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For the Plantation,
The Garden,
And the Home Circle

AT the request of the Publisher, nm now
acting as Agent for the SOUTHERN CULTI-
VATOR, .a1a Indispensable Agricultural Journal,
published al Athens, Ga. Terms, So per annum.
Every Farmer, Planter and Horticulturist in
the South saoud be reader of the CULTIYA-
TOR. @
gs Specimen numbers may be seen at the
Adrertiser Office.
d. R. DURIsoE.
Sept II IT,
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farmers department,
Up in the Barn.

Old Farmer Joe steps through the doors
AS wide to him as gates of Thebes-
And, thoughtful, walks about the floors
Whercon are piled his winter stores,
Aud counts the profits Of his globes.
A dozen head of cattle stand
Reflective in the leaf strewn yard;
And stalks nrc stacked on every hand,
Tine latest off ring Of the llnd
To labor long maintained and hard.
Cartloads of. pumpkins yonder lie
The horse is feeding in his stall
The oats are buadied s:aifold-hgh.
And peas and beans are heaped hard by,
AS if it.were some FESTIVAL.
At length old Farmer Joe sits down.
A patch across each of his knees
He crowds his hat back on his crown, -
Then clasps his handS-so hard and brown
And, like Il farmer, takes his ease.
How fast the years DO go!" saws he;
1t seems, in fact, but yesterday
That in this very barn We three
David, Ezekiel and nc
Pitched il the summer loads Of hay!
"David-he sails his clippers now;
And Ezekiel died in Mexico
Some one must stay and ride the plough,
Get up the horse, and milk II COW
And who, Of course, but little Joe
az might have bcen-I can't tell what =
Who knows about it till he tries p
might have settled in some spot
Where money is more easy got;
Perhaps beneath Pacific skies.
al might have preached, like Parson DueI
Or got livin' ut the law;
might have gone to Congress, sure;
might have kept Water Cure;
might have goue and been-O pshaw
"For better far it is asst is; &
What fortune waits him, no man knows;
What he has got, that, sure, is his;
II makes no odds if stocks haze riz,
Or politicians come u blows!
"Con,cnt is rict, and somethin' more
think I've heerd somebody says
It't ever rains, it's apt to pour;
And a,a rich on this barn floor,
When all is mine that can raise!
"I'vs ploughcd nud moved this dear old farm,
Till not n rcd but what I.know;
Rye Kept tho old folks snug aud warm,
Aud lived without Il twinge OF harm
l don't care LOW the storm might blow.
"And on this samc old farm I'll stay,
And ra;s. my cattle and my corn;
Here shall these hairs turn wholly gray;
These feet shall never learn to stray;
But will die where I was born"
And Farmer Joe pulled down his nat,
And stood up on his feet once more;
He would not argue after that,
Cut, like born aristocrat,
Kept On his walk about the floor.
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How TO MAKE SupER-PnospHArE.-
To one hundred pounds of water in q
half hogshead tub, add slowly forty-three
pounds of sui phuric acid, (oil of vitlol. J
TO this add one hundred pounds broken
bones. To be stirred occasionally and
the bones will be dissolved in three weeks
Then add four times its bulk in muck
(dry if YOU have it The tub should be
kept covered If the material is kept
hot, three days will do it as we'll as three
weeks, if cold.
To dissolve bones without acid. To a
flour barrel full, put onc-half bushel hard
wood ashes, then alternately layer OF
bones and ashes, ending with ashes; add
water sufficient to wet, but not to drip ;
brine is much better. In time these
bones will dissolve. This. mixture is a
powerful fertilizer.-Maine Farmer.
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MANuRfNG TREEs.-Now is good
time to put some manure round your
fruit trees. The fall and early spring
rains will carry the soluble elements into
fresh soil and cause them to start with
fresh vigor into enrly spring and summer.
Apple trees will send out their roots q
great distance for food. We recently cut
off roots a distance of forty feet from an
apple tree. Thus single tree may ex.
tend its roots across the diameter of q
circle two hundred and fifty feet in cir
cumference We are inclined to the be-
lief that manure should not be placed
close to the trunks of the trees, bnt at q
distance of few feet from them.-Mainc
Falmer
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bushel
On account of it's destructive action on
the texture of plants, when applied to the
growing crop, it has been superseded,
where convenient, by the use Of mari.
Professor Johnston asserts, that larger
surface of the cropped land of Europe,
is improved by calcareous marls, than
by the aid of lime and farm yard manure
put together Though producing, with
pure lime, ultimatr'I, the same general
effects upon the soil, it has the advantages
of acting benefcially at all periods, Of
supplying carbonic acid, the grand prin-
ciple of nutriment, and of sometimes
adding to land animal and saline matters
of great value. And while promoting
temporary fertility, this substance, caustic
or as carbonate. has tendency like
wise, with the addition of vegetable ma
terials, to give durable and increasing
strength to the soil, by awakening with
the earthly compounds, beautiful play
of chemical affinities. Mari has been
found IN various parts OF this county,
and if diligently sought, | have little
doubt, may be discovered within the
reach of all who desire its aid. Uncer-
tain experiment need not be apprehended,
as its value has been amply tested in Vir-
ginia and in Carolina. The quantity to
be applied depends altogether on the
strength of the land, for which rules may
be easily formed.
For specific purposes, plaster or gyp.
sum has been applied with great effect in
other countries and in our own. The in.
creased luxuriance of vegetation which it
produces everywhere, demonstrates clear
ly its fertilizing influence. 1t is disin-
fector, and thrown over our manure piles,
absorbs the gasses which arise from fer
mentation injurious to health, and con-
centrates aud preserves them for the Ie-
gitimate purpose of enriching the ground.
It has o peculiar affinity for ammonia, tho
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THE NEW ERA, FEBRUARY a. 1867.

