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Leo ard Chandler, Lieut.. J. w. Dargan.
scrs''. ) +. Bradford Chairman.
w. J. N. Ilarunct. Sec'ry
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What the Farmer most Needs.

1t is not n college endowed by the State,
says n cotemperary; it is primary schools
to prepare farmers sons and daughters for
the higher walks in science as applied to
agriculture. They need organization
They want farmers clubs, and neighbor-
hood libraries of agricultural books
They need discussion. They need more
intercourse, not only in their own town
and country, but throughout the State
and country, to see and learn what other
farmers are doing, and adopt them. This
Is the greatest need Of farmers They
need to become satisfied with their voca-
ton; to get rid Of the prevailing notion
that farming is, necessarily, an unmental
employment; that iss-that. the farmer bas
no occasion To think; has no occasion for
education, and never can become wealthy
or what the world would call respectable,
while engaged in the culture OF the earth,
and therefore he seeks the first opportuni-
ty to escape from an avocation placed un-
der ban not only by all others, but his
own class also. The great reed of the
farmer is, that he shall declare himself
independ mt Of all other classes; at least
more so than they are Of him, and of
course lie is entitled to engage in any 9TH
er calling whatever; and if he is q man
Of toll, that is no reason why he should
not be man Of intellect. The great need
Of the farmer is organization, and this
must be accomplished by few selfsacri-
ticing men, who will undertake the labor
OF establishing and maintaining farmers
clubs in every neighborhood. Farmers
need to drop politics, and take up agri-
culture. They must talk, read and think
and they viii be sure to act or their chill
dren will act for them.--V Vermont states
man.
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folds of her snow-whte shroud. | knelt
beside her, laid my cheek Upon her cold
face, and tried to realize, as l sobbed in
the agyny Of my half broken heart, that
L was motherless.
BLESSED are the dead that die in the
Lord" Low down in the garden, in a
beautiful green square, there are many
grassy hillocks, with white tombstones
cleaning from among the rose bushes :;
and tall, beautiful Balm of Gilcads, with
their shining, quivering leaves, stand us
sentlneIs around the sacred spot. There
my mother was laid to rest, tive of her
household having preceded her to that
quiet bourne" And then another grave
was dug in aquiet valley "o'er the hills
and far away" for the dark-eyed daugh-
ter of the house; and another on a bleak
and lonely hill, in the pathless pine woods
young, buoyant, and an active hunts
man when the sun rose, bat ere it pealed
in the golden west, a bleeding mass -
There is strength deep in our hearts, of
which we know little. "til the shafts Of
heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling"
There was still left at our home u dear
one to my heart, whose love, like bright
sunbeam, threw out its radiance far into
the night and tempest of my world
The holy incense of prayer and the
music of domestic hymns continued to as
cend from bleeding hoarts-for there sat
the vacant chair! and the sweetest voice
had been hushGd.
My father-how loved him His was
a noble and tender heart, kind to every
thing, beautiful in his relations to his in
terors s"--delighting in the sublime beau
tics of nature, and worshipping our Crea-
tor with zeal al devotion.
How often the prayer went up from my
heart that he might be spared long to
dwell with us! How loved to push
back from his temples his white wavy
locks and look into his calm, expressive
blue eyes. They made me think Of hea-
ven! But oh, he too, my idoIizcd father
must die ! What mutterable agony
filled my bosom at the thought. clasp
ed my hands, but prayed not, for feelings
wild, and oh, how desolate! came crowd
ing upon my memory's pathway, seeming
to annhilate me with their very intensity
A brief year passed, and, then, there
was hurrying to and fro, lights glancing
from window to window--silent footsteps,
and spbdued voices, convuisive sighS, and
heart breaking sobS. Oh, God temper
the wind," for he too was dead
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five slaves If that be so, why has not
free labor been employed in the produc-
ton of the above staples2 1t has been
attempted, but in every case in which it
has been introduced, has failed. The
world follow its interests, and if free labor
was more valuable than slave, it would be
employed at this moment, in the United
States, Cuba and Brazil, which are all
open to free labor. And herein note the
greater liberality and seIfreliaut strength
of the slave over the free States. The
former freely permit the Northern capt. al
ist to come in with his free labor and com
pete with slave labor. The latter pass
laws prohibiting the Southern capitalist
from coming in with his slaves to compete
with Northern labor. Their prohibtory
laws are passed because they are afraid Of
slave competition, whereas, the South, in
the face Of the pretence which has been
handed 1own from Wilberforce to these
times, that one white laborer is equal in
value to five slaves, throws her doors wide
open and invites the free labor to walk
in and try its hand, and it dare not
come.
