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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
here- One is grey, and almost as large as the grey 
squirrel of the woods. The others are smaller, somewhat 
resembling the chipmunk They burrow in the ground, 
and may be drowned out by pouring water in their holes. 
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Boys’ and Girls’ Own Columns. 
Editor Unwell.— The Publishing Editor generally 
claims the Boys’ and Girls’ Columns for his own, and he 
has being saying all Summer that in August there would 
be few advertisements, and he would then have room to 
have along chat with his large family of young readers. 
But, unfortunately, when he had just got the first 25 pages 
stereotyped, and had commenced these columns, he was 
taken suddenly, and somewhat severely sick, and could 
not even come to the city to look after these last 7 pages. 
—Associate Editors. 
P.S.—As we go to press, we hear that Mr. Judd is con¬ 
valescent, and hopes soon to be out. 
he asked, seeing the boy, and surprised at his strange posi¬ 
tion. “I am keeping back the water,sir, and saving the 
village from being drowned,” answered the child, with 
lips so benumbed with cold that he could scarcely speak. 
The astonished minister relieved the boy. The dike was 
closed, and the danger which threatened hundreds of 
lives was prevented.— Bond of Brotherhood. 
Planti ns ©sac’s Name. 
Do you understand the design of the above picture ? If 
you examine it as carefully as little George and his 
Mother are doing, you will see that seeds have been sown 
in such a manner, that when the plants come up they 
form the letters ef George’s name. This is a very pretty 
exercise, and we think that not only the boys of our Agri¬ 
culturist family would find it pleasant, but for the girls 
also it would prove as entertaining, and much more 
healthful than the “quilting,” “piecing'’ and “crochet 
work” they spend so much time upon. Try it. By look¬ 
ing over the Calendar of Operations you will find that 
several kinds of seeds may yet be sown for this purpose 
especially such as lettuce, turnips, radishes, spinach &c. 
With a stick mark out lines to represent letters of 
your name, or the picture of a dog, or any thing else you 
please, and sow the seeds in the marks thus made. 
What a I.itile S5oy can do. 
Did you ever see a “ Break” on a canal ? First a little 
water, a stream no larger than your finger, may work its 
way over the bank. This washes away earth, the stream 
widens, and in a single night the whole bank may 
wash away, stopping hundreds of boats perhaps for many 
days. Now, that little stiearn could have been stopped 
by a little boy if he had chanced to see it, and had fore¬ 
sight enough to do so. We have in our drawer the re- 
c®rd of an incident which inculcates an important lesson. 
A liltle boy in Holland was returning one night from a 
village to which he had been sent by his father on an er¬ 
rand, when he noticed the water trickling through a nar¬ 
row opening in the dike. He stopped and thought what 
the consequences would be if the hole was not closed. 
He knew, for he had often heard his father tell the sad 
disasters which had happened from such small begin¬ 
nings ; bow, in a few hours, the opening would become 
bigger and bigger, and let in the mighty mass of 
waters pressing on the dike, until the whole defense 
being washed away, the rolling, dashing, angry waters 
would sweep on to the next village, destroying life and 
property, and everything in its way. Should he run home 
and alarm the villagers, it would be dark before they could 
arrive, and the hole might even then be so large as to defy 
all attempts to close it. Prompted by these thoughts, he 
seated himself on the bank of the canal, stopped the open¬ 
ing with his hand, and patiently awaited the approach of 
some villager. But no one caine. Hour after hour rolled 
by, yet there sat the heroic boy, in cold and darkness, 
shivering, wet and tired, but stoutly pressing his hand 
against the dangerous breach. All night he stayed at his 
post At last the morning broke. A clergyman walking 
up the canal beard a groan, and looked around to see 
where it came front “ Wb» are vou there, my child?” 
Tracing 1 Paper. 
