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WHlR RARMa
INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG MOWERS

Every farmer, who has employed many
mowers, los had occasion to pity the manner
in which some of them GO dragged their slow
swarths along" while he was delighted with
the case, the rapidity, and smoothness with
which others, of far less strength, would pass
over the field.
The Instructions of a kind and indulgent
father on this subject are not only fresh in
my memory, but have made first rate mowers
of many young men, and perhaps may be
useful to some oftlosc who may NOW for the
first time hereafter. l say for the first time,
because very few change a bad habit (of
moving particularly after it is once acquired.
Gas the twig is bent, the tree is inclined"
so with those who use the scythc. There
fore let The boy of fourteen NOW one OF two
hours in each day, during the hay season for
two or three years, when, by tho following
directions he may be able to successfully
compete with the strong but lily instructed.
Let his snathc and scythc be very light, and
the scythc of razor-like edge, and SO hung,
that when suspended on the finger by the
lower ncb, the point and heel of the scythc
may be at equal distances from the ground.
When at the edge of the grass, let an old
and good mower, (who is to walk near halt an
hour) instruct him to stapd nearly erect, the
hips further advanced than the shoulders,
and under no circumstances to stoop, and
when inserting his scytlIc into the grass be
sure to keep the heel nigh the ground and
when cutting the clips and after let the poin,
be equally near it; let the body turn will
the scytlc as on a pivot, the heel Of tho scythc
passing within two or three inches Of the adj
vanccd foot. This will relieve the arms, anc
so divide the effort, that he will NOW with a,
little fatigue as he can perform light work
and soon laugh at the " six %footcr" who stoop'
10 reach his praaa.
Let the hoy also 81 frs, be instructed IL
clip only ten ~ t"el" inches If ptaa., unit
his eie't posture and ihc horizontal position
. II ms >,ythe be'omc h3bitual, when hg loy'
If ease. his interest. and desire 10 triumph
; will require 3 long s'yrhc, perfect ia temper
, JET lght. ond i%prning from heel to point tn
segment .f j circle oi about seven feet Iadi
t -Io,me,s Uonthiy Is,tor.
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We utterly repudiatc, as unworthy, not Of
irccmcn only, but ofmen, the narrow notion
that there is TO be no education Of the poor
as such. Has God provided for the poor a
coarscr earth, a thinner air, Il palcr SKY 7
Does not the glorious sun pour his golden
food as chccriully upon the poor mans cot
tagc as upon the rich mans palace! Have
not the cottager's children as keen a sense Of
all the freshness, vardure fragrance; melody
and beauty Of luxuriant nature, as the pale
sons of kings! Or is it in the mind that
God has stamped the imprint Of base birth,
so that the poor mans child knows with an
Unborn certainty, that lis lot is to crawl, not
climb.
1t is not so. God has not done it. Man
cannot do it. Mind is immortal. 1t bears
no mark of high or low-rich or poor. 1t
needs no bound Of time or place or rank or
circumstances. 1t asks but freedom. tire
quires but light. 1t is heaven born, and il
aspircs to heaven. weakness does not en-
teoble-povcrty cannot repress it. Difficult
ties do but stimulate its vigor. And the
poor tallow-cllandlcr's son, that sits up all
night to read the books which an apprentice
lends him, lest the masters eye should miss il
in the morning, shall bind the lightning with q
hcmpcn cord, and bring it harmless from the
skies. The common school is common, no
an inferior, not as the school for poor men.
children, but as the light and air is common
1t ought to be the best school; and in al
good works the beginning is one half. Wh(
does not know the value to community Of
plentiful supply oftlle pure element of watcr
And infinitely more than this is the common
| school for it is the fountain at which the mine
drinks, and is refreshed for its career of use
~fulncss and glory.-BiShOp D0anc.
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ON STRIPPING cows.
Winter PrOInct Of DerOn Cor.

