CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 
pay their cost to the people, but they tlo 
bring men anti women together who might 
not otherwise meet, ami they help to give a 
cosmopolitan color to country life. We do 
not regard them altogether unprofitable. 
But we do not find it prac ticable to urge 
their support with any hope of awakening 
in the minds of the people a patriotic, pub¬ 
lic spirit, or a Local, State, and Individual 
pride with reference thereto. The days are 
passed when such inlusive writing can be 
done. We have ceased to attempt it. By 
all means let, the reader give the Fair a day 
or two if lie can. It must be a poor show, 
or the visitor must be palsied, mentally, if a 
certain amount of pleasure and profit is not 
derived therefrom. 
— The Rural will he represented at the 
principal National, Provincial and State Ex¬ 
hibitions, and give condensed reports of their 
leading features, discussions, etc. 
The services of Prof. Calvin Townsend and 
Prof. O. H. Robinson, in their respective fields 
of Commercial Law, Civil Government and Busi¬ 
ness Correspondence, and Political Economy. 
Principles of Banking and Customs of Trade, 
will greatly enhance the University’s usefulness. 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
THE SEASON. 
r«K« 
Eminent FAnvr.n*. — CpjpbrntiKl Farrim-rs— II. — Oenbrnl lame! 
Putonm, 'I he Nr*t, Hi* Kirni Wit to Bo*ton, lift Bottle* 
Down in Life, Th»* Wolf Hunt, He Chawtu** it Hull, Me Use* 
the Iketlr and Wc t4gr* In War, Return Huai* (illailratMl)-5Sr7 
Tm 11 mt^M * s. Sort Mrokf In tV»»ur«tic Anlnml*; EniUfjIa# 
Kurrori tirp, To 1'rodnc* H*x»m at Will ; ) <T«oy CtttU { Coat* 
Girinif Mill; t’ >wa' Cnkrti Bn*c ... .. .59ft 
Tlllt AmaKIAn. - Brooil ; IUIImd i^noctia »*. Drouu* ; 
Beil W*i lo Krrp Her* | Information W %nU.-4. ..698 
Tint HoRKrun, foundrr In \ Wert* Ota Hnrws; Onr* 
for Gli*t>4*uw; Colic In Honuui.«..».698 
Kiii.n Ckor*. — T Is * t Owl f wti, HtM PMiifnf in Stnrk, Hi’rkiinrr 
Oo M N. V.; Wb**t tUrreti. . m 
Shkrp Hfc>*KnnT. Tb« Kejori of tbo ALiandcr Sttarifig 
Mntrh ; Wool B^mtrlng of f >t. t^r«<» end Living*ton Wool <*roiv 
••r»’ A«»Ni|Ut)ti { Mr, MVirlin'a ftfuur*d Honiiplv ; The Wool 
Twrlir. 6W 
Farm Kaotomy.-A pplying Manure tu ,S*«d ; I>«*p flowing) 
Hay Loading Machine; Improved Wagon (llluairntod).. ,699 
Lan»> Duf artmbrt.—NoL» from HnrM* — Clltnate, Hi*t/>ry f 
Prognu. AdranU)***...,. 199 
Pohoi.06|*»i.-TIm' RtA*pbvrry Qtievtlon TIim Mnitiin'dli Clatter 
and KramoaU Agritu j A >*-w C‘mh Applt (Illuitratal;) 
The Pnt»-r ,V>*t*r F*ar iUlnxtrM^d ;I Kverlnoirirt(j 
Blrawbortr . Wht»rtl«h»rri«» — inf minium WanlAd ; (*rvjM 
Quvrici. A New Srn«11lliK Fa*r illlnitrated).. .♦-.608 
Dl*cUH*!e.H« Nuw York Farmer* <'Jul» StunL in Wheat, Oiok* 
in# Fniwl Ur Swine, It the Tomato Worm l*oi*onoij*, Bnwd»j*t 
a* n Kartilixar, Handling HawL Uurk* Co., Ihxit* Im iiim, 
Planting Nujcmr Svrd, H*rv**likig Buriry, Manuring Clo¬ 
ver Sod, IIoom Klh’i, A W ar Widow. Planting Cottonwood 
and Willow (‘lining* in Kail. Mtllft an.I K«niah< Cot ton wood, 
White VTMlow Ki tp -, KneptmrrL* nod nia^kherriwa for Mina*: 
•ota. \Vevlrtie*t*r Hln-k Cap Ra*|»h»rry, Snail* In a fiardeu. 
