RURAL LIFE 
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motly-colored casing, as shown by figure 1. This 
case was a regular Mosaic structure, composed of 
hits of quartz, yellow sand, red shale, and stone 
coal, intermingled and stuck together by moans of 
a water-proof cement. 1 also noticed a grate-like 
opening at the rear. One peculiarity is, that the 
Committee recommend the plan of a Joint Stock j 
toBodatian, to bo 8ttt| tinted the Western Now 
York Agricultural, Horticultural, and Mechanical 
Association, to bo Incited permanently at Roch¬ 
ester, to havo a capital of at least §50,000 in 
shares of $10 each; to obtain a charter from the 
State; to procure forty to one hundred acres ol 
suitable laud for Show Gronnds, and erect thereon 
spacious and convenient buildings for the display 
of articles in the various departments. 
“That a Committee he appointed by this Conven¬ 
tion to solicit subscriptions to the stock and to 
carry out the entire work of organization on the 
plan suggested in thi t sport, and that said Com¬ 
mittee bo empowered to call further meetings of 
Society as that now contemplated. These benefits 
were confined to uo class, and extended not only 
to those engaged in agricultural and mechanical 
pursuits, but incidentally to tradesmen and pro¬ 
fessional men of all kinds. 
Mr. Martindalk spoke of horticulture in par¬ 
ticular. as a department of industry which should I 
be an especial object of cave in a Western New 
York Association. On tbiB branch of the subject, 
he dwelt with the zeal and eloquence of an en¬ 
thusiast. Witti reference to a plan of organiza¬ 
tion, he thought no difficulty ought to be experi¬ 
enced, and suggested some practical thoughts 
tending to further it. First, as a stimulus, lie 
considered the spirit of emulation most effective. 
With one-tenth of the energy that will be wasted 
in furthering political ends during the present 
year, and one-tenth the money that will be paid 
out by the contending parties, a permanent good 
that could not he measured in its effects upon the 
wealth and happiness of the people, might be in¬ 
voked. A society, to be successful, must bo per- 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
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RURAL, LITERARY AND FA MILY NEWSPAPER. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
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Thb Rural Nkw-Yorkks is to Uo unsurpassed 
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inclined to be In favor of a joint stock company. 
The question w.is taken on adopting 1,lie report 
of the committee, and carried nearly unanimously. 
On motion, the number of the. committee men¬ 
tioned in the report was fixed at thirteen, and] 
the following named gentlemen appointed:—B. 
M. Baker, D. It. Barton, i\ Barry, Samuel Miller, 
W. A. Reynolds, 1>. O. T. Moore, Rochester, Mon¬ 
roe county; Win.8. Clark, Ontario; 1*. !’. Bradish, 
Genesee; Orange Sackott, Livingston; Y. A. Acer, 
Orleans; C. B, Rogers, Wayne; E, H. Holmes, 
Brockport; I. H. Sutherland, J’itlsford. 
[ After the adjournment of the Convention, the 
above Committee, to which was intrusted the 
duty of organizing an Association, met and ap¬ 
pointed a sub-committee to draft a petition to 
present to the Legislature to obtain a charter.] 
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his peisnnal attention to tbe superrision of it* irariou* de- 
partnu-nt*, and earnestly labors to render the Rural an 
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Scientific and other Subjects intimately connected With the- 
basin*** of those whose interesl* It scaloualy advocates, 
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taken to tbe Heart* unit Homes ot people of intelligence, 
taste and discrimination. It embraces more Agricultural, 
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RAMBLING, AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
How refreshing it is, during the Rummer 
months, to retire from the crowded street of 
dusty bustle, or to escape from the close con¬ 
finement of an office, or the like, and breathe the 
Tastes, however, 
pure, invigorating country air. 
differ in this, as in countless ways; each has his 
will or ideal of happiness, that prompt# to action, 
in the line that meets the fancy. Homo writer has 
aptly said, “ That in the same meadow the dog may 
be seen to bnnt the hare, the ox the herbage, and the 
stork the lizard”—hence, It does not follow, that 
all who seek the country are actuated by the same 
motives. With me, an occasional ramble, for a day 
or two, among the hills and valleys, in the Interior 
of Pennsylvania, in quest of botanical and ento¬ 
mological novelties, has been, and, I trust, will 
continue to be, a source of great satisfaction and 
pleasure; for novelty, after all, is the ruling pas¬ 
sion of the Naturalist as well as of others, who 
mav chase some '‘will-o’-the-wisp,” which they 
iety labored, in getting 
iperations, because there 
individual interest to bo 
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WESTERN NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL AND 
MECHANICAL CONVENTION. 
