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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



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sired; and in this emergency Harry C. Wat- 

 son was induced to take the principal lead, 

 and he well answered the public eicpecta- 

 tion in getting up the festival, and bringing 

 it to a successful close — though there were 

 others, among them R. M. Ridgely, T. 

 Mathers, Volney Ellis and John T. Jones, 

 who were efficient auxiliaries, and to whom 

 the public also are greatly indebted. 



The receipts at the exhibition, with great 

 economy in the expenditures, have been 

 sufficient to pay the necessary expenses. 

 That was all that was desired or expected. 

 Whenever there has been a surplus of funds, 

 they have been used to purchase flower seeds 

 for gratuitous distribution among the ladies 

 of the city. The receipts at the last ex- 

 hibition will just pay expenses. 



The beautiful scene presented at the State 

 House on Thursday night, of the 18th 

 June, in the great collection of flowers and 

 plants, and the immense throng of pleased 

 and happy men, women and children, has 

 passed. It only remains among our recol- 

 lections as a bright and beautiful vision, It 

 hjts left no unpleasant reminiscences, and^lill 

 can recur to it, in the witnessing of the per- 

 fect creations of beauty by the Great 

 Author of Nature, and in the gathering to- 

 gether of our eminently social, liberal and 

 intelligent people of both sexes, on the plat- 

 form of a common brotherhood ; we repeat, 

 all can recur to it with the conviction that 

 the few moments spent at the exhibition, 

 taken from the time usually devoted to- the 

 routine of business or in domestic avoca- 

 tions, were not lost. 



A few weeks ago our shrubs were devoid 

 of foliage, our plants presented no marked 

 evidence of life; there was a great apparent- 

 ly natural death over all trees and herbs and 

 plants, until the Almighty, by fixed rules 

 and laws, gave to the earth the genial he§t 

 of the sun and the refreshing showers, and 

 vegetation sprang as from the grave — the 

 dead came to life, and again earth and tree 

 and shrub were decked with gorgeous and 

 glorious beauty. , ' 



Shall man ever be so intense in pursuit of 

 the objects that make up thegreat struggle of 



life, as to disregard these new and wonderful 

 creation's of beauty, coming from the hand 

 of Him in whom we live and move and have 

 our being? Would not such a fact evidence 

 a want of appreciation of some of the most 

 obvious emanations from the power of 

 Deity; and which are especially designed to 

 elevate our perceptions and lead ns from 

 an admiration of the beauties of nature, to 

 adore and worship at the footstool of na- 

 ture's God? 



What a glorious resurrection is now man- 

 ifest! Pass round and through our city, go 

 through our country, recollect their bleak 

 and desolate condition a few weeks ago, ani 

 now behold them arrayed in their robes of 

 beauty, as a bride prepared for the bridal? 

 We repeat, what a glorious resurrection? a 

 work worthy of God, a type of that in 

 which man is even more deeply interested. 



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The Time of Trial. 



With farmers now is the time of trial. 

 The duties of the farm require constant at- 

 tention — the labor of the hands and the la- 

 bor of the head. Crops are to be secured; 

 corn is to be cared for, the plow must be 

 kept going; the grass is to be cut and the 

 hay put into siack; preparations must be 

 made for fall seeding; the farmer's eyes must 

 be every where, his labors every where, 

 and all this must be done coolly, calmly, 

 steadily, until all these objects are accom- 

 plished. A former, performing his work in 

 this manner, will accomplish far more, and 

 with greater comfort to himself and those 

 around him, than one who do every thing 

 by fits and jerks, talking large, planning 

 large, and the result of which is half crops, 

 poor stoek, poor comforts around him and 

 poor every thing. The farmer should ever 

 recollect the sentiment of Poor Richard: 



"He tbat by the plow woald thrive, 



"Must either bold himself or drive." ^ ' 



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«©-We are sending off $2,000,000 in 

 specie from New York to Europe, weekly, 

 to pay for silks, brandies and fancy articles, 

 and other things. There is little foreign 

 demand for American breadstuffs at present. 

 John Crapeau and John Bull want our 

 specie. ■- -'. •' ' ^ ■■ ■ ■;: , <v' 



