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RUML, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER.

CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE.

HENRY 8. RANDALL, LL, D.,Editor of ttos Department of Sheep Husbandry.

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2L.-A.B O R .

WHEN men arrive at just conclusions they will•crown LABOR wttfc all but Divine honors! Theagency by which everything desirable is effected,the door through which nearly every earthlygood comes, well^deserves profoundest homage.When that memorable six days teork was done,-the Creator installed man His successor andrepresentative to -finish and perfect what Omnip-otence began. Entering upon creation's unfin-ished work, Man is to make the wide earth whatEden was. Every marsh and miasmatic poolmust be transformed into fruitful soil,—the

• unsightly hillocks clothed with verdure,—thebarren wastes "b*d and blossom like the rose,'— the water courses made into safe channels forCommerce,—secret things developed, and thewinds and all ^powers of earth put to their ap-propriate tasks. Thus we are honored co-work-•ere with <xOD. He might have made us, as somedoubtless would have preferred, to suck our•sustenance, and spend our lives like oysters, Intheir beds; but, unless every principle had beenreversed, we should bave been oysters still.

Doing ib our glory and our good. Labor isstrength—purpose is power. Who so shirks hisresponsibility commits moral suicide. Whoeverwhisbes to be "dead-headed^ through thisworld—carried on the shoulders of men andwomen already over-loaded, often staggeringunder their burden,— either lacks the intelli-gence to perceive his true relations, or the moralsense to discriminate between right and wrong.There is necessary work enough to give full em-ploy to every band and foot, every brain andmuscle. Whoever excuses himself puts hisdivinely allotted portion (Goo distributed thework) on those who, doing their own, are alsocompelled to do his share. I- need not say thatthis is not gentility. Good breeding Is, first ofall, just then, generous, courteous and kindlyconsiderate. No gentleman was ever •* a man ofleisure.'' Whoever avails himself of the oppres-sions, the technicalities, and the loop-holes oflaw, to live without labor, is more than discour-teous to those who are saddled with his burdensand their own. "Slavery" has been chargedwith many things; I furtler charge it with beingimpolite. Work Is never a burden, till theworker Is compelled to add another's share tohis. There is just as much intellectual, and justas much manual labor to be.done as men andwomen need to do. There is just work enough,evenly distributed, to promote the highest mentaland physical development. He is dwarfed whodoes too much—he is dwarfed who does toolittle. *

11 But we are not all required to work with ourhands." It Is bad for you if you believe that.Something like half of our active hours shouldbe spent in physical effort; the body demands itimperatively. Omit it, and physical and Intel-lectual degeneracy follow ;-the bones will lackfirmness and strength, the muscles will be de-ficient in size and power, the digestive organs,£ie lungs, the brain, the skin, the blood, thenerves, will all be feeble and faulty In their ac-tion, and gradually succumb to disease andpremature death.

A pale-faced, nervous, dyspeptic, effeminate

existence, popularly called life, is maintained,which even passes for health, (so degenerate areour standards) where " exercise " is curtailed toan hour or two, and even shorter periods. It isincredible that any body who admires a fullmuscled horse or ox, a well developed, healthfulbullock, should be content with "scallawags"in human form; but so determined are men andwomen to "despise and violate organic laws thatthey reconcile themselves to transgression*,doleful progeny, and welcome the whole broodof ills.

A really strong man, healthy and developed inbody and mind, must sleep eight hours everyday, rest and recreate four hours, give six hoursto mental and moral labor and discipline, andsix hours to vigorous bodily activity. Slightvariations from the above may sometimes bewarranted — but did any ATHLETE ever exerciseless than six hours a day ? Did any intellectuallystrongman ever devote lees than six hours dailyto thought and discipline? Change that pro-gramme and you are a dwarf in body or mind,and probably both.

I have brought this matter up at this timeand In this place, for the purpose ot saying That,Whereas Labor is an indispensable element inhuman affairs and therefore eminently reputable:Whereas all who would not live a lingering deathmust spend a large portion of their time In somekind of active exercise:—Therefore it is im-mensely important that this enlarged and indis-pensable bodily activity should be turned intoproductive channels. Vagrant wanderers forhealth, rich or poor, quartering themselves uponhard-working people, are criminals before thehigher law. Whoever walks five miles for exer-cise, when he could gain just as much by hoeingfive TOWS of corn, steals from Nature's treasury,and GOD will put him on his trial yet. Sportsmay'do for children, but a full grown manorwoman, whose mind and heart are not diseased,will demand and find activities- all the morehealthful and healing from the conciousness oftheir adding to the store of good things for man.With immense harvests to be gathered, and, asthings now stand, crushing labors to be per-formed, I address these considerations to all11 sedentary " people, and all outside of the paleof productive industry.

When all do enough for their own good, nonewill be compelled to do too much. It is worthy ofprompt and profound consideration whether pro-fessional men, mechanics, merchants, bankers,artists, idlers, should not bestir themselves withdetermined energy to find homes, with lands forcultivation attached. If they are not found inNew York city, it merely proves that New Yorkcity is the wrong place to live in. Poetry, fullof bright visions of Rural Life, speaks the truelanguage of Nature. Farming is " drudgery,"and is'denied comforts and embellishments, be-cause farmers are saddled with labors that othersonght <to divide with them. When every onewho can cultivate a plot of ground, cultivates It,Country Life will develope new beauties. Thenwill the fond anticipations of uncrushed and un-perverted natures fora "rural retreat," wherethey may quietly end their days, be justified andlargely realized. Then, in dressing "the gar-den" and keeping it, men will get back towardsprimitive purity. They will find in pleasant andabsorbing employments, the healthful exercisewhich they will measurably fall to find in demon-strations wasted on the air. A project to carryout, a fond purpose finding fulfillment, a grace,a beauty and a good identified with one's owndoings, will ease the mind and heal the body asno "gymnastics" can. GOD IS not to becheated; He works with a purpose, and so mustyou.

In the mean time, let all idlers lend to labor ahelping hand.—H. T. B.

METHODICAL FARMING.

THE writer of this, in early life, spent overthree years in the service of a farmer noted forthe methodical manner in which his businesswas carried on. He commenced life, on attain-ing his majority, in the " back-woods," as itwas then called. Arrived at the point of desti-nation, his worldly wealth consisted of goodhealth, a sanguine disposition, a common Eng-lish education, a compass and chain, ordinarywearing apparel, an ax, and fifty cents in money.Looking about awhile, he selected a site for afuture home, and took an article for It from an8gent of a Land Company. Fortunately, a fewjobs in surveying aided in replenishing his purseand erecting a small log tenement for a shelter.

A N O T H E R P R E M I U M FJLAJN OF B A R N .

RESPONSIVE to inquiries therefor, we have, Inlate numbers of the RURAL, (April 15 and May20,) re-published plans of Barns which wereawarded premiums in accordance with ouroffer in 1858. This week we give the plan towhich was awarded the third prize — that of abarn owned by Mr. JAMES WHITNEY of BigFlatte, Cuemung Co., N. T., who describes Itas follows:

MESSRS. EDITORS : — I have the name of hav-ing the most convenient Barn in our part of thecountry, and accordingly have made a draft tothe best of my ability, being nothing but afarmer. I think, however, I understand thewants of farmers better than the mechanic orarchitect can. You will discover I have an ele-vation of ground nearly eight feet, which is apmefourteen rods north of east and west road, andslopes toward the south-west. I have cellarunder barn and east *hed, the north-east cornersin the bank. East and north stone wall ferbarn 1B nine feet high, and that for shed is sixfeet high.

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.front of homes, by falling doors in ceiling;) MTStairs.N. Halls in Granary. O, Root Bins. P, CleaningFloor and Weighing Room, and Feed Room for hor-ses, which does not freeze in winter, 18 by 24.

I enter the barn from the north with team onthe upper floor, thrash with a self-cleaning ma-chine, and have straw-carrier attached, so that Ican run the straw in either shed I choose. Ihave two'good bays, without incumbrance fromstabling or granary, and spouts or conductorsmarked, corresponding with halls in granarybeneath, to conduct the grain where I wish;and this, when thrashing, saves at least oneman's labor. Two men are sufficient to takecare of straw from a good eight-horse machine,and it is all secured from wind or storm.

PLAN OF UPPER STORY.

A, Stairway to Stable. B, Space for letting nay downto story below, for horses. C, Trap Door, to throwmanure down from cattle sheds. P, P, Openings tolet feed down. D, Floor for storing fodder, 25 by 64.E, West Bay, 19 by 30. P, Upper Barn Floor, 18 by8t). G, Cattle stalls, 9 by 24 and 9 by 88. H, WestBay, 18 by 80. L, Loft of Lean-to, 16 by 20.My Basement. IB dry. Sills two feet from

ground. My grain has never musted nor wet,and feed never frozen in winter. I have twelveGrain Bins, se arranged that I can get to anyone of them when I wish, capable of storingover 8,000 bushels, and four Soot Bins, whichwill store about 800 bushels, where they can beseen to at any time.

My stone wall is laid in mortar and pointed;the frames are all made of square timber andjoist; no round timber anywhere about; out-side, all planed and painted. The BasementStory is eight feet; barn posts 18 feet long; the

Long Shed is 25 wide, 64 long; posts 30 feet.fcast Shed posts nine feet long.

The cost of the Barn without sheds, $400,including board of hands; can be built $50cheaper without planing or painting. Shedscost $430, including board of hands, and can bebuilt for $400 without planing or painting.

My mode of fixtures for tying cattle is muchcheaper than the ordinary way, besides being:much more comfortable for the animals — it te-as follows: — First, I set my standards four feet-apart, have a ring made of three-eighths or half-Inch iron about six inches across, put over thestandard, 'and then put the bow through <lhering and over the animal's neck. The opera-tion is shown in the engraving. Have a pieceof bard, wood for a latch one inch thick andeight inches long, one and one-fourth inch holeat one end, and one Inch at the other. The bowneeds a knob on one end and katch in the other.This I have also endeavored to show in the en-graving. The rings will Blip up and down tosuit the animal's convenience. They can laydown and turn their heads around on theirside, and they can lay much nearer than if fas'tened in any other way, and if you have ananimal that is inclined to be masterly you canmake him keep his head on his own side, byputting a board on one side or the other, to suityour convenience. Thus you can control themost vicious of animals, and make them per-fectly submissive. I have adopted four feetapart for my standards, but they will do muchnearer for small animals.

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Hard wood Latch, showing holes for ends of bow.

At the close of the first season he had succeededIn clearing five acres of land, and sowing it towheat—throwing a fence, partly log and partlyrail, around the- whole. This took till the ap-proach of winter, when he took a float downthe Allegany, to Pittsburgh, to winter—workingduring that season for three dollars per monthand his board. The next spring saw him backagain upon his embryo farm, renewing his con-flict with the surronnding forest.

Then it was that the purpose was formed tokeep a daily journal of his labor; of the charac-ter of the weather; of articles purchased andsold, and their several prices; the names ofpersons employed by him, and their rates ofcompensation, as well as the several occasionaljobs done by himself in the line of surveying.This practice he followed during a period offorty yeajs—writing up his business, if he hadbeen absent for a few days, from his note bookthe first thing on returning, and nightly, whenat home, just before retiring to rest He nevermade a cent by speculation; never "struckoil," or stumbled upon a mound of gold-bearingquartz, yet he increased in wealth.yearly, andtoward the evening of life was wealthy. Hepossessed a homestead of one thousand acresbesides'numerous farms in various sections ofthe country around him, and a heavy bank de-posit for special occasions.

In conversing about his toils and progress inlife, he imputed his success, in a great measure,to the method induced in his business by thedaily journal which he kept of it. In the courseoft his business he employed, at times, largenumbers of men, but their business was markedout before hand, arid when one piece of workwas done no time was loBt In considering whatto do next. If all young farmers, In commenc-ing for themselves, were to adopt this plan andcarry it out persistently to the evening of life,there Is little doubt that the best of consequen-ces would result from it financially, while Itwould strengthen the perceptive faculties andreader the habit of committing thoughts topaper comparatively easy.

HOEING CORN AND POTATOES.

THE process of hoeing corn, potatoes and thelike, would seem to be very simple, and so, Intact, it is, yet many persons engaged in the busi-ness expend a great deal of time and labor un-necessarily in doing it. 8ome farmers and farmlaborers in hoeing or dressing a hill of cornor potatoes, work all around it, performing acomplete circuit, during the, operation. Theresult is the consumption of time unnecessarily,while the work is anything but neatly done!When corn and potatoes have been properly

gone through with the plow or cultivator, thework of hoeing or hilling may be well and expe-dltlously done by four movements of tbe hoe toa hill —leaving the ground much more evenlyand neatly distributed about the hills than bythe process of going about them as many are Inthe habit of doing. In preparing one side of thehill the left hand will be the lower one on thehandle of the implement—IJWO scrapes of thehoe being commonly sufficient. Changing thehoe to the other side*, the right hand becomesthe lower one on the handle, when the samenumber of scrapes of the hoe are given and thehilling is completed. In tnis way, the laborerpasses along by the side of the row easily andexpeditlously, avoiding the circumnavigation, soto speak, of each hill, as some are in the habitof doing in the koeing process. Of course, ifthere are weeds or surplus shoots of corn in thehill, they will be removed by the hand beforethe hoe is used, otherwise there is nothing tohinder the process of cultivation, with the hoe,from being much more expedltiously performedthan is customary with many farm laborers.

LYMAN HARRINGTON of Bennlngton Co., Vt ,writes to the Agricultural that he finds a greatsaving in so preparing his carrot field that Inharvesting the tops may be mowed with a com-mon hay scythe.

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To CORRESPONDBNTS.—MT. RANDALL'S address ie:

Cortland Village, Coriland.Co., N. Y. t'All communi-cations intended for this Department, and all inquiriesrelatiog to sheep, should be addressed to him as above.

INCKEASE OF YOLK AND WOOL IN THEM E E I N O .

A CORRESPONDENT sends us the followingamong other interrogatories:—" Has there "beenany actual and material increase in the wedZ ofthe Merino in tkis country? Is the apparentincrease not in gum" and oil instead of*wool ?"

Wool and yolk—the last composed of whatour correspondent terms " g u m and oil"—haveboth materially increased in the Merino i n thiscountry. The increase of yolk has, however,speaking generally, been greater in appearancethan in reality. Nobody thought of shelteringthe early Merinos of the United States fromsummer rains on purpose to preserve all the yolkin the wool. Fashion did not then require an ex-ternal coating on them as black as your hat, orthat a ram's fleece should weigh from 20 to 30 fi>s.Now it does. And as it takes'50, 60," of 75 percent, of yolk to get up these monster fleeces, ofcourse that material must be carefully protectedfrom water. This, alas! is as fatal to it as it isto "salt and sugar." And it is these summer-

• housed sheep which are popularly taken as typesof the improved family.

Breeders we suppose must be allowed to indulge their fancies and have their fashions!Short-Horn bulls, blood stallions, and evenChester county boars are put in dress-up forvisitors and buyers. Nobody expects any of the"improved" animals of the day to continue tolook, under ordinary treatment, as they do whenthey come, fresh from the hands of the breeder}like new dimes spick and span from the mint.It is lucky if they continue to do as well! Oncewe were inclined to set down this ram fitting asa dead shave. But why shall not ram breedersbe allowed the same privileges in this particularwith horse, cattle, and all other breeders, solong as the artificiality of the dressing-up isequally notorious ? Perhaps the buying public,ought to consider itself well d€alt by if thisartificial condition is not produced in part bymeans positively injurious to the constitution ofthe animal. Many a man who has bought a re-markably showy bull or ram has found out thathe has bought» spent hot-bed—the constitutionruined by pampering — the vital energies allburnt out by forcing. Then even continuedpampering will not long keep up the whitedsepulchre. But we wander from the point.

We have said that the wool of the Merino hasmaterially increased in this country. On thissubject a few facts will prove of more valuethan a good deal of wordy declamation.

Mr. YOUATT says, " The average weight of thefleece in Spain is 8 fits, from the ram, and 5 E>s.from the ewe."* Chancellor LIVINGSTON says," The fleeses of the rams weighs 8% fi>s., ofthe ewes .5 fi>s., which loses half in washing."i

The selected Negrettis, imported from Spain,by GEORGE IIL of England, just before the open-ing of the present century, according to SirJOSEPH BANKS' annual reports from 1798 to1803 inclusive, yielded an annual average of3153-247 lbs. of brook-washed, and 2 152-247 fi>s.of scoured wool. The flock usually consisted ofabout 100j and contained some wethers; but thenumber of the latter is not given.

DUPONT'S andDELESSERT'SMerino ram "DonPedro," imported into the United States in 1801,yielded the then very extraordinary amount of%% J^8- of orook-washed wool.

Mr. LIVINGSTON, in 1802, imported Merinosinto the United States from the national flocko f France, which he considered better andheavier fleeced than those of Spain. Two pairsof them, obtained at the Veterinary School atChalons, cost him 1,200 francs. The year aftertheir arrival in America, two of the ewes and

• one of the rams produced 11 tt>s. of washed wool— or nearly 3 fi>s. 12 ozs. each. In 1805, three*of the old sheep (including a ram) and two tegs<sex not known to us,) produced 18 fi»s., besidesthe tags and waste wool, of washed wool — orupwards of 3 ft>s.. 8 ozs. each. The Chancellor" thought this a considerable yield from smallsheep, kept upon hay, in a flock with twentyother sheep."J In 1807, three ewes, 'havinglambs, produced 11 fits.. 12 ozs. of unwashedwool — or nearly 4 lbs. each. In 1808 " he didnot keep a separate account, but as they werein better order," he thought they averagednearly 5 fi»s. each, of unwashed wool. In 1809,seven ewes bore 36 E>s. of unwashed wool—5 lbs.2 ozs. each; and his, rams yielded of unwashedwool as follows:

Wt. of carcass. Wt. of fleece.Claremont. 14 moths old.

196 lbs. 9 lbs.- 6 ozs.140 '"' 9 "

: i§ }&Five of the above ewes fleeces and two of the

rams fleeces—we ara.not told whipb, but prob-ably the heaviest were selected for the experi-ment—after being soaked twenty hours andthen washed in warm water, weighed 26 fi»s or3 Bs. 5 3-7 ozs. each.§ In 18J0, his ewes pro-duced 5 K»s. 13 ozs. per head of unwashed wooland his rams as follows:] '

Age Wt. of carcass. Wt. of fleece.6 years, imported, 146 lbs. 9ibg2 years, rafted here,... . 146 " 9 "1 year do . 146 " 11

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* Youatt on Sheep, p. 149,+ Livingston's Essay on Sheep, p. 39.X Livingston's Essay on Sheep in 1806, afterwards

expanded into bis Essay of 1809, published by theNew York Legislature.

§ Livingston's Essay on Sheep, 1809, pp. 143,186.II A manuscript letter of Livington's in our pos-

session.

MR. MEECH'S INFANT&DO EWE J'SUSAN.'

We do not remember to have seen any state-ment by Col. HUMPHRETS in regard to theweight of the fleeces of his imported sheep andtheir descendants. We have seen a MS. letterof his in which he mentions, as if he thought itcreditable, that a ram bred by himself yielded7 pounds 5 ounces of washed wool.

Nor do we recall, at this moment, any authorized statement of the weight of fleeces of Hon.WM. JARVIS' Merinos, Imported in 1809 and 1810.We have formerly stated on good authoritythat " as early as 1831-2 Mr. JABVIS1 full bloodMerinos yielded about four pounds of washedwool per head; and persons who obtained'smallchoice lots of him, from the period of 1835,could obtain ewes yielding nearly or quite 4%pounds per head." t

Somewhere about the peribd of 1840, twoMerineo rams owned by 8. W. JEWETT of Vt ,made a great noise in the country for the extraordinary weight of their fleeces. This was re-garded as almost incredible. The following isall we can readily lay hands on concerning theirproduct of wool:

Don Pedro. Fortune.lstyear, 6 1bB.7ozs. 71bs.9oze.2d " 9 " 4 " 122d8d4th5th

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These were brook washed fleeces, tMr. JOHN A. TAINTOB'B imported French

Merinos reached this country in 1840, and in 1843& furor arose in regard to their great weight offleeces. " Grandee," the choicest imported ram,which had been used as a stock ram at Ram-bouillet, in France, yielded 12% pounds of un-washed wool at three years old in France. In1843 Mr. TAINTOB'S ewes produced on an average6 pounds 9 ounces of unwashed wool. §

STEPHEN ATWOOD of Connecticut, commencedwith HUMPHREY'S sheep, and was one of themost successful of the early improvers of theMerinos. In 1845 his ewes yielded 5 pounds ofwashed wool per head, his wethers G^ounds . andhis rams from 7 to 9 pounds. H

Our own flock, that of JOHN T. RICH, and afew others, equalled, and in some instancesexcelled, Mr. ATWOOD's in weight of fleece atthis period,] but his maybe regarded as goodspecimens in this particular of the standardsheep of the time.

About five years later a marked improvementcommenced in weight of fleeces of the Atwoodor Infantado sheep, with Mr. HAMMOND'S rams" Wooster " and " Young Matchless." We hadMr. HAMMOND'S own authority for the state-ment made in the Practical Shepherd, (p. 415,)that the latter ram made the first great change inhis weight of fleeces. *' Wooster'' was droppedin 1849, and yielded at two years old 19}£ lbs.of unwashed wool to about 100 lbs. of carcass."Young Matchless," got by "Wooster,""wasdropped in 1850, and his fleece was 23 lbs. ofunwashed wool to about 150 lbs. of carcass.

At the* present time we heat of rams' fleeceswhich weigh, unwashed, from 25 lbs. to 80 lbs.,and unwashed ewes' fleeces averaging 10 poundsthrough (small) flocks—and occasional onesrunning up from 15 lbs. to 20 lbs. The RAN-DALL and HALL ram, bought at the late N. Y.State Sheep Fair, by JOSIAH C. TATT, of WestBloomfleld, N. Y., and JEPTHA A. POTTER ofPenn Yan, N. Y., produced, we are crediblyinformed, 30% lbs. of wool at his subsequentshearing. Of the precise age of the fleece weare not apprised. A two year old ram publiclysheared at that Fair, and whose fleece was atrifle under a year old, produced a little over29 lbs. PITTS' and WILEY'S 8 year old ewe

Empress," fleece nine days over a year old,produced 18 lbs. 9 oz. Her third fleece weighed21 lbs. 5 oz.

Are these monster fleeces composed of ap-proximately clean wool? Most assuredly not.The owners of the sheep wtould ask nobody tomake so absurd and hypocritical a pretence forthem. They and all the other growers of Me-rino wool in the land perfectly well know thatsuch fleeces contain yolk — or, in other words,'gum and grease"—almost by the bucketful!

All such persons know that one of those two orthree days' heavy rains which sometimes fall,would dissolve away a good portion of thisweight. But after rains, or washings, or scour-,ings had removed all this yolk, still very heavyfleeces of wool would be found remaining* Everyman familiar with Merino sheep who has eyes,'and who possess respectable accuracy of obser-

t Fine Wool Husbandry, p. 48.t Albany Cultivator, 1844, p. 26.8 American Agriculturist 1848; Fine Wool Bfos-

bandry, p. 56.H See his letter to L, A, Morrel, American Shepherd,

p. 427. Mr. A. states that his heaviest ram's fleece in1840 was la lbs. 4 ozs. This is so greatly at variance•with his other weights that we presume the fleece waswashed, though if so he accidentally omitted to men-tion that fact.

