No. 3. 



Jlpple Biiltcr — Xoiicr<s. 



103 



of firmin<r, and though our success i.s in gen- 

 eral satisfactory ; yet ail are bent on improve- 

 ment, whicii is evident by the interest t:tken 

 in your valuable paper. But alter all we ac- 

 knowledge our chicfdepetulence on abenijrn 

 Providence, <:ivinij us " the early and the lat- 

 ter rain," and conducting the mysterious pro- 

 cess of ve^'-etation throufjfh all its various 

 etaffes to the " full corn in the ear." And 

 we dread the base ineratitude of rendering 

 tliat rich supply, which he has made for our 

 daily bread, subservient to the destruction of 

 our racp. We dread tiie poison as we dread 

 the arch fiend whose purposes it serves. 

 But enotigli fur once -perhaps too much 



Aratores. 



Cenlte co , Ta., Si?prr. 24th, lri:?8. 



CC/'The request of Aratores shall be at- 

 tended to — probably in our next We hope 

 to hear from him aijain. 



Apple Butter. 



Bein? at the house of a g-ood old German 

 friend in Pennsylvania, in September last, we 

 noticed upon the table what was called apple 

 butter; and finding it an agreeable article, we 

 inquired into the modus operandi in making it. 



To make this article according to German 

 law, the host should in the autunm invite his 

 neighbors, particularly the young men and 

 maidens, to make up an apple butter party. 

 Being assembled, let three bushels of tliir 

 sweet apples be pared, (]uariered, and the 

 cores removed. Meatiwhile let two barrels 

 of new cider br- boiled down to one-half. 

 When this is d^)ne, commit the prepared ap- 

 ples to the cider, and henceforth let the boil- 

 ing go on briskly and systematically. But to 

 accomplish the main design, the party mustj 

 take turns at stirring the contents without i 

 cessation, that they do not become attached 

 ti the side of the kettle and be burned. Let 

 this stirring go on till the liquid becomes 

 concrete — in other words, till the amalga- 

 mated cider and apples become as thick as 

 hasty pudding — then throw in seasoning of 

 pulverized alspice, when it may be considered 

 as finished, and committed to pots for future 

 U£0. This is apple butter — and it will keep 

 sweet for very many years. And depend 

 upon it, it is a capital article for the table — 

 very much superior to any thing that comes 

 under the name of apple sauce. — Gospel 

 Banner. 



Ottiaiitity of rain which has fallen in cnch month 

 since Jujiiiary I, 18:18. Inches. 



1st Mioiuh 2.20 



'Jil inoiil I -J. 19 



."I'l nion h 3.17 



4th III iith SS'i 



itii iiioiiHi, :t.57 



(>th iii'inth am 



7Ui iimn-l 2.37 



i-tli month -^.78 



".ithintinth 9.51 



I'hiladtilphia. Oct. 1, 18:J8. 



A niMnber of communications have been necessarily 

 (l.'t'i rrcd until our next. 



trT? Thp rfenlar nionililv mei-tine of liii- llnrticultii- 

 ral Sorif'l'., u ill Ix' lirM lit Uie usual place, on '^up^'llay 

 I'VcMiiijf. t(i" Kills in-iaut. 



The ni"('tinp of tlie AericuItMral Siicisty will be held 

 ill the Philosophical Mall, in Fifth Sitreet, below Chi-s- 

 nut, oil Weiliie.'iilay iiioriiine, -Tlh inst., at 11 o'clock. 



MMllSjea'ry Trees. 



We ait> r;-(iii(;;trd to sf;it • that 7.Tr. J. I?. Spencer 

 CcnilMViile, Q,:i<:<:ii .Anns county, Kastern Shore of 

 Marylaiul. has several thousand prime MUi. BERRY 

 Tr{i;i',S for sail?, warranted ?''iiuiiie, and of good 

 ■.'r'wtli : « ill h-' sold by the foot or single tree, to bo 

 rjelivcrel tliis fall. Letters of inquiry, post paid, will 

 1)0 ilulv atieiid.!(l to. 



A small but ^ond FMrm for sale. 



Cliristian Tabl^r, of Jet^rson. Maryland, has sent us 

 an advrrtispiiirMit in which he offers his farm at privatb 

 sale. We are iinilT till" necessity of derlinins the pub- 

 lica;ioii of advnisemenls of this character, or out 

 slic; would h" almost entirelv tilliTJ \\ ith them. The 

 farm off-red for sale bv VTr. Tahler, i^ situated in Mid 

 dl.'iown V'allev, Froilcrick Cfiunty, Maryland, near the 

 village of Jetf-rson, and within 91 miles of Frederick. 

 It possesses all the advantages of good neighborhood. 

 The farm contains Jl acres. The improvements are 

 n stone dwellin!'. wiih all necessary outbuildings, 

 saw iiiill.&r. Tli >re is also a good assortment of trees, 

 b-aring excrll'iit fri:it. There are now about two 

 tlinii--arKl iniillr-rrv trees growing on the premises. 

 I'or fiirthfr information, application must be made (if 

 by Iftier post pal. I, lo the owner as above. 



rrf"The report of the Agricultural Society of this city, 

 did not reach us in season for our present number. 

 The annual agricultural exhibition and sale will be 

 held at Elliott's tavern, on the Lancaster road, about 

 a mile and a half from the Permanent Bridge, on the 



day of October iust. 



Cjiiaie Show. 



A meeting of tlie (^HE«TrR and Druwa^e ConNTT 

 AoRirLr.Tt'mt PorivTY will be held at the house of 

 Mr. ,Ios.'ph P MrCInllan, in the borough of West- 

 ch-.-ler, on Wedtiesday, !7th of October next, for the 

 purpose ot EviiiBtTioN and (^attie Show. 



Farmers and others interested in or connected with 

 agripiiltiiral affairs, are respectfullv invited to forward 

 to tlie I'xliihition a;iv iniproved stfick of a superior 

 quality in their possfssioii : farmini.' utensils, articles 

 of dom.-stic manufacture, or any thing else embraced 

 within tlie usual objects of an agricultural society. 

 13y order of th- Society 



JOHN T. HUDDLESON. 



Sec. pro tern. 



Cattle §how. 



.^t ameeting of Directors of the .Agricultural Society 

 of New Castle County, Del, on the 34th Sept., it was, 

 on motion, 



Rpfnlrrd. That a Cattle Show be held on fourth day, 

 (Wednesday,) the 2itM of I th month, 'Ontober,! and 

 that Dr. Thomson, S, Wollaston and William Chandler 

 be a committee to nominate Judges at an adjourned 

 meeting. 



R'sn/rd, That in ronsequcnce of the injurious effects 

 of the recent drought, no Horticultural Exhibition will 

 be held this fall. 



licsolred. That nil persons having animals to exhibit, 

 bn reiiuested to inform some one or more of the follow- 

 ing committee of arrangement at least a week before- 

 hand, how many and what kind of stock they intend 



