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Till'] CHRISTIAN SUN. l4bli.h»i every Friday, under the direction of an Executive Committee and Kdi'ona. Council appoint ed uy tir SoDTHfcnv Christian Convention. ’ T'sajf*.— I1.S0 per annum in advance. W. B WELLONS, Editor. Ai.r-ilfn Trtjlkt,Junir.kb Buith and E. V. Wat* 10*. corresponding Editors. All communications must be addressed to W. B Wellbns, Suffolk, Va. ■ Office on Kilby Street, opposite the residence of he Editor. No new subscription received and entered on the mail book, unless the cash or Its equivalent shall ac company the order. D. B. DUNBAB. Printer. Ilectm * ALVATION BY GRACE. The soheme of salvation by grace is some times charged with a tendap'Cy to licentious ness. We aro told that it is unfriendly to personal holiness. If such really be the fact It (tl'MI \ 09 V>» rriooi^d. must admit fully, the high paramount, indispensable importance of ho'incss—indespenfcable, as plainly required in tho World of God, and 'entering essentially into the very happi ness ot heaven. VVe are explicitly assured, Uist “without holiness no man sfie^ tho Lord.” Not only so, but system taught in tho Bible is the p»*y system pro ductive of boUneiS. 1,1B are assured that the design of tb- »ctia®e of gospel grace,is the persons’ **iline> s of its subjects. Paul i.i»tessed be the God and the Father Lar Lord Jesus Christ, who hath bles wedus with all spiritual blessings in heaven ly places in Christ, according is He bath mhoson us in Him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and ■without blame before Him iu lovo.” Every wherein the Bible, we find the doctrines of graco guarded from abuse to lioentiousness. True, “there is no condemnation jftthem inly tl ■who are in Christ Jesus,” but o^ly" those are in Christ “whawalk n«t after the flesh, but after the ■ spirit.” Whatever else we may have or do unless we are walking after the spirit—following after holiness—wo'Can have no sufficient evidence that Wo are in Ohrisf, and crhsriquently cannot take to ouiselvesthe ximfort of thoassuranao that to such there is no condemnation. From, the scheme of salvation by grace has grown up this richest mcral Verdure that has ever adorned and blessed any p'or tion'Of*earth. This system has, moreover, berni efficient in training up the most stren uous and successful advocates, and,promo ters of moral pUrity—hidin gs of heart and lire The men who depend for salvation on the righteousness Of Christ alnfle, are the very men who ore evei found in the front ranks of the army of the Lord, war ring with «in in every degree, and all its multiplied form. These are the men who. in our day, are doing most to spread the resign of holiness—the peace and loveliness of raoal purity, throughout the wor-ld.— Thpse are tho men whom God will honor in making them the instruments in sending salvation, with its holiness, .ps a sea of r‘Glory over the entire earth. v The advo Cates of morality need fear no adverse in fluence from-graee. Grace! it is the only hope of the world—tho only hope that vice '‘in all its loathsome and cruel, and fearful forms—will net continue to spring up.into successive and luxuriant crops, from ago to age, while the earth turns on its axis.—N. O. Witness. THE LORD’S PRAYER—ITS UNI VERSAL APPROPRIATENESS. In all countries and times, in all climes and ages, he who offers this prayer prays appropriately. It is alike adapted to all diversities of rank condition. The prince in his palice can offor no better prayer , the peasant who gathers his family within his lowly cottage) for their daily worship, uses it with equal propriety. It equally desoribog/be wants cf the risk an i the poor, of the noble aud the lowly. If you are at home! with your family, it is adapt ed to your condition; if sojourning‘With strangers, it suits yoUr case as will. If you arc prosperous and happy, o mrented and grateful, the feelings of your heart are Well expressed in the words of this prayer, if you are perplexed and sad, dejected and , sorrowful, you cannot do better Ilian to i Seek for the sweet spirit of filial faith and submission which pervades it, Whatever your condition may be ; what* ever afflictions, anxieties, or sorrows you may have, if you can sincerely offer up to God all these petitions, you are happy ; hud if God shall gracton-ly bestow all that Sou thus ask, you will not lack any good liner. This prayor nevor wears out, it never grows old, it never loses its freshness.