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BANKING HOUSE or
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I HAVE this day admitted ~ . partner In n,
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in any part Df the city.
Price Is cents per bushei.
Assorted, lS eents per bushel.
6IEPHEN Y. JONES,
solc Agent s. G. Co.
To parties wishing cheap Coal, irrespective Of
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Alexandria and Hamilton.
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Of Stryker = Wood, Keokuk.
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little BETTE.

Hand me some water, buddy, won't
yor -
In minute, Bette
And Betties feverish cheeks were
pressed again to the pillow and little
Hariy,s hands went on as busiy as ever
with the trap he was making. ard at
length be entirely forgot the request.
Please get it now, buddy he a; las,
heard and scattering knife, triggers and
strings in his haste, he was soon holding
cup to her crimson lips. But She turn
ed her head lnngudIv from it. No. this.
please but some fresh and cold from the
we'll she said.
oh don't be so particular. Bette;
this is fresh, and I am so busy | can't 20
now won't this do 2
She no longer refused, bur quietly took
the cup which be offered: and it was the
last last time she ever called upon ner
brother for An act of kindness ere an
other day had passed she stood beside
the river Of Life, and drank its COO! waters
never 10 thirst again. And Of all who
wept over ,haC little brown coffin, AS it
lay on the table before the pulpit, there
were none who shed more bitter tears
than the little boy who could not forget
that he had refused the last request Of his
little sister.
Little children, are you kind to one
another. or are you cross, selfish and fret.
! tul! Remember, then, the time may
come when they will be bevond YOU,
reach and then, oh how gladly would
you give all you possess 20 have them
back again. You might gather all vour
books and toys-evcry thing for which
! YOU are now so willing To contend but
/ all YOU could DO with them would he to
/ place on the grave Of one Won had
wronged. 1t would not bring them back
/ Harry WAS Il kindhearted toy and dearly
loved his sister and she had only been
sick a little while, so that he did not con.
slider her dangerously i'll but this WAS
no comfort to him when she WAS gnne.
oh, Mother ! he would saw, If had
only brought that wafer for her | could
| bear 1t; but now she is where can
/ never, never wait on ner again
Think Of this wien you are tempted to
quarrel, to be selfish or uuk;ud 4; for do
y"n know If one Of you shoull die, the
rest would remrmher every nc. OF k,nd
ness, every bitter word which had fallen
from your lips but then it would be
too late 10 recall 1t ; too late TO ask for
giveness.-N. e. Pres5yteriou.
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Are Mechanics Nobody L?

80 many persons think, or at least seem
TO think, from the manner in which they
are treated by certain persons who think
themselves Somebody-ar & most of those
who put 90 these snoplsh airs have
sprung from the loins of mechanic
Themselves. We heard Of female twas
she lady y the other day, in this self
same oristocratic (bah y little Raleigh,
~ho took her husband severely to task
for waking in the street 10y the side Of
mechanic ! Now. her husband is a me
chanc who has risen little in the world,
and her father and grandfather were both
mechai les ! And an honor 10 themselves
and the noble class to which they be-
longed.
But this degenerate daughter Of wor-
thy mechanic thinks mechanics are no
body. does she' See that splendid man
sion embowered in trees and splendid
Shrubbery, with graveIled walks and
every thing around betokeDmg elegance
and wealth. IL looks ltlle fkeaven.-
Whose home IS his That is the for
mer residence OF General Spendall, a
man possessed Of every attainment consti
tuting the hospitable Southern gentle.
man. We were at a CAV assemblage
there once. The old gentleman was there
10 all his glory, surrounded by his costly
wines hrsndies, and the beauty anG
fashion OF the neighborhoJd and his ac,
compIished lady did the houors with the
grace and dignity OF a Queen. The
daughters were radiant in beauty and
costly fnery and the sons were splendid
fellows, with all the imperiousness OF the
Car Of Russia.
Where are they now The old man
is in Texas, with his care worn wife and
the remnant OF his shattered health. The
sons brought mp in idleness and dissip,.
,ion, reduced the family to poverty and
Themselves to deepest degradation, Only
one daughter remains, aud she married a
mechanic (sensihle girI,) who has made a
fortune, aud is able to 500 th the decIin.
ing years OF his wife's parents, now re-
duced 10 dependence.
Well, who lives in the splendid man
sion now Mr.. Jackplane, tho nechan.
ic that built il. He bought out the plan.
talon. house and iurniiure, negroes and
all--and now his sons are promising TO
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-05-11
lqrIrultural.
Farming VS.. Planting.

