Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-21

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To Our Old Editorial Pine Table.
NEW MILFORD. Aug :. lstJ


Never have | seen -uch an abundance
Of Apples lie in thi, apd the adjacent
towu>hil~-orchaIi after orchard Of tgcc>.
loalcd to breaking, apparently with graf
ted fruit. Whether the people are thu.
favored because Of any particular hnoWl-
clgcsLey have Of the secrets Of Polnoip2y,
Is doubtful: but should certainly ;hiuL
the Apple Crops one Of the most valuable
products Of the soil 10 he here realized this
season by thl industrious labnrer.
E,ery ti,ae sur,Aouut the hiil- or tread
the val, If Su~queLanna county, discern
new fields stripped Of their hcHlocks, the
bark Of which will often pretty well pay
Tor the fr-t est Of clearing, and then the
a,he= and charcoal. after the bur.iu4," "
80 culiycn the ,oil that one or two crops Of
/, wheat or corn are quite remuneratiTe-
when, Devoted 10 moving Or Ya-turase, Z
luxuriant grass viii grow for very many
wears without further tilla.e or feeding
Thi, >I.outaniety Of the Grasses Is 4 pccu-
liarity Of thi> range Of Highlands, aud !
should jud-c tina, the same labor and cap
ital wvulI produce better returns from
Grazing and D4iryins than from Grain
Growing. The loi~e surface e-ltiratiJn
ot' - much land, however, abs1rLs capital
in the outset, invites fences and taxe-, and
la,s bare 80 much surface IL 10 dry up
many small springs aud expose TO greater
danger Of washing in tinc- Of ircshct,
The country is well supplied with wate:
4. yct-strcauIs how around Nontrgse il
every direction t1 the North Branch or it,
tributaries, or to the Delaware, while
ponds and LIKES are seen shining every
few miles.
Cheese Is made in some seasons and
place, but Butter i the pride and -peci-
aliry-''BUrTEg Is THE WHEAT Of many
thousand. in Southern New York, North
ern New Jcrsyy, a.lI Northern Pcnn,yl-
vania. The common plan i 10 ill tubs q:
10 to 20 pounds, and send them ty railway
to New York city, whence tubs and money
return in few days-the whole expense,
freight, commission, and shriuka.c, being
l, to > cents per pound. 1t sells accord
in to quality, for willie butter Is butter
Vet good butter brings much the best Iri-
ces. \ sister Of mine who sends off her
spare butter from ten cows, has netted i
cents per pound the whole season, tut that
i rather above the aYera-e hercabouts,
"Orange County Butter was once "tLe
rage, aud sounds well still-but Orange
County sends principally Sweet Milk to
market instead Of Buttcr-while the name
Orange County Butter" coyer= millions
of tubs uf crude and finished mixtures
sent in as far we-t Is from Ohio. Truly,
"Oran-c County Butte" i as fabulcus-
and a. vLolc>omc,-a- the ''Forci i-nWine'
made out Of Connecticut or New jersey
cider or concoctcd il the di>tillelie- .. the
dru--erie> Of the Workers,
Churuing !, one Of tie hardest items il
butter-makin-, bg: wafer and horses are
often trained to make the dashcr %, and
they say Yankee babies begin 10 con-
triye >gue new churnin. machine before
they emcr-c from their cradles. sheep
and do. cLuru> also are : decided improve
ment on humau-hand-powcr, y noble pc,
lamb on these premises gives enough WOOL
yearly to supply kuittin=-,iluber fo-
f,mily Of five or s;z, picks up Living III
the barn and yard without any attention
being paid to lin, and does power Of
churnin-" into the bar-ain. Ten dollars
has been more th..n once refused for that
chap. And today l saw huge dog on
the wheel, .a-itatinc' for butter, locking
very proud, and 'Ya--inS his narrative
4; every encouraging word or look ycuch
safcd him-apparcntly a. much pleased a,
if he had been killing sheep or barkin. al
every civil pa>scr-by. Another dog Of my
acquaintance at first took such liking
to the rcYolying-,teps performance that
he would jump upon the wheel when not
wanted, and prcpcl for fun, as if craving
the excitement; but age has 80 chilled hi,
youthful blood that lie now requires 2
pretty loud call and good feed al the
end Of the play-nay, fear he would
resign hi, ctiice lif he could retain the
rcrgui>ite>) to the first hungry Bose @.
vcrlant Tray happening along. Icrily,.I
rejoice to see that dogs can be made to DO |
one good ,hing-yea, two-f3r the other |
day | saw q dog-churn that had grind
stone attached by way Of balance-Wheel: !
so that worthless cur or bluff bulldog may
be made to practice both churn and grind
stone. Unlucky me. why couldn't these
have been invented when |
vas boy? The most back aching, mus-
abominated, repulsire re9ui-
itions upon youngsters in their grislle, are
u>t these cLurnins and grinding 'rela1a-
ions" as one ioyi9l neiubhar call.I if