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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
want hands to chew rags into paper, and if 
you are willing to set in, you can begin t 
once.” “ Good as wheat,” exclaimed Hoo- 
sier, “ hand over your rags.” “ Here ” was 
the rejoinder, “take this handkerchief and 
commence with that.” Hosier saw the 
“ sell ” and quietly putting the handkerchief 
in his pocket, remarked as he turned to go 
out, “ When I get it chawed, stranger, I’ll 
fetch it back!” 
THE GRAIN OF CORN AND THE PENNY, 
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. 
A grain of corn an infant’s hand 
May plant upon an inch of land, 
Whence twenty stalks may spring, and yield 
Enough to stock a little field. 
The harvest of that field might then 
Be multiplied to ten times ten, 
Which, sown thrice more, would furnish bread, 
Wherewith an army might be fed. 
A penny is a little thing, 
Which e’en the poor man’s child may fling 
Into the treasury of Heaven, 
And make it worth as much as seven. 
As sevennay, worth its weight in gold, 
And that increased a million fold ; 
For, lo 1 a penny tract, if well 
Applied, may save a soul from hell. 
That soul can scarce be saved alone ; 
It must, it will, its bliss make known. 
“ Come,” it will cry, “ and you shall see 
What great things God hath done for me 1” 
Hundreds that joyful sound may hear— 
Hear with the heart as well as ear; 
And these to thousands more proclaim 
Salvation in the “ Only Name 
Till every tongue and tribe shall call 
On “ Jesus ” as the Lord of all! 
TRUE ELOQUENCE. 
We learn from the Prohibitionist that Paul 
Denton’s celebrated Cold Water Rhapsody 
has been attributed to John B. Gough. It is 
a fine burst of eloquence, and we copy it, 
with a part of the prefatory remarks of the 
Prohibitionist : 
Paul Denton, an eccentric, but eloquent 
missionary of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, advertised that on a certain day, 
there would be “a barbecue camp meeting” 
at the “ Double Spring Grove,” at which the 
people might expect, “ a good barbecue, bet¬ 
ter liquor, and the best of gospel.” A large 
gathering was the consequence of this sin¬ 
gular announcement. The barbecue was 
provided, the people seated to partake of it, 
when one, known as a ferocious rowdy, 
duelist and lyncher, and who seemed bent 
upon having a quarrel with somebody, cried 
out in an insolent voice—“ Mr. Paul Denton, 
your reverence has lied. You promised not 
only a good barbecue, but better liquor. 
Where’s your liquor 1” 
“There!” exclaimed the missionary, in 
tones of thunder, and pointing his motionless 
finger at the Double Spring, gushing up in 
two strong columns, with a sound like a 
shout of joy, from the bosom of the earth ! 
“ There !” he repeated, with a look terrible 
as lightning, while his enemy was actually 
trembling at his feet; “there is the liquor, 
which God, the eternal, brews for his chil¬ 
dren ! 
“ Not in the simmering still, over smoking 
fires, choked with poisonous gasses, and 
surrounded with the stench of sickening 
odors and rank corruption, doth your Father 
in Heaven prepare the precious essence of 
of life, pure, cold water—but in the green 
glade and grassy dell, where the red deer 
wanders and the child loves to play, there 
God himself brews it; and low down in the 
deepest valleys, where fountains murmur 
and the rills sing ; and high upon the moun¬ 
tain tops, where the naked granite glitters 
like gold in the sun, where the storm 
clouds brood, and the thunder-storms crash ; 
and away, far out on the wide, wide sea, 
where hurricane howls music, and big waves 
roar the chorus, ‘ sweeping the march of 
God’—there He brews it, that beverage of 
life, health-giving water. 
“ And everywhere, it is a thing of beauty; 
gleaming in the dew-drop, singing in the 
summer rain, shining in the ice-gem, when 
the trees seem turned into living jewels— 
spreading a golden vail over the setting sun, 
or a white gauze around the midnight moon; 
sporting in the cataract; sleeping in the gla¬ 
cier ; dancing in the hail-shower; folding 
bright snow-curtains softly above the wintry 
world, and weaving the many colored iris, 
that seraph’s zone of the sky, whose warp is 
the rainbow of earth, whose woof is the sun¬ 
beam of even, all checked over with celes¬ 
tial flowers, by the mystic hand of refrac¬ 
tion. Still, always is it beautiful, that bless¬ 
ed cold water. No poison bubbles at its 
brink ; its foam brings not madness and mur¬ 
der ; no blood stains its liquid glass ; pale 
and starving orphans weep not burning tears 
in its clear depths ; no drunkard’s shrieking 
ghost from the grave curses it in words of 
despair ! Speak out, my friends, would you 
exchange it for the demon’s drink, alcohol?” 
A shout, like the roar of the tempest, an¬ 
swered, “ No ! no ! !” 
SWufs. 
Remarks. —Flour is about the same as last 
week, or say 12*} cents per bbl. advance, with 
no disposition exhibited to buy on specula¬ 
tion. The sales are principally made to 
meet, immediate demands for consumption. 
Corn has declined several cents per bushel 
and owing to large supplies of western mixed 
coming forward is quite heavy at $1 07a$l 
13 according to quality. 30,000 bushels 
western mixed were sold this week to be de¬ 
livered in July and August, at $1 04a$l 04}. 
The export of wheat for the first 24 days of 
this month have been 986 bushels against 
34,083 the last year, and of corn during the 
same period 32,091 bushels in 1855 against 
256,485 bushels in 1854. Oats are scarce 
and high and have advanced about 50 cents 
per bushel. 
Cotton has again advanced from }c. to }c. 
per lb. Rice and Tobacco, not much change. 
