with plain, lavender, chumbray undoubtedly; 
closed overskirt, straight, cut in points 
around the bottom and bound with the plain 
fabric; bias-gathered flounce on the bottom, 
bound top and bottom with lavender; trills 
and bound; lavender 
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SPORTSMAN’S NOTES, 
A Vegetable Manual. 
PREPARED W1TU A VIEW TO ECONOMY AND PROFIT, 
By r. T. QUirarwr, 
PRACTICAL HORTICULTURIST, 
(Author of “ Pear Culture for Protlt.”) 
Illustrated with nearly 100 flue engravings of Vege¬ 
tables and Labor-Saving Implements. 
THE REIGN OF TERROR. 
House Clenninz by the Wholesale, Tlie 
Kumi-Auiiunl Freak. 
It has already begun ! Wc hear the tramp, 
tramp of the house maids up¬ 
stairs ; tin 
“scoosh ” 
of sleeves, cut in points 
covered buttons. 
Numerous others of striped calicos, and 
trimmed with bins bands of the same, were 
very neat and stylish, The straight, closed 
overskirts, looped at sides and hack, looked 
rather the best. Also, for calicos, I think 
loose waists are in better taste usually, than 
plain, Light fitting ones. To loop the over¬ 
skirt, sew tapes on the underskirt, so as to 
incline the fullness and general “ bumpiness'* 
to the hack. 
In the shops nankin, yellow-brown, and 
wood colors, in plain calico, arc very taste¬ 
fully made by trimming them with ruffles 
and flounces of the same, or ot a allude 01 
two darker, headed with putfs or narrow 
ruffles of the same kind of fabric one or two 
shades darker. Many of the waists are cut 
with a half-litting sack, seams at the back, 
form pieces, a dart seam at, each side in 
front, and coming from eight to ten inches 
below the bios: worn with a belt or without. 
Any woman with only ordinary sircngiu, 
who for any reason under the sun, under¬ 
takes to take up carpets, dust, them, put them 
down again, handle stoves, windows, bed¬ 
steads, whitewash, paper high walls, and the 
like, is on the high road Lo lunacy. It is a 
physical extravagance no woman who is 
good for anything should allow herselt to he 
guilty of. It is a fearful stepping out of 
“ woman’s sphere.” And if only to retain 
the homage and respect of men, who so ob¬ 
ject to our undertaking anything masculine, 
these heavy tasks should he left entirely to 
them. If they haven’t “ the time to do ii to¬ 
day,” wait until they have. The sun will 
continue to rise, and you will reach Heaven 
in due time all the same, for the delay. And 
above all things, hang on to your good tem¬ 
per! When you feel yourself getting nerv¬ 
ous and irritable, know that it means, you 
need rent. Chop off your work right there, 
for an hour, or for the remainder of the day, 
if need be. No woman can afford to endure 
the exhaustion consequent upon “getting 
mad,” or nervous. As for the rest, we might 
say on this subject of work, we borrow the 
words of “Anna Heatherleigh,” (whom we 
half suspect to he a wolf in sheep’s dolhing.) 
She, It, or lie, in a brief article in the Chris¬ 
tian Union, talks about the “ Sons of'Nimshi,” 
(meaning the Daughter* undoubtedly,) in the 
following sensible and Chrislianly manner: 
“ ft seems to be regarded ns the birth right 
stairs aud down 
mere; the shrill 
brushes on ceiliug 
and floors; windows aud doors are open; 
the house is cold, raw and uncomfortable; 
dinners are “ picked up ’’ affairs ; supper and 
breakfast still worse. My lady has laid off 
her back hair, hungup her ear rings; locked 
up her smiles and in severity and aw fulness 
is armored for the fray. 
It. is the first of May by the almanac ; and 
do not systematic, thorough-bred nousewives 
clean bouse by the almanac ? And do not a 
majority of women allow dirt and dust to j 
accumulate at an alarming rate, all through 
April, becaim, it wouldn't “ pay to clean so 
much just before house cleaning time, you 
know 1” And is it not necessary to turn the 
bouse wrong side out, all at once, so carpet 
shaking, paper hanging, white-washing and 
painting may be done in one day or three 
days? Perhaps. But we don’t do so at 
“our house”—the one we have in mind. 
We don’t clean house by the almanac, nor 
have windows and fires out, so long as any 
rawness remains in the air. We don’t have 
“ picked up ” dinners, nor the bouse “ upside 
lowti.” 
When any one room requires a general 
overturning, it is done, whether it be in mid¬ 
winter or mid-summer. The season of the 
year has no more lo do with it than it has 
with our keeping our bodies clean. The 
“ ordeal” makes nobody uncomfortable, be¬ 
cause chosen at some time when no one can 
suffer from the temporary upheaval. Our 
all rooms in constant, daily use, 
CONTENTS: 
CHAPTER I. 
Location and Selection of Soil, Draining, Preparing 
the Ground, Manures, Capital. 
CHAPTER It- 
Hot-Beds and Cold-Frames, 
CH APT Hit 111. 
