1800. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
J67 
Ija^'sitit, about a. Conuua* 
Shortly after the commencement of the war of the 
Rebellion, some gentlemen in New York cliartered a 
vessel for carrying freight. In Ihe article of agreement 
this sentence occurred. *' The said vessel is to carry 
2100 Ions or more provMeJ slie iloes not draw over 15 
feet of water." Upon luading the ship it was found that 
when 1600 tons had been received, she drew 15 feet of 
water, and the captain, under instructions from the own- 
er, refused to take in any more. Upon this, the com- 
pany who had cliartered her, refused to pay the price 
agreed upon, and a lawsuit for $1-1,000 followed, whicli is 
now in progress. If a comma liad been placed after the 
word tons in the contract, the meaning would have been 
perfectly clear, sliowing that 2100 tons were to be car- 
ried in any case, and mtnc if the draft of the vessel would 
permit it with safely. As it now stands, the meaning is at 
least doubtful, and as both parties read it to suit tlieir 
own iuteresls, it will cost them many dollars and much 
trouble to have the mailer settled by the lawyers. 
Suddeu Cure of Cl&olera, 
Recently in Brookiyn, an Irish laborer found one of 
his fellow workmen lying insensible near his work, and 
at once concluded that he had bean suddenly attacked 
with cholera, wldcli was then quite prevalent in the neigh- 
borhood. Two physicians were at once called, and from 
the man's condition they believed him to be in "collapse," 
the state of the disease in wtuch the patient sinks In utter 
prostration. They at once applied the most energetic 
treatment, removing the man's clothing, and nearly cov- 
ering him \%ith mustard plasters. Very soon he began to 
revive, and then to the astonishment of the byslanders 
he started away on a run, screaming lustily, and franti- 
cally tearing off the burning plasters. It turned out 
afterward that the supposed cholera patient had returned 
from a hard spree, from the effects of which he was lying 
dead drunk. The intolerable smarting roused him, and 
for a few davs cured him of his dangerous disorder. 
A Comical Picture* 
Our artist sometimes amuses himself by drawing 
comical sketches. He says Uiis one is intended to repre- 
sent a lot of donkies, and it will afford some amusement 
to compare the different figures and decide which, is the 
greatest donkey. 
Some of my JVIistakes. 
When I was a litlle boy, I felt sure men must be happy 
because they could do as they pleased. Many an hour 
have I amused myself by thinking what good things I 
could have when I grew up. I would buy a watch and 
a gun, and keep a horse, and eat as much candy as I 
pleased ; these seemed to me some of the greatest things 
to be hoped for. I can ride, or hunt, or look at my watch, 
or eat candy now whenever I choose, but the pleasure I 
expected is not in them. I have no longer a boy's active 
limbs, quick eyes, and keen tastes, to enjoy them with. 
That was a mistalie of the imagination; I wish all my 
boyish errors might have been as harndess. As I could 
not grow to be a man at once, I tried to do what older 
persons did. I thought it looked manly to smoke a cigar ; 
and 1 well remember how I strutted, and carried my head 
on one side, and put on airs as 1 watched the smoke curl- 
ing above my head. I am often reminded of it by see- 
ing boys making the same mistake now-a-days. — But oh 1 
how sick it made me ; I paid dearly enough for my pleas- 
ure, and for a long time concluded to try some other way 
to be manly. Perhaps one of my greatest mistakes was 
in thinking how much I knew. I could not believe that 
father and mother knew best ; so I often took my own 
against their advice, and in many ways have had to suf- 
fer for it. Then I made a sad mistake at school, «hen 
I regarded learning as a task to be performed for the 
pleasure of the teacher, instead of seeing that it was my 
opportunity to lay up stores whicli would be of the great- 
est service through life. I was forced by faithful fiiends 
to eecure something of this treasure, liut how rich I might 
have been in mind, could I have seen things as they now 
appear. Then I let some habits become fastened upon 
rae whicli it took years to shake off, and I have been near- 
ly lialf my life trying to mend the mistakes of the other 
half. I should not have spoken of these things, were it 
not that I see boys every day making the same mistakes, 
and preparing for the same regrets. Perhaps some of 
Ihem among the readers of the Ag-ricuUurist-wiU be 
helped to think by these thoughts of an old man, and thus 
avoid some of the mistakes of Uncle Cen. 
Odds and E]uds* 
The little snarling, cooing "babes,'* 
That break our nightly rest, 
Should be packed off to "Baby''-lon, 
To "Lapland" or to "Brest." 
From "Spif'-liead "Cooks" go o'er to "Greece," 
And while the "Miser" waits 
His passage to the "Guinea" coast, 
"Spendthrift's" are in the "Straits." 
"Spinsters" should to the "Needles" go, 
"Wine-bibbers" to "Burgundy ;" 
"Gourmands" should lunch at "Sandwich" Isles, 
■ "Wags" at tiie Bay of "Fun"-dy. 
"Bachelors'* flee to the "United States," 
"M.aids" to the "Isle of Man;" 
Let "Gardeners" go to "Botany" Bay, 
And "Shoeblacks" to' "Japan." 
Thus emigrate, and misplaced men . 
