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THE GENESEE PARMER. 



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The Last Hours *jf Rev. HEifRV Colma». — We hnvc 

 been lulil within a tiny or so, that the hile iMr. Colman. alter 

 having visited Ireland, on his second trip to Eurojie. only 

 had sirenuilh left him to reach Islington, England, where he 

 died. He had been charged witii a private embassy to 

 faeilitale cniigrnlion from Ireland of the better class of her 

 citizens, who miiiht wish to settle on our shores, and there 

 contracted a fever called the ship or typhus fever, which 

 terminated his life. His reason left him, but his mind 

 seemed exercised in deep commiseration for the jiuor Iri:>h 

 whom he luid btit just loft in their misery. Those who 

 knew the late Mr. C, either personally or as a profiMnul 

 writer upon agricullure. and as one of the warmest frienils 

 of the farmer, will hold his memory dear. Mr. ('. edited 

 the Genesee farmer for several years, and was an occasional 

 contributor since 1832. He dissolved his connection with 

 the Farmer to enter on his European Tour, 



Fi.Ti.NO. — Ttdoes seemaa if man would never rest satisfied 

 while any thino; remained unaccomplished. He traverses 

 the seos with almost the same certainty and safety as he does 

 the land, crossing the Atlantic, and arriving at the destined 

 port within an hour or two of the appointed time. He 

 travels from Country to Country, and from State to Stale with 

 little short of lightning speed, and is carried a hundred miles 

 in leas time than a few years ago he went ten. He sends 

 his messages from one end of the Union to the other with the 

 rapidity of thought, and yet he is unsatisfied — something yet 

 remains undone. He cannot yet rival the Eagle in her (light 

 to the skies. But he is on her track. The screaching of 

 the steam whistle may yet warn the Eagle to " look out for 

 the f^iis^hie.^* The l*?cientitic American describes a machine 

 now building in New York by a Mr. Pennington. 



Industrial Show of Nations. — At the suggestion of 

 PitmcK Albert, who is doing much for the cause of im- 

 provement in England, and the exhibition of whose fine 

 stock vvG have before noticed, and under the patronage of 

 his " better half," a grand exhibition of the industrial pro- 

 ducts of all nations is to be held in London, in 1851. The ex- 

 hiiiition will proI)ahly be the most splendid afl'air of the kind 

 ever witnessed in the world. It is proposed to raise £100,000 

 for the general expenses. The prizes are to be one money 

 purse of £2.000. four of £1.000 each, and several costly 

 med.ds. which are to be conferred by the Queen in person. 



Cr.oYER AND Timothy Seed. — l-jirge lots of Clover 

 Seed are purchased in Ohio, and come down the Lake in the 

 fall, and we understand some five or six thousand bushels are 

 now held in Rochester and this vicinity. The crop in this 

 and the adjoining Countiea was fair. Prices must necessa- 

 rily be nearly, if not quite as low as last year : say from $4 

 to $5. This market is mostly supplied \\\x\\ Thnothy Seed 

 from Canada. The market is very quiet, and will probably 

 remain so, until the opening of Lake navigation. Prices 

 range from $1 25 to $2 25, according to quality. 



Our friend, A. Huidekoper, Esq., Meadville, Pa., remits 

 payment for ten copies of the Farmer, and adds— 



•' Our harvests during the past year were abundant in every 

 thing but fruit. The spring prorai^od well, but much of the fruit 

 pubsequpntly dropped off and that which matured was leas fUir. 

 and not equal in size to its usoal growth. It is rIho said not to 

 keep so well this winter aa in former years. The Belmot or Gatfl 

 apple has br^un to hear with us in this region, for a couple of 

 B''a80nB. and seems to sustain the reputation which Downing and 

 Dr. KiRTi.AND pive It of being ono of the best of all the early 

 winter apples." 



A Small Farm in the South Wanted. — One of our 



constant readers, who is "a poor man with a large family." 

 wishes to gel a small farm cheap in the northern or western 

 part of Virginia. We should like to have this poor man, 

 weo regularly pays his four shillings for the Farmer, locate 

 in some neighborhood where the rich farmers and planters 

 are too poor to take an agricultural paper, and too ignorant 

 to feel the want of one. The folloiving tells its own story : 

 Sin: Will you allow me the privilege, of euqniring of sorao of 

 your readers if it is probable 1 could get a ft-w acres, say from 10 

 to 16 ; 3 to 5 acre.'! cleared, the rept in wood ; at the price of from 

 1^3 to $.T por acre, on a public road, (not a cross-road ) I want to 



get it, if I . 



Si mewhere on the Alleghan' 

 \A heeling, on the Ohio. If' 

 fir correspondents can gi.o i 

 hare mentioned, they and yo 



western part of Virgin 

 or some 20 or 30 miles froa 

 le of your intelligent reader* 

 idea where I can get what i 

 rill be doing a great ^ 



ton poor man with a large family, who is looking out for a small 

 independent home. 



