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AGRICULT r A L .
Silcsian sheep.

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h'pk' III ~ -Ils nt"' oh9' CAhrDtIL'"
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@ hIcn'nonu ohco' haNe oecn W IN '.'n'
past w mos, VI our ,uuieI' '. ttc;,":Y eu'
ensageu IN tne lh'ro,"ctlIn VI I.,eS''n o"p
.,.? ", t',s c'uu'rY, wv. in -: ] .
tne,r own use I9r WooI-pIo"..e Pu, po'eN' "e
~ell W. 'or 'nc!, I's'eun INV ~" ,.toS ~, ,'
turner's IL VIII We renN"''cIeu ''"' .Hr'
CANPDtLL was t"e 'rSt 70 ''"p'rt 'ut'e sre.p'
having H't'r Vra'el''ng tnr""g" 9p'ln'
france ana otnfT portions 81 inc cp"'''.ent'
selected them "' nest "a n'eu' IN M, eS'''n"-
tlon' 20 our wants ne also S"Iec,en num-
her whl'h were brought over ny Mr Cham-
/ hHrlnin about n year ago, and last August
third importation arrived. These tock' nave
hoen kept Mt his Farm in Duchess Co during
the past winter chiefly under the care OF a
German who canN with the second lot, and
Of whose ability in this particular fold their
condition gives good evidence While tho
Silnsilns. Ike other fine wooled sheep. have
not the roundness and beauty Of form. which
commonis the rura South1own at once to
the admiration Of tho least cxnorencoi
hchollor the beauty or their nance its weight
ns c,mrarnd with the weight Of or tho ami.
nal and thoir manifest value. not only as A
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commune 10 make th"rn well worth we atten-
ton ot American wool growers " theT are
scarcely as prepoescsVuc q ms some others,
those that have known them best. have con-
st1ntlv hecnme moro md mora continued of
their cxcellont cuolitv
,
y, h'sr week ,'e Gentlemen named met az
Mr' thamperlhhs 10 ne present AZ tne
/ shearinC OF portion OF the hock. ana we
] were clad Of the opportunity Of witnessing
such test of their rrodnctiveness.
We have g, minute If tho ,ra;chts of .evarol
/ a., l;,L ,,a,. ,.. ,,;, -. .,,o, a, ca;
/ ''! "
| examples ot the hummer shorn' ana as auorn.
/ lng ample grounds Tor general estimate ut
/ the average rroductivencss of tn breed. 1t
/ is proper to say Of them that thev were
unyva she'd. hut generally vcrv claar or dir,
that the owes had sucl,ed tbe;r l,roh.
,irs,,oi, .La ,,;,.ar ord o..;o ae -
,"lp,HI ."e T'.u'i "u" :" poi riIn v. ln t'Ie'h
i'au i.lu 70 un'erSp tue il9'r ol tue 'ovASe
to this country, and that the age OF the
| 1eccrs was in most cases less than year.
They were nrettv evenly shorn though our
/ .ia;.. f,1 ';s;s,s ,Lo. .bo 4, Corn,,n
/ ~ ''''I't' '"", ~
glrls would leaVe them NIUE smoother,
/ taking the wool on " so, as by one cut.
The ielt-hke appearance and feel of the shorn
lamb, attested the fneness and thickness of
the wool
ESe No. 1872 Fleece Of II months growth weighed
ms o. Oarcass, Iaiter shesrins'l ~ Io' -
nyf a"'U ol a;.b ~ Wv
rvTc Vn 16o Two years oIj--eeeee oeIl months
growth-weight lbs o. Carca,, ~ lbs Her
first lamb now 4 (. months old, weigh, 81 lbs.
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from the Prairie Flrmer.l
He DON'T.

Farmer Greenasgrass goes to the swamp
and digs up lot of Maple trees, leaving only
three long ro IS apiece-and these he cuts off
TO a foot or fifteen inches in length-with
trunks long. slender and slim, and with
branches few, long and struggling These
he digs holes for in the turf before his house,
and " sets them OUT thinking that pretty
soon they will be fine trees. Now he ought
to know better than all this but he don't
Grcennsgrass has neighbor who let's all
his hogs run in the street, thinking he saves
something over having good clover pasture
for them. he result is that they annoy
everybody and though they have not one
ear to three hogs the dogs having torn them
off long ago, yet they have learned no man
ners by all their discipline and are still IN
every place except where they ought to be
They are poor. lank specimens, and will
never fat when the time comes for fatting
Now he ought to know that is a bad way Of
doing things but he don {.
