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piueh.ng to Promote Fruittulucss.

Barry's Fruit Garden says:
Those who have never practiced this, or Obser-
we'd it's results, may have seen it experienced in
tree-growing, that shoot, Of which the point was
broken, bruised, OF otherwise injured, during the
growing season, frequently becomes fruit branch
either during the same or the following season,
and this, especially if situated in the interior of
the tree, or on the older and lower parts of the
branches. The check given to the extension of
the shoot concentrates the sap in the parts re-
naming; and unless the check has been given
early in the season, OF the growth very vigorous
in the tree, SD that the buds will break and form
shoots they certain to prepare for the pro,lnc-
ton of fruit. II is this principle of checking
the growth and concentrating the sap in the pin
ched shoots, that pinchng to produce fruitfulness
is performed; and its efficiency may be estimated
from the fact that the trees on which it has been
practiced have borne fruit four or five, and per-
haps seven years sooner than they would have
done without il.
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for the Farmer.
rwE BRAVE OLD rLovGu.


sons to the plough. the brave old plough.
That hath ruled the wide world Ger:
For life and good fare on his strong steel share
Shall depend for evrrmorr.
There h. strength in his beam as the toiling tenn
Turns the furrow % long and deep;
While il mellowx the sd. We have trust in God.
That His promise He will surely keep.
Then health 10 the plough the brave old plough,
Who hath fed all tie nations gone;
And glory now. tn the brave old plough,
When a Thousand years have hown.
Thou hast the time when pealins chime
Was heard the wide world through
When the Kings broad hall and the cottage small
On . Christmas never knew.
And many day. along the highway
Have hundreds starving lain:
They are dead they gone to earth bosom tprne,
But the plough il still doth reign.
Then God speed the plough the brave old plough.
Who hath fed all nations gone:
And glory now. To the brave old plough,
When q Thousand years have flown.
Thou hast the time, in many cline,
When the bread was hard to win;
When both great and small at hungers call
Were led into deadly sin;
But thou net canst say thou hast the day,
When want bowed the strong mans head
The righteous mans seed, in his greatest need,
Ever begged for his daily bread
Then God speed the plough, the brave old plough.
Who hath fed all the nations gone:
And may glory now, encircle the plough,
When Thousand years have flown.
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TOO Cool Company Tor Me-,

II was one evening last summer, when a lady
who belongs on the editorial staff of one of the
leading dailies of New York, had been detained by
Office duties until rather late hour Living on
the Heights in Brooklyn, but short distance
from Fulton Ferry, it WAS not much of a venture
without escort, and 50 she started.
On the N,oat standing outside enjoying the re-
fresliing breeze after the days toll, she perceived
a gentleman % in rather close proximity to where
she was leaning over the guards, hut said nothing.
Are you alone" the boat neared the slip.
.No sirn said the lady, and without further inter
ruption when the boat touched she stepped off
~ thought You were not alone" said the fellow,
stepping to her side again. 81 am not" replied
the lady. "Why, don't any one; who is with
you!" "God Almighty and the angels, sir; I'm
never alonc!" and he shot for a Fulton avcnu,
car, then nearly block away. The heroic woman
was permitted to keep to the right as the law di
reefs. and enjoy that full measure of quiet salts
faction ore always feels from keeping good com
pany.
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Something for the Season.

