IN' MEMORY OF GEORGE AGUSTUB ARROW SMITH. By M. E. M. Thou art one fro this earthly home g To the land where all is light To the land where never the shadows come, Where never there falls a blight! We sit in the gloom! forlorn, In the gloom of thy vacant p W lace, e sit in the dark and mourn. For we miss the sight of thy face! We miss the beautiful brow That beamed with the joy of youth, The voice so tender and low, n That ever spoke words of truth, We miss, ah! how can we tell, 6r. , For a piece of our lives is gone! 14, Dear Faber in Heaven , our lips j '' ll ' l As we murmur, " Thy will ' ,ii •• I' "( 4 ) r) For 'Faith clings fast to 0 loiti'' Though nature is or‘ speak ! And in the aching ',--i ear s, We can hardly 4 Bbin, ,5.,,,i , r , l; , ,n ' T , i, i We weep for 0,--1 6,41 in te . liW t So full of 1. 'b. • ~,,..„,, ''''' Whose lir' ana, • 1 , , :,. ''- ' • Beal , ' fall not for thee,n'' '‘‘.''!l'..l , "1a..... .Co refit , ir r>,... , .-, 4 116"n oie low t ' a l'i'a yort call alrsnoned thee_, £ lIItAA , ' dh givenlrthrif?' st'; l'hon 410 ' ' " gix,e/k4"411 th ' tie lairl e h dt atle il a ttiv ll'e;;l o t c !ii im e soon,_ o il le Y av l e " th e the strife, -IP3Pcore We toil o'er the mountain steep, With, nratoigpainftai cry 1 - And wAwaph,tike long grey shadows sweep, Aoroai:qui.aiiikeping sky ! Thou art lifted into the day, That never a cloud shall dim ! And SMOCIAi by the River of Life, is the way, I , , ,Thattau walkest now with Him. tlctittitt.do we sorrow, so," ,` -- When thou art forever glad? - Why do we suffer our tears to flow, When thou art ne'ver more sad? For us, the weariness, For thee, the crown and the palm— For us, who are'here, the deep distress, For thee, the heavenly calm! Gone to thy Saviour's.breast, Gone to thine 'endless home! • Gone where our loved are blest, Where death can never come! Wailiday a§ it *ears apace, Each night, as it welcome falls, 13eiri tts'along till we reach ilia ' And- heir the angel calls. - • For the horokthat withered here; Shall blossom in the sky— The.lmovvledge eagerly gathered here, .Sball.betadded-to, on high. We know it is well with thee! And we bow in earnest prayer, That whenever it comes our time to die, We may go to meet thee there. (The subjlet of these lines; -,died in Yonkers, New Yotk, on June Mb, • alter an illness o a f fot:ty l eight hours. His disease was congestion of the brain. He was an only,son and his loss,has darkened a very. happy hams:.lratl , Justi cornpleted , withrfliong f firet year had'beblis.ircieral peters a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Yonkers. Few lives of eighteen years, leave so long a track of brightness behind.] • OLD FAtilEt, MORP:I8. A SKETCH FROM NATURE BY MRS. STOWE Of all the marvels that astonished my - childhOod, there is none I remember to this day with so such _interest,o: the'old ro'a'n whose 'name form& eatotion. When I knew him, he was an aged clergyman, set tled over an obscure village in New Eng land: He had enjoyed the Adll,iittige,Of li6eral education, had a strong, original power of thought, an oninipotent imagina tion, and much general information; but so early and so deeply had the diabits and sociations of the plough; the farm, and country life wrought themselves into his mind, that his • after acquirements could only mingle with them, forming an hues svni)leci amalga i m like unto nothfng, He was an ingrain New Englander, and whatever mrghtililvtil6en the;source of his information; 'it ea / Melo:4'in Yairkee form, with the strong provinciality of Yankee dialect, It Is in vain to attempt to give a fall pic ture of such a genuine unique; but some slight and imperfect dashes may help the imagination to a faint Adcit . , of what none can fully conceive but those who have seen andlieard. Old Father Morris. Suppose yourself one of half a dozen children, and you .11qar the cry, -41mly "Father, 31.taliala; comine! You ruzittp, iladow, or door, and you see, a mall,, bAk,y, phi t iaan, with a pair 'of saddlezbags on `one. arm, hitching his old bora°.