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H. 1. RUSSELL Publisher. A FARM AND FIRESIDE JOURNAL. - . wan-Ix. COOPERSTOWN N. Y., SATURDAY APRIL 17 1886 Poetry. A . Sonnet. 10s mz Writton expressly for the Dunno ° (( 1 my w. an [BemeoNen s ___.. Yo stars that burnin yor high urehlng dome. _ Ye burning eves of nightly glory.bright, __ Thou moon, so-00!d and clear the queen of night. | T well might write a grand, a mighty tome; 'To tell the paths. ob, orbs! and of the home Where rolling nightly at the awinl height, On wings of Gods, yo take your airy flight, And all the length of distance overcome; While man doth undertake to gain the sphere © Where happiness awaits and all Is love, 'Where planets sing the muslo of the Gods, - And where the godd of earth loso all their fear, to my age, would make you independent. It is a filthy, costly babit, no matter how popular or. commati, 'Avoid tobscco in every-form. aso thing of use or habit, is our advice. _- .--Do-not-be-afraid_of-work:. Pracficein- dustry and economy, Earn %o , that.you mayhave.~ Bave so -that yor may spefid ['The road to independent competency s open ahd plain. Riches are not locked in any seoret casket. - All are alike open for the-race. . He that efrns and. saves, wins. \All the secret there is in having a full purse, is putting into it more than you take out. By so doing it will soon stand out with full- ness, Even if the sums saved are small, duriné mirktay. We will tell his whole story by quoting a few extracts from pri- vate letters received during the lunar half of the decade of 1830. 'We find it difficult to tell a story where a third-party is concerned in a. way not to make its chief actors known personally to a [portion of our readers. Bes 'cautious as [possible somebody will recognize the par- ties. Many will readily know who our young friend was, but we doubt whether any will recognize the scenes described, unless one of the parties named should be still living. We will omit- all dates and names, . ~\My dear friend, according to promise I the bed and Barely some one wasin bed with me. I raised upon my elbow and ns true as life, my dream was a reality. Ly ing upon her side, her face towards me, sound asleop, was my lovely sequaintance. I cast my eyes around the room.and'.upon a chair 'rested her fleecy white garments, while her hat and wraps Inyupon: the sofa near. =~ \I lay and for -n moment gazed as one' spell bound. How came she herg? How would I get out of the dilemma? What would the result be should the fact of out position become known? \How was all this mysterious matter to end? .Just at that moment her eyes opened and she gaz- And-man-is lifted-up-and-placed-above,-- No more to feel affllctiqns burning rods. A Sonnet. a- To THE MUSE or Tubrony. ertten expressly for the Orszco Fanxzz, Bxow. al P. \Thou Goddess Clio, fabled wide, perched on Thy pedestal of time, hath seen the men From nnolent Adam's day Hath seen them when ' . \They fell like heroes, dead. Haflx seen man don Phe garb of peace, and for the plebs; the sun Hath seen with theo their souls made free. Again If he had atrongth to rule, wast.with him then. Hath chronfcled the sights of men upon The sea. Kingdoms have rose and fell before Thine eyes. The arts of men thou knowest well. Sublime gelence hath not from thee concealed Her heart. Thon hath told us of beds of ore | Below stored up. Of songs and tales canst tell. Only the end of time will see theo sonled. Hopics. BRominlscences of Farm Life of Olden Times, Stories, &c.=--No. 17. Written expressly for Tus Orszoo Fanxzn, BY i. BAKER, A FEW WORDS TO THE BOYB. A LOVE SoRY. Some \time since we promised the boys another paper. No part of this will be of «any interest to the girls, so of course none of them will read it. It seems to you a long time to look ahead fifty or sixty years. Tt is some time surely, but you can hardly «onceive how soon it will pass, Every «ny as its evening shades appear, counts «one towards the many, and they will rap- idly continue to follow each other. No maiter how well, or how illy we improve them, they will not stop to wait for us. Neither will they return for us to use again to rectify our mistakes we make as zhey pass along. Hence the importance of making as few as possible. Hnving been a boy, a young man, a mdddle aged man and now an old one, we feel as though our advice, if heeded, would be of some use to those now coming on to the sotive stage of fife, who will many of them pass through all the various stages above named. It is a great misfortune for n boy to foil to 'fit himself for the duties and responsibilities of manhood. [Just look about you, boys, among the men of your requaintance, and see who of them occupy the position you would like to fill. First, wo are suré you do not want to fill the place of those who nre slaves to .. vile vicious You do not want, or expect to be drunkards. We will tell you how to avoid such an end, and the for- mation of such a habit, A life of obser- vation has convinced us that safety lies only . ond entitely in letting all intoxicating drinks alone, 'We are confident that a taste for the like of Hquor is easily formed; in fact it may besaid to be natural Al- most every Indian we ever knew would get drunk every opportunity, So too with their squaws. That fact would seem to prove