the French Republic, and especially
those of General Bonaparte, changed
the aspect of affairs. Gen. Lafayette
was restored to freedom, and with his
devoted wife returned to his native
country, and fixed his residence at La
Grange-the maternal inheritance of his
wife-an estate situated about twelve
leagues from Paris. Here Madame de
Lafayette spent the remainder of her
short life in the bosom of her family,
and in the practice of every Christian
virtue. But the poisoned arrow of grief
and anxiety had drank her life blood,
and after many lingering months of
suffering, this humble christian, this af-
fectionate mother and heroic wife, closed
her pure and exemplary life ON the oath
December, 1906. Posterity has covered
the name of General Lafayette with
glory, but surely the patient endurance,
the self-sacriticing devotion of his noble
wife, deserve an equal need of praise.
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Death of Rec. N. 4. Costello, NJ. ID.

The Rev. DIR. Costello, SO we'll and
favorably known in our community for
his distinguished abilities and untiring
zeal in the discharge OF his pastora!
duties, departed this life at the Catholic
Parsonage, Harper's Ferry, on last Sum
day evening, 18th inst, at y o'clock.
The DIR. was native of Ireland. He
devoted himself at an early age to the
service of the altar, and passed through
the course of classical and theological
studies with great success, in the college
of All-Hallows, near Dublin. He was
the first student of that renowned insti-
tuition, who was honored with the de-
gree of "Doctor Of Sacred Theology"
Shortly after his elevation to the holy
Priesthood, in 1867, he came to this
the Diocese of Richmond, Va, as the
field of his missionary labors. He was
at once placed in charge Of the two
congregations of Harper's Ferry and
Winchester, over which he presided tilL
the time of his death, winning, by his
unwearied exertions i'll the cause of re-
ligion and his many acknowledged
social virtues, the warm affection OF his
own flock, ard the good will and esteem
of persons Of every denomination.
In the death of this eminent Divine,
the Catholic Church of Virginia, already
SO scantily supplied with c!ergymen, de-
plores an almost irreparable loss, and,
the community at large a most esti-
mable gentleman and staunch defender
of Christian morality.
| The illness which wasted away his
strength was long and painful. The re-
doubled labors of the past four or tive
years, told but too perceptibly upon his
apparently strong constitution. EARLY
last spring, his friends began to discern
many evident symptoms of declining
health. Repeatedly and earnestly was
he entreated by them to consult for the
preservation Of his health, by timely
and suitable relaxation. He was un-
willing to abandon his post, till COM
pletely Frustrated by a complicated dis
ease, which batfled the patient skill OF
his best medical advisers. His mission
airy career was short-not quite ten years
the rich bloom of youthful health was
still, in all its freshness, upon his cheek,
for he was only.in the 35th year Of his
age.--yet he has left behind him a
memory that will long be cherished by
his many friends, and Icing revered by
his devoted flock.
Hu,per's Ferry, February, 1867.
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NOTICE,

