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T"When lived up in Maine," said Uncle
Ned" helped 10 break up piece of ground:
we got off the wood in the winter, and early in
the spring we began pIoughing ont. 1t was 50
consarned rocky that we had to get forty yoke
OF oxen TO one plough, We did, faith, and held
the plough more'T week-I tho't | should die
1t e'ena' most killed me, V ow. Why, one day
I was hodn', the plough hit a stump which
measured just nine feet and a half through
hard and sound white oak the plough split it,
and l was going straight through the stump,
when happened to think it might snap togeth-
er again so threw my feet out, and no sooner
done so than it snapped together, taking smart
hold of the seat OF my pantaloons. OF course
| was tight, but held on to the plough handle,
and though the teamsters did all they could, the
team ofS0 oxen couldn't tear my pantaloons,
nor cause me TO. let go my grip. AT last, though,
after letting the cattle breathe, they gave anoth-
er strong pull together, and the old stump came
out about the quickest. 1t had monstrous long
roots, too, let me tell you, My wife made the
cloth for them pantaloons, aud hain't worn
any other since" The only reply made to
this was-''I should have thought it would have
come hard upon your suspenders." "Powerful
hard''
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DTOld Lucre lives near Union Square.
He was applied TO for a contribution to the
Washington bronze monument, but declined.
81 do not see,'' hp said, '' what benefit this stat
ue will DE- TO me and five hundred dollars is
grea: deal of money to pay for the gratifca-
ton of other people" 'Beneft TO you! why,
sir, ii will brnrft you more than anybody else.
The statue can be seen from every window of
your house 1t will BE- ornament and add
dignity to the whole neighborhood, and it will
prrpttuaIy remind you Of the Father of his
Countrywide immortal Washington !" "Ah"
answered old Lucre, 81 do not require a statue
to remind me Of hun, for always carry Wash
nston here and he placed his hand upon his
heart. "Thpn, let me tell you," replied the
applicant 'if that is so, all have TO say is that
you have got Washington 10 a very tight place."
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I'D rather be

One of those hinds that round me tread,
With just enough of sense TO see
The mondays sun tnat's o'er his head,
Than thus, with high-built genius curst,
That hath no heart for its foundation
Be all, al once, that's brightest, worst,
Sublimest, meanest in creation"
Forney' 'sPress.
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0gThe young man who cast his eye on a
Young lady coming out of church, has had it
replaced, and now sees as we'll as ever.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-12-11

East have got SO good, that they give their
children chloroform previous 10 whipping them,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-12-11

~Blessed are the orphan children for they
have no mothers to spank them.
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0VA hospiiable man is never ashamed of
bis dinner, when you come to dine with him.
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1E"Did you ever see such mechanical
genius as my son 2" said an old lady 'be has
made fiddle out of bis head, and has wood
enough left to make another"
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1t is said that Forrest receives $1,000 70
his ten nights engagement in St. Louis.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-12-11

0%The man who s'retraced" the past is sup
posed TO be harness maker.
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the formost manufacturing country, requires the
greatest amount of money ; and has it, to l0H :
about eleven dollars head and Russia, so
largely agricultural, requires the least amount
of money, and can employ but about four dollars
head So the United States, in small part
manufacturing aad largely agricultural and
plating, would find her maximum demand for
money somewhere half way between the two
say, eight dollars head which, a! the present
amount of the white population, (SaY twenty
FIVE mnons,) would give two hundred millions
as the rational demand always remembering
hat the great payments are made with crops
and biiisSof fexchange founded on the proceeds
Of naussry. And thus it becomes proposition
dpuionSt StIated that the United States, since the
correction of the gold standard twenty-three
years ago, have received supply of gold to
four Or five times the amount which the busi-
ness operations the people could employ. OF
that amount the leading banks estimated two
hundred and ninety millions to be remaining in
the country at the commencement of the pres
ent panic and since that time more than twelve
millions have arrived, and very little gone so
that three hundred millions would be the pres
ent estimate Of the amount of gold and silver
IN the country being one hundred millions
more than the business OF the country would
employ. Three hundred millions is exactly
fifteen times as much as the United States pos
Sessed in the time ofthe late Bank ofthe United
States. Twenty millions was the whole amount
at that time, and that all in SiIver-not par
ticle Of gold being then in circulation. And it /
is exactly thirty times as much as the whole
Union possessed at the time Of the termination
OF the first National Bank the whole supply
being then but ten millions, and that all silver.
Under these circumstances, 1890, 900, 900
IN gold IN the country, peace and prosperity
throughout Europe and America, great crops
and good hralth,l there was nothing in the
state fthe country to justify the suspension, or
anything 10 Justify its continuance. The only /
solution OF such catastrophe is the obvious
one, to aCn, the failure of bad banks and the .
consequent run which their failure made upon
the good ones. The nsolvent pulled dow the
solvent: and the Legislatures of several States
have put all on an equality but the solvent
should rePulse the association. The living body
should not be tied to the dead one. The SOL
vent should recommence their payments, and
make visible the broad line between the sound |
and the rotten, which the Legislatures have
covered up and public sentiment would then !
soon dispose the latter in spite of legislative
IndfT
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To the Memory Of a NIiser.

