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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15
From a Pixies Peak Pilgrim. mo. l.


MAGNOLIA, Iowa, -, 1899.
am again breathing the pure fresh almos-
phere of the Missouri slope. Magnolia locks I
even more like home than ever. The emf |
grafton into Harrison county Is, as usual,
slow, but sure. The gold excitement, find,
has within the last two months made heavy
draft upon It's population, yet fad plenty Of
strangers filing the places Of those gore IN
search of the promised Ophr. Thousands
are pushing on towards Pixies Peak, over an
extensive plain, destitute Of timber or even a
spear OF grass, aud amid the heaviest snow
storms Of the year, regardless Of ovcrilowing
streams or an almost impossible road. There
are occasionally few rational beings, who,
after getting this far, make halt, and prefer
digging for gold in the rich sell OF Iowa. The
latest news from The mines, put quite dam
per on the excitement here. hear a good
many who a few days ago were .going, sure
and CERTAIN" singing quite different song.
As for myself, a Journey TO the head waters
of the Platle has been lavorlle project OF
mine, for the last SIX months, and as have
no.hins more than my time 10 lose, | am bound
10 CO. as soon as the grass comes, but would
advise those who purposed going and have
not already started, 10 defer progress until at
least they are sure that the precious stuff is
there in paying quantities. man is foolish
in leaving an occupation by which he could
make a respectable living, during the present
hard times, for the uncertainty OF this yet
fabulous Edorado. say, stuck TO your trade
little longer, you will soon have friends
there who will tell you the truth about II.
And don't place too much confidence in artl.
cles from frontier papers; as general hing,
our western editors are land sharks, or heavy
spectators in town properly, and ii is natural
that they Will work for their own interest. If
il Will pay 10 GO there, next August, or even
next year, will be plenty early 10 90. pro-
mise your readers a fair report when get
there. EN-.
'our correspondent forgot to date his letter,
and there Is no post mark on the envelop. 1t
reached US this day.-EDs. CHRoS.
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APRIL.

April is iillul child,
Full OF wayward iancies,
Laughing, weeping, sober, wild,
Sunny, shuwery, frantic, mild
Anything that chances.
April is tickle fool,
knowing not ms season;
Like truant out OF school,
Out ol temper, out ui rule,
Out OF rhyme and reason.
April is mere cuqueiie,
II-behaved III meeting;
Warm and cool, aud dry and wet,
Apt 10 iantallzr and tret-
Very fond ot cheating.
April IS Il ia.lhless youth,
Speaks out 10 undo IL;
Like d bIuhrn limb or tooth,
Trust his honor or his truth,
And you'lI surely rue II.
April IS an arTant wag,
Full ul Idle humors,
Apt to srumUle, apt 10 brag,
Sure to give your hopes the bag
Ere they come 10 bloomeTs.
April will not tend your sheep,
lie Will kIll or lose them;
Give him what you will 10 keep,
lie will wake and he will sleep
Only 10 abuse them.
What Is like an April day,
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DeeD Flowing.


Of one inch in the average depth Of p!7w-
ing throughout the United States, w5u'i
produce larger amount of profit, as com
pared with present results, than ali the
gold received from California. We be-
Geye in this assertion but we 10 not be-
lieye that all soils without being previous
" sub-soiled are f, for this immediate in-
crease in depth We know that even clay
sub.soi!s, which approach within lew
inches Of the surface, after being thorough
ly sub.soiei, become so amelIorlte4 as TO
be capable of admixture with the immedi-
ate surface soil; and we are equally well
aware that sub.soiling can not DO perform
ed with any profit in clay sub-soi'' con-
tanning excessive amounts Of water; that
such sols mus, first be underdrained be-
fore sub soiling eau be pursued with proft,
as well as that sub-soiliug must precsde an
increase Of depth in surface -plow'o5 But
there are millions of acres capable Of beng
plowed to double the depth to which they
have ever received an incision from tool
of any kind, with increased profit. Even
in the State of New York there are thou
sands Of acre. at this time, which have
never been plowed to a greater depth than
four inches, composed Of loam entirely
ready to Be disintegrated by a surface
plowing to the depth Of twelve or fifteen
inches with increased profit; and there
are few soils that may not be at once
plowed to au iuch or more beyond the
former depth. The allgs "that many
farmers own another farm Immediately
under that which they now cultivate, can
not be too often repeated, aud the judici-
GUS farmer whose will has been 50 often
quoted, as having Informed his sons that
he had buried a sum of money at depth
of twelve inches somewhere on his farm,
and that they must iul it, improved the
quality of their products By the disturb
ance of the soil more than he would have
benefited them by the supposed legacy
by direct bequeathmeut. Less manure
will produce larger amount of crops III
deeply dlsntegrated soil aud it is not true
that the deeper you plow the more manure
you require. II Is true that the more
thoroughly manure is divided, the greater
will be the amount Of crops produced; ;
aud this is more certainly brough ht about
by deep than by shallow p!owiug.
No practica! farmer eau doubt that IL
deeply powed soils, crops are less annoyed
by drouth and by insects ; aud if pljwing
is usafu, at all, !; must be useful precisely
in the ratio to the amount Of soil disturbed,
provided that roots are capable of aPprO-
priating a greater amount Of soil by Its
disturbance. Who doubts that rOOts will
travel to the distance Of twelve or fifteen
inches, or even double that distance ?
Who doubts that lime passing down thro'
tue sun VIII rest ihcie Va 'uC NiAiSo - "
cold aud uBdl,integrated sub-soil Who
does not know that many farms supposed
to be worn out have been revived by the
increase Of a few inches in the depth OF
plowing? viii any longer be couteuted
TO use pitlful one horse piow, skating it
through the soil like barrow with one
tooth, and starving on the c'utinually de-
erca,ins product = jIorhiag Farmer.
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pETEgso,S CHEAP EDITION OF wAyEELY NOVELS

