OCT. 



MOORE'S RUBA1 KEW-TOBKEK: AN AGRICULTURAL AXI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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Sketches from the Alps lo the Adriatic. 



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It was a dismal morning when I left Fugon, A 

 mist kept €00*1011117 descending, and the elands 

 formed a roof over the valley, lower down than the 

 tops of the mountains, bo that the view was con- 

 fined to the bottom and half a mile or so up the 

 slopes on either side. A group of peasants was 

 collected at almost every house along the road, 

 amusing themselves by rolling at ten pins on rode 

 platforms, or the hard ground, beneath the widely 

 projecting roof* which sheltered them from the 



The valley grew narrower, and the slope*, as high 

 op as I could see, were dotted by innumerable huts. 

 In three boors, I saw the taper spire of the chnrcb, 

 rising out of the village of /.ell, which, though 

 not the largest, is the liveliest village in the valley. 

 While in 1 In.' dining room of the ion, a young man 

 entered with his '/.nhtm. a kind of guitar which is 

 laid on a table when played, and has fifteen or 

 twenty strings. The mnsic la soft and dreamy, 

 suited well to the climate and people of the East, 

 where the instrument mighl have originated. One 

 Imagines with delight its dreamy strains among 

 the orange and fig groves of Italy, or amid the 

 ranker vegetation and voluptuous climate of a more 

 Oriental land, but amid the stem mountains and 

 fierce storms of the Tyrol, it seems sadly out of 

 place. But 1 shall never forget the musician; his 





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ling 



his dark and dreamy eyes, 

 and then flashing with enthusiasm and feeling, and 

 his finely cat and poetical oast of features, told 

 plainly that he, as well as his instrument, were in a 

 land foreign to tbeir real character. 



Shortly after leaving this village, I met three 

 peasants driving a (lock of goats and sheep, which 

 strongly reminded me of some pictures I need 

 greatly to admire in the "Adventures of Roiunson 

 CaraoE." The main valley ends a conple of mites 

 above Zirl, sod I took a foot-path, leading into a 

 higher valley, end across the mountains to the 

 main road from Innspruck to Italy, 



The foot-path brought me to Lcanereback, where 

 I fonnd qnartors for the night The first two-thirds 

 of the way were as wild and romantic ai one 

 conld desire. Down the mountains ran stream 1 * of 

 foam, falling into a large torrent which roared in 

 the bottom of a deep gorge, hundreds of feet be- 

 low me. The foot path wound along the brink, 

 often dangerously near, and crossed the torrents 

 by rode wooden bridges. I conld not have follow- 

 ed this path in the dark, for frequently places oc- 

 curred where a single misstep would have pre- 

 cipitated me into the torrent; and there was no 

 barrier to hinder the making of a falsa move.— 

 The latter part of the way was fur less wild, and 

 tbe stretim flowed between low banks in the bottom 



of a grc 



Ugh , 



a ilie 



wherever there was a g 



midst of yawning precipices', stood the low wooden 



peasant cottages. 



Most of the way up this valley I had a Que speci- 

 men of a mountain peasant for oompany— one who 

 would undergo the severest privations rather than 

 emigrate. He was about twenty years old, and his 

 business was to transport articles to such portions 

 of the valley as were inaccessible to horses. He 

 carried a heavy load of cloth on his shoulders, bnt 

 notwithstanding this, and the steepness of the way, 

 he kept me on a fast pace. He said he conld earn 

 twenty-five or thirty dollars yearly, and he lived 

 mostly on milk and cheese, with now and then 

 some hard, black, rye bread. I described to him 

 the advantages which America offered to the la- 

 boring man, and asked him if he would not like to 

 go to a land where all the people ate, daily, mcatand 

 wheat bread. " Have you got mountains like these 

 in America?" he asked. "No," I replied, "not 

 where the white men live." "Then I shall not 

 go," said this prondsonof the Tyrol, "I hadrather 

 live where I con climb the 



Juno 2d— I slept lost night in a real Tyroleso 

 house, in the cluster of low, unpalnted, wooden 

 buildings, standing without any order on the green 

 menitnw, called the village of Leanerabaek. 

