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For the Jourual.
TO MY COUSIN.
BY MISR MARY MUTER.
Dear Cousin the light of thy goodness halls shed
A halo of happiness o'or my head ;
Thy smile ever banishes grief from my heart,
Thy mushily look doth rich pleasure impart;
The frowns of the world I heed not, nor four,
While thou art near me, oh! Cousin dear.
I remember kind parents who warmly bath prese'd
On the brow of my childhood their fondest ea-
A sister's affection around me has twined,
With tenderest love her soul was enshrined;
tor, have all these faded away from my view,
still thou art the same to me, oh Cousin, true.
Frlendo have forsaken nie—romes hare died
That ware on era joyous near by my side ;
Y et. the hand of pare Headship oilen loth clasp
My own n ill' its thrilling—its cordial grasp,
Other lor'd Linos haws chang'dtbut still do I find
No changes in thee, oh, Cousin most kind.
Oh ! what can repay A friendship like thine,
So patient, so pure, so truly divine ;
Thou art dear to me now on this wearisome earth;
Words have not power to tell of thy worth ;
Thy voles with sweet sytnpathy,falls on my ear
Like the spell of rich music, WI, Cousin dear.
May kind Heaven the choicest of blessing still
east
Around thy loved pathway while lire's trou•
Wee lost
May you now and hereafter sh,re earth's dear
est bliss,
Truc love and devotion still welcome thy kiss,
find when far removed from this region of care,
May you cherish in Heaven a dear Cousin's
prayer.
Three Springs, Oct. 25th 1854.
*dat *tolZ
RALPH LEONARD,
-0~~,
alatania MILD DIIP-3 Ern.
A TALE OF REVOLUTIONARY TIEES.
Daring the dark hour of the American
Revolution, few men spread more terror a
mong the ranks of the English soldiery than
Gen. Francis Marion. Unlike most of the
other officers of note belonging to the conti
nental establishment, who came out, AS a
British colonel once expressed it, and fought
'like christians and gentleman in the open
ficld,' Marion preferred another course of
action. Lying secreted among his men in
the swamps and almost impervious forests of
the South, he would sally forth by night with
his well tried band, scamper across the moon
lit plains, and making a sudden and unexpec
ted rush upon the enemy, spread confusion
and dismay among his ranks.
At the period of whichwe are writing there
were Iwo parties in the Carolinas, ono loyal to
King George and opposed to the war, and
were known by the title of Tories, the other
ready to stake their all upon the great game or
independence and known as Whigs.
A feeling of bitter animosity had become
engendered is the hearts of those two parties
against each other, and acts of cruelty were as
common as the withered leaves upon the for•
est trees in Autumn.
Ralph Leonard, the hero of our tale, was a
fine young man of aboOt twenty-five, with an
easy, dignified carriage, an interesting, intelli
gent countenance, and a smile as sweet as his
frown was terrible when he had occasion for an
ger. Re belonged to the Whig party, and ha
ted the tories with a bitterness which increased
with every act of atrocity on their part, and
made him a most formidable enemy to their
success. In the early part of this war he had
joined the fiery Marion as a private, but his
talents were quickly apprehended by the Gen
eral, and he was taken as his aid with the
nominal rank of Captain.
Loy nsbury was a man of about forty,
with coal black Lair, slightly sprinkled with
grey, an erect and martial figure, and bright
keen eye that g. f`Yrrt,,, '' ,, l 1 s to 'mar.
thy fontute,!. Tie trgc A111111 , ,d be a large Poi•
I BEE NO STAR ABOVE THE HORIZON, PROHISINO LIGHT TO GUIDE US, 111:T THE INTELLIGENT, DATHIGTIO, UNtTED Wino PARTY OS TILE UNITED STATES."—IWERSTER.
tion of the inhabitants, and he often expressed
his contempt for all around him with a bitter
sneer. Most people had a sort of awe of him,
and seamed rather to with to cultivate this
feeling than to do away with it by any act of
courtesy on thiir part. He was crabbed and
curlish to a degree, and used to roam about the
fields in a sullen mood, muttering to himself
and growling about something or other contin
'ually, as though be was discontented with
himself and all the world around him. He
was unmarried, for his unsocial habits were
not well calculated to wits the confidence or
affections of any female, and so he lived on the
loneliness of a small farm left him by Isis
deceased mother, rather shunned and avoided
by his neighbors whom he seemed to wish
to keep at a distance. Ir. the neighborhood
where young Leonard and Lounsbury resided,
there dwelt an opulent firmer by the name of
Hewitt. who had owned a large number of
slaves, and had become noted to all the coun
try around by his hospitality and courteous
bearing.
