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Year: 1864

reject that sound mind and body the most neces-
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness In
deed, without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage the prospect hourly darkens TO IN
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and
filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
thorh hncarnes hlinhtal with OnI own,
Year: 1864

RAISE TIE CALvEs.-We have said II before,
and say il again, that the common practice OF
selling our calves to the butcher, is one Of the
poorest pieces Of farm husbandry ever prac-
ticed. Not that every small farmer who may
have one or two can proatably raise them, but
that every farmer who has the keeping, or any
legitimate way Of getting it, should keep his
calves until they are two or three years old.
We do not advocate the keeping Of any more
stock than can be treH kept. Very many OF
our farmers. by selling their calves, have let
their stock run out. and so does the farm also.
Now we want such ones to turn over new leaf.
Commence the raising Of your calves. They
will gradually increase your stock. and as your
stsck increases in numbers, SO will your fields
in fertility. y.-yMiehigan Farmer.
Year: 1864

ever. You have to make super human exer-
tions, in the first instance, to persuade yourself
70 touch tobacco. It would seem as II God
said when he made that weed, 4 invoke oil
spirits OF nausea and nastincss to stand round
about and defend II from any touch;' for It
seems to me that IL anythig would be secure
from human meddling, that would. Its repug-
nant to every feeling. The whole nature revolts
from It. Not one single element Of health does
1t give you; and the pleasure that Is derived
from its use is, in the main, Elusive pleasure.
And such is the effect Of II as poison upon
many constitutions, that the struggle Of break
ing away from It Is next only to the struggle Of
breaking away from the cup. And It has led
many and many youth to tho cup. II you
have just begun to smoke, ask yourselves what
earthly good It will do You and II you fall, as
you will, to find good excuse for continuing
the habit. leave II off II you chew and smoke,
your misery is double and II you do hat one,
do not try to cure yourself by doing the other;
for you win end in doing both. On grounds Of
simple common sense, ask every young man
In this congregation who Is addicted to the un.
wholesome practice Of smoking and chewing, Is
It worth your while to spend your means, and
to entail upon yourself an unnecessary expense,
for the sake Of keeping up habit that incom-
modes others, that annoys those about you,
that will probably have . bad influence upon
your health. and that will possibly injurs your
moralsi While would not seem to be extrav-
agant, I cannot fall to give solemn and affec-
tionate warning to the young people Of my
charge on this subject. II you have not learn
ed to use tobacco in any form, beseeoh Of you
to abstain from It. The young often acquire
the habit because they feel that It will be dis
tinction. No; unfortunately, smoking Is 80
common that It Is not distinction. II you
wish to have distinction. refrain from smok.
ing that will make you rather remarkable.
Year: 1864

Henry Word Beechcr's address to the Young
Mems Christian Association, Brooklyn, N. Y.


"I must be permitted to specialize still anoth-
er danger from the general head Of dissipation
--onc tha, you are not accustomed to hear
spoken of in the pulpit. mean the danger Of
using tobacco Do not think that propose to
deliver m iudiscriminato TRADE Of abuse against
this practice. wish to speak moderately, and
to give the result Of my reflection founded up.
on much observation. I do not deny that there
arc many temperaments that seem to be able to
use tobscco all their life long with compare.
lively little Inconvenience themselves. I
do not mean thst every young man who addicts
himself to chewing or smoking will of necassi.
~ take on other vices or lot this habit run to
s1cess. But wo arc nervous people. Every
thing In the economy Of our society tsnds to
develop the brain and the nervous system un-
duly. Now, - matter Of fact. II 10 true that
among suoh people smoking Is apt to lead to
thiut and drinking. Not always, not necesss-
rily; but frequently and naturally. The cup
and cigar are well acquainted with each other.
The use OF tobacco always tends to awaken the
ncrve-force and the brain-force; and in thous-
ands OF csses there can be no question but that
II squanders life by leakage right from the
centre. And you do not know whether you
are the ono In Ave that will be prcmsturely


destroyed, or not. II there was one single
reason for this habit, there might be some sx-
ouss for thoss that indulge In it; bat II Is


thing which is utterly without any reason what
Year: 1864

Think of death as thing thou must meet
with. and OF this life as thing thou must part
with and love not too well that life that keeps
thee from better life. This life Is q journey.
and the world an uneasy horse. that. with much
joliug aud some falls, brings thee to thy homo;
aud Why art thou unwilling 10 alight! !. :
Year: 1864

sons, will give the vine wonderful growth in
wood and fruit.


