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OREGON CITY, O.T., JANUARY 3, 1857.
No. 88,
and other kimli. dune lo order, on aliort notice.
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A Weekly Newspaper, devoted "to the Principles of Jefl'ereonlan Democracy, and advocating tbe side of Truth iu every issue
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. DECEMBER. -
' A if irlt hsunts ths yeir'i liut hours,
Dwelling smldrt thees yellowing bowers I
, ' . Tohlirocifbs lalki)
. For at eventide, liauuiug earnestly,
At bio work you may near biro tub and light
la llio walk
' Earthward lit bowolh Iht heavy talk of the mol
dering flowen J
i Ueavily binge (ha broad mn -Rower
( . i O'er ita gran, tho earth oo chilly
( Heavily beugi Uie hollyhock,
Heavily bingi the tiger-lily.
The air la damp, and buihed, and oloee,
Ai rich mau'i room where be taketh repoM
An hour before death
MyVery heart fuluti, and my whole soul grieve
- At the moiet, rich until uf the rolling leavte
' And the bmth
Of the fading edges of box beneath, and the year 'a
laat roee.
Heavily hange the broad sun-flower
i Over it grave, the earth eo olii ly
Heavily bangi Uie hollyhock,
Heavily bangi tho tiger-lily.
Alfnd Tennyton.
To the Citizen Voters of Oregon
. Territory.
The Executive Committee of the Terri
torial Temperance Society ask your can
' did attention to the several item sot forth
in the following
address:
Having attentively observod the various
measures adopted from lime lo time in the
several States of the Union to obviate the
. vjs of intemperance evils that are hos
tile to every social, moral, and political in
teres! of community we are convinced
that they cannot be entirely removed with
out prohibition. These evils are of such
magnitude as to call for tha utmost stretch
of constitutional power to edict their ex
tirpation. The people of this Territory
iiava suffered irrepnruble injuries under the
mors I and suciul blight visited upon them
bj intemperance, nnd they must suffer on
sinless they can obtain relief at the bands of
their Legislature.
Believing thiit (he exisiing license law of
ur Territory may be so amended as great
ly to mitignie tlto evils of intemperance;
' nnd also that the absolute prohibition of the
liquor traffic would result in (be greatest
' blessings, while it would be no infringe
ment upon any individual rights or privi
leges growing out of our social and politi
, cal compact ; we propose to ask our Legis
lature at its present session
First, To so amend the license law now
In' force that the question, Wliether li
cense to retail ardent spirits shull be
granted by the county commissioners I
shall be submitted lo each voter at the an
nual election, and be decided in and for
each election precinct by the expressed
voice of the majority of thoso voting
thereon.
And second, In cose a majority of voters
in the Territory shall be fuiind in fuvor of
prohibition when the returns of election
are made, this fact communicated to the
next ensuing Legislature, shall be consid
ered by it as dufiuite and sufficient instruc
tion from, the peoplo to enact a prohibitory
liquor (aw 'fur the Territory or State of
Oregon, as the case may be. It is pro
posed to ask for this amendment been use
it is oar conviction that any change in tho
license law which does not aim at prohibi
tion will not lessen the number of the vic
tims of intemperance. All experience
proves that alcoholic liquors, exposed for
sale and easy to be obtained, so strongly
tempt the appetite that, in the case of
many, the most solemn obligations, added
,to all the dread consequences of inebria
tion, have not power to prevent the forma
tion of intemperate lulit. Even where
men have no natural appetite for drink,
fondness for company and relish for fun
lead them to those places of public resort
where are found the lovers of wit and hu
mor. With no other aim than to pass a
leisure hour they are gradually induced to
indulge a 'social glass, and treat their
friends to that exhilarating beverage which
so mnch helps to send the sparkling joke
. around. In this way youth are enticed to
.tho tavern, saloon, and grocery, and soon
become intemperate in habit, ruined in
character, and finally descend to a drunk
ard's grave. When they are once the vie
timsof the liquor demon, parental counsel
and authority are set aside, and the most
acred tics and obligations are ignored.