What would become of England, the
arch.agitator Of aboitionlsm, but for cot
ton, by the manufacture of which she has
waxed fat and strong, while she curses
the system by which it is produced. BY
the way, will some one inform us why the
English conscience has never suffered as
much from slavery in Brazil as slavery in
the United States ?-Richmoud Despatch.
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The Pin and tha Needle.

A pin and needle being neither in
workbasket, and both being idle, began
to quarrel, rs idle folks are apt to do.
81 should like to know" said the pin,
"what YOU are good for, and how you ex-
Pect to get through the world without
head"
What is the use Of your head" replied
the needle rather sharply, "if you have no
eye 2"
"What is the use Of an eye" said the
pin, "if there is always something in
it!"
vi am more active, and can 20 through
more work than you can," said the nee
die.
Yes, but you will not live long" :.
"Why not!'
"Because you have always n stitch in
your side" sard the pin.
YOU'RE poor crooked creature" said
the needle.
And you aTe So proud that you can't
bend without breaking your back"
"lll pull your head Oft if you insult "re
again"
I'LL put your eye out you touch me
remember, your life hangs on a single
thread" said the pin.
While they were thus conversing, lit
tie girl entered, and undertaking to sew,
she very soon broke off the needle at the
eye. Then she tied the thread around
the neck Of the pin, and attempting to
sew with it, she pulled its head off and
threw it into the dirt by the side of the
br'ken needle.
well, here we are" said the needle.
I'VE have nothing to fight about
now, said the pin. 1t seems misfortune
has brought us to our senses"
"a pity we had not come to them soon.
err said the needle.
"llow much we resemble human Beings,
who quarrel about their blessings ill they
lose them, and never find out that they
are brothers ill they lie down in the dust
together, rs we do"
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From the 1ibany State Reqistej
Tight Times.

This chap is around again. lie has
Lecn in town Tor Il week. He NAV be
seen on Change every day. lie is over
on the Pier, along Quay street, up Broad
way, stalks up Stale street, looks III at
the banks and lounges in the hotels. He
bores our merchants, and seats himself
cozIly in lawyers offices. He is every
where.
A great disturber of the public quiet,
Pestilcnt fellow, is this same TIGHT TINES.
Everybody talks about him, everybody
looks out 'or him, everybody hates him,
and II great many hard words and no
little profauc epithels are bestowed upon
hin. Everybody would avoid him il
they could, everybody would hiss him
from Change, hoot him off the Pier,
chase him from Quay street, hustle him
out of Broadway, kick him out of the
banks, throw him out Of the stores, out
of the hotels, but they cant. TIGur TINES
is a bore. A bur, he will stick. HINTS
are thrown away on him, abuse Iavishel
in vain, kicks, cuffs, profanity, are all
thrown away on him. lie is lmpervious
to them all.
An impudent fellow is TIGnr TlMEs.-
Ask for discount, and he looks over
your shoulder, wnks to the cashier, and
your note is thrown out. Ask loan of
the usuries ut one per cent. n month h.
looks over your securities, and marks two
and half Present bill TO your debt
or, TIGHr TINES shrugs his shoulders,
rolls up his eyes, and you musl call again.
A wife asks for u fashionable brocale, q
daughter tor new bonnet; he puts his
cayeat, and the brocade aud bonnet are
postponed.
A great depreciator Of stocks is TrGHr
TIMES. lie steps in among the brokers,
and down goes Central. He plays the
deuce with Michigan Central, with Michi
gan Southern, with hudson River, with
New York and Erie. He goes along the
railroads in process Of construction, aud
the lrishmen throw down their shovels
and walk away. He puts his mark upon
railroad bonds, and they tind no purclla-
sers, are Kissed out of market, become
obsolete--aUsoluteIy dead.
