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STAUNTON. VA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1851.
HOW TO GET A FARM.

About eight years ago Dutchman, whose
sole English was a good-natured eyes" to
every possible question, got employment as
a stable man. His wages, six dollars and
board, that was thirty-six dollars in six
months, for not one cent did he spend.
He washed his own shirt and stockings, men
ded and patched his own breeches, and laid
by his wages. The next six months, being
now able to talk good English, he obtained
eight dollars a month; and at the end of six
more had $4S making in all, for one year,
$84. The second year, by varying his en-
ployment-sawing woodin winter, working
for the corporation in the summer, & making
gardens in the spring-he laid by hundred
dollars; and the next year one hundred and
ffty-fve dollars; making, in thee years,
three hundred and ninety-nine dollars
With this he bought eighty acres of land
1t was as wild as when the deer hed.over it
and the Indian pursued him. How should
he get living while clearing it, Thus he
did it:
He hires man to clear and fence ten
acres he himself remains in town to earn
the money to pay for clearing. Behold him
already risen degree-he is an employer.
In two years time he has twenty acses well
cleared, log house and stable, and money
enough to buy stock and tools. He now RI
ses another step in the world, for he gets
married, and with his ample, broad-faced,
good-natured wife, he gives up the town,
and is now regular farmer. In Germany
he owned nothing, and never could own a.
nything; his wages were nominal, his diet
chiefly vegetable, and his prospect was that
he should be obliged to labor as menial for
life, barely earning subsistence, and not
leave enough to bury him. In five years he
has become the owner in fee simple of
good farm, with comfortable fixtures, pros
pect of rural wealth, an independent life,
and by the blessing of Heaven and his wife,
of an endless posterity. Two words tell the
story-industry and enonomy. These two
words will make any man rich.-Indiama
Farmer.
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WATlL1gTN& 8
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA FlSHIONS.

VNNHE undersigned grateful to their friends and
Il the public, tor the liberal patronage they have
received since their commencement in business,
would respectfully inform them that they have just
received the ~ loRx AND PHlLADELPHh FASH.
IONS, for the Fall aud Winter. aud are NOW able
to dress man in City style, at the shortest no
tce and ON the most accommodating terms.
w. j. s. j. g. POTTER.
St,unton Oct 9 1850
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

WIsrEs-krLLED Gaiis risins.--Ifvo,,r
fields of winter grain have been spewed up.
pass harrow over them, and then roll
them. Whether injured or not by frost,
these operations would benefitthem greatly,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

THE PEAR TREE.
sroRY FOR THE LADiEE.
When | was young-was very young,
And rather foolish too,
used to go with my papa,
Out where the orchard grew,
We used 10 stay there half the day,
That is, in pleasant weather,
And he and l beneath the trees
Wonld pick the fruit together.
There was an older, huge pear tree,
That in a corner grew,
And oh the pears were soft and sweet,
And very mellow too.
The pears were sweet, and ripe, and red,
And large as pears could be.
And oh what feastings have had
Beneath the old pear tree.
One day my father to me said
q never shall forget IT'D
"Now, fnd the finest pear you can
Aud in your pocket put IT.
And hen you get within the house.
AndSW your sister there,
You clam Of her sisters kiss,
And give her the sweet pear"
climbed the tree, in haste and glee,
The<usset prize TO find,
And many pear gathered there,
But threw them all behind.
The fairest one meant to have,
If it could there be found,
And so pluckcd uusatished,
And flung all to the ground.
Just then spi,d the w,sh'd for prize,
That far above me grew,
Says l, "the very pear want,
My boy come for YOU"
So quickly up the branch sprang,
But oh had fall,
With aching limbs beneath the tree
lost the pear aud all.
NIy father ran to where lay,
And sooth'd my aching head,
And as he bore me home away,
He mildly to me said
"Nly son, as through this this life you 60,
Dou't try 10 Climb TOO high,
The lofty fruits you'll often find
Are worse than those close by"
So girls take heed and don't forsake
The humble for the lofty pear,
Good men are found in lowly walks,
You'll often find the best arc there.
But If you climb for lofty fruits,
Be sure you'll have fall,
And gaining nOught bu, aches and wounds
You'll lose your man and-oH.
Boston, February, 1851.
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6. The use of tar and feathers in the
punishment of crime, is one of great anti
guilty. Richard /. in his voyage to the Holy
Land, ordained thus: "If any one is con-
victed of theft, let his head be shaved, like
Champions, let melted pitch be poured up
on it, and feathers shaken over it, that he
may be known; and let him be put ashore
at the first land to which the ship approach
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