The religious parent, after all bis pains,
often has causa to tremble lest his son may
seek the society of the drinking house, his
happy borne circle be invaded by tbe steal
thy step of the destroyer and robbed of its
.most cherished ornament. Tho devoted
. wife has causa to fear and watch and pray,
lest the husband of her bean may become
o some oopropitious hour the victim of an
evil worse than death iUelf.and lest, while
tbe iron sinks deeply into her own soul,
bar home) may be made tbe haunt of squal
id poverty and wretchedness. No man
will apply for a license lor retail intoxica
tioj liquors except with a view to make
oney. And do natter what may b bis
claim to a "good moral character," or
whether he shall ajree to keep a "respect,
able" establishment, or otherwise, he will
leave no available mentis untried, hut on
the contrary he will oftr every induce
ment possible, lo increase the sale and con
sumption of ibe article from which he do.
rives liis gnin. To ex tied such persons
to have any care for the evils of the traffic,
Jhe vice and misery it may caice, is to en
tertain hopes without a shade of founda
tion. Tba only successful provision,
therefore, against making drunkards, is
the to' si abolition ef the liquor traffio In
every community. ,
Out it is claimed by many that this
would not be consonant with the wish of
the people in some parts of the Territory,
and that the law should always be a tran
script of the popular will, to h success
fully executed. Without questioning at
a'l the correctness of this position, its
force is admitted in the proposition to seek
such a modification of the present license
law as to allow the majority of voters in
each precinct to decide whether they will
or will not have licensed liquor dealers in
their midst. Prohibition thus becomes the
law where the voico of th majority in the
'precinct shall to declare. Besides, such a
method will furnish a true test to the
strong th of public sentiment upon this
question, without involving it with party
issues. '
Next to the amendment securing the
purtiul application of the prohibitory prin
ciple, every friend of sobriety and virtue in
the land will desire and favor the enact
ment of a prohibitory law for the entire
Territory as early in our history as possi.
ble. We are fully aware that the amend
ment contemplated will only remove the
traffic from those precincts where the ma
jority of voters shall so decide, while the
work of inebriation will go on in adjacent
precincts with increased zest and moredis
a-t rous effect ; and that the unfortunate
victims of intemperate habits, unable to
resist the rum influence, though distant,
will be lured thither, only to be sent back
to their homes again maddened by the poi
sonous fumes of alcohol. But distance
and o her causes will tend to render their
visits to tbo wine much less frequent than
when its ruddy brightness fixed the gaze
nnd enkindled thirst within sight of their
owa dwellings. Thus where the'traflic is
prohibited the evils of intemperance will
not be entirely removed. The casual ef
fects of the blighting curse, which come
from those places that tolerate and smile
encouragement to the liquor dealer, will
mar the blessings of sobriety aud virtue
that may be generally enjoyed, and a ne
cessity for the entire suppression of the
traffic will still be felt to exist. It wiU be
felt by such as have patronizingly folded to
their boeonis the sorpent of the still and
suffered the augmented pains of its deadly
venom, when they shall compare their con
dition with that of their more temperate
neighbors. And it will bo fell by those
who suffer only incidentally (lie evils un
justly inflicted upon them by the "liberty"
and liquor-loving propensities of others.
And for this necessity we wish to provide.
No one, we think, will deny the justice
and humanity' of such a measure as is
contemplated in the proposed amendment
of the license law, for in every case the
will of the majority is the law. But some
may be ready to oppose because it looks
ultimately to entire prohibition. Such
would perhaps contend that inasmuch as
this would be an infringement upon certain
individual, social, and political rights of
our citizens, it is therefore not to be sought.
