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Year: 1869

COURTESY IN MARRIED ldFE.-The first
year OF married lite is generally considered the
hardest We incline to doubt that statement.
To be sure, the young couple are now forced to
become acquainted with each other peculiar
tiles, and we all have some that are diStastciul
to everybody but ourselves While engaged
they were only company 10 each other; after
marriage they must be seen in every day coors
and eara what tlntS wear the best Ii has
been said that every young couple who desire
10 make goui start in life, must keep two
bears in the Lou-e,aDd feed them well, namely,
bear and iorbear.


Between husband aud wife there should be
no strife for supremacy The husband is the
heaven ordained head but each should study
the others lollie4 "a we'll ~ virtues being gen
tie towards the first, and giving honor to the
last.


Daily we see young people accepting the du-
ties of the married state who are utterly uned-
ucated for the lite upon which they eCtcr 50
thouGhtleSSly. The young wife has been care
fully shielded from all the cares or hardships
Ot real life. The young husband may know
more of the rough and tumble OF life, may
have better studied men and their ways, but,
unless brought up with sisters, he knows little
of women. 1t he has natural, tender, kind
and loving heart, all will be well. The trte
old saying, that no quarrel can stalk about on
one leg, contains a good deal OF wisdom. -
Would that husbands and wives would bear it
In mind; at the same time remember that "a
soft answer turneth away wrath. The might
est rivers have their sources In small streams;
and the bitterest domestic misery has often
arisen from some trltling difference OF opinion,
when the soft answer would have smOOthed all
ripples in the matrimonial current.


When We see how large 4 proportion OF the
children of this age are entirely undisclphned
at home, can we wonder that strife and heart
burnings in married lie seem on the increase
Unless children can be taught self control and
usefulness before they leave that home circle,
to become the light and lite OF another home,
we cannot hope that their lives will be happy,
or their dwellings the abode of peace


Much unhappiness would be avoided il hus.
baals and wives would only be as well bred and
polite to each other after marriage as they were
before 1t would seem, often, as If their good
breeding was laid aside with the marriage dress,
As children grow up around them, they follow
10 the parents footsteps. Ii the mother Is
needless of the fathers wishes and wanting in
proper Difference to his judgment, her sons and
daughters will soon adopt her ways Ii the
father is indifferent or careless OF the mother,
meeting her remarks with ridicule or sneers, you
may look for the fruits OF his example IN the
children.
Year: 1869

The Boston Journals correspondent, writ
ing from Vermont, and describing market
day at st. Adams, says of the dairy farmers:


They are our true arlstocracy. 1t Is their
business to turn these butter-cups and dan
delions and succulent grasses into golden
butter. A


Now we confess we didn't know before this
correspondent threw SO much light on the
subject, that the cows of Vermont would feed
on butter-cups and dandelions. We believe
they don't thus feed in Maine. They must
have peculiar breed in the Green Mountain
State, and their feeding on these yellow How
ers is what gives such a golden hue to the
butter made from them. When we used to
drive cows to pasture in our boyhood, we no
ticed that the buttercups and dandelions
were avoided by them. And we have known
COW pastures to be moved and good crop Of
buttercups secured for hay, and in pastures
too, where the feed had been short during the
season. The cows would grub up other
grasses by the roots before they would eat
green buttercuas or dandelions. In fact, we
never saw COW feed on them in the pasture.
But buttercups cut in proper season and well
cured make very good hay. If this wise cor
respondent had spoken of cowslips instead Of
buttercups and dandelions, we might have
had more confidence in his communication.
There are great many cowslips growing in
Vermont, and they have beautiful yellow
flowers which, no doubt, would give their hue
Year: 1869

to the butter. We have never seen any cow
slips growing in Maine, and vet there may be
some in portions of the State we have never
visited. We alluded TO these plants some-
time ago and recommended the farmers TO
cultivate them. They make most excel lent
greens and come very early. There are hun
dreds of places in the vicinity of this city
where they would grow luxuriantly. They
like low grounds and the valleys of brooks,
but we have seen them grow on high land by
the roadside in Vermont. II any one would
set out few roots in a suitable place, they
would soon spread and the cultiyator would
be handsomely rewarded for his pains. We
think there are no better green's early in the
spring than cowslps.


