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t SELECTIONS.
Are You Renily.
“What do you mean by this question ?”
’Tlifere la a great event before you—its
mrrival is certain ; but it is utterly beyond
L your power to ascertain at what hour it will
karrive. Ten or twenty years may elapse
.bSVjjtro 'its arrival—perhaps not as many
niinutps. Somo have expected if dong, but
it still delays. Millions have put. it far off,
but it has burst unexpectedly upon them
'This is a most momentous event. It will
sunder all your relations to the present
world ; it. will break every tie of mortality;
strip off every disguise ; expose every error
y-aud deception; bring out to light your
' whole character, even to every secret thing;
•' present, you before a just and holy Judge,
and introduce .you to an unchangeable con
dition of joy or sorrow. "'This event is
iDeath : and the question is, “Aro you
ready to die ?”
•‘Who asks this question-?” Your
Maker. He does it in liis Word One of
the grand objects of that blessed'volume is
to enable you to give it an affirmative an
swer. Bv judgments and by mercies does
Eis holy providence press this matter upon
>u. Your own , rational nature does the
me. When reason''and conscience are
ipermitted to speak, they urge attention to
ithis great concern. Dispel from your mind
the delusive charms of this world:; press
your way out of a torrent of cares or pleas
ures which sweeps every serious thought
away ; rebukes every other appeal and let
that on]y be heard which the unblinded
reason and tbo unseared conscience make,
and you will perceive that this inquiry is
solemnly addressed to you.
“Why ask this question?” ’ Because
none can bo conceived of so much imnor
tance. Because, disturbing man’s sinful
mind as it does, they are not disposed to
press it honestly and earnestly upon them
selves. Because an honest, serious, en
lightened decision of this question may he
of everlasting benefit to your -soul. Bo -
•cause, amid the burry of business or whirl
of pleasure, you .may at this boar need
something to lead you to ^consider your
character and eternal prospects. Because,
if the subject which this question urges
upon you is not. attended to, tbo soul will
'be lost.
“Why ask me this question ?" 15ecau.se
it respects interests of yours of infinite value
—interest in fearful peril, if you cannot
answer this question in the affirmative.—
Because this question is suited to arouse
attention to what you may have totally
.neglected. Because you may be the very
ipereoo.of all living who most needs such an
appeal; 'being, perhaps, the victim of a
'false hope, or of a fatal error, and borne
(farther and farther every day from God by
'fbe growing power of sin. Because it is of
definite importance that you make a correct
(decision of this question. And especially
'because .the next bosom pierced by the dart
of death may be your own.
“But I au> in health, in tbo fulness of
,niy strength, why press this matter so earn
estly upon me ?” You are just the person
to be addresed. If you lay upon a dying
bed, life’s lamp expiring, and all your
powers sinking into ruin—ifyouhad reach
ed such a point unprepared, had crowded
this great work into that most unfit hour,
there would be scarce the slightest prospect
,'tbat any appeal would avail.
(Once more, the question. Are you ready V
■though asked now in .terms of affectionate
'earnestness, will not be asked by that un
relenting dostroyer Death. He asks no
;man if be is ready. He .drives bis dait
alike (through (the ready and the reluctant
souls. Furnished or unfurnished for the
world to.oome, it .must obey the dreadful
.summons. Reader, by all that is biassed in
a death of peace and hope, be entreated to
regard the solemn expostulation of -your
Lord: “Bo ye also ready ; for in such an
hour as ye think not, the Son of Man
oometh.”— The Christian.
