► .IT #»•*«■ 1 rT -«••• .'l|V»! ■ ;.-■■.:-*-■■■■ ' ■ ■ ■■■ -■ -■ y ■ , . '"" Try inod - IHE ALAMANCE GLEANER. .1 ~ :it ■■.i.-rJi' •"> ' .14 •»«>♦ ,»*ir * » -■'• '• , . . ;•, ( i». ,»,>'l • .*• . '■* J'■ .• •#***• • VOL. 1. THE GLEANER. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT SABEEB & JOHNSON, Graham. N". C RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Postage Paidt — t * Clnbs! ClUbfl!! • • ;«*»• lib 06 - s « «« - e month.:.T... r :.jr~;. 6» )NMU: 1600 m 12 r I'm " « month*....;.;.—; 800 « 22 Z .•■?"£ 28 00 M , t ...— 7 -. 1808 No departure from the caeh syxttni. ; « ; • ■ ' '■• :: jtM OF ADVERTISING f )>>'■ Transtanf adrerttaemtnU pny*bl» In adruiee; tmttf a«tT«illwiu in »dT«ne». . J , i A Tah »m«, 8 iho. OAo. 12 mo. _ , 7 i*q«w I * !«8. *BO $4 JO 87a> s voU' • t ~ 'I t.v'g. !• 545 yao #OO 18 20 , 22«»] 4 ■ 880 '• 00 'to 80 'Wfib "J7OO/ • « T2o'-la6O !«•«) 22 60 •82 4# . Voolnmn 10 20 18 20 18 80 27'«0 46 00 . .ii so i ß ß> t »«J~#«00 72 08 1 7 ry ?yop gpy aw noo 12000 LL.lZr*^! lent idTertU^tn t^g l j > Jr»qa£tfs/o r th» Mrrt, "?**"Bna BObSYi tn TSl->^V«^qnentTß»eruon. AdvertUement* rtot specified u to time, published w On* inch to ooiMtitnt* k laa&re. __ , i m " ' Ib^feISEMENTS. " , Jjyxm opds. xmfag NOTIONS. ffK-MABX 4>l)m »*t .»«•«» ..'tir.4 » »!•«» 0r M j • MATS- ;AW»- 7 - rftO. u 4co»»\ * South CorCEay^ttmlWSt:* and Exchange riace RALEIGH. N, C. yC'OTT & DONIfELL, Graham, N. C. t DEALERS ID Tf - > , Groceries, Hardware, liyM«*f«Kb.lMT, OTOI.ASSB,. d»Mk ®KB-sg^FPH. DR. J. 8. MURPHY BTROE at 9hop3, 1 ~ ... ', ~\ . '., ,; - ; 1. . •» •' where anything kept to a veil otdered Drug- Store may be found. The physicians of the county and; the public" generally, are invited to patronize this enterprise. An experienced drnargist—a regu lar graduate In pharmacy, Is in charge, bo'that physicians and the public may rest .assured that all presclptlons and orders will be cor rectly and careftnly filled. 1 SCR OB ftBTSOir, »«ii•• u .4 DEALER IN ~.,j ~-j Grave Stones ' . • n " . A i ■ •« i* ND • - ■ MONUMENTS,' GREENSBORO N. (J. ■ ■ Pumps! Pumps!! '*• • • —: o: • THOMAS S. ROBERTSON, . • ...» ''■ >' ' ' J ' *' ' Company Shops, N. C., U manufacturing an'd gelling the best and .» ' * ' CHCAPUT PVHPH everoffered to the people of this State. These as wooden pumps can be • M any one wanting water could wish. They are sold aa cheap as Each pump warranted. The manufacturer refers to every .pump of hi* in use. Not «w» has ever failed. n«M --p & Graham, N. C.. 1 1 ■ are receiving their FALL STOCK of __ J ,-.■»> ty .> t ' Dry-Goods Groceries, BABDWABR, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, 00s, Dye-Btuff Clothing; HaU, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Bpkfeera. T.kut*, Clg.n, See*., Teas, KEROSENE OIL, CROCKERY, Earthenware, Glassware, Coffees, Bpice Grain, Flour, Farming Implements. fab 16-ly nVTKT, • V: - WHEW VOU WERK SKVBIKTRBN, eMßaSsr* "■ ium n gKywas rich, With sunset's rosy glow, ePfl 1 # nd P i»a»dlcl»«f linked re# passed The dewy ricks between, . i" d 1™ *•, -• f Ana you were»pv«jtei** im . Tour voice was low and sweet, Magjfc ■ That showered its petal» down ; - • I. your, eyes were,like the rttie speedwell,' ' With dewy ' When I was one-aud-twentv, Mac:, ■ • * j*, If sgijing was in onf hearts, Maggie, And all its hopes were ours; . , And we «jfecMldren in the /. fppiiug flqfcverß, T I Aye, life was ljke a summer day , . An>id the woodlaud's grcou, I,:, For J ' And yon were seventeen.' 11 • ' ... t» U,VT ,'.tt The years have come and gbtie, Magsjle,'' 1 " With sunshfae and with'shade, ' " many a soft ana way waraltress— ' The f«tW*pM*»leeu— >m " I WM,op?-«Md'twaaty Mag,. t And you were seventeen, « _ »K||l ro >'l it.t* i JJW* Though gently changing time, Has tiSKhed you ja its flight, J I Your voice has still the old sweet tone, 'f*''" & -4nd years can never, never change ,Th,efteart,.yougave, I ween, »,.