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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT,
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"ADVERTISER,
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0F THE COURT HOUSE , BY
* S. B. PHINNEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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[For the Barnstable Patriot.|
Mb Editor : In the Patriot of the 27th inst.,
there is a letter copied from the New York Chris-
tian Inquirer , which was written , it is said , by the
Eev Dr. Bellows, of New York city, a Unitarian
clergyman who has recently visited Cape Cod. From
that letter we extract the following, which , with a
few comments thereon , we ask the privilege of hav-
ing printed in your paper :
"One of the churches in Hyannis, has a very elab-
orate image of Fame blowing her trumpet , which a
wicked wag said might be typical of tho taste of some
of the congregation for 'taking a horn.'"
That the above extract refers lo the new Univer-
salist meeting house in Hyannis , and the society who
worshi p therein , must be admitted. Now , sir, if the
extract in question was true in itsbearing,we should
not notice it, otherwise than an attempt at reform.
But us the bearing and apparent intent of it is un-
true, we feel it our duty to repel such unmanly slan-
ders, although they appear in public clothed in the
drapery of a clerical joke.
If a man is known by the company he keeps, (he
learned and reverend Writer (according to his own
showing) will not appear in the most enviable li ght ,by
associating .with "wicked wags," and to say the least
(afcinn; "his litters" second hand from their breath ,
and thus knowing the source, breathe out to the pub-
lic one of the most mean and contemptible of secta-
rian slanders. We would inform I his reverend
J/ouihard that his remark about the "horn " is false
and unjust , in fact or impression , that he has not on-
ly "shown his fin" in this exhibition of his weakness,
but his liabili ty and apparent willingness to be gull-
ed by "wicked wags"or sectarian slanderers. And
we would likewise inform him that the Universalist
society in Hyannis are proverbial for their sobriety ,
benevolence, and other Christian virtues , and would
lose nothing if compared with any other society in
town, in point of good morals or Christian character.
And if the Unitarians , with their "new hand at the
bellows," wish to compare notes respecting their con-
gregations or their "horns," they will, not find the
Universalists of Hyannis backward in meeting them ,
a"d "taking their bull by tho horns," should he bel-
low ever so loud.
As a society,the Universalists fear not the truth and
ask no-favors from any one on that score, and when
wrongfull y assailed or slandered by opposing clergy-
men , "wicked wags," or even the Devil himself , will
fesist, repel and rebuke them. B.
Aug. 29.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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From the New York Christian Inquirer.]
Cape Cod—No. 3.
Baknstable, August 5, 1850.
On our way we took in South Dennis, more par-
ticularl y for the sake of hearing a funeral oration ,
commemorative of the President 's death , and of see-
ing a large Cape congregation. The orator , the
Rev. Mr. Tolman , proved himself an intelli gent , ju-
dici ous, earnest, and eloquent speaker, with some
sly humor as well as keen sarcasm , which the peo-
ple received with Indian-like gravity of counte-
nance. He turned the occasion to excellent practi-
cal account. Wh y do the orthodox ministers of
New England so often say, in commencing the
Hymn—"Let us praise God while we sing," &c ?—
Any attempts to embellish the plain , simp le an-
nouncements of the exercises of the pul pit , is in bad
taste. As to prayers, we despair of propriety with-
out a liturgy, whatever other excellences we may
ha ve. / The audience on this occasion was a large,
attentive , and good-looking one. We may as well
say it here as anywhere , the Cape people are in
person a fine race ; the children are peculiarl y
handsome , with well cut , regular features ; we will
not profess to have seen much female beauty (it is
rare everywhere), but the men in frame and fea-
tures are a handsome race—tall , strai ght , full , and
with the ground of what would be called an aristo-
cratic appearance. We see where the Otises, the
Quincys, the Thatchers got their noble looks.-^-
Whether it is that the English race has intermin-
gled less with others here than in other parts of
Massachusetts, or on account of the climate , or be-
ca use the calling of the men makes them acquaint-
ed with the world , and so fashions them , we will not
guess ; but we think Cape Cod has given some of
the finest faces and forms to New England.