Herd’* <»raa* t The Wlodhtof} of Kareno KdwwnU TivUL Seed 
Wheat Potato I’ultnr* on fe»ng laland, To Purify Cittern 
Water, Pllflj* for CUu*rtu.« The (;rOMtl flrnp*...<4)1 
FLOR tCU I TimK. Thu Carl YUH Fuvh*ia (IIlu*»ra>d> ..601 
Damr llt;ajitNr*iir- Water for Cow* Uflueive of an Ahnodant 
Supply of Water on Cow* in Milk ; The Canadian Chc«-*« Crop; 
Kxp«r1mmt» w ith Sw**rt and Sour ( ream ; Odr»r| |n Butter ; 
The Country Chftav Murkutj Butlvr Making In Franear; Booch 
on Cow** Teata . .. , . ... . 4 ........609 
Thr Pm.rr.THY-Y aku. Tbl <*roMlng of Fowl*—Spanish with 
Brahrn:** ; F#wl VermH—Lire ; Redhug* in a Heanery • Shear 
ing <ie**e and Duck*; Foullry Imjuiri**- , Poultry Front . 609 
Thk Swiu Hntn FrrrJItiy Fiy* ; K>KNf flnr Swine — Hnrkwheat; 
Mungo in Doga j A VrollOo S ov, .. .. .609 
Domestic EcnnoMy.*-Furmantallun, BrMwI. Etc.; Prenarlng 
Pfiti' hw- To Pnwrrya P*m* lti«, Fuacho* fur Family C*e, Bwcef 
Plekle fH.hw, Spb'rd Pearhra, Pearh Vlnngoea, rlrkUd 
Pen'-he* To \1^k^ Hi* Bail Caki-; Kltlrrh* rry Win* ; To Make 
Flrklo*. CmckneH*. Removing Crawwi Spot* from Bilk; Bhoe 
Tie*; Tatcnt Loom* ; Imjmry ..606 
Hynutrw fN*»KM*ru>aAtimit Sleep— Amnunt of 8 Iwhj>, W hew 
to Go to Bad. The Piudlum in ^(•Nping, Inf!u*ur*» of Tainpcra- 
lure, Cau*ea of Sleepl'WimeM, To Promote Bluvp.....603 
Scikntiku* AMI latrct. U»eful and Sflontlflr Item* Aation 
omy In the Sonlh, W'nodrn Hail way*, Manufwrture of Woo*l*n 
Toothpick*, Malo'irolopiral, Cable* Tul«%rraphy, State of Lh* 
Moon.. ... .... .. .603 
Editorial*, Err -The Coat of Coal Live* B«< rlflced, AM Need 
•d for Widow* and Orjdmn* ; <<otng to the Fair*, filooe*t Men 
Die; Rural Not*'* and QmrliM -Th* RuraP- 1’all Campaign, A 
Neighborhood Parmor*.' Clllb r Thu ChlORpo Ropub^rnn, Ruub- 
ester liuaine** Pn'veraUy. Currollo I'rnvRnllru, Kotneyn Seed 
ling Strawberry. Hav’nom >i 1homl»'»- Rayiberry, Application «( 
Lim*. Madder, Alcik* ClOyer, Culling off Stmwhvrry Runarr*, 
A Mortified Man, H»*oho*ter Commercial Nuraerle^, tlllnm* 
Houay Crop, Hon l)n.-i|rre. Another Notice, Clapj.'i Favorite 
Fear. Tamo Mlake ; Tb* StiuMun ; Induulrlal SoeintU*.B04. 
