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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-11-25
VOL. VII.

farms, and large fields Of grain; plow, sow,
and reap, is the business Of western farmers,
drawing out the very life of the soil, ard
sending away in the heavy exports that are
constantly going onward, without returning
TO the soil the food it requires 10 make it
productive. ur .:.H boa
The light that is being spread abroad on
this subject, is beginning to correct the prac-
tice 10 some extent, bu, ia most instances bu,
very little is returned 10 the soil to keep il
alive until after several years of continual
cropping it manifests signs Of exhaustion
and ultimate barrenness. When tiIlers of
the soil understand their true interests, they
will cultivate more land tha a, they can do
well. Fifty acres of land for lIlage, brough
to high state of cultivation, pays better than
one hundred run over in the way that many
do.-Jeferson Farmer
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A Horses Instinct.

An Iowa newspaper, al St. Anthony, re-
la,es the following interesting anecdote Of
horse:
We do not remember ever TO have heard
of more remarkable exhibition of equine
intelligence than was communicated TO US a
few days since by MIR. Allen, of this place.
The circumstances, as they were narrated 10
us, are as follows: Mr.. A. has had for con.
siderable time span of sprghtly little hor-
ses that he has never separated. In the Sta
BILE, in the field, in the harness, they have al
ways been together This has caused
strong attachment TO grow up between ihem
A few days ago, he went with them out to
Lake Minnelouka, on fishing excursion-
Taking them out Of the carriage, he led them
down to the lake, and tied them with stout
ropes, several rods apart, on strip of grass
that grew upon the shore, and left them TO
feed. Returning TO the shantee, he threw
himself upon the floor TO await the return of
the party who had repaired to the lake 10
fish. Not much time had elapsed before the
sound Of an approaching horses feet attract
ed his attention, and a moment after one of
his span appeared at tho door. The animal
put his head in, and giving one neigh, re-
turned at a slow galop, yet under evident ex-
element, to the spot where, but few mo-
ments before, he aud his companion had
been seemingly safely fastened. Surprised
to find his horse loose, and struck with his
singular conduct, MIR. A. followed, and found
the other lying in the water entangled in the
rore, and struggling to keep his head from
being submerged. While Mr.. A. proceeded
10 discngage the unfortunate horse, his no.
BILE benefactor stood by, maniiesting the vi.
most solicitude and sympathy, and when
his mate was exlricated from his situation,
and again upon his feet on terra frma, the
generous creature exhibited the most ull-
question BILE signs of satisfaction and Joy
That this intelligent animal should have no
ticed the misfortune of his mate-thal he
should know where TO apply for rescue, and
in his efforts should sunder n three-fourths
of an inch rope, and finally, that he should
exhibit SO high an appreciation of the event,
are circumstances to astonish us, and CON-
mend themselves TO the thoughtful consider
alton of those who would limit the power OF
reasoning 10 the genus homo.
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Texas Reptiles.


This Texas of ours is an astonishingIy pro-
life country. Every field stands luxurant,
crowded, SO that it can scarce wave under the
breeze, with corn or sugar, or wheat or cotton.
Every cabin is full and overfowing, through
all lis doors and windows, with whiie-hared
children. Every prairie abounds in deer,
prarie-hens and cattle. Every river aud creek
is alive with fish. The whole land is electric
with lizards perpe;ually dar,ing among the
grass like flashes of green lightning. We
have too much prairie and too little forest for
great variety Of birds. But in horned frogs,
scorpions, tarantulas and centipedes, we beat
the universe. Everybody has seen the horned
frogs. You see them in jars in the windows
of apothecaries. You are entreated 10 pur-
chase them by loafng boys on the levee, at
New Orleans. They have been neatly SOL
dered up in soda boxes, and mailed by young
gentlemen in Texas to fair ones in the old
States. The fair ones receive the neat pack
age from the post-oflce, are delighted at the
prospect of daguerreotvpe-p perhaps jewelry
open the package eagerly and faint, as the
frog within hops out in excellent health, upon
them. A horned frog is, simply, very harm
less frog, with very portentous horns. 1t has
horns because everything in its region-trees,
shrubs, grass even, has thorns- and nature
makes it in keeping with all around it. A
menagere of them would not be expensive
They are content TO live upon air-and can, il
desired, live, am told, for several months,
without even that. ... -.. .. .-
The scorpions are precisely like those Of
Arabian the shape of a lobster, exactly, on
" not more than some three inches long
You are very apt TO put one upon your face In
the towel which you apply thereto after wash
ing. Ifyou do, you will find the sting about
equal to that of a wasp-nothing worse. They
are far less poisonous than the Scorpion of the
East-in fact, none except new comers dread
them at all. lsH lrE;-t1i
But the tarantula. You remember the as
ionishlng elasticity with which you sprapg in
'he air that time You were just on the point Of
putting your raised foot down upon snake
coiled in your path. You were frightened
through every fibre of your body. Very prob
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Barkbound Trees.