Many were the visitors who frequented the
Colonel's mansion, and at times it seemed
more like a large hotel than the dwelling of a
country gentleman. Whether the smiles of a
planter's daughter had anything to do with the
drawing thither so many people, I leave it to
my renders to determine.
Mary Hewitt—thou want a sweet girl, Mary,
with thy bright black eyes, thy finely rounded
form, and dark brown hair, that hung in ring.
lets round thy oval brunette cheeks. Yes,
thou want pretty, else why did so many young
men call to inquire after the health of the Colo
nel? Surely they must have felt an uncom
mon deep interest in the old gentleman's wet
fare, did they not ? And why before the
breaking out of the war, did young Ralph
Leonard used to spend so many winter even.
fogs at the mansion ? Ah I Mary I . suspect
that thou bast much to answer fur. Those
bright black eyes I fear looked too deeply into
thb heart of my young hero, or he would no'.
thus be hanging about thy home.
It was the begining of the year 1776 and the
war of the Revolution was drenching the fields
of America in blood, and many of her bravest
and noblest slept a sleep that knows no wak
ing. ln a little lane leading from the man
sion of Colonel Hewitt to the highway, two
young persons might have been seen walking
arm in arm towards a noble steed that stood
ready saddled and bridled, and hitched to a
huge poplar, which threw its shadow to the
ground. It was about nine o'clock in the
evening, and the moon was shining down
brightly through the crisp wintry air, and its
rays tA I:ke showers of liquid silver on the
frozen waters of many a glittering stream, and
lighted up the countenances of the two indi
viduals as they strolled down the lane. There
was something almost radient in the beauty of
the female as those silvery rays MI upon her
features, while the fare of the young man look.
cd rather solemn and care worn.
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And so Ralph, you have decided to enter
the army, and join the valient Marion ?" said
the lady, whom the reader will have no difficul•
ty in conjecturing, was none other than Mary
liewitt. 'Well sorry as I not to port with you,
likannot but commend your resolution, The
country now requires the service of every arm
that can wield a sword, and dearly as I love
you, 1 cannot let my selfish feelings detain
you from the right path and from your duty.'
'Ah, can I forgot thee, Mary I But as you
say, I must go where my country needs men.—
The torics are mustering their forces and are
committing depredations throughout the State;
and Mat night I heard that the villain Louse•
bury had gone off and,joined the loyalists. If
ever I meet with that fellow I will—'
'I suppose that you did nut kuow that ho
was a rival of yours 1'
'Not I, indeed. I suppose he was callous to
female charms.
'lt seems you were mistaken then. No long
er than the night before last lie did me the
honor to come here and make me an offer of
his hand. As for his heart I suppose that he
has none to give.'
'lf he has one it is of steel. But what ans
wer did you make him 7'
'Oh : you know well enough Ralph I But in
my relbsal I was as gentle and courteous ns I
well could be, I did nut wish to wound his
feeling too much."
'And he appreciated your delicacy 7'
'lndeed he did not. He flew into a violent
passion, turned almost black in the face with
rago, swore that he would marry me sometime,
or another, and loft in a towering passion.'
'Mary, that Lounsberry is a dangerous
low. He meditates mischief, and it would be
well for you to be upon your guard. If 'ne has
as reported gone off and joined the loyalists he
may have it in his power to do you a lasting
injury. You must be on your guard.
'I shall be watchful love. But it is getting
chilly here, I must go back to the house, for'
father will be wondering what has become of
me. Good night and may God bless you and
return you in safely to my arms?'
The next moment the steed was galloping
along the highway, bearing the erect and state
ly rider, while the fair young girl hastened
back to her father's home.
No sooner had the spot become silent than
the person of a man was seen descending the
trunk of a large poplar three, under which the
lovers had been conversing. It was none oth
er than Willet Lounsbury, and he had been
concealed amongst the branches of the tree,
and haoverbeard every word that had been et
tered. A rifle vim; hung over his shoulder,
and in a black leather girdle was stuck a brace
of heavy horse pistols nod as he came out from
the shadow of the tree, and the moonbeams
fell upon his face, there was something diaboli
cal in the working of his features. 'So, so,'
muttered he with an oath. 'I have found out
the reason for the aversion of Mary Hewitt to
myself, and be calls me a villian does he ?
