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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AUG 46 
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my teachers very mach. We have a large 
water-melon patch, and it is looking very 
nice; the melons are now as large as cocoa- 
nut*. I have written several times before, 
but have not as yet seen any of my letters in 
print I think my letter is long enough, so 
will close with good-by to Uncle Mark and 
Cousins. Ever your niece. 
Saratogo Co., N. Y. rdith Humphrey. 
Dear Uncle Mark and Rural Cousins: 
—I have been thinking of writing to you for 
a long time, but have put it off until now. 
I would like to join the Horticultural Club. 
My brother takes the Bural, and would not 
like to be without it. The seeds you sent us 
did well; the flower seeds grew nicely, and 
are nearly all in bloom now and looking very 
pretty. There are some very nice pink fl owers, 
and they have a leaf something like that of a 
fuschia; will uncle Mark please tell me the 
name of them l 
I live on a farm, and go to school. My 
father and two brothers work 250 acres of 
land. We have ten cows and ten horses and a 
colt, and my little brother has two goats and 
two kids. One of the little kids is all white 
and the other is white and brown. We have 
a little dog, and we call him Jumbo. 
Yours, AGGIE PATTERSON. 
[Ido not recognize the flower from the de¬ 
scription. You did not tell me what State 
you live in; if not too far away, perhaps you 
can send me a leaf and blossom of your plant. 
Uncle Mark.] 
$Uu? I’utiliratiott.e' 
harvested them. We had a nice, large garden, 
and a nice lot of flowers besides the ones you 
sent. I am, like Alice B. Hoose, a farmer's 
daughter. As this is my first letter, I will 
close before you get. tired. Your niece, 
Faribault Co,, Minn, carrie e. alborn. 
[Yes; 1 am glad to get acquainted with an 
other of our readers. The sensitive plant has 
small, globular, pink flowers; they are not 
showy. The curious sensitiveness of the leaves 
is the charm of the plant. uncle mark.] 
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SEEING THINGS, 
read an account of the 
§ work a capable Scotch 
woman once did among 
, working girls in a city. 
She fouud that the food 
they ate was unwhole¬ 
some and lacking in nu¬ 
trition, and she taught 
them to do good plain 
^ 05^3 k cooking: but she found 
them so ignorant of all 
-AS the details of the kitchen 
that it was hard work to 
X Vy r teach them, because they 
y had never seen cooking 
done; an average boy, 
who comes and goes at pleasure in his moth¬ 
er’s kitchen, and occasionally makes a kettle 
of candy, or cooks an egg for himself, knows 
more of cooking than these girls did. Seeing 
things done is an education jo itself; boys and 
girls in the country have a splendid chance to 
learn things in this way, and to catch the 
spirit of the work before attempting it. The 
boys learn to harness, ride, drive, and care for 
horses: to milk and feed the cows; to use the 
hoe, plow, and drill; and they would have no 
answer ready if asked how they learned it all, 
for it was learned by watching the work; by 
fastening a buckle now and then to help in 
harnessing; by holding the reins and driving 
with their fathers by them; by climbing on 
the horses’backs in the stable, and by riding 
them to the field: milkiug a little just for fun; 
hoeing in fine, mellow ground, and heggiug to 
plow and use the drill before they are old 
enough, being anxious to try it, because they 
have seen others do it, and have a good idea 
how it should be done. 
And the girls take up the mysteries of 
housekeeping, cookiug, baking, washing and 
ironing, having begun their lessons by watch¬ 
ing tludr mothers; begging a little dough on 
baking 'lay to make thimble-cakes and bis¬ 
cuits; scraping the cake dish; splashing the 
water in the wash-tubs; admiring their blue 
hands under the bluing water; begging to 
share in the work of the irouiug table; and 
stemming cherries and currants, peeling ap¬ 
ples, pears and peaches for canning. 
