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Til SOUT
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
STANZAS FROM THE GERMAN.
My heart, I bid the answer '
How are lore's marrela wrought I
w Two hearts to one pulse beating,
- Two spirits to one thought."
And tell' me how love cometh ?
"It comes unsought unsent !
And tell me how lore goeth
" That was not love that went "
YOUTHS' :
DEPARTMENT
FIRST PROTEST AGAINST FASHION.
TlIE followinor. hv tha trenchant, nnill of the Tri
7 . " 1
bunt, is a very significant sign of "the Times, and
too valuable not iJ be copied and commended to
our readers' attention :
'' The institution of fashion is somewhat curious.
-But it is not an accident a growth simply it is
something agreed upon :-"method" runs "through its
madness. A considerable time before the appear
ance of a fashion -my six months, more or less
the high juiests and priestesses meet together.
They compare notes. Such a thing has been done ;
such, a thing may be done, to establish a new mode.
The council sits and deliberates with the utmost
gravity, 'hardly -relieved by a bit of fun or humor.
A mode is positively or partially agreed upon
whether for ball,. dinner, promenade or carriage at
. tire, especially for the sex in particular. Skilful
'artists in that, line are p'resenf and sketches are
teiher made at the moment, or submitted already
: prepared. Ue.s des this, at a more advanced stage
of the discussion a lady-figure is dressed up for
whatever particular mode. The dressing of this fi
gure is no light affair. It .is entrusted to a mascu
line artist. The talent for outline color, which has
been nurtured at the national school of design,
which has studied in the Louvre,.-or at Rome, is
called into play to determine proportion, tint, and
general effect. Great is the. palaver round this fi
gure. People who do not consider such things,
would be astounded at the ran ere of discussion en
tered upon to settle the principle-and details of
. the object of such a gathering. The history (f ci
vilization being the history of dress,: the annals of
the human -race' ' eqme into play. If the age of
Pericles, or Augustus, or the Medici, or Louis Qua
torze,.or the Directory, i gulped at a breath on a
.question of. renaissance be not surprised. The
drapery aimed after, may be classic.. "What a large
theme is here for esthetics !.or, il the points be roc
coco, what nice bits of ourt flash and folly, may
be raked up. . The historical illustrations from
books, plates and souvenirs on such a subject, are
t vast. The memories of the jury on effects of fash
ions aredikewise vast. What ought to" be avoided
- so as not to repeat with platitude what has alrea
dy been donewhat may be snugly travestied
' and what may be abbreviated or elongated -sof-:
tened or more pronounced is discussed with a
knowledge and volubility" that are mysterious to
the multitude. Think not, learned boekworm that
; you have all the facts. Each trade carriei a libra
ry in its head and an academy of fine arts, if it
include taste. Well, our manikin having been
, touched and retouched the cream of good socie
tv is appealed to
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
I am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near ;
And the faggot's crack, and the clock's dull tick,
Are the only sounds I hear.
And over my soul in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide;
For my heart and myeyes are full when I think
Of the little boy that died, j .. '
I went one night to my father's home ;
Went home to the dear oneSj all :
And softly I open'd the garden-gate,
Aad softly the 'door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her son;
She kiss'd me, and then she sighM,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For the little boy that died.
I shall mis liim when the sweet flowers come
In the garden where he play'd ;
I shall miss him more by the fireside,
When the flowers have all decay'd,
I shall see his toys, and his empty chair,
And the horse lie used to rid ;
And they will speak, with a siltnt speech,
Of the little boy that died.
I shall see his little sister again
; With her playmates about the door;
And I'll watch Ahe children in their sports,
As I never did before ;
And if, in the. group, I see a child
That's dimpled and laughing-eyed,
I'll look to see if it may not be
The little 'boy that died. .
, We shall all go home to our Father's house,
To our Father's house In the skies,
Where the hope of our souls stialThaTe no blight,
Our loves no broken tics ;
Wo shall roam on the b inks of the river of peace
And bathe in its bliful tide ; '
And one of the joys of our heaven shall be,
The little boy that died.
instead of the half-dozen you had at tirst. iou
will not suffer in any respect from the little seu-ae-
nial necessary at first, and when once you have
set in train the egg producing influence, it goes on
of itself, at it were. The one egg saved, gi e uu
a hen which produces indefinitely, and then h you
choose you can eat those half dozen daily, and still
be gaining from the first saving.
