VOLUME XV.- -NUJIMER_ 13. POTPER JOURNAL PL3,LisuED BY M. W Mctlarney,, Proprietor ' 4 .1.00 PE•YEARONVABIAiLY IN ADVANCE. * * *DevOted to thticliti:=e Of Republicanism, the interests of Agriculture, the advancement 'of Education, and the best good of Potter county. Owning no guide except that of Principle, It will endeaver to aid in the work 'of mere fully Freedomizing our Country. 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Also Masonic gather , ings on every Wednesday Evening; for work and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport. TIMOTHY IVES, W. M. 51.11ErEL HAVEN, Sec'y. , JOHN. S. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts in Potter and Al'kean CountieS. All business entrusted in his care will .rece.ive prompt attention. Otfice corner of - West and Third streets. ,ARTHUR G. OLMSTED; A..IIORN . EY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW' Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to his care, with promptnes and 7 fidr: ity: Office on Soth-west corner of Main 'and Forth streets. ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport,Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and promptness. Office on Second st., near the Allegheny Bridge. P. W. KNOX, k - T - TORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will tegularly attead the Courts_ in Potter and the tilljoining Counties. • 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING Pit YSICIAN. Courler , purt. Pa.. respectfully inform; the citizen , of th, vil lage and vicinity that nc n ill nronr,dy ;e -513011d td all Office on gain in b.;il:iing oc cupied by C. W. C. S E.. 1 J O'N ES, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAiNT:i' Olds; Fancy"3rtic?e;.Jtnr.nnr•r., Dr 7 - Groceries, kc., Alt1;r1 st.,,t/3.1.i,r,:,0rt. Pa: D. E. OLMSTF,D DEALER IN . DRI GOODS, ItEADY-NIAOI Clothing, Crocker;, CouderAliort. COMA: CS DEALER in Dry Go:)i.is.firoerri24 Provi , ions. Hardware, Qne . ensware: (7 , :ttc-ry. and all Good usually .fu , nci i:n n o.watey Store.— Coudersport, N07.:37 : 1 861. -'- - COUDERSPORT HOTEL, S. F. GLASS:M[IE, Proprietor. Corner o- Main arid Secon•J. Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., I't. A Livery Stable is also.kept in et:toned Siert with.this Hotel. IklAttK G I LLON TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court House= trill Make - all clothes intrusted to chim in the. latest and (rest' styles =Prices to suit th• times.=iiive him a call. 13.41 ANDREW SAN BERG kR1.3.0'5. - TILNNItIiS AND CIJARIERS.—Hides tanned "in the shares, in the best- Manner ; Tan ' nory . on the east-side of Allegany. river. Coudersport, Potter' county, Pa.----Jy17,'61 I. J. °LISTED. S. ....... S. D. KELLY OLMSTED & ItELLV, 3EALER IN STOVES, TIN k SIIFET IRON WARE,-Main st., -nearly opposite the Court louse, - Coudersport,. Pa. Tin, and Shee'. lieit Ware made to ordei :In good style, on - short notice. Ulysses Academy. Still retains as Principal, Mr.E.it.CAMPBELL, Priceptress, Mrs. NETTIE JOBES GBIDLEY,; As. sistant, Miss A. -E CAMPBELL - 'The expenses per Term are: Tuition, from $5 to $6 ; Board, from.sl 50 • to $1.75•, per week; Rooms for self boarding from $2 to $4. Each term commences upon Wednesday and continues Fourteen weeks. term,Aug.2lth,lB62;Winter term, 11rse:10th, 1862 ;'and Spritig term.-March 25th, 11163. 0. R. BASSETT, President. 'W. W. GRlDLtY,'Sect'y.. stir' rills ) July 8 , 1862. . 111ANEIATTAN HOTEL. •''• • NEW Y0.:13,K. • . " THIS- Popular Hotel is situated near the corner of Murray Street and Broad may .opposite the Park , Within. one -block et the Hudson River Rail Road- aid Rear the •E'rloifail'Road Pepot: ft is out of the - most, pleasata and convenient locations in the city. Board & Rooms 81.50 per day. • ' 11. HiNGlNH,Ti'oPtietor. •.reb. 18th 1863. r • i• - . . . '*:Now ip the, time ti? sAtoscOtle.. PF,Tour, etuntt Paper 2 -THE JO.Ukt_:l l 4l - 4:, ~ .1., i 17, 74-: • ' ~, ,-,.. , ''L. f:i.i lake,u:: ~ -. - : ,- , - ; ::":7-: •.': .;': ' i:',4),Naii, • -:-, - ~•! ,-,:- v -;.. :: . 