jBrnrij of it pluralist. 
DAILY BUBAL LIFE. 
fSOM THE DIARY Of A GEHTIEMAN HEAR HEW YORK CITY. 
Christmas.— Dec. 2o.—This should be, 
among Christians, tho greatest of all the 
days of the year. If they really do believe 
that “giving to the poor is lending to the 
Lord, ” how happy all the poor would 
be made tbl3 day! I fear, however, that 
this soriptural adage is held by many per¬ 
sons as an ideal theory, not convenient to 
practice except by those who have hearts 
oupable of enlargement with the same ra¬ 
pidity as their purses. It is, however, a 
wjse law that each and every individual 
must settle his own accounts with the Great 
Bookkeeper of human transactions. 
Treatment of Sickly Plants.— Dec. 20. 
—In the treatment of sickly house plants 
few go to work as though they meant to 
effoot a radical cure. Sometimes plants 
have been given too much water or the soil 
is ill adapted to sustain growth and, in con¬ 
sequence, they become weak and sickly. 
The best way is to turn them out of the 
pots, shake or wash off rdl the soil from the 
roots, and, if any arc decayed, cut them off; 
also prune the stems and branches severely 
and pot again in fresh soil. Set them away 
in a shaly place after giving water sufficient 
to settle the soil, and then give no more un¬ 
til they become rather dry, adding a little 
from time to t ime as returning health and. 
growth appears. I have some Fuchsias and 
Geraniums that, through neglect last sum¬ 
mer, became sickly and dropped their leaves; 
but by pursuing t he above method they have 
been entirely restored to health and are at 
this date in full bloom. 
Poinsettia Pnlcherrima.— Dec. 27.— 
There arc few green-house plants that make 
a better show at this time of year than tho 
“Beautiful Poinsettia.” The flowers are 
small and Iuconspicuous; hut the brilliant 
scarlet of the floral bracts more than make 
up for their deficiency. A single cluster of 
those flower-like bracts is in itself a mag¬ 
nificent bouquet worthy of a conspicuous 
place on the New Year's table, for which I 
am keeping some of my best specimens. 
The plants are rather coarse, and possesses 
little beauty except at the season when t he 
flowers and bracts appear; but being easily 
cult ivated, they are general favorites. The 
principal points necessary to be regarded 
in their cultivation rany be noted os fol 
lows:—1, Start the cuttings in summer and 
give them plenty of bottom hoot. 2, Never 
allow them to get so dry that the leaves 
Avilt.. .‘I, Do not give too much pot room, 
and use plenty of drainage; then place in 
the warmest part of the house. 4, Severe¬ 
ly head back old plants booh after blooming, 
in order to make them throw out as many 
lateral branches as possible. 
Deformed and MonHtrous Insects.— 
Dc . 28.—Wo are not greatly surprise to And 
monstrosities among cattle, as they are of 
frequeut oocurreuoe. A neighbor owns a 
cow that has six legs, and it is not unusual 
to meet all kinds of monstrosities among 
domesticated animals, and the cause is usu¬ 
ally attributed to close In-and-in breeding 
or attempting to cross widely different 
races. But how are we to account for such 
freaks when they occur among lower forms 
of life, for instance, among insects? Such 
monstrosities do sometimes occur even 1 
among minute forms as well as among the 
larger animals. Beetles, for instance, have ; 
naturally six legs ; but not long since a spe¬ 
cimen of PterostichiLs PrevoosHl , Drjeen, ' 
was found in Switzerland, having two sup- ‘ 
plomontal legs affixed to oue of the ordinary 
hind legs. That insects fight and often be- 1 
come maimed is well knowu to every ob- j 
server; but whether such deformities have 
an}' effect upon tho future progeny is a ques- 1 
tion I leave for Darwinians to answer. I ' 
have a specimen of Caralrntt that lias one 1 
eye in the proper place and the other half 
hidden in a depression on the under side of 
the thorax. Perhaps my capturing of this 
specimen has presented the evolution of a 
race of cross-eyed beetles; if so, what a pity, 1 
Grafting Hoses.—Dee. 20.—A very con¬ 
venient method of propagating moss and ■ 
other roses which do not grow readily from 
cuttings, is by graftingupon pieces of roots. 
