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Stonewall JackNon (.iianls Hie
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From the Nashville Union and American.]
The Rev. Dr. Moore, now of this city,
in a funeral discourse on the late Lieut.
Gen. T. .1. Jackson, of the Confederate
army, preached in Richmond, Va.,
stated that previous to the battle of
Manassas, be bad made a heavy forced
march for the purpose of joining bis
forces to those in front of the enemy.
Upon halting at night the men fell ex
. haii8ted, and sunk to sleep. At the
' hour for stationing picket the ofilc.gr of
the day went to the General's tent, and
said:
“General, the men are all wearied;
there is scarcely one but who is asleep.
Shall 1 awake them f”
“No.” was the reply. “Let them
sleep; I'll guard the camp to-night.”
And the sentinel of that host, that
night, was their General.
•Twas at the dying of the day—
The darkness grew so still—
• The drowsy chief of evening birds
Was hushed upon the hill.
Within the shadows of the vale
•Slumbered the men of might.
And one lone sentinel paced his roun»j
To guard the camp t hat-night. ^
A grave aud thoughtful man was he,
With deep and sombre brow—
The dreamful eye seetned musing o’er
IK)me unaccomplished vow.
The wishful glance peered o'er the plain
Beneath the starry light.
Aitd with the murmured name of God,
ile watched the camp that night.
The future opened uuto him
Its grand and awful scroll:
Manassas and the Valley march
Came heaving o’er his soul;
Richmond and Slmrpshurg thundered by
And that, terrific tight*
Which, to the angel host, gave him
Who w.itched thy Camp that night.
Wc grieve for him who died for us,
With one resistless moan.
As,up the Valley of the I. <;\l
lie marches to the Throne.
lie kept the*faith of men and * iiuts,
•Sublime and pure and blight—
lie sleeps—and all m well with him
Who watched the camp that night.
fcuUUer.v. tut* ;.virkn'jis now
Is shrouding o'er our futt;
The vengeful Goths pollute ouf hulls
With fitv, utui lust, and hate—
lie strong, ho valiant, be assured -
Strike home for Il'-aven aud right —
The soul of Jackson is abroad,
Aud guards liio cautp to-night.
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f-Gi'E'S Gt'EllttOS.
ill JEEEltUY II. IIOYJ.E.
•fine more visit, dear Ague.-," said
Harrington, as lie drew tliearm of Ag
nes wiiliin Ills own, and left tlio Spot
where death had been busy; “we have
seen what woman may do to .soothe
the dying pillow and temper sorrow
with the tear of merry. I .cl us now
go lo a brighter evidence of woman's
usefulness." '
Agnes replied not, lie1 event of the
night had quelled the rash confidence
in herself with which she started, and
with passive obedience that angered
well for the fruition of her couisin’s
hopes, she allowed him lo take her
where he pleased.
“Do you remember lieorge II.?"
asked Harrington of bis cousin, us they
came again upon Main street.
"(leorge It. the drunkard, whose
wife and children were obliged to
leave him in consequence of his’iuteni
perale habits?’’
"'flie very same," answered the gen
: tlcman; "wo are now going to Ids
' bouse," aud so saying be rang the bell
oi'a large, handsome editiec, and a ser
vant promptly obeyed the summons.
A few moments sufficed to seat them
before a cheerful lire in an elegantly
furnished apartment, that contrasted
well with the chamber they had so
lately quitted.
Agues bad known Mrs. H. some live
years before, a heart-broken, wretched
woman, who seemed traveling rapidly
grave; now, sbo saw her the quiet,
happy matron, her countenance with
the traces of past care, but an air of
serenity and Christian thankfulness
showing that the present was without
alloy. Her husband, the drunkard
that was, welcomed them with an air
; of easy politeness, and discoursed flu
ently upon the current topics of the
day, while several children were poring
with happy, beaming looks upon the
pages of the Inspired Volume, which
it was evident the father had been
reading to his family.
•‘Can it lie possible” thought Agues,
“that this is reality !”
Her cousin seemed to read her
thoughts, and be smiled as, turning to
their hosts, lie mentioned the wager.