Some over wise people have an idea that
when a tree gets mossy and barkbound-lhe
latter another term for the want of growth
and weakness, consequent upon neglected
cultlvatlon--it is only necessary to slit the
bark up and down the stem with Jack
knife, and il will at once spread out and
grow. This is sheer nonsense. Dig about
and cultivate the roots, and the bark will
take care of itself, with scraping off the
moss, and washing of the stem with lev or
soap suds, or chamber slops, which last is
quite as good. The increased flow of the
sap, induced by a liberal feeding of the roofs,
will do its own bursting of the hide. tound'
bark which is simply its enfeebled condition
as a consequence Of Its poverty Of root No
one thinks of turning out bony, haf-slarved
calf in the spring into the clover-field, with
the skin on lis sides all split through with
kEife in order TO add 10 its growth But this
last proposition is quite rs sensible and phil
osophical as the other. Nature takes care
of itself in these particulars. Sap in plants
is what the blood is to animals. It's vigor-
Gus How reaches every part of its compost
ton, and gives TO each its proper play and
function. We can show frequent instances
of a decrepid, shrivelled branch, by the
throwing open aud manuring of the roofs,
aud thorough pruning of The whole top,
increasing from an inch TO two inches in
diameter in single season and without as
sistance it grew, bursting and throwing off
its old Contracted bark as freely as the growth
OF vigorous asparagus shoot will develop
itself during warm shower in May. Such
nostrums are only the invention of the head
10 the laziness Of the hands.
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An Immense Job,

few years ago, remarks the Albany
KnIckerbockrr. the Dutch who conquered
Holland resolved that tl.ey would add 10 the
quantity of fertile land in the kingdom by
pumping out Harlem Lake, lake seventy
miles long and twenty miles broad, which
gave il an area equal TO Lake Champlain.-
To carry out the undertaking, three immense
engines were constructed in Engan in the
fall of 1547, although the pumping did not
commence till the spring of 1S4S. Late ac-
counts say the job is uenrly completed--the
greater part of the bottom being exposed
To lower the lake one inch four million tors
Of water had 10 he lifted. In three years the
AXE was lowered seven feet three inches;
in December, Inst year il was reduced 10 nine
feet and half, aud now il is nearly dry.
IL is believed that no less than 100000 900
tons of water have been lifted by the engines
since they commenced operations. This is
than thee squire miles, and one hundred
feet high, ,lut is allowing fifteen cubic feet
for ton. We can easily perceive what an
immense amount Of labor the engines per-
formed, and what power there is in coal ap-
piled in state Of combustion to water, for
the purpose Of raising wafer. Each engine
was three hundred and fifty horse power, and
so economical were their working qualines,
that TWO and a quarter pounds of Welsh coal
per hour was all the fuel used for each horse
power of an engine. The Dutch engineers
were nearly unanimous for using the old
fashioned wind-mll,, which had been so often
employed for the same purpose, but it wns
ascertnined by two English engineers rhnt
the steam engines could he built and do the
work for one-half the amount of wind mills
this has been completely fulfilled.
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Fall of Rocks at Niagara.