-•» > 'When I was one-and-twenty, Mag, roujwere se veil teen. # j " I aijit uphere for apssilkmy said a Confederate soldier yesterday as fop stood on the curbing near Wil lard's with one hand ID his pocket and th° other .buried in the soil at Getfysb-Jrg) '"but I came up to watch tli«Lt pension business." He was an agreeabl«. looking fellow, and he had 'all the appearance of a man who really needed a pension, ,And why should he n'pjt, have one?.' As lie stood there, an old Union veteran came stumping along ononc kg quested ine (nought, "Why should lie not haVet oqe?". Jiejs a "voter; p representa tive proposes -to visit tha (Jen tennia! and clasp hand# across tlie .bloody chasm, and why should he bq deprived of that wlifch this oUieu soldier needs itjujg; %s jnoch, is plainly evident. family i 9 and he is unable'to do mauual labor.' thousands of Northern men who loUgfit tjo more .gallantly tbiui ho are sustained and comlorted by their pen sions. llis State is back in the Union*, and he a citizen, exercising the full .rights «id jpfrtto jej of |iv jyf|fered jthj? wittuid'tie Bewl out in the cold? "I know, said he, "that 1 fought for secession, but that is a lost cause; the Goverumout has acporded general amnesty to us all, and now it abledih the strife. It is no more than that we should be- pensioned' if we have to pay the taxes which meet tne expense of it. life talked mildly,, but there »> as a tone to his, words which bespoke an unfaltering coufidenca in those who now have the cdutrol of this matter in their own hands. Will they disappoint these men who need than for which they ask more tliau the average mendicant needs the crust thrust to him trom the table of the rich?— 2ia- Yhe Republican in the above admir able utterance proves that he compre hends the meaning of true nobility and ehbterie honor.- How much loftier would it be instead of vilifying ani abusing a fallen lbe to treat him as a brother and extend to him a m other's welcome. The sentiments so niahAilly expressed are the mo*t generous that probably auy Republican paper has ever spoken in behalf ofji qpy&deuUe soldier, and being we notice the smut manifested a* yr b?*« r -» be 4 er feelin « be_ tweeiWie lately estranged sections.— Charlotte Observer. | ,»f% I • tiT >♦* 4 States have a population sf 23,918,774, and a total representaUon in Con gress of 190. The New England States together' with Delewars, Maryhmd. New York, New Jersey, Pennsyvina, have a population ot 13.205,511, and a Congressional representation of 95. This does not occur to us as a valid reaton why the West and South should be powerless in fixing the National policy.— Petersburg Newt. A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more in corrigible.—Colton. . JbUaitAif, N. 0., TUESDAY,DECEMBER 21, 1875 SKli'rciupjs Oi-' UJL^CT. Mr, Kqit, the speaker elect, was a mo3t active incmber of the Fortyrie cond Congress, He Is tall, thiq/iuiri very spare. Ilis face is thin and eirgn- : lar. His cves pfow from under strong projecting eyebrows. His nose is long-, sharp, and a, wild man's when he is excited- • He wears a sort ot lapVofre beofd ofa srfMfly collor.. He is considerably.bald, with a thick loWer growt'u of saAly liiiir: His ot rutstv black, which.flaps and clings' to hitflTikc wet garments hnug i^'to 1 dry.. He liaaa voice as clear as a bngle,'««fit> wj;ile be canijj?t bo,classed asaii drhtor in the popular sense of the weird, i his friqiids oughilo thank God for k.. ®h«l day of froth and flowers is gone in Con gress. Hie era ofcu'taind thrust, sledge-_ hanint«ilefleete,l»ttSdawnol 1 As a speakl r suited to theftemabdSOffftodern time#» 1 Kerr made a place for himself in Cdv gt-ess Uiat.hiis }iutW» ! sui pawj-d by.4h e . uitißonce of any other inomber npon. his side of tho HVnse. He posteß'o»lacint.. less couruge, and his cv ; ,o'f loj,Hc; made liim,atnosfc pouwAli Ilis long WanU'tVo M 1 fiitrarflih thor'ah- ili'the moft \yoiidpWiii ilyyn^.