The other villages in Dennis, east and west, look
flourishing, but cannot make much pretensions to
beauty. A thousand vehicles met here a few days
ago, bring ing their portion of 10,000 people to wit-
ness the launch of the largest and finest vessel ever
built on Cape Cod—a shi p of upwards of five hun-
dred tons. It is owned by one man , a M r. Hall , a
Cape Cod boy, risen from the forecastle, (it stuck
on the ways, but was got off the next tide.) Such
sympath y have this people with each other 's suc-
cess ! Th e Unitarian church in Dennis is a very
neat bi]ildinn\
Brewster is one of the prettiest and most thriving
towns on the Cape ; having more the ordinary ap-
pearance of an inland village. The land looks good.
The Unitarian Society is, we understand , abundant-
ly able to support a minister. This town was com-
pelled in the war to pay $4000 to the British fleet
ly ing in the bay, to escape bombardment. A na-
ti ve pilot paid off' the enemy by running one of
their cutters upon the flats, and escaping in the
boat, under some ingenious pretence or other ,
leaving the commander to find himself at high tide
hopelessl y aground. Orleans, Eastham , Chatham ,
afford nothing particularl y worthy of notice , except
that the people all say Ch atham. Truro manages
somehow , without a hill that would be respectable
in New Hampshire , to be the hilliest town in New
Eng land. We never saw a small cap ital so thor-
oughly improved. It is one perpetual pitch from
one end of the town to the other , and you begin to
think you are among the White Mountains, at least
—especiall y as the closely-wooded roads don 't allow
you to look many feet beyond your nose. The ef-
fect , thoug h peculiar , is far from being disagreeable.
It gives a very pleasing variety to the ride down
the Cape. The trees here, as in other parts of the
Cape, though small , wear a most venerable aspect ,
being bearded with a gray moss, of a "most ancient
and fish-like" look. The pines, stunted as they are,
seem to be a part of the primeval forest, and the
oaks look like trees of centuries that were dwarfed
in their youth. '
'By the way, a peculiarity of the
barns on the Cape will pu zzle most travellers. We
do not refer to their size as compared with the
houses, nor to the fact that there are a few which
evidentl y cost three or four times as much as the
houses they are connected with , being of first-rate
beauty and convenience, and perp lexing one to
know for what earthl y reason but to shame the poor
harvests, they were erected for. No; we refer to a
sort of fancy-stained , rust-spotted , regular-patterned
boarding, which , in admired disorder , finall y from
its frequency conies to haunt the observer, and de-
mand expla nation. It comes of thrift. The numer-
ous salt works (which are a great feature), furnish
in their decay a large quantity of boards, which are
put to the use of barn-building ; and the queer spots
are the rust of nails driven in after a peculiar order
in the construction of the original works.
f
¦Truro reminds us of the sad exposure which be-
longs to these sea-girt and sea-faring communities.
Every cloud may well bring a shadow to the brow
of wives and daug hters ; every wind a sigh from
their hearts, in these fishing-towns. In Truro, the
lives of sixty citizens , chiefl y heads of families, were
lost in one storm ,almos,t in sight of their own homes;
seven sons and two fathers out of one house. A
woman in the stage with us laid out twelve of them
with her own hands. / At Dennis , sixteen heads of
families were taken from one school district. This,
we think , was in 1843. 'There is hard ly a famil y
here that has not lost some member at sea. Some
have neve r been heard from ; others died of fever
in forei gn lands ; still others perished in bold ven-
tures in boats after whales seen from the end of the
Cape—blo wn out to se,a or swamped !"^
Mr. Colli ns, tho well-known originator of the
trans-Atlantic steamers , which have, gained such
reputation for the country, is a native of Truro.—
Truro gave us a regular Yankee Cape-Cod dinner ,
as we stopped at a lone house in the woods—baked
beans, Indian pudding, and molasses and water—
these, and nothing else, bread and butter excepted
—a primitive simp licity not easy to be met with ,and
tfurnished at the Cape Cod rate-as difficult to en-
counter-of twenty-five cents a head. Below Truro,
th e Cape spaedily becomes sand , and only sand.—
The drive to Provincetown—for about ten miles ,
which we made in a four-horse stage-coach—is , we
hesitate not to say, the most adventurous piece of
mail-staging in the world. The road—if road it can
be called—lies in one place at high-tide , and in an-
other at low—partl y on the beach , partl y on the
sand-hills—here , if you can make the way—there ,
or where you can manage to get along, if you can't.
