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oted In the U-st styli. ' ; 4 ,
Orders from neighboring towns 'promptly
attended to. ' ' ' 6: 3m
1 " BliACKSHlITHING.
Bralliy JallOI ttould anitoncejo hi
old friends aud customers -.that his Shop is
ttill tu full blast on -.Main Street, South of the
JaiL Terms us low as the lowest.
U Shoeing Horses fcl.CO
Country prtxluce taken in payineut lor work
at market prices.
"Vj Give liim a Call. lo-ly
' WESTERN STAR LODGh
'- No. Ol, A. F. '
; Meets regularly on the lst Sronday r.fcht
In each month. Tttesdjiys of Snperirir Courts
and oii tlie Festivals ot the St. John.
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M. II. JUSTICE, Sec.
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XIar vesting.
Engage the men a year before
von want them : when vou nav
them oft at the jloe of the Jhar
veet one year, select and contract
with the men for the . next.? See
the Viands aa'tt a nronth or six
weeks before y n wa n t them ; tix
the priceif not done betore ; and J
get reliable, sober j men, , if von
canV and keep whisker out of the
field. Get them for a da v or two
btfWre you exject to waiit ltbetn
and if possible for the '.'whole time
of harvest, paying tbem sQ. miifh.
per day and 'filling Jn the odd
times Avith other, work. II:re one
man in five more tlmn you ex
pect to : wa n t. Bogi n the fi r?t d ay
you fan, and push it rather than
have it push ou. ;
it you nave a epoa man 11 vin r i
with yoh; make biur forenum, if
not, select a ood, steady cutter,
not too fast-r-doo't cut ynrself.
lestyou r X)eket su fter ; if your
force is small and you think it
-best, tnke the rer and sIiqqIc1! ;
If working more than . ,6 or 10
Tiands, 3011 hai better- look on :
yet -stand by ready to take :hold
here or there as; yon? think! best ;
if vou know how. let the mensee
that- yoti can ctiU rake or bind
and shock with the best of them,
find, if you don't know how,
learn ! - nJ.--: ' ; -! - - .'::
A man broke the, mower a few
days since, and we were without it
for a week. " We had to try the
seythes. One man, losing more
hay than his work., was worth,
was changed to the : rake, and- T
took hi 8 place. 1 ?ike the ring of
the scythe; and when the mower
breaks; are all hands to wait ? It
is true that the old sevtbe is be-
I'finmiir q ft rmoi f ir o o ta tli
man
Keep the ' best tools. ' and a!
ecvtlie and cradle extra in case of
accidents. " ' 1
7'reat the men kind lv and is
men, and even take a joke now
and then, if respectfully :f given ; .
feceive their fsuirgestions ;it re-
gard tothe ' w( rk ;if properly
made by men of jutljrment or ex
perienceeven a seemiiifr fot)I
niayJscc what you have overlook
ed or from want of experience do
not know. ' ::
Give the men at least one lun
cheon ; wc have , two at 10 and
5 o'clock let it be plain, substan
tial, meat and bread, or bread
and milk. . ,
Try to keep cool and, don't let
the press of .-'work, mistakes,8 or
accident prevent the habit of self
control 3ou should possess, ; and
taking-things by., the easy, it not
the soft end. The way to manage
ohers is to control "vonrself.
Above all, don't think or swear !
If using i machinery, examine it
before puttino; it away,., examine
it again about the tirst of Jai.ua
ry, and try it about the first of
May ; keep on hand in duplicate
those parts liable to break, ' rnd
threa or four extra knives, and
rods, and bolts, i n - case of ' acci
dent; doi't run a worr-out ma
chine if you can help it. A friend
said his machine cost him 75
cents for' repairs in seven years,
and that the secret was i a monkey
wrench; to! keep the bolts tight ;
don't trust a m ere rattle trap I . :
If the hands engaged fail to
come, get others as soon as yon
can, mid pay !them two prices
rather than '-have't lie .crvps sutier ;
if they are exorbitant or unjustt
pay thorn and do not hire them
agai n if you can help it ! Ameri-
Som e body advertises, for
"a
good girl ;tocobk.!": W"e have
seen some that looked good
enough to eat raw. r '
; There is a dealer ; in Bangor.
