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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-15
PLYMOUTH, Ang. 4, lS4q.
ANSWER OF Mr.. FITCH.

With pleasure 4 ans,rer Eyes" to the above
questions.
Entertaining the views indicated in my answer
above, | shall not only vote "yes" on these mea
sures, but if no older or ADLER member, whose in
fuence would be greater than mine, introduce them
into Congress, IshaH do IL myself, If l have the
honor OF holding seat there.
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FOR RENT.
'Wo story fr me house In McGavock's addto, 49,,
ontainug five rooms, kitchen, large ySyu &zss
and good well Of water. Apply TO EE
W. 2. MCFARLAND
ue0oi-u No. Is, North CoHere St
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

II He Stockholders of the Nashville Gas Light Compan
win please take notice that Dividend Of per cent
for the six months declared Direc
tors, and ma de payable and after the 18th inst.
janS-dlw J. IL. KENDRICK, Sec'y.
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MONEY WANTED

MONEY WANTED,
ID FAD and do we.-no unto n rs We hsv. -.
- Nou;- "a ocs yen want 6-poods e sold INTO Won
Money we "annlease unto Is. those in8sh. 81 to
20 ounS' I. G. WHITE.
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!. GOO pApERs rLoWER sErp.

Just receissd o The oesArsaa house Of Johnson Rob-
has Co. 2.ve8 PaPrrs Of fSzeg xcds- Tie lowers Of
Fowefs hive = larger aad better frosa
sAicA Eake ther seectea Of sssds than hey have
hsretafbrs had IN shls csty. RAINS a hk0WN,
40. 10. koath Fuhic kqsAre.
JaniS-tf Opposite The Market hease,
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CIGAR MANDATORY.

Tickets, 20 cents; Children ham price Gallery for GO
ored Per 25 Doors open at halfpsst
Concert 70 cornmence at hAlf-past L ian 10
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Shelton's Marble Works

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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-22
Wintering Calves.

"Pinc calves those! How do You
manage them in such good order"
"Easily enough; give them shelter,
and feed and water them regularly"
"You take care of them, see; many
farmers let calves take their chance with
the other stock through the winter"
That's very poor chance, to my mo-
ton: for one who would winter calves
so, would not take much pains for the
comfort Of any Of his cattle"
Last winter, (lct us tell the story,)
farmer B. wintcrcd his four calves in a
stable partitioncd off in one corner Of his
COW shed, or rather one of his COW sheds,
for he has several on different sides of his
barn ward. II was about Is feet square,
and had a mangcr or box for hay, kc, on
one side, eighteen inches wide and foot
deep, with stakes about every two feet
long enough to keep the calves heads
separate. The floor was Of earth, or
rather Of litter and manure, for in the
course of the winter it accumulated foot
or more in depth over the surface. II
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A Good Working Ok.

The head should be long and slender.
The short headed OK may start tolcrably
quick at the whip, but will soon forget it
The eye should be sharp but pleasant
The black-eyed OK is apt TO run away.
For strength he should have a good bos-
ON. For travelling, the legs should be
straight, and the ankle smaller than the
foot; the toe should be directly forward.
lfthc animal toe out, the knee will bend
in, and the leg will be rs much weaker
than straight one rs crooked stick is
weaker than a straight one for bearing a
weight placed on the top of it; with
such form the inside claw is liable TO be
strained. Avoid the long packed hoof-
Let the back be straight from head to
tail, through from the hips backwards il
he slope a little il is not much of fault ;
but don't let him rise in that part. For
hardihood, the round builtor round ribbed
ox-one that is not in danger of knocking
his hips off in going through the woods
is best. lie should be trained TO the
yoke quite young. Three pairs early put
to work, but not overworked, would do as
much labor as four, pairs that are not
broken until they have nearly attained
their growth.-Er.
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PRoDucrrvE Cow. Hollis Chafiin OF
Providence, Il. l., states in the y. Z. Far
mer, that in Oct, 1852, he purchased a
fine five year old native COW, and in Feb.
ruary following she produced twin calves.
The two next years she produced one at
each birth; the fourth year she produced
twins, and on the eth of November last
which is the fifth year, she produced trip
lets, which is an increase of nine calves
in five wears, at five births.
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0S | 8 &C [ [ q IL c y u 8 .
MY First Lesson.
nY MRS ANN 5. STEPHENS.

