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^MMffTflliiliii -~ ' ■ ggm.TTArH! VYT CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, APRIL ««, 187fl. ^ WHOLE NUMBER 1087

Th« "Wave" Business *" «i»'l»r,i? '*.'«" - jowitinui iBLiicxrt. rnuo' VVkcilm:*, pi**«7 o*g* I Hit Cm. L*rx**l «>»«jjlisrat ol A(i.«B%l«lll»l,1f -T.U I. fa.ll. Itntj ^T,",^*IS[ tJT1 ** *; -JjgjliiES-S Ifgg^SsgaS t^teag^ia?M • CLOTM ic. ,. »»I,W N. I1M.I M'O ff V'iir^-, * ^■TIT'MI^'j'^sSsi'raw lP^«¥*r*JtJSS5!= •'h-^^aaaaaf u-U. syfcffipSpSSS »"*•' CtOCKMlt* '•_ SiiiJS S3 sft y** « « r ,\lll..u<><m> w« IA< »«"> op.. rr:I^ . M*8y "7"; fii*TLa ' ' ""'^ J MauS^BSni j~

I ' r* u« c*r^M«^w.>r - l^mUrMbf tki rlrai'i iU«, . Pro«4 TiMkikM fc't nU»» h*kl*; S Mfagj^gg^Mwggfcyig' ? '• - U(> DaUi MU, wko toij Ityara! Lr.i. plow ui.p»f «»<1 trniJc Ir«, T>wkllllin«Winnj < Br IIMIWI «j< ir.ij mn. 1 nubiUMiHw«iUBii|i>r> inlnnndMlto yoatafal Sraw, [ A* 4*w ■*** tK*1**4er iral. I Of •|rtia«tM*'* I rralictt J tooe* ■ • 'Tiastnret, Ultra*. kstwrtlwliSal ■ HtwDM*kt ss* k*ppr l">, Flw»lip»lfc»lkoo« lUlol Wt I*r*l u Uw fowl of Ufe. i Ao4 bote II. fro" !»• tor., , Our 4.uf.U>* >u U .il.n Ion. . 4*4 4rtek fro» Uuiln • •»!, Wall. l*trHyr*l»,AolJ*re, >1 Hun Hit Mib rar U|ti, ' Foil itutic lco4> b«r oustcrhsiw ' > st UrasBH U S r»nk>Jor*ooUi, niH Hatorf* U*i*b (in. wUSs). Kick fiulti kui rlpeud o. Ik* boo«b Tk.U(k rl.krt .1111 «r. I. lb* bud. i Bravo k«U* !m *Iu4> "4 fcrprajwr. i fo raU Ik* old, Ik* jouaf , tk« f.lr, [ Bpraki duly.dtm* l. Ckrarful.o.. With p>lk Ud ud J* . r led Ira. , I M«r rauaUra. Uum ■*.■ *0 wlte , for Irulk. ud ate pooilc ck»rm, Tkrao Il.nk.vr .tri^r'tod fro* Ik* p*fl. , «♦«■» Forth* W.ir. koalkrr. I*ln, [ SNAKE*, ALUOATOliS, NATIVES, ORANGES, ETC. • Peacock Lake, i i • Florida, April lit J Dear Wave:— To day fiod* u* traversing a section of the "land of flower." rarely vi.ited by the toarisL The thread-ban route to Jacksonville, thence up the St. Johns ar Oekiswaha river*, we have Riven the 1 cold shoulder and take our way ; through glades and Jungles new. Our start was from Wisbawaw | Creak at an early hour this tnoru- ' tog, piloted by an old darkey known^ , I as "TirpoL ' ' having earned that classical application by a lifelong following or "tar belli no." This district be protease* 'to know all by hWMi.and dec Is res hit ability to navigate Us racottes equal to the oldest Not in a cushioned cab or velsst ■ lined barouche are we perambulating, but in that culminating- triumph of , Florida mechanism, a square be* mounted on tws wb*eia, not precisely round, though uodoabledly they have .. haan around considerable, and pulled through tberbitsniog sand* by tbt now*, the faithful, the historic «*.- } He i* oot ofaymmciric«!'|'r..|» riit-ni, ' laod lilt anatomy, is easily di. covered, I] awing possibly to a lack of nets, of .1 oorB.orgTOooiug.oraoaH-thlngnr that sort. Three heme made, hid* bottom chairs art p1ao>-d in the abovr mentioned box and we ars seated. Tarpot straddles the og and the proce»r 1 vioo moves. If lb* "Graphic" ailwt , wen i ml y here, but he irol, *o the picture will not he ImsM^Mru to . posterity. ApproucUinga .mall traetof 'feared , lead when- a while man is wmkihg, we ball hx a UUlA-cli.l While «d- , miriog l»koee btxh coru.and bloom- ; iug msl«HITloe*,be comes to the Toaflv side, psliMly doflor-bis h»t._ A frost i has UtalY visited this locality and the crop has hero rnved by keepios np large Ores in (he MM* at nlsbl. H e iuhirrnsd a. that the aoiiwili-only allow one grain of own in tbehiU with rows »ve feet each way: average* ten bushel, per acre; «an riise three crops of vegetable* a "year, was rolled <sUon iwed for manure; must IbrUliBe or produce fnothinfi; plenty •A marl ton fcrt below the surface, bat it does ootbencM the .oil" sweet poll. to** and melon, the 'oal^llTTog thai poj. Florida douH agree -Hb jhji; baal«n "cWaed up" will, a J«aU tor four year- His fhmily an [ woman" has d»«l shook the bide off iriorida. 4. sp^t, but'%; > ipbOscc » a mlatnre of red hot day*,