Only Jesus.—I love to feel the Sabbath
coming, but. cannot bear to awake and find
it gone. J3ut yet Jesus is my every-day
^febbath, and in him X find happiness aud
all the year, wheo
- all X want,
He also purohnseo ^ any g0o(j
Savage, on the oornerl '7" 6 ,
Washington siLk oF iar a11
bis recently been eret®eav6a ^e'
Any person desiring to porebai
fortable house in Suffolk, for a sinal
would do well to read the adyertj^
IX. C. Weils, in this weeks issn
Sun, The placo IS desirable as a i
and as a place of business.
fn* Frientjs of Temperance
in*etestih|r tueefCng last Monday
A bolter is expooted next Monday
Mb. Wiiitmkll Jones informs u:
has purchased the Western lot, t
street, for $8301
Do you want a good boggy, gee
«aent in another column 1
A good business stand is adve
to-days pBpor—on. Washington S(ju
Take Heed to Thyself.
BY PREST. CHARLES 0. FINNEY..
‘PTake heed to thyself, ftt,d to the doctrine,
continue in them, for in doiap this, thou shalt
both save thvgelf and them thut hear thee.— 1
Tim. iv. 16.
I am not going to preach to preachers,
but to suggest oerlain conditions upon which
the salvation promised in this text may be
secured by them.
1st. See that you ore constrained by love
to preach the gospel, as Christ was to pro
vide a gospel.
2d. See that you have tlhe special in
ducement of power from on high, by the
baptism of the Holy Chost.
3d. See that you have a heart, and not
merely a head-call, to undertake the prea
ching of the gospel. liy this I roeau, be |
heartily and most intensely inclined to seek
the salvation of souls as the great work of
life, and do not undertake what you have
uo beartto do..
4th. Constantly maintain a close walk
with-God.
5th. Make the Bible your book'of books.
Study it much, upon your knees, wailing
for divine light. • ,
6th. Beware Of learning on commen
taries. Consult them when convenient :
hut judge for yourself, in the light of the
Holy Ghost.
7th. Keep voursc-lf pure-—in will, in
thought, in feeling, in word and in action.
Stb. Contemplate much the guilt and
danger of sinners, that your zeal for their
salvation may be intensified.
9th. Also deeply ponder and dwell much
upon the boundless love and compassion of
Christ for them.
10th. So love them yourself as to be
willing to die for them.
11th. Give your most' intense thought,
to the study -o( ways and means by which
you may save them. Make this the great
and intense study of your life.
12th. Refuse to be diverted from this
work. Guard against every temptation !
that would abate your interest in it.
13. Believe the assertion of Christ that
he is -with you in this work always and 1
every where, to give you all the help you
need.
14th. “Ho that winnetb souls is wise
and “if any man lack wisdom, let him ask
of God, who giveth to all men liberally and
upbraideth not, and he shall receive
“But let. him ask in faith.” Remember,
therefore, that you are bound to have the
wisdom that shall win souls to Clrrist
'15th. Beiog called of God to work, make
your calling your own constant argu
ment with God for all that yea need for the
accomplishment of the work
10th Be diligent and laborous, "in sea
son and out of season.
17. Converse much with all classes of
your hearers on the question of their salva
tion, that you may understand their opin
ions, errors and wants. Ascertain their
prejudices, ignorance, temper, habits, and j
whatever you used to know, to adapt your j
instruction to their necessities.
18th.' See that your own habits are in all j
respects correct ; that you are temperate in !
all things—free from th'o stain or smell of
tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or anything of
which you have reason to be ashamed, and
which may stumble others.
19. Bo pot “light-minded,” but “set!
.the Lord always before you ”
20. Bridle your tongue, and be not giv- 1
en to idle aud unprofitable converstion.
21st. Always let your people see that
you are in solemn earnest with them, both
in the pulpit and out of it; and let not your
intercourse with them nullify your serious
teaching on Sunday.
22d. Resolve to “know nothing among
your people”—“savo Jesus Christ and him
crucified and let them .understand that
as an ambassador of Christ, your business
with them relates wholly to the salvation of
thoir souls.
23d. Be sure to teach thorn as well by |
example as precept. Practice yourself what j
you preach.
24th. Be’ especially guarded in your in
tercourse with women, to raise no thought
or suspicion of the. least impurity in your
self.
25th. Guard your wtalc points. If nat
urally tending to gayety and trifling, watch
against occasions of it in this direction.
