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■Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
COOPER'S MONUMENT. 
KEEP CLEAR OF HIM 
“ Where’ a my cap? I can’t find my cap. I 
shall be late to school.” 
“I’ve lost my mittens. Who can tell me 
where my mittens are? Oh, I’m in such a 
hurry.” 
** Lend me your slate-pencil. Oh dear, dear, I 
sha’nt get mv sums done.” 
“I can’t sew, my thimble is gone. What 
shall I do?” 
Do you know whose mouth this comes from ? 
I know: it ie Disorder. A cross, fretful, trouble¬ 
some creature, as everybody knows who haa 
the least acquaintaue with him. He puts some 
things out of place, loses others, and if you 
keep his company, you will find him a terrible 
thief. 
“A thief! is Disorder a thief?” Indeed he 
is; and the worst of it ie, he steals the most val¬ 
uable thing.you have, that which you can never 
get back again, that which a purse of gold can¬ 
not buy. He steals your time. He snatches it 
out of your hands, and runs off, wasting it, and 
there’s no catching him; and I doubt if a con¬ 
stable could do much with him. Everything de¬ 
pends upon yourself. Keep a sharp look-out, 
and do not upon any account let him get into 
your house. 
He has been round here. I know a little girl 
who to-dav lost her lessons in consequence of 
him; and I know of a fine knife he misplaced 
for a boy. He is very apt to creep into drawers 
and boxes and baskets, and he makes sad 
havoc. He is quite ready to attack children. I 
think; so I would warn them to be on their 
guard. Be careful constantly. Watch your 
drawers; put away your hooks on the right 
shelf; hang up your caps, hats, and coats. Have 
a place for everything, and keep everything in its 
place. Take good care, and never let it be said 
that yon cannot keep Disorder out of your 
house, I well know it can be done.— Child's 
Taper. 
Nestled iu among the hills of Central New 
York, and reflecting the rich beauty of their land¬ 
scapes in its own quiet loveliness, is the charm¬ 
ing little sheet of water that the genius of the 
great American novelist hits invested with such 
peculiar interest, in two of his well known series 
of “ Leathehstocktng Tales.” Otsego Lake 
has been traversed in imagination, by hundreds 
of thousands of readers of The “Decrslayer,” 
and the “Pioneers,” as with theLEArnERSTOCK- 
i>Tr they have sped over its waters to and from 
the old Ark where lived Thomas Hotter, or 
have joined iu the chase of the deer that was 
swimming across it, aud for the killing of which 
the simple-minded old hunter was confined in 
the stocks. 
The Lake is one of that number which'lend 
such a poetic charm to the landscape scenery in 
the interior of our State, aud that, still retaining 
their euphonious Indian names, retain with them 
their old, mysterious legends. A visit to it, 
several years since, I cherish among the pleas¬ 
antest memories of rumblings. A ride of seve¬ 
ral miles. In the early morning, was sufficiently 
exhilerating to tone up my spirits to an enthu¬ 
siasm that did not fail to appreciate all the quiet 
beauty that continually met my eye. As the 
road wound around and over one of the sur¬ 
rounding hills, I enjoyed my first view of the 
Lake from a commanding stand-point. Dense 
fog-clouds had been hovering over the valley, 
hut just then they lifted, and the sun’s rays 
went shimmering through them down upon the 
waters, whose surface, gently rippled by the 
morning air, sparkled as with myriads of 
diamonds. It was as pretty a picture as ever 
pencil need seek for. I carry it ever with me, 
in memory’s picture gallery. But what has all 
this to do with Cooper’s monument ? Much. 
“Shall wc drive up to “Lakewood?” my 
companion queried, after we had descended to 
the valley road, winding along, nearly on a level 
with my picture, at the foot of the mountain; 
“ Cooper’s monument is there.” 
It needed no other inducement, to take me 
thither, and we drove np the shore road, to 
“ Lakewood.” This is the name that the village 
of Cooperstown, pleasantly situated at the foot 
of the Otsego, has given to it its rural cemetery. 
Cemeteries are often spoken of as “cities of the 
dead. ’ This one, to make the analogy more 
perfect, should be called “ village of the sleep¬ 
ing.” It is only a mile, or thereabouts, removed 
from that other village, where animation assumes 
its most winning forms; and it seems as though 
they who lie within its borders, underneath the 
soft music of the pines, and near the murraur- 
ings of the water as it washes on the lake shore, 
could not be dead; but sleeping! Sleeping; 
only a sweeter sleep, and a brighter dreamine! 
“Lakewood” is entirely rural in aspect, aud 
yet not without many artistic embellishments. 
It had tinm then; more have doubtless been 
added simv I visited it. Twenty-five or thirty 
acres of the forest laud, at the foot of the moun¬ 
tain side, comprise its extent, and these are laid 
out in sections with much taste, while among 
them wind the smooth walks and carriage wavs. 