If it is meant that it would infringe upon
constitutional rights, we affirm that we do
not, and we cannot suppose that any one
desires the enactment of an unconstitu
tional law. ' To guard this point, we believe
we may confide in the wisdom of our legis
lators upon whom this duty will devolve,
and trust to them to prepare us a law which
in its details will be free from all objections
of this nature.
Rut if it is meant that natural rights will
be invaded by a prohibitory liquor law,
rights which lie behind the constitution,
it is manifest that there can be no natural
right more clear and inalienable than that
which exists in every community to pro
tect itself. This right is recognized in the
Constitution of the United States, which
declares our political compact to be formed
" to establish justice, insure domestic tran
quillity, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare," ice. Tbe
proper question then is, Do tbe people of
ibis Territory require protection against
the evils of intemperance 1 and are those
evils of such magnitude as to make it ne
cessary to afford this protection by law ?
If so, then to refuse such protection would
be a denial of natural rights.
Now what ar the very questionable
rights of romsellers, who, to make money,
would lay waste the fairest heritage of so
cial aad domestic happiness, compared with
th natural right of the entire community
besides! which are not mere epceialtit
created by particular enactment, but lie
behind the Constitution, and to ennservo
which is the legitimate province of all
law. Is "jUHlice established'' when, the
law invests a small number of persons
with a fictitious authority lo produce mis
ery, pauperism, ami crime I Is "domestic
tranquillity injured'' by legalizing a bus!
nea which givos lo community brutalized
husbands, widowhood, orphanage, and
homoless beggary Is " the common do
f nsa provided fjr" when a destroyer, more
to bo deplored than tho invading march of
a hot tile army, is sweeping away, by legal
authority, thousands of victims every year f
taking away rot merely their lives, but
cursing them in eternity: for intemper
ance " kills beyond the tomb." And, final
ly, can "the general welfare" be promoted
by allowing to a few men the privilege of
ensnaring and ruining our youth, middle
aged and old men, unsettling the peace of
households, corrupting legislative, execu
tive, and judicial officers, lighting the torch
of the incendiary and destroying our prop
erly, augmenting our taxes about two
thirds, and filling almshouses, jails, and
prisons, and preparing for the gallows vic
tims in great numbers, invading our sanc
tuaries of religion and polluting with its
foul touch all that is pure and sacred in
human society, besides sending to a drunk
ard's grave from year to year one for
about three hundred and thirty (330) of
the population of tho United Slates, ma
king a grand aggregate of 40,000 annu
ally. The proportion of this number for
Oregon is about one hundred and thirty.
In view of theso appalling facts, we ask
wIksj rights are to be protected IIow
absurd the complaint that a prohibitory
law infringes upon individual rights! It is
the best tons 't Valor cf those rights. Shall
the law say to the murdorer " thou shall
not kill," and to the thief "thou shslt not
steal," and at the same authorize the rum
seller to go on in bis slow but sure work
of destroying the life, not of one, but of
many of his fellow. citizens 7 and shall it
allow him lo take with impunity from tho
mouths of starved and beggared children,
whom his cupidity has reduced lo wretch
edness and want, their last morsel of bread I
Tho common murderer and thief might
with much more propriety than he com
plain that the law ahridges their rights.
Rights of this nature are conventional.
They are derived from the will of the ma
jority, who m:iy extend or restrict them nl
pleasure, as the j ub'io welfare demands. '
Let us then per ion the Legislature
from all parts of our Territory, that our
desires may be understood in reference to
this matter, asking them, first,-to so amend
the present licenso law as to give the
whole control of the liquor traffic into the
hands of the people themselves. And let
the friends of temperance make every lau-
duble exertion to secure the early enact
ment of a prohibitory liquor law, that will
effectually drive out the scourge from our
land. It has already cost the people of the
Territory more to buy their liquor, bad as
it has been, than to buy their bread. All
this expenditure and much more would be
saved by such a law. Chain the monster
now, and our couulry is sure of prosperity,
intelligence, virtue, and peace, in years to
come.