Sometimes we were in the water and somefimes in
the sand , and never knew how we got there. In-
deed , a coach must need a pilot to get into Prov-
incetown , quite as much as a vessel, and we should
hardl y think it could come twice , any more than a
shi p does, by the same path. Finally, after a long,
slow tug of some hours, we reached a line of houses,
built in defiance of scri pture , on the sand , and
knew that we were in Provineetown.
This remarkable town , one of the most flourishing
in the Bay State, is on the very ti p of the Cape, or ,
comparing the Cape—very disrespectfully— to the
neck and head of a fowl, which it enough resembles,
Provincetown is right under the beak , sheltered
from the storms, and with an excellent harbor be-
fore it—the first to be made on all our coast, entire-
ly accessible, and very deep and large. Here it was
that the May-Flower first moored , and in this har-
bor the Social Compact was written and signed.—
On this sand y soil the first English foot pressed our
New Eng land earth. It yielded , but onl y in token
of submission , not of instability. The valuable har-
bor and fishing-station offered here, has led the en-
terprising Cape Codders to build up a town under
difficulties such only as the dyked Hollander can
appreciate ; although, while he rescues his home
from the water, these have the more arduous task of
snatching theirs from the restless sands. Here,
squatted upon the piles on the sea shore, that the
sands may blow freely under his house , and so not
block up the front door , the sailor builds his habita-
tion. Another follows him , until at length , by union
and concert , a great town is built up, with churches,
and school-houses, and hotels , and all the comforts
and conveniences of more favored places. A year
or two ago there were onl y two horses in the place.
All communication not through the sands on foot
was made by boats. But now there are thirty horses
in the place , and the people having devoted their
portion of the surplus revenue to a plank sidewalk ,
it has proved an immense stride in civilization. —
Back among the sand hills , some few patches for
vegetables are now cultivated , and even on the bar-
ren strand , some careful hands , on soil broug ht from
abroad , have succeeded in rearing a few flowers
and shrubs , which look more beautifu l and refresh-
ing here, than a hot-house bouquet in a mid-winter
drawing-room. Such is the enterprise of this place ,
that in one year the increase of taxable property
was nearl y a millio n dollars. Many of the pea-jack-
ets working at the fish-racks , were said to be worth
from ten to twenty and fifty thousand dollars. The
mackerel-fishery, wh aling, salt works, constitute the
wealth of the place. We regretted much that the
necessity of returning by the steamboat deprived us
of all opportunity of anything more than a rapid
glance at this peculiar and interesting spot. The
blowi ng sand is said to scratch the window glass in
the town , so as to make it opaque in a few years—a
kind of ground-glass factory not at all to the taste of
the people.
Barnstable , which we have made head quarters on
Cape Cod, is a far pleasa nter place than any of its
inhabitants had given us reason to antici pate.—
Somehow this place has not a very hi gh reputation
abroad. It is on the sea , but has no beach , and so
no sea-bathing, which is decidedl y agai nst it. But ,
notwithstandin g, we insist that Barnstable is a very
pleasant place, 'its surface is beautifull y diversified ;
the town is full of trees—such as they are—the en-
ti re loss of its noble button-woods being, however , a
most serious blemish. There are many substantial
houses and comfortable homes in it , and the society
here has elements of intelli gence and refinement .—
The older inhabitants seem to remember with mel-
ancholy the time when it was a more important
place ; but as we found it both more populous and
more pleasant than we supposed it ever was, we do
not share their disparag ing temper. ' The great
want here now , and that redounds to the private
hospitality of the town , is of a public house. Think
of a town of near 5000 inhabitants , without a tavern
in its princi pal village ! There is alread y a fine
academy, rap idl y growing in importance , under Mr.
