
er most economical kind of food for us to
use.
Perhaps of all the articles named, ta-
king into account the price and nutritious
qualities, oat meal will give the greatest
amount of nntriment for tho least money,
But where will yon find it in use? Not
1 one family in a thousand ever saw the ar-
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line , II Uk IIIIC III t. UUHUICU V. 1 , HMM. v.
it ; anJ probably most who have heard of,
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J uii; n aUI3 IUI (II L33IUU Ilia, 111,111.
nnnn l.nt
j starving Scotch or Irish ever use it ; and,
! in ort th,t nats in America are onlv fit
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I Tr i. . mlamlr. ' O.t meal is .
I ,,.. : :., . r ,v.
.tcucui iupinu0f,.iiuii.
! ;nrr of that sort, and oatmeal cakes are
t ilPtSS W r". at,-
pepsia. Just now, we believe oats are the
j cheapest of any grain in market, and it is
I a ttlrl fet that oats r-iva the preatest
amount of power of any grain consumed
V,nnI,
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This cheap food only needs to bo fash-
o cxfrcmcly popular ,mong
ai laborers, all of whom, to say nothing I
rf othcr e much flonr
; breaJ
j Cracked wheat and loaf bread cost the
same rr;ec or perhaps a less price for the
wheat by the pound. A pound of the
w!ie;lf rrpner!y cooked, is worth more
than four loaves of the bread.
Hominy, samp, hulled corn, we
often recommended and urged u
have so
ipon the
oOniillnn nf nil. both rich and Poor, as
i i -
cheap, wholesome, nutritious food, that w
have induced many to try it, who would
not give it up now under any considera-
tion 8 We reiterate all that w. have ever
saiJ in its favor. Thirty years' experi-1
nna in lia nao nnlv irvi tn ennfirm 114 in !
vuc ,u ..a .j . - ,
nnnnn t.,t it is such excellent nna !
. i
ccor,0mical food that too much can not be
said in its favor. The only thing necess-
ary in its cooking is to coos it enough-
it can not be cooked too much.
Every family should cat beans and peas,
rieaiiaa nf nil artlelilll thev afford the most
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nutriment tor tne least money.
One pound of cheap meat, say at ten
! ... nJ nnA striiin.l rxf enlit nnfia e-v
live cents, will civo a fuller dinner to a
family than a dollar expended for beef
steak and white bread. This is a kind of
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cconomy inai snouiu do auowu auu ngiuiy
practiced.
One bushel of white beans will feed
t i . , 1. 1 k.U.f. f
more lauonug urcu huu cigui. uuuiiia m
potatoes. The beans will cost two dollars,
the potatoes six.
A single quart of beans costs nine cents;
a half-pound of salt pork, six cents j a
pound of hominy, five cents; and that will
give a meal to a larger family than a dol-
lar's worth of roast beef, white bread, po
tatoes and other vegetables.
We would not confine the laborer or the
poorest family to this cheap food J but we
do insist that it is their duty to substitute
such food occasionally in place of that
which is more expensive, and thos, by
saving, lay op a few dollars in the saviugs
back to save themselves from the mere
life-saving contrivance, the soup house.
But let every one think of the economy
of making sonp-house at home. We
spoke of pea-soup. Is there any living
witness of that good old Yankee dish of
cheap food, called bean porridge J Let it
be revived in every family ; among the
rich as a luxury, and among the poor as
an article of economy.
There is another Yankee dish beside
bean-soup and baked beans that we should
like to see revived, and that is the baked
Indian meal pudding ; and this brings ns
to Indian bread, a mixture f two-thirds
corn meal and one-third rye meal, not rye
flour, which makes most delicious bread at
less than one-half tbe cost of wheat flour,
We could go on a long time pointing
out the errors of living in which economy
is lost sight of, if we thonght the wished
for effect would be produced. We urge
all to thiuk of what we have said,and that
one of tbe best things that can be done
for tbe poor is to teach them practical
economy in every-day life.
