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BROWNVILLE.
via ixxkit.
w. a. CAtaiT.
ArorBTTi oiGirr
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OLIVER BENNETT &: CO.,
Manufacturer! and Wbaletale Dealer ia
BOOTS AND SHOES,
No. 87 Haln 8trwt. '
Iouiit, So.lOl.CoajraorMAUAirD LOCCST.O
ST. LOUIS, MO.
MISS MARY TURNER,
Tint Street, between Main and Water.
BROWNVILLE, -TsVT.'
tnd$ and Trimmings always on hand.
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JAJMES W. GIBSON, '
BLACKSMITH
eVond Street, between Main and Nebraaka,
.'i BE0VNtILLEr K.:f. j .'
; u. c. jomnsoiT,
iTTORITEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
AND
Real Estate Apent,.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
aEFERENCU.
Hm. Wm.Jewnp, Montroae, Pa.
M. S. lWntlT, " 44 "
Jka J. Miller, Chicago, 111.
".K.McAlUrter, "
CUrle F. Fowler,
S W. Farnaa, BrownTille, N. T. .
T, lti7. 7-1y
R. PEERY. M. D.,
! s&RGEON, PELTSICIAN
I And
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ELDORADO, N. T.
i PEsPECTrXLLY-edfro kie professional ser-
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TMtt&telieat0t Actau eovwiy anaaa-
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I. T. T7hyto & Co.,
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Queonsw-ire;; H tnlwre, . .
. O toxrea . SxxTtiltAr'of
Country Produce,
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DANIEL. L.LIcGARYr ;
flTTflniJBY AT LAW.
. SOLICITOR JJf CIUXCERY.
BroyrnvUle Uebmska Te rritoryl, -
Witt atactic la the Co art of Ktratka.aad Kortb
wen j4iJort., j .
" "REFEREXCES.
Xewn. Crow, KcCreary k Co.,' ,
Ho. Jamt K. Bdghi,
Hon. Joha ft. Sbeply, -Htwr
JamofCraiff, . '
Hu. BtlaaWoodaoo, - -
St.
Lonit, Mo.
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- St. Joph, Ma.
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Kebraka City,X.T.
JodKt A. X. Bradford,
8. T. yockullt, Kaq.,
G. W. HURN, :
SU.RVEYORi
rEMAJlACITY..2S T. , ' "
IT TILL attand promptly to all bniinau la bit pro
Claim,layincont Towa LcU, Draf tine City llaU-
t.,cte. . . . S7-tf
JOHN A. PARKER CO.,
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SOUS A. PASIXR, uto fteaiittor of the Land Office.
Omaha, X. T-, haring retlicned hi office will hereafter.
a Miaecuon with one or the beat Lan4 Lawrireri tn the
ovantrr.-aUead U all bacuoM confldod to and e-
pecuuy . ,
FilK-EIIPTIOM CABE8.
Which be haa made himaelt thoronshlr acquaintad with
ct atndy aad practice for reara.
Be refer to the Bead at Department and Member
of Congrett of both Bonea. i
All application for Mrrlce mnt be acoompanied with
a fee to intinre attention.
Janeary38, 18&9. aotl-ly
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WM. OSBORN.
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CLOCKS, WATCHES,
Jewelry, Plated Ware, Catlery, Spoons, 4c, &d.
NEBRASKA CITY, N. T.
tiT"EKOBATuio and RtrAiKixa done on abort
aotieo and all wokk w abrawtcd.
A. D. KIRK.
Attorney at
Ireat and Rotary Public
Archer, Richardson Co.; Jv. r;
Will nraetieo in the Court of Kebruka.asaiited
by Bardint; and Bennett, Nebratka City.
" JACOB S.1FFORD., V
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT.
And Itotary Public. .
ITEBBASKA CTTT, K. T.
WLL attend promptly to all bairaesi entn ited
to hi care, i a Kebraaka Territory aad Wett-
ern Iowa.
