. . . ,•• . - . . •., . . . . . . , . • • • - , • - • . --, .t. .... -“,: -,' -7' '''.c r•r: - . . . .. ~. , . , . ~.....: .. .. ~. ti[ 4. ..., .• ' ....,. ', -' • , , t ~....„ a• -: l2 , :;grj .. . n ~' - * . - . . ...... • . - • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . ED. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOL. XVI.-45. } POETRY. [ From Love's Token Flowers Love Unsought. I" MRS. Vir 11 ITIli They tell me that I must not love, That thou wilt spurn the free And unhought tenderness that gives Its hidden wealth to thee : It may be so—l heed it not,. Nor would* I change my blissful lot, When thus I nm allowed to make My heart a bankrupt for thy sake. Theo tell me when the fleeting charm Of novelty is o'er, Thourt turn away with careless brow And think of me no more: It may be so—enough for me If sunny skies - still smile o'er thee, Or I can trace. when thou art far, Thy pathway like a distant star. Prayer Sickness. Send down thy winged angel; God! Amid this night so wild; And bid him come where'now we watch, And breathe upon our childi the lies upon her pillow, pale. And moans within her sleep, Or waketh with a patient smile And striveth not to weep. How ge.ntle and how good a child ii, -- ii'Fknotv. too tx.CIF, - ." And (l A :aver to her parents' hearts, Than our weak words can tell. We love—we watch throughout the night, To aid, when need may be,;., We hope—we despaired, at times, But now we torn to thee! " ' Send down. thy sweet-souled s angel, God, Amid the darkness And bid him sooth our souls tonight, And heal our gentle child ! MISCELIANEOUS. Gen, Scott and John Brant. The incident which we arc about to re late, occurred ar Niagara, in Canada, after the unfortunatebattle of Queenstown. The battle was fought on the 13th of October, .1812, and was one of . the most sharply contested in .the whole was, though Ole foree engaged on either side was inconsid erable. The object of the General in com mand, Van Ransselaer, was specifically to gain possession of the heights of Queens town, thence to move upon Fort George, at Niagara, and there to take up quarters for the winter, in the, enemy's country ; but a more important general purpose was 'to efface, by some brffliant exploit, the re collection of the disaster that had befallen -the American arms -in the inglorious sur render of Gen. Hull at Detroit. The 'British force at Queenstown was under the command of General Brock ; the command of the expedition against it Was - given to Solomon Van Ransellaer ; and his 'force consisted chiefly of militia, Supported by two corps of regulars, each three }tun /Ire(' and fifty strong, under Lieutenant , Colonels Chrystie and Fenwiek. Gen. oral Scott, then a lieutenant celonel, in,com mand of. a regiment of artillery stationed at &holler, near Buflido, was. a volunteer in the expedition ; but as he would not con sent to waive his rank, which would enti tle hint to the command over Col. Van llansselaer, who held a `commission onlv• 'in the militia, it was arranged that. he Should not cross the river, hut remain at Lewis: town and there use his artillery.to such ad 'vantage as might be practi6ble. The expedition was unfortunate in its outset. .Erroneous information had been received of Gen. Brock's departure for De troit—the intention to surprise the enemy was-frustrated—anti in the very beginning of the conflict, after the landing, Colonels 'Van Rensselaer, Fenwick and Chrystie, and Captains Armstrong, Malcom and Wool were wounded. The British troops were driven from the ground at the point of the bayonet, but at the close of this first brush it was found that Captain Wool, whose' wound was slight, was the senior officer capable of duty. Col: Van Hans selaer had received no less than six wounds, tliree of which were very severe. • Intelligence of this ravage among the of ficers being received on the American side Col. Scott was gratified in his ardent de sire to take an active part m the conflict. He hurried across the•river and assumed -the comMand. On his 'arrival he found that the heights had . been cleared of the enemy, and a battery which crowned them taken, by a gallant charge under Captain 'Wool ; .but the Americans had been assail ed in turn by Gen. Brock in person and thriven to the•edge of the heights : whence Jtowever, they returned by a successful rah 4 - , in whieh Brock 'was killed, and his troops thereupon - dispersed in confusion. It was just after this repulse of the British that Col, Scott arrived