, 1870-10-03
THE FARM AND GARDEN,

bfbktbhK hOu &n0EteA-LAdt 9ktdtnK'
ana DFisfhR-A Remarkable Gee
: hins-OuF Respect for llumtugx. >
tFfzoA orK AGRICULTURAL cogsEssoxpxxz.l ~
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,, OFT. 1.
Now Willie State and cornty fa,rs ate the
order Of tue day. it Is the most fitting time 10
peinf out their defects and to oiac,,ss 1he
.:hsngt that may lead to- their Improvement.
List wet apent one day It tho L,y,nsssou
County Faiz, at Pontisc- This society has
ten q 1sther decided failure until this year.
when It has more than met The expectations u
its friends.
The r11nagess set ont 10 make 1t snccass,
and en- atged the1 list Of premiums. lot in
order ~ do shie, they doubled the entrsn.,e
fees; and, the last day, insteai OF making
lorrc-sacing the leading feature, the5 had Al,
aodress--lnsitiag your correspondent to nor
fuEIn this rather ouoroua uuty. l a1y opotnus,
from the 1act that addr+ sses It our iair, hsT.'
~ tie anaan pfosed SUITS failures hr. tt,s1t,
!aa5e5a, dccto4e. and clerg. ueu. who have
but i faint tHatrez1bg Of rural af1aiit, uAyu
Ut ell the ursfofs, Ahd, t4i!lug IL teach ,un
peol}e any useful i+ssons. they have been
Gi.gusttd ana Lett the s.4uc 10 tho speaker IL
hLlrh his .emntks At his leisure TO empt,
grounds hss 70 often proved rai;ure that
both nlauaEetb =. sneakers hAys. Of hin.
'4thcr deelsued tie tAek.
With 20 many failures it has s.wxys haan
With eome misgisings that va 1t, Tempt lis
task but thus Tar through fifteen ,ears the
Ibis can only be attributed to dasife 10
teach Eoule practical Lesson on nUms subject
OF il!e1eett, the Aulierce. The ATTEMPTS II
tipa o1aturT are alI lot in this INSTANCE, and
may Tins 10 dispensed with. l5eiu. 1t
county ia!r soroe year. since. where M elo-
quent divine was to deliver the addreas, II
TIC time approached Tor thta part ot tue o1eE-
clse could see no d1tire ma,nle.tvu to hear
him. Tn.ning, to group Of Eentie1neu ex-
iIlbltors inquired il they intended to hotr
the rtmukn OF the iearu.d Eea,lu.nau,
No" ~as tho se.iy Ut the Spokesman of tna
ssoup; '*the speech wi4f te printed III the
sIua,1 ehan s3 Rss'; ;s sa n,'y re,a ssns aay
sood sermon. but hs DONE Know anything
af out farming, and he can blow otI hls gus
~ithout my interference" Tbs result Eas,
the gentleman lAboted through hia manu-
sc,itt TO the crowd that surged through the
hall, making no pause or pa..isg Tho least At
tentlon to the eloquent periods Of tue speak
er- II our far managers will employ prac-
tical m.p to address, them, Ill this may bs
changed, and = new feature OF great value
asded to these useful gatherings Vt the peo-
pie. At tho New York, Saratoga Couuty, F1ir,
\. 4: M,I'ara spoke fgs typ hours to = most
daiIymsu, AID ha could give hla Aulieuca ies-
eunY in that department. OF useful ecouumF
that would be Of valne to them and thus waa
the secret OF hin holding bis au lience through
tic t~o long hcurs~
TIE subject OF our REMARKS ut Pontiac VAS
soilr, mechanically considered :-how plants
seceIye tht1r food, the functions Of The soil
uz.d OF the atmosphere, aud why tae soil ray,at
bc tiue1y comminuted and kept open to ,he
Influence OF air, deau, aud ratu. IL the evel-
ing, email f1uits aud grape culture were lie
tuptea OF interest
The fair geou.ds ara most beautifully To-
Gated iu beLd OF the vermiiun Of the ILL.,
.tis, which ra=sea half Way around the
sfoundr, and the whole IL we'll shaded with
yak a1,d hickory, and laid down 10 uIne grass.
With tll4 population and snterpsise OF This
county this Iair ought to stand ID tue list Of
nfht Clkea fairs. and no uuubt that it i'll ha
maue 20. Il IL 1Itt1a too far ont Of town,
tut the sita IL SO Interesting that no onn
will ihluk Of other change thAn tu o4i1rge
t, Oh the west site, that viii bring it up to tie
sidewalk, aud thus make it muru easy Ut ac-
eees.
Pontiac is one Of the oldest towns Ia this
rart q! the State, but until tna discovery Of
coal 1t cut uo important tgurc. In addition
10 coal mining 1t Las
TIE nEFonA scnoo1,
. new building just south of tho village. It is
said hat The State iaAa never before put up
tuilting 80 chcap'y AZ this; gsuslcm4n ae-
iahrEeut0 NE, 1t cost nu lnoFe than II owned by
private pa ties. This is cer:ai1Ily uew fea-
su1e III the history OF public buildings, and one
well uurtll stud. ing. Cook County suuld 10
we'll to i.EcHtigato this casa belo1u taking any
more contracts for nt,rual schools, hOspitals,
or lul lie schools.
