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. i. ... NO. 10. VOL.11. - ALBANY OREGON, SATUIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 18GG. ft. MMOCRAT . v- ' ; ; .... .. ' . I v . . . STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. - k TVBUSBED KVKRT SATPBAT, BT ' ABBOTT & BROWN. GfficcOvtr H. Olivet's Stow, First Street. TERMS, abvasck : One year, $3 ; Six Months $5; Oa Month, 50 ets.; Single Copies, 12 eta. Payment to be made in advaneo In every ease. The Paper will not be . sent to any address tmWs ordered, land the term for which it shall bo rdered be paid for. Ne departure trill be made fram jAe term in any intt ane. . . ' j. . N. B. Timely prior notice will be given to each Sabscriber of the week on which his sub tcription will expire, and unless an order for its continuance, accompanied with the money, be riveiu th.a. Paper will bo discontinued to that address. " ' . RATES OF ADVERTISING, tntHTEi.it; One Colamn,' $100 j Half Column, $60 j Quarter Col mn, $35. j Transient Advertisements per Square often lines or less, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent inser tion, $1 Correspondents writing over assumed signatures or anonymously, must make known their proper ames to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communications. All Letters and Communications, whether on business or for publication, should ba addressed to Abbott & Brown. - BUSIN ESS CARDS. I. LYOXS, JEWELER, AND CLOCK AND WATCH EPAIRER. Shop in Gradwohl's new brick JLl, re, Albany, Oregon. - oc.OnlUly K. H. GEO. S. HELX CBAXOR. CKAXOU A HELH, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LA W Office In Xorcross' Brick Building, up-stairs, Albany, Oregon, au4 ; - J. C. POWELL, A TTORNE T AND CO UNSEL LOR AT LAW ' AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCER Y, ALBANY, Oregon.. Collections and convey ances promptly attended to. oc20nl01y - D.B. RICE, 51- SURGEON, PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHER TVnilors bis services in the various branches of his profession to the citiiens of Albany and sur roanding coantrv. Office np-rtairs, in Foster's Brick. oel3no91y. Till. IIICKL.IX. PHYSICIAN. SURGEON AND ACCOUCHER lTtt-c-intr find in Brownsville. Linn county Or- rxTwwtfnHv solicit the atronarre of the people of that vicinity. v2na-3m WINTER A McIIATTAX, HOUSE. SIGN. CARRIAGE. AND ORNA MENTAL PAINTERS GRA1NERS AND GLAZIERS. Also, Paperbanging and Calccmining done with neatness and dispatch. Shop at the upper end of First street, in Cwnningbanrs old stand, Albany, Oregon. se22no6tf LECTURES BY REV. H. H. SPAULDING Early Oregon Sliwaions Their Im portant" in scrnnug vouu try to Americans. - NUMBER TnREF.. The caravan readied their rendezvous on Green river, the 1st of July, and the Missionaries found a large number of the Flat Head and Net Perces Indians on the lookout for teachers, and learned from them that Mr. Lee had passed their coun tries and gone on to the Kananas Koos (salt water). They learned that these were the tribes who had sent three years before for the book of God and teachers. They found these Indians milch grieved that Mr. Jbee had passed by them, ihey saw at once the hand of uod pointing to these tribes as their future mission field. They determined that while Mr. Parker should proceed with the Nez Perces and Flat Head Indians to their countries, and visit, also, the J-.nglish Irading l'osts on the Columbia, and return to meet Doctor "Whitman and party at that rendezvous the next year, the Doctor should return at otsce to the States, by the same com pany, report to the Mission Board, and if possible obtain associates during the win ter, and so gain a year, and putting them selves under protection of the American Fur Company, according to promises al ready given, cross the mountains the next year and meet Mr. Parker at the rendez vous, who after examining, the Indian countries and the trading posts, would be able to report as to the prospects of the proposed mission field, the number and character of the Nations, the character of the unknown country, its climate, its soil, the character of the English Fur Traders, whether Missionaries could count jupon their friendship or opposition. 