The Greensborough patriot [November 14, 1856]

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AOL. XVII.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BY 11 S. SHERWOOD.
Terms : 69 a year, iii Advance s
82.50 njli-r three month*, and 83.00 o/ter tieeJii KIIM elated that there was on this stalk ISO pods,
GREENSBOEOUGBUN.C-, NOVEMBER 14, 1850. NO. 008
moittlis, from ilati of tuburription.
•irons very similar to th: Uottnq I'ljiit, having i j Paektaj CgS* •• «*«>=!»•
long tap root, amain stem sod branches, it • One of the best w«rsofrocking eggs tokeep long"
■- to jack them in charcoal dust, inlo-.esthc long*
eat diameter perpendicular, set thew in a cool dry
place and torn the boxes over as often as once in
tw» days. Try it, but d > not set ilic boxes where
they will be forgotten and the turning neglected.
Where this attention would be too great an incon-bears
a heavy foliage, the leaves being very large
and numerous The plant we saw had shed its
aves, leaving the pods upon the biro stem. Mr.
the pods bavin-; from two to three pea- < a.-h.—
• The pea res* mbli -" i1 c g»rden oca, and nj doubt
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would make n desirable dish. Ti was grown up n i veoJence, it will be luund to answer an exceUcnt
One dollar per square (fifteen lines) foi the firM . .,.... . .
ivventy-tive cents lor every week ihere cowan* wire grass sandmil land, was about.;
is made in favor ol standing adver- f..-1 high, and appeared to be a vigorous plant.
it>eme ov. - :
a MONTHS.
tare, 53.5u
Tw i. Ian**, 1 Mil
Th (! <ol.) 10.00
Hall column, II ""
<i MONTH*.
10.00
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2 . (II)
1 vrui.
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Draining*
We would advise every planter to procure a few
seed and )iivc this singular plant a trial. Stock
1'"" feed upon it quite heartily.—Clteratc Gazelle.
2o.oo i
Grapes ami Wliic.
The quantity of delicious fruit which wo. have
■ gathered during this and the two previous seasons
from a ScuppcrnongGrape Vine plauted eight]
We repeat our advice ol last month, to drain 1 years ago, has caused some wonder in our owi
rour (/•-•/ lands. The ixperionce ol land owners wind tliai we did n..t sooo»r r-rrvide BO pro.. ■ j
::, Kuropc,as well as lit this country, corroborate comfort and luxury. And that such of our read
itlioTllw lollowing views ol I'rofoss ir Gray, \ ^ »? have a small space of ground to spare way j
:' Andover ' loll. M ussachu'ctts, in his admir- | I" 'Hi by our experience, we hereby call their at- ,
rk on Scientific and ['radical Agriculture I tcntion to the subject,
bye, u liich should be i:
st's libraiy.
purp ■-•■ lo pack tht eggs in large earthen jars or
crocks, and to fill them with lime-water mad* by
pouring water up -i ■. ■' I -ttinjE it stand
Early sVeflmdM 1'rcacblnjr.
The October number of the London Wesleyan
Quarterly Review, in an article on the Methodist
Episcopal Church of America, has among its
paragraphs the foUowiup::
" i lie ree-.rds of c •■!>• M ;thodism in America,
reveal an account of suffering, endured by the
itinerant preachers such us cou' 1 not, we f ..-, 1. •
:' >rneat the present li ue. Tlieir sufferings were
ol everj kino. The mere <'. 'udjery ol travelling
was ofitself, in the state i tht country, at that
■ me, sufficiently barrassiug. Boundless forests,
a day or two covered j it mty be dscantcd without I infested by wild and hostile Indians, bad to be
great care to pour it off cl«*ar. The lime deposits j (breaded, oltca with ut the e.-uiblaucc of roads,
form the solution upon and in the pores .■'' the and with no other direction, in their wondering?,
shell and keeps the eggs perfectly sweet for a than th. ' blaze" on the ti e*, that is, the portion
Ion" time, even though the yolk settles down up-. striped off fr< in the bark. The scttli rs' log hut
on on?side against tbc shell.
luUlll.
