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PRUNING.
BY JOHN H., LONC. 11U0.
Pruning trees like making good bread is
an art not to be learned through books and
newspapers, but through individual stuuy and
experience. Trees differ so much in their
fonn and habit of growth and the uses wo re
quire them for, as well as the diversity of the
soil and climate, that it is plain no mere the
ory will be adapted to all couditious and
tastes of the planter. Add to this too many
of our horticultural writers are mere theorist,
own not an acre, and have no practical ex
perience, aud their ideas often derived from
reading foreign publications that form the
diversity of soil and climate of Europe are
not well suited to this country. You may
ask if mere theory is worth so little why does
the writer put his pen to paper. The reply
is very much like the Friends say when they
have performed a religious duty, "done for
the peace and satisfaction of my uicn mind.
But about pruning we will take up the ap
ple first. Some writers will tell you to cut
off all the limbs half way when transplanted;
we say not, for if you do the head will be
tilled with treble the number of shoots that
are wasted to grow, and next year you will
have to cut most of them off. Apple trees
differ so much in the form of their growth
that no rule but good judgment will apply.
Some, if they have plenty of good roots, will
only need thinning ont all the inner branches
and twigs, leaving only three or tour main
limbs, such as you wish to remain and form
a good head. We believe the buds of last
year's growth are touch the strongest on all
trees, possess more vitality and it is unwise
to cut ail the young wrowth off as some do.
Having so trimmed the branches with a
reference to the future shape of the tree when
first planted, it will need but little trimming
again in several years, except to remove
young suckers, if any come. Apple trees
should be so shaped by prunings that a per
son can climb with ease through the'branches
near the body and take his basket with him.
This is the ideal of a perfectly shaped tree.
A tree can be trimmed too much for its
health and longevity, too many of the little
spray and small branches cut away, but it is
seldom done. Cherry trees, we generally let
alone with the exception of properly shaping
the head when first planted and alwayshaving
reference to the number and size of the roots.
And we may remark it is better to stake and
tie trees when planted, if deficient in roots,
than to mutilate the top of fruit trees too
mnch. In pruning ornamental deciduous
trees, we should be governed by the shape
we wish them to take. If we want thick
bushy trees, that will give a densa shade
around the dwelling, then we should cut back
severely. The American Elm may be'trim
med to a bare pole and so may the Maples,
except the Norway, which is dense enough
naturally without any assistance from art.
But if they are for avenues or for street plant
ing, where a quick, upright growth iswanted,
then thinning out the inner branches near the
trunk is all that is necessary. Where trees
are liable to have their branches torn and
split by the high winds, like the White Or
Silver leaf Maple, forming them into round
heads by cutting one-halfback all the leading
branches when young will obviate this troub
le. If we wish our Larches to grow tall and
wide spreading, we may cut out the small
branches; but we think the beauty of the
Larch, especially the European, which is so
far superior to the American that the latter
should never be planted for ornament, is in
its compactness of growth. A Larch that
has been trimmed back to one-half of its
length of branches, when transplanted, is one
of the most beautiful trees for three months
we have seen. Evergreens should be porn
cd by the nurseryman before they are sold,
and then the planter will have little eke to do
but take good care of them. While we ad
mire the lofty head of the deciduous shade
tree with its wide-spread sweeping branches,
a neat, compact evergreen suits most persons
best. We like symmetry of shape more than
we care for exuberance of growth or a great
size. An occasional White Pine lifting its
head above the surrounding trees is a striking
object in a landscape, but we want but few in
our yards. The r.eat dark green of the Bal
sam Fir. short lived though it be, will cause
it still to be planted for immediate effect.
They, if planted in moist soils, and the lead
ing top-shoot cut off, will retain their beauty
many years.
Few are aware how evergreen trees can
be changed in torm and habit by judicious
use of the shears. The tendency of the Fir
is to run np tall and lose its lower branches.
By cutting off the leading shoot occasionally,
to prevent this habit, it is a tree of beauty
quite desirable. The Norway Spruce can be
made to grow nearly as we wish. By sum
mer pruning one-half of the young growth, it
will throw out an abundance of young buds,
and in a year or two an open young tree be
converted into a very close growing one.
Early in the summer is the best time to trim
evergreens, or in truth any other tree, if we
have time to attend to it, as the wound soon
heals over and the buds betow will be in
creased and strengthened. In selecting
Spruce trees we should be governed by the
form we want them to assume. If for pic
turesque effect, then select trees of drooping
habit, whose limbs sweep down towards the
ground. As Spruces are all seedlings, and
each differs in some way from the other, we
can have them, by a little carc and pruning,
to assume the shape we want. By cutting off
the leader repeatedly they will spread wide
over the ground; or by shearing them annu
ally they become round as a top. But Hem
lock bears the shears the best of any of the
Amcr;can Evergreens we are acquainted with,
it pruned in summer while in active growth.
W>i can form it into a low bcantiful hedge,
a round compact tree, its lowest branches
resting on the ground like a cone; or we can
elevate ;i amoDg the tallest trees, a compeer
to the V hite pine. Pines are pruned by cat
ting off, in summer, one-half or more of the
centra! shoot. If this is done at tho proper
time, frequently young buds will start beneath.