Maine, in& remarkable- for Jus
piety, who keeps the money he
takes i.t ins shop m a 15ible. On the sharpest edge and highest
being asked why he chose such a polish ; but what are these witli
place ot idejsit, he replie!: that out a vigorous arm and, hand ?
tnuves wouiu ..never' tlunk
lookipg there tor money and the; has 'hcbm often prevents For the reispiireplied :the
people who read the Bible JVoin. knowledge, if vou'havb not! their, gHting any sound sleep lessor, that she can't turn it
choice would not steal. , , . I strength to turn the key ? whatever. j5 Nightingale.: I'ways at once. ': 4 ' r
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toils.
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f In answer to au ;nmiry. from a
coriespoiitlent in refefenc to brinir
in into cultivatuin a worn out
broom sedge field f in the phortest
possible time and with r the least
expense we would sunrest the
following :
Turn it kover jthis tall deeol v
with a two horse plow, apply 15
0120 hush e!s of lime per' acre as
a top dressing after the land lias
heeii plowed; Early in the sprimr
cross.-plow "and .harrow in one and
half bu sj 1 els of oats seel pe acre,,
It the oat crop, is not specially
needed', turn them in deeply and
plant' peas in every third furrow,
say a foot -s apart, and when the
incs are;inuau(L ueiore tne peas
arv, ripe, turn or tue lana anu
sow wheat, with one hundred, and,
fiftvor . two hundred 1 19. of aii'y
good; feVtrilz'er per Hcr;arid,'har
row Aii Vne!anda hnlf gallons ttf
clover seed nriHshouhlbe doiift
the clover gro-v undisttlrbed dur
i"g the, Summer and . Fall." and
the next Spring it may he:eut for
soiling or" hav. If the land, is
new the second crop may bye turn
ed iii aiul thevland ' again seeded
to wheat or Jet the clover remain
tor. two years .aud then any crop
may jef grown. " Is
Duiihg this process tlie crops
of oatsvvheat and clover will us
ualljpay the expense "involved,
and the land will be improved at
least one hundred per cent.
If we will but supply the fer
tilizing elements' necessary tor a
should lie borne in iiiintntlmrne
land should be thoroughly plough
ed and ditched if mcessiry. It
the crtp of pea vines is luxuriant
the guano recommended might
be . omitted, " as : the necessary
amount of nitrogen would be sop
plied to the Oil? hy the decay of
pea vines. Bihlical Recorder.
ISea'.tii aud Talent.
It is not exaggeration to say
that health is a large ingredient
in. what the wbrld calls talent. A
man without it may be a giant in
intellect, but his deeds will be the
deeds of a dwarf. On the con
trary, let him have a quick cir
culation, a good tlige-tion, the
bulk, thews and winews Of a man,
and the aiacritv, the unthinking
continence inspired- by tliese, and
though. haying but little brainy
he will eidier blunder upon -uc-cess
or set fail u re ;-t defiance. It
is true, especially in this country,
that the nuriiber of centaurs in
every cominnutv of meii in
w hom heroic intellect are allied
with bodily constitutions as tough
as those of horses is small; that,
in gener 1, a man has reason to
think himse 1 f well off "iifthe 'lof
tety of life i f he d r a we 1 1 uj pri cc
of a healthv stomach without a
niind, or the prize of a fine lntil-
1. 4. .ti.!. . 1. x . "i.-'-i ' try 'a . L
it i v mi a i i a.iy siomacn. . xu t or
the two, a' weaky niiiid. in ller
cu lean trame is better ti ian a giant
mind in a erazy c)iistitntion.jj A
pound of energy jyyithrau ouneiOf
talent will achieve-greater results
than a'pound of talent With an
ounce of enenv The first requis
ite to success-; in life is to be a
good animal. In any of the
learned protcssions. a vi'ro. ons
constitution is equI to at least1
fifty 'per cent, more brai n. Vi t,
judgement, imagniatibn, elo
quence, all the qualities of the
mimi, attain "thereby. a. force and
spleiuh iTjj to wl i i ch th ey, co old
never approach without it. But
intellect in a weak body is " like
gold in a spent swi mmers pocket
A meehahie : may have tools of
ctnrinsr the month ot. SeTtennr 1 nte i rl he la is 10 teet ? AttxkA7?i -
When the wheat is cut
els.' of piaster per acre should J'bvof the wfifertfall. Divide ;i,750,r.
