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VOL. II.
CITY OF BROWNVILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, N. T ; THURSDAY, JANUARY 7; 1858.
NO. 28.
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nta in having them pronitly attended to. -
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will ive tie r pers inal attention to this
tujih ii b jia -H, I httpc. in their endeavors to
l!e, ntb in fh uijllen'-e of their work, and
riMtni o tarje,to roceie a share of the public
purnnnge.
BUSINESS CARDS.
.. DUOWNVILLE.
A.' S. HOLLAD AY
lURGEON, PHYSICIAN
yv. ti -l Olatotrioia2i.
BUOW.VVILLE, X: T.;
Solicits a share of public patronage, In the various
anohesof his profession, from thccitixvnsof irown
v.Ila and vicicitr.
JIISS MARY TURNER,
M1LUHER AND DRESS MAKER.
First Street, between MaiHi and Water..
BllOWNVILLC, X. T.
Bonnds and Trimmings alvcays on hand.
C. Wf WHEELER,
Arcliitsct and Builder.
rise? si7.icx.:.t TrivrxE sss.
. Hrown.villo, INT. 1.
JAMES W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH
Second Street. between Main and Nebraska,
r.UOWNVILLK, N. T.
TJ. C. JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
AND
Real Estate A sent,
BROWNVILLE, N.T.
RKFtHRNCES.
Hon. Wm.Jessup, Montrose, Ta. -).
S. ltcutly, 44 - "
John t;. Miller, Chicago, III.
Wm. tv. M.-AUister, 44 u "
John Cr Miller. 44 "
" Chnrles N. Fowler, 44 44
' R. W. Ferguson, Brownvilfe, N. T.
O. F Uke. 44 44
Uy 7, 1S57. 47-ly
It. I'EERY, M. D.,
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
And
033STETni CIAN",'
ELDORADO, N. T.
DESPECTFl'LLY tend-rs bin profc1"! "er-
I V. tinat t theciiizns of Xeius.ha county and ad-
J"iuinf un-i-. both in Nebra.-ka and Mifsoiin.
" Mih. ISS7. ;i-m
I. T. Whyts & Co.,
WnoLlt3LIC AND RETAIL DEALER IX
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES
Qaeensw.nv, ILrdwaro,
Qtovoa, X'xajrrx.I-tnxxro,
Couatrj Produce,
BROWNVXIsLB, N. T.
I Hal r
G. W. HURN.
NEMAHA CITY, U. T.
WILL attend promptly to nil basineu in hU pro
tection when called oa : tuch tu tabdivinr
Clims, Uying oat Town LqU, Drafting City Ilu
ete.,etc. 37-tf
OLIVES BEXKCT. fit. B. CABKIT.
JAJtCS T. FIBS. AVOC8TCB INKJET.
OLIVER BENNETT & CO.,
Miaaftttorers Bnd Wbaletale Dealer In
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Ho. 87 Slain 8tret.
Fotvxi.T,Ko.l0l,CoR5Bor Maix ixsLoccsf.)
Sr. LOUIS. MO. , .
WM. OSBORN.
DEALER t
CLOCKS, WATCHES,
Jewelry, Mated Ware, Cutlrry, Spoons, 4c, 4c.
NEBRASKA CITY. N. T.
j7E'GHAViNG and Kepaieino done on abort
notice and ALL woks warraktei.
A. D. KIRK,
Attorney at Law,'
Land A great and Xotary Public.
Archer, Richardson Co.,.Jv. T.
"Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted
by Harding and Bennett, Nebraska City.
JACOB SAFFORH,
Aitornev and Counsellor at Law.
GENERAL. INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT.
And Notary Public.
, NEBRASKA CITJT, N. T.
T TILL attend promptly to all buisness entrusted
TT to bis care, in eunn.lt 1 erntory ana u ext
ern lowa.
September 12, 1858. - Tlnl5-ly
W. P.- LOAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LOT AND LAND AGENT,
Archer. Richardson Conntr, N. T.
