North Carolina Newspapers

SOU T I B B m WESltl E 0 S T 204 LADIES' DEPARTMENT. WIVES SAVE YOUR HUSBANDS. The following sliould be read by every woman in the country, married or unmarried yes, it should be committed to .memory and repeated three times a day, for it contains more truth than many volumes that have been written on the sub ject: - ' ' " Ho often we hear men say, I am going to California, Australia, or somewhere else: You ask him the reason of his going away, and the an swer is,, in nine cases put of ten, I am not happy at home. I have been unfortunate in business, and I have made up my mind to try my luck ii Cali fornia. The world seems to go against me. While fortune favored me, there were those whom I thought to Ihj my friends, , but when the scale turned, tlu y aVo turned the co'd shoulder against me. My if , she that should have .been the first to 'have stood by m, and encouraged , me, was first to point tl e ting r of scorn and bay it is your own fault, w hy hi s not this or that one been so unfortunate ? If )o; had attended to your busi ness as, they' have, you would not le where you are now. These and other like insinuations, often drive a man to find other society, other pleasures in consequence of being unhappy at home. He may have children that he loves ; he cannot enjoy t life with them as he would; lmay love them as dearly as ever; yet home is made unpleasant in consequence of that cold indiff rence of the wife. Now I W"u!d say to all such wives, sisters and in fact, all females, deal gently with him that is in - trouble; remember that he is very easily excited. A little word carefully thrown out may inflict -a '' wound time never can heal. Then be cautious, a man is but- human therefore he is liable to err. If yo.isee bim'guing wrong, ever meet him with a j smile, and . with the kiss of affection ; show that ! you love him by repeated acts of kindness ; let ! your friendship be unbounded ; try to beguile his ' unhappy hours in pleasant conversation. By,sgy doing you may save yourself and children from an, J unhappy future, ! When,a man js in trouble it is but a little word ; . that may ruin him, it is but a little word that may i save him. Merchant's Ledger, .We quote from "Fun Jottings," by N. P. Wd!is,the declaration to an angelic creature, fair, fat and twenty : " I found her one morning sipping her coftee at j twelve,' with -her eyes wide open. She wasjust.j from the bath, and her complexion, had a soft, dewy j transparency, like the cheek of Venus riing from.! the sea. She put away with her dimpled forefinger as I entered, a cluster of rich curls that had fallen : over her face, and nodded to me like a water lily j swaying to the wind when its cup is full of rain. ' " Lady Albina,'" said 1, in my softest tone, "how : are you ?" ; " Bettina," said she," addressing her maid in a; voice as clouded and rich a-, a south wind ou an j eolian harp, " how am I to-day ?" i The conversation fell into short sentences ; the' iUo'Airna lranui o KinndlnffHO I t-1cr( imotl ill v " I wo v-v-".. , -.j.,.. .... i declaration.! With the assistance of Bettina, who supplied her. mistress with cologne, I kept her I attention 'alive through the incipient circumstances, j Symptoms Jviere soon told. I came V the avowal. Her hand lay reposing on the- arm of the sofa, hali Ij buried in a muslin foulard. I took it up and pres-J 6ed the cool soft finger to my lips -unforbidden. I rose and looked into her eyes f.r confirmation. Delicious creature '. Si.e was jtsleep ! I never Jiad courage to it-new the subject.. Green' Yeis Somebody, a great many years said that the bitterest of earthly afflictions W as- " To love and not be loved a-jain." , Next to; it, certain:) , is .he affliction, pain and annoyance of uv-eun- on a Hidewaik a pretty te- ,. male J figure with its head tightly wrapped, up aim t enveloped iu an impenetrable 'green veil, which j green veil aforesaid, hows to you in a wo. fully be-j witching manner, and leaves you standing bare-j headed on the walk in a fever of wonder, curiosity j. and wrath. - -j We are about petitioning for a lavV making it a cap- ital meaning thereby a kissable offence, for any j, female under the age ot thirty-five, whose face is not j scarred with the small pox, nor otherwise disfigur. j i . i i ...:.t. . i... l i et., aflU WHO IIOl uuru mill icaLiiira um; iucu- usa, iu be found wearing a green veil, at any time or under any pretext, on any s.dcwalk. . , A pretty wou,a, bke a great truth or a great happins, and has no more r.gh to bundle herself j up uuder a green veil, or any other similar abomma-j 'tion, than the sua has to put ou spectacles. VV e j; like masks, and are fond of masquerades but reg ulale our fouduess by Solomon's injunction that there is a season fur all things. .These perambu latory female ritidlers we do not like at least, Ui,tii we know who thev are. Then, we are as willing .as any one. to acknowledge that ." A thir.g of beauty is joy forever." A MiMSik.it having occasiou lately to visit one of his particular parishioners in the way of condyl euce regarding her hu?band, who, the wciithy gooj - wite liad good cause to' suppose was iu tUe backsliding cutiduion, remarked after some cuuvensaiion, " Wheel Janet, could you tliink of any plan we could, fail on to induce Andrew to attend the church again." " A weel,'' said Janet, alter a .pause, " 1 ken o nane, sir, unless you would bit down a w hi.