upon the ground. llis firsreffort was to collect the force and briug it into order ; in doing which he. found that . it consisted . ' of three hundred and fifty regulars and two hundred and fif ty-seven volunteers. "Punting his atten tion next to a piece of cannon which had been spiked by the British before their Ilight,.and Which he hoped to make ail; •able, his momentary absence was taken ail vantage -of - by a large body of Indians, who rushed suddenly upon the American troops, and we, l / 4 .6-npott die point of scattering Ahem in wild' ditimider when Col, Scott arrived -just, in season to keep theni steady aqd re pulse the savages. !The-leader - of _this band wasn-yoeng Indian, richly attired* the war costtime of the red men; and re ntarkable as well for his daring as his 'ac tivity. Ills name was John Brant,'Other wise called. Altyouwaighs—the youngest son and successor - of the famous Mohawk chief, Joseph Bran,i, the formidable parti san of the, war of the Revolution. That celebrated personage had died. in 1807, when John Brant was thirteen years of age ; he Was therefore hut just eighteen when he led his warriors to battle on the • heights of Queenstown. The field was held by the Americans several hours, while the British waited for reinforcements ; but they were perpet ually harrassed by the Indians, who made repeated flying attacks upon them, in which numbers both of militia and regulars were killed and wounded. At length General Sheaffc, on whom the command devolved after the death of General Brock, was seen advancing from Niagara at the .head of eight hundred men. Gen. Van Ransse laer, who had crossed to the Canada side after the battle, hastened back on ascertain ing the approach of General Sheaffe, and exerted all his eloquence and authority in endeavoring to prevail on the militia under, his command to push across and rescue the gallant little band of their countrymen now in such pressing danger; but in vain. They were not-bound to leave Limir rivhf country ; and for two hours Col., Scott and his men looked down upon the steady ap p roaoro - 31..n 70pposiugiforee _sufficient -to: crush them at a single blow, while also within sight were fifteen hundred Ameri- I cans who 'might easily have joined them in' I season to repel if not to annihilate the en emy But there wavering in the little company this abandoned to their fate. A retreat in the face of the Indians was more perilous even than the attempts to main tain the heights, and they resolved to stand their ground as long as possible. 4 This they did for some time, until actually dis lodged by the bayonet when they scram bled down as best they might to the water's edge, by the aid of shrubs and bushes, closely pursued by the Indians. There 'were no boats,,to - carry them off; farther resistance Was hopeless, and it was agreed to surrender. Three flags of truce were sent out in succession, but never re -turned, having been shot' by the Indians. Col. Scott then resolved to go himself, bear ing a white cravat fastened to his sword ;, he was accompanied by Chrystie. They were repeatedly fired on.by the Indians, but escaped unhurt. -They were encount ered and attacked, hand to hand, by two of the red men, in flue 'of whom they recog, nized the youthful and agile leader in the conflicts of the morning, but just as the struggle was at the hottest a-sßritish ser geant interposed, the combatants were separated, and Col. Scott was led to the presence of Gen. Sheaffe. The terms of surrender were quickly agreed upon ; and as soon as the Indians could be controlled by the British allies and employers, the fi ring ceased. The men who were made prisoners with Scott were a hundred and thirty-nine regulars and a hundred and fif ty-four volunteers. They were march ed the same evening to Niagara, where Townson and Chrystie were quarter ed.at a small tavern, having invitations, immediately on their arival, to dine with Gen. Shealli. Here the incident occurred of which a full account is given in Stone's "Life of Grant," as follows : "Just at twilight a little girl entered the parlor, with a message that soMehody in the hall desired to see the "tall officer." Col. Scott thereupon stepped out of the par lor, unarmed, of course, into the hall, which was dark and narrow, and withal incom moded with a stairway ; but what was his astonishment on again meeting, face to face, his evil geniuses, the brawny Capt. Jacobs and the light limbed chief ! The Col. had shut the door behind him as he