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Rhubarb, or pie plant as il is commonly
called, is so easy Of cultivation, and such a
capital in,htsiion in the way Of pies and
sauce, ,ha, il should be found in every gar.
den. For family, make bed twelve BY
twenty feet dig it well, and put in or dig
in plenty OF we'll ro,,ed manure. Get plants
Of the Common Early, tho Giant and the
Victoria, say one row OF the Victoria, and
about Three rows OF the Common Early
Set the plants two fee, and half apart each
way, keep The ground clean. keep down the
seed stock, and do no, gather much the frs,
year. In the fall pu,a shovelful OF good
manure over the crown Of the root, and
spade i, in ss early in The spring as possible,
or as soon as the leaves show themselves
The great secre, in raising the pie plant in
perfection is 10 keep the ground clean and
rich, and no, allow seed stocks 10 grow
In gathering for use, select the leaf that has
fully opened, and slip it of from the stem
by running your finger down between the
leaf stock and the stem; never cut The leaf;
always pull it of as described. II properly
attended, dozen plants Of each kind will
furnish all ,halany family can well con.
sumo. The Giant is late, and both that and
and the Victoria should be planted al leas,
three and half feet apar, each way. We
have found the Aaver Of the pie much i'm
proved by using maple sugar in preference
10 cane sugar.-Rural NsV Yorker.
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On the Cultivation of Strawberries.

Much has been said, and written, on the
culture Of strawberries, and YET, all has not
been said, 50 contribute my mite, which is
on the proper substance for renovating the
soil. Some dfteen years ago, my late hus-
band vas cultivatins strawberries to con-
siderable eI,ent: one season, tho fruit on q
favorite bed was small and Of inferior quail
ity. evidently occasioned BY exhaustion Of
soil, and the bed was marked, to BE- broken
up the following spring; but when spring
came. the plants came up finely, and the
bed being pretty free FROM weeds, 1t seemed
a pity TO dcs.royi it. So he looked abou. for
somo suitable substance for renovation, but
not having any properly prepared compost,
from principles Of neatness he applied
light top-dressins Of wood ashes. Much
to our surprise, the fruit from that bed was
larger and better favored than any in the
garden. II was his custom, whenever he
discovered .rset, to seek for the cause, and
he came to the conclusion that a,Is, was
one natural substance to stimulate the growth
Of strawberries. Every farmer must have
observed, with what facility the wild straw
berry takes possession Of his fallowed
grounds. II is not my intention to set
everybody to covering their strawberry beds
with ashes indiscriminately, for there is
such thing as IN Oven-dO,c, as we found,
by sad experience. For ono season after.
wards, fno bed ran most extravasantly to
vines, very few berries set, and those few
grew enormously largo, bot, for three
following years, it bore remarkably well,
with comparatively little attention. The
best mOdo Of preparing the soil for recciy.
ing the plants, is to manure piece Of grass
ground we'll, with stable manure, plow it up,
and cultivate il in corn, giving the corn a
liberal supply of ashes during the season.
The spring following, il will be in fine con.
dition for Strawberries ; from the middle OF
April, to the irst of May, is the best sea-
son for setting the plants here. With
ground thus prepared, and with good cul. |
tivation, and an occasional light top-dress.
ing Of ane compost and wood ashes, beds
may be kept 10 good bearing from A to G
years. The best general method for cult.
waiting on large scale that | know Of, is to
follow the principles recommended in Cole,
Fruit Book, excep, tha, We could never
make the cultivatOr work to advantage in
clearing the beds. Hoes, knives, rakes and
human hands have been our only imple-
ments.