26th. If naturally sombre and unsocial,
guard against moroseness and unsooiability.
27th. Avoid all affectation and sham in
-tow. <■ . . . i I
e a oom
1 family,
ejneut ot
i of the
esjdcn.ee
■Jvyou profess to be, and j
‘ ‘-make j
citizen o.
had an
l Veiling.
jveuiug.
that ho
u Kilby
An old and respeotabli
county, named T D. Worsham, o
suicide on Wednesday by cutting li
wjtli a razor.
Captain Raaduc-U a pr
and ’iiiuoh'esteeine'd citizen of C
county, died on Thursday last, at
vanned age of eig lit,v, years.
dvertis
tised in
are.
Died at tlie Virginia Military 1
November 20th] 1871. Anderson Dh
familiarly known us.' Old Judge,” f
years the Institute baiter. f
It is thought (hat there will b
neighborhood of two millions of d
(he Virginia State Treasury by tl
January.
At the Hour of Death.
A famHy in the village where the writtr
lives recently lost two daughters. The
elder, Darned Clara, died in the winter, or
early spring ; the younger, ,Darned Anna,
died in the summer.
Anna was spending her last moments ir, |
talking about her teachers and companions,
whtn suddenly, looking upward with an
expression of jny and surprise,, she ex- j
claimed, “Clara! Clara! Clara 1” and after
a few moment’s silence, in which she 1
seemed to behold her departed sister, she '
died. C
The girl was a mere child, and the-cir
cumstance, which was related to me by one
of her teachers, Ict'tg) pleasant impression
on my mind, I mentioned it to a friend a
magazine writer psychologic. He related
the circumstances of the dca*h of a little
boy in a neighboring town, who had seen
St thought he bad seen a similar appeal*
| ance. The boy talked reasonably on or
dinary subjects, but insisted that his little
brother, who had died, had come to him,
and be was then among the 'family.circle in
the room. “Do you not see him father?'*
he exclaimed, with emphasis.; “1 can see
him now : he is there !”
j\either of these children knew anything
of what is called- spiritunli&rp,, one! neither
understood that the hour of death had
come.
Were these visions the effect of a delirious
mind—acr/ri somnia vana—or were they
realities. Is there some expansion of the
faculties at the hour oTdeath that enables the
spiritual eve to discover the celestial world
and its mysteries ? Is there truth as well
as poetry in W^Her’s famous stanza?
‘lThe soul’s dark cottage, battered at.d decayed.
Lets in new light through chinks that time has
I Stronger by weakness, wiser men become
As they draw nearer their eternal home :
Leaving the old, both worlds at once thev view.
That stand upon the treshold of the new.”
It, is easy to raise these questions; it
is impossible to answer them. But, aside
from any discussion of the truth or fallacy
of such appearances, Hie data themselves
are interesting ; aud I have collected from
various authors a number of them, which
the reader may interpret according to his
faith or scepticism.
The protomnrtyr Stephen beheld God’s
glory and died, and in all ages have there
been tlwse- who hare supposed that they
saw celestial visions at the parting hour.
“The celestial city,” said Payson, “is full
in my view.’’ “This,, is heaven begun,”
said Thomas Scott. “I breathe the air
of heaven,” said Stephen Gano. “I have
been,'” said Walker of Truro, “upon the
wings of the cherubim.” “Christ—angels
—beautiful—delightful!” were the last
words of Dr. Hope. “I not only fooj^he
climate, but I breathe the ambrosial air of
heaven,” said II. S. Go|ding, “and I shall
soon enjoy the company. “I see things ;
that are unutterable,” said Rev. Mr. Hol
land. “I see the New Jerusalem,” said
Norman Smith. “They praise Him ! -they
praise him ! What glory ! the angels arc
waiting for me !” said Dr. Bateman. “Oh, ,
those rays of glory !” said Mrs. Clarkson.
