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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 20 
for lije Routtn;. 
HOME STUDIES. 
f would like to tell the 
Rural readers something 
about my home studying; 
not because I have achieved 
anything wonderful, but it 
may encourage others to do 
a little. When I stopped 
going to the district school, 
I had a fair knowledge of 
all the studies usually 
taught there; that is. read¬ 
ing, writing, spelling, arith¬ 
metic, geography and 
grammar. Beside that, I 
had studied rhetoric two or 
three terms. Circumstances and a ltyrk of 
menus seemed to make it out of the question 
to think of going away to school after that, so 
partly from a love of study.and partly because 
I wanted a better education, i kept on study¬ 
ing at home. My brother, who had been ob¬ 
liged to leave school at the death of my father, 
to work the farm, has studied with me In 
choosing our studies, we have been governed 
by our own taste, not. by any prescribed 
course, We have not been able to devote a 
great deal of time to it in the Summer, mostly 
letting it go entirely. But in five years we 
have accomplished something We com¬ 
menced with algebra, and in that mother 
could help us 1 remember bearing a gentle¬ 
man advise teachers to study algebra aud 
Greek, us au excellent, discipline for the 
mind, i appreciated his advice as far as the 
algebra whs concerned, for what work it made 
with the answer, if 1 didn’t keep the signs all 
right! We went through Robinson's Ele¬ 
mentary Algebra. Latin we have studied 
without uuy teacher, except what help we 
can get from an occasional visitor who may 
chance to have studied it, and some assistance 
from one of our district school teachers, who 
bad just commenced to study it, aud who 
helped us translate and construe sentences, < >ur 
progress has not been very rapid, but, we have 
translated part of the Reader and some in the 
Testament; and Jo not at all regret that we 
commenced it. Geography was always a 
weak point with me, so a year ago last, Fall 
we commenced to study it, aud recite to 
mother. We also drew maps and wrote de¬ 
scriptions; and to impress them on my mind, 
I Imagined that I was takiug a journey and 
visiting the important, cities, and their princi¬ 
pal industries, I commenced at Maine and 
had gone nearly through the States on the 
Atlantic Coast when 1 had to leave home. On 
my return, mother announced her intention 
of taking a real journey, which we had been 
tulkiug of before. So getting ready for that, 
aud other work crowding, our studies were 
dropped. But that journey was worth to me 
what several terms of school would have been. 
It was the pleasantest w ay one could think 
of to study geography, and gave an oppor¬ 
tunity to study human nature, too. Buying 
tickets, looking out for the right, train.studying 
up connections, w aiting m the depots,and meet¬ 
ing so many strangers was excellent teaching. 
Row, at home once again, picture# are con¬ 
stantly rising to my mind of the Pennsylvania 
hills, Lake Erie, the waving grain fields of 
Illinois, Miunehulm, Minneapolis, the bluffs on 
the Mississippi River, moonlight scenery in 
Wisconsin, the lights in Detroit from the Can¬ 
adian shore, and last, but not least, the won¬ 
ders of Niagara Falls. 
"Canadian Farmer's Daughter” thiuks per¬ 
haps "Charity Sweetheart” would not have 
been satisfied with hearing Patti once. 1 think 
very likely she would uot, for 1 always wanted 
to travel, and now 1 want to all the more. I 
w ant to see the same places and visit the same 
friends again, aud I want to go to California; 
1 want to see the ocean and the mountains. 
Sometimes 1 feel a wild longing to see the 
lludsou Kiver, Lake George, and the Adiron- 
dacks. But if It would have made "Charity” 
ns happy to hear Patti sing as it did me to 
travel, 1 think her father might have con¬ 
sidered the money well invested. The money 
for my traveling exjamsus was saved from my 
rather limited income, for that express pur¬ 
pose. 1 had to go without a good many things 
I wanted and other girls had, but I am not 
sorry. 1 returned, quite satisfied with my old 
home after all, and thought ttie prettiest sight 
I had seen was the old hills of Central New 
York. 