-key bottle and a tobacco pipe in the toy of the seat." He who seldom thinks of heaven is not very likely to get there son ; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye steadily fixed upon it: A Good Reply. -A lady, paying a visit to her daughter, who was a young widow, asked her why she wore the widow's gaib so, long. " Dear mamma, don't you see 1" replied the daughter, "it " save me the expense of advertising for a husband, as every one can see I am f.r sale by private con tract." : .' .' , '' Fasnt Fern" says it is pn voki: i or -man who .has worked all day at iim,I ng d coat of her husband's, to fmd a letter irutu toiler wumaa iu liia pocket. YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT. A THRILLING INCIDENT, The first settlers i Maine found, besides its red faced owners, other and abundant sources of an noyance and danger. The majestic forests which then waved, where now is heard the hum of bus iness, and where a thousand villages stand, were the homes of innumerable wild and savage ani mals, i Often at, night, was the farmer's family aroused from sleep by the noise without, which told that bruin was storming the sheep-pen or the pig-sty, 1 1 was lay-Jig violent paws upon some unlucky calf and often on a cold, winter evening, did they roll a larger log against the door, and with beat ing hearts draw closer around the fire as the dismal howl of the wojf echoed through the woods. The wolf was the most ferocious, blood-thirsty, but cowardly of all, rarely attacking man, unless driven by severe hunger, and seeking his victim with the utmost pertinacity The incident which I am alout to relate occurred in the early history of Biddeford. A man, who then lived on the farm now occu pied by Mr. H.- , was one autumn engaged in felling trees at some distance from his house. His little son, eight years old, was in the habit, while his mother was busy with household cares, of run ning out into the field and woods around the house, and often going where the father was at work. One day, after the frost had robbed the' trees of their foliage, the father left his work sooner than usual, and started for home. Just by the edge of (he forest he saw a curious pile of leaves without stopping to think what had made it, he cautiously removed the leaves, when what was his astonish- ment to'find his own darling boy lving there sound asleep! 'Twas but the work of a moment, to take, up the little sleeper, put in his place a small log, carefully replace the leaves, and conceal himself among the nearest bushes, there to watch the re sult. After waitings short time he heard a wolf's dis tant howl, .quickly followed by another and anoth- er, till the whole woods seemed alive with the fear- tul sounds. The howls came nearer, and in a few minutes a large, gaunt, savage-looking wolf leaped into the opeuing, closely followed by the whole pack. The leader sprang directly upon the pile of leaves, and in an instant scattered them in every direction. As soon as he saw the deception, his look of fierce n ess ami confidence changed to that of the most aljct fear. He shrank back, cowered to the ground, and passively awaited his fate ; for the rest enraged by the supposed cheat, fell upon him, tore him in pieces and devoured .him on the spot, When they had finished their comrade thev "'u"i piuugeu iijio wie ioresi ana dis appeared ; within five minutes from their first ap pearance not a wolf was in sight. The excited fa ther pressed his child to his bosom, and thanked the kind Providence which led him . there to save his dear boy. The boy, after playing till he was weary, had Iain fliiwii nnrl fallon ucWn .hi il .... ,.. .,IVW oi-p, aiiu in iiihi situation the wolf had ' found him. and covered him with leaves, until he could bring his comrades to the feast ; but himself furnished the repast. " . past. The Philosopher axd the Child. The "Rea per" for November is an interesting number. We copy from it the following article: A philosopher once asked a little girl if she had a soul. She looked up into his face with an, air of astonishment and offended dignity, and replied "To be sure I have." "What makes you think you have ?7 "Because I have," she promptly replied. " But how do you knoiv you have a soul " " Because I do know," she answered again. It was a child's