The hog to the snake is perhaps, what the icl-
neumon was to the Egyptian crocodile, with the
simple difference that, while his hOgsfip shakes
the very gizzard out of every snake it may be his
good luck to come mp with, the ichneumon pitches
in after the crocodcs i'm more Olympic style. 1t
may be just conclusion that, through an agency
of this kind, the redundancy of the snake has
heretofore been checked.
In 1854 or 1855 the Smithsonian Institute en-
barked in series of experiments testing the prac-
ticabilty of neutralizing the poison of snakes,
founded purely on chemical bases, which were at
tended with the most astounding results. The
fact was fully illustrated that the poison of the
NEST venOmous rattlesnakcS can be ncutraliZed,
and the patient relieved of excruciatng suffering
in an incredibly short time. After the most eX-
traorlnary results from all the experiments wit
messed there promulgated from the Institute,
ut the time above mentioned, the following SIM
pie, but
"CERTAIN CURE for snakc-bitr, and for the
sting of all kinds of insects:
Ten grains IOtide Potassium,
Thirty grains Iodde,
One ounce of water,
applied externally to the wound, by saturating
lint or bathing-the same to he kept moist with the
antidote until the cure he effected, which will he
in one hour, and sometimes instantly. The limb
bitten should he corded tight to prevent circull-
ton. The liquid should be kept in vial with a
ground glass stopper.
This simple remedy can be obtained at any drug
store, and costs but triile. Every family might
keep a vial of il ready at hand. Fruit gathcrers
may feel some security in having it about them
| Hunters and fishermen may not find il inconve-
nient to go forth thus prepared for "the mishar
of the hour."-Mdcon (Ga.,) Daily Telegraph.
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charcoal Tor Mog Cholera.

BituminOus coal is recommended as a preven-
tive of hog cholera. l can approve this from six
years trial. having lost but one hog in that time.
In 1860 had nineteen hogs intended for Fall por-
kers, but the cholera got among them and killed
eighteen. made use of all the remedies could
hear Of until saw it stated by some writer, that
'stOne" coal was an antidOte for cholera. Since
then, l have kept coal in their range and have
lost but one since, whether from cholera or not
cannot tel, although hogs have been dying with
cholera all around me; as many a hundred on
one farm. 1 have found coal ashes taken from
CRATES, better than unburnt coal. The small
pieces of coal and coke the hogs eat much more
freeley than the entire coal; it is softer and more
easily masticated. If any one should be induced
to try the ashes, they will be surprised to see the
quantity hogs will eat, particularly, when gene
rously fed on grain.-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
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TINE BEST AND WORST.

ROllin in his ancient history, relates the follow
ing anecdOte of the celebrated Phyrgian slave,
which, like his fables, is full of instruction and
wit 1t will he recollected that Esop was slave,
and very much defomed-that his first master,
who could not endure the constant sight of such
defor,nity sold him to the philosopher Xanthus,
in whose service his wit, genius, and wisdom man.
ifested themselves:
"One day, his master, designing to treat some
of his friends, ordered Esop to provide the best of
everything he could find in the market. EsOp
bought nothing but tongues, which he desired the
cook to serve up with different sauces. When
dinner came the first and second courses, the side
dishes, and the removes, were tongues. Did not
order You, says Xanthus, in violent passion, to
buy the hest victuals tln market affor,ledi And
have i not Obeyed your orders! says EsOp. Is
there anything better than a tongue! Is not the
tongue the bond of civil society," the key of scen-
ccs, and the organ of truth and reasOns BY means
of the tongue, cities are built. and governments
established and administered; with that men in
struct, persuade, and preside i'm assemblies; il is
the instrument by which we acquit ourselves OF
the chief of all duties, the prasins and adoring OF
the gods. Well, then, replied XanthuS, thinking
to catch him, go to market again tomorrow, and
buy me the worst of every thing; the same COM
pany will dine with me, and have mind to di-
versify my entertainment. 1EsOp next day proyi-
dctl nothing but the very same dishes, telling his
master that the tongue is the worst thing in the
world. 1t is, says he, the instrument of all strife
and contention; the fomener of law suits, and the
source of divisions and wars; it is the organ of
error, of lies, calumny and blasphemy."
If in Athens the tongue was Mt once the best and
the worst thing in the world, according to the use
which has been made of il, how much more en-
phatically does the newspaper press of our times
combine those opposite EXTREMIST In the flourish
ing days of ancient Greece, the time to which the
above anecOte relates, the art Of printing was not
known. The whole country was cut up into small
democraces-the people assembled en- masse to
discuss subjects to make laws, and to try public
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APPLE BLOSSOMS.
BIT EMILY HUx1IxGTox MILLER.

