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20 L LIZ Y.
THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS.

\ brace of sinners, for good.
Wore ordered to the Virgin Mary's shrine.
Who at Lorctto dwclt in wax. stone, wood.
And in curlcd white wig looked wondrous fine.
Fifty long miles had these sad rogucs to travel,
With something in their shoes much worse than
gravel
In Short their toes So gently to amusc,
The priest had ordered peas into their shors.
uo,trum famous in oil popsh times
For purifying souls that stunk with crimn,.
\ sort of apostolic salt
That porish parsons for it, powers cNolt.
For keeping souls of SINNERS sweet,
just rs our kitchen salt keeps meat
The knavcs set of on the same day.
Peas in their shoes, to- 90 aud pray
But very different was their speed, w"t
one OF the sinners galopcd ON,
Light n bullet from gun;
The other lmrcd as if he had been shot.
one saw the Virgin, soon Jcercr cried
Had his soul whitcwa>hcd all 81 clever.
When home again he nimhy hcd,
Made fit with saints above to live for ever.
In coming back. however, let inc say,
lie met his brother rogue about half way,
HohhImg with oUtstrCtchci hans and bending knees,
Cursi Z the ,olcs and bodies of the peas
His eyes in tears. his check, and brow in sweat,
Deep -ymlathisiug with hi. gronnug feet.
How now = the light-toed, white washed pilgrim
broke,
'Nou lazy lubbcri
'Confound it " cried the t'othcr ''tis no joke
My feet, once hard Is any rock.
Are soft as blubblr.
Excuse me. Virgin Mary, that swear
a. for Lurctto, / shall not get there
No to the devil my sinful soul must 20.
For hang me if ha mt lost every toe
But, brother sinner, do explain
How tis that you are not in pain
What power hath worked wonder for your toes
Whilst |, just like snail, am crawling,
Now swearing, now on saints devUuty bawliug,
Whilst not rascal comes to ease my woes
How is that you can like greyhound 60,
Merry as ii nought had happened, burn yc >
why, cried the other, grinnng, you must know,
That just before | venturcd on my journey,
To walk a little more nt case,
took the liberty to boil my peas.
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had glimpse of homc-lilc at the time Of the
Revolution
Section 6.--Noiads. These were rrrrc.
sontcd by three maids, reclining in a grotto.
shaded by vines and adorned by shells They
were dressed in white flowing robes with
mantlcs of green, trimmings of water lilies.
corals anl shells. They were preceded 10y a
hamper representing Neptune, their king.
and followed Ivy Is lads as sailors.
Scctjoa -Drgods.--rhcre were repre-
scented by three maidcus grouped around a
youth representing the rural god, Pan.
fhcy were gracefully dressed in whitr with
scnrls Of green thrown carcrs-ly over the
shoulders.
S,riioHS x. NOrHtag dad M.hi.--In Il
ear taStcIully decorated with evergreen gar
lands, " Morning was represented by Il
young lady and four attendants. dressed in
Illusion robes with ros,'-colurcd muntcs. With
flowers around their heads. Motto. " First
Morn with rosy light appears. Night was
represented by Young lady and attendants
wearing starry crown and flowing robca.
Motto, " Then Night with starry crown.
S',"pH o.--Nptinp.-Sprng the first Of
the Seasons was represented with particular
reference to May. In the centre Of the plat
form was May Pole. tastcfully dccprutcd
with flowers and evergreen. pom messy
'.rp'e rIl'eu AZ It's iopt' was Scat'u h'lu-
uiul Tirl,-thr May Queen, and by her side
was the May hlng placing iowcry crown
upon her head.
Following this plntflrm were twelve boys
dressed in green and white, with banner
motto, "W Welcome fowrry huntrcss. Spring.
