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Vol. k. CAPE ISLAND; CAPE MAY COUNTY, Nlftv JERSEY, THURSDAY. JVXE % IS.H NO. I. * ■ ' — . '■ '■ ^ '

L j f tlfrt i'octtij. OI R BABY. When tbe moraine, half in shadow, Kan along the bill Mil meadow, w And with milk-white finger, palled ^ Crimson ro*t>», if.ilJ--u-ln-art.iu ; Opening ovar ruina liuarv Every porfile morning giue*-. And oot-fhakinp from the bwihe* Pinging tail:* and |.l.-s<snt thrifts* — That's tii« time » B- little baby Strayed fro a Fara.li.e, it mar br. Caina with ryealike httven above her. Oh, we BodTtl Ml OhSos# but love her Not enough of earth for sinning. Alwaya gentle, aiwaya winning, Kirtr seeding out reproving, Ever UVkly. erer (oviug. Starry eye* and" aun-ct tr* ai-a. Wtiite arm*. n»ad» for liuki sii rraaea, Li pa that knew no word of Ouabiiag. . Often kiaaing, never pouting. Beamy even in con.pl*l*ri<-«, Over fall of rbilditb aweeliiraa— . Tbal'a the way nor little baby. Par loo pure lor uarth. It may be. Beeroad in as, who, while *fi..ul her. Deemed we could cot do without bar. VTben the morning, half in •badoar, , Ran along tbo bill and meadow. And with milk-white Gtipar* parted ^ Cnmaoo roitt, K«Weo-b»MtvH. , m Opening ontr ruins lioary Erery porple morning glory. And out-shaking from the buahea Singing larka and pleamot thrushes— • Thet'a the time oar iittla baby, Pipittg hbre for heaven, it ma/ bo. .Turnioe from nor hitler weeping, Clo»cjjj:er eyea aa when In slrcping. And her white bwndt on her bosom Folded like a suwim.r blo.*«u.. t Bow the lg tor the doth lie <n». Strewed nub rose*, beer to Zion ; Go, aa paat a plraiani meadow. Tbrooph the valley of the shadow , Take hi-r softly, holy angel*. Paat the raaka of tiud'e rvaogela, ** v Paat the ssinu and martvv holy, \To (ko earth-born, meek and lowly ; mV'a woold have our precious bloaiom loftly laid in dean*' besom. Jprirft ^WiorrUanit. ' 1 WHAT A I.OY1MG HEART w CAS no. W Many a flower wastes it* fragr&me on V the Assert air. and timid per, ins often I v goes f«l tie grave undeveloped, because B it* ewly struggles have not found rrcogp1 nltlov. Washington Allttoo was ouFr I aatedalmort from starvation M well a* L detpv, by the visit of a purchaser for ^ a pits re'. And the following sketch pwpcrtiDg to give an inrit^ent from life in thepxpbrienec of an Euglisb eompoM r, eiows how a little ay apathy and Iotb a, the right moment may lift to •ilccaawnd fortono; - " LrttLPierre sat hamming by the bedside of | is mother. Then was no bread in the toset, and for the wtiolo day be had na'tasted food. Yet ha sal buroBirng tj keep op his spirits. 8tiH. st. times b thought of hi* lonellnca* and lMtafaii and he could scarcely krrp the tedi from hi* eyes ; for he ftrw BOthinj woold liw so grateful to his ; i poor iralid mother as a good sweet I ' orangi and yet he bad not a pi nny in k the wild. The Httlc song he wt * sing- ' ing its bit own— one be had composed .orith'ir and words ; for the child was a genii, and a fertent worahlpprr &l the ! t abri* of music. As the tesra woold! L Tolldorn his cheeks, and hU Voice j worn falter at- tbe sad, and thoughts, j * he id not dare to let bis siclt mother i seepat tairily TtshrgJ harried to the jwWow, and there watched a man pnt- 1 tin; op a groat hill with yellow letters, i i •njMmring that Mudatn M , then j . a ircriu oharacter, would sing that ; > niit at the Temple. /O f ff I could only go," thought lit- ■ j tJPierrc. And then, pausing a mo- j i Bnt, be cUnped hit bandr ; his ejw ' i fhUd np with unwonted firs; and run- ^ teg to th# little stand, be smoothed 1 1 pwn Ui* J allow curl*, and taking from 1 1 is iitti'.- box same old, stained paper, I f Jiee one eAgtr look at his mother, who i L' - dspt, and ran speedily from the Irousi'. ".'Who did -job ssy was waitingyfor said Madam il to her sorI Tuii- "I w worn oat with i cmnprnsy." | "It is onty a Htth boy whh yellow ' aayk, whv tali ir he ran e«ly see you, 1 be h ewreyoo wtM not be sorry, and he | "O! well. Ut him com," aaid the 1 bMBtiful sieger, with a smile. "I ran never wfem children.'Uttle Pierre catce in, with his bat in. \ LIlllE-

