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!ii-l uiiilsi-iriirr, J rtill not i!i^|iiiik ll,.'ir pre-cini- 

 IH-Dce— <iiilv lii>|iiNf.' lliiii, w hill" lliey III p ir|if)siii;.' 

 ii|i(>ii tlieir j.iiiiels, ;i \ntjiiir iiiid miil^ilioiis riviil, 

 in II tjiii- ami ^'tencruiis (•(jipi|M'tiii(iii, itjav lie up 

 Willi tlioiii as snoii as piissililf, and ilislaiici> llieiii 

 if lie oaii. 15m cliinaies and siinsliint! arc not 

 iiiidci- liiiniaii coiitidl: and llie I'l.ct whii-li I Imvc 

 slati'd, is in in.v mind cslalilishod, and not llit; re- 

 fiidt of inei-c |)rfjndicc, of wliirli, on any sni'ji'ft, 

 if I were ronscions of it, I should Ik: asliaiui'd. 



Anrcdote of Old Ironsidks. — Tlie most 

 liiilhaiit naval action of tin* laft war iindoMl'iedly 

 was lliat of the old Ainciican fii.L'ate ('onslilu- 

 tion, 44, conniiandi'd liy C'oniniodore Sluwarl, 

 when she caplnrid iliulwo liriiish I'oryiiics, Cy- 

 nne and Levant, <>f irreatly siiperioi' force, oadi 

 of them hpiii'.' eipnl to ih*: oldliishioiied '-ii ;;nii 

 frigates. The liaiidlinj.' of the Anierican liiirale 

 was Ihronyhoiit scieiilifii- and iiiiexceplionalile. 

 Bv no iiiaiKrnveriMi; could either o( the liiilish 

 vessels iilitain a position lo rake the fjonstilniion. 

 8liili Iheir around as they would, Old Ironsides 

 Wiis hetween lliein, lilaziiii: auay n|M)ii liolh v<'S- 

 ricjs at the same lime. During the whole action, 

 Stewart, inslead of rnoniiiiu;,' the horse-hloclv, sat 

 in a njoie o.vposed silnalioii iistride of the hain- 

 inock nellini;s, tiie belter to nliserve the tnaiicpii- 

 verinu' of his anlau'oni.sl. The Cyane was the 

 first to strike to l$roiher .lonalhan — not an iiiin- 

 sn.-d thinir xvilh liriiish vessels dnriliu' ihat war. 

 The first Lienienanl came in haste li> ihe Ccnii- 

 inodoie to announce liie lad. " The starhoaril 

 ship lias struck, sir," said the officer. " 1 know 

 ii. sir," replied ilie Coininodori' ; '' ihc hatlle is 

 jo-t half won." " Shall lorilerllie hand to strike 

 lip Yankee Doodle, sir '" impiii'ed ilie lienleiiaiit. 

 Here the conimodoie took a hn;;e pinch of snnli; 

 and then answiied i]iiiikly, "Had we not heller 

 whip the othi'r lirsl. sir .-" ■'.■\y, :jy, sir," replied 

 i;;e lientenanl, taUiiei the hint, and went lo his 

 rpiarler,-'. Ilia short li'ne aflerwards the Levant 

 hiwered the e, OSS of Old rCii^lalid to the stars 

 and stri|ies, and the liaiile was ended. The lieu- 

 tenant feelini.' soineHhal relinked at his preiiia- 

 liire exnliaiioii upon the surrender of the first 

 ves.sel, was rather shy of approaehiiii,' his coiil- 

 niander aijain : lini Slewart, hecUoniiifi lo him, 

 said with a smile — '• DinVI i/oii Ihivk (he hnml hid 

 heller strike lip Yankee Dooillt now, sir?-" In an 

 inslant that spiril-stirrinu siraiii u as floating; in 

 the breeds pla\inL'as nooihcr than a Yanke 

 Ininl can play it, and the (.'allaiit ci 

 forili their cheers of victor), as no olln-r ll 

 Y^•lllkf!e crew can slnint. 



ritories of the United States to extend north 

 and south from their extreme northern points, 

 iVoiii tirt lo ,54 north, inclndiiif; Oregon, Ti^vas. 

 and a lar^'e poriioii of Canada, and stretch he- 

 tween parallel lines from ocean to ocean, they 

 would not etpial in size the empire of Chiia. — 

 Great ;is 1 liavi: descrihed the physical dinieti^ions 

 nt' China, this vast ciicnmlerenee is impeiietra- 

 hle to foici^'iiers. And at <me |)oint only, on it? 

 hoiindless lionlier.a, can it he entered — at the 

 eiiy of XlamalelilrL, on ihe Russian horder, where 

 the caravans aiiniially pas.s with tea. — Fletcher 

 tt'ehsler. 