Abby Pundcnon-ycs, that was the
name of my first school-mistress. She
was one of the stitfest, incest and most
thoroughly prim oldmaids that ever took
care OF other peoples children. She
taught in little red school house, in
"Scrub oak" half mile back Of Falls
Hill. l like to be particular in the gcog-
raphy, though l had never opened an at
las in my life when Miss Punderson re-
ceived me into her alphabet class.
see her now, sitting so very upright
in her high backed chair-solemnly
opening the blue paper covers of Web
ster, and calling me by name-l see the
sharp pointed scissors lifted from the
chain at her side-I hear she rap, rap, of
her thimble against the wooden covers Of
that new spelling book-yes l feel myself
dropping that bashiul little courtesy and
blushing under those solemn gray eyes,
as she points down the long row OF Ro-
man capitals and tells me to read. l re-
member il ail-she had on brown cali
co dress her hair was parted plainly and
done up in French twist behind, there
was a good deal of gray in that black
hair, and around her prim mouth any
quantity Of fine wrinkles, but her voice
was low and sweet, she was stiff but not
cross, and the little girls loved her in a
degree, though she did give them long
stretches of of hemming and over-secms
to sew.
Ny first school.mistress came from
some ncighboring town. She was nei
ther Episcopalian nor Presbyterian, but
wore the incest little Methodist bonnet,
made of silver gray satin withouta a bow
or bit of lace-a Quaker bonnet cut
short. Then she had a dainty silk shawl
tinted like doves wing, and always car.
ried her handkerchief folded when she
went to prayer meeting.
The school house stood on the bank o,
small stream which turned saw-mil
Just above, it was SO ovcrshadowed by
young hemlocks that YOU could only hear
the singing Of the waters as they stole by
the windows. Some forty feet of meadow
lay between the windows and the bank
ard a noble pear tree full of golden frui,
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beyed the mistress then.

AT last tho classes were all heard. The
mistress looked, we thought, sadly around
at the little benches, arse, laid her hand
on the high.backcd chair, and sunk slow,
ly to her knees. The children stood up
as usual. I looked at Mary Bell, she was
trembling little, the color came and
went on her face. My heart beat quick,
! felt aglow on my cheek, something soft
aud fervent stirring at my heart. We
both rose hand in hand, walked through
the scholars up to that high backed chair,
and knelt softly down by the Mistress
She gave little start, opened her eyes
and instantly they filed with tears; her
lips tremblcd, and then came q burst Of
thanksgiving to God for having answered
her prayer. She laid her hand firstupon
one head and then upon the other. She
called down blessings upon us she pour.
ed forth her whole soul eloquently as she
had done nnder the helnlock boughs.S
l have heard burning prayers since,
but never one that entered the depths Of
my memory like that.
The next day Mary Bell and follow
cd the mistress down to the mill stream,
for We felt guilty till she knew all. But
she persisted that God himself had led us
to the bank. No matter though Dan
Haincs appeared to have done it. Wick
cd instruments were often used to work
out good. God had answered her prayer
and it was enough. She only hoped we
would not be ashamed Of having knelt
by our lonely school mistress.
Ashamed! For the first time in our
lives, We threw our arms around Abby
Pundeson's neck and kissed her. Poor
soul she hardly knew how to take it;
those withcrcd lips had been so long un.
used to kisses that they began to trcmble
as ours touched them. We were very
young, and could not comprehend why
she hid her face between those stiff hands
and wcpt so piteously.
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tions arc as mute as dead niger in q
coal hole. But there's something in all
this, girls, Notwithstanding, I swear it by
the memory Of St. Washington.
"But come, girls, up and be doing!-
II we've done the mischief land my lords
say so, and therefore, Of course, it must
be SOY we must repair it. Wen have a
good time. They've shown that they
amt up to the pace required in these 90.
ahead days 50 now we'll try our luck
Let them be of. to Saratoga, or Sarah
anybody they like. We conclude to take
the business in hand. Yes stree. Well
begin by making one big bonfire in
Broadway of all their books and bills and
botheration, and the gallant fremen Of
New York (far nobler fellows, as 1 have
said elsewhere, than any Of the naughty
aristocracy Of England, or the Upper
Ten either) shall see that VIC don't set
the city afrc.
Then we'll take business into our own
keeping, and whip me for fool If by
next Fall everything amt slick and sill
very. No moro loaning, and discounts,
and protests Except about our beauty,
eh, girls y and all that bletherumskitc, as
the poor Irish exiled prettily call it. We
will have the almighty dollar naked in
all its silver loveliness, and he shall be
wrapped up in no paper of any kind
That's our basis, our Declaration of Inde-
pendcncc, and well fight any number Of
Bunker Hills upon it. Hail Columbia,
happy land, the gals have took your cause
in hand. What do you say to that, my
cats. "FASSY FERN"
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Apple Troes by the side of Fon'
COS.

