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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

ONE or THE ScARE-CRows. Of the BOYS
tells OF scarc-crow made by Uncle Ben. 1t
not only scared off every crow that saw it, but
one crow was so frightened that he brought
back the corn he stole three DAYS before.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

BAsHruI MEX.-By Mrs. Denisoa We
never yet saw genuinely bashful man who was
not the soul ofhonor. Though such may blnsl
and stammer and shrug their shoulders awk
wardly, unable to throw forth, with ease, the
thoughts that they would express, yet commend
them to us for friends.
There are fine touches in their characters
that time will mellow and bring out, percep
tons as delicate as the faintest tint is to the
unfolding rose; and their thoughts are none the
less refined and beautiful, although they do not
flow with the impctuoSity of the strcamlct
We are astonishcd tina. such men are moi
appreciated; that tie ladies with really good
heart and cultivated intellccts will reward the
gallant Sir Mustachio Brancss with smiles
and attention, becaurc he can fold shaw
gracefully and compliments with Partisan ele
gance, while they will not condccend to look
upon the worthiest man who feels for them a
reverence so great that every mute glance is
worship.
The man who is bashful in the presence OF
ladies is their defender when the loose tongue
Of the slandercr would dcfamc; it is not he who
boasts of conquest or dares to talk glibly OF
failings, that exist in his Imagination alone;
his check will blush with resentment, his eye
flash with anger to hear the name Of woman
coupled with coarse oath; and yet he who
would die to defend them is least honorcd by the
majority of our sex.
Who ever heard of bashrul bertinc
The anomaly was never seen Ease and Gle
gancc are his requisites; npon his lips sits fiat
terry, ready to pay court alike TO blue eyes and
black; he is never nonplused, he never bushes.
For glance he is in raptures; for word lie
would profcssedly lay down his life. Yet it is
he who fills our vile city dens with wrecks of
female purity; it is he who profancs the holy
name Of mother; dcsolates the shrine where do.
nestle happiness is throncd; ruins the heart that
trusts in him; polrtes the very air that he
breatlies-al under the mask Of gentleman.
Ladies, II word in your ear; have you lovers,
and would you possess a worthy husband ?
Choose him whose delicacy of department,
whose sense of your worth leads him to stand
aloof, while others crowd around you. If he
bushes, stammcrs even at your approach, con-
slider them 50 many signs of exalted opinion Of
your sex. If he is retiring and modest let not
a thousand fortunes weigh him down in the
balance, for, depend upon it with him your
life will be happier with poverty than with
many another surrounded by the splcndor of
palaces
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

EMIGRATION SoumwARD.--Mr. George Pea
body, the eminent American Banker, whose
visit to this country has been the subject OF
frequent Newspaper commcnt--both in conse.
qucnce of the reception he has met with, and
the generosity he has displayed in the cndow-
ment of several admirable institutions in return
lis reported since the completion OF his tour
in the Southern and Western States, to have
expressed some opinions which, from such a
source, and relating as they do to subjects
which he perfectly understands, are entitled
to considerable attention.
This gentleman finds the United States in a
condition of general prosperity Of which he had
no adequate conceptions; but as a whole, he
considers the Southern States as occupying the
most solid and permanent position of them all.
The great staple of cotton makes the whole
world forever tributary to them. This is some
thing which at present they alone produce in
such quantities as adequately to supply the
looms of Europe and our own country, and
without which we may almost say the world
would go naked. In the Northern States the
industrial pursuits Of men are liable to great
commercial changes. The form and the char
acter of manufactured articles, the course of
trade, the demand Of shipping, and the. price
of flour are all matters Of frequent and dan
gerous fluctuations; but cotton, under the i'm
pulse of an increasing demand and the cheap
ness of its machinery formed novelties, is a
basis on which its producers may soidly and
unfearingly repose.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

