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American Wine. — Will that happy day ever come when 

 we shall cease the folly of importing the "drugged per- 

 nicious stuff which is too often, we may say almost gen- 

 erally, imported for the use of the sick," and make use 

 of a pure home-made wine? I feel proud to call Mr. 

 Longworth an old friend of mine, just for what he has 

 done to encourage and foster the growth of grapes in our 

 country. 



It is delightful to take a ramble around among the hills 

 at Cincinnati, to see how the energy of this one man has 

 caused the wild and rugged hill sides to bring forth an 

 abundance of this rich fruit. So long as wine must and 

 will be made use of, I would prefer to see that raised from 

 our own soil only used. As an article of medicine it is 

 undoubtedly highly beneficial. 



The Potatoe Disease. — Enough said. "All signs fail in 

 a dry time." Chronicle facts, but no more crude and use- 

 less speculations and recipes. 



Entomology, No. 1. — Lest some of your little readers 

 won't look in the dictionary to learn the meaning of that 

 kind of ology, allow me to tell them that it is the history 

 of insects, and I have no doubt but Mr. Talbot will make 

 a most interesting series of chapters well worthy the 

 perusal of old and young. The United States seem to be 

 the home of bugs and all manner of creeping things, that 

 are an exceeding great pest to American farmers; and 

 they are rather on the increase, and give evidence every 

 season of the correctness of the theory of the author of 

 Vestiges of Creation, that new kinds are constantly oc- 

 curring. I beg friend Talbot to condense as much as 

 possible — not in the length of his articles, but in indi- 

 vidual descriptions, for I am anxious for him to give a 

 slight description of a very numerous family, without 

 tiring his readers. He can do it. 



The Old Lady's Diary. — I have heretofore given my 

 commendation to these excellent and quaintly written 

 articles. "May they live a thousand years." The two 

 recipes in this article are worth more than a year's sub- 



