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i on Harrison, Third, Ripley and BlondeacG Vrcets
will be sold or leased on reasonable teYms Tor par.
ticulars enquire Of 0oADIN I Dow. or
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CHHRIyy LEONARD'S odacs nay hereafter b
- found q the Court House.
L. LEONARD,
tMWpoAevl8' o. oanAtDu uDtV
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-04-17

Good ,,ature Is not usually reckoned
amoup tho Christian virtues; but 1t Is the
nurse Of them all. Sunshine Is neither .
frui. nor o flower, but it Is the parent Of
both. What is good nature but benovo-
lenco7 1t bears the Same relation to relis'
ious bencvolencc which common sense doc
to genius. Genius is common sense In a
sublime form, applied to higher pursuits
Good nature-a happy, smiling, cheerful
state Of mind, which will not bs offended ant
will not offend, borne about In daily life
and pervadina: common, homely, and minus
afaiu-is q tue bencvolcnce, though th'
,pccia tic, Of Il may SOON small and unim'
portanr. Very few Of us need tho eourag'
which would face death and carry US 4
martydom. We need . thouand time
moro those Christian virtues which vii
keep us from being snappnh before break
fast; which viii make Us patent who
some ono treads 'on upon upon corn
which will qucll pride upon petty provoca
tions; that will mako N attentive 70 20
feelings Of the poor and humble; whic
will arm us with fortituds against tho hse
/ ffcts and bicken Of domestic life; or mai
US kind and forbcarins with men that ''e'
h.,h and unfair in their dealings with u
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TIE DAlKEY AND TuE DKzx. The good
steamer Iron was coming down the beaut.
full St. Clair, when noble Buck was cen
swimming acros ahead Of her. To lowr
away o boat and give chase WAS only "
work of moment, and With stsut lins
he was akcn BY tho antles, and Aisly
brought upon ths STEAMERS deck. A good
deal Of elimination was excited By his 6ns
proportions, and among his, ,sdnlrss was
the cook, . goodly specimen Of "Affies
clime." who imagined that, from tho docils
appearance Of the animal, he was quiet y .
sheep. He therefore undertook 10 cares
him, and 10 lay his hand upon his haunch,
when he was astonuhed BY vigorous kick,
that laid him spawling on tho deck
Nothing dsunted, however, Cufay thought
to succeed better by tho head. but tho deer,
liking this no better, made butt that laid
the darkey out again, and opened an ugly
cash on his woolly head. This was too
much Ola good thing % Cuhsy, when he
recovered himself, stOod ., a respectful dis
tancc, and cycling the old buck, aid-"No~,
look here, Mister Dee, do'no whose dec
you is, or who you b'long TO but II you do
dat or agin, dar'll bc wenlon boad dis boat,
suro's you livo!"
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Indeed, II wo choose 70 think %, daily life d
q martyrdom, and caru and annoyancs aro
the slivsrs and fasoh heapod about us ton
torment. Wcarines, discounsement, I'M
ations, disputes, Misunderstanding, mean
pride and msaner vsuity-thse are the rsb-
bio rout that gather about the victim TO help
10 immediate him. In our day, no doubt, 1t
requires moro graee for some men to be
good-nsturcd-sinply and evcnly g'od-ns-
turod--than II required In some old martyrs
to DO burnt at tho stake. There are Goals
hotter than any which como from wood.