i lie vine we speak of
I'roles.- -i- Uray v.-.v forcibly points oui
.antages, thus :
•• I lie II. ■ --; ly and imp irtnnrc ofdraiiiin wel
grounds, may be rendered cvidelil bj 11• ■ follow-lug
e ns:
I An c.\ - .-.•■. -.!• im.i-lure pi -.enti
the |! ■!-.diing ad ! pulverizing ol the* iii until late
in the season, and when liiu attempt in lii.aily
|icrlcclly suci i ■ i ; I.- liec tin
prop : _. io 'orporated with ttic-
Mill, an I privi I ol lln-ii cliccts upon I be roots.
bie to bo itioii 1 b\ «i J
I
li. An excess of moisture prevents tire ;■>
or iliti -on i ■-:!■ n of the organic
in the a il, and thus cuts offa regular sup
. I bis c Heel i- exemplified in j- at
I being reached theic was nothing but the meanest
late,—hard biscuit, often the Hoor or a plunk,
.'..v'v t!..- .-.il ;■-; i-io-. ioi ':.„; ;u: iry of s bed,
: Wiiiic the hut un : ... pi icb 'T h id to be guarded
— „~. [ through llu 5,1 mi ol 1. .... i.;. H-jjtcp>rt:ouofthe
RemarkaJiSe Occurreaee. i !«,■..• <.!•..... ■. ... i toeri.i , tbc tj.uabiwk and the
•v\ , 1 ,ut w are about to relate has the very rare ■-■»•; • v •■"••> • We 1:1 a f-ud Ibal in moving
Iiouist evangelist bad
to
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Id
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aud !..••• ■••
« Small Sweet Coune,ie, of Ule.» The \ew Broom.
» e commend the following as worthy the at-1 ft 'weep* <-l'»n. of course. When were new
tention of tbe lairei part of o„r readers : -j brooms ever known to do otherwise ? Mrs. Switch'
Extractfrom a letter of the lute Wm. Wirl to ' "^ P"rcin--rd that brow after a week o» threat-
&/i Daughter. j ening, and against her usual practice, had put
" I want to tell you a secret. The way to make j down the price in smooth tips and dilapidated
yoursell pleasing to ethers, is to show that you [ cents. When John Switch come home from the
care f..r th -m. The whole world is like tbe mill, j shop, Mrs. gwiteh bad to show him the article,
er at Mansfield, < who cared ibr nobody—no, not!»nd in bis presence, to sweep the float; she had
he—because nobody cared for him ' And tbc \ already gone over it at least six times. John
whole woild will -.r-rvc you so, if you give them liked household comfort, but he was not a man to
:!culu"v 1 " "" 7J .- ' -L V.- ' ; h mc.il-I truth combined with the pleasant excite- from place to, I.«(!» J.cu.ouwt evangclml had
i. everJcovora a spaced about u0 b) 1., feet a., o vhtch ; ( ^ ; _. ^ | to join a sort u ,, f traveUers, all armed tc
.sthcgrowtbol eight years. And for .he las . ^ ; „ a tv,ond of ours purchased a ' the tcclh. bi.osct' among, the number, to defend
t 'head- -:-:•' *oeks U has aHorded an abundant supply ol j ^ ^ frames, tastefully wado ofacorns thamselvca ,9iu«t tuo stcai.Lj urn lies of the wild
liuit .'or eoii.-u!ii;.ljoii, iiioiiiiii,., noon an 1 lii^lit- » , . .,
' ...... I ,,iid laii-i..oaitly stained and varnished, which he wen ol the wood.
,.;„ „•.. It l.-, we supi.i*o, a ncouliariiy <■■ tne.-e ur •;---- , ' J ,. , „.. .... , ,
'" "'': •'. ' ■■ 1 i'1-i.-vl in his library at bis country house. J ■■•• " but nmuan ih.ng'jis were the only oan-tii
1 they cowiiitie 10 ripen for so long S ]■ ;i
and arc thus the more >aluab!c as a t;.i<!.- gr.■;...-.
, :.,■ ., inntity of fruit is very remarkable- A
irieiid in ii.;- viciui'y mentioucd a lew <i-' - ;;g- .
thai from bin vino, which is older ami larger 1I..01
ours, his large family had eaten for week*, they
...I giveu to their neighbors, and sent off boXis
is house, 'i be
liimily departed 111 a ;.'•■ 1 •■
for .-•.line monthstho mostli
gen
Llu
and u pi iu their return it was deemed advisable 10 ;..a-.
