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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-11-24
Hints to Sportsmen.

lhe following hints which we find in
the Charleston Courier, may be Of some
advantage to the younger portion, a, least
OF our spor'smen !; and we therefore trans.
Ter 'hem to our columns; the hints about
iine powder deserves attention:
NesSrS. Editors As the guLpinc
season has opened it would be well to
turn your attention to the kind of am
I'D muhi'lon best adapted for general use.
lhere is very common error with regard
10 the size Of both powder and shot.
Much experience has taught the writer
that No. or 8 (the latter of which he
uses Is the proper size of any thing un
DER duck shooting, say for Partridge, Plo-
YER, Dove, or Larks, where such are
Killed; Ducks, Tarkies, &C., require
heavier Shot, single or double b &c. II
is not necessary to use No. 4 to 6 for gen
erai use as some believe it to be. Now
with regard to powder, The old notion
OF very tine (say FFF) as the best kind
70 use Is 10y no means unusual, in fact it
Is another error, especially with novices
III the art. The reader may have been
ih the habit OF using such, and NAV never
nave considered whether considerable
portion OF the finest particles NAV not he
composed OF charcoal dust, one of the
ingredients, thus causing a larger residum
or more rapid foulng Of the gun-if so,
d'scarG 1t at once, and use a much coar.
ser quality OF powder. But you NAV be
disposed to enquire How will such coarse
powder ever get into the tube (or nipple\
OF the gun?" My friend, you have been
laOorng under deIusion. This dvst
powd er which you have been in the babi,
OF using, l will engage to sav, has often
been SO wedged into the tube by ram.
ming down the charge that the cap has
exploded, but not the charge.
II the tube is clear you may depend
that more certain communication with
The charge is obtained, by using powder
which Is too coarse to enter the tube. nor
can you possibly observe the interval of
communication, if such an idea should
even exist in your imagination, for there
alone 1t must be. A proper tes, will soon
satisfy you Of this.
lie writer is now using the last pound
OF quarter keg of duck Shooting. No,
. gram. manufactured by the Hazard
Powder Company, and can testify to its
strength and good quality, in proof of
OF ms'r ''i'ea Shooting, DUCK erge ru.
of a very large aad brilliant grain, for
general use. Two and a half drshms
e p of this, with one and a quarter
OF. q 4oz) No. 8 (LeRoy's Wind
Iower) shot, in the opinion Of the writer,
and of friend of great skill and experi
ence, who uses the same, both in quality
and size, is all that can he desired bv
any one who uses gun Of not less than
sixteen guage. A SHOOTER.
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From The Farmer and Planter
Rainy Days Employment.

Mr., EDITOR AS we should ALWAYS |
be usefully employed, and use our time to |
the best possible advantage 0his evening
being too wet for out Of doors work J | |
propose TO write short article on the a.
bove subject, which you can publish if
you think fit.
All must acknowledge that it is to the
intefes: Of each and every one, at all
times to be usefully and profitably employ.
ed ; especially If he would desire to thrive
and prosper in the world. No one has
any time TO lose or idle away unimproved.
We should work while it is day, for the
night cometh when no man can work.
The farmer, as we'll as The man Of any
other vocation, can work or use his time
proftabIy on rainy days. Because it is
too wet to work out, it is no reason WHY
We should not work at all. He may rest
assured that he has plenty, and more
than he can do il he will.
Every farmer should have some kind
OF lumber house, or work shop, in which
his tools should be kept. On we; davs
let him repair thither, or make and repair
all such tools as are needed on the farm ::
such, for instac ce, as plow stocks, harrows,
axe handles, and many other things that
cannot be enumerated. A farmer should
/ plan out and arrange his business so as
not to be compelled to stop his hands out
of the field when the weather is favorable
for out Of doors labor in order to attend
TO all those numerous jobs which can be
accomplished as well on wet DAYS AS dry
ones. He can do or have done all of his
shoe making and mending, coopering,
DC, on rainy days. He can also have
his corn shelled and sent to mill when
the ground is too wet to plow. In a
word, a farmers labor is almost endless il
he tries to manage and keep up every
thing partaining to farm. And, when
he can do or think Of nothing else to do
on rainy day that would be more prof
table to him or bis neighbor, then let him
pick up TIE Farmer and Planter, and
read few articles in its pages, which
will employ and invigorate his mind tc
do something both profitable and usefu
when the rain shall have ceased falling.