left the par lor; but there was a sentinel standing at the outer door, who had improperly allow ed the Indians to pass in. - The dusky visitors stepped up to the Col. without cer emony, and the younger, who alone spoke English, made a brief enquiry as to the number of balls which had cut through his clothes, intimating with astonishment that they had both been firing at him 'almost the whole day without effect. But while the young Indian was thus speaking, ors- rath er beginning to speak—for such, subse quently seemed to be the import of what hemeant to say—Jacobs, rudely seizing the Col. by the arm, attempted to whirl him round, exclaiming in broken English, "Ale shoot so often, me sure to have hit somewhere." "Hands off, you scoundrel," cried Scott, indignant at such freedom with his person, and, adding a scornful expres sion 'reflecting upon the Indian's skill as a marksman, as he flung him from him. "The Indians drew instantly both dirk and tomahawk, when, with the rapidity - of lightning, Scott, who had fortunately es pied a number of swords standing at thd end of the passage, seized one from its iron sheath, and placed himself in a posture of defence against the menacing Indians. As they stood! in this picturesque attitude, Scott with his sword ready to strike, and the Indians with -their tomahawks and, dirks in the air, frowning defiance upon each other,—both 'partied awaiting the first blow—Col. Coffin, who had been sent with,a guard to conduct Secitt to the ,•Gen oral's quartet's to dinner, sprang into the passage and cried Comprending ' BOARD OF FottElax MISSIONS.---ThD No at a glance the dangerous,position of Scott s4, vemher donations to the American Board he - mterferetl-;Watiee 7 ,-;;Wiiiiiiirtriaaiiteirtd l s2o,'oo strance, and also bfweapen in his, defence. 20. Legacies $44,805 18. Total of do- Jacobs, exasperated, turned upon ,Cot. Cof- nations and legacies, $64,808 44.. Total' fin, and, uttering a menace, his companion ado; from August Ist to November 30th, also unguardedly turned to observe the is- $105,557 03: UETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, sue of the new combat. The Indians hav ing thus turned upon Coffin, one of them exclaimed, "I kill your Scott instantly raised his sabre, which was heavy and sub stantial, so that a descending blow would have fallen upon both the savages at once, and called out, "If you strike I will kill you both !"... For a moment they stood frowning; the piercing eyes of the Indians gleaming with wild and savage fury; while •Scott and Coffin alike looked . . upon both with angry defiance, all with upraised ann and glitikring steel. Recovering some what from the gust of passion into which they had been thrown, the Indians then slowly dropped their. arms and retired. The officer who thus came to the rescue was the aid of Gen. Sheaffe, whose errand it was to conduct the Col. to dinner, and who by this timely arrival, probably saved his life. Beyond doubt it was no part of the young chief's design to inflict injury upon the captive American commander.— His whole character forbids the idea, for he was generous and benevolent in his feel ings as he was brave. Having been ex hausting much ammunition upon the Col. 1 during the day, this visit was.one of curi. ashy, to ascertain how near they had come to the accomplishment of their object.— ; Like Cassius, the . Indian bears anger as , theillint - does - ftrelhottel liisrii6VOys - cold ' again so soon. It was the same 'with Scott. Neither would allow of personal freedom ; the Col. did not fully compre hend the object or their visit, and a sudden encounter, that had 'well 'nigh proved fatal, was the consequence.' PASS ROUND HIS NAME The last Charleston Kanawha) limn records the following:---An interest 7 ing little boy, who could not swim, while skating on our river, on new year's day, ran into a large air -hole; he kept himself for some time above water; the little boys all gathered round the opening, tried to band him poles, but the ice continued break ing,_and he was still floating out of reach; despair at last seized his heart, and was visible in every face around. At this criti cal moment, when exhausted, the poor lit tle fellow was about to sink, a brave and generous hearted boy exclaiined, “I cannot stand it, boys" he wheeled round, made a run, and dashed in at the risk of his own life, seized the little boy, and swam to ,the edge of the ice with him; after breaking his way to the more solid ice, he succeeded in