Many years ago il used to be the Gus
tom TO set Young apple trees alongside
the wall or fence, not only against the
fences bordering the highway, but quite
often along the division lines OF the fields.
This practice has been latterly neglected,
and we believe condemned by most per
sons who have planted trees. The qucs-
ton has often arisen in our mind whether
that old custom was entirely without
merit. Were there no good reasons for
placing fruit trees in those positions -
Giving the subject some thought, and
looking at the farms where the trees were
thus scattered, we confess, has given us
several reasons for believing that the old
way. after all, had its claims, as we'll as
the modern innovation.
The work Of cultivating the soil, for
any crop, is just about doubled on land
that is covered with fruit trees at the or
dinary distances, say from % to 10 feet
apart. The trees offer an obstruction to
every operation, in removing the stones
If there are any, in plowing, carting on
manure, in narrowing, furrowing, and,
perhaps, more than all, in cultiya,ing the
corn preparatory to hOcing. They are
also formidable Obstacles TO the use of
mowing-machincs when the land comes
TO be in grass, rs well rs distractions in
carting off the hay. There are 50 many
hindrances, and consequently are as much
a tax to the farmer as though the amount
Of hindrance was paid in cash.
These reasons are not presented to dis
suade any one from planting an orchard
in the compact form, but merely to show
that objections may be urged to this mode
Of painting as well as to any other.
Some Of these objections advanced
against planting by the side of fences
are,
/. That the trees prevent plowing near
the wall or fence.
9. That weeds and bushes grow and
at length occupy the ground between the
tree and the fence, until the former scat
ter their seeds over the contiguous fields,
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pinch comes upon them, try to relieve
themselves by pinching off the printer
and stop their paper at the first move o.
economy and rctrenchment. This il
pinching in the wrong place. As well
might msn with the atisie," when he
finds the psroxysms Of his disorder come
on, shut up the doon, and close down the
windows, and creep into a tight closet,
as for an intelligent person to stop his
paper because the times press q little
hard. The best business men keep thcm.
selves "posted up with the times" A
knowledge Of what Is going on is very
important part Of their capital. Deprive
them Of ths and they soon fall astern and
fail. If It becomes necessary to rctrench,
they do it by looping of some superfui-
ty Of dress, some useless habit or conven-
ience not absolutely essential, but not by
shutting up the avenues Of information
and knowledge, we'll knowing that "knOw.
ledge is power" and that the current
knowledge of the day, or information in
regard to transpiring events, is Of great
use in applying that power to the best
advantage"
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A SENSIBLE SLAVE BoY. Most Of our
readers know something Of the history Of
John Mitchell, the notorious "lrish Pa.
triot," who, two or three years ago, es.
tabllshcd a paper in New York, which
broke down by reason Of Its disgusting
toadyism to slavery. Since then, John
has gone to Knoxville, Tennessee, and
established a paper, which advocates the
re-opcning of the African Slave Trade
Pason Brownlow, Of the Knoxville Wing,
tells good story Of this renegade "pa-
triot." He and his partner, Mr.. Swan,
have slave aboy," named Jordan, in
their office, and the story runs thus:-
"Mr. Swan in the presence Of Mitchell,
remarked to "Jordan" that 1--WE (mean.
ing himself and Mitchell have concluded
to reopen tho African Slave Trade, and
fll the country with real ivory.tooth no.
groes from Congo" and turning to Jor.
dan cnquircd, "How will It dot" Jor'
dan scratching his head and after q mo-
mcnt's reflection, replied, IL think J,
would do tast raie, mass Billy, provided
you will drire aray all desc yer Iri'h oa'
Of our country, back to ~har dey come
from, and girv us de niggers in da p'aee!"
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SEA GRASDruRs.-Therc is peculiar
charm about the sea; It is always the
same, yet never monotonous. Mr.. Crosse
has well observed, that you soon get tired
looking at the loveliest field, but never
at the rolling waves. Thcsecret, perhaps,
is, that the field does not seem alive; the
sea is life abounding. Profoundly mys-
terious as the field is, with its countless
forms Of life, the aspect does not irresisti.
bly, and at once coerce the mind to think
Of subjects so mysterious and so awful as
the aspect Of the sea does-it carries
with it no ineradicable associations Otter
ror and awe, such as arHborne in every
murmur of old ocean, and thus is neither
so terrible nor so suggestive. As We look
from the cliffs, every wave has its history |;
every swell keeps up suspense will it
break now, or will it melt into that large
wavcl And then the log which floats
so aimlcssly on its back, and now iscarried
under again like a drowning wretch 1T
is the fragment Of some ship which has
struck miles away, far from all help and
all pity, unseen except OF Heaven, and
no messenger Of its agony to earth ex-
cept this log, which floats so buoyantly
on the tidcl We may weave some such
tragic story, as We idly watch the fuctu-
ating advance Of the dark log; but what
ever We weave, the story willnot be Who'll
ly tragic, for the beauty and serenity Of
the scene are sure to assert their infuen-
ces. o mighty and unfathomable seal
o terrible familiar! o grand and mys-
terious passion! In thy gcntleness thou
art terrible when sleep smiles on thy
scarcely quiet heaving breast; in thy
wrath and thunder thou art beautiful -
BY the light of rising or of setting suns,
in grey dawn or garish day, in twilight
or in sullen storms Of darkness, ever and
everywhere beautiful; the poets have
sung Of thee, the painters have painted
thee-but neither the song Of the poets,
nor the cunning Of the painters hand,
has more than caught faint reaexes Of
thy uncommuaicable grandeur, and love-
illness inexhaustible !-Bioekroods Mag
dzi,H.
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was lcvelled and kept clean and dry, by
daily supplies Of refuse straw-a small
quantity of this sufiiced each day, except
in thawing weather.
Their food was cut straw and chaff,
and good clover hay-the latter night
and morning-the former at noon-or
perhaps twice in the middle Of the day
and they were not allowed to waste much
of either. Calves and other stock will
waste more than they eat, unless some
judgment is used in supplying their food
at proper mesand in a proper manner
We should put before them all they will
consume, and place it where they cannot
get it under their feet, removing the re-
fused portions from their managers before
giving fresh supply.
Water was furnished once day in
very cold days; twice or warmer ones
Farmer BIS water pond is near, but out
side his barn.yard, and he says cattle will
not drink more than once in the bleakest
days of winter, even il they must go but
a few rods from the yard. 1t would be
better TO have water in the yard and at
all times ready for the stock; but this
convenience is beyond the reach Of many
farmers.
1t is remarkable how little thought is
often given TO shslter for animals. These
calves, in the fall, hal smooth, glossy
coats, and were full of life and animation,
but as winter weather came OH they be-
gan to show its effects in a roughness Of
coat, and dropping of spirits. The
change was very noticeable in the few
weeks before their shelter was fitted up
for them. They had as much and rs
good food, and ate more OF it, but the
cold and wet made very material differ
encc in their thrift and appearance. Dc.
pend upon it, attention to the comfort Of
animals, is the best economy. After a
weeks stay in the stable, their coats were
as glossy as ever, and they were ready to
run and play when driven to water, and
were often allowed an hour or two in an
open yard for exercise.
Calves like grain and roots, apples
and the like, yet they can be
wintcrcd without them. No doubt it is
the best policy to so feed as to keep them
gro~iny, and it may be cheaper to feed
some grain than to depend entirely on
hay for this purpose. In mild weather
roots are valuable, and no farmer should
iail TO provide thcm-especially for par
tial feeding in spring, preparatory to turn
ing out to pasture.
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CIRCUMSTANCES arc now teaching whal