“My young friend," observed 11., ad
dressing Agnes, “you know not. you
cannot know the vast difference be
tween the desire to do good ami the
fact of its accomplishment. It is not
in the saloon, the gay circle, or the
fashionable rout that the energies of
your sox are called into requisition ;
yet woman rail, nay, does more to
sweeten the cup of human life than
man in his purest moment dreams of.
I am a litiiig witness of woman's use
fulness;'—he paused, and looking
fondly on his wife, resumed, “Four
years ago, ami I was an outcast from
the esteem of my friends, the victim of
fell, unfaitieablo passions. Site whom
1 bad vowed to protect and cherish,
w as exposed to w ant, and driven forth
to sick an asylum, other than the one
' which I hail turned into a don of dissi
pation and vice. You see me now—
the cause of it is the energy, the Chris
tian fortitude, the ceaseless prayers ol
her who clung to my ruined fortunes,
after all had abandoned me. She bade
me look at her children, hut the wine
cup had a stronger voice, and l went
on until disease prostrated me npon a
bed of pain. Then it was tjiat she con
quered! Through the long months of
my illness she toiled to get bread for
uie, all unworthy as I was, and I arose
from that couch of repentance, an al
tered, because a thinking man. She
had been the“stil! small voice" to lure
mo front my follies. She had taught
mo to look upon myself ns a creature
born for higher purposes, and then,
while the wife was before me, she
brought our little household around,
and bade them kneel before me. The
past with all its madness came over me
like a spirit's voice, and the misery 1
was inflicting upon others made me
take that resolution, which, under
God's favor, I will never alter, to live
for iier who had regenerated me, to
live for my children,”
The gratified wife, gratified less at
hearing a recital of her well-earned
praises, than delighted with the tone
of her husband's determination as to
his future course, smiled tearfully up
on him, while he took her hand and
clasped il within his own.
Agnes was affected with the s-vne :
here was indeed woman's triumph, im
measurably h. yoml any that the victor
field of the conqueror may present, or
the annals of political pro-eminence
afford. Nobody's business is lifeless in
the pathway of woman's atmunph, no
bleeding sensibilities, no thirst for do
minion marks her course ! Her weap
on is virtue, bending to circumstances,
yet rising superior to difficulty. Her
battle field is tile human heart, ami -lie
instills into it sound principles, bid
ding the wanderer to return, am!
pointing out the advantages of refor
mation !
Agnes left the mansion of George li
no longer discontented with her wo
man's estate, and Harry Harrington.a?
iin*y cun I'. ii im- |imm wncre -agues
lin’d utturred her wish that she wit-- a
m in, fell in his own mind Unit tin wa
ger V.’:: , not very doubtful.
"Married on tin? lOrli of January,!
183-, IIi:ni:y ll.auuiNoToN. i: ip. lo Miss j
Agm-s, daughter of ( adwu'.ladi r t'nli- '
ci), K-q.. all of t'inriiiuati.
There is something excessively pro
voking in the air of an impertinent
happiness assumed by a neavly-tied
Benedict, which but ill accords avith a
bachelor's views of the mired* s con
sequent upon marriage.
Harry Harrington looked thus as. on
tire evening of the eleventh of .Inniiary.
bo sat by Hie (Ire. stirring it »l slrael-j
edly, while a lady, with wh.nii the
reader i- somewhat acquainted, was
seated ui the tub!" busily engaged in i
penning a letter.
As it Is importulil that my readers ,
should be acquainted with the charac
ter of (Ids missive, I transcribe it.
"Yes, my dear Yulia, 1 am married!
I that vowed never to submit my self
to the conjugal y oke, am yoked at Iasi.
Well, 1 am not very sorry, for Harry
is a good soul, and, doubtless, will let
me have my own way!—But. Julia, 1
have seen much to make me serious n
late. 1 never knew until recently bow
much wo may render to our fcllow
creatures. How plain is Ihc line of
woman's duty, and how awtul arc her
responsibilities I Her world is not
among the strifes of polities, faction,
and selfish trade: hut she may be great
even in relieving the wants of the af
flicted. healing tlic wounds that sharp
necessity lias opened, and pouring Hie
oil of consolation into the bosom la
boring in the agonies of death. She is
looked to as a guide by the young, as a
solace bv the aged, and woo upon her,
it, neglecting ner charge, sue devote
that time to a round of fashionable
follies wliieli should bc*spont in ad
ministering charity, or attending to
her private duties. If she hare ehil
d ren—"
“Very well thought of," said a voice
behind, and looking round she found
Harrington coolly perusing her letter.
