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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14
MIS- c. ELL A n EOUS
From the New Haven Courier.
THE DRUNKARD.

Unhappy man! whom sorrow, thus, and rage,
To different ills alternately engage;
Who drinks, alas! but to forget; nor sees
That melancholy slot severe disease,
Memory confused and interrupted thought,
Deaths harbingers, lie in the draught;
And in the flowers that wreath the sparkling bowl,
Fell adders hiss and poisonous se1pentS roll"
When we contemplate The life Of the
drunkard, it is with feelings of mingled
pity and disgust. A being formed in the
image of his God, and endowed with lacul-
ties for high intellectual and social enjoy
ment, sinking himself below the brute Gre
alton! MAN! the noblest work that ever
came from the hands of the worlds great
Architect, dares to deiace the Creators i'm
age, and crush with a suicidal hand hea-
ven's pure attributes. He is a husband .
a father Then doublv weighty is his sin,
for he has made miserable that wife whom
he swore to love and protect; and. as a
parent, is setting an example before his
children only calculated to poison their
minds, and render miserable those who
would look to the parent tree for advice
and support.
When a man, through the process of in
OuIgence III intoxicating beverages, HAS bt-
come drunkard, he is both physically and
morally changed. He no longer sees with
the same eyes, hears with the same ears.
or has the same faculties which he was
once master Of All around assumes a new
aspect. The genial warmth of the sun
the refreshing breeze-the beauties of Ma
ture, and all things calculated to inspire
the heart with love and admiration, are
lost 10 him. The pure atmosphere he
breathes is tainted with the poison. He
despises himself, and therefore believes that
those who are his best friends behold him
with the same feelings
Where are now The manly virtues which
once could win the affections of cOnfding
friends? Where the mildness of temper.
the principles of benevolence, those traits
which so ennoble the human character p
Swept away by the fend Intemperance
Let him be possessed of all that wealth
can bring-let him reclinc upon bed oil
down, and be famed by the breath of flat
terv, the same worm gnaws at his vital,
and corrodes his soul. 1t is true that if thu.
situated, the worlds cold scorn may not bt
felt, for wealth gathers around it iawnins
favorites and rotten-hearted pretenders. bu
let his power TO cater to the enjoyment
and fashions of the day be lost, and he a
once becomes the poor despised drunkar'
those who were his friends while wealtl
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14
P OnE T R Y.
PRAISE OF LITTLE WOMEN.


FROM THE SPANISH sUAN RUIZ DE HITA.
In little precious stone what splendor meets the
eyes!
In a little lump of sugar how much of sweetness
lies!
So in little woman love grows and mutiplies:
You rccollect the provcrb says word unto the wise
A pepper is very small, but seasons every din
More than all other condiments, although tits
sprinkled thinner;
Just so a little woman is if love will let you win
There's not JOY in all the world you will not find
within her.
And as within the little rose you find the richest
dyes,
And in little grain of gold much price and value
lies,
AS from little basam much odor doth arise,
So in a little woman there's taste of paradise.
The skylark and the nightingale, though small and
light of wing,
Yet MARBLE sweeter in the grove than all the birds
that sing;
And so little woman though very little thing,
Is sweeter far than sugar. and flowers that bloom
in spring.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14
From the New York Mirror.
N. P. WILLIS LETTERS FROM LONDON

