, 1870-12-04
A HUMOROUS VIEW OF THE EAR
MERS' CLUB.

Wnrk Tvntn's Ikcrort of ahc Proceeds
lngs-&sscrlcy's Struggle with zfi>
FunspAiu-Au Explanation OF the
Hogs rfobo~ct~-41d%lcc to n 1nn
Who Has n Cnptsnt OF Ton DollurN
and a Large k:llatsY-
Ffuna tie BuJl'o EEprfss-
E1-Conatalle Quinn dasirsd the club to in
fotu nj lin hoR to make hogs root.
Dr. SLOW lad been practical farmer for tho
last six wecks, aud in all the varied agricu'1u-
ral experience no such article Is hog s.roofha1
ever como under his notice. What WAS it?
Was it edib|es Vas it usefuIiu any Wass or
worthless humbug devised by tAe rharpers to
def1aud I'd Practical fa1mors7 He knew not.
whether it was p1opagatel bv reeds, or by
cuttings, but llo would advise Mr.. Quinn 10 bs
.hy Of hog s-Icos, err eciallyif it WAS nav
fanGled or hiEh-pIiced tuber-
NJ. ,ieler. tue agricultural writer, explain
cd the anatomy Of tile hog's proaoscis- II il
designed fos tuttetrauean forAging, By pro-
cess sulgarIy. called roofing, to- which Mr.
Quinn inquiry probably referred Beng =
would recommend that Mr. Quinn wipo lis
hogs noee. II be 6nds it red, he n.y 6e =u.e
it il tender and needs protection byEa.me.a lie
bhie{d. Some resort to the strategic dsvita
Of inserting wire ring in the hogs nose, III
ralIy thrust his snout into the soil, And thus
low on tho hoE. and the metallic Shield WAS
prefer able On tie score Of fair dealing and
Mr. GFeeIir exhibited pumpkin OF biz own
rsising. As it embodied his solita1r and
crowniug success, 1fte1 several years of dir
cour2giug failure in pumpkin culture, the
club surrounded it with uncovered heais and
mingled emotions Of surprise. admiration aud
envy. It was superb fruit, and when Mr.
Gu hat WIS placed on it, to illustrate its size
and symmetry, the hat and pumpkin seemed
60 perfectly adapted to each other, md to-
Etther produced an eHe:t so startling. that
several enthusiastic, members sxore they
would hare known who raised that pumpkin
il tl,ey lad seen it any where. 1t is to bo plot
o61arhed by Gntuey, md next years Tribune
subscribers will receive eopieE. The pump
kin was the Gathering product Of one bushsl
Of seed planted on The farm in Champaign
inclination to wither. 1t was thereupou trans-
planted to large dower-Fot and removed 10
l thetowu residence Of its founder. For some
time it piued and dropped, and they sat up
lights viii 1t, expecting that every moment
| would be its last, tnt every moment tuned
out not to be i,s last, aud With careful nurs-
| ing it finally rallied aud GANG up to maturity.
NJ che rished AID tough pumpkin A eses
| grew.
Dr. si1hannmers suggested that the result
pumpkin showed hos every city family could
provide itself With pumpkin-pie- lie hoped
| 10 zee the day when every window-sill,- in ev-
| err city. would he adorned will fructifyiug
| pumpkin-pots, md every work1nan's cottage
| emkowered in pumpkin-vines.
Ihomxs Dodd, Of New Hl1npHhfre, writes to
the club that he is Atty years old, intirm with
cnnsu1nf tun, has large family, ton dollars
in uoney, nnd wants to know what to do.
Mr.. Moker-1o ont to Greeley Colony and
invest in CUR irr1ga6nx ditch
Mr. LaymAu-Buy Texas rancho OF Flor
ida oTauCe grove.
Dr. s1mble-His health requires Light farm
ing in tracing climate. Let him start an
indigo plantation in Alaaka-
Nj. G.eeley-He mustn't come toSsE York
His s10 wouldn'k last year: hut Oh: Wes: ha
can invest 1t and grow mp with tho country
! II had gone West with 80 1t his age,
should be happy man now, With two suit+ OF
respectable garments, IN Office. And con-
science gniltless Of diatr1cttng tatiG and fass1-
ing eseays.
Nh. He1ings invited tho club to visi: hi'
farm, thirty miles uPthe river, next Nedoes,,
day, and inspect horse E1dish thlt Ia "a, nan
! persuaded to vegetate. The ground was s1l-
| ed, sub-eoiled and top-dreased. He had e1-
pended upon that plant oulE. half ton OIL
Zone dust, one csrt load Of ashes and oat. s.
rel Of guano get in spite Of his neG'ces, y
had within year grown to tue st1e ,'i, " 1.o TO
Ittls finger. His foreman woula enp.h th;s 10
the clerk the peculiar dicnasy o. Ies n ,a ,at.
rare exotic He would treat 1ns ssVo a. -h,eh
ular farmers dinner, the na1ess NJ .o -,,,rats
he had already engaged At sns ~ ''''
The club accepted and adjcuraea.