The Mauetta. or even some of the free 8 
growing China or Prairie roses, will answer c 
for stocks, always selecting t hrifty roots of r 
a size that will correspond with the cions to a 
be used. The roots need not be more than 1: 
two or three inches long, or about the same 
length as the cions. Splice or whip-graft c 
them, and then place thickly together in t 
the propagating boxes, and submit to gentle o 
heat until a union takes place. This mode f 
I of propagation is a very simple one, and 
should be more generally practiced than, I 
fear, it is, judging from the scarcity of moss 
roses in the market. The grafting should 
be done as early in the winter as convenient, 
in order to allow of some young growth be¬ 
fore the time arrives for planting out in 
spring. Roses propagated in this manner 
are superior to the ordinary budded roses, 
inasmuch as they eventualiy become estab¬ 
lished upon roots of their own. The small 
piece of root added at the time of placing 
the cion in the propagating bed, usually dies 
or is overgrown by those omitted from 
above tho junction. 
Sowing Tomato Seed.—Dee. 30.—It is 
probably too early to sow seed for a general 
I crop; but those who have warm rooms or a 
green-house may safely try a few plants. I 
have some two or three inches high, and ex¬ 
pect to have them well loaded with fruit by 
the time it will do to plant out. A half 
dozen good Btrong plants, started early, will 
yield many a good dish of fruit long before 
it can be procured from plants taken from a 
hot-bed In spring. Iu starting the plants 
thus early some care is required iu pinching 
off the ends of leading shoots as well as side 
branches in order to make them grow stocky 
and bloom early. The plants should also be 
allowed plenty of room ami oidy one grown 
iu a pot, commencing with the smallest size, 
and then shifting into larger ones as the 
plants require it. It is a very easy matter 
to obtain tomatoes early if one starts in I 
time. 
ing of Prussian blue paint, six inches wide, 
up the center of each row of panes; the 
result was electric, and the plants assumed 
their beautiful greeu color iu u few days, 
and the trusses of bloom came to maturity 
in a few days. The green-houses had been 
used to grow geraniums for bedding pur¬ 
poses, but they had lost their color every 
year about the first of April. The plants 
were completely rejuvenated by the blue 
glass. 
Hoarliound for Bee Forage.—We sea 
that at a recent Kansas Beekeeper’s Con¬ 
vention it was thought that hoarhouud 
would prove a very important honey pro¬ 
ducing plant for this country, since it re¬ 
mains in bloom a longtime, and when there 
is scarcely any other source for honey. It 
was also asserted that the plant is very 
hardy, never needs sowing but once, and 
seems to produce honey whether it is wet 
or dry. Many of our readers are doubtless 
aware that this plant is a native of Europe 
and Middle Asia—that it blossoms in July 
and August, and has been introduced and 
naturalized in some localities in this coun¬ 
try as a medicinal herb. The botanical 
name is Ma rrubium vulgare. There are 
several species of Marrublum native to this 
country. If any of our Apiarians have had 
experience with this plant for bee forage, 
we shall be glad to know what they think 
about it. 
cJIflvmiltitital. 
PLANTS FOB PILLABS AND ABBOES. 
Plants for covering pillars or trellises 
should cither be all hardy or all tender, for 
mixing the two kinds is seldom, if ever, ad¬ 
visable. The hardy perennial being so 
much more robust in habit than the tender, 
they will generally overgrow and crowd the 
weaker kinds. A pillar or trellis may be 
covered with either and look well, but wc 
never advise mixing them. 
For permanent hardy plants we would 
select the following: — Wistaria, Chinese, 
blue and white; Chinese evergreen honey¬ 
suckle ; Japan do.; golden-leaved Japan; 
red trumpet, or coral monthly, and Belgian 
monthly; Clematis lanuginosa, V. Jack- 
mani, V. Fort-uni and C. vltlceUa vtnota. 
For tender climbers, Akcbla quinata, 
Lophospcnmim scandcns,Mau ra ndtaBar- 
clayana, Tropceolum perlgrlnum, Eccre- 
inomrptisscraba, and Cobra mindens, To 
the last class may be added the various spe¬ 
cies aud varieties of tho Morning Glory, 
not omitting that mo9t delicate of all, the 
QuamocUt vulgaris , or Common Cypress 
Vine. 
-*-«-+.- 
WINTERING COLEUSES. 