1 ' .:...---''':., - -,•,. k_ • 'f:r ---• ...._ • 4 .V . _ ~ . „-.. • , . - , - .. . . _... ,i; ,-; • .. .; '. 1;' C . ~ • •L. 1: - .:, • '.. ::: ,:.• ;. : j . : 2 ..;.:, ..,;. ; 7 .1 0. : v k ... ._. _ , . . .. ii i .. „.01::- , ,,,, 7. ,,,,. • - . 4 . ( ..) , ---.., :..: :: : . - - • , :i.i - ''• :H•1 • -,. _ ..,•--: ~:' ~.,_,.. . . ... i - f lilit b: ' : °,. , 1 111 , ~: ~..,;,- ...77 :,:•.. • .:!:1 : :,,.:::--: ' , ,: , '..1 , -; . ~ - , . : 1.- 0 ~, '_:: 0.r.71 i, , • . . ~ ... . . _ ~ -. • • . . ! 1 , 1 i 1 ',,, : : - .,i , ir4lo : • ',, , • . . • . . . . , . . .. . . : [For the SOurrial.3 "LITTLE trAnsg.'s, Thy little 'brother . is in,bearen, And thou to' 611 his place art giyen,- And if we nlourn him.less to-day Than: when at first he went away,. The wound is..healing by,degrees. In thy skeet smiles; dear'Eloise. Thy little plays-which we so pike No favor dad in:othek 'exes. • • .1 But 'tis - motstrap_ge that sye should Wyss Whitte'er • may Mee - se - our "deVe. :Thus, you see, withperfeet ease, ' ' 'We loye the plays of Eloise. -• She limbs ioto the,rocking chair, Then from , be washstand wets her, hair, She seats herself, pulls off hershOe; And then pulls off her stocking too: Here's work for Ma, bnt don't scold, please it's'play for littlolloise. . When older we expect to teach Hit . not to clip the "parts of speech." Willove to hear her broken talk— '• 'We all must creep before we walk— Her baby talk.and wordless glees . Befit our little Eloise. _ 1 Whate'er the little darling's name, With papa's put all the same; And Eva, Ida, Cora, Annie, Dora, Ella, Jennie, Fannie, Whate'er each parent loves in these, We love in little Eloise. Diptheria, with fatal dart, Hits pierced full many an infant heart ; We drop the sympathetic tear With those bereaved of children dear ; And still thank heaven the fell disease Has spared our little Eloise. • Cost. A Ali Mary Courtship "So you won't uary . we ?" said:Her bert Miller, as he stood with folded arthis, nis ..Six feet one icon" of 'altitude calinly draw up towering high above 'Name Artioit's curly head. The usual prograintne of Wooing seowed to be reversed in this individual instance, tur Mattis was blushing and wobarrassed, twisting her Wile ribbon sash round wnd round, while Herbert was provokingly . cool and satiriCal, even though be had just listened to the fatal • "I, ST . so young, Herbert," faltered the girl; "only sixteen, you know; anti I hardly know toy own wind yet; and it is ungenerous of you to press we so ur gently ; and—" -Now, Mattie, this won't do," said the young• soldier, resolutely ditaining her by one tirw hand. "Answer we yes or no." "Nu, then," pouted Mettle, her blue eyes ilasiliog, and her cheeks rosy with dame. -Very well ; just as you please, Miss ..11at," said Herbert, complacently. "On the whole l'in much obliged to you . fur prououta‘Ma that ownosylable so decid edly.. You're very pretty, but I don't think you'd suit use exactly. Weould get cared of one, anotbM•—we have been brougheup together, you know, and same• oess is always tedious. You area lovely bioptic, but I think I should prefer &bru nette ; zind, beside, I can go off peAcea bly to the war now, without an inctituber. once iu the shape of an engagement;— The medicine was hard to tae, butTve no doubt it will do me good. i Adieu, Mattie--,-aud I wish you a good husband!" And tiff walked Mr Herbert, whistling most eaValierly, And looking provokingly hautiquae in his cool disdain. Mottle Aroott did nut know what to make of the young' soldier's audacious self possession. She never had areal lov er before,but she was quite certain they never doted in this way, after a rejection. SomehoW she had an idea' that Herbert Miller bad been Making fun of her—and she'was pot altogether certain that she bad done a sensible thing in saying "No." Beside, she had fully calculated on his being unwilling to