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Beautiful Extr act.

Stand, o man! upon the hill-top-in
the stiffness ofthe evening hour-and gaze,
not with joyous, but with contented eyes,
upon the beautiful world around thee See
where the mists, soft and dim, rise over the
green meadows, through which the rivulet
steals its way! See where. broadest and
s,ilIest, the wave expands to the full smile
of the setting sun-and the willow that
trembles OH the breeze-and the oak that
stands firm in the storm, are reflected back,
peaceful both, from the clean glass of the
tides See, where begirt by the gold OF
the harvest, and backed by the pomp Of a
thousand groves-the roofs OF the town,
hask, noiseless, i'll the calm glow of the
sky. Not sound from those abodeS float
in the discord 10 thine ear-only from the
church tower, soaring high above the rest,
perhaps, family heard through the stiffness,
sweIs the note of the holy bell. Along
the mead, low Skins the swallow on the
wave, the silver circlet, breaking into spray,
shows the sport of the fish. See, the earth,
how serene, though all eloquent Of activi-
ty ami lite, See the heavens, how benign,
though dark clouds, by yon mountain,
blend the purple with the gold not joy
Gus, for evil is the shadow of good Let
thy soul pierce through the veil of the
senses, and thy sight plunge deeper than
the surface which gives delight 10 thine
eye. Below the glass OF that river, the
pike darts on his prey; the circle in the
wave, the soft splash among the reeds, are
but signs of destroyer and of victim. In
the ivy round the oak by the margin, the
owl hungers for the night, which shall
give its leak and its talons food for IFS
young; and the spray of the willow trem-
ales with the wing of the red breast, whose
bright eye sees the worm on the sod.
Canst thou count too, 0 man. all the cares
all the slns-that those nolselcss root
tops conceal! With every curl OF that
smoke to the sky a human though. scars as
dark, human hope meIts as BRIEFLY. And
the bell from the church tower, that TO thy
ear gives but music, perhaps 1nclls for the
dead. The swallow but chases the 9TH,
and the cloud that deepens the glory Of the
heavens, and the sweet shadows on the
earth, nurses but the thunder that shall
rend the grove, and the storm that sha!! de-
vastate the harvests. Not with fear, net
with doubt, recognize, oh mortal, the
presence of evil in the world. Hush thy
heart in the humbleness of awe, that ITS
mirror may reflect as serenely the shadow
as the light Vainly for its moral, dost
thou gaze on the landscape, filthy soul put
no check on the dull delight of the Senses
Two wings only raise thee to the summit
OF the truth, where the cherub shall! com
fort the sorrow, where the seraph shall en-
tighten the joy. Dark as elton, spreads
the one wing, white as snow CLEANS the
other-mournIul as thy reason when it
descends INTO the deep-exuIting as thy
faith when it springs to the day-star.
@ Butver.
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SheIteriIg Shscr.

Permit me to call the attsauon Of farm
FRS in Ohio and other sections of he co1n
try TO The importance of Ffoviling shni-
ter for sheep and other domestic animals.
I have had some experience in keep,ng
sheep at stacks; exposed io.the drizzling
rains ann sudden changes of the weather
during the winter season. In the winter
OF 1847--8. pur one hundred to stack
and gave thern plenty OF hay and 500
gam rough the winter, The less was
over twenty per cent have no doub.
they ate 4 fourth more than t Same
number that were protected o. which
the loss was enly two percent. IN con-
sequence otthis result, l bull. ample
sheds during thu past summer, provided
with hay lofts; ore sixty by tw-ny, and
another fifty FIVE BY twenty feet. Il
Will Just observe Tor the benefit those
who are building shrdso Of this kind, thas
twenty four feet IS about the proprr
width. and the additional expense of.olt
fee,i is rIAing.p These sheds are set TO
two bar 3, and enclos. the yard OF thy-e
sides. Here in separate divisions, | have
kept my she"p the past winter They
have had good hay and plenty OF wate.,
ana the varis were strawed three times
a week. feed some 9Tain to my lambs
in wlnteT, and give Same to Ewes in the
spring. Nv los up to this time April
Ia: is half ofonp per cent, Many Of ny
sheep were in low conarliou IN the fall
vet 7 would Ike 10 compare them win
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Tue NEXT House OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1T is source of considerable amusement
to notice the "cyphering" ofthe various
political journals in regard to the state OF
politics in the next House Of Representa-
tives. The Wings, generally, make out
majority of one in their favor, but some of
the better accountants have it 6 or 8; while
with the locofoco papers the calculations
bring results precisely the reverse. So,
it would seem, there will be close time
of it. We presume the Gidding's clique
will hold the balance of power, and will
lend their influence to the party which
most often favors their particular views.
There will be close vote for Speaker
the wings of course, will try to elect Mr..
Winthrop, and the Iocofocos, Mr.. Cobb,
but we should not be surprised if the choice
eventually fell upon the Hon. Alexander
Evans, who has made himself fully quail
fed for the ,tion, aad who was very
popular in the last House.
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The number o. Dogs in the United
States.

