LEW RG CHRONICLE BY 0. N. WORDEN & J- K. COBNELIUS. An Ixdei'ESDext Family News Journal. ESTABLISHED IX 1S13....WII0LE NO., CSS. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PAM FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1857. At 1,50 Pkr Year, amvavs is Advance. SB Urandiatlier's Watch. Orandfethcr's wst.-li if luUnd and old, Iniint .uiU-ol jw. I or gold; l',KrftDl- uiiuu. and worn and rrsrktd Murli iikr tintti ifth -r' 1 f, in frtct. et it ln'iiy vuiv Iim a cheerful aoutid. And the child, iu (die li-l-im in wonder bound 1 its my.-'ii- tle of departd time, Is tiiuilutg iut iboab at a pluafant rhymr. What are tb tab t the old wati-h lelln! !' scvt'uty jvnrs it (uuU th - k nulla ; V.'.irn, whose every f Ui:i mm. Vt i- mirked by labor f.-itli fully d-n i itli priuiiliti- form and -!uni-y liH And rlmusi'-r b'! li n tho aork .'ttt III; V--t h rvin tli.-ir ilui. l-et tb' y cm This ifc the tlvry oi Wutcb and man! Many & h-ts the old wat-h Iinl, M.itiy a hi-iw La- the' old until Made; 51 l llel wills titik. rvd, and fril lri--d, At last rj.-U'i d'ldtartivfu tii le. T nid-rn nt.-.l. all -eifnee and S"dJ, lfl'"M,i rii. l-d, d-; id and i-li, I'nd'T A el''U I and u U.T a h.m This is tbvi sVry of W a!eh and man ! Tat th-ruVfi t. v.t to tho pir-tun 1 : for liummi l.fiiTif they can etui w'.-' Uid. The watch, in it-- dint-' I -i'ver c:t-t, Cm bring it mail.-t- the tiiird;il.r. f".-e. Tin insn l.;ittrv 1, and ilv ry t"- With a moral ran chr h -th iu- iud you Murli our lime as w. ll h - we Mti" Thin u tbe Ivm'U d V ttU'U uud iiiaU 1 TI IE CIIROXICM2. rniutv, ji i: io Tavern Charges. Tho hotel keepers of a part of Center aud Miillin counties at a Convention in Milroy agreed upon the fallowing rates of boarding, &c: 1 A man and horse over nielli, supper, lodging, and breakfast $1 23 2 A man and two horses over night, supper and breakfast, 1 75 3 One horc over nilit, w here the per son has his hay and teed alonj, for each and every horse, 12 4 Horse to oats and hay over uiht.uot ti. feed more than 6 quarts nats T.O 5 Horse to oats and hay over night, 1 peck oats '- 6 One horse, when fed i quarts oats, IS 7 Do do S 37 H One horse by the day, oats and hay, 0(1 9 One horse by the week 3 (10 10 Boarding rcr wei-k for one man, 3 0(1 1 1 Hoarding per week for one man when he oceupies a separate room, 3 50 12 Boarding per week fof gentleman j and lady (i. e. man and wile) V 00 ; 13 Boar.lmc per week forone man whn I he finds his own bed, 2 75 j 1 ; K.ir ledums one man without meals S'i ir For dinner and two h 'rscs fed 70 j Id (; ntlemati an I la ly over night, sup- i ncr. and breakfast. 87 ! 17Board per day 1 r Jororx or Witnes ses at Court. 1 "0 ARITHMETICAL yUEsTIOX. When first the marriace knot was tied Between mv wile and me. My a?e to her's did far exceed As three times three to three. l)ul when ten anil half ten years . au aud wife have bcea Her ase to nunc tiacuy ueaia As eight is to sixteen. What were our ages on the weddingday? 2. A snail in getting up a pole twenty feet high,was observed to climb up eight feel every day, but to descend four feel every night: in what time did he reach the top of the pole 1 ii. r. A. ACKOsTK'AL ENIOMA. I am composed i f 1'J letters SI v I 6 16 U 13 1. is a town in Ohio 2 10 3 a, a town in Florida 3 6 4 a lit 1". a town iu Louisiana 4 5 7 14, a town in Ohio 6 11 II li I", a couniy in Georgia fl 3 4 2 a county in Ohio 7 10 IS 11 10 13, a county in Missouri H 11 13 It a, a town in Illinois 9 3 7 5 1 1 0, a town in Ueomia 10 1 1 13 9 10 is, a town in Missouri 11 10 7 9, a town iu (icorgia 12 9 10 10 H 5 15, a town in Xew Jersey 13 11 17 13, a county in Pennsylvania 1415 11 Ki 13 IS, a county in Iowa 15 4 3 !t r) 15 IX, a town in Michigan 16 10 7 13, a town in Ohio 17 10 IM 17 6, a couniy in Michigan 18 9 1 3 13 10 17, a town in .Mexico 19 11 13 13 18 a river in Kentucky My whole is (he name of a great Education alist iu Central Pennsylvania. SI. A. A , Kelly FROM. ESI. A woman went to market with j a basket full of cegs. A man broke the whdt j of the cegs, but, being willing to pay for them, : asked her how many there were 1 Kite could not tell exactly, but said that by dividing them by 2, 3, 4, 5, or C, there would be a remainder I of 1 left, but by dividing them by 7 there would ! be no remainder. How many e:n:s had she? i rUZZLE. A Turkish merchant, dying.left ; seventeen horses to his three sons, the oldest ! to have one half of them, the second to have j oik third, and the youngest to have one ninth, i Unable to divide 17 horses into halves, thirds, . or ninths, the son appealed to the Cadi or j Judec, who promised to devise a rlan whereby : each should receive tnnrt than his share named in his father's will, and yet no horse be left. All assented to this, and it was done, satisfac torily. How was it accomplished ! Nix Sciexck. Answers to Pacini. in Chronicle, June 12. 