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Miss South worth* Colonel G. W. Crockkit Charlks Burdett, T. Dunn English, w.d, Henry Clapp, Jun. George Arnold, Samuel. Young, Mrs. Ann Whei.im.ev, Mrs. Di Ver.'ON, Miss Virginia Vaughan, Finley Johnson, Miss Hattie Clarke, Write only for the lar ease must have paid the cost of TIlC Scottish AlECnCJUl Journal tU’aUimg. tiie first season ? but the great hindbrance to the extension of draining, is the difficulty and ex- pense of procuring tiles and skilled labour. My own experience in draining corresponds with that of the two gentlemen named. I last season used Guano extensively, and although the price was £18 10s per ton the extra return o,f crops was most satisfactory. Where it proved the most profitable was upon soil thoroughly dried and manured the previous fall, with about half the quantity generally applied. In â-ºSpring after the drills were opened, there was no delay but to plant the Potatoes and sprinkle along the drill 2§ cwt. of Guano per arpent or acre, which enabled me to put in a very large breadth of drill crop in an in- credibly short time, and ail in pro- per season. And what with my root crops being early planted and ! forced early in the season by the ap- | plication of Guano, 1 never had my j root houses so full in the fall, and ! my cows are in fine condition by being fed on straw and mangle vv u rtzle. This last season I visited Mr. Johnston, of Geneva, N. Y., whose farm, over 300 acres, was naturally a poor thin clay when ho entered upon it. Some 30 years ago, on his arrival from Scotland, his means Were so limited that he was unable to do more than rent a very small portion of what was considered un- improvable land, he is now the own- er of a large farm every acre of which is thoroughly drained with tile. Both the purchase and im- provements were out of the profits of his high farming, and although the spring crops in the West this last season suffered from wet, when upon clay soil, the whole ol his were most magnificent. He pur- chases no foreign manure, but then he has always on hand a large quan- tity of farm-made manure, in conse- quence of his being a most extensive feeder of cattle during winter. He never sells a bushel of barley to a distiller, but feeds it to his cattle, which not only upon a long average of years has yielded a greater re- turn, but affords him the high satis- faction, as he said, of knowing that it went to the cities in the shape of good beef and mutton, instead of poisonous liquors. I am certain that if any of your Agricultural friends who may want faith in high farm- ing, were to pay a visit to lie (arm of Mr. Johnstone, Geneva, at the proper season, they would come back converted men. Yours &c., Fire ! Fire ! I Fire I I I Jon, 5)ons. ^ £ â€" R N Fire Insurance Company of Toronto. WILLOW, DEVOrij) TO THE Interests of Scotchmen in America, AND TO THE DISSEMINATION OF SCOTTISH LITERATURE AND ART The common willow is the plant for farmers who would make hedges. It grows four times as fast as any of the thorns. Willows are propagated at a twentieth part of the cost of the thorn, and they come to a growth large enough to make a fence in less than a fourth part of the time required for thorns. We have various kinds of willows in this quarter, and they bear our cold winters as well as the oak and maple. The yellow willow is of very rapid growth ; and it is quite common in this quarter. No seeds are required, as the willow is propa- gated by cuttings, which may be had in abundance without cost. These arc run into tiie ground on the line of the fence at any tiioe in April, and they will grow without culture where the soil is good. Take any willow cuttings that are from one and a half to two inches in ; diameter, let them bo twelve inches j long, and on setting them take an i iron bar to make a hole. This j should be twelve inches deep, so as to let the upper end of the cutting come even with the surface of the ground. The cuttings should be procured before the sap begins to move. The fore part of March is a good time to cut them and then they might lay out in the sun, on the woodpile, or elsewhere, to the time of settingâ€"the bark thus adheres more closely to the wood than when the willow is cut in April, and will not peal. Most people who set willows for hedgerows leave the end of the cut- ting several inches above the ground thinking to gain one year’s growth •â€"but they are more likely to loose the cutting. The Willow has an advantage over all kinds of thorn, as the trim- mings are worth something for fire- wood, and will repay all the labor of trimming when cut once in five years. Wet meadows are the home of the willow ; and where a ditch makes a partial fence the willow on the bank will soon make the rest. When the fence alone is the object, the willows should be cut as low as four or five feet from the ground, GOLDEN PKIZR /CONSIDERING the multiplicity of nevvs- yj papers in America, it has to many been a matter of surprise that the numerous body of Scottish residents should have been so long un- represented To supply this desideratum, No. I, of the Scottish American Journal was published on Saturday, August 8, 1857. and is low continued weekly. The primary object of the Journal is to fur* nish iis readers regularly with the news of their native country. It presents a weekly re- cord of all events of interest occuning in Scot- land, and its subscribers are in this way as fully inlo med of what is transpiring at home as il they were iu regular receipt of an oid-country newspaper. 