No charitable societies have ever done
so much good to the poor by a distribution
of food, as they could do by printing and
putting into the hands of every family a
tract containing practical lessons of econ
omy in the art of living well and living
cheap an art that would prevent waste
of food, and leesen the expense of first
purchases; would increase the nutritious , connected with the culture ot the ground, i the surface, the rain will pass downward
qualities, while it would add immensely to J Still, it is capable of much greater iru-, too rapidly. A soil resting on a rock is
to the table enjoyment of every family. provement, and ought indeed to be rear- j often shallow, poor, hungry, and quickly
In a great majority of cases it may be ' lcd only as an apology for what is duo , becoming dry after a rain. A chalky soil
set down as an incontrovertible fact that from the Government on so important an ; js very good, provided there be a sufficient
want comes of waste, and waste comes of j interest of this nation and of mankind, as depth of earth over it ; if it be mixed with
want of knowledge of the properties of that of which it treats. The contents of 8.,nJ, it is extremely good for a girdcn.
different articles of food, and how to com- j this volume are, after Preliminary Re-. The best kind of uo kr-soil is a sandy ot
bine them so as to produce tho most ben- j marks, Domestic Animals, Insects, Fertili-, calcareous one, thut will allow moisture to
eficial effect zers, Bread Crop9, Textile and Forage pass with moderate rapidly through it;
It may be set down as another incon-! Crops, Miscellaneous Crops, Fruits, Nuts j such an un lcr-soii, Laving no Lad quali
trovcrtible fact, that no class of people can w'nci Gardening, Live Fences, Mis-j ties in if, will nourish tie roots of plants
want food and remain virtuous. Their cellaneous Subjects, Climatology, Commcr-, that strike dtcj lv, ititea l of stopping or
deeeneraey, both physieallv and morally, I cial Statistics. It contains no grave Essay preventing their extension.
is certain. It is our religious duty, then,
to stud
the art i
in accorda
mota healtn. viaor. intellectual capacity,
comfort, happiness and
u - - -
orality of the 1
human family.
How much good would come of it if we
should practice opon tbe text that forms
the tido of this article I Let those who
read and think, first set the example ; the
unthinking will follow, and their children
j will rise up and call them blessed,
TJftiviwors. Bastress township, in this
p, in una
county, polled its vote unanimously for the
J r ... h.. .....
Democratic candidate. The vole stood 41 to
, . . , .
"".Tp
: .A t. IVemuernts."
i ..i ... iijm,tr.iis.'
; uU.'fc
Tho above is from the Lycoming Gazette
! of the 24th nit., to which 1 would add that
w informed that there are uve or six
VOt.er3. in. V'l.l j m "
! 0 ,B" l"7L ... .ul .
. UMC. 1 nu mcir roan ! ;
fraudulent action of tbe board of offi-ers.i
i F&'JSrSi; out ihat
! they mrtn ,0st thro the incapacity of the
a' ccr3 j h'ghly probable,if we may
5 ? ,J el!? , '''V: ...
! ;, not subscribed'by him, but by Mathtas
I lt.r. aiih nf .lm Uielmr.l insn.-otnr hu
.
Mathias liier; oaths of Jacob Richard and
Thos B. Simpson, clerks, by Mathias Bier;
and oath of Mathias Uier, judge.by Aadam
Richard.
Thc names of Aadam Richard, j
Adam Richard, Mathias Boyer, and Ma-
uaiu ii,i-ii-i) .....u.w J J - -
. . . .. .-
thias lier are in tne same nana-wrmng in
the sienaturcs and filling np of the printed
oaths The name John Itincbauch, in the
en k ,Uf- o.-t 0 1 8f.fi nr
in a different and much inferior writing.
It appear, thus, that Mathias Boyer or
t. .if - 1 11 .t .1.. 1... i -
iioiintu ii.tr Giirnnii ail 1:11; iiui ill. uul him
n,s
.
own that Adam Richard signed Bier's
n,i i;.,5tress election is a nullitv.