reason; hut th t.lii!,,t,i,lir,. couj ,rar(Uy have give a bettor. u & momentVcoM;d. .. u . , . tell .me what your soul is ?" " Why," said she, " I am six years old, and don't you suppose that I know what my soul is ?" "Perhaps you do. If you; tell me, I shall find out whether you do or not." "Then you think I don't know," she replied, "but I do: it is viy think.''' " Your think r said the philosopher, astonished in his turn; " who told you so?" "Nobody. I should be ashamed if I did not l know l.hat. ' wit.lront. hpinrr toM " Thft had zled hk & deal the h.n djfinitlW of . SQ few .ords - t pCRB Wateu. Prof. Siliman says " If you wish for a clear mind, strong muscles, and quiet nerves, I and long life and power prolonged iuto old age. permit us to say, although I am not giving a tern perance lecture, aVoid all drinks but water and mild infusions of that liquid ; shun tobacco and opium and everything else that disturbs the system ; rely upon nutritous food and mild, dilutent drinks, of which water is the basis, and vou will need nothing beyond these things except rest,and due moral regulation of all your powers, to give you long hap py and useful lives, and a serene evening at the close. Yocxg NfEN. Tell me what are the sentiments that occupy , the minds' of your young men, and I will tell you what to be the character of the next generation. Edmund Burke. y Plato 6ays that there is nothing: so delightful as the hearing or the speaking of the truth. For this reason there is nv conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without intention to betray, and speaks without any inten tion to deceive. When we see birds, at the approach of Fall, an nointing their plumage with oil, to shield off the drops, should it hot remind'us, wlien the storms of contention threaten us, to apply the oil of for bearance, and thus prevent the chilling drops from entering our hearts. Errors in me are the worst of all errors. They are of the heart' and corrupt the whole man, and cannot remain long without corrupting the intellect also. True life is true prayer, and without it the I prayer of the lips brings little benediction. FARMERS' DEPARTMENT. From the American Farmer. WORK POB THE MOUTH. Collection of Materials for making Ma xcre. In the present rage for Guano in this day and hour of its popularity when there are so many unmistakable evidences of its potency and power as a renovator of worn out soils of its sure ty in producing large crops out of poor lands, it may appear adventurous in us to enjoin the duty upon the owners of landed estates to haul and compost rough vegetable materials as a means of making manure. But be it adventurous or not, we shall continue to do so. In despite of the vir tues of Guano as a fertilizer of the soil and no man thinks more highly of it in that connection than we do none have taken more pains to in troduce it to public favor and use : notwithstaning we hold it to be one of the most effective concen trated animal manures ever applied to the enrich ment of the soil, still we believe it would be true economy for planters and farmers to convey every thing on their estates that is susceptible of being made into manure, into it still do we think that their interests would be greatly promoted by em ploying their teams and spare hands from this un til the forest arrests such labors, in the accumula tion of rough materials and the forming them into composts. Evpry dollar which might be thus ex pended, we feel assured, would bring from five to ten back in the shape of increased crops, provided the compt heaps were properly formed and pro tected. Let no man say that he has no materials on his estate ; for there is scarcely a farm or plant ation, where, if sought for, such substances may not be found in abundance, as the roadsides, woods, creeks, marshes, rivers, headlands abound with them. If two loads of the substances to be found in the places enumerated, be composted with one of stable or barn-yard manure, and to each twenty loadsj one bushel of plaster be incorporated, and the whole thoroughly mixed together, by being shoveled over next spring, the whole body will be as good as any barn-yard or stable manure that a farmer or planter ever applied to his land. The value of which would be greatly increased, if, with every double horse cart load, there were mixed two bushels of ashes. Refuse salt or packers of meat, would also make a good addition to the compost heap. Again, the cow-yards and pig-styes on every place should be covered with rough "vegetable mat ters, to the depth of ten' or twelve inches, to ab sorb the liquid excretions of the animals. In giv ing form to these materials, the dish-like shape should be aimed at, to prevent the escape of the urine, while plaster should be dusted over the sur face once or twice a week. If it were practicable for every culturist to ob tain