No ice to Pre-Emptors ! !
J.S.IIORBACUSfCO.,
Attorneys at Law,
AKD
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
OMAHA CITY, N. T.
WILL give particular attention to preparing all
the necessary papers for Pre-emptions, and
rendering any assistance which may be required by
I're-emptorsin proving up their Pre-emption rights
t the L. rt. ltiKt Utilise. . ...J-om
a. e. harping, a. c. riMBovoa . r. Tuoycs
HARDING, KIMBQUGH & CO,,
MtHHfactnrtr$and Wholetale Dealer i
HATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS
No 49 Ua n street, bet. O 'iv and Pine,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Particuh r attention paid to manufacturing our
3n eft Alole Hats.
Ji HART & SON
SADDLE k MUM
ItlATtKn s,
Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.
Keepconstantlyonbandalldescriptiouof Harness,
it.llo. Krirllnn. Ac . Ac.
N.- It. Everya.-tieleinourshopis manufactured
by ourselve-,ind warranted to give satisfaction.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
GEORGE CLATES. t
Clayoa e3 oo
Real Estite and Gtmral Agency,
OMAHA CITIT, N. T.
REFER TO
James Wright, Broker, New York,
Wm. A. Wood wt.rd, Esq. 44 44
Hon. K. Wood, Ex-Gov. of Ohio, Cloveland,
Wicks. Otic and Lrownell, Hankers, 44
AlcottA Hjirton, 4
Col. Robert Campbell, St. Louis,
James Kidgway, Eq. 44 4"
Crawforn and Sackett, CMcngo.
ranhalityAug.30.185. vln13-ljr
r. BKSMCTT, J. 8. MOKTUN, ' K. H. HAKIM MJ
BENNET, MORTON & HARDJNU.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Xebrada City, JV. T., and Glenvcood, Ia.
XT 7 ILL practice in all the Courts of Nebraska and
Y Western Iowa. Particular attention paid to
.btainiug, locating Land " arrant,and cullettivn of
debts.
REFERENCE:
IIn. Lewi, , Caw, Detroit. Micbig,B.
.'ultun 1). Morten, 44 1
Gt.v. Joel A. Matteson, Springfield, III
Gov. J. W. Grimes, Iowa City, Iowa; ...
H. P. Fifiled, St. Louis. Mo.:
Hon. Daniel O. Morton. Toledo. Ohio:
P. A. Sarpy, Hellevue, Nebraska:
Sodgewicb'A Walker, Chicago, III:
Green. Weare A Benton. Council P.luflV.Towa.
T. .
Cl'MINC.
tOHN G. Tt'KK.
CUIIXG & TURK, .
Attorneys at Law & Real Estate Agents,
OMAHA CITY, K. T.
WILL attend faithfully and promptly to all busi
ness entrusted to them, in the Territ rial or
Iowa Courts, to the purchase of lots and lands, en
trrie and ire-eraDt ins. collections, Ac.
f Hfif-e in the second story ol tienrv a: uoorsnew
. 1 . 1 . .1 . Tl A
building, nearly opposite the western txenange
Bank, rarnhom street.
Dec. 27, 15(5. vln28tf
A. A IBADFORD.
. L. MC'GART,
WM. MCLENNAN,
Frownville,N. T.
Nebraska City, N. T.
BRADFORD, McLENNAN & McGARY,
BTOHBBIS AT Law
. AND
SOLICITORS IX CHAXCERY.
Brownville and Nebraska City, N. T.
T-iEIXG ncrmanentlT located in tha Territory,
13 will cire our entire time and attention to th
protice ot our profession, in an iw onraom.
,n in I.ttimion. Collections of Dubts. Sales and
Purchase.? R al Estate, SeloclH its of Laad,Lca
Ami alt other boines en
will receive promtitand
f.tithfb! attention.
. REFEIitM-tS.
