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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 29 
Justice Even For Anarchists. 
E F. M., Fonthill, Ont. —In The R. 
N.-Y. of July 8, in reply to fault-finding 
communications, the editors say: “What 
we propose to do is to give a fair and 
fiee discussion to every matter that af¬ 
fects American farming * * * We are 
after the truth, and we know that never 
can be found in the ashes of any biased 
or half-suppressed discussion.” Rut on 
the next page, in an attack upon Gov¬ 
ernor Altgeld, do you not claim to have 
found the truth in those very ashes ? 
What more biased than the plutocratic 
press and the “law-abiding citizens,” 
whose opinions it influenced at the time 
of the anarchists’ trial? Yet you in¬ 
stance that popular clamor as a proof 
that the outcome was “ just and right.” 
Did not the acts of the unsavory Jeffries 
meet with a like approval from the dom¬ 
inant faction in the State? A majority 
of the working classes and a host of lib¬ 
eral-minded men of all classes consid¬ 
ered the result of the trial an outrage. 
I have no sympathy with anarchism, 
but much for any one who suffers in¬ 
justice. Those men only claimed the 
right of free discussion, and the methods 
of Russia were brought against them. 
They were punished for a crime of which 
they were not proved guilty, on the 
ground that he who protests against 
what he considers existing wrongs must 
be held responsible for other illegal ef¬ 
forts to right these wrongs. 
Can the bias of the judge be questioned 
by any one who remembers the trial ? 
Persecution will but help any cause in 
a liberty-loving community. I believe 
the mistaken cause of anarchism gained 
more in popularity as a victim of injus¬ 
tice in one year than it would have ad¬ 
vanced in five years by its own unaided 
efforts The law helps a cause when it 
assists its champions to pose as martyrs 
with thinking people. Governor Altgeld 
has removed that encouragement from 
the anarchists. Those men were much 
more dangerous to existing institutions 
in jail unjustly than at large. 
And what a spectacle in this age of 
the world, what an outrage it was for 
Governor Oglesby to withold executive 
clemency because they would not recant. 
They were punished for their opinions 
rather than for any crime. Those who 
refused to utter the lie even to save their 
lives and their families and friends from 
sorrow, proved their sincerity and de¬ 
votion to principle, though to us it was 
an erroneous principle, and went to- 
martyrdom. 
The leading conservative paper of 
Canada heads an item referring to Super¬ 
intendent Byrnes’s proposed order pro¬ 
hibiting a meeting of the friends of the 
released anarchists, “How is this for 
Republican freedom ? ” I submit the 
following sentiment from the Chicago 
Unity, (Unitarian) : “ We would be pa¬ 
tient and just to the delusions of anarchy 
because we do not fear it. It cannot 
thrive in an atmosphere of freedom. It 
dies in the presence of justice.” 
The Weather After Easter. 
W. L., Ridgeland, N. Y.—If George 
Smock, who on page 475 makes some in¬ 
quiries about the influence of Easter Day 
weather on that of the next 40 days, 
will observe the weather following that 
festival and keep a record of the observa¬ 
tions he will find that the popular idea 
prevalent in his locality has no founda¬ 
tion in common sense or fact. Easter 
Day has no more to do with the weather 
than the Fourth of July or St. Patrick’s 
Day. Nature’s immemorial laws govern¬ 
ing the weather are not understood by 
any one, but one thing is certain—those 
laws were established thousands of years 
before Easter or any other human-ap 
pointed day was thought of and they are 
unchangeable. The fact that certain 
ideas in regard to the weather are popu¬ 
lar is no proof that there is anything in 
them. People do not notice when their 
indications fail, but when the weather 
occasionally verifies the predictions, it is 
remembered always. The popular idea 
regarding the moon’s influence on our 
weather is nearly universal; but scien¬ 
tific observations kept daily at Green¬ 
wich Observatory for over CO years show 
that the moon has absolutely nothing to 
do with our weather. The only predic¬ 
tions of any value are those of the govern¬ 
ment weather bureau, and they are only 
for a few hours in advance, and even 
then are not always correct. 
A Victim of nurserymen. 
Dk. G. G. Groff, Pennsylvania.— 
Some months ago I wrote The R. N.-Y. 
about my troubles with nurserymen— 
how they had sent me plants not true to 
name. This was The R. N.-Y. s conso¬ 
lation : 
Oar sympathies go out to Dr. Groff In his hortl-ul- 
tural tribulations; nothing Is more annoying than to 
find that a vine, a tree, or a berry bush alter years 
of coddling and petting, Is something entirely differ¬ 
ent from what one had reason to believe it was. His 
experience Is not an uncommon one, but we are com¬ 
pelled to say that the man who has such experiences 
to-day ha - only himself to blame. There are plenty 
of nurserymen to whom orders may be Intrusted 
with an absolute certainty that they will be honestly 
tilled; on the other hand, there are the peripatetic 
tree agents who go about the country after victims 
and who generally And them, and. we are sorry to 
say, there are still a few crooked dealers left In the 
trade. It pays to deal with the best. 
