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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-07
DANCING ACADEMIES.
HOTELS AND SUMMER RETREATS.

nELANcEY HousE-DELAScEY HOUSE, NO. TAD
- broadway corner ~ Wasefsy place topposs New yoss
HoteI) having been recently decorated and patn
prepared 10 furnsb Ia suits sge with private TAI
as reasonable as other first cLas. hotels A. kfDDEfI.
THE srpscRfBER TAKES PLEASURE IN AnrOrSc-
Ing 70 his friends and the public generally hat he has
,arnsd ffum he hah iigase T. 20 u's waserey osi on
broadway where he vii b~ happy chow them his rogs,
which being husd with every comfort and
qulse-s Attached 10 .nd CONNECTED with shell,
ndur'ed by that cs.rslsd ssed
rama 20 Ions and iasorAby % ts lovers u soi
Ing 10 The CITY. JOHN L. MOORE.
THE OCEAN HOUSE AT Los0 BRANCH, 6TOsED IT'S
i loarding ssason this day sep, ~ orsr u " Msn
A. uA9uERTy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-07

TR. HUNTER, NO. DIVISION STREET. NEW YORK
IL long and iavorably known 10 tho public to
suited his old oncr. where he has prari branch
~ medicine for The last "a years, AMI made ts6
any other IN he city Ia many instances II per>ons
s.reJ Dcusbe ~ wic he has permission ~ refer 10
heretofore. Charges moderate and IN Al
guaranteed Cauign.-My remedy Hnbiefa red ifop, hat
secret diseases without drying " p0sn Tho bioi,
only be had above. Price o. Gail and 81 ne koal
or oi Health.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-07

BOOKS AND sTATIoNERY-A NEW AND COsTL,
~ stock selling by retail strictly at Wholesale prices
Aso two handsome Of drawers and shelving twenty
sng with glass SASH suitable for any genteel business Nus
- sold. Apply at 438 broadway.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

To THE PoINT.-We have never seen scrip
tural quotations more aptly applied, than in the
following dialogue, which took place at the Ia
BILE of Bishop Doane:
1t is stated that Bishop Doane, of N. Jersey is
strongly opposed to temperance. A short time
since the Rev. Mr.. Perkins, of the same de-
nomination, and was member of the order of
"Sons," dined with the Bishop, who pouring
out glass of wine, desired the reverend gen.
tleman to drink with him, whereupon he repli-
ed
"Can't do it Bishop, wine is a mocker.'"
"Take glass of brandy" said the distinguish
ed ecclesiastic.
"Can't do it, Bishop, strong drink is rag
ing"
BY this time the Bishop, becoming somewhat
restive and excited, said to Mr.. Perkins:
"You'll pass the decanter to the gentleman
next to you."
"No, Bishop. can't do that, 'woe unto him
that putteth the bottle to his neighbours lips
What was the peculiar mental condition or
moral state of the Bishops feelings at this
stage of the proceedings, our informant did not
state. I'D
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18
SPARE THE BIRDS.

Charles l.. Flint, Esq. Secretary of the Board
of Agriculture of Massachusetts, has issued the
following appeal in behalf of birds:
Agricultural Department.,
State House, Boston, March 27, 1856.
Dear Sir: There is custom very prevalent
in many sections of this state, of regarding the
annual Fasts as holiday, and using it for gun
ming and shooting. Many thousands of our
most useful and beautiful birds, to none more
useful than to the farmer, since they destroy in
Vulnerable insects injurious to vegetation, are
then sacrificed to the wantonness and cruelty OF
those who know not what they do. Many pain
full instances of this kind came to my knowl-
edge year or two ago, when robbins, blue.
birds, sparrows and other varieties of birds,
which occasionally visit us early in the spring,
were shot down without any distinction or mer-
cy.
need not say that, apart from the pleasure
and delight which these innocent creatures af-
ford, the injury done to the farmer and TO the
community at large by their destruction is al
most incaculable. take this occasion, there
fore, to entreat every farmer, and every man
who has any regard for the public good, to use
his influence 10 put stop to this practice, not
only on his own premises, where he has an un.
disputed right, but throughout his neighborhood
and town. Stringent laws already exist against
the destruction of birds Let every inan see to
it that these laws be rigidly enforced, and rest
assured that he will be richly rewarded, not on
ly by the consciousness of an act of mercy in
preventing their annual and rapid diminution
but also by the fullness of jov and song with
which these sweet messengers of heaven will
surround his dwelling, and testify to every pass
er by that there is real practical Christianity
enough in its owner to protect them and to save
them.
will thank any man, in any section Of tht
State to inform me of the extent of the viola
ton of the laws of mercy and of the common
wealth, in order that, if necessary, more effectu
al measures may be taken to protect the birds
and thus invite and encourage them to live will
us. Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
CHARLES l.. FLINT.
| Sec'y of the Board Of Agriculture.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