 windows of my room consisted of only four small 

 panes of glais each, and a door opened fr 

 upon one of the wooden balconies lu front of the 

 house. The rooms were all boarded up on the in- 

 side for plaster or stone would havo been too damp 

 and cold in that high region. I bad the curiosity 

 to look into the kitchen, and found the fire burn- 

 ing on a large platform of stone, raised about two 

 feet above the lioor, The smoke escaped through 

 tbe door and windows, and a hole in the corner, 

 "huh *-im apparently meant for the chimney. — 

 Wood for fuel was drying in frames around the top 



Iseul my hoou, which had suffered on yesterday's 

 journey, to tho thoemoke/, and he delayed me till 10 

 Bploiad myself by observing tho peo- 

 ple who gathered .boat the inn, and appeared to 

 have liule to do, although the day was wnrm and 

 tho son shone. The men wcre large and broad- 

 shouldered, but nearly every ouo Bl00 p e d from the 

 practice or carrying heavy load, uu tQe mountains 

 on their backs. They wore sho,. ^ stockings, 

 and their pantaloons— which reached only just be- 

 low their knees — and abort coats, were made of the 

 coarsest cloth. Their costume lacked mach f be- 

 ing so good and picturesque as that of tho Inhab- 

 itants of tho lower valley. Sol were the people 

 themselves so line looking. There was more of tho 

 brute, and leas of the intellectual in their counten- 

 ances, and many of them showed the effeots of 

 hud drinking. I observed, too, that but little beer 

 was drank; mostly icknapju. I am inclined 

 tbiuk. that the inhabitants of the highest valleys 

 in mountain countries, are inferior to those 

 dwell lower down. They ore worn by continued 

 hardships and battling with nature, and their re- 

 developed by contact with theii 



The weather was so warm that I pulled off my 

 coat, when I started on my day's journey. The 

 eloping meadows were colored by beautiful flowers 

 of which I saw seven or eight species. In fifteen 

 minutes I crossed the rapid torrent twice, by foot 

 bridgr«, and in a couple of hours came within 

 sight of Illnter Dux, which is the last village in 

 the valley. Tt consists of 8 dozen wood-colored 

 bouses, clustered together on the green meadow, 

 without a fence or a cultivated spot anywhere 

 around them. Above, on all iidefl, 1 1 

 ered peaks. A flock of hens came strolling over 

 the meadow towards me, end a few goats and sheep 

 were grazing around. When I got among the 

 houses, I saw four peasants, lying on the grass, and 

 one of them hailed me, and asked if I were going 

 over the Jock. On my telling him that I was, he 

 said they were also going in half an honr, sad 

 they would show me the way. I went into one of 

 the cottages, and ate some bread and milk and put 

 some lunch in my pocket. When we started, one 

 of the peasants put my knapsack into a long basket 

 which he carried on his back. Another carried a 

 fox skin, and a bird that he hod shot. The toil of 

 the bird, for which he expected to get several 

 florins at the market in the village on the Brenner 

 road, was fastened in his hat. 



A winding foot-path leads op the steep moun- 

 tain side from Hinter Duxr. We passed a large 

 water-fall, formed by a torrent, and in an hour and 

 a half, come to extensive enow fields. The snow, 

 In many places, waa several feet deep, and after 

 wading to our breasts, one time — in that which 

 waa fresh fallen — we hod to retrace our steps and 

 seek a place where it was firmer. On our left was 

 a glacier, and on onr right the highest peaks rose 

 a few hundred feet above ub. They are more than 

 seven thousand feet above the sea. Thesun glared 

 hotly, and the snow melted some, though the air 

 was piercing cold. The snow dazzled us, and my 

 companions put handkerchiefs over their eyes, and 

 warned me to do the same, or I might be enow- 

 blind when I came into the valley. All around 

 was snow and rock, and the scene was wild and 

 desolate beyond description. We had left the 

 flocks and the pastures out of sight, and had en- 

 tered the highest Alpine region — the home of the 



alanohe and the Tempest There was no vege- 



ion in eight, nothing but frowning rock and on- 

 trodden snow. The wind blew, and it waved no 



se, no shrub, no gross— nothing but dead snow. 



ie sun shone, but no happy insects hummed in 



e atmosphere, and no gentle flower woke to life. 