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GETTING MARRIED. II is curious 10
some 10 note how peoples ideas OF prepara-
lion for this species Of amusement vary
Mozc and Lie ",ake n notion" to each
other. MOzc buys secondhand bedslead,
three wooden chairs, table, smull look.
ing glass ant ligh, stand, while Lie pro-
vides hen feather bed, four sheets and
two coverlids, table cloth, six towels,
some little minor arrangements, with dis.
position 10 make the bes, Of everything
forthwith, two dollars are paid Tor The min.
isier's blessing upon their join, adventure
on housekeeping ; The scene whereof Is
three story back room, with seventy
nine chamber attached, where the first
baby is born before either parent ia Of age.
Mr.. Count-ihc-cosi, on tho oihor hand, new
or thinking Of tho matter until he is thirty,
courts Miss Prudence for fourteen years,
pcrpe,ually putting or the "happy day."
because he hadn't 60, quite enough 10 buy
nine-s'o'isd marble from, on Style street,
and furnish two suits OF reception rooms in
ebony and silver, prefering (Gor such IN
acquisiion) TO wait until both. are TOO old
amO't to be glad the suspense is ended.
They get the big house, have grand we'd.
ding-a great many enemies, few friends
and no children. After two sump,uou,
funerals, and a long lawsuit, tho property
IS a, length equally dcvided between The
"Timbuc.oo Female Moral Reform Asso.
ciaiion," and the lawyers, who confess, tho
will in behalf Of a blind cousin, who fights
il on the ground Of" insanity" alleging tho
long cour,ship Of tho parties as evidence
thereof. Tho cousin, being a, length ruin.
ed, The Timbuc,oo' direc Tors compro.
misc by paying opposing counsel's fees
and costs, and the marble front, with all It's
belongings, is converted into cash. Ton
years afterwards the books OF tho sexton,
and the stone in the cemelry, are tho only
records OF the existence Of Mr.. Countthe.
cos, and his forgotten bride. Funny world,
very.-Worester Transcript.
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There is this difference, however, in its
aston, that in guano the ammonia exists
ready formed, while in the fish manure 1t is
in an elementary state, and must undergo a
chemical change before the ammonia ap-
pears. This renders its effect upon tho soil
more SLOW Of development, but on The 9TH
er hand, il will be all the more lasting
This 6sh manure sells readily in Frrncc ut
fs per. ton. aud preparations are being
made to extend the manufacture to other
localities. In 1851 son OF NJ. Molon took
cut materials for establishing a similar man
ufacsory at KerpOn, near the strait Of Bell
isle, 70. the purpose Of converting the re-
fuse Of the Newfoundland fisheries into man
ure. The establishment is now successful
operation, and employs $50 men,"
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an Apecdote with q Moral.

A friend, not long since told us story in
relation to ono Of our subscribers, which
contains good moral for husbands, and also
furnishes an example for wives, which is not
unworthy Of imitation under similar circum.
stances -
The subscriber referred 10, said to our
friend, In tho presence Of his vito, that I.
had been bis intention to call at tho ID.
Easter Office, pay up his arcarages, and dis.
continue bis paper. His wife promptly
asked
"Why do you wish to discontinue tho
paperl"
I" Because" said the husband. "I am 90
much away from home on other business,
and have so little time to read. there seems
to DO very little use in my taking the pa.
per-"
YES" responded his vito, " Il may be
OF little use to you, but Il is Of great use to
me. lremain ut homo whilc you arc sono
and wish to know what is going on IN tho
world. If you discontinue the paper, I will
50 straight to town and subscribe myself"
As tho paper has no, boon discontinued,
we suppose the wiie's reasoning was conclu.
siye.
The moral Of this incident must not DO
overlooked. A husband should consider tho
qualification and profit afforded bis wife and
children by tho paper, as we'll rs bis own.
and not discontinue tho paper simply DO.
cause ho may not have an opportunity to
read 1t regularly. And, further, Il may re.
mind some good husbands, not now sub
scribers, that It is their duty to take the
paper that their wives and children may
know what is going on in the world.-Doirn
Easter.