Here lies old thirty-three per cent,
The more he got the more be lent;
The more he had the more he craved.---
Great God, can such soul be saved
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ASSETS

ASSETS.
Securities f22, 1872 poo
Bul'n 4 coin l0,0l5000
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LIABILITIES.
Circulation Els, 100000
Deposits ll.535,Ooo
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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

awe are requested whether the late Presidential Election
the Pierce Administration with the proof of
position full We have done this SO Often that one
exposition We hope may suffice for all
FIRST REPUBLICAN FREMONT organization declared in
their Declaration of Principles the outset as follows
Delegates ASSEM- ed in pursuance OF call adessed to the
people United without regard to past political dhens rem % or @ divisions
S . T Tug PsESNT ToT the extension Slavery
admission Kansas free State restoring the
for the purpose presenting Offices of President and Vice fl
ent, do Relee" &c
The AMERICAN Or FILLMORE party presented the following
.ls OppOWTlOyad the POLICY OF THE PRES
moro especially as (y deguaion
from office and placing foreigners and ultst in their places; as
bravaio towards the weaker st' le"iy sectional agitation t tie
suffrage Neraka which pervnde
Govnmen asshoWn in the dgraciag rious naval
officers through prejudice enF' and shown the banmg msmanagen
these parties denounce and condemn the acts
Administration general and the Missouri Compromise Repeal
in did President There can be doubt
the Republican and American parties be counted
against the policy and doctrines of Pierce Company
ABOLITION adverse
FOURTH. CRATIC BUCHANAN party Pierce used all
his power and patronage secure his denomination but in vain THEY
NOT RISK THE ELECTION under his banner But the day
adoption Of the Platform the Committee presented the
following, which adopted without formal opposition:
RtL That the Administration Franklin Pierce has been true to the
economy progress aud infused and
department of the gvnment at home has sgna improved
relations extended the field Of commercial enterprise and vncaed the
of abroad 1t has asserted with eminent impaiay the
claims and has all been faithful to the constitution We
tAere prO~ mqrni appreciation Of its measures and its p
Ludcrous these allegations they deemed necessary to gain
the support Pierce and the of their nominee This resolve
charged But
above resolution They suppressed and denounced Black
Republican forgery Where convenient the Buchanan orators condemned
Pierce and his declared unfair that Buchanan
administration would be Pierce again that the Democracy did not
the Democracy that was tutoring
The Michigan Democratic St Convention
thanked of Franklin Pierce drawing
Thus the following the declared result
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27
THE FABM---
The Garden-.-The Orchard.
Construction Of Hot. Beds.

