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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[December, 
Such a journey ! Frank was chief engineer, after the 
train was built. George superintended that, and Susie, 
who is now tired out by her labors and her ride, helped, 
by bringing the pot-lid and the sieve, when we were all 
wondering where to get wheels for our locomotive. 
" "We'll call it the Grand Trunk Rail-Road/ 1 said Robert, 
who remembers what he reads, and has been studying 
about the. Pacific Rail-Road. At last we had it all fixed. 
There were two first class carriages, made of chairs from 
the parlor; a second class, 
which the great arm-chair 
furnished; a roll of Tribunes 
answered for a stove-pipe — 
" it's a first-rate ' blower,"' 
said George. Then we set 
Dolly where she could see ns 
start, and, waving her good- 
bye, off we went full steam 
for California. Now you who 
have traveled thousands of 
miles on real rail-roads will 
smile at our make-believe, 
but I don't think yon ever 
had half the fun that we did 
on our journey. "We could 
have just such weather and 
just such sceneiy as we 
pleased. Sometimes we made 
the snow block up the track, 
Find then had a grand time 
choveling out, snowballing, 
shaking off the snow from 
our clothes, and .going ahead 
all right again. Then we run 
down a heri of buffaloes, but 
-lid not get off the track; 
find occasionally we passed 
through a long tunnel, by 
drawing the curtains over 
the windows and making it 
very dark. If j'ou want the 
pleasure without the pains 
of traveling, just try our plan 
once, and if you know how 
to make it work, you will 
agree that there is no road 
like it in the world. Fannie. 
Oai-ifesaldS. 
Few names in modern his- 
tory rank above this illns- 
trious hero of Italy. "With- 
out titled rank or money, by 
the power of his own charac- 
ter, he shakes the thrones of 
Europe. He was born in Nice, 
Italy, July 4th, 1S0G, and was 
educated as a sailor by his 
father, who followed that 
calling. He was remarkable 
for his affection for his pa- 
rents, his sincerity to his 
companions, and his gener- 
osity and bravely to those 
needing help. "When twenty- 
eight years eld, a visit to 
Rome so impressed him with 
hatred of tyranny, that he 
joined those who sought to 
revolutionize the govern- 
ment, and was, in conse- 
quence, ere long exiled from 
his native land. After vari- 
ous wanderings he went to South America, where he was 
soon engaged in aiding the Republic of Uruguay in achiev- 
ing her independence of Brazil. In this war he was severely 
wounded and made prisoner, but escaped, and continued 
to render great service to those whose cause he had es- 
poused. "While there he married a South American 
woman of great energy, who became his companion in 
all his dangers by sea and land. In a subsequent war 
with Buenos Ayres, by his skill and bravery he saved 
Montevideo from capture. In 1S43 Garibaldi returned to 
Europe, and was soon in command among the republi- 
cans in Italy, who had expelled the Pope and were striv- 
ing to establish a new government. "With the greatest 
heroism he fought the French and Austiians who joined 
to restore the ancient dynasty, until he was overpowered 
by numbers, and compelled to flee in disguise. During 
these disasters his wife died, and he was left almost 
heartbroken. Banished again from Italy, he came to 
New York, and supported himself by making candles in 
a factory on Staten Island, Nest he resumed his former 
occupation as sailor, made several voyages in the Pacific, 
and finally returned in command of a Peruvian hark. 
Then being invited to return to his native city, Nice, he 
lived there in retirement until the breaking out of the 
war with Austria, in which he engaged with his usual 
resolution and spirit, and contributed largely to the suc- 
cess of the Italian arms, and the establishment of Victor 
Emanuel upon the throne. Now we find him moving 
again for the deliverance of the Roman States from the 
government of the Pope, and the eyes of the world are 
upon him. "Whatever may be his success in this enter- 
T H E 
Engraved/or the American Agriculturist. 
prise, his fame Is secure, and his name will be remem- 
bered as one of the most unselfish and heroic of patriots. 
Little 
Tot. 