Farmer Ardent buys Reaper cuts his
grain with it, and then let's it stand where il
did its last days work, till the next harvest
comes round, when he finds il good deal
damaged, more in fact since the harvest than
/ during its progress 1t cost Sl25, but in
this way it will not last more than two or
three seasons while if it had been well
/ housed, it would last, with some repairs,
/ ubIcn years NJ ltucl ai'hvi -hlNchs Ou5uN
to know this 4; but he don't.
Farmer l. ploughs three inche. deep, year
after year, and in good seasons gets thirty
five or forty bushels of corn per acre In
dry seasons he only gets few nubbins"
/ His land wont grow any grass to speak Of,
and he wonders why. He ought to know the
reason why he gets no better corn crops and
why the grass fails but he don't.
Timothy Nipandtuck never has any luck
He works hard enough but things never
como round right with him. His calves are
all poor and lousy his cows, rough haired
and thin, only give milk three months in the
summer his hogs never keep their own
side his fences tumble down and tempt all
the cattle into his corn; and his children are
ragged and saucy. Nipandtuck always car
rias Jug to the field, which smells as if it
held whiskey. Perhaps it does. Now, Nj
pandtuck ought to know that he never does
anything right that he only half does any
piece of work and that the reason his chill
dren get too little bread, is that he drinks
the Juice of it out of that little jug He
ought TO know this but he don't.
John Towhottom has prodigious big
farm it is as wide as a prairie and every
wear it is covered all over with corn and
wheat, and oats, and mules, and cattle for
rowbottom is a good farmer and az rich as
mud. But every body notices that Towbot-
tom S children don't know anything. They
are the toughest, stupidest, and least intel
ligent children in all the neighborhood. Peo-
pie say that old Towbottom has not book
: in his house except an old almanac and halt
a copy of Dilworth's Arithmetic and that
his children scarcely ever so to school. Now
Towbottom ought 10 know better than al
this but he dont.
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. Al.
Stay where you arc.

In tho West wo have met with persons
possessed Of n mania for clearing land. As
long ns their farms nj ford unlimited opror-
tunities for chopping down hugo trees and
burning up huge logs. they work away with
tho ardor Of passion but tho moment they
have made their farms tilla5lo and their
houses inhabitnble. they take no further
interest in them whatever, and are eager to
sell out and plunge deeper into the woods to
ply again the axe and brand. Thus the
country is cleared rapidly but the blood Of
the people is fevered, and tho passion FOR
change continues aft.r the good done by it
has been accomplished.
The necessity for rapid clearing Of land
has ceased We have cleared faster thnn we
have Appropriated. The Eastern and Middle
states present an exranse, almost un'rokrn,
Of half-cutiyated land, dotted with uoot-
tractve homes A large probably
ma aiority-of those who occupy those homes
are, at least, ~iH,nc. if not desirous to sell
their farms and try their ortun" in ncw"r
region. They know that the burden Of life
is heavy to he borne where they are they
hope it will he lighter somewhere else. Troy
forget that the life Of no honest man is easy.
They omit from their calculations all the
unseen and spiritual advantages ola rermn-
nent residence They overlook thi fact that
the real nutriment Of trrn or man flows
in from the minute tcndrlS Of the root
scarcely visible to the eve. which n removal
rudely tears away. They have neglected
to make their homes charming. by planting
the ornamental shrub, the shading troo. the
beautiful flower. They have not enlisted in
their crops Of co-opcrators the noyt-tn-omni-
potent aid Of Science. nor bound themselves
to the fields they till by the interest Of
varied. intelligent experiment They do not
know that new Lands, though they give II
large increase, yet draw large tribute from
! the men who 90 to live upon them. The
| forest and the prairie do not yield without a
struggle, nor without imparting some OF
| their wildness to their conquerors. It is a
/ game of Give and Take between civilized man
and wild nature.