Some one at Niagara Falls writes as fol-
lows in letter to the Buffalo Courier -
1t has been my good fortune to witness, one
day last week. sight such as is not often seen,
being the descent of an immense mass of solid
rock into the river below On the point where
we were at work, (upon the Lewiston railroad)
monster rock, weighing as near as can cal
cuia'e' aoon' 200 tons, projected out from the
perpendicular ledge on which we were a, work
with seemingly no support under it. bu, held
only by the earth, roots, &C., on top. and con-
Meeting it with the main bank. On removnn
this earth seem was discovered, and the rocL
began to manifest signs of uneasiness, feeling
as much as a rock could feel, evident agitation
at the prospect before it. The seam gradually
opened, little patches of earth disengaged them
selves, and the word was soon spread that the
big rock was about to take leap into the
foaming cauldron below. Quite concourse Of
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A Good One.

Ludicrous blunders sometimes occur in ca
ses where ignorant persons attempt the use of
language about the meaning of which they
know nothing.
Not long since while travelling from Pitts
burg to Cincinnati, two rather verdant speci-
mems of the female sex came on board the boat
at one of the landings, whom, for the sake of
distinction we will call Mary and Jane. Now
Mary had cut her eye teeth, or in other words,
was acquainted with the rules and regulations
which govern genieel society. Jane, the
younger, had never mixed in society to any
great extent, and was therefore in blissful iQ-
refined people. Her language, too, was only
such as she had heard among her rustic asso-
ciates. Mary was aware of the fact, and had
therefore cautioned her TO observe how she
(Mary) acted, and to govern herself according
ly. Jane promised implicit obedience. Short
ly after, while seated at the dinner table, the
waiter asked Mary what part of the fowl she
would have. ....r
She informed him, in very polite manner,
that il was perfectly immaterial.' He ac-
cordnQly gave her piece, and then inquired
of Jane what piece she would choose. The
simple minded girl replied with all the self.as.
surance imaginabIe-'I believe I'll take
piece Of the immaterial, too"
The scene that followed this declaration 10
beyond the power of pen TO describe. The
assembled company were compelled 10 give
vent to their surcharged feelings in peals Of
boisterous laughter; while the poor girl, her
face sufnsed with crimson bushes, left the Ia
BILE, declaring as she fed to the cabin-'They
won't keich me board Of one Of these pesky
steamboats, soon agin.' -........-
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'Mornin', squire,' quoth Cope -Codish
looking genius, as he sidled into large, fashy
dry goods store on Washington street, one
morning this week, got pooty good lot Of
things In here
yes, SIR says frizzle-headed clerk--ons
of those chaps whose complexion exhibits
strong symptoms Of boarding house diet,'
dearth Of fresh air and exercise, and ghostly
profusiou Of siarched linen, soap and hair
grease what shall ! sell you to-day, sir!' '
Well, was teIlin' on the ole woman afors
| iei' hum, eff could trade to please myself.
Id buy her some stuff for gown, and myself
pair Of rowsers.'
Well sir, if ws can't sell you, I'll stake
the reputation of our house that you can't be
suited in this city!' says frizzle head. @ aG
want to know Then just le, us see some
of your stuffs.' -3 II
In course of an hours pulling down and ov.
erhauling, frizzle head had the goods cut and
rolled up, and they were under the arm Of a
specimen of the human family, abou, as s,o-
icalIy disposed and physically constructed. as
the man who was supposed to--butt ye bull off
the battery fE n..ar -saaa.Ila.
Can't sell you something else, to-day,
sirt' says frizzle. is -s41r .'.4
Guess not.' says Cape Cod; IN coas
agin when want fresh mess Of stuff My
names Jenkins, Josiah Jenkins; jist mark
down these things. and maybe afore Christmas
I'll be in and see about 'em - a
SIR inquiringly responds frizzle head.
Jenkins-mark 'em down.
Il don't comprehend you sir!'
Don't! Come round here,' Gays Cape
Cod, leading frizzle head ont to the door,
where, placing his bony, big forefngsr upon
placard, says he, whats that, Do you calk-
elate Cape folks can't read nor nothin',-eoods
marked do,cn! Mark these down I've got
when come IN agin, we'll see about EN-!
Whether the clerk was trying to see through
the fog Of the fact, or whether he was stunned
by the marked intelligence ofa pe-Coder,
we know not; but when the clerk looked
around, the customer was hull do,cn p Yankee
BLrdc
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A Country Wedding.

