SEEP-TtME*fllMjABVEST. 
Elephant stand higher in our estimation, 
than any others which ean be procured at 
reasonable rates. The Belle was intro¬ 
duced by us two years ago, and has given 
the most universal satisfaction of any vari¬ 
ety we ever handled. The late Beauty of 
Hebron and White Elephant are so closely 
allied as to be scarcely distinguishable. 
Those who have either, need not trouble 
themselves to get the other. Wall’s Or¬ 
ange has brought out some excellent re¬ 
ports from those who planted it last season, 
but as I am specially interested in it, I will 
not occupy space in praising it here. Jor¬ 
dan's Prolific and new Champion are very 
promising new sorts. White Star has 
faction on account of its great yield and 
beauty. :St. Patrick closely resembles Bur¬ 
bank which is well known. Rose’s New 
Seedling yielded bountifully with us last 
season. 
We believe the varieties named above in¬ 
clude all the really valuable varieties among 
the many hundreds which we have tested. 
A member of a school board, not a thous¬ 
and miles from Boston, visited a school un¬ 
der his jurisdiction. When asked to make 
some remarks, he said: “Well, children, 
you spells well and you reads well, but you 
haint sot still.” Comment is unnecessary. 
A little girl once said she would be glad 
to go to heaven because they have plenty of 
preserves there. r On being cross-examined, 
she took down her catechism and trumph- 
antlyread: “Why ought the saints to love 
God? Answer: Because He makes, preserves 
and keeps them.” 
,‘Pa, why do they call ’em high schools? 
^Tt's because we pay so much for ’em, my 
son. You’ll understand these things better 
when you get to be a tax-payer.” 
THEOLOGY IN THE QUARTERS. 
Now Vs got a notion in my head dat when you come 
to die, 
An’ stan’ de ’zamination in de Cote House in de sky. 
You’ll be ’stonished at the questions dat de angel’s 
gwine to ax 
When he git’s you on de witness stan' an’ pin you 
to de fac’s; 
’Cause he’ll ax you mighty closly ’bout your doin’s 
in de nights. 
An’ de watermillion question’s gwine to bodder you 
a sight! ‘ 
Den your eyes’ll open wider dan dey. ebhcr dope 
bef°\ , * . 
When he chat’s you ’bout a chicken scrape dat hap¬ 
pened long ago! 
De agents on de picket line er long de Milky Way 
Keeps a watchin’ what you’re dribin’ at an' hearin’ 
what you say; 
No matter wdiat you want to do, no matter wh ir 
you’s gwine, 
Dey’s mighty ap’ to find it out an' pass it "long de 
line; 
An’ of’n at de meetin’, when you make a fuss an' 
laugh, 
Why, dey send de news a-kitin' by de golden tele¬ 
graph; 
Den de angel in de orfis. what's a settin’ by de gate, 
Jes’ reads de message wid a look, an’ claps it on de 
slate! 
Den you better do your juty well, an’ keep your con¬ 
science clear. 
An’ keep a lookin’ straight ahead an’ watchin’ whar 
you steer; 
'Cause arter while de time'l come to journey frum 
de lan’, 
An’ dey’ll take you w r ay up in de a’r an’ put you on 
de stan’; 
Den you’ll liab to listen to de clerk, an’ answer 
mighty straight, * , 
Ef you ebber ’spec to trabble froo de alaplaster gate! 
— The Century. 
At the December meeting of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Horticultural Society, Mr. Benj. 
P. Ware, in speaking of Potatoes, said: 
“The Belle is probably the best new varie¬ 
ty; several persons who have tested it in 
competition with twenty others claim for 
it better qualities than are possesed by any 
other. It is very productive and remark- 
for its uniform size.” 
Talleyrand wrote to a lord who had bored 
him: “Dear Lord Blank: Will you oblige me 
with your company on Wednesday next at 
8 o’clock? I have invited some exceedingly 
clever people and do not like to be the only 
fool among them.” 
A hen is a model- for dancers. She never 
leaves her set except to eat and drink. 