the taste for such liquor natural, or at best easily acquired. Let it alone. with it, is to invite ruin. Bome men can, and do use it with moderation and escape becoming its victims, but such are few. Ere they are-aware, they have an appetite which they cannot control. | Don't take the chance. - Wenever yetsaw a man bettered or improved by such a habit, but we can count the ruined by hosts. You, boys, all want and expect to be in- dependent in regard to the actual needs of life, If not rich,. You cannot expect it if you spend your earnings for strong drink, We now know htindreds of men poor and needy, with needy suffering families, who if they had the money they have spent for drink, would be rich. Such will be your case if you pursue the same rosd. | But the To trust it, or to tamper |; in time the smallest gains count, Money seems to like its kind for company. Dol- lars nover quarrel in a purse. But they do sometimes seem to burn in some pock- ots. Life is given us for a good use. We should not waste it. We should not use it in a way to make qurselves and others mis- erable. We should improve it for-our own good and the good of our race, 'We believe in enjoying it to its fullest extents but truly no comfort ever contes from vice or wrong. 'To obtain all the happiness possible, we must obey the true moral and physical laws which govern our being. We think that means obtained by the loss of others, no matter how much, never give happiness to their possessor. The man who looks upon his houses and lands and bonds an@»money, and sces in them only the gains of wrong, money or property wrested from others, can never enjoy such wealth. If he ds so hardened as not to note the wrong, he is too low fallen for «enjoyment or-happiness. You all expect to live happy lives, and we truly hope you -will. 'To do it you must make yourselves useful. Let society be improved by your lives. Let it be ben- efitted by your examples.. Let the world be made better for your having lived in it. Let it reap gains from your earnings. | Bear your full share of the burthens of life. Be a full pure jewel, instead of a glass or paste imitation. You are not to spend -life alone, half the world are-women. You are in time to ob- tain the companionship of one of the best of them, if you deserve such a one. Many of you will get better ones than you de- serve,. Women average better in all ways than meu. Men may not like to own the fact, but it is nevertheless true. It is prov- en every day in life. Hence the average of men get better companions than they de- serve. Be worthy of the best prize in the lot- | tery-of life, and when won, make her as happy as possible Happiness flees from vice and wrogg. It is in vain to seek it in any improper course. It is never so found. Maby persons think a life of leisure and case a life of enjoyment. No mistake could be greater, We were not created to live in and enjoy idleness. Employment is ever essential to happiness. We ure so mide that it isa necessity to trie enjoy: ment. Work to the rightly constituted is not an evil or source of miscrijus of pure pleasure, Now that we have pr'fiitéhcd a long pro- sy sermon we must mix in a story as a par- tial atonement for its dullness. We have told our readers that a part of our educa- tion was obtained by studying with private teachers. One of those by whose ald we sought to dive into the mysteries of philos- ophy, algebra and latin, was a young grad- uate but two or three years our senior, and a native of Chenango county. He was as fine a fellow as we ever knew, smart ap- pearing, good looking, and a scholar of Tare attainments, - He chose the profession of law, and rose to eminence in a State south of Mason's and Dixon's line. ~ He used to say he would never marty, that no fair face should ever draw his at- tention from his books, - When on his trip south, which was taken by water and by stage, he found the first day a beautiful, well educated planter's daughter on her return from a long term in a New England acadenty, Hercompany was very agrees ble. Het uniform plessant good. nature, her sparkling wit, her general information made her a traveling companion whose so- clety no one could fail to enjoy. Our friend found himself very much in- terested in her, and: by those little atten- Joss of iis Cost is bata small part of the | Hons ever-in the- power-of-a-traveling com- Toss such habits ensure to their possessors and their families. It units its victims for s usefol life.. It desttays his sources of happices | It - makes him abhor bitmself and feel that he is degrading his manhood and his race. | It often entails lasting:hfisery, crime and its rewards. staff In its forms alone boys, and whatever evils befall you in life on, endes make her trip as en- joyable as possible. He solemaly snd firmly resolved that however much she might affect his head, his heart should like his hands; stilF ever remain his own. hyErlavfi-xg'flgeszagemdx some seven- tyfive miles before hearived at his desti- nation: She gave him her fatherraddress So the ride continued and eoded L write you. You can hardly conceive of the wonderful experiences I have bnfl dur- ing the past few weeks. I came by water as contémplated to Baltimore, and there took the stage for-the remainder of my journey, I had for one of my traveling companions a young lndy of great beauty and of rare persopal attractions, other than that produced by her fair and comely face. 