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water and muskmelons, summer and win
ter squashes, one or two hundred, or one
thousand pounds Of pumpkins. All this
has been raised on less than half an acre OF
ground, including buildings and dri'e-ways
and have had more vegetables for years
in my family than some men that cultivate
one hundred acres all on poor, gravelly
New Hampshire land, without any help but
my girls in the flower depar,ment.-And as
Goldsmith says, I'VE make every rod OF
ground supper, its man.'-COr. N. E. Far
mtr.
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What can be done in o Garden.

Thirteen years ago, purchased an es-
,aelishmen, consisting OF a dwelling. house,
barn, carriage and wood house, calculating
to make II permanent :esidence. There
was attached lille land for garden, on
which were jus, five apple trees, and in
front Of the house were three trees Of the
Balm Of Gilead; the trees were all abou, six
inches in diameter a, ,ha, time; bu, two o!
tho apple trees were hollow, and Gu, one
Of them down, after trying 10 make !, DO
something and finding ,ha, could not.
Well, all the apple trees bore something
for Fruit bu, so Grabbed and sour they would
make pig squeal. For amusement,
grated all the four gradually, or year by
year, cutting of the old branches and gran.
ing the limbs with RoIbury Russe,s, New
York Russeis, Baldwins, &C., all the bes,
could find. Now, / have had abou, len
barrels OF good apples, annually 10 pu, up
Tor winter, for three or four years past, be.
sides all we have used in the family OF FIVE
and we have used them freely all we wan.
ted ill time to gather the winter apples.
I have yard in front ofmy house, abou,
forty fec, ,squars, in front Of which arc two
OF the Balm Of Gilead trees before mention.
ed, which are now large trees, and have
been lef outside Of the fros, fence; bu, in
side of,he fence set out, about ten sum-
mer pears, which now give Us all the pears
we wan, for they have borne well for abou,
four years.
From the pear trees TO the house, I filled
the space with flower beds and have many
varieties, say twenty kinds Of roses and
nearly one hundred kinds Of other flowers
have planted on the south side OF my
buildings ney, TO the barn, plums peaches
and grapes. Tho peaches have no, sue,
ceeded well, nor the plums, so Gu, the
plum trees of and grahed them with the
green and Purple Gage, only three OF fou'
years ago and now have plenty Of the
fines, plums I ever saw, so that I have 'e
prop the small branches. My grapes be-
gan TO bear las, year I had abou, bushel
and | should think about double the guam
'i'y this year. Ihave set out some ounce
trees, but they do no, bear yet.
Besides the trees and grape vines, l have
annually raised about ten bushels Of potatoes
siI os seven bushels Of bee,s and carrots
some English iHrnips and ru,a basas, and .
few cabbases and onions, as many rs oul
folks wanted 10 use. We have also hat
beans, peas and corn, wha, we wanted ,C
use green, and have annually had abou
three or four bushel OF dry corn, one bush
el Of pop corn, and swee, corn enough Il
plant myself and supply all my neishbOu
Also hare annually raised cucumbers
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VOLUME X.-NUMBER "a.

starting back in uncomfortable agitation
"Who was your molherl Tell me quick"
"Her name," said tho child, somewha,
surprised, "was Florence Kendrick.'
"Who was her iaiher'"
"Mariin Kendrck."
"And where is he Did you ever SEQ
him ~ t-F.
"No,"s said Floy, shaking her head
"He was angry with mother for marrying
as she did, and would never sec any Of u.s."
"Aud your mo,herl" said Martin, slriv.
ing to be calm. "Is she dead 7"
'"Yes." said Floy, sorowiully. "Firs,
my father died, and We were left very poor.
Then mother was obliged TO work very
hard sewing, and finally she took fever
and died. leaving ~o a'0uv In IN. wuid.--
For week wandered about without a
home, but q, las, you took me In. don't
know wha, would have become Of me you
had moi, said she, gratefully.