'whether bread could be raised and sup- j plies of clothing had, and whether we (would be compelled to depend on wild i ... - game and skins. The Nez Perces, to make sure work and not be disappointed again, sent two of their boys, of about fourteen years of age, with Dr. Whitman as kind of hosta ges for his sure return next year. The Doctor and the Indian boys reached the States tn the fall, with the Fur Company and received the kindest regards from the propiietors of the Company, at St. Loui and their renewed assurances that thev would afford him and his associates the next year every protection and facil uy in tneir power lor the invaluable per vices he had rendered to their Company to and from the mountains. He might depend upon their steamer to convey his ladies and baggage to Council Bluffs, and their caravan to convey them to Green river.'and their hunters to furnish daflv food from the Buffalo bands. On receiving the Doctor's Report,' the American Board resolved at once to send J.. liBKOTS, I BL&IX, 8. E. T0CX6. J. BARROWS fc CO., GENERAL X- COMMISSION -MERCHANTS DEALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery Boots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon. Consignments solicited. oc6nStf G. W. GRAY, D. D. S., SURGEOXDEXTIST, ALBANY, OGX. Performs all operations in the line of DENTISTRY in the most I PERFECT and IMPROVED man ner. Persons desiring artificial teeth fronld do well to give him a call. Office up-stairs in Foster s bnck. Resraence corner oi tecona ana Baker streets. an25-ly I. O. O. F. ALBANY LODGE, XO. 4. T?fs TheRes-olar Meet wJPiS ings of Albany Lodge, Tin. 4. T. O. O. F are held at their Hall in Nor Bnildin. Albanv. every WEDNESDAY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Brethren in good standing are invited to attend. By order of the N. G. au4-ly XVOTICE ! TO LET. A FEW TWENTIES left, to pay for good Wheat. Highest cash price paid on delivery of good wheat at my ware house, Albany, Oregon WAJSTED: 100,000 POUNDS OF WOOL" For which we will pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. W. W. PARRISH A CO Albany, January 27th. 1866. SELLING OFF !SELLING OFF! $50,000 WORTH 1 CHARLES BARRETT, Missionaries to the Nez Perces and Flat Front Street, and Street, No. 5 Washington Portland. The Iargcst, most General, and Most Splendid Assortment of STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, LETTER PRESSES, &C, ON THE PACIFIC COAST, j RICHLY BOUND Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Boo&k An Immense Assortment of SCHOOL BOOZS ! Orders From the Interior. Filled with dispatch and care. CHARLES BARRETT. Portland. Norember 16, 1S65. Dissolution Notice. THE. partnership heretofore existing between the nndorslgned has this day been dissolved by mutual consent - All debts due the -"Democrat Establishment." on account of adrertisinw, gub gcription, or job work, will be paid to Abbott & Brown and all debts against the firm are hereby ftssamed and will he paid by tbem. M. H. AEROTT, . M. V. BROWN. JNO. TRAVERSE ' Albany, Not. 16, 1888. 77. B. The 'Democrat" will continue regular- v to be published by the undersigned, at the tame laee. and on the same terms as heretofore. We MaiMMitfullv solicit, not only a continuance, but the increased patronage of the public ? . ABBOTT A BROWN. Head Nation-?, and applied immediately to the several youno; ladies who had offer ed themselves to the Board for the work of Mission in the Foreign Field. But while young men enongh could be ob tained to undertake a journey across the continent, not a young lady could be found filling to face the Rocky Mountains and to risk the vast unknown beyond. The Board and Doctor then applied to several settled pastors who had signified their willingness to enter the Foreign Field, but with no better Success. Not a mar ried or unmarried woman could be found willing to face the hazards of that gigan tic tintertaking. Any other part of the world rthe Isles of the distant seas, the dark mountains of Koordistan, the crowd ed millions of China, the death pools of the Senagall, cnywhere else in the.known world but the unknown Northwest coast, where the foot of white woman had never yet trod. None coald be found of suffi cient moral and physical courage to under take this great work, but the early devot ed Miss Prentiss, the intended wife of Dr. Whitman ; but the Doctor could not commence this desirable mission without an ordained missionary and his wife. The winter was now far gone, and the Doctor was about to give up his mission, when, on arriving in Prattsburgh, N. Y., my own dear home, (it does my soul good to write that name, after being dogged and hunted by the blood hounds and cayotcs of Fanaticism for so long a time in this country, and to think of one place in this world so like the Kingdom of Heaven) he learned of the deep and early piety ot my angel wife, and was told if any body would so she would undertake the jour ney, could the object be laid before her. But myself and wife were appointed, and were on our way to tne usage x auon as Missionaries. The Doctor immediately got permission of the American board for us to change our destination if we should see fit. He overtook and immediately made himself and his object known to us. "We turned aside into an inn to consider the subject. The Doctor said this was his last hope. If we, like the very many others who had been solicited, should decline the mission to the Nez Perces and Flat Head Indians, beyond the Rocky Mountains, the undertaking must be abandoned, at least for another year. That ras a most feaTfal moment in the journey of my life. I had said in my Academic lecture? on Temperance, "That money enough was expended for rum every year to build a second North Amer ican Republic on the shores of the Paci fic. . But that was the republic of fancy, eight years before. Now the very like was a reality. ' A stupendous question, taking in the whole of ray life, and, of another life, more to me than my ownto be decided in twenty minutes. I asked the Doctor many questions concerning the 1 . 