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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

manure is more safe and effective for thi:
use. Should potatoes not show vigor, use
guano (Peruvian) diluted with 100 times
its bulk Of charcoal dus. or we'll dccompo
sed peat in the hills at the time Of hoeip2
or culti7a,ing, using small handful 't
each hill. The Improved super-phosphat'
of Lime may be used instead Of the guauc
and charcoal.
KITCHEN GAgpEH.-Weed artichoses
clean asparagus beds; plant basil cont
nuc to plant beans fer snccessions; than
beets, &C.; plant borccole, broccoli, cabbage
and capsicum; thin early cal bIge and earth
up early celery. If you have cucumbers in
pots in the frames, plant them out; SOW
endive; thin leeks transplan. lettuce; SOW
mint; thin early parsnips; SOW peas, and
attend to those previously sown.
Melons raised in bot-beds should 90 out
early this month, as well as Lima beans,
early squashes, tomatoes, egg-plants, sud
other culinaries started in hot-beds; SOW
white radishes; plant sage; thin satisfy ;
plant out savoys; gather seeds, as ripe ;
SOW spinach, and thin former sowings ;
keep ground well titled between rows
throughout the garden; attend to thinning
generally; plant out tomatoes; SOW turDip
cabbage; keep down the weeds. All the
early lettuce and radish ground being now
cleared of, may be used for beets and car
rots, which will give better late crops than
if planted earlier
Dust pulverizcd quick-lime. unlesched
ashes, tobacco dust, &c, over plants sub
ject TO be annoyed by insects. Plant okra
cut and dry herbs in flower, selecting for
thi, purpose clear, dry day; water cauli-
flowers, and break down the leaves over
those near maturity, to prsven: their but
toning too early.
OncHARp.-Attack the catsrpiliars by
burning them with campheue lamp. As
they leave their nests a: about 8 O'Clock,
A. NJ, and return to them at 5, P. N,
they should be attacked before or after
those hours. Boiling water poured into
tho haunts of ants will destroy them.
If your trees were properly washed in
early spring, they will not be hide-bound
now. Sow a very slight quantity of fine
salt around plum and soms other fruit
trees, and trim of shoots from the roots
Working Fdrme-.
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Three Lessons.

There are three lessons | would write
Three words-as with burning pen.
In tracings Of eternal light,
Upon the hearts ot men.
Have Horn! Though clouds environ now,
And gladness hides her face with scorn,
Put thou the shadows from thy brow
No night but hath lis morn.
Have Faurn, Where'er thy bark is driven
The calm's dispor,, the tcnpest's mir,h-
Know this: GOD rules the hosts Of Heaven,
III Inhabitants Of earth.
Have Love! Not love alone for one
But man, as man, thy brother call;
And scatter, like the circling sun,
Thy charities on all
Engrave these lessons in thy soul
Hope, Faith, and Love-and thou shalt fnc
Strength. when life's surges widest roll
Light, when ihcu else vert blind!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN, FRIDAY, MAY g. 1853


about Agriculture as q thing capable Of
almos. indefinite improvement; they make
experiments; they have County Society
and hold an annual Fair and Cattle Show.
As a consequence-as a necessary conse'
quence-they are progressing in wealth
and comfort; they are unsurpassed in tine
dairy line, and it would seem can hardly
be equalled for Summer crops. Another
evidence of their progress find in the
following account from responsible man
in late No. of the Susquehanna Register.
Let US see if the Farmers Of old Union
or Northumberland county can beat the
product Of these FIVE acres, and present the
proof at the next Fair. REASON.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

terested. We were shown into large
kiln of some twenty-five feet square, heat
ed to temperature of about l4O degrees
Fahrenheit, and completely filled with
beef steaks. No less than 1000 lbs. of
carefully cut rump pieces were strung up
on wooden frames, and undergoing the
process Of drying. The steak, when dried
to one-fourth Of its original weight, was
ground in mill to the size of pounded
hommony, and then mixed with an equal
weight of pure lard. Four thousand lbs
of that meat will make about two thousand
of this concentrated diet, and the scale of
DR.. kane's rations for his final sledge
journey over the Polar ice, is limited to
two pounds per man per diem of this
novel compound of beef and grease.
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The Farmer.
For the Lewisburg Chronicle.