Every milkmaid has been cautioned that
the last milk yielded by the COW at any ono
milking, is richer than that which is first OBJ
tained-but tins is not the only considera-
ton which shows the importance of Thorough
milking. The more there is left in the udder.
the less will thccow give at subsequent times,
and the sooner will she " 90 dry" After
once going through the cow-pen, the milk
woman or man, (for in New England the
men milk the cows,) ought to be compelled
to 20 round again and completely strip each
COW.
The importance Of this will be better UNI
dcrstood if there be truth in the statement
which we have lately read, apparently OH
rood authority. We confess we were not
prepared to believe that the difference was 50
prcat as there stated, between the first and
last portion Of the one milking. The state
mcnt is, that
"Scvcral large coffee cups having been
successfully filed from one cow, till she was
quite dry, the following results appeared,
great care having been taken to weigh the
cups when filled, to ascertain that they held
exactly the same quantity.
In every case the quantity of cream was
lOuIu ~ il,ltd>ti III Il OIOItlOH as tuc pIOItSS
Of milking advanced. In different cows the
proportion varied, but in the greater number,
the excess of cream in the last cup as COM
pared with the first, was as sixteen to one!
In some it was not so considerable, therefore
as an average ii may called as ten or twelve
to one.
The difference in quality Of the two sorts
of cream was no less striking: the cream
given by the first drawn milk was thin,
white, and without consistence; while that
furnished by the last was thick, bu,tery, and
of a rich color"
In the Philadelphia Farmers Cabinet, we
have the winter produce of a Devon COW /:
: Abraham p. Holdrich of Spencetown, Pa.
had an accurate memorandum kept of the
butter made from a Dcvonshire COW, which
calved last autumn. The result was, that
from the 10th December to the 10th of Jam
uary, including both days, there was made
from her milk So pounds of well worked
butter-nearly equal to two pounds a day.
! The COW was fed with roots, hay and buck
wheat bran. Estimating it at % cents a
pound, the butter made in the depth of VIM
ter was worth Sl4, and if we consider this
the average product Of eight months in the
year, the aggregate amount for that period
would be S1l2."
This shows the importance of keeping a
: good breed, and ofkecping it well: like cult
waiting rich land instead Of poor, it takes no
more labor TO milk Ntakc care of a good COW
than a bad one.-Imcrican Farmer.
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none in which g%cntlcr, %lovclicr spirit dwells,
and none to which the hearts warm rcquitals
more joyfully respond. There is no such
thing as comparative estimate of a parents
love for ono or another child. There is lit
tie which he needs to covct, to whom the
treasure ofa good child has been given. But
a sons occupations and pleasures carry him
more abroad, and he lives more among temp
t%ations, which hardly permit the affection,
that is following him perhaps over half the
globe, to be wholly unminglod with anxiety,
until the time when he comes to relinquish
the shelter of his fathers roof for one of his
own. While a good daughter is the steady
light of her parents house. Her idea is in
dissolubly connected with that of his happy
lircside. She is his morning sunlight, and
his evening star. The grace, and vivacity,
and tenderness of her sex have their place
in the mighty sway which she holds over his
spirit. The lessons of recorded wisdom
which he reads with her eyes, come to his
mind with a new charm as they blend with
the beloved melody voice. lie scarce
~ knows WEAKNESS which her song does not
make him forget, or gloom which is proof
against the young brightness of her smile.
She is the pride and ornament of his %hosIi-
tally, and the gentle nurse of his sickness,
and the constant agent in those namclcss,
numberlcss acts of kindness, which one CHEF.
ly cares to have rendered because they arc
unprctcnding but all-cxpressivc proofs o.
love. And then what a cheerful sharcr il
she, and what an able lightcncr ola motlcr's
cares! wha. an ever present delight and tri-
umph TO a mothers affection! Oh how lit.
tie do those daughters know of the powcl
which God has committed to them, and til,
happiness God would have them enjoy, whc
do not, every time that a parents eye rest
upon them, bring rapture to a parents heart
A true love will almost certainly always gree
their approaching steps. That they vii
hardly ALLEVIATE. But their ambition sl,oul,
be, not to have it a love merely, which feel
ings implanted by nature excite, but on
made intense, and overlooking, by approba
ton of worthy conduct; and she is %strangcl
blindto hcrownhappiness, as wcllas undutift
to them to whom she owes most, in wlior
the perpetual appeals of parental disinterest
ea'iess do not call forth the prompt and flu
echo of liiial dcvotion.-Dr. Palfcy.
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THE AFRICAN NERDIcT.-Alcxander, Of
Macedonia, once entered into a neighboring
wealthy province of Africa. The inlabi-
tants came forth to meet him, and brought
him their robes filled with golden apples and
fruits. EAT this fruit among yourselves"
said Alexander: al am not come to see
your wealth, but to learn your customs"
They then conducted to the market, where
their king administered justice.-A citizen
Just then came before him and said, 81 bought
of this man, oh King, a sack full of chat, and
have found in it a secret treasure. The
chafr is mine, but not the gold, and the man
will not take it again. Command him, oh
king, that he receive it, for it is his own" And
his antagonist, a citizen also of the place, an
swered-"Thou fearest to retain any thing
unjustly, and should not | also fear to receive
such a thing from thee ? | have sold thee
the sack, with all that was in it; keep ii, for
it is thine. Command him, oil King The
King inquired ofthe first one fhe had a son!
He answered eyes" He inquired Of the
other fhe had a daughter, and the same an
swer, "Ycs," was returned. "Well," said
the King, "you are both just men; marry
your SlIIititu ~ CuSu OtiISI uHu SNC ttItll
the discovered treasure as a marriage portion
That is my verdict" Alexander was as
tonishcd when he heardthis decision. "Have
| judged unjustIy," said the King of this re-
mote country, that thou art thus astonisIlcd9'
" Not at ALL" answered Alexander, "but in
our country they would have judged far other
wise" Sand how then would they have
! iudged" incurred the African King, "Both
parties would have lost their heads" an
swcred Alexander, and their treasure would
have fallen intothe hands ofthe King" Then
the King clasped his hands together, and
said, "Does the sun then shine upon you
And do the heavens still shower their ran up
you?" Alexander replied "Yes." "It
must then be-" continued the King, for tho
sake of the innocent beasts that live in you
country (; for upon such men no sun should
shine and no rain should fall. "-(Translatet
from the German ofIIerder for the Christian
Messenger.
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The following paragraph from a late Lon
don paper may interest our fair readers
The general adoption of the system might
save many a bashiul lover a bungling or
awkward embarrassment.
eff Il gentleman wants a wife, he wears a
ring on the first finger of the left hand; if he
is engaged, he wears it on the second finger;
if married, on the third and on the fourth,
fine never intends to get married. When a
lady is not engaged she wears a hoop or
diamond on her first finger; if engaged, on
tho second; il married, on the third and on
The fourth if she intends to be a maid. When
"A gentleman presents n fan, a flower, or
trinket to a lady with the left hand, this, on
his part, is an overture of regard; should she
receive it with the left hand, it is considered
as an acceptance of his esteem; but if with
the right hand, it is a refusal of the offer.
Thus, by a few simple tokens, explained by
rule, the passion of love is expressed"
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From the Nicksburgh Sentinel.
LEAP YEAR.

