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THE IILLIN^OIS P^A-HMIER. 



it loas fenced with Everyreens. Just 

 as Mr. Edwarde says we must defend 

 and protect our grounds from the bleak 

 and stormy winds and the vicissitudes 

 of the weather. 



I am not disposed to make light of this 

 matter. What Homer wrote three 

 thousand years ago, in regard to garden 

 cultivation in that early portion of the 

 history of the world, is interesting to us 

 in these latter days. The free transla- 

 tion of a passage in his writings which 

 we have given, (and wc have not reached 

 the beauty of his descriptions,) shows 

 the taste and practice in Horticulture 

 in that early period of times. We 

 doubt if there can be found in our days, a 

 garden of more true beauty than that 



described as belonging to the Prince 

 Alcinous. 



For years the question has been moot- 

 ed, can evergreens be made to flourish on 

 our prairies ? It is now answered by 

 Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bryant, and others, 

 that they can, as evi<lences of the truth 

 of what they say, they point to their 

 magnificent belts of Evergreens around 

 portions of their farms. The question 

 then follows — can these evergreens be 

 purchased at prices within the means of 

 those who would enjoy their benefits ? 

 And this question has not been onswer- 

 ed. The writer believes that, if ever- 

 green plants can be had at low prices — 

 sufficiently low to justify farmers in 

 planting them around their dwellings, 

 gardens and orchards, for protection, 

 from winds and storms. 



Many years will not elapse before our 

 prairie orchards, gardens and dwellings 

 will be protected beautified by belts of 

 trees forming n'hat Homer terras, *'green 

 enclosure.'' J. 



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j|@°" A. Case, of White county, Indi- 

 ana, thus gives his experience in culti- 

 vating and manufacturing the product 

 of an acre and a half of Chinese Sugar 

 Cane: 



Dr. 



Cost of CDUiT»tion $80 00. 



Or. 



Br '200 gaMnnamoUBBaflat GOcts |120 00 



By 40 1)u«1h«1h can* seed at 'i']/fi 1ft uO 



By caue IvaTed 5 00 



Total $U0 (10 



Deduct 80 00 



Profit % tiO 00 



Much was lost by imperfect machin- 

 ery. We believe with good mjchinery, 

 syrup can be made for 15 and 20 cts. 

 per gallon — when the crop of cane is 



good. 



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Dog Distemper. — Porter's Spirit 

 gives the following recipe for the cure of 

 dogs having the distemper: — " As soon 

 as you discover the dog is sick, throw 

 down his throat a handful of salt three 

 times a day — for three or four days." 

 The remedy has proved successful in 

 more than thirty cases." 



The Small Fuuits. — The Conneti- 

 cut Homestead states that at a meeting 

 of a Farmers Club in that State, "the 

 opinion was advanced, and not disputed, 

 that to the female portion of the com- 

 munity, our wives and daughters, prop- 

 erly belongs the care and culture of the 

 small fruits, as the strawberry, the 

 gooseberry, the currant, the raspberry, 

 and the blackberry, for the regular 

 supply of the table, now that they are 

 relieved from those heavy duties of 

 clothing the family, which formerly de- 

 volved upon them; not that they should 

 be without assistance in the severer la- 

 bors, but let them acquire the skill to 

 direct them, and they Avill find willing 

 hands to do their bidding, and they will 

 find themselves at once in a great field 

 of happiness and usefulness, and one in 

 which their labor, instead of inducing 

 fatigue, will be but the means of secur- 

 ing increasing health and strength." 



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Why Sows Destroy their Young. — 

 An old farmer says in the Connecticut 

 Homestead that "costiveriess and its ac- 

 companying evils, is the main cause of 

 sows destroying their young — and prop- 

 er food is the preventive and cure. — 

 jj®* Green food is the cure. 



Quinces. — Why are not more quince 

 trees planted out? On dry, loose, sandy 

 or gravelly soil, they grow well and 

 produce abundantly, and the fruit brings 

 high prices. They should be planted 

 about ten feet apart, and then do not 

 neglect them. Don't think of growing 



good quinces on heavy, black, wet soil. 



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Gold — The question is often asked what be- 

 comes of all the ^'old taken from the mines in 

 so many countries amJ in such iarne quantities? 

 It is estimated that S'JOO, 000,000 worth of gold 

 and silver are annually taken frou. the earth, 

 and what is done with it? It is evident thai 

 but a small portion of it is turned into curren 

 cy, for if it were the effect would bi* injurious 

 to the prices of articles necessary to life. But, 

 when we leflect upon the extravagance of the 

 age, the use of gold on ordinary household ar- 

 ticli's, in the fine arts, fur purposes of luxury, 

 jewelry, and in a thousatid other wavs which 

 the vanity and pride of humanity readily hu:;i" 

 gents, the question is easily answered. It is 

 stated that in the English cities alone, $50 000 

 per week ire u>e 1 in ttie manufacture of China 

 ware, and other similar articles. Thj amount j 

 thus used is ne..rly ail lost. There is no dan- | 

 ger of having currency too plenty, as long as 1 

 the human apoetite fur gewgaws and fiivolous 

 <iri anient is capable <'f heiog gratified by a, \ 

 plenteous use of the precious metals. 



