Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1870, Page 3

—ettheemesinianied —— a Y CMaAD | man, ard the few tradespeople whi it | The onty advice I can give is, that you act on | Stear Food for Stock. OFFICIAL. p } worth while to cal! for his scant whe a ae gst eer nd tee eed | a = = Zs cision EVENING STAR. | ik suuusredstet 2, Chand wae | Windends amas Aaihas ts daira ahd | , The eanon for wnt feeding hancomeagnn, | ool som meteccomens voniied Sintes ry rich. was impossible to trace any foun- > g i be and Great Britaiu. MIS ANSWER TO+HER LEITEu dation for the rumor, bat on-:e started, the old ship's dearest leg oes gs ad Tyee es Eee po ap aly oe ged Gnd bringing | = Reported by Truthful James, Bret Harte. | P2rre HCpurious habim, shabby clothes, and | «Mum, youhave decided ms. Twill at onee | 1 y Being arked } Which the sai > i a sident of the United States of America ‘The summer was 50 that the prodact of | By ‘¢ President Rates of the dairy ran down to a very low ebb. aude A PROULAMATION. | the better pastnres of Octoder did no: ng, atiorded, to syperticial in- Ters, @ proof that be was of a miserly Iks were still s . @ tthe matter off my mind. I Lave only one more favor to beg, anu that i is, that you will Fe Whereas a convention between the United States alating on the subj kindly henor my poor cottage with your com- fac Whic t when, one day, look out of ee 7 tage with you | bring the make of batter up to atistact: if America and ber Majesty th eu ot the Unite f om wi b pany. and make tea tor u< this evening, as I | point. T s we commenced teedi eee 2 Treland. for regu ee eee ae sone, ! eg hereon Mra, Banweil saw thi sball haye the lawyer and his clerk there to exe- | Poit tatipme wi cened food, and within thay | Bineiom se Lanipet anbient the United Seats Andhas something gore wrong with bie lawg— | MT. Cha S tho sete nk to her garden-railing ehte the document. time the weekly product of butter has increased ne cusigvahed or. who way cuigrate ffcm ‘Which ie why it in prever and decent aime the widen akon Sadienty iit. Iu reat | "Mrs. Banwell promised, and Mr. Chatticla about thirty per cent., which is a suificient vin- , sf America to the “fh J should write what he runs efts bis tongre. | Mise, he's read through yeer let- | First, he says ter ‘To the end—and the end came too soon. That a slight iliness kept him your debtor (Which for weeks he was wild a# a loen}. ‘That his spirits are buoyant as yours is; hat with you, Miss, be challenges fate (Whieh the language that invalid uses At times—it were vain to relate) And he sa) at the mountains are fairer For once being held in your thomght; ‘That each rock held s wealth that ts rarer ‘Than ever by gold-seeker rought— Which are words he would put in these pages, Sy’ party not given to guile, Which the same not, at date, paying wages, Might produce in the sinfal a emile). remembers the bail the ferry, the ride, and the gate, and the vow, the rose that you gave him—that very Same rose he ts treasuring now; (Which bisDlanket he’s kicked on bis trank, Mizs, And insists on bis legs being free; And his language to me from his bunk, M Js frequent and painful and free). He hopes you are wearing no willow: But are happy and gay ail the whi ‘That be knows—(which this dodging of pillows Imparis but small ease to t le. And the same you will pardon —le knows, Miss, ‘That, though . parted by Vet, were be ly oat ' tn , M ‘d melt inte tears at your smile. And you'll still thin twill 3 pleasures, dreams of the past, in th ay that he treasures, it was plucked where your parting was last. In this specimen—but @ small tritle— It will do for a pin for your shawl; {Which the truth not to wickedly stifie, ‘War bis last week's“ cl p’"—and hit cl.) Hes asleep—which the same might seem strange, M ‘Were it not that ! scorn to deny ‘That | raised his Inst dose for s change, Miss, Im view that bis fever was high. But he lies there quite peaceful and pensive; And, now, my respects, Miss, to you; Which, my language, although comprehensive, Might seem to be freedom— it’s true. Which I have a small favor to ask you, As concerns a buli-pup, which the same— If the duty would not overtask you— You would please to procure fer me, game, And send per express to the Fiat, Miss, Which they say York is famed for the breed, Which though words of deceit may be that, ise, Fil trust to your taste, Miss, indeed. P. S.—Which this same interfering In other folk’s ways I despise— Wet, if it so be I was hearing ‘That its just empty pockets as lies Betwixt you and Joseph—it fotiers ‘That, having no family claims, Here’ wy pile—which its six hundred dollars, Ar is, yours, with respects, TRUPUFUL Jamas, os [ December Overland. -2ee- ——___ [From Chamber's Journal.] MRS. BANWELL’S LEGACY, Mrs. Banwe!ll was a widow; doubly so, in- seed forshe had “planted” two husbands— item, @ retired butcher, and item, a small money lender. Each had borne fruit after his kind; and Mry. Banwell lived cemfortably on the produce, about four hundred a year. We eattber, petbaps rather unkindly the Vampire. Yet there was one thing we could not but ad- Wire about the widow—she wasso consistent. ‘There was no nonsense about her, no hypo- erisy nor affectation of fine motives. We had known her as a ““g eight and thirty, bu ingly agreea- Sbe never made any se- intentions; she doted on ok men, d marry anoid man—or two, if need- & respectable maintenance There was ni say (regarding them inthe