NOY. 13. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Written for Moore’S Korol New-Yorker. 
Sketches from the Alps to the Adriatic. 
N IT M BIS SEVEN. 
Disagreeable Walking — Italian Raftsmen — 3eene at a 
Hotel in Trent —Church of St Maria Maggiare—Down 
the Valley of the Adige — The Plains of Lombardy — 
Scenery— Productiims — Entering Verona — The Old 
Roman Amphitheatre, 
The Slellwagen carried me back to Bozen, where 
I remained till late in the day, and then started 
down the valley of the Adige, intending to walk 
in the cool of the evening. The weather, in fact, 
was getting too hot for walking in the middle of 
the day, when the June sun shone down into the 
narrow valleys with a fieroeness I never before ex¬ 
perienced. Clouds of fine stone-dnst blew up from 
the McAdamized roads, and fairly whitened the 
fields and trees along the sides. Added to this, a 
high wall shut out the view of green fields and 
vineyards on each side, and seemed to reflect the 
heat with double fervor, and compress th$ dust till 
one eould scarcely breathe. I resolved shortly to 
adopt a different mode of traveling. 
Late in the evening, I stopped at the little village 
of Branzoll, where the Adige first becomes naviga¬ 
ble. Though yet in the German part of the Tyrol, 
I heard more Italian spoken than German, and 
could deteet a change in the appearance of the 
people. It is interesting thus to pass from one 
country to another, especially where there is a dif¬ 
ference in climate and language. I saw the brown 
countenance, with the blood flashing slightly 
through, and the black hair and eyes, which are 
characteristics of a Southern race. Men in shirt¬ 
sleeves, ragged boys, and eoarse-looking women, 
were collected in groups before the inns, resting 
after their day’s labor, and making themselves 
merry over browa bread and bad wine. There 
was a party of Italian raftsmen who spake a little 
German, and they offered me passage on their raft 
for a trifle, to Trent, or even to Yerona if I wished. 
They intended to start early next morning, and said 
they would arrive in Trent at nine o’clock in the 
forenoon. The novelty of the ride indnoed mo to 
accept their offer, and at three o’elock the captain 
of the raft came to my roem and waked me, and I 
dressed. Bnt when I searched for my cane it was 
nowhere to be found, and I recollected that I had 
left it in the room below, where I had taken sap¬ 
per. The room was locked, the “ hausknecht" no¬ 
where to be found, and as my cane was too old and 
too good a friend to desert quickly, the captain 
became tired of waiting, and went off swearing, 
and I returned to bed. A couple of hoars later I 
got my cane and breakfast, and then walked on six 
miles, and stopped at a village where I took the 
Stellwagen for Trent, thinking that it was better, 
after all, than to have trusted myself alone to those 
Italian raftsmen, on the rapid river, in the early 
morning, au regret for the rati -i^e w»a anni.l*-* 
lated on passing through a village funic antes i'r«a» 
Trent, at one o’clock in the afternoon, when I saw ; 
my raftsmen sitting before a cafd smoking and 
drinking, with no intention of reaching the city 
that day. Nor did I like the dark countenance of 
the captain, though in the dusky light of the pre¬ 
ceding evening he had impressed me favorably. 
We entered Trent down a long; straight road, 
running between rows of trees, rattled over a nar¬ 
row street, and, suddenly surging to the very win¬ 
dows on the right hand side, wheeled shortly round 
to the left and drove through a vaulted passage.— 
There was a heavy rumbling in the darkness, a clat¬ 
ter of horses’ hoofs on the pavement, and then sud¬ 
den silence and cessation of motion, together with 
the breaking in of a mild light, announced the ter¬ 
mination of our day’s journey in the courtyard of 
an inn, bearing the sentimental name of “ Moon¬ 
shine.” The doors of the coach were opened, the 
steps let down, and the tired passengers descended 
to the pavement, and showed plainly by their ac¬ 
tions how great a luxury it was to walk about and 
straighten themselves once more. A crowd of 
men and boys was assembled around- Borne warn 
porters, very anxious to serve the gentlemen, and 
two or three tenderly urged me to allow them to 
hold my light traveling sack, implying by their 
actions, that they feared so much exertion of 
strength on my part would greatly impair my con¬ 
venience and enjoyment; or, at least, add nothing 
to their own. Borne were taking the baggage 
from the top of the coach,—some were unhitching 
the horses which they led away, through a long, 
dark passage to the stables in the rear of the inn— 
others were idlers and lookers on, scrutinizing the 
passengers, and gratifying that morbid euriosity 
which always exists where a stage coach regularly 
stops. German, Italian, and Preach were spoken, 
and I was amused to hear a sharp little boy sing 
out “ there's a jolly beef steak," even before the 
portly, red-faced Englishman had opened his 
mouth. 
