Cinutimiratittitos A 114$ FOR POTTER Mat • ,X 4. , t 4i d e X 4 41 .4boye ,cap ion fie would like o' 4 ( l re- 1 1* fel" FoPli go the citizens of Potter Co.yr ty. Jjgt kcfore eve begin, we atoto. i that ba.ve no ether unitize ,except the prosperity of, he .County,. and _Pie peace and happsuess of ajl. that dwell ) _ herein; and should we err in ctur Flews: so. accomplish thjs, .we should be cry glad 1 so be put right by any one.. 4 few things, ,by way of intniclection, may be stated, 0 0 .0 4.440 1 lve are ail likely to be agreed. FIRST: 1 113,.. ey i sfy pertain who designs triske - thti-Ogortylis /some, either fori pi ;length Reline or permaneetly, desires i i its prosperity. This has been true so fart . cis oor experience goes, and men geeerallyi express themselves very freely npen this; point. • SI:COND: That all the citizens expect ! to make their tiring and their wegitii by what is produced in ;he Ci unty, 'This 1 1 . is nature, for their interests all lie . here. purpoees and pimp all center le.re; Lied fur this they labor and strive; aud opo , i this empty they leave the impress of Om seal andlAergy. The exceptions I fgr P4is ride are - exceeflingly few. Topto : Eyel7 one is affected just in Prflortioo es the County is prosperous or! otherwise. In the nature or things it : d not be otherwise. The people of a particular heighborhood sometimes escape I the suffering of a general malady, but] when it is local, those iu that kieality new fr can. FOCICTIi t . Every individual. citizen of the County, can and ought to contribute to its prosperity. This County relies upon its citizens for j all the help it requires to carry on its I functions. Its resources must come from I pith#i tl :, if" Its organiaatioe 4 a sep prate body iq the great penfe4ergiutijpi plies these things. Basins made these plies about which we are likely to i agree, we are now brought to the question which will naturally 'suggest itself, name.; How can (contribute to the prosperity i tj the County, and what are (lie means to L,e employed to bring this about ? proper answer to this question, and faith-I fully carried out, will, we thiuk, re:nove ell the difficulties which hinder our couuty I from being all that is desirable. Upon( • this, question we will express our views to the best of our ability. First theti, treat the County as you ex. ,Pect if i Wa t t yeti; or ig other words do „son te iohat oaTht to I t e cansirkred a fair compensation fur what you wish, to, receive I from it. To do less, would make ourselves' # burden to others, if not actual patipers. But to make myself -understood, suppose ,you are a Farmer.. Your object is to raise cod crops ' and also first rate stock. But • your ground must be f itted to raise crops seed insist be put in the ground in peas.on, 'end every possible care taken of ! them while growilig, alel when ripe, taken into, the b,arils., stook must be: Fared dqly fed and housed. Now if we have stated the object, we would ask what is the general practice? We ex-1 pect there are a goodly number of good' farmers in the County; but we will try s pud r t ive a picture of the general avera g e pf tlitiO with whom we are acquainted. They: are"never ready to put their crops to the ground it; the season. They sel-1 MAO in all they c,cpccted to get in. 4'heti hoeing is nee, clqnd in time and Very often some of it. , never gets done. And harvesting is managed no bettor. We do' pot mean to say that this is so in every I ease, with the same persons,, during eve.ry pc:Lion; but we du mean that this is the general character; and nearly every pne of them has to buy flour and pork, which they certainly ought to raise, when • they have ample cleared ground for this purpose. Their cattle, iu the majority of , cases, have to live without a covering over! them during the whole winter. This is e. 4.4 sec;.swyns and making them tough. 41,u4 for oweelyes vre 4eve always thought it All C`ACRP O - of a lerYgrec l /. cnier, and one,-141; that energy Was not, ills besetting sin. The remit is. a scarcity 1 4 9 ' 1 It r ° ( l ‘ 4c 6, which have tq be supplied Ay 'rigging'' them from elsewhere, Or which we must ay the cash. 'This cpAld k, avoi d ed if warmers would spend their tiMe upon 'heir farms; and we woulci si,;:ggest, here thai each one keep ail account wait hint ed fig is months, artd see hex _much rime lie leye run to waste. Allow 10, hours for work eacilt day. You can loose Roth- Pr , by keepiqg the account. ' ,It may do goq ' .f. tP 44 objected here,- to' what fre have said, by itifing Farmers are gen erally poor and ha y)3 to make many But to this wo ans Fer, that orditArfly posed/ makes -men - (pr ought to male them) more energetic, and ponomiziag. But this rule seems to 1.4 reversed by hose Flo raise stock without shelter, be pause atry have to feed them at least one quarter snore than if they. were housed— ,.stud the eel - tie not look so well eit,her.