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3. B. FOWLE & SON.
JOSEPH POTTS & SQN,
i DISTILLERS OF '
TUMEHTIUE ,
1 and purchasers of j
MipL STOEES.
Alto keep constantly on hand a Urge lot of
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS
HARD WAKE,
Bootsaiid Shoes,
plows; &c;
WHOLESALE, AND RETAIL,
MAIN STREET,
I Washington, J
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Brit Consignment of all kinds coun-
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Een Fruit, t)ry and Green Hides, Bees
Zx, Flaxseed, Butter, Cheese, Epgs, Poul
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produce. ' '"'!'
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Merehandise, will be filled with care and
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Agricultural Lime delivered at depot,
here, (no charge for .Bags or Draya?e)at
$7.50 perTon. Fresh Ground Plaster $14
per Ton.' Bags furnished free of charge to
parties desiring to ship us Grain. j
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JP ORTSMOUTMI, fl.
B; F. BRIGGS....... .-,,,Pqprietos
(Late of North Carolina,)
TIIIS HOUSE has been thoroughly re
furnUhed and refitted. The patronage
of the travelling public is respectfully so
' licited. E, F. Whitehead. SUP't
'.4 lt aug. 3-tfI
" ' J AS F. A. LAMOND,
Wholesale and Re vail
eg OO 1ST I ST,
StorTia the building formerly occupied by
McDonald'. -
' Kten COJTSTANTLY OX HAJiP
RSTTing and ' . x
, . ' Smokiner Tobacco,
of all gruff eteap, for Cash only, iat hs
Store oil 'Mein Street. ' ! feb 9Wly
Amity Academy.
. JllddlctcaV Ilde County, N, C.
riiS SCHOOL wjll b iopDd for tb Instruction
X of nipiUofbotn ex, Monuajr, ' ct. 4
TulUou Sal, flS, and 120 per ieiislou.
, - Board 17 to A3 oer uKMilh.
F.-r circular, aiKtrtaa W mncipai,
SogSl-lm ? . J- II. swisdelW
" JTpTlCJE. :
I? KEll SAXTl ill IkA II E,
; Atlovf at Counsellor at Law
froctiM U th. Courts of JBeaafuti, PUt. Martin and
Hts.. ' " - Te ' ' -
OrrrXX Market Street, near M Poat OfBce, Wash
Bfton.N.C. 1 ' mchS-tf
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Commission I Jlerchants.
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: A fall MMOrtment of Good In their line kept con
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Consignments of Produce Solicited.
Comer Pollok &nd ' Craven tit., . .
mch9-m NEW BERNE, N. C.
J. J. WOLFENDEN & CO.,
Commission
Merchants
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FI O JT Jl aniV.G IttflEJYi
MIDDLE STREET,
jl-3m ; NEV BERNE, N. CV
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Commission Merchants,
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Manufacturers Agent for the iale of th. beat brand of
theile of th
(fcO 0 0
ConrtAntly on hand on. of the largest atocka ot Groce-i
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ivcu7 xerne9
Xfannfao.tnrftr of WinddW Sash. Blinds.
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STEAM SASH AND BLIND FA0T0EY
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METALIC : - V- jjJ!Uftfl?fe
Burial 0aset fcj iHV,A-
ill: . ..r. r(wrv wirr
nut, ana .ropiar
COFFIN9 iX,
kent on hand.
and furnished at
short notice, I
june 22-ly
WiLlkAMJ CLEVE,
"Wholeiale andvqtail Dealer in
GEOOEEIES, PE'OTISipNS and PISH
Keeps constanly on hand a full assortment
of articles inj his line, j which he will sell
O W F O It I "C;i 8 U,
br in exchange for
COUNTR
i T T
PRODUCE,
Middle Streeinear the jMarket,
, Ileal iiic fi'Arti ivcis j j
j.;;'NE)Vj b'eRNEN. C.
june
GEROCK &
VKIHDLEYi
; provis
inu wicnrHMTS
IUIS l.f I kl.l W Ifttfl I I VI
Keep constahtlv onj liind a ood stock; ot
SUGAR, COFFEE.3
OLASSES.FLOUE,
MEAL, and
all other
gOouS in ineir line.
