.0.01..:..-,'' -- 4.o.::tiptOlic.-4 . ii -- •••••••...0-41.iitt . E D. A. DUEHLr.I2," EDITOR AND PROPRILETOR VOL. XV1.32.1 POETRY. ID" Those of our readers who are fond of good, genuine Poetry, will find. it in the annexed sub lime Ode of the gifted Coceurnor. It is Porrttr throughout—every line and every word : IVY BEFORE SUNRISE TO WONT ['LAC 11 lt I: OLERIDOE ( Besides the rivers Arve and Arveiron, which have their sources ill the foot of ,pout Blanc, five conspicuous torrents rush down its side ; and, with , in a few paces of the glaciers. the Crentiana Major grows in immense numbers, with its "flowers of loveliest blue." ] Hast thou a charm to stay the Morning Star In his steep course ! so long he seems to pause M thy bald, awful head, ( Soy ran Blanc The A rye and A rveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awfulfiant ! Risest from forth the silent 'ea of pines, Now silently! A roil na thee and above, Deep is the air, and dark, substantial, black; An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home. thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from ttcrnity ! 0 dread and :;ilent Mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish fro in toy thought : entranced in prayer I worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet. like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet, we know not we are listening to it, • Thou, the meanwhile, avast blending with my thought, • Yea, with my Life, and Life's own secret joy, , Till the dilating Soul, enrapt. transfused, Into the mighty vision passing,—there, As in her nathral form, swelled vast to heaven ! Awake, my Soul ! not only passive praise Thou owest not alone these swelling tears, Note thanks and secret ecstacy ! Awake, Voice of sweet song ! • A wake, roy heart, awake ! Green vales and" icy join my hymn. Thi' first and chief sole Sovereign Of the Vale! 0, struggling with the darkness all night long, And all night visited by troops nisi:us, Or when they climb the skr,or when they sink; Companion of the Mm Mk Star at, dawn, Thyself earth's rosy star, and of the dawn . Coherald : wake, 0 wake, and utter praise! - Who sank thy sunless pillars deep in earth? Who filled thy countenance with rosy light ? Who made thee Parent of perpetual streams I And you, ye five wild torrents, fiercely glad ! Who called you lorth from night and utter death, From dark and icy caverns called you forth, Down those precipitous, black, jagged rocks, Forever shattered, and the sa MI forever WIM gave you your Myatt] xrhlelifir,• Your strewth, your speed your fury and your joy, I7neeasing thunder and et rind foam An& who'commanded (a (I the silence came) Here let the billows b a en and have rest Ye ! ye that from the mountain's brow, Admit' enormous ravines slope amain— Torrents. metliink's, that heard a mighty Voice, And stopped at once, amid their maddest plunge! 'Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who madi!Pryou gloritin as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the . keen full Moon ? Who; with living flowers Of loveliest hue. spread garlands at yotir feet? Gon! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Ansi% er! and let the ice-plains echo. Goo Gun ! sing, ye meadow-streams,,with gladsome voice ! Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they, too, have - a voice, yon piles of SHOW, And in their perilous full shall thunder, Gun ! Ye living fl owers. that skirt the eternal frost ! . Ye xvild goats sporting round the eagle's nest ! Ye eagles, playmates of the mountain-storm ! Ye lightnings, the dread arrow of the clouds ! Ye signs and wonders of. the elements! Liter forth Gun! and till the hills with praise! Thou. too. hoar Mount,AVith thy sky-pointing peaks. Oft from whose fisq, the Avalanche. unheard, Shootsdownward. glittering through the pu re serene Into the depths Of clouds that veil thy breast, Thou too again, stupendous mountain ! thou, That, as raised my head, awhile bowed low In adoration. upwanls from thy base Slow travelling with dim eyes staised with tears, Solemnly seemest, like a vapory clolid, To rise before 0, ever rise! Rise, like a cloud of incense, from the earth! Thou kingly spirit throned among the . hills. Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun. Eartb, with her thousand voices, praises Gun! MISCELLANEOUS. The Battle of Trenton. VIIOM !TIM MANUSCRIPT OF AN lII*E-WITN.ESS, " Whme bullet on the night air eang." I had scarcely put my foot in the stirrup before an aid-dc-camp from the Comman der-in-Chief galloped up to me. with a summons to the side of Washington. The General-in : chief was already on horse back, surrounckd by his staff, and on the point of setting out. Ile was Calm and colleet,ed as if in his cabinet. No sooner did he see me, than he way.edigy hat as a signal to halt, I checked my steed on, the instant, and, lifting my Jiat, waited for his commands. . .: • ri "You arc a nazi ' of this country ?" "Yes, your Excellency." "You know the road from iVPConliey's ferry to Trenton, by, the river and Penning ton—the , by.4oads and' all ?" - well as I know my own alphabet," and I patted the neck of my impatient charger. “Then I may have occasion for you = you will remaitrwith the staff; ah ! that is a spirited animal you ride, Lieutenant Arch. er, ' he added, smiling, as the fiery beast • de a Jlentivolt, and set half- the group in • EMMM=I -,-- "Neyer mind," said Washington, smi ling again, as another impatient spring of my Hiarger cut short the sentence. "I see the heads of the columns arc in motion ; yott will remember; and, wping his hand, he gave rein to his steed—while I felt be wildered in the staff. The ferry was close at hand, but the in tense cold made the march :my thing but pleasant. We all, however, hoped on the morrow to redeem our country, by stri king a signal blow, and every heart beat high with anticipation of victory. Column alter column of our little army defiled at the ferry,.and th . e night had scarcely set in before the last detachment had been em barked. As I wheeled my horse on the little bank above the binding place, I paused an instant to look through the obscurity of the scene. The night was dark, wild and threatening; the clouds betokened an ap proaching tempest ; and I could with diffi culty penetritte with the eye the increasing gloom. As I put my band across my brow to pierce into the darkness, a gust of wind, sweeping down the river, whirled the snow into my. face, and momentarily blinded my sight. At last I discerned the opposite shore amid the obscurity. The landscape was wild alid gloomy. A few desolate looking houses only were in sight,.and the ice now jammed with a crash tog - ether, a and Boated slowly apart, leaving scarcely space for the boats to Pass. The dangers of the navigation can be better imagined than des cribed, for the utmost exertions could just prevent the frail structure from being crush ed. Occasionally a stray file would be heard whistling over the waters, mingling freely with the fierce - piping of the winds, and anon the deep roll of the drum would boom across the night, the neigh of a horse would float from the opposite shore, or the crash of the jumping - ice would. be heard like far off thunder. , The cannoneer: be neath me Were dragging apiece of artillery up the ascent and the men were rapidly formingon the shore below as they landed. It was a stirring scene._ At this instant, a band of the regiment striiek 'op an-pm. livening air, and plunging my rowels into my steed, I whirled him round in the road, and went- off on a gallpp to overtake the General's stair. It was now ten o'clock, and so Amid) time had been Consumed that it became im possible to reach our destination ..before daybreak, and consequently all certainty,of a surprise was over. A haky council, was therefore called on horseback to determine whether to retreat or not. A few minutes decided. All were unanimous to proceed . at' every peril.. . “Gentlemen,“ said WashingtOn, after they had severally spoken, "then we all agree ; the attack shall take place—Gene ral," he continued, turning to Suaan, "your brigade shall march by the river road, while I will take that by Pennington.leon - g ar rive as near eight o'clock as possible. But do not . pause when you reach the outposts —drive them in before their ranks can form, and pursue them to the very centre of the town. I shall be there to take them in the think—the rest we must leave to the God of battles. And now, gentlemen, to . our poSts." In five .minutes we! were in motion. • The eagerness of the troops to come up to the enemy, was never more conspicuous than on the morning of that eventful day. We had scarcely lost sight of Sullivan's de tachment across the intervening fields, be fore the,long threatening storm burst or us: The night was intensely cold, the sleet. and rain rattled incessantly Upon the men's knapsacks ; and the wind shrieked, howled and roared among the old pine trees with terrific violence. At .times the snow fell perpendicularly downwards—then it beat .horizontally into our laces with furious im petuosity ; and again it was whirled wild ly on high, eddying