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NO. 30.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1869.
VOL. 2.
ENOCH L. HARLAN,
am MARKET STREET,
Formerly of the Firm of Harlan it* Uro.
Not
The
In
DEALER IN
FINE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Foreign Fruits,
DOMESTIC FRUITS,
GUNNING MATERIAL,
Fishing Tackle,
TVOOIH;\ WAKE,
SALT, OILS,
Teas, &o.
rs from tho
at the low
W E are prepared to supply buyer
country with the above goods
est prices.
Our stock once tried will recommend itself, as
great care has been used in its selection.
We respectfully solicit au examination.
ENOCH L. HARLAN,
Formerly of the firm of Harlan & Bro.
Wilmington, Del.
jar-Ordcrs by mail promptly filled, and gouds
delivered at any Depot, Steamboat or Express
Office free of charge.
May 22—3nios.
NEW STOVE, TIN,
AND
HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE.
THOMAS H. ROTIIWEI.I.
Respectfully announces to the
Public that he has removed
his Store to his
NEW BUILDING,
North Side of Main Street, 4 Buildings Weil
of Town Hall,
to
an
BALTIMORE,
"\TC7E refer to the following among our patrons
VY in Kent county Maryland:
Hon. Samuel Comegys,
George D, S. Handy,
George T, Holly day,
Dr. .Samuel A. Beck.
Middletown, .Delaware.
Where lie lias constantly on hand, and is
prepared to manufacture
ALL KINDS OF TIN WARE,
At Short Notice.
ORDEItS for ROOFING & SPOUTING
Respectfully Solicited and Promptly
attended to
STOVES, JAPANNED WARE, TIN
WARE, &c. Ac.
Constantly on hand and at tho
Lowest Cash Pices.
Mr. R. E. Knighton, well known
skilful workman, is our
Foreman, and will give his
personal attention to
the business.
US a
The following Cook Stoves are
sale and recommended to the
Public;
THE NATIONAL,
( Niagara Improved. )
THE TIMES, THE CHARM,
THE CONTINENTAL,
AND
THE PRIZE.
The first named is guaranteed
'to give perfect satisfaction, and
it is believed the others will also.
The following Parlor Stoves are
offered to the Public, and believ
<ed to be equal to any other
.Stoves in the market ;
THE UNION AIR-TIGHT,
Oil
THE GEM,
THE DIAL,
ELM BASK,
BOQUET BASE, and
THE BRILLIANT.
Orders will be received and promptly
filled for any kind of Stove that may bo
desired.
Prompt attention to business, modorate
prices, competent workmen, and a deter
mination to please, msy at all times bo ex
pected by those who may favor him with
their cuitoun
May 1—ly
Wji. A. Raisin,
H. McCov.
MoCOY & RAISIN,
.Cernerai Commission merchants,
No. 73 SOUTH STREET,
OrposiTE Corn Exciianoe,
Judge Jos. A. Wiekes,
Hon. Wm. Welch,
William B. Wilmer,
Jervis Spencer,
June 19— y
PEACHES ! !
T HE subscriber has made arrangements to buy
PEACHES at tho Middletown Station, dur
ing the season, and will furnish Baskets for slop
ing of same, thus saving the Growers who have
no Baskets the expense of purchasing at present
high prices. Give him a call before disposing of
your fruit elsewhere. E. T. EVANS,
Agent for W. H. WauBcr,
of New York.
June 26—tf
den,
wait
ing
den
there
bare
nesses
from
they
easy
keep
thing,
you
lifting
it
the
And
gicc
we
laud,
city
the
and
the
of
ferent
ken
trees,
cat
the
as
but
er
if
ter
of
is
and
tend
with
ers.
corn
lag
to
go
of
to
the
liltlo
may
the
sive
Select jjoftrg.
EVENING SHADOWS.
Surely the day i
*Tia the set of sun.
Long fall the shadows from the snowy hills ;
Not yet have waked the sleepy little rills :
But softer air
Bloats everywhere—
Although the day is done.
Ah, yes ! the day is done 1
And one by one
The ghosts of starlight flit across the sky ;
In doors, the fire-elves on tho carpet lie,
Tired of play,
The children say,
Because the day is done.
