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his thigh with delight, and exclaimed in a 
high pitch, "Wal, mammy, 'what's sace for 
goose is sace for gander ;' so you shall have your 
way, and Molly tu. Now clea'r the coast, Sar- 
geant, if you please, a minute, and let me and 
Bill take a lesson stuffin' sassengers; fori shall 
be ready with my own fresh pork next week, 
and I'll send right off to the storekeeper then 
for all the machinery. 
Upon this I immediately gave place to my re- 
doubtable neighbor, who took the sausage stuf- 
fer on his lap, while his tall, awkward son, got 
down on his knees before it, and slipped an intes- 
tine on to the point of the stuffer, ready to be stuff- 
ed. Uncle Sim now filled the barrel to the brim, for 
he was determined on a "heavy charge," as he 
expressed it. He then laid hold of the handle 
of the crank, while Bill held on the end of 
the intestine for the purpose of twisting it into 
links as fast as filled from the stuffer. Uncle 
Sim now sung out in an authoritative tone, not 
unlike that of the captain of our military com- 
pany giving orders on a field day, "Make 
ready ! Take aim ! Fi-er !" 
Then giving the crank a 
strong, quick turn, at the 
same time throwing him- 
self back on his chair the 
intestine unluckily slipped 
off the point of the stuffer, 
by this sudden jirk of Uncle 
Sim, and the whole charge 
of several pounds' weight of 
meat, shot with such force 
into Bill's face that it choked 
his mouth, half blinded his 
eyes, and nearly knocked 
him fiat on the floor. 
"Hello-a! Who's killed?" 
cried uncle Sim, rising with 
great dismay and anxiety 
depicted on his countenance, 
which was responded to by a 
hearty laugh from all the rest of us present, save 
the unfortunate Bill, whom we soon relieved from 
his uncomfortable pelting. Uncle Sim felt high- 
ly mortified when he found out the true state of 
the case; but we soon smoothed the matter 
over, and the residue of the evening passed 
pleasantly away. The " lesson," however, I am 
glad to add, was not without avail, for a bet- 
ter lot of sausages than he and aunt Nabby 
afterwards turned out, I never saw ; and they 
brought quite as high a price at the village store, 
as my own. Sergeant Teltrue. 
POWERFUL EFFECTS OF GUANO. 
A friend has just mentioned an instance of 
the effects of an overdose of guano, quite disas- 
trous to his crop. He had an obstinate, conceit- 
ed, Scotch farmer, who persisted in sowing 700 
pounds of Peruvian guano per acre, on afield 
just laid down to oats and grass, when expressly 
limited to 300 pounds. The result was such a 
rapid and luxuriant growth, that the oats were 
all lodged before they were three fourths grown. 
They were immediately cut for the double pur- 
pose of saving the fodder, and allowing the 
young grass the benefit of sun and air. Unfor- 
tunately, the continued wet weather which fol- 
lowed, disconcerted this only hope of preventing 
a total loss; the oats could not be cured, and 
their heavy swaths effectually smothered most 
of the young grass plants. 
So much for an overdose of guano, and the 
disobedience of persons, to the intelligible and 
peremptory commands of their employers. 
SOUTHERN CORNSHELLER. 
Seeding Timothy. — If you have not already 
sown your Timothy, let it be done as early as 
possible this month, at the rate of twelve quarts 
of seed to the acre. Be sure that the seed is 
sound and fresh; and, as a protection to the 
infant plants, sow, also, at the same time, a peck 
of buckwheat to each acre of ground. Such 
meadows as have begun to fail may be increased 
in their yield of hay, by sowing on them a peck 
of Timothy seed, with from five to ten bushels 
of wood ashes, and an equal quantity of lime per 
acre, afterwards harrowing and rolling it in. 
Coekshellee. — Fig. 73. 
This machine is well adapted for shelling In- 
dian corn, and is suitable for large plantations 
It may be worked by one or two men, or by 
horse power, and shell by manual labor about 
300 bushels, and by horse power, about 700 
bushels per day. It separates the corn from the 
cob, both of which are left unbroken. 
FARM OF MR. FOUNTAIN. 
It is a generally-adopted principle that the 
prosperity, security, and perpetuation of repub- 
lican governments depend more upon their ag- 
ricultural, than any other, and indeed, all other 
interests blended. If this be so, no honora- 
ble means should be withheld that can tend 
to advance this most important branch of in- 
dustry. 
With no other motive than a desire to encour- 
age a spirit of agricultural emulation which had 
already manifested itself in some portions of 
our country, I place at your disposal the sta- 
tistics of the annual average receipts from the 
farm of Tyler Fountain, of Peekskill,New York, 
