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(A writing - ble with a row ifi'flflmbflif phpers tied with red tapa, togeth- | cdidpthia\ profesion of letters etrewm over its @liHibe;rcomprised almost every thing worthy Sf Sétwement in this cemple af justice. . > “Ni-I'Bbfieei'ey was siting in bis chair, with tile birch > 'dd a large wood-fire, that roared 506 ap the whoto chimney, . ma- king a lusty ctrares\ with the bleak Décembor UiddBe bverfrend, as if bent the. géllal offthe hearty Bawse. that lick&E Ste Wary way upward, in despive of his sturdy Cid betweew the two kept up a ¥iniblidg Warfare in the eapacioue flue. ~Mr. 313-6qu we said, it auth his back to the Hh king fire, avoking cateutarions on his fin- gark: afd looking through the <iffpobie window on the shower of steet and that drove past in incessant whirles, and 'tabt Up a ceaseless pelting an tho large gives pdifa, asif knocking to be admitted to the hetry'Breside. Mr. Bersetey wus aroused from his state al mentil abstractions by his '@erviint announcing that a poor woman, who *d chlled'twice before wished to wee him, \Yo bltaiw scine relish Mr. Beascley gave 'brdérb'to have her- shown up. 'home? A patcbell and broken laticed | | orb 'the difapldRigd pioges, f hidbahd!d gotc | anfof ergy cel seed .- - | \On a'didip belsiead in tho Hearedt coriier L 4 | ted an old tray, with a email chisel, knife nnd sof serious ledhing voluommms upon it a Tew le, a few chips of wood, ,and the carved fig- Phasing hee hand fightly. on her «iflé,/ nd! drieing ter breath with Inspirations, Yor she was hort, though from delitate'tiorives allegiiig the contrary, 'the poot wamen dlowly | proceeded 'down 'the traggling streéts, und! witthintcly readied ther miserable bods 'at 'the ohlskirts 'ofthe village, Pausing a mo- 'menvet te door she qulled the string that lifed'the wooden lateB, 'and crossed the drea- ry dwellings and 'a more melanctioty 'cham-- 'ber than that sho now entered penury_rever window transmitted fust enough of the cheer- leas Det@mber tight to revert in chilling cal- | to the huge chimuey and Tong extingaished - fire, sat the attenuated form ofa sick man, whose shrunk featares ard Tustrous eyes be- spoke too plainty the ravages of disease and want. An old coat drawn over his shoukders shicléed the body Yrom the keen wind that howled dewn the chimney, and found a hun- dred mouths through the broken plasier, whirling the sand upon the brick foor in aweeping eddies round the room. Before him, on the drugget of the bed res- | ure of a king fo armor cut from a title block of the whitest ash. ,. With. -his fong skinny fingers tre had just set the finished workaian- ship upon the tray as his wife entered ; and luv-zed his gratified gaze from his completed task with mourniul inquiry and solicitude upon his drenched and not less miserable wife. ‘ fully as with a deep sigh he glanced at the few white ashes strewn over the broad hearth as his wife divested herself -of shawl and God knows we have kept off the parish till the fast! - Would they do nothing? - Well it is not for myself that I care-for my stay here is short, but for you and--' ' The Lord be good to us? exclaimed the Wife with a sadden grick | 'If I haven't lost the money the Squire gave me, and the or- der for the our ! Oh 'deac! O dear! - What a foolish creature L am. - But I'll go back di- rectty and look for it I know 1 must have dropped them when ( felf; and wiping away the tears that had gathered in her eyes, she began to refix her wet bonnet, 'Don't be ~'' The individual who presently entered the fi‘yni‘t'ni’wl,‘ wae a pate emaciated famale of \tivo and but who judged by her hol- fow-snid-anxjous cougtenance, would have hell parsed for Torty, | Arthin calico dress \dung clfiiglng to far ancles; her shnee by '@afer'meroes \her instep, and | ns she croseed * the room lef the broad macks of her feet ap- <on the boaras, while the water oozed at eve- ry motion from the saturated leather, - Round 'Me? neck was pinned a scanty triangolar '@haw! that barely hid her protected ft trom the evading storm. \Ka afd bonnet, eo large that it simost hid lier shruhked features; completed the meagre \ habiltadledts of this once neat and. comely '@oilan> After come questioning in reply to which the 'poor wontan explained that her tusband was fying at home starving, and uahgtthewobject of her' application was to ob rednimmore immediate relief than possible by hillflernecenuy slow legal process, she obtain- mei4ram -Mr. Beascloy a trifle of money, and or q gallon of flour. pel trembling hand and shivering frame @plotbarclothes had struck a chill t her very ibloods-the women. undid the heavy latch, cad clased the portgl behind dier, stood again +~dd tke plilespyetorm and unprotected way.