He'll find out tltvt if I have the name I'll have
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1854.
the game as well. And as for that little bre
nette minx—if she does not become Mrs.
Lounsbery, it will be because there is no chap
lain in the loyalist corpse to snake her so 7' 7 —
And with an imprecation he started off over
the fields towards the great forest, whose dim
outlines could be just distinguisherin the sil
very momilight.
Its the depths of that forest the loyalists or
tories, souse six or seven hundred in number,
had formed an encampment, from which they
used to sally forth and commit all sorts of de- .
predations upon the whigs, nor were they al
ways scrupulous either auto whether a mast es
paused the British or American cause, if he
chanced to have much valuable property in his
possession which was easy to he transf,:red to
their camp. The commander of this delecta
ble corps was one Hugh Lindsay, a desperate
fellow, who like the wandering Arabs had for
years drawn sword against society and all law
or order, but being of determined bravery, mid
Herculean strength, lie had commended him
self to the tory party byseveral desperate deeds,
and been chosen their leader by acclainatiOn.
On the night to whirls we hake alluded,
Lindsay had retired to his bed, when it was
announced to" him that a man had made his
appearance at the out-post., m u d had express.
ed a desire to see him without a moment's de
lay. The captain therefore rose and dressed
himself' and ordered that the stranger should
be admitted. A moment snore, and Willa
Louusbury was ushered into his presence.
'Well,' said Lindsay, gruffly, for he did not
like being culled itp, 'what is the important
business that has brought you to my camp at
this unseasonable hour ?' •
am desirous of joining your bard.'
'Surely you need not have disturbed me al.
ter I Mid turned in about such a matter. To.
morrow morning would have done just as well
if not a little better.'
`But betbre I consent to join, there are cor•
Min agreements to be made .with you. My
name is Lounsbury.'
'Oh, I have heard of you before sir. Of
course you want to be an officer.'
'I do not care so Much for that. It is re
venge that I am after.'
'And how can I assist you ?'
'You have heard of Col. Ilewitt ?'
'What that violent, %Vhig who entertains the
continental officers, and says, if he had the
way he would hang every loyalist lie could find
upon the soil of Carolina. Well, I do know
him, and I'm going to pay the old scoundrel a
visit some of these nights, and males n bonfire
of his mansion.'
'That's the way to talk.' And will yoti as•
sist me?'
'ln what?'
'He has a daughter who has rejected my of.
iew of marriage, I wish to seize her, bring her
to this camp, and compel her to wed me in ot.
der to save her lith. Have you any chaplin at
tached to your command?'
'0 re 3 we have n sort of a renegade amongst
us who has once been a minister. He is a
very accommodating fellow, and will do the
business for you.'
'And will you assist me in carrying out my
plan of revenge r+
'Stop a bit. Do yeti know where the Col.
keeps his money and plate!. I llave heard that
he secrets it at night, and it would not do to
make the descent in the day time, or we might
bare Marion and his men down upon us.'
'Yes, 1 know where ho puts it, one of his
negro servants informed me the other night.'
'Well' you take me to the spot, and point
out the place to me, and I will promise to aid
you in obtaining the girl.'
'On that condition I will join you.'
'Enough said—good night then ; I wish to
turn in again.'
Ralph Leonard, on leaving the premises of
Col. Hewitt, repaired at once to the head quer.
tors of Marion. Ho was encampted in the
very midst of a dark swamp, upon a little
aqd surrounded by stagnant pools. Our
young hero could not but admire the spirit of
pattiotism which prompted 'men to leave be
hind them comfortable homes, mid take up
their abode in such a lonely and pestilential
spot, and proceeding to the rude log but of the
general, he made known his wishes, and was
quickly enrolled as one of his band. It woo
not long ere Ralph had an opportunity of dis•
tinguishing himself in an engagement with a
party of loyalists, detatched from the main
body encamped iu the fittest, to procure fur.
age for their horses, and au impressed was
Marylon with the prowess of our hero that he
at once made him his aid, with the rank of
captain, as before stated.
