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LIVE AND CORRESPONDENCE' OF THEO
DORE PARKER. By John Weiss. in t w o
Volumes. Pp. 478 and 630. 1804.- New-
York: D. 'Appleton and Company. Pitts
burgh : Robert S. Davis.
Theodore Parker was no ordinary man. Not
withstanding the unfavorable oireumstances of
his youth, by perseverence and unremitting in
dustry he was at length enabled to graduate
with credit at Harvard University. Afterwards,
while engaged as a school teacher, .hemade great
progress in the acquisition of languages, and in
reading history and philosophy. From this lie
went to the Divinity School at Oambridge, where
• some of the most distinguished Unitarian
minis
-.terb, of the generation , new almost.pasied away,
were among hie contemporaries. But soon after
his entrance upon the•minietry, his views end
doctrines proved him even -more radical and
averse to all evangelical religion than the great
body of Socinians in this country.
Mr. Parker Was au intense advocate of human
freedom, and Iry many reforms he bore a con
spicuoustpart. .Butldte was the bitter enemy of
all evangelical religibn. The Church was an oh
jtet of attack whenever occasion offered, and he
took great delight in shaking the confidence of
men with regard to the Divine origin and author
. ity or the Bible. Indeed, his great life-work was
to inculcate the superiority of reason to revela
':tion, and to turn men away from the doctrine of
ialvallon threugh faith in Jesus Christ. '
The ,two volumes now before us are most pain
fel evidences of the folly which had taken pos
session of his mind, and which led him to reject
the wisdom of God, anti to teach others "to du
likewise. His biographer is of like belief, or
rather unbelief, with hiinself, and permits no op
brtunity to pass without casting reproach upon
. thetz Church and orthodox Christianity.
THE GREAT CONSUMMATION, THE MIL
. LERMA'. REST; or, THE WORLD As IT WILL
an. By the Rey. John Cumming, D.D., F. 1.
S. E. Pp. 295. 1864, New-York ; Carleton.
Pittabirgh: Henry Miner.
The admirers of Dr.. Cumming have here ano
ther treat. His learning is 'not extraordinary.
His arithmetic and philosophy are often at fault.
Ills exegesis is by no means reliable. And he is
unable to perceive the difference between inter
preting prophesy and prophesying. But still Dr.
Cumming is earnest, evangelical, and interest
ing. His pulpit efforts never fail to draw crowds,
and his books have multitudes of renders. And.
this volume will not fail to ,be read'. In it he
speaks of the probabilities ,of the near approach
of the end with a deep and solemn earnestness,
dad always so as to apply the important injunc
tion, "Be ye therefore ready." Its perusal will
benefit both the hearts and heads of even those
who do not for a moment adopt the Millennarian
theory. Whilst the adherents of this system
will consider it a sumptuous, tender, and loving
feast.
THE PROPHET OF .FIRE; or, THE Lisp. AND
Tinge OF Er.tsen, with their Lessons. By T.
R. Made, D. D. Pp. 3 61. 1864. • New-
York: Robert Carter 4. Bros. Pittsburgh :
Robert S. Davis.
In the life•aud times of Elijah, Dr. Maoduff
has a theme for which his vivid cone eptions and
clear and Impaisioned style are we 11 adapted ;
and he has produced a volume that will be ex
tensively road and greatly admired. We can
commend it co rdially to every Christian house
hold.
FALSELY ACCUSED ; or, CHRISTIAN CON-
Qinsts. By A. L. 0. E. Pp. 176. 1864.
New-York: .Robert Carter s t Bros. Pitts
burgh : R. S. Davis.
Fors book to have been written by A. L. 0. E.,
is a sufficient recommendation.
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Artsillt gtakg.
" Good at a Bargain?.
This was the praise which , Mr. Hallett
oftenest bestowed on his el.dest and favorite
son. When he first wore jackets, Ned
proved himself an adept in small trades,
swapping off his worn-out and damaged
toys for the better ones of his, playmates.
Before h 3 was tea years old, he had
changed knives , a half dozen times or more,
making a good bargain each time, until he
was the owner of a double-bladed, pearl
handled one, of the best make, instead of
the broken jack-knife, bought with his
school dinner, with which he had begun the
knife business.
Of 'bonnie, some persons suffered loss for
his' gain, but this, be professed to think,
was nothing to him. " Look out for number
one," was Isis motto. If he had evetheard
the - command, " Thou shalt love thy neigh
bor-as thyself," he paid no attention to it.
His compassion was never moved by the pain
and regretof his victims, those whom he
had duped; and when they plead with him
for redress, he coolly claimed that he had
made a fair bargain—that they had eyes
and ears, and could lookout for themselves
as well as he for himself.
