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.
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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.
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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
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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