< with a fainbling carefulness, and then deliberately •stumping towards the house. You notice his tranquil, florid, full-moon face, enlightened by a pair of grea,t r Fouad blue eyes, that, 4.911 . . Nth drsta'int Inattentiveness WAIL tlihb• kbje_sts around; and as he takes off 4is-hat, you see the white curling wig thaksets off his round head: ne comes towards• you, and as you stand staring, all, the children around, your deliberately puts his great hand on your head, and, with deep, rumbling .voice, quires,— " How d'ye do:my darter ? is your daddy at home?" "My darter" usually makes off as ..fast as possible, in an nneongnerable giggle. Father Morris goes into the houses and we watch him at every turn, as,, with the. most liberal simplicity, he makes him- Self Stlibute, takes off his wig, wipes daivn his great face with a checked pocket land kerchief, helps himself hither and thither to w ever ' `hhe= wants; and asks foe :true') t • is) he lAnn - ot oppgiall al t•e oonifortable easiness of Childhood. I remember to this day how we used to peep through the crackof the door, or hold, it half ajar andAPeer in,.io watch hie Mo tions; and how IttightilX'diverted we were with his deep, slow manner of Speaking, iiit3 heavy, siumbroini walk, Vut,nliOve THE AMERICAN pRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 186 G. • L-: - -: ---- i of r /Mailing" p O t S hun deringels;s _____------------- ca l faculty with the wosnedscsred. which he HIS deene as i em" was like as he, and when - rforr L'eS' • ' '. . 0 ~a ced "A-hern .l.,:it ever I heard; in the midst of theparlor door - of thes ° P e ,/ swing open, I heard ° ,, n d e d un ly haPPen9" brotherS calling, in a A . ~. 8 0 - „, 3 of mY "g:Ch rle ' , Charles! Father suppressed to one d ..4 -door l open l"—and Morris ha°./ the signs of a long, a despe then fellin whiebltincerely sympathized. rate tko morrnW,ltai Sunday. The old man 111 the pulpit. He is not now in his r; hArnblii- little parish, preadhing simply , the hogs w of corn and planters of pota to:Al ba,i 4here sits Governor D., and there is Judge E., and Counsellor P., and Judge G. • fn rahort, he is before a refined and liedittr audience. But Father NorriS rises; h# thinks nothing of this , . he cares noth ing; he knows notbing, as he himself would say; -but " Jeans Christ, 'and Itin'ernlckfted." He takes -a page of Scripture to explain; perhaps it is the walk to Emmaus; andthe ti conversaon of Jesus with his kis'pies. Immediately the whol4starp i i4betr you, living and picturesque: the road - tto -Em menus is ,‘r, NieW - England Ininipike ; you can see, i6l 2 m \ iqi. s'tonelrits Y miiltein stalks, 4 4.- g il it di 4 its tofl. gate,. „. ex, •t he I.e i ales rise, and you.Atfe before -o v u - all ' their anguieh, and hesitiltibu, and diiiikay=talliett out tir? - ' you in the language'd your 64n fi'i.efirde.;' You smile ; you are 'amused; yet on are touch ed, and the _illusion, groieg ' eyery inf4ent. Yon see-the apPrOachingisq4ger,, , ii,ilok the mysteriou'al•conversition,..gtOits,ffem and mordiiiteresting linthans rises inithe dis tance, tn . the likeness' ola New England village, ivith a *bite meeting house and spire. You follpw,tbe tra,vellere; you enter the, house With - tfipm; nor 'ao, you- wake from yonrtrance until, with strea , 7iing eyes, the. preacher "tells you that " ; t he y tusv it was the Lord—and what a pity it was they could not have known it before I" It, was after a 'sermon on this.very chapter of gcripture historythat Governor Griswold, in passing out of the'house, laid hold on the sleeve of his first acquaintance : " Pray tell me," said he, " who is this minister ?" "Why, it is Old,Father 'Morris." " Welt he is an oddity=and zgenius 'too, I declare I" he continued. • " I ha,ve been woriddring, all the mornin g 'how t,,could havtl read the Bible to so little purpole as not to see all these particulars he has pre sented.': 4 I once heird tam narrate iaihis pictures que 'way the story of liazarus. The" great bustling city of , J , erusalem first rises to view, and you are told, with great simplicity, haw the .Lorcl ,Jesas "used to get tired of the noise;" aUd'how he was " tired of , preach, ing, again and again, to people who *road not miud, a word he said4;', .andliow, -, " when it came evening, he used• to ga Otit'atid's6e