Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer UnioiL RENBBELAER, .DIANA-

ON BROADWAY. See! Young Ainerice, iris iu-ti»o arras With bundle* ladon. , Eaoortinjr in a slipshod kind •( way A pretty maiden. .... Often she drips a yard or two buhiml Before ho> mimed her, Ah! her relationship ui pliunHin sister. And clone behind theounplc we have scon Appears another— A young man with a venerable daincOf comae, hi* mother! Fur Tie him with-a imlroninng air Her car enlisiod, And tells her things of which she was aware Ere ho existed. Another pair, who. walking far apart, Hcorn conversation, He eyeing all the young and blooming girls With admiration; She, with a weary air, and loaded down With goods he should have carried, Heema tilted with care; alas! the fact is clear, These two are married. | * One couple more —thoir hands are slyly clasped. They seem devoted. The glances of sardonic paanor*-by Are all unnoted. Her eyes—the color of the radiant sky Bo bright above us— m Look fondly into his. Come, let us go, These two are levers! -.V. y. Sun.

OOOD-NIOHT. Ood keep you safe, mv little love, . All through the night; Rest close in Hia encircling nrms Until the light. My heart is with you aa 1 kneel to pray, (hind-night I Ood keep you in His care alway. Thick shadows creep like silent ghosts About my head; I lose myself in tender dreams. While overhead The misin comes stealing through the window bam. A silver sickle gleaming ’mid the Stars. For 1, though I am far away. Feel safe and strong To trust you thus, dear love—and yet— The night is long— I say with sobbing breath the old fond prayer. Good-night! Sweet dreams! God kocp you everywhere. —Mary It. lligham, in Churchman.

“HANG THE BABY.”

“ Then you won’t go, Alice?" “ No, Herbert—l am sorry—but the baby!” “Oh, hang the baby!” and Herbert Hung out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Alice stood looking at the door, growing whiter and whiter. Then she gave a heart-breaking cry, fell on her knees by the cradle, and hiding her face in her hands, sobbed bitterly. She had looked forward so long to going to this particular party. It was given by Mrs. Mountjoy, one of the leaders in society, and all who were eminent in politics, diplomacy or literature, as well as distinguished in the fashionable world, were sure to be thero. She had been kept at home so much since baby had been born that she really felt the need of a little variety and relaxation. But baby had beeu threatened with croup a week before, and the fond mother had not yet recovered from her fright. Baby, she admitted, was now better, “ but not lit," she declared, to be left, at least with only the nurse to look after it. Nurses are so careless, everybody had told her, even the beat of them. So she felt it her duty to give up the party. She had not asked Herbert to give if up also, and even said there was no reason he should stay at home, but still, in her hearts of all hearts, she hoped he would. T ‘‘ He said, ‘ hang the baby;’ yes, he did, darling,” she murmured, with indignant emphasis, as she bent over the little unconscious sleeper, “It was your papa who said that, and ho has gone to a brilliant party, with such thoughts of his wife and child! Did you come, dearest, to estrange us from each other?” This awful idea called for bitter sighs. Herbert had said such beautiful things in her trusting young maidenhood. “ Never should their lives run in separate channels, as those of some married people of their acquaintance did ” —“ never a joy accepted that did not make them one”—“ never a barrier should come between them.” And now to think that thi#‘, wee babe, with its golden curls, this beautiful little helpless creature should part them, as never strong hands could! She pictured the gay assemblage, and her Herbert dancing with fair young girls, smiling on others, and leaving her to die of heart-break. Her imagination, always too vivid, viewed him in his triumphs, until her misery took almost the form of madness. “Ho didn’t want me to go,” she said; “he acted as if he didn’t, and then he pretended to throw all blame on dear, helpless baby.” Suddenly she heard the sound of car-riage-wheels outside; they stopped at the door; the bell rung; and a fairylike figure stood on the threshold of the room, in all the wistfnlness of expectancy, with dimpling smiles and laughing eyes. “Oh, Mabel!” cried Alice, starting i to her feet with a glad cry. “ This is indeed a surprise. I’m sogladyon’ve come. My uaiiing sister!” Forthwith ensued a scone of rapturous welcome. Then the baby was *exhibited, and one would not have dreamed that a tear had evor stained the cheek of the proud mother. Then the visitor’s trunks were ordered to be carriea up-stair?. “B* where’s Herbert? In the study?” said Mabel at last. All the light went out of her sister’s eyes; her hands fell. “He’s out -outrdear.” “ Good! Don’t ( be angry, because rm glad, far4sainan havßsuch a nice little chat. You didn’t expect me.” “ Of course I didn’t.” “ Well, I didn’t think of coming, as you know, for -a month yet. But I thought it would be so nice to surprise you.” “Oh!l’m so glad.” “And then Paul Is coming,” she said, blushing, ‘‘next week, to stay a month; he has business here; and to wanted me so badsy to be here too. 1 declare,” she saiit, laughing, " I’ll have to marry him soon to get rid of him.” “Oh, Mabel! don’t marry him unless you’re certain you’ll be happy!” cried Alice, hysterically. “Be sure, first, he won’t go to parties, and le—ave you a—lone with ba—baby,” she sobbed. “ Whatl Is Herbert at a party?” queried Mabel, quite subdued. “ Yes, he is; and when I told him 1 couldn’t go on aocount of baby, he said, ‘ hang ba—baby!’ Ye»( yon little angel, your own father Bald those awful words—and then he si—slammed the door.” “ He’s a viper!” exclaimed Mabel, with sudden vehemenoe. “ A nice way to treat a wife like yoq—a baby like

