MOOSE’S RUSAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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New Breed of Merino Sheep. 
We copy the following article from tho 
Juno number of tho (Vuol Grower and 
Stock Register : 
In the report of Col. E. P. Johnson, as agent for 
the State of New York, at the Great Industrial 
Exhibition in London, the following notice is given 
of an extraordinary Reece of Merino W ool, shown 
in the exhibition, from France. Mr. J. says :—“ A 
Council Medal was awarded to Jean Louis Graux, 
of France, for a fleece of Merino YVool of great 
fineness and of tire best quality for combing, and 
possessing increased strength, brilliancy and fine¬ 
ness of fibre. He is described as the originator 
of this new and valuable quality of Wool. It 
was certainly a very superior sample of Merino 
Wool, and doubtless entitled to the encomiums 
pissed upon it. It was different from the wool of 
the Rambouillet sheep and superior to it in the 
fineness of its fibre —samples of wool from the 
establishment at Rambouillet being shown in con¬ 
nection with the other wools from France. The 
breed of sheep which Mens. Graux has, will prove 
a valuable acquisition to this country, I have no 
doubt, in crossing with the Merinos and Saxons.” 
1 have lately been furnished, from England, 
with the manner in which the variety of sheep 
from which the wool was taken has been obtained, 
and have no doubt it will prove interesting to the 
readers of the Wool Grower, not only as introdu¬ 
cing to their notice a valuable new breed of sheep, 
—but as furnishing them with instructions how 
they may secure a new breed adapted to their 
wants and necessities, if need be. I am not 
aware that there has ever before been given so 
full and particular an account of all that relates 
to the formation of a new and distinct breed of 
animals as is contained in this account—and in 
that point of view it will undoubtedly prove of no 
little interest, and I hope of no inconsiderable ad¬ 
vantage to our breeders. J. 
Description of the peculiar variety of Merino Sheep of J. 
I,. Graux, of the Farm of Mauchamp, Commune de 
Juvincourt, (Aisno,) France. 
In the year 1828, one of the ewes of the flock 
of Merinos on 'die farm of Mauchamp, produced 
a male lamb, which as it grew up, became remark¬ 
able for the long, smooth, straight and silky 
character of the fibre of the wool, and for the 
smoothness of its horns: it was of small size, and 
presented certain defects in its conformation, 
which have disappeared in its descendants. In 
1829, M. Graux employed this ram with a view 
to obtain other rams having the same quality of 
wool. The produce of 1830 included only one 
rain and one ewe having the silky quality of the 
wool; that of 1831,* produced four rams and one 
ewe with the fleece of that quality. In the year 
1833 the rams with the silky variety of wool were 
sufficiently numerous of themselves to scree the 
whole flock. In each subsequent year the lambs 
have been of two kinds—one preserving the char¬ 
acteristics of the ancient race, with the curled, 
elastic wool only a little longer and finer than in 
the ordinary Merinos; the other resembling the 
rams of the new breed, some of which retained 
the large head, long neck, narrow chest, and long 
flanks of the abnormal progenitor,—whilst others 
combined the ordinary and better formed body, 
with the fine, silky wool. M. Graux, profiting by 
this partial resumption of the normal type of the 
Merino in certain of the descendants of the mal¬ 
formed original variety, at length succeeded, by 
a judicious system of crossing and inter-breeding, 
in obtaining a flock combining the long, fine, silky 
fieece, with a smaller head, shorter neck, broader 
flanks, and more copaeious chest 
Of this breed the flocks have become suf¬ 
ficiently numerous to enable the proprietor to sell 
samples of the breed for exportation. The cross¬ 
ing of tlie Mauchamp variety with the ordinary 
Merino has also produced a valuable quality of 
wool, known in France as the “ Mauchamp Me¬ 
rino.” The fine, silky wool of the pure Mau- 
champ breed is remarkable for its qualities as 
combing wool, owing to the strength as well as 
the length and fineness of the fibre, fit is found 
of great value by the manufacturers o t Cash mere 
shawls, being second only to the true Cashmere 
fleece in the fine, flexible delicacy of the fabric, 
and of particular utility when combined with the 
Cashmere wool, in imparting to the manufacture 
qualities of strength and consistence in which tho 
pure Cashmere is deficient. 
