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the time of ' the sere and yellow leaf,' when their matured foliage 
falls back to earth, they teach me the frailty of all below." 
The old orchard in rear of the barn, had all been grafted by 
his own hand, with the choicest varieties of the apple, and a new 
one in course of growth, just commencing to produce its valuable 
treasures, gave assurance that in this kind of labor, there is profit 
not only in the pecuniary reward it offers to bring in future years, 
but profit to the eye, by its thrifty and vigorous appearance. 
We inquired of our new friend Russell, if he found any diffi- 
culties in the culture of the finer fruits, such as the peach, cherry, 
the better varieties of the plum, &c , trees of which several spe- 
cies gave ample testimony of their liberal products: " None 
insurmountable," said he; "they all require labor and anxious 
watchings, but what then? The same industry that is necessary 
to cause the earth to produce her richest treasures is essential to 
health and bodily vigor, and the care and judgment which they 
require, invite the mind to healthy and 'persevering research. 
"When I look upon these trees that bring their annual offerings to 
gladden my appetite, regale my taste, and make the pulse of life 
beat more freely, I find an ample reward for all my toil and all 
my care in the triumph I obtained over nature, by causing them 
thus to grow and thus yield their produce. Thus, I am many- 
fold compensated — paid in looking on their thrifty growth — paid 
by a hundred fold in their delicious offerings. 
We saw the thrifty animals about his premises, each of which 
possessed the docility of lambs. How promptly, when ap- 
prised of his approach, did the familiar herd gather round and 
acknowledge their gratitude for kindness by a familiar lick of the 
hand. How the sheep and the tender lambs gamboled about his 
path I Even the svvine there, had forgotten their hoggish pro- 
pensities, and exhibited evident tokens of cultivated, civilized 
life. 
The crops were all that the crops of such a man may well be 
supposed to have been. Each on a soil adapted, as nearly as 
could be, to its peculiar habits, and protected by fences more than 
ample, promised rich returns. 
We visited the barn, into which, as you see, they were gather- 
ing the rich treasures of the early harvest. And here let it be 
noticed, all obstacles were removed that would tend to render the 
passage from the hay field in the least slow or uncertain. Not a 
gate shut nor a bar up to impede their progress, and yet no idle 
boys watching gaps, or starving animals around to find a gap 
open, through which to push their way to mischief and destruc- 
tion. But to the barn; it was made so tight throughout, that 
but for its destitution of a huge stone chimney, the ancients might 
have taken it for a thrifty, comfortable dwelling house, yet fitted 
