Wine — ,1 New Fertilize) — Kapnophite. 



307 



WINE. 



Wine. wine, wine, soul-inspiring- wine 1 



A rnl)y ixcm 



From the purple .stem, 

 Culled on tlie beautiful Rhine. 



Wine, wine, wine! wineof those irood old diiys. 



When love Wiis vounji', 



\Micu Sapho Suny, 

 And <)lymi)us rang- with thy praise. 



Wine, wine, wine, the spirits of gay old Home, 



From the orystal cu]i 



Comes bul)bling up 

 And dance in thy sparkling foam. 



Wine, wine, wine I the nectar deities loved, 



When Orpheus sung 



And the sweet lyre rung 

 To the nymphs in Arcadia's grove. 



Wine, wine, wine! come to the festi\e hall. 



When the fair young bride. 



And the groom in hisi)ride, 

 Drinks health and pleasure to all. 



AVine. wine, wine 1 the hygeian nectar sip, 



And feel in thyfheart 



The young blood start, 

 Though age hcas witlieretl thy lii). 



Wine, wine, wine ! to uiortals a gift di\ine ! 



'Tis no unclean thing 



Of which we sing, 

 For Christ turned wafer to wine. 



James Gordox. 



[We gladly give room to the above, 

 and only wish the writer would give 

 us an American Avine song. Perhaps 

 he has not experience enough in our 

 native wines to be inspired in their 

 praise. We hope he will forthwith 

 make their closer acquaintance, and 

 give us the result of it in verso. — En,] 



A NEW FERTILIZER— KAPNOPHYTE. 



We have received from Messrs. E. 

 Whitley it Co., Murfreesborough, 

 Tenn., their circular relating to the 

 preparation of this fertilizer, Avhich 

 they have discovered and patented. 

 They say of it, " It is prepared by the 

 slow burning of pine, straw, leaves, 

 and other vegetable matter, under a 

 layer of earth, by which the mass be- 

 comes impregnated with the smoke 

 and gaseous products of combustion, 

 producing a manure of remarkable 



strength and efficacy. It not only 

 stimulates vegetation, like guano, but, 

 unlike guano, it permanently benefits 

 the soil. Its cheapness, and the fa- 

 cility with which it is made, commend 

 it to ever}' landowner." 



We are inclined to think well of the 

 process, for fertilizing old worn-out 

 vineyards, as we think the ashes of 

 vegetables the best manure for the 

 vine we know. 