Ifthe inexperienced grape grower will call to
his aid some person who understands starting
the vine on its way for the FIRST five or SIX feet
Of its growth, and in pruning II once or twice,
he win find little to perplex him elsewhere. In
these two particulars half hours actual DEM
onstrauon would FIX the whole thing indelibly
In his mind.
Year: 1864

Do you ask what answer was madei have
no very distinct recollection of the preo,se
words. l can only remember sunset moro
goldenly radiant by far than had ever seem
the faint odor Of spring blossoms in the air, and
my head bent down to catch the low whispers
OF the fair lips that were hidden against my
beating heart. think. however. It's general
purport was favorable, for Mrs. Campford..-
the pretty woman youdcr who Is wondering
Why don't come to breakfast-has never re-
gretted she did not take charge Of that school
ut Elm Grove.
Year: 1864

The plain.lands Of Eastern New York and
New Jersey | embrace in this view, and
and more especially the wide expanse Of
unoccupied territory on Long Island. These
"barrens' which mar and deiormthe beauty
of one of the most delightful regions upon
earth, might BY proper management and
through the agency of sheep husbandry be
rendered as productive rs nature has made
il beautiful.


These light soils are usually covered with
small bushes and growth Of coarse vege-
tat:on. Sheep feed upon these with great
relish, and it is evident that both the land
and the pasturage are favorable to their
health and progress. If the bushes are too
heavy and large for browsing, the first
growth should be cut down, when new
crop will spring up both sprouts, and rank
grass, upon which sheep delight to Craze.


by the appropriation of these useless
tracts of land to sheep, it is obvious that
their culture may be Indefinitely extended,
and need be limited alone by the supply OF
winter fodder for the floeks which will fat
ten upon them. For this purpose mouu-
famous and hilly ranges must necessarily
be connected withfarms embracing sufficient
meadow land. The utility of sheep hus-
bandry in this connection will consist in
the circumstances that pastures thus elieved
from the sheep may be made available for
other stock, and on most farms large por-
tions of pasture land, if the stock can be
otherwise supplied, might be converted into
tillab'e and meadow land The capacity
and resources of the farm would, by the ar
rangementl am contemplating, be largely
enhanced. r


Plain lands, by a jndicious system, may
in very few years be made to yield sui.
lieient supply Of fodder as well as pastur'
age. Sheep must be the agency in Produc-
ing this result, and of bringing these lands
into condition for profitable culture. Let
lot embraced in the tract depastured by
the sheep be incloscd by temporary fence,
the dimensions of which must, Of course,
bc determined by the size Of the flock, and
yard them regularly in this inclosure at
night, until the deposit Of manure is suffi.
cient to thoroughly enrich the spot. When
this is effected, move the fence and pursue
the same method. In a single season a
large area may thus be fsrtilized, prepared
for cultivation and the Introduction Of clio.
yer. After q heavy clover ley is onca
formed on this soil, the basis is laid for f;l.
ture success. When an adequate supply
Of manure is accessible, this course, it is
apparent, need not be adopted. | suggest
il, in order to show that the system ! recon
mend may be made auxiliary in tho redemp-
ton Of wide tracts from barrenness and
desolation. q
ll.Imust pause here, but hope, in resumine
the subjec: hereafter, to show other over.
fol reasons for the extension Of sheep bus
baudry. g,lle ID
Year: 1864