Located on ' jSouth
Front street, nearly
pjit tbaiOnatnTi Tip
Will sell
L O W
FO
R C A SII. 'X
El. Gerock,
brmerly
bfiTreriton, N. Ci
Sam'l C,
ton, N. C.
LVii.EY, formerly of Washing-
fjune22,ly
CHARL
ES
.1
tATHAM,
General Agent for the State of North Caro-
t
J.
ina, for the sa'e of
c!attl!r
BLOODED
STIEEr, SWINE,
F
PANCJY FOIJTRY tud IeGGS for setting,
offers to the public the most j
COMPLETE ANp VARIED
I t i;
stock in this linei which jWilUmeet th6 en;
tire wants of
'EOPLE !
C" Circulars of prices can bo obtained
i!..i!.LI XT A.. t- 1 XT n IHfiQ
on application
ew Bprne, N.iC 1869.
june yy-ly
JULIUS ASH & 00. ,i
Middle Street,
h ; .. - ;. ! . - ,
Between South Front ahd Polloh streets
NEW BEKNE, N. C,
;' i ;
.Wholesale and Eetail Pealeis in
DliY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS,
. SHOES; andi HATS.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
Trunks -and-Valises. .
A large assortment cnstantly on hand.
june 23,3m j I
N, P. ftJtPQRD,
M ; I hi . ..
--yhpi
esale dealer in
BOOTS. SHOESj HATS, GROCERIES
Located at jth'e corner iof South Front and
craven oireeis.
TE RM S I C ASH
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Also will ctve his personal attetition to
all orders entrusted to his care, for the pur
chase and forwarding .of packages to parties
on the Jine) of the Railroads, or in tte sur
rounding country'. I And receiving and dls
posing of Country Produce, for Cash, or ex
changing the same .fofr Goods, as per order
ofconeignor.S I I . j .: . , . 'J
Having! been Jong connected with the
mercantile business, and from his extended
acquaintapce! ill jthe ;up-cpuntry. he hopes
to merit, as well !aa receive, a liberal share
of public patronage
j Z 1 ,
L..i a I,-, . i 4
june 22r!
TV A
Ja T B ! G.! WES T,
bookseller,
Stationer and News Dealer.
fOLLOK- STREET,,' KEW BERNE, H. C,
t
Keeps copstantly pn hand a good supply of
Schoo4
and Miscellaneons Books.
I . 'I i
STATIONERY,
FANCY AB riCLES,
Also receiver regularly, by every mail, the
latest New York DAILY, WEEKLY and
ILLUSTRATED Papers, Periodicals Ma
eazines, Fashion! Books. Novels, Song
. L - iJ I- '( . I i : ! ' ! ' . -J
Books, &c. ! - . :l " -.
'"SSU'AU orders jbt ; mail promptly filled.
Special discount io teachers and dealers,
' Pictures framed on reasonable terms, and
at sho)rt notice. iiJ j i june 22-ly
Jr "
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I; WHOLESALE; , SEALER '15
GROCERIES
AND:
Staple Dry
Goods;
Boots and
Shi
AND
COMMISSION MERC
AN!
JTI.1MJ 8 THEFT,
ii-l-r
. v.- WasWngton, IT, Ot
Has constantly on hand a full t assort
ment of GOODS in his lineJ Read
i i i i i l I : i
the following list.' and then: call and
see for yourself ;
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150 Barels FtQUR
all grades,- for
WIS WALL, Jr.
50 iarrels CRAKERS and CAKES.
For sale by. " H. W., jr.
I' 60 Barrels MESS PORK heavy. For
sale by . II. jWISWALL; Jr.
2
' l l
-T-!
50 barrels HERRING, for sale by
i- ; '" IH. W. jr.'
