EDlTOIfS TABLE. 



OHO of vi'iir motto^ — "Now Ilnniivsliiro haa a man for any j)laco," and that every where there is 

 u i>laee for liini and that lie will lind it — and shiuc in it! Tor instance, bir, take a wild >«'ew 

 llanip^liire boy, it may be from Riudgc. Trace him ia his coui-se to the City of Notion?, and hv 

 8oon boeomes Wilder in useful and jirofperous business. Intelligent and intluential, you fin<l liiin 

 iiresidiiig in the Senate. Public s|)iritcd and a lover of rural art, he is President of the Miissiieliii- 

 sitt.-^ Horticultural Society, taking the lead in all improvements of agriculture and hortieultine, 

 with his liighly cultivated fields, hundreds of specimens of the choicest fruit", and delightful flow- 

 ers in profusion. In a Wilder tlight, he is seen as the presiding genius of the National Pomologi- 

 cal Society, with his four hundred varieties of Pears in congress assembled. And still winging 

 his way upward, he is found at the head of the United States Agrfcultural Society, in the exliiiii- 

 tion of five hundred of the finest horses, four thousand beautiful women, and twenty thousand 

 first-rate men! And now, here, we find him leading the van in the Festival gathering of fifteen 

 hundred sons of New Hampshire whom he delights to lionor, and they to honor him. Here he 

 is, yet WiLPKR, and ever will be, till time shall put a stop to his career in his fliglits of usefulness, 

 honor, and renown ! [Great applause.] " 



Every man born in the Granite State, where ever fate or fortune may Lave placed him, 

 should have one of these books on his table. 



Meteorological Jouexal, foe the yeau 1S53. By T. S. Tauvix. Muscatine, Iowa. 



We have received a copy of this journal, and extract from it the following miscellaneous 

 remarks : 



Lowest temperature, Feb. 8th, — IF; highest, Aug. 11th, 92°. Range of temperature, 103'-\ 



Lowest height of barometer, Feb. 28th, 28.36 inches. Thermometer (attached) 38° Greate.-t 

 height of barometer, Nov. 24th, 30.00 inches. Thermometer (attached) 42°. Range of barome- 

 ter, 1.64 inches. Mean height, 29.5'('7 inches. 



Mississipi)i opened Feb. 25th. Number of days closed, 69 — one less than in 1852. 



Last frost in the spring, !May 25th; first in the fall, September 10th. 



Peach flowered May 3d; Cherry, May 1st; Apple, May 8th; Plum, May 3d; Pear, May 6th. 



Total quantity of rain in inches, 4.3.3 — 15.4 inches less than in 1852. 



April — River very low until the last of this month, lleavy rains set in on the 11th, ami 

 from 2.5 to 3.5 inches fell on three occasions in twelve hours, and 11.8 inches during the month. 



September. — On the 18th, between 2 and 4 o'clock A. M., 3.5 inches water fell. 



October. — Ice on the 2d of this mouth. 



Fruit of all kinds in abundance this year, and an abundant harvest. More sickness, but less 

 fatalitv, this summer than usual. 



FlUST AX.NUAL EeI'OET OK TUK SeCBETAEY OF THE MASSACnUSETTS BoARD OF ACEICL'LTVRE. 



A VEUT full and instructive report. "We find tAvo or three articles which we shall make 

 some extracts from soon. These are, "Pruit," "Woodland," and "The Climate of Xew 

 England. 



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^orlitullural Sotitiits. 



IIoRTiccLTunE AT THE Farmers' Club OF TUE AMERICAN IxsTiTUTiC — The Farmcrs' Club of tlie 

 American Institute is "before the public" as a valuable and infiueutial body, laboring for the im- 

 provement of Agricultural science and practice ; falling back for reputation and resources on the 



stitute itseK — not very popular with the friends of progress. Yet, at the meetings of the club, 

 are frequently very important topics discussed, very humorous statements made, and a Ifllh 



