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Year: 1877

A glad and triumphant scene will it
be when you come up into heaven
from the conflicts and incarcerations of
this world, steaming with the wounds
of battle and wan with the hungers
and while the hosts of God are cheer
ing their great hosanna, you will strike
hands of congratulation and eternal
deliyersnce in the presence of the
throne. On that night there will be
bonfires on every hill of heaven, and
there will be illumination in every
palace, and there will be a candle in
every window-ah, no; 1 forgot, |
forgot-they have no need of the candle
or Of the sun, for the Lord God giveth
them light, and they shall reign forever
and ever. Hail hail sons and
daughters of the Lord God Almighty.
You will say: "Is it possible that l
am here! Is this heaven? Am l so
pure now [ will never do anything
wrong? Am | so well that l will new
er be sick? Are these companion
ships so firm that they will never again
be broken? Is that Mary? Is that
John! Is that my loved one that
put away into darkness? Can it be
that these are the faces of those who
lay 50 wan and emaciated in the back
room that awful night, dying? 0, how
radiant they are Look at them ! How
radiant they are! Why, how unlike
this place is from what | thought when
| left the world below. Ministers
drew pictures of this land, but how
tame compared with the reality. They
told me on earth that death was sun
set, No, no. 1t is sunrise! Glori-
GUS sunrise see the light now pur-
pling the hills, and the clouds flame
with the coming day" Then the gates
Of heaven will be opened, and the en-
tranced soul, with the acuteness and
power Of celestial vision, will look ten
thousand Of miles down upon the BAN
nered procession-a river Of simmer
ing splendor-and will cry out: ''Who
are they" And the angel of God,
standing close by, will say: Don't
you know who they are?" "No," says
the entranced soul, 81 cannot guess
who they are" The angel will say
These Sc are ta't they w6S tES caHe out 81 great
tribulation or threshing, and had their
robes washed and made white in the
blood in the Lamb" b."-Tdlmoge.
Year: 1877

We may not live to see it, but the
day will surely come, when, in public
opinion, and before the law, the man
who by the enticement Of gain puts
the bottle to his neighbor's lips, shall
stand side by side with him who puts
his neighbor into bondage to the chain
and the lash. In the light Of that
moral discernment, which men shall
have somewhere in the future, discern
ing between the evil and the good, and
tne gradations of the same, the keeper
and the dram-shop shall have no other
brotherhood than that which his ma
ture and his practice secure for him,
with the keeper Of the slave-pen.
Year: 1877

HAPPINESS. - The idea has been
transmitted from generation to gener-
alton, that happiness is one large and
beautiful precious stone, single gem
so rare, that all search after it is vain,
all effort for it hopeless. 1t is not so.
Happiness is Mosaic, composed of
many smaller stones. Each taken
apart and viewed singly, may be of
little value, but when all are grouped
together, and judiciously combined and
set, they form pleasing and graceful
whole--a costly jewel. Trample not
under foot, then, the little pleasures
which gracious providence scatters
in the daily path, and which, in eager
search after some great and exciting
joy, we are so'apt to overlook. Why
should we always keep our eyes fixed
on the bright, distant horizon, while
there are 50 many lovely roses in the
garden in which we are permitted to
walk? The very ardor Of our chase
after happiness, may be the reason
that she SO often eludes our grasp.
We pantingly strain after her when
she has been graciously brought nigh
unto us.
Year: 1877

Never harbor animosity toward a
friend for a mere hasty expression.
forgiveness is a God-like quality, and
a true friend is SO scarce that he
should not be repudiated on slight
grounds but those who injure you
from "malice prepense" should be
Stunned as you would avoid tiger.
Year: 1877

That was sharp reply Of the old
Scotch woman who had Standing
quarrel with her minister, but was al
ways in her place at church. The
minister expressed surprise that she
should come to hear him preach, when
she exclaimed: "My quarrePs VII
you, mon, it's not wi the gospel"
Year: 1877

SPEECHES MADE FOR TIE DEFENCE BY
JOHN s. WISE AND JUDGE CRUMr-CLOS-
ING ARGUMENT FOR THE PROSECUTION
AND THE CASE GIVEN TO TTsE JURY-A
VERDICT BROUGHT IN AFTER TEN MIN
I'TES' DELIBERATION--A SCENE IN THE
COURTROOM.
Year: 1877

something, and the next minute Fe sar


her heading towards the ship.