Although the quantity of the wool yielded by 
the Mauchamp variety is less than in the ordinary 
Merinos, the higher price which it obtained in tbe 
French market (25 per cent above tbe best Me¬ 
rino wools,) and the present value of the breed, 
have fully compensated M. Graux for the pains 
and care which he has manifested in tiff, estab¬ 
lishment of the variety. The jury, therefore, ta¬ 
king into consideration the quality of invention 
which has been superadded to the skill and in¬ 
dustry requisite for obtaining the finer qualities 
of wool under any circumstances, in the develop¬ 
ment of the new variety of sheep yielding the 
specimens exhibited by M. Guuax, recommended 
that the Couucil Modal should bo awarded to J. 
L. Graux. 
©rtjmrij mifr darkn. 
Milk and On, for Wool. —A mixture of milk 
and oil for preparing wool for spinning, is now 
used in some of tho principal English manufac¬ 
turing establishments. Ia the United States, rec¬ 
tified rosin oil is found to be a valuable substitute 
for other oils for this purpose. It is afforded at 
much less expense, is said to answer the purpose 
equally well, and has loss iuflamiuablo tendency 
than some kinds. 
Tiik Paris Society for the Protection of Animals 
proposes prizes to all such coachmen, grooms, dri¬ 
vers, conductors, shepherds, wagoners, Ac., as shall 
have “evinced a high degree of compassion of 
mildness and of intelligent skill in the treatment 
of their animals.” We should greatly rejoice to see 
such a society, and similar rewards, here. “ The 
morciful man is merciful to his boast,” 
PARISIAN HORTICULTURAL WONDERS. 
The Paris Society of Horticulture held 
its 24th Annual Exhibition in May, and we 
find in the Daily Times European Corres¬ 
pondence, interesting mention made of the 
show and its wonders. A tent was erected 
on tho Champs Elysoos, covering in, perhaps, 
two acres which is in the form of a T, and 
enclosing one of the stationary fountains of 
that park. Every thing is constructed as 
permanently as though meant to stand for 
years ; and in most splendid taste and beau¬ 
ty. Tho fountain forms tho nucleus of tho dis¬ 
play, and is fenced in by a littlo green rail¬ 
ing, a bitumen sidewalk, a ring of the 
brightest possiblo turf, and an inner-ring ot 
silver fir and lignum vitEC. Tho hard, down¬ 
trodden surface of the place has received a 
coating of softer soil, to tho depth of per¬ 
haps a foot. In this, gravel paths are laid 
out, flowor-pots imbedded, cherry-trees 
sunk ; little upheavings of earth, are cram- 
mod thick with tho products of our orna¬ 
mental horticulture; little dells recoive 
such plants and fruits as grow best in low 
grounds, where they grow wild. 
All tho flowers of the season, some new 
roses, several new pears, half a dozen varie¬ 
ties of apples which Nature nover produced 
before, or nevor would without the assistance 
of art are hero, and M. Chevet contributed 
a baskot of mixed fruits, the admiration of 
all, and far exceeding tho etfort of M. Rotii- 
ciiild, in tho same direction. M. Ciietet 
has also ripe strawborries, fourteen of which 
make a pound ; cherries, one of which 
makes two bites ; and pine-apples, which 
drag tho stem which supports them, to with¬ 
in dropping distance from the ground. 
Art was particularly conspicuous at this 
exhibition. Not only in forcings, graftings, 
crossings, and acclimations, but the wholo 
paraphernalia of ornamental gardening in 
its higher branches was hero displayed.— 
Statues, vases, rustic seats, watering engines, 
flower pots,—every variety of garden uten¬ 
sils, and all of most exquisite materials and 
workmanship. Imitation fruit—imitating 
all the defects and wrinkles, as well as tho 
bloom and juiciness,—show more naturally 
than any ever soon before. 
Ono of tho most attractive articles of the 
exhibition was a union of art and nature in 
the shape of tall, healthy roso bushes, bloom¬ 
ing with artificial flowers. They aro made 
of batiste, very fino linen cambric, and are 
colored by hand. The petals have that 
crumpled, wavy appearance peculiar to rose 
leaves, and tho hue, pale at tho edges deep¬ 
ens as it approaches the contro of tho flow- 
or. You may dust them, wipe them, flip 
them, thoy recover at once their form, and 
keep it perennially. The red roso, the 
white roso, and tho tea rose, are all boauti- 
fully imitated. It is impossible to discover 
the imposture till you find that the roses 
are without scent. This is their principal 
recommendation. French ladies cannot 
bear the odor of flowers. 