Wequite agree with the aforesaid cores
pondent that farmers are our true aristocra-
cy. An intelligent, industrious farmer is en-
gagged in work that lies at the foundation of
ali other human industries. Without him
nation would not only grow poor, but staIve.
The earth was made to produce the food that
sustains human life, and, Il left uncultivated,
population would dwindle down to few who,
in favored localities, might live on the spon-
taneous productions of nature. We have
great respect for those who cultivate the
earth, and it has always seemed strange to US
that so many young men-even farmers
sons, flee from the country and flock to the
cities, where, ten to one, they would be more
successful in life and be more happy and re-
spectacle on farms than in stores. A very
few comparatively become wealthy in mer-
camille life, while thousands fail and become
poor and lead unhappy lives.


A young man who loves farming, as every
one ought to love such an honorable employ
ment, and settles down on well chosen land,
seldom OF never fails. His bank, the earth
always honors his drafts, and no man on earth
is more Independent, and yet it has been the
fashion and habit of many young men to look
upon the cultivation of the soil as an employ
ment ofa low grade. Strange iniatuationl
The more such notions young man harbors
the lower he places himself in the scale of
being. All useful employments in this life
are honorable. "Act well your part, there all
the honor lies"


Now, if these young men who choose the
farm as the theatre Of their operations for
life, and do not happen to have that breed of
cows which will feed on buttercups and dan-
deions, perhaps they can obtain breed that
will eat marigolds or saffron and so make
good yellow butter after all. At any rate, let
them become farmers of intelligence and good
common sense, and then they win be con-
tented in the proportion of cows that win live,
thrive and make good butter and cheese up
on such hexcellentlgrasses as clover, timothy and
redtop.


AGRICoLA,
Year: 1869

from night terrors-a species of infantle
delrium tremens; and to save herself
the inconvenience of being kept awake,
the nurse gives her large anodyne
nightly, which, she says, puts her dead
asleep all night


"By this Encouragement your child
has become peevish, irritable and fretful,
and the nurse disciplines her by threats
of punishment, shutting her up in dark
room, etc. The result is that fear acting
upon morbidly sensitive system is gra-
dualy developing chores St. Vitus
Dauce), with which she is soon to be
afflicted, unless you Immediately change
the whole course of her life. You must
yourself become responsible for her daily
care and training; you must personally
attend to her bathing, food and dress,
and habits of sleeping, if you would
rescue her from her present perilous
condition. The slender thread OF her
existence is daily becoming more and
more attenuated by your neglect, and If
not strengthened by your maternal care
and sympathy, will soon be snapped in
twain by the increasing tension"
The result of this interview will be the
salvation of the child the mother was
reused at once to keen sense of her
duty by feeling of remorse at hes neg


ect. was more than ever convinced
that it is the plain duty of the family
physician, who is always listened to re-
spectfully, and considerably, to en-
deavor by we'll directed arguments to
counteract these growing evils. No one,
not even the spiritual adviser, can so
readily appeal to the mothers sense OF
Justice, and to her concealed conscious.
ness of neglected duty, which natural
affection daily brings to her remem-
brance.
Year: 1869

PROCEEDINGS this week crowd
out other matter; but this Official
Report of the doings of the Board of
Supervisors, though very dry read
ing, is Of value and importance to
every taxpayer in the County. Bet
ter preserve it.
Year: 1869

DEATH FROM Hoe STEALING.-"Soc
cum," has always been famous for seeur
ing hogs, and pleading the custom of
The county, A case occurred near Spar.
;ansburg, where the plea could not avail,
from the fact that the party defunct
whilst abstracting the hog. A colored
Individual, having been employed by =
farmer to help him kill his swine, he
thought he'd go back at night and ap
propriate one.as He did SO, and In get
ting over the fence with his load, the
gambrel caught the colored individual
around the neck-the hog on one side
and the darkey on the other and in that
situation they were found the next
morning, both, t'yery dead indeed
Ehe hog will be tried before a jury con,
sisting of the farmers family.
Year: 1869