He tricked a poor little fellow out ,of a
silver pen oil-ease, which he had received
fpr a birth-day -present, by fascinating him
with a whistle of trilling value. When the
first charm of the whistle was gone, kid the
tender .birth-day remembrances connected
with the pencil had come back to the vie
timized child, he- urged Ned to receive
again his whistle, and restore him his pen
oil. He added inducements, but Ned was
not to be moved. He had the beat of the
bargain, and he kept it.
In similar ways, he obtained a wealth 'of
boys' treasures, to the admiration of his
companions, and his own great delight.
But wag he happy r .Surely not. Has God
made the soul to be satisfied with knives,
pencil-cases, balls, and tops ? Can a boy
be' happy When he is fall of sglfishness;
meanness, deception, and unkindness P He
may laugh, he may sing, he may talk large
ly, and walk Rroudly, but 'he.must be
wretched. ` , ' ` ie - 7~ltaaxsria no peace, saith my
God,-to the wicked."
Ned was once sent by his father to buy
hinifielf 'a pair of shoes. He was to buy
such as are usually s sold for ti dollar and a
half. With his habitual acuteness, he ob
tained the promise that, in case he could
buy them for less; he Should have the sur
plus money. -"At the • shoe-store he found
such shoat; as be wanted, and tried them
on; but complained - that they did - not fit.
lie tried pair after pair, with the same
complaint. At last he found. some for
, which he thought he could make a good
bargain, since one of them had •a defect in
the leather in a place where neither strain
nor wear could come. He tried them on,
pronounced them a perfect fit, examined
them, dwelt upon the flaw, condemned
them, and flung them aside. ••••
He tried other shoes, but none of them
suited him. The salesman recommended
several pairs; but no—they pinched him,
Ned said, he could not endure them.
At last he pretended to be discouraged,
and took, up the defective` pair,, declaring
them the only pair that fitted him, and ex
pressing his deep regret that they were not
perfect. The salesman examined them,
and pronoun Ced the defect unimportant.
Ned reexamined, complained, and regreted
again. The salesman growingweary, of
fered them at a reduced
price. Ned offered
a still lower price, tried the shoes agiin,
threw them from him, and rose to leave the
store.
The salesman, unwilling to lose a cus
tomer, wrapped up the shoes and handed
them-to him, saying, " There, take them at
your own price.
Ned took them, and left the store, great
ly pleased with, his cunning, and its' suc
cess, triumphant. He had saved a quarter
of a dollar for himself. He had haggled,
deceived, had been mean, had been false,
for a quarter of a dollar, and he was satis
fied! Are gdod behavior, manliness, jus
tice, honesty, worth no more ? What
Will any one sell his truth, his honor, his
good conscience, for money Ned sold his
for twentivive cents, well pleased with the
bargain. -
" What do you think of that ?" he said'
to his father, as he boastfully exhibited his
purchase, and the silver he had retained.
" You always were good at a bargain,
Ned," was'his father's complacent answer.
"I could n't have done as well. These shoes
are well worth a dollar and a halt."
But he did not tell Ned that he ought to
have paid the full price for them; he had .
never taught him that every man should
have a fair equi.valent for his. property. On
the contrary, he bad encouraged him in
taking advantage of others, by praising his
tricks in trade ; commending him as "good'
at a bargain."
Grown to manhood, Ned Hallett still cul
tivated and practiced, his sharpness, and for
a time with success. But he became known,
and people were suspicious and watchful,
and gave him few opportunities to 'make
his good bargains. -
At last his skill and cunning were em
ployed in an insurance fraild, which was
discoveredLnd led to his conviction and
imprisonmat His father was an anxious
liAerter at his trial, but no one could think
that he had any satisfaction in the sharp
ness then developed.
When the shamnful and dread sentence
of guilt was pronounced, he covered his face
with his hands. He could not look ripen
the son whom he had helped to ruin, whom
he had encouraged in his first steps toward
crime.
It was a heart-sickening scene when fa
ther and son first met in the narrow prison
cell Each looked at the other with re
proach. Each blamed the other for the
pain and shame he suffered.
"This is a bad bargain, Ned," said the
old man, weakly. f"tYou've ruined us all."
" Ruined you Who ruined me 7" ex
claimed the prisoner, in a tone that stung
the old man to the heart. "I Nies ruined
when you called me ' good at a bargain,'
instead of dishonest ; when you praised my
trickery, instead of punishing it. 4 Good
at a bargain,' when for knives-and pencil
cases I must pay in prison walls, convict
labor, and a felon's name ! Call you a man
good at a bargain,' when he sells even his
soul for a bauble ? for a piece of gold?"