CIRCUMSTANCES arc now teaching what
Solomon taught three thousand ycas
ago, labor not to be rich, "as the fint
and great object Of life. We may labor
and we ought to labor and contrive to
support q family honestly in the sight Of
all men. And IL any one neglect this he
ia not worthy the name Of man. But
the mass Of men have been strivingstren-
uously 10 make n fortune in two or three
years by speculation. This II is that has
produced the present misery and crime.
It not only ieads to wrong, but It IL itself
wrong. ipso Jaeio. II VIC labor for . liv1
ing, then we may chccriully take all mon
cy that comes naturally and use Il WE'LL
But Il Is q mistake to seek . fortune o
the greatest end Of life. It will and Il
does make every man who attempts Il
miserable. It Is the great peril Of this
age and Of this country. And ith worth
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The @SIsrER"- There is something
lovely in the name, and its utteance rare.
ly fails to call up the warm affections Of
the gentle heart. The thoughts that cir.
Gle round il, are all quiet, beautiful, and
pure. Passion has no place with its ..
sociations. The hopes and fean Of love,
those strong emotions powerful enough
to shatter and extinguish life ITSELF find
no home there. The bride is the star,
the talisman Of the heart, the diamond
above all price, bright and blazing in the
MONDAY sun; a sister, the gem Of mild.
er light calm as the mellow moon, and
SGT in coronet Of pearls.
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LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.