SCIENTIFIC FAcrs.-We gather the fol.
lowing facts from late number of Apple
tons Mechanics Magazine, one of the best
practical scientific works of the day: ~
In this number there is an account of 4 ma
chine for the incest admeasurement Of bod
les, by which the difference of the diameters
of two hairs can be rendered palpahle. c:i
A remarkable instance Of the divisibilitv
of matter is seen in the dyeing of silk with
cochinesl drachm of which gives an in
tense color to pound Of silk, containing
eight score threads to the ounce, each thread
seventy yards long, and the whole reaching
about one hundred and four miles.
The addition of small quantity of ros;n
to lamp oils greatly increases their illumina-
ting power, and renders them less liable To
coagulate.
A railway train, going at the rate of ser.
enty-five miles per hour, has a velocity on
fourth thatof cannon ball; and the momen.
tum of such moving mass, at such speed
is equivalent tothe aggregate force Of a
number Of cannon balls equal to one,fourth
of its own weight.
On the Upper Danube, where the water
is,ln hot weather,only eighteen inches deep,
and the current very swif, steamboats, are
propelled by a novel engine at the rate Of
ten miles an hour.-Evenisg Post. =
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g" Why Is clock the most humble thing
in existence? Because it always holds its
hands before its face, and however good its
works may be, it is always running itself
down
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WHERE SHALL WE PLACE HIM ?.-The
yankee Blade" tells of queer incident
which once came off at church in Boston.
A clergyman was pronouncing grandlo-
quent eulogium upon Howard, the philan-
thropist, comparing him with all the worlds S
benefactors since Noah's day, and declar-
ing that he should find no place honorable
enough for him, on the roll of those who
brought blessings to their race, while ever
and anon his paragraphs were wound off with
the exclamation, ''Where shall we place
this great philanthropist ?" Just as he had
reiterated the interrogatory for the dozenth
time, chap with 'brick in his hat" who
had staggered in, rose up and steadying
himself by clutching the pew ratings with
vice-like grasp, cried out. "S-s-since you
are so-so-b-b-blamably puzzled, Mister, he
he he can have q s-Se-SeM here in h-th-his
pro. There's plenty ofroom!' 1t would re-
quire Cruikshank's pencil to depict the
scene that ensued. Sufficeit to say, our bib
ulous friend was incontinently shown that
there was room neither in the pew nor in
the entire house for him.
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g. A late French author recommends
potatoes, threc-fourths boiled, as an excel
lent substitute for soap, in washing hands.
The use of this prevents chapping in cold
weather, and retains the skin soft and heal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

CURIos1TIEs OF WATER.-Nor is the
hailstone less soluble in earth than in air.
Placed under a bell-glass with twice its
weight of lime, it gradually melts and dis
appears; and there remain four parts, in
stead of three, Of perfectly dry earth under
the glass. Of plaster of Paris statue
weighing five pounds, more than one pound
is solidified water. Even the precious opal
is but mass of flint and water combined
in the proportion of nine grains of the earthly
ingredient to one of the fluid. Of an acre
of clay land foot deep, weighing about
one thousand two hundred tons, at least four
hundred tons are water; and, even of the
great mountain chains with which the globe
is ribbed, many millions of tons are water
solidifed in earth Water, indeed, exists
around us to an extent, and under condi-
tons which escape the notice of cursory OBJ
servers. When the dyer buys of the dry
salter, one hundred pounds each of alum,
carbonote Of soda, and soap, he obtains, in
exchange for his money, no less than forty
five pounds Of water in the first lot, sixty
four pounds in the second, and variable
quantity, sometimes amounting to seventy
three and half pounds in the third. Even
the transparent air we breathe contains in
ordinary weather, about five grains of wa
ter diffused through each cubic foot Of its
bulk and this rarified water no more weis
the air, than the solidifed water rets the
lime or opal in which it is absorbed.-Quar-
terly Reuiew.
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N0NIU1Sc

a Ii persons indebted to the estate Of Henry
IN Hartman, decd, by mote, account or other
wise are requested to come forward aud make pay
ment. Tn Sc having claims against the estate viii
present them, duly authenticated Tor settlement.
ST. CLAIR HARTMAN, Adm'f.
March 3 iS5i-eul2m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