SepUmb4srl2,lS58. rlnli-ly
W. P. LOAN '
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LOT AND LAND AGENT,
Arrber. EichsrCson CcnillT. X. T.
Kotlc to Pre-Exaptors ! !
jiSHORBACHScCO-'-
Attorneys at Law,
AND
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
WILL pre particnlar attention to preparing an
thm .Mimrr MDerafor Pre-emption, and
renderinr any asiUnoa which may be required by
. ....:. Punntl.ii h4a
rra-emptorain pmrin tmu . imiufruvM -
ataaw wo mo
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No 49 Main street, pes. vnTemna nnt
ssr. Louis: mo.
Particular attention paid to manufactarin; our
finest Mole Data.
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sum tnwa
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REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
CIOIOI CLATES. W' LBI
CIavoo jb Zjooi . , .
Real Estate and General Agency,
OMAHA CITY, N. T.
REFER TO
JameejWriebt, Broker, New York,
Wm. A. Woodward, Eq.
Hon. It. Wood, Ex-Got. of Ohio, Cleveland,
Wkka, Otic and Brow nell, Bankers,
AleottA Horton, , . '
Col. Robert Campbell, St. Louif,
Jamei Ridgway, tq. " "
Crawforn and Sackett, Chicago.
Omaba City, Aug.30, 1858. Tlnl3-1y
H. t. BXSKITT, J. S. MOXTOW, H.B. BABQIXG
BEN NET, MORTON & HARDING.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Nebraska City, JV". T., and Glenrcood, Id.
WILL practice ia all the Court, of Nebraaka and
Waatern Iowa. "Particular attention paid to
obUiidng.locaUng Land Warrants, and ooUectioa of
debt.
REFERENCE:
Hon. Lewi, Cass, Detroit. J Michigtn.
Julius D. Morton, "I
Got. Joel A. Mattesoa, Springfield, 111
Gov. J. W. Grimes, Iowa City, Iowa;
B. P. Fifilod, St. Louis, Mo.:
Hon. Daniel O. Morton. Toledo. Ohio:
P. A. Sarpy, Bellerue. Nebraska:
Sodgewlcb A WaTker,Cbicago,Ill;
Green. Weere A Beaton. Council BluffMowa.
T. B. GTMIKfi. IOBB C. TCBX.
. C13IIXG & TURK,
Attorneys it Law & Ktal Estate Agents,
O 21 AHA CITY, N T. . - .
WILL attend faithfully aad promptly U all busi
aeas entrusted to them, in tbo Territorial or
Iowa Coarta, to the pnrebaso of loU and lands, an
uria und nre-emTttioa. collections, me.
nae ia the aecond torr of Henrr Rootaew
buildinr, aeariy oppoeitt tha Wattera Exchanga
Bank, Fambam street.
Doe. 17. 158. TlnZStf
DR.' J. L. McKEE,
PCYDIOIAS?
:SURGE0NNPENT1ST.
: Bnwnville, N. T- - i
TFETB PLCGGED AID TILLED II THlBtOBF
APribvrn unxrt. ..
Kay 14, 1647. .---H
Prairie Breaking.
Let all-faetf aettletl itii YEtJ following
artide.It iff jast' the adricj (or thpusands
who start the prtrifj ploMr:for the first
time, this eeason. ; Our correspondent haa
our thanks For this artiqle. " ", . '
Mtssas Editors In August of the
yeas 1840, there being- something ' of a
drougth, and the tall prairie grass be
coming dry near the ground. I thought
thatiu the dry time it vould be the best
chance to kill dead the prairie grass on a
tract of land on wliich I wanted to make
a garden, and the following year the
groud was so hard that I coulu not keep
a plow in it at all less1 than four inches
deep. I had to put six yoke of good ox
en lo the plow, one man at the plow han
dles and one at the beam to keep the plow
in. ' ' - ' ,
. In the spring of 1841, when I attemp
ted to replow it, I found all that which
looked like earth before the plow, when
turned up, had the appearance of ladies'
heads, their faces corered with mud, and
their tresses drabbled in it. . Those hairy
clods did not entirely disappear for three
years. . .. ,
, Tne year lado, was wnn us, a very
wet season. Whenever it did not rain, and
the old ground was too', wet to plow, we
run the prairie plow:. .' IVe broke some
prairie nearly every week from the first of
May to the tenth of beptember. lne
ground being wet, the grass had contin
ued to grow, and was full of sap all of
the lime, until it was turned under.,' It
all rotted well, and all that was broken up
that season was in good condition fer cul
tivation in 185(5. From all that I. have
seen of prairie breaking, V conclude that
it may.be done to advantage at any time
after the grass is up enough for cattle to
live well upon it, until it begins to die.