I am, Sir. your obedient seirant^and conataat reader, 

 Rochester, Jan'y 17, 18&0. O. C, 



Swkkt Potatoks. — We have received several letters 

 asking where sweet potatoes for seed can be obtained early 

 enough for planting in this section. J. P. Fogg, of the 

 Rochester .Seed Store, will furnish them the coming spring 

 to alt who wish. Orders may be bent to our office. 



Gr\ni> Banijuet to the Potato. — That highly respec- 

 ted vegetable, the PoUito. being now, it is hoped throughly 

 re-established in health, it was determined by a few leading 

 members of the Vegetable Kingdom to offer a banquet to the 

 worthy and convalescent root on his happy recovery. The 

 arrangements for the dinner were on a scale of great liberal- 

 ity, and the guests included all the principal vegetables. 

 The invitations had been carried out by an efiicient corps of 

 Scarlet Runners, and the Onion occupied the chair. He 

 wa.s supported on his right by the head of the Asparagus 

 fiimily, while Salad occupied a bowl at the other end of the 

 table, and was dressed in his usual manner. The Potato, 

 though just out of his bed, was looking remarkably well, 

 and wore his jacket, there being nothing to mark his recent 

 illness, except perhaps a little apparent blackness round one 

 of his eyes. After the cloth had been removed — 



The Onion got up to propose a toast, • the Potato, their much 

 respected guest," (Immense cheering.) He, the Onion, has 

 known the Potato from infancy ; and tliough they hud not 

 always been associated in life, they had frequently met at 

 the same table. They had sometimes braved together the 

 same broils, and had found themselves often together in such 

 a stew (he alluded to the Irish stew) as had brought them, 

 for the time being, into an alliance of the very closest kind. 

 He the Onion, was delighted to see the Potato restored to 

 his place in society, for he, the Onion, could say, without 

 flattery, that society had endeavored to supply the place of 

 the Potato in vain. (Hear, hear.) They had heard of Rice 

 having been suggested to take tho place of hfs honorable 

 friend, but the suggestion was really ridiculous. Risum 

 terteatis, am/ci, was all that he, the Onion, had to say to that. 

 (Loud laughter, in which all but tho Melon joined.) He 

 the Onion, would not detain them longer, but would conclude 

 by proposing health, long life, and prosperity to the Potato. 



The toast was received with enthusiasm by all but the 

 Cucumber : whose coolness seemed to excite disgust among 

 his brother vegetables. The Onion had, in fact, niTecied 

 many of those present to tears, and the Celery ,^who sat next 

 to the Horseradish, hung down his head in an agony of 

 sensibility. When the cheering had partially sul»sided, the 

 Potato ro.se, but that was only a signal for renewed enthu- 

 siasm; and it w-as some minutes before silence waa restored. 

 .Vt length the Potato proceeded nearly as follows; 



"Friends and fellow, vegetables — It is with difficulty I ex- 

 pres.^ the feeling with '.vhich I have come here to-day. 

 Waving suffered for the last three or four years from a 

 grievous disease which seemed to threaten me with totsl 

 dissolution, it i^ with intense satisfi^ction I find myself once 

 more among you in the vigor of health. (Cheers.) I should 

 be indeed insensible to kindness were I to forget the anxiou.s 

 inquiries that have been made as to my stale of health by 

 those who have held me in esteem, and sometimes in a steam. 

 (A laugh, in which all but the Melon joined.) I cannot boasf 

 of a long line of ancestors. I did not, like some of you come 

 in with the Conqueror, but I came in the train of civilization, 

 amidst the memorable luggage of Sir Walter Raleigh, in 

 company with ray right honorable friend the Tobacco, w ho 

 is not now present, but who often helps the philosopher to 

 take a bird's eye view of some of the finest subjects of reflec- 

 tion. (Immense cheering, and a nod of ascent from Turnip 

 Top.) Though I may be a foriegner, I may justly say that I 

 have taken root in the soil, and, though I may not have the 

 grace of the Cucumber, whoseemes to have come here in no 

 enviable frame. (Loud cheers.) I believe I have done as 

 much good asany living vegetable: for though almost always 

 at the rich man' s table, I am seldom absent from the poor 

 man's humble board." (Loudapplause.) ''But," continued 

 the Potato, "let me not get flowery, or mealy-mouthed, for 

 there is something objectionable in each extreme. I have 

 undergone many vicissitudes in the course of my existence. 

 I have been served up, aye, and served out ( a smile) in all 

 sorts of ways. I have been roasted by some; I have been 

 basted by others; and I have had my jacket rudely torn off 

 my back by many who knew not the treatment I deserved. 

 But this meeting my friends, repays me for all. Excuse mo 

 if my eyes are watery. (Sensation.) I am not very thin-skin- 

 ned; but I feel deeply penetrated by your kindness this day.'* 



The Potato resumed his seat amid tremendous cheering, 

 which lasted for a considerable time. — Punch. 