Blake's judicious direction. There are three reli-
gious societies, a Methodist , a Baptist , and our own
Unitarian Society, in the contre of the town. The
Unitarian Society, in fair weather , is well attended.
Its house of worshi p is pretty and convenient , and
situated in a most commanding position. There does
not appear to be a very livel y interest in religion ,
but we hear that matters are improving. , The peo-
ple are *ery attentive and kind to strangers , and do
all they can to make their village pleasant.
There are two points in the history of Barnstable ,
to which the inhabitants refer with evident and
special pride—its settlement in 1639 , and the cele-
bration of thrtt settlement in 1839 ; and it is hard to
say which recollection is most pleasing. y The old
church is the representative of the First Congrega-
tional Church in England ; and as the church made
the town in good old Puritan times, the Barnstable
folks may well be proud of their origin ; but we sus-
pect the present generation feel quite as livel y a
pride in the magnificent manner in which they cel-
ebrated their origin about ten years ago. The fame
of it went through the country at the time , and in
this hurry ing and crowding world it will not an-
swer to give any event two turns in tho public at-
tention ; but if any body wants a pleasant summer
afternoon 's employment , let him procure the Hon.
J. G. Palfrey|s oration , and the official report of the
speeches, dining, dancing, toastin g, and general jol-
lification on that occasion , published here in a pam-
phlet of 80 pages, and we will promise him a grati-
fication , alloyed by nothing but the hopeless regret
that he cannot recal the occasion , and reverse the
fate which kept him away, and the as melanchol y
reflection that he cannot live until 1939, to he pres-
ent when it is repeated, II. W. B.
lhe following is the confession of an old bachelor ,
who describes himself as now so dried up, that he is
little better than a mummy, and expects, some of
these days to blow away into dust. He advises all
young men to get married , and tells them how to
manage the "courting." The old fellow speaks like
one who knows, thoug h he has a touch of the crab
app le about him ; perhaps he got jilted when young,
notwithstandin g he pretends to have been cmfait.
"Now, gentlemen , this going courting is nothing
to be afraid of , if, like me, one understands how to
do it. I don 't mean to boast , but—the fact was—in
my younger days I was up to a thing or two. In the
first place give out that you are a marry ing man !
—
It wil l smooth difficulties wonderfull y. Brothers
will invite you to dinner—-mammas ask their daug h-
ters to sing you favorite songs—your opinion will be
asked on all points—and if the famil y ha ve a coun-
try seat, you can go there every Saturday night and
stay till Monday, the summer through, without
spen ding a somarche. You've no idea what an easy
thing love making becomes under such circumstan-
ces. A walk by moonlight , a chance meeting at
early morning, in the garden , or a summer afternoon
together in the alcove, does the business. To tell
the truth , I never came so near a going as when I
spent a week in the country, with a bridesmaid I had
waited on ; there was a porch buried in honeysuckle,
behind the house adjoining the garden , which was a
perfect paradise. There we used to sit, and one day,
if it hadn 't been that the old gentlemen woke from
his nap and threw up the parlor window, just as I
got his daughter 's hand in mine , the question would
have popped itself.