The upper part of the grass will look
green after the sap has ceased to circulate
near the ground then rit is tbo late to
plow. - s -
COM OS riAIRIX SOD. - ,
If I was compelled to rely entirely on
new prairie for-corn suitable for grinding",
the following would be my plan:
Break three inches deep, as early as it
can be done to advantage, that is, as soon
as cattle can live upon the grass. With
an axe ot spade a spade is the best af
ter you get used to it cut a hole nearly
through the sod that has ben turned over.
If the furrows lap, the cut should be near
the lower edge of the furrow,. two and a
half feet apart.' Drop in the corn, and
step on the bill so as to close it up, or
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nearly so. Soon after planting say with
in three days harrow it the same way it
was plowed. The subsequent cultivation
is the same as of drilled corn, on old
ground, only that the cultivation is neces-
sarilv verv shallow.' Do' not attempt to
hill up the corn, but keep the weeds down
and throw a little earth , to the corn.
This process is sure to produce a crop of
good solid corn.
Having thus insured the necessary sup
mg two or three inches deep, cut in the
corn-in ihe same .fiMuaner.until-thft-Ith
of June, unless the ground became very
dry. Do nothing with it after planting
till it is ready to cut up. &.It will make
good' feed fcr stock, and if the saason is
favorable it will vield much sound corn
' wheat ox riAiais SOD.
After enough corn has been planted,
plow for wheat. If the weeds threaten
to take the wheat ground after plowing,
and before feeding time, . run a harrow
over it .often '-enough to keep them man
VI- T V..lX . 1 ..t,.
i ageaunj, , x suuuiu iiui icjjww iui nucni
onlv harrow it. Wheat does best here
when put in, with a drill. 1 lay the tur-
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rows smooth lapping it. Then on har
rowing previous to drilling, the sod is not
disturbed. I have had but three years'
experience in raising wheat on new prai
rie. I have watched the corn on new
prairie for nineteen seasons.
BREAKING PLOW AND TEAM. .
A prairie plow is much more conveni
ent when it is so constructed that the share
can be taken off conveniently, and sent to
the shop to be sharpened, while with an
other share in its place, we continue to
plow. I have three extra 'shares to my
prairie plowj which saves the trouble of
sending to the shop often. A small boy
takes the share and an extra coulter on a
horse very easily, while another boy con
nues to piOW. A nree uoraca uui casi ia
the best team to break with unless a man
. . i rrl . 1 .-.V
K.. more D0V3 than he has use for. In
that case, two yoke of oxen and a driver
may be substituted for three horses, but
they will not do as much wort as the
horses. B. G.
Takaroa, 111., March 1S58.
EartfjSbnsbs.
Old friends should not be forgotten ;
therefore, we say fist get some Lilacs.
