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cow s stomach, and deposits it in a thick vegetable pa*te, 

 upon the surface of the earth, or a little above it. .The 

 following spring the seed sprouts and the roots find their 

 way into the earth. Such trees make the hardiest stocks, 

 and are the longest lived.&quot; 



AN ORCHARD UPON A GRAVEL BED. This he regarded 

 as one of the triumphs of his art. There was no mistake 

 about the poverty of the soil, for it was made up of sand 

 and gravel, as the adjoining bank showed. No one had 

 ever got a crop from it before. There was just as little 

 mistake about the apple trees. They were very thrifty, 

 well grown trees, and fruitful. The gravel bed had been 

 treated with muck from an adjoining pond. That was the 

 secret. 



We left, highly pleased with Titus Oaks, Esq., and his 

 notions. He made us promise that we would not mention 

 his name in connection with his improvements, a promise 

 which we keep by taking his light out from under his 

 bushel, and putting it upon your candlestick. 

 Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ. 



Hookertown, April 1, 1865. 



NO. 76. TIM BUNKER ON THE PICKLE FEVER 

 IN HOOKERTOWN. 



MR. EDITOR : u I knew it would be so,&quot; said Mrs. Bun 

 ker, raising the gold-bowed spectacles from her eyes, as I 

 came home from holding Court one night, &quot; I knew it 

 would be so. That paper is just like a whispering gallery, 

 Timothy. Every thing you do and say in Hookertown is 



