Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1869 — Page 4

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[From th« Toledo Blade ] MB. unrr leaves MAUOH chunk, OWING I TO A MISTAKE HE MADE IN A FINANCIAL dPEBATMN—A CIIAPTEIt OF E*r§*U»«Ul£ ®STSR-k, 1 Tbe (ket h> I aint in Mock Chunk any more- The fade wich hee follercd me for ihfitv yean U after me agin I made a tollable thing uv it out of A. Packer, the standard barer and expense payer uv the Pennsylvany Dlmocrisy, so long ez I stuck strictly to politics. I went to bis head quarters each day for a week, each time penonatin the chairman uv n diffrerit Dimocratic club, and I so resembled in appearance and style them wich wuz act illy In them posishns that I got money without difficulty to “ be yooed to carry my ward.” Onct I got a hundred dollars to bring down ten repeaters from Noo Yolk, and on other occasions other sums. I personatid Execootive Committee men from Pittsburg, Scranton, Lock Haven, Redin, Easton, Allentown and sich, with distingulaiied success. Last week, feclin that them caractera wuz too easily asoomed, I essayed suthin more brilliant Walkin boldly into Packer’s Committee room I announst mvsclf az a solissitcr for a raishun church in Philadelfy. Never shel I forget the freezin look that wuz given me. “ A mishen what?" ejackllatid A. Packer’s bed man, givin checks to two gentlemen uv Irish descent from Philadelphy. I explained that it wuz for a struggling church I wuz solissitin funds. “ Sir! ” sed he fiercely. " Bit!! we don’t sped no assistance from sich, and hev no money for sich. Show him to the door, Terence, and see that lie don't trouble us no mere.”

And Terence really helped me down t lie steps with so much alacrity that I nctilly hroozed myself. It served me rite, tlmugh; Ignite hev knowd better. I am, ez the date uv this opistlc shows, in Mississippi, where I shel contritd.it my mite to the cleckshcn uv J udge Dent to the Chief Magistracy uv tins glorious State. I wuz present last nite at the first mcetin of the campanc, where all the candidates uv the Conservative Yoonun party, ez the Democracy call theirselves ’in this seckshen, addressed the masses. The awjence wuz uv all colors. O! ez Isaw tliem niggers standin there all together, how I longed to bev-cm in Kentucky, Ohio or Injiany, where they can’t vote, and where its mfe to bust cm! But they warnt in Kentucky, Ohio or Injiany; they were in Mississippi, and they hev votes, and consekently 1 wuz compelled to stand by and treet ern ez tho they wuz men. Faugh! Judge Dent made a most 1 ell in speech to cm. After remarkin that lie wuz a brother-in-law uv President Grant (at wich the niggers cheerod, and the Judge thankt em with ez much grace ez poor Johnson yoost to under simlar circumstances), he went on to ask why his colored friends coodent hev confidence into him. Hcjcood put his hand onto his heart ami swear he loved em. He wuznt a colored man hisself, but he bed lived amongst em all his life, andhad bin nussed at the breast uv a colored woman. Love - cm! He did love em. There wuz suthin noble about em—suthin nv that naclier wich gave him confidence in humanity. The Judge dcvotid the balance uv the time he lied to the most scorchin, witherin, bias-tin rebook

uv carplt-bagger and carpit baggery I ever heenL When lie spoke with comtcmpt nv Northern men wich come Soutli for the purpose uv bcin nominated for offices, and uv making speeches in their own behalf, his blooa curdled with indignaslicn. Ez he oonclooded I hollered “ llor!” The candidate for Treasurer l'ollored. It bed bin reported uy him that he wuz at antagonism with the colored people of the South. Wat falsehood ! Troo, he hedn’t colored blood in his veins, but—- “ Three sons of yoors hev!” yelled a disgust in carpet-bagger, wich much disconcerted him ez the crowd uy niggers all yelled “Ror!" The candidate for Auditor of State asserted that he loved the colored man, and believed that he wnz destined to work out its final salvation, lie wuz worthy uv their confidence, for In- wuz proud to say he bed colored blood in Ins veins, and alluz hecL He cood take the Ethiopian uv Afrikia descent to his buzzum and say “ brother!” The other candidates w ere ckally emphatic ez to their affection for a Ethiopian. One asserted that his brother was a mulattcr, and the other remainin vowed that sjroodthey be left disconsolit widowers four hundred times each, they would every __ time marry colored ladies. The Chairman Tuterdoostthe candidate ■» for Secretary uv State. Good Heavens ! he wuz a nigger—a full blooded odorous nigger! a thick-lipped, woolly-headed, bow-legged nigger! The nigger shook bands with all the other candidates and made a few remarks, after wich I wuz interdoost to the awjeucc. Ez all uv cm lied expressed their undyih love for the nigger I felt that I must. My weaknis is dramatic effect. I’m a naterul organizer uv tabloo. Sezin that nigger by the hand I led him to the front uv the stage, and fallin onto his neck, I bed the candidates wave two conservative vunyun fiags over us, wich by accident happened to be confedrit flags. Judge Dent a poiutln at us with one hand exclaimed: “ Democrat and Etheopy are hand to hand, hart to hart, ’Ror! ’’

