Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1869 — Page 4

Jeans Lincoln.

Afcfctdf IfeetoOOlknaylMd old Windham county ni a oerUln Eeto srsssrazrjsr i£& £.£l XSL, S;kw« -vUtad. Indeed, he waa one whom the wnrfead ao onaetUed that he to never at rad except when tnmptng eronnd end *hrlm about." He wee a hermleee, geedwetoired, cider-drinking, etory -tailing old Mow, whom everybody wee dad to Me, bon with, chatted with, laughed at, m? petted, for he we* alone In the world; a end condition, which he however took very philoeophically, ooneollng htmeelf by o. aU the ilia which roamed men and heedi at hnQiv are . heir to. ; y

Though unueualy idle and vagabondieh in hie habits, he wee a man of wonderlh) energy andpereeverance when once hie spirit wee np. On one occaaion, when be had extended n ramble to the vicinity of Hartford, he fonnd himself at the ferry, op potato the city, without a shilling in his {33*. He proposed to the ferryman to allow him a free passage, wropitangto pay on his next visit. But the Yankee Oharon n foaed, - with a churlish “No,miatar, ] dbn*t take you nor no other old tramp for nothin’! So deown with your rhino, or cleereoutt” “ Waal, thou,” exclaimed the old Soldier, “you go to thunder with your old skeow 11 won't be beholden to yon, or anybody of your sort; for 11l Jest go mound yer darned old river—st* if I don't! ” The ferryman laughed at what he took for an idle threat; but some week* later he waa accosted at the citr-landing by the same red-cheeked, roughly-clad old soldier, who triumphantly exclaimed : “ Weal, 1 Asm been roonnd yer old river; and here I am, in spite of you, old skinflint.” It proved that he bad actually performed the exploit of following the Connecticut river to iu head—of going round it, in fact, with no other incentive than the desire to show himself independent of the ferryman. On another occasion, he appbed for the loan of a scythe, at the house of a neighbor, who was a bridge-buildef. * Ito rely sorry, Mr. Lincoln,” said the wife of the mechanic, “ that I cant accommodate ye; but my husband ain’t to hum, ye see, and he says to me, jest before he went away: ‘ Betsy,’ says he, 'don't you lend nothin’ of mine to nobody, not on no account, while lam gone.’ So, Mr. Lincoln, ye see 1 can’t let that scythe go, even to ' where bouts it yeur hu*bsndj mafm?" “ Oh, he’s way deevn in Pennaylvany buildin’ a bridge.” “ Waal, I guess, if I go deowa to where he’s to work, and git his consent, ye'll lend me that are scythe.” “ bartin, Mr. Lincoln. But man alive, what on airth do you mean ? I tell ye he’s way down in Pennaylvany.” The old soldier laughed in his droll, knowing way; then questioned her aim | the exact locality of her husband’s bridgebuilding operations, and took his leave. That very afternoon he departed on one of his “ grand tours,” with only * change of linen, tied in a blue checked handkerchktufitfnging from a stick over his shoulder, and whistling cheerily aa he ]sft tbedXll old town behind him. About ten days or a fortnight later he appdUridbefore the astonished mechanic, exclaiming: “Hullo! Billina, will yeon laid me yer scythe for a spell ? That are wife of yourn won’t let it go without yeon say ao. Got her pretty well under your thumb, hain’t ye ? Or, mebbe she’s afeared SS&SESSKr® Wan days later Mistress Billings was astonished to see her eccentric neighbor appear, all dusty and travel-worn, at her door, and to hear him aay, quietly: “Yes, mam, your man says I may take that are scythe; and its high tirfitf that lee tie medder of mine was mowed.” It was a peculiarity of the old pensioner that he could never be told any news, though himself a great newsmonger. He alwura professed to knote. everything h i ttfltrmiebefore his enterprisihjpinfomer. He was onee very neatly caught by a waggish neighbor, who suddenly opened upon him with the startling intelligence WWB rttMnflgl through Windham. “Du tell, neow. When? Where ia the critter?” he exclaimed, quite thrown off his guard. But the next instant, dropping his look of wonder and surprise, for his usual knowing expression, he added: “I heerd they were arter kirn : but I didn't know they’d ootehed him yit”— Eastern Paper.

Ohio Bepublican Resolutions.

