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Mulberry Creek, Fayette co., Texas,
June 15, 1S52. $
Dr. X. Comstock, N. Y., Sir.- Twelve
months ago I bought a 50c box of your Pain Ex-
tractor, and a neighbor of mine, Judge W Mene-
fee, in this county, had a negro woman that was
burnt on her foot, 14 years ago, every month
would break out and run so that she was an en-
tire cripple Ha sent to me for my box of salve
let him have it he applied it, and has made a
perfect cure, so that she is now a hand, sound and
TVell j and the Judge says he will always keep the
galve on hand. I have tried the salvein my fami-
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xuiy price in the world I have been the cause of
several of my neighbors trying it, and all that
hate it are well satisfied with it, and say they
will not be without it. A neighbor of mine by the
name of O. L. Hillebrand, from Liberty county
Eastern- Texas, first tyldme about it, and I am wel
MtiEfied with it. William V. Cristvxll,
Tlie Fail of tlie AJamo.
A labile Tribute to the Memory of its De-
defenders. On the 23d day of February, 1S36, Gene
ral Santa Anna entered Snn Antonio de Bex-
ar, a"hd took possession of the town without
firing a gun. The small garrison of one hun-
dred and thirty men, under the command of
William Barrett Travis, retired as he advan-
ced to the Alamo, on the opposite side of the
river, determined there to offer such resist-
ance to the progress of the tyrant, as their
anergies and, resources should permit, by a
direct appeal to the Gpd of battles Hush-
ed with the conquest, so easily effected of the
town, the Mexican Commander prepared for
an immediate attack upon the Alamo. He
ordered breastworks to be thrown upon every
commanding point, and artillery to be planted
wherever it could be made most 'effective.
One battery was completed on the right bank
of the river, by the 25th and without waiting
for others, the seige was at once commenced.
It 13 a dark and gloomy morning, devoted
to a dark and unholy purpose. Exulting in
the workof death upon which.he is entering,
Santa. Anna crosses the river in person, and
establishes his head quarters in a small stone
building yet standing from which he may
the more accurately perceive the progress of
his designs, without exposing himself to the
enemy's fire. The signal "i3 given, and ere
the sun has risen upon those hostile hosts, the
roar of the Mexican battery awakens the ech
oes far and wide, and rouses from their slum-
bers the yet unconscious inhabitants But
the defenders of the Alamo have not lost
sight of the movements of their wily and im-
placable foes they watch the studied direc-
tion of every gun; they see the match lighf-
ed, listen breathless, as if even at that dis-
tance, they could hear the command to fire ;
and when the walls of the citadel trembled
under the shock of the iron hail, and the frag-
ments of the parapet are whirled aloft by the
sudden impulse, they send back a shout of de-
fiance, mingled with a discharge from their
own guns, as tlistinctive, if not as deafening,
as the thunder of their assailants.
Before the smoke rolls away, and the re-
verberations are lost in the distance ; while
the .shouts of the besieged still linger in the
ears of the besieger, the cannonade is resum-
ed, and for seven hours, without pause or re-
laxation, fiercely continued upon the walls of
the Alamo. But these walls yield no more
than the spirits of their defenders. The fire
is steadily unsatiated ; and though stones are
shivered around tbem, there arc stout hearts
and willing bunds ready to repair every breach
aim to restore from the interior whatever may
have been, destroyed from without. Earth is
thrown up; every crack or fissure is closed as
fast as created, by the eager efforts of those
who will permit no evidence of success to
cheer the hopes of their enemies. The sun
has almost sunk behind the western plains,
when there is a pause in the work of demoli-
tion. The firing of the besiegers closes for
the day, with the Mexican thirst for blood
unsatiated ; not a single drop has been Ehed
within the Alamo. Many of Santa Anna's
own men have "bit the dust, before the artille-
rists and riflemen of the fort ; but thus far
they are unavenged. Darkness falls upon the
besiegers and besieged. The former raise
new intrenchments to prosecute the assault ;
the latter establish a close watch for the
night, and endeavor to seek that repose which
shall renew their vigor for the contest which
they know will come to-morrow.
The morning 'of the 5th dawns, and re-
veals to the occupants of the fort, the effect
of the midnight labors of their enemies, in
the establishment of two additional batteries
within the Alameda of the Alamo. The bay-
onets of the infantry which have crossed the
river during the night, glitter in the morning
beams, and the plumes of the cavalry are seen
waving on the eastern hills, to intercept the
expected aid from that quarter. The contest
is renewed by a small skirmish between a
small party of Texans, sent in quest of wood
and water, and a Mexican detatebment under
General Sestna : but this is a mere overture
to the grand performance of the day. The
thunders of the heavy ordinance, under the
direction of Colonel Ampudia, are soon rous-
ed into action ; volley after volley is poui'ed
into the fort, and answered only, except at
rare intervals, by the shouts of those within.