It was tough for me, but I endooml it, and the strikin picter wuz cheered vociferously by the black cusses before us. The meetin ended with three liarty cheers for the candidates, wich wuz jine'd in principally by the candidates and mC. Judge Dent shood hev given me $lO and sent me north immejilly, but he didn’t He gave me $lO to treet niggers with. Good I waste whisky on niggers even to confirm the impression left on ther minds at the meetin ? Never! So that evenin me and four other ardent Dimocrals from the North took 20 or 30 drinks too much after we had reched wat ought to hev ben our limit, nod seem a crowd uv niggers paasin, our nachrel iastinks riz. Ez 1 saw em the whisky in me biled. Forgettin my afieckshinit dem.mstrashen on the platform that afternoon I marched out fullered by my new found friends. Hangin to a lamppost 1 remark! to cm that tbev wuz d—d apes. “Yoor’scendid from g’rillers, your ’ferior race—’Ror fr (hie) Dept, and d—n Grant —yoor not ekal to whites—yoo aint got no int’lect, and yoo (hie) s—s-tink. ’Ror for Dent! Go for the d—d triggers, boys!” “ Kill the d—d niggers shouted one ■ wich hed participated ip the Noo York onpleasantnis in 1863, “kill the bloody nagure!” and cchoin his cry, we sailed in. The Ethiopians wuz surpfiS&l. They hed seen me on the stand—they hCd observed me shakin hands cotjelly with Dent and the other candidates, and to be termed d—d niggers, and assaulted in sich a manner, wuz too much for em. We flidn’t vankish em however. It took a fxmited effort uV sevral pleccemen and tizens to reakoo us from the infoorated wfetcilies,’and I rite these lines with my hed bandaged, one arm in a sling, and divers uther contooshens. I wood leve here, but my vote is needed to prevent the carpet-baggers from triumpbin more than it is in Pennsylvany, where it won’t do no good anyhow. ■<“ The trouble with me is Dtmocrisy amt one and the same everywhere. Hod I did in Noo York, or Ohio, or Injeanny wat I did in Vixburg, the Dimpcrisy wood hev rewarded me With a sect in the Legislater, while here it puts me out uv favor with tha, saqte party. . A»d wat an argement in favor nv tempera ns when yoo hev to make sadden changes in bizness wich requires

dellklt touebea In the North tho more llkkcr a man her. in him the better he is fitted for Dimoerl»y r for it unlooses his lower inrtink*—here, alas! the naoliral infltlnk every Dimokml liuz to kill a nig ger must be stipprest. Wo is me! don’t iiiecyc I shel ever dp for this seckshun. KT I over donbtUl the terrible effeck uv girin the nigger the ballot, 1 am nrtw conVlnst. In slid nv runnin like sheep or standin with bowed beds to take sicli blows, cz men when convivyelly inclined choose to give em, these niggers, puffed up with the idea of ckality, struck out from the shoulder jistez es they wuz men, and lied rites. And to see white men intcrferln In their behalf agin inen uv their own race wuz too sicknin. And this, too, done by Dimocrats! Wat is the country oomin 'to ? Petroleum V. Nasby, Wich wuz Footnuu-ter.

The Minnesota Democracy.

The Democracy of Minnesota, like tlicir brethren in Ohio and Pennsylvania, are very anxious to get office. They have been out in the cold a very long time. In Ohio they talk of greenbacks and negro suffrage; in Pennsylvania, their candidate being a “ bloated bondholder," they ignore the subject of taxing the bonds, and say nothing of greenbacks. They dodge, also, the question of negro suffrage, lu Wisconsin, a few days ago, they nominated a man who had supported the war, and they congratulated the world unon the fact that slavery had been aiiolislicu ! The Minnesota Democracy have just held (heir convention, and they, too, have trimmed their sails with a view of reaching an anchorage in office. Their regular platform was aimut ns meaningless ns it could be; and so an “ old liner," —one of the adamantine Democrats who claims to have made the voyage in the ark with the fathers, — offered a resolution opposing the Fifteenth Amendment. Then ensued a scene, tlie like of which had never been seen in a Democratic convention. The resolution was opjKised 1 Negro suffrage* was declared to be a “ dead issue," and that man was proclaimed an enemy to his party who would attempt any longer to refuse political equality to. the negro. This.be it remembered, in a Democratic canvention. This, in the nineteenth century. This, in the Northwest. This, while Lee and Breckinridge, and Vallandigliam, and Pendleton, and Frank Blair are living. This, too, without obtaining any satisfactory answer to tlmt memorable and time-honored question of tho Democracy, “Do you want your daughter to marry a negro ? ” This, when California has voted to exclude the Chinese, and the Democracy of Illinois and Indiana still believe that negroes, having flat noses, dark skins, and splay feet, ara not human, but a species of beast. No wonder the man who opposed opposition to negro suffrage was brave. lie preached a new gospel in the Democratic synagogue. He “went back" on the fathers. He proposed to disregard the wishes of the Democracy of Kentucky. He was for forcing that “sovereign State ” to permit her negroes to vole. It was, as the reporters say after an impressive sermon at camp meeting, “a refreshing season." Old men were there, and young men Were there. There were present men who, one year ago, at New York, vowed eternal brotherhood with Wade Hampton; who had declared that to elevate the negro to political equality was the degradation of the white race, to whose special custody this nation was committed. But, alas for the Caucasians! The negro had foum! champions in the Democratic camp. The negro had at last become fragrant in nostrils hitherto offended at his proximity. The old law and its anti-African commentaries were solemnly burned, and the convention, —tho Democratic Convention, —by a vote of over two-thirds, solemnly and formally accepted the men with flat jioses, black skins, and elongated heels as fellowcitizens, equal, in all things political, with the rank and file of the Democratic party. This was not done without a struggle. The old story of the curse upon Hath was repeated. 'l'he resolutions of ’!)8 were quoted. The Democratic platforms, from the days of Felix Grundy to those of Frank Blair, were read. Works on the origin of species, showing the distinctive differences between the white and the black man, were exhibited. “Shall we admit negroes to our tables?” was stentoriottsly demanded. All this, once productive of so much enthusiasm in Democratic conventions, was received with ominous silence.