/ To most men, over twenty-five years Of
age, who have footing upon their native soil
we believe the advice is good Stay where
| you are, and determine to stay as long as
! life lasts Perseverng toll, guided by a
thinking head and ennohlcd by a worthy
purpose, riH reduce the mort gage by degrees
and beautify the old home and fcrtilil, the
sterile field, and drain the too fertile marsh
and convert stones into stone fence, and
make the farm the prd, of the township and
the delight of its owner. Stay where yor
are, and try it There are those who shoul'
remove-thc young, the strong, the uncap
tailed, the ne-toO-many in n family. But
if possible. such should remove but once
seeking not a stopping place, but porma
nent home, in which. and around which, al
that is best in their natures may gather an
centre
Would that we could whisper it convin
cingly into the ears of nine-tenths Of ou
restless, rowing fellow-citizens, Stay wher
you are life illustrated
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lcctual boy, with his bright big, blue eye,
gazing supernaturally into mine, and thought
how that, perhaps, bat for my neglect, his
mother might then have been alive. | know
not how looked, or how acted, but know
that man never suffered more in q short space
of time. than did. I have never got over
it vet, and never shall. You may not be
able to realize the full force of it, but
would not have the same touch of heart t-break
again. not for all the lands ever owned
by McGregor.'
tried to do what could to drive away the
deep melancholy, that seemed to have settled
upon him. But he would not be comforted.
lie seemed to be impressed with the idea,
that here in San Francisco, where so many
live in extravaganza and snlendor, his only
friend, his beloved and afoctionate mother,
had been allowed to perish in abject poverty
and neglect. | attended the funeral, and
interested some of my friends in the case, so
that she had a decent burial. But the boy
thanked me not. How could he Could he
feel gratitude, that had shown an interest
in the dead, which had denied to the livlng'
lie seemed dislncined to receive any favor
from me, and his clear, calm, mild eye, was
too much for me to look at. quaied before
it, as never quaicd before. That he might
not suppose that it was | who was acting
in his behalf, got friend to offer him
situation, where he could earn more than his
support. But he did not keep it long. lie
grew paler and paler each day, and soon was
too weak to attend to his duties at all.
watched him with more than fraternal inter-
est. and often went to see him at his room
1t was evident that he would soon die. l
procured a watcher for him, for my own
presence seemed to trouble him, and when
went the next day to see him, found that
he was dead. lie died, as he had lived, cursing
me, believe, in his heart. | felt, while he
lived, that his curse was justly upon me, and
have often recalled the terrible lines Of
Coleridge
"An orphans curse would drag to hell
spirit from on high
But oh, more terrible than that
Is curse in Il dead mans eye :"
He is dead now, dear jim, but this lesson |
have learned never again to put off the
business Of another for the sake Of my own.
Life or death may depend upon his while
mine, you know, is of little Importance ; for
though life be at stake, ask why should
perpetuate so ttful an e1istance.- Olive,
Oufcdst.
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WnAT II CosTs TO BoNBARD CGTY.-That
war is an expensive occupation the British
Government and People are beginning to un-
dcrstand hy means Of augmented taxes, and
the opening Of the FIRE Of the Allies suggests
a calculation as to tho cost of the iron balls
which have been thrown into Sehastopol by
the five hundred cannon which have vomited
them i'll what Gortschakoff called ''an infer
nal fire" The accounts by the Asia repre-
sent that each of these guns fred one hun
dred and twenty rounds day, which gives a
total for the five hundred of sixty thousand
rounds. This fire had been continued for
thirteen days. making an aggregate Of seven
hundred and eighty thousand missiles rained
upon the city.
The weight of the shot fired from the guns
of the Allies varies probably from nineteen
to one hundred and forty pounds, and of the
shells from fifteen to one hundred and ten
pounds-and forty-fve pounds would proha-
bly, be low estimate for an average. This
would give daily delivery of iron to the Rus
slams. amounting to two million-seven hun
dred thousand pounds, and total for the
thirteen days of hirty.fre million one hun
dred thousand pound,-the prime cost OF
which. in the rough, at the average price OF
/ pig iron in England for the last year was not
| less than three hundred and thirteen thou
sand three hundred and eighty dollars. This
/ is, of course without any regard to the enor-
nous cost Of transportation to the Crimea.
| If the cannon balls fred from the Allied
lines, during the thirteen days, were rolled
! into rail bars, weighing sixty pounds to the
yard, the bars would o1tcnd throo hundred
and thirtv-two miles or if laid rs a railroad
would suffice for q single track road from
New York to Albany, with all the necessary
| turn outs.