We know the day is done !
Our feet have run
Unresting in the path that Duty make ;
Treading on thorns, of dangers not afraid,
And rest is sweet,
Though night-hours licet,
And day again comes on.
done !
Tlie day of life is done !
And tlie setting
Eyes dim to fairest sights that eartli can show
Ears heedless, though entrancing music flow ;
•hie brow,
!
And
Unwrinkled
Indeed tlie day is done !
But is tlie day yet done?
And set the sun?
When sens of am her light transfuse the air,
And Puradisal flowers bloom everywhere?
O'er purple hills
The sunrise thrills,
Heaven's day is just begun !
popular $lificcllaii]j.
Country and City.
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Human beings are divided into two
clusses-^one of which is made to live in
the coumry, and the other in the city.
There can be no doubt about that.
There arc some who, while condemned
to live in the city, live there as an exile.
They are all tlie while straining their eyes
over tho tops of the houses to catch dis
tant glimpses of sunrise and sunset, or
looking wishfully up at the square of blue
sky, which is all the portion of nature al
lotted to them. Tliey nourish forlorn
plants in fiower-pots at their windows, with
an affecting devotion. They send into the
country for ferns and mosses and bits of
wood-grasses, aud go into ecstasies over
them. They are always longing for the
yearly Unie to come when they shall get
out of tho city and into tho country.
This clas of people are easily satisfied
with their country retreat. They don't
want fashion, they detest
anything which reminds them of artificial
life; all they ask is a good farm-house,
somewhere alone in the country ; for they
love "dear old mother earth" so, tliut, like
Christopher Cohittfbus, when he landed in
America, they arc ready to fall down and
kiss the very ground.
If they could have their way, they would
round, no
Mud
dy roads and deep, whirling snow-drifts,
and a post-office ten miles oft', have no
terrors for them—they find beauty in eve
ry thing.
Those are the people made to live in the
country.
Then, again, there are other people quite
as good, and with quite ns much taste and
refinement aud feclitig, who uro made to
live in the city.
Madame de Staël said that the vory gut
ters of the Bue de Bao had more charms
for her tbau all the glories of Switzerland.
What she lived in was tho salon life—the
reunions—the constant action of miud on
mind, which is only possible in a city.
Yet Madamo de Stael was by uo means in
sensible to the beauties of nature,
loved nature much, but sho loved social
excitement more.
The city is the great spoilt child of tho
country. The best of everything that the
country raises is poured iuto the city. Who
ever makes up his mind to live in the
country must make up his mind also to
have only the second choice of all the
gifts of nature, of which the first and beet
are always sent into tho city. He must
not hope for early peas or strawberries or
lettuce, even though they be raised in all
tho towns nround him ; they aro rattled
right past his door on the railroad to the
city. His market gardener neighbors
wouldn't think of such a thing as selliug
to him any more than if ho were a cow.
No indeed ; their choice tit-hits aro not for
people so stupid ns to live in tho country.
They are to strike the ejo and dazzle the
senses and get moqcy out of the purses
of the millionaires wlio live in the city.
Almost invariably the first thing that
people discover who take country board is
that they have bid farewell to fruit and
vegetables, as well as to tender moat, and
oven down by the seaside, often to good
fish
company, and
live in the country the year
matter how far fr
conveniences.
is
was
and
ity
lic
She
tho
be
for
tho
the
to
an
on
or
of
bo
All these things may ho the prodnot,
and often the peculiar product, of the re
gion whore they arc, hut they aro none
the better oft' for that, for they all go jog
ging off to the market in the city.
They may be got, perhaps, by paying
doublo the price that one would have to
pay in the city ; for the fanner or fisher
man, a little nnoertain how much he might
get in that golden mart, is determined that
if he must sell any where else, to get
enough for It.
Tho city is sorvod by groat- garden«,
whero the owners compete with each other
to havo every thing earliest, largest, and
most perfect. But tho country boarder
has nothing to fall back upon but the good
deacon's own little private scrap of a gar
buy
dur
slop
have
of
den, where things come to be sure, if you
wait long enough for them ; you have the
satisfaction of knowing that there are go
ing to be green peas and corn in the gar
den at some future time, but at present
there is nothing but the promise and the
bare bean-poles.