TT. A.
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Doctors are very wise men, sometimes.
This fact is fully illustrated by the follow.
ing from the New Bedford Mercury:
"In certain fiourishing village down
eastward, where hourishes literary insti.
tution a gentleman took one of family
Of infant puppies, and gaining entrance
into a neighbor's house before the folLs
were wide awake enough to know what
he was about, chucked the little creature
among litter of kittens, of like tender
age. Puss made no distinction between
the stranger and her own offspring, and
he on his part took kindly and confidncly
TO his new nurse. Great was the astonish.
ment Of the house hold when il was dis.
covered las they supposedly that their cat
was the dam OF puppy. The news Of
so por,entous birth spread over town
like wildfire. People came in flocksto
see the sight. The fortunate possesser
was offered five dollars for the little mon.
ster, bat declared he would not part with
it for five hundred. That the case might
not fail Of due authorization, two physi-
cans. Of the first responsibility, were sum.
moned to inspect and report upon it.
They jointly and severslly scrutinized the
animal, and found that it was certainly a
puppy, having all the characteristics of
the dog race, except the paws. Those
were pronounced TO resemble cats claws.
The peEpeiEator Of the joke couldn't hold
in any longer. The cat was or. OF the
bag in a twinklipg, and il the doctors
outlivs the memory Of their essay in com
parative zoology they will be more lucky
than most victims OF n "selI."
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lgruultural,
Value of Sheep to the Farmer

Sheep aie profitable to the Ga rmer no,
only from the product of wool and nut
ton, but from the tendency which their
keeping has TO improve and enrich his
land Tor all agricultural purposes. They
do this:
l. by the consumption of food refns.
ed oy other animals, in summer turning
waste vegetation to use, and giving rough
and bushy pastures a smoother appear
ance, and IN time eradicating wild plants
so that good grass and white clio, er NAV
take their place. In this respect, sheep
are OF especial value to pastures on soils
too steep or stony for the plow. In win.
ter, the coarser parts Of the hav. refused
oy horses and COWS, are readily eaten by
sheep while other stock will generally eat
most OF that left by these animals.
for these reasons, among Others. no
grazing farm should be without a small
flock oi sheeP-for it has been found tina,
as many cattle and horses can be kent
with as without them, and without anv
INJURY TO the farm for other purposes
a small flock, we ssid-perhaps half
dozen to each horse and cow would he
the proper proportion. a variety of cir.
cumstances would influence this point =.
such as the character of the pasturaoe
and tue proportion Of the same fitted and
desirable for lilage.
2. They enrich land by the manufac.
ture Of considerable quantities of excel
lent manure. A farmer of long experi.
ence IN sheep husbandry, thought there
was no manure SO ierti!izing AS that Of
sheep, and (of which there is no doub,)
that none dropped by the animal upon
the land suffered so little by waste from
exposure. A German agricultural wri.
ter has calculated that the droppings from
one THOUSAND sheep, during single nigh,
would manure an acre sufficiently for any
crop. BY using portable fence, and
moving he same from time to time. a far.
mer might manure distant field with
sheep at a less expense than tha: Of cart.
ing and spreading barn manure.
The value OF sheep to the farmer is
much enhanced by attention to their
wants. Large flucks kept together are
ii,afsss--=.s"~!s l",y as,.ILrI ~ 'N'-''1 "'1
should be To get good fleeces Of wUof,
and large, healthy lambs from poor neg
Iected sheepis impossible. 1t is also true,
that the expense Of keeping is often least
with the flock that are always kept in
good condition. The eye and the thought
of the owner are far more necessary than
large and irregular supplies Of fodder
Division OF the hock and shelter, with
straw and little grain, will bring
them to spring pastures in better order
than if kept together with double rations
Of hay, onebaif of which is wasted by
the stronger animals, while the weak of
the flock pick up scanty living, andoften
times fail to get that through the whole
winter.