fight of an invest. ment); no know hew they would tura out; whether, having money, they would not risk and lose it: or having none, if they would ever push ¢ ; It was a great 5 marry a young man, and not be- ative turn of mind, she preferred the more solid investment of a comfortable old gentleman who had been through the world, gathered up his earthly dress into the Three and only wanted a companion to see | the last mileor two through this vale | ing of aspe im er. All butehers are | butehers, accustomed all their smock and the dang! hey re business. | of their element, an¢ he world neariy | togethi With nothi kill, there was Bothing more to live the retin butcher d. ed for good decently mourning b settling up bis atlairs, Banwell. | Three per Cents killed Mr. De- | ed of the nt attached to | ting bills at ex- yments of three per | He would gladly have | returned to business, bat had sold bis business: possessed neither aptitude nor 1: y other sort of monetary basiness than hb: own particular walk, and he was toooid to commence again in that in some other town. ‘There was little left for him todo but to die which, after matur tion, he did. Mrs. Banwel! had done her duty by bo: bands. She had been kindly and aife 5 and bad proved a most agreeable compauion to smooth the di r f each. She spent the eve ng herself retured t two dead men. the Vampire. buteher, had no imme- hemselves aggrieved at perty. The widow That led he Her first husband, diate relatives, the di-posiuon took her third s the remainder was distr d a stant relations. ta Mr. Banw we , his widow re- * estate sed, + nephew, Ratha Y ceing Id mend mat- ndly re 1 found t z Banwe cult. matters bad ‘e, which he alw: gave ill, however, regarding 3 u his heart, notwithstanding her ity. as @prolessional woman, who made it her business te marry old men, aud live on them after they were dead, and one who, in ex- ercise of that profi n, bad “done him” oat of & considerable sum of money. We must all live—if we can—but we none of us like those atious ap who. very immediately and very obviously, live yon us. Whilst, therefore, Mr. Loney fully accorded Mrs. Banwell her right and title to live upon him (ashe considered she was do- ing so by receiving the largest share of his uncle's money under the will, he did not like any the more for it especially ashe had a wife and a large family to provide for. said. what is the good of a grasping aud covctous disposition | thimk she has evinced. According'y, there was no quarre]: and some four years after the death of her lamented found Mrs. Banwell (artat circiler fifty) retired from the profession of marrying old people, baving amassed a competence on whick to live for the rest of her days inthe neat and pretty cottage called Woodbury, situated just outside our town of Winterford, where she dwelt at Peace with all mankind. and partic larly spected by shopkeepers, as she paid ci for At this point of Mrs. Banwell’s ¥. when a novelist would certai ba done with ber. my veracious reality commences, the preceding portion 1g takes by way of a prologue necessary to its due com- prehension. About this time, anold itheman of very an- amum ng habits came to Winterford, and rented little cottage net far from Mrs. Ban- re pretentious residence of Wood- His name was Chatfield, alittle old man, with twinkling eyes, and a seedy wig of nut brown bair, as palpably the work of met ersas the thaich over bis cottage. He must | oe been very old how old. I am afraid to gness—bat his eyes had always a con- tented. and often a merry twinkle, as though secretly enjoying a joke, puckering ‘up the very crow's fect im spite of themselves. He was not @ good-looking old man, for he bad a complex- ion like a bad mediar. He lived very frugally. and quite alone, saving for au old houseke=per, who attended on him. and seldom went out, cept for Lalt an hour's airing on feot, when the Weather was mild. His dress was remarkable only for the genteel shabbiness attained by brushing combined with long and wear. He had resided in W ut out, and finding him t, and speechless, withdrew. When the widow arrived at Mr. Chatfield’s in rated or who seized with a minh British sulyects who i t tt Onee ob- | dication of the = steam: : tage. | she was shown food andun- | may emigrate from the British dominions to the Arrived there, Mis. Paver aa eee aR. | she was into th- ttle fromt-room by the | thresh t United States of America, was concluded and signed | Dore Who tag's, Eauwell and those neigh- | housekeeper, who said her master would be | resbed oats, cut short and mixed . . inlet on | Maire te mia Gicompanied her. waited down | dow stairein a few minutes, “Ths lanyer had | Tach Wetted thoroughly, eprinkle thoroughly | ‘i {hirtrenth day f hear tne doctors aeeats lttle front parlor, to | wot come; and when the housekeeper with- | steamed. [At first, even the ‘animals that were President of the Vnited States of America and wartings Gecter’s opinion ef the ease. Whilst | drew, Mre: Banwellwas left quite sione inthe | Tenuets, At ant, even the animale thet were | °“r laurcecy the Gusen of cs Wolin Mtnodes cl Waiting, the widow re; ‘arded the room with some | room. On a@ riekety three-legged side-table, no I for it, bat after two or three | Great Hritain and Ireland. being desirous to rega | Tee ueeee it afforded any evidence of | she e=pied Mr. Chatticla’s desk. It was not late te Citigenshtp of citizens of the United States of r. Chatfi