But to return to our studies: We have trans¬ 
lated some Latin, besides making a beginning 
in geometry aud botany. W e have just bought 
Gray’s "Field, Forest and Garden Botany,” 
und are going to try to analyze some flowers, 
but cannot tell what success we shall have. 
We are taking the Rural for the second year, 
aud that comes in for a faithful share of study 
every week. Father used to take it "W hen I 
was a little girl; but I imagine that it is a 
great deal better than it was then, and we 
liked it then. Another thing my brother has 
been doing the past Winter, is binding books. 
He has bound his Rukalh in two volumes 
and five years of Arthur’s Magazine for me, 1 
besides several other old magazines. He has > 
not quite reached perfection in that yet. as he f 
has not succeeded in making the front edges 
round-in and the backs round-out; but with a t 
very small outlay of money, he has made 1 
very nice-looking books, a great deal handier ' 
to look at than if the papers were un- ( 
bcund. In the Rural of April 12. Aunt Em. 
tells about binding books, but sbe does not 
say how she does it. Perhaps she or someone 
else, can tell him how he can improve. If any 
of the Rural readers would like to know how 
he does it, perhaps be would write a descrip¬ 
tion of his work for them. 
We think thatu little money spent for books 
every year, is a good investment. My brother I 
has ju*t got "Farming for Profit.” from J, C. 
McCurdy & Co., Philadelphia. We like it ! 
very much Last Fall I bought "Green Moun¬ 
tain Boys.” and if any of the Rural readers 
waut to buy a good story book for the young 
folks, I would recommend that I think the 
old folks would be interested in it, too. Our 
ambition now is to get a Cyclopedia. We 
hoped to have it this year, tmt extra expenses 
make the prospect rather doubtful, so we prob¬ 
ably will have to wait awhile yet. 
GLENNIE. 
NOTES BY UNCLE MARK. 
School has beguu; the Cousins who can 
start in with the first week have hunted up 
their books and are going toschool. It is hard 
to study the first week or so, isn't it ! And 
some of you have hot, dusty walks, but the 
weather will be beautiful part of the Fall, and 
you will soon get used to studying again. If 
there is any lesson that you dislike very much, I 
give it the most study; call it disagreeable, if 
you like, but study it first, learn it well, and 
you may find it not so bad after all. 
You of the Cousins who must stay out of 
school to help in the fall work can, by being 
wide awake, learn much that is useful; the 
farm ts a place to learn as well as the school. 
Things learned about the care of fall crops— 
storing, pitting, canning aud drying—will be 
as useful to you as the school studies. The 
best educated men are those who have studied 
work as well as books. 
Find out your fathers’ opinions about caring 
for the fall crops, and what they think the best 
method of sowing wheat. Learn what your 
mothers consider the best ways to cun and dry 
fruit; the work looks easy, hut they can tell 
you many things about it tbut you have not 
thought ol, or noticed. 
The leaves have begun to change color. 
How many of you have ever tried to name 
every color you could see, standiugiu the open 
field? Try it these Autumn days; you will see 
many tints, that have often been around you, 
that you never noticed before. We miss see¬ 
ing hundreds of things all about us because we 
do uot look. 
Do uot get so busy with school and work 
that you cannot send a good description of 
something convenient, tor our Discussion. 
Don’t say, "Oh! I never made anything worth 
describing,” but write a plain description of 
anything you have made, so that eveu the 
smallest Cousins will know just how to make 
what you descrilie. 
Some of the Cousins cannot go to school this 
year. Are you planning any home studies? 
Yon ueed to know many things, and can learn 
much at home if you give t ime aud persistence 
to a few studies. 1 waut you to learu enough 
this Winter to make you eager to learn more. 
In writing to our department write only on 
one side of the paper, aud give your full ad¬ 
dress. Most of you remember these rules, but 
some of you forget now and then. 
