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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02
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DEPTH FOR PLANTING CORN.

If corn is planted three inches deep, it
will come up and grow thrifty for while,
until it is three or four inches high; then
it viii stand still ten days or fortnight.
If now we examine the roots 10 ascertain
the cause Of this cheek upon the growth of
the corn, We shall find that a joint has
been formed abont an inch and a hall
above the kernel, from which new roots
have sprouted, and that the roots first
formed below the kernel have rotted.-
While the process of changing roots is go
ing on, the plant ceases 70 grow percepti
bly, above ground. The stalk and ears
flourish as well after this change as corn
planted shallower, but there is loss of
about fortnight in the growth and ma
turity of the plant. The lesson to be de-
rived from this fact is, obviously. that to
have early CON it must not be planted
more than an inch and a half deep.
1t may interest some who are now en-
gagged in planting Indian corn, 10 read the
following record of experiments made by
a careful observer:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02
Aoetrp,
From Household Words.
THE WAND OF LIGHT.


One summer noon, sad eyed nian-tO whom
Lfes from youth had lain through grief and goo
And every milestone was a loved ones tomb
wander'd afeld, if hapIy he might find,
Sung in the brook, or breathed upon the wind,
Some message from the souls for whom he pined.
But. when he found no music in the riil.
Sun, dEipdlrd to a thread. and each leaf still:
See" moan'd he, ito the sick all goeth iilI''
And. hiding his re; face in the deep grass,
He pray'd iire's chalice from his lips might pass,
And his last grain of sand fall through the glass.
Then he rose through ferns that strove 10 hide,
Hedged in by weeds. wildfoEer he espied
Bent earthward by dew-drop: he cried:
"FraiI bloom. that weepest in thy hidden nook
Alone. like sorrow by the world forsook,
All the day long thee lookf"
But. while he spake, a little wand Of Igh.
Passd through the leaves. making all fairy bright,
And shat had seem'd tear tc his dull sight
Was now tiny rainbow in a cup
ofthinnest silver, whence the beam did sup,
And by degrees the flower was lifted up;
And seem'd to follow with wistfnl eye
A little drift of mist iato the sky.
Rising to JON the clouds that foa.ed by:
Perchance, ere close of day. to fall in rain
And help some seawsrd stream. thirsty plain:
Perchance to :rickle down some window pane
Where sick child doth watch. and so beguile
The pain -drazn liz s to curve into smile,
And brighten its dull eyes Il lit le while.
And seeing all that one small drop might do,
lie felt why cloisterd thus the blossom grew.
and why SO late it the morning dew
And, with lighter heart, he went his way.
Trusting, at Iiod's own time. some golden ray
Would CLEAN on him, aad touch his dark to day.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02
: 'Mistellaneous.
THE SHADOWS WE CAST.

A child was playing with some nina
ture building materials. and as the MINI
ic castle arose before bis eyes in grace
full proportion, a new pleasure swelled in
his heart; he felt himself to be the crea
tor of a ching of beauty" and was con-
scious of new born power. Arch, wall,
buttress. gateway, drawbridge, lofty
tower and battlement, were all the work
Of his hands He was in wonder at his
own skill in thus creating, from an un
seemly lot Of 10y materials, a structure
of such rare design.
Silently he stood and gazed upon his
castle, with something of the pride of an
architect WHO sees, after months or years
of skilfully applied labor, some grand
conception in his art embodied in imper
ishabie stone. Then be moved around,
viewing it on every side. 1t did not
Seem to him toy, reaching only few
inches in hight, and covering but a
square foot of ground. but real castle.
liftipg itself hundreds of feet upwards
towards the blue sky, and spreading
wide upon the earth its ample lounda-
tians.
As the idea grew more and more per-
fest, the child's strange pleasure increas
ed. Now he stood with folded arms,
wrapped in she overmastering illusion
now walked slowly around, viewing the
structure on all sides, and noting every
minute particular-and now sat down,
and bent over it with the fondnesS of
mother bending over her child. Again
he arose, purposing 10 obtain another and
more distant view of his work; but his
foot struck against one of the buttresses,
and instantly. with crash, wall, tower,
and batllement fell in hopeless ruin.
In the room with the boy sasshis faith
er, reading. The crash disturbed him.
and he uttered sharp. angry rebuke,
glancing for moment towards the star
tied child, and then returning his eyes TO
the attractive page before him, uucon-
scious of the shadow he had cast upon
the heart of his child. Tears came into
those fair blue orbs, dancing in light
moment before From the frowning
face of his father. to which his glance
was suddenly turned, the child looked
back to the shapeless ruins of his castle.
Is it any wonder that lie bowed his face
in silence upon them, wet them with his
tears?
For more than five minutes he sat as
still as if sleeping; then, in mournful
kind Of way. yet almost noiselessly, he
commenced restoring to the box. from
which be had taken then, the many
shaped peices that, flly joined together,
had grown into noble building. After
the box was filed, he replaced the COW
er, and laid it carefully upon shelf in
the closet.
Poor child! That shadow was deep
one, and long in passing away. His
mother found him, half an hour after
wards, asleep on the floor, with cheeks
flushed 10 an unusual brightness. She
knew nothing Of that troubled passage
in his young life; and the father had for
gotten, in the attractions Of The book he
was reading, the momentary annoyance
expressed in words and tones. with a
power in them to shadow the heart of
his child.
A young wife has busted herself for
many days in preparing pleasant sur
prise for her husband. The work was
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02
TO PREVENT HENS SITTING.

