Year: 1862

Recipe for Preparing Cane Seed for a


Speedy Termination.


Eds. Farmer:-Take the quantity Of
seed you wish to plant any one day, pre-.
pare boiling water, pour over the seed in
a bucket or tub, the boiling water until
it swims; stir, that all the seed may be-
come equally heated Allow the seed to
remain in the boiling water one and one.
half minutes, then cool down with water,
to lukewarm state. Plant immediate
ly.


A good preparation to accompany the
above, is tho following: To one peck Of
seed, take one ID. of chloride of lime,
four ounces blue vitrol Mix with the
seed before pouring on the boiling water
or it con be dissolved previously, and
used in cooling the seed BY the above
process, the plants will make their ap-
pearance freely in three or four days, ,anc
if the seed is good, nearly every seec
will germinate. The last year, l proved
the above to my entire satisfaction
ALSO, several of my ne,gbbors, by my
recommendation.


BrcYRus, O.. April l5 1869.


Reading the Bible.


Read your Bible slor,y. Take time,
even if you have bu. little time


A great mathematician once said, if
his life depended upon solving problem
in two minutes, he would spend one of
the two in deciding how to do it. So in
reading the Scriptures if you are press
ed for time (and this ought to be a rare
case) then spend the precious moment
on a portion of chapter. When you
feel that the mind and heart begin to
drink in the sentiment, even of single
verse, then stop and drain the heavenly
chalice, because the Divine Spirit is fill.
ing thy cup. 1t is a true, solemn and
interesting thought, that ws are to wait,
to linger, to tarry for the blessing to
como from the word before Us.


To search the Scriptures with the
clear, unmo.ed eye Of meditation, secures
treasures of knowledge known only to
him who thus coolly, piously and philo-
sophically studies the Word of God.


Let any man give US a reason why,
when the Scriptures are read SO much,
memory retains so little, that quotations
are SO blundering and incorrect, if the
reason il not found in the fact of hasty
reading of the Word of Goo. There, as
elsewhere, man must reap as be sows.-
n. Y. Observer.


Power Of Imagination.


A wealthy lady had tickling in her
throat and thought that bristle Of her
toothbrush had gone down and lodged in
her gullst. Her throat daily grew worse
1t was badly inhamed aud she sent for
the family doctor. He examined it care
fully, and finally assured her that nothing
was the natter-it was mere nervous
delusion, he said. Still her throat
troubled her, and she became 30 much
alarmed, she was sure she would die. A
friend suggested that she should call in
DR.. Jones, young man just commenc.
ing practice. She did not at first like the
idea, but finally consented, and DR.. Jones
was called. He was person Of good
address and polite manners. He looked
carefully at her throat, asked several
questions as to the sensation at the seat
Of the alarming malady, and finally an
nounced that be thought he could relieve
her.


On his second visit he brought with
him delicate pair of forceps, in the
teeth of which he had inserted a bristle
taken from an ordinary tooth brush
The rest can be imagined. The lady
threw back her head; the forceps were
introduced into her mouth . prick
loud scream and twas all over and the
young physician, with smiling face, was
holding up to the light and inspecting
with lively curiosity the extracted brig
tie, The patient was in raptures She
immediately recovered her health and
spirits, and went about every where sound
ing the praises of cher SAVIOR" a. she
persisted in calling the dexterous opera
tor.