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Year: 1862




ming commentary on the inhumanities


and mmoralities Of slavery. We know


too much about it, and the man who


now has soft words for slavery, and
studies to do it honor, and looks forward


to an opportunity of yoking himself with
its political power, is a traitor, and de-
serves the halter. There is no excuse
for ignorance now. The system stands
unmasked as foe 10 national unity, an
enemy Of good government, and the con-
temner everywhere Of common rights OF
men. 1t is thing TO be hated, despised'


and at the earliest practicable moment
destroyed.


The eyents'of the war, as they rapidly
transpire, point to not far distant tri-
umph of the national arms over the
forces which slavery has .marshalled for
the national destruction. The time is
speedily approaching when representa-
tives from the southern states will again
make their appearance in Washington,
and when it will be attempted again to
institute the old game of insolent supe.
liJriiy. They will find different state
OF things in Washington from that which
they left. They will find city fall OF
northern blood and northern life. They
will lind slavery abolished in the district
They will find the power of their pet in
stituilon gone. They will find free spo.
ken lecturers at the Smithsonian, Yam.
KEGS in possession at Wizards, and free
dom popular. 1t is possible that a few
she-secessionists and traitors in faded
brocade and useless laces, will receive
them and condole with them over the
lost prestige of barbarism and the de.
parted sceptre of King Cotton; but the
society of Washington will and must be
in sympathy with the free spirit of the
age. Power comes henceforth into the
hands of freedom and of free men. and
society will yoke itself to power, to the
prescription of all those who cling to the
accursed institution.-SprfnqfeH Re
publican.
Year: 1862

GEN. BURNSIDE IN PRAYER.-Tbe
victories OF Roanoke and Newbern TO-
gether with the other numerous yet i'm
portant successes of Gen. Burnside, are
now the theme of grateful mention in
every patriot home. In a recent sermon
Bishop Clark, OF Rhode Island, made the
following personal allusion; while he
was planning his magnificent expedition
it was my fortune to occupy the same
room with him in Washington. and /
shall never forget how, every morning,
we used TO kneel down together and pray
for the blessing of God upon his solemn
work. That blessing insures his success.
The Lord of Hosts is with him, the God
of battles is his refuge.
Year: 1862

QUAKER ToAsT.--This is me and
mine 10 thee and thine. wish wher
thee and thine come to see me and mine
that me and mine will treat thee and
thine as kindly as thee and thine have
treated me and mine. This is new yer.
sion of the old compliment which runs
somewhat after this wise Il wish that
thee and thy folks loved me and ny folks
as well as me and my folks love thee and
thy folks. For sure, there never was
folks since folks was folks, that ever loved
folks half so well as me and my folks
love thee and thy folks
Year: 1862

We find in the transactions of tn


MiddIesex, Mass, Agricultural Society


for 1861, an able report on the roadste


class Of horses, submitted by j. Cum


mings, Jr. The ground is taken that the


breeding and raising of horses by the


farmers of Middlesex, to a certain ex


tent, may be made profitable, provided


proper rules are observed, among whici


are, that both parents should be entirely
free from any unsoundness in themselves


and that they should be from a stock, for
at least three generations, known to be
so. In regard to the kinds Of horses


which can be bred TO the most advantage
it is said:


Thetw kinds of horses most desirable
to be bred in this country, unquestiona-
bly, are the farm horse and the roadster.
The roadster must claim the first place,
as he may also be a good farm horse
1 Fer a good roadster, we want not so
much capability to 90 one mile quick,
as the power of endurance for many
miles and in order to do this the horse
must have q short, quick step, easy to
himself, sufficient courage TO keep up a
cheerful gait, not to pull on the bit, but
drive up promptly to it, with natural
gait of eight or ten miles the hour, and
the ability to make twelve without harm
to himself The head should be clean.
not clumsy, well cut up were it is joined
to the neck, in order to give free and
easy respiration, when held by the bit
the eyes should be bold and striking let
the ears be small and pointed, with quick
movements; the nostrils should be thin,
angular and large. Let the shoulder be
muscular, but not heavy, long aud deep,
well set back at the withers. The breast
should be wide and full, as although this
form may not give the most speed, great
endurance cannot be had without il; the
back should be moderately short, and if
slightly reached it is no fault; the belly
should be deep in the girth posteriorly
the ribs should form the body as much
as possible into a circular figure.