does by the rend te the foundation wMl or What m >w> • Btouehooan built probaMy when the Spaniards ta4pontaaim of UsfatatE by representing it aa sand tracts, studded wfWtaB pine and dente ju aglee wreathed in flowers. Rabbits ace quite nnmcrou. and more gentle than thalr Jersey cousin., Tbeyare rarely used as an article o food, beoee the Increase is ipimsose. "Dab deer— eeo-dali'Moef, " shouU Tarpot. Wc look Just in time to discover* grey figure bounding away like a flash. Onr guide new begins a twitter in imitation of a turkey boa. which at- : tracts the attmUoo of a flock of wild < turkeys as they OVM the i^d Just « ahead. As we approach they^tter rapidly through the timber./ ' Dlrds are building nette among the > branches and the woods seem "hterally c alive with the fealhared,trlb*. We can r "lieteu tothe'fnockiug bird" to day x and enjoy the music as tendered by c the original ftinetcaU. c Ji aescrtcd orange grove is now in * view, bat the tubs ate past leafing, ' from age. The business of onuige raising Is not to remunerative as has often bean represented. It requires some 93,000 to go into the cuUruWto 1 snyeatouL Good inoculated trees will cost oncdollar sach in lha nurs- ( err, and about eight years willfbe required before Umy come iuto_gog>l . bearing. During tins peried, much cart most hp take* to keep away borers, insects. Ac. While blossoming an untimely frost may blast the , entire crep, or cvea die grievous injury to the trees. Cultivators oflbie luscious fruit frequently meet with discouragemeate, and some quit lbs ' i business in disgust. Many succeed, j however, and makaanmr moury from i thflr grove*. Although in the midst of an orange ( conntry, they cost us mora thai lo a Philadelphia. Why it is so, is a con- ^ .f nuodrnm. Snch fruit as ptao apple, bannana, ( - mango. guaVU, lime, lemon, tamarind, ' r and pomogranate coma to perfection ' e in the Indian river country . but not ( y to a very 6rofllab]»'eifleqt. Florida t^irebaWyithe earliest slate ' r with spring; vyryteblea. Along the , - Snwanr.e rivy, strawberries have 1 .been ripejaafe Umo, andyretcrd.y a ^ t ntrmb»f*ol ripe watermelons, grown - In the open eir, Were braaght from ( • axvSi-is I t but a short time. Sweet -potatoes find this their element. , t There ureta Florida comporoti vt ly , ;, few wealthy men; tbe people, are, to , f employ a homely e*presslou, "as ( « poor a* Job'4ta|k^i" »M4Jre e<mo- t y trj it so proline in natural produe- t e Uoos that no one need stflrre whether I he work or play. The land. is not t • near so good as in Geprgia, is mostly t - owned by flie U'.«. Goveruiuent. and , i,- can-be settled upqp bj pre-emption , i, fof ten cente per acre. Halp, such If. skit ls,isloW: -black women, 50 cents , t per wyk and tnvn f»ur dollArs per , a muath. Xbe indolence of many of , - the inhabitant* may ip a measure be - attributed to the depressing effect of < r a burning seaii- tropical sua. The c I preernl race are physical dwarf* -a j e dwindled specimen of their epecir. | 0 Man, women and children, black , and white, from It) years. up, ate j d addicted to amekiag. ■ Although the State is thronged j c with ia valid* smktag' fre AuatMn i • of health, there arc many of tbe < "leta reeideuta suffering teoes vsri- i t ooa polmoapry ailments. ( ' In travelling in ttia pnmUire fssh- i 1 ion vie enjoy ^u«reTo many afferent 1 « ptcUres. ^'t linscalfea'soaue iaSBOD- < - o'.onous and drejtry. * Weeding por- 1 1 t royal; again pietufeaqoe and lovely 1 beyond desfctipttan. ' Tourists Ircquenlly datfae Florida £ ■ lairadisntoolors, receiving their im- c 1 prwaion* freak the grandeurs of txop- i r icai nature. omttUEg Ore homely f . pba*e* »• deligktiW tlwmcs to , ; ! 1 found. Mpectallv the-towtaeid arraved " : rsflK3naer» : ' dense < range 'grove* ia the pkubdt a r *nl rsdianec of fruit and UoMom. ' * ■{£a&x i±S3EESs! ' T^pot. ^dSlfy- yv«r 'this " ' srev before: ' ft