guano, we are free to admit that it would be the cheapest and best manure that could be used ; bu,t the experience of all must tell them that it is impracticable to obtain supplies. The present as well as the last fall are lamentable proofs of the truth of this proposition. Such being the case, we w ould, if it were in our power to do so, enjoin it upon all to adopt the formation of composts as a part of their systems of agricultural economy. - Fattening Hogs. See to it, and have your fattening hogs regularly fed ; see that their sleep ing apartments are dry, warm, and well supplied with li,tier, which, at least once a week should be removed, and fresh litter put in its stead. Stoke Hogs. Thtjse should be provided with good, warm, dry, well tittered sleeping apartments throughout the winter and early spring. Their pens should be provided with two apartments une for sleeping, the other for eating iu, which should be aceessable to an enclosed yard, the sur face of which should be covered with rouirh mate rials to absorb the liquid voidings of the hogs. The litter of their sleeping apartments should be removed into the yard otjee a week and spread over the surface, while the sleeping apartments diould as' often be; supplied with fresh litter. Each of the in-piy sows should be provided with separate apartments to sleep in, and, indeed, it would be better if they should each have a sepa rate vard to breed in. Fall and Winter Ploughing. All stiff clays intended for culture next spring should be plough ed during fail and winter lei the ploughing be deep and thorough. It must be an object with you to'setee those seasons when the soil is neither wet, nor too dry. Clays ploughed ;n either of these conuitions are apt to reimin intractable throughout (Jie next session If, however, they be turned up in a state of moderate moisture, the effect of the winter and early spring frosts yvill be to break down their tenacity and render them comparatively fria ble. ' And we will here premise, that if such clays need liming, no better time can be selected for putting on lime or marl. Roots of all kinds. These should be dug and carefully put away as soon this month as possible, so as to avoid injury from frost. Corn Stalks. These, if removed before their nutritive substances are bleached out of them, will form a valuable addition to the long food of the farm. Before being used as food they should be cut with a machine and undergo the process of cooking. We have seen the stalks of a 40 acre field rendered available in a very simple way, by a neighbor of ours. It was this : he had a large pot set up in his cow-yard in which he brought water to the boiling point by it was a long box, with a tight cover, holding about 20 bushels. The stalks were cut into i ch lengths, put into a box,' pressed down, the boiling water poured over them, the cover let down and confined with a heavy weight. The stalks, when cooked, were mixed with cob meal, or cob-meal and bran, and when cool enough fed out to the cows twice a day. Besides this food the cows received hay or straw in their racks twice a day. In this way he carried 20 head of milch cows besides several heifers through the winter in. excel lent condition.' When the stalks may have been cut up and cured with the fodder and tops on them, before the juices were dried, the cooking of them may be dispensed with, though even in that caseit would U true economy to pass them through the stalk cutter, as the provender thu prepared is more eas ily digested and much less loss from-wastage en sues. Corn Cobs. If farmers and planters would shell all the corn they sell, reserve the cobs and have them ground into meal, they would find a great resource in them for the feeding of their cat tle. Cob-meal we think may be set down at a bout one-third as nutritious as meal made from the grains of the corn. If cob-meal be cooked in the way recommended for stalks, and mixed with cut straw, it will make a strong nutritious food. Then why should the corn grower sell his corn on the cob ? Why should he pay freight on the cobs for which he gets nothing, when he can use them to such advantage in the feeding of his cattle ? These are questions worthy of consideration, and we trust will be so treated. Surely, if economy be consulted, they will be so considered. f- Half a peck of cob-meal and half a bushel of cut straw, hay, or fodder, fed out three times, a day to a cow will make her give a good mess of milk, and keep her in good condition, provided she has good accommodations to protect her from the weather. Sheds, or stables, are indispensable to the comfortable keeping of one's cattle. The sav ing in food a single winter and spr'ng would more than pay for the building of two sheds. Wintering Milch Oows. If you have not shedding already erected to give comfortable shel ter to every head of cattle on your place, have