" Floy," said Martin, looking at h0r
stcadias,ly, "do you know my namc'"
"No," said Floy, "Ihave oflcn wondered
wha, i, was, bu, never liked 10 ask you"
"Then," said he, in an asila,ed tone,
"you shall know now. am Martin Ken.
driek your grand father !"
Floy was filled with amazemeni, bu, alter
moment threw herself into his arms
"Will You forgive molher'" she asked.
"Twill-lhav But, alas. she has much
more cause 10 forgive me! Would that
she were still alive"
Every day Martin Kendrick became moro
alive 10 the claims Of affection. His miser-
Iy habits gave way, and he became moro
considerable in his dealings with his tenants.
The old house in which he lived so many
years was torn down. and he boush, neat
cottage just ou, Of the city where he and
Floy live happily together. Floy, who has
been sent 10 school, exhibits uncommon ,al.
enl, and is fitting for the station she will
soon assume as the heircss Of her grand.
father.
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Mistfllanrons.
LITTLE FL0Y;
OR,
How q Miser was Reclaimed.

OF all the houses which Martin kendrick
owned, he used the Oldest and meanes,
for his own habiaiion. 1t was an old inm-
BILE down building on narrow street, which
had already lived on, more than its appoint.
ed term OF service, and was no, Il. TO "cum.
Der the ground" Bu,ihe owner still cluns
to it, the more, perhaps, because as il stood
there in its desola,ion, unsightly and wealth.
or beaten, j, was no unfit emblem Of him.
self.
Martin, the miseT Years Of voluntary
privaliou, such as in mos, cases follows in
the train Of the extremes, penury, had civ.
en- him claim 10 the appella,ion. ltmigh'
be somewhat inconsistent, with his natural
character that, with the exception Of the
one room which he occupied, the remain
der OF The large house was left tenaniless.
Aiter all il was not so difficult 10 account
for. He could no, bear the idea Of having
immediate neighbors. Who knows but
they nigh, seize the opportunity afforded
by his absence, and rob him Of the gains Of
many years, which, disirusiing banks and
other places Of deposit, he kept in a strong
box under his own immediate charge.
Martin had no, always been miser.-
No one ever becomes so at once, though
doubtless the propensity 10 !, is stronger in
some than in Others. Years ago-so many
,ha, a, this time the recollection only came
to him dimly, like the fain, sound Of an al.
mos, forgotten iune-years ago, when the
blood Of youth poured its impe,uous cur.
rem, through his veins, he married fair
girl whose lie he had shortened BY his dis.
sipa,ed habits, and the indifference, and
even cruelty. 10 which they led. Cd,
The day his wife's death, the last rem
nan, Of the property which he inherited
from his father, escaped from his grasp.
These two events, either Of which brought,
its own sorrow, completely sobered him.
The abjec, condition to which he had re.
duced himself, was brought wildly TO his
mind. and no formed sudden resolution,
rushing, as will sometimes happen, from
one extreme 10 the other, that as a prodigal
as his pas, life had been, that which sue
ceeded should be spariug and penurious in
the same degee, until, al least, he had re-
covered his losses, and so far rs fortune
went, vas restored 10 the same position
which he had occupied a, the commence.
men, Of his career.
Blu, is no, for man 10 say, "Thus far shalt
thou go and no iar,her,r-,o give himself
up, body and soul, to one engrossins pur.
suit, and al the end oi limited time wean
himself from il.
Habits grows by what il feeds on. I,
was no, long before the passion Of acquisi.
ton acquired a controlling influence over
the mind Of Martin Kendrick. He reached
the point which he had prescribed for him
sell, bu, i, stayed him not. Every day his
privaiions. self.imposed though they were,
became more pinching, his cravings for
gold more Unsuitable. Long ago he had
Gu, himself oir from all friendship-all the
pleasures aud amenities cfsocial intercourse
He made no visits save 10 his tenants, and
those only on quarter day. Nor were these
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Battrq.
THEY REST.

They we gone to rest, the loved, the dear
From care and pain;
Then mourner. mournep dry the tear,
You III meet sgain.