Thers Il smoke moro suiiocating than any
which fagots mako. But It 10 worth what
ever II may cost. II will pay man In his
own spirit. 1t win mako life golden. It's
the philosophers Stone that changes dull
mstals to gold. willgivs men power. 1t
Il not an ambitious graoe, but Il ID tho grscc
Of slgnal powerfalncs. No man has such
advantage over others - he whom no man
can provoke. an '.."|
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A LisxL WILL NOT LIE rroS An KxrrY
STOMACH. It will DO rccollected that Moses,
Of Tho Skowbegan Clarion, went down to
Augusta about two yoas since and did not
get enough to ea., and he said 20 In Tho
Clarion, whcrcupon . libel suit was COM
mcnccd against him. Tho following from
Tho Clarion shows how the case has event.
uated:
OUR DINNER CASE. Our readers will rccol.
lect that some two years since we wero sued
by Mr.. George W. Kicker, keeper Of the
Stanley Housc, Augusta, for an alledsed
libel upon that house, ip asserting that we
were disatis6ed with tho amount Of food
which ws received while taking dinner
there Tho action came on for trial no
Thursday OF last week, before the Supreme
l,Bajeial Court at Augusta, Judge Rics pre-
bot on motion ofD. d. Steward. tSq.. Our
Attorney, Mr.. Kicker was non-suited. on
the grounds that he was not legal Inn.
holder ut the time Of tho commencement Of
his action against us, ho not having license
for that purpose. Being engaged IN IN ur.
lawful business, Il was held that he could
not be libsled. Judge Rios remarked that .
person who claimed the protcction OF The
law, must himself be law-sbiding man.
Thus ends in smoke this celebrated casc, In
which an attempt was msds 10 muszle tho
pres.
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TIE jews ALWAYS REMAINING Ius SANE
NuxBra IN rus WORLD. Tho Hebrew peo-
pie, remarkable oil over tho world for their
thriving popularity in business ofa morcan-
tile nature, for they never touch agriculture,
arc still moro remarkable from the fact that
their entire number In the world OF tho
present timc ID about the samo a. in the
palmist days Of Judea.
This fact Is worthy Of noto in tho statistics
Of the Jewish population, and is among tho
-. -s-o-sz--.--' -'--=--.-.-----=-e n-H-----A -
sular of all pcoplo. Under all their calam'
tiles and dispersions, they seem to have 70
mained nearly tho samo amount as in the
DAYS Of David and Solomon; mover much
less after agcs Of suffering.
Nothing like this has occurred In tho his
tory of any other race Europe In genera
having doubled its population within tn
last hundred years, and England nearly
.r;plcd hers within tho last half century
the proportion OF America being sui m'''
rupid, and tho world crowding in . con-
,.antly increasing ratio. Yet tho Jsw
sccm to stand still In the vast and genera
movement. Tho population Of Judes' In u
mos. palmy days, probably did not exceed
II Il reached, four millions. Tho nutnos
who entered Palestine from tho wildsrncs
wcre evidently not more than three NIL
lions, and their census, according 70 10
German statistics, who were generally con
sidered to be exact, Is now nearly the am'
as tha. Of tho people under Moses-sbou
, three millions. They are thus distr ibuted
In Europe l,9l5,9Oo, Of which sbor
6ss 900 are In Poland and Russia, and lS3
600 are In Austria.
In Asa, 73S 900, Of which 5000 .,
, In Asiatic Turkey. ''' .lL
. In Africa, 5oi 900, Of which 900, 900 q
h in Morocco
a In America, Nsrth and South, 81 ,00o.
!. five add to these about 5000 Samal
III tans, the calculations In round numbers vi
]. b about 3,lS0,o0o. q
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LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.

converted into butter or cheese, and the
eoarser grains would DO equally profitable,
if fed to the cows and hogs The surplus
sold from the farm should bc principally in
butter. cheese and. according to tho present
diet, pork. The grains most cultivated, be-
yond the necessary bread for the family,
should DO thoso which will produce the
greatest amount Of this same pork, or Of
milk. Ofthese, corn and barley are the
most importan:. Indeed, Indian corn is the
golden crop Of the Union, and its cultivation
large US it may appear, is only in its infan-
cy. Even in this region, as large crops have
been grown upon the acre as in the regions
OF the West.