SINGULAR INSTANCES OF MoNoMAErA.-
The Annual Report of the Board OF Visitors
OF the Boston Lunatic ASYLUM, contains
highly interesting narrative in relation to
the dead of 1850. 1t says:
"There have been liberal patients who
have attracted considerable attention from
visitors, in consequence of certain peculiar
tiles in the manifestation of their disease.
The Queen Of America no longer lives
The Qeen of England, who Occupied a room
opposite to hers, will no more ridicule her
pretensions by saying to her as she often
did, GLOW absurd You know there is no
such parsonage" The old German woman
of eighty-fve is dead she who declared her.
self to be the mother of God, and who made
and governed the world. The old man,
whose tenderness and care towards wretch
ed and violent epileptic patient were SO re-
markable, and who fancied that salmon were
generated in him, and came out at his wrist
he too is gone; as also has the wopaR
with beard the presence Of which beca
the cause of her insanity-the man, "a
mer who had discovered as he imagined a
new compost by means ofwhich all the sands
of Cape Cod could be made to blossom as
the rose-the old woman who suffered the
most agonized terrors of a diseased con-
science, and who almost necessarily de-
manded to be executed, for the murder of
her husband and children-the woman who
was accustomed to declaim so vehemently
in favor of Madam Darusment, and woman's
rights. These and many more have left us;
and shaking off their happy delusions :ve
would hope they have entered on the en-
ioyment Of The realities Of blessed ete.ni-
-
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A Kiss FOR A BLow.-George in mo-
ment of passion struck his sister in the face,
but the sister instead of flying into fit of
anger, threw her arms around his neck and
kissed him, saying-"O brother how could
you do so p
The poor boy was wholly unprepared for
such kind return for his blow. He could
not stand before the generous affection of
of his sister. His feelings were touched,
and he burst out crying.
His gentle sister took the corner of her
apron and wiped away his tears, and sought
to comfort him by saying, with endearing
sweetness and generous affection, Don't
cry, George, you did not hurt me much.-
But he wept the more. No wonder; it
was enough to make any body weep.
But why did George weep' Poor little
fellow! Would he have wept if his sister
had struck him as he had struck her? Not
he. But by kissing him, as she did, she
made him feel more acutely than if she had
beat him black and blue.
Here was kiss for a blow, love for an
ger; that is what is meant BY overcoming
evil with good.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-04-09

bG> A new mode Of dispensing mobs has
been discovered, said to supersede the ne
cessity Of military force-it ls,pass around
a contribution box:
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z. THOMAS AGsERTgoN,

z. THOMAS AGgER TsoN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TYAYNESB ORO', YA.,
NRACTICES,u IN the Cuurtsof Augusta, Albe-
4 marie and Nelson. Office in the room lately
occupied by Col. George Baylor, where he may
be found at all times, unless when absent on pro-
fsssiOnal business.
Nov. 20, lS4S
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o. An old "Revolutioner," who had
been through all the hardest fights of the
war of rs once said that the darkest and
most solemn hour of all to him, was that oc-
cupied in going home one dark night from
the widow Beams after being told by her
daughter Sally that there was no earthly use
in his coming back any more.
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UNION GOIE!AE9
Wine hester, Va.
a felc Hundred Ktrds # lhe r r. Depot

TRNflE subscriber respectfully intorns his friends
and The public generally, that he has again
leased the above eS,ab ShmenI, where ht pledges
himself lo uS,. his um st tlorlS To please all who
may pa r,u,ze hlD. IIp returns his thanks inr the
libetal patronage heretofore bestowed aud respect
fully soiiciis u continuance thereof.
W. ID. GiI.KESON.
Winchester March l2, 1851 l-Sm.
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JOMS' ~. .Fgc CUE,
AT TToR NEY AT i Aw