The following resolutions were adopted hy the recent Republican State Convention of Ohio: Buolved, That as citizens of the nation representing the Republican sentiment of oar honored Commonwealth, we regard with sincere satisfaction the fidelity evinced by General Grant to the Republican party, and the policy, both foreign and domestic, of his national administration, and pledge our cordial support to the measures inaugurated to insure conciliation, economy and Justice at home and command consideration and respect abroad. 1 That we hail with prida the patriotic and constitutional declaration of General Grant In his inaugural address, that while he will on all subjects have a policy to recommend to Congress, he will have none to enforce against the will of the people—a sentiment which assures the country of an executive administration founded on the administration of Washington and Madison, and that will secure to Congress the unrestricted exercise of its constitutions! functions, and to the people their rightful control of the Government. & That the abolition of slavery was a natural and necessary consequence of the war of the rebellion, and that the reo. nstrnction measures of Congress were measures well adapted to effect the reconstruction of the Sonthern States, and secure the blessings oi liberty and a free government, and as a compl tion [of those measures, and finally believing in its essential justioe, we are in favor of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 4. That the late Democratic General Assembly. In its reckless expenditures of public money: Its utter neglect of tbe business interests of the State by failing to enact the wise and much-need-ed financial measures providing for the assess ment and equalization of taxation prepared hy tbe commission appointed by the preceding General Asaembly; its hostility to our benevolent and literary institutions; its failure to carry out the repeated pledges of the Democratic party to secure economy In tbe State; its extraordinary length of session in time of peace resulting in aa expense to the State, amounting, for the pay of its members alone, to more than doable that of the preceding General Assembly; its malignant attempt* to disfranchise disabled soldiers and citizens of the State; it* attempt to take from the Geaarai Gosunreent the right to pursue, arrest and punish those who violate tbe laws made in pancaaee of the Constitution of tbe United States, and the vicious acta Intended to d 5S r^T .? >B iß?^* r °* the Mtion preserve and protect the liberty and safety of tt# citizens, has shown the Democratic party onworthy of the trust, confidence and support of «n honest and party of Ohio is in favor I j of a speedy establishment of a Soldiers’ Orphans' Home in Ohio, not only a* an act of J ustice to the many poor and helpless orphans of deceased soldiers, bnt at a recognition of the patriotic services of their lathers in the late war, and for the purpose of redeeming the pledges made by all lays! psouje to protect the families of those who Ad fell in the cause of human liberty

The New York Directory.

The "cariosities" of the New York city directory have been studied op, find fire quite amusing. The directory contains this year 189,443 names, which is an excess of 8,693 over last year. “ Very great changes have occurred within a few yean in the character of the inhabitants, and the nature of the vocations followed in the several streets. Wall street, which contains bat 130 numbers, furnishes 3,320 names; Pine street, 1,180 names; Broad street, with 144 numbers, furnishes 1,210 names. Beaver street contains but 66 numbers, and famishes 595 Mines: Nsssaa Meet, 1,570; WUkm,

TJog ; Jhrdtange place, 7UT" Broadway farntabe.* 8,800 names. The streets wflftr ttM* fuAlkhed, how dense the population Is witftin thelt confined limits. Alloa street gives 1,190 names. Cherry street ‘f,W), First avenue 3,788. Broome street 1,755, Orchard street 1,265, Mulberry street 1,795, Avenue A 1,790. Eighth avenue 2.870, Ninth avenue 1,025 The Bowery furnishes but 1.465 names, Fifth avenue but 665, and Madison avenue, which contains, as yet, neither a leading hotel, a public place of amusement, nor a business office, gives but 295 names. It is somewhat amusing to notice the different names, corresponding to the colors, nationalities, boasts, birds, Ac Firs', we find 98 Blacks. 2 Blues (both blacks), 893 Browns, 245 Greens, 18 Greys, 1 Pink, 2 Purpled, 887 Whites; then 29 Kings, and 6 Queens, 76 Bishops against 11 Priesia, 23 C ffees, 10 Apples, 1 Tea. and 1 Beets, 4 Chicks and 1 Hen, 61 Winters to 4 Summers, 2 Cowes, 30 Bulls, and 6 Bullocks, 80 Hays, 1 Straw, and 5 Oats, 1 Plea, and 1 Cake, 187 Foxes to 1 Duck, 6 Bears, 83 Wolfe, 1 Deer, 2 Fleshes. 2 Bones, 1 Fiddler, and 31 Singers. Of the different nationalities, we find 2 Irlshs, 58 Franc ha 24 English, 7 Germans, and only 1 AmencAn; 8 George Washingtons, 2 Thomas Jefferson*, 4 John Quincy Adams 1 Martin Van Buren, 80 Grants, and 1 Thomas Dodd; 27 J udges against 2 J urys, and 15 Diamonds with 6 Pearls; 1 Rough, 18 Ready*; 8 Shoemakers and 4 Tinkers : 1 Shylock, 2 John Sheppards, 100 Pecks, and 2 Bushel Is; 7 Hams and 1 Egg. 2 Lagens, 1 .Bourbon and 1 Bouquet The name of Smith occur* 1,806 times, then 4 Acorns, 10 Applet, 7 Slumps and 1 Strongman, 6 Leeches, 3 Cowards, and 1 Cousin, 10 Moons and one Mornings tar, 11 Joys and 2 Griefs, 2 Heavy* and 4 Lightbodys, 2 Redheads gad 25 Whiteheads, 8 Wid dows/5 Whitemans, 10 Blackmans, and 10 Redmans. The first name in .the Directory is Charles Aal, and the last Zyfers; and probably the longest name ia Schneckenberger.-”

The Washington Riots.