There is no pause no cessation. Still the
cannonade goes on; shells fly hissing through
the air, and balls bury themselves within the
ramparts ; but night again comes on, and the
Mexicau General in vain looks for evidence of
success. Baffled, but not discouraged, he ad-
vances his line of eutrenchments, and prepares
with the morning light, to resume bis bloody
taik. The north wind sweeps over the prai-
ries, as it only sweeps in Texas, a stormy lul-
laby to the stormy passions of those contend-
ing hosts. The darkness is broken only by
the feeble blaze of a few huts fired by the
Texans which had furnished a cover to the
enemy. The flames curl upwards with a sick
ly glare, and then fitful flashes throw a lurid
light for a moment upon the slumbering army
and expired. The reign of darkness and of
silence is restored.
The next day the Mexicans appear inact-
ive, though engaged in construction of "addit-
ional batteries. There is but little firing on
either side. Travis and his men, with spirits
unsubdued, and'with energies weakened, but
not exhausted, are applying their contracted
resources to the purpose of defence No
heart falters; no pulse throbs with diminished
power, no hand shrinks from the labor that
necessity imposes. All is confidence and de-
termination; and in every breast there is firm
reliance springing from the hostileness of the
cause and the certainty of its final triumph.
Sunday follows: but brings no rest to those
whom God has created in his own imae,
and who in violation of His commands, are
thus yielding to their erring and unhallowed
passions. Perhaps within the chapel of Ala-
mo, consecrated to the worship of the Al-
mighty, distinguished by the emblem of suf-
fering and of salvation, which surmounts the
dome, heads may be bowed in prayer to the
God of battles for deliverance from their san-
guinary foe; but that foe takes no heed of
Sabbaths. Exclusive followers, as they pro-
claim themselves, of the true church, they
doom to-destruotion the very temple they e-
rected for its worship; and kissing the oross
snspruded from their ne"k. inl phutd be
fore him, and he finds himself the only living
wairior of the 163 who had been his compan-
ions. Perhaps at that moment the life-blood
creeps to his heart by a natural impulse; but
it is only for a moment. The desperation of
his position sends it back with the force of an
avalanche. His foes glare on him with the
fieiceness of demons, and assault him with
blows from muskets, lances and sabres. The
, j? .... 1 j 1 t j .1 at once to their inspection
tred in his single arm, as he deals out death lK .:., ,1 j
to his pitiless and unsparing assailants Their fa b(jen j Qn hc . of
Manners of Xicliolas of Russia.
By Mr. Dallas, Vice President of the Uni-
ted Stales and Minister to Russia,.
No admitted merit no length of service
no elevation of rank, can avert the blow with
which he is ever ready to strike the culpable
or dislo3'al To maintain the discipline of his
troops, he 13 in the habit or suddenly visiting
their stations without warning, and p oceeding
when wo! to the
etected in fault! He
tands
ID2 to
tims for the funeral pyre, soon to be kindled ' with blood, and rouse'd into frenzy, he s
by Santa Anna, on the surroundiug hills, as like some fabled god of antiquity lauhi
a human hecatomb to Mexican vengence. scornjthe malice, and the power, and the fury
New batteries are erected by the besiegers: of his enemies. New fire flashes from his
from every point around, the missiles of de-
struction concentrate upon the Alamo. The
final hour must soon come. Provisions are
not yet exhausted, but the ammunition can-
not last many days longer. Water has long
been supplied solely by the daring efforts of a
Mexican woman, who, through showers of
grape and musketry, has treaded the way to
and fro between the river and the citadel,
while her own blood has marked the path.
She bears within her the stern and lofty spir-
it of her.illustrious ancestor, htretched upon
the racks of Cortex, and it is not the fear of
torture or of death, that can swerve her fiom
her purpose.
The siege has continued for ten days. The
Mexican Geneial has received large 1 enforce-
ments, and his army now numbeis thousands.