A correspondent to the American Agriculturist writes : 
" I once knew a little fellow whose real name was 'Oba- 
diah,' hut who, having a decided objection to that name, 
insisted on being called ' Tot.' He had a wise little head 
full of queer thoughts, and used, when a very little fellow, 
to ask very odd questions. He was about five years old 
when I one day took him out to ride. "We had a very 
pleasant drive over a quiet country road, and ' Tot ' who 
was a city child, little accustomed to country life or 
scenes, sat drinking in the beauty of the landscape with- 
out a word until he broke out with an abrupt * Hello P 
' Well, Totty,' said I. ' I say, do'os slieepses hairs grow 
on trees ?' He had noticed tufts of wool which had been 
left by some passing flock of sheep, on the thorns of a 
hedge opposite us. I explained the matter to him and 
told him what windfalls these bits of woo! were to the 
little birds who wove from them warm linings for their 
nests. Tot said no more, but appeared very thoughtful. I 
had business to transact in a neighboring town, and it was 
quite dark before we returned. It was a beautiful night, 
and the heavens shone with stars. 'I say,* exclaimed 
Totty, pointing his chubby hand upward as he uttered 
his favorite phrase, ' I say, Uncle James, I knows what 
stars is.* 'You are a wise infant, Tot,' I replied. 'Per- 
haps you will condescend to enlighten your uncle on 
the subject?' 'I knows what stars is,' repeated Tot, 
disdaining to notice what I said. "Cause you seethe 
great big sun he goes clean 
across the sky and some of 
him sticks to the rough 
places like the sheepses hairs 
sticks to the tree, and ' con- 
cluded Totty triumphantly, 
' them's stars, themis.' Tot 
has signed the pledge. He 
can just write enough to 
write his name, but he in- 
sisted on signing with the 
rest of the famil}-, and sign 
he did. One of the farm 
hands, (for Tot now lives in 
the country), who had signed 
it, went on a journey into 
the lowlands along the lake 
shore where the farm is situ- 
ated. "While returning he 
became very thirsty and call- 
ed for a glass of water at a 
house by the wayside. He 
was told that the water in 
the well had been spoiled by 
a large piece of meat which 
had accidentally fallen into it 
but that he was welcome to 
a glass of cider. Being very 
thirsty indeed, he so far for- 
got himself as to drink it. 
When he returned home he 
related the circumstance. 
"When he had finished, Tot, 
with his eyes filled with tears 
came up to Ms knee and 
said: 'I say, Phil., how far 
was you from the lake ?' ' A 
full ten mile,' said Philip, 
looking a little conscience- 
stricken. ' "Well, Phil.,' said 
the child, with a tremor in 
his voice, * I'd have walked 
there and back again "fore 
I'd a broken the pledge.' " 
A BullyRebiilced. 
The Springfield Republi- 
can relates the following as 
having occurred in a railroad 
car in Massachusetts. As 
the train was ahont starting, 
a well dressed, gentlemanly 
appearing, but very black 
man came in and took a va- 
cant seat beside a white man. 
The latter at once sprang up 
and, with an oath, exclaimed, 
" Bo yon suppose I am go- 
ing to sit by a nigger?" 
Then pushing rudely past he 
Bought another place in the 
seat with a young student 
who was just returning home 
from his university. He had 
no sooner taken his new 
place than the young man 
sprang up, saying, "Do you-suppose I will sit with you ?" 
and went and sat down by the colored man. " Would 
you rather sit by a nigger than a white man ?" shouted 
the enraged individual whose company he had left. "I 
prefer to sit with a gentleman," replied the student. 
"Doyou say I'm not a gentleman ?" quickly asked the 
other. 4 ■ Gentlemen do not use profane language, neither 
do they insult people on account of their color," was the 
answer. " Ton shall be taken care of, yon impudent 
young jackanapes," said the first speaker shaking his 
fist menacingly. " I will take care of him," quietly re- 
marked the colored man, who until this time, had re- 
mained silent. The tone of voice was so full of mean- 
ing, and the powerful frame of the speaker so full of 
muscle, that the bully at once sneaked quietly into his 
seat, to digest as best he might his inglorious defeat and 
the unconcealed scorn of his fellow-travelers. It is to be 
hoped that he learned the lesson that to be a gentleman 
one must do something more than merely assume 
the name; actions speak much louder thau words. 