111. n m distance, tne prooaDie time ot crossing the mountains, the food, and the dangers, He knew nothing of the Hudson Bay Company, or of the vast region beyond the Rocky Mountains. In the first place we must make up our mind to do without bread throughout the whole journey, and until we could raise it from a quart of seed, to be taken with us Two years might be spent in reaching our destina tion, and the winter be passed in the snows of the Rocky Mountaics and among mountain trappers ;v the horse and mule our sole dependence for conveyance, and they to gather their own subsistence the whole route by grazing a lew minutes morning, noon and evening; to La driven in every night and guarded by a regular watch with plceplcs-v vigilance. The American Fur Company had cheerfully agreed to convey our ladies and effects with their owa goods in their steamer to Council Bluffs, and had offered us the protection of their caravan to the moun tains, and this to be under constant guard day and night. The wliole distance Iny through wild countries inhabited by sav age tribes constantly at war with each other, and many of them at war with the whites. The innumerable Tiyera to be swam, forded or rafted on bundles of bull-rushes ; liable to be overtaken at any time by terrific thunder and hail storms against which the strongest tent is only bo much paper. Men had been knocked down in these bail storms, and ' one man d been knocked down three times in . a - tri one storm in the mountains, inese storms sometimes filled the dry gulches in a few minutes with raging, impassable torrents. Much of the way through broiling sand-deserts covered with worm wood, without a tree or green thing to re lieve the eve, escept the small acre of grass on the streams of water or springs, scarcely enough often for camps: our daily food to lie asked of bod and obtain ed bythe skillful hunters from tke wild band of buffalo. "We were to take food sufficient to last to the Buffalo ranges, and the least possible supply of clothing, seeds, books, implements aud medicines. and to depend on uod and wild skins for the future. After the American rui Company should leave u at the reudez . - a i a vous on ureeu river, oniv nail wav, we were to look to God for guides aud convoy either down the sand plains of the bnake river or through the md river Beaver Head and Bitter Root mountain??. Doctor Whitman was determined to re move ill romance from the subject and present nothing but the cold facts so far as they had come under his observation or obtained thera from mountain men. But a hardy mountain trapper is a very differ ent person from a feeble woman. t bowed in humble prayer to God to gi us wisdom to decide according to his will. I observed to my acgel wife, "My dear, I will leave vou to make the decision," and Doctor Whitman and my??lf walked out wm w- ai l i Hie lioctor uad told us tuat-several par tie had been stripped of their horses and left on foot to traverse half the con tinent barefoot, as Hunt's and Stewart's parties. Some had starved to death : some had perished in the snows; others t from haadships. aud others by the Indians Lvery mountain traveler pronounced impossible for a white woman to live out the hardships and dangers. He alone I. w a tnougni otnerwise. iiy own mind was made op. I felt there could be but one answer in the case of my wife. 8be was very feeble, and had not" yet recovered from a severe sickness, and could not walk half a mile. But what was my surprise on entering the room with Dr hitman a few minutes afterward, to hear her jav and with a calm countenance, more neaven tnan ot eartn, "l nave made up my mind to go. My blood chilled aud my frame shook, and I could only stani mer out : "But, my dear, your health V But she instantly replied, and Oh that smile of satisfaction that could come only from a heart unreservedly consecrated and worth more to me even now than al the gold of California ; "I like the com mand just as it stands : "Go ye into nl the world and preach the gospel to every creature no exception tor poor health. Recovering a liitle. but half frenzied, for getting myself and thinking only of he . J. V .1.1". . certain