IIIM 1 heir rural homestead well aired ami d.ied i.io.-qat
cu>uiiig season l.c .:<
ruthcr i.'- :-.iit I -:':
, bo jctnai.nduiitcnantcd. lliesea.-on
was an u:ui-o ..'- damp 0.10 during their abseiic ,
the same cause. Let every one, therefore, see
that you do care lor them, by showing them what
Sterne so happily calls ' .he small sweet courtesies
of lire'—those courtesies in which there is no
parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which
manifest themselves by tender and affectionate
looks and liltle kind acts of attention—giving oth-er?
the preference in every Iiitlc enjoyment at the
txbic, in the field, walking, sitting or standing.—
This is Jhe spirit that gives to your time of life,
and to your sex its sweetest charms. It consti-tutes
the sum total of all the Wither*!* of woman.
Let the world sec that yonr first care is for your-self,
and you spread the Solitudo ofthe I'pas tree
around you, iu the same way, by the emanation of
a poison which kills all the juices ofaffection in its
neighborhood. Such a girl may be admired lor
her understanding and accomplishments, but she
will never be beloved.
The seeds of love can never prow but under
the *arm ami genial influence ol kind feelings
and affectionate manners. Vivacity gv*s a great
way in young poisons It calls attention io her
0....1 cold, suow, rain, j who displays it; and if it then be found associated
-, W0..V-, bad lo be eu-! with a generous sensibility, its execution is irresis-tabie.
" out to..a.111 uu.mels vtCi'ti not too cu.y oan-
1 i.c Lios-n.goi ii.i.: by the help ol tbe
_■ .;....- :,., i -..:.;..!• ...i.^ the UiOSt ill.
-...,.1 .v.-..' twm.ii.ii.,; 01 drowmng as
may be, VV.is a uaiiy uinioulty in their
.<, seijitiiw, i-v
,..,",.... ,-'",,', , hv constant Ures inallti.e rooms before inhabit- e,.;:.....; o ..1 w . ..-i.t .-.:..-..■.■. :.i. i.e can, iu table.
lull to their Iricmls m the back country, and yet 1 u'w . , . ,. ,., :. ,, , , i .. ,, .....
,..,., ,, 1 .• " 1 > iu" it ati'.u. Orders lo tins eficct were thcfclore luaj e4i.y ...no-, i-nd i:»io.y ....y clue in tbe mat- On the contrary, if it b« toond in alliance wi
his -.vile and two small -.erviuil; bad in two houn . •" , , .. ., _ t , ,. . .. ,„ . ,
,_ „ ,. . ,, I disiKitehed, aud the opciiuij began under the ui- ti.ro... uau»] ., : ; resume tuoy nau {a cold, naughty, selfish heart, it produces no ft
atbcrcii cuoil'jli to inaKe -1 milluiis01 wine, lie ' .. , .... . , - . , ., t . ,
,. . roetion ol the old botisekectKT Window and ei.tciiy to t;a.-i .. 1.1 10 co..iii>iss.oitcd tlto tli.r elect, excODt an adverse one. Attend
and two ol bis Inonds are looking around for a *. ,. ., ' ..__.. ........ ,. - . . ... .. , •.,,.....:.. ,:..., .,: , ,..,: ,. - * , . .
ith
ur-to
:i cue after an >:hrr..Iet- ; -v-■■■■■ '■ ■■ . :" •'
1 •-pAs.iUiu.y so:.:eti
suitable tract of land in the lici-hborhood of town ; ''■'"'' svte Ua"s V '
, . 1 ,- .1 tins in the BUiishius to mildewed wu..s and hang,
ton-l'int a vineyard on a laruc scale, tor the purpose - , ., ,,
,.' . ." , , , ' ,. . ., 1 iuiis. until the " household corps arrived at the
ol inaiiiii" wme. it lias been one ol our cncrisued =' .
.... , , , , •„ library, when, as the hrst pair oi shutters swung
leas, h,r thirty years past, that those sand hills,""'; -' , ' „ ,'.. , ..,
J.I.1 we do find this my daughter. It Hows from a heart that
ng his ifardrobc feels lor you all the anxiety that a parent can fee),
, i .>}•• e..ct ....:..-,.—io. he can ied his trcas-1 and not without that hope which constitutes the
ur. - in '. i.- j ■:—and soiini"
ble manors being pre- ;^ ideas, for thirty years past, that those sand '"Is I ,fe-,',,,. brccise llultcred ... aud played on the b„..r, -..r '...- ,- ,,-,■ b.c...-.v... hm heroism
. by wan-r, aecumul..:.: marge will at some day be extensively devoted to tbe J ,;\.,||.( ^^ ..s . .. .....Uing iolia-c, causim may euxi acme UioUm; aod men who could
. . - t..e depth oiteuol M feet, and .Or... euluvation ol tbc vine- Ol course ..,0 bcuppcr- -^ ^ ^ ( ^^ ^^ ^^^ rf - tabvt niv^im* SiM id'tcr, aud Still hold on their
!i to i.iiu i parent's highest happiness. May Uod protect
leroism ' mid bless you.