Hi
fft f yards prints, assorted, for
bnilU sale by ! ! ' - i 1 1 i
HI WISWALL, jr
25 boies SODA, SiLARA
'US and
STARCH, for sale by
i h , j". I ' '. H.
W
j
55-boxes CANDY and RAISINS,
for sale by
H. W., jr.
BACON, HAMS,1 SLIDES ana
3HOULDERS,
for sale by
H.W.,jr
25 barrels POTATOES, for
sale by
W
jr
12 boxes TOBACCO, for sale by
I H. f WIS WALL, Jr.
r. feb9-iyapro !
25 bags COFFEE; Rio, Laguyra and
Java, for sale by H. ;W., jr. f
30 barrels MOLASSES and SYRUP,
for sale by,
H.!W. jrJ
lOOPLOVyS, 10, 11
for sale bv
Ames' SHOVELS and SPApES,
for sale b 5
II. W., jr.
-r
15 barrels SNUFF;,! LorillaVd.i Rail
Tacturers' prices, byi
naTTtjajiajirr-a. frursai at MMnn.
H.
WISWALL.' j-
Ml S I I I
Horse' and Mule
I by
COLLARS; for sale
II.:W.,:jr.
i ii i i I
25 barrels SUGAR
L all grades, for
sale by '
II. iW., jr.
25 kegs BUTTER
and LjAjRD, for
sale by Hi WlSWAtL, jr
ESSENCE COFFEE,
j tor sale by
H
$5 kegs of NAILS for'sileb'tl'
' !h
iW.
2,000 pounds PLOW CASTINGS,
for sale by ' j , i II ii iv. jr.
WD A Tm vri T A rI,,T3 u
II A. lilU M, X , Oil qiUl
for sale by, u HWjr,
-T7-TT 1
15 dozen BUCKETS aud BROOMS,
or sale by if j HtW. jr.
Parlor MATCHES, for sale by
A Fine SHO W CASE, for sale cheap
H.Wjr.
25. boxes' SOAP, I for sale by
w.
20 boxes CONCtJNTRiED LYE,:
and POTASH, for sale by; p !
; i- - -Jri-Jiittvf--Jr- 1
25 boxes CANDLES, for 'sale by i
." , ! I ;. Milt, w.jr.; -
DRIED BJF and
' !!r!l
BEEF TONGTJES,
... lor sale by jJ.:j '!!li! ! ,
11. W1SVVALL, Jr.
! ' M i j i
No. 1 MACKEREL and-TONGU
and SOUNDS, in Kits1
i i for salt! bv
Hi WISWALL, Jr,
2,500 yards GINGHAMS, PLAIDS,
and a l lilJrJto, lor sale by
Hi
,500 yards broiyri SHTINGS and
SHIRTINGS, for sale by
tl y.,jr
1,500 yards KERSEY! UEANS, SA
TINETS, and: OASSt MERES, ! for
I... . : i i ii t I ill llJ w :-s
sale by
H, Wjr
3,500 pairs BOOTS antf SHOES, for
sale by , j ! i!j! , .
j gH. WfeWALL. Jr.
10 kegs POWpER forlaii by
H. WISWALL, jr
50 bags SHOT, absort
: 9avC t.i!-
' 1 A
58, GO, 4, E. A,
H. W.,jr.
y i
'Y.'ijr
A SAD TALE OF BEAL
A petition for dirorce, filet
. JFE.
filed within
a few days in -the Superior Court of
this city, covers a heart history of . the
most fascinat'ng attraction to helm
agination, and, in giving some of the
details of this striking episode,' it may
be stated that they are most substan
tially true, and may be relied on aa
drawn from the best authority.
In the year 1859, there lhadiua.
