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BltOWNVILLE.
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GENERAL,
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Brownville, N. T.
A. S. HOLLIDAY, IL D.
SliRGKOW PHYlfIAM
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DRY GOODS. GROCERIES.
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Stovos. TPxxrxxl-tTxxro-
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BROWNVILLE, N. T.
MISS MARY AY. TURNER,
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BROWNVILLE. N. T.
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:T. L. BICKBTTS, .
INTER AND
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' LOT AND LAND AGENT;
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JAMES W. GIBSON,
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BROWXYILLE, N. T.
Pw V7, FURNAS,
a fiffl m ffliiT,
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ulbULlUiiaL llMrLhi.illOl
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JOINER
BUOWN YILLC, N. T.
A. 'D. 'JONES, vr;
THE , V5TSTEKJJ PIOSEES LAND ECJEH
DEALER IN REAL-ESTATE,
AXD
OMAHA CITY, N. T. '
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tomers. Lots and Lands bought and sold. '
E; M. M'GOMAS,
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AND OBSTETRICIAN,
XEMAIIA CITY, N. T. " :
Tenders h!s professional scrvicea to the cititcus of
JNemaha county. j- ; ' . .
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HARDIilG, KOQUGH & CO.,
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HATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS,
Ho 49 llain street, bet. Olive and Pine,
ST. LOUIS, 3IO. - ';
rarticnlar attention paid to. manufacturing our
finest Mole Hats. ;r f . . :
C. V. SNOW,
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
j2L2Xcl Aooouolaour,
: . KOCKPORT, , MO,
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A. D. KIRK, V'
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S. F. Nuckolls, r Nebraska City,
Richard Brown,
Wm. Hoblitzcll & Co., j
Brownville,
Hon. James Craig,
Hon. James M. Uughea,
IIon.JohnR.Shepley, ; '
St. Joseph, Mo.,
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Messrs. S. G. Hubbard & Co.
lion. J. M. Love,
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Keokuk, Iowa.
. June 7, 1856.
A. J. POFPLETON. ' ' WK. K. BTERS.
POFPLETON & BYERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
And General Laud Agents,
03IAIIA, NEBRASKA.
Land Warrants Bought and Sold.
LAND ENTERED ON TIME.
SI LLIAL attention given to the selection and en
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Ind Claims. Town Let? and all kinds nf Tial T
tate, bought and sold and investments made for dis-
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County Sim-eyor and ' Land 1 Airent,
OF Richardson county, N. T., will attend promptly
to all business in his profession, irbon !n nn?
sucHastayin2Ta3es.ReeordinffClain.SiiTivi(liri.
luina, ikying out l own Lots Drafting City Plats &c.
Avcbiucucv; ana aaarcss
- ARCHER, Eichardison co., N. T.
J. HART 3c SOU
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' Oregon, Holt County, Jlissonri.
Kcerj constantly on hand aUdescrinticii of LIamc?s.
Saddles, Bridle?, &c Ac. " i
. N. B. ' Every article in our shop i.i manufactured
i by ourselve-,and warrfintcd to give satisfaction.
W. P. LOAN,
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LAND ' AND LOT AGENT;
ARCHER, RICHARD SON' COUNTY, N. T.
OLIVEB EEXKET. ' (
JAKES P. riSKE.
AnSCSTTS KKIGHT.
OLIVER BENNETT k CO
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in ; f
BOOTS AND SHOES,
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iOGIl,
SJ1BILI & MDM
ST. LOUIS, UO.-
A LION ST0SY.
Some Tears aero there resiflnr! n.t t.nn
Cajpe of Good Hope a respectable colo
nist named Hutton, who, had accumu
lated a competency by.trafficmg with
the 'Namaquas and tHe ;Damaras, with
whom he exchanged Lnglish manufac
tureij for '.'skims, ivory and . ostrich fea
thers. ' He was engaged in one of these
lucrative but Hazardous trading expe
ditions, when he met with the adven
ture' which we are about to relate'. Two
wagons carried his merchandise and a
dozen blacks attended himjtwp of them
Mozambique negroes, and the remain
der Hottentots and Namaquas. ; One
afternoon he halted near a pool, around
the margin of which were tho footprints
of several animals, among them those
of Lions. Mr. Hutton was aEeen sports
man, and a man of unflinching cour
age, but, the fears of his attendants led
him to drive two miles further on, and
encamp for the night in a small valley.