STAUNTON, VA.
COURTS:
AUGUSTA, NELSON s RARBRIDGE,
BOUNTY LAND C us
ENTRUSTED TO HIM WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AT
TESrIOS.
Staunton, Dec. %, IS50.-ly.
SEwELE, : NNEY & CwINGS,
Wholesale GrOcers, and Commission
Merchants,
coRNEROF LOMBARD STREET AND CuEAPsIDE
BALTIMORE.
JAMES NJ. sEwELL. WILLIAM H. JANSEY
SAMUEL 8. owINGS,
Baltimore, January 10, lS5l-ly.
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POET r Y.

FROM THE BOSTON WEEKLY MUSEUM.
THE PEAR TREE,
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ER. UPHAM'S ELECTUARY -Forsale by
~ HARPER s KINNEY.
March l9, 1851.
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Uclry. Jeweiry!
A LARGE. assnlnen, fFmger Rings, Breast
n Pins Jenny Lind Ear Rings. .Lockets Chains.
Keys, So, for sale tow a.
G b. WRIGHT s co.'s.
Stanton. Oct 9, 1850.
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SPRINGS AND AxLES.

SPRINGS AND AXLES.
GEo. +. PRICE keeps constantly on hand a
" supply at best quality OF Buggy. Carriage and
Wagon Springs and Axles. all slz very low.
Staunton March 5, 1851.
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SPECIMENS OF OLD ENGLISH MANNERS.
In the reign of James l., men and women
wore looking glasses publicly: the men as
brooches or ornaments in their hats and
the women at their girdles, or in their bo-
SONS, or sometimes Qike the ladies of our
day. in the centre of their fans, which were
then made of feathers inserted into silver or
ivory tubes.
At feast, every guest brought his own
knife, and whetstone was placed behind
the door upon which he sharpened his knife
as he entered.
In 1864, Dutchman named VIM. Boom
en-, brought the first coach into England
and it is said, the sight of it put both horse
and man into amazement. Some said it was
a crab-SAeH brought out of China and some
imagined it to be one Of the Pagan temples
in which the Cannbals adored the devil.
The business Of cap making was ruined
in 1891 by the common wearing Of hats,
which then came into vogue.
Smoothing irons are of late invention !; in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth and James l,
large stones inscribed with texts of scrip
ture were used for that purpose.
A Mrs. Isabel Denton, of Leeds, is said
to have first invented hats and baskets made
of straw.
In 1884, two rich women desired to mar
ry the Earl of Huntington, for the sake Of
the title. One of them offered to lay down
10000 pounds on the day of her marriage,
The other offered 500 pounds year during
his life, and 5000 in cash, he to go with hel
to the church and marry her; Immediately
after the ceremony, they were to take leave
at the church door, and never see each 9TH
er again.
In Clarendon's papers is the following -
At Henly, upon Thames, woman speaking
against taxation imposed by Parliament, was
ordered by the committee to have her tongue
fastened by nail to the body of tree by
the way side on a market day, which was
accordingly done, and a paper, in great let
tiers, setting forth the Nervousness of hel
crime, fixed to her back-.N. Y. Globe.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-28

The WH1rE MouNrAISs-The season for travelling has
again arrived. The chilly winds and budding blossoms Of
spring have been exchanged for the breezes and
leaves Of summer and Nature atred in her becoming
robe, to invite all who able to quit for time the
busy Of city % and seek repose and enjoyment the
fresh air Of the country As railroads and other facilities for
oueyng have been extended the face of England
has the custom Of travelling for health pleasure during
the hottest Of the year increased and many annually
seek relaxation in visiting with their families some Of the
fashionable places Of resort for which country noted
Among the peasantes and accessible Of these places
bacng the andest scenery. the heahies air and the best
trout fishing, and calculated in every way delight the eye
and mind Of the cyweaed traveller are the various Ioca
ties Of interest in the White Mountains Much has been
done during the past season by the and propeI
the hotels the route render the White Mountains
to no spot in New England or indeed in the country
desirable resort for travels and the competition M
exists among the hotekeepes is sufficient guaranty that
the comfort of their guests will be secured.
Boston Journal Of June "a
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EARLY TRAINING.