We have often thought of this simple illustra
tion as comprehending in an egg shell whole vol
umes of political economy, and recommend it to
our young readers as worthy of practice. People's
Organ.
Retort. 44 If I were so unlucky," said an offic
er, "as to have a stupid son, I would certainly, by
all means, make him a parson." A clergyman, who
was in the company, calmly replied, " You think
differently, sir, from your father."
With this object .we must appropriate th i
ternal border round the garden to fruit and early
vegetables; but next the walk, round the whole
centre quarters of the garden, we reserve about
three feet for a flower border, and at that distance
(three fPtA from tbU walk, we advise either dwarf
pear trees, or currants and gooseberries to be plant- j ample, the
ed, which will form a background to the tlower
border and separate it from the entire centre
States, can enlighten us on this important subject,
h. l confer a lasting boon upon the present and suc
ceeding generations, and hand down hi name as
one amongst the greatest benefactors of farmers.
I regret, I have not an analysis of fish to com
pare it with that of guano ; and will take, for ex-
frames of fish to illustrate the difference
and similarity, between boiua and guano.
The following table is taken from Mr. Soiun
Robinson's Treatise on guano', which exhibits the
HUMOROUS.
state.
!
Jiont. Guano. .
for its judgments thereon. k A
knot of titled worsen, and some untitled, agree to
wear the dress beforehand ; the press sheds its
wreaths of anticipatory puffs, and on the appoint
ed day the fair comedians come on the stage of so
. i l.l I . 'ft
Cietv in tneir new-ciotnes cnaracter. itie ever-
changing hues- and shapes of dress now contrast
curiously with the conservatism of ancient times in
the same thing. "From the sige of l'ericles to that
of -Adrian, being nearly six hundred years, under
the successive domination of the Athenians, the
Lacedemonians, the Macedonians and the Romans,
there was less variation in style and taste of imita
time art, through all the different. stages that com
posed those empires,, excepting only Egypt, than
there is, not only between those of. two schools,
but between those of any two successive ages of
the same school in modern Europe. During that
period, a simplicity of dress, bordering on negli
gence, and nearly approaching to nudity, univer
sally prevailed, and any deviation from it was deem
ed a system of barbarism and corruption of man
ners, unbecoming a man of rank and education.
Even the women, during that- period, never at
tempted to exchange their native charms f.rr the
adseititiotis ornaments 'of dress ; for, though the
limbs and body were in're or less concealed, as ge
neral custom or individual modesty occasionally
'required, they never were so disguised but that the
general forms of a human creature were suffered
to appear, -which is not the case with a lady in stays
or hoop. About the age of Adrian, the Roman
women of fashion began to dress their hair in fan
tastic forms, wholly unlike those' of nature; and
when uiice disguise was mistaken for. embeliisli
merit, there was no longer any principle to check
the extravagance of caprice. Consequently novel
ty and splendor were soon mistaken for grace and
. elegance, and as the contagion immediately com
municated itself to tlio other sex, all simplicity of
taste in dress and manner, ami with .it all purity
of style were banished. The writer who gives
these particulars but paints the follies of fashion in
our dav. But, with all its pretense, it want, so
far as masculine attire is concerned, picturesque ef
fect. The dress of woman is vastly, improved of
late years ; so much so, that a recurrence to mo
dels of the Josephine or Marie Antoinette school,
are, to say the. least, void of suggestive beauty.
What form fashion is to take in this country, we'
have some inkling of. Woman's sacred fluent robes
will not be set aside for bloomers. But the attire
of men is changing. The adoption by many of
the beard ?the slouch hat by others the 'love of
fire-parades and military shows are all proofs of
the instability of the present philosophy of dress ;
and after change has. performed its revolution,
something like the quiet simplicity, of the antique
be resorted to. for a while at least. But there
are certain point of the masculine attire so repul
sive to severe taste, that they must becom 3 obsolete
with the spread of esthetics in this country. The
chimney-shaped hat, the angular dress coat, the
pin:hed-up boot, are all violations of true stand
ards. For the rest, the American is a more plastic
character as regards such innovations than the Eu-
" IT COMES FROM ABOVE."