— You learned it when a little child, lisping Its beautiful phrases one by one* attentive ly taking them from the lips of your moth er. You t-ecite it with no lees interest in the strength of your manhood ; and it will •oothe and comfort you when your head shall be* white, and your voice shall ‘turn again to childish treble ' The Saviour gave it to his disciples •ighteen centuries ago. But with-all the ^ world’s changes, through all the vioissitu des of history, the wants which yet press Upon every human erenturo, the dependant condition in which every human creature should feel, are as well set forth iu this prayer as when our Lord uttered it. It is so in every laud, and it will he so in all ages, until the end of time shall eome. I Is It Hard to be a Christian.—A young man who had recently commenced the servico of God, was asked if he thought it was an easy thing t > be a Christian.— Ho replied, that he did not think it was easy to live a consistent Christian life , but to become a Christian, he thought was the easiest thing iu the world. He was at ted, “Do not the impenitent thiuk it is hard ?’ ‘I suppose they do,’ ho answered, ‘I ur0i to think so, but aa soon as I was willing to give up all for Christ, I found it. was the easiest thing iu the world.’-r-Hp*. BABY’S TIltED. 1ST ADDBI. Baby’s tird : lay him down softly, moth er. Fold bis white hands together ; twine the tendrils of hair around yodr huger,just as you always do,and let him sleep. You needn’t leave nurse with him X there’s a host of watchers round his dainty couch ; a mil lion of airy wings to ,f«u his slumbers ; a countless number pfssfcbands to to him when he wakes. He’s only sleeping. Don’t weep ; you Dover did before, when he went to sleep so sweetly ; why should you now ? What is it? Dead ! 0, no, baby is not dead.— Ho whom God hath taken into nursey of heaven knows not oFdcath. Nothing ktiew ho of sin, therefore nothing of death, or the eternal shades of its sunless land.— When Hebrew mothers pressed about the ‘ Prohet of Nazareth,” ho put his hands on the little one's heads, add said “'Suffer them to come unto me.” The softened accent of those words—the music of that voice-—came down the aisles of .time like the cadence of the south wiud, and the young pilgrim, tired so soon, laid down his staff while yet in the low greon paths of childhood. There let him slumber sweetly ; iaise no frigid monument above his head ; pres3 not the earth too tightly upon his breast. It needs not that graven stone sboultf'be rear ed there. The record of his life is better kept on the mother’s heart leaves than on broken shaft Or Creeping urn. She knoWs when the head boWed, and when the weary hands folded ; she saw the drooping lids close, and the pattering feet gather them selves up to rest. What need ihat sharp edged steel should cut iuto granite the short history of his life ? At most it would only be, ''Tired while yet it is early m"rn.” Plant God’s flowers above the tiny mound; twine there the myrtle—emblematic that oi the love that linked itself with youi* heart fibres—silent messengers that, mutely show their Creator’s inight—lovely monitors that ever point upwafd, aud for *he deW give forth fragrauce. A strauger’s cursory glance at the exquis itely wrought marblo will not prepetuate his memory. Only in loving hearts live remembrances of dear one’., ‘‘gone be,Ore.” - He’s oi.ly tired ; lay him softly to rest The way over the hills oflil’e is steep—the pa h in some places flinty and nigged, the thornes sharp,the sand-hills hot and parch ing. The road locked long to his infant eyes, so he turned back to the arms of his Father, preferring to strike harp with the aegclathan battle for earth baubles, which at best are dearly won. Life’s cup was bitter, even at the brim ; the draught had no charm—no exhilarating pleasure—so he put it from him aud went to sleep. (,'hoke dotfrn the great-sobs, crush back the muruiuribgs of your mother’s desolate heart, and robe yourself to nleet him.— Ask for tho white garments, the staff of faith, and the sandals of patience. Put them not from your feet till the journey be ended ; fail not till the appointed time ; then tired and weary, laydown yout butden and rest. Not for ever in the earth’s green ..bed— not evermore ’neath the vaulted roof, or the flower’s bloom; but where the wicked cease from troubling.; where the King spreads a royal banquet for tho hungry ; whore tho crystalline rivers flow, in whi, h the travel-staiped may refresh ; whero the sacred anthem unceasingly rolls, while jubilant harp strings keep time. There’s rest there for thee and him ; for baby and its mother, lie cannot return to thee, but thou shalt go to him.