There arc many persons who hesitate
about believing that 16O bushels Of green
shellcd corn have been raised in single
year on one acre of the far-distant hills of
Susquehanna county. Knowing as do
the persons confirming the statement, l
can not doubt its correctness. Susquchanna
county has a hard soil, in an elevated
temperature, and has been generally con-
sidered very ordinary land. But there are
many observing men, there-Yankees all
who have for years paid particular and
studious attention to Farming. They are
somewhat "scientific farmers -" book
farmers" men who read, think and talk
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06
The Murderer, Spring.

This wretched creature, on whose head Q
mass Of evidence. is apparently accumula
ting, such as, if established, must prove
him to be one of the most mercilcss fends
that ever dsgracel humanity, is not un
known, i. would seem, in New Orleans.
lie has ushered into the world, the off
spring of crime. He was a natural son Of
man of good general reputation, by q
woman who subsequently had three Oh
four other natural children, each the off
spring of illicit intercourse. The father
bestowed 10 care on young Spring as his
child-the fact of his having legitimate
family contributing, perhaps chiefly, to
fully confirm him in the neglect which the
character Of the mother, in all probability,
first begot, and then seemed to warrant ;
although it is not impossible that her con-
duct was the effect of his treatment,
Young Spring was known from his ear
liest days as Of vicious inclinations and
habits, and was avoided by all Of the neigh
borhood, who made the least pretention
to propriety. He was marked as bad
boy, and was known to be plunged in all
the evil courses open to one of his circum-
stances and situation-gamtling, pilfering,
fighting, &c. One fact, in palliation of
his bad character, or rather by way of, in
some degree, accounting for the horrible
extent to which it has developed itself, we
may here record, to the throwing Of no
small degree of responsibility on others
OLE NEVER HAD A BAYS SCHOOLING"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06
Extraordinary Yield.

Since seeing allusion made in the Report
of the late Agricultural Society meeting to
the great yield Of Corn raised by George
Walker, and of Potatoes by Robert Kent,
for which liberal premiums were awarded,
I have thought it due to the good name OF
our county, as well as the credit Of DAN'L
GILES, of Dimock township, to inform the
public that on lot of ground which he
ascertained BY careful measurement to con-
tain but FIVE acres and ninety-one perchcs
IA fraction over ST acres) he raised
A little over 500 bushels of cars Of Corn,
800 bushels of Potatoes,
8 bushels of Beans, and
80 loads Of Pumpkins!
MrGilcs, who is man Of unquestioned
veracity, as all who know him will testify,
says the Potatoes occupied not over half
an acre, which 1 believe beats Mr.. Kcnt's.
The crop of corn, &c, was such as grew on
just such field Of his farm, with his ordi-
nary cultivation, and not an acre selected
out of the richest part Of larger field, for
the purpose of exhibiting for premium.
Just look at At, Farmers Of susqueharna
coun.y-and consider what profit your land
may be made to yield by the thoro' ::illage
practiced by Mr.. Giles. Here is full 400
bushels of Corn, now worth GO cents per
bushel. ............................S275
800 bushels Potatoes at 25 cts. lis
8 bushels Beans, at s1,25 .........l0
80 loads Pumpkins, at 81 pr load SO
Making the round sum of ...... $3.50
from about 81 acres of land-or a little
over go Per acre! Is not this worthy Of
notice? j. W. CHAPMAN.
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The Cultivation Of the Potato.