N. P. WILLIS LETTERS FROM LONDON.
My DEAR MoRRls: 1t is more matter
Of rejoicing to Americans abroad than Con-
gress supposes, when foreign ministers are
the kind of men, in manners and mental cuI-
ture, 10 do credit to the country. Mr.. Nc
Lanes appointment as minister to England
is d worthy succession to that Of Mr.. Eve
rett-two more admirable representatives
little likely to appear az the English court
for any nation. | was dining day or two
since with a former member of the Queens
cabinet, and in the London papers of that
morning Mr.. McLane's appointment had been
announced. Our host spoke OF Mr. McLane,
and afterwards Of Mr.. Everett, with whole
hearted tribute to their qualities as men and
diplomalists, that would have gralifed the
friends Of these gentlemen not a little and
indeed, wherever 90, Mr.. Everett is laud-
led without measure. He has been in Lon
don in trying time for representative
Our national credit-Iumped without dis
tinction of States, in one sweeping dishonor
has been like a visible cloud about him
wherever he has appeared, and he has been
waited on, of course, by committees on ques-
tons he could not answer without pain and
modification; and, through all this, he has
steadily risen in the respect of those around
him, and now stands personally higher $50
was assured by one who spoke with au-
Ithoritv) than any Diplomatic representative
now at the English court. At another par
ty | heard a very fine description given of
the effect of his singular eloouence upon
one Of these committees, They had felt.
in delivering what they had to saw. that
thew had placed him. as the RESPONDENT. in
a position of overwhelming embarrassment.
His reDIv was waited for with a sympathy
for him as man. From every one Of these
,ro,,Io,,,on bo,,onor ba ..dro,,, toors ;, leo
tho doscr;bar stately and thew loft his hoHso
enchanted with the man. if NOT more con
ion, with VIVA, No had 10 offer on tho mar,
- L;s oann,r,- enrol, tho LiGsronno ho.
,na r,S anoL ronrasanta,;n anL a,hs.s ,,,ho
~" .IJn f ham con-, .LnnaJ or,h
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14

DISEASES OF Cozic-One pint
of linseed oil, mixed with l 1-2 o. laudan-
UNI. Diarrhea-Give half an OF. of pow-
dered catechu, ten grains of powdered Opt
um, in little Cruel. Hove or hoUen-Use
the elastic tube: as preventive, let them
be we'll supplied with common salt, and re-
strained from rapid feeding when first feed
ing on rank grass or clover. .Nange-Half
pint OF black birthstone, quarter Of pint
Of turpentine, one pint of train oil mix
them together, and rub them we'll in over
the affected parts. MIX feuer or garget-
Two ounces Of birthstone, two ounces Of
diapente, one ounce of cummin seed pow
dered, one ounce of powdered nitrate give
this daily in little Cruel, and we'll rub the
udder with little goose grease .Mmrain
Half pound of salt, two ounces of bruis-
led coriander seed, one ounce of gentan
powder; give these in little water. Poi
sons swallowed by oxen are commonly the
view, the wort, and the common water hem-
lock; one and a half pint of linseed oil is
the best remedy. Purge for poisoning
Either one pound of salts in quart of wa
ter of Cruel, or pint to pint and half
Of linseed oil. Sprains-Embrocatio one
ounce of sweet oil, four ounces of spirits of
hartshorn, half ounce Of oil Of thyme.
Sting Of the adder or Sl01C ac0rm-Apply
Immediately strong spirits of hartshorn.-
For sting of bees, apply chalk or whitening
mixed with vinegar To take film from a
horses eye-BIow loaf sugar and little salt
into the. inhamed eye, and in most cases it
will be relieved. Sassalras buds pounded,
and put in wafer to stand till it becomes
nearly as thick as cream, applied to the eve,
is an excellent remedy for inflammation.
To re7icce collie IN horses-Rub spirits of
turpeptine on the breast of the horse; and
| if he be drenched with it he will be reliev-
led. Horses should never be put to severe
work on a full stomach: more horses are
hurt by hard driving after full feed, than
by full feed after hard driving .-EngIish
Journal.
CHEAP REMEDY.--For removing the
disagreable smell from any putrescent mat-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14

