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RAISING OF GARBAGE AND TURNIP SEED, ETC. 
briefly replied, “ since 
it was good enough for him to drink with 
geant.” He then came over to our side, where 
Molly had taken good care to place Bill. Each 
one of our party now took a large Japan tum¬ 
bler, which he filled from a three-gallon stone jug, 
of fresh cold water, sweetening with brown sugar to 
his liking, and then adding a little sharp vinegar. 
This, Mr. Jones and myself, from several years’ ex- 
lerience, recommended as the next best thing, after 
emonade, we had ever tried to quench a burning 
thirst. 
Fifteen minutes having been devoted to the 
lunch, up we all jumped, with renewed vigor, de¬ 
fying the increasing heat, and away we went at the 
grass again. At noon, precisely, Aunt Nabby ap¬ 
peared on the verandah, in front of the old house, 
and blew the horn for dinner ; but there still being 
a small patch to cut, a simultaneous shout arose 
from all save Uncle Sim and Bill, of “ let us finish 
the meadow before eating again.” No objection 
being made, our scythes swung in the air like the 
rapid flashing of swords from the scabbards of a 
troop of cavalry, and in less than another half 
hour, the nine-acre task was finished. 
The Dinner .—This was capital, consisting of 
the nicest of bread, both brown and white ; baked 
pork and beans ; fried ham and eggs ; fresh roast 
beef, and boiled mutton ; with bountiful dishes of 
new potatoes, green peas, squash, and beets, topped 
off with a delicious minute pudding. 
Aunt Nabby and Molly waited upon the table, 
anticipated all our wants, and seemed highly 
gratified at the .rapid disappearance of their well- 
cooked dishes. In discussing among us what was 
the best meat for hard-working men, the Captain 
went in strongly for the roast beef and boiled mut¬ 
ton, pretty bluntly adding, that fried eggs were very 
good, but as for the salt ham that accompanied 
them, the day and the work were already thirsty 
enough without eating that to increase it; and as for 
fat pork, it was fit for neither Jew nor Christian in 
hot weather, nor cold either, as to that matter, if 
a man could get anything else. In this opinion, 
however, his humble follower, Cesar, did not seem 
to coincide ; for, sitting by himself at a side table, 
he had not only made a marvellous inroad into a 
considerable pot of baked beans—that he seemed 
greatly to relish, swimming as they did in fat—but 
had also shaved slice after slice from the bountiful 
pork piece, which, since the Captain’s remark, 
tearing he might lose entirely, he transferred bodily to 
his plate, and soon made away with in cubic-inch 
chunks, to the great wonderment of our obstreper¬ 
ous ship master. 
The Nooning .—Dinner over, Uncle Sim conclu¬ 
ded, that as the grass lay so thick upon the ground, 
it would be a good hour and a half yet before dry 
enotigh for raking, we might therefore spend the 
time in a “ nooning.” So each proceeded to ac¬ 
commodate himself for a nap, according to his own 
fancy. The Captain hauled down from the beam 
overhead a horse blanket, and taking a coil of rope 
for a pillow, stretched himself at full length in the 
verandah. Uncle Sim, after proffering a Buffalo 
robe to us all round, which was declined, took an 
old saddle for his head piece, and joined the Cap¬ 
tain. The Major interlocked the fingers of his 
two hands over his breast, and sitting down with 
his back and head bolt upright, near Mr. Doolittle, 
was almost instantly fast asleep. Joe couched up¬ 
on the bare floor, and laid his arm across his old hat, 
with his head on top of that ; while Cesar, bare¬ 
headed, stretched himself on the ground, flat on 
his back, right in the face of the scorching sun. 
Uncle Sim regarded the black for a moment, with 
his cocked eye askant, then dryly remarked, ‘ Wal, 
Mister Coal Tar, it’s all very well your head ain’t 
taller, to-day, or it would soon be meltin’ hot,” and 
joined in a concert of snoring with the Captain. 
As for Mr. Jones, Bill, and myself, we adjourn¬ 
ed to the shade of the old oak, took up sufficient 
half-wilted grass to make each a good bed, on 
which we couched, and set ourselves to studying 
glimpses of the clear, deep blue sky, which we 
caught opening now and then between the slight 
rustling of the thick-canopied leaves. 
Ye gods, what abed! And is there anything 
equal to it % The hot sun and the fatigue which 
makes rest so delicious; the quenched thirst; the 
satisfied appetite; the fragrant hay, with its elastic 
yielding to the slightest pressure of the body ; the 
grateful shade, and the balmy air—all tend to make 
Other occupations may have superior 
enjoyments, but if so, I know them not, nor do I 
desire to. Give me those of the industrious, intel¬ 
ligent, and independent farmer, the world may have 
all else of which it can boast. 
Sergeant Teltrue. 
Raising of Cabbage and Turnip Seed. —The 
great, object in raising cabbage or turnip seed, is to 
lace the plants where there will be no danger of 
eing impregnated with the farina of any other of 
the cabbage or turnip tribe. A few good plants of 
one variety, should be selected and planted in the 
spring, in an open spot, by themselves, where they 
may run to seed. No more than one sort, let it be 
remembered, can be safely grown in the same gar¬ 
den. 
Improved Method of Making Charcoal.— A 
mode of manufacturing this substance, in France, 
is to fill all the interstices in the heap of wood to 
be charred, with dry, powdered charcoal; then 
cover the whole mass with earth or sods, and burn 
it the usual way. By this means, much of the ac¬ 
cess of air is prevented, and a saving of ten per 
cent., in volume, as well as weight, of charcoal will 
be gained over the ordinary modes. 
How to Manage a Kicking Cow.— Take a 
piece of rope about two feet in length, and tie, or 
splice, the two ends together so as to form a loop. 
Double up, by beeding, the fore leg of the milk¬ 
ing side of the cow and slip the loop over her knee. 
By this means, she will necessarily have to stand 
on three legs and will not be able to kick. 
How to Preserve Eggs. —Take 8 quarts of 
unslacked lime, \ lb. of common salt. 2 ounces of 
cream tartar; mix in water so as to Var an egg 
with its top just above the surface: pour the 
mixture into a water-tight cask conning the 
eggs, and they will keep sound and goo? for *wo 
years. 
signin’ the temperance plelge, j 
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