S'ct'on IL --SnWm".--Sumncr was repre-
sented by haymaking group, consisting q
hVe, three OF whom carried rakcs, the fourth
sickle, while the fifth, apparently warm
and weary, was carcl"ssiy lying in teposo. re-
gardlcSs Ut the playful hint above him -
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FoRN OF The MIIcH Cow Beauty OF form
is about the last qualification in good dairy
cow. symmetry to a breeder is no criterion
of milking qualities, any more than very
''pointy' snort-horn makes a good subject
for a painters cattle piece. Indeed, tie
parallelogram is the beau ideal OF f.tteued
OK in section, and q cylinder is that Of his
superfccs-thus exhibiting the essence Of
observation-disclosures the very converse is the
perfection of the mixer, !. e., "faincsS.
The following are the hest settled marks or
characteristics OF milking cow. Head small
and fine, eye bright and full, hut wi,a a
bright and placid expression, neck thin and
deep, which gives it an appearance Of hol-
lowness shoulder and breast narrow, hut
projecting ribs Hat rumls broad AMI taper
ing down to the knee Joint, owing TO tie
thighs being thin tail small; u3dcr largo
and round, with four teats, well formed,
tareripg to the end, at II moderate distance
from each other thin in its skin, and with
plenty of skin above its fore teats round
and full, and with a large suhcutaneous, a
milk-vcin, as II is commonly hut crroueorslN
called. There must. above al, he kiudliness
of touch, indicative at once of good breeding,
and of quiet disposition. This, with a quiet,
calm, serene tcmpcr, are Indications oi milk-
producing auimuls, which, ~ncrr health is
present, ar, most intahblc cutcuons-h'i-
burn pu the C0r.
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torn Is by lar the most important tni val
uabe crop that Is grown in the Dnucl States,
and with proper management II may BE- uD,de
as profitable as any other 10 the Csrncr who
raises 1t. 1t is not only of permanent and
constantly increasing usefulness as m article
of food in thus county and aprold. for hn.nsn
beings but furnishes, to great oytent, the
most hetthful sustenance TO car'le, loy3 poul-
'ry-llve stock Of almost every description. and
Is capable Of being used IN great vlne!y Of
WAYS.
The number OF bushels raised in The United
States reaches ne1rly six hundred mn .gs. Of
which some hfty-nne millions mry BE- .ct
down 10 Ono nad nearly the sane qulul'v 10
each Of the States of Tennessee. kentucky,
Indiana, and Illinois; th.rv.six millions N
Missouri. and about the like amount IN V!rrln.
IA thirty millions in Georgia: twenty uue
millions IN Aiabanl only about ten M lions
IN all the New England Slntes. he number
| of bushels Of wheat produced in the United
States IS only one-fnurth Of that Of Indian corn
say, IN round numbers, 100 500 600. Of which
inore than one half ls crown in New York
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio The guam
tty of rye reaches fourteen millions Of bushels,
OF which all but some four millions may be set
down TO New York. New Jersey, and Pau sy!-
vlnln. Oats, li6,5:}3 2lG of whcIh u"ar y
onc-th.rd belong to the two States of New
lork and ennsvlvtrii. Pocunilrlv cons l.r-
ed, the value Of the corn crop far ou'stf'is the
others. the estimate being Ms follows Indian
corr, 5000 OOOU wheat. - $4,000 600; "a =,
| S70,c4OU00: hay, Sl90255.uOO paa'-us.
| S13,l25O OOO; cotton, Sl4p COUCUu.
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EAST BETuEL, July D, 1854
Mn EDITOR Leaving Burlington on Monday
for the purpose of seeking health for invalid ami-
ly, amid the quetudc and saubrous breeres of this
vicinity was permitted yesterday Join in this place
many former acquHintances, in an exceedingly or
DERBY and wcllconductcd celebration Of National
Indcpcndrnce. Noevilence of the presence OF old
4" King Alcoh.l appeared through the day Pub
lie exercises took place in tho Church, and well
prepared dinner was served beneath a tent erected
for the purpose A very acceptable oration was
given by RANxHY GREENE, a native of this neigh
borhood, young man of good promise, and mem
Der of the senior class of Dartmouth College. In
referring to the manner in which the Declaration Of
Independence was received ON its first publication by
the army and the people, he read letter from one
Of the now few soldiers Of the Revolution Coming
directly from one OF the sSt remaining eyewitness
os Of the of 10 it oceuTT>d to INC that the
extract below might interest many oi the readers of
,our valuable Journal. The writer cf the letter is
the Rev. ZsoHARIAu GaIINE Of Long Island. nov
in the 95th year Of his age and is the oldest Pres
bytcrian clergyman the continent, lie served in
the army of the Revolution, was one of the party
sent by Washington to take possession Of Boston al
ter it had been abandoned by the British, was in
several battles, aud at the engagement at White
marsh, near Philadelphia, received a severe wound,
lie was in New York at the time the Declaration Of
Independence read there for the first time The
extract below gives the circumstances of that event.