There was once in France a poor boy, who was
called " Little Peter." lie was an orphan,' and beg
ged his bread from door to door. "-, He sang very
prettily, and people seldom sent him away empty
.handed. It was an idle and uncomfortable life
which, he h-d, but Peter had- no one .to care for
him, and he did not know what else to do. IIq
had the singular custom of saymg on every occa
sion, " It'comes from above." I will tell you why.
When his father was on his death-bed if, indeed,
he had a bed, for he was very poor he said to his
son, v " My dear Peter, you will now be left alone,
"and "many troubles you will have in the world.
But always remember, that all comes from above ;
then you will find it easy to bear everything with
patience." -
Little Peter understood him, and in order not to
forget the, words, he often thought them aloud.
He acknowledged ev ery gift w ith the words, u It
comes from above." As he grew up, he used to
consider what the expression meant. He was in
telligent enough to see, that as God rules the
world, we may well believe of everything that hap
pens in the Way of his provide e, " It comes from
above." . I .
This faith of Little Peter frequently turned out
for his benefit. Once, as he was passing through
the tow n, a sudden wind blew off a roof-tile, which
fell on his shoulder, and struck him to the ground.
His first words were, " It comes from above." The
by-standers laughed, and thought he must be out
of his senses, for of course it could not fall from
below ; but they did not anderstand him, A
minute after, the wind tore oft' an entire roof in the
same street, which crushed three men to death.
Had Little Peter gone on, he would probably have
been at that moment just where the roof fell.
Another time, a distinguished gentleman em
ployed him to carry a letter to a neighboring town,
bidding him make all haste. On-his way he tried
to spring over a ditch, but it was so wide that he
fell in, and was nearly drowned. The letter was
lost in the mud, and could not be recovered. The
gentfeman was angry when little Pter told him
of his misfortune, and drove him out of doors with
his whip. !
" It comes from above," -said Peter, as he stood on
the step's. The next day the gentleman sent for
him. See here," said he, ' there are two lyilf-
j . 'i i . -n i,r Ko bppii. we in
giouuu : which, as w in irwuu; , . . .
tend to devnt th, mo e important article, veg- I composition of both, supposmg them to be m a dry
etables.
The wide border next to the hedge round the
garden, shall on the south and east, be devoted
to early lettuce, raddishes and other saladinf, wit:
strawberries ; and by placing the strawberries aext
to the walk, aud the other things behind them,
some approach is made to the ornamental character
of the flbwer border on the other side of the walk.
The plan of the garden being formed, and its gen
eral arrangements nointed eut. let lis now en-
template: its capability iO carry out our purpose
combining the useful with the ornamental.
Organic animal matter,
Phosphates of Lime and Magnesia,
Carbonate of Lime,
Salts of Soda,
Salts of Potash',
Silicious matter,
S3 36
50 26
Oi ' 06
(14 10
trace, trace.
00 0'2
100 100
GOV-D. AND THE SdAEEcioiT
Governor D., of no matter jwhat Stnt
plain farmer-like man; in fat, .J
political office, his profession whs thnt (Jf ""
He had an orchard behind has 1-,UJ Uf"
he paid a gjeat deal of attemiojn. '
Tn nprsonal amearnTifi th..
varv TironOSSPSSinrr. TTt u-o.
