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Year: 1859

HORSE RACING AT FAIRs.-It is reported
IN several journals that the Grand Jury Of
Chittenden County, Vermont, have indicted
the State Agricultural Society as a nuisance,
for violating state law against horse
racing. We know nothing OF the plrticu-
lars in this case, but if the racing on the
occasion in question was carried 70 the sx-
tent that we have seen it done at some fairs
elsewhere, the indictment Of The jury was as
proper as if directed against the same racing
when not under the auspices of professedly
agricultural society. We are unable to see
what difference it makes, whether the owners
of regular race course offer prize Of $1,000
for the fastest horse brought upon their
grounds, for the purpose of making money
from those who come to see the trotting or
running, or whether the m managers OF Al
agricultural society do the same thing with
a similar object in view. The latter seems
to be the more reprehensib'e of the two !:
for while the already demoralized class will
constitute the principal ttendants 70 the
regular race course, a different class will ma
turallv gather at the Fair grounds, and
taste will be developed for fast horses,
among those who would otherwise be un-
contaminated. .-American Agricuhuria.
Year: 1859

SILLY WAGERs-Ever since Ben. Perley
Poore made and paid the penalty of foolish
wager by wheeling barrel of apples from
Maiden to Boston, there has been propensity
to make silly di-plays in the betting line.
The late New York Election brought out
case of the sort A wager that Wood would
not be elected Mayor, was paid by the losers
walking barefoot from the St. Nicholas to the
Astor House, with d ffer and drummer play
inr in company OF course there was a
shouting crowd of $ thousands, to witness
the ridiculous exploit. A bet of a similar
nature was discharged a few days ago by a
respectable man sweeping the cross-walk cor
ner of Fulton and Nassau street for the most
part of day, and without speaking word
to any one
Year: 1859


All, how the silent memories of years
Are stirring in my spirit. i have been
A lone and joyess wanderer. have roamed
Abroad through other climes, W here tropic flowers
We're offering up their incense, and the stars
Swimming like living creatures have stayed
Where the soft skies Of Italy were hung
In beautiful transparency above,
And glory floating like lovely dream
Der the rich landscape; yet dear fancy still,
Mid all the ruder glow of brighter realms,
Oft turned to picture the remembered home,
That blest its earliest day-dreams. Must l go
Forth in the world again I've proved its joys,
Till joy was turned to bitterness-Tve felt
It's sorrows till thought my heart would burst
With the fierce rush of tears The sorrowing babe
Clings to its mothers breast. The bleeding dove
Flies to her native vale, and nestles there
To die amid the quiet grove, where first
She tried her tender pinion. l could love
Thus to repose amid these peaceful scenes
To memory dear. 0hit were passing sweet
To rest forever on this lovely spot,
Where passed my days Of innocence-to dream
Of the pure stream Of infant happiness
Sunk in life's wild and burning sands-to dwell
On visions faded, till my broken heart
Should cease to throb-to purify my soul
With high and holy musings-and to lift
It's aspirations TO the central home
OF love and peace and holiness in heaven
Year: 1859

DO every thing in its proper time
Keep everything in it's place. Always
mend clothes before washing them.


Alum or vinegar is good to set colors
of red, green or yellow.


Sal soda will bleach one spoonful is
enough for kettle OF clothes.


Save your suds for the garden and
plants, or to harden yards when sandy.


Wash your tea trays with cold soda,
polish with little flour and dry cloth.


Frozen potatoes make more starch tEan
fresh ones They make nice cakes.


A no; shovel he'd over FURNISHED fur
niture will take out white spots.


A bit OF glue, dissolved in skim milk
and water, will restore rusty old Grape.


Ribbons Of any kind should he washed
in cold soap suds, ard not rinsed.


Ii your flat irons are rough, rub them
we'll with fine SALT and it will make them
smooth.


Ifyou are buying carpet for durabil
ity, you must choose small figures.


A bit Of soap rubbed on the hinges OF
doors will prevent their crcaking.


Scotch snuff pu. on the holes where
crIckets come out, will destroy them.


Wood ashes and common salt. wet
with water, will stop the cracks of \ stove
and prevent the smoke from escaping.