Trk RKvtwwKR,—New Publication* Revlewrvl...,..,..606 
fiowiAi. Tome*. A llnry.-t FeatWal In Poland (lllu*ttkled;) 
.Meaning t*f Name* ; Jolly Itv.yb.yod ; NvwapapvT IlMuvm e... .006 
BroRiit* for RvuAtl*s. —Wlnni/ig a W r »f^—The Story of an Old 
Young Men lCom hided •_ . .. .. .6416, 606 
Trk TnAVELfP. On the Way Prairie Dog*, BtiRkW*. Buffnlu 
Dmnettirlty, Western Jewelry, F*irt Wallace. Soap Plant, The 
Indians, Rain, The End ; A Sea on Fire , , fdHt 
Lahir*' PoutV'U.IO. Art Thou Living Yet (Poetry ;) Cnnv«r*b- 
tion ; Arecla* Wive*, A Liulv Swimuirr ; Show*of Marriage 
.bln Girl, j Al .lrnt BC'I.I Stocklnjj....00T 
MunKi anii Ma«\km« -Th. Koilllnn,; [>lr«olion. (or Prem 
M.ktng SI^ImhiiI Suit.; Aii.wcr to <’orr*.jtnjnl«n!A ; VmI. r.li- 
R.miiath K-TAI»|vrt. — Cainp MAiilitig In th. Wnoii. (Pni*try;) 
Being Horn Agnln ...607 
N*ws o» tk* W*»K.~l>f.mc»tlp Mid Kerolgn................,.«0I 
Thk MAMKKTn.- Mnnny mid Stock , PkmIikc kiiJ Provhlon. ; 
Lire Stork ; Ftnffnlo l.lrn Stor.k . . ..,.u,,.et 
I'cKftOKAi. Itkaim.—I nlerr.tlng Per«>ni.l Ttrevlt|e». ..............IQ 
Thk Nkwb Conornkrk.—S lxlv-tbrrr I^te Interenting Brevltles.lilt 
For Young 1'kom.k. - Th« Child*, l.rwtn (Poetry ;) NobIHtv , 
Two Fn>e«i Mural Four-Yii.t-Olile...'..612 
Wit inn Ui mor, A«trouomlr»l Sltetehe.—No. 1. -Th* Dipper 
(llluRtrulrdf.. .. . .. ... . .617 
Thk Ptlt/i KK.- F.nlgm,, Hehn», Der«plt«t|on. Ete.*17 
[Wi desire to receive items concerning the season, 
crops and crop prospects, with market prices of farm 
produce, from all parts of the country for publica¬ 
tion under this head.—E ds. Rdhal, 
Berlin Heights. O.. i^epi, 7.—It has been quite 
dry here, but we are new having a heavy storm. 
Early potatoes did well here.— k. r. .n 
Leoni. llicit.. Kept. 1.— Season wet—too wet 
to cultivate corn as it should be cultivated. Hay 
crop almost worthless. Wheat crop only mid¬ 
dling, and too damp for market.. 
Pughstown, Chester Co., Pn„ Sept. Weath¬ 
er dry; pastures short; corn on good soil, plant¬ 
ed In time and cultivated properly, is good, the 
later planted ft poor.—It. W. Rains. 
Lewis tlo,, Kv., Aug. 25.— Oat crop good ; corn 
almost a failure; apples a medium supply ; pas- 
tures tailing for want of rain; the amount, of 
wheal put in was short, with less than medium 
results.—B. F. Wolcott. 
f'npc Vincent, N. V., Aug. 31.—The season has 
been unusually cold and wet. Crops of all kinds 
except corn never were better. Wheat is some 
injured from the weevil. Fruit is in abundance. 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
D. D. T. mOOHE, 
Conducting Editor and Proprietor 
Cnreitllo Proven! ive,— I see the question start¬ 
ed in regard to the curculio. Here is a preven¬ 
tive, easy of application, that works well so far 
as 1 have seen it tried. Make a small pen of 
pickets all around the tree—sty four or five feet 
across, with the pickets sufficient ly near to keep 
inside n hen with young chickens, but far 
enough apart, to allow the chicks tree ingress 
and egress. Tho young birds keep the ground 
well trodden, and if a stray insect gets above 
ground, they seize him before he escapes up the 
t runk of the tree. Have known heavy crops of 
fruit raised in this way, and free from the pest — 
Z. A. Murrell, ChuhcU Muff*, lava. 
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and Agents, Five copies for *14; Seven, and one t ree 
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la the lowest Clubiatcto Canada and *4.50 to JSui'opu. 
The best way to remli js by Draft or Post-Oftieo 
Money Order, nod all Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
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Advertising — inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outside, *1 per line. For Extra Display and 
Cuts, a price and a half. Special and Business Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted fur less tliail *3. 
Romeyn Seedling Kirn wherry. Ai (he Fruit. 
Growers’ Club, Thursday, Sept.. 9, n gentleman 
from Kansas ttsked members if I hey won Id ad¬ 
vise him to order plantsof this variety for culti¬ 
vation in Kansas. Mr. Ca vanagh, a practical 
horticulturist, said that after such men as Dr. 