1. Length of wire drawn from bu!let,3072. Answered by "Pupil." 6. Your age is 15. Answered by M. L.D. and U. K. Lewisburg. Answer to Ackosticil Exigmi. Lewisburg Chronicle. Answered by M. L. V., SI. S., and U. 1L S., Lewisburg, aud SI. A. A, Kelly. Answer to RinnLi. Jom, iu the great Fish. Answered by 'An Old Reader.'' J. E., Lewisburg. ErLiTTisa Rocks. Som French in ventors aso a substance composed of 100 parts of sulphur bj weight, 100 of Ealpo. tre 50 of sawdust, 50 of horso manure, and 10 of common elt arc dissolved in t : l. f i t t aro added, and tbe whole ingredients stir red until thej arc thoroughly incorpora ted tozcthar in on mass, which is then dried by agendo Loat in a room, or ex posed to the UD, and is fit for use. It is put in holes bored for blasting rock in tho tame manner as powder, and is ignited by a fu.'ce. It docs not causo an explosion upwards like gunpowder, but generates a great beat, which splits the roek. There is much truthful satiro in the suggestion cf a cotcmporary that tho su rest method of securing Mormon subjuga tion, is to send a dozen runaway negroes into tho territory, who will of necessity dra w a regime!. of troops after thctc for ()niOINAIiESSAYS. Communicated for tbe Lewiabnrg Chronicle. The beauties of the world without, at tracted mo to a scat by an open window, early one morning in summer. Not a sound was heard abroad but tho voice of Nature singing its matin song to the great Creator. The brook and rivulot went dan cing along as if rejoicing that they were free from the cold, icy covering that was a little while before spread over tuem,and that they were allowed to sparklo in the suubLiuo. The hills and tho fields were all arrayed in their brightest garbs. The leaves which clothed the so lately naked trees, and the grass the carpet made by God as a covering for tho earth, and for a shade to protect tha eye still retained that Ei.ft, delicate appearance, they assume just before they come forth perfected in growth. Tho uir was filled with feathered songsters, whose scarcely perceptible motion as they rose higher and higher recalled to mind a simile I once heard made, "That, as the lark, by beating down the air with its wings, rises upwards, so the Christian, overcoming trials and temptations by pray erfulncss aud perseverance, rises above earth to enjoy Heaven." How easy it would bo to resist temptation, did wc, as tho birds, have nothing to binder our flight but outward obstructions; were thero no sinful heart within, whose deceitfulucss and hardness is constantly retarding our progress. My thoughts were diverted from this channel by the sun, the king of tho celes tial world, who,ro!ling around in bis orbit, shod his refulgent rays upon aud called mo to contemplate his glory. As I gazed I could not but think that that was a splen did superstition, if regarded in the light of poetry, which led tho ancients to hold in such reverence that glorious orb of day, and to rear gorgeous temples,whoso polish ed domes might catch tho earliest beams, upon which his lastTay might "linger lov ingly." Hut when I thought of it in tho severe light of reason, it only was another proof of the sinfulness of man in paying divino homago to the created in place of the great Creator. was unwilling to acknowledge the sun as tho centre of the solar systcm,but bclioved it a subordinate planet, revolving around tha earth ; and thought, too, of that one who was the first to give to it its true po sition among the heavenly bodies, and who in defiance of the mandates of a ty rannical pontiff, maintained his views, and also published them to the world. I was carried back in imagination three hundred years, and at the close, of day I stood by tho dying bed of an old man. The snows of seventy winters had whitened his head, care and sorrow had left their autograph upon his brow suddenly his countenance brightens a friend approaches, bearing in his hand a printed volume, still damp from the press, containing those truths, to prove which