Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-09-20

its production. as branches too much in
rich soil. because the pods are more linkly
to shatter from the branches than froma
single upright stem. The seeds should bs
planted in drills three feet apart, and SIX
inches distance along the drills .ar..,
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S.RaroGA SkErcH,Ses.-A corre-
pondont of tue Fayetteville (N. Co. OBJ
server. writing from the great Northern
watering place during fashions high
change there. has some suggestive sketch.
es, of which we Gull few for our readers
entertainment ttF''7
The company--at least the female por
tion-is every year becoming more gay
and fashionable I never saw any thing,
Ike the briliancy of the style of dressing
of the ladies'. The colors are not Haunting
but the material is rich, elegant and cost
lv. We see nothing like il. happily, IN
onr backwoods portion of the verdi
There is understood to be a spirited rival,
nv at the hotel where | stood between two
New York ladies', one the vile OF pa
tent medicine man whe has accumulated
his million by making his pills and bisters.'
! the other Of an architect) for the pre-,
eminence in dressing. One of them Is
said to wear $4,000 worth ot,Jewel'y
alone when full dress; and her chllds
/ wardrobe (an infant in the arms is rePor-
/ ted TO have cost $1,000. Children par
take Of the passion for dress and evtrav;a'r- a !,
gauce generally and those from four to
ten wears old are the best dancers who
i fiuure at the evening quadrills. watzes'
aud polkas. They live fast. There afe
no children properly so called, IN tash'on-
able society here-they are all young gen.
tlemen and young ladies. A little boy
of ten years old was overheard the other
day saving to another with whom he was
! PLAYING: Il like you, | wish to cultivate
i your acquaintance when | get home. II
you will give me your address. will call
on YOU when get to New York; Ihls
actual occurrence shows that the pictures
of Young America in the back leaves OF
Harper's Magazine are not caricatures, as
we have been in the habit Of thinking, but
i are true to life. 9
Will the ladies pardon me for one more
word revealing one of the secrets OF their
g craft Certainly. Well: 4 Southern
/ LADY asked Northern lady how they man
, AGED to fix their hair-the glory Of the
woman so handsomely? The reply
E was the hairdresser comes every day
I(except of Sunday and does itup for two
d dollars a week. Well, but how do you
manage when yo,, lie down to take your
e siesta, or on Saturday night? oh, we lie
very carefully OH our backs, so as not to de-
d range the hair! There's a secret worth
knowing! -.-z...aV .as.qHfa9 81
e THr SourH IN OLDEN TIME.-ln MIR.
Bentor,'s forthcoming volume of his 'Ihir-
:. ty Years in the Senate, occurs the follow
ing passage; 9asa a5f sl1jv lsqa alsaal'a.
sit is a tradition of the colonies that
the South had been the seat of wealth
and happiness, of power and opulence
that rich population covered the land
e dispensing baronial hospitality and diff
r fi,sing the happiness which they themsel
d YES enjoyed that all was life, and JOY
a, and aiIiuence then. And this tradition wa
a. not without similitude to the reality. a
of this writer can testify; for he was oil
re enough,o have seen (afier the Revolution
the still surviving state Of Southern Col
I'd oniaI manners, when no traveller was a.
to lowed to go to tavern, and was handle n
ed over from family TO family through entir
of States when holidays were days OF les
Ill, ,iyity and expectation, long prepared to' Of
he and celebrated by master and slave wit
music feasting, and great concourse
ng friends and relatives; when gold wa
il kept in desk orichests, CATER the do"s
N, fall of paper) and weig he'd in scales, an
to lent TO neighbors for short terms witilo'
lr- note, interest, witness or securIty-aln
1ly on bond and land security for long yea
nd and lawful usance, and when petty itlg'
sic tion was at so low an ebb that It require
a fine Of forty pounds oftohaco to make