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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



ingenious man could not manufacture a single 

 leaf or shoot, in all its parts, in a whole life-time. 

 But what is a broad landscape of a few miles in 

 extent, to the wonders of the earth's surface at 

 large, with its far-stretching and gloomy forests, 

 its ranges of sublime and mighty mountains, its 

 long-sweeping rivers, and the eternal turbulance 

 of its rolling oceans ! Yet every portion is filled 

 with microscopic wonders, and the most beauti- 

 ful proof of Omniscient design — and shall any 

 one say or think, that with this proof of the in- 

 finite number of creative conceptions, afforded by 

 the myriads of organized and animated objects 

 upon the surface — the ever-varying beauties of 

 the clouds and skies — the rain-bows and dew- 

 ch'ops — the placid lakes and rolling seas — the 

 delicate flowers and blackening forests — the 

 gloomy tempests and the crimson sunsets — that 

 he would forego the contemplation of all these, 

 merely for the sake of scooping together dollars 

 and cents, and spend the vigor of life within the 

 confines of the dark, brick walls of the city, por- 

 ing over columns of figures ; or in the midst of 

 rural cultivation, shut his eyes closely to every- 

 thing else but the process of converting one dol- 

 lar into two." 



The above is from the Address of Mr. J. J. 

 Thomas, before the Western New York Fruit 

 Growers' Association. 



as to suppose that one woman in ten will conde- 

 scend to say, "I thank you, sir, — you are very 

 kind," because if you do so suppose you will be 

 mistaken. They will plump themselves into your 

 seat with an air of "It belongs to me, sir," and 

 you may find another seat if you can, or stand at 

 the window of the door, and count the cinders 

 that are whirling on the breath of that monster 

 tearing along before you. 



"A want of decency, is a want of sense." 



CAB TBAVBLLINQ. 



All persons travelling in the cars, where there 

 is no escape from a pretty close personal contact, 

 are bound by a sense of common decency to keep 

 their person and their clothing sweet and clean. 

 They have no right to make the way disagreeable 

 or unpleasant in any respect — either by opening 

 a window and allowing a cold stream of air and 

 a shower of cinders to come plump into their 

 neighbor's face, or by contaminating his atmo- 

 sphere by the use of narcotic or other weeds, 

 such as smart weed; tobacco, camomile, cubibs, 

 catstail, hellebore, or assafoetida ! What may be 

 a breath of fragrance to one, like the logs among 

 the frogs, may be a stench to the nostrils, or 

 death to another. There is no accounting for 

 tastes, — and each one has a right to his own, 

 provided he does nothing to molest another. The 

 contents of various gallipots of sticky cream, 

 yclept pomatum, or rancid bear's grease, which 

 was once innocent cow's, or mutton tallow, should 

 never be poured upon the skulls of persons about 

 to travel in the cars. 



Above all, never be so ungentlemanly and in- 

 decent as to spit on the floor of the car, either 

 between the seats or in the aisle, upon which wo- 

 men and children may slip and break their limbs, 

 or which they may carry away upon their flowing 

 robes. Be decent in every thing — in behavior, 

 in appearance, in language. Give up your seat 

 to the women when they enter a crowded car, no 

 matter how many miles you may have just rode 

 or walked in the hot sun, and do not be so weak 



PLANTING A "WALNUT GROVJE. 



As near as I can recollect, about twelve years 

 ago I planted a row of these nuts south of my 

 house, in the edge of the plowed land. I planted 

 in the fall soon after the nuts fell, four feet apart, 

 with a hoe, about two inches deep, as we used to 

 plant corn down east. The next spring they came 

 up with the other plants. I kept the stock from 

 them for four or five years. The most of them 

 grew rapidly ; but they were too thick, and some 

 are now dwarf trees, four to six feet high, while 

 those that got the start went right up, and in six 

 or seven years from the planting they bore wal- 

 nuts, and they continued to bear and grow so 

 that this fall I had several bushels of nuts, and 

 have planted a piece of two acres west of my 

 house with them. These I put ten to twelve feet 

 apart. I think it would be better to plow as deep 

 as you can before planting. I think it will make 

 little diff'erence whether you plant this winter 

 or as the ground opens in the spring. Keep the 

 weeds down and the stock from them, and there 

 is no danger but you will have a grove far more 

 beautiful than the locust ; besides, the advantage 

 of timber and nuts. — Cor. of Prairie Fanner. 



Another correspondent of the same paper says 

 he planted five acres to walnuts in 1843, and that 

 a large portion of the trees that are now standing, 

 are from 20 to 35 feet in height, and 8 to 10 

 inches in diameter. — Country Gentleman. 



Not Making Money. — "I am farming some, 

 pretty satisfactorily to me, though I am not mak- 

 ing much money, but I am making my farm bet- 

 ter." Friend M. said this to us a few days ago 

 in answer to our inquiries after his progress. 

 That was a very significant answer. Is he not 

 making money then ? Is he not investing it at 

 the same time where it will yield him the great- 

 est dividends ? Farmers need not go away from 

 home to invest their surplus profitably. They 

 need not contribute to the wealth of defaulting 

 treasurers of land companies, or to the ill-gotten 

 gains of speculators in paper town lots. 



The Properties of a Good Horse. — A good 

 horse should have fifteen good properties and 

 conditions, viz : — Three of a man, three of a wo- 

 man, three of a fox, three of a hare, and three of 

 an ass. Of a man, bold, proud and hardy ; of a 

 woman, fair-breasted, quick hearing, and easy to 

 move ; of a fox, a fair tail, short ears, and a good 

 trot ; of a hare> a clear eye, a dry head, and a 

 well-formed body ; of an ass, a big chin, a flat 

 leg, and a good hoof. — The Sports and Pastimes 

 of Merry England. 