We have received BON Roy, by Sir W al
ter Scott. being the third volume of L. Ii. Pc
terson & Brothers. new and cheap weekly
issue of the Waverly Novels, by Sir Walter
Scott. The great barrier, heretofore, TO these
works has been the high price at which they
have been held, but this objection is now be-
ing overcome, by the publication OF these
works of Scott in such form and at such
low price as TO bring them within the means
of all persons who ever buy novels. 10
McsSrS. +. B. PGrEnsuN u BRoruERs, of Phil.
adelphia, more than all other publishers, are
we indebted for this new feature in American
literature The works Of CHAs DIcKESs,Cnss.
LEyEn, Mrs. SoUTHwonrn, and many other
popular writers, have been issued from their
press in cheap form, and their last enter
prise is in giving TO the public, the works OF
SIR WALTER Scofr, complete and unabridged,
at the very low price of - cents for each
work, or the whole series for Five Dollars.
The edition embraces the whole Of the au-
thor'S works, and will be contained in 26 vol
umeS, one Of which will be issued on each
succeeding Saturday, until complete. A full
set will be forwarded, free of PostGge, by Mhi,
to any part OF the United States, 10 any one,
by the publishers. on sending remittance oil
five dolls. TO them for The twenty SIX volumes.
G3%We have received from some un-
known hand the last OF Goth annual report
of the Managers Of the Pennsylvania In
stiiu,e for the Instruction of the Blind,
located in Philadelphia. There are now
l52 pupils in the Institution, of which
l22 are from this State. OF the whole
number, 36 are assistants or pay pupils IN
part, and the remainder are supported by
the joint products Of their industry, aud
by State aud other appropriations. Over
$4,000 were last year earned by the pu-
pills, the Legislature gave S22 900, and
the income from all other sources made
an aggregate Of Sl2,Sl6. The expenses
of this most interesting charity were
Si0,5l4.
"Eanhlm Recora,' is the title of
paper recently started at Hampton, Iowa.
We see among its advertisers the name of
our young friend, JAS. I. MCCORMICK,
Notary Public, aud Gn company with
Isaac MIIer) Real Estate Agent.
EsgWe have received the Second An.
uual Report Of the Farmers High School
Of Pennsy lvaria, containing a minute and
detailed account Of the proceedings and
plans Of the officers Of the Institution.
E9-T hanks 10 Hon. John &. kunkle,
for copy of the Report for 1917 of the
Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
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Dealing with Refractory Cows.

In the Feb. No. of the 4merican Agri-
cm'tuist, page 40, noticed the dcscrip-
ton given by Mr.. Smith, of his way OF
subduing refractory cows, and which like
MANY other methods | have tried. 1t
may answer very well in some instances,
but have found no such process COM
pletely successful in mastering them, and
forcing them to be quiet against their will.
believe that cows have almost invariably
been taught bad habits by i'll treatment; ;
for have found that when used carefully
and gently, their troublesome dispositions
have been so overcome. that they could be
milked without difficulty. 1t will, how
ever require considerable care and patience
with much caressing and gentle handling
to make them quiet after they have once
been spoiled The right way is to COM
mencc with proper treatment from the
first accustcming them to being handled
before attempting to milk them, and then
when milking using great care not to give
the animal any pain by jerking the teats
or otherwise. In short if we expect good
dispositions in animals We must show our
goodness first. SUBSCRIBER
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Would make

