farmer's fainma. ♦ _ HUSKING INDIAN CORN BL HAND. 0 * Why will one man husk twice as much corn in a day as Another ? And why will many hoys huskWreK fester than some men? Because, in one case, there is the exercise of much skill, while in the other there ie no tact err skill manifested. There is an opp .rtuni'y to exercise a great deal of skill in husking corn, and 1 propose to show that the exercise of skill is highly important, in order to be a good and rapid busker. In tie first place, 1 will point out some of the err i s in husking Indian corn, which characterize a poor husker; and then we will attend t<> some f the manipulations of a good and ski/IJul busker. A poor hunker spends much time in reach ing after the ears of corn, and in laying the husks and stalks aside. Some huskers will sit on a high neat or stand while husking, which position requires them to reach too lar, and spend too much time in getting the corn in hand, ready to husk. While a man is stooping down to pick up an ear, a good husk er will husk an ear. Picking up one stalk at a time, and placing it at one side of the husk er consumes much time that ought to be 6pent m husking. I will now lay down a few plain directions to be practiced in order to iiusk corn fast, and in a farmer-like manner. Alter the stalk has been pulled down, place the basket at the butt of the stalks, a little inclined towards the busker.—Pr cure a little box for a seat, about ten inches high. If a husker is not discommoded by .resting on his knees, a low ssat may be dispensed with. Let the husker place himself close to the cjfn, so that it will not be necessary to reach far for each stalk. Now take an ear in the left hand,and with the husker or fid on the right hand, pull down half the husks. As the right hand goes down, let the left hand rise to the tip of the ear. and slip the thumb of the left hand over the end of the ear, taking off cleanly all tlie silk, and bring it down with the other hall of the husks.— Two quick motions of the hand will husk an ear neatly. As the left hand grasps the stem, preparatory to breaking off the ear, let the husk.- be retained in the hand, so as to protect it from becoming tender between the thumb and the I -re finger, where every ear of corn strikes it, as it is separated from the stein. A qu'ck m l u i- requited in husking corn fast, ami h following tin-e plain direc tions, a man may iiU-k much ta-ter than he would when they are not observed. There is more science in being a skillful husker than there is in knowing how to shovel earth With ease and skill. MAKING GAME OF CHICKENS. It is generally known that the flavor ol meat depends largely upon the kind of food on winch the arimal was fed befote being killed. Fowls allowed to pick up meir living from offal and fihb yield flesh greatly interi or to ihat made f. m clean giaiti and other wholesome total. ine -pic) name flavor of pal ridges and other wild fowl is due to the itroiimlic na uie ol tie berries and buds oil which the\ -nh-isi A- it is ea-\ to regu latt tueh utlo u. Uu-tie i..wl>, u is worth experimentu g upon whether any desired fla vor can not be given to tbe meat. The Scottish Journal of Agriculture advances the opinion that ibis is possible. The chickens mirht not relish the food neces-ary to impart e flavor, but under the system ol artificial eding commt nin Europe this would be no i indranee In France fowls are fattened by pouting lar oacet n- I od in * liquid slate down then throats through a tunnel made for il e purpose, iitd it would be easy to iin pnguaii . n. x uu witn ;ny oil or essence required. 