JL8,?® F m 5 0 ^ ? o l Husbandry (Van Benthnysen's^ ' *"* Transactions of N. State &&,

vation, would know at a glance that, whollyindependently of yolk, the best Merinos of thepresent day possess, speaking greatly withinbounds, fifty per cent, more wool than those oftwenty years ago; and that, if the statements ofthe most reliable writers can be credited, theypossess one bundTed per dent, more than thoseof Spain when imported into this country.They have constantly improved in that particu-lar from the date of their introduction into theUnited States down to the present day. Thewool of the present improved American Merino,compared with that grown only twenty yearsago, is generally half an inch longer, and it isalso thicker on the backtmd sides; the improvement in both those respects is much greater onthe belly; and the fleece far better covers thehead, legs, and some of the parts underneath.

We are not left alone to the kind of evidenceabove, referred to. A public sheep shearingtook place at Parke, Indiana, May 27th. It isstated in the Prairie Farmer that the wool wascarefully weighed, scoured in a neighboringwoolen manufactory, and weighed again, withthe following results;

Age ofSheep.

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168 8 15 3 * 4 12*70 8 14 5 * 3 7 *60 — *8 1 3 9

We find a" certificate signed by SAMUELLAMB & Co. of the Fort Ann Woolen Mills,N. Y., published in the Country Gentleman,June 22d, stating that a fleece had been (recently) cleansed by them belonging to Messrs.BASER & HABRIGAN of Comstock's Landing,N. Y.; that it weighed 23% pounds in gross,and 7 pounds after cleansing. The ownersstate the fleece was just a year old to a day.

Here we have American Merinos producingalmost twice as much scoured wool as KingGEORGE'S flock of Imported Negretti's — andmore scoured wool than the average flocks ofSpain, or even the select flocks imported fromthat country into the United States, yielded ofwashed wool I

Yet we do not consider the Indiana fleeces atall extra in the amount they yielded of scouredwool. We confidently expect to see them ex-celled in weight by lighter sheep, when theCommittee appointed by the N. Y. State.SheepBreeders' and Wool Growers' Association toaward the premium on scouted fleeces, preparesits report. (This has been delayed by the illnessof two members of the Committee.) We pre-sume that the weight of the above scouredram's fleece will not be exceeded, if for no otherreason, because, owing to the extreme inclem-ency of the weather, most of the heavy fleecedrams present at the N. Y. Fair Tfere not shearedon the ground, and none of thaffheaviest fleeceswere entered foj the scouring premium. Be allthis as it may, we are willing to " rest the case "on the showing already made.

MB. MEECH'S INFANTADO EWE "SUSAN."

EZRA MEECH of Shelburne, Vt., writes us:The ewe Susan (a cut of which accompanies this)was got by M/. N. A. SAXTON'S ram Prince outof a ewe bought of Mr. HAMMOND in 1861.Prince was got by Mr. SAXTON'S America out ofa HAMMOND ewe. America was bred by Mr.HAMMOND, and got by Sweepstakes. Susan'stwo first fleeces weighed respectively 13 poundsand 14 pounds, being clipped each year, on the2d of May. I sheared at the last-named date twoewe tegs, which yielded 12 pounds and 12)^pounds. Ope was dropped on the 22d, and theother on the 28th of March, 1864. Both were outof HAMMOND'S ewes by my EVERETT ram, whois brother of Prince above named. I have nowabout one hundred ewes bought or bred directlyfrom Mr. HAMMOND'S stock."

CONDENSED COBBESPONDENCE, ITEMS, kt,

SAMPLES OT WOOL, WEIGHTS or FLEECES. — Aspecimen of teg wool forwarded to us by our old friendGen. MABBHAM. of Wheeler, Steuben county, N. Y.,i 2 1 inches long; of fine style, and just about theright quality for profit; yolk not very abundant andof a pale golden tinge; weight of fleece 10 lbs. 7 ozs.The teg was got by the ram " Compact," belonging toMessrs MARSHAL! & STTOKNET. His stock is givinghigh satisfaction.

T. S. STEELS, Sbushan, Washington Co., N. Y.,sends us a sample of wool from the 2 year old eweshown by him at theState Sheep Fair at Canandaigua.*She was shorn May M, wheri'the fleece lacked a day ofa year's growth. It weighed116 lbs. 2 ozs. Carcassafter shearing 70* lbs; The sample is 2% inches inlength, of good styfet and quality, and-is well chargedwith golden yolk, with dark end. Altogether it is avery choice specimen of American Merino wool.

GEORGE SNTDBK, Rhinebeck, N. Y. No.'« 1 a»d 2,specimens of Infantado teg wool, about one year old,each 2% inches long; ityle and quality good, yolkmedium; samples too small for proper examination.No.-$, Sileslan. and French ram, 3 years old; wool 1%,inches long, quality and ityle superior, yolk abundantdnd yellow. . "'

H. TALCOTT, Jeflerson, Aehtabula Co., Ohio, sent usa nice specimen of ram teg's wool, but we have mis-laid it. :^,,' •"'. HSNBY PBBCBT, Arcadia, Wayne Co., N, Y., sendsus three samples of wool. No. 1, from a four year oldPaular ram owned by LIQMEL SHEBWOOD of Phelps,Ontario Co., and. A. G« PBBOTT of Arcadia, Wayne Co.,N. %. Wool a trifle-over two inches long, geod fairquality and style, v^qr heavjl/ charged with brightgolden yolk. His fleeces have been as follows: first8 lbs.; eecondv J4 ibs< third, 11 months growth, 20 lbs.4 ozs.; fourth, just a year's growth, 29 lbs. 3 ozs. Hewas got by the GARDNER ram out of a ewe purchasedby J, -O. TAFT of West Bloomfleld, N. Y., of theMessrs. RICH of Richville, Vt. The GABDNEB ram wasgot by the LUTE ROBINSON ram. No. 2, the propertyof A. G. PBRCET, got by No. 1. Weight o£,flesoewhen 13 months and 10 days old 8 lbs. 13 ozs.; lengthof wool 2% inches; quality and style good; but littleyolk. No. 3, the property of HENBY PKBCB*, got byNo. 1. Weight of fleece 12 lbs. 4 ozs.; length of wool2% inchefe; quality and style go'od^ good mediumamount of golden colored yolk.

S. D. SHORT, Honeoye, Ontario Co., N. Y., sheareda two year old ewe, brook-washed, age of fleece 11months 15 days, weight of fleece 15 lbs. 4 ozs.

The pedigree'of the mixed Paular and Infantadoram exhibited and shorn at the Canandaigua Fair byJ. C. & S. T. SHORT of Livonia, Livingston Co., N.Y., is as follows: He was bred by WM. R. PITTS,Honeoye, N. Y.; was got by Cub, dam by the WOOS-TER ram. Cub was got by Old Dick, dam a ewe gotby the PKOK & LEACH ram out of a ewe bred by J. T& V. RICH. Old Dick was got by the old ROBINSONram. The first fleece of the Messrs. SHORTS' ram was19 lbs. 12 ozs.; second, at 1 1 * months' growth, 25 lbs4 ozs.; third, 11 months 23 days' growth, 28 lbs. 4 ozs—making an aggregate of 78 lbs. 4 ozs., and an annualaVerage of 24 lbs. 6% ozs. (Will the Messrs. SHORTsend us specimen! of wool from the shoulder, thigh,bosom and belly of this ram containing what they be-l i e f to be the average amount of yolk on those parts

—CD.)

W. COOK, Battle Creek, Mich., three samples from1% to 8% inches long. NOB. 1 and 2 fine. No. 2 of ex-cellent style. Yolk faintly yellowish, and not veryabundant.

*t ft*The Best Way to Cure Grass for Hay.

THE New Bedford (Mass.) Mercury says thaiabout fourteen years since, Gen. Thompson o.that town, "who does his own thinking," refleeting upon the mode of hay making, was ledto inquire why it could not be cured as old ladiescure herbs, it certainly being as important inone case as in the other, to preserve the juice.He accordingly experimented, and soon adoptedhis present system:

On a good hay day he cuts his graft's", leavingoff about 9>£ o'clock A. M. His men then de-vote themselves to spreading, turning and stir-ring up the hay, that the air may pass throughit, and all the external moisture be thoroughlydried. After dinner this is done again and con-tinued till about 5 o'clock', when the hay is rakedinto winrows, pitched on to a cart, and storedin the barn. Of course if the day is not a goodone, the hay is cocked and left till the next goddday. Nothing" is done to prevent heating, tho'salt, about four quarts to the tun, is sometimesthrown over it, from the idea that cattle willbetter relish the hay; often no salt is used, andthe General does not consider its use at allessential. This is the simple process. The re-sult is that in the spring of the year we haveseen clover in his barn, cut the previous summer,the heads blushing as if just mown, and breathing as delicious an aroma as when taken fromthe field. Of course the grass is not cut until itis fully developed—we do not mean dried up.We have full faith in Gen. Thompson's method,because its excellence bas been thoroughlytested.

Pitching Hay into a Window wijh a Horse-ForkT« be able to use the horse-fork in pitching

hay into a window, set a pole, in front, as*highas the top of the-window, and distant the widthof a load of hay—say 14 feet Fasten a pulleyat the top of the pole, and one at the bottom ofit. Nail on two braces, or stay-pieces, from thetop to the side of the building to keep the posterect and firm. Now let the rope pass aroundthe pulley, at the bottom of the post, thenceover the pulley at the top, thence under a pulleyat the bail of the fork, thence in at the windowand over a pulley at the opposite end of the loft,thence back to the bail of the fork, where it ismade fast. The fork, with its load, will rise ashigh as the window, and then move off horizon-tally, to the other side, or end of the loft; or itsload may be dropped at pleasure. It will makeno difference where the inside pulley is, if it beonly placed higher than the window, and severalfeet directly back from it, so that the rope will notdraw in one corner. When the window is in theend of tne barn, let the pulley be attached as farback as it can be conveniently, and considerblyhigher than the top of the window. Windowsshould not be less than 4>£ feet square, in orderto admit a forkful freely. Let these directionsbe followed out to the letter, and any one canput wpithis arrangement correctly, even if hehas never seen it done before. We once put upa horse-fork rigging, with which hay was carriedhorizontally 20 feet, and then after rising 10 feetover a beam, was carried onward 40 feet further.—American Agrieilttierist.

TEACHING HOGS TO BBSTBOT T«ISTLES.—Wecopy the following from an Irish journal :—Tramp on the buds of a' goodly number of thelargest plants in the spring, tmd'place on the budsa teaspoonful of salt; then turn your hoes onthem. They will eat the roots of the salted,plants first, and will thus acquire a fondness forthem daily as long as they can be fbund. If butone hog be educated in this way,-he will teachthe whole herd to eat them, and they will exter-minate all on the farm.

fturcil Jfota* ani Stems.THE GROWING CROPS.—Our reports concerning the

growing and. maturing crops continue of the mostcheaVing character from all parts ot the country.There is scarcely an exception of any consequencefrom Maine to Minnesota and Canad^tto California,—and certainly w« have not, at this seaborn, receivedsuch universally encouraging reports for" a decade ofyears. The labors of haying and harvesting are pro-gressing finely in many sections, with faborable wea-ther and good yields, and the war being over, there isno reason why the Americans People Should notunitedly rejoice andtake courage.

A N EXPLANATION.—Hon. T. C. PBTEES writes usthat his .letter to Messrs. Dow & FOWLER relative tothe Yankee Vfiwer, (published as a special notice inour last issue,) was private and not intended for pub-lication. Mr. P. promised one of the firm to give theMower a trial and report the result, but " had not theremotest Idea that the letter would be published;"and he addS-" I am exceedingly eotry that It BBbHTdhave been published, and partlcnilrly BO at this time,for I think the President of the State Ag. Society hasno business to recommend auy machine or implementthat is likely to be a competitor at>ny of our shows,or any other for that matter."

DISCUSSIONS AT THE STATB FAIR.—It is announcedthat the following topics are to be taken up at thenext State Fair at Utlca, and It Is to be hoped thatthose attending will be prepared to join in their dis-cussion:

1. Tuesday Evening, Sept. Viih. — " Ought Pasturesfor the Dairy to be kept permanently in Grass, or to berenewed by Plowing and re-Seeding ?" X. A. Willard,Eeq., of Little Falls, will open the discussion.

2. Wednesday Evening. —" Best time for cuttinggrass, and best method of preparing grass for hay."Hon.;J. Stanton Gould to open the'dlscnselon.

8. Thursday Evening.—" Best method of cultivatingand curing tobacco: lands best suited for Its culture;Its value as a crop." T. G. Yeomans, Esq., to openthe discussion.

' THB WOOL MABKKT.—From WALTER BROWN'S WoolCircular of July 1st we quote the following:—"Wemay-report for the month* of JVine a moderate trade.Manufacturers have bought for their immediate wants,and have also secured some choice lots of old wool inadvance, by purchases that could not now be duplicat-ed. Prices have1 been without much variation; earlyin the month some concessions were made, but thesubsequent advance In gold, and the ascertainedscarcity of finer grade old wools, tended to steady themarket. Paring the past week trade has been fairlyactive, with ratcS for some lower grade and pulledwools rather favoring buyef 8 \ for w"er qualities prices ^remain unchanged. The Unsettled state Of the 6fif**rency will probably induce a cautious tfade during theseason. On the whole, we consider the" ttnexcltedstate of the market satisfactory. Farmers and holdersin the West will no doubt in due time meet the cur-rent demand at fair prices, and it Is better for all that,without speculation, the business should pursue itslegitimate channels. As yet there is no increment ofconsequence in the growing districts, although wehear of some purchases in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illi-nois, at 40@45; in New York and Michigan at 45Q&0;and in Ohio at 50@60c. We wish at this time again tocall attention of growers and buyers to the fact thatmanufacturers refuse to buy nuwashed fleeces andheavy buck fleeces except at a deduction of one-third."

OHIO Wool PREMIUMS.—In compliance with a reso-lution passed at the last State Agricultural Conven-tion, the Ohio State Board of Agriculture offer thefollowing Premiums—with a view to ascertain theamount of shrinkage in unwashed wool:

For the heaviest fleece of scoured wool producedby a Ram $20

For the heaviest fleece of scoufetf wool producedby an Ewe 20

The fleeces to be sent in an unwashed state to theAgricultural Rooms in Columbus previous to August1st, accompanied by a pedigree of the sheep whichproduced them, and affidavit setting forth the time andmanner of shearing in 1864 and 1865, that the fleecepresented is the production of one sheep in that time,the weipht of sheep after shearing, condition of thesame, and manner of keeping for the past year. Witlithe fleeces of Ewes, parties will be required to Btatewhether they have suckled lambs the present season—with aged ewes, if they did so in 1864. In makingawards, due regard will be paid to the pet centage ofwool produced, compared with the live weight of theanimal. The Committee will carefully weigh andnumber each fleece, sending them to be scoured with-out the name of the owner. The awards will be madeand the fleeces exhibited at the State Fair, Sept. 12thand 15th, after which they will be returned to theirrespective owners.

CICADA SEPTEKDECIM, AGAIN.-*Facts Wanted*—The buzzing, drumming Harvest Fly, has the abovescientific name, when correctly written. Much hasbeen published on its history and peculiarities. Doesit in any way injure vegetation ? This is the questionwhich needs now to be determined. That the Cloadadoes not eat leaves or limbs of trees, is settled. Thedestruction of the extremities or the twigs in, whichtheir eggs are deposited, are said not to be injuriousat all by many whose trees have been used freely bythe Cicadas, while others suspect that much injurymust be effected in this operation. This matter oughtto be examined into carefully in this and the next twoor three years or more. Some trees must have lostmuch more foliage than others, and, if actually injured,will have the indelible" proofs. As the pupa (grub)lives BO many years under" ground, and from its large,fail growth, finds abundant food, some maintain thatthe grabs feed on the roots of trees. At the late Hor-ticultural Meeting, a member stated on this particularpoint, that In New Jersey the owners, of the orchardswhich the sevenf een-year Cicadas frequent, expect noor few apples' in tfi«two years preceding their appear-ance, while the seventeenth year abounds in fruit In1

the same orchards. In our vicinity no such resttlfshave been announced: Persons who can make relia-ble statements on the facts; will, It is hoped, feel theobligation of making them public. A word to thewise.—c. D.

THAT FOAM-COVERED INSBCT.—TaiB insect, alludedto last week, is named Aphrophera-^Foam^earer.There are several species in the country. This may be,says an entomologist, Aphrophera spumsria, theFoamy Foam-bearer, a name the offensive creaturewell deserves.

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STONE PUMPS. — In addition to those already pttb-ished, we have several responses to inquiry about stoneumps. All speak in their favor, and we consider if

unnecessary to give the replies, as there seems to beno chance for argument.

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

FRUIT GROWERS' SOCIETY OF WESTEENNEW YORK.

THE Summer Meeting of this Society waslargely attended, as we stated last week", thoughthere did not seem to be much disposition toenter upon business with energy. This is notTIB usual at the Summer session; and these mid-summer meetings are mainly devoted to conver-sation and the examination of fruits. ThePresident took tfce chair at 11 o'clock, and ap-pointed MeBsrs. DOWNING, MACKIB, HOOKER,BROOKS and FISHER a committee to preparesubjects for discussion, and Messrs. HOAG,SBELYB and HERENDEEN a committee to ex-amine fruits on exhibition.

Dr. TBIMBLE of Newark, N. J., being calledupon stated that he came to hear and learn. Heknew of no insect injurious to the strawberry.The Triomphe de Gand seemed to be an excel-lent variety for this locality, but it did not do aswell east. New York city was now mainly sup-plied with strawberries from New Jersey. Cam-den and Atlantic counties furnished these inlarge quantities, mostly the Wilson. Dr. T. alsoalluded to a remarkable cherry of great size, rais-ed by a French gentleman in his neighborhood.In regard to the Cedar bird, it is true that they"take some cherries, but they also eat the cankerworm, and if it was not for the birds our treeswould be stripped of foliage by this worm, as Isthe case in case New Haven.

The Committee appointed to name subjectsreported, and the meeting discussed them asfollows:

1. What are the best varieties of Strawberries forFamily wet

H. E. HOOKER preferred Large Early Scarletto Jenny Lind. Triomphe de Gand sustains itswell-deserved reputation. Bussell's Prolific re-sembles McAvoy's Superior. Requires plentyof staminate plants as a fertilizer. Good forfamily, but too soft for market

CHARLES DOWNING preferred the Jenny LindtolEarly Scarlet as a table berry.

Mr. ELLWANGBR agreed with Mr. HOOKER asto varieties, and wouM add the Bed and WhiteAlpine for family UBe; and also Burr's New Pine,on account of its quality.

Mr. FISHES, of Batavia, said the Wilson, Tri-omphe de Gand and Hooker were the principalvarieties cultivated in his neighborhood.

H. T. BBOOKS thought we shouia discard va-rieties that have no other merit than size andproductiveness. We should seek high quality.We can grow strawberries cheaper than sugar.His choice would be Triomphe de Gand, EarlyScarlet and Hooker.

Mr. CRANE, of Lockport, spoke highly ofBurr's New Pine.

Mr. DOWNING said the only objection to itwas its small size. It was desirable to have ber-ries of good size on account of the labor ofpicking.

Mr. BARRY said earlinees was a very import-ant point, either for the table or market. Thefirst dish of strawberries not only tasted thebest, but sold for the highest price. Would notgive up the Early Scarlet. Jenny Lind issweeter, but not quite so productive.

Mr. BBONSON, of Geneva, was somewhat dis-appointed with the Russell. It produces prodi-gious crops, but the berry is too soft, and thiswet season begins to rot before it is fully ripe. Itrequired a staminate variety to fertilize it.Thought high of the Triomphe de Gand. TheAgriculturist is a variety of great promise.

Mr. DOWNING thought the Agriculturist wouldprove a valuable berry, of high flavor, great sizeand productive.

Mr. HOAG, of Lockport, was somewhat dis-appointed in the Russell. It is a pistillate andneeds a fertilizer. It is not the same kind, butclosely resembles, McAvoy's Superior. The qual-ity of the berry is good, but it is too soft. NamedTriomphe de Gand, Hooker, Wilson, Early Scar-let and Jacunda. The latter appears to be asproductive as Triomphe, and is of large size.

It was agreed that a ballot should be taken forthe best six varieties of strawberries for familyuse. Thirty-three votes were given with thefollowing result:

Triomphe de.Gand, 30Early Scarlet, 26Wilson, 28Bowel], 33Hooker, 22Burr's New Pine, 13Hovey'a Seedling, 8Victoria, 5Brighton Pine, 5Jenny Lind, 4Agriculturist, 3Crimson Coae, 8Boston Pine, gBuffalo, 2Austin, 2Longworth's Prolific 2

Bed Alpine, White Alpine, Cutler's Seedling, Jacunda,Snow Flesh, Jenny's Seedling, Slias Seedling, AutumnGarland (Alpine,) Ge,nesee and La Constante receivedone vote each.

Which are the best Strawberries for Market?Mr. KEECH, of Waterloo, liked for market an

early berry, and as good as possible. The EarlyScarlet was the earliest berry he was acquaintedwith. Had fruited the Agriculturist one season.Thought well of it, as it was large, very earlyand productive. It -was said by some to beearlier than Early Scarlet.

Mr. WBIGHT, of Rochester, who had consider-able experience with . strawberries, preferredWilson, as the bestj next, Triomphe de Gand,on heavy soil. Some growers preferred it tothe Wilson.

f--»«"«• are the best six vix varieties of Baepberriesjor general cultivation? ^

H. E. HOOKER named Btinkle's Orange, Hud-son River Antwerp, Fastolf, Knevitt's Giant,Hornet, Black Cap. TMB secures a good assort-ment and a long season.

Mr. LANGWORTHY inquired if Mr. HOOKERwould not include the Philadelphia.

Mr. HOOKER understood the Philadelphia wasnot equal to the varieties named, butwas grownin the neighborhood of Philadelphia on accountof its hardiness. The finer varieties did not suc-ceed in that section.

Mr. DOWNING named the Orange, Franconia,(for cooking,) Hudson River Antwerp, Clarke,(a new variety, originated, we believe, at NewHaven,) Vice President French, and Fastolf.Philadelphia is similar to the Purple Coneraspberry.

The President asked Mr. DOWNING what va-riety was most extensively cultivated for theNew York market.

Mf. DOWNING replied the HudBOn River Ant-werp. He knew of one town near where heresided which sold $110,000 worth last year. Araspberry plantation will last for ten years, andis more profitable than the strawberry.

Mr. THOMAS said a large raspberry grower toldhim that the labor of covering the canes in win-ter, pruning, &c, was fully equal to the laborrequired in setting out new strawberry beds,and that the latter was fully as profitable as theraspberry. He made this statement as received,without vouching for its correctness.

Mr. HOOKER thought there was no small fruitas valuable for family use as the raspberry. Inthis opinion Mr. DOWNING concurred.

Is there any practicable remedy for the CurrantWorm?

Dr. TBIMBLE was called upon, and said he hadnever seen theworm.

Mr. CRANE succeeded in killing them withhelibore powder.

