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The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
4 Fine Cow.

I We find the following account of a remar-
kable COW, Ill the report Of the Committee on
Cows for Windsor county, VT, and which
we copy from tie Woodstock Mercury We
have seen some very fine Suffolk Pigs sent
here by Mr. Lowering, but did not know that
he could beat almost any Of us with his COWS
as we'll as pigs.
/ John l.. Lowering, of Hartford, presented
a native COW, for which we awarded him the
| first premium. We think this to be very
rare COW, and deserving of more than pas
sing notice. She is OF good size, fine form,
and is ten years old last spring. Mr. Low
ering has put her upon repeated and thorough
trials, and very carefully noted the results,
and they will compare very favorably with
any statements of the kind which have ever
come under our notice. The cow was milk
ed, and the milk weighed by an indiifernt
person, and the committee were furnished
with statement of the weight of the milk
each night and morning, for ten days in
June, from the 4th to the Esd inclusive.
The aggregate was 526 poundS--ranging
from 81 to SO pounds per day. The milk
for the last four days was made into butter,
and after being worked dry and hard as it
could be made, weighed ten pounds and five
ounces, Or 8 pounds per week. From the
1st to the 10th of September, she gave 294
pounds of milk, "while running in pasture
in which the water had all dried up, and the
grass nearly 500 In ten days in June, 1848,
She gave 80pounds; the same time in 1849,
601 pounds, and made 10 pounds of butter
in four days; and in ten days in September,
the same year, 39o4 pounds of milk. She
has had only the common keeping of YER
mont stock-hay and corn-fodder in winter,
and common pasture with other cattle in
summer; and ne other food during the year,
except for two weeks before being turned to
grass. she had shovel full ofcut feed icon
tanning about two quarts Of meal once a
day. Her owner rsays she will give milk all
the year if he chooses.
( OF all the tineeows which ''have put a2m-
selves upon the record" within the past few
years as great mixers, We know of none
which equals this.one Of Mr., Coverings for a
yield of milk, and the yield of butter has
very rarely been exceeded. Mr.. L. saysshe
"knows nothing Of the pedigree his COW,
but intends to, other descendants" +" He has
two heifers from her. which he.considers 81
great promise; and from his well known care
and skill in such matters, we may expect to
hear good account of those descendants
hereafter. .--leag K1a. LtRa Farmer.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
A Sailors Dream.

A nautical friend Of ours, and old sea
captain, who was noted forhis eccentricities,
Ireiated us the following dream, which he
experienced on bis last voyage home from
Calcutta, few months sipse. The story
loses in our hands, his wonderful descr1p-
tive power, but, however, as nearly as We
reccoAect it, it runs thus:
Having touched at St. Helena, to f'wood
and Mater" as they say on the Western
Rivera, he went on shore one afternoon, and
partook at the house Of a hospitable friend,
of the isnany good things afforded the inhab-
tants OF tha5 'gem of the sea" notthe least
.fovhich, was some Madeira, which would
have mao even the famous "sOuth side,
turn pail at its own inferority. Having
from his frequent potations, got'eonfortably
drunk, clean through" c proceeded to re
turn to the quay, { to his boat) which h
accomplished after suadry feats of grount
and lofty tumbling ip short space of TINA
Z After safely reaching his vessel, he "turnet
|in," and soon fell asleep, and now for hi
dream. .....
He was, lin his minds eye, Horato"--
dead; aud in the dominion of his Satani,
I majesty, and he applied to that gentleman
F.. for accommodations. Arriving at the por
! tails of the mansion of his majesty, foun,
r him, ard inq CURED what was to be his fat
after long life spent on earth in his service
The "little man in black" turned to hi
Ledger" ana peering up, over Ais speota
cles, inquired the name Of his applicant
? our hero answered him and said
"My name is Bob Tomkins."
Occupation ?" r....
! "Saor."
''Resdence %
"Boston, Mass, United States of Ameri
ca.
After these questions we've replied to by
Bob, as he thought in very satisfactory
manner the devil turned over the leaves o
l his record until his eyes rested on the page
devoted to the luckless Tompkins, and cas-
up apparently the balance--and in answer
his reiterated questions of what am | entitled
to bawled out to his attendants in the bacl
ground: .
''Make up HELL of q fire in No. Is fo1
; Bob Tomkins, sailor Boston---do linn JroDn
i-YQnkee BIa3e.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
T,ATTGHTTR,.