— Iyhy this y,-fste? . And by those \ivho are n poo I -rt asked how can poor men pre . Veititr Leif them build log shelters if they can dono 4?t her, this they Can _do. 'We affirm that there is not a firmer in the County bait contd . fi.od time enough for. this duruig the ant if he was so dis led. , sp. al!? t,,e toots with which they farm it„ . re base known several poor mechanics have ,excellent sets of s teals, but we nevarkncyr a good mechan ic have bad tools. Now #',l# IL truth, (to whatever it is owing), that Om, of the tools ire not good -apologies, wrl*..h are found upon tho.ferm; and soap fpners tiered very much upon what 41toy can loirorw from t' naightoor.t. 4otel Forifle Potts Journal row plows and drags. A scan 64ny as well expect . to borroi his neight4s fence to put around .h s field, to save! his crop ! )3.0 mcse in my nest.. Yptirsy, • • Ir 4 FanND TO POTTER,. For the .Pp4AT .Tharda/ r I g in3 IMLIGIOUS AWIMESWG )Dis",c;i' . 4.;--The.r.e is at rise p . resent ,time 444 s dal add *cry iqem4ipg re: , Egioug 'tzie4o. l l . ll9 ail over the ecmhtry. The daily *tilers of New York: sad other 0009, give fidl and satisfzketory .aecounts pf this movement.. The following, extract from the 4: Triku#e ofJlarph 1, will Give: ad idea of the- taaguitude of the re p: vival to going on; -' • "It can haStlly have ,es.enpeil general observation that:these is flow' being man ifested, in this city,: au uuttsgal, and in creasing attention to religion. ' A. remark ahly earnest State off Cp. this sub: jeet beeai developiog itself fog some 'ante past anion.. all plastics . 4f tile ppm munity here;-from the highest to the lowest,iueluding those out pf i 'the church as tell es. those in. it. Ndr has this quickeited intefest in religion, and this increased attendance on religious meet ings, been in anywise confined or .pecu liu to "this city; for it extends m an equzl direction and, in many instances, in a still - greater degree to all parts of the country. The exchange' newspapers, both religious and secular, 'Eliat eouie to us from all quarters, speak of an unwonted reviv al of religious. feeling in 'their vicinity. and in the country far and' near around them. ' In, fact, a sudden fervor seems to have seized the public mind. Every where, :men are crowding to religious meetings, and the spirit with which the erowdS are impressed, and which incites them to so general an attention to relig ion and religious, services, seems to be animating the whole land. The revival spreads almost like contagion.. It is ev erywhere expected, like au epidemic. A oleeting is organized in one place, and in a (1 4 y f r two afterward another is sure to follow in the nearest neighborhood. One church breaks out it io a revival, and iu a few weeks the. .next iu the village, or the town, or the city fellows the example, until the whole district is awakened and aroused. In some instances the euthusi lasm seems to have spread from place to place with all the rapidity of a fire on a prairie. It is believed, for instance, that as many as a hundred prayer-Meetings have been established in different cities and towns throughout the country, from the single example of the noon 7 day meet ing held in this city in the 'Old ,Nortlt Dutch Church.'" . As I have an earnest. desire to lead a chvistian life, and to see all my neighbors do the same, I venture te, inquire, why Coudersport has quit felt thi, _get igious Awakening ? Is it the fault of mioistex; or people ? of professors, or non-profess-. ors? As this is a free country, I shall say what I think on this subject, as plain ly as an occu,paut of one of our pulpits has spoken his thoughts. 