It's leap year, It's leap year, indeed il is true;
And gentlemen now have got nothing to do.
What a comfort, that ladies can do as they will;
They can smile at a beau, or give him q chill.
II we pop the question:" why you must say yes;
II we should propose It, must give lis a kiss.
Se lords OF creation must now go To school,
And ladies will teach you how you ought to rule.
We cannot have mercy for those who show mono
And the days of your triumph are over and zone.
At the altar Of Venus we've lighted our flame,
And a cordial submission is all that we claim,
Old bachelors, widowcrs, young men and all,
At the touch of our flame you must certainly fall;
From conquest to conquest we surely will 90,
Till all men acknowledge we have not one foe.
The doctors no longer can mix mp their pills,
The lawyers, dear creatures, must lay by their quilts
All trades and professions will be al a stand,
Since the ladies' have taken their hearts in commant
You earnestly beg to have three days more grace,
That the cords of your hearts you tighter may lace,
But all your precautions in that will not do,
For as sure as you live, there 3 an arrow for you.
Young Cupid has long been preparing his darts,
And he shall now bring them to your stubborn heart
At our word of command his arrow shall hy,
And his motto shall be 81 will conquer or de-
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BATHING.

1t is surprising to observe how negligent
we are of many Of the greatest benefits of
which We might avail oursclves,-meroly
because they are cheap and Simphe,-within
the reach ofall. Thousands of dollars are
annually squandercd in the payment ofDoc-
tors bills, and for nostrums of unprinciplcd
quacks-countless hours of misery dragged
out in sIckness-tllousands of lives thrown
away, by rejecting the simple practice of
Bathing. If the practice were attended with
expense and difficulty, it would be published
as a panacca for all the ills that flesh is heir
to-" Then its value would be realized and
improved! Yet let us consider, that simple
as it is, it is, in fact, no less valuable. Every
man, we know, cannot afford to furnish a
bathing room-to visit his baths daily. But
"A piece of sponge, and few yards of crash
the coarser the bettcr-are within the COM
pass of every body's purchase.
If, every morning-and when the heat
was oppressive, every cvening--thc whole
surface ofthc body were bathcd with sponge
and the pores oftIlc skin opened and cleans.
ed with a crash towel, the population of tho
city and country in which so excellent {
custom prevailed, would DO remarkable to,
heath, let the climate be what it might. A
strength, nerve, and solidity of flesh would
be gained by the process which would set IA
defiance the heat of summer and the cold o
winter.
Thousands of diseases which now haun
our communities would become obsolete
Thirst would not be so much affected, an,
the temptation to deluge the stomach wit
fluids would be removed. This practice, b.
; impairing and preventing digestion, is on
of tho most injurious as well as prevalcn,
whether the liquids be in the form of alcoho
or plain cold water. A healthy state of tn
skin would diminish the practice by takin
away the induccmcnr.
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would be double the quantity of manure to
apply to the soil annually.
Ii twice the amount of produce could be
obtained, as it would not require twice as
much labor, and in some cases but little more
then OF course the farm would afford moro
tnan twice the protein some cases three
times the profit. For if a farm can be work.
cd for $500 and it yields $500 worth Of pro.
ducc, if the amount of produce can DO
doubled and the labor performed at an addi-
tional price of 80 per cent, which could DO
done; then the expense for labor would $3.50
and ting value of produce be $500 which would
give more than three times the profit.
We are aware that these estimates and
the conclusions drawn from them will APP
pear incorrect and whimsical TO those who
have not attended to root culture, so as to
appreciate its great importance to the far
mor, but those farmers who have experience
in this business will agree with US on its gen.
cral and great advantages, though they may
not agree in all the particulars in our esti-
mates. Some would make a calculation
more favorably to root culture. We havo
cndcavorcd to get a medium between tho
wide extremes as they arc given by practi-
cal farmers; who from various circumstances
form different opinions.
In conclusion we would say to every far
mcr, raise roots for stock ifnot prepared to
raise many, begin ina small way and raise a
few hundred bushels, which can be obtained
from half dn acre of land, and then increase
the quantity to thousands of bushels; and the
consequence will be fine pork, beef and NUT
ton, an increase of stock and a greater pro-
fit according to the number, more produce
tive lands, until tho value of your farms and
your profits are doubled and trebled.
That this may be accomplished by a pros
per management without any outlay ofcapi-
tai, is evident from facts, numerous, plain,
and conclusivc.-Yankee Farmer.
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CLEANLINESS