his friends in Bethany." Then he told. about. the 'house of Martha and Mary : " a little white house 4mong the,, ;trees," said ; ~ coitle Pat see 10 . iom:Veirusilein." And there :the Lord Jesus' , and'•• hiti disciples aced to , go - •atid ice' the ' `with Martha, and Atary and Lazarus. - 'The narrator went on to tell how'Lltzttitis* died, describing,,with. tears and , a choking voice ? the distress they were in, and how they ieitt:o: l ;aancstigi) toil Asia, and he did not come, and how they wondered' and 'irl:itoPieT,Tagli'tlllie:6lll6-ivell Ard ing ifp‘ the interest byllie grapliic minutice of an eye witness, till he woke you- from the dream by hA.,,,triurAphant j ‘ oy. at, :the retpir rectbroolp.,:i 110 t itan. On another, occasion ti al,he was sitO l ug at a tea 'table'; niiil t hallY supplied was bakes and sweetmeats, he - found an opportunity to *tate :Practical allusion to the satixe familystory. .:He said that2Mary was quiet and huinlile, sitting .at •her Saviour's feet to hearchis words; but :Martha thoughtraticre• "f what was 'tot bP6 'get 'fbi - fete. Martha could not 'find time to listen 'to Chigst.. NO; she:was,"' cumbered with much serving'— . around the house; frying fritters and mik inegihierVrgol,.” , I"; "„ 1 . . Among his own simple , peoplel , his - style* of Scripture painting was listened to with breathless interest. But it was, particularly' in those I.ii4tic circles, called "conference meetings,'A that.his whole- warm ,'soul un folded, and the Bible in his hands became a gallery of New England paintings. He particularly loved the evangelists, fal lowing footstepsefrSeend'Oteriitydwel-, ling' upOn his words,; repeating over' and over again the stories of l What lie did, all the fond veneration of an old and favor ed servant. . .Scimetimes i too, he would give the narra- , 1 tiot 'an etededingly practleartiirn . is bite' example will illustrate. El , He bad noticed 'a falling' offin'. biii lit'.-:. tle circle that met for socialprayer, and to ok .aehdidls7 til &Mist' ifinKlieTelklitiafe'd a,, tolerable audienwito-tell' , concerning "'ttl e! conference meeting that th'e'' diaciples' IC tended" after the resurreetion. - - " But Thomas Willi not 9 with them" "Ilacimas not with tteni'l 6 sainfie Old thin, in,. tr a ,porro i wful yoipp. , , " 'yf r hy,„y!hat npuill liee i p thomisaway/, ..., ;Peri:tags," said he, glancing at Poiaeol i his bieklVard auditors, " Thomas had , got cold-hearted and was afrartliey!iionld milk 31 i7n7t7i-CritifShifirst prayer; or perhaps," said he, looking at some of the farmprrs, " Thpmas,,,was) afraid the roads were bad; or perhaps," he added, after a passe, "Thomas had got, proud,, and. thought bp could not come in, firs old . clothes-", xkip he, v eit pn, Oigpficigitly summing up the common excuses of his people; and then, with great simplicity and emotion, he added; J'Buß vrtly think what ThAnaas lost 4 foi-in.the Inid ‘ dlerpf.the-Min ,ing i the Lord:Jesus , camel-and stood-toittp 4. , therrel ItOW spiry Thomas must have been I ' Thismktresentimfr Etevfsx . 1 trAtitiefmget seats or some time t.9,,,c01e'. ' . 1 At annlhnv: i •tixneix,X4thoyNolltiOgirve the details of the Anointing ,of. ~ Dayid to the king. Be , told,thern. how .Bamnel, wnn . tAn .1.1 tn; .4tElehe to `Jesse ' s' hon4,' and" WentV with a " How d'ye do, Jessie ?" and how, when Jesse askeu him to take a chair, he said he could not stay a minute; that the Lord had sent him to anoint one of his sons for a king; and how, when Jesse called in the tallest and handsomest, Samuel said " he would not do ;" and how all the rest passed the test; and at last, how Samuel says, " Why, have not yon any more sons, Jesse?" and Jesse says, " Why, yes, there is little David, down in the lot ;" and, how, as soon as ever Samuel saw David, "he slashed the oil right on to him ;" and how Jesse said " he never was so beat in all his life." • Father Morris sometimes need his illus trative talent to every good purpose in the way of rebuke. He had on his farm a fine orchard of peaches, from whiCh some of the ten and twenty-year-old gentlemen helped them Selves more liberally than even the old man's kindness thought