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Vol. XIV-No. Ia.

hinis; and the gay whistle died away from
the young lips iremulous with tender con,ri.
ton. ,.. .. ..y-r.f .7,r.. ..,. .,r..
.waltcr," said his mother, "you know
that Harry would no, treat you In this man
ner. I am panied 10 witness such an act Of
injustice. DO you know that disposition
like this, il suffered to strengthen with your
strength, would make you a mean.splrlted
and dishonest man' have often told you
that Harry was more ready to do right than
you, and you have sometimes said you could
never be as good as he."
"IIarry was always better boy than J."
said Walter, meekly. :.
ut is no sin, Walter" his mother replied,
"that you are beset with sclfshness. Tho
sin lies in the indulgence Of that feeling
1t costs you greater struggle to be good
boy than Il does Harry; but remember, my
child, whose eye marks all your efforts, and
that Christ said, There, rs more JOY in
Heaven over one sinner that repcntcth, than
over ninety and nine just persons who need
no repentance"
Walters heart was reached; he leaned
his head lovingly tor a moment upon his
mother, and then ran lightly out TO seek his
brother. The pleasant goupd Of their voices
came up TO the window, and Mrs. Day re-
joiccd tina, one more seed had fallen in good
ground, and taken root.-L. NJ. B. in the
Independent. ..a I... "-. 't...
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BIDDEFORD, Me. APRIL 2,

(, this evening, and just look in at the sam,
old library, just as the setting sun 10 looking
in Mt it's western window, end you will sec
Fanny sitting back little in the window
With one Struggling ray Of light illuminat
ling her pure, childish face, and she is look
ing up at Mr.. George Somers, as if in some
sudden perplesity; and, dear me, IL we are
not mistaken, our young gentleman 10 blush
ing.
"what do you mean !"
81 thought spoke plainly enough, Fan
NV replied George IN a tone that might
have made the matter plain enough TO be
sure.
Fanny laughed outright, and the gentle
man looked terribly serious.
"Indeed, now don't be angry" said she,
ns he turned away with vexed and morti-
fled air, ..indeed now ! can't help laughing.
II seems II me so odd-what will they think
OF you ?"
ats of no consequence TO me what they
think" said Somers. IL think, Fanny, ii
you had the heart gave you credit for, you
might have seen my feelings before now.
"Now sit down, my dear cousin," said
Fanny, earnestly drawing him into chair,
and tell me, how could ], poor little Miss
Fanny Nobody, have thought any such
thing, with sisters as have? ] did think
that you liked me, and that yon knew more
Of my real feelings than mamma and sisters,
but that you should-that you ever should
why am as,onishcd that you did not fall
in love with Isabella"
"rhat would have met your feeling them"
said George, eagerly, and looking Us IT he
would have looked through her-eyes, soul,
and all.
"No-no, indeed" she said, turning
away her head; "but," added she, quickly,
"you will lose all your credit for good taste.
Now, tell the seriously, What do you like
me for: Z"
swell, then, Fanny, can give you the
best reason; | like you for being real,
sincere, natural girl-for being simple in
your appearance, and simplc in your man.
ners, and ior having heart enough left, as !
hope, to love plain George Somcrs, with all
his faults, and not Mr.. Somers' reputation
or Mr.. Soners' establishment"
"Well, this Is all very reasonable to me,
Of course" said Fanny, "but 1t will be so
much Greek to poor mamma"
~ dare say your mother never could I'm.
dcrstand how, seeing the very acme of cnl-
tivation in all countries, should have really
made my eyes ache, and long for something
as simple as green grass or pure water to
rest them on. came down to find 1t among
my cousins, and found in your sisters, on.
ly Just such women as have seen and
wondered at and admired all over Europe,
till | was tired Of admiring. Your mother
has achieved what she aimed at perfectly.
| know Of no circle that could produce any
higher specimen-but it is oil art, triumphant
art af,er all and have so strong current
Of natural feeling running through my heart,
that never could be happy except with
fresh, simple. impulsive. character"
'Lixe me, sse ;you~going TO say: :" said
Fanny, laughing. "Well, W admit that
you are right. II woudr6e pity that you
should not have one vote at least"
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To Raise Extra Early Potatoes.

