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Printed in 18 Oil Colors, 
Beautiful and Cliarming. 
(The first tliree [as named below], mounted on 
heavy Card-Board, read}- for framing, or for use 
•without a frame ; tlie fourth mounted on Mnslin, 
being too large for mailing if on Card-Board.) 
I— "Up for Repairs." 
The sister mending her brother's torn clothes, 
■will be a fine ornament in any house. 
II-" Look Out." 
A maiden at a cascade in the act of dashing wa- 
ter upon you,— a new and greatly improved edition 
of this new painting. 
Ill—" Mischief Brewing." 
A country boy with a " Jack o' lantern," which 
he has made out of a pumpkin, and he is telling 
his little sister of the sport they will have with it 
by and by, after nightfall. 
IV-" The Strawberry Girl," 
One of the most popular pictures brought out in 
this country or Europe, (size 1-1 by 20 inches,) of 
which every home should have a copy. 
As long as our supply holds out, we offer a choice 
of any one of the above four pictures, to every 
person subscribing for the American Ac/ricuUurhf, 
■who merely sends pay for cost of motDii'mg, imck- 
ing, and forwarding free by mail, viz : 
For No. I. ...only 25 cents extra, "i Formounting, 
For No. II only 25 cents extra. packing, 
For No. Ill only 25 cents extra. | and free 
For No. IV only 50 cents extra. J delivery. 
That is, nothing for the pictures, and only 25 or 50 
cents extra for cost of mounting, packing, and pay- 
ing postage or express. Any one of t/tese pictures 
is richly worth the cost of many ^ibscriptions. 
They are beautifully printed in Oil Colors, and have 
the appearance, and indeed the v.ilue, of Oil Paint- 
ings on canvas. 
^^ Name your choice when sending In your 
snbscriptlon. 
^^ These Pictures are offered to all subscribers 
now coming in. See " Trial Trip," page 348. 
Cirain fi-oiii Kiiit^as. — Mr. J. D. Ron- 
stadt, of Ellsworth, K:in., brou<;htus some tilie specimens 
Of rye and wheat which show that in Ellsworth and Bour- 
bon Counties, at least, the grasshoppers liave not de- 
stroyed all the crops. Mr. R. st.ites Unit in several places 
the rye was 7 feet high. The top of theso specimens 
were somewhat damaged, as in rhanging cars in one of 
the locust infested towns in ■\Veptern Mo., the insects 
made a descent npon it, as it was the ouly green thing in 
the neighborhood. 
Fi-iiit Jai-s.— " Mrs. C. W. T." Wo have 
not had occasion to purchase any of late ; the Cohanscy 
Jar appears to lie made on correct principles, and some 
of onr associates, who have used them, give satisfactory 
reports concerning thorn. 
Cable-iiicre^v '*Virc and Sil^rvr-tip> 
ped Shoes,—" W. H. B." There is nothing "myste- 
rious '■ about these advertisements which have appeared 
in the columns of the Agiicnltiinsl for several years, when 
you understand it. The advertisers are owners of the 
patents, and make the wire, tips, and machinery for manu- 
facturing these shoes. They advertise in tills " mysteri- 
ous manner" for the benefit of their customers, who are 
the manufacturers of shoes with the above improvements. 
Tiie articles are so well known that "W. II. B." will no 
doubt find them at the lirst shoe-store he comes acruss. 
Obituary.— Moses Quinby. 
In place of the nsnal "Bee Notes," we sadly insert a 
notice of the death of their author, which took place at 
his residence at St. Jolnisville, N. Y., on May atitli. at the 
age of 65. When Mr. Quinl)y sent his article for the 
June AgrtC'ilttcri'^t, he wrote a private note about another 
matter, in his usual cheerful style, with no intimation 
that he was ill, and as we were expecting his contribu- 
tion for July, a note came from his sou, announcing his 
death as above. As to this event, which will be sorrow- 
fully received by bce-lcecpcrs throughout the country, we 
have no particulars beyond what is here given. As an 
apiarian Mr. Quinby stood among the very first in the 
country, and he was a leader and ofteti president at their 
conventions. Ilis work, the "Mysteries of Bee-lioeping 
Explained," is a standard authority, and his frequent 
contributions, the principal of which were given in the 
Agrkultmi&t, were of real value. In our intercourse with 
Mr. Q. we were much struck with his simple-heartedness 
and old-fashioned honesty ; he believed that in bee-keep- 
ing there was a great source of profit to farmers, who on- 
ly needed proper instruction to save the vast stores of 
honey, now yearly allowed to go to waste. Though he 
made many valuable improvements in hives and their ac- 
cessories, he never patented them, believing it the duty 
of every one to contribute to the general welfare. He 
had a thorough contempt for all quackery, mysterj', and 
shams, and exposed them at every opportunity. The 
bee-keepers of the country have lost a progressive leader, 
and his friends will miss from their circle a genial and 
worthy gentleman. 
The Locust at Diuner. 
