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IB! 1 ' - UNION, TIfE CONSTITUTION AND T II E L AWS TflE G U AUDI ANS OF OUR LIBERTY, Vol. XXXVII. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1857. No. TJOO. A Valuable Plantation for Sale, A 8 I intend moving to the North-west, I offur for rale the Plantation where I now life, in Orange county, on the waters of Kiio, five miles soulh-esst of Jiillsbo rough, and two mile from University Station, contain ing 400 acres, about 150 acres of which ire under fence in Rood repair. The Flsntation bae on it t com fortable Dwelling House, two good Kitchens, large Barn, Threshing Machine, good Stables, and all other necessary buildings. It ia well-watered, with number of never-failing Hprings, Drenches and Creek running through It. It baa on it aa good Meadowa and Meadow Land as any in the county ( and slo a good Well of never-failing water within a few steps of the faousa. It contains good Orchards with choice fruit. About S5t eras of the tiact ia in woods with beautiful timber. ' It lies'well for cultivation, and is aa well adapted to the growth of wheal, corn and tobacco, aa any in Ibis sec . sion of the country. With tba Plantation I will dispose of my growing rreps of Corn, Oats, Wheat and Hay, and my stock of . Hogs and Cattle, if the purchaser so desires. A good bargain can be bought. DAVID J. STRAVHORN. t, July.. ? V.?'. - ,. 9 A New Treatise on Trigonometry. A MANUAL of Dane and Spherical Trigonometry, with aoiM of its applications. . By Charles I'hil lips, 1'rofeaaiH In the diversity of IS'oith Carolina. SUO pp., Itaut. M ALLETT A CO., Chanel Hill, W.L. J'OMEROY, Iteleigb. June 17. 93 YEA8T POWDEttS, Bull's ciarsspsrilla, best, . Kchneidum Hchi.spps, Colognes assorted, at J.U. TUttUE.XTINE & SON'S. . July 13. 113 FOIl SALE, 4 LOT in the lawn of Graham, iinmedialely in fron ' of the Court Houaa, en South turret, lying be tween the store houses of M'Lean dr. Manner and Al bright fit Uiion. Terms to suit the purchaser. THOMAS WEBB. January St. S3 HOUSE and LOT for Sale. I offer for sales on accommodating terms, thst desirable Hnu.e end Lot on Queen Hired, now occupied by Mr. Washington. - THOMAS WEBM. October SO. I M.rcb II. T4 P It O V E C T V S or Tit a iforth Carolina Presbyterian. 'I'lIB Picebyteriaa Church in Siortb Carolina has long labored uadei a serious disadvantage from tba want ef a journal loalvocate ber claims and rrtressnl ear interval, It is estimsted that only one thousand Preibvutiss Weeklies are taken in the bounds of our three Piesbyteriee. We have thirteen thousand Com menicame. ant! it ie safe le infer that there aie thirty thoasaud freebyleriene ia principle u the Male. Our (Synod steads filth, in the Luiou ia poiulof uumbere, and bet membership is grester tbsa that of any Synod Mouther Wet ef tenuf Ivaaia. Our sister IsiaU-a on the North end Mouth, neither ef which bae S member ship so large as euro, publish the Central, and the "tv-eSsre Preebyleossi, for the benefit ef their people. uaw bee come when the Presbyterian Cburrb in A' r.i Carotins should likewise da ber duty to her Aildien. It h I conceded snJ important Iset, that hundreds ef eur members will tske a Piste paper who w.lltskenoMher. The Pa- is needed to eetbeewan at urynodaoJPresbytena-ioelrveteandeolighten; the piety ef eur membership by diffusing evsngelical kuowledjelo promote the raise ef Kducatvm to devslope the lelculs of eur Ministry, end to strengthen lbs stiechnient of our people le the soil and sanctuaries of their wnHiate. If eor Church in oilier States, and ether Chnrches ! in thie titaio, ran supply their awmt-ere with a Itrl.tious : tourest, why may not wet Aie.Noiih Carolina free- bvlerises interior In talent, energy aod patriotism to their neighbors mi the ."North or IWh.cw to Christians of othsi denominations at home f w rth the same or belief epp.rtuuu.ee el accomplishing this work, .ball t ' "K "". ' S' ''..,.;; v we b ar. it andooe! In the language ef one of our he om-ration, unless made useful in retard most able and awful Mmisieia, an adopted son of rur i ing the too r.iiiid fermentation of the ma- same or Blate, "It ought to have been undertaken twenty years astk but H isnol