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REMINISCENCES OF A LITTLE GIRL. 
MRS. M. .1. GALPIN. 
CHAPTER IX. 
After the recovery or Uncle Tom from his se¬ 
vere attack or asthma, he, by the advice of friends, 
concluded once more to change his habitation as 
he could not bear the locality wherein he had 
suffered so much. When, therefore, all his world¬ 
ly affairs were adjusted, he determined to turn his 
back forever on the scene of his misery. There 
was In the neighborhood, a favorite romantic spot, 
called “Mullen’s Mill,” where Katie had often 
taken the little fTherese, and when Therese beard 
that papa was going away, and Bhe might never 
more see her favorite haunt, sbe decided in her 
childish heart to go and see the old mill once 
more, and feed tin) swans once again, as they 
glided to her aide over the glossy surface- of the 
sliver lake, whose waters turned the mighty 
wheels of the giant old mill. Watching for an 
opport unity, she slipped away unknown to all the 
household and proceeded along the well-kuown 
road to the favorite place; hut every one seemed 
to know she was doing something wrong. At least 
her conscience whispered so. The rude beggar 
boys yelled at her and threw stones, the dogs 
barked In their kennels, and It seemed as ) 1 ‘ every¬ 
thing reproached her lor running away. Still she 
had no thought of turning back, but pressed on 
with flying footsteps till she reached the goal or 
her desires. Taking bread from her pocket she 
called to the swans, and they glided swiftly, with 
their proudly arched necks, to the side of their 
little friend and received her gift. After playing 
till she was tired she at last concluded to go home. 
But to do tills, ahe had to pass the gates of the 
mill yard, which were open, and she was afraid of 
the ganders and turkey-cocks that were within. 
This was a trying situation, and she began to cry 
and wish sbe had staid at home. But she must 
get by, or home would never bo reached, swiftly 
and stealthily she tried to pass the open gates of 
the barnyard, but alas! one of the old “boss” 
ganders espied her, aud sounded the battle cry, 
which ivas echoed by the gobble of the turkey- 
cocks. Both parties combined their forces, and 
made an attack on the unfort unate Therese. She 
flew down the road as rast as she could rim with a 
flock of geese and turkeys chasing her In the rear. 
To make her case worse, she had on a bright scar¬ 
let dress, trimmed with braid which seemed to 
irritate the turkeys. Her silver curls, which at 
this time floated to her waist, were flying on the 
breeze like the pennons from some flagship. No 
grass grew under her feet, nor did she stop to look 
hack and see what was the force of her enemies. 
Wild with terror and affright slie took the 
wrong turn on the home road, and now was lost 
among Btrange streets. Wandering Into the beg¬ 
gars locality commonly called, “tea lane,” or 
“beggars row,” she espied a boy who, because he 
was such a nuisance and mischief iu general, had 
received an odious nickname. Upon seeing him 
she was more frightened than ever, and tried to 
run, but the boy planted himself In the road, and 
squaring oil, he asked her, “where are you going 
now you young runaway, shure It’s a fine colleen 
bawn you are, running away from your lather’s 
like a wandering gypsy. Come here, an’ Hi take 
ye home to yer mother.” Taking her unwilling 
hand he led the crying Therese safely back to her 
own home, and then left without waiting lor the 
thanks that would have been showered upon him 
by the graterul parents. Now, children, do not 
judge a wild, bad boy too harshly; because In his 
Inmost heart there Is always a germ of a better 
nature which may be Influenced for good. Always 
speak gently of the erring ones, for no one knows 
what were the powers which lead them astray. 
During the absence of the little Therese con¬ 
sternation and dismay reigned in Uncle Tom’s 
household, every Imaginable place was searched 
for the fugitive, but to no avail. They were about 
to organize a band to go in search of her, when 
the disheveled little truant appeared to allay their 
fears. Coming In while they were debating as to 
ner whereabouts, she exclaimed, “ why, papa, 
I’m here.” Upon being reproved and talked to for 
her misdemeanor, she replied, that she only just 
wanted to see the swans once more, and bid them 
good-bye, aB she should never, never see them 
again. By this time the floodgates or grief were 
opened and she sobbed herself to sleep In her 
father’s arms. I don’t think we grown folks real¬ 
ize sufficiently what sorrow little ones experience 
at the loss of what they highly value. 
