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AQBIOULTUBAL -A-STP FAMILY 3SrBWSPAPBB FOft TUB KtJEALISTS OF TEEE GKRBBHXT IOTJaSTTI STATE. VOL. YI.--NO. 43. ST. JOHNSBUKY, FE-IBAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1870. WHOLE NO. 303. Pimi.ISlIKl) KVKKV rillDAT 1IT HOYAL OUMMINGS, ST. JOIINSItUUV, VT. C, HORACE HUBBARD, Agricultural Ei'r, P. O. Adilri, prliiK(Ull, Vt. Tcrmt of Sii1icrlitIom One Copy one year, paid la nilrance Two Pollari. Ono copy six month, , .One IMlar. a One copy Oircti month, on trial, Kifty CenU. Kre of Pt tnjfe In nny Point In the Untteil Mntra or Cniiuiln. Communications for the Agricultural Department ihouU ie au.ireAscii to me Agricuu.ua. tuwr at paring litid, t. i,. MVirrr. st. joim.i.try, vt., llrcw.er of Tiionovaumwn roirt,st ConIittn? of Ilvioul!i Itork, AY lit to unrt Ilrown llomlliliiito IiM""'Iin Ilttff mill AVIillo t'ocli- . Illx. Vnonif M.t-V- foil If In at. In .ti'jisnuei: cittjli: mm it nius tiuti; 1'ias, Also a fow kiioutiioicvn and ji:usi:vn, "rod and for talo, at rcasonablo prices, by A. l. itAl.r., Dorby Line, Vt., or Stanstead, P. (., May U, I87C. BUIIYDINGS MOVED. Having hail a largo Esporlcnce, and possessing all tlio facilities for Ualnlnj; itml .ilo vlntr lIutliliusM of all kinds In ths best postl. bio uannor, tlio subscriber would solicit a iliaro of such work. Work dono by tlio day or Job, at hard. times prlcos. JOHN BARROWS, Hartford, Vt. rUJlB GllOUJTD JiONJE. - Farmers will Ond at my nulla supply of l'uro (irouuil lloup, for land, and tho best of llmiu Meitl for cattle. llavlngtho best of arrangements for procuring tho raw matorlal 1 can Klvo a remarka bly low prlco for tlio prcparod article. Also, Z,atlilcrs, of all Xciffi7i( Manufactured and sold by C. F. IM'.AN, - - St. JolniKlmr) , VI. Alton to 8T0CKMKN Is DANA'S new KAU MAP.KINU PUNCH, LAMSLSand REUISTER3. Ulio suiteil to Cattle, Hogs and Sheep. Send stamp for samples. Agents wantod. Manufactured exclu sively by tbo patentee, V. II. DANA, Weit Lebanon, FOR SALE 1 .A. "Valuable Location. About 12 acres of La ml, ono-half In a bard wood crovo, and tho balance good tlllago land, with a Kd building lot on tho ainc, and prlrllee to running water. Ono-half rallo lroin Newport Depot. For fur ther particulars Inquire of Hoyul Oitinmttifrs, tit, Jolmabury, or of tlws nutwciiber at Newport. ;omm,. 1:1 ,tiii.s. SaiAIili PIjAGE FOR SALE. The cubscrlher wlll'seU his place at St. Johnsbury, adjolntog the Fair Ground. It contains two acres of ground, a pood house and bam, ajcood garden with 50 lrult trees, runnlnj water at house and barn and lu the garden that never falls, even in a dry time. The buildings aro In perfect order and are very pleasantly and conveniently Uuatol, be-In half a mile from the scale shops, and good schools and churches. The place will be sold on very oay terms. Apply to Mlrarn Uussell on the premises, or Joseph Gauthtor at the harness shop on Kastcrn Avenue. I, O. KICIXAKIIN. St. Johnsbury, Ati.2t, 1670. FARM TOR SALE. The sulscrlber offers to sell his farm at Kast Cabot consisting of 2 in acres of good land divided into tlllago and pasture. Thero Is an orchard of 73 young bearing trees, two good sugar places ofai trees In each. The heavy timbered laniicovcn. JSjcres and Includes a Does growth of cedar. Tho farm Is well fenced and there Is a good supply of running water and well water. The farm Is but three and a half miles from West Danville tlopot, and onlv half a mile from post office and first rute school. Will bo sold at low tlgures and on easy terms. Inquire of 11. 1'. Rollins, St. Johnsbury, or of tho subscriber on tho placo. j. a. n, GLinnnrt, tout Cabot, Vt. HATCH & CRAW, rimrnieroRS or Forest and Lowell Mills, Manufacturers of, and Wholcsalo Dealers in, TLOITit AX!) FRtil, Ijowoll, - - IVXloXi.. Wo maVo a specialty of a high grade of Family and Pastry Flour, und are using the be.it Improved ma chinery, well skilled help, and none but Kxtm White Winter Wheat, and In fact all tho necessary requisites for making such a grado of Flour. Sample! sent freo at all times when requested and correspondence solid tod. THE CHARTER OAK SWIVEL PLOW! Tlio mil)- Perfect Snivel I'Iiiiv, Tho season of 1873 bos proved by actual uo of over 3IU plows tbat It lias no equal, fiend for Illustrated circular with full particulars to HiGv.iA'tr.ir .7rrc co., If ISKlliiulll, Cullll. For Salo by J. II. Olmltorton, Itutlaml, Vt. and by .1. AV. llnolcrll A; Soil, St. Jaliiikliury. FARM FOR SALE! I oiler for sola my farm, situatod on Joo's Drook two ullosfrom Its mouth, throe miles from Norrisrllle. Said farm contains ono hundred acres, comlortable buildings and a sugar orchard of threo hundred troos, For further particulars, address W. I.. VJ'UXH, AusustM, 187C. . TJAHNKT, VT. HAKIM SVIVi:i, I'l.OW, I.IIl'KIIViai. QUPEIlIOn TO Atlv OTI1KI13 O for turning and puUtrllluj; on lorel land or hlll-sldo. Takes a wld. furrow i Is stron and durable. Senit for Circulars. Agents wantod. Mad. by II. II. Iluke.t 11(1 Central Street. Woroour, Ifui. Julinonji llruv. iV .tciiellf Agents, bt. Johnsbury, Vt. Horse Powers MACHINES FOR SAWING WOOD, Al" Jim lilueti fur TlircxhtitK X Clrmitiif; drain, Patonteil, Alanufactureil and for Salo by A.. X7V7-. GrmSJTT cjU BOIVB, .llldillelott ii Ntirinifk, Vt. Tho power, with the improvements, are tho result of thirty years' hard study. Tho proprietors aro tho Inreutors, over havo b(m and aro tho solo manufao turers. Wo havo labored from tho first to produce a machine, durable, tatty, compact! portable, ami ono that will run with less friction. Wo believe that we inanufaeturo tho host machine of tho kind lu tho coun try. We havo received rinar rnKMiuu at New Kngland fairs In 173, 1671 and H75 , also Ibtata Pairs, Vermont and Maine, same years, and havo rtptattdly taktnt anj ir falti la lait Ikt (iK Aenors at any aud every cihlbltlon where prtsenteil. What tho nowspapers say of us t I'ouliHt), 7.) journal. "It Is the best machine of ti kind In use. Miutark4ttli I'louqkman. "Paitei could bo flllod with many Klowlue praises of tbo (tray machine." A. II, Ifilliami qJ Urattjoril, I I,, wrttttl The lua chlno I luuht of you ulvea ontlro satisfaction to 1 who havo .employed Itjiavini: threshed tho past season M.us) bushels of diueroutikluilsof train, IrarrtM iktpard, cmun I'umt.fl. r states ho inado tho lait threahlnic J) free rroiu expense. J,ll,ciuk,llkmkall,n, y states that ho inado last threthini; season free from expense I7i, J. kktllt. taMSidor, A. r sUtes ho tlireikod 2,'irt bushels la 5 days, for Frli-o-I.Ll iisasl ircnlnr mldrc. ilio libuvv. Dcacrted Fanni. Tho New Harnpshiro Stata UoarJ of Ag' riculturo aro trying to dovlso somo plan to reclaim tho two thousand or moro do sorted' farms in tho stato. Ono proj. cct is to appoint commissioners, with power to nrbitruto between tho owner and tho