They grow anywhere, and id almost any
soil. Cold does tot hurt them, so they just
suit. Nobody thinks of calling them by
the botanic name Syringa ; they are la
lacs, and that is enough. -It has heen
written, "this was one of the firsl plants
tntroditted.hy.-6ur forefathers,rahd is uni-;
wersally found often in front of nnciem
houses, growing almost to the size of a
ire." . :
The old kinds, commonly to be got n
any nursery, are the rtrsian, a aeijcatf;
and pretty tpecies, some with white oth-
f rs wilh purple, 'flowers;' there is & cut
eared var w also, -and the commorf pur
ple and wbjve the la&t much more .scarce
than the. f orro&rj The.si flower, ;:the.Idsi
of May or firairYfTek'f- June-NeaTer
kinds are Charles X., red&h, rjurpls flow
ers; sinensis, -reddish , flowers? .J.tJV
sikea, purple flowers, and Prince, Metzer,
delicate bluish purple. There ( are also
some others to be found in sorqe ,'collec-
-'The common Syringa grows sjx orev
err feet high,. having white flowers und
very fraerant : this also is iommtn. Oth-
er kinds are sanguinea, speciosa, Lirsuta,!
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and graLdi floras,
We shall place the Spirei next - This
is an elegant family of shrub, many kinds
of which are already r in cultivation, and
are continually being added to. ': The
most desirable are prunifolia, and P. flore
pleno, Reevasil and R. flore pleno, a new
and exceedingly elegant kind; Douglasii,
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ucep rose-coiureuj in sputes; AjinuLeyana,
leaves pinate, flowers white, in long spikes
and very' showy; Callosa is a still newer
kind,' with delicate, rose colored flowers;
besides these, may be noted salicifolia ro
sea, hipercifolia, corymbosia, lanceolata,
andargentea. .-. : - ' , ' . ';
The old Snow Ball tree, Viburnum op-
uous, and its -great,, round bunches of
white flowers, almost a boquet in them
selves, is always acceptable.
Wigelia rosea has very white flowers
and is much thought of: comparatively
new, and a native of China. . t I
Deutzia gracillis is new also, and won-
derfully pretty, even as a green-house
plant, it nas white flowers, much like old
P. scabra, but flowers freer, especially in
a small dwarf state.
Amygdalis pumila plena; or double
Dwarf Almond, is loaded in spring with
its pretty flowers, resembling small roses,
and when so loaded is second to n shrub
in cultivation, i " ' ; 1
The double flowering Peach, red and
white, is likewise pretty where they
will stand .which is of course only along the
peach parallel.
Daphene ruezereon, the first shrub of
all to open flowers, which come before
the foliage, is highly fragrant, like most
of the genus. - -
Snowberry tree is well known by its
snowy berries, , which are very ornament?
al. This and the small kind, S. glome-
rata, or Indian Currant, should be grown
for furnishing berries to mix with dried
flowers during winter, if nothing else.
Emery s Journal of JJgrictuturf.
Selecting Frclt Trees.
Few farmers know; what really con
stitutes a good nursery tree, and yet it is
the most valuable information they can
possess; and, to a great extent, the key to
future success; for if you expect to have
a good orchard you must plant healthy,
well-formed trees of suitable sorts- for
vour particular soil and climate. Most
planter are over anxious to obtain large
trees which are very seldom" ' profitable,
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never in fact, except when they are to be
moved but a short distance from the nur
sery. i Apple trees; from three to five
years old, are the cheapest, easiest to
plant, and most certain ' to .live and give
satisfaction. ; If you go to the1 nursery
yourself, select 7 stocky (i. e. large just
above ground) trees; with well balanced
heads, not too high up, especially if you
intend to plant them on . the opeq prairie
In ordering or selecting- cherryj'plum, or
dwarf pear trees, take those that are not
over two years old, in facr, one year old,
if well grown, re better ' still. -fSueh
trees you can usually get at the nurseries
at from one-third to one-half less than
the sized trees that are. generally order
ed. Nurserymen like to sell large trees
at large prices,, but an honest one will
tell you that this is correct advice, and
will perhaps save you if( you are about
ordering trees, three or four times the
cost of this pa per. - ' .