“Oh, the greatness of the glory that is
revealed to me !” said Lady Hastings. “Do !
you see,” said Edmund Auger, “that
blessed assembly who await my arrival?—
Do you hear that sweet music with which
holy men invite me, that I may henceforth
J>e a partaker of their happiness ? IIow
delightful it is to be in the.socioty of blessed .
spirits I Let us go ! W.c must go ! Lot
me go!” |
Looks, as well as words? often express
triumph in death. Some one says of the
Countess of Seafield, after quoting her las.t
prayer : “With these words she closed her
eyes, and seemed to all present to be yield
ing up bur breath. But in a little timo she
opened her eys again, and wRk an air, as it
seemed, of joy an 1 wonder, she continued
looking upward with a fixed gaze for nearly
half an hour. Those present were not a
little affeoted, both with her last words and
her last look."
The countenance of Mrs. Rowe bore wit-j
nesa that she was receiving remarkable '
manifestations from the unseen world. She
said, with tears of joy, that she had ex
perienced such happiness in dying that “she '
knew not that sho had felt the like in all
her life.” ^
The dying expressions of the face of Jean ;
Paul Richter are described by his biogra- i
pher as having been exceedingly lovely : i
“About six o’clock the physician entered.!
.liichter yet appeared to sleep : his features
omonT^ every moment holier, his brow
is throat
eminent
'ampbell
the ad
[nstitnte
indridge
or many
e in the
nllars in
>e 1st of
aly, but it was cold as marble )
and, as the tears of his wife i
remaiued
llfiSa^ion became less regfilar,
then rfHfcfcjiS calmer, more heav
his instruiiientoS'i’1'
or ‘perhaps u sisjer or a brother :
might »
* ‘RkmKMijiiii jr.*>w tjvy Creator in t
of thy youth., whitfc thfe e^il days co
nor the years draw'pijjh wimn th
aay, I have no pleasur’d in them.”
He who can suppress a moment
may save maDv days’ sorrow.
Klcinents of Success in Sabbath I
Schools.
At the inauguration of .the Sunday school
Institute of St. Paul Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Cincinnati, October Slat, 1871, j
Rev. James K. Gilbert delivered an address
on the “Elements of Success in Sunday
schools,v of whicfi the following, published
in the Cincinnati Gazette, is an abstract:
The all-absorbing question of the limes
among Suuday-schinds teachers is not. “Is I
the Sabbath-school a valuable agency ?”
i That question was answered affirmatively
. many years since. Hut the earnest mind I
everywhere is now enquiring, “How may
we gather in the children ? How shall we
retain them when gathered in ? How may
we properly instruct them when retained V
How may we bring them to Christ and
nurture them for heaven ? In a word, how
may we succeed in our Sunday»sflhnoi
! work ?’7 ^X# these questions we answer,
; There are four elements of success growing
, out of the nature and wants of the institu
tion. These are :
1. The financial element. Like every
| other human institutior, trie Sunday-school
needs, motley,, ^As in every other enter
i prise, failure and success depend largely
upon money. This point was variously'
illustrated and enforced.
2. The social element. A school is an
j assembly of children and adults under such
circumstances os demand sympathy and
Sociability, so that all w ill feel at borne,-—
If teachers and superintendents give atten
tion to this fact they may win the affection"
of all, and make the place highly attractive. |
Otherwise the children will be repelled.
3. The literary clement. This institn- !
thin is a school, not a mere assembly. It
is a place for instruction. To instruct, one 1
must possess knowledge of God's word,
; child nature, and the art of teaching. In
this day it is especially important, since the
. children are now intelligent, and are for
five days of the week under the care of ex
perienced educators. 'Ye ipust inaugurnte
means for the literary culture of teachers if
we desire success.
4. The religious element. This institu
tion is not merely a school, hat a Sunday
| school; not a place for instruction, but an
j evangelizing and Christianizing means.—
■ It is not mind dealing with mind, but heart
with heart. Hence an absolute necessity
for a tlepp ail-pervading, and omnipotent
| Christian experience.
