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THE GRATEFUL HEART.

One of the most positive pleasures of
the christian experience is found in the /
outspoken expression of gratitude to our
Heavenly Father. We are not called to
blazon forth professions of piety; but
when there comes an occasion of congrat-
ulation, it is fitting that we, who look to
Divine Providence as the source of all
that befalls us, should freely say, THANK
the Lord
To the reverent heart every blessing
is enhanced by this thought, and the
thought is never fully realized until it
is uttered.
Life is full of the occasions of happi-
ness and the heart that would enjoy
the full significance of such occasions
must learn to couple them with the high
er joy of recognizing the hand whence
they come. Every qualification provid-
ed for us has the more zest because we
know it was provided, and provided for
u.s. Every foreboding which is unreal
lied rebukes our mistrust and faithless-
ness. Every anticipation should renew
our trust.
No one comes to the full enjoyment of
life who does not with the free and CRATE
full heart of christian accept the good
gifts of Providence. But to such a one
every scene is full of pleasure. The
morning light is an exhilarating new
creation. The very blue of the sky, or
the dull gray of the clouds, sheds salts
faction upon him. The few moments
quiet thought after dressing. in which
the mind runs forward in anticipation of
the duties and temptations of the day,
are moments of joy and strength, and of
thanksgiving for that anticipating wis
dom which the precepts of the gospel
vouchsafe to us careless mortals. The
pleasant breakfast hour, when the sfami-
ly gather at the table and the sweet and
wholesome morning meal is shared in
lively converse, and the time of parting
for the various avocations of the day !;
the very work that our hands find to do !;
every step of the life that is consciously
led by the hand of Heavenly Father,
is new satisfaction
1t would add much to this pleasure of
the grateful heart if the tongue were
more free, in decorous and unobtrusive
ways, to utter its satisfaction Children
will learn the praises of God merely by
being taught them. We are to utter oul
own praises, to thank him, that they
may learn to thank him with us.
at is good thing to give thanks un.
to the Lord "Lord, open thou my
lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy
praise. - ssrfssg.s
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2fsriculfural Department
1. D. R. COLLINS, Editor.
"PASTURE LANDS AND WINTER
GRAZING ON THE ROCKY NOUN
TAINS, THE SOURCES OF THE
FUTURE WOOL SUPPLY OF
THE UNITED STATES.v

If.'shepher.is fed their focks by night
All seated on the ground
On top of these eternal hills,
We guess ere morn they found
As if in letters cramped their limbs
All aching stiff and sore,
And vowed they'd leave these windy heights
For some more sunny shore.
The learned Doctor who did tell
The wise men of the East
That focks all winter through could find
OF grass plentiful feast,
Has gone hear to hide his head
In a snow drift twelve feet deep,
To shut his ears to moan of COW
And plaintive b-a-a of sheep.
mot spear of grass the Doctor said
"Will they need all winter long,
And when the spring doth come again
You'll find them well and strong;
Half that he said was but too true,
For they are SO very strong
That their fragrance now prevades the air
For many mile along
They lie by scores on every hill,
Their wool does fill the air
As if some great wool factory
Had busted then and there.
They starved, they froze, they ate their young,
They died from every i'll
Despite the winter grazing fine
That covered every hill"
Fain would leave my mutton shop
For some more genial cline,
But with my sheep has fled my tin,
So pour my woes in rhyme.
But as they say for most great ills
You've compensation fair,
There's ice enough upon these hills,
I'll make my fortune there.
A word of advice I'll give to those,
lit is both good and true)
Who think of coming to these hills
To raise the lamb and eve,
TITS but the last word of my song,
Then tax you more / won't,
TITS all they want though short and sweet;
It's simply this: Oh, don't
P. S.-Since writing the ubove, learn that one N
las been successful in saving the greater part of
ock. 1t seems that when the ground was so cover
With snow that his sheep could get no food, he cal
hem together twice day, and read extracts to tn
rom "Latham's Pasture Lands and Winter Grain
nd they then seemed quite satisfied. This book is N
n great request. Respectfully yours,
GENTLE BUT MELANCHOLY SHEPHERD
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BUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-Are they healthy?
