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JEFFERHOMAM
THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. JEFFERSON.
STKOUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,'l85i7
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VOL. 11,
No. 49.
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A Friend.
How sweetly do these little words
Break on the listening ear:
What hallowed incense cast around
The human heart to cheer;
To have one nearer than the rest,
Whose thoughts and feelings bleed,
Linked by that pure and holy tie
A true a constant friend.
I do not mean the sycophant,
All radiant with smiles; '
Who, like the rainbow's golden beams,
Are lasting but awhile;
But one whose thoughts will true remain,
In sunshine or in storm ;
Influenced naught by tattling knave,
Or sneering taunts of scorn.
Who, when the storms of life shall,come,
Like ivy on the roof
Will ne'er release its hold upon,
Or parting, stand aloof; i
But closer round its vines entwine, .
As if to shield from harm ;
Till by the cold and chilly blast
Is rudely snatched and torn.
This is the friend I would have,
No other will I claim ;
For round the altar only kneel
Those worthy of the name.
'Tvvas love like this that prompted one
Whose life to man was given ;
Tint after death'his soul might find
A sweet repose in heaven.
Medical Use of Salt.
Being once on board a steamboat on the
Tlnln ?ro nn n nnlfl nnnloflRntlt. flriV. t.Vl Tins- t
sengers were nearly all crowded into the
cabin. Suddenly one of them fell down in an
epileptic fit, attended with strong spasmodic
action of the muscles. A gentleman present
immediately called to one of the servants to
bring him some salt, with which he crammed
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smother him. Almost instantly the muscular j
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action ceased, consciousness returned, and the j
poor fellowmanifested as much haste to get the
me
salt out of his mouth as the other did in get- i
ting jt in.
We thought the incident worth
t .. r Ii. trim T'Ut-
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paper says, "in many cases of disordered 1
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stomach, a teaspoonful of salt is a certain cure, i
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In the violent pain termed colic, a teaspoon-1
ful of salt dissolved in a pint of cold water,
taken as soon as possible, with a short nap .
immediately after, is one of the most effectu-
al and speedy remedies known. The same
will relieve a persen who may seem almost
dead from receiving a heavy fall."
Hints to Frmci's boys.
There is one thing that I would Jike to im
nress UDon the minds of the farmers of" this
. . -.11 lm..n . I. .. .
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can write, get each one a memorandum bopk,
a few sheets ; of paper will do, if nothing bet-
ter can be had, and m that let each oue
keep an account of each day's work done in ;
the year ; the kind of work employ ed in ; and
tne day ot the month and a date of the year,
Tf in Bntvinrr momn ii.o Hmi nf .,;n bn,i
lt m sowing, mention the kind or gram and .
the amount of seed to the acre the time of
planting and reaping. In fact,! should have s
them note all tne passing events of the iurm;
and as they row older they will find more of
importance to note,
rive ceiiut wm uuv a uuun. uit win jatsionu
year to commence with. My word for it-,
If the farmers will adopt this course their
sons will be much better farmers than their
fathers.
It may seem like a dry boaneM to com-
onens i-ho m-pnn rrrrs. and hnVht nros-
ttip irrpon orracc cnonrss. fl nd hrirrht nros-
remembering, and it is' now brought to mind . . , c , e .
bv a paragraph which we find in the New 1 , . . , . . . I
York Courier, on the medical use of salt, which . - , . . . . ,
pects are in our paths, the task will be'more , When the price of stock had reached its high
pleasing every dav until the close of the year" ! est, the Chairman of the Company, Sir John
vv no would not ffive twice wiiat tne naDcr
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and ink cost, could he but obtain a memo-,
i.i. u ' anu aa suuu ua iuib uucuuiu Known, ine iau
randum book written by his grandfather one ; , , ' '
hundred years ago.. commenced. On a sudden, stock fell from
George .Washlgton, one of the best farm-' 1000 to 700. A public meeting ot share-holers
in America, kept a journal of his farm. ders Was then held, at which many speeches
Try it farmers, young and old; keep a jour- deliwrej by the principal parties con-
of scientific book farmers, not to be imposed
uppn.
