PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
intoxicating liquor will make him mad if he 
takes it, and he does deliberately drink it, is he 
not responsible alone for the acts he does under 
its influence? A ml ought he not to be restrained? 
It may seem that wo are writing in tbe inter¬ 
est of liquor dealers. We are not. We are 
writing in tho interest of common sense and 
with the conviction that an unjust law will 
never cure a great evil, no matter how great. If 
men arc restrained from purchasing liquor be¬ 
cause it renders them insane, there will be no 
liquor sold. And we do not care what laws are 
enacted, so long as men will buy liquor, it will 
be supplied to them. The root, of the tree is the 
demand for liquor, and there the ax must be laid. 
quart of strawberries does not want to have 
t hem dumped into a paper bag in order that he 
may carry them home. If he does he is not ex¬ 
actly of our disposition. And nine out of ten 
men would rather pay tho cost of the basket 
than to have the fruit so treated. 
“Tulip,” (209.) —E. W. Boise, Blandford, Mass., 
has purchased from the Ayrshire herd of A. J. 
Bucklin, South Adams, Mass., “Chloe,” (307,) 
bull calf got by “Uncos,” (382;) also, “Jessie,” 
(105.i and heiftr calf, out of “ Bessie 4th,” (369) 
by “ Uncas.” -II. H. Skinner, Silver Lake, Pa., 
has sold to J. Q. Adams, Berrysburg, Pa., the 
Short-Horn bull call “ Lord of Lake Side," got 
by “Lord Eldon,” dam “Eunice.”— Oliver 
Talcott, Clover Hill Farm, East Berlin, Conn., 
lias purchased of W. H. T. Hughes, New York 
City, three choice Jersey's. 
has an excellent start. Cattle from Southeastern 
New Hampshire and NortheasterntMassaehusetts 
went to their summer pasture on the mountains 
in better condition than for many years.— G. R. d. 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES. 
D. D. T. IWOORE, 
Conducting Dfditor and .Proprietor, 
California Silk 
The Paterson, N. J., silk 
manufacturers are turning their attention to 
the silk product of California. One of their 
number recently returned from that Statebring¬ 
ing with him specimens of raw silk reeled from 
California cocoons, which specimen* are pro¬ 
nounced b.y experienced manufacturers equal 
to the best, silk of India and Japan, the fiber be¬ 
ing very strong, fine, free from impurities and 
remarkably smooth and glossy. The chief want 
in order to render California silk culture profit¬ 
able, Is said lo be machinery for reeling the co¬ 
coons in the districts where r\., jy produced. 
Until such raaUii ies are secured, the great profit 
will t»o derived, as hitherto, from the production 
■<ud exportation of the eggs of silk worms. 
There can bo little doubt that the enterprising 
Californians will quickly overcome all obstacles 
In the way of utilizing all the products of tho 
silk worm. 
-»♦» 
The Colorado Pom to Bug -Our Wisconsin cor¬ 
respondents inform us, has appeared in great 
numbers in portions of that. State. The only 
success we know of in preventing the destruc¬ 
tion of the crop by them, has been In employing 
men to fight, thorn in tho field during the bug 
season. If our readers know any better way, let 
them give it.. 
[We sb»ll be glad to receive from the officer* of Into,trial Socie¬ 
ties any Information of general public interest concerning their re¬ 
spective organisations, for publication nntier th!» heat. Send in 
your prem ium Psu, annonncetneule of exhibitions, Ac.) 
Roanoke and Tnr River. C., Ag. t*oe. —A dis¬ 
trict agricultural convention was recently held 
at Weldon, at which were present many promi¬ 
nent agriculturistsof the State,and an organi¬ 
zation with the ahnvo title perfected, for which 
officers were chosen as follows; Pros. —R. H. 
Smith, Halifax. Vicc~Prcs't*— Gen. M. W. Ran¬ 
som, Vv. \V. Brickoll, II. B. Hunter, Edward Ja¬ 
cobs, T. W. Battle, A. H. Arrington, S. A. Nor¬ 
fleet. J. W. Southall, J. R. Stiihbs. Tmt.s.—. 1 . 
Stone. See’s.—C. W. Snrutll, Jordan Stone. K.r. 
Com.—Pres, and Vice-Pres ts er-o//?ciV); also Dr. 