Mr. THOMAS succeeds with white helibore.Mr. EDW. FROST mixed powdered lime with

the helibore. Used the lime for the better dis-tribution of the helibore. Blew it on the plantswith bellows constructed with a tin on the spout,such as painters use. In twenty-four hours afteruse not a worm was to be found.

Mr. BABBY used helibore in solution, withgood results. Half a pound to a pail of water.Put on with a syringe.

Mr. HARRIS said he believed he was the firstperson who recommended helibore to this So-ciety. He thought the worms might be keptunder by going over the bushes early in the sea-son, and killing the files and eggs. At first theflies deposited the eggs on the Suckers and lowerbranches.

Mr. SALTER and Mr. LANGWORTHY pursuedthis method with success. Others thought thelabor excessive, and relied upon the helibore.

What insects and diseases are Grapes liable to be at-tacked by during the summer t

Mr. DOWNING said his grapes were troubledwith the thrip, and would like a remedy.

Dr. TBIMBLE exhibited the leaves of grapeseaten by a caterpillar, and also specimens of theinsect. It is a serious enemy in cities wherethere are no birds. A strong solution of tobaccowould destroy the thrip. Had observed that avery hot day would destroy them—once in par-ticular, with thermometer at 100°, thousandswere killed and the vines cleared.

Mr. FISHBB said that last year he had fine Del-aware vines that promised abundance of fruit,but the vines were so affected with the thripthat he did not get a bunch.

JOSIAH SALTER said what was called "thrip,"was better known as "fritters"—asmall whitishfly. Tobacco smoke will kill them where it canbe confined. A solution of tobacco and whaleoil soap is also an effectual remedy—appliedwith a sponge.

Je there any NEW light on the subject of Pear Blight ?On this subject there was certainly no new

light. Indeed all seemed to be darkness as tothe cause and cure.

Do the Seventeen-year Locusts attack Fruit trees?H. T. BROOKS said that he was informed they

had destroyed the leaves of apple trees near anoak forest, wnere they appear to be moBt numer-ous.

Mr. THOMAS said they were very numerousnear Union Springs. Kept up one continual,uniform roar. They never eat leaves. They punc-ture the twigs of trees for the purpose of de-positing their eggs, and when the twigs aresmall the hole which they make kills the twig.But they never eat anything while above ground.

Dr. TRIMBLE confirmed this statement, butthought they injured trees by sucking the sapfrom their roots.

Mr. THOMAS did not think they did any harm.Knew one instance where an apple orchard wascut down shortly after their appearance lasttime, seventeen years ago. This year they cameup as well as though the trees remained. Knewof another case where oak trees were cut down,and now they came up all around the stumps.This shows they do not need roots to subsistupon.

Is the man who allows the CaterpUltrs to multiply inhis Apple Orchard a good neighbor?

To this there was a general response in thenegative. Dr. TBIMBLE said he would go fartherthan the question contemplated. Such a manwas not only a bad neighbor, he was a nuisance,and should be so declared by public sentimentand law.Report of Committee to Examine Fruits.

The Committee appointed to examine theFruits on exhibition found a fine display of wellgrown Strawberries.

MOORE BROS., of Brighton, presented 43 dishesof Seedlings, nearly all of fine appearance, andseveral of them of decidedly good quality. TheCommittee were particularly pleased with Nos.92 and 99. No. 92 is a cross with Triomphe deGand and unknown variety. The quality is verygood, form irregular, flattened—very firm, andsaid to be very productive. No. 99, very large-firm—quality best. A very vigorous grower andvery productive—thought to be the best in thecollection. Nos. 47, 88, 97, 100, 103, also ap-peared very promising. The Committee arehighly pleased ^lth the interest and skill mani-fested by Messrs. MOORB BROS, in the produc-

tion of these seedlings, and trust they will beable to make some valuable additions to thestnadard sorts.

Messrs. ELLWANGER & BARBT exhibited 15varieties of finely grown strawbeirkis, several ofthem being presented here for ti*e first time.A dish of Triomphe de Gand was particularlyattractive. Among the new sort* the Committeewere pleased with Belle Artent-une, Bonte deSt Julienne and La Constante.

BRONSON, GRAVES & SELOVBB—6 varieties ofstrawberries and a dieh of Gov. Wood cherries.

H. E. HOOKER & Co.,—6 varieties of straw-berries, among which were Buffalo Seedling andFrench's Seedling,

I. H. BABCOCK—2 varieties of shell grownAusten Seedling and Wilson's Albany.

H. N.LANGWOBTHY—3 dishes Russell's Prolific.IBA N. MCCALL—a dish of Wilson's Albany.Dr. TRIMBLB, of N. J.,—a few Doolittle, Black

Cap and Hudson River Antwerp raspberries.

ABOUT TOMATOES.

DURING a ramble about theeity the other day,many gardens were noticed in which tomatoplants were growing. Some were well devel-oped, so much so as to have fallen over upon theground—others in a less advanced stage, andstill erect. The plant should not be suffered togrow without something to support it in anerect position. If planted near a fence a goodand sufficient support is supplied by drivingstakes along in front of the row of plants and.nailing slips of boards upon them, upon whichth ey can lean as the plant s become heavy. If anold barrel is knocking about the premises—andfew houses or yards are destitute of this speciesof rubbish— remove the hoops carefully andsplit each of the staves into two or more pieces.Set four of these in a circle around the plant,sufficiently remote from the center to allow ahoop to encircle the top and rest there. Thishoop will support the plant sufficiently to keepit from falling to the ground, as it will do other-wise/,

The advantages of this method are:—An in-creased quantity of fruit; an earlier and moreperfect maturing of it, and the prevention ofloss by rotting, as a large portion of the cropdoes when the plants are large and suffered tofall upon the ground. The tomato is a healthful,savory vegetable when ripe and properly pre:

pared for the table. Pickled, when green, andput down with spices and vinegar, it is no badsubstitute for the cucumber as a pickle. Thisplant receives less attention from farmers thanits merits deserve. *

THE AST OF PRUNING.

GRAFTING, budding, pruning, are all arts thatmu6t be acquired, like any other art or work ofskill. A pruner must understand why he prunes,and never cut a limb, without first being fullyaware of the effect. Yet pruning is mostly doneat random—a limb here and a limb there is cutaway, the top lessened and that is all. The fruit,fulness of the tree is not improved, and it looksas a systematic work, such as~nature builds, mostdecidedly injured. It is idle for any man ofcommon sense to employ an itinerant pruner.They are often ignorant of the first principlesof the art, and generally do more harm thangood. If you doubt it, alk the question of onewhen he is to cut off a limb:—"What for?"If he can answer that to your satisfaction, hepossibly understands his business, provided*youcan answer the question yourself. Never cut awaya limb without first asking and answering thatquestion—what for ?

If you understand the art you may have treesof any desired form, and always of handsomeshape. The right time to prune is in the grow-ing season—the time when wounds heal themost readily. The time to begin is the first year'sgrowth in the nursery; not to trim up sproutsto grow whip-stalked, but to shape the treesjust as nature intended the particular species togrow. If an apple tree, a short bole with around, symmetrical head; if a pear tree, a some-what longer bole, with a top shaped like a well-formed slim hay-stack. As a general rule inpruning, study symmetry; it is the first law ofbeauty; if you cannot see it otherwise, try itupon yourself, lop off a right ear, or a left eye,a right hand, and so on, just as some pruners dothe symmetrical beauties of a tree. In pruningall sorts of fruit trees, keep " What for? " con-stantly before your eyes.

There is a tendency to over-prune among allamateur fruit growers, and more particularlyamong all who are just beginning to grow shurbsand trees. There is no practice that needs re-form more than this one. There is no quickerway of spoiling such trees than this injudiciousover-pruning. There is not one forest-tree inten that will bear the eternal clipping to whichsome are subjected. Autumn seems to be themost favorite time for this sort of vandalism.There is nothing like the let alone system, andabove all, for all sorts of evergreen trees. Withvery little assistance, nature will do all the prun-ing that is required. Of evergreens, do not cutaway the lower limbs till you make your treelike a big broom with the handft stuck in theground. In all pruning of fruit or ornamentaltrees, or shrubs or vines, do not make a cut tillyou think what for, with what object, and whatwill be the effect. This is always necessary toprevent over pruning.

Never prune an apple tree in the months ofMarch, April or May. All the borers in theworld do not commit half the havoc in our orch-ards that the pruning*knife and saw do, ap-plied at the wrong season of the year.

" I am an advocate for pruning young trees insummer with the thumb and finger, or a pocket-knife, so constantly and regularly that they willneed the saw. If that must be applied let it be inmid-summer. With me that course is the mostsuccessful."—From Solon fioblnson's New Book.

FRUIT IMPROVED BY THINNING.

AN article in the Journal of Horticulture hasthe following very judicious remarks on thepropriety of thinning fruit:

The flavor of fruit, barring extreme sunlessseasons, is entirely under the control of thegardener. A clever man can command flavor;a dull man, when he finds his fruit flavorless,makes idle excuses, which should never be listen-ed to. If a tree trained to a wall be allowed toripen, say ten dozen of fruit, when five or sixdozen only should have been left, they, althoughthey may be of a fair size and color, suffer inflavor to an extent scarcely credible. How oftenhas the gardner had occasion to complain of hispears not being good, although produced onfine trees trained against walls ? He complainsof the season; but it is in most cases owing tothe trees being allowed to bear just double thenumber they ought to have done. The follow-ing ought to be inscribed on every wall, and inevery orchard house:—By thinning, you makeindifferent fruit good. By crowding you makegood fruit bad. If very fine and high flavoredfruit is wished for, a tree capable of bearingthree dozen of medium sized peaches, should beallowed to bear only twelve or fifteen. Thisthinning is terrible work for the amateur. It islike drawing a tooth, and every fruit that fallsto the ground creates a pang; but it must bedone. A small sharp pen-knife is the best in-strument to employ, and is much better thantearing off the fruit with the finger and thumb.A well-formed peach or nectarine tree, be it bushor pyramid, with its fruit properly thinned andnearly ripe, is one of the most beautiful articlesthe skill of the cultivator can produce.

Let any one who is raising fruit, try the experi-ment this season, by thinning the fruit on asingle tree of apples, peaches, pears, plums, &c,where the fruit is too abundant, and he will nextyear treat all his trees in the same way.

^ OLD FRUIT TREES RENOVATED,

THERE were old apple trees in profusion, withnearly a hundred pear trees of superior vigorousgrowth, but utterly neglected, and reportedas yielding small crops of indifferent fruit. Theout-going seller of the farm had intended to cutthem down. He knew the market value ofpickles, but the pear culture was a sealed book.The buyer, educated in a different school, be-lieved that there was yet a high money value inthese trees, and that they could be resuscitated.We stood among them and debated the question.He thought that here was a foundation to beginupon, and that an investment of money in reviv-ing them would yield a far quicker return thanin waiting for the product of a newly plantedorchard. Among other facts and experience,reference was made to the memorable accountrecorded in this journal, nearly twenty years ago,of the complete renovation of two outcast peartrees. Like all these, they had once borne excel-lent crops of fruit, but for several years had pro-duced only worthless specimens. The ownerwas told that the trees—for there were severalin lik« condition—had exhausted the proper ele-ment in the soil, and that it must be reintrojduced by artificial means. That autumn he car-ried out the suggestion, and scraped off all therough outer bark from two trees, then coatedthem with soft soap, cut out about one-third ofall the poorest branches, and shortened the headof the tree one third by cutting back the princi-pal limbs, paring the wounds and covering themwith the shellac solution.

The preparation being made, a trench was dugaround each tree, three feet from the same, fourfeet wide and twenty inches deep, the soil beingcarted away. In making this trench, about athird of the roots were cut away. The trenchwas then filled with soil from a good pasturefield, there .being added at the time of filling,two bushels of refuse scoriae from a blacksmith'sforge, two of well broken charcoal, and twopounds of pulverized potash. All these werethoroughly intermingled after the trench hadbeen filled, by frequent overturnings with thespade.

The result of this cheap and simple operationwas manifest the following summer. The luxu-riance and vigor of the foliage were surprising,for the newly formed roots were wandering intofresh and wholesome pasture. The next yearthere was a moderate bloom, but every blossomproduced fruit. The third season there was afine crop, the two trees producing six bushels ofsuperb fru't. It was convincing evidence thatthe failure of old established pear trees to pro-duce good crops is owing to a want of propernutriment in the soil, and that instead of beingcut down when they cease to bea/, they shouldbe taken in hand and renovated.—Horticulturist.

§ovticuttur algous aafl £}um*$,A GOOD WORK.—Trim your Shade Trees.—A good

work is in. progress along East Avenue among theshade trees. Their lower branches are being loppedoff, thus allowing persons of ordinary stature to passfreely along the walks without the necessity of stoop-ing to prevent the displacement of one's head gear.There are many other streets in the city along whosewalks the branches of the trees are so low as to makethem a nuisance—especially in rainy weather. Byremoving the lower branches the difficulty is obviated,and the appearance of the streets and walks muchimproved. Let the saw and ax perform their officesin all parts of this city (and other cities and villages,)where a superabundant foliage invites their interven-tion.

A word more. There are a great many door-yardsor lawns in this city, and probably in other places, sodensely covered by trees and shrubbery as to renderthe dwelling, and everything around it, damp bothday and night. Shade, in summer, is a good andpleasant thing, and "greatly to be desired," yet thefree circulation of air is equally desirable and neces-sary, but impossible of attainment when the dwellingis compactly shut in by the interlacing branches ofthickly robed trees and shrubbery. " Cut off and thinout •' should be the order 6f the day.

FOR THE SICK ROOM.—Any one having be-come chafed from a long illness can be madequite comfortable, in a few days, by applyingthe yolk of an egg beaten with a few spoonfulsof good brandy. Apply with a feather twice aday.

CURE FOB CHILBLAINS.—Get the down of thereed mace—morje commonly called cat-tail —fry it in fresh lard and apply for several evenings.

HAM PIE.—Make a crust the same as for sodabiscuit; line your dish; then put in a layer ofpotatoes sliced thin, pepper, salt, and a littlebutter; then a layer of lean ham; add consider-able water, and you will have an excellent pie.

ROLLED JELL CAKB.—Three eggs; 1 teacupsugar, 1 of flour; 3 teaspoonfuls cold water, 1of cream tartar; % teaspoonful soda. Beat theyolk and sugar together, and the whites to afroth; adding this last. Bake in square tins,spread with jell; roll quickly.

MY MOTHER'S NOTHINGS.—One gill of sweetcream; 4 eggs; a little salt. Roll very thin, cutin small blocks, and fry in lard. Knead verystiff and smooth before rolling out.

SOUP.—Get what is called a good beef soupbone, boil two hours leaving about two quartsof broth; break two eggs into some flour andknead it very stiff; roll out in three sheets tothe thickness of wrapping paper; spread themon a table to dry for half an hour; then placethem on one another and roll them up as youwould jell cake; with a sharp knife, cut veryfine strips from the end, not wider than thethickness of a case knife, shake them up to sep-erate them; drop into your bro.th slowly, stir-ing your soup all the while. Boil ten minutes ;season with pepper, salt, celery, or a littleparsley. r

CONE FRAMES.—In place of glue use puttyclored with burned umber. The dampnesscauses glue to crack.

To COLOR DRAB.—Use green beechwood bark,Set the dye with a little alum. You can colorvery dark by having your dye very strong. Itwill dye woolen and cotton goods.

BLUING FLUID FOR THE WASHWOMAN.— Tencents worth oxalic acid, 10 cents worth Prussianblue, powder them very finely. Put into a largebottle with one quart soft water, set in a warmplace; shake occasionally for a week when itwill be fit for use. Half a teaspoonful to threepails soft water.—E. M. W., Suspension Bridge.

PRESERVING EGGS.—In order to keep wellthey must be perfectly fresh when packed. Takea stone pot which will hold from two to threegallons; pack the eggs close, sharp end down;take unslacked lime one pint, salt one pint, dis-solve in sufficient water to cover the eggs.When cold pour over. Be sure that the eggs donot float. In this way I keep eggs all the year.

MOUNTAIN CAKE.—One large cup of butter;S cups of white sugar; 4 of flour; 5 eggs, thewhites and yolks beaten separately; 1 teaspoon-ful of cream of tartar; 1 of saleratus dissolvedin one cup of milk.

JELLY CAKJB.—TO 3 well beaten eggs, add onecup of powdered sugar, 1 of flour; stir well,and add one teaspoonful of cream tartar;half teaspoon of saleratus, dissolved in threeteaspoonfuls of water. Bake in two pie pans,spread as even as possible. Have ready a towel,and as soon as done, turn the cake on it bottomside up, then spread evenly with jelly; roll upquickly, and wrap in a towel.

SAND TABTS.—One teacup of butter; l f^ofsugar; 2 well beaten eggs; % teaspoonful ofsaleratus; 8 teaspoons of water; flour to*makethem stiff enough to roll out thin, cut them outwith a tumbler. Bathe the top with the whiteof an egg, and sprinkle on sugar. They willkeep well for four or five months.—MRS. I. K.

MortonvUle, Orange Co., If. T.

To MAKE BLACKBERRY WINS.—There is nowine equal to blackberry wine when properlymade, in flavor or for medicinal, purposes, andall persons who can conveniently do so, shouldmanufacture enough for their own use everyyear, as it is invaluable in sickness as a tonic,and nothing is a better remedy for bowel com-plaint Measure your berries and bruise them ;to every gallon add one quart of boiling water.Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stir-ring occasionally; then strain off the liquor intoa cask; to every gallon add two pounds ofsugar; cork tight and let It stand till the follow-ing October, and you will have wine ready foruse without further straining or boiling, thatwill make lips smack that never smacked undersimilar influences before.—Maine Farmer.

SWEET GBEEN TOMATO PICKLES.—Peel andslice two gallons of green tomatoes, add fivetablespoonfuls of ground mustard, three gills ofmustard seed, two tableepoonfuls of groundpepper, two tablespoonfuls of ground cinnamon,one tableepoonful cloves, one pound of brownsugar, three quarts of vinegar. Boil all togetheruntil quite done. If you choose, you may useone spoonful ground and a portion of cinnamonbark. Celery tops improve the flavor. Theseare excellent.

How TO GET RID OF MOSQUITOES.—Mosqui-toes love beef-blood better than they do any thatflows in the veins of human kind. Just put acouple of generous pieces of beef on plates nearyour bed at night, and you will sleep untroubledby those pests. In the morning you will findthem full and stupid with beef-blood, and themeat sucked as dry as a cork.—Maine Farmer.

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

BT AUGUSTA BILL.

LITTLE baby just beginningLife's old problem Bad and sweet,

You don't know the heart's you're winningWith your tiny hands and feet,

With your little mouth and chin,And your dainty rose-leaf skin;With your wondrous violet eyesWhen their dreamy lids uprise,All your tender helplessnessWaking love's most sweet excess.

Happy little one! to beNestled close to hearts that love you;

And I wonder if you seeYour young mother's eyes above you 1

While each day new life is bringing,Do you hear her sweet voice singing?Do you know her hand's fond touch fOh, so fond, she loves so much!Do you look her in her face,And instinctive feel its grace r

Almost four weeks old, they eay—Ah dear baby! Life is long;

You'll not know for many a day,How hearts sadden growing strong;

Baby's feet are soft and white,And they need not travel yet;

Baby's eyes are blue and bright,Seeing nothing to regret.

As the flowers get sun and dew,So your life shall come to you,Trust on, sleep on, without fear,Angels guard you, baby dear!

Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.UNFORTUNATE.

THIS term is often applied to individuals who,haying entered into speculations have had For-tune's scales turn against ttifem; to those whohave failed in business, whose vessels the windshave wrecked and waves engulfed; to thosewhose houses have been burned, whose cropsdestrojed/whose cattle and horses died; and tothose whose pigs ana chickens have had scurvyand gapes. Some are called unfortunate be-cause they are always cutting their feet andfingers, being run away with by spirited horseythrown from wagons and getting their legs andnecks broken. Others are unfortunate in marry-ing tyrants for husbands, termagants for wives,or not getting either. Others still, are unfortu-nate in having ungrateful children, or getting indebt to merciless creditors.

But all these will in Borne way, from somebody,have a little help or sympathy. But for methere is neither; and of all the creatures on theface of the earth, I, ROXET ROSALTHIE RILE, amthe most unfortunate. I am neither cross-eyed,lame, deaf, rheumatic, tongue-tied, or all-tongue ;but, what is far worse than all, have the unhappyfaculty of expressing myself in such a manner asto have my opinions, belief or sentiments en-tirely misunderstood and perverted.

Now, some people will say just what theyplease, in just the way they please, and are calledwitty, sarcastic, humorous, Independent, and its" all right;" but let me, ROXET ROSALTHIE, saythe same thing, and I'm a mark at once. If Idiffer from the generally expressed opinion^ I'm" on the off side; " if independent, " contrary,"or " mean." Would I pull a corner of Charity'smantle over somebody's failings? I'm "coun-tenancing sin." Would I deal plainly? I'm" finding fault." I cant uphold the Right, butsomehow, in clothing my thoughts in words, Imanage to make people think I'm wrong. If Ibring proof to my aid, I get it bungled up insuch a way as to have the credit of being a"fool," or what's the same thing, they "wonderany oae can think so who's naturally so smart."

Wby, as sure as you are Mayor, Mr. MOOBE,I've been called a "rebel sympathizer," becauseI said I thought we had laws sufficient to sup-

. port the honor and dignity of our nation, and todeal with disloyalists and traitors, without any-body who chose killing them in the street, orthrowing them overboard. Now, what ought Ito say? That I wish everybody, individually,would take it upon him to put every other bodyout of the way who breathed one word of dis-loyalty, instead of letting the righteous laws ofthe Government of which we are so justly prouddeal with them? This might suit a few, butnot me.

Now, I can' put up with being called names,but of all'mean things, "secessionist" and"traitor" are the meanest; and I wont put upwith such epithets peaceably. When would-be-tyrants in petticoats, or pantaloons, talk ofputting me where I'd stay, if they had thepower,—and that without reason,—it rousesall the old RILE blood of past generations. Iv'eresolved that if there are such non-eomprehen-sionists about, that so long as I live in this greatand glorious land of freedom, thrice boughtwith the blood of our brave countrymen, I'llspeak "common sense" and the truth inde-pendently ; and If anybody is so wilfully igno-rant or contrary as not to understand, wby theymay flare up and pounce upon me, but I'll freemy mind, or my name ia not ROXET ROSALTHIERILE! BELL CLINTON.

Chenango Co., N. Y., 1865.

THE usual custom in Paris is to receive oneday in the week all one's acquaintances, and toreserve the remaining days for one's very inti-mate friends, who take their chance of findingoue at home. Princess Mathilde reverses thiscustom, as she receives every evening whomso-ever may have been presented to her, and reservesSunday evenings for her privileged friends.

A TOUNG lady, being told that her lover wassuddenly killed, exclaimed :-•-" Oh, that splendidgold watch of his! Give it to me that I may remember him and cherish his dear memory."