The arms should be muscular, long.
broad and large upwards the canon
wide laterally, but thin when viewed in
front the back sinews should be not
only large and firm, but they should be
very distinct from the knee to the fet-
locks; the psstern should be short and
obique. The feet of all horses are usu-
ally sound until injured by neglect or
abuse yet some horses are more liable
to disease than others, and such as have |
a tendency to disease should not be used /
to breed from.


The cost of rearing a really good
horse is no more than that of a worthless
one. Although the disposition of horses
has but little to do with their power Of
it does much to make them
and should always be well con-
3idered by the breeder of either the farm
horse or the roadster Intelligence
should always be highly valued in a
'oadster, as such horses are very much !
more safe in case OF an accident. c
Year: 1862

REMARKs.-Sound doctrine, every


word of 1t, and doctrine, too, for which a


sound physiological reason can be given.
] We supposed the gentlemen referred to


intended that the pruning done in March


should take place early in the month, be-


fore the sap begins to flow freely. But it
is a dangerous time, as a few warm, sun
ny days at that season will set the sap


into great activity, and if the sap vessels
are cut off al that time, the sap will run
out just as certainly as water will run
down hill. Nature herself indicates the
proper time to prunc, and it is not her
fault, but ours, if We do not study her
operations, and learn when to DO it.


The rule is simple one; prune when
there is the least sap in the sap vessels
or sap wood that occurs about midsum-
mer, when the thin watery sap has visit
ed the most remote twigs and leaves, and
has become elaborated into substance
entirely unlike that which so recently
passed up, and is going down directly un-
der the outer branches and stem of the
tree, and plainly increasing their diam
eter. This is the favorable time to
prune, because there is comparatively
little sap left in the sap vessels to run
out if they are cut of. This period oc-
ours not only in midsummer, but in the
autumn, after the leaves have fallen, and
will continue until few warm and ge-
nial days intervene, when the sap sensi- 3
by feels their invigorating power, and
if the ground at the time, is
not frozen. There is another reason
why March pruning is dangerous. When
a limb is cut off, the mouths of the pores
are left open, and will not dry and con-
tract as they will in warmer weather, so
hat if warm days ensue, and the sap is
set in motion, there is nothing to prevent
is running out. Winter pruning is a
more safe time for the wounds to dry and
z. Farmer.
Year: 1862

ca Carrying politeness to excess is said
to be raising your bat to a young lady
in the street, and allowing couple of
dirty collars and a pair of socks TO fall
out upon the sidewalk,
Year: 1862




Mr.. EDIToR: ] have derived much
pleasure and benefit from reading the diff
ferent views Of writer's in the New Eng
land Farmer pertaining 20 the same
branch of agriculture. For few year.
past, much has been written and said by
yourself and others, in regard to the best
season to prune fruit trees, and from what
! could gather from others, and expert
ments Of my own, had become pretty
well convinced that the best time to prune
was the latter part Of June or the first o
July. But in reading the discussions ol
the Legislative Agricultural Society, in
the Farmer recently, confess that | felt
somewhat nonplussed to find such thor
ough, practical men as Marshall p. Will
der and a. e, Sheldon pronounce March
the best time for pruning. Ishould have
been gralifed if they had more fully Civ
en- their reasons for their conclusions
Mr.. Sheldon said be had sawed a limb
from his tree each month, and found
March the best time. Now, Mr.. Editor,
| have tried the same experiments, and
have come to different conclusion.
have found where a limb was sawed off
in March, before it would begin to heal
over the wound, the stump would get
scared so that it would not commence to
grow over Immediately at the end of the
stump, but often one fourth ar one halt
inch down from the end; hut where
sawed them from the same tree in the
same year, and as near as possible the
same size limbs, have found the stump
or wound, where the limb was sawed off
in June, to heal over often in one, and
sometimes in two or three years sooner
than those cut off in March.


