The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-05-19

at 1t alone. He had his trees all pTuned
and dressed, and nearly all Of them graft
ed to such kind of fruit as he thought
would thrive best.
! A little while later, and Ben Grummet
had occasion to open his eyes. He found
that John Walton had cOntrived to have
hundred and forty loads of manure, all
of which had been made within the year.
However, he finally shook his head, and
said, 'Wait. We'iI see if it's good for
anything
A little while later and the grass began
| to spring up on the twenty acre lot as it
had never sprung mp before. The two
acres, which had been PloWed, narrowed
up light and fue, had bore the best crop
of corn that was raised on the whole
ridge; and all the manure put upon it
was some which had been manufactured.
Aud SO the time went on, and John
Walton was continually studying how to
improve his farm. At the expiration of
a few years the new cions had grown large
and Strong in his apple orchard, and be-
gan to bear fruit. He had taken the best
care of his trees, and they were about
ready to return him interest for the la
! Dor. -....-...r ..F .-.-.-.
Good graciousT calculated Eben Saw
yer, as Ben Grammet and Sam Bancroft
came into the house one cool autumn
evening, and the three filed their mugs
with new cider, have you heard about
John Walton's apples !?
4 knew that a man was up to look at
EN- returned Ben but haint heard no
more 2 -.. t
Well was there, and heerd the
whole on't-so I kuow-I never would
ave thought it. An orchard turn out
like that p
But how much was it?'
| 'Why-Walton was offered-cash right
down-fve hundred and thirty dollars
for the apples he's got on hand ! and he
tells me that he sent nearly two hundred
dollars worth of early fruit of month
ago.
Itwas wonderful-more than wonder
ful. But they had to believe it.
And jes' look at that twenty acre
field said Bancroft. 'Ten years ago. it
wouldn't hardly pay for mOWin'. 1t
didn't bear much else but podgum. Now
lock at it. Think of the corn an wheat
he's raised there; and this year he cut
more'n forty tuns of good hay from it ?
but that amt half, interpOsed Sawyer.
Look at the stock he keeps; and jes' see
what prices he gets for his COWS and oxen.
We laughed at him when he paid so much
for the neR breeds of sheep and cattle he
got some years ago but jes' look at 'em
now. Why, be tells me he's cleared over
thousand dollars this year on his stock
At this moment Mr.. Walton came in.
He had grown older, and was somewhat
stronger, than when he first settled
upon the ridge, and became a farmer +;
and his neighbors had ceased to question
his capacity, and had come to honor and
respect him.
I'VE was just taIkiu' about you, Wal
ton,' said Sawyer. ~ .- @
'Ah,' returned John, as he took a seat
by the fire. Il hope you found nothing
bad to say of me.
Not a bit of it. We was talkin' about
the wonderful improvements you've made
on the old place, and of the money you
make
'Aud do you think it wonderful?
FBut amt it?'
'Well,' replied Walton, I do not know
about that but IN tell you what l know.
I know there is no class of people in the
world who may study the arts and sciences
to better advantage than farmers; and
yet 1 am sorry to say, there is no class,
occupying the same social position, who
read and study less Farming IS a scieace
~-one ofthe most deep andintricate-and
he must be man Of more than ordinary
capacity Who can master it all. l have
just begun to learn what may be learned
+ in farming. In short, there is no branch
of industry in the world which may not
be followed to better advantage without a
good education. But farmers must not
be afraid of books. They won't if they
are wise, follow every advice which exper
imentalists give, but they may study, and
reason, and experiment for themselves. So
have done, aud so mean to do
Hes right remarked Ben Grummet,
after Walton had gone. what fools we
was that we didn't go into the graftiu' op-
eration.' ~
'And that underdrainin, added Ban
croft
And that muck and compost arrange
mont e,1cryaeFnd SAWYER
WE'LL said Ben, with serious face !;
it isn't too late now. They say, its new
er too late to learn; aud I'm sure it
hadn't ought to be too late to commence
ITO improve after body had learned
That's so, replied Eben Sawyer.
'True as book, added Bancroft.
And I'm going into it.
So am l.
And l. OIL.
Why Christ Left No Image.
Four men, who loved Christ with love
stronger than death, wrote his life, but
left no hint of his height, complexion, fea-
lures, or any point that could help the
mind to a personal image. Others wrote
long epistles of which he was the Alpha
and Omega but his form was as much
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