Really, Mr. Harrington, what right
have you to rend my private corres
pondence ?"
“The right of a husband, iny dear,
and permit me to sa) that your senti
ments do you great honor."
"1 am glad you think so, dear Har
ry !’’
“Hut you must not think I shall let
you have your own way," remarked
the complacent husband.
Agues smiled, there h as mischief in
that smile,
Note to the Readkb.—The author
lias but one word to say in conclusion.
To Ids lady reader, he would recom
mend the sketch of Miss A—. Home
ly as her character may seem drawn
by tin' rough hand, yet it is a beautiful
conception; and worn ta, beautiful and
pure as she seems when gliding down
the dance, or enthralling the soul with
sweet sounds as she bends over the
harp, is far more lovely when visiting
the couch of pain, and ministering to
the wants of the slrieken.
The wife of (icorge II. is no draft
upon the imagination.—Intemperance,
powerful as it is. may he driven out
before the voice of conjugal entreaty;
and love, warmed into new life,gather
at the fire-side and gladden the hearts
of a household, if women do hut use
that Influence Wl.icli is peculiarly their
own. lie not ambitious of worldly
honors,—
Sttek la do good, but aim nut to be great;
A woman's noblest nation is retreat;
'•Her fairest virtues fly from public sight.
Domestic worth—that shuns too strong a
light."
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The Sin tJj:it Hinds.
A beautiful, yet sad illustration of
the inertness of too many Christians is
here given by an unknown pen :
Often from 'my window, on tlie sea
shore, I have observed a little boat at
anchor. Day after day, month after
month, it i- seen til the same spot.
The Tides ebb and flow yet it scarcely
moves. Wiiile ninny a gallant vessel
spreads ils sails and catching a favorite
breeze lias iv .ivbcd-tho haven tiiis little
barb moves not from its accustomed
spot. True it is (lint when the tide
rises it rises and when it ebbs again it
sinks but advances not. Why is Ibis?
It. is fastened to the earth by ono slen
der rope, 'i'liere is the secret. A
eord scarcely visible, enchains it, and
will not let it go. Mow stationary
Christians see here your state—the state
of thousands. Sabbaths come mid go,
but leave tlicit) as before. Ordinances
come and go : ministers come and go ;
mentis, privileges, sermons, move them
not,—yes tiny move them; a slight
elevation by a sabbath tide, and again
they sink, but no onward, heavenward
movement. They are as remote as
ever from the heaven of rest: this sab
bath as I lie lr.it, lids year ns the past,
.-..me one sin enslaves, enchants (lie
a.d \v will not let it go. If it be
so, make ono desperate effort in the
strength of (>od. Take the Bible as
your chart and ( hri-t as ybur pilot, to
steer safely around the dangerous
rocks, and pray for the Spirit of all
grace to till your every sail and waft
you onward over the ocean of life, to
the haven of everlasting life.
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Ketijic .T. nieerftiliuss.
I: i were asked a recipe for elicerful
ne-s, ! would say, humbly enjoy the
good gifts of (.oil. love those around
; "ii it- ii in-1 . t . I'.uiAf 111211 ii 111 lain 111 n i *>
:i M uling virtue, ami that we are bound
to diffuse joy around us in our homes,
lint there is just om nturo item in tny
prescription: We must be willing to
unbend, even to stoop to a little harm
less lolly. A love for animals will en
courage this; the very presence of
these true hut unassuming friends will
do our hearts good. We may talk
nonsense to them ; they introduce an '
element of intellectual repose. Dogs,
cals, horses, | ouilry, are so many con
tributors to the gaiety and simplicity
of our daily life. We cannot enjoy
them without hiving them. I am not
going to enter into the tanka of those
who contend that they have souls;
still I hop' my r. dec holds in equal
abhorrence w ith myself the systems of
Desi ants and Alalchranche, which i
would make them out to be mere m:t
1 bines. We liave but to contemplate
the dog tint follow s us, watches our
movements, shares fatigues, and perils
voluntarily, cither to -ink at our side,
or perhaps follow us to the grave and
die there—to reply to the theory of
mere mechanism. Animals are, in
some sort, memhers of the family.
