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["Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE COMING BATT.LE. 
BY imi M. BEACH. 
The hour* is approaching when this mighty army must do 
something—that hour will call for calmness .—Letter from the 
Potomar.. 
We arc waiting for the tidings of a battle bravely fought, 
We arc waiting for the tidings of a victory dearly bought; 
But that hour will call for calmness, for calmness and for 
prayer, 
For the dear ones from our fireside gone will stand in battle 
there. 
They will tells us of the bomb shells, and the traitor’s distant 
gun. 
They will tell us of the moment when the field is lost or won. 
But, oh! for every soldier who falls upon that day. 
Will they tell us of the hearts that break by the (iresidcB far 
away? 
Will they tell us of the dead young hopes and the quenching 
of the light 
That has made the present beautiful and the future fair and 
bright? 
Will they tell us of fond, waiting eyes that shall look on life 
no more, 
As they saw it in the dawning-in of that fearful coming hour? 
They will tell ub that our proud flag Hies where the brave and 
youthful lie. 
Will they tell us of the yearts at home that broke, but could 
not die? 
They will note the deeds of daring done. Will they tell us 
of the tears 
That will still flow on with fond regret through the long and 
lonely years? 
When we sec the vacant places which the loved ones fill no 
more, 
As we gather 'round our firesides when the duily cares arc o'er, 
Let us lift our henrts to Heaven, and the God of buttles pray, 
That lie go before His people on that proud hut fearful day. 
Let us pray that Truth may triumph, and Oppression’s demon 
power 
From our land be crushed forever by the firmness of that hour; 
And, ohl whate’er the tidings from the field by valor won, 
That He give us strength to calmly say, “ Father, Thy will be 
done.” 
Cambria, N. Y., 1862. 
Ilf J'tflUg' 
[Written for Moore’H Rural New-Yorker.] 
THINKING BETTER OF IT. 
BY K. H. STAUFFER. 
John Brent sat in bis counting-house. IIis face 
wore a worried look. At times lie drummed idly 
with his lingers upon the desk; at others, he half 
vacantly turned baek and forth the leaves of the 
ledger that lay before him. The civil war bad bro¬ 
ken out,, and bis business was very much depressed. 
A few customers had repudiated their bills many 
had forsaken him—while others bought so sparingly 
that it was not much of an object to wait upon 
them. Then, too, he had received several letters 
from his tenants, stating that, in view of the war 
and the want of employment, they were unable to 
pay the rents they liud contracted to pay, or which 
he contemplated demanding for the opening year. 
He was a man well to do in the world, and the 
times had not, driven him to any straights, or mate¬ 
rially affected his position. Still, ho was fond of 
making money, and loved the excitement of busi¬ 
ness, and this sudden stagnation fretted him. While 
under this despondent mood, a young man entered 
the office, lie was a sprightly, intelligent looking 
fellow. He approached the merchant quietly, hold¬ 
ing his hat in his hand. 
“Good morning, Master Wentworth,” said the 
merchant, moodily. 
“ Mr. Morgan sent, me over,” said the young man, 
“ to see if you would not let him have eight hundred 
dollars for a few days. He was disappointed in cer¬ 
tain quarters, and tinds himself short this morning.” 
“Tell Mr. Morgan,” said the merchant, gruffly, 
“that I cannot possibly accommodate birn. I am 
sick and tired of his applications.” 
“ They have not been so frequent,” suggested 
the lad. 
“ Sufficiently so for me, sir. Has he no one else 
to run to when be is short?” 
“ He has heretofore always found a friend in you, 
Mr. Brent — and in every instance I am sure that 
your kindness has been properly appreciated. Has 
he not always fulfilled his promises promptly? 
Did you not. on one occasion receive a similar favor 
at his hands?” * 
“ Master Wentworth, that will do. I am not in 
a mood to be catechised. My own affairs are at 
loose ends, and I have iny own sources of worri- 
ment. I cannot let Mr. Morgan have the money.” 
“I do not wish you to be offended at me, Mr. 
Brent. I do not wish to dictate to you, or argue 
beyond the privilege of my years. The esteem in 
which I hold my employer, and my desire not to 
have him misrepresented, is my excuse. Shall I 
report to him this conversation?” 
“ You are at liberty to report what you please. 
Mr. Morgan must look elsewhere.” 
