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CIIIT-CHAT IN THE GARDEN.
CIIIT-CHAT IN THE GARDEN. 'EDWAUD.—I see you are going to use your hoe, Thomas; much is said in books and newspapers about hoeing, but I cannot see what good purpose so much of it can answer what s your opinion upon the subject ? THOMAS.—My opinion cannot be of much importance; but as far as my knowledge extends, I consider hoeing to be of as much service to growing crops as manure. E.-Tliat is going too far, Thomas; for you know that crops of corn may be raised without hoeing, but not without manure. T.—You are mistaken, my friend; for crops of corn may be raised and have been raised with hoeing without manure. -fethro Tull, who attempted great improvements in farming a hundred years ago, raise-I good crops of wheat for twelve years successively upon the same land, without applying any manure. His plan was to sow in drills, and stir the soil frequently be- tween the drills..He says that every stirring of the soil, when it is not in a wet state, creates a new fermentation of the par- ticles of which it is composed, and furnishes fresh and imme- diate nourishment to the plants." E.-Have any other persons tried Mr. Tail's plan of raising corn without manure? T.—Yes, several; as you may judge from the following re- port of the Wilts Agricultural Society :—"Mr. Saunders gave a short account of the Tullian system, as tried by Mr. Richard Box, at Lavington. In the year of 1824 Mr. Box sowed an acre of wheat on the principle laid down by the late Mr. Tull, Quland of a middling quality. This acre, in 1825, produced ssLcks in 1826, 8 sacks; in 1827, 7 sacks 2 bushels; in 1828, i sacks H bushels; in 1829, 5 sacks; in 1830, 7 sacks 2 bushels in 1831, 6 sacks 2^ bushels; and, in 1832, 7 sacks 1 bushel; or, on the average of years, 6 sacks and a trifle more than three bushels. Mr. Box had also several other crops of wheat on the same principle, which has veragetl as much as on the nar- row drill system. Last year his barley averaged 4 quarters G bushels per acre, and his oats G quarters per acre. Mr. Saun- ders here produced a sample of Mr. Box's eighth year's wheat, which looked remarkably line; and also observed that he had two pieces of wheat this year, sown on land of extremely bad condition, the produce of which was likely to he seven or eight sacks per acre. Mr. Saunders said that he had closely watched Mr. Box's acre, which was now producing the ninth crop without dang. The land was very poor and certainly not ex- traordinarily attended to; but so satisfied was he (Mr. Saun- ders) of the advantages of the system, that he commenced at Michaelmas sowing eight acres of wheat and six acres of bar- tey, all without dung; two acres of the wheat was very fine, and the barley sown on the besi; part of the land remarkably goocl lie determined at present not to use any dung on the good land, but a 8m-all portion on the poorest. Mr. Bennet said that Mr. Tull had tried the experiment a great many years ago, but prejudice was then so strong against him, that the system was not acted on. A great deal, however, had been done within the last few years to conquer strong prejudices; and he trusted now that Mr. Tull's system would have a fair trial. It was well known that it was to pulverise the earth, and to expose it to the atmospheric air. lIe himself should give it a trial." E.—A very strange plan certainly but how much is a sack r T.—You know a sack of Hour is 43ftlbs.. a sack of coal three bushels but I understand the sack in this report to de- j note four bushels. E.—Are you aware of any persons pursuing that plan of late years ? T.—I cannot say that I am; we Welshmen "living under the hatches" cannot be expected to know much of what is ijjing on in the world. Possibly the system of raising corn crops without manure is not much attended to in these days, because green crops, such as clover, vetches, turnips, carrots, cabbages, mangold wurzel, are much more extensively culti- vated than in former years. These leave the Land in a good con- dition for corn crops, which, after being properly hoed and kept clean, produce larger returns than on the Tullian system. E.—How is hoeing generally performed ? T.—Sometimes with a harrow, sometimes with a horse-hoe, and sometimes with a hand-hoe, spade, or fork. E. —What! Do you call harrowing hoeing ? T.—You may call it what you like but my meaning is that when the harrow is judiciously applied to corn crops in the early stages of their growth, it answers the purpose of a hoe; so that in one sense harrowing is hoeing." z, E.