Eut intended to say something more Of this
lair. The show IT catile and alirep WAS Ut
The most meagre order, willie that Of
t'gs, horHes, poultry and fruits WAS 4
credit to the county. TIC demand of
tls day il for larger horses, a.d, whea
he three d,minutlyo faAt trotte1e, "fuii
tssootls, ," came out, they elected many sueers.
! unt agaau. OF no use for the buggy, sall q
luercLaut, for they arc flashy, aud tnun cau t
haul my family through tbs muddy streets :;
III nhort, they are only good in fsts weathet
Oh good 1ozts. The pstcberon stock aud
their ctus4co with the Messenger a1s taking
| Grated Iext season. The last horse has had
his day in this county, ~ these thin bcraos
attest; making tAeir be-t time in Las,
sAa clicitiug no ArIlsuse. Well, give us tho
teep tnrz oHs and the well bllcl lo&in OF grim,
aud no will do ouI fast riding after tie steam
snginp.
Ills last act Was ladics' driving, winch came
! to MI untinIely end ly throwing one lady from
| uer eeat, ara the carnage wheel passing oser
her. 6he TAs taken from the ground, but
uow seriously injured did not learn. OF all
tue tom-Ioolety OF our fairs, mono is moro
deserving oE puo1ic censurs shaa this LADY,
.sdlnE AID lady otlving: 1t is tho best possi-
| lie argument agaiuht the womau's rights doc
tri1e that can bs offered In the trottips
! r,rg, the stable Toy 10. does tho diving. anu
uur i.t5 eqnestr7ennes simply put themselves
IN par of social equality with him. There
Id uo possible way 10 make this part Of the
exhibition accord with good taste, aud trus.
t14at it viii "a discontinued.
FARM sTEAMkns.
Eli Abbot, Of West Union, Iowa, inquiries
N regard to the relative merits OF ths Auder
son aud pindle steam fa1ru apparatus. mol
much eonbt il either Ut thetn sra Of n,uIh
value for st*asninE food. In preparing foot
| lcr, ssy, hunt;ieI hoge, tue common fafu
boilers are probably the most ecouuuicAt; be
sund that point, should prefer 10 r1sk a gsn
uiue steam butler. a farmer who needs
steamer will find It profitable to use steam fo
grinding, pumping, II he has occasion for i,
inr tlra=hlug, aud other purpoees. All O
;Ae cheap steamers that have seen, are to;
t.mited in their capacity to accomplish NOR
.han good sized farm boiler at lcas,,
should nut invest III ore from what hare sec1
| Of them. a wooden box set oyer one OF ou
common farm boilers may be called aeseamcr
ruu with ~ good prospect Of success a
any and al Of tho so-called steamers tlAt sr
! row in ute-
RENARKABLE MAN.
NlL7o> SFA71os, Ill, Sept =.
Il There Is occurring here uI huS cnoEIl. &c.
He aiseourses nnely On tie seartal
ana ca,s OF ho1ses anu thsle diseases. gel
| 81 some tue pms On tuode1u horse " doc.os
| lpg. speaks III e4pet1en c In Texas cattle jevxy
sc-u IN Tue sleep, ifteuina IN Rue bug, wh:cn h
cais Lux cho!era. lasf, but nor 1easi, Is secEr
.thtsA of 6allva:iny tfult t1eea ~ prevent tM
cufrni!s, caterpillar. leaf crulnpler, &C., Nhtc
has been Ia successful pt4ctlce III Btuwn CJunrs
e1 WIG ee !s! III to e ss'Ia
l. u.sef 2lesi&s 70 never reveal It, except on nj
d~sth tAd. and then only to M intimate friend
es,!. ID o"ssis:ns some Of tie sas
-!,- unalszet', and fhcreby ontalnea the secst
.s!ch ne now sells, With hts oincE recipes, to tn
;vlnlafion. And furthef, that ne - au;aus,z*
ana paid by the State bosrd u DO So Piease, Sll
can luu tell US II the State Board have Ar. -
employed. By answering, Jou will pbltge
SoAK AFRAID or uEABCG5.
Such man ought not to hide his light q
account Of sheer modesty; and. in order t
bring him more prominently before the pub
lie, The above letter is inserted.
Salivating tree III order to kilt the insect
on 1t, .s worthy the nsn and great esep L
pretty well salisated BY the doctors, but d
Lot remember Of reading abous s,!ivattnl
trees, The thinG must b new and ought i
be patented. The Marshall County MN de
!. s.r.,yed all Insects By driving nails At th
collar Of the tree, saturated wit
some liquid, the composition Of which va
known ouly 10 himself, nor 10 it expected tha
even On his death bod the secret Of its com
position will be left will, the living, hut b
| lusied in the Erave with him, = sort o. wind
: ,uG ehcet, thar tie norm will respect when b
comes to the corpus. Then al above groun
the insect t1ites will hold high carutr11, q
rather, would have done 20, had !, not came t
PASS inst ttls newgenius has m4do his apIeal
, I apcc TO hind them thousand yea.a Or ulore.
We have grett respect foE humbnss- The
. come 10 you in euch pleasant and prepo,
rtsslnG \ nanre. that they inteEes. one
nnce. They sre not to lie put down, but val
p | hjflIr fortE IN al tha tti1e Of succeaa. Ju1