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JN'otice V .J A.?;
Dr. JAMES F. LONG oilers
his -professional services to the citizens of
Washington and surrounuiing country.
Office At the Drug Store, of Bogart &
SmalL, Main street. -. f feb iW-tf
JBE tsTJV IF- Xi03STO
, JMliornty tit JLaiv,
WARRENTOM,
N. C.
JVill practice in tlit Courts of
Warren,
and adjoining Counties.
J AS F. A. LAMflND,
Vholcsale and Retail
TOBACO03STIST,
Store in the building formerly occupied bjb
Dr. McDonald.
KEETS CONSTANTLY ON UAND ;
Tine 0hewing4nd i '
,Smokinff Tobacco,
it all erades. ch'eab, for Cash only, at his
JStOre on Main Street. ) ; feb 9-ly
f I C t URES. PICTURES. PIG! URES
IPTB M' -'IfiL'lP 1H
Ambro type s, G ems. P ear 1 8
r : Sunbeam s i :-v
tlOM AND OKT A PICTURE! I m bound to
) please, hoth In work and price. I hare a fi ue se
lection oi rilOTOOKAPlI ALBUM, l'rtce rng
ln(t frt 75 centi to 7 dolUr. You will &od me up
air, rt door eti of lav Cnpe l-eartlniit
. It 21. LAZELLE,
feb 9 6m - r'l Photofrj)her.
. JDJEJVTMS Tit I
A JR. J. O. JAMES, Sureeoh Dentist.
tenders hist Professional services to the
citizens' of Ueaufort and Pitt Counties
and the- Public eenerally. He can be
found at his offico in WASHINGTON
until tho. T2th instant, then iu GREEN
VILLE until March 18th. Then, if the prac
tice wilt warrant, he will Spend his time
alternately, at each p'ace, one month at a
lime. Office up stairs one door west of
Cape Fear Bank.
feb9-tf
w I know Dr. J. O. James, and take pleas
'ure in recommending bimi as a very compe
tent Deritist. I '
' CIUS. JAS. O'HAOAN, M. D,
ME Q. Ci TTXIsr
HAS JUST RETURNED 'FROM THE
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NORTH WITH A VERY SELECT
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AND ATTRACTIVE -
STOCK
OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
uOOIS
CONSISTING OF
miLIIERY,
JDRY GOODS,
,rOTIOJVS;
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LadUs ar particular! j invited to exam
ine nor assortment 01 ..,:.
BONNETS AMD HATS,
which are as beautiful as any -ever brought
jto this markejt, Also, her t
' DRESS PATTERNS
are pronounced. by fampetent judges to h
very tasty and elegant. Her entire stock
has been most carefully selected for THIS
MARK&T, and is ottered on tbe lowest
possible terms, FOR CASH.
LIFE INSUEANOE, ."J
tc.
Fire Insurance;
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AN
AGENT OF THE LONDON, LIV
ERPOOL AND GLOBE INSURANCE
COMPANY, whose capital amounts t
it j . f . ' - i ' i ' J
$17,000,000 III GOLD!!
X am now yrepaTCdtQ Influre
ALL KINDSri
RUBUUMD:tfi!yWU;LO!NGS
FACTOBIES' FQIBRlESJ
MILLS & MEECHANDISE
IK ANY PAETOF THE COUNTIES
15F BEAUFORTPITT. MARTIN
AND HYDE.' ' ' V
At Exceeding JLow Itatei t
I will "when deeictd issue Permanent
j Policies, vucDt Insures the pro
pert specified fomer, nn
;i less tne ABsnred cnoosei 1
to oance bis Policy,
. , in which- erent ;
TH5 PSEJilUM HE HAS PAID WILL
BE EETUEHED, LESS II YE FEE
CENTUM. 1 : - j :'
fne loss of a Court House, or other
Public Building, at the present
time, would be a public ca
lamity, whereas a tri- r
ling amount paid
J for a policy i i
J will - I !
