New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-12

eit.s Of American city hfe. Our youpe eountryu.n
born With fever in g. cir blood viii, drives them
from the farm, the factory, or the mine, vnsre
actual production 10 the resut OF then Efforts, ana
economy Of health property, ssd soul 10 fr !moIed,
the to.p ere ninety per cert II the merc5atn fail,
ana the mechanic tois sitb pit Of starvation ever
yswBpg beneath his feet, sId an ever-irefess.ng
seIies q middle enhances the cost OF living sld
ptiess competition Of labor and perpetual tempts-
ton in peril integrity If mind and purity OF hue.
OuI country girls push for the city as by natural Ia
siipct ,,enrg 10 re,h better the intoxicating charm
VI being o lored wave Of the torrent that role
slOi Broad say thar the ceLter OF peighbcrhood
an VI the f.ks. We have the night 10 AK thee
h..dltsp tbrorgs what pnrpose drives them TO the
city; ard compel them to contemplate is nicely bal
sIc.d advantage ard Disadvantages before they step
over the threshold Of nature, ILd adventure 10 the
labyrinth of artificial hfe.
Tie main subject Of the volume lie still further
dscut,e ed in . series Of inquiries CD the forces OF
free labor, the influence Of money, the normal
school and the observatory, the capitol, art
in New-York, crime in New-York, woman
in America and religion in New-York. Mr..
Mayo is thoroughly in earnest in his con-
yictions, and writes with q corresponding
glow and JUNCTION of style. His suggestions are
always forcby sustained and if in every case they
may not command she approval Of the reader, they
are well adapted to afford food for reflection, and
to awaken deeper interest in the improvement Of
society.
PIONEER HISTORY o.. eo,ILID GovsrT 800 I'D ~.
l2uo. pp. 80. =. B. BnTech
Mary of the old LEGENDS Of colonial Indian warfare
in the interior of New York ale related in this volume,
in connection with the settlement and progress OF the
hourbbirg County to which it is mainly devoted. 1t
contains profusion Of interesting antiquarian details
and forms valuable addition to the materials for local
oi,tory. We find the following "reminiscences of old
mss in Cort and County, in letter contributed TO the
volume by Mr.. Thuro Weed:
"Ip the Winter Of 1905 my father-an honest
hard ymkir man-whose industry, subject 10 the
,ious Grsxbscks Of sickness and il-luck which the
poor only understand enabled him to furnish but
scspty support for his family IN the hope OF better,
ing bis condition, removed to Cncnnstus, in Cortland
County, where Nathan Weed his youngest brother,
resided. We tettled in log house, upon small
clearing, about a mile from the Onondsgs River-or
for the purpose of FIXING our locahty-l had better
cay about that distance from Drinks Tavern. Cln-
ciDbstus then, whsever may be its present condition,
was in it, almost wilderness state have not
been there in half q century, and am told that
there foress, or land marks, or monuments by
which could recall or identify the localities OF which
my mind retains familiar and distinct Impressions.
Inhabitants were then few and far between. Our
p.sr.tt n.iRbbor was Mr.. Gridey, fsrmn, rather
w.Dto-do IN tho world, who would work hard through
planting or ho.ng or h sv ana n n assn
raw whisky. The most forehanded family in the
n.ighborbood was that Of Captain CTey, lone mem
Der of which, Alsnson, then q boy Of my own age,
L.eslature.l among whose Injuries, as remember,
shs q Young apple orchard and the only beanng
orchard within circuit Of several mites.
MY first employment was IN attendance upon On
ssbery The process OF extracting I'VE rom ssnee, sna
of boiling the I've into black salts, was commonplace
epougb but when the melting down into potash came,
all wss hustle and excitement. This labor was sue
ce.ded, when the SpnI had advanced far enough,
By the duties Of th: Yh s0s se taT%.1S
with agreeable anticipatiOns In that employment,
toll is more than literally ,ratened The occupation
and its ocistions hesthul and bepehcia When
Your tn ughs arc dog out (of bass-wood for there
were no buckets in those dsyf) your trees tapped,
your sop gathered your wood cut, and your fires fed
there s Tenure either for reading or sparkling And
what youthful denizeDs OF the sap buih VII ever ioi
get while 'sugariDg off, their share in the transparent
and delicious StIeaks Of candy CONCEALED and cooled in
snow
Mary farmers son has found his best opportuni-
ties for mental in prOvement in hs intervals OF lelure
while tending sap bush. Such at any rate, vas my
own experience. At night you had only TO feed the
kettles and keep up the fres-the sap having been
gathered and the wood cut before dark. During the
day We would also lay in good stock Of fat pine,
by the bit Of which, blazing brightly IN 'front.' 0t the
sugar house the posture the serpent was condemned
TO a.sun as q penalty for tempting our great first
grandmother, have passed many and many delight
ful night in reading. remember in tnis way TO have
read history of the French Revolution, and 70 have
obtained from it better and more enduring knowiedg'
Of ito events and horrors, and Of the actors in tina
great national tragedy, tnsn nave received ron ~
subsequent readings. remember also how happy
was in being able to borrow the book Of Mr. heyee,
after two mile tramp through the snow, shoeless, my
feet swaddled in remnants Of rsg.carpet
L.N. knxy II 1Avna
not lazy, and therefore ambitious TO keep up my ro~
in planting, hllipg and hoelDg potatoes and corn.
The prir opal employment of the farmers of Cincnna-
tus hty pesn ago, was in clearing their land. Cat
te ouripg the Winter for the want Of fodder were
iurLed OFT to browse in the slashibgs. AS the
work Of clearing the land was too heavy for men SIN
gle char dec cboppiDg and logging bees were modes
TesoIed to for sggIegstpg labor. These seasons OF
bard work were rendered exciting sSd iesMve oy .ne
indispensable gallon bottle of whisky. There we're
bees also for log house rasiugs. After the oggngs
ard as the Spring opened came the burning OF the log
and brush-hesps, ard the gathering of the ashes.
But little wheat was grown there then, and tha!
little was harvested with the SICKLE the ground being
too rough and stumpy for crsehng.
"OuI iIst acquisition In the way OF live stock WAS
rooster and four hens; and remember with what
ne 1t morning by the loud defiant voice Of Cnsntcesr
and when, severa days aterward found real hen
meet in brurh heap, with eggs in 1t, cackled almost
a. boisterou,y a. the fssthered mother whom had
surprised in the feat Of pArturition.
"Tbe settlers employed In clearing and oetterlng
their land reited Just enough TO live on from hand 10
mouth. Their principal and indeed only reliance for
the pun chsse Of accessories nom tue store vas upon
their ba, salts. For these the merchants always
paid the highest price in cash or goodf
Il remember the stir which q new store, estso-
Lsbed IN Lise, some seven or eight miles Gown Tue
nver), by the Rsthbones from Oxford created In our
n.gLbofhood Ii was all the talk for several weeks,
srd Until party of bouse-vives, by clubbing WITH
their products fitted out expedition Vehicles ana