THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AUG. 44 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Practical Departments: 
Trees on the Farm.85 
Wheat Field, Notes from ft Western N. V.81! 
and employ a doctor and get well, the doc¬ 
tor inspires our gratitude and our confi¬ 
dence. If we do not get well, our grati¬ 
tude is still due to him—his best efforts 
Boot o£pa :. N T. BiT :: n ! h We * tern N - Y .fg tude is still due to him—his best efforts 
^“' 5 ? M were simply unavailing. 
"not F^dVi* § Whi,e tberc i8 a «y vigor left in Uie bod J. 
Farm 1 p»▼*?'D oos" ur ® ® h ° d .™ its functions are every moment employed 
a w^irds 1 t hI*'cenVein m^ Vtt bn **.jj* to remove every element and finally, every 
Brtefleti... ... .t... 111 i 1 87 vestige of disease, and to restore the 
whiir-.from Canada. 8 fi healthy action of the disordered part. The 
Wpte».. 88 restorative power of nature is ceaselessly 
Catalogue*, Ac.. Heoelved.. 80 . , , , 
An*wer« to correspondent*. so at work—but it works quietly—we cannot 
Engine and Boiler. The Economizer. 80 - , .. , 
Horse Power end Thro-herand cleaner, wheel- feel it or see it,. If pills be administered, 
o-ioir Hor*<»*Vri a nleriea.' ] si) whether of calomel or saw-dust, there is 
Corn, Green. Pfl _ . . . . , ~ 
Hint- -ueemi and Ornamental.so something to sec and to know. Here we 
Doctor# an*' Mart a," Ho w, .V.V.Y.’V. V. 1 ’.!! .;90 have the cause—now for the effect. We 
Sole”tiflc anri n i 5 eef«1°Notes!!!!!! 1 !i!! 1 "!!.’!!!!!!I Si credit the first change to the medicine. If 
Hrdrniihnld'i.^A'prcvroitivrfofwo grow worse, the medicine caused it. 
Ernrywliere N . ute *.;i{ It makes us worse, that we may soon get 
F«ir List, supplemental.::;:::::::: :.::::::::::::: 91 better> If we t no w the raedicijie 
Why Have We so Many Doctor,?. 92 ,s staying the malady—oomenng It. Then, 
Knowicdite i. Power.92 of course, we must b wallow more medicine, 
Notes—ilruvitlc,. 92 ’ ’ 
Literaut; that, from being cornered, it may next be 
poetry.93.95, mi conquered aud expelled. 
Mifc™;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::: <3 Wear© far from scouting the Healing 
LmHos''\'orrndio lh .?,9* Art. We are filled with respect for the 
pnixier f "' ' ht \ W i un 7. !« physician who has Hpent the needed time 
occupied those leisure hours which the 
majority of our young men use for amuse¬ 
ment, in storing his mind with the special 
knowledge by which ho is now enabled to 
make his contribution to educational liter- 
atnro. His time being fully occupied in 
this pursuit of knowledge,' the little ex¬ 
penses, which fritter $way the small 
change of the ordinary young men of the 
day, did not exist, and the money was 
ready at all times with which to make 
such additions to his mathematical library 
aB have now amounted to several hundred 
volumes. Constantly learning to econo¬ 
mize his time, he has used his original 
business of market gardening simply for 
his support, and the real work of his life 
has been his pleasure. After advancing 
in the knowledge of his specialty, he was 
undoubtedly seized with the very natural 
desire to give the world at large any ben¬ 
efit to be derived from it, hence his con¬ 
tributions to the educational literature of 
the day. This brings him to the notice 
man while peddling his vegetables through 
the Btreets of Erie, than the wealthiest, 
sleekest, and fattest uneducated farmer 
in this country. He has resources of hap¬ 
piness in his knowledge and his studies; 
which prevent all loneliness—which make 
his life a round of interesting pleasures. 
Our advice is not “Young man, go 
Westbut young man, get knowledge. 
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NOTES. 
