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The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11
NUMBER 40

PLANTING WALxrr GRovE.A-TweIvs,
years ago I planted a row of these pu,.
south OF my house, in the edge Of tho
piongaec land. planted the nuts with ,I,s
hui's on. in the fall ms soon rs thew fsll f;,pr
feet apart, with hoe, about two incbss
deep, as we used to plant corn down Fas.
lhe rext sp,ing they came mp with the otl.
er plants. | kept the stock from them 70,
tour or five Years. The most Of them grew
rapidly. bni they were too thick, and soms
nre now dwarf trees four to six feet biyl.
while those that got the start went right Sr'
and IN SIX or seven years from the PLANTING,
!hey bore walnuts; and they continue to
bear and grow so that this fall / had several
bushels Of nuts. and have planted a piece Of
two acres with them. These put ten to
Twelve feet apart, which. when grown. will
shade wagon road. think it would be
e'ter to plough your land as deep as Won,
can before planting, aHd that il will mako
little difference whether you plant this win
ter or as soon as the ground opens in the
spring. Keep the weeds down and the stock
from them, and there is no trouble in ra;s-
ing grove far more beautiful than tbe 10.
Gust ts1's'ics the advantage of timber and
the nuts.-Prairis Farmer.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

The New The PHILADELPHIA
Sun. OF Tuesday, has the following notice of
the latest fashions:
To gust Of wind, which swept down
Chesnut-street yesterday afternoon, we are
indebted for the discovery of new freak of
fashion. The red woollen perticoats. recent.
ly introduced by Victoria, have already
found their way into this city, and will, most
likely, become the rage during the season.
From momentary glimpse Of the Article,
we suppose them to be made of some fine
material like Salisbury flannel, though, pos.
sibly. they may be cashmere. Around the
bottom, run broad stripes in bright colors.
giving decidedly picturesque appearanc ce
TO the ladies, rs they gracefully step O, er
the cutters. The new skirt is worn imme.
diately next 10 the dress. The ladies will,
therefore, dispense with white ones, and
those gothic combinations which have OF
late. been so highly in vogue.
Tho collars now worn by the young gen
tlemen, are decidedly unique. They are
shaped like n small section of stove pipe.
and encircle the neck in such manner ms
to have earned foT them the above tide
We observe also that the peg top style Of
pants Is being revived. The peculiaritv OF
these garments is, HAT they give to the
neither limbs the shape of early fall carrot,
very small At the bottom. but remarkably
bulbous about the top. The fashions are
growing slightly rdiculous, and should lie
attended to-"
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

ENCOURAGING TO YoUHo MEN.-Neyer
content yourself witk the idea of having a
commonplace wife. You want one Who
will stimulate you, stir YOU up, keep moving.
joke You on your weak points, and make
something Of you. Don't lie afraid that you
cannot get such wife. verv well remem-
Der the reply which n gentleman who hap
pened to combine the qualities Of wit and
common-sense, made to n young man who
expressed fear that certain young lady of
great beauty and attainments would dismiss
him. if lie should become serious. aMy
friend" said the wit, T." infinitely more beau
tifu! and accomplished women than she is.
have married infinitely uglier and meaner
men than you are.'-Tmothy TYtcom5.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

TESTING THE LuNGs.-Persons desirious
OF ascertaning the true state of thei, lungs,
are 10 draw ia as much breath as they con.
venienlly can; they are then to count as far
as they are able, in slow and audible voice,
without drawing in more breath. The
number Of seconds they can continue count
ing must be carefully observed in consump-
tion. the time does not exceed ten, and ffe-
quently less than six seconds; in pleurisy
and pneumonia, i: ranges from nine to four
seconds. When the lungs are in sound
condition. the time will range as high as
from 90 to 80 seconds.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

In GENERAL, what woman says with her
eyes deserves more attention than the words
which escape from her lips, therefore. should
she remain silent, although you have just
asked a most interesting question, perhaps
you may find an answer il, her ewes.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