! perhaps if yon would only sing my little , soug at some of yoor grand concerts, ' may he some ptgbliaher would buy it for a small. sum, and so 1 could get food and medicine fur my mothor." The beautiful woman rose from her seat — eery tall anil statelr the was ; she took the little r»ll from his hand, and | lightly hummed the air. "DWjyftu compose it f" she asked— I "yon, a cViild'! And the worda— won- ' d Tful little genius I Would you like tu | come to tny conerrt ?" she asked, after a few mowf-qts of t ioaglit. 'OljOk " And the hoy's blue eye* grew liquid with hepyi wa*. "Bat Jj • couldn't leave my mo:bor." "I will send somebody to take care' u'y ; yoor mnth-r for th» evening; and hen ! is a crown, with which do yon go and j j get food end medicine. Here is *U<> j one of my tickrts ; eome to-noight ; that | ! will admit yon to a oral near me. My ; ! good Ihtlc f,How, ycur mother hA b l treasure in you Almoal boside himself with joy, I'iorre liivughl some orangi «, and uisny a littlc > luxury Ce*iuc, and earriud them hotoc : to the prwir fWWttd, tilling lit-r, not without tears, of his good fortune. "1 ' • * a * » t * Never in bis life had Pierre bceti in ! ti.cb a grnnd place. Thc'mnslo. clashi ing and rolling, the myriad light*, the 1 benuty, the flashing of diamonds aud rustling of silk,* bewildered hii eye* acd brain. At last sheWrsm*. anil the child ; mi with bis glance riveted npon her , glorious face. Could be believe that • : the grand lady, all biasing with jewel#, : and whom every body sennied to worship. would rtnlly king In little song? breathless he waited ; the band, the ! ! whole band etruok np a little plaintive melody ; be knew it, and clapped his ■ , hand# for joy. And 01 how she 'sang j I It j It was to slmpl*. So roonrnful, so 1 eoul-soliduing, many a bright eye was i dimmul with tears, and nought could . i be beard hot the touching words of that i little song — 0, how touching I Pierre . walked home as if be were moving on ' the «lr. What cared be fur moary now ? r The preattst primi d***a in all Europe * hpil sang his little song, and thousand* i jtad^wipt at his grief. The next day he was frightened at a • visit from Madam M. . She laid her I . hands an hi* yt-ilav curls, and turning i to tjsr sick wotusn, taiu : F "Yoor little boy, madam, ba* brought you a fortune. 1 waa offered this ntitvi ing. by one of the best publishers In i London, three hundred pounds for his ' ltUle song; and after he has realized a t certain amount for the salr, little Pierre ' I here, is to share tbo profits. Madam, j i thank Uod. that yoor sotahaa a gift from . j heaven." # The noble-hearted singer and she : poor woman wept together. A* to . : Pierre, always mindful of JUm who ! ! watches over the tried and tempted, lie ■ knell nown by Isiw mother'* bedkidr, and : uttered a simple but eloquent prayer. ! a-skieg God's blrsaiug on the kind lady ; ! who deigned to notice their affliction. ' And the memory of that prayer made j the singer even more ten tier -hearted ; ! i and the a ho was thn idol of Knglauvd's jTidWbty; Wre the worltPs -great Master,' went about doing pood. And in her i early, happy death, when the gravedamps gathered oeerber brow, and brr ' ! *y* grew dim, he who atood by ber ! j bed, bis bright face dothed in the 1 I mourning of sighs and tears, and | smoothed her pillow, and lightened her last moment by hit undying affection, wis, the' Iittla Pierre of former days, now : rich, accomplished, and the most talentcomposer cf the day. All honor to < those great hearts, who. from their high station*, *epd down bonufy onto the 1 widow and {fatherless child. — A certain grtea customer, who , »fa* a stranger to miiror* , stepped into the cabin of one of oar ocean steamers. , and at ippvd in front of a Urge pier pjaas. which. he took for a door, and . teeing bit own reflection, aaid : "I say. ■iater, when doe* this ere boat atari fGetting no answer from the dnmb reflection before Aim, be again repeated; "I aty. mister, when does this tea beat 1 stiVt 7" Incensed at the still silent figure, he then broke out : "Go to thunder, yo« darned sossafros-colored, ebookhpaded bull-calf j yea dou't look a* if ! ■XBAMw akncb asyhow 1" ^ A ...

