A DAY IK WESTCHESTER COUKTY. 
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have made a good beginning with this first 
state show of theirs; excelling that of New 
York, nine years ago. A few states are well 
under way upon the voyage of improvement, 
and others quietly enjoying the sleep of the 
sluggard, which still rests upon ihem with all 
the force it ever has upon that ancient race. 
Shall we wait the termination of the nap, or 
shall we try to rouse them with the news of a 
new election—the only sound that will wake 
them? Suppose we nominate for governor, the 
Honorable Mr. Improvement, of Shorthorn 
Hall; the elegant Mr. Devonshire, of Oxdale 
Plantation, will make a wide-awake secretary; 
and Old Squire Cotswold, of Fat-mutton Hollow, 
a real substantial treasurer. Old Rip will wake 
at last! 
Tool Slop for Farmers. —“ Every farmer ought 
to possess a variety of tools, such as are needed 
in repairing farming implements.” Very true, 
and every farmer ought to possess the imple¬ 
ments ; but not one half of them do; and not one 
in ten possess the tool shop recommended. If 
they ever should, they will desire also to pos¬ 
sess the 
Wood-sawing Machine for Cutting Fuel , which 
you have represented, and ought to have given 
the price, and whether it could be purchased at 
your warehouse. 
Pruning and Budding Knives. —These are not 
altogether for use of boys—unfortunately, I have 
none—for daughter Mary, now leaning upon fa¬ 
ther’s shoulder says she will try her hand next 
season, at budding and grafting, if I will get a 
set. So you may put them in the horticultural 
toolchest I ordered last week. 
Cattle Shows and Fairs. —How much these are 
on the increase! The idea of trying to have 
them held one after another and interchanging 
visits is a good one. 
Education of Farmers. —A short paragraph, full 
of inconsistances. Farmers do not “ often com¬ 
plain of want of education in themselves”— 
they think they know enough, and that is the 
reason why they do not employ their leisure 
time in mental improvement. 
Chemistry for Girls. —Why not for men and 
boys and women, too ? It is a kind of informa¬ 
tion, that would not be greatly to their disad¬ 
vantage. The article in question has given no 
little information to your Reviewer. 
Mouldy Beans may be restored and made 
fit for use, if not very bad, by rinsing well in 
hot water and carefully drying. Mouldy corn 
or peas may be treated in the same way. 
A DAY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 
Through the politeness of the treasurer of 
the Harlem Railroad, I was enabled, or rather 
induced to make a little excursion upon this 
great city artery—a proper term, for it keeps 
up the circulation between town and country— 
and take a few notes for the benefit of my read¬ 
ers. The cars start from the City Hall, several 
times a-day and are taken by horses through the 
thickly-settled streets, occupying about half an 
hour; then by steam at a very moderate rate, 
owing to the numerous stoppages at a great 
number of growing villages along the line of 
this road. I noticed the singular fact, that these 
country residences are mainly supplied with 
marketing from the city, instead of their own 
vicinity. 
This road is well conducted, and of immense 
advantage to the country through which it is lo¬ 
cated. The freight upon milk, alone, this year, 
will exceed $40,000. It was over $5,000 in the 
month of July—some days $200—Think of that, 
unimproving generation! 
What would have thought the old settlers of 
’76—if they had been solemnly assured that the 
time would come to their children, when the 
matutinal milkmaid should send her rich pro¬ 
duct, warm from the cow, to the city, fifty miles 
distant, to be used for breakfast the same morn¬ 
ing ; while the messenger who carried it thith¬ 
er, should return again for dinner. What 
would have said Rip Van Winkle, if his sleep 
had been prolonged till the whistle of the loco¬ 
motive had waked him to new life ? He would 
not have been much more astonished, than some 
of the ancient and unbelieving denizens of the 
old shingle houses among the hills of West¬ 
chester. But the miracle has been accomplish¬ 
ed, and the whole course of cultivation chang¬ 
ed, for the tillable land has increased in value— 
and now every article of produce—everything 
valuable can be sent and daily sold in the city, 
and the owner lie down at night again in his 
own house, with the money under his pillow. 
The great part of this county is composed of 
stony hills, more fit for pasturage than any 
other porpose. Milk is the most profitable arti¬ 
cle that can be produced. The dairyman gets 
two cents a quart, delivered in tin cans at any 
of the frequent railroad stations. Cows yield 
an annual average income of about $30 per 
head. Cattle are driven from the west, every 
year and fatted here; and sheep would be, if it 
were not from the fact that farmers have been 
compelled to abandon keeping them, on ac¬ 
count of the terrible destruction among them 
by dogs. 