that! But why couldn’t you leave baby?” “Because he was threatened with croup last week.” ’ ; “ But he’s well enough now—sleeps deliciously. He’ll not wako up all the night, perhaps. And the nurse would* have taken good care of him.” “ I should have been thinking of fire, and all that.” “Oh, nonsense! You ought to have gone. But Herbert had no right to behave as he did; and he must bo punished;” and Mabel threw her wraps on the bed, and took her the glowing fire. “It won’t do to let him get the upper hand. Ah! I have it. I’ve thought of a splendid plan. A charming, delightful little plot,” and she clapped her hands in glee. “ Oh, Mabel, what is it?” and Alice slid down at her sister’s feet, gazing iu her face with expectant smiles. “What are yon going to do?” “ I’m not going to do it. I shall stay here and watch baby. You are going to the party.” "Mabel! impossible!” “Quite possible. In foot it must be done. You must let Herbert see that you’re as pretty as anybody, and quite as much admired. It is decided. You are to go the party and play a part. Let mo arrange the programme.” “ But. Mabel, I haven’t a dress prepared—or anything. I gave up going a week ago, you see, when baby was threatened with the croup,” “Pshaw! You shall wear one of mine, one of the most bewitching, bewildering of dresses, bought from my last allowance from Uncle Curtis. Only to see it will throw you into ecstacies. Worth never composed anything more lovely. I want to see it on you. Come, come, call your maid; I am all impatience. We’ll shame our bad husband into good behavior, see if we don’t. No irresolution, pretty sister, mine. I’ll stay at home and fancy myself mistress here, and count your pictures, vases and pretty things, and catalogue them, so as to make mamma happy with a letter to-mor-row. Order John, or Jack, or Bill, or whoever your coachman is, to get the carriage—if that’s impossible, send for a cab. ” In less than an hour Mabel led fier sister to the great French mirror, and laughingly introduced her.to the loveliest and best-dressed woman she had almost ever seen.

Alice trembled a little when she found herself actually on the way to Mrs. Mountjoy’s; but her sister’s urgent will had conquered, and her heart was hardened by Herbert’s emphatic expression concerning the baby. She was reassured, however, by Mrs. Mountjoy’s hearty welcome. “So glad you’ve come, iny dear,” she said. “ Your husband said he feared ‘ baby’ would keep you at home; but I told him it was all nonsense. You did right to reconsider the matter.” Herbert, like many handsome society men, was a little spoiled and selfish without knowing it. He loved Alice devotedly; but he was not unwilling to receive the sweet smiles and honeyed words of others; while, with a man’s inconsistency, he was not desirous that his wife should play the part of a married belle. It was while he was dancing with one of the most noted and beautiful women of the metropolis, who was more than willing to listen to his nonsense, that Herbert, looking up from the face leaning against his shoulder, while the dreamy waltz music “thrilled hearts sensitive to sadness as to joy,” encountered the sparkling face of his wife, and saw her arrayed in the freshest and most graceful costume in the room. She was moving quietly along with an escort in uniform. “Pray, don’t stumble,” said his partner, petulantly, for from that moment the grand repose of his manner was gone, and the lady on his arm might have been made of wax, or any other ductile material, for all lie eared now. “How the dickons came she here?” he muttered to himself, os he led his Eartner, absently, to a seat, deaf to all er pretty words, blind to her fascinations. “It certainly is Alice but that dress—the prettiest thing here! and I left hsr quite determined not to come. I don’t understand it. Dancing with that military puppy, Guinnett, too. She knows I hate him.” With these amiable thoughts, he laid himself out to gain the attention of his wife, and make her explain. It was some time before he had the chance, so he was obliged to content himself with following her graceful motions, angry with himself and with her. “ Alice! Can I believe my eyes?” ho said, at last, in the pause of the dance. “‘I should think you mightrather," was the nonchalant reply. “Pray how did you comeP” “ Pray, how die! you come? I rode. Did you walk?” “Well, but—” ~ “Excuse me. I’m engaged four deep already;” and Herbert was forced to move aside, as a pompous acquaintance claimed her hand. “ I’d like to knock that fellow down,” he muttered, angry in earnest. Another pause, and another tete-a-tete. No satisfaction given. Herbert had hardly the grace to redeem his dancing engagements. 1 “ About the baby, Alice?” ho askod anxiously. fjhe put her rosy lips to his ear, and in a subdued voice, exclaimed: —-M Hang the baby!” Herbert started and changed color. To be sure lie bad used tho same language; but from her it was too exasperating. How he got through the evening he could handly tell. When, at last, they were together in the.carriage, driving home, there might have been an open rupture but for the.determined calmness of Alice, who took everything os a matter of.nourse. ... One glance in the beautiful nursery unsealed his eyes. There by the fire sat Mabel, in all tho abandon of a neglige toilet, her luxuriant tresses falling in glossy freedom over her shoulders, while tne little fellow on her lap, clutching at one long, shining curl, crowed and laughed as well as he could for “auntie’s” smothering kisses. A sudden revulsion of feeling oamo to the father's heart at sight of this sweet home-picture. “Aha# I know who contrived the plot,” he said. «■ But lam glad to see' you, Mabel, nevertheless.” “Wasn’t she the belle of the ball?” answered Mabel, saucily. “ There’s no doubt of that. At any rate, I didn’t get a chance to dance with her.” "Of course. Whoever heard, in society, of danoing with one’s wifeP” she said, sarcastically. “ [ see that she followed my directions implicitly. You must learn, sir, that a house divided against itself cannot stand—that is, if one-hall is flirting at a party and the other half at home crying her eyoa out/’

“ Oh, Alice—were you, really?” “ 1 should think she was. 1 can assure you that 1 myself saw half the house dissolved in tears, and so wretched that— ’’ “Mabel, liusli!” said Alice, imploringly. 7 “Traitor, do you turn on me,” exclaimed Mabel, with mook displeasure. “My child,” Bho went on, tossing the crowing cherub, “tellyour solfish papa that ho has also some obligations, and that if you had known you were to be the bone of contention in tbis family, you’d havo staid in the garden of angels, where you were wanted.” Herbert was strongly affected by this audacious outburst, but it had the effect of leading him to see his duty in a new light. It taught him to reflect; opened his eyes to his selfishness; and made him, from that evening, a better and itaoro considerate husband. Six months from that time Alice was dressed for a party. Bat this time the party was given at her own house, and in honor of Mabel’s marriage.. Even the bride did not look lovelier; for nothing now occurred to mar Alice’s happiness; and happiness, after all, is the best preservative of beauty. “Ah! how charming *you look,” whispered Mabel, with an arch glance, as they passed each other in the dance. “Prettier, even, and it is saying a treat deal, than when I cured your nusand, by sending you to Mrs. Mountjoy’s party.”— Alice Gray, in Rural New Yorker i

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-A controversy on spelling-reform in a London magazine has the alluring title, “ 1,212 Ways of Spelling ‘ Scissors.’ ” —Twenty years ago Albert Grant, the London financier of Emma Mine and Lisbon tramways notoriety, swept a wine merchant's office for $3 a week, and was discharged because ho was “ not sharp enough.” —The London Publisher's Circular complains that the free libraries established in English towns are a failure, because over 75 per cent, of tho books read are fiction, purchased at the expense of the taxpayers. . —A curious bit of philology is conveyed in the name of the familiar brierroot pipe. It has no connection with any brier, such as sweet brier or blackberry, but the word is merely a corruption of bruyere, the French for heath. —“Mark Twain” has sent for his pastor, tho Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell, of Hartford, Conn., to go over to Europe and spend some weeks with him in a pedestrian tour through Germany and Switzerland. It is not to cost Mr. Twitchell a cent. —Mrs. John W. Iliff was once a saleswoman in a sowing-machine establishment in Chicago. She went to Denver a few years ago to better her condition, where her husband recently died, leaving her the undisputed owner of $300,000 and 30,000 head of cattle. —The late Judge Sidney Breese, of Illinois, had for many years been accumulating and preparing the materials of a history of that State with which he had been personally identified from its admission into the Union. A large part of this history he had written in detached pieces.— N. Y. Post.

