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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The trees were hickory,oaks, and ash. The 
oaks are particularly valued as an addition 
to the number of trees that best reward cul¬ 
tivation. One of the avenues, the principal 
one, bears the name of the “ Saintedor Holy 
Halls,” and is celebrated for the size and 
magnificent beauty of the trees. Adjoining 
is an excellently-kept botanical garden, and 
not far off the land devoted to agricultural 
investigation and instruction. This by no 
means compares with that illustrating forest 
culture ; indeed I think in this department 
there is a decided want. It consists of a 
small farm so divided up and cultivated as 
to illustrate the theory of rotation and suc¬ 
cessive crops, and a portion devoted to ex¬ 
perimental beds. It was in good order, and, 
as far as it went, was very well. The num¬ 
ber of farmers compared with the number of 
foresters among the students is small. This 
will probably not long be the case, as I learn 
the class has been for some years gradually 
increasing, owing to the just popularity of 
Dr. Stoeckliardt. 
Still Tharand does not, and for the pres¬ 
ent can not, offer advantages to learn the 
theory and practice of agriculture combined, 
equal to several other German institutions. 
Prof. Stoeckliardt’s theories and rules for 
practice, however, even though they should 
be (as they are not) unaccompanied by all 
practical illustration, have really, in my 
opinion, a greater practical value to the 
young farmer, than the instruction accom¬ 
panied by more extensive field illustration 
of manv larger schools. 
M. C. WELD. 
THE BIBLE AND THE DISCOVERIES OF SCIENCE. 
The following eloquent passages arc from 
Lieut. Maury’s late Avork, the “ Physical 
Geography of the Sea 
“The Bible frequently makes allusion to 
the laws of nature, their operations and ef¬ 
fects. But such allusions are often so 
wrapped in the fold of the peculiar and 
graceful drapery with which its language is 
occasionally clothed, that the meaning, 
though peering out from its thin covering all 
the while, yet lives in some sense concealed, 
until the lights and revelations of science 
are thrown upon it; then it bursts out and 
strikes us with the more force and beauty. 
“ As our knowledge of nature and her 
laws has increased, so has our understanding 
of many passages in the Bible been improved. 
The Bible called the earth ‘ the round 
world yet for ages it was the most damna¬ 
ble heresy for Christian men to say the 
world is round ; and finally, sailors circum¬ 
navigated the globe, proved the Bible to be 
right, and saved Christian men of science 
from the stake. ‘ Canst thou tell the sweet 
influence of the Pleiades V 
“ Astronomers of the present day, if they 
have not answered the question, have thrown 
so much light upon it as to show that, 
if ever it be answered by man, he must 
consult the science of astronomy. It has 
recently been all but proved that the earth 
and sun, with their splendid retinue of com¬ 
ets, satellites and planets, are all in motion 
around some point or center of attraction 
inconceivably remote, and that point is in 
the direction of the star Alyon, one of the 
Pleiades ! Who but the astronomer, then, 
could tell the sweet influences ? 
“ And as for the general system of atmo¬ 
spheric circulation which I have been so long 
endeavoring to describe, the Bible tells it all 
m a single sentence: * The wind goeth to¬ 
ward the South and turneth about into the 
North ; it whirleth about continually, and 
the wind returneth again according to hi s 
circuits.’—Eccl. i. 6.” 
“A little humor now and then, 
Is relished by the best of men.” 
ADDRESS OF A THREE CENT PIECE. 
I am the tiniest piece of coin 
From precious gold or silver made; 
Quite famous in the giving world, 
Though far less famous in the trade. 
Three Cents is all I’m worth they say, 
And yet (’tistrue) I’m never slighted, 
For when there’s giving to be done, 
Know ye, I always am invited. 
I often charm the selfish heart, 
Where nobler graces ought to flow, 
And into certain boxes slip, 
Where larger pieces ought to go. 
I have the power—unsought by me— 
To give the startled conscience rest; 
For men who ought large sums to give, 
Give me —and count it for the best. 
I’m brother to a host of coins, 
Like me in office, worth, and ways, 
As you have seen, alas! too oft, 
Upon our contribution days. 
They say we cheat the heathen world 
For when the boxes pass about, 
We come—a band of brothers true— 
And keep the golden dollars out. 
From such a charge our specie-band 
Wc pray you freely to deliver, 
And put the stigma where ye should— 
On him who is the faulty giver. 
We court the children’s little hands ; 
The poor man’s freest welcome seek. 
When others take us for a gift, 
We think it small —but can not speak. 
Original Spelling. —80 you be—a tub. 80 
oh! pea—a top. Be 80—bat. See 80—cat. 