11 THOUGHT IT WAS MY MOTHER'S VOICE."

A FRIEND told me, not long ago, a beautifulstory about kind words. A good lady, living inone of our large cities, was passing a drinkinggaloon just as the keeper was thrusting a youngman out into the street. He was very youngand very pale, but his haggard face and wild eyestold that he was very far gone in the road toruin, as with an oath he brandished his clenched*fists, threatening to be revenged upon the manwho ill-used him. This poor young man was soexcited and blinded with passion that he did notsee the lady, who stood very near to him, untilshe laid her hand upon his arm, and spoke in h«rgentle, loving voice, asking him what was thematter.

At the first kind word the young man startedas if a heavy blow had struck him, and turnedquickly round, paler than before, and tremblingfrom head to foot. He surveyed the lady for amoment, and then with a sigh of relief, he said:

" I thought it was my mother's voice, itbounded so strangely like it! But her voicehas been hushed in death for many years."

"You had a mother, then," said the lady,and she loved you."With that sudden revulsion of feeling which

often comes to people of fine, nervous tempera-ments, the young man burst into tears, sobbingout, " 0 yes, I had an angel mother, and sheloved her boy! But since she died all theworld has been against me, and I am lost! —ost to good society, lost to decency, and-

lost forever!""No, not lost forever; for God is merciful,

and his pitying love can reach the chief of sin-ners," said the lady, in her low, sweet voice;and the timely words swept the hidden chordsof feeling which had been long untouched inthe young man's heart, thrilling it with magicpower, and wakening a host of tender emo-tions, which had been burled very deep beneaththe rubbish of sin and crime.

More gentle words the lady spoke, and whenshe passed on her way the young man followedher. He marked the house where she entered,and "wrote the name which was on the silverdoor-plate in his little memorandum book.Then he walked slowly away, with a deep,earnest look on his white face, and deeper,more earnest feelings in his aching heart.

Years glided by, and the gentle lady hadquite forgotten the incident we have related,when one day a stranger sent up his card, anddesired to speak with her.

Wondering much who it could be, she wentdown to the parlor, where she found a noble-looking, well-dressed man, who rose deferen-tially to meet her. Holding out his hand,he said:

Pardon me, madam, for this intrusion; butI have come many miles to thank you for thegreat service you rendered me a few years ago,"said he, in a trembling voice.

The lady was puzzled, and asked for an expla-nation, as she did not remember ever havingseen the gentleman before,

" I have changed so much," said the man,that you have quite forgotten me; but^hdugh

I only saw your face once, I am sure I shouldhave recognized it anywhere. . And your voice,too, it is so like my mother's! "

Those last words made the lady remember thepoor young man she had kindly spoken to infront of the drinking saloon so long before, andshe mingled her tears with those whiah'werefalling slowly over the man's cheeks.

After the first gush of emotion had subsided,the gentleman sat down and told the lady howthose few gentle words had been instru-mental in faying him, and making him whathe then was.

"The earnest expression of 'No, not lost for-ever,' followed me wherever I went," said he,

and it always seemed that it was the voice ofmy mother speaking to me from the tomb. Irepented of my many transgressions, and re-solved to live as Jesus and my mother would bepleased to have me; and by the mercy andgrace of God I have been enabled to resisttemptation and keep my good resolution."

I never dreamed there was such power in afew kind words before," exclaimed the lady,

and surely ever after this I shall take morepains to speak them to all the sad and sufferingones I nieet in the walks of life.—Sunny Faces.

FEMININE TOPICS.

ECCENTRICITY of dress or manner will doubleattention; the mistake of vain women is to be-lieve that it doubles attraction.

DR. JOHNSON said of a widower who was aboutto marry, that it was a remarkable case of thetriumph of hope over experience.

THE new fashions have been, seen In HydePark. Long skirts, dragging the dust, with lit-tle or no crinoline, in the 6tyle of a hundredyears ago, have really appeared at last, after allthe talk there has been about them.

IT is a curious fact that in sacred history theage, death and burial of only one woman—Sarah,the wife of Abraham—is distinctly noted. Awoman's age, ever since, appears not to havebeen a subject for history or discussion.

CALIFORNIA belles and dames have been amongthe most brilliant stars of attraction at the seriesof balls and soirees which have enlivened thesociety of Washington during the past season ?Coming direct from the birthplace of gold andsilver, they attract no little attention—and envy.

AMONGST her most favorite treasures and re-miniscences of the past (says the Court Jonrnal,)Queen Victoria keeps the brooch which once be-longed to Robert Bruce, of Scotland. Thisrelic, a memento of her ancestor's checqueredcareer, was presented to her Majesty during hervisit to the late Marquis of Breadalbane, at Tay-mouth Castle, in 1842.

Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.G-ENIUS.

ALONE, alone,With fearful moan,

A climbing STSIPHUS, I rollThe aspirations of my soul

To cloudless heights above.In agonies of pulsing leveMy panting spirit grasps, ,

And wildly strains,With fainting gasps,

And never ending pains;But still, beneath, 'mid struggling gloomI see the starry prizes loom

Beyond the awful skies.Why not, poor fool, accept thy doom,

And seek no more to rise ?Why not ? Because within me burnsThe hope, that, deathless, ever spurns

To fold her baffled wings;The hope that still toward the sunIts morning flight with light begun

With upward daring springs;The hope that still through restless hoursSlept only to refresh its powers

Again to strive and soar;The hope that sees the prize through timeIn lengthening glories trail sublime

Through space forever more.Wyoming, N. Y.

Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.HYPOCHONDRIA.

BT W. H., C.

WE have all read the masterpiece of GOETHE,and we know how Dr. FAUSTUS, disgusted withthe triumphs of mind and wearied by the toilsof life, was persuaded by the Devil to enter intoa compact, by the terms of which the Devil wasto serve him in this world, and he was to obeythe Devil in the next. In accordance with theterms of this agreement, MEPHISTOPHELES car-ried FAUSTUS back on the path of time to thedays of his young manhood, and inducted himinto all the pleasures of youth. But FAUSTUShad neglected certain stipulations necessary tohappiness. He had retained with jealous carethe knowledge and experience acquired througha long life-time, and he had a sure fore-knowl-edge of his untimely fate in the world to come.So the crafty Devil stood behind his shoulder,and a mighty shadow fell upon every scene ofpleasure.

Very few of us, let us hope, have sold ourselvesto the Devil for any price, and yet all of ua attimes have felt the hot breath of MEPHISTO-PHELE8 upon our cheek, and hearing his insidiouswhispers, have turned with unutterable loathingfrom the dearest pleasures of life.

What is this demon that whispers the vanityof all things, that increases tenfold the bitter-ness of our real sorrows, and mingles its nause-ous potion with every cup of joy ? It is wellknown, and In popular language is called the"Blues." Its manifestations are daily, hourlywitnessed, and moreover are an interestingstudy; but owing to their mysterious naturethe philosophy of the subject is little understood.BURTON, to be sure, has given us a laboriouslylearned book upon the matter; he has treatedit physiologically and psychologically; he haadescribed its symptoms, from a slight depres-sion of spirits, to lunacy and madness. But itis impossible not to feel that BURTON is hardlyin earnest. Yet if he were not,'his own life,diversified with alternate fits of joy and the deep-est mental gloom, would give the He to hislevity. The fact is, that a large portion of thelife of every man Is darkened and made unsatis-factory by certain unhappy humors, which stealupon him unawares, and the causes of whichtoo often entirely baffle solution. Thus it isthat, in a certain sense, we all "carry weight inlife;" and thus it is that in purely mental pro-ductions, even in those esteemed the most light-hearted, we often find traces of morbidness forwhich we can assign no adequate cause.

Let us suppose that you rise some brightmorning to your task, cheerful and buoyant.You apply yourself to your duties with morethan ordinary gusto. All at once you are con-scious of a growing change of feeling, a depres-sion of spirits comes over you; your eky is over-cast and Hope is shut out from the horizon.

Such shadows darken almost every page ofliterature of a certain class. It is probably aquestion which the genial CHARLES DICKENScannot decide, before he takes up his pen,whether he shall create a FAGAN or a MICAWBER.Many a passage in DICKENS suggests that it waswritten under a depression of spirits. Not allhis writings are as lively and cordial as the" Cricket on the Hearth." If he was not exemptfrom this harrowing mental malady, who canbe? Surely not BULWER, who very lamelyexcuses putting to death all the amiable charac-ters of one Of his novels on the ground that suchaccidents sometimes happen in life. Not SWIFT,who expresses his fears of " dying like a poisonedrat in a hole." Not BYRON, the demoniacgleams of wh»se insane exultations, ia his laterwritings, mingled with maudlin execrationsagainst everything good and fair, only reveal theprofoundest depths of this mental disorder.

But it is with its effects upon common men,upon men in general, that Hypochondria pre-sents to U3 Its,most interesting phases. Thegeneral prevalency of the complaint will be ad-mitted by all—let us see how it ought to betreated. *

A certain medical gentleman, belonging to therecognized faculty, published a book a few yearsago, in which he proved that, mankind weredosed too much, that they swallowed too manypills, too much ipecac, &c. Now it bas alwaysseemed to us that in highly civilized communi-ties man's moral and religious faculties were

sometimes "dosed" out of season. There ishardly a question relative to our comfort andwell-being, that is not treated under moral andreligious prescriptions. Of course, such con-siderations in fife are of the highest importance,but when indiscriminately applied to everything,they sometimes lose their force. If you shouldtell your friend that i^was his moral and relig-ious duty to black his boots, that aspect of thequestion would only disgust, not convince him;but insinuate that he would appe.ar better, andhe acts upon your suggestion at once. It «eemsto be the general opinion that almost all thecauses affecting the spirits in the nature of the" blues," arises from trivial and almost insig-nificant circumstances; and the question wheth-er one shall yield to the influence or manfullyresist it, is in most cases one only of expediency,but nevertheless of the highest expediency.You often meet men on the street who go alongwith their eyes bent upou the ground, theirfaces hidden beneath their hats, their hands andarms thrust into their pockets up to the elbows,with an air as if they were crushing under theirfeet the last hopes of humanity—and, withal, asif they rather enjoyed it! At such times thesemen really believe that they are the most mis-erable persons alive, and yet they would be at aloss to tell why. In a short time the fit willdisappear as mysteriously as it came, and theywill be as happy as ever. If you were to treatsuch a case you would not assail the person onmoral or religious grounds, you would recom-mend a change of scenes, a little lively recrea-tion ; and you would kindly intimate that such& state of the feelings was unbecoming, and thatif fostered, would eventually lead to seriousresults.

BURTON humored this feeling, dandled andnurtured it. He sings:

" When I lie waking all alone,Recounting what I have ill-done,My thoughts on me then tyrannize,Pear and sorrow me surprise,Whether I tarry still or go,Methinkg the time moves very slow.

All my griefs to this are jolly,Naught so mail as melancholly."

But a good and wise man will not do so. Weknow a person so subject to this disorder thatto avoid Inducing it, he takes a very circuituousroute from his dwelling to his place of business—the cultivated beauty of the longer path, thetrees and flowers which line the way, more thanatoning for the loss of time. By little artifices likethese, for the mind has to be humored as well asthe body, we may avoid frequent attacks of thisterrible foe to happiness.

There was once a time when it was thoughtbecoming to wear a countenance severe and sad.It is said the Puritan fathers recommended suchan aspect for a Sunday decoration; and youngreaders of BTHON are affected, for a very differ-ent reason, by a malady of similar manifestations.But healthier sentiments are abroad in the world.A man is no longer a fool if be " laugh and growfat.'' Religion has begun to identify, itself withoar common, every-day interests, and the lastfatal blow to mawkish sentimentality has beenstruck by the stern experiences of our war forthe Union. We hope and believe that the nextforeigner that visits our land, will not find ouryoung men, as described by a recent Germantraveler, a body of " intensely thoughtful andmelancholy-looking youth," but an active, vig-orous, and above all, a jolly race.

THE OLD HOMESTEADS.

FATHERS, take care to preserve the homestead.Sons, preserve the old homestand. It will pay-yes, if you build another. Think of it. Be slowto sell.

Do you doubt it? Go to Qulncy. You seethe modest abode of the father of the secondPresident of the Union. Near by is the homeof his son. Near by, that of his grandson; andnot far off that of our present Minister to theCourt of St. James. Near by, that of the lateJ. Q. Adams.

Nor is the old home unprofitable. The skilledtenant makes the soil productive to himself andowners.. But there is a greater profit. Thereis a retreat from the storms of life. It is safe.It is inspiring—rest.

Said the preserver of an old home in Bristolcounty, " I t does me good to go and review oldmemories." Is he the only one who has beenbenefited ? Have the homes of the elder Adamsand bis descendants no power to revive memories ? to furnish incentives to great and nobleactions ?

"Keep the homestead. Beautify it. Let thepaint be fresh, the halls and rooms attractive,the old libraries cared for, trees flourishing, thewalnut, butternut and apple. Every time pos-terity looks at it, they will think of bygone vir-tues to be reproduced in children's children, andthen produce them. Trees may die. Not familyvirtues.

CHANCE CHIPS.

WHEN men are long indifferent towards us, wegrow indifferent to their indifference.

MERCT and peace my be *' kissing each other"in some more heavenly habitation, certainly nothere.

THERE i3 a chord of love running through allthe sounds of creation, but the ear of love alonecan distinguish it.

CORRECTION does much, but encouragementwill do more. Encouragement after censure islike the sun after a shower.

FERVENT love utters loving words in the dis-solution of the body, as the melting bell in theburning steeple continues to sound out thehours.

PEOPLE run each other down as though theythought they could make pedestals of theirneighbors' characters, and look tall by standingupon him.

THERE is no death! The stars go down-To rise upon gome fairer shore;

And bright in Heaven's jeweled crownThey shine forever more.

There is no death 1 An angel formWalks o'er the earth with silent tread;

He bears our best loved things away,And then we call them " dead."

Born into that undying life,They leave us but to come again;

With joy we welcome them—the same,Except in sin and pain.

And ever near ue, though unseen,The dear Immortal spirits tread,

For all the boundless UniverseIs life—there are no dead,

THE BIBLE.

IN every generation, and wherever the lightof Revelation has shone, men of all ranks, con-ditions, and states of mind, have found in thisvolume a correspondent for every movementtoward the Better felt in their own hearts. Theneedy soul has found supply, the feeble a help,the sorrowful a comfort; yea, be the recipiencythe least that can consist with moral life, thereis an answering grace ready to enter. The Biblehas been found a spiritual world—spiritual, andyet at the same time outward and common toall. You in one place, I in another—all mensomewhere, or at sometime, meet with an assu-rance that the hopes and fears, the thoughts andyearnings, that proceed from, or tend to, a rightspirit In us, are not dreams or fleeting singulari-ties, no voices heard in sleep, or specters whichthe eye suffers, but not perceives. As if onsome dark night a pilgrim, suddenly beholdinga bright star moving before him, should stop infear and perplexity. But lo! traveler aftertraveler passes by him, and each, being ques-tioned whither he is going, makes answer, " Iam following your guiding star!" The pilgrimquickens his own steps; and passes onward inconfidence. More confident still will he be ifby the wayside he should find, here and there,ancient monuments, each with its rotive lamp, -and on each side the name of some formerpilgrim, and a record that then he had first seenor begun to follow the benignant Star!

No otherwise is it with the varied contents ofthe sacred volume. The hungry have foundfood, the thirsty a lfvlng spring, the feeble astaff, and the victorious wayfarer songs of wel-come and strains of music; and as long as eachman asks on account of his wants, and askswhat he wants, no man will discover oughtamiss or deficient In the vast and many-chamberedstorehourse.

For more than a thousand years the Bible,collectively taken, has gone hand in hand withcivilization, science and law—in short, with themoral and intellectual cultivation of the species—always supporting, and often leading the way.Its very presence, as a believed Book, has ren-dered the nations emphatically a chosen race,and this, too, in exact proportion as it is moreor less generally known and studied. Of thosenations which in the highest degree eDjoy itsinfluences, it is not too much to affirm that thedifferences, public and private, physical, moraland intellectual, are only less than what mightbe expected from a diversity of species. Goodand holy men, and the best and wisest of man-kind, the kingly spirits of history enthroned inthe hearts of mighty nations, have become wit-nesses to its influences, have declared it to bebeyond compare the most perfect instrument, theonly adequate organ of Humanity.—Coleridge.

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

THE church of Christ was designed to repre-sent him on earth, and to minister te all themoral needs of the human race. Her work,then, is not done when she 6ends out preachers;when she exhibits sacraments and liturgies;when she sets up churches at home and missionstations abroad. She must grope her way intothe alleys and courts and purllens of the city,and up the broken stair case and into tbe bareroom, and beside the loathsome sufferer. Shemust go down into the pit with the miner, intothe forecastle with the sailor, into the tentwith the soldier, into the shop with the mechan-ic, into the factory with the operative, into thefield with the farmer, into the counting roomwith the merchant. Like the air, the churchmust press equally on all the surfaces of society;like the sea, flow into every nook of the shoreline of humanity; and like the sun, shine on allthings foul and low as well as the fair and high,for she was organized, commissioned, and equip-ped for the moral renovation of the world.—

Simpso7i.

THE smallest key being put into a music box,rightly made, and rightly turned, may causethat box to go on for an hour, rolling out ex-quisite tunes. What the box performs is in noproportion to the size of the key. And the sizeof the truth that winds up a man's experiencesand feelings is in no proportion to the breadthof those feelings and experiences. That truthmay be simple almost to inanity; and yet, as akey in the hand of God applied to the music boxof the soul, it may unfold and develop that whichshall fill a whole lifje. I recognize to this moment <that my ministry and character have beenshaped by the views that dawned upon meIn one single moment; and though those viewsare often hid as stars by night, they are neverwiped out any more than the stars are wiped out.

TIME has made our life too long for our hopesbut too brief for our deeds.

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M A T E A M B L I N G S . — N O . I I .

BY GULIELMUM.

WB are oat on Boston Common In the earlydawn, drinking in the refreshing morning airunderneath the grand old trees, which, couldthey speak, might tell tales of those days whenthe nation was young, and British soldiery heldpossession of the town. It is as pleasant a walkae I ever enjoyed. The broad avenues, socleanly swept, and overhung by the arches ofthe noble elms, drooping so gracefully; thenarrow, winding paths, with borders dotted hereand there by beds of flowers; and the greenlawns, closely shaven; all present enticing fea-tures, and are fall of beauty. We should realizethis, did we view them in rural districts even,and how much more are the beauties appreci-able, in contrast with the narrow streets, shut inby brick walls, that constitue the city of Boston.

The Common consists of about fifty acres,situated on and at the south-westerly slope ofBeacon Hill. }t is beautifully diversified with'knolls, avenues, fountains, a pond, flowers, andtrees. Many of the latter are interesting relicsof Colonial and Revolutionary times. One oldelm in particular, standing apart from all others,bears a truly patriarchal appearance. There aremarks of decay, apparent, and on one side a mainbranch is entirely gone, thus injuring the shape-liness of the top, while the trunk has been cov-ered with tin, a portion of It, to protect it fromdecaying still further. It stands within an in-closure, and Iron pickets keep vandal hands at adistance. There are some trees, planted in lateryears, that are of rare species; and many bearlabels, for the information of such as are notyersed in tree-ology. Entering the Commonfrom the foot of Tremont street, one will notfail to notice the small park shut in by pailings,at the left, in which are several young deer.They are tame, and will come up to the palingand put their delicate noses through to receivethe attentions of visitors. They are a prettyaddition to the beauties of the place. A littlefurther on, still to the left of the avenue, is theold burying ground, which, like the.old treesmentioned, dates back to the Colonial days.Perhaps a starch among the head-stones mightreward a curiosity-hunter with some gem ofobituary literature. I did not investigate, andcannot speak certainly thereof. The principalfountain is near the center of the Common. Itsbasin is probably a half acre in extent, and isbottomed with paving. It was entirely dry, onthe morning of my first visit, but at evening Iwitnessed a beautiful fountain-display. I judgedthat the main jet threw to the height of fortyfeet; and as the last rays of the sun shimmeredthrough the falling spray, an effect was producedthan which nothing could be more beautiful.When the basin was filled, the water was shutoff, and what seemed really a shower of pearlsceased all too soon. I should judge by thebreadth of the main avenues, and the amplegateways that lead to them, that they weredesigned as carriage-ways, but they do not seemto be used for such a purpose. They are hard,smooth, and present a beautiful appearance.Looking up one of them, from Its lower end onCharles street, it seems but One magnificentarchway, so completely do the elms on eitherside Interlock their top-most boughs.

The Botanic Garden lies just westward of theCommon. It is in fact a part of the same, butis separated from it by Charles street. The Gar-den has not that variety that is so charming inits neighbor, but is laid out with much taste, andpresents a tempting display of flowers, scatteredabout over several acres surrounding the hot-house. The small, miniature lake in the center,may be the same pond on which the boys inci-dentally mentioned in history were so pesteredby the British soldiers, but I suspect if thoseboys were to see it now they would pronounceany such statement a humbug. A wail of nicelycut stone surrounds the water, and within theseboundaries, two very geese-like swans and asmall skiff are the ornaments.

The State House surmounts Beacon Hill, andis an elegant structure. A statue in bronze ofDANIEL "WEBSTER graces the grounds in front ofthe edifice; and the rotunda within the edificeis hung with flags of State regiments, many ofthe colors showing that Massachusetts soldiershave done noble service in this war, as in theearly days of the nation.

Seeing Boston, without crossing over toCharlestown, sacred in history as the first battle-field of the Revolution, would be much likeseeing the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out.Understand that I make no claim to the origin-ality of this comparison. I am more than sus-picious that I have seen the same more thanonce before. Strangers visiting Boston, visitBunker Hill; Bostoniaus, living almost beneathits shadows, rarely ascend it. One gentlemanassured me he [never had made the ascent, andhad lived close by it the most of his life. Familiarity breeds eontempt, you know. In thiscase, it is indifference, rather, for the people byno means consider the monument with con-tempt. It used to be their boast, but now theytalk only of their Great Organ. Street cars takeus over to the other peninsula, on which Charles-town is situated. Past Hay-Market Square, overthe Charles River on the Warren bridge, up twoor three streets, and we alight from the carabout thirty rods from the monument. We areat the foot of the Hill, and the street leading upit goes over the same ground that the Britishmarched over on tlAt eventful 17th of June.We think of their brilliant display as theymarched up, and of their fatal repulses whenour brave boys saw " the whites of their eyes.Our first view of the monument, as we ascend

the sloping street, is a disappointment. Itdoesn't seem as high as we have always supposedit to be. This idea changes, however, when wemake the ascent

Bunker Hill Monument, as nearly every oneknows, stands on Breed's-Hill, as that eminencewas mistaken for Bunker's Hill when the Amer-icans threw up their fortifications, and the battlewas therefore fought there. The summit isthrown up as a terrace, to which steps lead, andis surrounded by a substantial iron fence. Themonument is built of granite, and is 220 feet inheight, by about 80 feet square at the base. Itis ascended from within, by means of a spiralstair-case numbering 294 steps. There are twowalls, an outer and an inner one, and these sup-port the stair-case. The outer wall Is of coursesquare without, but round within. Entrancecan only be had through the little edifice at oneside. In this Keeper's Lodge there stands abeautiful statue of the heroic WARREN, who fellon the spot where stands his statue, and whosememory Is dear to all lovers of liberty. I hadnot accomplished two-thirds of the ascent, be-fore I felt seriously inclined to indulge in thatclever old song, " Such a getting up stairs," &c.The little loop-holes at intervals let in Just lightenough to make the darkness perceptible, andcontinually winding around made me feel as Ipresume a brute does who treads the power-machine— there is no getting ahead. Weary,at last, I mildly suggested to my companion,who, in advance of me, was "getting upper,"that If he would pin the motto of our gloriousEmpire State to his coat-skirts it would aid myendeavors very materially! My suggestion wasnot heeded, and I toiled on until the little roomat the top was reached. This will hold a dozenpersons, and from it there are four look-outs,one on each side of the monument. The viewhere obtained is a splendid one, and the eyenever tires of gazing upon it. At our feet liesCharlestown, a small village when the Britishfired it on the morning of the battle, now a cityof some twelve thousand inhabitants.* Its threeprincipal streets, Bunker Hill, Main and Chelsea,form a triangle, and we are directly in the cen-ter. On the north side of the peninsula flowsthe Mystic River, beyond which is Chelsea; Cam-bridge, celebrated for its venerable university,reaches away to the westward; and the ruraltown of Roxbury sleeps quietly, on to the south-west. Directly southward stretches Boston,diminishing into South Boston as the eye windsaway to the southeast, and still further aroundin the circle is East Boston. To the eastward isthe harbor, lined with miles of costly wharves,nterspersed with islands, and bounded beyond

by the ocean, which stretches away far as theeye can reach, until its blueness mingles withthe dim hue of the horizon.