Next to oatmeal mush, boiled so as not
to pulp the granulation, we know no
farinaceous food more palatable nor more
healthful, The cake is porous. it sits
lightly on the stomach, and the gastric
juice penetrates it readily. Other hot
cakes pack like dough, and the gastric
juice finds difficulty in digesting them.
Buckwheat is not so nutritive as wheat,
barley and oats, by chemical analysis;
yet it contains the same essential ele-
ments in proportion but slightly differ
ing from other cereals, and it is certain
ly preferable to flour or wheat when the
bran is extracted. The only objection
to buckwheat cakes is their seductive
ness They plead for too much butter
and they encourage galloping consump-
ton.
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WHEN TO CUT Wharf.-The German
town Telegraph gives the following di-
rections "There has been some diver
sity of opinion as to the best time to cut
wheat, Judging from the common practice
of farmers. 1t is generally cut when
the grain becomes hard. This is no
doubt an error, and one of more impor-
lance than many suppose. 1t should be
remembered that wheat is composed of
gluten, starch and bran. Gluten is the
nourishing quality of the grain makes
the -four stick together in the hands of
the baker, and gives weight to the grain
and there is the greatest quantity of
gluten in the grain just when the straw
is yellow two or three joints from the
ground. the head turns downward, and
you can mash a grain between your thumb
and finger without producing any milk.
1t may therefore be set down as an in
disputable truth that every day the
wheat stands after this stage of its ripe
ness, the gluten decreases in quantity
and the bran increases in thickness
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PREACHING. - Young gentlemen.


PREACHING. = Young gentlemen, |
want to tell you my belief upon that
point. True preaching is yet to come.
Of all the professions for young men to
look forward to, | do not know another
one that seems to me to have such scope
before it in the future as preaching. |
mean this. There is one fact that is 60
ing to be overturned by science; and
that is the necessity of human develop
ment, and the capability there is in man
of being opened up and developed. If
there is one thing that can be substan-
tiated more clearly than another, it is
that the development that christianity
has indicated. is right along the line of
nature Men walk from the feshly up
to the spiritual If there can be one
thing shown to ben true than anoth-
err it is that christianity is walking tow
ard spiritual love as the polar STAR the
grand center. If there is one thing in
this world more worthy of being worked
than another, it is the human soul. And
if there is one business better worth a
mans thought than another, it is pro-
!. fession that undertakes to educate men
along the line of nature and christianity
|
together, and lift them up from basilal
conditions and methods to the coronal
heighths where understanding, mora,
sentiment, taste, imagination, and love
are intermingled.
That is the business of the preacher
1t is not to grind church 1t is no
to turn wheel; to cuff about the con
troversies Of theology. 1t is a living
work, building-work If you are to b.
t true preachers, you are to be man-build
ers; and in the days yet to come Their
is to be no plan so worthy of man am
bition, as that of building men worthily
that at last you can present them spot
9 less before the throne of God.-Henr
4 Ward Beecher.
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CoMposT.-The excessive growth of
wayside weeds and shrubs the present
season is very suggestive. They mean
fertility to many fields. If taken now
in the flush of this growth. covered in
the barn-yard with fresh Stacked lime.
and then the turf or muck and cattle
allowed to lodge upon them, it would
not be long before they would decay and
could be broken fine by frequent plough
ing and might be drawn out this fall OF
next spring and used where it is most
needed. Don't let this growth go to
seed where it stands. As a seed bearer
it is threatening pest, as a fertilizer ii
is a great utility.
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Next October, the Plymouth Congre-
gational Church celebrates its silver
wedding with Henry Ward Beecher.-
The tenth of that month will be the
twenty fifth anniversary of his settlement
in Brooklyn, n. Y. 1t is proposed to
have an imposing celebration, continued
through several days. A quarter of a
century is now rare period of service ;
it is rare man, also, that has served
this church, and it has been union of
rare sympathy and harmony between
pastor and people. Thousands from with
out will join in hearty congratulations
on the suspicious occasion.
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NOTES AND QUERIEs.-''I find num-
Der of my fruit trees are dying out
The bark turns dark near the ground at
first, and then spreads to the limbs.
Can you tell the cause and prescribe a
remedy? On some of them the leaves
and fruit have fallen off and the buds
are starting again as in spring what
ails them ?' S. E. nj.
Crattsbuy, July %.