[Abridged from the report given in tbe Rochester Daily 
Democrat and American of March D3th.] 
Tms body assembled in the Common Council 
Chamber, Rochester, March 15th. There was a 
good attendance, not only of prominent farmers, 
horticulturists and mechanics, from this county, 
but also from adjoining counties, showing that 
the object of the meeting was regarded with con¬ 
siderable interest throughout this section of the 
State. Hon. Samuel Miller called the Conven¬ 
tion to order, and nominated Gen. Jacob Gould, 
as President Gen. Gould was chosen. 
On motion of I>. D. T. Moore, the following 
Vice-Presidents were elected:— Jacob Hinds, Or 
leans; C. K. Ward, Genesee; J. E. Paterson, 
Monroe; Orange Sackett, Livingston; Wn, S. 
Clark, Ontario; C. B. Rogers, Wayne. 
B. M. Baker nominated the following gentle¬ 
men for Secretaries, and they were chosen:— 
Samuel Miller, D. D. T. Moore, Jas. Vick, and 
V. A. Acer, of Orleans county. 
On motion of P. Barky, a committee of five, 
consisting of the following gentlemen, was ap¬ 
pointed to present a plan of organization lor an 
Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical So¬ 
ciety for Western New York, and report at the 
opening of the afternoon session:—P. Barky, 
Monroe; Martin Briggs, Monroe; P. P. Bearish, 
Genesee; F. B. Pierson, Livingston; 13. M. Par¬ 
sons, Monroe. 
Mr. Sperry, of Henrietta, said it would be well 
to know what had been done already. It was un¬ 
derstood that several meetings had been held in 
this city, with reference to the object for which 
this Convention had been called. 
Dr. Kelsey said it was very easy to state all 
that had been done, so far as Rochester was con¬ 
cerned. He gave a history of the failure of tbe 
effort to secure the holding of the Annual Fair of 
the State Agricultural Society at Rochester, and 
enumerated the advantages offered to such gather- 
Under the circum- 
the-by, is not tho less wise nor happy, in the 
choice of his pursuit. 
Enthusiasm is considered by some a moral 
inebriety, of which I plead guilty, if tho heartfelt 
delight I feel, when in the deep solitude of our 
primitive forests, is inspired thereby; but, can we 
call that a solitude, where the mountain streamlet 
is merry with a thousand tongues, — dashing 
from ledge to ledge, and playing at “bo-peep” 
among the mossy stones that have been under¬ 
mined and hurled down the hill-side, to find a 
lodgment in its channel — where the stately 
pines or noble oak3 stretch their giant arms 
o’er head, and the rugged hill-side, whose brows 
have braved the storms of ages, speaks lo the soul 
with its myriad familiar voices? Here, too, the 
most mild and gentle of all the sylvun deities, 
Zephyrus himself, fans you with his cooling 
breath, made fragrant with odors from beds of 
violets, or the spicy aroma of the sweet birch and 
spice wood. A scene like this fills us with reve¬ 
rence, and the contemplative mind Is led through 
“Nature up to Nature’s God.” Each natural 
object finds an echo iu the heart, and the soft 
cadanev of the breeze, as it stirs the leaves of 
terprisos. With regard to the location of the 
Fairs of the proposed Society, he believed that 
no better Bpot could be chosen than Rochester, 
situated as it is, in the midst of a section of 
country which, more than thirty years ago, the 
editor of Niles’ Weekly Register had designated 
as a garden. Mr. Barton hoped nothing would 
happen to give this Convention the appearance of 
having been called through any feeling of hos¬ 
tility to the State Society. For himself, he wished 
that Association all prosperity; but he believed a 
Society for Western New York, with a fixed Loca¬ 
tion for holding its Fairs, was needed by the peo¬ 
ple of this section, and such an one might, in his 
judgment, be formed and sustained, without con¬ 
flicting with the interests of the State Society. 
