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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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JUNE 28. 1 
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MY BOYS. 
BY AX SON G. CHESTER. 
The eldest has not finished yet 
The third of life’s young years — 
His eyes are blue as violets 
And bright as Evening’s tears; 
His hair is golden as the beams 
That usher in the dawn, 
And softer than the tassels are 
That plume the growing corn ; 
His voice is sweeter to my ear 
Than lutes or woodland streams ; 
It rings amid my cares by day 
And echoes in my dreams. 
He has a hundred pretty ways 
Which I delight to see ; 
I love him next to Heaven and her 
Who gave the child to me ; 
And when he nestles to my heart 
And calls me by my name— 
The only name he knows for me — 
I sigh no more for fame ; 
But think that, having such a gem 
To wear upon my breast, 
Contented should I be to leave 
The chaplets for the rest. 
My other darling’s little life 
In months is counted yet; 
His eye is lustrous as a star 
And black as burnished jet; 
His hair is brown, like forest leaves, 
When Autumn’s frosts begin ; 
Four teeth have blossomed in his mouth, 
A dimple dents his chin ; 
His smile is like the smile that plays 
Upon a cherub’s face— 
He is a cherub, though he makes 
My home his dwelling place ; 
No fear that we shall entertain 
“ An angel unaware”— 
That heavenly look upon his face, 
That glory on his hair, 
Remind us whence the darling came, 
And bid us not forget 
That he who lent the child to us 
Will come to claim him yet. 
COURTSHIP OF JOHN ADAMS. 
Rev. Mr. Smith, of Weymouth was an excel¬ 
lent man and a very fine preacher ; but he had 
high notions of himself and his family—in oth¬ 
er words he was something of an aristocrat. 
Mr. Smith had two charming daughters.— 
Mary was the name of the elder; the other’s 
name I have forgotten. They were admired by 
the beaux and envied by the belles of the coun¬ 
try round. Rut while the careful guardians of 
the parson’s family were holding consultation 
on the subject, it was rumored that two young 
lawyers, a Mr. Cranch and Mr. Adams, I think 
both of the neighboring town of Quincy, were 
paying their addresses to the Misses Smith._ 
As every man, woman, and child of a country 
parish of New England is acquainted with 
whatever occurs in the parson’s family, all the 
circumstances of the courtship soon transpired. 
Mr. Cranch was of a respectable family of 
some note, was considered a young man ofprom- 
ise, and altogether worth the alliance he sought. 
He was very acceptable to Mr. Smith, and was 
greeted by himself and family with great re¬ 
spect and cordiality. He was received by the 
eldest as a lover, and was in fact a young man 
of great respectability. He afterwards rose to 
the 'dignity of judge of the common pleas of 
Massachusetts. t 
The suitor of the other daughter was John 
Adams, who afterwards became President of 
the United States. But at that time in the 
opinion of Mr. Smith and family he gave but 
slender promise of the distinction to which he 
afterwards arrived. His pretensions were scorn- 
tenth chapter of Luke — ‘Mary hath chosen 
that good part which shall not be taken from 
her.’ ” 
“ Very good, my daughter,” said he, and the 
sermon was preached. 
Mr. Adams persevered in his suit in defiance 
of all opposition. It was many years after, and 
on a very different opposition, that he uttered 
these words : “ Sink or swim, live or die, sur¬ 
vive or perish, I give my heart and hand to this 
measure.” But though the measures were dif¬ 
ferent, the spirit was the same. Besides,he had 
already carried the main point of the attack— 
the heart of the young lady—and he knew the 
surrender of the citadel must soon follow. After 
the usual hesitation, and delay that attends 
such an unpleasant affair, Mr. Smith, seeing 
that resistance was fruitless, yielded the con¬ 
tested point with as much grace as possible, as 
many a prudent father has done before and 
since that time. Mr. Adams was united to the 
lovely Miss Smith. After the marriage was 
over, and all things settled in quiet, Mrs. Adams 
remarked to her father : “You preached sister 
Mary a sermon on the occasion of her marriage. 
Won’t you preach me one ?” 
“Yes, my dear girl,” said Mr. Smith : 
“choose your text, and you shall have your 
sermon.” 
“Well,” said the daughter, “I have chosen 
the thirty-third verse of the tenth chapter of 
Luke : ‘For John came, neither eating bread 
nor drinking wine, and ye say he hath a 
devil.’ ” 
The old lady, my informant, looked me very 
archly in the face when she repeated this pas¬ 
sage, and observed, “If Mary was the most 
dutiful daughter, I guess the other had the 
most wit.” 