C. J. Gee. E. A. Thome, W. M. Shields, T. S. Per¬ 
sons, John Buxton, Dr, G. H. Macon, J. Powell, 
R, Norfleet, J. Simmons, and R. E. Mosely. 
The Wisconsin Stale Ag. Sot’., the Western 
Farmer says, offers tho following premiums for 
essays to bo presented for examination at tho 
winter meeting in February, 187J. Eight pre¬ 
miums, each of $25, arc offered. Four of these 
arc for essays on Practical Farming—in the 
Pruirio Districts, in the Oak Openings, in tbe 
Sandy Districts and in the Timbered Districts of 
the State. The other essays are to be on the 
following .subjects -.—Wheat Growing in Wiscon¬ 
sin, Horses in Wisconsin. Cultivation of Timber 
in Wisconsin, Economical Use of Straw ou the 
Farm. 
Northern Knn-n« Ag., llort. and Merit. Assn.— 
This association has been organized for 1 he pro¬ 
motion of Agricultural, Horticultural and Mc- 
ehanicul interests and bolding a fairin Northern 
Kansas. Fairs are not to be held twice in suc¬ 
cession in the same county. Officers lor tho 
current year are: Prea.—Hon. G. W. Glick. 
Ffre-PrOS.— B. O’Drlseoll. Tier. See .— John A. 
Martin. Coi. Sce.—i'. J. Jones. lYcas— Dr. J. 
Wood. Ex. Com.—President, Cor. See., Trons., 
and Dr. W. L. Cballis and It. It. Everest. The 
fair for the present year is to be held at Atchison. 
Brandywine, Pn., Farmers’ Club ifl officered as 
follows: Three.— Abner Marshall. See. Mrs. 
D. TI. Darlington. Tho Club meets alternately 
af. the homes of ttio members and is eonsiii mod 
as follows:—Abner Marshall and wile; Job H. 
Pyle and wife; Townsend Fpcakman and wife; 
Dr. H. Darlington and wife: Aaron Mendenhall 
and wife; Milton Mendenhall and wile ; Jos. O. 
Turner and wifo; Chalk ley Harvey and wife; 
Edwin Stewart and wife: Paxson Price and wife. 
A Trial of Hrnpcru and Mowers, under the 
auspices of tho Ohio Stale Board of Agric ulture, 
the Ohio Farmer of May 21 says, is to be held at 
Mansfield this season, when the grain and grass 
arc ready for harvest, under the direction of five 
ex-Presideiits of the Board, viz.; Alex. Waddle, 
N. J. Turney, N. S. Townshemi, James Fulling- 
ton and Thomas C, Jones. The rules governing 
the trial will be the same as those adopted at tho 
World’s Pair trial at Purls, and at Dixon, Illinois, 
last season. 
Ohio Ag. College.— The Trustees of tho pro¬ 
posed Agricultural College In Ohio, have or- 
f anized by the election ol the following officers: 
're*.— Y. B. Horton. See.— 1L C. Anderson. 
Train.—,las. Sullivan!., Columbus. Ere. Com.— 
Messrs. Horton, Sullivant, McClung, and Jones. 
A domain of not less than three hundred acres 
is required for a farm. The Trustees will re¬ 
ceive proposal* for the location of the College up 
to the first of September next. 
South Eastern tnd. Air. S«c. — This Society 
embracing a few counties In the South Eastern 
part of the State, is officered as follows: Pres.— 
John Walker. Mee-Pree't*.- A. It. Hopping 
and,?. D. Curtis. Sec.—C. C. Kelsey. 7Vrun.— 
JohnCobb. Marshall— John B.Cole, with twenty- 
one directors. The annual lair is to be Lie Id at 
Aurora, Sept-fltb—9tb next, A liberal and well 
arranged premium liM hits been published. 
Bourbon, Ry„ Ag. A «'«. — Officers for 1870: 
Pres.— Brutus .1. Clay. Fttr-IYw’M— Joseph 
Mitchell, James Hall. lYcas.— B. F. Pullen. See. 
J. A. Howerton. Directors— J. W. Ferguson. II. 
ltice, F. J. Barbee, J.H. Kennedy, Jos. Scott, Jan. 
Cunningham, Geo. M. Bedford, J. D. Butler, E. 
