an nrchitectiiro conponiiil to tl.c Tiliiriom 

 s"P'^iiin'"t, l''!t let it be raid f"r If C{}rc h i.s 

 (lf'(.licatc(l. and let it bo tlintni^i u Imw. the bv- 

 ^ay^' and li('d<j;os a.s well as from fitlicr fjuar- 

 ters. We like, indeed, the catlicdrulsuflOriL:;- 

 land; tlic prcseuee of grandeur is ennobliriL' 

 and will s^carcely jterit;)) in any day; rcan d 

 hii:li al)Ove the hiirroundiiiLr sroncs anil'jimsL'- 

 riat'^d (d tipward tliii);rs, they are »'sjiecially 

 calculated to enlarge our reverence, — vtpn- 

 ^-ei'tiui'T p?st C'liturie.^ and di -tined tei.iulur' 

 throiiojh the coi.ini!.'oi"j5i, the\ v.\\]>vi ^'^ iis > i'li 

 a sense of oar own littleness, a-id eonipass ilie 

 reliuious sentiment as etleetnally as .-iny dtl.ei- 

 outward synd)ol can do it. Let tlieni be 

 open, we .<ay, as in (.'atholie eounlries, (M1 tlie 

 week days, not for thronirs of wi'rsliip|i(>rs 

 under the influence of e.vciteiuent, hut for 

 each individual soul, on bended knee, t«iL;atlii'r 

 sti;ent;tli, in the utnicst (juietm'ss, fir tlu" 

 di;tie.'^ that may lie bel'ore it, in tie' Iiiat and 

 bustle : nd corflitt of o' ery da} lit.,, aed which 

 l^onld n lievt tie- Salibalh, and j-iake it nmri 

 a day of rest a.s the Scrijiture.^ desitro' it i', 

 than one of Ion;.' continued, oft repeated, Li- 

 borious public Avorship. Churidies then 

 should be an offering to the Most High, and 

 placed beyond the reach of any eritieism or 

 extravagance. It is but meagre ju.^tiec that 

 the cleru'vman be well na'd, tbr be is deiien- 

 dent upon our generosity, is expected to r"- 

 ciprocate our hospitality, and i.^ ollierwis; 

 e.xp(p.«!<(l to Cent inL:,eneies, — fearfully g)<' it in 

 thc^e days of di!i(bd ni,iiiiii)i. — and to e.v- 

 penses peeuliar to his prutes-mn. 



We are extravagant in our vie<- — vi'-e is 

 expensive — it destroys imr benllh, wa-tcs 

 the nient:!l and bodilv viiror. and Irt vMith 

 reflect that the rejtentaiit proiligal is a poor 

 specimen of hunianity, side hy side with him 

 who has never swerved, whn,-c put'' mird and 

 clastic step, and firm r'^-nlve h;!Vi' Liiven him 

 tlie Kingdom, — for the Seriplnr.' s:iy>, \\li.!i 

 theologians ilo not so easllv haru. tliat the 

 Kingdom of Heaven i> within us. l^'ear 

 Trod and keep his commandments, jirovide 

 them in their youth, liei'ore tlie evil day ccmi •- 

 when thou canst find nu |ile,;-ure in th.'SM, — 

 for repentance, we repeat auain, has little 

 naturalness, is little loss thail a blemisli after 

 a bad snent life. J)avid, King of Israel, was 

 not permitted to buihl the threat Temple hi>- 

 cause be liai] been a man of war, had passed 

 a life too little hallowed to sm.h pui|.o-,(s,— 

 eould not draw from its e: rlii-r remini.--eeiii'es 

 sufficient purltv to su-taiu him in .-iieli a work. 



15. 



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Fryc's (iaiii-Plow. 



A public trial of this plow took jdace near 

 Tacusa Station, Christian counry, on Mio 2;ld 

 ult. After th.e exhibition a meeting was 

 held of persons present, to express their 

 view.sof the operations of the plow. INIes.srs. 

 IT. llin.-hley, F. C. Kdwards and 1?. II. 

 ITawley, were appointed a committee to draft 

 resolutions. They report'al the followiii'j:, 

 wliicli were ndoptoil and .'^igncd by all th? 

 persons present, besides the officers of the 

 meeting: 



Iii.«t/ri-if, That we, the miderslLnied. have 

 witnessed with r^vvat pleasure and satist'ae- 

 tion, this day, the operations of Jesse Frye'^ 



ni'wly invented (iang-PJow. near Taensa 

 Stat'oe,. Chri'tinli county, ;>i!d tha^ we feci 

 fiilv eoofi''"rit that i* ':•; ;;" evcellent agricnl- 

 tural invention. eeonn'Hi/.u;L' la!- t a-d ''me 

 I more than oni' half. 



I /.*(>■'///•/,,/, That the plows, performing a.s 

 well in heavy hazel thii'ki t as in .smooth 

 j.T.iiri.', jnstii'v th*; ojiinion that they are supe- 

 rior in evi'ry res])eet *o any othei plow. 



/.Vsm/,-,,/,"' 'I'hat this plow tills a d'?sidera- 

 tui') long felt liy iarsners, esjx-eially tho.se 

 e hi' atieg prairi'' land. 



/,''>"//"/, Thai \.o l;(.:'rM'j' r-'coinmi nd 

 this ])low to the iiotiee .and use ol'our feliow- 

 farniers ami agriculturists gemM'ally, and do 

 t»elieve they will timl it to their interest to 

 purehase and use said plows. 



/!' sti/ni/. That these proceedings be pub- 

 lisheil in the Vi'n /,•/// //mifil, of Fana, the 

 i'ridrii J'',inn'r, of ( 'hieago, and the JUiiioisi 

 I'd run r, ol Springlield. 