The notice which we gave in regard
to the accounts of the NeW Era office,
after the sale and transfer, seems not to
have been fully understood by some of
those interested. The amounts due on
last years subscription, up to the close
of the volume in September, must be
paid to VIM. n. Riddle, Or +. Boyd
Faulkner. The amounts due for the
present volume which commenced in
September, must be paid to the present
proprietors. The terms are s. 90 per
wear IN aduaaee. The subscription for
the year is due when the first number
is received, according to the published
terms. We trust this announcement will
make the matter sufficiently plain. All
indebted for the present year are respect
fully, but earnestly requested to pay up
1T once.
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eminently the great inaudible. I re-
member that in one account of his first
speech on the Reform Bill it is mention
ed that he was heard with difficulty:
and since his attainment of old age and
the peerage his vocal energies have fall
len to as aristocratic state of non-eXis-
tence as if he had sat in the House of
Lords all his life. He makes incessant
use of the rhetoric of coughing and stam-
mering; he has marked provincial ac-
cent; he crowds his sentences with col
loquial and commonplace phrases; yet
among this mass of verbal rubbish he
deposits gems of fine thought set in Ian
guage of magical felicity.
Ofall the great statesmen of English
history who have held high Office, he is
perhaps the purest; and with all the
still greater statesmen of English histO-
ry who have not held high office he will
bear comparison for real nobility ofpur-
pose. He is a politician of absolute
truth Of speech. His long life has been
animated and exalted by grand inspi-
ration. His name will be forever link
ed with the most important event which
has happened in England since 1888.
But all his titles to our gratitude and
our homage were summed up by John
ted into single sentence: earl Rus
sell is not afraid of Libertyn' In these
ancient lands, where the very air is poi
soned by the suspicion of the few toward
the many, where aristocrats and kings
build dykes against the ferocity of man
kind as the Dutch do against the feroc-
ity of the ocean, this is indeed the ut
most praise that could be bestowed.
LONDON Feb 10, 1867.
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The Book FOR WoMAN.-The Bible
is the book for woman. 1t is the only
book which has come down from the
misty ages of antiquity that presents us
with woman as the equal and mate for
man. From Eve, the mother Of all
living, to Mary, the mother of Jesus,
woman always occupies a conspicuous
place in the grand drama Of the worlds
history. Here she is seen as the wife
and mother, filing her mission with
shrinking modesty and gentle firmness.
Marian and Deborah, Rebeeca and
Ruth, Sarah and Esther, shine forth in
characters at once original, unique, con-
sistent and feminine. On a still bright
err canvass, and in still brighter colors,
are drawn the characters of the Marthas,
Marys, and Lydias of the New Testa-
ment. Here they are, as they ought to
be, and here they will remain forever.
Not forward, nor departing from their
sphere, not immodest, nor masculine.
They shine, not like the sun, but with a
radiance as mild and gentle as the light
of an evening star.
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DREAD INTERNATIONALLY During the
war Democratic editor in Dayton,
Ohio, Bollmeyer, was murdered by an
Abolitionist, without any provocation.
An Abolition Court tried and acquitted
the murderer. The whole trial was a
disgraceful farce, and all who particle
pated in it We're guilty Of official per-
jury. Some three years have elapsed,
and the County Clerk, the Sheriff, and
about one-haif the jury are dead, while
the infamous judge who outraged JUS
EDiee at this trial, is an idiot in Il lunatic
asylum! Jim Lane while his hand was
Yet smoking with the blood If murder
ed victims, was elected to the Office of
United States Senator by Puritanic
Legislature. For one of his murders he
WAS tried, and, of course acquitted. He
has fallen by his own hand. 1t is now
believed by most of mankind, that Mrs.
Surratt was guiltlcss of participation in
the murder of Mr.. Lincoln. When she
was under sentence of death, after a
trial which will be considered II blot on
our age, Mr.. Preston King prevented
access to the President, and denied adj
mission to her daughter, who almost
shrieked and scbbed her life away on
the steps of the Executive mansion. A
few months afterward Preston King
stilled remorseful conscience in this
world by killing himself.Ah.
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g A man was taken up for stealing some
valuable fancy ducks, and after de-
scription of them, the prisoners attorney
said, Why. they can't be such a rare
breed. for ] have some of them in my
own yard. every likely,n said the
complainant: " have lost good many
lately"
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Coon YEAsT.-The following is said
to be an unrivalled recipe for yeast:
On one morning boil two ounces Of