SECURE; ) ,
; - A SUFFICIENT !
SUM TO REBUILD
SHOULD THE PROPERTY
BE DESTROYED BY FIRE ! jf
JOU.V G. BL, O UJYT, Wst
mch Z0-Sml. Washington, N. C.
U ivesal Life Insurance Comrjany
Office, 69 Liberty St., J li
The Original Stock Lxje Insurance
. Company of Lite United States.
Thfbntneit of thi Company is Exclusely
CraOned M tbe Insnranuce or Illicj-As
tlealxby Lire. y'. j- ; ' y
rpJIE distinctive feature of the STOCK
I -system of Life Insurance, as. opposed
w tnp Mutual, is a iow raie oi pre nun m ior
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a stated buiu insured' which is immediate,
seccred, and CERTAIN; m lieu of a tush
rate df premium with a promised dividend,
which is distant, continent and unceria'.n ;
this so-cailed dividend being merely a re
turn of a portion of the excessive .and un
necessary premium! charged in the first in
s'taneV , .'. ;' ,,r ' ' j" I l i
Th o P rem I u m 8
charged by thei Universal are! as low as
the actual experience of insured life in this
country ' wiu justitv, and on tne Ordinary
Life and TJa-yar Non-feitui e policies are
nearly one-third lower than those charged
by the majority i Mutual Companies. ,
Attention is especially directed to I the
followin? nlans of Insurance!, orisriinallv de
vised and first carried in;6 eflFetl by this
Company.' . 4 , -
I. Return Premium Pla n
By this method of Insurance the amount
of the policy is secured simply Dythe tem
porary (deposit of the annual premiums
which are returned in in full, tope the r with
the amount assured, to tbe holder of the
policy, when it shall become a claim upon
the. company. . 1 I -.-
2, Reduction of Prem. Plan.
By this plan a reduction of one half is
made in the premium alter tne tnira annua
payment, being, in fact,': equivalent to a
dividend of fifty per cent. ,
, f3r A clause is inserted in ths ponciea
issued by jthe Universal, in which these
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aavantages are aisuncuy speeiueu auu
guaranteed. - iv
The Universal ! is in . a sound and
flmiriRTiin r.nnrlitirml
RaU ot Assets t Liabilities, .... ..feo IOO
Snrplus iver Liabilities, l0tl.QQ
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Henry F. Price,'
Traxling Agtnt, Washington, N. C
feb9l . f. ' : r ' i
Joseph potts & on
DISTILLERS OF J
and purchasers of
NAVAL STORES.
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Also keep constantly on hand a large lot of
Grocer i
Dry Gpods, Hardware
5 BOOTS f AND SHOES,
IVUolesale and Hfctatlv
M AIN "STREET,'
l i IN
VVashineton, N, C,
feb3-4m
GARDEN SEEDS.
JP RESII GARDEN SEEDS jmst receir
ed, and for sale b i; 1 ; I
JOSEPH POnS &S0N.
AM ACT OF HEROISM IM PRESENCE
OF TWO ARMiti
! At tbe battle of New Hope Church
Ought late iu May, 1864; au incideut
occurred that, attracted the attention
and elicited the praise of two gallant
armks. This ' incident is rather ob
scurely hinted at, in an otherwise ad
mirable notice of the late Col. Wm.
H. Martin, of the Confederate army,
which appeared in a recent number of
your paper. ' r
In the battle referred to, the Fed
erals along one portion of the line had
met with a disastrous? repulse. The
ground as is always the case in : pine
fort its was covered w t'l fallen leaves.
These had been set on fire during the
action, and the repulse oi the Federals
having been sudden aud decisive, they
necessarily left fhei wouded who lay
thick in all portions of the. woods, ex
posed to a more terrible ordeal th a u
that of battle merely. rTbey were
about to die in the flames, when Col.
