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HAY COVERS.

Every Farmer His own Manufacturer.
lake a piece or more of yard wide IN
bleached cotton sheeting, that can be bot
for Z to s cts. per yard, and tack it I'D on
the sunny side Of the barn OF board fence.
Then prepare the following mixture.
namely: For one gallon of linseed oil.
add about two pounds Of beeswax, to be
simmered together, and when taken from
the fire, add about a quart of Japan
When it is cold, It should be about the
thickness Of paint. IF too thin, add more
wax, and if too thick, add more oil, then
paint the cloth over, on one side only.
with common painters brush, and after
drying a day or two, take it down and
cut 1t into squares; then pick I'D stones
OF about 6 or 8 ounces each, and get the
females Of the family to sew one into each
corner, and the thing is completed. It
would be an improvement to enclose the
stones IN small bag and suspend them a
few inches, which would be thought very
little more trouble in so good a cause.
No hemming the selvages is necessary.
Cast-iron weights of six ounces each.
would cost about one cent apiece, but it
IS doubtful whether they would answer
a better purpose than stones. Every far
ner should supply himself with these Gov
ers at once, as by-and-bye he will be too
busy to attend to this matter. The in
mense losses sustained last year, by wet
weather, should admonish him of its nj
most Importance. There is the best an
tnorlty for stating that the county of Wor-
eester alone, which produces upwards Of
$4,000 tons Of hay annually would have
saved $4,000 last year if the farmers
had been supplied with these hay covers.
Hampshire Gazette.
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POETRY OF THE SCOTCH

those students Of mental phenomena
who venture to give map of the human
faculties are of opinion that poetic power
belongs to the temperament and the GER
eorum; but a stranger travelling in Scot
land, would be more apt to conclude that
It springs from the CONFORMATION Of
country. North Britain is a land Of sub
lime proportions. The plains are rich
and luxurious, its mountains lofty and
imposing. Its rivers are clear and fresh
and its coasts are protected by crags and
rocks of noble elevation. Great torrents
OF water gush from its rayines. mopstrons
clouds OF mist make its vale melancholy
and calm and settled lakes repose beneafb
'He nils Ike polished crystal. Those
VINO have built their homes within this
Inc arena of nature have, as all the world
knows, strong prejudices, clear inteIlects
aaeetlonate attachments, and it cannot he
doubted that the poetic spirit is. as Graf
ian would say, indigenous of the soil"
livery Scotch parish has its poet: every
'eoten river, mountain, and vale, has its
song And if this is an error, as nobody
VIII suppose, it is an error which cannot
De helped There existed a language
ana poetry in Scotland from the reno
test period, nearly equal in pictorial and
expressive power to that of the old He
Drew OF the prophets; and In this por-
tion OF her Majesty's dominions, viIlager.
VIII ever be musical, preachers ever flow
cry and ladies' always romantic.-London
-h2rntng Star.
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alisttIIaucolls ArtitIes.
THE MAID OF ORLEANS.
BIZ G.. W. moss.

