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PLUME VI._ rDEsXiYc, ABKAKBAS, iS~OYL1 \ 1 I >?:T? 9, 1859._ivtJMBER, 1.,
IpE DBS ARC CITIZEN.
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i. ts or Advertising.—d)ne square (10
f tfis size type) for one insertion, $1;
i dilonal insertion, 50 cents.
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i ;o 3ieir legitime*'' business.
Elements di« ilayed by large type,
■b columns, chained double the above
Jn -.jt*
•f jrsonire'-n? imitations charged dou
ates , lvertisements.
ega! ts will be charged,
.quare in icas. jiiit insertion $1, and
■> "or squari for each additional inser
I
.< nounci/g candidates for State and
fices, /7; County offices, $5; Town
■f is $3,invariably in advance.
' 11s on persons to become candidates
ad at the usual rates, except when
.Jkirg the calls are subscribers to
. Payment in advance.
AJftsal circulars charged as adver
Ilr .flvertisements not ordered for a spe
| ,«j will bn inserted till forbidden, and
I OT accordingly.
■ ' 1 advertising to be paid for quarterly.
)B PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
ave supplied ourselves with a good
:nt of Printing Material, and are
execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
le terms.
■ prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
•osters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Bill Heads, Blanks cf every descrip
P erks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
ipstables, &c.
ttwrIT
iisor to II. P. VangUau,)
LfSALE AND RETAIL DEAL
IN
5!)ect 3rcn, ID ire, Sfc.:
Manufacturer oj Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware,
3Ta St., (Oppositu Nucleus House,)
S ARC, ARKANSAS.
vino bought the stock on hand and
i this shop, from II. P. Vaughan,
mdersigned will continue to carry
re business, in all its branches. He
d n good stock of
WG-S TO FES, T l JY
WARE, S-C„
9 will sell at Memphis prices.
UXG AND JOBBING
ftOMCTLY ATTENDED TO.
are of the public patronage is re
f alicited.
N. H. BURK.
PARHAM,
C H I T E C T,
NTEIt AND JOINER,
> fiagga-fr
FULLY informs the citizens of
and vicinity, that he is prepared
work intrusted to his care, with
lispatch.
) DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
order, free of charge where he
ist for the same,
lis experience, both as an arehi
ictor, he flatters himself that be
ire satisfaction. jun29-tf
Ii-lIblA. AINU JUlINriO.,
h iiNu permanently located at Dos Arc,
I -kansas, is prepared to execute all
I a in HIS I.iye of Business,
dsfactory manner. From liis expe
I e feels confident that those who favor
I i contracts will have no cause to re
I IS FROM THE COUNTRY,
G.'W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
B, ppl attention. jun29-ly
EX. LEUDERS.
F., SION, AND FRESCO
PAINTER,
RC, Ark.—Also, Carriage Painting,
f Iture Varnishing, Graining, Paper
ic. All work done in the best style.
Hop in the building formerly oceu- 1
d Citizen” Office, near the Landing.
i S. HARRIS, .
r C S3 - .71 ,i I£ E JR
AND
rEWEXjBR.
i on Buena Vista i«Vf
o p p o s i t e the jd&k
Souse, Des Arc,
U Clocks. Watches and Jewel*/
itli neatness and dispatch, and w ar
S t ive satisfaction. nov20-tf
. u McPherson,
u:n NTY SURVEYOR.
lL s -sons wishing my services in
c.i^U partmeat of busi ■. will please
,r. Vfit Brownsville, P.-m tv
Every call will be punctually .
rovlft-iy , - .
~lTs. AWDERi'OiV
SADDLE, BaiDLH
-A N D
Iiarness Manu fa tinrer,
B3 ARC, ARKANHAS.
1 ' A R ESPECnULI.1 info ms |
Wt: . « citizens «f Pi
anliaesat counties,thaHeha, o . -- r >
,
saddles. Bridle* •- Til
Carriage aua lac . -i- ■
, well a* every oti>«id> • . c
■ v Tally done in h tstmUsim er.: .
