The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-04-17

gardens are splendid, but those who plant
ed Just prior to the 'rainy-spelp have many
complaints about bad seed. We have been
eating from our garden, for the past six
weeks. salad, greens, radishes, onions and
turnips, and to-day we have our first "mess"
Of new potatoes (Peerless) and English
Peas sBuists' Premier and Extra Early"
Adams Extra Early Corn is six inches
high-but alas all of our sugar-corn was
planted one day before the rain and but
little has ever been seen since.
The trees are generally in full leaf, and
the early Spring flowers in full bloom
but we have had some strange phenome-
ma and unaccountable capriciousness in
the leafing and blooming of some of our
fruit trees-one month ago the lockwood
and iasanine were in bloom, at the same
time some of the peach trees were in
bloom (partially to-day they are in bloom
again, while they have also peaches on
them as large as marbles; while others, the
buds are just beginning to swell, apples
and pears show no sign of bloom yet;
while the fig and china, which are gener-
ally late, are all out, some of the leaves OF
the former are as large as childs hand
and the latter with stems and leaves foot
in length and also in bloom. Worthy
Master Put Darden (who has one of the
largest and best orchards in this county,)
has in addition to large number OF other
fruit trees, set out one hundred pecan
trees of the Texas variety, and the writer
has set out about fifty peach and twenty
five apple and pears and more than forty
grape cuttings of seven different varieties,
others are doing as well or better in fruit
culture and all this is due to the stimu-
lous given by the Grange. Our cooper
alive store is doing good business, but
not as we'll patronized by Our own people
as it should he-owing to the credit sys-
tenn, and the false notions of honor in stilled
into the minds ofsuch, that it is not honor
able to 90 away from the man who gives
them credit tat 100 per cent. profit and
spend their cash at the Grange store. This
reminds me of a conversation | had with
one of these conservative Changers few
days since-it was on politics, and as that
subject is beginning to warm up in view
of the Presidential election this fall, will
relate it. Said he, 'you and are nearer
together now in politics than we have
been for years"
| replied you are mistaken; if wish to
make corn or cotton and need help will
get man who understands the business
to assist me. If wish my class properly
represented in the law making power Of
the country, will choose farmer where
as you would first consult with the mer-
chant and then vote for the lawyer for the
sake of harmony and for fear of infring-
ing on some other professions rights
Forgetting that charity begins at home,
and that ''he that provideth not for his
own house is worse than an infidel'-and
that "self- preservation is the first law of
nature" and that these innocent and I'M
assuming gentlemen, can control their
own affairs very well, without too much
of your sympathy or assistance" like the
idea expressed in the last number of your
paper-opposed to class legislation, and
| therefore am going for the farmer, be-
cause the bankers, bond holders and pro-
fessional men have had quite enough for
their class shall not try them again. We
wait class Legislation. let every tub
stand on its own bottom, whether it be
painted, gilt-edged or otherwise We
want no fight over the Darien canal and
no unjust monoplies for our country-it
would be better for the principal mari
time nations to send 10000 men each and
| the smaller nations propotionate quota
and dig the isthmus in twain and throw it
| in the great oceans. We have no claim
to the isthmus, Mr.. Monroe never dream
ed of his ideas being thus perverted. Let
US do unto others as we would be done by,
and we will have peace.
Fraternally, 10, d. S. DAVENPORT.
| Fayette, AprilIa.