'.T r-'t " lilil ;;ni
when about his work. w.W o......-. n
. .sm-i:;hv in
of wearing a faded dressing--,, "', . ""!:
nv.-nnilin(r IPlnrtll eivniin, , i . . V
vav-j..., j,'--, --....n- u..-aiv tu
It oliancea one day, that a tvtul.
bly dressed called at the (Jovcriior
. 1 1 l r 1
inquired ior mm. tie was
-'Ul!:t ,
GAKDENING FOR FARMERS
Our readers may ask in what gardening for farm
ers differs from gardening for other people, as the
title to this article seenu to impiy. lh answer,
the question of hoic to grow, i of course to be. an
swered the same to all. But the merchant retir
ing for a few hours, from the wear and tear of city
excitement ; or the man of wealth, who retires to
enjoy the otium cumdignitate of country life, have
other objects in yiew than those which our farmers
and their wives can properly direct their attention
to, ia their gardening pursuits. We propose to
point out to our 'fanning friends, the advantages,
and the true enjoyment which a. garden adapted to
their 'wants, ami so arranged as to supply them, is
calculated to afford. And we promise them both
pleasure and profit if, tl.ey adopt our advice.
Why should not the fanners participate in those
pure enjoyments, which other classes of the com
munity are ready to admit result from gardening?
And why, moreover, do any of our farmers profess
to see so little pleasure in the practice of it?
The reply is easy. The business associations of
the city man are unconnected with the green fields
and the social pleasures of country life. The lat-
This analysis gives us an idea of what bones lose
or gain by passing through the st machs of birds.
ot- : They loe much of the valuable element, the plios
phate of lime, and would gain perhaps, some or-
1 he bare character ot a garden devoted fo ve- - .... ,, t
j ,
getables: only, however valuable, is not well calcu
lated to please the eye of the general observer,
or to interest the f.tir hands that should, partially
at least, superintend and direct the gardening ope
rations; wo propose, therefore, to deck its borders
with some of Flora's beauties, whilst we are wait
ing for the utilitarian award's which we hope to
receive from Pomona. The walk round the garden
will frequently be found to yield a pleasant recrea
tion from indoor duties, or will change for a few
minutes, the monotony of the needful operations in
tending the vegetable quarters. We take but a
minute poition of the ground for the flowers, but
we place these in such a situation that at whate
ver part of the garden we are, they are ever present
with us, delighting us by their gay colors and sweet
odors, and prompting by their cheering influence
our exertions to renewed efforts.
From such a garden, fair readers, you may during
all the summer and autumn secure to yourselves,
and friends a scene of never-failing enjoyment.
Having introduced yon, ladies, to your garden,
we shall in xur next paper commence a ser es of
instructions for its culture ; and as the season of the
ter, ot winch the garden forms so prominent a ycar is. approaclljng. wheil you shouu be prepar
part, therefore present the greater contrast to ins ing for n?xt vear's operations, we would have you
mind ; and thence arises tne inducement to men at once commenctSj anJ be prepared, month by
pursuit. In his garden, the zest of novelty stim- month tQ wort abng wjth gnd heCQmQ h
ulates his exertions, ana ms zeai supplying to WOrkers in " The Farmer's Garden." The Journal
some extent his lack of knowledge, the citizen is of Agricu
delighted with the result of his .-first attempts at
growing cabbages and dahlias ; and success soon
converts the new pursuit into a passion. The novice
becomes by practice, proficient. Not so with the
From the Farmer's Journal.
FISH, ITS VALUE AS A MANURE
, , . ft' 1 I " " . - '- .--.....i., uilbV VI
. 1 1 . truano lias induced the Royal Agricultural Soci-
some uuties, ue iooks more 101 iue iuict. 01 ivi,
as the relief of his labor, than for the success of his
roses or his tomatoes ; which although , enclosed
within the trim -hedges of a garden are too nearly
associated in his mind with the scene of his daily
cares to afford him amusement, or to interest his
leisure hours.
But this state of things is not inevitable. And
we feel convinced that, with a little aid from your
wife and daughters, ve can tell farmers how to
enjoy and profit by a garden, and then how to in
crease the blocHir of the rose in their fair cheeks,
whilst they tend the growth of it in their flower
bordei s. To tfre ladies then we appeal. And we
promise them happiness and pleasure from pursu
ing our instructions.
Let us look around before we begin our gard
ening, and see whether we have a fair ground to
start upon.
What have we around the farm house ! Have we
the poultry house, the pig-pens, the wood-shed,
and the other domestic out-offices well placed at
the back or ends of the house, so that by the
planting of a few common shrubs, such as lilacs,
syringas, tc, we can conceal them from view ?