OC£if RI'LKTBOR. Let him who dejigbu in scone* of j grandeur and beauty go d#iwn beside the deep b|u« Ma, just as the golden ^ ken is sinking behind the cfested warm ^ and pain tin gi the clonds wiih crimson ^ hues Here, upon the rock-bound -bores, which for ages hare » ithstood the rolling tide, let him aUud £t>d gsze fir out upon the heaving billow* a* they mount upward to the sky, or^reak into r clouds of losiq at his very fret As the sunset's rosy jight fall* level over the waves and then fsdes away into j1 the soft- sweet, summer twilight, amTtbc j gtblU brfifXt* from off the water fas hi*' .J trow, and <* hisp<T by iu accents soft k and low, and then seem to mingle their j | note* in bli nded harmony with the music ; of the waves, then will his soul expand ^ wititnew nnd lofty thoughts worthy the j inspiration of the ffwur ; and a stronger j ' nnd _a deeper lore of nature declares 1 i i,'*elf from his lips There i* ever a beauty and sublimity obout' the ocean, with its rocky shore* ■ mid riftcrald isfsnds, which excites odJ miration, and for hours! have set upon some .high rock which projected for out into the' briuy deep, and watched lite ! foam capped waves as one niter another eame rolling In endless snccrssiob against : the rocky barrier*. There, upon the j ; headlands, ^ou may wnt.ch the white- . I ; wlqge'd ships as they speed onward over ! the waves bonnd to sow. a distant shore, j | There can the appreciative eye lake In : all the beauties of the scenn, and as the ; long slnnt sunset rays shimmer On the j si-s, nnd the gold and crimson of the western clond*, tho emerald banks of ; the Wands rising abruptly from the! water, acd the soft dsrk-bloe opper sea, : together with nil the splendors of a summer sunset upon the wares, form a pic- j 1 tare of rare and sublime beauty, wh'eb . no painter can faithfully portray upou the eopvase But not all the splendors of the ocean ' ore to be seen upon Its surface, or upon, It* rugged shore* ; fbr as wo go down .benei-ib the bright waves, new beautie* unfold themselves to our view, akyl far ) down upon the ocean's bottom ore coral fields of surpassing beauty. In many parts of the ocean tbo water is clear and transparent. In the Indfan Ocean it is ; said lbs spottsd coral* are plainly *1*1j bid' 'In" '.tv- n y-five fathoms of water, and • the ehrwt-.ine rlearness of tho Carrib- ' ; bean Sea excites the admiration of all ; | who have an eye for the 'beautiful. "In passing over these eo splendidly j adorned grounds," snys Schoff, "whrre j J marine life shows itself in an endless ; j variety of forms, thn boar, suspended | over the clearest crystal, seems to Host j J In iho air so that a person unaccustomed 1 j to the seene, r a lily becomes giddy. Ou j the sandy bottom appear thousands of sea-stars, mailtiaes, and fishes of a brli- • iiaticy of color unknown in our temper'ate sess Born ing red,- iutrnve Uue, 'j lively green nnd yWlow perpetually eary ; ; j the sp'ectatur floats over groves of se*- | plants, gurgonlss, coral*, aWonioms, ! ' flabellnms, and s pougi's, that afford no 1 | less delight to the eye, and are no le*s ! | gently agitated by the waters, then the | I most iicatftiful garden on earth When a ; i gentle bretie passed through the waving j ! bonghs.1' In other pstls of the ocean, especial- , I ly that lying betwerti the coast of New- j | foendlaud and Ireland, (he bottom is i j represented as being covered to a con- i ; aidcrable depth with corions remains of i animal life, so small in size as to rescm- j Me, at the first sight, the finest sand or ! sawdnxt. And throoghout every part j of the vast watery domain, are to be j found innumerable specimens of flab | and shells of great beauty. And yet • the wonders of the ocean have never bean told, or its bidden splendors half ) explored, and brought to light. What a Held; then, is here represented for study and research, and what beantiee »tM remain to be unfolded to the admiring eye. v • • - — farmer B- — was sitting in a country cbarah. He bad brew working bard iu the harvest field ; hands were scarce, and Farmer B— was dezing. .The load tonea of the minister (ailed to arouse the farmer, until, at length, the ; go»d man cioaed the lids of the Bible, j sod concluded as follows : 'Indeed tny (hearers, lUkicutt ta plenteous, and flte Ubnrera are few.' Yes,' exclaimed a day for cradhrs and. can't getTheni at that.'