A great exploder OF bubbles is TIGHr
TINES. lie looks into the affairs Of gold
companies, and they fly to pieces into
kiting banks, and they stop payment
into rckety insurance comp lnies, and
they vanish away. lie walks around cor.
ner lots, draws line across photographic
cities, and they disappear. He leave,
his footprint among mines, and the ricl
metal becomes dross. lie breathes upor
the cunningest schemes of speculation
and they burst like a torpedo.
A hard master for tae poor, a crue
enemy to the laboring masses, Is TIoH
TiaEs. He takes the mechanic from hi
bench, the laborer from his'work, the nod
carrier from his ladder lie runs up III
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IN ADVANCE
N U M B E R 46

prices Of provisions, and he runs down the
wages Of labor. He runs up the price of
fuel, and he runs down the ability to pur-
chase it at any price. lie makes little
children hungry, and cry for food cold,
and cry for fire and clothing III . makes
poor women sal, makes mothers weep,
discourages the hearts of fathers, carries
care and anxiety into families, and sits
cTouching desolation in the corner and on
the hearthstones of the poor. A hard
master to the poor is TIGnr TINES.
A curious fellow is TIGHr TINES, full
of idiosyncrasies and crotchets. A cos
mopolite, Il wanderer, too. Where he
comes from nobody knows, and where he
goes nobody knows. He flashes along
the telegraph wires, he takes free pas
sage in the cars, he seats himself in the
stages, or goes along the turnpikes on
foot. lie is gentleman on Wall street
today, and back settler on the borders
OF civilization tomorrow. We hear Of
him in London, in Paris, in St. Peters
burgh, at Vienna, Berlin, at CONSTANT
noP!e, at Calcutta, in China, all over the
commercial world, in every great city. in
every rural district-cverywhere.
There is one way to avoid being bored
by this troublesome fellow, Tteur TIMES.
1t is the only way for Il country, city,
town, as well as individual men, to "keep
shut of his presence always. Let the
country that would Danish him, be.
ware Of extravaganza, Of speculation, of
over-lrading, of embarking in visionary
schemes OF aggrandlzcmcut. Let it keep
out of wars, avoid internal connections,
and go right along, taking care of its own
interests and husbanding resources. Let
the city that would exclude him, be eco
nomicaI in its expenditures, indulging in
no schemes of speculation, making no
useless improvements, building No rail-
roads that it cannot pay for, Withholding
its credit from mushroom corporations,
keeping down its taxes and going right
along, taking care of its own interests and
outstanding lis own resources. Let the
individual man who would exclude him
from his domestic circle, be industrious,
frugal, keeping out of the whirlpool of
politics, indulging no taste for Office, hold
ing uiN his dish when pudding falls from
the clouds, laying by som hing when the
sun shines, to make up for the dark days
for
''Somc days MUST be dark and dreary;"
working on always with heart full of
confidence in the good providence of God,
and cheerful in the hope Of "the good
time coming"
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Mormon Wives

Some very amusing letters from Utah
have been recently written by new saints
and published in the Chicago papers,
One lately acquired brother is in raptures
with the institution Of polygamy. lie
has three wives; the latest, he says, which
he "took three months ago, is from near
Hamburg, Germany. She is larger than
either Sarah Ann or Elizabeth, (the name
Of my second wife, and, | say it without
invidiousness or impropriety, is decidedly
handsome. The person is OF good size,
very round, full chest bright flaxen hair,
and soft blue eyes. She enters into the
duties of her new situation with wonder
ful alacrity, and is very happy, as are also
Sarah Ann and Elizabeth. You may be
surprised at this, but you will be still more
SO when 1 assure you that all Of my pre-
sent wives are an Sious chat | should get
another-one who is fitted by education,
and physically adapted, to take charge OF
the business of the dairy. With such an
arrangement Of my household, every de.
partment Of q well organized establish.
ment, on a palriarchal scale would have
head to it. and be governed in order
| have no inclination TO comply on my
own account, as am well satisfied with
those | now have; but il should do 50
il would be entirely out Of regard for
them Ny daughter Louisa is engaged
to be married to a man from Pennsyl
vania, who has already wife and three
children"
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own h' use. If the river Jordan does not
drown him when he attempts to cross it,
there is no sense in placing Heaven on the
other side of the river.