Ah! how that " voice from the Tombs" cameto me — the voice which four years ago pro-claimed that ROBERT TOOMBS would, in a shorttime, "call the roll of his slaves on BunkerHill." Events seemed hardly to favor such aroll-call, for in the very hour that I looked outfrom, my lofty stand point, ALEXANDER H.STEPHENS, the Vice-President of the C. 8. A.,was quietly taking prison accommodations overin Fort Warren, which reposed on the littleisland in the harbor, within my view. I muchdesired to visit the Fort, but circumstancesforbade .

Returning from Charlestown, I visited FaneuilHall, the " cradle of American Liberty." Mycompanion recalled an incident that affordedhim much pleasure. In the early part of thewar, when his regiment was on its way fromMaine to the southward, it was quartered inBoston in this Hall, and it was a pleasant tho'tto him that before fighting for his country heslept in the " cradle of liberty." The Hall wasoriginally built in 1740, for a town-hall andmarket-house. Its exterior bears marks of age,though In tolerable preservation, but the in-terior is in good condition. The audience-roomis not large, but has galleries on three sides andwill seat several hundred people. Hungagainstthe wall, back of the stage, is the great pictureof WEBSTER delivering his celebrated speech Inreply to HATNE. The painting Is about fifteenby twenty feet in size, and represents the scenein the Hall of Representatives when were de-livered the memorable words—"Liberty andUnion, now and forever, one and inseparable."Other paintings, portraits of early patriots, gracethe stage-end' of the Hall, among which arethose of WASHINGTON at Trenton, CommodorePREBLE, and JOHN HANCOCK. Faneuil Hallhas rung with the eloquepce of many a loverand defender of our country's liberty, and is aninteresting relic of the past century.

I intended writing of the Great Organ, butspace will not admit in tbi3 number. Of Bostonin general I will only add a few words. It isnot, as a city, a beautiful one. It is not laid outwith reference to any plan' and the streets arethe most crooked known. More than this, theyare uncomfortably narrow, even the busiest ofthem. It seems to me Bostonians must acquirevery sinuous and narrow characters, from wind-ing about these avenues of travel. They haveone merit, however, that of cleanliness. Bostonis the most scrupulously elean city I ever tarriedin. The streets are well paved and in splendidcondition. There are many fine buildiags, andsome that appear antiquated. One in particular,away up on Washington street, must date backto " the good old Colony days." And this littlelow two-story structure, with its gable roof, isthe literary reservoir from which flows " TheAtlantic Monthly," "Our Young Folks," andthe beautiful blue and gold editions of prose andpoetry that TICKNOR & FIELDS furniBh to thecountry.

WOETH EEMEBEEING.

THE following article from Dr. Hall's Journalof Health contains practical hints on varioussubjects that are worthy of attention:

1. It is unwise to change to cooler clothing,except when you first get up in the morning.

2. Never ride with your arm or elbow outsideany vehicle.

3. The man who attempts to alight from asteam-car while in motion is a fool.

4. In stepping from any wheeled vehicle whilein motion let it be from the rear, and not infront of the wheels; for, then if you fall, thewbeels cannot run over you.

5. Never attempt to cross a road* or street in ahurry, In front of a passing vehicle; for it youshould stumble or slip, you will be run over.Make up the half-minute lost by waiting untilthe vehicle has passed, by increased diligence insome other direction.

6. It is miserable economy to save time byrobbing yourself of necessary sleep.

7. If you find yourself inclined to wake up ata regular hour In the night'and remain awake,you can break up the habit in three days, bygetting up as soon as you wake, and not goingto Bleep again until your usual hour for retiring;or retire two hours later, and rise two hoursearlier for three days in succession; not sleepinga moment in the day time.

8. If Infants and young children are inclinedto be wakeful in the night, or very early in themorning, put them to bed later; and besides,arrange that their day nap shall be in the fore-noon.

9. " Order is heaven's first law," regularity isnature's great rule; hence regularity in eating,sleeping, and exercise, has a very large share insecuring a long and healthful life.

10. If you are caught in a drenching rain, orfall In the water, by all means keep in motionsufficiently vigorous to prevent the slightestchilly sensation until yon reach the house; thenchange your clothing with great rapidity beforea blazing fire, and drink instantly a pint of somehot liquid.

11. To allow the clothing to dry upon you,unless by keeping up vigorous exercise untilthoroughly dried, is suicidal.

12. If you are conscious of being in a passion,keep your mouth shut, for words increase it.Many a person has dropped dead in a rage.

13. If a person " faints, place him on his backand let him alone; he wants arterial blood tothe head; and it is easier for the heart to throwit there In a horizontal line, than perpendicularly.

14. If you want to get instantly rid of a beastlysurfeit, put your finger down your throat untilfree vomiting ensues, and eat nothing for tenhours.

15. Feel a noble pride in living within yourmeans, then you will not be kustled off to acheerless hospital in your last sickness.

BONAPARTE'S EARLY POVERTY.

M. THIERS, in his history of the Consulate, re-cites some very strange and previously unknownparticulars respecting the early life and penuryof Napoleon Bonaparte. It appears that after hehad obtained a subaltern's commission in theFrench service, by his skill and daring at Toulon,he lived some time in Paris in obscure lodgings,and in such extreme poverty that he was oftenwithout the means of paying ten sous (ten cents)for his dinner, and frequently went without anyat all. He was under the necessity of borrow-ing small sums, and even worn-out clothes, fromhis acquaintances! He and his brother Louis,afterwards King of Holland, had at one timeonly a coat between them, so that the brotherscould only go out alternately, time and timeabout. At this crisis the chief benefactor of thefutmre emperor and conqueror " at whose mightyname the world grew pale," was the actor Tal-ma, who often gave him food and money. Napoleon's face afterwards 60 famed lor Its classicalmould, was during that period of starvationharsh and angular in its lineaments, with pro-jecting cheek bones. His meager fare broughton an unpleasant and unsightly cutaneous dis-ease, of type so virulent and malignant, that ittook all the skill and assiduity of his accom-plished physician Corvisart, to expel it, after aduration of more than ten years.

The squalid beggar then, the splendid empe-ror afterwards—the threadbare habiliments andimperial mantel—the hovel and the palace—themeager food and the gorgeous banquet—thefriendship of a poor actor, the homage and ter-ror of the world—an exile and a prisoner. Suchare the ups and downs of this changeful life,such are the lights and shadows of the great andmighty.

GERMAN ECONOMY.

year, and every green thing is collected forthem. Every little,nook where the grass growsby the roadside, river and'brook, is carefully cutby the sickle, and carried home on the heads ofthe women and children in baskets,-or tied inlarge cloths. Nothing of the kind is lost thatcan possibly be made of any use; Weeds, net-tles, nay, the very goose-grass that covers thewaste places, are cut up and taken for the cows.You see little children standing in the streets ofthe village, and in the Streams which generallyrun down them, busy waslng these weeds beforethey are given to the cattle. They carefully col-lect the leaves of the grass, carefully cu> theirpotato tops for them, and even if other thingsfail, gather green leaves from the woodlands.

ITALIAN PROFANITY.

THE Venice correspondent of the BostonWeekly Advertiser gives us a lively descriptionof the beauties of familiar intercourse amongthe Italians. The following scene occured dur-ing a short voyage from Genoa to Naples:

Our friends of the second cabin were chiefly offi-cers with their wives and families, and talked forthe most part of their sufferings during the nightThey spoke such exquisite Italian that I thoughtthem Tuscans, but they told me they were ofSicily, where their beautiful speech first had life.Let us hear what they talked of in their divinelanguage, and with that heavenly tonic accentwhich no foreigner ever acquires; and let us fbronce translate the profanities, Pagan and Chris-tian, which adorn common parlance in Italy:

' Ah, my God! how much I suffered!" says asweet little woman with gentle brown eyes,red lips, and blameless Greek lines of face. " Ibroke two basins!"

' There were ten broken in all by Diana!" saysthis lady's Bister.

" Presence of the Devil! " says hef husband;and

" Body of Bacchus! " her young brother, puff-ing his cigar.

"And you, sir," said the lady, turning to ahandsome young fellow in civil dress, near her," how did you pass this horrible night ? "

'Oh!" says the young man, twirling hisheavy blond moustache, " mighty well, mightywell!"

" 0, mercy of God! you were not sick?'/" I, signora, am never sea-sick. I am of the

navy."At which they all cry O, and ah, and declare

they are glad of it, though why they should havebeen I don't know to this day.

"I have often wished," added the young manmeditatively, and in a serious tone, as if he hadindeed given the subject much thought, " that itmight please God to let me be sea-sick once, ifonly that I might know how it feels. But no!"He turned the conversation, as if his disappoint-ment were too sore to dwell upon; and hearingour English, he made out to let us know that hehad been at New York, and could splk our lan-guage, which he proceeded to do, to the greatpride of his countrymen and our own astonish-ment at the remarkable forms of English speechto which he gave utterance.

A REMINISCENCE OF MR. LINCOLN.

* This statement is incorrect, as by the State Cen-sus of 1855 the population of Charlestown was overtwenty-one thousand.—[EDS.

THERE is nobody so abased that he is not tallenough to look down on others.

GERMAN thrift is proverbial. The Germansin Pennsylvania generally manage to lay by farmore than their American neighbors, and thefollowing paragraph from a European letter willshow that they Inherit these frugal traits:

Each German has his house, his orchard, hisroadside trees so laden with fruit that did he notcarefully prop them up, tie them together, andin many places hold the boughs together bywooden clamps, they would be torn asunder bytheir own weight. He has his own corn plot,his plot for mangle wurzel or hay, for hemp, etc.He is his own master, and therefore he and hisfamily have the strongest motives for exertion.In Germany nothing is lost. The produce ofthe trees and the cows is carried to market.Much fruit is dried for winter use. You seewooden trays of plums, cherries and slicedapples lying in the sun to dry. You see stringsof them hanging from the windows In the sun.The cows are kept up the greater part of the

ON the day of the receipt of the capitulationof Lee, as we learn from a friend .intimate withthe late President Lincoln, the Cabinet meetingwas held an hour earlier than usual Neitherthe President nor any member was able, for thetime, to give utterance to his feelings. At thesuggestion of Mr. Lincoln all dropped on theirknees, and offered, in silence and in tears, theirhumble and heartfelt acknowledgments to theAlmighty, for the triumph He had granted to theNational cause. The same day, in the afternoon,as we learn from the same source, the Presidentwas in a frame of mind peculiarly happy. To hiswife he said:—" The war is now about over; wehave had a long, wearisome four years' siege, andwe must travel a little this summer, and recruitIt must be without fuss or display. You mustwrite Bob that he must come home and resignhis Captaincy, and go to bjs books. Let him pre-pare to earn his living as I did, depending on hisown hands and brains."

On the morning of the day of his death kin-dred conversations were held at to the mannerof spending a portion of the summer, and whaidisposition should be made of "Bob" and" Tad," as he used to call his two sons Rob-ert and ThaddeuS.— Western Christian Advocate.

'HE'LL NEVER SET THE TEMSE ON FIRE.

VERY few know the origin of this commonphrase. Many years ago, before machinery wasintroduced into flour mills for the purpose o:sifting the flour, it was the custom of the milleito send It home unsifted. The process of siftingwas done thus, but principally in YorkshireThe temse, or sieve, which was provided with irim which projected from the bottom of it, wasworked over the mouth of the barrel Into whichthe flour or meal was sifted. An active fellow,who worked hard, not unfrequently set the rimof the temse on fire by force of friction againstthe rim of the flour barrel, so that, in fact, thisdepartment of domestic employment became astandard by which to test a man's will or capa-city to work hard; and thus, of a lazy fellow, oone deficient in strength, it was said, "Ee willnever set the temse on fire." The long misusof the word temse for sieve, as well as the superseding of hand labor by machinery in this par-ticular species of work, may possibly havetended to the substitution of sound for sense,in such phrases as "He will never set theThames on fire," the North River on fire, or anyother river.— Home Journal.

THE great difference between men, great andthe insignificant, is energy.

I WANT to tell a story to the little pouting,icowling, crying children, who are never sat-isfied with their breakfast, dinner or supper.What! you may say, do these sweet little faces>f the children actually put on such looks, whenhe thousand and one good things do not please

them ? Yes, indeed, strange a3 it may seem. I :

have seen a boy throw away his pie, and screamfor fruit cake. I have seen a little girl put all ;;he bread and pie crusts under her plate, andthen pout and refuse to eat dinner because shecould not have jelfy enough for half a dozen.Now, all you plump, rosy-cheeked children, whohave nice, fresh bread and sweet milk, withmore cake, pudding and pie than is good for '

on, listen to this little story.It was one of those cold, chilly days of Novem-

ber, when all seems so dull and dreary. Theky and everything else looked lifeless and cold,

and the wind blew around the corners in a fierceway, as though it would whirl you away, if itcould; and every now and then a wee littlenow flake, that looked as though it fell before

it was half ready, came hither and thither in anuncertain way, just as the wind pleased, youknow. But we were safe within doors, and theroom was warm as June, and we were chattingmerrily around the dinner table, when therecame a timid ring of the door-bell. Now, thereis something peculiar in the ringing even of adoor-bell. Did you ever think of it? Some-imes It is the firm, strong ring of the solid

business man, who has all the world on hisshoulders, and knows how to carry it; some-times it is the sharp quick ring of the postmanas he goes his rounds. Ah! how men learn toisten eagerly for the signal, or wait his coming

with dread. Now It is the professional ring of thedoctor, who would not disturb a feeble moaningpatient; then the dainty touch of a fashionablelady out making calls; or the noisy repeatedpeal of the children just coming home fromschool.

But this was unlike all I have named; itsounded as though whoever touched the bellwas but half assured of a right to do so, and eoit was. A little child, a boy, perhaps six yearsold, was waiting with his bare feet on the coldstone steps, and the wind blowing through historn cap. He wanted to " sing a song for a pieceof bread!" "Let him have the bread," saidone, "never mind the song."

"No," said another, "let us have the song."So he came into the hall, and down in thedining-?oom we listened. In a moment a clear,sweet voice began singing, "Who'll care formother now ? " I cannot begin to tell you howsweet it was, as it came ringing and floatingdown, and yet it seemed to me so pitiful, asthough it were full of tears. Poor little wan-derer, scarce old enough to leave his mother'sknee, who cared for him?

No livine hand bathed his thin face with fra-grant water when the golden sun came up andhe left his wretched bed; no gentle fingerssmoothed his tangled curls, or mended the rentsia his miserable clothes; no pleasant breakfasttable waited for him with silver cup and Bpoonand nourishing food. So he wandered aboutlike the child Luther, away over in Germany,singing songs for a bit of bread. When hissong was ended, his little cold hands were filledwith food which he eagerly took and ate, andthen went out into the world again. Alas, littlewanderer, what will become of him in the bittercold days and nights that are coming—who willgive to him "bread that shall never perish?"And yet, he is only one of a city full, and theworld is, oh, so great, and there are so manycities! Children, pity the poor wanderers blownlike the snow flakes hither and thither, with nohome and loved ones, and when at night you aretucked tenderly away in your soft, white beds,and a dear, good mother leaves you with a goodnight kiss on your lips, sometimes pray forthe poor, neglected boy who sung for a piece ofbread.

A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE.

MORE than a hundred years ago there livedin London the wife of a sea-captain—who wereher ancestors, where she was born, or what ofher life, no one knows or ever will know. Shewas early left a widow with a fatherless child;but she feared God, and felt her responsibilitiesto the child of her love. But in spite of a moth-er's teachings, he went to sea, and became oneof the most profligate of young men; but never,in all his wanderings and dissipations, could herid himself of the remembrance of the sad, paleand sweet face of his mother, nor her earnest,patient, and loving teachings. She died, buther prayers bound him fast to the throne bf God,and John Newton became one of the best ofmen. His pious conversation was the means ofconverting Dr. Buchanan, whose work, "Starinthe East," led Adoniram Judson to the Saviour,converted Dr. Scott, the commentator;'Cowper'spiety was deepened, Wilberforce became achanged man, and wrote "A Practical Viewof Christianity," which converted Leigh Rich-mond, who wrote " The Dairyman's Daughter,"and how many souls that book has awakenedand led to the Savior, and will continue to do,only the records of eternity can tell. Mothers!however poor and obscure, and unknown, lookupon your boy-child, and remembering whatGod hath wrought through such as you, takecourage, and pray in faith that the same can doby you.

CHARITY.—I could never divide myself fromany man upon the difference of an opinion,or be angry with his judgment for not agree-ing with me in that from which perhaps withina few days I should dissent myself,—ThomasBrowne.

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THE SECOND HALF OF

VOL. XVI RURAL NEW-YORKER,Will Commence J u l y 8, 1865 .

The Present to, therefore, the Best Tfane to Renewor ftabscrlbe. Bee Terms on last page. Those whose•ahceripthiM expire with the half v o l u m e - n e x t week—wffl • • « No. 806 printed on address labels.

ADDITIONS TO PRESENT CLUBS MAT B E HADE FOE SIXBOOTHS OR A TEAB AT CLUB BATES.

" LBT bells in every tower be mug,And bonfires blaze abroad;

Let thanks from every loyal tongueIn thunder rise to GOD.

The doom of Bebeldom is sealed,The conquering sword of Mara

Alone the patriot can wield—GOD blesB the Stripes and Stare."

ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 8, 1865.

NEWS OP THE WEEK.

Aflblrs at Wash ington .THB Post special of Jane 39, says the Military

Commission met at 11 o'clock this morning, insecret session, and the members agreed on theirverdict in the conspiracy cases. The natnre ofthe verdict is not known. It will be announcedas soon as the President acts npon i t

The Internal Revenue officers of Virginia,Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia have been ap-pointed, and they will immediately enter upontheir duties.

The rush for pardons on the part of repentantrebels is very great. They increase every day.

Secretary McCulloch has, on his own responsi-bility, directed the issue of five cent notes tocease, with a view of bringing into circulationthe nickel coin, now so plenty.

Gen. Meade took leave of the Army of thePotomac on the 28th ult. He had been its com-mander just two years. The several corps ofthe Army of the Potomac will each be reduced toa division, the whole to be commanded by MajorGen. Wright, headquarters at Martlnsburg, Va.This army (numbering at one time 800,000 men)will be reduced to 16,000.

Gov. Parson Brownlow is in Washington, on avisit to his old friend and companion, PresidentJohnson. He gives a very favorable account ofthe affairs in Tennessee.

The subscriptions to the national loan on. the29th ult amounted to $2,581,000.

It has been ascertained that there has, as yet,been no consultation by the Executive branch ofthe Government as to when, how and where Jeff.Davis is to be tried.

The colored people in and around Washingtonhave raised seven thousand dollars for the erec-tion of a monument to President Lincoln.

Post-offices are to be re-opened immediatelyin all the important places of the South, andlines which have done most toward paying theirexpenses heretofore, will be generally resumed.

The President has issued a proclamation re-moving the restrictions on internal, domestic andcoastwise .trade and commercial intercourse be-tween and within the States and Territories westof the Mississippi river.

The heat was so intense in Washington on the80th ult, that a number of soldiers, while march-ing, were prostrated with sun-stroke.

The President w y quite ill several days lastweek. He was unable to do business or receivevisitors." No Cabinet meetings were held duringthe week. President Johnson's application tobusiness has been most intense, and although he

• is now improving, it is feared that unless he giveBhis mind and body rest from the cares of State,he will be more'seriously affected.

The President had granted, up to June 30th,about 125 special pardons to the rebels. Therebel Secretary of the Treasury, (Trenholm,)recently arrested and confined in Fort Pulaski,are among those lately liberated.

The only prisoners of war now remaining inthe Old Capitol Prison above the rank of Cap-tain, are the rebel Major-General Johnson andone Iieut.-Colonel of a Virginia regiment

By an order of the Post Office Department,«11 mail documents covered by internal revenuestamps, are directed to be sent to the Dead Let-ter office.

Boldlers who have deserted during their termof enlistment, whether they have returned underartest or voluntarily, will not receive the unpaidGovernment bounty.

The President has appointed Benjamin P.Parry of South Carolina, Provisional Governorof that State.

Frederick Seward was able to leave his cham-ber on the 26th ult, for the first time since hereceived his injuries. He rode out on the 28th.

A Government Fly ing McaWne.THE Albany Argus condenses from a New

York journal the following acount of a new air-ship :—The late Professor and General, Mitchell"the eminent astronomer, invented a flyinirmachine. It was an old and familiar principlein natural philosophy, but it was never beforeif we remember rightly, applied to this purpose!The invention is simply the application of thefamiliar principle of screw propulsion to serialnavigation. He believed it would work in theair almost as well as in the water, and his chief

point was to demonstrate the lifting power of ascrew fan, moving horizontally at different ratesof speed.

This was actually demonstrated in the mostsatisfactdry manner, the different experimentsproving that a fan with blades of twenty feetdiameter, revolving at a certain rate of speed,would raise six tune, and have some power tospare. We learn from the Journal of Com-merce, which paper states these facts, that oneof Professor Mitchell's machines is in process ofconstruction at Hoboken, for the United StatesGovernment It was intended for serial use inreconnoitering; and, though its completion wasdelayed beyond the duration of the war, it isnow to be finished.

It is a cigar-shaped canoe, built of copper,with iron ribs, and has an engine in the centreto afford power for working th'e screw fans, ofwhich there are four, one above and one belowthe engine, and one at each end, the upper andlower fans are worked together to produce an as-cent, and the terminal fans are made to revelvetogether, or separately in the same direction, orin opposite directions for the purpose of pro-pelling the craft horizontally. Its wholeweight is six tuns. The Government has confi-dence in i t

The New Constitution of Missouri.THE following is a synopsis of the leading

features of the new Constitution of Missouri,Which has just been adopted:

It declares Missouri a free State forever.It establishes the equality of all men before

the law.It prohibits legislation interfering with the

personal rights of men on account of their celor.It declares that Missouri shall ever remain a

member of the American Union.It excludes from the ballot-box and from

office traitors, rebels, rebel sympathizers, guer-rilla marauders, bushwhackers, and their aidersand abettors.