A distinguished Methodist Minister
and prominent Temperance Lecturer
once remarked that go where he would,
from one end ofthe country to the other,
ne hardly failed to find PLANTATION BIT
rERs, and while he condemned the prac-
tice of using these Bitters too freely, he
could not conscientiously say that he
would discard them from the side-board
for he himself had experienced beneficial
results from their use, and that, from a
long and close observation, he was con
WINGED that when used moderately, and
rs a medicine exclusively, they were all
that was recommended. At the same
time he warned his hearers not to pull
the cork too often, for they were far too
pleasant a tonic to trifle with.
Year: 1869

signs of life 1t is a univalve, and when
full grown covers space equal to that of
silver quarter of dollar, and grows
somewhat like pyramid in form, about
an inch in height from what it fastens on j..
1t is killed by running the ship into fresh
water, and falls off after while. There
is also worm which was very trouble
some to ships in old times, called the tcre-
do. This animal is most troublesome in
hot latitudes, but is at home anywhere in
the ocean. 1t will bore through the hard
est oak timbers, perforate the bottom Of a
ship, and make it resemble a honey-oomb ;
so that what were once strong timbers
and thick planks may be knocked to pie
ces with hammer. A ships bottom may
be sheathed and covered with pitch, and
yet the teredo will penetrate all the planks
and timbers of that bottom. Copper
sheathing, however, has stopped his " vile
career" so far as ships are concerned,
and now it is not necessary to run vessels
into rivers of fresh water to kill the de-
structive animal.


Where does the teredo come from? No
person ever saw one at sea, and yet it is
bred in the sea, and destroyed in fresh
water. 1t no doubt grows on the bottom
Of ship from spawn in the sea, and yet
sea-water is as pure, to all appearance,
as the air Of this latitude is in winter time
when the sun shines. 1t goes through
substances that no rat, or other rodent an
imal, could make the least impression on.
Who has ever seen the little animals thai
build the coral reefs? Some naturalsts
have affected to describe them, but then We
should remember that "Goldsmiths Ami
mated Nature illustrated with numerous
graphic pictures, was compiled by man
who was never out of his native kingdom;
and yet it was in its day the wonder of
the age.


The fact is, the sea contains more won
ders than both earth and air; vastly more
than are dreamed of in human philosophy,
and to attempt the exploration of it, and
the description of its creatures, with any
hope of success, would be like attempting
to explore illimitable space, provided we
could get beyond the atmosphere with which
the earth is surrounded


We will state, however, by way of clo-
sing this article, that the British Atlantic
cables are by this time, in our opinion, so
loaded with barnacles and other shells of
mysterious origin, that it will be impossi-
Bile to raise one of them, should it be found
necessary at any time, without breaking it;
such a strong hold on it have the creatures
of the deep, deep sea.
Year: 1869

SELECTING SEED Coma correspon-
dent of the Germantown Telegraph, fur
nishes the following on selecting seed
corn:


As time is now at hand TO begin the SCI
lection of seed corn, permit me to say a
few words to those who do not understand
the business


l 60 through my corn soon after it be.
gins to ripen, aud select say twice as much
as / may require for seed, allowing ono
hundred ears for bushel of the best and
earliest that | can find, then tie it up
in pairs by the husks and hang up in some
sheltered place where the rats and mice
cannot disturb it till it is needed. I then
select from the whole what require of the
best filled and smallest cohhed ears, using
only about two thirds Of the ear and that
principally from the butt end. Corn used
in this way is good for seed several years
if it is kept dry.
Year: 1869

Soar SUBS TO GRASS LANDS. Mr.. Sam
uel johnson, the Superintendent of the
Farm at the State Agricultural College,
informs the editor Of the M1ipe Farmer.
that he found an application of soap suds
to grass lands gave them more than double
the increase of growth that was produced
by any other fertilizer whatever. Every
particle of soap suds is saved, and applied
at intervals upon grass ground, What q
source is here for the saving of fertilizing
matter, which now So generally goes 70
waste. 1t is also good for vines or trees.
Year: 1869

To MANAGE A REARING HoRsE.-When-
ever you perceive horses inclination to
rear, separate your reins and prepare for
him. The instant he is about to rise,
slacken one hand and bend or twist his
head with the other, keeping your hands
low. This bending compels him to move
"a hind leg, and of necessity brings his
fore feet down. Instantly twist him COM
plctely round two or three times, which
will confuse him very much, and complete
ly throw him off his guard The moment
you have finished twisting him round, place
his head in the direction you wish to pro-,
coed, apply the spurs, and he will not fail
to 60 forward.
Year: 1869