Laughter very often shows the light side
of man. 1t brings out his happier nature,
and shows of what sort of stuff he is really
made.--Somehow we feel as if we never
thoroughly know a man until We hear him
laugh. We donot feel eat home" with him
till then. We do not mean u mere snigger
but good round hearty laugh. The sol
emn sober yisage, like Sundays dress, tell
nothing about the real man. He may be
very silly, OF very profound; very cross or
very jolly. Letus hear him laugh, and we
can decipher him out at once, tell how his
heart beats, Carlyle says-''Ihat no man
who has once heartily and wholly laughed
can be altogether and irreclamably bad
Much lies in laughter, the cypher key where
with we decipher the whole man! Some
men wear an everlasting barren simper; in
the smiles of the others lies cold glitter as
Of ice; the fcwest are unable to laugh, but
only sniff, and litter, and sniggor from the
throat outwards, or, at best, produce some
whiting huskey cachinaton, as ifthey were
laughing through wood; of none such comes
good. The man who cannot laugh is only
tit for treasons, stratagems, or spoils; and
his whole life is arleady a treason and stra-
tagem. , t
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31

81 noticed" says Franklin, ga mechanic
among number of others at work on a
house erecting but a little way from my Of
flee, who always appeared to be in happy
humor, who had kind void and cheerful
smile for every one he met. Let the day be
fever so cold, gloomy or sunless, a happy
smile danced like sunbeam on his happy
tcountenance. Meeting him one morning,
asked him to tell me the secret of his con
stant happy flow Of spirits. NO secret, Dr.
he replied, i have got one Of the best Of
wives, and when go to work she always
has word of encouragement for me, and
when / 90 home she meets me with d smile
and kiss, and then tea is sure to be ready,
and she has done SO many little things to
please me through the day, that / cannot
find it in my heart to say an unkind word to
anybody What an influence then hath
woman over the heart of man, to softenitand
make it the fountain Of pure emotions. Speak
gently, them a happy smile and kind word
Of greeting, after the tolls of the day are
over, cost nothing, and go fartoward making
a home happy and peaceful"
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
Old Women.

1fa whimsical or aridiculous story is told
you Of any one, it is sure to relate to an old
woman. If a man lacks wit, or is any way
eccentric in his ideas of neatness and pro-
priety, he is called an old woman, A left
cheney Of frmness of purpose, or timidity
in intercourse with the world subjects one
to similar epithet, and yet, what does the
common sense Of his saying amount to ?
Simply this, that woman is like his mother
And who, pray, is real mother. A being
filled with devoted and disintt rested love fox
Aer offspring. Did any one ever hear of a
selfish mother? of one who would not prac-
tice self-denial that she might minister to her
children? Here. then, is trait which is
in reality old womanish, and the only one,
in our mind, that distinguishes the peculi-
arities of venerable females from those oi
selfish bombastic man.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
INVENTION.

The Scientific American, referring to some
recent prices offered for mechanical discov-
leries, makes the following appropriate re
marks:
| The works of God, the Great Creator, the
Divine Architect and Mechanic, are alone
{perfect. The human frame, that machine
| of machines, is no more perfect to-day than
| when it sprung bounding with life and beau
| ty, from the iRanmnate dust of Paradise.
This we cannot say Of the works of man
the real perfect must ever bs before u.s.
When we look behind and see what progress
Man has made in invention, and tlien com
pare what he has done with the works OF
Nature, we always find more imperfections
I in the latter. 1t is true, indeed, in respect
| to the mechanic arts, that the present state
of them may be called perfection in compare
son with the state in which they were cen
tury ago, but this should not damp the atdor
of the ingenious machine.
There is still plenty of room for invention
and improvement; yea, and it will ever be
so; with every new achievement, new want
will spring up; and to provide for these, the
inventor will still have to exercise his genius
and the mechanic his cultivated skill We
can go on towards perfection, but can never
reach it; and the more perfect the arts be-
come, even after many ages have passed
way, still something will always be wanting
to complete the picture. With all our per-
fection Of the arts, more new inventions are
demanded to-day than there ever were at
any period Of the worlds history; and the
mechanic who may be living a hundred
years hence, will have the same story to tell
Here we have prizes offered for five new
) improvements, relating to railroads alone,
and when we consider that it is only twenty
years since the first scream Of the locomo-
tive was heard in our land---that not a sin
gle iron horse was not seen painting along the
iron track in the United States at that time,
and that now his iron hoofs are heard thun.
dering through the heart Of the Green Noun
tains, over the Hudson, down the slopes o.
the Aleghenies, and along the banks Of the
9 Mississippi, well ma, we holdup chat mantt
ridicule who even hints AZ. limitation to nc i
inventions and discoveries, 1u UentE, year.
I VIC have britt atraea Of avelys shQs2laapt
miles long, for the iron steed-what Il rat
:, course! In few years more he will con
> mence his race wet with the spray Of Il
Atlantic, and will not slack his iron nerve
till he has snuffed the breezes Of the Pacif
: Inventors Of America! the progress OF il
n vention in your land is intrusted to yor
h keeping. "aa 5a
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
Turned Round.