aeain in mose uiPtant wilds, I ex claimed : "But, my dear, have you real ly considered the superhuman work b cision and consecration the most entire, unreserved, unselfish, Christ-like of hu man life to the Lord Jfcus, in accordance to Uis command. Thjt decision deter mined ateo the future oi this Great Paci fic West, emphatically, j -r Effect of Imatclnsitlon. celebrated French Practical Jolies. MISCELLANEOUS ITE31S. Horse raos ra out two common errors into wtuca net a few builders are liable to fall in con structing pfables, especially those upon mr : T -T I m - 1U. It It,,...! . . .Piany years aco a ccieunueu rrencn iFoyears au iuw i iijuenitit . rrw. a . the effect of imagination, wished to com- arranged around tables and waited upon ent writing from Arkansas Spnngs de bine theory with Vactice, in order tocon- by kind ladies, who furled them with frttillt hfn firm the truth or his .propositions. lo an abundance oi good things seem- t r day before. The this end be begged ths unniHter of jus- ed happy and contented except one little I. . t th a - h fd, lis wife had a STiui.ES. It is a fault with uau pinDii-s luai iiicv lib uuiiv tui Wl" tce tO a Off Dial W UT EIL'CrimeBl OU DOT, Wno, sau aau SllCUi, Diuou aiwi i ;um . . - .1 a.- !... - t S'.-ia . ' :4 . . , i. mi. ., , i . . t.j v' r't t lows informed him that vuer uiu ur?es. u wzu iu Vviui a criminal conaemnca 10 aeaui. ine me residue uau ueeu iurSoucu, , . . . p tW ti, - sft mnch alike minister consented and delivered to him thought, and drew the attention ot theK of distmsuished rank. Our lady nearest me to the child. tit the culDrit and thus ad- ' There is a little boy who looks wist- an assassin ! savant ou; farms. - The first is in having the doors firpd him : fullv at the cakes and pies, but lie seems and upper floors eo low as they generally ; ir. several Tersons who are interes-lto be eating nothinsr." t:: T are. On account of these low doors hor- ted in your family have prevailed on the j "Why, do you not know that he cannot cs insunciiveiy icarn 10 it-ar mem, ana judge not to require ot yoa to mount tne eat f" the laay asicea, m evident surprise, tnev sny. rear or rrance wnencver iea Urnff.i hi Tnoe vcmrp r tri the craze oi and then told me ms eaa story, xierc . . r, t i . . . ... f ..... towara tucm. iiiey are, also, among tne th nonnlare. He has therefore comma- is it it was difficult to fell them apart, and that he had married the wrong one. The' ' poor fellow, without saying anything to ' his wife, went directly to tlie magistrate, i and wished him to "undo what he . had ,j done, and marry him to the right gal." The worthy 'Squire told him that if he had known this the evening before, ho - would have fixed it right, but' too much-; . l r . . r- ii i (tl. . . . wt. t i i it .1 - uiuai, ircuenvcausc vi poncTU. 1 ne ted your sentence, ami sano 10ns your i-WO Doys were piaymg logeiner ia xiiei . , , i j and it nit too late I horse, when raerfn- throu-h thetM, i J. uA in Ad i within the weeihets back vard . of the dwelling where one of te had elapSedraad it waa too lawj, ther surprised by something . it beholds 0f ToUT r,rig0n : your dissolution outside of the building, or checked by Uradual.and free from rain." the voice or gesture of the person leading Thu criminal submitted to his fate: tunes and health, and him, when up goes the head, and crash Uhniiht his familv would be less disgraced, brighter than theirs. comes the poll against the beam of the anj considered 'it a favor not to be com- through the yard, one of ocrway. A violent bruise often results Pelled to walk to the ulaee of public execu- moment before a vat tion. He was conducted to the appointed and asked Jus playcate what it was. -a I ..-9 a -1 97 il 1 will be them lived, r ihey had everything-to , make their lives- pleasant friends, . for- KOod way to ascertaintbe weight of sheep luair juu nisii -u evil iui loutwu, . - i i a. 1. it anve ana weia it ana aiviue no iuture As they ran therefrom, and a deep-seated tbseess fol- ows. s.-une irouuie. xi.u huuucu ;icain;u uiiuf,irihnnil Ilia txt the head is, in the hor?e, expressive of h, atranrd tn thu table, and at a preconcerted signal four of his veins were the very unexpected emotioi. This ef- ect is always noticed wherever you en ter the stable rapidly or at an unusual lour. A sudden noise wi 1 also cause the sanie upward motion of the head. With low stables an injurv to the horse is almost iuvariably sure to foJow. Again, the easiest positio in which the horse can stand, is whet the hind eet are the highest portion of the hotly. or when the floor of the stall shuts m ex it fore you : through journey ot a,uuu miies that great and terrible wilder ness, where so many strong men have perished from starving, from hardships and by the savages ; to be perhaps two of the