sot. tier. A fair prioo should bo put upon the property, and a bond ior a deed given, al lowirjg tho would-bo purchaser a term, say two or threo years, to improvo tho land and repair tho buildings, with no cxpooso but taxes, and, at tho closo of the spociQod term, tho purchaser to buy tho property at tlio prico previously agreed upon, payment to bo inado in easy installments, with modcrato in. tcrcst. This is a favorablo timo for suoh a move mcnt, and wo aro glad to learn that our friends of tho Now Harnpshiro Hoard pro. poso to co-opcrato with tho forces which tho hard times havo brought to boar in restoring to tho cultivation of the soil tho surplus pop. ulation Btrandcd by the tempest which has shaken tho business interests of tho country. It is feared that the coming winter will teach many men that tho farm is their only refugo. If they will roturn to it with wholcsorao no. tions of industry and economy, their condi tion will bo improved. Killing Weeds. Is it not just a littlo vexing, after having wotkcu and watched all summer long and been successful in keeping tho cultivated fields and gardens comparatively freo from weeds, to havo a friend tell you that your land "isn't natural to weeds?" This was our experienco a few days ago, as ono of our most valued agricultural friends was walking with us over tho corn and potato fields at tho farm. Now, wo have entertained a theory that. by a judicious use of tho cultivator and hoe, a garden or field may bo kept almost entire ly freo Irom weeds with the expenditure of very little moro labor than is beneficial to tho crop, aside from the advantago of clean culture. It has even been claimed tbat weeds aro a blessing because thoy compel tho farmer to cultivato and hoo his crop moro than would otherwise bo noccssary, and doubtless this is, in a measure, true. The ground needs frequent stirring, whether there aro weeds to be killed or not. On most farms tho wced3 seem to bo so "natural" to the Foil that, if ono is determined to keep them under perfect subjection, ho will find ho is stirring his soil about as much as the health of cultivated crops require. Uther things being cnual.that field which is manured with commercial fertilizers will have fewer weeds than ono manured with stablo manure, for a great many weed seeds pass through tbo uigcstivo apparatus of our domestic animals without losing their vitality, but many others can remain in tho soil unin. jurcd for a long term of years, ready to sprout anu grow at any timo whenever tho conditions aro favorablo to germination. Ana tlicso will snow themselves when tbo land is under cultivation, whether manured with one kind of fertilizer or another. Our own fields havo been moro freo from weeds during tho present seaon, especially in the early part of it, whero no stablo man ure was applied, but thcro havo been enough of them on all parts of tho farm to keep ono uusy. tho potato Held was planted about tho middlo of May, beforo all tho weed seeds had time to sprout. The potatoes wero dropped in drills and covered with the rear teeth of a horse-hoe, a little deeper than they aro usually covered by hand. As soon as the weather becamo warm enough to start tho weeds, a heavy birch brush was drawn over 'tho wholo ground lengthwise of tho rows, tho horso going in every second row. This levolcd dowp tho ridges loft by the horso-hoo directly over tho seed, nnd, at tho eamo time, killed nearly all tho weeds ex cepting tboso in tbc hollows between tho rows. In a day or two, tho horso-hoo was run between the rows, the teeth boing set with the wings turned inward, so tbat littlo soil was thrown towards, or over tho sprouting potatoes. After this tho horso-hoo was run between tho rows as often as onco in six or seven days, until the new potatoes wero part ly grown, mis gave the weeds no cbanco at all between the rows, and, wo doubt not, paid tho expenso in tho extra growth of tho potatoes during tho excessively dry woathor which then prevailed. Twice during tbo summer, a hand went through the field with a hoo and cut up all tho weeds between the hills and patohed up tho fow hills which wore torn into by tho horse-hoe. After the vines began to dio, it took but a little ovor an hour per aero to go throuch tho fiold mi null bv hand the fow Mattering weeds which,' wore missed at the last hoeing. With the exoeption of purslane we und it not a dimeult matter to koep ordi nary field crops practically froo from woeds during the growing season. The soil should be worked often, both beforo and after plant ing. Ilio moro it can bo worked bcloro plant ing, tho fewer woeds thoro will be after wards. With very littlo labor, late-planted crops may be kept almost entirely freo from weeds if tho ground is repcatodly ploughed and cultivated previous to tho planting. Our second and third planting of fodder corn uro as freo from weeds as ono could de. tiro, becauso tho land is manured in tho spring and then cultivated several times pre vious to planting tho seed. Seeds require certain conditions in order to germiuato. They must be near tho surface, where the ground is warm, but thoy also rcquiro mois turo as well as warmth, and if the surfaco is kept constantly light by stirring, thoy will not readily germinate Nor will they como up in a denso shade. So, if the spaces between tho rows aro kept constantly light by tho uso of tho horso-hoo or oommon oul tivator, thcro neod be but littlo work require 1 in tho way of hand labor, among tho hills or drills, during tho growing season, alter one thorough weeding. Thcro will ho weeds that start with tho orop, but removo these, and givo your orop possession of tho soil, and it will hold it. Tbo shade of tho plauts prevents tho weeds from starting in tho hills, while-, between the rows, tho soil may bo kopt so constantly light by tho uso of tho cultivator that few will gor minato excopt in very wet weather, and these will bo destroyed by cultivation with tbo norse-lioo. Of the weeds commonly found in culti vated fields, as wormwood, pigweed, barn grass and the like, we havo not raised a bushel to tho aero during tho prcsoot season except in tho first planted fodder corn, nor was tboro enough thcro to injure tbo crop in tho least. And no hand-bociog has been done iu either planting of tho corn. The previous cultivation and shado of the rapidly growing plants was sufficient to give tho corn complete possession so thcro was no room for woods. Hut thoro is ono wcod that beats us. It is purslane It hasn't spread yot ovor the farm, but is confined chiefly to tho gardens noar tho buildings. It starts early in tho spring if tho ground is warm, and it start after every showor all summer till frosts como iu tho fall. It grows best in tho hot test weather after it onoa gets started. It novcr wilts under tho fiercest sun, nor docs it oaro much