Your ati'cctionate father, WM. WlltT.
• nong, and indigenous ..va; e, wi i be most cubit
which have an excess ol water, often led; but other kinds will be introduced, as they
and coiiifiiirt in seasons of drought, may be found suited to th 1 soil and climate,
thus prc\eiued 1'rww pe-uctrjliiig the Some good wine is now made throughout the
.1 extending themselves froily in all Eastern counties ol the State; but there is ;.
.1 the influence ofair and of the dew, great lack of skill and esperiouce in the lernien«
irUi.it 111 dry weather, are almost tation and in the proportions of sugar and spirits
! from them, iieuec such soils, mixed.
, arc stiff clays, sailer as much VVe ucIicve ,,mt ,,IC vi,lC ,IK'-V hc Plantcd citheT
. IUS from excess ot moisture. in the Fall or Spring, i: grows rapidly and is
I \\ lieu the roots of plants extend into a wet
"oil, t!" food i> loo much diluted, ur is not ore.
. 11 sulkcicutquantities to ensures heathful
is growth. I.iavcs and ill-formed
limes be aduuda.it iustcad ol llow-
•'- An - . -- ol water injures and dc'SU'oVS the
is of the roots or springleis, by iiie-ans
iioiirisbmeut is received. '1 Ins clleel
in the direction of the mysterious sound. That course, were not devoid of the heroic spirit.—
ibis astoni.-bmi nt of the gaz-crs was by no means j They couid easily have planted themselves iu a
lessened when they beheld thj cause of the rust-j farm, have located in a town, have taken up
lui" our read- is will easily credit when we inform [ some secular, or, il fitted for it, some scholastic
them that several acorns on each picture frame employment, l-'or in America, then as now, labor
hud sprouted, auid a grove cf miniature oaks were ofevery kind wasjsure toliud a remuneraiing mar- i changini
-ently wavin" their tiny boughs and fluttering' ket Hut no! they denounced all this, and "*."^T",, . ,
their dark gncu leaflets around the majestic iought out the battle manfully against sunering | r« ■;il reel.
I-'rom the N. C. Christian Advocate.
TUe Indian iiuiiinicr.
BY MARY TILLAU.
'Tis now the Indian Summer; each leaf of varied
hue,
Is wearing every changing hour, a color bright
crimson leaves, tbe oak of
irive an expression to enthusiastic admiration of
anything or anybody. A quiet, cautious man was
John. Mrs Switch did her best to extortsome
praise for her purchase. She twisted aud turned
the broom before John's eyes, while she eipatia.
ted on its merits, then pot up and brought in her
old stump of a broom to make a comparison. To
all her remarks, John gave a nodding asseut, but
nothing more.
Finally, Mrs. Switch exhibited signs of getting
into a buff. To work it off, ^rh.tpt, she swept
the floor again. In the meantime, John was hun-gry,
and his dinner hour was dwindling to min-utes.
After looking at the operation ofthe sweep,
in;: where there was no dirt, lor somo time, and
casting anxious glances at theauiptytabk, h«T»n-tured
to suggest in a mild way, that dinner was a
meal be came home prepared lo cat, and if there
was to be none, be might as well put on his hat
and go back to the shop.
Mrs. S. was not a woman of whom it could 1>«
said that she was •' slow to wrath." The want of
admiration on the part of her husband of a pur-chase
which she took so much to heart, had net-tled
the good woman, and she merely honored the
remark ol John with an indignant glanco after
shooting which, she went on with her sweepin".
1 h's was not very iasti.-r. Stingto a hungry man. Joha
possessed a good temper, but he was not exaotly
a man to be knocked down and walked over. " I
hope you'll have the floor clean enough soon," ho
quietly remarked, aod then putting on his hat, ho
arose to go. This was rather more than Mrs. S.
could stand in that mood. Up went the broom,
and this time it did sweep clean, for it swept
John clean out of the house. Tho sequel was
thai John swore and never returned.
