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the chair. Meanwhile | had taken
the gun from the wall Mr.. Vanneck
handed it 10 the monkey, who fetch
ed the powder-hask and shot-bag,
and in the whole process Of loading
acquitted himself like a rifleman. |
had already seen so much that was
astonishing, that | hardly felt sur
prised at this feat. Jack now placed
himself at the open window, took
aim, and discharged the gun without
being in the least startled 10y the re-
port. lie then went through sword
exercise with the same skill.
1t would be too long to jot down
all Mr. Vanneck told us about his
method of education and training I;
the above facts, witnessed by myself,
bear sufficient evidence of the abili-
ties Of the animal, and its masters
talents for tuition. We stayed TO
supper, to which there came more
ladies and gentlemen. Jack again
exhibited his cleverncss in waiting,
at which he acquitted himself as well
as any man-servant. Going home
my companion missed a small box
Of sweets, out Of which he had re-
called the monkey with almonds, Jack
had managed to steal it from bis poe
ket: and on being afterward convict
ed Of the theft he was severely pun
ished by his master.-Cham5er'S
Ionrnak.
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IN one shape, is thrown into the ma
tufaI laboratory and turned out again
IN the same or another form, TO be
again of use. By a computation
made by the Professor. the quantity
Of peaches brought into New York
City one week, exceeded that of all
the fruits, Of every kind, imported
into Great Britain in one year. Some
doubt the utility OF applying 10 soil
that fertilizer which an analysis of il
show tito want but facts, Of which
the lecturer quoted several, decided
" show the reverse to be the truth.
Not a month passes that there is not
in the harbor of New York or Bos-
ton, ship loading with bones for
England the result is seen in the
decrease of American wheat, from
thirty to twelve bushels per acre. and
the increase Of English from IL to
10. Where barren soil is found to
he Of the same constituent as fer
tile one, the bnrren one is not suffi-
GENTLY pulyerized 10 produce this
fact is answer to any objections found
on such instances.
The address was listened to with
utmost attention, and elected fire.
quent applause.
A vote of thanks 10 Prof. Mapes
Tor his instructive and entertaining
lecture, was proposed by the Chair,
and unanimously carried.
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AGRICULTURAL EDUCA.
TON.

A Correspondent Of the Maine
firmcr inquiries. 81
Why may not the sons and daugh-
tiers of farmers be instructed at
school, when young, in the duties
that will be demanded of them in
after life ? Is there anything so
complicated and abstruse in these
duties, that they cannot readily be
cemprehended, by child Of ordina-
fy intelligence, at the age of ten or
tioel0e gears.
have a neighbor, n millionaire
in fortune, by his good luck in mar
rying lady Of mind as well as mo-
ncy, whose business as banker is
in the city, but whose residence is
ten miles without, on an extended
tract of land, comprising rock, wood,
swamp and meadow, who has been
endeavoring for dozen years past,
10 show what can be done on such
land. He has a son about twelve
years Of age, whom | have repeated
ly met on this farm. Having learn
ed that it was the purpose of the
parents 10 educate this boy TO be
farmer | have taken occasion, in the
absence of the father, to converse
with him about the operations going
on upon the farm. | have found
him prepared 10 ansv or all reason
able questions about these operations.
He understood why such a piece Of
land is appropriated TO the growing
OF corn-why such piece is used for
grass-why the sheep are penned
here at one lime, and there at anoth-
er-why guano is applied here, and
a compost Mere-why the yard a
bout the stable is made dhshing, and
why the hogs are permitted to run
under the stable, where fall the drop
pings of the horses and cattle-and
the benefits 10 accrue from prevent
ing undue evaporation of the ma
nure. In fact, his mind is an exact
miniature representation of bis intel
ligcnt father, and this without any
extra effort of the father TO model il
in this FORM" II.
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WIFE.

The word wife does not, in our
opinion, simply mean, as Walker has
II, "a woman thar ias q husband
Tor some women have husbands, and
good ones too, who are not wives ac-
cordlng TO our understanding Of the
Term. Wife does not mean a hus-
band or lady only, nor slave, nor
a mistress, mother, nor a nurse, a
teacher, nor companion, tool nor
a plaything, but she is all these things
united together per my ct per tout,
in one beautiful and harmonious
whole. In society she is a woman,
in the parlor n lady, IN the nursery
slave, in the dining room d mistress,
IN her chamber mother, in the sick
room a nurse, to her children
teacher, TO her husband companion
and an equal but in no situation
whatever can she be a politician,
preacher, a lawyer, physician or phi
losopher, without becoming a literary
blue stocking, the antipodes OF wife,
and the most contemplate being OH
earth.