Ope Democrat, tired of bis long exile from official trust, said that, if the convention opposed nogro suffrage, it had better nominate candidates who were used to being beaten. Another said that the Democracy-had, out of deference to their Southern brethren, fought the negro; but-, ns the Democracy down South were themselves running negroes for office, and were all in l’avor of negro suffrage, he did not nee why they in Minnesota might not do trie same. The “progressives” were called upon to wrest the party from the control of the “ Immovables,” —that is, the old fogies; and the progressives did rally, and did declare that they would not say another word against negro suffrage or the Fifteenth Amendment! Whither are we drifting? Well may Vallandigham say that, with the overthrow of the old leaders, the Democratic party will change its color, and give the lie to its past liistofy. The Democracy of Wisconsin and Minnesota, who have had practical experience with negro suffrage in their States, haul down their once defiant “ all Caucasian ” flags, and adopt the Republican policy of political equality. In the race, —to be squarely on that future national platform,—are the Democracy of Illinois to be in the rear? Virginia, by a unanimous vote, has declared for it. The Democracy of Mississippi have their negro candidates stumping the State. Are Rlinois Democrats to be “progressive,” or “immovable ? ” Are they to cling to the resolutions of ’9B, and “Caucasiaii”-i.sni, or are they to join bands with their brethren of Minnesota and welcome theirdusky fel-low-citizens to perfect equality?—■ Chicago Tribune, Sept. 28. According to the sixteenth annual report of the American Congregational Union, during the past year grants have been made to 67 churches, in aid of the erection of houses of worship. The total amount paid them was $28,600. The total expense of these buildings was over $240,000. The union gives but small amounts to each church, averaging $412 to each. The union, which has, during the sixteen years of its history, aided in the erection of 383 houses of worship, supplying to them $227,125, appeals to the churches of its denomination, and to their members, thatjhey may remember in their wills this valuable agency. v *

Tint Titusville (Pa*) Herald has the following concerning some recent marriages in that place: “It is somewhat remarkable, _ first, that four weddings took place during the past week; second, that the four gentlemen were all merchants of Titusville ; third, that they did business on the same street; fourth that they occupied the same block; fifth, that they were all widowers; sixth, that in the aggregate they have had thirteen wives.”' • *■ To Restore Old Black Silk.—Boil an old black kid glove in a pint of water until all the black is extracted. Then sponge the silk with the glove dipped in the water. The black from the glove will restore tkp lustre of the silk. Or Cold coffee may be used instead. Silk never Bhouid bedipptd in water, but spread out smoothly and sponged carefully.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A pair of tights—Two drunkards. 11 Spell m bound—School children. Smart men insure in the Washington Life Insurance Company. Small vices indulged, are littlo thieves’ that let in greater ones. It is said—ironically, perliaps—that blacksmiths forge and steel every day. “ Br moderate in all tilings,” as the lioy said to his schoolmaster when whipping him. “Tur woman question"—What shall I get lor a fall bonnet ? The “ man question ” —Where shall I get money enough to pay for it? Boston has a philanthropist who visits the prisons. Said lie to a prisoner, “ Most of your friends think your sentence was excessive; nothing like it was ever known." “ Yes, I suppose so,” was the prisoner’s reply; “ hut then, you know, everything lias gone up since the war.” Rrad what Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., says: It has been for many years a comfort to me that my family will have the benefit of annuities at my decease; and though, on account of iny protracted life, the fund will be a,great gainer by me, yet I do not regret that, as the gain belongs to a benevolent institution. Insure in the Washington Liie.

