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signments. but a large attendance of wool- 

 growers, on the occasion. 



GOOD ALE & CO., Cleveland. 



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Fertility of the Holy land. 



No country of equal size probably contains 

 greater inequality of surface than Palestine 

 — varying from the peaks of Lebanon, 10,000 

 feet above the sea level, of the plain of Jeri- 

 co, 1,300 feet below it. Hence the Holy 

 Land afforded almost every variety of vege- 

 table productions J and when in its glory, 

 populous and cultivated, and enjoying the 

 smiles of Jehovah, it was not unworthy of 

 the glowing rhapsody of Dr. Hamilton, the 

 emphatic terms of which are almost all from 

 the Bible : 



" A better country than this earth did not 

 contain. It was ' a delightsome ' and ' a 

 pleasant land;' 'a goodly heritage of the 

 hosts of nations.' It was variegated and in- 

 tersected with all the elements of sublimity 

 and beauty, with whatever was bold and 

 gentle. It was a wealthy place. Aroman- 

 tic herds covered its hills, and the fairest 

 flowers decked its glens. The rose was in 

 Sharon, and the lily in the valleys. The 

 voice of the turtle was heard in the land. 

 There roamed the vine, and there clustered 

 the date, and there hung the pomegranate. 

 The cedar towered on the mountains and the 

 myrtle skirted their sides. No human hand 

 could raise the clusters of Eshcol. The south 

 wind, passing over the gardens, caused the 

 spices thereof to flow out. The seasons re- 

 volved in their variety, but with a blended 

 sweetness. There was the upland breeze, in 

 which the fir could wave its arms, and the 

 softer air, in which the olive unfolded its 

 blossom. The sun smote not by day, nor 

 moon by night. The birds sang among the 

 branches. The dew lay thick in Ilermon. 

 There was balm in Gilead. The lignaloe 

 drooped from the river bank. Lakes glis- 

 tened in the landscape, and cooled the 

 drought. Beautiful for situation was Mount 

 Zion. The cattle browsed on a thousand 

 hills. The excellency of Carmel and the 

 glory of Lebanon set their pinnacles against 

 the deep azure of Canaan's sky. The year 

 was crowned with goodness. The Lord God 

 cared for the land, and his eye was always 

 upon it. At the stated period fell the early 

 and latter rain. The pastures were clothed 

 with flocks. The ploughman overtook the 

 reaper, and the treader of grains him that 

 sowed the seed. The barns were filled with 

 plenty, and the presses burst out with new 

 wine. The little hills rejoiced on every side. 

 The vineyards distilled the pure blood of the 

 grape. The fountain of Jacob was upon a 

 land of corn and wine. The inhabitants 

 were filled with the finest of the wheat. It 

 flowed with milk and honey. Its heavens 

 dropped fatness. The land might be called 

 Beulah. The distant glimpse of its prospect 

 refreshed the flying eye of Moses; and of 

 all thine earthly territory this is emphatical- 

 ly thy land, Immanuel !" 



This flowery description by no means ap- 

 plies to Palestine as it now is. Depopulated, 

 misgoverned, it has become as desolated as 

 it once was beautiful and fertile; and testifies 

 to the truth of God's word, " Woe be unto 

 them when I depart from them." 



[Erom the Cbic«g J Press and Tritune.] 



Fairbanks' Scales. — In all business 

 transactions requiring the use of scales, it is 

 of great importance to both buyer and seller 

 that only such should be used as are reliable; 

 otherwise vexatious discrepancies in weights, 

 and oftentimes serious losses and litigations, 

 are sure to follow. It is everywhere ac- 

 knowledged, and that after the most exten- 

 sive use in all branches of business for more 

 than thirty years, and the most thorough and 

 varied teste, that Fairbanks' scales are une- 

 qualled by a?2y others in correctness, conve- 

 nience and durability ; and were their capa- 

 city rated as high in proportion to their ac- 

 tual size and strength, they would be much 

 less in price than any others. 



So strongly, and justly too, is public opin- 

 ion in favor of these scales, that other ma- 

 kers, as well as their local and traveling 

 agents, represent their scales as Fairbanks', 

 or liJce them in construction and quality, 

 when in reality they are no more like them, 

 though similar in external appearance, than 

 a poor watch is like a good one. As almost 

 every one is interested that only correct 

 scales should be used, we think we do the 

 public a service in advising them that the 

 genuine Fairhanhs^ Scales, made at St. 

 Johnsbury, Vt., and onh/ there, may be had 

 of Fairbanks & Greenleaf, 35 Lake street, 

 or of any of their authorized agents. 