RYE, TALL AND sHoRT.-All our farmers
ought to know that the kind of Maryland is
still capable of being easily improved so as
to yield abundantly the necessaries Of hui
man life and pleasure. The large sample of
rye which send you was sown about the
first of last September, say half bushel to
the acre, to test lis capacity for branching
in rich ground, which appears to be very
great, as there are thousands of similar
punches in the field from whence that bunch
was extracted, and each bunch is the pro-
duct of one single seed, yielding thousands:
The next smaller sample was sown thick
about the 10Th Of last October and was
moved off close to the ground on the 23d
of last April, when it was all out in head
and 3 to 4 feet high, yielding large crop
of good hay. 1t then sprouted from the
roots again, and that is the second growth
which has so far matured in about go days
1T ought to have been sowed on the 1st
of September and the hay crop taken off by
the middle of April, then the second would
be perfect by the 1st of July. The SMALL
est sample was derived from a handful of
rye sown as thick as the grains could lie
same time that the second sample was sown.
| The result was that they were too thick TO
thrive, hence they yielded nothing worth
saving The products of our soil are inn
proved as much in quality as in quantity by
good cultivation and good ground. Agri-
culture is the most important business in
the world, and yet no business appears TO
be less understood or more neglected.
The above, from an old and experienced
farmer near Ellicou's Mills, was accompani-
ed by the three specimens of Rye alluded
to, and while the first is truly stall Rye,"
(nearly seven feet we'll filled, the smallest
(about 2 l-2 feet looks more like chess
than. any thing we have seen for many years,
not to be that pest of the wheat feld-the
second specimen is about 5 feet.-.amer.
Farmer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14
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BY e. WELLS, JR. &c G. w. HODGES,
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liberal deduction made to those who advertise by
the year.
Communications addressed to this Office must be
post paid.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14

that he also has a plenty of
coal near Teheran; butt he added, we
have no good miners to quarry it, He in
quired with much interest respecting the
ancient inhabitants of our country. the IN
dians; asking whether they settle in towns;
whether they are converted to Christianity,
SC. On being told that they do not settle
in our cities, DO they never visit them?'
he asked. Yes we told him, 'ther chiefs
and others sometimes visit our cities, and
then return to their native wiIds' They
come and look at you, and then run back
again into the forests, do they?'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14

CHEAP REMEDY.--For removing the
disagreable smell from any putrescent mats
ter-a little copperas dissolved in water
will render it entirely inodorous in very
short time.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-14

If rich, it is easy to conceal our wealth,
but if poor it is not quite so easy to conceal
our poverty. We shall find 1t less difficult
to hide a thousand guineas than one hole in
our coat. There is one consolation, how
ever, thieves might steal our guineas, but
they wont the holes in our coat.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
NO TIME TO READ.

How often do we hear men excuse them
selves from subscribing to paper or periodi-
cal, by saying they have '.no time to read.n
When we hear man thus excuse himself we
conclude he has never found time to confer
any substantial advantage, either upon his
family, his country, or himself To hear a
freeman thus express himself, is humiliating :;
and we can form no other opinion, than TINT
such man is of little importance to society.
such men generally have time to attend pub
lic barbecues, meetings, sales, and other meet
lngs, but they have "no time TO read"
They frequently spend whole days in Cos
slppng, tipping, and swapping horses, but
they have "no time to read" They sometimes
lose day in asking advice of their neighbors
sometimes a day in picking up news, the
prices current and the exchanges-bul men
never have 'any time 10 read.' They have
time to hunt, TO fish, TO fiddle, to drink, TO
''do nothing" but "no time TO read - such
men generally have uneducaled children. I'M
improved farms and unhappy firesides. They
have no energy, no spirit Of improvement, no
love OF knowledge; they live "unknowing
and unknown," and often die unwept and un-
regretied.-U. S. Jornai
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
EDUCATION

Every body should have his head, his heart,
and his hand educated. Let this truth never be
forgotten. By the proper education of the
head, he will be taught what is good, and
what is evil-what is wise and what is fool
Ish-whal is right and what is wrong. By
the proper education of the heart, he will be
taught to love what is good, wise and right,
and to hate what is evil, foolish and wrong :;
and by the proper education of the hand, ne
will be enabled to supply his wants, to add
to his comforts, and TO assist those around
HIM. The highest objects of good educa-
ton are to reverence and obey God, and to
love and serve mankind every thing that
helps us in attaining these objects is of great
value, and every thing that hlnGers us is com
paratlvely worthless. When wisdom reigns
IN the head and love in the heart, the head is
ever ready to do good; order and peace smile
around, and sin and sorrow are almost I'M
BIdckwOod
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
PRUNING STONE FRUIT IN THE FALL