DO ALL in your power to teach your chill
dren self government. IL child is pas
sionate, teach him. by gentle means, to curb
his temper. If he is greedy, cultivate LID.
erslity in him. If he j. sulky, charm him
out of II by frank good hamor. n indie
lent. aecus'om him to exenions, and train
him SO ~ to perform even onerous duties
with alacrity. II pride comes in to make
obedience reluctant, subdue him by counsel
of discipline. In short, give your chill
dren the habit of overcoming their besetting
sins.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

The Columbus (Ga) Sun, of the Goth
instant, says abont the grea. fight between
Georgia aud Alabama:
:" Our city has been enlivened, for the
past day or two, with cock fighting extraor-
a,nary--A Alabama pitted against Georgia.
We understand (for we wish It distinctly
understood that we were not on the ground
"nrselves) that of twen,y.one fights. Geor.
gta whipped only three, Alabama whipping
eighteen. The sporting gentlemen Of our
city look as woe be gone as if ;hey had los,
their last dollar, which We more than half
suspect is the case. We are utterly oppos.
ed to all such cruel sporting, and while our
os".e PRIDE In other matters, always psompts
us TO wish success to our own State we
must say in this instance, we feel rather
giat'hed than otherwise at the result. and
IT the Geo'rgians should 90 to Alabama to
hght The battle over again, we hope that
they will be whipped in every fight. and
come back pecked rs naked rs a Young bird
OF all their surplus change"
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

A MAN Of virtne is an honor to his coun.
try, glory to humanity, n satisfaction to
himself and benefactor to the world. lie
u rich without ostention, courteous without
deceit, and brave without vice.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11
I TERMS. -
One DelEar n Year, an Advance,
$I.5o, IF DELAYED.
5slrrtta purtry.
The Harp Of q Thousand Strings.

Cc;ne, generous friends, a little while,
And listen 10 my seng. Et
And though my subject Is very great,
s-My story won't be long. e
pm going to sing about the times,
AND several other things-- As
Wen sing the words and play the tune
:. 0na Harpsof q Thousand Strings. 5-.
religion, Politics and Law,
Are raging under par,
As seen by microscopic aid,
In pulpit, forum. bar:
A focus brought on either one.
The same result still brings
A human being playing away
On n Harp Of thousand Strings.
The preachers don't as they used to do,
In the good old days gone by;
They used to preach of souls Of men,
Till they made the women cry;
But they read their sermons now. .a-days,
y. And the choir strikes up "a sing"
And the folks can't join when the tune ].
!-,4 play'd
On a Harp Of q Thousand Strings.
The members don't rs they used to do
= Their zeal and loves grown cold;
They'resiliiaki5g Of the corn they've raised
And how To get moro gold.
And though the preacher reads quite well,
Their conscience never siings; ~.
THEY'D rather steal the crown Of goll,
Aud Harp Of Thousand Strings.
The politician used to be
a man of some renown:
A.. .-tf Il hxa a,,.I.H
q Are found in every town;
For wheI one finds he can make speech,
Or soar on buzzard's wings,
Iiemonnts hobby and plays away
On a Harp Of Thousand Strings.
Nomstter how corrupt he is
How off he turns his coat:
The nominaiion sets him right
He gets the peoples vote;
He eais his ill NJ the public crib.
He drinks at the public springs
The charm succeeds---he plays so well
On q Harp Of a Thousand Strings.
Then let MS take a hasiy view
OF Justice and the Bar;
Alas how quickly we discern,
How altered all things are;
The sword and scales are title used,
The culprit seldom swings;
For gold will make the lawyers play
On q Harp Of . Thousand Strings.
So turn your eyes to every par
= or Uncle Sans machine,
You'll find a screw that's working loose
Some place that needs pin.
But must end my story now,
Although my muse still brings
IA verso or two for every chord
On Harp Of a thousand Strings.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

TRUTH is in morals what steam is in me.
chsnics--notliing can resist il.
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-11

Ar rsaHr, We cannot tel whether the
river q shallow o. deep; 20 ueither can we
tjndReof si'ent o. secret man. To kaow
shims We nsss have light Or elss be able to
sound him. ~ aia =.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-11-13
ALARIC
THE TYRANT'S VAULT.
A SICILIAN STORY OF EARLY TIMES
CHAPTER H.-CoNrINuEp.