- «RallingAke:taorkery of a shawl closer over «chor bosam,sha huctied quickly down the a- wuv thatiled (rom the magistrato's house, ~agnddadfjast reached the gates that opened crow'the village stteet, when a carriago driven enawith-apeed, rapidly curned the angle ; and { baforethq driver, who kept his head down to shield his fage from the violence of the sleet could sea the coming figure, or arrest his horses the poor woman was lashed to the »qgreand by the pole af the vehicle, and thrown “mat rde; lrom-the. wheel far had eollacted at the park © | in}; atl p -g@ntlemiap alighting ha «an 4 fo ,; raging the female from the-grount a. gret and pain ag his misfortune. _ nov sery much hart thank you . sir. ”yawnghleoed’ she said faintly, as the «gpmntlamen . ded her to the: steps of the car- ouiinge; SPs cslaze ank Western pto a pool ef ce. gfieé'iia; , exprges | vexed, Robert; I am quite sure Eshall - find them again. Oh don't give way, I know we shall be better yet. - Cheer up Robert dear, and don't despair? 'Better yet? replied the husband with a bitter smile, that iinparted a deeper ghastli- ness toh is «wasted | features. Yes. in Hea- ven!' he added solemnly. 'The poor man's ooly comfort. - Oh! heaven'should be a love- ty place Mary, to give us hearte to craw! through this hongry warld to reitch it. - Take off your wet things love, you shall not go out again to-day, , 'Take them off, Mary. he can- tinued with gentle authority, as she shook aut the shawl before throwing it over her neck. - 'Not aguin to-day. - There's bread e- nough for one meal more-sit down and make a fire and dry yourself. Young Knowls has given ue a faggot; God bless hii lor it ! -up there in the chimney corner. Come, come, don't inke on so. You couldn't help it, Mary dear ; don't ery ;' he said soothingly as his wife, obeying his wish replaced her shawl and bonuet on the table, and sitting down on a low chair by the bed, wept bitterly at her mtafortune, for she had calculated on buying n litle tea to cheer and comfort her sick husband: for with woman's troe devo- tedness of heart she only thought of hist, and what might minister to his relief and benefit. 'How did it happen? | But never mind Mary ; see dear, I have finished them at last Though God knows they are no use to us for nabody here will buy them ; but I am sure * Het mek ett Macy: et -S tar ake fixd \B doght-frat the paplr dnd not. be naglectod, dopend-upoit It.\. -.. * oo fire to warm you.' sdid thabushand mourn | m ney when che fell; and ended by telling honnet 'I wish you had notgone, though 'show them to her. Perbapg she many buy am sma cunning foget, With a Ttite lesn than And ow, when ha placed thedast completed piace in his wife's cald hand, a tear of regret» fal sedness yhistered 'in 'is eye, no The sweet solace of o many weary trours wae brought to b perfect tind. ' Ha, how very beatiful ivis, Robert,! ox- the mail-cled 'broshing'a tear from her Icimgeyelas'h'es.“ {hi-s more beavtiful thao all thvest1\ 'Shafl I wrap & op, and pat it by, | ap 0p, P 7. *When you'have t the fire and dried your gown, you shelll putthem all out on the table and lete look T them, 7ofige, more. | It is ders foplish.. eth Nove. groun. so. 'them, and ‘qfiaflnififig‘éfiézfiasfimfia‘g‘ém‘. erfor the last time, for I know that I shalt waver took gt them again. Don't ory., Mary] dear, don't ery, or you will stain it with your! teare. Light the fire, love, and warm your- self. Oh. God help us? 'He will, he will, Robert, if you will not desprir® ejaculated his affectionate wile. as she carefully set down the carved figure, and wiping her eyes addressed herself to chop the wood and light the fire from the fuel so opportunely and charitably given them by a neighbor utmost as poor and confortleis as themselves. Having completed her task and giving a more cheerful aspect to the dreary chamber by cuddy flame from the ignited woud, ehe spread her wet garments before the blaze to dry and seated in a corner of the chimney; recounting to her husband the re- sult of fer errand to the Justice, and narra- ted as bri fly as possible, the accident that had defer ved her af the proceeds of her jour- [him\ of the wish e€présspd by Mre, Chester- held.3g.0ee her in the moraing. Alana, Rob:) erts8fi8 Weit on <TH take the chesemen and them though God knows I - would almost us soon sell wyseif if it was not for hope of get- ring you something nice to eat, and some | medicine for your cough, And if I take the men, it won't look as if I went tor charity, Robert? 