l think there are some Arguments in
favor Of winter or carly spring pruning.
We generally have more leisure, can get
at the work easier, are less liable to dam
age other crops, and perhaps a saving of
sap which would 90 TO nourih the tree,
lost in the limb if left until June. Il
have found it to work well or some occa-
oions, TO cut off limbs in winter or early
spring, leaving stump three or four
inches long, and in The following June,
saw the stump off smooth aud close to
the main branch, always coating over the |
wound with a little fheilac dissolved in !
alcohol, which can be kept in a bottle and
always ready for use, and will keep any
ength of time if eorked up tight. A
good way is to put small brush into the
;ork so that it will be inside the bottle,
md immersed in the liquid when corked,
which will keep it ftom getting dry and
lard, as it soon would if exposed to the
.ir.


Perhaps Mr.. Wider or Mr.. Sheldon
viii explain more fhlly their reasons for
coming to their conclusions, through the
columns of the Farmer, and thereby
,ratily myself, and [ doubt not many 9th.
rs who have much confidence in their
onnd' practical Judgment. | know that
.ou entertain different opinion upon the
ubjrct from theirs. w.
AShburnhdm, MWch, 1862
Year: 1862

Amounting to S332046,Oo per annum,
which will be brought into the State, and
distributed among the families, and friends
of the Soldiers, or remain on deposit in the
State Treasury drawing ) per cent. interest.


1t will be noticed that number of compa-
nes deferred their allotments until the next
"Pay day." This was because many of the
members were in debt to the Suffers, or 9TH
ers, and it was necessary for them to pay up,
before they could allot. This remark will
also apply to many members who have de-
ferred allotment But We found it the al
most universal expression of those who thus
deferred their allotment, that they wanted to
avail themselves Of the plan, as soon as they
could do SO. In order to complete our la
bors etfectually, and to give to all. the desir-
ed opportunity to allot, it will be necessary
for one of the Commission to visit the Brig
ade at Camp Griffin previous to the next
Pay day to secure the large number of al
lotments which We have every reason to be-
lieve will be made B,atIeboro PhnniJ.
Year: 1862

day afternoon, had nine bullets put through
his coat, and yet sustained no injury. Peter
Morton of the 18th Illinois had the case of
his watch, which he wore in his upper vest
pocket, Immediately over his heart, torn a
way by canister shot, and the watch still
continued to keep time.


The life Of Reuben Davis of the kentucky
9TH was saved by silver half dollar in his
waistcoat pocket. He had borrowed that a.
mount of companion some days before, and
offered to return it before going upon the
field; but his companion told him to keep
the coin, as he might stand in need of it be-
fore night. He had need of it in his great
est need. for a rifle ball struck the coin in
the center, and destroyed the figure of liber-
ty on its face.
Year: 1862

Therefore We are In arms to renew such sac
riices as our fathers made to the holy cause
of constitutional liberty. At the darkest
hour of our struggle the provisional given
place TO the permanent government After
series OF successes and victories, which COW
cred our arms with glory. We have recently
met with serious disasters. But in the heart
of people resolved to be free these d;sas-
tiers tend but TO stimulate to increased re-
sistance. 10 show ourselves worthy Of the
inheritance be9ueathed to US BY the patriots
of the Revolution, We mus; emulate that he
roic devotion which made reverse to them
but the crueible in which their patriotism was
refined. With confidence in tie wisdom and
virtue of those who will share with me the
responsibility, and aid me in the conduct Of
puoilc affairs; securely relying on the patri-
otlsm and courage of the people, of which
the present war has furnished SO many eI-
amples, deeply feel the weight of the re-
sponsibility now, with unaffected diffid-nce,
am about to assume; and, fully realizing the
ineapacity of human power to guide and 70
sustain, my hope is revsrenily fixed on Him
whose fave is ever youchsafed 10 the cause
which is just. With humble gratitude and
alteration, acknowledging the Providencs
which has SO visibiy protected the confedera-
cy during its brief but eventful career, 10
Thee, Oh God, trusiirgly commit myself,
and prayerfuIy invoke Thy blessing on my
Country and lis cause"


