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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-14
The Object of Flowing.

The object OF pOWlng is not Tully uhuek-
stood and considered by the majority ofthose
who perform the work if it were, 1t would
he done more faithfully and thoroughly
Il is not alone to kill the weeds and grass
nor even to furnish seed-bed of fresh turn
ed soil for planting or sowlng-nor any
thing which looks merely to the inversion
Of the sod-which constitutes good plowing'
A large plow, turning a wide and shallow
furroW will show large days ork-but
the work is imperfectly accomplished, when
the true object of blowing is the preparation
it gives the soil for producing vegetation
for giving to the plants sown or planted the
elements of growth AMI fruitfulness. 1t
should thoroughly pulverize and loosen the
texture of the soil, and thus admit free
circulation of air and moisture, which, ey
chemical action, disentegrates or break down
the stony or mineral portions OF the same SO
that they NAV be more readily dissolved ana
taken mp by the roots.
In soil thus plowed-thus prepared to'
yielding its support to vegetable iite-plane
can appropriate from far and near, the nu
triment needed for their growth 1t IS dis
solved and ready for their use-not hlddel
in unbroken cIods, or slumbering IN an un
disturbed sub-soil-but awaits their actlo
in friable and peuetrable state, where ever
: HUNGRY rootlet sent on to gather nourlst
ment for it's parent plant, may find and al
e propriate it. 1t is truly wonderful how ~
g Of minute roots the soil of a corn field 3
g comes, and if that soil is fine and deep tt
II deeper and closer together will the hor
IT,
RS all other crops, and while the leaves al
Sc fruit depend so intimately on the vlgor a
Id extent of the roots these facts should al"a
We be taken into consideration among the
We iects of ploWing.
ch Fineness and depth of soil are requls
ger in order to receive the full benefit OF
nd manures applied 1t is not fertilizing fc
asst in itscrude state which assists vegetation
m must first become intimately mixed with
lay fact, part Of the soil. Barn yard man
Vi especially, seems of little worth, while TO
ing visible layers between the clods ofal
- plowed soil--it is often all dry and coars
and and rather Stunned than soughtby the r
ives sent out to forage for suitable food,
ma we'll prepared soil has any strength and
ort, tue, it will yield it readily and pour
he'd in good tilth is often more productive
cied better soils less perfectly prepared.
3 influences of air and moisture, have free
your to work and they are no sluggards 10 ga'
evil, ing means to supply the wants of vegeta
one With these hints on the object OF
rsue ing we might connect others on the pr
,nor, the best means to accomplishing tina
gifts, iect-but prefer to leave it for other
VIII our practical farmers, who have the
and experimental the subject tell us y
enio, pillow, and what depth and width Of +. fu
WED. taking also soil, season, team and time
night consideration, most thorougty loosens
have verizes. and inverts the soil? This inf
wit ton would be of much value to every
init mer, and is especially needed in the p
But state of agricultural Progression t
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-14
Aericnlture and Manufactures.

Among the many subjects which should
demand the serious attention OF the South,
we know Of none more vital in its relation to
national and individual prosperity than Ag-
riculture. 1t cannot be denied that this agent
has maintained in great, if not the greatest
degree, the prosperity OF our common coun-
trv. Manufactures and the Arts, 1t is true,
asserted an exalted position in the North,
and contributed in connection with the pro-
ducts of the South, in the establishment OF
our national success; but to what section OF
the Union is the North indebted for themeans
10 sustain her manufactures and to encourage
the skill and energy of ler citizens? With
comparatively small agricultural surface
the North is forced to turn her wealth into
those channels which enable her to assume,
seemingly. a stand independent ofthe South;
and in being thus compelled to consume our
productions. she opens wide the field Vt
science, Where nature yields plenteously
to the least possible labor, science and men
tai skill will ever remain at low STAND SO
long as mere physical wants ale alone con-
sidered. That we may not always continue
behind the North and East in the manntac-
ture Of the great staples Of the country, It is
necessary to arouse the slumbering energies
, of the people, and particularly of the Southern
', producer. He especially, must be urged tc
enpape in the manufacture Of his productions
He has around him everything required tC
r assist him in the important enterprise
:, Although he may not be able at the start t.
Y manufacture as cheaply as his Northern com
r petitors, still he would find it vastly to hi
Y advantage and profit to enterJudicI0usly am
! scientifically into the business. Those VIII
= have made the experiment have no cause t
repret their course In South Carolina an
Georgia particularly, manufactures of diff
! rent kinds have long been in successful oper;
e ton. Let all the other Southern States 70
e low their prai eworthy example, and wonde
D. ful will be the result. We must have moi
, Southern factories of every kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-14