Uncle Tom and family were ready for their de¬ 
parture in a few weeks after the escape of Therese 
from the enraged ganders and goblers. When all 
was ready they told little Therese to bid good-bye 
to her friends, and going into the garden, she 
kissed her white rose good-bye and plucked one to 
keep, she then took one more swing from the 
limbs of the giant ash tree that stood beside the 
garden gate, and between tears and sobs she was 
Anally lifted by her lather into the Jaunting car 
that awaited them at the door. The city of Ban- 
don was the point at wide)* they agreed to settle; 
so away they went with hopeful hearts of better 
days yet in store-. 
Nothing of note occurred during their trip. Like 
all children, Therese soon forgot her troubles in 
the new scenes that surrounded her, and she 
looked forward with eagerness and delight to her 
new home. After journeying some days, they ar¬ 
rived at their destination, and, renting a good 
house surrounded by a garden, they were again, In 
a few days, comfortably settled. About a year after 
their arrival In Bandon, Uncle Tom’s old enemy, 
the asthma, took hold or him again, and all clo v 
tors agreed that he was obliged to change climate 
or he could never recover. Uncle Tom had a 
rother who a few years previous had gone to 
merlca. He determined to write to him and see 
what he thought about his exiling himself from Ills 
native land, and also what would he the chances 
for his profession on that far off shore. The Irish 
famine had just commenced and everything was 
looking rather dreary. 
Our little heroine knew naught of trouble; she 
now, In addition to a beautiful garden, had a pair 
of pet Bantam chickens, which were her heart’s 
delight; she also had a pet goat that furnished 
milk and butter for the family. While waiting to 
hear from his brother James In America, Uncle 
Tom had an offer from young Lord Cornwall to 
take a young son of his, of whom he was ashamed, 
to America with him. and that If he would do so 
they would give him $2,5.t0 at the start, and after¬ 
wards fr»o a year till bis majority. Money was a 
tempting bait Just at that time, and as Uncle Tom 
had no son of his own, he concluded, upon con¬ 
sultation with his wife, to take the hoy it he 
should determine to emigrate to America. 
In due time an answer arrived from his brother 
which decided him In his Intention of emigrating. 
Once more the family prepared to " pull up stakes” 
and try In a foreign land, where both peace and 
plenty reigned, to make a home and fireside. 
Little Willie Cornwall went with them. Ills 
aristocratic father little dreams to-day, if alive, 
that his grandson. Is now in the South a line 
young man. His own son Willie has gone to the 
spirit land; he died at the early age of twenty-four 
years. But we will reserve their “ farewell to 
Erin” for another chapter. The voyage across 
the Atlantic was full of hair-breath escapes, in 
former days the crossing or the sea was deemed a 
grave matter, and those who once parted hardly 
ever hoped to meet again, 1 f they could only have 
glanced Into the future a few years, how wonder¬ 
ful the change would have appeared to them. 
We who have seen each step of progress, cease to 
wonder. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: —We have had a very dry 
spring; no rain to speak of has fallen. Every 
thing has been drying up and the weather was as 
hot as In July till a rew days ago. Since the middle 
or March the dust has been blowing every day 
with very few exceptions. Sometimes it was so 
thick we could not see a quarter of a mile. I 
planted some of the white tailed radishes, March 
2<)th, but the dust hurled them so deep they could 
not grow. I have planted some more and they 
are doing fairly. My bulbs did not flower, they 
were full of buds but all withered before they 
opened. I would have had a beautiful show if it 
bad not been so dry. All the watering I could do 
was of no use. 
I received the seeds you sent me in the spring 
and have many of them growing now. I have 
Phlox, Pinks, Cockscombs, and Mignonette up 
aud doing well. I have also some of the melons 
and okras up. My grape seed latd dormant, all 
winter. May 1 two came up; one plant, was vory 
small and died soon after; the large one Is grow¬ 
ing nicely. I suppose more will come up yet. 