G. Bedford, H. M. Rosebarry. 
Scott Co.. Iowa Ag. Hoc.— The seventh Fair of 
this Society is to be held at Davenport, Sept. 51 h 
and 9th next, with running, pacing, and trotting 
ou the 7th, 8th, and 9(h, for which $3,000 in pre¬ 
miums are offered. 
Wisconsin Stole llort, Soc.— The summer ex¬ 
hibition of this Society is to be held at Oshkosh, 
June 23 and 23. An address is to be delivered 
ou the evening of June 22, by GEO. E. Morrow, 
of the Western Farmer. 
Cameron am! Delta lb, III., Ag. and Mcch. 
Ass'n,— Officers for tho current year: Pres.—T. 
E. Turney. Vlcc-Pres.— H. McCartney. T\cos.— 
H. Al. Berkley. See.— T. C. Humbaugli. Fair, 
Sept. 20-23. 
Indianapolis (Ind.) Ag., Mei’li, and Hort. Ass'll. 
—This organization comes before the public wit h 
a very liberal premium list for their first exhibi¬ 
tion, which is to commence Sept. 3, at Indiana¬ 
polis. 
Almnukeo Co., Iowa, Ag. Sue. — This Society 
has purchased seveutoen acres of ground, whicu 
is well fitted up, aud the Fair for tbe current 
year is to be held at Waukon, Sept. 20-23. 
Oxford Co., Ale., Ag. Hoc.—The twenty-eighth 
annua! exhibition of this Society its to beheld 
near South Paris, Oct. 4 6, 187U. 
Lansing, Midi., Farmers’and Gardeners’ Club, 
has been organized by electing as Pres— S. W. 
Wright. Sec.— L. B. Potter. 
—For other Industrial Societies, see page 365, 
this number. 
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SnismiPTiON Three Dollars a Year. To Clubs 
and Agent*. Five copies for $14; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, for $1U; Ten. and one free, for $25— only 
$2.50 per copy. As we pre-pay Americnn postage, $2.70 
is the lowest Clubialeto Oariaflaand $,>,50 to Europe. 
The best wuy to remit Is by Draft or Poat-Oflice 
Money Order, and nil Drafts and Orders made pay¬ 
able to the publisher may be mailed at his iusk. 
Remittances In Registered Letters may also be made 
at our risk. 
Advertising — Inside, 75 cents per line, Agate 
space; Outside, $t per line, each insertion. For Ex¬ 
tra Display and Unis, a price and a half. Special and 
Business Notices, $1.50 end $2 a line. N’o advertise¬ 
ment Inserted for less than $<i. 
i3/~ As the RURAL closes eight days In advance of 
date, to secure proper classification Advertisements 
should reach the New York Office »t b»n»t ton nays 
before tbe date of Dus paper m which they appear. 
THE SEASON, 
[Wr want. »nfbrmMrion f briefly, concern?Hjj the ««fu*on- progress of 
tbe work, crop** pH<*» of form prod nr?, ttofJk, bHr<r 
and Iliad*, ami awful (WlimutM of tiio amount of grain adiI number 
of ajihuafo ou haml for sal*, compared willi previous »c<\£ou« t for 
jmblitation under Ibis h§*A*—lit r. al.*) 
Ringgold, Gn„ May 23. — We quote to-day, 
from wagons, bacon, 16#17e.; corn. $L30@1JJ5; 
wheat, $!.20&L25: Hour, $3.50@3.75 per 100 lbs.; 
lard, 18<g)2flc,; butter, 23@30c.; eggs, 18@<20c.; 
chickens, lOQiSSc.; leathers. 75@80c.; bran, fl per 
100 lbs. Wheat, and oat crop fine.—c. s. «. 
Preston, Jasper Co.. Mo., May 16.—Flnnting 
finished; season, so far, dry; late frosts have 
nearly finished the peach crop. Corn is selling 
at $1 per bushel; oats, fiac.; potatoes, 75c.; wheat, 
$1.25. Young when! looking well; cows, $25@45; 
fine wool sheep, $1.50 and upwards, according to 
quality; good improved farms, for the country 
is new, $25 per acre; good farm help, $18 per 
month.— r. d. 
