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dings, pies and cakes, patch, darn, knit, roast, 
stew, and fry; make butter and cheese, 
milk cows, feed chickens, and hoe corn; 
sweep out the kitchen, put the parlor to 
rights, make beds, split wood, kindle fires, 
wash and iron, besides, being remarkably 
fond of babies, in fact can do anything the 
most accomplished housewife is capable of, 
not forgetting the scoldings on Mondays and 
Saturdays. For specimens of spirit, will 
refer you to our overseer. Speak quick. 
Black eyes, fair foreheads, clustering locks, 
beautiful as a Hebe, can sing like a seraph, 
and smile most bewitchingly! an elderly 
gentleman in want of a good housekeeper, or 
a nice young man in want of a wife—willing 
to sustain either character ; in fact, we are 
in the market. Who bids? Going-g-cnwg- 
gone ! Who’s the lucky man. 
The Sainted Dead. —They are our treas¬ 
ures—changeless and shining treasures. Let 
us look hopefully. Not lost, but gone before. 
Lost only like stars of the morning, that 
have faded into the light of a brighter heaven. 
Lost to earth, but not to us. When the 
earth is dark, then the heavens are bright; 
when objects around become indistinct and 
invisible in the shades of night, then objects 
above us are more clearly seen. So is the 
night of sorrow and mourning ; it settles 
down upon, us like a lonely twilight at the 
graves of our friends, but then already they 
shine on high. While we weep, they sing. 
While they are with us upon earth, they lie 
upon our hearts refreshingly, like the dew 
upon the flowers ; when they disappear, it 
is by a power from above that has drawn 
them upward; and, though lost on earth, 
they float in the skies. Like the dew that is 
absorbed from the flowers, they will not re¬ 
turn to us ; but, like the flowers themselves, 
we will die, yet only to bloom again in the 
Eden above. Then those whom the heavens 
have absorbed and removed from us, by the 
sweet attraction of their love, made holier 
and lovelier in light, will draw towards us 
again by holy affinity, and rest on our hearts 
as before. They are our treasures—loving 
ones—the sainted dead'!— Harbaugh's Heav¬ 
enly Recognition. 
The Rose. —In a lecture upon the trees of 
America, Professor Agassis states a remark¬ 
able fact in regard to the family of the rose, 
which includes among its varieties, not only 
many of the most beautiful flowers which 
are known, but also the richest fruits, such 
as the apple, pear, peach,plum, apricot, cher¬ 
ry, strawberry, rasperry, blackberry, &c.; 
namely, that no fossils of plants belonging 
to this family have ever been discovered by 
geologists. This he regarded as conclusive 
evidence that the introduction of this family 
of plants upon the earth was coeval with, or 
subsequent to the creation of man, to whose 
comfort and happiness they seem especially 
intended by Providence to contribute. 
Transient Young Men.— Girls, beware of 
transient young men ; never suffer the ad¬ 
dresses of a stranger; recollect that one 
good steady farmer boy or mechanic is worth 
all the floating trash in the world; the al¬ 
lurements of a dandy jack, with a gold chain 
about his neck, a walking-stick in his paw, 
some honest tailor’s coat on his back, and a 
brainless skull, can never make up the loss 
of a kind father’s house, a good mother’s 
counsel, and the society of brothers and sis¬ 
ters ; their affections last, while that of such 
a young man is lost at the wane of the hon¬ 
eymoon— Evansville Journal. 
If you want to make a mark in the world, 
put your foot down and hold your head up. 
Then go ahead any way. 
Camphor for Strychnine. —The beneficial 
effects of camphor as an antidote to strych¬ 
nine, are illustrated in a case reported by 
Dr. Tewkesbury, of Portland, Maine. It 
appears that a boy was seized with convul¬ 
sions, and it was ascertained that he had 
just eaten a biscuit picked up at the door of 
an eating house, that was made for the pur¬ 
pose of killing rats, and contained about one 
and a half grains of strychnine. The boy’s 
spasms were so severe, that immediate death 
was inevitable, though all the usual remedies 
were resorted to. Camphor could not be in¬ 
troduced into the stomach on account of 
lock-jaw. Accordingly, strong injections of 
camphor were used, and the body immersed 
in a hot camphor bath, and in a few hours 
the boy was comparatively well. 
Kind words never blister the tongue. 
mhb. 
Remarks. —Most grades of flour have fluc¬ 
tuated somewhat during the past week, and 
are now a little lower than at our last re¬ 
port ; there being a very small stock of 
certain extra brands, especially Genesee, 
which some families will have at any price. 
This kind of flour has sold as high during 
the past week, as at any time in 20 years. 