He s gone to resi, ,ha, brother kind,
To rest with God;
The voice that called him was DIVINE,
Kiss thou the sod
She rests in Heaven, that sister now,
An angel bright;
A glorious si.net on her brow,
A crown Of light
Though side by side where flowers bloom
They we gone to sleep;
And weeping willows DER their tomb
Ayi;il keep.
They are no, there: bu, souls unbound,
Where angels roami
Where everlasting life u found.
Tivs Is their home.
Then weep no more, for soon Twill BE-,
The loved, the dear,
You n meet beyond life's troubled sea,
But not, no. here.
'iddefOrd. May 30. 1855
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agritultural.
OCEAN MANURE.

We wish to call the attention OF our shore
readers once more to The subject oil obtain
ing mannres rom tho ocean. a srea'
amount Of materiai' which will mako the
best OF fertilizers Tor our worn out and
exhausted lands, Is being constantly pro-
duced in this vast reservoir OF vegetable and
animal matter, and tho various saline ele-
ments. They are almos. inexhaustible.
Gather them, and they are reproduced with
out the agency or care OF man. Why
should not shose rich gills be moro regarded
by usi Thousands Of tons Of guano ars
brought from the Ichabos and other islands,
and eagerly soush. after BY those who are
in ques. of fertilizers for their land. These
guano deposits como. last always, and.
when exhausted, canno. be repleuished for
thousands Of years. But dressing equally
as good can be manufactured from the hsh
and tho sea-wscds. and the various salts
which tho ocean Is constantly yielding
We have three hundred miles OF sea coast,
without reckoning tho fluctuations made
by bays and creeks. on all this extent OF
coast may be iound material Tor ierai'nng
the inlahds, either IN she iorm oil sea-weed
or shell fish, or in the shoals oil h'h OF dia-
erent kinds, that certain seasons OF the
year swarm in countless myriads in the wa
ters.
many Of '"e'o n'a arc s'0a 'Os "O'u"s
else saan 70 nan0'ao,u'c mt ""a As1
oil OF them y'e'a on'i, ""'0" J, "'' u''u 'U'
food oil man. out, properly prepared
makes 'no 00'' o 'O01 ,O' pan" W."
',nno' some a'a's'n0"'O' ",u' y "0'o
"no ',s' e ""s " eu'v' -. '"'o '".s .e ~
''o V-" ', ,"' -" "'0. '"N! S'''.' "
""'' W" ,y w" '"
""0Oa' 0Ou'N ''' " '.' '
q sood purpose IL" aons 10 some P'a0es,
with decided prohsso the manufactures ana
farmers too.
Wea are indebted 70 tho Rural New Yorker
which has 'aken quito an 'n'eie's IN tins
suelecs' Tor the following condensed account
OF what is doing IN Franco IN this business
II is not long since VIC gave short account
Of this enterprise BY tho frenchmen named.
1t may seem like vain repetition 10 bring
1t up again before our readers, but il viii
not bur, them. We wish to impress 1t
thoroughly, strongly, wildly, and eternally
on the mind Of every one, that God has oil.
cd the ocean with an everlasting abundance
Of material to fer'ili'' the land, and man
has only to take it, prepare l., and use i Tor
that purpose. and thereby increase food and
comforts, and even iu1uries, Tor tho human
race.
fisa manure IS ~ present successfully
Manufactured a. |ohea'neau' On .no coast
oil France os messfs' Mo'on aoa ih''nJ,s'
en-. Inc matefiai asea 10 'ae refuse u 'ne
safo'ne n'ne''e,' ', ,"u'ea aOOD' s"e' '.u' .
aAny az. 00s4'u.', ., a"S ", ~. ,S.a.e."u 80 - ~
~nnu'As'u'eu u, a1A|e - y -. 90.
i'' "pp. -.
sure e0nsi'" :, = ''eAm e.s'a. " y. -. 49,.
p0"o'' ,"v s. .s '..a.s -. ~ ~ -. ma,
~; -. 90, al . ,o.;,,, ;,on mil,
49,, . ,on or ,bs ,.s,,s s.h .rd os,l !,
,.,,, A.