Cover the bottom Of several shallow boz.
es with six inches of equal parts stable ma
nure and loan, aud put any early variety Of
potatoes over the surface two or three inch.
es apart; then cover them with six inches
OF the compost. Nail stats or an open COW
er over the top, and bury in the side Of
fermen,ing manure heap, the warmth Of
which will soon start the potatoes into growth.
II the heat should be too great, remove
portion Of Tie manure from the Top, and at-
nit. air inside the box. When the weather
will allow planting out, rernove the boxes,
which viii contain n mass of roots and
wh,ish colored stalks. Leave them in the
open air for few days TO harden of, and
having watercd them copiocsly, take out
the potatoes with us much earth as possible,
undis,urbcd about the roots already formed,
and transplant in rows, You will then have
potatoes a, least two or three weeks earlier
than when planted at first In the open
grounds. The middle or latter part OF
March will be proper season for pniting
them in the compost heap IN this iatitude'--'
.Intrioan .iyieuHurisf. rlT- i' ''c'
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the wArcHMAN's cRY.
YRoN THE GERMAN.

Listen while the hour tell;
TEs-iust struck the changing bell.
Saw your prayers, then fall asleep;
Conscience pure gives slumber deep;
Safely rest, Gods holy eye
Ever watches from the sky.
Listen 7 while the hour tell
EIEvEN-stuek the changing bell.
Who.oe'er at work yet stays,
whosoe'er at cards yet plays,
~. ,no IssI IIInc near my ssli'
Hour for rsst has come to all.
Listen while the hour tell;
TwYLys-iust struck the changing bell.
II that any watch and weep,
wakefal kept by anguish deep,
Nav thy Father comfort sepd,
And their grief in slumber end.
Listen while the hour l tell;
OSE-iust struck the changing bell
If by Satan led astray,
LuTk, a thief in some dark way,
Homeward let his swift steps ny,
Sesth him the Judge ON high.
Listen , while the hour | tell;
Two-just struck the changing bell.
II thus early any start;
Feeling care gnaw at the heart
Foolish ones why trouble borrow,
God will care for you tomorrow
Listen while the hour l tell;
THREs-just struck the changing bell.
Morning light begins to break,
Ye who-now in JOY awake,
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Pastures.

The improvement of our pasture lands
has been neglected quite too long. They
stand III great need Of improvement, and Of
Ter the iairest chance Of making it. Largo
portions Of them are unproductiye of any
profit or benefit. Some suggest, as tho
means Of beneliting these lands, "to feed
less" think this would be injurious ra,h.
or than beneficial, in the state in which they
generally are, because il would allow weeds,
fern, briars, etc., to choke and crowd out
the grasses still more than they now do.-
These lands are suffering less from impov.
crishmcnt caused by close feeding, than by
inaction, the desolating effects OF our winter
winds, and the increase of various useless
and hurtiul planls. In the first place. then,
| would divide them where they exceed eiglt
or ten acres IN a lot. II will have more el.
feet thsn many are willing to allow. Then
| would plow such of them as will admit of
J., manure some, take crop or two, and then
lay down to grass. Thirdly, would cut,
subdue, and efGctually root out oil brush,
brake, briars, etc., ETC., from such Of them
as would not admit Of the plow, and top
dress with plaster, ashes, etc. Fourhly,
would grare rather closely, two, or moro
years, changing pasture often, and thus
make the stock auxiliary in the work Of
endicaiug in,ruders, and spreading tho
finer and more nulritiye grasses. Homtstsdd.
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Common Sense.