1 his *v..uld be necessary to be done lor only a tew flays at lite close of the iatlctiing process, so that the health of the fowl need not be impaired. MANURE MEASURE. This is generally estimated by the load, Which is just about as detinue us the phrase, f 4 about as big as a piece of chalk." it ought to be measured by the cubic yard or cord A cubic yard is 27 feet, each of which con tain 1728 cubic inches. A cubic cord is 128 cubic feet. As the most of fartneis have an \ idea in their minds of the size of a pile of wood containing a cord, ;hey wou.d readily eoifc'pare that with the quantity of manure, if stated in cords. Every cart or wagon uox before it leaves the maker's shop, ought to have the cubic feet and inches it will contain, indelibly marked upon it. Tins would ena ble the owner io calculate the amount of his load. A YANKEE PUMPKIN PIE.— It is sometimes Saul that it takes a Yankee to make a good Pumpkin Pie, and as I find that they are so differently made in these parts, I will leli your lady readers how the Yankees do make them : Stew the pumpkins as long as possible, un fil the juice is ail dried up ; strain through a eolunder, and add milk and cream to a prop er consistency ; sweeten with half sugar and hall molasses ; add a little ginger • eggs are useless ; floui makes litem pasty, and straiu ing the juice off and mowing it away, takes oft all the sweetest part of the pumpkin. lo CUKE THE UHOUP. —The following is highly recoiniin-ndei bv an < xciungc ; "A piece ol Iresii lard, as iutge a- a butternut, vuouen up witn sugar, in the same way tiiat . butter and-agar are prepared lor the dress- j rug of puddings, divided into three parts, and giving intervals of twenty minutes, will re heve any case ol croup which is not already allowed to progress to the fatal point." IXti.se anil PHILOSOPHICAL RESULT.—" As diamond polishes diamond," says a gcrman writer, "so man is formed by mao." Truly. And we inav add as diamond cuts diaraod, so man is fleeced by man.—[Vanity Fair.] J£"-ST Why do you drive such a pitiful look ing carcass as that ? YVhy don't you put a heavier coat of flesh on him ? said a traveler to an Irish car driver. A heavier coat of flesh ? By the powers, 'he poor c eature can hardly carry what little there is on him now ! Life is a thing which many people seem in a great huary to get rid of, if we may judge by the number of'fast' young men now a-days, who use themselves up with the great est apparent satisfaction. StIST A wem n offering to sign a deed, the judge asked her whether her husband compelled her to sign ? "He compel me !" said the lady ; 'no' nor twenty like him !" jS-jST"A pedlar being asked by a long spin dle shanked wag, if he had any tin overhalls, answered : " No, but I have a pair of caudle moulds that will just fit you." He who truly wishes the happiness of a.iy one, cannot be long without discover ing some mode of contributing to it. JC3E* An Irishman catching a thief's hand '.n his pocket at the Post Office, the other day knocked the rascal down, and began to tram pie on his carcass as if he were dancing a Fardowner'sjig. " YY hat's that for ?" said a bystander. " Och !" said Pat, " it's small change the fellow wanted, and faith I'in alter giving him a few post office stamps ?" Women are said to have stronger at tachments than men. It is not so. Strength of attachment is evinced in little things,—A man is often attached to an old hat; but did you ever know of a woman having an attach ment fur an old bonnet ?" Never ! never !" It lias been said in bt-half of second mar nages, that wedh ck is like wine—not to be ptopei iy judged ot till the second. Can you tell me how the word Saloon is spel l ? was asked ola Cockney by a Pinla deipliiau. " Certainly," said the Londoner with a look of triumph ; " There's a Uess, and a bay, and a belt and two hoes, and a hen." While one of our chaplains of the army was repeating ihis'line of # tbe Lord's prayer—"(jive us t.liis day our daily bread-" a soldier added with a loud voice—" fresh.,. The Binghamton Journal is constructing a new dictionary. It uefines " .dan—a general term, embracing woman." If this is a sample, the new dictionary will be c. mprehensible enough at least. "Is that hell ringing for fire?" inquired a y"iitli from the Green Mountains. "No, iliey have io much somewhere