I planted the sweet corn In two lots; 1st, the 
corn I got from you; 2 nd, that which the calves 
picked off when just right for eating, and I ripened 
tt in the house. The last came up bel ter tUan the 
first. 1 did not think corn picked so green would 
growu The rains have now set In, and I hope for a 
better season. The wet weather came none too 
soon, as some of my plants were withering and In 
some places on the bluffs the prairie grass was 
dying. Youts truly, 
Dodge Co., Neb. Wm. j. Mason. . 
[Here Is a young gardener and experimenter 
W’ho Is doing excellent work. He works under- 
standlngly and therefore learns something. lie 
now knows tor a certainty that corn which has 
been imperfectly ripened on the stalk, will, never¬ 
theless, grow' aud do well when planted; and he 
will doubtless follow up the experiment, and see 
If the same Is true of all kinds of farm and garden 
seeds. You are doing well, William, go ahead.— 
U. M.j _ 
Dear Uncle Mark:—T see no letters from the 
cousins in this county, and 1 wish to join your 
Horticultural Club, and thus become one of your 
nephew's. 1 attend school, and am getting along 
with my studies very well, j live in one of the 
finest valleys In Central New York, and enjoy 
reading the cousins’ letters very much. The trees 
are all In bloom, and our flowers are looking 
splendid. My father was a member of theustli 
Keg’t. N. Y. State, and all the ex-soldlcrs here are 
going to have a march on Decoration Day, and ir 
the weather continues warm, they will have 
plenty of flowers by that time, to decorate the 
graves or their dead comrades, l should like to 
come to New York very much and see the largest 
city on this continent. I study geography and 
have “big ideas” of the cities I find located on my 
maps. But as this is my first attempt, l must 
close for fear you will consign this to your waste 
basket. If I see this In print, I may venture to try 
again. Orrkn Salisbury. 
Yates Co., N. Y. 
Dear Uncle Mark :—I am always interested in 
the cousins’ letters and have often thought I would 
write, too. I would like to join the Horticultural 
Club If Uncle Mark will accept me. My father has 
taken the Rural for several years and thinks It Is 
the best paper published. We raised 22 pounds ot 
Beauty of Hebron potatoes from one small potato 
which had la eyes, planting one eye in a lull. We 
raised 12 ears of Blount’s Prolific corn rrom one 
kernel of corn planted. [ am very fond of flowers 
and raise several varieties every year. We planted 
seeds from the Free seed Distribution last year, 
but onlv the Hollyhocks germinated. I must close 
or my letter may flud Ha way to the waste basket. 
Yours truly, a. n. c. 
Ovid, N. Y. _ 
Dear Uncle Mark :—I thank you very much 
for those seeds. We planted some hardy flower 
seeds to-day. We have started many varie¬ 
ties In the house —Mlmulus, Carnations, Vlnoa, 
Cannas and many others. I will tell the cousins 
of our dog. Tiger, for I think he is very intelligent. 
He wtll speak, (hark), shake hands, (or rather, 
pairs), sit up, or roll over, whenever he Is told to 
do so. He will also hold a piece of bread upon his 
nose, while we say — “ready — take aim—fire!” 
when he will Instantly throw It up and catch It In 
his mouth. Rena Violet. 
Linn CO., Mo. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— lam anew cousin. My 
papa commenced to take the Rural this year, 
hut 1 would like to join your club; I am very fond 
of flowers. Mamma tells me I will be a botanist. 
We have a piece of land to raise our flowers and 
garden produce on. We have received all the seeds 
that was given by the Ruka l to Its subscribers. 
And now Uncle Mark If you will let me Join the 
club and send the club seeds to me I will do the 
best I can. Being a boy of only ten, don’t expect 
as much as from a man. Respectfully yours, 
Charles M. Cbittendon. 
Wlnnehaha Co., Dak., Ter. 
BRIEFLETS. 