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To KEEP Bucs AND WORMS FROM De.
sTRorISG VINES. Take hen manure and
pu, il into vat, and mix il with water. and
make it strong liquor, and we, the plants
every nigh, until out of danger, and they
will grow very fas, il treated in this way
Northern Farmer.
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UNION AND EASTERN JOURNAL.

N. Cnoa Ani Iastern Journal IL pablishsi sveyy
YsrpAr at No. l. Cssssl BlOst opposs ,he Ditdefsrd
uossa-rass-t3,oo psr snnum. or 81 - pssi uisA-
N vhrss moniAs irOsa The time Of subscribing. hnzis
copies ssns. u v. u. PAhsss, ve American Nsss-
pspsr Axsna 10 lhs only aashoris~ Agent br thls pAp
h The sisss sf Ss~ YOrG, Dson, and PhilAisphA, Aaa
b DALI snpovs<si ~ sAAs sivsSus>mens and saoscrp-
tOus al me rssrs - required by us- hs en-
arS-Ess Ysrk, Tribune Da Hing Boston, sssllAJs
gsliiny PAiislspAis, n. W. corner rAisi and ~
asa sxssa
MARCUS WATSON, Printsr.
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PRK1rr i'rcu TIE sAxr. "Have you ever
broken horse! Inquired q horse jockey.
"No, not exactly" replied Simon ;"but
Pve broken two or three wagons.
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tFor the Gallipolis Journal.l

A Word OF ADVICE TO THOSE WHO
WISH TO KEEP IN HEALTH.-The late
continuous rains having no doubt Gre
ated unusual dampness in and about the
premises of all our citizens-as it has
about those of the writer of this arti-
cle-it is reasonable to suppose that,
unless this dampness is removed by a
counteracting agency, much sickness
must be engendered thereby, and cause
our formerly. so proverbially healthy
place to become the seat of disease and
death. An ounce of preventative is
worth pound of cure, and single
bushel of unslacked lime, sprinkled
about damp premises and cellars, will
not only have a tendency to keep away
the fell destroyer, which we have cause
to fear at this season of the year, but
Will save each family many dollar laid
out for doctors bills.
Where is our board of health? WHY
don't they look into this matter?
A CITIZEN.
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GALLIPOLfS.
fEIn another column win be found

the proceedings of the Holcomb meet
ing, held in Springfield township, on
Saturday last. They repudiated the
GallipOlis Journal as the Republican or
gan of GaIlia county, but passed res
olution to have the proceedings Of the
meeting published in its columns
They also require all candidates for
county Offices to mount the black horse
along side of the general, in order To
secure their support. The general, we
are told, is particularly severe on every
thing that does not wear wool, but his
object we do not as yet clearly under
stand. There is something surely IN
the wind, besides the smell of live
African. He uses our name as though
he had a pre-emption right to it, but let
him founder, there's a snag ahead for
him.
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HFew are aware how frequently
publishers are compelled to insert among
their advertisements, statements which
they can neither sanction or believe,
A pleasant exception to this disa-
greeable necessity are the advertise
ments of DR.. ]. c.. Ayers Cherry Pee,
toral and Pills, which will be found in
our columns. We have published for
him before, and always with the feeling
that in SO doing vein no wise lend our
selves to deceive or misIead the public,
for we have had indisputable proof that
his words are strictly true, with abun-
dant reason to believe that his medicines
will do all they promise, and all that
can be reasonably expected from any
medicine. His Cherry Pectoral is too
well known in this community to need
any conmendation from us, and his
Pills we are credibly informed are not
inferior to his Pectoral.-Providence
Mirror, r. T.