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Specimen Numbers, Show-Bills, Prospectuses, Ac, cheerfully fnrn^hed [by mad or otherwise, at our expense.3 lo ail disposed to lend a portion of influence iu behalf of tho Rural and its Objects. Address D. D. T. MOORE. Rochester, N. Y 1 onus : Ono cepy, one year, $2 ; one copy six months, $1 ; five copies, six months, $4 ; ten copies, six months, $3 ; ten copies, twelve months, $15 ; fifieen copies, twelve months, $22 ; twenty copies, twelve months $28, in advanco. € A I> W 1<: I, I. Specimen copies sent gratuitously for in- spection. Southern and Western money, or Postage Stamps, taken lor subscriptions. IIP’ Letters should he dneeted U> MUNN & Co., 128 Fuhon-streel, New Yoik Messrs. Miinn & Co. are extensively en- gaged in procuring patents for new inventions, and will advise inventors, without charge, in regard to the novelty of their improvements. DR. MORSE’S uin Hoot Pill OF TORONTO, OCULST & AURIST Operator on the- Faic and Kc TRUSTING TO A SINGLE CROP. There is no crop that does not fail sometimes, though there are few which arc never wholly cut oft' in any season. Grass, for example, always yields a partial crop, and a person may, if need be, depend wholly upon this product as a means of subsistance. The same thing, however, can hardly be said of any other staple crop. Innumerable il- lustrations might be given of the danger of depending upon a single crop. The result in Ireland of rely- ing upon the potato crop is patent. The failure of the wheat crop, in many parts of this country has in- volved thousands of farmers in debt, which it will take years of toil and economy to liquidate. A friend at the west had been so successful in raising peaches that he turned his whole attention to that crop. Last year he realized a large net profit,, and looking for still greater results this year, he laid his plans accord- ingly, and incurred considerable debts to be paid from the proceeds of his peaches. The result is, that from five or six thousand trees he gathers scarcely two bushels of marketable fruit. A mixed cultivation is the safest, in the long run. If the potato crop fail, let there be corn, wheat, barley, or other grain to fall back upon. The chances of utter failure are dimished a thousand fold where there are three or four different crops under culture. A season de- structive to one is likely to be just the thing for another.â€"American Agriculturist. DR. MORSE, the inventor of Morse’s Indian Root Pills, has spent the greater portion of his life in traveling, having visited Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as North Americaâ€" has spent three years among th ) Indians of our Western countryâ€"it was in this way that the Indian Root Pills wore first discovered. Dr. Morse was tho first man to establish the fact that all diseases arise from’ IMPURI TY OF THE BLOODâ€"that our strength, health and life depended upon this vital fluid. When tho various passages become clogged, and do not act in perfect harmony with ihe dif- ferent functions of the body, the blood loses its action, becomes thick, corrupted and diseased ; thus causing all pains, sickness and distsess of every name ; our strength is exhausted, our health wo are deprived'of, and if nature is not assisted in tnrowing oft’ the stagnant humors, the blood will become choked and cease to ac*. and thus our light of life will he forever blown ou*. How important then that we should keep the various passages of the body free and open. And how pleasant to us that wo have it in om power to put a medicine in your reach, namely, Morse’s Indian Root Pills, manufactured from plants and roots which grow around the mou i atnious clifi's in Nature’s Garden, for the health and recovery of diseased man. One of the roots from which these Pills aro made is a Sudorific, which opens ihe pores of the skin, and assists Nature in throwing out tho liner parts of tho corruption within. The second is a plant which is an Expectorant, that upens and unclogs the passage to iho lungs by copious spitting. Tho third is a Diuretic, which gives ease and double strength to the kidneys; thus encouraged, they draw large amounts of im- purity from the blood, which is then thrown out bountifully by >he urinary or water passage, and which could not have been discharged in any other way. The fourth is a Cathartic, and accompanies tho other properties o! the Pills while engaged in purifying tho blood ; the coarser particles of impurity which cannot pass by the other outlets, are thus taken up and From the above, it is shown that Dr. Mouse’s Indian Root Pills not only enter the stomach, but become united with the blood, for they find their way to every part, and complete- ly rout and release the system from all impm!