"You stare ; but I repeat it , it would have popped
itself. The fac t is—between ourselves—these things
came astonishing natural after all , quite as if one
was broug ht up to them from a child. Don 't trouble
yourself how you look ,or what you shall say—the best
thing you can do is not to think of the matter at all,
but make a plunge at once , and then the business is
soon over. There are a thousand ways of making
love. Some do it with an easy impudence—some
choak for words and stick fast—some deliver a set
speech , and look for a clean spot on the carpet to go
down upon their marrow hones—and some glide in-
to it graduall y, like a hawk narrowing his gyrations
before he swoops , the poor girl sitting beside him all
the time , her heart fluttering in her boddice all the
time like a frighte ned bird. I've heard of one or
two poor sinners who popped the question in the
street. There's onl y one way more certain to insure
a refusal , and that is to propose in a letter. A wo-
man—let her love you as she will , is always fright-
ened when she comes seriousl y to think of leaving
her parents to trust her all with a comparative
stranger , and if you give her time to look at these
matters cooll y, ten to one, she'll give you a denial.
I am an old man and have seen the world , and let
me tell you , the girl who yields in tears, on a moon-
light evening, would write a civil refusal or an equiv-
ocal answer the next morning after breakfast. And
what a fool a lover makes of himself on paper I I
read some letters the other day—the gods forgive
my sins for writing such.
"It's a mistake , sir , in these matters , to lend the
young a helping hand—all they ask is to be left
alone—and if there are any meddling youngsters
about , have them put to bed or drowned , it don't
matter which, so they 're out of the way. Only give
two lovers fair play, kick your match-making aunts
to the deuce, and—my life on it !—tho most demure
will find a way of being understood , even , if , like old
Sir Isaac Newton , they have to make love with their
feet. It may come rather odd at first , but they will
sit looking into each other 's eyes, until , by and by,
their hands will somehow steal into each other , and
so getting cosier and cosier, the question when they
least expect it , will pop out , like a cork from n
ohampai gne bottle. It will pop itself."
Popping the Question.
The follo wing, which we copy from Mrs. Swiss-
helm 's Family Visiter, is but too true :
"Americans are always in a hurry, when they
have an object in view to accomplish ; but if there
is any vocation or pursuit in which gradual , slow-
coaehy processes are scouted with peculiar detesta-
tion , it is that of acquiring riches. Especiall y is this
true of the present day, when fortunes are continu-
ally chang ing hands ,and men are sooften ,by a luckv
turn of the wheel , lifted fro m the lowest depth of
poverty to the loftiest pinnacle of wealth and afflu-
ence. It is true there are persons who are content
wi th slow gains—willing to accumulate riches by ad-
ding penny to penny, dolla r to dollar ; but the mass
of business men are to apt to despise such a tedious ,
laborious ascent of the steep of fortune, and to rush
headlong into schemes for the sudden acquisition of
wealth. Hence, as a cotemporary remarks,—
'"Honorable labor is almost despised; a man of
parts is expected to be above hard work ; and he is
considered the shrewdest fellow who can throw dou-
ble sixes the oftenest in the lottery of speculation.—
Thus we go hurry ing forward in pursuit of fortune,
pitching rosin into the furnace to get along faster ,
until finall y the boilersgive way,half the passengers
are blown into the air, and we are brought to a stop
for a while , until we can get over the fri ght of the
explosion. In a few years, however , (he steam is up
again , and , in due time , another great catastrop he
occurs. We appear to learn nothing, but in fact
seem to grow worse. And it ia in vain , we fear,that
we moralize to day. Americans will be Americans,
and blow up, as a necessity of existence.'"
1he climax of superfluous politeness has been de-
clared to be that of holding an umbrella over a duck
in the rain.
California has sent us since the beginning over
thirty millions of gold. Her contributions to the
specif basis are now at the rate of thirty-two mil-
lions a year.
Mr. John Winkley, of Ainesbnry, has in one field
over twenty acres of corn. This is supposed to be
the largest corn fluid in Es.sex county.
Getting : Rich.
Gen. Jackson —An Anecdote.