In the fields on the way to school, in the 
yard tiur.1 the garden, they see trees, weeds, 
flowers, birds, and insects, and think little of 
them until a lecture on oue or all of them, or 
a bright, good book shows them, the wonders 
around them. But a time comes when they will 
add very little to their learning day by day. 
unless they look through some wiser eyes than 
their own. The hoy becomes a good farmer, 
and the girl a good housekeeper, and perhaps 
they stop content, with what they have seen 
with their own eyes; but broad fields they 
have never seen ure still around them, if they 
can learn to use the gift of sight that will re¬ 
veal them. 
This gift is gained by the study of easily 
understood books, written by men who had 
more time to give to seeing things than busy 
farmer folk have, and their books are to 
study whata railroad is to travel; both take a 
long time iu making and both carry us quick¬ 
ly and pleasantly to the end we wish to gain, 
when they are completed. I once met a mau 
who could never be persuaded to ride in the 
cars; he would walk for miles rather than go 
by rail. There are some who would think 
this man very foolish, but who refuse to be 
carried by a writer quickly and easily into 
departments of knowledge he has carefully 
studied. They want to be independent, or 
they do not trust him ; so do not use the helps 
they might have to aid them in seeing things 
great and small, things that are about their 
doors, and they go through life missing half 
the riches that belong to them, and depriving 
those around them of much they might be¬ 
stow. uncle mark. 
Dear Cousins: —With Uncle Mark’s per¬ 
mission, 1 will try and tell you something 
about my Garden Treasures. I cannot speak 
of each separately, as it would require too 
much of our Editor's valuable space. To begin 
witli the Double Hollyhocks, they are the 
admiration of every one; if I gave to all who 
ask, I couldn't have any seeds for myself. The 
double Canterbury Beils are nearly as large 
as small teacups; they have been in blossom 
since the first of June, and are hanging full 
now. There are petuuias that measure four 
inches across: most of them are striped and 
blotched; one is a rich rose, with slight pea- 
green border; it is splendid. Pseony Poppy 
has a pur<* white center, scalloped edges, and 
is bordered with a blood red color. The 
phloxes, the China Pinks and the zinnias are 
completely dazzling. 1 think I have the best; 
of those three that there are in cultivation. 
Of the portulaeas there are eight different col¬ 
ors and shades: some are beautifully striped. 
I counted 11 kinds of pansies in a lied of 16 
plants; 1 measured, und fouud them almost 
two inches across. I am looking for some¬ 
thing rich when the asters and balsams flower. 
I never allow any side shoots on my balsams, 
but trim them nil off, and so t hey grow nearly 
three feet high, and the stems will be almost 
entirely hidden by the great double flowers. 
The Scabious is in the greatest variety of col¬ 
ors and shades. One of the snapdragons is 
pure white; others are crimson, with yellow 
throats, etc.; all are lovely. One little spread¬ 
ing plaut I do not know the name of; it has 
leaves like miniature plantain. It, makes a 
nice basket plant, all covered with corcopsis- 
Iike (lowers. There are more tbau 20 varie¬ 
ties yet that, I might- describe, but, I think I 
will wind up with an invitation to you all to 
come and take a look at the beauties. Be sure 
you bring Uncle Mark. That, would be much 
more satisfactory than reading my poor at¬ 
tempts to describe them, MARY WALEY. 
New London Co., Conn. 
[Uncle Mark andtheCousin6 would like very 
much to see your flowers; it would take a long 
train to bring us all, I think, uncle mark.] 
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Dear Uncle Mark and Cousins:—1 am 
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My sister has a flower plot in the garden, 
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could not notice much difference in the 
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Dear Uncle Mark:—You have a great 
many nephews nud nieces, but I thought per¬ 
haps you would like to get acquainted with 
another oue of your readers. We have not 
taken your paper quite a year yet. 1 like the 
letters from the Cousins “real well.” The 
package of flower seeds 1 received from you I 
planted, and now we lmve a nice, large flower 
garden. There are 18 different kinds that 
grew. I do not know the names of many of 
them. There are three sensitive plants; if you 
touch them, they will droop as if they were 
going to die. They have not blossomed yet; 
what kind of fl blossom do they have? The 
corn and peas we planted; but the wheat, rye 
and oats we did not plant, as they were for 
fall sowing. We cannot raise winter crops 
here. The peas grew nicely; we lmve just 
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