Did you ever stand in a winter night — after the 

 clocks have stiuck twelve — on the summit of a 

 high bill underneath sky covered with broken, 

 stormy clouds that sent down showers of snow, 

 and admitted scanty moonbeams T Did you look 

 out then over the landscape, at the fierce and 

 ghostly sky, the leafleBs trees, the white fields, the 

 dead fences, and the lightless booses, alt dimly 

 Been throngh tbe moaning storm? If you did yon 

 have witnessed one scene of desolation; but if yon 

 would picture to yourself that Alpine scene, let 

 the hills swell to jagged mountain peaks and glit- 

 ter white against tho jewelled sky— let the valleys 

 deepen to almost impassoblo gulfs, fall of preci- 

 pices and chasms, end all tho works of man tarn 

 to drifting snow banks, and then imagine the hot 

 test unmmer son all powerless to dispel tho rle sola- 

 tion, and yoa can fancy the scene I have tried to 

 describe. 



Two of my companions were boys, and one of 

 them showed a little of the Yankee propensity, 

 when ho offered to swap coats or hats with me, 

 even. He said he could sing, and when I asked 

 him if he conld dance, he began to go throngh 

 the motions of fiddling, and to dance about so 

 lively on tho rough rocks, that I was balf afraid he 

 would tumble over the precipice by our side. One 

 of the men was much interested about America 

 and said he would like to emigrate, but he should 

 never get money enough, for be could barely pro- 

 vide his family with tbe coarsest food and clothes. 

 Ho had been a soldier in Italy, in hia younger days, 

 and in tho loneliest spot of our day's journey, ho 

 gave me the comforting advice, " not to truBt my- 

 self alone to the Italians, in by places, as I did to 



On getting across the tidge we descended into a 

 deep and green volley. The descent was very 

 Bteep, and In one place wo went down a long strip 

 of hard snow very quickly, by leaning backward 

 on onr sticks and sliding. We followed this valley 

 downward for a couple of hours, and came to 

 village of Sttfllacb, on the Brenner rood. As 

 son was quite high I went on, and gained the s 

 mltof the pass of Brenner by dark. The as< 

 is so easy and the road so smooth, that a horse 

 trot almost to the hamlet on the veryeommi 

 The wide arched door, low roof, and thick wallsof 

 tbe inn welcomed mo after my hard walk, and I 

 found the table laden with hearty food nnd gener- 

 ine. The temperature rendered a blazing 

 lite comfortable, and snow lay on the mot 

 sat a few boodred feet above. In tho mo: 

 was in a warm valley— at noon among am 

 fields on the mountain— in the afternoon ugain 

 m volley— at night comfortable by a blazi 

 fire on Mount Brenner. a. y. w 



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MAHOMET. 



Suamxv above tho middle size, his figure, 

 hough spare, was handsome and commanding, 

 he chest broad and open, the bones and frome- 

 rork large, the joints well knit together. His 

 leek waa long and finely moulded. Tbe head— 

 inuBually large — gave space for a broad ai 

 de brow. The hair, thick, jet black, and slightly 

 nrling, fell down over his ears. The eyebrows 

 rere arched and joined; the countenance 

 rat ruddy. His large eyes, intensely black and 

 piercing, received additional lustre from their 

 long, dark eyelashes. Tho nose was high and 

 slightly aquiline, bat fine, and at the end attenua- 

 ted. The teeth were far apart A long, black, 

 bushy beard, reaching to the breast, added manli- 

 ness and presence. His expression was pensive 

 and contemplative. The face beamed with intel- 

 ligence, though something of the sensuous might 

 also be there discerned. His broad back leaned 

 slightly forward as he walked; and his step was 

 hasty, jet sharp and-declded, like that of one rap- 

 idly descending a declivity. There was something 

 unsettled in l.js bloodshot eye, which refused to 

 rest upon lu object When he turned towards yon, 

 it was never partially, bnt with tho whole body.— 

 Mnr'M Lift oj AfaWw. 