Find fault only when , you must, and tiiciHn private if possible, and some time after the offense. The blamed are less inclined to resist when they are chided without witnesses ; and the accused may be impressed with the forbearance of the accuser, who, although noticing the fault, waited for a proper time to mention it. A young ' lady returning Into from a concert, ns it was raining, told the coachman to drive close to the sidewalk, but was still unable to step across the gutter. “ I can lift you over, miss,” said conchy. “Oh, no!" said she, “I nm too heavy.” “ Lord bless you, miss !” replied he, “ I uni used to lifting barrels of sugar!” “Stop your crying,” said an enraged father to his son, who had kept up an intolerable yell for the last live minutes. “Stop, I say! Do you hear?” again repeated the father, after a few minutes, the boy still crying. “You don’t suppose I can choke off in a minute, do you?” chimed in the hopeful urchin. Children are inqusilive little bodies; for instance: “ What does cleave, mean, pa ?” “ It means to unite together." “ Does John unite wood when lie cleaves it ?” “ Ilem ; well, it means to separate. “ Well, pa, does a man separate troni ids wife when he cleaves to her?” “Hem, hem ; don’t ask so many foolish questions, child.” A wag, having a dispute with a man who kept a sausage-shop, and owing him a grudge, ran into liis store one day, as he was serving several customers, with an immense dead cat, which he quickly deposited on thecounter, saying; “This makes 10; as you’re busy now, we’ll settle another time,” and he was off in a twinkling. The customers, aghast, soon fol-lowed-him, leaving their sausages behind. Old John Berry that used to live up Lake Champlain liked to tell a big stery. One evening, sitting in the village store, lie said he once drove a horse 72 miles in one day on the ice, when tlie ice was so thin that the water spirted up through the holes ctft through it by theiiovse’s corks. One of the bystanders remarked that seveuty-two miles was a pretty good drive for one day. “Yes,” said Cncle John, “ but it wax a long day in June." The following is an actual translation, made by an Englishman, in the dialect spoken by tlie Chinese in their intercourse with foreigners, of the familiar address, “My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills my father feeds liis flock:”, “My name b’long Norval. Top side Kehlampliiun hill my father chow chow he sheep.” And, of “ A frugal swain, whose constant care is to increase his store,” the following is made: “My father very small lieartec man; too niucli like that precie dolla.”

When Isaac Hopper, a member of the Society of Friends, met a boy with a dirty face or hands, he would stop him, and inquire if he ever studied chemistry. The boy, with a wondering stare, would answer “No.” “Well, then, 1 will teach thee how to perform a curious chemical experiment,” said Friend Hopper. “Go li me, take a piece of soap, put it in water, and rub it briskly on thy hands and face. Thou hast no idea what a beautiful froth it will make, and how much whiter thy skin will be. That’s a chemical experiment. I advise thee to try it.” . . “ Tiiat man has grewn among kind and affectionate sisters, I one licai-d a lady of much observation and experience remark. “ And why do you think so ?” said I. “ Because' of tlie rich development of all the tenderer feelings of the heart, which are so apparent in every word.” A sister’s influence is felt, even in manhood’s later years; and the heart of him who has grown cold with its chilling contact with the world will warm and tlirill with pure enjoyment as some incident awakes within him the soft tones and glad melodies of his sister’s voice. lie will turn from purposes which a warped and false philosophy has reasoned into expediency, and weep for the gentler influence which moved him in his earlier years.

Western Patents.

The following Western patents were granted by the Commissioner of Patents for the week ending Sept. 21,1889, as reported by Farwell, Ellsworth & Co., Solicitors of American and Foreign Patents, and Counselors in Patent Causes, 162 Lake street, Chicago, Ill.: ILLINOIS. Signs for Street lamps—Caswell & Lachm.mn, Chicago. Mac. Dressing Mill Stones—John B. Harris, Ottawa. Holdback for Carriages—fi. A. Simmons, Chatsworth. narrow—John Klnhdrt, Athens. ’ Harvester—C. E. Mason, Elgin. SewliK Machine—H. L. Swartwont, Chicago. Stove Pine Damper—lsaac Van Hagen, Chicago. Hames Fastener—M L. Drake, Rockford. Wind Mill—C. C. Harris. La Fayette. Corn Harvester—John McLeish, Chicago. Marker for Seeding Machines—G. Armstrong, Elmira. Corn Planter—J. Armstrong, Elmira. Composition for Roofing—G. Bartolomei, Chicago. Gang Plow—Robert Carson, Meredosin. Heel for Boots and Shoes—Cordtz, Chicago. Carriage Wheel—VV. P. Elam, Petersburg. Coflin—A. W. Hendrick. Batavia. Chum—P. 1. Manning. Troy. Watch—C. S. Moselv. Elgin. Coffee and Spice Mill—Henry Petrie, Chicago. Device for Grain Drills—A. Schopp, Belleville. Pinch Bar— P. Spaulding, Chicago. INDIANA. Portable Fence—N. J. Glover, Wavoland. Tile Machine—Simon Hawkins, Carmel. Drier—O. F. Mayliew, Indianapolis. Waggon Tongue Support—G. Alexander, Romney. Extension Table—B. S. Buraot, Vincennes. Cultivator—l. J. Morrow, Everton. Shield for Com Plows—E. C. Brown, Crawfordsvilte. Com Planter—J. S. Coen, Attica. Washing Machino—Henry Ltglity. Attire. Clothes Line Fastener—M. H. Lcneback, Greenfield. Core Planter—W. 8. Pnrdy.|Botler. Oven and Drum—Russell & Co., Grecnsburg. - - Ctanra—S.S. Ulrey. North Manchester. Medical Compound—John Ward, Evansville. WISCONSIN. Washing Machine—J.T. Greenwood, Beloit. Spring Bed Bottom—George T. Grot, Milwaukee. Shingle Binder—George K. More, Royalton. Punch A Shears—Rose & Brown, New London. —9 m m* -<r —7—^^ The Nursery.—This charming little monthly is pnbtished by John L, Shobkt,. 13 Washington street, Boston, Mass. $1.50 per year, I with cxlra inducements to clnbe. Single number, I 15 cents. New subscribers for 1870, who send in their money before November 1,1809, wilt receive the October, November and December numbers of this year grg/tj. The number for October abounds in good things, in Uie way of pretty pictures and short stories, for thp littie ones. i