and they ring the bell for water." Short calls are the best," as the fly said when he alighted upon the hot stove. Rowland Hill said, " he would not give a birthing for the man's religion whose cat and | d'.g were not the better for it." At a printers festival the following toast was given: " The editor, and the law yer—the devil is satisfied with ti.e copy of the former, but requires the original of the latter.,' We clip the above from a republican ex change, whose editor no doubt, spoke as he lelt, making himself the standard. YY hat is the difference between an accep ted and a rejected lover ? The one kisses his Misses, and the other misses his kisses. \Y hy are indolent persons' beds to short tor them ? because thy are too long in them. Bread is the staff of life, and liquor the stilts - -the lormer sustaining a man, and the latter elevating him lor a fall. — Modesty in women is like color on her cheek—decidedly becoming, if not put on AMUSING BLUNDERS. —YYc noticed, lately: in one of our country exchanges,(a Republi can paper)that the compositor had 6et up ' Honest Old Abe" as " Honest Old Ape,' and another paper, now before us, has au ar_ tide on the " Iti/erual Revenue," £3TA poor fellow in Virginia, whose wife left his " bed and hoard," advertised her, but not in the usual way. His adveatise meiit ran thus ; " Jaue, vour absence will ruin ail. i'hink of your children, your hucbaud, your parents. Return, all may he well. At anv rate, enclose the key of the cupboard where the whiskey is." — NEW EXEMPTS —Besides those who are ex empt from military duties under the laws of' the United Slates and State laws, the law of Moses exempts another class. We find in Deuteronomy, 24rh chapter, sthe verse, the following statute : " When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall nut go out to war neither shall he be charged with any business ; but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he has taken." ifSIPMSI f© BUY BEST AND SHEA'PEST, IS AT G. H. EASTMAN'S BOOT AND OBOE SHOP. as he intends for the future to sell exclusively for CASH O READY PAY ; thus making every man pay for his own work, with out taxing him for the debts of those that never pay. lie will sell all kinds "of the best custom made work at a lower figure than the slop work usually found in country stores can be bought at. lie inconstantly adding to his large stock of Til E BEST MATERIAL, and will keep on band and make to order all kinds o BOOTS, SHOES, BI'SKINS, GAITERS, SLIPPERS, GLOVE-KID SHOES, &e., Ac. The Best Workmen are employed in bis manufacturing establishment, and he feels confident of his ability to give the most perfect satisfaction. G. 11. EASTMAN I is noted for making the BFST and CHEAPEST Boots j and Shoes ever offered to toe public, and in order to I sustain his reputation, he will .-pure neither care nor oxpense. 11is< shop is first door below RR. Little's Law Of fice, where he is prepared to make to order, and do repairing on short notice. My motto is, to use none but coon LEATHER — not to purchase that which is boiled or rotten. P. S. Orders for fine Sewod Boots particularly so licited. G. If EASTMAN- Tuukhannoek, Aug 14, 1361 TO TRAVELERS. !DAILY LINE OF STAGES! FROM Tuiikliaiuiock to Pittston, C CONNECTING with STAGES running to and J from Wtlkes-Barre, and all other jsiints, from Pittston. Also, with stages running to anil from To wanda, Laceyville, Meshoppen, Montrose and other oints, from Tunkhannock. NONE BUT GOOD HOUSES, AXD CAREFUL AND OIII.IGIN'G DRIV EHS are engaged on this Line. Extra llorses and Carriages constantly on hand, F0 R W ARB PASSK N G £ R . AC fihAuV PAY i ] © At least 20 PER CENT LESS ' 5 2S l than those selling on the OLD CREDIT SYSTEM, Our JtlottO! > z \ SMALL PROFITS Jc READY PAY \ f" ©J 5 w hrot ! WANTED. —AU kinds of Grain Produce, Lumber, good *© P™ ) Hemlock Shingles, Wool Socks, Sheep Pelts, Reef Hides, i ; fact everything that will sell, for which the highest market ( # price will be paid. • -IL. HARDING & CO. j r Nicholson Depot, Oct. 30th, 1861. COMMERCIAL €CLLESE s BINOII.