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Don't SelI your Best Steck /

Don't allow those speculators ana
droversto pick out the likeiiest ana Beat
Of your stock, leaving you only the or.s
dinary and poorest to breed from. I,iss
the worst plan you can adopt. By con.
tinuing such course, it will be but 4
short time before you have on11 orji.
nary stock to select from. Supiosi.lf
you can ge, little more for iikely.
lamb than for the others. you would do
well 10 remember that it costs no more
toiAeep them than it.aoes poor ones; and
next shearing time the large feeces. will
tell the story in favor ofkeepins the best
you have. - ! !,
lfyou intend to make a practice Of
raisng colt every year. keep the bes,
mare you eau afforI. Hay'nt you no.
'iced that when man comes to purch.
ase young horse. no is always perticu.
lar to know all about the bss. stock.
&C., before he concludes his stradsi
Keep the best, then for yourself.
Don't sell yonr:bsst COW because ysa
can get five dollars moro for her. Ksss
her, and she will more than rnsks %
the difference eie another year Gomez !.
round. Just so with everything. Select
the best seed for your own use; and van
will always have as good ssI q ~ s6s;
and bssure ofrhe highest prices for ssy
you may wish TO dispose OF. Think q
it.-Maine Farmer.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

lhcmselvess While one!donics oil rcve.
lalion in modern times, snpther asserts
that it is n revelation Of the Devil, os an
Angel Of light, and though he breaches
Christ crucified, and urges d more ele.
yated tone Of moral sentiment, AM an
infinitely stricter Nspleation Of the com.
mani "Iovo Thy ,EisLbor as thyself,"
as indispensably necessary to holy
life, and the appreciation Of Deity, yet ii
is all scheme 10 catch souls, and
dreadfully dongcrous-awfully sinful TO
listen to such teachings.
Two facts at leas, are fully illustrated,
that they have no light upon the subject
Of spiritual manifestations, and that
they are afraid to come 10 the light.
Is the revelation of God Of such ma.
ture as to require an evasion Of por.
ton Of its teachings by persons profess
ing TO be exponenis Of its great uulhsl
or, are there fears that they may con.
flict with preconceved notions and un.
gardsd expression Of opinions. that in.
Auonces men thus to resort to an hundred
excuses, rather than honestly and hon.
orably acknowledge one error? Arc
the present theories and forms Of religion
such perfect "dclinialions Of the law OF
God converting the SOUL" that o little
more spirituality infused into their mem.
befs would be any hindrance TO the con.
version and evancelzation Of the worll?
Or, is il that spiritualism demands lit.
tie more enlarged charity for others
ard that "ye bcdoers as we'll hearers
OF the word, that it meets with such op.
opposition from those who have adop.
ted an easy system Of worship, ,ha, they
can perform with less restraint upon
their avarice and the influence OF their
natural appc,iles and passions! These
are questions for serious meditation to
to all such as desire faithfully to fulfil
the design Of their creation, and attain
the gllimate end Of the 'ailblul. Tha
each one may canlidIy investigate anJ
Judge, as he shall have 10 answer,) fol
himself, and not for another, and tina
all may strive to hasten that happy pc
Rod when every man shall be his owr
priest, and his own king, is the wish o
lNCEPTOR.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02
Look Before You Kick.

