Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 17, 1855 Page: 1 of 4
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Agricultural Capacities of Western
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Texas,
After you cross the Brazos bottoms, with
the exception of the lower Colorado and
coast, the country is by no means adapted for
successfully producing sugar and cotton on
an extensive scale, because, without refer-
ring to the remote position from market and
the valleys west of the Brazos, it is only oc-
casionally you realize large bodies of bottom
land, similar to those which are readily found
in almost any part of the Brazos river.
And even then, the land is not so -produc
tive, and I venture to assert, that every un-
Tuased man3 who examines and compares the
productions of the Brazos bottoms with those
west of them, will be necessarially compelled
to admit that, as a sugar and cotton growing
country, they justly claim the palm of the
rhole State of Texas. The soil is the most
alluvial I ever observed, and, in many instan
ces, surpassing the Mississippi and Bed river
ilats. It is more easily tended, for one hind
in these bottoms can raise as much as three
in any other section of the country I have
jaoticed. Another consideration no Jess im-
portant than the preceding servants enjoy
as good general health us in any 'part of the
State. I visited several plantations and I
never witnessed healthier and more contented
negroes ; indeed they seemed, from their
merry songs on retiring from their labor, as
happy as the long summer's day.
I inquired of different planters, who work
ed not less than
from fifty to 'sixty hands, the
physician's bill, and T assure
amouqt of their
assure -
you I was truly surprised when they inform&d
me from 60 to $75 per annum. Some of
them I was personally intimate with in Eas-
tern Texas, whom I .knew paid annually from earnest' man. ne is a nam worKea ana a
300 to 400, and they told me since their vigorous thinker. He has often to contend
removal to the Brazos tlfeir yearly medical with difficulties and overcome obstacles, the
bill had never exceeded 50. raerc thought of which would crush the soul
Above and below the thriving town of of the city fopling. He has no dozen or
Washington, on the Brazos, for many miles twenty a&istants to make selections, read and
the cotton, corn, and every other vegetable prune correspondence, review books, notice
substance seem to overload the earth, and magazines, look after and correct telegraphic
when I viewed the fields and saw the corn despatches, attend public meetings, exhibi-
and pumpkins rotting, and the hogs so fat tions, concerts and lectures, and give icports
that they could scarcely wallow, and passinc theieof: he has no a: my of compositors to
the plump ears of corn, apd largo oranac- i 'setup a column in eight minutes,' no proof-
colored pumpkins without regardins: them", 1 j reader to correct loypograhical errors, aud no
almost thought it was a wanton w.to of n:i- j foreman to see that the paper is made up
ture, and a crviug pity that the soil should be j jat right, leaing him simply to write the
so prolific
The lower Brazos, together with the lower
Colorado, is one of the greatest sugar growing
countries in the State. In this portion there
are sugar'plantcrs of enterprise and capital,
who are soon to bring it into favorable com
petition with Louisiana. Yet, from what 1
have seen, I should not be the least surprised,
as soon as a more general state of cultivation
is introduced, if it excelled the most favored
sugar districts of Louisiana.
I examined the Colorado valley, above La
Grange, and found occasionally a fine body of
land not subject to oveiflow; it is picciscly
the same on the San Marcus, Gaudaloupc,
and on many other streams west; but the
Brazos bottoms, as an extraordinary sugar
and cotton country, has only to be viewed to
dissipate the shadows of unbelief, aud I am
altogether sati-ficd that the season is rapidly
approximating when the lower Brazos for
producing sugar, aud the higher districts for
cotton, will be esteemed the sugar and cotton
sections of Texas. At this period lands aie
held at a nominal price, but in a few subse-
quent years t see no substantial reason why
they should not command as high a rate as j
any in Mississippi or Louisiana.
The facilities whieh man' of the planters
will aUortly-pospcss, on thu -UHisumaiica. of.
the Houston read that is progressing towards
completion, and is contemplated to ascend as
far as Fort Graham will afford them the
convenience of expeditiously transporting
their produce to market, to obtain the ad-
vanced price, on an equality with some of the
older and more favored States.
The Brazos bottoms arc heavily timbered,
having every variety necessary for buildinjr,
fencing, and other plantation purposes. It
chiefly consists of sycamore, hackberry, mul-
berry, china elm, and box elder; and at the
mouth of the Brazos river are some of the
largest description of cotton-wood trees, and
for several hundred miles from its termination
towards its source, there is commonly but a
limited change in the general appearance
which it assumes, with this minor exception,
the further you proceed up the stream, the
land becomes more elevated ; nevertheless,
the Eoil uniformly exhibits the same rich as-
pect with the bottoms, varying from six to
ten miles in width. This river is considered i
navigaoiR lor oou miies at least, xunng a
moderate stage of water, steamboats have as-
cended. thisdistance and descended in safety.
It has many tributary rivers, creeks, and
rivulets; some of tho more considerable on
the west are Oyster bayou. New Year's
creek, Yagua river, Cedar creek, Little river.
