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THE ILLINOIS FA.R]VIER. 



half,) one cupful of sour cream, two table- 

 spoonsful of salcratus, dissolved in half a 

 cupful of warm water, and one table-spoon- 

 ful of ginger. Make soft as can be rolled, 

 and bake quick. This keeps well. 



Drop Biscuit. — One quart of sifted flour, 

 one tea-spoonful of salt, one beaten egg, one 

 small tea-spoonful of soda, dissolved in a lit- 

 tle hot water, and cupful of cream, two cups- 

 ful of sour milk, or buttermilk, and a spoon- 

 ful or two of white sugar. Stir thoroughly 

 to a thick batter. Drop with a spoon on 

 buttered tins. Bake in a quick oven. 

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Fkosted Feet. — W. A. R., in the 

 Country Gentleman says: "Apply com- 

 mon tar to the parts afleeted, and bind 

 np with a clotli, so as not to interfere 

 •svitli wearing a stocking. "Wear this 

 four days or a week. This I know is a 



sure cure, 

 much." 



though 



it does not cost 



White Beans. — These are worth §1,75 

 per bushel. Few were raised the last year. 

 It is a profitable crop ; but clean, light and 

 and poor soil is wanted j though they will 

 grow well on rich clean soil. On rich soil, 

 however, the navy bean, or some even lar- 

 ger varieties, should be grown. 

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Pigs. — We just say to our farmers, save 

 all the pigs you can. You will want them 

 next fall. 



Seed Spring Wheat and Oats. — Our 

 readers will learn that these articles can be 

 had by application to the Seed Store, Journal 



Buildings. 



S!^ A despatch from Washington, states 

 that Mr. McCormick failed in his applica- 

 tion at the Patent Office for an extension of 

 his patent for his reaper. It is now public 



property. 



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On Making Poetry. — Rev. Dr. Plummer re- 

 cently delivered an address at the opening of 

 a female seminary at Wheeling, Va., in which 

 he made the tubjuined, avaoa^ other senbible 

 remarks. It deserves the consideration of a 

 very considerable portion of tlie poetizers 

 whiise elTuaions are forwarded to newspaper 

 editors, especially the closirg sentence. TmnH 

 inj» to the principal of the seminary. Doctor 

 Plummer said: 



'1 hope sir, you'll n t teach poetry hero— I 

 mean what some people call the science of 

 composing poet'y. If it will come from some 

 of these youths, let it come, but don't force it, 

 I feel about like the Methodist preacher who 

 was giving a charge at a class meeting about 

 Bome regulations. While in the midst of this 

 charge one old lady uttered a shout. 'Now,' 

 Biiys he, since the subject of siiouting has come 

 up, brethren and sisterrJ, I'll give you my views 

 on tne subject, Never shout from a sense of 

 duty. If jou feel that you can't hold in, why 

 then shout, but n )t oiherwise.' 



"1 hope, then, that no one here will ever 

 write poetry from a sense of duty. Poetry 

 is despicable unless it is first class. Poor poet- 

 ry is abjut the meanest of all things. As the 

 Latin satirist has said, neither gods nor men 

 can endure it.' 



wit ou Tombstones. 



A vast amount of wit is to be gathered from 

 tombstones and mortuary puns have long been 

 famous The epitaph of the witty divine, Dr. 

 Thomas Fuller, is worthy of himself, simply. 



Fuller's earth. 



There is a professional point in the epitaph 

 of the eminent barriatcr. Sir John Strange: 



Here lies an bonest lawyer — tbat is Strange. 

 And by wh it an outrageous quibble has the 

 name of William Button, Eeq., been handed 

 down to immortality. The epitaph is to be 

 seen in a churchyard near Salisbury: 



O sun, moon, stars, and ye celostinl poles ! 

 Are graTes, then, dKindltd ii to liuttun-boles? 



There is something quaint and touching in 

 this epitaph of Grimaldi, the distinguished 

 clown: 



Htre I (<m. 

 One of the best of this briefer kind was pro-* 

 posed by Jerrold, whose wit did not always 

 wear so courteous a dress. Ch..rle8 Knight, 

 the Shakspercan critic, was the subject, and 

 the words: 



Oocd Knight. 

 "' Professional rivalry produced this ill natured 

 inscriptiou for the tombstone of a Western 

 editor: 



nere lies an Editor, 



It is added that the injured mnn reeommend" 

 ed tlio author to use the iiscription as a motto 

 for his own journal. 