"How dare you,"
teehanfe. na tiiRV x
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mechanic, as thev were onC' hnth ,m,;;
in at the Tremoqt Temple to hear Jenny LInd.
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your mother has not sent home mv
-iir' inin ..m finmo m linn. . r I . . T . : l tiii i ma cinnir ' iiii n rmui I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' an i. j I . j
uuu; jruu v-uiiiv .w mu j.yiMuviiTiXic wn , w ... f t satisiaction
-.v.wuL suirt. cwar; . , ( temoer, it nau reacnea 4uus " Venous are
'H0W the dotlfte ftOuld I haVfi . fihirt rnllnr tlio fn'nXati Air TlmA Brink. 'HIV P.. ' '
when
Washing! waa the .reply. .,j'why the SouthiSea directors have suffered
The South Sea Scheme.
The South Sea Company was founded by
the
celebrated statesman Harlev. Earl nf
Oxford, in 1711, for political purposes ; and
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so much admired was the ingenuity of the
scheme, that it was called " The Earl of Ox-
m ao ajie i,an or
lord's Master-piece. The Company, which
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consisted ot merchants, undertook the payment
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a large quantity of Governmentdebt amount-
ing to 10,000,000 sterling; and in return for
this they were invested with numerous prlvi-
leges, a mong which was a monopoly of the
trade in the South Sea; now more usually called
the Pacific Ocean. The idea was, that bv
means of commerce with Peru, Mexico, and
other gold producing countries, Britain would
, soon oenneu witn tne precious raetais. uwing,
nowever, to tne refusal ot opam to permit the
commerce with her transatlantic dominions,
no voyage was made under the Company's
j auspices till 1717, when a single ship set out;
and even this slight thread of connection be-
tween Britain and the South Seas was snap
ped by the outbreak of a war with Spain in
the following year.
Still the Company flourished as a moneta-
ry concern ; and in 1720 it and the Bank of
England made rival offers to Government,
contracting for the payment of the debts o.f
the State, now amounting to about 31,000,-1
UUu sterling. The ultimate oiler ot the bouth
Sea Company was, that in return for under
taking the discharge of the debt, it should be
secured 5 per cent, interest for four years ;
J after which Government was to be at liberty
to redeem the debj, paying only 4 per cent
interest till the redemption should be effect
ed. After a warm discussion in the House
I of commons between the friends of the South
Sea Compauy and the friends of the Bank,
offer of the former was declared the more ad
vantageous, and leave given to bring in a bill
to that effect
' Immediately the South Sea Company oc
cupied the public eye ; and every person who
possesed capital, desired to invest in a concern
of such splendid promise. The day after the
passing of the above resolution, the Compa-
j ny's stock rose from 130 to 300; and notwilh?
I standing all the predictions of the more pru-
dent men of the nation, among whom, was
! Mr. Walpole, it continued to rise. The con
tagion of the Mississippi frenzy had reached
England ; and although by this time the fail
ure of Law's scheme might have been evident,
this did not hinder the English from rushing
into a similar folly. Great efforts were like-
; wise made by Sir John Blunt, the Chairman
of the Companyjaud other interested parties,
to inflate the public mind with the most ex
travagant rumors and anticipations, with a
view still further to raisefhe price of stock ;
and by the time that the bill after passing
the House of Commons by a majority of 472
to 5a, and the House of Lords by a majority
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of 53 to 1 received the royal assent, the
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at mat time as ii ine wnoie nation nau turn-
; ed stock-jobbers. Exchange Alley was every
day blocked up by crowds, 'and Cornhill was
The apparent success of the South Sea
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Scheme led to many other projects equally
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extravagant In all, the share lists were
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speedily filled -up, and an enormous traffic
carried on m shares, while of course every
means was resorted to to raise them to an ar-
tificial value in the market These schemes
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soon received the name of bubbles, the most;
appropriate that immagination could devise.