Much of the original forest growth is preserved, 
among which the pine lends its attractive ever¬ 
green hue. 
The monument to Cooper stuuds directly in 
front of the entrance, but some little distance up 
the hillside, so that its position is a most promi¬ 
nent one. To me it was of deep interest. I had 
read the “Lkathf.rstockixg Tales,” in my 
schooldays, with childish eagerness; and iu later 
years with a deeper admiration for the genius 
they represented. Before me was a testimonial 
to that genius, and one that told its story with 
beautiful clearness. Marble tells stories thus. 
In its silence it talks earnestly. Iu its lack of 
One of the most beautifully located cities we 
have ever visited in the West, is Madison, Wis. 
It is located upon a peninsula between the Third 
and Fourth lake of the Chain, called. Four Lakes. 
The city is elevated somewhat above these lakes, 
commanding fine views of the same from differ¬ 
ent points. It was well selected as the Capital 
of a great and beautiful State, and is in all re¬ 
spects, we think, a representative town of the 
Commonwealth of which it is the center and 
Capital. It is properly tied to the world by rail¬ 
roads, receives periodical visits from politicians, 
the University of Wisconsin is located near (or 
in) its limits, it is the center of a rich agricul¬ 
tural region, of a large agricultural implement 
trade, and is annually growing in importance 
and beanty. It is one of the places, those who 
visit the West to see its greatness and resources, 
as well as its attractions, should visit. It is a 
delightful place to spend a portion of the sum¬ 
mer months especially, and the lakes, drives, 
and hotels thereabouts yield pleasure to those 
who seek it. We believe there is a charming 
resort known as a “ Water Cure ” in the vicinity. 
Many readers may remember reading, in their 
schooldays, the lesson found in many of the text¬ 
books, entitled “Escape from the Panther,” in 
which the hunter, after shooting the beast that 
was about to spring upon the terrified girls, 
called out to his dog. that was trying to worry 
the dying animal,—“ Come in Hector! come in! 
’Tis a long-lived crc’tur’ and may jump again.” 
This scene came vividly before my mind, as I 
stood gazing upon the life-like statues. This 
scene, and other scenes; and I could but admire, 
as I think all others must, the beauty of that 
idea that crowned the monument to Cooper with 
a statue of the ideal real which Ids genius created, 
and whose creation hits rendered his name as lit¬ 
tle likely to fade away as the marble statue itself. 
The monument, as a whole, is the most fitting 
that could have been erected. Its complete 
height is thirty feet ; and beautiful as the most 
perfect poem, in design, it is no less artistieally 
beautiful in execution. Its cost, if I mistake 
not, was three thousand dollars, but by whom 
the expense was met, whether by the village, in 
whose cemetery it stands, or by private subscrip¬ 
tion, I am able to say. Cooper’s remains are 
not deposited beneath it; these rest in the old 
family burial ground, over on the opposite side 
of the lake, and are covered by a single marble 
slab. 
I left “Lakewood” with a sigh of regret. 
Most gladly would I have remained there hours 
longer, but the sun was fast creeping upward to 
the meridian. I had but the remainder of that 
day for au excursion or. the Otsego, and could 
not tarry longer. Leaving the entrance I east a 
last look up at Leathbrstockixg, and said 
“good-bye,” with a feeling very like that of 
parting from an old friend. Later in the day, 
when lazily reclining in a little skiff on the placid 
waters of the lake, I caught occasional glimpes 
of the distant white figure looking out toward 
us, as with my companion 1 recalled fragments 
of the “ Decrslayer;” picturing in my mind the 
exciting race between Judith and Hetty, and 
the Indians, as occurring, perhaps, near the very 
spot where we sat; and almost fancying I heard 
the shout of the pursuers, as they urged their 
light canoes onward, or the labored breathing of 
the deer, as he struggled to escape from the 
Leatherstocking and Chingachcook. 
A calm day, full of soft sunshine, mild blue 
sky overhead aud deeper blue of waters under¬ 
neath, with the delicate music of the ripples as 
they kiss the boat-side, and a companion not 
over-talkative, are wonderfully conducive to 
dream-pictures. I found it so then, and with 
the vision present before me of that hunter- 
robed figure just over in “Lakewood,” ever 
looking out upon the waters it might almost call 
its own, I dreamed pleasant pictures of hunter- 
life and woodland loveliness. 
But these pleasant dreams must fade, as all 
dreams do, and rousing to a consciousness that 
the day was waning, the oars Avere once more 
resumed; we floated easily down past “Lake- 
wood” and its Lhatuekstockino, who still 
stood regarding us, as Cooper would say, “in 
his own quiet way;” thought once more of the 
old hunter's simplicity of mind, aud his noble¬ 
ness of heart; said “ good-bye" oneo again ; aud 
soon left the Otsego, dream-pictures, and all. 