In the year 1811, Gen. Jackson had occasion to
visit Natchez, in the territory of Mississi ppi, for the
purpose of bringing up a number of blacks, a part
of whom had become his property, in consequence
of having been security for a friend , and the re-
mainder were hands which had been employed by
his nephew , in the neighborhood of that place. The
road led through the country inhabited by the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, and the station of
the agent for the Choctaws was upon it. On reach-
ing the agency, he found seven or eight families of
emigrants and two members of the Mississi ppi legis-
lative council, detained there , under tho pretence
that it was necessary for them to have passports
from the Governor of Mississippi. One of them had
been sent forward to procure them. In the mean-
time , the emigrants were buy ing corn from the
agent at an extravagant price, and sp littin g rails for
him at a very moderate one.
Ind ignant at the wrong inflicted on the emigrants,
he reproached the members of the council for sub-
mitting to the detention , and asked the agent how
he.
dared to demand a pass from a free American ,
tra velling on a public road. The agent replied by
aski ng, with much temper, whether he had a pass.—
"Yes sir," replied the general. "I always carry
mine with me ; I am a free born American citizen ,
and tha t is a passport all over the world." He then
directed the emigrants to goar up their wagons, and
if any one attempted to obstruct them , to shoot
them down , as a highway robber. Setting them
the examp le, he continued his journey, regardless of
the threats of the agent.
After concluding his business,he was informed that
the agent had collected about 50 white men ,and 100
Indians to stop him on hisretnrn ,unless he produced
a passport. Thoug h advised by his friends to pro-
cure one, he refused to do so, stating that no Amer-
ican citizen should ever be subject to the insult and
indi gnity of procuri ng a pass to enable him to trav-
el a public highway in his own country. Like all
travellers among the Indians at that time , he was
armed with a brace of pistols ; and having added a
rifle and another pistol,he commenced on his return
jour ney. When within a few miles of the agency,
he was informed by a friend who had gone forward
to reconnoitre, that the agent had his force in readi-
ness to stop him. He directed his friend to advance
again , and tell the agent that if he attempted to stop
him it would be at the peril of his life. He then
put his blacks in order, and armed them with axes
and clubs, at the same time tellin g them not to stop
unless directed by him , and if any one offered to op-
pose them , to cut him down.
Riding by their side, he approached the station ,
when the agent reappeared , and asked whether he
meant to stop and show his passport. Jackson
replied , "That depends upon circumstances. I am
told that you meant to stop me by force ; whoever
attempts such a thing will not have long to live ;"—
and with a look that was not to be mistaken , he
grasped his bridle witli a firmer gri p. His det er-
mined manner had such an effect, that the agent de-
clared he had no intention of slopping him , and he
and his party were suffered to pass on without fur-
ther molestation or interruption. He afteiward s
reported the conduct of the agent to the government ,
and ho was dismissed from his agency.
A correspondent inquires— "Should a lady, walk-
ing with a gentleman , expect him always to give her
th e wall? Which arm should the lady take, gen-
erally ?"
This is a subject on which there is great differ-
ence of op inion. I will state what / think , and give
my reasons for thinkin g as I do.
A gentleman should , generally, give the lad y his
right arm ; and if he does not give her either arm ,as
is usuall y the case with young people, he should
walk at her left side the same. Here is the reason :
In meeting people in the street , it is rulablo to turn
to the right , and thus a gentleman will more easily
protect his lady from being elbowed, than he could
do if h« walked on her right.
The practice of chang ing sides every time you
cross the street , in order that the lady may walk on
the inside, I consider a most absurd and ludicrous
custom. A few days since 1 was tempted to laug h
immoderatel y, on seeing a party of six couple cross
the street and change sides, one after the other , with
scrupulous precision , like soldiers obeying the orders
of an officer.
There can be no rule upon this subject, however.
Young people should avoid affectation and use their
jud gment. Let a gentleman change sides with a la-
dy, even if he places her at his left , if it be to enable
her to walk in the shade near the wall , or to show
her novelties which she could not see so well at his
right; it is an act of politeness which shows his dis-
crimination and kindness of heart , and for which
she should feel thankful. But the practice of giving
the lady the inside, indiscrimi natel y, has no founda-
tion in reason , and requires to be reformed by the
few sensible young people who are too independent
to follow fashions which are manifestl y absurd.