This does me injustice. Before I began 
planting, I consulted one of the best 
known fruit growers in this State. He 
named to me the nursery which had 
given him the best results. He made 
out my list of trees and plants and I sent 
to the nursery he recommended. Some 
of the varieties received from this place 
are absolutely worthless and were not 
o dered by me. Not being able to secure 
all the varieties I desired at the first 
nursery, I consulted another grower, of 
many years standing, and he named to 
me his choice of nurseries. My expe¬ 
rience at the second place has been even 
worse than at the first. From it I im¬ 
ported scale lice and yellows. I have 
tried two other nurseries which are 
a mong the largest in the United States, 
and am dissatisfied with the results at 
both. I have never bought more than 
three trees from agents, and they were 
true. I took very great pains to be 
directed to good nurseries, and bought 
only of the largest one. I ordered also 
my first goods in the autumn, so that the 
excuse of hurry cannot hold good. I can 
understand how mistakes can be made in 
a hurried rush, but in my case The 
Rural puts the blame where it does not 
belong. I may say also that I wrote in 
my order : “No substituting.” 
A De-Fencelesa Country. 
E. M. S., Polk County, Wis. —This is 
what is called a new country, and so it 
is. In all probability not one quarter 
section in every 10 in the town is occu¬ 
pied, the rest being owned by rail¬ 
roads and pine land speculators. Still 
some have lived here 16 and even 20 
years ; yet in all the town there are no 
more than three fa^ms that are inclosed 
with what might be called a good or even 
respectable fence. I read in some reports 
in The Rural that the fences are coming 
down elsewhere. So they are here, most 
of them rotting down. They were mostly 
built of tamarac poles drawn from the 
swamps in winter, and either nailed to 
posts or laid up in zig-zag rail-fence 
fashion. A few are supplementing them 
with two wires ; others think it cheaper 
to drive stakes crossing over the tumble- 
down fence and lay on another set of 
poles. Timber is more plentiful than 
money, and people think it more econom¬ 
ical to fence with the timber that must 
be cleared from the fields than to burn 
it and buy fencing. There is an unlim¬ 
ited range for cattle and every one lets 
his run, so all crops must be fenced, but 
every man who owns a cow spends more 
time every year hunting her than would 
be needed to build a pasture fence. 
Virginia Dogs and Sheep. 
F. W. Card, Iihaca, N. Y. —A Massa¬ 
chusetts man on page 432 inquires about 
the foot-hills and the dogs of western 
Virginia. From a limited sojourn in 
the mountainous region of southwestern 
Virginia I may be able to give him a 
little information. My experience was 
chiefly limited to the region forming the 
watershed between the Atlantic and the 
Mississippi systems and near the line of 
the Norfolk and Western Railroad, hence 
about in the latitude of Norfolk. 
Here is a region which has been devoted 
chiefly to grazing in the production of 
beef cattle, and which appears to be 
remarkably well adapted to dairying or 
any other grazing enterprise, for it has 
excellent grass land and abounds in such 
magnificent springs of water as one sel¬ 
dom sees in most sections of the country. 
The storms and mud of winter would 
undoubtedly be disastrous to sheep, 
unless well housed, although instances 
are frequently reported of excellent suc¬ 
cess in sheep husbandry within the 
limits of the State. 
Now as to dogs : At first I tried to 
remember whether I had seen any ; then 
there came to my mind a scene which I 
will relate. It was in the neatest and 
most aristocratic church in the village 
during the morning service. A large 
yellow dog lay at the head of the center 
aisle, directly in front of the altar, all 
through the hour ; a little yellowe?’ dog 
ran about the audience from one place 
to another evidently introducing himself 
to the different people he met, for some 
were strangers. I could not help letting 
my gravity become a little unbalanced 
in thinking of what wotud happen if this 
little fellow should attempt to contest 
the prominent position occupied by the 
big one up in front, but nothing of the 
kind occurred. They were evidently 
accustomed to attending church, were 
perfectly at home and knew how to 
behave. Our Massachusetts friend can 
draw his own conclusions as to whether 
the dog lies near to the heart of the 
people. He will do well to read the 
Southern Planter, of Richmond, Va., one 
of the best of the Southern agricultural 
journals. Above all he should not invest 
in Virginia or move thither till he has 
gone there and looked the ground over 
for himself, weighed the advantages and 
compared them carefully with those he 
will lose with the home he leaves. 
(Continued on next page.) 
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