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deeply engaged in all these bubles ; those of 4
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the male sex going to taverns and coffee hou-:
r'nc fn mnnt tli n i r Krnlforc i n r 1 tnr 1 1 rl i ra rp
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sorting for the same purposes to the shops of
milHners and lmberdashers. The Prince of
Tli. , . - ,
hmG Governor of one company.and
is said to have cleared 40,000 by his specu-
lations. So great was the confusion of the
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croW(j in tije Alley, that shares m the same
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bubble were known to have ,een EoW at the
Bamc msiant xu pur ccuu ingjieratouueuu oi
the Alley than at the other.
Unlike the Missisippi Scheme, which was
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founded I
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a P1- 'Hy was
on tne reasoning ot an able man, However,
false that reasonining may have been, the
South Sea project was a pure and simple bub-
u bown b th b -f fc d ac
C0rainoJyalS
curumgiy -ua explosion was instantaneous.
ti.. a tu- ;fl..t;i u
xiuiiu uuu uuici iiiuucuiiui wuicuuo, &uiu uul, ,
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cerned, .most of them scouting the panic
as
utterly groundless, and declaring that the af
fairs of the Company stood as well as ever.
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Pr0?ress oF the a,arra-
t.f ilia In I'm lnwn. imwri. flnwn '
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inn Uttr n t r.hannr Middleton '
I the cloud to creak so early. I made no doubt
that they would do so when they found it to
rtWrnrtunntnn-o
Their most considerate men
j w uiu v mm vugvi
have drawn out securing themselves by the
losses of the deluded, thoughtless members,
whose understandings have been overruled
by avarice, and the hope of making mountains
out of mole-hills. Thousands of families will
be reduced to beggary. The consternation is
"inexpressible, the rage beyond description,
and the care altogether so "desperate, that I
do not see any plan or scheme so much as
thought of for averting the blow, so that I can-
; nnt nrotend to (rilflss what, is npvf tn lifrlnnp?"
I Wherever any of the directors of the Compa-
ny appeared in the streets they were mobbed
and insulted, and riots of a serious character
were apprehended.
The Government, in the utmost alarm, sent
despatches) the King, who was in Hanover,
requesting his immediate return; and endeav-
ored, with Mr. Walpole's assistance, to in
duce the Bank of England to come forward
and support with its credit the sinking Com
pany. The Bank consented to a contract, by
which it agreed to circulate the Company's
bonds; but finding the agreement would prove
J ruinous to itself, it retracted it, and left the
' Company to its fate. Before the end of Sep-
tember the demolition of the Scheme was
complete; and South Sea stock was selling
at 135. The rise, progress, and fall of the
Scheme had occupied but eight months.
It would be impossible to compute the a
mount of suffering to which the South Sea
Bubble gave rise the number of persons
whose health, and hopes were blasted the
number of families who were involved iu ru
in. We may allude to the case of Gay the
poet. "Gay," says Dr. Johnson, in his Lives
of the Poets, " had in that disastrous year a
present from young Craggs of some. South
Sea stock, and once supposed himself to be
master of 20,000." His friends persuaded
him to sell his shares, but he dreamed of dig
nity and splendor, and could not bear to ob-
struct his own fortune. He was then impor-:
tuned to sell as much as would purchase
JE100 a year for life. " Which,,' says Fen-
ton. will make you sure of a clean shirt, and
a shoulder of mutton ev.ery "day." This coun-'
sel was rejected ; the profit" and principal 1
were lost ; and Gay sunk under the calamity
so low, that his life became in danger.