Away back in the first part of the fif-
tecnth century, when the star of chivalry
was paling upon the breast Of knight
erranty, and the lamp of Christianity had
well nigh gone out in the ch0Ee-da1ap of
iuhdelity, there sprang up in the heart of
a peasant girl, a light, a faith, that at
tracted the attention Of France, and af-
terward the curiosity ofthe world. France
was just the nation to be affected by this
wonder. Rocked in the cradle Of super
stition, uourished on the legends of the
marvellous, and possessing a deep rever-
ence for the saints, her people were the
exact enthusiasts to snatch up the delicate
embodiment Of female heroisnn, and, hold
ing it up to the world, cry, Here it is p'
Such was the spirit of the French nation
when the Maid Of Orleans was introduced
into this living, breathing world.
She was from an obscure but respecta-
bic family. While growing up she buised
herself with the domestic duties of her
own home. Having never learned to
read or write, her principal source of
knowledge was reflection. To be thus
limited is a great misfortune; but not so
great for some minds as would seem at
first thought for by cutting off observa-
ton we give time for refection-by shut
ting the Hood-gates without we open the
tounts witLin-the fountains of original
~, which, bursting up from the the faith
omles7 depths Of the soul, pour the foods
ct their peut-up waters in lucid streams
along the rufhing channels of the brain.
Her religious sentiments were from the
legends OF a mothers telling; her princi-
pies from the examples Of I mothers life.
Sentiments and principles thus obtained
become not only q part Of our belief, but
apart ofour being; thus forming the basis
u our faith and the steady framework Of
our characters. Thus were given the
hrst shaPings to the character Of the Maid
Of Orleans.
Born under the som5re shadow of the
church spires, and lulled by the low Chin
lng' OF the cathedral bell, her poetic shirt
ardently drank in the soft fusions Of an
ideal paradise. She was meek. peaceful
"ndsweet-tempered, possessing a woman's
intellect and a child's heart. She had an
active mind but upon her spirit lay the
DIM shadows Of poetic melancholy. She
loved much to be in solitude. Like most
others whose souls contain too much Of
me divinity for the icy realities of this
world, she would wander alone in the
wood peopling it with the bright crea-
lures OF her own fancy; or stand neps;ve
iy upon the bank Of a quiet stream va;nIv
seeking TO meet that halcterrestri.I hale
celestial being whose dreamy counter
part so often nestles low down IN eva-v
young and poetic heart. Who of nv
young readers has not, Ike her. often
stolen away into some fowery vale to lis
ten to the rich melody Of their own hearts.
or trace the lights and shadows Of their
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called forth from various correspondents-
particularly a North Reading correspon-
dent. Your reply to my query was 70
cut off the ends Of the Embs-to mulch
and manure well. Well, 1 did so. The
mulching and manuring l had done sew
eral times before. The large tree IS
sound. thrifty one; but I do not know OF
what kind. Now for the results. The
tree blossomed very full, as usual; and
set an abundance fruit, As soon as the
fruit had grown to about the size of small
peas, I scattered fine ashes over them two
or three times a week, as well as all my
others, of which have a quite variety.
I soon found evidence that the curculio
had found my plums, for they began to
drop off, for the crescent mark was to be
seen, and the white grub at the heart l
then had recourse to Earring them upon a
white sheet. These two remedies L con-
tinued to use, till not more than one-half
dozen plums remained upon the tree am
speaking of. The last of them, when
they dropped, were about as large as good
sized English walnuts. If I had sue
ceeded in getting ripe fruit from that tree,
Il had intended to send you a box of
! it to pay for your advice You say,
in your editorial of May 18th, that you
will be content with "osae-tenth of the
fruit saved by the cheap and simple rem
edy'' of sitting ashes. Now as I saved
nothing, what would you share be? One
tenth Of nothing? Well, so soon as I
get it divided you shall have you share :;
till then, you will have to accept nay
thanks, in lieu Of plums. But I am not
discouraged yet; L shall "try again"
By-the-way, single scion that I set last
year grew only some four or five inches
less than twenty feet, last year, and is
alive and doing well at this time. The
scion, l believe, is of the Bradshaw plum,
and was set in Canada stock. Can any
| of your readers beat that? ]. Wv.
Marlboro, n. H., 1856.
REMARKs.-If we get one-tenth of the
plums saved this season by sprinkling
ashes, plaster and lime upon them, we
shall need the largest stall in Quincy
Market to hold them. Does 81. T. W.
mean twenty inches, instead of twenty
feet, that grew in one year?
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agricultural 1ataoing.
From the New England : u ii'-L
June. and its Work.