lOO IStelO bCIln IO OO riim, I J'J? V" ,w- ,W 'n"",h, ' '"I tether in a compost d.H-s"not necessarily im- IVf 00 bss been saliarriM ss a permsnenl rsimsl. All" , , ,, . . . . meetm. of ib. contributory hrU l tire.olborm.ah e ihrm. Indeed, the value of each may n Ibe liih of Msy, tier. A. Biker, Climnun, the I'aiierwee uosniinuusly kKaied at t ejelieville. under the nsme and title of the Aerf Cunttnu I'rfliiltri'm. Ksv. We. N. Metiene and Re, f ieorge MrNe.ll were eteeied til.tnrsi Kev. Messrs, I Ieorge Me.Vrill, We. K.Msbane, A. Ileker.end ('. II. U ilev, ami Messrs. Ueorge McNeill. Mr . John II. Cook and Uavid Murphy ere appoinlel an Ksecuilve Committee, to eatabltab Ibe I'sper and manage its buaineas sfTii. II iseurwiso and lsig to me me iorin erri.ne IWytrnas) MKnsl of Ihe first rls.s.eo.u.1 to the ; am most Valuable Tart of the adaptation te the wanla ol eurChorchee. lUfolumne, p , , i will stud the latent intelligence. both foreign and pa'ed. The rapidity With which lime dissi mesne, and speriel tare will be taken to give a full end pate ammonia may be easily tested on a eeratsie summary of mate news. I he nsme of the1 small scale, by placing some miMHlrned gua Pspmlsdestgnedtebeane.penentof Itscharart-f aml,no j tne pafm of the hand, then adding a .omenta, frms coavirlimi.il will advocate i the tor .! ,iu). .MnMere(l i,e am rubbing M,,, aervsi,.., miU.-Je, 4d ecueo. docUme. and mder of (h.rVh fif) r Xne tmc of ,,.. insvsurio. Oer Ural appeal iet eur aw people w.sonnvero. Jlna Piesbyierisns. WhiUw rely roof. lenilv upon (Mr fiver, we trust thst thensli' msm jsortni sto line who have found hnmee in ashes Klsies, and the aJop'ed rHiaene ef ear Histe who hum so impmiant aa element incur Ministry aod meiiihriship, will lake 4eep inlerert in llaia euierpria and give it llw It besrly (UpfMt. Tsaast 11 per annum in silvsnre, rr en delivery f the first numSer; ft fill in ais monthsi J at the end ef Ihe year. Te clubs of iweniy Ae er mm. psting la advance and when Ihe Taper is sent la one Mrrss, disreunt ef ten per cent, will be allowed. Our Minister and F.ldrrsare earnestly desired toad a Agents, and all others friendly lathe raua will pleiae ssi.t in proeo.ing as many sot-erthers as poa.l.e, anJ f rrwarj Ihe names, kif Augt l to this Office. As ano as I .AOD eulwiiWs r olrtslned, Ihe firs number will be issued. If feithful nd vigorous effort Is mad in the neat Iwe montha by those who lake lively Interest in Ihia work, W wilt, without doubt, be tide le begin Ibe pnhlicsUnn al Ihe end ef that lime With a paving aubae.iption list ef at least 1.000. IV Address, Kililoraof Ihe North Carotin Pre.by lerian, rayettetille, N. C, Jun 10. 9il ' BLANKS for alc at thii OIco. -vjs4 . r2 " May your rich aoil, Exuberant, natures' better blessings pour O'er every land." COMPOSTING MANURE. We copy the following article from an exchange paiier. YV e believe, but are not certain, the credit ia due to the American Fanner. Ita views are sound, and ita euggestions valuable I Aralur. There are many opinions in regard to the! propriety of composting manures, tome con sidering it labor lout, while others think, it a positive injury, and declare that all manure should be plow ed under as fresh as possible, so that the land and the growing crops may have the benefit of the gasse escaping du ring fermentation. .- We shall not discuss., this question at the present time; but will j merely state that we think almost every farmer should have a good compost heap, ami will give our reasons for this opinion, and 'soiPe hints as to its formation. We cannot add to the elements of fertility by mixine manure. Lut we can prevent their lo$$, and affect both the chemical union of their elements and the mechanical properties of the mass. By a proper system of com posting, the farmer is enabled to save and turn to valuable account as manure, many substances w hich otherwise would be entirely wasted, such as decaying vegetables, turt, soap-suds and other slops from the house, peat, muck, liquid manure, &c. Those w ho live near cities or villages can often obtain at a cheap rate very valuable materials for enriching the compost heap, such as bone and horn shavings, woolen waste from