'^%g^ Some young ladies from the back set- 

 tlements, in the Aroostook county, Me. come 

 "out\ to one of the towns in tt.e county to 

 mcftuig one Sut^day not long since. Of court^e 

 the huspitalitit s of the neighborhood were 

 extended to the visitors, and just as the family 

 were sitting down to dine, one of them ad- j 

 drcfsed the ustonislied company as fidiows : — | 

 "I s'p'se ye dofi't know who I be. I'm the j 

 man's gal what was almost killed by the bull " i 

 Some o! the younger members hud nu appetite j 

 for dinner. I 



Wafehluffton's B.rtL-Day. 



This memorable day in our natioiiiLj Ciiit. « 

 dar is at band. It is second only to tuu )..> . 

 jubilee of our national independence. Bota 

 events are pr.iud ones in our history. Bv>th 

 des.rve to kindle anew with each returning 

 anniversary, the glow of patrioti^^m in the 

 bosoms of old and young. It will be a sad 

 presaire for tlie future g'or]' of America, when 

 the birth day of our national freedom, of the 

 nativity of the great jefidfr and Deliverer 

 in the dark times of the R3volutionary strug- 

 gle, shall pa'^s unh eded by. For our chil 

 dren's sake, let the natal day of the great 

 Washington be ushered in with due and fitting 

 honor. Let beauty bring its wreaths to gar^ 

 land the memory of him whom the united 

 homage of the world has recognized as the 

 representative man of raodtim times, as he haa 

 been ' first in the hearts oi" his countrymen." 

 We bavo ventured these rellections to call the 

 attenti m of our citizens •.o the pr ipriety of 



promptly arranging some appropriate ohserv- 



anc* of the approaching anniversary of Wash-* 

 ingtons biith. Especially fitting would it be, 

 as an expression of sympathy in the interesting 

 national movement, promoted and conducted 

 by the spirited women of tie Uuited States — 

 our mithers, sisters and daughters — to secure 

 to the natioral possession, ihe home and grave 

 of the iilusfious Father cf our Country. It 

 can need only, we think, the preliminary Bugi 

 gestions of a few of our y( ung meu, to array 

 in cord-hl union the sympiithies of our otitii'Q 

 community in an ohject which appeals tj iSia 

 common heart of all. Let our hearts be g^iad^ 

 dened once more oy the stir of the warm gloVT 

 of American patriotism. Let us redeem (Me 

 day, when all can meet tog3ther as sharers \n 

 the unspeakable blessings cf free instituticna-^" 

 sharers in the honor and prosperity of cur Lee 

 country, sharers in the renown and glory as- 

 sociated with the great Dame of h'm whose 

 memory will be forever and inseparably asso- 

 ciated with all that is great in our past history, 

 and will deserve fresh horDrs with every ad~ 

 vancing age in our national development. 

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jg@°" L. B. Allen has collected mate- 

 rials nearly sufficient fc»r the fourth vol- 

 ume of the American Herd Book. — 

 Breeders who have ne^jlected to do so, 

 should send pedigrees 8 3 as to reach him 

 in the early part of this month. 

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Socrates called beuuty a short lived 

 tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature ; Theo- 

 phrfltus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delight- 

 ful prejudice; Carneades, li solitary kingdom; 

 Domitian said, that nothing; was more grateful; 

 Aristotle affirmed, that beauty was better than 

 all the letters of leeommendation in the world; 

 Homer, that 'twas a glorious gift of nature, and 

 Ovid, alluding to it, calls i; a favor bestowed 

 by the gods. 



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(!^" Rigaud, the painter, being one day em- 

 ployed in painting the portrait of a lady, when 

 he perceived when he cime to the lower part of 

 the lace* that she contracted her lips in a most 

 violent manner, in order ttat she might appear 

 to have a little mouth; upon which the arti-st 

 said to her very gravely, 'lie not uneasy. Mad- 

 am ; if you ch ose, I shall aiake no mouth at 

 all." 



Mail Robber held to Answer — Frank Bu- 

 chanan, the mail robbing Postmaster at Beverly 

 Wisconsin, whi was detected through the 

 agency of Dr. Lieb of Chicago, special Post 

 Office agent, wasexamin>d before Judge Miller 

 at Milwaukee Saturday, ard held to answer in 

 default of §2,000. The evidence of his guilt is 

 conclusive. 