to be cold earth i . .1 years, ana to winter in tue snows or well. Rocky Mountains ; sick compelled to travel on; the or snow, or rocks your pillow at night M . I IV n W A ae ot thera stopped a flmonnt bv seTen. Thus, a sheep that uarM cicar uHuu, we;gt1143 pounds, Ijow hay-floora trouble. y-floora also jroduce the ro0m, where every preparation was made The fudden sletation of beforehand. His eyes were bandaged; gently pricked with the point of a pin At each corner of the table was a small fountain of water, fo contrived aa to flow gentlv into basins placed to receive it The patient, believing that it was his blood he heard flowing, gradually became weak and the conversation of the doctors, in an undertone, confirmed him in this opinion. " What fine blood?" said one. divided by seven, would give twenty pounds of dead weight, cqnal to the weight of one quarter, or eighty pounds for the whole mutton.- The pelt and rough tallow , would make about twenty pounds more, thus making what is called in the B ston market four quarters to the animal. OF course sheep "I know; taste it," was the reply. "Is it good? "Yes. real good: taste it." ' The little fellow put his mouth uo-ktj and took one swallow of the liquid. It was strong lye, . and shrank the mem branes ot his throat and destroyed nis nT AXfr. fattened, will en above or. a--vi v . T n palate, and from that day to this tie nas . , thisaveraire. but on the whole I ask never eaten solid tood. ureaa, orottt- or filTrrilrs, in tftst it. and see if it ia not : is all the nourishment L,- . ... s ; his feeble life receives. . ,1 -1 r The story is true. It was a cruel joke, TSwjeet Green Tomato Tickle. and the boy who perpetrated jit will bit- Peel and slice two gallons of green toma- "What terfy repent it, fur it will yet probably toes, five tablespoonsful of ground mus- cost a human hie. , itard seed, two gins oi mustarot seea. two. ; tablespoo&sfal of ground cinnamon, one A Word for Wives. Little wives; tablespoonful of cloves, one pound of. if ever a half-suppressed sigh finds place brown sugar, three quarts vinegar. Boil with you, or a half-unloving word escapes Un together until quite done. If you ctly the opposite direction froa what it n:tr this man should be condemned to lid lakiiA f nrfrl i"i 11 1 1? 1 1, j iu I.... c,uw..o. .o...v- mie i ne wouiu uave uvea a iuug nuic. error in constructing stables to which we lT,wh !" said the other. Then approach llu Je l. Horses at liberty, in a patnre, : the fir-it. he asked him in a low voice. in variably stand, when at ease, with their imd feet elevated, somewhat, and it is al- "How uiany pounds of Hood are there in yon to the husband whom you love, let choose you may use one spoonful ot ground ' most a wonder that builders of stables ti1A Umm bi,lv V "Twentv four. You your heart go back to some tender word cinnamon and a portion of cinnamon DarK; ? have not improved upon this fact before, .ee already about ten pounds extracted ; 111 those hrst days of love! liemember Celery tops improve the fiavor. iheyare ana adapted noors to the wants ot the a,t mn ;a nw in a Vinr.Pl(; st-it" now you lovea n;m men, now lenueny excellent horfe. The moisture from the horse, if Th nKnitTi) thpn rpnprl.l hv drpM he wooed you, how timidly you respond- iuu uiwj j..auii-u iu.iiu me ii-inai.i ii, and continued to lower tneir voices, ine would help to keep the forward feet moist, stillness which reigned In the apartment, eool, and healthy ; whereas they are now generally hot, full of fever and require washing with cool soap-suds at least once day, in cruer to be kept in a healthy condition. This is not all. Where the fhior slants back, the h6rse not uufre quently attempts to ease the heavy strain upon the flexor tendons of the mud legs, by hanging back upon the halter. The pressure upon the seat of the poll the natural circulation, and la time velops itself iuto a deep-seated abscess Y e would like to see a stable in which broken only by the dripping fountains, the sound of which was sradually lessened, so affected the brain of the poor patient that, although a man of strong constitution, he fainted and died without losing a drop of blood. A Rat Story. There is h. Louis at the present time a The ed, and if you can feel that you have not For the Ladies. A Paris political grown unworthy trust mm ior tne same economist uas khucu caaj upu mo : fond love now. If you do feel that thro' means of augmenting the quantity of the many cares and trials of life you have bread for human consumption. The . become less loveable and attractive than treatise wanders learnedly over the mat- " youjhen were, turn by all that you love ter, and winds up with a suggestion that -T on eat th, or hope for in heaven turn ladies should not use powder on their i back and be the Pattern of loveliness that faces which could be converted into won him: be the :dear one" vour attrac- bread, and gives the statistics - W .