The Office Of wife, therefore, is
the happicst, yet most laborious-the
highest, yet most humble position
that frail mortality can occupy. Nor
is there any station on earth TO which
the lord of creation can aspire, the
duties of which are more response
bile, and the faithful or imperfect dis
charge of which will be rewarded
with more intensity, than those Of
the wife.
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clayey soil, and in a quarter Of an
hours feeding they march to the
stones and deyour whatever they
need.
Caution ia dllo1cing the Sheep 10
In1bibe Frost or Snoic.-One of the
shepherds chief cares is not to suffer
his sheep to imbibe ia the morning,
the frozen dew or melted frost, and
never 10 approach pond or stream
after shower of hail for, if they
should eat the dewy grass, or drink
the melted hail, the whole tribe, it is
believed, would become depressed in
spirits, lose their appeti,es, pine away,
and die, as often has happened. Hail
water is also pernicious TO man, in
that climate, that the people have
learned, by experience, no, TO drink
from rivulet or stream until some
time after n violent storm of hail.
The Shepherds.-The salary of
the chief shepherd does not exceed
two hundred dollars year and n
horse that of the first under-shep-
herd Of a tribe, ten dollars a year !;
the second, seven dollars; the third,
five the fourth, three and the
fifth, a boy, two dollars a year. The
ration Of each is two pounds Of bread
a day, with the privilege of keeping
n few goats in the flock Tor their milk.
They are also entitled to the skins
and carcasses Of the culled sheep and
lambs, and each receives from the
chef shepherd "regallton Of three
iourths OF dollar IN April and Oct
ober; and these are all the sweets
these poor wretches enjoy, with the
exception OF about month in a year,
which each takes in his turn, to visit
his family or friends. They are ex-
posed the rest of the time TO all the
viclssiiudes of the weather, and at
night have to lie in the miserable huts
formed of stakes, brambles, or branch
es of trees, aud often sleep, as they
term it, de dJdro las oStreiiaS-un-
der the stars.
,Smearing the Sheep. -Toward
the close of September, the shepherd
performs the operation of smcarine
the sheep with heavy, irony earth,
common to Spain. 1t is frs, mixed
with water, and then daubed on their
backs, from the neck TO the rump.
Some say it mingles with the oil Of
the wool, and thus becomes varnish
impenetrable TO tie cold and rain
others, that its weight keeps the wool
down, and prevents it from growing
long and coarse and third class,
that il acts ms an ahsorbant, and re-
ceives part of the perspiration,
which would otherwise foul the wool
and render it rough. Be this as it
may, it lie custom Of long standing,
and probably is useful both to the
fleece and TO the animal which car
rles il, and answers the purpose of
destroying vermin.
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CURIOSITIES OF AGRI-
CULTURE.

Professor James r. Mapcs recent
Iy delivered a lecture in the city of
New York, on the curiosilles of A.
gricul,ure. He commenced by al
Iudng to the great importance of A.
griculture in this country, where
ninc-tenths of the wealth belong to
farmers, and OF which class the mer-
camille may be considered no more
than the factor employed to dispose
of their products, and to import the
foreign goods they require. But, of
the knowledge Of the farmers, he
could not speak so well as of their
wealth; good laborer merely i, not
a good farmer; no pursui, Offers SO
many inducements, even in regard
to pecunIary profit, for the applca-
ton Of science, as that of the farm
or. The lecturer next presented a
view Of the gradual progression of
matter from chaotic state to its pre-
sent condition, commencing with the
agslomeraton of the elemental par
ticles, which noated widely apart
through space, and adveriing TO their
chemical combinations into the sub
stances of which the earth is COM
posed. He then detailed a large
number Of facts not generally known,
in regard TO the growth of animals
and plants, from among which our
space only admits Of our collecting
the few following, The gradual i'm
proyement of animals as well as
plants, though contrary 10 the popul-
ar idea, is nevertheless indisputable.