The Dqmogratic papers are making the post of the negro election riots in Washington. As taught by the example of men of lighten oblor Ouffe# threw brick-bats, brand who! knives, fired pistols, and, therefore, it is urged that Ccffee U unfit to have a vote. If classes of men are to be disfranchised for the riotous conduct of a feWjAad men connected with them, there wOfsot be many left to cast votes In this country. We remember very vividly the time when a mob ,of white Americans btnri Pennsylvania Hall in the city of Philadelphia, and destroyed certain Orphan Homes and Churches belonging to colored people. Did any one then propose to disfranchise all white men, because the rioters were of that color ? Later still, indeed as recently as 1863, some thousands of Irishmen raised a most terrific mob, which raged with awful ftiry for a number of days, making negro churches and orphan asylums the especial objects of their vengeance,lbeHidesflianging up negro men to lamp prists, whenever they could Beize them, but shall we, therefore, deprive Irishmen guiltless of that or any other crime, of their right to vote? Americans, at Alton, Illinois, killed Elijah P. Lovejoy; shall Americans, therefore, be disfranchised forever ? One would think from the horror which Democratic prints affect over the conduct of a few badly behaved colored men at Washington, that riots were never heard of in this country before the enfranchisement of the ne B ro - History tells a different Mid, however.' We deeply regret the misconduct which disgraced the elections recently at Washington, but we hold only the guilty parties responsible therefor. Let Bie guilty men be arraigneflfeti# punished according to law. > Vfl Mtfukfipare lilwdJreiders of no race or color. But we insist that a party Which attempts to make political capital Out of occurrences, the like of which have occurred, and are liable to eoeur, among all cMhtfcJjgAouriunur xfc tte."oesper»te straits In’which itwyilaced.— Tr&eßo madr

Foxy.

Or one occasion, a fox having been surprised simulated death with such exactness, that the owner of the Slaughtered poultry thought that Master Reynard had overgorged himself; and perished of; a surfeit, like one of our own kings. Congratulating herself on the fate of the robber, she picked him up by the tail, and threw him out of the hen-house, when the fbx picked himself up and scampered off. Another times a peasant, finding a fox inahan-house, aimed a blow at him, which apparently killed him. The man then took the fox up by the tail, slung him over his and carried him out of the farm yard,lntending, most probably, to decorate his house with the brush, his barn with the head and paws, and his person with the skin, if so, has meditations were speedily destroyed, for the fox had only shammed and, finding his tnveftad phsilion uncomfortable, took measures to relieve himself by administering a severe ’ bite where his head was dangling. The affrighted peasant immediately dropped the fox, who set off' as fast as he could, leaving his would-be captor in a state of mingled fright, pain, and fury. Mr. Lloyd tells us of another fox, who displayed as much sagacity in getting oat of an equally bad scrape. The animal had been caught in a pit-fall, and was lying apparently helpless at the bottom. A very stout peasant then brought a ladder, and having lowered it into the pit, descended slowly,: in. order te destroy the fox.' Reynard, however, had not the slightest intention of being destroyed; so just as the stout peasant placed his foot on the ground, the fox sprang on his back, then on bis shoulders, and from thence to thp edge of the pit, thereby deferring the intended execution to an indefinite period, and injuring in no small degree the temper of the man by whose means he had escaped.—Our Own Jfyreade.

Paddle Your Own Canoe.

Judge S. gave his son a thousand dollars, telling him to go to college and graduate. The son returned at the end of the Freshmen year without a dollar, and with several ugly habits. Apout the cloee of the Vacation the Judge said to his son: “Well, William, you are a going to college this year I' “Have no monfy. father.” “But 1 gave Jojj a thousand dollars to graduate on/! “It’s all gone, father.” “Very well, my son; it wsaall,l sonld give you, you must now pay, your own wsy in the world.” A new light broke in upon the vision of the astonished young man. He accommodated himself to the situation ; he left home, made his way to college, graduated at the head of his class, studied law, became Ooyergor of the Bute of New York entered the Cabinet of the President of tho United States, 1 and has made a record for himself that will not soon die, being none other than Wtitiam H. Seward. — Exchange. A Portland school-house caught fire the other day, and as the boys watched it, one in another school said, enthusiastically and honestly, to his companion, “Oh Johny l don't you wish it was our school house?" Tax Western Farmer.— 1 “ The Best of the Agricultural and Horticultural weeklies.”— Chicago Bae. Journal. See advertisement, Extraordinary Offer.

Farm and Household.

