ENGLISH ECONOMY. 
“Fie! Ezekiel,” sqid she, good natnredly, 
“ don't get in a pet about it, for if I would break 
my promise to Mr. Asjjlkv, to engage myself to 
yon, >ou would have reason to expect the same 
treatment in turn, if I Bhould meet any one I liked 
better.” 
“ That’s so,” interposed Ezbkiel. 
Then she went on, “ I am no match for you, for 
I don’t know bow to make butter or cheese, or do 
any such thing, and have no doubt that when I 
come to Piueville again, I shall find you married 
to some one greatly my superior, and then how 
glad you will be that I was not at liberty to ac¬ 
cept you. And as for you not taking me to ride 
any more, I am sure you cannot be so Billy as to 
resent my being engaged before we became ac¬ 
quainted, and that, with your obliging disposi¬ 
tion, you will be just as ready to do me a favor as 
ever.” 
Ezekiel Hat twirling his thumbs, and seeming 
not to know exactly what to say, and Jessie re¬ 
sumed,—” This, you know, is the afternoon of 
Kate Smith's quilting party, and I was Just ready 
to go when you called, and as 1 have staid talking 
with you so long that I shall he late, I don’t know 
but I should have asked you to drive over with 
me, if you had not told me what to expect” 
“Well,” said Ezkkikl, considerably mollified, 
“I don’t mind takin you over, so git your bonnit,” 
Jessie was bonneted and gloved in a trice, and 
talked agreeably all the way of the pleasure with 
which she should make the acquaintance of the 
future Mrs. Tompkins, — and what friends they 
would be when she came,— as she meant to every 
summer,—to Bpend a few weeks with her grand¬ 
parents. And Ezekiki. drove away after seeing 
her home from the quilting with the conviction 
that she wub an uncommon nice girl, and it was a 
shame she should throw herself away on such a 
doll-baby of a man as that A sulky. But bis ap¬ 
preciation of her fine qualities was somewhat les¬ 
sened, when, a few days later, Mr. Asiii.ky paid a 
visit to Pineville, and towards the c’osc of a 
bright afternoon strolled with Jbssik along a 
shaded lane, on the other side of which he was 
returning from the field, and he heard her, from 
behind the screen of bushes that lined the fence, 
giving her future husband a most ludicrous ac¬ 
count of his proposal, and listened to the merry 
bursts of laughter that accompanied the recital. 
“Confound the Jade!” he muttered, “Pm sorry 
I said anything to her about it Hut I’ll show her 
yet that there arc girls enough that will marry 
me, if she wont. Now, there’s Kuban Williams,” 
he soliloquised, a luminous idea flashing through 
his cranium. “She is just as smart and good- 
looking as that plagued Jessie, and knows a heap 
more about some things,— and she’ll have me, I 
know. She’s got the polish, too,—thongh I dou’t 
see why mother makes so much accouut of that, 
for i dou’t think it’s of much consequence,— but 
mother's a very wise woman and it’s likely she 
knows.” With thiB sage reflection the a flair was 
settled in Ezekiel s mind, and a short time after 
he waited upon Miss Susan Williams with the 
announcement that he "sposed she must be 
thinking something about marryin’ and havin’ a 
home of her own, now that she was a woman 
grown; and as his mother was gittin old, and he 
needed a wife, he thought she had better marry 
him and go over to Tompkins’ Corner to live.” 
But unfortunately for Ezekiel’s plans, Miss Su¬ 
san had been to hoarding school, and acquired 
high notions,—had read poetry and imbibed ro¬ 
mantic ideas, and waa quite shocked at his want 
of sentiment, and indignantly informed him that 
if his object in marrying was to secure a house¬ 
keeper, ho had better apply to some stoat girl 
who could do twice the amount of washing and 
churning she would be willing to undertake; and 
when she found it necessary to go to service she 
thought she could find some employment more to 
her liking, than making puddings and darning 
stockings for him. 
“Whew!” said Ezekiel, “you need’nt be so 
spunky about it,— you wont git another such a 
chance in Pineville, now I tell you.” Miss Susan 
did not condescend to reply, and her matter-of 
fact suitor went away thinking that girls were 
queer creatures. 