These plants are almost as difficult to 
winter as verbenas. If kept too cool, or in 
a close atmosphere, they are quite likely to 
damp off or the leaves will die. To keep 
them safely, the temperature should not be 
allowed to go below 45 or 50 5 at night , and 
just sufficient water should be given to keep 
them from wilting. If the object is merely 
to keep the plants through winter, without 
propagating therefrom, then a rather dry 
atmosphere is better than a moist one, and 
very little water should be applied to the 
roots. Several of our lady readers complain 
Sf losing their coleuses iu winter, and the 
cause is, probably, in not attending to the 
conditions mentioned above. They are not 
plants well suited for house culture iu win¬ 
ter, aud those who have no conservatory or 
green-house should be content with merely 
keeping their plants alive, even if they do 
not make much growth. Young cuttings 
struck iu autumn are usually kept through 
winter with less trouble than old plants. 
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FLORICULTURAL NOTES. 
Rattlesnake Plantain —Ooodyera pu- 
bcseans.—J. L. Dorset, Afton, Ya., writes: 
“ I would like very much to know the name 
of the inclosed plant. I have never seen it 
iu bloom.“ 
Both common and scientific name are 
given above. The plant belongs to the Or¬ 
chis family, and is usually found in oak and 
pine ivoods. The flowers are greenish white, 
and produced on a scape six to twelve inches 
high. 
1 BEE NOTES AND QUERIES. name is Mai'rubium vulgare. There a 
i - several species of Marrublum native to th 
1 The Best and Cheapest Winter Food country. If any of our Apiarians have ht 
- for Bees.—A. P. C. asks experienced apia- experience with this plant for bee forag 
- rlans to toll him what is the best and cheap- we shall be glad to know what they thin 
f est substitute for honey as a winter food about it. 
1 for bees. . . 1 — 
L Longevity of Italian Bees.— “Are IT flit tlfnftl 
Italian bees louger lived than the common (vyUffUdU X(\\ 
’ black variety ?” asks P. P. It is so asserted - - 
; by some apiarians; we have no facts in MEETINGS, ELECTION^ OF OFFICERS & 
proof thereof, however. _ ’ 
, -- Ohio Dairymens' Association_The eight 
m,c i . annual Convention Is to be held at WeUinertoi 
i lne Tenncesee Apiarian Society has o.. Jan. 24and25. X. A. Willard delivers tt 
elected the following officers: Pres.— Dr. Annual Address; Nop.tonS. To*. NsitKND tall 
T B Hamlin* T ~irr.Prr< — Dr w P on the "Chemistry of Cheese and Cheese Mai 
a. d. liamlin. utc-m Hr. W. 1. mg;" J.H.DICKSONon “Commercial Problen 
Davis. See. and Trcas. —S. S. Hall. Cor. and Fallacies;" Anson Bartlett Is prepavtn 
Sec.—W. E. Ladd, Edgefield Junction, Tenn. ft**’I'S '?." iryiner , hiteresu c 
the Mates: Lucius Herrick on the "Exped 
- ency of Coloring Curd;" Allen Wki.ton o 
AM- Pin-ell’« “Docs it Pay to Met# Cows During the Gra; 
oil. liiuens Movable Comb-Hive. Growing Season C' R. Barer on the “Res 
—M. M. Baldridge, referring to Mr. Breeds of Cows for Hairy Purpose*;” W. A 
Burch's desermtion of Braman on ‘‘Compensation for Making Checs 
, . , „ uebU ‘P ll< ’ n *> movable comb- -What should it bo?" D. L. Popkou “Tho lie- 
hive in Rural New-Yorker, Dec. 1C, says Method of Disposing of Cheese for the Bench 
“ a hive made according to those directions 
would be a damage to the beginner. It Other topics are to bo discussed, reports of fuc 
would not harm the expert, for he would, or toriGS road and details of practice given. 
