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appear, and when it comes to malaria with all of its animalculse 

 "in the air above, the earth beneath, and the waters under the 

 earth," these will in their baneful infections pass away. 



" Among our hills and mountains, springs will gush out in purity 

 and permanency, lakes be begotten, rivers formed, and reservoirs be 

 found where none have hitherto been seen ; and these, swarming 

 with fish, will so multiply the food products of land and water and 

 so improve them in flavor and quality, as to eclipse anything real- 

 ized in the past. 



" But this applies only to lands such as are found in the region 

 round about us and to similar subsoils elsewhere. 



" On nearly all portions of the world, outside of sea levels, by the 

 use of tile and kindred appliances in the form of troughs on the 

 elevations and slopes in which to aggregate the waters, all of 

 which are provided for under our system, the retention of water 

 beneath the soil in its flow along declines in subterranean cur- 

 rents, evaporation through the earth sponge being uniform and in- 

 spiring, the climates of New Jersey and Long Island, if not of Dela- 

 ware and Maryland, will come to New York and New England. 



"Will it pay? I answer: Come one, come all to our "Home on 

 the Hillside " and see for yourselves. My neighbors have seen, 

 tested, feasted and felt, and my work is before their eyes. Some 

 of your own citizens know and realize what I have demonstrated 

 and accomplished." 



The balance of my address at the Cooper Union in New York, 

 will be found in the following article from THE AMERICAN ANGLER as 

 reported by its Managing Editor Mr. Wm. C. Harris, who was 

 present on the occasion ; it appeared under the heading of " The 

 Waters Led Captive." 



On Tuesday last, March 24, Mr. A. N. Cole, of Wellsville, Allo- 

 gariy County, N. Y., addressed, by invitation, the Farmer's Club of 