—But will not the harrow root up the corn plants ? T.Not one in five hundred; and in proof of this, and of the advantages of the operation, I can tell you of the success -of a neighbour of mine last year. He had wheat in a portion of one field which could scarcely be seen through the course of the winter. In the spring he had some thoughts of ploughing tlut land for barley. But having heard of the good effects of harrowing growing wheat in the spring, he determined to make a trial, not caring much if the small quantity of wheat which tould then be seen were entirely destroyed by the operation; because he could then attempt to succeed better with a barley crop. When his harrows and roller were brought to the add, and set to work, Ms neighbours told him he had better leave it alone for he would certainly spoil his wheat. Ilowever, he proceeded with the operation, *nd in the course of a few weeks the thin corn began to tiller rapidly, quite exceeding his own or his neighbours' expectation. E.—Very surprising and pleasing so far; but how did the crop turn out at harvest? „ T.—Very satisfactory; fo* he had more than 25 bushels ot -e oellent wheat from less than an acre sf land; which must be considered a fair crop from land not worth more than 7s. per acre. So convinced is my neighbour of the advantages of har- rowing his crops, that the last spring he has applied the harrow "J E.-It occurred to my mind that the harrow would tear up more than half the corn plants, and bury many others, so that the crop must be materially damaged. T.—You must remember, Edward, that there is a wide dif- ference between harrowing a field which has been recently ploughed, and harrowing a neld which has not been moved since Michaelmas, which has been beaten so much by winter rains. In the latter case the harrow tines will not sink above an inch or two in the soil, whilst the plants slip between them unhurt. Besides, the corn plants root deeper in the ground than is generally supposed. B.—I should think the roots do not descend more than two or three inches. T.I am prepared to show that unless obstructed they will descend two or three feet. E-Enough, enough. Good by. Study your subject better by the time I call next.
Ftltieties. '.
Ftltieties. A HUFFIAX in Wiltshire, for some real or imaginary wrong, poisoned 200 of his master's sheep. He is in custody. A VESSEL is expected from New York with a cargo of live hogs, consigned to a merchant in Liverpool. A FIELD of Australian wheat is now in full car and bloom on a farm at.Ovsternionth, within four miles of Swansea. A YOUNG woman, who was cleaning a third story window in Leeds, last week, fell to the ground and was killed. MEIKXEWOOD wooden bridge, across the Forth, erected 17 years ago, fell a few days since, the timber having been de- stroyed by dry rot. ANN SYKES, a young girl, in delicate health, died last week, at Thurstonland, in consequence of eating a quantity of unripe gooseberries. A SECRET is like silence—you cannot talk about it: it is like money—when once you know there is any concealed, it is half discovered. Fouit things belong to a judge to hear courteously, to an- swer wisely, to consider soberly, and to give judgment without partiality. A NEGRO, undergoing an examination at Northampton, Conn., when asked if his master was a Christian, replied, No, sir, he's a member of Congress." THE Poor-law Guardians, in several places, are rebelling against the decrees of the Poor-law Commissioners, particu- larly against the suggested mode of keeping accounts. THE Queen Dowager has forwarded to the committee of the model lodging-houses jE150, the Duchess of Kent £100, and the Duchess of Gloucester foO. THE Bishop of Durham has contributed E.3 to the funds of the cricket club of the Mechanics' Institute, at Stockton-on Tees. THE inhabitants of Coventry have determined on renewing the ancient Lady Godiva procession, at the approaching June fair. A FIRM in Nottingham have received an official order to make a dress of 11 Nottingham lace" for her Majesty, to be worn by her at the drawing-room intended to be given in about a fort- night —■ No it ingham Mercury. GIVE me a Queen's head," in 1550 (during the reign of Henry VIII.) meant murder; in 1600 (in Elizabeth's reign), or in 1700 (Anne's reign), meant treason; and in 1848 (Victo- ria's reign), means a penny. AT a baker's, at the west end of London, any lady or gen- tleman, who may be so disposed, may step in and have, as we are informed by a notice over the door, his or her vitals baked llere." THAT very rare and curious tree, called by the botanists Cercis