whothor its roots aro in tho ground or out. It is worth nothing, and it lies so low that it oould not bo cut with a scytho, oven if it wero worth anything for cnttlo food. It may bo killed if it is taken tho very day it sprouts, but, if loft for a week, it will ho in full possession, aud will hold it, too. Purslano may bo kept under if ono has noth ing elso to do, but, with tho haying and tho other work of tho farm, tho garden is apt to bo ncglcctod a portion of tho time during tho busy season, and so it gets ahead of us. And after that ono might about as well let it alono, for tho ohanoes aro that it will cost moro to kill it than tbo crop is worth. Hut, saying nothing nothing of pur lane, it is as easy to keep a farm clear of weeds as to lot them grow. And this idea about weeds boing "natural" to soma soils is alt nonsense. Weeds are natural to any and overy soil that is rich in plant food, and, if thoy aro not destroyed whilo young, will provo a source of serious troublo after wards. We have been too careless in our methods of culturo horo in New Kngland, and wo havo not, as a rule, acquired habits of closo observation. If wo had, wo should know that weeds como from seeds, that thoy do not como from a clean soil, howovcr rich or howevor "natural" it may bo to their growth wheu onco fully stockod by them. Our own soil is poor cuough, but it is not too poor to produce- weeds if it is neglected. Perhaps wo may havo given a wrong im pression regarding purslane, or "pusloy," and led somo of our readers to believe that it is ono of thoso weeds wbich can't bo killed. If so, we would set them right beforo leav ing tho subject. Purslano can bo killed if is taken whilo young and the ground culti vated overy day. Onco a week will not do it. It if an unsightly weed in a garden, but really not hall as bad as somo ethers. The mowing machino may bo made qui to a help in keeping a farm clear of weeds, if ono will uso it before tho weeds get too old. A great many wcods spring up in our mow ing fields after haying, and also where wiu ter or spring grain has been grown. It is but littlo work to run tho machino over such land, and still less sometimes to gather tho crop with tho wheel horso-rakc. With thoso tools, ono can afford to cut light crops of grass or weeds. Somo varieties of weeds, it cut while in bloom, will make good hay for wintor feeding, and for this purpose, they aro well worth gathering, if tho work can bo dono by horse-power. Hereafter we shall bo tempted to leave ono corner of a field somcwhero on tho farm uncultivated, just to show our friends who may visit us tbat our land is natural to weeds. Wo havo had ono such spot this yoar, whero a pasture was ploughed last fall to encour age the growth of young birch and pine trees, which frequently come up from seeds blown upon tho land from surrounding trees. On this field, tho wormwood and other weeds look as thrifty as though were "natural" to the soil. Hut wo did not show this field ; if wo had, wo should probably havo been allow ed moro credit for the work wo havo dono at killing weeds in other placos. A clean fiold, liko drained lam), doos not show upou tho face of it how much work has been required to bring it into its present condition. People vorv often exclaim as thoy walk over an underdrainod field, "Why this land didn't need draining-!" Hut theso are things wo must all bear patiently. It is a real satisfaction to walk over dry fields that wero onco quagmires, and to soo our rows of corn and potatoes, or our garden vegetables occupying tbo wholo ground, even if our friends do think that such land didn't need draining, or that it is not natural to wends. N. E. Farmer. Winter Effects of Summer Drought. Pew of us appear to to remember that tho effects of a drought on trees may culminato a long tiino after tho drought is past. Tho following, from tho Ocrmantown Telegraph, is truo : It is often thought that wo aro learning from year to year ; but tho conductor- of a newspaper, boyond most others, kuows how knows how slowly tho world profits by the labors of discoveries. From timo to time, however, wo can rofer to now matters in sea son, as tho knowledgo can bo mado available, and in this way the nowspaper can bo tho teacher as well. Among tho knowledge gainod o recent years is tho truth that the clfeets of a drought on vegetation is not always immediately appar ent. Trees, whiob.seem to get through tho summer strugglo romarkably well, will often livo soveral year3 afterwards and yet dio. Tho reason of this, divested of all tochuioal language is, tbat though not killed, tho vital condition is lowered, and thus a de gree of cold, or any unfavorablo circum stances, which under ordinary conditions tho plant would oasily rosist, is too much for it and tho tree dies. Wo havo had this season ono of tho most trying tlmos in tho drought lino. Wholo forests in some parti, especially in tho stato of Now l'ork, havo been destroyod j but thoso which cscapo now aro not safe, and many will go in the wintor, oven though it may bo comparatively mild. Wo may make uso of this knowlodgo wherever wn havo particularly valuable trees that it is worth whilo taking a littlo troublo to preserve What is called life or the vital principle in plants, is simply food changed into that character, and thus by giving food wo strengthen life. Therefore, thcro is no better way to help a half-drlod trco to get through tho winter than by giving it manuro. Spread thin around suoh trees as soon as may ue alter reading tins, it may soem that as thero will be no moro leaf-growth or growth of branches this soason, there will bo no use of putting on manure now. Hut this is not what cxpericneo toadies, it Is lound that tho roots aro strengthened ; the wholo vital power increased by tho top-dressings around weak troes iu tbo fall as we rcoommend ; and us a great old farm-writer onco said, n grain of practice is worth a ton of thoory. Kvergroou hedgos especially will bo found benefitted by a top-dressing of mauuro, Aceording to tho statistical statement furnished to tho Agricultural Departmont at tho Centennial Exhibition, tboro wore on January 1, 1870, in tho Uuitod States 85,93 5 HOO, sheep worth an avorago prioe of $2.00 a hoad, and a total of $03,000,1)18, Now York contained 1.030,500, Texas 1,091,400, Pennsylvania 1,010,500, Ohio 4,5111,000, Michigan 3,450,000, California 0,750.000, Indiana 1,250,000, Illinois 1,311,000, Wis conalu 1,102,800, Iowa 1,003,000, Missouri 1,281,200, tho remainder boing divided among tbo other stated and territories. English and American Cheese Dairying, llolorcnccs havo been heretofore been made in theso columns to tho growing divorsiou of tbo milk prpduct of Urcat liritam toward direct consumption, rather than to tho man ufacture of butter and checso. It is stated on good authority that einco