Congregationalist.
Thou Shalt Not Covet.
There was once a nobleman,in Italy, who
was going to be married. Great prepara
tions were made for the wedding feast.
Everything necessary for the' occasion had
been probnred, except some fish, of which.
the Italians are very fond. But the sea
had been so rough for many days that the
fishermen in the neighborhood had been
quite unsuccessful. The day before the
wedding was to take place, however, a fish
erman came along who had a fine, large
tuft:tot for sale. He knocked at the gate of
the nobleman's residence, and inquired if
they wanted any fish. The porter who
kept the gate happened to be a very covet
ous man. He was ready to take advantage
of every.opportunity to get a little money,
whether the way of getting it was right or
wrong. He told the fisherman that they
wanted a fish very much in his m'aster's
house, and, as it was fOr a wedding feast,
they would be willing to pay a good- price
for it. But he said he would :not let the
man in unless he would promise to give
him one half of what he got for it.
The fisherman thought this' was so -utr-'
just that, at first, he refused to do' it. Bat
finding he could not get in on any other:
terms, he consented. As. he went in, how-3
ever, he made up his mind to teach the
porter a lesson that he would not scion
forget.
He was ushered into the, presence of the
nobleman, who was so delighted to see so
fine a fish that he offered , to give the man
any price he might ask fn it.
You will think, perhaps, I am naming
a strange price," said the fisherman, "when
I tell you that a hundred lashes, laid on
my bare back, is the price of my fish, and
I will not take anything else for it." The
nobleman was greatly surprised. He thought
the man ivas joking, and tried to reason
him out of his strange notion. But find
ing the fisherman resolute in his demand,
he said:
" Well, well, the poor fellow is certain
ly crazy. We must have' the fish, how
ever. Give him his price, and let him be
paid- in my presence; but lay it on very
lightly!'
As .soon as fifty lashes had been given
him, he cried, "Hold I hold I I have a
partner in this business, and he must haire
his share of the price of the fish."
" What I" exclaimed the nobleman, is
it possible that there are two each 'mad
fellows in the world ? Who is your part
ner, and he shall be sent for at once ?"
" You need not go very far for him,
said thu fishepnan ; "you will find him at
your gate, in the shape of your own porter,
who would..pot let me in until I prom
ised he should receive half of what I got
for my turbot."
" Oh I oh !" said the nobleman; " bring
him in instantly. Let him have - his share,
by all means; and lay it on soundly."
The porter received his share of ,the
prise asked for- the' fish. Then he was im
mediately discharged, while the fuiherman
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.--WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1864.
'was amply rewarded. :The porter lost his
character and his situation. 1! le certainly
found covetousness injurious. It injured
his character.
One of the literary men of England, who
has outgrown many of the religious influ
ences of his childhood, gives the following
touching sketch the impression made on
him by the habit of, prayer taught at his .
mother's knee •
" Very - singular and very pleasingto ine is
the remembrance of that simple piety of
childhood, of that prayer which was said so
punctually, night and morning, kneeling
by the bedside. What did I think of?
What image did I bring before my mind as.
I repeated my learnt petition With such
scrupulous fidelity ? Did I see some ven
erable form bending down to listen ?.. -Did
he cease to look and listen when I had said
it all ? Half prayer, half lesson, how diffi
cult it is now to.summon, it:back agaidi
But this I know, that the bedside where I
knelt in this morning and evening -devo
tion, became sacred to• me as au altar:. I
smile as I recall the innocent superstition
that•grevi up in me that the prayer must be
said -kneeling just there: If, some, cold
Winter's night, I had crept into bed, think
ing to repeat the petition from the warm
nest itself—it would not do—it was felt in
this court of conscience ,to be "an, insuffi
eient performance
;" there was no sleep to
be had till I had risen, and, bed-gowried as
I was, kneeled at . the accustomedplace, and
said it all, over again from the beginning to
the end. To this day I never seethe little,
clean, white bed in which a child-is`to,
sleep, but I see also the figure of ; . a child
kneeling at its Side. And I for a moment
am that child- No high altar in the most
sumptuous church in Christendom could
prompt my knee to bend like that suoir
white coverlet, tucked in for a child's slum
ber."
There is a pretty little saying, which, if
not very common, is, I am sure, very true;
it is this: "If we speak kind words, we
shall hear kind echoes."
"How,is this, and , what does it_mean..?'
I fancy I hear a youthful voice exclaim.