'Do as you like, Mary, though T have no hope of your success. - We have been so of- ten disappointed--' © Oh, don't give way, Robert ! I am sure better days will come. No, no, don't shake your head and look so sorrowful -better days for you [ mean, and you will be well again. Now don't despair so!\ and with a tonfidence she scurcely felt herself, she strove to instil a healthier tone into ber husband's less san- guine heart. - 'There must be something very holy in yourgonfidence, dear Mary, for it has had the power to keep me up tor many months; for without your trustful spirit, I should have given way long ago. - God bless you far it ! but E feel now, Mury, that to hope any longer is but an idle delusion. - My only wish now is, that wheo I am dead. you may be able to sell the men in some large town, and get e- nough--' 'Don't talk of dying. Robert or you will break imy heart, If 1 don't sell them to do you good, I will never part with then.. Oh, do not give up yet! hope a little longer ; do, do, for my sake, and-but where is he, where's the child ? Is he asleep? she inquired suddenly rising from her seat and going to the bed. Western slowly turned down the drugget as she appeared, and exposed a beautiful, but palefaced boy of two or three years otd, nestled close to his father's side, and sleep- ing «oondly. 'He orled ut first when. you went out. and asked for dinner, said the hasband mourn{ul- ly as the mosher knelt down and kissed the metry ofevery figure, enhanced. by the ivory .. oxgorp, chENANGO 00, N. T., webx@spay, AUtcbsnse, alee i whiteness and beautifel texture of the wood in Which they were wrought; and calling in; het participated 'with him io his ding away efare the progressive march of ci- lavish delight and encominms, while the poor woman, unable to supproes her joy that her hosband's merit was at fast appreciated, sob-. claimed tip wife, real Helight, wontemplating bed aleod from excess of pleastre. © 'These are indeed, superior specimens of art\ observed Mre. Chesterfield, after a rigid scrutiny of every piete. 'What does your husband require for them.' 'Oh, sir,' replied Mary, speaking through her tears, 'I have carried them to so many ptages, but no ong. wosld. offer me anything Car- them; an”! my.Gpabandisaid-hessould sell them fqrgAhiQfiéffi plece, If you would -not think it degr Fand ”gingham thit he v lln Anipossible ! My poor woman, 'you mi bad‘igggming.‘ © Well, then, éjfiféagmii‘you please ; for my busBang'is very ill, and I want to buy him some medicing/ sho replied, almost choking from revulsion of feeling. R 'You mistake me, my good creature. I mean to say they are too valuable to be sold without consideration ; and for fear I should not be just to you. I will consult some friends as to what I should give, ford mean to pur- chase them. For the present, here are ten sovereigns, and whatever price is put on them by my friends, I will pay you again. A man of your husband's geolus must not be left in obscurity and want. f will send a physician to attend to him, and now go home and come back qn Monday for what I shall then be in our debt. Your husband shail Unable to speak her Sants, bot gmspifié A52?“ gold in her hand wii 'ugrvpus tenacity, t ie\ bewildered woman -was led» ont. of the room by the hand of the eympathising Mr. Chesterfield, and when she found herself again in the road, it was with the addition « a well fifed basket af wine and provisions. CGasting her dimmed eyes to Heaven, and muttering a prayer of thankfulness,poor Mary turned in the direction of home, and run with the speed of a chamois, till the battered door and broken easement of her abode stood be- fore hor. - The luxury of the moment, as she oid out the treasure to her hectic husband, was worth a life's privation to enjoy. The sick man, unable to express the sense of his struggling happinces, beat his head meekly on his chest, and groaned from the fullness of his soul; while his wife, folding ber grams reand his neck, pressed her face to his bosom, and between the hectic tears and laughter, whispered, 'I told you not to despair. I knew that better days would come, and that you would live to see and bless them.' Under the skillful hand ofa physician Wes- tern wits soon restored to comparative health and sided by the patronage of Mr. Chester- field, was in a few months removed to London, and a situation obtained for him as designer in one of the first houses in town, - where he may siill Be found directing the energies of a large establishment, respected, prosperous and happy. und daily thankful to his wife for that faith in the- bounty of Eternal Provi- dence, that under Heaven had through all the petulence of disease and crash of pover: erty, kept a diving principle of hope within his heart. - Nor does his now restored and comely wife forget, in thankful prayer, her gratitude to God, for the courage that oppos- ed so long her hasband's gloom, and gave her power to prove the confidence that buoy- od herself -Never io Despair. -.