Deer creek, Bosque, &c : and on the east
Rolen's river, Aquilla river, Big creek, Nav-
asota. eye. The Little Brazos runs a south
direction until it approaches the great Palls
of the Brazos, from thence it takes a course
parallel with the main river, wherein it emp -
ties about one mile below Mr. Moslcy's plan -
tation These small rivers and creeks flow
through a section of bottom lands, which, as Jgineers of England and Fiance pronounced
concerns the producing of cotton and com I the project utterly impracticable. To the
are inferior to none on the North American ! hue lamented John L Stevens, and his asso-
continent, and as soon as they are more gen- ci.ltes, Apinwall, Ohauncey, Coll, Whiter-
erally known to planters possessing means, Jt and others, the world is indebted for the
their intrinsic worth will be fullv appreciated,
fni -.?ii .,-,--- ..
jueiauie .anas on tlis Jiazos aie really a
curiosity ; they commence one hundred miles
aboe Commancbe Peak the ril i-of n g'ny-
ish color, and in some spots indicating that .
there is concealed beneath it aM, mineral
treasure; in other places it produces tho most
luxuriant grass and heiuage,,on which maybe
Been grazing heids of mulang horses These ' consummation. It is a theme for such an
levels are partially timbcied and praiiie. and Epithalamium as was never sung in Greece,
extending from five to rix miles on each side and an occasion for a world-ringing burst of
of the river, then a mountain with abrupt' eloquence that makes one deplore afresh that
precipices and ragged defiles intervenes, . the tongue of Webster is mute in death,
which, when you cioss over the same scenery cw York Mirror.
invites your attention for a distance of fifty I
miles. Deer, wild turknrys. and other game ! Extraordinary Woman.
are here in abundance; but this is I he cae on ' n ,,1C country of Harrison, lives a female
almost any point of the Krtzis in fact, dur-l TIci mir a curiosity, in Iced, of her sex, be-
ing the two week.- I remained with Col. 'i ,au:e I,rone to aolitude and silence. She
Thomas D. Wil-on on his plantation, I wa- ,5v0!' n a house, the fabric of her own hands,
satisfied with the venison, tutkes, aud dutks. ' cultivates h-jr fk-ld-, spliU her own rails, does
. her own fencing: ami the piesent Autumn
Excuse forSalibatlt Breaking. j-he will hac one huudrcd bushels of corn to
Some thirty years ago the good people of i s-ell and a few hundred bushels of potatoes
Ehode Island were shocked aud outraged on ' oil the product of her own unaided and in-
finding that a blacksmith was at woik on the domitable labors! She lives alone nor hus-
Sabbath. The sound of his hammer and the i baud, nor children, nor neighbors (nearer
revei Derations of his anvil sorely annoyed the j than three miles) to cheer with a ray of social
shepherd of the villace ilock, and the more sunshine her singular and voluntatv isolation
so as the blacksmith was a pillar of the church
aDd a bright and shining light of the con-
rrepation. Of couise he was " churched1'
- i
taiien to iasif. in aeicnce ot nimseit, lie '
stated that one of the slavers, m getting ready
oi me siavers, in geiungreaay
m . -1
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to co to sea, had found herself deficient in the
handcuffs, and he was obliged to work all of
Sunday to supply her. The good shepherd
of the flock decided that it was a work of
necessity, justified by the Gospel, and Dea
con Hart "was eccused.
For Sore Throat. Take a tea cap full
of sweet oil, and half as much spirits of tur
pentine, unite them, and with tho mixture i
rub the throat snd wear a flannel aronnd it
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3i LANCASTER.
VOLUMH
Country Exchanges!
The editor of the New Fork " Musical
World and Times," some time since, paid
his respects to his " Country Exchanges" in
the following language, which savors much
"more of truth than poetry."
Saturday Courant.
" We sometimes find in a dirty looking
eight by ten newspaper, published somewhere
on the periphery of civilization, articles more
interesting, and written in better style, than
often appear in the "mammoth weeklies."
or "leviathan monthlies," that emanate from
the literary hot houses of our large cities;
and many of the counrry papers that we re-
ceive, are not only well filled, but elegantly
;gDtnP - Ptinted on excellent paper and clear
Wc anu respects worsuy oc eoinmeu-
dation.
uYour country editor is generally an
'leader and a tew seit suggesting paragrapua;
nor has he a 'liirhtenimr press,' to mint off
his paper at the late often thousand an hour,
while he is sleeping quietly at home, or en-
joying a supper along with his friends. None
of these aids has tlu country editor. On the
contrary, in many cases, he has not only to
write his editorials, make his selections, whip
his communications into shape, clothe the ad-
vciticiucuts st-nt him in uniforms of orthog
rapliy and gra miner, set up his matter, im-
pose the tonus, and piint the paper, but, at
the same time, he ma- have to do the market-
ing for his family ; dig the potatoes for his
dinner, and hold the baby while they aie be-
in:: cooked. Nor is ink, paper, or is any
othei punting mateiial so easily obtained iu
the middle of Texas or Illiuois, or even in the
interior of our own State, as in the city. By
every mail we receive halves of newspapers,
with the announcement that 'owing to the
water in the liver being still low' or some
other uncontrollable cause 'our paper has
not arrived, therefore we are again able to is-
sue only a half a sheet,' Sac. Occasionally,
an 'exchange,' published on the extreme
verire of newspapeidom, disappears altogeth
er lor a tew weens, and wnen it again manes
its appearance, the editor, in his leading par-;.rr;ni-
congratulates 'pur readers onour rc-
appearance, and are happy to slate, that hav-
ing obtained a large supply of paper, the
publication of the Herald will not again be
interrupted,' &c. Men who have to struggle
with such difficulties, can spare no time to
nonesense and frivolity; they are chary of
their space and hence the readableness of
their papers."