A minister in one OF our Orthodox
churches, while on his way to preach
funeral sermon in the country. called to
see one of his members, an old widow
lady, who lived near the road he was
travelling. The old lady had just been
making sausages, and she felt proud of
them-thep were so plump, round and
sweet. OF course she insisted on the
minister taking some Of the links home
to his family. He objected on account
Of not having his portmanteau along.
This objection was soo9 overruled, and
the old lady, after wrapping them in a
rag, carefully placed bundle in either
pocket of the.pfeacher's capacious great
coat. Thus equipped he started for the
funeral.
While attending to the solemn cere.
monies of the grave, some hungry dogs
scented the sausages, and were not long
in tracking them to the pockets OF the
good mans overcoat. or course this
was great annoyance, and he was Sc.
veral times under the necessity of kick.
ing these whelps away. The obscquies
at the grave completed, the minister and
congregation re.passel to the church
where the funeral discourse was to be
preached.
After the sermon was finished, the
minister halted to make some remarks
to his congregation, when brother, ,whc
wished to have an appointment giver
out, assembled the steps Of the pulpit,ant
gave the. minister's coat hitch, 10 &c
his attention. The divine thinking it
dog having a design upon his pocket
raised bis foot, gave sudden kick, an
sent The good brother .sprawling dow
the steps!
'You will excuse me, brethren an
sisters said the minister. confhsedly y
and without looking at the work he ha
just done, '(or could not avoid it
have sausngcs in my pocket, and tha
dog has oeen trying to grab them eve
since came upon the premises!'
Your readers may judge Of the :effec
such All announcement would have at
funeral. Tears Of sorrow were !sudder
, Iy exchanged for smiles Of nerriment.
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ronicalIy 80. but practically. Yet he
looks good humored. aud like man
whose capacity for physical cnjoymen.
Of all kinds, is boundless. His negio
blood is evident enough TO one who
knows he has ii; but II would not be do.
tected by ons who knew it not. 1t sp.
pearsin tho peculiar rotundily Of the
man and all his parts. 1t crisped and
henped his hair; tgave the fullness to
his mouth; it made him dress UP in flow.
ing red to have his picture taken. Bu,
his complexion is only shade darker
than the average. The portrait reminds
for moment Of the late Thomas Hamb.
lin, the actor.
EUGENE SUE.-ls neither prim nor
.burly. lie is a man of large frame, ov.
er which loose black coat is careIessly y
buttoned. Complexion light; eyes, blue;
hair. once black, now pepper'and.salt;
whiskers voluminous; eyebrows, black
and thick; good forehead. and the low.
er face ample. This conveyed no bet.
ter idea of the mans appearance than
the description in French passport.
But the truth is, Sues countenance and
figure have none Of those peculiarities
which make description possible. He
looks, in this portrait, like a comforta.
BILE, careless, elderly gentlemen, takins
his ease in an easy chair and an easy
coat. He does not look like on author
authors seldom do. His air is rathe
that Of a prosperous citizen. Sue is on
ly foriy.fve years old, but he has LIVED
fast, and looks fifty. five. Lamartine il
sixty.three, and would pass easily 70
ffy.thrce. Dumas is fifty, and coul,
set credit for thirty eight.
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NUMBER 10,


u !. "s'ed tn't me dehcl sDcy efiAt..s
crop U' wneot ~ 1903. 70 1rest Bsitsle.
On rfsnce % ~ 'msi'ons o. bsseslS
ana, 'ncIu mig the issl o. Eurote e.iss -
snol. cIeP, pfeva.ied s'slolss sAesy~s
wns'e; q Soo1 m''iions- Of. keellsh
pusne'S' me question iA, hQw1s thle VI :
70 suPp.,el' rass'ng. ovss.whse Asys. y.
90 con'nou,ed py Europe. Y intefssla us y
10 consider how much OF tdis vs.t1 1e4eit \. \.
can De made up'by the Unttsd Ststsss.A
u mss nrver yet exported more thsa >
~ ~ n',li.ons OF bushels in any yess.-S
Inc !ourhaI We hayo quoted estimssss
'ne "ock on mana IN the United States
vn ie' Mp,en' 1904. at only ~ MIL.
''ons o' ousns's' which by our own rsdsS'
a. ronsuhPIon, ana exporIs Of Rtssnrsi
mlii,ons OF bushels would be psgd - 20
on .he Isl OF August next, and ade6citee -
'n''ly:onc mIli'ons Of bushels Left - Aa, b
ssuPp,.en oy 'nis years crop. So much ,
'of ms country. As to EnfUpe,'f h -
computed 'na' iof tho seven' sinohtlS OK
suscoea'ns is 'anury last thsfs vill bssa
demand OF iony itve million Of bushels 4
mon'h' making 2!5 million bushels d. .
whea,. ~, Inc question is, does, Il exist
'he'e' ihese suggea'ons arc made t0sn'
sgmnia'e our iarmers not TO be 'spssias ui
o. me'r wheat grounds, theiQcern ,6sljs,s !,
,r ana potato piantlIss the Plesent yeaH
lns y ume lor them 70 be adyentu. ;,
Ious, u eve'' ana e"ond the cultivatiod y
oI ne coIeals WIN whatever elsslcohss''
.;upies IN IT, ~ Me 'oo9 OF msn' Eetyfhiagsi
VIII 70 wah'sn' thousands o{ haAds
m"' ; os !aXen from me plough ia Europe a,
.u,''Va.e ,he oiooJy helds Of wat !,
wl'n '9e musSet and the sword. The :
s'op I VI T, 1Sp'he. ana murder Will b. aeoa' ''
dsni' Inc harvest, whatever il may beos
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

