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and all the northern parts of Scotland. I 
arrived in London on the twenty-third of 
November, and came down to the Majesty’s 
dock yard, at Woodwich to see how all the 
gentleman Vulcans came on there. I found 
them all hard at work, and wish to leave 
them well on the twenty-fourth.” 
The boys make much of this day by col¬ 
lecting together and going from house to 
house stopping at each to chant the follow¬ 
ing lines. 
Catherine and Clement, be here, be here; 
Some of your apples and some of your 
beer; 
Some for Peter and some for Paul, 
And some for us, and some for all, 
Clement was a good old man, 
For his sake, give us some; \ 
Not of the worst, but some of the best 
And God will send your soul to rest. 
Some would say 
And God will send you a good night's rest. 
And my old Uncle must have his way here. 
*‘Sometimes young men would go in like 
manner, and, to such, the people of the 
house would give ale or cider; but to the 
boys they gave apples, or, if they had 
more to spare, a few half pence. Having 
collected a good store of apples, which they 
seldom failed to do, the boys repaired to 
some one of their houses, where they roast¬ 
ed and ate their apples; and frequently the 
old would join the young, and large vessels 
of ale or cider would be brought in and 
some of the roasted apples thrown, hot, in¬ 
to it and the evening would then be spent 
with much mirth and innocent amusement; 
such as, I sorrow to think, have departed, 
never to return.” And I echo the old 
man’s sentiments, save that I believe they 
would have been better yet, had there been 
more temperance manifested in such sports, 
but I suppose they did not deem drinking 
to be such a blight, as we do now, because 
they did not see the evil of it as we have, 
or met it in so many forms and in so many 
places as , I grieve to say, is now the case. 
Fruit and Vegetables in the Fall. 
It is too often the case that the farmer’s 
orchard and garden is the most neglected 
place on the farm, and there is nothing 
that will show the evil effects of neglect 
any quicker than this department of the 
farm. 
Success in this direction, of course, de¬ 
pends entirely upon the management of 
the raiser and the manner and time in 
which the work is done. 
In the fall there is but little to do in the 
way of cultivation, but still there is very 
important work to be done. The vegeta¬ 
bles and fruit must be gathered and taken 
good care of, and the soil must be prepared 
for the next crop to be grown the follow¬ 
ing year. 
The fall is the best time to enrich and 
manure the soil, and it can then have a 
heavy dressing without doing any injury 
to the crop raised, as is so often the case 
when the manure is applied in the spring. 
The manure used should be fine in texture 
and spread evenly over the entire surface 
of the soil. Some of the fertilizers adver¬ 
tised for sale are excellent for garden or 
orchard use, and are very easily applied, 
always being in convenient shape to use. 
The preservation of such fruit and veg¬ 
etables as are desired to be kept for winter 
use or marketing is important fall work, 
and needs more attention than it generally 
receives, for neglect in this direction is very 
disastrous to the fruit after it is harvested 
and it seems a pity to bring the fruit * 
to maturity and then have it spoiled or in¬ 
jured simply from the lack of proper man¬ 
agement in preserving it. If the farmer 
has much of a crop and is doubtful about 
the condition in which it will keep, it 
would be much better to market it im¬ 
mediately after it is harvested, if the price 
is at all reasonable. He then is sure of 
getting moderately fair returns, but the 
other way has to take a risk. 
Do not neglect to take good care of the 
crop simply because there was a big yield 
harvested all over the country, for then 
there is generally more than ordinary care¬ 
lessness in preserving them, and as a con¬ 
sequence, at the end of the season, that 
particular crop becomes scarce and high- 
priced, and then it is that the careful farm¬ 
er reaps his reward by having good, sound 
fruit still left for sal e.—Practical Farmer. 
Little sticks kindle the fire, but great 
ones put it out. 