DOUBLE FLowERs.-Nature never produces
double flowers. They are considered among
botanists as beautiful monsters. They are gen.
orally, indeed we may say always, the production
Of the skillful management of the cultivator.-
The Dutch gardeners have been very successful
in this kind Of production. The principle of
doing it is to keep the plant growing rather
stintedly on poor soil until the organs of flower
ing begin to show themselves, then pushing it by
liberal watering with liquid manures. This op-
Grafton is based on the physiological habits of
plants. The first exertion of plant is to get its
growth, then it stops this part of the operation
and makes flowers, after which the whole energy
Is bent on maturing and perfecting seed. This
seems to be the great end and object of its life,
and this done, it ceases any further action, for
the current season at least.
Year: 1864

EATING WHEN SrCK.-It is a custom among
certain class of people, when member of the
family is sick, to begin at once to ask - Now
what do you want to eatY' Every one has
heard the old story of the man who eat the
eighteen dumplings when he sick On the
occasion when he engaged upon the
eighteenth, his little son said: O Pa give
piece ?'' ''No, no, my son." replied the father,
"go away, pas SICK When young man has
been surfeited, in season and out of season until
exhausted nature gives way, and a fever is COM
ing on, the good mother is in trouble. She
anxiously inquiries " Now, John, what can you
eat? you must eat something. People can't live
without food" Then comes toast and tea, etc.
The stomach is exhausted and no more needs
stimulation food than the jaded horse needs
the whip. What is needed is rest, complete rest 4.
Nine-teenths of the acute diseases might be pre-
vented by few days starvation, when the first
indications appear don't mean abstinence in
every case but perhaps piece of cold bread,
with cold water for drink. If such policy
generally adopted what ruin would ovcrtake the
medical profession.
Year: 1864

The Toronto (Canada) Leader d


Thurrday has the following account ol


a scene in that city:


The very unusual entertainment Of a
rag -gatherers' ball came off in this city
on Monday night, at which there could
not have been less than three hundred
ragmen and their wives and sweethearts
and other friends and acquaintance.
The entertainment was given by Mrs.
Ashal, a woman who has made a good
deal of money by the rag business.
Having just built a large brick shop on
Richmond street, a little west of Church
street, on the south side, she determin-
ed to entertain her customers at a grand
ball and supper; and not being very
particular as to whether the company
should be select, she gave general in
vitation TO all the beggars and ragmen
in the city and neighborhood. The
gentry fell in with the idea, and freely
accepted the invitation. A sumptuous
repast was provided in large room on
ground floor, to which the beggars had
free access during the whole evening.
A quadrille band supplied music for the
company in the ballroom up stairs and
'all went merry as a marriage bell
1t is said to have been ludicrous sight
to witness the company in quadrille,
or pairing off in an Irish breakdown
or plantation jig Dancing and gen
eral merriment was kept up fill nearly
four o'clock in the morning, when the
party separated and returned to their
novels and to their business in different
parts of the city, evidently highly pleas
ed with the hospitality of their gene
rous hostess. Every thing was con-
Quoted in the most orderly manner, on
ly the presence of a solitary policeman
having been necessary to keep things
straight.
Year: 1864

Every woman has right to be of
any age she pleases, for if she were to
state her real age no one would believe
her. Every one has right to wear q
moustachc who can. Every woman has
a perfect right to believe that she can
make better pudding than any other
woman in the world. Every man who
Graves has right to think of himself by
putting few of the best bits aside.
Every woman has right to think her
child the prettiest little baby in the
world; and it would bo the greatest
folly to deny her this right, for she
would be sure to take it. Every young
lady has right to faint when hepleas-
es, if her lover is by to catch her.
Year: 1864

FUS AT HoME.-Don't be afraid ofa
little fun at home, good people! Don't
shut up your house lest the sun should


fade your carpets; and your hearts,


lest hearty laugh shake down some Of
the misty old cobwebs there! If you
want to ruin your SONS, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment
must BE- left on the threshold swithout,
when they came home at night. When
once a home is regarded as only place
to eat, drink, and sleep in, the work is
begun that ends in gambling houses and
reckless degradation. Young people
must have fun and relaxation some
where if they do not find it at their
hearthstones, it will be sought at other
and perhaps less profitable places. =
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly at
night, and make the homestead delight
fil with all those little arts that parents
so perfet tly understand. Don't reprcss
the buoyant spirits Of your children
half an hour of merrimcnt round the
lamp and freight of q home, hlots ont
tho remembrance of many a care and
annoyance during the day, and the best
safeguard they oan take with them into
the world is the unseen influence Of a
bright little domestic sanctum. qa /.
Year: 1864