Siliquastrum, but known more commonly as the Judas tree, is now in full bloom in the garden of Paradise Cottage, adjoining the Magdalen Chapel, Hollo way, Bath. ASHBOURN-HALL, the residence of the late Sir W. Boothby, Bart., has been sold to the Roman Catholics, and, as we are informed, to the class called" Brothers of Charity." -Notting- ham Review. THE report read at the annual meeting of the Domestic Ser- vants' Benevolent Institution states that there are 1,157,000 domestic servants in the kingdom, of whom 90 ),000 are fe- males. THE SHEFFIELD REQUISITION, calling upon the Parliamen- tary representatives of that borough to resign, has received 1,600 signatures of voters. IIAXOVER is in a state of agitation, and commotions are of constant occurrence. Should further collisions take place between the military and the populace, a dreadful effusion. of blood is apprehended. WESLEYANISM V. CHARTISM.—The correspondent of the Eastern Counties Herald says, that three members of the Wes- leyan Society have been expelled at Stourton, in the Gainsbo- rough circuit, for becoming Chartists. AN emigrant, who wished to get to America without paying passage-money, was found at Liverpool, the other day, on board the West Point, sewed up in a feather bed. NEPOTISM EXTRAORDINARY.—The late Miles Lester, Esq., of Upton, Gainsborough, who died a fortnight ago, has left sixty of his nephews and nieces £3(}0 each. THE OFFICE known in the legal profession as "The A ttor- ney-General's Devil," vacant by the appointment of Mr. Wad- dington to the situation of Under Secretary for the Home Department, has been conferred on Mr. Welsby, of the North Wales and Chester circuit, and recorder of Chester. METHODIST NEW CONNEXION.—The annual conference of this religious community will be held in Liverpool this year, the opening services commencing this day at Bethesda chapel, Hotham-street. Many talented and zealous ministers will assemble on theforthcoming occasion. NORTH CHESHIRE ELBCTION .-At the close of the poll on Tuesday, the votes were, for Mr. Legh, Conservative, 3,065 Mr. Astley, Liberal, 2,428 -majority for Mr. Legh, 637. Total number polled 5,492, out of 7,130 on the register. A MAN named Burton has been committed for trial at the next Huntingdon. assizes, charged with the wilful murder of his wife and only child, at the village of Stilton. Fears of want had impelled him to the deed, and after its execution he cut his own throat, but is still alive. REV. D it. HAMILTON.—This eminent minister of the Gospel is still suffering under a severe attack of erysipelas, and during the week has had to submit to a slight operation in the arm. We are happy, however, to announce that he is now considered out of danger.-Leetls Mercury. THE valet of the Earl of Besborough, the Master of the Buckhounds, was robbed and almost murdered, by a gang of four ruffians (supposed to be connected with the hordes of thimble-riggers attracted to Ascot for the purpose of plunder), between nine and ten o'clock in the evening of Thursday last. A BODY of nearly 263 young women took their departure from Plymouth on Thursday, in thelioyal George, for Sydney, 0 New South Wales. They go out (free of expense) under the auspices of the Australian Land and Emigration Commission- ers, and have been selected by them from the unions of Ire- land. TIIB bodies of a woman, and two children have been ex- humed at Bristol, it having been alleged that they were poi- soned, the husband of the woman having recently insured her life for £ 3,000. Pending the inquest, the unfortunate man committed suicide by taking poison, but left a note declaring his innocence. Two little girls, the one six and the other five years old, were poisoned last week at Corfe Mullen, by eating unripe cherries. The elder child died within five hours; the younger was alarmingly ill for two days, but is likely to recover. The medical evidence satisfied the jury that the death of the child was caused by the prussic acid contained in the stones of the cherries, and they found a verdict accordingly. A PREPARATION FOR WAR.