'You will know that I always claimed that beauty was only skin deep, but in her I found myself charmed by 'a_beauty far deeper than can be carried' in the human face, no matter how fair. ''We stopped at Washington over the, Sabbath, and don't you be alarmed at the recital of the fact that we, that is myself and my fair charmer, attended church to- gether in the same house of worship in which President Jackson, and many of the government officers are ever present, I had a fair view of the old hero... Mier. church we walked past some of the public buildings and took what view we could of our nation's capitol. a cirenitous route to our hotel, You may well believe it a joyful day for- me, The weather was delightful and my company simply charm- ing. Our route kept us four days longer In each other's society. You may be as- sured it was as much as ever that I could prevent being wholly captivated. I may sometime change my mind as regards a life of celibacy, if this charming fair can be found after I have established my reputa- tion, and made my fortune. \When she left the coach, which she did some seventy or eighty miles this side of F , I could hardly refrain from ask- ing the privilege of continuing our chance acquaintance. | She, unasked, gave me her father's address, with an invitation to call nt his pinntation if ever I should find it convenient. After she left the conch, I rode two. more days, but mind you all the zest of singing was gone. \I am now fairly established in an office in this..city and shall forget all fair faces, | and every other distracting thing, until I gain a high position in my profession * * 'Three months have. elapsed since I wrote you. - I am making rapid strides for a stranger in my law practice. I have twice already been pitted against,the dis- tinguighed statesman C--- of this State. It has given me a standing and position so soon, which I could not reasonably have hoped to attain in years. - How I wish you had choson or would choose trig profession of law instend of that of medicine or me- chanics, - You could then come south and would soon no doubt meet with well de- served success. \I have so far been too busy to let any fair face or form come betweed me and my loved and chosen profession. - I have heard nothing froin my fair stage coach compan- fon, whose vivacity and besuty so nearly upset me, as I wrote you in my last.\ * * \ About five months later we received an- other from which we make the following extract. * * * I bave just returned from the village of M- where I had been called on professional business being again engaged in opposition to the distinguished C-- I have before named. | And strange as it may appear I again won. | But I have had an experience within the past week that sets successful law suits all in the shade. \I was, at the close of the sult above named, called upon by a planter residing just in thesuburbs of the village of M- to do for him some impoftant legal business relating to his nunierous plantations, which occupied some days, and necessitated my spending the Sabbath with his family. I was given for my quarters an elegant front room with an uncommon wide bed with high posts, and curtains in the- best of style. - The bed stood beaded to north wall of the room withs writing desk near s window at the right and dressing table and looking glass on the oppositeside. I spent Saturday evening until a late hour writing, and retired at near midnight, and was soon lost to aR earthly things in one of my best aud soundest sleeps. \The planters wifehed told meat the ___. let Jt not be thoss:of Intermperance. mmfimmn Wdhbsm Because its use is so unt- and innfled kim to visftthflflflbe ever her on the vious week with her, and she was glad my mmhégcw the the aviser for the mistake. tea table, that Sha expected a rdece to visit who had spent cd-me full in the face, with expression ; of the wildest amazement upon every feat- ure. Ina moment, as if comprehending the situation inpart, she lowly-said, is not this Mr. ---, how came you here? \'Well Miss-- I may ask how you came here, I am sure at midnight when I retired you was notin the room? An ex- planationfollowed, that she had aftermid~ night arrived in the stage, it having been delayed by a breakdown, ond as she bad the week before occupied the same room; she had quietly come in and retired without a light, orwithout awakening any of the family. Bhehad slipped into the bed per- fectly unconscious of my presence. \She had too much self control and good sense to scream, or make any kind of a scene, and related all, as calmly as if in s parlor. She advised. me to remain in bed, and sbe would get up,dress in her full traveling attire and go out, and after \sotfe delay come in as if she bad. just ar- rived, We would appear as strangers and keep our own counsel, and nobody would 'Her plan was readily assented to, and successfully put into execution, as none of the family were yet awake. The hall and front stairs connected directly with our room, 'nod quiet movements were not heard in other parts of the large man- sion, and thefront or other doors were seldom locked, ''We met again at the breakfast table and were formally introduced. Of