sheds erected without delay. Milch cows should be provided with warm, com fortable, dry lodgings, which should be supplied with litter twice each week; they should be curried, or combed, and rubbed down with a whisp of straw daily, watered night and morning, and be given an ounce or two of salt twice a week, or the same quantity of a mixture of oyster-shell lime, ashes or salt. They should have access to an enclosed yard which should be provided with rough ma-, terials at all times. If economy should be consulted, all their fodder, hay, straw or stalks will be cut. To ensure their giving milk, the food of the cows should be cut hay, fodder, straw or stalks, mixed with cob-meal, corn meal, bran, shorts, or roots of some kind; which should be formed into slop. This given twice a day with a good feed of long provender in their racks at night, will carry them comfortably through the winter, enable them .to give generous sups of milk, and be turned to their pastures in good con dition in the spring. No roots should be fed to cattle without beins: mixed with cut hay, fodder or cornstalks. Wintering Young Cattle. If you wish to raise well sized, full developed animals, you must give the young creatures plenty of food. When we say plenty, we do not mean that you should keep them in good growing condition that you should so feed them as that they shall have wherewithal to build up their frames. They should be provided with a good, dry, com fortable shed facing the South or South-east, pro tected from the North and North-west winds ; at tached to which there should be an enclosed yard, the surface of w hich should be covered some inch es deep withj woods-mould or some kindred sub stances : the yard should be dish-like in form. The floor of the shed, whether of earth or boards, should be an inch or two higher than the yard, to ensure dryness and comfort. These young cattle should be fed thrice a day, with long provender, iu the rack in their sheds, twice a week they should receive an additional feed of grain oats if possible. They sliould be water ed twice a day, .salted, or given the salt, ashes and lime mixture, twice a week. Attention must be paid to keep their lodgings mxk-r the shed dry and clean. Once or twice a week they should receive mess es of chopt roots and cut hay or straw this latter food serves to keep the bowels open, the skin free, and the blood cool. ; Working Animals. Every horse, ox, or mule that labors on the farm, should have hay, or fod der thrice a day, say morning, noon, and evening, at regular hours ; he should be fed with grain as often, which would be the better before being chopt oi- ground ; he should be curried and brushed down night and morning, be watered thrice a day; be salted, or given the salt, lime and ashes mix ture thrice a week ; he should be well bedded each night, and the stable cleaned out every morning and evening, immediately after each cleaning, the hind part of the stalls should be dusted over with, plaster. ' If a strong trough were arranged at the foot of the stalls, half filled with mould and leaves from the woods, sprinkled over with plaster to receive the liquid evacuations of the animals, the trough cleaned out every morning, and re-furnished with fresh mould and leaves,- the air of the stables would ke kept pure, sweet, and Jjealthy, while a vast quantity ot the most fertilizing manure could thus be accumulated in the course of the season. The contents of the trough should be carefully put away out of the weather each morning as removed. Winter Care of Sheep. In the first place, Sheep should be provided with ample and warm accommodations for shelter. Therefore, if you have not one already, build a shed of sufficient dimen sions to accommodate the number of sheep you have to winter. If the number of sheep be large, have a shed tor every fifty or sixty head. Each shed must communicate with a tightly enclose " yard. Access to each shed must be through an opening at one of the ends ; ventilation other than the doorway must be provided. The floor of the shed should be covered in the first instance with 3 or 4 inches in depth of clean straw; when from the accumulation of sheep dung and discharge of urine the straw becomes dirty, the surface must be cov ered with fresh straw. Plaster should be strewed over the floor at least once a week. For convenience of feeding grain or roots a trough ranging round the shed should be provided. - The sheep should have salt always accessible to them. . The best plan to secure this would be to have a trough in which rock-salt should be constantly kept. The sheep should have access to the yard at all times. Three pounds of hay, or fodder, or its equivalent in meal or roots per day will sustain each head of J sheep, which should be given them thrice a day, - 1 m -.