USEFUL RKCTPIW, Eltl l If you would not have your hone acquire the habit of hanging la the halter, do not strike at him when young. It is said that one of the most powerful remedies for hot* in horaee is a strong decoction of sage tea, made very sweet. A corses i*ondzitt of the Rural Ftw Yorker says deep, level planting and culture is what the potato wants. He says a potato should he planted not leas than six inches deep. Wood ashes contain all the inorganic Ingredients which growing trees extract from the soil, and in consequence are regarded as the best fertilizer for apples, pears, peaches, plums, etc. If you want bone and large development of red flesh In hogs, give them as good pasture through the summer as your Beeves have. It coats less everyway to make a big hog weigh 500 by Christmas than to get two small swine up to 250 apiece. Killino Dock.—A writer in the N. S. llom*»Ua<l says the best and easiest way to exterminate this troublesome pest is to take a Bharp hoe and give it a sliding stroke, so as to cut the dock just below the crown, and throw the crownainto a basket, and leave them in the traveled track of the highway, or any other place where they will not get a foothold in the ground, and the work is done. Fiukd Bread.—Slices of toasted bread) dipped in milk or wine, and tried in honey, are excellent. Then, instead of calling them “ fried bread,” they are torejaa, an excellent Spanish delicacy, I can assure you. Please understand there is neither butter nor lard. Simply melt the honey in a pan, and when !t is very hot, put in the bread, which ia served hot also, after becoming nicely browned. Lovers of honey can take notice.— Exchange. To Candy Fruit —Take one pound of best loaf-sugar, dip each lump into a bowl of water, and put the sugar in a preserving kettle. Boil it down until clear, and in a candying state. When sufficiently boiled have ready the fruitsyou wish to preserve. Large, white grapes, orange* separated into small pieces, or preserved fruits, token out of their syrup and dried, are nice. Dip the fruits into the prepared sugar while it ia hot, then put them in a, cold place; they soon become hard. An exchange gives thq following as an excellent receipt for bottling fruitVTo nine pounds of fruit put five pounds of white sugar, when it comes to a boil. Boil ten minutes. Be careful to stir the fruit as little as possible, not to bruise it Pour into an earthen ware vessel to cool When cold, put in wide-necked bottles, cover with a bladder. Gooseberries, black currants, red currants, and raspberries, mixed, made last yeai\you can hardly tell from fresh fruit. The receipt for currants, raspberries and plums of all kinds, is specially recommended. ’ To Preserve Tomatoes fob Winter and Early Summer Use—The most economical mode for family purposes is to put them into wide-mouthed jars, holding two, three, or more quarts, according to the size of the family. The tomatoes, previously to their going into winter quarters, are merely cooked without seasoning of any sort, and put, while hot, into the jars, which should be filled full and the corks driven home tightly and tied down. Preserved in this manner, they will keep as fresh almost as when first picked, i To Clean Paints —There is a very simple method to clean most any kind of paint that has become dirty, and if our housewives should adopt it, it would save them a great deal of trouble. Provide a plate, with some of the best whiting to be bad, And have ready some cleaftwarm water, and a piOce of flannel, which tap into the water, and squeeze nearly dry; then take as much whiting as will adhere to it; apply i£ to y the painted surface, when a little rubbing wfll instantly remove any dirt or grease. After which, wash the part well with clean water, rubbing it diy with a soft chamois. Paint thus cleaned looks as well as when first laid on, without any injury to the most delicate colors. It is far better than tiring soap, and does not require more than hut the time and labor.— Coach-Makers' Journal. Treatment of Scarlet Fever.—Dr. Charles T. Thompson reports in the Lancet his manner of treatment in scarlet fever as follows: The patient is immersed in a W&rm bath in the early stage of the disease, and this is repeated frequently, or as often as the strength of the patient will allow. The first effect fe to produce a soothing and refeshing feeling in the patient, to be followed soon by such an eruption on the surface, of so vivid a color, and in such amount as would .utoniab those who have never witnessed ft. Thus one of the greatest dangers of tmtffauful disease—the suppression of the eruption —is escaped. The appetite generally returns after the first or second bath, and the strength of the patient is kept up by nutritious food. Tne bath prevents the dissemination of the disease, by removing the excreta from the skin as soon as it is deposited. This treatment promotes cuticular desquamation. The body should be gently dried by soft linen cloths after the bath. By this procedure the various secretions are deprived of their noxious properties, and the irritation of internal organs is quickly relieved, thus dissipating infection. Another benefit is that a very serious case is soon reduced to a mild one, and the patient recovers in less than half the usual time. Since Dr. Thompson has pursued this practice—during the last fifteen years—he has never lost a patient from scarlet fever. \

How a Boy Bought a Farm.

Several years ago, a youth of sixteen years, of good sense, and a good English education, not having profitable employment at his father’s home in Kentucky, sought for employment among his enterprising neighbors a lew miles distant; and although wages were low in those days of gold and silver currency, he saved from his first year’s wages seventy dollars. He was then seventeen years old, healthy, lively looking, aspiring and ambitious to become useful, noble, and perhaps great. He had already learned that money loaned at high rates of interest was oppresseve to the borrower, and reacted on the loaner, and in the falling of prices of nearly all articles in the commercial world; that men, sought justifications for their bankruptcy and delinquency in the fact that they had paid large rates of interest. Feeling, therefore, that a liberality, as well as justice, was necessary to every man’s deeding with his fellow men, he loaned his S7O to an exemplary, enterprising and prosperous trading man in his neighborhood, at the lowest rate of interest known in business .in that State, viz.: six per cent, per annum. He worked another year, clothed himself in neat Kentucky jeans, and other cheap but neat articles of apparel, and went to a country school three months in the winter of that year, and learned the rudiments of Latin and something of the higher branches of mathematics, working for a prosperous and liberal farmer evenings and mornings to pay she boarding; and at the end of tbe second year, or when he was eighteen years of age, he had saved $96 more. His character for integrity and industry began to be better known in the neighborhood, and his services were sought for. He worked on a farm and rode as collector for trading men and the Sheriff of his county; and: at the end of his nine-

toenth year lie had hav«d sllO more. With taela test-si -accumulated on bis other two year*’ wage* he bad uow $800; was comfortably clothed, and had a good 1 business- education, Which he improved from one winter to another, until he became a scholar, both literally and scientifically. HU influence and usefulness increasing. he had. at the age of twenty years, S4BO. At twentyrone he had accumulated $650, and was well known for his activity of life, as a young man of intelligence, virtue and usefulness, aa well as a young man of very attractive manners and ways. He moved to a Western State, where land was cheap, and entered 160 acres by a land warrant which he purchased with $l5O of his money. He made a good selection of land, in a good region of country ; he used a portion of the balance of his money in improving his land, buying a little stock and a few implements for fanning, and the second year he raised a small crop. Having gone.to his neighborhood with about S4OO in money, and used it cautiously, he by degrees gained the name of a responsible citizen and a good paymaster, and hit influence rose gradually from his appearance among his new and scattering neighbors, Year after year he raised a crop, continuing to read the best newspapers, periodicals, and books, which still further improved his mind, till sheep, cattle, and other stock grew up in flocks around him, more land adjoining him being purchased from time to time, till now he finds himself, when scarcely arrived at the middle of life, a gentleman farmer of wealth, surrounded by comfort and many luxuries, esteemed by neighbors both far and near, and would receive the suffrage of those who know him to any office for which he might be nominated, irrespective of party politics, so firm is their confidence in bethhis ability and integrity.—St. Louit Journal of Agriculture.