«yy P tV.
Vs^r.’s «tOi* • '
; .M ....
_ PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. W. A. THOMPSON, Rcfohm Phy
sician, late of McEemnresville, Tonn.,
having located in Des Arc, Arkansas, respect
fully tenders his profcsional services, in its
various branches, to the citizens and public
generally. Oi fics—Evans & Horne’s build
ing, third door np stairs, Buena Vista street.
julyl3-ty.
TAR. N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at tile residence
heretofore occupied by W. E. Means, decers
ed, offers his professional services to the
public.
QlgjF’ Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
TAR. T. J. CUMMINGS."havingrperT
manently located at Atlanta. Prairie
county, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
Having practiced in hospitals as weli
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
3^” Office at Peebles’ Hotel, [apr 1-tf.
TAR. J. C. GOODWIN, determbedlc)
remain permanently in Des Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
(j^” Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
SKre. aprili-ly
jAR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
-“"My located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan &. Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
TYr. T. SANDERS, "hue of Memphis,
S fi 1 • 1 L I 1 • 1.U . A . P TV .. .. * ...
otmsu 1.1 W..*. -.
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in thehealing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. £3?” Office on Buena Vista street.
Residenea on Woodruff Street. dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
De3 Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. £5?” Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
DrTwM. BETHELL, will continue '
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and i
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
daring the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the'public patronage.—
Office at Lane & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the c' Erwin House.” may22-tf
1'hR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the dilferent branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try7, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage! OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf I
¥W. EDWARDS, Attorney at <
. Law, Lake Village, Chicot county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the various courts ;
of Eastern Arkansas. £3?” Prompt attention s
given to the collection of claims, &c.
oct5-tf.
R S. GANTT. w. J, HRONAUGH.
n ANTT &BRONAUGH, Attorneys
*X AT Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any7 business confided to
them. saptl-l tf
T ACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at '
J Law, Notary Public, and Justice of !
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish,) Monroe *
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD..J. A. MOON.
fi AT E WOOD & MOON, Land
IT Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swatnp or Mil
itary lauds. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. attg3-tf. I
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of 1
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas. St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All I
business intrusted to his care shail meet with [
prompt attention. £3?" OfUce on Lyon
street. ■ [jun8-tf
Robert h. crockett. attorney at i
Lav.7, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of (
rvi Kansas, luuniue, ucsud anu * iulu*-. ^
^apri!22-tf. _ _______
L. FEATHERS TON... R. H. FARR. 1
F1 EATHERSTON & FARR, Attor- j
keys at Law, and Real Estate Agents, 1
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
rounties of Monroe, Arkansas,” Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular ,
ittention given to collections. jyl7 l
T ET GATEWOOD, Attorney at ^
>J . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. *
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar- j
cansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt at
ention to all business entrusted to him
jy OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building,) first door. £e'ol3-tf
J W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, *
,] , Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties ol Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White,
gy* Prompt attention given to the collection |
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay- ,
ing taxes on land. (J3?” Office on Lyon street.
ssptJS-tf i
WILLIAM T. jONES. Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept2ti-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.W. L. P. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar- j
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. dec4
J. L. HOLLOIVELL... P. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
vVill practice in the counties of Yell, Perry, 1
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
. N. HENKEL...A. D. HENKEL,
Memphis. New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,!
COMMISSIff* MERCHANTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
may4-ly • Memphis, Tens, i
aniii Academy,
PRAIIIIECO., ARK.
MISS E. D. 8AFFORD,
PRINCIPAL.
rpiIE exercises of* this institution will be
X resumed on the 1st Monday of September.
Terms, ter Session of Five Months.
Primary Department.$iw 00
First Academic Class. 12 00
Second Academic Class, embracing Al
gebra, Geometry, Astronomy,&c • • 16 00
French and Latin. 10 00
Music. 20 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Incidental. 60
References —Rev. J. W. Moore, Col. J.