—A preparation for war is ex- clusively a preparation of the heart and mind and where this is wanting, every other provision for hostilities is impotent and unavailing. It consists in a brutalisation of humanity. It commences in all infusion of jealousy into the popular mind. That inhuman inspiration is sedulously fed by every aliment which can add malignity to the flame. Everything that can transform human nature is thrown into the burning oven of the heart; and when its passions have assumed the type which denotes their origin; when ignorance, illibcrality, and low- born vice have given in all their virulence when alcohol, that malignant ghost of the bottomless pit, has breathed on the ftame, then religion is summoned to bring her bible and prayer- book, and baptise the little pandemonium into a Christian name. This is the finishing stroke of the process and forth- with the government issues a profane invocation to arms and to the god of battles Such is the prepaiation which we must make in time of peace for war, if we would expect its recur- rence. Such are the elements and influences indispensable to that preparation. Take away one of these elements, withdraw the single inflaence of alcohol or of ignorance, and the prepa- ration would be inadequate to its object.-F. B. THE ESTATICA.—V Ami d. h, Religion of Saturday contains the following:—"The celebrated stigmatised Estatica, Maria Dominique Lazzari, of the valley of Cypriani, in the Italian Tyrol, died in the month of April last, aged thirty-five years. All the population of the valley gathered at the funeral of t'lis holy woman, in whose person the Saviour seemed, during so many years, to perpetuate the anguish and sufferings of his agony and his passion." j LAST week, while some men were getting gravel in the river Trent, between Torksey and Dunham, a fine salmon leaped into the boat, and. was at once captured. It weighed 18Ibs.-Notts, Journal. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION IN ONE wo-tD.-There is a slirewd paragraph in Michelet's History of the French Revolution, which is worthy of being committed to memory by all politi- cians who value facts above phrases, and wish to analyse the component parts of our Government, with a view to peaceable and permanent reforms, for the benefit of the whole commu- nity. Speaking of England, he says, As for her very compli- cated constitution, about which so much noise has been made, it may nevertheless be reduced to one word. The first power is aristocracy, the second, aristocracy, and the third, aristo- cracy. This aristocracy goes on incessantly re-uniting its body with all who grow rich. To be rich in order to be noble, is the absorbing thought of the Englishman. Property, specially territorial and feudal, is the religion of the country." z, ADVERTISEMENT.—UNEQUAL TAXATION.—A loud cry is raised at the present moment against heavy and unequal taxation. And this applies to many articles entering largely into the con- sumption of the people, and contributing materially to their comfort and enjoyment. Take, for instance, the article of Cof- .fee; with all the reductions that have taken place, there re- mains a duty of fourpence and sixpence per pound and, which is a still greater hardship, this heavily taxed article has, in but too many instances; been of a character wholly unfit for human consumption. Complaints are everywhere made that good Cof- fee cannot be obtained. Hitherto such complaints have not been made without reason but this cause of grievance need not longer exist. The public need no longer be compelled to purchase bad Coffee, and pay a high price for it. JOlIN CASSELL c, p is furnishing his Agents in every part of the kingdom with mountain growth Coffees of surpassing strength and richness of flavour, and upon such terms that these delicious Coffees may now be obtained at prices hitherto paid for very inferior ar- ticles. ADVERTISEMENT.—To THE FRIENDS OF POLITICAL, COM- MERCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS LLBEKTV, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.—On Saturday, July 1, will be published the first number of the Standard of Freedom." Though in size it will exceed that of the double l'imcs, being of the utmost dimensions allowed by law, the price will be 41d., or 4s. 9d. per quarter, paid in advance. The grand mission of the" Standard of Free- dom" will be the promotion of the cause of Liberty—just and rational Liberty. The complete emancipation of Commerce from restriction and monopoly—the disenthralment of Religion from the fetters of the State—the re-arrangement of our unjust and unequal system of taxation-the diminution of our aristo- cratical and lavish expenditure—the shortening of Parliaments —and, as a security for all, the great extension of the Suffrage —these and similar topics, will be fearlessly advocated in the Standard of Freedom." For this purpose, an Editorial Staff, including first-rate talent, has been secured, so that the Paper will not be surpassed by any portion of the Metropolitan press. —All communications to be addressed to the Office, 335, Strand.