Which will payE This is disputed
point. Agricultural writers on both sides
have exausted all their argumenlive force
IN sustaining their respective positions :;
and yet The subject til presents AN open
field, not only for speculation, but for ma
nv practical suggestions. There are many
persons who have never thought upon
this subject sufficiently to perceive the
distinction which is justly made by writers
in our agricultural papers.
Farming is that system of management
on farm, which, without regard to pres
ent cost or profit, aims at perfection in
every particular, and is satisfied with the
mere success of every operation.
Planting is that system OF energetic in
dustry which stretches every nerve to its
utmost tension for pecuniary profit, with
apparently no concern for he future.
Now the question is which will pay (?
Will not some of our farmers give us their
views on this inpnrtan, question? We
know that many take the middle ground
and by combining the two systems. their
labor is crowned with abundant success ::
but we would like to see the question
fairly discmssed-F Farming against Pant.
ing-and Planting against Farming
" no will write frs,
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Splrrtra sturl(.
From the New York Mercury.1
j OBJ I II @ r n DYK h.
Oh
WIEN FORBEARANCE CEASES TO BE A
VIRTUE.
BY GEORGE ALBANY.

a pious grandmother, 3 pious father
AMI pious mother had left nothing un.
said or uIidoue to mbue job, from inf,n.
cy, with good principles. Love to God
ahd po"ce and good will to man. was im
pressed upon his young mind With Il
depth, c'etrness, and precision, which
son for him. from his Sabbath school
teacher, the iiaitering appe'lation of the
best boy in tie class
AT eight, job was sent TO the village
schooI-a modest establishment, where
the school marin, a stout, goodly sized
maiden lady Of fifty, boxed the ears Of
,her charges through readin', 'ritin', Jog.
r"tee, and rithmer,ic, aud then c6mpIa
cently dismissed lhem as finished schoI
Ms' and competent Tor the rrsctic'I duties
OF life.
From this institution job retired, at
fouIteen, with wholesome awe Of the
school marms knucGies, vague IDEAS of
grammar aud figures, and big jack knife
for which he bad given in exchange
has top, his kite, aud four cents, which he
pad "heedIed from grandmother, who
bad intended the money for the henih'n
Alter two years Of holiday at home,
Jo' was one day proudly called by grand
mother from q romp with old Towser, to
read chapter in Isaiah to the minister,
rho, conslderately disregardipg fourteen
gross bIuniers in the flushed scholars
FfOnuac'atioa, expressed himself very
'nucn pleased; and patiing the delighted
ayoath paternslly on the head, called him
. good and bright boy {; gravely al.
dag. however, that a "little more school.
ing might not be found wholly useless,
y. Case he should aver cross the mountains
70 GO out into the world.
x Job, conscious OF his delinquencies
words OF more than three syllables always
psylng proved too much tor hin--alone
understood the significance OF the hint !;
nnd blnshingIy looked .down---the lit,Ie
rogue with an air Of modest merit.
be don'nie was TOO good natured and
vel bred 10 expose him, for which job
Yes pr'va,e.y thankful. and in after wears
evmced bis gratitude in many a generous
gifs Tn which the dear old man. having
bhe forgotten the incident, never rgh,ly
understood the kew.
Grandmothe,, interriug from the time.
iy spggestion that the minister, W hom she
regarded as the greatest and best mar,
orthe earth, had discovered in her pei
soii,e hidden mental quality which might
sith proper cultivation, send bin to Con.
gress, or some equally famous position,
dee'ared, after the pastors departure, that
SHE sllers knew there was so,na'n in the
child more than in most folks, and he
sbop'd have as good learnin' as anybody
eses Young one, il che died for il.
0nndmo,hss hs.i been 10 ihe Reyolu.
ton and she had with hfr own hands
meixi nil The old pewter plsles and pane
into bullets for her husband, vhen lie
took bis gun to go and fight the Bh,is6,
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A Thrilling Incident.