The accounts sav that there was no popu-
lar enthusiasm manifested at the inaussra-
ton. II was solemn rather than q JOYOUS
occasion. After the delivery of the address
Judge Halyburton administered the oath 10
the president and vice president, and the
crowd then dispersed. In the evening there
was levee at the presidents house As the
Richmond Wing bitterly said of this empty
pageant the day before it occurred, In view
of the past. the present, and probable future.
the pageant is bitter mockery and miser-
able compensation for the ruin of free peo-
pie. \ child with bauhle, an old man with
a young wife, are partial Illustrations Of tbs
deplorable folly"
Year: 1862

habit OF f-abuse. To which Is added Observaons on
Female Diseases and other interesting matter Of the ut
most importance to the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ability
enter that state Sent any address In sealed wrap
per- on receipt Of ten cents four stamps


entire time and attention TO the treat
men of the various private diseases treated Of IN pr
vate report DspenSary is the only Institution Of the
kind i'm America which has been tablshcd by special
charter and this fact should give II preference the
various quacks Of doubtful character TO be found in all
Year: 1862

In compliance with the generally expressed
wish of the Democracy oil Indiana. the true
friends of Constitutional Liberty, the Democratic
State Central Committee invite the people of
tions, who desire to preserve the Constitution as
it is, and the Union as it was" to meet in
Year: 1862

premises" he groaned, and gazed on me as
hough he wished me to deny his statement


But l could nor. knew that his own son was
the guilty party.


"Ask me no more," 1 said, with tears in my
eyes, for the fathers agony deeply moved me-
"The secret is locked up in my own breast and
neither to you or any living being will I ever call
the name of the one whom l suspect"


The stricken man grasped my hand, and with
sobs and tears begged my pardon for the wrong
he had done me, and thanked me for the assu-
rance had given him.


On the following morning he brought me fifty
dollars, in eight different bills, all marked with
the red cross"


81 know all, now, he whispered in broken ao-
cents. Be kind to me- and let not this go out to
the world


l kept my promise, and lived to see the old
man smile again; for when Henry saw the deep
agony of his father, his heart touched, and he
not only acknowledged all his wild sins, and hum
bly, begged for pardon, but became a true good
man, and an honor and ornament to society
Year: 1862




A gentleman took fancy to certain elegant
villa in charming part of one of the lOveliest
counties in England. Upon inquiring about the
rent it seemed to him so extraordinary low that
he objected to taking it, suspecting that there
must be something radically wrong in the build
ing. The proprietor assured him there was moth
ing of the kind, but informed him that the objec-
ton in the neighborhood to the village was that
it had the reputation of being haunted. The gen
tleman laughed at the vulgar superstition, and at
once accepted the terms and moved into the cot
tage. He was not very long in it before his do
mestics informed him of strange noises which
they had repeatedly heard in the night. They
had distinctly listened to the opening of a door,
and heard the steps of men ascending the stairs.
Another door was then opened, water was poured
out, and the sound of washing hands was unms-
!akably audible After short time the window
was opened and the water was thrown out the
window was then closed, and shortly after steps
were heard descending, and the house door was
opened and closed This, the servants declared,





merous times. The gentleman could not gainsay
their statements, for himself and his wife Lad at
different times listened to the same unaccountable
proceedings.


On one occasion, particularly on the arrival of
the ghost at the house door, several persons went
out to meet him. He assembled, as usual, the
staircase went through his regular ablutons,
and departed, as was his custom. But, though
they followed him, their ears alone were convinced
of the presence of some being. They could see
nothing, notwithstanding every one of the party
was provided with light. Those nocturnal Wis
its were continued regularly that the gentleman
was at last compelled to abandon the villa, for
the simple reason that no servant would remain
there with him.


Here is poser We may laugh at the credu-
lity of those who are frightened at ghosts and
mysterious sounds, but how are we to account for
them? l remember having heard that at the
Patersville, in the county of Meath, the sound of
Colonel fuckers footsteps periodically terrified,
and perhaps still terIfes the present inmates, al
though the veteran to whom the property once
belonged, departed this life many years ago.