Wat ffflirag Italisi 



iove we present Rrn". readers with an illns- 

 on of one of tbe most celebrated buildings in 

 country — an edifice which, did the respect 

 f the people go forth to such an 

 raid justly lay claim to more of the hora- 

 mericaos than any other in the land. 

 State House, in Philadelphia — better 

 Independence nail— was the theatre of 

 the most interesting and important de 

 is ever been tbe lot of our oonntlj to 

 witnees— the place where Wa9hik<;ton, and Jei ■ 

 Franklin, and Adams, and others, no 

 less remembered or honored, held communion, ac- 

 tuated by the Bpirit of liberty, forgetful of selfish 

 interests, and only anxious for tbe fate of their 

 -the room where tbatnoble band 

 off the galling yoke of British 



of piUrieU 1 



foreign servitude anu proclaimed t 

 tbe world that America should tn 

 stand as n monument to incite American youth t 

 emulate the glorious acta of tbeir fathers. 



Erected In IT30, it is now 128 years old, bnt wli 

 the care it will receive from the patriotic oitiiei 

 LI yet last many years. 1 

 many beautiful shade tree 

 mitred in the engraving in 

 to more perfectly place before the eye the 

 :iid dimemiions of the building. 

 building ou the southeast corner of Cheet- 

 d Sixth streets (on the right of the engrav. 

 rosthe "Old Congress Ball." Here Wash- 

 » bade farewell to public life, and delivered 

 address which will ever be cherish 

 red legocy by bis admiring countrymen 



of Philadelphia, [t 

 front of the Hall a 



but these have beet 



ABIGAIL WATERS. 



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No.) 



r lunch with the children un- 

 der the beech trees. She listened to their childish 

 laughing at their jests 

 and stories, and then at her proposal they went 

 own the dark pine lane after flowers. She made 



garland for Dnnnv's curls and crowned her with 



pretty speech, and she taught them the botany of 

 leir pet blossoms. Then she told them much 

 hoot the birds they saw, and many of the insects. 

 They had a very happy time, and Dsddt said it 



ade them think of tbeir walks with Miss Millkb, 



Four o'clock came that afternoon before it was 

 expected. Annv was not granted tho opportunity 

 ■he had always had before of meditating over her 

 silence, for Pete and Deedv, and a dozen 

 ere waiting to walk home with her. They 

 go by the duaty road, bnt across tbe fields 

 and along by the creek side, down by the mill 

 where they came in sight of the village, and where 

 Aunv Baid she must leave them as Bhe wished to 

 call at the post-office before going home. 



"Yon. always, go to the post-office, don't you?' 

 ashed Debut. "Do you alwoys get a letter?" 



"Oh, no," was the laughing reply— "I get one 

 bat seldom." 



"Have yon got a fs'l.er sod mother. Miss Wa- 

 ters?" timidly asked a little girl, who had clung 

 to her hand all the way. 



Abby told them that she had, and how far away 

 they lived, and how long it was since she had seen 

 them, and tbe many weeks that mast come and go 

 before she could be at home again. 



"I should think your father or mother would 

 write to you every day," said Kitty. 