M. Bell, John McIntosh, Oakland Grove;
Dr. J. N. Waddell, La Grange, Term.; Rev.
H. P. Thompson, Bolivar, Tetin.; A. L. Lew
is, Oxford, Miss. aug3-ly.
EDUCATIONAL
THE third session of the “Dcs
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
reception of pupils on the First
Monday of September next.
Terms, per Session of Fivf. Months :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic. 12 00
Hie above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 14 00
High Branches...*. 16 01)
Instrumental Music. 26 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
53P” Pupils charged from time of entering,
ind no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
ixcgpt in cases of protracted sickness.
V\ .. . ^_r..l . O V -I OKfl 1-2
' J. GRIFFITH,
BLA-CIvSMITI-I
AND
&.X3rG»lSr J3W!CJSLBS:3SI3=5:,
WOODRUFF STREET,
E)©0 AffcSj FmeM© 0®<,s, Afflko
Wagons, Carts, ^™f-7
("Kv ■ T Drays. Wheel-bar- u&SSMPK
S3M&&M rows, &c., made to
irder on short notice. Repairing and planta
ion work done on the usual time for prompt
laying ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
(gjT All new work must be cash oil its
iqci valent. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21, 1359.-iy.
BLJCKWMif H LYG~
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHE? TER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rpHANKFUL to the ^
1 people for their past fa-If )}
sSaKASffllsU vors.respectfully announces \> &
hat he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
tand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
o all kinds of work in the above line.
(55p”Hlacksmithing, wagon and buggy bnlld
ng, wheelbarrows, repairing. &c., done on
hort notice.
(jgs^'Horse-sboeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf
jo h¥~mcN am e e7
T Jt I Sj O R ,
Wes Arc, Arkansas.
HOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
>3 west of the “Nucleus House”—where he
s prepared to execute all kinds of work in
is line of business, in a neat and fashionable
tyle.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]
~J A ME S J OH NSON,
Gnn s mith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Oft Having permanently located myself,
jus’ll am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
rX PISTOLS, &c., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
n reasonable terms.
f.SF* LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made,
ufact, any kind of work in my line will be
rsmptly attended to.
Terms—(^ash. apr3 ly
FfJrE •w\trci¥RS!~
rO THOSE persons who are very par
ticular with regard to time, we can now
Her Watches perfectly adjusted and regulated,
niich will give entire
SATISFACTION
n time-keeping. We know this by trials of
he watches; we are aiming to supply TIME
4JEEPERS, and are giving attention espe
iallytotlie regulation of all our watches, so
hat our customers shall not be troubled with
aulty, or irregular pieces of machinery, that
laveonly the appearance of being watches,
rhile in fact they are not so. We shall al
ways hold ourselves in readiness to make good
very thing we say in regard to all that we
ell. J. If. MERRIMAN & CO.,
iar25-tf] 253 Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
# Private Entertainment,
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLI) STAND..
)NE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
(On the Alain Road to Fori Smith.)
CTAVING ereccted a large .and
commodious Building, he is novsr^^JX
letter prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
oiomodate the public with entertainment.
(jgjjf His rates of charges are reasonable,
jtd his Accommodations are inferior to none.
(jg^" He has excellent Stables, and necessary
helters for wagons, carriages, &c.
juu29-ly
ATLANTA HOTEL;
BY J. J. PCEBS.ES,
Stiantfc, Prairie Co., .irk.,
CTAVING leased this finely located Public
Li House and re-fitted it entire, I am pre
>ared to accommodate the traveling public.
S3T The stage office of Messrs. Chidester, j
iecside & Co’s., U. S. Mail Line from Des
\ic to Fort Smith is kept at this house.
Uso, passengers from D m Arc to Little Rock,
Till be forwarded by Hanger’s Stage Line from
latesville to Little Rock. [decll-3m.