The youug man departed and Mr. Brent walked 
slowly up and down the room, with his hands be¬ 
hind his back. The occurrence just described had 
added to his worriment. He felt out of humor with 
himself, and, as a consequence, with everybody else. 
\V hen he went home in the evening he carried his 
ill humor with him, and influenced all who came in 
contact with him. lie put his younger children 
pettishly aside — had no kind smile for his oldest 
daughter, who had placed his easy chair, wrapper 
•and slippers so cosily by the lire—and spoke harshly 
to his wife. The latter looked up in wonderment, 
but said nothing. She sensibly concluded that busi¬ 
ness matters had ruffled his temper, and that it 
would soon wear off. 
When he returned to the store the next day, he 
was still out of humor, but with himself alone. He 
felt ashamed of the manner in which he had Treated 
Mr. Morgan. He had the money in bank, had no 
especial, urgent use for it, and a dash of the pen 
would have been sufficient. What would Mr. Mor¬ 
gan think of him? Had he done right? The matter 
worried him; he fretted under the accusations of his 
conscience. Perhaps Mr. Morgan had been refused 
in other quarters, and was sorely pressed. What if 
it should drive him to the wall? Would he not bo 
to blame? Why did he add insult to the refusal? 
In what manner could he make reparation? He 
was just debating whether he should not yet offer to 
accommodate his friend, and apologize lor his con¬ 
duct, when a gentleman entered the office. 
“ Good morning, Mr. Brent. ' 
“ The same to you, Carson. Take a chair.” 
“Why —no —I have hardly time. Are you 
pressed for funds to-day ?” 
“ Not at all. Carson.” 
“Well —I am glad of it. You know I promised 
to lift that note at noon. It is for twenty-eight i 
hundred dollars. 1 could do so now, only 1 hold a ] 
note against Mr. Morgan, and he is unable to pay 
it to-day.” 
“For how much is the note you hold against 
Morgan?” asked John Brent, quickly. 
“For eight hundred dollars.” 
“ Then I will take it in part payment.” 
“ You will? Good. Here is his note, and my own 
check for two thousand dollars. That entitles me 
to that little ‘ scrip.’ ” 
“ Here it is,” said the merchant, opening his 
desk and handing his friend the redeemed note. 
That afternoon Mr. Morgan entered the office of 
Mr. Carson. There was a painful expression on 
his face, and a restlessness in his movements. 
“Mr. Carson, I cannot pay you that note to-day. 
I would do so willingly — but God knows I can’t. 
“I have disposed of it. Mr. Morgan.” 
“ You have? You did not throw it into bank?” 
“ No — I did not, .1 ohn Brent is your creditor. 
I paid part of rny indebtedness to him with it, this 
morning.” 
“ I am sorry,” said Mr. Morgan. 
“Why?” usked the other, in surprise. “He is 
indulgent Are you not good friends?” 
“ I cannot say that we are. There is at least a 
misunderstanding between us. I wanted to borrow 
of him yesterday, and he refused me point blank, 
and very uncivilly, too.” 
“ That is strange, Morgan. There must be a mis¬ 
take somewhere. It was something unusual with 
him.” 
“ It, was. I cannot comprehend it 1 am sensitive 
about goiug to him now.” 
“ 1 do not see why you should be. Believe me, 
the matter can Vie righted. He asked for the note, 
and took it so willingly that it does not in the least 
correspond with the conduct you attribute to him. 
Mr. Morgan posted off to John Brent. The 
latter received him kindly. 
“ You have been to see Mr. Carson?” he asked. 
“ 1 have,” 
“ He told you of the transfer.” 
“ Yes — that is what brought me here.” 
“You need not, give yourself any trouble about 
the note, Mr. Morgan. You can pay it whenever 
it suits you to pay it. If you are further pressed, I 
will aid you. I owe you an apology. I have been 
most heartily ashamed of my conduct; it has been 
a source of much worriment to me. But when your 
clerk applied, my mind was exercised by losses and 
perplexities in business, and l acted under the pres¬ 
sure of the moment. You will excuse my hasty, 
unkind reply?” 
“ Most willingly, Mr. Brent. You have taken a 
load off my mind, and you have my heartfelt thanks. 
I will lift that note at an early day.” 
“ Give yourself no trouble about it, Mr. Morgan.” 
John Brent was in a capital humor for the 
remainder of the day. He was pleased with him¬ 
self. He had made reparation in the best manner 
he could, and his business prospects did not appear 
so gloomy after all. When at home that evening, 
his wife said to him: 
“ My dear — you remember old Moses Ames, liv¬ 
ing in Harmony Court?” 