Moral—Never stretch the virtue of an article
to extremes. Sweeping too clean, loft Mrs.
Switch a grass widow.
long lived. Requires, ol course, a frame worl;,
strong, but no matter how rough, to support it.
An idea prevails thai if trimmed it will bleed and he
die; but we understand that it may be safely
trimmed to any exient after the leaf is matured.
The proper way is to get a root from an ol-l
vine 1 which may be done by layering.') Aims
may indeed be obtained from seed, but they do
not produce the same kind of grape—it is Llack
blows of H'ashington, and franklin, and Adams, and wain, as they di-J against scorn, derision, and ] •,-„,, jn,j,|ur) wah it.s yellow plume, waves loftily its
aud a half dozen others of our venerable fathers of I contempt.—Must they not have heard a voice; head.
the Ucpublic. Nature herselfhad broken through ; more commanding than even the voice of their ^^^^a|iJ cnaREe,e„ gl.ccll(^
her accustomed laws to crown these patriot heroes own sensitive nature—the voice of God !" alj ;„ 00„tr:ist lend,
with her own wreaths of honor, and oiler, even iu
her dvin" strugi les, this beautilul tiibutc to their j
memory.
.Now, is not Ibis l'..,t worth nil the fables of
Schi-rzcrradeor Swift a hundred times over?
1'Iul. /.V'id'/o/ Journal,
And scattered leaves from other trees, tlieir briN
bant colors blend ;
a lien the water becomes stagnant and «"« "''^ skinned, whilst the other is russet and •
.1 ...- 11 1- lial le lo become »:.• 11 the land
. 1 th ib M iii it lenlivc. In others, the
off at the ground, especially if there is
and In .11.
i». .\n excess of Water excludes the iullueiiei
. two iudispeusabie agents in the
j.in-.v ih of plan .-.
7 l'.\perieii"-c shows howevci well a soil may
1 its icral ingi. d.e.ils, and h.iw -
cvt-r rich it may be iu humus or ^eiiine and salts,
no cultivated crop will Nourish well. 1111I1 -- the
surliiec ol the soil rtsoll, ;.- made dry diirinv I he
ol iho crop, and when rcquiied to be Work-
■ I \'\ the ploutih or hoe.
Ill me ihe ui.lili/ 11/ dsiiiniiig nm-i I . -,: ',.■; -,
1 . a system ol :. lining, 1:_,.;.
ly conduct! .. will uul only icmtdy tin • \, • aOove
escribed, bul will save much time and labor in
llie eultivalion ol the erep; two weeks at least
d by the gathering in aud ripeiiiug ol
Thef"*< i will li ■■'■ third ;/'■ "c, unit
... 1 1/ in 'li ■ til h/i
,,.:-. should be
ISo\i to ml I'rail li.c* Iwjonr Ijikiugt
In llu- lull,' 1. i.,\„.r ur November, lake a branch
• . -11 ii :.^ -nils your 1:.-;, _
; ir's gr iwtli, cut ii
il ' on .- . I hot inn. so as lo scorch
ul tl . j ue.- of :he Wi. d tin roughly ; then
bury in llie ground all but the last year's -rowth
I ground and well taken .are ol
1 in livi . six yi sirs. I
I the lower eud in m-.-lti-d
...nk burning ii\ :. rable. 1 have a tn
ia\ 1. . i... i . nine leet high and Well 1 11 :-
I, thai I took from a gratt four years a«o •
rosin was applied, and whatever sprouts
I] the next summer were bent down and 1,. ..... jihoc in pad, a
. '.-. We can get fruit eonsider.iblv
1 r this v-■-; than from seeds, ami we know
have growing, and whatever sprouts'come |
roots in after years can be tran
thin. The flavor is likewise somewhat different.
A aiu we would advise our readers to plant a
Scuj pel no ig vine.— /'".'/. Olau rn <".
1
lloiv Seed Corn Nbould i.t- *;«':«'«•?<•<;.