Frederichtown, Knox Co., O,, May 20.—We 
havo had a dry spring; no rain to stop the plow 
since April 10. Large urea in corn planted; 
mostly up. Outs rather backward. Wheat pros¬ 
pects first-rate: early Buulon in head. This 
early variety of White wheat has stood the win¬ 
ter equally as well as our hardy Mediterranean. 
All kinds of fruit promise an abundant crop. 
We have had no killing frosts this spring. Price 
of oats, 50c. per bushel; corn, 60c.; wheat, $1. 
TURNING THINGS TO ACCOUNT. 
man may work har<l irotn the beginning to the 
end of a week, anti yet accomplish nothing, be¬ 
cause his efforts lack purpose; or if lie has pur¬ 
pose, it and his labor are about as nearly related 
B8 tlie running of u windmill is to the jumping 
of frogs, A farmer may plow pure sand well 
and seed il annually with good seed, and live to 
M urn ithei.a n’s age, and yet never get paid lor 
the plowing nor seed, because the plowing does 
nol supply the elements ol production. Afavm- 
er may dig drains, and spend money putting in 
tile, and yet be none the richer nor grow better 
crops for the labor, because the land did not 
need draining- He may cover his land a foot 
deep with manure, aud mix It with the soil, and 
yet not make it more productive, because it. 
may require draining before I he conditions of 
vegetable growth are secured. 
And so it is in any business where labor is in¬ 
volved. It is not how much one does but it is 
how it is done and the adaptation of the labor to 
the object to be accomplished. Wo have written 
this because one correspondent has tile-drained 
apiece of sandy loam at considerable expense 
and finds it does not add to his crop after five 
years trial—hence he regards “this talk about 
drainage, buhlerdasb.” Another writes that he 
has a neighbor who seems lo “make money out 
of everything he touches his hand to," while our 
correspondent, who does two days’ work to the 
neighbor's one, has a difficulty in making both 
ends meet. In this latter case the neighbor 
doubtless spends half his time devising the best 
mode of making the labor of the other half pro¬ 
fitable—that. is, in turning things to the best 
account. There Is no use in swinging an ax in 
tho air unless you have got wood to chop; nor in 
swinging a scythe unless there is grass or grain 
to cut; nor In squeezing- the t eats ot a dry cow 
hoping to fill the pail with mill;. But many 
men pursue the profession of farming exhibiting 
little more common sense than would bo involv¬ 
ed in either of the operat ions named. 
A View Social (’llatom for Horticulturists.— 
We find the following in a daily paper: 
“A New Haven agriculturist called his friends 
to a social gathering in his near orchard the 
other evening, and desired each one to pick out 
a branch ou which should grow the pears for his 
or her eating, the mime of the person being af¬ 
fixed upon a label. In the harvest time lliey 
will meet again and enjoy I he fruit eogeneious- 
ly and ingeniously disposed of.” 
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1870. 
In New York City, on Sunday morning. May 22, 
of heart disease, SPENCER GILBERT, third son 
of D. D. T. and Anna E. Moore, aged 10 years 
and 2 months. 
Tin; above announcement will be read with 
sad sympathy by the friends of the RuhalNew- 
Youkkr and its proprietor. Spencer was a 
bright, manly boy, full of promise—a link in the 
family circle that will he sadly missed, and al¬ 
ways a beam of social sunshine In the Rural 
office, whore he was playing only a few days 
since. Wc need not say how deep a shadow lias 
fallen upon Mr. Moore and Ills family, and upon 
all nlInched to the Rural office, by this afflic¬ 
tion. No matter how sure we may be that tho 
boy is better off, is blessed forevermore, hearts 
WlU ache. -o. v. b. 
The Boston Horticultural Hriiool for Women jg 
located in Newton Center on elevated land, in a 
desirable neighborhood, throe minutes’ walk 
from the station. The first term was to have 
commenced May 33. The tuition foe Is $100 per 
year. Board $4 per week and upwards, accord¬ 
ing to rooms. 
Milking Machines— H. B. Earon asks:—“Can 
you inform me who manufactures milking ma¬ 
chines? And are they good? 1 should like to 
get one if they are really good.” We never sa w 
one yet that we would use as a substitute for 
hand milking. Do not kuow who manufactures 
them. 
