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not bo had, select a piece of dry soil, wlicro pi water will readily fljwfcfl", or can bo drained away. Store tbo potatoes in small in round heap*, of llfty o:icb, set in rows, each in to bo covered first with reversed sods, or a hi very little clean ury straw, and then willi st earth, putting on a lUllo at first but a few Bp inches, and adding more as tho weather pi gets colder, till bard freezing takes place, ll: About two feet of earth will keep out frost. A good ditch is to be in ado round the lot tl; of Leaps, so as to carry oil quickly all yt water that may fall. Tlie heaps wbencov- j l;x erod should bo somewhat cone-shaped, with j gi si.les high aud sloping enough to carry olT j a. rain quickly. The main point iu etoiing I potatoes is to have them put away dry jn and in such a manner as will keep out m inoi-ture, and at tho same time run little. ?< risk of the wholo rolling, should rot set in ;il at any point, or with any kind, some being <Ji more liable to rot tliau others.? Canada tl" Farmer. ci Oi!xamestai. IIkdces.?Thero is noth- _ ing gives such a nitc, cosy appearance to a jl( garden as an evergreen hedgo. Not only y ;s it prettier, bat flowers, fruits, and vege- j,. tables coino on earlier when the gardon is |-( thus surrounded, than when it is exposed C{ on all sides to tho cold, bleak winds of j,( spring. The cheapest and best plant for j,, this purpose is the arbor viloe. Plants r.an

?u im i/iiuv v/uo lUIlig as told, and believed, too, everyherc, and that is, that reconstruction i far is a failure. It is a bad failure, rom the sole of its foot to its head, if have any head, there is no soundjss in it, none whatever. It began hero it should have left off, with potical organizations, with suffrage and >vereignty; when the first lessons in vilization had not been learned, had >t been taught, and have not yet been ughl. But party supremacy required e measure, and it was adopted, against I the dictates of genuine statesmanahip, well as the demands of justice and huanity. And hence its failure, as could it but have been expected." t : - D > ; ?'!'! \ i The writer has deduced & few slut, e rules of hdaltji from experience id careful observation. Tp him they o of exceeding "vatue. Ho offers iom :to his younger Ur^thron, with ic earnest hope that they may bo und equally usoful to thorn. 1. Find, from careful observation, hat articles of diet are healthful, id rt.irtnlro nf cnpVi nnlrr

bo had in most nurseiies at about eight or leu edits per foot iu height; anil set- about a] fifteen inches apart, do not count up to a heavy bill. The Chinese arhor vihe makes a good hedge when well trimmed, otherwise it soon gets ragged- The hemlock Tl spruce makes a very pr*Uy hedge.. It r( grows rather slower, and cost about ton to ('r. fifteen cents per foot; but is preferred by many on account of its neatness and beau- {,1 ty. Norway spruce also makes a very ni beautiful hedge, but requires no re w id ill R to do well. Where there is plenty of x?{ room, it is a capital thing. In price it is tc usually intermediate between hemlock and C1 arbor vitte. All the pines uud firs make tl nice evergreen hedges, although this is not ol generally known. w It is very essential to have good hedges w that they should be trimmed up to a poiut so in the middle?not made square on ton . F

more or less, bounded by lauds of A. J. Clinkscales and others. TERMS? ON E 11A LF CASH, as to. balance, credit ol twelvo iiiontlis, interest from day of suit*, purchaser to give Bond ' with good security and mortgage, to secure tl?c purchase money, and pay for pa- < pers and stainns. m. Mcdonald, C. C. 1'. Al.bevilloC.il., ) Novuubvr 10, li?09. J 29?3t ALSO, PURSUANT to order of Court in case of J. T. BARNES, et. al. Executor. vs L. J. JOHNSON, I will soil at ABBEVILLE C. li., at public OUt-crv on sale day in DECEMBER next, the K al E-tato, described iri the Bill, situated and being oi: CALHOUN'S CREEK* containinc TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR ACRES, more or Kss, and bounded by lands of said L. J. Johnson, R. M. Palmer, , D. E. Pursely, and otherp. -o-' TERMS CASII. Purchaser to p?y Tor papers and stamps. M. McDONAT.D, .

wnsncu in Willi the Jiitllo; lot it now ] stand two hours in a cold spring house j. or cellar, and then work it over well again, after winch give it another rest, and then repeat the "working for the , last time. It is better to work it thus ( a lifTle at a time, than one long work- j iug, as it keeps the butter harder, and gets out all iho butter milk and brine. j ftry The butter should be packed In astone ! crock or tub after tho third washing.! Sot the nowly-stfained milk in large i shallow tin pans, which should bo? mc- scalded, .washed and dried before tbo j milk is strained into them j the pans ; ow, of milk should be sot on a shelf or j shelves; open slatted shelves are best, j in a cool well ventilated cellar, or ia , a spring house, if you have ouo in a i well shaded spring grove near by. rri . ......

_ .. _ j - .^.^v icy sccured tliero two homesteads of ghly acres eueli, under tho Homecad Law, aiid have since elearod rty acres. Of their crop of last Jar, besides what was consumed in 10 family, they bold nino hundred ishels of potatoes, fivo hundred ishels of corn, two hundred and ?ly bushels of turnips, two hundred ishels of beets, 1,100 heads eabbago, id over $200 worth of garden stuff, he potatoes they Bold for fifty cents ;r bushel. All the work on this farm, the clearg and grubbing the laud, tho fencg. sowing, plantiug, cultivating, and irvesting, and taking caro of tho oclc and all other work, excepting ilitting the rails and breaking and owing the land, was performed by icsc sisters alone, f hoy arc natives cf Ohio, whcnco icy emigrated to that Stato thrco :ars ago, and to that farm, then wild