We have not forgotten the request of
our correspondent "ENTERrEIsE," some
time since for information on this subject,
but thought best to postpone our answer
till about the time for operations to CON-
mence That time has now come, and we
will proceed to give directions, plain and
simple, for constructing hot bed, SO that
any one who chooses may enjoy tbi, great
convenience for raising early vegetables.
And, first, about the size Of tie bed
This must, Of course, be regulated some
what by the number Of people for whom
it is intended to provide. Market garden
ers have them sometimes extending for
many rods in length. But for an Ordiua
ry family, a good size will be nine feet in
length by four in width. This will require
three ,ashes near three feet wide BY about
four feet three inches long, making allow
snce for their s!oring position. o. 81"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

SEC 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
any judge Of election who shall wilfully
aud knowingly allow any vote to be polled
in violation of the fourth and fifth sections
of this act, shall on conviction thereof, be
punished by fine Of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than three hundred dol.
lars, and Imprisonment for a term of not
less than six months nor M ore than one year.
That all offences under this act may be
prosecuted by Indictment in any criminal
court having jurisdiction Of felonies or
misdemeanors committed in said Territory
All laws, rules, or regulations incon.is-
tent with the provisions Of this act are
hereby declared null and void.
This strikes at the root of all the evil,
aud would be simply just even on the
prosessed principles of the Kansas Bill.
Surely, no one in favor of "Freedom for
Kansas" could vote against it But not
Southerner or Buchanan man could be
found to vote for relief. Look at the vote
on Its passage
YEAS NAYS.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

BENToN's EARLY LIFE-When Col.
/ Benton lectured in the fremont Temple,
he commenced by giving, in kindly, ,char-
acteristic style, some very good advice to
young men in general, aud apprentices in
particular. They saw before them, be re-
marked, person who had attained an age
past the limit which the Psalmst assigns
to the line of life, and now upon those
years which the same Psalmist associates
with sorrow and weakness. Thus far, he
was exempt from those infrmities. How
came it that at this advanced age he was
blessed with the absence Of those iufrmi-
ties which are supposed to belong to it :?
He owed it to the course of his early life.
Franklin (whom he warmly eulogized)was
once nicknamed the American Aquatic, be-
cause he drank nothing but water. In that
respect, be had initiated Franklin. He
totally abstained for the first half of his
life, and was temperate the other half.
He had not only totally abstsined from
spiri,uous liquors, vinous liquors, fermen-
ted liquors, and everything of the kind, but
he had kept himself free from erery kind
of dissipation. He knew no game what
ever and to this moment could not tell,
when looking at a party playing cards,
which was the loser and which the win
ner. He had often set up all night, watch
ing the sick, on military duty, and book
"a Jook-had often kept him awake
but he had never spent one night of dissi-
pation.-Boston Cor. Of ". T. Tribune,
Dec. 10
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

bed may be eight feet by four, and two
ssshes made to answer: smaller size ,W
anslcer for a small family. ba, i, is Difficult.
to secure sufficient and permanent heat
with less than about this body of dIng.
The box or 'frame" to surround the
bed, should b made Of good stout boards
,ongued aud grOoved and well put together
about two feet high for the back side, and
fifteen inches for the front, and the ends
with a corresponding slope of nine inches.
If it is made double, with a slight space
tightly enclosed all around, it will be all
the better, but single thickness Of boards
will do. Over the top, from from, to back,
at suitable distances, pieces must be put,
after the manner Of rsfters, on which the
edges Of the sashes will rest, and slide as
they are moved up and down. This sho'd
be done SO that the sashes will ft close,
and yet freely slide when necessary. Lot
it then be well painted and the frame Is
complete.
The ssshes, each Of which is technically
called "ligbt," should be made heavier
than for an ordinary window, and piAous
any cross bars, as these would prevent raia
from running Of. Let the bars ruu ths
whole length, and FIVE inches apart Is a
good distance to pat them, for then an eight
By ten light Of glass cut orosswise will just
fit the space. Small pieces like these arc
both less likely to break, and more easy to
replace, than larger. Lay them into the
bars, beginning at the lower end with each
upper one lapping an inch over the one
below, and f4sen with good putty. Some
knobs on the upper rail Of the sash are
convenient to move them by. Let them
all be painted and the ''lights" ars done,
and when placed on the frame will cover
it nearly air tight and carry of all mois-
ture clean over the front side.
Those who wish to avail themselves Of
these directions the present year, should
procure the frames and lights at once. 1t
is still in good time but Especially making
allowance for the delays Of carpenters and
slaziers) not day is to De lost.
The next thing to be got ready is the
dung for the foundation technically "ii-
ming Of the bed. About two two-horse
loads will be required for such a bed as We
have supposed, though oue very large load
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27
The Cabinet.
Sec. Of State-Cass of Mich.
Treasury-Cobb Of Ga.