fBy Prof M.rx.-FruIn the Transactions of the New Tori
/ Farmers Club.l
The cultivation of the potato is of th:
highest Importance, and it will give mt
pleasure to state my experience, and per
haps to offer an opinion on such points a;
seem to me to have been definitely settled
The usual mode Of planting and Of culture
is SO we'll understood as to render repe.
tition unnecessary.
The errors I conceive to be-frst, in the
selection Of medium or small sized potatoes
as seed; second, in cutting them and,
lastly, in covering them with too great a
depth Of soil.
The experiments made by Gen. Beatson
on the Island Of St. Helena by the request
of the British Government, has settled
many facts in relation to the cultivation Of
the potato. These experiments were made
on an extended scale, with great e1actness,
and often repeated. From these expert
msnts we learn, that the largest weight and
measure of potatoes may be obtained by
using the seed potatoes whole aud Of the
largest size. Of course a greater weight
of seed is used, but with greater profit as
compared with the area occupied. The
potato may be called mlerous-stemmed
plant, all the tubers growing on the stem,
and never on the roots. Gen. Beatson
therefore recommends, as the result Of
varied experiment, that the potato should
never be covered to a greater depth than
six inches, and this depth be attained as
soon after the planting as practicable. The
first covering may be three inches, and as
soon as four inches of growth are made
above the surface Of the soil, the other
three inches Of soil may be added, and the
drills should be of such depth as to leave
the entire surface of the field level after
the addition of the last three inches. By
this arrangement fat culture may be pur
sued, aud the crop will be larger than if
raised in bills or elevated rows. 10 support
Of these opinions, permit me to state that ]
his experiments, and found the
results stated by him to lie practically
true. 1t may not be out of place, having
arrived at the facts, to endeavor to under
stand the cause.
First-The advantage Of fiat culture as
with the hilling of potatoes As
soon as the stem is fairly formed, a certain
number of tubers are appended to its sides,
and should we pile the earth higher against
the stem as it proceeds in growth, second
,et of tubers will form, even after the first
set has attained some size, and thus the
pabulum intended by nature to form and
feed the earlier tubers, will be divided
between the two sets, leaving them OF
varied size, preventing the entire develop
ment and perfection of the earlier tnoeEs,
md therefore no perfect potatoes are sosnee
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MAY-Worls to be done.

]
The FARM.-In the early part of thi:
month, pastures should be attended TO-
Do not pasture cattle until the grass has
some growth, or the yield Of the season
will be less.
Clean and whitewash cellars, distribute
charcoal dust and plaster Of paris about
your hog-pens, stables, &C., and remove all
putrescent and unwholesome substances.
The charcoal dust and plaster of paris will
absorb deleterious gases, as given off from
vegetable and other matters undergoing
decay.
"Plant Indian corn as soon as the leaves
are as large as mouse's ear" This is an
old and safe adage, but we should advise
that some be put in earlier, either broad
cast or thickly in rows, for soiling cattle
with the stalks. Peas, oats and buckwheat
as we'll as Indian corn should be soaked in
water and then rolled in plaster before
planting.
Plant potatoes for your principal crop, if
not previously done. Those planted carly
are less subject to be diseased.
If you have land thoroughly prepared,
and we'll sub-soiled, SOW lucerne: this crop
will be found very profitable for those who
soil cattle, as it may be cut four times
during the summer. If the soil be not
deeply disintcgrated, lucerne can not sue
ceed, as it is deep-rooted plant, and fails
as soon as the ends of the roots reach
cold and compact sub-soil.
Attend to destroying insects If you
have used six bushels of salt per acre on
your winter fallows and grass lands, but
few insects will annoy you other than those
which harbor in trees, &c, and where salt
has been used but few weeds will be seen.
Cleanse the bark of your fruit trees. Save
soap-suds for fruit trees, both as wash
and as manure.
Secure manure from the influences Of
sun and rain, as fast as made. Place them
under cover, if practicable, and augment
their quantity by admixturc Of muck, pond
muck, or even head-lands, as during the
warm weather stable manure decomposcs
rapidly, and gives off large quantities of
ammonia, which should be received by such
materials as are capable Of retaining it.
When muck can not be had, cover the top
of the heaps with charcoal dust or plaster
Of paris.
If you have hog-pen manure which is
free from long stuffs, mix it with charcoal
dust under shed, and by turning it occa-
sionally it will become pulverulent in time
to SOW with turnips, for which use it is
equal to ground bones, and at less than
one-third the cost. Dress corn and pota-
toes thoroughly, and if horn shaving' can
be had, apply them to corn in the hill no
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06
A Chapter on House Keening,