the dying man had employed all his life, all his talents ho seizes the volume,and with a prayer of thanksgiving, that bis early dreams were realized, the spirit of the great Copernicus took its flight. As tho last beam of the setting 6un fell upon his cold brow, seeming to say "I give thee tho kiss of peace, for thou hast been the first to place me upon my throne," I thought of the analogy between the sun of the material world and the Sun of Righ teousness. As the former rises in tho cast, dispelling the darkness and gloom of night, and makes all tho world, even the most desolate places, look glad and beautiful, giving consolation to the dying by remind ing him that the sun of his existence does not set for ever, bnt sinks to rise again in brighter worlds ; so, when the world was involved in great moral darkness, a Sun aroso in the cast, driving away the gloom of sio and superstition, and spreading abroad the glorious light of tho Gospel. And He still rises each day in somo Lew soul, causing it to rejoice in tho beams of His love. Rut to the dying hour inesti mably valuable 1 lie shines npon tho path through the tomb, and leads them to that abode that needs not the light of the mate rial sun,but is ever lighted by the presence of the Sun of Righteousness. The Si. Louis Mlrdeb. The passen gers on the steamer Rocket, after the dreadful occurrence of tho murder of Mr. Robert H. Vebb, of Lewistown, Pa., on Wednesday night last, met on board that vessel, and passed a scries of resolutions on the subject. As yet, wo believe, do clue has been found to the murderers, and no reward offered for the appre hension though the reputation of our city may be affected by such acta of vi olence, uulcss soma effort be made to stay them. It is hardly possible that the murderers were not known at soma of the drinking houses in that neighborhood, and a large reward and proper efforts would scarcely fail to bring about the identity of tha miscreants. St. Louis R-publican. The St. Louis Democrat, with a rare fe licity, denominates Roger Pryor's new Ri'.'hmjnd piper, tho JHuth. " the rf fetal 'rrtc -i 'h. -h:-y !' Yirgish " CorrunpiraUttnce or th LewUburg ChroaicU. Sights of a Lewiskrgcr "down South." Washington Co., Md., June 1,'57. Well, we stopped at Crouse's in Selius grove for dinner, and although they were topsy-turvey, "papering," their fine fresh salmon of most delicious flavor made np forovory inconvenience. Met wagon loads of fresh shad caught in Shamokin dam. The "Swcitzor" barns appear to constitute tho glory of this community. Frccburg Academy is an excellent three storey build ing, aud reflects great credit on its found ers for their liberality and zoal in the cause of education. The town of Frccburg has a good sprinkling of new houses going up, and a number of old ones undergoing re pairs. In Richfkld, Juniata Co., John Montgomery (late of Lewisburg) is carry ing on a successful Foundry business, but otherwise the town seems mostly ' fioiah ed." On the Cocalamus creck,at the house of a friend, tho whippoorwills appeared to be at home, and poured forth their shrill notes most distinctly and in rapid succes sion. Wo nest entered Lost Creek Val ley, a long, narrow, trough-like country, the soil for tbe mast part of an indifferent (juality. Lost creek run3 westerly, just contrary to and not six miles from the Juniata river, into which it enters. There are some fine looking farms in tho vicinity of M'Allistcrsville, said to be worth about S70 per acre. The wheat crop looked un promising ; corn coming up ; oats looked well. Fussed through a village named Oakland, and crossed Lost creek. Saw two hat-weaving, sleeveless, short-skirted Amish women, hoeing corn. Mifflintown, the scat of justice of Juniata county, is not a bad looking town, although it hangs to the side of a hill. The State Canal runs through it. and the Railroad with its four tracks is on the opposite side of the Juni ata river. Passing Licking creek, John stown and M'Coytown, southerly, we got into a high-hilled, slaty country, almost barren as regards grain, but it beats "der diful" for children. Came in sight of the widely known Tuscarora Academy, consis ting of three or four large brick buildings, delightfully surrounded with hills and woods. Leaving tho Academy, wc crossed Tuscarora creek into the Valley of that - --- - -- - -00- i fluids, and two small towns WaterforJ and Waterloo. From the last named place wo entered