The memfiers of a young ladies’ debating 
society in Troy have decided in favor of long 
courtships. Level-headed girls! Observation 
has taught them that there is a wonderful fall¬ 
ing off of confections, balls, carriage-rides 
and opera when courtship ends and the stern 
realities of married life begin.—Norristown 
Herald. ..... G. H. & J. H. Hale say that 
of the newer sorts of strawberries, Miner’s 
Great Prolific is the best for general cultiva¬ 
tion.They praise Pres. Lincoln as the 
largest and best in quality of newer sorts, hav¬ 
ing grown berries eleven inches around from 
plants set September 1st. Sharpless, they say 
is very vigorous and irregular in shape. But 
is not Pres. Lincoln more irregular in shape 
Ilian Sharpless ? Great American (as usual) 
fails with them. “ It is said that the 
male wasp does not sting.” But as a male and 
female wasp wear the same kind of polonaise, 
and look as much alike as twins, the only way 
to distinguish their sex is to catch one and ex¬ 
amine its arsenal. If it stings you it is a female; 
if not, it Is a gentleman wasp.—Norristown 
Herald. Referring to the support of 
various political journals to various candidates, 
the Nation says:—“We know of no question 
more interesting just now than the morality 
of passing five mouths in lauding and declar¬ 
ing worthy of the highest place in popular 
confidence a man whom during the previous 
five months you have been describing as a 
tricky rascal. Is there room," the Nation 
asks, “in the Christian system for this sacri¬ 
fice of editors to the exigencies of practical 
politics ?" Wbat has put it into the Nation’s 
head that political editors belong to that sys¬ 
tem! ...... Oleomargarine does not Jack 
for synonyms. Butterine, Ambrosia, Oilymar- 
garinu, Woodeosaw-dnsterine, Grease-butter, 
Sham-butter, Fat-butter, Stuff, etc., arc among 
them.The Rural reports, as to the 
value of the newer sorts of strawberries aB 
tested at the Rural Grounds, are well supported 
by careful horticulturists. Prof. Huamaun, of 
Coleman’s Rural World, has the following to 
say oP the Crescent Seedling : “ The Crescent 
Seedling we believe to be a good deal like the 
Ben Davis apple. There is money in it, as it 
is early, immensely productive, of good size 
and color and moderately firm; but the less 
said about Its quality, the better.. The 
Hour says that the man would be a great bene¬ 
factor to his race who would invent a method 
for closing doors noiselessly.Mr. 
Bailey claims that he can, by his system of 
preserving green fodder (ensilage), produce 
milk at one cent per quart, beef for four cents 
per pound, butter for ten cents per pound, etc. 
We are sorry that he claims so much. 
It is reported, says Puck, that Mr. Edisou has 
discovered that oilymargariue makes capital 
axle-grease, and that it can also be utilized as 
pomade.Providence is impartial. For 
example : It raineth upou the Just and Jersey- 
mau “equally the same." .... The Philadel¬ 
phia North American tells of a man given up 
by the doctors. When a man Is given up 
by Philadelphia doctors, it is strong evidence 
that his money is all gone.—Boston Post. . . . 
. . How to enjoy four springs iu one season : 
Go to Florida iu March; to Aikeu (8. C.)lu 
April; to the “Thermal Belt” ol N. C., iu 
early May, and North in late May. 
Major "of the Rural New-Yorker has re¬ 
ceived many inquirers as to the hoalthfulnuss 
aud other characteristics of the “ Thermal 
Belt ” of North Carolina since his visit to that 
Paradise. Friends may write to Dr. McAhoy 
(Lynn, Polk Co., N. C.) with the assurance 
that they will receive prompt, courteous re¬ 
plies.Ellwanger ik Barry (Rochester, 
N. Y.) will send their plant catalogue free to 
applicants.Green plants of the great 
Cuthbertare now offered in our advertising 
columns. These, if plauted now and well 
attended to, will grow bearing canes for 
another year. Better late than never.. 
We might tell our readers of many other inter¬ 
esting things offered in our advertising col¬ 
umns. But they must look for themselves. . 
.The father of Mr. A. B, Allen, 
our valued contributor, was one of the earliest 
breeders of Merino sheep. He had a Hock in 
1813. Mr. Allen well remembers, when a 
schoolboy in New York in 1811, seeing a flock 
of Merino sheep that had beeu imported from 
Spain, landed near the Battery. They were 
driven up the city to Chatham St., and so into 
the country, for it was all country then, with 
a few scattered houses above Chatham Square. 
They followed the Spanish shepherds and their 
dogs that came ont with them, and no one 
could turn them back from these or to the 
right hand or the left. Two years after, Mr. 