littnding him , to his companions, who then assisted him out. In Rome this act of heroism would have insured this brave youth a civic crown. His name is Al bert Hershbergcr. LET EVERY MAN WHO LOVES HUMANITY niAns 1845, a year of great commercial pripperity, the value of all the British and Irish produce and Manufac turesisexported from the United Kingdom; was $208,437,080. The appropriations for the payment.of the interest of the Brit ish war debt, and for the payment of the support of the Navy, during the current year, amount to $225,403,500! Think of that ! The war expenses, in time of peace, exceeding by nearly $20,000,000 per an; num, all that the human and iron machi nery of that great kingdom can produce beyond its home consumption !!! And now that there is to obe a famine there, the guilty policy that taxes the very air breathed by the poor to pay these war ex penses, has locked up British ports against the Egyptian granaries of the world, leav ing those hungry millions to cot-et swine's food in sight ofinterdieted abundance.—E. Burritt. NEWSPAPERS AT HOME Sir J6lin Herschel says, of all• the a musements that can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after a day's toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining newspaper. It re lieves his home of the dullness or sameness which, in nine cases out of ten, is what drives him to the ale-house--to his own ruin and his family's. It transports him into a gayer and livelier, and more diversi fied and interesting scene ; and while he enjoys himself there, he may forget the e vils of the present moment fully as much as if he Were ever so drunk ; and the great advantage of finding himself the next day with the money it► his pocket, or at least laid out in real necessaries and comforts for himself and family, without a headache. Nay, it accompanies him on his next day's work, and if the paper he has been read ing, be any thing above the very, idlest and lightest, gives him something to think of besides the Mechanical drudgery of his ev ery day occupation—something he can en joy while absent, and , look. forward with pleasure to return to. EFFECTS OF THE Rum TRAFFICH THOSE ENGAGED IN Petersberougli, Madison county, twenty-nine persons in twenty T two years had been licensed ,to sell intoxicating drinks. Five abondoned the business without any gain to themselves, but having occasioned great loss to their neighbors. Twenty were still living when the account was taken, all drunkards, and poor, and most of them a charge with their families upon the town. Four had died drunkards and poor. • . "FEARLESS AND FREE." IN INTITIEST7IIO ♦NI) •TTECTINO TALI Few of our readers have not perused the simple but beautiful and affecting story below. And yet it is worth publishing again, and again—so true is it to the'porest and loveliest impulses of our best nature. The heart that does not give a tear to the story of Catharine Mclnnes, must be stony, cold and. un feel ing, indeed. THE WRONG LETTER BOX. Amusing incidents often occur by per sons mistaking the letter-box of stores and offices in this vicinity. We sometimes find three or four letters in our letter-box intended for the mails. These we, of "course, put on their way. Standing once at our front window, we observed a young woman, whose face was not visible to us, drop a letter into our box, and on taking it out, we found that she had mistaken our establishment for that of the Post office. It was directed•to Thom as —, in Ireland, and the inland postage accompanied it. The letter we caused to be sent with some others to the post-office, and gave the circumstance no further thought. Busied some months afterwardain_exn. aiiiiiiiiiffie — contents of our exchange pa pers, and inditing such paragraphs as they suggested to us, we did not pay much atten fion ton-gentle rap at the - doovof bur ptiVate . roorn, arid it was repeated. We then, too anxious to conclude our labors to open to the applicant, bade the one that knocked to I "coffie in," and continued our labors with . _ 'out lifting an" eye to the doer, 'which was opened quietly, and as quietly' closed.