The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-03-02
ENGLISH LADIES.

The following is from Mr. Holcomb's nd-
dress before the Maryland Agricultural So
ciely
As showing the interest English ladies
take in Agriculture, cannot bnt relate cas-
ual interview chanced 10 have with an En-
glish lady, in going up in the Express train
from London 10 York. Her husband had
bought a book at the stand as we we're about
starting, and remarked to her that "it was
one of her favoIle American Authors
Hawthorn" / casually observed, 81 was
pleased 10 see young American authors
found admirers with English ladies,n when
the conversation turned oh books and auth
ora. ButI said to myself pretty soon, "this
is literary lady-probably her husband is
an Ediios ar L ~..j
Scissors for him at all events, must re-
treat from this discussion abont authors,
modern poets. and poerty, What should 4
farmer know critically Of such things. If I
was only in those fields-a The conversation
coull be made to turn on crops or cattle,
then should feel quite at home" finally
pointed ont field os wheat aud remarked
ii very fine, The lady carefully observing
il, said ;-'SiF think il is too thin "a COM
nor fault this season, as the seeding was
laIe; those drills, she added, tnrning TO her
husbsnd for his confirmation, cannot be
more Than ten inches apart, and you see, sir,
the ground is not completely covered
,welve, and eleven inches is now preferred
for the width of drills, and two bushels Of
seed to the acre will then entirely cover the
ground, on good land, SO you can hardly dis
cover ,he dris,'
II the Goddess of Ceres had appeared
with her sheal, or her cornucopia, could
rol have been taken more by surprise. A
lady descanling 1.-THE ridh Of seed driHs and
The quantity of seed ,
Il will Try her again. said I, this may be
Q chance shot, and remarked in reference 10
Geld Of plonghed ground we were passing,
that it broke up in great Jumps, er4 could
hardly be put in good iillh, we have much
clay land like this she replied, land former
ly it was difficult to cultiveie it in tillage
crop, but since the introduction Of Ctoskill's
Patent Clos Crusher, they will ma~ the
most beautiful tilth on these lands, aud
which are nov regarded as among our best
wheat lands
The conversation turned on cattle she
spoke of the besi breeds of Covs for The
pal, (the Ayrshires and Devons.) told me
where the best cheese was made-Cheshire
the best bulter--Ireland-wh the best
milkmaids were to be iound-Wales. 'Oh
said |, 4 was mistaken this charming n-
telligent woman, acting so natural and I'M
affected, dressed SO neat and so very plain,
must be farmers wife, aud what help
male ke has in her : She is not an extrav-
igant wife either, nor an ornament about her
yes, single bracee, clo$pse fair round
ed aIm--lha,'s ALL 1he train stopped at
York; no sooner hal my travelling COM
panions stepped upon the platform, than
noticed they were 'urrognded BY bali dozen
servans-men aud maids---the men il full
livery. It turned ou, 10 be Sir John and La.
dy H. This gentleman, learned,
was me nf he largest land pro9-:etors in
Berkshire, and, his !aIy he daughter of a
Nobleman, Peeress in her own right bur
her titled added nothing 10 her, she was
noble woman without il.