I could not ascertain whether the last sermon 
was ever preached. It may net be inappropriate 
to remark how well these ladies justified the 
preference of the distinguished individuals who 
had sought them in marriage. Of them it will 
be hardly extravagant to say, they were respec¬ 
tively an honor to their husbands, the boast of 
their sex, and the pride of New England. Mrs. 
Adams in particular—who, from the elevated 
position in which her husband was placed be¬ 
fore the world, was brought before the public 
eye—was supposed to hold the same elevated 
rank with the gentle sex that Mr. Adams did 
among men, and she is reported to have ren¬ 
dered her husband much assistance in his mul¬ 
tiplied labors of the pen .—Life Illustrated. 
AN HONEST MAN. 
So time went on, prosperity to the mysterious 
person and misfortune to the agent. A new 
market wafrtlien sought for on the coast of the 
Mediterranean, and a vessel was despatched for 
Algiers with rich consignments. The captain 
upon arrival, waited upon the principal mer 
chants of the place, and all of the Foula’s man 
ifest was in demand, while Old Seth produced 
but a nominal profit. 
A sale was finally effected of the whole car 
go, and the merchant and the captain discussed 
the subject of the new trade together. The 
merchant expressed the desire to see the new 
country, and by invitation of the other took 
passage in his ship for America. 
The day succeeding his arrival, Seth was 
seated in his counting room, engaged in his 
usual examination of ledgers and papers, when 
a movement attracted his attention, and he saw 
before him the same bowed-down figure, and 
the same shuffling step approaching. 
Where is the money for Ben Foula ?”_ 
Y ithout hesitation, and almost without surprise, 
the account of the investment was read over, 
and deeds of estate and evidences of property 
in the name of Benjamin Foula were produced. 
Houses, ships and cargoes were placed over to 
the rightful owner, and a rigid account of ex¬ 
penses and commissions was rendered, and with 
no comment or inquiry, the poor man was left 
alone. 
The day passed on, and Old Seth again was 
toiling in business, when a captain arrived from 
the Mediterranean, entered and placed in his 
hands a package. It was a will, bestowing 
upon him all the property of the mysterious old 
man, accumulated by himself as agent. 
The true story of the mysterious visitor was 
never told, but long afterwards it was recalled 
to mind that a Mohammedan merchant, named 
Ilamet Ben Foula, had been in America when 
the first incident occurred, and the passenger 
who came and returned in the Yankee ships 
was called by the same name. This merchant 
continued his business with Old Seth long af¬ 
terward, and the latter never surmised that the 
tall Arab was the old, decrepid man who was 
his benefactor, nor that he held his property by 
will of one who still lived.— Selected. 
FISHING ON THE BANKS. 
Years ago, when the now proud city of Bos¬ 
ton was but a brisk seaport town, with its houses 
struggling to cover the hill-side and barren 
pasture, and not very successful in the attempt, 
there lived a man somewhat celebrated in his 
way, rejoicing in the name of Seth. Thornton. 
His way of celebrity was, and still is, a peculiar 
one—honesty. Folks used to say that Seth was 
so intensely honest, that he was accustomed to 
set aside a per centage of his profits in trade, 
for the benefit of the poor, as an offset to any 
moneys he might by any possibility have be¬ 
come unlawfully possessed of without his be¬ 
coming aware of it. 
Whether this was so or not, he was celebrated 
for his sterling, undeviating honesty, and with¬ 
out the reward that would have seemed to have 
been his due. Seth was poor, although lie was 
indebted for his comfort rather to his economy 
in life than to his success. He was thirty years 
of age when the story commences, and was 
regular, methodical to a nicety in his transac¬ 
tions, and fiom that had obtained the soubriquet 
of Old Seth. 
So much for premises, now for our story. 
A dull, gloomy day it was without, cold with¬ 
in, and cheerless everywhere. The trade was 
ed by all the family, excepting the young lady | dull as the weather, and Seth was grubbing up 
to whom his addresses were specially directed. 
Mr. Smith showed him none of the ordinary 
civilities of the house ; he was not asked to the 
hospitalities of the table, and it is reported that 
his horse was doomed to share with his master 
the neglect and mortification to which he was 
subject, for he was frequently seen shivering in 
the cold, and gnawing the post at the parson’s 
door on the long winter evenings ; in short, it 
was reported that the parson had intimated to 
him that his visits were unacceptable, and 
that he would confer a favor by discontinuing 
them. 