If our farmers would husband their ma
nurs with the same care Us 10 the Flemish
farmers, and apply il in its liquid state to
the corn in its early growth, 100 bushels to
the acre would be no uncommon crop
While the dairy should be the leading bransn
il by no means follows that Others may not
BE- added which will prove equally profitable,
If in accordance with the leading maxim on
the prcpohderance of the animal product
The land should be made as productive as
possible; but the farmer should convert all
his vegetable products into butter, cheese,
pork, beef, or mutton, and only IN one or
the other of these conditions should they be
sold from the farm. There may be local..
ties where different policy could be benef-
eially pursued, but in looking over this rc-
gion we cannot discover them. The wheat
growers Of Western New.York may chal
lengc the correctness OF our conclusions ss
applied to them. Still, the experience of
the last FIVE years ought to satisfy them that
had they devoted more Of their land to stock
and less to wheat, their profits would be
much more satisfactory than at present.
To give an idea Of the limited extent Of
the dairy region, as compared with oil the
land in use in tho United States, We have
q few statistics from the United
States census Of 1850, which, more than
We could say, establishes the cor
rectness of our position. The lollwins til
bic of dairy products in the "srse dairy re
giOH," includes the whole OF Ohio, and cx-
eludes both Illinois and Indiana, US the
amount manufactured in the valley Of the
Ohio, in the latter State, would bo about
equal to the amount manufactured in that
portion Of those States lying within the
limits of the basin Of tho lakes.
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EARLY PorAroEs-llow To RAIsE.-TaSe
a box or barrel "a broad box is bcst,) and
cover the bottom with equal parts Of stable
manure and earth, upon which place the
potatoes two or three inches apart and COW
er with six inches Of the compost. Proceed
in this manner until tho box or barrel Is
flied. Next dig out space in the side oil
your manure or compost heap which is fer
men,ing with moderate heat and insert
the box and cover with the manure. The
warmth will be sufficient to start the pota'
toes, and il Is possible too much so,in which
case remove the manure from the top, and
water if too dry. They will send out u
mass OF roots which will 50 adhere to the
compost in which they are planted that
when the land is prepared, and the temper
aturs will warrant pattinS in the open
ground, they may then be taken out sinsly
and transplanted with ease and safety, c.
pccially II the whole mass Is previously wet.
Potatoes started by this method will b. from
two or threc weeks earlier than thoss plant
ed in the ordinary mlnner.-Am.rioaa Az
riealt~ia March.
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iABLs % pAikr PDoorcrs IN rHs rRrs BAiRr RLGi0x.
~ $50
,,.l, s!ls !si,iss ,lol,ydl.g.s 81, Nos .Ols

Total, slis 1sI,'sS slol,ydJ,s.s $50 o,I6S, ,OJS
The aggregate or butter and cheese pro-
duced in the United States during the year,
was 4lS,Ssl, 100 pounds, which would leave
9S,Tl3, ,lGG pounds as the product of all the
States outside Of the foreSOin: region. But
the butter product of the whole nation was
Sl3 3i5, 800 pounds, and Of cheese los $780,
S03 pounds, leaving therefore 95,liO,5Il
pounds of butter and 1892, ,595 pounds Of
cheese US the total product Of all the other
portions of the Union. The whole number
of co rs W 1885, ,6H, divided rs follows !:
In the dairy re ion, 2,S9I ,Ol7; out Of it,
3, ,46l ,627, beins an excess Of 56i,6l0,-
Comparing all the butter and cheese pro-
duced with all the cows in the dairy region
there was Ill pounds to each COW ;
while out of it, the average was but ~
pounds to the COW.
In comparing all the butter produced in
the dairy region with all its cows, there were
~ pounds to the COW, while out Of it the
average was 2S pounds. OF cheese, the av-
erage in the dairy region to each COW was
35 pounds, while out Of it the average was
only Que pound to the COW. The difference
will become considerably increased when We
consider that in the dairy region an urban
,,pnla tion ot lcaSt FUN ;ll,nns ,raa Tar tha m
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B1DDEFoRD, MAINE, FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1857.