The only rational explanation of these rhenom-
ma was adduced by our fellowtraveler, the Amer
ican consul. According to him, apertures in the
ground, or subterranean cavities, forming natural
tubes, often act as conductors of sound, so that
what may be done in one house, at a distance'
will be audible in another. He remembered in
a hotel in his State the sound of the tramping of
horses in a stable which was situated some two
hundred yards off, was heard as distinctly as if
the horses had occupied the chambers of the ho-
tel. Many ghost stories and mysterious rappings
can, no doubt, be explained upon the same prn-
cple.
Year: 1862

During the late exhibition of Van Amburgh's
menagerie at Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, a
fearful and exciting scene occurred. 1t appears
that shortly after the audience had assembled,
terrific storm arose and threatened serious injury
to the spectators. While the storm king roared
and reveled, one of the huge tigers got out of his
cage, which added new terror to the scene. The
vast assembly swayed from side to side, first to
that part of the tent which had blown off, and
then to the main entrance. Some jumped from
the top of the seats out through the opening be-
tween the top and the circular enclosure; others
cut themselves passage through the canvas, and
all rushed with wild alarm for any place of es-
cape, preferrng to brave the storm to taking their
chance for life amid the crushing timbers and fu-
rious beasts.


Women shreked for help, and children cried
strong men looked pale, and taking the confusion
of the multitude and the raging of the storm, the
scene was fearful and appalling beyond descrip-
ton. The keepers of the animals stood by the
cages of these wild denizens of the woods and
jungles with anxious looks. The man who kept
the elephant Hannibal, stood in front of the huge
brute, with his hands upon his tusks as pale a
corpse. One of the lions had partaken of the
excitement, and by his glaring eye-balls erect pos
ture and extended and flowing name, gave an
idea of how he looks in his native forest. The
tiger which had escaped from his cage was driven
back by Mr.. Van Amburgh into cage with this
lion, and the king of the woods had put his huge
paw upon him, and was holding him tight upon
the floor. Nature, grand and terrible, was on
hibition at this show. After some moments of
fearful confusion the storm ceased, end the audi
ence separated, but not until several had been in
jured from being trampled on and bruised in the
general confusion which prevailed
Year: 1862

When the humid shadows gather
Over all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkners
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
'Tis a Joy to press the pillow


OF a cottage-chamber bed,
And to listen to the patter


OF the soft rain overhead
Every tingle on the shingles


Has an echo in the heart,
And thousand dreary fancies,
Into busy being being start;
And thousand recollcctions


Weave their bright hues into woof,
As listen to the patter


Of the rain upon the roof
Now in fancy comes my mother,
As she used to years agone,
To survey her darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn;
Oh / see her bending er me,
AS list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,


With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother
A serene angelic pair =
Glide around my wakeful pillow
With their praise or mild reproof,
As listen to the murmur


Of the soft rain on the roof
There is naught in arts bravaura's
That can work with such a spell
In the spirits pure, deep fountains,
Whence the holy passions dwell,
As that melody of nature,


That subdued, subduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Year: 1862

A clergyman, in country church, had been in
the course of his sermon, expounding on the ma
ture of miracles No sooner had the service end
ed than one of his congregation, bluff farmer,
approached him and began to thank him for much
that he had learned in attending to his discourse,
but hoped that his reverence would pardon mis-
asking for some further eucidalion of the mean
ing of a miracle, nethng that be had heard hav-
ing tended to enlighten his ignorance of the ma
ture of such an occurrence. The divine immedi-
ately assented, requesting the farmer to wait in
the porch till the congregation had dispersed
In the porch, accordingly, did Giles station him
self, happy in the hope of the solution of such a
mystery, and was sedulously watching the depar-
ture of the last loiterers in the churchyard when
he was literally "taken all aback" by tremen-
dous salute in the rear from the well directed and
vigorously applied foot of the pastor, who, in re-
ply to the mingled expressions of pain and won
der which burst from his disciple, mildly inquired
whether what he had then received caused him
any pain at hurt me most woundy," replied
the farmer "Then," said the clergyman, all
can tell you is, that it would have been miracle
if it had not"
Year: 1862

ga GREAT LIE" says the poet Crabbe, dis like
great fish on dry land I it may fret and fling, and
make frightful pother, but it cannot hurt you.
You have only to keep still and it will die of
ITSELF"