-early in the morning, at noon, and at an hour before sunset. Occasional feeds of roots, say twice or thrice a week, are conducive to health potatoes, or Rutabaga, or common turnips, carrots, or parsnips, will answer. Water should be given to the sheep twice a day, to wit, in the morning, and in the evening. Apples. Let these be carefully gathered by hand, and as carefully put away. Wet Lands. These should be drained, for no wet land will produce more than half a ;crop. Gearing. Gearing and harness of all kinds should be carefully overhauled and examined. All found out of order should be repaired, and such as may not be needed for use should be" put away out of the weather. . It should all receive a coat of oil or grease and lampblack. Wagons, Carts, Tools and Implements of Husbandry. Examine these, repair all that re quire it, give them a coat of cheap paint, and put all not required for use away undercover. ;By such attention thev will last much longer. Fire Wood. Towards the middle of this month commence.cutting a full supply of re-wood to last a year. When cut have it hauled and piled up in your yard, or under your wood-house if you have one. Opt Houses. If thesa have not been recently cleaned and whitewashed, have, this work done without delay. At anyevent jgive youn4pultry houses a thorough ' cleansing and white-washing early this month. Fences. Let every panel of fence on your place be examined, and repaired without delay. Broken panels or weak points in a fence encourage cattle to commit breaches ; to prevent which you should keep your fences always ju good order. REASONS FOR UNDER-DRAINING. 1. It prevents water which falls. from resting on or near the surface, and renders the soil dry enough to be worked or plowed at all times. 2. By rendering the soil porous or spongy, it takes in water without flooding in time of rain, and gives it off gradually in time of drouth. 3. By preventing adhesion and assisting pulver ization, it allows the roots to pass freely through all parts of the soil. 4. By facilitating the mixture of manure through the pulverized portion, it greatly increases its val ue and effect. 5. It allows water falling on the surface to pass downward, carrying with it any fertilizing substan ces, (as carbonic acid and ammonia,) until they are arrested by the absorption of the soil. 6. It abstracts in a similar manner the heat con tained in falling rains, thus warming" the soil, the water discharged by drain-mouths deing many de grees colder than ordinary rains. 7. The increased porosity of the soil renders it a more perfect non-conductor of heat, and the roots of plants are less injured by freezing in winter. 8. The same cause admits the entrance of air, facilitating the decomposition of enriching portions of the soil. 9. By admitting early plowing, crops may be sown early, and an increased amount reaped in consequence. 10. it economises labor by allowing the work to go on at all times, without interruption from sur plus water in spring or from a hard bake soil in summer. Albany Cultivator. Throwing' Boquets. The cantatrices of the concert room, the danseuses of the theatre, and young graduates at College commencements, have been deemed fair fhjects for that sort of tribu'e which is embodied in a carefully prepared "and properly directed boquet ; but now, we perceive, they have an equine competitor, and that race horses are hereafter to compete with them in the honors of such testimonials At the late agricul tural exhibition near Louisville, Kentucky, we read in the Courier, that whib the race horse Grey Eagle was conducted around the ring, "boquet after boquet was cast at him from the amphitheatre, tributes from fair beings to the matchless beauty of this noble steed." Guano. The Guano mania continued unabated up to about the iniddie of the last month, when those who had been endeavoring to get their sup plies, were either successful, or gave it up as a bad job, and countermanded their orders. A number of vessels have arrived during the month, and the supply is now abundant; but the orders, which have been given on the vessels, cannot be-filled un -til about the midc'Ie of this month the scarcity of hands preventing the delivery when the supply be came abundant. Those wanting can be furnished atter or about the loth of this month. The Agent sells not less than twenty tons. We will undertakp to fill orders after that period, for any amount, at the Government price, ($46.20 per ton of 2,240 pounds,) at a commission of $1 per ton for purcha sing and shipping. When taken from the-wharf of the Agent, drayage will be saved otherwise that will be an additional charge. Small farmers can, through our agency, obtain ono ton, or more, as they may require. We act in this business for the accomodation of the farmers. It has been at great inconvenience, and with much perplexity, of late, but we hope the business can be managed bet ter hereafter, and we