Any one who has had experience m
orchard planting knows that the younger
the tree, as a general thing, the more
readily it adapts itself to a new situa
tion, and recovers from the injuries al
ways incident to ever so careful a removal
from the nursery. Another reason why
you should select young trees is, you can
form them'' to suit yourself, so that in af
ter years, you will never be compelled to
resort to the dangerous remedy of remov
ing large limbs, or of sawing' in the top',
which is often absolutely necessary with
.tall, limbless whipstalks.
- Peach trees in particular, should nev
er be more than one year old. " In selec
ting trees of all kinds, avoid those of un
natural, rapid growth," or that have de
cayed spots on the trunk. '. But the first
and most important thing to look to, and
to insist upon is, an abundance of root.
More trees fail from poor roots and from
having been exposed to frosts and dry
ing winds than from any other cause. If
you order trees . from a
distant nursery,
state distinctly that your trees must be
....
well packed, and just mention, by way of
onrv-iiim fTpmnf tnflt wnn nprpr Keriidrr
packing charges,-" and expect your trees
to be carefully .taken up with a decent
supply of fibrous roots.
In regard to varieties, if you. have con
fidence in your nurseryman, leave the se
lection'mainly lo him,. only state what
proportion you wish of summer," fall and
winter fruits, and that you don't care for
more than twenty-four varieties, and that
ybu-wislNo be the best sorts for your h
cality. r f : ' ' 1 f
This advice is of course intended for
those farmers whoVrorh not havingjnade
horticulture a specialuy, are not. posted
in regard to the comparative
merits of
uiuerent sorts.
; The ' Turks have aproverti that the
devil tempts industrions men,but idle tnn
tempi the devil' rI We might 'add, Alad
ame Fashion tempts loth. ' " ' J
f Vaam iVa Atnntfw flan t lama a 1
. &rlr vcciiEiBcrs ana Helens. i
: Mzssas. Eoitoks -You have publish
ed In- your excellent journal several meth
ods for forcing- cucumbers and' melons' for
early ise. 1 havt one which I have prov
ed .by experience lobe a good one, and
with , your . permission, I will give it for
the benefit of vour readers. ; My first
preparation for planting is, the making a
i . - , . . . mi 1
good hot-bed one that will'. give consid
erable heat and retain it. I then procure
empty oyster kegs, saw them in two, bore
a holaUn 1 the center of each head for
drainage, which I cover with pieces of
broken pots or other porous material, and
then nil with a fine and rich compost, and
plant my seeds in them. I bury my kegs
If .- .1 , . r . . i l
to their rims in the dirt of the hot-bed,
when it has become sufficiently warm, and
the plants make their appearance in a
few days. l am then careful to water as
often as necessary, and keep my frame at
such a temperature that my plants will
grow stocky an4 look healthy, not spin
dling. When my . ground is right , for
transplanting, I make hills two feet in
diameter and the oame in depth, rich and
mellow, and then lift my boxes from the
bed, cut their hoops, when the staves will
readily fall apart, leaving a clear ball of
earth and roots, and the latter whole and
undisturbed, which I bury in my hills ;
the plants will grow without check if the
work is done with care, and early fruit
is the reward. I use the gallon and larg
er sizes of kegs, as they allow more room
for the root to -grow in. and before trans
planting I 'harden my plants off," and af
terwards use boxes around them with a
pane of glass in- the -top. I claim for
this method, over that of planting upon
inverted turf, one great advantage which
is this: The roots of my plants are never
broken or disturbed, but grow without
check; whereas, upon the turf the contra
ry is the case, even with the utmost care.
1 he cost is a trine, as anyone can see.
for the kegs can often be had for the ask
ing, as they are usually broken to pieces
and burnt at the hotels, &c. I have grown
cucumbers and melons by this method
with perfect success,' and as the plants get
the start of the bugs, I am never troubled
by them, c For market gardeners, of
course Mr. Howatt's way is the best, but
for arr :eur gardeners this will be found
as good as any, where plants are to be
grown for family use. . J. II.
Clasks Mills, N. Y.
, From the Country Gentleman.
Seed Potatoes.