I.. 1 no real farmer neglect to save his seed corn
in duo si .son, and string it up whi re it may not
IHIIV bo above the reach of mice, but above the •
siispi'-ioii of a foggy atnio-pherc and close cov-ers.—'
i he. b. si ears of com are often reudi rt ! tin-;
iit Ibr vegetation by heinj; put "in hogsliead-i an i
close bins. I.ut the seed ears mu-: not be scl ..-t-'
cd in harvest lime.—They should be piueke I iu
t!i.- li-!! at a time when the wv\ earliest ears etui .
h ■ -i-! 'cted. This has an important effect in the !
licxl harve-t. as all farmers know. And as c irn
wnn's the whole leu**th ofthe SI-ISOU to insure a '
full harvest, it ii vastly more important to gain a
few days by selecting the very earliest of any .!'
th i!-._'i-h green, for our summers are long '
enough lor .-::.;, .-i' tin in.
\- - on ,-.- any 1 ars i:i :•■ pn?nt1eM have grown In
b - (.10 hard '' r b iliiig, they in iy be ■_::<} ered li r
The husks should be stripp-d down, and the
■ I liigrther bv toe
nislcs, so thai they m y !:a:k for lw< nty yi .:» at \
east wlihout detii I5i/t should tiny la? ol
tainly nfthcirp v. n 1
I the lest cars at
care oi,
have
rosin,
• ■ near
le:
ly packed there v. il! be 1 i eel
Vegetation. 'I he selection
husking time is not the thing; for a great majori-ty
of the ears then appear sound, though some
may have ripened a \y)i le week earlier than others.
Ju>t think of a wee'.;'-' gain in the latter part o!
August. One week Wouldsavoninnyafield.il
c iu li cm an early fn<st.— '•'■-•' I'iotii/hmnn.
wi Uout grafting. In case "t drought the first
lloisc M.oei on a Sen Principle.
A I'liiladelphio mechanic has constructed a
manner that it requires no
nails, and can be put on by any one without the
aid ol a blacksmith. Attached to tbe shoe is a
.-Mending around the hoof, and at the
•'"•! • "if 1 bach ol the .-hue. which lies over the frog of the
Watch! Mother!
V.'c do not know when we have met with a
more touchii." and Leautii'ul poetical morceau
than the I'oilowiug. It breuthes a sentiment
h. ly inspiration which touches every chord ol the
heart. Head it :
Mother, watch tho little feet,
Climbing o'er ih.; garden wall,
J! iijtidiii; through the busy street,
Hanging c liar, shed an.'. hall.
Tv \,-.- e utit the moments lost,
Never count the time it costs,
ljuidc them, mother, while you may.
Mother, watch the littli band
l'icking berries by the way,
Making bouses in the sand,
To -lug up the fragrant hay-
Never ilav.- the question a.-k—
'• Why to mo tho weary task ."
The same li:!'' hands may prove
Messrngi rs of Light and Love.
;,!-!., i-. wil h the liltle tongue,
i , tilii • 1 ; . ,-:. :it and wild;
\A' I a! i«s:.i'l ami v. !>nl is su'i ;
):•■ tbe j. us. ' ippy child.
Patch tlie word wl.de j t uiisjiokenj
Si ;• I he '•• '•' I -' ■'-- 'tis broken ;
This -.:.. ' • -■ •■ 1 isi :-■' i roclaiiu
j::. ..|o •- i:i a >.iiio-.:r s nai.ie.
}\, th. r. watch ti e litti ■ ':.:.;•;.
Beating sofi and war.a foi you;
Win I'osomc li ins now impari :
Keep. O '■ kci p that young heart true.
Extricating every weed,
Sowing g-iod and precious seed,
Harvest rich youthen may see
Uiptn t >r eternity.
One off ttio Cigars.
A New York physician tells tho following story, • £0 thickly and so bright they lia, all scattered by
and which we feel s lie therefore as endorsing lor ' the way,
i It seems as though 'twas spring again, and these
,. • , r ,. , ! its flowers gay.
Two or three year" ago a Spaniard from Cuba r- *
eau-e to this city to be treated for a disease of the The maple :wd the oak leaves seem, as rose«i fresh
lungs. He wme to Dr. M , described his in bloom, M .
.,.,,,,.,... And here appears a luhp bright, but they give
sy...].tows/ aud put h.msell m the doctors baud.-. no perfume;
•• Well," said the doetor, " il 1 undertake h^ gomein hollows, deep and dark, lie withered,
,. your euro, I shall be oblif.ed to impose one conJi- ; dried and sere,
tion—and that is rather a hard one for you to Had emblems of our fading life, the closing of the
comply with." ^ In&de, Oct 27, J8S8.