Men talk about improving dairy prod.
ucts and wonder why progress is SO slow.
We must go back and correct evils that
have been so long in practice that they are
overlooked or assumed to be right. We
must learn how to get good healthy milk.
and how to preserve it in good order.
We must learn that cows with full udders
cannot be raced from the pastures to the
stable with impunity, and that dogs are =
nuisance upon dairy farms. When we be-
gin to pay u little more attention to these
matters, there will be less complaint about
preserving the flavor of cheese in hot wear
thcr
Year: 1869

More horses are killed by hard riding
and driving than are worn out by hard
work; although too mapy are worked 10
death. 1t is strange that horse owners
will not see their own interest in taking
better care of so valuable an animal.
Year: 1869

MILDEw.-Lemon juice mixed with salt,
powdered starch and soft soap. and appli.
ed with brush, is good to remove mil
deW. After the application is made, the
article must be kept on the grass till the
stain comes out.
Year: 1869

Tho light at homo how bright Il beams
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far 1t CLEANS,


To lovo aud rest, and comfort all
When wearied with the tolls Of day,


And strife for CORY gold, or famo,
How sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips will lisp our name


Around the light at home!
When through the dark aud stormy night
The wayward wanderer homewurd hies,
How cheering Is that twinkling light,
Which through tho forest gloom he spies
1t is tho light OF hsme. He feels


That loving hearts will greet him there,
And safely through his bosom steals
The joy and lo7e that Danish care


Around the light at home.
The light Mt home how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door,
The weary laborer to greet, .
When tho roagb tolls Of day are o'crl
Sad is the soul that does not know


The blessings that the beams impart
The cheerful hopes and joys that fow
And tighten up the heaviest heart


Around the light at home.
Year: 1869

SAVE TEE PERrsHING.-A physi.
clan was once returningto his home,
when he saw a little child in great
pe"il in the street. Another in.
slant she would have been crush.
ed under the iron hoofs which
were almost upon her. At great
peril to himself, he rushed for
ward, and, seizing the little one,
bore her in safety to the sidewalk.
Curiosity impelled him to look
into the child's face, that he might
see If he knew whom he had res
cued. Pushing back the little
bonnet, what were his feelings to
see that it was his own little
daughter whose life he had saved
So he who hates to save the per.
ishing, often finds rewards he little
dreamed of. Whatever thy hand
fndeth to do, do it with thy
might"
Year: 1869

ATHEisT.-One who does not
believe in the existence of God.-
Such a creed can only arise from
the ignorance of stupidity, or a
corruption of principle, since the
whole universe is filed with the
moral and physical proofs of
Creator. He who does not look
to superior and superintending
power as Lis maker and his Judge,
is without that coercive principal
OF salutary fear which should
prompt him TO do good and es-
chew evil, and his oath can, of ne
cessity, be no stronger than his
word. Masons, looking to the dan
gerous tendency of such a tenet,
have wisely discouraged it, by de-
claring that no atheist can be ad-
mitted to participate in their fra
ternity; and the better to carry
this law into effect, every candi-
date, before passing through any
Of the ceremonies of initiation, is
required, publicly and solemnly,
TO declare his trust in God.
Year: 1869

a farmer in Western New York
gives the following as his plan for
a good and cheap smoke house :
No farmer should be without a
good smoke. house, and such one
as will be fire-proof and tolerably
secure from thieves. Fifty hams
can be smoked at one time i'm a
smoke.house seven by eight feet
square. Mine is six by seven, and
is large enough for most farmers.
| first dug all the ground out be-
low where the frost would reach,
and filled it up to tile SUI face with
small stone. On this / laid my
brick floor, in lime mortar. The
walls are brick, eight inches thick,
and seven feet high, with a door
on one side two feet wide. The
door should be made of wood and
lined with sheet iron. For the top
/ put on joists, two by tour, set
up edgewise, and eight and q half
inches from centre to centre, cover
ed with brick, and put on a heavy
coat of mortar. l built small
chimney on the top in the centre,
arching it over and covering it
with shingle roof in the usual
way. An arch should be built on
the outside, with a small iron door
to shut it up, similar to a stove
door, with q hole from the arch
through the wall of the smoke
house, and an iron CRATE over it.
The al ch is more convenient and
better to put the fire IN than to
build q fire inside the smoke.house,
and the chimney causes a draft
through into the smoke-house.-
Good corn cobs or hickory wood
arc the best materials to make a
smoke for hams. The cost of such
smoke-house as l describe is
about $50. -
Year: 1869

