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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-24
The Ages Of Animals and Mon

When tho world was crcntod, and
all creatures assembled to havo
their lifetime appointed, tho ass
advanced first, and asked how
long ho would havo TO 1.-Two.
Thirty years.. replied nature;
will that be agreeable to theo?'
Alas 7 said tho ass, 1T is II long
timo. Remember what IL weari.
somo existence mino will be
from morning until night I shall
havo to boar hoavy burdens,
dragging corn sacks to tho mill,
that others may cat bread whilo I
shall have no encouragement, nor
DO refreshed with anything but
blows md kicks. Give mo but II
portion of that timo, pray thoe.'
Nature was moved with COM
passion and presented him with
but eighteen years. Tho ass won't
away comfortod. and tho dog camo
forward.
nvo 2 'Gsls6lf -Natdrd thirty yoats
wcro too many for tho ass, but
will you bo content with them 2
is it thy will that I should p
replied tho dog. Think how much
[ shall havc to run about my foot
will not.last so long n time and l
shall have lost my voice for
barking, and my teeth for biting,
what clsc shall I be fit for but to
lie in II cornor and growl p
Nature thought lie was right,
and gavo him twelve years. The
ape then approached.
'Thon wilt, doubtless, willingly
live tho thirty cars p said Naturo.
Thou wilt not bavo to labor ds
the ass and tho dog, Lifo will be
pleasant to thco.'
oh, no. cried ho; $50 it may
seem to others, but it will not be.
Should puddings ever rain down,
| shall have no spoon! | shall play
merry tricks and excite laughter
by many grimaccs, and then be
rewarded with sour apple. How
often sorrow lies concealed be-
bind q jest. ! shall not be ablo TO
endure for thirty years.
Nature was gracious and he ro,
ccivcd but ten.
AT last came man, healthy and
strong and asked tho number OF
his days.
WilI thirty years content thco !?
'How short time, exclaimed
man when I shall have built my
house and kindlcd IL fro on my
own arth--whon tho trees shall
huvo planted are about TO bloom
and bear truit.-whcn life with me
will seem most desirable, I shal
die! O, Nature, grant mos longer
pcriodr
Chou shalt have tho cightccr
years Of the ass bcsidcs.'
THAT is not enough yet, rcplic'
man.
Take, likewise, tho twelve
years Of tho dog
1T is not yet sufficient, rcitcra
ted man; give nc more
Il givo thee, then, tho ten year
Of the apo in vain wilt thou crav'
more
Man departed unsatisfcd.
Thus man livos seventy years
Tho first thirty are his human
years, and pass swiftly by. lie i
then healthy and happy; he labor
chcerfuIly and rcjoices in his OK
istcnce. The eighteen years o
tho ass comes next, and burden
npon burden is 'heaped upon him
no cnrries tho corn that is to'foet
othors; blows and kicks arc th'
wages Of his faithful service. Th'
twelve years Of the dog follows
and ho losos his tooth and growls
| When those are goae, the ape
ton yoars form tho consolation
Tiion man, weak and silly, be
oomos tho sport Of childhood.
| [Iranslated from tho German.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-24
Keep Your Eye on Your
Neighbors.

Take caro- Of them, do not lot
them stir without Watching. Thoy
may do something wrong if you
do. TO be sure you never knew
thcm to do anything very bad, but.
it may bo on your account thoy
have not. Perhaps if it had not
boon foryour kind care, they might
havo disgracod themselves and
families n long timo ago. There.
foro do not rolax any effort to keep
thcm whore they ought to bo; now
er mind your own business; that
will take caro- Of itsolf. There is
n mau passing along-ho is look
ing over tho tcnco-bo suspicious
of him, perhaps ho contomplatoe
stealing ono Of these dark nights;
there is no knowing what queor
fancics ho has got into his head.
lfyou find any symptoms ofany
ono passing out Of tho path Of dG.
ty, tell cvcry ono olso what you
500, and bo particular to SEQ Il
great many. 1t is good way to
circulate such things, though it
may not benefit yourself nor any
ono olso particularly. DO keep
something going-siIenGo is u
dreadful thing; though it is said
there was silence in heavon for
tho space of half m hour, do not
let any such thing occur on Garth;
it would be too much like hcavon
for this mundane sphere. If after
all your watchiul care, you cannot
500 anything out Of tho way in
any ono, you may DO sure it is not
because thoy havo not dono any
thing bad; perhaps in an unguard-
cd moment you lost sight Of thom
throw out hints that thoy are
no bottor than they ought to bo-
that you should not wondor if the
people found out what they were
after awhile, that they may not
carry their hoads so high. Keep
it going and somo ono may tako
tho hint and begin to holp You af:
tor awhile~-then there will be
music, and evory thing will work
| ~ " ch"1Hl' ..r..G.f f.@gt III &.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-24