We have invariably ignored the prac
tice, of cutting potatoes-to plant, suppos
ng that ' nature put them in her favorite
form for reproduction.'and to nourish the
I ' a a
young plant; and that by cutting them we
opened the vessels for the evaporation of
nutritive qualities, and lessened the means
of nourishment which young plants draw
a . -
irom tne eea.
The experience of the last season has
brought us results in this matter, which if
continued success attends it, will prove of
some importance
Early in May last we turned over
piece of sod ground, and towards the
close of the1 month planted it with whole
potatoes. . When this was planted, having
a few bushels left, Ave plowed another
piece adjoining the one already planted,
This was in June. The seed potatoes for
this piece were cut in such small pieces
that less than half the quantity was used
than was in the former case. The same
variety of potatoes were planted on each
piece, and the same tillage given. No ma
nure was . used except a table-spoon f ul
of plaster to each hill. , ? -
YV hen the potatoes were dug, late in
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October." fall one-third of those on the
ground where the seed was planted whole
were made worthless by the rot. Where
they were cut for planting, the potatoes
were of good size with scarce any appear
anceaf rot.
Such are the ways of management and
the results, and there we leave the mat
ter, for if we would we cannot tell wheth
er the same course would lead to the same
end in a second trial. ? Atmospheric, and
other causes whichwe cannot control might
change the whole result. . One thing
however, if cot potatoes are as good for
seed, vast quantities that would otherwise
be planted may be saved for other pur
poses each year. A careful following
out of the experiment is the only true
way to reach facts available in prarti
W. BACON.
American Osier Willow.
v .a or a v a m a
in the Journal ot t ebruary 4th, was
an article in reference to the Osier Wil
low. W i have been, raising the Osier
for a number of years, and find h profit
able. I send you two samples of bas
kets manufactured from the Osier U
I lrvnr nf mw narn rnielnor Vtr Tnh Ufa
tram, who had worked at the business a
long time in "Deutchland," and he as
sures me that the Osier raised in this
country is much better than in the old
country; reason, they grow quicker, ri
pen earlier, and are tougher and less lia-
ble to crack and break
. A. R. WHITNEY.
I The baskets received are proof posU
five 'of the good quality of the American.
grown Osier Willow; and we have am-
pie testimony of its profit'as a crop. Stnd
in the f acQ relative to its culture, and tb Y
figures . too,, gentlemen Emry $
Jour'
I nal of Agriculture.
I
t A -distinguished individual says that no ;
thing i best achieved by indirt-cliooUaw '
j then does a
some things
fy (aWI HIV V'VMn WMMfOHWi J
corkscrew work? .ItV. uli:.rarts of a stupendous wfetf MiY niibtalce i
which, work by the rule of
contraries
Save - the Pieces,
The man who was "filled with - emo
tion" hadn't "room foTEis dinner.
Within thine own bosom, are the stars
or thy destiny. . " -
Every man who Jives or dies for hu
manity, becames its savior. , , '
It is not wisdom but ignorance which
teaches men presumption.
Genius - may -be - sometimes ttrrrgant,
but ' nothing is ; so diffident as knowl
edge. . ; . . '
It is not best to strive so much to ap
pear virtuous as to e virtuous. 1
Human life is a problem to be solved
only in eternity. - . 4
It is a trying duty to ' speak plainly of
wrong which good men perpetrate.
Some wag defines fiction to mean "pure
milk!"
One of the most, unwelcome truths is
to show up wickedness in high places.
Hardships may be denominated the na
tive soil of manhood and self-reliance. -
The man who was "moved to tears,"
complains of the dampness of the prem
ises, and wishes to move back.
"Jim, how does the thermometer stand
tp-dayl" "Why, ours stands upon the
mantle-piece, right against the plaster
ing."
The men who boast loudly that they
never sbow quarter, are certain, in times
of danger, to show nothing but their
hind ones.
A tailor who, in skating, fell through
the ice, declared that he would never
again leave a hot goose for a cojd duck.