take her at her word. Why didn't, he coax and implore, and re new his entreaties—why - didn't be take her by, storm, in short, as all lovers in novels did ? . .. , . Mettle Arnott waited until her discard ed chevalier was sately out of 'sight,,and then she ran up to her own roam, locked herself in, and oried passionately. ' ' "Dear nio, Martha, .bow red your eyes, are," said Mrs., Arnott, agthe girl took her place'rit the bountifully spread, tea table. "What in the name of common sense ailsyoa?", "It's satin' up late o' nights, readin' them storyp ers,'! growled Squire Ar-i • "She' I be blind before she's twee-'I ty-five yea old, • at thio.Mte, or have to ip wear specs—a gal in : specti don't have half the chance to catch aleaul4-lialle what's' the matter with• the child.. . For Mottle had tars; into tears again, and left the tatile. , . Ah, it was a sore lit tle heart that heatanderneath'Mattie Ar tiott'6 black velvet, ‘iSpanish Waist." -. .._ .. • i: _ _ ' If She chnld wily have, lived- that day over again', But the sun was , low in the, crimson'tides of the great 'Western sea, and the young moon was -mounting up ; and the day, with chances, and changeti, was gone 7 -rine to reitu*.no nitre. Slowly: the Mouths' rotted 11 bebuted3 . to` fite f'hirleiplea of iktio' 440 the ilisseillirmlioq iff r of'qiiig, g.ifetollVo a 1)6 t'etos. CIjgIDESSP.ORT i , - POTTER COUNTY, .284 . WEDNESDAY, MINH 1863„ , Mattie Arnott . grew • quieter and more thoughtful every day.. The fair forehead mas-not less fair for _the shade of,sweet gravity_ on its smooth expanse--the blue eyes shone luminously through drooping lashes. Nettie had ohanged,--bdt she was even more beautiful than ever • She read 'the news front -the seat of war with feverish interest, yet she never once men tioned s Herbirt Miller's name not even, when-she saw: n,the,daily papers that he , bad been brevetted.en the, tield'for.stead fast gallantry and noble heroism. "You will come to-night, won't you, Mattie, Lieut. Miller has promised to, honor me—positively . his first appearance as-an officer in this, his, native village," laughed Mies Marsland, as -she rose to take her, leave, after a morning visit. "Yes. come " Mattie - for if . - she were obliged to meet him, the 'first sharp pang might as well be undergone Dow as ever. But 0' that *lime Alurs- land should have known first of his return —that Kate's' house should be the first at which he bad called. I How carefully she arranged the folds of her white muslin dress tat evetng— how long she was in adjusting the spray of ivy leaves in and out among her golden curls. 'And even then she was dissatis fied with the pretty image reflected back from the mirror. But . ll.lattie was a prej udiced judge—she had never looked more lovely in all the seventeen years of her life. As she entered Kate Marsland's crowd ed parlors, the tirs't person her eyes fell upon was Ilerbert Miller, tall and hand sone as ever in hie olue and gold uni forth. He was talking with spirit and animation, the center of a knot of young people, be did not even see her ! Ah she might have expected it—and Alattie leaned tearfully• against ;the window, mechanically playing with her tinny pink fan.- She did not see—the flutter of the,silk en dresses that surged by her in, the danoe; she did not hear the merry strains of the music; her thoughts- were far otherwise _ , All of a sudden a band was laid, light ly upon hers, and .she looked up with a nervous start "into the brown, sparkling depths of Herbert Miller's eyes. "Mattis ! were yon not goiag to speak' to we?" wai afraid, Herbert." Those tell-tale blue eyes—they betray. ed in one tear.bright gleam the seeretshe would have given worlds uncounted ,to keep within her own bosom.' Rerbert Miller was not versed in eye language yet he read Mattie's glance instantane ously. "You have not forgotten me, then, blade?" . . . "Forgotten you, Herbert ?" She would have said more; but: her voice faltered and hesitated. • "He was silent an instant, then spoke in low tones : .1)o you remember our last interview, Hattie 7- Do iyou remember I said that I thanked you for the rejection of my suit? Mattis, I have changed my 'mind since then." "So have I, Herbert." 