In this number of the Agriculturist, p. 261, is a 
notice of the seventh Report of our esteemed corre- 
spondent, Prof. C. V. Riley, as State Entomologist 
of Missouri, especiiiUy with reference to that part 
of the Report which treats of the locust or grass- 
hopper. In that article it is stated that the author 
will find but few ready to adopt his suggestion to 
use the insects as food. A few days after tliat por- 
tion of the paper was made up, we had the pleasure 
of a visit from Prof. R., who was on his way to Eu- 
rope for a short vacation, and he informed us that 
the locust had actually appeared at dinner — " not 
where he cats, but where he is eaten." Our friend 
is a very thorough man, and is not one to point out 
the ■way, but to lead it, and having advised people 
to eat hoppers, he at once set the example. A few 
bushels of hoppers were procured, and placed in 
charge of one of the best caterers in St. Louis to be 
served. A number of scientific gentlemen ■were in- 
vited, and a dinner was set forth at which the lively 
locust formed the sole animal food. Martyrs to 
science, some may think, but so far from this being 
the case, it was a feast that the veriest epicure 
might envy. Prof. R.'s vivid description of it 
fairly made our mouth water, and half inclined tis 
to wish that certain natural laws did not prevent 
a visit of these much eating and more eatable artic- 
utata to the less favored shores of the Atlantic. 
While our friend cannot say that he " hankers ar- 
ter" the raw hopper, just cook it, and frogs, terra- 
pins, shrimps, and even the luscious oyster must 
give precedence to Ca7o/)^'H «.s which all must ad- 
mit is a much better table name for the delicacy 
than hopper or even locust. Those men of science 
began ■with Caloptcnus soup, so fine that against all 
of rules of etiquette, they asked for " more " ; then 
came hopper fritters, vastly better than any oyster 
fritters, and so on with roast, boiled, fried, and 
stewed of the same, each better than the last, until 
the climax of the feast was reached in locusts 
served with hoticy. This last di.sh conviriecd those 
present th.at oven in Scripture times they kt'.cw 
something about luxurious living. It has often 
been said that the man who ate the first oyster was 
one of remarkable courage, though his name is lost 
to history, but in future. times, when locusts shall 
be sold in our markets by the dozen, and laws are 
passed for the better preservation q( this " valuable 
game," posterity will remember Riley and his asso- 
ciates as the first Americans who entertained the 
locust at dinner. All levity aside, why not eat in- 
sects ? These locusts feed on the fat of the land 
and why should we not in turn eat them? It is 
against our prejudices, but when we coolly consider 
the matter, the locust is really no more repulsive 
than a shrimp or even an oyster, and that they are 
really acceptable to the palate these gentlemen en- 
thusiastically declare. To our notion. Prof. Riley 
and his guests did a really good thing. In portions 
of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and elsewhere, peo- 
ple were actually suffering witli hunger, with all the 
while untold quantities of food around them, not 
only food which will sustain life, but of a remarka- 
bly palatable kind, and wliatever jocular remarks 
may be made about this hopper dinner, we think 
that the gentlemen who partook of it did an emi- 
nently good work, and one which iu future years 
may prevent much suffering. 
American Pomological Society. 
A few days ago we had the pleasure of meeting 
the President of the Society, Col. Marshall P. Wild- 
er, and found him very joj'ful over the prospects of 
a fine meeting at Chicago, on tlie 8th, 9th, and 10th 
of next September. — The Col. states that the re- 
ports from the various states and territories are 
most encouraging, not only for a great exhibition 
of fruit, but what is of much more importance, full 
delegations of members. The western fruit grow- 
ers are thoroughly alive to the matter, and it is 
quite time that those in the eastern states ■were 
astir. If some of the older and great fruit-grow- 
ing states do not look out, they will be placed quite 
in the shade by Nebraska, which, in spite of grass- 
hoppers, promises to out-do herself. The Illinois 
State Hort. Society, under whoso auspices the 
meeting will be held, is sending out very full ex- 
planatory circulars, from which we extract the fol- 
lowing : 
" The meetings will be held hi the M. E. Church, 
comer of Washington and Clark streets. 
"Under the auspices of the Illinois State Horti- 
cultural Society, there will, also, be held, in the In- 
ter-State Industrial Exposition building, a national 
exhibition of the fruits and other horticvUtural 
products of North America. Seven thousand 
square feet of space in the south end of the main 
floor and gallery of the great Exposition building 
wiU be assigned to the various states, territories, 
and provinces ; and in the space assigned to each 
state, tcrritorj-, or province, will be arranged the 
state, county, society or individual collections con- 
tributed therefrom. It will be our effort to have 
every section of the country from Nova 8«otia to 
California, and from Key West to Oregon, suitably 
represented in a truly continental exhibition of 
fruits ; and to this end wc solicit your personal ef- 
fort and influence to secure a complete representa- 
tion of your fruit products. 
" Upon the same day, and in the same buUding, 
the gi-cat Inter-State Exposition of the Arts and In- 
dustries will begin its four weeks' exhibition. Free 
tickets, admitting them to aU parts of the Exposi- 
tion during the couvention, will be issued to all 
members of the American Pomological Society and 
to contributors of fruits for the Exhibition. Rail- 
roads will make reduced rates. The Wilder Medal 
of the American Pomological Society will be award- 
ed for meritorious objects. 
" Correspondence relating to the Exhibition 
should be addressed to the Secretary of the State 
Society, at Normal, McLean Co., 111. 
"Packaces of fruit, with the names of contribu- 
tors, may be addressed as follows : American Po- 
mological Society, care 0. B. Galusha, Chicago, HI. 
Shipments should be made in time foramval by the 
6th of September." 
Let us add that every fniit irroinr should become 
a member of the Society. 