A young sRig of doctor once met at a
conyivial party several larks, who were bent
on placing in his hat very heavy brick, or
in plain language, to make him gloriously
drunk, which they accomplished about 10
O'clock at night The poor doctor insisted
on going, and the party accompanied him to
the stable, to assist him to mount his horse,
which they at length did, with his face to the
animals tail.
"HelloP' said the Doctor, after feeling
for the reins. ~ am inside out on my horse,
or backackermost, don't know which, dc
believe there is something wrong
$50 you are" replied one Of the wags
giust get off, Doctor, and we will put yor
on right"
fGet off, hiccuped the Doctor, "nt
YOU don't. .ust turn the horse around, ant
lit win all come right again you must all b,
ldrunkw
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IN which will give to me dinnah delicate

on which will give to me dinnah delicate
flavor"
The Yankee quick drew himself back in
imitation of his opposite neighbor, and in a
nasal tone called OF,
'Yeou darned, all-fred, dab-rabited, pes
ky looking little tarnal black nigger, fetch
me peck Nv corn, bundle uY fodder, and
rub me down with brickbat while feed, u
Men ceased to think Of masticating, while
an uprorious yell arose which fairly shook
the cabin, during which the dandy was seer
streaking out of the door with finger il
each ear. We are credibly informed thai
Bell lost four suspender buttons, and was
troubled with an open countenance an houl
afterwards.
The dandy waited for the next boat, while
the Yankee made the trip with chalkeC
| hat ..
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
Seven Wonders Of Young Ladies'.

/. Keeping her accounts in preference 70
an Album.
/, Z. Generously praising the attractions Of
Chat affected creature who always cut
herout.
8. Not ridiculing the man she secretly
prefers nor quizzing what she seriously adj
mires. s,.e ss n. ny .s.ss. Y u
4. Not changing her "dear, dear friend
quarterly, on her dress three times day.
3. Reading novel without looking ii the
third volume first; 81 writing letter with
outa postscript; or taking wine Al dinner.
without saying .'the smallest drop il the
world II. of singing without "bad cpla
Or wearing shoes that were rot nalla toe
big" for Her.
\ &. Seeing = baby, without iamedlatelB
rushing npand kissiagil
Ea7. Carrying & large boqussa II III sseniA
|party. and onlissing u ~ Der parlneF
he understands The language n aoAqea
Pa7rh.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
A SONG FOR THE LADIES.

The glorious day is dawning, girls,
When women shall be tree; r.
When gowns and bonnets, capes and shawls
No longer we shall see!
Miss Webber, bless her heart, sweet girl!
Has put the scheme on foot; e
She leads the trump of male attire,
And we must follow suit. .,
Wen dress in real "bifurcate," girls,
With glossy beaver hats, ...
And don the most bewitching coats,
And brummel- tied crayats;
Wen wear superb gilt buttons, girls,
Upon our vests Of buff .-
Bright extra rich, plain, treble gilt,
Flat surface-tbats enough!
Oh! won't we look bewitching, girls,
When we're so trinity drest?
No mortal man can brave our charms,
Though he may strive his best. @t
Bewhiskersd folks may envy, girls,
Our many garbs and airs, "
But let them fret until they tire
Poor fellowship one cares.
hos s44s
Perhaps few may "cut'' US, girls,
And lay us on the shelves; ..... .....
But what of that? we1l crook our arms
And act the beaux ourselvesl .- ..
And ifthey won'tsay marry, girls,
Wen call them no gallants; ...s
But come what will-hoat, sink OF swim
Well never yield our pants.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31