See. Of State-Cass Of Mich.
Treasury-Cobb Of Ga.
War Floyd Of Va.
Navy-Brown Of Tenn.
Attorney GeDeral-Toucey Of CT.
p NJ General. Clancy Jones of Pa.
Interior-Jacob Thompson of Miss.
The Washington taion Of Feb. 18th
says: ave know of no information Of an
authentic character which justifes the Con-
fdence with which the foregoing is re-
ceiyed as the cabinet, or as SO near the
cabinet that only single change Is sug-
gested. 1t may be mere conjecture; but
whatever may have created the genera!
impression, it is certain so far as our OBJ
serva,ior has extended, the cast Of the cab
met above meets with decided approval.
If this, or caLinst composed of such
names, is formed, our anticipatious as to
the wise discrimination for which We have
given Mr. buchanan full credit will be en-
t;rcly realized. We express no opinion as
70 the correctness Of the list Of Game., for
We have no grounds for any opinion; but
We venture to say, that if the list is the
cabinet, the public mind will be entirely
satisfied that Mr. Buchanan's administra.
ton will start under most favorable aus
,;.as
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27
Probable Decease of Dr.. Kane.

A despatch was received in New York
on the 10th inst. by II. Grinnoll, Esq,
conveying the sad intelligence that our dis
tinguished countrymau, DR.. Kane, has pro-
baby departed this life. The despatch
comes via Mobile, having been received
there, as is supposed, by the steamship
Quaker City. 1t is as follows:
HAVANA, Feb. Is, 1857.
"Dr Kane is still alive, but can't last
through the day. His mind keeps right.
lie has just left his friends and bid his
cOuutrymen farewell. VIM. MORTON.
Mr. Morton has been nr. Kane's faith
full servant and steward FOR the last seven
years, and accompanied him twice to the
Arctic regions.
DIR. Kane is thirty-four years Of age.
His disease is of scrofulous nature, aris-
ing from scurvy and exposure during his
northern explorations. Friends in this
city are led to entertain some hope that
DR.. X. may survive, from the circumstance
that he has four times been in the same
critical condition-once in Egypt, from au
attack of plague once in Africa, prostra-
ted by the African fever once in the Med
iterranean, with lock jaw and he was
dangerously wounded in the Mexican war,
while carrying dispatches for Gen. Scott
between Vera Cruz and Mexico.
HIS DECEASE
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-The steamer
Cahawba arrived to-day from Havana on
the Goth inst, bringing the remains Of
DR.. Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer,
who died in the 10th inst. at Havana. The
highest official honors were manifested as
he was conveyed on board the ship. The
greatest public and private respect will here
be paid to his memory, and tomorrow his
corpse will be placed on the j. Woodruff
steamer for Low '''e and Philadelphia.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

NOBLE DEED.-Some months since, a
poor German neighbor Of Gerrit Smith was
charged with murder. A singular combi-
nation Of unfavorable circumstances in-
duced general belief that he was guilty,
and the public excitement against him was
very strong. Mr.. Smith visited the sus-
pected man ip the Jail, and became eou-
vinced that be vas innocent. In the tace
of hostile public sentiment he volunteered
his services as counsel for the German,
spent nearly thousand dollars from his
own purse in collecting evidence, and ar
gusd his case before the jury. By his uu-
tiring exertions the very dark cloud Of
unfavorabls circumstances was cleared up,
and the innocence Of his client made man
ifest, not only to the court aud jury, but
to the public. Mr. Smith, with character
istic benefcence, crowned his magnanimity
by giving ths poor German small farm
and FIVE hundred dollars in money No
beIess ike this is its own praise and its
-~-.-1 Wn r,~h that il gas lss.
rare.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27