Well, now, I will show. you. If I could
take you all at once to a deep • valley be
tween two hills, or put you in some little
nook between lofty mountains, or it I could
place you in a boat on the lonely waters of
a quiet lake, and then bid you, shout.your
name with all your might, you might
.
it repeated once, twice, aye; and 'se al
times, growing fainter and fainter each'
time, till it died quite away on :your ear.
You might think that only you had spoken,
and yet several seethed calling. Surely it
is some one'mcicking ; but no. It is only
yourself with your own little voice doing it
all; so there is no need to be offended.
You see what a Wonderful power you have
of making yourself heard. This then is the
echo. If you were not to speak you would
have no echo. God has kindly made all these
wonders, and they ought to teach us'a useful
lesson, if we would only think' about what
we see and hear. Kindness is like a sweet,
soft echo; if little children speak loving
words to each other, loving - words acme
back again to them : and, if they do;kind
actions, kind actions come back again.
Not long ago I came home from my
office at the close of a beautiful, calm day
in the early Spring. I took a seat in the
yard under a large cherry-tree, and called
my little girl, between , five And six years
old, to keep me company while I enjoyed
the balmy Spring breeze. We sat there
till dusk, I in the chair, and she on my
knee. A dark cloud, was slowly over
spreading the Western,sky. Long,streaks
of lightning were running hither- aid
thither over its dark, surface. The little
girl's eyes soon caught the sight. It
was something new to her, " Oh I pa, what
is that ?" she exclaimed, pointing to the
lightning "It is lightning, my dear,"
said I. " Well, what makes it ?" she said.
told her that she Was too little tounder
stand it, and that when she got larger I
would explain all to her. "Oh I" she ex
claimed, her eyes all aglow with the. con
ception, " I know what makes it—thy are
rubbing matches up there to light the stars."
Many, a time she had seen me, at dusk,
rub a match on the late, dark mantle
piece, leaving a long, bright, but quickly
vanishing streak in its course, to light the
cal:tab:3.or lamp.
' Many persons entertain the' most erro
neous notions respecting the character of
science. The,' think and speak of it as if
it were some mysterious intellectial'infile
ty, revealed to the few ,and denied to,
,the
many. Sach ideas may have come to
from...the olden times when all men believed
sincerely in AnYsterious powers communi
cated throughj.ncantailons and charms by
deities and spirits who had power over .
" the' earth, the water, 'the air 'and fine
. 1 1 1 .. he ancient alchemists and- - .astrologers
kept what they called " science" secret, as
semething . too sacred to be communicated
.to.the mass of _men ; henee.
that' tanght'a
vorite disciples only. Many of these old
plodders in the paths of science were -sin
cere in their peculiar views, butrie mist be
admitted that too many of them employed
secret discoveries in chemistry for the pur
pose of astounding their unlearned fellow-
men bytheir curious experiments, in order
to obtain power over them. Astronoiny
also, such as a superior knowledge 'of
eclipses and the movements of the heavenly
bodies, was employed, in a Bert of quack
manner to obtain power by foretelling
events. Many of theie Imposters Were
very like the learned Irish , prophet set
forth in Hibernian verse, who knew' every
event before it happened after it took
place.
Science simply: means knowledge, of
any subject—its_ nature, and:;, operation ;
and whoever knows must 'of "S"l4 . branch of
knowledge,and can apply it .14' ?best
manner, is the o- lost scientific in • that
branch. Knowledge means truth, as there
k
can be 'no noivledge based . * upon fictin.
A m an,mhowever, may perform a. mechani
cal or hemical operation in:a very superior
manner and yet not be scientific., A parrot
can Speak, but a parrot- is not 'a linguist,
nor has it any knowledge of the science of
language. A- man,-tobc scletific, should
know- "'theWhy and theviheMbre of the
operations he performs." ;:Mathematics is
a science, but great powers of calculation
afford`ne evidence of scientific acquisition.
Some 'not Mueli 'above
reach of idiocy, have been great calenla
tors. Yei`matheinaties as n science re
quires a high grade of intelleet and great'
persistency' of mental effort to master.
Science may be said to be a collection of
Childhood's Prayer.
Kind Echoes.
A Child's Idea.
citittifit.
The Nature of Science.
facts and experience accurately arranged
and properly understood. Chemistry, for
example, is an art and a science, Vicause
it is a ;:olleation Of the results *of careful
experiments. Geology is simply . a- collec
tion of facts carefully arranged. A theory
is not a science; it is simply the explana
tion of phenomena. Every science has,
according to Max Muller, first an empirical
stage, in which facts are gathered and ana
lyzed. After this they are classified or ar
ranged, and according to the inductive
Method, theory explains the purpose or
plan of thewhole.—,Sc. American.