should, know how to make a better hive. Vermont Mate AgT^T.pd Wool Grower 
A better hive does not mean, necessarily, a .Wn.-Officers elect for 1872: Pres. Henry G 
more expensive oue, but one that would J to OT,Bennington. Vice-Pra. H.S. Morse, Shel 
work hotter mill , .. burn; \\ illiatn it. Sanford, Orwell; Crosby Mil 
vvoik bettei and givt bettci satisfaction lor, Pom fret.; Henry Chase, Lynion. Treos.- 
when full of bees and combs." Added, Mr. N - B- Bafford, White River Junction. Scc.-Hen 
Uali.ridoe calls attorn Ion to tin- toot that 
a genuine Laugstroth hive is described. Uauipbell, Westminster; Henry Hayward, Rut 
_ land; Henry B. Kent, Dorset; J uwronce Brain 
..... ,, . ,, _ ard. St. Alban*: David Goodell, Brattleboro 
All Apiarian’s Challenge.—A Mr. Hos- Edwin S. SUiwdl, Cornwall; James A. Sliodd 
her, of Minnesota, at the recent Beekeep- ‘.‘“THi 1, Springfield 
.. „ .. . . . , , * George A. Merrill, Rutland: 3. G. Holyoke, St 
or _ Convention, at Cleveland, stated that Albans; Ieuuui s. Drew, Burlington; Georg* 
he has 113 stocks of bees. He offers to sell Hammond, Middlebury; Harley M. Hall, Easi 
108 nf Hn-fc'it SKimm. , .1 , „ „.i; Burke. Delegates ta the Xatiomit Wool Or owe™ 
xw ot tnes. at ,1.1 per stock, on ihLcondt- Association.—Hon. Win. H. Sanford, Orwell 
t ion :—That if he does not succeed iu obtain- Henry Clark. Rutland; George Cumpbell, West 
ing .0 000 pom* or honor during tho non,on g*®*; 'gfg = liS 
of 18*.. from the ten stocks retained, he will Cornwall; Hon. H. M. Hall, Burke, 
forfeit the price of the 108 stocks he pro- . , ^ - 
noses to sell Hiahaes .on w American FUh CulturDt*' .Wn.— 1 The secom; 
1 uses tc li. ilia bees gather most Of their annual meeting of this Association is to be held 
stores from the Lindeu or Basswood, which at Albany lu connection with the N. Y. State 
is abundant in his section. The mountains CffiUnfofS/ 
near him are covered with these trees, by W. Clivt: “ Spawning. Races and the Im- 
which commence to bloom at the base of the B r ®K natJo 5 fStf 8 .” by A. 8. Collins ; “ Intro- 
mountains, and successively come in flower, Drf Edmonds aIu nd 1 -Lor'kod'Mihm iiir'by 'll 
for ten or twelve days, till the top is reach- *• Bowles ; “ Fish in the North Woods of New 
ed. Iu weighing the extraordinary yield of g^/gby Bn Huntington;-‘C ulture of Trout," 
one day, he found one hive to have gained - 
53 bounds Oneida Co., X. Y.« Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1872: 
p unus ' - Pm.—T. D. Pkniteld, Camdc-n. Vice-Pra.- 
T real,Trent n f onmikno c fAn i, 0 t Mark Cheney, Rome. Treas— Jas. Eleven, Rome. 
TT m vjuccmesa btoeks.—J. sec.-R. Morrison, Kirkland. £x.-Cam. tor t,ia 
H. I HOM as says:—As it is impossible to ob- years—11. M. Rouse, Marshall; Henry Gleason, 
tain queens curly enough in spring to save 
queenu ss stoc ks, it is advisable to unite State Soc. —Hon, B. 8. Ixjw^ry, tiio four members 
such stocks with other stocks that are weak 9* Assembly from the county, Col. It. G. Savery, 
or rather with stocks that have become D. Penfleld! 1111 "’ CumpbcU ’ Hou - r - 
greatly depopulated during winter. This „„ , , „ --^ 
will often nrove of e-reat l,.,,„r* * r . „ Illinois Male Ilori. boo.-The officers elect of 
iu Often prove of great benefit to a stock this Society are; Pm.-J. E. Starr, Elsa, Jersey 
weak in point of numbers. The addition of Co. See.—O. B. Galusha, Morris, Grundy Co. 
more bees increases the heat in the hive and 'i SS, .u CC ~r^' ' T ; Bu nlap. Champaign. Treas.— 
,, , Jonathan Huggins, Woodburn, Macoupin Co. 
causes the queen to lay a greater number of Vice-Pres'tr— 1st Diet., ltobt. Dougins; 2d, Sam'l 
eggs, and the stock increases in numbers far Su Wa n d3 T l 3 „’ Hl !“ 1 ( J , lu 'V y ? 4th, E. Dusky; 
more rapidly than it otherwise would have Brown. The next annual meeting is to’bcheld 
doue. The hive and combs which contained al Central!®, the second Tuesday in Doc., 1872. 
the queenless stock should be well cleaned Tlie St . LonU PouUrv As ,- U wag org(inized 
after the bees are removed, aud carefully Dee. 10, and the following officers elected for 
saved for another swarm. A hive well filled W. G. Bentley. Vhe-Prex't*.— N. J. 