They saw her lips tremble and the big drops Bhe 

 brushed fromher eyes ere she replied,—" They are 

 both sick. Mother's eyes are so poor she cannot 



wr jt e w b fear sho i3 growing blind. Father has 



laid in his bed more than a year. He writes me 

 all tho letters I get, and be writes as often as he 

 can. Good night." and meeting tbe faces that 

 were upturned for her kiss, Bhe went silently on 

 her way. Had she heard what those children said 



The next morning there were several boquels 

 on her desk, and Pbtb i"Ib,a.hasi opened hla books, 

 and the "nobiy corner" was comparatively quiet 

 Abby, though harrossed with perplexing thoughts 

 of ber home, did not suffer the cloud to darken 

 her face, or sink her Bpirits Into the Bullen gloom 

 she had nursed so long. Sho found that hope 

 made the burden lighter, and feasted her bouI up- 

 on it But she could sot find courage enough to 

 appeal to Mr. Dodbs that night, or the next, or the 

 next, and when the rainy, dull Saturday came, and 

 the children were troublesome, and everything 

 Bceuied warring against her resolutions, Bhe was 

 fast giving way to bitterness and misanthropy, 

 when Mr. Dor.Eis' carriage arrived for the impa 

 tient Deddt, and with it an urgent invitation for 

 the Bchool-mistress to come to tea, Anny waa 

 just starting off *n foot through the mud and rain, 

 when Debby called loudly after her. 



That night as she sot alone with goodMre. Donas 

 talking cheerfully and freely, for it was impossible 

 to resist the infiaence of that generous, tender- 

 hearted woman, she found herself, before she was 

 aware, treading upon her own history and sad ex- 

 perience. She paused, and woold have retreated 

 from the subject, but Mrs. Dodbs had laid down 

 her knitting and drawn; close beside her, and, with 

 tears in her mild ejes, she urged her to go on and 

 tell her her trouble, for since the little, Dbbby bad 

 told her about her Hick father and mother, her 

 heart hod ached for the poor girl. 



Before Aect went to bed that night, Mrs. Dobds 

 gave her a warm, motherly kiss, and told her to 

 cheer up asd be happy. " Don't vex yourself, 

 ohildie," said she, "for It is all coming outright 

 yet I know 



int she was greatly 

 y after of tbe conli 

 vhich he hoped w<> 



not surprised at tbe ready ed 

 m she requested of Mr. DoBBfi 

 when he informed her short- 

 erable increase of ber salary, 

 Id be an indocen 

 teacher through 



1 inducement for ber 



10k tbe orphan girl to the 

 parsonage as his wife, tbe village children hong 

 the Utile gray church with flower)', and wept and 

 smiled when the Holy line was over, bardly know- 



§®mn fe tbe fating. 



ACROSTICAL ENICUA. 



j composed of 23 letters. 

 My 1, 12, 'J, 10, It; is king of grain. 

 My 2, 13, 15, 12, 4 Is a number. 

 My 3, 7, 20, 9 makes young folks merry. 

 My 4, IT, 7 is a weight 

 My 6, 20, % 10, 17, 7 is a city in one of the Easte 



My C, 8, 1, 14, 18 is a boy's same. 



My 7, 0, 1, 16, 20. 17 was a philosopher. 



My 8, 6, 5, 10 is the cause of much trouble. 



My 9, 10, 4, 19, 12 is a time piece, 



My 10, 14, 7, 10 Is a girl's name. 



My 11,21, 10, 18 is a bird. 



My 12, 10, 4 is a covering for the head. 



My 13, 7. 8, 22, 10, IS never forgets a kindness. 



My 14, 22, 4 is a small insect 



My 16, 10, 7, 15, 23, 10, is a useful machine. 



My 10 is a kind of drink. 



My 17, 7, 13, 17, 7 is a garden vegetable. 



My 18, 6, 1ft, 23, 12, 20 is a town ia Wisconsin. 



My 19, 10, 3, 12 is hard to get. 



My 20, 12, 22, 20 is the name of a State. 



By 21, 10, 3, 12, 22, IB, 15, 1, 2f>, 7 -vas ? Prejbji 



of the United States. 

 My 22, S 10 ia a girl's name. 

 My 23, 20, 4 ia a come for a drunkard. 



My whole is the name of a Town, County, a 

 State. 



3S~ Answer in two weeks. 



A COTOTRY OIEL AT THE FAIE, 



isxn Moons:— From within the preclnota of 

 my quiet country home, I have thought to write to 

 yon. You, of course, will not be surprised at tbe 

 reception of a letter— you who receive so many— 

 nor yet when I tell yoa the writer is an "unsophis- 

 ticated country girl," barely out of her teens, 

 homely and— clever. I do not expect you will 

 even notice my letter— much less reply to it— yet, 

 because I wish to do oa others do, I hove conclu- 

 ded to write to you. But my letter shall speak for 

 itself. 