Martin, taking the lead himself 'oi'iler
eil! his men from their i fortitcatiorii'i
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whet with switches they! whipped
out the fire. At the tame they left
their position, a heavy firing from
the restored Federal line was coins
on, but of course this ceased so soon
ac it became manifest that the Coufed
erates were engaged in a work of hu
manity to their fallen emm e.r. ;
As we have stated, this act upon
the part of Col. .Martin was for a
while the common topic of
conversa-
tiou intwo great armies,
and there
art very many who will. remember it
distinctly! One who knew all things
deep and true, and sad and ftrange in
luinan life, has haid that the word
'Honor" is made a lying, slave on
many a tomb, while it is often dumb
over the! resting place 'of honored
bones indeed." That it may not be
thus with' Col. Martin, wh,ose un-
kuowu grave is in the sands of a far,
oreign river, we seek, in sim pie jus-
tiie to his mtmory, to, recall a gentle
and knightly incident of his life, which
gleamed out like a star from the deep
murk and gloom of a kinguinary war.
'K: ) TEA.
The physiological .properties of tea
" AT W ?
r similar- to tnnsw oi-ut. 11 is
slightly astringeut and tonic, aud when
used without milk or sugar, is a sim-
e remedial agent in nausea and in
digestion ; but if sugar is added, it is
converted iritj a thin eyrup, which is
more apt to' produce indigestion than
the consumption of many times its
weight' of fure eandy, since sugar! is
m5re digestible in tfie concentrated
than in the diluted state. It is a mild
stimulant to the skin and kidneys, pre
vents sleepiness counteracts the effects
of alcohol, and reduces the rate of the
waste of the tissues, an action suppo
sed to be due to the theiue or peculiar
principle of the plant, the quantity of
which is variously estimated from oue-
half of one to four per cent., and
which closely - resembles caffeine, or
the principle ol coffee. It is also an
aphrodisaic of considerab'e power, and
the rapid increase qf population in
China is, by some, supposed to be
due to its universal use by all classes.
In additioniO( its other properties,
the Chineseregard it as a preventive
of gout and calculus. .- It no doubt has
the, power of preventing the latter ;
but this action is probably due to the
fact that, if water is boiled, the great
er part of the carbonate of lime it con
tains, and which would enter into the
composition of a calculus, is precipi
tated ; therefore the drinking of boil
ed water would be equally effective iu
influencing the prevalence of this dis
ease. It is also narcotic and wedative.
like opiur4 ; and like it, its action
varies with the individual and the
dose. To some it is exhilarating to
the nervous, and calming to the vas
cular system. In the ivords of Waller :
"The Muse'S friend, tea does our fancy aid
! Repress thostf vapors which the head in-
vA$e.:"-'7i - "V ' -:' A
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T01 others, on the contrary, it is
highly deleterious, producing head
ache, and some times even causing
paralysis and diabets, especially when
used to excess as in! teatasters.
The time of, day
in
which tea i is
taken in different countries varies with
the custom of each nation , as does most
every other human habit. The Chi
nese drink it at all times, and keep
the not on the fire so that tney may
moisten their lips' after the fashion
of Sairy Gamp; others consider almost
sacrilege to take it at any other hour
than in the evening at Ua; while many
ay witn uray. : !
"At noon (the lady? matin hour)
I sip Uavs delicious flower,"
beTused,
there is no doubt that it ac much
more energetically taken on an empty
stomach, and
witho ut ny ot h ear food.
WHOM D3 QHEAT IN MAftRY.
f iVomen of course! , But thev show
the: same diversity of Jtjste that is
shown in the J'oWcHras, ady n
the whole, make worse va stakes.
They, however, generally sho.w. the
same 'sense1 in cho!ngt wives'"' that
they show in managing, other peopled
affairs, whether it bev'go6T or it be
bad.. 4' ;r I
Robert Burns marrfetf' a farm girl
with whom he fill ih love while hey
worked together iu the plow field.