- ected -- ~> Sarcastic Sentence. Old Elias Keyes, first Judge of Windeor county, Vt., waes strange composition of fol- ly and good sense, of natural shrewdness and lipe of sleeping child, 'but I had not strength 10 get out and reach the bread, poor child 1- 3o I told him some fittle storiea to divert his mind, and eaid that he should see all the men the wish 1 had to finish them, and your con: fidence, has kept ma alive all the year. How | do you like it now 1 That is the Christian king, and with a aad voice, and momentary gleams of pleasore in bis.hallow eye, the me- chanic placed the lass of a eet of cheaemen d--making. .the,fwa, auitufflzbhrfb mined Suracemhos itembeing n perfect & d Eva commit“ executed with the truth and delicacy. A torner and wood-carver by trade, Rob- ert Westera had long meditated completing a series of chessmen that should supersede the E aninterésting figdrés lo general ute, and give a martial air to a purely tilhary gama. Bot while in heath ahd. Ebpdiant emplq‘ygezvhe had never {ound an 0 jig, \o ing fite theo, rtleatig . clisics 'pleces of wood. and making ge f geaseil, and chard depfe: (ie homas fof in a the cockmy tow#, ghat be .and executed, himeelf ri iachet: thin. han postessed & natothl af te all ite actitades with case and grace. Boc «the failare of P 'To apd the. .loss H (ha wood embers gives nomeatary 'light to hin £ Ths repust-- making the rag? '} Seats wad terrible | Wahi, appéar meresiersand - to-night, and then his little eyes grow henvy. and he laid his head upon my lap, and fell asleep talking for the soldiers! Ob, what a bleesed thing is sleep to the poor and hongryt for by it, they - cheat the craving stomach of a meal or two. See, 983\ he is awake I' at we must fiagien on, and will but mere- 1 dfrect lhe reader's Wenthl egés bate more 'to that abodé of sickness, want and cold, bat where, each-was . much inoate-love and deli- cacy of soul. Upon the farther exfremiy of an old table, drawn close to the bed, ranged in double-fles, stand the mimic armes of the thesaboard ; and an the end, the rem- | nant of a stale loal, a jug yf warm milk and water, and a knife to part the Jimited allow- ance of their ood. Father, mother and child are seated of the bed, with pleasure gazing on the carved array, and one, in infantiné ecstacy, holding out his hand to clatch the: ing tay & _admire, fog the husky bread,. and each in toro from the éclfsame jog, the harmless di Intent ; while the wind aod rain tow! and [bear aguaicet tho > lasely tetément, and the [mfl bless. from: dlremate-fiosk and fall of ien winterthat \And The 'Weidlafinn brooding want af cultivation. - The following sentence, ‘u is anid, was pronounced upon a poor rag ged fallow, convicted of stealing a pair of boots from General Curtiss, a man of consid- erable wealth in the town of Windsor : stealing. T a right to take euth thingiwithoot paying ! Then they say you are worthless-this is ev- ident from the fact that no one asked justice for you; all by ananimoge consent pronoun- ced you guilty before you were tried. Now, You, boing no worthless was a fool to steal, ent aggravation that yoo have stole them i p : ~ |\ ~ Hie Ago, \ Well,\ said the Judge, very gravely, be- fore pronouncing sentence of court. anderia- king to fead the-fellow a lecture \ You're a fina fellow to be arraigned before-court for .say, you are ppor-o0 one doubts it who looks at you, and how dare you be ng poor, have the impuderics to steal a pail of bosta ? Nobody borvich people have because you diight know you would ba con- demaned., , Agd you most know that it was a lg: the large town of Windsor. | Inthat large town soch an attie taget horrible. | And not only isto Windeor to steal; bot 7061 must stgalfrom that.great.an GeneralCor- tigs. That claps the climax of yoor jniqaity. Bate wretch | why did you not go and éleal Ihe true weight being aomayhiit. bo minxyfi'fi’umiw Jaw had, or | by pomer and. wealth, whilit others cévld geriaind then yoo weoald have been let 1850, .. >< NO. 49. ails ish hous every portton brfimeflqa, have long been fa- The ghofigmgs uf California, like those of be vilizatiqh, 'or mixing: with the Spaniards who conquered, theip two centuries ago, have lost their idenfity as dborigines. Like their east ern brethren they are leaving their ancient hunting grounds, the homes and sepulohres of their fathers, and wandering they bardly know where, while the white man, as by some right divine, takes and calls their lands their own. But still they have their legends and their traditions, and even now they gather U Wne. Lod of CiYifornin.