! n,a l,-,;i-,t,ln ennelnsinn ia that a hoard
j v. . ...... . . w .. . -
, of such blunderers might naturally conclude
j that they were to return merely the votes
tbe Democratic side. hx"
I . he Jersey Shore U.tete has the
foregoing which certainly throws .mo tne
, ,- A T
officers, we have read in a long time. It
i'" - " " '
swnira.f it n n l.rnrttninrf rnfl wnerf I flfV
" e
somewhat pride themselves on a supposed
superiority over old Luton ; but nowhere
iu Union or Snyder counties, could such
an Election Board as that, be constituted,
v and teach economy in food, ana , ' jcam i iejn ucjuu.s u-v ,t UUoui. w ujie n-uiui-iu -si.,, duSui-
' . e. - ir;e . ;.. - t. . . . . i
Df living better and cheaper ; more ! s a new ieature, a gooa wrei ueauao vu i ly inclined rowans me easr, in a nnnnerui
nee with the principles that pro- , uarueurug. climate, and it is ueMraUe that it suouia
"Printers can Read AsYtiuno." i a garden in which to occupy Lis time, and
The above remark is often made by cor-! which he may occasionally try experi
rcspondeuts and advertisers, as an excuse mcn,s on a small scale, cither for amne-
a". Ji: Mi-.-It . r r i,.U
nicalitics. and slovenly, unreadable wri-
ting generally. There is no doubt that
printers arc better decipherers of bad
manu-erint than acv other class of persons,
k t. r ;o., , m.,.b,r -ritn.
L.i k. ui. r.ln u-. ..,., n-ra ..
llllb UG Ui&9 ICI,CI(C11 u.w uwibu "
Cn?..ten pounds CLS., it is difficult to
tell whether the merchant reanv means
....... i,
boots, biscuits, or butternuts; chalk,cbeese,
or churns ; cloves, clocks, or clams.
The CrtAXiiEiiitT Cure for EaTsirE
I,A8.Tbe New Haven Palladium records
another case of the euro of Erysipelas by
the simple application of raw cranberries
pounded fine. The patient was a lady, j
one side of whose face had become so
swollen and icfbmed that the eye become
closed and the pain excessive. A poultice
of cranberries was applied, and, after scv
oral changes, the pain ceased, the inflam
mation subsided, and in the course of a
couple of days every vestige of the dis
ease bad disappeared.
Thi South BeriDiATiso Northern
Colleges. A number of the Southern
newspapers are urging their citizens to
abandon the practioo of sending their
young men to be educated at Northern
colleges and other seminaries of learning.
The argument used is that they acquire in
those institutions sentiments and princi
ples of a dangerous tendency to the pecu
liar institutions of the South. Well no
great matter to the North ; let them send
their youngsters to tiussia or o apau, w ueru
thej teach doctrines suiUble to the South.brcaking into email clods, is sweet, wclionineUason ,he J.ll term-..
j Several parts of Ohio are said to be af-
dieted with sickness anparalclled in the
i history of the State. It is not confined
to particular localities, but appears to be
general on the hills as well as in the ! most kinds of flowers; bnt for general fer
vallevs, in towns as well as in the country. ' tility, the soil just described ia the best.
In Central Ohio, where the chills were
never before known, they have been sha
king the people most cordially.
Till-: FA KM:
Tbe Garden Tlie Orchard.
: - - -
terThe Agricultural branch of tbe
Patent Office Report for 1851, exhibits
some improvement, we think, on previous
volumes. There is somewhat more of
system in the arrangement of the niatcri-
; DU" fuller treatment of several topics
" i'"""5 " ul" 6
, , .i.:t.
, win nave access iu tun iviuiuc, wu turns
, 1,1 i .
we shall do them service by copying some
portions of it into, our columns. Leiclt -
Urj Chronicle.
The Kitchen Garden.
A productive garden ia not only a luxn-
ry and a eanse of enjoyment to tbe farmer
or man of wealth, but is also a constant
source of amusement, and supplies many
3 tguiiiuitiiniii vw v vm av-v.a .;K, ht tl.a I.am.a
, rl. V ' llaa'll
i " lu l 'uc ui.u.u.u,
., a- t t I. . V.
of the poor.