A cry now arose from all parts of the na
tion for vengeance against the directors of the
Company, all who had made themselves no
torious by the support they had given to the
South Sea Scheme. Members arose in their
places in parliament, and demanded the pun
ishment of the guilty parties. " I look upon
the contrivers of the villanous South Sea
Scheme," said Lord Molesworth, "as the par- .
ricides of their country, and should be satis
to see them tied up like Roman parricides in
sacks, and thrown in the Thames." To ap
pease the popular indignation, parliament
was obliged to proceed hastily and even per
haps cruelly, not distinguishing sufficient-
ly between the innocent and "the guilty. A
bill was brought in to restrain the South Sea
directors, and all officials of the Company,
from leaving the kingdom, or from disposing.
of their effects for a twelvemonth; but not
withstanding this bill, Knight, the treasurer
of the Company, contrived to escape to the
continent with many important books and
documents. The House of Lords, after a
! Inner orn minnnnn nncoon n rricmiirinn tlnnltt r
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mg the conduct of certain of the officials of the
company 10 nave ueen scanaaious ana irauu
ulent, committed five of the directors inclu-
ding the chairman, Sir John Blunt, to the
,
custody of the black rod. The first proceed-
.
a secret committee to inquire into the whole
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' fair' At the instance of this committee,
i four members of the House, who were also
L. Qf c S5r
Robert Q gir Ja
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' Sawbnugc, and MrLvles were unanimous-
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ly expelled from parliament. About the same
time Mr. Aislabie. then Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, who, it was discovered, had been im
plicated to a shameful extent in the Compa-
ny's transactions, resigned office. On the
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xuui oi ruuruary, ii, uio Btjcruu cuijiuiil-
tee gave in its report, impeaching a number
of persons as having been guilty of fraudu
lent practices in connection with the Compa
ny. The first of these who was brought to
trial was Mr. Charles Stanhope, who, it ap
peared, had been a gainer to the extent of,
.250,000. Great exertions were made in
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ll,s behalf and he was acquitted by a majorj-
ty of three, to the great disappointment of
the nation. Mr. Aislabie, who was next, was
not so fortunate. Having been foupd guilty
of disgraceful mal-practices, he was ordered
to be expelled the house of Commons, com
mitted a prisoner to the Tower, and 'preven
ted from quiting the kingdom until he had
i furnished a cdrrect estimate of his property,
which was to be confiscated for the relief of
hio tlinftrvia 'I'hin firtfAni. rn trrt llnlirnrsq
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many houses m tne city were
the mob kindled several large
honures to testiryytiieir deliglit. ,LSext day
Sir George Caswall, of thefirm of Turner,
Caswall, and Company, was expelled from
the House, and ordered to refund 250,000.
The Earl of Sunderland, who was next
brought to trial, was acquitted by a majority
of 233 to 172. Mr. Craggs, senior, died the
day previous to that appointed for his trial,
some said by poison administered by his own
hand, but really in an" apopletic fit brought
on by grief, caused by his disgraceful situa
tion, and the premature death of his son,
Secretary Craggs, five weeks before. His
property, amounting to 1,500,000 pounds,
was confiscated. The directors of the Com
pany were then tried one by one, and the
whole property of each confiscated, except a
small allowance which was left them to re
commence life with. Sir John Blunt was al
lowed 5,000 pounds, out of 183,000 pounds ;
Sir John Fellows 10,000 pounds out of 243,000
pounds; Sir Theodore Jannsen 50,000 pounds
out of 243,000 pounds ; Mr. Edward Gibbon,
the grandfather of Gibbon the historian, 10,000
pounds out of 106,000 pounds; Sir John
Lambert 5,000 pounds out of 72,000 pounds;
and others in proportion.
Out of the funds procured by this large
' confiscation of property, some compensation
was made to the sufferers ; but altogether it
did not amount to much. It was long before
enterprise recovered the shock which ithadsus-
tained; and so-terrible wa$ the lesson, that to
this day no national bubble has been blown
at all comparable in magnitude to the South
Sea Scheme. The year 1825 indeed was one
of bubble; and speculation ran dangerously
high in 1836 ; but the South Sea Bubble is
still, and may it long continue to be, without
a rival in our history.