These four elements, properly combined,
will bring success to our Sunday-schools
everywhere.
Dancing.
j I>t\ Eadie, one of the best biblical schol
: ars of the age, says hat from a collection
j of all the passages in Scripture that refer to.
dancing it may bo inferred :
1. That dancing was a religious act, both
in true and idol worship.
2. That it was practiced exclusively on
joyful occasions, such a3 natioual festivals
er gn at victories.
3. That it was performed on such occa- j
sions only by one of the sexes.
4. That it was performed usually in the
day time, in the open air, in highways, in J
Selds and grove*.
5. That men who perverted dancing from I
a sacred use to purposes of amusement were
deemed infamous.
0. That no instances of dancing are |
'cund upon record in the Bible, in which ;
he two sexes united in the exercises,
either as an act of worship or amusement. I
7. That there is no iustaoce od record in'!
the Bible, of social dancing for amusement, j
except that of the “vain fellow” void of j
shame alluded to by Michal; of the religious j
families described by Job, which prpduced j
increased impiety and ended in destruction; j
and of Hcrodias, whfeh terminated in the
rash vow of Herod, and the murder of
John the Baptist.
If these points sum up all that the Bible I
saysiu auy way upon this subject, as Dr. ;
Eadie affirms, they should be carefully pre- !
served by those who have occasion to meet
the arguments adduced in favor of the dance,
It is always well to- know just what the
Bible does say on these subjects, and if it says
nothing Jo ascertain the reason if possible
for the silouce.
“There is no greater mistake.” says an |
eminent .divine, "than to suppose that Chris- j
tians can impress the world by agreeing
with it. No 1 it is not conformity that we ]
want; it is not being able to beat the world j
in its own away ; but it is to stand apart,
from and above it, and to produce the im
pression of a holy and a separate life : this
only can give us a true Christian power.”
who is tod busy to find time, for pray
cr is busier than God asks him to be, and
the fruit of such labor is a poison unto
death.
be nay
ne hot,
111 Shalt
a anger
the mart who would go to hoav
i could, and I will show you
^er bo admitted there.
&0.
Guidcl^^shim' that the world
Cents, to 1^^. .
-Not a qd^sUaD
of 1871. JkcMr
u«il
nov243t
Finding Fault.
•How much easier to find fault limn to
remedy the same. - How much easier to
find fault with others than with ourselves.
Those who are most ready to pick open the
perceived faults of others are most apt to
conceal their own. I have known men to
be ,most lavish in the presentation of the
faults ofj other5, when if there had been so j
much lack iu piety as to have permitted
retaliation, faults more flaming than some
folks would admire would appear.
vSome men think that it displays wisdom
l and accute smartness to tell others of their
many short comings, but it displays a mor- I
bid appetite for producing unpleasantness
and sorrow in other’s hearts that often do
■ stroys the very main-spring of usefulness.
Every body c-aunot take charges following
1 charges, displaying an animus of intended
nbaje: Soiufi men c;in and do throw it tff
easily, but not so with all. We should
always be careful with onr reproof. I
knew a young minister to be driven off
| while promise stood out on every hand,
just by the exacting, fault-finding or criti
cism of one old man ami minister.
Who is it when they have done their
best, with the best of motives, that can en
joy a boiling hot bath once a month or
; oftener V Who that with motive pure as
j the heart can claim, want to have those
motives impugned ? Who is it that car:
love the rule that blames for that you never
done ? Yet these things come and Jesus
f'hns given his children grace to endure
them if they only trust him faithfnll’y.
Many times we have seen brethren who
are so insensible to their own imperfections |
j that they, poor souls, think they are not
doing their duty unless they are instructing
their brethren about their short-comings.