Mkxamkk, W. H. Carpenter, and others who 
had grown and fruited it alongside tho Triotupho 
do Guild, had assorted flint they found no differ¬ 
ence between It and tho last named fruit, ho 
knew of no reason why the gentleman should 
be recommended to pay $5 per 100 for it when 
the Trionipbc plants can be bought for £5 per 
1,000. There was no dissent from tills position. 
\L 
HONEST MEN DIE 
Greenland, Gran! Co., Wed Vn., Kept. 3.— 
Weather very dry; have had no rtlin since the 
first of Juno, except some light mists. Corn is a 
complete failure. Wheat was very good; is 
worth £1.20 and *1.25 per bushel. Oats very poor. 
Huy good, but on account, of tho dry weather 
will be scarce. About half a crop of apples; 
peaches worthless. Beople can do no plowing in 
this section of tho country on account of the 
dry weather. There will be hard times here if it 
does not rain soon.—n. M. 
llelnfleld, Wnnki-shn Co., YVis., Hcpt. fi.—For 
several weeks T have searched your columns for 
soine fitting rebuke to the sweeping assertions 
of your correspondent, " Northwest." This lit¬ 
tle township of six miles square, otic-half of 
whose surface is lake and river, will ship to the 
hungry East not loss than 200,000 bushels of such 
spring wheat as the enclosed sample. We have 
had very frequent and heavy rains, but our 
grain is all safely stacked and will yield a good 
average. Our hay crop wiuj immense, and lias 
been saved In good Condition; oats very Tieavj/; 
potatoes very abundant and fine: coni alone be¬ 
ing below an average crop. “ Northwest" can¬ 
not have been in this county; and from what I 
can Judge In very few other places t han his im¬ 
mediate neighborhood. ItOGKR ANKETELL. 
('uNlnlin, Iowa. Sept. O. Weather cool and 
wet; considerable rain for the last two weeks. 
Wheat harvest commenced August. 1st.; much 
stacking yet to be done. Generally wheat is not 
in as good a condition as usual, on account of 
wet; quality of wlteul medium; in quantity' 
somewhat less than last year. Wheat Is worth 
(if in good condition,) ?1 per bushel, flats very 
good; buyers are offered 40c. per bushel. Corn 
will be a two-thirds crop. Potatoes very' good, 
excepting early varieties are affected with tho 
rot. Wild pinna* middling fair, many dropping 
off on account of being stung by curculio. But 
few apple orchards in this vicinity* old enough 
to bear, and those that are protected with groves 
on north and west, sides arc bearing well this 
year.—w. c. R. 
Flat Ilivcr, Y. t’., Kept. I. —Wc hope the drouth 
Is over. On Monduy the 30th ult. t.hcro was a 
heavy rain, which, it is believed, extended over 
a broad space of country. It VM quite hasty, 
and therefore did not saturate the ground thor¬ 
oughly, but it Is so much better than we have 
bud for these Jong, burning weeks, that it has 
greatly revived our toolings. The season is so 
far advanced that, wc can give r reasonable opin¬ 
ion of all I he crops. In some of i lie eastern part 
of the State the cotton and corn are good. But 
the upper country cannot harvest, perhaps, over 
a half crop of corn. In some places, the crop is 
almost a total failure. Tho prospective scarcity 
Indicates much suffering, especially among tho 
frccdiueu who live oft the surplus product of 
the section. That surplus is not lo be had for 
the next twelve months. Goo pity the poor 
among us! Tho tobacco is much injured by tlio 
drouth. Mr, Sptherlin of Danville, Va.,a gen¬ 
tleman of much information and practical Judg¬ 
ment, says that the corn crop of that Slate can¬ 
not exceed a third of a yield, while the tobacco 
will not give over a half. The latter will scarce¬ 
ly go as high as that In North Carolina. So wo 
have in North Carolina -wheat, a light harvest: 
outs, a poor harvest; corn, a failure; tobacco, a 
failure; potatoes, early quite good, but summer 
and fall a failure; sweet potatoes, throughout 
the dry territory, a decided failure. It bus been 
too dry' to sow turnips until this week, and most 
of the ground is uot in good order. Of course, 
in such a season, our gardens have not contrib¬ 
uted as liberally as usual to our tables. The 
second crop of beans is cut off for the want of 
the usual Into rains. Even late field peas may 
not mature before frost overtakes them. Early 
cabbage were dried up or dwarfed, and late ones 
arc few, indeed, owing to the difficulty in get¬ 
ting plants out of the parched beds. Our pros¬ 
pect for the winter is exceedingly unfavorable. 