From little work written by John
Worth, of California, whose statements are
deemed reliable, just published, we extract
the following in relation TO the production
of the soil. 8 4 gf-
Mr. John Horner, respectable farmer
testifes as follows:
My younger brother arrived here in Jan
uary, 1850. We managed to fence in 4oC
acres, and farm $50 principally in potatoes
| Our crop yielded as follows:
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G1rA correspondent Of the Chicago Tri-
bune tells Of q little girl ten years of age,
whose only subsistence sinceinfancy hasbeen
sugar and milk--some obstruction or disease
Of erthroat having led her always ia re
fuse anything more substantial. She ii stat
tea 10 b as large as children usually hel
age, and AZ healthy; bright and active as
those whose food would be considered more
invigoratng.
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
HIN JON Es.
BY BEN WILLfhRss

---
Don't you remember lame Sally, John Jones?
Lame Sally, whose nose was SO brown!
Who look'd like clam when you gave her
smile, .........
And went into fits at your frown?
In the old goose pond in the orchard, John
Jones,
Where the goslings are learning to swim,
Lame Sally went fishing one wet windy day,
And by a mistake tumbled in.
Under old Sims brush fence, John Jones,
That winds at the top of the hill,
Together we've seen old Camel go round,
Grinding cider at Appleton's mill
The mill-wheelis oven-wood JohnJ Jones,
The rafters fell on the old COW;
And the weasels and rats that crawl round
as you gaze, .....E. ....
| Are lords of the cider-mill now.
Doyou mind the pig pen oflogs, John Jones,
/
! Which stood on the path to the barn?
And the shirt button tree, where they grew
on the boughs,
| Which we sowed in our jackets with yarn
The pig pen has gone to decay, John Jones
/ The lightning the tree overcome;
And down where the onions and carrots ono,
grew,
Grow thistles as big as your thumb.
DON'T you remember the school, John Jones
! And the master who wore the old wig?
And the shady nook by the crook Of the brool
Where we played with Aunt Catharine'
pig? a.a.
Mice liSe in the masters wig, John Jones
The brook with the crook is now dry
And the boys and girls that were playmate
then, -a.. a.
| Haze gone '5oay ort to Wisconsinh
! There's change in he things that l love
4 John 502tt;ys ,55l022tt;ys ;-.~.
They have changed rom the god to th'
bad @ . .a .a.
I And i feel from my stomach, to tell you Il
i truth,
I That I'd like to go home to my dad
Twelve months--twenty--haye passed, NJ
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In 1851, he fenced in 800 and farmed
500. His crop Of potatoes this year is sci
down at 1870, 600 bushels, besides large
quantity Of other vegetables.
The farm Of Mr.. Horner is near thelMis.
sion Of San Jose, Santa Clara county.
Mr.. Worth says: The soil throughout these
various regions is either sandy Or choco
late loan, extremely easy Of tillage and
without excepdon--so far as Il has been
cultivated productive to an extraordinary
degree. t@
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THE RETTING nanny.


