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ro, wlio regard cleanliness of cultivation as 

 iblo object of attainment, should destroy tlio 

 ,- weeds which infest their premises, whili: 

 !,•. This is easily done, hut if any should es- 

 ;ape the scythe or hand, let thorn be gathered care- 

 ully together in some convenient place, and burn- 

 sd. The above processes are easy as regards their 

 ;xec\ition, and the accomplishment of the object 

 limed at, sure Maine Cult. 



VN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF IMITATION. 



In the freshet wliich lately overflowed and de- 

 rastated a large portion of the Roanohe country, 

 lot only the growing crops were utterly swept 

 iway, but largo quantities of old corn were de- 

 troyed in the barns, carrying distress to all around. 

 The immediate effect was to increase the price of 

 hat article from $i a barrel, at which it had been 

 elling, to ten dollars. At this period of gloom, a 

 voalthy planter on the Roanoke, perceiving that 

 ome men were disposed to extort upon the people, 

 iromptly ordered three thousand barrels of corn to 

 is factor in Halifax, witli positive instructions not 

 o permit it to become a subject cf speculation, but 



sell it out in such parcels as the demands of the 

 eople might require, at three dollars a barrel, two 

 !ollars and filty cents to be paid to him, the plant- 

 r, and the balance to be retained by the merchant, 

 8 a commission for his trouble. The consequence 

 f this generous act, as may be readily supposed, 

 • as to restore comfort and diffuse joy among a de- 

 ■ressed population. — jYorfolk Beacon. 



(II7°This statement induces us to say that a simi- 

 ir course of action on the part of a Mr Joseph 

 'orter, of Danvcrs, who died more than twenly 

 ears ago, has caused us to hold his memory in 

 igh esteem. 



Somewhere along in the years of '13, '14 or '15, 

 'hen New England crops were sliort, and the 

 5ritish cruisers along the coast interrupted the 

 ransfer of corn from the Middle States to the 

 ^orth, the price of corn was up to $2 per bushel, 

 ^hen this Mr Porter, who had corn of his own rais- 

 iig, to spare, would sell to the poor for $1 33 per 

 ushel, and would sell no more than four bushels 



1 any one man, even though poor ; and to those 

 'hose circumstances were comfortable, he would 

 ot sell at any price. 



Such was the^story, heard in our boyhood, and 

 iiough we know little more of the man than this, 

 ••e now seldom pass the farm on which he lived, 

 /ithout remembering the account, and thinking 

 lat he must have been a good man. — Ed. N. E. F. 



TOMATO DUMPLING. 

 Although we have hut little faith in the belief 

 hat the inventor of the tomato pills will ever he 

 ble to substitute liis concentrated extract of toma- 

 o for calomel, yet we verily do most conscientious- 

 y believe, that the day is not distant when tomato 

 lumplings and puddings will be just as fashionable 

 •n the dinner table, as buiiles now are with the 

 adics. In the manner of composition, mode of 

 :ooking, and sauce, the good housewife must pro- 

 :eed the same as she would with an apple dump- 

 ing, with this exception, that care must be taken 

 n paring the tomato, not to extract the seed, or 

 ireak the meat in the operation of skinning it. We 

 lave eaten this vegetable raw, without any thing ; 

 :utup with vinegar, salt, pepper and mustard; 

 Vied in butter, and in lard, broiled and basted with 



butter ; slewed with and without bread — with cream 

 and with butter — and with a clear conscience we 

 can fay, we like them in every way they have been 

 ever fixed for onr palate. But of all the modes of 

 dressing thoin known to iis, we prefer them cooked 

 in dumplings, for to us it ajipcars that the straining 

 they receive in their dough envelopes, increases in 

 a very high degree that delicate spicy flavor, which 

 even in their uncooked state, make them such de- 

 cided favorites of the epicure ^imer. Far. 



From the Chicjgo Agriculturist. 



WELL, HOW'D VE DO IT.' 



Some forty years ago, on a New England holi- 

 day, I was seated in a room in company with some 

 dozen of my playmates, amusing ourselves by be- 

 holding the sliglit-of-hand tricks of some ventrilo- 

 quist. The performer, in the course of the amuse- 

 ments, began to squeak and squeal like a very 

 small pig ; and, when our oars and eyes were all 

 attention, he conveyed the sound of tins intense, 

 half-suffocated squealing directly under the spot 

 where one of the young urchins sat crouched in 

 the middle of the floor, who instantly tumbled over 

 upon all fours, and, after looking earnestly about 

 for the pig, came to a stand, and looking the ven- 

 triloquist full in the face, said, " Well, how''d ye do 

 it ?" 