The oxen .were unyoked: and;. turned
loose; to pick the scanty herbage,-and
a large fire was kindled to scare away
wild beasts. -. .-Mr.; Hunton. then asked
for : volunteers from among his little
party to waickforilionaf at the pool ;
he obtained three; and Vith strict in
junctions to the others to .keep up the
fire, and prevent the cattle from stray
ing, they proceeded 'to -' the , water.
Having xlug a hole three or four feet
deep at about twenty yards from the
pool,' and heaped the sand up about it
to conceal them still more, they stepped
into the trench with their loaded guns,
and' waited anxiously for the appear
ance of the forest monarch. ;
Much . to Islr. Hutton's disappoint
ment, but equally to the satisfaction of
ms saoie companions,, no non snowea
liirasclf all night, though several ante
lopes and zebras came to drink, and
they heard the' roarings of lions at a
distance. ;l At day-break they set out
for . the wagons, and had not gone far
when a small herd of antelopes came
bounding through a thicket in front of
them 'as if alarmed; and without wait
ing to see the cause, Mr. Hutton raised
his gun, fired;, both barrels, and killed
One' of the largest. .The blacks fired
at the same time, but Without effect.
As the antelopes bounded onward, an
enormous lion came out of the thicket
and advanced slowly towards Mr. Hut
ton and his party. The three blacks
immediately took to their heels, and as
their master nad given one of them his
hunting-knife while digging the trench,
because it incommoded him, ho was
quite defenseless. " He 'gave himself
up tor -lost. r ngnt wouia nave Deen
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useless, for the .uon would have over
taken him before he had run fifty yards.
For la ' moment . he.'.stood motionless,
overcome by the -suddenness . and im-
muiency"Qf the! peril,' and then stooped
down,' holding the gun belore mm.
The lion advanced slowly, with his eyes
fixed on - his expected prey, and sat
down like! a. cat, at. -'about twelve feet
distance.- - By the manner in which he
licked hismouth, Mr. Hutton thought
it probable that the animal had just
i. L.--7.r--i: rc 4-l.
and would defer the attack until he be
came hunirry again," aa lions,1 like the
rest of the feline carnivdra, like their
prey fresli killed. ;: Li the meantime,
he would mate sure, oi iJir. xiuuon uy
watchinrx him: , y ".' ' : ,.
The sun; rose. up bright and clear
and the heatsoon became, oppressive
Fortunately the poor man had .a broad-
brimmed- felt hat' on, which protected
his face from the scorching, solar rays,
and hQ had just before emptied a bot
tle of water, which he had brought with
him, so that he did not feel, the heat
sol much as he otherwise would have
done. He began , to calculate the
chances of escape, for lie had not lost
his coolness and presence of mind, and
it was evident that the' lion did "not
meditate very hasty proceedings. There
was the chance of his men coming in
a b6dy to raise -the state of siege and
blockage in which' he was placed; but
against this he had to set their coward
ice, of which he had an instance, and
the probability that their approach
would cause the Hon to expedite the
assault, and settle the business at once.
He attempted to reload his gun, but
the deep growling of his savage enemy
warned him to' desist." The brute evi
dently. had sagacity enough to know
that it was a weapon, , and he also
seemed to be aware: of the vicinity of
Mr. Hutton s blacks, , for he several
times looked sharply and restlessly in
the direction of the wagons.
Once a troop of zebras cantered up
to the spot. : When they saw the lion,
they wheeled quickly about, snorted,
and dashed off in . another direction.
Tho lien rose to his feet, turned half
round, and looked after them, but did
not go in pursuit, as Mr. Hutton hoped
and prayed hq would do. lie Eat down
rTT" rTvl in Onll -.l-- O V1 jl . -t . i 1-.rf
watch. ' Soon afterward! He rose aain.
looking towards the wagdns, and growl
ing in a manner which snowed that he
was angry about something.' It came
out afterward thai Mr; Hutton's ser:
vants had summoned courage enough
to approach the spot, armed with cruns ;
but on seeing the lion get up and look
towards ; them; they, ail took to their
heels. The lion crouched down again,
with hia fore. feet tu.rne4u.nder him, as
a cat doe:3 sometimes ; and as he began
to yawn and wink,' Mr. Hutton'thought
he was getting tired of his;watch. . If
he had' teen however, he would have
made thei attack: at once ; .