The charge of powder for each gun would
probably average about six pounds, which
would show an expenditure for the thirteer
days Of four millions six hundred and eighty
thousand pounds ofpowder. Such powder il
worth here eighteen cents pound, but il
England would not, probably, cost more thar
fifteen cents, at which price the powder cos
seven hundred and two thousand dollars
! " Y Couyie-
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tirely naked by the directions of Mrs. Lewis,
and her heels tied up to a tree about four or
five feet from the ground. The mistress then
directed one negro man to force pump. and
n negro woman to direct stream of cold
water from hose against the hel pless slave (;
while the lady peltcd her with stones till she
was tired, and then burnt her badly in several
places, including the most sensitive parts of
the body, with hot irons. Tho sale of the
slaves was made private and the whole case
suppressed by the local papers, because tho
parties were wealthy and respectable, and
would probably have executed summary
vengeance upon any editor who dared to
make public their crueltcs. The facts came
out through a correspondent of the New
York Tribune, and go far to sustain the iidc-
lity of the worst scenes IN Uncle Toms
Cabin
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\ SLAVE MIsrREss.-The defenders Of slave
~ call our special attention to the influence
Of the institution In promoting female deli
cacy and refinement. The lady of the planter
ha. dignity and aristocratic pride Of bear
ing only equalled among the wives and
daughters of the nobility Of Europe. Indeed
for elegant and charming Incidence the rich
,laveholder's wife and daughters have no
superiors. But there is also black side to
this picture, and the instances are by no
means few in which delicate southern ladies
show an exquisite refinement in the torture
of the helpless dependents against whom they
have taken offence. A recent instance has
bees brought to light in the court Of Bour-
hon county, Ky, The law Of that state pro-
vides that slaves cruelty maltreatcd shall he
sold by order of court, to get them out of the
reach of their tormentors. Several slaves o
Alpheus and Margaret Lewis, the riches
slave owners IN Bourbon county, were sold by
order of court on account Of the cruelty o
/ Mr.. Lewis. One of the victims to the cruelt,
1 of this female monster was "A slave nance
! Sarah, q grown woman, reported us tn
mother Of children. She was stripped en-
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A Few Words on Soups.

The researches Of Liehig offer simple and
convenient method of preparing, IN few
minutes. broth Of the highest nutritive
properties. Finely chopped lean beef is mix
ed with an equal weight of cold water, and
left, il possible, to macerate for a short time,
and the whole then slowly heated to ebulli-
ton ; after gently boiling for some minutes,
the clear broth separates from the coaguIat-
ed ahlumen and from the muscular fibre,
which has now assumed'a sinewy appearance.
After straining, it requires only to be sea-
soned, and slightly colOred with burnt onions .
or with carnaInel (burnt sugir) The col
oring of broth is nothing but a concession to
the common prejudice, which cannot how
ever, be well dispensed with.
by evaporation in a water-hath, or at n
still lower temperature, the broth becomes
spontaneously colored, and leaves behind a
| brown extract, possessing a delicate odor OF
roasted meat it may be preserved for any
! length Of time. This extract, when dissolved
in about thirty parts of water and hAvored
with salt yields, at any moment, a most
excellent broth. The advantage of extract
! of flesh for the nutrition of invalids, its use
! in hospitals or in field service, as well rs IN
! domestic economy, is sufficiently obvious
We see, likewise, that bone broth tablets
&c, being preparations entirely different
with it as articles Of food y
The delicate and proper blending. Of sdro,'
is the chief art OF good soup making, BE
sure to skim the grease off the soup when II
first boiis, or it will not become clear -
Throw in little salt to bring up the scum
Remove all the fat Be careful TO simmer
,ofiiy, and never allow 4 soup to boil hard.
Put your meat into cold water, and let i
grow warm slowly. This dissolyes the gela
tine, allows the albumen to dlscnSaSe, th'
scum to rise, and the heat to penetrate to th
centre Of the meat. But, if the meat be pu
into hot water, or the soup over hot fire Il
boil, the albumen coagulates, and the exter
nal surface of the meat is hardened tn
water is prevented from penetrating TO tn
interior, and the nutritious part of the mea
from disengagiug itself The broth will b
without favor, and the meat tough. If s.
managed. Allow two table spoonfuls Of sal
, TO four quarts of soup, where there are man
vegetables one and one-half, where ther
, are few One quart Of water TO one poun
, of meat is good rule.