soivjr dv'r thfe.youiie clover. 000 oy '33,000. and we have 1131
Ot i Of what ne 1Q it fK.if rnnK mind dist.reSSectbr i o rriiuit wc(r)nt t ff first one wav and then
Estiimtf iii? Horse ower.
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A water-'falhas.one-horse pow
er for eWy'33000 lbs. of water
flowju i n tfie 8t rcam per minute.
for. each toot 01 iuu. , -i compute
the Knvorf "fti'strea t)i therefore,
m utiplvtlie ara. -of its cross.sec
titii 111 ieetly velocitv inject
per riiihiitp. yauu we nave tne
number lyiif ihie 1 feet 'tjowjng
alongi ' tlstit-anK pr niihute
Mulnptrfe5e;1y 62j3he .num-
her tX pounds in a 'ubic foot of
water, intLtnis ' by' the vertical
tall in' ieef'd we have the foot
po 1 1 n d er- m i n n te o f d t he tall ;
dividingjlv 38,000 gives nus the
horse fKjwer,. ; a.-io , ; :
' For example : A stream flows
thoiiglr aflutue 10 feet wide, ahH
thijT'deptbof tlie waterjis 4 feet ;
area o tM-er8 . section wil be 40
teet. Tim ycocjtyi is 150. fvvt ien
nluimeloOptHe f;ut
uic ieei oyvnicr novviug per niin
tite:i:;" 6002i3,00btlie
pounds bf water rlowirin per niiti-1
as tli e h rse po uvr 'of the f.il I . - '
The jjwer of the steam-engine
is calcuteth-by inultiplying to-lu
getner.;tarea;or tuef1pton ; 111
inches-, Jthe niean .piessuref in
poirhlts; per square in6iiV the
length ot the stroke in teet, and
the number ot strokes per miii-
Water-wheels yield from 50 to
91 per cent of the water. The
actual power of a steam-engine' is
less thiiu; the indicated power,
owi ng (o a loss from friction ;
the amount of this loss varies with
the arrangement of the engine
EarnoMtiiess,
Without earnestnf ss there is
nothing to be done in life; yet
among the, people yhotn we name
cultivated men, little earnestness
is to be found ; in labors and em
ployments, in arts, nay, even in
recreations, they proceed, if I may
say so, with a sort ot selt-detense ;
the3r live, as they read a heap of
newspapers, only to; have done
jWith it; -they .'remind one of that
young Englishman at Rome, who
gaidviwith a contented air, one
eveiiiog, in some company, that
to-day he had desjatched six
church es a ii tl t wt ga lleri es. Th ey
wi.-'h to kiiovv and learn a multi
tude of things, and precisely those
they have the least concern with;
aiivl tbev never see that hunger
is not stdled hy snapping at the
air. When T become acquainted
with a rnan, my first inquiry l," is.
with what does he employ him
self, and hmv, and with what '.'do
krree if perseverance ? . The an
iswer regu bites the interest I shall
TaKe in nini lor lire. tjioetnei
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Sleeping ruder UiO Clothe.
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Ther-i5LJa8on to believe that
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tot a t Jw of the apparently un
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Uccoti nibble
cases ' , ot .scrofula
amotig
liabit o
eliddreti j.roceed trom the
' sleeping - with the head
under the bed-clo; lies, and so in
Jiajing air id ready .breathedwhich
i s fu'rt h -r:c. n t a m i n ated by cxh a 1 a
tton's fVtlrn the skinT ' ' ! ';:;
Af g k! h nrse wi 1 1 be ca ref n 1 to
attend to this. It is an important
part,- so ;o. sjeak,qf yentilatto'i.
