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paper that their wives and children may 
know what is going on in the world.— Down 
Easter. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS FOR 1855. 
Name. Where Held. Date. 
Georgia, Atlanta..Sept. 10— 
Vermont, Rutland. “ 11—13 
Canada East, Sherbrook. “ 11—14 
Rhode Island, Providence. “ 11—15 
“ “ Horse and Catile, do. “ 11—15 
New-Hampshire,.. “ 12—14 
New-Jersey, Camden. “ 18—21 
Ohio, Columbus. “ 18—21 
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. “ 25—28 
West Virginia, Wheeling. “ 26—28 
Kentucky, Paris. “ 25—28 
Tennessee, Nashville.Oct. 1—6 
Nevv-York, Elmira. “ 2—5 
Connecticut, Hartford. “ 9—11 
Illinois, Chicago. “ 9—12 
Canada West, Coburg. “ 9—12 
North-Carolina, Raleigh. “ 16—19 
Indiana, Indianapolis. “ 17—19 
East Tennessee, London... “ 23—25 
Maryland, Baltimore. “ 29— 
Virginia, Richmond. “ 30—2 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SHOWS. 
Putnam, Carmel.Sept. 18—19 
Rensselaer, Lansingburg. “ 18—20 
Dutchess, Washington Hollow... “ 25—26 
OHIO COUNTY SHOWS. 
Ashtabula, (Horse) Jefferson.July 4— 
Belmont, St. Clairsville.Sept. 3—5 
Champagne, TJrbana. “ 4—6 
Hamilton, Carthage. “ 4— 
Clermont, Bantam. “ 11—14 
Butler, Hamilton. “ 12—14 
Conneaut, Independent. “ 29- 
Warren, Lebanon. “ 25—27 
Harrison, Cadiz. “ 26—28 
Clinton, Wilmington. “ 27—28 
Portage, Ravenna. “ 
Ashtabula, Jefferson.Oct. 2—4 
Mahoning, Canfield. “ 2—3 
Clark, Springfield. “ 2—5 
Medina, Medina. “ 3—5 
Monroe, Woodfield. “ 3—4 
Preble, Preble. “ 2—5 
Stark, Canton. “ 3—5 
Summit, Akron. “ 3—5 
Muskingum, Zanesville .. “ 4—5 
Crawiord, Bueyms. “ 11—12 
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY SHOWS. 
Delaware, Media.Sept. 20—22 
Montgomery, Morristown.Oct. 3—4 
NEW-JERSEY COUNTY SHOWS. 
Jamesburg (Town) Jamesburg.Sept. 18— 
Mercer Hightstown. “ 25— 
Cumberland, Bridgeton. ... “ 26— 
Monmouth, Freehold. “ 27— 
Salem, Salem. “ 27— 
Somerset, Raritan. Oct. 3—4 
COUNTY SHOWS—MISCELLANEOUS. 
Philadelphia, Pa., XXIVth Ward.Sept. 12—14 
Windham, Conn., Brooklyn. “ 19—20 
Lake, Ill., Waukegan. “ 26—27 
Waldo, Me., Belfast..Oct. 3—4 
Kane, Ill., Elgin. “ 3—4 
Oakland, Mich., Pontiac. “ 17—18 
Ag. Association, Ky., Louisville. “ 9—14 
Meanness does not Pay. —There is no 
greater mistake that a business man makes 
than to be mean in his business. Always 
taking the half cent for the dollars he has 
made and is making. Such a policy is very 
much like the farmer’s, who sows three pecks 
of seed when he ought to have sown five, and 
as a r* compense for the leanness of his soul, 
only gets ten when he ought to have got fif 
teen bushels of grain. Everybody has heard 
of the proverb of “penny wise and pound 
foolish.” A liberal expenditure in the way 
of business is always sure to be a capital in¬ 
vestment. There are people in the world 
who are short-sighted enough to believe that 
their interest can be best promoted by grasp¬ 
ing and clinging to all they can get, and nev¬ 
er letting a cent slip through their fingers. 
As a general thing, it will be found, other 
things being equal, that he who is the most 
liberal is most successful in business. Of 
course we do not mean it to be inferred 
that a man should be prodigal in his expen¬ 
diture ; but that he should show to his cus¬ 
tomers, if he is a trader, or those whom he 
may be doing any kind of business with, 
(hat, in all his transactions, as well as social 
relations, he acknowledges the everlasting 
fact that there can be no permanent prosper¬ 
ity or good feeling in a community where 
benefits are not reciprocal.— Hunt's Mer¬ 
chant's Magazine. 
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RHODE-ISLAND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
JUNE EXHIBITION, 1855. 
This Society held its semi-annual exhition 
of fruits, flowers, and early vegetables in 
Art Association Hall, Providence, on the 
19th and 20th inst. This Association was 
formed in 1845, and incorporated in 1854, 
but owing to its connection with the R. I. S. 
for E. Domestic Industry, who have con- 
troled their exhibition, it has not been known 
WILLIE S GRAVE; 
OR, WE ARE TOO POOR TO PA»Y. 