Then, in the city are all sorts of cheap
nesses and conveniences, such as come
from the aggregate of human beings, when
they put their forces together : water, gas,
easy access to every trade necessary to
keep a house in running order—every
thing, in short, that makes life easy.
Iu the country, no gas, no water, where
you want it—a great deal of lugging and
lifting and hard and heavy work to bring
it where it is needed.
On the whole, we arc not surprised at
the number of people who prefer city life.
And yet for ourselves, we say, with all its
awkwardnesses and all its disadvantages,
gicc us the country.
But what wo like best of all is just what
we have : a little bit of pure, wild wood
laud, tacked so close on to the skirt of the
city that you can have the daily visit of
the butcher, and the grocer, and the city
water; while also we have wild-flowers
and ferns, and the very deepest tangle of
the original jungle of the forest. All kinds
of wild birds make it vocal with their dif
ferent sorts of music. Woodthrushcs wa
ken you in the morning with their clear,
cheerful notes. The oriole flings down a
shower of music from the tops of the tall
trees, and robins make the air ring. They
cat up all your peas, to be sure, opening
the pods and picking them out as nicely
as you could wish to sec tho tiling done ;
but they eat besides that a great many oth
er things which would devour your garden,
if this restless little police did not look af
ter them.
Our garden is torn out of tho very heart
of the wild woods, and all around it there
is still wild wood, where the secret works of
Nature and lier unsophisticated ways and
movements may be seen.
An easy walk brings us into the city,
whence, of course, we get our early peas,
and corn, and lettuce; for we do not pre
tend that any private garden can compete
with those of professional vegetable grow
ers. Lato in the season our own peas and
corn come limping in, as amateurs always
lag behind professional men.
About the time when our corn begins
to come is the time when wc leave all to
go to the seaside. Such are the beauties
of gardcnkccpirig on one's own account.
The perfection of life, however, to our
thinking, is country life in close proximity
to the conveniences of the city. What
rest—what refreshment—what coolness to
the man to come out of the whirl and
bustle and jar of the city, to some
liltlo bit of country greenery, where he
may forget all about the great world and
fancy himself a farmer!
Uur own city of Hartford is famous for
the beauty of its rural suburbs. For
miles on every side of it are lovely spots
where country and city arc so amicably
united as to give ail the charms and avoid
t of the inconveniences of both,
livery Aing is charming, except tho city
taxes, concerning which wo might say
much, but prefer to lake refuge in expres
sive silence. — llcnrth ami Home.
But
I
But,
You
The
And
Or
She
And
Say
So,
in
by
the
saw
is
ped
to
in
to
a
sous
The IIaiu'er's Ferry Property. — It
is now over eight years since the armory
was rendered useless to the government,
and another year lias passed since author
ity was given by Congress to sell tho
property for the benefit of a college in
West Virginia under tho special protec
tion of Senator Willey. Another sum
mer is fast passing away, and this val
uable property is still useless. What de
lays the sale of it is unexplained. Pub
lic opinion is coining to the oonelusion
that the authorities have no confidence in
tho validity of tlie title, if the property is to
be devoted to any other purpose than that
for which it was purchased by President
Washington—an armory. The deed from
tho heirs of old Robert Harper states that
the land and appurtenances are conveyed
to George Washington, for the use of the
Unitod States, and no other. It is true
an armory is not specifically mentioned in
tho dcod ; and Attorney General Stanbery
has declared the title sufficient, but high
legal authority, on the other hand, is as
firm in the conviction that the title is not
clear. Certainly the delay indicates doubt
on the part of the government, and it is
quito probable that some of the heirs will
interpose at a proper time. One thiug is
certain—there are provisions of Mr. Har
per's will which havo not been carried out,
such ns the erection of a free church and
the walling of a ceinotry. These are in
cumbrances which prevent the Wagers
from giving n perfect title, and cither they
or tho government must perforin these
stipulations, which appear to havo been
made for the benefit of the publia, and in
regard to wMoli we understand tho people
of the nelgborhood are inclined to take
some action to enforce their claim in
equity .—Charlestown Free Press.