No laboring man, whether
- ,,
8rlcu.ltur,8t Cr iechan,C' ;-lJ
I OCCUII1CU UIH UV wu nirv BWia
occupied that he can not spare half an
! hour each day for bis garden ; and no pro-
j 1 1 t
j fcssional man, nor any other one conhned
; inoo, employment, who has the com -
i of rod of ground, ought to be
! without the exercise and the exertion re-
. ., , iniui
. .
garden. His wife and children will be
j benefited by the light labor ; and the me-
i chanjc wjj) j,T occasional change
from his ordinary employment, secure
mnre constant and vigorous health. TLe
! sowinir and the cultivation of his veeeta-
; bles, the blossoming of his trees, and the
: gathering of his fruits and flowers, will all
. ttfforJ intcre.t and -nufc.gon. It is tl
, 0 c
gratil
amusement to be coveted beyond all oth-;
ill. ,1- a. 1
tT9 anrl Ipaifa in tiAthiniv hnt nnnit
: e--
nothing 6ensual or vxiou It can not
give rise to bad habit,, but, on the contra -
. k r a.
! ,., n j;-,:nfll;n am! ,, in-
1 , . , , r . . , . . ,
1 duletnces. A carden, in fact, is essential
, v
' .t . ,,, , . , 1 - c
: to the health, comfort, and well-beine of
the mechanic and day-laborer; and it may
, atari ri aaT.l t.i lin easentirii tn llio enmfnrt
... . .... . - - -
and enjoyment of individuals of every
c!as,.
" "f the jonrneyman, or day-
; IaWcr, wfcat can be so delightful half
, an honr Bt in his glrrl,n, Wlth lls w;fe
; ilUU I-UUUILU IIIUUUU I11UI, .l.lL'l U13 11 '11 .
' . . ... . .. l.l t 1 1..L.1
, The change from laborious exertion to tho to apply the rule, one Las only to fake th
l? r tl a J . l i. &
I ngu.cs 01 att out-uoor empio, munis ni'in
j,e tn h;m a relief. To the farmer, ton, as
wej . the professional man, how many
, brotcn hours will pass unemployed, and
j perhaps without enjoyment, if he has not
mcnt, or ior vcrujring iuo rxpcriuienis n
j others, before carry ing thctu in! ) practice
on his furin.
SOIL AND CULTIVATION'.
In selecting the situation cf a garden,
i the soil is of secondary importance ; for,
! in this respect, it may bo improved every
i - - - -
! year by trenching, draining, manunng, or
ttv nrinrfinr. tr inti earin nr omrr miiLritiiri
i . - 1 .1. .l ..'.I .
J e o e :
to the favorite spot. Indeed, soma per -
sons choose a heavy, moist, or wet soil for ' measure with this ruL- its length, width
a garden, in order to show their skill and ' nd heigh!, in bushels and hundredths of
perseverance in its improvement ; to which bushd, aud multiply each of the dimen
nothing more contributes to its produc-1 9ioIlS c.nitinuaiiy logi thtr, and the product
tiveness than trenching the grouud deep,
and throwing it up into rough ridges for
the frost to act during the wiutcr, as
well as tbe imninsummer and early yprini.
The soil, in all cases, when properly pre-' fix pun length and width in luheii,
pared, should be deep and rich, and dry per rule, divide the number of bushels
and friable enough to admit of cultivation in its contents by the product of its desin l
a day or two after a rain, and teuacious length ar.d width, ud tho result will ba
enough to withstand a drought. j tho heigh, or depth. The contents iu
The best soil for a garden is a rich and i bushels ot a l other regular boes, cellars,
deep loam. By a loam, is meant a mellow, I cylinders, fi-., may also be d -termined by
fertile soil, tot stiff and greasy like clay, ; this rule, su' j ot to the laws of mensura
nor very loose and open like gravel aud ! '"on, cx.utly iu the sm.- manuer as though,
sand, but having these earths in such pr he rule wero exprc-ttcd iu feet atd lit
portions as, in the blending, the exclusive parts.
characteristics cf each disappear. A loam Th other three sides of the m'o migh
may be clayey, sandy, or cale-roous ; an l be div i.led and subdivided into other nicur.