1 . He took both the trembling hands iu his with a glad. bright face. "Mettle, my heart's dearest treasure, I ley my love at your feet :a second time. Will you accept it now ?" He needed no answer pave what he read in her blushing cheek and happy eyes— they both said "Yes," and raid it pretty emphatically, too. "And what made you think I was mirth two courtships. Herbert ?" she asked, long afterwards. niVlattie " said be, quietly, "when our -regiment charged at Antietam, we were repulsed at first—the shook of the ;ad vancing, cavalry broke our ranks, and i threw us into a temporary disorder. But' it was only for . a moment :..we formed and charged again ! The second time we bore off the laurels of the victory. Now don't laugh, •Mat, if I carried the milita ry lesson into the field of love! I was _repulsed at first, but I charged again, and here is my sign of victory I • He held up a plain gold wading riga as he spoke. • . • "For to-morrow, love !" Yes he. m 0 had indeed been victorious and, the true, !swing little heart was his cap- tive for life. se- Dr. Ch . lilmers once - asked a woman wbat could be doine to induee her . hus band to attend church. "I don't know," she replied, "unless you were to put a pipe' and a pot of porter in the pew." igirTrightened misers hide their_ gold where they , themselves our never find it; sand some men have laid up their treasure so dezteronsly in heaven that their hearts ain snever.get at it. - , • -Nye_ bear a gi r eat dea r about suspending the w rit of habeas corpits, but *Yeti' the government catches a traitor why doesn't it etispend,the, corpus and let the habeas g&? Rattle of Illalvern ;BIM ` - [We publish bYtreqiiest the. following description Of the b a ttle of Malvern At last the Confe (larva Capitol was in vested. The enemy alarmed for their centre stronghold made a, desperate at tempt to farce our lines ere' they were fairly established,' the sangaluary battle at Fair Oaks attesting the dotertuination with:wblch they foUght, brit their efforts were_defeated and the works of McClel lan alertly but surely arose from :swamp' and morass. Huge , guns were placed - in position, aliattis were felled, and the sec ond was began while the North awaited with intense anxiety, the despatch, "Rich mend, is taken." But the task was herculean and the rebels were every dayrenderipg the task more doubtful by : the concentration of their forces in the , valley. !McClellan asked for reinforcetnents but it was, im poseible to furnish them, ono:II:when the North ! was most confident of victory • the right ! iving was defeated at -Mechanics ville and Gaines Mill and forced to ' fall back ! across the Chickahominy as the "Grand Army of the Potomac" 'strong in its,; and diseipline but wets down by severe duty and the l Unhealthy climate, had to succumb to superior num.! tiers and foiled but 'notfrightened they sullenly coupnenced their retreat to the ' James River. Battle succeeded battle and. victory perched on the Union ban ners but ever as night closed !around the battle field the victors ! turned and fled and as invariably the foe pursued and like• a:pack of hungry wulves hung upon otir rear beleiving that the Northern giant would be driven to the well and his locks shorn from hith. On the Ist of July the Union army found thetra-elves massed near the Jamei River on Malvern Rills. Now the rebels gathered around them and like Napoleon at Borodino, said "there is the end of our toil," before another day the Northern hordes will lay cold in their graves 'or be the prisoners of the Sothern chivalry. Our lines describe 4 nearly semi-cir cle, With the ends resting orr:the river where floated the Union gunboats_ Near: ly the whole of the dine was high sandy ground much of it being along the brow of a line of hills but 'on the right towards the river it ran across a deep ravine which widened out to an extensive morass coy tired with a dense growth of thorn and vines. Here was massed battery after battery, masked in the swauips and on the, hills commanding it. Here was the weak point of, our lines, but the enet4 through ignorance or from some 'other cause failed to take advantage' of it.