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that its mode of being administered is always 
the same, there is a great difference in the man- 
ner and time of various horses becoming affected 
with it, and we cannot beforehand tell upon 
which animals it will produce a favorable or 
unfavorable influence. And, again, in some 
cases, it will operate so fully and efficaciously 
as an ancesthetic, that a horse under its action, 
though subjected to painful operations, may 
not for a while need the usual securing by 
ropes and hobbies in order to restrain his strug- 
gles; yet, almost as in a moment, and without 
warning, the animal will sometimes begin to 
writhe and dash about with the greatest violence. 
If chloroform uniformly produced complete 
stillness and insensibility, and if it acted with a 
like certainty in every case, when given to the 
horse, it would be an agent worthy of every de- 
pendence ; but so long as it remains unequal in 
its operations, we cannot rely upon it as calcu- 
lated to supplant the hobbles and ropes usually 
employed during the performance of operations 
to ensure safety to the horse, operator, and at- 
tendants. — Veterinary Record. 
PROPOSED REMEDY FOR STEALING FRUIT 
Many farmers in this vicinity are deterred 
from cultivating fruits, from the fact of its lia- 
bility to be stolen by unruly boys, not to say 
men, or animals in the shape of men. Now, if 
we lived among Arabs, we should probably ex- 
pect this; but in a civilized community, gov- 
erned, as we claim to be, by laws, and where a 
very large proportion of the inhabitants are 
themselves cultivators of the soil, this state of 
things is really too bad. Having seen various 
remedies suggested, such as bull dogs, tartar 
emetic, hedge fences, &c, I have thought of 
proposing a plan, which, if thoroughly carried 
out, I have no doubt would be more effectual 
than all others combined. Let every person 
who occupies a single rod of ground, plant a 
grapevine, a peach tree, a pear tree, an apple 
tree, and if natural fruit, graft or bud them with 
some of the best varieties in the neighborhood. 
Plant, also, a few cherry stones, if you can find 
no tree that you are able to buy ; set out a cur- 
rant bush, or raspberry plant by the side of the 
fence, and almost any person can have these 
given him if he will only take the trouble to set 
them in- the ground ; or, if not given him, the 
expense is a mere trifle, a few shillings at most, 
and my word for it, no man, who knows the 
pleasure, yes, the pleasure of cultivating, and the 
vexation of having them stolen, will ever be 
guilty, nor suffer his children to be guilty of 
such meanness afterwards. 
But it may be said ; " I have no land to spare 
for such things as these, I must raise what will 
turn to the most profit." Now I ask, what will 
pay better than fruit of almost every kind, at 
the present day 1 Besides, would you not prefer 
being at a little trouble, or even a trifling ex- 
pense, to raise these things, rather than have 
your children pilfer, or even beg them of your 
neighbors ? But it will be said, I shall not live 
long enough to enjoy them, if I do take all this 
trouble. Are you sure of that ? You can prob- 
ably get a fair crop of grapes in two to three 
years, if you will simply train a vine to your 
house, or plant it in your garden or yard, and 
set a pole by the side of it, to run upon ; and so 
with almost every kind of fruit tree. They will 
bear in much less time than is generally sup- 
posed, if they are only taken care of. But sup- 
posing you do not live to enjoy it yourself, do 
you wish to do nothing for your children ? or 
do you wish the world to be no better for your 
having lived therein ? If so, go on in the " even 
tenor of your ways," and encourage your chil- 
dren to " follow in your footsteps," and your 
wish will probably be gratified. 
S. E. 
THE ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS. 
Neither does the uneasy farmer who is con- 
stantly moving or talking about moving some- 
where to find rich land. Generally speaking, the 
migrating man belongs to that class who are 
careless of the soil, exhaust it for present crops, 
without an eye to the future. His ^Tands are 
heavily taxed by injudicious management, and 
before he has secured the value of the labor be- 
stowed in clearing them, he is left with a crip- 
pled plantation, yielding but a poor crop. To move 
in quest of the virgin soil again, is but incurring 
heavy expenses, hard labor, loss of time, de- 
privations innumerable, besides parting with 
the old homestead for a mere trifle, when he 
could soon make it rich and productive, if he 
would but feed it with half the care that he feeds 
his own imagination upon some visionary 
scheme of growing rich in " El Dorado," to which 
he is about to emigrate. 
It will not do to hoe a great field for little 
crops, nor to mow twenty acres for five loads of 
hay. Enrich the land, and it will pay you for 
it. Better farm fifty acres well, than fifty by 
halves, and it is much better to improve the old 
farm, than to go off' upon some Utopian expedi- 
tion after a new one. 
Value of an Orchard. — Every farmer or me- 
chanic who owns an acre of land should supply 
it with fruit trees. The fruit would be worth 
more than any other product that he would ob- 
tain from it, besides the advantage of comfort 
and health to the family. One individual of our 
acquaintance cleared off the rocks and bushes 
from an acre of worthless land, and set out 36 
apple trees. The fruit has paid for all the labor, 
the land and the trees being now worth $200. 
The Home of Taste. — The home that all ad- 
mire is not made by the upholster or cabinet 
maker — by rich carpets, rosewood, mahogany, 
and gilding. It must have the blandishments 
of true politeness and kindly dispositions, that 
always create beauty, taste, contentment, and 
love of home, whether in palace, cottage, or 
cabin. The home of taste is always more orna- 
mented by the architect of nature, than by the 
artificer. Shrubs, fruit trees, flowers, and green 
grass, in their season, all lend their charms and 
help make up the tout ensemble of the home of 
taste. 