In the heard before Judge KANE Of the Unaed States
District Court Friday last in which the captain and two
Of the the opposing parties there wss an Incl
dent in the hearing Of the which excited feeling Of
a affection In the heart of every one present and proved
that the early culture Of the moral principles by mother n
the habits of her offspring lost upon the recipient
small lad called the stand to testify in the CASE
He bad been hand board the barque Conrad while At
Peambuco and present during the controversy between
the captain and The shaggy appearance Of his head
and the bronzed character Of his face and neck from
southern sun, first sight would seem to indicate careesu
and negec but underneath tina, long and matted hair
the fire Of intelligence cleaned from pair Of small and rest
less eyes which could not be mistaken The counsel for the
captain, from the extreme youth Of the lad doubted whether
he understood the obligation of the oath he was about 10 take
and with view to test bis knowledge asked leave 10 inter-
rogae him. This granted, and the following coloouy
took place:
Counsel "My lad, do you understand the obligation Of
an oath !"
Boy. eyes, sir, do"
Counsel. "What is that obligation ;"
Boy. "To speak the truth, and keep nothing hid"
Council. Where did you learn this, nv lad ~
Boy. "From my MorHER, sir" replied the lad with \
look Of pride which showed how much be esteemed the es,v
moral principles implanted in his breast by her to whom vas
committed bis physical and moral existence How ulv has
been said "tha bread cast upon the waters will return
after many daysp
This answer caused thrill Of joy animate the bosoms o.
the auditory, and every face lighted up with sasction
The led was instantly admitted to testify.
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WING NOMINATIONS IN Pennsylvania.

The Wings of Pennsylvania held their State
Convention at Lancaster on Tuesday, 70 nominate
candidates for the Offices of Governor and Canal
Commissioners, and also for FIVE Judges Of the Su-
preme Court of the State. Hon. JOHN H. EwINo, OF
Washington county, was called upon to preside
over the Convention, in which there was full
attendance of Delegates.
In the afternoon of the first day the Hon. VIM.
+. JOHNSTON, the present Governor, was by accla-
nation nominated for reelection to that station, the
duties of which he has SO ably and efficiently dis
charged since his installation into office.
Yesterday Hon. JOHN STRoHM, of Lancaster, re-
ceived the nomination for Canal Commissioner,
and the following gentlemen were nominated for
the Supreme Court, viz WILLIAM MEREDITH,
RICHARD COULTER, JOSHUA w. Comfy, GEORGE
CHAMBERS, and WILLIAM JEssUP.
During the session sundry resolutions were pass
ed, in which the present tariff is strongly condem-
ned; the people of Pennsylvania declared to be
loyal to the National Constitution, and ready at all
hazards to carry it's provisions into effects that the
adjustment measures of the last Congress shall be
faithfully observed by the Wings Of that State;
that the present National Administration, under the
guidance Of President FILLMORE, possesses the I'M
bounded confidence Of the Wings of Pennsylvania;
also, one recommending Gen. ScoTT as the most
deserving and available candidate for President in
1852.
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New CuRE scuRvr.-Assisant Surgeon
PERRIN, Of the u s. Army, has written to the Surgeon
General to that he has found the gaue americana,
admirable remedy in scorbutic affections The scurvy
had made its appearance at Fort Mcintosh, Texas and the
supply Of antscobucs being limited, the medical officer
induced to inquire whether the citizens of the neghbol
ing town Of Laredo, who like the troops in the garrison,
destitute of vegetables had suffered from this disease
and what domestic remedies they used In prosecuting
these inquiries he induced to believe that the Maguey
Agaue Americana the most efcacous Of these do.
nestle remedies and trial Of its effects was accordingly de-
temined upon. The improvement in the condition Of the
patients who treated with the Maguey those who
continued the Of meuice and other antscorbucs was
clearly perceptible in few days and, after fair trial. the
medical officer reported that he felt compelled place far
above that remedy which till had stood above every
other-the meuce. The juice Of the Maguey contains
large amount Of vegetable and sacchane NATTER and Of itself
Is sufficiently nutritious to sustain patient for days.