- W - . a t ii. a! ir. i . in i lions mntiP xoti i en. ie iiiesreuue. juy- man of ing. winning maiden still ; ana aouDi not livin stops fine education, loug past the meridian of the lover you admired will live forever m it de- life, who has seen better days, whose fine would be the result. a joke. what Of course it is only sensibilities have been mellowed rather than bluuted by the adverse eircumstan- the two errors in building we have point- ces through which he has passed, and eJ-out did n t oeeur. If the builder was who makes it his special dutv to place a not fatisficd with it we are sure the occu- large bowl of fresh water, every evening, pant would be, and would repay him by at the time of dusk, iu hjs room, tor the long years of good service with unstrain- express benefit of the rats that live in his ed limbs aud a healthy system. fMaiue immediate precinct. He then compla- Farmer. and the heavens your curtains; without. a house to shelter you from the terrific hai or thunder storms, or a siugle civilized family to comfort you. To do withou 1 1.1 It 1. v .a oreaa tue wnoie distance and until we could raise it, if ever, in the unknown country to which we go ; to depend upon the wild bands of Buffalo for our daily food; the raging, bridgeless rivers : th frightful precipices ; the scorching sand plains; death by starvation, or prisoner for life among the savages : to bid adieu forever to parents, home and the civilized world ; to depend for success upon the endurance of the single animal, the horse, to hold out the 3,000 miles, to be contin ually under the saddle the ten or eighteen months, or at the picket, with only two hours, morning, noon and evening, to feed. The vast distance one succession of snow-capped mountains, dark gorges or endless sand-plains, with scarcely a green thing to relieve the eye, and where yet the foot of the white woman has never trod, and liable every moment the whole distance to bo pounced upon by some of those sleepless bands of savage robbers, who ever hang upon caravans, ready to take advantage of the first unguarded moment to drive off the horses and teams beyond the reach of hope, or perhaps scalp the men and take our wives prisoners." ' But with the same heavenly calmness she Fcplied : "Y hat mean ye to weep and tQ break my heart, for I am ready to die at Jerusalem or oq the Rocky Moun tainsfor the sake of the Lord Jesus ; duty is mine, but my life, my strength and the dangers of the way are His, who 1 1 J' IT" f f n 1T hub aireauy given ins ma ior me, ana i am happy to 'give mine as I now do unto Him." V The great decision was made. A de-J A CHEAP AS1 bOOD SMOKHOrSE. A Western New York farmer publishes his plan ot a small, cheap and yet good smokehouse, which, as it may coutain some practical hints for our reader.', we append it : "No farmer should be without a good smokehouse, and such an one as will be fire-pooof and tolerablv secure from the thetf. Fifty hams can be smoked at one time in a smokehouse seven by eight feet square. Mine is six by seven and is yet large enough for most farmers.' I first dug all the ground out below where the frost would reach, and filled it up to the Furface with small stones. On this I laid my brick floor in lime nlortur. The walls are brick eight inches thick, and seven feet high, with a door on one side two feet wide. The door should be made of wood and lined with sheet.iron. For the top I put on joists, two by four, set up edgewise, and eight and a half inches from center to center, covered with brick and' put on a heavy coat of mortar. I built a small chimney on the top, in the center, arching it over, and covering it with a single roof in the usual way. .An arch should be built on the outside, with a small iron door to shut it up, Bimilar to a stove door, with a hole from the arch through the wall of the smokehouse, and an iron grate over it. This arch is much more convenient, and better to put the Are in, than to build a fire inside of the smokehouse. Good corn-cobs or hickory ciever wood are the best material to make smoke for hams. The cost of such a smoke house as I have described is about 20." cently places himself in an old arm-chair, and silently enjoys the scene before him, as one little animal after another appears at his feet slaking their parched throats. In his own words, t;he contemplates them with indiscnbable pleasure aa they sip their drink and look up into his face with au expression of gratitude! . hat an enigma lite is, to be sure l Here is a man who for many days scarcely finds means to provide for one substantial meal; too proud to make his necessities known to a cold, uncharitable world, he struggles on ; yet in the nobility of his humanity he