i the war, because if he registers, jury i duty will be bis doom. Sayy the; s blades Ore healthier here than the . whites, as they are constitutionally . «J«ptfJ to the climate. Allows his , children" to pun half wild in tbe - woods, whare ia berry lime they get their own living. '.His cow* are poor, i and can be bought for eight dollars ■ each. Two months old calves for f fifty cents. No good pjslurage in . Florida, as the soil 'mainly produce* i only* stiff wire grass. Gets more . milk from his goats than hi* cattle — : .He often loose* bogs sad cattle by snake biles and mire. Says the birds take much of bis grain and must i keep a man in the field with ' a gun cououwaHy until the crop *>U out, ogr danger. Our dinner is now ready. As wc are > seated numbers of semi-domcstlcsu-d lizaarda are noticed crawling over tbo Cabin log*. The repast is spread on j rough pine boards and consists of i vcuisou, chicken, yams, .biscuit, ba- ' hominy, berries, fish, oysters, j and home made btcr. Really an excellent meal, far supitrlus lo our | expectations Keen appetites did it justice, which j the landlord hardly did himself when j he only exacted 21 cents each as llic priceSoon the ox is yoked, wc mouot the j cart, Tarpot is astride, and down the j sandy road we "poke," waving adieu j to the "old cabin home" and its prim- j itive occupants. We travel »low, ft is safer, and in the natural order of j things the ox is not a trotter. After a few hours' travel, I'.ocuck j Lake is reached where 'nature revels in variegated scenery. Bright flowers bloom ou every hand and the air is perfumed with, floral are ma We care not to dismount as the place seems alive with snakes of all sorts, sixes and shade*; they ling in. group* from tbe Umbs, arc coiled in great bnuciu-s the lake, hissing and showing their forked tongues, and twisted in riimy knots around the cypress boughs. The sight of this serpent's home is enough to bring the cold swrat in big drops on the average forehead. Lizxarde of a peculiar specie abound, they are ot a bright green color and abeut twelve inches in length. Up the trees they scamper by dosem as wc drive by. There are numbers o! f'ogs rnuuing ; wild in the woods, ail of a black depredated breed. The worst enemies llioee roving swine, erpccifllv to the youne pigs, are tbe altigalore-.Tpy can gulp down a abhat before It has time to squeal. In this hoc U on of the stale churches rare aud the Eabbalh alniest totaV ly disregarded. Physicians are ecaro*,. and lb* midwife quite unknown. In every cablb'boiBO a -supply ofquiuioe ! •aud whiskey will be found with which I to fight the • 'shakes'' We came to aee the horrible .crocodile or aUigaloE Well , Lere they are ' by doxena, of all sizea, from two foet to twelve. What ugly, rusty, fe- 1 rociou* looking follows they are. The suo shines fiereeiy to-day, and the black chaps have come up out of their muddy beds at the bottom of the lake to enjoy a warm spell in the genial sunlight. Some are stretched the bauV with the filthy mire dripping from their bedies, ami their long jaws drawn wide open. Other* have turned their wMte beUUE to tW suo. aud Uj dormant apparently en joying a ooze. A few are seudding abqpl in the lain with grim heads above the water, and their piereing eyes glistening Jlkfi black Ijeads. we noticed with a large fish in its outh, and another with a huge green colored snake wjalrmiug in death about the 'gator's Jaws. Nature lias provided tbem with a pond rousj tall Which answers tlic doublo purpose of propelliug and fighting. Their habbite arc somewtiat similar to Lb* loggerhead. Six months ilx'y can Hve without food. During May Jane the females deposit .onto two dozen eggs iu the sand, which the carefully guarded by the mother" trim i at tha t time is ununally ferocious , and frequently render* Eight hideous her frightful grouta*ud h vw» The. lplor Is amphibious, , sirs aud tough, but not ainffliy | some of the yarns tha! are spnvjff, < Their dsatee i* to he -kt alone •• J and thaty isycareo a well auibcoticatod ere* on sweord o4 ibrir attacking a < perssn. ' . | The impression that by a e«jo»of . the tail the alligator can knock a ! goose down iU throat, is erroneous.— ' TMt usual mode o! capuwe is to diva 1 Wader tbs victim ' ud suddenly pop I these toax jsws out of the water and . d;wo gore Mrs. Goose. "booea,festh. an and all" before *l.c can bonk. Iu U.e llckiawah* Yockahocks 1 mocks ami Roocbehoodwkooebe rig- i eta lha pets of Florida m*,-. cocoa- , Xadlan Jaw-breakers ; ^ uurl'"'- I. cipai diet is snakes, iiaaarei*. fowl, 1 and pine kn?u Y.« ask why they eat knots? Go. ask the Ken why rite swallow i. pebUe stnorc. UiStoiassist the proaWss ot tn.mcslisn, « • Visitor* to tbe Centeonia' will find - of HslsikA, as » spcciaou ol^ 'Florida's i « Wey Hn- 'to a good old age, say ' r shout that »f Methusa lab's. 1 toy ,. asvsr hart tto chills, or rb.U i.-Mi: or govt, always sail under the tame ■ c lire, are squally saliafled with one: hafi-frog a mouth or thm square or Summer, rata or | " the , I » anThervv. Truij 'j Wjtwosi yiwTA ma. ^ ,/r'-v' . •) -