After two such signal failures, Ezekiel dared 
not make another venture for a wife, until a long 
time after, when he made the acquaintance of a 
Misa Mahia Hciibaud, who had been educated to 
believe that “worth makes the man,” and having 
repeatedly heard that Ezekiel was “worth” at 
least fifteen thousand dollars,—would be “worth” 
twice as much when the railroad was completed 
through Pineville, and in consideration of this 
“ worth” treated him with so much politeness that 
he ventured several times to insinuate that he 
thought she would make him a capital wife, with¬ 
out having the insinuation repelled; but the fates 
were against him. Miss Rums abb hud few per¬ 
sonal charms to be proud of. Like moat plain 
persons, she was very fastidious in regard to 
other peoples’ looks, and one day said to her 
cousin that " she believed she would marry Eze¬ 
kiel Tomteins if he were not so homely, but she 
could not endare the idea of sitting down to the 
breakfast table every morning of one’s life oppo¬ 
site such a face as his.” 
Foolish Maria! she had resolved to marry him 
in spite of his homely face, and her consin was 
one of those silly women who cannot, for their 
lives, refraiu from telling all that is told them, and 
must needs repeat what Maria had said, with a 
solemn injunction to secrecy, to her husband, and 
he could not refrain from telling Ezekiel. This 
was the unkindest cut of all, and Ezekiel almost 
swore, but checking the naughty impulse, he con¬ 
tented himself with bidding the cousiu-in-law tell 
Maria HubbAkb to "go to thunder.” Luckily 
for himself; however, he forgot to deliver the 
message, and Miss Hubbard not having sufficient 
moral courage to be an old maid, and failing to 
find another suiter whose “worth made him a 
man,” contented herself with a “fellow” whose 
good looks were his only capital. This wits the 
last attempt Ezekiel would not be persuaded, 
even by his mother, to make another effort, and, 
like the sensible woman she really was, she ceased 
to importune him on the subject, because, as she 
told grandma Leighton, “if Ezekiel waa’nt in¬ 
clined to marry it was no use to urge it, for the 
boy was no fool, and could take caie of himself 
without a wife, if he chose.” 
father, and take care of their sickly mother, and 
she’s getting kind of oldish,—may be she might 
be persuaded to marry; or, if you want a young 
wife,—though its my opinion a joung one would 
not be at all suitable for you, I spose she’d be 
better’n none,— there are lots of girls that aint 
very well off in the world, that would make toler¬ 
able kind of housekeepers, and he glad of aB good 
a home as you could offer them.” 
“And that's what you call sensible advice, is 
it, Deacon?” 
“ Yes!” 
“ Well, I always thonghtyou a sensible man be¬ 
fore. Gel-long, Jack,— git up, Jerry,— and away 
went Jack and Jerry, followed by their sturdy 
master, who kicked over the green sward as it 
rolled from his plowshare, with as much energy 
as though the unoflcndlg tnrf had offered him an 
insult which he was anxious to requite. 
Dea. Jones was so disgusted with the want of 
appreciation of his advice, as he walked slowly 
away, he resolved that though he might not mind 
his own business exclusively, to the neglect of 
that of others, he would abstain from meddling 
with Uncle Ezekiel’s affairs in future. His reso¬ 
lution, however, did not prevent his informing all 
his acquaintances, confidentially, that it was his 
opinion that Ezekiel Tompkins waa a down¬ 
right woman-hater, and very likely to die an old 
bachelor. 
A very natural, as well as shrewd conclusion, 
judging from appearances, yet at twenty-five he 
had not the faintest idea that he had a call to a 
life of single-blessedness; and at fivo-and twenty 
Ezekiel Tompkins whs a remarkable young man. 
At least bis mother thought so, and as no one 
questioned her right to such an opinion, we pre¬ 
sume the old lady was correct. To be euro, there 
were persons who questioned both the acuteness 
of his intellect, and the beauty of hiB looks, but 
good Mrs. Tompkins did not. What if he was 
rather long and lank? It makeB a person look 
dignified to be tall, and graceful to be Blen¬ 
der. And what if his straight black liair did 
peisist in stringing down over his forehead, 
to meet bis eye brows, in deflanco to all 
his attempts to make it take a contrnry di¬ 
rection,—and his noBe twist sidewise in the 
queerest way imaginable? His mother saw no 
lack of beauty in bis odd-looking visage,— what 
mother ever did think her child homely? Mine, 
I am sure, did not, for when I came home from 
school In a towering passion because some would- 
be-witty urchin made sport of rny big black eyes, 
she would say, “Never mind, my child, your mama 
thinks her little girls' eyes are always pretty, ex¬ 
cept when they look angry,” and I have no doubt 
she thought me quite handsome enongb, notwith¬ 
standing the contrary opinion of my schoolmates. 