S. F. NaVills,
Richard Brown,
Wm. Hoblitsell A- Co.,
lion. Jam's Craig.
Hon. lams M. Hughes,
H n. John R. Shipley,
Messrs. Crow, M. Crcarv A Co.
Messrs. S.. Hubbard Co.,
Hon. J. JI. Leva,
rial
Nebraska City,
Brownville,
St. Joseph. Mo.,
St. Louis, Mo.,
Cincinnati O.
Keokuk. Iowa.
Jbb 7, ISM.
Hiscellaneons.:
An Eastern Apologue.
Atdallah sat at his mbrnin? meal, when
there alighted on the run of his gullet 0.
little fly. It sipped aa atome of syrup,
and was irone. But it came next : morn
ing, a"ad the next and'ihe next again, till
at last the scholar noticed it. Not quite
a common fly, it seemed to know that it
was beautiful, and it soon grew very boid.
And lo! a great wonder, it became daily
larger and yet larger, till there could be
discerned in the size, as of a locust, the
appearance cf '-it maiv.' From a hand
breadth it reached the stature of a tubit ;
and sd winning were its ways that it
found more and more favor with this son
of infatuation. It frisked like a satry,
and i: sang like a peri, and like a moth
of evening it danced of) the ceiling, and,
like the king's gift, withersoever it turn
ed it prospered. '
The eyes of the nmplfr one were blin
ded, that he could not, in all this, perceive
the subtihty of an evil genius. Therefore
the lying spirit waxed bolder, .and what
soever his soul desired of dainty meats he
freely took; and when the scholar waxed
wroth and said : "This is my daily por
tion from the table of the multi there
is not enough for thee and me," the dog
faced deceiver played some pleasant
trick, and caused the silly one to smile,
until in process of time the scholar per
ceived that, as his guest grew stronger
and stronger, he himself waxed weaker
and weaker.
Now also there arose frequent strife
betwixt the demon and his dupe, and at
last tha youth smote the fiend so sore that
he departed for a season. And he was
gone Abdallah rejoiced and said: "I have
triumphed over mine enemy, and what
soever time it pleaseth me I shall smite
him so that he die. Is he not altogether
in mine own power?' But after not many
days, the tempter came back again, and
this time he was arrayed in goodly gar
ments and he brought a present in his
hand, and he spoke of the days of their
fcf tner friendship, and'he looked so mild
and feeble.that his smooth words wrought
upon his dove without a heart, and saying
"Is he not a htile one, he received him
a?ain into his chamber.
- On the morrow, when Abdallah came
not into the assembly of the studious youth
the multi said. 41 Wherefore tamest the
son of Abdul? Perchance hd sleepeth
Therefore they repaired even to his
chamber, but to their knocking he made no
answer. Wherefore the multi opened
the door, and lo! there lay on the divan
the dead body of his disciple. His visage
was black and swollen, and on his throat
was the pressure of a finger tfoader than
the rialm of a mighty man. All the stuff,
the gold, and the changes of raiment be
longing to the hapless one, were gone
and in the soft earth of the garden were
seen the f octiteps of a giant. The multi
measured one of the prints, and, behold !
it was six cubits long.
Reader, ctin thou expound the riddle ?
Is it the bottle or tha bettinsr-book ? Is ii
the billiard-table or the theatre Is 1
smokiner? Is it laziness? Is it novel-
reading? But know that an evil hatit is
an 'elf constantly expanding. It may
romp m at the kevhole. but it will soon
lttow too bier for the house, know, al?o,
that no evil hatit can take !he life of your
soul, unless you yourself nourish it, and
cherish it, and feeding" it with your own
vitality, give it a strength greater than
your own.
Arab Horses. ,
A writer in one of our monthly maga
rines tntts reiers to me muuence wuttu
r ' O u
women have over the Arab horses :
Contrary to our custows the Arabs
mount their horses at an early age. They
have croverbs, "that the lessons of mfan
cy are engraved on stone, the" lessons of
The first year the Arabs teach their hor
scs to be led by a bridle. The second
jear they fide him for a mile, then two.
then farther; and when eighteen months
they are not afraid of fatiguing them.