The members Of the universal Yankee
nation, wherever they may direct their steps,
are always celebrated for their uptness In
conforming to the customs OF those nations
with whom they sojourn, and their readiness
to undertake anything which promises to be
profitable. Strangers are often surprised at
The success Of the Yankees, among Them
selves, in enterprises which they have un-
der,aken and abandoned. The difference
between the Yankees and those among
whom they perform their achievements, is,
simply that the former possess good share
of common sense.
The early education Of New Englanders
contains good deal Of trash, whichis found
to be inapplcable to tho concerns Of life
But the pupil has been tnught by example,
il not by precept, to propose continually 10
himself this question-will 1t pay! and IN
the shrewdness with which he practically
answers this, consists his common sense
If urged TO neglect studies which are indis.
pensable, or to defer his work, he asks at
once whelhe. such neglect will not finally
cause him to grow up in ignorance, and
whether such delay in his work will not ere.
ate habits of idleness! In answering these
questions to himself he becomes both stu.
dious and industrious.
The effective element in the true New
England character is the devotion OF our
people to the use they can make Of their
requirements and their labors. We are
eminen,ly practical, and herein consists ou'
common sense. As property, however, DC.
' comes consolidated among us,and the wealth.
ID y are initiating the exiraysgance and show
of'foreign nations, not only the weallhler
but the middling and poorer classes arc De,
ginning to sacrifice their common sense ane
ape the miserable paryenues OF The olt
world, In what they call the fashions ant
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of refined society. Were
there any ,ruc refinement, or any ennobline
,ccomplishments in the imported fashions
and tastes which the haul ton 20 promptly
follow. and their humble imitators endeayoI
10 copy, we would be among the last 10 dis
cour.pe such tastes. But when they are
pncticed for the sake OF gaining notoricty
and exciting the envy Of others, they devel
ope such miserable dispositions in the par
ties concerned, that both they and their i'm
itators may be said TO have lost their com
mon sense. ..-...............
Common sense has It's synonym in th,
word tact. Without II, any amount Of tai
ent only dis6gures it's possessor. Both tac
and common sense are indefnable, and yet
however psridoxical il may seem, everybody
knows wha, they are. Those who plod Tor
eves, without accomplishing anything valu
able, may have talent, but they have no com
mon sense. They do not discover how They
may become elective, and consequently
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Iniprortd BY Drainage-Cos of Drainage
Taiue Of The .liud-Lioic 10 Compost IL
Uhere to use Il, and promise oi more
light. .' % ''' ..
w. Editor Farmers who live near ,he
sea.coast seem 10 me never 10 realize all the
advantages within their reach; vegetable
matter from the ocean, mud from tho rivers
and creeks, and sods from the marshes are
all valuable fertilizers; few facts IN rela-
ton TO my own practice tic present season
may be OF some value TO my brother farm
ers. '
In November employed man TO cut
bitches On my salt marsh, thirty inches deep,
eight vide and two hundred and twenty
rods IN length. ] paid The usual price in
this vicinity, ten cents rod for digging oId
piling the sods so ns the tide,could no, foat
them away. This winter one OF my neigh.
bos who had but little to do, agreed to cart
the whole, two miles, TO my barn cellar. for
twenty-five dollars, which be has performed
10 my satisfaction. Thus. you perceive I
have more than forty cords Of q valuable ab-
sorbent, in the right place, and my marsh
ditched for the SUN Of forty-sevcn dollars.
] consider this material from the salt marsh
preferable 10 that from the fresh msadow,us
It is q finer and more thoroughly decayed
vegetable matter, and the salt II contains
renders it more valuable. The manure Of
twenty cows is droppedin,o the barn cellar,
the urine sa,urutes the soda, the hogs root
over the mixture and eat the roots of the
grass contained in the sods with great rel
ish, and the whole becomes quite equal to
fine COW manure. particularly when applied
TO grayelly or sandy soils. The salt marsh
j. greatly improved, aud according to my
former experience, will increase the value
Of the crop Of hay in quality and quantity.
! may at future time give my views in
relation TO mud as a fertilizer, TO be obtained
from creeks and rivers. N.
W. Il. Fdrmsr.
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fri,,er away their lives in aSOrsiSe enter
prises. 18th
the idea that his acquisitions therein are 10
make man Of him without further ehoh,
has no common sense. So, OF the young
! man who tribes away the opportunities OF
his minority, and expects that he shall DC
| fitted for business when he arrives at age.
The GIRL also, who supposes that che can
neglect all household duties, and allow her
understanding to remain uDcultivated du-
rinp her teens. while she is drumming piano
/ forte and pretending to be incapable Of du.
inc ANYTHING useful, will find, on arriving ct
wonanhood, that neither she had any COM
mon sense, nor her parents, In reference 10
her education.
Our young men and women are very
forward TO boast Of their accomplishments.
These, in their minds, consist OF lew
fashionable f,ivolitics, which they parade on
every occasion, until everybody Is nausea
ted with their pretensions. The tirst ac-
complishment Of ALIVE mean that ot con-
versing sensibly, Aucnily and correctly up
on the current topics Of the days almost
entirely neglected by both sexes. Conse-
quen,ly when one excels IN a particular
branch, and thereby exei,es admiration, the
whole effect is destroyed on finding that the
performer is ignorant Of the plainest Princi-
pies of science, and perhaps OF his or her
mother tongue. ,..
A truly accomplished lady or gentleman
are welcomed anywhere. But that welcome
is extended because they possess common
sense. Their associates perceive that they
possess accomplishments, not IN the lower
sense of that term, but that they are high
minded, intelligent persons, and that they
can adorn any circle IN which they move, by
the variety, extent, and richness OF thei,
minds. All else are mere pretcnders, and
their frequent discomf,ures arise simply
from their deficiencies Of common sense,
which they endeavor vainIy to conceal.
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Uow 10 Raise. EARLY Melons.