And so does yours, dear reader, though your 
mouth may be an inch or two too wide, and your 
nose have an aspiring inclination that points it 
sky-word; so we will not quarrel with good Mrs. 
Tom i-K in’s taste. 
Like many another mother, the old lady was 
ambitious, not for herself, but for her son, and it 
was the darling wish of her heart to see him well 
married. Sho was not anxiouH that he should 
marry wealth, for his father had left him an inher¬ 
itance that she considered quite equal to any 
young man's requirements; but her daughter-in- 
law must be a lady. None but a real lady, well- 
bred, well-educated, and well-connected, she was 
resolved should marry her hopeful son. Being a 
woman of considerable strength of character, 
Ezekiel regarded her as an oracle, and seldom 
took the trouble of founding an opin'on of his 
own, because, as he said to himself, “ Yoqr moth¬ 
er, Ezekiel, is a very wise woman, and it’p likely 
she knows.” 
But where the paragon waB to be found on 
whom Ezekiel was to bestow his immense fist, 
whr a question, until MisB Jessie Lkioiiton came 
to Pineville to spend a summer with her grand¬ 
parents. She was a pretty, sparkling brunette,— 
witty, lady-like and agreeable, and was soon the 
life of Pineville society, and a great favorite with 
widow Tompkins. The widow waa an intimate 
friend of Grandma Leighton, and immediately 
conceived the project of transforming Jessie 
Leighton into Jessie Tompkins; and Ezekiel, 
good, dutiful boy, went to work at once to engraft 
himself on the young lady's affections. To be 
sure, she was sadly deficient in the household 
knowledge a farmer’s wife required, but his 
mother was a very wise woman, and could teaeh 
her all she needed to know. 
Under mother’s instructions he took her little 
presents of fruit, flowers, &c., dropped in to talk 
politics with grandpa, now and then, and invited 
her to all the pio-nics und nurry-makingB in the 
vicinity. As be drove a fine pair of horses before 
a neat carriage, and was a prudent driver, Jessie 
unhesitatingly accepted his escort, because, as she 
told the young ladies of her acquaintance, it was 
very good of Ezekiel, knowing that she bad no 
brother, or convenient cousin, for a cavalier, to 
drive her wherever she wished to go, and she was 
very grateful for his kindness. Whether his heart 
was interested or not, would have been hard to 
say, for Ezekiel's heart was a very undemonstra¬ 
tive affair indeed; but toward the close of summer 
he ventured to inform her that, “aeein' as how 
they had got to be pretty good friends, lie didn’t 
mind tellin her that he felt inclined to marry, and 
thought she’d suit him pretty well for a wife, and 
he did’nt believe she could do better than to say 
she'd marry him and strike the bargain at once.” 
Jessie repressed an inclination to smile, and 
answered, very demurely, that she thanked him 
for his good opinion, and regretted that she could 
not accept his flattering offer on account of a 
previous engagement. 
“Dew tell!” said Ezbkiel, giving himself an 
uneasy hitch, “yon don’t say that Jm Brown has 
been cuttiu’ on me out, do you?” 
“No,” said she, “it is a gentleman named Ash¬ 
ley,— a clerk in my father’s store.” * 
“JemimaI You don't mean to say you'd let 
such a chance as I offer you, go for that little, 
stuck-up, dandified counter-jumper, do you?— 
Well, if you are such a fool as that, I shan’t 
trouble myself to hitch up the bays to take you 
riflin' any more,” 
MIDSUMMER. 