the cloth dressers, oil'al from slaughter houses, and many other things which we Deed not mention. These materials may be composted whenever they can be obtained, and the com post heap thus becomes the store-house where every thing valuable for manure is preserved until needed for the land. It would not be convenient or even practicable to apply such materials directly to the soil, and therefore many of them would never be obtained, and others wasted. The farmer who Kaa cwmrxmt keep, the value f which he is anxious to increase, is always on the look out for some valuable material with which to enrich it. A gentleman who first paid particular attention to this matter in 1856, informs as that he was surprised at the si.e and value of his manure heap, even after the accumulation of only a few mouths. It teemed to be always on his mind, and when he saw auythingin the yard, the cor ners of the fences, the swamp, or on the sides of the road, that he thought would add to its value, if its removal was not then con venient it was remembered until a leisure hour occurred, and was then carted to the compost heap. Composting i valuable in destroying the seeds of grass and weeds that abound in almost all manure, as well as those of the weeds which should help to swell the manure heap. If eed aa manure, without - .1 1 1 . i . "' "'. S"'" u troublesome, anil if permitted to lay around the corners of the fields, &.C., they become scattered. The compost heap is generally an agglo meration of every thing that can be raked 1, 7 . .7" T r scraped together, and many seem to thilik tnal Uierriore us value ut-prnus upon its sr.e. this is lar Irom being the lutt. it would be a waste of labor to cart common HO , ,,e ro,post heap, to be again carted , .. i -'. ,. . . . .. - ... . . .'.i u riure, or in absorbing gassea evolved in the .l..ri,niuilinn. M,mir l.n mannena In. be deteriorated bvthe mixture. For iii-tanre, if blood, offal, &.C, from the slaughter house, should be composted with barn manure, a very active fermentation would take place, and the value of both he lessened. Lime we often see put into the compost heap, but if it should be mixed with a rnmpost similar to the above, the mischief w ould be complete, as the nitrogen, rnnlainrd in lhre organic t;. .;n l. ..,.,,, fe. . I,,,nl i,f - - " i 7 nartsiiiirn. ai, ineir,iii u. hiisii.s; tiirsv us strong manure (the slaughter house and barn vard) together, they had been coin, posted separately, and fresh soil, dry swamp muck, burnt sods, or charcoal, using a greater portion of these material with the animal than with the barn vard manure, decompo sition would have been gradual, and most nf the ammonia would have been retained. Composting would thus have been of advan tage, particularly in the case of the offal, a this i too concentrated a manure to be ap plied directly to the land. We have seen crop destroyed by it use. The lime, too, though doing injury in the case we have presented, tniuht be composted w ith advan tage with any material whose decomposition it was desirable to hasten, a peat or taw dust. . It is somewhat'difTicult lo manage a com post in (hi climate in the summer. Our summer are so warm and dry that composts, .:er.. .-.l.e .1 . . 'ii l I ii lormcu i iiiaturiai mat win uecumpuac readilybecome burnt or " Art fangtd," and their value almost entirely destroyed. Using a large quantity of earth or swamp muck, and salt, or some similar materials that will retard decomposition, and frequent turning and wetting, is the only way we know of to prevent this, when exposed to the sun. This is laborious, and requires a large supply of water handy to the manure. Our nursery men have a good deal of experience in man aging manure, as they yearly spend large amounts of money in its purchase and pre paration for the soil. Their practice, there fore, is worthy the consideration of our readers. They almost invariably compost all the manure they use. In the summer this is done under cover, and they have sheds or roofs supported on poles, for thi purpose, something similar to the roofs in brick yards, under which the bricks are dried before burning. Under these sheds the compost heaps are formed, composed of about