June, perhaps, of all the months IN
which vegetation is growing and IS to be
tended. calls for more care and nice atten-
ton than any other month The main
crops have been planted, the seeds have
sprung into a new existencs, and presen-
ted their tender stems and leaves to the
/ eye of the cultivator, while their roots
have struck below in search Of moisture,
and gathered a firm hold to sustain the
plant in place. These evidences of life
and progress crafty the hope in which
the seeds were cast into the ground, and
cheer the farmer in his labors.
In June, all the hoed crops require con-
slant attention, and their treatment dur
ing this month viii decide whether they
are to be materially benefited, or not, by
atmospheric influences. A plant, as an
animal, to grow fast and well, must be
healthy-and that health viii depend up
on the circumstances under which it is
placed. IF in a lean, compact, close soil
its growth viii be slow, it viii be more or
less moss-coTcred, and look shriyelled
and old, even in June. But if it stands
in warm, generous soil, light, fnely-pul-
verised, and porous, so as to admit air
and heat, then it viii stretch away in a
cheerful and vigorous growth, and come
to maturity in season. Plants show this
difference according to the treatment they
receive; but that they may assume the
latter form, the soil should be rich, and
the cultivator and hoe kept in frequent
use, especially during the month of June.
Plants may derive important aid from
the atmosphere but in order to avail
themselves of this, they must be vigorous
and in health. During all their growth
they require large portions of carbonic
acids, and if small, hard and weak, they
are not in a condition to receive it, though
it ever floats about them, waiting to be
pressed into their service. 1t is the food
of plants and of the whole vegetable
world; they absorb it into their systems,
and whilst they retain the carbon, they
emit the oxygen, and so feeding them
selves, they purify our atmosphere. The
atmosphere, also, is continually charged
with vapor, which, as the earth becomes
cooled at night, is condensed upon it, and
if the soil be so fine and porous, is taken
up by it and appropriated by the roots Of
the plants.
There are many ways in which plants
derive direct and immediate benefits from
the atmosphere, provided the farmer has
done his part to place them in a condi-
ton to receive it. After blowing, ma
nuring, and planting, therefore, he can
scarcely be more unwise than to fail to
give them careful and attentive cultiva-
ton. So far as Ais agency is concerned,
he must see that they have light, heat,
moisture, and seed bed in which their
roots may traverse freely, and lay hold of
the humus, or particles of mould. He
can furnish them with light, by a proper
arrangement Of rows-with heat, by an
open, loose soil, and with moisture, by
proper drainage, and stimulating ma
nures,
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g The Comet which passed the sun
IN October, 1922, has a period, according
to Eneke, Of 1850 years; that of Sen
'eHoeE' 49, according to Culver, 26II
years; that Of September 1911 COL
ng to Bessel, 1888 wears R,rorb,u4.
assigns to the comet Of I762 nar;o5 =
1884 years; and Culver rive! 75ooo
years as the period Of the comet of Sen
TENDER, 1850. These estirostaso;l,--
forming 4 conception Of the vast extent
Vi some OF the cometary orbits.
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THE JUG OF RUM.

Within these eartheu walls confined,
The ruin turks Of human kind,
More miscbief here united, dwell,
ArI more diseases haunt this cell,
Than ever plagued Egyptian aocks,
Or ever cursed Pandora's boz
Within these prison walls reposs
The seeds Of many a bloody nose,
The chaltering tongue, the horrid oath,
The fist for lighting nothing 10th,
The rose with diamonds glowing red,
The bIoa,ei eye, the broken head
Forever fastened be This door
Confined within, a thousand more
Destructive tends, Of hateful shape
Zen now are planning an escape.
Here ouIy by a cork controlled,
And slender walls Of earthen mould,
Ia all their pomp OF death reside
Revenge, that ue'er was satisfied.
The tree that bears the deadly fruit
or maimiug, murder, and dispute,
Assault, that innocence assails,
The images Of gloomy jai!s-
All these within this jug appear,
Aud-Jack the hangmau in the rear.
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Prom the New England Farmer
PLUMS.

MR. BROWN "A little more than 2
year ago IN writing piece for the Far
n'e''' l casually made the inquiry respect
ing plum trees-what to do with those
tnat fully blossomed every year, but never
matured any fruit. l was quite interested
Ii me opinions and remarks which It
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iOoEtitaI Selections.
From Household Words
DRIP. DRIP, o RAIN!


Drip, drip, o Rain!
From the sky beclouded caves
Wall, wall, o Wind,
That swcepest the withered leaves.
Moan. moan. 0 Seal
IN the depths Of thy secret caves;
Utter thine agony,
With the roar Of thy striving waves
Sigh, sigh, o Heart
That vainly seeksst rest
Moau, moan, o Heart.
By grief and care opprest.
For the drip or the falling rain,
And the wall Of the wind shall ceases
And the roar and strife 81 the waves
Ere long shall be at peace.
Then tear not, o sad Heart!
To let thy grief have way
For the grief that hideth not
Shall sooner pass away.
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DISEASED BLOOD