- Towards . evening ' the roaring of a
liones3 was 'heard, and Mr. Hutton
trembled lest the enemy should respond,
and that his mate, who would, perhaps,
be hungry, would' approach' and devour
the supper which the lion was keeping
for himself. ' Probably the latter, had
the same fear, for,: though he- rose and
laid down again several, timesmoved
about uneasily, and' sniffed the ground,
he did not reply to the call? which soon
ceased to be heard.; Tne sun had now
gone down, and myriads of stars were
shining in the deep blue sky. The
lion lay still, and Mr. Hutton feared to
attract his attention : by moving; hav
ing been lip all the preceding night, he
felt drowsy too, but dared not close his
eyes.' He hoped that something would
soon occur to draw the lion's attention
from him, for he felt he should inevit
ably be sacrificed as soon as the animal
became' hungry.5 Several . times he
heard antelopes and zebrai : come to
the water to drink, but the lion scarcely
noticed them. ;He had evidently made
up his mind to sup on the unfortunate
trader. ; . All at once he raised his head
and began to growl. Mr. Hutton thought
his last moment had at length arrived,
but,' to his surprise, his shaggy enemy
laid down again. In about ten minutes
he rose to his feet and growled angrily;
and as he turned "his head away from j
him, the trader-thought some ether
lion was approaching, and that the one
which had paid him such particular at
tentions was objecting to any division
of the spoil. The .lion continued . to
growl, and moved about uneasily, as if
troubled in his mind. All at once a
Namaqua, whoso life tho trader had
saved on a former occasion, rushed up
to the' spot, brandishing a frying pan
full of wTild-fire, the blaze and glare of
which ,so . terrified the lion that ! he
gave a tremendous t oar, 'and bounded
off into the darkness. Mr. Hutton
sprang up,r loaded both barrels of his
gun, and started off towards his .wag
ons, which ho . and his grateful pre
server, reached in safety. , It was the
stealthy approach of the latter, who
did hot ignite the wild-fire until : close
to the spot,' which liad made the lion so
restless. ;. - Mr; Hutton was determined,
after this adventure, to have the lion's
skin, and waited a day or two ! for r. the
arrival of two brother : trader, who
joined t forces with him, and went in
pursuit of the enemy. After twp days'
searchj the lion Was found, and .killed
at the first, shot by one of the; party,
whose ' name was Johnson. Mr. Hut
ton purchased the skin for $25, and it
now adorns' his parlor at Capetown.
Bashful Men, "We never yet saw
a genuinely bashful man who was not
the; soul of honbe Though such may
blush" and stammer, and . shrug their
shoulders' awkwardly, unable to throw
forth with ease the thoughts that they
would express, yet commend them to
us for friends.. .. . '
There are fiio-touches in their char
acters that time will mellow and bring
out: i perceptions "as delicate as the
faintest tint is ' to the unfolded .rose;
and their thoughts arc none the' less
refined and ' beautiful that they do not
flow with tho impetuosity, of the shal
low streamlet. ; i
We are astonished : that such men
arc not appreciated, that ladies ; with
reallv irood hearts and cultivated in
telieets wiir reward : the gallant: Sir
Mustachio-Brainless with; smiles and
attention, because he can fold, a shawl
trnpifnllv and bandy compliments with
Parisian elegance, while they will hot
condescend to look upon the worthier
man who feels for them; a reverence so
great that his ; every mute glance is
worship ; ) y
Ladies, a word in- your ear. Have
you lovers, and would you possess a
worthy husband i ynoose mm wnose
delicacy, of deportment, wnose sense
of your worth, leads him to stand aloof
while 'others crowd around you. If
he blushes, stammers at your approach,
consider them a3 so many signs of his
exalted opinion of your. sex. If he is
retiring and modest, let not a thousand
fortunes weigh him down in the balance,
for, depend upon it, with him your life
will be happier with poverty than
with many another surrounded by the
splendor of palaces. Olive Branch'
H0T7 TO SEUEYE. : .' ; y
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Over the ocean bounded a good,
strong ship. "Homeward bound" ,was
the thought that made the piping winds
sound sweetly to the sailor, who sat,
in his.- midnight watch, listening to
them' as they whistled through the
' "Homeward bound," thought the
rough seamen-"homo to the low .cot
tage, near the wood, and to carry joy
to my old mother's heart, I go. Thant
God for a mother's prayers!"
The "look-out," as the man at. the
masthead is always called, had been a
desperate character but his mother's
prayers had followed him as . he roved
over sea and land; and when, in his
turn, he had gone aloft to watch all
alone, 'and to listen to the strange,
wordless whispers of the ocean winds,
he had more than once fancied he heard
the tones like those of that ' mother's
voice praying for him. . .
r,, A faithful chaplain was on board;
and hisi efforts for the good of the crew
were blessed.1" Among others, "Look
out Jim" -so named from his far
sightedness, and because so often' sent
aloft-became a convert. Whole-heart
ed in his piety, as 'before jhe had. been
in his wickedness, he strove with; un
tiring zeal to impart' to ail'hiV ship
mates the knowledge of .tho, Savior he
had found.