1 answer the first question then by saying, that when the professing chris tians of this place, shall show by their daily walk and puversation, that they have more charity, more love ,for their fellow men, and more of a disposition to visit those in prison (or in. Shivery), to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, than non-professors; then way we look for this "Behgious Awakening" to visit Cou dersport. iWhy should we expect it be fore that - time 1' 'Why should world's - people care to obtain that kind of religion which d u es not make its professors act any better than non-professors. "By their fruit yet shall know them," is the standard given by the Saviour himself, and it is also the standard of Common Sense. I will answer the second - questiva by saying, that the minister who stands up in his pulpit in this community, under present circumstances, and attempts to belittle our Temperance and other organ izations for the improvement of society, for the sake of exalting the Church, is simply a Bigoted Sectarian, who does not know. whatlls--ia{:talkin , about, and is pewerles4 for good, lie will, have to take a big team out of his own eye, be fori he is in a conAitioa to see the motes in the eyes of other. There has been Much bud• profOsing fur the is five months, iquAe. time to t - iive, alittle practical righteousness. I will . answer the third question by py ing, thattli my Mind, there is but little difference between the responsibility of professors and non-professors. At pres ent, I think there is quite as much. gen uine, Christlike rel:gton, among the lat ter rs the former.. Ts Ifpfobable there will be a ".Religious Awakeunag" here, while the present stamp of preasblryi lasts ? Is denuncia tion, personal detpction, prying into Enarritt,ge relations : 44 dividing little Sabbath Schools,. the Nym to quicken an interest in religio4 ? No orle put a blind partisan will answer. in the alftrtnative. _Ne* if the minister s ioste4d t o 4 hum bly praying for a - clearer Tiely of hpgwp duty, glialrmake this artiede the chief top ic of his next sermon ' and shall olanifest the same spite in his comments on it, as on some termer occasions, fling he will provoke still further comments on fis uliohristlae cot; duct; for I think 1 - ,,haye as good a . flea tv dissect his character, as he has t 9 dissect the character of n l v neighbors. Scfar, a hire portion of this commu nity has beep /usulted with impunity. The cause q tRe religion, demands au abatement of OR 'obit's. If the Church cannot, or Till not remedy the evil, then let her talcp the oonsenneoces Trrum. P-‘,Soc.44j: AFFAIRS;” or the Potter Journal. 0E 144 E; As the abilvegeption is hi the plural number, t, see no need 9f dwelling so long upon one topic. Co- pEnStorr, in his last article, spun out his. srgutnen IS to a gr, .eat length, proving what no one doubts, axid-I lope never (;ood as , it was, f cold hot help.thinking of D,on.Quixote, 'I) sating the I am not yet moped from my first position, that: the scrOavient4peruent . a bond of union" not only between lay-memberi, but between. the church and its great Head. There we pledge our mutual — friendships, there we unite with tho chnrch and,..seal our covenant •vows. But my er ror w.s, in introducing 15 rPiigiQus affairs" among Agairs.' J hope COUDERS PORT will be satisfied after giving me tense "forty lashes save one," but if he aloqa take his pen again, either for notori ety nr the dissemination of truth, I hope he will net misrepresent me. I think the subject of " feasting and chicken-iixens" is Worn out, and hope something morein wresting will come next. • It may be well here fur me to offer an apology for being a correspondent of the JOURNAL. It more properly belongs to those who Wye en joyed Academie shades, and learnial halls i" and for me to contetui with evil' a rival as COLDERSPORT, is lilio tr).ing to Shoul der the Alps, or to clyaiu tho sea with au egg-shell, My parents wore of the N. E. origin, anti. my father whet . ' living, used to tell I me imich about those great statesmen, viz : 1 4 . . Adams, J. Q. Adams, and Jefferson. • With the two former he was intimately acquainted, all living in Boston at the same ; time, He also instilled into my youthful that love of freedom, that pure de litioeraey, and patriotism which character ! ized those great chieftains of state. And may these principles ever be hereditary. At' the beginning of the present century, my, father settled in liradford Co.,- (then Lyc'ming) Va. Ho was one of the' pio- I Deers in that, then unbroken forest. The area of my tutilage was very limited. A few short winter terms in a log school •i house in the township of .was !all. During the summer, I assisted my ; father ana only brother in clearing the ;sturdy bristles of the forest from the In j dian's hunting ground. We were some tunes interrupted by the bea.r, - -t4e wolf, the panther and the catamount, that would ; break into the fold, and take first a calf, I then a shoep, then a lawn. The rifle and steel-trap were sure revenge upon these I foes of civilization. At lent;th, however, I.grzfditated at the Sinithfiela school-house not with the A. M. but with the B. B. (i. e. blue beach,) the badge of the Veda igague (and, by the by, I wish there were more such