It niay he worth vyhile o:i reinar k
that wljtii t here; is ' any d; nger
'of tieVi son,a blanket slu ml c 1 h ever
be placed nnder the patienu It
j retains nrivpnessand acts like a
poultice. ; r t . . ; ..
Never use any thing, but light
Whitney hlankets as b'edcovor
ing for the sick. The heavy, itnT
ervioucottqn ctHintcrpane is
bad, forthe very . reason that it
keeps tlie .emanations from :the
sick person, while the blanket al
lows then, to pass through. the habits of animals, why does a
Weak badenW " are Jiiva'riablveatxviiile.eating turn her head
How to Fool Hats, i
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Let us take the case bf a house
badly infested with rats; says the
Rural New Yorker. How s shall
we get rid of them ? Of course,
if they corrie from sbme public
s wer or other cbloiiy, the supply
is probably ' rinliniited, and the
first thifg must be to cut off the
access "of all outsiders. But tfiwe
are troubled by none but natives,
it will not require .much skill to
capture every one of them- old,
leunning ft Hows and all.:i In the
first place, then, we must resolve
to .take time to it; and capture the
wh'ie .l9t, and to his .end no at
empt niust be'rnade to 'capture
sing 1 e a Ii iiriials,' srnce' this will tend
to makethen suspiciousandwill
put he old ones on 'their guard.
Ti ien p ri v d e a: 1 a re box or' baf
;rel ; in ita quaatrty of qld.carpejU
hffish c.f,iandv ialso' ;$om6l!fcbl,
tueh as meal, cheesej herring,
&c. ; Bore a two-inch hole in the
tidQ of the box rndJeaye it for
some, .days. The rats will, soon
nna it out and treouent u.mr irst
a young one will go in and have a
gnod feed and come'outall right;
the old ones seeing that he is not
hurt." the v. too. will co inland
a short ' time every.f.rat: about
the premises will go there. When
this occurs see thatit is well sup
j li, d with food "and arrange over
the lude a block having a cbrres-
spending aperture-but irfiit but
having also a serjtes of wires stuck
around the hole ahdr poi ntiiigin'
ward, just as they aTe arranged in
the common r wire raps. Every
rat will go, in aS before and not
one can get out.
Cause of tSie Variation oftlie
Tbe prQcV8e pause of tbe varia
tion5 of thehVagnette 4pole : of tbe
ea rth j has not been well establish
ed ; but in the viewT ot Dr.Menzzer
this is OWl.illg tOi the ; continual
variation of the leyelqf .the earth's
..Til. l 1 i
surface, mainly in ie,, polar re
gions; He goes through a very
mathematical in vestigation of the
relation netween the land areas of
the north and the magnetic cur
rents, and enteivors to show that
witlruhchangtng outlines, this
pore will be constant, bat that
with variation it will be necessa
rily altered in its position. In the
fact that the level of the land is
continually altering, uot , puly in
the north, but elsewhere on the
surface of the globe, very few
portions being entirely free from
change, he finds the " explanation
of the deflection of the needle
first on one side and then on the
other, these changes being not in
the same direction elevation of
the land in one place, to some ex
tent balancing its depression in
another. 65 Friend.
A Gentle Rehuke.
A lady riding" in a car bn the
New York Central Railroad- was
disturbed in her reading by the
conversation of two gentlemen oc
cu pving the seat just before her.
One of them seemed to, be a stu
dent of some college, on his way
home for a vacation. He used
much profane language, greatly
to the annoyance of the lady.
She thought she -would rebuke
him, and on begging pardon for
interrupting ; them, asked the
young student if he had stutlied
the languages. "Yes, niadaiuv-I
have mastered the languages quire
vvell.' '"Do y bu Vead Jaud!speaTc
Hebrew T 44 Qfhte-fluently."