— Hooker's Division falling back from ,the sanguinary field of Mills Church; arrived ou the hill about a mile from the Cartee Hooseabout 10,a m. For two hours there hung over us 'much of doubt and uncer-, tainty, but , about noon we could see long lines, of infantry and artillery mooing back along . the road by which we came in, forming, , in line of battle aad disappearing over the distant crest, we kneW that an other battle was about to be fought and one that would in all probability decide, the fate of 3lcClellan's army. Covered' with mud and duSt, with faces besmearedl with dirt and .powder smoke, with blood shot eyes that started: from their sockets! for waut of sleep and brains that had for- , gotten their accustomed rest the soldiers' -'roused themselves once wore for the COll test and firmly grasped their weapons.— ,Expectation .aeon .became a ceriainty.- - -- First was heard a single gun ,bSck to- wards the White Oak was the advance of Jackson as it encountered Kearney. Soon thO cannonading' became sharp and heavy and was participated in by batter ies along our 'whole line, at one time a couple of •Jackson's: batteries got a per fect range of oui division and poured in an enfilading fire that was truly fearful. Solid - shot and shell rattled through the air striking or bursting in our very midst; yet only three or four were injured by them. Presently thei enemy began to threw forward his infantry and charged some of our aivance batteries and Hook- er's division was hurried to the support of the line along the ravine where was ex pected the fiercest on3et. But no attack was made at this point F r or two s or three hours we could hear ornee but little of the battle, but at .5 I. M. ,we got the order to move to the support of other Tarts of the line. On emerging from the ravine and gaining the betht of land towards our centre a sight at once grand and ex ulting burst 'upon our view. Along the line like the arc .of al huge eirgle, the nearest :riot or which was full itmile tent, there could be seen a huge bank of white smoke that enveloped and .held from view all beneath it. Franout its bosom came ,the ceaseless clatter and Cracking . of tbonsauds of muskets, *Lich at that distance seems more like the rat tling of bailor' a roof than anything else I can compare it to ,; while at intervals !urid sheets" of flame would leap from the erond folloied by t lie.deafen in g roar of artillery. Within the are batteries and regiments *ere dashing to the fronti• and'umbalan• . ' c4a and etretchers were busy ,moving.the wbnnded to the rear, ,While back-Of us la, a - .strong reserve. We, moved ; on, fmedlin line And :.started ' to the front, a d again sohanged oat' march to left.— i Tree times 'this manceuvre was-repeated it til we had reached nearly the , right of the loft wing, when there dashed up an aid from Couch asking for: support to -one ofl his batteries. Our rogimeut was sent tolhim and the rest of the.brigade to,oth parts of the field.. Across -meadows and, corn fields, over fences, - marsh and ditch we tumbled along at double quick' until just as the twilight was giving place 'to the gloom of night we halted . kftiwpitees in the rear of Couch's battery. Willingly would I ,give months of could I trans mit to paper .a true'picturo of the , scene that for two hours was played for ns, pen ' er:pencil can not do it, it must be seen to be appreciated. The sky was Assented by dark clouds through which no 'star could be seen and, which served to render the sulphurous flame still more lurid.