graduates now, that would use the B. B. instead of sending the noisy lurehin home to prevent noise.) B. liottEr 4autiral. COUDERSPOIaIr, PA., 3J#,; ( 4 $57. T, S. CI-LASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER We welcome L. Rogers to the ed itorial chair of the M:K.ean Citizen,. and !are mach plCased with his salutation. What he says about Lecompton and the !Natiolial JVlministration, has the true I metal it; and, we are led to hope that Mr. Roge-s will make the Citizen. a wide awake and etrwicilt advocate of the cause I of freedom and rights Tu..l torroto cFriday,y the:c.Vliitor Term 9f the Coudersport Academy closos, Spring and Summer Term commcnoes April 6th. Those desiring to enroll their names on its list of students should make application at once. It is a good place for persons desiring to teach school next Winter to. fit themselves during the Sum r iner and Fall. The American Farmers' Magazine, (late Plough, Loom. and Anvil,) for March, is on our table. We regard it as a first-class-Agricultural and Mechanical periodioal, and deserving of a large pat ronage. - It is published at Now York, No, - 7 Beekman St A. Nasu, at $2 per annum to st4cribers ; 81,50 to clubs of fours pr mure, NtAphaou i the Greek Physician was slain, tlomer said of him, "a good Physician is worth as mach as a whole army." Then a good mcdicine like :Ayer's, Cathartic Pills, is wag; a great deal more, because it oures as well i \y4),;* Wider and lasts longer, while such a Tv is available to all—can be had by every body, and is worth having. Ser . The National Era thinks the Re publican press of New'-York, have done Seuator Seward injustice, in commenting qo his late excentricities. Perhaps this is true. Bat we think, when a Bepubli can Senator votes and talks sous to secure the pmiss of the Albany Atlas and papers of that stamp, it is time for the sentinels of freedqm to sound an alarm, , Whenwe first rea4 the record of Simoo iCamerao's me ore tlieFmy bill we felt that, he bad 5!:44 mit tit? the enemy, but wo shall mho the Era's advice add cultivate ice, goner, 04!.! ponfigeire" -as 'long as he .shall give aoi remise of faithfulness. SZi's In tike Bucharta*State.Coniention which met at ilarrisburg on the 4th of this month, all `propositions; to coesicron the. Lecompton;Constitution_ were.-voted down, by a large majority; TigoTErkivEs of thts county, voting - every time for. Let- COMPtOri• favOring freedom in Kansas with a vengence. By what au thority has Mr. .Ives cast the vote of this county in favor of sustaining the Border- Ruffian rule in,Kansus ? By what assem- Wee of voters `was he made a delegate ? We make the inquiry, hecause we do not believe there are twenty men in this county, who approve the Lccompton swindle. , It is. very evident from tho action of the Harrisburg Convention, that the par- - ty. leaders in.this state, think the people will stand any thing thie,ll is approved by the President. Is there to be no end to such debasement and degred:ition ? .c'b We invite attention to.the "Plea for Potter" in another coliimn. W e e have the pleasure to announce a series of articles by this able correspondent, embracing the various interests of our county, and ad vancing correctives for the many abuses those iuterests are annually receiving— principally, too, from those who should -have them most at heart. The articles will be concise, saying nothing irrevalent to the subject under discussion, but firmly and fairly -arguing all.the pints at issue. We fissure our readers that they will lose nothing by reading them, while all will derive some, if not much benefit from them, The writer is folly competent - to the task, (assumed at out solichatian,) bath by education and experience—hav ing been a resident of the county for a number of years; and a close observer of all its interests. We would especially in vite Farmers, Mechanics and Business men, whose interests are so closely allied; to a careful perusal of these articles as they appear—hoping their theories may benefit all of them, and thus add to the prosperity of our county. Its this a Timp to Remain Mum;? The Lewistown Demerat has well said, that several of the -Buchanan papers of this Congressional District are a.um on the Lecumptou question. Of t tis el iss are the Lycoming Gazette and the Clinton ,azinoerat, The latter is opposed to Le eomptou, hut is unwilling to agitate. What is such a papor'good for we should life to know 7 Afraid to agitate at a time when IL J. Walker, a slave-holder, feels constrained to write a letter to the Indiana Democracy, closing as follows-: ° is this the eighty-second