Now, then, said the maze, get a whip


On that davit and stand by to run him up


quick when they get alongside. Nearer


and nearer came the boat, and soon round


ed to under the quarter Of the ship. In the


stern sheets lay limp mass, bat whether


alive Or dead we on board oftbe ship could
not tell. Bend onto him careful, said the
captain, and two or three of you jump over
the side and steady him up. In triee the
second mate had passed a couple Of turns
OF the whip around the mans BODY, and as
the word was given, the men on deck walk.
ed away and ran him up to the da4it, the
man over the side steadying him carefully
to prevent bis swinging ii against the shin
On his passage up. As he. came IN on deck
he feebly opened his eyes, and the stew
ard, who was standing near with a glass Of
srog, put little of between his lips
housing up he took down all there was in
ne tembler, good three finger nip He
f1il dc, said the captain; I'll risk him
low; hook on the boat and hoist her up.'
As she came out Of the water he shouted,
put Up your helm I'll away the head
ards; stand by your after braces + and
way the ship went round on her heel, and
tfeen minutes later vas going off on her
curse again at the rate Of ten knots. with f
.addlngs sails allow and aloft.-Net0 York Il
K0rzd.
Year: 1877




Success in this world depends very much
upon reputation. In spite of all is said,
there is great deal in name, aud good
name pays. When we want to buy an arti-
Gle, we hunt for one that has a reputation
for being good-that is, for one made by a
manufacturer who has established ohafac-
ter for making good articles--and when we
End it, pay more for it than we would for a
similar article, which, for ought we know,
may be Just as good, but which was made by
somebody we never heard Of The reason
for this is obvious. We are willing to pay
for the assurance or warranty, which the
trademark Of a reputable maker gives us,
rather than trust our own Judgment or the
chance of getting good thing from an un-
known source. This is 80 with machinery,
tools, clothing, and nearly everything else
that we buy, including the products of the
farm. There are farmers who have sold
their butter in Manchester, the past summer,
for fifty cents per pound, contracting it in
advance. Others have very likely sold just
as good butter for thirty-6ve cents, and the
difference has been owing to the fact that the
former had a reputation aud the latter none,
When the citizens bought the butter Of the
6rst- class, they felt certain that they would
get gilt.edged article. When the other
butter was put upon the market, it had to be
sold with the risk of its not being No. l
and the same is true of cheese milk, cider,
vinegar, pork, aud, in fact, of all that is
bought and sold in this city. 1t is easy,
then, to see how important it is for farmer
TO establish a reputation-to get the name OF
raising and selling the best. When he has
done this, his produce not only sells readily,
but at almost his own prices. But reputa.
tion is "a plant Of slow growth" 1t takes
not only time, but constant vigilaut care
To get reputation for the butter of Ger.
tain farm, for instance, 1t must not only pro.
duce fno article, but it must do It all the
time; there must be no break ia the chain
for a-reputation, like other things, is only al
strong as its weakest part, and single pool
article will neutraize the effect Of fifty good
ones. When a man buys thing upon thu
reputation of the maker, he wants to fee
that there is absolute certainty Of his get
ting good thing If be eau have this b.
is willing to pay for it on top of the marke
price, but he will not pay extra for ~ mer,
probability. We ask our farmer friends Il
remember this, and to build up for them
selves a reputation. When thing is solC
as good thing, let it be good, without any
IFS or butts, and if, perchance, poor thinI
must be got rid of, let it be sold as poor
When you put an article upon tho market
let it be understood beyond doubt or ques
tion that it is all you recommed. This j
not only honesty, but, as we have shown
money in your pocket,-MirrOr and Far
Der
Year: 1877