If so, well and good. If not, have you not influ
ence enough to get them removed, or fenced off by
a close board fence, which you can afterwards
hide by creepers of some kind ? Then, again, in
front and around the house, can you not sketch out
a little plan for a grass lawn, to be kept mown
close, and separated from the adjacent land by a
light fence, or ditch snd green bank, so as to show
cry of England, with a view of obtaining a sub
stitute for it, to offer a prize of 1,000, ($5,000,)
and the gold medal of the society, for the discovery
of a manure possessing equal fertilizing properties
as guano, of which an unlimited supply can be fur
nished in England, at o, (625,00) per ton. This
liberal pffer shows how much value is placed upon
Guano there ; and that the science of manufactur
ing and the application of manures has not been
brought to porfection, and is yet deserving of much
study and research.
If such be the state of the science there, how
much more ignorant of it, arc we who are impov
erishing our lands annually by exporting their pro
ducts b3 tons, and returning nothing to the soil to
replace them ?
We seem to study notking but tk tystim of
reproduction by nature, and destruction by man.
We have brought this science to perfection, to our
sorrow, and it is high time we should change our
system of land-kil'ing.
In regard to this State, I must beg leave to do
those justice who have taken the lead in this mat
ter, and quote the language of one, (Mr. H. K.3.,)
who is better acquainted with the improvements
made thai: I am, in hopes that others may be in
duced to follow their example. He says, "except
to those truly enlightened farmers of Edgecombe
Co., whose' names should rank higher in the State,
than the ' most violent patriot of the day, and
whose exertions and successful improvements have
brought their county from being the worst culti
vated, to be the best, who have raised the value of
I larger per centage than Guano does, of all ele
; ments, except jurhaps the carbonate of lime, and
1 salts of soda, which could be added during the
i process of the manufacture of fish JmWiuhsJ' at a
1 moderate cost.
! The elements of fish are more numerous and
! more valuable, as manure, than those of guano, if
properly prepared as those of guano are, as food for
I plants. The spontaneous decomposition offish pre-
! pares many of them, but that process permits ma
' ny of the important ingredients, the gases, to es
j cape. An artificial process of decomposition could,
! doubtless, be made to preserve all of them. Hut
' can the process be so simplified, and the materials
furnished in sufficient qauntities to make an effi
cient, cheap and abundant manure! Those who
know what quantities of fish can be supplied, can
aid us in solving this question. Most farmers who
use fish as manure, prepare it by spontaneous de-
j composition ; and an excellent manure they find
it ; but, suppose they were to try an artificial pro
cess, and see it they do not make more and a better
manure.
I would suggest, as an experiment, that as sul
phuric acid the brown acia of commerce is
"cheap, and salt, plaster, ashes and charcoal, are
abundant, instead of rotting the fish in the field
with dirt, they dissolve it with salt water and s.ul
plvuric acid, and dry the mixture with plaster, char
coal and ashes. This will form a compound more
valuable than the guano perhaps, or the fish-ma-hure,
as usually prepared.
'."Without going into a minute analysis of it, we
shall find the ammonia in the form of a sulphate,
the bones as phosphates, and the animal matter
in the form of soluble salts, aud the charcoal and
ashes intermixed and saturated with them and am
monia, in a fine state to be fed freely to plants
The more charcoal dust used, the better, as it has a
great affinity for ammonia, aud absorbs and retains
it ; and, after being put in the soil, will continue to
perform similar offices for years, only giving it up
as demanded by plants, and receiving new supplies
from air, dews, and rains.
Would not this compound be in a form suita
ble as food j of plants, and possess as great vir
tues as guano does ? I leave it for others to say,
who are older and wiser than myself, with defer
ence to the opinions of others.
N. T. SoKSW. -
Forkland, Ala., Nov., 1853.
"Sl'l1r....
office which lay in the Govern! .rV ,rjfy '
"He is not at home just at present." v ;', ,
!., "hut if you will come inUuid tak- n"
doubt he will be along soon."' - ' 5
The 'visitor accepted the invitation, ail, v..
himself in the plain sittiiig-roohi. ent..r,.(jin
versation with the Governors jadv.