The third year they tie them up, cease to
ride them and make them fat; if they do
not then suit, they sell them. If a horse
is not ridden before the third veaf, then
it is certain he is good for nothing but
running, which a good horse has n occa
sion to learn, because it is his original fa
culiy.
A noble ladv visitinrr li-irypt. writing
to her friends in England, says:
"I fear vou may deem me rather
boastful of my horsemanship, when I tel
you that the two Arab horses which threw
their cavaliers did not throw me. The
cause of the exception was not in me or
mv skilL It was the very remarkable
predilection these intelligent animals fee
toward individuals of the weaker sex.
Let the wildest and fiercest Arabian be
mounted by a woman, and you will see
him suddenly grow mild and gentle as a
Lamb. I have had plenty of opportunities
to make the experiment, and ia my own
stables, thf re is a beautiful . gray Arab
which nobody but myself dares to ride.
He knows me, anticipates my wishes, and
judiciously calculates the degreeof fatigue
I can bear without inconvenience. It is
curious to see how he manages to quicken
his pace without shaking me, and the
different sorts of steps he has invented to
realize those contradictory purposes.
II irses being as liaVl? to forgetfulnes3 as
other organized beings my incomparable
gray woulJ allow his natural ambition to
overcome his gallantry, and, if another
lorse threatened to pass him, would start
off with the speed of the whirlwind. Woe
to me if, under such circumstances, I were
to trust the strength of my arm or the
power of the bridle ! I knew my gallant
charger better. ' Leaving my hand quite
oose, and abandoning all thoughts of
ompulsion, I would take . to persuation :
pat him on the neck, call him by his name,
beg him to be quiet and deserve the piece
of sugar waiting for him at home. Never
did these gentle means fail.' Instantly he
would slacken his pace, prick up his ears
as if fully comprehending his error, and
come back to a soft ambie, gently neigh-
in, as it to crave paraon ior ms momen
tary offence; - ' ' : '
"Such instances of the tender attach
ment of the Arab horse for the 'gentler
sex are quite common and easily explain
ed." Among the sons of Ismael, women
are the natural and only grooms of their
ord s stables. V hen the horse is still a
colt he is reared in the back part of the
tent, the movable harem of the Arab. In
the third year of his life he has the ho
nor of carrying his master, and when . he
returns home from a journey, the horse is
instantly delivered into the . women's
hands, who wash his eyes with, cold wa
ter, and walk him genty.to and fro till the
oam has disappeared from his mouth and
the perspiration from his limbs. It is the
master's wife that disincumbers him from
the heavy saddle, the complicated and
adorned bridle,, the embroidered and gild
ed covering, bhe fastens a cord tq his
oot, and taking him first to drink, then
leads him where the best bits of grass are
to be found in that barren country."
Bath Bricks.
Bridgwater is peculiar as the only place
in the kingdom where the well-known
bricks for scouring purposes, known as
Bath brick, are made. Vi hy they have
this name is not known. It would seem
that a mixture of sand from the sea with
the alluvial deposit of the river is here
formed naturally, to the extent of about
half a mile above the town bridge, and
half a mile below it. The works are si
tuate on the banks of the river so that the
sediment Is taken at once" to them, and,
beinr; dried and formed into shape, is
then burnt in kilns hard by. - The manu
facturer employs from 4,000 to 5,000
handsi
female Delicacy.
Above all features which adorns the
female charat ter, delicacy stands foremost
within the provinces of good taste. Not
that dtlicacy which is perpetually in quest
of something to bt ashamed of, which
makes merit of a blush, and simpers at
the false construction its own ingenuity
has put upon an innocent remark; the
spurious kind of delicacy is far removed
from gotxl sense; but the high'minded
delicacy which maintains its pure and un
devtating walk alike, among women and
in the society of men. which shrinks
from no necessary duty, and can speak
when required with seriousness and kind
ness of things at which it Avould be asha
med to smile or Hush that delicacy
which knows how to confer a benefit
without wounding ihe f eengs of another
which can give alms without assump
tion, and which pains not the rrost sus'
ceptille being iu creation
Mothers. .