He told his daughter that John Adams was 
unworthy of her ; that his father was an honest 
tradesman, a tradesman who had tried to initiate 
John into the arts of husbandry and shoemaking 
but without success, and that he had sent him 
to college as a last resort. He begged his 
daughter not to think of making an alliance 
with one so much beneath her. Miss Smith was 
one of the most dutiful of daughters, but she 
saw Mr. Adams through a medium very differ¬ 
ent from that in which her father viewed him. 
She would not for the world offend or disobey 
her father, but still John Adams saw something 
in her eye and manner that seemed to say « per¬ 
severe,” and on that hint he acted. 
Mr. Smith, like a good parson and an affec¬ 
tionate father had told his daughter that, if 
they married with his approbation, he would 
preach each of them a sermon on the Sabbath 
after the joyful occasion, and that they should 
have the privilege of choosing the text. The 
espousal of the eldest daughter, Mary, arrived, 
and she was united to Mr. Cranch in holy bonds, 
with the approval, the blessings, and the bene¬ 
dictions of her friends. Mr. Smith then said : 
“ My dutiful child, I am now ready to prepare 
your sermon for next Sunday. What do you 
select for the text ?” 
“ Dear father,” said Mary, «I have selected 
the latter part of the forty-second verse of the 
old accounts with severe determination, when 
he was disturbed by the creaking of the low 1 0n 
door of his shop, and the entrance of an old, 
bowed-down figure, who, barely placing one 
foot before the other, shuffled across the floor 
through piles of West India and dry goods, 
hardware, groceries and notions, (for l’ankee- 
land was even then full of them,) and deposit¬ 
ing a well-filled bag upon the counter, with the 
ejaculation, “Use for Ben Foula & Sons,” 
suddenly shuffled away. Not comprehending 
the nature of so unbusiness-like a transaction, 
Seth was sometime in a muse, before the idea 
of examining the bag left, occurred to his be¬ 
wildered brain. 
The filst touch told him it was gold, and upon 
examination, it contained the enormous sum of 
five hundred guineas in gold of Spain. Having 
satisfied himself as to the amount, he turned to 
his day-book and made entry,—« Received this 
day 500g., to be used for Benj. Foula & Sons,” 
and opened his account accordingly. 
Years passed on, and year to year the prop¬ 
erty invested in the name of Benjamin Foula 
<fc Sons seemed cherished by fortune’s self._ 
Their ventures were successful by sea and land, 
when all others were ruinous ; their ships rode 
safely through the storms that sunk the 
stoutest merchantmen, and their cargoes ar¬ 
rived in safety, when privateers had taken or 
driven away others. So immense was this in¬ 
crease, that soon Old Seth was known only as 
an agent for the F oulas , and his own property 
increase was of little account, compared with 
the immense commission on their investment. 
His warehouse became one of the largest in the 
colony, and his ships passed in and out from 
every port of usual trade on the line, laden 
with the property of the unknown. Still was 
the same account on his ledger preserved, and 
receipt and expenditures always kept, waiting 
the coming of his principal or his sons, and 
their examination. 
The extract that follows is from the life of 
I eter Gott, the Cape Ann fisherman : 
If there is any situation in the wide world 
where men feel solitary and alone, it is on the 
banks of New Foundland, with no object in 
sight to break the monotony of the scene._ 
Neither sun, moon, nor stars, are seen for many 
days. They are enveloped in a dense fog, 
which shuts them up from all the world. In 
the long, damp, chilly nights, they are enclosed 
as with a solid wall of darkness. YVhen ; 
lantern is brought on deck, it literally renders 
the darkness visible. There you lie, rocking to 
and fro, and rising and falling with the swell¬ 
ing surges, day after day,and night after night ; 
your deck slimy and slippery, the water trick¬ 
ling in streams down the windward face of your 
mast, and a large drop hangs ready to fall from 
the loose end of every gasket. Below deck 
matters are not much better ; every thing is wet 
and sickly in the cabin, and in the hold all is 
chilly and dark, like some deep, dark cavern 
in the mountain side. When fish are plenty, 
and the crew take from twenty to thirty quintals 
a day, the feeling of success enables one to 
bear the solitude. But when you are doing 
nothing, or only catching now and then a dog¬ 
fish, the feeling of dreariness is sometimes very 
oppressive. In a voyage at sea, although you 
are in mid-ocean, and not a sail in sight, the 
very motion of the vessel has something inspir¬ 
ing and animating in it. The sailor, the world 
over, prefers the storm to the calm. 