tbe great Path Valley Gap, whero the Tuscarora Creek cuts square through a high spur of tho Tuscarora mountain known as Rack mountain. The Gap is not over twenty rods wide, but has several tanneries, a factory, and fulling mill within it. At tho southern end of the Gap is tho town of Concord, with 300 inhabitants, with one tavern of a seedy appearance,having a crabbed old woman as landlady ; drove about two miles further, and turned in with a farmer good, plain people, evidently Presbyterians country looked tolerably good. This is is in Frank lin county, but wo touched a corner of Huntingdon xrf crossing tbe Gap. From Kansas. A letter has been roccived in Lancaster, Pa., from Mr. Nathan Milncr, giving tha result of his experience and observation of affairs in Kansas during his stay in tho Territory. On his journey through Mis souri, he was struck with the agricultural capabilities of that Stato, though ho says the people there are under the strange de lusion that good butter can not be made in their climate ; and, as a matter of fact, Mr. Milncr found the butter set beforo him at tho hotels to possess a richness of flavor that he says ho will remember to his dying hour the 6cont proceeding from it being a happy combination of the peculiar delicacies of tho bison, the muskrat and polecat. On passing the line of tho State into Kansas, however, Mr. Milncr, found that the Yankee settlers made excellent butter from tha same kind of cows and tho samo pasture. " Rorder Ruflian butter" is ooo of tho dis pensations he most earnestly prays to be delivered from hereafter. Mr. Milncr, declares, as tho result of his observations and enquirios, that the hundredth part of the atrocities committed by the Rorder Ruffians,with the aid or by tho connivance of tho Bogus authorities, have never yet been revealed to the world, no thinks thero is no mora need of a U. S. Governor there, than in Ohio, for he says the sun in its annual course docs not shine on a more orderly population, or one moro capable of self government, than tha people of Kansas. From tho increasing and overwhelming preponderance of Free Stato men, he has no doubt it must even tual!; bo a Free Stato. Judgo Cato told somo ono in conversation that "thed d old hornets' nest meaning tho Free States has fairly boiled over thiiSpring." Of thoso who cinia with tha object of making Kansas a Slav State, Mr. Milner says " thoy are greatly discouraged. Thej do not reoeivo that aid from home they ex pected, and, as they do nothing, they will soon starve out, if not better attended to." He thinks tho Government has not chang ed its policy of favoring the establishment of Slavery, but that it has become intimi dated by the strength of the Free State iaji-rj'.i.u iiy " roc ?f tbe B:i der Ruffians, Dick Bladen, who assisted at the murder of Cole, at Hickory Hollow, boasted that be or any other of tbe Blue Lodge members ' might kill as many Free State men as they ploascd, and that the Government would protect them in it,but,' said he, 'tho d 1 yankecs won't stand it, and it is them Sharp's rifles we arc afraid otr The Mabria(!E Contract. Look out, Girls! Beware, ye lioyt! A case of breach of promise of marriage has recent ly been tried at Rochester, N. Y., in which tho following is given as the sub stance of the Judge's charge to the Jury : " The Judge charged that it was not necessary to maintain the existeuco of a promise of marriage to prove that the de fendant in express words or terms made a promise to plaintiff. Any circumstance which usually accompany parlies while holding tho relation of an engagement of marriage, might properly bo laid before a jury, aud is sufficient to warrant the opin ion that such engagement existed, was all the law required. It is not necessary that there should be a promise of marriage in direct phraseology no formal promise is required. Frequent visits of tho parties retiring from the society of others seeking to be apart by themselves ex pressions of attachment presents going together to places of amusement, walks and occasional remarks in the bearing of others, are circumstances usually relied upon to prove that a marriage engagement exists, and if such are strong enough to produce conviction npon the mind, tbey are all that is necessary to anwcr the law." Street Education. Here is some thing for parents to think of thoso who allow their children to run tho streets day and night, engaging in all sorts of