While an holiest man lives, let him be 
honored according to the measure of his 
ability. "When he dies, let the people claim 
his honest name as an inheritance and rever¬ 
ence it. The deaths of Secretary of War 
Rawlins, and Senator Fessenden of Maine, 
are events which afflict the people in so far 
ns they deprive tho Republic of the services, 
and the public interests of the watchenre, of 
honest public servants. 
It is true that the wave which washes out, 
a life will float to the surface of social and 
political sea men who will fill the places of 
those just removed by death. But men. are 
not so plenty in the public service, nor so 
easily found out of it, whose integrity is 
combined with the ability, efficiency and in- 
fluenec which characterized the public lives 
of Rawlins and Fessenden, that we are 
not to mourn the loss of such and tlo what 
we may to encourage the growth of the 
nobler virtues In those who live. 
It is the highest, praise that can he given a 
public servant to-day to say, “ He is honest.” 
And it is the etilogium their enemies even 
will speak above the graves, and the epitaph 
they will write upon the monuments, of 
Rawlins and Fessenden. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 18(59 
Davison’* Tbornlex- Rniqtbvrry. — The Horti¬ 
cultural Editor of the Hearth and Home says 
this raspberry “ Is an accidental seedling that 
came up in the garden of Mrs. Mercy Davison, 
and was propagated and disseminated by Mr. 
Hinton. Mrs. Davison Is a poor, blind widow, 
and t hc’money derived from the sale of the first 
plants grown from tho original was a God-send 
to her; and if we behoved fn special providences 
in horticultural affairs, wr might think that a 
(hornless black-cup raspberry bush, in a blind 
woman’s garden, was one of them.” 
A TRIAL TjRIJ 
NEW QUARTER NEST VOJLTJIUE 
In order to greatly extend llie circulation of the 
Rural New-Yorkeii. mul introduce it to thousands 
of families—preparatory to the commencement of its 
XXlst Year and Volume in January next—we make 
the following liberal offer: 
THE 13 NUMBERS OF NEXT QUARTER 
(Oct. to .Tan.) will he. sent, ON Trial, to any address 
in the United States or Canada, for 
Application of Lime, -Will you give some in¬ 
formation concerning the applying of lime on 
land? 1 have meadow land, and wish to know 
when to put It on if in winter or spring? and 
also, how much per acre. I also wish to know 
if I can make it pay to put on wheat? Should it 
be put on in tho lull or in spring? if so, how 
much per acre? or would it not bo hotter to jail, 
it on the land and plow under? By giving this 
a place in your paper, you will much oblige a 
subscriber.—A. K. ItAitnrs, Fomfnplon, Mo. 
All our subscribers arc requested to make this 
offer known to their neighbors and friends—espe¬ 
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IIPUAI,,—and to note that they can have 
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friends by sending them the Largest. Best and 
Cheapest American weekly? 
Madder, in answer to J. G. W., we state that 
we do not know of unv parties cultivating mad¬ 
der In the United Hiatus. During the eleven 
months ending May 31, ISrtl), there was imported 
into this country $3,200,207 worth of this product 
against fl,012,155 the corresponding month tho 
year previous. If it can bo easily grown In this 
country, and profitably, in competition with 
foreign productions, as our correspondent as¬ 
sorts, there is a good deal of money waiting to 
compensate the cultivator. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
THE COST OF COAL: 
Lives Sacrificed — A id Needed tor Widows 
and Orphans, 
The rturnl'H Fall Campaign,—All interested 
in t he success of tho Rural New-York lu arc 
referred to the announcement (at the head of 
first Editorial column, on this page,) offering to 
send tho Thirteen Numbers of the Ensuing 
Quarter (Oct. lo Jan.) on trial to any address in 
the United States or Canada for only Fifty 
Cents. Wc trust ihc supporters of the Rural 
will purlieu burly .note this offer, and innkr it 
patent to all theltHvlcnds. That the Rural's 
visits for three months would prove pleasant 
and beneficial to any and every intelligent family 
in the land we verily believe, and therefore ask 
the friendly co-operation of each of its readers 
In introduce the paper to the notice and support 
of as many non-subscribers as possible through 
l he agency of the Trial Trip. Of course we must 
depend mainly upon the kind offices of its 
earnest, active ami influential friends to make 
known our offer, and I hereby largely augment 
and widen the Circulation - and Usefulness of Ihe 
Favorite Rural, Literary Family and Busi¬ 
ness Newspaper. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
Oiru News Department tells what a terri¬ 
ble* addition has been made to (lie cost ol'the 
Coal tlio People will consume (his season. 