“ Of course,” says the correspondent of 
tho Times, “wo shall soon have cambric 
camelias, sempiternal butter-cups, unfading- 
dahlias, and hyacinths that shall know no 
soro and yellow loaf. Perhaps tho com¬ 
moner species will have their turn, and we 
shall buy calico sunflowers, gingham daisios, 
muslin de laine dandelions. It will, per¬ 
haps, be cheaper to get tho artificial than 
the real flowers. The cotton and tho flax- 
plant will produco all tho blossoms you can 
want and the rest may withdraw.” 
MY EXPERIENCE IN GRAFTING, &C. 
STRAWBERRY CULTIVATION. 
Eds. Rural :—I find by experiment, that 
tho Lilac will grow, by grafting on tho 
White Ash. Transplant a young and thrif¬ 
ty tree in your door yard—let it remain a 
year or two, until well started, then at tho 
height of somo six or eight feet graft it with 
tho lilac, and when in bloom it makes a very 
pretty ornamental tree. I find also, that 
tho currant, will grow by grafting on tho 
hard or soft maple. Transplant in year 
door-yard, (as directed for tho white ash,) 
and graft with tho rod currant, and when 
ripe they look very pretty and pleasing to 
the passors by. Bo sure and not graft until 
tho sugar water has ceased to run, or they 
will fail to grow. Cut tho scions from tho 
last yoars growth, closo to tho ground, in 
March, and keep in a moist place until 
wanted. 
I have several thrifty, nice plum trees in 
my yard, but the voxatious Curculios for a 
few years past havo destroyed all tho plums. 
I therefore concluded to change them into 
poach trees. A part of thorn I grafted ono 
yoar ago last April, with tho large yellow 
rareripe. They took finely ; one scion grew 
last year to tho longth of fivo feet, and this 
spring looks most beautiful when in full 
bloom. l. x. 
Windsor, Asht. Co. O., June, 1853 
Almost overy ono who cultivates the 
Strawberry, I notice has fallen into two 
very great errors. First, of allowing dif¬ 
ferent varieties to intermingle. Even many 
nurserymen permit this, as tho plants sold 
by some of them abundantly provo. But 
in most of our family gardens different 
kinds aro crowded so near togother that 
their mixing is unavoidable, as soon as they 
begin to strike runners. Others again, mix 
in a few staminates with their fine bod of 
pistillates—instead of placing thorn on an 
adjoining bed at a respectful distance—and 
as an unavoidable result, tho more barren 
staminates soon crowd tho moro productive 
pistillatos out of tho bed, and they thus run 
out. It is utterly in vain to attempt to 
raise yoar after yoar, large and satisfactory 
crops of strawberries, without a strict sep¬ 
aration—sooner or later they will fail. 
The other error, I observe, about as uni¬ 
versally prevalent, is over-feeding, and as a 
consequence, an over-growth of vines and a 
deficiency of fruit. Large bearing vines 
are usually very small, and tho analysis of 
the vinos and fruit is so very different, that 
it can easily bo seen that large quantities of 
rich, well-rotted manure, aro not adapted 
to produce much fruit on their luxuriant 
vines. 
Such highly enriched soils can bo in a 
measure, counterbalanced by a liberal ap¬ 
plication of potash, or unleached ashes, lime 
and salt, for it should be remembered that 
marly three-fourths of tho strawberry fruit 
is composed of thoso three elements. 
In all my observation, I do not discover 
any so general and fatal errors as those two, 
in tho gardens of our country. Others 
might bo named of importance, but I wish 
to let tho mind of the strawberry cultivator 
rest with peculiar force on thoso two. 
Geneva, N. Y., June 3, 1853. R. G. P. 
Boiling Water for the Peach Grub.— 
Will friend Briggs obligo us by asking 
Mary,” at what soason of the year she 
gives her peach trees that “ hot bath ?”—or, 
if it makes no difference, at what time it is 
applied ? L. N. 
FLOWERS AND SHADE TREES. 
ante Jits, h. 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending June 7, 1853. 
Henry Baker, of Catskill, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in converting rotaiy into reciprocating mo¬ 
tion. 
Thomas A. Dugdale, of Richmond, Ind., for im¬ 
provement in washing machines. 
Henry W. Hewet,of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement m propellers. 