Tho momory Of many persons
is nothing but row Of hooks to
hang~up old grudges on.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-24

"Bob," said young fellow at .
fancy fair, "yoa are missing all
tho sights on this side,"a "Never.
mind, Bill" retortcd Bob, II am
sighting all tho misses On tho
othor." 'o'''. :.
"Jack, your wife is not 30 PEN
sivo as she usod to be 2"
!"No, she has left that OFT, and
turned expensive"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-24

ION TIE BEST METHOD OF CULTTyATING
COTTON, READ BEFORE THE STATE AGR1-
.. CULTURAL SOCIETY. #.. ,.. ...
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Married in Church.

ABOUT forty years have elapsed since
Maria and myself were harnessed.
l refer TO The event now because times
have so changed that the present gener-
alton will be Interested to know how mar.
rlage ceremonies were performed in the
olden time.
Wives were got differently In those
days; counting was altogether different !;
mAtrimony was another thing entirely,
not being strictly matter of money.
courted my wife, generally speaking,
In church pew, over the rough edge Of
an old singing book. From where she sat
l could now and then catch her eye, as
squinted over the top of the book, and,
though am in principle opposed TO court.
ing in church, l couldn't very we'll help IL
then. What oourting was done at her
house was mostly In the presence Of the
rest Of the family. Once In a while, how
ever, got the best of the old gentleman
and his wife, and had a surprise party
with the girl in the front room. These
isolated cases were interesting. suppose
there has been no change since that day
In the general aspect Of front.room court.
ship. The beauty.of the thing want so
much In what We said as In what We did
mt say. have heard q good deal Of
SouNotbohou hoOut poppink tnc Quccton,
as II 1t was sort Of crisis In matrimonial
work 10 30 dreaded-where q timid man
had no business-but my experience never
revealed anything serious In that direction.
II there was any popping done i went on
gradually, and was engaged 10 marry
the girl before I knew IL / don't have
any recollection OF squAring myself for q
speech to the young woman on that par
ucular topic. All know about it is, that
both OF US, without any dramatic effect,
came 10 the understanding that the thing
was fixed. say, therefore, that the dl.
yiding line between waiting on q girl aud
beiDg engaged 10 her, Is as difficult 70 md
as II Is 70 discover where lamb ceases to
be lamb aud becomes q sheep. / stop
the comparison right there, because have
known men who were engaged 10 be mar.
ried to sweet little lambs, who not only
amer marriage got to be sheep, bat were
nIat.olass mules into the bargain. To be
= lamb couItsr 10 enc thing vie lam
neT "a another ',- ""
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
PinChIng Cucumber Vines.

HAD narrow border, not more than
two and half feet wide, on the edge of a
paved yard, enclosed by high fence.
planted three cucumber hills in the Dor.
der, and laid some brush (such as is used
for pea.vines,) between them and the
fence, AS soon as they crept up to the
top of the brush, / pinched off the ends
of the vine which thickened rapidly
around the roots, and in every direction,
throwing out the most vigorous foliage
and profusion of flowers.
did not allow the cucumbers to grow,
but watched them, and such as l wished
to reserve for the table picked as soon
as they became of proper size; all the
rest were gathered every day for pickles ;
every day pinching off the bud at the end
OF each shoot. In this way the hill con-
tinued fresh and productive until they
were touched by frost. Some Judgment
can be formed of the value of this prac
tice when add that more than barrel
of pickles were made from three hills,
besides allowing q supply for the table.
Whenever the leaf began to look rusty
or yellowish, 1t was removed, and every
cucumber and the leaf were cut of with
large SCISSORS, so as not to disturb or
wound the vine. There Is an advantage
in having them run up on brush instead
of trailing over the ground because they
are much injured by being trodden on,
and by being kept low on the bushes they
can be easily and thoroughly examined
every day, which Is essential, because If
cucumbers are overlooked, and grow
very large, 1t stops the yield of that vine.
Cor HoTttcultuFist
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
The Apple Tree BOrer.