REMEDY FOR the BIrr or d MAJ,
Doo.-As a,cryi Of mad dogs ne bssas
raised. the following which We clip fisms
an exchange, may be worth, 4 Pssus,la !
"A Saxon forester, nsmcd ssstsli.,
now Of the venefabls age sf a, ulwill,s
ing to take to the grave With hin 80
cret ofsuch report. hai made public H.
the Leipsie Journal, the msans whichs
he had used for fifty years. and whsss.e
with he afiismshs has rescued many husi
man beiags and cattle from sihs esaak
death ofhyarophobil raks inpssliase.s
ly warm vinegar q tepid haass 49,
the wound clean ihersnish4 q ~ thsa !
dry ii; pour then few. dsops of nnsi.s
attic acid. because mineral aeids desyfcys
the poison Of tfe~ ssliv3 W Gkiet'
means the evil effect Of the latss issns0ss {
tralized.' 81
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REVOLUTIONARY ANEcDoME.-A cor

REvoLUTIoNARY ANEcDoME.-A cor
respondent Of the Manchester IN. Y.)
Mirror, furnishes the following:
'When the British were in Boston,
1867, my father was in barber's shop
waiting to be shaved. A British officer
came in and wanted 10 be shaved, pro. :.
vded the barber could do it without
drawing blcod, and saying if he did
not he would run his sword through
him. The barber was frightened and
dare not undertake the task. A little
boy sitting there spoke up and said he
wouldIAo it. He looked up at the boy
with as,onishment, but the boy stripped
Of his coat and told him to take seat
He took off the officers beard without
drawing blood and was paid a guinea
for his trouble. The officer then ask ed
him how he ventured TO do it, as he had
been to every barber's shop in town
md no one before dared to do it. The
boy replied-'I thought should see
blood as soon as you would, and, if
had, ! would have cut your throat to
the neck bone in one moment The
British officer hung down his head and
lef, amid shouts Of applause for the
boy
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From tho Dollar Newspaper
MEMORIES OF THE DEAD.
BY LILLE CLIFTON.

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Scarce bu,hcd within their brcas,s.
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al. ia
H., ,..,ia ~. nonrn.r,,s dreaming bcnrt
C.,,, IL ,,m,. a..r.;,.
NJ a.. ~. cro. =, an cor-ssed
xv;n, io,. mud hon. untold
tn. ..,r, u,rm
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

A REMARKABLE REcooNITIoN.--A
short time agowhils. Ruffir s band, from
Richmond, was playing at the Eeastern
Lunatic Asylum, in Williamsburgh, Va,
for the qualification and amusement Of
the inmates, one Of them, a negro woman
who had been confined in the hospitul
for many years, suddenly stepyed for.
ward and pointed out member Of the
band. and exclaimed, "There is my son,
whom | have not seen since he was two
years DID," The musician was greatly
surprised at first, but upon enquiry, he
was convinced that his mother stood be.
fore him; being whom he had never
before known, and whom he had no
recollection of ever having seen. We
understand he asked permission Of the
Board Of Directors 10 have hie parent
restored to him. which was grated, and
he has taken her home 10 Richmond after
confinement in the hospital sS years
Va. .Gaz. ss
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SPRINGS RETINUE.
lnIrAreD FROM THE GERMAN OF rlEcl

- SS NV" oGh"hNs W AsS>h'
Father Winter moped in The woods all dny,
His trunks all packed for the going away;
And he grim'y smiled rs Ii. touched his hat,
Adicu 10 the hcnrihs ht whose blaze he sat.
Dame Spring, misehicvous, in froiicsome way,
Tripred up for n twcuk his benrd so grayi
lie pat,cd her check, and lie touched her ear
And he dropped on her bosom an ley tear.
lie hnth gone, and the sunbeams warmly shine
As!nni on the hills of the river Rhine;
With violet Stems on the door, Spring drums,
From cellario garre, the knocking huns.
And servants many hath she in her way
Wherever each knocked, admit s,rnishiway.
Autumn hath only Sir Borean Bast-
Winter Sir Frost, with the brow overcast!
Spring hath young Morning Wind, b'ithc und wild
IIc OF the Spring Is q frolicsome child,
And her Sir Sunshine, in genial advance,
With lusrous beam for the tip Of his lance;
And there Flower Fragrance with breath so sweet
And here Purling Brook with the rcarly feet
While Blossom and Bu,!lcr twia homage lend
In the train Of ycrdurc, the damcs lest friend.
O, charming re,inue travels with Spring!
% As their yiolei-knocks through the mansion ring,
An echo Of welcome oil souls shall bring,
And the doors hy open for bli,fcsome Spring
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B Coon SPuNK.-An arrival at New
YORKSHIRE other day. reports scene in
port:
The authorities sent on board Of the
Americon Commodore's ship Columbia,
to know il he intended to saluted the
Spsnish flag; TO which his reply was,
that he never salu,ed any flag that insult.
"a bis, and would not have any com.
with them until the diff.
cpltiegsnow pending we're settled, and
y. the mater stood upto the sailing ol
The Isabels ~ &. !,
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Jenny Lind at Vienna.