Onions. — h is estimated Ihat nhoiit 30,000 har- 

 rets of onions have heen raised in Danver.s, the 

 past season, lieiii.ir a larire increase over any pie- 

 eedliiK year. At 80 cents per liarrel, the price 

 they hriny; in Ihe market, the pross value of the 

 cr<ip ainoiinls to 8-4,000. It is enoni'li to make 

 the producers weep tears of joy. — Danvers Cour- 

 ier. 



Faioiing. — A Ijiriner in Saratoira Comity, who 

 keeps tweiilY cows, has this season received (iir 

 hntter S.5'i5 ; for 91 pijrs falteiie<l on bntlermilk, 

 .fl7:i. Total $093. He has hesides used milk 

 and hntter freely for a lar^'e family. The lahor 

 has lieeii [lerforined chii'fly hy teniales. The 

 chiirniiif.' was done hy a stout ram, and good 

 enough fiir him. This is a specimen of the am- 

 ple prosperily of our fii-.wAif^ inieresls. Thou- 

 sands of tons of on- cheese are exported to lOnj;- 

 lanil, at seven and eight cents a pound.— Jour. 

 Com. 



\ T.tN.vi.^p Api'.A.it.\ixs lion) Vermont, was 

 exhiliited at llie lale Fair of the American Insli- 

 Iiile. The skins ar>- placed on a large wheel, 

 jliicli revolves in a vat of tanning liquor, so that 

 each skin is snhmerged and lificd oiil again U\ii-e 

 c, minute, nndergoiii;: consianl Ii ic;ioii. hi this 

 way, e.'ilf skins .are compli'lely tanned in i'.r.aiid 

 sole leather in twei)li/-ove dius. Lealhcr so inadi! 

 was exhiliited. which iluonl.l he hard lo find 

 tliiilt with, A small streani ol' waler v\iil inrn 

 liie wheel; no aiii-nd.iiice is needed; a lniie(iji)t 

 losing liv shrink. i;;e .is in ihe old w;iy) produces 

 more h'aiher ihaii li\ the old process. 



Iro.n Husi.nf.ss If Warehaw. — The last Sand- 

 wich (.Miserver contains an interesting stateinenl 

 of the amoiinl of iron manufacfnred in Waie- 

 li im. Ii 'eenis that there are Ibiir l.irge iron 

 inaiinfaciorie-i now in operation, and Ihat a fifth 



is s to he esi.ihlished. These four factories 



iire e.ip>il)le of maniilKetining about 20,000 loos 

 a year of scrap iron into various iirlicles. This 

 at $.50 a ton will ainomil to no less than §11,400,- 

 000 per aminni. They eoiisnme uhont 10,000 

 tons of coal ; and give employment to about 475 

 haiid.s. Besides these eslahlishinents for working 

 iron, iliere is a fnr'iace in opeialion lor castiii;; 

 hollow ware, and other arilch's, which tnins out 

 yearly about (JOO tons of e.isiiiiL'S, valued at §15,- 

 000. " There a-e about 150 na>l tools at «ork, 

 ew s*lioiiied InrniiiL' onl animallv 4,000 Ions of nails, worth 

 ■ !S;il>0,000. 



'I'his is certainly a very good story for a small 

 nnvn on the Ca|)e, with a population, in 1837, of 

 onlv about JOOO souls. 