tho plan of oon- Tcpring fresh milk to towns and cities by ruunuy, uuu especially sincu moro nas ueeo moro knowlodgo disseminated in regard to tho preservation of milk during its lrans.it and delivery to consumers, thero has been a largo incrcaso in tho trado, and tho , result is that tho chooso aud butter dairies of tho country havo been cnoroachod upon to. meet tho increased demands of fresh mjtk con sumption. Again, the incrcaso ia.bopulation in Urcat Hritnin is npothor, element that has urawn largely and must continuo to do so, upon tho milk supplies .af-tho country. Tho furnishing of fresh milk for eity con sumption is more profitablo to dairy farmers than to manufacture it into butter and cheese. Tho transition, then, from the let ter to tbo former is moro easily broucht abeut so far as tlio dairyman is ooucernod, ; I 1,1 ' I, .1 . . siugo no win naturally eeex inoso 'oaanncii for his product which yield tho most profit. Tho question which is now agitating the dairy industry of Kngland is a better method of preserving milk aud in regulating tho milk trado, from time to timo, so that thcro shall bo little or no surplus milk on the mar ket ; and to avoid losses on this account fac tories at tbo railroad stations whoro farmers dejivor their milk aro suggested. On this plan tho quantity of milk needed from day to day in tho different milk walks of tho city is tolcgraphod to tho respectivo factories furnishing said walks, and this prevents tho transit of surplus milk, leaving it to bo oonvertcd into butter and chceso at tho factory. Hy tho freo establish ment of such factories at convenient points along tho railways, it is believed tho con sumption of milk in cities and largo towns will bo promoted, becauso a regular and unlimited supply can then be had. Any thing likely to affect tho quantity of butter and chceso mado in Britain must bo or inter est to American dairymen becauso her main dependence for checso is upon America. Vo havo beforo us an abstract of tho of ficial roturns showing tho number of cows and heifers in milk in Great Hritain for tho year 1874 and 1875, respectively. Prom theso returns it appears that thoro has been a decrcaso of milch stock in tho kingdom from 1874 to 1875 of fifty thousand cows. Tho number of cows in milk in Great Hrit ain iu 1874 was 2,273,797. In 1875 thcro was only 2,223,241. Of this number Kng land had in 1875 but 1,595,290 ; Scotland, 390,833 ; Wales, 201,082. Wo bavo no statistics at baud showing the pcrccntago of tho milk product used directly as food iu Great Hritain. In 1870 it was estimated at about 41 per cent of tho en tire milk crop in tho United States was used directly as food. The number of milch cows then in the United States was about 11,000, 000, or nearly five times tho number at pros cut in Great Hritain. In 1870 tho popula tion in England and Scotland was upward of 25,300,000 souls, and to-day it is 32,000, 000 in tbo United Kingdom. It is cvideut, therefore, if milk was used as freely in Hrit ain as it is iu tho United States, a very large share of tho milkj product would bo,consuracd as food. Ilcnco wo are inclined to tbo opin ion that tho views expressed by persons in England who aro familiar with tbo milk trade, tbat chceso dairying must gradually decrease iu tbat country arc not without fouudation ; and this must bo moro apparent when wo consider tho low prico at which Amcrinau chceso has been placed bcloro tbo Hritish consumer. Tho English dairy roan finds checso-making by far the least re munerative of any branch of tbo dairy. In deed, it is only by making the high-priced checso tbat ho is ablo to get anything like fair returns for his capital and labor. A correspondent from one of tho best dairy dis tricts of England, in a letter uudcr dato of Aug. 8, says : "Chocso is much lower than last year say 3 cents per pound. IjOW qualities are scarcely salable at any prico. Farm dairy checso is averaging about 50 shillings por cwt., while Bomo of it is as low as 30s. Euglish factory chceso is fetching 00 to 72 shillings per cwt. American checso of fine quanity can bo bought for 45 "hillings, and tho finest at 47 shillings, in this country. Hcef aud mutton aro tho only agricultural product that keeps up iu prico. They are from 8 toll pence per pound (10 to 22 cents). Wool is very low say 35 shillings for mixed lots. I know a farmer who has several years' wool on hand, for ono of which ho once had 02 shillings oifered." Ho remarks further : "English farmers arc becoming djesperato. On ono nobleman's estato they aro giving'up the farms wholesale and are emigrating, be causo tho landlord would not rcduco the rent. If things go on in this way much longer, tho prico of land will bo seriously affected. 1 am.afraid Wo aro helplessly drifting into ono of the most serious crises English ngrlcul turo has kown for a long timo. What the end will bo no man' can tell, and it is painful to spcculato on it. At present thcro is no stiver lining to tbo cloud discernible." This state of things, it seems to us, must havo an important bearing on tho cheese trado of America. Tbo gradual abandon ment of checso dairying j tbo high prico of of meats, whi.h must havo a tendency to promote a larger consumption of chceso, the cheaper animal food, cheese, boing used by tbo working classes all these' must Indicate a larger demand from Hritain for chocso, while at tho samo timo thoy promisq a permanent trado in dairy produco for us, thus giving u euro outlet for all surplus likely to ha made in this couutry for years fo come. American dairymen havo had sorioua fears in regard to tho over-production of cheese ; but wo have always found a market in England for our Burplus, und generally at very steady prices, Somo anxiety has b,ecn oxprossod by American dairymen in regard to tho future of our chceso industry, and especially has this been tho caso during tho present year, when cheese has ruled at comparatively low prices. W" havo deomed it, thorefore, of some importance to place beforo our dairy men tho foregoing faots and arguinonts, be lieving, as wo do, that thero is no branoh of farming that promises moro permanence and that is liable to less fluctuation in prices than tho dairy and its products. Wo have re ferred only to the foreign demand, but much can bo said in favor our position when tbo needs of our homo consumption are taken into account. As our population in creases, largor and larger drafts are made from year to year for fresh milk for city and village consumption, wbilo tho demand for butter is so enormous that it keeps the rapid increase of cheese dairying within due bounds. Of courso it must not bo expected tbat the high rates of a number of years past can be had, but wo may eqnll dently look to no lower prices than those which ruled beforo tho war, and our dairy industry was then quito as prosperous as any branch of farming. A. A, Milord in Rural New Yorker. Tho Potato Beetle. Tho Scicntifio Farmor iheiT an article, entitled "Facts about tbo , .. A Hvra uuuuw VIIV 1 otalo Heotlo," which was extensivoly copied by tho press, and among others by tho Soion tlDa Amorioan. Whereupon Prof, lllloy nines u inai jouroni as loilows : It is not often that vnil nro ciut,t nn . . j ""b"u ""l1 plug, and you nro moro apt to bo caught whfn lounging in tho field of natural history, than in any other. In your isiua of July 29, y6u copied an artlclo from tho Seiontifie If , L ..'