Have any oil our readers ever made expcz
riments between pruning peach trees and o.
Their stone fruit, in the fall, summer and spring
In the following articles taken from the Gar
dener's Chronicle, the writer contends that
the lormer season is best in England vet we
doubt whether his reasons will hold good iu
the drler climate and more frosty winters of
Tins country and we are still of the opinion
that the months of May and June arc best
here Tor pruning peach as well as all other
trees.
ut is we'll known fact that Just before of
just as the leaves are falling in autumn, when
sulhcIent sap Is in motion, and in its down
ward course, more speedy and perfect cica-
trlzailon will be effected than in SPRING.
Those who have been in the habit of making
cuttings of shrubs, SC, well know that If the
cuttings are put in early in autumn success
Is beyond doubt, but If they are DELAYED
untii late III the season, or until spring, that
failure Is as certain. In the former case
cailosty Is formed by the descending san.
and roots are eventually sent out. and plant
is established; in the latter no callosiiy is
formed, and the cutting dies. IL NAV be in
ferred from this that the wounds are healed
by the descending sap before the approach of
winter, so much so. that no moisture can ems
ter from without, and hence no injury cen re-
suit from frost. There is another imporant
| consideration which must not be overlooked
In favor OF autumn pruning. In many parts
OF England the young wood of the peach
does does not ripen TO the extremties, more
particularly III wet seasons, and the conse=
quence Is that early frosts rend the bark in
all directions, the sap escapes, and the unris
pened part of the shoot dies. This is of COM
mon occurrence. Were their shoots shorten
ed IN autumn instead Of spring, Just while
mere is action enough left TO heal the wounds
perfectly, the declining energy of the tree
would be economiSed for instead of beine
nseiessly expended in assisting to repair the
eXireml'les of the shoots, which are Ultimate
ly to be cut off, it would be husbanded in the
parts LETT, which would of course be greatly
strengthened, and the buds would also assn,ne
prominent, healthy and vigorous appearances
lam strongly of opinion that autumn is deci-
dedly the best time for pruning every kind of
stone fruit, for the reasons have advanced. p
SATURDAY Emporium
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30

"Lieutenant c., sir-he has just blown his
brains out -
Sand have you examined the wound ? de-
manded the commandant.
''No, sir, no. shall never be able TO look
upon him again.
"Calm yourself, Doctor, and go immediate
ly and ascertain the extent of the injury said
the comman,ant sternlv.
The Doctor, yielding to the tone OF author
ity with which the last words were spoken,
slowly returned TO the room where the trag-
cal scene had jus, been enacted, and approach
ing the CORY remains of the poor lieutenant,
placed his hand Professionally on the pulse.
Al the same time, the corpse rising on one ell
bow, and bringing the tip of the thumb in
contact with the end OF the nose, and waving
his open hand said, ''you'H Sosc mp my breeches
again. old Pill Box, wiU you ?" The shout
of laughter iha, followed showed that most
Of the perso,.e 4,vero- in the secret, and doubt
less had aided Ned, with the help of buliock's
blood, to represent the mangled corpse-The
commandment with difficulty restrained his
laughter, but for the sake of discipline adj
minlsiered reproof to the party, and forbade
Tor the future the preparation of prac tcal
Jokes in garrison. The Doctor didn't see that
there was anything 10 laugh at, and said tha,
there was no fun, in causing him to ruin fine
musquilo-bar, tina, had cost him five dollars,
with their uumeaning nonsense.
N. c. M. J.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
APPLE TRADE
The New York Journal of Commerce has the
following statement:

The New York Journal of Commerce has the
following statement:
Robert Pell, Esq, Of Pelham, Westminster
Co., has an orchard Of twenty thousand apple
trees, all bearing Newton Pippins. BY trim
ming and the application of the best manures, he
has brought the fruit to unusual size and excel
ience. The apples are picked and packed in bar
reIs without being rolled or jolted in carts, and
so arrive In the very best order for shipment.
Last year they were sold in London at twenty
one dollars barrel, and the merchant to whom
they were consigned, wrote that the nobility and
other people OF great wealth had actually bought
them by retail at guinea dozen; which is
some iorty-hve cents an apple.
Mr. Pell has from three to four thousand bar
refs OF the apples this year, which are sold as
last as they arrive in market at six dollars bar
rel and are all shipped to England. 1t is quite
business Tor one of our commission merchants
TO dispose of the produce of this noble plantation
The American apple, take it all in all, is the
most valuable fruit which grows on the earth.
we undervalue them because they are so album
dant; and even many American farmers will not
take the trouble to live like an English Lord,
though the trouble would he very little.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
A RIO 70 d IN U I8 iso
THE VALLEY FARMER
HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA FOR OCTOBER.
BY THOMAS ALLEN.

FRUIT DEPARTMENr.--G Grape Zines should
be examined, and all young lateral shoot:
trimmed of, as to let the ripe wood have
free air 20 ripen well for next years crop II
the borders require to be MANFRED this would
be good time to do SO, and also to prepare
new borders where it is intended TO set out
young plants. Grape-yines NAV be set out
| this month.
Fruit trees Of all kinds can be transplanted
by the last of the month with good success.
| ii possible, the ground should be cultivated,
either by blowing deep, or digging where
plough cannot be used f; but when it is not
desirable to plough up grass, large pits should
be dug and good soil made to plant the
young tree in. IL will suit very well this
month TO trim up all young trees, and also to
TRIM the old trees where ii is necessary 10 do
so.
Strawberry beds should be cleaned up, and
IL manure be required, it may be put on and
dug in.
HdSberry plantations may be made this
month, and the old vines trimmed out. and the
plants tied up TO stakes or trellis
kITcHEN Celery will require TO
be frequently earlhed up this month. always
taking care not put too much at time so as
to cover the hear; shoots.
iWmpS will be growing rapidly this month,
and II there is time, it would be well to thin
them out second time if they require it,
Other Galden vegetables will require to be
kept clean, as it is yet too soon to cover up
Tor winter. Garden ground, generally, may
be manfred and ploughed or dug up for wins
ter
FLOWER DEPARrMENT.-G Greenhouse plants
OF all kinds will require to be taken in and
secured during this month. Most of the ten
der kinds, If not already secured, should be
brought III early in the month-the pots ex-
ahmed, and where it is necessary, shift them
into fresh soil.
Dahlias, soon after the frost has DESTROYED
the tops, should be dug up and put away,
in the greenhouse or cellar for win,er.-Also,
the Tuberose, Maxican Tiger Lily, and other
tender roots.
All beds of Tulips and Hyacin,hs should
be cleaned, and when they are to be planted
TINS is the best time to make new beds. The
Hover garden, generally, should be cleaned
up, and fresh soil, sand and manure applied.
Winchester Gardens, Oct. l, 1916.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-30
HOW TO LEARN THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR

Readers, says the Democratic Exposi,or. if
you would learn the value Of dollar. 90 and
labor two days in the hot sun, as a hod- carrier.
lhIs Is an excellent idea, if many of oar young
gentlemen had to earn their dollar i'm that
way, how much less dissipation and folly
and crime, would we witness every dav. So
of fashionable young ladies. If they, like the
poor widowed original of the shirt, had to
earn their dollar by making shifts at sixteen
cents piece, how much less foolish finery
would we see about them, and how much
more truthful notions would they have of the
duties of life, and their obligations to the res,
of the world