" I believe," said he, " thatithi is
fine agricultural place. Docsvour.
He
"J
ts
much land?"
. .OOUKJ lUUlj f ,jUUe af ,
xl ' 1 Tl. T .."..'. . lti " J
me nouse. uku, auj. i-iona-s to j,.
" es ; he prides mmselt on
his orchard."
" I see you find it necessary
frighten away the birds."
" Scarecrows !" said The Governor's hi,!,-..
ed. " No," said she, we'neer i-mvlt'y "aJf
"Why, lam quite sure flat I saw ol b,,
of the trees, rigged up in a Umi fluttrriii ri , -'."Idon't
think Mr. I. hai ,,m
orchard.' lou can look from thi
wiu.i
perhaps you will see the object vlii,' n
took." S
"There it is now," was thejreply, as h0 j,,,;.
out a figure standing on a linlb of one e-fth..-
dressed in a pair of overalls!,- w ith a fad-.j rT
fluttering in the' breeze, " that's the scar-wr.'
was sure that I was not mistaken !"'
"That a SacrecrowT said Mrs. )., in
ment, " why, that's my husbaftd P
The victim of this embarfassinVr mi.
juaL ruuugu iwiw icit tu impure ior U(s iiat 7,.
which he immediately withdrew, thinking ,
10 ueier ms appucaiion ior omce to a liiurt a
yenient season. Yankee Blatte. .
Making the best of it. A Yankee, out a vot
ing, in Virginia, at Wheeling .while to himy; f
talking, experienced a feeling strange ! iaiix
and alarmin' ! from his 'jCaputl to his knee.-.
suddenly discovered, he was covered oVr '
'lees !' They rested on his Eyelids, and pr : I
upon his nose ; they colonia'd Lis peaked :
and swarmed upon his clothe?. . Theyejiplort'
swelling nostrils, dove deep into his ears; ti-craw-led
up his 4 trowsers,' auji filled his eyt -:
tears ! Did he holler like, a lku Was lie .
and did -he 4 cut and run V jor did the critter
swoon ? Ne'er a one. He wasn't scar't a mite:. .
never swoons or hollers; but he hived 'en
nail keg tight and sold 'em for two dollars!
i
A little fellow, weeping jiuost piteously.
suddenly interrupted by somd amusing occurr-:
He hushed his cries for a riioment : there
struggle between smiles an4 tears ; the tot
thought was broken : 44 Ma " said he, re-at j
his snuffle, and wishing to have his cry out, it
ugh ! ugh ! ugh ! what was I -crying abouljust w
crowns for you for tumbling into the ditch. Cir
cumstances have so changed on a sudden, that it
would have been a misfortune to nie, had that
letter cone safely. -
I could tell you much more about Peter. When
he had become a great boy, he was still called,
"Little Peter." A rich gentleman who came into ;
the town having heard his story, sent for him, in .
order to. give him something. When Little Peter i
entered the room, the Englishman said, " What i
think you, Peter; why have I sent for you?" "It
comes from above, replied l eter. inis answer i
greatly pleased the gentleman. After thinking
awhile, he said, 44 You are right; I will take you
into mv service, and provide well for vou. Will '
you agree to that' ?" '" It comes from above," answer
ed Peter; "(rod is very good to. me; I will gladly
go with vou."
So the rich Englishman took him away. It was
a good thing for the poor boyj who had been j
taught no trade. Long afterwards, we learned that j
when his master died, he left him a large sum of :
money to carry on hi,s business; and that "Little j
Peter" was then a wealthy man in Birmingham.
But he still said, of every occurence, " It comes
from above.". Dr. Barth. -
tl- AJL'i.rl1 lVl-t. Wlt.llln tliut nc-ifYii ViA1.n,lol.tT lllrt
lliti -I. V'liv vut.M .......... -'. I, . . 1 ( I j iuuviai V LUU t . 1 1 l .
