The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-24

"
sh- "Oh, yes cW stop long enough.
Ana he directed Inc to get pen, ink an
ate paper from table, at which lady "a
av writing ~
at "Now what shall write ?'' after ha,
n, dated it.
wn "Oh, ask my mother to come and taxi
,ht care OF me, or my sister Mona. know
he mother would come if she knew how
lis wanted her to-"
After writing upon that subject all he
rs dictated, said to him: "Shall ask Won,
IS, mother to bring you anything good from
~ home ?''
IN How the brown eyes spoke then. Az he
G. SAID quickly and earnestly
,e "Mothcr rU bring all the good things
nj if she comes"
re That lad had good mother, and I
lc 'hlnk he had been Il good boy. for he had
e such perfect trust and confidence in that
II mother. He knew there was no need to
d remind her ofwhat the young soldier bov
d liked. She had not forgotten ANYTHING
ooout hlm' and if she came, everything
t good would come with mother.
1 The lads right knee had been shattered
= ny cannon-ball. He said that twice il
Q had been opened to let out the matter col.
, l'ctcd; the knce-pan was broken, and he
was bearing all this patiently, expecting
10 save the limb from amputation. /
wish knew if he did-don't YOU. little
readers?
asked him, "Tf you get well, would
you IKE to 90 out in the army, again ?"
II ~ cant, you see, my knee will be so
stun ! can't march" he said, bringing his
mana down gently and pityingy upon his
/ poor limb.
When | had folded and directed the
letter as he desired, | took a stamp from
my portemonnaie and placed it upon thc
letter.
Don't do that" he exclaimed. az he
caught glimpse Of the stamp after it
was placed securely. al have plenty of
stamps and he reached up to the head
OF his little cot, and out of the little COM =.
Tort bag hanging there, he took his =
pocket book.
"flave you money, too ," | asked.
"Oh' yes everything want, if moth =.
er will only come" ;
| have often wished | knew if mother q
ana come, and if the loving affectionate e.
boy ever saw his mother or sister Mona :,
again. Children, wish you to remem- -
per that we can always tell good child =
by the way it speaks of its father and !, l.
mother n n
1t would make this article too long to ~ ~
tell you more about the hospitals now but u u
! want to relate one little incident that =.
lady, whom | met on the cars, told me IT.
she said she often visited the hospitals q,
with her two little girls, and whenever III III
she could get them, flowers were given G, g,
The little ones, to distribute to the sick III III
soldiers. How they watched the little III m
:hTidfen:: 49, 49, - III III
"Once, when they entered Il ward II
where some new patients had been placed, ii,
an officer sprang up in bed when the chill as
lren came in sight, and exclaimed aloud, al
That looks like home !! J" tn
We ought never to forget what We owe in
to our soldiers and their families.
BLACK KNOT IN PLuM-THEES.-lt is st
generally supposed that the black, ugly IN
excrescence found on the limbs of the III
plum and cherry, and which are now be- el
ginning to appear upon some other kinds 81
of fuit-trccs, are caused by an insect d
which porforates the bark, deposits ova, II
and thus produces diseased condition +,
called the back-knot DR.. Michcner, Of h
Chester, Pa, writes ia tho ThRmlc(pha o
.Ndcd and .SmyicH Rcportcr that this o
notion is not correct that the black-knot "
is a parasitic cryptogamous plant belong f
ing to the class fungi, and that it is prop Il
agated by spores in the same way that all Il
fungoid growths are produced. We be- {
hevc this statement TO be true. The idea a
that they are produced by insects has h
arisen from the fact that flies often pcne- t
trate into the old, decaycd knots, and the /
larv;c are found there. Destroying the !
ova or flies does not destroy the black-knot i
they have nothing what ever to do in or +
ginating or maintaining the trouble. The |
spores of this peculiar fungus float in the q
air, lodge on the limbs, vegetate, and in {
this way the annoying parasite soon des- t
troys vast numbers of fruit-trees. Noap- ,
plication of whalc-oil soap, petroleum, or
any other substance, will arrest the growth. i
BY cutting off the excrescences with ;
sharp knife,a few years of life may he at
forded to some trees, but it hardly repays /
for the trouble. In the war against fungi,
no matter what class or order we combat,
human skill and science are poweress.
If it comes in the form of rust upon our
wheat, or Smm upon our corn, or Back-
/ Knot upon our plum-trees, we can only
look ON and sec the ruin progress we can
do nothing to avert it.-Icm"o'of fAem-
iiry.
According to the declaration of Sir
John Young, the Governor General OF the
new Dominion, our British brethren to
the north of us are already Independent
that is to say, they have destinies in
their own hands. If they think best
they can stay ns they are or they can
assume nominal independence and set up
national housekeeping ON their own ac-
: count or they can come under the Star
: Spangled Banner, if only satisfactory ar
. rangements can be made on both sides of
the line, for Mother England is perfectly
willing that her daughter shall suit her
y, self. The Governor Generals words are;
!, = "Thc Dominion's statesmen and people
= are recognized as competent to judge of
y their interests, and of what course to
pursue to conciliate those interests En-
). gland looks to them for her guidance, and
. whatever their decision may be, to con-
" tinue their present connection, or in due
time and in the maturity of their growth
Is to exchange it for some other form OF al
y lance, the good faith and intelligence of
IS England will be prepared to accede to
3 their wishes" And to make the matter