My attention was now attracted to this half Ger¬ 
man and half Italian inn. The coach had stopped 
in the courtyard, neariy in the centre. Right 
above it was a patch of sky, seeming but little lar¬ 
ger than the top of the wagon. The inn, surrond- 
ing this courtyard, was four stories high, and under 
the windows of each story ran balconies, five or 
six feet wide, and having light railings in front of 
them. Tables were spread there, by which guests 
were eating and drinking, and amusing themselves 
by watching the scene round the coaeh, in the 
yard below. Part of the roof sloped into the court, 
and water-spouts projected from the four corners, 
I found a flight of stairs in a dark comer, and go¬ 
ing up to one of the baloonies, sat down to dine. 
It soon began to rain, and the four spouts in the 
corners poured down streams of water. The coach 
waa drawn under the baleonies, amid half a dozen 
ether vehicles, and the streams frem the spouts 
splashed upon the pavement stones, and ran off in 
a torrent towards the stables. 
It was nearly night, and the rain came down in 
great quantities, but lightly, as if falling a short 
distance, and, indeed, the clouds seemed to touch 
the church spires. But I did not forget to take an 
umbrella, and visit the church of 8t Maria Mag- 
giore, where the famous Council of Trent held its 
sittings in the middle of the 16th century. Theie 
is an obelisk of red marble, bearing a commemo¬ 
rative inscription, in the square before it, but about 
the church itself, there i3 nothing remarkable, ex¬ 
cept an appearance of recent construction, which 
makes yon think, at first, that you have come to 
the wrong place. 
In the morning I entered the Btellwagen again, 
and continued my journey down the valley of the 
Adige. I passed through Roveredo, and by the 
height of Rivoli, where Massbna earned the title 
of Duke. The mountains gre w lo wer and smoother, 
th8 jagged, snowy peaks disappeared, and forests 
of deep green took their place. Finally I passed 
between some ranges of low hills, and emerged 
from the narrow Alpine valley upon the plains of 
Lombardy. 
As the horses trotted slowly over the level road, 
I had a good opportunity to observe the cultiva¬ 
tion, the scenery, and the growing grain and fruit, 
The plains of Upper Italy, which extend from 
Milan to Venice, and from the Alps to the Appen- 
nines, produce more abundantly and support a 
greater number of inhabitants than any region of 
similar extent in the world. The population of 
Prance is sixty-four to the square mile, that of 
Belgium one hundred and forty-three, that of Hol¬ 
land and Great Britain, (if I mistake not,) one hun¬ 
dred and sixteen, while that of the Lombard plains 
U one hundred and seventy-four. The fertility of 
this region is owing partly to its naturally rich 
soil, but mostly to the advantages of a complete 
irrigation, and its delightful climate. The abun¬ 
dant waters of the Alps flow downward through 
numerous rivers, and serve to flood the lands when 
required, and those great natural reservoirs, lakes 
Garda, Como and Maggiore, supply large regions 
in the severest drouths. The whole country is 
planted with fruit and mulberry trees, which are 
seldom allowed to grow to their full size, but are 
shortened and trimmed, so that their shade will not 
injure the grain below. Grape vines are planted 
at the roots of the trees, which are allowed to spread 
ovor the lower branches, and then are trainod from 
one to another, hanging down in green festoons be 
tween them. There they stand, those trees of 
golden fruits aud gorgeous silks, all over the land, 
bound together by the generous vine which ripens, 
in the dreamy days of autumn, its white and purple 
elusters. Underneath the trees grow the various 
grains, and roots, and grasses, in abundance, for 
the heat of the climate, and the continual moisture 
overcome the bad influence of the vines and trees. 