[Yankee Nation.
Seizure of Seventy Thousand Dollars'
wokth of Goods by the Mkxican Govern-
ment.—Advices to Jul y 26th state that quito an ex-
citement was produced among the commercial cir-
cles of Vera Cruz , by the arrival there of a hundred
mules loaded with smuggled goods, the products of
a government seizure. It appears that an Ameri-
can wrecking schooner went over to the Mexican
shore from Key West , with a cargo of dry goods,
powder,&c,valued at $70,000. These were all suc-
cessfully landed near Tuspan , and the mules started
off' towards the interior. In the mean time, the
schooner having accompli shed her mission with suc-
cess, ran down in ballast to Vera Cruz , where her
appearance with a large crew on board and no car-
go, excited suspicion at the custom house, and offi-
cers were immediately dispatched in different direc-
tions to intercept any merchandise train. The re-
sult was the rich haul above mentioned.
Street Etiquette.
Nursery men are jiow busy in setting buds in
fruit trees. We again remind them to be cautious
and sot buds from the very best of their bearing
trees. We would not give one fourth as much for
trees that are budded with the nominal Baldwin and
Porter if the buds were taken promiscously from
good and poor trees.
We invite particular attention to the subject at
this time , that those to whoai i|is new may satisfy
themselves by actual trials. Fruits will not deteri-
orate by budding if we take proper care to select
the buds. It is an easy matter when one is abou t it
to take buds from those trees that bear the very best
fruit of their kind. Nursery men who disregard this
rule will yet be sorry for it in case they wish to se-
cure the confidence of the public—£Mass. Plough-
ma n.
Take Care of your Healt h.
At this season of the year farmers as well as the
dwellers in cities should attend particularl y to the
nuisances that corrupt the air and rentier it unfit for
breathing. The busiest time is now past, and no
apology can be admitted for those who permit stag-
na nt pools to become so corrupt as to be destructive
to the lungs.
Sink drains should now be cleared out and fresh
earth should be supp lied. Farmers are inexcusable
if they neglect this business, for some of the best of
manure may be made from these pools and sink
drains. Here we get all the goodness of the soap
that is used in the family throug h the whole year, so
that nothing of this kind need be lost—all may be
converted to new vegetables—nil is usefu l on the
farm and garden.
But if such matter is permitted to lie open or in
puddles it corrupts the air and renders it both un-
wholesome and offensive to the smell. It makes al-
so a nursery for flies and musquitoes and renders a
country seat exceedingly unpleasant, on their ac-
count.
All the foul matter that gathers about a dwelling
house should be cleared away in the summer season
and mixed with fresh earth or peat, or any other
mat ter that will serve for manure. Such matter
about the dwelling house should be often gathered
to prevent mischief ; bu t in particular should 'it be
attended to in August and September. These are
the mon ths when they are the most annoy ing and
dangerous to health , and this is the time when they
are most wanted for the compost heap.
The pig pen also must be cared for at this season.
Farmers often have these pens near the house for
convenience of feeding. There is no great objec-
tio n to this practice if the pen is regularly filled and
cleaned.—[Ibid.
The Waves of the Atlantic— At the late
meeting of the British Association , an imp ortant pa-
per was read by Rev Dr. Scoresby, on the subject
of the magnitude of Atlantic waves, their velocity
and phenomena. In this paper , Dr. Scoresby, who
is a veteran sailor as well as a sound divine , gave a
vivid description of a storm which he had witnessed
on the Allantic ; and stated that the result of his
observations on that occasion was, tha t he had dis-
covered that the height of the waves from the trough
to the crest was 48 feet , and that their average ve-
locity was 32 and a fraction miles per hour. This,
it was stated , confirmed the observations made on
the velocity of waves reported to the Association in
1845 by Mr. Scott Russell , who set down their ve-
locity at from 30 to 31 miles an hour.
Intemperance of Members of Congress.—
The Baltimore Cli pper has received a letter from a
respectable and responsible source in Washington ,
in which complaint is made that some members of
the Senate and House of Representatives are so ha-
bituall y intoxicated as to be utterl y incapable of in-
telli gentl y discharg ing their duties. The writer has
not furnished names, bu t he asserts as a fact, that
no less than "four Senators were seen reeling on lhe
Avenue at one lime,a nd all together." Several mem.
-
bers of the Senate are drunkards. One of them , in
a drunken fit a few days since , undertook to whi p
his wife. In the attempt , his wife pushed him over
iind his leg was broken. He is a New England man.
The New York Sun says the "M ay Flower ," the
shi p which has recentl y gone to California , and is
now laid up in the harbor of San Francisco is "the
Identical ship in limbers and architecture , which land-
ed the Pilgrim rat l\e~s upon the Rock of Plymouth
two hundred and thirty years ago !'' And the Sun
goes on to describe the hull and appo intments of the
venerable voyager, as thoug h its stup id stuff were
likel y to be believed by somebod y. We only won-
der that it has not been added that the May Flower
had made a voyage to the moon , and that Locke
went in her to get statistics for his well known hoax.
The next statement probabl y will be that old Miles
Standish is still on board , hale and hearty, and act-
ing in the capacity of cook.— [Ne w London Chron-
icle.
Touch not, handle not !—A lad named Cal-
lahan , from New York , while on a visit to Water-
bury, recentl y, was amusing himself, in company
with another lad , with a straw cutter , when his hand
came in contact with the knife , which severed tha
fingers and thumb—rendering his hand useless.
ed the Pilgrim rat l\e~s upon the Rock of Plymouth
two hundred and thirty years ago !'' And the Sun
goes on to describe the hull and appo intments of the
venerable voyager, as thoug h its stup id stuff were
likel y to be believed by somebod y. We only won-
der that it has not been added that the May Flower
had made a voyage to the moon , and that Locke
went in her to get statistics for his well known hoax.
The next statement probabl y will be that old Miles
Standish is still on board , hale and hearty, and act-
ing in the capacity of cook.— [Ne w London Chron-
icle.
Touch not, handle not !—A lad named Cal-
lahan , from New York , while on a visit to Water-
bury, recentl y, was amusing himself, in company
with another lad , with a straw cutter , when his hand
came in contact with the knife , which severed tha
finge rs and thumb—rendering his hand useless.
Gold Letters.—A gold watch was found in n
letter box of the post office at Hull , England , wrap-
ped in a piece of paper, without any di rection.
The first bale of cotton this season was received
at Tallahasse on the 2d ult. It was classed mid-
dli ng, and sold for twelve cents a pound.
Accounts from Texas say that the Governor is is-
suing commissions to raise troops to be in readiness
to march for Santa Fe by the fi rst of September.—
The Indians are very troublesome.
Tho Boston Atlas says that over thirty bushels of
winter wheat to the acre, have been raised this sea-
son by several of oui Essex county farmers.
Budding ;.
Newspaper Agency.
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b!acksm
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one who h
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years in
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'' IiINo Feat.—A clever engineering feat
"t Moo P!1'forill«d at Thornes. A large chimney
°' ">e per
" Craven 's dye works had got out
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or fi
n u'ari lne top overhang ing the base
full, jj
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'ook to ,.
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, en > "n engineer of Wakefield , undcr-
fif'iis of 0
6me< 'y the defect. He cut out about four
the cavit
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?°Urse of Dricks "ei"' tlle bottom , filling
The ]jj t v. * a m'xture °' "cw ''tne a"d earth .
¦"inj a " Was talien out during a heavy gale of
'he (jjj . Was expected during the last operation ,
t'bly>
., '^ "egan to
move slowl y, but still percep-
^ssure •
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Per, 7 rcsu'ne<] its perpendicular.—[English pa-