-An Fodten Tradition. |_. mittee 00 agricul & Minority Egon to the Houce oEBlggtégg'épg- ~ e d ir mig The Commitiee on Agriculture, (aflhonhflm’n referred the. resolutions of several Atate,, bey felatures, agricultural soctelies, .and.variqut petitions, &¢, in favor of establishing. an agvicultgral bureag, have hod thesame un- der consideration, and . a minoréfy.of. said committee have adopted the following.report : 'Agricalture employs the great Mdy‘qf the a around their broken gouneel finesfinrmnckery.n'hlion, apd is the Cundamegial interest of go-. ° of patmier days -and tell, the Tathets to their. kore, the tales Of former tired, which their forefathers had told to them,. ~' r ig the following, which is certainly fall of in- { terest. 'They relate that where the bay of 1San Francisco now 16, was formerly a great lake, longer, broadef and deeper than the bay. According to their accounts, this luke was more than three hundred miles in length, with no outlet to the ovean except in the rainy sea- son, when it would overflow its banks, and a small stream would flow to the ocean, some thirty miles south of the present outlet to the bay. 00 ___ N , 'The ridge of hills long the cvast was then unbroken, and served as a dyke to prevent the waters of the lake from escaping to the ocean. e. wbove that of the ocean, and its waters exten- ded fir up what is now known as the Sacra: meaté valley, and southward covering the valley of San Joaquin. ‘ papulons tribes of Indians dwelt; who. - \y‘a- ges lined Its shores, \ Indesd~-tcredente o ulation ot California will never be equal to those ancient days, when the red men fished in the fresh waters of the lake. and. hunted the deer undisturbed through the forest. .. , The hills stong the coast are formed of soft sand-stone, and through this, the tradi- tion relates, the water began to make a {breach, it yearly grow wider;-until it burs} through and among the hills with tremend- oue power, leaving steep cliffs and procipices to mark its way. And what was once a lake several hundred miles in length, is now a bay not forty miles long. This may have been the cause for such a change, butit would seem far more reasonable to attribute it to some volcano which in those days might have beamwas. prevalent there as they are now in Mexico and Central America, How far this tradition can be corroborated must be determined by those who have the means. Butno one who bas witnessed the steep blaffs around San Francisco, or has passed the singular entrance of the bay, call- ed the Golden Gates, with its perpendicular walle, or bas seen the noless singular blufls of Raccoon Straits, a few miles north of San Francisco, can for a moment doubt that they were formed by some powerful agency, either fire or water. .- - On the hille around San Francisco, fresh water shells are found, and the small istand of Yarbe Buena, which lies directly opposite the town, is completely covered with shells which facts go far to prove the truth of the tradition, which bas no doubt been handed down from former generations, as marking an era no less important in Indian tradition than the deluge is in sacred history. This event may have taken piace a thousand yearm,or even enty centuries ago, sa the. tradition affords to date as to when it occurred, It is a eob- jeot well worthy of study, and which may throw some light on the origin of the gold duet, and the manner of its distribution over so large a tract of country. Pretty Thoughts. What is contentment? 'The philosophy of thfe and the principle ingredient in the cup ( of happinees-a commodity that is underyal- { ued in consequence of the very low price it | can be obtained for. . What is happiness? A botterfly that roves from flower to flower. in the vost garden of existence, and which is eagqrly pursued by the tqititude, in the vast hope of obtaining the prize; yot it continoally eludes their What is ambition? A fierce and uncon- the high road-.to preferment; and it oftes times throws bim such a fall that he rarely ever regovers. ' What is crime 1 A wretched vagabond travelling from,place to place in a fruitless at- tempt to escape from justice, who is constant- ly engaged in.hot pursuit.