Swindlers and Fools.—While the 
tramp, covered well with filth and ill with 
rags, begs or pilfers to escape labor, there 
is another disreputable class, usually be¬ 
decked in the latest flashy fashion, who 
seek to evade the penalty inflicted on 
peccant Adam's descendants by swindling 
practices. Like a multitude of other 
pests, both these tribes prey on the farmer 
more persistently than on any other class 
in the commnnity. A common trick of 
of learned men, who recognize his ability ’» to assume a high-sonnding name, 
Poetry.93.95, SW 
Siorr. 93 
Miseellanoouit. 94 
Literary World, Thu . 94 
Ladles' Portfolio. 95 
Reading for the Young. 98 
Punier. 98 
and confer upon him the Yale degree of 
Master of Arts - a reward far greater to 
such a man than all the wealth of the In¬ 
dies. Such an honor, however, has not 
puffed up his conceit nor caused him to 
look with contempt upon the day of small 
generally of a bogus Company, hoping to 
hide for a time, their rascality under the 
clonk of respectability. This is the bait 
with which they fish amid credulity and 
ignorance, and too often catch a simple¬ 
ton or an ignoramus. The fish once laud- 
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^1^“^!?*"””:””::":"::":"";:;::“: 97 —who has given the needed study to this 
N“w*"iVYhe week.!:::. l* science, respecting which those who have 
HmnorouB.:::’:. ioo demoted their entire lives know oompara- 
A d verti fi-nV('iiti<'.'.'.'.'.'.V..'..'..V.V..:;.'l''■ w, m. loo tively little. It is to such we owe it that 
bitter antipathies, founded, as are all nn- 
XIX E tipatliies, in ignorance, are being quelled, 
rj|in« I kiril/ VO D If ED and that the good of all Schools is being 
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— - ...... and that many lazy young fellows who 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1877. have looked about and questioned them- 
■ selves in vain as to their life-pursuit, set- 
Several timely articles which we would like tie upon it as at once promising an easy 
i have published this week are crowded out. living and as affording the semblance of a 
When communications, whether of the Jeast or distinction that, in its purity, could be 
reatest importance, are addressed to the editor purchased only at the cost of a lifo-time 
"to Rural Publishing Co., they are answered 0 f mental toil 
: once. When addressed to individuals they -rx_• t>— 
, ., ,, . , Here is the Rural s advice to those 
mietimes unavoidably remain unopened for ... ,, 
lT8 “lazy young fellows after they have 
•-- adorned their names with M. D. (having 
r HY HAVE WE SO MANY DOCTORS ? li8teued a course or so of lectures) and 
_ commenced the practice of medicine ;— 
There is no profession or reputable When you don’t know how to treat a pa- 
ursuit of any kind that seems to offer a tient—as in most cases you, of course, do 
ronger temptation to the spirit of empir- 11 °t— -make your pills as large as you 
ism, than does the practice of medicine, choose, but let the medicine be in infiini- 
bere are several transparent reasons for tcsimal doses—supposing that you are an 
is. One is, the eagerness of people to allopathic practitioner. If you arc a 
veto medicine the credit duo only or homoeopathic practitioner, then make your 
tiefly to the curative power of nature. doses according to Hahnemann’s first 
le other is that, owing to the many forms principles. 
rich a certain disease may assume ; to Having said this much, we refer our 
e modifying effects of air, diet, nurs- readers to the article of our valued con- 
g; to the vitality, the hereditary and tributor, Mr. Lester A. Roberts, who 
quired physical or mental peculiar- te H 8 > iu another column, “ How Doctors 
es of different patients, it is impossible Are Made.” 
impracticable—to prove that a given " *** 
jdioino is in its effects injurious or ben- KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, 
oial. There are medicines that are 
sitively known to be curative in certain -1^ one °1 onr exchanges we find the 
leases; Thus, we are positive enough followiu S condensed sermon : 
if nninitiA will n! IgarI fm* n ftmA ..-A Artkmus Martin nf Erie, Pa., on whom the 
r quinine lull, at least 101 a time, prt,- degree of A. M. was conferred by Yale College at 
nt the recurrence of certain malarial tlJ0 la ^ commencement. Is a market gardener, 
t, , . , , .. Who sella vegetables In the streets of Erie twice a 1 
r ers. Hut m the whole medical phar- week. He Is a regular contributor to foreign and 
lorrmin tliei-A nr„ American educational publications, and has a 
iccepia, tneie are veiy lew meiucines mathematical library of several hundred volumes. 1 
ich are followed by effects so immediate rie ls self-educated.” 
I evident. For the generality of dis- How fax its moral may be apparent to 
les, there is no specific medicine the * be . reader cannot,, of course, be ' 
amistermg of whWi w attended with «® om miu ‘ 1 ' ^f untel '! 8 “ 
. history as well as a sermon. The market J 
things : has not caused him to change his '‘ d > Hie angler cares little about its opin 
_ ! ' _ . 1 * * . At A > 1 . • a 10.11 ill.. an nil J . . ’ L 
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1877. 
Several timely articles which we would like 
to have published this week are crowded out. 
When communications, whether of the least or 
greatest importance, are addressed to the editor 
or to Rural Publishing Co., they are answered 
at once. When addressed to individuals they 
sometimes unavoidably remain unopened for 
days. 
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WHY HAVE WE SO MANY DOCTORS ? 
There is no profession or reputable 
pursuit of any kind that seems to offer a 
stronger temptation to the spirit of empir¬ 
icism, than does the practice of medicine. 