The evil which affects our correspon-
dents trees is one that is by no means
limited to his orchard. We have lost a
number of trees by it, but are not well
satisfied regarding its cause. We doubt
if it is caused by climate, either heat
or cold. At any rate, some of the hard
lest trees suffer from it, including crabs,
while others, not so hardy, may be in
jured by cold or heat without showing
the disease. 1t does not always kill the
tree. We have fine Rose of Stanstead
crab which we gave up to die from this
cause, which seems now to be entirely
free from it, and the dead bark is being
replaced. There are a number Of varle-
ties that appear to be entirely exempt
from this disease, while others are quite
subject to it. 1t is true modification
of the bark, and, as in the same disease
In human flesh, ..line of demarkation'
usually appears. at which the progress
is arrested, and if the bark is not de
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stroyed all around the trunk recovery
usually takes place.
The cause of trees that appeared to
be dying putting forth anew is probably
abundant rains, which have enabled fee
BILE trees to make an effort to recover
themselves.
We advise our correspondent, and all
orchardists, to adopt the plan we have
SO often recommended, Of tying laths
around their trees In the fall. This
protects not only from mice, but also
from the rays of the sun, which may
cause the disease spoken Of, although we
doubt it. Covering the denuded parts
with grating wax is also an important
help to recovery.-Vt. Farmer.
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Matthew Henry was eminent for his
meek and christian spirit under injuries.
One of his favorite sayings was, "How
pleasant it is to have the bird in the bo-
som sing sweetly.''
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NON IN The BLOOD

The Peruvian Syrup, o. Protect
Iron, Is so combined as to haze
easily digeSted and 0SSinsiL0teG
aOith the blood as the simplest
food. 1t increases the quantity
of Natures OaUn TtaLizieg
agent, IRON IN the blood, and
cures ga thousand ills" simply
byTO7li7lg aLlO, 17lUigOrGti7lg and
Tiched and UitdLiSed blood per-
aaeates eUery part of the body,
repairing damages and aC0Ste,
searching Oast morbid Secre-
tiO7as, and Tearing nothing for
disease to feed aIpOn.
This IS the secret of the aUO7a-
de7fuI success of this remedy IN
curing Dyspepsia, LiUe2' Com
2'hOe0, Bolts, Nervous affections,
Loss of Constitutional TigOr,
Bladder, Female Complaints,
and all diseases originating in
q bad state of the blood, or &C.
COHcIIUfGtOet OU UCOtceCy VI u tOCI
state OF the system. Being free
frO3n-dJcOhOL, Ia any form, its
energising effects are not fol-
L0aOed by corresponding reac-
ton, bat are permanent, i7lfaI-
sing strength, UigOr, and neao
life into all parts of the system,
and building as1) an IRON Con-
StitattiOn.
Thousands hare been cha,,0ed
by the asse of this remedy, from
sOeak, sicEty, suffering cY'e9-
lures, to strong. healthy, and
happy men and aOOmsen and
iftUGJids cannot reasonably hes
StGte to giUe 1T o. trial.
See that each bottle has PERIL
WAN SYRUP bJOaOaa IN the glass.
Pamphlets Free.
Up. DINSMORE, Proprietor,
No. SO DEY ST., NEW YORK.
Sold by Druggists generally.
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As the best writer's are the most can
did judges of the writings of others, so
the best livers are the most charitable in
the judgment they form of their neigh
bors.
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HOW TO DRIVE HORSE.

Young man, L see you are about to
take a drive this morning and will offer
you some advice. Your horse is FESTIVE
and wants to be off before you are ready;
you may as well break him of this now
as at any other time, and hereafter you
will find it has been half hour we'll
spent Just give me the reins while you
put your foot on the step as if to get in
the horse makes move to 90, [ tighten
the reins and say whoa. Now put your
foot on the step again; the horse makes
another move, | hold the reins and speak
to him again. The horse is getting ex-
cited. Pat him little on the neck and
talk to him soothingly. Put your foot
on the step again and repeat this process
until the horse will stand still for you to
get in and adjust yourself in your seat
and tell him to 90. A few such lessons
will train him so that he will always
wait for your order before starting.
