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Southland Times, Issue 1266, 17 June 1870, Page 4

DOUBLE-FUEEOW PLOUGH COMPETITION. ■ . • We take the following from a late date of the Hamilton (Scotland) Advertiser : — On Saturday a very interesting, and in many respects successful, competition of double-furrow ploughs took place on the farm of Phantassie, East Lothian. The competition was under the auspices of the East Lothian Agricultural Society, and had for its object to give the formers of the district an opportunity of testing . themerits of the different ploughs that are at present in the market. Ten ploughs were entered for competition, viz., iGray and Co., Uddingston, 3 ; . Murray and Co., Banff, 2; M'llraith, Bishopbriggs, 1 ; Bansome and Sims, 1 ; Shivas, Aberdeen, 2; and Fowler, Leeds, • 1. At nine o'clock the ploughs were started on a fine field of lea, of rather strfEsh texture, which was rendered even more so by the slight frost that prevailed ? during the earlier hours of the forenoon. The test was a pretty severe one, and folly brought out the capabilities of the •v double-furrow implement as a useful adjunct to the ordinary work of the farmer. The ploughs were then removed ;. to a stubble field to test their, capacity *• for. covering ih manure. On this trial the Uddingston ploughs manifested a . very decided superiority over the othera. Whether from superior manipulation on v the part of the men who worked them, or from a more scientific construction, - they did this part of their work in a ; much more thorough and satisfactory •■■•.. manner than their rivals ; and it was the •' geheral opinion that no common • plough, however skillfully handled, could j. nave turned over the stubble better . than was done by their double moulds. -: At the 'close of the trials, the judges Y; —-Messrs Begbie, Barneyhill; Lawrie, Y Xongnewton j and Wilson, Wolfstaiv-r- --■ v'placed the competing implements as ■ -under:— Grays's G. A., Ist prize ; Gray's •' Giß.,2ndprize; Gray's G.L., commended ; Shivasj Aberdeen, commended. The awards seemed to give general satisfaction. After the competition a pretty numerous party slit down.to dinner inSharpe'sHotel, EastLinton,underthe presidency of James Douglas, Esq., Athelstaneford Mains, who --#_.pressed his great satisfaction at the results of the competition. ; The following is a list of the doublefurrow plough competitions last week, at which the ploughs of John Gray & Co., 7 Uddingston, were successful in gaining f.Jirst prizes, beating all the principal makers; — «■ At Kilfinan, Campbelitown ; at EastETilpatrick ; at Springkell, near •a Gretna ; and at Withington and Standish, near Wigan. Thursday.— Northumberland Agricultural Society, near Wooler, winning a double-furrow plough, presented by Fowler & Co., of Leeds, for the first prize. Friday. — Midlothian Agricultural Society; near TRatho. Saturday.— r Dalrymple, Ayrshire ; and -Unrip d JBas & X-oihian, a*fr-£l»atasgie. -_— — * -_". Being eight first prizes in one week — an unparalleled event in competition. ; A WAIL FROM THE BANKS 0* TAY. * : *7 ' ' '''.'■' THE WASHING*-. Oh. gtftol Gilfillan, you've made a mistake, .- The rules 'o'* Confession in trying to break, r The Edinburgh, worthies won't let youabee, 7 Wi* your new-fangled creed for Bonnie Dundee. • Gae south, man, aiid smother't as fast as you can, While the saunts o' Auld Reekie are heating the pan j 'You'li'be burnt for a heretic, and that you will see, '■'"'."' ■ *Mid'the weeping and wailing o' Bonnie Dundee. r '" f IHB SATTUXET THBBAT. ' Well stir up the furnace and heat up the pan, Let tbe heretic frizzle, the multitude ban : - Well hand up the Confession, on that we agree, .And teach them a lesson in Bonnie Dundee. Then fill up a cup, an' fill up a can,. , Wi' brimstone a' lowe for the ungodly man ; And his minions may quaff o' this saintly bree, . .A.health.to the heretic o' Bonnie Dundee. ; ..■".. THB HKBETIO'S BESPOKSB. Gilfillan you curse, Gilfillan you ban ; You- may curse till you're tired, or as long as you can, Your curse will fall lightly, as yet you may see, On the bead o' Gilfillan o' Bonnie Dundee. My orthodox lads r you had better beware, /This hunt may not yet lead you into a snare ; They need to be pure where no one can see Black spots, save on those o' Bonnie Dundee. There are slums in the Canongate you might ■-explore, Help the poor and the needy about your ain door, - Pull the - beam :from your own eye, more clearly to Bee -,-...- --■ Tie mote in your' neighbors o' Bonnie Dundee. Then adieu, Orthodoxy, I hope you'll think weel, Ere you hand o'er this heretic a prey to the de'il, To be doom'd wi' the bairnies, alas, woe is me ! We've a holier faith than that in Dundee. Dundee,X2lst Janl, 1870. u I wili. forfeit my head if you are jjtot in the wrong," exclaimed a warm tal ' orator to the President Montesquien, in an argument. " I. accept it," replied^ the philosopher; " any trifle among friends has a Talue." ' ""No oifE would take 7you 7 for what you are," said an old-fashioned gentleman, a •iday or two ago, to a dandy, who had more 3mir than brains. "Why ?" was immed- ; lately asked. " Because they cannot, see your ears." ...... y " How many years have you been dumb ?" said a gentleman to an Irish beggar. "Five years last St. John's Eve, plase ■your honor," answered the mendicant, completely taken off his guard by the question. A MAiriEs-oi'-i'ACT philosopher asserts that " Love is to domestic life what butter 29 to bread — it possesses little nourishment in itself, but gives substantials a grand relish, without which they would be hard to swallow." Feasklebt • Qusedoke. — Benjamin Franklin jonce wrote: — "He tliat by the plow -would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive."^ • — These lines were very popular in their day, and even now they are occasionally quoted by old fogies. But some person has eclipsed them by bringing out the following: — I "He that by his biz would rise, Mutt either bust or ftdrertiM."