THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[January, 



failure was, perhaps, to be attriliuted more to 

 the slovenly manner in whieh it was done 

 than to the (iiiality (>f the reniedj'. This 

 remedy seems to us to be a practical one, and 

 ought, therefore, to be properly tested. 



THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 



1020-1875. 

 [The following significantly and graphically 

 expressed epitome of the past two hundred 

 and fifty years of progressive American history 

 is worthy of a more convenient and perma- 

 nent record than the columns of a weekly 

 newspaper, and therefore we transfer it to the 

 columns of The Fahjiei!, as a chronological 

 table of events that must be useful to all who 

 are able to comprehend it, and if there are any 

 among our readers who have not this ability, 

 we would admonish them to learn to read im- 

 mediately; and if they can read already, to 

 form a habit of n ading something every "day, 

 if it is but a single page of The Farjier or 

 any good American history, and not omitting 

 the " Scri])tui'es of truth.'!] 



1620. The Pilgrim Lands on Plymouth Eock 

 and sets \\\i for himself. 



1021. Keeps Thanksgiving — in no danger of 

 over eating. 



1022. Builds a meeting house. 



1023. Proclaims a fast day. 



1028. Puts down a May pole at Merry 

 Moimt as a rebuke to vain recreations. 



103.5. Is crowded for accommodations, and 

 stakes out a new farm at Connecticut. 



1()37. Makes war on the Antinomians and 

 the Pequot Indians— and whips both. 



10.38. Starts a colleye. 



1040. Sets up a jirinting prefss. 



1043. Goes into a confederacy— the first Col- 

 onial Congress. 



1048. Lays down the Cambridge platform. 

 Hangs a witch. 



1649. Sets his face against the unchristian 

 custom of wearing long hair, " a thing uncivil 

 and uncomely." 



1051. Is rebuked for "intolerable excess and 

 bravery of apjiarel," and is forbidden to wear 

 gold and silver lace and other such gew-gaws. 



1051. Coins Pine Tree shillings— and makes 

 the business profitable. 



1663. Prints a Bible for the Indians. 



1080. Buys a "hang-up" clock and occa- 

 sionally carries a silver watch that helps him 

 guess the time of day. About this period 

 learns to use French forks at table ; a new 

 fashion. 



1692. Is scared by iritches again, at Salem ; 

 but gets the better of them. 



1701. Founds another CoUcge, which, after 

 awhile, settles down at Xew Haven. 



1704. Prints his first A'(«>7 (yxr, in Boston. 



1705. Tastes Coff<_e, as a luxury, and at his 

 own table. 



1708. Constructs another Platform — this 

 time at Saybrook. 



1710. Begins to sip Tea— very .sparingly. It 

 does not come into family use till five and 

 twenty years later. 



1711. Puts a letter into his first Past Office. 



1720. Eats a Potato—tind takes one home to 

 plant in his garden as a curiosity. 



1721. Is Iiwcidatcd for the small-pox— not 

 without grave remonstrance from his conser- 

 vative neighbors. Begins to sing hy note, on 

 Sundays, thereby encountering nuii'h opposi- 

 tion and opening a ten years' quarrel. 



1740. ilanufactures tin ware, and starts the 

 first IVji Peddler on his tiavels. 



1742. Sees Faneuil Hall built. The cradle 

 of Liberty is ready to be rocked. 



1745. Builds an On/au ; but does not yet 

 permit it to be played in the meeting house. 



17.50. Buys a bushel of Peita/oes for winter's 

 use — all his friends wondermg what he will do 

 with so many. 



1755. Puts up a Franklin stove in his best 

 room, and tries one of the newly invented 

 Ligldning Bods. 



1760. About this time begins to wear a col- 

 lar to his shirt. When he can afford it, takes 

 his wife to meeting in a Chaise, instead of on 

 a pillion, as heretofore. 



1705. Shows his dislike to stamped paper, 

 and joins the " Sons of Liberty." 