FILLED WITH CANKER & CANcERous Frus
u asthma can Be cared, and best Of rs+s-
enCes gireH to that effect 81
Charges moderate in all cases, and ar ~
person who viii bring certificate from one
oeIectmen or Justices of the Peace thathsra
is truly vlrtnous and 1niserably poor. shal "a
medicine free of cost.
Dr. j. can be consulted on all Disease, Ct 3
Eye, and If the Eye is cataract. will nkstE
with all ease with chemical process. Wiz
giving but little pain TO the patient.
DR.. J. has 2 safe and sure remedy fr4J Fs--s4
Complaints. discovered and prepdTt a. 5rsL
Examination and advice gratis. n Sguina
Weakness and Venereal Diseases VII reeg8
prompt attention.
Ioolhdche cured IN 10 naiautssl
Patients can be mesmerized foruerv0us sFssz
il required. AL consultation strictly confiea
Office hours, from 8 A. NJ to 8 O'Clock, PL
70 DR.. j. will examine Patients for Disa
and tell them their complaints and feelings ua
If not better than they can describe them.
Lyndon Centre, Feb. 10, 1856. &
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70 The editor of an Ohio paper pub
hshes the names Of his subscribers who
pay up regularly under the head of 4I,e-
gion Of Honor"
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t. An Irishman fresh from the sod
and anxious to secure a humming bird.
caught large bee instead itstung him,
and Pat cried out,
@HouLy Moses, how hot his little f1t i ,,
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q \ young man stepped into a book
store and said he wanted to get a aYouDo
Mans Companion" "Well sir" said the
bookseller, there's my daughterr
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IS lying mackerel to your coat-taiI.
and imagining yourself whale. is one Of
the first lessons of Goldfish aristocracv.
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MEDICAL NOTICE.
TO THE SICK & AFFLICTn
A VOICE FROM NATURES GARDFq

DR. JOHNSON, of Missouri. vod5
- specttgly announce to the ei.izs-
WEST CHARLESTON and riciRity, that he NJ.
patients for few months, at the Clyda r,
Hotel.
Dr. J. is on his first tour east, and can dan
but short time to each locality. Discsri;r,
ruinous mineral medicines in common uss A.
most of the faculty. DIR. J. begs to assn
friends that all the medicines he prescribes An
OF purely botanical character; and he hooa-
to the sick and afflicted his great expere5,s
at the South and West will be n
Gent guaranty OF his knowledge and master
the following diseases:
Consumption, Dyspepsia, Lirer C5z5lss
Complaint o tbe Heart and Lungs. Scrofss.
ErysipeIas, Bronchial affections sh0rt1s,
Of Breath General Debility, DropsicaI
Complaints, FeloHs, Chronic and
RheRnsatic Complaints, In,
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TWO STRANGE HORsEMEN.

an the dim morning of society, Labor
was up and stirring before Capital was
awake. Labor did not then ride; he
travelled slowly on foot through very dirty
ways. Capital, at length, as slowly fol-
lowed after, through the same mire, but
at an humble distance from his parent.
But when Capital grew into strength, he
saw that there were quicker and more
agreeable modes of travelling for both than
Labor had found out. He procured that
feet and untiring horse, Exchange; and
when he proposed to Labor that they
should mount together, he claimed the
right, and kept it, for their mutual bene-
fit, Of taking the direction Of the horse"
Money, of course, is the thing that
makes this horse go-ExchaDge; and
Money is a Machine.
Experience teaches every man that
when money, the machine by the help Of
of which exchanges are made from hand
to hand, circulates freely, he becomes
more prosperous from day to day; where
as. when It is scarce and circulates slow
ly, he becomes less prosperous. It is
not capital that is needed, but money
the machine by the help of which the
products Of labor and capital are kept in
motion, and without which they cannot
move, except in the fashion of primitive
times, when skins were traded for knives
cloth. The actual capital Of the United
States, in houses, lands, factories, furna-
ces, mines, ships, roads, canals, and other
similar property, has increased within
the three last years to the extent of at
least a thousand million dollars; yet we
see everywhere railroads half finished,
although laborers are seeking employ
ment; mills likely to be stopped for want
OF demand for their products laborers
unable to sell their labor, and men of bu-
siness everywhere compelled to curtail
their operations because Of the difficulty
experienced in collecting their debts.
Why is this so? Not, certainly because
of any diminution of capital, for that is
greater than it has ever been, but from
want Of the machinery with which to
move capital and labor-money. This
money now leaves the United States, and
collects in Europe"
Such was the insecurity in the good old
feudal and despotic times, that men had
to bury this blessed machine-money.
How things worked then may be conceived
from this acca17rt Of
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stiffness. another important advaalss .5ss
BY using the Polish articles can Be -
the cod or boiled starch, and ir9n -. - -
without the unfavorable results The- -
follow by the ordinary manner. fi'~s
cen IS, in large bottles. q. u1sss
Boston, and sold by Druggists and IT.
orally. 80
J. N. Henry, Waterbury, GsnsfA
Vermont and Canada East r.s,ssse
Fer sale BY Q. G. KsIlsr, DrEssiss'
NsrneK%
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OBITUARY.