Artichoke and Asparagus. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Beans, Beets, Brocoli and Borecole. 
CHAPTER V. 
Cabbage, Carrots, Celery, Cucumbers (and all of 
the Letter C.) 
CHAPTER VI. 
Egg Plant, Endive, Garlic and Kohl Rabi. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Leek and Lettuce. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Watermelon, Martynia, Mushroom, Mus¬ 
tard, Nasturtium. 
chapter IX. 
Okra, Onion. 
CHAPTER X. 
Parsley, Parsnip, Peas, Pepper, Potatoes, Pump¬ 
kins and Jerusalem Artichokes. 
CHAPTER XI- 
Radishes and Rhubarb. 
CHAPTER XII. 
Salsify, Sea Kale, Sorrel, Spinach and Squash. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Tomato, Turnip and Sweet Herbs. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Vegetable Forcing Houses. 
CHAPTER XV 
A List of Seeds for the Kitchen Garden, do. Plants, 
Acre, Distance Table, &c. 
day of September. The penalty for each 
bird killed is two dollars, and in some cases 
five dollars. Any person may protect bis 
own premises at all seasons of the year by 
posting notice thereon, or by publishing 
such notice in a comity newspaper.” 
Himt to Handle (Hum. 
The following rules should be observed 
when you take a gun into your band: 
Whenever you take a gun into your band, 
inquire if it. is loaded. Should there be no 
person to answer you, if the gun is a muzzle 
loader, place the butt on the ground outside 
the let! foot, having previously fixed the 
hammer at half cock, and, holding the muz¬ 
zle in a forward direction, clear of your per¬ 
son, draw the ramrod and insert it gently in 
the barrel. If there is a charge in it, you 
will feel the thud of the ramrod upon it, 
while the rod's upper end will project, about 
three fingers’ breadth above the muzzle. 
Should the piece not lie loaded, the ramrod 
will sink right down and the broad metal 
end will soon announce the empty barrel by 
the tap against the breach plug. Never 
handle a loaded gun except for the purpose 
of discharging it; and never at any lime, 
either in jest or earnest, point a gun loaded 
or unloaded, at any living tiling you don’t 
deliberately intend to kill.—E. W., Ames, 
N. 7. _ 
To II urn I Sportmnen.— We have sovoral inter¬ 
esting articles from Rura i.sportsmen, for which 
we shall find space as soon ns our advertisers 
will let us. Meantime wo are always Kind to 
hear from yon. 
Melon 
Quantity of Seed to an 
carpets, m 
are taken up and beaten four or five limes 
each year. We regard it as economical in 
every particular, The ceilings, windows, 
etc., are kept clean all the time. Five or 
ten minutes each day devoted to “ cleaning,” 
will keep a house bright Un: year round. 
Moreover, we are perfectly willing our 
neighbors should be entirely Lbroogb with 
their “spring cleaning” before we begin. 
With feet settled in thick boots, hands 
plunged in mittens or gloves, hatted and 
wrapped for out-of-door life, we rather linger 
when the daffodils, jonquils and early lilies 
blossom fur “spring work,” for at least a 
fort night to come, than to he resurrecting 
Sent by mail, postage raid 
T. MOO UK, PnbllslHV 
k City, <>•' It ucheater, N 
Ncut ^publications, (Etc 
THEIR 
NOW READY ! 
THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL 
POULTRY BOOK: 
A WO UK ON THE 
Breeding;, Hearing, Cure and General 
BEanaicement of Poultry. 
BY WM. M. LEWIS. 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
iv LEWIS F. ALLEN 
and eyes arc sown on underneath. A sasli 
live inches wide fringed at the ends is looped 
round the velvet waistband, as seen. 
This may also he made of pique or linen, 
aud bands of cambric be used for trimming. 
Sun-Bvimcta, 
I quite despair of meeting with a sun- 
bonnet that will “command respect” with 
even Rose Geranium’s head in it. A sun- 
bonnet is such an ungainly, unwholesome, 
uncomfortable head gear, that I lmven t, 
much sympathy with it. However, if any 
Rural reader 1ms a style she can be con¬ 
scientiously enthusiastic over, I beg her to 
send us a drawing and description. Mean¬ 
time 1 put. forward sun -huts, made of Swiss, 
chatnbray, gingham, lawn, grenadine, or 
calico. Most of you have small, round reeds 
and bonnet wire enough in your bags or 
boxes of odds and ends for'the purpose. The 
crown and brim should be shirred, making 
the shim large enough lo run in the wire or 
reeds with ease. Trim with a ruche or 
double ruffle around the crown. They are 
serviceable, suitable and sensible for all ages, 
from tbe toddling baby to the infirm grand¬ 
mother. 
Brown Silk, Etc. 
Lena.—M ake silk like Lhe sample with 
hiiHoue waist, small flowing sleeves, and 
Late President New Twit Slctte Auricultural So¬ 
ciety, Editor “ American Short-Hom 
Herd Booh," Author “ Rural 
Architecture," etc,, etc. 