1708. Tries his hand at Tiipe Foiaulinej— not 

 yet successful— in Connecticut. 

 • 1770. Buys a home-made Wooden Clock. 



1773. Waters his Tea in Boston harbor. 

 Plants Liberty Trees wherever he finds good 

 soil. 



1774. Lights Boston streets \\'\t\io\\Letmps; 

 a novelty (though "New Lights" had been 

 plenty, some years before). 



1775. Shows Lord Percy how to march to 

 " Yankee Doodle." Calls at Ticonderoga, to 

 take lodgings for the season. Sends General 

 Putnam (under the command of several 

 colonels) witli a small party to select a sight 

 for Bunker Hill monument. 



1770. Brother Jonathan — as he begins to be 

 called in the family— declares himself free and 

 independent. 



1780. Buys an "Umbrilla," for Sundays; 

 and whenever he shows it, is laughed at for liis 

 efl'eminacy. 



1791. Starts a Cottem Spinning factory. 



1792. Has been raising Silk Worms, in Con- 

 necticut ; and now gives his minister (not his 

 wife) a home-made silk gown. Buys a Carpet 

 for the mklelle of the jiarlor fioor. 



1793. Invents the Cottem Gin— and thereby 

 trebles the value of southern plantations. 



1795 — 1800. Wears Pemtedoons occasionally, 

 but not when in full dress. Begins to use 

 Pleites on the breakfast and tea table. 



1802. Has the bojs and girls vaecineUed. 



180(). Tries to burn a piece of Heird Coal 

 from Philadelphia; a failure. 



1807. Sees a boat go by Steam on the Hud- 

 son. 



1815. Holds a little Cemvention at Hartford, 

 but doesn't propose to dissolve the Union. 

 Buys one of Terry's patent "Shelf Clocks," 

 for S30, and regulates his watch by it. 



1817. Sets up a stove in the meeting house 

 and builds a fire in it on Sunday ; an innova- 

 tion which was stoutly resisted by many. 



1817. Begins to run a Steeemboett on Long 

 Island Sound — and takes passage on it to New 

 York alter making his will. 



1819. Grown bolder; he crosses the Atlantic 

 in a steamship. 



1822. Lights Gas in Boston (but doesn't light 

 Bost'm. with gas till 1829). At last learns how 

 to make Bard Coed burn, and sets a grate in 

 his parlor. Buys a Stiei Pen (one of Gillott's, 

 sold at .183 per gross). Has his every day 

 shirts made without Bvffles. 



1825. About this time, puts a Percussion 

 Lock on his old musket. 



1826. Buys his wife a pair of queer-shaped 

 Lidia RidAier overshoes. Puts on his first 

 False Collar. Tries an " Experimental " rail- 

 road by horse-power. 



1828. Tastes bis first Tojiirto- doubtingly. 

 Is told that it is unfashionable to feed himself 

 with his knife— and buys Silver Forks for great 

 occasions. 



1833. Eubs his first Frict'on Match — then 

 called a "Lucifer," and afterwards "Loco 

 Foeo." Throws away the old Tinder Box 

 with its flint and steel. 



1835. Invents the Berolver, and sets about 

 supplying the world with it, as a peace-maker. 

 Tries a Go\l Pen, but cannot find a good one 

 yet— nor till 1844. Builds a real Bailroad., 

 and rides on it. 



1837. Gets in a Panic— and out again, after 

 a free use of " shin-plasters. " 



18.38. Adopts the new fa.shion of putting his 

 letters in Ennletpes (a fashion which does not 

 fairly ])revail till seven j'ears later.) 



1840. Sits for his Diiguerree}tiipe, and gets a 

 picture feaifully and wonderfully made. Be- 

 gins to blow himself up with "Camphene" 

 and "Burning Fluid;" and continues the 

 process for years, with change of name of the 

 active agent, down to and including "Non- 

 explosive Kerijsene." 



1844. Sends his first message by the Electric 

 Tehyreiph. 