A Sublime Bridal.
Invitations are out for the most sublime
and magnificent nuptials ever celebrated up-
on our planet the wedding of the rough
Atlantic to the fair Pacific ocean. An iron
necklace has been thiown across the Isthmus;
the banns are already published; and the bri-
dal party will leave this city on Monday next,
February 5th, to perform the august ceremo-
ny. Some seven millions of dollars have been
spent in achieving this union; but, as the
fruits thereof will soon show, it has been
money well invested. Across the bosom of
the Isthmus, the golden products of our Pa
cific borders and the incalculable treasures
of the distant Orient, are destined to flow
in unremitting streams.
The stupendous enterprise- of uniting the
two oceans which embrace the greater por-
tion of the globe, we are proud to say, was
conceived and executed bv our own citizens,
in the frowning face of obstacles that none
j but Americans could overcome. Tho swamps,
mountains and miasmas of the Isthmus drove
jail the engineers of Europe home in despair
who contemplated the gigantic undertaking,
' and the Herculean work was left to the hands
1 and hearts of men in whore vocabulary
! " !,... ;c n C1,i, t..nrri full." The en-
wji-.v. 1J u omw .. . -
nmnleti n of this f reat bond this commcr- i
i I
:,i hnkin" of the heniisnheie. An enter-
p,iu ?o full of poetio sublimity, and so fraught
wjth interest co-nxten-ive with the whole
eartlfmny well command the admiration of
tl0 world, and du-cuvs io be fillv inauuura-
ted by such a bridal party as aie now pre- j
nariii" to embark as witnesses of the ciand
Ibis lady is a marvel of iudustry, and could
she be induced into a more genial mood,
would make a model " heln-mate" for some
- - ... -w -- ,
mg-ncartea ana nonest " son ot toil" wno ;
w.. . .. ... .
i j .. At i: i-i- r a i
couiu apprcjiau; me sicrnng quaiiucs oi uiu
farmei-Lady of Ilarrison the solitary female
devotee of Agriculture, that ilrst as well as
" noblest and most useful" of man's avoca-
tions. bne will pardon us the boldness and
tmblicitv of this marital suimestion: as it is
mrinoiiM cnPVhVil PPnlltriPtit nt rosnPrtt nTifl
F , TV , , , .. c . ,
.r- .j j - v --w. .-T ,
niimirntmn for in innonondntit nnn Trno van- i
man Wrhen we learn the Lady's full name,
v..-wr - . r-r-" -"- " - !
and ascertain her " nearest post-office," we
will mako her a present of at least one vol-
ume of the Eastern Clarion.
WASHINGTON,
A Merchant ofthc OII School.
Mr. Everett, in his memoir of the late
Peter C. Brook, Esq, just published in the
Genealogical Register, stales that Mr B.
abstained as a general rule fiom speculative
investment; " his maxim was, that the whole
value of wealth consisted in the personal in-
dependence which it secured, and he was
never inclined to put that good once won,
agaiu at hazard, in the mere quest of extra-
ordinary additions to his superfluity." He
never made purchases of unproductive real
estate, on a calculation of future enhanced
value. He never directly or indirectly took
than
an lejnil interest. He could have
doubled his immense fortune had he been
willing to violate thl
ilsrure- iris mentioned
that he believed and often said, that, in the
long run, six per cent, is as much as the bare
use of money is worth in this country. It
was another of his principles never, himself,
to borrow money. What he could not com-
pass by present means was to him interdic-
ted. It is doubtful whether, with but a sin-
gle exception, Mr. Brook's name was ever
subscribed to a note of hand. He shuuned
cverv transactinn. bnwftvnr hrilllnnt tho nrom-!
ise of future gain, which required the use of
j , t.r ,
borrowed means. Mr Everett well remarks
The bold spirit of modern enterprise will
deride as nanow minded so cautious a max-
im; but the vast numbcis of iuduidnals and
families annually ruined by its unnbservancc
to say nothing of the heaven-daiini: immor-
alities so often brought to liirlit, to which men
are tempted in the too great haste to be rich
go far to justify Brook's couise. It i highly
probable that, iu the afnriegate, as much
j pioperty is lost and saorifieed in the United i
btates by the abuse of credit, as is gained by
its legitimate use. With respect to the
moral mischiefs resulting from some of the
prevailing habits of our business community
the racking cares and the measmeless
frauds to which they sometimes lead lan-
guage is inadequate to do justice to the ap-
palling truth.
