826 
DEC 2 
THE RURAL WEW-YORKER.’’ 
■vines, 
I will tell you how I found a way to 
get rid of them. Last Fall I dug a trench 
about two feet deep around the currant bushes 
and filled them full of the old vines, then I let 
them stand without covering with anything 
for about three weeks, then I put on about six 
inches of good dirt. This Spring they grew 
wonderfully, sending out large and stoqky 
shoots. The berries were very large and the 
bunches were from two and-a-half to three 
inches in length; some of the bushes having 
larger berries than others. I like the La 
\ ersaillaise quite as well as the cherry, if they 
grow as large berries as they did this year. 
When we consider their real value, currants 
are more neglected than any other Btnall 
fruit. Their value in the family is well- 
known. Currants sustain less damage by 
transportation; the delay of a train does not 
cause the loss of the fruit; if the fruit does 
not sell within a few days it will keep. Some 
have an idea that any out-wav of a nlace is 
“The ‘ACME’ Pulveri¬ 
zing Harrow , Clod Crush- 
er and Leveler saves me 
i n market garden an im¬ 
mense amount of labor. 
The use of the hand-rahe 
being unnecessary after 
running the “ A CME ” 
over the ground twice.” 
(k>ee -page 828 ,this paper) 
JUST SAVED 
A True Story. 
MBS. E. J. RICHMOND, 
“ How the wind sighs and cries, John 1 It 
sounds like a human creature,” and Christiana 
shivered and turned pale as she looked out 
into the gathering darkness. 
“ Shut the window, Christie. It will be a 
wild night, and you look tired. We have 
worked very hard to-day, and sleep will do 
us both good,” and John Hopewell took his 
night-lamp and went up stairs to his room. 
A few moments later Christie followed his 
example, and soon brother and sister were 
sleeping Boundly, while the wind roared and 
the angry stream on which the mill was situ¬ 
ated foamed and hissed and dashed outside 
its banks. 
The mill was a snug building of three 
stories, for carding and cloth dressing, and 
was owned and operated solely by the brother 
and sister who were proud of the fine water 
power of the mountain stream, little think¬ 
ing how soon it might prove a power of 
destruction. 
It was near midnight when Christie awoke. 
The tempest was terrific, and she saw by the 
light in John’s room that he, too, was awake. 
Soon he appeared at her door with pallid face. 
“We are lost, Christie,” he said, “the 
water is all around us, and the lower story is 
all under water.” 
Christie was dressed in a twinkling, for 
already they could hear the waves dashing 
against the walls, and little streams of water 
were trickling across the floor. 
“Oh, it is terrible!” said Christie, as, with 
her brother, she mounted the stairs to the 
third story. “The building will go down, 
but God can save us." They kuelt side by side 
as soon as they had reached the third floor, 
and asked God to deliver them out of their 
periL “ And 1 believe he will," said Christie, 
“ but we must do all we can, and then He will 
help. Let us get into the great tree at the 
corner of the milL” 
John shook his head, saying: 
“If we remain in the house when it is swept 
off we may possibly escape on some part of 
the wreck, and if we go out upon the tree, 
when the house moves from its foundation it 
may swing against the tree and our ruin will 
be inevitable.” 
Christie answered : 
“ I think if we remain our destruction is 
certain, for when the mill is swept off the 
foundation it will fall on its side and plunge 
us into the water before wa can escape from 
this room. For my sake, my dear brother, 
let us go out on the tree; by this means our 
lives may yet be spared.” 
John said no more, but opened the roof close 
to the tree, and going out upon a strong limb, 
tied a rope around the body of the tree; and 
with this he bound his sister securely to the 
tree, and proceeded to secure his own safety. 
In the midst of this came a deafening crash 
and roar, and Christie knew that her house 
was dashed into fragments upon the rocks; 
but where was John? She called him timidly, 
and very near her she heard him answer: 
“ Here, sister, safe aa yet; but does the 
water reach you? The house went down with 
a crash, 
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LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dkab Uncle Mark. —I thought I would 
write and let you know htw my melons have 
been doing. I planted the seeds you so kindly 
sent me, and one vine soon came up. It had 
one melon which measured 19 inches around 
aad 133* inches in length, but we bad a heavy 
frost and it nearly killed the vine. We had a 
good many melons this year, among which 
are the Cuban Queen, “Boss” and Ice¬ 
cream watermelons, and several kinds of 
muskmelons. Cousins, let ub all club together 
and get Uncle Mark a nice Christmas present. 