the best hops in four quarts of water,
half an hour; strain it, and let the
lqnor cool to the consistency Of new
milk; then put in a small handful OF
salt and half a pound Of brown sugar;
beat up one pound of good -four with
some Of the liquor; then mix all well
together, and let it stand till next day,
then strain and bottle and it is fit for
use. 1t must be stirred frequently while
it is making, and kept near fire.
Before using it, shake the bottleup well.
1t will keep in a cool place two months,
and Is hest the latter part of the time
1t makes excellent bread. Use the same
quantity as of other yeast.
The beauty of this yeast is that it
foments spontaneously, not requiring
the aid Of other yeast; and if care be
taken to let it foment we'll in the earth
en- bowl in which it is made, you may
cork it up tight when bottled. This
quantity fills four large Settler bottles.
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The man that plays ut once on the
trumpet of fame and the horn of a di-
lem.na, got his first idea of music on
hearing a haycoek crow, Will" he was
tying y knot in Il cord of wood.
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It is Well-knoWn fact that we have
not been slow to censure where we
thought it was deserved, and we have
been equally as quick to praise any
sentiment which we deemed worthy OF
it. Below we give an extract from an
editorial in the Rochester Democrat, one
of the most rampant radical sheets in
the North, that will be sure to touch
the heart of every Southerner. Give us
more of such sentiments, and the bond
that holds the North and South together
will gradually grow stronger, until it
will resume the fraternal feelings that
existed before SO many acrimonious re-
examinations took place. The sentiment
here expressed finds an echo of love
from every heart in the South;
1.-THE distress in the South has fallen
chiefly on women and children, the
widows and orphans of those who per-
ished in the war. Their condition is
such, that without help from the North,
it is probable that many of them will
actually die of cold and hunger. We
hope that help will be literally afford
ed, not only to Atlanta but to every
part of the South where women and
children are starving. There is a move-
ment on foot to,send relief to the desti-
tute Greeks of Gambia. But Greeks are at
our door. our neighbOrs and our coun-
trymen, have the first claim upon our
charity. Immediate measures should be
taken for their relief before anything is
sent TO strangers five thousand miles
away"
We honor the soul that dictated those
lines. The Southern heart can he easily
won by Kindness, but never driven by
force. Why should there not be the
good old feeling existing between us?
We are a people of the common parent
of the same blood and same kindred.
The bravery of each has been proven on
a hundred bloody battle fields. Let our
enmity be turned against common
enemy. This can be done only when
these ranting, puritanieal radicals will
attend to their own business at home,
in peace. In this way only can we live
happily together. But you cannot win
us back by threats and insults. Give US
kind words and meet us like brothers.
We met you on the field and never
t]inched. We fought you fight such
us the history of the world has never
seen before, either for gallantry or
daring. Learn to honor us for our cour-
age, our perseverance, and our devotion
to any cause we promise our faith to,
and our glory shall be your victory, and
your conquest our triumph. The vic
tory of one shall be the glory of the
other. This can be done only when you
allow each State to rule itself, subject tc
the restrictions ofthe Constitution, with
out any interference from outside com
munities. Give us this, and more OF
such sentiments as the Democrat has
expressed, and Eve may be happy
yet. "-lWempdis ippeul.
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A boy having complained to his father
that Bill had thrown the Bible at him,
and hit him on the head, the father re-
piled: "Well, you are the only member
of my family on whom the Bible ever
made the least IMPRESSION"
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-02-28

The Duke of Wellington's saying con-
nected with early rising was, :" Let the
first turn in the morning be turnout"
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THE NEW ERA.
IN b w e r A. =
JOB OFFICE.

We are now prepared to do all kinds Of
Job Work, and those favoring us with call
will have their work promptly and expedl-
tiously done, and as cheap as the cheapest.
MA. GiUe as q call.
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What is the difference between Il
pretty girl and a night-cap. Answer
One is born to we'd and the other isiWorn
to bed.
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els your house a warm one:" ask
"a II man in search Of a !nHise Of the
owner. " i, ought to he, for n painter
gave il iva GOATS rccG;,;iy.''
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Men cannot be religious and moral
till they ara in sone sort comfortable"
True as Il book.