expedient. Accordingly, he took occasion to intro duce into his sermon one Sunday, in his' lit tle parish, an account of a journey: helook ; and bOw he was " very warm and very dry ;" and, how he saw a fine orchard of peaches that made his mouth water to look at them. "So says he, " I •came np to the fence and looked all around, for I woald not have touched one of theta with6iii leave for the - Weilci. At last I'spiect a man, and says I, 'Mister, won't you give me some of your peac,hes ?' So the man came and gave me nigh about a hat full. And while' I stocd there. eating, I said, Mister, how do you manage to keep your peaches?' them I' said he, and he stared at me; what db you mean?' Yes, sir,' said. I; don't, the boys steal them ?' Boys steal theta l' said he. 'No, indeed 'Why, sir,' said. I, ' I have a whole lot full of peaches, and I cannot get half of them"--here the old mati's voice grew tremulous.—" because the boys in my parish steal them so: Why, sir,' said he, don't their parents teach them not to - steal ?' And I grew all over in a_cold sweat, and I told him. I was afeard they didn't.' Why, how you talk !' says the man ; ',do tell me, *here you , litre r Then," Said' Pather Morris ' the tears run ning over, "I was obliged to tell him I lived in te town of Gr." After this Father Morris kept'his peaches. _Our old friend was not less original in the logical than In- the illustrative portions of his discourse's. His logic Was of that fami liar, colloquial 'kind Which shakes, laridS With 'common ' sense like* fib' old friend. Sometimes, the, his great :mind :and' great heart would ,l)e & Toured outy op f the „vast themes of religion, in language-ovhiehi though homeli, produced all the effects,of the sublime. He ondopreached a AiscOurse On•the text; "the High and HolY:One that inhabiteth eternity , ; i.:and from the begin.' tking•tp the end it, was a,ctrain :of lofty and solemn ! thought. . With his vsual simple. !earnestness,. sad his great, rolling-voice ; he told. about ." the G-reat G-od bow the fpeople in, this world were -flustering and, worrying, and.„afraid theyl,shotrld not get time" to-,c10 , . this, and. `that, Vother. But,", .he :.addefl r ,with• fillihearted satisfaction,; ,the: Lordlia 2 sev i ep in hurry,; he, has it .1,,1t9140, bat 11101140$ . time enough,. for he Inhabitethr eternjftyn And the grand Adea. i infinitepleisure,agal•aly 'thighty yesonoe.s, ,was' earriefi tlirofigh-ithe , 'sermon with Opal ,strqngulk .Illthongti the, old'martinewerdieemedflo-be. BfE:kajble•of,aayitbing. tending to the. ludic-, irons, in =his t ., own mode; of expressing, :him !salt yet had •eorisiderable -:relish-. for Ibutaor,,,and, some. shrewdness of repartee. lOne n time,, as he .W i Lia i •walking, 'through a !neighboring parish; famous ) foritsprofanity, ihe was stopped , flock of the. Yclotbful reprobates ,ofothe place' • Father :Father , ( Morris ! the: . dead , r' - "Is he, .the ..b i arid,on the ;1200 .of the. nearest urchin; ; ;" you. poor fatherlesachildren•F; But.themsayings and cloingsroithis good old matr, as, reported in the legends of: thee neighborhood, are more than, can bo•.gather- A or reported. Hp; lvedK,far ~ h eyoudiAlet oonrmon age of man, ; ara l eontinuelt‘yirlent age had impaired hid powers,to ;Aver, again the same Bible stories• :that iha , had/ tolftso,often before. ; • f, , f ff I reeollectlearing of the fjoys that alittostT broke the ohl,matea heart, when, aftermanyr years', diligent watching and nurture of the. good , seed in his parish,yit. began to spring, into vegetation, sudden ;and beautifaLas, 'that, ,whistk.answers the patient, .wiatchihg of the huabandman: , Many, a hard , ,, Worldly , 3 !hearted mairraa'n•Y.a sleepy, inattentive: hearar = maay, a listless r idle young personii !began to,give, ear,,to, words s that ,had long, fallen,unheiKied.,; A/neighboring minister,• who.had been l aentfor - to Ewe ,and rejoice•in these , res,alta, describes the. scene, -when; on,. enteriokitikalittle ,charch, he foand'.an on.; • ,zious, crowded aaditory:asserabledvaround• the venerable teacher, waiting , direction •and instraaion. The old manwas Sitting almost {in his pul~piti, choking withuluess of emotion, as,,be, gazed around, f t ",Tather," ,said the yoftiOblithiilister f‘ ihnpliose you are ready to say with - old Simeon, Now, 'Lord, lettest thou thy, servant depart ‘ in !peace, ,for-e Yes lava seen thy liarira-. 