What do you say ? I think we can do it. 
Your niece, 
Hardin Co., Iowa. Eva Montgomery. 
[Your kind wishes are all that U. M. cgri ask.] 
Dear Lnclk Mark. —I have been trying 
to get np courage for a good while to write to 
you. How are the cousins ? I want to be 
one of them. I live with my grandmother, 
and have many house plants, such as ger¬ 
aniums, Double Petunias, fuchias, Calla 
Lilies, heliotropes, and many others. I am 10 
years old and go to school. My papa is a 
carpenter, and he built the house we live in. 
Please count me as one of the Club, and if I 
ever get any seeds from you 1 shall do the 
very best I can with them. I can look out of 
the window where I am sitting and see the 
trees all golden and red, and Otter Creek as it 
runs north through our village. 
Your niece, 
Rutland Co., Vt. Allie E. Edgebton. 
Dear Uncle Mark; —I never see any lettex 
from this part of the country except as I write 
at intervals. About two years ago I joined 
the Horticultural Cluh. I wish to know if I 
am still a member. [You are.—U. M.] I live 
very near Chautauqua Lake, and on our farm 
is one of the best views of it in the county. 
There is only one boat run now, but in the 
Summer there are nine large steamers and a 
fleet of small ones. The “ Jamestown”’ is the 
largest one, having four decks. Some years 
ago the Rural distributed seeds of the Sur¬ 
prise Muskmelon and the Japan Watermelon. 
They were both excellent, but this year the 
bugs eat them up as soon as they were out of 
the ground. Your niece, 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Fannie Gifford. 
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You were right.” 
“ Oh, my brother, God put it into my heart, 
and I do believe He will save us.” She did 
not tell him of the cold waters which now 
and then dashed over her feet. They could 
not look down into the maddening whirl of 
dizzy waters, for the night was pitchy dark. 
Morning came at last, and revealed a deep, 
angry current running between them and the 
shore. Friends and neighbors were there, but 
what could be done? The brother and sister 
were fastened securely,though they were numb 
and powerless to make any effort. The waters 
were no longer rising, and those on shore 
were bent on their deliverance. 
“They are cutting down trees above us. 
They are going to make a bridge,” said Johu; 
but the tall trees swept past them, yet the men 
continued to fell the trees and cast them into 
the current, till at last one lodged against the 
tree to wbioh they were bound. A shout of 
triumph went up from the shore, and soon a 
safe bridge was made above the seething flood, 
and the brother and sister were unbound and 
earned by friendly bauds to the shore. 
“ Thank God,” said the brave men who had 
rescued them, “you are saved.” 
“Yes,” said Christie, white and tearful, 
“Thanks to God and you, kind friends, we 
are Just saved .” 
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Dear Uncle Mark;—I thought that I 
would write and tell you what success I had 
with my watermelons. Three of the seed 
came up, but only one lived; that grew very 
nicely and had three large melons on it; the 
largest was 21 inches long and 34 inches in 
circumference. We appreciate the seed dis¬ 
tribution very much. Papa thinks the Ele¬ 
phant potato is just splendid. The first year 
we planted it we got 30 medium-sized potatoes 
and this year we had four-and-a-half bushels 
of very large potatoes, some of them weighing 
one-and-a-half pound. 
Your niece, Norah B. Bigelow. 
Kankakee Co., HI. 
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I 3' ft I 6T® ■ ■ An I'.tifillsli veiermniy .itirvefni nnn vnemin, 
Uncle Mark: —Will you please enroll my 
name on your list of cousins ? I like nothing 
better than cultivating the soil and watching 
the plants grow. Last Spring I sowed some 
Red Wethersfield onion seed. As soon as it 
was nicely np I went through them with a 
fine-tooth rake, loosening the soil and weeds. 
I thinned them out and kept them clean the 
remainder of the Summer, and now I have nice 
large onions for my pains. I am very fond of 
flowers, and take great delight in them. 
Your niece, “ Cricket.” 
Williams Co., Ohio. 
CUkRANTS. 
I said in my last communication that I 
would tell you my experience in the culture 
of ourranta. I notice around here, (and I sup¬ 
pose it is the same in other States) that the 
f a rm ers make bat little one of their old tomato 
MflK !■ tl ii* Hi Vi 8 fl w n i ,w traveling 111 tins country, Bayutliat onS 
|W| mm a - I Q G *9 9 M ■ ot the Home and Caltlc Kiwdera sold here 
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ® ■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ | are worthless trash. Re says that Sheridans 
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