D. E. Bum,
G. Uines,
(. II. Atkinson,
11. K. Mines,
Thos. Pope,
Executive Com.
The following is the form of the petition
which tbe executive committee have pre
pared lo be circulated for signatures, and
to be sent to Sulcm, addressed to , as
early as the day of next :
To the Legislative Astemhly of the Terri
tory of Oregon : x
Tbe petition of the undersigned legal
voters of Oregon Territory respectfully
represents :
That the mode now prescribed by law
in this Territory for oUait.'ng license lo
retail ardent spirits, subjects both the ap
plicant for license and those opposed to its
jeing granted, to great amount of incon
veniences : si i whereas, we believe the
t-ame results may be attained in a more
falisfac;ory manner; we pray your Hon.
oiableBody to so change the-present li
cense Imw that at each general election in
this territory the question, vnelher licente
to retail ardent tpiritt lhall be granted by
lite county commistionert, shall be submit
ted to the qualified voters of esch precinct,
and that Ibe voice of the majority uf those
voting thereon shall be decisive for or
against ibe granting of license in aud for
each precinct, for the year next ensuing
after sucb general election.
And we further pray your Honorable
Body that it be made the duty of the
county clerk of each county lo make re
turns of the vote on this question to the
secretary of the Territory, and that tbe
aggregate vote be reported by him to the
next seenion or Ibe Legislator. Which
vote, if found to giv a maioritv in favor
of prohibition, shall be considered suf
ficient instruction to said Legislature lo eo-
act a prohibitory liquor law.
Ai in duty bound, w will verpray.
Colored Persons not Citizens oftiie
United States. Applications having
been mado to tho Stat Department fur
passport to a company of colored min
strels, visiting Europe professionally, the
following reply has been received by Mr.
Kice, Clerk of the Superior Court in New
York, who made the application :
Department or State,)
Washington, Nov. 4, 1S50. J
. . Ilice, E,q.t New York City :
Sir: Your letters of the 20: h ultimo
and 3d inst., requesting passports for eleven
colored persons, have been received, and
1 am directed by the Secretary to inform
ynu that the papers transmitted by you do !
not warrant th department in complying
with your request.
A passport is a certificate that the per
son lo whom it it granted is a citizen of the
boiled states, and it can only be issued
Uon proof of this fuct. In the papers
winch accompany your eommuuicatioi',
there is not satisfactory evidence that the
persons for whom you requested panspoits
are of tins description. Ihey are repre
sentrd in your loiter as "colored," and
described in tbe affidavits as " black, from
which statement it may be fairly inferred
thai ihey are noproe. If this is so, there
can be no doubt that they are not citizens
of Ibe United Males. I he question whalh
er free negroes are such citizens is not now
presented for the first time, but has repeat
edly arisen in the administration of both
the JNslional andbtalo Uovernmentt.
In 1821 a controversy arose as to wheth
er free persons of color were citizens of
the United States, within the intent and
meaning of the acts of Congress regula
ting foreign and coasting trade, so as lo be
unqualified to command vessels ; and Mr.
Wirt, Attorney General, decided thai they
were not, and moreover held that the
words "citizens of tbo United Stales,"
wore used in the acts of Congress in the
same sense as in the constitution. This
view U alio fully sustained in a recent
opinion of the present Attorney General.
The judicial decisions of the country
are to the same ellect. In Kenl s com
mentarics, vol. 3, p. 277, it is stated that
in ISUSUiief Justice JJai'jot, of Connec
ticut, held that free blacks are not " cit
izens," within the meaning of the term as
used in the constitution of the United
States, nnd the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee, in the case of the Slate ogainsl
Claiborne, hold the same doolrine.