0 By' the quiet fireside of home, the true
mother, in the midst of her children, is
sowing, as in vases of earth, the seeds of
plants that shall sometime give to Heaven
the fragrance of their blossoms, and whose
fruit be. a rosary of angelic deeds -the
noblest offering that she can make through
the ever ascending and ever" expanding
souls of her children to her Maker. Eve
ry word that she utters goes from heart
to heart with a power of which she little
dreams. Solemn is the thought, hut not
more solemn t6 the Christian mother than
the thought bat every word that falls
from her lips, every expression of her
counteremte, Vven in the sheltered walk
and retirement, may, leave an indelible
impression upon the young souls around
her, and form, as it were, the underlying
strata of that education which peoples
heaven with that celestial being, and gi
ves to the white brow of the angel, next
to the grace of God, its crown of glory.
Men of superior virtue are ignorant of
their virtue: men of inferior virtue do not
fors et their virtue. Men of superior vir
tue practise it without thinking of it; men
. . , . ... . . .
ot interior virtue practice n wna .jmeii'
tion.' ' ' '
There is a closer bond than that of a
common pulse; the bond woven of identi
cal associations. The same trees to dream
under, the same hearth to creep to, the
same wood to be sprinkled with rainbows,
the same meadows for the birds and
berries, and the same brook for the angl
mf. the same burial-place for the dead,
the like sweet faith for the living these
are the things 4hat make that saying
me: "Better is a friend that is near,
than a brother afar off. And in that
nassession of a common past, there is
partnership of heart that is never silent,
and never dissolved ; a sentiment that
gives to ' we" and to "ours" a bright and
warm
significance bright and
warm,
even as the sun
of a sweet
morning
in
May.
All is sugar to the Tain, even the praise John, 'it's an old hat of yours, that Mis
of fools. , J sua gave me yesterday.'
Hake Tour Company Comfortable.
"Well, what is the best way to do so?'
Not to turn the usual course of things
upside down, anil shake the pillars of your
domettic economy, till they are ready to
fall about yonr ears, all because jott. have
company.
; Not . to insist upon it, that your visitors
must .eat some of all the innumerable
kinds of nice things provided expressly
for thein;' nor maice it a point of con
science that they shall never for a mo
ment be left alone. . Not to push all work
out of sight and reach, for fear it will not
be thought showing proper attention to
your frie.ads to have your hands employ
ed in tlit lr presence.
Not to torture your brain,. striving to
think of ! subjects of conversation, when
there is nothlag particular nor interesting
that either yoa or your friends wish to
say. .
So much for negatives a few of them
fof they might well be multiplied indefi
nitely. To make a visitor feel at ease in
your house, be easy and natural in all you
do or say. Make no unusual efforts of
any kind, for the surest way to make your
friend wish himself at home, is (o lei him
feel that you are "putting yourself out"
for his sake.
Give him freely and, cordially the liber
ty of your house. Assure . him of your
wish that he should, while with you, con
sider himself as one of the family, and
that you expect him to eat, sleepr talk, or
keep fcilence, go out, or come in, read,
write, mingle with the ' family circle, or
retire to his chamber, exactly as he would
do were the house his own, and "you
make your company comfortable."
To be tormented by'people's politeness
is almost as bad as to be vexed by their
incivility. True politeness has very deli
cate and sensitive perceptions, and will
never be officious nor overdone.
Said one gentleman to another, whom
he had invited to pass the time of his so
journ ' in a strange city in his house.'1
"Come, make my house your home go
out and come in as suits your convenience
I cannot have tho pleasure of devoting
much time to you, but my house is hearti
ly at your service, whenever you find the
time to go to it. What leisure I have, j
shall be pleased to spend with you but
whether you see much of me or not, pray
make yourself comfortable and at home
in my house, and you will gratify me."