The general was extremely anxious to make
an attack upon the tory camp, commanded by
Lindsay, who was a bitter personal enemy of
his, and for some days prior to the arrival of
Ralph Leonard he had beets making arrange.
meats for affecting his object. Our hero, as
aid to the general was of course cognizant of
all his plans, and it was not long ere a circum
stance occurred which induced him to urge his
commander to delay his meditated assault up
on the tory camp.
It was a dark and rainy night its the latter
part of 1776, and the thmily of Col. Hewitt
were sunk in slumbers, notwithstanding the
proximity of the loyalist camp, andthe dangers
to which they were hourly exposed. It was
one of those tempests known as an equinoctial
storm, and the wind shrieked and howled around
the mansion, as it warning the inmates that
trouble was at hand. As Use clock struck the
hour of midnight, a loud rapping on the door
awakened the colonel, and-Ise put his head out
of an upper window, and inquired what was
wanted. What was Isis horror on beholding, by
a flash of lightening that for a moment illumi
nated all around, his lane tilled with armed
men.
`Open the door you rebel ! open the door !'
shouted the voice of the leader, but it wee the
last words he ever uttered The colonel had
aimed his tr,ty ride at hint—and flash—a
sharp report, a loud groan, and Lindsay sank
to tho earth a corpse.
`Rush on, my men rash on, and burst open
the door l' called out Lounsbury, who the day
before had been elected the lieutenant of the
band, and who now by the fill of Litids4hod
become the chief, iruskon ! there's •plente of
money and plate in the house—plenty of good
liquor, rush oir, my boys l'
Again the deadly rifle. sent its sharp report
upon the stormy night, but this time it missed
its mark. A huge tory by the side of Loans.
bury was struck down pierced through the
heart, but the new leader escaped
Crowds were now rushing against the door
with all their might, but still 'it did not give
way. The old rifle frotn the upper window was
sunling death and destruction among the ranks
of the tories, whose powder. had become wet
by the storm so that they could nut return the
fire.
One after the other had fallen to the earth
while efforts were being made to stave is the
door, but still, however it did not give way.—
The rifle continued to do its work with most un.
erring certainty. Every discharge brought
down n loyalist, and atlength fear spread among
them. Lounsbury now bethought him of a
plan to open the door, and immediately acted
upon it. Taking a heavy rail from the fence
he ordered ten men to seize it and used it as a
sort of battering rant to burst open the door'
front its hinges. In this he at last succeeded,
and the miscreants cause pouring into the
house,.not sorry to escape the terrible rifle of
the colonel.
An indiscriminate slaughter now ensued.—
On first entering, Lounsbury had placed woes
tind over the door of Mary's chamber, which
was in an upper story, with orders to admit no
one save himself, so that she was in a measure
out of danger, but every other member of the
household, including the old planter himself,
who fought desperately to the last were slain.
Even the poor defenceless negroes, who had
taken no active part in the defence were bay
oneted in cold blood the monsters sparing nei
ther age, sex, or condition. It was not long
ere Lounsbury entered the apartment of Mary,
where he found her sunk in a deepswbon. Or
dering four of his men to take her up and car
ry her carefully down to the lane, and there
await his coming, he repaired to the cellar
where one of the negroes had informed him the
colonel kept his treasures. There he found
some ten or fifteen thousand dollars in gold,
besides a large quantity of valuable plate, and
. digesting Me latter to ono of his wee, while
the fernier he scoured hisown person, he
tods lila departure, having first caused the build
lug to be, fired in several plucea, .
It wasuot many moments before the flames
burst forth in every direction, and threw their
bright glare upon the stormy night air, the
crowds of armed tories in the lane, the giant
poplar waving to and fro as if in distress, the
pale features of the unconscious Mary, and the
fiend like Nee of Lounsbury bending over her,
and endeavouring to restore her to sensibility.
It was a scene for a painter, and midi as was
often witnessed in those stormy days.
And by the light of Ord burning mansion
did those armed miscreants take their depar
ture, bearing with them upon a sort of rude
litter, tit pale ferns of Mary Hewitt, who was
now restored to cor.oeiousness, but who pray
ed that she might be permitted to share the
fate of her murdered titther. But to this
Lounsbury would not conant. He assured
her that a brighter destiny was in store for her,
that she was destined to become the bride of
the loyalist leader, sad that she ought to con
sider herself as highly honored in. , being thus
selected from all the world beside. To these
remarks the unfortunate girl made no reply,
as it was not long ere the tories arrived at
their cm:1'11110.1a in rho midst of the forest.