round and round, sweep ing away on the whistling tempest far down in the gloom. The tramp of the men—the low orders of the oflicers—the occasional rattle of a musket, were almost lost in the shrill voice of the gale, or the deep, sullen roar of the forest. Even these sounds at length ceased, and we continued to march in profound silence, increasing as we drew near..the.ontposts of the enemy. The re doubled Violence of the gale, though it ad ded to the sufferings of our brave continen tals, was even hailed with joy, as it de creased the chances of our discovery, and made us once more hope for a successful surprise. Nor were those sufferings light. Through that dreadful night nothing but the lofty patriotism of freemen, could have sustained them. • half clothed, many with out shaitsrivhole companies without blank ets, they yet pressed heavily on against the storm, though drenched to the skin, shiver ing at every blast, and too often marking their footsteps with blood. Old as I am, the recollection is still vivid in my mind.— God forbid that such sufferings should ev er have 'to be endured again. • The dawn at last eanie ; but the storm . still raged. The trees 'were borne down with the sleet, and the slush was ankle deep in die roads. The fields that we pas sed were covered with wet, spongy snow, and the half hurried houses looked bleak and desolate in the uncertain morning light. It has been my lot to witness but few such forboding scenes. At this instant a mes senger dashed furiously up to announce that 'the outposts of the British were being driven in. • • "Forward—forward !" cried Washing ton, himself galloping at the head of the columns, "push On, my brai , drellews—oN." started like hunters at the cry of the pack, tWilielleneralls-voiccoecond ed by a hasty fire from the ritlenTen in th-e -van, and forgetting everything.but the foe, marched rapidly in silent eagerness to GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1845. wards the sound of the conflict. As they emerged front the .woods the scene burt upon them. The town lay a short distance ahead, just discernible through the twilight, and seemed buried in repose. -The streets were wholly deserted, and as yet the alarm had not reached the main body of the enemy. A single horseman was seen however fleeting a moment through the mist—lie was lust behind a clump of trees, and then re-appeared dashing wildly down the main street of the village. I had no doubt but that he was a messenger from the out-posts for a reinforcement, and if suGred to rally once-.-we knew all hope was gone. To the forces lie left, we now turned our attention. The first charge of our gallant continen tals .had driven the outposts in like the shock of an avalanche. Just aroused from sleep, and taken completely by surprise, they did not at first pretend to make a stand, but retreated rapidly in disorder, before our vanguard. A few moments had sufficed to recall their reeling fitculties ; and per ceiving the insignificant force opposed to them, they halted, rallied, poured in a hea vy tire; and even advanced cheering to the onset. But this moment our main body emerged from the wood, and when my eye first fell upon the Hessian grenadiers, they were beginning again to stagger. "On—on—push on,—continentals " shouted the officer in command. The men with admirable dieipline still forebore their shouts, and steadily pressed on against the now tl3'ing outpost,. In a nother instant the Hessians were in full re treat upon the town. "By I kaven !" ejaculated an aid-de-camp at my side, as a rolling fire of musketry was all at once heard at the distance of a half mile across the village, "there goes Sulli van's brigade—the day is our own." "Charge that artillery from a detachment from the - eastern regiment," shouted the General, as the- battery. of .the_ enemy _was seen a little to the right. The men levelled their bayonets, march ed steadily up to the mouth of the cannon, and before ,4 Vie artillery could bring their pieces to bear, carried them with a cheer. Just then the surprised enemy were seen endeavoring to form in the main street a head, and the rapidly increasing fire on the side of Sullivan, told that the day in that quarter was fiercely maintained. A few moments of indecision would ruin all. "Press on—press on there," shouted the Commander-in-chief—"charge them before they can fprm 7 ---follow me." The effect was electric. Gallant as they had been before, our brave troops rtow seemed .to be carried away with perfect 'enthusiasm.