The scenery is rather monotonous, which is 
owing to the equality of the surface, to the simi¬ 
larity and regularity of its productions—in a word, 
to the entire absence of bold and striking features 
in the landscape. There are no fences, but the 
land i3 cut np by numerous canals,— there are, of 
course, no forests, but there are also no large open 
fields, as in England aDd America. There are no 
trees of the nncheoked growth of centuries, to 
heap up great piles of foliage, and cast large masses 
of shade. The patches of grain are commonly 
small, often but a few rods square, and the inter¬ 
mingling of the various oolors, reminds one of a 
brilliant counterpane. Thus the whole plain has 
the effect of a garden, and the appearnnee of great 
labor and prodnctlvcncs, compensates, in a degree, 
for the want of variety and striking general 
features. 
At length the coach passed the gates of Yerona 
and paused » moment to let an offiocr examine, in 
order to ascertain if anything dangerous were con¬ 
cealed about it. During this delay, my attention 
was attracted to the front walls of a house close by, 
that were spotted by the marks of hundreds of bul¬ 
lets which the French fired in 18t»5. The officer 
completed his examination and the coach drove 
on through the narrow streets of the greatest and 
completcst Italian city I had yet seen — by tall 
houses, past shops, open to the sidewalks, In which 
tailors, and shoemakers, and blacksmiths, and car¬ 
penters, were working; under awnings that shaded 
the whole street for long distances, by heaps of oran¬ 
ges, lemons, and great baskets of chorries, apricots, 
strawberries, gooseberries; through a market, whh 
eords of vegetables, under great umbrellas of white 
canvas; through another vaulted passage, finally 
stopping in an open courtyard in the centre of a 
hotel, bearing the sonorous Italian name of “Albergo 
elelle due Twrrs." 
I paused at Yerona only to examine the old Ro¬ 
man Amphitheatre which is contemporary with 
the Coliseum, and though not so large, yet kept in 
a more perfect state. It gave ma a strange sensa¬ 
tion to stand beside this, the first structure I had 
seen of an age anterior to the Middle Centuries^— 
The pavement is three or four feet lower than that 
on which the city now stands. The blackened and 
shattered outside walls arc yet a hundred feet high 
and moss and grass ding in their crevices. There 
are the damp, dark passages, leading to the oells 
where the wild beasts were confined; there the 
long arena, and the tiers of marble seats, risiag 
like steps, to the top of the outer wall, and I fancied 
the same eighteen hundred years ago, when twenty 
thousand spectators of noble Roman blood sat 
thereon, and the vast structure rang with shouts as 
they gazed on the gladiatorial combats below. 
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A FRUIT GARDEN. 
Messrs. Eds.:— Having some thoughts of start¬ 
ing a small fruit garden next spring, I wish to 
make the following inquiries:—Wtiat tour kinds of 
pears would do best on the quince?—varieties 
whioh, with good treatment, would grow thriftily, 
bear well, and in succession, and be hardy. Does 
not the Bartlett pear, grown upon the pear stock, 
make a rather uuhealtby tree while youDg?—and, 
finally, will you mention a complete and reliable 
fruit-book—one whose directions you will yourself 
endorse. By answering the above questions you 
will greatly oblige a Youngster. 
Walker, Mich., 1868. 
Remarks.— For an early pear, we would like to 
INDIANA. ILLINOIS. plant Bloodgood, Dearborn’s Seedling, or Beane 
SEALS OF THE STATES.-NO. XXT AND XXVI. 
~~ -—- as the Easter Beurre, would be desirable. The 
Indiana extends about 275 miles north and the consent of the Senate—terra of office, six years. Bartlett is not unhealthy as a standard, but the 
south, and 135 east and west On the north is the The Chief Justices of the Circuit Courts are fniit is not as large as is produced on quince roots, 
lake and State of Michigan; on the east, Ohio; on selected by the Legislature, and the Associate Downing's Fruit and Fruit 7\-ees of America, con- 
the Boutb, the Ohio river, and on the west, the Jadgea by the people. The right of suffrage is tains, besides practical information, a deeorip- 
Wabash. Across this latter river is Illinois. enjoyed by every male citizen over twenty-one tion of almost every variety of fruit cultivated in 
Indiana, topographically speaking, bears great years of age, who has resided in the State the six this country, Barry's Fruit Book is a practical 
resemblance to Ohio. In the sonth is the same months preceding an election. hand-book, giving instructions on every point of 
hilly surface; and above, the same undulating or Illinois is 380 miles in length, and 200 miles in oulture, from planting the seed to gathering tho 
level land—of a prairie character sometimes—and breadth (at the extreme paints). The general sur- fruit- It is just such a book that the fruit-grower 
approaching the north, more barrens and marshes, face of the country, as in Indiana and Ohio, is that will Aud it necessary to consult about every day in 
The river lands are almost always rich and fertile, of elevated table-lands, with southward inclination, the year. Another work containing a good deal 
SEALS OF THE STATES. —NO. XXT AND XXVI. 
