THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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f English Ivy, or bearded and draped with 
moss, as after happens, nothing more fanciful 
or picturesque can be imagined. 
1 spout one morning in the largest cemeter¬ 
ies of the city, where nearly every tree 
was a pillar for Ivy and brooding vines, and 
with trimmed hedges, and ilowers made the 
abode of the dead most beautiful to the eye. 
In no place has the lavish expenditure of mon¬ 
ey been greater than among the tombs, sev¬ 
eral of which cost $50,000 each and upwards. 
Probably in no cemetery in the United States, 
but 30 years old, can one see the costliness and 
beauty of Laurel Hill of San Francisco. In 
the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery a great, many Ger¬ 
mans have been buried, and their monumeuts 
are of a costly character. Many of the 
as they can wait they run around with a pair 
of chopsticks and a rice bowl. In the home of 
the Christianized woman, whose name is 
Lum Soon, we found an Americanized 
interior with considerable Chinese decoratiuu. 
Our hostess was engaged in dressing the hair 
of her husband's third wife—she was his second 
one— an operation that requires two hours of 
time, so elaborate the hair dressing is. At 
our request she proceeded with it, and showed 
us the pillow on which she slept, in order not 
to tumble her hair. It was of china about 
four inches wide and six long and two high, 
and hollow, and on this she rested her neck, 
she said it was uncomfortable when she did 
not feel well. She had tried a feather pillow 
aud found it very stuffy. Such is the force of 
right, and so were the flower seeds. Good luck 
to the Rural! o. c. 
Canada. 
Province of Quebec.— The Rural New- 
Yorker Pea ripened, with me, nearly a mouth 
ahead of the common kinds around here, aud 
I think will prove valuable; the vine seems 
rathershort for light land. The Black Cham¬ 
pion Oats are, I think, too late for this prov¬ 
ince; they have been shot out for over a 
month, and are only beginning to ripen. The 
Rural tomatoes look well, aud if they escape 
the frost 1 will save a lot of seed, as some of 
them are very handsome. The Garden Treas¬ 
ures did uot come up well on account of cold 
and drought. There are some very nice flow¬ 
ers among them. w. h. l. 
two inches deep, yielded at the rate of 57 }( 
bushels per acre. The stool heads were two 
weeks later in maturing than the flrst heads. 
Black oats do not command tho same 
price with us us white oats. I have inquired 
of many horsemen about t he difference, and 
they all seem of one opinion, that the shell of 
black oats is tougher and harder to chow than 
that of white oats. The Rural Union Corn, 
planted May 2d, grew' from eight to twelve 
feet, high, with one ear to a stalk, three stalks 
in a hill. It was planted in hills and received 
quite level cultivation, that Is, as level os irri¬ 
gating would allow, seed three inches deep; it 
was gathered the 10th inst. I have what is 
called "Jerry Dill Com” planted the same day 
with the Rural Union Com, which was gath- 
MOORE’S EARLY GRAPE. Fig. 381. (See page 651.) 
nure, at tha rate of 20 wagon-loads per acre, 
and wood ashes at the rate of 300 bushels per 
acre. The Black Champion Oat3 planted six 
inches apart, in rows twelve inches apart, and 
Rural Union Corn is doing well and bids 
fair to beat anything we have here. I think 
it is going to be a great advantage on sandy 
laud with little or no loam. But neither corn 
Idaho. 
Horse shoe Bend, Boise Co —The Rural 
seeds were planted in my experimental plot, 
and received the same attention and care I 
gave others. Soil sandy; plants Irrigated and 
manured with two-year-old barn-yard ma¬ 
orod the 32d of August. Many of the ears are 
as loug, but not ns big around us the Rural 
corn. The yield per acre was nearly double 
that, of tho Rural Union. Tho tomatoes were 
started in a cold-frame which was left open 
one night in April for the frost, which got them 
nil. The Rural peas I planted in drills 14 inch- 
chos apart. Rural N.-Y. was planted April8, 
and was eatable In 40days after germinating. 
Hiram Sibley’s First and Best was three days 
earlier, and more prolific. The last named 
was planted July 5, and was eatable hi 30 days. 
Hors ford’s Market Garden is very prolific, and 
will make a good homo pea. Tho Garden 
Treasures are well named, aud dosorvo a place 
in every garden. About, all tho seed came up 
and wo had on abundance of flowers, beauti¬ 
ful and rare, A. L. R, 
Michigan. 
Old Mission, Grand Traverse Co.—Of the 
Rural flower seeds only a part came up. 
There wore some now to us and very pretty. 
The tomatoes got frozen in the latter part of 
May. A few, however, survived; they are 
very smooth, but rather late for this climate. 
The peas did well; the earliest is ahead of 
anything wo have hero. 1 planted them the 
second time this Hummer, and have green 
pons fit to pick now. I have three small 
sheaves of the Rural oats; they have a great 
ttdvuntage: where the climate and ground 
suits them, they tiller out aud save seed. 
They were planted on rich garden loam about 
May 1, and got partly frozen about the last of 
the month. They tillered out like full wheat, 
aud grew rank and late; size of straw very 
uneven; and the oats ripened very unevenly. 