-u..fin .....v.i 1 ..... tne,r lanus 3U l'er cent aL,ov"e any other in the
witliin it the elegancies of life are to prevail ? This
being done, let us fix upon a spot of ground behind
or at the side-of the house for the garden. If we
can, we will select one sloping, towards the south,
rather than otherwise, and where the soil is as
good as" the neighborhood will produce. Some
shrubs planted on each side of the house with a bed
of six or ten feet wide in front of them for flow-
! ers, will at once give au air of loveliness and com-
1 fort to our dwelling.
The piece of ground for the gard n being de-
. ; 1 ' . -e . . .
urunneu upon, it must 01 course re surrounded ov a
good fence; and of all fences, the best is a low
thick hedge, which may be made either of several
shrubs varying according to the locality and to
State, and made money more abundant there ; ex
cept to these gentlemen, to propose an expendi
ture of $G or $8 p;r acre upon land, with a view
to profit, would be looked upon as folly, and your
self as demented."
Since hearing and seeing what I did, at the Ra
leigh Fair, I am induced to believe, there are oth
er gentlemen, besides the Edgecombe farmers, who
are " wide awake" to their interests in the impor
tant science of agricultural improvement, in this
State.
With this digression, I return to my subject.
A gentleman in London, is said to have made
a discovery of converting fish into a manure, sup
erior in .value, and cheaper than the present price
of guano, but refuses to disclose 1 IIS tirrwvica rf inor
v.w.or.vl....w.,utKu,orn,iiaiuvi..., ufacture, becau , he can make more .money hv
Osage Orange Invet, Arbor V,t. and various Ang his set,.ot aml manu
other shruls nlanted voinvr aiul cut K.t- Ar- 1 1 .
1 . "- , ne can y receiving the prize and gold medal. It
Ho.y vMcjr y,.r ...... uer to maKe u keep tt.icK at has ,onarboen known that fish is vuln.hU
the bottom, will i; four or five years, form the best
fence in the world, and will last for a life time and
more. But whilst this is growing upr some tem
porary rustic wooden fence must be constructed,
outside the live fence, which may be made of a
manure.
and being the basis of guano, it is not surpri ing it
should have been selected as t! I..-.;
tute for guano.
No d n.bt, if properly prepared, by' a chemical
process, and the proper ingredients incorporated
with it, a more valuable, if not a cheaper manure
. . fc ' few rough posts and the loppings of trees, which
. 'i nnr lit t 1 r CTa Tl II i vr 1 m m.-,-. I i . 1 a. 1
, iiOYS, BT AHEAD , j UUM;1' w nail togetner, than guano may jQ m yf
When you see young men spending all they as to procmce a neat rurat fence which will attord Guauo is t,
make, und when we consider the great importance lhe 'un ,iede amf,le rrotection.
1 he mode ot laying out the garden must de
pend in some degree, upon its shape, and that will
be in some cases influenced by its position. If it
is a square, or approaches that shape, it is well to
ropean.
I
Forget not that human virtue is a polished eteel,
wHJeli i mated by breath.
of a little cash capital to their future prosperity,
we are amazed that their own common sense does
not urge with sufficient importunity the duty of
trying to save, if it be ever so little, from present
earnings towards a future capital.
We once heard a gentleman who had risen
from poverty to wealth and influence, by his own
prudence and industry enforcing the saving plan
in this way. 'Suppose, said he, ; you had six eggs
.to live upon daily. Now, it is clear, if you eat all
the eggs every day, you will never have any ahead
to depend upon. But, if, by self-denial, you can
save one of these eggs to-day, or this week, and
another next day or week, you can soon have be
sides your six eggs daily, one, two, or more hens,
that will give you one, two, or three doaea egg?,
ie excrements of fish-eatino- birds.
mixed with some extraneous substances, deprived
of the oil, some of the phosphates, and other in
gredients of fish, by the digestive organs of the birds.