Green should be the prevailing color
Tor bed hangings and window drapery.
Year: 1859

The REsULr OF \ DAuGmER's DE.
.cIsIoN.-'Chldren,' says the Rev. WIN.
DAY, have conveyed religion to those
from whom they ought to have derived
IT, 'Weli,' said a mother one day, weep
ing. her daughter beng about to give her
self up TO the church hy Gods will Il
Will resist TO longer How can | bear
to see my dear child love and read the
Scriptures, while | never look into the
Bible to see her retire and seek Cod
while never pray to see her going TO
the Lords table, while His death is moth
ing to mel 'Ah ! said she TO the Min
'ster who came TO inform her OF her
daughters intention, wiplug ner eyes, yes
Sir; ] know she is right and wrong. I
have seen her firm under reproach, and
patient under provocation, and cheerful
in all her sutferings. When in her late
Illness she was looking for dissolution,
heaven stood in her face Oh that I was
Il, to die | ought to have taught her,
but ! am sure she has taught me. How
can | bear 10 see her joining the Church
OF God, and leaving me behind perhaps
for everr


From that hour she PRAYED in earnest
that the God Of her child would be her
God, and was soon seen walking with her
in the way everlasting.
Year: 1859

PEACHES FOR TEA.--Pare ripe peach
es, cnt them in quarters, sprinkle them
with layers of sugar, and let them stand
An hour TO extract the juice. Then cover
with rich, sweet cream and there is moth
ing better,
Year: 1859

Nhithersoever we go we meet with the sniv-


eler. He stops us at the corner of the street,


TO entrust us with his opinion. He fears that


the morals and intelligence of the people are


destroyed by the election of some rogue to of


fee. He tells us just before church that the
last sermon of some trancendental preacher has
given the death blow to religion, and that the


waves of atheism and the clouds of .pantheism
a are to deluge and darken all the land. In a
time of general health, he speaks of the pesti-


lence that is to be. The mail can not be an


hour too late, but he prattles about railroad ac-
cidents and steamboat disasters. He fears that
I his friend, who was married yesterday, will be


q bankrupt in a year. and whimpers over the


trials he will then endure. He is ridden with
!; an eternal nightmare, and emits an eternal
wall. Recklessness is a bad quality. SO is blind
and extrayagant hope but neither is SO de-
graded as inglurious and inactive despair. We


object to the sniveler, because he presents the
anomaly of being who has the power of mo-


tion without possessing life. His insipid lam


gour is worse than timid strength. Better that
. man should run than whine. The person
/. who has no bounding and buoyant feelings in
=. him, whose blood never tingles and fires at the
f. contemplation of a noble aim, who has no as
, piration and great object in life is only fit
o for the hospital or band-box. Enterprise, con
ID fidence, disposition to believe that all good
has been done-these are important elements


in the character of every man who is of use tt


the world. We want no wailing and whimper


ing about the absence of happiness, but


strong determination to abate misery " hip
Year: 1859

Seh-Evidently Drunk
Old P, who resides at Okeloma, Miss, is
well known as one who never pays a debt if
it can be avoided. Has plenty of money how
ever, and is jolly, frollicking old chap. Gets
pretty drunk occasionally, when, of course,
some friends take care of him. Not long ago
he fell into the hands of friend who held his
note for sum of money, and as it was the last
chance, the friend dved into old Ps wallet,
took out the amount of the note and put the
note where the money had been When he
awoke to consciousness, as was his wont, he
took his wallet out to count how much money
he was out. Fir ding his purse almost empty
he thuDdered


How in b-l-a-z-e-s did / spend all my mon
ey"


You paid off that note | held" answered
the friend


WELL muttered old P, quietly slowing
away his wallet, Il must have been ortul
drunk -
Year: 1859

The Boston Journal says the plan weshave
ttied 4ud never tound to full. is to get q piece
Of leather and have it cut into such a shape 80
to lie, snugly, between the shoulders, Of the
horses and the collar. This sends off all the
friction as the collar slips and moves on the
leather and not on the shoulders Of the horse.
Chatting is caused by the friction; hence this
remedy is quite a plausible one, and is much
better than tying slips of leather OF. pads Of
sheepskin under the collar. .-
Year: 1859