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EDUCATION IN WALES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. My DE\R SIR,—I am glad to tind that you disavow the inten- tion of doing me a wrong hy the expressions you were pieased to make use of with reference to my name in several numbers of your paper. They (lid, r can assure you, carry the impression of ao attempt at defamation, and had that tendency. U:ider these eir- eurhstances, I cannot allow a mere difference of .op.oion to cause a breach of that Christian feeling which ought to subsist between us You will, however, allow me to make a few remarks upja y,)u.- reply. I still complain that you misrepresent me. I am set forth as th> Advocate of Government Reports." Neither am I so, aor s there one expression in my letter which will bear you out in this assertion. You speak of eontitiu.U-appeals please to inhirni your readers how often Mr. S. has apjaealed to me. You make me declare that the oppsneuts of tSiivernment interference are op- posed to tke interests Qf the Welsh people." What I have declared is The extremes to which some of the -advocates of Wales have gone have inexpressibly injured its best interests," and that -tst.-ilair means are einployed to poison the minds of Welshmen against their own^nterests." By "some of the advocates of Wales," I mean those advocates whom the Traethodydd represents as describing the Reports to be "one unmixed ksap of falsehoods," and from whose Colly" it is praved "Wales may he saved." Afaong these I could nut have reckoned, •one of the Llitors of the 1 ntct/todydd, the Rev. L. Edwardi M.A., nor am I aware that any one of the names which you have mentioned can be jiastly placad in this category You sav that you, gave the earliest and fullest account of the Minutes of 11 of Aii.-uit a:i(i December, 1846." Tais does not meet my point. Tne Minute of Council passed in July, 1847, materially alters the case,inasmuch as that it does tipt recognise the right of "Government to m ike any inquiry respecting religion; instruction, Of this, however, the country, I believe, has never b etl infernal by who h-ive assumed the office el .doing so." I deny that in taking Government aid under this Mmute, we violate a poli- tical or a religious principle for the very reason that the term< on which that aid is given do not involve the position that the .State should not treat ail its subjects alike. Assuredly we hav« n«t violated political equity" by receiving a grant upon a principle tfiat bears no reference to the Bible or religion, by way of e elud- ing any from a participation of Ihe same. Whatever may be the vinos of Government with regard to "systems that disregard reli- gion and set the Bible at RJnght," I aver th.tt we have nothin°-1.> d.u with the mm, but wish terms upon which the grant is made to us. We can thus, therefore, happily escape the dilemma to which you are reduced, yf "leaving our country as it is (anadu- eatedj, unless we ean educate it on right principles. You insi nuate that I have made a "charge of self-interest against the Free Educationists of Wales." It is 'sufficient to reply that I have done no such thing. It must be a dreafit ''H the imagination. To your question, why I did not second your efforts to raise a sum of £;>G,OOJ for the purposes of ed'ieation, my answer is, simply be- cause I believed it to be impracticable. It appears well on paper. 