never could see the reason why your
smart housekeepers must, Of necessity, be
Xautippes. once had the misfortune to
be domesticated during the summer months
with one Of this genus. should like to
have seen the adventurous spider that would
have dared to ply his cunning trade in
Mrs. CARROTS premises! Nobody was al
lowed to sleep wink after daylight be-
meath her roof. Even her old rooster
crowed one hour earlier than any of the
neighbors. "Go ahead" was written on
every broomstick in the establishment.
She gave her husband his breakfast,
buttoned him up in his overcoat, put him
out Of the front door, with his face in the
direction of the store, in less time than l
have taken to tell it. Then she snatched
up the six little CARROTS; scrubbed their
faces, up and down, without regard to feel
ings or pug noses, till they shone like 4
row Of milk pans.
"Clear the track" was her motto, wash
ing and ironing days. She never drew
long breath till the washtubs were turned
bottom upwards again, and every article
of wearing apparel sprinkled, folded, iron
ed, and replaced on the backs of their re-
spective owners. 1t gave me stitch in
the side to look at her AS to her "clean-
ing days." never had the courage to wit
ness one 1 used to lie under an apple
tree in the orchard, till she was through.
A whole platoon of soldiers wouldn't have
frightened me so much as that virago and
her mop.
You should have seen her in her glory,
on " "paKlng days." her sleeves rolled up
to her arm pits, and long check apron
swathed around her bolster like figure
the great oven glowing, blazing and spark
ling in manner very suggestive to a lazy
sinner like myself. The interminable rows
of creased pie plates, the pan of rough and
ready gingerbread, the pots Of pork and
beans, in an edifying state sf progression
and the immense empryo :loaves Of brown
and wheaton bread. To my innocent
inquiry, whether she thought the latter
would "rise," she set her arms akimbo,
marched up witnin kissing distance Of my
face, cooked her head one side, and asked
If l thought she looked like woman to
be trihcd with by loaf of bread"' The
way l settled down into my slippers, without
reply, probably convinced her that was
no longer sceptieal on that point.
And Saturday evening she employed in
winding up everything that was unwound
in the house-the old entry clock included.
From that time till Monday morning she
devoted to her husband and Sabbatical ex-
ercises. All l have to say is, it is to be
hoped she carried some of the fcruor of
her secular employments into those hal
eyon hours-Fanny Fern.
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WAR.-A philosopher thus e1presse.
himself in regard to war: "a hundred
thousand mad animals whose heads are
covered with hats, advance to kill or be
killed by the like number Of their fellow.
mortals covered with turbans. By this
strange procedure they want to decide
whether tract Of land, to which none Of
them have any claim, shall belong to a
certain man they call Sultan, or to another
they call King, neither Of whom ever saw
or will see the spot SO furiously contendcd
for. From time immcmorial this has been
the way Of mankind all over the .earSd
What an excess of madness!'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

THE REWARD IS sURE.-Idleness i:
the hot-bed of temptation, the cradle Of
disease, and the canker-worm of felicity
Soon the idle man finds no novelty; and
when novelty is laid in the grave, the
funeral of comfort enters the heart.
What solid satisfaction does the man of
industry enjoy! His limbs are strong
his understanding vigorous. With zest
he relishes the refreshment of the day
with pleasure be seeks the bed of repose
at night.
To the industrious man, every day is a
little life, and every night little heaven.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