— The men burst into' a cheer at the sight of their Commander's daring, and dashing in to, the town carried every thing before them. The half formed Hessians-opened a de sultory fire, fell in before our impetuo‘is at tack, wavered, broke, and hi five minutes were flying pell-mell through the town, while our troops, with admirable dicipline still ,inaintaining their ranks, pressed stead ily up the street, driving the foe before them. They had scarcely gone a hundred yards before the banners of Sullivan's brigade were seen floating through the mists ahead —a cheer burst from our men, it was an swered back from our approaching com rades, and perceiving themselves 'heinmed in on.all sides, the whole regiment we had routed laid down their' arms. The instant victory was ours, and the tbe, having sur rendered, every unmanly exultation had disappeared from the countenances of our troops. The fortune of war had turned a gaist their foe, it was not the part of brave men to 'add insult to misfortune. We were on the point of dismounting when an aid-de-camp wheeled round the corner of the street ahead, and checking his foaming charger at the side of Washington, exclaimed breathlessly, . “A. detachment has escaped—they are in full retreat on the Princeton road." Quick as thought the Commander-in chief flung himself into the saddle again, and looking hastily around the troop of of. ficers, singled me.out. "Lieutenant Archer, you know the roads. Colonel C , will march his regiment around and prevent the enemy's retreat.— You will take them by the shortest route." I bowed in humble submission to the sad dle bow, and perceiving the Colonel was some distance ahead, went like. an arrow down the street ,to join him. It was but the work of an instant to wheel the men into a neighboring avenue, and before five minutes . the muskets' of the. retreating foe could be seen through the intervening trees. I had chosen a cross path, which; making as it were the longest side of a triangle, en tered the Princeton road a little distance a bove the town, and would enable us to cut on' the enemy's retreat. 'the struggle to obtain the desired point,- where the two roads intersected, was short but fierce.— We had already advanced, and although the enemy pressed on with eagerness of despair, our gallant fellows were on their part animated with the enthusiasm of con scious victory.' As we were cheered by finding ourselves ahead, a bold, quick push enabled us to reach it some seconds before the foe, and rapidly facing about as we wheeled into the road, we summoned them the discomfited. enemy to rurrondor. In half an hour I reported myself at head quar ters as the aid-de-camp to Colonel—, to announce our success. _ esaltation of our countrymen on learning the victory :itTrenionT - no-pen picture. One universal shout; of victory "FEARLESS AND FELE." rolled from Massachusetts to Georgia, and I To give some idea of the extent to which the we were hailed every where as the saviours Pork and beef packing bosiuess i is cair f ied h on in of our country. The drooping spirits of the I ~ c l e V a e s s Nest, ito we n fi ( n i d u e;ex i nue an out complete o o l it t ablis t h c w " e7d y s the colonies were re-animated by the news, as p the following , 'paragraph which we dip from the hopes for a successful termination of the Alton Telegraph, partly describes: the contest once more aroused, and the en-1 "The establishment consists of two large emy, paralyzed by the blow, retreated in stone ware houses, fifty feet front, by ono disorder toward Princeton and New. Bruns- . hundred and eleven feet deep, fronting on wick. YearS have passed since then, but Water and Second streets. In one of the I shall never forget the battle of Trenton. buildings we noticed two rows oflargo vats o --- for foreign and domestic use, upon the most approved plan. These vats are of au& I cient dimensions to hold three . hundred ' head of cattle at a time, after they arc cut ' and prepared for the brine. Their lard house adjoins these buildings, and contains a double set of flues and kettles, besides two. presses. With this establishment is also connected a force pump, the pipes of which communicate with the river, so that they can carry, by means of this pump, any quantity of water they may •desire to any part of their buildings." II onrn and Adrersity.