How TO MAKE Hor.BED.-A good hot
bed may be made upon the surface of the
ground. piling up the manure from two feet
six inches to three feet high, and at least
six inches wider all around the frame.
This extra width tends to preserve the heat
within the frame and if it be foot wider
than the frame it would be better than six
inches. The situation should be where the
soil is dry; and the bed should front to the
south, or as nearly south as the location will
permit. The sashes should either be pro-
cured before the bed is made, or their exact
size should be known when the frame is
made; and the frame may be made to hook
closely together, so as to be removed, and
easily stored away when not in use. Fresh
horse dung is the best manure to produce
heat. 1t should be thrown into a heap and
wet slightly about a week before it is placed
10 the bed and turned over once or twice
before using it to increase the heat. When
put on the bed, tread it down firmly, and
cover it about six inches deep with light;
rich soil, and ascertain the degree Of heat
when you desire to SOW your seeds, by plung-
ing thermometer into the soil and if too
warm, wall uaJ UT tWo loi tho pou W
cool. Seeds will stand heat Of 80 degrees
very WELL Sometimes seeds are grown in
pots and pans, which are plunged into the
manure without any covering of soil but in
such case, it should be covered three or
four inches deep with sand or ashes to re-
tain the heat. Wooden boxes six inches
deep, made of very thin boards, about two
feet long, and one foot wide, would be bet
ter than pans and pots for some kinds Ol
plants. The bottoms might be of zinc, OF
galvanized sheet-iron, perforated with small
holes to allow water to pass through them, il
the watering should be too copiOus. Such
boxes could be packed in without any waste
of room and they could be easily removed
to fork up the bed anew to increase the heat
or to allow a new bed to be made, when thu
heat of the old one is too much exhausted
-RuraL NeW Yorker.
Year: 1877

There is no position assigned to woman
where her true worth shines more conspicu-
ously than upon the farm. Her gentle and
graceful touch adorns not only the house
and flower garden, giving to her home beauty
and attraction, but laying aside altogether
the ornamental, without which the farmers
degenerates into mere place where life can
be sustained her help in the conduct Of the
establishment is perhaps not less important
than that OF the farmer himself. Few men
succeed as farmers whose wives fail in the
discharge of the domestic duties arising out
Of the important position she occupies. Her
energy is often the motive power Of the whole
family, and her patient fortitude sustains
and supports in the homes of trial and diff
Guilty, which could hardly be endured, were
1t not for her soothing counsel. Her quick
iDtuitions and lively perceptions are always
on the lookout for something to do, aud
nothing can 60 wrong and escape her notice
She is omnipresent in her own department
stopping here a leak and there creating from
almost nothing some important article, by
which dollars are made or saved, as the
case may be. Her untiring attention tC
everything that comes under her observation
equally to the smaller as the larger matters
of the household, is trait which character
ICES only women. Man pushes forward som,
grand object, and is for the time obhviops o
almost everything else, while woman, how
ever deeply interested, never for moment
forgets her surroundings. The wants Of he
kitten or the pig are with her objects o
equal attention.


The Omniscent Creator gave to maj
woman as a help mate, but no where doe
she fully subserve the great ends of her crea
tion as on the farm. Other professions ma
dispense with helpmate aud yet succeed
but whoever knew bachelor farmer to hav
genuine success, He may perhaps hav
partial success in the mere art of aocumula
tion, but what is farmers home without


wife. The dreary chill of his bachelor honl
is at once forlorn and forbidding, and how
ever genial his temperament, he soon find
himself bereit Of friends, and lonely, drear
and we had almost said wretched, existenC
awaits him.-Farmer'S Journal
Year: 1877

An apothecary had tame squirrel, which
he used 10 keep IN his own private room ad-
joining his shop. The little fellow was al
lowed plenty Of liberty. for the door Of his
cage was frequently left open, and no used
to climb up doors and windows and spring
upon his masters hand.


As the winter came on he was 10 the habit
of building himself nest of any tow he
might find about, and used tc choose for res
idence the pocket Of his masters coat.
When, in the evening, the coat was taken of
and huGg upon nail, the little squirrel
would climb up the door on which the nail
stood, run down the coat and take up his
qarters in the pocket, carrying always in
his mouth good supply Of tow, which he
had prepared and rolled together beforehand,
aud with which be contrived to make in the
pocket the cosiest nights lodging in the
world. F


A housebreaker, watching his opportunity,
selected an especially dark night for getting
in through the window Of the .apothecary's
little back room behind the shop. He knew
that the apothecary kept no dog; he could
easily guess where bis coat would be likely
W Do nanBiug up. nc sOVh ivuhu sno PVoAes'
and was just about to tighten it of purse,
pocket-book and keys, when misfortune to-
tally unexpected beiell him.