J-. SMTTU, rre.'t. 

 M S. Hkckw riir, Sec'v 



^■liy is it? 



EUfnr of the I'uDner: I X^zx or ob- 

 si'vvatioii not now short, 1 have noticed 

 that Englisli wouien — I ni(\in Avoiuen of" 

 ihc tiiithlle clas.sos of lif(% born and 

 brouglit up in England — in T)livsical 

 constitutlmi and in energy of ebaractcr, 

 are. as ;i class, far simerior to the wo- 

 nioii of Amrrica. It ;i]»pcar.'> to metliat 

 lliisi I'af^t i"-' .'^o nbvinn.«. that it -will hard- 

 ly 1)0 disputed. A\ hy t.«^ tln.s s'>'.'' 



Titis is r>n important (jnestion. Is 

 our (dimatc more enervating than fjiat 

 of England, or is the jihysicul education 

 nf feinah\s there of such a cbavaeter as 

 to giVe tlieni ('onstitutiiui.s j^-) sujierior to 

 »ho-je of females I'f the same cla.sscs in 

 j our country':' 



I ^[r. Editor, it has nevei- beeti mv for- 

 I tune to place inv feet U]>on a foreiurn 

 I shore. Some of your readers ha\'c nn- 

 ' doubtedly done this; ami. iinleed. some 

 of tliom weri' lorn and li^ed to niatnre 

 age in Engltind, ;ind. ctm an.swer the in- 

 ijuirics einbrac(,'d in this coininunieation. 

 W ill some one do so? dust ;il thi.S time 

 1 feol a great intercv^t in tliis suljject. 

 Tlierc are young fcmali'S about me that 

 I wouhl V i.s!i to ."-ee possessed of good 

 constitutions as they grow up, — capable 

 of withstanding the ordinary duties of 

 Hie, without exhibiting that lassiliule. 

 thai delicacy of health, that breaking 

 down of C(nistitntii)ns, and all tiiat fol- 

 lows, Avhieh Ave often witness. Will 

 some one enlightened on this subject, 

 speak out in your EARMiiU? M. 11. 



SofI }Iiij)ii' Sffil-Trff rt'liiars. 



Editor Fdrnicr : — I noticed in the 



I last Fakmkh '"that sol't maple .-eeds are 



! now mature." Allow mo to say tluit it is 



I many Avceks since they w.'vc mature, 



' and alveadv thev arc no from six to 

 twelve inclios. ',\< I ]i:tvo to-<lay seen on 

 : the Illinois river bottom. I also hare 

 I about one acre, which are all up nicely, 

 I about six inches. The seeds were gath- 



ered June 1st, which is late; May 20th 

 is usually late enough in this locality to 

 go for tbem; they can usually l)c found 

 •oX ih't date along the margin of theriv- 

 er or t;ayotis, i.-i vrnr'^ws,'. ^vkefo they 

 have floated to the shore after falling in 

 the water, and can be gtithercd in wagon 

 loads with little time and trouble. They 

 shouhl be planted immediately on well 

 prepared ground, and receive good after 

 culture, which will give you a groAVth of 

 about two feet tlio first season. They 

 will ..i7cr":ed ^*^ell on very wet or very dry 

 iiround I I'armer.'^! en the pr^^irics might 

 have all their sloughs and Avet land ii)'or6 

 profitably employe(l in groAving this 

 valuable timber, (for fuel) than their 

 best land in the u.sual crops of the farm. 



I have trees from seed A\hich were 

 gathered and planted ^Slay 24th, 1855, 

 from <uic to tAvo and a lialf inches in 

 diameter, and from six to fourteen feet 

 high, and have soon a tree ton years 

 from the seed, fourteen mcties in diame- 

 ter. 



So mvM for Soft Maples. Now for 

 Tree Pedlars. 1 sec vou have given a 

 caution in the July number, out tbit is 

 not hiilf enough. It is my opinion that 

 not one individual Avho lias ordered trees 

 from Eastern nurseries, of traveling 

 agents, but has been Avickcdly impo.'^ed 

 tipon, by getting Avorthless trees or 

 shrubs; in half of the instances not true 

 to the name, and those that were true, 

 much inferior to the kinds we might get 

 at home nf honest men. Last fall one 

 of these canviissers Avas through here 

 and sold many trees or shrubs. They 

 came on, and noAv, not oW man who 

 bought (so far as I knoAv) is satisfied 

 Avitii his purchase. Wo have not half 

 the Aal;<e Ave migb.t have had from our 

 own nurserymen. Edwards of Lamoile, 

 Bryant of Frinceton, Aldricb of Arispee, 

 and many others, Avhom avc knOT^' -vyould 

 not cheat us, but somehow Ave do love tc* 

 be gulled. 



This is not all the mischief done by 

 the tree pedlars. Many or all the boxes 

 Avere (illed Avith straAV m'xed Avith 

 ('.iihidi' Tlii.ith-s. Should A\'e get this 

 pest gi'nerallv diffused throughout one 

 country, it Avotild over-balance all the 

 benefit, though the trees Avere a gratuity 

 to us, that have been sent us from the 

 other side of the Lakes for the last ten 

 vears. W. A. PENNELL. 



Gkaxville, Putnam Co., 111., July 22. 



«*»^ 



"lie was an Imlulgi'iit Parent." 



Editor of the Farmer : — I have often 

 read thi? sentiutcnt in the notices of 

 deceu^^ed ]»ersons. "He was an indul- 

 f'cnt parent 1 ' Wliat does this mean? 

 Is it intended to convey tiie idea that 

 children should be indulged in all their 

 Avhims and caprices ami tastes, and, I 

 may say, vices".'' because the Bible says, 

 and Ave knoAV that the remark is true 



