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Hoeiro Made Easy.

Mr.. EDITOR i agree with some of the
remarks in recent number Of your paper,
relating to the raising of potatoes; but as
yankee genius is not all developed yet, and
| have had very satisfactory success in the
bushes, | venture, though no writer, to
add my mite to the common fund of infor-
nation. In raising any crop suppose the
object is to secure the greatest yield with
the means at hand, and with the least la
Dor. My experience has been confined ex-
clusively to dry land, and to such only do
1 intend my remarks to apply. My meth
cd is as follows: After preparing the
ground in the usual manner-by blowing
and harrowing-I furrOw for the row
. to feet apart and 3 to 4 inches deep.
/ then plant in.hills one foot apart put
ting in each hill one potato Of the size OF
a butternut, and but one-half Of a larger
size, but plant no very large, hollow, OF
double ones. | do not plant the large ones
because [ think can get as good yield
from the Others and save the large ones for
use or market If the ground has not been
MANFRED broadcast and manure is used in
the hill | spread it orer the seed to a depth
corresponding with the supply. If manure
is not used prepare, in box, mixture
of plaster and ashes, or lime and plaster
half and half, moistening the the same suf
ficientIy to prevent its flying, and not Sc
much that it can't be easily applied. O
either of these mixtures | apply upon eact
potatoe, or part of one, one third of hand
full and cover the whole about three inch
es if manure, and about two to three inch
es if the mixture be used. This method
have practiced for Is years, and have new
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to apply them where most needed. BY
pursuing the course thus briefly described,
1 have gradually restored to great fertility,
an almost worthless and worn out pasture,
at an astonishingly small outlay ofeHpense.
The principle on which have conducted
my farming operations, and upon which L
claim that farming can alone be made to
pay, is this: to take no more from the land
than you restore. When I see a farmer
reducing his stock of cattle that he may be
able to have more hay to carry TO market,
| feel that that farmer is on the high road
to ruin, for he is reducing his capital and
resorting to disastrous make-shifts for a
temporary purpose. When, on the con-
trary, observe a farmer who is frugal OF
his fertilizing resources who studies to APP
ply them judiciously, and who even runs
in debt in order to obtain the means of in
creasing the productions of his vested cap
| ital, his land, | expect to find, land an
rarely disappointed in the expectation, ;
growing, thriving farmer, who has discov
cred the secret of making farming at leas
reasonably profitable.-Cor. Maine Farmer
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The Profits of Farming.

In the Farmer of December 18th | no.
ticed a we'll written article entitled The
Profits of Farming" in which the writer,
after asserting that the business, as at pres
ent conducted, is not as profitable as al
most any other kind of business, proceeds
to state several reasons, which, in the oDin-
ion of the writer, are sufficient to account
for the unnatural state of affairs. One
prominent reason stated in the article re-
ferred to, why farming is not relatively a
profitable business is, that farmers exhaust
their soil without employing the proper
means to restore the elements of fertility.
In other words, deposits are not made in
banks to meet the constant and heavy
drafts presented. The natural consequence
is dishonor, embarrassment, and ultimate
failure. This allegation is true, and pity
It's, It's true. | have been engaged in the
pursuits of agriculture for many years, and
| boldly assert that have never known
young man, such as the writer of the afore-
said article describes. blessed with health
and strength, industrious, prudent and in
telligent, who recognized the great princi-
pie in farming, of supply and demand. that
did not prosper in his business and succeed
in accommodating enough to keep the wolf
far from his door.
Thirty years ago | came i'll possession of
about sixty-ive acres of rocky, cold, clayey
| land. About sixteen acres of this land was
in moving, about thirty in pasture and the
remainder was in wood With small means
but strong hands and willing heart I
went to work to see if l could get subsist-
cree from so unpromising patch of earth.
1 Tue result has been that | have lived, and
/ if have not grown rich [ have at least
! proved to my own satisfaction, that farm
ing is an honest, paying business, when
/ properly and intelligently conducted. In
/ the first place | fenced off about five acres
Of my pasture land, which I broke up and
sowed down with grain and grass seed, |
took off but one crop, viz: that of grain
the next year breaking up another piece
of my pasture, [ allowed my cattle to run
upon the piece first sowed down. In this
way in about six years I had broken UP
and sowed down the whole of nv pasture
land, applying no dressing except that
dropped by the cattle. Going over my
pasture land in this manner from two tc
three times, removing stone, draining, &c.
with no outlay for dressing, drought to-
some thirty acres of almost worthless pas.
ture, from large part of which | have cut
as much as three tons of hay to the acre
While thus treating my pasture, have
had the dressing made at my barn to ap
ply to what was formerly my moving land
have also, in order to accomplish whai
Webster so foreibly commended to Hayne
"a prudent husbandry of my resources,
put up several temporary sheds for my
sheep, which / have moved from time te
time, to different portions of my fields o.
pasture, thus concentrating the valuable
deposites Of the animal and enabling me-
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Show Me Christ.

