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A VOICE FROM THE CORX. 



I was made to be eaten and not to be drank ; 

 To be husked in a barn, not soaked in a tank. 



I come as a blessing when put in a mill. 



As a blight and a curse when run through a still. 



Make me up into loaves, and your children are feed ; 

 But into a drink, 1 will starve them instead. 



In bread I'm a servant, the eater shall rule, 

 In drink I'm a master, the drinker a fool. 



Then remember my warning! my strengtn I'll employ, 

 If eatento strenghten, if drunk to destroy! 



FRUITS. 



Think once more, my friends, of the great blessings which you may 

 •confer on mankind l)y the multiplication of good fruits. Next to sav- 

 ing the soul is the saving of health, and I know of no better means 

 'than an abundant supply of ripe fruits. 



Fruits are the overflow of nature's bounty ; gems from the skies 

 which are dropped down to beautify the earth, charm the sight, gratify 

 the taste, and minister to the enjoyment of life; and the more we re- 

 alize thi|, the more shall we appreciate the divine goodness to us, and 

 ■the duty of providing tiiem for others. * 



Like morning's first light, that gladdens the sight, 

 So may the best fruits spread over the earth. 

 And when we shall reach that still fairer land, 

 And round the life-tree in mercy shall stand. 

 May each pluck its fruit, and nevermore feel 

 The serpent's sharp tooth, once close at his heel. 



— Extract from an address hy the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. 



VEGETABLES. 



A POTATO TRIAL AND EXHIBIT — BY THE EXPERIMENT DEPARTMENT OF IIOUGH- 



TON FAhM. 



The best method of cutting potatoes for planting has been long 

 disputed and a variety of con.fiicting opinions have been made public 



