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
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.Co refit , ir r>,... , .-,
4 116"n oie low t ' a l'i'a
yort call alrsnoned thee_,
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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 , •