—Meth Prot. THE WAY OF THE WOULD. Meh swear, gamble, profane the Sab bath, be obscene in speech stid licentious in conduct—they may absent themselves from home and spend whole nights in las civiousness. lust, excess of wine, reviliugs, banquetings and abominable idolatries ; and yet not lose tl. eir place in society, but be rettogniied as .honorable men. But let a woman follow their example, and she is driveif like Eve, from the social paradise. If even the breath of suspicion blow upon her Vestal robe, it is soiled. If she lapse once from the ‘path of Lucifer/ no peni tance, however protracted, can replace her on the pedestral from which shej fell. No tears can wash away tue stain on her fair name. Yon might as well attempt to re construct a broken Vase or tb restore the tints and fragrance of a faded flower 'The white snow lay Oh the narrow pathway ■, Where the lord or the valley crossed over the moor ; And many a deep print white gnSwa tint, Showed the traoks of his footsteps to Eveleen’s door The next aun'a-ray Soon melted away Bvery trace on the path where the false lord come ; But none shall see the day When toe stain shall pass away ; The stain npon the snow of fair Eveleeu’s fame!’ And yet the prond lord will lift his head In society as if he were as pious as an an gel, while the victim of his hellish arts is. like Haiti, a vagabond on the earth And even the virtuous women,who would shrink frnip her presence as from a penitent, will give him her baud and heart, as if he bad never sinned.—Philip Slavghte . CHURCH STINGINESS. It is beyonJ question that the crviug fin of Israel to day is covetou-ne.-s ; stinginess *n the Church is a prevailing epidemic.— VVe can hardly think of another |evil so huge and monstrous as this, which exis ts in well nigh every congregation. It para • lyzcs faith, impairs charity, and null fies hope. It is the real, bard, obstinate hert« ’ »® ewitcnd. It Modem all evangelical el forts at Lome and abroad. It cripples the exertions of pastors in their every attempt > to do good. It renders the growth of per sonal piety impossible in its victim. A stingy churoli-member will let bis heart go ' after its covetoushess, while listening to the most animating discourse, and bis tight flit will choke his conscience, even while it is. gasping for a broath of vital air. He may admire bis minister, and Fed an at tachment for the church in which he is wont to worship, and yet, the moment he is required to show his love for Orist by proper works of benevolefice or charity, ho | straightway takes counsel of his stinginess, j and is seized with a Epastn of economy, which shuts up his heart as closely as a vault, from whioh the light of day is ex eluded. Many pWfessors hire perhaps uc conscious of their mOaim&s in religious matters. If they were, no doubt they would repent, and do works meet for repentance. But uudl they can bo shown, and made by the grace of the Holy Spirit to feel how great their sin in this regard truly is, theft; can be little Iiodo of reformation. Let us, therefore, propose a few questions which professors may ponder, with a view of as certaining whether they are indeed guilty* of covetousness, and chargeable with inex cusable stinginess : 1. Do you believe that you ahd all you possess belong to Christ ? Were you saved by the precious blood of redemption, oidy that you might the more indulge your vwi selfi'hness, or that you might no longer live for yourself, but for Him who died in your stead ? A careful and hobest answer to this enquiry will go far towards deter mining your duty with lespect to religious efforts for the salvation of other*. 2. Are your gifts for church purposes a single tithe of the amount of your expendi tures for luxuries in your own heme? If you have sufficient means to comply with the deman is of fashion, or with the claims of an increasing business, can you give these as reasons for diminishing or with holding your contributions for religious purposes? It is an indisputable fact, that tuHuy professors expend so much upon dress, and furniture, and other luxuries, that they have little to bestow in charity. But, are they blameless ? Is this course consistent with the claims of an enlightened Christian conscience '! 