hSP consider the soul of man as the
ruin of glorious building, where, amidst
great heaps of rubbish, you meet with no.
Bic fragments of sculpture, broken pillars
and obeliske, and magni6cence in confu-
sion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-14

bon and plenty Of it, and the crowd, with
great good will and sincerity, gave and drank
to the happy groom the noble sentiment
None but the brave deserve the fair
Cincinnati Commercial
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

Dow JUNIOR ON THE MORNING OF LIFE
|" My friends-at twenty we are wild as
patridges. There is no such thing as tam.
ing US We ride that fiery, fierce, headstrong
animal, Passion, over fences, bitches, hedges,
and on to The devil-leap the five barred
gate of reason without touching the curb Of
Discretion, or pulling harder than tit
mouse upon the strong train of Judgment.
O, al twenty you are a perfect locomotive,
going al the rate Of sixty miles an hour:
your heart is the boiler, love is the steam
which you sometimes blow OF in signs, and
hope, fear, anxiety, and jealousy are the
trains yon drag. AT this season Of life, you
are filed with the exhilafating gas Of 70.
mantle by spells; even a jackass philoso-
phioing over a barrel Of vinegar. You (both
girls and boys) now read novels till your
gizzards have s6ftened into sentimental
Jelly, and settled into the pitlo your stomach
Q, ! know how you feel you feel as though
you would like to soar from star to star |!
kick little, planets aside, take crazy comets
BY their blazing hair, and pull them into
their right courses; sit upon the highest
peak Of = thunder cloud, and dangle the red
lightning between your thumb and fingers,
Is watchword. That's how you feel"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
The Violin Trick.

Some days ago there presented himsel
before dealer in curiosi,ies, at the Palais
Royal, young man poorly clothed "Sir,'
said he, showing violin which he carried,
| ~ am musical artist; this is the season oil
balls and soirees; have just had a long i'll.
ness, which has exhausted my purse; my
only black coat is in pawn; would be
much obliged if yon will lend me ten francs
to redeem it. l would leave as security one
OF the violins you see, for have two. 1t is
an excellent instrument will return to
take 1t again as soon as, thanks to my coat,
shall have earned some money at balls and
parties" The young man had such an
honest bearing that the dealer lent him ten
francs and kept the violin, which he hung
up in his shop.
The next day but one, a gentleman, well
dressed, wearing at his button-hole the
rlband OF the legion of honor, was choosing
from the dealers stock Of goods some-shell
work. Seeing the violin, he took it up, ex-
aiming it narrowly. "What the price of
this Instrument" said he. at is not mine"
replied the shop-keeper; and he related how
he came to possess it. "This VIOLIN" con-
tinued unknown, is "worth money; it is
Cremona. Perhaps its owner himself is
ignorant of its value. If he returns, offer
him two hundred francs for it. He is a
needy artist who, it may be, will be obliged,
and who can play just as well on another
violin" Then handing fifty francs to the
shopman, the unknown added in taking his
leave, You will keep that for yourself if
the affair succeeds. will return in few
days"
Two days after the young man reap
peared, bringing the ten francs to redeem
his violin, for which the dealer offered him
two hundred francs After some hesitation
he. agreed, pocketed the money and with
drew, lamenting the sad necessity which
compelled him 10 part with his favorite in
strument. At the end of a week the dealer,
not having seen the decorated gentleman,
became suspicious. He carried the violin
to an Observation-Disclosures who offered him
three francs for it. He acknowledged then,
thong a little late, that he had been the
dupe of two adroit knaves, whom he desert
bed to the police. Courier des Etats Unis
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
Mrs. ZEBEpEE SmrrH's Philosophy