two-thirds manure and one-third earth, and to these heaps are added all the refuse collected in hoeing and weeding, &.c. The sides and tops of the piles are w ell covered with earth, and they are forked over twice every season, so that all portions will become equally decomposed. . Some of our readers, particularly those on the fertile soils of the west, w ill think this is taking a good deal of trouble to obtain manure ; but these must remember that with many it is no manure, no crop. ' Not long since we saw on Long Island leached ashes, brought from Western New York, to be used as manure on the light lands of that Island. These ashes were transported four hundred mile, and the cost of carriage only could not have been much less than twenty-five cents per bushel. When ashes are made use of at such a cost, and millions are annually paid for guano, a few hints on making and preserving manure, we think, will not bo unprofitable. STIRRING THE SOIL. The following remarks by a correspondent of the Genesee Farmer, are worthy of espe cial attention at the present season of the 1 have known instances where narrow strip has been left unbroken in a summer fallow during a dry summer, and after har-i A white velvet tongue attends mental dis vest it was well cross-plowed together. The 'eascs. A tongue red at the lips, becoming unbroken strip would appear almost destitute ; brown, dry and glazed, attends typhus state. ol moisture, while that which was plouglted and frequently stirred with the harrow or; cultivator, exhibited quite a contrast. It is the common experience of farmers, that wheat sow n in a dry fall upon the fallow ground is much more liable to come up well than when sown on stubble. Again, in hoeing corn in hot weather, when you could fairly sec the corn grow, upon leaving the field at night I have mea sured some hills that were hoed and some that were not, and the next night compared their growth during the twenty-four hours. The result was that the hoed had made about twice the growth of the unhoed. . Two years ago last summer I planted rather late in the season a small piece of cucumber for pickles. The soil was dry, sandy loam, with a warm southern aspect. " I determined to rely entirely upon Irequent hoeing to resist the effects of that unusually severe drought. The piece yielded a line lot of pickles, the vines remaining green and bearing well until destroyed by the front ; while vines in the neighborhood, treated in the ordinary w ay, were dried up and barren. So much for farts ; now how are the results to be accounted 6r? Your agricultural readers have probably noticed that fresh plowed ground is fre quently covered with dew, and sometimes with dost, when the adjoining ground is dry. CROWS. Nearly all the w riters on ornithology speak ef the crows as the farmer' friend and dep recate his destruction. In moot case those who have studied the habit of bird are better able to judge of their usefulness than the mere casual b - server, However gooo or irequent may oe tne opportunitiesof observation. Nearly all the farmer consider the crow their natural ene my, and with all hi cunning and watchful nes number are annually killed for depre dation committed in the cornfield or poultry yaid. I the farmer unable to distittguiali his true friends, or have ornithologist mistaken the character of the crow? Crows, no doubt, destroy many grub and insect injurious to vegetation, and thu render some serv ice, but to offset thi serv ice some think he destroy a much of the crop a the insect he kill would have dune had they lived. Then w ith what patient cunning wilt he watch for the new laid egg or the young chicken with what an air of self assurance and yet of respectful consideration will he walk up to the hen with her flock of chicken ; how assiduously does he labor to allay any feeling of suspicion she may en tertain a to his motives. We can almost hear hi tncaningle compliment on her fine appearance, the good look nf her drar little family -thus gradually restoring confi dence by 'flattering her natural pride, a other biped have long practiced success fully gradually the note of warning give place to the encouraging "clutk," whirh bring the tittle flock around her, when, watching hi opportunity, he strike one of the little dear he ha so'lafely admired dead at hi feet with hi sharp and ponderous beak, and snatching it up hasten out nf the reach of the now enraged parent w ith hi ill gotten booty. Repeatedly have we seen this treachery practiced, and sometime with no little satisfaction have we suddenly arretted hint a, with hi eager eye riveth-d on Ihe bereaved biddy, his flight ha been within the range of our gun. Yes, we confess it, hear it, you naturalists who defend him, we could never resist the temptation to shoot a crow. 