elds romored ‘wraity, days all were eager for it, ante whole herd is None, ap- | quite shut, for there was a stifty folded parch- | now in blooming condition. most notable | America who have emigrated or who may emigrate barently. The furniture was scanty, poor, and | ment, which not on! ented the desk shut- | feature on entering the stable (after the trom the United ales of America to the Beitien do. | Of the Ficeise dogree of shabbincss of the | ting, but projected tar enough to show the ma- | {rasarejc®, qutering the stable efter the strong nrwhmteay emigrate tram tee Brltceh deal Sracr’s Clothes. The oue thing distiuctve | ture of the document. It was undoubtedly the | fact that most of the animals are lying dowa | {let nite:statesn! America have resolved toe about the room was that it belo 1d obviously | will, which had been sent to Mr. Chatfield te | and chewing the cud. The fact is that the food, | a convention for that purpose.and have named as toa man who had te do with s! ten it was | readover before executing it in the evening. | being very palatable and already half masti- | their plenipotentiaries. th: 4 The President Rang with Shipping pictares—lithographs | Listening for a minute, to satiety herself she | cated, is castiy eaten, the cons seer aa then | sf the Unies Stoten of Amesicn. dehe Lethe mostly—representing screw and paddle steam- | was safe from intrusion, Mfrs. Banwell selves, and, with an dir of great bodily comfort, - eequire. eavas 6x = ers, with particulars of tonnag> and horse- power, plans and sectiens of vessels, together | With drawings of various clipper-built barks and brigs of large size. Several models of ves- sels were placed about the room, and these, | with the pictures, constituted the sole articles Fatty | slipped the parchment from the desk, and har- | Iv skimmed it through. “* Don't old tetlow!” she murmured to herseif when she had done, “he has left me everything € possesses. except the farnitur this estate real and person: and invest- nd her Majesty the Qu reat Britain and Ire th: down and have a quiet and happy ra- bert lop Py As to the absolute economy of steaming we ave no evidence to offer that would be of scien- tific value, for experiments in feeding require a carefal consideration of circumstances, anda tthe ington sland. the Right mnorab! Clarendon. Baron Hyde of Hinde hi , ail his mone: of an ornamental charact excepting. peetes, ments in consols aud elsewhere; and, yes—also | comparisonof results between mauy animais | Hie Pid chessboard, marked ‘History of | bis share in the large ship R. G.—of which,” it | under the same condition for a long time—an | E gland, = Two is mG another much | says, “my executor has full and cular in- | amount of exactness in the observation of smaller volume of ¢ formation in @ private letter of finstructions.”” And the executer is Mr. Loney. Well, that is good. And what a grateful old sonl.”” } lurriedly replacing the document in the desk precisely as she found it, and withdrawing to the opposite side of the room, she awaited Mr weight, temperature, atmospheric j woud'es: mpoeetbne ino woul im] je in = ment with uneducated h: puke | enongh, however, that the saving in food is very considerable in quantity, and still greater by three, in sha; ud eral appearance like a small prayer-book, which occupied a promi- Rent position on the mantel-shelf. Presently, the doctor came down. and stated there was no cause for alarm, that Mr. Chattield would do & _ARticLe I. t be United Stat 1 become Citizens if America who have econ 1 dt y well, his attack having been nothing more Chattield’s advent. | ip quality. We have never yet seen any dry hay than the result of general debility. | "There 1s nothing further tosay about theter- that was mouldy,. #0 ‘musty, of ap | i v Feturning home, still thinking about Mr | Party, except that the lawyer and hiselerk ar | mueh “decayed that it did not become s cach by the United § Gratticld and his probable connection with the. | Fived in good time, and that after @ course of | palatable (and apparently nutritious food) on iy, British subjects who hare became ‘ppmg interest, it occurred to Mrs. Banweli muffins and crumpets, the will was executed by being steamed. Alloffensive dori s destroyed, | «ja!i are natural ac ng to law to write to her nephew, Mr. Loney, who, from | Mr. Chattield and duly attested by the legal | the favor of whatever mill-feed we nesieaie, | iathuayoimes anil are naturalized ac ens his position in St. Katharine’s ‘Docks, had | gentlemen. It was not read aloud; but from | fused throughout the mass, and (this is theory, thy the pee pe Paha largely to do with shipping. So, by way of post- | certain obscure hints and allusions, the testator | but we believe it fully,) the cellular tissue of m inti ae script to a friendly letter, she said, “By the gave Mrs. Banwell unmistakably to understand | the hay, which is entirel: indigestible when re * joa | Way, we have a strange old gentleman who has what she had previously ascertained by her taken a cottage near mine—a Mr. Chattield— eaten «ry, is made digestible by cooking. Prob- own ey ably green grass, cut before blossomng and ;ht—namely; that she was the person Sneh tates as aforesaid w nd a silly report has out\that he is rich. Principally interested in his bequests. properly cured, is as palatable and as easily | have bec within the domi t pens = hes hades do with shipping tn From that time, Mrs. Banwell