Next lo Hnssia, whose vast domains oceypy 

 the v\liole norlhi'rn circmnfereni c ol' the earth, 

 ill one almost enlire circle, China is the l.ir;;esl 

 empire of the >v(irld. It exiends lioiii ihi- IHih 

 to the 5'2il parallel of iiorlli laiiinde, thirty-four 

 degrees, ll reaches frcnii the. 14:id to the 70th 

 meridian of longiinde from Greenuich, 73 de- 

 grees, lis biniail.nies seem prescribed by lialnre 

 alone. On ihe norlh, ihe great monnlain ranges 

 of Altai and the (i ihloiinoi separate it li'oni rtilie- 

 rin, along a line of three llionsainl miles; the Pa- 

 cific uasliiM i's e,•l^Ierll coast for more than l«o 

 tlioii^nad miles. The slniieiidoiis Ilininieluya, 

 the I'lindno coa^t and ilie Behiii moiliil.iiiis con- 

 line it on the •■ a. lb and west, ami divide it (roiii 

 India and .Mll'l.anislan, and it slrciibes towards 

 fill' Aral and (,"a,-ipi.iii seas an nniiscei laiiied ex- 

 tent, occnpyin:; lln; limits slali"d. The (.'liinese 

 empire coveis the \v hole i-enlri- of .Asia. It is 

 not wiili reference lo thnt eoiitiiienl, an inappro- j 

 piiate designalion which the Chinese give liiem- 

 selve.'i, of the '• ( 'iiiir.-il Flowiny Nalioii." The 

 superficial exleiil of China is more ihaii five mill , 

 ions of sipiere miles. To liirni an idea of « hat , 

 a surface lliiH is, let us consider that were the ter- for costly overcoats, 



I!iiLi;s FOR Sin.F.CTi.NG Neat Cattle. — The 

 following paragraphs taken from the Farmer's 

 and Grazier's Compleie (Jiiide, an FiighHi «ork, 

 coiilains so nmch good .sense in so tiiw words 

 willi respect lo the seleelion of neat callle that 

 we lake pleasure in connneiiiling them to our 

 readers: 



" :Mnci) has bei'ii wiiitenas to uliat breeds are 

 best ; and a eonsiiler ihly grealer stress has been 

 laid on this part of ihe qiieslion lliaii is warrant- 

 ed by any posiiive resnll. There are good and 

 had of all hri'i'ds; anil provided yon .select sound 

 and lieahhy animals (roni a good stock, you will, 

 if yiin treat theiii propei ly, have liille to cafe for, 

 and less to fear. 



Always purchase callh} luiit li.ive h"eii fed on 

 land of :i.s poer a <]iialily a.s.-joiir own. It r.irely 

 happens that callle purchased Iron; rich lands 

 thrive well on poor soils ; but, au the contrary, 

 those from poorer fiirnis do widl on good land. 

 The choice of iient cattle, itier^ fore, for the stock- 

 iua of f.uiiis, nnisl in a great degree, bo regula- 

 ted by ihe n.ilnre and ipi.-ility of the soil intend- 

 eil to l(-ed tlii'ln on. 



ll is also esseniial Ihat the cattle should be 

 young, as well as betiithy and of a soiiint con<li- 

 Inlioii; for-ihe jonnger they are, tin' mori; likely 

 lliev will be lo do service." 



Frum the .MasB. ridUKlimnn. 

 Farm M''ork for December. 



Winler di^ws nigh yel we have scarely seen a 

 fl ike of snow. Uecemher eommeiices on Mon- 

 day, yet the grass is grien and growing in these 

 last days of iintnmH. 'J'lie poor »r,; liivorcd in n| 

 saviiii; of fuel, and the rich have vet bad no use | 



eitv than usual, and sheep have wantoned ill 

 their lioine on the hills. 



lint iKirlh v\iuds will come, and the northwest 

 will soon tell us where are piled large heaps of 

 snow. Cattle and sheep and all donieslic ani- 

 inal> will soon cry lor liiod and shelier from the 

 haiiils of iheir m.isier.s, and will conic like Noah's 

 dove lo their Wdiited stalhs. Receive them kind- 

 ly, good tanners, and forgive tfieir vagaries. — 

 Feed ami protect them if you wcnihl have them 

 prolilahle servants ; they will repay your kind- 

 iie.ss. 



Dmiiig the first weeks of winter llie refiise 

 apples ihat li.ive heen stored ill heaps should bo 

 ilealt (Mit to milch cows, calves and horses; and 

 round tmiiips intended for callle, will never tell 

 lip belle r than in D-cember. Calves will con- 

 tinue lo grow throngh the winter it yon 'treat 

 lliein well. The best of rovven is not snfiicieiit 

 for ;liein, and meal miis! be given with caiilion. 