| Mrs ZEBEDEE SMITHS PHILOSOPHY
| Dear me! how expensive 1t is to be poor j!
Every time go out, my best bib and tucker
has to go OH. If Zebedee was worth cool
million, l might wear a coal-ho on my head,
IT chose. with perfect impunily There
was that old nabob's wife at the lecture the
other night, in dress that might have been
made for Noahs grandmother She can
afford it! Now if it rains knives and forks
| must sport ten dollar hat, forty dollar
dress and hundred dollar shawl. fl go
TO concert, | must take the highest price
seat, and ride there and back, just to let
Tom, Dick and Harry" krow that can
afford it, Then we must hire the most
expensive pew in the broad aisle of tip-top
church, and give orders to the sexton not to
admit any stranger into it who looks snob-
bish. Then you know nv little children,
Napoleon Bonaparte and Donna Maria
Smith can't go to public school, because,
you know, we shouldn't have to pay any
thing for it,
Then if go shopping to buy paper of
needless, have to get a little chap to bring
them home, because it wouldn't answer for
me TO be seen carrying buudle through
the streets. We have to keep three servants
"ho'o oio might 10 ana LeDeueeS COATS
have to be sent 10 the tailor when they need
a button sewed on, for the looks of the thing.
Then it go 10 the sea shore in summer,
can't take my comfort as rich people do, in
gIngham dresses, loose shoes ard cambria
sun-bonnets. My senses! l have to be
screwed up by ten o'cloc!, in a Swiss muslin
dress: French cap, aud the contents of an
entire jewellers shop over my person; and
my Napoleon Bonapar,e and Donna Maria
can't go of the piazza, because the big
rocks and little pebbles cut their toes so
badly through their patent kid slippers.
Then, if Zebedee goes fishing he
wouldn't dare TO put on linen coat for the
price of his reputation. No indeed Why,
he never goes into the barn-yard without
drawing on his white kids. Then he orders
the most ruinous wines and liquors, and
feeds those white jackets till his purse is as
empty as an egg shell. declare it is
abominably expensive. don't believe rich
people know what it costs poor people to
live! FANNY FERN.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
OREGON PART OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

OREGON PART OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Tho American almanac, for 1854, statistical
periodical of the highest authority, which, in
speaking of the public lands, (page Ply uses
this language:-''W Within the territories of Or
leans and Louisiana, as acquired from France
by the treaty of 1903, including the portion Of
the States Of Alabama and Mississippi south Of
81 degrees, the whole of Louisiana, Arkansas,
Missouri, Iowa, and that portion of Minnesota
west of the Mississippi river; the Indian Ter
rtory, the district called Nebraska, the Territory
Of Oregon, and the region lying between Oregon
and Minnesota, north of AZ and south of 40 de-
grees north latitude"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

misunderstanding TO the official
census of 1850 the city of New York con-
ings. Philadelphia 4os, 1852 inhabitants and
6l,278 dwellings; and New Orleans 119.46o
inhabitants and 1851 dwellings. By these
figures we learn that the population in New
York average about 1874 persons. Philadel-
phia abou, 625 persons, and in New Orleans
IA persons to dwelling. From these
statistics an idea can be derived to the COM
paritive comforts of living in the three cities
above mentioned.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

LAMARTISE.-The Paris correspondent of the
Washington Sentinel paid recent visit to La
MARITIME, gives the following account Of the
poet-statesman - va
81 spent part Of last evening with Lamar
tine. He lives in a pretty, but humble resi-
dence; and we found him surrounded by men
of letters and distinguished persons Of liberal
views from every land. He is still fine look
ing man-his appearance and manner both
remind one of Henry Ciay-frank, bold and
fearless. We were happy to learn that his
estate, which was deeply involved by the sacri-
fees he made for. his country, is now, by his
own extraordinary industry and perseverance,
nearly relieved from debt, Besides many other
literary occupations, he is engaged on a life of
Washington, which will be published within
this year" s 3ta ea5sa- - e {. q 7.'e-
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
GENTLEMAN and LADIEs-I hope
.ou paw attention to this piece of Poetry