Penfleld, N. Y., 1865. GiruKLMrM, 
with the aid of invention, ingenuity, labor, 
energy, genius, talent, fortli from the crucible 
come the curious creations of art, useful and 
beautiful machinery, all sorts and forms of nianu- 
lactured wares, ponderous engines, to plow the 
ocean, or traverse the land, implements of war¬ 
fare, printed pages laden with news, wisdom, wit, 
folly or fancy. Here labor concentrates. Hence 
the country, the ocean, the river, the lake, the 
railway, draw their supplies. Here men delight 
to congregate. Here they jostle against each 
other in the eager pursuit after wealth, fame, 
happiness. Here mammon holds court; crime 
finds a hiding place; fashion reigns. Here mind 
stimulates mind. Here glorious enterprises 
originate. Hence blessings flow to the down¬ 
trodden, the destitute, the ignorant of all lands. 
To a verdant son of the soil, fresh from the 
quiet of the country, there is very much of in¬ 
terest and novelty in the city of Gotham. One 
of the first objects that comes clearly into view, 
is the vast forest of masts and smoke-stacks that 
almost encircles the city. Here lie quietly 
moored, visitors from every port and quarter of 
the wide world. Steamers,, fresh from the shores 
ot the “ Faderland,” vetf.eis, that but a short 
time ago were at anchor 11 de the Golden Gate, 
or lading at the wharves oPEastern China. Grim 
war monsters, turned in for repairs, after grap¬ 
pling with rebel pirates. Huge mail-carriers, 
receiving freight and passengers for Old Eng¬ 
land or Sunny France. Here, too, are preparing 
iron-sided, thuuder-uursing mouitors, to aid in 
dealiug the last blow at tottering rebellion, aud 
all sorts aud sizes of armed craft to heln tighten 
ffeM, jpfimtifw, 
TANNING SMALL SKINS 
.bDS. Kcral ^»ew-iorkek: —bctingan inquiry 
how to tan small furs, I will give you mine. If 
green, sprinkle the flesh side with saltpetre and 
alum, (ground tine,) then fold the flesh sides 
together, roll it up, tie it, and lay it away one or 
two days. Then unfold and rub with paper or 
something, as dry as possible, and lay them ont 
to dry. Work and pull them when most dry so 
they will dry soft. Dry skins may be treated in 
the same way, by first soaking> till soft, and 
wringing out as dry as possible. I can make 
such leather as the sample I send you from sheep¬ 
skin, by the following process, which is also good 
for furs and small skins:—Firs;, trim the skins 
of all useless parts; second, soak till perfectly 
soft and flesh them well; third, wash thoroughly 
in a suds of soap and sal-soda to free from grease 
and rinse in clean water to free from soap and 
soda, then rub them as dry as possible; fourth, 
dissolve two ounces of salt in about a quart of 
water aud add three quarts of sweet milk (or four 
quarts of bran water,) and one ounce best sul¬ 
phuric acid; fifth, put in the skius and stir briskly 
forty or fifty minutes, and take them dripping 
from this and put them in a strong solution of 
sal soda and stir as long as it foams. Rub them 
from this as dry as possible, and hang in a cool 
place to dry; work them when nearly dry and 
they will dry soft. Lime and ashes wili;take off 
fur, hair or wool, and sour milk wilPtake out the 
lime and ashes. The black fur was tanned by the 
first process, (with saltpetre and alum.) 
M. Baker. 
Perry Center, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1S64. 
Remarks. —The samples of tanned skin aeeom- 
panying this letter are very finely prepared. The 
sheep skin is very strong, whitejand soft. Our 
correspondent has our thanks, for his commu¬ 
nication ; and, judging by enquiries received, 
many of our readers will feel obliged. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 57 letters. 
My 1,31. 3, 35, 12, 53, 45, 42, 24 is a token of respect. 
My 36, 41. 52, 43 is the name of a bird. 
My 54.17. 33, 5S, 47, 11 .15,18, 9, 56,>4, 5 is the frame 
of oar Government. 
My 20, 56.19,16 is not low. 
My 29, 46. 36,50,7 is a name given to persons of rank. 
My 8, 40, 55,57. 2S, 31,11, 37, 38, 28, 48.14,13 is a name 
frequently given to one of the political[parties. 
My 6, 34.2. 4, 45 is a color. 
My -39,17 is to move. 
My 10, 46, 51, 23 is a musical instrument. 
My 22, 33, 26, 21, 29, 49, 32 was a noted American 
Statesman, 
My whole is a quotation from Milton’s Paradise 
Lost. Lola. 