G. A. JUDSON,
MANUFACTURER OF j
DOORS AND SASH,
—A L S O—
CONTRACTOR FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
HOUSE CJRPEjVTER
IN D JOINER WORK. & €.,
DES .IRC. JRKJJfSjlS.
-TERMS
Dash, unless other satisfactory arrange
ment is made.
Drders from the country promptly attended to.
jan S-ly.
INDIAN SUMMER.
There is a time, just when the frost
Prepares to pave old Winter’s way,
When Autumn in a reverie lost,
The mellow daytime droams away ;
When Summer comes, in musing mind,
To gaze once more on hill and dell.
To mark how many sheaves they bind,
And see if all are ripened well.
With balmy breath she whispers low,
The dying flowers look up and give
Their sweetness incense ere they go,
For her who made their beauties live,
She enters ’neath the woodlands’ shade,
Her zephyrs lift the lingering leaf,
And bears it gently where are laid
The loved and lost ones of its grief.
At last old Autumn, rising, takes
Again his sceptre and his throne,
With boisterous hand the tree he shakes,
Intent on gathering all his own,
Svreet Summer sighing, flies the plain,
And waiting Winter, gaunt and grim,
Sees miser Autumn hoard his grain
And smiles to think it’s all of him.
AGRICULTURAL ADDRESS OF HON.
JACOB THOMPSON.
The Maryland Agricultural College
was inaugurated at Baltimore, ou the 5th
ult., and the Secretary of the Interior was
present among other invited guests. We
copy below the eloquent and appropriate
address delivered by him on the occasion.
Mr. Thompson said:
He came forward, at the urgent solici
tation of the gemlemen intrusted with the
management of this infant institution,
with . reluctance, becafise he had neither
prepared notes nor arranged thoughts,
and he knew full well little honor would
he do himself by the remarks he would
make. But he did not wish to seem in
different either to the wishes of others or
to the great Cause of agriculture. The
condition precedent on which he made
this visit was that he was not to be called
upon for any speech. He came to bear'
the address of the learned Professor, to
be entertained and instructed, with no ex
pectation of making au attempt to en'.er
ain and instruct others; and so absorbed
iad ha been by the very able remarks of
ho distinguished Professor that, he found
die whole current of his thoughts running
along with him, and now he felt it im
possible to disentangle or disembarrass
himself from his ideas, and strike out any
new direction of train of thought. But the
subject of agriculture was an interesting
one to him. On a subject which embra
ces so wide a field, and with which he had
been so intimately connected, (because all
be possessed on earth was invested in
property directly connected with ogricul*
ure,) he had opinions and feelings which
re would gladly develop were he able
.0 do so in any connected manner.
The life of the farmer, rightly under
Wood, is the most dignified and independ
ent of all other pursuits in our country.
Fhe distinction between him and all other
rersons is, that be is directly dependent
'or his prosperity and success on the favor
rnd smile of Providence, while all others
rrc dependent on the favor and patronage
rf man ; the farmer, therefore, has a more
constant and recurring appeal made to
lim to lean on the arm of Him who rules
rnd controls all things than others. Re
cur for a moment to the beginning of this
ligh vocation. When God created this
Treat world, and all the things that are
n it and upon it, and pronounced them
rood, he created man and woman, male
ind female, and gavo them power over
in iuc cmiii. lie uauc mem iu luumjuy
tnd replenish the earth and to subdue it.
Hie created man upright, and while he
was required to dress the garden in which
le was placed, yet the earth spontaneous
y produced every fruit which was neces
sary for his- comfortable and happy exist
ence. Thus Adam, our great ancestor, in i
lis days of purity and innocence, was a j
gardener. In that condition there was no j
leath, and, consequently, no disease and j
10 sorrow. Adam in this state, as a i
gardener, looked up through nature and !
lature’s God with adoration and praise.