3. ( Do you place yoUrself In debt in or der to grow richer thail you now are, and then plead that because you are in debt you have nothing to give? This is a sub* terfuge very commonly resorted to among farmers. They add to farm,and while the gains ars all the while increasing,still they grow more and more roluctant to aid re li. ious efforts. If there is a little debt on the church, they are unable to help ia re moving it, if the parsonage needs repair ing, it must remain untouched until indi vidual greed has done its perfect work, if missions want assistance, or charitable in terests plead for aid, they must be seen empty away from him, who offers in excuse the existence of debt, which is, in fact, but a real advance tdwarcls increasing wealth. Every pastor-knovrs very Well how the subtte devil of covetousness entrenches himself in the human heart under the above named pretexts. 4. Havb you made it a principle to live for others as well as for-yourself ? If you have, then you wilHmd tittle difficulty in so damaging your affairs as to save a por t on of your weekly gains for the service of God. If you have not, then beware, lest you fall into the error and condemnation of Balaam, the son ofBeor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.—Christian In telligencer. Dok’t Fftfir.—What if the world does not 'go on as smooth^ as you could wish, of what avail is it to bo fretting constant ly, and suffer the cream of existence to run to waste ? You cannot find perfect ion here, and the more you repine aud scold and fret, the more you c.ay, without eith r benefiting yourselves-or tho e around you. ‘ T..ke our advice and don’t fret, a; the little ills of life* Take things by the smooth haudta^laugh away earn, with tho deter mination to possess a merry heart. An honest rnuu is r spected by all par ties We forgive a hundred rude or offen sive things that are Uttered from gpnvio tinny or in the conscientious discharge of a duty. --»-f ’ i- - Suppose a farmer should pray to the Lonl for au abundant harvest, but should not turn over a furrow, would he succeed. Seme mon pray to the Lord to send ou' more rcapeas, when they Lever givo a dol lar. When the devil finis a man idle he sets him to work. Unsanetified wisdom is the dovil’s great est tool. THE DEAD. The dead are the only people that never grow old. There wa9 something typical io the arrestment of time in the case of the youthful miner, of whom we have already spoken. Your little brother9or sister that died long ago remains in. death and in re membrance the same young thing forever. i*. t.utrip^n wears tjiis evening since the left this world Stic writer's sister fifteen years old th»n—she is fifteen years old yet. I have grown older since by fourteen years, but >he has never change] as they advanced; and if G Id spares me to four-score, I never shall tilin'* of her. as other than the youthful creature she faded. The other day I listened as a poor woman told of the death of her first born child.— He was two years old. She had a small washing-green, across which was stretched a rope that c^ne in the middle close to the ground The boy^wus leaning on the rope swinging backwards and forwards, and sbduting with delight. The mother went into her cottage and lost sight of him for a minute, and when she returned the little one was lying across the rope dead. It had got under his chin,bo had not senae to push it away, and he was suffocaed. The mother told m*, and I believe truly, that she bad Sever been the same person since, but the thing which maiuly struck mo was, that though it is eighteen years since then, she thought of her child as an infant of two years yet, it is a little child she looks for to meet her at the gate of the Golden City. Had hef child lived he would have been twenty years old now, ho died, and he is two yet • he will never be more than two. The little rosy cheek of that morning, and the little half-articulate voice, would have be'U faiutly remember ed by the mother had they gradually died into boyhood and manhood, bat that day stereotyped them, they remain unchanged. Have you seen my reader, the face that had grown old in life grow young alter death V the expression of many years siuoe, lost for long, come out etartingly in the features) filed and cold ? Every