'We have studied his habits atten tively, and think we understand him ; not withstanding all the line things that have been said about his glossy black coat, his graceful movements, his praiseworthy efforts to remove insects injurio" to vegetation, we expect to draw a bead on him whenever in our range. His trick of pulling up corn we might forgive, or punish by poisoning the actual culprit) and bear no malice to the race J we could spare him a few eggs, occa sionally, if he would let the young chickens alone but who, that lovpg a song-bird, that delights in the melody of the tlirusn, l.u bird, robbin and the red-bird, could forego the satisfaction of shooting the depredator, nntwitstanding his clerical suit, after seeing him, in the spring, cautiously prowling about in the shrubbery and among the apple trees for the 'nests of these little favorites, and witnessed their distress in their ineffec tual efibrts to drive him from their nests. How often have we seen, with intense satis faction, the hasty retreat he has made when pursued by the lion-hearted little king-bird, as his energies for plunder led him into the vicinity of that noble little creature's nest. In this unpardonable sin of destroying the eggs of the song-bird.'?, the jay-bird is equally as culpable with the crow. We have no love for him either. Any one of these little insect-eating birds will destroy as many insects as this black-coated robber, or his cousin of gaudy blue dress, and we cannot a fiord to louse their cheerful songs. It is clear that the crow and the blue jay charge too much for the little service they render us, but for this we might excuse them. They are both guilty of robbing the nests of more desirable birds, and for this they ought to be shot. Thf. Tonove A white fur on the tongue attends simply fever and inflammation. Yel lowness of the tongue attends a derangement of the liver, and is common to bilious and tvphus fevers. A tongue vividly red on the tin and edge, or down the centre or over the p whole surface, attends inflammation of the ! mucous membrane of the stomach or bowels. ne ti-cnpuim 01 rviiiiiuiiii migtu oe ex tended infinitely, taking in all the prnpensi lies eiiu uuih uuics v. mo iiicuuii ant, iiii.iai i i.u....:.: ..r i.. n,ni ..i condition. Thetougue is a most expressive i as w ell as unruly member. Set. A our. RECONCILIATION. As throucb the land at eve we went, And plucked the ripened ears, We (til out my wife and I Oh, we fell out ! I knew not why, And kiaaed again with tears. For when we came where Iks the child We lust in oilier yesrs, There, above the little grave, Oh, there, above the little grave. We kissed ap iin with tears ! Ttntiinm. CLERICAL WIT. BY B, 1. II0W8. A parson, who a e.ilportrur had been, And hardships and privations oft had seen. White wandering far on lone and desert strands, A weary traveler in benighted lamia. Would often picture to his little fl u'k The terrors of the gitM and the Murk ; Iii martyrs suflcied in the aurviit times. And what men sufTr now in other climes ; And tfioitiih bis ward were eloquent and deep, His hearers oft indulged themselves in sleep. 