He has been unceasing in his efforts to batter
down the walls but thus far has failed. The 1
triumph is with Travis; but it is wiitten in
the heart of his ruthless foe that he must die,
and when the cannonade is suspended on the
6th of March, a small breach has been effect-
ed and Santa Anna has determined without a
summons to surrender, that the hour for the
assault has arrived. Burinc ten days a blood
red flag has been streaming from the spire of
the church in San Antonio, proclaiming that
no quarter is to be given to the champions of
the Alamo that blood alone will appease the
fury of Mexican malice. When the sun a-
gain goes down, the flag is no longer se'en, for
the deed of which it was the sign has been ac-
complished. It is midnight. Stars are smiling in the
firmament, and the repose of paradise seems
hoveung over the armed hosts, and hills, and
plains which encircle the Alamo. The calm
is so deep and solemn, that the angel of death
seems to pause before the strife and carnage
which are to follow. A low murmur rises up-j
on the air, which gradually becomes more
and more distinct. Lights are seen ulancins: j
mysteriously in the distance," and indicate
some unusual movement. The besieging ar-
my is in motion. There is no advance by
columns; the force of the- Mexicans is so great
eye, and new vigor nerves uis arm. Un uis
assailants rush, but it is upon death, certain
and immediate They fall, but their places
are still supplied; and so quickly, the dead
seem to lise up before him, like armed men
from the teeth of Cadmus. At length a ball
from an uuseen rifle pierced him in the fore-
head; he falls backwaid to the earth, in' the
sti earns of gore which curdle around him.
No groan escapes his lip; no cry of agony
gratifies the implacable rancor of his enemies;
he dies and the Alamo has fallen.
Tiivkisli Bravery.
When crossing at Hirchova, a single Tttrk
exhibited a degree of bravery which would
parellel any thing of the kind ever performed
in our Mexican war. He was a private sol-
dier of the Bachi Bayouk, and had, br some
means, been separated from his regiment
while retiriug from the enemy. Seeing his
unprotected position, three or four Russian
troops made a dash for him. But theTurk,
undaunted, stood up to receive them, and as
the foremost trooper swung his sword to deal
the blow, the soldier, by a poweiful effort,
seized his horse and threw him on his haunch-
es, and then, quick as lightuing, cleft the
trooper's skull. Then spiiuging to the sad-
dle, he turned to face the otheis, one of whom
by his uniform, betokened the officer. In
stead of waiting the charge, he shouted the
name of Allah, aud spurred to tho contest.
With single hand he maintained the unequal
fight for some time, and till two out of four
lay at his feet. The Russian officer still
fought bravely, but animated by fanaticism
and the determination to conquer, the Mos-
lem seized the officer, though a larger man,
by the belt, and dashed him like a child to
the earth. With another blow he hurled the
remaining trooper from the saddle, and secu-
ring the steeds, he made his way in safety to
the Imperial camp, where his exploit had
been witnessed, and where ha was dubbed
captain on the spot. I merely mention this
incident to show that, though much underra
ted bv the world in general, tho Turk- lias
that the fort may be completely surrounded, bravery and courage, and would" under -rood
leaving intervals only for the fire of artillery.
The place is girdled by a deep line of infant-
ry, and these are hemmed in and encompass-
ed by another of cavalry. If the first falter
or shrink, they must be thrust forward to the
assault by the sabres nnd lances of their com-
rades. Suddenly the batteries are-in a blaze,
and from their concentric positions pour forth
radii of fire from the circle of Santa Anna's
vengeance, verging to a single centre. -Irnid
the thunders thus created, their own shouts
hardly less-terrible and the martial blasts of.
a hundred bugles, the Mexicans advance to
the .Alamo. A. sheet of flame, from rifles
that never failed, is the answer to the charge.
The infantry recoil and fall back upon the
cavalry; their ranks broken and disordered by
the deadly fire of the besieged. The shouts
from the forts are mingled with the groans of
the wounded and dying on the plain, while
the officers are endeavoring to reform their
scattered masses. They return to the attack
but the leaden shower which they again en-
counter, fells them to the earth by platoons.
Travis shows himself on the walls, cheering
his undaunted followers. Ground him are
Crockett, Evans and Borham, roused to a
last struggle, for they know their doom is
sealed. In quick succession rifle after rifle is
discharged, sending hundreds to their long
account, lhc Mexicans are again repulsed;
they fall back, dismayed and disheartened by
the dead and dying around them. The bat-
tallion of Toluca the flower of Santa An-
na's army is reduced from four hundred to
twenty-three. Men have become for a mo-
ment regardless of their officers, and are al
most delirious from the cries of ansuish of
their fallen and expiring comrades, yielding
to influence which no discipline can restrain,
and no efforts can repress. But the breach
noT7 appears practicable; the disjointed forces
by the aid of threats and entreaties, are ral-
lied and once more return to the assault.