“ Yes— what of him?” 
“ His wife was here yesterday. She says her 
husband cannot pay the rent for tin's quarter, and 
probably not for the next. You won’t eject them?” 
“ Hardly; what is their plea?” 
“ Want of steady employment. Half of the book¬ 
binders arc in the same fix. He will pay you when 
Ids sons send their first wages home.” 
“ Has he any boys in the army?” 
“ Three,” 
“ Three! Good for old Ames. Tell his wife they 
shall live rent free during the war, no matter how 
long it lasts,” 
That was just like John Brent. His wife came 
and stood by his side. 
“ You would not have given me that reply yester¬ 
day evening,” she said. “I did not dare to ask you. 
What waB the matter?” 
“ 0 , nothing — only that I had made a fool of 
myself.” 
And John Brent related to his wife the affair 
with Morgan. 
Mount Joy, Pa., 1862. 
A PICTURE OF HOME. 
BY TIMOTHY TITC0MB. 
I recall a home long since left behind in the 
journey of life, and its memory floats back over me 
with a shower of emotions and thoughts towards 
whose precious fall my heart opens itself greedily, 
like a thirsty flower. It is a home among the moun¬ 
tains — humble and homely — but priceless in its 
associations. The waterfall again sings in my ears, 
as it used to through those dreamy, mysterious 
nights. The rose at the gate, the patch of tansy 
under the window, the neighboring orchard, the old 
elm, the grand machinery of storms and showers, 
the little smithy under the hill that flamed with 
strange lighL through the dull winter evenings, the 
wood-pile at the door, the ghostly white birches on 
the bill, and the dim blue haze on the retiring 
mountains —all these come back to me with an 
appeal that, touches my heart and moistens rny eyes. 
I sit again in the doorway at summer nightfall, eat¬ 
ing rny bread and milk, looking off upon the dark¬ 
ening landscape, and listening to the shouts of boys 
oil the hillside calling or driving home the reluctant 
herds. I watch again the devious wayB of the dusky 
nigbthawk along the twilight sky, and listen to his 
measured note, and the breezy boom that accom¬ 
panies his headlong plunge towards the earth. 
Even the old barn, crazy in every timber and 
gaping at every joint, has charms for me. I try 
again the breathless leap from the great beams in 
the hay. 1 sit again on the threshold of the widely 
open doors—open to the soft south wind of spring— 
and watch the cattle, whoso faces look half human 
to me, as they sun themselves, and peacefully rumi¬ 
nate, while drop by drop the melting snow on the 
roof drills holes through the wasting drifts beneath 
the eaves. The first little lambs of the season tottle 
by the side of their dams, and utter their feeble 
bleatings, while the flock nibble at the hay rick, or 
a pair of rival weathers try the strength of their 
skulls in an encounter, half in earnest and half in 
play. The proud old roosters crow upon the dung¬ 
hill throne, and some delighted member of liis silly 
family leaves her nest, and tells to her mates and to 
me that there is one more egg in the world. The 
old horse whinnies in his stall and calls to me for 
food. 1 look up to the roof, and think of last years 
swallows — soon to return again — and catch a 
glimpse of angular sky through the diamond shaped 
opening that gave them ingress and egress. How, I 
know not, and care not, but fhat old barn is a part 
of myself—jt has entered into my life and given me 
growth and wealth. 
But I look into the house again where the life 
abides, which has appropriated these things, and 
find among them its home. The hour of evening 
has come, the lamps are lighted, and the good man 
in middle life — though very old he seems to me — 
takes down the Bible and reads a chapter from its 
hallowed pages. A sweet woman sits at his side, 
with my sleepy bead upon her knees, and brothers 
and sisters are grouped reverently around me. 1 do 
not understand the words, but I have been told they 
are the words of God, and I believe it. The chap¬ 
ter ends and we all kneel down, and the good man 
prayte I fall asleep with my head in the chair, and 
the next morning I remember nothing how I went 
to bed. After breakfast the Bible is taken down, 
and the good man prays again; and again is the 
worship repeated through all the days of many 
golden years. The pleasant converse of the fireside, 
the simple songs of home, the words of encourage¬ 
ment as J bend over my school task, the kiss as 1 lie 
down to rest, the patient bearing with Ihe freaks of 
my restless nature, the gentle counsels mingled with 
reproofs and approval, the sympathy that meets and 
assuages every sorrow and sweetens every little 
success.— all these return to me amidst the respon¬ 
sibilities which press upon me now. and 1 feel as if 
I had once lived in Heaven, and straying had lost 
my way. 