This suggestive incident comes to us I'M
credited, but it loses none of its interest
Tor being anonymous:
A blind man from his birth, man of
much intellectual vigor and with many en-
gaging social qualities, found woman who
approaching his worth, was willing to cast
in her lot with him, and become his wife.
Several bright, beautiful children became
theirs, who tenderly and equally loved both
their parents. An eminent French surgeon,
while in this country, called upon them,
and examining the blind man with much
interest and care, said to him, ''Your blind
ness is wholly artificial; your eyes are
naturally good, and could l have operated
upon them twenty years ago, I think
could have given you sight. 1t is barely
possible that | can do it now, though il
will cause you much pain" Il can bear
that was the reply; $50 you but enable
me to see." The surgeon operated upon
him, and was gradually successful; first
there were faint glimmerings of light, then
more distinct vision
The blind father was handed rose; he
had smelt one before but had never seen
one; then he looked upon the face of his
wife, who had been SO true and faithful tc
him, then his children were brought, whom
he had so often fondled, and whose charm
ing prattle had SO frequently fallen upOr
his ears, but whose beaming countenance'
he had never beheld. He then exclaimed
cob, why have ! seen these things, befor,
inquiring for the man by whose skill hav'
been enabled to behold them? Show M
the doctorl" and when he was pointed on
to him, he embraced him with tears o
gratitude and joy. So when we reacl
heaven, and with unclouded eyes look up
ON its glories, we shall not be content witt
view of these. No. We shall say, Wher
is Christ?-He to whom | am indebted TO
what heaven is; show me him, that wit
all my soul l may adore and praise hin
| through endless ages.
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Christianity its own Proof.

Is christianity an inspired faith or not?
Shakespeare and Plato tower above the in
tellectual level of their times like the peaks
Of Teneriffe and Mont Blanc. We look at
them, and it seems impossible to measure
the interval that separates them from the
intellectual development around them
But if this Jewish boy in that era of the
world, in Palestine, with the Ganges on
one side of him, and the Olympus of Ath-
ems on the other, ever produced religion
with these four elements, he towers so far
above Shakespeare and Plato, that the differ
ence between Shakespeare and Plato, and
their times, in the comparison becomes an
impcrceptible wrinkle on the surface of
the earth.
have endeavored TO measure its strength,
TO estimate ito permanence, to analyze its
elements; and if they ever came from the
unassisted brain of one uneducated Jew,
while Shakespeare is admirable, and Plato
is admirable, and Goethe is admirable, this
Jewish boy takes higher level; he is mar
velous, wonderful he is in himselfa mir
acl'. The miracles he wrought are nothing
TO the miracle he was, if at that era and
that condition of the world, he invented
christianity. Whately says, ''To disbelieve
is 70 believe" ! cannot be so credulous
as TO believe that any mere man invented
christianity. Until you show me some low.
ing heart that has felt more profoundly
some strong brain, that, even with the aid
of his example, las thought further and
added something important to religion,
must still use my common sense and say
NJ man did all this. know Bu,ldhat
protest, AMI what he is said to have tried
to do. To all that, my answer is, Indi,
past and present. In testing ideas and Ell
emental forces, if you give them centurie,
to work in, success is the only criterion
"By their fruits" is an inspired rule, no
yet half understood and appreciated. =
Wendell Philips. .r
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Am | Christ's d.?