.' ' , . 1 r • The above lines echo the music of the nutum-
<* That vou entirely ceaso smoking until 1 give , , . , . , ... ,
.-. ,, 1 I nal breeze from the deep dark woods. Wo hope
vou nermission to resume. , , c ,. fr.„ ...
> I our readers may hear froui " Mary Tillao agair.
Beautiful Extract.—The velvet ami gram 00
sterile rocks; the mistletoe on the naked branch-es
; the ivy clings to tlt« mouldering ruins; the
pine and cedar remain fresh and fadeless amid
the mediation of the receding year—and, Heaven
be prai*ed, something green and beautiful to see,
and grateful to the soul, will, in the dirkest hour"
of life, still twine its tendrils around the crunib-lina
altars and broken arches ofthe desolate temple
of the human heart.
A lady asked her gardener why the weeds al-ways
outgrew ami covered up the flowers. " Ma-dam,"
answered he, " the soil is mother of the
weed", but only step-mother of the flowers."
- Never, i bad rather let the thing kill me.
.... ... , ... : —Lilitor.
What plea; ure 1- there in hie 11 one cannot .-moke. 1
The doctor was a smoker himself, and felt some : (I /_„„,/fr .-_A man lately went to the Post
sympathy. So hc sad : Office, and putting Ids mouth up to the delivery
" - Well, perhaps thai i beyond your power.— lj(.s cried out," Louder I" The clerk supposing
But you must - lemnly promise me, to smoke but (|ic fflan ,0 ho licllf_ ?„.\ ;;iat \,0 mB making „
one cigar] r day, or 1 Will not undertake your J ^p^gj of him to speak kmder so that ho could
ease." ; ilf-.r. asked him in a very bud tone the name of
The Cubr-n promised ; it was his on!;,- chance; ^ vn^n forwi,om he wanted the letter.
Four or live day* aftcrwar '.- the doctor thought
he would call upon him as he passed bis house,
and thus save him a walk to the office for the day.
He walked up slab—knocked—" Come in"—
behold thi 1 aha" -•■■'■''• • •-• r eighteen inches
long and:: ■. '".: . • Iu" •■ - • ': " ■'■ •
j thai 11
1 but said
i '• 1
The King of Prussia lately introduced Ilarort
Humboklt l« the Kmperor of Austria. Tho
Emperor, 11p.11 this, asked the King who Raron
Huuiboldt W.I*, Ki'urr he. had nrrer hniril ttttUOM
hrfurt. The King of Prussia was quite astonish*
edal such a disp'ay of imperial ignoranse, and
emphatically replied : "He is the greatest maft
since thfl deluge."
A country editor say* he .-has received the fol-lowing
" stop my paper :" " Dear Sir : I have
looked carefully over your paper for six months,
fir the death of some individual that I was ae*
quainted with ; but a* yet net a single sonl I ear*
anything about hat dropped off j yon will please
.ave my name err>«ed."
1 .
" Louder !" cried the man.
" What name ?" yelled the clerk.
" Louder '." again bawled the man, who now
supposed fhe clerk to be deaf.
'i be clerk took a long breath, and with all l.'s
mi"ht a"ain bawled out in the man's face the sail e
t. ii :. -' ;,; '•• r lor him—[question, " H'hat name ':" 3'his wasdonc in .-0
j 1 ul a ton" that the echo seemed to return ft m
:;: one a d.y, a? [ preinls- ,iu, ,;,r 0ff hills.
The win started back in alarm, sLouti. g lo tbe
icJu > very top of bis big lun^:
• .... at., ;.- hrst wile auth,or.iz,ed.y,ou.to 1 •• Louude_r-, sir,» lioudcr f 1 told y■> ou Louder .
"•'' . / , v . . d( ( u ... , „ ,,. ,,,al >•_ ! my name is, nothing else .
!",-" "'"'■■',;..,.' VjwloidiUcdut [ should hair "Uh, ah! oh, ho!" said the clerk, "your name
*eI'' ""'* ' , , ,.,., t„. is Louder, eh! Wdn't think of that: here's
i\u,, ,,u r, four v-rsor, tour richer, lour bonrer, '• -
your letter, Mr. Louder, hern s your letter.
An E«»ti*h Miner.—Daniel Dancer, when he
i;r,l ..:; 1:1 year, used to beg a p.neh ol suufl
from all his friends, and when his box w»s li'.i
bartered Its couteuts for a lai.o
and in our e- untry four times /our make sixteen.'