Well, the good man grew old and weary and fell 
asleep at last with blessings on his lips for me. 
Some of those who called him father, lie side by 
side in the same calm sleep. The others are scat¬ 
tered and dwell in new homes, and the old house 
and orchard have passed into the hands of strangers, 
who have learned, or arc learning to look upon 
them as I do now. Lost, ruined, forever left behind, 
that home is mine to-day, as truly as it over was, for 
have I not brought it away with me and shown it to 
you? It was the homo of my boyhood. In it I 
found my first mental food, and by it was my young 
soul fashioned. To mo, through weai-y years and 
many sorrows, it has been a perennial fountain of 
delight and purifying influences, simply because it 
was my home, and was and is part of me. The rose 
at the gate blooms for iue now. The landscape 
comes when T summon it, and I hear the voices that 
call me from lips which memory makes immortal. 
— Springfield Republican. 
a»t 
WAR WIT. 
The Fourth New Hampshire Regiment has just 
completed a heavy job of shoveling at Port Royal. 
A few days since, on inspection, Col. Whipple dis¬ 
covered one of the soldier's guns in not the best 
order. Said the Colonel, “Don’t appear on inspec¬ 
tion again with your gun in such a condition.” 
“Colonel, 1 know the gun aint just right, but I have 
got the brightest shovel over in the intrenebment 
you ever saw,” replied the soldier. The Colonel 
saw the point, acknowledged the corn by a graceful 
bow, and passed down the line. 
The New Rebel Flag,—W e are told that the 
new rag which the rebels propose to dignify by the 
name of flag, consists of a blue union on a red field 
—the union containing four stars in the form of a 
square. Failing to render the old Union “blue,” 
the rebels have determined to make a blue one for 
themselves. The “red field” was superfluous—there 
have been several already since they rebelled. As 
for the four stars, we will make them see four 
thousand before we get through with them. 
Foote tana.—A gentleman yesterday asked ano¬ 
ther, why our troops in Kentucky were ablo to do 
so much, while the Potomac army was kept idle, 
lie replied, because they had a good Foote to go 
with them. 
Another wag said be was glad to hear that the 
wounded Commodore was doing well, and not in 
any need of an L E G. 
A third observed that for the rebels to go on foot 
was unpleasant in bad weather; but how much 
worse it must be to go with a Foote behind them! 
Truly, remarked n fourth, footing a bill is fre¬ 
quently difficult, but to be a rebel and have yourself 
Footed, is dreadful. 
Tue rebels at Roanoke Island must have realized 
the truth of the Scriptural declaration that “the 
wisdom of the Wise is foolishness.” 
iftnestM $&wmm 
REMEDIES FOR QUINSY, AGAIN. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker: —Seeing an inquiry 
in your journal for a remedy for quinsy, T will give 
my experience. 1 have been troubled with quinsy, 
more or less, far fifteen years, and tried everything 
1 could think or hear of had my tonsils removed, 
but all without avail, until about a year ago, when 
a Scotch gentleman told me to take an egg, beat it, 
take rosin and pound fine; mix them together thick 
enough to make a poultice, apply to the throaty 
change until the soreness is removed—which wili 
generally lie in about twenty-four hours. 1 think 
this a certain cure.—Mrs. G. M. Carpenter. 
In answer to E. M. K., for a remedy for quinsy, I 
send you the following:—My wife has been afflicted 
with the quinsy for a number of years, and the best 
remedy that has been tried is to take a thin slice of 
fat pork, strew on some black pepper, and bind it 
on the part affected. It will draw the soreness out, 
and it’ applied in time, it will prevent it from gather¬ 
ing and breaking. In many instances it has effected 
a cure so that persons have not had it for a number 
of years.—A. G. B., Mystic Bridge. 18G2. 
Seeing an inquiry in the Rural for a cure for 
quinsy, 1 send you what is said to he a certain 
remedy, if applied in itR early stages:—One spoon¬ 
ful of honey; one of camphor gum; one of rosin; 
put all in a cup, simmer well together over arnoder- 
ate fire, stirring while so doing. When cold, spread 
the salve on a cloth and apply to the part affected. 
