No. 12. 



Culture of the Cucumber. 



365 



loss you have sustained, I will repay you." 

 The farmer replied, that anticipating his 

 lordship's consideration and kindness, he 

 had requested a friend to assist him in esti 

 malinf^ the damage, and they thought, as 

 tlie crop seemed quite destroyed, j£10 would 

 not more than repay him. 



The Earl immediately gave him the mo- 

 ney. As the harvest, however, approached, 

 the wheat grew, and in those parts of the 

 field that were trampled, the corn was the 

 strongest and most lu.xuriant. The farmer 

 went again to his lordship, and being intro- 

 duced, said, " I am come, my lord, respect- 

 ing the field of wheat adjoining such a wood." 

 He instantly recollected the circumstances. 

 " Well, my friend, did I not allow you suffi- 

 cient to remunerate you for the loss !" "Yes, 

 my lord, I have found that I have sustained 

 no loss at all, for where the horses had most 

 cut up the land the crop is most promising; 

 and I have therefore brought the £10 back 

 again. " Ah 1" exclaimed the venerable 

 Earl, "this is what I like — this is what 

 ought to be, between man and man." He 

 then entered into conversation with the 

 farmer, asking him some queitions about his 

 family — how many children he had, &c. 

 His lordship then went into another room, 

 and returning, presented the farmer a check 

 for £20. "Take care of this, and when 

 your eldest son is of age present it to him, 

 and tell the occasion that produced it." 



We know not which most to admire, the 

 benevolence or the wisdom displayed by this 

 illustrious man ; for while doing a noble act 

 of generosity, he was handing down a lesson 

 of integrity to another generation. 



In locating the line of the White Water 

 Canal a few years since, it passed of course, 

 over much valuable property adjoining Cin- 

 cinnati. Some of this was materially in- 

 jured, in consequence of rendering parts of 

 the same estate inconvenient of access to 

 the main property, and in all cases the value 

 of the ground itself, furnished no slight claim 

 for losses thus sustained. Assessors were 

 appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, 

 to adjudge' injury, and allow damages conse- 

 quent. 



Among others. General Rees E. Price had 

 a large slice taken out of his valuable pro- 

 perty, just over mill creek. These were 

 awarded accordingly, and in General Price's 

 case amounted to tiiirteen hundred dollars. 



Two or three years elapsed, which served 

 to put the White Water Canal in operation, 

 and determine its value to the neighbours: 

 ■and the General began to entertain doubts 

 whether the benefits he should derive from 

 its existence, were not at least equal to the 

 damage it might create. He sat down ac- 



cordingly to calculate, and to reflect; and 

 the result was, that he paid back the amount 

 he had received from the Canal Company to 

 its president, alleging that he was convinced 

 he had no right to it. 



Even those wlio are incapable of imitating 

 such illustrious integrity, must admire the 

 magnai)iniity of spirit it displays. — Norlh 

 American. 



Culture of the Cucumber. — I will state 

 a fact relative to the plantmg of cucumbers, 

 which came under my observation, and which 

 is worthy of being known. I shall at least 

 give a further trial myself of its reality, 

 though I cannot conceive there is a doubt 

 remaining on the subject. Last spring, a 

 friend of mine and myself were planting 

 cucumbers at the same time. I was plant- 

 ing mine, as is usual, in gardens, by mixing 

 a small portion of stable manure with the 

 earth, and raising the hill an inch or two 

 above the surface of the ground. Observing 

 it, he jocosely remarked, " Let me show 

 you how to raise cucumbers." Never hav- 

 ing much luck in raising them, I cheerfully 

 agreed to his proposition. He commenced 

 by making holes in the earth, at the distance 

 intended for the hills, that would hold about 

 a peck — he then filled them with dry leached 

 ashes, covering the ashes with a very small 

 quantity of earth. The seeds were then 

 planted on a level with the surface of the 

 ground. I was willing to see the experi- 

 ment tried, but had no expectation of any 

 thing but a loss of seed, labour and soil. 

 But imagine my astonishment, — notwith- 

 standing a drier season was never known, 

 and almost a universal failure of garden ve- 

 getables, — when I beheld vines remarkably 

 thrifty, and as fine a crop of cucumbers as 

 any one could wish to raise, and they con- 

 tinued to bear for an unusually long time. 

 I will not philosophize on the subject — but 

 say to all, try it; and instead of throwing 

 your ashes away, apply it where it will be 

 of use, and you will reap a rich reward. — 

 Ohio Farmer. 



E. BuRRiTT in his Christian Citizen, says, 

 "Western Farmers! what are you going to 

 do for the Old World next year? Are you 

 going to feed them, or let them die of hun- 

 ger? If you cannot engage to grow one 

 thousand millions of bushels of Indian corn 

 for them the coming season, and send it over 

 in season, they will corae after it themselves, 

 and your prairies will swarm with them, as 

 with an ocean of bull frogs. So be up now, 

 and at it. There will be no potatoes raised 

 here this season, and you must plant corn 

 for half the world." 