1t is completely proved by the Elgin
marbles. in which horses are sculpt-
ured of such make as would not
bring $50 today in the New York
market. Men, too, must have i'm
proved. Al the Eglin,on tourna-
ment, a few years ago, the old arm
our taken down for the occasion was
found TO be altogether too small for
the men of the day. Fruits and
vegetables have equally improyed,-I
The present peach is the lineal,
though much improved, descendant
Of bitter almond, in which the an-
cient persians used to dip their ar
rows to make them poisonous. The
bybridation, or uniting into one kind,
of two kinds Of vegetables, and the
Improvement IN some instances and
deterioration in others, were describ-
ed The Professor adveried to the
reclamation of lands; there is not
an acre on this Continent that cam
not be converted to the support of
human life. The favoring matter
Of all fruits is the same the differ
encc only depends on the different
acids with which this matter is CON-
bined. The scientific horticultural
can, by different manures, produce
from two trees of the same kind,
fruits differing us widely as the cher
ry and the peach. All the waste Of
continents, carried out into the ocean
by large rivers, is restored and made
Of ulilily--in oil, fish, shells, and
other marine products. BY a law of
nature nothing is wasted; every
particle Of water. after doing service
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Sheep-raising in Spain.

Mode Of giving Sal 10 The Sheep.
The first thing the shepherd does
when his flock returns from the South
TO their Summer downs or pastures,
is to give them as much salt as they
will eat. Every owner allows TO each
tribe of thousand sheep twenty-five
quinials of salt, $500 which they
consume in about five months. They
eat none in their journeys, nor are
they allowed any in Winter, for il is
a prevailing opinion that il produces
abortion when gwen 10 ewes forward
with young. This has ever been the
custom, and is thought TO be the true
reason why the kings of Spain could
never raise the price of salt to the
height IL has maintained in most parts
of France for il would tempt the
sheperdS to stint the sheep, which it
is believed would weaken their con-
siitutions and deierlorate their wool.
The shepherd places fifty or sixty
fiat stones al the distance OF about
five PAGES apart, slrews salt upon
each, leads the sheep slowly among
them, and every one is allowed TO
eat OF il al pleasure. But when they
are feeding OH limestone land, wbeih-
er i, be on the grass Of the downs,
or on the lille plants Of the corn
fields after harvest home, they eat no
salt and if they meet spot OF mix
ed formation, they arc said to partake
Of il in proportion as the soil is min
gled with clay. The shepherd, be-
ing aware that his sheep will suffer if
deprived Of salt, leads them to q
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The CrOPs.-The Dayton, Ohio,
Gazette says " In ten days from
this time the wheat harvest in south
ern Ohio will commence. Thus far,
there is every prospect Of a most a
bundant wheat crop.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, who has journcd 1000 miles
of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and
other Western States, within few
weeks, says he has never seen so
broad portion of the country under
cultivation as at present, or u Time
when the crops Of every description
promised a more abundant yield than
now.
Says the Alabama Journal" Moth
ing can be more beautiful than the
corn fields at present, and fine crops
can be mauc Uu sumo Ie.Is e~sa
without another drop of rain" We
gather from southern papers tina, the
late rains have completely revived the
hopes of planters both in regard to
cotton end corn.
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Strawberry TRADE. The Newark
Advertiser says:
The strawberry business is Just
now in the full tide Of activity. The
farmers Of Passc and Bergen Coun-
ties send from 1000 10 5000 baskets
per day to market during the season.
which lasts about twenty-oue days
The growth of this article has given
employment 10 many hands, the farm
ers paving one cent per basket for
picking, and board gratis. Nimble
hands can easily earn from 8 TO
,25 per day. An old lady 63 years
of age picked one day last week, in
ten hours, one hundred and seven
teen baskets.
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TO have learned to initiate in bis
manhood. Who do you suppose,
Mr.. Editor, the Cowboy voted for
as Governor, when he became oil
age 7 | will anticipate your answer,
II was Isaac Tichenor, hen :he federal
candidate for Gov. of Vermont-and
that incident, perhaps, had much TO
do with the political course Of the
lad in after life. During the life of
Gov. Tichenor, the Cow Boy and
"liis Escellency," often met at Mont
peIier, at the sessions Of the Legisla-
ture, when the winter scene in tho
road was frequently alluded 10 with
much pleasure, by both parties. Who
the Cow Boy was, and what became
OF him, may or may not appear in a
future number, as may be deemed
best, after consultation with him for
the Z" last Of earth" has not yet over
ken him. This little incident, in il
self Of comparative insignificance, is
mentioned more for the benefit OF
your juvenile readers, Mr.. Editor,
than TO eulegise the dead A news
paper, like yours, goirg weekly into
more than a thousand families, has
many youthful readers, whose amuse-
ment and instruction should never
be lost sight Of by an editor or his
correspondents.