-MTON, N. V. An Institution to Qualify Young Men for Business. I) W. LOWELL, Principal, Pfofes3or of the Science of Accounts, Practical Accountant, Author of Lowell's Treatise upon Book-Keepiug, Diagrams illustrat- j ing the same, Ac. Jxo RASKIN, Commercial Accountant, Professor of; Book-Keeping ami Practical Mathematics. A. J WARNER, Professor of Practical and Ornament- j al Penmanship, Commercial Calculations and Cor ' respondence. J. J. CLRTIL, Assistant Teacher in Bookkeeping Department. LECTURERS. Hon. DANIEL S. DICKINSON, LL, D Lecturer on Com mercial Law and Political Economy. Hon. RANSOM BALCOM, Lecturer on Contracts. Prom ■ isary Notes and Bills of Exchange. Rev. Dr. E. ANDREWS, Lecturer on Commercial Ethics. Students can enter at any time; no vacation. Graduates are presented with an elegantly engraved Diploma. Usual time required to complete full com- ( mercial course, from Bto 12 weeks. Every student { is guaranteed to be competeut to take charge of the books of any business firm, and qualified to earn a 1 salary from SBOO to SISOO per annum. Assistance rendered to graduates in obtaining situations. Board $2 00 to $2 50 per week. For particulars send for Circular, enclosing stamp.' u5-ly. mil usLiieisF. i /asllianauu Sluing, gair tutting, AND SHAMPOOING SALOON. Shop Opposite 31 ay nard's Hotel. Ladies' hair cat in the most fashionable style, ei ther at his Saloon, or their residence, if desirable. Mr. Berlinghof is recently from New York city, whore he was employed in the best establishments, and consequently feels warranted in guaranteeing satisfaction to all who may favor him with their eus om. TO THE INDIES NEW SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY ! ! MRS. NARDWEUVS, Opposite the Post-Office. \\T HERE may be found a general assort- nient of Ribbons, Bonnet Material, F1 Mvera, j Ruches, Straw and Fancy Bonnets, Misses 1 and Cbil dren'B liats and Sliakers, and all other articles in the millinery line, which will be offorod at the l;west market prices. ' Please call and examine before purchasing else where. IdT Bleaching and repairing done in good or W. ' and at the shortest notice. _ 36—3 m j "C* Rl'IT CANS, for preserving fruit, for sale t . u , o . MILLS At R lunkhannock. September 11, 1861. STOVE & TIN-WARE *' v ' ' ' MANUFACTORY, TCNRHA X NOCK, l'a. BULLS" & ROSS, MANCFACTCHE AND DEAL IX EVERV DESCRIPTION OF TIM, SHEET-iROM, AND (Topper (tttlarf, COOKING, PARLOR, AND BOX STOVES | STOVE PIPE & FURNITURE, Heaters and rglstcrs, j PUMPS, ZINC, LEAD PIPE, JAPANNED AND BIUTANIA WARE, And, indeed, everything pertaining lo their business, which they offer at PANIC PRICES, ROOFING, GUTTERS and CONDUCTORS, put I np, at short notice. | JOBBING und REPAIRING of all kinds, prompt ly and neatly done. Give the-rn a call. Tunkhannjck, Sept. 11, IS6I. lv TRY Till: iCHOL ON MILLS!! [NEAR BACON'S OLD STAND.) r P HIS Mill hoe heen lately re-fitted and all the i- modern improvements added and is now in charge of MR. WI3NTT, of Proviaenee, Luzerne county, one of the best Mil ler the country. Particular attention paid to Custom Work, which will be done on short notice. ALL WORK WARRANTED, nud if net satisfac torily dime may bo returned at the expense of tbo I subscribers. FLO! R of all kinds, MEAL and FEED, constant ly on hand and for sale, at the Lowost Cash prices ! f "ir Cash or Flour paid for grain at the Highest Cash prices. N R. WINT, p. B BALDWIN, Miller Proprietor , 1 -" ' 1 ■■ ■ I \ ne'.v and singularly successful remedy for tha ] I il c ite of all Billon* diseases Costiveness, Indi- I ccstion, Jaundice, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Fevers, ' | Gout Humors. Nervousness, Irritability, Irflamma ! Hons, Headache, Pains in tlie Breast, "'Ue, Back, ' and Linus, Female Complaints, Ac. &c. _ Indeed, very few arc the diseases in which a Purgative Medi cine is not more or iess required, and much sick ness and suffering might be prevented, if a harm iess but effectual Cathartic were more freely used No person ran feel wc*t while a costive habit of bodv prevails ; besides, it soon generates serious and often fatal disease:;, which mi gut have been avoided , by the timely and judicious use of ggnod purgative. I This is alike tr :e of Colds, Feverish symptoms, Rnd Bilious derangements. They all tend to Income or produce the deep seated and formicTrP'r distempers which load the hearses ail over the land, Her/ce * -eliable family physic is of the first importance tc the public health," and this Pill has been perfected ! with consummate skill to meet that demand. A 1 I extensive trial of its virtues by Physicians, Profes j sors, Ttnd Patients, has shown results surpassing ' any thing hitherto known of any medicine. Cures i have been eii'ected bejond belief, were they not sub | ! stantiated by persons of such exalted position and ; character as'to forbid the suspicion of untruth. Among the many eminent gentlemen who have testified in favor of these Pills, we may mention; l'rof. J. M. Lor kk, Analytical Chemist, of Cin cinnati, whose high professional character is en dorsed bv ■ John *M< Lean, Judge of the Supreme Court ef j | the United St3tes. Thos. Cohvvtv, Secretary of the Treasury I Hon. J. M. Wuight, Governor of Indiana. N. Loxowobth. great wine grower of the Wait. Also, Da. J. it. Chilton, Practical Chemist, of New York City, endorsed by Hon. W. 1,. M akcy, Secretary of State. \Vm. H. Astok. the richest man in America. S. Liu.vvu .v Co.. Propr's of the Metropolitan Hotel, and many other*. Did spare permit, we could give rnanv hundred certificates, from all parts where the Pills hare i been used, but evidence even more convincing than ! the experience of eminent public men 13 found in their effects upon trial. These Pills, the resn't of long investigation and study, are o:T-. red to th" public as the best and most complete which the present state of medical science can afford. They are compounded not of the drugs themselves, but of the medicinal virtues only of Vegetal le remedies, extracted by chemical process in a state of purity, and combined together I m such a manner as to insure the best results. This I system of comp jsiiii.n f..r medicines has been found j in the Cherry Pectoral ;r.d L'ills both, to produce a more efficient r-me-.v tn *ll had hitherto been ob* I tair.ed by ar.v procen. The reason is perfectly ob | vi'ias. \\ hile by the old mode of composition, every 1 medicine is burdened with more or less of ar-rt ! rnonious antf in rious finalities, by this each indi ' vidual virtue only that .> di sired for the curative j effect is present. All the inert ami obnoxious qual ; ities of each snbst erne employed are left behind, the I curative virtues < v being retained. Hence it ia I self-evident the ch its should prove, as they have I proved, more ur 'y r.-niedi: !. and the Pills a surer, more p< werfui a;., dote to disc-ane than any other medicine known t.. ti.e world. I i As it is freqiu-i b . expedient thqj my medicine should be taken ur.iioi the counsel of an attending Phvsir'ui, and a- he c< old not prop r!y indue of : remedy v itho.it k°. ..vu * its composition, 1 have supplied the ae .i< fi rmuiue by which both my Pecti r.il ai.l fil's are n ;uie to the whole body of Prtteti*. i-rsii.thr I oited Stst'-x at.d British Ainc;- j it an Provinces. 11, however, there should lie any I j one who his 1 >t reeoned them, they will i>e I promptly fi rvvur. 1 i b\ rm.ii to Ids request. | Of all ti.i 1 atelit Modi He< that are offered, how I i few wiiuM be taken i! their composition was known ! Their life con hits in their mystery, i have nc my tori . ;. The composition of my preparations is laid open to ail men, and all who are competent to judge on the su ;eft fret. .1 knowledge their c< evictions ot their intrinsic merits. The Cherry Pectoral w;.s pronounced bv s i tifie men to lie a wonderful medicine before its effects were known. >ianvem inent I'hysiclans nave dciiared the same thing- f I I my Pills, and even ; • re confidently, and are wiil | ing to certify i' tth at tiripations were more I than lealizi dby their etfects ir n trial. I , They '.t-.