In rumaging for keeps and purse, he had
struck the squirrel, OF whose strange habits
with regard to. his bedroom he had cot been
aware. Not liking to be thus suddenly dis
turbed, the little animal gave the thief SO
sharp bite on his thumb that he could not
forbear yelling with pain, and the master Of
the house, alarmed at the unusual sound came
into the room armed with the poker just as
the thief was escaping through the window.


The watchman happening to be passing,
the uuwelcome guest was given into custody ;
and as the geese at Rome had saved the cap
ital by their cackling, SO the little squirrel
had saved his masters property by lodging
in his coat pocket-Fdncier's Journal.
Year: 1877

FENCE Boards, Ero.--My experience is
that they are better sawed by II inches
than thinner and wider, they are more durable
aud break less wind. They make good
worm or straight fence supported by stake
and wire without nails. Such fence is easily
lowered to prevent drifts and makes a good
movable fence and is better than posts and
nails Gu heavy land, as the stakes are easily
driven down in the spring. Sometimes
crooked logs are used for fence boards and
are sawed only one way aud nailed on full
width when, if they were split carefully
through the middle with an ak following the
crook they would make more and better fence
and save waste in saving them the other way,
that is when man is satisfied with rough
looking fence. Road fences in certain Sec
tions are being dispensed with--oxcept BY
pasture---and believe It is botter for the
land holder that it is, and l wish it could be
more general, thereby preventing drifts and
much useless expence. This fence question
is one of Importance Who speaks next.
I. c. NARAMoRE.
Year: 1877

/ notice in the FARMER that Farmers
Wife" wishes some one to give her tho "se-
cret of her i'll luck" in having pear and apple
seeds to grow perhaps l can't do that, but
l think can give her the secret of success.
The seeds as they are taken from the fruit
should never be allowed to become thorough.
ly dried, but as they arc saved should be
placed in moist earth until she is ready to
plant them I prefer planting in the fall


say 10 October or November or any time be


fore the grouDd freezes, or they may be KEEP
until the following spring, provided they ar,
Year: 1877

WARTs-A medical exchange states that
drachm of nitrate of silver dissolved in an
ounce of nitro-muriatic acid makes solution
which, applied to warts with a fine brush,
will permanently cure them in four days.
We may add that we know Of nothing bet
ter to remove warts than the leaves of the
common bean. Crush the leaves between
the fingers, and squeeze out the juice upon
the warts two or three times day, until
they dry up ard disappear, The cure will
generally be complete in less than week.
Journal of Chemistry.
Year: 1877

Farming is one of the most important
of the professions. In one sense it is the
most necessary, being the foundation and
preparation for all that division Of labor of
every description which constitutes the nu-
merous pursuits or callings of modern civil
lied society. 1t is the profession which fur
nishes the world with food and raiment, and
indirectly with its Injuries and splendid
styles of social life,-Kentucky Stock Rec
ard
Year: 1877

One condition Of safety is that the sheep
shall not be pinched in pasture. If they
can not get grass enough to satisfy them
they will be very certain to resort to the bark
Of the apple trees to make up the deficiency
The orchard is the last place in which sheer
or even hogs eau be starved or pinched with
impunity .-RTal Ho me.
Year: 1877

Within the last ten the progress of discovery in every department of knowledge has made a new work of reference an imperative want.

 The movement of political affairs kept pace with the discoveries of science and their fruitful applica- ton the industrial and useful arts the fence and refinement If social life. Great ard consequent revolutions have occurred, involving tional changes of peculiar moment. The civil of our own country, which was at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been ended, and course of commercial and in- dustrial activity has been commenced. Large siuns to our
Year: 1877

Forming in fact Cyciopsdia, with the plan and compnss it's predecessor but with far greater pecuniary expenditure, ana with such improvements in its composition have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knowledge. f&aF
Year: 1877

The children of Hulitt's School
District gave a very pleasant and
successful entertainment during the
holidays. A Christmas tree, loaded
with presents for the young, and
some of the old, contributed much
to the success of the entertainment


What ought to be done, Mr.. Edi-
tor, with a newly married young
man, having his blushing bride sit
tirg by his side, and who on that
occasion received off the tree tiny
little cradle, and opened the pack
age there in her presence, and in the
presence of goodly number of 9th
er young ladies and gentlemen I?
FRANK1y, ought there not to have
been trap door sprung under tht
miscreant on the instant? 2
Year: 1877

