The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-19

SCIENTIFIC wOODCHOPPING.
He threw or his black dress coat and lay his bran
new hat and bundle Of letters and papers down In
heap among the leaves, and. with mis- gold spec
with the vigor OF a Hercules. Mr. Johnson, with
the strength of giant attacked 1t from the other
side, and in ten minutes the giant tottered and fell.
Then Mr.. Greeley went for sapling that was, ac-
cording 10 his agricultural mind impeding the
growth of younger and more valuable piece Of
timber near IL. He whacked away at this diminu-
tive adversary and soon had him noored
MAN UP A TREE.
Then he got n ladder and climbed M hemOck,
and with a short-handled axe hacked away its
lower limbs Then he moved the ladder and
trimmed another tree. Then he took umbrage at
the growth OF small chestnut, and with vigorous
action cut II down. BY This time his velvet vest
had scrambled up out of reach of hs pants and his
cravat had worked its way over his collar and
turned itself wrong side foremost about his throat,
but not pearly drop of perspration stood upon
hands. The latter were encased in woolen gloves.
LEARNING AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM
the two journalists OF the party felt IKE con-
themselves and determined that they must do
something. They shoudered each an axe and
nntedly attacked an innocent little chestnut, fully
as thick as your wrist. In about half an hour ono
Journalist had blstered his hands and the other felt
That his arm was disocated at the shoulder. Then
they threw down their axes and with their united
strength pushed the little chestnut over IL fell
with q numbering crash the wrong way, and peeled
the branches on u avorite hemi0ck. They mea-
sured their fallen tree. 1t was twenty-sevcn feet
long.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
They proudly reported their success TO the cham
pion woodman OF the age. CHANGING sadly at his
peeled hemock, he told them that If he was elected
and they wanted foreign mission he guessed he
could give II to them without their exerting them
selves In that way any more.
PREPARATIONS FOR POLITICAL PICNICs
for Tour hours the sage trimmed and lelled his
trees One or two gentlemen came up into the
Woods and held conversations with him up a tree.
One was MI Bryant of Tarrytpwn, who is q demo-
crat and belongs to Greeley club, of which John G.
Fremont Is president. He ia making arrangements
for grand barbecue and picnic In honor Of the
Chappaqua nominee Mr.. Birdsall, who went out
Mr.. Greeleys Is also a democrat, and IL making
arrangements for grand ratification picnic among
the negsbos Mr. o. H. stewart ste
ing of the farm in Mr.. Greeleys absence, has ar.
ranged to open the ball on Friday next by grand
neighborly barbecue near Tarrytown. These gen.
tlemen came to see the philosopher In the woods,
all intent on their picnicing, but they did not &C
THE RATIFICATION MEETING.
The news In the morning papers that the ratifca-
ton OF the nomination would take place In Union
square on the evening OF the 2sth seemed to strike
these gentlemen as big thing and Mr. Greeley
ton.
MY DOCTOR AND MY DELIGHT
With his foot upon his native heath the phioso
pher is McGregor indeed With every flight OF
chips under the trenchent blows Of his axe his
spirits rose, and when one chip bigger than another
few or at tangent he'd sing out ''get out OF
that" "come, out with YOU" 'fy, chips,n and so
| forth, and when on the ladder trimming the bigger
branches would come rustling to the ground, some
times brushing the sage's benevolent face or dis
placing his spectaces he would cry out ''Behave
yourself" Down with you What are you
about ~ and other expressions dcnOting the
filtration from what he calls his doctor and his
delight-chopping.
His wood chopping finished, at halfpast two the
philosopher invited all hands to his house in the
tention Of Mr. Stewart. lie deslsted from his
labors reluctantly. He would liked to have worked
until four O'Clock, and when inaly he Withdrew he
declared there was days work yet before him.
LUNCH.
At the house the nectar Of the spring was again
INDUCED in all round; the western man taking to 1T
with the ardOr OF "a new convert. The philosopher
washed his hands In the brook, and, entering the
house, the whole party sat down to cold lunch
that was most grateful to their thoroughly appe-
tzed souls. The two journalists declared that THEM
severe labOrs on the chestnut tree had given them
an appetite that they had not felt for many day,
and all hands, the philosopher included, proved
themselves to be as hungry as the sea
cold biscuit, slice of bologna cheese, sponge cake,
jelly and milk and butter above suspicion comprised
chairs were lacking, because the house has been
unoccuped for long time and the whole banquet
THE SEVEN HUNGRY
| souls who composed the party on little round
table adopted most suitably to fourhanficd euchre.
Those who had chair, however stood up, and
| those who had no knives and forks used their
fingers, and the lunch went OF in the utmost good
hmor and to the internal satisfaction of every in
EXIT BRAN BREAD.
The sage, so lately called bran bread philosopher
and vegetarian most nObly attacked the tall pyra
mid OF wheaton biscuit and the high pile or brOiled
chicken, and did not disdain even q taste of the
sponge cake and bologna. As for the milk and the
butter 1t had no rest from the beginning to the end
OF the feast The universal opinion OF every city
third glass Of milk and putting butter his cake,
was that 1t was so pleasant to have
MILK AND BUTTER
That you could put confidence in. The philosopher
did not take to milk so freely as the rest, how
ever. He had his tin cup of spring water ut his
plate and seemed to prefer it in It's original PURIFY,
unauthorized either by milk OF the COW or Juice Of
the cora. The conversation turned mainly upon
neghborly affairs at the table. Politics did not
seem to interest anybody, least Of all the philoso-
pher. If any farming subject was mentioned he
was interested at once, but everything more likely
to lead to complications was tacity taboocd.
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT EUCHRE.
After lunch a game OF euchre was poposed, but
the cards were wanting The sage, it seems, is an
adept at euchre.
~ like the game,'' said he, "because you needn't
bother your brains about it,
WALK OVER THE FARM
for the benefit of the journalists was in order after
the meal. ''Come, gentlemen said Mr.. Greeley,
IL want to show you
WHAT / KNOW ABOUT FARMING.n
The party then tramped the farm to the
onion patch the marsh meadows, to see the out
let Of the drains, to the orchards (the most
profitable orchard in the county OF Westchester,"
said the sage,), to the stone barn, in the
upper story of which every labor-savng machine
yet patented Is ready for USE TO the stalls of tho
riding horses Of hs wife and daughters; to the
twenty-five years old which he won't Kill and which
won't die, and to the copse OF evergreens which
den from the northwest wind All these
GL0RIES OF HIS FARMING
the bucolic candidate showed to his visitors, expa-
tiating with ardor on their beauty and worth, and
contendng that whatever might be said about il in
sport his farm conducted the best prin-
ciples because the scientific basis brought about
by hundreds OF years. experience and wisdom; and,
moreover, not only as d refuge from his political
friends and as pleasant resting and recuperating
place for himself but also,
AS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT,
IL paid. The Old farmers in the party agreed with
him.
Said Mr. Johnson-'T have been a farmer all my
life, and know all the details Of New England farm
ing, from raising beans up and tell y0u Mr. Greeley
Is the clearest headed farmer know"
Which, 1t is TO be hoped, settles forever the long
mooted question as to whether Greeley knows any
thing about farming or not.
CALF POETRY.
REpoRrER-Mr. Greeley did you ever write poetry
THE PIILosoPHER-WelL l wrote calf poetry
when was young. as suppose every youth does.
don't think ever published much of It, though.
There was only one piece that remember to have
published. II was on the death OF William Writ,