became de- | Higeeted as any food can be. We doubt if r Britannic Majesty as British i. fe. some way, and if so, I think it } oaibie you yeted to the old gentleman. She was to him as | steaming would improve it very much. Bat etm dio Sane ae oe wegen wuneaity On een g.ce him. | It is the merest | 2 daughter. asa niece, and asa grand-child. | the effect of steaming on ordinary hay, which | 24,10. tesunw provided that sach ronanctation be lesity on my part, but que dees ike to know | She studied his comforts, made him presents, | is much too old when cut, aud has ia aoe wood: fibre in it, is so marked that no one with an opportunity to observe it can fail to see its icly declares hin two years after the ex ention. have become ens within the United el ne's neighbors are.” Now, it so happened Mr. Loney did know Mr. Chattield very well, having had a good deal to. and laid out herself and her money to please lim in every way. The worse of him was, hewas so tough. The and are nataraliz nefit. do with him inthe way of business, and having | buteber and the money-le nder were nothing to | In addition to the other advantage of the s: States, shall be at also spent many pleasant evenings at the old Mr. Chatfield. He only seemed to thrive and | tem, too much importance cannot be lattached She gh wed Saks meemaeking te entieman’s bonse in London in past times. t0 grow younger and stronger for relinquishing | to the complete destruction of the germinating | Witiin'two scare ation the hecltth Ge Foasing ihe letter to his wife, he said, “ fere’s | bis frugal habits in favor of dining three times | power of the seeds of weeds. This effect is a5 | "ihn iho sears after the we renunciation may be my blessed old step-aunt, I do verily believe, | @ week at W bereaet ag SS inhaprerng na certain, that we would not hesitate to feed out | male and pubdicly declared shall be agreed upon by er attentions ie looking out a step-uncle for me.” However, after a little consideration, he wrote areply to Mrs. Banwell’s letter. The part re- lating to Mr. Chatfield was as foliows. © Itc- specting your inquiry about Mr. Chattield, 1 knew him for many years whilst he was in Lon- don, and shall be well dared not relax man should alter his will. Three or four passed so lightly over Mr. Chatfleld’s head that he seemed to have taken a fresh lease of life; and the widow began to fear he would outlive her after all. a stack of Cai thristles cat when in ripe seed; and we question whether the labor saved in weeding (owing to the absence of liv seeds inthe manure) is not fully Go to thi consumed in preparing their food for steaming. ‘We have nothing to add to the information of the governments of the respective countries, Agticiy UL If any such citizen of the U said, naturalized wit! ‘nment may on his own ation and on such conditions as pleased to pay hi: 8 However, one winter's morning, without any | our previous articles on this su’ ject, by way of it government may think fit to impose, readmit spects when I come to Winterferdn tart | premonitory illness, the old man was found | {netfuction as to the detaile of tee process; ag | lt t0 the Shovacter and weir Heges of s citizen of thy eee 'ain, he, precie amount of his wealth, but | dead in his bed. There was an examination, | we shall be at all times ready to auswer to eng | Uuited Staten a British subject ou seconet of hig this I can tell you, that although he has ‘now | butof a purely formal kind, for that he had best of our ability, any questions our readers renounced al! itive conection with the ship- ‘ied of natural chuses was as plain as that his may propound on the subject. if any such British subject as ping interest, be is at the present time a part | life had been eked ont, for the past year or two, | What be capectalie donee ta closing this ar. ain the United Srates should owner of a vessel Of more than fifteen hundred by generous diets. His death was, in truth, no ticle is to fi on the minds of all who are within the dominions of her tons burden. I must say no more, and even very heavy blow to Mre. Banwell—it was a her Majosty 6 gover: impress interested in the feeding of live stock the im- ent may this is in strict confidence as Mr. Chatfield is an happy release to her aswell as to him. She rtance of giving more attention to this s ou bis own application and on gach Conditions as eccentric person. and particularly reticent | wae getting tired of it; and her sigh at recelv- | Sct, Hund:ede at inteliigens ero Liss tf the chmrester soa priviicese of a Briton cee, . gent him to the character and pi about his affairs.” ing the igence was one of heartfelt relief. | parts of the country have given the geet, and the United States shall not, tu that case Mr. Loney was wrong in his surmise about - Loney came down to the funeral; and | practical trial, and have pronou: in its him as a citizen of the United States ou Mrs. Banwell. To do the widow justice, her in- | when that was over, the will was read. favor. The avet verdict of all is that a say. | sccount of his former natu Lo tentions were not matrimonal: nevertheless,on , It wasall true. With the exception of the ne-third Ss cfiected. Thatis, 18 | ene present connie chal be ratified by the receipt of this intelligence, she began to take a | few sticks of furniture, given to the houre- three thousand pounds of uncooked | prudent of the Unitel state, by and wht tie very lively interest in old Mr. Chatfield’s