Win. S. Hubbell and Amos Barrett, of Kings¬ 
ville, 0., for improvement in composition for 
treating wool. 
Samuel P. Kittle, of Buffalo, N. Y., for improv¬ 
ed door fastener. 
R. W. Belson, of Philadelphia, Pa., for improve¬ 
ment in boilers for cooking stoves. 
Oliver Ellsworth, of Hartford, Conn., for im¬ 
provements in operating and locking knob bolts. 
Ralph J. Falconer, of Washington, D. C., for 
improvement in hose coupling. 
P. G. Gardiner, of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
proved arrangement of quartz pulverizer and gold 
amalgamator. 
Herman Goldsmith, Jr., of New Yoik, N. k., 
for improvement in water closets. 
Leon Jarossou, of Jersey City, N. J., for im¬ 
provement in painting on cloth. 
Gerard Cickles, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for self- 
adjusting platform for ferry bridges. 
Geo. V. Wight, of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in screw presses for packing boxes. 
Ebenezer Talbot, of Windsor, Conn., for ma¬ 
chine for boring rock. 
Julius Hornig & Ludwig Suess, of Union Hill. 
N. J., for improvement in artificial stone. 
Hamilton L. Smith, of Cleveland, 0.. assignor 
to H. L. Smith, of Cleveland, 0., and Levi But¬ 
tles and Hemy A. Swift, of Ravenna, O., for im¬ 
provement in paper files. 
L. P. & Wru. F. Dodge, of Newburg, N. Y., for 
improvement in pumps. 
RE-ISSUE. 
Moses Pond, of Boston, Mass., for improvement 
in cooking ranges. Patented Feb. 25, 1853. Re¬ 
issued June 7, 1853. 
fensive uhtil tho improvement appears in a 
tangible form. Our readers are pretty well 
aware that masked, mysterious, theoretical 
phenomena do not obtain encouragement 
from the Scientific American,—things sho’d 
show for themselves.— Scientific American. 
A CHEAP FILTER. 
I seldom soe two people envy ono anoth¬ 
er seriously about their flower-beds or shade 
trees. There is a kind of religious, human¬ 
izing, generous effect in loving tho beautiful 
things of nature, that makes us love to see 
every body have them ; while those who 
stake their respectability on dress or house¬ 
keeping, almost universally dislike to see 
others approach their standard, or rival 
them in their boasted sphere. This shows 
that loarning to love the beautiful things oi 
nature, beautifies our spirits—while priding 
ourselves on bright tin pans, well scoured 
floors, or costly furniture, disfigures our im¬ 
mortal part. The country house that has 
its shade trees, its shrubbery and flowers, 
has hallowed memories to win back the 
hearts of its wanderers, and brighten their 
gloomiest hours. Tho woman who fails to 
have a green spot and shado at her door, 
fails in ono important part of her domestic 
mission ! Her home will not be so endear- 
ed to its inmates as it otherwise would be ! 
True, tho outside decorations should chief¬ 
ly belong to man’s labor ; but very many 
men will not plant a treo or flower, who 
could bo taught to lovo them and add to 
them if some ono would begin. So, girls, 
do not scrub and cook, and scour, until you 
have no time left to plant a tree or vine, 
and flower! Little care w r ill suffice them 
when once planted ; and they will do more 
to beautify and adorn your home than the 
contents of a tin pedlar s cart, polished ev¬ 
ery Saturday, until they dazzle you and 
outshine the neighborhood.— Mrs. Swiss- 
helm. 
As efficient a filter as can possibly be con¬ 
structed may be made in a few minutes by 
any person, and at tho cost of a very few 
pence. Procure a clean flower-pot of tho 
common kind, close the opening of tho bot¬ 
tom by a piece of spongo, then place in tho 
inside a layer of small stones, previously 
well cleansed by w..suing; th s layer may bo 
about two inches deep, the upper stories be¬ 
ing very small; next procure some lreshly 
burnt charcoal, which has not been kept in 
a damp or foul place, as it rapidly absorbs 
any strong smells, and so becomes tainted 
and unfit for such purpose ; reduco this to 
powder, and mix it with about twico its bulk 
of clear, well-washed, sharp sand; with this 
mixture fill tho pot to within a short dis¬ 
tance of the top, covering it with a layer of 
small stones, or what is perhaps better, 
place a piece of thick closo flannel over it, 
large enough to tie round the rim of tho 
pot outside, and to form a hollow inside, in¬ 
to which tho water to be filtered is to bo 
poured, arid which will bo found to flow out 
rapidly through tho sponge in an exceed¬ 
ingly pure state. The flannel removes the 
grosser impurities floating in tho water, but 
the filter absorbs much of decaying animal 
and vegetable bodies actually dissolved in 
it; when it becomes charged with them it 
loses this power, hence the necessity for a 
supply of fresh charcoal at intervals.— 
Monthly Observer. 