!. I .. i ....... V- vin uiuuv X UiUlU JUU I tlCA." in which narinnr nniuinn (istnici MhAiat- ii.i.Ia w- iiioum ouercu as "MOM." wn nrn (nl.l tl.nt tho potato beotlo iby wbioh of courso is mount, mu won Known immigrant irom l!olo rado, and not any of tho other beetles that moot inai pinni) uoes not ily till night nnd does not cat. lioth thesn atntnmpnla nrn In. borrooti Tho dorophra W-linCata, liko most mosVof tho species of its family, flics rapidly in tho day timo but not at night j and it feeds frcclv unon thn v.irinna nl.nta nf ihn !L.l 1 J- .- t ..' a a. - J 1 im .fowctlrocfl docs coustdcrbU tdaiaago in tho snrlmr Inn,-. alWrn I hit Lot-i.. .1 -1- jiitrnLaniLiia inmiiv unnniixi iha nntntn Mti.i J 5 -v,'fci mw iu,,ui r't:.iin, Luuujjll ii. is not as voracious' as tneso and seldom fthounils mi a nlant In llm ltcasoning from his "facts," tho writer ol tbo .-.ww f,vvauu iu najr hiiui, "mty muiiu OI destroving the beetle nraeticed li thn ('nr. mcrs hero and thcro is only a loss of timo thercforo let the beotlo alono" an erroneous deduction naturally following luiiowiug irom ino erroneous premise, and very unsound advice. It is in fact all im portant, from tho practical view, to destroy tbo first beetles and thus nrnrr-nl llm lmnn of CE83,. nud tho subsequent injury j fni- fl vvhiln if is Iv.in lt.nl lk. ...... ,! v. . Id M UU bUUJ 1I1UJT UUUllllUU to fly in from neighboring fields, tho fact nevertheless remains that thn mnr.i vnn l-ill tho less VOU havo. Manv cinnriennixl I nr. iiivid iu iui3turb ui iuu cuutury justly cousiucr mo uusirucuon 01 mo can v noct mmnrtnnt onough to warrant tho laying of traps beforo mu mo potatoes begin to put out ol tho ground j and thoy do this by dipping slices of tho tuber in Paris green and laying them about a field whero no domestic animal can get at them. Tboro aro other errors in tho articlo in question, but of minor importance For in stance. CVcrvonn whn has had mtinh prnArt. enCO knnws that the third nr lnat tii-nml nf beetles is fully developed and flics around ior wccks or even months noioro seeking winter nnartcrs. and that bvbernatn in thn perfect state, rendv tn nwnknn in thn enrin. and fly about again for a few weeks beforo procreating, ino species is, also, northern, not southern, in habitat, nnd. whiln .nrpmlinir ' , east along certain parallols. has not oxtendod . ., ,m ... 7. .. . ... soum. ino taiic, tticrcloro about tbo insects reinuiuintr dormant throned! thn veintnr merely "becauso tho temperature is too low to perfect the insects," aud about tho proba- lillilu flint IT ll.n,. ....I, . I their "transmigration rtransfbrmntinni will be uninterrupted" is "misty" to say the least. Ibo hybcrnatiog state is induced not alono by cold, and many insects prepare for it and nensn mllltinlvinrr mnnthc linCnm ivin. ter sets in ; and the doryphora is ono of them. Hungarian Millet. iV great diversity of opinion exists among practical farmers as to tho valuo of the sev eral annual grasses commonly known as mil let. Tliis may bo accounted for hi part by mo character ol tho soil whero grown. All tho varieties of millet arc peculiarly adapted to light, sandy, or saudy loam soils, such as will produce full crops of timothy und red top only under tho most favorablo circum stances, hand that is excellent for grass is not mo nest ior mulct, and the best millet land is not natural grass land. Millet re sembles the corn plant in its adaptation to warm laud and hot weather, and lor this reason we should expect to find it a moro popular crop on tho dry, sandy land border ing our seacoast than upon the moist, green hill-tops of Vermont, Now Hampshire aud western Massachusetts. And this we find is tho caso many farmers in tho interior liav- ing scarcely ever seen a patch of millet growing. Profitablo crops of millet presup poses laud easily plowed and capablo of be ing smoothed oil nnd laid down with littlo labor. As a feeding crop for milch cows wo hold it in higher estimation than when we com menced raising it, probably becauso it is now grown moro thickly and cut earlier. Form erly it was thought that a peck of seod was enough for an aero. Then twclvo quarts was recbramonded, next a half bushel, and so on, till now wo find tho most successful growers using from threo to four pecks of seed por aero. This givos a fine quality of hay, and II the land is lertile, a heavy burthen may bo obtained, Whon first introduced into qur own neighborhood, mauy years ago, mil. let was rcooiumeudcd as specially valuablo or horses, yiolding both tho hay aud graiu on tbe, same plant, aud it was tried ior this purpose, but without giving satisfaction. The straw was. too bard and stiff aud tho horses did not appear to rolisli it like good timothy and oats. Most farmers now cut it, or intend to, when it is in blossom, and when cut thus early (hey find that it is oaten readily by all kinds of stock. Many even contend that it is better than tho best hay, Wo cannot givo it quite as1 high credit, but esteem it a very valuable plant with which td supplement tho grass crop in a dry season, liko the present, l'rom two to threo tops pr ucro can 16 obtained In from sixty ' 10 seventy days from sowing, and it may be' groMfn after an oarly crop of hay has been remdved. New Englani Farmer. Jmc-lloiXKiis ymm;D, A few years apo I mot a Gorman on tho street ono ove mug, and noticed on his arm a printer's ink roller. I asked him what ho was going to do with it, Ho said : "That printer would not throw it away if ho know lis valuo. 