'fair and smiling Swiss valley an iu-
teresting family of wealth and culture J
named Junod. A few miles f.om th
City of Neufchated, where the to-
mantic river Sevon makes its c. 5oucA
tire with the beautiful lake, food a
chateau embowered in trees, t I vo$
sessing all the attractions that cit.and
nature could contribute to r ' e?r
leficiTatinlOtome . jwo''-.r-"--found
his sole pride and happiness in
a lovely daughter,! who had just Shot
up to a superb womanhood, that made
her the most admired belle of that
portion of the Canton. The father, a
man of stern, solitary nature, the de
scendant Of a long line oi seigneural
proprietors, who had exercised the
rights of lordship over all the beauti
ful vineyards that bloomed beneath
them, though somewhat fallen from
the state of his forefathers, still nour
ished the feelings of ancestral pride
which, had, always been characteristic
of his race. j ",
j In the lovely Lucie, his daughter,
his nature found free expression of
the deep emotions of fatherly tender
ness. Living in daily communication,
with the most sublime and picturesque
revelationst of Nature, the lofty heights
of the Jura, that lifted their frowning
brows into! the clouds, the wilderness
of vines, rich with fruit and blossoms,
the waving graiu fields, and the spark
ling waters of Lake Neufcha.el, set
like a gem in the hoary hills,: the
y oun g girlj had grow n up, j absorbing
the influences of Nature io her devel
opment, till she stood the fairest ex
hibition of all that nature had done.
Thus reared in all the tenderest in
fluences of! Nature and affection, with
every grace of.eulture and accomplish
ment; that lavish wealth could lend,
what wonder that troops of suitors, fre
quented the chateau. Many, fitted b
rl "wrtlflirty aspire vy u
hand, vainly offered "the tribute ot af
fection. The lady heart was un
touched; land the father's love aid
pride in the only scion of his house
dictated to his ambition a choice far
above an
feet of his
that had yet sued at the
daughter. : . ; ' :j ! .
But the jheart. that failed to vield to I
addresses from an equal rank and sta- i been born in Hanover county, Va., in
tion wasted itself,' as it not rarely does, j 1750. j Born the slave of Thos. Hoop
on wbat was beneath it. In some Of: she bet'ttme at his death lhe Pro
merry makings peculiar to the wine-!
bearing distiicts. in which, by the
um:-uoiioreu r
l : i i . ! . i
equiremcnts ot tradition
all ranks meet together in a common j
jubilee, Mile. Luciemet with a young
mau named Gustave Flotrou, of person
handsome and attractive, and by traJe
a watchmaker, lhe abnegation ot
everything like social distinction ena
bled Flotrou to approach the lady with
a familiarity to which he would other
wise never have presumed. The va
garies of Cupid illustrated themselves
in the mutual impressions they made
on each other, in a ver remarkable
degree. The lady forgot her rank,'
her pride, trie expectations which her
doting father had farmed for her fu-!
ture, and fell blindly in love with the
bumble; watchmaker. He flattered
by j the; preference, dizzied by her
beauty,' and, : not improbably, j still
more strongly attracted by her fortune,
ardently reciprocated. i j
The first meeting, was followed by
many others, of course clandestine in
their nature. ; Her; inflamed fancy,
united to the innocent i experience of
ginnooa, gave mm every opporiunny
tolpress his suit, and he became her
accepted lover. The father still sup
posed that bis daughter's heart was of
virgin freshness, knowing no love but
the pure and lovely affection of a
daughter to her father. The day of
awakening came at last, and his wrath
and agony of spiiit, woundedf both in
its pride its love, can be better imag
ined jthan expressedj The aaughter
was forbidden, undjer the severest
threais, again to see the audacious as
pirant, who had thus smitten the fam
ily peace. The conflict between love
and dutv ended as Mich warfare? com
monly resulti-Copid carried the dav.
f, , , i-, . . . i i '
The .lady's determination as, per.
haps, stimulated by "another condition
! of the imbroglio which has not yet
was possessed
of a fortune of $75,000 in her own
right, which made her
comparatively
independent of all those dements of
choice which would perhaps other
wise have influenced her, decision.
t To condense a Jong jstory, she onv
night made a moonlight flitting with
her devoted swain,' and ere twelve
hourfc had elapsed, thej twain became
one. To avoid the unpleasant cir
cumstances of living ! in a "country
where all the facts were known, and
wtere Fbe might any time meet her
o fife tided father, the couple determined
to come to the land of freedom, where
money j is the principal condition of
esteem and respect. Nine years have
elapsed, and w hat a change has come
over the spirit of her dream 1 The
"trx for whom the gave up all, left a"
pects lo which she might reasonably
look forward, instead of being the de
Voted, affectionate husband, which
her young love in its ardent imagina
tions expected to find, proved accord
ing to her; allegations, to be a brute
and a sot. His lavish expenditure
and reckless pursuit of all kinds of
pleasure gradually dissipated the no
ble fortune she had brought him.