He, too, was irregular in his life, and
committed the most
serious; mistakes
in (conducing his d6mestirjaflairfi V
Miltou married Itbe dauschr of a
rountry squire, but a short time.yHe
was ah austere, exacting literary re
cluse while she Was a rosy, romping
country lass that could not endure the
restraint imposed upon her, so they
separated. Subsequently, howeTer,
she returned, mey uvea loieraoiy nap-
py
Queen Victoria
arid ! Prince
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Albert
y ex-
were cousins, and'
'jibou the c
ample in long line. of Eug'.'isb.r-, archs
wherein the marital vows vC :re"
dU observed and sincere affect eSTr
isted.,:.
j Shakspeiire loved and wrdJ ' a
! farmer's daughter. She was A
to ber vows, but we could bar
the same for the great 1 bard . f.-
Like most of tbe great poets, Le .k
ed too little discriminalipn iiiihestow
ing his affection on the other isx. " r,
Byron married Miss Milbai '
money to pay bis debts. ' I
put a bad shift.
Benjamin Franklin marrie
who stood in her father's
laughed at him ash wanderc
"get
med
1 irl
r ad
.ugh
".ill rolls
. 1 his
i occa
: ,. her
il good
the stre ts of Philadelphia
of dirty cloths under his arr.
pockets filled w ilh" breed. ' '
si?.n to be happy when she I
self the wife of such' a great
maiu . ' ; ' . '1
WaShin,tnn marrIPdidow with
two children, enough fo
At whttever time it tnav
hfer that she wastr&nHV4Sf ftiiuVmndiinK 9iP-
that they livid as married folks should,
. '
iu perfect harmony.
John Adams married the daunhtcr
of a Presbyterian cletevman. '.Her
i i .
fttlr hieftpd on irLtmt off Xnhti
beinff a lawyer : he had a bad opinW
ofthe morals i.f the nrofession. 1
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Mar,
tha Shelton, a childless widow, but
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Krrw.io-l.t liim a larir ' fnrtnntf in
real estate. Alter tne ceremony sne
mounted the horse behind him, aud
they rode home together. It was late
in the evening, and they, found the
fire out.. But the great statesman
bustled around, rebuilt it, while she
seized the broom and soon put things
in order. It is needless to say that
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they were happy, though Jefferson
died apoor man. on account of his ex-
treme liberality an'd hospitality
John
Howard, the
great philati-
thropist, married his nurse. She was
altogether beneath him in social life
and inte
lectual capacity, and, besides
this, was fifty -two years old while he
was but Jtwenty-five. He would not
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take "No," for an answer, and they
were married, and they lived happily
together j until her death, which oc-
curred two years afterward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, married
a peasant girl.j She made an excel-
lent wife and a sagacious empress.
Humboldt married la poor girl be-
cause he loved her
Of course they
felt good and happy.
It is not generally known that An-
drewj Jackson married a lady whose
husband was still living. She was an
uneducated but amiable woman, and
was most devotedly attached to the
bid warrior and statesman ,
John C. Calhoun married his cousin
and their children fortunately were
neither diseased nor idiotic, but they
do not evince the talent of the great
siaie itiguis" aavocaie. ; f .
Edward Lytton Bulwcr, jthe En
glish statesman and novelist, married
a girl much his inferior jin position,
and got a shrew for anyife. Shf is
now insane.
A lady of f6rtjf who buried her
fiftbjhusband recently, says she 'hopes
he is out of misery."
At lady of fashion , near Psris, has
committed suicide. She had a boil
on her nose, and was afraid of being
I disfigured
SPECTACLES.
With most persons, there h an
epoch in life when the eyes became
slightly flattened. It arises, probaly,
from a diminished activity of the secre
ting vessels. The consequence is.
that the globe is not kept quite as
completely distended; with fluids as
in youtii and middle age. There is
thus an elongated axis of vision.
book is held further off to bej read.