They are the friends of young and old, ;
and old and young alike enjoy the
benefit by their gleeful, irrational so
ciety.—fount I >e Caspariu.
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education.
Whatever may be your habits of in
dustry, whatever ma; be your desire
to obtain property, whatever you may
do to render yourself opulent, and
your circumstances easy and indepen
dent, unless some portion of your time
is appropriated to the acquisition of
knowledge, your castle of happiness
must fall to the g anoid. liven the de
sire of obtaining it discovers a liberal
mind, as it is cimmM'l.'d with mane no.
eumplislnueuls su'd virtues. Though
your train of lii'o should not load you
to study, yet the cause of education al
ways promotes proper employment to
a well disposed mind.
Virtue is only fostered by an im
provement of the sensibilities, and in
the absence of tins ineffable trait tdl
the riches of this world are incompe
tent to rendi r any one happy. There
tore, considering these circumstances ■
would it nut ho w ell to incorporate in
your system of business the appropri
ation of a small part of your time to
the useful improvement of the mind ?
Would you not thereby bo enabled to
duly apdreciate the sources of happi
ness which a beneficent Creator lias
conferred?
Tim object and end of our existence
is happiness, and it cannot he acceler
ated unless we cull to our aid the as
sistance of education. Application and
study will progress and further our j
state of earthly happirc-s: knowledge)
adds greatly to our temporal enjoy
ment. ami systematizes the influence I
of contentment and happiness upon
our natural minds. Education consti- ,
stales everything, and through it we
realize every mental enjoyment. AVith
out education our situation would he
placed on a level with that of the brute. :
-—Jew till Sentinel.
fcz>"A lady having the good fortune
to have her husband hang himself on
an apple tree, I lie wife ofu neighbor
Immediately came to beg a brunch of
that tree, to have it grafted into one in
her orchard, ‘•for who knows," says she,
‘•but it may bear the same kind of
fruit."
I’oxiiililo I’roiluclloii of Cotton
I’tr Aero.
We me glad to see that nearly all
our Southern exchanges are calculating
(lie great saving there will he in giv
ing the highest possible cultivation to
a few acres, instead of planting a large
area with inferior cultivation. The
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph gives (lie fol
lowing estimates, furnished hv a plan
ter, to determine the question how
much jsnttou it is possible to raise to
tbc acif..
“If cotton Is planted live feet apart
each way, two stalks in the hill, in one
acre there will be 11,200 stalks. If each
stalk produces
f>0 foils, :lie yield per acie ''11 11j ^ bale,
inn t olls, ' l.j
200 bulls, u
300 bolls, . IJ
I 0 bolls. i i
btK) bulls, ’ b
If planted eight feet apart each way,
two stalks in the hill, in one acre there
will be 11150 stalks. It each stalk pro
duces
no bolls, the yield pee acre will be i bale,
11*0 bolls, t
200 bolls, U
300 bolls, 2
tun bolls, 2{
boo boils, ;;J
Tito foregoing is calculated on the
rule of a hundred boils to the pound,
hut a good quality of cotton and a
luxuriant growth will average far
above that. Xow. of course, when the
writer talks of three, four and live
,hundred bulls to the stalk, he is speak
ing of transplanted cotton, with the
calculation that it will mature early in
June, and rontiutio to plan t:, c til!
frost—say in this latitude live and s
half mouths of actual production.
Who will undertake to - how
many boils of cotton a iuxuii ui -talk
of cotton will produce with such op
portunities? All we c..i say, is, that
wo saw cotton stalks last fall, seeded
in Aptil, which we hate no doubt pro
duced three hundred matured bolls to
the stalk, and these stalks sow it in the
usual way—v.y rows live feet apart,
and plants a In ut fillet n or twenty
. -I.
Now as to Hu* economy of this at
tempt to raise !:u*"c crops: If a man
can raise as min h cotton on one acre
hy superior euitiv it ion as on live by
interior cultivation—that is, if be can
raise as much on one acre, with the
same labor and money expended on it.
as he could raise on five with that labor
ami money—then the question of
economy is settled. For, by confining
himself to one acre, he leaves the fen
cing and the exhaustion of four acres,
and more than half the labor of gath
ering the crop.—(i.ilv- >ton New-.
--
HJ«?l Offli'i'Ht SAlleC*.