Here Mary was confined in a strong log
building which Lounsbury had constructed for
that purpose, and where lie informed bier she
would remain until the ensuing Sunday even
ing, when she was either to wed him volunta
rily, or else lie married rip:Lunar her will.
But innovence will usually find a friend even
when in its most helpless state. It chanced
the very negro which Lounsbury appointed to
attend upon Mary, bud once belonged to her
father. The negro expressed no little syinpa
thj. for the misfortunes of his former mistress,
and a desire to serve her. Mary accordingly
wrote a long letter to Ralph Leonard, detailing
the particulars of the outrage, and dispatched
the faithful negro with it to the camp of
Marten.
At last the fate 1 Sabbath eve arrived, on
which Lounsbury declared she was to become
his wife. A large party was assembled at the
t cut of the leader, the accommodating chaplain
was in attendance, end Mary was led in as
pale as a ghost, and more dead than alive, to
perform her part of the ceremony.
But at the instant when she was about to be
helped up to go through with the solemn mock•,
cry, a loud cry was heard at the outposts.
'Marion is upon us!' cried an ollicer rushing
into the tent. It was indeed Marion's men,
who came hewing down the loyalists as the
western pioneer hews down the trees of the
forest, and taken by surprise as they were,tbey
made but feeble resistance. Almost all the
force was slain or captured, and Lounsbury
fell by the hand of Ralph Leonard.
But Marion would have his whims gratified ;
so gathering his officers together beneath the
tent of the tory chief, he compelled the retie-
gado clergyman to perform the marriage cere
mony for his young aid and Mary Hewitt,in the
presence of the dying Lounsbury, who was
conscious of what was going on, and gnashed
his teeth with rage, as his wild spirit departed
forever.
dear, I wish it was as much the
fashion to trade wivei as it is to trabo horses.'
'Why ?'
'Cause I'd cheat somebody most shockiny
bud brforo night.
IllistcflantDUS.
A Quaker's Letter to his Watchmaker.
I herewith send thee my pocket clock, which
greatly standeth in need of thy friendly corree•
tion. The last time he was at thy friendly
school, he was in no ways reformed upr in the
least benefitted thereby; for, I perceive by the
index of his mind, that ho is a liar, rind the
truth is not in him; that his pulse is sometimes
slow, which betokeneth not an even temper;
at other times it waxetli sluggish, notwithstand•
ing I freqnently urge him ; when he should be
on his duty, itti thou knoweth hititusual name
denoteth, I find him slumbering, or, as the van.
icy of human reason phrases, I catch him nap.
ping. Examine him therefore, and prove him,
I beseech thee, thoroughly, that thou mayest,
being well acquainted with his inward frame
and disposition, draw him from the error of his
way, and show him the path wherein he should
go. It grieves me to think, and when I pots.
der therein I am verily of the opinion that his
body is foul, and the whole mass is corrupted.
Cleanse him, therefore, with thy charming
physic, from all pollution, that ho may vibrate
and circulate according to the truth. I will
place hint a few days under thy care, and pay
for his board as thou requirest. I entreat thee,
friend John to demean thyself on this occasion
with judgement, according to the gift which is
in thee, and prove thyself a workman. And
when thou layest thy correcting hand upon him,
let it be without passion, lest thou should drive
him to destruction. Do thou regulate his me.
tion for a time to come, by the motion of light
that ruleth the day, and when thou fintlest him
converted from the error of his ways and more
conformable to the above mentioned rules, then
do thou 'send him home with a just bill of
charges drawn out in the spirit of moderation
and it shall be sent to thee in root of all evil.
Animal• Speed.