'tion.in .l d"Eizrtira,•thrtin," said the, old ratity,' while-- the the tears -streamed down his *cheeks; and his whnhr(frame shbokrvifith emotion. , ;'' It was not many years after that . this simple,, and • loving, servart,t,of.,Chriat •was 'gathered' in peace . unto"' Bain ;whom 'hi: loved : Alia name is fisit Passiii froth. re and in a few years, his memory,'' like•• humble = grave,•,,willtba loptinely , gro'w'th and forgae t'. among: mefl ' tuioudti it wilt le' had in everlasting -re , - membrane° by Xlito i ff,forg9.l,4, 4 th not 'his servants," and'. in. Whose= .5414 1. • death. of his saints is preeiduit:::',' ' tria e':; 1 , . The keepingA„the„” tr. p,,JO a workthat a f t never done till life ie. ended: GEORGE. A STORY FOR LITTLE MEN Once there was a Man and his name was George. He was a ver-y good man. He was very find of do-ing good. There was once a great War in the land where he lived, and he felt sorry for the sol-diers. He spent his own mo-ney, and got 'no-fey from oth-er folks, to buy things for the sol-diers when they were sick, or fight-ing When the war was o-ver he went a-bout tell-ing the poor folks about God. All the folks who knew him loved him. He used to hold meet-ings with them; and pray with them; and sing with them; and be-cauSe he sung with them, a few of his own folks, said that Gorge was bad, and should not go to church with them an-y more. They did not mean that he was very, very, wicked, but only that he was , a bad Man, for some-times singing out of a dif-fer-ent. book from them-selves. George liked to sing. These folks of his said he might sing all dp,y long, and would love him, if he would sing only out of their lit-tle book. George said that he liked this book, but he liked oth-er books too. They said, No I! and said he should not. Then they told algreat nian-y folks to come and hold a trig meet-ing about, George's sing-ing, and they came, oh, how man-y. They talk ed a-bout 4 ev-er so long. Some of the folks, said, it is too bad , to. scold George, for he is good. But the big-gest num-ber said, if he will say that he has done wrong, and will pro raise to stop sing-ing, those bad Hymns t we will let him to church; but if he will not he must be. CUT OFF I ! George could not prom-,'se to do this, for he said the peo-ple who sung these Hymns" loVed God, and were its good folks gas. his own.., So georgewas CUT OFF!! He can-not go to his.,own church an-y more +; and be-cause he will not sing oat of the little Psalm book when he goes there, babe-cause he will not take the Psalm book with him, when he goes to .an-oth-er church or meet-ing and sing, all ti.lone out of it, while all..the oth-er folks sing .out of their book. This would make a bad noise, and he does not wish to do so. This: is why he is CUT OFF ! Ido not know what George will do. I am sor-ry for 'him. Ho is a good man. But he is OUT OFF ! I do not know what this means but our min-is-ter says this is what the folks at the big meet-ing did. My fath-er says he won-ders how George will feel when he sings this verse in the little Psalm book, " Although they"curse with spite, yet Lord, Bless Thou with loving voice; . Let them asham'd be wben they rise ; Thy servant let fejoicet Let Thou mine agreriaries all With shame.be.clotked over'; And let their own' confusion Them, as a mantle cover." I am'sure I dan-not tell IH—.Y. Y. Evangelist l ura i Nournitg. t ' THE JUOVHDA BTRAWHERRY. NEW CASTLE PA , . - 'REV . S. KNOX : - ---Dear Bir:-1 have pail heitird thd,t' you' 'l2 dye agreed to' act as editor --I:griciiitnial Department of Chratian Advocdte and .feet like writing to congratuldte you on the arrangement; or rather. I would congratulate . the ~paper, and itsreader on having obtainedlyour consent to, enter on this work. Gathering.valuable infortnation, as,yon do, both by es:perience and observation; the world should hear from' yOu,'Week by week, and I 'doubt not haeidy through that paper, but' through's host:of 'its eichanges, and be the wiser and better. , • Now I thave a few words of good• news about the , .TuduNnA--"Ocra 700," as you call it. I; 4nd , otheks whb have 'tried'• it,' feel' pointing to it 'with some ,pride, and sharing Ilia posseseive ,"Our;" • which ypu pretu(ed modeetly, instead of "pg.'