Our correspondent OF Vienna thus
speaks of the divine Jenny, as he has
just seen and heard her in lha, city:
4 had last Friday the opportunity Of
hearing Jenny Lind. She and her Prince
Albert husband are giving series of
concerts at Vicnnr. She is as great a
favorile with the phlegmalic Germans
as with the more excitablc Americans.
She sang in Vienna as Agaths just be.
fore the storm Of '4s, and it may be that
her sweet wild notes will again be fol-.
lowed by the storm.cloud Of revolution.
Archdukes and Countesscs were among
the immense lhrong who listened to her
on Friday. As ever she SCARED above
all ordinary conceptions Of ar, in Hay
dyn's Grafton, and reminded us once
more Of John Anderson, My Joe, in the
pretty German song 'lch mass nun Elm
NAL singem.'
'Far be il from me to crilicise what is
above all criticism, but | cannot helr
thinking that Jenny Lind's voice has
lostin quality whatit has gained in pow
er. The bewitching Nightingale of iht
North is no longer the Jenny Lind o
earlier days. She has matured into Mad
anne Goldschmidt. She was then lht
blooming personificauon of song; nov
she is the queenly woman. Time ha
rudely dissipated the halo which encir
cled her as she passed through her ives
tern orbit and delighted all hearts witt
the witchery of her manners, and tn
splendor OF her song. There is some
thing perennial, however, in her arl
and the dazzle of its midday is scarce
ly less delightful than the rosy .fnsere
I Aurora Of its morning. was, however
slightly disappointed, and when sh
came on the Stage could not help eS
claiming, % 'Goldschmidt! Goldsch
mi Il! why hast thou broken the 'charm
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Romance in Real Life.

Mr.. c., assuming the name Of
Jones, some years since, purchased o
small piece Of land, and built OIL il
neat house, on the edge Of common in
Wiltshire. Here he long resit'e ed, un.
knowing and almost unknown, by the
neig ghborhood. Various conjectures were
formed respecting this solitary and sin,
gular stranger; at length clergyman
took some notice Of him, and occasion.
ally inviting him to his house, he found
him possessed Of intelligence and man.
ners, which evidently indicated his ori.
gin 10 have been in the higher stations Of
life. Returning one day from visit to
this clergyman, he passed the house Of
farmer, at the door Of which was the
daughter, employed at the washing.tub.
He looked at the girl, and thus accostel
her:
MY girl, would you like to be mar.
ried?' y
'Sir!' exclaimed the girl.
u asked you, young woman, If you
wish 10 be married, because ifyou would
VIII marry you.
Lord, sir! these are strange questions,
from man never saw in my life be-.
fore.' .
Very likely replied Mr.. jones; but
however, am serious, and will leave
you till ten o'clock to. morrow 10 con.
slider Of il; will then call on you a.
gain, and If have your fathers consent
we will be married the following day.
He kept his appointment, and meet.
ing with the father, thus addressed him
i 'Sir, have seen your daughter,
should like her for wife, and | am
come to ask your consent
This proposal answered the ole
man, lis very extraordinary from stran
ger. Pray, sir. who are you, and wha
: are your .,l.t.c-. al
Sir replied Mn J. you have righ
10 ask these questions. My name i
Jones. the new house on the edge OF tn
common is mine, and il il be necessary
l can purchase your house and farm, an
half the neighborhood.'
They were married. Three OF fou
!; years they lived in this retirement, an
had two children. Mr.J. employed, hi
time in improving his wife's mind, b,
: never disclosed his origin. At lengtl
on taking journey Of pleasure wit
her, on coming to magnificent cour
try seat. this, my dear, said he, 'is 3
> - House, the seat Of the Earl Of
'l--, and we will go in and ask lea.
: to look at it. l, will probably anus
you
: The nobleman who possessed this mai
!. sion was lately dead. His heir. NJ
!. phew, whom debts had driven into :
y tilemsnt, had not been heard Of for son
y years. This nephew was the identic
= Mr.. Jones, who is the present Earl
. E.-English paper.
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Lord Chestefeld being given TO under
stand that he would die by inches, very
philosphically replied; ..lf that be the
case, ! am happy that ljsm not 50 tail
as Goliah!'
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

i A gentlemen, meeting one ofhis friends
who was insolvent, expressed concern
fot his embarrassmsnt. "You are mis-.
taken, my dear sir," was the reply; "tis
my crsditors who art smbarrasssd::" &
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

us your house warm one!" asked a
man in search Of a tenement sit
ought to bs;ths painter gave 1.-TWO coats
recently . was the reply.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-02