The fire from the Alamo has for some time
been growing slower and slower. Rifles have
dropped from many a .vigorous hand, now
cold in death, while others cling to their wea-
pons even in the agonies of dissolution. Am-
munition, too, has been failing; one by one
the muzzles drop; and ere the last rifle is
loaded and discharged, the Mexicans have
gained the wall. Fearfully conspicuous iu
that awful moment, Travis receives a shot,
staggers and falls. He dies not unavenged
A Mexican officer rushes upon him, and is a-
bout to plunge his sabre into the bosom of the
fallen man; when gathering his remaining en-
ergies for a desperate effort, he bathes the
sword to which he clings, in the blood of his
enemy, and they die together.
In the meantime, the conflict has .become
hand to hand, and has been raging hot and
thick. The Mexicans have poured into the
citadel like famished wolves furious for their
prey. Each man struggles with his adversa-
ry with the energy of despair, dealing tho
death stroke with rifles, sabres, or whatever
missiles may be within reach. The Texans
are almost buried beneath the numbers of
their opponents. The carnage has been so
terrible that the slain arc piled up in heaps
Death stares each Eurvivor in ho face, yet
still he struggles on Crockett has been con-
spicuous in the melee, wherever the blows fell
hottest and fastest. He has forced his w.ay 0-
vcr piles of the dead bodies of his enemies,
and has reached the door of the chapel.
Hero he determines to make his last stand.
At one glance of his eye he sees that the fate
of the Alamo rests upon himself alone, aud
that fate nothing can avert. Travis has fallf
dibcipliue, form a mo3t efficient soldier.
"What it Costs to Make Ladies.
The following extract from the Parlor An-
nual deserves a careful perusal from husbands
and fathers, as well as wives and daughters.
It furnishes the key to much of the misery
we find in the world :
" In childhood and youth, girls are heal-
thy, hardy, and capable of enduring fatigue
as boys, for the very good reason that nature,
regarding it equally necessary to give them
constitutions, has kindly done so and because
they romp in the open air, and thus obey the
promptings of unsophisticated naiure. Yet
our men are much more healthy than women,
and even young ladies. Take the families of
merchants and business men not.the purse-
proud nabob on" the one hand, nor the hardy
delver on the other and how stands the mat-
ter : The men are active, industrious, ac-
customed to a great degree of bodily exer-
tion ; they are busy with bales and boxes
among the draymen and portera ; they are
driving about the wharves and streets all
day ; their minds and bodies fully employed,
and go home with a keen and well-earned ap-
potite, while their wives and daughters, stand-
ing, of course, Qn the same platform of Ve-
spectability as themselves, have dragged the
wearisome hours of the da' in listless idle-
ness or sedentary pursuits, and approach the
table with an appetite that almost spurns the
repast other hands have prepared, and fill
their anxious husband's or father's cais with
complaints of athousand ills, which perhaps,
nothing but a summer at the springs or wa-
tering places can assuage. Poor creatures,
they have not been properly educated. Fash
ion would pout its contemptuous Jips, and
toss its brainless head at the idea of useful
toil for the wives and daughters of a wealthy
merchant. But the same fickle goddess has
no objection to the father or son going into
the store andlaboring all daj", rolliug barrels,
packing and unpacking goods, which, for
them, is all very well ; but she denies to the
daughter any part in household affairs, be-
cause it is vulgar and disreputable, and con-
signs her to the practice of music, drawing,
worsted and lace work. What matters it if
the son's bauds be hard, his chest and mus-
cles brawny, his face bronzed by the sun and
wind, and, with these firm health ; but the
daughters must be slim, fragile, pale, and del-
icate, with soft, white hands, to bo worthy to
rank with the sons of merchants, who arc ev-
ery day employed, just like her brother, tvith
like icsults."
fore every camp, they point their guns upon
the very symbol for which the profess such
unbounded reverence. The fire of the Mexi-
can artillery keeps companyjvith the minutes
as they roll on. Morning; mfd-day and eve-
ning are passed yet there is no faltering a-
mong those who aro defending the Tbeimop-
ylce of Texas liberty. Another sun rises and
sets, and yet another; still the indomitable
hearts of Travis and his companions quail not
before the untiring efforts of their enemy. In
spite of that enemy's vindictive vigilance the
nttie garrison receives irom uonzaios a rem- oouies nave grwn mio a rauipart ueiore mm. -. ,. ?,,:,, tn .,,. off -"li li
forcement of thirty-three men; additional vie- Blackened with fire and smoke, besmeared ".axJtH the enanlcttes and decorative
badges of a veteian and favorite officer.