There are several transparent reasons for 
this. One is, the eagerness of people to 
give to medicine the credit duo only or 
chiefly to the curative power of nature. 
The other is that, owiug to the many forms 
which a certain disease may assume ; to 
the modifying effects of air, diet, nurs¬ 
ing ; to the vitality, the hereditary and 
acquired physical or mental peculiar¬ 
ities of different patients, it is impossible 
—impracticable—to prove that a given 
medicine is in its effects injurious or ben¬ 
eficial. There are medicines that are 
positively known to be curative in certain 
diseases. Thus, we are positive enough 
that quinine will, at least for a time, pre¬ 
vent the recurrence of certain malarial 
fevers. But in the whole medical phar- 
maccepia, there are very few medicines 
which are followed by effects so immediate 
and evident. For the generality of dis¬ 
eases, there is no specific medicine the 
administering of which is attended with 
results so immediate that we can point to 
them as unquestionably the cause of those 
results. In the case, let us say, of scarlet 
fever, as soon as the malady is recogniza¬ 
ble, certain medicines are exhibited. The 
patient grows worse. Is it the usual 
progress of the malady towards a climax 
that its aggravation is due ? The patient 
reoovers or dies. If the former, he was 
treated with great medical skilL The 
medicines are deemed to have worked 
like a charm, and the next scarlet fever > 
patient is treated in the same manner— ' 
who, nevertheless, dies. What are wo to 1 
think ? Why, simply that, the malignancy j 
of the disease was beyond the reach of 
medical skill! Thus it is—if we are sick t 
original opinion, that the occupation of 
market gardener and that of professor of 
mathematics, are perfectly consistent with 
each other and equally honorable. For 
the condensed sermon says, he “ sells 
vegetables in the streets of Erio twice a 
week.” 
What Mr. Martin has done, each young 
farmer and mechanic in this country can 
do, if he only thinks so. Begin with a 
will, and make up your mind to occupy 
your leisure hours m somo study suited 
to your tastes, and one-half the battle is 
won. Perhaps you will say, “ I have no 
leisure.” If that thought wore to occur 
to yon, dismiss it at once, for you are de¬ 
ion of the deception practiced upon it, 
and theso gentry arc equally regardless 
of the sentiments of their clupos. We 
trust that no reader of the Rural will 
ever be gullible enough to be tempted by 
the allurements, however specious, of 
these tricksters, and it shall be always a 
pleasure to us to expose any of their de¬ 
vices that may come to our knowledge. 
To further thiB end, we invite information 
of all swindles attempted on farmers, for 
even supposing the Rural itself ubiqui¬ 
tous, the same cannot be supposed of its 
Editors. 
-- 
Plural of Botanical Names.— 
ceiving yourself. One half hour each day 7^*® Gardeners Monthly thinks that if, 
would be one hundred and fifty-six hours ln t,ie U8e of Honie botanical generic 
each year and fifteen hundred hours in name ®. form Hieir plural according to 
ten years—during which time an immense we ought to make the rule 
amount of learning can be acquired upon a general one. Thus, if we use Brodioeas 
any subject and wonderful progress be for the plural of Brodi.-ea—Calochortuses 
miide in any art or science by a person sbotdd be used as the plural of Calochor- 
who has decided to learn. Besides this, f ,18 > and no ^ Caloohorti, as is the practice 
increased interest will induce increased of mftn Y horticultural journals. It seems 
hours of study. The objection may be to us tbat ^ brevity or euphony can be 
raised that no books are haudy or procur- secured by using either the English or 
able for the purpose, by reason of the I Latin forms, it is as well to choose Lie- 
distance from public libraries. Here too, twe en them or, indeed, in some cases, 
you would be deceiving yourself. Two ^ Biogtilw for both forms. It 
or three dollars will purchase for you the 8eems easier to speak and more agreeable 
primary works for the beginning of almost | ^ bear Gladioli than Gladioluses or, as 
any study you may choose to engage in, 
and the money saved from frivolous 
amusements while you are engaged in 
mentioned above, Calochorti than Calo- 
chortuscs ; Convolvuli than Convolvulus¬ 
es. Such Latin words as Amaryllis and 
n it* i ■» y-M i , L. 
allopathic practitioner. If you are a thftn euou k r \ to b urchftS0 al J tbe books 
, t .... J . yon can read with care and profit. In 
homoeopathic practitioner, then make your addition to this, there is hardly a com¬ 
poses according to Hahnemann’s first mimit.y in which some owner of a library 
principles. cannot lie found who would take pleasure 
Having said this much, we refer our ! n encouraging, by the loan of books and 
readers to the article of our valued con- m evel - ot ber way, the honest efforts of 
, *, , ,, T A t, , any young mau to acquire knowledge 
tributor, Mr. Lester A. Roberts, who upon a particular subject. 