THE Lewistown, (Me.) Journal says
that in many localities where the borer
exists it is the greatest enemy against
which the apple tree has to contend. 1t
literally eats out the stalk when 1t once
infests a young tree. The prevalent opin-
ion seems to be that the only remedy is to
cut them out; but this is barbarous
practice, and we have succeeded in much
better way of prevention. A year ago we
looked over the trees in young orchard
of one hundred trees and cut out every
borer We could find. Previous to the first
of June we wound around the bottom of
each tree some rags to the height of six or
eight inches, taking special pains to pre-
vent any access to the tree beneath the
rags. This operation was very simple
one, and performed in less time than it
took TO survey the trees. Not a tree was
touched with the borer last year. They
seem to have left the premise in disgust
except in one instance where we found
deposit above the bandage.
The experiment was 30 simple and 30
complete that we do not think of any
other method at present. The rags will
decay and not form a ligature to the tree.
We commend the attention of our readers
at once to this method of getting rid of
the borer. Do not put 1t off till the in
sect has deposited its eggs. In that case
your bandage would probably be of no
use.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Camphor to keep Bees from RobbIug.

On account of the great number of
stocks l kept in one cellar was COM
PEELED, on wintering them out, to remove
only portion of them in one day, to pre-
vent the bees from mixing up too much.
Those taken first were consequently pre-
pared to go to work when those last re-
moved were brought out, and they at
tempted to rob the latter. When this WAS
discovered, they had already got good
start on some of the stocks, and was puz-
zled how to arrest the robbery. At this
time l had purchased small parcel of
camphor for some orther purpose, and it
struck me that I might stir up the slug.
gish and inactive stocks which suffered
themselves to be robbed without resist
ance, by inserting a small piece of cam.
phor in the entrance of their hives. l
Immediately did so, and was not little
pleased to find that the effect was to
frighten the robbers, and to arouse the
inmates of the hive to vigorous resist
ance till they drove off every strange bee
A week later, when winter ed out the
bees of my northern apiary-all of which
were taken out in one day-one weak
colony was violently attacked by robbers
l pushed piece of camphor through the
entrance, and had the pleasure of seeing
the same result. Attempts at robbery had
entirely ceased next day, although the
colony proved to be queenless, on exami-
nation about three weeks later.-Bee
Ionrn0l
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
A Caution to Merchants.

THE New Orleans Ddta tells good
story Of q sagacious country gentleman
who came TO that city some days ago with
a bill on highly respectable firm of the
place The bill was duly presented for
acceptance and young member of the
firm, q fashionable, shoWily dressed gentle
man, who had cultivated a very dainty
mrstaohe, wrote with a gold pen his in
dorsement on the bill, giving his name In
full, thus, ], Templeton Tompkins. The
countryman looked at the signature, read
II slowly, glanced at the fashionable mer-
chant who was tantastically twirling his
whiskers, and handing the bill over TO
him, remarked;
Here stranger, cash this document"
What indignantly replied the mer.
chant discount my own paper, 1t is q
positive insult"
"WAll, can't help IT," said the country.
man, " you DON'T must get somebody
else TO do it"
To prevent his paper from getting on
Change, the merchant concluded 10 cash
the bill, and paying over the money 10 The
countrymAn, asked him quietly;
why, my friend, do you offer me this
gratuitous insult OF requiring me 70 dis
count my own papert"
81 don't mean any harm, stranger, bui
] have jest got an idear into my skull, that
when you see merchant with that har on
his upper lip, and who writes his middle
name out in full, and indoIses bills with 4
gold pen, you may put them down As purity
certain 70 bust up In week"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Better TiIlAge.