to
Blackberry Win*. —The following is
said to bo an excellent receipt for the man
ufacture of superior wine from blackber
ries : Measure your berries and bruise
them, to every gallon adding one quart of
boiling water; let the mixture stand twen
ty-four hours, stirring occasionally ; thon
strain off tho liquor into a cask, to every
gallon adding two pounds of sugar; cork
tight, and let stand till the following Oc
tober, and you will havo wino ready for
use, without any further straining or
boiling, that will make lips smack as they
never smacked, under sirailiar influence
before.
just
down
hay.
I'm
mind
of
feel
you,
ers."
Select goctrg.
SOMETHING I*M DYING TO SAY.
There's something I'm dying to say,
Though I lmrdly know how to begin ;
But to loose
Would be foolish
r then for better or worse,
I must surely proceed on my way ;
But, dear me, how dreadful It is
To have something you're dying to say !
You choose
And u handkerchief spread on the ground
The fai
To partake of the seat you have found ;
And then if she smiling consent,
kwardly stund in the way,
"Cough "—that's as fur as you can get
In the something you're dying to say.
Or perhaps then with courage renewed,
\ ou tremblingly sit yourself down,
She inquiringly looks in your face—
You carefully look nil around ;
And now with nn etlort so great,
As you think of the chance that you've got,
Say under your breath, "dearest girl,
think the weather is hot?"
occasion like this,
well as a sin ;
So,
tent,
rily.
was
as
it,
and
Now
no
suro
hay
little
ing
a
trust
Lord
an'
says
of
ter
you
ter
his
I
ice spot, in the wood,
: invite with a blush,
V
I—I—Don't v
Wt\t and Humor.
Clerical Anecdote«.
Dr. Elliot, a noted clergyman of an old
Connecticut town, beiug "well-to-do," and
keeping neither locks nor bolts on his pos
sessions, was frequently visited by burglars
in a small way.
Coming home late one night, from a
visit to a poor parisboner, ho heard, on
passing through his kitchen, a strange,
swashing noise in bis cellar, soon followed
by the sound of stealthy steps coming up
the stairs. Hiding behind the door, be
saw emerge a tall man, bonding under a
huge basket, filled with salt pork, just
taken dripping from tho brine.
The doctor recognized a poor neighbor,
and, stepping forward, said kindly : "You
have
lieavy load there. Allow me to
assist you.
With a cry of dismay, the culprit drop
ped tho basket, and actually fell on bis
knees, entreating forgiveness, on the plea
that this was his first offence, and that his
family were suffering from the, want of
food
lice
with
do
you
"Rut, my friend," said the good doc
tor, "you certainly know you bad only to
come to mo and ask for help to get it,
without damaging your soul with sin and
your coat with brine this way. I forgive
you, of course ; but I do think you have
taken more than your share of pork,
will divide this with you; and, when y
want more, or anything else, just como und
tell me frankly."
And, against tho remonstrances of the
poor wreteh, he compelled him to take just
half of the stoleu meat, sayiug : "Carry it
to your wife, with my compliments. I
hope it will go down just as slick as though
you had taken it without leave."
Dr. Elliot never revealed the name of
this man, though he enjoyed telling the
story, as ho did one somewhat similar,
which is well worth preserving.
One dark night lie went for his horse
in tho barn, which was at some distance
from the parsonage. J ust as lie was about
to enter, he heard some one coming out,
and immediately concealed himself behind
a large bush in the lane, holding his lan
tern under his cloak. Presently the wide
barn-door swung opeu, and a man appear
ed, bending beneath an immense load of
hay bound together by a ropo. Through
loops of this rope he had thrust his arms,
and he carried tho huge mass like a ped
dler's pack. The doctor suffered this
thieving Atlas to pass him ; then, taking
the candle from his lantern, ho crept soft
ly forward and set fire to tho hay, then
again concealed himself. In a moment
that moving haycock was one great, crack
ling blaze, and the thief, with wild cries,
frantically flinging it from his head
. He succeeded in extricating
I
be
for
as
I
was
and hack
himself without help, and then ran as
though pursued by fiends across tho snowy
fields,
Some months after this there oamc to
the doctor's study a pale, thin, melancholy
looking man, who, after much painful hes
itation, expressed a desire to make a con
fession of sin. With a serions and sym
pathetic manner, yet with, I suspect, a sly
twinkle in his eye, tho minister set him
self to listen.