Straw badly rusted. They were cut about 
two weeks later than our common oat* sown 
about the same time. Duly about two-thirds 
of them ripe; I cut them green because I 
thought I would loso more by the riper heads 
shelling than I would gain by tho greener 
ones ripeuiug. Will try them next year on 
sandy land with little or no loam. The 
JER8EV COW VICTORY. Fig. 383. (See page 651.) 
graves of children have a cover at the head, 
like a sugar loaf cut in two vertically, with a 
glass front, which reveals dolls, tools, play¬ 
things and photographs of the dead little ones. 
Thomas .Starr King’s body rested for a short 
time In Laurel Hill, but now lies buried in 
front of the Unitarian church In this city. It 
is a simple tomb, low. forming a marble roof 
for the grave, and bordered with box, inside 
of which is a row of deep pink Queen Margar¬ 
et Asters, a flower that thrives as well as the 
dahlia. 
I spent one day with a lady missionary in 
the Chinese quarter, where wo saw a number 
of Chinese homes, a temple, the home of a 
christianized Chinese woman, several Chinese 
schools and a Mission Home for Chinese wom¬ 
en and girls. Tho first school l visited for the 
Chinese was on Sunday evening at six o’clock, 
in the First Congregational church. About 100 
young men were in attendance, learning to 
read the Bible. They were divided into class¬ 
es of three each, and most of the teachers were 
women. A young .Japanese led tho singing 
to piano accompaniment. There were 
scripture recitations, and the pronunciation 
of some of the pupils was excellent. They all 
wear the native dress so far as they can get it 
here—the loose top shirt, or coat, which they 
call sham (pronounced shawm) with its loose 
half flowing sleeves, anl lapped front, a hand¬ 
some garment, and trousers rather wide— 
these of dark blue cloth—the Chinese shoes 
with thick woodeu soles, and low uppers discios- 
ingspotless white hose (sometimes pale blue); 
and the black hair fastened into one loug braid, 
w'hich is often lengthened by inserted material 
until it nearly reaches the heels of the wearer; 
the front of the hair is shaved off. I nave 
seen many Chinese and have never seen a rag¬ 
ged one, aud of ail laboring men, they are the 
neatest in appearance. They are gentle and 
quiet in manner, noiseless at their work, and 
when well trained make the best of servants. 
A good one readily commands $6 per week 
and his board. The missionary told me she 
had in her employ a Chinese boy, fourteen 
years of age, to whom she paid $4 a week, 
and he did almost the entire work for the 
family of three, and the family is that of a 
Presbyterian clergyman. 
Most of the leading churches are engaged in 
Chinese mission work, and they claim large 
numbers of conversions. The Chinese live and 
sleep in small rooms, but they are much out- 
of-doors. They are not neat in their houses 
as a class. The children from early babyhood 
are dressed in precisely the same style and 
cut of garments as are adults, and so soon 
habit. Her own feet had not been compress¬ 
ed, but those of the other wife were very 
small, about three or four inches long, aud it 
was witli difficulty that she hobbled about. 
The two women seemed to be on the best of 
terms. Lum Soon was about to sail for China 
to take care of her husband's aged mother. I 
am half sorry that I began about the Chinese, 
as I am at the end of an over-long letter and 
with not a word about the day school, or the 
House of Refugo for Chinese girls and women, 
(what a fate is theirs! Half the Chinese men 
and some of the women ought to be choked to 
death) and much more pertaining to them 
left unsaid. We go hence down the Hanta 
Clara Valley to tho Bay of Monterey, to see the 
Big Trees at SHuta Cruz, the wonderful Hotel 
del Monte, at Monterey, the lovely city of Han 
Jose, and the estate of Governor Lelaud Stan¬ 
ford at Menlo Park. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS, 
Ohio. 
B EBBARD8VILLE, Athens Co., Sept. 15.—We 
have had a very dry season here—no ruin that 
has done much good since May, till tho ninth 
of September. Corn is very poor. Wheat 
was good; oats middling. No late potatoes at 
all, and early ones not extra; but the apple 
crop is large. Hay was not half a crop. Stock 
looks well, but is low in price. Sheep from $2 
to $3 a head, and no sale for them at that price. 
Wool sold for 28c. Cattle in good demand. 
Hogs dull. Good horses in demand. B. a. 
Oregon, 
McCoy, Polk Co., Sept. 11.—We have just 
harvested a splendid crop. My wheat went 
48 bushels per acre, and I have heard of some 
fields that made over 50 bushels; but the har¬ 
vest is not nearly finished in some localities, 
aud we have been having hard rains for more 
than a week, and no prospect for clearing up 
yet. Wheat is worth 50 cents here now—the 
lowest price known here. A great many far¬ 
mers are looking about for some other way to 
use their land than wheat raising, e. t. h. 
RURAL SEED REPORTS. 
Alabama. 
Munford, Talladega Co.—The Rural seed 
ail did first-rate. The corn is small. The 
oats were fine, but too late for this country. 
The rye was the finest I ever saw, until it got 
about one foot high, when it was attacked by 
rust, and never headed; so I lost the seed. 
The tomatoes were the finest that have ever 
been seen in this country. The peas were all 