Would make l2O-a maj. Of ?, or
! majority absolute if We elect only III
Minnesota, where we may have >, and
might have in California or in Oregon,
through divisions OF The Democrats.
Davis Of Nd will vote with the RCpub-
licans rather than with the Democrats, and
there may be other Southern Americans
who will not play into the hands Of the
Locofocos, as their leaders wish to have
them. Altogether, there is fair pros
pect of a true Rcpub!ican-American organ
ization Of the House. Florence of Pa. aud
Berrett Of St. Louis adm will then pro-
badly be ousted, as they should be.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

GENTLEMAN This. term is very COM
mon. 1t IS applied to almost every man
nova days, particularly if he is we'll
dressed. Here is definition which is
extremely pretty, to say the least. 1t is
needless 10 add that it was given by lady:
- gentleman is human being, COM
binius womans tenderness with man
courage"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

A RELIC OF OLDEy TINEs.-We were
shown yesterday a relic of the ollen time
in the shape Of sleeve button, bearing
the date of l74l aud having the insignia
of royalty stamped upon it, in the shape
Of crown and other emblems. The but
tons were dug up on the land of George
w. Shleffer, in Shaefer's Valley, Madi.
son township, Perry county. They were
fouud u feet under ground, whilst dig
ginc a race for saw mill, and largo trees
we're standing on the spot Ribs of hu-
man bodies and parts of musketry CT
Queen Aune's time, and the iron Of cart
ridge boxes we're a,so found at the same
place. How these things found their way
to that spot is a mystery, for it has been
a perfect wilderness until within the last
ten years. The probability is that SOL
der va. buried on the spot during the
border wars of tho frontier settlement of
that dav.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

The English papers comment strongly
on the recently developed contract frauds,
as developed in the transactions OF the
present NATIONAL administrations.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

SrEEps FOR SEEps.-This subject has
for long time engaged the attention OF
experimenters, aud with various results.
Strong solutions of any of the well-known
materials used, are apt to iDjure the germs
of seeds, while weaker solutions, being
held by the spongy coatings, frequently
not only secure earlier examinations, but
BY timely supply of necessary pabulum'
secure vigorous plants, which, as neces-
sity of proper conditions in their early
stages of growth, yield larger returns.
Among the materials used We would emu
merate the following Saltpetre, Sulphate
of Ammonia, Carbonate Of Potash, Car
Donate of Soda, Soluble Phosphate Of
Lime, etc.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

TIE WAY IT WAS DONE.-Some lew
months previous to the late Sham Demo-
cratic Convention, which assembled at
Harrisburg on the 10th Of March, 1899,
H. 4. Bgys, of Cambria county, was eiec-
ted Representative Delegate, by the De-
mocracy of that county, Instructed to S"s-
tain Gov. Packers Administration. In
the time that intervened between his cleo
ton and the assembling Of the Convention,
James Buchauan, President of the U. 8,
gave the said H. Il. Boys, the appoint
meut of Post Master at JohnstowD, which
has salary worth one thousand Per an
mum attached. At the assembling OF the
Convention, this same Boys was among
the first to vote against a resolution sus-
tanning Gov. Packer. Further comment
is unnccefsafy'
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Curculio Remedy.

To one pound of whale oil soap, add
four ounces OF -four of sulphur. Mix
thoroughly together and dissolve in twelve
gallons Of water To one half peck Of
quick lime adj four gallons Of water, and
stir well together When fully settled,
pour off the transparent lime water, and
add to the soap and sulphur mixture. Add
to the same also, say four gallons of toler.
ably strong tobacco water. Apply this
mixture, when thus incorporated, with a
garden syringe, to your plum or other
fruit trees, SO that the foliage shall be we'll
drenched If no rains succeed for three
weeks one application will be sufficient
Should frequent rains occur, the mixture
should be again applet until the stone Of
the fruit becomes hardened, wheu the sea-
son Of the eurculio's ravages are past.
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TEIEI CHRONICLE.
MONDAY. APRIL. II. 1850.

The Next House Congress.
The next House of Representatives will
consist of 231 Membership constituting
a majority. OF these, there are already
elected as follows:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15
Entertainments of Slavery.

Seventy years ago, the Democrats drew
a line around the States, and said to the
Slave Trader, "Thus far you may 60, but
no farther" This was the Jetiersoniau
Proviso. Thirty years ago, they rubbed
out part of the line, and SAID to him.
"You may 60 into the lands South, but
not into the lands North" This was the
Missouri Compromise. Five years ago
,bey rubbed out the rest Of the line, and
said to him, awe leave it 10 the settlers to
decide whether you shall come in or not"
This was the Nebraska Bill. Now they
turn humbIy to him, hat in hand, and
say, "Go where you please; the land Is
all yours, the National Flag shall protect
you, and the National troops shoot down
whoever resis,s you" This is the Died
Scoit decision.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

SUGaEsTIvE.-Uuess a tree has borne
blossoms in the spring, you will vainly
,Q9s fer fruit on II in autumn.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

