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the affairs of the state or clergy, and the 
wail of the lost and ruined is bourne upon 
every wind. 
O, thoughtless man! Do these wailing 
cries of heart-broken anguish find no echo 
in your heart ? Will you, still unmindful 
of them, continue in the banquet hall of 
Pleasure, offering your own, and the souls 
of those poor young beings, whom you 
have dragged from the path of virtue, a 
willing sacrifice at the seeking shrine of 
debauchery and ruin? Beware! you are 
treading the path that many have trod, 
but all have fallen. Think not the cleans¬ 
ing sword of justice will be stayed, or, 
that He who marks the sparrow’s fall will 
suffer the blood of those poor young souls, 
made in His own Jkeness and image, to cry 
out in vain. 
RECONSTRUCTION. 
In a wagon made of willow 
Wheeled I once a little maiden. 
Ringlets shining on the pillow, 
Rolling homeward treasure-laden, 
Like a boat upon the billow. 
TenVears fled. Ah, how I missed her 
When we left the village school! 
But she said she’d be my sister 
As we lingered by the pool, 
And I passionately kissed her. 
Ten more Meeting years renew it. 
Little wagon made of willow; 
Loving eyes are bent to view it: 
Loving hands adjust the pillow, 
And we’ve fitted rockers to it. 
A New ancl Superb Cantaloupe. 
a cross between a gourd and a cantaloup. 
Delicious to the taste, and as a lady said ‘con¬ 
venient to cut, and arrange with picturesque 
taste on a platter.’ One chief characteris¬ 
tic is that it keeps like a watermelon after 
being ripe for a week or ten days*. It is 
a new thing in our markets and only wants 
to be known to be at the head of all can¬ 
taloupes. Mr. Hancock has a bonanza and 
should treasure it as he lives in the great 
-fruit and vegetable region of Anne Arundel 
close to Baltimore city. We candidly say 
we never eat a better cantaloupe than this, 
although we profess to know what a prime 
nutmeg is when well grown on the light 
soils of Anne Arundel. It may be proper 
to state that Mr. C. got the seed last year 
from Delaware, and gave it to Mr. Hancock. 
It is, therefore, no freak of nature, but a 
well-defined species, all coming true to 
the seed, Mr. H. having this year raised 
hundreds from the same seeds, and all 
proving fine and true to characteristics, 
but varying more or less in length. None 
are short, but some of course are longer 
than others. After awhile we hope to see 
this variety a standard in our markets, as 
it is a valuable acquisition to the cantaloup 
tribe—a fruit we delight in as do many 
others. 
The above appeared as an editorial in the 
Maryland Farmer for October, 1883. We 
are pleased to secure enough of these seeds 
for trial, and have added the variety to our 
list. 
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WHAT I KNOW. 
Mr. Win. B. Chairs, of Anne Arundel 
presented that popular restaurant,—the 
Green House—with a cantaloupe grown 
by his young friend and neighbor, Mr. 
Hancock, this season with great success. 
It is called the “Banana Cantaloup,” de¬ 
riving its name from the general similitude 
to that tropical fruit. Mr. Wagner, of the 
Green House, gave it to us for testing. 
We found it rich and aromatic in meat and 
perfume. Its aroma was delightful; flesh 
firm, dark orange and eatable close to the 
rind or bright green rin r that shows just 
befoie the outer skin. It was just two feet 
long and seven inches in diameter, tapering 
10 both ends like the banana. Resembles 
I thought I knew I knew it all, 
But now, I must confess. 
The more 1 know I know I know, 
I know 1 know the less. 
—W. B. Derrick.. 
One Hundved Dollars will pay for 200 subscrip¬ 
tions to Seed-Time and Harvest for one year, give 
them 3550 worth of seeds -and good ones too,—give* 
the person sending them a bran new Wheeler & 
Wilson’s Improved Sewing Machine, worth $50, and 
will stand an excellent chance to take the $200 cash 
prize. Who shall be the lucky man to do this? Why 
not you? 
Have you seen Reed's advertisement ou page 25,; 
Look at it and order at once and you will not regret 
it. He will do just as he says he will. Send you 12 
choice Concord vines for $1.00. A good crop, second 
year. Order notv. 
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