 Tliiv an: commonly costive, and their bowels 

 niiisl be kept more tipeii than they can he on hay. 

 Kouis will lie; ibe ariicle afnr jour apples are 

 gone. .Anil il\ou have been prudent \on have 

 laid np roots enough to give them a taste every 

 day till April. 



llor.ses loo need root,*. Too mnrli grain gives 

 them Ihe goiil. High livlni; injures iheir limbs 

 and lenders their gait slifl' as an alderman's. — 

 When their labor is not very severe, carrots will 

 servi' in.slead of an excess of grain. Ripe ap- 

 ples will prevent cosliveness. Clover bay, ton, 

 is betier than any lor this pin pose; and oats are 

 less injurious than any kind of ;;r:iiii. 



Is it worth i/our while In chop np hiiy ? 

 May of the lie.-l ipialiiy will not he much ini- 

 piovi ll by el (ippin:.'. Hnl a great proporiion of 

 slock hay is not all eaten when fed out uncut. — 

 Haj of poor quality will he relished when a lit- 

 tle meal is mixed wiili it under the hay cutter. — 

 .Anoiher advantage in favor of I'liitiiig is, you 

 give a mixed feed, and yon give- it inoi-t. This 

 fills ihe milk pail and is better for all horses 

 than entirely dry food. Heavy horses, particu- 

 larly, work better on sucji feed than dry hay or 

 gr:iin. 



It may not be cnnvenient to cm hay for cows. 

 Hnl as Ibey will give milk ihroiiuh lire moiiiii 

 iIhv mnsi not be put oil' willi the p. mrest fodder 

 ill i!ie first of winter. Husks make more and 

 heller milk than any kind of hay ; therefore 

 hiisk~ should be fed mil in the liire[)arl of llie 

 iviiiier season. The poorest h.-iy should be giv- 

 en in ini.l winter — in the coble;-! weather, when 

 the appetite is good and when hut hllle milk is 

 expected. 



I inly young callle will get along through on 

 almost any feed if yon keep the I'old vrinds off 

 and Ilivc a tight roof. Bin if yon would have 

 Ihem grow in the w inter season jo" inu.sl keep 

 ihi' bowels open. I'ti.ir h;i\ or straw will not 

 do ii. 



Gelling Wood far the SensOH. 

 The fore partol the winter is be.st for cutting 

 and Jiaiiling wood. Snows are schloni deep in 

 December, and trees may be cut clost-r than in 

 Febiuary. Co many farms wbeils answir as 

 well as runners lo li:;ul wood, and more will be 

 accoiiiplisbed when the groHiid is Ixire iban 

 when ihe snow is dei'p. The <la\s are short it 

 is tri.e, but ihiMe is less need of dinner Ihnii in 

 long dayi=. He out hy sunrise, or by eight in the 

 nii'rning, uikIjou may work till four I'. Al., with- 

 out slopping for a full meal. Be home in good 

 se,;.-on and \oii will have an appelile to eat at ihe 

 liishioiiiible ICiighsh hour — the hour which the 

 |{om;iiis chose for their leartiesl meal. More 

 will he accomplislied in this way than by stop- 

 pin:.' at noon to eat. 



TiiA.NKSGiviNO is DOW past, anil the young 

 must attend school. We use ihe strong must, for 

 it isi;-nly barbarous in ibis coinil;-y of free schools 

 lo permit children lo ;:iow up in ignorance. But 

 l(;w arc oli|i';ed to travel mini; lliali a mile 10 at- 

 tend a distriel sehixd. ,Aml siu-li a journey may 

 be ;ciforuicil daily, o^^/ool by boys and girls, 

 wiihoul (letrimeiit'to health. Indeeil. as imicli 

 exercise as this is absolutely necessary to i;ood 

 lie;ilili. .Any male or female \\\in is out anil ex- 

 pnvrd to the wi'aiber rf(i;7iy— wet or dry — is less 

 likely to l:ik'' ciilil than one who peeps out but 

 I mice a wi'ck. 



I All experience proves this— all sensible peo- 

 kiiow it; yet hear wli;it excuses are adniiited 



Cuttle have had more lib- for iioii alKiulaHfe at u district school. " It was 