"A MYsrEnY on THE SEA.-Capt. Has.
kell, Of the ship Independence, at Val.
paraso. from San Francisco, reports that
on the 2lst Of November, lat. 1tdeg 40
min. S., Ion. l2l deg. Is min. W., he
saw raft wlihtwo decayeJ bodies omit.
Tho raft was made ofspars from a vessel,
and there were yards and beams and
eight water casks. Il Vas wall secured
in every way, having ! mast, but na
sails; a small piece of white cloth wa,
tied up for ! signal On Tho nas.; then
,thsrs was q brsss binnscle and compass,
q tin pump, ,ruaks half barrel dried
fish, aud some empty barfelss What !
tale of hsfdships ana ssAsting i lfoba,
bly, associated Md that ralt--a ssis
which vii salyN Rown whsA All
saa giysa up itt s,issss
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The Old Negroes Logic.

A clergyman asked an old servant his
reason for believing in the existence Of
a God:
Sir says he 4 see'one man get sick.
The doctor comes TO him, gives medicine;
the next day he is better; he gives him
another dose, it does him good; he keeps
on till he get about his business. An.
other man gets sick like the FIRST one;
the doctor comes to see him, he gives
him the same sort Of medicine; it does
him no good, he gets worse all the time,
till he dies. Now that mans time to
die had come, ind all the doctors in the
world can't cure him.
'One year work in the corn field,
plow deep, dug up grass, s,und made no.h.
ing but nubbins. Next year. work the
same way, the rain and dew comes, and
/ make good crop.
i have been here going hard upon ff.
tY.years. Every day since been in
Il Ils world ! see the sun rise in the East
and set in the West. The North star
stands were it did the first time l ever
saw it, the seven stars and Jobs Coffin
keep on the same path in the sky, and
never turn out. 1t amt so with mans
works. He makes clocks and watches
they may run we'll for awhile, but they
get out Of fix and stand stock still. But
the sun, and moon, and stars keep or
| the same way 1.-The while. There is {
power that makes one man die, and an
other get we'll; that sends the rain ant
keeps everything in notion
: What beautiful comment is herr
furnished by an unIettsred African OF
the language Of the Psalmist: '.The hec
vens declare the glory Of God. and the
armament shoWeth his handiwork. DaI
unto day utteseth spesch, and night into
night showeth knowIedgc.'
WAnllxE.-Col., Colt has receive.
an order from the British gcvernmsn
to furnish their Baltic feet with 5000 .
| This navyspistols assoon as posaible; ant
hs i notified that the entire Asss il to b
furnished with them. The arnory hsr
will bs required % do. I good portion q
'Ithipwofk and pfobsbly the Esropsal
e.oslels for CoI,'i pis,clfY YiIl 81 immsnss
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-15
MILWAUKEE, ELECTION.

At Milwaukee, on the 9TH instant, was held
an election for city officers. The Democratic
candidate for Mayor was Byron Kilbourn.
One Of the Democratic newspapers the Neios,
vehomently opposed bis election, on the ground
that he was hostile TO the repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. Mr.. Kilbourn, however,
received majority Of thousand votes.
The Daily Wisconsin Of March 9th says:
aThe Milwaukee Neps VIGOROUSLY sought
to make the extension Of Slavery test at the
recent charter election in this city, and, on the
ground that Mayor Kilbourn was opposed 10
tho pending repeal Of the Missouri Compro.
mise, boltcd his nomination, though MIR. XII.
bourn was nominated by two thirds Of regu-
lar and fairly constituted Democratic Conven-
ton. That fact is unqucstionable, and the
people Of Milwaukee have nobIy rebuked this
servile test. The Nsps faction were sanguine
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-15

that they had power enough to defeat MIR.
Kilbourn, and were then prepared to raise
great shout that the people Of Milwaukee had
endorsed the plan to extend Slavery into all the
Territories Of the Union They are wofully
disappointed, and have not only obtained q per-
sonal humiliation, but the contempt Of every
honest man,
The adopted citizens Of Wisconsin are be-
ginning to discuss this question Of their exclu-
sion from Nebraska BY the provisions Of Mr..
Douglass bill That part Of the bill seems
likely to be as unpopular as the clause which
repndiates the Missouri Compromise
N. \. Evening Posi-