The river lands are almost always rich and fertile, of elevated table-lands, with southward inclination, the year. Another work containing a good deal 
As in surface, so in soil and climate, Indiana is though it is more level than tho neighboring of the very best of directions for oulture—given 
very like Ohio. States. In the lower portion there is a little hilly in that pleasant and forcible manner, which ia so 
In 1850 the population of the State was divided land—in the north west, some broken tracts—upon peculiar to J. J. Thomas, and that makes a man or 
as follows:—Whites, 977,154; Colored, 11,262; In- the Illinois river, lofty bluffs, and still higher and boy feel ashamed that he ever pursued a different 
dians, 23; making a total of 988,439. bolder points upon the Mississippi. course—is The American Fruit Culturist, Besides 
Indiana was settled by the French in the latter The earlier history of Illinois is written with directions for praotice, it contains descriptions of 
part of the seventeenth century, and ceded to Great that of Indiana. It waa severed fr.om the Indiana a great variety of fruits. 
Britain in 1763. At the close of the American Territory in 1809, erected into a Territory of itself, -- 
Revolution it became a part of the Republic. It and finally admitted into the Union as an independ- THE BELTED KINGFISHER. 
formed a portion of the North-West Territory until e nt State, Dec. 3d, 1818. The Constitution now - 
1800; it then, including the present State of Illi- in force, was adopted in 1847, and went into ope- The Kingfisher inhabits all our fresh water rivers 
dians, 23; making a total of 988,439. 
Indiana was settled by the French in the latter 
THE BELTED KINGFISHER. 
1800; it then, including the present State of Illi- in force, was a< 
nois, was erected into the Indiana Territory, and ration in 1848. 
The Kingfisher inhabits all our fresh water rivers 
and bays, from the extreme north to Mexico. There 
was finally admitted into the Union as an independ- in 1850 there were 145,644 dwellings in the are several species, bnt only one is found in this 
ent State, 1816. The present Constitution came State, and 851,470 inhabitants. 
country. Amidst the roar of a cataract, over the 
in force ia 1851. 
The form of government is thus described:— foam of the torrent, or by the smooth gliding 
The Government of Indiana ia framed as fol- The Governor is elected by the people for four stream he has been seen by most of our young 
IcWs:—The Governor of Indiana is chosen by the years, bat is eligible only four years in eight. A readers, perched upoa an overhanging bough, turn- 
people for four years—a plurality of votes carry- Lieutenant-Governor is elected at the same time, ing his piercing eye down into the waters for a 
ing the election. A Lieutenant Governor is chosen who is President of the Senate, and in case of the sight of his scaly prey, whi h, when observed, with 
at the same time, the latter being President of the death, resignation, or absenee of the Governor, a sudden, circular plunge, he sweeps from their na- 
Senate, and discharges the duties of the Governor discharges his duties. The Senators, 25 in unm- tive element and swallows in un instant 
in case of his death, resignation, or removal. Son- ber, are eleoted for four years, and the Reprenta- 
atorB and Representatives are apportioned among tives, 75 in number, for two years. The Judges of 
the counties every six years—the number of white the Supreme Court are elected for a term of nine 
male inhabitants over twenty-one years of age yearp, one of whom is chosen every three years; 
forming tho ratio of representation. Tho Repre- the Judges of Circuit Courts for six years, and of 
sentatives, according to tho Constitution, “shall the Coun'y Courts for four years. The right of 
not exceed 100,” aud are elected for two years— suffrage is universal, all white male inhabitants 
oHo-half every two years; Senators limited to 60, 21 years of age, who have rasided within the State 
chosen for four years—one-half every two years, one year preceding an election, have aright to 
The Legislature meets annually, in Decembgr, at noth Elections by ballot, and are held, on Tuesday 
Indianapolip. The Jndgcs of the Supreme and next after tho first Monday of November, bien- 
Circuit Courts are chosen by the Governor, with 1 nlally. 