one has s?en it, and it is sometimes strange bow rapidiy the change takes place The marks of paiu fade out, and with them the marks of age. I once saw an aged lady die. borne sharp pain for nitny days endurance ol a martyr; she had sharp pain to the very last. The were tease and rigid with suffering, they remained so wbilo life remained. It was a beautiful sight to see the change that took place in the very instant of dissolution. The features, sharp many days with pain in that instant recovered the old aspect of quietude which they had borne in health • the tense, tight look was gone. You felt that all the suffering was over. It was no more) of course, than the working of a physical liW) but in that case it seemed as if there was a further meaning conveyed. And so it seems to me when the young look comes hick on the departed Christian’s, face. Gone, it seems to jsay, where the progress of time shall no longer briDg age or decay. Gone where there are beings whose life may be reckoned by centuries, but iu whom life is fresh aud young,, and always Will be so.—Ch so the aged eyes !— Fold the aged bands iu rest! Their owu er is uo longer old ! ’ She bad with the to b ar features 6 EL All. This word, which is used in the Psalms seventy-four times,and thrice in the proph esy of Habakkuk, rnu-t have some sig nificant meaning, and yet there seems to be lilUch doubt in reference to the matter.— It js a Hebrew word, which the traslaiors haVe left as they found it, because they could-not agree as to meaning, The -Tar gun, and most of the meaning of eternally, forever. The voice of the Septuagiut traslation appears to have regarded it as a musical or rythmical note. Horner regards it as indicating a change of tone' JLuhe sou as a musical not equivalent perhaps lo word repeat. According to Luther, and others, it is equivalent t> the exclamation silence! Gesenius says Sclah means, “let the instruments play, and singers stop ’’— Wocher regards it as eqivalent to sursufu oorda! (up, my soul!) Sommer, after examining all the seventy-four passages in Which the word occurs, recognizes in evi ry case “an actual appeal or summons to Je hovah ; they ar.e calls for aid; and prayer to be hoard, expressed either with entire directness, or if not in tbfe imperative, ‘Hear, Jehotoh,’ahd the like, stili earnest addresses to God, that he w'rtid rerncin her and her, eto.” The woid itself he re gards as indicating a blast of trumpets by the priest. Selah itself be thinks is au abridged expression u-e for Hipgaioo, in dicating th&Mf^d:-st-the stringed* iBst™ ments, and Selab,a vigorous blast of.trutn pots. So.no think the word mark the be ginning of a new sentence,or anew measure of verses ; and others, that it joins what follows to that which goes before,and shows to that what has been said deserves always to be rememberfd. Some have thought Se'ah showed the cessation of the actual in piration of the Psalmist, and others,that it is simply a note to iudioate the elevation of the voice ; still others that it is equivalent to “Amen,” “Be it bo,” or “Let it be.” Man would make anything his end and happiness rather than God. Jam into Cartel. TIGUT BARNS. • It requires a bold writer to say a word against barns that are boarded and clap boarded and made as tight as wood and morief nin mst» tliam '•> W«r»p l_"ITT*T'C IV a r I! I . Yet recent occurrence, and the plague that has made its appearance in our most healthy country, induced Us once more to say that cattle may’be kept too warm for their health. The unfortunate Mr. Chenerv, who im» ported four cows from Holland last year, kept th»ra through the winter in stables too close—too warm for their health. Children are often injured by sleeping in chambers too tight. Ail living animals have air. Mr. Chenery intended to take the best care of his imported caws, and he told a friend of ours that his barn was made as tight a? possible to keep the eattle warm. He then said he had ventilators to his barn to let off the foul air. He then added that in cold nights the windows were closed tight, as hi.