There revels in his temperment what may be
called a dash of romance, which, set off by a
form of great elegance and muscular strength
gives to his actions grace, vivacity and inter-
est. When representing the Impeiial Chief,
his detailsof grandeur and magnificence, may
be truly and orientally gorgeous his au-
diences, banquets, and festivals, as impo
sing and dramatic a3 those in the Arabian
Night? yet often from them he breaks ab-
ruptly travels through his kingdom, un-
known and unobserved; gaining, perhaps,
admission to the palace of some neighboring
sovereign, under a fiictitious name; or as a
mendicant by tho wayside, claims the charity
of his Empress or, it may be, as an awk-
ward captain of a steamer, affects to run down
some lubbeiing captain of a small ciaft on the
Baltic and, while supposed to be thus roam-
iug over tho Empire, alarms his ministers by
suddenly presenting himself amongst them .
A few years ago, an American frigate a-
like celebrated for the beauty of her propor-
tions solidity of her form and quickness of
sailing entered the Harbor of Cronstadt.
Her arrival was at once communicated to
Nicholas, and, before her anchor was fairly
down one of his richly ornamented steamers
was observed approaching across the wide
bay. The steamer stopped at about one hun-
dred aids distance from the frigate, and a
dazzling group of officers was seen to enter a
barge, the course of which was immediately
directed towards the ship. Acting as coexs-
wain to this barge, and seated himself at the
stern, appeared a conspicuous figure, with a
small white cap, encircled by a red band, and
attired in a single-breasted dark green frock
coat, the attire concsponding with tho indiv-
idual's subordinate capacity and presenting a
singular contrast to the epaulettes, and other
finery of those under whose orders he seemed
stationed. Always prepared to receive such
visitors, our naval commander met them at
the gangway and gave them a hearty welcome.
Among them was the rice-chancellor of the
Empire, the minister of Marine, and a num-
ber of admirals and general officers, who went
"aft" in the cabin of the commodore, whilst
iheir coxswain, as if conscious that he must
look out for himself, walked " forward" and
mingled carelessly with the common sailors.
As he examined the battery and scrutinized
the bulwarks, asking now and then some ques-
tions, the hardy tars, trained to discern the
air and tone of real authority, instinctively
touched their tarpaulin hats, and winking
knowingly to each other, whispered their con-
viction, that it " was the old boy himself!"
This suspicion circulated wiui rapmity
throughout the frrato, but no one deemed it
decorous,by the slightest word or look, to in-
timate its existence to him who thought him-
self, as He wished to be, absolutely unrecog-
nized. After inspecting this proud specimen
of our naval architecture and armament the
splendid -cavalcade re-enter their barge.
And now arrived themoment when the Com-
modore was to decide whether he should'give
the ordinary salute of twenty-one guns, or
twice that number, consisting an imperial sa-
lute. The suspected coxswain was then ob-
served, alone, and leaning on the wheel of the
steamer, as the man-of-war's -heavy cannon
thundered from her ports. Ho remained si-
lent and stationary "until at the sound of the
twentysecond gun he started with surprise ;
gathered his officers around him and after
he had explained to them that the " cute
Yankees" had seen through his disguise, he
issued his orders for the resumption of his
true character, signals were immediately no
ticed to be exchanged with the surrounding
torts, and ten or twelve liussian snips in mo
harbor. The star-spangled banner was then
hoisted at the mast head of the steamer,
gracefully playing across tho bows of the Am-
erican ship, while every other armed vessel
commenced firing answering salutes.
TFh.en these ceased, and the flag of the
Union- slowly descended, and Nicholas pro-
claimed his real presence by.hoisting in its
stead the standard of his house the dark
double-headed eagle, on a yellow ground
whose appearance, as if by magic, awoke the
cannon both on the shore and the bay, produ-
cing, tho deafening roar of 2000 guns. The
self-confidence which leads to those eccentric
movements, characterizes the deportment of
tlie sovereign every where and at all times.
Our fancies aro apt to imagine'him always
moving in state, and hedging himself around
with guards and-attendants, with all the show
and pomp of tho appurtenances of tyranny.
Such is not the case. AVhy, the elected citi
zen, the king of France, with powers, express-
ly defined and restricted, feels safe only with-
in his palace walls, or surrounded by his sol-
diers, whilst Nicholas, the unrestricted and
irresponsible despot maintains iu all his inter-
course with his people tho freedom and care-
lessness of unimportant privacy. He is seen
at all hours in a small single-horse sleigh
in an open carriage on horseback or on foot
unuccompanied and undistinguished except
by those familiar with his general personal
appearance or nhysiognomy, strangers often,
unaware of his presence pass him without respect.
iJ
I would Not Die At All.