Boston Transcript.
Curious Facts about the Presidents.
The Boston Transcript picsents to its read-
ers the following compilation of curious coin'
cidence in the names and lives of the first
seven Presidents of the United States Wash-
ington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison,
John Quincy Adams, and Jackson :
"Four of the seven were fiom Yirginia.
Two of the same name were from Massachu-
setts, and the seventh was from Tennessee.
All but one were sixty-six years old on leav-
ing office, having served two terms; and one
or inoj-e wno served out one term, wouin nave
been sixty-six years of age at the end of an-
other. JThrec of tliELseven died on the 4th
day of July, and two of tlicm on the same
day and year. Two of them were on the
sub-committee of three that drafted the Dec-
jjiuliuu ut inuepenuence, ana inese iwo uicu
on the same day and year, and on the anni-
versary of the Declaration of Independence,
and just a half a century from the day of
declaration. The names .of three of the sev
en end in son, yet neither of these trausmit-1
ted his name to a son. In respect to tho
names of all, it may be said in conclusion,
the initials of two of the seven were theEame
and of two others that they were the same.
The remaining one who stands alone in this
particular, stands alone also in the love anr
admiration of his countrymen and of the civ
ilized world Washington. Of the first fiv
only one had a son, and that son was alst
President."
Another curious fact may be mentioned ii
this connection. It is that neither of th
Presidents who had sons was elected for :
second terra.
To Ladies Awkwardly Situated.
The editor of the Englishwoviari's Domes
tic Magazint warrants tho efficacy of eithe
of the following methods of replying to gen
tlemen when they pop the question :
1. Especially lecommended to blondes.
i'ause, sign very soit, tnen open your eyes
with a good deal of wonder (of course you
have been trying to make it out and can't,)
look your lover in the face, and say, What
what can you mean, dear Alfred ?" If the
last words are spoken with a little tremble,
so much the better '
2. Yery suitable for brunetts. Give a
start, flash a elance at the oucstiaucr. turn !
aside, and be un ible to speak your emotion ;
. . . j. i
one hand pressed high upon your bosom will
express this effectually
3. Safe in the bauds of anv bodv. and
rrcnerallv considered a cienrher. Buist into
- - . - .
tcars, covering your face with your hands.
If you can't cry, drop your hand upon the
inquisitor's shoulder, and murmur, "Oh,!
William !"
4 l'or merry chits and nice little en is, .
it is enough to ay ' No !"' pout, shake their
shoulders, and look pretty.
The English People.
The
following ih fiom 11. 0. Scott, oft
Richmond, Va., our Consul to Itio Janeiro, j
lie is on his way to llio, via Livcipool: ,
1?r,r,1nn ia ,'nflPfl n n:,tmn aP mr.i,rmnn '
at .f u.Um ,.!,....,. .., k:m.. .j" i
tiimiished and honored at home-have fallen '
in The bloody strife. Ou visiting the church- j
es, one will "perceive more than lulf the con- j
.; uj ;.. J.lL- TUr.. ;. i,o,rn,.- ,
k,vr - -- " '
a "eneral feeling of deep approbation of the
war among all classes, and a cheerful leadi-
ncss to submit to any privation for its ener-
getic prosecution.
The more I see of the English people the
rcrl people the better am I pleased with
them. Fiom my means of observing them,
I am sure there is vrith the masses, aud es
pecially with the middle classes, the very
kindest sympathy for those whom they seem
fond to call then cousins across the water.
In all public, places, in tneir railway carrw-
, - . v .
ges, in an my jutciuiuiw, uu mc jieupie
. n' !.l. T T I.
i am rm -iQuinc:T?mnii i iMiiii rmtit
uu tuc uiuwKliuMu.jUU) . n...v inw
and met with nothing but the greatest kind-
ness, civility and politeness, btranger as I
am, and seeking no notoriety heic of any
sort, j nave moveu aiong ior near'y two
months a mere observer of things around
... .J 1 C.I-. .j
me. nnu Iiavu tCCU UUUC Ul lliai rUUeilCs-S OI
,
TCMit'.M Kfimi; ill hiv ciiuiiLrviiiKii rnnmiam
-. , ., ,.-.,.
Every one seems to have vriahed to oH'j?e
us, and make jui Etay anu travel agreeable
But, farewell, I am vours, very trubj
But. farewell. I am vour's. verv trulv and .
pnrdiallv. "R a R
.nlollc " T? a R !
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"THE STAK-SP-AXfiLED BANNER, 0! LONG MAY IT WAVE, nt
o'er the i.a:-d op the free, and thejhome of the brave."
TEXAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17, IS.
Plain Sneaking, i
I always speak exactly what! think," said
.A.m.l..)i in mw nrPSimM fill ntlinr nrmi
n1..1f in mw nrPSimM fill ntlinr nrrn. I
ing; and straightway I began to meditate on j
the queer position affairs in geneial would
assume if everybody, like the aforesaid young
lady should adopt the plan of speaking what-
ever they thought. What a hubbub would
ensun. The "confusion of tongues" would
be nothing in comparison to it.