man presents fan. flower or trinkets to
lady with the left hand, this, on his part, Ia
an overture Of regard; should she receive
with the LEFT hand, II is considered as an &C.
ceptanco Of his esteem but If the right
hand, It Is q refusal ofthe offer. Thus by
few simple tokens. explained BY rule, the
passion Of love is expressed.
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CARROTS. Don't fail this year, friend, i
you have cow or horse, to lay in largely
for raising carrots as food for next winter
Mansold wurtze's are about as nutritious
better, perhaps, for mich cows, and are
more easily raised and harvested-nay. they
viii keep better, without ro'tius, in the Gel,
lar through the winter. But DO sure to
rai.e enough OF ono or the other. A little
land, properly enriched and titled, will yield
all You need. We make the suggestion in
season, so you will not say next winter
you did not think Of the matter soon enough,
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The Mormoa,--state Of the Case.

A friend, now in Europe, whose attention
has bccn drawn to the problem Of the Nor
mons and their relations " Tho government
Of tho United States, has arrived at tho fol-
towing results:
list. We have no need to trouble our
selves about the religion nor the marriage
customs of the Mormons, because wo have
no right to do 20, these not being political
elements.
ID. Nature provides by birth ono female
to ono male; tho proportion is about six
teen women to seventeen men, and the ratio
ofpremature deaths among males Is similar
excess 1t is therefore impossible for one
man to have several wives without deprivipg
several other men Of % wife.
Sd. No such sexual monopoly on one
hand and privation on the other, was ever
assentcd to or existed whcro there was free
dom for tho people, and quality Of condition
for the support Of families.
4th. No man will DO content without o
wifo, II free to take one, and no woman will
prefer to bo ono Of plurality Of wivos,
rather than to be wife Of ono man, IL pru.
dence Of choice Is left her.
9Th. Polygamy is not the traditional
custom Of the Teutonio or Celtic rae
Is, and Is not likely under any eircumstan.
Cos to become 10.
9th. If thse aro general truths, II fol.
lows that as soon as wo give the Mormons
freedom from the rule Of prizes t., elective
institutions and the ballet, polygamy mus,
fall; every man will in effect vote himsolfa
wife ; the desires of the men and Of the wo-
men, and the provisions Of nature % to the
number Of tho, sexes, all oonsprre to the ono
end, to wit--slonogamy. This alone viii
remain respectable, polygamy will be dis
graceful, and. its advocates deprived Of Office
Of place and Of influence.
Polygamy only exists among people where
there is great inequality Of condition as "a
property, and whcro oil political power ID
held by hereditary few-whcre caste pre-.
vails-snd tho ruling classes are above pub.
lie opinion or law.
Mouogamy is not tho offspring Of the old
religion nor the now religion /; It Is tho TO
suit Of circumstances, and was pruoticcd by
the Teutonic and other European races-
from the firt-c.rtainly 9 thousand year.
before tho Christian era, and has never
shown any signs Of permanent change II
undoubtedly had its origin in nature, and
in tho division, isolation, general equality
Of condition and tendency to personal FREQ
dom, which was always strong in these ra-
ces, and in pursuance Of whish circumstan-
ccs polygamy cannot be sustained.
A man may feel that ho has a. good o
right to take two wives, or twenty wives,
with their consent, a. to take one, and 1t
might DO difficult to prove to him logically
that he was In error, but circumstances will
inevitably sct him right practically on that
subject; only give tho circumstances FREQ
scope in the manner suggcstcd.-N y.
Post.