— We were startled at length with a sweetly modulated.voice, inquiring, there a let tor,.b.ore. foz„Ine1 1 1-- • = . . We at once raised our eyes and saw- a feinale about eighteen years of age—or; as we have of late lost the. art of judging close ly in these matters, perhaps twenty. It did not make a dimple's difference to her face, and would not if five more years had been added to them. There was an oval face, with nature's own blush, and a slight projection of the mouth that told:Of Ireland, even With* the _softened . modulation of voice ,fittit'belongs to the women 'of that island. Neatness was all that could be as. cribed to her dress—it deserved that. - Letters are frequently asked fir in news paper offiees'in reply to advertisements- 7 so that we bade the young woman go to the front oillee and inquire of the clerks. She hakbeen there, and there was no one but who 'eould nat give' her the information. So we inquired the'nante. • "Kitty geliies, but perhaps it will bo Catharine on the letter,"said she, "as that IS my name." We looked:on the letter-rack in the front office, among the B.'s" the "X. W.'s" the "P. Q.'s" etc., but saw none for Catharine. Returning, we inquired to what atlivr tisement the letter was to be an answer. "AdvertiseMent—to no advertisement it would be an answer to my letter." "And from whom do you expect a'let ter ?" The young woman looked much confu ged—but apparently considering the ques tion pertinent, she said, "from Thomas • We saw at once that she had, as hund reds before had . done, mistaken our office fur the post-office, and the name given was that upon the letter which we had some months before sent from our letter box to that of the post office. ‘‘tle has not written, then," said Cath arine, in a low voice, evidently not intend- ed fur our ear. "But—he may have Written." "Then where's. the letter ?" said she, looking up. "At the pest-offide, perhaps." And we took Catharine by the hand and led her to the . door, and pointed out the way to the post-office. . "Yen will ask at the , window:: said we, "but as the clerks are young men, you need not tell them from whom you expect the letter." • "Not for the world," said she, looking into our face with a glance that seemed to say there was no harm in telling us, We must have used less than our usual precision in directing Catharine to the post-office, as .quite half an hour after wards, when visiting the place, we saw her at the. window, receiving the change and a letter from one of the clerks, and tho im patience, shall we say of a woman's love, induced Catharine to break the seal at the door. A glow of pleasure was on the cheek of the happy girl. We Would not have given a penny to be informed that Thomas was well and was coming in the next pack et. We felt anxious to know whether Thomas would come, but the names of such persons rarely appeared among pas sengers of the Liverpool packets, being commonly included in that comprehensi ble line, %Ind two hundred in the steer age." So we gave up all hopes of knowing when Thomas would arrive, but concluded that we would see the name with that of Catharine in the marriage list, to - which we had determined to keep a steady look. It was ,hut a Short time afterwards that we did indeed ee the name of Thomas in the paper. 14 was one of the passengers in the ship-cast , Nie_7.4%lJork ? o f *horn nearly every soul perAeil, and Thomas among-the Test. We had.neyer seen Thomas, but had somehow cherished suCh an interest in his fate r that we - 'felt a severe shock at its an .l THE WRONG 80,. .846. nunciation, and what must have been .the feelings of Catharine, with her ardent, san guine, Irish temperament? Loving deep ly, as she must have loved, and hoping ar dently, as she must have hoped, what must have been her feelings ? • We paused a few weeks afterwards to mark the young grass shooting, green and thick, in Ronaldson's graveyard, and to see the buds swelling on the branches of the trees, that decorate that Topulous city of the dead, when a funeral, numerously attended, wound slowly round the corner of the street, and passed into the enclosure. It was the funeral of an Irish person—qve knew by the numbers that attended--and as the sexton lowered the coffin down in to the narrow house, the place appointed for all the living, we saw engraved upon a simple 'plate, 0 0ATIIA.RINE MCINNES. . Tlie story was told. The small sum of money which Catharine had-deposited in the savings' fund, to give a little conse quence to her marriage festival, had been withdrawn tosive her a "decent burial." MEN OF AMERICA The_greatcst man, "take him for all," of the last hundred yeats,.viag Gen. George Washington--an American. The .greatest metaphysician was Jona than.