? Some. of 'us feel : as if it bid fair to be called our 700,7 by cultivators at large in our country. But• let me.come to facts, and then you. can judge'-whether an toticr enthusiastic. My platits'W"die set oat; about the beginning 'of the severe'dronght of Fait summer: The runners were, not kept off as they should be !tii,sedure'a good ctop. All the winter and :spring they were unprotected by , as much as a handful straw, 'and they were' Mulched' With ,straw after they ere in blossom: I suppOse leaVing emit the'vinee anti uebbages Planted with them I had about`} ..of an acre Ocupitul With the plants. I had heard many, prophecies that they "Would , be a 'failure; " Would not set' ituit;" ," Would 'n'ot iimeceed for any one but Knex,"`&cl,' but in good time they did blossom, and did " set • fruit' and • ti'penesi,,,,and P6ople would say that they had, never before seen 'such strawberry beds in gew Castle. And ;now for the points which made them " such beds :" - Their size. Scime of My berries' (Whibh „ I alWays said were below‘yiiiirs) measured 'between 6 7 incheS in eirdumference, and A never, saw man, woman, .or, child ,attempt,to eat one of the largest ones at' one 'bite: 1 Some of 'them ...weighed'. nearly one ounbe. ' . , , 2.- 1 .7 7 11;eir uniformity of size: In order, to, get s, I n liaSket *ortby'of exhibition, e:t 4 . pin over my patch," as. a neighbor ex- , preg§,o4„rit,,,, but, take them , as they. Fcame. rFfrom,' 45 to 55 berries, picked+ as theyr ,, weref nifie,' , filledt a quart. , I bought a' quairt of f OillAt -, bdrries' from a gardner and found it! t td'ebictalh 19fS ' 3: 'Plikr They nok ripSa`s ; early, as,son ~ ,, AINIYI4I4 diti?.l44) lothers, - liutthey COntanued on bearing some !tigtp: ajyritek9,olhlOP h l l4 l .fatted,rrWo,Rl444ll 'fruit from oar J neundaa, almost; if , not -' ,alto lotherf three 'weekso . 4 Their solidity cihd value 7Sr'shiphing I ' • 7 m sent 44 Aliarts, s e ta e tj to;;& friend ¢mil@s, !diA44,t,„,l l b:isysivfgT !WA Rll:49644yitcrxi-,1 ing, ; and she 431Pcated ate, last of them, iwete good condition on :Friday evenings fcillowfng, - 5. Their beauty. I need not tell you of the beauty of a dish of Tucundas, but I do wish every one who has never seen such a sight could look on the colored photograph by which I caught the size, form and color of a plate of these berries. If you soon visit New Castle call at the Photograph rooms of Gillespie or Mitchel, or the studio of Miss Smith, and judge for yourself. 6. Their dollar value. They sell readily when others are a drug. They bring nearly or fully twice as much as common berries. One gardener said that if all his berries had been Jucundas he would have realized $9OO instead of less than $2OO from his beds. That the market is not yet glutted is evi dent, since one day near , the last of June I had a purchaser for 100 quarts for the Pitts burgh market. In speaking of monied value I must not forget to tell you of plants. Already 43,000 plants have been engaged in large quanti ties, and many in smaller numbers by th 9 hundred and by the dozen. I have,. fre quota& said to those who admired my At , cundas, " They are not a ,fair sample this year—and I. am sure are below Mr. Snot's crop in every respect," but the usual reply has been " They are goood enough for me." I for one want to thank you for bringing such a berry into general notice, and hope that the ",Our 700 "'may 'may yet become a na tional term—unless you get something still better. Bay.r W. , T. WYLIE. Norx.—We thank friend Wylie for his congratulations, and excellent article. With a few such practical correspondents we Would have no difficulty in making this departmept of the paper interesting. We - will have something to'say soon in reference to theJucund-a,Strawberry, which we regard, after a trial of nine years, as much the most 'valu'able strawberry of which we have any knOWledge. 