VOLUME XV.- -NUJIMER_ 13.
POTPER JOURNAL
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EULALIA LODGE. No. 842, t A. ill
STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wednes
days of each month. 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.
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[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."
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' 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•
.
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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?"
"Yon - scratebes your ships,
"What is ihe: ineeping cif WUrct
carve ?" - - • - •
•
don't know, air." „-
"What dime your father do Whin ho
-
site' dectin at the table .
"He axes for the bruudy:EpOttleti'-...,
"I -don't mean Oat..--NYe,ll o .tilea,ie
does your aiother,do ,
f its " "r z '
"414 she iriifiirinie •olif 'Dear* iit
vie Split s w ay greaseims iboloor."r?
"Daily
its on his sicetheir: ' ' '