There is a difference of form, as a manure, be
tween guano and fish, in favour of guano ; and the
set off all round it next to th o Lrr L,.; .;,. . . 1 . . '
c . s ' , 7 H" u uie aosence of the stomachs of
u... .v, lCu 1Ue; next to that, a broad birds, as a manufaetorr i k:. ,
wlkoffiveorsiT fi.Pt 1I . , ., J::j ' . , . . . ' " "Ma "Ji no
, HUU lueu UIluo converi nsn into the form, "host nuj
the centre ground into four quarters, by walks three Dure for all plants, at a moderate cost
a a
to
ma-
feet wide, and subdivide these quarters arain irto
beds four or five feet wide, for the convenience of
cropping, with narrow paths of only fifteen inches
between them just to form a division
Now then to crop the garden. We must remem
ber our purpose is to combine profitable utility
with amusement and healthful recreation for our
fab friends.
Flow TO RAISE FHC1T EVERY VKAR If lilltlV
understood, few trees, unless absolutely dead or
rotten, need occupy ground without yielding a plen
teous crop. After a long and varied series of ex
periments, I gradually adopted the following mode:
as soon as the winter has sufficiently disappeared,
and before the sap ascends, I examine my trees ;
every dead bough is lopped off, then after the sap
has risen ynfSciently to show where the blossoms
will be, I cut away all the other branches having
none on, and ahy the extremity of every limb the
lower part of which bears a considerable number
of buds, thus concentrating the sap of the tree up
on the maturation of its fruits ; and saving what
would be a useless expenditure of strength. In
the quince, apricot and peach trees, this is very
important, as they are very apt to be luxuriant
in leaves and destitute of fruit. You may think
this injures the trees, but it does not ; for you will
find trees laden with fruit, which formerly yielded
nothing. Of course other well known precautions
must be attended to, such as cutting out worms
from the roots; placin. old iron on limbs, which
acts as a tonic to the sap, fcc. Try it, ye who have
Tailed in raising fruit. Exchange paper.
' To ascertain a noKSKs ace. Every horse has
six teeth above and below. Before three years old
he sheds his middle ones at three he sheds one
more each side of the central teeth at four he
sheds the two corner and last of the fore ' teeth.
Between four and five the horse cuts his under
tusks, at which time his mouth will be complete.
At six the grooves and hollows will begin to fill
up a little at seven the' grooves will be nigh
filled up, except' the corner teeth, .leaving little
brown spots in their place. At eight the whole of
the hollows and grooves are filled up. At nine
Jhere is very often seen a small bill to the outside
corner teeth the point of the tusk is worn off
and the part that was concave begins to fill up
and become rounding the squares of the central
teeth be'gin to disappear, and the gums leave them
small and narrow at the top.
LiCEj ox Cows, fcc. A correspondent of the
Southern Planter says : 44 1 saw in some agricul
tural work, perhaps your own, that the water in
which Irish potatoes have been boiled, if applied
to cows, &c, would kill lice upon them. I tried
it several times with signal success, a few days
ago, ordered my boy to try it upon my covs, which
at this time of the year, generally, are full of ticks ;
the result of which is that the vermin have-all ta
ken their departure."
To Destroy Bedbcgs. A simple and easy
method of destroying this loathsome tormentor
has been discovered. It consists in spreading the
liquid from the ripe cucumber on the bedstead
1 il 1 '
TV . - 1 A. 1 .
-Lc.uoo, a gooa analytical chemist can best an
swer this question ; and as the Londoner's discov
ery will not be divulged, I suggest, that our wise
men put their wits to work, and find out hi
eret by experiment, and make us independent of andother plan-which they secrete themselves!
mm ana guano. A man's nature runs either t wk
uvi un
Legislative Wit. 44 1 -believe," said a wii
representative from a country town, 'tii;i'I.
one of the tallest members iii the Home." i
"Yes," added a fellow representative, 'r -
of the slimmest, also." i
This unexpected confirmation occasions a'
of laughter, in which the firt .gentleman ''en
joined. . .
There's the Difference.- The etitT of '
of two rival newsnaners in a villa mi nut Wat bo&il
r r T o
ed that he had just obtained a font l
To which the other retorted :! 44 Why,
ed ours a long time ago " S
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Perhaps, some one of those who have used fish
as a manure, near the cotet of Carolina, or other
or weeds.
tnereiore, let mm seasonably water the one and
deftrojr the other. '
Answer to Enigma in lastj weeks
far famed Fakir of Siva's Great SouW
ptan opera troupe 1
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