wel- |. rT, Mrs. Banwell was bequeathed the | payin a winter, she will keep in better conde view and consent of the Senate thereof and by her fare, and commenced sending daily to ask after | whole of the property—monevs, bonds, securi- | tion on two thousand cooked, and | Britannic Majest the ratifications shall be ex Lotoen netting civility which none but the | tles of all sorts, and Mr. Chatfield’s share of the | nat the same ratio ef economy will be | changed at London as soon as may be within twelve uncharitable could misconstrue, except on the | vesel. She was likewise leftresiduary legates. | maintained in the case of the meal Or bran fed | ‘onths fromthe date hereof. . rales ground that she had not done so before. | Well, that was a comfort to the mourner, with the hay. It is, at least, the duty of i Fedde py piv Scene Lo peneie eg PER Ghmiciently recovered, the old man | 7St® Mra. Banwell proceeded to ask Mr. | every stock feeder (if he considers economy a pect cap ir Teed his dist strength to call st Weodbary Cot- | Lpapy for some particulars as preeeety Sal te aierecton teen thoroughly, | “Done at London. the thirteenth lay of May, in the tage, and thank _ Banwell for the assis- | “in reply, Mr. Loney 3, with a woful | And tocither sa vedio} Fe Meron a rear ur Lord eue thousand eight hundred and ance rendered him when taken ll; and for her ahi F his head, that the ‘iculars were KS 7, rot ig JOBN LOTHROP MOTL solicitude. The widow on her part was particu- } Shake o Notts to hi Athi | tOfe who have tried the im are false or CLARENDON ais arly gracious. She chided him for keeping = a ins nrgeshneend Mee Bam tnd this | else to adopt it himself We cannot afford to B himself so much shut up from intercourse with throw away the millions of dollars’ worth of | An whereas the said convention as been duly other people, and told him pi: note, be concluded, would save him the pain of | good hay that our ill-fed animals snoually | 'tifiedon both parte. and the respective Fatifications was wbat he wanted, and what ten mie) | explanation. The note to. the widow ran thus: trample under foot in barnyards and Belds, | (%_{i,sumewers exchauged at kowitsu on the loth And she insisted that his first visit was to be the | 9, MUM—~ What are we here for in this world | neither can we afford that the hay they do eat | "S22" jscrefore le it known thay I. Ulysses 8, prelude of a great many more. | butto minister to each other's comforts?” 1 | should do only two-thirds the work it is ca- | Grant. President of the United States of Aimerica told you I was poor, yet you ministered to mine. You are a good woman. You have dove your duty. Duty is itsewn reward. I there- fore think that, on the whole, you invested your | money well. But it was a specul » you | mutt admit, and the security was not first- rate. I can only show my sense of “My good Mr. Chatiield, you really must do as I pi pable of. For ourselves, we are firmly convinced that the steaming of fodder is as great an improve- ment as its most enthusiastic advocates claim itto be, and we urge everyone of our farmer readers to at least give it his careful attention. be mad ery clause a nd fulfilled wit cribe. What are we here for in this world, if not to minister to each other's com forts? It will net dofer you to bury yourself underground like a mole. insist that T have herennte { the United States to be affixed # Washington thix 6th day ie 0 four cou- | And this brings us naturally to another topic Sept in the year of our Lord ot fugh a5 Yourself—that you come over here for a , (uct by leaving you all I bave in the world. | about which too much cannot be said or writ oupand clglit handred and seventy . and of little cheerful change. And if you do not come | That at least shows generosity of motive on my | ten.—Y. ¥. Post. ibe of the United States of Otten, I shall come to see you in « neighborly | Pat; and, if vour kindness was really disinter- | —++e0- peta ee wey, and tty and cheer vou up. We are both | cited, you will take the Will for the deed. All |. piaging ap” the Mitchem Garden. hiaanid sy of us too old forthe world to talk nonsense | ™Y Moneys and securities everywhere doi Ink the plow { aes TON Fisn, Secretary of State. about and may as well be sociable. amount to sixpence. My profession (sh' niarge gardens the plow is almost necessa- M | rily employed as the chief i lat the spading fork doe: draughtemgn ani! desi; just enougtto buy a eT) enabled me to ife-annuity, which Ir. Chattield seemed unaffected = implement of tillage— His shrewd little eves puzzled over ar prised. much better work irs. Ban- 2 i ed States and the Pro: “5 di soane oa math el me. But Iam t-owner of a veas: i that it should be used whi x possible, with a Ms - = ms fin ee Phy realli Of large tanon Lg to Grunt, wales thet due » ard £0 cont. In private gardens it should i} meouver’s Isiand and British Co- ft dto avail himse or ki * : 5 Mr. | # en ‘The benetit the frost may Bee en Nee Rima 0 her Kina | ee eee ee put gon im per: | work in heave and is almost always underesti- | The undersigned, heing thereunto duly a It is lonely at times,” . “for I have sion thereof. Hesides this, 1 leave vou (by ated, if we may jucge by the general neglect | ty the irrespective governments, have agr neither chick nor child belonging to me to write | particular request) my regard—triendship.'s Tidging. We see very little of it nowadays | (iv tollowing article ine 4 letter