Another cure for poison ivy is sent by W. F. 
K.. of La. it is to take theleavesaud Dark of 
the Cotton-wood, and make a strong te < of 
them. Bathe the affected parts frequently 
and drink about half a gill three times a day; 
a cure will be effected iu about a week. 
In passiug a farm where there are cattle, 
sheep, chickens, and turkeys, can you tell to 
what breeds they belong? At the County 
Fail's you can learn the appearance and names 
of many of them, so you will be able to recog¬ 
nize them anywhere. Make the most of your 
opportunity. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark;— As you wish all of 
the Cousins to report, I will do so. Papa 
gave me a bed in the garden for my flower- 
seeds , and now the plants look nice. I have 
about an eighth of an acre of potatoes in 
papa’s potato field to take care of, and I will 
have the potatoes for myself. They are 
Clark’s No. 1 and Cook's No. 1. The two little 
Blnsb Potatoes planted one year ago last 
Spring, yielded 105 pounds, and we have quite 
a crop growing now. One of our neighbors 
had a sow with a litter of young pigs, and at 
the same time a hen that bad lost, her chicks 
adopted the pig* and made as much fuss over 
them as any hen ever madeover her own chil¬ 
dren. It was fun to see the old hen spread her¬ 
self when she tried to brood the pigs. 
Your nine-year old nephew, 
Livingston Co., N. Y. Clyde hulbert. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— It has been a long 
time since 1 have written to you. This is the 
second letter I have sent you. My first letter 
was not published, but my sister's was. Per 
baps you could not read it. I will try and 
write plainer this time. The flower seeds you 
sent me are in bloom; the poppies are especial¬ 
ly lull of bloom. There was a red flower that 
came up in my flower bed, and it grew very 
tall. I don’t know whether it is Princess 
Feather or not. Can you tell me? Papa has 
planted the Rural corn, and it has grown 12 
feet high, and almost every stalk has two ears, 
but papa is afraid that it does not mature 
quickly enough for this country. Your new 
cousin, T1LLIE WRIGHT. 
Wyomiug Co., N. Y. 
[1 cannot tell whether the flower is Princess 
Feather or uot from so short, a description. I 
am glad you wrote again , though your first 
letter was not published. We will be glad to 
hear from your sister and from you again.— 
Uncle Mark.] 
Dear Uncle Mark and Rural Cousins: 
—I promised in my last letter to let you know 
what success I had with my flowers this Sum¬ 
mer. I sowed the flower seed in rich, sandy 
loam. It nearly ull came up. I saved a little 
for another year, for fear something would 
happen to prevent some of them from going 
to seed this year, but they are all doing well. 
They have been In blossom for a long while, 
and have been the admiration of the whole 
neighborhood, as they are entirely new to 
all around here. 1 took all the portulacas 
up aud set them by themselves, and they 
make a very pretty show. There are 
several double ones among them. I have 
four sensitive plants Are they a bouse 
plant, or will they stay out doors all 
Winter? Ma takes a bouquet, to church 
every Sunday aud then gives it to some one 
who does not have any flowers, aud all are 
eager to get a bouquet. I have giveu a great 
many flowers to the sick and the old ladies 
arouud here. Ma says that, is the best use I 
can put ray flowers to. I have quite a number 
of seedhug strawberries; how shall 1 treat 
them so as to make sure of having them live 
through the Winter. They now have from 
three to five leaves. My brothers aud I have 
each a garden. We have W. E Potatoes, to¬ 
matoes, beans, beets, canbage and peppers. I 
tell the boys t hey ought to write to the Cous¬ 
ins, but they say I write all the » ews and it is 
of uo use for them to write. Next time 1 write 
1 will let you know how my potatoes yield. 
From your niece, rose loomis. 
Clare Co., Mich 
[The Sensitive Plant will not live out 
through the Winter with us. Put the seedling 
strawberries out iu the ground in rich, mellow 
soil, and cover them with straw when the 
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