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y GoDs rApE TO ORDER. At one of tho
religious anniycrsnries just held in London,
Rev. DR.. Archer read the advertisement of a
Chinese idol-makcr, as lullished in one Oft
Canton papers in 1923. The artist declared
hims If ready to 'exrcute to order idols from
10 feet high to the size of "a marmusct mon
key, or the most hidcuus monster that can be
conceived 10 iusliIe ave or reverence ipr re-
ligion.' His charges w'rc flr mn uuru-
outLng, ievt high, 500; a sphinx, $500 ;
n bull With bump and horns, sGjO; u buffalo,
SNuO, dog, 500 an Jss in a hruying at
titude. 500.
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DisEAsE AND DrFT.-Aftrr an absence Of
one season. the Asiatic Cholera cvinccS a
readiness to soourn again with us. The Mis-
sissippi River boats, the eNer-prcgnant nests
of this disoas', are carrying it with their
loads of immigrants, and dcpositing it at the
various towns along the bank. 1T Is not to
hc inferred however, that the disease will
certainly spread and rag" on account Of its
appearance We hear vet or no eff,ctual
Judgement of it at any of the towns or cities
where it is carried. Nothing is said Of it in
st. Louis, where at this time (Iay 10y IN
1870, it ragged like fire. The disease does
not Ike in place unless there is material
in readiness for it.
But on the hypothesis that it is to lodge and
have a run among us in the Northwest the
coming season, it is amusing to hear the sage
recommendations that are put forth to avert
1T. We must clean up Cleanliness is a
good thing, and always obligatory, especially
in towns and cities, hut those who have had
any opportunity to observe the course OF the
cholera, know very well that it cares nothing
for dirt, and is Just as likely 10 seize on the
cleanest man as the flthiest, if lie il thrown
in its way. 1t will work worst where Pcopie
are the hickea if it gets among them and
where an unsettled course Of life is pursued ,
as with immigrants, long from home, un-
accustomed to the new diet and climate, and
exposed to the fatigues and hardships OF their
new condition. y nuisance in neighbor-
hood would Of course tend to derange the
health of the people in hot time, and pre-
pare them for that or any disease-and not
for that any more than any other.
" Fat no vegetables says another. Nom
sense Eat no meat, is just AS rational
When man dies of cholera, the cause Of it,
in the minds of many, is the last thing he
happened to eat He had eaten some whor-
tleberries :" or some cucumbers, or q bit
of watermelon. or something else, within
two days, and of course AS vegetables are bad
| in cholera, that was what killed him.
1t is not to be denied that cases occur in
| which an imprudent use Of vegetable food
| proved the weight which upset the patient
for if a man in feeble health eats his hat full
Of hard boiled corn, it is likely to be difficult
Of digestion, But where one dies Of sur
| felt of vegetables, another dies Of dinner OF
half cooked fish, or Of veal, or ofpir, or rusty
pork, or something else of the sort and it
| would be Just as rational to say that in cho-
| lera times we must eat no flesh, os tp'sav We
must eat no vegetables or fruit. Let everybody
eat what is suitahl, to him by trial, whether
OF animal or vegetable origin.-Pra'rie Far
|
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ONt OF rHr IlINrs. e. \ scho"l-boy, lately,
who thought his pocket money came rather sci
dom, thus addressed hs father "Please,
papa tell me if the words, f. P.urlbus unum'
are, still on our quarter dollars ~ "oi course
they ule, You sjumd boy Snid papa nut why
do YOU ask that 2" "Bccuusc," replied the
vounu Hopeful, " it is now such long time
snce had ono that | almost forgot.