Auxiliary Crops.

If the corn crop over a considerable extent of country is short, and the small grains are Injured, as seems likely, by an exaggerated growth of straw at the expense of berry, it will be well to engage more than usual in such of the later sown crops, as may, in a measure, take their places. It now seems that the grass crop is to be an exceedingly heavy one, so that Hungarian and Millet will not be needed for fodder except as with their abundance of seeds they may take the place of grain. If thought best to have them on hand, it is not now too late to put them Id, and the land intended for corn or where the seed has felled, may be used for that purpose. Buckwheat will help the farmer out amazingly, and may be sown anytime for two weeks yet. It is not the equal rs corn, oats or barley for feed, but Is not to be despised, while in the household and for poultry it is quite desirable. A patch of it is a good thing to have to fall back on. The Ruto Bags is still more va’uable; is not difficult qA cultivation,and yields well on all the lighter prairie soils, or where sand is a component part, but not preponderating. Now is the time to put them in. Make the soil mellow; roll it, aud use the drill to put in the seed. The rows should be from two to three feet apart The cultivation may be done principally by the small plow or cultivator, thinning out and pulling the weeds in the row by hand. The common Turnip should not be overlooked here, though there is plenty of time to put in the seed for a month yet. In connection with hay, turnips are good for all kinds of stock. All are fond of them; sheep especially so. Therefore where sheep are kept and cira is scarce, flock masters should provide themselves with turpips, as a substitute cheaper than anything else. “ Ten cent" com and oats are better, but such we Afri not likely to have soon again. They map be put in broad cast or in drills, bat -in: either case, avoid getting them tgk raw,' or if thick at first for the fly fin posr seed, take pains to thin oat ffier the 4t&h(f ls *ecure4,;.i. , ■*’ » , Pumpkins, or as dfer English friends have it of late “ Cattle" Melbna,” are not to be ignored^, one es the helps. They are good to make beef, fed with hay and grain, or even with hay alone. Hogs like them and will fatten on them. Good crops of-pumpkins may be grown on prairie breaking. At the East good crops are grown in connection with corn, but we believe with our large growth of stalk and leaf, almost completely shading the surface of the ground, the best way is to give the pumpkin the whole of the ground and let it have a chance.-—Prut ri« Farmer, June 16. . ■ - ~

Thinning out Grapes.

1s the importance of thinning out the fruit of the vine duly considered by the majority of cultivators? 1 think not. From close observation, and even sad experience, the subjeot, iu my opinion, calls for much more attention than is usually given. In young vines, this is particularly the case. Such vigorous and hardy constituted varieties as the Concord may stand it to a considerable extent, but even they will eventually suffer. This fault is not only to be found in the vineyardsof the novice, but can be seen almost everywhere, in charge of those who know better. This, then, being admitted, the next question is, How shall it best be remedied ? Shall we prune so much shorter, so as not to leave more wood than the vine can carry safely through, Or leave more wood, and then thin out the branches ? The latter, in my opinion, will be the best, for by the first plan, we get our fruit too mnch crowded, and throw too much force into the young canes for the following year’s bearing. My impression is that when a vine is pruned to what would have been about right, the pinching out of every third bunch, at the first operation, pinching back would be the method. I would leave but two bunches on each bearing shoot and in some instances it is better to leave but one. We all know that the forming of the seed Of any fruit is the heaviest tax on the plant. This being the case, do we notf give considerable relief when we diminish this tax one-third ? I think we would be safe in counting on having the same weight of fruit in the two bunches as three are left. Some years ago we grew Concord banches in this way, which the oommittee, who were to test them, would not admit to be that variety uutil they tasted them. For marketing table grapes, this is particularly practicable. For instance, let one naan take Concords that will average three-fourths of a pound to tfce bunch, and another have them aa usu£ ally grown, atfft my word for It, the large bunches will command nearly double price, not only among the wealthy but the masses. —Grape CuUurist.

Culture of the Cucumber.

The . hardiest varieties—in fact, all the American or oommon sorts—will produce a medium and late crop, if the seed is sown in the open ground in well prepared hills, as soon as the soil becomes sufficient ly warm. In this, latitude it Is useless to plant in the open ground until nearly the first of June. Make rich hills of wellrotted manure, two feet in diameter—a large shovelful of manure nt least, to each hill—and plant a dozen or more seeds, covering half an inch deep. When all danger from insects is over, pull up nil but three or four of the strongest plants. The middle of June is early enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills about

•ix feet apart. For e*rly Cucumber* the hot bed i* necOMny; but the almpleat end surest way to produce * tolerably early crop of tie be*t kind*, 1* where it Is designed to place a hill, dig a hole about eighteen Inches deep and three feet across, Into this put a barrow of fresh manure, and cover with six inches of earth; in the center of thj» plant the seed and cover with a araaii box-like frame, on the top of which place a couple of lights of glass. When the plants grow keep the earth drawn tip to the stems. Water and give air as needed; and if the sun appears too strong give the glass a coat of whitewash. By the time the plants fill the frame it will be warm enough to let them out, and the box can be removed ; bnt if it should continue cold, raise the box by setting a block under each corner, and let the plants run under. The fourth of July is the time we always remove the boxes or frames. Always pick the fruit as soon as large enough, as allowing any to remain to ripen injures the fruit of the vine. One pound of reed is sufficient for an acre.— Vick's Catalogue.