r Ed neat ion ia Car* May Uaoty. [We take pleswre in laving before f our readers this week the last aonUsi t, report of our County Superintendent, i Dr. M. Beoley, oa educational mattcre in Cape May county. It will be found well worthy a careful perusal.7o B.J. Afjor, Swlt tSoperiiileHilenl : ( If wc are to judge of tbe progress of r the next by the last half century, t which has given us the wonders of k a team, at applicable to navigation and e railroad service, and of tbe telegraph, which now encircles in its mighty f grasp not only continents aad ocous, , ! tut almost the whole world, we must 1 1 come to the couclusioo that wonders , i never ecasc; that the mind of man is ^progressive, and will not culminate , whilst science and education can fur- , j niab newsubjects, new ideas, and new I inventions, a* elements for inventive , | Renins to apply ilsenergies.its talents, , '! and its inherent thirst for iinprove- . | EdurotioD.it must be confessed, has j much lo do with this wonderful state r j of progress^ bud, as it expands the j intuitive impulses of progressive ad- , j vauccmeot, it iM-comca a principle in , the great work ot reformation now so l fully developed, since the commcnccriueul ef the niucteculb ccnluiy. If ! education, then, is necessary i.i dcI Telop thought, instil new ideas, nnd I j give to man the elevated position he couragcd as a prime element, as now r made systematic, and practiced by our pubiicscliooi system. This system , ha* worked itself high in the affections l lions ol the people, aud tbe progrt ss i in the work of new school I h°u*^e, improved books, and compci potent teachers^ tully exemplifies the I oorroctness of Ibis position. i As they represent the BoaVde of , Trustees iu the several districts.mucb r depends upon their efficiency or inr efficiency iu attending to their duties. With I he past year we have no fault i to find, with the exception that some , oftbem were derelict in getting their . reports in on lime If they csuld be made sensible that the County Super- | iuteudent has a lengthy and intricate , report to make lo tbe State Supcrin- , Undent, with which there can be u«idelay, justice to bim, at well at a . I desire to comply witli the law, should . | induce them to he punctual in ranI dcriog their reports, at they have , twenty days in which to lake the r'fftnrth; and teu Says to fill up the t i hcadiog_— tlie latter being a work of a few minutes only. Suffice it to say, , no reasonable excuse can bo rendered . for a negligence which renders them j. liable to a deduction of one-fifth of I I their state money for the ensuing , "j year. It is to be hoped that dcliu- ! quint clerks will make a note of this : feci, as "forbearance" may, some i . j time; "cease to to a virtue." ,j ■ AKsENTEES. i IziSt year, three hundred aud .fifty- I . four children who were on the census list, attended no school daring lbs ' 1 1 year, this year, tve huodreJ ami fiftyr foot were absentees, beingone huudrcd | I less than last year. The enmpuhory , few. no doubt, has had something to ' I do with Ibis result; sod Lju ahefetion ' , in the few, last winter, iinkiog it . oblig ilory upon the district clerk* and ' , collectors to hare a surveillance over r at, may hereafter lessen still more tbe number of those who shirk the lessons , ol tbe school Yaem. It is worthy of | notice Ibat, Jn Nos. 8, 13, 18, and 25, ' . avsry scholar on the census was on Mta'QiroUfiicnt. ifo. 18 lacked but , Riot; and No. 19, two. This bids fair i far n better attendance generally. , East yvsr, No.. 8-was Oiqonly dislrigt-^1 where 'all on tlio census were-soedTcd . The avetagc attcudsncc, however, is i very nearly the same as last year. BCHOOI. MMTATX0X8. 