when it is dark-colored, abounding in vc- nreiaents, as yard and hundredths fcet
eUbIemonld.it contains rich nourishment inches, and twelfths; feet, i"chcs, auj
for plants. The most desirable soil for a j ienlus; feet, iuches, and tilths ; or fce,
garden cuts like butter docs not stick ob-j tenths, and hundredths; which would of.
stinately, but is short, tolerably light, ' ten be found useful in alui..?t every tit u.
j tempered, without crusting or chapping in
, lry weather, or turning to mortar when it
! is wet Sandy or peaty soils art specially
good for particular kinds of plants, and
It may be termed a "sandy loam ;" but a
" clayey loam" that is, a loam with s
great proportion of clay in it is suited to
many plants; fur instance, the common
bean. A good undersoil is very impor
tant ; f jr a very hard clay below, or grav-
ct ;f near the surface, is very bad, though
j ;D opposite respects. A hard clay bottom
: wjil not allow tbe rain which fall to pas
j through it. Hence the upper oil will b
in a state of mortar during winter and in
spring and summer it will harden and
j crack. If a too open uuder-soil be near
i respect u iuc tu.wi a t i-u,
1 According to Lobbctt, it is advantageous
;
, to have the northerly end of the garden
quite level, and the remainder sloping"
cently towards the south. He asserts that
. . .. n ...... .
some plants, such ni the strawberry, pro-
duce more abundantly upon level ground.
i from which moisture d es not escaj e too
quickly ; and that others, eueh as early
; broccoli, early callage, winter spinach,
BUu vwij pea, nuu Uu .
l i . r . i . l i t
. say about one foot in thirty, which pro-
... .
j vents the accumu.aUonot water in
winter,
about their roots. A fiat garden, howev-
; iwui imi fc- ,
er, will be found the most luxuriant ia
summer, when it is most desirable tuat tnt
, moisture should not run away. If prac-
ticable, a small stream of water should bo
brought into the garden by means of
nu n mkr Mn.m;nl ....
i . ',-,., ' . ..
! trivance, which will be a great convenient
j for irrigating the beds in dry weather. If
a stream is cot at hand, water may la
' caneLt in cisterns or tanks from the farm
buildings an 1 dL-triluted to the plants by
means of fuiti-r or nine".
p . p , f
rrPosea 'aie l"z
! ""'"g frequent!
c , -r
Measuring Bushels.
y seen published rules
for the measurement of cribs, bexes, bins,
, ' wagon-bodies, Ac, aLd perceiving that i
. bushe, . j . d;,ctminate , otit, u
'
! tooet' "d th'se rlu'e' atre U "P0
'. the fact that four tr.chcattr luibcLi aro
ncarly clnI firc cul" fcc, 1 m01li
propose tbe f lowing method, which will
1 1 . . fc
arrroximnta nearly to the truth
1 ' . 3 .
First, tute a rod of convenient size, say
51 J inches long, more exactly 51 anl
r-llillllll I 'I 1 i , t ,
' 'J 1 , , aa ,nc,
thick, and divide its .length into four equal
parts, nu.uberii.g them with large plain
figures Th, larger divisions will be th.
imeal dimensions 0 a bushel and tna
-" " ' , - .-wn,
.ran i iniiitn.ru ..ruth IS pon . I r tm n
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height, or depth, of the bi x in bushels
and fractious, and multiply tbcm together,
and the result will be in bushels, and this
dotimais of a La-hcl.'
Note. I would suggest that the side
indicating bushels first be divided into four
iijual parts, as proposed above, and them
each division :ilo into four equal parts,
which wouiJ deuote fourths of a bushel,
or peeks, and each of the minor divisions
twenty-five eq-ial par's, which would indi-
ca' hundredths of a bushel, i'o thos-
who are lamuiar witu dceiuiul aritrmetic,
the application
rill be obvious. I'or iu-
. . . J 1 I . ,
stance, .1 u were dcs,raMe;o a,eerlaiu h
m.iiihr iT lnl.l.i.ld i.t 1-1.
I iu a cart of
, ..,... . -.. - -'
; ny sue, it wuU.j only bo necessary tu
j would be tUo number of Labels and tha
decimal of a bushel sought. Again, if it
wero necessary to malu a box cr a bin to
contain a given number if busbi-ts, fiut
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