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[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S69, by D. D. T. Moore, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.] 
sionately fond of dancing, which could only 
be indulged in on the sly, as it was a sin hein¬ 
ous in the eyes of a Quaker. Returning one 
night, rather late, from a dancing party, he 
saw his father had found him out and was 
waiting his return, with a rod, to chastise 
him. He took in, at, a glance, the whole 
situation, and observing a pile of shingles 
near, ho slipped several under his coat, went 
modestly up to his father, received a lecture, 
besides a good whipping on his corset ot 
shingles, with great composure of mind ! 
Heroine* 11 I.eici*Intor. 
Having used his spare funds to buy books, 
at the age of twenty-eight he had accumu¬ 
lated two hundred and Gfty volumes. At 
this time (1770) he was elected to the Gen¬ 
eral Assembly of the Colony, and continued 
to he re-elected till 1782. When the Colo¬ 
nics were first stirred by the oppressions ot 
the mother country, Greene began to show 
a decidedly mi litary bias. His Quaker breth¬ 
ren labored with him faithfully, but he con¬ 
tinued steadfast in his opinion that a good 
citizen must, defend Ins country, and was 
finally expelled. Thu Memoirs of Tureune, 
(iesar’s Commentaries and Plutach were his 
favorite military books. As a member of 
the General Assembly he advocated decided 
measures against England. 
I* Made n Itajor-t.Vurnil. 
After the battle of Lexington, the Assembly 
of the small colony of Rhode Island voted to 
raise an army of 1,000 men and gave Greene 
the command as Major-General. When 
raised to the command, he had never had 
any military experience except as a private 
soldier; yet, through his profound study of 
military works, and good judgment, he im¬ 
mediately took rank with the best of our 
military commanders. His conduct of the 
Department of the South, when called to 
succeed General Gates, was so prudent and 
energetic, that he drove the enemy into their 
forts and infused courage and hope at once 
into those desponding colonies. When 
obliged to retreat from “ Ninety-Six,” and be¬ 
ing advised to retire into Virginia, he replied: 
“ I will recover South Carolina or die.” 
Hi* Plantation* at the Month. 
At the close of the Revolution, North and 
South Carolina and Georgia, were so grate¬ 
ful for his services that, each granted him an 
estate worth from £8,000 to £10,000. He 
finally removed to ihe plantation granted 
him near Savannah, in October, 1785. 
His early life had filled his mind with 
visions of a better agriculture; and now the 
means were presented for prosecuting it on 
a large scale, with leisure for those social 
and intellectual pleasures which were so 
congenial to his nature. lie was now In the 
prime of life; a new and most interesting 
the opening once or twice a day. A satu¬ 
rated solution of corrosive sublimate is some- 
limes used advantageously, though the zinc 
is much safer in the hands of inexperienced 
persons. The mix vomica, in half-drachm 
doses, is also used as an internal remedy ’with 
good effect. 
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CELEBRATED FARMERS.—Ill 
BY E. W. STEWART. 
Agriculture has-strong attractions for 
cultivated minds. We see men from all 
positions in life, after the tempting struggle 
of ambition, turn from letters, from profes¬ 
sorships, from editorial life, from engineer¬ 
ing, trade, politics, war; from the bench, 
the bar, the pulpit, the healing art; from 
the dizzy heights of power; from every 
other human activity, to their young and in¬ 
nocent first love—to the pleasures of Rural 
Life. As the weary child seeks solace from 
all its ills in the sympathy of its mother, so 
the heart of man never rests so confidingly 
and contentedly as in the culture and enjoy¬ 
ment of the fruits of Mother Earth. 
Many men, while the youthful blood 
stimulates to an active and restless life, find 
the practical operations of the farm, as con 
ducted by tradition, not science, distasteful; 
and they seek a theater of action more con¬ 
genial to their expanding hopes. But there 
is, still, a secret desire, if fortune shall favor 
them, to return to rural life, when they may 
follow ft on an ideal plan of their own. 
Nathaniel Greene. 