A christian friend sends these practical
thoughts-so often expressed and so often
forgotten:
As christian professors, the question
which our secret soul often asks is, Am l
really safe in Christ's arms? If | were to
die just now, should l be admitted inside
the shining gates up yonder ,"
We feel our unworthiness, we know that
while works will not save Us, yet "fath
without works is dead and our failures
are so many, our mistakes 50 apparent our
lives SO very far below the great standard,
that the question has sometimes an awful
terror to us, and more so, perhaps, because
as all humanity is concerned absolutely
alone. 1t is by what we ourselves have felt
and done, that we shall be judged. The
earthly friend who has walked beside US, it
may lie for a lifetime, upon whom We have
leaned, and to whose wisdom We have trust
ed, cannot save us there. If we have been
held up by this human support, more than
by our elder brothers strength, we shall
certainly fall at last There is no mistake
about this, and though we may not be con-
scious of it, the question which we ask, Is
answered truly many times every day o.
our lives
If I say | love my mother and yet wound
and grieve her by thousand tollies, woulc
/ any one believe my words? We cannot love
| Christ, even as we understand love, anC
still go contrary to his express commands
Until we feel that love for Jesus which
outweighs all other loves, we do not know
and, therefore cannot serve our Master l
is for us to reach for it as drowning mel
reach for the spar which shall save then
from sudden death. Oh, my friend, who
ever you are, begin TO pray this very mo
ment, and you shall soon know for your
self, that nothing is 50 certain as answered
prayers; nothing so sure as the Rock o
Ages. '. :, IN Adrmcc
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The Son of Man.
BY JULIA A. SHERMAN.

o Son of man! by that sweet name
Thy help, Thy sympathy l claim,
Feeble and faint, come to Thee,
Jesus, be gracious unto me!
o Son of man! and didst rhou deign
Ny very nature TO sustain;
And conde, cend to taste for me
The depths of human agony;
o Son of man didst Thou below,
The might of fierce temptation know:
That fiery dart that w0undeth me,
Was it e'er tried. my Lord, on Thee?
Now, by Thine agonies unknown,
Jesus clam Thee for my own;
And on Thy te.der human breast
l lean my weary head and rest.
This, this it is that conquers, me,
And mets nv soul in love to Thee;
To Thee | ield, and Thee alone
Ny Sovereign and my Lord OWN.
o Son Of Man in glory crowned,
Sill let Thy heart with US be found;
Still linrer lovingly with me.
sTill may come and dwell with Thee.
-ConQyeqdtiOndHst
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Confidential SUNDAYS.

When God wishes especially to bless the
inner ring of the christian circle-the .'Pe-
ter, james and John" fraternity-then it is
that he permits a rainy Sunday to intervene
What pastor has not felt peculiar atmos-
phere to pervade the house of God on such
days, when the ''two or three" are assem-
bled in the name of Christ? They are such
confidential days Those rainy Sundays.
Pastor and people come so near together !;
the services are participated in by all the
homily becomes so pointed and direct; ev-
cry exercise has 50 much of the % thou-art-
the-man" about it, that no one has any
margin left for his neighbor. Ifyours is a
church soul, you must have felt yourrelig-
ious life to have risen to such comforta-
BILE heat in Gods house on rainy Sunday,
as to enjoy such days, rather than to abom-
mate them. Be sure that it is wholly i'm
possible for you to be there, ere you absent
yourself, for the Lord has something to
say unto thee." Guardian.
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Polish not PietY.