1 ' 1 have viaitod all the schools, as ■anal, three times during (be year, ' with all the care and attention deemed 1 ' beccssary to eacli, some requiring mora time than others, according to i the number or children and depart- ' meals. EWmc t-xtra visile were paid, ' as occasion required. I found the ' teachers, for the mast part, at their ■ potls.aotirr.TiuilauL, and determined. Their method* of teaching, course* of ' ' sLu«> , aad elaasifieation, differ some- ' what from each oMu^jsl Wall fiiu. J seenib to »w, to ih* finale, or end, tp ' a thorough knowledge in all 1 (to- branches of an Eoglitb education. • Many of tbeir scholars have come 1 before Ih* Board of Examiners, daring 1 the l**t year, and pasted tbe third 1 grade, much to credit of themselves « and teacher*. If our present corps of « teachers, or lhar < quels, represent us c next year, wc Shall have no cantr to , oumplaiu that our ecbool* are not up { 'to I c standard, as required of them l by &WyXad as enabled by iu previa- ' tot.- id assume, am). I trust, to for. ewe maintain. I EXAMINATIONS. | Forty Aw o teachers have been u , i Jimu.it at our quarterly examination* t j within the year" Fire passed first * ; grade; fire, rrcoiid gntde; and thirty- J | two, third ffrade. Fobr were rejected, and tntf witbdn w The same Board : ol JIxamiDi-ri. Maarc Jarman aud ( bare contributor Ihtif srr- * ; vicaa duiing liie year, with much t: I care and circumspection. f L lMnTsicr TAIES. , la No. Iff, aoutb Scavilie DialruA, T I as to the bearing of tbe supplement j B to tbe school law., (aased March 31st, * ' IKi, a large number of tax payer* of (J raid district refused to pay the town- 1

■ ship tax as ordered by tbe township meeting of Dsaaia township, a few j -days prior to the passage of this | supplement. In consequence of this • refusal, the collector, James Hender- ; son. was ordered to withhold the ■* amount of township tax to .which that district was entitled, and to I re-fund ta such tax-payers as has paid , this lax. the full amount so paid, f Tbo township has again levied a I dollar on tbe scholar for the present > , year. Whether this will be consid- j ■ cred illegal, remains to bo seen. All t tbo other districts in the township ' i paid (bis tax without objection, aud , received its benefits. , TIKE. KAPE BV SCHOOLS. | 5 Tbe schools have »U been kepi open | . the full time, uioe months, as re- , quired by iaw, except Not. 7 sod 21. | , No. 7 is a very weak school, with an | average attendance of nine, conso- j . quently their money uarripd them but I four and ooe-balf months* Tbo dit- . , tricl ha- this year, ordered a tax of j , 8100 to be raited, which will enable j . the school lo run nine month's the | | coming year. Iu No. 21, at Rio . GrSudc, tbe district cleifi reports the schoot as open but two terms, aix , months. The rouse of this short . coming, is owing to extensive repairs [ being made upon tbe sealing and interior of the bouse. [ TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. Tbe Teachers' Institute held at Goshen, to January last, was a grand . success. It was participated in by , almost every teacher of tbe county. Instructive and absorbing lectures | were given by State Superintendent , Apgar. Mr. Johnson, principal of I Normal School, Professor Lockwood, superintendent of Mogginalb county, . and others. Yhj^fosbcu people were a unit in their efforts lo make ft a success, by the interest tbey manifested iu it, as well as for tbeir ( unbounded hospitality. Wc have two more new school , bouses te report; one in No. 19, at. . Dyer's Creek, amply large to aecom- . uiodate tbe children of tbo district, | , and one in No. 3, Oriens District, i which is being re-built, and eyery | part made new, except tbe frame. No. 21, at Rio Grande, has likewiss been extensively repaired, which it tnuch Deeded. Had it been repaired I with a new house, it would bar* approached more nearly tbe spirit of , 1 Tbe people iu district No. 23, at , j Fishing Crock, are ajire as to the necessity of a new bouse, and they certainly need one. roWNSitir BOARDS. . The township boards of trustees, ! [ iu the Upper, Dennis Ttnd Middle | , townships, bars been called together ' | during the year, aad such action . ' taken as regard* a uniformity of , books and ether matters, as was ; ! thought most qpoducivc la tbe later- ! j esta of tbe schools. A meeting bffljy . | board in tbe Middle township wssT , | rolled, tbrongh tbe district, clerks, ; , [ and cither through tbeir neglect in ; . notifying, or astanal want of interest • I with the trucks qflRtld towns' ip,.; only four out OTYweuty^ooe, put in an j , appearance; consequently, being no i quorum, no business of any momcu I j was transacted. The boards of Upper. I and Dcouit townships, were well i , represented, and a number of teachers j , lent their aid on lbs occasion, in both townships. After fully discussing , - the most feasible and certain method : of bringing about an entire uniformity ' oftooks in the schools it was decided ; with great unanimity, that the only , . true course was. for the districts to raise money sufficient for that pur- , Jqvisc; and for the children to have the . use of tbe books, and be accountable to the teacher fur any injury tiioy , should (tistain, wear and tear eg- | eepted. Tliis welhrd as practic d jp ths Cape school, No .AG, and in Ca|>c j May city. No 27, has given general ! tstirfnclion. The calling of the Lower township board of trusters, was deferred by request ojjnany of; trusters, until th; boarding, or' bu»y season at Capo May City waa over; , it will then bo attended jo. 1-aiVATE EXAMINkTiONS. I Many application* hjyr i«n made . for private examjmiflon. but bavins! found it necesgry to adopt a ruls, > 1 refusing all iotarferenoo with lb' ' "rejffiar quarterly cxaminalioos, we 1 have utterly (fciied all applirolioas. 1 Special fiascs ' might arise where a necessity existed, "but a. a general rule. 1 tliry are lew and far between. Ufa two thousand four hundred and sixly-aine children, between' flss and eighteen year*, to report; a fellioE off ' of thirty-two since last jAr. t ' ■IS4W Towrams, 1 , I c* r*M.rCitj. m_ j v. " * Total <teci*aw. K - ' . , FINANCIAL STATEKEX1T. -• { sgil '3B.S lAw.m «" £ oiiNaaM oi.ns.so ssttJ* iiyxf , The above total of »15^28.97 is, f exclusively for teadSr . talarisa , incidentals and fuel, in ofeditioc to ( we have to report:. , loiOStec emt i»F»tn»t *?* I ToUtirawSMipanMM*, ***** 1 This closes • the record af It* I Ignrai -1—1 K - xra ' UhM — cb, „ — J' wl I 1 is much yet to acetay*ph*bThat it might t^ve been bttVsy, axfi

p given more fruits of wisdom aad r progress, cannot be denied. As sur s work aims ' lo that high stand sr^ s where the gleanings of the harvest are exhanated, and nothing more. ' remains for the aspiring mind of man 1 to grasp, w* must be unceasing la our 0 efforts to get as nearly to so exalted a 1 position as possible, although per- - haps many decades must elapse 1 before we (ball find the clouds and 1 mitts of ignorance that obscure and ' beset our path, entirely dissolved ' | and dissipated,- then, and not till P 1 then, will the sun sf science lend its * effulgent rays, aud give lo man tha knowledge which his genius and bit ambition so justly entitle him. syiTwHsw- r • (WKttea lor the Ore** Wavi hy oe* of th* 3 rno*l iiMtete l***a*f», j^qrSc*«i * **4 ^ J I'XAR fULTUNR. At the last meeting of tbe Western j! New York Fruit Growers' AssodqJ tion it was stated that one orchard of 0 ! 4.000 dwarf pear trccF existed in the # j vicioily, all jn perfect health— that B among the sorts that had generally done best were Manning's Elizabeth, 1 Duchess d'Augoulemc. Lawrence, s Sockie, and Early Catharine. These j varieties, probably, are all good for any section of the country. Duchess, si it it usually called, is ike best late pear that exists, but is rather too late j for our extreme northern States. It js of immeate size hud very delicious. "No one can make a mistake in grow- | ing Bartletts, tbe best variety for ail , climates that Is knowo; but it does f best at a standard. The most productive dwarf variety was said, at tbe above meeting, to be tbe Louise ' Bonne de Jersey, which is true. t Owing to tbe hundreds of choioe varieties of pears that exist, one is ail/ confused, and not know j Which to purchase, but il is best to grow but a few luuds. For mild cli- ! mates, tbe three best are Duchess, t Louise Bonne de Jersey (as dwarfs) ' and the Dartlctt as a standard; and in tbe northern States merely aub- ' j stituto Flemish Beauty for Duchess. 