But, sir, if l could, without arrogance or
presumption make an appeal to gentlemen who
believe that dark clouds hang over us. and that
the future is portentous of evil, would ask
them if they really believe that this is the
way to deal with such state OF things. Gen
tlemen have told us, over and over again, that


the danger of dissolution of this Union is
imminent. Sir if it is not only imminent, but
desirable, beg gentlemen not to indulge in
this strain of remark. | think, and believe
history justifies me in it-other gentlemen can
speak for themselves-that | represent a peo-
pie that cannot be driven. They are few but
when they were much fewer than they are now,
! when they were not one half in number what
they are now, they left their plows in the field,
and they left their women to look after the
homesteads, and they turned out from noun
tain and valley and barred their breasts to the
invading foe, wherever and whenever he might
come. Sir, l do hope in God that the day is
distant, very distant, when their courage shall
be put to the test, in anything that bears
even the semblance of ffaternal contest ;
but let me tell gentlemen that they will find in
Year: 1859

WOMAN at certain village in England,
went for arsenic with which to poison her
husband, but the apothecary gave her soda
and informed her husband. The latter took
the poison and pretended to sicken and die,
and when she supposed him fairly dead the
wife put rope about his neck and under
took to make it appear that he had hung
himself He could not stand that and came
to and used the rope to- give her right
down good hiding.
Year: 1859

IMPERIAL LEGs.-The observing editor of
lie Phdre says that from his own eyes he has
been convinced that Napoleon three times is
bow-legged, and he intimates that in order
to conceal this natural or acquired deformi-
ty, His Majesty only appears in public on
horseback or in a carriage.
Year: 1859

Some ladies in New York have an associa-
ton called the Hearthstone Club, which
meets at the Cooper Institute, and talks over
domestic economy and the work and welfare
of women generally.
Year: 1859

IT is expected that the trial trip of the
Great Eastern steamship will take place in
July. She will sail from Portsmouth, Eng
land, to the middle of the ocean and back
again, to test her qualities under all possible
conditions of sail and steam
Year: 1859

THE aim of education should be to teach
US rather how to think, than what to think
rather to improve our minds so as to make
us think for ourselves, than to load the
memory with the thoughts of other men.
Year: 1859

The following letter from a New York
school teacher to Col B. P. Johnson, Sec
retary of the New York State Agricul-
tural Society, illustrates how profitable it
is, and how easy too. for a professional
man, to say nothing of farmers with broad
acres of teeming fields, to indulge in this
kind of husbandry:


"You expressed wish for a statement
of my success in Bee Culture. | have
been a keeper of bees some fifteen years
or more. my number of hives usually
varying from twenty to fifty. Ny occu-
patton teaching a small family boarding
school) affords me little leisure to observe
their habits. further than any immediate
pecuniary interest indicates. / have, low
ever, gradually acquired the art of man
aging them to such an extent that my
neighbors, who attribute all success in bee
culture to luck consider me lucky.


AS an example of my success. l give
the following: In the spring Of 1858 l
had thirty swarms. The season proved
about a medium one for honey, and the
spring Of 1853 found me with the same
number of swarms. and S240. so received
for honey, wax and bees Of the year. l
have never made any close estimate of
the expense of keeping bees, but can
safely say. that al least 5000 of the above
is clear proft-more than S6 each. be-
sides renewing the ages, as | mainly saved
the new swarrs. To this may properly
be added the amount of honey consumed
in the family, of from sixteen to twenty
persons, where it is on the tea table more
than half the number of days in the year.


81 use the Weeks Vermont Hives,
made Of pine plank painted wbite-hang
them on frames in the open air four feet
apart and two from the ground. / NOW
full crops of grass under them. They
may be said to occupy no room, to require
no feeding, and only occasional attention
Year: 1859

There are no flowers like roses, and no
roses like the perpetuals. One never sees
too many of them, and il is pity that
every man, who really appreciates fine
flowers, should not be the owner of a
whole acre of them; what a glorious acre
it would be though-a field of beauty and
fragrance. Even the choicest of these
roses are now tolerably cheap, and abun-
dant in the nurseries, so we take it for
granted, that many reader of the Pra-
irie Farmer can, with most pardonable
pride, boast Of a few such gems as Pho
TX, Geant des Battailes, Hermosa, Sc
sc. If they received the proper aten-
ton early in spring they will now be full
of bloom. The Remontanis should al-
ways have their first crop of buds picked
of as fast as they appear; if this has
been neglected you will only get few
scattering blooms during late summer and
autumn. The rose likes a deep, heavy
soil, and high culture, with the exception
of the Nolsettes and other fine wooded
sorts, for which lighter soil is preferable
Burnt sod forms an excellent fertilizer for
the rose, and pounded charcoal is also good.
Liquid manure applied just before rain
will be productive of the happiest results
while leaf mold from the woods is often
one of the handiest and best fertilizers
that can be applied. Stir the surface soil
frequently, and in time of drouth give an
occasional copious watering, taking care
to stir the surface soil next day to keep it
from baking. Keep all the roses picked
off as fast as they begin TO fade they
look unsightly and take just so much
nourishment from the young buds. Some
of the more delicate growers like the
Noisettes will be murh benefited by being
projected from the hot glare of the midday
sun. Il it has not before been tended TO-,
there is still time to put down layers, and
such floral treasures are well worth in
creasing; besides, if any of your speci-
mems are budded or grated, it will be
wise to get them on their own roots as
soon as possible. Recollect, that the latest
idea in layering is to notch the upper in
stead of the lower side of the branch, they
are not so apt to break, and slight twist
to one side leaves the tongue in the right
position. You may increase your favorites
by budding on any thrifty, free growing
stock. The Manneti is the best, the
common blush rose will do, and even the
wild wood rose. Select we'll ripened and
prominent buds, and do the work as quick
ly and neatly as you can. Both layerlng
and budding are simple operations, pleas
ant accomplishments that every body in
the land should understand both in theory
and practice Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1859