Only imagine Miss Screamer's surprise and
indignation, when on arising from the piano,
she winningly begs Mr Squibb's opinion of her
; song, aud is candidly
told fay the gentleman:
"Oh, it is execrable,
out o time, out cf tune.
out ot taste, in lace yougfigsoormnaoie
bormnable
Anuwnat wouia become or air. Ajres,
on questioning Miss Yarity on the nature of her
cogitations, in such a style as this; "A thou-
sand guineas, fair lady, for your thoughts,"
she would unhesitatingly make answer, "I do
wish you would go. You're such a bore."
Mrs Tittle and Mrs. Tattle's friendship
would come to an end mighty soon, if Mrs.
Tittle, instead of pronouncing Mrs. Tattle's
spring bonnet "a perfect love," should bold-
lv declare it to bo a "peifect fright."
.nam speaiiing wousu entirely auonau visit-
ing. People would find no pleasure in being
erected after this fashion, "How provoking!
suppose of coui
pu'vq come with the
tent of staying t
S:c.
Siiow me the
-who'd dare to give
vent to hi
I ho subject, when
some you
J3 acquaintance
brings
him to
te coaxing
che
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if
London,
that thVpo!
ayne s popular
(ballad, " There Tsno fpUcc like home," is
decidedly more noetictil than true. " Con
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stanhnople,'' he writes! " is the place. Here,
for the paltry sum of J3500' a year, a man of
moderate denres may live like a prince com-
modious habitation the best wine the most
glorious tobnceo three beautiful wives, and
vo going to, Crci!" A soldier's paradise
truh!
First Step jto Rnin.
OIy first stop to ruin," exclaimed a wretch-
cd outh. as he iav tossim? from ride to side
on the shaw bed in on coiner of lus prison-
house, "My first step to ruin was going fishing
on the Sabbath. 1 knew it was wrong; my
mothei taught me better: my minister taught
me better; my mister taught me better; my
Ruble taught me better. 1 didn't believe them,
but I didn't think it v ould come to this, 1
UllUOnO! I 9111 lOst'
Peihans hesnid. It is too pleasant to
be
c00Vid UP ,n c,iurch- 1,at ha"" ls!here !"
,?kln? a s,o11 5nt0 the w00t2s? ) hat ,s
lher? UJ "." my fishing-tackle and sitting
on the banks to fi-h-"
What harm? Why tho harm is that God
is disobped, who say-,, "llemember the Sab-
bath day to keep it 1 oly.""
The moment a youth determines to have his
own way. choosing his own pleasure befoie
God's will, that moment he lets go his i udder,
his compass and his chaFt; nothing but God's.
word can guide vou safely over the ocean of j
me. uive mat up ami you ge, ucmiucrcu,
you are drifnug; vou vuli bo lost
Cimm taper. I
CounsiTToYtke Young.
J." i 1IU HUtU ULLnilJA M twi-T -ai
Fight haid agHina,t a tasty temper. Anger
wiIi C01m, bnt rc, sfc ,t stoutly. A spark
i. 1
t r m a
will set a house ou Urc. A nt
of passion
may j0 vo caUC t0 immrn all the days of i
your llfe few rcwnge 8H injnry
ne thm revenges knows no rest. j
xae iec poa a iui orcaSl !
if you have an enemy, act icindly to him
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Isr-Aished by the wisest men.
Too Good to he i-.osr.
Some one relates the following story, which
is too good to be lost:
A traveler, whom we afterwards knew, once
arrived at a village inn. after a hard day's
travel, and being very tired, requested a room
to sleep in, buthe landlord said they were
entirely full, and it was utterly impossible to
accommodate him that his wife had to sleep
on the floor: but that he would hee what his
1j7ie could do for him. Tho good wrinidn,on
ury
einar applied to. said that there was one room
he might occupy, provided he would agree
to these conditions, viz: to enter the room
late in the dark and leave it eariy in the
morning, to prevent scandal; as the room
was occupied by a lady.
This he agreed to. About 2 o'clock an
awful noise was heard in the house, and our
frieud the traveler was found tumbling heels
over head down stairs On our landlord's
arriving at the spot and inquiring what the
matter was, the tiaveler ejaculated as soon
as he was able speak, '"OULord, the woman's
dead!" "I know that, said the landlord,
"but how did you find it out?"
A Temperance Story.
One crening, Inst week, we took our place
at the supper table of a Cincinnati and Lou-
isville packet. An animated conversation
was going on 'twixt a somewhat ancient lady
and a sober-faced male companion, on the
subject of temperance.
"Oh!" exclaimed she, with horror depicted
on her thin lip3, " I do despise the whiskey
drinker."
The gentleman dropped his knife and fork,
eized her hand, and giving it a hearty shake,
e thought tears were going to drop fiom his
rinkling eyes.