Am I would not die in Spring-time.
I would not die in Spring time,
When woriMS begin to crawl;
"When cabbage plants r.rc shooting up ;
And frogs begin to squall;
'Tisthen the girls are full of charms,
And smile upon the men;
When lambs and peas are in their prime
I would not perish then.
I would not die in Summer,
Trees are filled with fruit
And every sportsman has a gun,
The little birds to shoot,
The girls then wear the Bloomer dresa,
And half distract the men,
It is the time to sweat it-out
I would not perish then.
I would not not die in Autumn, "
When the new mown hay smells sweet,
And little pigs are rooting round
For something nice to cat.
'Tis then the huntsman's wild halloo.
Is heard along the glon, ,
And oysters 'gin to fatten up . '
I would not perish then.
I would not die in Winter,
For one might freeze to death
When clustering Boreas sweeps around
And takes away one's breath;
When sleigh-bells jingle horses snort,
And buci wheat cakes are tall:
In fact this is a right good world
I would not die at all!
Kiglit.
"IIow beautiful is night!
A dewy freshness fills the silent air;
No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck nor stain,
Breaks the serene of heaven;
In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine;
Bolls through the dark-blue depths
Beneath her steady ray
The desert circle spreads,
Like the round ocean, girdled by the sky !
How beautiful is nieht!
Sontliey.
Kxssia and Turkey.
- The following is stated to be a prophecy ta-
ken from an old volume of predictions written
in the loth century:
In twice two hundred years the Bear
The Crescent wul assail;
But if the Cock and Bull uni ta
The Bear shall not prevail.
In twice two hundred years again
Let Ishmeal know and fear,
The Cross shall stand, the Crescent wane,
Dissolve and disappear.
BSThe following horizontal musings of a
loafing tipler deserve to be perpetuated.
Hear him wail:
leaves have their timeito fall,
And likewise go have I;
The reason's, too, the same
It comes of getting dry.
But here's the difference 'twist leaves and as. - -I
fails -more harder," and more frequently.
The following is from a western paper and
is not only good sense, but, out of allmeasure,
comical poetry:
He who reads and comes to pay,
shall live to read another day;
But he who will not plank the cash,
Though his name be on our subscription book,
ne shall be compelled, however, reluctantly, to
make a dash,
Things to be Desired.
A method to make truth as agreeable as
falsehood ; a receipo for praising a pretty
girl without giving offence to her older sis-
ters ; some way of collecting a small debt
without having to earn tho money a second
time iu the attempt; "how to induce a "con-
stant reader" of a newspaper to become a
constant subscriber ; a plan of editing a pa-
per without being considered dull by tho gid-
dy, frivolous by tho " serious minded," unap-
preciated by three-fourths and cheated by
the other quarter. Mem. " When found,
to make note of."
TftK young ladies out "West have become
curious in regard to the priiRing business.
The Seguin mercury says that a bevy of pret-
ty girls vjsiWd that office, and;ve suppose ex-
amined the publisher's sheets and formsT The
A little nonsense, now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
Hibernian Simplicity. .
"Iolly, our housemaid, is a model one
who handles the broomstick like a sceptre,
and who has anabhorence fordirfc and asvm-
pathy for soap suds, that amonnts to a pas
sion. She is a bustling, busy, rosy-cheeked,
bright-eyed, blundering Hiberian, who hovers
about our. bookshelves, makes war upon onr
love-papers, and goes about thirsting for new
worlds to conquer, in the shape of nqdnsted
and nnrighted corners.
"One day she entered onr library 2n aeon-
fused and uncertain manner, quite different
from her usnal bustling way. She stood at
the door with a letter between herthumb and
finger, which she held at arm's length, as if
she had a gunpowder plot in her grasp. In
answer to oar enquiries as to herbusjfess, she
answered:
"'An' it plase ycr honor, Pm a poor Ijirl,
and han't much larnin', and ye sees, plase yer
honor, Paddy O'Reilly, and the betther than
him doesn't brathe in ould Ireland", has been
writiV of me a letther, a love-letther, plase
ver honor: an' - an' '
"TVe guessed at her embarrassment, nd
offered to relieve it by reading the letter to
her. . Still she hesitated, while she twisted
a bit of raw cotton in her fingers
'"Shnre she resumed, 'an' that's jist what
I want, but it isn't a gentleman like yerself
that would be likin' to know ov the sacrets
between us, and so (here she twtisted the cot-
ton quite nervously) if ii 'ill only plase your
honor, while yer radeing-.itso that ye may
not hear it yerself, if yl jisb put this hit of
cotton in your ears aa' stop upyerhearin'.an'
thin the sacrets 'ill be unbeknown to ye I'
"TVe hadn't tlie heart to refuse her, and
with gravest - face possible, complied with
her request; but often since, we have
laughed hearty as we have related the incident."