Hulls Journal of.Jlea’.Ui contains the
following information ;
Great caters i.e/t r live long. A vo
racious appetite, so fur from being u
sign of good bi-ill 111 is u certain indica
tion of discus.-. Some dyspeptics arc
always hungry, and feel best when eat
ing; but as soou as they have finished
eating they endure torments so dis
tressing in their nature as to make the
unhappy victim wish for death. The
appetite of health is that which is
inclined moderately to eat when eat
ing time come, and which, w hen satis
fled, leaves no unpleasant reminders.
Multitudes measure their health by
the quantity they oat, and out ot ten
persons nine are gratified with an in
crease of weight, w lien in reality an in
crease of disease; showing that the
absorbents of the system are too weak
to discharge their duty, and the ten
dency to fatness, obesi-itv inereaes un
til existence becomes a burden Hilda
sudden death closes the painful history.
The oiili-i'asntuned Mother.
That old-fashioned mother!—one in
all the world, the law of whose life
was love; one who was the divinity of
our infancy, and tlie sacred presence in
the shrine of our first earthly idolatry;
one whose heart is far below the frosts
that gather so thickly on her brow ; one
to whom we never grow old, but in
the illumed troop, or the grave council
tiro children still; one who welcomed
us coming blest us going, and never
forgets us—never. And when, in some
closet, some drawer, some corner, she
liuds a garment, or u toy that once was
ours, how does she weep, as she thinks
wo may be sutl'ering or sad. * * *
Does the battle of life drive (lie wan
derer to the old homestead at last?
Ilerhand is upon his shoulder ; her dim
and fading eyes are kindled with some
thing of “the light of other days,” as
she gazes upon his brow. “Bo of stout
heart, my son ! No harm ran reach you
here." But sometimes Ui.it arm chair
is set back against the wall, the corner
is vacant, or another’s, an l they seek
the dear old occupant in the grave yard
God grant you never have! I’ray God
1 never tuav !
—— -SO*.
g^y A I.oiidou paa> r states that
Minister Johnson responded to a
query from the I’.migralion Society
respecting the naturalization of british
subjects in Amoriei. as follows: "Von
will have no difficulty what ever if you
become citizens of America and return
to your own country being called upon
to do any act here on the ground that
you owe any allegiance to the govern
ment of Kngland. Whenever you re
turn here you will bo clothed with the
protection of America, as if you had
been boru in Amcicn. Wo consider vou
in point of law. the same as citizens
horn with tis entitled to all our rights
and that wo are under obligations to
protect vou tlies ime ns those born on
our .soil’" !
.4 Hundred Wears in 1’rlnon.
A cere'llu house breaker was condem
ued, in the latter part of (lie lust cen
tury in Franco and under peculiar
circumstance-, to a hundred years in
the galleys, mid strange to relate, this
man recently made bis uppoarenoe in
his own native province, at I lie advan
ced age of 12l> .years, lie being about
twenty years of age when the sentence
which condemned him to such a dread
ful punishment was passed. It is diffi
cult to conceive what the feeling mu-!
have been with which lie returned, as
soon as emancipated from the shackles
which had i nth railed him for a century,
to breathe oitoc vnore the cherished air
of the scenes of Ids infancy. ISourg in
tiie department of Ain,.was ids native
home, inn time had so changed the as
pect of the whole, thuFSc recognized
it only by the CiihPcii of ltrou, which
was the only thing which had under
gone no alteration. He had triumphed
over laws, bondage, man, time, every
thing. Not a relation had lie left.
Not a single being could lie hail in ae-_
quaintunce ; yet he was not without ex
periencing the homage and ilie respect
the French pay old age. For himself
he had folgotten everything connected
with Ids itgVIy youth ; ev-ouall reeSlte’e
tiou of riic, crime-for winch..he hud
suffered iTtis lost, or, ifat.alt remem
bered, it was a dreary vision, confoun
ded with a flierussr.d other dreary
vision of days long gone by. His,
family and connect ions, for several
generutiotts, all dead, liimself a living
proof of the chim ney of Heaven and
the eevri ly of, man. regretting, per
il ; -. tlie very irons which lianHu'en
I'nmiliar to him, and half wishing him
self again among the wretched and
suffering beings with whom Ins fate
had hern so long associated. fVell
might he lie called the patriarh of
burglars.—Exchange.
