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GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 



Fruit Stealing. 



We would recommend the following extract 

 from the excellent address of David Thomas, 

 before the Horticultural Society of Aurora, to 

 the attention of parents, teachers, school super- 

 intendents, and all who are engaged, lessor more, j 

 in the education and training oi' tlie youth of our ^ 

 country. We know that during tlie jjast summer, 

 sons of some of our most respectable citizens 

 were detected stealing fruit, and would have been 

 incarcerated in prison with other criminals, but 

 for respect to the feelings of their parents. One, 

 we learned, had to pay $10 for a pocket-full of 

 Ruling's Superb Plums, and was glad to get off 

 at that. The matter is timely and truthfully pre- j 

 sented by Mr. Thomas, as follows : i 



" It is remarkable thai so many of our countrymen scarce- ^ 

 ly consider it a crime to plunder an orchard or garden. 

 There may be not one man in ten, or even in twenty, who 

 is really a marauder, but a greater number connive at such 

 doinus. Are there not parents who have never taught their 

 child'ren, that to rob a neighbors fruit, is stealing .' Are 

 there nut parents who lift up their voices in prayer, and yet 

 allow their boys to prowl round the neighborhood, when 

 they ou<'ht to be at meeting, or at church .' If this is so, n 

 U a sorrowful case. But there are folks who would not 

 hive itbeliBved for the world, that their sons would break 

 into a desk, corn crib, or hen roost, and yet would utter no 

 reproof for their feloniously destroying whit the owner had 

 long watched wiih interest, and which neither hens, corn, 

 nor money could have bought. 



This laxity of morals is a shame to us as a people, and 

 seems almost peculiarly America?i,—toT foreigners, unless 

 I hey enter some school of depravity after landing on our 

 shores, are generally free from this vice. If we enquire 

 into its cause, we should probably tind that a maxim— not 

 of cnmmo7t law but rabble law— has exerted a powerful ui- 

 fluence. The maxim is, that " Every bo<ly has a legal r.gnl 

 to eat as much fruit as he wants, tcherever he ran Jiiid it ;' and 

 doubtless many of them firmly— not honest y— believe m 

 its force • for no honest man or boy can, stealthily take the 

 product of another\s land or labor. It is to be regretted in- 

 deed that some members of the bar— I do not say genilemen 

 —in their advocacy of certain culprits, have endeavored to 

 press such notions on the jury ; butthere is a statute which 

 they have seen proper to overlook, containing the lollowing 

 words • " Every person who shall willfully commit any 

 trespass by maliciously severing from the freehold any pro- 

 duce thereof, or any thing attached thereto, shall upon 

 conviclioii, be punished by imprisonment m a county jail, 

 not exceeding six months ; or by a fine not exceeding JLjI! ; 

 or by both such line and imprisonment." 



In some nei-rhborhoods, societies have been formed, for 

 th'- detection of such m u-auders ; and have been completely 

 successful in breaking th^m down, as at S ilem in Massa- 

 chusetts ; but though I entirely approve of such combinj,- 

 tions may not something be done in a dUierent way t Can 

 no voice be raised in our schools, against this besetting sm ? 

 In Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book, he says, 

 "It is no more right to steal apples or watermelons from 

 ano'lier's garden or orchard, than it is to steal money from 

 his desk Besides it is the meanest of all low tricks lo creep 

 in'o a man's enclosure to lake his properly." Such lessons 

 as this should be read in schools, at least once a week, anu 

 enforcc'd by all the eloquence of the teacher. 



'I'hat such lessons may prove emin-ntly usciul in pro- 

 moiin- the cause of virtue, the following extract from an 

 Ldiaburgh periodical, will clearly exhibit : "When the 

 Snitalfields school was first, established, it was found that 

 the children were habitual pilferers. They coustanily at- 

 tended the markets, and levied heavy coutnbuiioijs on Ih- 

 frail sellers. The master of that school however, succeeded 

 so well in subduing this i)ropensity, that though both flow- 

 ers anil fruit were wilhin their reach, in the open space 

 appropriated for their amusements, they scrupulously ab- 

 stained from picking a single currant, or plucking a single 



This subject is a very important one. "Without blending 

 morality with literature, education is vain. It may paint 



'he sepulchre, Init nat purify it ; and while the sta;e is 

 indifferent on this poiiU, shs will hive lo give the last .iiiish 

 in her prisons, erected at enormous expense." 



Chinese Horticulture. — Fletcher Webster, 

 Esq., in a late lecture in New York, stated the 

 following remarkable fact. Mr. W. having resi- 

 ded in China, is of course, good authority: 



"The Chinese have the art of dwarfing trees, 

 and will raise a pear or apple tree, perfect in all 

 its parts, and yet not exceeding a fool in kcighl. 

 And what is still more strange, they will produce 

 from these dwarfs at pleasure, fruit either of the 

 usual size, or of a size proportioned to the dimin- 

 ished growth of the tree." 



Marble Cement. — An improved cement is 

 attracting attention among builders. It is formed 

 of plaster of Paris, (Sulphate of Lime) and Al- 

 um. Common boiled plaster is steeped in a so- 

 lution of alum, and recalcined, when it is fit for 

 use. This cement is incapable of enduring the 

 weather, and is principally esteemed for the beau- 

 tiful stucco which it forms, and which, from its 

 great hardness and brilliancy of surface, bears a 

 very near resemblance to marble. It may be col- 

 ored by simply imparting the desired hue to the 

 water used in mixing it. It is susceptible of a 

 very high polish, and is extensively used for in- 

 terior decorationss wherever its existence and the 

 knowledge of its composition are known. 



mOUNT HOPE BOTANIC G KliEN AND NURSERIES. 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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The subscribers respectfully 

 innounce to their friends and 

 the public, that their present 

 jtoek which they otier for sale 

 the ensuing Fall of 1845 and 

 Spring of 1846, is the finest ev- 

 er grown in Western N. York, 

 mJ unsurpassed in quality by 

 my establishment in the coun- 

 try. 



The collection of fruits com- 

 pri-ics the most esteemed varie- 

 ties of the Apple, Pear, Peach, 

 llum, Apricot, Cherry, Nec- 

 ta iae, Almond, (irapes, &c. 

 til n sir w(ll(,rowii thrifty, and beautiful, and have 

 Ict-n jjrL.t^af;u,tcJ yV<th o..v.l. vire as to ensure correctness. 

 All are warranted g( nuine as represented. 

 I'liAK Treks on I^hince Stocks for DWARFS and 

 PYRAMIDS, cm also \:e furnished of the finest varieties. 

 These will bear the first or second year after transplanting, 

 and are beautifulfy adapted to garden culture. 



3,0 JO Ihie thrifty yo'.iiig trees of the famous New Ameri- 

 can Apple; Ihe " Northern Spy." are also on hand. 



STkAWBc RKIK^ — All the fine new esteemed varieties, 

 including Stoddard s new Alpin,;. 



Also a large ;u)d lin^ codcclion of Ornamental Trees, 

 Shrubs, Roses, (including a quantity of splendid Standard 

 or Tree Hoses, '.i to >'■■ feet hi^h ; Herbaceous Plants, Bul- 

 bous Roois, Double Dihiias, tVc. 



Our new descriptive catalogue will be sent gratis to all 

 POST PAID ap;> ioilions. 



Trees and I'bnls will be packed in the best style, and 

 shipped to any port or place that may be designated. 



[O^ ll is for thn interest of purchasers that they forward 

 their orders now, without delay, that ihey may be executed 

 in uroycr season. Address 



^ '^ ELLW ANGER & BARRY. 



Rochester, Sept. 1, 1815. 