JJ. Y. Journal.
An anecdote is related of an old lady who
entertained ttavelers. Before, her guests
commenced a meal it was her custom to ask a
blessing in this wise:
" 0 Lord, make us .truly thandkful for
the food before us. Sancy, hand round
the corn bread first, and the biscuits after.
Amell.',
Eoofe. JFaraningi
The world is full of " old fogies"--ulk
conservative men, who worship the shadowy"
phantom of the past, and maintain a haughty
contempt for the things of the present. They
obstinately shut their eyes to the modent
revelations of'sclence and philosophy, and
cling with unbending tenacity to thenaannorsj
customs and opinions of their great grand-
father. They love old thing3 "because they
are old. They shun railroads and steamboats
as inventions of the devil, preferring to trusi
the old gray mare of their fathers, rathec
than foster modern enterprise
Of all the " old fogies" in the world, the
" old fogy" farmer is most unreasonable, and
the most intolerable clog to the wheels ot
progress. The art of the fanner is-emiaenfc-ly
one of progress. Mechanical ingenuity and
scientific discovery have largely contributed
to its advancement have onened a field of
inquiry and experiment, promises unlimited
benefit to the agriculturist. Improvement is
the order of thtrday in the field, and none -of
the arts is moie susceptible to the infltfence
of progressive spirit of the age, than that of
the, farmer.
But how is the farmer to -avail himself of:
this information, which shall not only maks
his fortune, but make him a wiser man and
a more useful citizen ? How, but the press,
which is the Archimedean lever' that shall
move the woild ? The press is the engine of
progress, the channel of advancement, the
principal agent of art, science and philosophy.
It will tell every man in the 13hxi precisely"
what has been done in his art it wili carry
to his very door the results of the chemist'3
experiments , and it will bear to Rim the de-
ductions of the practical operator. It car-
ries not only the theory of the scholar and
the mysteries of the laboratory, but the every
day experience of the man who labors with
his own hands. It is not the-medium of ab-
stract science alone, but alslfof the practical
observations of the plain, unscientific farmer
It is not a stiff monitor dealing in abstruse
learning which is beyond the comprehension
of the unlettered, but a cheerful -comnanioTf,
which speaks as an equal, without the Tanifcy
of learning or the ostentation of the schools.
Farmer A , a plain and practical man,
sends to .the newspaper the result of his expe-
riments, in raising corn, pigs or- poultry.
Parmer B may read it, if he will, and
compare his own experience .with-it. This is
one of the principal objects o an agricultu-
ral journal and this is what the old fogy
farmer contemptuously styles "hook farm-
inff." Considered in relation, to this branch: of Its
purpose, the agricultural journal is simply a
record of various experiences. When a far-
mer has been successful' in any operation, he
gives it to the world through the press; jus
as he would drop in upon his neighbor and
verbally relate it. This is that horrible bug
bear, book farming"
But the press goes farthar than this, and
gives theory as well aa practice. It places
within the reach of the humblest farmer the
deductions of science whickmay benefit him
in histlaily occupation.
Book farming has long been a reproacli
among the ultra-conservative tillers of the
soil. Why it shojold-be so, more than' book
doctoring, book preaching, or book politics?
we are at a loss to determine. Is agriculture,
then, only a mere mechanical operation, svhich
requires no skill of judgment, that can be In-
creased by -study and reflection no enlarg-
ing of the understanding- that can be procur-
ed by reading and experiment r Not at all.
Parming is only an art a mere mechanical
craft in the bands of the old fogy ;" but
it is a science a field for unlimited research;
in the hands of the inquiring, progressive
agriculturist in the hands of the inte!li"ent
" book farmer." ,
The Irish laborer wonld derive no annre-
ciable advantage from books and papers, to
aid him In the use of his pick and shovel
his work is merely mechanical more of the.
bone and muscle than the head ; but the far-
mer let him not say that he can become no
wiser, no more skilful in his calling bv tha
taid of books. He could offer no stronger in-1
dication of his ignorance and bigotry.