Bankruptcy among American merchants is 
often occasioned by enormous expenses entailed 
annually by the splendid Etorcs of granite and 
marble, which are thought almost indispensable 
to eminent success. Our English brethren have 
more prudent notions. Here is a striking de¬ 
scription, from Household Words, of a great es¬ 
tablishment in London: 
Along a narrow passage, up a dark stair, 
through a crazy door, into a room not very light, 
not very large, not in the least splendid; with 
queer corners, and quaint carvings, and massive 
chimney-pieces; with till cupboards, prim doors, 
and squat, counters with deep, dumpy drawers; 
with desks behind thin rails, with aisles between 
thick towers of papered-up packages, out of 
whose endR flash all the colors of a rainbow; 
where nil is quiet as a play house at daybreak, or 
a church at midnight; where, in truth, there is 
nobody to make a noise, except one well-dressed 
man, one attendant porter, and one remarkably 
fine male eat, admiring, before the fire, the endB 
of his Bilky paws; where the door, as we enter, 
shuts with a deep, dull, muffled sound, that is 
more startling than a noise; where there is less 
bustle than at a Quaker’s meeting, and less busi¬ 
ness going on than in a government office. The 
painfully neat man threads the mazes of the piles, 
and deskB, and cupboards, and counters, to greet 
us, and to assure ns, in reply to our apology, that 
we have not made any mistake whatever, and that 
we are in the silk-warehouse we were seeking—a 
warehouse in which we have previously been In¬ 
formed by one whose word we never doubted, 
that there is “turned over” an annual average of 
£100,000 of good and lawful money of Great 
Britain. 
Around this lovely valley rise 
The purple hills of paradise. 
Oh, softly on yon banks of haze 
Her rosy face the Summer lays! 
Becalmed along the azure sky, 
The argosies of cloudlaud lie, 
Whose shores, with many a shining rift, 
Far oil their pearl-white peaks uplift. 
Through alt the long midsummer day 
The meadow sides are sweet with hay. 
I seek the coolest sheltered seat 
Just where the field and forest meet,— 
Where grow the pine trees tall and bland, 
The ancient oaks austere and grand, 
And fringy roota and pebbles fret 
The ripples of the rivulet. 
I watch the mowers as they go 
Through the tall graas, a white-sleeved row; 
With even stroke their scythes they swing, 
In tune their merry whetstones ring; 
Behind the nimble youngsters run, 
And toss the thick swaths in the sun; 
The cattle graze; while, warm and still, 
Slopes the broad pastures, basks the bill, 
And bright when summer breezes break, 
The green wheat crinkles like n lake. 
The butterfly and humble-bee 
Come to tlie pleasant woods with me; 
Quickly before me runs the quail, 
High up the leue wood-pigeon sits, 
And the woodpecker pecks and flits. 
Sweet woodland music sinks and swells, 
The brooklet rings its tiukling hells, 
The swarming insects drone and hum, 
The partridge beats his throbbing drum, 
The squirrel leaps among the boughs, 
And chatters in his leafy house. 
The oriole flashes by; and, look! 
Into the mirror of the brook, 
Where the vain blue bird trims his coat, 
Two tiny feathers fall and float. 
As silently, as tenderly, 
The down of peace descends on me. 
Oh, this Is peace! J have no need 
Of friend to talk, of book to read; 
A dear Companion here abides; 
Close to my thrilling heart He hides; 
The holy silence Is His Voice; 
I lie and listeD, and rejoice. 
Atlantic Monthly, 
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THE SEWING BIRD. By Kith J txrea O'Brikn, 
Illustrations. -The Rowing Bird —The Sewing 
Machines — The Dry* Good s' Store—The Miners.— 
The Lumbermen — The Working Girl. 
A SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND. — IL MARTHA’S 
VINEYARD. Illustrated by Porte Crayon. 
Illustrations. — Captain Went. — Catching a 
Shark.—Whutu Vish !— Black Baa*, etc.—Cape, Cod 
Pasture.— Gsv Head.— Light-Home, Gay Head.— 
Squire Flrtodcig. The Ocean Surf. — Gay Head 
School.— Deacon Simon.— Jane Wormaley.— Toad 
Rock.—Chilmark School.—The Young lGrpooner. 
— Returning in Tow.—Milking.—Figs.—The Dea¬ 
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LEGEND OF MICAII ROOD. 
TIIE CRUISE OF THE TWO DKACONS.-By Fitz Even 
Ludlow. ( Concluded .) 
Chavtkr VI. Different Deacons hare different 
Opinions. 
Chaptkk. VH A paradoxical Chapter; in which 
ttm two Deacons, thongh nt Sea, become clearer in 
their Views than ever be lore. . 
Chapter VIII. Conclusion. 
SOMEBODY'S LOVE-STORY. 
EATON 'A BABBARY EXPEDITION. 
BACHELOR’S HALL. 
MY JOHNNY. 
SOME OF MY TROUBLES. 
THE FOUR GEORGES II. GEORGE THE SECOND. 
By W. M. Thackeray. 