-)stable keeper told him. Here th n is a case of keeping cattle too c’ose (or health. The cows were sick when they first landed, and this closo keeping had no tendency to aineiioiate or cure the disease. On the other hind it must teud to make the plague worse and worse. Soiii North Breedfield, the breeder of blood stock there had his barns boarded tight and clapboarded. His chief obj ct s* emed to be to keep his stock warm. He suffered more than oth rs with more open barns, and open sheds, ti let their young cattle run free and take the air. These tight farm are not exactly the thing for storing hay. We know of nu merous cases where barns are covered with capbo‘ids, that the hay is not so sweet as where the boards aie put on without match ing < r clapbcardicg. The hay is apt to be musty an l not so good as where the spaces between the boards are left open and the air peunitted to circulate. Then by having barns boarded and not clapboarded we fare an hour or two iu drying the bay. This is often of much const q&ence in hay time. It saves keep ing hay in the field another day. As to the warmth of ealtle in winter there need be no difficulty when barns are set in a proper position. Let the hay mows be ou the north and west side—and cut down the ui iws in such a manner that no wind will come in through the mass piled up. When the w’nd echnot d -aw through the ieanto, or cow tie; the cattle wdl be warm enough. Keep the north and west sides warm and tho cattle w.ll not suffer in cold weather. Free air is essential to health The lungs of all created beings must have air, ! and the more pure the better it is for the i lungs. Hut let us reflect that eattle tied in a stall, among their own filth," must rgqu re. for health a more tree*’circulation .than peo pie require iu their bed-chamber.—Afuss, Ploughman. . * _;___; HOW TO JUDGE A* HOUSE. A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer contrai il/to o’d maxims, undertakes to judge the chura ecr.of a horse by outward appearances, an i ofK-rs the following sug gestions, as the result of his close observa tion and long experience : If the color b ■ light sorr-l or ehesuut, his feet, legs and face white, these are marks of kindness. If lia is broal and full Between the eyes he may be depended on as a horse of good sense, aud capable of being trained to any thing. ___ A8 reap ects such, uursus tuc inure kiuu ly you treat them, the bettor you will be treated ia return. Nor vid a horse of this 4escriptioa stand a whip if well fed If you want a safe horse, avoid one that is dishad faced ; he may be so far gentle as riot to scare, but he will hare too much go-abead in him to be safe for everybody. If you wint a fool, blit a horse of great bottom, tret a deep bay, with not a white hair about hiui; ifhisiaeoisa little dish ed, so much the worse. Let. no-man ride >uoh a horse, who is not au alept in riding —they are alwavs tricky aud uusafo. If you want one that will never give out, never buy au overgrown ouo, A Mark borse cannot stand heat nor a white one eo'di If you want a gentle horse, get one with ULOXC.QX- le.iS white about him—the more tire belter. Many suppose the parti-c'd mod horses belonging to circusses, shows. &o., are. Selected for their oddity. But the selections thus made are on account of great! docility and gentleness. Cohn Feist.—If you have cold feet; im merse them morning and evening in o Id water, rub with a rough towel, and run about your room t II tin y burn. Iu one month yon will bo entirely relieved; All these red popper and mustard applications aro like rum to the stomach, relieve you to-day, but leave you colder to-morrow.— Dr. Lnext. ADVERTISE AD VERTISEJfEJJTS not tnco character or the paper, *111 be In lowing rates : One sqnare of 10 lines—1st inset For each subsequent insertion.. One square e months...'.*. One square 12 months.-... jj. Over and less than one square, in pit. above rates. Advertisements to be changed weekly,? * according to agreement. Yearly adv 'required to pay qnarteily or searf-mrj aient advertisements to be paid for on JOB WORKv Jon Pr.ivTivo of all kinds executed with -RV ness and despatch. A NEW EREtiD US’ SHEEP. A report has lately been made to th% Society of Acclimation of Anima's, in Ldfii (loo, of a now breed of, or, at least,ftoiiM|!! J resembling sheep, except in lize found Vfl countries adjacent to the Punjaub, in IA-I dia. The animals are called Purik sheepi; I and are tbo most dimunaiive- of tfarp Dni t’umlly, tha fu!l«rown ones being no*] than laiubs of a few weeks old: Tbo Pnrt sheep has small bones, a fleshy carcase, ith mutton is excellent, and it yields thre pounds p r year of very ffne wool, ewes generally give twp- lambs a The great advantage of this over othd breeds is its Jomest c habitg—living