! Soup made of meat not previously cooke
, i. as good, perhaps better, on the second DAY
3 if heated to the boiling point. If more waite
: is needed, use boiling water, as cold or luke
e warm spoils the soup. Some persons hay
{ thought potatoe- water TO be unhealthy; d
/ not, therefore, boil potatoes in your souI
but, if required, boil them elsewhere, an
I add them when nearly cooked.
n The water in which poultry or fresh mei
$ is boiled should be saved for gravies or soul
r for the next day. If it is hot needed in yoI
a own family, give it TO the poor.
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enemys guns may arise in somc measure
from want Of ammunition, or from confidence
in tho strength Of their earth works. 1t
would seem indeed, as il our fire was almost
thrown away on tho enormous mounds OF
earth cast up at the Redan and before the
Round Tower and Western Batteries.
The whole of the parapets Of tho Redan
and Round Tower are jagged and pitted with
holes several feet deep, where the shot have
sunk. the sharp angles of the embrasures
are knocked away, and the aban,s in front
is considerably damaged here and there. but
the real strength Of the place is unimpaired
and, as long as the Russians can find new
guns, fresh supplies of ammunition, and mcr
to fight the batteries, we are not one incl
nearer to the town than we we're in las
October, so long as we rely alone on the fire
Of our artillery to make us master of it.
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A BRAVE ASswER.-During the ceremony
at St. Peters at the announcement Of the
immaculate conception, Papal major having
ordered his soldiers to kneel down, perceived
that II French officer was standing, and com
manded him to kneel. lie declined doing it,,
which so irritated the major that he drew his
sword to ussail him When the ceremony
was over, the French officer. who was a Pro-
testant, asked the Papal officer by what right
he ordered him to knee before the holy
Wafer. =" am commanded by ny sovereign,
was the reply. "Tell your sovereign said
the stern Iiuguenot, that the French have
no orders to receive from him, we being his
protectors and that for myself, only kneel
to Cod
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THE ROYAL VISIT In the midst Of the for
mal nomn and narade Of tho recent royul

THE ROYAL VIsir.--ln the midst of the for
nal pomp and parade of tho recent royal
visiting in England, an occasional touch of
human nature broke out As Napoleon and
Eugene were leaving Guildhall, after cS.
change Of courtesies with the Lord Mayor of
London, portraits of the Napoleon family
were noticed in the corridor. Napoleon
paused before the picture of his mother, and
directing the attention Of the Empress to ii, ,
with much feeling exclaimed, This is kind
indeed The papers also tell that Prince
Albert was very tender and particular in his
personal attention to Eugenie When taking
leave, on board the steamer, which was tC
bear the royal visitors home, Albert severa
times shook hands with the Empress, ant
upon finally parting with her, kissed her
majestys left hand with earnest and graceful
gullantry. Fortunately for domestic peace
in Windsor palace, Victoria was not there
to see.
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RuMAREABLE SAGAcITY OF A Doc. The fol-
lowing instance Of remarkable sagacity of
dog is vouched for by the owner Of the ami
NAL. 4 gentleman residing in Lynn has,
for long time, visited Boston daily on busi.
ness, at times passing over the Turnpike, and
frequently over the Eastern Railroad, always
accompanied by his dog. On Wednesday
last he came to Boston, but during the day
the dog became separated from his master,
who returned home without him. A few
hours after the gentleman reached home the
dog also returned, A gentleman who went
to Lynn in the afternoon train, states that
he saw the dog enter the cars at the depot in
Boston, and snugly ensconce himself under
seat as if to avoid the yigilant eye OF the
conductor, On the cars stopping at West
Lynn, the dog jumped out and hurried homs
| with all possible speed
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= Oct II Y.
tFrom the London Times. ]


LORD RAGLAN AND THE WEATHER.
Lord Raglan nigh, in -cptembcr have takcn.
Scbastopol duly and truly;
But the weather (he raves about weather! !)vswtrm,
And he wished to take it-coo ly
So he made what was, indeed, to our foes,
diversion quoth he, I'll con II
Awhile, and in the mean time keep
Ny weather-eye upon it,"
October November, December camc on,
As if uissoned his army to kill of;
" The weather is now too cold" quoth he,
"I'll take it-with the chill off,
For three months moro he Dispatches wrote
In the meteorological form,
Il the storms had pissed; " 'Tis too late now"
Quoth he, to take it-by storm :"
Thus, whether the weather, he foul or fair.
Sebastopol scapes the blow
Then down with the weather-glass !-givo us o man
Who wll tnko it--whethcr or no