The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-05-04

The MocKINa BIRD.-Many have raised these
beautiful birds in the hope of securing songster
but in most instances disappointment has ensned.
For the benefit of such, We will communicate rule
upon the authority off lady of long experience and
one who has one of the most fluent and melodous
songsters now In her cage we ever listened to, by
which singing bird may always be secured In
the nest. All mocking birds have more or less
white feathers in each wing. The females never
have more than eight, and they never sing, Some
males also never have more than eight, and they
likewise never sing. But whenever male bird
has nine achitc feathers in each wing he is sure to
become good songster VIII some of our bird
1anciers try the experiment, and give the public
the result CAera,c Gazette. sA a
..-asf $500
SHoEING HENs-A friend of ours, boarding in
the country, found his hostess one morning busily
engaged in making numerous small wooden bags
of singular shape. Upon inquiry he was informed
that they shoes for hens to prevent them from
scratching. The lady stated that it had been her
practice for years to shoe her hens and save her
garden. These "shoes" Q believe they are not
yet patented) were of wooden, made somewhat of
the shape of fowls foot with case, after which it
is closed with needle and sewed tightly on,
extending about an inch up the leg Our friend
observed that of the bddies possibly conceted
with their new honors, appeared to tread as though
walking eggs-pa particularly this the case,
when from the width Of the shoe, one would
conceive that their toes might be little pnched
\ better plan is that invented down East. You
tie bits of iron, about the shape of fshbone, to
the hinder part of a hens leg, having the portion
not tied larger than the other. The hen lifts up
its legs, steps down on this rearward projection,
falls forward suddenly of course, and is rapidly
assisted out of the yard where it is desired she
should not scratch. The machine is called the
Double Back-Action Hen Expediter. $500 Il
HEAVY CArrLE.-Dr. B. f. Walker, late of
Rockingham County, Virginia recently sold, in
Richmond, II head of cattle, whose united weight
was 22,O92 pounds, being an average of l,S4i
pounds each. One of the cattle weighed 2,115,
and one other 2,085. .s5r. ..'r # -"
BLusH1NG.- -Blushing is said to be sign that
something of the angel is left in woman beautiful
to the eye, and bespcaking the inward purity Of
the heart. When woman ceases to blush, she
has lost her greatest charm. p if 20 '+a'@ 47'a
= o.eef70 80. -. .a-or sf ao.ss3 bes
Sublime Description of an Escape from Mad
Bull.-The bull roared like the rolling thunder,
and I ran like the nimbe lightning; and springing
over the fence with the swiftness of star falling
from the armament, l tore my trousers asunder
with a crash as loud if the globe had been
shivered by comet rs a7'7 ''Hs % .a7.s".aa4l 90
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HARD UNDERTAKINo.-An exchange says a
divine out West is trying to PERSUADE girls to
forego marriage. 1t says he has succeeded to
persuade one, and she is about 20 years old. sf1o
Poisonous PROPERTIES OF GUANo-A s,rap
of information in regard to this subject having
accidently reached us through friend, we give it
to our readers. AS the is at hand
when glano is handled most, it may prove of some
value: E...
A planter in our district, who had used a water
trough in which to puverize or dissolve guano,
instructed that the trough should be thoroughly
cleaned before use. 1t seems that the work was
but mpcrfectly or partially performed, and that q
number of his hogs drank from it in that condition
Some five six of these died short time
afterwards Their nceks and throats were very
much swollen before death ensued "A calf, which
also drank, died in similar way. These statements
we regard as being entirely reliable Great caution
should therefore, be employed in tho use OF
guano.-Sunater (S CO -lVatchnlan.
Several men of wealth in New York, Buffalo,
and Chicago have it in contemplation to establish,
somewhere in the West, leyiathan farm Of from
100000 to 100000 acres Their object is to do
for agriculture, by the use of combined wealth and
the power Of machinery, what has been done in the
past half century by the railroad and factory to
supersede the old stage coach and the spinning
wheel. They will organize the vast tract into two
rival establishments, with military Organization of
labor, gigantic machinery to plough plant, reap,
and render harvcsts, vast herds Of horses, sheep,
and cattle of the most select stock, and the culture
Of fruit and grains on grand scale. -
7"Did your fall hurt your said one hod,carricr
to another, who had fallen from the top Of two
story house. ''Not in the laste, honey twas tho
stoppin so quick that hurt me-" 'ar, 80
81 am afraid, dear wife, that, while am gone,
absence will conquer love" eOh, never fear, dear
husband; the longer you stay away, the better I
shall like you" .7rsef
People who don't deserve Pitty-A ruined
gambler; an ill-tempered man with the toothache;
an alderman with the gout; and dandy spiashed
by mud cart. a. 1 fE
1t is said some babies are so small that they can
creep into quart measures. But the way in which
some adults walk ints such measures Is
astonishing. eE
"Pray, friend, are you the master oftbis housey"
asked a traveller at an inn. ayes, sir" answers
Boniface; ray wife has been dead these three
weeks" -
4 young man in New York advertised for wife
In less than two hours, we are told, eighteen
married men sent in word that he might have
theirs.
t.p.,r;cL vo, fool what makes you steal after