spnnr Is no~ pretty close at hand, and
I, a short time almost every man in Yankee
dom. from the owner Of the large spacious
garden and beautiful domain, down to the
proprietor Of only the fraction Of rod, will
be esgaged In the cultivation OF that most
popular Of all summer fruits, the watermelon,
and It's somewhat distan, relative, tho musk,
melon. . ..-,-....-. r.l .. sE-.... ..r..
ID Leaving all controversy as to which nrc
the best varieties, alone, and supposing ev-
cry cultiva,or 10 be himself the bes, judge
as TO what sort suits best his own palate,
shall ,t once proceed with my method OF
giving them tolercbly early start, sud how
,tcovclupzp on TorsTa rAsr. +"
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Prom the Maine Demoera
GRANDMOTHER SLEPT.
M MRS. n. c. FERGUSON.

NJ MRS NJ C. fhh'e'oS'
The yellow leaf amid the green,
And on the grass few were seen,
Laying thsrelightly like the snow.
The apples on the branches hung.
And purple eiasssis 's snIus in nno ,.,..
fne Hss' sui''o's''sN
Ana .h. h.a coached he, nineti.,h year,
s dhe o'a anu hono,a 49,. s...
sIs .h ,s.. d;..nr..,
Lille you'a rne"' 'nen N''~PP
sA. had ace, .orou-who ha, not
Inc hgh. tnN e. nei paw ' aae ,a'
onovso 'no'us smon. "s
Ana Joy anu sne'' 'ns souanon w.
Oh. ,,,a -. n ,vo .on.. WIN did
In 9s'Ah, .ana' i''S ss, ,ss,. h
Ahs Sl,ss sSms n,.s"n, =, he, .ids
l"'o'1
Then sh. would say "poor boys" and sigh,
And ,hsn her foot would sometimes fall,
AS II .As sung the "hu.h-a-bys."
They seemed the same bright boys Of yors-
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r Whoever speaks upon those 'aejeet'
which he u aware will tend to make Ano'nsr
uns.sy in company, Is an ill-bred person.
Drhs Lee Cleaner says that the sirls In
the lis I, school have caught the contas'on
of Pren ia,i, ing their names by the suosh.
tuition of = tor y. and asks. 'whais y N
nsaaisf l f--- 81 Al tef' 1a1t a-i l' -o-i.
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4 1srieultural.
Salt Marshes.

Inprored by Drainags--C Cost Of Drainage
Taius Of The .Mud-Liotc 10 Compost It.
Uhsre 10 use II, and promise q more
Lrbl - t .t f1 'a' ..
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-11
o.*W. UslvERslTv.--The services col

O.SW. me services CoL-
nected with the annual Commencement of
this institution, commencing Sunday and
closing last evening, have been witnessed
by audiences limited only by the utmost limits
Of accommodation afforded by the spacious
buildingin which they have been conducted
and everything from the examination of cTas-
SEES TO the closing reunion at the hosPitabIe
mansion oil the worthy President, passed Of
pleasantly and to the entire satisfaction of
all parties interested.
indisposition and a multiplicity of pressing
engagements prevented orr Witnessing the
ceremonies incident to the occasion, Or hear
Ing any Of he addresses delivered. except
the Baccaiaureate of the President, which
was one of those finished, eloquent and i'm
pressive predictions for which its distinguish
ed author is SO well an widely known. The
addresses of the several gentlemen from a.
broad are also highly spoken of. and seem
to have been generally admired.
The graduating class is an unusually large
cne-namberiag twenty-fuur-and includes
snuaber of young gentlemen of great prom-
sse, some of whose efforts were said to be of a
high order, and would compare fayorably with
The best of those elsewhere produced on ike
occasions.
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AaoTHER W rrrzss ron Dr.. RoskcK.-Wes 9
that DR.. Jean Ledoux, a well Misrepresentation
er in Franklin, louisiana, has come ont with
a strong Endorsement of DIR C.. W. Roback's eel
ebrated vegetable specifics. the Scandinavian
Blood Pills and Blood Purifier. He says, in 8
letter published in the southern papers, '..TEese
medicines 1.-THE Pills and Purifer) undoubtedly
relieve disorders incident TO the digestive or
gans, improve the appetite, renew the strength,
allaynervous irritation, and free the system from
the impurities which generate and stimulate
diseases of the Stomach and Bowels.' Such IN
qualified tfaise from such source, carries weight
with it, and it seems to confirm; the result Of
our own observations DR.. Robaek's advertise
ment in another column, deserves attention.
May 2S-1 mo
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7
~oTaje Cont. n :laware Co,
f..i in: "a sill land
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FITS FITS!! FITSt!
VEGETABLE EXTRACT
RpII ERTIn III