CURIOSITIES IN CRYSTALS. 
The wind is from the northeast, an ashen gray 
aggregation of crystals, "the Mam-noth Cave in j 
Kentucky is an enormous museum of crystals. 
As yet, however, with all our knowledge, we are 
soud sweeps close overhead, the general exclama- comparatively ignorant of the laws of crystalliza- .7^. \ ^ H j vSt 
tion is, “ it feels like snow.” Soon the flakes be- Roa Under them we see atom arrange itself by 
gin to descend; at first leisurely and few; then atom( j a mystic, myriad forms; we discover, also 
swifter; and finally faster, faster. Before an hoar, t ba t uo t; on i y magnetism, but light and heat ex- nWaBj ratlin 
tbe earth is covered with a white mantle, compos- ercise an influence in crystallisation; but there 
ed of millions on millions of little crystals, each our information substantially stops. The science 
as perfect of its kind as a diamond, and each in 0 f crystallization is almost a sealed book. Its aS pra Sna plnjhv 
itself, if you will only look, as beautiful. Take up mightiest curiosities still lie, like the virgin is- r if, ft$W '^ss> 
one. It melts in your hand; it is gone. See that lands of the Pacific, before the day of Cook, await- The voice of the Kingfisher is loud, harsh, and 
other, on the very top of a snow-drift, glistening, j D g the perseverance of some fortunate explorer, his cry is sudden and sometimes startling, bat not 
gem-like, in the sunshine. A while ago, it wa3 Selected. 
vapor, floating in the sky; before that, it was a 
drop of sea-water; to-morrow it will be fluid again, 
and mingling with the ocean. Examine its shape. 
It is like a tiDy star, cut in Carrara marble. Yet Thk Plt 
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
unpleasant when heard with the sounds of rushing 
waters. He may often be seen skimming over the 
surface of the water, and sometimes apparently 
suspended and motionless for a moment* ready to 
pounce npon his prey. For many an hour have 
we watohed these curious and industrious birds 
HOW COFFEE CAME TO BE USED. 
It ia somewhat singular to trace the manner in 
which arose the uBe of the common beverage, 
coffee, without which few persona, in any half or 
wholly civilized country in the world, would seem 
hardly able to exist. At the time Columbus dis- 
eovered America, it had never been known or 
used. It only grew in Arabia and upper Ethiopia. 
The discovery of its use as a beverage, ia ascribed 
to the superior of a monastery, in Arabia, who, de¬ 
sirous of preventing the monks from sleeping at 
their nocturnal services, made them drink the in¬ 
fusion of coffee, upon the report of some shepherds, 
who observed that their flocks where more lively 
after browsing on the fruit of that plaHt. Its repu¬ 
tation spread through the adjacent countries, and 
in about 2C0 years it reached Paris. A single plant 
brought there in 1714, became the parent stock of 
all the French coffee plantations in the West ladies. 
The extent of the consumption can now hardly be 
realized. The United 8tates alone annually con¬ 
sume it at the cost of its landing, of from fifteen to 
sixteen millions of dollars. Yon may know the 
Arabia or Mooha, the best coffee, by its small bean 
of a dark yellow oolor. The Java and East India, 
the next in quality, are larger and of a paler yel¬ 
low. The West Indian Rio has a bluish or green¬ 
ish, gray tint— Selected. 
. . , , , „ , „ France—the three great powers of Europe com 
built more regalariy than nature, when construe- A , , , . T 
. .. . ._, bined. A hundred years ago, Napoleon was no ! 
iag even the smallest crystaL Plants and animals u “ • "• / b ’ * 
° \X7ocnin rtftxn wqq a 17/*nn rr and rv»r\Hoa‘ 
° L , , . . . born, and Washington was a young and modest 
grow by excessive developments; increase by as- “ . . ,, ,. 