SINeuLARrrIEs OF BIRps.- Bishop
Stantly tells a story of a nightingale,
which, after being reared from the nest
and kept in cage a couple of winters,
was allowed to fly about freely among
the shrubbery and pleasure-grounds du,
ring the song season. The nightingale
would always return to feed out of the
hand when called by a known voice.
When the migration time came, it seem
ed uneasy for day or two; but the cage
being hung out of doors, it would enter
during the cold autumnal evenings, and
being carried indoors, would pass the win
tor singing sweetly from Christmas until
April. Much-we do not know how
much--in the habits Of birds of what is
ascribed to instinct, is the habit Of tcachi
ing. Old song birds teach their tunes to
the young by giving them music-lessons
which are not paid for by the hour
Hawks drill their offspring by hawking.
Travellers in virgin forests are astonished
at the confidence of birds which had new
er witnessed the effects of the rifle. A
hen-house sparrow, whose leg was kindly
set by lady, brought another sparrow
to undergo the same operation, and spent
the winter nights for years in the apart
ment in which she had received the kind
treatment, flying out every morning and
returning every evening, except during
the breedipg-season. Rocks which fly
away with cries Of alarm, if they see a
man with n gun approaching them in the
fields are not frightened when they see a
man with gun in town. ta
Year: 1864

whoever intends to purchase a good Family
Sewing Machine, of any kind, win do well to
call at the NEWS Office. We can furnish them
at all times upon the most advantageous terms.


PRoPRIEroRs OF THE News.
Year: 1864

A WARN day in spring in New York often
means hot day, such as oppresses London
in August The air seems full Of gold-dust
heated to the boiling point, and native
American takes to. ice cream and brandy
smashes remedially. f..


I was on "the shilling side of Broadway"
q do not know the origin of this designation)
on one of those hot mornings in spring, when
the metropolitan disposition to ice cream i'm
PEELED me into eonfectioner's shop. The
back parlor Of a former aristocratic dwelling
was the reireshment-room. Its large win
dows looked towards the east, and the room
was flooded with sunshine, snch as London
er is never blessed nor blinded with-for
there are two sides even to the subject of
sunshine In the warm heart Of the light
there was brilliant green parrot, fastened by
a silver chain to perch, where she seen ed
to rest from pure choice. She was singing
as I never heard parrot siHg-with human
naturalness and rollicking joyousness. The
song, an ancient favorite with certain class
in the land of its birth, had met favor with all
classes in the land of its adoption:


"Ob, it's my delight on a shiny night" &C
Year: 1864

cashier assured me that the parrot knew the
meaning Ol all she said, and all that was said
Ito her. The proprietress believed in her ra-
tional powers as fully as the negroes believe
in those Of the monkey. 81 only wish, said
she, that she would not say 50 many things
that were not pretty"


Should the age of the parrot be correctly
estimated by naturalists, this same bird may
live to celebrate dozen more Presidential
elections; or perhaps the inauguration of an
elective monarchy,-DicLen's AH The Year
Round
Year: 1864

THE narrative which I present, I give
as find in my note book. 1t was taken
in almost the very words Of the murderer,
though net committed till next day for
the narrative had made a very powerful
impression upon my mind. The disap-
pearance Of the murdered man had excl
ted much conjecture as to his fate, but
the general impression was that he had
absoonded to avoid his creditors, and his
friends often wondered whether he would
ever return.


TIE MURDERER's STORY.