That was real, gospel politeness, such as
makes visitors comfortable.
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How much Luxury we need
Is discussed by Ruskin :
I am no advocate for meanness of
private habitation. I would fain introduce
into it all magnificence, care, and beauty
where they are possible ; but J would not
hate that useless expense in unnoticed
fineries or formalities ; cornicings of cei
lings, and graining of doors, and fringing
of curtains, and thousands of such things
which have become foolishly and apathe
tically habitual things on whose common
appliance hang -whole trades, to which
there never yet belonged the blessing of
giving one ray of real pleasure, or becom
ing of the remotest or most contemptible
use-things which cause half the expense
of life, and destroy more than half its
comfort, manliness, respectability, fresh
ness and facility. I speak frcm experi-
s i . -
ence; 1 Know wnat it is to live ia a cot
tage with.a deal floor and roof, and a
hearth of mica slate; and I know it to be
in many respects healthier and happier
Uhan living between a Turkey carpet and
a cilded eeilmsr, beside a sull ffrate and
polished fender. 1 do not say that such
things have not their place ana propriety;
but I say this emphatically, that the tenth
part of the expense which is sacrificed in
aemestic vanities,' if not absolutely and
meaninglessly lost in domestic discomforts
and incumbrances, woulfl, if collectively
offered and wisely employed, build a
marble church for every town in Eng
land; such a church as it should be a joy
and blessing even to pass near in our daily
ways and walks, and as it would bring
the light into the eyes to see trora atar,
lifting its fair height above the purple
crowd of humble roofs.'
One should be silent, or give utterance
to.snch thoughts as are. better worth than
silence. Throw a stone at hazard rather
than an idlemnd useless word, and never
say little in many words, but in" few words
say much.
The saint seeks not to do great things,
for that reason he can accomplish great
thinirs. He who thinks many things
easy is sure to encounter numerous diffi
culties. Hence it happens that the saint
who esteems every thing difficult, encoun
ters no difficulty to the end of his life.
I possess three precious things ; I hoi
end preserve them as a treasure : the
first is called affection (love of mankind);
the second, economy; the third, humility.
I have affection, therefore I can be cou
rasreous. I have economy, . therefore
can expend largely. I dare not be the
first, and therefore 1 may become, 1 am
fi-.tt d to become, the chief of all men.
But now. msn leave affection to abandon
themselves to courage; they leave econo
my to give thnuelves up to profusion
i they leave the lowest to seek the highest.
These things lead to death.
4I say. John, where did yoa get that
loafer's hat ?' 4 Please your honor,- said
, Fnn and Fancy,
The man who was "filled with emotion'
hadn't room for his dinner. -
The tobacco ch'ewer is said to be like
a goose in a Dutch oven always on the
spit.
If a woman holds her tongue, it is only
from feaf that she cannot "keep her
own." .
He loves you better who strives to make
you good, than he who strives to please
you.
A. dentist ; advertises that he "spares
no pains" to render his operations satis-
txtory.
We have seen a woman not only too
weak to eat food, but even too weak to
bear contradiction.
"Industry must Droscer.'' as the man
said when holding the baby for his wife to
chop wood.
The Divan The place where' the Sul
tan's pipe is regularly put out by the Eu
ropean powers. .
Why is a rooni full of marfled ladies
ike an empty room 1 Because there is
not a single one in i.
A jilied chemist finds love to be compo
sed of fifteen parts of gold, three of fame
and two of affection.
Carlyle says : ''Make yourself an ho
nest man, and then you may be sure there
is one rascal less in the world."
"Jim, how does the thermometer stand
to-day?" 41 Why, ours stands on the
mantel-piece, right agin' the plaster
ing."
Men who boast loudly that they ne
cr show quarter, are certsiri, in titftes
of danger,- to show none but their hind
ones; .