It in like manner excludes Knights of theGolden Circle, Sons of Liberty and O. A. K's.

It in like manner excludes those who enrolledjthemselves as disloyal, or as Southern sympathizere, to avoid militia duty.

It provides for an efficient registration ofvotes, thereby securing the exclusion of illegalvotes.

i l removes the rule requiring treason to beproved by at least two witnesses, and leaves itto be proved as any other crime.

It invites immigration.from Europe, by extending the elective franchise to those personsof foreign birth who have, more than one yearbefore an election, declared their intention,according to law, to become citizens of theUnited States.

It forbids private, local and special legisla-tion, which for thirty years has cursed the State,and brings the State under a uniform system ofgeneral laws.

It prohibits lotteries.It forbids the Legislature making compensa-

tion for emancipated slaves.It stops the creation of corporations by spe-

cial acts, with enormous and dangerous powers,and requires all, corporations to be formed undergeneral laws.

It prohibits the creation, renewal or extensionof the charter of any bank of issue.

It protects the interests of the people by im-posing upon stockholders individual liability forthe debts of corporations.

It secures an efficient system of commonschools for the free education of the childrenof the State.

It gives increased facilities for its own amend-ment, and allows the people a direct vote uponevery amendment proposed.

The Depredat ion of Rebel Currency.F. C. BARBER & SON of Augusta, publish

In a paper of that city a list of prices of gold forConfederate notes from Jan. 1,1861, to May 1,1865. The price of gold started at 5 cents pre-mium. Dec. 15th it was 30 cents; Jan 1st, 1862,it wjs 20 cents; June 15th it "was $2 in notes for$1 in gold; July 15th, 1863, it was $10 for $1 ingold. This was just after the battles at Vicks-burg and Gettysburg. Jan. 1st, 1864, it took$21 in notes to buyfl in gold, went down to $18for $1 in gold May 15th, and then went up to$20 in notes for $1 in gold July 15th—after Gen.Grant reached the James. Dec. 81st, after Gen.Sherman reached Savannah, it was $51 in billsfor $1 in gold; Jan. 1st, 1865, it opened at $60for $1 in gold, and went down, Feb. 15th, to $46for $1 in gold; March 20th it was $50 for $1 ingold, and immediately after Lee's surrender it was$100 in notes for $1 in gold. It then rose oneand two hundred dollars a day until May 1st,when the last sale was made at $1,200 in Con-federate currency for $1 in gold!

News Summary.THE 4th of July, (as we learn June 30,) is to

be celebrated in South Carolina in a real old-fash-ioned way. Gen. Gillmore has issued an orderthat all business not absolutely necessary to bedone on that day, be suspended.

Gov. Clark (rebel) of Mississippi, has beenarrested and sent to Fort Pulaski.

New York city has furnished (according to areport just published) 141,000 soldiers duringthe rebellion.

General Grant's monthly pay, income taxdeducted, is $1,062.70. This is exclusive ofcertain expenses of his position of nearly asmuch more.

Gov. Bramlette of Ky., addressed the citizensof Louisville on the 29th ult, in favor of theConstitutional amendment abolishing slavery.He very earnestly urged the people of Kentuckyto go to work immediately and overthrow the•peculiar institution."

The House of Assembly of New Hampshireratified the Constitutional amendment abolish-

ing slavery, on the 29th ult—215 to 96. TheSenate, it is thought, will pass the ratificationresolution almost unanimously.

It is thought that by the middle of this monththe Associated Press will be able to resume tele-graphic communication with Southern editors.

The work of properly interring the remains ofour soldiers lying exposed on the Wildernessbattle-field has been completed, and a boardgiving name and regiment placed at the head ofthe grave of every one who could be identified.

THB PLAGUB TBAVELIMG WEBTWABD. — A

letter has been received at the Custom Housein New York, addressed to the State Depart-ment by one of our foreign Consuls, announcingthat the Russian plague is extending westwardmore rapidly than is generally supposed. He,advises that all cargoes arriving from Russianor Turkish ports be rigidly scrutinized beforelanding. The disease is said to be the Bame asthat which visited London a century ago.

The State Department has sent circulars to allof our cities announcing that this disease isextending westward with great rapidity, andsuggesting precautionary measures.

FBOM MEXICO.—Late Advices from Mexicoreport the defeat of the Republicans in an attackon Matamoras, with 700 killed and 2,000 takenprisoners. Juarez is said to be buying up oldarms in the United States. Ten rebel soldiersstationed at Brownsville lately fired across theriver at a Juarez party, and came near killing amember of Gen. Mejla's staff. The General in-formed the rebel commandant, but his complaintreceived no attention.

NASSAU — That nest of pirates during the war,has been abandoned by nearly all of its transientpopulation—many of them entirely ruined inpurse, as they deserved to be.' Had that mis-erable island (New Providence) sunk at the com-mencement of the war, the rebellion would havecollaped years before it did—thus saving thelives of hundreds of thousands.

NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

AN Englishman is arguing in the LondonPost that the Southern States will pay the Confederate bonds, and advises the holders of themnot to sell.

DURING the past thirty days the Quartermasterat Fortress Monroe has discharged from thegovernment employ one thousand vessels of alldescriptions.

GREAT destitution is reported to exist amongthe people of Southwestern Missouri. Many ofthem are now living on greens, slippery elmbark and roots.

PREPARATIONS are being made at Toulon forthe trial of a new electrical infernal machine,by which it is alleged iron-clad vessels can beeasily destroyed.

JENNY LIND appeared recently at a concertin London, in aid of a blind pianist She is saidto have sung with all her old-time force andbeauty of melody.

THE freedman's Bureau have prepared a listof abandoned lands of Virginia, and submittedit to the President for his approval. The lastembraces 30,000 or 40,000 acres.

DAN RICE, the showman, has just had a monument erected at Gerard, Pa., to the memory ofthe Erie county soldiers who have fallen duringthe war. It cost him five thousand dollars.

GEN. HARTSUFF, commanding at Petersburg,has issued an order forbidding the planters tohold any more meetings to fix the price of negrolabor, or to make any distinction prejudicial totheir interests.

THB traitor Breckinridge and hte fellow fugi-tives from Justice are still at Havana. They arereceiving considerable attention from the weal-thier citizens, and inducements to have themstay are held out

PLATT & Co.'s iron works at Black Rock,with the New York Central railroad bridgeadjoining the Niagara Falls branch, were de-stroyed on the 27th ult , by a fire kindled by apassing tug. Loss $150,000.

GEN. TEBBT, commanding at Richmond, de-clares obsolete all State or Municipal laws re-straining the liberty of negroes. The testimonyof colored persons will be received in the mili-tary courts of his department

ONE Flavius Kingsley has abandoned the com-munity of Shakers at Groveland, Livingstoncounty, N. Y., after a membership of over fortyyears. He was a rich man when he joined them,but returns to his home penniless.

GOTTECHALE is enjoying a great success inCalifornia. His concerts are crowded, and heis encored after every piece. Miss Lucy Sim-mons also creates a great sensation, and is re-garded with as great favor as Gottschalk himself.

A NOTE from Cyrus W. Field says that theGreat Eastern will eall from Valencia, with theAtlantic cable, on or about the 10th of July. Allthe arrangements are very complete and perfect,and great confidence is felt in the success of theenterprise.

THB question of importing South Americanjerked beef as a substitute for beef is now beingdiscussed. It is claimed to be perfectly good,and as nutritious as when fresh. The price islow,—it can be shipped from Buenos Ayres atthree cents a pound.

L. P. WALKER, Jeff. Davis1 first Secretary ofWar, who, in 1861, at Montgomery, Ala., at thetime Jeff, was appoinied President of the Con-federacy, made a speech declaring that in lessthan three months from that date the rebel flagwould wave from the dome of the Capitol atWashington, is en route to that city to makespecial application to the President for pardon.

LUt of New Advertisement*.

The Nation-Joseph E Richardson.Great Prize Distribution—T Benton & Co.White Pine Compound-Geo W 8wett. H D ,$10 to $20 per day-Miller & Dial.Notice to Tile Drainers—W H Stiles.Agents Wanted—A M Pnrdy.10O0 Farms in Kansas-Smith, Bramhall & Co.The Brinkerhoff Churn—Jacob Brinkerhoff.

SPECIAL NOTICES.One Thousand a Year Bealized—L. L. Todd & Co.

Stye— Onions grow wild in Nevada.— A hotel is being bnllt at Bull Bon.— Cincinnati's valuation 1B $48,535,000.— Kirby Smith was at Galveston May 80th.— Natchez, Hies., has a population of 15,000.— Gen. Fremont has arrived in Washington.— There are thirteen daily papers in Chicago.— There are again rumors of cabinet changes.— Crops and fruit in New Jersey promise well.— Springfield, Mass., has a population of 22,038.— Connecticut furnished 64,468 men for the war.— GOT. Blaisdell of Nevada is 6 feet 4 inches tall.— An anti-meat club has been formed in Hoboken.— Mildew is ruining the grapes around Cincinnati.— The city of New York supports 12,753 soldiers'

families.— The French Emperor has returned from his Alge-

rian tour.— 6,879 bales of cotton were received at New York

last week.— Boston boot-blacks have reduced their prices to

five cents.— A native banker at Bombay, India, has failed for

$2,500,000.— There are fifty-six patients in the Insane Asylum

of Oregon.— The Rebel General Albert Pike has arrived at

New Orleans.— Six out of eight of Queen Victoria's grand-chil

dren are boys.— Strawberries in California at last accounts were

$1.75 a pound. :

— The Cocheco (N. H.) Manufacturing Co. divided7 per cent last year.

— Howell Cobb has been paroled, In order that hemay visit his family.

— In central Illinois corn Is 22®28c per bushel, andbutter 12@14c per lb.

— Breckinridge and his accompanying fugitive reb-els are still at Havana.

— John Mitchell took out his naturalization papersin Washington in 1860.

— The Savannah and Ogeechee canal is soon to berepaired and put ia order.

— The par capital of the existing petroleum compa-nies is about $600,000,000.

— The Boston banks except " The Traders " havebecome national institutions.

— A Hebrew free school, the first of the kind, hasbeen established in New York. "

— Over 8,000 persons were releaeed from variousGovernment prisons last week.

— Ex-Governor Aiken of South Carolina, is visitingat Bhinebeck, Dutchess county.

— The amount of gold now in existence is $4,862,-000,000; of silver $5,700,000,000.

— Out of ten thousand rebel prisoners only one ineight was able to write his name.

— The Mayor of Boston has ordered all liquor dealers to close their bars on Sunday.

— A highway robber was caught by a mob at Coun-cil Bluffs, Iowa, lately, and hung.

— A woman 86 years old is in the Rhode Island StatePrison for poisoning two husbands.

— J. Rosse Brown, the famous traveler, was at Virginla City, Nevada, the 24th of May.

— The California State Fair is to be held at Sacra-mento, commencing the 11th of Sept.

— Four hundred and thirty rebel prisoners were re-leased at Johnson's Island on Sunday last.

— TitusvUle boasts of about thirty hotels, and stillis not supplied in proportion to the demand.

— The Pacific railroad is now in running order asfar aB Jangville, Mo., 237 miles from SL Louis.

$1,000 A TKAB can be realized putting up theCrystal Door Plate. Stock and Toola for $20. Circu-lars Free. L. L. TODD, & Co., New York.

Employ the Wounded Soldiers.

ALL FEBSONS in Rochester or its vicinity who aredisposed to employ Wounded Soldiers, are requestedto call at this Office, where a liet of such is kept—de-scriptive of name, age, nativity, former occupation, inwhat manner disabled, reference, &c. It is especiallyimportant that the returned wounded men of our owngallant regiments have an opportunity to earn whatthey can toward the support of themselves and theirfamilies, and it is hoped our city business men, andfarmers, horticulturists, etc., in the surroundingcountry, will give them employment so far as is con-sistent. D. D. T. MOORE, Mayor.

MAYOR'S Omens, Rochester, June, 1865.» • • »

GOOD BEADING VEBY CHEAP.

We have a few extra copies of Vol. XII of theRURAL NEW-YOBKBR, (1861,) stitched, and in goodorder, which we will sell at $1 per copy at office or byExpress—or $1.50 sent by mail post-paid. If you wisha copy, speak quick. A few bound copies of samevolume for sale at $3. We can also furnish boundcopies of most of the volumes issued since 1855, at $3each. Bound volumes of 1864, $4.

Address D. D. T. MOOBE/Jtochester, N. Y.

ITCH. WHEATON'8 ITCH.SCRATCH. OINTMENT SCRATCH.WILL cure the itch to 48 kours-alBO cures Salt Rheum,Ulcers, OhUMaim, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Price60 cents; by sending 60 cents to WISES & POTTER, 170Washington St., Boston, will be forwarded free by mail.For sale by all druggists. 791-26t

DIED.I N Chili, on the ICth of June, of consumption, SARAH

JU., daughter of H A R V E Y W. and MAKGABET A N D R E W S .aged 20 years, 7 months and 12 days.

timmtvtt,Rural New-Vorker Office.)

ROCHESTER, JULY 3, 1805. $THE market continues dull and Inactive. Wool holds

firm at last -week's prices; there have been no large salesyet. Dairy products are scarce in the market; bit smallquantities of batter and eggs offered for sale. Hay hasdeclined from $2 to $8 per tun.

W h o l e s a l e P r i c e s Current .

Straw 9,00@10,00FLOUB, FEED, GB AIN , E tc.Flour, w t wheat, $9,50@ll,00

Do. red wheat, $7,00® 8,06Do. extra State, 6,00® 7.00

, Do- buckwheat, 8,00® 8,25Mlllfeed, coarse,. .20,00000,00

Do. fine 85,oo®00,00 PlumsMeal,corn,cwt... l,9u® 2,00 r ' 'Wheat, red 1,40® 1,45Best white 1.50® 2,00Corn,old, V bu... 75® 80c

Do. new,. 75® 80cRye, . . . 80® 85cOats 60® 65cBarleyBeans 1,

MEATS.Pork,old mess,..'

Do. newmeu.. .Do. clear, * ft. 1

Dressed hogs, cwt 11,Beef

$1,00

13,00.... _iH,00

Spring lambs, . . . . 2,50® 4,00Mutton, V ft. M© 12cHams. 21cShoulders 16® l*cChickens 14® 18cTurkeys 20® 20cGeese, V pair 0,00® 0,00

D A I R Y , Etc.Butter, choice roll 20® 22c

Do. packed . . . . 18® 20cCheese, new 16® 18c

Do. old 23® 23cLard, tried 18® 20c

00® 00cDo. roughTallow, tried

Do. roughEggs, dozen •.

FORAGE.Hay V tun 6,00®16,00

® cv® ioc7® 8c

24cM

F B U I T B , VEOKTABLES, Etc.0,00

7060c86o

. . _ 00c'otatoes, V ft,.... 85® 40n

Onions 0,000 0X9Carrots 00® (fee

H I D E S A N D S K I N S .Green hides trlm'd 4

Do. untrimmed. 5Green calbklns Tl8heei

_ 6c® 5c® 12cijAft cue

Lam6 peTts" ' ."" ' . ."§0<g 80cSEEDS.

Timothy, V bu ...$6,50® 7,00Clover, medium.. 16,00016,50

Fiax'.'./.r.'./.'.::::: also® 8,00SUNDRIES.

Wood, hard, $ii)XDo. soft 7,

Coal, lump, V tun 7, , „Do. l j j g e e g g . . 7,90®oo,ooDo. sfcallegg.. 8te®00 09Do. stove..*... 8 ^ ^ ^ "Do. chestnut... 7,Do. soft 0,Do. Char V bu.

Salt, V bblWool,» ftHopsWhiteflsh, h< bblCodfish. V 100 9>s.Honey,box, V ft.Candles, box

Do. extraBarrels

THB PROVISION MARKETS.NEW YORK, July 1.—Cotton, 43«44c for middlingFLOUR.—Superfine State $5,0005,35; extra State, r

5,*5; choice State, $5,80®5,90; superfine Western, '

$5,75®7,70.GRAIN — Wheat, No. 1 Chicago spring, fl.25® 1,28; am-

ber Milwaukee, $1,28; amber Michigan, 1,42@1,44; winterred Western, $1,35. Rye steady, at 87c. Barley dull and'nominal. Corn, sales at 68®76c for mixed Westerly.—Oats 73®75c.

PROVISIONS—Pork, $24,37925,00 for new mess; $23,00®*23,50 for mess; $18,75@20,00 Tor prime. Shoulders, ll®14c.Hams. 18@l9c. LardTl5X@19c. Butter, 20023c. for Ohio,and 27®S3c for State. Cheese. 9ai5fr Hops 1£®45 forcommon to prime. Clover seed f)ft,14®14){c. Timothyseed $398,00. Flax ieed $2®2,20.

ALBANY, July 1.—Flour, city brands $8®9,75. Cornmeal, V 100 lbs, $1,75®137K. wheat, sales white Michi-gan $1,85; State, $1,6O®1,«5. Rye 85®fl6c. Corn, 75c—Barley no sales. Oats5T®70c. Hops25®28c.

TORONTO, June 80.-Flour, $4,4006.00. Fall wheat, at11,0001,10 V bushel; spring do. 95c®$l,05. Barley, 50®55c.Peas, 60®8So. Oats, 43#45c. Butter, 15ffll8c. Cheese, 11012. Egpt,ll®12kc. Ham, 13K®14c. Bacon, 12®13c.—Lard, 12012We. Tallow, rough, Sc. Green apples, $4,50®6: dried do, 10c * tt. Potatoes, 42®47c V bash. Carrots,80c. Turnips, 25c. Beets. 75c. Onions, $1,50. Beef. 10®12H& Mutton, 7®10c. Dressed bogs. 5X®6Kc. Messpork, $22; prime, 118. Shoulders, 9®l2j<c Hay, $9®13.Straw, $8ai0. Clover seed, UK@12c. Timothy seed,$2,75@3. Hides, trimmed, $808.50 V 100 lbs. Calftkins,7c. Sheepskins, $l©l,90.—<?to6e.

WOOL. M A R K E T S .NEW YORK, June 27—The market is quiet with only

moderate sales. The Quotations remain unchanged -05®67c for Native and V Merinos; 67®70C for \t and V do;70®74c for full-blood do; 75®77c for Saxony; 64@65c forNo. 1 pulled ; 68®70c for superfine; 70072c for extra do •20@25c for common unwashed California, and 42®44o torfine Foreign — Chilian unwashed 35®40c; Entre Rioswashed 45a47c: Cordova 55@65c; East India 25®93Kc; Af-rican 30®40c; Mexican 30@35c; Smyrna 25®45

BOSTON, June 28.—The following are the Adver-tiser's quotations: — Saxony choice, 70®75o; Saxonyfleece, 70®72c; full-blood Merino, 68®70c; three-quartersdo, 63®67; half do, 58®60c; common, 50®.%; Westernmixed, 50®60c; California, 20®50c; Canada, 50®82c: pull-ed extra, 75080c; superfine. 7n®75c; No. 1. 56®fiac.-Bmyrna, 28aS8c; Bnenos Ayres, 25®40c; Cape Good Hope84®40c; Chilian, 26©52c; Peruvian, 85®38c; African. 20a50c; East India, 35e.65c.

ALBANY, J«ly 1.—Buyers are holding off, expectrnglower rates. The present range of prices Is 52c lor choice.50c light medium, and 40®45c for native to one-quarterblood.—Journal,

BUFFALO, June 30-Wool quoted at 45®59c for medl-um to prime.—Courier.

WOOL nr MICHIGAN.—The following are the qnota-tions for wool at different points In Michigan, np t* June27st -Ypsllanta 50c; Detroit 45®50c; Adrian 42@59c-Hillsdale 45<aM>c; Battle C> eek 45«»60c; Marshall 45®50c:

Sturgls 45®50c; Cold water 45®55c: St. Johns 50c fTe-'enmsch 50c; Jonesville 45®53c; Three Rivers 50®K5r •Ealamazoo 4«®50c; Ionia 40@50c; Flint 50®60c: Dextnr50@55c; Hudson 45®5tc; Pontlac 45®58c; Grand Rapids

TORONTO, June 80.- Less offered; quoted at 40®43c 9ft for good fleeces.—Globe.

WOOL IN CANADA.— We take the following quotationsof prices at different points, from the Globe of June <0:London, 43®44c. Hamilton. 41«45c. Gait, 41®42c. Bar-rie.30®35c. Guelph, 43®45c Dundas, 85c. Belleville, 48®43c. Brantford, 85®37)ic.

C A T T L E M A R K E T S .

NEW YORK, June 27. —Beeves received. 5,645 agalast4,276 last week. Sales range at 11018c. Cows, received106 against 100 last week. Sales, at $40090 each. Vealcalves, received, 2,627 against 2,301 last week. Sales rangeat 7011c. Sheep and Lambs, received, 13,529 against 32,-628 last week. Sales at 4X®»Xc. Swine, received, 14,640against 16,908 last week. Sale* at $9,25010,25 V cwt.

ALBANY, June 27.—Beeves range at $4,50®9,25. Sheep,sale8at7®7kc. Hogs, sales at 8®9)ic.

— Beeves,

Two^ear olds $22®25. Three-year olds $87®4O. Sheepand Lambs. 4K®8c V ft. Shoals-Wholesale 12X®14cts;retail 14@17c; suckers, 22«28c; large, coarse shoato 12®12c; /at Bogs lOaioHc live weight.Tlides 7«8c » «.. TatIow6®8c. CallskUis 25c. Pelts $1,50®2,00.

TORONTO. June 28.—First class cattle, from |6,OQ®6,00V 100 fts, dressed weight; 2d dp, $4,8005,00; infertorTf300£3,50. Calves. $5®6 each, large quantity in market. Sheepf400®5,00 each per car load. Lambs, $2®2,50. Yearlings

W A D V E R T I S I N G T E R M S , In A d v a n c e -THntTT-FrvB CENTS A LINE, each insertion. A priceand a half for extra display, or S2X cents per line ofspace. SPECIAL NOTICES (following reading matter,leaded,) 60 cents a line.

VT Marriage Notices, not exceeding four lines, $ l j -Obltuarles, Bame length, 50 cents. Each additional line85 cents. Marriage and Obituary notices sent us by mallmust be accompanied by a responsible same.

TH E B R I N K E R H O F F C H U R N . - P e r s o n swishing to test this Churn with a view to purchase

territory, will, on application, have a Churn sent to themor be called upon by an agent. For testimonials seeRURAL of June 8d. Address

JACOB BRINKERHOFF, Auburn, N. Y.

« GENTS W A N T E D . - Thir ty Acres of Straw-A. berr ies , Including all the new and valuable sorts.Plants lor sale low, especially to those desiring to plantlargely. Agents wanted to take orders, to whom themost liberal terms will be allowed. Hand-bills, Circu-lars and terms, sent on application. Address

A. M. PURDY, tenth Bend, Indiana.

NOTICE TO T I I i E DRAINERS.-Wanted, anestimate, price per rod, 8u Inches deep from a person

familiar with this work, for digging and laying It. Worfcto be proseouted this summer, rail and winter, as long asthe season will permit. Considerable work to be done ifterms can be agreed upon. Address _ „

W. H. STILES, 52 & 54 Murray St., N. Y.For the contractor to furnish Tile. 807-3t

1 AAA FARMS IN.\J\J\J KANSAS

_'rom 40 to 3,000 acres each, as desired. Best Farm landsIn the State. Terms easy.