A BUCHANAN EDITOR EXPELLED FROM
LoUIsIANA-The Cincinnati Gg=efts adds
another to the roll Of ostracised free citi-
zens of the United States, who have been
expelled fer opinions sake from the South
Geo. Crane, formerly one of the most ac-
tive and enthusiastic Administration men
in Cincinnati, about year ago went to
Louisiana, where be assumed the editor
ship Of Democratic paper, and became
very popular with his party. In moment
of candor, however, he avowed, in pirate
conversation, that it would be better for
Kansas that she became Free State, leay-
ing out all exterior questions and from
tina. time onward, admiration on tie part
Of bis Southern friends turned to suspicion
and hatred. 4 meeting was called and
he was warned to leave the country He
obeyed the requirement, and in departing
from that State, shook OF the dirt from
the mire Of pro-S!syery LocofocOism from
the soles Of his boots, for ever.
ADEFAULTISG A TREASURER The Leg
islaturs of Mississippi has declined to
grant the request Of Mr.. Graves, the State
Treasurer, who became fourteen years ago,
a defaulter, to be permitted to return to
Mississippi, on condition tha. be pays the
State $1,000 year, until the balance
against him, Si5, ,00O, should be liquiJated
He urges that he has suffered fourteen
years of exile, in the terrible climate of
Canada West; that his wife, born in the
sunny South, nobly deserted her parents,
her home, her all, to follow her husband
into exile, and has suffered worse punish
ishment than him she at least Is iaaoceat;
but this has not prevented the climate from
doing its worst upon her, and she is grad
ually sinking into the grave; al she asks
is to be permitted to return to the sunny
South 10 die. This is one of life's sad pie
tures, which inculcates greater truth than
any to be reaped flum fields Of fiction.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-02-27

! 1t ought to be quite recent horse dung,
and must not in any case be SO old as to
have lost its power of passing into bo:
fermentation. 1t is the better for being
mixed with considerable proportion Of
straw, though any deficiency of this can
be supplied BY using leaves, saw dust.
spent tan ami the like These serve to
abate the fury of the heat at first and pro-
long it through a greater time. Before
being placed in the bed it is necessary that
the dung should be turned (perhaps twice
or more, leaving it to heat somewhat each
;ime) and eery thoroughly shaken to pieces
and mixed, SO that the mass may be Of q
like fneuess, moisture and warmth, other.
wise the bed will never take an even and
satisfactory heat
Having thus got your materials on the
ground and well prepared, you are ready
to proceed with digging the hole but as
what We have described will REQUIRE at
'Sas' VAC WEN, anu IL Is NOT ptst 10 puIGe0
the memory with too much at once, We
willreserve further particulars til our next.
R-We have given some 30 or 80 per.
sous in Union county, few grains of the
BEARDLEss BARLEY, for seed NIr Briggs,
who furnished it to US, states, that with
small samples Of rare grains, much care is
necessary to protect from birds and fowls.
Ny course is to plant, in good soil, in rows
l. to 10 inches apart, and 1 to 6 inches
between the grsins-keep clear of weeds,
and water if necessary. BY this process,
10 to 20 heads may be grown from enc
grain, and the product, though not as
heavy perhaps, will be great increase Of
seed. The gentleman from whom l OBJ
tanned my seed, in answer to my inquiry,
gives the following account Of its origin,
&c. He says The frs, in this country
came from enc Of tie Danish East India
Colonies, iu 1871. l obtained the seed,
in 1852, from a gentleman in Georgia.
1t is said to have come from the gulches
of the Himaiayan Mountains succeeds as
well as our common Barley; requires q
moderately dry upland soil; is beautiful
in flower, and has no boards or awns'
Plant early in Spring, and give me the
result if you please be it good or ILL., "Eds.
How To INCREASE YOUR MANURE
If you have not hitherto done so, permit
US row to prevail on yru to take this our
advice: Have as many loads Of rough
materials hauled and spread over your
cow-yard as will make twelve inches in
depth. In spreading, SO fashion the ma
terlals as to be basin shaped, the lowest
point being in the center, 10 prevent the
escape of the urine. While the roash
materials are being placed in and spread
on the yard, dust each layer 80 spread with
plaster or ru'ver;zed charcoal, and when
completed, dast tie suri-cs w.,h si;hsr 0.