with combs is of great value, as a swarm put Rrc ei .SwN-G\%.^Cffil| T ' Cor7sec.-h A <l l Pierce,' 
into such a hive is at once prepared to 414 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. Trai.i.—C. II. Turn- 
either hnnev and stove it ti,., ,n er. Cj. Com.-E. W. Putrlson, J. C. Hatch, 1). O. 
gatuei ffiJiuy ana store it away. The old Butterfield, Geo. It. Robinson, and live officers 
combs are cleaned very rapidly, aud as there above named. An Exhibition will be held at St. 
is no comb to build, nearly all the bees can pollfs * elj ' _ 
go to the field for honey, bee bread, etc. Highland, Mass.. Ag. boo.—Officers for IS*" • 
_ PTes.—S imon H. White. Vf&-pres.—Orrin Mil- 
laid and George W. Holcomb. Sec.—J. McEl- 
Australian Honey Board, — The Mel- wain. Treas— Geo. S. Bell. iMncturs. Matthew 
bourne 'Vrims kavr* _ ik *V tree xvm thn bmith, n iliniiii AN. Joshuu 13€‘iTiiSs Hor- 
uouiiie Argub saj s a ti t r w as felled the act . Cole, D. Alderman. Jr. Delegate to the State 
other day at bandy Creek, Wagga Wagga, Board of Agriculture for three years, J. MeEl- 
for the purpose of procuring hon.-y, which ffand^oh&e'Sonntt^^ 
it was kuown had been collected there bv a at the annua) Fair. H 
MEETINGS, ELECTION OF OFFICERS, &c. 
Ohio Dairymens' Association. — The eighth 
annual Convention is to bo held at Wellington, 
(>.. Jan. 24 and 25. X. A. Willard delivers the 
Annual Address; Norton S. TouNsiii.nd tAlks 
on the " Chemistry of Cheese and Cheese Mak¬ 
ing;" J. H. DICKSON on “Commercial Problems 
and Fallacies;" Anson Bartlett is preparing 
statistics concerning the dairying interests of 
the States; Lucius Herrick on the "Expedi¬ 
ency of Coloring Curd;" Ai.i.kv Wki.ton on 
“Does it Pay to Mess Cows During the Grass 
Growing Season?" R. B.uu.it oh the “Best 
Breeds of Cows for Dairy Purpofte*;" W. A. 
Braman on “Compensation for Making Cheese 
—Wliat should it bo?" D. L. PoPRon “The Best 
Method of Disposing of Cheese for tho Benefit 
of Producer and Consumer;" Mr. Indermim. 
on “Ohio Cbee.se in New York Market in 1871." 
Other topics are to bo discussed, reports of fac¬ 
tories read and details of practice given. 
Vermont Stale At, Soc. anil Wool Growers 
Anti'n.- Officers elect for 1872: pro*.- Henry G. 
Root,B ennington. Vice-Pit*.— H. S. Morse, Shel- 
bum ; William It. Sanford, Orwell: Crosby Mil¬ 
ler, Poinfrel ; Henry C’haae, Lvtidoti. Treat*.— 
N. B. Safford, White River J unction. Sec— Hen¬ 
ry Clark, Rutland. Dimfi>nt.—John Gregory, 
Northlleld; Elijah Cleveland, Coventry; George 
Campbell, Westminster; Henry Hayward, Rut¬ 
land ; Hem-y B. Kent, Dorset; 1 uwn-.nce Braln- 
urd. St. Albans: David Goodell, Brattleboro; 
Edwin S. StowelJ, Cornwall: James A. Shodd, 
Burlington; C, lloraeo Hubbard, Springfield; 
George A. Merrill, ituUiwrul: S. G. Holyoke, St. 
Albans; letmvcl S. Drew, Burlington: George 
Hammond, Middlobuiy; Hurlej M. Hall, East 
Burke. Delegates to the iY atiouul ll’nol Ormver*' 
Antaciatian—Utm. Win. R. Sanford, Orwell; 
Henry Clark, Holland; George Cumpbell, West¬ 
minster; lion. Crosby Miller, Pomfret; Lemuel 
S. Drew. South Burlington; Col. E. Stowell, 
Cornwall; Hon. H. M. Hall, Burke. 
A met lean FUh Cultariets’ A«*’n.—'The second 
annual meeting of this Association is to be held 
at Albany In connection with the N, Y. State 
Poultry Show, Feb. 7 to 10th. The following pa¬ 
pers are announced r— 111 The Culture of Shad,” 
by W. Cuvr: "Spawning. Race* and the Im- 
by L. Stone. 