Make small openpe Of laths, orsome
similar material, in one corner of your
hen house, about eight inches wide and
Of any convenient length and hight
Let one Of the laths OF stats be so secured
that it may be easily taken out, or moved
one side, so that hen may be conven-
iently pass=d or taken out of the PEN
On the potion Of this pen, and running
lengthwise through il, set up couple OF
laths on edge, and fasten them about the
same distance from each other and the
sides of the pen. Run small perch
across the pen and the work is done
When hen wishes to sit put her in there.
She will soon find that she can walk
leisurely on the floor. or roost comfortably
on the perch; but she cannot sit without
riding on a rail- and that they seem to
think, isn't decorous. The length Of time
for which they will have 10 be confined
will vary somewhat and in obstinate ca
ses it may be necessary to put few pegs
or tacks into the edges of the lathes.-
Gsnesee Farmer.
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eyes, she turned away from Eer huS-
band; and, TO conceal the sobS she had
no power to repress, she went almost
hurriedly from the room, and, going
back TO the chamber from whence she
had brought the present, she laid it
away out of sight in closet. Then COW
ering her face with her hands, she sat
down and strove with herself to be calm.
But the shadow was too deep. the heart
ache TOO heavy.
In little while her husband followed
her, anu discovering, something to his
surprise, that she was weeping. said, in
a slightly reproving voice, why. bless
me! not in tearsl What silly little
puss you are! Why didn't you tell me
you thought of making me a dressing
gown and pair of slippers, and l would
have vetoed the matter at once? You
couldn't persuade me to wear such
Haunting things. Come back to the par
lor," he said, taking hold of her arm,
and lifting her from the chair, land sing
and play for me. The Dream Waltz,
or, The Tremoio,' Dearest May or
'The Silly Night are worth more to
me than forty dressing gowns. or cargo
OF embroidered slippers -
Almost by force he led her back 10
the parlor, and placed her on the music
stool. He selected fayorite piece and
laid it before her. But tears were in her
eyes, and she could not see a note
Over the keys her fingers passed in
skillful touches; but when she tried to
take up the the song, utterance failed,
and sobs broke forth instead of words.
"H9w foolish!'' said the husband, in
a vexed tone. Il am surprised at you"
And be tarned from the piano and walk
ed across the room.
A little while the sad young wife re-
mained where she was left thus alone,
and in partial anger. Then rising, she
went slowly from the room-her husband
not seeking to restrain her, and, going
10 her chamber, sat dos in d darkness.
The shadow which had been cast up
on her spirit was very deep, and though
the hidden sun came out again right ear
ly, it was a long time before his beams
had power to scatter the clouds that
loaled in loves horison.
The.shadows we cast! Father, hus-
band. wife, sister. brother, son. neighbor
are we not all casting shadows daily
on some hearts that are pining for the
sunlight of our faces? We have given
you two pictures of life's true pictures,
not mirror, but as a kaleidoscope. In
all their infinitely varied relations, men
aud women, selishly or thoughtlessly-
from design, weakness or ignorance
are casting their shadows upon hearts
that are pining for sunlight. A word.
look, a tone, an act, will cast shadow,
and sadden spirit for hours and days.
Speak kindly, act kindly, be forgetters
of self and regarders of others. and You
will cast but few shadows along the path
of life. The true gentleman is always
tender to the feelings of others-always
watchful lest he wound unintentionalIy
always thinking. when with others, of
their pleasure instead of his own. He
casts but few shadows. Be gentlemen
ladies, or in a word what includes all
excellencies-be christians, for it is the
christian who casts fewest shadows OF
all.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02