The tobacco chewer is said to be like a
goose m a Uutch oven always on the
spit. .
If a woman holds her tongue, it is
only from fear that she cannot "keep her
own. '
He loves you better who stnveg to
make you good, than he who strives to
please you.
A dentist advertises that he "spares no
pains to render his operations satisfac
tory, '
We have seen a woman not only too
weak to eat food, but even too weak to bear
contradiction
'Industry must prosper," as the man
said when holding the baby for his wife to
chop wood.
jNature is a great artist, when she is
w
left to herself to suit her means, to her
end,
It is neither great wealth nor high
station which, makes a man happy rna
ny ot the most wretched beings on earth
have both
We are not astonished at any happiness
that drops into our lap, for we always
fancy we are deserving it
A modern tuunst calls rtiagara river
the" Pride of Rivers," That pride has a
tremendous falL
A brawler in a workshop, a fool in fine
clothes, and a slanderer are three things tc
be avoided.
Heaven is not reached by the rail, nor
hell escaped by respectability or a sala
mander safe.
t
A sailor, looking serious in a chapel,
was "asked by the minister, if he felt
any change. "No, hot a cent," replied
Jack.
Some one commended Philip of Mace
don for drinking freely: "That," stid De
mothenes, "is a good quality in a sponge,
not in a king."
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 down East, with hair
so red, that when he goes out before day
he is taken for sunrise, and the cocks be
gin to crow.
An English paper gives an account of
a party of sixty old women, who were
mothers of eight hundred and sixty-nine
children.
A house in Philadelphia was lately set
on fire by some rats. They ignited a
quantity of matches in a drawer, and set
it on fire.
A late religious paper stigmatises the
author of yellow-colored novels as "liter
ary scorpions, who sting Virtue to death
by their tales."
The oldest memnonic curiosity, is that
woman who never knows her age yet, to
within half an hour, knows that of all her
female friends.
At a late Hen convention, finding it dif
ficult to raise the price of eggs, the feath
ered tribe resolved for the future to only
lay ten eggs to the dozen.
I woman out
( week day.
tlii" tg da
j vr ' CUUIC UJiiltUll 11 J3 IU ILK I B
on A wet fcunday than on a wet
Can the shut shops have any'
nihthis?
do wi
r --i, . .
, if a T sat down to tea where skira-
milkwaon the table. wiQUlheinir
asktd, "Do you, t?ik? cretra? "
A printer, in
setting up. tu;i
: cf a letter, made it we are but aris of
a. stupendous whale.
Hiscellaneons.
Jl&trlncsj.
aUtrlaway i a aat
For every maa' dljuuoa
Whii the ibali to fairly orackoaV
y-opl goo tne oueue.
Pretty KtrU will sigh and blu&
Simper all they can, lr
Till, from oat tbeir pouting lip,
7p I foe tBe answer.
Cupid fan the boiy grae
Raolest kind at anoa
When it fain a certain hei(&V
Popl fuaa tteparaoo.
Quite tnrocfVut tse boaeyaoa
J(ade of rony colore
Cat snndry d.y tood tula,
Fop I go Uto aollara.
When a year has shewn It's tall.
Bound tfee eoraer, (may be,)
Out upon tbo happy world,
Fop I gcea a baby.
Mother gtraa It catmint tea,
father fiTee it branny.
And adown K gastric tube, "
fop I foe tb candy. .
Xadam let her buiband scold,
She must be the wbipper.
Ami, above tbo yoaatater's heals,
Pop t goes the slipper.
Bachelor, who lire next door, .
Stand It for a season I
Bot. before the year i ant.
Fop I goe hi reason.
at aidea lady, up the ataira.
Stamp, each moment faster.
Till, from the ceiling underneath,
- Pop I goes tha platter.
Dirty, ragged, little bor,
'Xeath the window lingers
Tbumb appliod unt hi aoae,
Pop I go the linger.
All around tha neighborhood
Such aatica are eaacted I
And, whilo mama is scolding him,
-pep" goes distracted.