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD

DazniL BECIPEB, >:n. The farmer who stints hid fields Is as unwise and improvident ns he who starves ills working cattle—ln both cases lie is clinilnlsliihg the ability of a faithful servant to bo useful to him. Alexander Dumas recommends onion soup as an infallible remedy for 'nervous prostration, headache, arid debility. He prepares liis soup, which has beeomequite 'famous among the gourmands of the French capital, of cream and onions. To Clarify Tallow and Barden It. —Take two pounds of alluni to every twenty pounds of billow. Dissolve It in water, and put in a pint of the tallow liefore the water gets hot. Boil a whole day, and next day melt and strain the tallow. To Remove Write Spots from Furniture.—Rub the spots With pulverized pumice-stone wet with water, and then with buckskin moistened witli »weet-pil; or, put a piece of paper oil the spot, and hold a warm iron over it, and nib with an oiled cloth. • J To Take iNk from Furniture, Cab? pets and Floors.—Wipe the spot with oxalic acid; let it remain a few minutes, then rub It with a cloth wet with wnhn water. Colored paint, mahogany and carpets, will require washing with the harts-horn-water to restore the original color. To Make Calicoes Wasu Well.—lnfuse three gills of salt -'lll four quirrts of boiling water, put the calicoes in while hqt, and leave them till cold ; in this way the colors are rendered permanent, ' and will not fade by subsequent washing. So says a lady who has frequently made theexperiment herself. I < To Clean Irons from Rust.—Pound some glass to a fine 'powder, and having nailed some linen or a woolen cloth upon a hoard, lay upon it a strong coat of gum water, and sift thereon some of your powdered glass, and let it dry. Repeat this operation three times, and wliep list covering of powdered glass is dry, you may easily rub off the rust from iron utensils with the cloth thus ptepmed.—Arthur'* Magazine. Let the Young Clover Grow.—Keep stock of all kinds off the fields where young grass, and particularly young clover of any kind, is growing, as the tramp of heavy animals, and the close nipping of colts and sheep, will damage the growth of such young plants more than the value of hay necessary to maintain the same animals while they may be feeding on a given field where young clover is growing. No stock should be allowed to graze on young grass or clover until after the end of the growing season. And even then, it would bo more profitable to purchase hay, and allow the riew herbage to remain where it grew to protect the roots during the winter, and after decaying to afford pabulum to promote, tlie growth of the crop the following season. Very few Dinners really apprehend how much damage is done to their young grass by pasturing it before the foots have attained a large size. —Hearth and Ht/ine.

_ Every body should live on the sunny side of their houses as much as possible, and allow the sun’s genial nys to penetrate the rooms. Darkened parlors are fashionable evils. True, it is gloomy enough-to be ushered into a toinb-liko apartment, where one can scarcely grope ills waj to a seat; and do discover, when liis eyes become accustomed to the dim light, that every cliair • and sofa has on its linen “duster,” apparently equipped for traveling to some unknown land. But ladies must have their carpets kept bright and fresh, even if their cheeks are tho paler for it! And so the shutters ’ are tightly closed, and the heavy curtains drawn. But for the sake of health and beauty, ladies, lot this be done only in the “ best parlor,” if it must be done at all. Let the rooms where, the family live be cheerful and sunny. No lady would expect her house-plants to send out- full, brilliant blossoms, unless she placed them at a window where the sunshine would invigorate them. No more should she expect her children to show fresh, rosy complexions, or to develop genial dispositions, unless they lbve in light, sunny, airy rooms.

Selecting Trees.

Self.ct low trained, stocky trees, even if you decide to remove the lower branches after they are in place. I hnv-e found, from experience, that such trees are better rooted, and they will, fn nine cases out of ten, succerii best in the orchard. But, strange as it mayappenr, font persons out of six will choose a tall spindling tree in preference to a stocky one, aijd, therefore, nurserymen are compelled to train trees to suit the market, instead-of what their experience and judgment would dictate. Trees that have been forced too mufch in the niu-sery row, as a general thing, 1 do not succeed as well as trees grown on land of medium strength. As a case in point, we imported from France, six years ago! one thousand Bartletts, two : years from the bud. Everybody who saw them, said they were, without doubt, the finest 1 lot they had seen. The secopd year’s growth averaged four fbet'long, and the young wood looked as if It might be made info serviceable Wftjklqtf ctfnfes, ;These trees were planted bn a clay sou, well prepared and in good copdkiort . It •weuJtjUwve produced three tons of timothy hay to the acre, or fifty bushels of shelled corn.' 1

After planting, the trees ‘wero cut back and great care taken of them. In two years from the time of planting, three hundred and twenty-four died. The only solution that I can give, is, that they were stimulated to such an extent in the nursery, that when transplanted in an ordinary soil, the roots did mot Supply thq amount necessary to keep the top in its unnatural condition. On close examination of the young wood, 1 found it to lie soft and spongy. Jhave no doubt that forcing trees with putrescent manures is the cause-, of. the numerous cases from which young trees suffer for two or three years after being .Set out. Ido pot urnfiu to say that you should .select stunted trees* but such as have a healthy appearance, with a moderate growth of young Wood, if, on examination, you fipd it hard to the extreme cncfcof the branches. You Will often find, oA cutting the young-.wood of trees that have been forced too rapidly, a dark brown spot in tffa centre or Uefirt Of the twig; this is a sure indication oFan unnatural growth, art<J great care'Wiflh'ftve to be given, of utany 6T ttartgsefc will not survive more than Out df Wd yeaJSr best remedy for this is to cut off at 'least two-thirds ofthe prevlous year’S'grdwtb, and mujeh the. ground for a space of three feet around -the body Of the trees.— Pear Culture for Profit.