II il be within the power of'hosA who
are 10 give directions about the next CEN
sus, We hope they will take measures to
a-certain tie numbe. of dogs male ard
female, in every county in our Union;
and if It could be done, 1t would be u.s.
full also 10 have return of the number
ofsbeep killed by h"2s. AT two cents
per Jay IT is p obab'e tina the cost of
dogs is equal to the yaue Of our exports
Of grain and provisions to England this
year; and it is not improbable tina our
sheep hu$bandrl would add as much more,
to tie veal h OF the country, il it we're
not fer the fear Of having the sheep de-
>troyed by dogs.
We are no eoemips Of dogs, Of genuine
bloo,, KEEP and nsed for their legitimate
and appropriate purposes: all such will
ever find IN US s'anrh friends and defend
erS. But we have II great aversion to
Idle useless whe ps-nah coaynme, fivges
born only to consume the traDS Of the
laud-whether they 60 on four legs or
two.- Plough, Loom, and Anrii
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WHOLE No 42o
Canadian Annexation.

The Montreal Herald is most energetic
in its advocacy Of the immediate annexa-
ton of Canada to the United States. We
extract the following from an article in
that paper of Tuesday last
If we have reason to wish for an incor-
poration with the States of the American
Union, like reason prompts us to desire
that this Incorporation should take place
as speedily as possible A state of political
transition, is state of personal and social
misery Here is no tranquility: no i'm
provement. 1t is of the utmost importance
for the inhabitants of Canada, as the world
believes they are about to pass through a
revolution, that they would do it at once.
But it is hardly desirable that there should
be no unnecessary delay, if we look to the
interests Of Great Britain, and to the con-
tinuance Of that affection for her, which a
majority ofthe colonists still entertain, and
still desire to preserve. We would bring
about the inevitable separation, by reason,
and with good will. Nothing could be
more disastrous than the pro!ongation Of a
sullen discomfort, till, having become Ut
terly unbearaAle, some prcteXt should he
seized on as an excuse to lntame mems
mind to hatred, and to armed opposition.
Nothing is more to be avoided than the
continuance of depression and misery, til
all army OF invaders should he received as
deHyeTeTS.
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same, is rn!ssine, and Is supposed to hess
been either killed or drowned by the dis
aster.
The dwelling on one Of the farms OF
Geo. Bishop, Esq, near Sandy Hill, Yves
greatly damaged BY q large tree being
blown against II, knocking the chimney
down, breaklngt the ROOT and the house very
much. The barn on the farm occupied
BY Thomas Reed, near Sandy Hill, was
also destroyed by the storm. Also kitch-
en- at Sandy Hill, occupied by the servants
of Yrs. Catherine Selby, was blown over.
On the farm of Mrs. Jones, near Girale-
tree Hill, not only the dwelling but all the
buildings we're blown over.
There are other particulars and other
losses we have as vet been unable to col
lect with certainty. The fences and bridges
shared the common fate, and the roads
III the lower part of the county are quite
impossible. The storm seemed to be most
destructive in the neighborhood Of Sandy
Hill.
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Then, methought the air grew denser, perfi,m
ed from an unseen censor
Swung by seraphim whose foot falls tiukled on
the tuftsd floor
" Wretch" cried. a." thy God hath lent lhee-
by these angels hs hath sent thee
Respi'e,-respite and aepenthe from thy memo
ries of Lenore:
Quaff, oh quafi this kind nepenthe and forget
this lost l.enore."
Quoth the Raven Nevernore"
" Prophet J" said I, ",hing Of evil! prophet
slill fhrd or devil!
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest
tossed the her, ashore,
Desoae yet all undauntcd, OH this desert land
enchanted--
On this home by Horror haunted-tei me tru-
ly, ] imp!ore--
Is THERE'S there balm in Gilead2 tell me--tel
me. | implore!''
Quota The Raven Nevcrmore."
Prophet, id 7, thing ofevil! -prophet still,
If bird or devil!
By that Heaven hat bends above us-by that
God we both adore
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the
distant Aidenn,
II shall clasp suinlei maiden whom the angels
Clasp IA rare and radiant mIden whom the an
gels name l.rnore.'
Quoth the Raven Nevermore
Be that word our sign Of pating, bird or iond j,
slrtK"d, uPslaitlng--
Get the oac" mto lie tempest and the GIFTS
PiutVnIun snors!
Leave no back plane as token Of that lie Thy
sou! bath spoken.
Leave my loneliness unbroken !--uutt the bust
above 10Y dooI
fake thy Delk from out my heart, and take
thy form from oil my door =
Quoll. the raven Never more
And the Raven, never fitting, still is sitting,
SilI Is sitting
On the palhd bust vi p, las Just above my cham
Der uuUr
AND hs eyes nave ali The seeming Of demon 3
that is dreaming,
And the iaiHp-ligtL DER HIM streaming lhrGws
his sntdOa Oh the hour
And my soul from out that shadow that lies
.uuatI z Oh ilIc floor
Snail be lifted nevCrmore
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T -
JOHN JONES.