Such being the construction of the con
stitution in regard to freo person of col
or, il is conceived that thev cannot be re
garded, when beyond the jurisdiction of
tins Uovornment, as entilluil to the full
rights of citizens ; but the Secretary di
rects me to say, that ihoiiph the Depart,
ment could nut certify that such persons
are citizens of the United State, yet if
satuiieu ot tlic truth or the ructs, it wouhl
give a certificate that ihey were born in
tho United Stales, and free; nnd that the
Government thereof would regard il to be
its duty lo protect them if wronged by a
foreign government, while within its juris
diction for a legal and proper purpose.
I am, sir, respectifully, yourob'tserv'l,
J. A. Thomas,
Assistant Secretary.
The Moon. Dr. Scoresby, in an ao-
count that he has given of some recent ob
servations made with Earl Rosse's tel
escope, says :
" With respect to the moon, every ob
ject on iis surface of one hundred feet was
now distinctly to be seen, and be had no
doubt thai under favorable circumstances
it would Lo so with objects sixty feet in
height, On its surface were craters of ex
tinct volcanoes, rocks, and masses of stones
almost innumerable. He had no doubt
that if such a building as he was then in
were upon the surface of the moon, it
would be rendered visible by these instru
ments. But there were no signs of in
habitants such as ours, no vestige of ar
chitectual remains lo show that the moon
is or ever was inhabited by a raco of mor
tals similar to ourselves. It presented no
appearance which could lead to the sup
position that it contained any thing like the
green fields and lovely verdure of this
beautiful world of ours. There was no
water visible, not a sea, or river, or even
the manure of a roservoir for supplying a
town or factory ; all seemed dxsolato."
British a'ulpit Eloquence. TheLon
don Times expresses its opinion very plain
ly in regard to tho present character of
English preaching. It says: " W would
leave it to the deciiion of any one of or
dinary candor, intelligence and education,
to say whether men, in any other profess
ion, could carry on their business with suc
cess if they took no more pains about tbe
matter than an ordinary preacher does in
the composition and delivery of an aver
age sermon. The truth is, that in Eng
land pulpit eloquence has fallen to a very
low ebb indeed. Wiih the finest theme
in the world before them, with all ths hopes
and anxieties which agitata lbs human
breast, during the brief interval which
seperates the cradle from the grave, as
their subject, our preacher miss their op
portunity." UV-un, my aear sir, said a poor
sufferer loa dentist, that i ihe amend
wrong tooth you ve pulled out!" "Very
sorry, my dear sir," said the blundering
operator, " but as there wer only three
altogether wbea I began, I'm sur to be
right thi tim ? s
Negro Insurrection in Arkansas.
W learn from the Memphis paper that
there is great excitement in Uuioo county,
Arkansas, on account of the discovery of a
plot among the negroes to rise in rebellion
on ths 15th of ihi month. Fortunately
the plot was discovered in time to prevent
on of lh most bloody msssacre in the
whole annnl of insurrection. Th plot
wat very extensive, and the negroes were
taken up and mad to confess, implicating
other twenty mile off. Some of th ne
groes say the rising was lo lake place the
day tf the Presidunial election, th men
all being from hems that day. Tbo plot
was to murder th women and chil
dren first, and then attack lh unarmed
men at the polls. Soverul white men have
been implicatod, and notified to leav ibe
county in a given time, or be hung. The
letter slates that on the Colorado the ex
citement is inieimo, and that several ne
groes Lav been bung. The plot teem to
hav been very extensive, reaching as far
as Texas.
Tub Ambkotytk The art by which
ambrotypea ar produced involve a new
scientific process, by mean of which pic
tures, far exceeding in beauty and durabil
ity anything heretofore known in the pho
togrnphio art, art produced, when the
method is skillfully employed. Th pio
lures are made on a plate-glass, over which
is plaoed a corresponding glass, th two
being sealed together by an indestructible
substance, which soon hardens the two
glasses becoming, iu effect, one, 'with the
picture iu th centre. - This is the dis
tinguished characteristic or feature in pro
cess. Sealing the two glasses together, iu
the manner specified, not ouly render it
permanent, but the substance used in do
ing it also gilds the picture, giving it a
flue tone and brilliancy.