.... , , , . , , , . J . . I Virginia colonel, aud the great events ia the his- 
simiation through chemical changes; butcrystala I K 7. . ... , 
are equally perfect in their earliest stages, and t,or y of tw0 worlds ’ 
aiv vu i i»wa»vvw — o t - ... , i l _ j • a ,i i IS a Li. ULU UKUOl auu luuio ianuiu>A uuuu 
enlarge only by accretion. Yet crystals, like all Biml ar n 00 ^ P , ar S ’ WCre 8 can and * n an 7 forest, and which may bd obtained 
thin™ d.e in time. Mines abound foreshadowed. A hundred years ago, the United J ’ n<Wn * n m this mate- 
other created things, die in time. Mines abound . , . . . _ .. . „ , u »^r » --- - 
with skeletons of crystals. Crystals differ in shape Scates were the most loyai part of the British Em- rial l made a c£moe this Spring, and ia I paddle 
—as the microscope reveals—almost as much as l ),re ' < n ' oa e po l ica onzon no spec in ^ ^ our pretty Thames, with my wife and 
plants themselves. Yet the same substances al- f ed he Wlthl “ ? babies, such remarks as these mayb, heard on our 
ways crystallize in the same forms, at least under therea te ^ lttde the 8 rea ® 8 ie P a ^ village shores ‘see, Mr. C-has a bark canoe; 
the same conditions, so that we may say there are world * A undied years ago, lore v. r the Indian that lain him must have vent,’ and when 
tribe, ui of crystals, witk typical shapes, ‘“/SUph, had «• P'f « -P ‘‘7 ™ 
ertsctly c, mea. not ioto remote „ concoptiOM of man. r0 c °;“ med » uh ' e * a ' d “.“J. 1 
Crystallization is found through all Mtaro.- When «e coma to look back at it through the .ista Tbe wonder has BtoM o J1 no», m ithe. 
There is not a substance which, when allowed Qf ^ find that t0 the cent which has see it often and know its parts, it carries 
the iree movement of its particle^ does not ex- pa8ied ha8 been allotted KOre important events in weighs forty-two pounds;’ 
hibit a frequency to crystallize. Water, at a low lheir ^ the happiness of the world than w f k ° r ar ® l .° ba 
temperate,e, crystallizes into ice. Metals, slowly &lmoB , ^ whioh elapsed 8ince til9 crea - detaila - llIuatrated " ith ^tandtev of the 
cooled after melting, crystallize. The gases, t - oru „ found necessary ta a clear understanding of the 
temperature, crystallizes into ice. Metals, slowly 
cooled after melting, crystallize. The gases, 
evanescent as they may seem, may be made so 
artificially cold as to crystallize. Our children 
“““ ““"O—o- - - m _ /0 „ , i ouDiiguuou auu iuiniuiiicpil lur a uiuiueuu, icaur 
It is like a tiny star, cut in Carrara marble. Yet Thb I itteburg (Pa.) people are preparing to cele- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
sculptor, nor even lapidist, could ever rival it. No ra we watohed these curious and industrious birds 
marble is fine enough to fabricate it. What subtle ’ c ’’ 0,1 0 0 8 ’ C8n n ,. . a ? They build their nests in the high river banks, first 
power in nature has made this snow-flake so dif- A® •«Pt Qje ^ort Duquesne, which stood on the di in holeg wtth thelf biUfl g 80metime6 four or 
ferentin appearance from the rain-drop, yet sub- site now occupied by their ei y AUud..g * * more JU, horizontally. In size they are about 
•tantially the same? The very boys in a telegraph the Pittsburg Post draws the following sketch of twelve loQg> J & ^ a;;d 
office will tell you it was magnetism. Yes! it is the era ,n which that event eoouirod: arouad ^ ^ ^ # Qf pnfe white; (hfl 
this, as yet almost unknown agent, the motive ‘ i0 m,-® r was no s ng. bead j g i ar g e and crested; the feathers are lorg 
power by which we send “ lightning” messages to white man in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. and ralJ 6rect th0 brefl8t blue and br0 
our friends, which helps to crystallize alike the dia- 'Ihen, what is now the moat flourishing part of the n * nder parta whi ’ te> 
mond at the bottom of the mine, and the snow- America, was as little known as the country around r ___ 
LSo-ti nn in the heavens. the Mountains of the Moon. It was not until 1769, 
Tt h in ihier t of crystals is beautiful bo tkat tke ‘ Hunter of Kentuck,’ the gallant aud ad- IIo ’ tr ro MaK2 a Ba rk Canoe.—O n this su ject 