The Action of the Sun
Every mechanical action on the earth's
surface, every manifestation of power, or
ganic or inorganic, vital and physical, is
produced by the sun. His warmth keeps
the sea liquid and the atmosphere - a gas,
and all the storms which
~ agitate both are
- blown by the, mechanical force of the sun.
He lifts the river and the glaciers up the
mountains, and thus the cataract and the
avalanche shoot with. an energy derived
immediately from him. Thunder and
lightning are also his transmuted strength.
Every fire that buts and every flame that
glows dispenses Jig t and heat which orig
inally helonged to the sun.
In these days, the .nels of battle is fa
miller to us, but every shock and every
Charge is an application or misapplication
of the ineChanical force of the - sun. He
blows the trumpet, he urges the projectile,
he bursts the bomb I And, remember, this
is not poetry, but rigid mechanical truth.
He'rears, as I have said the'whele vegeta
ble world, and through :it, the .animal ; the
lilies of the foci are his workmanship, th,t
verdue of the meadows, and the cattle upon
a thousand hills. He forms the music, he
urges the bleed, he,builds the brain. His
fleetness is in,the lion's foot; he springs in
the panther, he soars in the eagle, he
slides in the snake. He builds the forest
and hews, it dawn—the power which raises
the tree and wields the axe being the Same.
The clover sprouts and. blossoms, and the
scythe of the mower swings by the same
force. The sun -digs the ore from our
mines, he rolls the iron, he rivets the plates,
he hoilsthe water, he draws:the; train. He
not only. irovis the cotton, but he spins the
fibre and weaves the web. There is not a
hammer raised, a wheel turned, or a shuttle
thrown, that is not raised and turned And
throiin by the sun. His energy is 'poured
forth into space, hut our world is a halting
place • where his energy is.conditioned:
Here-the Protein works his spells.—Heat
Considered as a Mode of Motion by Prof:
Tyndall.,
isdantons.
Preservation of Human Bodies.
Awing the most striking curiosities of
Derbyshire may be reckoned the moors of
Hope parish.= They afford an extraordina
ry instance of the preservation of human
bodies interred in them. In the year 1674
a grazier and his female servant in crossing
these r moors, were lost in the snow, with
which they- were covered. from: January to
May, when on 'beieg found, the coroner or :
dered them to be'buried on the spoL Af
ter a lapse of twenty-nine years, on the
around'being opened, they were in no way
changed, the color of the skin_ being fair
and natural; and the - flesh as - soft as that of
persons newly dead.. For twenty succeed
ing years tliey were occasionally exposed as
a spectacle,-but carefully covered after be
ing viewed-. They • lay at the depth of
about three feet, in a moist soil, or moss.
The minister of. Hope parish was present
in 1716, forty-two years after the accident,
at a particular inspection of these bodies.
On the stockings being drawn off, the man's
legs, which had not been uncovered before,
were quite fair; the flesh, when pressed by
the finger, _pitted a little, and the joints
played freely without the least stiffness.
Intercession or the spirit.
When the Spirit maketh intercession for
us, it is not by any direct supplication from
himself to God,
,the Father, on behalf of
any one individual ; but by, pouring on that
iudividual-the Spirit of prayer and suppli--
cation: The' man whom he prays for is, in
fact, the organ -of his prayer: The prayer
passes as it were, from the Spirit through
him who is the object of it. .
Thcsegroinings of the Spirit of, God,
'Which cannot be uttered, are those unutter
able desires wherewith the heart iicharged
and which can ouly find vent in the ardent,
but, unspeakable . breathings of the one who
first feels his need, and longs to be freed
from it; who hath a strong - and general ap
petency after -righteousness, and yet can_
only sigh it forth in ejaculations of intense
earnestness.
TheSe are called oTOanings of the Spirit
of God, because,it is, in , fact, He,who awa
kened them in'the spirit of man: When
He intercedes for a believer, the believer's
own heart is the channel through which
thedntercession finds its way to..the throne
of grace.- Chalmers..
Do n'tiwcar.