We commend this subject to the con
sideration OF our correspondents-it needs
attention on the part Of the farming pub.
lie Country Gentlemen.
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An UNEXPECTED FORTUNE.-It is sta.
ted that surviving daughter Of Aaron
Burr comes curiously into possession of
quite fortune in this way: Burr held
lease from Trinity Church Of the Rich
mond Hill property, three OF four hundred
lots in ,be centre Of New York. for sixty
six years. He released the land for six
ty three years to Astor and others, and
their lease expires in 1860. The lease
for three years then belongs to Burr's
daughter, and the claim is indisputabIe,
and the value Of the lease very great
Already several Of the lesseess have com.
promised the claim for from 81, 500 tos2-
600 per LOT.
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ting some moneys due him in that CITY.
was about returning, when he found that
one bill of a hundred dollars had been
overlooked. His landlord, who knew the
debtor, thought it a doubtful case; but
added that If it agdS colleclable at all a
tail, rawboned Yankee, then duunne a
Iodger IN another part Of the hall, would
"worry 1t out Of the man. Calling him
up, therefore, he introduced him to the
creditor, who showed him the account.
'Wal, Square," said he, "lain't much
use o ti!in', l guess. know that crit
ter. You might as well try to squeeze
lie out of Bunker Hill Monument as to
elect a debt out of him But any how,
Square, what'll you give, sposin' I do
try?."
We'll, sir, the bill is one hundred dol.
lars: III give you-yes, I'll give you
halt, il you'll collect it,
'Greed,' replied the collector, there's
no harm in tryim', any way
Some weeks after The creditor chanced
TO be in Boston, and in walking up Ire
mont street, encountered his entcrprisinp
friend.
Look o here,' said he, "Square, had
considerable luck with that bill O your'n.
Y ou see, stuck to him like dog to a
root, but for the first week or so twan't
no use-not a Bit If lie was bone, he
was Short if he wasnt home, l could
get no satisfaction. Blythe by, says !
after gon' sixteen times. I'll fix your says
|. So sat down on the doorstep and
sat all day and part Of the evening, and ]
began airly nert day; but about 10 o
clock he gin iu.' lie paid me my half,
dndlI gin him up the note.'
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Selett Portry.
Strive, Wait and Pray.
By MISS A. a. PROCTOR.

Strive yet do not promise
The prize you dream of TO day.
NiIl not fade when you think to grasp it,
And melt IN your hand away:
But another and boiler treasure,
You would now perchancc disdain,
will come when your toll is over,
And pay you for all your pain.
Wait: yet do not tell you
The hour you long for now,
VIII not come with its radiance vanished,
And n shadow upon its brow;
Yet far through the misty future,
With crown of starry light,
An hour of joy you know not
Is wingng her silent flight.
Pray though the gift you ask for
May never comfort your fears,
May never repay your pleading,
Yet pray with hopeful tears
An answer, not that You long for,
But diviner, will come one day
Your eyes are too dim to see it,
Yet strive, and wait, and pray.
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APPALLING RESULT OF SoMNAMBULIsu
One Of the most awful results OF sleep
walking Of which we have heard trans
pired at tie Upper Ferry Landing, St.
Lonis, on Friday night last. The Republi-
can gives the following account of the
occurrence:
Friday evening farmer, named John
Bray, from Indiana, who was removing
TO some point on the Missouri river with
his father in law and four children, came
in on the Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad
Being in Strengthened circumstances, the
family obtained permission 10 stop for the
night in small room on the ferry dock
at the foot Of Carr street. Between
twelve and one O'clock in the night Bray
arose, in his sleep, and taking his youn-
gest child, sged three years, in his arms,
actually walked from the room and in to
the water The piteous waiiing cries Of
the child ard the loud calls OF the father
for help, soon drew a number of persons
to the melancholy scene from adjacent
places on the ievee. Before ingenuity
could resolve on any means Of rescuing
the drowning objects, both had sank, 10
he seen no more alive. We have rarely
been called on to record more appalling
casualty.
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Bill, I've been in real estate little
latelv,'
We'll, John, how much have you dip
ped inr
Bought lot in the cemetery, and
half acre for esidence lot just beyond it,
What the deuce did you 90 so far
north fort Going to live there q
Yes, Bill, wanted home beyond
the gravel
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a New DIEr-Cooked cucumbers ara
sad to be as good as cooked egg plants.