The whole subject of «7>tabl*^ yenturoua Boone> left his home in North Carolina, ™ are to at la3i lhe deaired formation. A 
yond imagination. It is crystallization and crys- , , . , Kentnck „ The first gentleman of St Marys, Canada West, writes “as 
tallization a } one ’ wb ^ b P ioneer of Ohio did not BettIe ufltU twent ? ^ ° f ^ are “ ow chief8 
the diamond that flashes on a lady^s finger and ^ ^ ^ hundred years ago, Canada be- and warriors of the Slx NatlOB0 > wlth whom 1 
the charcoal that smuts a kitchen maid, band- d ^ ^ th / whole popu i ation of learned to be an Indian, and having many times 
stone and granite, limestone and marble have tbe K United Statea did not exceed a ^nitm and a assisted in the manufacture of the articles in ques- 
their essential differences in^crystallization. One ^ of A hand , ed year8 ag0> the grea t tion > 1 feel aWe and willin S render * ou a11 tha 
has been formed in the laboratory of nature, by pred Qf PruH3iai was performing those ex- information yon seek. No doubt your young 
the slow deposit of matter held u solution in wWoh have luado hinl imm0ltal in military readers aresouthof 44 ° north latitude; if so, they 
primeval seas, the other by particle on particle, P ^ hja ]Me monarcb wa3 aa8tainlng cannot find the required material for adnrch canoe 
also held in solution, arranging itself in the pre- fiin J e . handed conte8t with Ru8 . ia) Auatria aud in that region, but the elm or hickory supplies its 
cision of soldiers at a review. No architect ever b __ dace, and of the two the manufacture is very dif- 
Franee—the three great powers of Europe com P lace - and of the tw0 the manufacture is very dif- 
bined. A hundred years ago, Napoleon was not It must be remembered that all bark canoes 
__^ woo o o„s can only be made when tne sap is in full Low; 
he great events in the his- ther0 ia aDOther , matena1 ’ wher8W f barK ’°t 
which these great but die- noes nayh f made f aoy 8ead0 ) a ° f tbe y ear T wklcl1 
ug parts, were then scarcely muoa ]^ her and raore , ,a8 in « 
in any village at a moderate cost Of this mate¬ 
rial I made a canoe this Spring, and ia I paddle 
about on our pretty Thames, with my wife and 
artificially cold as to crystallize. Our children Great men stand like solitary towers in the city 
eat crystallized sugar, under the name of rock of God; aud secret passages running deep be- Information Wanted from Young Rubalists. 
candy, and we ourselves use it in the loaf, crystal- neath external nature, give their thoughts inter- —I would like to ask three questions. 1st I have 
lized in another form. What ia glass but a crys- course with higher intelligence, which strengthens got a pair of yearling steers which I want to break 
tai? The sizes of crystals vary infinitely. There and consoles them, and of which the laborers oa this winter. Will some of your readers tell me 
are crystals too small to be recognized, expect the surface do not dream.— Longfellow. how to do it? 2d. How can I make a small yoke 
under a microscope; and there is one at Milan, -—---- in which to break them? 3d. What is the best 
weighing nearly nine hundred pounds. The A head that listens ta folly in youth, will hardly manner of fastening calves and yearlings? W. R. 
White Mountains of New Hampshire are a vast be honored in old age. A., WampsviUe, Madison Co., N. Y. 
tnereaiter, eaiaonsnea tne greaiesr repuuuu ui me ... ' . „ „ _ Wlr 
...... ., „ fvs-.. village shores‘see, Mr. C-h»s a oarxcanoe, 
world. A hundied years ago, there were but four 6 .... . , 
„ . . . V „ „i„„ i,„j the Indian that is in hiia must havs vent, and when 
newspapers m America, - steam e>g»®aJwd not ^ and carry it off( they are 
been imagined, and railroads and telegraphs had J CQU& J 6dt with r e gard to my Indian propen- 
not entered into the remotest conceptions of man. ^ J ffr0 ,. n old now , as they 
When we corns to look back at it through the vista u parries five and 
, . . . . . ... . .. „ i, 0 o see it often and know its parts; it carries nve ana 
the details, illustrated with drawings, if it shall be 
found necessary te a clear understanding of the 
matter. 