Valuable silver plates which she had
also possessed, were conveyed by jhim
to the silversmiths, and converted in
to funds to pamper his inordinate ap
petite, j The, wifes .wardrobe, and
private jewels, even, were not sacred
to himi but appropriated with brutal
disregard of the feelings of her who
had sacrificed everything to his plead
ings, and who should have been the
apple of his eye. One stroke ot ill
treatment followed another in quick
succession, until Mrs. Flotrou, out
raged beyond endurance, and fearful
of personal violence to herself and hey
child, a lovely little girl cf eight years,
was forced to have recourse to the
final remedy. And thus, yesterday
morning, only: a day or two after the
anniversary of her marriage, nine
years i go, a petition for divorce was
filed in this city ."Chicago Times.
OsLf One Hundred ad Nine
teen Years Old. Keutucky claims
to have a genuine Joyce Heth, the
following : account of! whom is given
perfectly leliablc gentleman." .
14 A few days ago, in company w ith
Mr. John Irvine, one of the oldest
citizens of this county, I visited a very
aged negro moinan who resides on his
farm. Her ua- e is Lucy Thurman.
Indubttible family letorda prove that
j she is now lift years old, she having
Perlv 01 his dangtiter, who marnea
Job n
many
Thurman, The latter lived
years in Lumberlaud couutv,
Ky., and died there. In 1812,! Mr.
John Irvine purchased Lucy, j her
thirteenth' and last child being then
two years pld. She converses about
incidents which came; under her ob
servation during the Revolutionary
war with as much familiarity as we
do about the late war, and remembers
the battle of Yorktown with special
distinctness. While t it was progress
ing, she was plowing in a field within
hearing distance of; the guns, and re
members seeing bodies of troops pass
ing and repassing for many days.
Some of them, she says, en ered the
field and took away the horse she was
working to her plow. ; She is at pre
sent able to walk about, and looking
fleshy and healthy, though her hair
is very white. Until about a year
ago she could thread a needle and sew
without spectacles, but ner eyesight
has since been failing. Her children
are scattered, and she does not know
how many are living, Mr, Irvine,
who purchased her in 1812, is satis
fied that she is 119 years old,'?
How to Purify a Room. jTo pu
rify ai room and all rooms need, it
regularly and oiten set a pitcher of
water in a room, ana in a lew hours
it will have absorbed alUthe respired
gas in it, the air of which will become
pure, but the water utterly filthy.
The cplder the water is the greater
capacity to contain these! gasses. At
the ordinary temperature a pail of wa
ter will contain a pint of carbonate
acid gas and several pints of ammonia.
The capacity, is nearly doubled bv re
ducing the water lo the temperature
of ice. ttence,; water kept in a room
for a while is unfit for use. For the
j reason the water from a pump
'should always be pumped up in the
' xjxx, before any of it is used. The
above proves how careless many of us
are as regards our health.
been mentioned. She
THE EMPIRE OF WOMAN.