^ ut ,e . sub'stance of fiia jeTOauk»«a! ways ovc?- 'comes his imgracefuldess' Vfi' offhtnriiig 'llitetesn i ~,u •*'•••: '• II iCUw. "Uiii #J ('W.rge M. , clerk-clcct,, was born in Knox county, Kentucky, l*oe!B»teMofVW?f MBtcated at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, studied la^;'Was'fcTeHi'of the Circuit 'CouitotiKno* 1 eounty frbni '*lßs9 to 1861; he raised A company iii August, 1861j, apd eutpred tho Union army as captain in. tiia feveiith. Kentucky Vol unteers'; in Aug«6t,' 1661, ho was up-, pointed paymaster of volunteei-s, and served ill that capacity until the close of tbejw.ar ' r ,waa elected to the Foctiethr Forty-first and Perty-stecond and was re-elected' to' the Forly-thirU Congress as a democrat, receiving 9,684 votes against 8,199 votes tor Wood re publican. Mr. Thomas, the new scr. geant-at-arms, is a prominent citizen. of Ohio, has been chairman ot the Demo cratic State cbfnmittee. for a number of years, is in. the prime of life, is an actiye» energetic vam of popular aud agroeabje manners. Mi-, the doorkepcr is a citizen of Texas, aud is well known in that section/ He Was sevgeant-at arms; •to the Cbnffc'dA-ate'Collgress. He will J»ay9 the disposition of mose, pau-onage than any o£ the other officers, baring some very goofl places In bis gilt. Captain Jkmes M. Stuart, the post master-clcctof the House of, Represen tatives, is a,native of Alexandria, Va. He emigrated to St. Louis when quite a young man, aud accompanied pen- Price in the Mexican expedition' during the Mexican war* He after wards located' Mmself at Tuolnmnet connty.' Cal., and served as Bbcriff until the ot the late, war, .when be left California, aud rede on. horseback threngh Mexico to the Rio Grande, and jwas, on his arriydt at Richmond, of one of the Alexandria companies in the Confeder ate service. At the close of the wot he returned' to Alexandria, and wasf soon elected city sergeant by a vote substan tially unanimous. lie resigned before the close of his term, and baesince been engaged m Settling up the business. No ihan has eler been so popular .in his native town as he. Ile-iaqve*' six feet in- height and well built ' Btov. Mr. tow intend, the chaplkn Is a popular 'sil& ,q? .'fcbington .city», formerly Iron* Ceaueetiaot. He is the reeto»of. the Protestant Episcopal Church of tfife' ~ -tfrtit- »-■ vW ill sh4--' ' -m *- ■■+>■■* l THd largest Hour mill in MM wpt-W is. at Minneapolis, MJmfjfrsto andfs pwe«l. byftne of (hb Washbtirns* K if seven stories bigh: e«&ry» *** rfWetl With ■machinery r coal |Sl)l>^fl(>#fftihir(Wt 1 S ; - - With oneberse Eider N. E. Green f llocky Mount, made this year 24,177 pounds of seed cotton, pi oyer 20 bales ot lint, 43 barrels of corn, 5 stacks ot fodder and 140 bushels of sweet pota toes. There are 8",000,000 of childen iu the public schools of the country, 600,000. with an average attendance of 4,- 500,000. The expenses amount to $47,000,000 the past'year, $32,000,000 of which was raised. i : : ' """ Corn is selling at 17 cents per bushel at Parsons, Kansas. RINEANorAM, OP A it A tI.ROAD KINO/ -1 1 The story of tho rise, reign and .ruin of Dr. SU-'ousbcrir, tfie itiilg^ay ; king of Europe', who was 'rt?sled" if St. I^Bl e'raourg. aft or Idling for aft irmn'efrsc ampuut, ro? inanlielSftu'ek. ITo was Tjorn in Prus sia, 'of poor'pare t Itb, and went to Lon don in'iSfeS,'after the death of his fath- J "Wfted With &teat intelligence and 'energy,'He educated himself atjd enter ed'jonrnalism'. r In " fie cyime to Kg iq^err • Bora^: '" quey !r *W • WW** B^4® .ivd romng tljem at, » > tjjavy pioflt. WJni tills c&piyii.iic rctiyjjcd ffl'fo.oß i/ud founded several newtpa pers: but six yeA'r- af'torwarijs he went to'fierlin, ftKdre Wwas for seven years ttte n£eiit' of an ftttgli-h in/uraiice com pany. In "l&j I, howeyer, Strousberg begantfc think o I' i iii p);ov { iig'l ii« fort oiie#, and llanug'niftdc ucquaitanees at the BritMi finiljttssvj bv jbitj' means canio to'khow some feiigiish capitalist, with HQiutrm- Railway.. Vf it Inn si* was niakr .?'