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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
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? . 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