There is variety of mineral which ex-
hibits translucency only on its edges. The
central mass is dark, but hold the speci-
mems TO the light, and light is transmitted
clearly through the thin edges. Marble
and flint are examples. Like to these is
the man who has been brought so much
under the influence of christianity that it
has modified his external conduct, produc-
ed some regard for true piety, led to some
outward reformation, and caused him to
adopt some of the forms of religion. Yet
the darkness ofunregeneracy reigns with
in he central mass of character has never
ueen permeated by the subduing and re-
modelling power of divine grace.--Hrof
Hitchcock,
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er failed, even on poor soil, to get good
crop, and often very large one. have
now in my cellar bin of Chilis, raised as
above described, which are ripe and mealy,
and will compare in beauty to Baldwin
apple. In hoeing 1 use the one horseplow
instead of the cultivator, and also in dig
ging, reversing the order. This removes
the earth from each side of the hill and
renders the use of the hoe comparatively
easy. dig the potatoes as soon as the
frost comes, throwing into one space and
covering with the hoe the tops, which |
find to be valuable as manure, and draw
ing the potatoes into the opposite space
f.
Albany Nav Dc 1870
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The Interior, the new Presbyterian jour
al in Chicago, declares:
There is ground for believing that Amer
lean citizens will never allow the bible 10
be cast out of public recognition, either a,
book too Anticipated for the times, or too
obscure and spiritual to be the guide OF
men. They will reason in the plain, COM
mon place way. The bible, they will say,
has given us our civil liberties, made our
homes pure by making the hearth stone an
altar OF God; it has made us, even in child
hood, familiar with the noblest persons and
the highest wisdom of the world has ever
known; 1t has ripened our judgment, CIV
ing grasp to our thought, sanctified our af-
fections, and installed the idea of respon-
sibility in us; and no plausible but deceit
full plea of an oppressed conscience, or tax
es used contrary to the will of the individ.
ual citizen, or the ability of morals and re-
ligion to take care of themselves without
the favor of the State, will prevent them
from rising in their strength, and averrine
that the State shall continue to acknowl
edge Almighty God, and shall honor tn,
Oracle by whose wisdom kings rule anc
princes decree judgment.
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Be Master.

1t is not by regretting what is irrepara-
BILE that true work is to be done, but by
making the best of what we are. II is not
by complaining that we have not the right
tools, but by using we'll the tools that we
have. Where we are, AMI what we are, is
Gods pgoyidential arrangement, and the
wise and manly way is to look our advan-
tages in the face, and see what can be made
Of them. Life, like war, is series of mis-.
takes, and he is not the best christian nor
the best General, who makes the fewest
false steps. Poor mediocrity may do that
but he is the best who wins the most splen.
did victories by the retrieval Of mistakes
Forget mistakes; organize victory out o
mistakes.
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Net profit,

1t will be observed that the amount of
surplus was quite small, which was owing
to lis being an unusually bad honey year
Thirteen stocks properly cared for will av
erage 100 pounds year, and as it is all in
attractive boxes, it finds ready market at
twenty five cents or more per pound.
Thus it will be seen that had the bees
produced an average yield, my first years
profits would have been nearly $50.
After once getting few stocks of bees
to commence with the main expense is
for hives, but this outlay can be materially
lessened by purchasing the lumber all fit
ted ready to nail together, and making
them during the leisure of winter.
Every farmer can, and ought TO realize
enough from his bees to pay his annual
taxes, besides furnishing his table with a
plenty Of delicious honey 1t is healthy,
pleasant and economical.-S. w. in Prog.
4ge
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-, :. - tba+ If c,,red them: those who have
not know that it cures their nelghbors anu ia,-3
and all know that what II does one !. ~ egleetof
its comnosition We have thousands upon ILL., neh.
sands OF certificates of their remarkable cur u ~
following complaints, but sucn cures ART hhO -
every neiehborhood and we need not publish ueili.
Adapted TO all ages and conditions IN All clll3 3
CONTAINING neither calome any deleterlous dfl2,
me NAV he taken with safety by anybody. Their
suo;or coating preserves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take, while beng purely vegetable
no harm can arise from their use IN any quantity;
The nnerate nv their powerful influence on the
internal y,cera to purify the blood and stimulate it
into bnolthv action the distractions OF the
stomach bowels, liver, and otner organs OF the
hody restoring their irregular achon to health ana
by correcting, wherever they exist such dsrange-
nents as are the first origin OF disease.
Minnie directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which these
For Dysnepsia or indigestion, ListIess-
ness Languor and Loss of Appetite. they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the S'ohi-
ach and restore its healthy tone and action
For Liver Complaint and MS various syiiip-
toms Bilious III eadache, Sick Headache
JaunHice or Green sickness, tsiions
Collie and Bilious Feyers. they should pc Ju,
dicously taken for each to correct the diseased
action or remove the distractions which cause it:
For Dysentery or DiarrhOess, but one hill
dose is generally required.
For Esheumatism, esout. Gravel. Paipi-
tatiOm Of the Heart, Pain i'm the Side
Rack and Esins. they should he continuously
taken required, change the diseased action OF
the ~ stem. With such change those complaints
disappear
For Dropsy and DrOpsicaI sweitings they
should be taken in large and frequent doses to pro
duce the effect of drastic purge.
For suppre<siOn large dose should be tak,t
~ it produces the desired effect by SYM athy.
As a Dinner Pill. take one or two Pitis to pro
mote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach ant
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite
| and nnyigorates the system Hence 1t is often ad
| yautageOus where serious arrangement exists
one who feels tolerably well, often finds that dos
Of these Pis makes him feel decidedly better, r9r
their cleansing and renOvating effect ire digeS
tive apparatus.
| DIR. j. C. AVER d CO., Practical Chemists
LOWELL. MASS, U. S. Il.
For sale by WIN. JOSLYN & SONS, Barto
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GENUINE IMPORTED
N O R W A Y O A T S .