Man has the power of imitating every me ;
lion but that of flight. To effect this he has,
in maturity and health, 60 bones in his head,
60 in his thighs and legs, 62 in his arms and
hands, and 67 in his trunk. lie has also 434
muscles. His heart makes 64 pulsations in a
ridable; and therefore 3,740 in an hour, and
92,160 in a day. There are also three com
plete circulations of his blood in the short
space of an hour. In respect to the compare:
tive speed of animated beings and of impelled
bodies, it may be remarked that size and con
struction seem to have little influence, nor
has comparative strength, though one body
giving any quantity of motion to another is
said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is
by no means a small animal, and yet it can
travel only fifty paces .in a day; a worm crawls
only five inches in fifty seconds; bat a ladybird
can fly twenty million times its own length in
less than an hoar. An elk can run a mile and
a half in seven minutes; an antelope a mile in
a minute; the wild mule of Tartary has a
speed even greater than that; an eagle can fly
eighteen leagues in an hour; and a Canary fah.
con can even reach 250 leagues in the short
space of sixteen hours. A violent wind tray
els sixty miles in an hour; sound, 1,142 Eng.
lish feet in a second.
Who aro Your Companions 1
"ITe that walketh with wise men shall be
wise; but a companion of tbuls shall bo des
troyed."
It is said to be a property of the tree frog
that it acquires the color of whatever it adheres
to for a short time. Thus when found on
growing corn, it is commonly of a very dark
green. If found on the white oak it has the
color peculiar to that tree. Just so is with men.
Tell me whom you choose and prefer as a com
panion, and I certainly dan tell you who you
are. Do you love the society of the vulgar?
Then you are already debased in your senti
ments. Do you seek to be with the profane?
In your hearts you are like them. Are jesters
and buffoons your choicest friends? He who
loves to laugh at folly is himself a tool, and
probably a very stupid one, too. Do you love
and reel; the society of the wise and good?—
Would you rather take the lowest. sent among
others ? Then you already learned to be wise
and good. You may not have made much
progress, but even a good beginning is not to
he despised. Hold on your way, and seek to
be a companion of all that fear God. So you
shall be wisp for yourself, and wise for decal
ty.
A NATURAL CURIOSITY.—WO have several
times hoard of a spotted negro man belonging
to Mr. A. F. Bruce, of Saline county. his
master informed es that the negro is about 4
years old. A few days ago we called to see
him. At twelve he was copper color all over,
at twenty years of age ho was spotted like a
leopard; since that time he has been white near.
ly all over. He is now undergoing a second
change—the black spots increasing in size
and number. The parts or the skin which are
white are very white and clear, and as smooth
as the skin of any laboring white man. The
veins in his arms have the same blue appear
ance of those of the fairest skinned white man.
The hair and features that he is an unmixed
African. Be is stout and has always been
healthy, except a rheumatism in one leg, which
is of late origin. in the hands of Barnum,
Joe would be a forttme.—Ex.
sErA party of belated gentleman about
a certain hour began to think of home, and
their wives' displeasure, and urged a depar-
ture. "Never mind," said ono of the guests,
"fifteen minutes now will make no difference
use wife is as mad now as she can be."
IZIES.A dying West India Planter, groaning
to his favorite negro servant sighed out," Ah
Sambo, I'm going a long journey." "Heber
mind, maim," said Sambo• consoling him i"
"him all the way down hill, and you will soon
reavh the end."
Don't take the Newspaper.
Some time ago, a lady, noticing that a neigh
bor was not in her sent at church, one Sab•
Beth, called on her, on returning home, to in
quire what could have detained no punctual an
attendent. On entering the house, she found
the family busily at work. She was surprised
when her friend nettlressed her:
"Why, la? where have you been to-day,
dressed in your Sunday clothes?"
''To meeting."
"Why, what day is it 1"
"Sabbath day."
"Sal, atop washing in one minute I Sabbath
day I Well I didn't know, for my husband has
got so plaguey stingy that he won't take the
papers now, and we don't know nothing—well
who preached?"
"Mr.
"What did ho preach about ?'
"It was on thedeath of our Saviour."
"Why, is lie dead? I didn't know he was
ski:l Well, all Boston might be dead, and
we know nothing about it I It won't do—we
Must have the newspaper again, for everything
goes wrong without the pver."
- .
Oar A bear lives more than twenty years;
a dog lives twenty years; a fox fourteen or six
teen; lions sometimes live to the age of seventy.