even. And itis the more kind of | ‘Jearest tribute, trusting you will not think it | compared to what would be advantageous. This | jjc exchange of corr « 1 cause lam a poor man—__ ‘learly bought. Yours truly, tolerably well done withthe plow, by turning | jesot America and the m. But then it takes a W. Cuatrrerp. ‘urrows, one from each side, upon an un- | Island aud British Cx © make arich mam, don't “To Mrs. BANWELL.” wed strip lying between them, of about the There shail <t'mails between the am, don “Yes,” said Mr. Loney, going in the mantel _ width of one furrow. ‘The operation is, however, “i Sistes Vancomver’ 2e,"" assented the widow. shelf; -O dear, ves. [tis quite right about the | much better done with the iork, and a good vod Brit following poiuts neh monex do vou think now, forin- | sbip. ‘The late Mr. Chatteld was part-owner | spader will work so rapidly as to’ astonish one at Boston, New sked Mr. Chattield. ina vessel of iminense tonnage. And this is “nfamiliar with the work. Manure may be on OL q his part.” spread and torked into the ridges as the work | British (« ly, that altogether depends upon circumstances of position; but should you not think twenty thousand pounds enough to make the generality of people rich?” than that, mum; that’s not enough to man—only enough to give him an ap- | suubia, Victor cny time He placed in Mrs. Banwell’s hands @ small and peat wooden volume about four inches by three, tastefully inscribed in gilt letters,“ A piece of the Royal George.” —+20ee- goes on, and it may be followed day after day ‘ntil the ground freezes solid. In trench ing, the manure being spread, the spader first thrusts in his spading fork as ileep as he can, where the center of the ridge isto come, and partments un nue either of said « ish others. by mutual conse ARTICLE 2. ne wai cf A m inverts the ground, then he throws two ‘splits’ eee are nore; and at Bives times that, a man Pps iz by aad sage ‘rom one side, then two trom the other upon it | “9 Coc agen . = Necessity is the mother of invention, andthe He takes care not to knock the lumps 10 ps c Ate arouse! Mr. Chattield, you're never con- rant of grist-mills in some of the beleaguered but toleave the round aslumpy as poseibi tae authusined weit on ais ahaa wks ae ahenks o Cities or France seems to have ted an ingenious rhe frost will do the pulverizing, and be- | j.cter slvall be fifteen eramumcs (hy then en he iscomtent: )°™Tebit it; 70 Frenchman into @ new way of making wheat sides, the more the soil is exposed to its action | inthe L mite Simtes, ati half we an bread,which we advise our housekeeping readers They need not invite company to tea, “ Are you content, then, yourself?” the better. He passes from one ridge to the ud and British Columbia. The p ti >, am = +, to try. neat, working in the same way, and thus all the al letter shall be six cent Likely to a os tonne eeeenat's more, ain't | however, till they have practiced the new fash _ ridges are carried along even and patallel. The Sap peep Rayos Wa. Dacula ee thought the old gen- , ‘ontora i e eeinae ge Reg pegs ne eripesl ran is very important. If ‘made for poten lc lotiers the a = viz., Sermen' my WI At. the land is ridged east and west, the north side ; oe Jor free «6 tleman was to give her some notion of tae | ee te eae eriea washing the wheat, ig nee.) or fraction t t sources, but ircle, to l¢ hich aggravated her use ef the word -*mum.” However, Mr. Chattield soon became & eon- found he was only e oi where he began, uch as his per=istent ; will remain frozen hard most’ of the winter, while the south side will be frozen and thawed almost every clear day. If, however, they go north and south, each’ side will be equally ex- | posed to the action of the sun and frost, and the | U shill be trar i grain is put in a vessel, covered with water, and stirred until the lighter grains and extraneous | Particles are either dissolved or lett floating on the surtace. The mass is then freed from the ways allowed tp for eoltect Start visiter at Woodbury Cottage. and the | Water and putinto @ cylinder, like # nutmeg | greatest good gained. Some times the slope | widow had every reason to congratulate herselt =, —_ Rage ona ward be of the land is such that ir the ridges ran up aud on being installed in his good graces. She gave & goodly number of parties, and invited him to allot them. He always e, scrupulously nest and clean, but ina well-worn dress coat, and a wig a shade better than the one he useally wanted. In point of fact, Mrs. Ban- pent a good deal of money on the old fe ow, and, what is more, thought it money well . Some mouths passed so. Then Mr y came down to pay a short visit to his in the course of which he smoked his pipe more than once at Mr. Chattield’s. down the hill, heavy rains would cause the land to wash badly. This may be guarded against by making cross-ridges at intervals of 20 or : feet, and packing them solid on the lower side. Ii | the rainfall meets with any check in a good | » it usually disappears very soon, exeept when the surface is deeply frozen.