$ 3 , 5 0 TO $ 7 , 5 0 P E R A C R E .Apply to SMITH, BRAMHALL & CO..

7-4t 8 7 P e a r l Street, New York.

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

> C l n c l n n a t l t o h i o .

mHE GREAT NEW-ENGLAND REMEDY1 DB. J. W. POL LAND'S

WHITE PINE COMPOUND,Ts now offered to the afflicted throughout the conntry,after having been proved by the test of eleven years, Inthe New England States, where Its merits have becomeas well known as the tree from which, in part, It derivesits virtues.

THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND CURES .Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Dtptheria, Bronchitis,

Spitting of Blood, and Pulmonary Affections gene-rally. It is a remarkable Reyyedy for Kidney

Complaints, Diabetes, Difficulty of VoidingUrine, Bleeding from the Kidneys and

Bladder, Gravel, and otherComplaints,

For Piles and Scurvy it will be Fraud very Valuable.Give it a trial If yon would learn the value ot a good andtried Medicine. It is pleasant, safe and sure.

Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine generally.GEO. W . S W E T T , M . D . ,

Proprietor, Boston, Mass.BURNHAMS & VAN 8CHAACK, CHICAGO, I I I .

JOHN D. PARK, CINCINNATI, OHIO.807-6teo General Agents for the West.

T HTATIOHT.

"A WEEKLY JOURNAL for the discussion of the'po-litical and social topics of the day; the illustration andmaintenance of true democratic principles; the consid-eration of the condition of the freed people, and the dutyOf the republic towards them; the support of populareducation as a political agent; the diffusion of informa-tion regarding the condition and prospects of the South;and tor the sound and impartial criticism of books andworks of art, with, entire independence of all sects andparties,

W i l l b e P u b l i s h e d J u l y 6 , 1 8 6 5 .It embraces among its regular er occasional contribu-

tors the following names:HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, m

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL,JOHN Q. WHITTIER, •

SAMUEL ELIOT, (Ex-President Trinity College,Hartford,)

Professor TORREY, (Harvard,)j Professor GOLD WIN SMITH, (Oxford,)

Dr. FRANCIS LIEBER,Professor CHILD, (Harvard,)

CHARLES E. NORTON,-Judge BOND, (Baltimore,)EDMUND QUINCY,Professor W. D. WHITNEY, (Yale,)Professor D. C. GILMAN, (Yale,)Judge DALY,Professor D WIGHT, (Columbia College,

Judge WAYLAND,

S31EDERICK LAW OLMSTED,

T*e?v Dr. McCLINTOCK,

Eev. Dr. tft>S. P. THOMPSON,

Eer. PHILLIP* BROOKS,

Rev. Dr. BELLOWS,C. J. STILLE,

HENRY T. TUCKERMAN,BAYARD TAYLOR,C. A. BRISTED,C. L. BRACE,RICHARD GRANT WHITE,WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON,SYDNEY GEORGE FISHER,THEODORE TILTON,JAMES PARTON,'GAIL HAMILTON,R. H. STODDARD.

T E R JsO. S :XDbme Dollars per annum, in advance; Six months,

Two DoTUrt.JOSEPH H. R I C H A R D S , Publisher,

No. 139 Nassau Street, New York.

7 K A MONTH.—Agents wanted to sell SewingI V Machines. We wlllpay a liberal salary and ex-

penses or give large, commissions. Address,806 D. B. HBRRINTOK & CO., Detroit, Mich.

SOLDIERS HONORABLY DISCHARGEDfrom service, who are in want of EMPLOYMENT, should

address W. E. LOCKWOOD, Detroit, Michigan, withstamp for return postage. • 865

r£EE LIGHTNING ILY-KILLEBDestroys Flies instantly, and is not liable to be mistakenfor anything else. Is easily prepared and used, and doesrapid execution. Each sheet will attract and kill a quartof flies— and promotes quiet in reading, peace while youeat, and the comforts of a nap in the morning. [8064t

SOLD B Y A L L DRUGGISTS

DYSPEPSIA AND FITS.F I T S - A S u r e Cure for these distressing complaints

—is now made known in a Treatise on ForeignFITS—and Native Herbal preparations, published by

—Dr. O. PHELPS BKOWN. The prescription wasF I T S — fnrnished him in such a providential manner

—that he cannot conscientiously refuse to makeF I T S —it known, as it has cured everybody who has

—used it. never having failed in a single case. ItF I T S —is equally sure in cases* of Fits as of Dyspepsia;

—and the ingredients may be obtained from anyF I T S —druggist. S e n t f r e e to all on receipt ot five

—cents to pre-pay postage, etc Address DR. O.F I T S -PHELPS BROWN^ No. 19 Grand street, Jersey

—City, N. J. 8064t

H ERD OF SHORT-HORNSAST A t T C T I O N .

J. R. PAGE, AUCTIONEER.On, the 16th day of August next, at 1 o'clock, P. M., I

6hall sell myEntire Herd of Short-Horn Cattle at Anction.

The herd includes over FOBTY HEAD OF BULLS, COWS,HELPERS and CALVES. Among toe Bulls will be void thecelebrated Bull HOTSPUB (4030.) Many of the Cows arein calf by him.

The Princess Tribe will be sold, and an opportunitythus afforded to get some of tnfi.choicest blood on theContinent. Sale absolute. TeVtaS. cash, or approvednotes at 12 months with interest.-The cattle sold will bedelivered at the Central or Erie Railroads at Attica.

Catalogues ready and sent on application. J806-6tDarien, N. Y., June 26,1895. T. C. PETERS.

J.AEGE 00L0EED PETJIT PIECES.Ornaments for Parlors, Dining Booms, and

Nurserymen's Offices.Am. Autumn Fruits, 16 varieties, 24 by SO inches,... .t«,00Am. Prise Fruits, 10 " 2* by 80 " .. . .3,80Am Fruit Piece, 13 " 2iby30 " .. . .8,50Landscape and Fruit and Flower Piece, 8 Fruits,

13 Flowers, 24 bv 80 inches 3,50Frults&Flowersoautumn oval, 15x18) m a t c h e dpairl ,00

•• summer, IOXIO )Spring Flowers, square, l«x20> m a t c h e d p a lr 1,00Summer Fruits, 16x20 J *" '

These large pictures are much admired for householdornaments. They are sent by mail, post-paid, on receiptof the price, and warranted to go safely to any part ofthe U. 8. Either of the first 3 match the Landscape piece,as a pad. Address D. M. DEWEY, Agent,806-St] Horticultural Bookseller, Rochester, N. Y.

XT ALL'S AGEIOULTUEAL W O E K S ,XJL N . Y .R O C H E S T E R

The undersigned Executors of the estate of JOSEPHHALL, deceased, will continue ihe manufacture the cele-brated

Hall Thrashing Machine and Power,which for execution and style of workmanship standsunrivalled. Also,

Collins' and Shattuck's CombinedClover machine,

the easiest running machine made, capable of thrashing,hulling and cleaning at one operation.

For Information apply by letter or otherwise.M.E.HOLTON, } Executors.

Rochester, N. T., June 26,1865. 806-tf.

GREAT P R I Z E DISTRIBUTIONS3- TH3

NEW YORK GIFT ASSOCIATION,599 Broadway, New T w k ,

12 Rosewood Pianos, worth from $250 to $500 each16 Melodeons, Rose wood Cases,. . , $125*101225 "

1B8 Music Boxes $15 to *'"100 Silver Revolving Patent Castors, $15 to100 Silver Fruit ana Cake Baskets, $15 tofiOO Sets Silver Tea and Table Spoons $15 to100 Gold Hunting Case Watches 175 to I180 Diamond Rings, Cluster, &c , $50 to $200200 Gold Watches $60 to $100800 Ladles' Gold Watches $60 to $85 "500 Silver Watches .$25 to $50 "

Diamond Pins, Prooches and Ear Drops, Ladies' Setsof Gold and CoralcJet and Gold, Florentine, Mosaic,Lava, and Cameo; Sets of Studs, Vest and Neck Chains,Plain and Chased Gold Rings, Gold Thimbles, Lockets,New Style-Belt Buckles, Gold Pens and Pencils, FancyWork Boxes, Gold Pens with Gold and Silver ExtensionHolders, and a large assortment of Fine J ewelry of everydescription, of the best make and latest styles, valued at

$5O O,O O O-To be Sold at One Dol lar Each, without regard tovalue, and not to be paid for until you know what youwill receive.Among those who have recently drawn VALUABLE Gnrrsfrom this Association, the following kindly permit theirnames to be used:—Robert H. Hotchkiss, New Haven,Conn,, Melodeon, value $150; W. F. T. Willis, W. 22d St.New York, Diamond Cluster Pin, value $200: Mrs. R. G.Tappan, 16 York St., Gold Watch, value $125; Miss EllenF.Dlckerson.Binghamton, N. Y.,Melodeon, value $100;Mr. E. H. Stone, 52 Tenth St., N. Y., Piano, value $350;Mrs. Teresa A. Miller, Scranton, Pa., Diamond Ring, val-ue $175; Miss Ellen J Peck, Springfield, 111., Mefodeon, val-ue $125; Dr.I. Van Riper,Washington,D. C,Gold Hunt-ing Case Watch, value $150; Edward H. Lindsay, Worces-ter, Mass., Piano, value $250: Miss D. H. Farwell, Du-buque, Iowa, Diamond Ear-drops, value $250; FrancisI. Moran, 126 Pearl St., Albany, N. Y., Music Box, Value

E; Mrs. R. C. Ingersoll, Urbana, Ohio, Silver set, value; Lieut. B. F. Hendricks, Willard's Hotel, Washing-, D. C, Silver Patent Lever Watch, value $55. Capt.

L Warner, 15th N. Y. Vols., Silver Watch, value $35.—H Taylor, Ringtown, Pa., Gold Patent Lever Watch, val •ue $100:Jas H Bruce, Nashvllle/Jenn.. Silver Watch, $40;

. GeoD Wood, Whitby, Canada West, Silver Watch, $45;Wm B Redfleld. Columbus, Ohio, Music Box, $40. Manypersons who have drawn valuable prizes, do not wishtheir names published, or we might extend this list. Let-ters from various parties throughout the country ac-knowledging the receipt of valuable gifts, may be seenon file in our office.

MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION.CERTTFIOATHS, naming each article and Its value, are

placed in SKAAED ENTXLOPBB, which are well mixed. Oneof these envelopes, containingthe Certificate or order forsome article, (worth at least ONE DOLLAR at retail,)

Wine and Cider Mill.large and small sizes, greatly improved, for hand, horse

_>r other power. Over 8,000 have oeen sold in two years,giving unparalleled satisfaction. Send for DescriptiveJlrcular giving full rfarrietilars. Address ;

806-13t HUTCHINSON & BROTHER, Auburn, N. Y.

value, which may be FBOM ONE TO FIVE HTTNDBBDDOL-LAEs.&nd Can then send ONE DOLLAB and receive thearticle named.

No BLASKS.— Every purchaser gets value.Parties dealing with us may depend on having nromni

returns, and the article drawn will be immediately senito any address by return mall or express.« f n • ,8att»frctloii guaranteed in all cases. Six Certiflcates forfi ;thirteen for$2.

AeskTS WANXED._A11 letters should be addresgedT. BENTON & C O T B O X 6567, P. O., New York.

/~1 REAT CHANCE MAKE to MONEY!\T by selling our NOVELTY AND NATIONAL PRIZEPACKETS. Each package contains over a Dollars'Worth of valuable Stationery and Jewelry—besides onecertificate in the great sale of $650,000 of Watches, Dia-monds and Jewelry. Thousands of these packets can besold in every village.

We want an agent in every town, thus making a profit-able business for a tmart man in each place.

Splendid Gold and Silver Watchesiven to our agents. $17 will obtain 100 Packets and a

xine Silver Watch. A sample and full list and particularssent by mail for 50 cts. We also publishSplendid Steel Engravings, and Photograph

Card Pictures,$15 invested will yield $50. One copy of the new. arifl>eautiful picture, Just published by us, of LINCOLN AT

HOME, together with full list of ah our pictures andterms to agents, sent «afely by mail, In pasteboard tube,or SO Cts. HASKINb & CO., No. 36 Beekman St., N. Y.

INSON'S

HUTCHINloTPiNcWPATEHT*

WINE &CIDER MILLS!

A MERICANHOETICULTUEAL EEGISTEE,

The undersigned having been engaged to prepare andmblish a Catalogue of American Nurserymen, Hortlcul-ural Dealers ana Agents and Fruit Growers, desires to,o procure —

I Of Nurserymen throughout the United States —theName, P. O., County, States, Actes in Nursery, sale Stockor 18t>5-6, viz:—Number of Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry,Plum, Apricot, Nectarine and Quince Trees; Grapevines,Warrant, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Blackberry and Straw-

berry Plants; Stocfcs-Apple, Cherry, Pear and Quince;Deciduous Trees, Evergreen Trees; Deciduons Shrub*,

Evergreen Shrubs, Vines, and Creepers, Roses, Peren

II. Of Dealers and Agents—Name, P. O., County,State. Names of Nurserymen for whom acting; extentof territory furnished or canvassed, (Nurserymen are rejquested to furnish this Information of all their authorizes

gil! Of Fruit Growers-Name, P. O., County, State.

In presenting these Instruments to the public I wish to statethat they are the same as the; heretofore long and fevorablyknown I). B. LENT'S Barometer—Mr. LBNT having disposed ofWe interest, but etiU retaining the superintendence of theirmanufacture.

In manufacturing these Instruments we have made it;our con-stant aim to conform to the principles which are essential tomake a perfect working Barometer. We use large tubes andboil the mercury in each tube, thus expelling all particles of airand giving a vacuum in the tube which insures a perfectly freemovement The cistern, used at the lower end of the tube, is soconstructed as to insure a uniform movement of the column,The cases are all made by hand, and in the most workmanlikeand substantial manner. These Instruments have been used foryears in various parts of the country, for taking observations tosend to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington. They haretaken many Premiums and Diplomas at State and County Fairs,and the Silver Medal at the United States Agricultural Fair, atRichmond, Va., in 1858.

The accompanying engraving represents the face of an orna-mental case. The plain ca^es aave similar carving around thetop and bottom, but are plain around the face and downjheidea of the tube.They will be shipped by Express, at my risk and expense, to

he Railroad Express Office, nearest the residence of purchaser,>n receipt of price.

Vo. 1. la a pine cane, stained to imitate Rosewood, - $9.00Vb. 2 . Is a solid Black Walnut case, carving top and

bottom, - - - $10.00Vb. 3 . Is a solid Black Walnut case, ornamented like

engraving, • $12.00Other styles in Mahogany and Rosewood, from $14 to $18.

These prices are the same as they were before the war.Parties in ordering should give their name and Post-Office ad-

dress, as well as the Express Station to which they wish theInstrument shipped. S@T* Be careful to do this in a plain, legi-)le hand.

N. B.—I also manufacture THERMOMETERS of various,ityles, including one made especially for DAIBY use.

804-4t L E W I S C. T O W E R ,

berry and Strawberry.IV. Of Fruit Dealers-Name. P. O., County, State.Persons sending the above Information, (with a three

cent stamp for return postage,) previous to August 15th,will receive a copy of the Register free of charge.

Early, prompt and correct information is urged, anwill make this a valuable book of reference to buyer ancseller. W . C. FLAGG,

Secretary Illinois State Horticultural Society,Alton, 111., June 15,1865. 805 6t

THE PRACTICAL SHEPHERD,A eOMPLBTB TBSATISE ON THE BBBEDINO, MANAGEMENT

AND DISEASES OF SHEEP.

By Hon. Henry S. Randall, LL, D.,Author of " Sheep Husbandry in the South," " Fine-

Wool Sheep Husbandry," Ac., Ac.

Published by S. D. T. Moore, Rochester, N. TOT* Sent, post-paid, to any address in United States oi

Canada, on receipt or price, «s .oo.The Practical Shepherd is a large I2mo. volume of 45

pages, handsomely Illustrated, printed and bound. Prlci$2, (post-paid, if sent by mail) which is cheap at presencost and prices of books. To any BUBAL Club Agent (1.e., any person remitting for 5,7,10 or more subscribers tothe R. N . Y . for 1865,) we will furnish the work athandsome discount from retail price.

BAROMETER AND THERMOMETERManufactory,

K0. 37 EXCHANGE STEEET, UP-STAIES,ROOHE8TBR, 3ST. Y.

QEWEY'S 00L0EED PEUIT PLATES.7OO •VAJFtIETIEJB

nbracing all the popular Fruits, Flowers, Evergreens,rubbery, &c, &c , grown and for sale by Nurserymenthe United States.

mbiShnlntheUi

j y Orders for fall trade should be made now. Cata-ogues furnished on application.

Address U. M. DEWEY, Agent,806 2t Horticultural Bookseller, Rochester, N. Y.

&C©.,T n e w e l 1 established strictly

PE0DU0E COMMISSION HOUSE,Ifo. 250 FulUm Street, -New Ywk,

Reference—New York National Echange Bank, N. T.Have unequalled facilities for disposing of Wool, Hops,jeaf Tobacco and Hlghwlnes, direct to manufacturers.The usual attention given to Batter, Cheese, Pork. Beef,r i , Grain, Beans. Peas, Dried and Oreen Fruits,

geeds, Eggs, «c., Ac.CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

The subscribers offer for sale, at one-hall' the advertiseprice of other Machines, twenty-five

C U R T I S ' C E L E B R A T E D P R A I R I EM O W I N G M A C H I N E S .

These Machines are of light draft, wide cut, very sim-ple, substantially made, and for level land cannot beequaled. Send tor a Circular. Address

804-it E. A. & G. R. MENEELY, West Troy, ST. Y.

AMERICAN ROOFING COMPANY.QREEN'S PATENT.

This Company is now prepared to furnish one of thebest articles of Roofing ever introduced, consisting of astout material made water-proof by a compound of IN-DIA RUBBER, hardened by a coat ot METALLIC P A I N Tprepared expressly. The WHOLE FABRIC has been tbor-ougtuy tested, is entirely WATER-PROOF, and unaffect-ed Dy changes of weather.

It rolls up and unrolls like a piece of Oil Cloth..It is designed for covering RAILWAY CARS, STEAM-

BOATS. DWELLINGS, BARNS and SHEDS. It can belaid down by any sensible working man. It lscheapetthan any known roofing of equal durability.

It can be seen in use and samples had by applying atffi f th C HENRY SMITH, Agent.

o 94 W l l St N Y k

It can be seen i s dthe Office of the Company.

804-18tHENRY SMITH, Agent.

No. 94 Wall St., New York

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLOF YALE COLLEGE.

Courses of Agricultural Instructien—including thePractise of Agriculture and Herticulture, AgriculturalChemistry and Pnysiology, Principles of Breeding andFeeding, Injurious Insects, Rural Economy, Forestry,French and German languages, &c , &c—open Sept. 18th,1866. For detailed Programme apply to802-4tom] Prof. GEO. J. BRUSH, New Haven, Conn.

ii 66 66N . " Agents " I . " Wanted " C . "

Agents call and investigate, or samples sent for 50 cts,sure to retail for six dollars, and a book entitled " Suc-cess in Business," also sent free. Please call or ad-dress C. L. VAN ALLEN, 184 Washington St., New York.

N. B.—Any person not perfectly satisfied that he has thew*rth of his money will have it refunded by returningthe sample. [801-13t

I© ALL -WANTING FARMS.Large and Thriving Settlement

O F VIKELAND, RICH SOIL, good crops of WHEAT, CORN,PBAOHES, & C , to be seen. Only 31 miles from Philadel-phia— delightful climate—20 acre tracts at from $25 tofSS per acre, payable within four years. Good schools

and society. Hundreds are settling, and crops can beseen growing. Apply to CHA& K. LAND IS, P. M.,

Vineland, Cumberland Co., New Jersey.Report of Solon Robinson and Vinel and Rural sent

Tree. ' -From Report of Solon Robinson, Ag. Ed. Tribune:It is one of the most extensive fertile Tracts, in an

almost level position, and suitable condition for pleas-ant farming, that we-know of this side of the WesternPrairies." , . , 801-13t

1 A A A A G E N T S WANTED.—Money madel u U U fast and easy. Business light and pleasant,and can be commence with five or eight dollars capital.Send 8 cent stamp for Circular, or $1 tor sample, used inevery family, and sells for $10.

800-16t DR. W. W. HIBBARD, Poultney, Vt.

p MOW£NG MACHINES.Farmers wishing a good Mower should send for de-

scription of the Clipper. Also, Pony Mower and Har-vester. These Machines have been in use four years inNew York and Connecticut, and give the best satisfactionof any in use. They are light draft, well built; and far-mers should see one before purchasing! DescriptiveCirculars sent free, with references, &c. Farmers wantedas agents for these machines.

HORTON & MABIE, Manufacturers7M-13t Agricultural Implements of all kinds.

PBEKSKILL, N. T.

WESTINGHOUSE &SCHENECTADAY, N. Y.,

MANUFACTUEEE8 OF

CO.,

Endless Chain & Lever Horse-Powers,Threshers and Cleaners,Threshers and Separators, CloverHullers, Circular and Cross-cut Wood-Sawing MachlniBroom Corn Scrapers, Cider Mills, &c.

Send for a Circular containing description and price listof the above named machines. [782-eowtf

dies, the best selling ever offered. Jrua particulars free.Address OTIS T. GAREY, Biddefo*d, Maine. ]799-13t

MASONIC CHART.-Local and Traveling Agentawanted to sell a new Pictorial Masonic Chart.

Address L. T. MOORE, Seneca Falls* N.

VITANTED.-A PRACTICAL Nurseryman atYV the Wolf Creek Nursery. Dayton, Ohio. Address

808-St WAMPLER, TILLOTSON & CO., Proprietors

First Premium Improved

SEWING MACHINE.THE EMBODIMENT OF

PRACTICAL UTILITY ANDEXTREME SIMPLICITY.

Patented May 1S(A. 1862, improvement patented June9<A, 1863. The celebrated FAJULT GEM SEWING MA-CHINE, a most wonderful and elegantly constructed NOV-ELTY, Is noiseless in operation; uses the straight needle;sews with DOUBLE or SINGLE THBBAD; makes therunning stitch more perfect and regular than by hand,and with extraordinary rapidity. Will gather, hem, ruMt,shirr, tuck, runup breadths. &c, &c; requires no lubri-cation or change of stitch; is not liable to get out ofor-der, and will LAST A LIFETIME.

" For the dressmaker It is invaluable, for the house-hold It supplies a vacant place."— Godey's Lady's Book.

" It uses a common needle, sew* very rapidly, and is soeasily understood that a child can use \l."—New YorkIndependent.

"With single or double thread, it silently,yet veryrapidly, with a common needle, makes the running stitchexactly Ufce. hand sewics-"-^ZV«tc York Tribune.

An pers6ns who buy or offer for sale imitations of thisgenuine Machine, will be prosecuted for Infringement onthe patents.

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MAKE THE BEST OF IT.