UP through the paths with bird songs about her.
May has come softly the beautiful child!
Skies that were sullen and joyleas without her.
Broke into sunshine above her, and smiled
Green the uplsbds the wheat fields are spripging
Cowslips are aiming, and daisies white;
Thrcugh the still meadows the waters are singing.
Drumming with melody, ha.hing with light.
Blosming with clover the orchards sre growing
Picked by the shadows that tremblr and glide:
Sways the young grass In billSwy tide.
Strong o. the arms Of giant vet tender
scc what . treasure they lii 10 the sky!
We love the appes-Robin and L
Hsrk! how the oriole flashing snd glowing.
Trills his clear whistle. mellow and Mill
Whers o'er their tops. with q lavish bestswing,
Where 10 the lip that has vosshIIy supe tbem-
Tinted. IKE sesshells, whittier than snpyf
bess all the day. - they lnger among them,
Dfowsy with nectar are murmuripg low.
PiIlowed beDeaSh them I dream a listen
How the ling SOmmer above them shall shn~
iii On the boughs the ripe ffuitage shall gstep,
Tawny and golden, % Feaaer than wine.
In the bright days Of the mellow September.
How We shall shout - we R.ther them in
Hearding their wealth Sse Tie chilly Drcemben.
heaPisg them high in the cellar and bin.
Then WHEN the snow in the moonlight 10 cleaning.
Up from the darkness the apples ven bring
frss!ng their swecs where Ske yelteht il beaming,.
G"ne" Of rseh nectar, . poet might ding.
Tab. Of The Vikings our lips VIII be telling;
Yet. When Ne SaGns DINE We shall say:
Here's 70 the lan& where the sumner 4 dwelling,
mere 70 tne app esssuoaarch osMsys-
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The C.ass Family.

The mother of Gen. Lewis Cass was a Selden,
from the State of Vermont. One Of her family, a
cousin or second cousin, moved to Ohio about the
beginning Of this century. A brother of the dis
tingushed statesman, Lewis Cass, the only one
remaining Of the old stock, lives in Dresden,
Ohio, at the advanced age Of IS years. He still
retains his intellectual faculties to pre-emnent
degree for one of his years. He and his father be-
fore him were always Wings, Lewis Cass-contra-
~ to what many supposed-having been the only
Democrat of the family in those days. George w.
Cas-, of Pittsburgh, eldest Of the survivor at
Dresden, is a well-known exception among those
of the younger generation. The father of Lewis
Cas- removed from New Hampshire to Dresden,
and located there old military section Of 1000
acres on the rich bottom Of the Muskingun,.
{" bue," the late Gov. Greiner was wont to call
it, and here all the younger branches Of the fam
lily were reared: His surviving son has remained
on the ancestral acres.
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CUTTING OATS GREEN.-At a recent meeting Of
the Waitsield (Vt) Farmers' and Mechanics
Club, o. E. Wilder stated that last summer he cut
an acre of oats soon after they were headed ont
and last winter he fed them to ten cows, lasting
them for their entire feed, three weeks and foul
dnys-nearly equal to thrty-six weeks for one
cow The cows meanwhile increased In fheiI
milk, when naturally they would have decreased
on ordinary fodder. The land was seeded 70
grass, and he intends to put what grows ON the
same piece next year by ITSELF and feed It to the
same number of cows, and note the result. nc
thinks that he cut the the oats little too early
and that if they had been left till full in the mix
they might have been better. He also believes
that the fertility of the soil was not exhausted
nearly rs much rs if the oats had ripened.-Cor
n. e. Farmer.
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TIM QUANTITY OF BETTER INCREASED BY W

