Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09

| II Know All, GEAR JOnn.' luaC nlgHt Wnon
you lay i'll in your delirium you revealed all.
May He forgive you, John, as fully rs do.
Let US pray together"
| \ golden robin, swinging on tho maple
bough outside, at that moment began his
clear, ~arbling song.
Long ere the varble was ended, their
| lips had ceased to move, their hearts had
ceased to beat.
! In the little garden of Eagle Crag, where
birds revel in the wealth Of bloom, Hans,
now strong hale man, spends a part Of
every spring in pruning and training the
flowers she loved, and which they tended
and trained together. They lay side by
side in the village cemetery.
CHARLOTTE TEMPLE Il ;
The Grave Or the FOO ScenGdins- The
Child and lts Mother-Deseora1ion Of
the Monument. "a.
We believe our younger readers, as well
| as those older ones to whom the story of
Charlotte Temple is familiar. will be inter-
| ested in the following sketch from Apple
| toms Journal:
Among the countless thrcngs who daily
pass and repass' Trinity church, how many
| know that within few feet of the crowded
thoroughfAre of Broadway is grave which
| covers all that remains of once beautiful
and fascinating woman, the record of whose
sorrows has dimmed the eyes Of thousands?
| No date of birth, no indication of family,
that covers the grave of Charlotte Temple,
| whose tragic story, once theme Of every
circle, is probably unknown to the greater
number of young readers.
The most beautiful eirl in New York-so
il is claimed she attracted the attention of
la young officer, member of one of En-
glands oldest and proudest families, who,
with his regiment, entered the city when
the British occupied New York, after the
battle of Long Island. Charlotte then only
II, was wooed and won by the Gdashing
young officer. He deserted her, and then
the old story-she soon after died of
broken heart "A little daughter which she
left was tenderly cared for, at q proper age
settled upon her by the head of her fathers
family, the Earl of Derby, great -grandfath-
or of the present Lord Stanley. She, like
true daughter of true woman, returned
to New York and erected the monument
that nov marks the mothers grave The
inscription upon it was engraved ON solid
tablet of brass, an inch in thickness. heav-
lily plated with silver, and thus it read
''Sacred to the memory of Charlotte STAN
Icy, aged 10 years." This filial duty per-
formed, she returned to England and lived
. life Of unobtrpsive piety and usefulness.
The plate placed upon the stone that
marks the grave was su; posed to be ofsolid
silver and tempted the cupidity of certain
vandals, who. with hammer and chisels, !
succeeded in pr, ing it from the slab; They
were never detected. Many years after
ward, some good Samaritan caused the sim
tvo1o nfH Hhor1o Ia %nh
derneath the excavation. There it may be
seen, within few feet of Broadway, by any
one who will take tho trouble Et0 look
through the ircn railing. The last time
we glanced at the sla'. now almost imbed-
ded in the ground, we saw several sparrows
taking bath in the water which had COL
lected: in the excavation from, which the
villains removed The plate; and;other little
feathered songsters were singing requiem
over her grave-near which we were graft.
fed to observe forgot-me-not, doubtless
planted there by some kind heart who, in
childhood hadswept r-the sad and ro-
mantle story Of the blue eyed girl
Wheat Growing In California.
We clip the following from an interesting
California letter to the Boston Advertiser:
aOnecurious feature Of the wheat business
is. that theslafmergets two crops for one
seeding. The second year brings "vol-
unteer CROP" rs It is called-growing from
self-sown seed, and needing no attention
whatever. This years crop scatters itself
by the wayside and on good ground; let
the field alone. md the farmer gets about
half crop next year, with no labor but
that Of harvesting; still let the field alone,
and year after next there is still another
crop that will be worth gathering. Well
up in the San Joaquin valley saw field on
which fifty pounds to the acre was, ,sown
last year; the crop: of 1868 wasa little short
of thirty eight bushels to the acre; the
volunteer crop" of this year is about twen-
ty-one bushels; and the old farmer told me
that he '.reckened'" he could get twelve or
fifteen bushels Snext year If he should let
the field lie over again.
Il have never anywhere else eaten such
uniformly good bread as they have given
me in California. 4 asked the steward of
my hotel about it one day-he said, "good
wheat always makes good Bread" which
| was doubtless very proper, as it certainly
| was very sententious answer. 1t set me
| thiuking-the man who compels you to
think performs one of the highest Offices
| of friendship. I made other inquiries
They grew several varieties Of wheat the
favorite seeming to be what is called the
"White Australian. thea different valleys
produce widely differing grades; the berry
il generally very white, and remarkably
hard-this last named Equality protecting it
from the insects and making it possible to
ship. OF store great quantities without the
least danger Of Cheating" The Californi-
ans pride themselves not little on the
send ont here for the best quality Of flour,
| orA thou ovpocf tho oronino of tho poriHc
Railway to. bring a largely increased de.
mand for their fine grades of wheat.
Nothing could look more unpromising to
the eye Of an eastern farmer than one Of
these California valleys in this month of
October. There hasn't been drop of rain
since last May; you don't see blade of
grass for miles and miles as you ride along;
the roads are from four to eight inches
deep with dust like that of an ash-heap;
the ground of the fields is 80 hard that q
plough cannot be put into it; the outlook
is that OF dry desolation and unproductive-
ness. '..eer e..
Wait. The rainy season begins next
month. BY the first OF December the Cali
fornian will have his ploughing teams out;
in January and February he viii SOW his
seed; March will bring marvellous profu-
sion of flowers to the valley and the hill
6lu06S kaPIu ID tO1e1ADly 6uIo |" kASo tuo
sprouting crop its ''spring rain;' in May
the farmer finds his wheat '.heading out"
I in June be begins his narvesr;- IN septem=
Der or October he sends to market his crop
of twenty to fifty bushels to the acre. So
runs the wheat-grower's season. Give him
his winter and spring rains and he is sure
of the rest. He may harvest at his conve-
nience-July or August or September; he
is as sure Of continuous fair weather as he
is Of day itself; he threshes his grain in the
field, puts it into sacks, piles the sacks IN
any handy place.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Commissioner
Capron, of the Agricultural Department,
will lay his report for 1869 before the Pres
ident in few days. It will show that the
operations of the Department during the
year have been quite successful. The
whole business Of distributing common
seeds has been broken up, and since last
winter none have been bought and
seut out except of rare or unusual
kinds. Some very fine re-
suits have followed the introduction
of foreign cereals. Considerable attention
has been paid to seeds of fibrous and med
| iciual plants, and the Commissioner wishes
to continue his reports in this direction,
and will ask small additional appropria-
ton this winter. He has received over
5000 volumes during the year for his lib
rary, many of them the works OF foreign
governments, and not to be found or bought
in this country. and is constantly increasing
tho value OF the Department exchange in
this direction. The hedocumentsin connection
| w;th his renort are all valued under the