We have mentioned that simultaneously
with the South Sea Scheme, there were many
other projects afloat, all attracting their groups
of shareholders, and all giving rise to gam
bling and fraud. A list of eighty- three such-
projects, all of which were summarily extin
tinguished by the privy council at one sitting,
is given by Mr. Mackay. in his work on
"Popular Delusions." Some of these are
, feasible enoueh, beinjr schemes for insurance,
or for encouraging various branches of com-1
merce and manufacture; and might have sue-
ceeded and been useful in. a calm state of the
public mind ; others are so wild and visionary,
that we can scarcely believe that their pro
jectors were in earnest in believing they
would .gather dupes. One is for supplying
London with seal coal capital 3,000,000 ;
another for effectually settling the island of
Blanco and Sal Tartagus; another for en-
Icouraging the breed of horses in England-
improving glebe-and chursh lands, and build
ing and repairing parsonage houses ; a fourth
for trading in hair ; a fifth for a wheel for a
perpetual motion capital 1,000,000 ; a sixth
for importing walnut-trees from Vifginia;
a seventh for purchasing and improving the
fens in Lincolnshire J.UUU.UUU; an cignm tor
insuring masters and mistresses against loss
es they may sustain by their servants capi
tal 3,000,000 ; a ninth for erecting hospitals
to take charge of illegitimate children.
Thprpurannnp fnr ovtmptinrr niltrnr from Ion fir
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anu one ior .transmuting quicic-snver into a
fine malleable metal. Iu fact, whatever
scheme was proposed, took. There was one
projector, however, who outdid all the rest
by a stroke of real genius. He proposed " a
company for carrying on an undertaking of
great advantage ; but nobody to know what
it is" capital 500,000, divided into 5,000
shares of 10 each, deposit 2 per share. The
schemer opened ah office at Cornhill to re
ceive names; nearly one thousand dupes came
forward in five hours, and deposited each 2
per share, and next day the clever rascal was
on the other side of the channel with' 2,000
in his pocket.
Mr. S. W. Jewett, of Ycrmont, has
imported, at a cost of $30,000, an 'im
proved breed of French merino sheep.
They are pure descendants from the Gov
ernment menno sheep of Spain, the expor
tation of which from the country was at
one time death. The average weight is
200 pounds a head: they shear from 12
th 26 pounds each, thus doubling and
quadrupling the ordinary amount attain
able.
First Use of Coal in Eaglaud as
Fuel.
When this article was first introduced
into use as fuel iu Great Britain, the
prejudice against it was so strong that
the Commons pqtitionnd to the Crown to
prohibit the "noxious" fuel. A royal
proclamation having fai'ed to abate the
growing nuisance, a ocnimision was issued
to ascertain who burned coal within the
city and its neighborhood, and to punish
them by fine for the first offence, and by
,demo ition of theirurnaces if they per
sisted in transgression. A law was at
length passsed; making it a capital offence
to burn coal within the city o7 London,
and only permitting it to be used in the
forges in the vicinity. Amoug tho rec
ords in the Tower, M. Asflc found a docu
ment importing that in the time of Ed
ward I. a man had been tried, convicted,
and executed for the crime of burning
coal in London. It took three 'centuries
entirely to efface this prejudice.
Ministerial Tactics.