''I've had a dreadful load on my con
science, doctor, for a consid'ble spell ; aud
it does seem as cf 'twould kill me. I'm
eeny most dead now."
"Ah! Is It possible? What can you
have done ? You are a respectable man
and n church member," ropliod the doctor,
in seeming surprise,
" Yes, I jined the church thirty years
ago," replied tho old farmer; then, sink
ing his voice to an awesome, confidential
tone, he continued : " But I'm a dreadful
sinner, for all that, doctor ; and, bein' a
church member, my sin, you see, was of
toomuchacoonnttobc winked at, and judg.
ment followed close arter it.
O.dear, 0 !"
" Pray, tell mo your trouble, brother."
"Well, doctor, it oonsarns you."
" Indeed !"
" Yis. One time, last winter, I got a
loetle short of fodder, and I thought tu
myself as how you had more'n enough for
your critters ; and so one night the Devil
tempted me to go 0V6r to your barn, an'
tn—O dear, G !"
• ' To help yoursolf to a little of my sur
plus bay, eh?"
" Yis, doctor, jos so! But I never got
homo with that hay. The Lord wouldn't
let me du it. I had a load on my back,
and was carryin' it away, when all tu once
it burst in to a blaze about my ears."
"Struck by lightning?"
ty.
" No, doctor, it was a clear night I've
just made up my mind that fire dropped
down from Heaven and kindled that are
hay. 'Twas a judgement an' a warnin', an'
I'm afeaied a sort of forerunner of the
flames of hell. 1 haint had no peace of
mind senee, nor felt like eatin' a good meal
of vittals. At last, I thought I might
feel a little better cf I'd jest own up to
you, an' ask your pardon an' your pray
ers."
To the astonishment of the poor peui
tent, the minister laughed outright mer
rily. Then he said: "Be comforted,
neighbor ; your little thieving operation
was hardly of such consequence to Heaven
as all that. It was I who caught you at
it, and set fire to the liny from my lantern ;
and I must say you yelled lustily and ran
briskly, for a man of your years. Why
didn't you tell me if you wanted bay ?
Now go home in peaeo, got well and steal
no nioro,"
"You, doctor! You? Be you sartin
suro you sot fire to that aro bundle of
hay ?"
"Yes, quite suro; that was my own
little bonfire. I hope it didn't scorch you
much. I noticed when you came to meet
ing the next Sunday, that your hair was
a little singed. As for the flames of boll,
neighbor, that's your own lookout,
trust there is time to escape them yet."
"So, so! 'twas you did it all! The
Lord be praised !" exclaimed the farmer,
fervently. " It raly is an amazin' relief,
an' my old woman was right, for she
says: " Go to the minister an' confess,"
says sbo, " an' that'll lift the biggest lieft
of the sin off your conseicnoo, an' be bet
ter than dootor stuff," says she.
you did it ! Well, folks say you're a mas
ter man for a joke ; but this 'crc one was
more solemn than a sermon to me, au'
more cffcctuoonl, dootor, I do believe."
So saying, the fanner departed in
peace ; and tho parson kept the secret of
his name, oven in his own family, always
I think.
an
to
is
l
An'
Ax Irishman's Plea. —The Buffalo
Express gives tho following among its po
lice items :
Mr. O'Farrell, a gentleman of the Irish
persuasion, was charged by one White
with assault and battery.
Mr. Yanderpool—Well, O'Farrcll, what
do you plead ?
O'Farrell—Shore he hit ino, yer Honor.
Mr. V.—Do you pleud guilty or not
guilty ?
O'F.—
Mr. V.
guilty or not guilty ?
O'F.—Yis surr.
Mr. V.—(Thoroughly aroused.) Do
you plead guilty or not guilty ?