Enamelling.

The enamelling of female faces and busts is now a branch of masculine business, and is quite lucrative. 4 chiropodist on Broadway devotes a good deal or time and attention to this line of trade, while a man called Sausson imitates his example. The process of enamelling is somewhat curious. The belle who would enamelllDg go is first examined with a microscope, and any rough hair or fuzz which exists upon the cheeks or bust is at once removed with liniment, or plaster, medicated soap, or scissors or tweezers even. Being thus prepared, the cheeks or bust are coated with a tine enamel, which is composed of arsenic, or white lead, or other ingredients made into a semi-paste, and pleasantly scented. An ordinary coating of enamel will endure for a day or two; but to render the operation of any permanent effect, the coating process has to be repeated twice a week for varying periods, according to circumstances, and the circumstances of its owner. The penciling of the eyebrows, so as to render the contrast between them and the whitened face more striking, is sometimes included in the enamelling process; while the eyebrow is also trimmed or shaved, just as the moustache in a man. It costs a good deal of money to be well enamelled. The prices of enamelling vary, but the average price-list of the various stages is about as follows: For enamelling the face to last once or twice, flrom $lO to sls; for enamelling face and bust temporarily, from sls to S2O; for enamelling the face to endure one or two weeks, from sls to $25: for enamelling|the face and bust to last about the same period, from $25 to $35; for permanently (this is for gjx months), keeping the face in a well-eA amelled condition, from S2OO to $350-; and for keeping the face and bnst both in the. same pleasing state, from SIOO to $600.' Bo that from its very cost alone, enamelling should become fashionable. A married belle of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, two married belles of the Metropolitan Hotel, a well known actress, and three or four prominent youDg ladies of Madison avenue, are, at the present date, the most enamelled of the darlings of society; bnt the fashion is extending. In due time enamelling will be cheapened ; and at last, doubtless, there will be enamellists not only on Broadway, but on the Bowery. —New Fork Sunday Mercury.

A Caution to Merchants

The New Orleans Delta tells a good story of a sagacious country gentleman who came to that city some days ago with a bill on a highly respectable firm of the place. The bill was duly presented for acceptance and a young member of the find, a fashionable, showily dressed gentleman, who had cultivated a very dainty mustache, wrote with a gold pen his indorsement on the bill, giving bis name in full, thus, J. Templeton Tompkins. The countryman looked at the signature, read it slowly, glanced at the fashionable merchant, who was fantastically twirling his whiskers, and handing the bill over to him, remarked: “ Here stranger, cash this document." “ What!” indignantly replied the merchant, “discount my own paper, it is a positive insult” “ Wall, I can’t help it,” said the countryman, “ if you don’t, I must got somebody else to do it” To prevent his paper from getting on ‘ Change, the merchant concluded to cash the bill, and paying over the money to the countryman, asked him quietly: “ Why, my friend, do you offer me this gratuitous insnlt of requiring me to diacoUnt my own paper f’V ■ .. ”1 don’t mean any harm, stranger, but I have jest got an idear into my skull, that when you see a merchant with that bar on his upper lip, and Who writes his middle name out in full, and indorses bills with a gold pen, you may put them down as pnrty certain to bust up in a week.” —Last year the Mormons artificially irrigated and made fruitful 93,799 acres of land. Altogether they had a large amount 6f land under cultivation ; 80,518 actes in cereals, 1,817 in sorghum. 6,839 in root crops, 166 in cotton, 29,876 in meadow, 906 in apples, 1,011 in peaches, 75 in grapes, and 195 in currants. —A Georgia paper says that some farmers there who formerly cultivated fifty acres of land and got an equal number of bales of cotton, get an equal amount now from twenty acres. They prepare the land and cultivate better than formerly, and their profits are increased thereby, and at much less expense. The Riverside Magazine for July come# with a midsummer table of contents: “ Strawberries and cream,” some bed; has called the cover, and equally appetizing dishes are fonnd displayed within. “ Snipe Shooting.” will be the first coarse taken by many youngsters, who will gaze at Qastou Fay’s frontispiece with ardent desire te be in thak salt marah. “ A Tale ol the Sunset Sea” la one of those pictured lalry poems by Miss Blsbop, which readers ol the “Riverside” have learned to look for. Mr. Stockton comes with further adventures of the droll fairy Ting-a ling; the sketch of “Joan of Are"lsCoflclnded; Mr. Benjamin tells “ How a Ball Boat is built and rigged,” preparatory to telling howltis managed; “Papa’s Story" contsins more of the Inimitable pictures by children; Nellie Eyster describes an historic block house on Lake Erie ; Hans Andersen slips in with bis latest, freshest story, and the number makes a fine shew with its two dozen pictures, large and small. An Important an nonneement la made respecting the next number. Pnblisbed by Bonn & Uououton, New York, 93,60 a year. The Children's Hour.— . The short stories, sketches, poems and illustrations in the July number.will serve to Instruct and amuse the children for many an hour, and give pleasure and profit to oven the older beads In the family. This popular little monthly is published by T. 8. Annum Jt Sons, Philadelphia, Tm.r Single copies per year, $1.16; one copy three years, 9S 00; five copies one year, 96 00; ten copies, and one extra, 910.00. Single numbers, 15 cents. Sample' number, 10 cents. Once a Month.— Ttia Jfuly number— No. 1 of yol. S—contains Chapters XV. and XVI, of the Mills of Tuxbury; Among the Shops—second article; Mrs.Hnbbard’s Three Warnings; Pawnbrokers; A Cluster of Lyrics; LowsU’s “ Un derthe Willows ;" The Toll-Bar; Over a Cliff; Howling Dervishes of Asia: A Plea for the Robins; It will all be High; in the Morning; Rabbi Raschi—a Jewish Legend ; Some Light on a Dark Subject; Nature'sEver-durlngSutra; American Aristocrats; A Startling Example; The Guardian Angel; The Cruelty of Women; The Depth of Beauty; Long Sermons. The subscription price r* ■ ;

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Dr. Scott, the proprietor and editor of the Lebanon Star, ta a prominent physician. Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, the old and well known remedy, which has acquired a world wide renown for the care of sudden colds, conghs, etc., weak atomach, general debility, nursing sore month, cankered mouth or throat, liver complaint, dyspepsia or indigestion, cramp and pain in the atomach, bowel complaint, pointers' colic Asiatic cholera, diarrhea and dysentery, baa lost none of its good name by repeated trials; but continues to occupy a prominent position In every family medicine chest.— Lebanon Star, Dec. ISfA, 1H69. The Great Family Remedy. To prevent or couqner disease Is a grand and noble achievement, and so snrely as the bullet and bayonet will destroy, so snrely will the Great Family Medicine and Household Remedy, MISHLEIt'S HERB BITTERS, protect and preserve human life. Now, the present Is the most Important period of the year to prepare the human system by using this celebrated Bitters for the severe drain upon its strength which tbe near summer mouths will bring, and under which an unbraced, depleted and debilitated organism will speedily give way. It Is to prevent this evil result that Ibis Bitters Is recommended for both sexes and all ages It Is tbe most excellent Spring and Summer Tonic ever offered, and wherever it has been introduced It Is found Indispensable to young and old. It purifies the blood and secretions; accelerates tne digestive functions; regulates the liver; recruits all the vital forces; tones the entire system and enables the weak and nervous to sustain any fluctuations of the temperature or changes In climate.

Home Questions for the Sickly and Debilitated.

It it worth while to endure penal torture after every meal, when Indigestion can be Immediately relieved and permanently cured by so agreeable a remedy as HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS? - Does it pay to be compelled by debility and languor to abandon active business, wben brain, nerve and muscle can be braced up, and the whelu system restored to a healthy condition, by a course of HOSTETTER’S BITTERS? Why approach the dinner-table dally with a positive disgust for all that Is savory and delicious, whati a vigorous appetite for even the plainest fare is created by the use of HOSTKTTEU’S BlTlait wise to live in t his bright wofld as if It were XHmgcnn, gloomy, discontented and miserable, When the worst case ofhypochondria can be cured In a week bv sneb a pleasant and wholesome cxhllaraDt as IIOS TETTER’S BITTERS ? Can it he possible that any person of bilious habit will run the rUk of remittent fever or billons colic, when we can tone and regulate the great secretive organ with HOSTKTTER’S BITTERS? Is it not a species of moral insanity for any merchant, farmer, mechanic, or traveler, to be without the best known autldote to the effects of poisoned air and Impure water,' HOSTKTTER’S BITTERS? Considering the harassing and depressing nature of tbe functional derangements to which woman is subject, is it not astonishing that any invalid of the feebler sex should hesitate to seek the certain relief afforded In such cases, by the genial operation of HOSTBTTEH’S BITTERS? These are questions of deeper Interest than any of the political dogmas nf the day, and those whom they concern are invited to give them something more than a passing thought. Builders and Others contemplating building, can save thne and money by consulting the practical Books published by A. J. Btcknel! A Co., Springfield, 111. Descriptive catalogue sent free to any address. Agents are wanted Vy the American Life Ins. Ca of Philadelphia. Bee advertisement elsewhere. See advertisement of J. L Case A Co, Haclne. Wts.