The weather continues very fine, with 
occasional slight showers, but not enough 
to hinder getting in crops. Highly favora¬ 
ble reports continue to reach us from nearly 
every part of the country in reference to the 
incoming crops. Appearances now are, that 
those holding back their grain for still higher 
prices, will be disappointed. California is 
now sending us some of her surplus wheat 
and flour, and bids fair to become an export¬ 
er of agricultural products. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, May 29, 1S55. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week , are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
The Potato Market is pretty fair to-day, with rather a 
short supply on hand. 80 barrels of new potatoes came in 
yesterday from Charleston. No more Bermudas have yet 
arrived. lOObbls.new onions have just come in from 
New-Orleans, in fine order. 
We notice, by the last steamer from Norfolk, Va., 40 
bbls. of green peas, which sell for $5 p bbl. Also, about 
50 baskets of cherries, which sell from 10c. to 12ic. p lb 
by the basket. Also, 2,400 quarts of strawberries, bring¬ 
ing from 25c. to 50c., p quart. Some strawberries came 
in to-day from Philadelphia, which bring 50c. A few, 
also, came in to-day from near Keyport, N. J. Towards 
the latter part of the week they will begin to come in con¬ 
siderable quantities. We notice, also,'a few barrels of 
beans and squashes from Charleston. 
Green stuff, just now, goes off rather slow. 
The Butter market is a little dull, except in firkins for 
shipping, which commands 25c. p lb. Cheese is lower, 
and of poor quality—as usually happens when butter is 
high. Eggs, no change. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Bermudas.p bbl. $5 —©6 50 
Charleston, new. 
4 50®5 — 
New-Jersey Mercers. 
. do 
4 50(2)4 75 
Western Mercers. 
4 — (2)4 25 
White Mercers. 
. do 
3 75(2)3 87 
Nova Scotia Mercers. 
1 20® 1 25 
New-Jersey Carters. 
.pbbl. 
— ® — 
Washington County Carters.. 
3 25®3 50 
Junes.. 
3 _(5> — 
Western Reds. 
2 75®3 — 
Yellow Pink Eyes. 
2 75®3 — 
Long Reds. 
. do 
2 50®2 75 
Virginia Sweet Potatoes. 
— © — 
Philadelphia sweet. 
— ® — 
Turnips—Ruta Baga. 
1 75©2 25 
White. 
. do 
— ®1 62 
Onions—White. 
— © — 
Bermuda Reds, new,. 
5 00®5 50 
New-Grleans Reds . 
5 — (a) 5 50 
Red, old. 
4 —®4 25 
Yellow. 
4 25®4 50 
Cabbage Sprouts. 
_p bbl. 
-®1 — 
Asparagus.p 100 bunches. 
8 —©10 
Spinach. 
_$3’ bbl. 
— © — 
Water Cresses. 
. .ip basket. 
— 50® — 
Rhubarb.p lOObunch. 
4 —©6 — 
Radishes. 
25© 37 
Lettuce. 
1 25®2 — 
Apples. 
.... p bbl. 
$3 75®4 50 
Butter—new. 
.P lb. 
22(a)24c. 
Western, old. 
16®17c. 
Cheese. 
9®llc. 
Eggs. 
— ®15c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Wednesday May 30, 1855. 
We find 2,205 cattle in the yards to-day, being an in¬ 
crease of nearly 450 over last week. These are rather 
round figures for these times, and maybe set down as a 
“ full” supply. Indeed, it was rather more than full, if 
we may judge from the slowness of the sales, and the ap¬ 
pearance of the brokers. It seems they had calculated on 
a tall strike to-day, and, consequently, had scraped to 
gether all the cattle possible ; but as this strike was gen¬ 
eral, they rather overdid the matter. In fact the brokers 
owned nearly all the cattle in the yards, though as a gen¬ 
eral thing they preferred to keep it quiet. Some 400 
which were wanted in Boston, were brought here and sold’ 
for $5(2)6 ahead less than they were offered in Albany. 
The prices were started early in the morning at 13}c.; 
but as this was a drag the brokers came down to 13c., 
which was the top of the market. And even at that the 
sales were slow, most of the good cattle not averaging 
more than 12c. It was pretty manifest that the closing 
sales wrnuld be much lower still; and doubtless many of 
the cattle will not find a sale at all this week. Some of 
the brokers, we know were determined to realise better 
prices, or, hold on to their cattle. 
The quality of the animals was such as might be ex¬ 
pected in a supply forced into market. It was made up of 
all grades and sizes, from the choicest beeves down to 
the merest scrags. Nothing but high prices, and an utter 
contempt of good breeding, could induce men to offer 
such rag-tag brutes for beef cattle. 
We present a few items: 
H. O. Hary had 17 fair cattle from Cayuga Co., N. Y., 
selling by Geo. Ayrault for about 12c. Mr. Avrault had 
also 74 choice still-fed cattle, belonging to ICeenholts & 
Williams, of Jefferson County, which were bringing 12Jc. 
These gentlemen were offered $8 more a head in Albany 
than they will get here, and will take back 24 of the best. 
The cattle were fed at Angel’s still. 
Geo. Toffey w'as selling 104 good four-year-old steers, 
of about 650 lbs., weight, and at 121 and 13c. per lb. 
Sam’l Ulery was selling 103 fine Illinois beeves of his 
own, at I21c®13c. per lb. They would average about 
750 lbs. 
John Merritt was selling 60 good Ohio cattle, owned by , 
Wm. Snyder. He asked 13c. but didn’t get more than 
about 12ic. 
Mr. Merrit was selling another lot of 81 fair Iowa cattle 