Finally, becoming more fluttened
the Rame inactivity within, the d
by
ffi-
u.ij ia met uy puuing- on convex
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lasses. This is thej .vaning vision of
ge. II, however, when that advanc
ing imperfection is first realized, the
individual persists in-the attempt to
keep the book 10 the old focus of vis
ion e'en if he reads under perplex
ing disadvantages,' nertr relaxing, but
p'erseveringly proceeding iust as he
did when his eyes were in the meri
dians of their perfection, the slack
vessels will at last come up to his as
sistance, and the original focal dis
tance will be re-established.
1
This statement will unquestionably
be combated, energetically, by those
who use glasses. But it will be
waste of forensic powder, because
the fact is established , beyond cavil
We do not pretend It will be success
ful in every instance: but generally, i
glasses are once resorted toj thtn the
opportunity of doing without them is
forever lost. - j
Very aged men may be noticed read
Jjig fine pjint;, and ladies, too, by
s :ores, vyho iesisted glasses at the ages
of life . referred to who enjoy all the
comfort of di5tii?ct vision, and they
will, until, like the deacon's chaise,
everv stick in the vehicle falls to
pieces at the same time.
Therefore, begin with a u'.rm reso
lution never to use glassesof any i:ind
for reading or writing. T he a icieiu's
knew nothing about such contrivances,
if they had, there would have been
poor eyes in abundance, aud. oculists
to m-eet the emergency. C.irra
complained or I r r e t vision at the
age of sixty-three, i lie even wrote
n8 J torcn-iignt, on ine
ere of being put to oVajh by the wait
Humboldt died at nine-
ty-two, havtog never been embarrass
ed with those modern contrivances,
lunertes. John uincy Adams, illus
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t"u iur r,Pc u.u
ageisaw without them. Indeed, it
would bea laborious enterprise to col
j lect a catalogue oi names inioecnroB-
icle 01 "rary tame, 01 men ana
I ". 1 j- .1 - e '-jt-
men, wuo were luuepeuuem ui giass
I eS. lJT. J. V. C-Omith
A Spurring SUry
j Iany years ago, in England
when
travellers' were wont to journey on
horse back and sleeo two in a bed
at taverDS, the following incident oc-
curred at Chester: i j '
Two young bloods stopped at the
TW Fox tavern and while zoinz no
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to bed late at night (it being hot
vveather,) thr discovered the door of
one of the bed rooms open. It so hap-
pened that a Scotchman and an
Irish
off," man had "kicked the kiver
and one of the lattei's legs lay naked
and nearly out of bed., Lave
some sport n0w,',' said one1 of the
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bloods to his mate, "if you'll hold the
jgnt a minute.
The candle was held while the
young chap went in, and taking up
one of the Irishman's spur, (travellers
on horseback wore spurs in those days)
j buckled it on Paddy's naked foot. He
then crave Paddv's lee a pinch, and
hid himself, behind the door.
Paddy (though not a wakened ) drew
his leg suddenly back, and in this way
sadly damaged the Scotchman nak-
ed eg with the spur
"The pe'el -n ye," exclaimed
Donjdj, rubbing ibis leg, '-an ef ye
I dinno gang but o'bed an' cut yer toe
n'ay8t. in s00n be gittin' upaud throw
ye out th' window, ye .loot."
The Irishman slept soundly, and
Uoon put his leg back in its old posi
tion, when the young joker who put
on the spur stole up tne second time.
Iu went the leg again, the spur strik
ing the Scotchman's leg, who now'
got into a terrible passion, and began
to pummel Paddy, exclaiming as usu-
, ' ! : '., ,:. ',
"Get out 0 bed, and cut yer toe
nails, ye loot ! do ye fair a Christian
inon to stain' sich a rough diggin' Vr
I This waked up the Irshman, who
at that moment bringing the j spur to
bear on his own other leg; vaulted out
of bed. Haying procured a light, he
looked down at the spar with the
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greatest astonishment. "By mc sowl 1
said he, Hwhat a stupid fool is the
hostler of this inn.surei an' he tuk of
me boots whin I wint to bed, an' has
eft on tn. one of the spurs. Strange
it is I didn't notice it.'