'f CHOICE APPLR«. Tbe old Baldwin and Rhode Island | B Greening stand at tbe head of tbe j t list yet among the hundreds of ocw j I varieties, as fiue winter apples; and I a for a sweet sort Tolman's Sweeting f cannot be surpassed as a cooking variety. As good autumn varieties,' t the Duchess of Oldenburg, Fall Pip- , pin, Gravcntlcio, Maiden's Bluab, * Jersey Sweet and Poster *re among tbo boat. Good summer varieties are | Red Aitrqchnn, Early Bougb, (sweet) ; Early Strawberry, Golden Sweeting ' | and Bed June, a fine variety for (be ' Middle and Southern States. 1( is | j not always safe to purchase choice I f varieties of apple trees for a tonality, ( | till it bat been ascertained whether ! ! tbey do well in tbat, or about that j s ' latitude; a* it is quite too important s'v a matter to set trees for the use of j ' future generations, and not have I ' ' evidence of their being adapted to ! t j your climate.. , It often bapfieos that some tbeeriti- , . cat writer recommcuds deep plowmg, ! J without staling the. whole case; sod r sometimes former* injure tbeir lauds, 1 by following the advice of these , writers, some of wbom never plowed , a rod of Ian)} in their lives; but afe . tbey are often admitted to the columns ] ' of respectable agricultural papers, f wbore editors are not practical farmI ers,. their subscribers are aomelimes . j inclined to follow their iostrnctiona, j if oet well posted in the matter, and . often to tbe injur], of tbeir iaods. It , is slieer insanity, so to speak, fsr a . former to plow his lands a foot deep, . I where it hn* bot three oy four inches . 1 of fertile surface soil, as the good soil , ; is buried under a mass of subsoil tbat , I ia' aa barren as the sea shore. The j | pith of tbe whole matter lies just , ; here— never plow over two inches deeper at a time than your fertile p. surface soil extends. Then if you . i put ou a little manure, and can get a ' good "calch" ol red clover upon it, ' to be turned under the second or third | year, plowing Awo inches deeper then before; and If you keep up this eys , ! lem of turning tinder a crop «tf clover j occasionally, the srcoDd crep "of the I season, (taring the first for hay), . rolliog II down flat after a rain, so as - be covered well, you can in a few years obtain a soil eight or twelve \ Inches deep, where bot three or four 1 ineh<* More existed. oood walk*. I When a walk Is made, it abeuld be j well dene, as it for a life time. In ( the first place, procure all tbe cobble ( tlobes lhat will be Deeded to fill in ( eight lo ten Inches deep, aad place , where they can be easily reached with a wheelbarrow. Then ' excavate the walk a foot deep aad remove the earth to some other plate; , then fill hi with the stone*, topping . off with small ones, tearing the top about an inch below the aurfece of t tbe ground. Then procure soougb coarre gravel to makelfee wetk in th* ccutrc about «ix Inches higher than the h isl of the adjoining ground; , end as yuu appty tbte gtpvel, raks tM i the coarser parts at j ob proceed, so < that tha finer pactions shall 2a on th* J surface- If a short walk, wst U with , water pot aa aooo aa finished, and , roll it With a hand roller as toon aa < , the ground i. sufikseeUy dry; aad . for exMastto walks . the roUiag BtJ , done aooo after a rate. 8oeh a , walk wfflendpre for ages, qnd always , I badry. '

I A OOOD WHITEWASH, r The following (tetaHked whitewash I ia very durable, and may be used on t wood, stooe *r brick: Sinks a hair t bushel of nutlacked Ume with boiling , water, keeping it eovsred during U<e : process. Straio it, and add a peck sf i salt, dissolved in warm water, thisa ■ pounds tof ground riot put In boiling ; water nad boiled to a thin paste; half 1 a pound powdered Spanish whiting 1 and a pound clear of glwa, ditKdyad in 1 warm water; mix these well toI gelher, and tot the mixtan stead for ■ several days. Keep the wash that * prepared in a kettle or portable fhrnace, and when used pot it en aa hot as possible with either . painters' or whitewash