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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
OEC i 
fled from Troy, led by iEneas, a Trojan 
prince, 1,184 years before Christ. 
The tenor of the Mecklenburg resolutions 
is iu harmony with the declaration of July 4, 
1776. 
Captain Lawrence exclaimed, “Don’t give 
up the ship.’ 1 
“I live on a farm, on a beautiful hillside, 
two miles from Ellington village. I sowed a 
good many flower seeds this year, but owing 
to its being so cold and rainy they did not 
amount to much. I enjoy taking care of 
flowers, although they require a good deal of 
labor, as the dirt must be kept loose around 
the roots, and kept free of weeds. 
I planted some beaus last Spring; I think I 
shall have about two-thirds of a crop The 
onions I sowed did not amount to anything, 
neither did they last year. Many thanks for 
the flower seeds I received this spring; they 
did not all come up. Papa planted his Shoe- 
peg Corn but it proved to be too late for this 
part of the country; it grew very tall, and 
had very large stalks. 
My father is a bee-keeper aud has 76 colo¬ 
nies. I cannot say 1 am particularly fond of 
the busy bee, especially when he comes sing¬ 
ing an angry song around my ears. 
Your niece, myrtle c. carpenter. 
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE POTATO. 
vateci, is a native ot the rnoun- 
tethous parts of tr»pical 
vJMj Vu, America. It was carried to 
* ■; J Europe early in the sixteenth 
century, for we read of its enl- 
tivation in those countries in 
the year 1550, The potato, in its 
* wild state, is seldom more than 
an inch in diameter, and in quality and gene¬ 
ral appearance is far from being equal to 
those specimens that appear on our tables at 
the present day. 
When first introduced into Europe it cre¬ 
ated great excitement. For years it was only 
used as a dessert, either in the form of a 
sweetmeat, or as a fruit. In the year 1844 the 
disease known as the rot appeared and nearly 
destroyed the whole crop. Up to that time it 
was a very productive crop, aud was grown 
Of late years, however. 
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lot of the wild potatoes direct from South ' Papa is a subscriber to the Rural, and likes 
America, aud attempted raising seedlings by it very much. He says he would not be with- 
crossing with the varieties then in use. Many out it, if he could avoid it. He saves all of 
thousand seedlings were then produced, but the numbers to refer to at any time, and finds 
few of them were ever brought to any state of it very useful. 
perfection. One of the principal sorts saved l would like to ask you if 1 may be allowed 
was the Garnet Chili, which had a great repu- to join the Horticultural Club. I am a lover 
tation, and which is the parent of many of the of flowers. We planted the flower-seeds you 
new sorts now attracting so much attention. sent to Papa, in boxes; they came up and 
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Dear Uncle Mark:—M y first letter weut 
to the waste-basket, but 1 am not discouraged, 
as l guess that, was the proper place for it. 
The seeds you so kindly sent me grew nicely. 
It is almost too late for flowers here, but the 
Mignonette is blooming yet; the frost did not 
harm it. 
Huckleberry bushes do not grow near here, 
but I found some wild strawberry plants in 
the woods and transplanted them; they bore 
the sweetest berries I ever tasted. Your niece, 
Kings Co., N. Y. helen bergen. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS, 
Uncle Mark:—W e take the Rural New- 
Yorker this year, and as I have been inter 
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I would answer “Young Historian’s” ques¬ 
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According to the best history we have, the 
Oman nation sprung from a colony which 
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