" Madam," said he, "I respect your scnti-
nK and the heart that dictated them. I
giuit no person to go beyond riio in despis-
the whiskey drinker. I have been dis-
tcd ou this very boat, and I say it now be-
e our wortny uaptam s lace, wnas, i
you, can be more disgusting than to see
1-dressed, respectable, aye, virtuous look-
q young men, whose mothers are probably
ven now praying mat me tonaer instruction
g)V which their youth was illuminated may
1sgruig forth precious fruit in tneir maturity
say, to see young men step up to the bar of
his boat, and without fear of observing eyes,
r the condemnation of enlightened opinion,
razenly asl: lor old isourDon or itye, or
Mononcabela whiskev, when in that bar they
know there is the very best of Old Cogniac
Bratriv I"
Oncdia Sachem.
JS- Why is a soldier like a vine ?
13ecause he is listed, trained and forced to
hoot.
EST" Why is a pretty young widow like
com in a scarce time ?
Because she ought to be husbanded.
Why are the United States colors like the
stars in Heaven r
Because they are beyond the power of any
nation to pull them down.
Swipes' landlady caught a mouse in the
China cream pitcher the other day. Swipes
advised her to send it to the country Fair for
exhibition.
" Haw would it be classed r" breathlessly
iaquiied the worthy hostess.
" Ootch in China, of course," was the ro-
piy. We heard a good Methodist preacher once
go on in this way, "As I was riding along
once, on one of those beautiful western prai-
ries, with my dear good wife, who has since
gone to heaven in a buggy."
" Old ago is coming on me rapidly," as the
urchin said when he was stealing apples from
an old man's garden, and saw the owner com-
cowhide in hand.
" You owe me five dollars for that opinion
you had of me," said Squire 13 to a cli-
ent. " No I don't," said the man, "for I never
had any opinion of you."
A young .gentleman of our acquaintance
created a considerable of a sensation a few
evenings .Miice,-while reading to a circle of
young ladies a poetic effusion "To a Beau-
tiful Belle" by pronouncing tho latter word
with two syllables.
A model return upon a writ was recently
made by a deputy sheriff in Morgan county,
Indiana. It was " Survcd the within, but
was fit with brickbats by tha woman so that I
couldn't sarve it "
A very modest lady sent her very modest
daughter, a pretty oung damsel, out one
I moininf' for some articles. Anions the ma
ny, she informed the cleik in one of our
stores that her mother wanted to get three
ynidiof cloth "for primitive triangular ap-
peudages for hirinfaut."
A chap from the country ,who visited New-
port to sec the Fourth of July entered one of
the hotels and sat doirn t" iiuncr. Upon
the bill of fare being handed to him by the
waiter he icmarked that he "didn't care 'bout
reudiu' uow, he'd wait 'ill after dinner."
Hood could never believe that undertakers
kit for the poor. If they do, how comes it
that they arc always "screwing them down?"
.said he.
A clerk in a mercantile establishment Writes
to bis friends at home " Plaguey easy times
now a-dnys very little work to do our firm
don't advertiio "
When lms a man a i ight to scold his wife
lout his coffee ? When he haa more than
j
auffioieut jrwmfc.
nguWhen you hear a woman saying "it's
a. mtv Sal v Brown is .n Jion.nlv if in
she thinks her own daughter is, "on the coo-
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that his newspaper is "horribly stupid and
not at all edited as it ouaht to be " its a si"n !
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PE0PILIET0J1.
IIBER--1
Popular Similes.
Some ingenious rhymor has placed the fol-
lowing sayings in poetio order, the opposites
in juxtaposition:
As wet as a fish as dry as a bone;
As live as a bird as de id as a stone;
As plump as a partridge as poor as a rat;
As s trong as a horse as weak as a cat;
As hard as a flint as soft as a mole;
As white as a lily as black a? a coal;
As plain as a pikestaff as rough as a bear.
As .tight-ASA drum rgjgg&gAth,fc air;
Aslicavy as lead ala a feathen
As steady as time-asfelriaua,3irweath
As hot as an oven as cold as a frog;
As gay as a lark as sick as a dog;
As slow as a tortoise as swift as the wind;
As true as the gospel as false as mankind;
As thin as a barring a3 fat as a pig;
As proud as a peacock as blue as a grig;
As savage as a tiger as mild as a dove;
As stiff as a poker as limp as a grove;
As blind as a bat as dead as a post;
As cold as a cucumber as warm as a toast;
As red as a cherry as pale as a ghost.
A Wedding Song.
There arc chimes, merry chimes, in the air.
"What tell they ?
That as, to glad our wedded love,
Those silvery bell-songs float above;
So from above true joys shall como
To bless our own, our happy home,
Botu night and day.
There are flowers, fragrant flowers, neath our foct
"What teach they .'
That earth-born pleasures may be spread
Along the path that we shall tread;
But, even should it bo our lot
With hasty step to crush them not,
'1 hey must decay.
There are smiles, short-lived smiles, all around.
"What show they ?
They tell us, never but in Heaven
Is lasting bliss to mortals given;
That looks of love, like fairy flowers.
And charms of music laden, hours,
Must pass away.
There is hope, thrilling hope, inour hearts.
"What does hope say ?
The merry strains of life may change.