mischief, "learning from the coarso lips of repro bates the language of iufumy," and bring ing disgrace npon themselves and their negligent and thoughtless parents. Read, think, and act : "A City missionary visited an unhappy young man in jail, waiting his trial for a Stato prison crime. Sir, said the prison er, tears running down his checks, I had a good homo education ; it was my street education that ruined me. I used to slip out of tho houso and go off with tho boys in the street. In the street I learned to lounge ; in the street I learned to swear ; I learned to pilfer. Ob, sir, it is in the street the devil lurks to work tho ruin of the young !'" From tha Dubllu Cnirerslty Magaxlnf J SONG. A maid reclined betide a.rtream At full of fumowr day. And, half awftk mud hlf a dream, bbe watched tbe ripples' play ; 8h marked tlie waters' fall and hears, The deepeuloffshadowt throne. And beard, a darkened down the eta, The river' babbling Bon ; And tbiu it tang, with thinking tongue, That rlppltoff, ibadowy riwvr "Youth. bhtchtMt day will fade away, fur ever and tot ecr !" Tbe twilight put, the moon at but Koe broadly o'er the niht. Each ripple gleam beneath uir beams A wrought in lilrer bricht. Tbe heaving waters glide along. But mingling with thtdr vole, Tbe nightingale now pour hi eong, And make the shade rrjftww. And thus he sung, with tuneful tongue, That bird beoide tbe river 44 When youth It gone true lor thine- on for ever and fcr ever! A Prayer Meeting Prohibited. Thocorrespondent of the New York Com mcroaf,jwriting nndcr the date of tho 21st ult., says : " A prayer-meeting for the emancipation of American slaves was ap pointed to take place at the French Evan gelical church, in tbe Rue Chanchat, on the night beforo last. Yesterday morn ing, in passing the church, I saw a bill on the bulletin board which announc ed that on account of 'unforeseen circum stances' the meeting would not take place. I inquired what wcro tho unforeseen cir cumstances, and received for answer, 'the police.' " Probably Emperor Napoleon wants to "save tho Union" ! Notwithstanding tho lateness of tho sea son, and notwithstanding the loss of the crop of fall wheat in some sections, there is every reason to anticipate moro than an average crop of wheat and of oats and po tatoes, and with a good July and August, a bountiful supply of corn. In onr own section, the farmers bavo tho best of rea sons for encouragement. The winter wheat here has stood tho season remarka ble well. While in many parts of the State it has failed entirely, and in others is but a half crop; in Stephenson County it looks bright and thrifty, and a good yield is morally certain. This fact is one which will give still greater valuo to tbe fertile acres of our County. Freeport Journal. There is a negro named Grey, now living in Chicago, who holds a passport under the band of the Secretary of State, the U. S. broad seal attached, which de clares that he is a citizen of the United States, and guarantees him protection. Mr. O. also holds a eertificato of commen dation, made in 1S35, which in signed by Jama Buchanan, who therein states that "Mr. Grey is a eititen of the United Statu." In view of the reocnt decision of the Supreme Court, the question arises how and by what law colored men have ceased to be citizens, since 1S35 ? Gen. Houston has declared himself a candidate for Governor of Texas, and com mence 1 Etuirrioc tLt, b'tate. i The dark clonds which so long hung over tho Newburg murder, appear to be lifting. The body of the woman has been identified by a French negro as his wife, and some important testimony, which is for the present kept strictly private, has been secured by the Coroner towards find ing out the murderers, if m trdcrers they are. A subsequent finding of bis wife, shows tbe French negro also to have been mistaken. Ono hundred and fire slaves arrived here ! on Thursday, in the steamer Magnolia, on their way for Liberia, by the way Nor folk. They were emancipated under the last will and testament of Gen. J. J. McKay, for many years tho Representa tive from this District in Congress. One only refuses to partake of her lato mas ter's bounty. She will not go, but pre fers remaining where she is, as she is. Wilmington, (.V. C.) Ikrall. The New School Presbyterian General Assembly having borne their solemn testi mony against American Slavery, a little faction of Southern Members have called a Convention at Washington