" you pay ATTENTION to THIS piece Of Poetry:
want to inform you all how my Hush nd and his Cous-
ms treatment me, New Orleans and stayed ny
Days 10 see my sister, my Husband aud his Cousin has
taken every Cent which the House Furniture and all
has left me on the than Beggar have
taken my Cloth what there and even haven some
of the Boardes Clothing and Mary Anne Nolens Night
Gown
Now Gentleman and Ladies inform you to beware for his
Cousin Thomas Ko for fear he treat the way Then
think he is the OF and my Husbands parting but
not with my he shah never get paret from all
though he has given me the meanest kind Of abuse.
nope the Gentlemen Of Thibodaux will please and respect
MIN Ihomas kio) for the kind This all have
say his married wife MARY O'BRIEN KIO.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

Ng@ President Pierces bust is much ad-
mired" Ike" said Mrs. Darlington "did
you read that just as it's printed Well, l
shouldn't wonder if Washington was destroyed
like the wicked cities of old-there is SO much
''sin in high places" as our parson says. Pres
ident Pierce on a bust-and the people admiring
him It's just what the Tribune stated of him
before he was elected. Dear me, l thought he
swore to protect his Constitution. Perjury and
drunkness are great sins"' And the old lady
told Ike to put UP the paper.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

NEwspArERs.-Dr. johnson, when in the full
ness Of years and knowledge, said: 81 never
take up newspaper without finding in it some
thing which would have deemed it . loss not
to have seen never without deriving from it
instruction or amusement
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

/ KEEP oL.-Four painters, employed in
giving anew outside coating 10 the propelle,
Falcon. were suddenly precipitated into the
river yesterday morning, by the giving way
Of the scafold on which they were Standing
Two Of them were soon rescued by means
Of ropes, the other two, struggling with the
swells in the river which were running high,
endeavored, BY clinging 10 log, to sustain
themselves till . boat could be procured.
One succeeded in getting upon The timber,
and the other, with the desperation Of a
downing man, was staining every nerve
TO attain q like elevation, when the owner
OF the boat called from the deck, q keep cool,
keep cool, there! you'll have the other man
OF again! just keep cool till the !, boat
The poor fellow, whose head was only
visible now and then from beneath the
dashing water that soused him an and down,
replied in broken sentences: aI,'s very
welI-for you 10 talk--of keeping lcooi-np
ihere-but i your head-had been under
water-as many times--as mine has-inthe
last I'VE minutes you'd begin 10 think-ot
looking ont-for = warmer BERTH va 4ss IN
t.sas.ssssse ~ 1882 ss6 fDevoit Adeatiser.g
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08

SICK HEADAcHE.-The following cure for the
sick headache was furnished to the Boston Me-
dical Journal, by DR.. N. s. Folsom, of Ports
mouth, N. H.: - S
Take any number Of drops Of Croton Oil, mix
thew NTH -four and molasses, and make as
many pills as drops of the oil used. When the
patient begins to feel the sick headache coming
on, one-half of apill is to be taken every hour
in nolasses, or something Of like consistence,
until it acts as cathartic and thus treat the
sick headache at each attack. If thus taken,
each attack will be less severe, and in some
cases few doses produce permanent cure.
He seems to think the Croton Oil acts in three
ways: 1st By increasing the secretions I'd.
By counter-acting the. anti-peristalic action of
the stomach and bowels and Sd, by acting as
o counte-irritant to the brain. @
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
A Humorous Story.