Some of our newspapers are
fond ol placing before Jibe1 public the
orisrin of rich men. Wei think the
pcor ones should haveacha
1 elate the following brief facts fur the
encouragement of others;
Jonn oraitn was tne son ot nis tatner
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We formerly resided i i Stoke Pogis,
and other places, but he has moved
to the peniteutiaryTrow
t Willam Smith' was the son of his
mother. This party's grandmother is
deceased. She was a woman.
John Brown was the son of old
Crown. The body of the latter lies
mouldering in the grave.
! Edward Brown was the son of old
Brown by a particular friend.
, Henry Jones was the son of sea
cock.
1 William Jones was the sun of a gun
John Jones was the Son of Temper
ance. .
In caily life Gabriel Jones was ac
tually a shoemaker. He is a shoema
ker yet. . ; : .; ;;'. '
Previous to the ! age of eighty-live;
Caleb Jones had never given an
dence of extraordinary ability.
iie
has never given anyuiuce. 1
Patrick Murphy issaid to have been
of Irish extraction.
John Peterson was the son of a com-
mon weaver, who was so m.rjculous-
lyj poor that his friends wen ei.cour-
aged to be ieve hat in case the 3 r!pt-
ures wete strictly carried out Le would
"inherit the earth." He never got
his property. , .
John Johnson was a blacksmith. He
died. It was published in the papers
with a head over it "Deaths;" It
was, therefore, thought he died to
gain notoriety. He has got an aunt
living snmewhr T - - X" V
Up to tht; age of thirty-four, Hosea
Wilkeison never had any horn but
"Home, Sweet ilome;" andieven
when he had that, he bird tonng it
himself. At oue time it was belfcivid
that he would have been famous if he
had become celebrated. He died. He
was greatly esteemed for j his many
virtues. There was not a dry eye in
the crowd when the buricd him.
THE FASHIONS.
The Pompadour waist is still in high
favor. i
Long traveling shawls of plad are
very desirable and cheap.
The large old-fashioned ! crapes of
washnet and tulle' are little worn.
Gray hair is fashionable, and young
adies are using white powder to
accomplish that desirable end.
White is the fashionable color for
home or street, for old cr ycun
The materials may he marseilles,
pique, muslin, or a'.apaca.
Simple skeleton over-dresses, with
out sleeve or side pieces, arc be.tr
foj summer traveling suits than the
more elaborate basques and upper
skirts. ' ' . , ,1 i
Ladies' dusters of brown; linen are
a novelty. They are buttoned up in
front and worn with a belt, and are
very useful in preserving a handsome
traveling dress from dust.
Giay moreen is coming into favor
for traveling petticoats. t Being stiff
and wiry it takes the place of the
hoop skirt, and handsomely made
swith quiltings and bright braid,
wers in lieu of a muslin skirt.
At present a hoary head is indeed a
crown of glory. Young ladies1 use
antique white powder 'to imitate gray
hair, and old ladies abjure the false
fronts and dyes that deceived no one,
and wear their own beautiful gray
hair. ' ; y : , . i -
The college debaters at Hamilton
have decided that married life doe
U 0t confer more happiness on man-
kine than single life, 1
. ,- - . - .
The less a man knows, the more he
will guess at ; and guessing is nothing
more than suspicion.
If you analize -what most men call
pleasure, you will 5nd it composed of
one part humbug and, two parts pain.
We have been told that the
best
w
ay
to overcome misfortunes is to
fight with them we have tried both
ways, and recommend a successful
dodge. Try it, if you want to. '
Why is a hen immortal ?
her son never .sets.
Because
A GRICULT OlRAL.