Pasturing Meadows.

It is a bad tiling for- all meadows to feed, them after mowing, except that rare class where the vegetation is too rank to make good hay. It a field cuts fonr torts of hay to the acre, feeding a tew days might not harm it But for ordinary mowing land cutting only half as much, grazing cannot fail to reduce the next year’s crop, and to shorten the period during which the land can be kept in grass. We noticed this summer in an old meadow the great difference in the yield of hay inside of an old stock-yard, and uprtn the adjoining laud. The Circle where the fence had stood was very distinctly marked by the ranker growth of grass. Outside, tljere had been grazing. all through the fall. Inside, the fence bad protected the grass. Though* the outside had the droppings of

the cattle, yet the yield, ppon the inside was at least a third more, and there jwss no other noticeable rauae than the difference in praring. It ia true Hint by pursuing tins plan there is mare old fog upon ungraded land, but that is just'What the roots of grasses need for their winter protection. The ground does not freeze so de6p, and the grass starts earlier iu the spring and makes a larger crop of hay.— Airunean Agricntllurut.

Harvesting Buekwheat.

Faumkuh sometimes lose a considerable portion of their buckwheat by allowing it to become too ripe before harvesting. Jiuckwheat never ripens all Us grain at the satue time, as it throws out a succession of blossoms. Sometimes the’early blossoms are partially blighted amJflo npt produco much grain, while the late blossoms are fruitful. Occasionally, the' Results are reversed—the early blosSpbls producing fruin, and tlie late ones ' being blighted. n 4 venr favorable season, Imtb the early aud llie late blosoms produce grain, but tt does not ripen at the same time, so tilth by* the time the late grain is ripen great past of the early will be lost by shedding. Care, should be taken to cut’the crop 'at ,"the time When the most grain can be secured. The straw is Very succulent, so that if tlie crop is cut when the early .portion of the gram has-lieeoine brown, and set up iu stoojmof bundles iu the.held with the butts o{jt)ie straw on the gropud, ana tlie tops exposed to the sun, the late grain will come to maturity in a few dad’s, liy judicious management, in this particular, very little of the early grain will lie lost by shedding, and the late will be plump aud well filled. When cut at the right time and properly cured, the straw of buckwheat makes gftod forage for sheep. When chopped with a straw-cutter and steamed, it forms a pulpy mass which is eaten with avidity by cattle, sheep or hogs. The addition of a little bran, corn meal, or middlfiigs will be a great improvement to tlie pulp.— Western Jtuval.

To Sweep Floors.

Cqkcebnino this very important operation the New York Obterver says: In the days nf ‘Puritan grandmothers no girl was considered fit to receive proposals of marriage until she could make a good hemlock broom; but in theso later thnesjnany a young lady not only oilers herself in. the matrimonial market, but absolutely gets married, and undertakes to manage her house, without knowing how to-use a broom that some one else has made. We have seem a broom uscil so unskillful ly that one would think the pursqn engaged in using it was endeavoring 'to transfer tlie dust from the floor to tlie furniture. It requires some science, or at least skill, to use a broom well. To do this skillfully, tin 4 'handle should lifeline forward and not back. If the top of the broom inclines forward beyond the part next the floor, it will prevent much of the, dust from rising into the air, and will carry it along by a gentle ’sliding motion toward the place where it is to be disposed of. If, on the other hand, the handle of the broom inclines backward, the dust is sent in the air by a kind of jerk, to the detriment of everything In the apartment. More than this, it wears off the th rtf ads of the carpet quicker, injures the paint more, if the floor is uncarpetcd, and destroys the broom |ooner than if the sweeping is done In a rational Vhy: A hilt sir ot Bn sties ft always better to sweep a carpet, as it Is lejis liable to “ kick up a dust.,” or to injure tfiertexture at' the carpet.

A Defensive Medicine.