1 have soveral fruit trees that don't seem to grow any for somo years back, nnd I cut this old ink-roller iutq pioces two inches squaro, and put them about eight or ten to a trco, between tbo roots of tbe trees, a foot apart and two inches under grouud. It is a potv ful vegetablo manuro, docs not fully decay under about a year, and gives tho troo a poworful shoot ahead." Ho also said tho "powerful shoot ahead" was death to the knot ou pear trees. Several hundred pounds of old rollers have bocn used in this town and vioiuity with excellent effect iu making pear trees "shoot ahead," but 1 cauuot spoak positiycjy as to tho effect ou tho knot ; those interested, in fruit trees think, howovor, there is something in it. , S, u., Pittsjidd, Mast., ifi New York Tribune, HcNxriTS or lloiisu H Acta to tukCommiw ITY, -Tho Springfield llepublioan has tho fol lowing pertinent inquiry : In viow of tho faqt that tho races don't mako any trado, dissipate tbo money of a class already ap pealing to tliQspubiio assistance, bring here a raft of criminals and necessitate much pri vato anxiety, and piuch municipal expendi ture, a cyoioal persou wants to know what good they do, any way. BoU In Horses. Tho Gad Ply. Hots do not iniuro horses, but aro a ben efit. It is not unfrcqucnt that I am called upon to relieved norno horso said to bo troubled with bots, but during my praotico, which has boon nearly twenty years, I havo not munu a caso Whero a horso has eutlcrcd any Inconvenicnco from this harmless para site. Tho masses havo become honest in tho belief that thoir supposed destructive' habits. for tho want of better knowledgo of theso supposed habits and processes. Veterinary selcnco unfolds to us that nature has mado this provision, and tho only provesion whereby tho gad-fly (aestrus eoui is germinated by and in tho stomach of tho horso or those of his specia, tho mule, Zebra, Quagga, cto. What naturo has made, sho has made perfect. 1 find no timo in tho horses' life when ho is so healthy as when ho runs to pasture. All horses that run in pastures during autumn havo bots. all colts havo them, and colthood is tho healthiest part of their lives. The yad-fly is hatched and commences his work about August 1st. Tho femalo sticks tho eggs with gluten upon tho forward limbs and shouldors of the horse ; ho lioks them off; thoy como in con tact with tho saliva of tho mouth, at which instant they gcrminato into life. This is shown by taking the egg between tho thumb ana linger and applying warm spittle, and it germinates at once. As soon as germinated they seek somo substanco to which thoy can attach themselves. They fiud nothing until thoy roach tho stomach. Horo thoy find naturo's provision, tho cuticular coat, whioh occupies but a small portion of tho stomach, that portion near the cardiao orifice. To tho cuticular coat thoy attach themselves by two hooks or probosacs, situated at tbo anterior portion of tbo bot; in this position thoy re main firmly until March or April, when they mature in this larva stato and let go their hold and pass away with the excrneta. As soon as' voided thoy work their way under somo earthy substanco or manuro and cbango to a chrysalis stato. Thoy remain iu this stato until about the first of August, when thoy break from their shell and como forth a male and femalo gad-fly, and go about their work laying their eggs. Theso questions aro often asked me, and their answers may bo of practical utility to many farmers and horso owners. Docs not the bot boro or gnaw throngb tho stomach of tho horse and thereby causo death? My answer is, they do not ! As thoy havo no organ by which they can boro, neither do they have tcoth whereby thoy may gnaw ! For tho coatings or incmbrauccs ol tho stomach would require teeth of tho carnivora to gnaw through them. They havo a mouth shaped for suction, and sustain themselves by sucking tho mucous m tbc stemacb ! Tho next question in order is, "How camo tho holes in the stomach which we so often find when per forming autopsy?" Theso holes aro pro duced by tho action of tho gastrio juice upon tho coatings ot tho stomach altor death ! Cor. Massachusetts Plowman, Wastes on the Farm, Tho greatest of wastes on tho farm, is in not using our brains : tho greatest, be cause at tho bottom of all tho other wastes. A littlo thinking often saves much labor. After accomplishing almost aoypieco of work, the most of us can look back, and soe how wo could have improved on it, if wo had but thought. As wo review our crops of this year, wo sco how they could have been easily increased, had wu only thought. Tho ditch wo dug through the meadow, was not dono in tbe most economical way. Wo dug too deeply at first, and did not allow for the settling of tho land. Ilcnco a waste of labor. Wo omitted buying an implement that would have saved nearly its cost in this ono year's use, until wo had spent much iu trying to accomplish our work without it. Hero was another waste. Wo carry a water pipe too near tho suriaco to save the expenso ot dig ging it to a proper dopth, and tho winter's frost necessitates a replacement of tho pipe. and an additional digging. Certainly, a wasto hero. We allowed tho weeds to grow on ono picco of land, not thinking to what proportion thoy would grow by the timo tho crops wero too far advanced to admit tho hoe. A wasto thero which might havo been obvi ated. Aud so on, wastes, little and big, everywhere, all arising from our not thinking sufficiently wasto, becauso not necessary and easily obviated, we omit tho ordinary wastes from neglects, from laziness, from want ot appreciation ol cleanliucss and thor oughness, Iho wastes from our stook, from our manuro heap, from our household. Verily, a littlo thought will savo to tho far mer much, and tho saving, through this means, even on a small farm, will represent tho 'interest en a considerable capital. Tho wastes arising from igooraooo can very read ily be diminished, und aro in largo part in excusable ; thoso arising from carolcssncss, are not deserving of sympathy. Tho farmer, as well as tho business man, must use bus iness priueiplcs, to secure tho largest success, tbo and tbo ono should bo as careful of tho outgoes as tho other. Scientific Farmer, Wiiks and How to Salt Milch Cows. I would say that, until fivo or six years ago, I, had tho old-fashioned idea that to throw cows a handful of salt onoe a week along a path in A pasture, was all they re quired. About that timo my attention was called to tho fact that onco a week for a couple of days after salting thero was au in crcaso in tho quantity of milk. Acting on this suggestion, I tried salting twico a week Bbd found a decided improvomont. I then thought if twice a week was good, perhaps every other day would uo better. Hero, again, my attention was called to tho fact that on the days they were salted they gave moro than on the otbor days, I milked somo eight or ten, so I noted thoso things moro closely than I othorwiso would. 1 there fore oonoludod to try it every day, and liked tbe result, and noticed that wheu thoy missed thoir salt thcro would be a decrcaso in the milk. Whon saltod overy day, a very small amount will do, say a tablcspoonful just bo fore they aro turned out of tbo stablo in tho morning, 1 tried salting in tho evening in tho stable, but found that had a tcudonoy to shrink tho flow of milk ; so, after soveral trials, cava that up, In trying tbo abovo experiments, it was not for a period of a few days, or weeks only, but for a year or two. Another thing. 