THE STAMPED ENVELOPES, 
Remedy for the Cherry Slug. —The 
cherry slug or snail, makes sad havoc on our 
cherry trees in this vicinity. I have pre¬ 
viously found lime effectual in destroying 
them. Last summer I tried dry dust, taken 
from tho ground near tho tree; with a 
shovel make it fine, or you may scrape it 
from the highway when it is dry and dusty. 
Apply profusely, that none of tho slugs es¬ 
cape a good covering, and my word for it. 
they will be minus equally as well as if you 
had used lime. Renew the application as 
ot’ton as necessary. So says A. S. Moss, of 
Frodonia, N. Y., in Country Gent. 
The Curculio. —Now is the time to guard 
against tho attacks of this insect. Tho host 
mode yot devised is to jar them from the 
trees and catch them on sheets, or large in¬ 
verted umbrellas made for the purpose. It 
is not advisable to dopend on washes of lime 
and sulphur, thrown over tho fruit—they 
have proved ineffectual in many instances. 
—Boston Cult. 
The first weeping willow in England wa3 
planted by Pope, the poet. He received a 
present of figs from Turkey, and observing 
a twig in the basket ready to bud, he 
planted it in his garden, and it soon became 
a fine tree. From this stock all ,the weep¬ 
ing willows in England and America origi¬ 
nated. 
Downing’s Cement, made by dissolving 
Shellac in Alcohol, has never been surpassed 
as a shield for covering the wounds made 
by pruning trees. All wounds upon trees 
should bo covered with this composition. 
PRINTING MACHINES- 
Printing presses in great numbers and 
in a great variety ot forms have been in use 
fur a long time, but those small presses 
which were originally used soon after the 
discovery of printing, bore very little re¬ 
semblance to the magnificent power-presses 
of the present day, but writing or printing 
machines, for printing one copy, as distin 
guished from printing presses aro ot mod¬ 
ern date. Tho first one patented in the 
United States, is what is denominated the 
Manifold Letter Writer, the object of which, 
as its name indicates, is to multiply the 
number of copies, by once writing the orig¬ 
inal ; it consisted in tho use ot cams opera¬ 
ted by a series of keys whereby a horizon¬ 
tal lever, which held several pens or pen¬ 
cils placed transversly across it, was moved 
in a direction to form letters upon the pa¬ 
per, a number of sheets corresponding to 
tho number of pencils, being clamped in 
suitable frames to hold them tor the pur¬ 
pose. The process of writing by this ma¬ 
chine was a very slow ono, but when one 
copy was complete, a duplicate was also at 
hand. 
Another machino for accomplishing the 
same purpose was patented in 1850, by O. 
T. Eddy, of Boston, although the object was 
accomplished in a manner entirely differ¬ 
ent, and tho alphabet a printed instead of a 
written ono. This machine prints anything 
desired by the operator, in Roman letters, 
upon striking certain finger keys correspond¬ 
ing to the letters used. The operation of 
this machine, in the hands of a good per¬ 
former, is about as rapid as that of House’s 
Printing Telegraph, and nearly as rapid as 
the execution of writing by an ordinary pen¬ 
man. This machine is exceedingly expen¬ 
sive and quite complex, for which reason 
probably, it has not been extensively used. 
Another machine has been patented, de¬ 
nominated the Phonetic Reporting Machine, 
designed to report speeches by working 
changes upon a small number oi keys and 
typo, to make a variety of letters or char¬ 
acters. A machine which shall fully accom¬ 
plish this object, is needed, as our report¬ 
ers are seldom if ever able to get a full re¬ 
port. particularly from rapid speakers; if 
all tho fingers and thumbs could bo brought 
to aid in making characters, so that several 
characters could be made at tho same time, 
greater speed might be obtained. 