Of historic epitaphs the bciit is this one on 

 one of Shakespeare's actors: 



Exit Burbage, 



In a similar vein a wit gave a couplet to 

 Mrs. Oidtield, the most celebrated actress in 

 her day : 



Tliis wn mast own, ia justice to her shade. 

 The fifBt bad exit Oldtiuld made. 



Something of compliment is her sacrificed to 

 make the point. It is the reverse of Malcolm's 

 Eulogy on Cawdor : 



Nothing in Iiis life 

 Became liim like the leaving of it. 



The comedian Footo takes his turn, turn : 



Footo from bis earthly stage, alas ! fa huri'd. 

 Death took him vff, who took cQ'all the world, 



Westminister Abbey ha« some notable epi- 

 taphs. This, by Samuel Wesley, is on the 

 monument to Butler, the author of Iludibras: 



When Butler, nendy wretch 1 was still alive. 



No generous patron would a dinner Rive, 



See him, when starved to death aud turned 80 dust. 



Presented with a monumental buKtl 



The poet's fate is herein emblem shown; 



lie a»ked Lr I'read, and bo rec^iTud a stone. 



This couplet, on a monument to John Gay, 

 the poet, Thackeray's "little French Abbe," is 

 hardly suited to a Christian church : 



Life is a jest, and all things show it; 

 I thougijt so once, aud now 1 know it. 



And what a defiance there is in this, on the 



moiiumint of "that gallant soldier. Sir Thomas 



Vere : 



When Vere Bought death, armed with his sword and shield. 

 Death w«8 iifraiil to meet him in the field; 

 liut when his woupous lie liad laid usiile. 

 ULaih like a cowurd, struck Lim, and ho di d. 



Sir Thomas Parkins the great wrestler, 

 caused a monument to be built for himself, 

 on which was a sculpture in relief, depicting i 

 Death in the act of throwing Sir Thorn 8. — j 

 T ue epitaph, which is iu LatiU, reads as fol" 

 lows : 



Here lies the chief who once threw all. 



Thrown by the conqueri igarm of Ui-atb, 

 Who ue'«r had given the knigbt a fa'l, 



But he fouud iiim out iit' breatu. 

 But beaut not Death 1 with omp'y pride. 



Thy streujrlh; the diiy will oi uie wliuii bo 

 Ari^ihg, with Iresh breath supply'd, 



Shall vaiiquuh time, and conquer thee. 



Miss Long was a beautiful actress of the 

 last century; so short in sta ure that she was 

 known as the pocket Venus. Her epitaph 

 concludes: 



Though lonp, J ct short, 



Tlumgh short, yet Pretty Long. 



Bancroft, Archbishop of Caute- bury, was a 



covetous man, and this pasquinading epitaph 



was put on him : 



Here licrt h's Grace, in cold elay clad. 

 Who died lor want of what he had. 



The revert;9 of this is one on Mr. James 

 Worsdale, a very liberal man : 



Eager to get, but not to kpep the pelf; 

 A friend to all mankind, but not himself. 



Old Joseph Capcn, minister of Topsfield, had 



also, in 1861, given John Foster,who set up the 



first printing press in Boston, the benefit of the 



idea, in memoriam: 



Thy body which no activcne^s did lack, 

 Now's luiil aside like an old almanac; 

 But for the present only's out of date, 

 'Twill have at length a far more active state. 

 Tea, though with dust thv body soiled be. 

 Yet at the resurrection we shall see 

 A fair edition, and <'f matchless woith. 

 Free from Errata, new in Heaven led forth; 

 'Tis but a word Ironi Qod, the great Creator- 

 It shall be done when he saith Imprimatur. 



We close our list with the pathetic inscrip- 

 tion placed b* an honest Illinois farmer over 

 the double grave of a span of favorite horse", 

 struck down by lightning, and buried ia his 

 front yard : 



Peace to their roanea ! 



COMMERCIAL, 



St. liouis Market— Feb. 3C. 



FLOUR— Sales of 2000 bbls city superfine, Montgomery 

 brand, early delivery, at $6 76; 7-5 and 10<' do country, double 

 extra, $6 2a; 100 do, single do, $6; IJU do fancy, $5 35; 80 do 

 superfine $5 25; 100 sks do $2 75. 