.4 s'ii't- oil Love.
One quiet night in leafy June, when
bees and birds were all in tune, two
lovers walked beneath the moon. The
walked and talked -beneath the shade,
with none to harm or make afraid.
Her name was Sue, and his was Jim, as
he was fat she \va- slim, he took to her
and she to him Says Jim to Sue, ‘By
all the snakes that squirm among the
hush and brakes, I like you better n
Buckwheat eakes." Says Sue to Jim.
"Since you've begun it, and been and
conics and gone and done. it. I like
you next to a new bonnet." Says Jim
to Sue, "My heart you've busted : but i
have always gals mistrusted.’’ Says
Sue to Jim—"1 will be true; if you
love me us i love you, no knife cut our
love in two. Says Jim to Sue,
‘‘through thick and thin if you're true
count me in. I'll rotirl no other gal
again," Jim leaned to Sue, and Sue
leaned to Jim, his nose just touched
her jockey brim, four lips went—went
—ahem ! ahem ! ahem ! And then—then
—and tie, i:! Oh! <»als. beware of men
in June, and underneath the silver
moon, when frogs and criektes are in
tune, le-i your name be in the paper
soon.
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Tlie "Surosls.”
At a recent meeting of llie New York
• Sorosis," Mrs. Oroly(Jcnnie June) ot
tered the following, which was unani
mously adopted:
l!i-:soi,viii>. That what woman wants
most ofall is Ireedoui—freedom to do
and to be—that at present they are
binn_ slaves to habit, to custom, to
prejudice, to fashion, and dually to
laws, which arc made to govern wo
man, hut not the human being.
lit'soLVKU, That ns one step we ad
vocate freedom in dress not nceessaria
Iv a reform, not at all a uniform, but
freedom to wear the useful, the con
venient, or the beautiful, as taste and
ltlt llll.lt (lit (ill V; > * . • J 11 M I t I P | U I t III 1;
to whether tlie style is of yesterday or
last year.
iiKsoLvuo, That wo neither condemn
fashion nor ignore it, hut use it if it
suits us better.
Kksolvkii, That a •committee he form
ed to take up the question ofdress, dis
cuss it, ami nrepare a paper upon it, to
be read at the next regular club meet
" if-_g _
ltd'\ droll fellow was asked by an
old la,ly to read the newspapers, and
taking up, began as follows:
List night, yesterday morning about
two o’clock in the afternoon, before
break fast a hungry bov,abort forty years
old, bought a tip custard for a levy,
threw it through a brick wall nine feet
thick, and jumping over it brake Ids
right ankle off above the left knee fell
into a dry mill pond and w as drowned
About forty years after that on the
same day, an old eat bad nine turkey
gobblars; a high w ind blew Yankee
Doodle en a frying pan. mid knocked!
the old Dutch churn dow n, and killed
a sow and two dead pigs at Boston,
where a deaf and dumb man w as talk
ing french to his mint Peter.
Tho old lady, taking a long breath j
exclaimed—"Du tell!
te^-Planters of(icorgiaare now free
ly entering into contracts with freed
men for liStiil. Prices range from $<io ,
to td-Jd in money and rations. About;
(90 is tho average. The system or,
planting upon shares is less popular]
than it was a year ago. Tho plan of!
paying moil according to their worth is
now universally recognized and adopt
'd. it is certainly but just. Worthy
tnd industrious men and ■;bovs ought
to be paid more titan idle, lazy fellows.
WllCii <!UI I»le i
The Ilartfotd Times has a contributor
who has mode a startling discoyery in ro.
laiion to Matbuselah. We will not vouch
for the correctness of his conclusions, but
submit the whole subject for theological
discussion:
V KAits
We Itarn from this chapter that
Adam lived before bis son Seth
was born. l'W
Seth lived before hia-eun Enos was
hot n. 105
Enos lived lefure bis son Canaan
was born. • 90
Canaan lived before bis son Mnba
lulecl yvas born CO
Mahalaloel lived before bis son •!»