1 had that tho corn I feed my cows, which I grind and rcscald to math, if it bo salted will decrcaso tho per- ocutage of tbo croam all other feed being just tho samo. Tbo reason, I presume, is that tho salt In this caso lias a tendouoy to run mora to fat than to tho product of milk, m. . iYieiu m uurai yyorld. If farmers would avoid nuddenly cooling tho body alter hard excrciso, if thoy would bo careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet, nnd If they would not over-cat, when in an exhausted condition, aud datho dairy using much friction, they would have loss rheumatism. Tho Concord Grapo. I. It RoIiir licck I I notico this query, Mr. Editor, in an ag ricultural paper lately sent to me, and as many inquiries of tho samo tenor havo been mado of mo, I will, with your permission, reply to them all through tho columns of tho widely disscminatod 1'loughman. When tho Concord was introduced it provod to bo so hardy, prolific and generally acceptable, that its cultivation extended rap idly, through all thoso parts of Now Eng land which wero adaptod to grapo culture, and so constant and abundant wero tho har vests that overy season witnessed tho plant, ing of new vineyards J but for the last threo or four years tho crop has been less cortain, and tho grapes havo not como up to their usual good quality. It is an interesting mattct of inquiry whothor (his failuro was owing to any na tive defeet in tho vino, tho culturo which it roccived, or unfavorablo seasons, and whothor wo can find a remedy. 1 do not think it probablo that tho failuro was owing to any nativo defect in the vino ; it had for twenty years shown a surpassing vigor, and hold its own among the most hardy and prolific) yincs in cultivation ; but tho most hardy vines may bo debilitated by bad seasons, when tho wood, failing to attain its proper ripeness and properly prepare its fruit buds for the ensuing crop, will bo uuablo to stand a sevcro winter, and either perish outright or bring its fruit to a iato harvest, when of courso it will bo of inferior quality. Tho severe winter of 1872-3 will bo long remembered by horticulturists for the wide spread destruction of vines and fruit trees. Tbo furious gales of March wero accompau ied by a constant low temperature which frozo tho ground to an unusual depth (six foet in somo instances), destroying a large tharo of tho feeding roots, and in many in stances splitting the trunks and killing tho vines to tho ground. Most of thoso which survived grow from tho bottom again, but tho loss of roots led to fecblo growth, and tbo frosts of autumn fell upou unripe wood with immaturo buds, much of which perished in tho following winter. This has been the case, moro or less, for the past tbrco years, during which timo most of tho hybrid and half hardy vines havo died ; this, at least, has been my experience ; this season, however, is more promising and the vino shows something of its ancient vigor. Most grapo growers lot tho vino carry too heavy crops, which tasks the vino to its utmost capacity, and as it docs not, liko tho apple, for instance, tako a rest in alternate seasons, but continues to bear until exhausted, it becomes unablo to ripen its crop properly and sometimes dies outright. Tho remedy will bo found in taking off from one-third to one-half tho fruit which sets (leaving of courso the largest); pinching the growing wood from time to time to secure tho ripen ing of that which remains, and manuring tho vino with those composts which experience has shown to bo best adapted to it. A grapo grower in tho j department of Ilcrault, in Franco, recovered an aero of vineyard which hai long failed to givo crop, by treating it libcrailly to a compost ot sul phato of ammonia, superphosphato of lime and potash ; tho remainder of tho vinoyard not manured, failed as usual. Tho result corresponds with porno expe riences in mis couutry. ino dressing should bo liberal, as the shorter tho season tbo fas ter tho wino must work, and tho farther north you arc tho richer must bo tho soil. Tho latter part of August all growing wood should be pinched and all further growth pre vented m omer to ripen tho wood and ma ture tho fruit buds lor thp next crop. As to covering tho vinos iu winter, if tho wood is well ripened it will not bo necessary ; if it is unripe, though covering will savo it, it will not ripen its fruit so early nor of so good quality ; still, if your wood is unripe, it is better to cover it and savo what you can. Mulching tho roots is useful in preventing sovcio cold from freezing tho roots when tho ground is baro ol snow. Ono grapo grower who had a part of his vineyard mulched with hogs bristles in the sevcro winter of 72-3, found tho mulched vines went through safely, whilo a part uot mul chod perished j but. mulching on tho largo scalo is too troublcsomo to be generally adopted, aud is objectionable in summer as intercepting tho heat, which you want at tho roots of tho viuo. Hogs bristles, how ever, would not bo liablo to this objection, as tbo mulch would bo so thin about ono inch tho heat would go through it, and tbo br;stlcs are also a fertilizer. To concludo, I do not think tho Concord is going back ; " the seasons vary and tho dif ference in tho timo of ripening duo to that causo alone, will be fully two weeks, but with avorago seasons and careful culturo I bellovo tbo Concord will bo found equal to its early promise Apple Treo Borers. A correspondent of tho Massachusetts Ploughman says : Thinking perhaps somo of tho rcadors of tho Ploughman would liko to learn of Bomo way of ridding thoir trees of this pest, wo Bend you remedies tbat havo been tried and are thereloro sate and reliable. First, to carefully cxamiua tho trco aud dig him out with tho knife. Second, ono pound of sal soda dissolved in four quarts of water, and this applied around the butt of the tree. To be applied with a brush at tho butt, four or fivo times a year. Ono ap. plication will removo tho bark louso com pletely nnd givo the trco a beautiful appear ance These we havo tried aud know their morits, A practical nursoryman tells us tbat ha wraps a picco of common brown paper fivo or six times around tho trco, extending from tho top root up tho trunk of tho trco about six or eight inches, and fastens it with a stout string or tacks. lie then paints this paper with coal tar. Ono application will do for two or three years ; aud will smother tho borer to death eventually, lu applying this remedy be careful and kcop tho tar away from a direct contact with tho bark of tho treo. If ants work around tho butt of tho free, put two tablcspoonfuls of sulphur upon them. This will in a fow days causo them to leave, and Is perfectly liarmloss to tho treo itself. A quart or two of wood ashos put upon them will accomplish tho same rosults, Dynamito is used in Scotland for olearing tho laud of stumps and laud boulders. Tbo earth is removed from