In copying pictures and diagrams, it is often desirable 
to use transparent paper. This is placed upon the pic¬ 
ture, or other objects, anil the mainlines are marked upon 
it with a pencil or point. The copy is then laid upon the 
new sheet and the principal points are pricked through the 
transparent paper. Ia this way a correct outline is ob¬ 
tained. A very little sweet oil, or a little butter rubbed 
over common white writing paper and then dried so as not 
to rub off, makes a vefy good tracing paper. You can 
lay this upon a picture, the leaf of a tree or other object, 
and mark the outlines, and then lay it upon a sheet of 
whitepaper and run the point of a sharp bodkin, or a 
darning needle over the marks with sufficient pressure to 
leave the outlines on your drawing paper... .Giles 
Farmin. of Houston Co., Iowa, writes to the young 
readers of the Agriculturist: “Instead of using 
an oiled or greased paper, take clear white tissue 
paper.” [It can be got at the stores for a trifle, 
and very often comes with buttons or other pur¬ 
chased articles.— Ed.] “Place this on the pic¬ 
ture, and with a soft lead pencil draw upon the 
tissue paper the outlines of the thing to be copied 
Turn this marked sheet.over upon the drawing pa 
per. and run the same pencil over the lines again 
but on the other side. Enough of the first mark¬ 
ings will blot off upon the drawing paper to leave 
the outlines of a reversed picture, which can be 
filled out. The tissue paper is now marked upon 
the upper side also. Turn this over upon another 
piece of drawing paper and again run the pencil 
or any pointed instrument over the lines, and you 
will get an exact copy of the original picture or 
object, but not reversed this time.” The above 
are good suggestions. We have before explained that en¬ 
gravers must cut their blocks reversed, so that they will 
print correctly when turned over upon the sheet. The 
engraver gets the reversed outlines upon his block very 
readily, by first laying his tracing paper over the drawing 
to be engraved, and marking the outlines upon the upper 
side, and then turning the traced paper over upon the 
block, which of course reverses the picture. He then 
marks through it upon the block, or if it be marked with a 
soft pencil the outlines may be blotted off upon the block 
by simply pressing upon it. The outlines being thus ob¬ 
tained the other parts are filled up with a drawing pencil. 
Agricultural Exhibitions for 1858. 
Place. 
STATE. 
Where held, 
California.Marysville. 
Missouri.St. Louis.. 
Amer. Pomol. Soe.New-York. 
No. Western Virginia.. .Wheeling Island. 
Vermont.Burlington. 
Ohio.Sandusky. 
Ne w-Jersey,.Trenton. 
National Horse Show ..Springfield, Mass. 
Illinois. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Date. 
23—27 
6—11 
—14 
14—16 
14-17 
14—17 
14-17 
14—17 
Maine. 
Canada East. 
.Centralia.. 
“ 
14—17 
Providence. 
it 
14—18 
. Augusta. 
21—24 
Pittsburg. 
Toronto. 
■ Sept. 28 Oct. 1 
.. “ 28 “ 1 
Montreal.. 
,. “28 
“ 1 
. Oscaloosa. 
. “ 28 
“ 1 
.Detroit. 
. “ 28 
“ 1 
.Louisville. 
. “ 28 
“ 2 
.Madison. 
4— 8 
.Indianapolis_ 
4— 9 
.Syracuse. 
5— 8 
Dover. 
it 
6— 8 
.Hartford. 
12-15 
.Montgomery... 
tt 
18—22 
.Richmond, Va. 
it 
25—30 
.Baltimore. 
26-29 
Virginia.^Petersburg. Nov. 
North Carolina.Raleigh. “ 
South Carolina.Columbia. “ 
COUNTY FAIRS. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Middlesex.Middletown. 
INDIANA. 
Fayette.Connersville.... 
Hush.Rushville. 
Hendricks.Danville. 
Jennings.Vernon. 
W ashington.Salem. 
Spencer.Rockport... 
Marion.Indianapolis_ 
Clark.Charlestown_ 
La Porte .La Porte. 
Wayne.Richmond. 
Fountain & Warren Attica. 
Oct. 
Sept. 
Sept. 28 
“ 28 
“ 24 
2— 5 
2 — 6 
9—12 
6 — 8 
7—10 
14-17 
14- 17 
15- 17 
20—23 
22—24 
22—24 
22—24 
Oct. 1 
“ I 
“ 1 
Delaware _.... 
“ 29 
“ l 
Sullivan . 
..Carlisle . 
“ 30 
“ 1 
Kosciusko . 
Oct. 
1-3 — 15 
ILLINOIS. 
St. Clair . 
Sept. 
1— 3 
Pike. . 
“ 
8—10 
Morgan. 
“ 28 
Oct. 1 
Montgomery. 
“ 28 
“ I 
Edgar (Wabash Valley) Paris. 
“ 28 
“ 1 
Adams. „ . 
.. Quincy . 
“ 29 
“ 1 
Tazewell . 
.. Tremont . 