- Agriculturist. cleansed is immersed in twice its own weight of water, heated to seventy-five degrees, | to which has been added one part of hait- dry yeast, and five or six ounces of ‘“giu- cose” to two hundreds parts of water. | A day's exposure to this bath secures the neces- sary degree of absorption and fermentation, and the color will also have been extracted fromthe | exterior surface of the grain. The water being then removed, the wheat will be not far from | white in color. Next the stiffened mass is put 1a matter posted in th printed to th 1 1 s20e- Werms in Horses. - Intestinal worms wre parasites which develop rh i ) through rollers, which mash it into a glutinous | themse'ves in all the domestic animals, cach | From that time, Mz. Chatfield became less re- | Pulp and mi gularly through the whole bull. possessing its own varieties.” The | ARticre 6. served in bis alinsions to his own fortune when all the remaining particles of skinor bran. ‘The im the digestive tube fs | dispatched country to the in anwell’s company. He even admitted | dough, for such {t now is, is then pat intes | an increased appetite, but | to her that he was, in fact, part owner of awes- | troggh, flavored with water in which salt car | the. animal, no withstanding the quantity of ot large tonnage—and in addition to that, eeu disolved, and given an opportunity to abe food which ‘he consumes, falls off in condition; spoke of dividends he was receiving from | sorh more water if necessary, and then thor- tis skin is dry and hidebound; his coat is rough, | nother source—not obstrusively. in the oughly kneaded by band. “Nothing now is ud is not shed at the ordinary time: there is | lon of thin chanuct in conversation. The rea- | needed but to treat it just as flour’dough w | an annoying Itching, which eauses the hones: | ~ change, no: ty make any mystery | treated, and when sufficiently light handitorer | tub his upper lip apalbst the manger or on the | ‘or else ‘Lande Snose: fier discovered to the oven. ‘This certainly is not a complicated | wall: sometimes there is considerable itching himself, or else am That te ieee i euey | process; nor is it costly or diffleult. It ensures avout the rectum, which is indicated uy thie | had belped him to discern that the lively interes! horse rubbing his tail or rump against anything the widow took in him and bis affairs was not (2 We eater the entire nutriment of the wheat, zs Dp age’ and the result may not be bread of brilliant | Within reach. The symptoms mentioned are Wholly a8 an unselfish nature. Not that he had any dread of being married, like the butcher or the money-lender, whose fate be had heard whiteness, though it will be genuine, unadul- such as would lead one to suspect tae existence terated bread for all that. | of worms, but it is only when these appear among the dung voided by the horse, that we the number black Ayure mp oft paid shalt als ince of the same, | | ssee- — | about from Mr. Loney; not at all. He saw Mrs. — Ci w tainty on the nature of the peony Sed efi Banwell had otver notions respeetiog him. The Carrier-Pigeon Mail. Pps Pl ceried an especially w' | oe ee Ee ee: | ‘Those two, metaphorically speaking, the Vam- Microscopic Writing. | Tue: werden A set in great numbers, | °° ly as the regulations | ure had cooked before eating. (Hadthey not | ‘The other day a carrier pigeon carried into | the symptoms are very much ‘avated, and | permit. But news ch passed the tires of Hymen first?) But she | peleagured Paris a newspaper four and three, | the horas becomes smaciated suffers oeca- | pa 4 printed matter. which | did not mean to marry Mr. Chattield. it was quarter inches square, with two hundred and | sionly from colicy pains; the flank is tucked up, + gs Cupane ered. shall be retained | her desire to eat Mr. Chatfeldraw, without any | twenty-six atches’ microscopical | the inmde of the evelids is pale; he walks with ee ee cooking. However, her victim reconciled him- | gtaphed upo: ‘ising the news | difficulty, and @ fatal termination will some- Letters alleged to be valuable. posted at any office self to his horrible prospects with the best grace ome day all parts of the world, and | times ensue. A dose of aloes (four to six | i, the Cuited States or thei Perrineies and ad imaginable. and with the utmost docility even | there mow comes from London # description | drachms) may be given, which has often the seed to Vancouver's Island or British prepared to trust himself ready for the Vam- | of the machinery which did. the printing. | effect of expelling worms without having re- posted in Vane Seo i table, as follows: it makes a duplicate of ordinary handwriting | course to farther treatment. If this-taile, di- | » oe ct eae on _ One day he walked into Mrs. Banwell’s sit- | 4' times smaller than the original, so | vide six ounces among twelve | ries, aud de thence conveyed to thete deorea” ting room, apparently perturbed im_ his mind. that it can only be read by the aid ofa powerful | balls, and giye one e maorning until they | at the office of mailing on the Hy hat isthe matter, my dear Mr. 2” | microscope. Tue inventor ammounces that he | are and then give 2 dose of aloes, eames provicert “O mam,” he said, “I've bad some money cam thus Tepriat the whole Bible which will cause the expulsion of any worms | ; chergeehie thereon to destina- left me.” | times in the space of an inch, and other which remain in the horse's intestine. tio! ne foe of Sve cents on smaried,. Cee? 4 so cause fororrow?” she | tu proportion. ‘Think of it. The Speaker of on-ehait not become remar' J. ‘sItought to be, mum, if the sersom whe | Wee en ed Sf oo ule thumke Iepangheadiceetoeer Toyepees Pah ees leaves it Gear euough to 3ato make the Big | nail ebater's say be printed | nile all other domes the baci | ‘for the lous of such letters or