—J. M. Wood, Hull's Corners, N. Y, 1SC2. 
Mu. Editor:— In answer to the inquiry for a 
remedy for quinsy, in the Rural of Jan. 25th, I 
would say that all sufferers from that disease may 
find an efficient remedy near at hand. Take one 
gill of white beans and boil them in soft wafer (ill 
done, when mash them fine to a poultice and bind 
them on the throat warm. If the quinsy gathers 
and breaks, let me know it, for it will be the first 
failure in my knowledge for over twenty years.— 
J. J. lloag. Veteran, Chem. Co., N. Y, 18G2. 
'Aimctlisexucnfs. 
gPBING, GARDEN, FLOWER AND 
TREE SEEDS. 
J. M. THORBURN & CO.'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of 
Vegetable, Agricultural, &e , SEEDS for the (.resent season, is 
ready for gratuitous distribution. 
All the following varieties 1 of SEEDS mailed, postpaid, to any 
part of the United State*, (with the exception of those marked 
thus *. which may he mailed to those wishing them hy this con¬ 
veyance. at uti additional expense of one cent per oz ,) on re¬ 
ceipt of the amount annexed. Cents. 
New Speckled ljn.a Brans. .per packet 25 
New Corrugated Polo do. do 25 
Thortrirn'- Nonpareil Cauliflower-per oz. 7fic do 10 
Knrlv Pari** do .... do 75c do 10 
iHunt White Solid Celery... do 25c do 5 
Improved New York lhirple Egg Plant do 60c do 10 
Early Wlrminewtadl Cabbage. do 20c. do 5 
New'Cottager’s Kale. do 20c do 5 
Karlv Vienna Kohl Raid. do 20c do 5 
do 20c 
do 20c 
.Neu .liM-ey Hybrid Cucumber {v‘y long) do 30c do 5 
Knrly Curled Kiloria Letturo ... do 20c do 5 
New Vrhire Japan Melon (early).. do 25 
Huntington do (very large).. do 25 
Strawberry Watermelon.. do 25 
True Yellow Danvers Onion per tb SI, per oz, 10c do 5 
*Kxtra. Karri Princes* Peru* ...per quart 30 
•Champion of Scotland, Kugenie and Napoleon 
Peas, each do 50 
Large Swet Mountain Pepper.per oz. 4Uc, per packet 5 
•Garnet Chili Potatoes...per bush $1,50 
Mench Scarlet Turnip Radish.. per nz 10 
Now Madras (edible pod) Radish.per packet 10 
Honolulu Nectarine Squash..peroz, SO 
Fejee lslsiul Tomato.per oz. 25c., per packet 5 
Frfcndb Upright do.. uo. is 
Berlin Tcltau Turnip.peroz 10 
•Norway Spruce Seed....,.per tb 75c. do 15 
•Balaam Fir Seed... do $2,0<) do 25 
•Ailanthns Seed. do 2,50 do 25 
'Hom y Locust Seed. do 60 do 10 
•Buckthorn Bred.-. do 1,00 do 10 
'Black Austrian Fine Seed,........ do 3,00 do 25 
•Stone Pine Scud,.......». do 1,60 do 15 
' European I .arch Seed . do 1,50 do 20 
'Chinese Araor Vita; Seed . do 3,00 do 25 
•Virgilia litloa, or Yellow Wood Tree (rare).. do $1,00 
'Apple Seed ..per bushel $5, per quart 26 
'Plum Pile. ...-. do 40 
Strawberry Seed 12 varieties each.per packet 25 
Connecticut Seed Leaf Tobacco.per nz. 25 
"ALike Dover.per tb. 75 
"Scarlet Flowering Clover..... do 50 
'Lucerne ..... do 25 
•Chinese Suytir Cane..per bushel $1, per quart 26 
'Chicorcr Seed...per oz 10c. per lb. 76 
J. M. TUGRBURN & CO.'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of 
FLOWER SEEDS, containing all the novelties of the season, 
has also just been polished 
Imported German Asters for the Million. 
Collections containing Cents. 