Joy-flowers may fade, and friends gfow strange
But those by pnre affection joined,
Fond heart to heart, firm mind to mind,
Are bound for aye
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,w."Mitfgrg,in
Batter Puddikg Without Eggs. Mix
six teaspoonsful of flour with a little milk, a
-tflsiM)Qonful o salty-twa teaspoonfuls of beat
en ginger, and two of the tincture of saffron.
Mix it with nearly a quart of milk, and boil
it for about an hour.
To Clean Window Glss. Take finely
pulverized indigo, dip into it a linen rag
moistened with vinegar, wine, or water, and
apply it briskly to the glass. Wipe off and
polish with a dry cloth This method of
cleansing window glass imparts a brilliant
polish, and is far more expeditiously accom-
plished than cleaning with soap suds or whi-
ting. To Dress a Cold Fowl. Peel off the
skin, and pull off the flesh from the bones in
as large pieces as possible; then dredge it
with a little flour, and fry to a nice brown in
butter, serve it up with a rich gravy, well
seasoned, and thicken it with a piece of but-
ter rolled in flour. Just before you serve it
up squeeze in the juice of half a iemon.
A Good Way of Cooking Onions. It is
a pood plan to boil onions in milk and water; j
it diminishes the strong tasto of that vegeta-
ble. It is an excellent way of serving up
onions to chop them after they are boiled,
and put them in stew-pan, with a little milk,
butter, salt and pepper, and let them stew
about fifteen minutes. This gives them a
fine flavor, and they can bs served up very
hot.
CnANBEnuv and Bice Jelly. Boil and
press the fruit, strain the juice, and by de-
grees mix it with as much ground rice as will,
when boiled, thicken to a jelly; boil it gent-
ly, stirring it, and sweeten to your taste; put
it into a basin or dish, and serve up with
cream or milk.
Saving Pork.
A correspondent to the Soil of the South
gives his experience in curing pork, as follows.
The editor of that paper vouches for the planters suffer; for too many strain all their
character and experience of his correspondent. energies to make Cptton, to the neglcctcom
The mode pursued is this: ( paratively, of supplies of provisions and other
"Iiaving your wood and water heating ar- j articles which every plantation needs, andof
rangements already before hand, of a cold 'which a surplus cau aiwas find a ready mar-
clear morning with the wind from the 2sTorth, ket. This ia especially true now, for while
begin to kill your hogs bufore day; as fasti cotton is unusually low, almost every other
as they are cleaned, cut out and salt away (article usually made on a cotton plantation is
in bulk, wiuie irarm; at night draw and spread!
every piece to itself; next morning early re-
salt icell and pack away. The warm damp
meat melts the salt.which strikes immediately i
through, draws out the blood and preserves!
it. In fifteen or twenty days it will be as '
well salted, as in six weeks by the old ordin
ary plan of salting after it has become cold,
and 3 ou can hang it up for smoking three
weeks earlier. In salting the joints should
be placed at the bottom of the cask or box
and the sides on the top, and cover well."
To MaUc Hens liay Perpetually.
Wo Cud the following in an English paper,
and transfer it to our pages without vouching
for its correctness, leaving such of our readers
as choose to try tho experiment:
Keep no roosters; give the hens fresh meat,
chopped up like sausage meat, once a day
a very small portion, say half an ounce a day
to each ben in winter, or from the time in-
sects disappear in fall, till they appear again
in spring. Never allow any eggs to remain
in the nest for what are called nest eggs.
When the roosters do not run with the hens,
and no nest eggs are left in the nest, the hens
will not cease laying after the production of
tW(.M m fifMn mk r tW Aliravs Annh
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loosters and nest egirs are allowed, but con
tinue laying perpetually One- reason why
hens do not lay as freely in winter as in sum
I raer, is the want of animal food, which they
gee in summer in apunaaace, m me lorm oijnrniiy, ana proven! tLs intrusion of mtfer w
inssots moi5$BrerwaKhis Shs causa ozasi$
lJm
ree Culture. T"
Moving large trees from the woods id -wiir
ter, on "the frozen ball principle," is thought
by a writer in the Horticultural Journal, to
be ,a job that don't pay." Ho says:
i: Three years ago I brought from the
woods a great number of trees of various
sorts, and, for one that has flourished nine
have died; at tho same time, I procured front
a nursery a few small elm trees, hardly strong
enough for walking-stickswhich were- plants
ed in the same situation ; to be sure they
were not such conspicuous objects at the first,
but now they are nice, handsome trees, while
those from the woods have nearly all disap
peared. S
And in regard to transplanting, at any soa-
son, take the following suggestions
1. Do not set them too deep This i3 tha
secret, of the grand discovery of the, great
law of venetatiou, for which-fcB.u'sseliCam-
stock asked the small sura of one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, viz : That the
"seat of life," in a plant or tree, i3- just a6
the point where the earth should cease to cov-
er the foot of the tree. If covered deep, it
strangled the tree in said seat of life, or forc-
ed it into sending fotth suckers, 'which stifled
all healthy progress in the tree. Now, the
discovery is not a new one, that trees must
not be too deeply planted; certainly-noHeep-
er than they weie when growing iu the earth
previously. Without doubt, thousands jof
dollars worth of trees arc annually lost to OUi?
country by this s:mpi2 error.