There we're five of US together-con-
stapt companiOns-fOnd Of women, wine,
and the dice box. We made love in
company got drunk together, and gam
bled for the same purse. A very slender
F-aF
Year: 1864

1t is the prosecution of the war that
endangers personal liberty. The only way
to maintain the latter is to stop the war,
under the pretcnce of which the outrages
upon individual freedom are perpetrated
Year: 1864

The PRESIDENT RIDES WITH A Ne
GROVE are assured by reliable authori
ty that on yesterday the President of the
United States so far bemeaned himself and
disgraced his exalted position as to invite
a negro servant to ride with him in his
own carriage from the Capitol to the Pres
idents's house. We can name the Negro
and the person in whose service he is
Comment is unnecessary Washington
Union.
Year: 1864

The amount funded at this place is two
million one hundred and thirty-five thousan
two hundred dollars. There was also turned
over to the Treasury one hundred and twenty
housand six hundred and pincty-two dollars.
Year: 1864

SoRaHrx.-PrcparingS Soil This crop is
50 similar to corn in all its habits and require
ments, that any one who can make good
crop of corn can likewise make good crop
Of Sorghum. For both crops, thorough
pfoughins is a matter Of first Importance
The roots of such plants generally penetrate
to AS great depth As the best sub-soil
plough: can reach. The more deeply the
soil is broken. then, the more extensive will
be the source of notrrishment; and the more
completely will the crop be guarded against
drought.


1t is a point of no little importance to have
the soil intended for Sorghum we'll pulver-
lied. The young plant is not so vigorous as
that of cern, and consequently, the germ
when coming UP makes its way through the
.overlying soil with greater difficulty. Clods,
rough manure, any similar obstacle may
entirely prevent the germ from finding it's
way to the open.air. TO avoid this difficulty,
which is generally confined to clay soils,
winter ploughing should be resortel tn, wher-
ever practicable. Frost far surpasses tie
borrow in reducing cloddy surface.
Year: 1864

sprang, with skate-bound feet, over the fence
toward the house, there was a despera-
tion In my movements beyond description


AS thought, Marion was watching and
saw me coming, but not seeing the cause Of
my terror the haste was inexplicable to her


She sprang to the door and / rushed up the
path and opened it. threw myself in, and
witha quick turn slammed 1t, not moment
too soon, for almost with Its closing three
or four of the fiends were bowling within a
few yards of it. In an instant the bolts
were drawn and Marion's arms were around
me. She understood 1t all without word,
and without word, and only one quick
embrace she brought me the rifle, with
which, within the next few minutes, had
the satisfaction of sending two of the
wretches to their last account, and after
wards of watching the retreat of the pack
across the ice until they disappeared in the
wood on the opposite side. al 5e.te af


That night, after my relation of the ter
rible half hour through which / had passed,
all the story 1 had wished to tell Marion
upon the ice came out, and met with the
happiest response; and now, forty years
afterwards, my wolf race upon the Dela-
ware is a story among our grandchildren.
Year: 1864

We notice that the ladies are fixing up their
flower gardens. No doubt they appreciate
the axiom that "a daisy at the doorstep
is religion at the hearth-stone." The uni
versal heart OF man blesses flowers; they
are wreathed around the cradle, the mar
riage altar, and the tomb. And.is there not
an appropriateness in all this? Flowers
should deck the brow of the youthful bride,
for they are in themselves lovely type of
marriage. They should twine around the
tomb, for their perpetual renowned beauty
is a symbol of the resurrection. They
should festoon the altar, for their fragrance
and their beauty ascend in perpetual wor-
ship before the Most. High.
Year: 1864

Widows wear their weeds smokers smoke
theirs.


They are properly said to be lost whom sa-
tan finds.


Many ladies who think themselves unable
to walk mile, would gladly dance three
times that distance.
Year: 1864

A preacher, whose text led him to
speak of the prophet Jonah. among
other things said: 1 am of the opin-
ion that Jonah was q cleanly old man,
neither smoking nor chewing from the
fact that the fish retained him in his
stomach so long. If the fish had swal-
lowed tho house where We are wor-
shipping he would no doubt have vom-
tied himself to death in three minutes. "