More than One Hundred Lives have been 
sacrificed to give warmth and emnibrt to 
our firesides. We do not write lo upbraid 
nor to admonish. But we urge that every 
man’s and woman’s sympathy, awakened by 
the harrowing details of this horror, should 
become practical at once. Let all who can, 
contribute to the relief of t he. families of Hmse 
who have been thus sacrificed. The Con¬ 
ductor of the Rural New-Yorker will 
take pleasure in forwarding such contribu¬ 
tions as may be addressed to him. 
“THE BEST JUVENILE MAGAZINE 
Ev«r Published in Any Land or Language 
A bike Clover. —If our Vermont subscriber 
who asks about, the ud vantage* and disadvant¬ 
ages of the Alsiko clover had carefully read the 
Rural the past eight months, he would not 
liavc asked the question. Tt is adapted to a 
northern and moist climate. If the season has 
developed anything new concerning Us merits, 
wo shall be glad to hear. Tho soed can prob¬ 
ably be obtained by ordering it of any of the 
seedsmen advertising In the Rural. 
Oil It YOUNG KOI.KSL 
J. T. TltowimmoK and LUCY LARCOM, Edltora. 
The Publlahers of OUR YollNG Folks, availing 
themselves of tlio best literary talent In the country, 
and adopting new plans suggested by the experience 
of the past four yours, have made such arrangements 
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The following are the principal features of the 
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and the ebarmlwg style of tho writers : 
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best ami most popular story for young folks over 
published In America. Fresh, natural, healthy and 
manly in tono, graphic, and tall of-stirring incidents. 
2. The World tt'r LtneOn. A valuuhlonnd delight¬ 
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Earthquakes, Ac. l*rof. Agabsie lakes deep inter¬ 
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them. 
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most valuable suggestions, llow to Talk, How to 
Read. How to Write, llow to Travel, How to Act In 
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branches of industry, such as Coal-Mtnlng, Glass- 
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5. IHogrophicnl Sketches of great Navigators and 
Discoverers, by Jam eh Parton. ►S’*' A very valu¬ 
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121 Tromnnt street, Boston. Mass. 
Cutting off (strawberry Runner*, —A corre¬ 
spondent aslts 11 s to toll “the proper time for 
cutting off strawberry runner?, so that they will 
not start, again; also tho best time to set out. 
strawberry plants." There is no time during- 
Ihe growing season when strawberry runners 
can be out off and not grow' again. The best 
time to plant strawberry plants ts in spring, as 
soon as the ground is warm and in good con¬ 
dition. 
GOING TO THE FAIRS 
A Neighborhood Fanners’ Club.— Tho editor 
of tho Practical Farmer recently attended a 
mom lily meeting of a Farmers’ Club near Ken- 
net Square, Chester Co., l*a., of which he Bays: 
The members, twelve in number, meet alter¬ 
nately at each other's houses, to inspect farms 
and dtaouss philters generally pertaining to the 
farm nml garden. One or more of the female 
members of tsidh family are also members of the 
club, and attend the regular meetings, which 
are occasions ol’ great Interest and inninallv im¬ 
proving- Levis W alter i Prnsfduni ami Elias 
Wikh'ssk bet-rebuy of tho Kennel Farmers’ 
Club. A meeting i- regularly organized on such 
occasions, essays reml, mid reports of commit¬ 
tees on special subjects, when discussions en¬ 
sue, and ihe meetings close with a gem rnl in¬ 
spection of th§ farm, slock. fmlWrngs and man¬ 
agement. Minutes are made of ali these mai¬ 
lers, which are rehearsed at, the subsequent 
meetings. 