Although this question and the peculiar circum- 

 stances — taken, as the young lad was, by .surprise — 

 produced much laughter at the time, and was con- 

 tinued liy way of byword to the no small annoy- 

 ance of ouryoung Jonathan, yet 1 have often found 

 a like query arising in my own mind, and have, 

 many a time, in good sober earnest, exclaimed, 

 " H ell, kow did ye do it ;^" 



When, on a long winter evening, I was engaged 

 in some knotty game with a youth whose mental 

 energies I considered not much superior to my 

 own ; and when, after having expended all my 

 skill in tact and manteuvre, I found myself fairly 

 beaten, I would, in a half earnest sort of a jesting 

 way, vociferate, " ff-'ell, how 'd ye do it V 



When I was just entering on the busy scenes of 

 life, and had begun to contend among men for the 

 meed of praise which public opinion is wont to be- 

 stow on mechanical skill and dexterous manhood ; 

 and when, after a somewhat continued succession 

 of prosperous effort, I have found myself outdone 

 by some brother of the trade, I have said, " Well" — 

 and always succeeded in making his excellence a 

 part of my own, just in proportion as ! succeeded in 

 understanding the highly important "how did ye do 

 it ?" 



When I had gathered around me some of the 

 comforts of life, and was beginning to enjoy some 

 of the comforts of agricultural employment, I found 

 myself associated with a class of men eager to 

 merit the praise of having growed the most abun- 

 dant crop — of having produced the best specimen 

 of agriculture ; and as often as I find myself super- 

 seded in this most laudable game by a farmer of 

 less means than I possess, I frankly acknowledge 

 " Well" and then set myself to know the " ?iou> did 

 ye do it ?" 



Now, Mr Editor, when the toils of the day are 

 over, and I am refreshed by my evening repast, I 

 sit down elated with the buoyancy of the hope of 

 brighter days, when rich harvests will be made to 

 cover our wide-spread fertile prairies, almost solely 

 by the labor of the ox and horse, — in short, when 



the ox shall both sow and reap, and haul to market 

 our various products. I take up your valuable pa- 

 per to learn the advances that are making, and to 

 gain the wished-for knowledge of agriculture ; and 

 when I read of "great yields of corn," ranging 

 from 90 to \'H husliels to the acre ; and whi^n I 

 read of Mr Dunlap's one hundred and thirtynine 

 bushels, and of Col. Walker's one hundred and sev- 

 enty bushels to the acre, and not one word about the 

 previous preparation of the ground, or the manage- 

 ment of the crop, I cannot help exclaiming, " Ifell, 

 well ! how did ye do it ?" 



P. S. — Wiien I write again, I will tell you how 

 I raised 1f>,2.')0 lbs. of ears of corn to the average 

 of one acre, and how I have raised one hundred and 

 thirti/ bus^lie'.s of good wheat to an averaged acre. 



Sangamon Co., III. VV. B. IDE. 



Note. — Most capital— all but the P. S. That 

 we are at a loss to understand. If Mr I. means 

 literally what he says, we will ask him a dozen 

 times, if necessary to obtain the information, " How 

 did ye do itV—Ed. 



EASTWARD HO! 

 There is no mistake now, we presume, that the 

 long contested boundary is settled, and the line so 

 well defined, that there is no sort of difficulty in 

 telling where it is, and in whose dominions you are 

 when in that section of the country. The "dispu- 

 ted territory" is now a thing of history, rather than 

 of present existence, and the terms of the treaty 

 by which the 'dispute is ended, as far as Maine is 

 concerned, are advantageous. We therefore ad- 

 vise those who wish to go to a " wild lot," to walk 

 over to the Aroostook or St. John, and look out a 

 place to suit their convenience and taste, and forth- 

 with commence operations. The time cannot be 

 long before lumbering operations in that region 

 will increase in extent, and the whole length of the 

 St. John, from the ocean to its source, be "vexed" 

 by "live Yankees," engaged in the business. 

 These must have supplies for their men and their 

 teams ; and all that the farmers of that section can 

 raise in the shape of breadstuffs, beef, pork, pota- 

 toes, grain and hay, will meet with a ready sale at 

 their very doors. All that you can make of cloth- 

 ing in the domestic way, will also meet with ready 

 sale — such as stockings, mittens, shirts, coats, &c. 

 &c. In addition to all this, those who migrate into 

 that country will require supplies until they can 

 raise some for themselves, so that there cannot be 

 a reasonable doubt that agricultural products will 

 meet with a ready sale there and good prices for 

 many years to come. Indeed we do not at present 

 know of a location where a fairer prospect is held 

 out for the industrious and enterprising young man 

 than in that part of our State. — Maine Farmer. 



The Hon. Henry Clay has recently been pre- 

 sented with a plow, by Messrs. H. Hays & Co., of 

 Louisville. In acknowledging the receipt of it, 

 Mr Clay says : 



" Among my earliest recollections, is that of hav- 

 ing, when a boy, followed the plow. In the eve- 

 ning of life, I shall renew and cultivate my ac- 

 quaintance with this old companion, one of the best 

 and most faithful friends of man. * * 



God speed the plow and the plow maker." 



The Barre Gazette estimates the loss to Wor- 

 cester county by reason of the effects of bad weath- 

 er upon mown hay, at $50,000. 