Illustrations.—H ead-Peace.—Ave Csesar.—The 
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“UNTO THIS LAST.”-I. THE ROOTS OF HONOR.— 
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pathize and mourn! 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
UNCLE EZEKIEJ 
BY ELIZABETH BOCTON. 
Ezekiel Tompkins, or, as his neighbors call him, 
“Uncle Ezekiel,” is a man of mark in Pineville, 
for among the worthy farmers who constitute the 
greater part of the population ol that thriving 
borough, there is no one who owns a larger spot 
on the "lap of his mother earth, or possesses am¬ 
pler barns, or a finer dwelling, than lie. Uncle 
Ezekiel entertains a Bincere affection for his 
horses,—cherishes the feelings of ft patriarch for 
his grandchildren towards the numerous biped 
and quadruped inhabitants of his farm yard,—and 
feels a truly paternal fondness for his dog. His 
dumb favorites have no human rivals in his af¬ 
fections, the good man haviug passed the meri¬ 
dian of manhood unmarried, to the great wonder 
and even annoyance of his neighbors, who think 
it a pity that the spacious frame house should 
have no mistress but old Petty, the housekeeper. 
The 6igbt of the pigs, chickens, and turkeyB, 
swarming, numerous and noisy, about the prem¬ 
ises all the fall and winter, instead of furnishing 
Thanksgiving and Christinas dinners,—as it was 
clearly their duty to do,— for wunt of a lady to 
preside on such occasions, became, at last, the 
source of so many unpleasant feelings to one of 
hiB neighbors,— good Deacon Jones, — that he 
felt it a duty to remonstrate with Ezkkiei, on the 
folly of leading such a life. Then, too, he could 
not help noticing the peculiar nobody-cares-for- 
me appearance, that characterized his friend 
Ezekiel, — in common with other old bachelors 
who are not themselves over nice in regard to 
their personal appearance, and have no mother 
or sister to look after their buttons, and prevent 
their raiment falling into a ruinous condition, 
generally,—which so strengthened his convictions 
that they impelled him to pay his friend a visit 
and endeavor to convince him of the truth of the 
declaration:—“It is not good for man to be 
alone.” He found the object of his solicitude in 
his field, busily engaged in inverting the sur¬ 
face of the earth, preparatory to seeding, and 
opened the conference with, 
“ I want to offer you a little sensible advice, 
Square, if you will listen to it.” (Ezekiel’s 
townsmen had voted him a Justice of the Peace, 
at the last town meeting, hence the angular title 
hv which the Deacon addressed him.) 
“Well, sir, what is it?” and the ‘Square’ re¬ 
moved his hat, mopped his face with his red 
bandanna, and leaned against his plowhandle to 
listen. 
“ Why, you see, Square, I think, and so does 
everybody that knows yon, that you ought to be 
married.” 
“Humph!” replied Ezkkiel, giving his face an¬ 
other rub,—“ Is that all?” 
“AllI it’s enough I Bhould think, for you cer¬ 
tainly need a wife badly, now that your mother is 
gone, poor woman, and you onght to have one. 
There is the widow Taylor. She is juat the age 
for you, and a right Bmart woman, too, and Bhe 
needs somebody to help her bring np them two 
boys of hers. It seemB to me that a match be¬ 
tween you and her would be just the thing for 
both of you. Then, there iB Hannah Bartlett, 
one of the best housekeepers in the country. Her 
sisters are old enough to keep house for their 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 27 letters. 
My 1, 9,16 denoted fear. 
My 20, 6,12,10,14 is an indispensable article 
My 7 ; 3,11, 5, IS la a point of the compass. 
My 23,19, 24 destroys many people. 
My 11, 21,17 is a small animal. 
My 2. 25, 9 is a carpenter's tool. 
My 26, 3,15 is a weight. 
My 8,13, 7 (a a large luminous body. 
My 22,16, 2 gives consent. 
My 4, 21, 7 is used by women- 
My 20,14, 0,12, 27 de notes anger. 
My whole is a true saying. 
Hillsboro, Ill., 1860. 
Ejt’" Answer in two weeks. 
HELLS. HELLS. 
MENEELY’S WEST TEOY (N. Y./ FOUNDERY, 
(EeiabUshed Hi IhjjO.) 
