1862. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



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Mean men there are in every community. Every 

 form of meanness lias its own peculiar style _ of 

 manifestation. Tliis common custom of robbing 

 the highway is not only a meanness, but it is a 

 crime — a theft really a robbery — a taking by one 

 man of proi)erty which does not belong to him, but 

 wliich does belong to the community. 



Another instance of this same class of meanness 

 and misdemeanors, we call to mind. It chanced, 

 in the construction of highwajs, years ago, that 

 three roads formed the tlu-ee s'ides of a triangular 

 piece of land, containing a little less than a quar- 

 ter of an acre. Tliis triangular piece of land was 

 regarded as "common" land ; no one held any ti- 

 tle to it. Such bits of "common" land are often 

 met in the country. This place in question was 

 fenced in by a wealthy man, whose farm was near 

 by, and cultivated as a garden. It is so cultivated 

 and held at this time, by a man who can show no 

 title to it whatever. The meanness of this act w ill 

 be apparent, when it is stated that the roads on all 

 three sides of this garden are illegally, inconve- 

 niently, and in some places, dangerously narrow. 



So it ha])pens that wealth and respectability are 

 cloaks sufficiently large to "cover a multitude of 

 sins." — Clinton Courant. 



agkiculturaii societies. 



Vermont State Agricultural Society. — 

 The annual meeting of this Society was held at 

 BeUows Falls, on Friday, Jan. 3, 1862. The fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were elected officers for the en- 

 suing year : 



President — H. Henry Baxter, of Ptutland. 



Vice Presidents — Edwin Hammond of Middle- 

 bury ; J. W. Colburn, of Springfield; Henry 

 Keyes, of Newbury ; John Jackson, of Brandon. 



Recording and Corresponding Secretary — Dan- 

 iel Needham, of Hartford. 



Treasurer — J. W. Colburn, of Springfield. 



Directors — Frederick Holbrook, of Brattle- 

 boro' ; E. B. Chase, Lyndon ; H. S. Morse, Shel- 

 burne ; D. II. Potter, St. Albans ; Henry G. Root, 

 Bennington ; David Hill, Bridport ; John Gregory, 

 Northfield ; Elijah Cleaveland, Coventry ; Nathan 

 Gushing, Woodstock ; George Campbell, West- 

 minster. 



Pesolved, That the next annual Fair be held at 

 Rutland, on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th days of 

 September next. 



Col. Needham, the Secretary, made a long re- 

 port, full of interesting particulars and valuable 

 suggestions. In him the members have found an 

 inteUigent and energetic officer. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — 

 The Transactions of this Society for the year 1861 

 are before us. It has reports on Ornamental 

 Gardening, on Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables, 

 all of wliich indicate research and show progress. 

 A short re]5ort on the culture of Polianthus Tube- 

 rosa, commonly called Tuberose, by Mr. E. W, 

 Buswell, of Boston, is interesting, because he 

 tells others just how to do the thing for them- 

 selves, and because "he looks upon flowers in gen- 

 eral, and tuberoses in particular, as among the 



necessaries of life, and as such is willing to labor 

 for them." 



Hingham Agricultural and Historical 



Society. — This young giant of a Society, only 

 having been in existence since October, 1858, now 

 presents us with a Book of its Transactions, of 

 200 pages, which — like all else it has done — is 

 printed so as to reflect credit upon the Art. These 

 Transactions have been compiled by the Rev. E. 

 P. Dyer, whose fine agricultural tastes have ena- 

 bled him to present everything in an attractive 

 light. Nothing is omitted that should be pre- 

 served, and no topic is presented at too gi-eat 

 length. The awards of premiums are given in a 

 compact form, and dinner-table speeches are con- 

 siderately abridged. The book sparkles with wit 

 and poesy, and is a model of its kind. 



Franklin County Agricultltial Society. 

 — At the recent annual meeting of this Society, 

 Hon. H. W. CusHMAN, of Bernardston, was elect- 

 ed its President, Mr. H. W. Clapp, declining to 

 serve longer on account of ill health. James G. 

 Grennell, Esq., of Greenfield, was re-elected 

 Secretary and Treasurer. The Society cannot fail 

 to prosper under the administration of such offi- 

 cers. 



Hampshire Society. — This Society has re- 

 cently erected a fine hall, which it is thought will 

 prove an advantageous measure. Its officers are : 



President — T. G. HUNTINGDON, of Hadley ; 

 Secretary — H. R. Starkweather, Jr., of Northamp- 

 ton ; Treasurer — A. Perry Peck, of Northampton. 



Berkshire Agricultural Society — The an- 

 nual meeting of this society took place on the 

 7th inst. The officers elected are : 



President — Thomas Colt, Pittsfield ; Seci'etary 

 John E. Merritt, Pittsfield ; Treasurer — Heruy 

 M. Pierson, Pittsfield. 



The Only Known Use of Crinoline. — The 

 fruit trees in my orchard-house have been much 

 blighted this year ; the tops of the young shoots 

 curl up. I havb, I think, destroyed the fly now. 

 Not being able to smoke the house in the ordinary 

 way, I have used a lady's crinoline. I bought a 

 cheap one covered with glazed calico, pulled it up 

 round a pole, making it as close as possible. It 

 is just the size to cover one of Mr. Rivers's minia- 

 ture trees. I use a fumigator, and leave on the 

 crinoline till the next morning. I then syringe 

 the trees. The fly has no chance against the to- 

 bacco in so small a space ; and the tree does not 

 appear the worse. — Cor. London ]japer. 



We double all the cares of life by pondering 

 over them. We increase our troubles by grieving 

 over them. A scratch becomes a wound, a slight 

 an injury, a jest an insult, a small peril a great 

 danger, and a sUght sickness often ends in death, 

 by the broodino- fears of the invalid. 