<v, and the life of the body, which is the biooa, becomes porfectly healthy; consequently all sickness aud pain is driven from tho system, for they cannot remain when the body becomes so pure and clear. The reason why people aro so distressed when sick, and why so many die, is because they do not get a medicine w hich will pass to the afflicted parts, and which will open the natural passage for the disease lo bo cast out ; hence, a large quantity of food and other matter is lodged, and the stomach and intestines are literally overflowing- with the corrupted mass ; thus undergoing disagreeable fermentation, constantly mixing with the blood, which throws the corrupted matter through every vein and artery, until life is taken from tho body by disease. Dr. Morse’s PILLS have added to tilernselves victory upon victory, by restoring millions of the sick to blooming health and hap- piness. Yes, thousands who have been racked or tormented with sickness, pain and anguish, and whose feeble frames have been scorched by the burning elements of fever, and who have been brought, as it were, within a step of he silent grave, now stand ready lo testify that they would have been numbered with the dead, had it not been for this great and wonderful medicine, Morse’s Indian Root Pills. Afterone or two doses had been taken, they Were as tonished, and absolutely surprised, in witnessing their charming effects. Not only do they give immediate ease and strength, and take away all sickness, pain and anguish, but they at once go to woik at the foundation of the disease, which is the blood. Therefore, it will be shown, especially by thoso who use there Pills, that they will so dense and purify, that diseaseâ€" that deadly enemy-^-will take its flight, and the flush of youth and beauty will again return, and the prospect cf a long and happy life will cherish and brighten your days. Caution.â€"Beware of a counterfeit signed A. B- Moore. All genuine have: the name of A. J. White & Co., on each box. Also the sign(.{tiijc oj A• J. White Co. All others are spurious. A. J. WHITE & CO., Sola Proprietors, 50 Leonard Street, New York. Dr. Morse’s Indian root Pills are sold by all dealers in Medicines. Agents wanted in every town’, village and hamlet in the land. Parties desiring the agency will address as above for terms. Price 25 cents per box, five boxes will be sent on receipt of ff, posfage {Aid. 33 Moffat’s Ii if c Palls. Religion and Marriage.â€"Con- sistent religious principle is the only sure basis of happiness in the mar- ried life. Nine-tenths of all the se- parations and divorcements that have occurred, we doubt not, have taken place between persons desti- tute of the sanctifying influence of God’s grace on the heart. The very moment we wander frcm heaven, that very moment we get into the toils of the net of Satan, and then begin our restiveness and disquietude. Two streams meeting and mingling their waters, and flow- ing on through wood and vale to the ocean, is one of the most beautiful objects in nature. Not less beauti- ful, in the moral world, is the sight of two kindred hearts uniting and flowing on in the same quiet chan- nel to the greater ocean ol eternity. True religion in the heart of both husband and wife, is the surest guar- antee of bliss here and forever. The reputation of the1 e very celebrated vege- table remedies is now unequalled by any others in this country or in Europe, 'they are fully established as the most universal family medi- cine now in use, and they will maintain their pre-eminent renown by the intrinsic and com- prehensive virtues which acquired it. The usual modes of puffery would be unworthy'of them and is unnecessary. Thousands and tens of thousands of persons now living in poil'ectly restored health, can testify, as thousands have testified, to their prompt and decided efficacy notonlv in all ordi- nary derangements of health, from Impaired Digestive Functions, Costivencs-, Bilious and Liver Complaints, Rheumatic and Inflamma- tory Colds, Coughs, Nervous Weakness, Loss of Appetite, Failure of Flesh, Headache and impure State.of the Blood and other Fluids, but also in Rheumatism, Fever and Ague, other intermittent Fevers, Asthma, Bronchits, Cho- lic., Pleurisy, Palpitation of the Heart, Rush of Blood to the Head. Settled Pains in the Joints, Limbs and Organs, Affections of the Bladder and Kidneys, Jaundice, Dropsy, Piles, howevn: inveterate, Habitual Costivcness, Serous and Bilious Looseness, Obstinate Headache and Giddiness, and an immense number of other maladio: . They require no dieting nor confinement, aie perfectly mild and pleasant in their operation, but will powerju ly restore healthâ€"that greatest of ail earthly- blessingsâ€"to the most exhausted and dilapidated constitutions. Prepared and sold by Dr. WILLIAM B MOFFAT, 335 Broadway, N. Y. (34 ill n ii i)o m n Mn 30 INCORPORATED PY ACT 01-’ PARMAMENT. CAPITAL STOCK, £100,000, A lawyer asked a Dutchman in court what earmarks a pig ha cl that was in dis- pute. ‘Veil, he has no earmarks except a very short tail,’ was the reply. What is the difference between a butcher and a young lady ? The former kills to dress, while the latter dresses to I. C. Gilmor, Pres. | Geo. MicHiE,Vico Pres DIRECTORS : Rice Lewis, Esq. Thos, Haworth, Esq, James Beaty, Esq. VV. Henderson, Esq. T, P. Robarts, Esq. W. Macfarlane, Esq. M. llossin, Esq. Bernard Haldan, Esq. Secretary Jg Treasurer. Angus Morrison, Esq. Solicitor. Bank of Upper Canada, Bankers. Benjamin Switzer, Esq. Inspector. During the session of the Court of Common Pleas, in a certain county nol far from the Scioto River, in Ohio, the presiding Judge, although a man of great ability and talent was, nevertheless, rather fond of the 4 red <=ye,’ and too much in the habit of performing that pantomimic action commonly called ‘ crooking the elbow.’ On one occasion, when the court W8S assembled and waiting tor his appearance, he entered, and, with a slow and solemn step,4 walked a line’ up to the bench ; anti although it was evident to all that he had been ‘ smiling,’ he was now as 4 grave as a juilge.’ Taking his seat with great gravity (though it was plain that lie iiad great difficulty it preserving the centre 1 hereof), he opened the court. Matters went on swimmingly until, in his -endeavors to take notes, lie dropped hi< jit n, and stooping to pick it up, he lost that gravity which until then he had so caiefu'ly preserved, ami deposited his weight ;nd whiskey on the floor. The court was in commotion ; and while two of the members of the bar hastened to re- stoie the fallen dignity of the bench, Mr. moved that the court be adjourned, on rccount of the sudden illness of the Judge; when, to the surprise of all, the Judge, who had regained his feet, ex- claimed :4 No-s-such-thing,no-such-thing, Mr. C , the Judge ain’t sick ; lie’s drunk, sir, drunkâ€"drunk, sir !’ The peal cf laughter that rose can better be ima- gined than described. A good story is told of a chap in North Carolina, who went the entire figure in the way ot courting aU the girls who would have him, without asking for any of them to die off, as the law directs. After having mariicd his thirteenth, some of his first loves came down upon him arul had him lodged in jail. 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She immediately ordered him to stop the horse, left the sleigh, in spite of the penitent tears of her gallantâ€"who was not so drunk but he fu 11 the disgrace of his positionâ€"-and by permission of the teamster, mounted a passing load of boards, and rode to the nearest house, where she stayed until the mail stage came along, in the after- noon, when she took passage to Farmington, and from whence, the following morning she hired a pri- vate conveyance and returned home. PROSPECTUS OF Tlic Woman9 s Advocate FOR 1858. Fourth Volumn. « ___________ A. E, M’CO WELL, Editor. L. J. PIERSON, Corresponding Editor. Caii&cl on 11 dry to St. Tiiekker St. Run,dings, Month] HIGH FARMING, Petite Cote, Dec., 1858. My Dear Sir,â€"In consequence of your statement to me that you had been informed that “ High Farming was unsuitable for this Country,” I take the liberty of send- ing you a few notes on tha subject. In my opinion it is altogether a fallacy advanced by those who have no practical knowledge of the sub- ject, as the two gentlemen in this district who approximate nearest to the English style of high farming, Messrs. Logan and Johnston Thomp- son, arc both highly satisfied with the results. The former imported a large quantity of tile last season from Scotland, intended to thorough drain the whole of his farm ; and the first time I walked over the farm of the latter gentleman 1 was shown a field, on the one half of which was a most beautiful crop of potatoes, while the other half of the field had a crop that would not pay the ex- pense of cultivation. The cause of the difference was that one half of the field was thorough drained, so that in Spring it was dry and readv for early planting ; the undrained portion kept in a wet sour state till the end ot May, when it was too j late to put in a root crop to advan- tage, the extra crop in that partieu- Stoop Shoulders.-â€" K a catal- ogue of our national sins be ever completed, it should embrace those of having round shoulders, so called. We are very largely a nation ol stoopers, from the farmer in his shirt-sleeves to the advocate at his table. There is not the slightest necessity for this, and il is as un- gainly as it is unhealthy. Boys who have a tendency to “ lop” should be made to straighten them- selves, and if kind counsel will not bring them to their perpendiculars, ridicule should be resorted to and persevered in until the thing is done. There is probably not more than one pair of stooping shoulders in a hundred which stoop unavoidably, Free exercise of all the muscles of the chest, back, and abdomen, in the erect position will cure the evil. Walking has no tendency to do this, â€"American Paver, WRITING BY SOUND I PITMAN’S Manual of Phonography is work of about 100 pages, every other leaf of which is printed from stone engravings, giving writing exercises in the art which the book is designed to teach. By the use of this Manual, any school boy or girl, of 5 or G years and upwards, may learn, in a surprisingly shoes! space of time, to read and write Phonograph} or Phonetic Short-hand, and a few months ot daily practice is all that is required to enable a child of ordinary intelligence to, write I GO or more words per minute t This rate of speed is sufficient to take down ordinary sermons, speeches, and conversation as fast as spoken. 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