HAP UAIAKD. j jf , When a man dors work' at bap-hszsrd e be geneially rcptnits of it. Taking a u i ehte ou • rule at random het spoiled >s many a fine piece of work, end giving n the bandit of a slide-rest on a lathe or : d planer a turn tdo much has boon the d means of throwing hesvy shafting out ;f j of the (gntre, smashing tho kht-ur*, the y | slide-rest itself, and very often the face- j o plate of tire lathe. The skillful artisan | show* /lis supcriority-iii dealing gently :1 1 and caitiously with his work, and it U o | only tie tryo. that jump* to oonclaalotis, e I aud guesses where he ought to Jj* po«is" like* • All weu are liable to accident ft ' oBBUiischance, none more so thau me-' r j rbbnics, npno whom drprtili a prra! 0 j dekl st the present tSmw,-but skill it. il I mfredrd, not sleight, of hand, nnd sober e ■ progress instead of ike ba»te that makes r j waste. No come-by-chsnre job can be • s j o good one. aud there is ifo plore in | which cool heads ore more required than ; j in -the workshop' Manual iloxteriiy Is ; a n good thing, lint that does not mean* - ; tricks, legerdemain, or capers of any i ' sort. It Is far better to take a rxssiiot : able time and do the 'job in hand well, i-. ! theWTo rattle jl uff "any hovv.T* ond have r |it to do over again. By aIIthority. ■ ■ — Of NEW JERSEY. r : A farther ^supplement ' to an act eolitbd ! . "An-weS-relative to tho sale and di*po.itieii of tha real estate of infants." »p- j I'luvod March nineUvuth. oiglitccn hnu- : • ' tired and furiy-fivo. • i 1. lie il enacted, by the Senate and tieq- • < oral AMeinbly of tho State ol' Now Jersey. ( | That iu case of the death ol any guardian , i afpoioted by lbs chancellor, by virtue of ! tho act to which this "is a supplement, iu ! ' | any proceyding* now peodiog, or which! ' ; may be hrrrufter cooitneucsd uoilvr said • I act. lb« chancellor in hereby empowered to 1 i uppuiol another guardian in tbs pl*ce of i | suet deceased guardian, who shall give ! \ bond according to the provision* of *aid ! , i act, aud shall then have power, uaiirr the ! order and direction of the chancellor, to ^ i "-"J *ha)l Ue haMaloall thv duties. rcquireuieBU. and provi-ion* of the said act : 1 1 ajid thu supplements thereto, and all such j proceedings now pending! or to bo corn- ' i mcoced a* afottisaid, niey be cuuiiuaetl at.d ' i conducted by said newly-appointed guarI ] biao accordiug to said act and supplement, i > aadsncb paardiau shall be. invested with i thwlike powers and authority as folly aa i' I j bssAod, Wn nriginally appniuUd. j 2. And be it enacti-d, That this act shall iPiwjff"S limiftitlfp^ly^ 1 • — : — • . ; — 1 Approved March II, 1B6J. r I A Topplearnt to the act anlitiad "An act I I 10 provide for the rnaiuienance aud in- , . slructi.m of indigent cbiluren of leelrje ; uiiids. tuhahitunt* of New Jersey," ap- ' »| proved March taelflh, eighteen hoodred j i I L Be it enoctrd by the Senate and Gen- ; , era! Assembly of the Srele wf New Jersey, f i That tbq aonaal axpense of racb feeblem.ndial child, inslnretcd at tbs charge of | ; the' food povided In the act to wbicb this ! ' i is a ruppBwtent, shall not exreed the sum p • ( of two hundred and tweoiy-Dve dollars, m- '. cluaing clothing. " j 1 And be it enectad. That the annnal . i appropriatian of tbrwa thousand dollars, : j ! authortsad by lbs act to which this it a j • | vupplament. no and the same is hereby in- ; , l creaaad to live thousand dollars, subject to ' , tbo j roviaions of |Le aforesaid act. ; j *.J!And be il enacted, That all acts and 1 arts'; f acts in conflict with or contrary to ' !. - - prpvfsion* of this act shall be and the sa.