A fisherman often spends weeks on the banks 
without seeing a vessel, although hundreds are 
on the ground. This is owing partly to the 
fogs'which abound there, and partly to the im¬ 
mense extent of that portion of the Atlantic 
known as the Grand Bank. The bank is a 
range of submarine mountains lying between 
the eastern shore of North America and north¬ 
ern Europe. This range runs nearly north and 
south, and is twelve hundred miles in length. 
Its width is very variable, as are the heights of 
its summits. In some places they approach 
within forty fathoms of the surface ; at other 
points they are one hundred and twenty or fifty 
fathoms below it — thus resembling mountain 
ranges upheaved upon the land. The cod fre¬ 
quent all this immense portion of the Atlantic, 
it anft 
'ttntHt. 
IMPORTANT TO CANDIDATES. 
The following queries, propounded by a Mis¬ 
souri paper to the numerous candidates for office 
in that State, are so general and national that 
they will apply to any section of « our glorious 
Union: ” 
“ Questions that must be Answered.” _1st. 
If three men work ten days on a fertile farm, 
what is the Logarithm ? 
2d. Of what use is a compass without a needle, 
and which way does it point ? 
Note .—X—supposed use. S—South. 
•Id. What is the required length of a limited 
steel wire which runs the other way ? 
4th. If three watches don’t keep time with 
either of them, which will gain ? 
Note .—The first was an English watch ; the 
other a French Lepine, having seven holes jew¬ 
elled, and of foreign make. 
5th. Given—The complexion, age and height 
of a middle sized man. Required—The nature 
of his business, his annual gains, and prospects 
in life ? 
6th. In a large household neither father nor 
mother know anything. How was it with the 
family—were they Know Nothings or not ? 
7th. Is a man ever justifiable in either case 
and if so, which ? 
8th. If a man stands upon the sea-shore, with 
his eye elevated 4 feet 2% inches, which way 
will he look, and what will he see ? What is 
his name ? How long will he stand there ?— 
Which way did he come from ? Where will he 
go when he gets through looking ? How long 
will he be on the road, and what will he do 
when he gets there ? 
Note.— The solution of these questions will 
equire some study. 
9 th. Required—A series of factorsexpressing 
the relation of father and son. 
10th. Required—In terms of X—the relative 
situation of any two country villages, with the 
population of the former. 
Note .—Massachusetts. 
11th. If a hard knot be tied in a cat’s tail, 
which way, how long, and with what success 
will she run after it ? Also, who tied the knot ? 
Aote 1st. —The cat was dark colored, and 
howled o’ nights. 
Note 2d .—The conditions of this problem are 
extremely vague. 
12th. Required—The erratic course of a flea 
affected with strabismus. 
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THRESHING MACHINES. 
-l® E _? ub J crib ® rs J;. a . v « ,°P. J>an d and are manufacturing a 
SUS* be * possible manner, and in place of wood!'fron r puUeys 
have been substituted throughout puueys 
Also on hand, a large number of the celebrated Barbfr 
Horse Power, which, for strength, durability, compactness 
and ease of action, is unsurpassed. Those wishing to purchase 
X U ^J°, Wel t0 Cail aud exa mine these Machine® before pur¬ 
chasing elsewhere. TAFT BROWNSON a. p i 
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y„ June 2, 1856 * C °’ 
ANGELS IN PETTICOATS. 
A funny correspondent of the Portland Tran¬ 
script says :—“ I have recently gin up all idea 
a I of womenfolks, and come back to perliticallife. 
I am moie at bum in this line than in buntin’ 
the fair seckts. Aingills in petticuts and ‘kiss- 
me-quicks’ is pretty enough to look at, I gin in, 
but darn ’em, they, are slippery as eels, and 
when you fish for ’em, an’ get a bite, you, some¬ 
how or other, find yourself at the wrong end of 
the,line —they’ve cotched you! An’ when 
you’ve stuffed ’em with^peanuts, candy, and 
doggerytipes, they’ll, throw you away as they 
would a cole tater.i Leastwise, that’s bin my 
experience. But I’ve done with ’em naow.— 
The Queen of Sheber, the sleepin’ beauty, Kle- 
opatry’s needle, Pompey’s pillow, an’ Lot’s 
wife, with a steam engine to help ’em, couldn’t 
tempt me. The very sight of a bonnet riles 
me all over.” 