The subject of this sketch, horn of sober 
Quaker parents, proved too broad in his 
nature for the straight jacket of sect and 
the traditional routine of farming. John 
Greene, the founder of the family, was one 
of the twenty-four colonists who obtained a 
charter of Charles II., and formed a settle¬ 
ment on Providence River in 1637. A branch 
of this family settled in Warwick, where, on 
a small stream, called Potowliommett, Na¬ 
thaniel Greene, third in descent from the 
first emigrant, and father of General Greene, 
built a forge and mill. Here Nathaniel 
Greene was born May 27,1742. His father 
was a Quaker preacher, and brought him up 
very strictly. 
Hi* Early Bent. 
Little is known of his early years, except 
that he was very ingenious ami handy on the 
farm and at the forge, He had a taste for 
handsome animals, and seemed instinctively 
to comprehend the best way to raise them. 
There is a Rtory that on a strife, between him 
and his elder brother, he succeeded in raising 
the best pair of steers and the finest colt. 
His opinion had more authority with his 
father, both in matters pertaining to.the farm 
and the forge, than that of his eiders. 
But his mind was reaching beyond his 
limited advantages. He developed a very 
early love for books, hunting the whole 
neighborhood to find new ones, His appe¬ 
tite for information on all subjects was most 
voracious. He spent a few days with a 
young college student (Giles) who gave him 
new and enlarged ideas of learning. His ed¬ 
ucation was all obtained at home, mostly 
from private teachers. Mathematics were 
his delight, seeking every moment of leisure, 
in the shop, to study Euclid. 
His thirst for knowledge, after he had read 
all the hooks he could borrow, led him to 
manufacture trinkets, in his father’s shop, 
which he sold in Newport to get money to 
buy more books. Being at a loss what, books 
he should buy, he fortunately met Dr. Stiles 
(afterwards President of Yale College) in a 
book store, who, seeing his difficulty, kindly 
advised him what hooks would best meet 
his wants. 
He became acquainted with Bindley 
Murray, who visited him at Potowliommett, 
and afterward received a visit from young 
Greene at New York, This association 
HORSE INTERESTS IN VERMONT 
The New England Funner has informa¬ 
tion of the granting of a charter of a Horse 
Stock Company by the Legislature of Ver¬ 
mont, the provisions of which, and the pur¬ 
poses of the Company being thus slated: 
” The Company is chartcraf with a capi¬ 
tal ot $100,000, and lias liberty to increase 
it to $250,000. It is proposed to buy, 
import, breed, grow and improve horses 
in Vermont. 
“ The charter docs not allow operations to 
be commenced until $£5,000 are paid into 
the treasury, and the debts are never to 
exceed two-thirds of the cash capital paid 
in. In ease they do, the directors or persons 
so contracting tnein are to he personally lia¬ 
ble therefor 
“ The plan is to have a farm of some three 
hundred acres, comprising some of the best 
pasturing in the State, with best of stables, 
sheds and paddocks; Hie farm to he thor¬ 
oughly fenced for horses, and worth, say 
from $20,000 to $25,000. 
“ For stock, it is proposed to have half ft 
dozen of number one thorough-bred mares, 
if they have to import them; at least one 
first-class thorough-lwred stallion; half a dozen 
mares from the ‘American Star’ family, 
and one of the best Hambletonian stallions 
lo be found in tlmt celebrated family of trot¬ 
ters; also, some ton to twelve of the best 
Vermont breeding mares, and one or two of 
the very host Vermont stallions.” 
The New England Farmer commends this 
enterprise as being Aviso and likely to result 
profitably to the State, especially to the horse¬ 
men interested in it. It in Arise. Similar 
Stock Companies liaA r e been organized in 
other States Avtlh most satisfactory results. 
One organized in Illinois many years ago, 
and through the agency of which hut a single 
importation of improved stock (including 
Several heads of cattle, sheep, swine, and 
avg believe a single horse and some poul¬ 
try) was made, exerted, and continues to 
exert, a marked influence upon the stock of 
that State. 
With a taste for fine herds and horses, he 
had made a selection of the best blooded 
animals in Ncav England, with Avhicli to 
commence breeding—the South having gen¬ 
erally neglected this branch of agriculture. 