IVe are taught that he was able to stand
md free to fall. He was guilty of dis
obedience, and that disobedience brought
leath into the world and all our woe. It
ivas then decreed by bis creator that in the j
sweat of bis face he should henceforth eat j
bread. This great primeval curse is the i
penalty which we sutler tor the alleviation i
if which this institution has been estab-1
lished.
The ancient fathers, Abraham, Isaac !
md Jacob, were fanners. Christ, during I
his secular life, was a carpenter. Peter
md his brethren were fishermen. Paul
ivas a scholar, and Luke was a doctor.
In turning to the great men whose lives
have been distinguished in different ages
and countries, it will be iound that they
were engaged in every imaginable occa
pation ; and we are driven to the conclu
sion that—
•‘Honor and fame from no condition rise;
Act well your part; there all the honor lies.”
. But to make the complete fanner or
planter, he must be possessed of the
largest share of human knowledge. This
institution is intended to instruct young
men not so much in the practical as in the
theoretical arts; not how to do, but how
to direct that work should be done. And
in that view he was most forcibly struck
with the remarks of the learned Professor.
He says, not long since n theory was
started by some zealous Eastern educators
that children should he taught to think,
but he differed from them, aud thought
they ought to be taught to do, and after
having been Lamed how to act, then
they nngat be taught how to think, and
concluded that practical life might be saic
to be in the concrete science or thinking
in the abstract. He thought this migh
be well-applied to the pupils of this insti
tution. A farmers life must be in the
concrete slate; the life of the student o
agriculture must be in the abstract state
Knowledge, to he valuable, must be sue!
ns, when reduced to practice, will be pro
ductive and profitable. The farmer ot
planter who produces most with a giver
amount of labor must be said to be the
most skillful. His knowledge is best be
cause it is most practical and productive.
The young men who are to be educa
ted at this institution we took for granted
were expected to direct the labor of others
not to perform it themselves. Suppose
your young man to have completed his
college studies, and goes out to reduce his
knowledge to practice, what is the first
branch of his education called into requi
sition ? The tract of land is selected and
the purchase is made. Is his title good ?
Here he must understand the principles ol
law and those rules which have been re
cognised hy society and government a di
viding meum and tuum—this far he must
be a lawyer, and will justify his having
read at least the preface of Blackstone.
Next he must have bouses to shelter him
self and those dependent upon him. Here
he must have a knowledge of architec
ture, which in itself is a science; work
men must be employed to carry out bis
architectural designs; and to insure a
faithful performance of his contracts he
must possess knowledge of practical* me
chanics—this must be studied to be un
decstood. Ho goes to his field—here he
must understand soils; and to do so he
must know something of their component
elements—what ingredient must be added
to rescue the earth from barrenness, and
what is the best method of applying fer
tilizers; to do this chemistry in all its
branches, as applicable to agriculture,
must bo studied and understood. Here is
a large field for the tnati in the abstract
to give facts to the man in the concrete of
practical miLty. But the natural position
of his ground requires drainage, so that
it may be dried on the one hand and pre
vented from washing away on the other;
to perform this work well and effectively,
the science of engineering must be under
stood and ils principles applied. He re
turns home by bis houses and examines
his stock of horses and mules, and here
he may be called upon for a knowledge
of farriery. In fact a thorough acquaint
ance with all diseases which visit animals,
and how to treat them, is essential to any
man who controls a farm.
He prepares his ground to receive the
seed ; to do this properly, he must be fa
miliar with the best implements; and to
cultivate his crop in the best mode, lie
must understand plants and their peculiar
habitudes. This involves an acquaint
ance with botany, an interesting branch of
study.
He returns to his home. He finds sick
ness and disease have hold of some one
who looks to him for relief. Here he
will find a field for the exercise of all his
knowledge of medicine; and to be equal
to his position in life, and to his responsi
bility, he must acquaint himself with the
nature of disease and the action of medi
cines; in short, the perfect fanner or
planter should have an acquaintance with
the whole circle of practical knowledge
known among men.