of any kind. This can be said of no other
live stock, and yet it is demonstrable that
no other can equal this in profit. The
wonder is that bees are not more exten-
sively cultivated. The outlay is small
the poor man can readily command it,
One-eighsh of an acre, IN grass, sufices
for 100 hives, and yield no less hay on
their account. Any person can learn tc
attend them. and there is no danger oi
overstocking the market with the delicious
product of their industry, one Of the great
est luxuries of our table,"
Year: 1859

This process we find is obtaining not a
little note among grape growers. A year
ago, a Massachusetts horticulturist detail
ed to US some interesting experiments and
their results. BY this process, it is claim
ed, the size and quality of the fruit may
be increased, and the period of its ma
turity hastened. We find imam exchange
the following description of the process


"a narrow ring of bark is taken from
the bearing stem near its junction with the
main stock. 1t must be as deep as the
liber, i. e., penetrating the two barks.-
The effect is to check the formation of
leaf, and to accelerate the growth and
ripening of the grapes by at least fort
night. Specimens from vines treated in
this manner have been shown at the ex-
hibition in Paris. The fruit was larger
than that of the unringed branches Of the
same vine. This is an Interesting ex-
pertinent, and may be tried to an extent
sufficient 10 gain practical test without
inJuring the plant"


The same thing has been tried with
peach trees with similar results.-Ib.
Year: 1859

No plant grows more in favor than lhs
Usage Orange, as men come to learn us
habits, and TO work Iriih and against uS
nature. Although it is a Southern Tree.
in our latitude it becomes dwarfed--Hnd
adapts itself to the wants of the hedger.
No doubt as we come to grow plants from
seed raised in the North we shall get
hardier stocks that at present.-B.
Year: 1859

Mr.. Yancey, of Iowa, advances the
idea in the Rural New Yorker, that tha
only proper time TO sow timothy and red
top, is when the seed becomes so ripe that
it falls TO the earth Of its own accord
in this latitude, from the 20Jh Of July to
the middle of August A great many
failures occur In sowing in the spring and
fall with grain crops, and many farmers
have come to The conclusion, with Mr.. Y,
that such seeding won't pay; that it IS
better to SOW II alone, and at the time
above stated.
Year: 1859

In drying corn for suecotash, select.
sweet corn when in It's bes; state for eat
ing green. Scald sufficiently to set the
milk If small quantity at a time is put
in boiling water, il should not remain over
five minutes. Cut from the cob; spread
on cloths, or a frame covered with net, and
exposed to the sun. When well cured,
put in bags and hang in a dry place.
Year: 1859

MUsT BRING THE GIELs-The young mon
of the CITY of Fond du Lac have a debating
club. and in order to secure the attendance
of the ladies, whose presence might mate
rally contribute to the prosperity OF the
association, recently adopted the following
rule:


Reso1cca, That any member who shall at
tend our meeting hereafter, ,unaccompanied
by at least one lady, shall be fined one
peck of apples for the use and benefit OF
the association
Year: 1859

\ FABLE-A young man once picked up
a sovereign lying in the road Ever af-
terward as he walked along he kept his
eye fixed steadfastly on the ground, in
hopes of finding another And in the
course of org lie he did pick up at
different times good amount Of gold and
silver. But all these days as he was look
ing for them he saw not that heaven was
bright above him. and nature beau ful
arouud him. lie never once allowed his
eyes to look up from the mud and filth
in which he sought the treasure; and
when LIE died, rich old man. he only
knew this fair earth of ours as n dirty
road to pick up money in as you walk
along
Year: 1859