and the latter send out their roots to sal
the soil Of the nutriment which the tree
themselves require.
3. That cattle reach after the limbs
either to browse them or feed upon tn,
fruit, aud thus break the trees and de
stroy their symmetry, and also destro,
the fences.
!. If apple trees are set along side o
moving fields, We must either suffer the
loss of the fall feed" or run the risk o
having the trees browsed.
8. That where trees are on the road,
side the fruit becomes temptation tC
boys, who sometimes steal it, knock the
fences down, and stone or club the trees,
greatly to their detriment.
Now let US see if these objections have
any better foundation than those urged
against compact orchard culture.
l. In order TO make trees grow so rap
idly as to prevent their being stuntcd,
covered with moss and show premature
old age, they must stand in loose and
porous soil, beside being manurcd; and
this must be their position with occasion.
al exceptions, for a year or two at time,
OF leaving them in grass, for at least 90
years. y strip Of land near the fence
may be plowed and thoroughly pulvcr-
lied, TO set them in when planted, and
this may be spaded up once or twice a
year with as much economy, perhaps, as
il could be plowed; for even in close or
chard culture, the use of the spade is
necessary after the best plowing has been
performed, and spading the trees near
fences may be done in spring and fall, at
odd hours when other work is not press
ing. When this is faithfully done, it takes
away the force Of the second objection in
regard to weeds and bushes.
3. The third objection, in relation to
the destruction of trees and fences by
cattle, is the most formidable one. But
in order to prevent this mischief, the limbs
OF the tree may be started high, the fen
ces made strong, and such other precau-
tionary measures adopted rs might be
from time TO time devised.
1. In regard to the fourth objection, il
planting fruit trees by the side of NOW
ing lots would keep cattle out of them,
it would prove OF essential service to ma
ny farmers who greatly injurc their now
ing lands by feeding them too closely in
the fall.
.. The fifth objection would have but
little force in the country, where fruit is
plenty.
Upon the whole, we are inclined to be-
licve that the old practice of setting fruit
by the side of fences, and especially where
they border the highway, was an eco
nomical and proper one. They certainly
must find a considerable portion of their
support from the washings of the high
ways, and they afford shade in summer,
break the rough winds of winter, and
render the way attractive and pleasant to
the traycller.-Nc,c EagirHd Former.