house-lcft the poor Indians, fourteen in
number, weltering in their gore--and be-
fore the alarm could be spread thro' the
town they had departed as they came.
This second outrage induced the removal
of the Moravian Indians from Wyalusing
and Main to fortress in Philadelphia. 1t
is stated, however, that the frenzied Pax
tohians planned an expedition against the
Indians in Philadelphia, and even marched
as far az the Schuylkill, when finding that
! warm reception awaited them, they con-
cludcd the warfare by returning home.
A proclamation was issued by the Gov
ernor, expressing the strongest Indignation
at the outrage at Conestoga and Lancaster,
and Offering reward for the arrest Of the
perpetrators but such was the state Of
public opinion in the interior counties, that
no one dared to bring the offenders to JUS
tice, although they mingled openly among
their fellow citizens. The press of that
day tecmed with pamphlets, letters, appeals,
pasquinades, and caricaturcs, many of
which are still preserved in the Philadel-
phia Library. While some of these present
calm and forcble arguments, condemning
Or excusing the deeds, others exhibit the
most rancorcus malignity, while others
show that the popular writers were then no
more mild, chaste, geutlcmanly or dignifcd
in language than they are now.
The following are extracts from letter
of Rev. Mr. Elder to Gov. Penn, dated
January IS, lIGl:
"The storm which had been so long
gathering, has at length exploded. Hal
Government removed the Indians from
Conestogue, which had frequently been
urged without success, this painful catas
trophe might have been avoided. What
could | do with men heated to madness !
All that | could Go, was done; expostu-
lated hut hte and reason were set a. def
auce. And yet the men in private life
are virtuous and respectable; not cruel,
but mild and merciful.
"Ihe time will arrive when each palli- !
ating circumstance will be cal,nly weighed. |
This deed, magniiied into the blackest Of
crimes, shall be considered as one of those
youthful ebullitions of wrath, caused by
excitement, to which human
inErm;ty is subject"
Let us leave this painful topic, with
the remark that the bitterness caused by it
between the Scotch-Irish and Germans is
hardly yet removed, and intermarriages
between the races are yet rare. The best
purtivu, Of farming lunds have passed by !
purchase into the hands of the Germans,
and the Scotch Irish reside more in towns.
The patient industry, caution and frugality
of the former, and the energy and enter
prise Of the latter, on the whole make a
substantially prosperous community. A
good pair of heavy hold-backs are as essen
tial for stage-coach, as spirited span for
leaders
Crops in this region look extremely pro-
missing QuI.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

SwEARING.-Proft or pleasure there is
none in swearing, nor any thing in mans
natural tempers to incite them to it.
Though some men pour out oaths so freely
as if they came naturally from them, yet
surely no man was born of swearing con-
s.itution.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-05-06

to give the statement in the simple but
significant words Of our informant.
He grew up to manhood, principally
supported by his mother and working little
himself, still bearing the generally bad
reputation with which be had commenced
life.-N 0. Courier.
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Agricultural Society.

The Officers Of the Union County Agri-
cultural Society arc notified to meet at the
Court House 10 New Berlin at l o'clock
p. NJ. of Tuesday, 18th May.
The Executive Committee will present
their list of Premiums, for tho action Of
the Board.
The Vice President, will mako further
returns of Members, and make payments
due. JACOB GUNDY. Prss't q.
o. n Women, REQ. Sec. -t
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How TO MAKE CHILDREN READ
sLowLY.-Thc following hints on this
subject, from the Massachusetts Teacher,
we commend to the attention of all
teachers:
"Ask the pupil to look at as many words
as, from their connection: be thinks it
desirable to speak without pause; then
ask him to look from the book to you and
speak them. After this, let him look on
the page for the next phrase, or PROPOSE
ton, or so much as should be spoken with
out any pause, and again look up to you
and speak it. Continue. thi. through the
paragraph; and then let the pupil read
the same from the book, taking care to
make the same pauses as before. The
habit will be broken up before many days
have passed,
"Most persons have observed that, in
animated speech. the speaker enuneiates
at once, and with considerable rapidity, SO
much as the mind we'll receives at once :;
after which, follows pause more or less
protracted, according to the importance of
what has been uttered. The method we
have spoken Of above, no doubt, originated
from observing this fact"