In the education of femaiesj you
plant the oak, round which! the ivy
tvvines and aspires , that is the exam
ple which irresistably attracts, I ! yea,
-commands, in the great cause of virtue.
and religion. The women ar
i.
sus-
ceptible of stranger and more lasting
impressions than men,' which will be
obsexved by the almost invariable con
stancy aud fidelity of their attach-
i J' " I i 1 '
ments. ; 'Even the slight tincture of
the serious, which their fashionable
education imparts, is seldom oblitera
ted' by all the hurry and confusion of
life of gaiety and pleasure. (You will
rarely perhaps never seen female,
to whom any idea of religion. has been
communicated from youth up, in her
maturer years entirely abaudou a .'com
pliance, witbany -.'of its external duties,
o'rTnTuiniiBWiniTLy the iaflgnagel
of profaneness and contempt. ,
Generally speaking, there is a fer-
yor iu the soil cf a female whicb jnever
misses sending up what it receives,
be the culture ever so meagre ;' and
when abundant, the return is invaria
bly full and gloiious. We have num
berless examples of women i in 'every
period of civilization and not ja few
cases are mentioned in, the holy writ
that fill us with astonishment at (he
sacred sublimity and heroism of their
characters ; and the history of the Pa
gan world, particularly the austere
and virtuous days of the Grecian and
Romau commonwealths, likewise af
ford the most illustrious proofs that
the subjects of femiuality, wlieu pro
perly educated and directed, can be
more than the rival of man in every
action and in every sacrifice that tends
,i ii
to dignify and exalt the human name.
; ft
We ate glad that this is so, and we
would not have it otherwise, Xe are
heartily glad that womand-kind has
figured so prominently, illustriously,
in very many of the greatest and no
blest achievements of the world's re
formatory movements, both in matters
of religious and secular importance.
Yes. this is indeed, as it should be;
and women exert a potent,! marked,
and universal sphertof prominence in
the world's society, where their moral
and religious training has been looked
alter in early life.-
.Romantic
ISCIDENT
Some
dyitne) a gentlemen named ! Paul Es
cott, a resident of New Orleans, but
formerly living in France, lost his lit
tle son, a lad often years of age, from
a vessel of. the Canary Isiauds. It
was night at the time, and although
every possible exertion was made jto
rescue the boyyet 'we're they! unsuc
cessful, and the litlle fellow was! given
up fdr lost, i Shortly afterward ; the
family came to New Orleans,! and in
time the grief of the parents for the
loss of their son became only a sorrow
liviug iri their memories. He was
dead, they thought, and grief I could
not bring him back to life. jBut he
was not dead. He had got possession
of one of the planks thrown "but to
him, and although missing his friends,
was picked up the' next day by an
English vessel. In this ship he made
a voyage to China, and failing to com
municate with his family on1 his re
turn,! continued in the emyloymentof
the vessel (ot several years, ( At last,
learning the whereabouts of his fami
ly, he reached this city a few days
since, in questof them, j jThe j joy
which the appearance of one they had
long considered ead can. as1 the nov
elists say, be more easily imagined
than described,-. It was like one risen
from the grave, and discloses a series
of incidents as fruitful of romance ! as
often engages the pen of the novelist
and essay est. .
BE OON DOEI KOT NOW SET IN
Alaska, At Sitka, Mr. Seward will
see the sun "standing still,' as it did
in the days of Joshua. South Alaska
is in the latitude olsixt 7ery Uet rly
the same as tLat of Southernmost
Greenland. In that latitude the sun
does not set at all in summer. It re
mains twenty -five degrees' above the
horizon at the hour we call midnight.
The only mode of knowing; there that
it is midnight is, to watih the suu
when it begins to ascend. Fowls go
to roost at 7 p. m., and. repose until
the sun is well up. In winter it is,
of course the reverse, as in the higher
latitudes the sun is not seen for six
weeks. It used to be the boast of
England that on its empire the sun
never sets. Well,1 we have au empire
on which the sun sets only occasion?
ally. iVeur York Timtu
AGRjlCULTU R A L.
r TILIs A SMALL SURFA CE
''-- well.