A tailor who, "fn skating fell throngh
the ice, declared that he would never
again leave a hot goose for a cold
duck.
Some one, commending Philip of Ma-
cedon for drinking freely ; "That," said
Demosthenes, "is, a good, quality in a
sjfonge, but hot in a king."
The man who was "moved to tears,"
complains of the dampness of the premi
ses, and wishes to be moved back again.
An Irishman tells of a fight in which
there was but one whole nose left in .the
crowd, "and that belonged to the tay-ket-tle."
There is a chap out West, with hair so
red, that when he goes out before day he
is taken for sun rise, and the cocks begin
to crow.
An English paper gives an account of
a party of sixty old women,' who were
the mothers of eight hundred and sixty
nine children.
A house in Philadelphia was lately set
on nre by some rats, lhey ignited a
quantity of matches in a drawer, and set
the kitchen on nre.
A late religions paper stigmatizes the
authors of yelbw-covered novels as "lite
rary scorpions, who sting Virtue to death
by their tales."
The oldest memonic curiosity is, that a
woman who never knows her own age,
knows to half an hour that of all her fe
male friends.
At a late Hen Convention, finding it
difficult to raise the- price of eces. the
eathered tribes resolved for the future to
ay only ten eggs lo the dpzen.
How much more difBcult is it to get a
Woman out on a wet Sunday than on a wet
week day. Can the shut shops have any
thing to do with this ?
An impertinent fellow wants to know if
you ever sat down to tea where skimmed
milk was un the table, without being ask
ed, ,4Do you take cream?"
A printer, m setting up "we are but
parts of a stupendous" whole.y mistake
of a letter, made it read "we are but parts
of a stupendous whale."
"What boxes govern the world ?" ask
ed a New York paper. It answered
the question thus: "The cartridge box.
the ballot box, the jury box, and the band
box."
The Indians give each other very sig
nificant nan.es. Lieutenant Hooper, of
the Arctic Expedition, found a woman at
r ort Simpson, whose name was "Thirty
six Tongues."
The danger is ever with us that we re
fer our actions, thoughts, and feeling, to
the idolized standard of public opinion.
VY e believe too much in association, and
too Little in ourselves.
An Irishman was building a wall three
feet high and four broad, and on being
asked why he builded it sir broad, replied,
"Sure, sir, when it falls it Will be a foot
higher than at first."- i
What more precious offering can be
laid upon the altar of a man's heart than
the first love of a pure, esrnest.and affec
tionite girl, with an individual interest
in eight corner lots and four three-story
houses.
It appeals that, during the last four
years, we imported ose hundred and
cighty-fonr millions more cf merchandize
than were exported, and sent out of the
country one hundred and eight y-iix
lions more than cane into it, .
nil-
Agricilltnre.
How to Crow Jcrest Trees. '
Wmtt Maple (?cre Lvstdrpvvx'. ,
This beautiful tree is cemmoa ou rich
bottom lands and moist woods through",
out the Northern and Western States.,
This tpecies resemble Red'Maple-ll
Rvlrvm) but its wood is whiter , and
softer, its leaves larger; and i(s winged
seeds are larger than those of Red Ma
pie or Sugar Maple. The timber ia much
used for cabinet work, and for ether pur
poses. Exposed to the weather it is n6t
duralle. A ..variety of ; tin's species h
beautifully curled ; but r.ot so cemmonly
as the Red Maple. ,
The flowers are yellowish green, thl
fruit cf nearly the same color.- It Uoohs
very early, often in April. .The fruit or
seeds are ripe in June or early in JulyJ
when the wing by moving swif uy around
the attached seed, causes it to fall tery
slowly on the ground. This beautiful ar
rangemcnt enables this, and the o'ther
maples, with the aid cf the wind, to scati
ter their seeds at almost incredible dis
tances from the parent tree. . The seed
itself, divested cf the wing, is about th$
size of a com.non iea. .