Will then no longer vex us ; 
And all who ain't provided for 
Had better go to "Texas." 
A Coat of Arms.— A New Yorker, lich by inheri- 
tance, acceded to Ins wife's desire fftr a "coat of arms " 
to be put upon the panels of their carriage, and drew a 
small mound in which was stuck a manure fork, with 
chanticleer upon it, rampant. "Why, what is tJiis?" 
asked his m ife in amazement. " This," said the man of 
money, "is our family coat-of-arms. My gramlfalher 
ma.ie Ids money carting manure ; this mound and fork 
represent his occupation ; the cock perched upon the lop 
of the fork represents myself, who have done jiothiiig but 
flap my wings and crow on tliat dunghill ever since." 
The carriage still has plain panels. 
Aus^vers to Problems aud Puzzles. 
The following are answers to the Puzzles, etc., in the 
September number, page 329. Puzzle Picture. —This 
contains a bear, a dog, and asqniirel, the forms of which 
can be made out by attentively observing the shape of 
the trees and shrubbery near the beehives No. 225. 
Word Puzzle. — Devil: liisoccupation is etiiV; liis char- 
acter, ui/e ; his offspring, he; his first victim, £i'e; how 
he obtained this victim, /ict/; the sentence pronounced 
upon the victim and himself, die No. 2J:6. Illustrated 
Rebus.—*' Many a slip between cup and lip." No. 227. 
Ward Puzzle.— L, ell y L. .. No. -2S. Conundrum.— When 
there is one beat (beet) in a measure. 
Tlie following have sent in correct answers to puzzles. 
We have only room to give the names, without the num- 
bers answered. C. A. Parsons, D. McKune, E. F. Wall, 
John D. Brown, II. Martin Rcllog, Willie B. Ruggles, 
John G. Esler, J. C. Stanley, R. L. Wells, Mrs. J. W. 
Scott, Hattie A. Goffee, J. Weatherbee, Libbie Limes, 
Emily S. Ilanaway. Mrs. James Tyler, S. C. D.. Geo. H. 
Palmer, Charley Rny, Joim Jones, J. C. McDunough, 
L. H. F., and A. D. L., Bcdl S. Ward, Carrie Spangie, 
Mary A. Spangle, Wm. B. Pheips, G. & W. Foulk, Lind- 
ley Shaw, Nellie Coe, Allie McMillan, E. Kalb, Jennie 
Smilli, B. K. Northrop, Henry F. Reynolds, Rufus G, 
Fuller, Isaac T. McL;iin, Lyde Harrison, Wm. P. New- 
Ion, I. M. Patton, Elizabeth E. Palton, Alice Milligan, 
Elma M. Taber, Annie H. Charlton, Henry C. Hoover, 
A. G. G.. A. L. H., W. H. Benedict. Dianthe Roads, R. 
W^ Fair, W. R. Ballinline, M. A. C, Fanny E. Allen, 
Mary E. Elliott, Judson Crandell, H. P. Hagerman, 
Geo. A. Shepard, James W. Tlionipson, Eugenia Frank, 
W. V. Kritslnger, Coinelius Hoagland, Jr., E. A. Mitner, 
M.Biownell, Adelle C. Dally, Marietta Weeks, Ellery 
W.Greene, John W. Cutler, Sarah E. Thomas, Kate 
Howcr and Brother, Emily Reynolds, H. S. Loper. Mag- 
gie A. Burt is. Minard 11. Bice, James E. Eshleman, 
Robert Robertson, Ransom G. W. Denisnn, Sarah X 
Southwlck, James C. Brantigan, Phunny Phello. 
iVe^^ pBizzIos to I)e AusM'ered. 
No. 229. Mathematical Problem.— h. farmer took U> 
market the products of his farm, consisting of corn \\ liich 
he sold for 50 cents a bushel ; wheat foi" $1.75 a bushel ; 
oats for 45 cents a bushel; and potatoes for 95 cents a 
bushel, from the sales of wliich, after deducting all ex- 
expenses he realized a net profit of $2,896.92, or 78 per 
cent. The number of bushels of corn he raised per acre 
was equal to one-third of the oats and potatoes, and half 
the wheat ; and the number of bushels of potatoes per 
acre was equal to twice tlie quantity of oats and wheat, 
and 31 bushels over ; and the whole number of bushels 
of all kinds was 4,554. Now, the number of acres of 
oats was equal to twice the number of bushels of oats 
per acre less 14 ; and four times as many as acres of corn, 
and twice as many as acres of potatoes, while tlie acres 
of corn were in proportion to the acres of wheat as 5 to 
6. How many bushels did he raise of eacli kind, and 
how many acres of each did he have in cultivation ? 
No. 230. Illustrated Rebus.— 2S. \ery ob\U.ns truUi. 
No. 231. Mathematical Problem for Ucginncrs. — If a 
man sells his watch for fifty dollars, buys il back for 
forty dollars, then sells it for forty-five, how much does 
he make in the transaction ? It looks as if he made fif- 
teen dollars, but he didn't. 
No. 232. lllustrdted Rebus.— Wh'Ai wc try to do. 
The Largest Room in the World.— The "room 
for improvement." Wiiat v^ill you do with your share? 