A prevalent mistake among th
farmers is' to wait until their grass be
gins to "fun out' before they break
up the field and seed anew. If a far
mer has tto little manure he had bet
ter cart wlhat he has on his beot field
and take 4 big crop from that than to
put it on his poorest field to enable it
to yield a moderate crop. It is easi
er to increase a corn crop from j 50
bushels per acre to 89 on good land
than to increase it from 15 bushels to
25 on poojrland. In the first case your
manure gives you a gain of only! 10
bushels. AThis explains why a farmer
with poor land finds it so difficult io
make" prepress, and especially if fait
iaraa' "ly-ayjpiiiii, i t,iu,,
nure nor ifhe labor he applies art near
ly so elective as those of nia neigh
bour witfjicher and better land. ; In
this caseWt is emphatically true that
the destruction pf the "poor is their
poverty, kllence we may incidentally
remark tliat thorough and perfect ma .
nuring aSjmall surface is better, and .
especially n poor grounds than a. ..
small qualitity1 over a large field,
Wliere je eotl is already very rich a ;
little manure will go a great way.
TEMpSrATUEAND MOIST-
t j urf. i f p ''
1 Many ;young I gardeners and' ama- ;
teurs floijinder befogged, attrihuting
failure ofcrops in the garden, or, want
of hea'lthjof plants inth greenhouse,
to bad seeds, uncongenial soil or fer
tilizers,' lvhen.it is much ottener; the
case that the cause is of a totally dif-
ferent i nkture and entirely within .
their 'control. A temperature at which
seeds are; sown and plants grown must
be coiigehial to the nature of the varie-.
ty, else inccess cannot follow, r In a r
temperature at which a poitulaca will
vigoruslyj germinate, a pansy seed
would litf dormant, or at least show a r
ickly existence, and rice cena ; h
Nearly; jhalt of Jthe lima benns sown
annually perish by being sown from'
two to tree weeks too early, by the ,
impatience of our embryo horticultu-
rists. On the other, had, the colder- '
blooded carrot or turnip seed all but
refuse! to' germinate in the sultry days
.f J.,1? ' : 5iHPt?s of calccolana. rine- .
ranas, uoinese primrose Du.,pwi
will germinate more freely and make
better plants, by delaying the sowing,
until the? middle of September .than t
if sown pearlier. Many failures are
attributable to want of knowledge ot ,
this fact,. and without question'tald to
the charge of the seedmau.TieadeT ;
son
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TO KEEP FO WLS HEALTHY.
The way I keep my fowls in health.
I clean out the house once a week .
put woocf ashes undefroots; have iron ,
basins for! them to drink from ; white
wash: inside of hen house with hot
lime ; pu i-little kerosene oil on the
roosb on.ee a month. The main food
is oats,!ahd cake of scraps to pick on.
I never feed but once a day at noon,
or heri I shut them up at four or
five P. M. When they runout, then
fivej-P.iM. When they runout, jt
give (hem all they will eat. In
experience, there is no way to
get
diseased fowls easier than to keep
them'stuffed ; it makes "them lazy , aud (
they won't work as much 'as they ;
ought-fo, to keep in a healthy condi- ;
fionr .':l,!,-'...' i'
L I never had any gapes in chickens, ,
Wheri any fowl begins to droop 1 give !:
three large pills of common hard yel
low soap; ''"tis the best thing to cleanse
a fovji i jknpw of. I follow; it for
three-days give them nothing to eat '
and plenty; of pure water to drink. In
despeae cases, give a half teaspoo - .
ful ot tincture of lobe ii a. It will sel
dom if ever, fail of curing. ! it is a
very cleansing and powerful medicine
for fowls.. C. WheeUt, Foxboro
MasV, in Rural New Yorker. j
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A poor farmer canuot conceal the
fact j that he is a poor farmer . -All v
his Buroundings prlaijm the verdict
against him. His horses, cattle, vvag- j
onS,! harness, plows, fences, ficitU
even his wife and children beat; un- .
mistakable evidence against him ' Oa
the other hand, all' these things wi!i V
testify favorably onj behalf of a good'
; farmer. Every passer-by can I read
this: evidence pro or con. This fm
alone ought to stimulate every farau -
to do his best, for the lah of hii u v. ;t .
character as well as interest lor liej may -
rest assured thatevery passer-by wilt;
probouuee judgment according to thei
It' L' - . J.
evidence.
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