324 Large Octavo Pages. Cloth, $1.50 
anii ftlanncrs 
This Work, which has been highly commended by 
carefully studied by every 
Ui»n tiandsoimtly lllus- 
I the frees, should bo 
breeder or owner of Cattle 
I truied and welt printed and hound volume of 623 
I duodecimo paxes, it will ho mailed, poatuce paid, to 
| m,y address In the United States or Canada on re¬ 
ceiptor the reduced price, *2. Addrosa 
1). D. WIOOH1S, 
41 Park How, N. Y. 
MINTWOOD’S CONVERSAZIONE 
AMERICAN 
Wheat Cultnrist 
as possible. It was an ex-soldiers’ gather¬ 
ing, in honor of a military post, with a 
handsome, dark-eyed commander decorated 
with a badge of office. One young felhnV— 
I mention it to illustrate the vanity of the 
male sex —had liis smooth, dark hair dia¬ 
mond-powdered. A number of the gentle¬ 
men, in keeping with the occasion, had the 
broad collars of their dress-coats faced with 
calico, chintz, or percale. The kind of 
dresses worn by tlie ladies were of American, 
English and French calico, percales, mus¬ 
lins, pique, etc. 
One very pretty one was of narrow blue 
and white stripe, with straight closed tunic, 
basque waist, sleeves straight to the elbow, 
finished w ith a frill, and all trimmed with 
bands of dark blue, in unuoliceable stripes 
or plain fabric. 
Another of white calico, with tiny green 
dots, was made with a straight closed front 
overskirt, neatly fitting Garibaldi waist and 
frilled sleeves. The skirt was trimmed with 
a deep flounce of plain green cliambray or 
gingham, laid in side plaits, both top and 
bottom edged with some narrow while braid 
or trimming; overskirt, wiLh a narrow 
flounce to match; frill of sleeves of plaited 
green, belt and tabs at tbu back to corre¬ 
spond. Worn by a blonde. 
Another of blue-gray checked calico, with 
open fronted tunic, Garibaldi waist, with back 
and front laid in box plaits, frilled sleeves 
from elbow; skirt trimmed with three ruf¬ 
fles of cheeked calico, a shade or two lighter 
in color; tunic, bordered with ruffle; sleeve 
frills, belt, etc., of the lighter shade. 
Another of white ground with dots or 
sprays in lavender or lilac, was made with 
basque waist, the skirt, of basque, pointed in 
front, short on tbe hips, pointed and open at 
the back, with a straight edge and bound 
T'jIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
KAURI * 
166 Duck-win^... .. 
1611— Karl Ourhy. .. 
gu Static, Cntmdivcr Amoricnn,. 
I a- Klfibdtn or I«r*»nun». 
169) - Toitlouno. . 
jO«gitt| Whit** China**.. 
16s!(.mvhUrt, r*ii of. ^ 
house cloths; that muslin curtains, tunes, 
mats, etc., after being starched in cooked 
starch and pinned out smoothly on a clean 
carpet, (or a dirty one with sheets first laid 
down,) look fresher and clearer than if 
ironed, besides being easier to do; that it 
does not compensate you to fill your closets 
and “catchalls" with a multitude of odds 
and ends, under the delusion that some day 
you will want them,—hut never do—and 
only giving you the toilsome task of assort¬ 
ing them every year ; that when whilewash¬ 
ing is done, it is far better that the white- 
washer use a strip of tin, zinc or thin shingle 
to preserve the borders of wall paper from 
the impressions of his brush, than to rely 
entirely upon his “ skillthat soap re¬ 
moves varnish, aud paint as well as dirt; 
that a coat of varnish will save two coats ot 
paint; that there is nothing equal to a brush 
for applying paste to walls or wall paper, 
etc., etc. 
But this is what I meant to say—“ M e, 
I mean (tbe editorial “we” is a most 
heavy and troublesome thing to become ac¬ 
customed to, and keep the verbs all right.) 
don’t overdo ! These spasms of “ driving 
work through,” do infinitely more mischief 
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE 
CULTURE OF WHEAT, 
embracing u brlcl History und Botanical Description 
of WHEAT will) full practical direction* for se¬ 
lecting soert.'prmJuciBB now vuritities, ami cultivating 
on different kind*, of soils. 
Finely Illustrated with numerous engravings or a 
practical character. 
It.V S. EDWARDB TODD. 
This is it handsomely bound duodecimo volume of 
432 pages, ami should he in the hands of every Wheat 
Grower In the land. Sent by mail, postage paid, at 
the reduced price of f2. Address 
1>. I>. T. MOORE. 41 Fiitk Row, N. Y. 
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Farmer Fog} , Fowl.. V ' Rmien Drake. .. 
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Feeding Hopper, A Chcp... 1S?| Silky Fowl*, Pair 
_ Ten Ole. • ITS Spanish Fowl*, ’ 
— — Funnel and Cone of - 18v tllark.... 
_ _ Perfect.. 181 Trap, li. -rel. 
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— — Standard Self.. 132,— Common Box 
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