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establishment of such a society. And if such 

 a club could have their little room for occa- 

 sional meeting, and stock it with a few valu- 

 able horticultural and agricultural books and 

 papers, so much the better. An entirely new 

 air might be given to very many of our slat- 

 ternly country villages in a few years, by the 

 energetic operations of such a club, and the 

 value and attractiveness of property be cor- 

 respondingly increased. 



Most of the North-eastern States have, 

 within a few years, by legislative enactment, 

 outlawed all strolling cattle. This is well, and 

 relieves from a great nuisance. But in not a 

 few broad-streeted towns there has sprung up 

 in consequence, a rank growth of weeds, (for- 

 merly kept down by grazing cows,) which, as 

 it seems no individual's concern, are allowed 

 to ripen their seeds, thus multiplying next 

 year's labor in the fields, besides offering a ter- 

 ribly straggling appearance. In fault of such 

 co-operative club as I have hinted at, (which 

 should order them cut at common expense,) 

 every man should see to his own frontage. If 

 such nursery beds had not been tolerated, we 

 should long ago, I think, have scotched the 

 Canada thistle, if not that detestable weed, the 

 wild carrot. 



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