Serr-nsland Cullivaior.
Soaked Cora for Horses.
One of the most successful and judicious
fanners in the yicinity of Baltimore, effects a
saving of from one-third to one-half of his-
corn, by soaking it thoroughly before feeding.
His method is this: Two empty vessels,
hogsheads, or something similar, are nhceel
in his cellar, where there is no danger from,
frost, and filled to the chime, with ears pof
corn. He then pours hrwater till the recep-
tacles are filled. When well soaked, tha
corn is fed to the horses, and when the con-
tents of one cask are consumed, it is again
filled, and the animals fed from the other.
Even cobs, soaked hy similar manner, buS
in pickle instead ot pure water, eagerly de-
voured by cows, especially if4 the usual allow-
ance of saifc is withheld. The corn cob con-
tains a large quantity of-nutriment, and 13 by
far too valuable to t ber thrown away. Ger-
mantown Telegraph.
rnlft is that nil orettv criris visitmc rjrintmfr
en; Evans is no more; Bowie expired upon a 0gces must kiss the editor. Homely ladies
bed of sickness, pierced to the heart by a ot to be admittej.
Alicia tavonet; rornm falb directly b" i m 5:i-t3s j-aii
New use of Words.
A correspondent of tlie Brattlcborough Ea-
gle tells the following story of a witness upon
a liquor trial: "How do you know it was
brandy? asked the lawyer. "Well," replied
the ready witness, "I smelled of it first, and
then I welcomed about a glass of it." Then
unexpected verb wholly upset the gravity of
the court, jury and missellaneus people; and
they were not at all assisted in recovering
their equanimity by his further testimony that
the man who brought the braiidy'drank of it
himself, "till he was quite salubrious."
"Mother, I heard Sissy swear." "What
did she say?" "Why, she said she was'nt-o-mnrr
tn wnnr hpr 'darned' stockintrs to
o a -
church."
V voumr chap one-uierht came from church
fretting and crying at a rapid rate aboutlube truly astonishing to see how cffeetuaily
Why is cigar like a patent medecin? Be-
cause it is n go unless puffed.
something no one knew what. The fatherask-
ed him what was the-matter.
"The preacher says we must all be born a-
gain, and I don't like to, cos Pm afraid nest
time I'll be a gal."
CanineJ
"What an insufferable puppy that yonng
officer is," said Brown, who had been rather
outshone in the ball-room by the object ofiiisr-perlment.
catting remark. Yes," said Ms friend, "he is
aWsst Pointer."
Sweeny in Horses
Whatever may have been published in yom?
very valuable paper upon this subject hereto-
fore, we leave to the benefit of its numeroua.
readers, without any personal knolcdgo oar-
self. The disease to which we refer is one"
very common, but not so prevalent as many
others known, to exist amoag, horses. It isc
generally supposed to ariscfrom a strain, and
located usually ab'out the shoulders or hip
X very much weakens the part, and is sooa
noiicuaoic irom ine limping- or tne aminalf
which continues to get worse until ths pro-
gress of the disease is finally arrested. Even-
tually th wasting of ilesh in the locality ef-
fected will become quite apparent, the snx
adheting-so firmly as not to admit of the least
flexibility. Ignorance of a proper applica-
tion in the treatment cf snch cases has 4eeo
the cause of serious disadvantage and lossj
whereas if a remedy were applied m due sea
son, and the nature of the case properly tin-'
derstood, but little loss would be experiena-
ed, and many a noble animal saved from ra-
in. Take one quart of the best 4th-picf;
brandy, into it put nine large red pappeiaK
previously broken-in small particles, on&Tonni'
of ground cloves, and three table spoonfuls of
common salt. Shake them together ihor-
oughly, and after twenty-fours standing It i3
ready for use. Keep the bottle containing
the liniment well-corked ; rub the parts af-
fected with about one gill of the preparation,
daily, and continue the processeach time un-
til by the increased friction a white foam ist
produced. It is highly Important tho horsa
should .remain at rest during the process of"
cure, and by the entTof a few weeks it will
that desirablo object has been attained. We.
speak of the merits of the above from actual
I experience, knowing it to be applied for years
with unparalleled success in every instance.
The ingredients being easily obtained,, will
present no obstacle to those wEo wish to test
the qualities of the foregoing.; but, on tha-
contrary, will offer some inducement, both
from simplicity and ecomy, to try the ex-
th S- n
Xittany Yal!ey Centre co.,Pa,,May 1Q, 'i,
Bi'fcn-s-W'MSIy&iSt.
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