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subsoil and turn over 5 to 8 inches of the surface (in all from 8 to 12 inches, according to the soil) with no hardship 
to either the mules or driver. It may be used for the preparation of orchards and vineyards, breaking up land deep 
for corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco, &c., &c. 
This is the same as above, only that the mould- board is slipped down to the point and fastened there, so as to form 
a very perfect and complete turning-plow, where it is desirable to reverse all the farrow, to bury up grass, weeds, &c. 
The mould-board moves up and down or is taken entirely off, at pleasure, being held in its place by two strong bolts, 
and is changed in a few moments. The point of the Plow is of such a simple form that any ordinary smith can 
make it of wrought iron or steel, and the whole implement is finished in a workmanlike and durable manner. Fur- 
ther information may be obtained by addressing D. Redmond, Augusta, Ga. , d. r. 
Aristocratic Stables. — A reporter of the New lork 
Herald has been devoting himself lately to the stables of 
“Upper-ten-dom” in the Fifth Avenue, and about that 
neighborhood. He says : 
"Some of the private stables and coach houses in New 
York are curiosities worthy of notice. Not half the poor 
people in the city are as well fed and cared for as the 
horses of our rich nabobs. On the Fifth Avenue and ad- 
jacent streets, are stables built of brick and free-stone, with 
much architecturrl display, lighted with gas, and sup- 
plied with Croton water, with large and roomy stalls, and 
in some cases, the lofts over head are occupied as sleep- 
ing rooms for the family servants Our reporter recently 
visited and inspected several of these stables. In one, 
owned by a wealthy banker, late Foreign Minister, he 
found about half a dozen splendid coach and saddle horses, 
a beautiful Shetland pony, and a cow, besides the groom 
and coachman, half a dozen dogs, and some Guinea pigs. 
Everything about the place was kept as neat as a pin. 
The horses were littered with fine hay, occupied large, 
airy stalls, and seemed highly to appreciate their home 
comforts. The whole interior of the stable was handsome- 
ly painted. In the coach house were three or four rich, 
heavy coaches of European manufacture and an Ameri- 
can phaeton One fine carriage and four horses had al- 
ready been sent to Newport, where the proprietor pro- 
poses to spend the warm weather. Another establish- 
ment, still more extensive, located in the rear of La’tayette 
Place, contained not only stables and a coach house hand- 
somely fitted up, but a large and well appointed ring for 
horse-back exercises.” 
I^^Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be 
cortcealed— it ever commands respect. Assumed dignity, 
or importance, our ridicule and contempt. 
SWEET POTATOES — HOW TO RAISE AND 
Preserve them. 
We are indebted to the Edgefield Advertiser of the 3 1st 
of August, for the following excellent mode of "making” 
and "saving” that invaluable^crop, the Sweet Potato; 
"Our friend and neighbor, J. A. A., favors us this week 
with samples of his Sweet Potatoes, of the old crop [1858] 
and the new [1859] crop. The latter are finer than any 
we have yet seen. It is curious to know, too, how they 
were raised — planted in raw piney-woods new ground 
that never had a plow in it; the beds made up with the 
hoe; the ‘draws’ set in them, and nothing more done to 
the patch except once cutting the bushes; an experiment 
worthy of every farmer’s attention. 
"The old potatoes areas sound as silver dollars. The 
plan of saving them is one which has enabled our friend 
to have potatoes on his table from one year’s end to 
another. We give it for the general benefit : 
J. A. A.’5 Plan of Saving Sweet Potatoes. — "Always 
dig before frost and when the ground is very dry ; have 
your beds ready by raising them about ten inches above 
the ground ; then put on dry straw about one foot deep; 
then put on the potatoes, about twenty-five bushels in a 
bank ; next put straw one foot deep on them, then dirt at 
least one foot thick well-packed. Shelter them with a 
good shelter to keep them dry. Leave no air hole, but 
rather try to exclude the air entirely. Potatoes thus put 
up are not atfected by the changes of the weather, which 
generally rot the potatoe. If dug when the ground is wet, 
they are almost certain to rot.’' 
♦ ♦ ♦ 
A man who is apprehensive of receiving insults, 
is conscious he deserves them. True dignity never can 
be approached without respect, it is a coat of mail, which 
will always keep at a distance the contemptible intruder. 