to organize an Assembly "in which no notice shall be taken of Slavery." Probably the same Convention "will take no notico of Adul tery, Theft, and other little faults that are inseparable from Slavery but will be exceed ingly orthodox in denouncing "the exceed ing sinfulness of sin" in tho abstract ! Iiay Historical inaccuracies are often in vented or perpetrated, to set off a para graph, or give point to somo trifle. Wit ness the following waif: - Washington drew his Itut breath on the lait hour of the last day of the last week of the hut month of the lust century. He died Saturday night, at 12 o'clock of Dec. 31st. 1793." The statement is only two-fifths correct. Washington expired on Saturday the 11th of December, 1709, between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock. So say his biogra phers. Three of the " lasts" are therefore erroneous ; the first " last" is merely or namental ; the cordially two " lasts" only are strictly true. A Child Huno. We arc pained to learn that a little boy two years old, son of Cyrus Howa of Queco, was caught in a fence and bun); a few days sinco. The child iiau been in tne naoit oi ci..us under the fence to go to a neighbor's, but on this occasion got np on a step used as a stile, and then in attempting to crawl through the upper rails, got his bead caught beforo any one discovered him. Freeport Journal. Bronson, the editor of the Roman Catholic Quarterly publication, is bitter in his opposition to the decision of Judge Tanoy, in tho "Dred Scott" caso. This surprises people for two reasons, first, be cause tho Irish who have fled to this conn try from oppression, are among tho earli est to defend Southern negro despotism ; and secondly, because Judge T. is a Ro manist of tho most decided kind. Bron son makes his mark whenever ho strikes. May he do so in his opposition to this dark feature of Modern American tyranny. Dr. C. D. Lewis, Professor at tho Eclec tic Medical Institute, Cineinnatti, had his scull fractured on the road from Wheel ing, by imprudently thrusting his bead from a window of tho car, while the train was passing through tho Broad Tree Tun nel. He is still living, bat his recovery is considered hopeless. Tho editor of tho Montgomery Watch man thinks Mr. Buchanan is not respon sible for the removals of widows from post-offices, nndcr his administration. The Watchman certainly knows that the Post master General is but tho creaturo of tho President, and accountable to him for his every official act. Tho lirooklyn Daily Times suggests tho appointment of Phineas T. Barnum to the Governorship of Utah. It contends that duplicity is mora needed there than force, and thinks before a year would pass, Barnum would have the Mormons con quered, Brigham Young a prisoner and put in a cage, to show around tho country! Among those who sided with the South in tha N. S. General Assembly, was Rev. Dr. K. N. Bill Dcwitt, of Harrisburg. When trying to be rc-appointcd State Li brarian, ho showed the Senators his anti slavery sermons. Now he has got his office, he betrays hh true principles. The New Orleans Timet says that du ring the last fifteen months, in that city, several murders have been committed ; fif teen infanticides ; twenty -six suicides, and one hundred deaths have been caused by intemperance. This is an appalling state ment. The Indianapolis Journal advances a new and very striking theory of the "Au rora Borealis," viz. That a comet has at some time hit the North Pole, and run in to Symme's Hole, leaving its tail stick ing out, tbe flapping of which makes auro ral light A letter from Gen. Shields designates Col. Burnett, who commanded the New York regiment in his Brigado in Mexico, as a proper pert-on to receive Gen. Jack son's g'.'M iLuil hex. Wm. C. Godfrey, who Dr. Kane stated deserted him on the last Arctic expedition, has a book in press designed to exculpate himself from all blame in separation which took place, and to place Dr. Kane in the fault A correspondent relates, that one morn ing this spriug, a bobolink came and sang in a field near his bouso. His littlo four year old daughter was much delighted, and aaked, " What makes be sing so sweet, mother 'I Lit he cat fioaert T' The Missouri Democrat mentions, as a fact not generally kuown, that Governor Walker goes to Kansas " backed up by a large amount of Wall street capital, pled ged to co-operate with him in a giant land speculation." Since the Salem (Mass,) GtvMe began its existence in that town, forty-nine oth er newspapers have been started there and failed. Everybody thinks be knows how to publish a newspaper. Some buy expe rience dearly. The Virginia election returns come in favor of the Democrats. They have elec ted their State tickct,all their Congressio nal candidate, and a large majority of the Legislature. Ex. Gox. Rebb has been acquitted on an examination for shootiDg the leader of the CalithumpianB who serenaded him. THE FARM The Garden The Orchard. For the Lewisburg Chronicle. ISCl'lL KKtLIPTS. cements. 