The average age of cats is fifteen years; a
sqirrel and hare seven or eight years. Ele
phants have been known to live to the age of
four hundred years. When Alexander the
Great had conquered ono Porta, King of In
dia, he took a great elephant, which had fought
very valiently for the king, named him Ajax,
dedicated him to the sun, and then let him go
with this inscription: "Alexander the son of
Jupiter. 'lath dedicated Ajax to the sun."—
This elephant was found with this inscription
duce hundred and filly years after. Pigs
have been known to live to the age of thirty;
the rhinoceros to twenty. .A horse has been
known to live to the age of sixtytwo, but ave
rages twenty-five or thirty. Camels live one
hundred. Sheep seldom exceed the ago of
ten. Cows live about fifteen years. An eagle
died at Vienna at the age of one hundred and
four years. Ravens frequently reach the age
of one hundred. Swans have been known to
live three hundred years and the tortoise a
hundred and seven.
Tare SAYING.—The loveliest valley has a
muddy swamp, the noblest mountain a piercing
blast; and the prettiest face some ugly feature.
The fairest complexion is most subject to frec
kles, the handsomest girls are apt to beproud ;
the most sentimental lady loves cold pork; and
the gayest mother lets her children go ragged.
The kindest wife will sometimes overlook an
absent shirt button, and the best husband for
gets to kiss his will, every time he steps ont
.side of the gate, and the best dispositioned.chil
dress its the world get angry and squall; and
the smartest scholars miss a lesson, and the
wittiest wits say something stupid, and the
wisest essayists write some nonsense; and Ho
mer nodded ; and Wordsworth snored, and stars
will fall, and the moots suffer eclipse—and men
wont be angels; nor earth heaven.
The Crown of England.
The following is estimated asthe value of
the jewels in this mngnificent diadem :
Twenty diamonds round the 6n:ie.—
:ZINO each, £30,000; two large centre dia
monds, £2OOO each, £lOOO ; fifty-four smaller
diamonds, placed at the angle of the former,
£lOO ; four crosses, composed of twenty-five
diamonds, £12,090; four largo diamonds on
the top of the crosses ? £4000; twelve diamonds
contained in !kende-lie, £10,000; eighteen
smaller diamonds contained in the same £2OOO
pearls, diamonds, &c. , upon the arches and
crosses, £lO,OOO ; also ono hundred and forty
one small diamonds, £5OOO ; twenty-six dia
monds in the upper cross, £300; two circles
of pearls about the rim, £3OOO. Cost of the
crown, exclusive of the metal, £111,900.
SEVEN FooLs.—The Envious man who sends
away his mutton because his next door neigh
bor is eating venison.
2. The Jealous man who spreads his bed
with nettles, and then sleeps in it..
3. The Proud man who gets wet thro' rather
than ride in the carriage of an inferior.
4. The Litigious man, w goes to law in
the hope of ruining his oppoWnt, and gets ru
ined himself.
5. The Extravagant man who buys a her
ring and takes a cab to carry it home.
6. Tho Angry man, who 'learns the ophe.
cleido, because be is annoyed with the playing
of his neighbor's piano.
•7. The Ostentatious man, who illuminates
the outside of his houso most brilliantly, and
sits inside in the dark.
Profane Swearing.
It chills my heart to hear the bleat Supremo
Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme I
Maintain your rank vulgarity despise;
To swear is neither brave, polite' nor wise.
You would not swear upon the bed of death ;
Reflect ; your maker now could atop your breath.
LCOWPER.
Itel..Tbe following is roceommended as a
reading exercise: 'I saw five brave maids, sit
ting on fiva broad beds, briiiding broad braids.
I said to these five bravo maids, sitting on five
broad beds, braiding broad braids: 'Braid
broad braids, brave maids."
lel.' Madam,' said a cross-tempered physi
cian to a patient, 'if women were admitted to
paradise, their tongues would make it a purge.
tory.'
'And some physicians, if allowed to practice
there,' replied the lady, 'would soon make it
a desert.'
SeN•Tho savage man paints his body to ter.
rify his enemies; the civilized woman covers
her face with rcd and white colon to charm
her friend,.
VOL. 19. NO. 46.
lor thc lama.
He that by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive.
Plain Facts for Farmers.
Feeding cattle and mulch cows, particularly
shouldbe protected by stabling or otherwise
from the cold and storms of winter. The cows
will give one third more mills from the same
food, while your steers will consume twenty per
cent. less feed, and leave the barnyard in
better condition in the spring than if unpro
tected.