In 1850 wc attended a meeting of a similar or¬ 
ganization near Petersburg, Va., known there 
as “The Hole and Corner Club.” It had twelve 
members. Monthly meetings were held —one on 
each farm during tilt* year. The farm visited 
was first inspected the stock, crops, oul-build- 
iugs, farm-house from attic to cellar. Every 
hole uud corner was examined, ami what was 
found to lie the niunagemeiil, was fraternally, 
not captiously, criticised and discussed. Then 
the formal meeting followed and mdinner and 
dessert of funnel’s’ small talk, etc. This pro¬ 
moted both good farm and household manage¬ 
ment and good fellowship in the neighborhood. 
We should like to know if that, organization 
survives. 
‘ Dreary places have the majority of Fairs 
become to those who remember 1 he early 
Fairs. They lack the. old-fitsliioneil, lii^h- 
toned, gallant spirit of friendly rivalry and 
chivalrous cheerfulness under defeat which 
ought to characterize them. There is too 
much of the “shop" about, exhibitors. Things 
are “put up” if they are defeated ; and the 
defeated ones are the only honest men on 
the ground, if their words are lo be believed. 
But from the (lawn of the first morning of 
the Fair to the announcement of the awards, 
there is constant “figuring,” “ manipulation,” 
“ sounding ” of Judges, vigilant watchfulness 
of how many drinks this Judge takes with 
that competitor, and a careful effort to 
furnish him more and better liquor, if ii is 
discovered that his weakness lies in that 
direction. 
Of course we do not assert that all ex¬ 
hibitors do this business, nor that all Judges 
are susceptible, or subjected, to such influ¬ 
ences. But such is the atmosphere of 1 lie Fair 
grounds. Such are their salient fea tures. Such 
must be until the practice of making a wards 
and giving premiums is discontinued, and 
the judgment of the people, who attend 
Fairs is made all the diploma the exhibitor 
receives. Public and private interests Would 
be better served thereby than now If might 
not be so if the men who sit in judgment 
upon each class of articles were experts, and 
knew just what the merits of the representa¬ 
tive article in that class should he—if they 
were always men who could not be tampered 
with. But because it. cannot lie so, an award 
is quite as likely to v ork injury to the public 
and do injustice to individuals as otherwise. 
Besides, iu the case of machinery, there are 
so many machines in each class so nearly 
alike, and only superior to each other in 
their adaptation to a certain class of work 
that it is utterly impossible to give an honest 
award of superiority to any one, and unjust, 
because impossible. 
But Fairs have their uses. They may not 
A Mortified Man.— Rufus Feet, Castile, N. V., 
writes the Germantown Telegraph: —“ 1 read 
with interest, mid I trust also with profit, the 
late reports of the‘Farmers’ Club.’ But I will 
not conceal that 1 am mortified to find (hat they 
will not assume any ro&ponsibilliy in any debata¬ 
ble question.” Why should “they” (tho re¬ 
ports) assume such responsibility? The Club 
don’t do it, it lie means the New York Farmers’ 
Club. 
Rochester Commercial \nrserics. —We have re¬ 
ceived from (he Proprietor of this Establish- 
menr., W. 8 . Little, his Circular of Wholesale 
Prices for the Autumn of 1869. Also a beautiful 
colored illustration ol' the Mt. Vernon Pear, 
propagated and for sale by Mr. Little, with a 
description of the fruit and testimonials from 
Hon. Marshall P Wilder, Henry Ward 
Beecher, and others. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
Illinois Honey Crop,— M. M. BALDRIDGE, St. 
Charles, III., under date of August 24,6ays “We 
have taken upwards of one hundred pounds 
surplus honey from each of several hives in our 
apiary. One hive has given at date ono hundred 
and eighty pounds since July 1 forty pounds 
box honey and the balance taken from the 
combs with the honey extracting machine.” 
PEETTY WOMEN 
Westchester Co. Fair.—A special reporter of 
the Sun ot Friday, September 10, says of this 
Fair: 
On Wednesday it rained, and nobody attended. 