Now, as your horse has just been fed,
drive him at a gentle pace for the first
two or three miles until he warns up and
] his body becomes lighter, But before
you start let me show you how to hold
the reins Take them in your left hand,
have them of equal length from the bit
and to cross each other in your hand, the
off side one resting on your first finger
the other on the fourth finger, the back
of the hand upwards. Now, in guiding
the horse you have only to use the wris
joint, which will direct him either RICH
or left as you wish. Keep your hant
4 steady with gentle pressure on the bit
no jerking or switching of the reins
If more speed is wanted, take the Will
in your right hand to be gently used 70
that purpose-be careful not to apply i
any harder than is necessary to brin'
him up to the required speed.
Speak to him soothingly and intimat
in the most gentle manner what yo
want him to do and he will try to do il
So noble an animal should not be handle
roughly, nor over driven.
When you return have the harness re
moved at once and the horse rubbe
, down with wisp of straw or hay. Civ
him bite of grass or hay and let hil
Every one who handles horse or hs
anything to do with one should cultivat
: acquaintance let him know that you al
his friend, and prove it to him by yot
kind treatment; he needs this to inspil
5 confidence, and when this is gained /
is your humble servant.
If your horse gets frightened at an
{ unusual sight or noise, do not whip hin
for if yon do, he will connect the viii
; ping with the object that alarmed hir
> and make him afraid of it ever after.
y he merely SHES at an object give hi
time to examine it, which, with son
encouraging words from the driver, wi
}. persuade him to pass it. You get frigh
S ened too, sometimes, and would not lii
!. to be whipped for it.-Stock Journal.
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with grating wax is also an important
help to recovery.-W. Farmer
How TO PURIFY THE BLooD.-The
stomach makes blood, and the lungs
give life to the blood. If any individu-
al has two gallons of blood in his body,
and the food taken into the stomach
makes one pint of blood in twenty -four
hours. in sixteen days he would have
new blood. The human body, consisting
of bones, muscle, sinews, blood vessels,
organs of reproduction, nutrition, respir-
alton, and of thought, etc., is construct.
ed, nourished and sustained in accord
ance with certain laws common to organ
lied beings. It is made up of the ele-
ments that surround us. such as animals,
vegetables and water These substan-
ces, taken into the stomach, undergo the
process of digestion, and the chyle, or
nutritive portion, enters into the compo-
sition of the blood, and by this means
is brought in contact of all parts of the
system. Our bodies are always under
going change constantly wearing and
wasting away, and constantly supplied
and repaired by food, drink and air !;
particles are displaced and thrown off,
and new particles are deposited in their
places, so that, by this graduel but con-
slant exchange of particles, it is estimat-
ed that the soft parts of our bodies be-
come entirely changed in the space of
about one year, and our bones in seven
years hence, all the flesh of onr bodies
at the present time will, in the course
of one year, pass away, and, by the CON-
bination of new particles, its place will
be supplied; and in seven years a like
change will take place in our bones,
giving us entirely different bodies from
our present.-BritiSh Medical Journal
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PoTAToEs.-
Potatoes should always be kept in the
dark. Intelligent rural houskeeper:
need not be told this; but many others
living in towns and cities, should know
that potatoes exposed to the light for ;
day only, have their flavor injured anc
the longer they are exposed the worse
they are. Never use greenish potato
as such tubers are unfit for human food
When Irish potatoes are removed from
the cellar they should always be spreaC
out thin on the floor, in a cool building
If the apartment is not dark they shoulc
: be covered with boards. to exclude tn
light 1t is good practice, also, t
cover them with clean straw or sawdust
The injury done to potatoes by the light
; after they are carried from dark cellar
) is the chief reason why there is such
, universal complaint of poor potatoes i
the Spring and during the fore part c
Summer. Every sort of vegetable tina
grows in the dark-beneath the surfac
: of the ground-should be stored in
: dark apartment; while those vegetable
and fruits which mature in the light
will ripen more satisfactorily, and d.
. velop more lucious flavor, if they al
;, stored in light room.
t. WHEN TO CUT Wharf.-The German
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No Person can take these Bitters accord
ing directions and remain long unwe provided their
bones destroyed by mineral poison other means
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair
in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tghtness of the Chest Dizz
ness Sour Eructaons of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the
Mouth, Bilious Attacks Papitaton of the Heart, In
hammaton of the Lungs Pain the regions of the Kid
neys, and hundred other painful symptoms the off
springs of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has
equal and bottle will prove Letter guarantee of its
merits than lengthy advertisement.