3"he proposal is interesting and noble;- but -when we'come to the actual working of it, you will find yourself, I fear, minus the SlUt proposed. There are so many "ifs" connected with it. True it is that the "voluntary principle, is not a self-moving machine Jrou&f*Jleu to IUove it—a system—if this, and (/'that, these little ijs, 'as Cheever says, are very important thinqs." —and what, after all, is the sum proposed to meet the real wants of Wales ? The most strenuous efforts have been and are made itl hehaH of educational institutions; the Dissenters of Wales have liberally and nobly come forward, but we must confess that every effort has sign-illy come short of what was desired or aimed aL "To your assertion that my "grandfather did not apply to Go- vernment for the salaries of his teachers," it is enough to reply that his teachers were ttiti (tid teaehers, being those of Sabbar il schools. As to those day-schools, which he was the means of pro- moting. he had the resources of Madam Bevan's Charity," which answered the same purpose, so far as it went, as Government as- sistance. You, it appears, made" no allusions to his opinions, bat simply to his conduct;" uut I say, his condnctwA* guided flY h:, opinions. As to receiving Government aid upon our own terms, I mean not denominational terms'' as you seem to have under- stood the expression, but the terms of "political equity to aU," which I assume Dissenters would approve, and for which yo-i plead. Upon these terms I hold that it is right for the people to ask money from the State in the matter of education." And f am courageous enough to avow my sentiments, because I belie, them to be correct. With regard to the Memorial" from Brecon shire it has bep i gratuitously assumed that it is the Memorial of the Monthly Mee" ing of Breconshire and we very complacently assured tii;,t proper steps have already been taken to keEp sdlimatic parti, s within the neutral folds of the cotitiexion" As I have in a reference to this Memorial, I tltillk it my duty to state that I c- ferred to it as an individual who had signed it. But suppose it is not the Memorial ot any monthly meeting after all! After all th hue and cry. why may we not exclaim, Parturient montes, nu cetur ridiculns mia." I beg to assure the friends of moderation and uietude, that it is not the Memorial of any monthly meeting. It does not purport to be so. It is the quiet Memorial of the undersigned Ministers and Deacons in Breconshire," who have attached their names to it upon their men individual responsibility alone. That it should have been blazoned before the world aul. comritented. upon in a local newspaper, does not rest with those ÚI- dividuate who signed it. This intormation will, I fear, prove a bitter disappointment to some who have evinced an over-hasty de sire to condemn. It is satisfactory, however; to know that ifcs
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(Selected for the PRINCIPALITY.) V THE UNBREATHED PRAYER. MOTHER, the sun was in the west, And I was on my knee A holy calmness filled my breast— I prayed for my sire and thee; My sisters, too, were on my heart, My brother's form arose, As I watched the orb of day depart, And sink to his repose. But, mother, I prayed silently, I felt too much to spewk Another's words seemed cold to me, f Mine own were all too weak. Oh, mother, could that prayer arise Unbreathed to heaven's high throne, Would God my strong emotion prize- Say, would my truth be known ? Or, should I seem a mocker there As speechlessly I knelt; Unnoticed the deep heart of prayer Which in my bosom dwelt. No, no, my son, that heart was spread A book before his eyes And, better thou thyself, he read The meaning of each sigh. Words may come forth in elolue-ace, And claim the world's applause, Which yet may never spring from thence, To the sky that o'er us glows Whilst the simplest tone, or look, or word, Which from the heart doth rise, Like incense up-to heaveu shall flow, A welcome sacrifice."
PICTURES OF MEMORY.