TIE BLIND PREAuHER.-We remember
reading when quite small boy, graphic
and thrilling sketch of blind preacher,
written, we believe, by Writ. 1t was a
remarkable skptch-it riveted our atten-
ton then, and always since, we have been
interested ill blind preachers several OF
whom we have heard. Generally they
are able and argumentative their ability
arising. more particularly, we have sup
posed, from the fact that the gayeties and
frivoIities OF the world, and its allurements
generally, are shut out from them, and
their minds taking metaphysical turn,
dwell with undisturbcd power on such
subjects as may claim their attention.
Among those we have heard, we have
listened to none with more pleasure than
to the Rev. Mr. W, who a few wears
since, preached at a country church, a few
miles north. of our village. He was gifted
with great Auency of speech, and a pow
erful memory, and was decidedly an able
preacher.
We were the more interested in him
because of the peculiarly of the crcum-
stances OF his losing his sight He was
struck with sudden blindness. His night
CAME without twilight. The awful Wis
itation was his, to be transferred suddenly
from noon-day brightness, to the cold dark
ness Of utter midnight. One evening, about
his entrance into manhood, he retired as
usual in the full enjoyment of his
sense of sight as of his other senses.
TO him daylight never came more. A
deep, total eclipse came over his eyes and
they never more emerged from the shadow.
Unconscious of his blindness, he lay long
and calmly in the morning, waiting the
approach of day. Surprising at last, that
the shutters Of his window had become
closed, he arose TO open them; as he APP
preached the window the warm sunlight
tell upon his hands and his face, and the
whitening truth came suddenly upon him,
that he was blind. Blind-who can tell
the agony of that moment: the feeling of
total desolation the fainting chill which
pierced his heart. Blind-the world with
all its beautv-it its fields and forests its
hills and valleys-its rivulets and rivers
its stars-its moon its birds and flowers,
and more than all, the dear faces of beloved
friends, instantly hidden ard forever. The
very thought is terrible-what then the
reality. All. wild We're the tossings of
his soul, with the grief of the crushing
calamity, and the struggle for resignation.
The struggle is over calmly he bears the
deprivation, in the full lelief that ale
who ordereth all things well' afflicted him
wisely and for his advantage.
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TLetters like the following are al

DLptters like the following are al
ways gratifying to an editor. We hope
many Of our subscribers may " follow suit"
in the matter ofremittances, even if they
shou d not indulge in compliment.
WHEATLAND, Oct -, 40.
Mr.. Edr'r.-Herewith yon will receive
the amount of one years subscri ption to
The Cecil Wing, in advance for the COM
ing year. The payment is your due, not
only for the paper as herald of news,
but for the lively interest you have taken
in the good cause of enleav ring to show
the American farmer, that his true interest
is to look to Home Market'-and a
Home market only, for market Tor his
produce; all Free Trade projects having
utterly failed, not only under TIM present
rate of Imposts, but all others since the Or
ganization of the Government, as an tx
animation of the tables OF Exports and I'm
ports during that time will show.
This seems to be a fitting time for the
payment for your paper, and deem the
remittance, the low st measure of gratitude
for your exartions in the cause of AmeTi-
can Incustrv, that can be shown by
Yours, Resp'y,
JOHN JONES.
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HONEY is, according to Mr. Milton,