And yet Deacon A gathered his
family around the altar that evening. and
asked his God to remember the poor, to
help and bless them lie believed him
stIf one of the elect, and he is only a
type OF thousands Of others.
Individual effort alone can make the
man. Ii he has not the true and lofty
ideal of goodness in his soul, he cannot
work 1t out any more than the clownish
stone.c"ttcr can clrisel out Greek Slave,
or Venus di Medicis. And having the
ideal, nothing but inccSsant labor, worlds
OF struggle and toll. can ever enable him
to realize his model idea. ...
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The Thief and the Child.

In the neighboring town there was a
fair; aud therefore all the people were
gone from the village to the town, TO be
merry there, and make purchases. In
the village, when evening came, it was
quite silent. No one Was either seen or
heard there. The draw well, usually such
a noisy place in the evening, come to
fetch water, was quite deserted. The
great linden tree, beneath which tue peas
ant lads siliim an evening, and sing. was
also deserted. There was only now sol.
i,sry little bird singing among the branch
es. The very roots of the old tree, the
great pIay-pIace Of the village children,
were deserted; you only saw few ants
which had over stayed their time at work
hurrying home us fast as they could.
Twilight sank down gradually over ev-
ery,hing. When the merry noisy birds
had crept into their roostiug places, the
queer little bats glided forth from holes
In the tree stem, aud flew gently and soft.
ly about through the evening SKY.
A man came round the corner Of a
barn. lie cre?t silently and in fear along
the wall, where the shadow was strongest.
lie glanced around him with anxiety, to
see whether any other men were out who
would see him. When he believed him
self nnobserved, lie climbed over the wall;
then he crept along on all-fours, like a
cat, till he came to an open window Of a
house, and then he disappeared through
the window.
The man had bad thoughts in his
heart; he was q thief, and had dctermin.
ed 10 rob the people of the house.
When he had entered by the window,
he found himself in an empty room and
close 10 this room WAS chamber. Tho
door leading into the chamber was not
locked.
TIE thief imagined it possible. that al
though the people were gone 10 the fair
some one might still he in the room; there
fore he listened with his ear against the
door.
He heard child's voice, and looking
in through the key y-hole, 10y the glimmer-
ing light from the window, he saw that
n little child was sitting up all by Itself in
~ Hsto pSVt piaNub ine HtLIt cU1Iu
Was saying tbs Lords prayer before going
to sleep, as il bad been taught 10y its mo
,her TO do.
The man was pondering how he might
best rob the house, when the cbiIll's clear,
ioul voice fell upon lis ear, rs it prayed
these words:
"And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil"
i words smote the mans heart, and
his slumbering conscience awoke. He
felt how great the sin was he was about
to commit. He also folded his hands and
prayed--"And lead us not into tempta
lion, but deliver US from evil - And our
dear Lord heard him.
By the same road that he had come,
he returned, and crept back into his oh am
Der. Here repented with his whole heart
all the evil he had done in his life; be-
sought God for forgiveness, and retained
thanks 70 Him for the protection he had
sent to him through the voice Of pious
child.
lie has since become an industrious and
honest man.
s $500
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APPLE JELLY.--Wash and cut the ap-
Piles in two or three pieces, to seesif there
be any worms in them put them in
bright brass or porcelain lined kettle, and
cook until the apples are done take out
and strain the juice from them, and put
them on the stove again, and boil them
until they begin to look dark then add
one-tbird as much sugar, by weight, and
boil until they become a jelly put into
cups or tumblers, and tie paper over the
tops. This il excellent for making Jelly
cakes. Try it.--Ohio Caltipator
Barron OAKEs.--Six ounces Of grated
loaf sugar, six ounces Of fresh butter, one
ounce Of -four, little spice, and two
grains Of volatile salts--mix the whole
with two eggs.
Rock BIsoUITs Beat six ounces III
fresh butter TO cream, add six ounces
powdered loaf sugar, half a. pound cur.
rants, one ounce cendied peel, and three
eggs; stir 10 one pound Of -four BY de-
gfees, well mix, and make into cakes
bake 10 quick oven. ~
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SLAvERy AND CoaMEecE.--The shole
commerce Of the world turns upon the
products OF slave labor. What would
commerce be without cott,n, sugar, To-
bacco, coffee, rice and naval stores All
these are the products Of slave labor. 1t
is settled fact that free labor cannot
produce themin sufficient quantity to sup /.
ply the demands Of mankind. Il has
been said that one free lsborer isequal to
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SIR ISAAC NEwroN--AS EXAMPLE FOR
BoYs.-In the middle Of the seventeenth
century there was an English boy of mean
and diminutive appearance. and behind
all other boys Of his age He was con.
stantly at the foot of his class, and verify
it was believed that this boy would be-
come only bungler of some kind, for
surely the soul Of learning was not in
him.