Oct. 
6- 7 
IOWA. 
Johnson . 
Sept. 
15-16 
Polk. . .•. 
44 
14—lb 
Lee . 
44 
15—17 
Jefferson . 
44 
22—23 
Boone . .. 
44 
22-23 
Decatur . 
44 
29—30 
Sac . 
Oct. 
4— 
Henry . 
44 
5— 6 
Louisa .. . 
44 
6— 
Van Buren . 
44 
13-14 
Pottawattamie. .. 
44 
14—15 
Marion . 
44 
21—22 
Wapello . 
44 
22-24 
MAINE. 
Oxford. 
Oct. 
5— 7 
Androscoggin .. . 
... Lewiston. 
44 
5— 7 
West Somerset.. 
44 
6— 7 
North Aroostook. 
44 
6— 7 
York. 
44 
12—13 
North Somerset. 
44 
13-14 
North Penobscot 
...Lee.... 
44 
13-14 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Middlesex North. 
... Lowell. 
Sept. 
15—17 
Middlesex South 
.. .Framingham_ 
“ 
21—22 
Bristol. 
22—23 
Ilousatonic. 
44 
22-24 
Worcester North 
— Fitchburg. 
44 
24— 
Hampden. 
44 
28—30 
Norfolk. 
44 
28-29 
Middlesex. 
44 
29— 
Plymouth. 
«* 
29—30 
Essex. 
44 
29-30 
Worcester South 
_Sturbridge. 
44 
29— 
Worcester West 
. Barre . 
44 
30— 
Hampden East.. 
Oct. 
5— 6 
Worcester. 
“ 
6— 7 
Franklin. 
(4 
fi— 7 
Barnstable. 
... Barnstable. 
» 4 
6— 7 
Berkshire . 
44 
6— 8 
Hampshire . 
44 
12-13 
Nantucket. 
44 
13-14 
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden.. 
44 
13—14 
MICHIGAN. 
Eaton . 
Sept. 
8-30 
Branch . 
Oct. 
6— 8 
MISSOURI. 
N. E. District. .. 
Sept. 
13—18 
Howard . 
“ 
14—18 
Peltis. 
44 
14—17 
Lafayette. 
44 
14—18 
N. W. District.. 
44 
21 — 25 
Saline.... 
21-24 
Boone. 
“ 30 
Oct. 2 
Central District. 
Oct. 
4-10 
NEBRASKA. 
Nemaha . 
Oct. 
13—10 
NEW-IIAMPSHIRE. 
Sullivan . 
Sept. 
15—16 
NEW-JERSEY. 
Burlington . 
Oct. 
5— 6 
NEW-YORK. 
Wayne Co. Horse Show. 
Aug. 
5— 7 
Saratoga . 
Sept. 
7— 9 
Madison . 
“ 
8—10 
Monroe . 
14—17 
44 
21—24 
Oswego . 
44 
22—24 
Queens . 
22 
Chenango _ • . 
(4 
23-25 
Onondaga . 
28—23 
Livingston . 
“ 
22—24 
Washington . 
44 
23—24 
Yates.. . 
23—24 
Broome. 
C< 
28—30 
Oneida . 
44 
28-30 
Skaneateles- 
44 
29— 
Orange . 
44 
29—30 
Greene . 
“ 
29—30 
Susquehanna Valley.Unadilla. 
29-30 
Ontario. 
. .Canandaigua... 
Sept 29 
Oct. 1 
Seneca . 
Oct. 
13-15 
Montgomery .... 
“ 
26— 
OHIO. 
Ashtabula. 
Sept. 
7— 9 
Brown . 
44 
7— 9 
Fayette. 
44 
7— 9 
Hamilton. 
.. .Carthage.-. 
7—10 
Franklin .. 
8-10 
Summit (Union).. 
44 
8—10 
Clermont . 
14—17 
Portage . 
4* 
20—22 
Clermont . 
21—24 
Geauga . 
44 
22—24 
Lawrence . 
.. Ironton . 
22—24 
Lake . 
. .Painsville. 
22-24 
Madison . 
44 
22—24 
Guernsey . 
44 
23—24 
23 24 
Marion .. 
*4 
26-27 
Warren . ,. 
.. Lebanon . 
4 4 
28—30 
Green. 
44 
28-30 
Knox. 
it 
28—30 
Geauga (Free) ... 
4*» 
28-30 
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