O'F.—Guilty or not guilty ? Well yer
Honor I pleads guilty to the ither mail's
hit-tin' mo wid a shtiek.
The case was finally settled.
It was wid a shtiek yer Honor.
—(Losing patience.) Are you
Progression or the Auk. —When tlie
"good time coming" comes, announce
ments like the following will undoubtedly
be frequent.
Died—Iu the thirty-fifth year of his age
Mr. John Smith, husband of the lion.
Jane Smith, at her residence at Nashua,
this morning, at six o'clock. Mr. Smith
was a meek and quiet husband, beloved
for the graces of a cultivated and trained
nature. He excelled in the domestic vir
tues—as a cook, ho was surpassed by few,
as a nurse he was equalled by none.
The Boston Herald draws a comparison
between the expense of running tho Legis
lature and the State Prison. Tho former
has two hundred and eighty members,
and costs the State between three and four
hundred thousand a year; while the latter
institution contains six hundred inmates,
who bring ill a net profit of twenty thous
and a year. How would it answer next
year to send the prisoners to the Legisla
ture, and put the members of the Legisla
ture into prison.
Tell me, Hattie, why that sadness, tell
me why that look of earc ; why has flown
that look of gladness, that thy face was
wont to wear? 'Tin useless, Charley, to
dissemble; well my face may wear a frown;
I have lost my largest hair-pin, and my
chignon's coining down.
An old author quaintly remarks: "Avoid
arguments with ladies. In spinning yarns
among silks and satins a inau is sure to be
worsteel and twisted ; and when a man is
worsted and twisted he may consider him
self wound up."
A California theatre has adopted the
plan of furnishing a room where babies
can bo checked during the performance.
In case any are left uncalled for, they are
sold at auction next day.
Many dental infelicities occur from the
too free use of oandies. This is because,
perhaps, the candies arc made from sore
gnm (sorghum) sugar.
A little boy, disputing with his sister,
exclaimed: "It's true, for ma says so,
and if ina says so, it is so, if it a'n't so."
Why should wo never sleep in a railway
' ' " Beoanso the train always runs
carriage ?
over sleepers.
Why are balloons in tho air like vag
rants ? Because they have no visible means
of support.
"How is tho-cheeso market, neighbor?
Anything goin
"Not a mite !
Isaac
giuiii,
follows
, ,, , . . , . , , , "
should not be inferred from tint tact s t ru
that our common or "native cow's are the
made up of a mixture of foreign stocks, whi
that they are necessarily of inferior <|uali
ty. So far is this from being the ease #nd
that many might be selected from them boili
tliat would do credit to any highly nu- treCi
proved breed. I he prevailing character- t h 0
istic among them, as a whole, is thé ex- Qne
treme wautof uniformity to which allusion oiont
has been made, and this is not in form or
color merely, but in milking qualitlds in few
early maturity, and in fattening teijden- c hes
iug
kill
®ho_ farmer.
American Cows*
It
There is a well established principle
among tho breeders of stock, that like pro
duces like, and this is the basis of all sys
tems of improvement. Among the well
established races and breeds, there ia little
difficulty in finding animals of remarkable
uniformity, but among a stock made up of
an infinite mixture, descended from such
widely distinct sources as we have Seen,
this cannot so easily be done. Let qs see
bow this affects the farmer's interest.
There is a native cow. She came peijhaps
from a drove. Nobody knows where from.
But she is a remarkable milker. She may
surpass all tho cows about her and the
owner is anxious to have unother of the
same sort, lie raises her daughter at
great expense to tho ago of throe or four
years, only to find her comparatively
worthless, llis money has been thrown
away and lie has lost a good deal of time
to no purpose. That is really the yeak
point of our native or common oows.—
They are often of most excellent quality
as individual animals, but they do not pro
ducc their kind. Their is no certainty, and
hence we advise the use of pure l|rced
males which como from a good milking
stock. They have the hereditary power
of transmitting their inherent qualities
more strongly developed, and lienee there
is more certainty in breeding from them.