Wo noticed an article .in tho “ Randolph 
Whig,” a fow days since, stating that the in¬ 
ventor of this Reporting Machine had one 
in operation in that place, and that from 
appearances, writing migh'tbo performed 
very vapidly upon it. The patent for this 
machine was obtained through our aid ; we 
think it will prove successful. Engravings 
of it will probably appoar in the Scientific 
American after a short time. Engravings 
and a description of a printing apparatus, 
invented by Mr. Jones, of Rochester, were 
presented to our readers in No. 34, this 
volume,—the structure and form of which 
are therefore understood ; it is not complex, 
and, like Mr. Eddy’s, prints tho Roman let¬ 
ters. Thoso constitute all the machines of 
this class of any notoriety, which have been 
brought to any practical perfection. The 
pon is a very ready transcriber of ideas, and 
whether it will ever be superseded by ma¬ 
chinery, remains yot to be determined.— 
The futuro may bo “ big with wonders,” 
great inventions and results do not surprise 
us, unless tho modus operandiare unphilo- 
sophical or too mysterious for our creduli¬ 
ty; in such cases wo invariably take the de- 
George F. Nesbett, at the Tontine 
buildings, Wall st., the contractor for the 
manufacture of prepared letter envelopes, 
has now prepared a largo quantity of them 
for the disposal of Government, which will 
he ready for sale not far from the first of 
June. Tho envelopes are cut out by an in¬ 
strument worked by steam, to the number 
of five hundred at a single operation. The 
image of Washington is stamped on them in 
white bas-relief, and tho rates of postage 
printed in rod ink. After applying the 
gluten, they were counted in bundles of 
twenty-five and sent to Washington, whence 
they will find their way through postmasters 
to every part of the country. They are of 
white and buff paper, and water-lined with 
tho initials of the Post Offico Department of 
the United States. 
About one hundred and fifty operatives, 
chiefly females, have been employed in the 
work. Special precautions are taken against 
forgery and the abstraction of envelopes 
from the manufactory, for which offences 
the new post office laws havo imposod a fino 
of not less than five hundred dollars, or im¬ 
prisonment not exceeding five years, or both 
such fine and imprisonment.— JY. Y. Post. 
NOTHING NEW. 
Our contrivances do not appoar to be so 
very peculiar to our own ago as people may 
fancy. Not to go back to tho time of Moses 
(who. says Sir Edward Coke, was tho first 
reporter, seeing he took down the Divino 
ordinances !) we see in the entries of John 
Evelyn, that the trials of the Jesuits, in his 
time, (1679.) wero takon in short hand .— 
This writer also speaks of a way wiser, to 
operate in a coach, and declare the speed of 
it. Ho also published a plan for consuming 
the smoko of large cities. In addition to 
these, it may be observed that, in the time 
of the Emperor Caracalla, there was in Ita¬ 
ly a contrivance by which fresh water could 
be distilled from salt water. 
Amnestic (btonomiu 
HOW TO HEAD RED ANTS. 
IIow to bo rid of tho little rascals who 
run out upon the China, and climb tho 
lumps of white sugar when company is in to 
tea, just as if they wore invited—this is the 
question with many a housekeeper. A cor¬ 
respondent of tho Boston Cultivatoa says : 
Several years ago, my father rented a 
house almost overrun with them, and they 
wore destroyed in the following manner.- 
A piece of shag-bark (hickory bark) was 
laid upon tho shelf in the pantry where 
they seemed to be thickest, and it attracted 
them—indeed it seemed more of a favorite 
with them than anything they could get.- 
Tho piece wo had, about four inches wide 
and two feet long, was red with them in an 
hour or two, when with a sudden jar thoy 
were shaken into the fire, and the bark set 
as a trap for them again. In our case, this 
was an entire exterminatar. 
POTATO SOUP. 
Almost every farmor’s household Is fond 
of soup for supper. I will novr write a few 
“ homo-spun” lines on making a cheap and 
palatable -soup from the potato. I take 
good sound potatoes, peel and cut them in 
pieces small enough to be eaten with a 
spoon. After having them well rinsed, I 
boil them with enough water to leave them 
in a state of soup, adding salt to my taste. 
When they aro cooked, I take about two 
tablospoonfuls of flour, with half as much 
lard, and fry it in a pan, stirring it with a 
spoon until changed to a brown (not blask} 
color. 1 then stir it in with the potatoes, 
after which it is ready for tho table.— Eliz¬ 
abeth Dieiil. 
Pericles was wont to say, that Time was 
the wisost counsellor. 