.. 1;;.. ;. . .-' Dal Call"—Asa very res-
' • stable !•• red gentleman of i! St. n, a deal t in
econd-1 md c! thin ', ""■- 1-a-sin 1 down Brattle
street to his pi "' business, some evil disposed
...... , coming up behind him, threw 1 he frozen
...i-....., . a is I ami
A n"nt!emir MM asked a lady of hia acquaint
tince : " What aro you making, Misa KnappP*
(i Knapp sacks," wa* the'reply.
One day at a farm bouse, a wag saw an ofd
goblcr trying I" cat the strings of some night capo
that lay 0.1 the grass to olea* h. That, said he, .1
whit 1 ciii introducing cotton into Turk»y.
An editor out West married a girl named
f'hur-h. i1- -ays he has enjoyed more real bap-
|,iiK«s since he ;-.'..'•/ •!,- Church, than he ever
knew iu all i.> life before. No doubt of it.
.....ing. iu ease ,,r arougut .He fa,, horses loot, k a joint, held in iw pUce by a screw, I hU wrsimonious ingenuity appears c. tern; .
be watered.—/. ArhtM, in which allows the shoe to open and close so as to j in.c„u.parison with tlaut ol me .:•.- ■■
" ' '"""'■ accommodate itself to the size of the hoof, lie-! W|K, learned to lark that be wigut avoid is..-
»
Jaoaa Pea.
We were .-hewn on Wednesday last by John ^thehool
1 i», K-q., of this District, a sulk of Japan Pea,
n uis plantation. It is certainly an lute- U)e wvervau.p
■:, irifcify in the vegetable kingdom.—It low l.t .f-.rdma'.-y sboea.'
tween the hoof and the plate is placed a layer of expense of keeping a dog.
gutta percha, hi-the purpose of preventing injury '
who v. .
1. u "-1 I ' • ■
10.11 1 n tie back. In.
1 ig it-: b int.faee, tiie' in.
I. :u 1 . : .- ball en ki I
.-- to "•• gemmen
'. • uoiKius iudiwidual that
at me/ ' ,
\Sa*hi:«jU n Star.
1 iilli.i- f.eave"
The following horizontal musinjiS cf a ieaniug
tippler deserve to be perpetuated. Hear him
wail: ,; I.cavc« I:avc their !:rpo 10 fall,
And so likewise have 1 ;
The reason tho's the si n.c—.t
Comes o; getting dfy.
l;-.i '..re's t.:e difference "twi»l leaves an-' me:
I :a.i ' more harder and more frequentlee/'
.*,'.,.,'..- t.f AJim and Evt.—In the Beh*
ir. id V W2 of last Tuesday we find IhefeUewiagi
■—" Married. «-n the -'3d inst, at the residence
of (l.r.•ti.ui Houseman,gr. in BoUtooTeo.Va,
bythfH.v I'etcrShickel, Mr. .Unm S., sonof
.- ■ . ■ ! Ilad. r, to Mies r-.sr C. K*m, all of said
county. _
f • »•■ rs, U>~ I» Arrn-l—Th* readiest and tho
surest way t, get rid of conturO; is to correct ous-stlve*.
/// to •"""•- .^.;.V.,^._Shntnp a fay To
a cellar, and give him free aecesi to the molasses
cask.
or leg ol the horse by concussion.
l.-.r.l r...,.!.- ,.,- '...... ' ill
A writer, in -p< 1
1...- C* i 1S.U. .. w .
le extravagance ot
it, who pa-tares
'•bosom. W hat a
■ quadrupff-lai taea
A fool in an elevated position is like a man in a.
bi II on—everybody appears little to hata, and ha
appears little to everybody.
Punch says there arc- two things a man rarefy
forgets—his first love, and his first cigar.
When N the weather favoiable to hay making ?
When it " rains pitchforks."
A noted politician was recently </!:» ':'3' ■ ,
7;,. jj , „,K«—A gentlewau having a larsc askingbim what particular portion of the pod
.izcdaii »ho iter iu bis hand, was asked, •' Pray, j book be had selected for examination, he replied:
sir, is thai a ham pistol:' -•• >o. sir,'' he replied, j " 1 am reading the story about tie loaves and » Whtt relation is the door mat to the scram t
-it'smKya Oohft" [«•»■." [A »•-;■■ ftther-rrarther.)