brushes. POULTRY IN LARGE NUMBERS. , About 100 hens are at many as a d former can kaep profitably, onkaa he givea special attention te tbe bnalosa*; and then it ia a vary unsafe business, owing to the liability et the ;f fowls to become diseased. In no case e baa any pemen, either in the U oiled , States, or iu England or France, ever kept 1,000 fowls successfully iu one yard, or forage range; bat it has been ' done by keeping them in lots of 100 J to ISO In separate places, extending over a number ol acres of land, each tot having a separate roosting bouts 20 to 30 rods apart No man should attempt the keeping of over 100 or 200 fowls, until be U thoroughly informed iu regard to all tbe dMfoaitaes in tbe business, at he ws^ne sard " to lose the most of 4ho money invested U ia IL " If horses having sprung knots are allowed to teat a fewjgontha (beat in e pasture) rubbing dm Joints daily with a linimeqt'af equal parts of creosote ' and turpentine, and two ports of olive oil, a sure is often effected. It ' is advisablt to bandage tbs .joints 0 while the liniment is applied— that ' is, to remova the bandage te apply it, ' aad then put it on again. Bob in tbe liniment on tbe under at wall as tbe outer side of the knees. TO DSMOLVE BONES, j If a farmer can eave flO or 100 | pounds of bones, it will pa]At> dis1 j solve tbem by packing them in a ° I water-light cask in un leached aabas; ' then fill in ail the water the cask will -1 j hold, keeping it full for about tyro I months, when the bones will he as a - mas* of jelly. Tben mix them, ashes * and all, with four or fire times thair bulk of toil, and you will have 'a * valuable fertilizer. * A OOOD POTATO. 1 advise formers to be wary u regards the alleged good qualities of J tbe ipany new varieties of potatoes that exist. Don 'I bay many, only a * 1 pouud or a half peck, at lint to try j tbem, unless you know what they ' are. sk there may be expected hore- ! after a great deal of humbugging in ( j these new varieties. But I think tbe f I Snowflakc potato one of the very best ; of all the new varieties, yet it may ' j not grow well in all localities. Kiaalng tha Bride. Tbe custom of kissing lbs bride at a wedding it of great antiquity, aud j while among the most refined classee it has fallen into disuse, it Is still in- ' sisted on by many jieople with great j vigor. A very amusing story is, told ( of a Kentucky backwoodsman who had. after a long aud ardent oourtship of the belle of one of the Kentucky ' qltics. won her for a bride. ( She bad, for a long time, waTsred in her choioe, uodecidod whether to ^ take bim or a gentleman ol wtallh t aud position in tbe city, bnt finally chose the hunfetor lot in obedienoe to 1 her heart. The^dding wascelebra- | ted in great ttyfe, and the manly I groom was almost as much admired ( for hit cotoesa! proportions and aths letic symmetry as was the bride for ' her exceeding loveliness | Among tbe guests was the unsoei cessful suitor, who w*| well aware of t the jealousy with which the groom had regarded bim; but who had over-' * come bis chagrin at hie failure, and | was sincerely soxiODs to congratulate i tbe bride. One by one tbe guests offered tbeir good wishes and -their brarty kisses, while the groom looked | on with approval and Relight. At , fea-lb, among the rest, came the rejected lover. D Tbo young groom watched • bim keen!' , hut without tbe least animos- , itj in In* expression. The. unfortunate rival Mt tbe delicacy of his position, and not caring to provoke husband'* ire, he did octprsfftr— . tbe salute which was customary. Aa was giving place to other*, after wishing ths newly-married pais well," tfae groom grqspc-d bis arm with bji iron fingers, and. iu a tow toot, aajd— "Sbc'» my wife, and ! propose to sss lhat she i* fronted as woii a* my wife should he treated. II you don't bar, I'll break ovary bone in your Rather than quarrel, tbe gentleman kissed tbs ouL unwilling bride, and the groom was*alfefiod. .X West-side boy wiio lias been sitting up atgbfe reading pints storcalled hi* tathu to topper theother day by bawling out "Wtolho. there, bate cravaol Come hither to A n Iowa man has invsatod a brooms handle of great durability. He ha-