CIDRoN.--This q root used extensively in
South and Central America, us an antidotc
against the bites of venomous snakes A let
ter in reference to it says:
1t is very soluble, in any kind of spirits and
is commonly used in a solution of agaurdicnte.
A gentleman of our acquaintance, who has a
large coffee plantation near Santa Martha,
gives q glass of the solution every morning to
each OF his laborers, and we are assured that
after taking it week, they could tread, bare
footed on the most ycnomous serpents, without
injury. The reptiles would writhe away, with
out offering to bite. Gen. Pasoda, the late
Governor of Carthagcna, told us he never tray
eled without q bit Of the root in his pocket.
When on q journey, he once stopped in country
town. young man was brought in who had
been bitten by ycnomous snake lie was in
sensible, his body was frighfully swollen, and no
pusation of the heart could be discovered a
little of the solution Of cidron was poured in,
and was swallowed by a sort OF conyuIsive cf-
fort and in five minutes he seemed sensible,
and the next day he was able to walk out. In
the province of Choco, district Astounding
with venomous reptiles, and almost deadly in
climate, the natives use the eldro1 to preserve
themselves from both, and with success. We
give these accounts as we received them. II
they be rue, the root ought to be imported
Distinction is an eminence that is but too fire.
ouently attained at the expense of fire side,
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16
CONFECTIONERY.

CONfEGTIONARY.
candles, assorted Ginger, Canton
Rock candy do Havana
Cakes & pastry asS'd Rnsins,
Sugar plums do Cherries in Brandy
Preserves IN syrup Cinnamon and Spice
10 Brandy Strawberry cordial
Candies, new style Raspberry do
Cordials ass'd, superior Orgcat do
do common Currants
Alischt wine Citron, preserved
Cnrrant Jelly Cloves and nutmegs
ounce 90 Almonds, pecans
orange 40 Essences; lemon rose
Guava do Rose water, &c. &c.
GROCERIES,.
shoulders and Hams Cheese and butter
sugar cured Hams Coffee and tea
Duflield's Hams, Chocolate
Oysters in cans,
Sugars; brown, loaf, Mackcre, in kits and
crushed e. powdered barrels
soap and candles Salmon in kits
Golden syrup, retail Dried applcs
sugar cured beef Pickles, all sized jars
Ketchups, &c Rhine wines
Comprising full and superiorassortment of
superior M Y ROCERIES, all
of which will be sold low, and in quantities to
nit purchasers.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Wines, old & choice Brandy, superior
Fort Go do do lower grades
Madeira do do Whiskey, all qualities
Claret do do Gin and rum, superior
Champagne do Scotch Ale
Muscat do London Porter
American Porter Sweet Oil, in half and
GO Ale whole bottles
And great variety Of other articles for
Z A M l. Y use.
Fresh Cakes and Bread daily.
Jan 26 b. MOSES.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16
CONFECTIONERY & FAMILY GRO.
Gerry

INlIE UNDERSIGNED thankful for the lib
! cral patronage which he has received for
the past year, durn" which, their efforts to
please and accommodate, they trust. have If
fordcd general satisfaction, with the view of in.
crcasing that appreciation and support have
made large and valuable additions to their
present extensive assortment.
They are prepared to furnish Balls. Soirees
Weddings, Assemblies Dinner Parties (public
or private), and social gatherings, of whatcvrc
kind, with every article required
An experienced workman will be sent when
necessary to the country to superintend the
fuliiImcnt of all orders.
IT would be TO the interest of country mcr-
chants and others, to call, examine, and leave
their orders.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

SHEET MUSIC--A new supply of sheet music t
- the Piano and Guitar. for sale by
march Is N1U.W1N e. ,STRI LySS
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16
THE son OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

1t is not generally known that our great
philosopher, statesman and diplomatist had q
son, who was almost rs prominent, during the
Revolutionary struggle on the side of the roya
oppressor as the patriotic sire was in the
gloomier cause of the rebels In relation to
that son, we find the following rare facts col
lated in the Ncwberry HeraM We presume
they will prove as rare to our readers as they
have been to us. III the career Of the ncor
ruptible Benjamin Franklin, they constitute d
painful episode:
"Before the Revolutionary war; he held
several civil and military Offices of Importance
At the commencement Of the war he held the
office of Governor of New Jersey, which APP.
pointment he received in l7G3
When the difficulties between the mother
country and the colonies were coming to crisis,
he threw his power in favor Of loyalty, and
endeavored to prevent the legislative assembly
ofNew Jersey from sanctionug the proceedings
of the General Congress- at Philadelphia
These efforts, however, did but little to stay the
tide Of popular sentiment in favor of resistance
to Tyranny, and soon involved him in difficulty.
He was deposed from Office by the Wings to
give place to William Livingston, and sent q
prisoner to Connecticut where he remained
two year sin East Windsor, in the house Of Cap.
tain Ebenezer Grant, near where the Thcolog-
ical Seminary now stands. In IT'S he was
exchanged and soon after went to England.
There he spent the remainder OF his life, re.
cciving a.pension from the British government
he had sustained by his fidelity lie died in
1918, at the age Of 50.
Asmight be expected, his opposition to the
cause of liberty, so dear to the heart Of lis
fahcr, produced an estrangcment between them
For years they had no intercourse. When
in 1884, the son wrote to his father, in his re-
ply DR.. Franklin says: Nothing has hurt me
so much, and effected me with such keen sensa-
tons, as to find myself deserted in my old age
by my only son; and not only deserted, but to
find him taking up arms against me in Il cause
where my good fame fortune and life were at all
stake" In his will, he also alludcs to the part
his son had acted. After making him some
bequests,h he adds: THE part he acted against
me in the latter war, which is of public noto-
riety, will account for my leaving him no more
Of an estate he cndcayored to deprive me Of"
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.