“ In time of peace prepare for war,” la a sound military maxim. ” Let not the sickly season find yon unprepared,” is an equally good rule in medical jurisprudence. The man must he made es iron who finds himself at the close of summer as strong as at its commencement. Such a phenomenon is rare, even among the most rphnst of the human family. Muscular aud constitutional vigor oozes out of ns in tho b sidling wen liter of July and August, and few of us, at the opening of the Fall, are In the best possible condition to defy the nnhealtby influences of the season Fever and ague aud billons remittent fevers, together with a variety of complaints that affect the digestive organs, the liver and the bowels, form a portion of the Autumn programme. Bear in mind that exhaustion invites these disorders, and that stnwjnal vjgorehables the system to. repel them. “ To he weak is to he miserable,” says Satan to his defeated legions, in “ Paradise Lost,” and the axiom is correct, though it comes from an evil source. Ito I then, ye weak and feeble, fortify yourselves against tho-invisibhi tuemytlutt pertadps,. thq Autumoal air. The best defence ngninst miasma is a course of HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. This rare vegetable tonic will improve yonr appetite, stimulate your digestion, give firmness to yonr nerves, invigorate yonr muscular fibre, regulate your scenetjoret, .cfipaif tour spir|f«, and pntyour entire.pn/sJcfue iB-riertect working order.- Iris easily done. The standard tonic and alterative which will will reenperate and bnild yon up, is not “ bad to tako,” hut, on the contrary, a pleasant medidne. " ; ; : —- • See, however 1 , -that yon have the genuine article. There are imitations and counterfeits in the market, and they are all worthless or deleterious. Bear in mind that HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS is sold onjxip-llasa (never by the galtop or cask) and that eathytottle-bears a fabcl-snrßiomitVd hy vignette of St. George and the Dragon, and o revenue stamp over the cork.

Thu Brst akp o&isinad tonio .or mow—Ph oephorus &nd Callsaya, known os Ferro-Phospbated Kllxlrof Callsaya Ijlarfc. The Iron restores color to the blood, the' phosphorus renews waste of the nerve tl9sne,U)d toe callsaya gives natural, healthmi tone to the ■HttlTe organa, thereby cnrlng dyspepsia In Its vartou forms, wakefulness, general debility, depression of spirits; also, the best preventive against fever snd ague. One pint contains the virtues of one ounce of callsaya, and one teaspoonfnl, a grain o I Iron and phosphorus. Mann factored only by Caswit.l HazahdAUo., successors to Caswell, Mach * Cc„ New Tork. Sold by Druggists. Vati'dNeirJOtfnrdioi) frbtn the Ttei. JabH S. Suxm, a clergyman of distinguished attainments and exalted reputation: New London, Feb., 1851. DR. S. A. WEAVER, Dear Sih:—l feel compelled bv a sense of duty to the enfferlng, to say in regard to your Canker and Salt :Rheum Hjrrup,,tbgt I have .used IP tu my totally, itir tnorethan onwyear wife most decidedly happy results. I consider it adapted'completely to sustain the reputation which is claimed for it". In a nnmher of cases within my knowledge, where it has been taken for Erysipelas and Salt Rheum, it has been attended with complete success, when .m> TrrE Starry Flag. —This new national song, written by Millard, the author of Viva L’ America, is becoming immensely popular. It lias the right ring to it and is a decided success. Mr. Hitchcock, the publisher, will make a fortune by the sale of this song alone.