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 2.
The letter was addressed to the young friend vi
was the orator Of yesterday, aud is dated
"HENpsrEAp, /. l., june 29, 1884.


"Woll will just answer your request, anil that
is nearly all can do. You want to know what was
done at the close Of the reading Of tho Declaration
of independence of the United States The diyis-
ion Of the army that stationed in New York,
formed at the Bowling Green in Broadway, near the
marble pillar where George the III was seated on
his horse upon that pillar. Washington, with his
life guards led the division, the band Of music
playing Washngton's march till we reached the old
Park in front of the old brick church the City
Hall. The division came to order in a squarc,--in
the center, Washington sat upon his horse The
reader, who had clear voice and correct and full
articulation, read the Declaration Of Independence
At the close the whole shouted three times "t nitcd
stand, divided we fall" "Jntcd we stanl div-
ded we fall" awe must, we will be free we will
have no thick skullad King rule u. nor permit
an impudcnt Parliament to take away our property
without our consent for must, we will be reo."'
Yours, &c, r.
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THE NEBRASKA BILL IN THE Pennsylvania
LEGIgLATURE


In the Senate, on the 9th instant, Mr. Kim
ball, Of Dauphin county, submitted the follow
ing preamble and resolutions
Whereas efforts are now being made TO ef-
feet the passage Of an act of Congress- to or
ganize the Territory Of Nebraska, with the pro-
visions allowing the existence of involuntary
servitude north of SO degrees 80 minutes;
and
Whereas, in the Judgment Of the General
Assembly Of Pennsyl vania, thcpassage Of such
an act would be inexpedient and manifest
violation Of the Missouri Compromise, approved
March s, 1920: Therefore,
Resotued, That the General Assembly of
Pennsylvania earnestly and solemnly protests
against the repeal of that section Of the act Of
Congress for the admission Of Missouri into
the Union as State, which prohibits inyolun-
tary servitude north of 36 deg 80 min.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to
transmit q copy of the foregoing resolution to
each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress-.
Mr.. Darsie, Of Allegheny, moved to 90 into
the consideration Of the resolution forthwith.
The yeas and nays, being demanded, were
taken-yeas l6, nays IA. There not being
two-thirds in favor OF the motion to consider
the resolve notU, it was lost
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his articles with due attention, and, following
up the ideas have suggested, may give, here
after, brief historical outline Of the old Ger
manic institutions.
Much rather, however, would see some
ADLER pen than mine undertake this task and
to such one bespeak your readers kind at
tention. TUIsKo.
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DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

activity and prosperity to which they are so
fully entitled
2. As TO the violation of law and Judicial
acts in the person of an individual; every free
man knows that it is the accumulation Of in
dividual wrongs that is the corrupt source Of
national wrong. If u right in the individual
be injurious to the community, the same can
and should be removed, but never without com
pensation. In this instance, the individual has
repeatedly offered to accept of moderate COM
pensation; but that has been withheld, simply
because q few other individuals were envious
and fearful Of the immensely of the rights and
because Lord Stirling "obstinateiy" refused
TO SHARE NTH the uaderlings Of the Croion,
who had made him repeated propositions.
La coming over to this country, and appeal
ing to us, as an enlightened and liberal People,
at the very moment most anspicious in the
Fishery negotiation, we cannot believe that
Lord Stirling will have reason to regret the
step He win find here more activity in sup
porting right and announcing wrong. AS a
general rule, the afset Of the wicked are swift
to evil" while the well disposed rarely show
either diligence courage or unanimity, in sus-
tanning the prosecuted. Here it is that the
bold few trample upon, and, by their activity
and united action, triumph over individuals;
while tho many, timid and careless, shrug their
shoulders sigh over the violation Of rights and
justice, or try to give credit to inconsistent
falsehooda if they do not even approve them
by blaming the prosecuted for position from
which they could BY no possibility escape.