Why may a chemist and a mountebank both 
be females? Because one is an Ann Eliza 
(analyzer,) and the other a Charlotte Ann 
(charlatan.) 
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Allen’s Patent Improved Mowing Machine, 
AND COMBINED MOWER AND REAPER. 
Strong, simple in construction, not liable to get out of or¬ 
der; Compact. Light, Easy of Draft, and may be worked with a 
slow gait by Horses or Oxen. No Clogging of Knives Works 
well on any ground, however rough—side hills—salt and fresh 
meadows, Ac.—and in any kind of lodged grass and clover. 
WARRANTED TO GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION. 
Manufactured at the Agricultural Implement Manufactory, 
and lor sale at the W arehouse of R. L. ALLEN, 189 and 191 
Water street, New York. ’ 
Apply to D. R. BARTON, Agent, Rochester, N. Y. 
receive and promptly execute orders. 
who will 
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HOT WATER WARMING APPARATUS. 
P O li CL IC Iff E N IH OUSES. 
The Subscribers have, at a large expense, perfected an ap¬ 
paratus for effectually Warming Green Houses, however 
large, in the severest weather, and with the most economical 
consumption of fuel. Fully uwaro of the difficulties which 
Florists and Horticulturists have experienced in their vain en¬ 
deavors to prevent their Plants from freezing on account or 
the imperfect modes of warming now much in use, we have ta¬ 
ken the trouble to give our apparatus a fair test during the 
past winter, (as the following testimonial will show,) and with 
the most satisfactory results. We shall be happy to send, by 
mai , estimates for putting up our apparatus, to all who will 
send us drawings showing ground plan of their Greeu Houses 
„ . „ ,. „ „ CHAPIN, TREADWELL A CO 
Springfield, Mass., May 24, 1856. 
ta > pleasure in recommending, unqualifiedly to the 
public, toe Warming Apparatus referred to above bv Messrs 
Chapin, Treadwell A Co. We consider it perfect for the 
purpose designed, and have warmed our Green Houses in this 
manner during the past severe winter, having no trouble in 
keeping the houses as warm as we desired, while the ther 
mometer ranged from 15 to 24 degrees below zero outside mid 
the fuel consumed, has been less than that required any nrevi 
us season. 15 v BLISS t wavi’v 
Springfield, Mass., May 24, 1856. ‘ ' H 4 V ^N. 
335w25 
COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER. 
The man who couldn’t « trust his feelings,” 
is supposed to do business on the cash principle 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I AM composed of 29 letters. 
M y 19, 17, 5, 29, 2, 20 is a kind of grain. 
My 24, 28, 11, 1,12,14 is part of a house. 
My 22, 10, 5, 3, 25 is a domestic animal. 
My 13, 9, 5 is a kind of tree. 
My 8, 26, 17, 3, 2, 29,16 is a kind of bur. 
% 7, 17, 5, 21 is a vehicle. 
and during the fishing season vessels are scat- I My 18, 5 10* 6 4 isVfLh & farming utensi1 - 
tered on every part. - 1 J ’ ’ ’ ’ 
The Jane remained at her first berth about 
two weeks; during this time they took less 
than a hundred quintals, and becoming dissat¬ 
isfied with their success, they hauled up their 
anchor and ran about fifty miles to the northeast, 
and anchored in seventy fathoms. Here they 
were more successful, striking immediately a 
school of large fish. They now made up for lost 
time, and in the course of four weeks they had 
four hundred quintals on board, besides several 
barrels of halibut cut into slices and salted, and 
two large sword-fish. 
My whole is much feared by farmers. 
Brighton, N. Y. H. L B 
Answer next week. 
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WOOD?© YTkaCX>_~FS.«~>N7- -Fr;7vr-p ;-p»ji-p 
FOR THE HARVEST OF 1856. 
In calling the attention of farmers to my Machine, for the 
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increased merits over any previous year's manufacture and 
in recommending it as now improved and perfected ns being a 
Lombmed Reaper and Mower, adapted in every respect to the 
wants of farmers who have use for such an implement 
I havoso shortened the rear part of the platform and frame 
as to make the delivery easy. The reel post on the left side of 
r ,? hlne ‘ 8 n . lade h '£ ber < the wing board wider and longer, 
an *j have put in internal gear. The raising lever is lengthened 
and the driver s seat set further back, which so balances the’ 
maclnne as to rid tho horses of all weight upon their necks— 
and I have the utmost confidence in recommending it as the 
best Combined Reaper and Mower in use. h 0 
ca Pable of cutting in a workmanlike manner 
irom 10 to lo acres of Grass or Gram per day. 