„« *re hereby tepealed. A And be if enacted. That this »ct shall j 9 j take effect Immediately. " j Approved March 18, 1864. fj " j An n;t concerning chattel enorlgagas. r | 1. Be it enacted by th* Senate and Gen- ' ; eral Assembly of the Stsla of Naw Jersey. ' i 'I hat evety mortgage or conveyanca iolendt ed to opetate as a eiorlghge, of good* and t j chattels hereafter made, which shall not be . . accompanied by an immediate delivery and j ■ follow* J byeo actual andcontiuoed change j of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be absolutely void as ^biptt the creditor* of the mortgagor, and as against subsequent I purchasers and mortgage* in good faith. ) unless the mortgage, or a tree copy thereof. shsll be filed M directed ia the eucuwedisg k section of this act. 2. And be it •uactcd.That tb* instrn- ' meots meniioned in the preceding eectioo 1 shall be fiUd in the clerk's office of the - wherein th* mortgagor, if a resident ) of ihi# giata, (kail reside at the tima of the s j eiecotiun thsreof, and if not a vesidaat, , j then in the .cUrk* offioa cf. the county r Who* the property so mortgaged .had! be j at lb» litim of Uuwwxae tuioo of such iftstru . rami ; provided, that ig any coouiji wbtK* the offica < regisut of de.fi. cxisU, or.»aj -nereabrr Is. ctvoud. mmk in. uussaeu kUII ' b« tl.d ia.the offleg of ssgh .register, an I inch cUrhi aed regieter# are- barsby rr-

| quit.-d to'file all snch Jnstrwmeuft preslmtrd l ' to them lespociivaly for that pdrpotio. at d to endorse thereon the time of receiviag i_ 1 ? the spin*, and shall deposit tho e iu j I ! their respective office*, to be kept Uu-re for j C : th« inspection «f person* interested, r I 3 And be it _eoacteo,Tbat eteryr tncrl- : 5 j gage Clod ft. pttsiiance of i Ms «rt shall ^ { ; cease to be valid a* against i ii>-ev«^tito**T»f— the person tusking the sain*, or against 1 # i purchaser* or m-'rtgagyt. in geod faith, after I the expiration of one year from the tiling ; ^ ' i tbeiaof, util-'ti within thirty u»y» uexl pre ' ! ceding the expiration of. the said terra of • one year, a true copy of such nmrfgig--. , ' together with a statement exhibiting to.- ( . ! interest of tlie morlgsfi. it. the pf.-p-ity t ': therein claimed by bio. by vittne thereof. ( • shall be wguiu liii .l ill the office of the clerk j ( t>r register aforesaid of the county where ' ^ j the i.->i>rtgagnr ahull then reside, or ia thv J , '* care of nou-ra>iJeute. of the county where i ' the things nioUgeg- d shall then be. ' | 4 Aud by it enacted. That a copy of; ( ; k.*uch original insti uuient, or of aiiy'eopy ■ i j ti.r'feoL <o hied a* afotrsaid. iucl-diug any . | , j atalemirjfetnsd* in pursuance of this act, • ( j i certified by thn clotfc orTegiater in whose f ! ^office Aha same shall be bird, shall be re- , . I ceived io evidence, bot only ul the fact that ' c ; sorb instrument or dopy and stutsmrot was ; ' j received aud filed accordiug tu the endorse. , , ■ j ment of -the clerk .or register thereon, end ( : . of no olhrr fact ; and in ail case* '.be or pi , oal eudurs'cmetkl by the clerk or register. • , ! made iu purscagfin of thin act upon siicfi , • I. instrument or copy, shall be received in!, I evidence bf the fact* stated in such undone- 1 , ttient. ' " 1 # ft. And ha it enacted. That the raid clerk , . j and legistcr* ahull rrs|>ecliv*ly number j a . ( every instrument which shall be filed in t 1 their office*, and shall cuter in book*, to be ' j ' ! provided by thein, alphabetically, the names , ( . | of uH^arties to such iustroiiients, with the l-t 1 | number endorsed thereon opposite to each f name, which catty shall be repealed alpha 1 j b'ftlcally under the t nine of every party : 1 ; thereto. I , 6. And bo it enacted. That for service* j ' : under thia act the clerks and register* shall f ! be entitled to the following