-r ' y th-.r t..>w, rf.il influence on the ' , ir.t ;;. .1 vis era to purifv the blood and stimulate it into healthy arf o.i remove t'::e obstructions of 9 I • the stomach, bowels, liver, and other anw of the I body, r -t -ring . ■ Ir r * gni. r action to health, and by correctii-g wi.ercver they rvkt, such ueratige ran ts as are the hir-t 01 am ot disease. Ik-i.g si g'.l ■ r 1. 1 .ey ~re pleasant to take, y and ' ting pun . \ getaulc. 110 harm-cau aritc from ] their use in at;- qi. u .ity. For minute dir r.s. set "Tapper cr. the Box I'llV t'A II ED BY DR. JAM US ('. AVER, i'ructieaiund Aitulytical CheiuiH, LONVKLL, MASS. Price 33 Cents per Eox. live Boxes for $1 SOLO BY S. Stark, Tunkhanaock ; T D. Spring, Lacayvills Harding A Co., Nicholson; E J; J Krear, Factoiy ville, and by dealers in .Medicines everywhere. MRS. WOOD'S j C K 1.K13 RATE D STIMULATING BIGIEST, rOR WHISKERS AND HAIR. THE STIMULATING ONC.I PNT AND INVM ORATOR will restore hair k> the bald head, give new life and restore to original color gray hair cause red hair to grow dark. I? warranted to bring out a thick set of WHISKERS OR A MUSTACHE ! in from throe to six weeks. This article is the oule I one of the kind used by the French, and in I.ondey and Paris it is in universal use. It is a beautiful economical, soothing, yet stiinula- |a ting compound, acting as it by magic upon the roots, causing a beautiful growth of luxuriant hair. If up- Jj9 plied to the scalp it will euro baldness, and cause to .; spring up in place of the bald spots a fine growth of new iiair Applied according to directions, it will | turn nn> or light hair n vhr, and restore gray hair J to its original color, leaving it soft, smooth, and flex ible. The " OSOI ENT "is an indispensable articl. fa in every gentleman's toilet, and after one week's a-e they would not lor any consideration be without it. The subscribers are the only Agents for the article # • in the United States, to whom all orders must he i d dressed ♦ Price One Dollar a box—for sale by all Druggists - and Dealers—or a box of the " onguent," warranted j to have the d. sired oflect, will be sent to any, who (- i sire it, by mail, (direct) sin-urely packed, on receip of price and postage, 81.18. Apply to or address HORACE WOOPL \ South 7th St., cor. Grand,.Williamsburth.n uutis iiißi mi 1 This preparation, made from the beit Java Coffee, j is recommended bv pbyaiciana ;vs a suj>ericr NUTRI- 1 TIOUS BEVERAGE for General Debility, Dys;pep sia, and all billious disorders. Thousands who have sj been comivclled to abandon the use of coffee will us | this without injurious effects. One can contains the j strength of two pounds of ordinary coffee. Price 23 | cents. KOLLOCK'S LEVAIN, The purest and best BAKING POWDER known, for making light, sweet and nutritious Bread &£-' cakes. Price 15 cents MAXrFACTIRED BY M. 11. KOLLOCK, Chemist, Corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets, PhH'a . And sold by all Druggists and Grocers. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, HHI LAPELPHIA. .' fl For the Relief of the irick 4 • -Distressed, ajfiicitd I iruUnt and Chronic 1) is cases, and especially for the Cure of Diseases f (he Sexual Organs Medical advice given gratis, by the Acting surged® Valuable Reports on Spermatorrhoea or Seminal I Weakness, and other Diseases of the Sexual Organ 4! and on the New Remedies employed 111 the Disia >n,,s ' ry, sent to the afflicted in sealed letter envelopes, free g of charge. Two or three stamps for postage "''J'* 1 | acceptable. Address, l)r. J. SKILLIN HOCGH- I TON, Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, Nsolv H Ninth Street Philadelphia, Pa. lul'C I ,*§