tells, in another column, “ How Doctors As an example, we will suppose a young 
Are Made. ” farmer desires to take up the study of 
-♦•*"*- Botany, which bears a very close relation 
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. to his everyday occupation. Theelemen- 
_ tary works, of which there are many, can 
T ^ t i „ , be procured at a very small cost, and by 
In one of onr exchanges we find the dropping a postal card to your weekly 
following condensed sermon : newspaper office, you cau get the infor- 
“Artkmus Martin ef Erie, Pa., on whom the mation as to what books to purchase and 
degree or A. M. was conferred by Yale College at ., • , ^ c . - , 
Mio last commencement, Is a market gardener, *h eu P rict L U I )0U the arrival of winch you 
who sells vegetables in the streets of Erie t wice a can start at once upon your studies and 
week, lie Is a regular contributor to foreign and make practical obxervfllinnR mirl demon 
American educational publications, and has a , practical ODservations ana tlemon- 
mathemBticai library of several hundred volumes. Strattons oi tue science every day right 
lie Is self-educated.” on your own farm. Many young farmers 
How far its moral may be apparent to ^ earu by seeing before them the results 
the general reader cannot,, of course, be ^ natural laws in vegetation; but how 
estimated ; but to our mind, it contains a * ew °( them know those laws and the ap- 
historv as well as a sermon. The market, plication of them to other and more profit- 
gardener or vegetable peddler, combined ft ble results which they have not yet seen ? 
your studies, will 6oon amount, to more Nellie, and such Greek words as Clematis, 
with the occupation of writer upon educa¬ 
tional subjects for foreign and American 
magazines, would, at first blush, seem to 
be somewhat inoongruous; yet, a little 
further consideration of the matter will 
show, at once, the entire consistency of 
it. Iu the light of the explanation, “ He 
is self-educated,” wo can easily see how 
the two occupations can be combined so 
gradually that the interference of the one 
with the other shall not exist. Here is a 
market gardener with an ambition above 
a cabbage and a will above the trilling 
obstacles which are thrown in the path of 
the knowledge-seeker. Wo say trifling 
obstacles advisedly, and not without a full 
knowledge of its enormous import to 
weak minded and lazy people. Beginning 
as a market gardener, Mr. Martin has 
We are fully aware of the prejudice 
(aud it is pure prejudice) against what is 
called “book-farming;” but there is no 
earthly reason why a man who knows the 
laws of nature and the reasons for certain 
results, should not have quite as muoh 
practical knowledge of farming matters as 
the boor who produces his crops exactly 
as his father did, without a desire to know 
more. 
Nor need a young man take his half 
hour of study from his labor. It should 
be a pleasure, and should be taken from 
his leisure. The advanced knowledge of 
Agriculture to-day, is duo to the labors of 
men like Mr. Martin ; and we will ven¬ 
ture to assert, without knowing more of 
him than is contained in the foregoing 
sermon, that he is a happier and better 
Salpiglossis, Cycas, etc., may, with advan¬ 
tage, retain the singular form for both 
numbers. 
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BREVITIES. 
It iB said British gunboats and tars are going 
up the Danube. If they meet the Russians, it 
will be a clear case of a “ salt ” and battery. 
Superb hat-crops, exceptionally good corn- 
orops, pastures never better, abundant proven¬ 
der for the coming winter—are the pleasant news 
from all parts. 
The Colorado beetle in every stage of develop¬ 
ment has been discovered in a potato field in the 
vicinity of Cologne. This is a sweet-scented va¬ 
riety. O, de Cologne. 
This war is a great thing for the fellows who 
own patent rifles. But your Bushi-Bazouk don’t 
believe in them. He rifles in the good old-fash¬ 
ioned way, and is no respecter of pockets. 
And now Rhode Ialand prides herself on her 
law and order. The State fully understood that 
it could not have a riot in any direction, without 
being arrested for trespass by some neighboring 
State. 
Farmers, provide pure water for your stock. 
Water that is not pure enough for you to drink, 
is uot, fit for your horse or cow. Do unto them 
as you would have them do unto you—in the 
matter of water, at loaBt. 
During these hot days, hitch your horse under 
the shade of a tree, and do not keep him out in 
the broiling tun to await your convenience. 
How careful you are yourself to get under the 
shade of a tree, in the cool of a porch or at the 
north side of the house. Your horse would do 
the same, if he could. 
We are sorry to hear that Mr. Henry T. Will¬ 
iams. well known in connection with horticultural 
publications, met with the accident of breaking 
his leg, last week, while traveling in Colorado. 
The stage upset or broke down, or both, thirty 
miles from Del Norte, and iu intense agony he 
was obliged to make bis way, as best he could, 
to that place, ere a physician could be procured. 
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