..S.Aurbulent Seotchman was arrested the
other day, 'inOne of, our large cities, for
some misdemeanor, and escorted by the po
lice to the station-house. Though a large,
powerful`man, he could not resist the force
of the law, but.his unbridled passion found
expression in, the most furiouti outburst.of
abusive and profane language. It was fear
ful to hear the terrible oaths and _curses
that in one `continuous stream from
his mouth as he was carried through the
streets. Even the rough boys, who were
drawn by the uproar and. can endure al
mosttanything of profanity without.shrink
ing, seemed to qstand appalled, or were
forced to, retire. He never stopped a mo
rnent:tuitil long after he' had been properly
secured"ihiriellabe - of eonfrisement,"-and
then all at once he ceased. The astonished
bystanders turned to' .see what could have
produced so instantaneous a change. In
the doorway stood a delicate, fair-haired
little -girl of: eight years, holding in
her hand:the well-filled dinner pail whieh
she had 'been commissioned to carry to hits
place 'of work, and which, on hearing what
had befallen herfather, she had consider
ately brought...tO,the station-house. Lift ! :
ing upher tiny face to the hard features
of the prisoner, without, a word of wonder
or'reproach at finding her parent in-so un
pleasant a:condition, she said, in the sweet
est. of accents,
• " I haVe bropght you your 'dinner, father.
Shell. I sing while you are eating ?"
" No,. child go home this is no place for
you,' said the father, in a tone so subdue
that, ,one would. searcely have believed it
, „ ,
proceeded from the sa me, lips out of which
but a moment before had poured such fierce,
bitter:;impreeations. "'Go hemS,.'" - MftrY )
and' when I tnorneback, you shall Sing. l ',
" What mad; you hold up your swearing
so'snildenly Plaiked. Some one afterwards
of the Prisoner:`,.
" I can't swear - before that child," was
the reply. 4 1 She goes to one of them Mis
sion schools and learns the hymns, and
sings 'em at home just like an angel. I
might just as well swear before an angel as
before her."
The Fox.
Perhaps of all our untamed quadrupeds,
the fox has obtained the widest and most
familiar reputation from the time of Pilpay
and iEsop. to the present day. His recent
tracks still give variety to a 'Winter's walk.
I tread in the steps of the fox that has
gone before me by some hours, or which
perhaps I have started, with such a tiptoe
of expectation, as if I were' on the trail of
the spirit itself which resides in the wood,
and expected soon to catch it in its lair.
I am curious to know what has determined
its graceful curvatures, and hove surely
they were coincident with the fluctuations
of some mind. I know wl:dch way a mind=
wended, what horizon it faced, by the set
ting of these tracks,
and whether it moved
slowly or rapidly, by their greater or less
intervals and distinctness; for the swiftest
step;leives.yet a lasting trace. Sometimes
you will see the trails ..of many together,
and where they have gambolled and gone
through a -hundred &oil:diens, which testify
to X sinaular listlessness and leisure in
nature.-
When I see a fox run across the pond on
the snow, with the carelessness of freedom,
or at intervals trace his caurse in the sun
shine' along the ridge of a hill, I give up
to him sun and earth as to their true pro
prietor. He does not go in-ihe sun, but
it seems to follow him, and There is a vis
ible sympathy between him and it. Some
times, when. the snow lies light, and but
five or six inches deep, you may give chase
and come up with one on foot. In such a
chase he will show a remarkable presence
of mind, choosing onlysthe safest direction,
though he may lose ground by it. Not
withstanding his fright, he will take no
step which is not beautiful. His pace is a
sort of leopard canter as if he were in no
wise impeded by the snow, but 'were bus
banding his strength all the while. When
the ground is uneven, tAe course is a series
of graceful curves, conforming to the shape
of the surface. He runs as though -there
were not a bone in his back, ocettasionatly
dropping his muzzle to the ground for a
rod or two, then tossing his head aloft,
when satisfied of his course. When he
comes to a declivity, he will put his fore
feet together, and slide swiftly down,
shoving the snow , before him. He treads
so softly that you would hardly hear it from
any nearness, and yet with such expression
that it would not be quite, inaudible at any
distance.--th,oreau.
: 4#:*,:.,:0 f 40.1t:;:: : ,*('
Hints on Transplanting, &o.