LiUl'TUN and WOOLEN WASTE
j AS MANUR&
The employment of cotton Waste as
manure is mentioned in Eclectic En
gingering as having been used by M,
Dupont-Poulet, a French cotton spin
ner. . This gentleman states that by
the mixing of cotton wastfwijh stable
and chills which
manure alone often causes, " void
ed. Some of M. Duporw ilet's
friends have gone beyond him. and
one of j them used cotton
waste in the
forcing of a?paraguQ, by
j -mm. 1
spreading a
laver of eight inches th
! ! 1 ' i-
icki over the
asnaracrus ueqs, ana louud
the experi-
ment successful.
A very cooa mniiure
is 'likewise
formed from wool,
experiments of M.
ACrrding to the
II
ultett 4 some
years ago, hair, featlK-rj
a;id wool arc
only paiticular coinbina'Jom of gela
tine with a substance ana
ogous to al
bumen ; water can only dissolve them
1
by means of fermentation
wincii takes
place s'ow Jy, and after
4 long time.
The owner of some land
in JMoiitpel-
lier, a muiiufiicturer of hi
.inkcts at one
titne, causJd the s
weepings ot his
Vi..rkiops tj be spread bver his land,
and the harvests' of Icorn and fodder
w hich! it ; produced were astonishing.
ti
ll is well known, that?, the hails of
oj1 transpire a lluul Vhich hardens
upon their surface,' but a hieh posses
ses the property ot' beinji eas iy soluble
in water. This substance has leceiv
ed .the natr.e of animal sweat; the
water in w hich wool hds been washed
contains so much of it, ajs to make it a
very valuable manure. jAnimal sweat
is soapy substance, consisting of a base
of potash, with an excess of oily mat
ter, and containing, besides some ace
tate of potash, a little o the carbonate
and of the' muriate of the same base,
and a scented animal j matter. The
Genoese collect with 'jcare, all they.
a-, f.gs oiTWDoIen
fabrics, to place at the i
foot of their
olive trees.! L
Notices 'for a You$o Farmer
Change your crops, ai d be satisfied
with a good one on a. small surface,
well prepared ; taking a pride in clean
and neat farming, rather than wasting
your labor aud means in extensive,
slovenly, and il!-requit ;d culture.
Accommodate your plant to the soil
ju preference to fitting your soil to the
plant ; every plant requiring a pecu
liar attention to its own habits and or
ganization. The Author of Nature
has placed in their proper element, '
both plants and animals and they .are
suited to their designated positions,
Sand or rock plants parish in clay or
rich soils, as? do those calculated for
fertile ground in satvd J ") ''
Plaster your old fields ; which be
ing lull of decayed and jlnert vegetable
matter, on which the plaster actswill
throw up pasture untillyou can culti
vate them in course, VVe re not yet
acquainted with all th properties of
plaster. The general Current of facta
prove that salt, and salt air, arc Ws
tile to its operation And yel there
are instances where it, has succeeded
on our sea-board, as weir as ou farms
Farmer.
Turskys Hired by "hir Month.-
A correspoddent of the American ar-
rrer,! says : "I state, frni good
rity, that several thousand tui k
autho
ys may
be hired Out tn Prince Utoi ge coun
ty, Md., during the n :xt suiutner, at
the rate of twenty-five cents apiece
per month and found. They will be
returned when their woik is done,
and if they are overworked -"or die
fiora any other cause, j they will be
paid ior at the rateiof seVenty-five
ceiitseachj
lSome of your distant readers who
know nothing , about tobacco,, may
thmk this a quiz, UUt U assure you
these wages were actually offered the
last summer, Now itj
will certainly
be desirable to encourage the bleeding
of this useful animal, iud alter having
helped the planter a la his crop, the
turkeys themselves wjill be almost, as
good chewing as the tobacco." j
' (Signed) "jA Chew eiC.V
The Sulky Cin.tiyATOR From
observatiou, it has been ascertained
that the work done by these imple
raents is generally imperfect, and like
Iy to leave the ground greatly infested
with weeds. However, the lmpres-
sion is, tnat on lair
careful handsj the
much better, t :
. a ' .
ground, and in
mplemeat docs
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