provides for the wants of the rat, an animal which all creation naturally loathes. Sterne, m his fine conceptions of humanity, does not present anythm superior to that picture. Writing tor Newspapers. It is not enough to think and to know, says the North British Review. It requires the faculty of utterance, and a peculiar kind ot an utterance. Certain things are to be said in a certain manner; and your lilt iuet juu aumticvi mu mciwiuici iu i your husband. Nestle by his side; cling Yorxo Duelist. We saw a little boy r to his love, and let his confidence m you anous twelve years oi age, sajs me wra v never fail; and, my word for it, thehus- V alley national, wno wo are ioia, iougns band will be dearer than the lover ever a duel, about two years ago, with another was. Above all things do hot forget the boy of about the same age, in which he ; love he gave you first. Do not seek to got wounded. V e have had a good many emancipate" vourself do not strive to instances of late of the fastness ot the . unex vourself and beeome a Lucy stone, l oung America of this section, but we or a Rev. Miss Brown ; but love the pur- mint mis a mue jajs uvcr auymiug m Savinr this line that we ever heard of. --j - -j i nF rlri thot.nl7 a loT 1 n cr ir if A haTvnvl ;r ucwi hnirA hirh- Saet as Manure. A correspondent er station, needs no greater honor. of,the Canada Farmer experimented with Is&ib in is ccacUu as uiauurc. tie tuncu m on barley arAl oats at the rate of one hun- metallic surface of two feet or more, says dred and fifty pounds per acre, leaving the Scientific American, with a straight, strips of unsown gram m eacHheld m or- true ede : a large handsaw will answer dei to test the efficacy of the salt. He is c ' . . . f i . ' ti the purpose. Take a windy day. wh:-th- connaens mai n aaueu one imm iu ma er hot or coldr clear or cloudy, only let it crop. or the air be murky- in other amateur article writer is sure to strength en in any manner but the right. Perhaps of all styles of writing there is none in Milk and Milkers. In a recent article on the qualities of milk, &c, Dr. v oelckersavs: ''Generally sncakinir. small mens, nr . . . T small individuals of the larger races, give richest milk from the samo kind of food. Where good cuality is the main obiect, which excellency is so rarely attained as that ot newspaper- writing. A readable leading article may not be a work of the loftiest order, or demand for its execution the highest attribute of genius ; but, what ever it may be the power of accomplishing it with success is not shared by "t..ous ands of clever fellows." 'Thousands of fellows, fortified by Mr. Thacke ray's opinion, may think they could write the articles which they read in the morn ing journals ; but let them take the pen and paper, and try. Keeping Bacon Hams. Make number of cotton bags, a little larger than your hams: after your hams are wel smoked, place them in. the bags; then get the best kind of sweet, well-made hay nut it. Willi !i knifrt mid writVi unnr Tinnrls 4 u vi.. .. ' 1 1 ' v : " j . AiueruejH ur vjuurusa miquesuuuaoiy preSs it well around the hams in the bags; are the cows that ought to bo kept, for tie the bag8 the goop strings, put on they give richer cream than any other a card of th0 year to show their age, and Kind in common use m tins country ; but iiang them up in a garret or some dry ot course, a uerneys are noi ine mosi room and they vill hang five years, and prontabio stock tor cow-keepers in towns, they win be better for boiling than on the with whom the lorksmrc cow, essential: day you hung them up. This method lya ehort-horn, is a favorite, as. it sur- cost3 but little and the bags will last forty passes an others tor the quantity ot milk ycars. No flies or bugs will trouble the it yields. The milk, however, compared hani3 jf the hay is well pressed around with the Alderney or Ayrshire cow. is them; the sweating of the hams will be more watery and less rich in butter, and taken up by the hay, and the hay will im- therefore not well-suited for dairies in part a fine flavor to the hams. The hams which butter and cheese are made. In ghould bo treated in this way before hot li.o spuug ui taw jci uuu uiu eariy part Weather sets IU oi summer muic is more abundanc, ana the butter made irom it of a finer flavor. Cleansing Hair Brushes. Soda, As the season advances the supply dimin- dissolved in cold water, is better than soap ishes, but becomes ncner in butter, 'lhe ia hot water. The latter very soon soft influence of food on the quality of milk ena the hairs, and the rubbing completes is very striKing. uau-starvea cow not their destruction. Koda, having an affin not ram words, let the air be dry and clear. It is better if the wind be steady, but this is not essential. Hold your metallic sur face at right angles to lhe direction