around the cotages as quiet as a house dog, kncl feeding upon all sorts of waste garbage; scraps of frfl't, vegetables, crumbs of bread; shreds that are frequently wasted, eating | thorn from the hands of any one who offers. It is thought that the Purik sheep would be suited to the climate of Eagland; aiid exactiy adapted to the wants of many 'cot tagers. If so, it also would suit many in this country'. Tt would bt! a great obejei to get an auitnal to consume the kitched garbage, less objectiouable that tha hog,add the flesh of which would afford a met'd wholsome food to the common people, tdd many of whom live so far Us mbit is bod^ oerncl, almost exelii-ively upon pork. is supposed tha' kind of sheep would tnakd rather interesting ptts, of which childred would be particularly fond ; and weapprOVA anything that would be likely to displaeA worthless dogs in their affections, and a! the same time add to their happiness-. GRINDSTONES Perhaps there is no farm implement which is more useful and so little esteemed as thd ! grindstone. If it was kept under sheltef and otherwise properly taken care of one of these instr intents should last almost a man’s life-time instead of wearing out in a Fe# years. No grindstone should be exposed to thd weather, as it only injures the wood work, but the sun’s rays harden the stone so much asiu time to render it useless ; Beithef should it be run in water, as the part re1 maiuing in the water softens so mtibh thil it wears away faster than the other side; and many a “soft place” in a stone ,baS arisen from this cause at, no, and ndl front any inequality in the grit. The pfopd£ war is to allow the water to drop on thd - stone, as it is needed, either from A cits! iron water cup,or (what answers v8ry well) an old white-lead keg,supported atiovd the stone with a spile near the bottoril| which can be driven iu when not needed, and if kept filled with water will last a lodpj lime. Finally, the stone shduld ndt be allowed to get ,!out of round,” as uO tool can be properly groutil unle>s the stolid runs true ; if it should become uneven, g£t some one to tnru it, and with a nail rod laze it down until it becomes perfectly round. Greasy or fusty tdols should be | well cU aned before grinding or they will choke up ih‘ grit. If this should occur, * little sharp sand and water on a board ana kept against the stone while turmn|f,wilt clean it off and sharpen up the g; it. now TO GROW PEACHES EVERlf YEAR. The fallowing by a correspondent of thd Ohio Cultivator, is worth atrial by all peach growers: , , , * “ Procure your- trees grafted upon tad wi!d„plum stock. The trees partake of the uature of the plum, being hardy, and will never winter kill, and putting out kite Id the spiint; will never be injured by thd frost, and it is a certain preventive againdi «. the working of tbo peach 'grub, while the ; natural life time of a tree is beyond that of our own ; so you may depieud upon peach es every year, and for a long,period of timd without the destructive and discouraging influence attending, the growth of the coma it,di teich. They can be obtained for from fifty to seveuty five cents per tree, and yod had belt r pay five tiroes that anlqunt thad uot to obtain them,and be certain cf peach* os every yt ar. Try it, and our word fpl? it, you will be satisfied with the results Usefulness of Soot —This article id often wasted, being thrown into tho ash heep, or dumped otr the ground ft ibdha back door, and no use made of it/ Both science and experience show that i^is a val-1 uable manure. If used as a top-dressing to grass, it produces a marked effect. When sown broadcast, some ot its ammonia bo-* comes voializod, and is wasted iu tho at-* ■nosphere.- Therefore, it should be mixed '] with water, aud applied aw liquid manure. - qoarte-ot- soot to a hogshead of water make a powerful -fertilizer. It may | be applied tc peas, asparagus,, strawberries; raspberries, and to nearly all growing ciojs - If farmers and card- nrrs more generally considered that ad fertilizers aro more uso ui, when first reduced to a liquid state, they would take trouble to briDg various manures into this condition before apply-* I iug them. Ginger Bread.—Four cups of floors three eggs, oue of butter, two cf sugar,on# of cream, sal, giug>-f, nutmeg.
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 21, 1860, edition 1
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