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XEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



THE BUCKEYE CIDER MILL. 



As completely presses the cider from the 

 bottom of its press as from the top, and 

 leaves the cheese nearly dry in all parts. It is 

 strongly geared, beside having great strength 

 in its lever and screw. Easily operated by a 

 man or boy. Very durable. Occupies but small 

 space. Lasts a life time without getting out of 

 order. Buy a Portable ]\lill and m; ke your 

 own cider at home, at any time when it is 

 convenient to do so, thus saving the labor and 

 expense of handling and carting to a distant 

 mill, and the amount required for profit by the 

 mill owner. 



CONSOLATIONS. 

 The grass crop is light ; very light, all over 

 New England.. Our barns, wont to be pletho- 

 ric with rich harvests, are comparatively lean 

 and barren. The daylight peeps through 

 many a crack which has usually been closed by 

 rich clover, redtop or timothy, and we look at 

 the half-filled bays and scanty scaifolds with 

 anxious inquiries as to what we are to do with 

 our stock, — with the splendid two and four- 

 year-old Devon steers, upon which so much 

 promise of future usefulness and profit rested ; 



with the "Fearnaught" and "Knox" colts; 

 with the young Aldernyes, Ayrshires and Short- 

 horns, whose sales were to assist in lifting 

 a mortgage, building a barn, repairing the 

 house, or furnishing the outfit of a beloved 

 daughter, who is soon to go out from the old 

 roof-tree and establish a home of her own ! 



Two things are indispensable to us in this 

 emergency, — Faith and Ph«ick. First, Faith : 



" Jiiilge not the Lord by feeble sense, 

 But trust Him for his grace ; 

 Bobind a frowning providence 

 He hides a smiling face." 



How much consolation may be derived from 

 a frequent repetition of the above lines, and 

 the reception of their sentiment into our in- 

 most hearts, no one can tell until it is tried. 

 "He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," 

 will order all our temporal affairs as will be 

 best for iis, if we receive the ordinances of 

 Heaven in a spirit of acquiescence and hum- '^ 

 ble trust. 



Second, Pluck. A good old word, meaning 

 spirit, perseverance under discouragement ; 

 indomitableness, courage, hope. Hoping for 

 the best begets pluck, and a plucky spirit 

 overcomes most obstacles. 