Inquiries lor Advertisers. —A subscriber at 
Marlin’s Ferry, Ohio asks where he can find an 
Amateur's turning lathe. We do nol. know.— 
T). Sloan asks:—“ Will you or some of your cor¬ 
respondents tell me where I can obhiin the 
Cheshire or Jefferson Co., hogs?” 
TEMPERANCE IN WASHINGTON. 
Senator Pomeroy has introduced a bill de¬ 
signed to prohibit the retailing of liquors in the 
District of Columbia. Druggists may sell alco¬ 
hol, under restrictions, one of which is that they 
shall keep a registry of the buyers thereof. 
Liquors are not to be sold to minors nor to any 
man after notification by relatives tlnil he is in¬ 
temperate. The seller of liquors is to be held 
responsible for all injuries committed by per¬ 
sons to whom they sell liquors while under the 
influence thereof; and the bill provides that a 
person who refuses or Is unable to restrain his 
appetite and Ids passions is to be adjudged in¬ 
sane aud confined in a lunatic asylum. 
The last clause is the best feature of tho bill. 
We have little faith in prohibitory laws so long 
ns their administration is left to men who have 
no respect, for law. So long as it. is tbe custom 
for officials to wink at the evasion or absolute 
defiance of law, “for a consideration," so long 
will laws, and especially prohibitory laws, be of 
little account In this country. Of course we 
commend whatever law helps to restrain and 
control men who cannot control themselves. 
So long as men will buy liquor there will be men 
to sell ii. Wc see no more equity in holding a 
man who sells liquor responsible for the acts of 
the man who buys it while under Us influence, 
than we do for holding tho man who sells his 
neighbor an ax, responsible for the damage ho 
may do with that ax while ho holds it in his 
hand. If a man outers our orchard and outs 
down or wantonly mutilates tho trees thereof 
with the ax, it is as reasonable and just to hold 
the man who made and sold the ax 
Seed* from a Seedsman, — We acknowledge 
the receipt of a handsome and elaborate cata¬ 
logue of seeds and Floral Guido, accompanied 
with i lie seed of fifty varieties of flowers, from 
Wm. H. Lyman, Levorctl, Mass. Thanks. 
Poultry Chronicle—W.B. L. S., Albany. Ad¬ 
dress Kimifcio. k Hnf.vv Angel, 171 FJeet 
street, Parish of 8l. Dunstan in the West, Lon¬ 
don, Eng. Subscription price about $4.35, gold. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
IMPROVED STOCK MOVEMENTS, 
The Industrial Exhibit ion Company.—There 
has been considerable talk in this (Now York) 
city about an organization with the foregoing 
title. What stage of progress it has reached we 
are not informed; nor do we know its plans in 
detail, beyond the fact that it is proposed to erect 
an exhibition building on some centrally located 
site in or near New York. It is said the proposed 
building will be of glass, thinly framed with 
iron, like that of Sydenham in England,andfivo 
times larger than the New York Crystal Palace 
of thirteen years ago. Tho foundation wilJ be 
two stories of masonry' below ground, and on 
this a seven-story superstructure will stand. 
The area will cover H2 lots, and the court-yard 
surrounding if will be 1,250 feet in length, by 200 
in breadth. Plants of every clime will be on per- 
pei mil exhibition in the tempered atmosphere of 
the palace, as well as the products of all nations. 
Due space will be given to an art gallery, to a 
museum uud to specimens of foreign architec¬ 
ture, both ancient and modern, as may be seen 
in the Sydenham palace, which structure is 1,300 
feet long by 700 feet wide. 
J. H. SrEAits. Tallula. III., has sold to J. B. 
Lockman, Drakovl.be, Iowa, tho young bull 
“Joe Hooker,” (8113,) by “Gen.Grant,” (4825.) 
