E RURAL MIW-VORKER. 
march 20 
never dreamed he was a banished priest; If he had 
he would have spurned him like a dog. Father 
Tom's wife could make beautiful lace and all kinds 
of embroidery, and so they hoped between them 
to at least keep the “ wolf” or hunger rrom their 
door. 
Father silk obtained the school, while his wife 
as lsted bint, and after school hours worked at her 
lace making. Matters glided on smoothly for some 
months, but at lust her people learned where she 
was, and 1 hey then wrote her the terrible lldlngs 
of the deal h of two or her lit i )© on' a, and •• anted 
to know what they should do with little Katie, 
who had by this time fully recovered, 'l he shock 
produced by the news of the death of her children, 
prostrated her on a bed of sickness. She knew 
naught for days, but a strong constitution pre¬ 
vailed over the delirium, and slid awoke at last 
from her night of oblivion. The memory of her sor¬ 
row rushed over her like a tidal wave, threatening 
to again ob«cure the reason but so lately regained; 
but the common sense of the nurse enmclo the 
rescue, and though homely In Its expression It 
served Its purpose. “ Ilowly Mother,” cried Mrs. 
Uoojan, •• will ye be crying the party eyes out 
of yer head afther tho blessed angels that’s 
gone to invent Shame on ye; and look at that 
•’gossoon” (meaning Father Tom) H’s Just crazy 
the poor boy Is Intlrely; faith, It’s himself that 
don’t know' which end he’s standing on ” Father 
Tom felt wretched, but worse was to come. Kre 
long their lrlend, the village pilest, received u let¬ 
ter from L- , their native town, giving him a full 
accoutit of their flight and lliolr sin against the 
church, and before nightfall I ho rabble were pos¬ 
sessed of all tho particulars A mob gaibored 
round tho house, threatening them with dire pun¬ 
ishment for their “heresy.” The nurse, Mrs. 
Doolun, lent her luigc cloak to Mrs, Silk, which 
effectually concealed her torm, and she escaped by 
the back door Into the garden, where she crouched 
beneath the hedge, waiting to sec what would 
become of her husband, lie, meanwhile, by the 
advice of Mrs. Doolan, ascended to tho loll, and 
sprang out upon a low-thatched roof bencaib, and 
thence to the ground; tUus saving himself trom 
the fury of the half drunken crowd. 1 suppose my 
little readers will wonder why there was such a 
fuss made over a man's changing his religious 
views; but you must know that the Irish Catholic 
will light tor the honor ot Ills “ Church” quicker 
than he will for home or flreslde, 
The hunted pair hid for some days In an old 
abandoned hut that had been built near a bog 
by the turr cutters, aud here their only lrlend, 
Mrs. Donlan, brought them something to eat under 
cover of the night. She also saved what few of 
their things she could get, before the Infuriated 
mob had burned down the cottage they had occu¬ 
pied. The Idea of living lo tho old hut could uot 
be ibought of, so one dismal night under cover of 
the friendly darkness, they took their departure 
along the lonely road, determined to stop no more 
at villages, but to reach Athlone it possible, where 
they could find relations and claim the protection 
of lhe law lr necessary. 
After many days, footsore and weary, they 
reached the suburbs of the city, and here they 
tarried a while to recruit their falling strength and 
make themselves presentable. Helping his wire 
down the rock, Father Tom round a secluded grot¬ 
to beside a running stream, and here unmolested 
their they made toilet, taking clotnes from the pack 
which he had carried on Uts shoulders from the 
hut. They now pursued Uiolr way along the 
route with renewed hope and vigor. Towards sun¬ 
set next day they entered the city and found the 
residence of Mrs. Silk's sister, who, although sur¬ 
prised. welcomed them with open arms. Tho 
whole truth and sli uatlon of affairs was told Aunt 
Margaret, and she wept us she listened to the 
hardships endured by this ill-fated pair. Her ad¬ 
vice upon learning the true state or affairs, was 
that Father Tom should try and obtain some 
work, white her sister could rein tin with her for 
the present. Owing to Father Tom’s education 
he was capable of lilting a good many positions, 
and hearing of tua general survey that was then 
being made of Ireland (between the years 1839 and 
1843, lr i remember aright, the date as told me in 
alter years by himself), he determined to try and 
Undemployment with them if possible, lie suc¬ 
ceeded in obtaining tue position as chain bearer 
to the surveyors, lit* remained on this ordinance 
survey until its completion and rose from ‘•chain 
bearer” to be the foremost among the surveyors 
and engineers, and the best draughtsman and pen¬ 
man in the office. Penmanship was an Inborn 
talent wnh mm; I have never s?en any writing 
that equaled his except the copies ot Prof Oaskcll’s 
compendium. In my next chapter we will follow 
his fortunes whilst ha was engaged on this survey. 