IT FRESH SUPPLY. for fall and winter sowing
IL Also the Large White Globe, Red Top Rut
Bs@s and Early White Turnip Teeds, just received
hte drug store Of NORWOOD TuRoN
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-05-16

Distinction is an eminence that is but too fire
Quently attained at the expense Of a fire side,
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Hints for the Season.

fou have hay stacks, perhaps, standin
in your meadows. See that they are well
fenced, so that the hay is not eaten up
before the proper time. The best way,
where you can, is 10 have your hay in large
or small hay barnes, and build no stacks al
all.
2. fouar perhaps, threshingyour wheat,
or other grain: save dry and under cover all
the straw you can. If you have not some
under a roof, build, if you ran, good stack
of it which will shed rain. The uses of
straw are important. For littering stables,
some may be used. But if well stacked, and
kept dry and sweet, it may be preserved a
year or two, and when hay is scarce, it may
save the stock from starvation. The terri
bic want OF ls54-5 ought to suffice for
lifetime to teach US the value of straw.
8. Look at your wheat fields, sown a few
weeks since. Don't let any heavy cattle
tread over it. Drain Ill wet places, if it is
not done already. Pasture with calves or
lambs any pieces that may be growing too
rank.
4. Attend to all fall ploughing soon. On
elsy soils, the ground sAouId never, even in
the fal, be stirred, except when dry. Plough
ing deep in the fall saves much work in the
spring.
5. See that the pipes for the pumps.
sinks, and roofs are ali in good condition.
Arrange them, if You can, so that none Of
them will freeze. Ii will help greatly for
fhis end If tho ninps are nlacad as near ly
perpen1 1icular as may be. A pump frozen
up, or with pipe burst, in mid-w inter-, is d
great annoyance. farmer.
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Winter EalloW.

Land is not iallowed when it merely bears
no crop tor a course of months, though this
is too often thought TO be all. The oItener
piece OF ground in fallow is plowed and
stirred the 'eiter results viii: he obtained,
and lcinier falloWs it the ground is left in
the best shape to receive the action of the
frost are often productive of absolutely
astonishing results. Certain soils ale not
benefited by fall blowing so as to lie up
loose in ridges during the Winter. Such
are light sandy suils or soils upon which
there is little or no Grainage; but almost all
our ordinary loamy, gravelly, OF even peaty
soils, are thrown in ridges and exposed to
the action OF the elements during Winter
with great profit. And the same is especial
true Of garden sous. Manurial substances
which might remain dormant in the soil for
years are tkus brought into available, forms.
IL is well known that in many highly man
ured soils much OF the manure seems to
produce no effect, manure will not 60 as far
in the garden as it will in the field, and the
reason is, that the frequent addition of ma
rure make it unnecessary for the plants to
iced SO close, SO 10 speak. and there becomes
a depUsite of fertiIizing ma ,erial which
fulloSiDg renders available. We advise
therefore That Garden soils be spaded OF
plowed up in ridges, and lhat other soils
especially stiff clay or hard loans be simll.
ary treated, SO far as practicable. In the
last case not for precisely the same reason,
but that the melowing effect of the frost
may be taken advantage of, and that The
chemical changes which exposure to the
atmosphere produces in the substance Of
the soil, rather than in manurial ingredients
added, land frost may take place.-HomeStedd
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Labors of Humboldt.