a beautiful young gIr, residing with
her parents in the vicirity o; Madison
Square. went out recently to make some
purchases. She was but seventeen wears,
OF age, an Only daughter, and, though
brought up in our best society," was
warm hearted, innocent, ana good. TO
her parents, of course, she was an ido..-
She took the carriage, Tor she was going
AS far AS Stewards. The morning was
one Of the sunniest OF the early sprnp ::
aud her motl.er afterwards recalled the
particularly bright and happy expression
ot the youthful face, radiant H. health and
beauty, when glanced moment in at
the door of hei room. as her daughter
wished her Good by,' rs she supposed for
few hours only. She was dressed in a
plain dark blue silk, black velvet cloak
and chip hat with blue aud white trim
m,ngs blue plumes.
The coachman states that he drove di-
rectly 10 Stewards, where she descended
and entered the store bv one C the front
entrances. He waited a long time He
grew tired uf bowIng to other cOachmeu
that he knew, Of staring at til" door from
which he expected his Young mistress to
emerge, of looking at the lout stream of
vehlctes rushing ceaselrssiv past, and gal
liant policemen aiding adventurous women
to cross the street; he dozcd, and awoke
10 mud that 1t was past the hour for lunch
that he was hungry, and that he wished
Miss Constance would 'eber get dome look
OF dan, lr,, r,.....l.' u / .
get done, at least she did no. re appear.
The long afternoon wore away. In de.
SPAR as to what to thiuk or do. lust be
fore the hour for closing, he ;utrusted his
horses To an NJ. l.. and went into the
store To search for the tardv girl. She
Was not there. None of the clerks had
seen her for hours. She was quite well
known at Stewards. and at the glove ard
silk counter they remembered her ~ hav
ing made some purchases at about twelve
o'clock. Alarmed and uneasy, for he was
An old servant in the family, and had
Miss Constance out since she WAS a baby,
he drove home at full speed, his eyes
searching the darkening pavement as he
passed along, in kind Of haIf expect. tion
OF seeing her. IL was the dinner hour
:he family were seated AT the richly GOV
cred table, unconscious OF the blow ahou,
to fall upon them, when the old co!ored
coachman almost burst into the apart
ment.
Mass, stammered he, Mass. Miss Con
stance
Made you pretty Apr 'ool,' laughed
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A SENSIBLE PRorosAL.-A loca. peach
er, VIII" once said he, didut like church
parsons because they was book larnt,' WAS
conducting religious service, and on
opening the Billie, unfortunately stum-
hled upon chapter almost full of hard
proper names. He began to read AS if
he WAS n perfect master Of prorGncrauon.
Presently he attacked 1t he got into tue
m,ddIe Of it, he Went back and tried il
again; at last lie trampIed right over it,
and then c""lIy said, Let US turn, dear
brothers and sisters, TO an easier chap
ter
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A Small Chance of Legs.