We have to say, in conclusion, that, in
making this statement of Lord Strings posi-
ton, we have done 30 from pure, dsinterested
motives We have had the pleasure Of his &C.
quaintanoo and that Of his family residing in
Washington, and we can bear testimony to
their perfect integrity and honorable bearing.
We think the country ought to be supplied with
the facts Of the case. We therefore draw at
tention to them, because we have reasons for
believing'that there has been much activity
displayed in preventing q consideration of the
case by the country, through the agency Of the
Press We have read oil the attacks upon
Lord Stirling and his rights; and we do not
remember ever to have met with such an over
whelming refutation Of calumDy as that given
| by Mr.. Hayes in his Vindication.n
| To the wild assertions and ISLANDERS Of the
opposition, he has not only refuted them by the
publication Of the facts g.. the acts royal,
judicial, and Official, the verdicts and judg-
ments Of courts &c.-but he demonstrates upon
! irrefrsgable proof that crimes of the darkest
character have been committed, for the pur-
pose Of destroying documentary evidence and
celebrating official proofs upon which the case
is based.
THE SAN Francisco DIsAsTER-The Court
Of Inquiry upon this subject now in session at
New York, Major General Scott presiding is
elicitipg minute history of great interest but
Of course develops no new leading facts.
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From the Raleigh IN. CD Register
NEBRASKA.

We have heretofore said that the option is
entertained that Slavery will not exist in Ne
braska, whatever be the legislation Of Congress
in the PREMISES We find that this opinion was
expressed by Senator Douglas himself, in his
speech in the Senate, q few days since Taking
him at his word he expects to make free
State Of Nebraska, after all and yet he hopes
to ingratiate himself with the South BY his
proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromises
and to convert it into stalking horse upon
which he may ride into the Presidency.
1t is very clear that he intends to reserve the
wheat for the North, while he makes an osten-
tatious display of generosity in giving the chat
to the South He holds the word Of promise
to the ear, and breaks it to the hope" and ex-
poets to be made President for his maguanim-
ity.
It is untrue, as charged by those doughty
knights Of secession chiyalry, the {. Richmond
Enquirer South Side Democrat and as in
timated by the Standard that we have ex-
pressed opposition to the bill of Mr. Douglas.
We have done no such thing We have sim
ply ventured doubt as to the policy, under all
the circumstances, Of repeating the Missouri
Compromise, and this doubt is shared, in COM
mon with us, by most Of the conservative and
reliable journals and men of the South. But
the question is before us, and il any issue must
be made up, the South will be united on every
question that concerns-her welfare or her hon.
or We do say however, that we have not
particle of faith in the motives Of those who
have set "this ball in notion Douglas I'M
derstands that class Of Southern politicians
who are known as abstractionists Concede
to them that certain resolutions truly expound
the Constitution in all imaginable and unim-
aginable oasee and that thew the said al,strae-
tionists, are the true and legitimate successors
of the men Of 's9, and they want no more. You
may take the Territories and make what you
please Of them, provided you stnnd on the alb
stractionist platform.
We showed in our Saturdays issue tho fallacy Of
this notion Ed Era
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10 "When shall we be favored with the
continuation Of Herberts Romance The
chapters already given are uncommonly bril-
liant.o--A Correspondent
We commenced this story by Henry W..
Herbert, some months ago. The chapters were
furnished with tolerable regularity till the
close Of last year, when they were interrupted;
and we heard nothing more from the author
till q week ago, when he sent us another chap
ter, accompanied with q note, stating that he
had been suffering very severely from dis
tracing neuralgia in the head. We have con-
cluded not to resume the publication till we
can have enough Of the story in hand to insure
us against any more breaks in it. Mr. Herbert
we are sorry to say, has subjected us and our
readers to much vexation.