The constant high prices of such qualities of 
flour should induce wheat raisers and mil¬ 
lers to give greater attention to securing a 
superfine article, no matter in what part of 
the country it is produced. Thousands of 
barrels of extra flour from the western 
States are every year branded and sold as 
“ extra Genesee.” Superior quality will al¬ 
ways find a name which will give it currency 
and price. It is better to sort wheat with a 
fan-mill screen, or otherwise, and grind it in 
lots, since the poorer portion will bring near¬ 
ly the price of the assorted, while the se¬ 
lected portion would command from 25 to 50 
per cent. more. A very small quantity of 
“ foul stuff” in wheat will make a large dif¬ 
ference in the price of the flour. We hear 
of extensive combinations among holders of 
old flour, to keep up the price until their 
stocks are gone. If these reports are well 
founded—and they may be—the effect will 
be to keep wheat at a high figure for two or 
three weeks, after which there will be a sud¬ 
den and very great decline. That wheat will 
soon be much lower, we can hardly doubt. 
We are anxious to see farmers realize the 
highest possible price for their hard earned 
produce ; but we do not ask any one to fol¬ 
low our advice. Everything considered, we 
think the safest plan is to get all wheat into 
the market that it is possible to do at once, 
and as soon as a very material decline takes 
place, to then hold on for a future rise. Per¬ 
haps the lowest price will be reached during 
the latter part of September, and the highest 
price for new wheat during the first part of 
October. These, however, are opinions 
merely, which may in the end prove errone¬ 
ous. The harvest is progressing finely at 
the west. The unfavorable reports have 
been very few during the past week, while 
from every part of the country cheering evi¬ 
dences of abundance are daily pouring in 
upon us. 
Corn has declined a little, say 1 to 3 cents 
per bushel. Oats are scarcely varied, per¬ 
haps a slight advance. Rye has fallen off 
considerably, and promises to go muchlower. 
Cotton has advanced again, ic. to ic. per 
pound. 
The weather up to Monday evening was 
cool and showery. The last two days 
(Tuesday and Wednesday) have been exces¬ 
sively hot with us, but this is just the thing 
for corn ; the ground is too moist to fear 
curling, and it shoots forward with great 
rapidity. The frequent rains of the past 
w'eek or two have proved the value of Mow¬ 
ing Machines, which enable farmers literally 
to “ make their hay while the sun shines.” 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Reported Exclusively for the American Agriculturist. 
Tuesday, July 17, 1855. 
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 market has been slow for a day or 
two past. Potatoes are abundant, and a little down. 
Many potatoes from the South have been badly injured 
by heating — the best of which are hawked about the city 
at a cheap price. The market is glutted with cucumbers, 
squashes, and such like stuff. Blackberries and Whor¬ 
tleberries begin to appear, while gooseberries are nearly 
out of season. 
Butter begins to come in from Ohio, but the farmers are 
rather holding on. Eggs and Cheese the same. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island.3? basket $—75® 87 
New-Jersey.p bbl. 2 50(5) — 
Charleston, round,. do 2—la) — 
Norfolk Mercers. do 2 50®2 75 
Turnips—White.pbbl. 1 12® — 
Onions—Bermuda Reds.^ bbl. 2 25® — 
New-Orleans Reds . do — ® — 
Connecticut,Red.do —®2 50 
Cabbages.p 100 2 — ®4 — 
Cucumbers. do 25® 37 
Lettuce. do 50® 75 
Gooseberries. ip bus 1 50® — 
Raspberries—Antwerp.P basket 9® — 
Shrewsbury. do. 3® — 
Whortleberries. do. 3 50® — 
Blackberries.p bush, 4 ® — 
Tomatoes. “ 2 ® — 
Cherries.p lb 7® — 
Apples.P bbl. $2 —®3 50 
Butter—new.p ft. 18®20c. 
Orange County. do. 22®24c. 
Cheese. do 8® 10c. 
Eggs.p doz. —®17c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Reported Expressly for the American Agriculturist. 
Wednesday July 18, 1855. 
The total supply of cattle for the week is 
3139. At Allerton’s we find to-day 2283, against 2116 of 
last week, which is an increase in number of 169. Of 
these 253 were in the new yards just opposite Allerton’s, 
occupied to-day for the first time. 
The weather is intensely hot, and the market flat as 
need be. The prices were started this morning at 11c., 
though butchers were very backward, and few sales ef¬ 
fected at that price. Both the warm weather, and the 
large number of cattle operate against owners. The de¬ 
cline is full 5c. per cwt., and some sav more. The pros¬ 
pect is that we shall not have occasion to quote above to¬ 
day’s figures for a long time. 
It will be seen that most of the cattle come from Indiana 
and Illinois. All the cows, sheep and lambs came by the 
Harlem Railroad. The quality of stock is fair. We saw 
nothing very bad, and nothing remarkably fine. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices: 
Extraquality. 10!®llc. 
Good retailing quality. ]P®10jc. 
Inferior do. do. . 9®10c. 
Veals. 4®6c. 
Swine, alive,. 5]®6c. 
“ dead. 7®8c. 
Cows and Calves.$25®$60. 