2. Put' nothing but pure and finely "puis
enzea cartn arouna the roots. Many ner-
nsaretold that they want manure, asbesj
tc , and not bavins: time to manure and asn.
their whole field as a substitute, they put
these substances in the hole for the tree, and
mingle it in the earth, witb which to covef
the roots. This is all wrong. Tha soil may
need manure and ashes, but these should be
completely composted in the soil before al-
lowed to come in contact with the fibrous
roots of young trees. Mulch the trees well
after setting, mulching consists in placing the
manure be it new or old leaves, tan bark,
or whatever used, loosely on the ground for a
considerable space around the tree; on no ac-4
count mix it with the soil on transplanting. . i
Wl2en to Dig Sweet Potatoes to Pre
serve thein from Hot. -
A gentleman who is an experienced far-
mer lemarked in our presence the other day
that potatoes should be dug when they go6
ripe. We were at first little surprised having-
never heard of rigs potatoes before though
often enough of raw ones. But a, moment's
reflection satisfied us that there must be good
philosophy, in it, for nature very plainly in-
dicates the proper time to pluck all other1
fruits and why not the potatoe ? But hovrtd
tell a rijpe potatoe was the question that puz-
zled us. "Simple enough," replied ourhx-
formanc. 'Pull several potatoes from differ-
ent parts of your patch, break them and give
them time to dry and if the fresh broken
parts dry over perfectly white the potatoe ia
ripe, and should be dug. But if of a dark-,
ish hue, the potatoe is not ripe and should
be left to ripen. If dug when ripe they will
keep, if not they will not.' Try it.
Sands rsnlle Georgian.
Hominy. -
In point of economy, as human food, and
bushel of beans or hominy is equal to ten of
potatoes. Hominy, too, is a dish almostjos
universally hked-as potatoes, and at the south
it is freely eaten, while at the north it is
seldom seen In fact it is an unknovyn food"
except to a few persons in cities. By hom-
iny we do not mean a sort of coarse meal,
i but grains of white corn, from which the
hull and chit, or eye, has been removed, by
moistening and pounding in a wooden mor-
tar, leaving the- grains almost whole, and
composed of little else but starch. It has
often been said that not one cook inten
knows how to boil a potato. We may add
another cipher when speaking of the sim-.
pie process of cooking hominy. Wcgive tEe
tormula of our own experience and instruc-
tions received in a land where " hog -and
hominy" were well undci stood. Wash slight-
ly in cold water; then boil slowly from three
to six hours in the same water, with plenty
more added from time to time, with great
care to prevent burning. Do not salt while
cooking, as that or hard water will harden
the com. So it will peas or beans, green or
dry, aud rice also. When done, add Butter
aud talc, or a better way L to let each season
to the taste. It may be eaten with meat in
lieu of vegetables, or with sugar or syrupr
It ia good not or cold, and th more frequcnt-
i ly it is warmed over, like the old fashioned
put of
" Ucjh porridge hot, or boan-porridge cold,
Ueau-purndge beat at n ne days old."
So ia boniiny it ia good always, and very
wholesome, aud like the tomatoes, only re
quires to be taken once or twice to fix the
taste in its favor.
Journal of Health.
Advice to Planters.
The Auguata Constitutionalist alladfngtct
the approaching agricultuijil season, gtveai
the following advice to planters in regard io
the choice ot crops:
It is to be hoped that cotton planters will
not be betrayed by the present low prices of.
cotton and their want of money, to commit?
the folly of planting a larger crop than usualjv
in order to make up the required sum by fn-
creascd quantity. Increase of production,
but aggravates the evils under which the
unusually high, aud likely to remain eo,
Corn especially bears a very high price, with
no prospect of aii abatement. Tho horaek
consumption cannot diminish, while the de
maud tor export is all the tinia increasing.
Corn is now a, regular article of shipment to
Europe, where it is yearly, coming more fnto
use. This country will also continue to have
I a large market abroad for all the flouryba-
con, beef, and every other transnertabhrax-
ticle ot food. . -
LeJ; not the prospect of an early peace dM
ccive the planter into the belief that prices
of Cotton will necessarily, in that event,
greatly rise, or prices of provisions greatly
tall. Though the war should terminate to-morrow,
it would be a long time before a
material chunge cenld be effected in the caseat
now reguteting priceex " ","
To diminish the production of'Cotfonrand,
raise an increased quantity of provisions
would, at ail events, be a safe polieyt
t " ' .t
To Preserve Irqx and Stbeii Knives
from Bust. Prooure some melle"ft Vifgut,
wax the purer the better aud rus'thor-
oughly aver the blades of the knivesjplter
it has dried, warm the knives, anafliayuig
carefully removed the wax item the surface
rub them briskly with adclotnntil thd
original polish is fuiiy restoredV-Thia will
fill ail the pores with the unctuous arid min-
ute particles of the wax, which: will adhere!
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