We are here in a slaveholding commu
nity, and, in his estimation, there wus no
situation in life, so desirable as that of a
southern planter. His farm makes a kind
of independent community of which he is
the center. Mis will controls the move
ments and operations of all around him.
He must, therefore, preserve a cool head
and n firm will, because, being responsi
ble for everything which is done, his judg
ment must be sound and the directions be
gives must be clear. His action, too,
must be upright, and his life must be vir
tuous, for those around him will follow
his example. With a full knowledge of
his position and h's responsibility to those
who have been intrusted to bis charge,
and independent of all except the smiles
of him from whom proceeds every good
and perfect gift, the planter who loves not
virtue and walks not uprightly, deserves
to be cast off as worse than an infidel.—
He wished to keep men in the pursuit of
scionce<—thinking men in the abstract—
they were useful; give him the man in
the concrete who knew his duties to God
and to bis fellow-man, and pefortned
them.
The Professor told us of the wonderful
powers of man to track the movements of
the heavenly bodies. And it is wonder
ful. It is now known, that ou the 8th day
of December, 1SG8, a dark body will pass
directly across the disk of tho sun, that
the comet which but lately cheered us with
its presence, and had now disappeared, in
one hundred and fifty years would come
again and lighten up the heavens with
its flaming train. This science of astrono
my is grand, but it is exact and certain,
and in but glancing at it he bad not been
astonished at the exclamation of one of
its greatest devotees that an undevout as
tronomer is mad. But turn to the plant
er's life ; there the future is all uncer
tainty; no man can tell what a day or an
hour may bring forth. God rules the sea
sons. Man is required to use the means,
and he is told if ht vs t, ; neither shall
he reap. But if . - G<»i .»<*; send
the rains, he mus’ • ■ ;e tie
must cut off the invud .,g and dcs.roying
insects, or lie wil -not reap. What was
said in a spiritui. s~ e, he a; pi id in a
temporal sense. P :a' '■•’.ay pi* at and
Appollos may wi -,<i r God (-• gives
the increase. B. W • >< ■ ‘Vouch
safed to man to h v,ll w *ho
\
pleasure of Providence. The wind will
blow whence it listeth, but no one is al
lowed to know when it Cometh or whither:
it goeth, and iIip exclamation of the phi-!
losopher might be adopted by him in sny- j
tng that the undevout planter, living in ,
constant and daily dependence on the,
favor of God, is mad.
The learned professor shows us a map
on which is delineated n vast tract of
- country on this continent from which Pro
vidence withholds his rains, and which is
now, and forever must remain, sterile and
barren. lie thus limits our ideas of the
capacity of our country to maintain on
ever-increasing population. This may be
admitted, and, if admitted, how much
greater the necessity for you to persevere
in your laudatHe effort to advance the
science of agriculture, aud thereby in
crease production.
He longed to see the day when our
country should become the granary of the
world, and when our people can both
clothe and feed the world. We then
surely will he the greatest people in the
world.
Mr. Ttompson closed with an earnest
and eloquent appeal to teachers and stu
dents in favor of all those branches of sci
ence and art which are eminently practical,
and, when in possession of the farmer,
lead to important results.
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Antipathies of Remarkable Cha
acters.—Almost every person,who has
lived m history has had some particular
antipathy. Julius Coesar couldn’t eat a
nsu oun, unu aicxanui'r always iiiiuic.u
at tliu sight of a black-beetle.
Chancer would be unwell for days if he
heard the cry of *‘ mackerel! ” and Spen
ser never saw a leg of mutton without |
shivering all over.
Boudicea hated red whiskers: it nearly j
cost Caractacus his life, because he came
into her presence one day with a tremen
dous pair on.
The smell pf pickles always sent Car
dinal Wolsey into hysterical fits. He. ,
called upon Henry the Eighth once while
the monarch was lunching off some cold
meat, and Wolsey fell under the tuble
as soon us lie smelt there was pickled
cabbage in (lie room. Henry thinking j
the Cardinal was intoxicated, had him
locked up in the tower immediately.
Cleopatra couldn’t look at a person with
freckles; Anthony had nil his soldiers
who were at all freckled painted black to
please her.
Napoleon took a violent hatred against
any one who didn’t lake, snuff; it is said,
the cause of his separation from Jose
phine was because she never would take
j a pinch frorp him.
! Alfred the Great could not bear the
taste of suet dumplings.
Artaxerxes had such an intense horror
of fleas that he would not go to bed with
out a suit of armour, made like a night
gown, to fit close to his skin. He would
loose his reason for days when bitten by
one. There was a reward of ten talents,
during his reign, for the apprehension of
every flea, dead or alive; and merchants
would come from far and near to claim
[the reward.
Queen Elizabeth had the strongest an
tipathy to a sheriff's officer; she would
run away as fast as she could directly she
saw one, nnd continue running for miles,
until her guards, who knew her weakness,
slopped her. i
Old Parr would turn pale when he i
touched a piece of soup ; this is the rea- i
son he never shaved. I
Cicero had such an antipathy to Wed- i
nesduy that he used to remain in bed all
that day ; and Ann Bowlyn could not
hear the word “poiatoe” pronounced with- <
out turning violently red, and feeling low
spirited for weeks afterwards.
Charley the Second could not go through
Temple Bar. It used to take the whole
strength of Villiers, with Rochester and
Nell Ciwynne to push him through it.—
Cromwell never could pass a pork shop
without bursting immediately into tears.
Circumstantial Evidence.
Joe Brace was a farmer’s son in the
town of W-, and by his tricks, and
games, and wild pranks, caused his watch
ful “parient” no little trouble sometimes.
It happened, on one occasion, that Master
Joe was caught in some misdemeanor,
nnd as a punishment for the same, had
been compelled to hoe in the corn-field
until such time as said “parieril” should 1
judge proper that he should be released. ;
Joe, like a dutiful son, took his hoe, and
straightway commenced sad havoc among
the weeds which obstructed the growth of
the corn. Dinner time came and passed
by, and still no call for poor Joe, who be
gau to think his punishment “greater than
he could bear;” but still lie toiled on, ex
pecting every moment to hear the sum
mons which would release him for a time
at least from his task. But there was no
such good luck for him The old
determined that he sb 1 “Sv^at it>-'l> ;
as he termed it; and tc . "iselt i
oil the lounge in tl cl is
soon fast'asleep. Jo i. ‘ 1 1 “iii, y I
until three o’clock, w ,r 8
the better of duty, k* ■'.'•ved la in
som. tiling to st'J "• X I
hazards. ' ,.
So, dr^i'P11'?ilis 1)0 e,M j ,
tiousbr fur the house ' j
j l^ck door unobserved, i •
ing the pantry without t. or — ■ ’j
man being asleep, and pot ‘ i
the household being e • ill;
company in the front f a ci a. » ’ ’ ’ |
who had arrived a few ... r. j
On entering, he come * e<i at: e
on a mince pie, tliat Akl ,
window to cool -• (io JUi
When he had about half demolished the
pie, and was thinking of some means to
escape detection, his meditations were
disturbed by something coming in contact
with his limbs. On looking down, he snw
the favorite pussy, who had stolen in at
the door, and was rubbing herself and
purring, as if expressing her entire satis
faction at the proceeding. On perceiving
her. be thought of tf plan, which he im
mediately put in execution. Grasping her
forelegs, he dabbled her fore feet about
in tho remaining part of the pie, and
placing her on the shelf, left the pantry,
the cat jumping to the floor, and following
him, leaving her tracks, of course, both
on the shelf and on the floor. Joe now
made immediate hnste for the field, much
refreshed by his “bite,” and was soon dili
gently at work.
He had been hoeing but a short time,
when, hearing a noise in the rear, ho
looked up and saw the old man coming,
with tabby under his arm, and his gun
over his shoulder. Neither spoke; the
old man passing by, and proceeding round
behind a knoll which hid him from Joe’s
view.