Yes, they study how pretty they can set off
; a brother’s errors so as to wound him
deepest. Now, my brethren, such a course
of conduct with all sensible peopled? per
I feetly despicable, and not only injures the
current of love to the Heart of others, but
worst and most of all cuts it off from our
I own hearts. Some ot us are unfit to evc-n
correct a brotbor’sjpersonal faults, because
we know Dot how to do it. without giving
| offence.
j Let a person think you mesft to insult
|- him or show your superiority over him. and
j you drive the good feel ngs he might pos
1 sestf for you away, and ail you say falls to
the ground disregarded, and well it might.
* Too many of us can only see as far as the !
! immediate pkun before us is cleared, and ;
i lienee not qualified to te$t the merits of j
others beyond
It is much sweeter and heavenly for us
! to help each other, to upbuild each other,
' to encourage each other, to love each other,
| to cheer each other, and not seek occasion .
j to give vent to personal or general dis
like.
Rules for Promoting Brotherly Love.
1. To remember that wo are subject to
failings and infirmities of one bind er other.
2. To bear with and not magnify each
other's infirmities.
3. To pray for one another in onr social
meetings, and particularly iu private.
4. To avoid going from house to house,
for the purpose of bearing news, interfering
with other persons' business.
5. Always turn a deaf ear to any slan
derous report, and to lay no charge brought
against any person uiifil well founded.
G. If a member be in fault to tell him !
first in private, before it is mentioned to
others.
7. To watch against a shyness of each
other, and to put the best construction on
any action that has the appearance of oppo
sition or resentment.
* S. To observe. thg-jula-of—Solomon-—that—
is, to leave off contention before it be med
dled with.
9. Ifa'inember has offended, to consid
er how glorious, how God-!iko, it is to for
give, and how. unlike a Christian it is to
revenge.
10. To remember that it is always a
grand artifice of the devil to prompt distur
bance and animosity among members of the
churches; aud we should therefore watch
against everything that furthers lus end
11. To consider how much more good
we can do in the world at large, and in the
church in particular,when we are all united
in love, than we could do when acting
alone, and indulging a contrary spirit.
12. Lastly, to consider the express in
juncttpns of Scripture, and the beautiful
example of Christ as to these' important
thiags.—rEphesians, iv, 32: 1 l’eter, ii, 2;
1 John, x.iii, ft, 36.
"It sEouTiTheootno our study as ranch as
possible to narrow the neutral which stretch
es its quagmires between truth and ialse
hood, so that the boundaries of these dis
j cordant potentates.may he defined.
I 4 When yon see a man with a good deal of
( religion displayed in his shop window, you
limy depend upon it he keeps a very small
stock of it within.
FARM AND GARDEN.
Thinking vs. W'orkiivg Farmers.
It is a mistaken idea 1 many people have
that farming is a branch- of business that
requires bet little forethought: think if a
man has a well developed body, so that he
different kinds of work without much fa
tigue. such a person will answer fop a farm
er. If he 'gees to market with a load off
produce, ho will take whatever price is of
fered him, whether it. is the market price
for the commodity or not, as he is not. posted
on the rise of pioduee, for he thinks it age
less to take newspapers and spend a little ■
time reading the market reports, as pome of
his neighbors do; for by going to the corn
ers he can get. all of the reports and news
that he Wants. If he sells his grain or woo!
to a country speculate/, perhaps that dealer
will taKe the advantage of him(if he knows
that the seller i3 an illiterate person) to the
amount of several dollars on one single
transection, enough to pay for several cewsl
1 papers a year or more. He does not like
j the idea of taking, papers, for his boys and
girls do not work cs well: they may want
to read what is goin/en, and in short, tlm
. advantages he did not. he docs nut want hi
: children to -enjoy.