1. To mewl broken Glass. Soak an ounce of isinglass in two wine glassfuls of spirits of wine, until it forms a soft paste or transparent glue, and it will make an excellent cement for uniting broken glass, ornamental stones, Ac. 2. To mend Iriken China vare. Into a very thick solution of gum arabio in wa ter, stir plaster of paris until tho mixture forms a viscous paste, apply this paste to the fractured edges of your china warc,and stick them nicely together. In three days, tho article cannot be broken in the same place, and tho whiteness of the cement renders it doubly valuable. The juice of mi m',m mm- mmiA mmmmrm ! m! strong cement for broken glass and china ware. 3. To mend Iron pots and pans. Mix finely sifted lime and some iron filings in the whites of eggs until it makes a thin paste, then apply this paste to the fractur ed or broken iron pot or pan, and it will be nearly as sound as ever. Or pour two parts of sulphur into an iron pan and place it over the fire till the sulphur begins to melt, then stir into it one part, by weight, of fine black lead till the whole is mixed, and when thoroughly melted or molten pour the compound out on an iron plate or smooth stone. This compound, when cooled down, will bo very hard, and must be broken into small pieces. Now take a piece of it, large enough to cover the crack of tho iron article to be mended, and sol der it over the crack with a hot iron, just as a tinner does his soldering,and the work is done. If the defect in the article be a small hole, drive a copper rivet into it, then eol jer it over as above, and your pot or pan will be as useful as ever. 4. To mend leaky roofs of houscsti(: Tako equal quantities of white lead and dry white sand, and as much oil as will, on mixing, briug them to the consistency of putty, and apply it to the seam in the roofs of houses, Sic, and it will adhere to the wood and iu a few weeks become as hard as etone. The lead makes a kind of fluid with the sand, and is a very superior cement also for filling up cracks in exposed parts of brick buildings, and for poiuting up the base of chimnics where they project through tho roofs of shingled houses. But tho Scientific American after recorutnend this as "a very excellent cement" for this purppse,adds : "A putty made with whiting and linseed oil, in tbo common way, if mixed with somo whito lead, about ono tenth part by weight, wc like better than any other cement we ever tried for cracks or scams in woodcu buildings, to be applied outside." drinkables. 1. Blackberry Wine. Press tho juieo out of ripe blackberries or dewberries, and let it stand thirty-six hours to ferment, skimming off whatever skum rises to tho top ; and then, to every gallon of juice add one quart of water and three pounds of sugar, and after letting it stand in open vessels for twenty-four hours, tkiin and strain and barrel it until the ensuing March, when it should be carefully racked off and bottled, and will then mako a wiue equal in value to Port wine. 2. Blackberry Cordial. Intermix one pound of white sugar with three pounds of ripe blackberries, and after letting them stand for twelve hours, press out and strain the juice, and add thereto one third part of spirits and a tcaspoonful of finely grouod allspice to every quart of tho liquor, and your Cordial is ready for use. This Wine and Cordial are excellent medicines to strengthen the stomach and prevent and cure the bowel complaint cf chil lreu atil "ui'i p-Mscis ia suinir.v. 3. Ginger ll:,-r. Into two gallons of water, containing two pounds of sugar.ao l two ounces of finely rp 1 ginger an i heated to the boiling point, and after stan ding for half an hour, add a sliced lemon or eighty drops of the essence of lemon and an ounce and a half of cream of tartar and five tea.poonsful of yeast, tbe latter to make it work, and after it has worked for two day strain and