SPORTS AT CoLuMBUs.-On Sunday
last man by the name of Turpin ran a
race with trotting mare; distance u
miles. purse $40. The mare ran apart of
the distance, and thus beat her two legged
competitor by one minute and half.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02

No. s came up very weak, and died
in few days American Agricultur
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02

The Hollow HORN An agricultural
paper says: "The disease in cattle known
as hollow horn,' is causing an annual
loss 10 be estimated by millions of dollars
in this State alone. This disease is spi-
nal, caused by the hide of the animal al
herring to the bone Of the back. and pre-
venting circulation, and may be cured as
follows: Rub with the hands, with as
much force and friction as possible, the
hide Of the animal on the back bone, from
the tail to the horns, thereby restoring
circulation. Every animal should be ex-
amiued and subjected to this process ev'
cry FEBRUARY and March, to prevent the
disease"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02

The more a man works, the less time
be will have to grumble about hard times.
Second thoughts are the adopted chill
dren of experience.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-06-02

SUCKING Cows.-The best way 10 cure
sucking cows, is 10 put on an old bride
with the bi, in the animals mouth
This is said to be the least injurious to the
COW, and at the same time the most effec-
tual preventive.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND AND

a Commissioner appointed by decree Of the Circuit
IA Court of Spotsylvanis county, entered on the 3si
day of May 1854 in the Of Hackney and others vs.
Alsop md Others shall proceed 10 cell, for cash. to the
highest bidder on Monday, the 9th September 1855 lha
bciu. court day yvania Twelve Likely
Urls from twelve fifteen years OF age-a likely and
valuable Both the women are good cooks
Also et the came time and place. shall SELL as Com
missioner the Lands Of Peter Dudley, decd, consisting
Three Small Farms:
The frat is known as Green Hill, upon which said Dud
lev lived living on the road to Fredeycksbure ana dlstan
therefrom seven miles The Farm contain, about 3OC
acres and is ap excellent farm Of good SOIL easily I'm
proved and In fine neighboIhood 1t adJo ms the ana
Of Mr. John r. Samuel, hIy. Sas Cropp and others II
has a very comfortable dwelling House upon It, and othe
necessary Out Iousos is well wutercd by good springs
and one stream of the Massaponix passes through It,
The Second Farm contains 100 acres and ndl0ns tht
lands of Mr. Clack Row aud Others and Is known ai
"Huetts" There Is house upon il, but It 10 piece
good land q part cleared and is easily improved
The Third Farm contains about 200 acres and eknowt
q, "starke's." Il adoins Mr. Samuel Alsops Bullock
farm and the luuds of Mr. Owens and others There
upon it a comfortable Dwelling House and Out Houses
and it il very desirable place. part OF this land IS III
timber and part cleared, susceptible OF Improvement
Terms of Sale-One.fourth cash; one fourth In Sin
months one fourth in twelve months and the remaining
fourth In eighteen months good security and deed o
trust the premises being taken TOR the deferred pay
PETER w. DUDLEY, Comr
s-Anv information required concerning said Farms
can be had BY addressing the Commissioner at Partow
p o. Spotsyvania county, Va, or by making application
to Mr. Walter Beasley, who rents the two hrstnameo
Farms and lives Green Hil or to Mr Mortimer Cox
who live. upon the Far II known as Starkes.
Aug 5ctds 7. w. u, Noln l.
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ruE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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yes ,osr, for six months payable in advance. For the
ne, Enourer 81 per annum, or six copies for $lO to
,ynrisby in advance. When letters containing
DC sent by mail, they must be reSisercd, or thoy
mvI, MI ne NJ the risk of the writer's.
VIII TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
D.IIy EsarIsKR-For TIN lines or less, nrs'
6tty cents md every succeeding insertion t~en.
lse, amt, II inserted twice week or three times
"n i,fv.evsn halt cents for achinsernon a'teI
,ees and when Inserted only week nifty cents
-, ss -h Insertion. u,,s ~ ,... srs,
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i.se'" When inserted only once week seventy'nVe
H ..H,. Tor each insertion sr.,
t.s,,vhye cents for each continuance nifty cents
ron are charged S3o Tor one square oil
A ~. a5O for two squares, and In that proportion
yea e .5rertisemen,s of greater Length, except Auc
ss 'o' az who are charged 800, (paper inciuded)
"o All obituaries and Tributes OF Respect exceeong
h iin,. are charged for AS advertisements
ISn from distance must be accompanied win the
rny or satisfactory references, TO insure execu'
dues 20 this Office may be rent,ed per man 10 10
available Rank notes, iiresisierea aitne rs" "
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24
DEsIRABLE FARM FOR SALE.

