New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-21

Eis COPELAND. syo. PIP. Sl3 John p Jew-n CO.
In this Observation-Disclosures volume the author
endeavors TO compress into single volume, OF mode
rate price all the most valuable facts concerning the
proper management Of farm garden, and gentle
tlemans estate known to the modern practitioners OF
the rural arts, mingng bis own views and feelings
freely but giving principally the facts established by
experience. II il a complete and convenient manual
Of the subjects included in the title written in per-
f,cty lucid style, and with much ullness az ia ne
cesay for prec cal reference. Scattered in the book,
we have also found stirring appeals 10 the farmers
au btion and to his Unborn love Of beauty which
show that the work written by one who earnestly
feels the matter of which he speaks. Take the fol-
lowing as an example of these episodes:
OCToBERs HARyEsTs.
When we think Of the glowing woods and purple
lights and msts Of October, il impossible tnat
the analysis and description Of th- months work can
be contained in meager words al uuinteresng nara
tive No month sO full Of rich and varied attractions,
and offers qualification and satisfaction to the d.
verse tastes Of so many admirers.
Theoretically, October should be q Fad month for
then the harvests mostly gathered in, the field. are
bare of The Summers verdure the woods IN the hrst
stages of leay decay the birds gone going 10 more
genial climates the garden rusty and full IF seedy
strcken flowers every thing telling Of the depar
Of genial Summer and the approach Oi chill iuter
How opposite to this is the truth Now the farmers
heart cNeTfiOWs WIN tne CONSEQUENCES oI MS
The rent roll # the largest landowner the stocks and
bonds of the richest broker the ships and warehouses
If he most princey merchant, can never give Their
owners such an OyeriOwng aid cOnented feeling of
wel-rewarded labor the crowded barns and grana
res and welrtochcd nters aud folds give the farmer.
lie has labored hard through the Summers heat has
many and anxious chances mt the clouds and winds,
has listened with strained for the creakng of pom
derous wagons loaded with hay his experienced eye
reads the threats in the gathering clouds. But now
under his own roof gathered the accumulated and
condeu,e ed rays Of the and breaths Of Sum-
mrr zcphyrs: the earths fatness and is increase
have contributed 10 make him rich. A. he stands on
his barn floor with the last rays Of the sun just gliding
the conenied faces of the cattle enjoying Their evening
meal chewing their cud, and hears the rhyhfnlea
beating of the milk the empty pals, or us inufiled
sound as the rapid stream il lost IN foam harm0nlzlnS
with the quiet coongs of pigeons or the occasional
drowsy remons'raDce of some hen or chick crowded on
the weflled roost bis heart cannot fail TO overflow
with gratitude and tbirksgiviug for God goodness
and natures bonities. The undenable signs OF wealth
all sides give him more positive satisfaction than
any less tangible property can AWAKEN IN lts owner
The miser to enjoy his hoard must lock his door and
cbiuk the gold pieces together else half his pleasure
ia wanting. Bare ownership never rewards men; the
rewsrd is IN seeing the possession, and showing IT to
or bay the low of sleek cattle, the peaceful beat OF
sheep all Ieterate in tones unmistakabe to us and to
neighbors our prosperity and thrt, ana Dear CON-
stabt witness TO our Summers work.
Go TO o farmer at such time if you wish him to
contribute to any worthy cause and you will scarcely
be refused
And il is not the farmer only that October cheers an
delights To the eyes Of all who love nature, II offers,
not decay and death but rich display of her choicest
heauties Every tree il decked IN its most glow.
inc attire il seems as though all the suns warmth aud
the earths rich fairness had been collected and ali
sorbed only to be returned infinitely increased and i'm.
proved The air feels It's duties enlarged and is chaogd
into blue and purple msts, that enveop al the hlls
and Gil the valleys. Nothing is IA 1t WAS The hedge
rows that all Summer long have been the home OF the
cntbird aud the trusl and whose floral beauties nave
hidden their heads in the thick verdure and shadow
from the ardent caTesses Of the SUM- are no" "a
dant with the yellow golden rod and the purple aser
in the brown meadows these flowers are almost put 10
shame by the rare blue Of the genuan. Rising IRON
the meadows through these hOwer-mlss O asters aud
eoen-Iods gaining intensity of color as 1t reaches the
brches naples ChestIuts and oaks, blended together
and vet made brilliant by the purple htnos-
phere the spirit Of beauty in color grows more and
II ore wonderful and magnificent till the Spendors OF
the earth rival those of the sunset II seems as II
Consciousness Of the long sleep ol Winter now near al
hand had reused the material world To snow ne grati
tude 10 It's Lord ard Master for his constant care and
kndnese-fcr the gentle rains and winds OF SPrng-ior
the hot and stimulating suns of Sum'ner-or the boun-
teous hsrvess Of Autumb-into one resoundDg halie-
uah in whose song the voice of the smallest thu "er
not lost though blended with the mighty tones OF Tor
EFT and mountain
His heart must be dead who can walk the woods and
fields now careless or unconscious OF the beauty around
him. ,
The harvest of the ia Tner is nearly over, and a.
though
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