For Female Com plants, in young or old, mar
RED single, at the dawn of womanhood, the turn
of life these Tonic Bitters display decided influence
that marked improvement IS soon percepnble.
For InfiammatOry and Chronic Rheu-
mati1m and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intermit-
Fevers Diseases of the Blood Liver, Kidneys and
caused by Initiated Blood, which is generally produced
by arrangement of the Digestive Organs
They are a Gentle Purgatiye as well as
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
powerful agent in relieving Congestion Inflammation
of the Liver and Viscera Organs and in Bilious Diseases
Rheum, Bloches Spots Pimples Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles Ring-worms, Scad-Head Sore Eyes, Eryspelas
Itch Scurs Dscolorations of the Skn Humos and Dis
of the Skin, of whatever nature lit
orally dug up and carried out of the system short
time by the use of these Bitters.
The properties of Dr.. WALKERS VINEGAR
BITTERs Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminatve
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretc, Sedative, Counter Irr
tant, Sudorihc, Alternative, and Ambitious.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT
TIERS the wonderful Inygorant that sustained
the sinking system.
J. WALKER, Propr R.H MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco, CAL,
and corner of Washington and Charlton Sts New York
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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FOR SALE.

1 COED, sound, yoEng Horse, Lyndon Brg-
Ky Wagon, , COED single Harnesses, L good
old-fashi0ned Sleigh, i good Cooking StsEf,
1 heavy Oil Carpet, ! Lounge, / good Ciock'
Chairs and Tables ard various other arttelt
of Household Furniture, barrel good scar;
part of n barrel Of Pork and part OF 4 part
of Beat. All viii be sold cheap.
Any wishing to buy anything VIII please caii
soon for l must sell Immediately -
Barton. July To- 1872 sSu
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NEWSPAPER B0RROWING.-A w eStern
paper whose subscription list has suffer
ed from the evil it deprecates, says -
"Reader if you have borrowed the pa
per you are reading, don't do it again.
Subscribe. 1t isn't safe to borrow pa
pers. We once knew poor, but honest
man, who borrowed paper, innocently,
and inadvertently, from a hitherto whole
some neighbor. Fatal act. That ter
rible contagion. the small pox, was con-
veyed insidiously in the fibers of that
sheet. Of that extensive and interest
ing family-a doting father, a fond wife,
several intellectual and heroic sons,
thirteen lovely daughters, two popular
mothers -in-law and three beautiful
aunts-not one remained to tell the tale =
Those Amherst professors are fearful
ly malicious fellows; they have to keep
awake through their own sermons, and
won't let anybody else sleep in peace.
The other day one Of them cried out in
the middle of a gently soporifc discourse,
"Wake up that young mani and half
the students and faculty woke up the
other half, not knowing, of course, which
was the young man meant. and some of
them did not get any more sleep that
morning.
The owner of the trotting mares Gold
smith Maid" and Lucy" has had con-
structed palace car for their transpor-
tation to California. 1t contains fou1
stalls thickly padded with straw, and
covered with enamel cloth; water tanks
capable of holding $50 gallons of water
marble washbowls and closets for the
use of attendants, and is altogether such
an establishment as would delight the
heart of Bergh.
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EGidney s. Bladder Complaints.

BEvkRLY- ass, July IS III.
Dr. Runway II have had Ovarian Tumor in the
bowels. All Doctors said there help fer it,
every thing that recommended hut nothing helped
ResoIvent and Thought would but had faith
in it. because had suffered for twelve years took six bottles
Of the Resolvnt and box of Railways FILLS, and two Bat;
ties of Ready Relief; and there sign of be
felt and feel better smarter and happier than hsvs
for twelve The in the left side of tie
bowels the groin write this you for he ben-l: of
others. You publish it if you choose
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DR.. RAILWAYS

potent power 10 cure them.
If the patient. daily becoming reduced hy tie
and decomposition that is continually progress. e
ceeds in arresting these wastes. and repairs the
material Hitie from healthy bl0od-;ald this the
SARSAPARILLiAN will and does secure.
Not only does the SAEsA PARIIIIAN EE,scLyEST ex~.i
El known remedial agents in Tie Ct Chronic ScT.f
os, CONSTITUTIONAL and skin diseases but it Is the only
positive cure for