As many and Interesting were lhe sights and 
scenes he witnessed while traversing the country 
on his route. 
a lot ot seeds. The Phlox Drummondll made a 
splendid bed, and were greatly admired. 
I had lots of Petunias and they were very pretty. 
The cut-leaved Pinks were very odd, hut pretty, 
and they did nicely as also did the Diadem Pinks, 
1 did not got a single plant from the two klud 9 of 
Aqutleglas you sent, which T don’t understand, as 
I am sure they were planted right. I am sorry, 
fori think they are pretty, and we haven’t any 
now, though we used to have them. I have two 
nice Hollyhocks. Tho HlbUmia Bjrliioua came up 
well, but there was some kind of milage plant 
that did not come up at all. I raised quite a bed 
of Gladiolus; they grew from two to tlnoe-and-a- 
halr feet high, and nearly all sent up three liower 
stalks; but I guess you are weary; so good-bye. 
Your niece, Mabel C. Hoskins. 
Orleans Co., Vt. 
tiv<? to the agriculture of this country, gives 
small comfort to the English farmer. . . In 
1841 the population of Ireland was 8 175.124. 
In 1871 it was 6.511,47ft. The Public Ledger 
denounces the suffering in Ireland as Great 
Britain’s Burning shame. . . A gentleman 
of Kentucky has for ten years painted his pear 
trees with linseed oil, to prevent blight, with 
signal fuceess. . . Many substitute's are 
talk'd about for tlie potato—among them the 
Camus*. But what's lhe matter with lhe potato 
that we should need a substitute?. . . 
CLUB NOTES 
The season for active work is near at hand. 
The members of the Horticultural Club must now 
“ be up aud doing.” Those u ho have not already 
purchasert seeds of the plants they wish to grow 
this summer should do so without, delay And 
right here, let me tell nay dear joung relatives 
that this Is an excellent way of spending ihelr 
spare money. A noted nurseryman, whose articles 
may ortefl bn soon lu the Knur, once told me that 
while a hoy he always saved up his pocket money 
to buy seed! and plants with It. When his brothers 
ana sisters bought sweetmeats for their money 
he carefully put hla in the saving bank till he was 
able to buy what lie wanted, 't hen came the se¬ 
lection of the seeds. He searched tho seedsmen’s 
catalogues, read all lie could dnd that would en¬ 
lighten him about hts pets, and was thus prepared 
to make a wise selection. During the summer he 
was able to show brilliant flowers and well-grown 
vegetables as the proceeds of his spare money, 
while Uls companions had only the remembrance 
of stomach aches, the results of sweetmeats they 
had purchased. As a guide in ibe selection and 
treatment or your seeds, read carefully the articles 
on floriculture that appeared In these columns on 
December lath, Jan. 3tst and March I8ih; they 
were written expressly for you. The flowers 
there recommended are likely to give you most 
satisfaction. 1 will hero add a few more that are 
very desiratye. Mignonette (lleseda odors la) Is a 
little plant ill it should be loond in every garden. 
It is valued for its sweet, agreeable scent, sow 
the seed lu the open ground where the plants are 
to remain. Keep them well supplied with water. 
Nasiuriium, (Troptcolura) of w hich choose some 
strong growing variety, It will give belter satis¬ 
faction than the dwarfs. The ilowers are very 
bright and showy. The seeds are as large us peas 
and should be planted about an inch deep. Morn¬ 
ing Glory, (Convolvulus) Isa grand old flower that 
should not be neglected because It Is common. It 
grows like a weed and the bowers are very beau¬ 
tiful. These, with the kinds muned In the florl- 
cultuml arilclesfnake quite a long list. Of course. 
I don't mean that you should buy all of these, but 
select a few of those you like best. Nor should you 
forget to procure seeds ot a few choice vegetables. 
Meantime I am making arrangements for a seed 
distribution among tlie members ot the Horticul¬ 
tural Club. The members are now so numerous 
that this la quite a formidable affair, and In the 
future I shall to obliged to limit the herd distrib¬ 
ution to those members who by tlielr interest lu 
horticulture prove themselves worthy to such dis¬ 
tinction. At present, I would very much like to 
know who of tue members are trying to graft fruit 
trees this spring, as recommended In Lhe article on 
that subject in the Rural ot Feb. Hth. Expe¬ 
rience is Lhe best teacher. The only way to learn 
to graft Is to try it. Who can report progress? 
Uncle Make. 
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Deau Uncle Make:— Will you allow me space 
enough to ask some ot the ccusms lo correspond 
privately with me? I correspond with one of the 
couslna, and I will be glad If some of them will 
write to me soon. Yours truly, Lilly Blaib. 
Grlhla, Ou„ 1», O. Box las. 
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Now. wouldn't it be a good idea to have the 
Hon.-Benjamin Le Fcvre, investigated ? . . 
