The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-09

and truthfulness to nature. About the grand
j old rocks, covered with verdure, the placidS
4 lake, and the indescribable summer haze thatS
8 overhangs the mountains in the distance. restsE
the quiet majesty of nature
= Virgil Williams exhibits a beautiful littleE
cabinet picture in No. 81 "The Pets" whiles
IN. G. johnson, just beneath, displays O largeE
spainting of lake, with mountain in the disk
lstance, which we cannot say we admire. Ep-s
gclosed in elegant frames Misses s. G. and j &
Is. Shaw exhibit, respectively, Nos 50 and 80, E
sathe one "White Mountains in Winter" theS
slother the "Yo Semitic Valley" We have tai
aken occasion at a former time to speak of theE
SsaYo Semitic" as q novel and admirable work Off
Cart in a new field, and the "White MIS- - 3
while hardly up to the other, is still hichlvE
sssscreditabe achievement. They excite great in
s3terest No. 40, marine view, with stereo-E
Esscopc effect, by Miss j. S. Shaw, gives an ex-
Ecellent idea of the ocean in calm. CarlN
aHubner exhibits, in No. AZ, the "Fisherman'sE
HQuarrel," which is one of the most excellent
paintings in the exhibition. The cracked wallis
Asof the hut, the costumes, expression of the &
faces, colo-ing, ETC., all make up an admira5le
ain No. Al. III. B. Brown appears as a land 4
sascape painter in "Howard Pond,'' No. 43.E
SaBurdick displays some beautiful laurel BIOS
s44soms in No A. Mss Fl. L. Woodbury. exhibitsE
Ia beautiful face in Devotion" No. 45, theE
Sapanting looking more like the effort of an ar-E
s7tist of long standing and reputation than AM
Aamateur. S. L. Gerry's Marshes No. 46, isl
IA nice little piece of marsh landscape, whilef
81 Miss Haley gives us fine bunch of "Grapes'
No. Al. Shutdown in Winter by r. L. Z
aSmith will be readily recognized by visitors toS
HChild s. Co.'S. in Boston, and is truthful and 1
beautifully painted picture of winters scenes
4 at sunset Visitors are delighted with A. f {
81 Taits promising Brood The picture isl
aconsidered by TAFT as his best, and we think
#that it is splendid specimen of the work of
1.-THE most celebrated artist in poultry in thei
#country. We understand MIR. TAFT refuses toE
s3allow the picture to be acknowledgements /
ESQ that the purchaser will get great bargain
q Fl. B. Browns "Off the Coast of Maine hasS
Railways been, since it was painted, Harry'sS
finest effort in our opinion. The storm passingi
AWAY in the distance, the sunlight effect uponI
a4the cliffs, the waves breaking upon the rock Vi
E&Cods1 duu tosSiuS aUouG lisueu luIO
s%by the storm, while on the right of the
foreground is seen the hut of the biv-
T ouacers, with the winding path lead
ding to it, all together make picture on which
"a long time can be spent in study, revealing
NEW beauties every moment. In No. 81 T..
a Addison Richards displays a fine landscape,l
None of his best productions. ''Venice'' after
EaZeim is picture displaying many good quail!
saties, and is strong reminder of the old mas.
tiers Barzillais immaculate Conception,
3 after Murillo is beautifully painted, and is al
sHbeautiful picture Crowds linger around it at !
|tracted by the fine face of the Virgin Mother,
land those of the Cherubs. Schenck hands in
r an excellent picture of sheep resting. Thei
ssaanimals are lfe-like, the grouping natural I
Fawhile the landscape is well done. Miss Haleys
Agives us another charming landscape in No.
sg25. She is another of Names most promis-
ling young artists. Mr.. P. II. Holmes exhibits
ia landscape in No. Sc, and Mrs. w. e. Boyds
sAof this city displays two game pieces done in
water colors, "Cunner' and "Woodcock" Il
(which show that she is by no means novice
y Mrs. Stevens in No. SO exhibits some "Fleurl
sde Lis" in water colors painted with great cares
n land extremely well done.