The Convention adjourned till 2 o’clock, P. M. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
When the Convention re-assembled, D. D. T. 
Moore read a letter from Mr. Joun Johnston, of 
Seneca county, stating that he was unable to 
attend, owing to feeble health. 
Mr, Barry, from the Committee on Plan of 
Organization, reported that several suggestions 
had been made and debated in the Committee; 
among which was one to form a Society some¬ 
thing on the plan of the State Society, holding 
Fairs alternately at different places in Western 
New York; hut that idea wag rejected mainly 
because it would have the appearance of antago¬ 
nism to the State Society, and that, above all 
things, they wished to avoid. They fully recog¬ 
nized the obligations conferred upon the cause 
of Agriculture by the State Society, and were 
anxious to see it properly suppoited. It had 
been determined to recommend a plan eutirely 
different. The Committee unanimously i eported— 
“ That, as the object of the present movement is 
to organize a comprehensive and powerful Asso¬ 
ciation to promote improvement, and awaken a 
general interest in Agriculture, Hortieul- 
iugs in this part of the State, 
stances, it wat> thought that a Fair might he got¬ 
ten up for Western New York, which should ho 
equal to any that could be held elsewhere, in this 
State or out of it. The meetings already held, 
had been for consultation, with reference to this 
project, and the subject of discussion at them was 
mainly the means by which the sentiments of the 
people of Western New York could be ascertained. 
It had finally been determined to call this Con¬ 
vention, and it was a gratifying thing that the re¬ 
sponse had been so general and satisfactory. 
J. H. Maktindale, Esq., took the floor. He 
deprecated the idea of inaugurating a policy of 
hostility to the State Society, or any other organ¬ 
ization of the sort; nor did be think anything of 
the kind was designed. The Society to be organ¬ 
ized here, was intended to promote the great in¬ 
terests of agriculture and mechanics, upon which 
the whole structure of society rested. In this all 
classes were interested. Even tbe profession of 
which he was a member, found it advantageous 
to ho located where the laud wa3 full of fatness, 
and where a spirit of energy favorable to develop 
ment prevailed. He did not believe the capabili¬ 
ties of Western New York were half exhibited by 
an}- means “now iu existence, and gave a glowing 
picture of the vast benefits which might be con¬ 
ferred upon this section of the State by such a 
the flame. Figure 4, is the Phryganecnttubjasciala. 
Figure 5, the P. wmi-faseiata of Say. These are 
of a yellowish color—others are of a uniform 
gray color. Figure 6, is a species of Procerus, 
an allied insect of like habits, distinguished by its 
long antenna:, and its very long, pilose, five- 
jointed maxillary palpi. This specimen I obtained 
froimProf. S. S. Haldijian. Its color is a deep 
yellow, with pretty black markings. The specific 
name ho did not communicate. These moth-like 
creatures, like tho Ephemera, often appear in £ 
swarms, and arc of short duration. The weak I 
structure of the mouth is evidence that they take # 
little or no nourishment, and are only anxious to jp 
continue their species. The females deposit their 
eggs on the leaves or stems of aquatic plants, from 
whence the larvae descend into the water and con- 
struct their cases. « 
The insects’ wings are not covered with scales, 
hence they form the link that connects tbe 
more 
ture, Arts, and Manufactures in Western New 
York, by offering liberal premiums, by furnishing 
extensive and attractive grounds, convenient and 
ample buildings for the various departments, by 
continuing the Annual Exhibitions a considera¬ 
ble length of time, and connecting with them a 
Fair for the sale and exchange of farm stock, im¬ 
plements, machinery, <&e., and as this can only be 
carried out with the aid of ample means and a 
thorough system of management, and as experi¬ 
ence shows that the present mode of organizing 
and managing Agricultural and Horticultural 
Societies will not accomplish these ends, the 
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