*• TOibete Of jßon mania. hpu dred tliousand iu his p*v «iid into otltcr vu6t,chta||>fia#|.. At JJjuiover he o ,na %!^i, f,lcUr ? '» ft , P0#l«»M«d Olid Xc a$C Ji« had s ng; . works and ton factories: at Bwji* ho built eijiirq new quarters; in Prussia '¥? ten estate#; iu Polond'an en tire county; in Bohemia ho paid $1,400,- 000 tor th? splendid domain of Zbirow, where he established railway carriage works and employed 6,000 workmen. centime he builf a palace for himself iu Berlin, which iu decorations, luxury and accomodation surpassed that of the > Emperor himself. NoHr was tih charity on a less splendid .scale. In winter 1M caased 10",000 portions, of soup to be #ivdn daily to the poor, in addifipn to 2,000 pounds worth of' wood. WfipU, 'the tamiite broke out in East Prussia ho sent* wh'ofe trains laden with col li and potaftots 'to his suffering fellow-country, main; Tlidn came the crash, and Strotts bergfell. 1 A prison at Mbscoty, litiga tions at Vienna aud enforced bankrupt ey at Bariin rounded of! his railway, ktn strip, and bis sceptre departed. No greater collapse than that of S(jon?bcrg has probably occured in tho fiuaucial hlstoryof any country. howijic sjau-'i urain in thr •■•3 satini, • ■ Col. D. "\Vyatt Aiken, in tho Jiurai'. Carolinian, in , a paper urging farmers to sow small grain, as well as plant cotton aud corn, say#•• , " Bed oats can bo grown at an ex. pense of twehty-fire cents per bushel upon any ordinary farm in tho South; e*efy such bushel will weigh thirty pounds, and W pouud of oats WiU pro" duce Just as much muscle and fat as a pound of corn. I'have kept a horse two years without ever feeding him an ear of corn or a blade ,of fodder, his cfally dlet being-shelled oals and straw or cut oass from the sheaf; lie has hocn' ploughed wagoned hacked about in a fuggy, and ridden under ,tbe saddle, and there uever was a date he was not refcdr and willing to do a full sbaVe of work. Any land that erer 1 have seen >i»'th*6eath will pnedafte two bushels of oatewbeve.lt #lll grow one bushel of corn, enoh farmer fer'himself'can cal- ulate the cost ot growing the two crops. Red oats will yield more grain te the Rtnrw than any oats I have erer grown Sowtfln the fall, 'they w i i»l produce a remunerative croptfn good lano,even if frOzenout durlngHUrf winter to a sin. gle stdftl'to every Square foot. Tiiey arebetfriei Than* Mf ott&r, and' htfve never been known to take the root. "* A few years ago, I selected *4igtit adjoin ing acres, and on them sowed a bushe] td each Here, Of eight Varieties of oats. Some were entirety destroyed by the iwiator/aome were rdiaed bjeristj l and/ alfrhatj the red oats were more or Mas -j by this parasite. Not even a Made ot the red oats were touched, though the acre waa in the midst of those moat thoroughly mined. The \ time is upon us when they should again be sown, though they are remunerative rif aown at any time between this and the Ist ot next march. General Robert Toombs, of Georgia is not a granger, but he is an example for them to follow. Ha raises his own wheat, oats, corn, vegetables, and nev_ er buys a pound of hay or a pound of fod. der, raises everything on his place nec | cssary for the support ot his family, his hands and his stock. OF MKN. • I doubt ft' there aje titty pci,W)is4m il> United States wha Lnoua Hint d-.ln, Rhett were .Those two i«ien,i the Xm-UiewHiiiAj tU extieii.e /S'outlicin dqctriti(!