At the age of twelve a change was
wrought i'll the character and fortune Of
the youth that had never obtained "a re-
ward Of merit" and was regarded by
teacher and schoolmaster as an inferior.
At this time an alteration took place be-
tween this backward boy and the one
above him in the class, whereupon the
latter treated him with indignity and vio-
ence.
The prid" Of the boy was outraged
He couldnot revenge the insult by blow,
because he was too weak to cope with his
opponent physically. How. then, shall
he humble his assailantl He resolved to
surpasS him in study, to get above him in
the class and there remain, to look down
upon his enemy, and clip from him the
laurels he 80 indiScretly wears. He re-
solved-accompIished; became most de-
voted scholar; commenced career Of
glory; and Sir Isaac Newton appeared
with n key to unlock themysteres of mo.
ton, and to draft a true chart of the stu
pendous universe Scientific american.
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Honorable Courtshin.

We heard q pretty little incident the
other day, which we cannot help relating
A young lady from the South, it seems,
was wooed aud won by youthful phys
ician living in California. When the en-
gagemeut was made, the doctor was rich
having been very successful at San Fran
cisco. 1t had not existed six months,
however, when, by an unfortunate invest
ment, he lost his entire "heap." This
event came upon him, il should be ad-
ded, just as he was about to claim his
BRIDE. What does he do! Why, like
an honorable and chivalrous young fellow
as he was, he sets down and writes the
lady every particular of the unhappy turn
which had taken place in his fortunes,
assuring her that it the fact produced any
change in her feelings to ward him, she is
released from every promise she has made
him. And what does the dear, good girl
do9 Why, she takes lump of pure
gold, which her love had sent her in his
prosperity as keepsake, and having it
manufactured into Il ring, forwards it to
him, with the following Bible incription
engraved in distinct characters on the
outside: "Entrcat me not to leave thee,
or to return from following after thee for
whittier thou gocst win go, and whittier
thou lodgest will I lodge thy people will
he my peopIe,and thy God my God; where
thou dest v ill |, and there will be bur
led; the Lord do SO to me, and more also,
if aught but death part me and thee"
The lover idoIized his sweetheart more
than ever, when he received this precious
evidence Of her devotion to him both in
storm and sunshine. We may add, that
fortune soon again smiled upon the young
physician, and that he subsequently re-
turned to the North to wed the sweet girl
he loved, and who loved him with such
undying affection. Reader, this is all
true. Young ladies who read the Bible
as closely rs the heroine of this incident
seems to hive done, are pretty sure to
make good sweethearts, aud better wives.
-LiUerpool IPeekty Journal.
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EE ma" ,aid an iaquisi i've little
girl, "wilI rich and poor people live to-
ge,let when they 20 70 heaven I"
"Yes, my dear, they viii be all alike
there
@Ther, ma, Why don't rich and poor
Christians associate together here r.
The rich mother did not answer.
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Desperate cuts msss hays asspsFsis
curea
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A brief year passed, and, then, there
was hurrying to and fro, lights glancing
from window to window--sientf footsteps,
and snbdued voices, convuisive sighs, and
heart-breaking sobS. Oh, God temper
the wind" for he too was dead
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-27

NEW INSTRUMENTAL portion of the
silver instruments designed for the Armory Band,
have been completed and will arrive in the course
of q few days. The remainder will be completed by
the first of May. that the Band will rave tn em
for use before the summer sets in. We understan
from some of the members OF the "Bluss," that
Smiths Band YVES highly spoken of on their late
visit to the North, and that several officers in Phs-
delphia declared its music equal to any they ever
marched after. such praise i. well deserved, for e
think this Band has superior for military purposes
while its members are straightforward, correct
men, and well deserving the encouragement extend
ed to them by our citizens