P 80—pat. R 80—rat. See a be—cab. Be 
you double tea—butt. Be a double ell—ball. 
Ef a double ell—fall. 
Away down South, in the parish of Con¬ 
cordia, they have a bayou they call Van Bu- 
ren, because since its first discovery, one 
hundred and fifty years ago, it has been im¬ 
possible to tell luhichicay the ivater runs. 
Bishop Hall says it is no small commend¬ 
ation to manage a little well. He is a good 
wagoner that can turn in little room. I will 
study more how to give a good account of 
my little, than how to make it more. 
The following is cut from an Ohio paper : 
“ Notis ise hear By Given that knoe pursen 
is pur Mitted 2 taike Ene Nuts of Ene kinde 
oute of Mi Woods Mi lioggs Must Live— 
Look oute.” 
“ Sambo, what kind of keys would it take 
to open the gates ob Sebastopol ?” 
“ Well, I guess it’s Tur-keys.” 
“ No, dat ain’t it, Sambo.” 
“ Well, what is it, den, Julius 1” 
“ Why, Yan-kees—yah! yah!” 
A Nice Question. — Jim —“You’ll get it for 
hooking dat turkey last night—’case Mas’r 
knows it.” 
Pomvey —“ I didn’t hook it. Warn’t de 
turkey Mas’rs I Well, ain’t I Mas’rs ? Well, 
I eat de turkey, didn’t 1 1 Well, ain’t de 
turkey part o’ me ? Mas’r ain’t got so much 
turkey, but ain’t he got more nigger l I tell 
you de turkey on’y change persishuns, dat’s 
all.” 
Too Anxious. —An amusing affair hap¬ 
pened lately between a coal dealer and a 
purchaser. The latter was very anxious to 
see that the former did not cheat him ; so lie 
(the purchaser) inspected the weighing of 
the coal himself, and felt perfectly satisfied 
that he got his full allowance, without any 
desire on the part of the coal dealer to shave. 
However, while the coal was weighing, the 
driver of the team could not help laughing, 
aware at the time that the purchaser was 
particular about the full weight of coal. The 
purchaser noticing the laughing of the driver, 
asked him, when he received his coal, what 
it was about; so the driver told him : 
“ Why,” said he, “ when your coal was 
weighing you were standing on the scales , 
and was weighed with it.” 
“ Is it possible l Why, 1 weigh nearly 
two hundred pounds!” 
“Well, sir,” said the driver, “you are 
sold r 
“ Yes,” was the sorrowful reply, “ and I 
have bought myself, too.”— Patriot. 
Making a Distinction. —A Roman ecclesi¬ 
astic, in reply to whatever question might 
be proposed, began by saying, “ I make a 
distinction.” A cardinal, having invited him 
to dine, proposed to derive some amusement 
for the company from the well known pecu¬ 
liarity of his guest. Saying to him that he 
had an important question to propose, he 
asked— 
“ Is it under any circumstances, lawful to 
baptize in soup V' 
“ I make a distinction,” said the priest ; 
“ if you ask is it lawful to baptize in soup in 
general, I say no; if you ask is it lawful to 
baptize in your excellency’s soup, I say yes! 
for there is really no difference between it 
and water.” 
Under-hill. —There was a dry old fellow, 
whose wit was the amusement of the resi¬ 
dents of the south of Jefferson County. He 
was sitting one day in the village store ; a 
gentleman who came in, thought he recog¬ 
nized a friend, and said : 
“ How do you do, Mr. Underhill V ’ 
“Sir,” said the old man, “you have de¬ 
scribed my circumstances—but that is not 
my name.” 
The same old fellow called one day on the 
member of Congress elect; the family were 
at breakfast; there was a vacant seat, but 
the old man was hardly in a plight to be in¬ 
vited to the table. The following conversa¬ 
tion took place: 
“ How do you do, Mr.-? What is the 
news V’ 
“ Nothing much,” said the old man; “ but 
one of my neighbors gave his child a queer 
name.” 
“ What was it I” 
“ Come and eat.” 
The name sounded so peculiar that it was 
repeated. 
u What, come and cat ?” 
“Yes, thank you,” said the old man, “ 1 
don’t care if I do,” and drew up to the table. 
Rome Sentinel. 
“ Brudder Jones, can you tell me the dif¬ 
ference ’tween dying and dieting I” 
“ Well, ob course I kin, Samuel. When 
you diet you lib on nuffin, and when you die 
youhab nuffin to lib on.” 
“ Well, dat’s different from what 1 tort it 
was—a race atween doctorin’ stuff and starv¬ 
ation, to see which will kill fust.” 