—We clip the following truthful paragraph from a communication in the New York Tiibune. It is indeed a h thou& : "There is not on earth a more noble or sublime spectacle than a virtuous woman, alone and uhfrictided in the cold world, struggling bravely against the frowns of fortune and die temptations of society run Mad with riot and licentiouSness, and main taining herself pure, uncontaminated and above reproach—perhaps, too, feeding the hungry Mouths of her fatherless children— by the labors of her own hand ; and the wretch who would rob 'her of one single penny_ of a 'subsistence thus acquired, de serVes to be scourged with scorpions. Proud and happy are we at all times, in all circumstances, to stand up as the cham pion and defender of stljh'uncothplaining, unpretending virtue and beauty—for virtue is beautiful, and all the charms -ltich ever flushed intoxication to the senses 'rom wo man's face and form arc hideous mo if virtue coin Mend them not to the heart and soul of the beholder." A Coon ANECDOTE.—As the good Dea con A., on a cold morning in January, was riding by the house of his neighbor F., the latter was chopping wood and Areshing his lianN at his door. 'clic usual saluta tions were exchanged, and the severity of the weather discussed, and the horseman made demonstration of passing on, when his neighbor detained him with "Don't be in a hurry, Deacon ; would't you like a glass of good old Jamaica this cold morn ing ?" ''Thank you kindly," said the old gentleman, at the same time beg - inning to dismount with all the deliberation becom ing a deacon, "I don't care if I do." don't trouble yourself to get deacon," said the wag, "I merely 11,vhedfoi' in we havn't a drop ofruni in the house." I BUTTON HOLES ON lOTA SIDF.s.—A gen tleman in ChariestOn, who entertained a ' good den! f:C coin pany at dinner, had a black fellow as an attendant who was a native of Africa, and never could be taught to hand things invariably to the teft hand of the guests at the table. At length, his master' thought of an infallible expedient to direct him, and as the coats were then worn in Charleston single breasted, in the present quaker fashion, he told Sambo always to hand the plate, &c., to the button-hole side. Unfortunately, however, for the poor negro, on the day after he had received his inge nious lesson, there was among the guests at dinner, a foreign gentleman with a floable breasted coat. Sambo was for awhile com pletely at a stand. He look* lirst at one side of the gentleman's coat, and then at the other, and•tinally, quite confounded at the outlandish make of the stranger's gar ment, he cast a despairing look at his mas ter, and exclaiming in a loud voice, "But ton holes on both sides; massa," handed the plate right over the gentleman's head. Scientific.—The three following items come legitimately tinder the head 'of sci- mice :-- "Bobby, what is steam ?" "Boiling water." "That's right, compare it." "Positive boi! ; comparative boiler; su perlative burst." "John, can you tell me the difThrence between attraction of gravitation and at traction of cohesion ?" "Yes, sir. Attrac tion of gravitation pulls a drunken man to the ground; and the attraction of cohesion prevents him from getting up again." "Tommy, my son, what is longitude ?" "A clothes-line, daddy.'' • "Prove it, my son." "Because it stretches from pole to pole." L.F.T OF A BUSTLE.-A few days since one of very capacious dimensions was seen floating in the Prince's dock. On draw ing or rather hauling it to land it was found to be very tightly stuffed and, on opening the seam it was ascertained that the stuff ing consisted of several pounds of tea. It is supposed to have dropped from some fe male while in the act of crossing from a Chinese vessel to the quay. It has since been conveyed to the central police office, where it lies for the inspection of the curi ous in matters of the kind.—Liverpool pa per. It is said of the eccentric John Randolph that a political opponent who wished to draw him into a quarrel, one day boldly met him on the side-walk, in the city of Washington, with the remark, "I do not turn out for every vile scoun drel I meet." "But I always do," said Randolph, and suiting the action to the word, he turned to one side and passed on. TEACHERS AND THEIR SALARIES. — The Secretary•of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania has addressed an official column . nication to the Directors of the District Schools, on the subject of employing com petent teachers, and of paying better sala ries, as an inducement to competent per sens to engage in the important duty of traihing. VERMONT BUTTER.—The BOStOII Tras. eller says a Vermont merchant came to the city last week to sell his fall supply of butter—ninety tons! Pretty well, for a single trader, in a small town among the mountains. To Polish Mahogany Pmziture.