Will yon be so-kiiid as to do
.me a small favm?. " .With great
pleasure; Iam: at your service.'
Will you be so kind as to do
you r awea ling in Hebrew ?" We
may well oppose the lady was
uotan'nbyed any more.
'Professor, said a student in
! mireuit: of knowledge concerning
another
pro-
both
tea rr ins 9 Pnt Oat Fire.
The JSew York Observer sng
gests that the art of eztiqg oishinff '
fires be taught in all "schoblfi'It;.:; I
would be exceedingly writer eating,
but still more, important.. - How
many expensive blunders would
be avoided ! : -A man - in Uostott
went,! with lignt in his; handf toj I
look into ai varnish barrel at. the. :
bung-hole, and the; gas within j I
caught fire. HacTKe immediately' 1
stopped the bunghole or covered1'
it over tightly,1 the flame would-'
have died for Want of oxygen j
but not knp.ing how little Bmoth-. r
erihg would completely extin
finish nre, lie. thought of nearly '
everything else first; and let 'It '"1
spread until it destroyed several
buildings with most of tbeir conf-1
tents, i .On ; the. .pther .hand, a boy: . r
wo had bad proper r education ;
di I ligerit r and , skillfally usii ;
whit water there was in the robrnv
when the fire' bean, and soon jjuV 4
it out : Iwhile at -thti earned tirhe
a watenmanton tne out siae gave
an .alarm ,vldch summoned an the j
fire department. . The quickuess ; .
of fire m burning , various sub- -
stances, ' especiahy those which '
desenbedo children, , and even
lite. .engines and other apparatus y'
might-be displayed in their pre- ;
sencej and used by them, : Girls r .
shdlild be taught these things as- '
well as! boys, that when fires oc
cur they, may idosbraething more
than scream and wring bauds and :
call on; men. for shelp.; : -
Do anything innocent rather
than give yourself to reverie. I
can speak on this point from ex
neriencG. At one period o... mvi
iie a. w ixa ui uuuicr miju m o.icj
future took the place of present
activity. I spent hours n reverie.
I suppose I was seduced in 'part'
by physical debility. But the bo-
v Riiffprerl iw , waII hn minrf
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i iound, too, that tne imagination
threatened to influence the pas-
sions, and that if ; I meant to be
virtuous I must dismiss my mus
ing.1 The conflict "was a hard
oue.r ' I resolved, prayed, resisted,
sought refuge in occupation, and
at length triumphed. Ibegyou to
iavail yourself of my experience.
Ohanuing.
Duties seem great prsmall ac
cording to the spirit and way in
whicb they are perfbrmed;4-A. ;
mean,1 ignoble mind tosse3:: 6tF- 1
w ith a sneer a deed which a mag- ,
nanimous soul would perform j so v
sweetly and so nobly, as to charm
wdioever saw it done, and leave"
the recollection of it as a precious ;'
possession for ever. A cold;
selfish nature gives a guinea in al
spirit so petty, ana a way so cruel m
that its value shrinks to a farthv. j
ing; while a generous one gives
a farthing so that it ; is felt to '" be!
worth a'guinea. ' " I i----:
Great men and great lnstitu
tions may be beyond the most of.(
us, but great actions are for. U3
A Bostp'n gentleman, whS dis
likes formality, offered a lady
5,000 if she wouldarry; him
without QtjulpTeliminarios of
i-our3hiivg;;f I0tliu
r' Wrestern paper speaks of a
n Sv paper mill which will be
made of brick one hundred and
seventy-five feet loug." Pretty,
long bricks. '
Xever put much confidence in
such as put no confidence in others 1
A man prone to suspect evil is
mostiy looking in his neighbor
for what he sees in himself. .
All God's children have receiv
ed God's Spirit, whereby they are
made humble, believing and holy ;
humble in regard to their sins,
believing in regard of Christ, and
hblv in regard of their conscience
and care to keep all God's com
I mundmants.
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