-Edwards,an American. The greatest natural philostipher was Benjamin Franklin—an American. The greatest of living sculptors is' Hi ram Powers—an Americati. The.greatest writor on, law, in the .Eng lish language, for the present century, was Judge Story—an American: The greatest of living historians is Wil -liarsi The greatest living ornithologist is John James Audubon—an American. - There has bien no English writer in the present age whose works have been marked with more humor, more refine ment, or' more grace, than those of Waih ington Irving—an American. The greatest lexicographer. since the time of Johnson, was Noah Webster—an American. The inventors, whose works have been productive of the greates(amount of bene fit to mankind in the Just century, : were Godfrey, Fitch, Fulton, and 11 1 1itney--7 all American's. ACCIDENT AND GDSJIT LOB 9 or Llint.--The-11 York Jonmal of Commerce contains the'follow ing letter, dated Carbondale, Pa., Jan, 1201, P M. : • "Our village is the scene of gieat:excite ment in consequence of a serious accident, which has happened, ,this morning' in the mine. About .10 o'clock, the rooffeof the mines. Nos. 1 and 2, to the extent of 'a number of, acres,, suddenly fell The sudden pressure of the air extinguished the lights even in the other mines connect: ed therewith, to the distance of about half a mile. ,A great loss of life . was •.feared, but after all came out who were - able; and who were much injured, it is found that there are about 15 still missing,_, among whom 1 am sorry to say is. Mr. HOsea, an assistant overseer in the mines. He i , ihs last seen near where the bulk of ruin lies. As it is very dangerous to atteNnpt to get at them in consequence. of the 'danger of more falling, and the uncertainty of their situa tion, I fear there is little hope of the extri- Cation of any with life." A MORMON Homic—The New : York Sun contains a lettter-from Dr. J. M. Bern inset; from Nauvoo, enclosing a • letter from Mrs. Smith, the widow of Joe Smith, in which she positively asserts that the letter which recently appeared in that pa per, purporting to have been written by her was a forgery. The letter alluded to Was extensively copied, and thought to be genuine. ELECTION IN PITTSBURG. , ---011 Tuesday an election:took place in Pittsburg for mu iticipal officers. Dr. Kerr, democrat, was elected over Howard, wing. Five whigs and four democrats were elected to Select Council.. Twenty whigs and ten 'demo crats elected to Common, Council. Alle gheny City, Whig candidate elected May or and a majority of whigs ill the Coun cils. DAMS WASHED Amuv..—We learn from the 'Westminster (Md.) Carrolltonian, that the heavy rains which fell in the first part of last week produced a freshet in many of the streams of that county. The mill clam of Mr. David Smelser, on Little Pipe creek was broken, and about sixty feet of the dam carried away. The mill dam of Mr. David Buffington, on Big Pipe Creek was carried away; the mill dams ofMr.*Geo. Mearing, on the same stream, and the dams of Mr. Diffendack and Mr. Oarmack, were also injured RAIT. ROADS IN MASSACIIVSETTS.—Ther • are • seven hundred miles of rail roads i Massachusetts, doing a successful business, costing about 4128,000,000. The average value - of the whole* stock is above par, and their average dividends exceed six per cent. per annum. This is the result of cheap fare acid good management. • , FROM TEXAS.—The New York E xprfts has the following paragraph: -- "Letters received in this city say, the two Senators from Texas.will _not be -in their seats in_Washington,hefoot the .tilid dle^of Februarf-lint iti time to vote' on the : Oregon question. i 4 Whoevei theybe,l! it is, added, ~ ..ttry will tote against.lhent4- no tice." This is important, if tune t FOutirrns it, as we think is will." TERMS-..-`TWO DOLLARS IMMIX #ss:. LOVE $ L ARO/AGE There's a language that's mini, ttere's a silence that speaks, There's somethirig that caniiot bd told •, There are words that:caa .only 'be - read ht. the cheeks, And-thoughts but the eyes can ld unfo., . , There's a look so expressive, se timidiso r So conscious, so, quick to impair; Though dumb, i n an instant it speaks out the mind. Arid strikes in aniustant the heart: This eloquent silence, this converse of soul; In vain we attempt to suppress More prompt it appears from th! . wishlo,cuntrid, - More apt the fond truth to impress. ' ' And oh, the delights in the features that shine,. The raptures the bosoni that fat, When blest with each other, this converse &Vine Is mutually spoken and' felt' A.GRIVITLTIJ..)I.....kf; CHAHCOA -- FOR PEACH TREES. A. friend ofSa ine. has