out of “Red Bud 5th " by “ Duke of Menard,” 
<3868.)—The Hartford Times says“ A crowd of 
purchasers attended the sale ol’ Daniel Buck’s 
Aldcrney stock, at t he Tunnel, Saturday, the 21st 
ult. Twenty-eight head of stock wore sold, 
realizing about $2,000. Prices were fair, but 
much less than Mr. Buck (had he remained in 
Connecticut) would have got. at private sale. The 
prominent bidders were Capen Brothers of 
Bloomfield, Mr. Robbins of Wei hcrsfleld, Nor¬ 
ris Hot.COMB of Bloomfield, Mycatt of Weth¬ 
ersfield, aud Dr. Riggs and David Clark of 
Hartford. Capen Brothers (J. C. & G,F.J took 
ouc-haif the sl ock, paying $100 each for some of 
the cows, and $53 for a young calf. Tho bub 
“ Ulueher," t hree years old, went to Alvoul of 
Poqmunlock, for $70. Cows generally brought: 
from $50 to $100. ROBBINS of Wethersfield got 
ono al $103, and one at $115—the highest price 
for any. The Capknb took two full-blood cows, 
three-year-olds, “June” and “Christmas," for 
$100 each. —Al. 11. Cochrane, Montreal and 
Compton, P. Q„ has lately sold the following 
Short-Horns:—To AY. T. Benson, Edwards!)urgb, 
Out., the cow “ Charlotte ” and heifer caif 
“Maude;" lo Col. Pomhoy, Compton, P. Q„ 
bull “Star of Promise," cow “Strawberry,” 
imp. cow “Fashion; ” to A. Smith, Compton, 
heifer “Isabel;” to Major Greig, lieeehville. 
Out., cows “ Fashion 2d,” “Moss Rose,” “Young 
Rose,” and “Flora Temple," the heifers “Prin¬ 
cess Loiinn 2d,” “Martha,’’ “Cambridge 7th," 
“Minnie,” “Bessie Bel) 3d,” and bull “Harold;” 
lo Jons DOUG ALL «S Sons, Throe Rivers, P. Q„ 
the bull “Magnet;" to J. Iles, Springfield, III., 
cow “Jubilee tub” and her bull calf, and to 
Isaac C. Roves, Metamora. 111., bub “ Eclipse.” 
-Front tho Country Gentleman, we lenru that 
Jos. F. Page, Philadelphia, Pa., sold by auction 
recently the following Aldorneys; 
bull. 
St. Malo, imported Juno, 1809, 27 months old, with 
drawn at 
Cows and Heifers. 
Age. Name. Purchaser. Price. 
5 yrs. ltosa,* Chas. Sharpless. Philadelphia, $375 
8 Calla Judge Matlock, Woodbury, N. J„ 450 
Myrtle. Chas. Sharpless, Philadelphia, 450 
3 Tnisbe, Chas. French. do, 3&; 
Bell, Wm. Seilers, do, 345 
3 Matilda. Robt, Stoll, du. 280 
3 Claud© (and calD R. Dobbins, do. 400 
3 Alice, Chas. Trebbels do, 150 
16 mo. l*arepa, 4 H. Dobbins, do. ISO 
2 yrs. Favorite. Jr.,* .las. Monro, do, 200 
2 Christmas, Jr.* John Gendall, do. 1G5 
The foregoing were all imported by Mr. Page, 
together with the bull “st. Malo,” with the ex¬ 
ception of the four which are denoted by the ♦, 
aud were all of them soon expected to calve by 
“ St. Malo.” There were also sold the Guernsey 
cow “Pink," for $255; the Guernsey and Alder¬ 
ney heifer, eight months old, “Strawberry 2d,” 
for $120, and a three-quarter blood Jersey for $85. 
—Luke Sweetser, Amherst, Mass., has sold to 
Benj. T. Cummings, North Dartmouth, Mass., 
the following Ayrsliires: — “Bessie 3d,” (18;) 
“Beauty 8th,” sire “Sultau," (304,) dam "Beau¬ 
ty,” (8;) “Tulip6th,” sire “Colfax,” (137,) darn 
Tii© Profit of Producing Wlk Worm Ega*.— 
Mr. Hoag, a California silk culturfst, states that 
he has clean’d, above all expenses, $3,500 from 
the mulberry product for three and a half acres. 
The labor and other expenses amounted to $172. 
Even last year, a bad one for worms, $765 clear 
profit was realized per acre, allowing $3.50 per 
ounce for Hie eggs, which arc always marketable 
on the ground for cash, European agents seek¬ 
ing them with eagerness, Mr. Hoag thinks 
Europe will give a steady market for $9JK)0,000 
worth of eggs per year, and that California can 
monopolize ii.” Congressman Kelley in a 
speech in Congress the other day said: 
“Why not havo a meeting of silk producers, 
and lake such steps as will in a very short lime 
give us an abundant supply of home grown 
silk, and enable us to intercept the $3(1,000,000 
per annum which will cross our railroad in tlie 
form of silk worm eggs in t ransit from China 
aud Japan ro the silk fields of Italy and France? 