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Preservation of Leather. — Mr. Jen- 

 ne, of Elgin, Kane county, writes, in answer 

 to an inquiry for a preservative for leather, 

 that he has two — one for boots and the other 

 for harness — which he obtained from a man 

 who had been employed in cleaning and oil- 

 ing harness in the East India service, as he 

 said, by paying for it; the former was given 

 to me as an especial favor. I have tested 

 them both for several years, and find them 

 first rate — either is worth to every subscri- 

 ber of "our paper," the price for one year. 

 They are as follows : For boots and shoes, 

 take 6 oz. bayberry wax ; 4 oz. beeswax ; 6 

 oz. mutton, or beef tallow ; 1-3 paper lamp- 

 black, pulverized ; melt and stir a good deal; 

 heat a brush to apply with. For harness — 

 beeswax, ^ lb ; mutton tallow, i lb ; neatsfoot 

 oil, 1 pint ; yellow soap, } ft) ; boil until 

 completely melted, keeping them well stirred 

 all the time ; apply warm, the leather being 

 moist snd clean ; hang the harness in a warm 

 place — a warm, sunny day is best ; when fin- 

 ished, if rubbed briskly with a dry, clean 

 cloth, a fine polish will be obtained, giving 

 every appearance of new leather. If any 

 blacking is needed, add lamp-black. I am 

 confident that fifty per cent, will be added 

 to the wear of harness treated once a year 

 with the above preparation." 



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Editor of the Farmer : — In the fall 

 of 1857, I undertook to make some 

 Wine from Catawba grapes. I got eleven 

 gallons of pure juice; but I am sorry to 

 say that it is not wine yet, and never 

 will be. So thus far my operation was 

 a failure. My labor, hoAvever, was not 

 all lost, for one thing grew ont of it, 

 which I think will be of use to me, and 

 may be of advantage to others. Let me 

 explain. After passing the grapes 

 through my cider mill, I put the pumice 



in a large cask with a quantity of apple 

 pumice, set the cask on a bench and 

 filled it up with water. A few days af- 

 terwards, with a gimlet I taped the cask 

 near the lower end and fixed the spile so 

 that the vinegar — for that I was trying 

 to make — would just drop, drop, into a 

 long stone jar. Going to the jar on the 

 following morning, I was greatly aston- 

 ished and not a little vexed to find the 

 top of the vinegar covered about one 

 inch thick with bugs, moths, and many 

 sorts of winged aud wingless insects, 

 and many of which I had never met 

 with before. Not being an ento mologist 

 I could indentify but a few, but among 

 these was a variety which I do hate, and 

 that is the bee moth. The vinegar 

 was lost of course, and I concluded to 

 cover the vessel in part during the next 

 night, just leaving space for the drop- 

 ping to pass in. The next morning the 

 number and variety of the insects on and 

 in the vinegar, far exceeded that of the 

 previous day. And then ended my ex- 

 perience in vinegar making upon that 

 plan. 



Last summer the moths were very dis- 

 tructive in my apiary. In trying to in- 

 vent some method of checking their 

 ravages, I bethought me of the fate 

 that befell so many of their progenitors 

 the previous season in my vinegar pot. 

 I immediately procured an old wash tub 

 filled it about half full of well watered 

 old cider, and placed it near the hives; 

 In a few days I had the satisfaction of 

 seeing hundreds of the moths lying life- 

 less in the tub, but I noticed fewer of 

 the other kinds of insects than were 

 caught in the jars. The peculiar flavor 

 of the gas among the apple pumice 

 may have attracted the insects to the 

 jar in the first instance, but I am in- 

 clined to think that they prefer going 

 into a dark place, and that a vessel 4 

 inches diameter and 2 feet in depth, one 

 third full of liquid would be the most 

 successful trap that could be set for 

 them. I began early this spring with 

 my experiment and now have several 

 jars in different places under trees. — 

 Thus far I am encouraged to believe 

 that the plan will be unusually succe s- 

 ful. Moth and Bugs are beginning to 

 tumble in, and ere the month of June 

 closes, thousands and thousamis of our 

 orchard and apiary pests will have found 

 a vinegary grave. Who knows but the 

 curculio the rose and the vine bug may 

 be lessened if not exterminated by hard 

 cider. J. R. W. 



WooDwiLD, May 16, 1859. ■ 

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The great trotting match in doable harnees, 

 for §10,000, between Ethan Allen and Lantern, 

 over the Union Course, Long Island, took place 

 on Wednesday. The first beat was run in 2 min. 

 and 245^ secondB — the shortest time on reoori 

 — and was a 'dead heat.' Ethan Allen won 

 the race. Lantern did not win a single heaf; 

 two were dead beats. 



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