Oneida Co., X. V., Ag, Soc.—Officers for 1872: 
Pw-T. D. PkniteM). Camdc-n. Vice-Pres.— 
Mark Cheney, Rome. Treas. —Jus. Elevell, Rome. 
av 11 ivuAiiu .dv.mii uuiaicuui > i it 1 Jll y 
Vernon; R. A- Jones, Wliitestovn. bdeyates (<> 
State Soc. —Hon. H. S. Lowery, the loin members 
of Assembly from the county, Col. R. G. Savery, 
B. W. Williams, Hon. Samuel Campbell, Hon. T. 
D, Penfleld. _ 
Illinois Stale Hon. See.—The officers elect of 
this Society* are: Pm.—J. E. Starr, Elsa, Jersey 
Go. .Sec.—O. B. Galusha, Morris, Grundy Co, 
-Tks’i Sec .—H. J. Dunlap, Champaign. Trent. — 
Jonathan Huggins, Woodburn, Maeoupln Co, 
T’lcc-Pm’tg— 1st Diet., ltobt. Douglas; 2d, Sam'l 
Edwards; 3d, A. J. Humphrey; 4th, E. Daggy; 
5th, B. Bullcn; 0th, J. Si. Pierson; 7th, A. Si. 
Brown. The next annual meeting Is to be held 
at Centralia, the second Tuesday m Dec., 1872. 
The St. Louis Poultry As. u was organized 
Dec. 10, and the following officers elected for 
1872: iTcs.—W. G. Bentley. Vice-Prafta.— N. J. 
Coleman, C. S. Hunt. T. T. Turner, A. Phillips. 
bet. Sec. —G. O. Kudu. Cor. Sec. .— It. N. Pierce, 
414 Olive St., St Louis, Mo. Treas.— C. II. Turn¬ 
er. £'.r. Coiiu—E. W. Putrlson, J. C. Hatch, D. O. 
Butterfield, Geo. It. Robinson, and ihe officers 
above named. An Exhibition will be held at St. 
Louis Feb. 27-29. 
Tram.—Geo. S. Bell. Directors, Matthew 
I A; i 11.4, in Ip in ..n .. _ T - - 1 n . IT 
Board of Agriculture for three years, J. MeEl- 
wain. The society- voted to dispense with the 
bull, and prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors 
at the annual Fair. 
Blue Glass for Greeu Houses.—In a 
communication to Tilton’s Journal of Hor¬ 
ticulture, Robert Buist, Sr., indorses the use 
of blue glass in green-houses, hot-bed 
frames, etc. He says:—“I applied a coat- 
rather large swarm of bees. When the tree 
was cut down there was found in the hollow 
oue of the most astonishing collections of 
honey ever knowu, probably, to have been 
gathered by oue swarm of bees. There were 
several immense layers of comb ten feet in 
length, aud of great density, extending 
along tho inside of the trunk and almost 
closing the hollow of the tree extirely. 
After it had been carried home, (having 
been wasted considerably by the fall of the 
tree and the primitive mode in which it was 
collected,) the comb yielded over two hun¬ 
dred pounds of honey of the purest quality. ” 
Queens Co., X. V., Ag. Soc.—Officers for 1872: 
Pres. —C. H. Jones, CoJd Spring Harbor. Vice- 
Pres— G.T. Hewlett, ltoekaway. Sec.and Treas.— 
John Harold, Hempstead. Dtrecdors.— Rich'd E. 
Thorne, North Hempstead; H. \V. Rowland, Ja¬ 
maica; Robt. Willets, Flushing; J. J. Tompkins, 
Newtown; S. M. Titus, Oyster Bay; S. B. Merse- 
reau, Hempstead. 
Carroll Co., Md., Ag, Soc.—Officers: Pres. — 
Augustus Shriver. Vtcc-Pres.— Jeremiah Rine¬ 
hart. Sec'y.— W in. A. McKillip. Treas— Rich¬ 
ard Manning. Directors.— Edward Lynch, David 
Fowble, H. E. Morelock, P. L. Slltiglulf, Joseph 
Shaffer- Fail- for 1872 occurs Sept. :J0 arid Oct. 
1-5 inclusive, _ 
The Bureau Co., IB., Ag. Soe. holds its next 
annual Fair at Princeton, commencing Sept. 10. 