The young gentleman, with the medium
sized light brown inoustache, and suit Of
clothes, such as fashionable, tsilors furnish
to their castomores "on very accommoda-
ting terms"--that is on the credit system.
came into hotel on Race street, one after
noon, and after calling for glass Of Madeira,
turned to the company and offered to bet
with any man present that the Susquehanna
would not be successfully launched. The
Santer not being taken up he glanced con-
tempuously around and remarked
+" ! wantto make bet Of some kind.
don't care zig what it is. ri bet any man
from ashilling's worth Of cigars to five hun
dred dollars. This is your time gentlemen,
what do you propose?" 9 SO.
Slipping a glass of beer in one corner Of the
bar room, sat plain old gentleman, who
looked as though he might be Pe1nsylva-
MIA farmer He put down his glass and thus
addressed the exquisite:
"WelI, mister. I'm not iu the habit Of
making bets, but seeing you are anxious
about it, | don't care If | crafty you. So
| will bet you levy's worth Of skies tfat I
can put a quart of molasses in your hat. and
run it out solid lump Of molasses candy ii
two minutes"
/" Done !" said the exquisite, taking OF
his hat and handing it to the farmer.
ltwas real Florence hat, splendid ar
tlcls,, that shone like black satin. The old
gentleman took the hat and requested the
bar7keeper tosend for a quart of molasses.
"ahe cheap sort at Six cents a quart, that
is the Kind I'use in this experiment. said
he, handing over the six coppers to The bar
keeper. t~, ......s
Ihe molasses was brought, and the old
farmer with very grave and mysterious
countenance, poured it into the dandy's hat,
while the exquisite took out his watch to note
the time. Giving the hat two or three
shakes, with Sgnol Blitz adroitness, the
e1perimentor placed it on the table, and then
stared INTO It, US If watching the wonderful
process OF solidfcation. a,,a ss y.
! "Time up" said the exquisite. i n
Ihe old farmer moved tile hat even.
do believe itaint hardened , ,,-;, 1 4 he ID i
tone of disappointment. "I the lieiS some
! hqpE p9 e othsr this tne ard m, Mo[s nd;sd shsd
e lost the bet Bar-keeper, 1T tiies .gentlema,
: have the cigars---twelve skies, mind m,
e charge them in the bill.'' a.
$ What Of the cigars'' roared the eAaui
. site, you've spoiled my hat, that cost NJ,
: i've dollars, and you must pay for iti''
r "That wasn't in the bargain" tiniidl
said the old gentleman, "bnt III let va
keep the molasses, Whish il d little MOI,
than we bargained for" vge
Having drained the tenacious fluid from
: his beaver, as best he could, into spittoon
the man fmoustaches rushed into the oper
street, his fury much abated BY the sound,
: ofiIl-suppressed laughter which followed hi,
I exit. lie made his complaint at the polio,
Office, butas it appeared that the experimen
was tried with his own consent, the none,
8 could not be recoyered,---Er. "a a. sls.a
The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
AN ANGEL BY THE HEARTH.
BY FANNY FALEs,

III FANNl FALh2t.
-,..
They tell me unseen spirits
Around about us glide; ..
Beside the Silly waters,
Our erring footsteps guide!
'Tls pleasant thus believing
Their ministry on earth;
knew an angel sitteth
This moment by my hearth.
If false lights, On Hes waters,
Te wreck my soul appeal;
With finger upward pointing,
She turns me with tear;
'Twere base to slight the warning,
y And count it little worth,
OF her, the loving angel
That sitseth by my hearth.
Sire wsns me with caresses
From passions dark defles;
She guides me When laltef'
# And strengthens me with smiles;
1t may be unseen angels ~
Beside me journey forth,
| know that one is sitting
This moment by the hearth.
Having wire. y oq3,ners,
An angel here below;
Alas! your eyes are holden
Too often till they go;
Ye upward look while grieying,
When they have passed from earth
0 cherish well those sitting
This moment by the hearth!
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GA man named Rapp, living in Phila-
delphia, has invented glass collins, They
are made alright, and if sufficient strength
to prevent bulging The durability Of glass
is well known, and the remains Of the depar-
ed being entirely protected. decomposition
goes on very slowly. 9sf '.s
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EEr"Whydoyou admire my daughters?"
said proud mother to gentleman.
Because" be replied, Il am Judge of
paintings" gtua 8a
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A GIRL who was one Of our first loves
was one night lighting us ous after having
passed d delightful evening; and in bashful
trepidation she blew us out Of the door and
drew the candle behind the door and kiss
ed it, What bliss their was in that kiss.
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What Pinter'g Ink has Done.

Seven-eights of the splendid fortunes Of
this country have been made through the
influence of printers ink Mark that
BrchQage.
Printers Ink has made notonly seven-eights
ofthe splendid fortunes thathave been made
in our country, but also nine-tenths Of the
great men. Boobies transformed into sta
tesman, prosy takers into eloquent orators,
cracked voice singers into nightingales, muir
derers Of Shakespeare into a perfect delinea-
tor of the creation ofAvon's great bird, and
humbugs into the most philanthropic oI
their ypecies-all by the application Of a
little printcn's ink And what is more sur,
priselns .peSple are made to believe those
things in oppossion to their seven senses
Printers ink is a great thing when properly
put on.-Baltim0re Aryao.
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EE- Being sometimes asunder heightens
friendship. The greatest cause Of the fire
quent quarrsls between relations is their be-
ing so much together.
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Or Il is sometimes q hard matter 10 be
certain whether you have received ill-usaue
or not; for mems actions oftentirnes look
worse than they are; and we must Be thor
oughly informed ofa great many things be-
fore we can judge s a