1 e marked with strrow eh uneotiwious noJ, wjihin the twrtnU of the House of G.l. j All,j onct lui, , txpt,itt th,u3ht he! tske In his disi-outsr, to kerp the rogues awake ; Said be, " While traveling in a distant Slate, I witnessed scenes which I will here relate. Twee in a deep, uncultivated wild, Where noontide ftory srarre'y ever sm'.lrd ; Where wol.es, in hura of midnight darkness, howled OTwrc warn irciiuenicu. ana wnenr p.nmers j,r,mie,i ; Ano, on my worn, mosquitoes mere were 101111,1, Many of stlm-li, I think, would weih a pound ! More fl'rce nd rmennu thin the hungry s'm'li TUy oft wer known U climb tli trees and bark !" The audience seemed tikrn by surprise All started up and rubbed lh lr won lering ryes t Al such tale lliry all Were much a.nsre.1, Cach drooping lid waa in an iustsnt raised, A nd we must aa j in keeping heads ereel. It had its destined and drsind clt ct, Dut tales like this rrnlutity apslleil 1 Nest day the drarens on their pastor collet, And Wititrd to know how he could ever tell Tbe foolish falsrbvds from his lips that frit. " Wby sir," said our," think what monstrous weight ! Were Ihey as Urge as you were pleased to slate t Von smd they'd weigh pound ! It rsn'l be liuiv We'll not Histe it, though 'lis told by you !'" "Ah, but it is !" tlie parson quickly reptiid ; " In wbst I stated yo can well confide 1 Many, I said, air end Ihe story 'a find Indeed, I think I tilt mtng of Ihrm would ! Ilie deacon saw at one that he waa caught, tot in eir I himself telicved, on second lh.iu.ht ) But then the lvk!ng think of that, god man I fucb monstrous Lest Eiplam it, if you can !" Why, that, my ft .eoJ, I can evp'ein with ease Tkt9tUmVdlhtM,r,),intht!tLmb-dlttrtr$r FINDING A HUSBAND. BY PEGGY MOREHKAD, "Uncle, may I ride Milof" I said ol!e bright June morning, as he sat at the break- ll.n I. .. .. I. ' last table. Ride Milo!" " Yes! It's such a beautiful day." " Hut he'll throw vou !" " llirow me!' antl 1 laugheu merrily anil . ... . . . . .. . incredulously. "&ay ves, dear uncle, 'I con - tinued. coaxingiy;" there's no (car, and I'm dying lor a canter. You'll die on a canter, then," he retor. led. with Ins grim wit, lor he'll break your neck. I lie bourse Ins only been ridden thrpe times twice by myself and once by Joe." " Dut you've often ail I w a hotu, ei,sr than Joe." Joe was the stable-boy. "That's a good uncle, now do." And I threw my arms about his neck and kissed him. I knew by experience, that when I did this I generally carried the day. My uncle tried to took stern ; but I saw he was relenting. He made a last effort, however, to deny me. Why not take Dobbin r" he said. "Dobbin !" I cried ; " old snail-pace Dob bin on sucit a morning as this! One might as well ride a rocking-horse at once." " Well, well," he said," if I must, I must. You'll tease the lite out of me if I don't let you have your way. I wish you'd get a husband, you minx ; yuu're growing beyond my control." "Hump! A husband! Well,.'since you say so, I'll begin tu look out fur one to day." ' He'll soon repent of hisbargain," said my uncle; but his smile belied his words. " Yuu're as short as a pie-crust if you can't have vour way. There," seeing I was about to speak, "go and get ready, while 1 tell Joe to saddle Milo. You'll set the huuse afire if I don't send yon Oft." Milu was soon at the door a gay, mettle some rolt, who laid his ears back at I moun ted, and gave tne a vicious look I did nut quite like. "Take care," sitd my unc!e. "It's not too late yet to give it up." I was piqued. " I never give up anything," I said. " Not even the finding of a husband, eh r" "No. I'll ride down to the poor-house and ask old Tony, the octoTonarian paupi-r, to have me; and you'll be furced to hire Foil Wilkes to cook 'your dinners." And as I said this, my eyes twinkled . misi hievnusly ; for uncle wa's an old bachelor, whu detested , w..,i.wn ml ....:..,.. p,.n vv;itt and held an especial sour old maid of . NTCI9IUU W W.. ' " -J , f forty-seven, because, years ago, she bad plotted to entrap nun into matrimony, lie fore he could reply, I gave Milo his head. John Gilpin, we are told, went fast; but I went lastef. It was n it long before the colt had it all his own way. At first I tried to toe ma-iiccu. 