«, «»d 1 Who tei ness, werfi iieur. relatives, «* J rtieU *3U*V. liija, hevyjg i>ecoija» llioirreML , tfie 4 of tfaj&fim Soutr ,Jtß|pe -et Rhett 4*- the yw ]B2W\. Thea%Snrit.b» were frdm Henhf James, Itonjwpll, ~#t»l.,»Albert; iiumc to I . lihvo staged. , ' Thejr puusiu. t>mjtlW> of murrivd Jotio Adams'," and iy«B ,the AdaniH. Tlfeaiiirtwan ticriiuouy-offhesli t vvo 1833, when the StfUth Carolina Nullify ing Convention.Was debating n policy of accepting the bill -jris) passed by u ami favored by Ciilhoim, Robert Hiunwell Hbott snid jl»ei'' brfore Accepti*f eemprontiw he WMJi'd be sj tattered hit© bkrtAly frag inenki ou tlw> battla fleldl'f) And John Quiiicy Adsmx, in b, letter to some • old wyg»ai) In MnsMvlmsetts, named Thax ter, in 1844,. asserted "thiK slavery should be abaiMisil If it cost the Ih es ot five hundred thossand men!" Iti fact, it may have been > said of John Quincv Adams; h» tlie. Wut' rears of his life, as antipator said of some ohi oratjf, "thathe was a sacrifice, there being nothing left of him bttt his tongue and his pauueb." In the year 1827, I saw the celebrated Aaron ( Burr. He came to attend the examination at Patridgs's Military Academy, where he bod a ward named Francis Bnrdett, lie came with another wsrd—hew as always educating some, body—who Was a yonng lady just grown to womanhood, and who 1 beleive, sub sequently married John L. Wilson of South Carolina. The appearance o f Burr, was striking, for he lud. the :!*». sio outline of face which is porlrayed is bis iikeuess prefixed to bis "Life of Da. vis," the once celebrated "Spy in Wash, ington." Colonel Burr was about fire 1 set six inches its height, and wore his hair in a queue. ' When Calhottn w»s dying, a young preacher, named Duller, called to wo liim. Whon (Jalhonti beard the name, supposing the caller was his colleague. Judge Andrew Piclieps Butler he said lo hi" nrixfte secretary, Scovjl; -Show Lim u,»—i7 privilege." By) ilfl agine hi* when the young minister was ushered iniotho clyuubiV and announced his object being .10, edit- Terse with Ciilhouii ou religion. ,Mt Scovil says that Mr. Cajhiuu jjflcume very angry,aiul lie heard hiui I'tutU'i ing: "A boy—a bpv without aK-anfo). Ida face—to call on ine, and wi»b te speak About religion—a subject about whjch'l* liate been fbinkliig all my life!", Vfhai I recall tbla sceno, and remember tlto' ' matchless pre- enii nencc of JJr. Cathuuti I caunot help iypeatlug the line "Fooif rush inwhere angels fey to trpag.' V-JV O Bulletin. tbb ratromo silir VAHMV AOMSSfII tmutov OMUtUH, ■ • -• I Tue soipmUsiou to, examine the various urfpya for cay>%| aero** the Isiiimus of Darieu has submitted thf ir report to the Pesident. They are of opinion that Uie Nicaragua route is the bMt. The estimate that the j canal from, the harbor of Brlta on tho Pacific (o Oreytou ou the Atlantic can be 00-instructedat a coat not exeeediug $66,0000)00. riiey dud objections of aunost unsnrmountable nature in all but the Panama aud Nicaragua route, and nowithstauding the greatest tenth 186 miles- they give preteroncolo it Lake Nicaragua is on this route. The commission after alluding to the im portance and feasibility of the canal f •aye: "It is nOw'fegarded as of the highes importance that the United States take some action at once (p carry out the' feasible plana of the ship canal in order to prevent either France or England from wming in aiwi r(taping the honor and profit of this enterprise." The com mission consists of Gen. Humphreys, Captain Hattersou and Cammodore Ammen. The commission of David Crocket a, justice of the peaee of Lawrence county Tenn., bearing the date of Novembe r 24,1817, and signed by Governor James BicMinn and WiilLun Alexander, sec retary of State, has Just been receiv e d by the Historical Society of that State. j vr N0. 40. \ PIVOKIE »T! »j A. WHItIBU ■,j i. i • ,w*N f •A New York letter td the*' Baltimore New, saj*a: - idtlw . There* in this city, hmMlter, one t most amusing low Tsommedfawwho has * reu.wit fur never sinihrigpl In his youffl howobtbe father oFa-'Httle girl i at & refractory; wbatanate disposition. One da y, to ptmihh her for' something, r iurthebed.