7 --Pittsburg Christian Advo cate. BEEOHEE ON HIS PARK. In Mr. Beecher's earlier days he edited an agricultdral paper, and has ever shown the liveliest interest in rural pursuits. His farm ,ft,t, Y., is becoming fa mous, and in the course `of time will be a point of great attraction to every lover of nature. Mr. Beecher , Spends much of his time there; 'with what enjoyment the fol lowing litter, publithed in the .11 7 ; Xedger, will tell ,"1 3 ,F4KgVILLE, May 28, 1838 "MY DEAR MR. DONNER:—You must ex pect no article from me this week. lam engaged. I was never' more busy in my life. Let, me relate my occupations. At about half past three in..the morning, I wake. The light is just corning.. Ido not care for that, as I do not propose to get up at such an hour. Bat the birds do care. They evidently windl, rip their singing apparatus over night. For when the first bird b c reaks • the silence, in an instant the rest go, off, as if a, spring had been touched which moved them all. Was 'ever such a noise : I There are robbitis without count, woodthrushes, orioleS, sparrows, bobolinks, meadow-larks, blue birds, yello*-birdis, wrens, 'warblers, cat-birds ) (es the "Uoitherte i criikking-bird is called), martins, twittering swillows. Think of all the - Oise made by mixing. all these bird 'notes • together. Add a robster, or a solemn old, crow to •carry the bass. Then consider that `of each kind thereu're Scores, and of some kinds' hundreds within our resel, 'and you will haVe softie faint con ception Of . the oPening,chant {chant.; the day. You may not believe that I wake so early. But Ido You maybe still'less inclined Ito believe that after listening 'for t,en mintites to this mixture, l l again go to sleep` . '`Butl solemnly do ! Nor do I think of *.tting up 'before six o'clock.'.Whether I should emerge even then,,rf it were, not for the sa vory odor , that, begins , to steal • through my cottage, *I „cannot • tell. After breakfast, there are. so many things to be done first that I negledt'tildni-all. l 'Tfainibining is so flee,- the yeting'l4l,+eis 'ai!til l tio l beautiful, the bloom on'the Orabithrs; is se gorgeous, the sounds, and sights* arso many ans° win ning, that, e and ,so I. am apt• to sit down on the verandah, for, just a! moment, and for just another; and for. a• ,, series of them, until an hour goes by! DO h'Citlbla.rxie me ! Do not lairglirat - sitteh farriiiirg iitifilsuch a farmer. The sniroi-erhead beareihetter and larger crops, for, a sensible' rom,„,,,LhAn.do,es the soil under 1341 There are blossoms in the clouds..„ ,There nisi trot 1m 494 ;the ttreas, to those 'Nihettio4 IhOW-to t "But then sky-gazing and this dallying with the landscape will not do. What crowds of thingwreqtrixtestlie , 'eyerntitigliand-l' Flow ers must Atranqilattted..i F,lower-seeds must be sown... Shrubs'and - trees pruned. Vines looked after : t klvalk taken over the hillto 'see Ufternime evergreens" with many pauses to gaze upon pie Jaii,dB4pe, many blrds to be watched,, s i s . ,theY are oonfiden - daily exhibiting tbeir,„demestic traits before you. The , kittensptot, at the barn i , must be visited,—the calf, the mew dow,. •-Then every gardener knoifil , how ninqi i tilnie IS consumed in neticirig thleitew yeeinstance : I have some eiklankwstiatibefkilts that need watching, each , One purporting to be a wold's monder,, ri u n quite anxious about eight , or ten new, kinds , ofl d evio u s; two news species Of ~h oneysucklel.;; 'eight or ten new , 't and -rare evergreens. ; ` ' and ever so many other' things -- 4Slikib i s t 'lalid flowers. W bat '''dhs}ll' say Of f,Niti*eA t peas, new bAps, rare ,cucumbers, Aelona, extra- Prdinary,potatoes I,‘J.Speaking ofipotatoesAdocydu.know any thing el-IV:lei-Harty AfselfrolLefine tell you, I thiirlialidredulSehlieltlnVei‘ellield this spring. to one man, for eighty dollars a bushel ! Shim' 'then theYslutuZilseenotielliiig by the pound, at thelltintentr kite of one, two, 016' three dellitiC tid: • *lt' takes about Wine potaibei to 1410' 4 4 '"" 'raL ulliontang,farixibrai iteAtkying to domeeti 'pate) the'btiffalO. '• 0 , •
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