CHAPlER ll.-CONTlNUED.
"O," murmured Ianthe after Aaric had i'm
printed warm kiss upon her brow in token of
the renewal of his most solemn pledges, 'now
that thou art near me, and my fount of love is
full, ] begin to fear the dangers which may be-
set thee"
"Let us not think of danger now. my below
ed" replied the youth. "This should be sea-
son of Joy and happiness unalloyed."
"Aye-but we should not forget that there is
a future and that we must be watchful of the
joys to-day if we would have them with us
henceforth.'
"Thou art right, Ianthe. And l will be
watchful l know there is danger in the way,
but fear it not"
At this juncture Bellerus returned in haste,
and there was look of trouble npon his brow.
He closed the door behind him, and then turn
ed towards our hero.
"Alaric," he said, evidently striving to assume
a calmness which he did not feel, shave you any
reason to suppose that your, entrance into the
city this evening was particularly noticed"
'Why do you ask P" demanded the youth.
am tell you," answered Bellerus. 81 have
inst come from the inn near the Temple of Diana,
where overheard a conversation between two
soldiers who had Just come from the Southern
gate. They said that Greek vessel was seen
upon the coast this morning, and that some one
landed from her. also made out, from their
conversation, that the king had been informed
of the fact, and that he had given orders that
every stranger who entered the city should be
watched, and intelligence Of whereabouts con-
veyed to him."
"Then may be assured that l have been fol
lowed" said our hero; "for suspected it while
on my way hither."
"And If such be the case," said Bellerus, "we
shall hear more from it."
"But before we wait for that we'll take SOME
steps of our own," cried Ianthe. "Some safe
hiding place must be found"
Alaric was upon the point of speaking wher
a loud knocking was heard without, and voict
demanded entrance, in the name of the king.
"Fly hy!" cried Ianthe, seizing her lover BY
| the arm.
"Hold," spoke Bellerus, who became calm ii
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-11-13
A DOG STORY.

The New York correspondent of the Ports
mouth Journal narrates the following:
1t has always been a belief of mine that ami
mails of the dumb creation Think all arguments
to the contrary Notwithstanding, and / have re-
Gently heard dog story from some Portsmouth
friends resident in Brooklyn that has increased
my faith i'll the matter, Some neighbors of theirs
have very fine specimen of Newfoundland
dog, who, if half heard of him be true, can do
almost any thing but talk.
Not long since his mistress said to him, "Pon-
to, you may go out in the front yard and stay
half an hour, but don't go outside of the gate"
After he had been gone short time his well
known knock was heard at the door, and, on its
being opened, Ponto was discovered accompan-
led by halfstarved abject looking object of tn c
dog species, with one of his legs disabled, which
he induced to follow him into the front base
ment, and lie down on large soft mat near the
door, He then went into the kitchen and init
mated to Bridget that he wanted his usual fore
noon's lunch, which having procured, he took
it to his new friend, laid it down before him, and
looked on with evident satisfaction while he ate
it.
As Ponto's mistress did not wish boarder
of that description, she told him that he must
introduce his new friend into the street again,
which he pretended not to understand, but final
ly, in very apologize way, however, did as he
was ordered, assisting his unfortunate compan-
ion up two or three steps into the street, and
looking after him, as he limped on his way, with
sad and troubled countenance. SO much for
Pontos character for benevolence Of his quail
tiles as a night watch learn that one night
during the past summer, he discovered that the
front door had been inadvertently left open.-
He knew that was not correct, although the out
side blind door was fastened by dead latch
SO he went to his masters bed room, walked him
up, and would not leave the room until he fol
lowed him down stairs and closed the door,
He is thought to be worth three star policemen
and a pair of private watchmen in addition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-11-13
VOL. XIV.
p 0 L 7 r Y.
OLD SAXON WORDS.