course we at once recognized each other as old stage corch acequrintances, and were soon on the most social terms. During the day, her uncle tookus about for a ridein his family carriage and we had a lovely time, How the matter of out requaintance will end I know not.. One thing is certain, and that is, I have changed my mind as to a life of cilibacy, and shall win the fair an- gel if I can. \I must tell you one more thing that will surprise you. After our return, she solicit- [ed of the privilege getting the tea, an art she had learned while at school mortlh 'You may rest assured that finer cakes ond biscuits were never eaten than her fine skill as if by magic produced, in a very short time. They were delicious, nnd the queenly grace at which she presi- ed at the tea urn would do honor to one of noble descent. ''No doubt by this time you will con- clude that I have a case of double love on band, and I am not certain but that is so. You may expect to hear more from me as timo passes, but nothing more exciting than my last twenty-four hours of experi- ence can possibly occur, ''When you write me, say nothing of any of my matters (in any way pertaining to women) ns I want no one to know of the things which I have written you, and your letters might fall into bands for Awhom they were not intended,\ * * * * * How this singular matter ended this pa- per will not attempt to tell, as-it is already much too lengthy, we never yet having ac- quired the ability of telling many things, with few words. - -__-_-se+4 - Hints for the Spring Work,. The experience of bee keepers; not all novices, is that while they can get their bees through the winter well, the early spring is the most trying time. The Hife of the Worker bee is short at best, and the great proportion of those that go.into win- ter quarters die before the sesson is half over, - New brood must be reared to main- tain the strength of the colonies It is often fatal to success to start colonics af work rearing brood too soon, which is done when they are placed too carly upon the stands before the westher remains con- tinuaily propitious. It is better to wail, Colonies coming through the winter very | strong may be trusted out earlier than wesk oue. Warm weather will excite the bees to activity; if this occurs unusual ly early, the colonies should be Eept as quict as possible. When the -buds of Mmfimplepuifwmmmgamle. thay be safely released=from-their onment. Queens are Hable to disease and | death, and it happeris that sometimes _ oof. has a geen If both afte? érainthation Impris-| ony is without a queen. In such tease &i *** {may well be united With ® weak 'one that | PT prure }\ 1mm); If hmykMMud p Farm Notes, To lmvéL early potatoes, keep the seeds potatoes in a warm room to start the eyes. Wood ashes arfd plaster make an. excell» ent fertilizer for all .kinds of grass crops, | and should be freely used. . Capital Ta. Labor» *C, For mofe. than twenty years 'Thave tloed. the increasing antogonism betw capital and labor, and at the: present-dz! uesumes alarming proportions; \but. fault Is not~all on one side, both, parties have exceeded the bounds of Justice; ° Tobacco smoke, tobacco water and the vnpor of steam of the tobacco water, are [the sure destructives of the aphis. ~ A tree is not a post. The post requires a small hole and deep; the tree a broad hole well filled with rich, friable earth. Sheep sick and dying on dry provender have had the mortality arrested when en- silage dict was substituted, says an ex- *. There appears to be a great change n the - people st large as- to what.fs just, and mots al honesty appears fo be n 'scatce article. ~ 'The ofder.of thd. day # to> dispense with. ~ moral honesty, and charge all it will bear, | all they can get, for both Isbor and mas . éhandite. Many péople sre-watching for> chances to take advantage of other people's .. necessities; the rich, combine 'to buy up _. change. In feeding you want to notice that some animals are more dainty as to their choice than others; their likes should be respect- ed. > > The poultry business cannot be monopo- lized; every man, woman-gud - child can raise\ poultry without depending upon large amounts or capital, A clteap paint for barns, it is said, may be composed of twelve pounds melted Fpitch, one quart linseed oil and two pounds yellow ochre, ntixed thoroughly. When a plum tree gets badly covered with knots the infected limbs should all be cut off close to the trunk of the tree, that an entire new top may be formed. A farmer of experience in wool growing says that there is more money in growing wool at ten cents per. pound than in loan- ing money at twenty per cent, interest, Dr. Bturtevant says mimony dairy herds are made profitable by a half dozen individual cows, while the rest help only enough to-py expenses, and perhaps not pay that. When sowing grass seed see that it ‘ls done with a liberal hand, There is little danger of geting too much seed on the ground. Some will never grow, and there ought to be a good stand at first, Grow a crop of peas in the old orch- ard and let the pigs harvest it. Sow early, two bushels per acre, with 400 pounds of good fertilizer, Good for the peas, better for the pigs and best for the orchard. Grape cuttings for the spring planting, mey be made now. Cut into® convenient length