12 varieties best Truffaut's Asters. 75 
6 do P/ron v Perfection do . 50 
12 do Giant Emperor do .i,so 
12 do Double quilled do . 50 
12 Uo do lllolie do .. 60 
12 do do Dwarf do . 60 
10 do Reid’s Improved do . 60 
12 do Dwarf Bouquet do . ... 75 
12 do Pyramidal Globe do . 60 
16 do Large Flowering Globe do. 75 
12 do Truffaut's Globe Perfection do. 75 
8 do Large flowered Dwurf Chrysanthemum do. 60 
8 do Tall Chrysanthemum do. 60 
6 do Ranunculus do. <0 
8 do Imhrique Pompon do.. 50 
4 do Improved Crowu do. SO 
4 do Hedge Hog do. 30 
(i do Pompon Cbrysantkemum do. 60 
6 do Beautiful Phlox Drummondii. 40 
7 do Beautiful i’ortulaeca .M 35 
A /.SO 
Cnllirrhoe podata (beautiful) ..per packet 25 
Dianthus Heddewlgii . do 26 
Do do Double. do 25 
Do laeiniatns .. .. do 25 
Englbh Prize Hollyhock (fine).... do 10 
Delphinium formoKiiin (splendid). do 10 
Do tricolor. do 10 
Auricula flowered Sweet William. do 25 
Fonzliu diantllfflora (beautiful). do 25 
fpnmicn hederaceu.'. . do 25 
Splendid Crimson Flax (beautiful). do 10 
Linurn l-mvtidi variepata (choice). do 25 
Obilisearia pnlcbcrrima. do 10 
Splendid Hybrid Pnn*y. do 25 
Nrw Ktirly Dvvfit'f Carnation..... do 25 
C)jntonl» pulchella ati-opurpnrca. do 25 
Do azures graudiflora. do 25 
Lychnis Maageanu... do 10 
Friofcu Cmues*} Primrose.. do 25 
Salvia uplemlens... do 25 
Do argeotcii.... do 50 
jio auintdli*......... do 50 
Splendid Double Zinnia... do 25 
('anna Wnrseewiezii. do 10 
New Carmine Scabious.. do 10 
Muurundia Barelayqna. do 10 
Beautiful Camellia Balsams.. do 10 
Lilac Giant Emperor Aster... . do 10 
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633-2t 15 John Street, New York. 
O SIB:It Wll J.OW C7T.1 'CTI IN OS At reason¬ 
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te A R P E TI N G S I 
GOO PIKCES 
New and. Elegant Carpetings! 
Comprising nitmv new styles never before iu this market.— 
Our Stock is complete iu eivi g 1 U-partmmt, from the Royal 
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Elegant Carpets, 
For Drawing I looms, Parlors, Dining Jinoms, 
Halls, Libraries. Chambers , Kitchens, Offices, 
Churches, School Houses. 
In fact, the best assortment of all kind* of CARPET ROOM 
GOODS to be fnuud in any OMR house Is this country. 
We have purchased mwh turner than usual, In anticipation of 
the rise 'of Curi»1inj* In consequence of the new Tar if, and the 
great call for law priced 
VVOOliH KOR AltMY USES, 
A fact that should be borne In mind by all persons about buying 
a new Carpet, ax all goods purchased by us,after this will cost 
from lo to 20 cents per yard more than now. 
Our Stour the Largest in Variety to be found in any 
Tlttail House in this .State, aud at prices that cannot fail to suit the 
CLOSKUT Jit VKIia. HOWE A ItOGEItS, 
GJH-eotf Carpet Ware Rooms, 35 Slate St, Rochester, N, 1 . 
R ochester light carriage 
FACTORY. No m Main St.. Rochester,. N. 
Y. I have now rented a portion of the Damage ’ 
lory formerly occupied bv Elliott k Lode wick, where 1 will 
manufacture all kinds of light Carriage:* and Sleighs or the 
llghk-t ,im| improved airier. Great attention will lie paid to all 
kinds of repairing- I "ill make to order any kind of Carriage 
wood-work for anv other establishment, aud will sell to them 
lower than they cku manufacture. ^ HUQH MoDONOUOH . 
Rochester. N, Y.. Sept. 14, 1861. 610-13teo 
do. 16 
per oz 10 
do $1,00 
BATCH 
CAKES. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
1 am composed of 14 letters. 
My 12. 2, 9 is a river in Siberia. 
My 11, ft, 9, 14, 6 is a sea ou the coast of China. 
My 11, 12, 2, 9 is a desert in Asia. 
Sly (1, S, 14, 12 is a river in Italy. 
My II, 12, l.'l, 12,10, 14, 1 is a cape on the coast of Italy. 
My 2, 12, 10, 14 Is u city on the Rhine. 