FARMERS in general expect q yield of
crops more in proportion TO the surface of
land occupied than the depth of the soil
whereon they grow. Yet 1t Is obvious
that if one should scatter seed over an
acre OF rock it would perish If over the
rock there was layer of soil two or three
inches in depth, the seed might reproduce
itself; add as much more soil and an ordi.
nary yield might result; and again II this
depth should be doubled, and made avail
able to the plant who doubts that proper
tionately large profits would be derived
Suppose this layer Of soil contained plant
food plentilully, but was Of consistent,
impervious nature, so that the tender
roots could not penetrate II, and make
use OF its fertility, II would then require
loosening, pulveTiEing, Aerating, and in
short thorough cultivation, and according
TO the depth and thoroughness Of that
cultivation would be the amount of plant
food made available and consequently the
yield Of the crop.
This Is practically the condition OF most
Of our land; II contains plant food enough
to double the average yield Of crops II II
were only made available TO them, but the
unworked sub soil is like rock, combining
the roots OF plants 10 the comparatively
thin arabic surface coil Instead OF coVet-
log your neighbor's lands and putting
forth great efforts 70 secure more surface,
Is 1t not more profitable TO cultivate deeper
that which you already possess, and
double its productivenessi With most
Of our farm cgops the amount OF roots de-
termines the quantity Of products, and
roots will develop Abundsntly wherever
thsre is room aud food for them, but they
cannot push their WaV into STONY lumpe.
nor live in hardpan layers where there Is
no air.
On many farms understanding lies at
the foundation OF improved culture. The
st6gnanl water must pass on eF ah VIII
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Capturing Monkeys.

MONKEYS are pretty common, yet as all
the families are remarkably cunning has
1t ever occurred to the reader how they
are takent Pitfalls will take lion, and
the famished monarch of the forest will,
after few days starvation, dart into
cage containing food, and thus be secured.
But how are monkeys oaught9 The ape
family resembles man. Their vices are
human. They love liquor, and fall, In
Darfour and SEMINAR the natives make
fermented beer, of which the monkeys are
passionately fond. Aware of this, the ma
lives go TO the parts of the forest fire..
quented by the monkeys, and set on the
ground calAbashes full of the enticiDg IL.
quor. AS soon as q monkey sees and
tastes It, he utters loud cries of Joy, that
soon attract his comrades Then an orgie
begins, and In short time the beasts show
all degrees of intoxication. Then the ne
groes appear. The few who come too
late to get fuddled escape. The drinkers
are too far gone to dstrust them, but sp.
parently take them for larger species of
their own genus. The negroes take some
up, and these begin to weep and cover
them up with maudlin kisses. When q
negro takes one by the hand to lead him
off the nearest monkey will cling to the
one who thus finds a support and endeavor
to 60 of also Another will grasp ut him,
and 80 on until the negro leads a stagger-
ing limo of ten or dozen tipsy monkeys.
When finally brought to the village they
are securely Gagged, and gradually sober
down; but for two or three days gradu-
ally diminishing supply of liquor is given
them, so as to reconcile them by degrees
TO their state of captivity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25

An incident occurred In this city few
days since, too good 10 bo lost. A young
lady, whose name was not Pauline, came
out from the East 10 visit her married
sister, never, Of course, entertaining an
idea Of matrimony. At her sisters house
che "met by chance" a young man from
tho interior Of the State, whose name was
not Claude. Neither her sister nor any OF
her admirers imagined the young lady In
clined towards matrimony, and were more
than ever convinced of the truth OF their
belief when she announced her Intention
Of returning East, and procured her ticket
on the outgoing steamer. Regrettlng her
determination TO go, her friends resolved
70 give surprise party the niGht previous
10 her departure. Al 8 o'clock they as
sembled at neighbor's house, and, headed
by the clergyman and his wife, marched
in a body 70 surprise the young lady.
Arrived AZ the house, and admitted, they
waited for the young lady--who was re-
portedto be upstairs dreesing--to come
down. Getting tired Of waiting, the cler.
gyman was commissioned 70 accompany
the lady OF the house up stairs to compel
the young lady's attendance. After
few minutes delay, the party came down,
tho young lady accompanied by the
occasional visitor from the interior.
Advancing and forming circle, the
clergyman commenced reading cere.
mony very interesting TO all young and
some old ladies. The company, as he pro-
ceeded, thought the reverend gentleman
was assisting In nice joke, and could not
believe IL was anything else until he ended
by pronouncing them Imam and wife"
One who was present. and who was the
only one in the secret, describes the ex.
pressions Of wonder, amszement and
horror as really amusing. Several young
men who had been quite attentive 10 the
young lady, first laughed, then looked
serious, and finally wished the happy
couple much Joy, trying the meanwhile 10
smile. The young ladies giggled a mali
cious giggle and the old ladies shook their
heads. Even the olergyman's wife looked
serious, and before she would kiss the
bride wanted TO see the license. That ex-
hibited, the whole surprise party acknowl-
edged themselves surprised. And so the
young lady did not 60 East, but did go
North, after spending few days here. In
consideration Of her very sensible resolve,
IL is reported that the agent of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company refunded the
price of the young lady's ticket.-San
Francisco Bulletin,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Quick and Easy Cure for Founder.