Tub Blister op Interest and Debt.
The following is as applicable lo the
merchant as the farmer:
"I forgot to ask, in I he earnestness of my
congratulation, whether the farm is your I
Whether il it paid for t I hope the deed
are recorded, without mortgage 'or lien of
any kind. I hop bo note are drawing
interest. No blister draw sharper than
intcrttt does. , Of all Industries none is
comparable to that of interest. It works
day and night, in fair weather and foul.
It has no sound in its footsteps, but trarels
last. It gnaw at a man's substance with
invisible toelh. It blinds industry with
it film, us a fly is bound upon a spider's
web. Debt rolls a man over and over,
binding Lim hand and fool, and letting him
hang upon the fatal mesh until th long
legged interest devours him. There is no
crop that can afford to pay interest money
on a farm. There is but one thing raised
on a farm like it, and that is the Canada
thistle, which swarms new plants every
time you break its roots, whose blossems
are prolific, and every flwer father of a
million seeds. Every leaf is an awl,
every branch a spear, and every single
plant Is like, a platoon of bayonets, and a
field full of them is like an armed host.
Thovwhole plant is a torment and a veg
etable curse. And yet a farmer had belter
make his bed of Canada thistles, than at
tempt to lie at ens uuder interest"
Temferatcrb of the Earth Curious
Fact. It has been ascertained, by ac
curate scienlifio investigators, that iho in
crease of temperature in tho earth is about
ten degrees Fahrenheit for overy fifteen
yards of descent. In all probability,
however, the increase will be found to be
in geometrical progrssion as investigation
is extended, in which case the present crust
will be found lo be much thinner than it
has hitherto been calculated to be. Taking
then, as correct, the present observed rate
of increase, tbe temperature would be as
follows : Water will bil at th depth of
12,430 yards; lead melts at the depth of
1,400 yards; gold melts at twenty-one
miles; cast-iron at seventy-four miles;
soft iron al ninety-seven miles ; tnd at lh
depth of one hnndred miles there is a
temperature equal lo th greatest artificial
(eat yel observed a temperature capable
of fusing plajina, porcelain, and iudeed
every other refractory substance known.
QZr,K German paper declares that
Prusiic acid only causes suspension of life
at first, and that on who take it can be
restored lo animation by the pouring of
acetate of potash and salt dissolved in
water, on the bead and spine. IUbbils
have been thus recovered.
Liberty op tub Press in Virginia.
We learn from th Clarksburg ( Va.,) Reg
ister that at the recent term of the Har
rison Circuit Court the Grand Jury found
about seventy indictment. Of thes on
wss against Horace Greeley for circulating
in Ilarrinon county hi Tribune, which
was considered by lh Grand Juror ssio
cendiary in it character. Two citizens
JjSbe county wer presentsd for aiding in
Hb Vrculatloa of that print.
Th Celllai ef lh Mew Heat f Rep.
resentaUves.
Sufficient prOiirrsi has been mad with
lh oriling of tba House of Representa
tive in the new south wing of th Cap
itol to giv an idea of ft surpassing porir-
ousness. . In lh nnrth-east angle th
insHsiva and elaborate drop pieces, of lh
form of huge inverted pineapples, bare
been finished and set in their places ; por
tions of them and tho cornice hav been
painted, slo, and adjoining part of th
coiling frencotd ; ihe wholo producing an
effect that can be equalled, we suppose, no
where e!e on this coutinent, and excelled
scarcely any where in the world. Thes
large and most elaborate drops, with lh
surrounding foliaga and ornaments, ar
mads of papiermnche, and, in case of re
ceiving injury from any cause, can at any
time be speedily restored.