Maine, Broome Co.. N. Y 
Answer in two weeks. 
ANAGRAMS OF DECEASED OFFICERS 
Kegcidews, 
Mnrsen, 
Dolysern. 
Famislend, 
Only, 
Birdsall, N. Y. 
Answer in two weeks. 
Randel. 
Eltchlim, 
Eawsthowd, 
Xarkey, 
Chermnops. 
Sparta. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS 
iUGAR FROM CORN 
Sugar has been obtained in Chicago from 
corn and by a very cheap process; it is however 
that variety known as “starch [sugar,” not 
“grape,” or “cane," possessing [but ;half the 
sweetening power of the latter. The process 
has been discovered by Mr. Rirsch of this city. 
He states that he can obtain 60 pounds of sugar, 
or 70 pounds of sirup, from 100 pounds of com 
meal, the chief expense being for fuel. This 
again looses about 30 per cent, iu the^refining 
process. The sugar thus obtaiued.would cost 8 
to 4 cents per pound. Doubling this for the 
additional quantity required, to equal[the sweet¬ 
ening quality of cane sugar, and we have;? cents 
as the equivalent of a pound[of sugar cane—a 
wide difference between this and 2? cents. We 
hear that a eompanv is about to be started for 
its manufacture. 
The composition of the three kinds of sugar 
above mentioned is very similar, though they 
widely differ in quality. The following are the 
respective chemical formulas, the .letters being 
the iuitalsof the three gases—Carbon, Hydrogen, 
Oxygen; the numerals indicate theinumber of 
atoms of the element: 
Grape sugar.CIO HU 014 
Caue sugar .....CIO HU 014 
Starch sugar. CIO Hi2 012 
As one atom each of oxygen and hydrogen 
make together one atom of water, it follows 
that the only elemental difference is in the pro¬ 
portion of water. Thus earn sugar is composed 
of ton atoms of carbon combined with eleven 
atoms of water; add one atom of water aud you 
have starch sugar; add two more atoms of water 
and you have the "grape,” being lucid and 
very easy—iu theory—but strange to say, the 
practical metamorphoses has ever baffled the 
skill of our chemists; they can no more effect 
the transmutation than they can turn.the char¬ 
coal into a diamond. —Chicago Tribune. 
Gomel anything be more simple? And yet, 
simple ns it is, it is enough. The name immor¬ 
talizes the monument, not the monument the 
name. It needs no further inscription. This 
marble block tells all that we could wish, of him 
in whose memory it silently speaketh. One side 
gives his name, and the other sides toll of his 
life and his works. Above this eloquent his¬ 
tory, there rises a plain shaft of handsome Italian 
marble, crowned with a Corinthian cap; aud 
suimounting this, with most fitting appropria¬ 
tions, stands a uoarly life-sized statue of the 
LEATriERSTOeKiNU, in complete hunting garb. 
At his side is slung his powder-horn ; in his belt 
are his knife and hatchet; and the deer-skiu cap 
upon his head literally crowus the monument, 
as well as himself. With oue hand outstretched 
he grasps the barrel of his long rifle_'“kiU- 
deer,"— the stock of which rests at his feet ; 
while he seems ever to be looking over the wa¬ 
ters spread out before him. At his feet, crouch¬ 
ing upon her haunches, and looking up into his 
face with au expression of most complete affec¬ 
tion, is his favorite dog, Hector, an admirable 
specimen of sculpture. 
lard 
Written tor Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
GOTHAM. 
A moonlight ride down the Hudson in oue of 
the magnificent steamers of the “ Peoples’ Line ” 
is a fitting prelude to a stay in the great city of 
Gotham. There is a peculiar feeling experienced 
as one glides smoothly along, amoug the quiet 
beauties of tiffs uoble river, and then up to the 
wharf, and plunges into the surging, busy, clam¬ 
oring crowd of the city. River, and mountain, 
and cliff', and sloping law n, pass from view, and 
the grand panorama of art and enterprise, life, 
business, strife, competition, rises in all its mag¬ 
nitude aud impressiveness before, you. 
The city is like a great cauldron. It is a re¬ 
ceptacle, aud it is also a distributing reservoir. 
It receives contributions “ iu the rough,” and 
Answer in two weeks 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 784. 
Answer to Illustrated Rebus; 
O 1 what a noble mind is o’erthrown; 
The eonrtier's. soldier’s, scholar's, eve. tongue, sword 
The glass of fashion, the mould of form.; 
The observed of all observers 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma: 
Early to bed aud early to rise. 
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 
Answer to Biblical Riddle:—Lot; his two daugh¬ 
ters and their sons. 
The smaller tho calibre of the mind, the greater 
the bore of a perpetually open mouth. 