My terms are the same as heretofore. For the Combined 
Machine, delivered here on board cars $125. For the Single 
Mower, $110. WALTER A. WOOD, 
. Manufacturer aud Proprietor, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
Ma yl, 1856. _ 33 lt f 
CONSTERWATION. 
imported Thorough Bred Horse will stand the present 
season, as heretofore, at tho farm of J. B. Burnet, Eso S 
“ “" 1 of s >'rtCuso at $10 the season, or$20 to insure® The 
money to be paid in advance in all cases. Where insurance is 
effected a receipt will be given, promising to refund in case the 
tWsV,» P roved not to have got in foal—and provided always 
18 regularly returned to, or left with the horse until the 
week ra a^risk of owners “ St ‘ nte<1 ' FaStU,afe ’ e at 60 ce nts per 
S 29 " 10 WILLIAM KEENAN, Groom. 
n f , p,f»J t iX AIr ! K o J 8 c! ,I0 ^ A,UjK HATTER, old stand 
of Clark «fc Gilman, 23 State St-, Rochester. Iy331 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. 
DAGUERREOTV1 E8 —Accurate, elegant, unsurpassed 
inctures taken in clear or clondy weather. Particular attention 
pmd to the likenesses of children.—Old pictures accurately copi 
ed. Rooms, Arcade Hall, opposite Post-office, sign of C Perry. 
TO HOTEL KEEPERS OR OTHERS 
TO LET OR LEASE. 
°f y ? ars ’ tbe J ar ge stone warehouse occupied by 
the undersigned, situated immediately at the east end of the 
Suspension Bridge. A small outlay would convert it into a 
Hotel, and from its unrivalled site would command the best 
business ot tins flourishing place. W. O. BUCHANAN 
Suspension Bridge, N. Y., June 11, 1856. zzlixah. 
CHOICE FARM FOR SALE, 
antl ?k 0 r a i ed i in tbe to "' n o f Granby, Oswego Co., N Y 4 
fimber £i f i lU t0n ’ containing 6 (J% acres, 4 acres of heavy 
buildings 10 is iT® 7 “ S ood J state ol cultivation, with good 
fruit Soil a rtl 1 WRt l re f Rnd >>as plenty of choice grafted 
iruit. boil a deep nch loam, free from stone. The land 
f^ice^ $50 ver'acre Sold ? dapt ? d ^ or raising grain or grass — 
Title inffisnmahir' Fn r "T 18 C,ear of »» incumbrance, and 
i uie indisputable For further particulars inouire of tho Knh 
S °337w4° U the preraise6 ’ or address him at Oswego Falls, N. Y. 
- '__ S. E. BETTS. 
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. 
The undersigned offers for sale his farm (reserving his nre- 
N^gn e ra d p ? t Ce “"a five < 5 cres ) *> ing in the flourishing® illagc o 
Niagara Falls village 7 b ° tWeen “ ie SuSptnsio11 Bridge "and 
tion b andTix o^woodlandp'iri'all'sb^cres^ with goo*d barns'farni 
h0 " 8e - 'veils, Ac. The terms of payment will be mos ^ibe^ 
as the only object in selling is from having other occupations 
requiring al his attention. Application m,?st be made at once 
? n VLr 80ld by lst July ' the * arm will be cut up into bffiw: 
Suspension Bridge, N. Y., June 11, 1856. °‘ BUCHA ^AN^ 
Y outh. In youth we seem to be climbing a 
hill on whose top eternal sunshine seems to rest. 
How eagerly we pant to attain the summit !— 
But when we have attained it, how different is 
the prospect on the other side. We sigh as we 
contemplate the dreary waste before us, and look 
back with a wistful eye upon the flowery path 
we have passed, but may never more retrace._ 
Life is a portentous cloud, fraught with thun¬ 
der, storm and rain; but religion, like those 
streaming rays of sunshine, will clothe it with 
light as with a garment, and fringe its shadowy 
skirts with gold. 
There is a number expressed by two digits 
which is equal to nine times the sum of the 
digits ; and if this product be substracted from 
ninety-nine, the remainder will be the digits 
inverted. What is that number ? 
Answer next week. 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus in No. 335 
“ Honesty and Truth are cardinal principles.” 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma in No. 337: 
“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.” 
Answer to Mathematical Question in No. 337; 
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