of the wind e. g., if the wind is north, hold your surface directed east and west, but instead of holding the surface vertical, incline it about forty-five degrees to the horizon, so that the wind striking,5glan- ces an straight") as water A Smart Servant.5 Some robbers t having broken into a gentleman's house, went to the bed of the servant, and told if he moved, he was a dead man. "That's a falsehood," said he, "for if I move, Tni sure that I'm alive." - f c ; 1"L Coat of Arms. A miserly bailiff coming into the possession of a baronetcy, d flows over the edge (keeping it and desiring an appropriate -coat of arms, I irwr hmh vwa n Tl.1 nr T rv IT Ol CT llTrirTf k 1-1 rVWWT C attav n fvr ' oojeci, auu juu Btc a, na, A piTY Gen 3JutIcr wa3 . f 11 j ""- the Pittsburg Convention with "three tions carefully, and you will hard y ever , , S p;. . T . greeted at a tiger. iville Journal, the tiger hadn't been one of the Bengal breed, let loose upon him. Some Face. A wag being told by an, (who is , a rather broad featured young lady") had a benign countenance, he replied, "Perhaps' you mean a seven by nine." " u - ' fail to see the air, no matter how cold ; the result is ecn better when the sun is ob scured. 1 a A GnoTv Husband. Not Ion sr since Mr. II. called upon an old friend whom acquaintance that Miss he found in a most melancholy mood.- "Laws! Mrs. ' Mournful," he exclaimed, "what on airth air you thinkin about?" "Nothing' else in the world but mv poor. dear husband. He was such a devoted Wno Wouldn't. "Herrings,pickled -man always bringing home his little and smoked, dull and quiet," says the kindness to me. I couldn't help thinking, Price Ourrent. We should suppose so. T just now, when I heard Mrs. Brown's Who wouldn't be dull and-quiet after be sassiges sizzing, about what poor Mr. ing pickled and smoked ? IVfrmTrmil iisd t.n brinf nifl. lift knew I What Animal ? "Mary " asked : somedeTjcr came home home in his life Charles'what animal dropped from the s wifTiAiit fAtT?nr tia finefiirrA in liiaTiftoVfife. clouds ? ' . He was very fond of eggs himself, and lne would ockasionallv fetch a few of them for reply. himself. But he was always sure to lay a sassige on the table. Never laid his eggs there never'd think of 'em : and rain, dear" was the whispered' sometimes I'd ask, 'Simon, wheres your eggs? Just as like as not he d been set tin'on'em !" Mended. The performances of the needle-gun throw sewing-machines into the shade when we consider how many Austrian? are men-dead by means of it. only yields but little milk, but what it yields is miserably poor. On the other hand, a liberal supply of food rich in ni trogenous and phosphatic elements of nu trition tells directly, on the. milk. Noth ing, therefore, can be more imudicious Jf3 than to stint da;fy eows in food." """ ' "M " ' " KM " Howto gain Leisure. Employ your time well, if you mean to gain leisure. : ity for grease, cleanses very little friction. the brush with In England the cows are not kept in barns or close stables,' as in this country, but in sheds built of stones, and nicely paved. In these, says Mr. Willard, they take their places during summer, night and cr is allotted seven cows. morning, tor milking, and each muk- : Luck in a Black Eye. The custom of throwing a shoe, taken from the left foot, after persons for good luck, has been practiced in Norfolk from time lmmemo- Conjugal Compliments. Husband -"Mary, my love, this dumpling is not half done." ' ITTe "Well, finish it then my dear." flu a 5QTTmTvT? 5 A sfin th wpat. trim? ia rial, not only at weddings, but on all occa- Vm tQ carry the grasshoppers along with siuus wuere goou iuc is requiicu. . oumu it An Qthcr causes tnem to ahgnt incl forty years ago a cattJe dealer desired his fall to the work of destruction. , . wife to 'trull her left shoe after him, when he started for Norwich to buy alot- tery ticket. As he drove off on his er rand, he looked round to see if, she pre formed the charm, and consequently he received the shoe in his face with such force as to black his eyes. He went and bought his ticket, which turned up a prize of 600 ; and his son, has assured me that his father always attributed his luck to the extra dose of shoe which he got. Notes and Queries. One Million Dollars. The cost to the people of the bill increasing the pay of members of Congress is the round sum of a millicn of dollars. Bound To. A. man that marries a widow is bound to give up smoking If she gives up her weeds for him, he should give up the weed for her. ; Jealousy. Some wives are so jealous that they don't like their spouses to em-l brace a fair opportunity. ' -4 No Wonder. No wonder Job was so badly boiled; his wife kepthim continually in hot water. ' " The Height op Impudence. Takin; shelter from the Tain in an umberell shop. "l ' ; :"J" " ' , s