—Mr. Thurman is described as the most unostentatious looking man in the Senate. He dislikes an undertaker-like suit of black broadcloth, and generally w ears light gray clothes of loose and comfortable fit He is independent enough to carry a snuff-box, as Henry Clay and other statesmen of earlier days did. —On an old tombstone in a cemetery of Litchfield, Conn., is the following inscription: “Sacred to the memory of inestimable worth of unrivaled excellence and virtue I4rs. Rachel, wife of Jerome B. Woodruff and daughter of Norman Barber, whose etheral parts became a seraph May 24, 1835, in the twenty-second year of her age.” —An examination of the phonograph record has recently been made in Fingland with interesting results. Each vowel sound is found to have its characteristic record; that for long E, for ox ample, resembling two Indian clubs with their handles together. The long and short sounds of the same vowels have a similar record, differing only as theory would lead one to expect. —The following story is told of Speaker Randall’s grandfather, a leading lawyer in Philadelphia. He was clear-headed if he had a fee beforehand. A stranger came to consult him about a will and forgot the usual fee. The case involved a great deal of property. The client began: “My father died and made a will.” He then stated the case, consuming an hour in doing so. “Do you understand the matter, Mr. Randall?” “No, I do not.” The client left in disgust. He told hia trouble to a friend, who advised him to secure Mr. Randall. “ Stupid old dolt,” said the man, “he don’t know anything.” “ What retainer did you give him?” said the friend. “Oh, I forgot that.” “Go back and give tho old man a hundred dollar bill and see what will come of it.” Mr. Randall received him as though he had never seen him before, pocketed his fee and said: “Now state your case.” “My father died and made a will.” “ Stop, sir,” said the lawyer, “ that is very queer; how could he make a will after he was dead ? Don't you mean that lie made a will and died?” “Why, ’Squire, how did you find that out? tliata what I mean.” The case was won.— N. Y. Evening Post.

—To restore the softnoss and pliancy Of leather which ha 3 becomo hard by having been wet, apply neatsfoot od and rub it in. Castor oil is a good substitute for neatsfoot oil for softening leather belts, boots and harness. The cost oil for harness is one quart neatsfoot oil, four ounces beef tallow and three tablespoonfuls lampblack; adding four ounces beeswax for use in summer weather. —Tradition In agriculture is one of the greatest hindrances in the way of rural progress. This applies with special force to stock breeding and feeding. The same is essentially true in the department of vegotablo economy. where pedigree in seed raising is quite as important as pedigree in stockbreeding. —Prairie Farmer.' In Alabama they chew the tassels of the lir-trees as a substitute for tobacco* which reminds us of the old adage, “Be fir-chewers abu you’ll lie happy.” Chicago TVmes. — l The hot season of the year is now at hand. Go to work with the sun ami tarry in the field till the dew is on the grass. But rest at noonday.— Exchange. Babies are too highly prised to permit them to suffer with Colic, Flatulence, etc., when Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup will at once relieve them. Price, 86 eta,

Another Enoch Arden.

Truth is always stranger than fiction, but we ean only be made to believe it by startling oasoo like this. Tennyson naa immortalized “Enoch Arden,” but this story of William G. Raines, while it has all the pathetio features of the poem, surpasses it in thrilling incidents and advontures. Ten years ago Mr. Raines was a resident of our neighboring Village of Hendrysburg, where he followed tho occupation of a carpenter. He was married and had one child; but, thinking that he could better his fortunes, ho loft his family and sought employment in the East, expecting to return in a few months. During nis absence he was engaged by his uncle to make a nine-months” cruise to Calcutta in a merchant vessel, via Good Hope. He wrote an affectionate letter to his wife, inclosing S2OO, informing her of his intended voyage and expressing \ho hope that upon his return they would be able to live happily together. The vessel sailed, and while in mid-ocean another letter was sent to ltjs wife., After that, silence and oblivion. No word came from the lost man, and it was boliqveil that the vessel had gone down with all on board. After waiting threeycars, and hoping against hope, Mrs. Raines at last concluded that her husband had found a watery grave, and, yielding to the solicitations of a new lover, she abandoned her widow’s weeds and once more became a wife, marrying a Mr. Kyle, who is now a contractor on the National Road near St. Clairsville. The third act opens with the unexpected return of Mr. Raines. The vessel was really wrecked on the west coast of Africa, north of Cape Town. Mr. Raines and his uncle, with four other men, succeeded in reaching shore in a boat, but were soon after captured by the natives. The prisoners were marched 600 miles into the interior. Each tribe took one of the men and kept him as a curiosity. Raines was divested of his clothing while on exhibition, and visitors came hundreds of miles to-see the wonderful white man. He was the special protege of the King, and was regarded with affection by tne whole tribe. But the prisoner pined for freedom, and hoped that far beyond the burning sands and the rolling billows, he might find again his wife and child. Inspired by these thoughts, about a year ago he made a desperate attempt for liberty, and escaping from the tribe, he managed, after many hardships, to’reach Cape Town, wifere he engaged as a sailor, and three weeks ago landed at San Francisco, and immediately started for Ohio. He arrived at Caldwell, and learnod for the first time that his wife had married three years after his supposed death. Unlike Enoch, he did not decide Never to tell her, never let her know, but, with the honor of a true man, which even a life of six years among cannibals could not destroy, he proposes to let her decide which of the men she will live with in the future. Legally Mrs. Kyle is the wife of Mr. Raines; but, of course, she was justified in her second marriage, and Mr. Raines sensibly concludes that no man has a right to rise from the dead, as it were, and disturb relationships that were contracted in good faith. He will lot the woman choose between them, and abide by her decision. —Bamesville (Ohio) Enterprise.

Watering Pot Plants.

In the operation of watering potted plants persons not practically familiar with plant culture are apt to make serious mistakes. It may be said that writers are always harping on this theme, but it is one to which attention cannot be too frequently drawn. Our mind reverts to the subiect because only a few days ago we saw a lamentable ease, where some valuable plants had been completely destroyed through injudicious watering. Cultivators find by experience that an excess of water at the roots is very injurious to almost all plants, and hence it is usual to direct that great caution be used in the application of water, especially in the winter. The result is that frequently the opposite extreme is fallen into, to the great injury of the plants. From the moment that the soil becomes so far dried that the fibers of the root cannot absorb moisture from it the plants begin to suffer. Some plants can bear this loss of water with more impunity than others; some again, and the erica family among the rest, are in this way soon destroyed. The object in watering should be to prevent this stage of dryness being reached, at least during the time the plant is growing, and at all times in the case of those of very rigid structure; at the same time excess, which would sodden the soil and gorge the plants, is also avoided. Within these limits the most inexperienced persons may follow sourtd directions for the application of water with safety; but whenever water is given to pot plants, enough should be employed to wet the soil thoroughly, and the difference between plants that require more or less water should be made by watering more or less frequently, and not by giving greater or lesser quantities at one time.— N. T. Herald.

Feels Young Again.

“Mr mother wu afflicted a long time with Neuralgia and adult, heavy, inactive condition of the whole ayatem; headache, nervous prostration, and was almost helpless. No physicians ot medicines did her any good. Three months ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with such good effect that she seems and feels roiing again, although over seventy years old. We think there Is no other medicine fit to use in the family.”—A lady, Providence, R. I. Honor to American Manufacturers Hts Majesty Oscar 11., King ot Norway and Bweden, has sent to the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. the Orand Swedish Gold Medal in recognition of the superiority of their cabinet organs. The medal Is surmounted by si crown and bears on one Bide the Inscription “Lilterts et Artibus,” and on the other, around the bust of the King, •* Oscar IL, Bvec. Norv. (loth. Varnl. Rex.” This honor will he the more valued by the Company from the fact that Hla Majesty Oscar 11. Is known to be a musical connoisseur of highest attainments.

To Housekeepers.

