1862. 



THE ILLIKOiS FAKMEE. 



45 



In the spring of 1846 Jacob Smith, of Putnam 

 county, Indiana, brought some of the above men- 

 tioned variety of cherry to my father's farm, 3 

 miles north of Lockport, west side of the Des- 

 plaines, and grafted them on the common Morello 

 etocks. They grew and bore well ; but of the 

 previous history of said cherry I know nothing. 

 Mr. Smith is still living two miles west of Lock- 

 port, Ills. He is at present suffering from a se- 

 vere wound from a fall, but no doubt at a proper 

 time, would cheerfully communicate any facts he 

 may be in possess'on of in relation to the previ- 

 ous history of said cherry. I would add that 

 nearly sixteen years' experience in cultivating 

 the Early Miy has given me a higher opinion 

 each succeeding year of its great merits as well 

 as superiority over every other variety for this 

 climate. I had one tree last June, two and a 

 half feet high, which produced four large cher- 

 ries, and one tree of four inches in diameter at 

 the ground, which produced one bushel. I would 

 inculcate through your wide spread journal the 

 absolute necessity of high culture for this cherry, 

 as a moment's reflection will teach any one that 

 such enormous crops cannot be produced other- 

 wise. 



It is customary in this region to use the Mo- 

 rello suckers for stocks, which in turn fill the 

 land full of suckers again* to the great injury of 

 the tree. These should be cut down two or three 

 times during the summer, especially blue grass, 

 and in fact all other grasses should be destroyed 

 for a wide space around each tree. I forgot to 

 mention that Mr. Smith has always called this 

 cherry the Early May. 



I remember distinctly the circumstance of Mr. 

 Wakeman's procuring the Early May at my fi- 

 ther's place, as he represented, and of initiating 

 the jolly sharp-shuter in the mysteries of propa- 

 gating the same. Yours truly, 



0. M. Brttnson, 

 Lockport, Will county, Ills. 



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"Keep Bees— Keep Bees." 



The leading article in the London Mark Lane 

 Express, of September 30, says the Genesee Far- 

 mer, is devoted to bees. It states that they re- 

 ceive far less attention in England than they 

 deserve — far less than in France and other Eu- 

 ropean countries. France produces annually 

 $14,000,000 worth of honey and wax, and im- 

 ports $12,000,000 worth in addition. The Agri- 

 cultural Society of France thinks $40,000,000 

 might be produced annually in that country. To 

 show the profits of intelligent bee-keeping, the 

 Mark Lane Express relates the following anec- 

 dote: 



" Some years ago a bishop was holding his 

 first visitation of the clergy of the diocese, in a 

 town in one of the midland counties. Among 

 those assembled he soon discovered an old college 

 acquaintance whom he had not seen for a great 

 number of years, but whom he greeted with all 

 the warmth of a renewed friendship. On com- 



paring notes with his friend, the bishop learned 

 that he was still a curate in a country village, at 

 a stipend of one hundred pounds a year, and that 

 he had a wife and a large family to support. The 

 worthy curate, however, invited the bishop to 

 spend a day with him before he left the neigh- 

 borhood, and the latter, not wishing to appear 

 proud, accepted the invitation. On reaching the 

 parsonage, he was surprised to find his friend's 

 wife an elegant, well dressed lady, who received 

 him without any of the embarrassment which a 

 paucity of means too frequently occasions in 

 those who feel its pressure. The children, too, 

 were all well dressed, and looked anything rather 

 than as having suffered from the pinching pains 

 of unappeased hunger. But the good bishop's 

 astonishment was still greater, when he satdown 

 to partake of a repast worthy of the traditional 

 and customary fare of his order, and was invited 

 to "take wine" of the purest flavor and aroma 

 with his fair and graceful hostess. Knowing that 

 his friend was originally a poor man, he consid- 

 ered that he must have received a fortune with 

 his wife. After, therefore, the latter and the 

 children had withdrawn, the bishop introduced 

 the subject, by expressing a fear that his friend 

 had gone to an unusual and injurious expense to 

 entertain him, and that it would entail privation 

 upon him afterwards. •' Not at all," replied the 

 I curate. "lean well afford to entertain an old 

 friend once in a while without any inconvenience." 

 " Then," rejoined the bishop, " I must congratu- 

 late you, 1 suppose, on having received a fortune 

 with your good lady." -'You are wrong again, 

 my Lord," replied the poor curate ; "I had not 

 a shilling with my wife." More mystified than 

 ever, the bishop resumed, " Then how is it possi- 

 ble for you to have those comforts around you 

 that I see, out of a hundred a year ? ' " Oh, my 

 lord, as to that, I am a large manufacturer as 

 well as a clergyman, and employ many thousands 

 of operatives, which bring me in an excellent liv- 

 ing. If you will wa'k with me tc the back of the 

 premises, I will show you them at work." He 

 accordingly took him into the garden at the back 

 of the house, and there was a splendid apiary, 

 with a large number of bee-hives, the source of 

 the curate's prosperity. The bishop never forgot 

 the circumstance, nor did he ever fail to make 

 use of it as an argument ; for when he after- 

 wards heard some poor curate complain of the 

 scantiness of his income, be would cut the mat- 

 ter short by exclaiming, " There, there, let's have 



no grumbling. Keep bees, like Mr. ; keep 



bees, keep bees !" 



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— The labors that a man performs with bis 

 bands are but bis oat-woiks. Look well to the 

 strengthening of your inner works. 



BIBTHS AND THB DATS OF THE WEEK. 



Monday's bairn is Mr of fi^e ; 

 Tuesday'* balm Is fu' o' grace ; 

 Wednesday's bairn's the child of woe ; 

 Thursday's bairn has far to go ; 

 Jrlday'8 iialm Is loving and giving; 

 Saturday's bairn works hard for his living ; 

 But the child that's bora on the S bbath day 

 Iiludcy, and bonny, and wise, and gay. 