The above described person lias always
raised wheat, instead t-f the other kinds of
■grain, and does not know which is the most
profitable—corn oats, flax, peas, rye.r-r
buckwbeat. lie never took the trouble to
keep an accurate account of the expenses of
raising the different kinds of ‘produce sepa
rately, as ho does not believe in back farm
ing, and has always raised as pood crons as
his neighbors A and I!., say they mast
take agricultural papers so as to k- :p post
ed. By a little forethought the thinking
farmer in -January has his plan9 all matur
ed ier the year; has his rails split,, or
boards drawn for a new fence, or where it
wants repairing; sends his teams after
plaster if it must bo hauled far, so as to be
ready to sow it early ; hauls out manure to 1
a distant field on his farm, piling it in one
or two large piles where he intends to put -
corn, or having it well rotted to he spread
on his wheat ground ; firstly drawing oae .
1 kind of manure and then another, making
| a flatfish pile at first, for by so doiug it will
get thoroughly mixed. New gates are
made to take the place of old ones or bars :
seed grain is thoroughly cleaned for sow- :
ing
The thinking farmer has his Iambs come
earlv, so as to sell for high figures; feeds
his hogs a little corn with the milk from the j
dairy during the summer, having them
ready to slaughter when most of other peo
ple just begin to think about fattening their j
pork. The former person realizes twelve •
dollars per hundred, and the latter seven
dollars and fifty cents.
If a man has several son9. all bright and
active .but one, thatrft^e must he made a'tar
mer ;f the others are not, as the father1
thiuks that by giving them all equal starts
in life, the one selected as a- farmer will
manage to make a living, perhaps, and a
pretty poor one at that, if a mortgage is not
foreclosed on his farm in a few years ; then
he will condemn farmers and farming.
The farming community have too many
Such farmers that engage in the bussness,
and do not know what they aae tusking, as
they “’go it on the blind.” allowing rue to
use the-expression. What would a farmer
think of a banker, merchant, or dealer of any
kind, who could not tell him what his ex
penses were, and how much he had made tie:
past year ? He Would say at once that be
was not tit for his .business. So will I say ;
jn regard to many farmers: they Jo not
read aud think enough , do not understand
.as-ukey-.-ought,—cdn+w-i-Hte-a—farmer, mqr*
chant, doctor, lawyer or divine that is a
thinking men, and I will show’you a person
that will succeed in business if he has;
health —E. L. />. in the Rural Xct:
Tor hr.
MaSBUE.—On off days, when the'hands
and teams cannot he otherwise employed,
they may be profitably engaged in cleaning
up the stable*, stock lots, hog pons, fence
corners, ash-hoppers, etc., gathering the
proceed/-in a well-sheltered manure' pit,
and hauling, to mix with them, all the
leaves and other ‘‘trash which e.in bo con
verted into manure. i\ here this work is
regularly done “guano drafts are never
excessively onerous.
Parsnips.—Fig only those needed for
market or for winter use. These are the
-cheapest roots-to keep for spring feeding,
though tbo-market-priee i»-rrs!TaH*rii!!®yh
that few can afford to use them for that pur
pose. They are the best milk producing
feed wo know of, especially if fed with a
few quarts of oil cake'or corn meal.
Fences.—From this time until the.ness
year, every opportunity should be -taken to
I build fences where they are needed, and ro
| pair them where they are defective. Fateb
i ing here and there is not what wo rattan.
Management ol Laying Fowls in Small
it ix ns.
I r.n Constantly hiring complaints re
specting the afeno t r.trd want of eggs and
scarcity of chickens f*r>»m fowls which the
owners inform mo are ten b d with ev.ery
care, an] fed in the best possible manner—
the necotun{ concluding perhaps with such %
sfateroer t as that “the'fowls have* a beauti
ful sunny run, upwards, of twenty-five, fe^t
long and sevi n w^de.VT Th»' reply is al
ways the same, narm?fy, that want of natu
ral fertility is one of tbs first effects of con
finement. ^No food, .no amotmt <«f attend
ance, can compensate for the fresh air and
wholosome exerci.-o fowls otdain. ^’ e'j at
r*
1 '.rcr.
Lo- k at a .pen of tow is up in a
wire enclosure. Thero theystetid, moping,
•. . : A*U w-ii that it
Pfofnoose scratching i.i the hard soil,'
fo.ti l with their own \iroppings, which con
; laminates every- morsel of food given to
them, and in which a worm has not been
so n for months.
