Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-07
TAX about horticulture.

nod 70 neople of wealth. The Farmer, the !
mechanic, the doctor; and the clergyman
indeed all classes and professions-have I'M
bibed a generous enthusiasm for planting
trees for ornament and fruit bearing, zeal
for lawns and shrubs, and flowers, and gravel
walks, and whatever else gives grace and at
traction to country life. Brother Jonathan
has got reputation for OVERRIDING things
sometimes, but in this we hope he will be dis
Greet, and make stesdy and healthy progress
from year to year.
Why should not the farmers premises
costing perhaps from two to five thousand
dollars, be Just as we'll arranged and Wen
kept, in their WY. as the grandest estate oil
the very wealthy, costing as many mii'ionsf
The latter may astonish the bcholder and
make him wonder at the achievements which
wealth can perform; but the former will sure
ly please every eye, will excite nobody en-
w. but will show that real comfort and real
beauty are within the reach of all The lat
ter suggests the inquiry whethe: such enor-
nous riches could be acquired in perfectly
honest and legitimate way, without fraud OF
rxtortion: also, whether so much giitter ana
magnifcence can consist with purity OF heart
and life, with peace of conscience, and domes
tic happiness, and religious devotion But
the former leads US to say that man is well to
do. and he knows how to live. lie has IN
heritod or acquired little property, and he
means to enjoy it as he goes along. His en-
bellishments are natural and appropriate to
his condition, and if his home outshines his
neighbor's at all, it is owing chiefly to the
industry and taste of its occupant, and 1t Is
so much to his credit.
We wish there were more of such homes.
And we have sketched this little picture, not
merely for the admiration of our readers, but
for their instruction and their imitation.
contemporary journal well says GLOW
many people ever thought that it is within
the reach of farmers of only moderate means
to have more beautiful home than the Mar
uuis of Westminster or the Duke of Suther-
land, the first of whom has the most costly
residence in England, and the last can ride
seventy miles in q straight line on his OWN
land? And yet the ordinary successful farm
CT can have O residence on which the eye Of
the Just and generous, the unperyerted, may
rest With more pleasure"
So say we. Some time since it was recor-
ded in the papers of the day that the late Ell
lott Crossou, of Philadelphia, had bequeath-
ed legacy Of $4,000. 10 be employed in
planting trees in his native city. The an
uouncement was touching to US. The benev-
client man loved tees, next after his own
household. He appreciated their usefulness
and beauty He knew that their leafy gar
niture would highly adorn the city he loved,
and would promote the comfort and health of
its inhabitants. Perhaps also he said to him
self, monuments of marble will crumble and
fall, while my oaks and elms will flourish 10
perennial vigor and beauty
Let us all plant trees. Plant tho fruit
bearers. They viii soon begin to reward our
labor, and will be useful legacy to our chill
dren There is little danger that the market
will be overstocked with fruit, and what crop
is more easily raised. OF more remunerative?
Plant pears, apples, plums, cherries, apricotS,
peaches, and by no means forget the luscious
grapes Plant ornamental trees. Set them
by the roadside to refresh the weary traveller.
Set them on the lawn singly or in groups.
Set the dense headed maple and horse chest
nut, the swaying elm, the solemn pine, the
sturdy oak, the trailing willow, the symme-
trical fir, the feathery hemlook. Set trees
around the bald and naked church. Oh!
how the sun glares upon it, and into it, blind
ing the eyes of the worshippers- Plant them
around the school house. Children's minds
will develope finer if they are continually sur
rounded by objects of grace and beauty.
More might We say, for it is fayorite
theme, but hero is a sentence or two from q
religious journal. which so chimes with our
own thoughts that we prefer to pause and lis
ten. There is s softening, humanizing infu-
ence in gardening that we would wish were
more general. There is too much danger oi
the gross, and sensual, and selfish in our ma
tional character, and while our reliance must
be on religious and educational influence tc
correct this tendency, We believe that good
and only good, would come of the love O
trees and flowers, and the cultivation of both
1t may be blcst in leading the heart up to the
love of the Rose of Sharon and the garden o
God."-Anaerican AgricuHwtst.
Medical qualities Of tie Carrot.-Not ONLY
do carrots give strength and endurance t.
sound horses. but also give recovery anG
health to such as are sick. There is nothing