red was born 1G5
Jared lived before his son Enoch
was born 102
Enoch lived before Matbuselah
* Was born. J 05
Matbuselah lived before bis son
Enmcch was born 187
Eatneoh lived befl. re his son Noah
was born.- 1*2,
Hence Noah was burn Anno M lOoO
In GenesX 7tli chapter, 6th verse, wc
aie informed that Noah was600 years old
when the.flood of waters was upon the
earth, Add 610 years, his ago to 10.<0.
give- the du*u of the Hood 1056 We
learn from the 27tli verse. 5th chapter of
Genesis, that "all the days of Methuselah
were GOO years, and lie die.'.” Ry refer
ence to the foregoing table, it will be seen j
that Methuselah was born Anno Mundi
057, to which a l I bis age 909, and wo
have 1050, the date of the flood, which
proves to a mathematical certainty that |
Ms'.kuselah was drowned for his wicked- j
ness.
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I'ionin;.
Keep the plows moving this frosty
weather. Turn over the insects to get
nipped and destroyed by Jack Frost.—
i . . t t i i • ... i .
giid thawing winter. Turn under the
weeds and grass to he dee imposed and
furnish fertility to the soil Have the
ground ready to sow oats and other crept i
early in spring. SaVc by fall work, so
much spritlg work. Don’t leave every- 1
thing to be done in spring — 1 he harses !
and men will be better fordoing all that
can he done this fail. Get ground ready
for planting orchards; and plant them, if
possible, now, to save tune in spring.
The earth will settle evenly about the
roots, and the trees will t ike the tirst ad
v lotago of warm weather. In good soil
plow deeply for everything. Furuish
plenty of loose soil for plants to feed.
Men and In tries arc now strong and van
do good work.
.4 (iuetl (lanieii.
Mow is the proper time to lay the foun
dation of a good garden. This consists in
giving a liberal allowance of manure and
deep wmkiiig. Deep digging cannot ho
dispensed with. A good garden must he I
ol in July and Augustus well ns in
April and May. How few really good
guidons arc found during midsummer!
Whenever one is known, you may l e sure
that deep working at the start is the
origin of it.
It is impossible to expect a shallow
Worked soil to produce a succulent vegeta
ble during the dry summer month . 'I he
general practice is to hasten the burning
up process, lm-tOa 1 of remedying it
Some gu.dens, we admit, receive a fair
nllowanee of manure but hv bein'" iinm-n
perly worked in the ground, ic causes the
crop to be hastened to its destruction
whenever the dry summer weather com
mences. If the same quantity of manure
lias been worked in the ground to the
depth of eighteen incites; aud well incor
porated with the soil, the result would he
entirely different from the usual scarcity
of vegetables in mid summer, i'eep
treuehing aud Jeep manuring will allow
vegetables to draw moisture from the soil,
aud remain succulent f>ru long period.
Try it; in w is the time to perform the
work, and our word for it, your reward
will consist in greatly increased crops of
vegetables, as well as a lengthened har
vest.—t'ltrouicle aud Sentinel.
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Trans|>i«iitlBK in me
A gentleman anxious to ascertain 'he
effect of transplanting at night, instead of
in the day, made an ex;orimeflt with the
following result: He transplanted ten
cheriy trees while in bloom, commencing
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon ami traits
plaiptin one each hour until 1 o’elok in
lhe morning Those transplanted in the
daylight shed tueir blossoms, pro lueing
little or no fruit, while those planted dur
ing ihe darker pot thins maintained their i
condition tolly. He did the saute with
ten dwarf {war trees, after the fruit was
one third grown. Those transplanted
during the night perfected their crop, mid
sit wed no injury from having been re
moved. With each of these trees he re
moved some earth with the roots. The
incident is fully vouched for; aud if a
few more sitnilur experiments produced
the same result it will ho a strong argu
ment to horticulturists, gardeners und
fruit growers to do such work entirely at
night
StIJI 4UI XDI.
feJ-A Kentuckian Was poisoned the
other day, by chewing hark, which he
mistook lor slippery elm. I’renlico
says, lie “barked tip the wrong tree."
fe#-An illiterateco ro-pundent, who
i- given to sporting, wants to know
when the “Anglo-Saxon raceso much
talkt’d about, L to •• :!..e off.