— Less.than half a mile in front was a large body of wood nearly on a level with our position, in this was posted the main part of the rebel artillery on that flank while • behind it was massed their infantry. On this point played our battery while; on our - right and left were others that aimed at the same spot. These eighteen guns were served as rapidly as trained artiller ists could do it ; while fai on either side the bright flash and deep , mouthed thun der tell that the battle' yet rages in ,all i its fury along Our whole line. Iniagine; the- deafening crash and the fiery darts that leap and hiss from our immediate front,, imagine them repeated,A hundred times a minute on either side, imagine a hundred fiery balls with flaming trains flying shrieking and wailing through the air at once, while ever and anon there comes howling over us a 'huge monster like some prince of fiends to urge on the sin:tiler hostomagine the shouts of the - ' 1 men the hoarse, quick command of the i officers and Around over all the dense, de4i blatikness of night, and you have something of , an idea of Malvern. Hill for the4last two hours.of the fight. ur position was Comparitiviily iectiiier oacasionihly a stray minis would strilieso as to thrOw dirt in our faces and once or twice solid shot, hitting some part' of the g unk carriages e in our front threw splinters b to these; the grandeur of the scene out- I weighed the danger, and we gave our selves up to its contemplation regardles i s of all else. The war of guns was hushed, the 1 lightnings no longer flashed, the shouts of men had died away, naught was beard but the low wailing sound of the wounded and dying. .A comrade touched my elbow and my .reverie was broken just in time to hear the hurried, whisper ed command : "right face, quick t march," and 'shouldering my musket I murmured . as I 'followed the regiment : l "0 . , Christ, it were a goodly sight, For one who had no friend or brother thefe." It'is better to need relief than to want he . ftrt to give it. • ' It,is bliss to learn lessons in love, for woman is our teacher. Temper is so good a thing that, we should never lose it. Angry friendship is not tinfrequently as bed as calm enmity. • ' • Itsis a eery easy thing for a man to l be wise for other peopP • A man's boots and' shoes get tight ••b l y imbibing wain.' 4 but the man doesn't,.l • Admit no guest info your soul that the faithful watch-dog in. your bosom barb' at. Tere's no use in your taking a lazi hi man o task. He won't perform it if you do. When you go out to slide on the ice, oboe a panu without , water, and then you Trill be sure not to get drowned. Jeremiah was telling how much he likedlealves' head for dinner, when the; mietr se exclaimed, "Oh, you cannibal !'" In reading the puffs on gravest Ones, we can only hOpe that the dead are not spoiled n t by gro l sa nattery. 1 Drunkenness, which is called the be setting sin lof the age, is more peculiarly the besotting one. • • 1' • ! Constant motion is a great law of na-' ture; Inothinc , being stationary—except- pen, ink, trapaper. Altisie isl the most delightful, rational ' enteithinment that the human mind can' possibly enjoy. 1 . . ~ A conteMporary l boasts that lie "min stand, On his iutellectuat capital." We suPPor 1161 means that .hetila stand on his he/ d • ' ~ - - pit ts are treublesoitte; but, 23 2 'gm:, cis!' iiiie in these days, they don't give half 14 much trouble to - the debtors as to erediteors. ' TERES.