From the Middleburg tribune.
Amount Of Property sold in and around freeburg.
Property sold and bought in the town
OF Freeburg and township of Washington,
since January lst, 1859:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-15

ge-Thauks 10 Hon. John G. Kunkle,
for a copy of the Report for 1897 of the
Regents Of the Smithsonian Institute.
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popular writers are free from this defect and
1t might prove not Improbable research TO
endeavor TO find how nearly an authors popu-
larity kept pace with MS "English undecided"
Henry W. Longiellow has been, or is, professor
of modern languages in Harvard University;
but j do not think that there are many un-
translated French expressions in Evangeline.
The author, however, who, within my observa.
walton, is most strikinyly exempt from the Pc
culiarity referred to, is Charles Dickens. In
Bleak House, when Sir Leicester and Lady
Dedlock are travelling, the French landlady
describes my lady in such a way that you see
it is French, and yet read it in English for
we have the French idiom, or peculiar express
sion, in an English dress.
In Little Dorrit, the escaped convict from
the Marseies prison does not, wonderful to
relate, mot nti5ubtte dtctU y make use of any
French oaths. l DO not remember Sdcre, or
a peste. If my memory fails, correct me.
Possibly Dickens carries this peculiarly almost
too far; but he is more popular than Thacke-
ray, who interlards foreign phrases. Do you
say that perhaps Dickens does not understand
French? I is probable that he does at least,
there are few who do not know enough to sea-
son their English. Your humble servant does
not claim TO be a Latin scholar, but behold,
two Latin phrases have been introduced with
this communication. / once heard OF lady
who, though possessed of natural wit did not
claim to be learned. Being invited once to
meet with persons of more pretension in this
respect, the question was asked, What will
you do?" "Oh!" said she, II shall walk
into the room, and say, T. Piuribls Unum :"
p. Slow can We part, before say how
little Gail Hamilton imposes on US? Does he
think, after all his wild flights of wit, his daring
and masculine humor, that when he chooses
to let himself down into the common walk, we
are going TO believe he is a woman? Oh no
does he expect TO catch old birds with chat?
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brown eyes, without having lost one iota of their
former power, are now invested with still other
gifts sympathy; and loves placid lake, where
formerly leaped and flashed loves wild Niaga-
IA. From consuming, they have come to bless.
And the blessing is far more lovely than the
consuming was magnificent Is there any loss
OF power in the transition from the demonstra-
tive in its fire, to the passive in its enduring
Can we not argue as much strength in Hagar
and In Naomi, as we are impressed with in
Deborah and in Judith To which will we
rather trust, the swif-moving field artillery, or
the safely-stowed cannon peering through the
embrasure of the breastwork?
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Somebody that's been hunting you ever so
long"
"Who-speak |"
Richard, your mothers old gardener"
Pshawl" said Jasper. as If Richard were
nobody at all, and sinking back again, angry
at his disappointment.
"Where is he? Tell him to come inn
1t was the same grizzly old Scotchman,
little more wrinkled, little grayer, a little
browner but still the same old Richard, who
had taught him the names of the flowers, had
carried him often upon his shoulder, and, pran-
cling, responded to his Gee up, Dick /" had
mounted him for the first time on his DOW.
ME-" leading him about till he learned the
use of reins and stirrups; the same faithful
old fellow, the first confdant of his boyish love.
the last conhdant of his manhood's woe and
his face, balanced between smiles and tears.
brought such food-tide of memory and so
many home thoughts rushingly in upon Jas
per's sick brain, that he wept aloud. They
talked long, and Jasper learned all-all, so
bittersweet; all, so hope-giving, yet so re-
preaching. But he flung aside the bitter for
the moment-as one strips the rind from an
orange, TO get at the pulp withn-and Toasted
his soul upon the sweet suggestions of the pres
ent and the dear promises of the future, then
newly born within his heart And when, an
hour after Richard had gone out, and he had
read and re-read and read again his mothers
letter, and Ruth's tender trembling little post
script, (which Richard had found waiting for
him in San Francisco;) when, after reading
them till he had them by heart, and dropping
tears upon them till they were moist-he was
so weak, you know, reader-and kissing them
with the fervor of the pilgrim at the Caaba, he
finally looked up and saw Brawny Back watch
ing him, there was such JOY, and life, and
happiness, in his face, that the worthy old sea.
dog, albeit not very impulsive, nor given to ex-
travagance, forthwith swung the tarpaulin he
never was without about his honest old head
and shouted, half weeping
"Hurrah hurrah you'll be all right for
duff and the bow oar in week, my hearty
Good Lordl what physicky thing woman
is, to be sure now-worth all the doctors that
ever shook bottle |"
And from that hour Jasper got we'll in body
as the tree puts forth in Canada while, as for
his mind, it was sound and whole ere he gave
up panada.
So Hope heals where Love wounds.