It is well known that Tvhen the late
Rev. Rowland Hill, of London, com nenced
his ministry, some eight years ago, there
was in many parts of England a settled
aversion to evangelical religion; so that,
notwithstanding his position in life, and
his eminent talents, he was not unfre
quently the objectdfpersecution. On one
occasion while he jvas visiting his father
and family at Hawkstone Hall, he was
earnestly entreated to visit a neighboring
town, where the small meeting-house had
been closed by the hand of violence, and
whose inhabitants were entirely without
evangelical instruction. On his arrival,
the house was crowded, chiefly with ene
mies to the-gospel, and his friend entrea
ted him not to preach, as among other
plans the opposing party had obtained the
presence of a most notortous prize fighter,
on purpose to annoy the preacher person
ally. But Rowland Hill was one of the'
last men in the world to flinch from an
encounter like this. He declared that he
would preach, even though he.died in the
attempt; and having obtained an exact
description of the person'and dress of the
prize fighter, he made his way, unguarded
and alone, to the pulpit. Looking around
him from the pulpit, as he never failed to
do, his eye caught the pugilist, whom he
very respectfully beckoned to him. The
irnan apparently full of fury, ascended the
pulpit stairs, when he told him that his
name was Rowland Hill, that he was the
I son of Sir Richard Hill, of Hawkstone
x-arK, ana a clergyman, mat ne was come
to the town to preach, and had been told
that some bad men intended to disturb
him; that he had full confidence in his
talents as a prize fighter, and therefore
put himself nnder his protection asa gen-
tleman; that if any disturbance should
arise, he should rely upon him to quell it; ic lustre like inferior silver plate. It is
and at the close ef the service he should j well known that arsenic is used very ex
be glad if he would accompany him in his tensively in the manufacture of all or
carriage to dine at Hawkstone. The fury j most of the various sorts of hard composi
of the man was entirely subdued; he pro-' tion candles, whatever name they assume,
mised his best efforts to maintain quiet- The community ought to have some pro
ness, which he actually did "secure, and tectiori against this mode of disseminating
went away at the end of fhe service appa-' poison. Alexandria, Gazette.
rent.lv ashamed that lie had intormntfid sn I
complete a gentleman in his wishes to'do
good. Did not this conduct show that
Mr- Hill understood human
nature?
Watchmen & Reflector.
Use of Waste.
Our doctrines are feed the earth and
it will feed you feed the apple-tree and ! He states that he prepared several places
it will yield faif fruit. - j in this way, and water, poured oh the
Out-Houses and Cellars. These wall, ran off as from a duck's back with
should be cleaned out and white-washed, out producing the least effect.
Appearance, comfort rand health, all !
compine to recommend the discharge of
this duty.
AsnES. Take especial care of all the
ashes made on your place; dont permit'
ithem to-be exposed to the weather; but!
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Keep mem uuaer cover, xuve uusueis
0fashes, mixed with two double horse
: cart-loads of marsh river mud, and muck,
or peat, will" convert the whole into good
manure.
A "hogshead or two of soap suds would
do the same thing therefore, among
' JOUf
other savings, save and utilize
I them
Poultry Dung. Have this regular-
ly swept up exery week, packed away in j A certain editor recently found- him
barrels. and sprinkled over with plaster. self in rather an "ecited, condition and
Dana with force and truth says: was led home by a theatrical friend. No
"The strongest of all manures is found sooner had he secured himself by gather
in the droppings of the poultry yard." jing the knob of his own door, than he in
Nextydar each barrel of it will manure i rather an angry tone, ordered his friend
you half an acre of laud; save it, then,to depart. Thinking the language used
and add to the productive energies of your 1 unbecoming, under the circumstaces the
soil. Don't look upon it as too trifling a friend replied why he was thus addrca
matter for your attention; but recollect sed?
that the globe itself is an aggregation of i lD n ," inquired the knight of
small matters. j tbe quill, "if my icife comes down and
Bones: Have these carefully saved; ' catches you here drunk) shcHl givcyoii par-
in every 200 lbs of them there is enough
animal matter, nhosnhate of lime, and
other salts, to grow an acre of wheat.
One bushel of bones added to a load of
manure increases its value one half.
Woolen. Rags. These are rich in
the elements of manure; thev contain
when dry 20.20 per cent, of nitrogen, and :
should be used ns manure. Dana says
rn nnnrl v thirtv-four times stronger
; than fresh cow-dun"..