He .declared; to them , that he had
enjoyed more peace and happiness in
one week of Christian life than all the
years which he had lived ever afforded
himy
"But, Jim," questioned one, "how
did you get this strange happiness ?
What did yon do: .
. . "Do?" said Jim. "Why, I believed'
"Well, shipmate, that's what I : want
to understand about it.. How did you
believer
"How did yon believe?" repeated
Jim, "slowly, and with a puzzled look.
"Well, I don't know as I can explain
it to you I quit swearing; but it
wasn't just that I. left off drinking
grog and chewing !bacca, but it wasn't
that-7-I believed Jesus ; Christ, would
save sinners if . they asked . him to,
sincerely, and the thought came .into
my heed-He'll save me, and I was
saved that s all I can tell you. ...
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AN EXCENTEIC PEE ACHES. - ; ;j
Murray's ''Handbook " of South
Italy," lately published, contains some
curious stories respecting Fra Rocco,
the celebrated Dominican, preacher,
and the spiritual Joo Miller of Naples'.
On one occasion, it is related, ho
preached on tho -Mole a penitential
sermon, and introduced so many illus
trations of terror, that he soon brought
his hearers . to., their .knees. While
they were thus showing every sign of
contrition, he cried out.y "Now all you
who sincerely repent of -your sins, hold
up your right hand." -IJvery man in
the vast multitude immediately stretch
ed out his hand.- "Holy -Archangel
Michael," exclaimed Rocco,.11 " thou
who., with .thino ' adamantine "sword
standest at the right of the, judgment
seat df God, hew off every' hand that
has been raised ; hypocritically."' In
an instant every-hand dropped, and
Rocco, of course poured forth a fresh
torrent of el&quent invective against
the sin and their deceit. , )
He had a great dislike to tobacco,
and,, when once preachin'g to a crowd
of Spanish sailors, he astonishing them
by telling them there were rib Spanish
saints in Heaven, y Aytew, ;he i said,
had ' been ' admitted, but they smok
ed so many cigars, that they made the
Holy Virgin sick; and : St. Peter set
his wits to;work to get them out. " At
length, 'he proclaimed that a bull fight
was to take place outside the gate 01
Paradise. : Thereupon every fopamsh
saint, without exception, ran off to see
the fight, and St. Peter immediately
closed the gates, and took' care not to
admit another Spaniard. y )-?J,
.1-r-cx--rf lm'W ..:m ZZnZ
The most; remarkable' 'instance on
record of the powerof meLcory,,is one
related , of William Lybri, strolling
player of England, who .wagered, a
crown bowl of punch ; that he could
repeat the contents of one number 'of
a daily - paper, which was filled with
advertisements, from beginning to end.
The next morning, ' notwithstanding
the want of connection the paragraphs.
the variety of advertisements, and tho
freneral chaos which is prevalent' in a
newspaper, he repeated it from begin
ning to end without the slightest hesi
tation or mistake. ' ', J
"You say, Mr. Sorringles,-that Mr.
Jacobs was your ' tutor? ;Doe3 ;'thc
Court understand from that, that you
received your education from him?"
"No s:i:-ee. -He taught me to play
oa the French horn. lie taught me
to toct hence I call him my tutor."
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j - Froia the Kufal Kew-Torker. .
nOGEsTirXCJ dAHACTE2 AND UAITAGE
It is with hogs as with, sundry great
and good people ihey arc not 'appre
ciated tiiVafkr they .are dead! Then
oven fastidious persons have a liking
lor them, lucked and cursed through
life and uncharitably ranked along
wunxae most, o&sunaie ana sensual 01
tit it, - 1' T i- . I ' ' . .
all men,' they all at once. . their end
having come, receive a warm welcome
at the gay," festive board, .'arid in .the
humblest mansions, of the poor. '
lhe posthumous fame of the hog
will take care of Itself. I stand here,
my countrymen, to defend : him while
yet alive; to do him honor whenhonor
may profit him somewhat. I carry
the war into the enemy's country, and
1 charge my clients bad moral char
acters, (for. I am forced to admit that
even hogs have their peccadillos.) upon
unfortunate relations with bad men.
