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with ground plaster without any stint. He applied about two tons to as 

 many acres ; which had the desired effect. 



With the directions given in this article, I will warrant to any gentleman 

 what his eyes will delight to look upon, and his feet to tread all the 

 season. 



PINE GROSSBEAK. 



The number of these birds that have visited the Canadas and various 

 parts of New England during the winter has been a subject of general 

 comment. So far from being rare, or occasionally seen as stragglers, as 

 they usually have been, they appear in frequent flocks of twenty or thirty 

 together, foraging about gardens and orchards, feasting on the decaying 

 fruit and the seeds contained therein, and, we are sorry to add, finding an 

 acceptable morsel in the blossom-buds of the pear and apple. 



Not having the fear of man before their eyes, they pursue their labors 

 with the most provoking indifference to all efforts made to check them in 

 their work of destruction. Sods and other missiles cast among the branches 

 they appear to regard as something curious or amusing ; and the sound of 

 our voice had as much influence as the wind that swayed the branches on 

 which they were resting. 



In view of their extreme beauty, and a certain archness of air and man- 

 ner, that had in it so much of the "hurt me if you dare, we have nothing 

 to fear from you,''^ we could resort to no harsher method. Our only alter- 

 native was to clap our hands, beg them to take once for all whatever they 

 desired, and beseech them to divide the honors and expense attendant on 

 their sojourn in New England by visiting some other section. 



Fearing Burr. 