His plans were extensive and his capacity 
equal to carrying them out, with many and 
great embellishments—hut Providence had 
ordered othenvise. On ‘the 12th of June, 
1786, he had a partial sun-stroke, which 
speedily ran into a fever and inflammation, 
and terminated his life seven days after¬ 
wards. This was, no doubt, a great calami¬ 
ty to the South, as his example in establish¬ 
ing a better system of agriculture would have 
carried with it great popular force, and been 
of lasting benefit to her planters. 
He was buried hi Savannah — followed to 
the grave with great pomp and military 
honors, the outburst of popular regard and 
sadness for his loss. But what was most in¬ 
excusable. no stone or inscription was raised 
over him, and it is not now known where 
his ashes rest. 
" They carved not a lino nmi they raised not a stone, 
But they left him alone with his glory.” 
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REMEDY FOR POLL EVIL 
CHARCOAL FOR HORSES’ WIND 
J. J. Jarvis, Baker Co., Oregon, asks for 
“ tho best, treatment of poll evil in horses." 
We do not knoAV the “ best treatment,” for 
we have had no occasion to treat a horse for 
this trouble. But Jennings says he has no 
iaith in the seton, so highly recommended 
in such cases, but prefers to depend princi¬ 
pally upon constitutional treatment, Avliich 
consists in first changing the condition of 
the blood from an unhealthy standard to a 
healthy one. This, he says, may be done by 
the proper use of alterative medicines given 
in oil her of the following forms:—Socotrine 
aloes, pulverized, four ounces; soft soap, 
four ounces; linseed meal, one and a half 
pounds; mix with molasses ho as to form 
a mass; dose, one ounce twice a day. Or 
give Socotrine aloes, eight ounces; soli soap, 
eight ounces; linseed meal, one and a half 
pounds; mix and dose as before. 
Or the following powder may be used: 
Sublimed sulphur, two pounds; aesqui-sul- 
phtiret of antimony in powder, one pound ; 
dose, a tablespoonful twice a day in the feed. 
The sesqui-sulphuret of antimony should 
never he purchased In a powdered form, as it 
is often adulterated with lead, arsenic, mag¬ 
nesia, or iron; but should always be pro¬ 
cured in conical masses. 
If the abscess is soft and pointing it .should 
be opened and a solution of zino, — two 
drachms to a quart of water, — injected into 
Many years ago, I recollect a horse being 
brought into tho yard of Joseph Bigual, a 
Celebrated man for keeping hunters, at Croy¬ 
don. The horse was very much affected in 
the Avind, and could hardly move from dis¬ 
tress. In a very few days this animal did 
its regular work as a hunter, with perfect 
ease and comfort to itself. Tar Avatcr was 
the cure. Tar is carbon, and charcoal is also 
carbon; charcoal in the powder is more 
easily given than tar water. I have tried it 
with most beneficial effect; and I think it 
stands to reason that the removal of noxious 
gases and flatulencG from the stomach of 
the horse must improve his Avind and con¬ 
dition. 
Tar is ( frequently given with benefit in 
cases of chronic disease of the respiratory 
organs; hut its effects are totally different 
from those produced by charcoal (carbon.)— 
London Field. 
Janie* G. PercivrU's Wnrdrnhe was remarkably 
Inexpensive, consisting of little more than a 
single plain Hiiit, brown or gray, which lie wore 
winter and summer until it became threadbare. 
He never used boots; and his shoos, though 
enrcfuJly dusted, were never hlaeked. A most 
unpretending bow fastened bis cravatof colored 
cambric. For many years his only outer gar¬ 
ment was a brown earn let. cloak of very scanty 
proportions, thinly lined. His hat. was worn for 
yoai-s before being laid aside. Ho was never 
seen with gloves, and rarely with an umbrella. 
The value of his entire wardrobe scarcely ex¬ 
ceeded fifty dollars; yet be was always neat and 
appeared unconscious of any peculiarity in his 
costume. 
Heaves, Remedy.— A Texas correspon¬ 
dent of the Southern Cultivator writes:—I 
notice an inquiry, what would cure a horse 
of the heaves or thumps. Put. t he water m 
a bucket—anything that ho can drink out of; 
then take two bricks and rub them together 
until the water is full of the brick dust, and 
let him drink no other water until lie is avcII. 
1 have tried it, and I know it will cure. 