W hether the Maine beet-sugar factory pays or 
uot will be kuowu when—aud not before—the 
State aid is withdrawn. Should the business 
continue after that, it will be because there's 
money it. . . Professors Collier and Goess- 
man don't exactly agree as to the probable 
profits of making sugar from Early Amber cane 
in the Eastern States. When JPt'OfitfSOfs dis- 
ngree, let the farmers decide. . . We warn 
our readers against the Thwack Raspberry. 
Two years ago we reported the fruit as 
large, aud bright in ccdor, finn mid worthless— 
except for market. We have not since had 
occasion to change our opinion. . . The In¬ 
diana Farmer says he la lucky who buys his 
supply of maple sirup before it is doctored with 
glucose or sorghum molasses. . . Oue good 
reasou why persons should prefer to live, iu the 
city than iu the country is that fewer are struck 
by lightning in the former. . . Some one has 
written on “ What Girls Think." This is very 
complimentary to that class of girls who, lo 
he judged by their talk, never think at ail.— 
New Haven Register. . . Lord Bacon said 
“speaking makes a ready man, and reading 
a full man. Modern people have an idea thut 
something besides reading makes some men 
full.—Syracuse Times. . . A well-spent life 
is like a well-spent day *, at its close there is a 
wish for rest. . . Professor Corbett offers 
to tell the French Minister of Agriculture how 
French poultry keepers may gain many mil-, 
lions of francs every year. He charges the 
moderate sum of .$200,000 for his invention! 
The French Minister has not yet sent the 
money. . . Speaking of political journalism, 
Eugene Howland says: “That Democrats own 
organs of Republican opinion, and Republicans 
owu organs of Democratic opinion, while the 
writers upon both of them arc conscious of the 
unreliablility of both for lhe expression of iheir 
own convictions as men aud citizeus, Is a sad 
outlook for tho moral future of the State.” . . 
Crocuses were iu bloom at the Rural Grounds 
Feb 22. . . Tl.e Editor of the Rural New- 
Yorker has gone South—Aiken, S. C.—for his 
health, to remain until May 1st. Personal 
letters may be addressed to him there. . . 
Whether the growing of sugar beets iu Maine 
w ill or will uot pay is uot yet f ally determined. 
Bu t lastyear’s experience gives little encourage¬ 
ment. . . There are still a few who have a 
good word lo speak for Prickly Comfrey. . . 
We are told that “an honest man is the noblest 
woik of God but the demand for the work 
has been so limited that it has been suggested 
that a large share of the “fust edishuu” 
must be still in the author's hands. 
Can anything he more frightful and ghastly, 
asks Tiuth, than lu elaborate costume on a 
wintry day ? . . They ure talking in Eng¬ 
land of “a severe epidemic of matrimony. ” . . 
The mining ** boom" is the golden opportunity 
of the original owners of mines, the middlemen 
aud the brokers; bat they stand from under 
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valuable possession to him, or her, its posses¬ 
sor, more especially if accompanied with a 
certain bravery, which oftentimes goes 
along wit'n it; inasmuch, as half the world 
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temper is pretty sure of gcltiug its owu way. 
. . It is said that Queen Victoria must 6ave 
uot le68 than $1,000,000 per f ear. lu connection 
with her hungry Irish subjects, the aphorism 
that “benevolence begius at home" naturally 
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CHAPTER IV. 
On the morning arier their marriage Father 
Tom and Ills bride took counsel together what 
had best be done, lie was for going back and 
braving it out, but tho thought III led her with such 
terror that It was 8000 abandoned. Mrs. bilk had 
a married sister living lu Athlone, ana It they 
could only make their way there without being 
discovered they hoped to elude their persecutors. 
Father Tom thought that perhaps people there 
would not know his connection with and desertion 
of the priesthood, and he could then turn his edu¬ 
cation to some account. But he reckoned w ithout 
his host, as you will see a Jlr,ile further on. Don't 
you think they were a dellghuuLcouple (of fools, I 
was going to say) v 'They had no money and no 
clothes except wuat they wore on their flight, and 
wnat u> do under the circumstances was the all- 
important question. Tho old priest who mauled 
them was a kina of hermit, so that he possessed 
almost nothing. O! how were they to begin life 
under- such auspices i Already the clouds seemed 
lowering above their horizon ere they had ruirly 
launched on life's troubled sea. I earnestly nope, 
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parents and alter duo deliberation. The priest 
told them of a little village about ten miles away 
where they might liud a chance to do something 
towards earning a living, 
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their tramp, as me expense of hiring a •• Jaunting 
car ” was not to b s thought of. Starting at sun¬ 
rise a tew days after their marriage they proceeded 
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added to the glorious concert, till all nature seemed 
to rejoice and welcome this hapless pair as they 
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