1847. Buys his wife a Seunng Meichine—in 

 the vain hojie that somehow it will keep the 

 buttons on his shirts. Begins to receive ad- 

 vices from the "Spirit AVorld." 



1855. Begins to bore and be bored by the 

 Hoosac Tunnel. 



1858. Celebrates the laying of the Ocean 

 Cable, and sends a friendly message to John 

 Bull. Next week, begins" to doubt whether 

 the Cable has been laid at all. 



1801. Goes South, to help compose a family 

 quarrel. Takes to using Pajier Money. 



1801-05. Climbs the Hill Difficulty— reliev- 

 ed of his pack, after January 1, 1804 ; but 

 loses Great-heart, April 14, 1865. 



1865. Gets the Atlantic Cable in working 

 order at last, in season to send word to his 

 Bj-itish cousins (who have been waiting for an 

 invitation tohis funeral) that he "lives yet." 



1805-75. Is reconstructing, and talking about 

 Resumption. Sends his boys to the Museum 

 to see an old-fashioned Silver Dollar.. 



1875. Goes to Bunker Hill, to pay honor to 

 the illustrious men who commanded General 

 Putnam. Gets ready to celebrate his second 

 golden wedding liy "a grand family re-union, 

 this year, in Philadelphia. 



THE FRUIT GROWERS' SOCIETY. 



The seventeenth annual meeting of the 

 Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society will be 

 held at Doylestown, Bucks county, commenc- 

 ing on Wednesday, the 19th of .lanuary. All 

 fruit growers and horticulturists in the State 

 are free to participate in its deliberations. 

 Essays are being prepared by prominent hor- 

 ticulturists on various subjects, and many 

 questions of importance relating to fruit cul- 

 ture and kindred topics will be discussed. 

 Contributions of fruits, especially new and 

 rare varieties of merit, are solicited. The 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company will issue 

 orders for excursion tickets only in case .50 or 

 more are guaranteed to be taken. Those, 

 therefore, who desire to attend the meeting 

 by this route should at once send their names 

 and address to the Secretary, E. B. Engle, 

 Marietta, who will secure and distribute the 

 orders, for tickets, in case the requisite num- 

 ber make application. 



It may be a matter of interest to many of 

 our readers to know that the following topics 

 for essays and discussions have been sug- 

 gested; upon some of which essays are in 

 course of pieparation, and others will be 

 taken up and discussed during the sessions : 



1. Should Northern and Eastern Winter 

 Fruiis be recommended for Southern and 

 Eastern Pennsylvania 'i* 



2. The Preservation of Fruits by Ice or Re- 

 frigerator Process. 



3. Should Fruit be sold by Weight ? 



4. Is Fruit or Vegetable Gardening most 

 Remunerative '? 



5. Hybridization of Fruits by design. 



6. Oiu- yards, and how to take care of them. 



7. Orchards and their managements 



8. The interests of the Society at the Cen- 

 tennial. 



9. The Cultivation of the Apple, including 

 the best varieties, best mode of culture, and 

 protection from injurious insects. 



10. Pear Culture, embracing the most profit- 

 able varieties, best soil and methods of cul- 

 ture. 



11. The Cultivation of the Cheny, etc. 



12. Peach Culture, including cause of yel- 

 lows and other diseases. 



13. The Plum, best kinds to plant, destruc- 

 tion of curculio, etc. 



14. Quince Culture. 



15. The Strawberry, best varieties and mode 

 of culture. 



16. The Raspberry and Blackberry. 



17. The Currant and Gooseberry. 



18. Grape Culture. 



19. The best evergreen and deciduous shade 

 and ornamental trees. 



20. Roses and Shrubbery, best varieties for 

 yard and lawn. 



21. Hardy herbaceous and bedding plants. 



We invoke the special attention of our read- 

 ers to the meeting of the above society, and 

 hope that Lancaster county will be able to send 

 a strong delegation to Doylestown. From its 

 programme of proceedings it will be seen that 



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