year of our independence, or is it the first year of American ,ihnureltll that is now dawning upon us? Let tile people—let the masses compos ing the true Denneracy—arouse from their slumbers. Let them break the chains which would fetter their free thought and free opinion, and assert their hloodought rights, and especially the great indefeasi ble sovereign right of self-gover.mient. We have fallen upon evil ti:ues ; the I liberties of the. country arc in danger. Let the people in every town, coanty, and State rise iu their majesty to the rescue. Let the timid or corrupt falter as they may; let the Demoaracy of Ind:ana, now in mass meeting assembled, proclaim, iu ' Wiles that shall echo thrau , hout our Re public, that the spirit of the Revolution is not extinct in their bosoms, but that, from the lakes of the North to the lovely vall.kays..d the Wabash and Ohio, you, the Denmoreey cf Indiana, will stand as one undaunted column, by the great principle of popular sovereignty snstained 40mm at the polls in 1856, - 113. embodied in the submission of the Constitution. for ratifi cation or rejection by the unfettered vote of the people of Kansas and of every other Territory. Thanking you for the kind manner in which the committee, through you, have been pleasecho speak of my humble ser vices in behalf of the great Democratic. doctrineof State and popular sovereignty. I am, most respectfully, your fellow citizen, R. J. IVALKEII. - What' a contrast between p the advice of the Clinton Democreg, and the late Gov ernor of Kansas, The former says, keep quiet, don't be agitated, it will all coma .opt right. The latter says, arouse from your slumbers for yoty litterqes cve •in •danger, "Let the people in every 'town, po,unty an stater 1 the r ,majesty 4 i tq the Teseue." Yes, and they will rise in their . ..majesty, in spite of treacherous members of Congress, and 114uni newspa; pers. Buchanan's Administcattqn a Failuie. The disappointment of those honest demoeraots who supported Bilelianan nu, der the belief that he - would administer the Government wisely and suceessftol7, must be very great. It is just a year since, the present Ad ministration was inducted into office, but already Ulm nearly ruined the party to *itch it belongs. • Said B. Gratz Brown to the Free Do 14bPraey of St, L 04114 ou 'AO Da .0t „ . . Tire Advent .of the present Adthiais tion Was signalized - By tbe announce- Inuit of thirty, miltioneand more of peeiee In the.;aults. -And yet,befsce therNes sage,' giving flattering accounts of the fi nat cial. eondition of the aniernine,l4, was read in:remote parts of the Union; the-rep resentatives of National DemoCracy in Con ore:Ss :forestall public - sentiment, not less tlrair public need, by ddmanding a total departure from - the Sub-Treasuryqsystem, ten of ten millio4s of paper,. and its cortyersion into a Federal currency: In stead' Of gold and silver, it deals nbw in notes of one hundred dollars and upward, payable---never, or- at least at an ancer tani: date. 2/ie specie basis of the, G 027 era ae'it is discarded; and that not from necessity. but from choioe—while uncer tain issues of vast outlines, taxing the in dustr3l of the country in their rise add fall, town' forth frOm the future'es the medium' of its !disbursement. Does this e:lmport with denmeratie principles as recognized in the; past? I leave the answer to the national debt that will aceiminlate l the domeStic revnlsions that will be entailed, and the foreign wars that, will b 6 invited I and encouraged by the. change. Turn again and see those who assume the, par ty leadership. Chosen by the people be eanse he was not the choice of Sontherti SecesSiouists,. Mr. Bmihanan has s,,i•arcely entered upon the discharge of the duties of ltiai high-place 'before . we find his Oabi net the merest tools uttering_ the edicts or the latter, and the President himself sur rendering his entire administration to their dictation. Davis, 'and Hunter, and Toombs, in the Senate, Quitman, and Orr ; and I.oitt, and Stephens, in the .louse, now Speak in the name of Democracy, and Shape all administrative measures, from . the pacification of the Territories to the p'eutecCui of the Transit route, and non-ip.terference in Central American affairs. As well set hawks to guard spar rows.) Who are they ? I ant asced, Tney are each and all men wedded. to the idea of a dissolutiou of the Coafederaey and the formation •of a Southern Rtipublie. Not omit* them whose ace goes Vick so! far but wears the soar of blows which Jac sou. dealt at the first nullification. Be-I yondj the precincts of the Capitol, too, a