'b'" .1. I -It I ......1.1 .1.. u. .a !...!. I A ....I 1. I. I - . i. I. . . I n I, a a mnuiii, emi an a v.imiu .... w uu mm trust to tirmig nun out. trees, fences, ami houses went by us like wild pigeons on fie wing. As long as the road was clear we did well enough ; but suddenly comingtna bl ist ed oak, that started out, spectre-like, from the edge of a wood, Milo shied, twisted half round, and planted hit fore feet stubbornly in the ground. I did not know 1 was falling, till I felt myself in a mud-hole, which lay at one sine of the road. Here was a fine end to mr boasted horse inanshto! But, at the mud was Milt, 1 was not hurt; and the ludicrous spectacle I pre sented soon got the upper band of mv vexa tion. " A fine chance 1 have had of finding a huband, in this condition," 1 said to my - self, recalling my jest w ith my uncle. " If 1 could (iiid some mud dryad now, snu pas myself off for a mud nymph, I might have a chance." And I began td.pick in v sell up. ' Miall I Help you, Miss: ' suddenly saiu a deep, rich, manly voice. I looked up and saw a young man, the l nressed merriment of whose bright eves OrnuL'lit the Lfii.ul to my elieek. and made me, for an instant, ashameif and angry. ISut, oil I Horse are very useful animals, and people glancing again at my dres, I could not help J couldn't get along very well w ithout them, laughing, in npite 'of myself. 1 sto id in the cpeciallv- truckmen and omnibus-driver, mud at least six inches ab e the top of mv ' don't ecm to be half grateful enough shoes. My riding-skirt was plastered M because they've cot them. They are very over, o that it was almost impossible to tell convenient animal in the country, in vaca f what it was made. My hand and arms tUrn time, and go very fast over the country were mud lo the elbows, fur t had instinctive j roads, w hen the boy stick pin in them a ly extended them a I fell, in order tu pro- Upeciesof cruelty tliatl would notencouraze. itect myself. j The young man, as he poke, turned to the npitrtiLurin? fence, and t.kinz the top rail, ' he ,.cei lt ,crg the puddle , then, putting , h Mrm lroun, my wji, lie lilted IliC out, tlmu-!t not without leavtnz m ahoe be liiud. j While he was (idling these out, wliieh l:e be - jgin immediatvly to do, I stole be'iin.l tlie , enormous oak m hide mv blushing lace, and -rape the mud li otn my tockings ami hiiii- j (( iaV. 1 here n a great variety m horses kut. 1 had mahagnl to get the first a little. fat fiWse and slow hote, clothe hoiaes, cleaner, but the last wa t.ll as thick a ever, j j,ursi. mackerel, saw horse, hrs Hie, horse when my companion made In appearance ; thesnuf, chesnnt horse, and horse ratlish. with the missing shoe, which he l ad ciap. . -!(,!tie horse i a very quiet animal to ed till Ihey were q'lile preventable, nd lead-! (,,, around the house, and i neer known inj Milo by the bridle. ti kick, though very apt tinuke a row when " i'ny let inu ee yoil home," he said. jt rapM... 'Ihe :une may be ;! of " If you will mnuiii again. 1 11 lead the cit ; t;l(, M l( f,,,.., whuti will siand w ithout ty and there w ill be no chance of hi repeating in.-. Tus i(..i .e t) is a vii iou beast, aid In trick." , verv anno ioaf in n imT, vlieti a fellow I could not answer, for shame, but when . in sn im iin. li n -e inackeiel 1 don't in the saddle murmured omelhiiii about ;iv t'tinjc about, only they swim in the not troubling him. i water, nd are a p"i i" lish. Horse "It' no trouble, not the least," he replied, ,,eii it are i.rimo t mlckie with landing ht in hand like a kmliiiv c iv.iiu'i , .,,,,1 he.,. radish is 1 mi'ity smart horse, nd still retaining hi hold on the Im I' i bit b.td t have uii.lii! sirouutt where ther "and I raVl realty let you g alone, l"r ' j are clnMrtn. The Imise is I mud in all colt i a ytciou ashe can be to-day. Look countries., pititi 'p .lly in livery 'bl, at In ears, and tlie led in hi eye. I saw where t'iev n.iv be hired by the mile, and you touting down the rod,anil cveeU'.l ou! RrP considered by them a can get money a to be thrown every miiiute, till I w hiwir,.lt nytiry, r'sHeially in tin sleighing well you rmle. Nor would it hive happened if ,a,.a.,n. lnoulh America they grow wild, lie had'nt wheeled and (topped, like a trickllu the Indian rati h them with nooses that horse in the circus." jthey throw vtr the horse head, which I cant.ot fell how soothing wa tin g aeeM kh uf ercannj my tnnhap. I tdt a glance iiniler my eyelids at (he speaker, and saw that he was v-ry haiiilsoitiH and gentle- rilHnlv. nnil aitl,i'ili! ! v uhmit uiv ami luf.nl. ; y,.ai.,,ier" nm, mvelf. I had Imped that uncle wtiulil be out in the