OLIVER ON SoHooL.
p. S. Your paragraph, Mr.. Edi-
Tor, notifying Oliver TO look out p
as there is an old Democrat alive and
watching his yarns" was noticed
with pleasure. The gentleman 10
whom you alludc, is the only one
living in your village now who was
actually engaged in the Battle Of
Plaitsburgh, on the banks Of the Sar-
anac, and took sure and deadly aim
at the enemy. Others from your
place were there, and of the anti
war party too, but are no longer a.
mong the living. He is right, I'M
doubleday, as TO the reference of the
war resolutions to the then next March
meeting, and will please receive my
thanks for the correction Of any err
Tor he may chance 10 find in my no.
iiccs OF the olden times. did not
deem 1t necessary or interesting to
your readers to 60 into a minute mar
ratlve of all the particulars Of the war
meeting at Montpelier in 1911; my
object being simply 10 show the state
OF feeling of both parties before and
after the declaration OF the war OF
1912, among the jewellers in the Val
ley of the Winooski. Any facts or
or anecdotes, that a
ged and intelligent " Democrat Of
the Golden Times" may place in
your hands 10 jog my mind by way
Of remembrance" viii be gratefully
received, and used fot the amuso-
ment and benefit of your read ers.
OLIsEn.n
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45urtTp.
Mountain Musings.

NAOul tnih Nl noitE De
On iowland mart. and marble dom.s,
still craven vnssals gave
Bot never yet on mountain top
Wa, born or dweu slave.
On mountain top the prophet hs,
Godis awful mandates bots
On mounsain peak tho dove did rest,
Ths, flew, the dolugs Oct
Then Ss, whose heart doth weary best.
With care or sorrow iiven,
Come, climb with me Sh,ve Csian'. brow:
And let your thoughts, like Titan's, now
Ascend from thence to Heaven!
The scholar beth quiet look
Within bis eluisteied cell,
lie poieth DER some goodiy book
Till peals The vespef bell
Buttbo' hi. hne unruaied flows,
Liss gentle streams that glide
All smooth and still, through level plains,
With sunshine on their tide,
That student pale, ! envy not
Such guiss III suiieih me.
Oh, better, fsr, the wave tossed lsks,
1ho pine crowned erag, the forest braLe,
And step DER hssthsr, fee !
The tricslnE rill that oools vout lips,
Son flowing thro' the glen
o. else tho spring that burst from rocks,
Lite tears from rugged men;
liathiCJpfui wine such favor sweet,
Preached ever abbot like ,huse hills,
So true homilie
Then, in then Sabbath solitude,
Go, often mediate
And when their lesson firht is resd.
The valley slope then boldly ,sesd,
A wiser man 10 heart aud head
To wfesils with your faiei
dublin University hssarin.
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Northern, N. H., Railroad.

After Tse.day. May l, 1855 Passenger train,
leave Boston At 7.30 snd Concord rs A. NJ. ter
White River JUNCTION, Weis River, Liulstou -.
Johu.hury, BufiingOa. Rou.es foini, Montreal, os-
dsn,lufrh aud all stations On tho OKdcnshu,gh, VI
Central Passunp,c aad White Mosaiaias Railroads,
ueuee D, Stage TO White sud Fraueona Mousts'ns
Laaeast-', Harton, Dsasie, t'nste-d. snd ali the
principal towns "a Nonhefo " and VI.
Leave Boston at ~ 81. and Concord az , NJ, for
White River Junction, preceding early morning
oset VI Central RAILROAD to Kouss's Point Montreal
sud Osdenstntgh.
leave Whine River Jeneiioa, Tor Boston. Lowell
Lawrence Worcester, Se., Al An. and 1910 z. &.
OF arrival Of tho Ifains ffom VI. GENITAL sad
Pes-umrstc Railroads.