THE QUANTITY OF BETTER INCREASED BY WA
TER.-A New York ,lairyman furnishes the follow
ing advice for the Genese Farmer:
There has great deal been said about butter
making, but l thought, as had had little expo
rience, L might offer few hints that may be Of
use to some of your many readers When COW.
are feeding ON dry feed, the milk is thicker OIL
richer than when feeding on juicy grasses; ther
add warm water, when setting the milk, in guam
titles sufficient to make it rs the milk from ordi
nary cows in May or June. The milk from some
cows in the spring and summer months is very
thick rich; then add cold water, if the weather
be hot. I have pfacticed the above, and it has
increased the quantity from one to three pounds
per cow, each week.
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THE following story is told at the expense Of
an Oshkosh (NNisconsin) lawyer. Ono Smith had
failed in business and sold ont, and having two OF
three tough little bills, had given them to this
lawyer for collection. Smith went to the office to
receive the proceeds The amount collected was
about fifty dollars. 'Tm sorry you've been SO I'M
fortunate, Smith, for take great interest in
you" Here he handed Smith fifteen dollars, and
kept the balance. s'You see, Smith, knew you
when you We're boy, and knew your father be
fore You, and l take great deal OF interest IL,
You. Good morning; come and see me again.
Smith, moving slowly out Of the door, and rneful-
ly contemplating the avails, was heard to mutter,
Thank God, YOU didn't know my grandfather"
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SMALL BEEE.-This recipe will make nine dozen
bottles: One and half ounces of essence of
spruce one and half ounces Of essence of check
erlerry two ounces Of essence of sassafras twenty
three pounds of sugar, eight or nine quarts Of
barrel, and in it dissolve the sugar; then to an
other pailful of hot water add the essence and
pour into the barrel ill up the barrel to within
two three inches Of the top with hot water;
when this has cooled to about milk warmth, add
the yeast. Stir rapidly two or three minutes, and
let il stand twenty -four hours, then draw it into
hotties
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Aseful and Curious.
DROw MING.
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ration OF s'rrssas Apparently Dcai.


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THE following appears a leading editorial in
the cleveland Herald: 1--WE wish to give very
simple remedy for fever and ague, and wish to
emphasize it by saving that it has to our knOwl-
edge proved very efficacious. 1t is simply CON-
mon salt. A teaspoonfnl taken in water and a
teaspoonfnl deposited inside each stocking next
to the foot Just the chill coming on. That's all
there isof it; but knowing that it has been very eff
ficaeious in breaking the chill and perfectiDg a
cure we put it in editorial columns, where M
humbug remedy shall ever find aplace, if we know
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HEAvEN.-Heaven is not the spot to lie down
in and there ON our couches tuning our harps, to
think how much misery we have personally en-
capped The Christian heaven is an exalted society
of seifsacriicing spirits, bound together in mn-
tual fellowship by their common conservation to
Him who il above them, where each accepted soul
weary, toll and not faint, aspire and not be baf-
fed, do good and not he misinterpreted, and will
be assinilated in ever closer and closer affinity to
Him who is light and life, in whom whosoever
Iiyeth and believeth shall never die.
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SALT FOR ANIMAIs.-Animals that are permit
ted to roam i'm the salt marshes generally the
most healthy; they consume . large amount o.
saline material. The antiseptic property Of salt
is well known and appreciated by most husband
men, and the farmer might as well think OF dls-
pensng with food as to fail in seasoning food with
salt. No animal can long exist without salt in
the stomach. 1t operates favorably, and has
healthy action on the liver; it also prevents the
food from running into fermentation, and is death
on intestinal parasites.
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Chr fun Of the Ching.
TIVE uEAruEN Gn,Nx...
Bf 7. BEEr HikTE