We publish, SAYS an exchange, under
'hrS head. m.ost amusing story % Judge
D, Of Illinois, in which thar gentle.
man, having accepted the hospitality oc r
large family, occupying a single room,
WAS Obliged to uudress and hop into bed
III the presence OF Young lady.
The Judge himself is a small msn.
physically speaking and the idea of
young Hdy-a modest, sensible girl. who
from habit thought nothiag Of the cir.
cumstances-lurn d his head topsv tur.
vey. The idea of pulling off his booVs
before ner was death, and as for dofiinp
his other fXinS, he said he would sooner
have taken off his legs with a saw. At
length the awful crisis approached. The
Judge had partially undreased. entrench-
ed behind chair, which offered no more
protection from the enemy than the
rounds Of n ladder Then he had dead
open space between the bed and cbair--a
sort OF bridge OF Loli passage as he des.
crlbes (which he WAS forced TO make,
exposed to cruel, raking fire, fore and
aft. The Judge proceeds:
Body, limbs, and head, setting up
business on one hundred and seven and a
half pounds of flesh, blood and bones, all
| told, can not individually or collectively
set up any oslentatious pretensions. be.
I lieve the young lady must have been set,
/ Ting OF her own mind some philosophical
| point on that head. Perhaps her sense Of
/ justice wished TO assure itself Of perfect.
! !y fair distribution Of the respective Dor
/ tions. Perhaps she did not feel easy ill
she knew that kind Providence bad not
added to general poverty individual
| wrong. Certain it WAS she seemed rather
/ pleased with her speculation /: for when
arose from STOPPING posture finally,
wholly disencumhered Of cloth, noticed
mischievous shadows playing about the
| corners of her mouth. Ii was the moment
/ | had determined to direct her eve TO
some astonishing circumstance out of the
( window. But the young lady spoke at
/ this critical moment:
/ Mr. D. she observed; you have
a mighty snalI chance Of legs there
Men seldom have any notion OF their
o~n powers. never made anv pretep-
sions to ground and lofty iumbinq : but
il is strictly true that cleared a, one
h"un1 the open space, planting mvself il
the centre Of the he'd and WAS buried be-
! meath the blankets in twinkliug.'
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Grass Conversation.

Several farmers, not long since, were
discussing various subjects, when we join
ed their company, and the following con-
versation occurred:
Mr.. SWovEL: =! tell you gentlemen, YOU
NAV all do rs YOU like, but am deter
mined TO raise my own bacon, and want
to know what is the best grass to sow in
lots for hog pasture!
Mr.. BULLToNGUE: Well! tep us frs,
what sort of a lot YOU have, and then we
will tell YOU what sort Of grass to SOW.
Mr.. SHOVEL: It is woodland meadow,
with the an iergrowth cut out. and shade
trees left standing, and the soil is a light
sandy soil.
MIR. BULLTONGUE On such a lot AS
YOU describe | would SOW blue glass, and
white clover.
MIR. oMBLECRoP: o shaw, BulItongue!
Who ever heard of blue grass aud white
clover down in the piney woods where
Shovel lives
Mr.. SHOVEL: III Ie. YOU know, sir. if
we do live III the puey woods, we are
progressing in our farms now for we
buv Guano, and take the Farmer and
Planter aud the Advertiser too and can
show as much good farming AS YOU oak
woods folks can; and since vou know so
much, can Won tell me ANYTHING about
the Bermuda grass 1t is said to be fine
for hogs.
Mr. WoMBLECROr: No. cant: nor
do | want To know any thing about it, for
I'm told that all who have ever got il on
their plantations have to move 10 the
Yves! or some where else to get rid Of it.
Mr.. SHOVEL: Well, Mr.. BulItnngue.
where can ! get The seed Of the Blue grass
and clover, and how am to SOW it?
BULLToNGUE You can get the seed
at the seed stores any where almost, and
when Won sow the Blue grass seed, do
not cover it, but merely rake off the leaves
and trash from the surface OF your soil
and scatter the seed, and presume the
clover seed sOwn in the same wav, will
do as wrl.
Mr.. SHOVEL: | do not like 10 risk the
seed, sown in such s.ovenIy manner
1t looks too unscienrifc.
Mr. BULLToNGUE: Yes, it looks so; but
You must remember that the most scien
ttic manner Of sowing seed, especially
grass seed, is to c'py nature, and vou
know that the seed that fall naturally.
from the grass heads upon the ground al
ways come up and flourish.
Mr.. WoMBLEcRoH Well, Shovel. I'll
tell you what | think YOU onghl to do.
Mr.. SHOVEL We'll, will lie much oh
liged to YOU, for ! really am asking in.
formation.
Mr.. WoMBLECRoP: Well, do YOU 90
home. manure your land well, plant more
corn, make more cotton, and qnit your
durn foolishness.
(The farmers adjourned Sine die.)