The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-29
From the Ohio Cultivator.
LETTER FROM MRS: GAGE "
Fare,reH to Ohio Ladies' Department
- Of the Cultirator,

MY DEAR eNEICESs-- Ere lnls nuUlpe'
Of the .Cultiva,or reaches you ] shall be
on my way, with all my household, 70 my
home in the West--not the wild Wen,
among the grand ptaires, but 10 the
crowded mart ofSt. Louis, Which specu-
lRtors affirm 10 be the city Of the Great
West. Mount Airy will have passed
into the hands of stfangersS the roses !
have reared. and, the papsies ! have plant
cd, will bloom for others. I loved, oh!
how I have loved tbem;1 but love must
blend TO duty, and the strongest "home
ties and home affections" be severed, j
the best good Of those near and denrsto
us demand il. All! il every tear have
le, fall on these old grounds, were 70
spring up a flower. the whole yard would
be full Of iorget>ule>nots;-not murmu'
ring, waiiug tears were they either, ony
natural tears: such as the blide sheds
when she bids her friends goodbye, with
high hopes in her hear, for the future.
Bu, don't think | am going 10 say fare
well to you; no, shall hope 10 hail you
occasionally, with the same friendly
greetings as hitherto, only from a differ
en-, stand point. Let me hear from you
think, feel, and aci, and struggle ever TO
avoid an aimless life. Cultivate The love
OF the good and true, as well rs the beau
tiful, if you would have life harmonious
aud useful, and its end peace and joy.
A gentleman farmer in our neighbor>
hood is at a loss TO know "why Ladies'
Department should occupy one corner
Of an Agricultural paper, and what right
they have there. :" Will you not, some
Of you, tell him? Poor man! he has
never dreamed in his philosophy, thai the
interests of husband and wife, father and
mother, brother and sister, are so closely
blended together, that they cannot be
separated, wilhou, injury to both. When
Adam trained the vines in Eden. Eve
was by his side; and when he was sent
forth TO eat bread in the sweat of his
brow, she wen, with him, and the record
does not tell ns that he either babe her
90 behind or qpurned her companionsAip:
1t has grown into an adage, ",hat men
are what their fnoth.r RS max them.o II
they are, and we are 10 have good farmers,
truly imbred with the agricultural spirit, and
we'll trained for active and noble service
in that must honorable, useful and nde-
penden, Of all calings, the mother should
have some little chance 10 lean the
science they are TO teach; and If they
have little garden patch of their own,
and become deeply interested. in their
cabbages and beels, sweet corn and Lima
beans, they will be peeping over the
fence, by and by, to see how the rutaba-
gas, potatoes and corn, grow in the de,
pntlmen, outside. They cannot attend
to the Shanghaes and Dorkings, without
wishing 10 understand something of the
| Durhany and Ayrshircs. and if they tend
the strawberries and cur'ants, the Caia-
bas and Isabellas, ,hey will, for women
are curious, be looking a. the Rome
Beauties aud Russe.s. But / am in a
hurry. for the packing is all on hand
Some Of you be sure ,ogive the gentle
man the proper information. a.taa asl
| If good wishes were effective agents,
and could carry as many from Ohio, is
shall leave behind for you all, our jour
ney through life would be cloudless, and
bright, and beautiful, except when we
wanted a genhe shower now and ther
by the way Of variety. Heaven smile
upon YOU all. p" '7 AUNT FANNY.
PRt GREss or FIRE- ARMS. 4-The per
cussion lock, i, appears, was invented by
an English clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Forsyth
in The year 1907. In the year 1900, all
firearms were fred by a lighted match
carried in the hand. About 1910, the
matchbox was introduced, which WAS SC
far an improvement, that the lighted
| match was attached 10 the gun. Blu! a
shower Of rain was still an effectual dam
per Of the hotties, fight. Soon after, The
| wheel-lock was invented, which pro-
duced ignition BY the rapid revelations oI
a ste. | Wheel against an inflammable sub
stance. This lock was in use during the
wars of the Commonwealth. The weh>
known fl n,-lock was introduced about
the year 1862, and was in universal use
down TO the battle Of Waterloo. The
petcussion>lock, for many years after its
inven.Ion, was only employed 1i dthe
slaughter Of birds aud beasls; but is now
| applied in all the armies Of Chrislendom,
totsbe weapons designed for the destruc7
tion of men. The paper from whichswe
derive these facts, was read a few weeks
ago, bsfoFe one ofthe scientific societies
Of London 1t enumerated the leading
improvements which are now proposed
in re.arms, and these are al presen, so
numerous, as to- create the impression
that. the mostingenious men iii every
country arehoccupiedrin inventing more
effrciual modes Of, giving ifo fellow
creatures their quieius,-.nHome Journal
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