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Clay informed me, on another portion of his farm, he had to wall 

 in with cement at the bottom as well as sides, to prevent the water 

 from running out. It seems that in digging, the workmen got into 

 an immense sink-hole, and there is, no doubt, from their limited ex- 

 plorations, an extensive cavern in that vicinity. The entire Blue 

 Grass country is more or less cavernous, and very many of the 

 springs create considerable streams of water and often running 

 through many acres of ground finally sink out of sight. 



Henry Clay, Jr., K. H. Mindsey, B. B. Marsh, and others, in 

 the same vicinity, have beautiful farms. Mr. A. V. Bedford, one 

 and a half miles from Paris, bestows personal attention to Pomology 

 and horticulture. He has the May Duke grafted on the Wild 

 Cherry, several Black Tartarians, slow growth, but stand the winter 

 remarkably. Indeed, he thinks there is but little need of loss from 

 cold, and the pear blight itself may be avoided by a little attention. 

 The latter he considers caused by the hot sun on frozen vegetation, 

 and to protect the trees, he places corn stalks to the depth of six 

 inches around their bodies. I hope this gentleman will yet disclose 

 more fully his experience in pomology to the readers of the CiN- 



CINNATUS. 



GYNTHIANA. 



This is the country-seat of Harrison county, formerly a part of 

 old Bourbon, of which Paris is the seat. Hitherto greater attention 

 has been paid to raising whisky than anything else; but the little 

 time I spent there I became acquainted with Gen. L. Desha, John 

 Williams, Esq., M. L. Broadwell, H. Kowland, Dr. J. C. 

 Frazer and other leading agriculturists, who all became subscribers 

 to our College Hill operations, and from their manifested zeal in the 

 second annual meeting of their County Agricultural Society, which 

 took place while I was there, it was evident a new day is dawning 

 upon them. They will hold their first county fair probably the last 

 of August, and are preparing grounds for it, as an annual place of 

 resort, as neighboring counties have done. 



I now came on to the last point I stopped at on the railroad, viz. 



FALMOUTH. 



Though only forty miles back of the Ohio, and the country seat 

 of Pendleton county, this place contains but about five hundred 

 inhabitants. The town and country have hitherto been very much 

 ^hind many of their compeers, but are thoroughly waked up since 