—Rub it with cold drawn Linseed Oil, and polish by rubbing With a clean dry cloth, alter wi ping Mr the oil. Do this once a week, and your mahogany tables will be so finely pol ished that hot water will not injure thorn. The reason of - this is, Linseed oil hardens when exposed to the air, and when it has tilled all the pores of the wood, tl►e surface heroines hard and smooth, like glass. WINTER IS COWING. Winter is coming! who cares? who cares? Not the wealthy and Tottd,,l.,trow!. • "Let it come,'' they cis, "what matter to us How chilly 4 blast may blow ?" "We'll feast rind carotise in our lordly halls, The goblet of wine we'll drain, We'll mock at the wind with shouts of mirth - , And music's echoing train. "Little care we for the biting frost, While the fire eives forth its blaze; And what to us is the dreary night. While we dance in the waxlight's raysr 'Tie thus the rich of the land Will talk. But think ! oh, ye - pompous great, That the harrowing storm TE laugh at within, Falls bleak on the POOP. AT TOUR GATE.! They have blood in their veins, ay, pure as thine, But nought to quicken its flow ; They have limbs that feel the whistling gale, - And shrink from the driving snow. Winter is coming—oh! think, ye great, On the roofless, naked and old; Deal with them kindly, as man with man, And spare them a tithe of your gold! AGRICULTURAL. Heading Cabbage in Winter. - In the fall of the year when it is time to 'gather cabbages, we always find more or less of them that have not formed any heads. They may have grown well and have a large stock of leaves, but have not closed up in the form necessary to make a good, solid, compact cabbage. A farmer friend of ours, ha's practiced for many years the following method, which effectually closes these loose leaves in the course of the winter, thereby furniShing him a supply of the best kind early in the Spring. In the fall of the year, just before the ground closes up, he gathers all the cabbages which have not headed, together. Ile then digs a trench eighteen, inches or more deep, and of sufficient width to ad mit the cabbages. Ile then closes the leaves together by hand, winding a wisp of straw or something else around them to keep them together ; and then puts. them into this trench, with heads down and roots up. Ile then packs straw or leaves, and earth snug about them, and rounds up the earth over them. The trench should be ' dug in a place where the water of the, rains and the snows run off and will not stand a bout them. A board, or a couple of boards. nailed together _in the form of a roof and put over the mound, may be useful. In the spring of the year open your trench and you will find that your cabbages are all headed firmly together, and if the water has not got in, will be solid and hard. We once tried a few heads formed in this way which were very nice. By following this plan, we not only preserve the cab bages well during the winter, but save much of the crop which is considered worth but a trifle.—Eilraine Farmer. WIRE FExcEs.=—Wire fences are now made' and highly approved in Scotland.— Five wires arc used with an oak post, cost ing about two 2 1-2 . eents per yard. The top wire is No. 8, and the others No. This fence is said to be cheaper than one of boards, or posts,and rails. As iron wire is becoming cheap and abundant in this country, we have no doubt it will be used extensively in this way in our-Atlantic cit ies and states. Horse-Radish.-A paper states that it is easy to have _ a supply of horse-radish all winter. "Have a quantity grated while the root is in perfection, put it in a bottle, till it with vinegar and keep it corked tight." - Nothing, easier, provided the keeping t '..cotkcLLiorhth is attended to. _ TERMS—TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM o] WHOLE NO. 813. ROOTS' vs. HAY The following-m(l*W are from a Report made to the Massachlisetts Agricultural 6.- ciety by the Messrs. Colt, of Pittsfield,. Berkshire county. We would solicit the. candid attention of our agricultural friends. to the facts detailed, as they Seem .to ex hibit, in a most striking light, the advan, tage,of substituting roots for hay in feeding neat stock. The writer says :—“My stock now consists of 1000 sheep, 8 young oxen,. 