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Hitchcock’s Half-Dime Music! Believing that whatever tend* tp nmu*e and Instruct, to cultivate* uftd develop‘the lntud, or to elevate tho character and djvt r-tfy {iipsintnre of. Hom I* ever woleome to rite 'Amejneim people, thin fk»rlc* ta reajM'ctfully presented. i)ur object I* to enable ell clasMca —rich and poor—who have a desire for Muhlc, to become poM;*<‘ssed of all tho popnlnr productions of the day, without incurring an almost prohibitory expense: In n wortU to supply CHOICE All'WC AT A ?KIUK WITHIN TJIE REACH OF ALL! The price of each No. Is 5 eta. No. Author. 1. Captain .Jink* Maclayun 2. Won’t you tell me why, Robin? Llaribel ft, We'd better bide a wee v t. Blue Eyes MoUot/ 5. Not for .Joseph Lloyd 6. Good-bye, Sweetheart, good-bve /Titton 7. I really don't think I shall many ..(labri lie 8. Praise of Tear* Schubert P. Champagne unarlle..; ; Lee 10. Skating Rink Tolka Wientr 11. tk-aevieve Waltz *... “ 12. Come hither, my baby, my darling '* 18. The Danish Bov’* Whistle * Graff 14. Little Maggie May llinmphin 15. Maggie’s Secret C7a» ibtl 16. Hl* Love shines over all Fb'bcs 17. The Old Cottage Clock Molloy IS. Silver Chime* Clarfbel 19. The Rose of Krtn Benedi t 30. Arm-In-Arm. Polka Mazurka Strauss 21. She might not suit vour fancy Millard 22. Riding down Brondwity Andrews 28. Waltzing down at Long Branch...... M 34. Still I love thee Dobson. 25. The Passing Bell (Sacred Song.) G lartbel 3d, Take l>nck the Iloart.. .i “ 27. See the Conquering Hero. (Inst'l.) Handel 38. There’s a charm In 6prlng. Hulloh 29. Up In a Balloon Hawnond 30. Olympic Sr-hottlsche 81. IxfoivGalop 82. Beautiful Boll* Watwlu 88. Llgh tof the World. (Sacred 50ng.)......... Hatton 84. Tlw Life Boat „ Claribel 85. The Rosy Wreath Raymond S 6. I will not ask to press that Cheek V. Gabriel 87. Susan’s Story Claribel 38. Power of Love. (Inst’l.) Wade ‘ 89* Flying Trapeze Raymond 4n. Belles of Broadway “ 41. Gems from Urphee. (Violin and Plano.). •• 42. Gens d’Amies Dnet. “ “ . " 48. Velocipede Johnny Lennder 44. St. Nlcnola* Galop Hatley 45. The Moonlit Sea ..Front 46. Pei Ichole’a Letter. (Inst’J.) Offenbach 47. Home. Sweet Home. (Inst’l.) Richards 48. Woodslrle and Polka Bail* y 49. l.e Sabre (le uion Perc. (Lnst’l. Offenbach sn. Call me thin* own L % Eclair 51. Why wandering here ? Nathan 52. Prqtty .pretty Bird.. Wat'erly 58. Those Tassel* on tne Boots ....a.... Raymond 54. Five o’clock lit tho Morning Claribel 85. Lady Mine Warerly 56. Bootblack’s Song “ 57. Sweetheart Rnlfe 58. The Smile of Memory Warerly 59. Mabel Waltz Irriny 60. Meet me In the lane, Love Rlamphin 61. Tlie Lancashire Laws Raymond 62. The Foreign Count Lloyd 63. Where there’s a will there’s a way Sa-r 6A. Be watchful and Beware. Glover aßfttoston Belle*. Raymond P 67 Chestnut Street BeHes •» 68. My Mother dear *• 69. Day and Night 1 thought of thee. Shriryill 70. The Fidgety Wife fV>»v»ri 71. My Angd Gvylltlmo 72. On! you pretty blue-eyed Witch •.>.... Taylor 73. () would f were a Bird..* .“'..Rlamphin 74. The Fairy’s Wcjl Warm ly 75. Bachelors Hall., Culver 76. A Iter Dark Stetrart 77. The Bashful Voting Lady..., GUner 78. Larboard Watch. (Duct.) Williams 79. Mary of Argyle Sbotvli 80. Maggie Morgan ** 81. Willie w ent a Wooing. Raymond 82. School for .tolly Dogs: Copeland 83. Kitty'Tyrrell .Glover 84. The BCfl goe* a Ringing for SAlrah...... Hunt 85. Castle* in the Air Adauu, 86. Scenes.that are Brightest.....*...* Wallace 87. Paddle yonr own Canoe....mwin Ho/mou 88. Crescoifc City Bareli Royers 89. Nothing else to do Hatton 90. Ka-fpozle-uiu. Stetrart 91. Sally; Bally. Liter 92. Of wlmt is the Old Man thinking Kniyht 98. Continental Sohottlwlie . Rotters 9-t. The Cavalier Glover 95. I’eantiful Hope * Raid 96. I’m not myself at all Lmr 97. Juanita.. Notion 98. Molly Bawn Later ' 99.'Bauuallna Waltz, o>ffenbaeh 100. Go It while you’re young Wurerlu 101. 1 have a rose,... . ...... ......;,.. .QtrrinyUns 102. Smiles and Tears.... .r....?.; ...Ctlpptngdalo 108. The white blossomed tree. Mnsf/wre 101. O that 1 were a song. Hlmo JOS. This world is full ol beauty Warerly 106. Never mfod the rest H. F\tse 107. Good Night Flowers 10k; Tommy Dodd .Raymond 109. Dancing Shadow Royers 110. Scotch Lnssle Jean Peahotly 111. O take me to thy heart again Rone lU. Mary Emma Polkai i 5...... Royers 118. Only it lock of lirtlr *...cuiriboi 114. You and I “ 115. When the Swallow* homeward ny■. AH 116. Then you'll Remember tnc.......... \ . 117. Little Bird, little Bird on the Tree Claribel 118. She Is not Fair to Outward view Sullinm 119. The Skipper and lit* 80y..: Gabriel 130. The Drawing Room Schottlsche ...Ikm glass 121. Waverly Polka Sedgwick 132. Thc.Love-ljght In your Eye 138, The Heart Brtw'<*d Down Ralfn 124. The Bridal Ring Rod well 125. The Fairy’s Frolic v. Setlatrh k 126. Old Simon the Cellarer ..Holton 127. In Happy Moments Wallace. 128. It Ought not Thus to Be AH 129. Th* March of the Silver Trumpets Viviani 80. The Emma Mazurka .Rogers 181. Heaven nnd Thee Guglielmo 182. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Raymond 133. Sunset Galoh Wild 131. Tlwvf was a Simple Maiden....... ...«.Macfartvn 185. The Blue Bird Polka Rogers 136. Call her Back and Kiss hor ..Clifton 137. Raw. Brothers, Row. (Duet and Cho.) &/<*»’ 138. Would you he Yojmg Again .Cllptiingdale 139. Water Lily Polka. Royers 140. Stranger* Yet Claribel 141. Janet?*Choice 112. ICahnotSing the Old Songs •' J4B* The Peace of tlie Valley Haifa 144. Coming Through the Rye * Scotch 145. Within a MUo of Kdtnbofo “ 146. Spanish Mmotcbr Millard 147. She Wore a Wreath of R0he5............... .Knight 148. ’Tls Hard to Give the Hand.... 7 Glorer 149. Have you Seen, her Lately ?. Tnlo 150. I’ll Ask my Mother... Fktrnshatn I "ST The above can be obtained at the mualc, book nnd periodical storey, or by enclosing the price, FIVE CENTS each. Other choice selections will rapidly follow. 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