The SOUTH IN BLossoM.-A correspondent,
writing from Charleston rs. CO., under date of
the 9th inst, says
"As you may really conceive, everything here
is spring like. Flowers of the most delicious
odor, and varied hues, are to be had in abund-
ance. The peach trees are in full blossom, and
even the stately magnolia is about opening its
first bud to the wooing warmth of the summer
sum- OF the revolutionary palmetto / saw but
one 1t is about eighteen or twenty feet high
having been planted about eleven years. But
what think you of shad, fresh from these south
ern waters, and green peas that warn us Of the
coming summer? gu
"Charleston is queer place, but not so old
as it looks The dust Of several ages has gath.
cred upon its houses since the Revolution, Civ.
ing it an appearance of antiquity that woulc
statte geologist. The streets are generally
narrow, and the houses have all large gardens
surrounded by tremendously high walls o.
fences. That part of the city which fronts tn,
battery has some splendid residences wild,
and wind-catching balcony projects from ever
store"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18
For the Grand River Times.
MAKE MY GRAVE IN SOME PLEAS
AMT NPOT ...


ANT SPOT
Lay me to rest when / come to die,
In some quiet nook, where the passer by
Will stop to gaze with a fearful eye
On the little mound;
Where the moon, her silvery rays will shed,
And the stars will watch with the sleeping dead;
Where the child, and stranger will lightly tread
Over the ground.
And there by my head let a marble stand,
And engraven on it tiny hand,
Pointing up to that better land
Beyond the tomb;
Let q dove sit perched on cypress tree,
Pluming its wings to soar away;
Emblem Of a spirit set free
For its heavenly home.
would have no willow trail o,er the ground,
With its graceful branches dropping down;
No mourning dove, with airy-like sound,
To mark my grave;
But plant near by some box, or pine,
Something that lives in winter time,
And tells of never fading cline
Beyond deaths wave.
April 12 1855 VIOLET.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

A FORMIDABLE UNDERTAKING.--A cotempo-
rary puts the tobacco question into the follow
ing shape:
"Supposc a tobacco.chewer is addicted to the
habit of chewing tobacco fifty years of his life,
and that each day of that time he consumes
two inches of the solid plug, it amounts to six
thousand four hundred and sventy-fve feet,
making nearly one mile and quarter in length
of solid tobacco, half an inch thick, and two
inches broad. Now what would the young be-
ginner think, if he had the whole amount
stretched out before him, and were told that to
chew it would be one of the exercises of his
life, and also that it would tax his income to
the amount of two thousand and ninety-four
dollars !"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

RAPPING OUT THE SPIRITs.-The ladies OF
Howell Gall smart and good lookng), made a
descent on a whiskey shop in that village q
short time since, and when they left, it was OBJ.
served that the heads of the barrels and kegs
around the premises had all collapsed from rap.
ping-settiDg at liberty the BAD SPIRITS which
had been confined therein, and true to their nat.
ural do,on,card tendency had thus disappeared
The ladies have since been arrested and will be
arraigned before the Circuit Court for trial
Judge Green presiding. We trust the Judge
will allow mercy to touch the scale with hel
downy finger and throw the balance on the gen
tier side.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

RAILROAD IN EGYPT.-The railway between
Alexandria and Cairo, distance Of one hundred
and thirty miles, is now complete, with the ex-
ception of the three bridges on the two branch.
es of the Nile and Delta Canal. The communi-
cation between the two towns may be kept up
by the line of railroad by crossing the river in
boats, but it will not be available for traffic and
passengers until after the bridges are complet-
ed. The most important bridge is the tubular
one which crosses the Dametta branch of the
Nile at Benha, and which is well advanced to-
wards completion.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