6 cows, 1 pair of horses, and a single horse. I have raised this season, for the use of my stock, 5,,64.4 bushels of vegetables, and all to be grated and fed out with cut straw, the cattle constantly, the sheep one feed per day, which seems to be a necessary food in our lang cold winters. It keeps them in health and also in flesh. As to the respec tive value of the vegetable feed, the follow ing statement will perhaps best exhibit. . I have commenced feeding, and shall contin ue to feed— . Fourteen head of horned cattle with twen. ty pounds of cut straw each par day, four cents for each twenty pounds, 56. cents— . to 8 pounds of grated-roots, !MX with straw, three cents, 42 cents. And now al. low one hundred and lifty days for the sea l . son of feeding at ninety-eight cents, $147. Thksame stock would require 20 pounds of hay\seireli,,, per 'day ; far 150 days, they would consume 42,000 pounds, equal to 21 tons; at Ate moderate price of $lO per ton, $2lO ; and I at - ilium' the stock will appear .far better at the opening of the .spring.— You will perceive that the respective value of roots fur food is six cents per . bushel, while hay is at ten, and straw at four.. It may be said that there is some cost in pre paring food, but this-is more than compen sated, if properly= done, by the extra quail ti tf of manure made. Thus it appears that !nixed s tratv and roots afford a larger 'amount of nutriment, in the above . proportions, than the sank amount of hay, and at a much less cost. It is believed that fifteen tons of roots—that is of ruta bags or martgel . wurtzel, is a moderate crop, per acre, while lt4y crap; f.2.lilig the farms in general, will in all probability fall considerably short of an average of two tons." The statements; - above presented, are worthy of attention on several accounts., In the first.place, a'farmer will raise twenty tons of roots, _providing the circumstances of soil and season favor the enterprise, with more case than lie can cut the same amount of hay_ln the second place, the roots will enable him o appropriate, profitahly, alarge amount of straw and other fodder, which might otherwise be of no value, while his manure heaps will be augmented in no in considerable degree, both in and ex-. tent. ' . - - .`.Fhe business of cultivating rotas for stock, with the 'exception of the pcitato f to which our soil and climate are admirably' adapted, is one in which our farmers ehotild sinbark with . caution.—Maine Cultivator. THE TREATMENT OF HORSES. WHERE a horse shys or shears at some unaccustomed object, which all young her ses will do, never speak sharply, or.worse than that strike him, if you would avoid his starting the next time tine lie•secs the same same- or-a similar object. Almost any horse may be brought to a confirmed habit of shying by such treatment.—What should be done then? Check him. to a, walk; get him to see the object, and, he will take little or no notice of it.. If a horse stumbles or trips it is d'eom, mon practice to strike him for that. This: . will not mend his habit of tripping or stumb-. ling, but will add to it, if he has spirit, that of springing forward with dangerous quick ness, whenever it occurs he will expect the lash as a matter of course. The renredy, if it may be called one, is to keep an eye, upon the road, and where from stones -or uneveness the failing is apprehended, tight-, en the reign and enliven the horse, but nev er strike him after the accident. As you would save the itrengtli and wind of your horse drive slow up. the hill, and as you would samhis,,limbs and your, oww drive slowly down hill.. Never wash off your horse with cold wa, to when he is hot, or let him drink , froely in that state. If the water is quite- waru it will not hurt him. , . Do not permit the smith when, he shoei your horse to cut any portion of the soft part or what is called the frog of the • foot. This is apt gradually to.draw in the guar, ters of the hoof and cripple the animan— and is recommended only by the smooth appearance it gives to the bottom of the hoof, which is more apt to catch a .round stone in the crook of the shoe than' Other wise. Do not feed with grain, especially. corn, when a liQi7c is warm or very - much fa tigued ; if you do you may founder_and M in him. If you want your horse to last and your carriage also, drive 510 w. ., Do not keep a horse too fat, or too lean, as either disqualifies him for hardlaber. The more kindness and good tow I.*- tended to a horse the better he will bebare in return. Bad temper and bad habits, are generally from bad usage. Farmers' Monthly lisitqt,l 'lb take - Stains out of. '?& Alter in a phial, two ounces o • cmon and once ounce of oiler Grease: einkother spots in - silkik ibbe. J ,..ntly with a \ linen rag di 4r ': 7 .bore. ~.position,., • The mecitunitc:'. • 04-isllluself i s '••••••• r• . 4 4 1f'• •
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