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IIoors SAVED Hn. Al the steamer Com.
monwcalth camo alougide tho wharf at Now
London, on Friday night, on tho psssss
from Norwich 10 New York. lady walked
overheard and would have been drowned
but for tho hoops in her dress. which rcn.
dered tho same somewhat balloonish, and
witbal, answered the purpose Of moro
complicated lifs-preserver. The night was
very dark, and Il was nearly halfsn hoar
before abe could be extricstsd from her per-
ilous situation, during which time tho hoops
were sufficiently strong to buoy her up and
prevent her from sinking .-Nae YerS ir'@'
une. #.rfr... 10
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GARDEN yrorrAnLrs. 1t is found thai
seeds OF carrots, ruta baga, or mangel-wur'
eel. which are soaked from twenty.iour t.
forty e. hit hours, and then rolled in plaster
before sowing, will come up week Or ten
days sooner than seed not treated in this
way. As this gives the young plants fair
start with the weeds, 1t will prove great
advantage TO the farmer. Two and hall
pounds Of carrot seed. four pounds Of mang.
el-wurrel, or three pounds Of turnip seed
should be sown TO the acre
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NATURAL B,RonkrERs. Chiekweed is an
excellent barometer. When the flower ex'
pauds fully, we are not t, expect min fol
several hours. Should It continue in that
state, no rain wall disturb the summer s day
When /, eonecals its miniature flower, the
day Is generally show,ry; but IL it entirely
shuts up. or wells the white aower with its
green mantle, let tho traveller put on In
great coat.
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UNION AND EASTERN JOURNAL.

THs UxIos Axp EAsrEsS JOUsNAL 10 pabiished even
PEIDAT, At No 1, CsnI'Nl bloes, oPis'sts the Bhlis
f,rI slss. rsHs.-s!,0 psr a.nan, or tl,so u
I,d sthh three month. IRON the time VI subscribing
sangie eapes 4 eeuts-
Y. 70. Pa Ma the An .rieAn Newspaper Agent, 10 the
only auth0rI.l agent br tAls payer La ih- eitiSs VI
Sss yof. B,siSn aud rhll4dsiphs, and In duly Sul-
P0syre 10 take Advertisements anil seriptlOns al
the cam. RATES as req lfvlby Ills OIhecs sr. Nss
Inyi PAIIaisIpAia, n. ". e1ruSr rhnt AMI ch-ss-
strcet.
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rur law or ,ur Flxor. Rrxo. no gen

{ Tnr LAW or TnK FINGER RrSo. Ifa gen.
tleman wants wife he wears ring on the
6nt finger Of tho left hand; ifheis engaged,
ho wears Il on the second finger: Unmarried,
on the third; and on the fourth ifhs never
intend to &c. married. When lady Is moi
engaged, she wears diamond ring on hc'
6rst finger: II engaged, on the second; i
married on the third; and on the fourth Il
she intends TO DO maid. When Q gentle
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HD'Isrssli oucs wrote Of certain hne
lady: She had certainly some qualities 70
shins in . fashionable circlo. Sbs had
. plenty Of apathy, wss solashly illi.snse !;
was brilliantly nin, and tsrtilely cspae'ou.'
aoquieoed With sruy one, and diaassd ani-
versal smiles. .Hi ,D UIi 1lH0 -
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O-Soms fow yan sines, o merchant.
who lived upon tho eastern sca.board. bar
gained with On honest Quaker for lot Of
cider. 1t was delivered upon tho wharf In
due timo, neatly barrelcd, tho bungs careful.
y covered with tins and strongly nailed
down. The buyer being shrowd and caro-.
ful man, always right after his business,
took notion that hc would try tho wares
before he sent them Of. Accordingly be
ripped up ono tin and knocked out tho bung
ofa barrel, inserted his proof:glass and found
that tho liquor was far from what the Quak.
er had shown him, and " hat he had bargain
ed for. lie tried another and another-it
was all the same-o villainous mixture Off
hard, musty cider, with molssses and water.
lie sought out the nnctiaed seller and de-
mandcd an explanation. Old Brosdbrim
was concerned, but not nonplused or In the
least aboshod. He owned up, for ho could
do no otherwise, but with the blandest and
smoothcst manner possible, excused himself
by saying, "Friend Jennings, I thought thee
vas to ship It TO far OF country"