-L-oom, and with U« *ife weht doW>n stairs to diuner. ■ *Boon ihtf cMldbegan to Serafin in a . terrible -manner. whiohftb* parents oabaidfered was only temper ?bnt as the . shrieks: continued t the WWe fln became aim-mod anddaaired es go toiiav. lie, however,fo*bade her «toing rov an he mid the child must be taught obedience, andthat Aeabould not gain bet:end by (•creaming,. ? .»-•«> '• • I '~ •" - They went on with their, dinner, the fearful sIM-ieks continuing: for a while and then ceasing. Aa tl»e_{' were about leaving-the table* amoke began to pas* throogh the house. There, was fire soiuewßcre. Hushing to release the ,paerjittle girl thejl tound her dead. Her qlothttb had evidently canght fire ftom fMipsate, and while , the parents s were eating. the child Wfc drlng. The coinedidn's wife took a horror and hatred of rher hnsband after this, as she believed that if he had allowed her to goto the poor infiaat she might Lave saved her life. They were divorced and no wonder that m.n never smiles off the stage. , j 1..H . .. » i.■ . li f y aaVTUJBUN MANUPACTPE*. " People are beginlng to ask, says the New York Sun, why* the Sooth does not manufacture her own cotton goods, and supply herself and the world with cheaper fabrics. She undoubted ly possesses the great advantages iu her 'acilty and cheapness with which she oau transport her wares to market. Oa the other hand ,it is under very ex ceptional circtimstanoas that she can continue to prosper while buyiflg'back her own stuff worked up iu vMb bo distant as- those of Hew England 1 and luiiopf. The faoU areeo patent,-' fun damental and {axiomatic that, before the war capita 11 sts had ibegvn to invest in the establishments, fiaaihern manufactories. Since the was' the movement baa been stili -more fxtivo. North Carolina, South Coro lina and Georgia far in advance of al l other States in this unterpriae, and the a ct that they are apis readily aooounted for by the superior natural advantages wliich they possess. 'l,'hepauic 04 1873 which branches oftrade , ,M4/eJwwU b e U>argUs or buisness thoughout the country, very sensibly darkened brightening prospects in this direct lour, lint inducements the g,ujh lias to offer a |em ,wsf to - ca^ 1 ' mWpm?* are not a sew (hat. the Iniercstof is toon |o centre if rmm aer ttoWi.aw*r Mk it, • ; r , A Dptroit grower saw a boy about twelve years oldJoa^ngaround bis al ore " r and he patted jiitii on the head and said: "11-iy, go to work. Washington waa a worker; Jefferson swung the axe: " Henry Clav used tfce "hoe." • kt Did they?" atked the lad. "They dli, my sou. Labor ia a grand thing; labor is the fonndatiou beams of this con The boy who cultivates habits ot industry will Sooner or later achieve success and independence. Then 'a fifty bushels of potatoes in there to eort ever. U» to work.,at them iny boy, and to encourage you I'll give yon flfteeu cents a day. In a few daya If yon are Industrious and trust worth j, I'll let >*6u saw some wobd, and tlien yon may pick over some beans, and it won't be long after that before yon can run for Governor of Micbigau. Come, ' to work." The boy went iii and worked for about an hour, and was then absent. On a board waa a sign lie had left be ' hind him. It read: " Your hank Clay and gcorge Washington Kin go to blazee." There was lately shown at the rooms • of the Societv of Art, iu London, a piece of indk, "solidified by the looker pro cess,,' and weighing one hundred pounds, and which" has been exposod (to the action of the air lor tour years ! and three mouths." The AgrictUtural Gazette ot that city rays that "its qufdi ty was still so excellent that in a lew i minutes it was resolved by churning in ; toftMhbu'UM-." i There is a mau in Indiana who AIM thirty-two newspapers, and you aptht as well try to ride a whirl a t' gide-saddle as to attempt to impose upon that man.

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