The Rev. DIR. Baird, in a letter 10 the
New York ObSerur, speaks. of meeting
Baron Humboldt at thes dinner-table of the
King of Prussia. He says:
The Baron is low eighty-eig years old
| could not perceive that he had undergone
any change in appearance since 1856, when
met him last under the same circumstances
You will be pleased to learn that he is
busily engaged on the last two volumes OF
his Cosmos, which will make six volumes,
the first four Of which have been pubished d.
He still Prosetutes his hardest studies be-
tw cen the hours OF eleven and three al night
Think of that, INDECENT and effeminate
young men, who know nothing of hare
mental exertion! He tolG me that fol
long lime the number of letters which he
received has been nearly 1000 annually
| asked him how many OF them, probably
required and received an answer! and he
said about two. thirds, and that he invariably
answered them with his own hand; for he
has never kept an amanuensis, having evel
had great adherence of such assistance
Wonderful sod man learned" il not "elo
quent," is he, and simple and modest in hls
manners and department as q child. o
what contrast between him and soHe ol
our Would-be great men!
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o. ae whose heart is not excited upon
the spot which a martyr has sanctihed by
his suferings, or at the grave of one who
has largely benefited mankind, must De
more inferior to the multitude in his moral,
than he can possibly be raised above them
in his intellectual nature -Southey.
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Fashionable Funerals.

The increasing expensiveness of funerals
should be subject for serious consideration
and most of all by those 10 pkom Me mere
pecuniary expense may be no Object. Where
grief is rea!, il is worried with a most dang
erous torture in going through all the forms
aud The processes that custom increasingly
demands at fashionable funeral. The i'm
posing pomp of grief, even the closed vi in
dows of the darkened house of death, dang
erously augment the depressions of sorrow
while the irritating details of ceremony, the
change of garments, The host Of strangers
brought into the house and in contact with
narrowed mourners in the hour of wo, ren6-
er the fu eral of dear friend matte. OF
unnecessary torture, danger, and inju in
cslculable, 10 the living.
The expense also is not to be verlooked.
OF course there are families ,of wealth that
love ostenta ion, even at the edge of a
moiher's grave, and to wrap around with
pomp and pride even the insignia of the
tomb. Their comfort Is to gid over every
thing, even the handle of the scythe ol
death itself, and to glove his skeleton
/ fingers. For such we do not write. Let
Them console themselves by display. But
| there are thousands, of both rich and poor
who really love their friends, and for that
reason would not wish TO seem to slight
their memory by the failure of any seeming
| respect that money could procure even
though it should pinch them for year or
two afterwards, but yet who hate ceremony
and display, and are tOrmented by it at tines
Ike these. Tnere is perhaps love Of of
fering costly gifts at the graves of those we
love, and of breaking aIabaster boxes to
their memory, that is natural. All this we
do not reprehend. But We Go plead against
imposing all the gewgaw display of mod.
ern fashionable funeral; the nest of pomp.
GUS coffins, the array of hired carriages, the
entire change OF dress, the troublesome and
expensive hospitality frequently INDUCED
in on these occasions, from conviction
that it is a necessary mark of respect either
to :he dead or TO the living. These things
distract the mind Of the sufferer, and there
fore the whole ceremonials and manage
ment of affairs, are often placed in .he hands
of men who do not and cannot sympathize
in the anguish theS witness.
All that ought 10 be required at such times
should be, as far as possible. those marks OF
respect that can be and are freely rendered
by attached friends and sympalh zing neigh
burs. The duties of the undertaken should
be as simple and unimposing as possible
We do earnestly protest that simplicity is
the best ceremonial, inspires the greatest
respect for the deceased, and produces in
every way the most wholesome effect on The
living. Let ell be quiet, simple and sincere
Neither offend custom nor effect display
Could this simT licity but be established, and
funeral ieas,s and mourning be abolished, il
would contribute to real respect. and bless
many widow in times like these.-Phil.
Ledger.
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0ETA hospiiable man is never ashamed
of the dinner when you cone to dine with
him
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FURifURE : CAKPITilG.
GEORGE MENDEL.