ALI who have seen John NJ. Peck,
will recollect his inattention to the la.
test fashions in his dress. In conse>
qucnce, he was often mistaken for a
different sort of man from what he
was. A correspondent of the Watch.
man and Reflector relates the follow
ing characteristic anecdotc Of him =,
While visiting the city of New York
as the agent of the Baptist Publica-
ton Society, the writer of this and
the Doctor were passing down Fulton
street, when young man easily re-
cognized by an experienced eye as one
OF the sharpers who prey upon the
unsuspecting, accosted the Doctor, at
the same time exhibiting, what seemed
to be valuable gold watch. Brother
Peck was dressed in full suit of blue
linsey, with great coat of the same
color, completing his outer man by a
broad brimmcd white beaver, giving
him the appearance of we'll to do
western farmer. AS was his invaria-
BILE custom, he carried heavy walking
stick, or rather oaken cudgel, forming
an excellent weapon of defence in. time
of need.


The sharper commenced with the
usual story of "absence from home and
short funds" and ending with an Of
fer to pawn his gold watch, worth at
least one hundred and fifty dollars, and
quite new, for the small loan of fifty.
until he should reach home, when he
would promptly redeem the valuable
pledge. The doctor seemed to listen
with great attention to the plausible
story, and the rogue no doubt thought
he had made sure game; and while ap.
parently interested in the chance for
making good bargain, the Doctor
had carelessfy shifted the position of
his cane, until it was grasped with both
hands near the lower end, when sud.
denly dropping his great coat, he rails
ed his cudgel, and with fierce look
and voice exclaimed, "You grand ras-
cal, if you are not out of my sight in
half minute, will break every bone
in your body" 1t needed no second
admonition to conclude that bargain,
for without word or pause, the fellow
made the, best possible time around the
first corner. Picking up his coat the
Doctor broke into loud laugh, re.
marking, i reckon that chap thought
| was in earnest, and perhaps will here
after be able to distinguish blue from
green.
Year: 1859

The most unassuming efforts may be
made at first, which, if we'll followed
up, will tell, as if at the end of the
week, the fair proficient is able to stand
up straight without assistance, and with
out the first ambitious movement to.
wards skate she will have done well.
We know it to be SO by sad experience.
A large piece of ice will then be neces-
sary in which to branch out with proper
assistance. and little will render any
lady mistress of one of the most delight
full recreations in existence.
Year: 1859

Behind my groceys bar I've stood


For many and many day,
filling up the drinking cup


All, well made il pay;
But now I'm left so lonely


1t never was so before
Why don't they come to get their rum,
To the same old grocery doort
oh, bring them back, oh hurry them back,
To my lonely grocery door.
II used to be a jubilee


On every rainy day,
And set of sun when work was done,
They'd come from eyory way,
And when they'd drink, the money'd chink, /,
And I'D make a goodiy store
Why don't they come as they used to do
To my merry grocery doori
oh bring them back, Oh, hurry them back,
To my lonely grocery door.
The times Amt now as thoy used to be-
Alas, alack the day!
The people talk of Temperance,
And whiskey doesn't pay.
oh, Tor the days, tho good old ways
The good old days of ycre~-
When men would meet, and drink and treat,
Mt the merry grocery door.
oh, bring them back, oh bring them back,
To my lonely grocery door.
Oh, tits shame, that honest men
Like we mustlose their trade;
For we must make living, too,


Or starvo asI'm afraid.
i'il have to stop and shut up shop


For am getting poor
lithey don't como and get their rum


As they used to do before.
Then bring them back, Oh, bring them back
To my lonely grocery door.
Year: 1859

ing from Ohio. was detected last week in nn at
tempt TO decay certain slaves Of Coving,on 10 q
free State. The citizens Of that place rid them
selves OF the scamp by shearing his locks apply
ing thick cont OF printers ink tp his person, and
then riding him on n rail to the depot. where he
was allowed to dcpart. Served him right only
good cowhiding might have Justly been added
Year: 1859

RrsAwAr.-A horse and buggy belonging to
William Colby took rapid excursion yesterday
afternoon up South CLARK from Lake to Wash.
ington street, at which Intersection shey parted
company, the vehicle becoming general wreck
No person WIS injured.