The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN.

PERMANENT HOMES. = 1t may be
said of us as people, that we are not
yet settled. Homes we have none as
they have in the old world. There a
farm passes from one generation to an
other, and is settled thing. Associa-
tions cling there of an ancestry that
counts scores in its record. AS much
as can be on earth, this is an abiding
place. But here with US is no such
thing. We are restless-we are not
yet settled; we are yet seeking our
homes. This is the consequence of our
nascent condition. 1t becomes us to
be active-to seek our fortunes and es-
tablish ourselves. This has not yet
been done, and will not be, till as ma
ton we subside into quiet. When we
become satisfied with our lot, we shall
have home.
A home! What is home. 1t is some
thing that we take qualification in
something that will satisfy our children.
All! there is the point = satisfy your
children. Unless this is done there is
no home. We must make our homes
we must make them pleasant-make
them so that the sons will be induced
to stay there-will find something to
attract, to keep them there; otherwise
they cannot be said to be homes. Now,
what is wanted? 1 will not pretend to
say, in all cases, what. l need but to
refer to England, point to the cottages
there, buried = most literally = with
flowers and vines, and in a landscape
that is equally inviting. Here are
homes. So the mansions of the rich
are homes, in the same captivating
landscape, with the same rural life
around them, and around them forever.
Here is permanence. Nature and art
have combined to make this so.
AS soon as home is the chief place
of attraction, so soon it is home pro-
per--a place to stay-else it is not a
home and will not be continued. Let
parents make their homes attractive
and comfortable, and their sons will not
be wanting to go to the cities, or going
there will not want to remain. The old
acres, with the old domicil, will draw
more than all else besides, and all will
become a possession forever. This is
what we want. We want our children
to have possession forever, or if nee
essarily absent, as some must be, the
old home to 60 to, from the newly &C
quired possession, which in its turn will
be a home. Without a home there
is wandering, there is no real rest, no
haven, and no heaven, which home
is near approach to. Home is a
nourisher of the virtues. But wander
ing life is a wild, heartless life, not
favorable to virtue and pure feeling
Country Gentleman.
ABOUT Notwithstanding hor-
ses may be cured by pairing the heel of
the forward foot low, and the hind foot
too. This causes the horse as he moves
forward to raise the forward foot quick
er, and allows the hind foot to remain
longer, so that before the hind foot
comes forward the fore foot is out of the
way. Also, make the forward shoe
long. If this reasoning is not plain, let
any one try the experiment and he will
be satisfied.
Never whip your horse for becoming
frightened at any object by the roadside,
for if he sees a stump, log, or heap
of tan-bark in the road, and while he is
cycling it carefully, and about to pass it,
and you strike him with the whip, it is
the log, or stump, or tan bark that is
hurting him in his way of reasoning.
and the next time he will act more
frightened. Give him time to examine
and smell of all these objects, and use
the bride to assist you in bringing him
carefully to these objects of fear. Bring
all objects, if possible, to his nose, and
let him smell of them, and then you can
commence to gentle him with them.
To what extent the horse may be en-
dowed with any power of reasoning
may be question but the intelligence
he sometimes exhibits is certainly some
thing more than instinct. Some months
ago poor dog, having >een pelted
with sticks and stones by cruel boys
until his flesh was bruised and his leg
fractured, limped into stable. In one
of the stalls was an intelligent young
horse, which seemed touched by the
distress of the dog. He bent his head
and inspected the broken leg; with his
forefeet pushed some straw into cor
ner of the stall, and made bed for the
dog. An afectionate intimacy was at
once established between the horse and
the dog. One day, when the horse was
eating the bran mash which formed
part of his feed, he gently caught the
dog by the neck, and with his teeth
lifted him into the trough. For weeks
the two friends fed together, and the in
valid grew strong. At night the horse
arranged soft bed for the dog, and en-
circled him with one of his fore-legs,
showing the utmost carefulness. Such
humanity might well be emulated by
the human race.
8 1t is the opinion of Hon. Ezra Cornell
" that students can apply themselves to