WUKAT— Sales of 3L6 sks poor and ordinary £ill, at 105@ 

 llOc: 1132 do common, 115@11G^;; 1374 dofiiir aud g0(;d nS(a> 

 I20c;2()5do good white, 12lc; 352 do low prime, 12i!3^@123c; 

 50 do l'24c; 4'J4 do prime aud strictly prime, 12d@13Uc; 221 do 

 liB.ACON- 10 cks city shoulders 7^c; 10 do city clear sideg 

 llo; 37 do countrv shoulders "i^c; 2 ao hams 9%c. 



WH1?KY— 307 bbls Sold in lota at 28c. 



DlltED FRUIT-— Sales ofllobuebels applesat$260; other 



small lots do 2 50; small lot peaches 3 5U, 



SEED~U2 sks good timothy at 2; 125 bushels poorly 

 cleaueil at 1 85; 32 sks Hungarian grass, private. 



G KKASK— 6 tcs sold at 914c aad 10 pkgs brown t 8%c. 



WIUXS BKANS— Dull, Sale of luO bbls on private 

 terms 



POTATOES — 50 bags poor Neshanro«ks at 95c, including 

 bags; 53 bl)lN do $4 05, including bble; 50 prime do 1 20, exr 

 cludive of bbls. 



HAY — 21 bales prime at 80c. 



TALLOW— 24 tcs sold on private terms. 



SUGAR— 50 hbds fair at 7c. 



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St. liOUfs Horse Market. 



Sapplies are coming in, which has made the market more 

 active, and B3 head of Horse aud Males htve buen sold at tlie 

 Bazaar Stable, by P. Wiles, on Fifth Htieef between Washing- 

 ton Avef^ue and Green streots, during the week as follows: 

 Tuesday, at auction t^ale, 13 head sold: 1 fine b ggy horse, 



$130; 1 brood mare, $150; 1 dratt horse, $111; 2 omnibus 

 horses, $110 each; 1 brood mare, $107; 7 head common sold 

 from $58 to $99. At Fridiy'it anctiou sales, 16 head sold, a8 

 follows: 1 buggy horse, $119; 1 do $125; ] do small, $101, 

 1 do draft horee, $125; 1 do $100; 1 do $1:22; 7 bead common 

 and inferior hordes sold from $41 to $83; 1 pair small mules, 

 $il8; 1 siLigle mule $139, Private sale* were had during tha 

 week as follows: 1 pa r matched greys, $406; 1 pair ponies, 

 $■250; Upair buggy horses $2S'); 1 pair wagon horses, $275; 

 1 fine bob-tail mare $175; 1 do horse, $150; 1 fine family 

 horse, $275; 1 do, $180; 2 draft horses, $295; 1 brood mare, 

 $150; 1 brown bnggy horse, $150; 1 pair medium sixed mules, 

 $275; 1 pair do $250; 3 Hinall mules, $100 each; 11 head com- 

 mon horses at from $75 to $110. Thirty head left over, 

 with a supply coming in more than equal to the demand, 

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St. Louis r,ive Stock Market— Feb. 26. 



IklUvue .ftock Yards 



The market his been barely supplied with Beef Catt'e for 

 the piist wsc k, with sales of several lots at prices ranging 

 from 7 te S%i! net. Butchers piiy for ordinary to fair (J^ te 

 8c; for good to choice 8 to 9c. A few extra sold a traction 

 higher. 



tlOQS — Several small lots arrived during the past wrek 

 and Hold readily at 7J/a '« ^c, at an average from 140 to 200 

 pounds net. 



Sheep — Are selling at $3 to $5 per bead, as to quality. 



(lows AND Calves — A moderate stock olfering, and iu fair 

 demand at $20 to $45 per head. 



New York Cattle market.— Feb. 23. 



The following tables show from what States tho supply at 

 4tth street came: 



New York 983 



Connecticut 35 



K'-ntucky 153 



Michigan 82 



Pennsylvania 71 



Indiana ISl 



Ohio 770 



lUinoiH li>7 



Iowa 50 



Tho following are the prices at which stock was sold. 



BKEF CATTLi;. 



Premium quality, per cwt.. $13 00@13 60 



I'rime quality 10 6ii(g)ll 50 



Otdiuiry quality 9 0U(g>10 00 



Common quality 7 50(t$ 8 50 



Inforiof quality 6 50(a> 7 00 



cows Af<D CALVES. 



I'irst quality $50 00@70 00 