vNyHE subscriber offers for sale one of the desrs
ii BILE Farms in the county Of Amherst. II was oiigi
nsliy rich the soil being of dark red aud chocolate
color IL 10 In high state Of Improvement the open
timothy This Tract contains about 400 acres htty oi
which s Branch and River Low Ground equal in quality
to any Land in Virginia. 1t is unusually well wsered
and sufficiently timbered The improvements are good,
the dwelling being two story Brick Tenement, with
basement OF eight feet pitch. The walls OF TINS
house are grouted preventing that dampness usual IN
brick houses. This Farm is located In Of the most
which, for hospitality and kndnessare not 10 be surpass
ed in this any other county in this good old Common
wealth 1t lies between two villages, Amherst Courthouse
and New Glasgow, being two aud halt miles from TIE
,ormer and one and half from the latter place; good
Schools at each. There IL also marke. IN these placer
for all the Hay. Fodder &C ono would wish to dispose o.
Churches Of MethodsS Baptss and Episcopaians are To-
Gated and being erected III the above named vage
ls within one mile OF Merchant and Saw Mill This farm Is
well adapted TO the growth oil Germ, Wheat and TOBACCO
Az respects Tobacco, 1t 10 seldom much choice o.
bacco Land found place Of this size as ON th''
farm There aso thriving Young Orchard OF choice
Fruit Trees Also twenty acres OF River Low 'irounis
ia Grass-s within three miles of Depot being erected
| on the Orapse and alexandria Lynchburg Extension!
| Railroad which, when completed will afford contlnu
| GUS railway from New York to New Orleans.
Persons wishing to purchase would DO well to come
and look at this Land as confident they could not n
better in any part OF the State II they desire TO write
they can address me h new u'aB.o"' hInnci'' ''u'''
Vlrgnia go, =,
will offer my land privately until the fourth Tuesday IN
September at which time il will be sold publicly. lfsod
privately due notice will be given This Farm can b.
sold on liberal terms Possession given Tor seeding NC
myself WIN. 1. bAhhel -.
Port Office New Glasgow, Amhers, Co. Va
Avs
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24
THE BEATING OF FRANCIS p. BLAIR.

tis pretty well known, that the Black Republican
candidate for Congress in st. Louis recently recev-
ed most deserved knocking into his "naiive e!e'
ment" notwithstanding his large fortune" great
nrr.opsl popularity and his championship OF the
Republican cause in the Valley Of the Mississippi
Mr.. Francis Preston Blair has suddenly found him.
ssf no where, and considerably reduced TO the cir.
cumference of smaller egg than he ever imagined.
He played mum for self aggrantisement upon
great issues and now he fi.ds himself Of the entire
voiceless kind to ask for popular favor for, as an
e1chapge remarks During the last session OF Con.
gress he was the recognized leader Of the opposition;
no member OF the House of Representatives WAS
more violent or hostile TO the interests of the South
than Francis Preston Blar-but he has met bis doom
"A righteous retributon has overtaken him. The
Indignant vengeance of betrayed constituency was
thoroughly aroused, and he has been defeated.
The la.t number of the Georgia Telegraph, pub
lished at Macon takes up point in Mr Blalr's ca
reer, and alludes to traitors doom and the Catholic
Irish rs the executioners. 1t says, aso he may con
sole himself in his retirement by The bope which the
New York Tribune holds out 10 him, that his "pre-
sent defeat but an incident in what promises to be
long and bright career But fortunately for the
Un,on for the South and for Mr. Bairs constituency,
Horace Greeley is no prophet-nor the 500 OF pro-
phe..
"n ohronicng the result of the election" says the
Telegraph. I'VE should not omit to mention bow
Blair WAS beatsn. The abolition correspondent Of
the New York Tribune from Missouri, attempts to
10 psrrv the force and effect Of this deadly blow TO
The prospects OF Republcsnism in the Great West,
bv saying that the Irish 10 body voted against Blair
and for Barret, the pro slavery candidate. We have
no doubt that the Trbunes is right and that the
Irish did execute" Blair. The irish, as body,
emnently iound on the slavery question, and In all
the seyere contests at the North and West, are found
fighting shoulder TO shoulder with the friends of The
Union, the Constitution aud the South. ALI honor
,hep 10 the Irsh of st. Louis for thsir gallant and
manly aid to the pro slavery candidate in hs hour OF
trial 1t may be we'll to mention, just here, a fact
which seelns to escaped the observation oi our
naighbor Of the Journal g. Messenger. Mr. BTeck
e.ridae, The Know Nothing candidate against Barrett
was also Anti Lecomp;on, and the Tribuns's cor
respondent ssys the distinctive Free State or Eman'
cipaon vote may bs accurately arrived at by adding
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24
MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN


- FsIcNING to enlarge ,ny hotel establishment uhe
Hygcia) at Cid Point Comfort, oher foi sale the
most desirable real in dewat Virginia, my farm
called Roseland in Elizabeth City county, containing
about 43O acres,
one Of the most beautiful sheets Of water in America
ono mile from Old Point Comfort and the Hygeia Hotel
within quarter of mile of the Chesapeake Female Tol'
lers destined TO beco OF the hrst educatona IN
stntions in the counry two miles from tne Town Si
Hampton and within two hundred yards reach oi hsh,
oysters and crabs and all the uxuro' OF the SAT- ""'er
region. ,..o,,,o.. 8, I. eous, N
the White sulphur Springs and the loesGn Is
Elysiau There is not all Eastern virginia more
lovely ard inviting spot No one has ever been upon II
that did in almost rapurous terms pay troS'e 10
its enchanting beauty. - =,
The farm may be readily dividod into thee parts.
will sell the WHOLE or T. part, 49,.
For the character Ct the property. refer t" lanes
Lyons, ESQ.,, oi Richmond Hon. A. Dudley Mann Oh
Washington, and Moore N. Falls Esq, OF Baltimore
If cannot cell at satisfactory price, VIII aispose o.
in whole part the Hygea Hotel ~nicn
believe to be the beat watering place property in the
try To company with the means Tor sdequste en,
Iargement be made of the most oesirAoe ana
profitable summer of the Union The present
season settles this point beyond all question. sroD
Aug l7-clm Jos. ST''HN'
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-24
AUCTION SALES.
BLENHEIM Positively TO BE SOLD

WITHOUT RESERVE.
RY virtue OF decree pronounced By the Circuit s"uri
sell at public auction Wednesday, 2d september next
the premises, the beautiful estate and late resicce
o the Hon. Andrew Stevenson, dcccnsed nthecouniy o
Albcmarle, kdown
BLENHEIM.
This is perhaps of the most beautiful and desirable
esates that can be found in Virginia The tract
contains about nine hundred acres ot which about 4OO
are in timber and 500 cleared with good running
n every field and lies nine miles South of Charlottesville
aud the University to which there good road passing
Immediately by Monticello.
Of the open land about l0 tocraby well Ia
ken in clover.
BLEsHEIM lies on the Eastern slope of the Southwest
Range OF Mountains in the section OF country 30 long
known the Red Land District of Albcmarc" and Is
under good state OF cultivation being well adapted to NIL
the staple products Of Piedmont Virginia. such Wheat,
Tobacco, Corn, Grasses &c
The buildings all and commodous, and nr'
ranged with very great taste whilst the surrounding
Lawn is very extensive and highly improved
An easy access to market eithcr Richmond or AcXan:
dra is afforded by railway and the James kiyer and
k8na~ha Canal. The society OF the neigh6orhooi l"
cultivated and refined, and churches OF all the leading
denominations accessible.
In short in point OF health sccucry society and beau
ul improvements it is rarely equaled By amy estate ever
offered for sale.
very small portion of the purchase money will he
quired in hand and long credits given for the balance
Persons wishing purchase visit the place. or nny
correspond with by directing to Charloesvi!le Al
bemarle county, Va
Should the a2d September prove to be unsuitable
day. the sale will be made the next fair day.
Peculiar circumstances prevented the sale ot This place
when advertised last but persons dcsous oil being h th
SALE may rest assured that the day mentioned above
the land will posrciy be sold without regard TO price
N H. MASSlE, Commissioner,
And Administrator ot A. Stevenson deccnsed