A cross of our common cows with a
tivo
time
than
has
danger
fects
of
should
the
ing
this
not
mon
the
as a
gation
travel
and
trips
Shell
and
most
tlie
lers
the
tion
tees
road,
v. e
good Arysbire or Jersey, or if the cow is
very large size, with the Shorthorn bull,
will, in a largo majority of cases, give sat
isfactory results, and even if tlie calves
are to be sold to tlie butcher they will usu
ally bring more to pay for tlie extra trou
ble. Let us aim to improve our stock.—
Massachusetts Ploughman.
tions.
and
the
rate
thirty
over
York
San
Feed the Fruit-Trees. —It must be
apparent to every reflecting person that
tho material round about a fruit-tree,
which renders important aid in the pro
duction of fine fruit of any kind, must ne
cessarily he more or less exhausted after a
vine, hush, or tree lias produced abundant
crops for several successive seasons. For
example: A large pear-tree or npplejtree
will frequently yield from ten to sixteen
bushels of fruit annually. Many trees
have produced more than twice these quan
tities at one crop.
After a few seasons, the material that
the roots must be supplied with, in order
to develop fruit, will ho more or less ex
hausted. For this reason, fruit begins to
fail ; and tlie failure is often attributed to
an east wlud, or some mysterious nti|nos
plicric influence, when, in reality, the sole
cause is starveition , arising from an im
poverished soil.
The remedy is to feed tlie roots of all
kinds of fruit-trees with lime, wood-n^ltcs,
gypsum, chip-dirt, bones, fishes, and |my
tliing that will renovate an impoverished
soil. It is evident that fruit-trees cajinot
produce fine fruit out of nothing, or out of
such material as may be desirable for some
other purpose.
The Spading Fork. —We arc glad to
find that our effort to introduce this im
plement as a substitute in so many eases
for the clumsy spade, lias been so gen
erally successful. We see them now] in
general use. A correspondent of the
Journal of Agriculture says of it:
" I know of no tool that has been in
troduced withiu a few years that is so
useful as the spadiug fork. Un an i av
erage, I believe a man will do oue-thirJ
more work with it than with the common
spade, and do it easier and better allso.
I spoak of digging over the garden pre
paratory to planting, or working among
currant bnslies and the like ; and then
for digging potatoes, I have found it one
of the best tools I have ever used. It
mav be used also in tho eultvation of any
garden crop when one lias no horse,, or
bao not room to use him. There are al
ways little patches that must he worked
by hand, and no tool is so useful for this
purpose as the spading fork."
We have bad somo dffieulty in getting
them good—many break off with heavy
work at the neck. There is a kind found
of the hardware stores of l'blila
tumn
ted
ed
by
mi
now
as
the
larly
J.
the
king
his
still
of
of
a
to
and
as
to
if
She
vide
ly
the
in somo
dclphia, made by the " Williamsport Fork
Company," which arc as near perfect as
anything can well be.
Crates with Springs. —From the West
comes to us first knowledge uf a fruit
crate with springs in the bottom.! It
seems simple, effective, and cheap, and
would updear to be an affair that would
warrant advertising at tho Eust.
the
for
To Destroy Cockroaches. —Sprinklo
powdered borax ou tho tables and dresser
and floor of the kitchen. In two or three
ovenings they all disappear. Green El
dor leuves will have the same effect.
Plant a few kernels of Buckwheat in
each hill of cucumbers or melons and
atriped bugs will not trouble the vinei
Remedy for the Peach Worm. —Mr.