- A fee .to, virtos and happiness, tipugh at umes thecommpagion ol gon; innocence, sho is too. often made 16° s9fer for the guilty. What is, 7 A pair.of «tales in which | the actions of mankind are often fighfi - incorrect are ”alumni? L & “tiara stakd and bate 0% Among the traditfons current amohg them i | certainty be traced and ascertafacd, irolable steed, that bears its rider onteard in i ed, would enable every fariier\ to 'Batp the ctew. K large maiority (over tbxepofourths). of (bepeoplente engaged Jfelin gationg-pur- sults,, All ”he: injerest ary dofiendept upon it (I; furpiahes means for liafs, or menufactgres, and aru'cTes Afor come merce., Whatever adds. to the productions of the soil, adds eo much to national wegith and: prosperity, and is felt in every departinent of labor and every parsuit of industry. ... > And yet this. great, parpgmount, national interest, by far the most imporignt of.any, has been entirely neglected by government. Tp this the Jight of science has never been extended, or.any legislative gid «been given. It has been left to the solitary exertions of in- dividual energy, and the. chance improve- ments of individual enterprize. . Our covatry is and always will be, eabort-, tially an agricultural one. We fHaveg' vast extent of territory, embracing every variety of sail, climate, and productions; but. in. no department of kaowledge is there a9_ mach left undiscovered and unexplored . ao i hat Tith agrieclzore, in regard to each anieall of p OE IS [these. The eciense of agriculture is.. “fig'fn _- be given to the-tales of.the Indians, the pop-Hite infants. my: A j t-the :f ane . for gene‘ral undfxtendéflnbservaliuns,gr‘ o timefor study and investigation, Weceis to fix principtes and arrive at useful: results. Agriculigre is noy studied or regarded H8 'a science, but gonducted in a conlased afld' in-. consistent . variety .of, modegy.. amofflih’é‘ to loog practice, without understanding ite'first principles. so a re dh Agricultural societies, in roany of the gal\ s have been voluntarily establigehd, - this in some degree ; and, although very in- perfectas to the means of general information -not having the benefit of the Iébors of sci- entific men, devoting their time 10 expeti- tents and study, to collecting facts arid\ ob- servations from maoy and differept sources,, by which alone gengral principle$ cab with. : n ¥8d Tim- ited as they ore in the ability . Fefi'ending, and diffusing the information \b ?fifl'eflé§k§fll their sucess has exceeded the mogy Ringiine expectations, and provés how much, 'gider a proper system, might be accomplished. , , The establishment, of an, agricultural board was recommended by Washingiou, uild 'dfh- era of the garlier presidents, and by otr late lamented Chief Magistrate. And it is time something should be aitempted in afd of this, the first and greatest interest of our from which all others derive their sufi'gfafiee and support. + sos lan Washington's views on thig gubjéét rite presented in few words, chearly and forellily, as follows : ' . \ It will not be doubted that, with relgrebce gither to individual or natiogal welfare/d¢ri- culture is of primary importance. In $5;- tion as nations advance in ppppTufiqn’ini other circarastances of maturity,. thia {roth becoraes more opparant, and renders th#'cul- tivation qu the soil, mote and un Wm! «q pmblic patronage. Institations for prothor ting it grow up supported byf he publicgliétse ; and fo what object can it be dedicated \With greater propreity 1 Among the mean# that have beer employed to this end,, none rbzive been attended with greater suecass than/tbo esiablishment of agricultural boards, cothpos- ed of proper characterd, charged with ing ard diffusing information, and §n€b¥cd, by pretaiams and small pecuntiry afd,}¥g &n- courngé and assist a spirit of by drawing to a common centré Thi resulti/ev- erywhere, of individual skill ngd 'obser¢ifion , and ty spreading them thenc§ over Ihe chole sation. Raperi¢uge has necordjngly that they are very cleap instruments of im- mense notional benefite®, \ ©% 9C A c\) Au agricaltaral boreso, proper] bgnefii of scientific experitieots tqd aipdy, and of chemfeal analysis, as fully a? g? [Sissyd been at all the labor himself, wad th rep 'the froits of the most extebded téses veatigition in regard +0 evervi o an of thweoll; analysis ST p} of dineralbobstac mfifig t eres relating to Uis-laws-of nature, As. | --