BT CHARLES J. DTTNTHY.

Lint 1B bat a fleeting dream,Care destroys the zest of It»

Swift it glideth like a stream-Mind you make the best of it 1

Talk not of your weary woes,Troubles, or the rest of i t ;

If we have but brief repose,^et ue make the best of it t

If your Mend ha#got a heart,There is something fine in him;

Cast away his darker part,Cling to what's divine In him.

Friendship is our best relief-Make n6 heartless jest of i t ;

It will brighten every grief,If we make the best of i t

Happiness despises state;'Tls no sad experiment,

Simply that the wise and greatMay have-joy and merriment;

Bank is not its spell refined-Money's not the test ef it,

Bat a calm contented mind,That will make the best of it.

Trusting in the Power above,Which, sustaining all of ue

In one common bond of love,Blndeth great and small of us.

Whatsoever may befall—Sorrows or the rest of it—

We shairovercome them all,If we make the best of it.

Written for Moore's Rural New 1 orfcer.

MY RIVAL.BY B. 0. D.

MT life had ever been peaceful and happyuntil LUCELLA. KING crossed my path. I hadlived almost since my first recollection withUncle and Aunt BROWNING, who had taken mewhen my parents died, and loved me as theywould have loved their own child, if they hadbad one. They lived a short distance from thevillage of Ro6edale.

Our nearest neighbors lived just across thestreet. Their family consisted of Mr. and Mrs.OSBOBNB, and the r only son ANDREW, who wasabout two years older than myself and my ac-knowledged friend and protector since my firstschool days began, when we had trudged downthe dusty road together to the village school.As we grew.oldef, ANDREW did not, as mostboys would have done, grow ashamed of ourfriendship; but our mutual feeling of regardseemed to grow and strengthen as years westby. ANDREW was a bright boy with an original,independent mind; or, at least J, who hadnever known another so well, thought so. Hisparents, who were staid, proper people of the oldschool, did not sympathize with many of hisideas; they were shocked at any departure fromthe good old way, even in thought,— and to meANDREW would turn, and never failed of mysympathy. ANDREW was, besides, an activeboy, fond of fishing and other out-of-doorsports; and as for me, I had no young ladyprimness which led me to despise him merelybecause he was a boy. I went to him as freelyto get my hard sums worked out, or for anyother assistance I needed, as if I had a perfectright. In the absence of other society, ourminds had gradually taken up the same likingsand trains of thought.

What enjoyment we had the summer that Ientered my sixteenth year! We attended thevillage academy every term; and that season anenteprising Botany class was organized, andevery Saturday afternoon a dozen or more of us,young men and girls, would start out in questof specimens of plants. There was a dark, oldswamp a mile or eo from my uncle's, and weusually directed our steps that way, for wefound many rare plants there hid away in theshade of the tall old hemlocks, or smilingbrightly in the marehy meadows.

When ANDREW saw our classmates approach-ing, he would run across the graveled path up toour door and call out, " Come, EATB, give meyour book and basket; they are almost here,"and out we would go together, alike indifferentto the significant smiles and glances of ourschool friends, or the old people at home. I atleast, was quite unconcerned as to what otherpeople thought about our friendship. I was sosecure of ANDREW'S alwayB being to me whathe then was, that I took the unmerciful rallyingof my friends coolly, ami they soon settled itthat there wasn't an; use in trying to teazeKATE, as she had a way of her own. It had got

to be almost a matter of cour.se for ANDREW tocome in every evening, and if he had a newbook he read it to me while I worked, and AuntSARAH knit and Uncle HENRY nodded over hispaper; and if a day passed without a friendlygreeting from him it seemed cheerless and sadto me. Thus joyously had passed the time up tothe summer of which I write.

One beautiful afternoon when the scholarscame along as usual, to my great surprise I sawthat LUCELLA. KING had laid aside her habitualindolence, and appeared among them. Thesight of her sent a thrill of pain through m,heart that I would not notice at the time. Iknew that it was with Borne deliberate desig_she had come. She had always been a schoolmate of mine, and if there was a person in thiworld whom I disliked it was she. I knew heto be thoroughly pert, vain and ewious; shehad nothing but her good looks to recommendher. She was always behind hand in her studiesand even in her childhood had been content t<sit quietly through our joyous recess for fear osoiling her clothes, or getting her pretty blaclringlets out of curl. She had heretofore lovecher ease too well to accompany us on our ezcur

ions, and we all knew that something besideshe love of science had brought her out that day.

On arriving at the edge of the swamp, we)egan to make our collections of the beautiful

plants around, all agreeing that Botany was themost delightful study in the world. All, I say;but I must except LUCELLA KING, who, help-less, or pretending to be too helpless to walkDver the bogs that bridged the wet places, andeep her station on the dry clumps of grass andrashes that grew here and there, had appealed0 successfully to ANDREW'S chivalry to guideter, that he became apparently oblivious tosverything else but herself. She rewarded hisdvilities with looks of gratitude, and poutedirettily to think the other girls should be soinkind as not to wait for her. It some way

happened that when we came back into themeadow to start for- home, she and ANDREWwere so far behind that we started on withoutthem. Everything went wrong with me by thattime. I called myself vexed, but by the timewe reached home, the thought that perhapsANDREW bad really fallen in love with LUCELLA'Spretty face, together with little things I couldtot help remembering which seemed to confirmhe dreadful fear, had wrought in me a dreadfulit of jealousy. That ANDREW* whom I had

come to love, though words had never givenme that right, should grow tired of my plainface and seek, of all others, LUCELLA KING,

hose insipidity was a Ijy-word with us girls! —ow could I ever bear that?I had seated myself at the window on my

return, full of these thoughts, and by this time,as miserable as possible. It seemed a long timethat I sat there before she and ANDREW camealong; and then the look of disdainful triumphwhich LUCELLA gave me, destroyed, what littleself-control I had left. How beautiful sheooked though, with some of the brilliant car-linal flowers twined in her hair, and her cheeksashed with the unwonted exercise! ANDREWras carrying her collections and took."Don't you feel well," kindly inquired my

>unt, who noticed my pallid looks, and becamefarmed.

" No, I will go out," I said; and taking my>onnet I rushed from the house to hide my'elf and my grief from sight. ,My tears burst forth, and I walked up and

own- under the maple trees weeping with allthe passion an undisciplined mind shows underts first sorrow. All the childish troubles I hadver known came rushiDg to my recollection,.nd I lived them over again, — the longing for a

great love, which I had known since my orphanhood began, until ANDREW'S friendship hadcome to form BO large a part of my life, fillingmy heart. In my inexperience I thought Icould have endured any other trial but the onethat seemed to hang over me—to be second inANDREW'S heart. Oh! the thought seemed likedeath. Thoughts of my uncle and aunt cameup; I called to mind their claims on me for theirkindness. I had ever promised myself to be adutiful child to them in their old age; but howbleak and barren would seem the way withoutANDREW by my sideJ

I had often read of deserted heroines who ral-lied their pride to their aid and bade defiance tothe betrayere of their affection; but I felt that if1 had been deceived, either purposely or other-wise, by ANDREW, I could not hide my grief.I seemed incapable even of making an effortto do so.

At last, exhausted by the violence of my emo-tions, I seated myself beneath a gigantic mapleand leaned my head against the rough bark,trying to forget that here had been the favoriteplay-ground of ANDREW and myself years ago,and a favorite retreat always, when I heard foot-steps approaching and a voice which made myheart bound, calling, " KATE, KATE, where areyou?" and in a moment more ANDREW hadseated himself by my side.

« KATE, dear KATE," said he," is it possiblethat you do not know how well I love you? Ithink it is time we came to an understanding.Is all this grief caused by my deserting you thisafternoon for that little, insipid coquette? Ireally could not avoid being civil to the poorthing, she was so much out of her sphere, but Ihad no idea it would hurt your feelings so. Imeant to have everything made right, and getthe consent of our parents for our engagemenbefore I go away next winter; but I did not

.know just how to begin, you and I have beenso much like brother and sister. Now, KATEjust be as frank as I have been and let me hearyou say, 'I love you,' and there shall nevercome another shadow between our hearts solong as we live."

Perhaps I was a foolish school girl and outraged all the rules of propriety in not conceal-ing my feelings, but I did not attempt it. Ilet him see how strong a hold he had on myheart, bat I told him in justification of my feel-ings that day, that although he had been assoelated with all my dreams of future happiness,I had never really known it until the shock oithe thought came that he might be lost to mforever.

1 Dear KATE," said ANDREW, "promise neverto doubt me again;" and ANDREW knew howsincere my words were when I did so.

I have been told that it is not wise forwoman to allow 6ven her husband to feel secureof her love, or it will arouse the tyrant in himto take advantage of it. It is a slander on truemanhood. That cannot be genuine love thatneeds such careful management. At least,though ten years have passed since,— our threeyears engagement over—I became ANDREW OS-BORN'S wife, I have never repented my franknesstowards him on the occasion above related,he had taken advantage of my evident grief t<coquet with her whom I thought my rival, ootherwise tantalized my feelings, I should nofeel a tenderer throb of affection for him whenrecur to that hour, as I do now. I think, be-sides, that I am saying something for my good

W I T AND HUMOR,

AN Ohio politican was boasting, in a publpeech, that he could bring an argument to arfntas quick as any other man. "You can>ring a quart to a pint a good deal quicker," re-lied a Kentucky editor.

" MOTHER," said Jemima Spry to her vener-ible maternal relative, "Sam Flint wants tosome courting me to-night." " Well, you jade,hat did you tell him?" "Ob, I told him helight come; I wanted to see how the darned fool

could act I"

" So you are going to teach a school ?" said apoung lady to her maiden aunt. " Well, for mypart, sooner than do that, I would marry awidower with nine children." " I should preterthat life myself," was the quiet reply; "but—where is the widower?"

THE times are so hard I can scarcely manageo keep my nose above water," said a husbandhe other day to his wife, who was Importuningimfor a new dress. "No," she replied with

some asperity, "but you manage to keep Itabove brandy easy enough."

COLERIDGE was acknowledged to be a badrider. One day, riding through the street, hewas accosted by a would-be wit:—" I say, doyou know what happened to Balaam?" Camethe answer sharp and quick:—"The same ashappened to me. , An ass spoke to him."

WHEN Sheridan, by the assistance of hisfriends, was installed in a house in Saville row,he boasted to one of his relations how carefullyand regularly he was living —so much so thateverything went on like clockwork. "Aye! aye!xactly," he observed, " the whole goes onlick!"

Imposition, when I assert that after I found my-lelf re-assured of ANDREW'S affection, I never>ore LUCELLA KING any malice for her evidentifforts on that day to interfere with my happi-less. Poor girl! She was at that very timesngaged to a young man in Rosedale, whom shems since married. Bat I am sorry to say that;helr worldly affairs are not prosperous, norio they seem to entertain for each other thatiblding love which alone can render the mar-•iage relations blessed.

MOOEE'S BUBAL NEW-YOBKEB,THE LARGB8T-CIECDLATINO

Agricultural, Literary and Family NewspaperIS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

BT D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

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MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.

I AM composed of 26 letters.My 26,19, 24,12 is essential to preserve life.My 14, 90, 24, 26, 24 is a place of some importance in

Nebraska Territory.My 25, 4, ii is what most ladies are fond of.My 7,17,4 was the cause of the death of two person

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My whole was the patriotic expression of one whwas an ardent lover of the American Government.

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A EIDDLE.

I AH a king, my palace low, yet rule I with exteneivsway;

Qreat kings had Egypt long ago, but yet I reigned before their day;

To epicures my reign I owe more than to any othe;thing,

Though guillotine I undergo, it keeps me not frombeing king.

With head cut off I am a king ; with neck cut off amhead left on,

I will be king, yet, I'll be king, though head and neckshould both be gone;

If head and foot I both should lose, a blood relatio:you'd espy;

For then a kin I would disclose—now tell, I pray, whaking am I ?

\3T Answer in two weeks.

For Moore's Rural New-Yorker.AH ANAGEAM.

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ANSWER TO ENIGMAS, ftc, IN No. 805.

Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Train up a childin the way he should go, and when he is old he willnot depart from it.

Answer to Puzzle:When time a shadowing veil has cast

O'er many a year, flown fast away,And memory of the joyous past

SweetenB the bitter of to-day;—Is there a thought sad sorrow healing,

Which can awhile your grief suspend?Yes 1 there's a sweet, a holy feeling,

'Tls the remembrance of a friend.Answer to Anagrams of Animals: — Porcupin*

Bloodhound, Zebra, Wild Horse, Squirrel, Beave:Reindeer, jeopard, Sheep, Elephant, Swine, TJgresiLion, Wolf.

A NEW HALF VOLUME of the RuralNew-Yorker commences this week—July 8th.A«entB, subscribers whose terms expired lastweek, and ail persons wishing to subscribe,will note that NO\*$S THE TIME for renew-als and new subscriptions.

Back Numbers ot itoln Volume can still be fur-nished, but the rush of Dew subscribers Is very ra:ixbaustlng our edition, and hence those who wish tbe

volume complete ghnnlo not delav t.helr orders.

1TOKS. SCAB. VERMIN.

SHOULD BE USED BY ALL FARMERS OK

SHEEP, ANIMALS AND PLANTS.J A S . F. LEVIN, Agent South Down Company,

28 Ventral Wharf, Boston, Mad*.

A G E N T S .DUDLEY & STAFFORD, fin Beekman street, New York.B. H. ALLEN & Co., 189 & 191 Water St., New York.HAINES & PELL, 27 Conrtlandt fit., New York.GRIFFING BHO. & Co., 58 & HO Coanlandt 8c, New York.E W HARRIGAN & Co., Cotnstock's Landing, ft Y.ELIAS FOOTE, Batavia, N Y.WM SIMPSON, Jr, New Hudson, Allegany Co., N Y.A M WIGHTMAN, Bath, N Y . y v , « i .STODDARD & BUBION, Troy, N Y.NICHOLSON, PAINK & Co., Albion, N Y.LANK & PAINE. Rochester, N Y.M W MCCOMBEB, Albany, N Y.KENYON, POTTER & Co., Syracuse, N Y.DICKINSON, COMISTOCK & Co., Utlca, N Y.J C S HARDENBURGA CO., Newburgh.N Y.HKNBY BOWERS, Penn Yan, N Y.GRAHAM, EMLEN & PABHMORB, Philadelphia, Pa.JOHNSTON, HOLLOW AY & CAMDEN, Philadelphia, Pa

IMPORTANT TO FARMERSDEIRL SELECT WHEAT.

Bead the fol'owlng Certificate:— The undersignedfarmers of De Kail) Co., Ind., after a fall and satbfactortrial of the DEIHL REUSOT WHEAT, certify that it isbeautiful WHITE WHEAT, ripening fully a» early asthe Mediterranean, or other red wheat, equally hardy,withstands the ravages of all innetts quite as well, anyields at least one-third more to th* acre. It is a smootwheat, the Bt<*aw short and stiff, standing up remarkablwell, and is an entirely distinct variety from anv other,with whici WP have ever met; and by far the best anmost profitable to raise.

GEORGE FGNEW, JERRMIAH LEWIS,JNO M^CtrRDY, ABRAHAM ACKER,NOAH SHOW ALTER, and others.

For sale in sacks of two bushels each, or In barrpls, b;,A. M. HALSTED, 76 Pearl IStrfe', New York,

ers,F. BISSEI.L, T.-ledo, Ohio, and by the subscrib-T. J. & J. T. SHELDON, Cleveland, Ohio.

FOE PAEMEES AND OTHEES.

ORANGE JTJDD,

AGRICULTURAL BOOK JPUBZI8HEB,41 Park R o w , New York.

Publishes and Bupplies Wholesale and Retail,the following good Books:

SPECIAL NOTICE—Any of these Bo«k> will ke

ent Post-paid, to any part of the country on receipt

of the annexed price.American Agriculturist per year f l SOAmerikanischer Agriculturist (German), .per year 2 00Allen's (L.F.) Rural Architecture each 1 50Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book 1 50Allen's Diseases of Domestic Animals 1 00American Bird-Fancier 90American Farmer's Encyclopedia 8 90American Rose Cultnrist 80American Weeds and Useful Plants 1 75Sarry's Fruit Garden 1 75Sement's Poulterer's Companion 2 00Bement's Rabbit Fancier 80Boussineault's Rural Economy l 80Brldgeman's Fruit Cultivators Manual 75Brldgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant 2 00Brandt's Age of Horses (English and German) 60Breck's Book of Flowers 1 50Bulst's Flower Garden Directory l 50Bulst's Family Kitchen Gardener 1 00Burr's Vegetables of America 4 50Carpenters' and Joiners* Hand Book (Holly) 60Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide 75Cole's (S. W0 American Fruit Book 60Copeland's Country Life 4 50Cotton Planters Manual (Turner) 150Dadd's Modern Horse Docter 1 50Dadd's (Geo.H.) American Cattle Doctor 1 50Dadd's Anatomy of the Horse (colored) 5 00Dana's Muck Manual 1 50Dog and Gun (Hooper's) 90Downlng's Fi uits and Fruit Trees of America S 00Eastwood on Cranberry 75Elliott's Western Fruit Grower's Guide 1 60Flax Culture, very good (Ready In April,) 50French's Farm Drainage 1 50Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture 125Fish Culture 1 25Flint (CharlesL.) on Grasses. 2 00Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Farming 2 00Fuller'B Grape Culturist 150Fuller's Strawberry Culturist 20Goodale's Principles of Breeding 1 00Gray's How Plants Grow 1 25Guenonon Milch Cows 75Haraszthy Grape Culture, &c 5 00Harris' Injurious Insects, plain $3,50; colored 4 50Herbert's Hints to Horsekeepers 175Hints to Riflemen, by Cleveland 1 50Hop Culture, very good, (Ready last of March) 40Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 75Kemp's Landscape Gardening 2 00Langstroth on tbe Honey Bee 2 00Leuchar's How to Build Hot-houses 1 50Linsley's (D. C.) Morgan Horses 150Maying's Illustrated Horse Doctor 8 50Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Management 8 50McMahon's American Gardener 2 75Miles on the Horse's foot 00My Farm at Edge\rood 2 75Norton's Scientific Agriculture 50Onion Culture, very good 30Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) 60c; paper 30Pardee on Strawberry Culture 75Pedder's Land Measurer „ 60Quinby's Mysteries of Bee-Keeping 1 75Rabbit Fancier 30Randall's SheepHusbandry 1 50Randall's Fine wool Sheep Husbandry 1 00Rand's Flowers for Parlor and Garden 8 00Rivers' Orchard Houses 50Schenck's Gardener's Text-Book 60Shepherd's Own Book 2 25Skillful Housewife 75Smith's Landscape Gardening 1 50Spencer's Education of Children 1 50Stewart's (John) Stable Book 1 50Ten Acres Enough 1 50Tnaer's (A. D.) Principles of Agriculture 2 50Thomas'Fruit Culturfst 1 50Thompson's Food of Animals 1 00Tobacco Culture, verygood 25Todd's (S. E.) Young Farmer's Manual 1 50Vaux's Villas and Cottages 8 00Warder's Hedges and Evergreens 1 50Watson's American Home Garden.... 2,00Wax Flowers (Art of Making) 1 50Woodward's Country Homes 1 50Youattand Spooneron tbe Hone 1 50Youatt and Martin on Cattle 1 50Youatt on the Hog 1 00Youatt on Sheep 1 00Youmans'Household Science 175Youmans' New Chemistry 1 75

TXTHITTEMORE'8 CURE FOR FOOT-ROT11 IN SHEEP.—Where numerous compounds have

been used without success, this remedy has positivelycured. F«r sale by all Druggists. In Rochester, by POST& BBTT£F ; In New York, by GALE & ROBINSON. Personswishing to try a bottle can have it sent by express to anypart of the country by incloslng_75 cents to the manufac-turer. F. W. WHITTEMORE,

789-lSteow Chatham Four Corners, N. Y

BEST FARMING LANDS in the WORLDFOE SATVK BY THE

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.,In Tracts to suit Purchasers, AT LOW PRICES.

THE ILLWOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY HAVE FOR SALE,

900,000 ACRES of the best Farming Lands in the Country.The road extends from Dunleitb, in tho north-western part of thegtato, to Cairo, tethe extreme southern

part, with a branch from Centralia, one hundred and thirteen miles north of Cairo, to Chicago, on tho shore ofLake Michigan—altogether a length of 7C4 miles—and the land which is offered for sale is situated upon eitherside of the track, in no instance at a greater distance than fifteen miles.

State of Illinois. ®The rapid development of Illinois, its steady increase in population and wealth, and its capacity to produce

cheap food, are matters for wonder and admiration. Tho United States Commissioner of Agriculture estimatesthe amounts of the principal crops of 18G4, for the wholo country, as follows: Indian corn, 530,581,403 bushels;wheat, 160,695,823 bushels; oats, 176,690,064 bushels; of which the farms of Illinois yielded 138,356,135 bushelsof Indian corn; 33,371,173 bushels of wheat; and 24,273,751 bushels of oats—in reality more than one-fourth ofthe corn, more than one-fifth of tho wheat, and almost one-seventh of the oats produced m all the United States.

Grain—Stock Raising.Pre-eminently the first in tho list of grain-exporting States, Illinois is also tho great cattle State of the

Union. Its fertile prairies aro well adapted by nature to the raising of cattlo, sheep, horses and mules; and inthe important interest of pork packing, it is far in advance of every other State. Tho seeding of these prairielands to tamo grasses for pasturage or hay, offers to farmers witB capital the most profitable results. Thehay crop of Illinois iu 1804 is estimated at 2,166,725 tons, which is more than half a million tons larger than thecrop of any other State, excepting only New York.

Inducements to Settlers.The attention of persons, whoso limitod means forbid tho purchase of a homestead in tho older States, is

particularly invited to these lands. Within ten years tl*o Illinois Central Railroad Company has sold 1,400,000acres, to more than 20,000 actual settlers: and during the last year 264,422 aeres—a larger aggregate of salesthan In any one year sioco tho opening of tho road. Tho farms aro sold in tracts of forty or eighty acres,suited to tho settler with limited capital, or in larger tracts, as may be required by the oapitalistand stockraiser i The soil is of unsurpassed fertility ; tho climate is healthy ; taxes aro low ; churches and schoolsare becoming abundant throughout tho length and breadth of the Stuto ; and communication with all the greatmarkets is made eusy through railroads, canals and rivers.

PRICES AND TERMS OP PAYMENT.The price of lands varies frdhi $9 to S15 and upwards per acre, and they aro sold on short credit, or for

cash. A deduction of ten per cent, from tho short credit price is made to tboao who buy for cash.EXAMPLE:

Forty acres at $10 per acre, on eredit; tho principal ouc-quarter cash down—balance one, two and threeyears, at six per cent, interest, in advance, each year.

IKTBMS*. PRINCIPAL. JNT«M»*; '""lSo'oo"Cash Payment, $18 00 $100 00 I Payment la two years $« °° inn CMPayment la one year, 13 00 100 00 | " three years, u u

T h e S a m e L a n d m a y b e P u r c h a s e d f o r & 3 6 O C»«h.Full Information on nil points, together with mans, showrag the exact location of Lands, will bo furnished

on upplicatiou, in person or by letter, ioLAND COMMISSIONER, Illinois Central R. R. Co., Chicago, Illinois.

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