We had intended to give our readUrs an
original contribution this, week, but we ac
cidentally laid our hands on the following,
from Eilvianger & Barry's Fruit Garden,
and finding it so appropriate for the season,
we give it the preference, and invite spe
cial attention to it. -
Ist. .THE PREPARATION OF THE SOIL.—
For Fruit Trees the soil should "be dry,
either naturally, or made so: by thorough
drainage, as they will not live or thrive on
a soil constantly saturated with stagnant
moisture. It should also be well prepared
by twice plowing, at least, beforehand,
using the subsoil plow after the common
one, at the second plowing. On newifresh
lands, manuring will be unnecessary; but
on lands exhausted by,oropping, fertilizers
must - be applied, either. by turning in
heavy crops of clover, or well decomposed
manure or compost. To ensure a good
growth' of Fruit Trees, land `shouldbe in - as
good condition as for a crop of wheat, corn,
or, potatoes. _
2d. THE PREPARATION OP THE TREES
—ln regard to this important operation„,
there are more fatal errors committed than
on any other. As a general thing, trees
are placed in the ground precisely as they
are sent from the Niirsery.- In removing Et
tree, no matter how carefully it may- be
'done, a portion of the roots are broken and
destroyed, and consequently the balance
thatgexisted in the structure 'of the tree is
deranged. This must be restored by a
proper pruning, adapted to the size, form'
and condition of the tree as follows :
Standard Orchard Trees.—These, as
sent from the Nursery, vary freak, five to
eight feet •: in height, with naked stems or
trunks, and a 'number of branches at the
top forming a head. These branches
should be all, cut'back to within three or
four buds of their base. This lessens the
demand upon the,Toots, and enables the re
maining buds to push with vigor. In the
ease'f older trees bf extra:size, the prun
ing must be in proportion, as a general
thing, it will be safe to shorten all the pre-
V/0118 year's shoots to three or four buds at
their base, and where - the 'branches are very
numerous, some may be cut out entirely.
Dwarf Standard Trees and 'Dwarf
Bushes—Must be...pruned as recommended,
for 'standards, aiming at producing a round,
well-proportioned head, with the main
branches regularly distributed and far
enough apart to, admit air freely to all
3d. PLANTII9.—Dig holes in- the - first.
- place, large enough to admit the roots of:
the tree to spread out in their natural posi
tion.- Then, having the tree. pruned as
above directed, let one person -hold Win an
upright position, and the other shovel in
the earth, carefully putting the finest and
the best from the surface ;in. among the
roots, filling every interstice, and bringing
every-root in contact with the soil. When -
thnearth is nearly filled in - , a pail of water
may
s he ihrown aettle,and *ash in the
earth around the roots; then fill in: the re
mainder, and tread gently with the foot.
The use of water is seldom necessary, 'ex
cept in dry weather; early in Fall or late
in Spring 'Guard against planting too
deep-;. ; the trees, after the ground settles,
should stand in this 'respect as they did' in
the Nursery. Trees on dwarf stocks should
stand so that all the stock be under the
ground, and no'more. In very dry, grav
elly ground, the, holes-should-be dug twice
the usual size and-depth, and filled in with
good:loamy soil. s
4th. STAKING.-"If trees are tall ,and
much expose,d to winds, a stake should.-be
planted with thntree, to which it should-be
tied-in such a manner - as 'to-avoid chafing.
A piece of matting or - cloth may be put be
tween the tree and'fice stake.
sth. MoLoraNG.—When the tree- is
planted, throw around it 'as far as the roots
extend, and - a fpot,beyond, five to six inches
of rough manure 'or. litter, thislis
particularly necessary in dry ground, and
is highly advantageous everywhere, both in
Spring-and Pall-planting. It prevents the
ground front baking or cracking, and
maintains egnal temperature. about :the
root's.
6th. AFTER OULTURE.—The grass should
not be allowed to grow around young trees
after being planted, as it stunts their
growth and utterly ruins them. The
ground should be kept clean and loose
around them, until at least they are of bear
ing size..
The Profit of Keeping Cows.
In all our observation, we never knew a
farmer who set out to stock his farm with
first-rate milch-stock, that did not succeed.
With proper care in selecting, every herd
of tows in the country may average, on
good feed, 500 gallons of milk each per
annum. Isolated cases of cows that give
1;000 gallons are not very rare. In a let
ter recently received from. Mr. A. Niles, of
Mass., he says : (..1 became convinced,
years ago, that it wPs poor economy for a
farmer to keep -poor cows. I have been
.trying for a length of time to practice ac
cording to my theOry, by disposing of all
ordinary cows, and supplying their places
with others, a;ul. I am now quite satisfied
with my course. From four cows I have
made and sold_ since April Ist, 700 . lbs. of
butter, at 20 cents per lb., and raised in
part upon the milk of the same cows, four
fine' heifer calves, from good stock on both
sides. I call the calves worth at least $lO
each, and the milk we gave to the hogs
worth at least as much as the keeping of
the calves besides the milk. One of the
cows is now about calving, and I hope to
make from her, before the lst of April
-next, 100 lbs. more of butter, making in all
800 lbs. daring the year, from four coifs—
being*2oo lbs. from each cow. Calling the
calves, as above, $lO each, $4O; butter, 800
lbs. 20 cents per lb., $160; total; 7 8200 or
$5O each. Their keeping in Summer was
common pasture.; in the month of April,
hay, with one _feed of iningel wurzels.