Old Saxon words. old Saxon words
Your smells are round us thrown;
Ye haunt our dav paths and dreams
With music all vour own;
Each one in its own power n host
To fond remembrance brings
The earliest brightest asnect hack
vi mes mmlhH thihgs'
You're arc tbo bjUs the folds the woods
Tho cL1rds and the streams
rhe meodprs and tbe bowers that bosk
In the sun,s reioicinc beons,
mid them our childhootl,s years were kent.
Onr rbildbood,s thonohts were reared
Ana Inv vonr household tones lis lows
were ever more endeared'
We have roamod since then where the myrtl
bloomed
In its own unclouded realms.
But our hearts returned with chanpeless love
To the brave old Saxon sIrns.
Where the laurel. DER its native streams.
OF deatbless glory smoke;
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COMPENSATION A. LAW IN NATURE.

of nature, / am struck with the admirable sys-
tenn of compensation, with the beauty and nice
ty with which every department is poised by
the others things and principles are meted out
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LIST OF AGE n II 5

LIST OF A q r. y l. ,
To whom alt payments may be for THE VERMONT
PHENtX for 1873.
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DO Centre. -. S. u. SlBLEf.
no Green Rvcrl $. CUTTING
uaIifax ......srEpIIEN NILES,
Do west, j. HITCHCOCK
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south LoudonderyJ. l.. PIERCE.
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putney.........wM HOUGIlTON.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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s. S. JOY.
Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeon,
Will attend to all cases Of Diseases Of Horses House
Walnut street.
Bratteboro, Dec I'd, 1851.
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ALEX A N ID e r II. PIX e.
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pbiIIip,, Patent Lever Farm and City Gntc
nnd Cloth Boa rds nd Boxes for Pac king,
And Dealer Lumber Bills of Timber, Cal ards, Shingles,
&C., manufactured and furnished to order.
100000 Feet of CIa picard on hand.
~ Address WEST WARDSBORO, VT.
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Nj d W1pT
the Courts of Vermont and New Hampshire
GI-AGEsT OF rHE EINA Fire Ilsuranes Company "a md
Windham County Mutual do.
ALSO, Agent to procure Pensions and Bounty Land
Commissioner for the States of New York and New amp
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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-15
POLITE TO ALL PERSONS.

' You cannot judge IF aaan Jy the Coat lie ieears"
"Halloa. Limpy, the cars will start in a
minute hurry up or we shall leave you be-
hind :"
The cars were waiting at a station Of one
of our Western railroads. The engine was
putting and blowing. The baggage master
was busy with baggage and checks. The
men were hurrying TO and fro with chests
aud yaliscs, packages aud trunks. Men,
women and children were rushing for the
cars and hastily securing their seats. while
the locomotive snorted, aud pulled, aud
blOwed.
A man carclcssly dressed was standing on
the platform Of the depot. lie was looking
around him, and seemingly paid little atten-
ton 10 what was passing. Il WAS easy tosec
that he was lame. At hastv glance one
might easily have supposed that be was man
Of neither wealth nor influence. The con.
luctor Of the train gave him a acUntcnptHnls
look, aud slapping him Familiarity on the
shoulder, he called out.
" Halloa. l.impy, better get aboard or the
cars will leave you"
"Time enough. reckon" replied the
individual So roughly addressed, aud lie re.
tanned his seemingly listless position.
The last trunk was tum5lcd into the bag
gage car "All aboard cried tie conductor.
Z Get on, Limpy' said he, as be passed The
lame, carelessly dressed man.
The lame man made Re RefePli. ----.-...s .,
Just as the train was moving slowly away,
the lame man stepped on the platform oil the
last car, aud walked in quietly aud took
seat.
The train had moved on few miles when
The conductor appeared at tie door Of tse sai
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-15
From The American Messengc.
. THE POWER on woMAN.n