Yesterday there was agood gathering. The weather 
was tine, and there was to he a mule race ns a pre¬ 
liminary to ihe trotting matches of to-day and to¬ 
morrow. The collection of live stock was meager, 
and the fruit and vugetuble.- weie of no unusual 
size, quantity or excellence. These last were in a 
tent, and by the side of a table of beaded pin-cush¬ 
ions, a sewing machine and a mclodenn A cadaver¬ 
ous individual was working the muchine, and from 
the melodeon another man was squeezing out a 
dreary medley, which our reporter was told was 
music. There were many vehicles ut varied ages, 
and two four-in-hands, which were driven repeatedly 
around the course to dazzle the rustles. There was 
u man who abstracted warts and corns, one who 
weighed people, another who gave them electric 
shocks, price live cents, and another who sold nos¬ 
trums to cure everything except tbeir gullibility. 
The Fair was moral, and ihere was no sweat-board 
or three-enrd monte table. The mule race, as an ab¬ 
surdity, was a success. 
A comparatively few Ladies monopolize the 
Beauty as well as the attention of Society. This 
ought not to be so, but tt is: and will be while men 
are foolish, and single out pretty faces for com¬ 
panions. 
This can all be changed by using Hagan’s Magnolia 
Balm, which gives the Bloom of Youth and a Re¬ 
fined sparkling Beauty to the Complexion, pleasing, 
powerful and natural. 
No Lady need complain of a red, tanned, freckled or 
rustic Complexion who will invest 75 cents in Hagan’s 
Magnolia Balm. Its effects are truly wonderful. 
The Chicago Republican, —Messrs. Ballan- 
ty.ne. Smith & Wjlliston have retired from 
the management of this paper, and are suc¬ 
ceeded by I. N. Higgins, Esq., as Editor-in- 
chief. and L. W. Pew ell. Esq., as Publisher. 
Mr. Higgins Is an experienced and able jour¬ 
nalist, a gentleman of good judgment, correct 
taste and executive ability. He is a ready, vig¬ 
orous and concise writer, familiar with Western 
polities and politicians, tender his management 
the Republican will be made Lo rank high as a 
eourteous, tearless, independent Journal. Mr. 
Powell has yet lo make his fame as a pub¬ 
lisher, but is a thorough business mau. of good 
repute among business men. and familiar with 
tlio newspaper business. 
Hop Dealers.—T. M. Ryan, Fairfield, Pa., asks 
the names of reliable dealers in hops in New 
York City. Our market reporter has furnished 
the following names of "men in good repute as 
hop dealersJ. S, & W, Brown, 52 Water street, 
and E. Wells & Co., 69 Pearl street. 
To preserve and dress the Hair use Lyon’s Ka 
tliairon. 
Another Notice.—Will not correspondents who 
send ns matter for publication try to remember 
that such communications should be adddressed 
to us at 41 Park Row, New York City, and not to 
Rochester, iu order to secure prompt attention. 
Send us Names 1— Subscribers and others fre¬ 
quently apply for copies of the RURAL to send to 
distant triends us specimens. If those who wish 
their friendstoseethe paper, and thus aid in extend¬ 
ing its circulation, will send us the names and post- 
uffleo addresses of such friends, near and distant, 
we will mull each a specimen of the enlarged and 
improved volume. Give us the names and wo wifi 
cheerfully respond. 
The New Jersey Slate Fair, our readers inter¬ 
ested should remember, is to be held at Waverly 
Station, between Newark and Elizabeth, N. J„ 
September 21 -24 inclusive. Effort is making to 
render it a most interesting and successful exhi¬ 
bition. Send for premium list. See advertise¬ 
ment elsewhere. 
Clapp’s Favorite Pear This variety is pro¬ 
nounced by Robert Manning, of Salem, as 
“ undoubtedly superior to any other of its sea¬ 
son." 
Rochester Ruslness ten! verslty. —This institu¬ 
tion, conducted by Prof. L. L. Williams, long 
possessed of most excellent educational advan¬ 
tages, has recently received notable additions 
thereto, and is therefore better enabled than 
ever to fit young men for practical business life. 
Hoyf to Remit.—The best miy to remit for slabs, 
as we have often suited, is by Draft, If *20 or over, 
send by draft, ns (here is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It is best to send by P. O. Money Order,—but 
If you cannot do that, send In Registered letters, di¬ 
rected to D. D. T. MOORE, tl Park Row, New York, 
Tmne Minks.—inform the subscriber who in¬ 
quired after tame minks that two can be found 
in North Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.— Gf.o. 
D, Oliver. 
Seneca Co., \. Y., Ag. Soc. — HORACE Greeley 
will deliver the annual address at the fair of this 
Society, to be held at Ovid Oct. 5—7, inclusive. 