Here Is the way TO do them up for table
use Take full grown cucum ber, line,
but still solid, and slice it thin-,h lat is,
not over quarter of an inch lhick-and
dip the slices in flour batter so as TO
coat them fry in very hot lard and pIen.
y OF 1t, inot in creased skilIeD and eat
them hot, and see if cucumbers are not
eat"ble. Slices OF fat pork, treated in the
same way, are good accompaniment. In
both cases the batter should be cooked Of
an even light brown.
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Wisdom in Parallels.

AT divine service Friar Albertus was
very devout and avoided wandering of
MUD 10y shutting bis eyes, In the socie
ty of the brethren he was always cheer
tu' and pleasant, and drew upon himself
The affections of all. So when he WAS
IN the convent on one occasion.
lie set forth this parable among them.
chiefly on account Of n novice who was
then present, who was 100 wise in his
own eyes, and presumed 10 intermeddIe
IN what did not concern him .There
was countryman,' he said, who. hear
ing that there was so much rest in Para
disc, and so many delights, set out in
quest OF il, if perchance he could gain
admittance. And when he had reached
the gate, after some trouble, he found
81. feter, and requested to be let in
Then ST, Peter asked him If he could oh
serve the laws Of Paradise, and would
Keep them before him and lie said ,ves ,
II 81. Peter would be good euouJh 70
tell him what ;hey were. Then Pe,ar
told h'm that he had nothing else to do,
except to hold his tongue. The country
man very gladly assen,ed 10 these con.
dit'ons, aud was admitted and as he
was walking through Paradise he saw n
man pIoughing with Two oxen. lean and
fat one and he allowed the fat OK 10
go on as he would, but kept whipping
AID spurrng the lean one. And running
up 10 hin, Tie countrvman Iebuked him:
and S'ra'ghtway St. Peter appeared, and
would have expelled him, vet he spared
h'm that time, and told him TO take
warning for the future And forthwith
gong a little further, tho countryman
saw "a man carrying long beam. with
winch he wanted TO enter house. but he
always turned the beam across the door
and running up to him the coun,ryman
told him to turn one end OF the beam
forward. And again ST. Peter appeared,
and would have expelled him, bu, he
spared him that lime sIso. Going his
way third time, the coun..yman saw a
man Topping trees in n wood. and he
spared all the old and rotten trunks, but
cut down the straightest, tallest, and
greenest trees. And running 6y he re.
buked him. Then S.. Peter appeared
and incontinently expelled him. For he
wished, says the chronicler, that interiors
should hold their superiors in respect on
all occasions, saying, Far be it that IA
m'Iiar'ty should breed contemlt,'" ..
In the aforesaid colla,ie,-ss.:,s. the pre-
Sumption OF young men; saying, that there
was young bull who diverted himself in
the meadows and fields just as he would.
One dav about Prime or Terce, be turned
aside to see the ploughing; and he beheld
the senior bulls pacing leisurely along in
the furrows. and doing but little work.
So lie rebuked them, and told them lie
would do as much as they at start, and
they begged that ne would come and
help them. So, placing his neck in the
yoke, he ran with great speed to the mid
die Of the furrow, and being weary and
out Of breath, he looked round ana said,
What, is it not all doner And the old
bulls answered No. and laughed at him.
Then the young bull said that he could
not go any further. Therefore, said thev,
we advance with moderation, because we
have to work continually, and not for
time onl " Bre'cer'S franciscan Records.
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PARA" said little boy to his parent
the other day, are not sailors very, very
small men ?'-'No, nv DEAR answered
the father: pray what leads you to sup
pose that they are so small r--'Because,'
replied the young idea, smartly, Il read :,
the other day, of Il sailor going to sleep
in his watch
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BRGKT Boy.-Not long since, some la.
dies, walking ia the garden Of An emin-
ent dNine, who had been classed among
the ranscendentalis,s. saw a little boy
scraping up the gravel path with an old
table spoon. What are YOU doing, my
little boy 7 inquired one Of the Isdies.
