, 1862-04-21

She could not pass the biockade at Island No. |
10, and was Delayed in making q fiankng de-
tour to gain her time of march, but that She
is here VIC have tae most inevitable evidence,
for the bulhus yernai fora IS sprirgIng up
along tho garden borders, the winter wheat is
sending up its tlllcsiug shoots, and the farmer
is busy narrowing in the spring wheat. 6'r-
ley and oats, grass aud clover seed are in requi-
sition to replace tue falling prairie grass, that
but few Years since waved its wild iuzurl-
anee over the long stretches Of prairie The !
native grass, like the native Indian, cannot !
withstand the march OF the white mans tiocks
or the music Of the reaper, aud Timothy and !
clover must follow the retrcating footsteps Of
the one, and take the place Of pastarase OF
the Other. The changes that have come over |
the pruirice in the past twenty-five 5ears IS /
wonderful, and yet large part OF the prairie
homes lack many elements Of the Useful aud
the beautiful. 4 home standing out upon the
wild sweep OF prairie is pleasant sight, when
it is bordered in By the wild prairie grass, aud
tile emigrant has just unlocked his goods, but
when broad acres have been subdued By the
plow, when long lin.s Of fences marx the
boundaries Of the ample fields, when the white
school house stands at the parting roads, when
the onward sweep Of civilization has laid
down the iron rail, that brings it within the
charmed circle Of the telegraph, Of social
privileges and Of markets, such a house loses
its charms, the waving grass is gone. the plow
has made u grave for the tall prairie flowers
that waved in their wild Insurance around its
portals. and unless some neT beauties shall
come forth to take their place, the home viii
no longer hayc attractions for its inmates,
and will cease to please the beholder:
. Trees that wave their summer foliage in the
sunlight Trees that shut ont the MONDAY sun,
when the Elrme. comes III from his harvest
toll and would recruit his wearied muscles, so
as to again keep time to the music of the
reaper as It lays low the serried ranks Of brist-
ling spikclets Of the npeucd grain. Trees
that shut out the rude blast that would visit
the homestead too roughly. Trees that pro
tect the lender flowers that the wife or daugh-
ter plant around their home, to entice
the genius Of love to Hnger and shed
his blessing over all. Trees along
the highway to shelter the weary travel
Ter, and to beautiGy the homestead. Trees
to belt in the farms With band Of living yer
durc, to protect the crops from high winds.
Trees around the orchard to shield
it from frost and prevent the blow
ing of Of the half grown fruit Trees
around The barn-yard to ward off the driving
sleet ard chilling wintry winds from the pa
tient herd. Trees amid whose lcafy bough ghs the
birds build their nests, and from whence they
pour forth their song to cheer the sons Of toll,
and make constant forays on the insect tribes
that would otherwise destroy our crops-trecs
fo- fruit 10th for winter and summer. trees to
please The eyes Of old and young, the farmer,
who ought to hare an eye for the beautiful in
nature, and the mechanic, who longs for the
lime when he will own 4 tree
WEI TREES ARE NEEDED.
When the Almighty raised the prairie for
the Last time from out the deep blue sea, and
permitted the sun to kiss dr. the undulating
surface, that the EpspriDging grass might car
pet it for the buffalo and elk, He cut great
dead furrows with their sweeping curves tol
the rivers, and planted their borders viii
trees, for tie landscape without them, woult
be wild, dreary waste, and the sun woult
TOO soon lick up the moisture that the cloud
might occasionally shower down, and tn
Irairies would have become a barren waste
But He protected the rivers from too suddel
evaporation by the siuuons belts Of river foI
est and where the lazy pond basked in th
sun or 4 swamp interviewed, there grew up Of
their eastern margins the groves for shelte
from the morning sun. The surface where n
tree sent up its sheltcring arms WIS cosere
with the thick matted grass, to shut cut tb
sun from drinking up the moisture from tb
pourous soil. The river belts, the woot
crowned pr:irie-swells, and swamp protectn
groves, drew down the lightning from Il
clouds laden with rain, that had been gathere
from the Gulf and now vending their way
the Northern lakes, but with the discharge
electricity came the needed shower, and Il
clouds went up to the lake regions near
drained Of their moisture. Without trees '
would have no Summer showers, for no ligh
ming would disturb the misty w-eaths, gath
them into rain drops, too heavy for the gau;
fabric Of the wind driven cloud to longer no
within their grasp.
MAN HAS CHANGED THE urGRoMET1C CONE
rJON OF TIE PRAIRIE.
Wien La Ssl1c md Ibberyiue, under the
rcctiou Of Louis XIV, OF France, took poss'
sion of the country lying between the grt
lakes and lower Mississippi, they found t
rivers filled to their margins, the ponds a
slou-hs bridged with water lilies, while I
marshes sheltered their oozy beds with rec
and rank grass. The lazy waters made sls
progress through the fallen timber Of
woodland slough, o. the tangled grass a
rushcs Of the prairie bottoms. The hca
rains sunk into the earth and was protect
from the MONDAY sun By rank grass and
broad leaves Of the summer fora, and By Il
maintaining a constant moisture, the yeg'
ton became rank, the night air WAS saturn
with mlasmatie dew, that gives still grca
yigor to the plant life, but to pers'
exposed to its influence, 1aden with 4!
and Other bilious diseases. The CT
Of tue first settlers were pert
We take into consideration that they u
grown in an atmosphere saturated with
ionic acid and ammonia, supplied from
decomposition Of the rank ycgetatiun :
SLOW evaporation from the surface, we slo
cease to wondcr: The climate was ee.
soft and balmy, for the valley Of the Mis-
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