Fna wltJi Xlp Fs,
We find the following in one of the
Philadelphia weeklies, but do not know
its origin. It is certainly the most inge
nious specimen of alliteration in the Ian
guaga, and quite throws the "Siege of
Belgrade" jnto the shade. The little
folks, and some of the plier, will recog
nize it as a fanciful rendering of the sto
ry of "Beauty and the Beast."
A famous fish factor found himself fa
ther of five flirting f emales-Fanny, Fer
nando, Francesca Florence and Fenella,
The first four were flat featured, ill-favored,
forbidding-faced, freckled, frump,'
fretful, flippant, foolish, and flouncing.
Fenella was a fine featured, fresh, fleet
footed fairy, frank, free,' and full of fun.
The fisher failed, and was forced by fick
le fortune to forego his footman, forfeit
his fore-father's fine field, and find
forlorn farm-house in .4 forsaken forest.
The four fretful females, fond of figuring
at feasts in feathers and fashionable fine
ry, fumed at their fugitive father. For
saken by fulsome, flattering, fortune-hun
ters, who followed them when they first
flourished, Fenella fondled her father,
flavored their food, forgot her flattering
followers, and frolicked in frieze without
flounces. The father, finding himself
forced to forage in foreign parts for a
fortune, found he could afford a faring to
his five fondlings. - The first four were
fain to foster their frivolity with fine frills
and fans, fit to finish their father's finan
ce?; Fenella. fearful of flooring him,
formed a fancy for a full fresh flower.
Fate favored the fish factor for a few
days, when he fell in with a fog; his
faithful' Filley '5 footsteps faltered, and
food failed. Ibt found himself in front
of a fortified fortress. Finding it forsa
ken, and feeling himself feeble and for
lorn with fasting, he fed on the fish, flesh
and fowl he found, friccased and fried.
and, when full, fell flat on the floor.
Fresh, in ihe forenoon, he forthwith flew
to the fruitful fields, and not forgetting
Fenella, he filched a fair flower, when a
foul, frightful, fiendinsh figure flashed
forth; "Felonious fellow, fingering my
flowers, 111 finish you ! Go say farewell
to your fine felicitous family, and free me
in a fortnight !" The faint hearted fish
er fumed and faltered, and fast was far in
his flight. . His five daughters flew to fall
at his feet, and fervently felicitate him.
Franticly and fluently he unfolded his
fate. Fenella, forthwith fortified by fil
ial fon jness, followed her father's foot-
ateps, and flung her annghted form at the
foot of the frightful figure, who forgave
the father, and fell flat on his face, for he
had fervently fallen in a fit of love for
the fair Fenella. He feasted her, till
fascinated by his faithfulness she forgot
the ferocity of his face, form and fea
tures, and frankly and fondly fixed Fri
day, fifth of February, for the affair to
come off, There was festivity, fragrance,
finery, fireworks, f ricassed frogs, fritters.
fish, flesh, fowl, and fennentry, frontig
nac, flip and fare" fit for the fastidious;
fruit, fuss, flambeaux, four fiddlers and
fifers; and the frightful form of the for
tunate and frumpish fiend fell from him,
and he fell at Fenella's fet, a fair fa
vored, fine, frank freeman of the forest.
Behold the fruits of filial affection.
Seasonable Hint?,
As soon as the weather moderate,
all farmers and fruit men khould look to
their orchards. Sharpen your pruning
knife, take your tree tcrapei and a small
saw along, and proceed to give every tree
in your orchard a reguUr overhauling. Be
cautious how you use the knife; there is
always danger of pruning too much. Look
well for borers about the trucks and lase
of principal limbs; you will generally
j find them on the sunny side of the tree or
jhnib. Scrape the" rough lark icdmo.4
,uur aie ire,s '
i They hare got a fellow in jail in Chi
eago, for swindling. II dried snow and
sold u for salt.
Every man ha, something to da vhid
Ihe neglects,
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