SAM SLICK UPON HAPPINEss.-I ask again,
what is happiness? 1t aint bein' idle, that's q
fact-no idle man or woman was ever happy
since the world began. Eve was idle, and that's
the way she got tempted, poor crittur; employ
ment gives both appetite and digestion. Duty
makes pleasure doubly sweet by contrast
When the harness is off, if the work aint too
hard, critter likes too kick up his heels. When
pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be
pleasures and when it's all labor and no play,
work, like an unstuffed saddle, cuts into the very
bone. Neither labor nor idleness has road
that leads to happiness one has no room for
the heart, the other corrupts it. Hard work is
the best Of the two, for that has, at all events,
sound sleep; the other has restless pillows and
unrefreshin' sleep; one is misfortune, the 9TH
er isa curse and money aint happiness, that's
rs clear as mud.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

The ANTI-LIQUoR LAW AT CHIcAGo.-The
Chicago Tribune, of Monday, observes that the
Sunday previous was one of the quietest that
has been known in that city for some years, and
says:
"During the entire day, as far as we are able
to ascertain by dligent inquiry, the bar-rooms,
saloons, groggeries, beer halls, and doggeries
of the city were kept STRICTLY closed, and no IL
quor was sold. On the preceding Sabbath over
six hundred of these places were in full blast,
dealing liquid damnation, at FIVE and ten cents
a glass. Yesterday there was not one What
a contrast! And the city wore an aspect of
quiet serenity, soberness and happiness that we
have never seen before. The day was bright
and beautiful, and nature as well as man seemed
to rejoice at the dawn of the regeneration of
our city,"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

FEED FOR Mich Cows-In late number of
the Ohio Cuhirator we find an article upon the
"kind of root or vegetable best for Mich cows
in winter"
In that the sugar beet is preferred. This is
probably a good article to produce milk, but
there are other things to be considered A COW
to give rich milk, and large quantity, should
be fed some nutritious grain along with the veg
etable, in order to keep on good coat of flesh
&C. A poor rackabone can't give milk, or a
large quantity. The best feed we know of, to
combine the necessary qualities, is corn meal to
be given with quantity of turnips, rutabaga OF
beets. The meal will keep up heart and good
coat of flesh, while the vegetable will produce
nutriment for the milk.
The above together with warm stable and
plenty of pure water, will enable COW to give
rich milk and plenty Of it,
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18
APPLE TREES ON CLAY SOIL.

1t is fact, well known to farmers generally,
that apple trees do not grow and thrive as well
on level clay land as on gravel or sandy ridges,
the roots do not descend to as great depth,
and if they should, they would have cold, wet
clay bed, to draw nourishment from. Now, to
raise good fruit on level clay land, propose the
following method Of cultivation, which have
tried and found successful: Set your trees on
green sward on the top of the ground, cutting
off the main root which runs downwards put
three bushels or more Of rotten chip manure
around and on the roots of each tree as you
transplant them; then dig ditch parallel with
each row of trees. about six feet from tho trees,
throw the dirt from the bitches on the roots and
around the trees; dig out the old rotten stumps
and place them around the trees they keep the
ground light. Care should be taken, in the fall,
to remove everything from the body of the tree
in which mice can live, or they will girdle the
trees with their teeth. Every spring, in tho
month Of May, hoe up the grass around the
trees, in circles of six feet diameter each then
take an old broom and a pail Of weak ley, or
potash water, and give every tree good scrub
bng Never whitewash your trees with lime
it closes the pores and Injuries more than it ben
e6ts. Ifyour land is poor, some manure from
the barn yard will do the trees good. have
fine young orchard, from seven to twelve years
DID, cultivated after the above manner. 1t now
thrives and bears regularly. Farmers, you who
live on level clay farms, try the above mode of
setting out and cultivating apple trees. All Of
us have partaken of the fruits Of the labors of
those who have preceded us, and we are all un-
der obligation to render some service to those
who may succeed us. Among all the farmers
who take the Dollar Newspaper, believe there
is none so indolent or penurious as not to be
xutlt linz 10 nd n 1.t Il
essary, in rearing and cultivating fruit trees.
1t is the peculiar character of the truly good
and wise, to take pleasure in promoting the hap
piness and the interests of their fellow men,
This cannot be done in more effectual way
than by planting and rearing fruit trees. They
| yield fruit after we are dead and gone. No
person ever planted fruit tree without feeling
a secret consciousness that he had rendered a
service of an important character, either to his
own family or to others who might come after
him. Cor. Dollar Newspaper.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