The editor of the Knickerboker has re-
peatedly asserted; with as much eloquence
as truth, that ours is great country
This proposition may be demonstrated by
that other novel and seldom quoted proverb
which asserts that tone half the world don't
know how the other half Ives1 The North
ern part of the United States are even vet
in profound ignorance of social life in The
West and South. The exaggerated state.
ments of professional tourists and scribblers
whose aim is to make good story, who
draw upon their magination for their facts
and their memory for their Details" have
been by our Northern neighbors readily
gulphed down as actualities, and, taking a
part for the whole, they have formed singu-
larly erroneous ideas Of us and our daily
life. The fact is. one great element in
Western character is constitutional ten.
dency 10 hyperbo|e and exageration. Trav-
ellers, especially those who are professedIy
in search of material for book, are the
peculiar victims of this tendency. No
sooner is the note book drawn than every
body is ready with store of little anecdotes
OF personal experience, not one OF which is
even founded on facts" 81
Marvels most marvellous are rapidly
transferred from the lips of the obligin g
friend or fellow-traveler to the pages of his
victim, who is hoaxed, cANARDE, or in West
ern phrase" put through" fooled to the
top Of his bent. That good old Mrs. Stowe
is a rich example of what we have been
saying. Poor old lady her viclimiza,ion
in the way is really laughable. We are
not at all certain, however, that for sum
OF money equal 10 the profits of her Tom
tooleIy, we would not now consent 10 under
go an equal amount of humbugging. "You
have very large hand Captain,n remarked
slender young New Highlander, who had
been fiercely threatning to publish an &C.
count OF his tour in the slave States, to
raw-boned boatman on the Onion. &C.
should say had,n replied the Captain
as he thrust forward his bard brawny fist
within an inch or so Of the youngsters nose.
II should say had,n and here the young
gentleman began to retire from the formid-
able assemblage of overgrown bones, flesh
and muscles. g Do you know how got il %
shouted the Captain, in voice like the
roar of the surf, and following up the tour
ist as he retired. .Do you know how got
i, SIT? I'll tell you; | made this hand hard,
by knocking down niggers. That's the
way it got hard, and know many mans
that !, is harder, from the same cause, by
sir" - ,..s5-
i The young abolitionist precipitately re-
tired, and not long after the Captain had the
Of receiving an abolition journal
wherein it was grevely asserted with be-
coming indignation, that the brawny hands
Of the Western boatman had often been
made the subject of comment, and they
were occasioned generally by habit Of
knocking the heads of the negroes in their
employ, a fac, Of which they boast loudly
in every company.
There is not an insulated instance Of the
exercise ofthis malicious humor. Hundreds
'f such carnades are practised every day,
IN all conceivable subjects.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-04-08
Bloomers Outdone.

Miss Mary 3. Williams contends for the right
of wemen to wear mems clothes if they choose.
In letter recently published, she thus argues
the question and lays down the laws of good
taste in regard to the cut and color of jackets
and trowsers for the fair sex!
at u.s. as [ am informed, smisdemeanor
for woman to assume the garb of man with in
tend to disguise her sex-the law presuming that
such disguise is intended to cover some evil de-
sign but if no intent to disguise the sex is ap-
parent, then no offence is committed. Under
this Interpretation of the law, it will be seen
that we are not, after all, entirely restrained
from wearing the male style of dress. hold
that women should wear this costume whenever
and wherever they choose to do so, either in
town or country, indoors or outdoors, OCCASION
ally or constantly. If the male part of creation
should find any trouble in determining our sex,
let them quit shaving their faces, and then the
difficulty will be obviated What kind of
male suit may we wear?' is a question that
often suggests itself to timid reformers. In
answer to this would say, wear any dress that
you like; you have the whole range of mems
fashions to choose from. Wear black, blue, or
brown coats, in the sack, frock, or close bodied
form, as you may prefer; blouses of gray linen
or linen check pantaloons of black drab or blue
cashmere, or Of white or gray linen buff, white
or black waistcoats; and fur or straw hats, or
cloth caps. All these, and more too, are open
to your choice. In reference to good taste,
avoid striped, cross barred and snake and toad
colored pants; let yours be plain, and cut snugly
to the form, without being too scanty for the
free motion of the limbs. Eschew all kinds of
tawdry waistcoats, such as we see sported by
fancy young men, A buff cashmere vest,
with plain, fat, gilt buttons, is eminently gen
teel, and is always becoming; plain black vest
will be found desirable to alternate with the buff
one If you woar blue dress coat, have it
trimmed by all means, with plain, fat, gilt but
tons; but no other coat whatever should have
metallic buttons of any kind. Generally, the
sack coat is preferable to any other form of this
garment, and for working, the blouse is better
than all. l do most of my sweeping and other
Homework in check linen blouse. For walk
ing and riding and driving wear blue sack
coat, buff vest and drab pants-a suit which
comes fully up to my idea of neatness and COM
fort combined"