tho side of tlio stump, n hole mado in it, und the dyuamito put in with tho fuso attached. Tbo holo Is then filled up and tho fuso lighted and the stump mado into pieces, and blown out of the ground, In breaking up tho boulder Btoucs, tho dynamito is simply placed on top of the stone, covered with wet sand, and fired with fuso in tho ordinary way, Tho result is tho reduction of tho boulders to fragments tbe Bizo of a walnut, FACT AND FANCY. Sea green is tbe fashionablo color. A California man has married his step mother. Out in tho Hlack Hills region potatoes sell for $5 per bushel. Somebody happily says tho "parka aro a lovely quotation from tho country." It takes two million dollars to pay for tho buttons which this country imports annually. That comes of our having so many humor ists. Quaint old Fuller says, such is tho char ity of somo men. that thoy do not oven owo another person ill-will, for thoy pay tho debt on tho instant. Mother : "Now, Gerty, bo a good girl, and givo aunt Julia a kiss, and say good night." Gerty : "No, no 1 It I kiss her she'll box my cars liko she did papa's last night." "Mamma," said a young hopeful who, against his will, was mado to rock tho cradlo of his baby brother, "If tho Lord has any moro babies to givo away don't you tako 'cm." ''Docs our constant chatter disturb you ?" asked ono of threo talkativo ladies of n sober looking follow passenger. "No, ma'am ; Ivo been married nigh on to thirty years," was tho reply. For fivo years six new journals, on an average, havo been started in America every day ; but ns old ones dio out, tho actual in crcaso during that timo has not been much over 2,000. A horse car conductor took his wife to ono of our fashionable churohes ono Sunday, and her countcnanco presented a curious study upon hearing him ring his bell punch when tho contribution box was passed to him. Tho superiority of man to naturo is con tinually illustrated in literature and in life. Nature needs an immense quantity of quills to make a gooso with ; but man can mako a goose of himself in five minutes with ono quill. A soldier on trial for habitual drunkenness was addressed by tho president of tho court martial: "Prisoner, you havo heard the pros ecution for habitual drunkenness'; what havo you to say in your defence?" Nothing pleaso your honor, but habitual thirst!" Littlo boys no longer rush into the kitchen about eleven o'clock in tho morning, with tho words : "Mother, givo us a r' applo 'n' a hunk o' giogerbrcad." They wait until school is over, meanwhile chewing slato pen cils and tho blank leaves of their "Itithma tics." Philadelphia furniture dealers send "con fidential" letters to tho clergymen of the city, usKiug to uo put upon tuo iracs ot persons who aro soon to bo married, or havo been recently. This is truly business enterprise. wonder now mucn commission tho clergy men chargo ! An old colored preacher was lecturing a youth of his fold nbout the sin of dancing, wncu mo latter protested tbat tho liiblo plainly said, J.hcro is a timo to dance." "Yes, dar am a timo to dance." said tho dark divino, "and it's when a boy gets a wnippin- ior gwino to a ball." It is related of Sydney Smith that onco, on entering a drawing room in a West-End mansion, he found it lined with mirrors on all sides. Finding himself reflected in overy direction, ho said that ho "supposed ho was at a meeting of tho clergy, and thcro seemed to bo a very respectable attendance." Miss Hcnno of tho opera troupo had quito an ovation tbo other night as sho warbled her luys at the academy. Hrignoli, tho Ncster of tho company, was delighted to havo her chant a cleur note, and tho manager cacklcatcd that sho was tbo suc cess of tho season and would pullet it through. A littlo miss, writing to her father on tho first day of her entranco at boarding school, says : "Tho first evening wo had prayers, and then singing, and a passing round of bread, which I did not tako, because, not being confirmed, I thought 1 had uo right to tako communion. Afterward I learned that I had lost my supper." Two neighbors had a long and envenomed litigation about a small spring, which they both claimed. Tho judge, wearied out with the case, at last said : "What is tho use in making so much fuss about a littlo water?" "Your Honor will see tho uso of it," replied ono of tho Iawyors, "when I inform you that both tho parties aro milkmen." Ho was a timid fellow, but fond of bor rowing John Phoonix's jokes ; so when sho asked him how ho felt, ho averaged himself accordingly to tho Fbcouix plan of boing very definite, and said ho felt, "about eighty-eight per cent." "Indeed," she said, with a do mure look, "aro you never going to par?" She got in her word that evening. A small boy was so nnfortunato as to re mark at tho breakfast table, tbo other morn ing, "Oh, dear ! I'm bo sweaty," quito to tho horror of a youthful aunt. Hoing reproved for tho uso of so inelegant a term, ho replied, "Oh ! yes ; I know all about it. Thoy talk of a horso as being sweaty. When its a man ho 'perspires', but young ladies liko you only 'glow.' " They wero sitting together, ho and sho, and he was arduously thinking what to say. Finally ho burst out : In this land of tioblo achievements and undying glory, why is it that women do not como moro to the front ; why is it that they do not elimb tho ladder offamo? I suppose, said she, it is ail on account of their pull backs. And then eho sighed and ho sighed, sido by side. Somo ono who has been searching history announces tbat up to tho Involution no Araorican had, pyor exercised tho ofQco of goneral, Tho highest field rank ever per mitted to a colonist was colonel. In those "good old days" a man might enter a crowd ed bar room in the South and Bay : "Como up, general,, and tako a drink," without overy man in tho room. responding. It is different now, A vory modest young lady, who wanted a pair of garters, addressed tho shopman thus : "It is my desiro to obtain a pair of oiroular clastic appendages, capablo of being con tracted or oxpauded by means of oscillating burnished stcol appliances, that sparklo liko particles of gold leaf set with Alaska dia monds, and which aro utilized for retaining in proper position tbo habiliments of tho lower oxtrcmlties, which innato dclicaoy for bids mo to mention," A sister and her brother were occupying the samo bod, parents in an adjoining room, a cold winter's ninht. and tho littlo fellnw who's name was Jimmy, awakening rathor earlier than usual, slipped out of bed and was trotting around, when tho sister missing her charco calls to him thiw wUn- nm. Jimmy, como and get iuto bod this minute. iou win caught your del a cold, aud you will be sick aud die, Jimmy, and go to Heaven. Aud you know, Jimmy, you have no relatlous there. Hut I have, for Grau'ma U. is there. Oh, Jimmy, do come I" and ho camo.