Horses should be kept irtmarm but well ven
tilated stables. Every horse should.have his
blanket on at night an old piece of rag carpet
will answer a good purpose when you are not
disposed to incur the expense of a regular horse
blanket. At any rate have acovering of some
kind for your horse at night, and use the curry
comb freely by day, and with ordinary attention
to his other wants, you will have the services of
a good horse for twenty to twentyfive years
instead of eight or ten, as is generally the case.
Make it an inevitable rule to cut all your hay,
straw and fodder, before feeding it. Your
cattle will thrive better on less food, and you
will save not less than twenty per cent. of your
whole winter's consumption.
Devote every year one acre at least of your
farm to the cultivation of roots as winter feed
for your stock. A good root crop "will pay"
better for this purpose from one acre than three
time that quantity of land devoted to grain or
hay.
Keep yourpoultry warm through the winter;
and with judicious feeding (every farmer knows
how to feed his poultry if he only would take
the trouble to do it,) you can have about as
many eggs during the winter as any other sea.
son of the year.
Preserve careefully the droppings from your
hen•roosts, and by the mixture ofa little plaster
of paris as you put them away in a dry place,
you will-have a manure very little inferior to
the best Peruvian guano, and at one•tenth the .
cost.
Never allow a stick of wood to be put on yaur
fire, or iu the stove, that has not been cut and
piled up under your wood shed from three to six
months before hand. You will besure of good
fires with no consumption of wood, nod be
spared the infliction of n"srooking house nod u.
scolding wife."
have a eonvnient tool house on your premis
es where every too Land implement mud be re
turned immediately after boing used. you
will always know where to ioult for your tools
when you want one, and ordinary farm imple
ments will last nearly a life time. I have im•
plements on my farm that have been in con
stantuse fur thirty-two years, and are in good
_ .
condition yet.
Keep a subsoil plow and use it, at least
every time you break up your sod ground, and
previous to putting in your wheat crop. It will
pay fur itself in one season. The subsoil plow
should only bo used in soils that have been
nnder•drained, or aro naturally wet. Thu best
subsoil plow, in say opinion, is Roger's patent
with one handle.
Cultivate no more land every year than you
can manure thoroughly. Half a field well ma
aimed will produce more abundastaly, and at
lees cast of labor, than is whole field, will, that
is only half immured.
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What the Farmer most Needs,
They need organization. They want far.
merle clubs, and neighborho ea libraries of ap•
ricultural books. They need discussion. They
need more intercourse, not only in their own
town and county, to see and learn what other
farmers are doing, and adopt the improve
merits made by them. They need . to become
satisfied with their vocation ; to get rid of tho
prevailing notion that farming is necessarily
an untnental enniloyment ; that is, that the
farmer has no occasion to think; has no oc:cu
min' for education, and never can become
wealthy or what the world would call respecta
ble, while engai ed in the culture of the earth,
and there asks the first opportunity to
escape frot- ,vocation placed under ban,
not only by all others, but his own class also.
The great need of the farmer, is, that he shall
declare himself independent of all other classes
at least more so than they are of hint, and of
course he is entitled to engage in any other
calling whatever—and if he is a man of toil,
that is no reason that he sldfuld not be a man
of intellect. The great need of the farmer is
organization, and this must be accomplished
by a few self-sacrificing men, who will under
take the labor of establishing and maintaining
farmers' clubs in every neighborhood. Far
mers need to drop politics, and take np agri
culture. They must talk, and read and think,
and they will be sure to act, or their children
will act for them.—Farm Journal.
To make Pancake,
These are made of eggs, flour and milk.—
the just proportions are, one table-spoonful of
flour to each egg. To make small pancake,
beat a couple of eggs thoroughly, and add
sweet milk. Then take a couple of table.
spoonsful of flour, work it into a thick plastic
and ductile batter by adding the milk and
eggs, and a little salt. Grease the pan with a
piece of sweet lard or butter, and stir briskly
to prevent it catching or adhering to the Dot.
two. When the under side is sufficiently
Lro,vned, turn it. Leave the cakes folded,
with sugar or honey and butter between the
folds, or sugar alone. If this is found to be
too solid, add more eggs and use less flour.— , .
A slight sprinkle of grated nutmeg will be en
addition.—Plough Eagle.
WILD OATS-11 crop that is D 81181 1 ,7 3GIBII
between 18 and 32. ill° harvest generally seta
in nbunt 10 yearai4er, and is counnouly found
to conwiat of a lualan comtitution, two wiAk
lap, a bad rowel, It