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sess it, and you will soon see the good effects. If they 

 do not take an active part in the business of the asso- 

 ciation, they will form "a power behind the throne, 

 greater than the throne itself." They will attend your 

 meetings, and listen to your addresses; and they will 

 make such meetings "popular" — and can you effect any 

 good unless they are popular? 



In my address, which I hope to have the pleasure of 

 delivering before your Society next month, I shall assume 

 "the grey head's privilege," although it belongs to me 

 more from looks than years, and lecture you further upon 

 this subject. And I most earnestly hope that a goodly 

 portion of my hearers will be composed of "man's first 

 and best gift of Heaven." No word shall be heard among 

 the few that I will use on that occasion, to offend the ear 

 of female delicacy. ********* 



Solon Robinson. 1 



Odds and Ends. 



[Albany Cultivator, 8:114; July, 1841] 



[March 28, 1841] 

 Refined vs. Common Sugar. — It is worthy of inquiry, 

 whether it would not be more economical to use more 

 refined sugar in our families. Common brown sugar is 

 generally about two-thirds the price of refined. For 

 many domestic purposes, I am satisfied that refined sugar 

 is the cheapest. Will some one better acquainted with 

 the subject, give us their opinions? 



Maple vs. Cane Sugar. — What is the relative strength 

 in saccharine, between common brown sugar and com- 

 mon maple sugar? It is the prevailing opinion that the 

 cane sugar contains some 25 per cent the most saccharine 

 matter. Is it so? Will some one who has the means of 

 trying the experiment, do so, and report facts? 



1 The editor, in a lengthy comment on the extract of Robinson's 

 letter which he published, avowed the "most exalted opinion of 

 the supremacy and magic influence of female sway," and approved 

 the suggestion that women be made honorary members of the 

 Union Agricultural Society. 