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which wish to remark
And nv language is plain
tThat for WAYS that are dark
/ And for tricks that are vain
THE heather Chinee h peculiar
I Which the same would rise to explain.
Ah Sin was his name
J And shall no, deny
burecard to the same.
What that name nigh imply.
But his smile il was pensivc and child like
As frequent remarked to Bill NE.
II was August the thisyi
And quite soft was the skies;
Which il might be inf. rred
That An Sin Was likewise:
Yet be played il that day upon William
And me, in way Ldespise.
Which we had.a small game.
And All. SIN rook hand:
. IL WIS euchre-the same
He did not understand:
But he smiled. AZ he sat by the falIr
With smile that was child like and bland
Yet the cards they were stocked
In way that griev-;
And my feelings were shocked
At the state 81 Nye's sleeve.
Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers,
And the ssne with intent to deceive.
But the hands that were PLAYED
BY that heather Chincc
And the points that he made
Were quife frightful to see
Till at last he put down right bower.
Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Thep I looked mp at Nyr +
And he gazcd upon me;
And he rose. with a sigh.
And said: Can this bel
Ne are ruined by Chinese cheap labor,-
And he went for that heather ChiIiee.
In the scene that ensured,
Edt nettnke hand:
Ent the floor il sfrewed.
Like the leaves on the strand
With the cards that All Sin had been hiding.
In the game he did not understand"
In his sleeves, which were 1on.
He had twenty four packs
Which was coming il strong,
Yet state but the facts;
And we found ON his nails which were taper
What is frequent in tapcrs-that's wax.
Which is why i remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain
The heather Chinee Is peculiar
Which the same am free to maintain.
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A DISTINGUISHED amateur fruit raiser says: al
OF George Washington fbr fofgiving the destruc-
ton of his cherry tree. A cherry tree is only a
curculio nursery, and the day my young George
Washington is six years old, I'll give him hatch
ct and tell him to down with every cherry tree on
the place.
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MANY men who, in their youth, were SO foolish
as to permit the marking of their persons with
India ink have deeply regretted the act, and wish
ed in vain for some means of removing the disfg-
urement without leaving scar in tsstead. Some
newspaper writer says that if the parts are blister
ed with a plaster a little larger than the mark,
aud the place then kept open for week with an
ointment it may he dressed to get well, and. rs
the new skin grows the tattoo will disappear.
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A GERMAN friend of ours got his lanticr up the
other day upon the arrival of his second pair Of
twins and said to his family physician: "Oh, we'd
bleese, doctor, it ish peter dat schtop lie poo,
to desc dings Yum pair of sqnince. dngs, is
allies rccht, but more as dat ish plaid owit don't
itf OATS volts dc matter NIT me. You know i.
ish myself
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JIM Dl.VDSO,
(Or the Prairie Belle.)
BY JOHN HAY.

Well no, can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastways, he's got out Of the habit
Of Twin like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three year,
That yen haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Blutso passed in his checks,
The night Of the Prairie Belief
lie weren't no saint-them engineers
Il all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez- underline HILL
And another one here, in Pike.
A keerless man i'm his talk Jim,
And an awkward man in 4 row.
But he never funked. and he never lied;
reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed ON the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And if ever the Prairie Bell took fire
Thousand times he sw0re,
He'd hold her nozzle against the bank,
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day ON the Mississip,
And her day come at last
The M0vaster q better boat,
But the Belle she rouidaf be passed:
And 90 she come tearin' along. that night
The Oldest craft on the line.
With Niger squat on her safety-valve.
And her furnace crammed rosin and pine
The fire bust out As she cleared the bar,
And burnt hole in the night;
And quick a flash she turned and made
For the wiler-bank on the right
There was running and cv-~ing. but Jim yelled out
Over all the Internal roar:
I'm hold her nozzle agin the hank
Till the last galoots ASHORE"
Through the hot, black breath Of the burning boat
Jim Bludso's voice wns heard;
And they all trusted in his cussedneas.
And knowed he would keep his word;
And sur.'s yos're born; they an got of
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