Sly 7,U, U, 6 is a river in Austria. 
Sly 3,12,11, 4 is a Cape cm the coast of Portugal. 
My 12, 7, 0, 5, 4, is a city on the Missouri river. 
My 8, 9, 7. 1 is a town in New York. 
My whole is the name of a distinguished statesman. 
Oakfield, N. Y., 1862. E. H. 
J3T" Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MORE OP GRANDFATHER’S RIDDLES. 
Seeing “ Grandfather’s Riddle" in the Rural, not long 
since, 1 thought I would send three, written by my grandfather 
(Joseph Burroughs) many years since 
number one. 
There is a thing beneath tire sun 
Which cannot walk, but yet can run; 
So weak it is, it can’t Oppose 
The slightest, touch, or smallest blows; 
. Vet by its strength it doth subdue 
Unnumbered men, and strong ones, too. 
NUM1IKB two. 
Most people believe, for their words plainly show it, 
A tiling which, if right, we all shortly shall know it; 
But if they arc wrong in this notion they’ve got, 
We never shall know whether they're wrong or not. 
NUMBER THREE. 
I’m like a hoop, yet am not a hoop, yet am twice at once in 
a boop. B. R. 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWERS TQ ENIGMAS, &c„ IN No. 632. 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus:—I once saw a combat between 
i«> alligator and a bear, and the alligator (awl-eye-gaiter) was 
defeated. 
Answer to Acrostieal Enigma:—Robert Peel. 
Water Pound Cake,— One cup of butler; 3 of 
sugar; 1 of water; -1 of flour; C eggs; 4 teaspoon of 
soda; 1 of cream tartar. 
Delicate Cake.—T hree cups of flour; 2 of sugar; 
} of sweet milk; J of butter; whites of six eggs; 1 
teaspoon of cream tartar; j of soda. 
Snow Cake.— Two cups of sugar; 1 of cream; 
whites of six eggs; I teaspoon of soda; 4 of cream 
tartar; 3 tablespoons of melted butter; 3 cups of 
flour. 
Fruit Cake.—O ne pound of flour; | of butter; 1 
of sugar; 4 of raisins; 2 of currants; 4 of citron; 1 
cup of molasses: 8 eggs; i teaspoon of soda; spices 
to your taste. Emma. 
Sweden, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1862. 
♦ i » » 4- 
IIow to Make a Set of very Pretty Collars 
and Cuffs.— Procure a piece of muslin, cambric, or 
fine linen; cut out your collar and cuffs from any 
pattern you have by you. Having done this, pro¬ 
cure a piece of colored jaconet, or muslin. Choose 
one with some pretty small flower in peach, blue or 
pink, or even green. We have seen both prints and 
muslin with flowers sprinkled over the pattern. 
Choose these, and cut out the flowers and tack them 
in a row round your collar and cuffs; get some 
white braid, and then stitch the braid round the 
flowers with iugraiif cotton, (of the color your 
flowers may chance to be.) This style is new, 
pretty, and useful. The colored flowers can be 
introduced in embroidery patterns, and look well. 
Caro should be taken that the flowers of print mus¬ 
lin will bear washing. 
Another way to put flowers on the collars and 
cuffs, is to tack on your flower and button-hole stitch 
it round with white or colored cotton, and then cut 
away the muslin or linen from underneath the 
flowers. If ladies are not able to procure good 
ingrain cotton, they may use fine colored worsted. 
Bluing for Clothes. — On page 55, current 
volume of Rural, is a recipe under the above head, 
which 1 deem it my duly, as an elderly housewife, to 
caution thoBe who are inexperienced against using. 
It lias been my experience, and that of others with 
whom i am acquainted, that it is one of the best 
recipes possible for bluing a man or woman with a 
small wardrobe and short purse. It will destroy 
clothes quite as fast as it will blue them. There is 
nothing better that I have found than the old fash¬ 
ioned indigo bluing. — Mas. Jane C. Overton, 
Illinois, 1862. 
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Cold Fish.— By the following plan a good disb 
may be made from any kind of cold fish:—Free the 
fish from the bone, aud cut into small pieces. Sea¬ 
son this with onions and parsley chopped, and salt 
and pepper. Beat two eggs well with a tablespoun- 
ful of catsup. Mix the whole together with the fish, 
and put it in a baking-dish with two or three small 
slices of bacon over it Bake before the fire in a 
Dutch oven. Serve with melted butter or oyster 
I will 
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