MANY years ago l learned a cure for
founder in horses, which Is so simple, and
has proved so successful in my hands, that
l send 1t to you, thinking it may be of ser.
vice to some of your readers. Clean out
the bottom of foot thoroughly--hold up
the leg 30 as to bring the bottom of the
hoof upward, holding 1t firmly in hori-
Zontal position, and pour in, say table,
spoonful of Spirits Turpentine, If the cav
ity of the hoof will hold that much-if not,
pour in what it will hold, without danger
of running over; touch the Turpentine with
a red hot iron, this will set 1t on fire; hold
the hoof firmly in position until it all burns
out Great care must be taken that mono
runs over on the hair of the hoof, lest the
skin be burned. If all the feet are affect
ed burn turpentine in each of them. Re
lief will speedily follow and the animal
be ready for service in short time. once
applied this remedy to horse which had
been toundered twenty. four hours before
l saw him, and he was promptly relieved.
In another case, where the animal could
hardly be induced to move, his suffering
was so great, he was treated in the same
manner, as soon as his trouble was discov-
cred, and in less than an hour afterwards,
he was hitched to a buggy and driven
some twenty-five miles the same day-all
lameness disappearing after he had tray
eled few miles.--S0uthern Cultipdt0r.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25
Corporal Punishment In Schools.

Among the regulations introduced by
the Central Board of Education, since MIR.
Luckey assumed the city Superintendency,
was one requiring an assistant teacher in
the city to make out and report to the
principal correct list of the corporal
punishments in each school during the
month, and requiring the principals to
send true copy of the same to the city
superintendent at the close of each month.
The regulations went into effect on the
lst OF January, and it Is a very significant
TACT that during the past five months, the
number OF cases of whipping in the city
schools has gradually diminished from 800
in January, TO less than 100 in the last
month reported. All the principals have
reported regularly, excepting one, who,
acting under the instructions of the local
board, refuses to report
What has caused the large diminution
IN the number of corporal punishments
Doubtless the simple fact that teachers
and principals are alike ashamed of fire.
quent whippings, and have no ambition to
head the list 10 that line, The floggings
in the school'room, like those in the family,
are not subjects for boasting, and this fur
nlshes fair argument against corporal
punishment People should not be
ashamed of acts which they know and feel
to be right We do not say that punish.
ment should never be inflicted by the pa.
rent and teacher, but we believe that in
nine cases out Of ten the whippings in
the family and the school are unnecessary
and useless, and brutalize rather than
benefit the Children. With dimlnution
OF more than two-thirds In the number of
punishments, the principals report that the
nIanlnltnn In tina oRhnnla ta haNtaN Ahan axaN
before. This is certainly encouraging,
and, under the new regulation, may we
not hope that the day is not far distant
when the rod will be abolished altogether,
or but rarely used s--PittS5urgk Com.
,nereidt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25

not enter the soil, nor lthe latter remain
loose any length of time after being
stirred. Then comes fair depth Of sur
face plowing, followed by subsoiling TO
any practicable depth. This way OF pre-
pairing stubble ground for spring grain is
excellent Before sowing cultivate deep
across the furrows with a lopg.toothed
cultivator. A seed bed Of finely pulVerized d
earth, ten or twelve inches deep, can thus
be obtained.
We have seen oatstubble prepared for
wheat by plowing to the depth Of twelve
inches, narrowing, rolling, then stirring,
the soil nearly TO the bottom of the fur
row by a long.toothed wheel cultivator, TO
which four horses were attached, four
abreast, and all was finely pulverized.
Such chance for wheat on strong loan
or clay land is better than most summer
fallows.
Farmers, look 20 your possessions down
in the ground; there are richer mines than
those in the far mountains, and the
patient worker thereof wins health, peace
and competence-Iotod Homestead