Whilst lh work of ornamentation is
thus progressing in the ceilincof the hall
of lh House, there is no idleness in th
new committc Zooms. Several of them
ar paved with the beautiful encaustic tiles,
and are ready for frescoing; others are
undergoing that proce, and so exquisite
Iv beautiful in lasts and fnmh is thii Work
that every visitor pours forth, upon witness-
ing it, utterances or mingled astonishment
and delight.
in lh north wine, to bo occupied by ths
Senate and it officers, several committe
rooms sre finished, and soma are well ad.
vanoed towards completion. One nqw in
hand is for the use of the Naval Commit .
to of the Senate, and it ceiling and wall
are being most tastefully and fittingly fre.
coed and painted. Neptune, Amphitrite,
llie Triio.is, and all th gods, and god
desses of the deep find spirited represen
tations somewhere on the walls o this un
ique room; the pannvllings ar taken up
with wall pictures of "several of the most
noted of th naval victories and exploit
performed under th American flag.
When finished, this room, with its match
forth Military Committee, will be among
the chief attractions of the magnificent
apartments the country is providing for
the use uf her legislativa agent in th
Capitol. National Intelligencer,
Agricultural Pun. Read what Cap.'
tain Job Tiiost, In his "Wonderful Ad-
rentures," says of th Vegetable Kingdom :
The term vegetable sometimes pro
nounced wegetable is probably derived
from the peculiar long and pointed form of
this description of esculents, hence origi
nally called wedge-eatables, then wegeta
ble.', and now refined into th present
lorin.
Annual flowering plants resemble whale
as they come up to blow.
flowers are very warlike in, their dis
position, and are ver armed with pistils. .
As the human fannlv, the lower por
tion of all plants ar radicles.
Ihey are migratory in their habits, Tor
wherever ihey may winter, ihey are sur
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to leave in :ne spring; nirai oi mem are
very polite and full of boughs.
Like dandies, Ihe coating of many trees
is their most valuable portion. Cork tree's
and boot trees, for instance.
Grains and seeds are not considered
dangerous except when about to shoot.
Several trees, like watch-dogs, are val
ued mostly fur their bark.
A utile bark will make a rone, but it
lakes a large pile of wood for a cord.
ihou"ti there are no vesutublo beaux.
thore are a number of spruce trees.
Most troes are respectable, but a variety
of locusscs may t j found among them.
It is considered onlv right and proper
to ax trees before you fell them.
fruit trees nave military characteris
tics ; when young they are trained ; they
have many kernels; and their shoots ar
straight.
Grain must bo treated like infants :
when th head bends it must be cradled;
and thrashing is resorted lo, to fit it for
use.
Tares ar mostly found with ths smaller
grains which require sowing.
Ureal miluluence in fruit is dangerous
and too free a use of melons produces a
melo"cho ellect.
Old maids are fond of pears but can
not endure any reference to dutes.
Bailors are attached to bays ; oyster-
men to beeches ; love sick maidens to pine.
Sensible Custom in an English
Church. A London correspondent of the
New Y'ork Independent says: Here w
observed for ihe first time, what afterwards
became a familiar sight that in entering,
hoover came first, whether gentleman or
lady, moved to the head of the pew, and
those who cam in later took th remain
ing seals, preventing the disturdanc which
occur ao often in sur church at bom,
when 4 gentleman, or several of them,
must step inlo tbe aisle to giv a lady th
fancied seat of honor.
03" The origin of the phrase ''Mason
and Dixon's Line," is as follows: In th
seventeenth century, James II, of England,
gave certain lands to Lord Baltimore and
William l'enn, and a difficulty soon sprang
upas to the proper ownerof these lands on
tli Delaware. In 1700, two surveyors,
Mason and Dixon, established ihe line be
tween Pennsylvania and Maryland which
ha ever since been called "Mason and
Dixon's line."
03" It has been proposed lo establish a
printing press on board the Great Western,
tho mammoth ship now being built in Eng
land for th Australian trade, and lo issue
s daily paper during the voyage. In con
nection with this, there is to be a reading
room, well supplied lor lh us of th voy
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