just informed meot the success he :las met with, by the appli cation of charcoal to his: peach trees; a few year ago he, had . some fine trees in his 'gar den which: invariably had wormy fruit; and the trees lull of mini; when the' fruit' was about the size of marbles, he had the earth removed from each tree about 2 feet around and fl inches deep, and fitted up with charcoal ; the result was that the' fruit grew to a finb size free from worms'; and every year since, the fruit has beenr good, and the trees became healthy and , free from gum ; while two trees left with out the charcoal, continue to bear worrnYi fruit, and the trees unhealthy;: as this "will be in time for the readers of the -Cultiva— tor to make a trial this ye4r, and should it ittitrd" i4"in this case,'` it will certainlybe of great benefit- to the fruit grower. • If farmers will plant their pumpkins; melons and other vines on land that brought corn the past year, .they will •never be troubled with the striped bug. 'This course. has been practiced here for many years,. and has alwaks proved successful; , -when' vines planted on land that had any other crop, even vines the year previous, are de stroyed by the bug. CORN AND CORN MEAL COOKED. There can be no safer position assumed in agricultural econonry, than that there is a most importanksaving affected by cock! ing food. Science has long since demon , stated the fact, that, quality ,as • well as qUaniity, Itighttissential , t o o .the vation of health; hence the corollary is ir resistible, we think, that .both corn, and meal,'of whatever description, aa Well as oats, barley. _and every other. species of grain is greatly increased in value by co.oki ing when , used, as,a food !lir stock. • This will be more manifest, admitting the first position to be correct, when we state the obvious and well known feet, that corn,by' boiling, is increased two hundred per cent. in bulk,--cern meal, three hnudred per cent.;-=that is, to be more exi•lielt, a bush: el of , northern coin, after being steamed or boiled, will measure three bushels. A bushel of corn meal absorbed in. l the 'pro cess of cooking, or.rather requires Ifor. the accomplishment of that object, nearly five bushels of water—enough of tluiliquid be; ing taken in or absorbed, .to.increase bulk from one bushel to,fenr,air i a.half.—r.. Every ponnd of meal, therefore, will make four and a half pounds of m ush,' , These facts, we think, should ) go, far towards aid.- ing the introduction of cooking fond as' ; common.piactice, 14'64 certainly exhib it its advantages in a strong Maine Cultivator. TREATMENT OF COWS The keeping of cows in such , a manner as to make them give the greatest quantity of milk, and with the greatest clear profit, is an essential:point of eCononly. Give a cow a half bushel of turnips, carrots or other roots per day during -the winter months, besides her hay; and if her stint : . mer food such as it should be, she will give nearly double' the quantity of milk that she would afford if only kept durinit the winter in the usual manner; and the milk will o be richer and of, better quldity. Cattle are,well known to thtive much bet ter where the operation of currying is per formed thorougly and regularly. Dr. Rush in a lecture upon the advantage . s of study ing the diseases of domestic animals, states that there is an improvement in the quali ty of the milk, and an *nine in its quan tity, which is obtained by currying:the cow. Be assured of thetruth of the say ing, that "One cow well milked is -.worth two badly milked." The first drawn milk. contains only 5, the second 8, aild the fifth 17 per cent. of cream. ' - ' PRESERVING EGGS I have . , just read anew mode of preser , - ving eggs in the last number of the Culti tor, a lady at my elbow, for whom I have the highest esteem, informs ma .:.that she preserves them as follows, and:has never taken up a bad.egg, after keeping theni, winter:—Put a, layer of salt .10 the bottom of the jar, 'and stick the egge into .the , salt. point. downward's, till a -layer :of eggs is made, when more salt ia pnkinvand a layer of _eggs, arid so on exteeessively. till the jar is full. flaring often eaten of the eggs, :I know the mode to boa good 0n0..- spit E i:-.43l,this climate, sheep abiukl Sot generally be shieredpueb. After hiving *l i en eheare44o4ertliftis pzi9c - 1:1**fr,9 1 1 1 1 ..*o4t 4.4 .they ilibuld be llhrysi4 the sl i:: "6 ~S -S _,"t =Mil wo(dtel*
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