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A (fOOB MMILf IBM. ALLEN’*MDMLXBIU.XXDI.UNU ailsrq ALLJtS’B CKLKBIcf Tld> MJN»“B!I#AM_ ‘ &IE snswjSHSSS l Is a powerful remedy tor curing Atdtsuwes o e “»*»• >r AtL pauoiHafs. , SUMMER TONiCT Dr. 8< 0. Rich*rs»B’s sitin mi linns i The CelehMilei New li|lu4 few*4/ FOR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, Acidity of tbe Stomach, Indignation. Heartbarn hi Appetite. Costtveneae, Blind and Hleedtnr KnV Dlagu-t of Food. Soar Rractlona. Btnklnxor Finite?’ lug nr the Pit of tlie Stomach, Dlmnesa of Vision Yellowness of the Skin sod Era-, Pain In the side Back Chest or Limbs, and m all raaea where a TONIC la neeeaaary. w * J, N. Harris & Co., Solo Proprietors, CINCINNATI, OHIO. gW For Hale by all Medicine Dealere. DR. RANSOM’S III! STOIID IOIII Dr. Ransom's Hive Syrup and Tolu, In addition to Ingredient. for ordinary Hive Svrun, oontalna Balaam of Tolu, Decoction of skunk Cabbage Root, Lobelia and Hops; a combination that inaat Commend it to every one aa a aeperlor remit-'y for Croup, WhoopingCough, Asthma Bronchia*. Couglu and Cold*. indeed, for all affectlona of the Throat and Longa where a cough medicine la Decenary, rhu Syrupls earafufey prepared under the perfonaldlreotlon of a regular physician of over twenty yeara' practice, whose signature la attached to the dlrecttona on the bottle. Ita very pl«»»Anrt»»Ui makea It an agreeable medic me for children! every person ahould keep a bottle of Kanaom’a invE SYRUP AND TOLU In thehouae. not only earn untvenal Cough Medicine, bat a* a aure and ready remedy for audden attacks of Croup among Remember'that Consumption la canted. In moat caaea. by neglecting a alight eongh. '

Greatest Discovery of the Age! DR. A. TRASK’S Magnetic Ointment? Thla remarkable and moat lntereattng remedy U composed ot the concentrated Juloai of the moot powerful and the moat soothing Plants and Roots in nature, chemically com Dined and luaolated In well sealed glass bottles, and charged by a powerful Battery: Thus poreeeslnr In addition to lu superior medical virtues, strong Maomstio and Klxotuio proper ties, profoundly penetrating, and eminently quieting and soothing. It relic vet Pain and Inflammation at once, (when frequently applied,) relaxing the strained muscles and nerves, giving new Ills and vitality by lu life giving qualities, to Paralysedparte and Chronic or long standing Complaints and Weaknesses, allaying Nervous pain, (Neuralgia) irritation, and Removing obstructions like a charm. Indeed all who have used it, apeak of It aa truly a wonderful medicine, auto reteem It by far superior to any and all other external remedies In use. If applied In season It la an ntnallUKt remedy lor the Cronp, Dlptherla, Bore Throat, Inflaiu■nation of the Lungs, Bowels, Liver, Kidneys and other Organa, Rheumatism, Spinal Irritation, Ague 'n tbe Breaat, and stall times cures Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Bore Ryes, Bar Ache, Tooth Ache. Ague lu the Face, Pimples and Krnptlona of all kinds, ruet. Bruised and Sprained Limbs, Burns, Frozen parts, chilblains, Indolent and long standing Bores. Wounds Ac.. Ac. It will also restore the Hair to the Bald Head, and prevenU the Hair Bom railing. Prof. H. Anderson’s DERMADOR! Ia a Liquid Llntaaeut fop External Application, FOR HA N OR BEAST, Ha free application to Inflamed tone, and surfaces, on both Man and Beast, In a very sh«n time relievos the pain and soreness, and the hot, angry and red surface becomes cool, moUt and natural, aad by continued application and attention, the pari U soon restored to health. IMPORTANT TO HO BSE MX* Prof. Anderson's Derm odor lathe beat Llaiuieiit In use for horaea. Tbit fact Is shown by numerous let ten fl-om all parts of the country. A late one read* aa follow*: “ We have been experimenting with your Derm,Agon horseflesh, and find It a ny superior remedy; - much superior to the famous "Gargling OH," or say other llnlmenr we ever used la our Livery Stable. Pli see send us two dosen la-re battles by express C.u. D. Yours respectfully, “ WATSON A COOPER. Waver I/, tod" DR. J. R. HILLER'S Universal Magnetic Balm Cure*, aa ir by Magnetic Influence, Neuralgia and *ll pain, and I* therefore very properly termed 'Magnetic Ba'm.” It 1* purely * vegetable preparation. It baa no equal aa a remedy for CHOLERA, CHOLERA MORBUB.DIAKRHGtA, DYHKNTERY, COLIC.and all BOWEL COMPLAINTS. Its timely use wufeure Colds, Croup, Dlptherla, quinsy, and all Throat affections. * When properly used. Fever and Ague, and other complaint* Incident to our western and southern climates, are easily broken up. FEVER AND AGUE. Cleanse the system; then, aa the time forachll draws on, cover warmly In bed and take a cupful of hot water, with one or two teaapoonfula of the Magnetic Balm am etened with brown sugar, also bathe the back and stomach with the Balm and remain qaiet. Repeat, If neeeaaary. car All the above Medicines are Maid by Druggists Everywhere. D. RANSOM A €O., Prop’s, BUFFALO. IV. Y. i n nnn >« months mhu IU.UUU Sell Bute and County Rights to manufacture the Celebrated Automatic Saab Fastener, made or iron. “A Novelty." Preferred to Saab Weights. Cheap, durable, simple, easily applied and eaunot be seen whan attached to a window. For forth r particulars addre a, JOHN HOMB tB * CO.. Patentees and Owners, Frederick City, Maryland. WHEAT NATIONAL KIKE WOKE COMPANY, UNION DEPOT, LYON BROTHERS. No. 33 flourfiand St, New York. Unequalled In Brllllaaey. 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