Here lies John Shaw,
Attorney at law;
And when he died.
The Devil cried,
Give Us your paw,
John Shaw,
Attorney At llw
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COLLEGE LOCATED /!
DRUGS AND MEDTCTNEs.

Il be even with the times have at some NJ VI
iOODS. We have TO offer in Connection win
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HOLLOWAY'@ NFEDEgsgEs
Notice

DOAAtGGETT viii pay Cash for hid,
po pAs az szl1- ana Dairy skins if ven saIte3
49, =, 9aALE q more a those BEsr Baofs-
any enc a the County. - Deass oys
2hQEs o. all kinds, Cheap for Cast
Lfasoufgn, Feb. Is, is5s-e-~
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as heretofore, a very nice lot Of JEWELY. lust
received from Boston all new and If ~ -.
desirable patterns, among which NAV be fo1pd
the following: Ladies' Mourning. Cameo. Mos
ana enaneled pins. A splendid assortment ~
cameo, Mosaic, and other varieties y - -,
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G. G. KeIIam,

HYHls article has as
II BY the best judges
n0uneed superior %
the kind 10 the ma-ss
only gives 2 clear
linen, but obvia5ea n
cuIfies to which aunal-
subject. Il pTeFenis =.
from sticking b the
causes the linen .
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House-burning as a compliment

The fashion Of making good for
trade by Improbable consumption is a
relic of the barbarous ages. Inthe twelfth
century, count Of France commanded
his vassas to plough up the soil round
ais castle, and he sowed the ground with
coins Of gold to the amount offifteen hun.
dred guineas, that he might have all men
talk Of his magnifcence. Piqued at the
lordiy Prodigality of his neighbor, anotb-
er noble ordered thirty of his most vaIu-
able horses to be tied to stake and burnt
alive, that he might exhibit a more strik-
ing instance Of contempt for aooumuIa-
ton. In the latter part of fourteenth
century, Scotch noble, Colin CaBapbelI
on receiving visit from the ONE Is Of
ireland, ostentatiously burned down his
At 1nyernary upon their departure; and
an Earl Of Athol pursued the same course
N 1928, after having entertained the pa-
pal legate, under the pretence that it was
the constant habitude of the Highland
ers to set on fire in the morning the
place which had lodged them the night
before When the feudaI lords had 50
little respect for their own property, it
was not likely that they would have much
regard TOR the accumulation of others.
The Jews, who were the great capitalists
OF the middle ages, and who really merit
the gratitude Of Europeans for their ava
rice, as that almost alone enabled any ae-
emulation to go forward, and any pro-
duction to increase, were, as 1t is well
known prosecuted in every direction, by
me crown by the mobiles, by the peo-
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GOLD PENCILS avn p ,,,,t DSOp

'f '-'S4ici anu otLer varieties Of Ear DroDs
GOLD PENCILS AND PENS.
Gents Pins and Studs, Ladies' and Gents, Cold
hFlngs, Coral Rings Also, good assortment Of
1T G2th and Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powders
IooIh wash, Cologne, all favorite preparafion5
iof the Hair, Pocket Knives, Crochet Needle
otlieltoes, Stationery, &c. Drugs and Medicines
re viii furnish as ever Of the best quality and A.
iaif prices We have just received a large guar-
~ Z t 81 Farson Z Co.'S VERMIN AND INSECT
OF money refunded Also, MASSAsOIT SAIVF.
HOLLOWAY's MEDICINES
stones Liquid Cathartic, and all favorite NJ;
eInes Of the day. We extend cordial i1gifsf@
. those wishing goods Of this description Ia esii
y Dealers supplied with Parson & Co.'S ve--
Salve at Manufacturers prices ''4'7''7'il
SKINNER s. JOSLYE
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HOYEY & SMITHS CASH STOPP

Mr. EproR:-We have received from Boston the largest
Goods ever offered Market We give you few
that YOU and all friends may know there place
Goods can be bought a fair value.