Joe leaned on his hoo for a moment,
listening, when the silence was suddenly
disturbed by the report of a gun, mingled
with the screech of the cat, plainly inti
mating what had been the fate of poor
pussy. In a moment more the old man
reappeared with his gun in hand, the
smoke still curling from the barrel; and
as lie passed by his laboring hopeful, if he
had not been a little hafd of hehring, lie
might have heard:
".There goes another victim to circum
stantial evidence.”
Origin of the Prairies.
Professor Wilber, State Geologist of
Illinois, has recently delivered n series of
admirable lectures on his favorite science.
Ws copy the following abstract of hrs
theory on the origin and formation of the
prairies:
Prof. Wilber adopts the theory that at
me time, very far back in its history, this
ast country formed a portion of the bot
oui of the ocean; that through the erup
ions caused by the internal heat, together
vith the labor and activity of those master
nasons, the coral insects, our continent
.vas raised to its present position above
he water. To prove this bold proposition
:ie refers to the many indications of salt
.valor presence,. the frequent occurrence
jf shells which legitimately belong to the
tninmls of the sea—the evidence furnish
.•d by the rocks of the labor of the zoo
phytes, unmistakable in its development;
be frequent discovery of the remains of
monsters of the sea deep imbeded in our
milestone system, the existence upon our
surface of huge boulders, the former ap
pendages of polar shores, drifted far away
o the southwest imbeded in huge frames
>f ice, and dropped down at length upon
he ocean’s bed, whence they arose with
pur continent. The arguments, if not
]uite conclusive, are eminently sugges
ive, and should open the eyes of think
ng men to the wondrous mysteries deep
n the earth upon which we so familiarly
read.
The existence of our prairie* is account
id for in this wise: The result of the
‘drift system” was to give to this part of
he country a soil of unparalelled fertility,
tnd arising from this were the very large
grasses, which are peculiar to this soil
none, jLuxurtani anu unuisturoeii they
jrew to a great hei|fut. ami fairly wove
lie surface of the earll ’ *
mpenetrable covering, in tl , f
vhen the mass of cm;,' u.nibi w « w; -
Iry, how easy for « •
send a conflagration ft one .■ .a*
>f the country to amrttis The spr'ougng
wigs of sturdier prow \
he frequent occurrence
tence the treeless appearance of the west,
ro aid the idea, it is claimed thpt th/s In- I
liana, when they did arrive, which U sup
posed to have been long subsequentio the
first period mentioned, regularly turned
he prairie grasses, for the purpose of
Jriving the game into more circumscribed
’|uurters, so that it might fall an easy
;>rey to their arrows, and to lessen the
lifficulty of traveling.
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The Great Cities.—The popi
Jome, at the highest period of its » *
lecui estimated at 6,800,000. The prt j T p v
ation of London is about 2,800,00® •
Ire popalation of Paris, including*! U J
ts inetrwpofltan suburbs, is about
I'hat of New York, estimated in the - JtjM
s 1,100,000.
-A writer tn The London Tin^Li a '!&’*
hat the Great Eastern be dent inun*' v.S^jc****1-*1" --
Jbina. He thinks that^ae appearan u
i vessel at sucbatipe:, with such an , '»•; nt
is she could c*™r> Would have a iuor are It
is a material, 'aret, not to be atiiOT .
bleed.
_yt'e European Times afumps t
fTrjy^s army, like the established c. hs
jjr pasture-ground of the aristocrac r
fi\\ never be thrown open to the mis
us public urrtil the voice of the pS< ' •
lake itself distinctly and unequivocal). '
n Parliament.
An implement for threading needL I
ieen invented, it is made with two blades,
vhich hold the needle with its eye opposite a
ittle funnel-shaped opening, in which it is
. , fa..*K. e_A a :>r r,(Vo i\t weak afoot Ia ' - ,