In a word save everything m the shape
of refuse or offal jt is all good to make
the crops grow all good to sustain veg-,
etable life, and through it, products to
sustain annual nie. xivv vjr,
your mind, your heart and your hands, be
intentlv directed to the accumulation and
preservation of the maierials to make
Follow our advice andyourlands
manure
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A Fatalist. itliat naraej contains lOOOinhabitats; five
A Western newspaper publishes the steamboats arrive here weekly, all crowd
following: "I knew an old man who e(j passCngers. Stillwater is vthe
believed that "what is be, would bo." , oniy otncr considerable place, though oth
Ho lived in Missouri, and was one 3tiy ' er villages arc springing into existence
going out several miles' through a region everv jarj and growing rapidly. "To
infested in early times by very savage tne invalid its dry, bracing air, and pure
Indians. He always took his gun with Bpring water, are a panacea for all the
him, but this time found some of his na jth which he is afflicted. To the
family had it out. As he would not go fnrmer it presents a soil rich and fertile,
out without it, his friend tantalized him, ' we watered with beautiful rills and riv
by saying that there was no danger of ujejS) an a 0m&t well-suited for agreat
the Iudians that he would not die till variety of productions."
his time come, anyhow. 'Yes,' says the
old fellow, ,'but suppose I wa3 to meet . q-, Slanderers. Tike flsesthat leap-
tin Indian, and his time had come, it
wpuld'nt do" not to have my gun
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A Laud of Wonders.
The following paragraph is from the
report of Professor Forrest Shepherd.
It is interesting and doubtless tru'e:
"I have now explored California for
nearly two years. I can truly say it is
a land of -wonders. There are flowers
every month in the year, and winter n6w
bears the bloom of spring. I have found
waterfalls three or four times as high as
Niagara, natural bridges of white marble
far surpassing in b eauty that of Rockbridge
in Virginia, some thousand of gold bear
ing veins, inexaustible quantities of iron
and chrome ores, lead and quicksilver,
most beautiful procelain clay, and, in
short, everything that can bless an indus
trious and enterprising people. In one
valley, I found more than forty springs of
a temperature over one hundred degrees
Fahrenheit. In another valley, sixteen
geysers, like the. famous one in Iceland.
In this famous abode of Vulcan, the rocks
are so hot that you can stand upon them
but a short time, even with thick boots
on. The silicious rocks are bleached to
a snowy whiteness, and breciat'ed and
conglomerate rocks are actually forming.
The roar of the geysers may be heard at
times a mile or more, and the moment is
one of intense interest as you approach
them."
jgjT'To. detect arsenic in candle3, take
a piece of gold coin or a gold dollar or
sleeve button, and suspended it over the
; flame of a candle, (one or two inclies a-
Dove,; tanmg care not to mane tne metai
any thing like red hot. After being thus
suspended for a few minutes, cool and
rub the piece, and the sublimated arsenic
will be found deposited on the polished
surface of the gold. It will be emalga-
j mated with it, and exhibit a white raetal-
To Prevent Dampness iu Walls,
j A correspondent of the Builder has
i contributed a verv simple method of pre
venting damp walls, by the mere outside
application of a lather of soap and hot
water, and then, as soon as dry, sprinkling
the wall "with a saturated solution of alum.
An oatli reflected Upon.
Mr. Romain, hearing a man call upon
God to curse fiim-. offered him half a crown
to repeat the oath. The man stared.
"What sir! do you think I would curse
t f 1 ic im
my soul ior nail a crown: '
- Mr. Romain answerd "As you did
just now for nothing, I could not suppose
you would refuse to do it for a reward."
The poor fellow was struck with the
reproof, and said "May Cod bless you,
sir!" and reward you,whoever you are. I
' believe you have saved my soul, and I
! hope I shall never swear again.!'
ticidaryesse."
A Candidate's Withdrawal.
A candidate for. the office of Coroner,
in Louisville, gives the fallowing good
reason for withdrawing:
"In fact disappointments have followed"
me up on every hand. I had, .expected
the assistance of a fellow to occasionally
knock an individual in the1 head anil turn
Ible him into a canal, but he turned vir-
tuous, jomea a circus company, ana leic
these diggins. I could not get along
without him and I must decline, and
that positively."
Minnesota.
The population of St. Paul, 740 milca
above St. Louis, on the Father of Wa-
ters, is 2,000-, and rapidly incresing; 64
houses nave been crecteu since tne 1st oi
over all a man's good pa xteMo .light upon hia
I enrna -
sores.
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