still More sinister prospect &v. -cots the eye. The 'chief applause that crecourages the President's policy comes from Smith Car olina; while the dread of .)lisSissippi goads him en to perseverance. TES predecessor, bad as he was, preserved a .semblance of respect for his position as the head of the nation. Mr. Pierce accredited TO Cmlio;m mouth-piece;as hit Mr. Buchanan recog nizes .ply Time &nth as his, organ. :5 It needs not, how ever, to pursue this resume further. Noth ing, think, has been fund in all the de partments that have hen scanned which justifies an extension of clemency to the Adatinistration of James linchanan, for his radical departure from the pcinciples of the early democracy, for lois want of ad herence to the pledges upen w lie li h ca into.ipnrer, and fur the eahnnituu's perio.l nu had inaugurated. Am I not al gJ fully justified in adding. 'too,, that what has been shotn to be the condition of the - milit'ary. diplomatic, fiscal and civil service of the country, demonstrates that those in pow- 1 er are - incompetent to alaioi.iter affairs of this Government. lii co.apetoney presides in the head, and incomrit-ney runs like gangrened blood throitg:i every artery of the 'body politic. lias not thou 'the hum arnica when patriotism should Sound the! toosin? is it not needful that yien,ofall faiths should unite together, regardres of past minor differences, to do somewhat in behalf of their country ? Shall it be-said that the honor and integrity:ind welfare of the . Republic have nu claims ;upon us as American citizens superior to that of partisan attachment? T hese arepregna t questions which it becomes you to answer, each for himself, and all in full view of the danger to this, Union that plotters are now, meditating. Conic, then, fellow-citi zens, 1 conjure you, by all that i 8 sacred in the .past, or hopeful in the future, by liberties imperiled, by great interests sac 'rific'ed, by glaring abuses poisoning the whole systeM—come foith and stand in a Solid phalanx of opposition that Shall com pel a change and rescue national affairs from the • ignoble debasement into which they have, fallen." Penn'a Den2ocratic'Stale Con venititrk--Lecompterk gweindie Eadorsgil--The NUM foul. llAlou:se:km°, N'arch 5, 1858. The Deumeratio State ConVention assembled this morning. The Commit tee on Resolutions unanimously reported, declarin ,, that the principle involved in the repeal of the Missouri, Compromise, and asserted in the Kansas-Nebraska act, "that the people of the Territories 'shall i•bave the excluiive control of their do omestic institutions," is the only sure guarantee against agitation in the nation in regard to the local institutions of the States and Territories; that by the uni. form application of this democratic prin ciple tO the organization of the Territo ries, and the admission of new States, with or. without Slavery; as the people may elect, the equal rights 'of 'all the States will -be preserved, the original com pacts of the Constitution maintained, and the inviolate harmony and perpetuity of the Union preserved. j The resolutions arc very long. They fAlly sustain theLecolupton Constitution and President Bpchanau.' • Mr. Stokes of Westmoreland offered 1a substitute, presenting the views of the ininoety of the Cominitt e, and.deolaring that the aceeptnce of the I.,ecom . pton Constitution would be Congressional usurpation; and that nioakbOiT of Con. . * L gress -vitma . for- e c lompton would be anifty u moral:treason; • . c It -also - iudones doverner Maker's ~ 1 _ . course, especially his inaugural address. illeue l n 6 . .--In the' Democratic, State Convention last night Wm. A. Porter was nom nated for "Supreme. Judge; and Westley Frost for Canal Commissioner. ork for tlfp Month. - an 'editorial l in . the ..4merka n Magazine Or .Marclventitled o the Young Farmer," we ex= following excellent advice in From Farmer "flints tract th 1 regard t 1 IMAIUNG'MAPtE. SUGAR. wads alolik Ihe 'Ohio shit, " 'The Of all The sni "Zo he seasons in theyear, ectest . senson is', the Spline " ncr an Chi() bard thirty years - e suppose, who wanted the Yzm. --Oil 3, `one out there and buy his land,, ould have them understand that bees to and so L ies there were abundant; and the. Id molasses peculiar sweet, in both :we suspect he; was right, inas— , in `a. new country:ns , that was. girls are not as apt to be spoiled.; ' and merry' mood by convention.. s against nature, and certainly:. , es,cept. that Of maiden simphe— worth, is equal to the flow from. r maple. . _ the ma' 'vacs a of which tough then, tit of healt al usag no s wee ity and .he suga s•Marph is the time; and we must,say few worlds about Making maple. sugar.