fk'liU, overlooking the men; butas we enter ed the gate, I saw him sitting, provokingly, j at the upon w indow ; and by the time I had sprung to the gruuiul, he came out, his eyes . " t brim lull of itii-clnuf I did not dare to stop, . but turning to my escort, I said, " My uncle, g,r; won't you walk in?" and then ruihcd up I stairs. In about half an hour, just as I had dressed, j ,iere WM a knock at my door, my uncle's . knock . i couij lmtbut onen. II was laugh ing a low, silent laugh, his portly bady sluk ing all over with suppressed merriment. Al I reatljr at lost," lie Said. I began to despair of you, you were so long, and came to hasten you. He's waiting in the parlor still," he said in a malicious whisper. " You've my consent, for I like him hugely ; only who'd have thought of finding a husband in a mud puddle." I slipped past my tormentor, preferring to face even my escort than to run the gauntlet of uncle's wit; and was soon stammering my thanks to Mr. Ternpleton lor as such my uncle, who followed me down, introduced him. To make short of what else would be a long story, what was said in jest, turned out to be in earnest ; for in less than six months, in that very room, I stood up to become Mrs. Templet.nt. How it all came about I hardly know, but I certainly did find a husband on that day. Harry, for this is the name by which I call Mr. Ternpleton, says that 1 entered the parlor so transformed, my light blue tissue floating about me so like a cloud wreath, my cheek so rosy, my eyes so bright, my curls playing such hide-and-scck about my face, that, not expecting such an apparition, he lost his heart at once. He adds for he still knows how to compliment as well a ever that my gay, intelligent talk, so dif ferent from the demure Miss he had expect ed, completed the business.. Harry was the son of an old neighbor who had been abroad for three years, and before that had been at college, so that I had never seen him ; but uncle remembered him at o'ice, and had insisted on his staying till I come down, though Harry, from delicacy, would have left after an inquiry about my health. My uncle was one of those whu will not be pat oil', and so Harry remained. " The luck test think," he says, " I ever did." Milo is no mr favorite steed, for Harry i i. . i r ... ' i .... ii I " I uiuac ii.iii lur me , aim we aic an aa ni)pj as the day is long, uncle included; lor uncle insisted on our living with him, and I told him, at last, I would consent, " if only to keep Poll Wil'tes from cooking his dinner." To which he answered, looking at Harry, I " You see what a spit-tire it is, and you may ' . . ...... . . bless your tars it you don t rue the day site . out a IUsbanil. THE HORSE. Ike Partington is well advanced in hi class. He is, in some things, beyond the teacher's art, and could, in fact, 'give t' at functionary some lessons in arts wherein h is perfect. Ike dislikes " composition," where a theme is given out to be written ! upon by scholars, and his credits are not very great tor lus enorts in that uirec- tioit generally; but the other day he as tonished the "master and every one in the school by an elaborate article on the horse. Jl was called upon to read it aloud to the 1 scholars, and upon ircttin; upon the platform. i he made a bow and began : fug Hork. the horse is a quadruped, .with four legs, two behind and two be I ore. j He has a tail that grows on the hind part of ; his body, that nature lias lurnisned him with to drive the flies away. His head is situated tin tlie other end, opposite hi tail, and i used principally to fasten a bridle to him bv, and tn nut intti a l.a-ket to eat oat with. j Horse are generally covered with red hair, ( thnngh some are wliite, and othet are gray 'ami Idxrlc . Nnbndy ever aw a blue horse. j which W considered very strange by eminent naturalist. l The-hore 11 a nuict and uitelliirent ant- i m,f Bn, ran landing up, which i a i Vrry convenient gift, especially where there 1 ; a crowd, and it in d'.tlirult to get a chance lU,t UtS ibougl.t by Ihe hore a great ikmi- ,1U(., (Voi'v 'sf.
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Aug. 5, 1857, edition 1
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