bottle it up tightly with waxed corks f.r use. Or let your ingredients be six quarts of water, one pound of the best white sugar, thre-j ounces of bruised white Jamaica ginger root, ono ounce of cream of tartar, two drachms of tartaric acid, and the rind of a lemon with a table spoonful of yeast to make it work, io., after which, strain and bottle up as abovo. Or let the ingredients be five gallons of water, three and a half pounds of sugar, two ounces of bruised ginger, four ounces of ercam of tartar, one drachm of the essence of lemon, and a half a pint of yeast all managed as above. Thcso ginger beers make a delightful and wholesome drink especially in warm weather. 4. Off. To make good coffee, yoa must stop roasting the grains as soon as they are of a nice chestnut brown color, and grind them pretty coarsely, and be careful not to boil them too much, as over burning and over-boiling will give the cof fee a bitter taste. A table spoonful of ground berries with a little of the white of an egg will make a quart of good coffee, strong enough for any one. DO TUE PKOFIIS OP AGRWVLTCKt TA&T StLX U tS VIFFMREXT Sometimes they do, but generally not in the long run. They do Vart 1. When a farmer devotes nearly all his strength to tha growth of one staple ; if that fails him, he is a loser, and his profits, that year, are cut off. If a farmer raises wheat alone, or fruit alone, it is evident that in bad seasons, his support is taken away, or nearly so. 2d. The same result follows, in the same circumstances, when, though the crop itself is not cut off, its price is suddenly and greatly lowered by the fail ure of the demand, or by some other cause. But, in general, the profits of farming are auom equal, one year wttn another, for a very long term of years, because 1st. If any season is unfavorable to any particular crop, the same is commonly fa vorable to some other crop which may supply its place. A oool, wet spring, is unfavorable to Corn, but is good for Grass. 2d. If all crops should be very poor, the aggregate, though small, would command as high a price as a generous crop could. 3d. In the very cases where tha profile of farming vary most, the profits of one year would compensate for the losses of another, so that a very fair average could be made every two or three years. Inference 1st. The good farmer, who cultivates a variety of crops, need feel very little anxiety about tho seasons ; what he loses on the one hand, he gains on the other. 2d. It is in general best to have a variety, if one can ; it favor independence, and equalizes one year with another. Ohio Farmer. "Garden Sass." If it is too small business for tho rich farmers to raiso "gar den sass" for market, let them plant off an acre apiece for their beys, and let tbem plant and reap the harvest. Aurora Bea con. That makes us think of something wa beard the other day, iu relation to thU samo " garden sass." A widow chances to own nine acres adjoining this city, who received last year five thousand dollars as her share of the profits of the vegetable gardens iuto which the land is divided. It is rented "on shares" to various ten ants. It takes the Germans to do thesd things. Many a farmer will work his three hundred acres, and realize not half the profits. Chicago Democrat. TiLt too Mucu. Washington, in a letter to Arthur Young, said : " Tbe ag riculture of this Couutry, is indeed low : and the primary causo of its being so, is that instead of improving a little land well, we attempt too much and do it HI. A half, or third, or even a fourth of what we mangle, well wrought, and properly dressed, would produce more than the whole, under our system of management" A correspondent writing from Kentuc ky, informs ns that "the hog pestilence has been traced to some droves that passed through a tobacco growing district on their way east." He also remarks " that tobacconists are using prussio aoid to give an almond flavor to the leaf, and, in eon sequence of this poison a number of smo kers have lot tbe use of their lower limbs. A Fact Worth Knowing. Houss keepers should know, now that tbe season of pies and paddings is approaching, and sugar inordinately dear, that the acid ia rhubarb, goo3e-berries and currants may be neutralized by putting a third of a te spoonful of so h in tbe fruit and. without affection the fUmr. A less quantity of icc-i "ivlll t'-ii. s.Tt t: s-e:ea
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