The recently published Memoirs of the Rev.
H. B. Soule, formerly pastor of the Universal
list Church at Hartford contain the following
amusing anecdote g
Did ever tell you of certain wedding
once attended, Its history runs on this wise :
On one stormy Thursday, last winter, as was
going TO the post office, | was accosted by a
young man, or old boy, Il don't know which,
but shall leave yon to judge) with the inqu-
ry, | say, mister, can't ye tell me, sir, where
Dominic Soule lives! suppose am the
man yon are seeking The young man s
countenance changed. The expression of in.
tense anxiety passed away, and was succeeded
by one of ludcrous bashfuness. sWell, then,
ye are Dominic Soule, be ye, Well, want
to see you few minutes, if ye have no objec-
TONS None at all, sir. Be so kind as TO
walk into my study with me, where we can
attend to yonr business BY the side of a COM
Portable fire.
Once in the study, he asked again, you're
Dominic Soule, the minister, be ye1' Il am.
Be we all alone1' looking sheepshly at the
half open bedroom door. We are,' said L,
as closed it. knew we'll what he wanted,
but was wicked enough to enjoy his embar-
rassment. After hitchng and shufling, and
hemming awhile, he spoke out, Well, come
for to get You to go and marry somebody to-
night Indeed! and how far is it!' oh,
it's only just seven miles up here, you know
| wanted he should go and get some one else !;
it stormed furiously, and | did not feel like
buffeting cold northeaster that night. But he
folks wouldn't like it if we didn't have you,
you know Well. if you must have me, l
wish you would postpone it till better weather !;
| will then come up and marry you Oh
dear, that won't do, no how, for we've post
poned it once, and we wouldn't postpone it
again for nothing then said to him, Sir,
| will tell you what will do-if you come
down here l will marry you for nothing No,
that would do neither; cause the old folks
wants for to see us get married and you must
come any way; you shan't lose nothing
The poor fellow begged so hard l concluded
to go, and accordingly hired horse and cutter
and about five o'clock started on my novel we'd
ding mission. found the travelling exceed
ingly bad all the way, and particularly SO after
left the main roaG At length reached the
log house, in which the fair bride lived
Hitching my horse, went to the door and
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We present our readers this week, at con-
siderable expense, with the above magnificent
engraving of the American Crystal Palace,
now being erected at Reservoir Square, in New
York City. The outside of the building is that
of the Greek Cross.
Each diameter of the cross will be 365 feet
inches long. There will be three similar en-
frances one on the Sixth avenue, one on For
tieth, and one on Forty street. Each
entrance will be AZ feet wide, and that on the
Sixth avenue will be approached by flight of
eight steps. Each arm of the cross is, on the
ground plan, l49 feet broad, this is divided in
TO a central nave and two aisles, one on each
side-the Al feet wide-each aisle "a
feet wide. On each front is large semicircu-
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in ring, sticking every claw up To the body
in your foot. The poison flows through each
claw, and in two minutes you will have tainted
with agony, in few more, and you will be
dead. The deadly thing cannot be torn away.
1t mas to be cut off, and claw by claw plucked
out. Even if it crawls over the naked body of
sleeping person, without sticking in its claws,
the place will pain the person for years after
at least, SO | have been told
have seen these things-in which nature
corks up her deadly poisons-ofien; yet have
heard of few cases in which they lave bitten
or killed any one. The kind Being who
makes the butterflies to be so abundant, in the
same loving kindness which makes them so
beautiful and so abundant, makes all deadly
creatures to be scarce.-Arthm's Home Ga
1efte
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lar fan-light Al feet wide and 81 feet high
The nave or central portion is 81 feet high, and
is of an arch Al feet in diameter There are
TO be two arched naves crossing one another at
right angles. The exterior width of the ridge
way of the nave is II feet. The central dome
is 100 feet in diameter-6S feet inside from the
floor to the spring of the arch, and lIS feet to
the crown; and on the outside, with the lantern,
l49 feet. AT each angle is an octagonal tower,
9 feet in diameter, and IS feet high Each
aisle is covered by gallery of its own width,
"a feet from the door.
The number of the columns on the ground
floor will be 100, all hollow, and of inches
diameter, and of different thicknesses from I-2
to inch. On the gallery floor there will be
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l22 columns, and the whole structure will be
constructed of glass and iron.
The building will be octagonal, the double