will still give our services to our friends. American Farmer: Special Manure for Grapes. The wine com mittee, at the exhibition of the Cincinnati Horti cultural Society, reported that of two specimens of wine, one from grapes to which a special manuring of potash had been given, the wine from the ma nured grapes was 44 bright, clear and mellow, like an old wine." The other was declared to be less matured in all its qualities, nor was it clear. The grapes themselves, from the two portions of ground, were also presented to the committee. " Both were delicious and well ripened, but it was considered that those from the manured land were sweeter, and that the pulp was softer." Barley. There are many names given to dif ferent kinds of Barley ; but they appear to be di vided into three kinds, the two rowed, ' the four rowed, and the six "rowed. Winter Barlev is mostly sown in mild climates, as in the south of trance, Spam and Italy. This variety would suit the South best. Spring sown Barley, it is said, gives the largest products. The variety preferred for Spring Seed, is the two rowed. HUMOROUS EPITAPH ON A SUPPOSED TO Kp sv T 1. . ' ere lles, by death A hapless young kitten - ' To moulder away in hp H oh,haditJived i;,er ust; il might hnve be en Sfrn. And died somewhat oldV 4 Had it grown np t0cat, Then many a rat W omd tr?i illumed m the Let the curtain be H,,ld epest We hope it ha, gone ,0 ' Tha land here other cats, The Marriage CEKEiK)Ny i 'l1 related by Mr. Hale, of New effect : A couple came to me one njht an, -to join them in wedlock. I consetlt! f the ceremony, and said to the mn- 1 "Do you take this woman t : wife?" .VoH "Certainly," he replied. "Do you take this man to be band?" ' Yes, iao." ' " Then you are man and wife, Both looked with great astonish lady asked. 11 . "Is that all?" " Well," she remarked, tamtsuchj J affair after all." " ATWFATW VflSSirn 4 . Saffian,. r a pj S,C)an stopped at the door, and rung the U summons; was answered by the Iri of whom he inquired if the doctor wJT " No." . ,n' " Was his lady in?" " Yes,"' " Was she engaged ?" The girl looked at him for a noml. curious expression rested on her features'"" replied :-rr ""Dade, sir, she's already married f A Good Pun. A gentleman nanDd being present at a party where one of tlitCuta had made several puns on the names tf present, remarked that he had never flamk nittinil nnnn ol AX A 1. i ....... j"..." uU uiu not oeneve it cfc, Anna ' rThoro ia nntViinn. tl n sir," replied the punster, '-just lop off half tiJ and it is Dun" Don t Care a Bit. An Irish market met a farmer with an owl 'Say, misther. what'll ye lake for yer k Turkey?' 'It is an owl, ye baist,' replied the asisi farmer. ' Divil a bit do I care whether its oaldori price the bird, y spaJpoB.' There is a" young lady at Saratoga ofsst ceeding lightness, that a whiff of wind t over the house, like a thistle's down. She;; eyed creature, and so volatile and ethereal z should not be at all surprised to Lea.r retired from the world, and taken up her r-4 in a honeysuckle. i An Aldekman once 'called o:i Dr. Francis, the followingdialogue-took place; "Docw a strong tendency to the gout; whatsis arrest it?" "Take a bucket of water, ai of anthracite, three times a week." -: "Drink the former1 and carry the latter i pair of stairs.'' r Difference of Opinion. Our idea is fellow that got a shrew for a wife, tiat s Woman's love ia like Scotch sneff We get one pinch and that's enoafk Our old darkey says Woman's lub is Ingin rubber It stretch do more.de more you lub her. A Postmaster puzzling out averjiW superscription on an Irish latter, jocosely itf ed to an intelligeM son of Erin, wlibstocd?. the Irish brought a hard set ofnamestet J AAU . .J O, J t J.7 1 1 1 V HIV ' ' get harder ones after they arrive." Mr. Job Sass. of Waloole. Norfolk coBBff. of Massachuestts, at present residing atthePM Hotel, Dedham, in a letter to the Herald,- his -wife "Deborarah's Grandfather . Man tu leave The baitfe. feld on Bunker's m An immident fellow savs: "Show .w' - j the co"w ; '! i -r .it .. i ! ..t.o frnffl U"" me, ana i win write ner mograpuj "Thoati Qfwinrr.mfiolwnS are ZTe! naiu a iiiciiu lu a na", ' sew it seams !" -t r. . . ww elation is teoCf to the scraper ? A step farther. , Men scorn to kiss" among them! And scarce will kiss a brother; Women oft want to kiss so bad, They snuu k and kiss each olW ' " " r the Southern MISCELLANEOUS EtflG BY A DEAF-MUTE. I am composed of Xl letters. Mj 1, 5, 17, 3, is the harmonious a number of musical sounds. tw. a o ir J.ncfln fowl. srrang1 Ujr 4, O, XI, IS ct UUUJTOH . J My 4, 11, 17, is the name oi of prey- My 9, 16,11,1, 2, is aperiod ofone 1 My 12, 13, 10, 11, 15, 6, V, " use among gentlemen. i My 15,6, 16, 17, is' a very common metal. , T I think my whole will be settled giving Day. ' " ZkV ' Anwer to Enigma in last wee. 1 Southern Weekly Poet."