QUARTZ Mill. BuRNkp.--On Wednesday morn
ing last, about two o'clock, A. ~. Mcnter, Lara.
by Il Cos. six stamp quartz mill on Crosby's
ranch, near Whisky Diggings, in this county,
was discovered to be cnveloped in flames and
past saving from the devouring element. The
entire mill and all its contents were completely
destroyed, though the other buildings contiguous
were saved. The mill had been running only in
day time for sometime back and had closed, and
the fires all Put out IN the evening previous to
the burning. No doubt remains in the minds Of
those about the mill but that the fire was the
work OF all incendiary. There was no insurance
on the property and the whole is a total loss to
the owners. We learn that Mr.. Mantcr lost by
this fire all that he had saved in fourteen years
of hard labor in California. There were chlor-
Inc and suphuret works connected with the mill
which were also destroyed This mill was loca
ted In the edge of the foothills and only about
four miles from Lincoln, and near the sixty
stamp mill Of Baker l. Crosby.


We are indebted to Constable Choate, of Town
ship No. 2, fer the above information.
Year: 1869

The DAVENPORT BRorHRRs --Notwithstand-
ing the wet foggy night, there was large au
dience in City Hall last evening. In order to
satisfy everybody that there was no collusion
between the Brothers and the committee to be
chosen to watch the manifestations, and to
examine all the paraphernalia used in the per-
formances, slips OF paper containing numbers
were passed among the audience and the hold
ers to corresponding numbers, drawn from
hat, were constituted that committee. Mr..
John Neal and Mr.. Cram, the proprietor of the
U. S. Hotel, accordingly became that commit
tee The only piece of furniture used was a
large cabinet supported by wooden horses
above the stage SO that all could look under it,
with three doors in front and diamond shaped
window in the upper part of the centre door.
The Brothers were fastened inside securely by
Messrs. Neal and Cram, who bound them with
ropes hand and foot, when the doors were
closed, the gas turned down, and Immediately
the musical instruments were played, hands of
different shapes and sizes were seen at the
window, and the bell and horn thrown out of
the window on the stage. Both Mr. Neal and
Mr.. Cram then sat inside with the Brothers,
and were bound to them, when like manifesto
tions occurred. 1t was all very remarkable
and no matter whether you call it electricity,
spiritualism, or jugglery, is well worth seeing
The dark sednce was well worthy the price of
admission, to see Mr.. Fay's coat stripped from
him, while he sat bound securely to chairs
and flung TO the other end of the room. To-
night is the last opportunity witness their won
derful feats, and we have no doubt there will
be crowded house.
Year: 1869

THE work goes bravely on! Secure your
tickets for the Oratorio to-day, if you wish for
good seats The rehearsal last evening was
fully attended and spirited. Our singers have
taken hold of this great work in good earnest
They are bound to give the best musical exhi-
bition ever attempted in our city.
Year: 1869

PETITIONS FOR PARDoN.-Several petitions
to the Governor for the pardon of Miss York,
who was sentenced on Wednesday for conceal
ing the birth Of an illegitimate child, were in
circulation yesterday. Large numbers of sign
ers were obtained without difficulty, and there
can hardly be doubt that the efforts of Miss
York's friends will be successful. The interest
excited in her case is almost unprecedented
We hear of ladies, (though they are not cred
tied generally with any undue tenderness for
the erring of their own sex) who have taken an
extraordinary interest in the matter; and who
have been unable to refrain from tears when
acquainted with the circumstances attending
the condemnation of the unfortunate girl.
Year: 1869

The emulous Canadians begin to talk of a
Pacific Railroad of their own. Perhaps they
would do as well to finish up that little inter
colonial road before undertaking anything more
eoctlv
Year: 1869

WEsTBRooK SEMINARY.-The closing exer-
cses of the Spring term of this institution took
place on Thursday. The students performed
their parts in such a manner as to do great
credit to the teachers and the school. The ex-
aminations continued for three days. The stu
dents gave evidence in most of their classes of
marked progress and thoroughness. A large
class of young ladies have gone out of the
Seminary to take charge of summer schools.