Yes, it was a lovely spot, that village 
grave-vard ! Such a one I fancy, as inspired 
the “Elegy in a Country Church-yard.” 
There was less pomp and show than in our 
city burial places, but what of that as Jeremy 
Taylor says, “ we cannot deceive God and 
nature, for a coffin is a coffin, though it be 
covered with a sumptuous pall.” So a grave 
is a grave though it be piled over with sculp¬ 
tured marble. 
Then that little girl ! How her image 
conu s up before me, bending over her moth¬ 
er’s grave. I marked her when she entered, 
and was soon drawn towards the spot where 
she was kneeling. I approached cautiously 
—there was something so sacred in the pic¬ 
ture of that child weeping at a new made 
grave, that I feared my presence might 
break the rapture of her mournful musings. 
1 know not how long I might have stood ap¬ 
parently reading the rude grave stone, had 
not the child raised her eyes and timidly 
said— 
“ Our little Willie sleeps here. We’s too 
poor to get a tomb-stone ; we and the angels 
know where he lies, and mother says that’s 
enough.” 
“ Are you r.ot afraid to be here all alone?’’ 
I asked. 
“ Oh, no ; mother is sick and couldn’t 
come, so she said I must come and see if the 
violets are in bloom yet.” 
“ How old was your brother ?” I asked, 
feeling interested in the little girl. 
“ He was only seven years old ; and he 
was so good, and he had such beautiful eyes; 
but he couldn’t see a bit.” 
“ Indeed ! was he blind ?” 
“ You see he was sick a long time ; yet 
his eyes were blue and bright as the blue 
sky with stars in it, and we did not know he 
was getting blind, till one day I brought him 
a pretty rose, and he asked— 
‘“Is it a white rose, Dora?’ 
“‘Can’t you see, darling?” asked mother. 
“‘No, I can’t see anything. I wish you 
would open the window, it is so dark.’ 
“Then we knew that poor little Willie 
was blind ; but he lived a long time after 
that, and used to put his hand on our faces to 
feel if we were crying, and tell us not to 
cry, for he could see God, and Heaven, 
and the Angels. ‘ Then, never mind, mother 
and Dora,’ he would say, ‘ I’ll see you too, 
when you go away from this dark place.’ 
“ So one day he closed his eyes and fell 
asleep in Jesus. Then we brought him 
here and buried him; and though we are too 
poor to get a tombstone, yet we can plant 
flowers on his little grave, and nobody’ll 
trouble them, I know, when they learn that 
little Willie sleeps here.” 
or recognized as having any interest sepa¬ 
rate from that body, but we learn it has now 
a separate organization, and takes a stand 
of its own with the other Horticultural So¬ 
cieties. It has at the present time some one 
hundred and thirty members, many of whom 
are laboring earnestly to cultivate a taste 
for the practice of Horticulture among the 
different cities and towns of the State. That 
their efforts have been in some measure 
successful, the exhibitions of the Society 
give ample evidence. The citizens of Prov¬ 
idence and vicinity can hardly spend a little 
money and effort in a manner which will 
yield them more real pleasure and enjoy¬ 
ment, and at the same time beautify and 
adorn their city and towns, than by becom¬ 
ing active and paying members of this So¬ 
ciety. 
The recent exhibition was held in antici¬ 
pation of a fine display of roses and early 
fruits and vegetables. The backwardness 
of the season, however, in some measure 
disappointed the expectations which had 
been formed. Still the show was very fine, 
especially the display of cut flowers and 
flowers in pots. In this department George 
W. Chapin, Esq., a wealthy and respected 
citizen of Providence, who has a splendid 
conservatory, by the way, took the lead. 
His collection embraced a great variety, 
among which was a very excellent show of 
Fuchsias, including the Duchess of Lancas¬ 
ter and Fair Rosamond, two new and beau¬ 
tiful varieties ; some new varieties of Gera¬ 
niums ; fine specimens of the Gloxinia, of 
Pansies, and some beautiful bouquets and 
baskets of flowers. 
To Mr. Chapin the Committee awarded 
the first premiums for June Roses, for Fuch¬ 
sias in pots, for Pelargoniums, for green¬ 
house plants in pots, for Pansies (which 
were very fine), and for the best basket of 
flowers. The last-named contributions de¬ 
servedly received much commendation from 
the visitors. 
Mr. Wm. Nesbit,of Elm Grove, also made 
a grand display of flowers, of various kinds, 
cut and in pots. Among the latter were 
some which are quite rare. He also added 
several handsome bouquets to that depart¬ 
ment of the exhibition. His display of 
herbaceous plants was excellent. The Com¬ 
mittee on Flowers awarded him the first 
Punch is a good doctor at times. He 
gives the following for the benefit of wart 
wearers : 
“ Put your mouth close to the wart, and 
tell it in a whisper that if it will not go away 
you will burn it out with caustic. If it does 
not take the hint, be as good as your word.’’ 
premium. Mr. Nesbit’s contribution de¬ 
serves great credit for the neatness and 
correctness with which each article ex¬ 
hibited was marked, and any one on visiting 
his garden would feel impelled to exclaim, 
“ He is a thorough gardener.” 