Other farmers may do better with better
feed."
Open Heads for Frait Trees
Most orchard= trees have their heads alto
gether too crowded; the limbs are allowed
to fill up-the 'centre so that light and air
are excluded; and, the full development and
maturity of the fruit prevented. A dis
tin.uished pomologist in giving directions
for priming an orchard, advised to leave
room enough in the centre of the tree for
a barrel into which to pick the apples; and
he was not far from right. It requiresbut
little trouble to get .a tree into good shape,
if it,is-attended to while young, when the
knife will do the work, which, if neglected,
will necessitate the use of the sai and
chisel. - Where large scars are to be made,
it is always best to defer pruning until
Sumner; though cutting with the knife
may be done after the severity of the Win
ter has passed. Trees should be started
with a view to an open and well balanced
head; but where this has been neglected,
they should• be made as nearly right as
possible before they .get large. VY herever
a branch will crowd another if allowed to
grow, or will unduly fill up the ,centre of
the tree, it should be removed. A timely
use of the knife in• early Spring, and an
occasional Summer pinching of a shoot
disposed to grow where a liinb is not need
ed, will keep the top open. It is some
times necessary in other to : give the tree a
proper balance, to induce , a branch to :pro
long itself more than it naturally' would;
this can be done by removing the side
shoots upon it.
Facts for Farmers.
If "you invest
,money in tools, and. then
leave them exposed to the weather, it is the
same as= loaning money to a spendthrift
without security—a dead loss in both cases:
If you invest money in books, and never
read them, it is the same as putting your
money into a bank, but never drawing
either principal orint i prest.
If you invest your 'money in choke
fruits, and do not guard and give-them. a
chance to grow and preve their value, it is
the same as putting a good hind into the
field with poor tools to work with.
If jou invest your money in a goodfarm,
and do not cultivate it well, it ifr the- same
as marrying' a good -wife and So- abusing
and enslaving her as'to ernsh..her energies'
and ,to break her heart.
Cure for Foot Rot or Fouls in Cattle and
Sheep.—Take one ounce of blue vitriol pul
verized fine and - add four table-spoonfuls of
spirits turpentine and vinegar (each) in a
glop vial with a large mouth so as to admit
a small swab. Wash and clean the feet
affected, with soap suds, and apply thumix
ture. Two or three times will affect a
cure. Farmers can manage almost any
ox or cow so as to handle the feet, as they
would a horse, by using a nose' snap, which
can be found in any agricultnral store, cag
ing only a few cents. Every farmer ought
to haVe one of these to Manage stubborn
animals. Slip it into the nose, and with
one hand hold of it, the animal can be
held abnOst unmovable. Any s person can,
then take-up the foot of an ox, or cow, and
hold it, to have it washed. This will save_
the trouble of going miles to the black
smith's ox frame.
Mut to Iterge-ftepers.—A gentleman who
has tried the plan successfully for 'five
years, communicates, the annexed method
of preventing 'unties from , chafing under
the collar. lie says he, gete a piece of
leather and has >what he terms a false
collar made, which' is simply a piece - of
'leather out in such. shape as to lie snugly
between 'the shoulders of the, horse and
the collar. This fends off all, the friction,
as the collar slips and moves on the,
leather, and, not on the egulders of :the
horse. Chafing is caused by Abe friction,'
hence you see the thing is entirely plausi-.
hla. Some put-pads or sheepskius under
the collar, But these do as much harm as
good, for they'augment the heat. A single
piece of leather, like that composing the
outside of a collar, is sufficient.
- <National Wool Growers' Association.--The
annual meeting of. this body was held in
Columbus, Ohio,. on the sth inst. << They
recommenied=a tax of $1 a ..head:on dogs.
The loss of wool growers in Ohio, by the
destruction of sheep by dogs, was over
8200;000 per annum, and the number of
dogs was said to be half a million. A reso
lution was adopted in favor of an increased
tariff .on foreign wool, putting wool grow
ers on the same footiug as American menu
fieturers.*
Farmers' Padding.--Heat one quart of
milk, to boiling, then stir in slowly one
teacupful of Indian meal. Mix With this
about - six golid apples pared . and sliced, and
add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of
butter, and, a little allspice and . nutmeg.
Pour the whole into a deep dish and bake
until done or about forty . `minutes.
40140 Cakt,--Equal weights of eggs
and sugar (pulverized), half weight of ,
four; beat•. the yolks -and whites separately
(very light).; mix the sugar and yolks first,
then add one -grated Jemon and.beat for
Afteen ,minnies, then add the whites, and
mix well; lastly, stir in the liour,and
gently.
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