REMOVING WALL PAPER. Wet II
cloth in quite warm water, and damp
Ell the paper all over. Let it remain
some fifteen or twenty minutes, then
wet again thoroughly, using the cloth
dry, and rub the paper off. Some
times it will peel of easily; again it
will roll up as tar as you rub it. On
wood it adheros very closely. Ifit is
to be re papered, knife will scrape it
Off where the cloth is not adequate TO
clean 1T On plastered walls the sec
ond wetting will soften the paper SO
that it will peel oil almost entirely. All
wall papers ought to be removed and
the walls washed with weak lye or cop
peras water before the new paper j.,
laid, as it renders the room sweeter,
aud preserves the paper much better.
Where grease spots have been, it
should be washed thoroughly in hot
soap-suds, or the grease will strike
through the new paper in short time.


When spot of grease gets on new
wall paper, thick coat of boiling hot
starch spread over ii and left till dry,
then rubbed of with a soft cloth will
remove the spot, SO that it looks very
clean and nice.


When wall paper gets smoked. it
can be improved very much by tax
ing quart of wheat bran, tying it up
in thin cloth ond wiping the paper
over with it. Where it is so high
that it can not be reached easily, the
cloth can be tied on a broom and used
very conveniently, and with good eff
feet. ct.-[Correspondent Country Gen.
tleman.
Year: 1877

The Massachusetts, Legislature is
examining charges that, in the West
boro Reform School, refractory boys
are stripped naked and lashed, nearly
drowned with cold water from a hose,
aud confined in a Sweat box" until
exhausted. The latter is a heated
closet, so made that the prison in it
must maintain a standing posture. 1t
is said that boy was driven to suicide
by such treatment.
Year: 1877

A Woodstock (Vt.) lady the other
day took her little one to q gallery for
its picture, and while the artist was
busy she was fixing up the child by
wetting its face aud halr with what
she supposed was clear water, but
which was solution Of nitrate of sil.
Yer. After exposure to the air short
time the appearance of the child can
he better imagined than described
Year: 1877

A Tennesseean took his first and
last ride on a railroad train recently.
lie stepped OFF when it was going for
ty miles an hour, supposing that such
was the custom, and was fatally in
iurcd.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-The following
comes from the Presidential party Secretary
Evarts was happily introduced by the Presi-
dent saying that he would introduce him as
one that could better tell about battles at
home. than his bachelor Attorney General.
Mr.. Evatts said


You, Mr.. President, have been very fort,i-
nate in many things, but In none more SO
than In not knowing that bachelors have no
battles to fight at home. never before saw
q crowd that would allow coach and six
horses driven through it without being dis
turbed. and / take it as sign that you desire
peace and reconciliation and that you desire
all the old chasms filled up.


:. II there is another great internal struggle
II will not be upon old issues between the
North and the South. The best way fol.
people Of different parts Of the country, or Of
different countries, to become acquainted Ii
by lighting. The North and the South have
had such ali opportunity and great one: the
strong men Ut both sections met, no tow-
ardice was shown on either side: they foue bit
FOL. principles they had long learned to revere.


Tie great contest between Daniel Webster.
OF your State, and Calhoun In the South,
worked into the feelings of the people till
there was no way out of the difficulty but
war. No intriguing of foreign powers can
divide us from without, and no portion of the
people will ever strive again to divide us from
within.
Year: 1877

Gen. LIE Due. the Commissioner of
Agricultural Affairs, has for some time
been engaged in the consideration of
Important matters affecting the sugar
interests Of the United States. He
believes that there can be saving Of
more than sixty millions of dollars O.
year to this country by the production
OF the sugar at home that is now
imported from abroad. The Commits
sioner is in correspondence with sugar
planters and others in the South and
Southwest, and has also received infor-


nation from the growers OF sugar beet.
There is q general agreement among
planters ana others TO the effect that
there can be much heavier produc-
ton Of sugar in this country than there
Is at present, and oil who have commu-
Dicated with the Commissioner on the
subject avow their earnest anxiety to
give him all the benefit Of their experf-
enee on this subject, and assist him i'm
his efforts wherever they can.