HONEY is, according to Mt Milton,
WHO has lately published treatise },
bees in England, a nrvrr>a! spec f.; ard
among its other valuable properties; na
declares that il prevents consumption. aad
states that that destroyer of human life
is not known in countries where honey
is regularly taken as an article OF tooa.
Those " no have les, fai,h in the specific
NAV perhaps attribute the cause to differ
rnce Of climate rather b II to honey.
The Italian 81 gers, it is also affirmed.
are greatly indebted to borey, but their
practice is TO SHARPEN It with few drops
of acid, though they sometimes take il II
a pure sta,e.-AIbony Cvitiuato7.
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DESTRUCTIVE SToRM ON THE EASTERN
SHORE, AND Loss OF hrE.--A hurricane
swep, over a part of Worcester couoty,
Md, on Saturday last, the most disastrous
that has visited that section within The
memory Of the Oldest man. The Sno"
Hill Shield says;
Houses, barns, fences, granaries, bridges
&C., were but the play-thlngs Of the ele-
ments, and the loss sustained by many OF
our citizens Is serious indeed.
Messrs. John Fl. Allen and John s.
Jones, of Sandy Hill, had their granaries
situated at the junction of Crockle creek
with the bay, and containing some 5000
bushels of corn, blown over INTO the creek,
where both will prove total loss. A man
named Joseph Chorrix, IN charge OF the
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The Place OF Messiah's Baptism.


Tuesday, April 18th As, 8 clock, A N
We were aroused by the intelligence
that the pilgrims were Coming. Rising
in hast. we behrld thousand, of torch
lightS, viii a dark mass beneath. moving
rapidly over the hills. S riking our tents
with precipitation, we hurriedl, remov-
ed them and all our etftc;s short dis
tanca 10 thu left. We had scarce finish
ed, when they were upon us: men, wo
men and children, mounted on ran4Is
horses. mules and tonkeys ri he'd impe t
uouslv by towards the bank They pre-
scented the appearance OF fugitives from a
routed army.
Our Brdawin friends here stood us in
good stead;- sticking their tufted s'ears
before our tents they mou ted their
s,eeds and formed military Gordon
around US. But tor them we should h we
been run down, and most of our effects
trampl"d upon scattered and lost.
Strange that We should have been held
ed froma Christian throng BY wild Gull
dren of the desert-Muslins in ane but
pagans in realty. Nothing but the
spears and swarlhy faces OF tie Arabs sa
we'd us.
had, in he meantime, sent the boats
to the opposite shor-, a ii.le belo the
bathing place az wei as be out OF the
way as to b. in read "SS % re- Ter as
sstancr, should any Vt tn crowd be-
Il b.. N dor
ger of drowning
lille tie boats were taking their Pr
siion, one Of t e earlier bathpr, cried out
that'it was sacred place; but wen tn"
purpose was explained to him, h. warm
vthankpd us Moorrd to the opposite
-hore, with their crews n them tney pre-
seted an unusual spectacle.
The party which had disturbed us w,re
the advanced guard ofthe 2reat BODY Of
tn, pilgrims. AIS just at the dawn OF
day, the last made its app1aranre COM
ing over the crest Of hith ridgr, in one
tumu,uou~ and eager throng.
In all he wild haste # disc 'derI,
route c pts and Russians Poles, Arme-
mans, Gre, ks aud syrian, from all part
OF ASIA. from Africa and from far dis ant
America, on t9ey came; msn, women and
children OF every age and hue, and in
every yarirt, OF costume; talking. scream
ing, shouting, in almost every known
language under the sun. Mounted as Va
riously as those who had proceeded them
may of the women and children were
SUSPENDED in baskets or confined in ca
ges; and, with their eyes ST. aimed towards
the river, heed ess OF al intervening OBJ
stacles they hurried eagerly forward,
and dismount'ng IN haste, and dlsrobng
with PRECIPITATION, rushed down the bank
aud threw themselves into the stream.
hey seemed absorbed by one inpul-
sive feeling, and perfectly regardless Of
HE observations of others: Each one
plunged him, elf, or was dipped by anotk
r, three times below the surface, il hoH
r. of tn. Trinity; ard then filled a bottle
or some other utensiI, from the river
The ba hing dress of many OF the pill
2 inns was a white gown with black
cross upon it. Most Of them, as soon as
/ they were dressed, cut brauches Of the
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Cheese.