For the Cure of Fits. Spasms, Cramps, and all
Nervous and Constitutional Diseases.
DERSONS who are Iabnfing under this distressing raaia-
z dy will find HASCats VEGETABLE EftLAfIlC
PILLS to be the only remedy ever discovered for curing
Epilepsy or Failing Fits.
tenn; and, altaeughthey are prepared especially forthePer-
pose Of curing Fits, they Will be found Of espseie1 benefit
for ali persons afflicted with weak nerves, or whose neryOas
syStem has been Frustrated or shattered from any cause
whatever In Chronic complaints. OF diseases q 4ongstsEd-
ing, superintendent By NERVOUSNESS, they are exceedingly
y Price S3per5ox, az two boxes for s.. Persons utcrthe
cnv. erelnsiHg a remittance, Will have the pills sent them
through the mail, free Of postage. For sale by SETH =
HAEEE, No. fuS BALTIMORE STREET, baltimore. Nd,
to WHOM ordzrsfrom allparts oftae Union must 6eaddress
ed, pos. pc1d. 5une 25-zY
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sHotloDays Ointment and Pills.--Blotches,
pimples, dry ~erIptions, and all limitations of the
skin, fade and disappear after a few applica-
tions of H~olloHay's Ointment. In these cases
brisk friction is Indispensable. Many of the
ordin airy eruptions are caused by suppressed
perspiration, and as this penetrating unguent
ct once opens the pores and invigorates the alb
sorbents, it dissipates Inflammation by a dou-
bic process. Ladies' whose faces or arms are
dis6gured by cntaHeous diseases, may readily
remove the blemish and restore to the skin It'll
natural tint, feasibility, and softness, by the ust
of this safe but. powerful counter -irritant. Tn
pills never fail in disorders of the stomach.
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ALnosr Ev1nrDoDr HAS HEARD OF MAss's

ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS HEARD OF MANN's
AsuE BALsAM.-The attention of our numerous
readers is directed to the advertisement found
estimation that is placed upon this, the greatest
remedy knoton to modern science. We have new
er. known any other medicine win as large a
share of public confidence in so short a time as
this has done. if we may be allowed tie judge
from whit we read; bu. this should be sufficient,
particularly when wasee sach testimonials com
fng from men of undoubtcd veracity, from all
parts of the country. There can be no doubt
but that it is one Of the greatest discoveries in
the medical world, and deserves the appro6a'
ton and esteem of our readers and the pubic
Sold by all good druggists. Jell-lm
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ORNAMENTAL PAIkrING.-We have seen
some fine specimens of the ORIENTAL, GRE
crAN, and ITALIAN Landscape Painting, ex-
cuted by scholars of Mr.. Mitchell, who is
stopping a few days at the Shoub House.
He is prepared to impart full and ample in
structions in the above branches. and also
the Celestial painting for the small some OIL
one dollar.
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Sheriff and Master Commissioners Sale.

Sheriff and Master commissioners sale.
0@S'n01 1s. N0fS' IL order sieS"e Of r sale e' to me
Amb'Se B Morey etal directed from the Court
of Common Pleas of Delaware county, Ohio, |
shall offer at public sale, at the door of the Court
House in Delaware, on Monday the l4th day of
June, 1858, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock a
m and 4 O'Clock p. M. of said day the follow
ing described real estate, to wit: Situated in
the county, of Delaware and State of Ohio, and
in section ., township 4, range 10, u. s. M.
lands, being parts of Lots Nos 81 8 in said see
~tion-being 10 acres in Lot 4, and about ~
acres in Lot 8. Appraised at $455.
CHAS. SHERMAN, Sheriff
ard Special Master Commissioner
May II 1883. ($s,5o9
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Shelf and Master cOmmissione's Sale,

Williams & I'atimer , r. virtue Of 9 deere
VS.. III tai order of sale to
Ohio Hinton. } me directed from the
Court of Common Pleas of Delaware county,
Ohio, I shall offer at puSfic sale, at the door of
the Court House in Delaware, Mon onrday the
14th day of June; 1883, between the hours
of 10 O'Clock a m and 4 o'clock .. M. CT said
day, the following described real estate, tci wit:
In-LotN .. SO and the west balf of In-Lot No.
10, in the town of Delaware, Delaware county,
Ohio, being the Tavern House and premises
known as the clinton House" Appraised
at $4,000.
CHARLES SHERMAN, Sheriff.
and Special Master Commissioner.
May L, 1858 (S2,55l IS