We have very few holidays here. Its "all work 

 and no ploy." which you know '■ makes Jack a dull 

 hoy,'' so yon must know I waa for a long time an- 

 ticipating with delight our County Fair. As tho 

 time drew near I waa all excitement, how I should 

 dress, how appear, for I knew I should meet very 

 many of your city folks and didn't like to look or 

 appear Insignificant 1 knew how I should bo 

 squinted at and laughed at as "only a country 

 girl," for with all my attempts I cannot carry my 

 head ,/uite so high, or walk quite so genteel 03 yonr 

 city-bred ladles. 



At last the time arrived; I arranged my hair af- 

 ter the latest fashion, donned my best gown (didn't 

 see many better there) and left my country home 

 for ant day at least Ere long we arrived ot tbe 

 grounds, oud after duly flourishing our badge, 

 waiting half an hour for on opportunity to enter, 

 we were unmistakably at the Fair. I regret very 

 mach, Mr. Moore, that I did try to be bo nice, but 

 then I wasn't going to walk round " regular country 

 style," so I passed round once in our carriage, 

 looked straight ahead, and as a consequence know 

 nothing about the splendid horses and cattle, poul- 

 try and rabbits, which they say were there. 



I can't tell yon of all the nice things I saw — my 

 letter would be far too long — but tbe idea etrnck 

 me forcibly that lazy people— those of whom I 

 have heard it said, " were too lazy to eat"— ought 

 to procure a set of those jaws I noticed, over 

 whii^h tho will has no control. 



Contrary to the customs of many of our "conn- 

 try people," I didn't carry my provisions with me 

 but dined in the Hall, with all others who could 

 afford it, and weren't too stingy. I wouldn't liko 

 to tell you bow long I had been saving my small 

 allowance of spending money, so that when I went 

 to the Fair I could appear like somebody— you 

 would laugh at me for my forethought I oawyou, 

 Mr. Moohe, figuring pretty extensively In the 

 dining hall, and thought when 1 left, your appetite 



;t;oci.i:m. 



SrpposE 



id tub, the perpendicular height of 

 which Is four feet; the bottom diameter is two 



feet, and tho top diameter three. After putting 

 Into the tub a chain composed of twenty-five 

 round linkn, each link being six inches in circum- 

 ference, and made of ronnd iron one fourth inch 

 in diameter; also an iron globe twenty inches ia 

 diameter, with a cavity in the form of a sphere in 

 the centre, occupying J 29-100 of tbe whole globe, 

 with a round orifice, leading to this cavity, one 

 Inch in diameter— how many gallons of water will 

 be required to fill the tub? 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac CJ NO. «5. 

 Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma: — Herman- 

 Answer to Pazale:— For example:— 4-^3 + 2 + 7 

 = 10, subtracting this amount from 4,327 cives 

 1,311— adding them as Ot first, uud rejecting ■!, the 

 lumber is 0. Subtract this number from 9, and 

 rotj have tbe figure omitted. If this number 

 liven should be composed of units end tens, (13, 

 or instance.) add the tens to tbe units and sub- 

 boppen that 



ted will 

 sure < 



■ ill t,o 11. 

 I omitted 



I, the figure omit 



ie i.ip-jv.ri 



UNHEALTHY POSITIONS. 



Tijosb persons engaged in occupations requir- 

 ing the bonds alone to move, while tbe lower 

 limbs remain motionless, should bear in mind, that 

 without constantly raising the frame to an erect 

 position, and giving a slight exercise to all parts 

 of the body, such a practice will tend to deetn 

 tbeir health. They shonld, 

 erect a position 09 possible. With 

 there is always more or less stooping of the head 

 and shouldere, tending to retard circulation, respi- 

 ration, and digestion, and produce curvature of 

 the epine. Tho head should be thrown back, to 

 give the lungs full play. The frcqoent long-drawn 

 breath of the seamstress evincrs the cramping and 

 confinement of the lung* Health cannot be ex- 

 pected without ftee respiration, pf* ^*** 

 element Is In 

 proportion ite - - 

 Strength and robustness must come from exercise. 