Several reasons teing suggested for
c h-9se being sometimes poisonous, a"oth
lr has occnrredto the writer from OBJ
serving q uuber OF thrsty COWS drink
ing n green mantle Of the standing
pool" in a pas ure, for want ofpure
WINTER.
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WHAT CoorET-r - A young lady
Of more beauty than sense more accom-
rlshn,e nts than learring-n'ose charms o;
person than grace Of mind more admirers
than friends-more fools than wise men
for attendants Longtellow.
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Lnn6 LIlanuars.

We have known q young nan, slow,
sulIen, heayy-browed, and ongracIous,
who, whenever you speak to him, answers
as if it We're an effort to be even decently
civil; and who moreover, seemed to be
quite content, aid even proud OF his in
cWtity.
And we lean to the charitable side 50
far as 10 think this nothing mere than a
bad hadn't OF his which has lnsenslo.y ius-
tened upon him; and that he goes through
the world a world Of mutual dependence
little aware Of the fact, that SO small 6
thing as his manners is constantly produc-
ing Impressions, and fast forming repu-
tation such as ten years hence he may re-
greet as the great b!under Of his lite.
Would it not be well for every young
man to learn the truthful anecdote OF the
rich Quaker banker, who, when asked the
secret Of his success IN lite answered,
"CivlIity, friend, civility,' How much
does it cost man, either old Or young, TO
be truly civil in the intercourse Of SOC iety!
Rather, how much does it cost young
man to torn this habit, which, If formed,
will sit upon him. easily, gracefully, and
proftably, as long as he lives! Far more
often depends on this little often despiscd
cvility TO the world, than any other single
adventitious circumstance by which men
rise and fall.
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Conscience is the rewarder of virtue,
end avenger Of crime.
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ANOTHER MORMON WoNDER.-TAs
Crickets.-In letter in the St. Louis Re
publican, written by leading Mormon
from Great Salt Lake City, July l6, 1919,
after giving an account OF the great build
ing of houses, making and irrigating Of
farms, the good crops, &C., the following
occurs:
The crickets have not troubled US any
this year. Hundreds and thousands of
gullS made their appearance early IN the
spring, and as soon as the cfickets appear
ed the gulls made war on them, and they
swept them clean, so that there is scarce a
cricket to be found in the valley.
We look upon this act as one of the
manifestations of the favor OF the Almigh-
ty, for the mountaineers say that they nev-
err found gulls here until the Normons
came. 1t was truly cheering to see the
flocks of these saviours, extending several
miles in length, coming from the lake ear
lv in the morning, and eating cricActs all
dav, then at shutdown form in mass, and
wing their way to the lake,,tor nights
rest.
One cusiosity about them is that they
don't eat the crickets merely 10 live, tut
after feeding themselves they would vonit
them up and go to eating again, and thus
continue eating and vomiting throughout
the entire day, This is plainly a miracle
IN behalf of this people, as the sending Of
the quais in the camp of the Israci,tes,
and what makes it more manifest is the
fact that, although there were plenty Of
crickcts in the surrounding valleys, where
there are no crops, the gul!S cane by then,
to the farms, and stayed there till they had
cleared them of, although men Were at
work around them at the tine, There has
been no damage done by cricketS the sea
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PLEASURES OF RELIGION It's Object

PLEASURES OF REL1c1oN.-1t It's Object is
no less than the great God himself, and
that 10th in his nature and his works. For
the eve Of reason, like that of the eagle,
directs itself chiefly to the sun, to glory
that neither admits of a superior nor an
equal. Religion carries the soul TO the
study of every divine sttrilu ute. Her ways
are ways OF pleasantness, and al! her paths
are peace.
CoLD ON THE PoroMAc.-A small spec
linen OF pure gold has been exhibited to
the editors OF the National InteIligencer,
by gentleman of W aehington city, which
is said to have teen found on one Of tire
tributaries of the Potion &C, distant from the
1eWtd about fifteen nlles