—. Cu tapptn,g tht trees-, use a threelua.rter• bit, or lona about that size. Let it be sharp, •ell adjusted to a c, , 00d stock, ands then t ii it Very rapidly, that it may cut. the wo d smoothly. nem two to:three : inches Is the best depth. 'Let the Qv, upwards be about 10°, less rather.than more. - Let The spout at its-inner end ta pr as much as is consistent with firm ness, that the pinch may be at the_outer surface', of the.. wood. Put two. spouts,. four, six or- eight, inches apart, on-both sides of the tree if large, on one tide only if small., The projecting ends should a converge little,, that both may drop so near the centre of the tub as uut to.allow the wind` to blow the spray -away. as it falls. It is -well to have the part from which the Sap falls blunt, not vointed, The sap will then separate from it in large drops, and not be - as liable to be blows outside the tubs. It is a common pmc tice, and a good one, to hang.the tub, en a nail driven into the tree r in such a, way as .to prevent the possibility of loss. by wind. We never saw it done; but should think it would be well to fasten the tuJ by a cord, drawn around the tree,, as this would hold the tub as welt, and would prevent the necessity of puneturing the tree, by whiob. a small waste of sap is caused, and• the tree slightly- i:ajured. ,Senie Ilang the tubs by means of a wire bail on the two spouts. , This is a good way. The snows should be not trbere the bail is to pass across thou!. . "The sap should ke boiled soon actor being coliectect, as, otherwise, especially in warm weather, au incipient fermenta tion takes place, and the sugar cryetal izes less perfectly. We havt. often made batches of maple sutrr2r in April which would hardly crystalize at all, owing to this incipient feraieutatio3a in the sap. The nioldsses, iu such a case, is.of an ferior quality, not having that luscious maple taste which everybody loves. 'There are many ..varieties of. sugars. of which cane-sugar mail grape-sugar'' are the lead ing. The maple gives essentially the cane sugar, with that exquisite maple flavor. We believe that when the sap stands too long • before boiling, the con stitution Of the sugar is chan , red from. that of cane to that of grape; and in the. change, the maple flavor, as well as the tendency to crystalize, is partially lost. "We could write all day, and detail only oui own experience in this matter, fur fortunately. we were *brought up in I the hack :woods, the bed thint/ that . errr happened to us, and those woods were re workably sweet in more senses: than oae. But we will only say, use yorir own good sense in your arrangements for boiling.. economically of fuel. We have seen some people boil down maple sap when we would have valued the fuel more. than. I the sugar, Done - economically, it is 'a I fairly paying. business for a season when. other work does net press. 'Thesap should be kept clean. .Let the kettles or the pan be so set that no. I sparks will blow into them. When the syrup is partially cooled, strain slowly throuzli . a thick cloth •- and ern - sugaring of, as it is called, - let - the heat be equable, that no burning on the sides of the kct, the may blacken. the mass. Nearly every impurity in maplC sugar is occasioned itucloaUliness in 'collecting- and boiling the 'sap, or by burning on the sides of the. kettle, If the sap could be kept of that, pirrenesewttlf which it comes from, the tree, no straiUing,.or ciarifYing be needful, 'and you would hate the pur-. est sweet that nature 01101%. 1 .46: gat;ag is; not, possible, ill is,.welL to atrailzihe. sap through, cloth ,bcfore then tos strain ithe Sy4up, before s.uga, ring Off, and' in both cases %yea= :els,ulf,. of a. pretty ; close 'texture, is hest; and 43 will. not :e . o..rate e: cry particle, it is web to put in a little milk—say one pint to 20 lbs, of sugar Hand skim. The milk curdles; the particles leinainiuo , become entangled in it and are skimmed off_ ‘4 We might say much about clarifying with bullock's blood, With the blood.and - bristles where hogs have been slaughtered, with a th6usand other things, making the remedy worse thin the disease; intit is all huMbug.. If you will, boil clean, and add alittle 'milk Ito the syrup, you will have us good an! article es catebe made. There; .will a little color, more than in 4ouble refined sugar, but what of tha'. Those Qhio girls,l thirty years ago, prob ablyhad a little colo- in* the face , and_ lips; but were non' the 'worese
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