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HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



How different from their dwelling place of old, 

 With freedom's joys and shelter from the cold. 



influence on the growth and health of trees, and that in a 

 short time this influence may be turned to great agricultural 

 and economic interest, while "hot air/ 7 an element much in 

 vogue at the present time, though absolutely and utterly use- 

 less, possessing nothing, meaning nothing and devoid of the 

 smallest particle of value, except to inflate the balloon which 

 is intended to elevate the car of some political orator, to 

 heights unknown before and achievements undreamed of, even 

 in the political world, and which always bursts, we are told 

 will now be put to such use in the kitchens of our homes that 

 will do away entirely with wood, coal, coke and every other kind 

 of fuel, to the intense delight of our wives, the cleanliness of 