 Confined attitudes are in violation of correct theo- 

 ries of healthy pnyslcal deployment, andjbe_ln- 

 stincts of n 



liShT - 



I, proi 



8 did 



duty. I haven' 

 ble with yon— if I should they would think me so 

 highly honored perhaps I might lose some of my 

 country friends. Had it not been for this circum- 

 stance, I doubt whether I shonld ever have written 



I am greatly in favor of these gatherings and 

 shall look forward to a pleasant time when next we 

 have our County Fair. Bytheby, Mr. Moohe, I in- 

 tend to take something pretty nice next time, and 

 I know it you have anything to do with awarding 

 premiums you will not forget your humble friend, 



[ Onr Ironical iriend Is assured that we always 

 endeavor to perform our duty— even at a dining 

 table, In presence of rare specimens of "Heaven's 

 last" if not always " be3t gift" If Jans will do us 

 the honor of making herself known at the next 

 Fair, she shall have an opportunity of seeing Bome- 

 what outside of the dining hall, albeit we can 

 promise nothing about the award of premiums. — 

 By the way, Jane puta on too many airs to com- 

 port with the character of a genuine country girl, 

 and we suspect resides in the suburbs of the city ] 



CLEEE3 AND FARMEES. 



Messrs. Eds.:— I see by the Rural of August 

 21st, that there seems to be quite a contest going 

 on between the CUrki and Young XuntUU, in re- 

 gard to whether the Clerks shall hove a place In 

 the corner heretofore devoted to Young Rnraliata. 

 I can see no reason why they can object to our 

 sharing the corner with them. Arc they afraid 

 that Botue bright star from among the Clerks, will 

 outshine them? Or, do they consider themselves 

 so mach our superiors, that they will not conde- 

 scend to have their writings printed in the same 

 column with ours? I hope It is neither. Why 

 wiU they not come out and welcome us kindly and 

 openly, instead of driving us oft I think it would 

 he much more manly, and certainly much pleasant- 

 er. Can you, or some Young Ruralist inform me 

 when it la tho beat time to pot down layers of the 

 grape vine? Also, the manner in which It Is done? 

 -Clebk, Buffalo, IKK,] 



Rbiiauxs.— All that is necessary to do lo layer 

 the grape vine, Is to take a branch in spring, after 

 having removed a little of the surface eorlb, lay It 

 down and cover it with mellow earth; coverafoot 

 or two In length, and let tho end of the .hoot re- 

 main uncovered, tying it to a stake. Where you 

 have a long branch it will make two or more layers, 

 by covering It ot tw< 



AUTUMN IN THE. COUNTRY. 



MbssbJ. Em-. : -As I am one of the "young 

 country lolkr," as we are denominated by the 

 Young Rurolists of Monroe county, I presume opon 

 vour goodness to write a few lines. The country 

 is my home, and I trust I am truly thankful that I 

 urn permitted to live for, fir from the ceaseless din 

 of nolsesome, busy city. Bat be that as It may. 



How beautifully the eon's roys ore intercepted 

 by the vines which go clambering up against tbe 

 window near which I am seated. I roise the win- 

 dow, part tho vines, and ga/.e at tho setting sun.— 

 No walls of brick or highly painted wood-work to 

 rear their, to me, gloomy surfaces, (when compared 

 with nature's ever-ceasing scenes,) to «'"\ r lhe 

 eve with the monotonono appearance: no B™f e P'' 

 jewelry, or dentist signs to gaze at, but instead, the 



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 the frosts andwlndflOl the 1 »mlng n "■''■ '" 1*1 

 them in their early grave*. Oh [ha j"° "'{.^ "° 

 prepared, fat when death 



tnmn tint may defend gontiy, !*■«'«?» *"*« 

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