SAMPLES SENI FREE ~ FdRM EhS.
From 100 to 100 bushels grown TO the acre
Weighs from 40 to IS pounds to the bushel. This
oat has been grown on every variety Of soil, and
in every State in the Union, with the most per-
feet success.
Thc grain is very large, plump and handsome,
has remarkable thin husk, and ripens earlier
than the common varieties.
The straw is bright, clear, and not liable to
lodge, is perfectly clear of rust; and grows from
4 TO feet high.
We have both the White and Black Norway,
both the same price, and equally productive.
We will send one quart of the above Oats to
any address post paid for S 90
TVTo nnarts most naId 90
One neck sent nv express or freight 90
Hair busbeI. 20 bounds, 6 90
One busbel 40 bounds. 10 90
CAUTION-IPWe wish it distinctly under
stood that this is not light oats, weighing Is to
80 lbs raised in New England and sold under
the name of Norway, but imported Seed, every
bushe guaranteed to weigh 30 lbs, or the money
refunded.
Samples of both kind sent free for a three cent
stamp. Also circulars and testimonials.
Address all orders to n. P. BOYER & CO.,
ina Parkesburg Chester Co. Pa.
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A COUGH. COLD or SORE THROAT,
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PRACTICE

In the treatment OF Diseases incident to Females.
has placed DR.. DOW at the head of all ubvsi
clans making such practice specially, and en-
ables him to guarantee a speedy and permanent
cure in the worst cases of Suppression and all
other Menstrual arrangements from whatever
causes. All letters for advice must contain 81.
ofhce, No. ENDIcoTT STREET, Boston.
N. B.-Board furnished to those desiring to
remain under treatment.
Boston, July, 1863 29vl
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Ithas for years been highly esteemed by all
who have known its merit, and only requires one
trialto commend it to the favor of every one.

VIM. JosLYN s SONS, Barton, Vt. are Sole
Proprietors, to whom all orders should be adj
dressed.
Wholesale Agents-Geo. C. Goodwin & Co.,
3s Hanover Street, Boston, Mass: Burr& Perry.
2s fremont Street, Boston, Mass.
SOLD BY ALL DRuoeIsTs AND MEDICINE
nEALHRs
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In tho voyage Of life we should initiate
the ancient mariners, who without losing
sight Of the earth, trusted to heavenly signs
for guidanse. 144W III .H mg4haA
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Perhaps no one 1llcut-
cine is 30 universally re-
onircd by everybody as
q rathartic, nor was ever
any before so universal
II adopted into use, in
every country among
oil classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative
Pin. The obvious rea-
son is, that it's a more ere. re-
liable and far more esf@c-
tual remedy than any
othe,. Those who have
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The directors Of the Sacramento Valley
Beet sugar Association, have determined
to enter largely this year into the manutac-
ture OF sugar therefrom.
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This Company offers liberal commissions, and
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salary, IL preferred. Contracts may be made
with CHESTER W. CLARK
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tfmo Glover, Vt,