Allen’s father put his family on a New England 
farm and the son was sent out to watch the 
sheep with his dogs. It will appear, therefore, 
that he has had an early apprenticeship in 
sheep husbandry.Mr. Dunham, of 
Wayne, Tils., is the largest importer of the cel¬ 
ebrated Percheron-Norman horses which are 
probably the best and finest of all large farm 
horses as well as for the city dray, truck 
wagon and heavy express. We learn that Mr. 
D. has sold about two hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars worth within the past ten years of his 
own importation and produce bred from the 
same. He keeps nearly 100 head iu his stud, 
has immense barns and stables for them and 
numerous large paddocks on his farm a mile 
square. It is a great aud growing business in 
the West.The respected name to 
whom Mr. Roe has dedicated his really fine 
work “ Success with Small Fruits ” is a happy 
selection. 
“ I dedicate this Book to 
Mr. Charles Downing, 
A Neighbor, 
Friend and Horticulturist, 
From whom I shall esteem it a privilege 
To learn in coming years as 
I have in the past.” 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Outlines of Phrenology.— This little work 
of 105 pages, 13 mo., by F. E. Aspinwall. M. D., 
is intended mainly as a chart for the use of 
practical phrenologists, but is also useful for 
studeuts and others who may desire to acquire 
au elementary knowledge of phrenology with 
a little outlay of time and labor. Published by 
D. M. Bennett, 141 Eighth St., N. Y. Price 50 
cents, paper-bound. 
Beet Sugar and Cultivation of the Beet, 
by E. B. Grant, Lee and Shepard, Boston, and 
Chas. T. Dillingham, N. Y. This work of 154 
pages, 12 mo. Is a new edition of a work very 
useful in the present condition of our sugar in¬ 
dustry. The high prices of sugar during the 
late war induced the author to visit Europe 
and investigate the beet sugar industry there, 
and this volume contains the result of his re¬ 
searches. The work is handsomely bound in 
cloth aud is full of practical and statistical in¬ 
formation. 
Success with Small Fruits by Edward P. 
Roe. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New 
York. 
We have not had time to read—as it deserves 
to be read this elegant work of 313 pages with 
their superb illustrations. Unless the price is 
too high (it is not stated), the worK will no 
doubt find ils way into the hands of all small- 
lruit growers. Mr. Roe quotes liberally from 
the teachings and writings of experienced hor¬ 
ticulturists, aud very liberal, not to say indis¬ 
criminate, credit and praise are given to them 
and to Mr. Roe’s friends in general. The hook 
is written iu au enthusiastic, free, sprightly 
style that impresses upon the mind its instruc¬ 
tive portions with scarcely an effort of the 
memory. We are free to express the opinion 
that it is far in advance of any other treatise 
on small fruits heretofore published. 
Report of the Conn. Board of Agriculture 
anti Experiment Station for 1870. This work 
of 402 pages, 8 vo. contains the Sec’s, report, 
and essays on Agricultural knowledge, by R. 
8. HIoman; Preservation of Food, by the Sec. 
T. S. Gold; Home Supplies ol Food, l»y J. B. 
Olcott; Food of Man, bv Dr. E. L. Stunevant; 
Butter as Food, by our contributor Richard 
Goodman; Sugar-produeiDg Plants, by Prof. 
Collier, Chemist to the Department of Ag¬ 
riculture ; Compensations of Agriculture by 
J. M. Hubbard; Fruits aud Fruit Gardens 
for Farmers, by Alfred H. Augur; Fermenta¬ 
tion, by Prof. W. II. Brewer; Bread, by Lean- 
der Wetherell; and Diseased Meat, by Noah 
Cressy, M. D. V. S., besides reports on Po¬ 
mology and on Farm Experiments with Ferti¬ 
lizers, the latter a lengthy report ot 58 pages 
by Prof. W. O. Atwater. As an addition to the 
above matter, is the Annual Report of Conn. 
Agr. Experiment Station, embracing 151) pages 
of highly useful information much ol which 
has been already given to our renders iu the 
Fertilizer Analyses, by the Director, Prof. 8. 
W. Johnson, which from time to time have ap- 
appeared on these pages. T. S. Gold, Sec., 
West Cornwall, Conn. 