EXTRAORDINARY CURE.-Bloody Murrain in
cattle is plague or disease that is very seldom
cured. To the farmer it is scourge much
dreaded, as it frequently takes off numbers of
his finest and best cattle. We never heard of
but one severe attack being successfully treated,
and it being an extraordinary case, a description
may be interesting to the farmer and the cattle
grower. a
Mr. ]. S. Whitney, of Washington township
had cow attacked severely with the bloody
murran AS he knew Of no cure he supposed
of course she must die. Her horns had become
cold, bled at the nose, and trembled very much
eyes sunken, &c. He happened to think of q
medicine that was very good for many other
things, consequently, as it could do no harm,
might possibly do good. He gave the cow half
the contents of 374 cent bottle of Budd's Lin
ament. In short time the murrain ceased
He then gave dose of Linseed OIL This seem.
ed to make it worse. Gave her the balance OF
the Linament and in few hours the COW was
we'll and eating hay as usual.
Toledo Blade
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18
EGGS AND POULTR Y.

Most persons are fond of eggs, and especial
ly Of chickens, and it is certainly matter of sur
prise to me, that every man, and farmer in par
tcular does not have his poultry yard. It is said
that Henry Nv, of France boasted that when
his plans should be accomplished, the condition
of the people would be so much improved, that
every poor family in his kingdom could have q
fowl for their dinner on Sundays. Were the
people in our own country disposed, every fam
lily might have fowl not only on Sunday, but
on every other day, and also plenty of eggs
which is most wholesome article of Diet
Poultry and eggs demand high price in the
winter season, but, with little care and troub-
10, all in town, or country may have them, and
at a triaing cost. A room ten feet square,
tightly enclosed on all sides but the South,
which should be Slated, will be sufficient for a
dozen hens. They will need plenty of lime,
gravel and dry sand. Then, with water and
what food they will eat, they will lay all the
year round. This number of fowls will eat
about quart of corn a day; but they should
have plenty standing by them all the time, and
it may take as much as fifteen bushels to keep
them during the year. Hens will not lay if
their feed comes to them in scant MEASURE
They should also have about quart of parch-
ed oats thrown into them once week; some
give them few ounces eff chopped meat once a
week; it is well enough, but do not consider
it essential. From these hens may be obtained
four to six eggs a day all winter; and in the
course of year will lay at least two thousand
eggs, besides raising hundred chickens, which
may be fattened for the market. They can be
made one of the greatest sources ofprofit to the
farmer. After the chickens are hatched, two
hens are enough to raise hundred, and the
coops may be made in the garden, or under the
fruit trees and by this means the chickens will
destroy the bugs and other insects which so
greatly damage the garden, and--by picking up
the curculio on their first appearance on the
earth, before they have time to ascend the trees
and puncture the fruit--they will many times
repay for all the labor and feeding they will re-
quire.
When the chickens are about four weeks old
they ought to be separated from the hens, as
they will wander less and are reared more easi.
| ly. They should be fed with Indian meal mix.
ed with water. Farmers may rely upon it, moth.
ing will afford a larger profit for the labor and
care expended, than the poultry-yard.
Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

WAR ON CHRISTIAN PRINcrPLEs.-Eli Jones.
member of the Society of Friends, was elect
ed, on the part of the House of Representa-.
tives, Major General Of the Second Division of
the Militia of Maine. In his speech, Mr.. Jones
said
"With much pleasure would he stand before
the militia of the second Division and give such
orders rs he thought best. The first would be
to Ground Armsn The second would be
Right about face! Beat your swords into
ploughshares and your spears into pruning
hooks, and learn war no more = and he would
then dismiss every man to his farm and to his
merchandise, with an admonition daily to read
at his firesde the New Testament, and ponder
upon its tdngs of Peace on earth and good
will to menv"
He, however, declined the honor, but in spite
Of that was elected, and was only saved from
the epaulettes by the non-concurrence of the
Senate. Providence Journal
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

A CoRNELIA DIGGNG FOR HER JEwELs.-The
Maine papers give an account of woman and
her four daughters, in Franklin county, Maine,
who shovelled snow three feet deep from a
path nineteen rods long, to enable the daugh-
ters to reach school-house, the first ever erect
cd in the district in which the husband and faith
er Of this family has resided twenty.one years.
lie didn't think the labor worth the reward, but
his wife did,
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18
Sec'y of the Board of Agriculture.