Sow in drills early in spring, after hav
ing exposed the seed to the weather:
mixed with sand or loam for a few
weeks. . .
The tree bears transplanting well, aixi
make a fine roadside or forest tree, ia teii
to htteen years frcm the seed.
ve may add, the sap is nearly as ralui
able for sugar as that of the S ujrar Ma
pie. . , . ,
m Since writing the foregoing, wc have
seen this tree growing on the trairie.
near White water, Wis. Though only tw
seasons growth from the seed, theyourjf
wee siuuu truiu u to iu ieet nign. .
Red Maple, Swamp Maple,-.4!
Rubnm). This species is similar to thv
foregoing. The wood more hard or com
pact, the leaves smaller, and the seeds
smaller, and with a pair of wings. It! is
readily distinguished from the White Ma.
pie in April, by its deep crimson flowers.
which are a conspicuous feature of forest
containing this tree at that season.
Ccbleb Maple is mostly a variety of
this species, but is also among White and
sugar iviapje. .
Jhe seeds fall about the middle of Juno
in this latitude. They should be treated
in all respects a3 the White Maple.
If planted at once, they will germinal
and grow the same season. If not plan
ted, they should be kept in a cool placu
during summer, and mixed with toil, or
planted in Autumn. Xorthwestetn Far
771 cr.
' Alfalfa or ChLHaii CIoTer. ;
Our attention has been called to an ar.
tide in the Talent Office Renort. for
1S5-1, on the subject of Chilian Clover.
or Alfalfa. The writer of the article, a
gentleman in Pennsylvania, bad,' it ap
pears, received a paper cf Alfalfa setd
from the Patent Office. This, was sown,
and grew, and produced fn such a satis-
lactory manner, that he imported a' con
siderable quantity, for his own use, direct
ly from Chili. Shoald any of the Ftrihit
readers have received the same articlo
from the Patent Office, and formed a high
opinion cf its merits, we shall perhaps do
tnera a Kincness, it we wnl tell them
where, and how the article may be- oh
tained, in any quantity, and save thm tb
trouble and expense cf importing it from
South America. '
The Alfah'a is not a new article, but
the Mcdicagosctiua,or Lucerne of Fran
ce, known in England -as Purple Mtdick
grass, though often called by its French
name. Lucerne. In Spain it is called
Alfalfa. There are several varieties of
Lucerne, but the Alfalfa, ot Chilian Go
ver, is the commcn French and Enrliafi
variety, bearing the same purple flowers.
This Alfalfa or rather Lucerne is one
of the best of forage crops. If grown on
deep, warm, rich soir, it will bear mow
ing fire or six times a year, and furnishi .
at each cutting, an amount equal to a good
crop of red clover, and it is better relish
ed by all kinds of stock. It is perfectly
hardy, bearing equally well the frosts of
winter cr the Leaf and drouth of summer;
the roots penetrate too deeply to be affc
ted by mere surface changes. The Lu
ccrne may be sown in May, either broad;
cast, or in drills, and if the soil is clean
and good, and deeply tilled, the crop'will
be fit to cut for hay, or green feed, in
June, and every three or four weeks af
terwards, through the suraff-ef and fall
The plant is nerennial. and will stcadilv
improve for a number of vears, especially
it supplied with plaster, which 13 the ma
nisre it most needs, in comtnen with other
clovers. Frcm ten to fifteen pounds of
seeds are necessary to sow an acfe.-. h
may te obtained cf Stair & Son, of this
city. The price is usually- about thrrty
cents per pound, or pefhaps less by th-4
quantity Ohio Farmer. .
Mr. Fortune, who has been employed
for a number of years in China, by the
East Inda Company, has been requested
by the Patent Office to mako selections
of the tea plant and other seeds' for intro
ducing into the United States. He will
probably accompany his selections to this
country, f r the purpose of selecting th
proper
localities ia whtch
to ccnmer-cflF
these
experiments.
Mak? hey
while the raa shhr?.