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NEW ENGLAND FARMEll. 



Sept. 



■whole subject, and is not concerned in the manu- 

 facture or sale of lightning rods, give us, the 

 thousands of farmers and others, who arc now 

 turning their attention to this subject and who 

 wish to know the truth, the whole truth, and 

 nothing but the truth, in relation to it — the need- 

 ed information. Thousands of rods are now be- 

 ing put up, and if they are indeed no protection 

 from the fluid, it should be known. 0, for light ! 

 Will not some one put his light in the Farmer, 

 where it will shine upon its thousands of delight- 

 ed readers. s. g. b. 



DEATH OF DISTINGUISHED AGRICUL- 

 TURAL MEN, 



The Maine Farmer, in speaking of the death of 

 JosiAH HoLBROOK, by drowning, says : — "He was 

 the founder of the Lyceum system in New England. 

 He was drowned in Black Water Creek, near 

 Lynchburg, Va., on the 19th ult. It is supposed 

 that he met his death l)y falling down a cliff in the 

 creek, while searching for geological specimens. 

 Mr. H. had written and published much on sci- 

 entific subjects, and had acliieved an extended rep- 

 utation. 



Thousands in the United States have reason to 

 remember with gratitude his name, on account 

 of his constant and unwearied efforts to simplify 

 and render attractive the modes of teaching the 

 young. 



It was to him that common schools are indebt- 

 ed for the introduction of Apparatus and Black- 

 boards, &c., &c., whereby many of the studies 

 before obstruse and oftentimes incomprehensible 

 to the young are rendered plain and even amus- 

 ing to the child, and impress his mind so indelibly 

 that he can never forget their teachings. 



He was occasionally a correspondent of the 

 Maine Farmer. His death is a public calamity." 



The Rev. Charles Fox, of Grosse Isle, near De- 

 troit, Mich., died of cholera on the 24th inst. He 

 was English by birth, had for many years officia- 

 ted worthily and acceptably as an Episcopal cler- 

 gyman, but bought an islet in Detroit River and 

 turned farmer some four years ago, and has since 

 devoted himself to Agriculture and its improve- 

 ment witli entliusiasm and success. He estab- 

 lished the . Farmer'' s Companiori some eighteen 

 months ago, and last winter published the Amer- 

 ican Text-Book of Agriculture, which has been re- 

 ceived with marked favor. Thus cut down in the 

 very midst of a career of extensive usefulness, 

 Michigan had few citizens whom she could so ill 

 afford to spare as Charles Fox. It is not many 

 days since we heard from him by letter in full 

 health and activity : our next tidings of him came 

 yesterday, and are here recorded. — Tribune. 



and goodly to behold, and of the crop of 1853 ! 

 There is no evidence of decay in its outward ap- 

 pearance, and like him who sends it, is undoubt- 

 edly sound at heart. 



STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS IN 

 1854. 



We find the following list of State Shows ar- 

 ranged in chronological order in the Ajncrican 

 Agriculturist. 



Illinois, at Springfield, Sept. 12—15. 



Kentucky, Lexington, Sept. 12 — 16. 



Lower CanaJa, Quel>ec, Sept. 12 — 16. 



Vermont, Bi-attleboro', Sept. 13 — 15. 



Ohio, Newark, Sept. 16 — 22. 



Michigan, Detroit, Sept. 26—29. 



Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sept. 2Y — 29. 



Missouri, Boonville, Oct. 2 — 6. 



New York, New York, Oct. 3—6. 



New Hampshire, at Keene, Oct. 3 — 6. 



Maryland, at Baltimore, Oct. 3 — 6. 



Indiana, Madison, Oct. 4 — 7. 



Wisconsin, Watertown, Oct. 4 — 7. 



Connecticut, New Haven, Oct. 10 — 13. 



North Carolina, Ealeigh, Oct. 17-20. 



Tennessee, (East,) Kuoxville, Oct. 18 — IS. . 



Georgia, Augusta, Oct. 23 — 26. 



Iowa, Fairfield, Oct. 25. 



National Cattle Show, Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 24— 27. 



The following is the list for the different Agri- 

 cultural Societies in Massachusetts ; 



Essex, at Lawrence, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Middlesex, Concord, Oct. 3 and 4. 



Middlesex South, Framingham, Sept. 27 ancS 2S. 



Worcester, Worcester, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Worcester West, Sept. 20. 



Worcester North, Sept. 13. 



Hampshire, Franklirs and Hampden, Northampton, Oct. 13. 



Hampshire, Amherst, Oct. IS and 19. 



Hampden, Springfield, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Franklin, Greenfield, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Berkshire, Pittsfield, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Housatonic, Great Barrington, Sept. 27 and 2S. 



Norfolk, Dedham, Sept. 2C and 27. 



Bristol, Taunton, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Plymouth, Bridgewater, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Barnstable, Barnstable, Oct. 11. 



New Hampshire Fairs. 

 The several Agricultural Fairs in New Hansp- 

 shire, the ensuing season, will l>e held as follows : 



Kockingham County, at Eseter, Sept. 13 and 14. 

 Grafton, at Lyme, Sept. 21 and 22. 

 Cheshire, at Keene, Sept. 26 and 27. 

 Merrimack, at Fisherville, Sept. 27 and 28. 

 Hillstoro', at Nashua, Sept. 23 and 29. 

 Sullivan, not determined. 

 State, at Keene, October 3 and 6. 



A Goon Old Squash. — J. A. Ames, Esq., of 

 Wilmington, sent one of the publishers this morn- 

 ing a Custard Squash of ample dimensions, fair, 



Charity. — Every good act, says Mahomet, is 

 charity. Your smiling in your brother's face is 

 charity ; an exhortation of your fellow-men to 

 virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving ; your put- 

 ting a wanderer in the right road is charity ; your 

 removing stones, and thorns, and other obstruc- 

 tious from the road is charity ; your giving water 

 to the thirsty is charity. A man's true wealth 

 hereafter is the good he does in this world to his 

 fellow-men. When he dies, people will say, 

 "what property has he left behind him?'' But 

 the angels who examine him in the grave will ask, 

 "what good deeds hast thou sent before thee?" 