cross being the galleries. With the three pub
lie entrances there will also be private en-
trance. The ground floor is divided nts four
compartments separated from one another by
the naves and transepts running at right angles
with two tiers of galleries. The whole of the
building is to be lighted by the large dome in
the centre.
The building will be seen for considerable
distance, and it will command an extensive
view of the city. 1t will be larger building
than any ever erected in our country, and will
contain on its ground floor Ill 900 square feet
of space, and in its galleries, which are "a fee,
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A MERCANTILE LOVE LETTER.-The FOL
lowing is copy of n letter from clerk TO
the lady who shared his feelings with the
cares of business. II is model of its kind:
4 have received, Miss, the dear yours of
the 9th current with the greatest PLEASURE
Your goodness makes me returns which rem
der me very happy; but your father puts the
climax TO my impatience, in leaving blank
the date of our marriage. To see myself put
off 10 several years from date is to remain
100 long in suff;ring. My heart will make
draft on you. Of which hope you will
pay the expenses. The office deprves me
this evening of your dear presence, on ac.
count OF the general weekly balance but my
affection for you remains firm, aud will
reach its destination without damage. Isend
you herein enclosed my sentiments Of dsvo-
tion and respect. Peuse to carry them to
my credit, Sc
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knocked, when stern, old voice bade me
come in Entering the house, was invited
TO sit down with all my over-clothes on.
asked the old man if they were going to have
wedding there that evening. He said they
were. then looked around to see if could,
where the parties were coming from. There
was but one door TO the house, and that led out
into the world. Very soon, however, heard
a Gathering up stairs, and, to nv astonish-
ment, the bridegroom and bride came down the
ladder. He backed down, leading her by both
hands. They we've seated.
If YOU are ready for the ceremony, you
will please RISE
They stared at each other, at the old folks,
at me, but sat still. Twice repeated it, and
twice was met by the same vacant stare.
If You want TO get married, stand up said
|. That they understood, and proceeded to
make the twain one. When l came to this
part of the ceremony, the matter run thus:
Do you take this woman &c.1
Most sartainly, sir
DO you promise to love her above all 9TH
ers,' &C.!
Why said he, Tue done so this good
wAae"
| almost forgot the solemnities of the occa-
sion in my efforls to suppress laughter. When
came TO the bride with this question, Do
you take this man. &C.!
III love him just as long as he loves me,
and that's long enough
smiled, but succeeded in governing myself
so as to conclude the ceremony, which through
out was of the same unique character. When
it was over, the bridegroom passed around a
bowl ofgood old black strap, and then gave me
cigar. Just as was leaving, he gave me
some change, which l put in a separate pocket,
TO know how much had. When I got home,
l paid len shllings for my horse and cutter.
and, on counting my change, found that he had
given me the sum of six-and-six-pence. But,
as he had said, didn't lose nothin' the other
three-and-six-pence had in fun.
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A hardy son Of the ocean, on retiring TO
his ship nfter the taking of Vera Cruz, cap
,ured donkey, and Immediately mounted
him; but seating himself on the rump, the
animal kicked up and came near throwing
him oil. A soldier told him to sit further
forward on the mule and he would moi kick
so.' The old tar replied -'l'll see you bIowed
first! this is mine, and I'd like 10 know who
will stop me from riding on the quarter deck
Of my o,cn juekdss.'
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A good story is told by the Belfast Joursd

OF PTOTedsUT3 d5 I0HO77
He was one of your precise men, who
measured off sentences as clerk does choices
ribbons. The good professor took it into his
head to relieve The Inonotony ofhis existence
by an aquatic excursion. The boat was IN
fortunately cnpsixed near the shore, and he
was put in fair way TO test the virtues Of
Presniiz's theory. He was averss to ma.
king any uncou,h outcry, and had gone down
twice, without saying a word; but just -
his oeciprlt was disappearing q third time, he
rolled on his back, and blowing like Por-
poise, exclaimed, rather louder than usaal--
II is anticipated that some one end erssHd TO
me a roper .-1-4-aL
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A mystic belle who came tripping into the
house one evening from the fields was told
by her city cousin that she looked as fresh
as ealsy kissed by The dew.
Eell, il wasn't any fellow of that nanr,
ba shll Jones, thar kissed me and confound
hi picture, ! told him everybody Hpnld
hDd il out