Coh Long," of Livingston , Co., and
Col. Morris, are both gentlemen; they
treat their Suffolk well, and if I am
correctly advised, they estimate them
highly.- It a' man- wrongs you, be
assured ne wm traauce ana viiity.you
also.
J ;Wc pity , tho. poor. Israelites who
were required to make "brick without
straw : but a Ucrkshire, , out of the
stalest material is required to manufac
ture-'mosi savory morsels: from the
odds':ahd endsr of all things ho is ex
pQpted to grease the wheels of society.
What lire his faults; "Clamorous, ob
stinate, always! in' the. way.1. arid .always
in mischief." '.Thafs1 a die hold I
forgot; T thought I was talking poli
tics! - - Imean, tJuit'g a' mistake. I saw
Col. Sherwood's pigs; (how the Colonels
do run to swine,) yat"Elmira last year
and in the Irame 'ot mind they were
then in, Irdoubt if, they" would go" ten
feet-6ut of their way for the bestpluin
pudding that ever, graced the table' of
royalty. . "Why,- one of them actually
refused, 'to get up 'at.' the 7 request
of;ahi admiring bevy of .'ladies and
shortly; after . went to ' sleep in the
middle of a gruntl. ."They squeal, arid
are .always' getting' into . mischief."
That's their misfortune, "and not their
crime-r-that's the; breed with bristles,
snOuts - arid legs, that . run the gauntlet
for a living. -They don' belong to
any of the Colonels their ever-present
inquiry is, lik'o that of a great oratory
"Where shall I go?". ; Rover gives them
a bite on one side,, and John pummels
them .with 1 sticks arid stones I on . the
other, while Dorothy salutes them with
a - basin of hot water, i , If they pass
through a hole in the corn field,1 that's
an offense; , if they take a rwalk : into
the garden,- tho. cellar, : or the kitchen,
in search of food, and in obedience !to
"the first law .of nature,-; self-preservation,"
that's a crime!.-. Pray,' where
would you have a hungry creature go?
Where" there' is, food, of course. Give
thern food, secure them in the.- enjoy?
ment-; of their just rights,: and- they
bee; omo peaceable,1 law-abiding citizens.
W.ouldyou haver them pusillanimously
crouch under "oppression, wrong; and
riL tell you' ; about my' hogs, i -For
the last ;yea'r there has been no' stain
upon their character;, they have lived
down . all opposition, . and made them
selves' extensively ; useful. , .Tho other
day. I pointed Mr. Lyman; Bramard, of
Attica, and some,-other:; friends, to; a
clump of apples trees which ! were
lbaded.with; fruit,v while the - Surround
ing trees bore very few. - '"The season
Jladibeen capricious."- Not so; I. had
enclosed those ; fruitful trees" with, a
fensq. summer before' last, and within
said enclosure I kept my hogs during
thre e or four months, before the weather
became very, cold, and all the .while
they had a dry, warm bed.: They took
whatever apples ell trom thg trees in
the; enclosure, 1 and had, in addition,
the soft and ripe apples that .fell in the
remainder of the orchard, riot enclosed.
Inthis way all the. apples were saved,
and. wo had a great abundance, and . a
dozen apple trees -ictre. digged about
and . dunged, -m . tho -most ; thorough
manner resulting - . in - an abundant
crop cf; apples this year, where apple3
tion 1 grow on every Dusn, . .lhe same
plan :I have pursued .- before. . Each
year I $hift the fence to 'a new place,
and so manure ; and cultivate fa new
plot.'of ground, and in every ease l
have seen a marked improvement m
the.trees that were honored by the at
tentions, cf the swine.; .Hogs, when
frc.cly supplied with apples, need little
or no water, and a good breed ot ho
will grow upon raw apples and becoi
so near fat a novico would scarce know
the di -Terence.. In tb.13 region - of
country we cannot afford to feed com
to hogs unless it ia ground and boiled
with pumpkins, apple3, or some vege
table, and then cdy b tha.T.intcr cr
to harden the. pork just before killing.
In fact, hogs are of little profit except
for the ivcrh they do. ; Their instinct,
habits their mental, moral and pity si;
cal constitutions are admirable! Lven
John Calvin did not, to my knowledge,
extend his doctrine of "original sin
and total depravity" - to the hog. No,
that good old man very properly put
tho plaster where it belongs on tho
Hog's " revilers! .Will not a'sow with
eight pigs, (the orthodox number,)
beat any "gang plow" in Christendom
in turning up tho sod? ."Yes", says
Fogy, "and that' is what I don't like."