will remember the time that ventured
home in state of intoxication. knew my
situation, and dreaded that my wife should
discover il. | exerted myself TO conceal 1t.
/ affected TO be witty, afiectionate, and so.
cial, but il was a total failure. felt the
fatal poison mnmentarily increasing. ! saw
the inquiring eye Of my wife fixed upon me
with look OF unu;erable grief. Ii was only
with her aid that | was able TO reach my
pillow.
All restraint was soon swept away, and
came home night after night in state most
reyoltiong TO the feelings Of delicate, ailec-
tiunate wife. In vain NV amiable compan-
ion wept and expostnlated. ! was too much
entangled aud corrupted to break away eth
er from nv vices, or associates. They
neither feared GOd nor regarded man. |
was led captive by their devices.
became, | will not say an inlidel, for |
was too ignorant OF the theory Of scepticism
to be one. became mocker. " Fools
make mock At sin" aud such fool was L.
knew just enough Of the Bible TO make II
nv iest-bouk. | saw that this part OF my
conduct was extremely painful to my pious
wife. and tried 70 restrain myself from tri-
iling with the Bible il her presence; but |
loved to raise loud laughter among my bois-
ferrous companions, and the indulgence serv-
Ell 80 to strengthen the pcrnicious habit,
that was often detected in the use Of this
offensive language.
| Ii was not till became father that her
touching appeals on this subject reached my
conscience. !" Must this child" she would
say with tears, "be trained up under these
banclul inilucncess Must he be taught BY
parental example 70 despisc aud ridiculc the
Scriptures with bis lisping tongue before he
/ il able to read their contents, OF realize their
heavenly origin =
Our snn had now become an interesting
little prattler, initiating whatever he heard
or saw. prccciyrd, with a sort Of diaboli-
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-15
NAILS IN FRUIT TREES.

A singular fact and one worthy ol being
recorded. was mentioned 70 Us few days
since by Mr.. Alexander Duke, Of Albcmarle.
lie stated that whilst on visit to ncighbor,
his attention was called to large peach
orchard, every tree in which was totally
destroyed by the rayages Of the worm, with
the exception of three, and these we're the
most thrifty and flourishing peach trees he
ever saw. The only cause Of their superior.
ity known TO his host, was an experiment
made in consequence Of observing that those
parts Of worm eaten timbc, into which nails
had been driven, were generally sound
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-15
SMUT on WHEAT.

Smut seems to be a parasitic fungus, of
dian corn, wheat, &c. The black dust of
matured smut is to be regarded as Its seeds,
each particle of which, however light and
evanescent, is capable Of terminating and
producing its kind when brought into favor
able circumstances. Ii is difficult to say
precisely how these seeds iind their way into
the receptacles Of growing wheat. But it is
probable that they adhere TO the kernels Of
wheat when sown; and we know that in some
way they are carried upward with the grow
ing plant aud are developed at the base Of
the newly forming kernels, simultaneously
with The bursting Of the spike from it,
sheath, Or perhaps little before the head
makes IT. appearance. From this time the
fungus grows and develOpes itself more or
less rapidly, as the weather iayors Or other
wise, drawing lis nutriment from the plant,
thus partially depriying the forming wheat
Of its appropriate food, as well as insinuating
a hurtiul ingredient.
Now, on the suppOsition that the smut in
wheat comes from spOrules tsmut seeds
distributed with the seed wheat, which we
suppose to be correct, il follows that il you
could wash the seed before sowing, perfectly
clean, there would be no smut in the crop.
for however warm, damp and lowery the
season, smut will not grow, unless there is
seed for il TO grow from. But il is impossi.
bic TO secure perfect cleanliness from these
sporulcs or smut seeds. They are too minute
10 be all washed away aud their vitality Is
not destroyed BY pure water. Hence, the
importance Of washing seed wheat in some
solution that will destroy the vitality Of such
Of the sporulcs as fail TO be washed out.
salt, plaster. quick lime, arsenic. sui plate
Of copper aud other things have been re-
commended. The first is always at hand
and the next two arc seldom far absent from
the farm and We believe that these are suf.
ficient. lfthc seed be FIRST washed in pure
water, then in a weak brine, of saw one quar-
Of salt TO a pail full Of water. and then dried
in plaster or quick lime, (thc latter not to b.
used too fresh nor very freely, lest il iniurt
the vitality Of the wheat, we think that thert
will be little danger from smut, and that tht
operation will be favorable rather than other
wise 10 the termination aud early growth o
the seed wheat