for picking, Tie cuttings in small bunches and pack in sand, standing them on end to remain until needed for use.. Don't forget that \scours\ in calves can be, for the most part, prevented by regular feeding and warm dry quarters Don't forget also that the disease is oftenest brought on hya failure to observa these rules, . To cure a cow of the habit of sucking: herself, says the Jorsey Bulletin, maken saturated tincture of powdered aloes and alcohol, keep it in a mucilage bottle, tight- ly corked, and paint the end of each teat with the mixtare, and the cow will soon become disgusted. Kentucky blue-glass seed should be sown at the rate of twenty-eight pounds to the acre, if sown alone and for pasture, butif for lawn forty-two pounds should be sown, Where white clover is desired with the blue grass three pounds of the clover seed will be sufficient for an acre, 'To Baise or Buy Cows. Bball the datryman raise his cows or buy them ready-made? To answer this ques tlon intelligently we must know something of bis surroundings. If profitable cows can be bought under $50 a head at three years of age, it is very questionable if he can raise them cheaper. The common ar- gument in favor of raising fostead of buy- ing cows, is that the heifer at two, or even three, years of ago will not hays cost as much as the first price of thematured caw. is, how many heifer calves must you raise one that is profitable? This matter is var- ously estimated according to the self-com- placeney of the man making the will make profitable cows every tinie. My[b own experience, compared withmodest point to the requirement of & bunch -of first class, profitable cow. To be sult; men's minds differ as to what constifulasa good cow; but let us call her a seven any breeder mum hkethem 6 There is, however, another very scrious|!' point to take into consideration, and that to the age of threes years before you US' and genaalrytruflafol»bteedexs,wemw’ five calves, as a rule, to make uné good,}, pounds-of- buttera-week cow, and is there is 7, and get a corner on- can, and then sell it for an exorbitant price and thus rob the consumers. to increase theif wealth, and the people view it as all right, Rich monopolies and manufacturers, when they got the chance, have ground down, and oppressed their employes, snd now the wage workers are combining: to sectire ceed the bounds of justice where they got the advantage, it is not to be wondered at. 'This antagonism has reached alarming di» mensions, and without doubt the world is on the eve of the greatest uphegval ever witnessed, and this country will beinvalved in the trouble. Our leading political men have welcomed and protected anarchists of all nationalitfes, and it fs 'ceftain that a man cannot put fire in his bosom-and not be bumed.g_@erean~flxey—eneonm, under the false Eliza of political offenders, -: Lessasiffis:of every dling without suffering . the consequences of their acts, | For many years throughout our, country the pulpit > and press have been proclaiming that the' : world was growing better, that there was, a good time coming, but facts show the ere roncousness of these assertions. Crime has increased every year; corruption among our law makers and. public officers has in« creased to an alarming extent, and instead of a good time coming, both scripture and the signs of the times predict a ting of - trouble. 'In the Zist chapter of Luke's gospel, Christ predicts the éalsmities that would befall the Jews, and of their disper- slon among the nations until the t of the Gentiles are fulfilled, and then predicta |a time of trouble so alarming that men, will expire througli fear of what's coming on the earth.-Margin of reviged version. * In the 12th chapter of the book of Dan« fel, he predicts a time of trouble suth as never was up to thit time, and at that time - Daniel's people will be delivered. ~ It is evident from the above scriptures that the time of this great trouble is located at about the end of Gentile supremacy, _ which is now near at hand. | For eighteen centuries the Jews have been a scattered ._ people, but now their disabilities are being- > removed and they ate tising into promi- nence among the people, and some of them are returning to theif own. land and. city which is as certain a precursor of the end of Gentle times, as is the blossoming of the fig tree a precursor of summer. Th apostle James says: \Go to now yo Tes that aro coming upon you *~*-#*--- you have laid up your treasures in the last days,\ &c, 'The heaping together treasures in the last days locatesits fulfill ment near the present time. This may be considered a-dark outlook of the futuro, but does not the scriptures and signs of the times Warrant our expec- tations of just such times? 'We think they do.. And now wo must say to these con- tending factions, if they desire to escape coming calamities, put aay, your pride and artogance, let the rich cease to accu- mulate wealth by unjust means, whether - legal or not, and let the wage workers ceaso to dictate to their employers who they shall and shall. not employ.. It fs -unjfust to in- sist that an inefficient mau shall have the _' tight fommge his own business, more pay for their Tabor, and if they ex- < rich men, weep and howl for your miser |.. . 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