Both do~u trains couneet With trains 10 Ns- hsr-
krt. bos.f. Great falls, Portland, Rse aud Hampton
Beaches, Portsmouth, La~fenrr, Lowell 4 WorcesisL
Passensels Tor Cotton Junc ton, Lancaster aud all
stations The Worcester & Nashua, New port. fu.st-
dence and Mofcestef Ncstefn Roads, and for Nor
wich, New YORK. &c, sc, connsct at NashrA With
usns direct Tor those place., 10 either train o,ef the
Northern Railroad.
OSsLOW sTEARNS, Acct.
IL
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The Captains Bathing Tub.
A SAILORS YARN.

A cabin boy Of one of the ward
room officers, on board United
States vessel, good deal given to
mischief, one day made his way into
the captains cabin, while they were
engaged above in making out a
strange sail in the horizon. Here he
finds all sorts of luxuries, including
various wines, Of which he drinks
enough to raise his courage, not only,
but 10 make him somewhat reckless
OF consequences.
In this state he finds himself in a
room adjoining the cabin, a thin bath
ing tub IN one corner, lusuriously sup
Piled with rare cosmetics, and smell
ing like barber's shop Of the first
class. Now he says, i had tried
all the other good things that | found
in The cabin, | had drank the cap
taln's wine, and Strengthened myself
out on his sofa, aud swung in his
hammock and though, | wouldn't
quit without taking dip in his bath
Accordingly he stripped, aud was
just enjoying the first pleasant feel OF
the water, when lie was interrupted
by the messenger boy, who had been
sent into the cabin by the Captain.
Fortunately, he was not discovered
hiS time, but it made him cautious.
must coniriye some way 10 get
out with my clothes, If any body
comes along again. wasn't long in
finding the way. The ports on the
side of the forward cabin were open,
and through them could easily get
out into the mIzzen chains, where |
could dress myself without being
seen. There was big gun in each
port, a carronade, as they call EN-
short but fat-the biggest kind-you
never see such kind of guns, except
aboard ships of war. could clam
Der out alongside one of 'em easy
enough though. | was little fellow
them
He takes his shoes, clothes and
hat, and sticks them outside of the
port, where they couldn't be seen
and them he says, | went back 10
the tub. All this didn't take more
than half minute, for worked
sharp, ! can tell you. The only
thing was afraid Ct was, that the
steward would come in and catch me.
| didn't care tnkcr's copper for the
captain. knew could get out Of
the port in less time than it would
take him TO come down the poop
ladder. Big guns are never in hurry
it wouldn't look dignifed, you
know
Presently, while lying luxuriously
in the captains tub, he hears him
coming down the cabin stairs, when
lie jumped out OF the receptacle and
makes for the port.
was fairly outside and safe, as
thought, in the chains, before the
captain opened the cabin door. ]
sat there minute drying myself, and
then was going 10 begin TO dress
when heard the sound Of oars CON-
ing round the stearn of the ship. !
knew by the regular dip in the water
and by the noise Of the oars in the
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Preserving MN. Place new milk
in q clean pot, aud evaporate it till
nothing remains but light dry pow
der. Put this in bottle and sccluds
il carefully from the air by cork'ng
and waxing, and when milk is want
ed, dissolve small quantity in pure
soft water. The solution viii be
found to possess the qualities, as we'll
as the peculiar taste and aroma OF
the milk.
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Business Prospects.-A gentle
man from this city now on an extern
sive tour through the Western Sta
les, writes home that the West never
looked SO well as at the present time.
The crops promise TO be most album
dant, and the farmers and merchants
are in excellent spirits al the good
prospects before them.
A letter TO the editor from Central
Virginia, written Wednesday, says:
4" We have had delightful rains within
few days. The weather is warm,
the wheaiiields are tinged with gold,
and the farmers commence harvesting
this week. "-BoStOH Transcript.
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and unites into societies and repub-
hes, and sends out colonies, and
feeds the world with delicacies, and
obey their rulers, and exercises MANY
virtues, and promotes The interest of
mankind, and is that state of good
things, TO which God hath designed
the present constitution of the world.
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Jenny Taylor says that marriage
is the mother of the world, aud pre-
serves kingdoms, fills cities and chur-
ches, and heaven itself. Celibacy
like the fly in the heart Of an apple,
dwells in perpetual sweetness but
sits alone, and is confined and dies
in singularity; but marriage like the
useful bee, builds house, aud labors