fees : for filing i ' j each instrument or copy, six cents ; for «n- I 1 1 taring the same in a book jn aforesaid, six | > > I cents for evory puty to snch instrument; ' ' i f.r searching for each f sp-r»»-x cunl*« and ! t ' copies, tho like foe* a* are allowed hy law ' to cietk* of counties for copin* and err- ' - ' tificatvi of recncils kept l.v them.. I j Approved Marco 24. Ib64 j ^ Chess I'koblkh — John ttud Julia's j 1 i problem, by Amator. John to more ; 1 ' aud male iu two more*: John move* hi* arm round Julia's nock ; i , ' Sire moves one sqdure and* wti'ttpars— chock ; j , H-. tiolldfij dsunied. morewripnt straight ! Hi* lips tu huts, and calls out— mats 1 j ' sQumtut. ' 1 t i Poor Julia yitlfil to lt>r*'l cnftiainla. j ' . : .-Sighs, blushes, palpitates, and— faint*. 1 i — A gentleman calling at a (table to ! , ' \ aye a pair of horse* that had been ad- ! i j vcrtlscd for (ale, and finding bot "no of j i them there, naked the man in attendance ; ' ' "Where'* hi* make?)' "Faith, *lr. I think b»' gives 'itn mste J , bat once a wetk," w as the reply. ( 1 te — It Is a foolish idea to suppose that 1 I we mast lie down and die, brrsase we . 1 I ure old. Who is old I Not the man of < 1 i energy, nor .the day laborer in *. ience, • ' , ! art. or benevolence; bot he only who j, . suffer* hi* energies to nnste away, ond ' ! j : the spring* of life to brcome motionless. > . ! , j ; — A woman in Ayr, Scotland, found ( } | iu the centre of a potato, a geld wedding I 0 ring, which tbo ambitions tuber mod : have enclosed in the process of growth 1 j It probably was a "lady '* fingf r" potato, i - "8ir,n said a lady to n would-be ( wag, "yoor joke* always pnt me in mind | of a hall." "Of a ball, madam ! why *o, pray ?" "Because they never have a point." — A victim of sea-sickncsa described 1 bis seoaation* thns : "The first boor I ' was afraid that I should die; and the | ' second hoor I was more afraid that I . I ihooido't. | ' — A wag seeing a lady at a party ] 1 with a feff low-necked dress and bare , ; arms, expressed bis admiration by aay- , J ing she "outstripped" the whole party, i — "Do yon know who I am 7" said a ' " police officer to a f»llow whom be seized , | by the lb root. "Not exactly, air, but I , | faucj you are the malignant collarw." » — "What plan," said one actor to ' • another, "shall I adopt to fill tbs bonse j r at my benefit ?" "Invite yoor credit- j ' ore," was the surly reply. f — Why tro good huibanda like ] I dingh ? Itecafise^w-oifirti^ ntigd them. j . — We (OBereUv prefer wqw^nioles to I . "Id ones— the nsw made* to old maids. '

Agvitultuwl RENDEE15S BtflRKS tfel ff mtfl ipnui It fell tn hiT 'ut, Un years ago. to Vak* charge of some barren «ld pea- trees, w«h lung s; ..rs full of cankvre. Aftbnuah I "Took a different coarse from 'h«t geosrally j advocated to recdvr them fertile, l ha*» ! tne sstufjctinn of obacrring lint all th* ; old stocks are filled with beefing wood. I Th* horizontal branches were alt put off. j iii.de graft or two pnt on thn stomp* fir • ho. t arms, except in sown* placer » bsrw t.uds were inserted and allowed to replaee , the braucb ; tfioae pot on in tfle shapa of bads luxfee less » o -• >' than the others. "-"»t j a.