PICTURES OF MEMORY. BY MISS ALICE CAREY. AMONG the beautiful pictures That hang on Alcinory's wall, Is one of a dim old finest, That seemeth the best of all. Not for its gnirlld oaks olden, Dark with the mistletoe; Not for the violets golden, That sprinkle the vale below Not for the milk-white lilies, That lean from the fragrant hedge, J Ceqnetting all day with the sunbeams, And stealing their golden edge Not for the vines on the upland Where the bright red berries rest, Nor the pinks, nor the pale sweet cowslip, It seemeth to me the best. I once had a little brother With eyes that were dark and deep— In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep. Light as the down of the thistle, Free as the winds that blow, We roved there, the beautiful summers, The summers of long ago. But his feet on the hills grew weary, And, one of the autumn eves, I made for my little brother A bed of the yellow leaves. Sweetly his pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace, As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face. And when the .arrOWN of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bright, lie fell, mhls sanit-like beauty, Asleep by the gates of light. Therefore, of all the pictures That hang on Memory's wall, The one of the dim old forest Seemeth the best of AlL
A MONKISH DISTICH. ,
A MONKISH DISTICH. IF thou wishest to be wise, Keep these words before hine eyes: What thou speak'st, and bow, beware! Of wliora, to whom, when and where. WE must first resolve to be innocent, then study to be ami- able.— SECKEH. SELDOM ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to im- part, the grace of this jewel is lost in concealinent.-II.LL. WE perhaps never err more widely than when we attempt to estimate the extent of another's feeling. IN matters of conscience, first thoughts are best; in matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.-RoitHILT HAD.. HE only is rich in friends who calculates them by their worth, and not by their number.—R. C. IT is a great part of wisdom to determine in what way a man's usefulness may be einployed.-GILI-I.-I. TURN from thinking of your trials to think on all you have done to forfeit every mercy, yet how many mercies you possess and hope for. SQKE relaxation is ncce>sary to people of every degree the head that thinks, and the hand that labours, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.-G ILPIN. THERE is enough in the present supports, and in the eternal hopes of Christianity, to brighten the fading eye. and to ani. mate the sunken cheek. PEOPLE frequently reject great truths, not so much for want of evidence as for want of an inclination to search for it.- GILPJN. CORRECT opinions well established on any subject, are the best preservative against the seductions of error.—BisHop MA. T. WE write our mercies in the dust, but our afflictions we engrave in marble; our memories serve us too well to remem- ber the latter, but we are strangely forgetful of the former — BISHOP IIALL. WELL-ARRANGED time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mimi.—PITMAN. EVERY created thing glorifies God in its place, by fulfilling his will, and the great purpose of his providence; but man alone can give tongue to every creature, and pronounce for all a general doxology. -KIltBY. OUtt talents and our learning are to be employed in pro- moting virtue, religion, and truth; in practices, examples, and persuasions, proportioned to the measure of these advantages. -STANHOPE. THE happiness of domestic life flows not from the beauty which enchants the eye, or the graces that captivate in a ball- room and it is a truism which cannot be too often repeated, that those who succeed but in amusing strangers, are nut. always found to be the most enlivening members of the circle assembled round the fire-side of home. CONVERSATION.—All kinds of conversation will not suit in all places. Human life is such a blotted page that there is scarcely any person who has not some delicate point about him, which others must forbear alluding to in his presence. Then there are prejudices and habits of thinking in all nvpn, aitd it does not do to come shock upon any of these in a random con- versation. Even peculiarities of professional occupation become causes for the exercise of the good old rule, think twice before we speak once. GREAT numbers who quarrel with their condition, have wanted not the power, but the will to obtain a better state. They have never contemplated the difference between good and evil sufficiently to quicken aversion or invigorate desire they have indulged a drowsy thoughtlessness or giddy levity; have com- mitted the balance of choice to the management of caprice; and when they have long accustomed themselves to receive all that chance offered them, without examination, lament at last that they find themselves deceived.—RAMBLER. INSTINCT. —When we consider the infinite variety of instincts, and their nice and striking adaptation to the circumstances, wants, and stations of the several animals that are endowed with them, we see such evident marks of design, and such varied attention to so many particulars, such a conformity be- tween the organs and instruments of each animal and the work it has to do, that we cannot hesitate a moment to ascribe it to some Power who planned the machine to accomplish a certain purpose and when we further consider that all the different animals combine to fulfil one great end, and to effect a vasi, purpose, all the details of which the human mind cannot em- brace, we are Jed further to acknowledge that the whole was planned and executed by a Being, whose essence is unfa- thomable. and whose power is irresistible.-Kiitiiy. THE longer I live, the more I feel the importance of adhering to the rules which I have laid down for myself. 1. To hear as little as possible what is to the prejudice of others. 2. To believe nothing of the kind till I am absolutely forced to it. 3. Never to drink into the spirit of one who circulates an ill report. 4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the unkind- ness which is expressed towards others. 5, Always to believe that if the other side were heard, a very different account would be given of the matter. The more prominent any-per- son's character is, the more likely he is to suffer from evil re- port; there being in the heart of every man, unless greatlv subdued by grace, a pleasure in hearing anything which may sink others to his level, or lower them in the estimation of the world. Under such circumstances I derive consolation from the following reflections :-1. My enemy, whatever evil he says of me, does not reduce me so low as he would if he knew all concerning me that God knows. 2. In drawing the balance, as between debtor and creditor, I find that if I h.;ve been robbed of pence, there are pounds and talents placed to my account, to which I have no just title. 3. If m m has his day, God will have his.—SIMEON.
THE TURNIP FLY.
is one of the most valuable and important to farmers that has been made since the turnip has been introduced into neld cultivation. Soaking the seed for twenty-four hours in brine may be thought rather a dangerous experiment; three hours may be quite long enough because soaking turnip seed too long in pure water, especially if dried with lime, is often fatal to its vitality. Whether brining be innocuous or not, we 'cannot say but seeds yieldiilgso much mucilage do not answer to be loii, in water. Snaking nuts and some kinds of pulse before they are put in the ground, especially if the latter be dry, is an old beneficial practice; and in particu- larly dry seasons, both barley and turnip seed have been wetted a little before sowing; but this is seldom necessary, and even dangerous to turnip seed, if kept too long immersed. -British Fanner's Magazine. Mr. Dunning, of Blackwater, Hants, an intelligent culti- vator, had a field sown with turnip seed and sulphur, which escaped altogether unhurt. The proportion of I-louv of sul- phur, we should recommend, from experience of its good effects, is three ounces to one pound of seed, to be added in the following manner :—Put the seed and one ounce of sul- phur into a glazed earthen vessel, and cover it down closely for twenty-four hours at the end of that time, stir the mix- ture and add a second ounce, covering it as before; and at the end of forty-eight hours, mix the third ounce, carefully stirring the whole, that the seed may be properly impreg- nated with the sulphur. It is then to be sown in the usual manner, and will effectually keep off the vermin till the third or fourth seed-leaf is formed, which will acquire a bitter taste, and thus be secured from the ravages of the insect. Another efficacious remedy, which was adopted by the late Lord Or- ford, is the steeping the seed the night before it is sown, in train oil; but, in this case, the seed should be drained from the fluid, ancl mixed with finely sifted sand or mould. By this treatment, the roots will not acquire any ill flavour; and seven gallons of oil will, it is said, be enough to steep seed for sowing 200 acres. It is probable, that this steep may also prevent the attacks of the black-canker caterpillar.— Tlte Complete Grazier. A writer in the Irish Agricultural Mxgazine asserts most positively that to take lime in its most caustic state, being just slacked, and then sifted very fine, if scattered over the young turnip plant, or any other plant, when the leaf is wet, the plant will not be at all injured, but the fly will be en- tirely destroyed and in like manner, it will destroy all kinds of slugs and insects, if used in the evening, when the ground is wet with rain or dew, and the same plan will kill insects on peach and other fruit trees. A writer in the Mark-lane Express states that immediately WKin the first appearance of the fly, lie applied the horse-hoe as close as possible to the plants the disturbance occasioned by which put the entire swarm to flight, and the same success attended the application elsewhere. John Hogg, of Drum- gaw, 'states that he had banished them by rolling very early in the morning, which he conceived had crushed them when In a torpid state from the cold; but it may be a confirmation of the above, the disturbance of the roller affecting them Eaore directly than that which the liorse-hoe could be sup- posed to produce.