Yes you do. You have got tho old
sow in the wrong place,' and lixo a
great goose,- you .are blaming her lor
it. .. She was mado to plow beforo
Wood arid Curtis were ever thought of,
and there 13 enough., for her to do on
every farm. There are, or; ought to
be, fruit trees to' cultivate garden
patches to.manureand clear of worm:?,
bugs and pernicious vermin and -all
sorts. of scavenger work to .perform.
Like some other folks, the sow is some
times "out of her sphere," but there
is always a place for her, and she is
always good in her. place. ; t
IS ot a hog, except my fnena urnuth s,
has been running at largo round my
premises this year, and his have ben
here only a small part of the time.--
Yhy, we have left the cellar door open;
and the. barn door open, and divers -edibles
have stood round in baskets and
bags untouched of 'hoys a kind'of
comparative millcnium seemed to -prevail
and all owing to; the doctrir.0 of
keeping the hogs in close confinement.
Not exactly in 'close confinernad for
when hogs are in a small pen you must
take great" pains to keep them clean;
and'you must bring in muc?t for theni
to saturate and take it out again; hit
if : yon ' put them on ground designed
for. cultivation', and in an enclosuro
large 'enough , to prevent its ' getting
muddy, you manure the soil and cxiU
tiyateit with little trouble. Encloimrcs
for hogs can : be' made in part3 of the
garden or, fields, in the summer or
fall, froin which early vegetables have
been removed thus the urine &6., will
all be composted and left where it 13
wanted.-' A fence can-be -contrived,
easy of removal. ; ( ' 1 V 1 ;; ' I "I
'- All honorto the swine. May th?y
find friends to care for ; them while
living thero are. ;en6ugh ; always to
gather - admiringly round their '"re
mains. ..... .1 i.
-xnsTZz cast or yrvt:.- ' 'r
. . -. .:. . . - .... ; - f. .. .,
Every . healthy, . vigorous tree' , or
plant, is supplied with an almost irifi
nite nuinber of .'fibrous ropts, which
penetrate every part of the sod, and
gather 'sap, along with it a supply of
organic and inorganic food. ' The exr
pansion and contraction." of tho' foiJi
during f the winter, tear and '.break
numbers 'of these minuto roots, a ma
jority, of ywhich are so small as toMo)
imptTccpuDio 10 lue unaiueu eye.
Where' .there' 13 a great ' number, of
alternatives of heat and cold,' so raanv
of these 'roots are broken as to kavo
the tree' 'in a sickly condition in tho
spring, and it should be a careful study
to protect ..them from such action of
frosti Should there . be but a slight
degree of frost, not more than enough
to freeze water half an inch to an inch
in depth, a body, of water; arouad tho
roots would doubtless act a.1 a prc;;crrcr,
and trom this fact. probably tho nuicur
lous habit arose above alluded to. Jiiit
in; thi3 climate- we have, to guard
against foot-deep instead of inch-deep
frost3.y "y ; y J' ; ' ." .' j;': ry '
V A simple experiment will 'shW.tljo
difference between a dry and wet, soil
around the base ot a: tree Take
three cups, each mnfc inches deep.fill
each one of them' within one inch of
the top rthe first with watcr,'the ;scc6rid
with ? earth saturated , with water, and
the third , with', moist but nearly drv
earth, and subject all three to cold
enough to freeze themj solid. ; Li tho
first, the water in changing to ice. will
so expand as'to fill tho entire it casurc.
Tho moist earth- in '.the sccd.id;wTll
have expanded nearly as inucli whild
the comparatively -dry ear:h will
scarcely expand an eighth of in 'inch:
--The experiment or :ithe p'rincip;
wliich thi3 illustrates, viz.,' that 'water
freezing expand3but one-eighth of it3
bulk, while dry. solidsdo not thrt3. expand,-ha3
a;: direct bearing' upon tho
winter treatment of trees. Instcad'cf re
taining water around thorn it .is better
to dig a ditch (at a suiiicicnt diita.icc
to avoid cutting the roots,) , to; convey
the water away and leave the 'soil !ry
; It is sometimes 'even advisable to
bank up tho earth eight or 'ten "inches
high around the body of the; trei. and
slope it fjl ai few fcet.'': This wi'l'l-fih
carry oftthewater andafford.r.d.Iiticiv
al warmth to tho joots. YicsUrn
tcrpruc. ', '' , .' ; ,
At sunset on the 30th ul!
cd tho Jcwioh year 5G17.
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