Do not think me mad when I speak of $30,000,000 
worth of silk worm eggs. r riiey come by every 
steamer from China and Japan, and the duties 
on the first eonsignment were over $20,000." 
■espon- 
sible for the damages done therewith as it is to 
hold tho man who makes and sells liquor re¬ 
sponsible for the acts of llie man who buys it- 
Such legislation is absurd, and contains in it the 
elements of failure. 
The fact is, laws must be based upon common 
sense. And a law which deprives one man of 
just responsibility and burthens another with 
it, will prove null and void, practically. Any 
man lias as much right, abstractly, to sell liquor 
as any other man has to buy and use it. If wc 
sell Daniel McFarland, or any other man, a 
revolver and cartridges, according to the theory 
of this bill, we ought to be held responsible for 
the livesor the men ho kills therewith. There is 
neither common sense nor justice in such theory. 
Bui if Daniel McFarland uses the revolver and 
cartridges without restraint, aud shoots Albert 
D. Richardson, or any other man—or, in the 
words of the bill, if he “refuses or is unable to 
restrain his appetite and liis passions, he should 
be adjudged insane and confined in a lunatic 
asylum.” 
Tills recognition of the individual responsi¬ 
bility of each person for his own acts is the only 
commou sense basis for legislation. Ii John 
Brown knows that if he goes too near tho Niag¬ 
ara current ho will fall in aud t hat if lie falls in 
lie will be swept over the falls aud dest royed 
ought he nol to be restrained if he goes thither? 
Or ought the river to be restrained? If John 
Jones hangs himself with his night-shirt should 
the wife who made it lor him be held responsi¬ 
ble for liis life? If John Smith knows that 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
FRECKLES 
Of all the effects that exposure of the skin to tho 
air or sun produces, the must disagreeable Is culled 
freckle or tan. If spread over the enure surface ot 
the parts exposed, it is called tan; if scattered at 
Intervals, freckles. The finest skins are most sub¬ 
ject to them. Tim KalUston. prepared by Joseph 
Burnett & Co., Boston, contains u peculiar erasive 
property wliieh will remove I hesedisagreeable stains. 
It is at the same time perfectly harmless, and renders 
the complexion clear aud beautiful. For sale by all 
dealers. 
Back Numbers ot this VoL (from Jan. 1,) 
can still be supplied, or Subscriptions may 
begiu at any time. New Clubs, mul Addi¬ 
tions to Clubs, are therefore in order. 
X. A. Willard, of tho ltURAL NEW-YORKER, 
we learn from the Maine Farmer, is to deliver a 
course of six or eight lectures on Dairy Hus¬ 
bandry, before the students of ihe- Maine State 
Agricultural College at Orotic. The lectures will 
commence about the 20th of June, and will lie 
open to all persons who wish to attend. The 
Farmer adds:—“We hope many will take ad¬ 
vantage of this opportunity to hear one of the 
highest authorities upon this subject in the 
country.” 
Howto Help the 1C ural.— There are numerous 
ways in which its friends can aid in circulating the 
Rural. First, show the paper, or talk to your 
friends about it, or both. Get up a club, or aid some 
friend to do so —or induce your I*. M. to act as agent. 
Semi Us the Names ol’ such of your friends, 
far and near, as you think will or ought to take the 
Rural, and we will mail them Specimens, etc. 
Frail Packages.—A correspondent asks us to 
name tbe most durable fruit package for small 
fruits on the market. We cannot, because we 
do not know. But we arc hoping tho time will 
speedily arrive when growers will find it profit¬ 
able to send fruit In packages which shall re¬ 
quire no return. The mau wlio purchases a 
Show Bills, Specimen Numbers, &c., sent 
free to all applicants, if you want such documents, 
let us know and they wifi be forwarded. 
Correspondents will please note that Communi¬ 
cations, Business Letters. Ac., for the Rural, should 
be addressed to D. D. T. Moore, 41 Park Row, N. Y. 