--$1.50 PER , Cultivate -pax. At no time since, pi idcrothictit o cotton caltivation im this* country,, sad the use of ootton in the arts did kreeili to its,presene high price = N th° liiiirket ; The same . quality which sold' lqi - tesi!v# 'cents per pound in 1860, i 5 trOwialling for ninety cents:, The 'cause' of well known—thiaii-filiki of Che have been cut off by the war. # abundance of fiai be obtained,.itrOilitx • the use of o°Uon - would' alaidit'creitie'rie an article for ininufariturilig`piarlieses::;-: As there are - no prospects atpreseit an adequate supply . of Cotton being:fir; niehed for several years'to 'mime, oar farmers should more generally engagriii4 the cultivation of tax as. One 'of 'their crops. If each of the farmers in'thiNk them States would devote:it' feirlieres this year - to thcraising of - this! fibropi material, a very large :quantity would be thus secured for rpanufactoring purposes, and -for linseed.oil. The fiber would is used in place of Cotton, an the Oil mined from the seed rerder;lis dependent of India for 'this useful ittit; stance. It is true, a greater quantitrof flax was raised lest year than fox many years proviously; still the"suPply . didirei meet the demand. A large nuMber of the manufacturers of woolen goods hive found it superior to cotton. as a ariiturip with wool, and hereafter they •wkil • age it by prefereoce, for this purp ose, , Wax oan obtain sufficientqyantitfes at rAaaon able prices; and beside Via =playa:rent in such fabrics, there are many; other pixr : poses for which. it is equally is applioi• ble and useful. , t. Formerly flax was extensively istiltivat- I ed in New England, New York, Neer let; IBey and Pennsylvania. Every farmer was acaustomed 'toyaise a sufficierit gums ? City to make come family -, shirting and sheeting. It vas spun on . Land wheels; and woven in hand looms in eacle'lionve held. The stone climate and soil for rlti successful - cultivation still exist; vond this.we have now in; the getterli, States the most extensive-demaiteanektire _beet soil and elimateiiii•tke werldfoe raw,- , , -iogLit.in • Unheated quantities. if4,eir4 confident that our Wsetere. States, may raise flax and become-to the textile man ufacturers of the world what the South:: ern States have, been to them in. to cotton ; and now is the time : irkaltr preparations foi l engaging in such efforts;. In the Eastern States the early . part of May is perhaps 'the beat tiencto preppiii the land ; in the Western Stites. the lat, end of April is the best. : The soil shouhl be plowed deep and pulverized With fine-toothed harrow, rolled, 'and put into as good a condition as an onion bed. loamy soil, whieb had been planted the, year previously ;with potatoes, iinewers. admirably for &Z. As it respeots 'the, quantity of seed 'to - be used, Mr. George Anderson, of Lansingberg, N. Y. whole very Well informed on the cultnre•and manufacture of flax in Europe and,Amer ica, stated that "from a bushel tua el and a i:inartat per acre, gavethe best results" in Northern New - Yerit:. •In 111 . 1. pois about three quarters •of 4 - :litishel of seed to the acre have given about the, best returns. IM Ireland a inrush' greater, quantity : of seed is used, but thick soleing is not atended with such Ifivorable re- - sults in Amerlea.i Many Irish flax-grow ere who :have come to America, ,have • abandoned thick sowing after repeated . trials. From the flax raised on one acre ; „ of ground, about fourteen kabob - of geed seed can be obtained,. and 'for the seed alone, the crop is ` - not unrentunerative, Bat is , for fiber chiefly that we are urging its cultivation, and certainly siihundred pounds of good fiber can be raised from an acre of laud., At thirty eente per peend (one-third that of cotton ' at -pres ent prioes,) the value of an acre ' s produot; would be not less r than one haindred and • eighty dollars. ; Never before has sucli an. inviting prospecti for the celtiv r ation of . flax been presented to otri faimers.— Scientific American. ' L • • • • . The following is said to have passed isr a iehoOr down east . • 'rWhat L;thencit northern town in the' States • "The North Pole.", "Who is it inhabited by ?" • "By the Poles, , l• "That's . right: ": Now what is the istieen: . ing of the word steep ?" • •-• • "I don't know , sir." •, hat do I -do Wheal bend over that?" 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