real valuable. a 2 one lining ‘hat. : beret. as mo. a Aster wanserred 4 aD ‘Ss ry " worry about. and enough to remind mo | Sites Shency mney Be Semerre8 to a Ave 4 suffers a8 much from Bldg. “is | respectively. shell bet esd eRe Golam, | the course of nature, I shall soon leave | small porzabie Which might mestic of the above ay tin am na | seiptat for gs directed. in the general regulations | tact tewued r one ie Pr REF Soseosooedstlauny ote Voce | ‘ouble stad cali SS ees lived them all. 7 | the sages, from Socrates down te Ralph | attribuifion or the purpose of being forwarded leave it to? do | Waldo Emerson. Ani “ Really, Mr. Chattield—such a question—and | — to me—! don’t know Gi are 4 an - Fo a apnea ory oextromnely Gitnatio- «Yes, mum, there are to also pen: | 7 friends who, | ‘nO Cause Of serro: | « on | roms ell, \ 2” Me , Aed men.” Of delight; “but the | seenpane young mes tenn ana wa know what | word : mato 1 tas: use | <1 don’t think eo. Old marriedugh of it; it 18 | so,» Sune —Soay vow’ ald ered letters shall. not be inclosed Of excruciating woe | Marriage is; they have hacied; when they get | Pp suds, | containing them. but shall be “ Friends, men’s turn to beahd there is war they only fit for run off into the com- | rate wrapper or a toe wl wea Wo will say, Tobe old married phe” “Would send | man the postmaster of the office to w: Xe Caer |. | letters were sent. Frey (tes, will be sent tou had one?” -‘To be sure 1 | tty — | b vere an old married woman.” | | Bat who won -~int Laoag dn ES t of such of woe; whe have ‘The generously kind when the world frowned | ig ory ‘e | Bron us, and whom we can by leay- yous predce the immediate vet wk bin moa ee Ee a ee aa ae ars! youhave, Teveovord. silly,” thet the Callabout laucr having bese a e Seon is enly 8 wert of for having id sowntticld,” she continued, @@ Moss agate sleeve-buttons are as po>ular Mot distress ag ever, j i i i f George William Frederick, Ear! | ART ec nM The registration few oi hive ormts shaitaccrne tothe | United Sates Peat Ofee Department npen alt regis | ered * © United States to Vam- | or Eritish Columba, and in Hike { the vegistrarion for of five cents shall accra | t Ofice depariineat of ver's Island | ' a upon all r letters sent | 4 Vancouver's Isiaud or British Columbia to the United San ce. 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Tt. ome, OUSE, SIGH, Oumage: 08 LOCIANA AVESCR Bttations: of all Kinde of wood and marble An the latest and most approved sty! JOBBIEG arsiy " PRomptiy pat#trsze. Ete. iSiwssssocumer= ‘TIVE Pa! ae 627, } ssrasiisnep set. S71 PADDLE mrowns Cano OLD NO ce You: Especially, who have become the Vice, that dreadful and destructive babit wh nually sweeps to an untimel bonsan | young men of the most exalt talents and brit The dividends for this year have varied from 40 ; t r f,t0 20 per ct. of the annual premium, according to colng Siuttes mike chee ohne slogeence: tr SHiMiTED AMOONTS Od BOUND LIVES Aum’ | Tsk,‘ comecr the Living iy. may eall with fall | STILL ACCEPTED. ool eS we MARRIAGE. jarried persons, or ¥ Men contem: a ot Physical We rid NORTHWESTERN Gussie bower tmpettncy Nergoor kexcTabifiy, MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, ir ny vil. Didsanl speedily removed.” He who places himself under the care of J. MILWAUKEE, Wis. —, reli confide in 8a gentleman, tly Fely Upon his skill wee pbysician. J. H. VANDYKE, President, GANIC WEAKN | HEBER SMITH. V. Pros. AUG.GATLORD, se | Upetintely Cared, and Fall Vigor Restor —_ ASSETS, $3,000,000. erable and mar: imponsible, is the penalt pad POLICY HOLDERS, 35,000. ersous are 820 apt tS ml ees ante ed | waht location of thie Company gives it great e@van: Being aware of the ‘copsagaences tha tage ovr the large major ‘comy Oneo! | ensue. Now, who that understands the subject | Repootvent the most important—is in the Pret tat te, ony, thet the power of procreation ie Tate of inte obtains, ‘Sooner Rabie the following Agures : | than by the pradeat depries PE hed Gp +i | pleasure of hy ofapring’ the moet serious and 3 Percens. compound The eysteos Deccmes de the physical nates: tal fence Procroative power, Pitation the cough, consumption. decay and iS TWO Days. learned pretenders month after month. tak: compounds, should appit $he most eminent, Coheges ne: on} whose life bee been spent in the tals of » Paris, elpbie and elscwhere, nas effected wine af the sit Sstouishing cures that were ever knows. many troubled with ringing in the head and ears whes sDeskfuinees, with fresuner peak netoee tended sometimes with derangement of mind. were | ieee ; ~gii> 18 re 7 Tink Fanmicnan Notice. Extracting by the use of pure gaa... 76 Cente. — seives by improper Indulssnce aod faery have. | “se 123m’ Thigh rain both body mind, uatitting for either &. PRATT, Graduate of Uhio Uollege ot , Society or marriage. Beptal Surgery, 439 Toh | pesdaseaiy tereaee tee spate vay eee ween. north, hess of the Back aud Limbs, Palms th ‘doe Weak wice to laboring persons. Dimnces of Bight, Lose of wer, Pep Ab. tation riteb) ao" - — Derangement of the ¥i ‘jou, Gower ad HR ne eam | EERIE Pesca BG = seman Ali DENTAL "WORK done tn the | Teens. Sia eaoper itrous Oxide Ges Aversion to Society, strut Love of Solitude, or % El) | Timidity, &c., are some of the pomueet: os | RE psc so Seng ee (THE CELEBRATED | ciated, 1 ‘about theeyes, cough and symptoms of ¥ bave inured THE MOST LASTING, AGBSBABLR and BB. FRESHING OF ALL PERFUMES or ese on the