The KuLhi-ilLef* manufacture ami keep con- 
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Churches, Factories. School* lion»ea, Locomo¬ 
tive, Steamboats, Farms, Court Houses, Fire 
Alarms, &c., ire. These Bells, weighing fiOOffs. 
ana unwurdi', a-e mounted with our 1'AIE.M 
ROTATING YOKE (the best end ea/etl in use,) 
have a Tolling Hummer attached to the Irames ol 
all weighing more tbnn 400 pounds, Mid nre war¬ 
ranted w men/ jutrticular for one year lhe 
beet in alert ale are need In their construction 
in.operand titi,) making them worth, to sell lor 
old metal, should they become cracked by nug- 
iog, or melted in an accidental tiro (the latter ot 
which frequently occur*,) more than twenty 
limes as much ns those made uf iron or steel 
would be, il sold under similar circumstances. 
This, of it mi- If, is a very important consideration. 
)o exchange tors nete Bell,a broken or melted 
one, made of copper and Tin, would pay about 
tw '-thirds of the bill fora new oue > or lull par- 
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For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 26 letters. 
My 1, 2. 17,16,4 is an island is the Atlantic ocean. 
My 4, 24, 24, 4, 3 is 8 county in New York. 
My 5, 6,16,15.10, 20 is a mountain in China. 
My 7, 8,13 Is a river iu Austria. 
My 9, 10, 26 is a river in Bavaria. 
My 11,12, 22, 23. 20,2 is a county in Ohio. 
My 14, 22, 5,17,18,19, 20 Is a town in Michigan. 
My 19, 22,16, 24, 9, 8 is a river in Michigan. 
My 2,10,11,12, 10’ 15, 13, 22 is a town in Texas. 
My 25, 19, 9, 4 is a county in Ohio. 
My 21, 2,19,19, 7,24 is a town in Texas. 
My whole is a German State. 
Paw Paw, Mich,, I860, Dextkb P. 
nr- Answer in two weeks. 
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ri’IIE GREAT AUSTIN SHAKEN SEEDLING Stbaw- 
1 berrv.— This remarkable Seedling originated at the 
Shaker -ettlemeul in Walervliet, N. Y-, lour years ago, and 
having proved it to be perfectly nurdy, n great bearer, and 
flnc lUvored, we now olb-rtt to the public. It-.-ling confident 
that it will give satisfaction. It whs grown beside the \\ u- 
son's Albany Seedling last year, and proved to be quite as 
productive, and about twice as largo. The Austin beedung 
is helix red 1,, dr rut; |.AKe»;>TSTRAWJlKIUlV in Tint WORLD. 
The following is a erred description:- Flout vigorous; 
foliage very large; foot stalks long and stout. fruit very 
large, and broadly conical: color, bright crimson; tlesn 
rather litu), luildlv acid with a rich find high flavor; flowers 
staminute; in fulfbearingabout the 2Mb of Juue. boiae ot 
the berries will measure over two inches lu diameter. 
Twelve picked from a bed without extra selection weighed 
one pound. We nre aware that many new seedling Rtraw- 
liorne* have been recentlv nflVred to the public that nave 
not given satisfaction. We propose to exhibit pUttn of the 
Amlin in foil bearing, io pots, and berries in baskets, 1 rora 
the 19th of June to the Ith ot .fulv, at the following places. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. 
lilt* lOUJ Ol .Mill* HI IUV 1 t U Ul IUL * - . 
At Wm. S. Uarpentei-’s olbce, t6S pearl Si. -eel. New lofk, 
office of Horn’s Macauur ttf Horticulture, Boston; office 
of Moore's Rural Arae- Yurkt r. at Rochester, office of / he 
Thrse traders were ou their way to town, 
Themselves and their slaves both black and brown; 
Each was absorbed in his own meditations, 
The price of their slaves and their old plantations. 
A spoke first, and said unto B, 
If one of your slaTes you give to me, 
One-fourth of my number you then would possess, 
Which should make you of men the happiest. 
B, in return, doth say unto A, 
1 think you don’t trade in a very fair way; 
If one of your slaves you give to me, 
Two-thirds of my number yours will be. 
C said to A, I’ve a better plan, 
’Twill fairer be between tuau and man, 
If one of your slaves you give to me. 
All will be equal for A, B, C. 
And now, boys and girls, who with learning are blessed, 
Tell me how many slaves each trader possessed. 
Darien, Gen. Co., N. Y., I860. Wm. Brooks, Jr. 
Answer in two weeks. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
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