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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



Randolph of Roanoke. — One more is added 

 to the "Randolph of Roanoke" stories, by a Virgin- 

 ian correspondent of Harper, who says it has never 

 been published before : 



When John Randolph visited Richmond, it was 

 his habit to stop at the Eagle Hotel, and to drive 

 his own horse around to the stables, on another 

 street. On one of these occasions, while perform- 

 ing this latter operation, he was arrested by a coun- 

 try wagon, standing before the grocery store kept 

 by one Simpson and his wife — the wife being the 

 man of the two — and Randolph being impeded in 

 his passage of the narrow street, ordered the coun- 

 tryman to get out of his waj^ The frightened fel- 

 low tried to do so, but Randolph was too impatient, 

 and springing out of his wagon, put after the coun- 

 tryman, who took refuge in the grocery. As Ran- 

 dolph rushed in, Mrs. Simpson was coming out with 

 a bucket of dirty water in her hand, and seeing 

 the excitement of the intruder, demanded of him 

 where he was going. 



"Madam," said Randolph, in his shrillest key, 

 "do you know Avho you are speaking to ?" And 

 then drawing himself up to his fullest lankitudc, 

 he exclaimed, "I am John Randolph, of Roanoke !" 



"I don't care," said she, "who you are ; but if you 

 ain't out of this house in a minute, you'll get this 

 bucket of slops in your face !" 



Suiting the action to the threat, she raised the 

 bucket, and would have dashed it over the states- 

 man, had not his discretion, for the first and only 

 time, got the better of his valor. Turning on his 

 heel, he beat a hasty retreat, and left the woman 

 mistress of the field. 



Blood Stock. — Who has full blooded Durham, 

 Devon, Ayrshire, Hereford, or Alderney bulls ? — 

 Green Mountain Farmer. 



We have a pure Alderney bull, 16 months old, 

 for sale at a fair price. Hon. B. V, French, of 

 Braintree, has Devons, and Charles B. Clark, Esq., 

 of Concord, Mass., has Durhams. 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



est girl, "can go out in Cuba with a dress, costing 

 perhaps only three dollars, provided it be tasteful, 

 while in 'the North,' according to what I have been 

 told, it is necessary always to wear expensive things, 

 as the cost, and not the taste, is what is generally 

 attended to." 



The Filibuster, also, then rose against me, and 

 said, "What I consider most shocking in the cus- 

 toms of New York, is that a young lady going to 

 purchase new shoes, places her feet on the sales- 

 man's knee, in order to have them put on." On 

 hearing this, all the circle burst out into a loud 

 laugh which lasted several minutes. I was greatly 

 abashed, and could make no reply. The fault had 

 been entirely mine in introducing such a conver- 

 sation, I was pretty rigorously dealt with, and 

 at last concluded to laugh with the rest, and thus 

 diminish the mockery of the company. 



The excitement of the ladies became exceedingly 

 great, and seemed like a kind of paroxysm. "Who 

 has ever seen in Havana," they asked, "a lady pay- 

 ing three or five hundred dollars for a cloak, or 

 investing five thousand dollars in the lace trimming 

 of a dress ? Where can you find a lady here so 

 lavish as to hire a carriage, which she veally does 

 not need, as she has one of her own, and keeping 

 it five or six hours, forgetting that it must be paid 

 for at a high rate?" 



"For God's sake I replied, "let us capitulate ! let 

 us capitulate !" But there was no remedy, and I 

 had to suffer the penalty of our ladies' faults. * * 



American ladies, not wishing to ])lace their coun- 

 trymen in "tight places," and causing them to be 

 troubled, as I was, by faults, in which nobody but 

 themselves are to blame, should reform their cus- 

 toms in that respect. I have come to the conclusion 

 not to marry any lady until she has visited Havana, 

 and learned some lessons of economy. — Yaiikee 

 Travels ihroui>'h Cuba. 



"WHAT THEY SAY OF IT IN HAVANA. 



This matter of shopping, as I have before 

 stated, was the subject of our conversation during 

 the whole evening. I intended to criticise these 

 habits, but the feminine portion of the company 

 revenged themselves with a pretty severe attack on 

 the customs of the New York ladies. "You will 

 never see in Havana," they said, "a lady leaving her 

 house at ten o'clock in the morning, and spending 

 the whole day in stores, talking to the salesmen, 

 not only about the goods they wish to purchase, 

 but also about the marriages that are going to take 

 place, and inquiring who the parties are, what is 

 their wealth, annual income, &c., and not returning 

 until five in the afternoon." "And what do you 

 think," said the old lady, "of the married ladies, 

 who during a single promenade through Broadway, 

 bring about the ruin of their poor husbands, who 

 tremble at the thought of a change of seasons 

 which takes place four times a year, and whihh 

 requires an entirely new assortment of bonnets, firs, 



Fruit in Cans — Pie-Plant, &c. — Putting up 



fruits. Sec, in sealed cans, is not always successful, 

 as many know from experience. Green corn has 

 been often tried, and generally without success. — 

 The Ohio Cultivator says, "Others have a more 

 sad experience in canning rhubarb or pie-plant, 

 which contains so much oxalic acid, that on being 

 used from the cans has nearly been the death of 

 whole families. Keeping in this way seems to 

 give more virulence to its poisonous qualities, 

 which are comparatively harmless when the plant 

 is used fresh from the garden." Sealed glass 

 bottles are much better than metallic cans for this 

 purpose. 



[Tomatoes have been put up in the self-sealing 

 tin cans, with complete success, in our family. The 

 fruit was as nice, in mid-winter, as when fresh 

 from the vines. — Ed. Farmek.] 



To Make Fruit Pies. — No under-crust should 

 be made to apple or any fruit pie. It is always 

 heavy and not fit to eat. Place a narrow rim of 

 paste around the edge of the plate, and fill with the 

 fruit either raw or stewed, and cover it. The 

 juices will be retained much better, and it will save 

 a sight of butter and flour, which is no trifling 

 consideration in these days, and what is of more 

 consequence, save dyspepsia, -Khich costs more. — 

 cloaks, shawls, &c.?" "A lady," answered the young- 1 After cutting, they are taken out with a spoon. 