TRANSITION OF SoUL.-The transition is
doubtless instantaneous. tits no tiresome walk
down through lonely dark valley; it is no wea-
ry flight upward, as the eagle mounts, higher and
higher; but no sooner is a believers soul disem-
bodied, than it is in Paradise. The partition
once broken down, wha. shall hinder nm imme.
diate view of all beyond! And o, what NOR
ming is that day break of glory The Sun of
Righteousness shines in all its brightness. 1t
is the effulgence of Christ's person which lights
up that whole far-stretchng world, and sheds a
quckening radiance on every resident there
If, two thousand years before Christ's coming
on earth, Abraham rejoiced to see his day, what
must be the joy of seeing him as he now is, at
the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens!
Stray beams of his lustre often fall on the
dying believer before his soul leaves its tene-
ment. "This is heaven begun" said the Rev.
Thomas Scott; 81 have done with darkness for
ever. Satan is vanquished. Nothing now re-
mains but salvation, with eternal glory-eternal
glory" Come to the veranda of Bramminic
temple. In the last spasms of Asiatic cholera
Gordon Hall cries Glory, glory, glory" and
passed thro' glory's morning gate.
And walked in Paradise"
"Blessed arc the dead that die in the Lord
from henceforthw Blessed are the dead-not
survivors, not the most favored of those who
remain here, still shining and repenting, and Sc
imperfectly serving God-but blessed are the
dead in Christ who have ceased from sin, are
made perfect in holiness, and have passed into
Paradise. [Thompson's Better Land"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

"DoN'T This is the first thing an
editor should get by heart If Mr.. Slocum
threatens to withdraw his patronage, because
you criticised Professor Drawl's lecture on the
onion question, don't worry-but tell him to
60 ahead and do it. If MIR. Bullion writes you
an insulting letter, saying that if you don't
stop writing about the Diddleton Railroad, he
will ruin you with law suit-don't worry, but
dare him to try it on. If Mr.. Smith threatens
to "cave your head in" because you mentioned
that his son Bob," was sent to the Tombs for
pelting street lamp with brick bats-dont
worry, but tell him that you so love law that
you dine on salad made of red tape and seal.
ing-wax. If Mr.. Silk approaches you with u
horse pistol that kicks" and offers to blow
your brains out if ever you again allude to his
visits to Mrs. Demures, don't worry about it, but
tell him to pull its "what you call it," and blaze
away. Again we say, never worry. Ifyou do,
you are no more calculated for an editor than
Quaker is for marine hornppes.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

CALLING ON HER CoLoNIEs.--It is telegraph
ed from Halifax (N. S. that the Government of
that colony has received authority to raise a
forigen legion for the British service there, with
couple Of regiments formed of persons born
subjects of the English Government.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

ANOTHER RAILRoAD.--The Canadians ure
agitating the subject ofa Railroad from Maiden
to Buffalo, to run on the north shore of the lake.
They propose to tunnel Detroit River at Maiden
and connect with the Michigan Southern Road
The cost Of the road is estimated at So, 100000
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

Some philosopher, has remarked that " the
most beautiful hand in the world is the hand
that gives" That is true as far as money, char
ity, help, and encouragement is concerned, but
when it comes imperishably remembered as the
hand that used to scrub our necks on Saturday
nights, and an indistinct recollection of innumer.
able spanks, we demur-decidedly.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-18

Henry Ward Beecher says: 81 never knew
an early rising, hard working, prudent man, care
ful of his earnings and strictly honest, who COM
planned of bad luck. A good character, good
habits and good industry, are impregnable to the
assaults Of all the i'll luck that fools ever dream
ed Of"