384 editor's table. 



boards, six in minibcr, platod with iron on both sides of each wheel, equal in length to the 

 radius of the wheel, and from ten to sixteen inclies in width, loosely attached to the felloe 

 of the wheel in such a manner that they are carried ronnd it as it revolves. Kaeh in suc- 

 cession is laid flat on the ground in front of the wheel, and lifted again, in its rear, as soon 

 as passed over. On the surface of the boards next the lu-riphery of th(> wheel, an iron rail 

 and boards are fixed on which the wheel runs, thus corresponding to the sleej»ers of an ordi- 

 nary railway, so that the wheels carry their own rail.^ and .sleepers with them, laying down 

 a literally endless railway whenever they are set in motion. This is now adapted to the 

 common portable engines, thus making them locomotives capable of going any distance on 

 roads, instead of being dragged. It will thus travel over soft and marshy ground where 

 no roads exist, up and down hill, and over rough and uneven ground. This is the English 

 invention of Mr. Boyd(,>ll, and should be adopted among us. 



The Isabella Gkay Rose. — The English public is greatly excited by the appearance of the 

 Isabella (iray Rose. It is a noble yellow, and the only yellow everblooining rose we have ; 

 a noisette climber, of about the hardiness of the Cloth of Gold, from which it was raised 

 from seed by Andrew Gray, of Charleston, S. C, who named it. The first public notice of 

 it appeared in the Horticulturist three or four years ago, having been then exhibited before 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society by James Ritchie. It is extremely valuable, aud 

 yet scarce, orders from Europe having been numerous. 



Poetry ! — We do not often publish poetry, but the following (which comes to us through 

 that best of periodicals, the Living Age, credited to the Boston TraccUcr) appears to us so 

 rural, and, at the same time, so very full of odditi/ a,nd fun, so out of the way in its versijica- 

 tion, and, withal, so calculated, when read with the proper emphasis, to create more than a 

 smile, that we deviate from our usual course, to give others a hearty laugh. It is to be hoped 

 that " Cayenne Pe[)per" will continue, and apostrophize other great nuisances of rural life : — 



TO A GIKNY-FOUL 



THAT COMES AND SQPAWKS rNDICR IIIS WINDER PERIODIKLY, AND MAKES HIM MAD EXCEEDINGLY. 



You missnble, speckled critter, y^ i. ' What're you thinking about ? — home ? — 



What'n thunder 're siiuawkitit: . i.nut? ; You rascally epitome of a Ginny war-gong, 

 Does anything hurt you bad ? Or do you squawk A Congo tuia-tum and couch-shell, 



That way in Ginny, where you come from, ' And down-east village brass band ! 



And so squawks now from educational pregudice? ■ Dry up ! you speckled parody of a machine shop ! 



AVhal'n mischief do you pull your homely head ' Do you think that's music, you outrageous vocal atro- 



<Jut'n from under your wing and squawk for? I city! 



What's under your wing to make you squawk, j You boiler maker's exacerbated echo 1 

 You speckled swine of a herd ? You squawking abstract of randenioninm, 



Somethink offensive, I recken, elsewise ' Do you think a foller can alTord to furnish boot-jacks, 



You'd keep it there, for it looks better hid. , And so forth, to chunk you with dally, dog you ! 



What do you get on the fence and squawk for? ! May-be you think its funny, you speckled pagan of 



Do you see anythink alarinink, you white-gilled, j African extraction ! 



Speckle-feather, squawking fool ? j Is your squawking sass ? or are you 'feard of mo, say ! 



How do yon s'pose a feller can read or rite, 1 You brazen-throated, sheet-iron-lunged culmination 



Or sleep, or live, you discordant, old, busted, I Of foul creation? Here's my blackiu' brush at you! 



Brass, French horn, with all keys open I 



.\nd the mouth-piece cracked ! K. N. Pepper. 



I wish I could pizen you, you everlastin', perpetual 



squawking machine! ! 



Hickory. — The Indians (of Florida) hold in great esteem all kinds of sweet hickory-nuts. 

 They crack the nuts, and beat them in mortars ; then boil in water, and save the oil. But 

 the most favorite dish the Indians have amongst them, is corn drink seasoned with hickory- 

 nut oil. They pick out the kernels, beat them to a paste, and boil with Indian corn flour, 

 which, being seasoned with a lixivium made of pea-straw ashes, gives it a consistence and 

 taste something like cream or rich new milk, and is called by the traders hickory m 

 Bnrtram MS. 