B-jy i'be lio-tmi I i-iiim ript says, • we
apprehend that prool-i eadei a are real
ly the out;, persons who read every
word oi voluminous public documents,
and they arc paid for doing it.
fed* Brigham Young bus publicly
notilied the printers of bait Lake City
that if they publish his remarks with-,
out allowing him lirst to revise tin in,
lie wili- nbt consider them bis friends.
foe* IVlien is a woman called an old
maid? When virgin (verging) near forty.
BSy When arc young ladies with brilliant
eyaw very powerful! ' They oft fastou
eight ffeseinate) men
fejT bpeaking of the newspaper discus
sion eencerniug the adulteration of milk,
Punch gives his opinion that the best
article on milk is—cream.
Bsif.Ioncs: "Mr. Smith, I wish to
speak to you privately. Permit me to
lake you apart for a few moments.”
Smith (who isn't in the least frighten
ed :) “Certainly, sir, if you'll promise
to put me together again."
fejy A noted poli tician was one asser
ting his entire indifference to tlio
opinions of his opponents, and their
personal abuse. “Why,” said lie, “a
man likened me the other day to Judas
Iscariot, but l don't care.” “V os,” said
a bystander, “but how does Judas feel
about it ?"
fegrA in «leru | hilosupber, having in
mind the motion of tlio car on its axis at
seventeen miles a second, says tint if you
lift your lint in the street to bow to a
friend, you go seventeen mile-bare beaded
fejr A poor family in X'ew Haven
was found the other day dining on
boiled dog.
r...... . i , .. M.,11..,.. ..*i
[ go :uirt have * my daguerreotype
taken? ‘\Xo 1 guess it isn't worth
while.” "Well, then, you might let me
go and have a tooth pulled ; 1 never go
any w here 1”
tiif'— Who’s there?” said ilobinson,
one cold winter night, disturbed in ids
repose by some One knjoking at tho
street door.
“A iriend,” was llte an wer
' W hat do you want ?”
"Want to stay here all night.”
"Queer taste of yours, and ain't it ?
lint stay there by all means,” was the
benevolent rejoinder.
tteJ-A laic philosopher . tys that if
anything will make a woman swear,
it is looking for her night cap after tho
lamp is blown out.
®®>The attitude of Congress toward
Andy and of Andy toward Congress
reminds one of tho showman's ac
coftnt of Daniel and the 1.ions. “You
will observe, mv little dears’’ that
Daniel is not afraid of the lions and as
for the lions, they don’t care a
for Daniel.”
JmCAn irate mother being asked
why she whipped her children so much,
replied, “to make them smart.”
A prize of two dollars was re
cently offered to any member of (lie
Conncticut Teacher’s Institue who
woidd write and spell correctly the
words in the following sentence: “It
i- an agreeable sight to witness tho un
paralleled embarrassment of a bar
raised peddler attempting to gauge tho
symmetry of a peeled onion which a
sibyl has stabbed with a poniard regard
luce i»l* Hid iiiiicmliiDc nF flip lilina i»F
cornelian hue." Thirty -eight teachers
competed for the prize, but not ou ■ was
successful.
wonder bow they make lucifer
matches ?" said Mrs. Caudle.
-The process is very simple." said
Mr. Caudle; “1 once made otic. '
“How did you manage it?” she asked
“By leading you to the altar,” i eplied
Mr. Caudle.
fcjyA California editor, participat
ing in a debate ns to the best method of
building a bridge, objected to a coffer
dam for making the piers. He said he
early formed a prejudie against tho
thing. His uncle nuee had a cow
choked with a turnip, and for a long
time it was thought that she would
eoffer dam head off.
Stalt-Why am I like Texas ?’■' said tho
unmarried M.;s Star to a bashful
wooer. ' I don't know,' said the green
one. ‘Because l am a lone star,'“Then,”
said tho tellow, brightening up, “let
me propose annexation." v
ftaSpaiomis says opera music don't
have any more effect on him than Ayers
pills on a graven image.
fca? Every man is a little Vorld
within himself; and in lids little world
their is a court of judicature erected
wherein next imderGod.tlieconscience
sits as the supremo judge from whom
their is no appeal; that passeth sentence
mion all our actions—upon all our
intentions for our persons absolving
one condemning another; for our ac
tion- allow ing one for bidding another I
If that condemns us; in vtfin sliaii all
the world beside acquit us ; and if that
clear us, the doom, which the world
passeth upon us is frivolous and ineffec
tual,—Jlall