MAIN STREET, WHEELING, VA.
IfAS just received large lot of CAR
l. Il PETS, of every and all descriptions and vari.
cites. consisting of
Velvet, English and American
Brussels, Tapestry, Ingram, 8 ply,
Superfine 5 ply, Venetian Carpet
ing, Stair Carpeting, of all kinds,
Oil Cloths of fevery grade.
Cochnea and Turited Rugs, Par
lor and Door Mats of every descrip-
tion, Duggets from 2 to l2-4ths
wide, Demask for curtains, Curtain
Damaslls Pins and Bands, Window
Shades, plain and fancy, Rag Car
pet and Carpet Chain, and every
other article usually kept in such
establishments.
ALSO. superior lot of every kind of furniture TO
whicA he invites The especial attion OF all persons
in want OF the very hest aud cheapest he found IN
the city Call and it. Inducements are offered by
US which other establishments do not possess.
GEORGE MENDEI..
No. ia main street. first door below Marsh * Tay-
ior's apr9ly
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agritultaral.


1rhere is no subject OF more lmpor-
trDce to the American farmer than the
Knowledge OF the means which shah best
enable him 10 increase The member and va
ue of his live stock, Of which grass furnishes
the principal susteudnee. IL may safety tie
said that the great de iect in uur agriculture
is the failuse to rear the proper number and
quality OF animals. The experience oi En-
gland and Franceisuficientiy dtmoustrates
the important truth that, Oa the same NUM-
Der OF acres which are a5w cultivated la Ihe
United States If The quanii!y OF i've steck
were doubled, the aggregate qu.nit. o!
grain produced might also be greatly increas
ed, and without any corresponding increase
in expense. The explanation OF what seems
At first so psrsd,xicai is ound in the tact
Mat, in this manner, The land wOuii De
kept constantly in bei er heart. lns'ead oi
eeteriorating Irom year to year, as Is the
case where grain alone is the principal pro-
duct. if proper proportion OF live stock
were reared, the land would retain its fertll-
ity for centuries, and might, perhaps, be con-
stantIy improVIng TDe effort 10 keep up
the producliveness OF land, which is solely
used ior the cultivation OF grain, by meaEs
of guano or artificial manures, is beheVed
to be vicious system ol agriculture. That
such manures are highly valuable IN their
way, and ,Fin the hands of the judicious cal-
tiYatcr, will produce advantages With eau
hardly be oyereslimsted, Is undt ubtedy
frue; but, after all, with the exception OF The
alkalies and hospl ates they contain, they
do not possess the elements of perm inent
ben. FL. They sh, d be regai ded a. in lie
nature OF me Icines, or like artiticial'stlmu-
Iants on the human system. The true pa
buIum OF the soil. provided and arranged by
Nature for this very purpose. is cbt' ind by
b. the rearing Of live sock, and no Gher
manner. Indeed, il is probably true that
the Use of other msnures, o.lUwed by the
continual cropping OF the grain tor market
will De lound III The end only 10 render the
soil more hopelessly bankrupt. Ii will GAL
vanize it into spasmodic action for the Occa-
sion, but leave it afterwards more PROSTATE
than before.
1t, the produce OF the land were to be
ehleny consumed upon LIS surface, the sOii
would never become Impoverished. Even
although portion OF the elements fer
tility were annually ubsracted from it in
the shape oil grain or other vegetable pro-
due: sent to market, the deficiency would
be supplied by the ingredients which plants
and animals, and even the earth itself, derive
from water, air, and other exuaneous sour
ees. The skilllu. and wise cul,TatOr SO
graduates the growth ami disposition of bis
products as not to draw from the soil what
is not in sUme manner fully restored TO it,
No system of'sgriculture has oeen discvv.
cred for accomplishing this purpose efiectu.
ally but the simple and natural one OF rear.
ing large proportion of domesti animals
suticieI 10 consume most Of the product:
OF the farm upon its surface.-Patent OGo
Report. 1876.
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Scattering for Governor, Peter Van Trump
So; Thomas B. Mccormick I65: Philadelphus
l42: Marius Robinson 5: Scattering 104.
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RIKeB, NE, BIG-HEAD and SWEENEY
Jas d. Sloan, ui Shiloh, Gibson City. Iowa,
states in the Rural New Yorker, that he is
possessed Uf''a yeung mare which was very
lame from R;rgbone, and cured her by using
the following mixiure:--l quart alcohol;
ounce oil of spike; l ounce gum camphnr;
] pint spirits of turpentine; ounce blue
stone (vitrolD pulverized." The whole is
mixed together, and when dissolved is ready
for use. Mr.. s. applied this decoction with
a brush once each day. He says, at should
be put on sparng,y or it will blister. If q
blister arises grease with lard. This mixture
has also cured big-head' and sweeney,