Isaac G. Mask, of Moorfiuld, West Vir
giuiii, writes to tlie Country Gentleman as
follows :
" There is a-handy means for the de
s t ru etion of this heretofore fatal enemy to
the peac |, tl . cei wW eh is practiced here,
whi * h ha8 prove a certain beyond perad
vcnlurc _ u ; s sinipläi 0 f;casy application
#nd expeditious. It consists of the use of
boili wutyl . applied t0 th(i collar of the
treCi j u quantities varying according to
t h 0 age of the tree. In small trees, say
Qne Jnch in dia , liet er, half a pint is suffi
oiont alld a iut u enough for larger ones,
Uumove tll( , ' arth frolll »round the tree a
few ; llcLes frolu |he body and a f ow in
c hes in depth and just pour the water boil
iug hot on the exposed roots, and it will
kill every egg as well as worm, with posi
It has been tried hero
tivo certainty,
time and again upon trees that were more
than half killed, and a perfect restoration
has been the result in every ease. —
danger need be apprehended.from the ef
fects on the trees. Where a large number
of trees have to be operated upon, a fire
should be made in the orchard for beating
the water, so that it can be applied boil
ing hot. Considering tlie importance of
this rcmoJy to peach growers who mny
not have beard of it, I deem it but com
mon justice to give it circulation through
the columns of your paper. Its certain tv
remedy may be implicitly relied upon. '
No
as a
Francisco Ærial Steam
Carriage. —The problem, of ærîat navi
gation is solved. Within a year we shall
travel habitually to New York, Europe,,
and China by ærial carriages. The trial
trips of the model steam carriage, at
Shell Mound Bark, have been entirely
and completely successful—exoeeding tho
most sanguine anticipations or hopes of
tlie builders. The power of the propel-
-, r.nu tlie resistance of the
The San
lers was greater
atmosphere less than were- estimated, and
the speed attained was proportionately
greater. Protected by its patent rights,
believe that the Arial Steam Naviga
tion Company of California and its gran
tees will speedily constitute the most gi
gantic single incorporation interest in tbo
United States—-overshadowing the rail
road, steamship, or telegraph combina
The thing is done : fully, finally,
Within four weeks
v. e
tions.
and completely done,
the first ærialstcatn carriage, capable of
conveying six persons, aud propelled at u
rate exceeding tlie minimum speed of
thirty miles an hoar, will wing ils Highe
over the Sierra Nevada on its way to New
York and other remote parts .—From the
San Francisco Xctcs Letter, J-nuc *6fA.
The change of color of the leaves in Au
tumn from green to red hi« been attribue
ted to tlve effect of acid, and it was assert
ed that tho green color could be restored
by submitting the loaves to the action of
mi alkali. This hypothesis, however, was
advanced without any basis of facts to
support it, hut the London Atlicnæum,
now asserts that the theory has been es
tablished by experiment. Autumn leaves
placed under an exhausted receiver with
vapor of ammonia, it is asserted, in nearly
instance lost tbo red color and ré
every
newed their green. In some leaves such;
as the sassafras, the blackberry and maple,,
the change was rapid, and could bo
watched by the eye, while ethers, particu
larly certain oaks, turned gradually brown,
without showing any appearance of green.
It is one of the singular coincidence»
connected w ith the decease of Mr. Henry
J. Raymond that lie should have passed,
the very last aftevnoou of his life in ma
king arrangements tor the reinterment of
his son who died a few months since ; and
still more reiuarkablo that on the morning
of his death, lie should have said to Mr.
Medill that ho would prefer a death by
apoplexy to any other. It is a tradition
of the eloquent James Otis, of Revolu
tionary fame, that he had often expressed
a desire that when his time should com©
to die he might bo struck by lightning ;
and that one day he stood in the front
doorway of his house, with the door open,
as a small cloud passed over. Olio single
thunder-bolt only fell from it, and that
struck him and killed him instantly.
A lady who was about to give a party
to a convention cf clergymen, sent for a
caterer, to assist in preparations. He asked
if slic intended to give a dancing party.
She replied that it was to be mainly com
posed of clergymen. "In that case, mad
am," said be, "I would advise you to pro
vide hountifully. Them pious people eat
dreadfully."
It is strictly and philosophically true in
nature and in reason that there is no such
thing as chance or accident ; it being evi
dent that these words do not signify any
thing really existing, anything that is tru
ly an agent or the cause of an event, but
they signify, merely, men's ignorance of
the real and immediate cause.
as
It
A Paris correspondent writes " tbal
the marriage season has set in with ex
treme severity. Tho English keep ono
chaplain constantly in his robes ; and as
for American young ladies, they arc mar
ried by scores, and, indeed, I do not think
that one will bo left single by the end of
July."
Glass is not a certain insulator against
eleetrieal charges. An electrical coil baa
lately been made in London whioh sends
tho lightning spark through five inches of
solid glass.
El
in
and