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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Every enterprising farmer should make an experiment-station of his farm, himself being the director. —To destroy bugs on squash or cucumber vines, dust them with woodashes, lime or plaster-paris; or sprinkle them with water off of coal-tar.— DctMoines Register. —lt is found that I,sso'pounds of po-, taloes are required, in cattle-feeding, to form the same quantity of slosh that 100 pounds of beans would do.— Bt. Louis Republican. —Salt is very important tor animals. Large pieces of rock-salt put into the mangers and feeding-troughs are recommended. One-half the ash of animal blood consists of salt; without the latter the blood cannot be in a natural or healthy state. —Parsnips contain qlmost twice as much dry matter, or real food, as turnips, and this of a superior quality. Carrots, again, oontain about as much dry substance as mangolds, but are richer in sugar and of better feeding quality. — St. Louis Republican. —House-plants that have been turned out of their pots apd set in the garden, will often grow durinfr the season to a size that untits them tor their former use, and the better way is to start new young plants from cuttings to take their places.— lowa State Register. —To utilize feathers of ducks, chickens and turkeys, generally thrown aside as refuse, trim tne plumes from the stump, inclose them fn a tight bag, rub the whole as if washing clothes, and you will secure a perfeefly uniform and light down, excellent for quilting coverlets and not a few other purposes. —Some men never do anything at all on their farms, because they stand like a little urchin in a big watermelon patch, dazed at the innumerable chances for choosing. They have so many good things to plant—and so many good ways to plant them—so many pressing things to do, and no one to begin on, that the year glides from unaer their feet, and they have made nothing but a—failure.— Southern Planter and Grange. —Weeds are like Banquo’s gfiost. They will not “ down at your bidding.” No matter how much you mutilate them, and disturb the soil under them, if you leave them on the surface in a rainy day they will still persist in growing. They cling to life like cats and some other animals, which, strange as it may seem, prefer to live rather than die. But no tender-heart-ed sciitiinentalißni.inust be allowed to come in to weaken the efforts of the agricultural army in its war of extermination against the weeds. No lopping off here and there a leaf or a sprout will amount to anything. No half-way work will answer the purpose; the evil must be removed root and branch, prohibited, suppressed, obliterated. If you adopt the false theory that mild measures are best, and merely cut off the tops while the roots are left in the ground, you will soon find them springing up with moro vigor and power for mischief than before. Radical measures and no other are in order among weeds. It is not for the legislature to proclaim a prohibitory law against them The law of Nature and self-preserva-tion requires that they be exorcised, banished, put down, and this law must be enforced, or they will get the advantage of the corn and potatoes, and when harvest time comes there will be notliing but weeds to harvest. — Vi rmont Record and Farmer.

The Difference.

The country is full of examples showing by contrast the difference in productiveness between farms similar in character, belonging to different mon. Nature originally made the lands of such farms' alike; but the management of their occupants, after the soil was brought under cultivation, has produced widely varied results. Few persons have failed to notice this feature, which is often met with in the rural districts, and it is suggestive of the difference in methods employed in the farming operations of different men. One man generally gets good crops and remunerative returns from his land, and the latter is notlosingin fertility, while the other barely makes a living, and the outlook is more unfavorable from year to year in, the reduced yield of his land.

In almost every neighborhood one man has the reputation of being the best farmer in it. The distinction is one which certainly entitles such a man to consideration, wherever he may reside, and the higher the standard of excellence in agricultural pursuits in his immediate vicinity, the greater is the credit deserved, It will invariably be found that where this standard is the highest, or. in other words, where the greatest success in any rural pursuit is attained —these farmers are a reading, observing, thoughtful body of men, anxious to obtain ail the information in regard to their business that experience and science have shed upon it. They avail themselves of all sources of useful knowledge applicable to their calling, and the results are seen in the position they occupy, which is on a higher plane than that with which less enterprising men are content—men who neglect to acquaint themselves with the experience of others, and the recorded knowledge of those who have preceded them, and who many times spend their strength and time in a fruitless contest with forces in Nature which others have overcome, but of which they are ignorant. Did they consult standard works, or reliable agricultural journals, and attend meetings and associations, where practical questions are discussed, much fruitless effort would be saved, and losses might be turnod into gains. v - Nothing is'plainer'than that the value of a farm depends greatly upon the knowledge and industry of its owner. We have known of instances in which, in the hands of an intelligent man, a poor sandy' farm, in a few years became fruitful and remunerative; wet, marshy lands under skillful management. are often rendered the most productive portions of a farm; on the other hand, who has not seen rich and productive farms so run down by injudicious management as to bo comparatively valueless? The lesson in all this simply is, that the productiveness of farms can be better improved by gaining all the information which it is possible to obtain, and making it available in their management, than by any other means. This is the strongest possible inducement to increased knowledge, and by emulating the example of the best farmers in the country, an improvement in the average greater than has yet taken place, will be seen, and there will not only bo an increase in the profits of fanning, blit an enhanced value to the farms throughout the country- 7-Western Mural.

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