n FARMERS MEETING. Z
81 There was quite large attendance, notwith-k
sastanding the irclemency OF the weather, and /
gall present took deep interest in the dscus-f
sssions. (
q The meeting was. called to order by Hon. |
HSeth Scammon, who remarked that in the alb ]
essence of the President, DR.. Geo. B. Loring,t
3swho was to address the meeting this EVENING"
xsOn insects Injurious to Vegetation he wouldE
Esintroduce Mr.. Everett of Worcester, Mass b
GLE remarked that he was practical farmert
Ssfrom the Old Bay State, living on the sameE
lt3farm and sleeping in the same bedroom ing
(which he was born. Although he had nots
made any preparation on the subject assignedI
for this evening, yet he would relate few factsk
2$that had fallen under his own observation. (
ssThere are, he remarked, three worms whichE
Care injurious to fruit trees and insects With
(Which the fruit grower should be perfectly IA
sTmiliar as the fruit crop is becoming moro and /
tSmore important.
= The June caterpillar is perhaps one of thes
,igreatest enemies to the fruit grower, as he isg
Gone of the most injurious to the apple tree. HeE
chad seen whole orchards stripped and devas-a
& tated by this insect But they ale very easilys
Ssdestroyed. and no good husbandman viii allows
q them to remain day longer than is necessary (
q He had seen the brush and swab recommend-k
4ed by some of the gentlemen farmers, but hek
Tregarded it as only partially effective. Thee
!. only sure method is to exterminate them withk
q the hand, putting on leather mitten if desra-E
4 BILE, and then go through the tree, crushing alb
i the nests with the hand, If this is not doneE
the insect will strip the foliage, which of courseE
g prevents the formation of fruit. 1t is very sci
:.dom that this insect is found on any fruit tree
Il except the apple-now and then on the peachE
4 and cherry.
Il Another worm is known as the August worm.
s7about twice as large as the caterpillar whichE
N n mi re a hab;, - IL
4 the spider 1t Is not so injurious as the cater-n
4 pillar, but he would recommend the same modeH
dof DISCRIMINATING it.
= The third is the B0rer. the most destructveS
OF all, as 1T is more ciandestine in its operatonSE
Hand kills the tree. Many farmer has lost az
Snice baldwin or russell without knowing thee
%cause. the insect commences its operationsk
gin August by laying from four to six eggs on thef
syoung tree, generally as the bark is more tender
sfand better food for the larvae when hatched. K
q The height from the ground al which they areE
ldeposited is generally ten or twelve inches. Z
GAS soon as Matched he commences to feed uponS
s3the bark. 1t is of no use to attempt to exter-
Eliminate it by destroying the eggs, as you can
Hnot find them. But after they are hatchedf
iaand commence boring you will discover them b
Saby small black spot caused by the sap run
Aning cut and the acid turning dark. NowH
tatake penknife and dig them out. The bestk
s1tlme to commence is about a month after theyB
SS{are Matched, when they will be found to havell
dpenetrated about an inch. They can be exter- {
Eliminated from large orchard in a very shortk
sjtime by this meth id. He thought the cater &
gpillars might be eXterminated by concerted ac- 6
JatioD. He accounted for the sudden disappear-1
sgance of them some summers by the killing of
:Athe larv9 the previous winter.
n Mr.. Parker, of Essex county, Mass, thoughtf
E3that the sudden disappearance was not owineE
Hto the severity of the winters, but that theyp
3were carried off in the summer by some ca
72amity peculiar to their species
q Mr. Jefferds, of Foxcroft, thought it was oc-E
acasoned by paraste-a species of the mag
Egot.
A The meeting adjourned until this evening,
s9when DIR. S. II. Tewksbury, of this city, wills
5open discussion on the Diseases of Horses. Il
FOREST CITY PARK
{ The attendance at the Park yesterday was not /
8so large as it would have been had it not beenl;
3for the cloudy weather. However, the exhi-E
Sbiton of stations, working oxen and stoekE
Twas largely attended.
Il At half past nine A. NJ. the committee meth
s at the Presidents Head, Quarters, where thes
vacancies were filed.
: After the vacancies in the committees wereH
FILLED they proceeded at once to their duties
I'VE heard several remark that never were theysE
i called upon to perform a more arduous dutyE
than has fallen to them this year. The ma
4orty Of the entries in all classes are of the first
quality and to decide between them musts
necessarily require great knowledge and dis :