-e veiy proJuctive. The trees frdt grafted , nearly covered tli. walls; they bore j fr ait freely in tin. second year1* growth, | ar.J the year after tb« prodoe# bream* ) great, f. 1 allods to thin to tho* that it ' uuiilJ huve'been a mistake,. ei h«re thete i< a great cousomtion of planted young ofiw. ; the latter caie I xhonhl hare to welt ■ and patiently for ih* first bud, (nnlosa reut-pronttig hed been resorted te,) while 1 havu plenty of growth *nu abnndancs Z' of fruit. .1 think grafted tress' will continue | ; longer in bearing than if bad*. had bren ini seri.'d io brancbr*. I may mention , an- ' other fact not a little interesting. Last \ ' spring a ltarbaros** Vine prodaeod branch- ' e* somewLst irregular, leaving a longer / | without fruit than 1 liked to ice. I I tonk a abool from its nrighbor,a Hamburg. j with a bunch jnst cotniag iotp flower, inurrtieil it, and put a small botlla of wwter : the cud of it. This w** done merely as j an experiment, but to my astonishment : fiuwer became a berry. The bunch progressed, and was to every ona fiers a i curiosity; it colored well, and became n ■ compact little bunch in September. " • M l'KH-1'HOSPH tTK OK MMK I'OR bQUSUES. Ar tbe time ie near at hand for planting, I deem it adt-irable to tell my experience -in relation to my ure of tb* snper-pboa-j pbatu of Unto iu proaerving tbe riasa of tbe j ui.tume ntarrow sqaaib. I have used tbe J s»per-pbo»phats of lime for two years with . perfect scccete, and obtaiurd large crops ! of that delicious vegetable witbont losing " a vine. Hefurs I pat on tbs' »aper-pho*. hate 1 could cot rairo a tingle squash, on account of tbe worm in tba vine near tbo root. 1 1 usually commenced it* ravages : about tbo time that il frniMd. Tho vine* would look well, yat in two days tbey would j all will away ; bot by tbo ona of lbs snpar- • |,iiniphata of lime, 1 am abls to tava every vine, and get toll crops of sqnMbei; I <-"mm-nc# putting it on tham as anon as I th* teed comas np, to kaap off tiiu small black beetle, which it doe* to perihelion, and then to keep off the striped bag, also j keep off the tiiukiog pwmpkin bug, which ; it is sore to do. 1 pot on a swiall quantity ufter aveiy ruin and every hoeing, and when , i hey begin Io put forth runner*, I pat ' about a table-spoonful afuund tbe root, aud . all caie* where it ha* been uswd properly it ba* insured, a good crop. Be sure aud gal that which is gecd •' . .d there hue been a great quantity of po„r J stuff in tbe market which !.** dittppointrd the expectation of the contnme* i hare -S used it on tomatnev with gr«at success. I . I sbocld Dot be pnt es melon* <r eucnmbv* . j it is too caaelio for them, and kiiia i'h teni der planta. » j Farmer James, by tbe one of the super I phospbste of lime, raised acre* nf flna marj row sqnasbes where he bad totally failed - \ ( for year*, before he knew of this infallible . j remedy. Farmers, try it. P" 4 X ITEM "lS I'lVOR OK bHKET. There is one item in favor of keeping »hecp instead of cattle, that we havo not tern mentioned, and, that Is The difference in the labor of taking care of them in winter. The amount of labor involved, and time required to lake proper ears of a stock - o! twenty-five bead of cattle, is about as touch as a man can attend to. To *M that tbey drink at (east one* a day — that the larger one* don't abase the smaller ones ' thai they bare a variety of fodder in proper quantities st proper timae, that »iie stables are well cleaned together with the innumerable other things that always naeil looking after, keeps one going about mil day. Wfiile sheep need prndent and watchfoi csre, they do not require that watebfaf * attention that cattle do. They do not require to be tied by tbw bead to' prwvcui their doing mischief. They do require free and easy sects* to lbs water, aad have *en*e enough to drink when dry. Their ' do not need cleabilf act daily do tbose of cattle. On tho whole, we are inoliaad ta tba opinion tbal tbe farmer who keep* sheaf principally, can bare s pretty easy tirn, through tbe winter, while tbcoe who have stocks of cauls will And plenty to do. — A bachelor odilur doclarafl tftal ,x Jwqk^rfpoaohes which ba b«| rcwarimsl. as if pretty girls hod watebod thoir growth sod Ustri tire® «i* tbwr , . ,. - . T - . j: