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COUNTRY COTTAGES AND VIEEAS — AMERI- 
^ can Style. 
We have received from Lawrence B. Valk, Esq , 
Architect, 627 Broadway, a very beautiful little tinted 
engraving of the “new American style of Country Cot- 
tages,” &c. This is an attempt on the part of Mr Valk 
to establish for our own country a style of building which 
shall combine fitness, economy, beauty and eomfort ; and 
though the plan which he has adopted may not suit 
the tastes and wantsof all classes, it will probably 
be found well adapfed to the requirements of the great 
mass of our people of moderate circumstances. Further 
information may be obtained by addressing Mr. Valk*, as 
above. 
Distiller Wanted — A person who thoroughly under- 
ttands the distillation of Brandy from the Grape, may 
hear of a good, permanent situation, by sending his name 
to the editors of the Cultivator. 
Iron Clasp for Baling Cotton. — We have been 
•hown by Mr. E. L. Snow, a very ingenious, useful and 
ecocomica! iron strap or band (Speer’s Patent”) used, in- 
stead of 1 ope, for baling cotton. It strikes us very favor- 
ably, and we shall, probably, have occasion to refer to it 
hereafter. For further particulars address E. L. Snow, 
Charleston, S. C. 
1^" Fowler & Wells, of New York, have in press a 
new work, which they announce as follows : 
A Remarkable Book. Hints Toward Physical Per- 
fection : or, The Phitn^aphy of Human Beauty. Show- 
ing how to AcquireandRetain Bodily Symmetry, Health, 
and Vigor; Secure Long Life ; and Avoid the Infirmities 
and Deformities of Age, &c., &c. In Press— ready May 
1st. 
Such a work as the above is greatly needed ; and we 
shall have much more to say concerning it, as soon as it 
appears, if it at all equals are expectations. 
“American Veterinary Journal.” — We are sorry to 
learn that this valuable publication is suspended, and par- 
ticularly regret the cause of said suspension, as set forth 
in the following circular from Dr. Dadd: 
Boston, March 26, 1859. 
Dear Sir : — I take the liberty to inform you that the 
publication of the American Veterinary Journal is suspend- 
ed with the March issue. The only explanation I have 
to offer is, -that in consequence of remissness on the part 
of subscribers for the past two years, my pocket-book is 
now the seat of a very severe attack of dyspepsia, which 
threatens to confine me and my family to a diet of shorts. 
Very respectfully yours, Geo. H Dadd 
Georgia State Fair — The Atlanta American says : — 
“The Fair will be held in the city of Atlanta, in October 
next, commencing on Monday, 24th, and ending on Fri- 
day, the 28th. The arrangements are all complete, and 
most ample. The list is liberal — the officers able, indus- 
trious, zealous and efficient, and the time appropriate. 
We hope, and shall expect, to witness the most extensive 
exhibition ever made in Georgia, and to welcome the 
fergesi crowd ever assembled at a Fair in the State.’ 
GEORGIA AGRICUETURAE FAIR. 
The next Fair of the Southern Central Agricultui*ai 
Society,’ will be held in Atlanta, from the 24th to the 28lk 
of October, 1859, and copies of the Premium List may be 
obtained from the Secretary, Dr. Jas Camak, Athens, Ga- 
Chatham and Epfingham Fair. — The Fifth Annual 
Fair of the Agricultural Club of Chatham and Effingham 
counties will be held at the Tenbroeck Course, Savannah, 
on Friday, the 24th of November, 1859. 
The List for the present year is now ready, and may 
be obtained from the Secretary, D G Purse, Savannah, 
Ga , and all, irrespective of section, are cordially solicited 
to engage in the competition. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING — STABILITY OF 
American Homes, &c. 
A friend, who has travelled much in various countries, 
and who is thoroughly familiar with Landscape garden- 
ing in Europe, writes us as as follows in regard to the 
new edition of Downing and Sargent’s work, which we 
have noticed elsewhere in present number; 
A. O. Moore & Co , our active and tasteful Book Pub- 
lishers, have just is-ued a beautiful volume on Landscape 
Gardening, &c. The first part is a new edition of the 
work of that great pioneer in refined landscape taste, A. 
J. Downing, a work which produced quite a revolution 
in rural matters at the time of its publication. The second 
part (in one and the same beautiful of’tavo volume) is the 
work o' H W, Sargent, Esq Indeed, no body could be 
better qualified to bring up Mr. Downing’s work to the 
present state of extended botanical and architectural 
knowledge than that experienced and tasteful inhabitant 
ofone or ihe finest residences upon the romantic shores of 
the great Hudson. 
The increasing taste for truly rural beauties and re- 
sources aives to that publication an actual merit of useful- 
ness and apropos. Americans must be proud ot their in- 
stitutions warranting to the rural resident (his confidence 
and security which are so rarely found in the rural dis- 
tricts of most of the European Continental States. Such 
publications show the pulse of the social liody, the relative 
condition of public life. While impending wars and re- 
volutions disturb every foreseeing mind in the old 
country, here we can safely talk about rural improvements 
without hedges, walls or fosses; and devote our time, 
money and skill to things that we know must be lasting 
and out of the range of foreign or civil wars at least as far 
as human foresightcan reach. 
Thanks to Mr Sargent and Mr. Moore for this valuable 
book — which is indispensable to the refined and tasteful 
lover of rural beauties and improvements. B. 
Cruelty to Animals. — Ihe following bill to prevent 
cruelty to animals has passed the Massachusetts Legisla- 
ture, and received the approval of the Governor: 
“Every person who shall cruelly beat, maim, or torture 
any animal, shall be punished by imprisonment in the 
county j iil or house of correction not more than one year, 
or by a fine exceeding one hundred dollars.” 
The Weather — More rain— deluges of it almost since 
our last It would s em that water enough in the last four 
months have been wrung out of the clouds for them to be 
rolled up and hung out to dry But the rains, floods, mud 
and storms, it appears, are by no means local to this vi- 
cinity. In the West they have been literally water bound 
. in many places all winter. — Florida Sentinel, March 29. 