Keeping the body clean is of great impor-
lance, since more than onc-half of what we
cat and drink is evacuated by pcrspiratlon,
and if the skin is not kept clean the pores are
stopped, and pcrspiration consequently pre-
vented, to the great injury of the health. 1t
is highly necessary to the health and cheer
fitness of children for when it is neglected
they grow pale, meagrc, and squalid, and
subject to several loathsome and troublesome
diseases. Washing the hands, face, mouth,
and feet, and occasionally the whole body,
conduccs to health, strength, and case, and
tends to prevent colds, rheumatism, cramps.
palsy, the itch, the toothache, and many
other maladics. Attention to cleanliness OF
body would also lead to cleanliness in regard
to clothes, v%ictuals, apartments, beds and
furniture. A knowledge of the nature of the
mephitic gases, of the necessity of pure at
mosphcric air to health and vigour, and oftht
means by which infection is produced ant
communicated, would lead persons to SET
the propricty of frequently opening doors
and windows to dissipatc consumptcd air
and to admit the refreshing breeze: Of sweep
ing cobwebs from the corners and ceilings o
! the room, and of removing dust, straw o
| fill, of any kind which is offensive to th'
smell, and in which infection might be depos
tied. BY such attention, fevers and othc
malignant disorders might be prevented
vigor, health, and serenity promoted, am
the whole dwelling and its inmates present a.
air of chccrfulness and comfort and bcCom
the seat of domestic fclicity."--D'ck'
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BONE AS A

The use of bone as a manure for crops,
particularly the drilled or root crops, is rapid
ly increasing in this contry, wherever tho
ground article can be procured, and it APP
pears to justify all the reasonable expecta-
tons that have been formed respecting its
application. Mills for grinding bones have
been erected near Boston, New York, and
Troy, where the dust is sold by the barrel or
bushel, and where tried has generally been
highly approved. In all our cities or large
villages, almost any desirably quantity of
bones could be procured, were it of consc-
quence to preserve or obtain them; and as
the expense of a mil! for grinding cannot, wo
think be great, would it not be we'll to have
one at least in every place where a saving
or sale OF this material is practicable. Bones
simply crushed are useful, and their effects
are more durable than when made fine but
when applied in the form of dust, the Effects
quicker and more sensible.
That bones should be an active manare
when applied to plants, is evident from their
composition. According to the analysis Of
that excellent chemist, Mr.. Hatchett, the
the earthly salts, fat, gelatine and cartilage.
The earthly salts are three in number: lst,
phosphate of lime I'd, carbonate of lime :
3D., sulphatc of lime.
Experience in the use of bones has proved
that the gelatine is the most valuable part OF
the bones, and this analysis proves, that OF
all bones those of man and the calf are most
scrviceable as manures In England, tho
dust made from bones brought from the bat
tie fields of Europe, has been most esteemed,
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These facts are invariably supported by
the testimony of medical men, and shown by
experience. The frequent application OF
water to all parts of thu hcdy canno then be
too much urged on l. persons who value life
and health.
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A FAIR HoAX.-A Belgian painter lately
sent, as his own, one of Reuben's pictures
to the Royal Exhibition in Paris, and it was
refused admission.
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10 CuRE BoTTs IN HoRsEs.-Rub spirits
turpentine on the breast and stomach. and
the bolts will Immediately let 60 their hold.
\ dose Of salts will then drive them oway.
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A GOOD

A good daughter there are other minis
r'es OF lovo more conspicuous than hers, but
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PHnYdRru.

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UNIFIED STATEa mOTrI.

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