90" said the young offshoot Of transcen-
den,slism, "l'P digging after he in-
finite"
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WIND SPAvN.-It may be cured with
the following remedy take equal parts
beefs gall, neatsfoot oil, brandy and
spirits OF turpen,ine shake well together,
and apply IL thoroughly once a day until
cured. have cured them in this way in
eight wesks.-- Cores. of ". Il. Farmer.
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Whose pigs are those, my ladg
why, they belong to that are big SOW.
But mean who is their masterP
why, the little un, sir--he's a grand
un to light
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A PAIR OF HUsBANDs.-A country
editor perpetrates the following upon the
marriage of Mr.. Husband to the lady
of his choice:
This case is the strongest we have known
in our life
The husbands a husband, aud so is the
wife,
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N U N B Z R Al.
Duriittu.

AN old widow, when her pastor said
10 her: God has not deserted you in our
old age, replied No, no have very
good appetite still
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Il can't see how you can sit and eat,
while your vile is so sick"
"Why, my dear fellow, it is not that
love my wife less, but that love pan.
cakes more
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The strongest kind Of hiht--a young
lady asking gentleman to see il one Of
her rings would fit his little finger.
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what very bad practice is a comet con-
stantly guilty Of! !-Tale.bearIng.
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SUCCESSION DE FEU SAMUEL L. FoRGAY. DECIDE
PAR NEVILLE JARRFAU.

PAR NEVILLE 4 JARRFAU.
JULIAN NEVILLE, Encanteur.
Bureau No Commercial Place
GAMEDI, S mai 1855, midi, IhOtel de la
~ Cite rue Commune, DUN Urdre de Honorable
DruXeme Cour de District de In Manifestations date du
davr 1855 vendues rencn pour lie compile de Ia
snsdie sncression les prophecies suivanes, SAVIOR:
Une moue ndyise de la propriee suvante, savoir
QuAre LOIS de Terre dcsgnes les cinq
sept hut de ilet nnneo sept est borne par les
Perddo PoydRs Bertrand Peur daus lie Premier District
de cete Vile Les d los de tere sou congus ct
81 peds pouces igne de face Ia POydraS
proondeuT de l2O ped paraeles lie de
No forme lencoignure Poydras ct Prieur.
Neuf Lots de Terre ues dams lie Premier District de
Perddo johnson Galvez Gesgues par les Nos 10
H. IL ct 49, Les lots ct touchent chaaue
81 peds ponce de face IL Poydr profondeur
l20 ped gHes paraeles lie No Pencoignure
DIES Poy Gave SO peds pouees
Ia rue Poydras p0toudeu de 20 peds fat face
la Galvez Les los Nos O. 10 H. l2 10 tonchent
mesurent chacun pieds pouees gne de face
Gavez pViondeur de 1872 ped pouces gnes
tire gnes paraces. Lee dts lots
americana.
AUST
I'm certain Portion de Terre ayec oues les ba
sses amelioraons ouveut dams Ia Paroisse
Creek Bedco dit de
erres appnrtenan manenant jadis John Baddeaux
ee Ohm Badow su sud par DIES erres appartenan main
~nant on Jads, VIM Cooper; Fest continuation
yers lie nord de Ia gne des cites du dit VIM Cooper
ioues continuation lie nord de la lgne
de des terres de VIM Cooper lie dit moroccan de
II pATte de In section 80 dams lie township Sud Est du
District de Greesbug, ct content 253 plus moin
CONNIE lie tout paraia plan de la dte section 80 e
sections contgues fat T. T. Landry Ingenienr General 4,
FEat Dc la Louisiana date 'onAldsonville EtA
deetmhre 1896 copie daquel
bre 1853
Actes de pardevant James Graham noare public
frds DIES acquerenTs. AZ 10 u myS
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~ CELEBR ATED
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Win efeetualy Cure
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Such
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The proprietor calling the attention Of the public this
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II no new untried article that has stood the
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reputation and sale is unrvailed by similar preparations
The testimony in its favor given by the most prominent
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country and careful OF tho Almanac pub
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Agents. satisfy the keDtca that this
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For sale in New Orleans, wholesale and retail, by
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