On the. other baud, observe 3 set of fowls
at i;V:"Vty. Jfn matter bow well fed they
may bo, they refu-o t" live exclusively on
the m and "rain given by their owner,
and r>.?3 their time U rnr after hour,'scratch
; for worm? ar 1 insects, which constitute
' . far their most natural LoJ and they
thus enjoy that healthy exercise which
alone gives stamina an 1 <nsures. EsiaLicy.
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tr persons want a sure:? "tea of epos in a
run of limited ex'ent ; I know of but one
mods by which it can be effected with cer
tain!'.-. and that h by continually potting
rid ’the old lions and supplying their,
: , with fresh healthy young pullets. If
I iiv d in o. t wn and required » succession
of :sj ail ; year round, I should relin- 1
I.vsh the ide.1 of keeping any particular
lifted, Every autumn I should purchase
front a healthy country run as many early
■ bed pullets as I required, preferably of
r.on-incubating varieties—Spanish, Hou
dan, or riamtrorgk : these w%1d lay dicing
the winter. In the spring, as the warm
weather commenced, I would supply their
places with a number nf later hatched chick
ens of last season-.' and theSo might be re
ded upon fur laying dating the hammer auA
>.u*unftff\i%tiV they •v'-ro 'cv-hanged for the
-apply for the second winter. This plan
would not be an _ expensive one, whilst it
would conduce to the health of the stock,'
and insure a good supply of eggs.
If the run were sufficiently large to allow
it to bo divided, and each part alternately
dug un and planted with rape and grass'
seeds, it would bo very advantageous ; and
under all circumstances, the greatest clean
liness iu the house and run, and hh avoid
ance of overcrowding, would bo found es
sential to success.— H’„ It. Teyetimcr, in
FUl'L
Salting Butter —The proper salting
of butter requires great care. The salt
should be thoroughly incorporated into the
mass, so as to resell any remaining parti
cles of either case in moisture. All this is
perfectly done in the chum, if the practical
direction given by the manufacturers are
followed. Most people in this country re
quire for flavoring about one ounce of pura
'good salt to a pound of butter, but the bet
ter paying class of custom rs, who is a lit-"
tic more fastidious about the quality, pre-"
f.r about one half as much, and that is
found quite sufficient for its preservation, if
the easieu has been properly removed.
Early.Tomatoes,—A correspondent of
an exchange suggests that tomato plant-'"
should le started iu the autumn. and win
tered in' six inch pots, in an atmosphere of
10 , r oO degrees, with just water enough
given to keep them alive. In the spring
the plants will bis thick aaJ~Sti,ang~at' the
base, and as weedy almost as a wood-flower ;
we Lave --on a few plants started in a cool
green-house wit. re the growth was slow,'
and they gave fruit very early. Thorn is a'
great deal of humbug about early varieties'
ef tomato, s ; more depends on the way they
are grown than on the variety..
Fruit growers atld horticulturists have
learned that toads are great helps iu keep
ing down bugs and insects fhat infest gar
dens and orchards. So great is the de
mand for the creatures, that fifty cents
ardcee is often paid for them in France and
England.
' Any firmer who can support himself
comfoitably on a farm, and make it pay a
nett is.on, ■ of seven per cent, on its cost,
i is far ahead in'compett-nco of the citizen
who lives i;i a brown-'tone, front on a mag
nificent, salary, and has to spend it ail fdr~
life and 1 'appearauoes."
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Cleaning KiGloves.—Compound
three ounces of good !:...\i soap, unjtsjjd iu
oho ounce of warm water ; ono ounce of
hypo-sulphate of s-vda, and one druehui of
ioj-iid ammonia, am!'apply to the stretcha#4,
glove with a.piece of flannel.
t ; *
Tub farmer who refuses to subscribe f'vj?
a paper, need not expect to know much.
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