This is frequently necessary to keep the up
per branches from extending beyond the low
er, as this spoils the shape. Most people
want an evergreen to branch low and slope
gradually and evenly to the top.
I here is not as much attention given to
pruning shrubs as there should be. Neat
ness and compactness of form is most com
patible to abundance of flowers, and if by
fi -'i v -ent cuttings they become deformed or
i throw them away and plant young
~a V e s: kere one likes variety, some va
r'k trained up to a single stalk,
>"e a tree, all s :<j e s b o ots cut away. We
Set " cau tiM Forsythia, Philadelphia
-.jnngaand W eigelia treated in this way
•'n k. mm ' a ' ure frees, and they excelled them
au.y; a t this article is long enough, and
S%° W ne£dS prUn ' n £- Gardener's
MY PUN.
. BY J. U. NSNC.IVROX, IROXTON, o.
Much has been written about pear trees,
and a stranger to their habits might think
they were a sickly and uncertain kind of tree.
I fear that beginners will be discouraged. My
plan is to plant and keep planting. If one
blights I cut it back, expecting in most in
stances that it will entirely recover and run
blight again for many
that some of yonr readers may correct if they
can. After all that has been said abont
blight, I don't know of any case where it
destroyed twenty-five per cent of an orchard
of a hundred trees. In most cases only a
few. Now shall we be discouraged because
ci few darlings are blighted. My remedy for
blight is plant. If one dies I plant two, if
two die I plants four. If it should be said
they are costly, I reply that I get them when
small and keep them on hand ready to set
aut. I don't believe blight is contagious. It
don't como ofleD, even in the low land. —
Gardener's Monthly.
Plttmuww*.
WHT are jokes like nuts ? Because the
dryer they are, the better they crack.
WHAT thing is that which the more we cut
the longer it becomes? A ditch.
As unrecognized member of the nobility—
The man that is Lord knows who.
WHAT sort of a cravat would a hog be most
likely to chose ? A pig's tye.
MANY a member of Congress, when he is
in bis seat, is out of his place.
DOCTORS aud physiognomists are not dis
similar, both being phiz icians.
THE real champions of the ring—mothers
with daughters to marry.
How sweet to recline in the lapse of ages—
say about eighteen.
TAKE two letters from money, and there
will be but one left.
SOME fishermen use cotton for bait; so do
some women.
How to make a tall man "short.'' Borrow
from him.
-WHEN- is a blow from a lady welcome?—
When she strikes you agreeably.
MISERY loves company —so does a mar
riageable young woman.
A roan who courts a young woman in the
starlight probably expects to get a wife in a
twinkling.
WHAT is the difference between a young
lady and a night cap? One is born to wed,
and the other's worn to bed.
THE following rnles are posted in a New
Jersey school house; "No kissing the girls
in school hours; no lickin the master during
holidays."
A Miller in giving a testimonial to the pro
prietor of a powder for destroying vermin,
astounds us with the assertion: "A fortnight
since I was full of rats, and now I don't think
I have one."
"AM I not a little pale?" inquired a lady ;
who was short and corpulent, of a crusty old j
bachelor.
"Yoc look more like a big tub," was the
blunt reply.
SIR WALTER SCOTT meeting a beggar, who .
importuned him for sixpence, the great un
known not having one, gave him a shilling,
adding, with a laugh, "Mind now, sir, you
owe me a sixpence." "Och, sure enough,"
said the beggar, "ane heaven grant you may
live till I pay you !"
"MY dear," said a rural wife to her hus
band, on his return from town, "what was the
sweetest thing you saw in bonnets in the city?"
"The ladies' faces, my love."
"Pa," said a little friend of ours, "what's
the use of giving our little pigsso much milk?
they make hogs of themselves?" Pa walked
away.
KISSING.—
" Men scorn to kiss auiorg themselves,
And scarce would kiss a brother:
But women want to kiss so badly,
Tbey kiss aud kiss each other."
•V I. A BY* REPLIES.
" Men do not kiss among themselves,
It's well that they refrain ;
The bitter dose wonld vex them so
They ne'er wonld kiss again."
BRIDGET'S LEMONADE. —"Bridget! Bridget!
why don't you bring up the lemonade ?" B&id
Mrs. S., on the Fourth of July, from the top
of the kitchen stairs. "Why, inarm," said
Bridget wiping the sweat from her red face
with her checked apron, as she put her head
round the staircase partition, "why, marm,
you see the ice I put in the lemonade is so
hard that it hasn't melted yet, though it's stir
ring it over the fire I've been for the last fif
teen minutes or more.
A FRIEND once visiting aa unworldly phil
ospher, whose mind was his kingdom expres
sed surprise at the smallness of his apart
ment. "Why you have not room," he said,
"to swing a cat!" "My friend," was tbe
serene, unappreciative reply, "I do not want
to swing a cat."
A LEAP YEAR DIALOGUE. —"Miss, will you
take my arm?"
"Yes, and you too"
"Can't spare but tbe arm," replied the
bachelor.
"Then, "repliedshe, "I shan't take it, as
my motto is go the whole hog or nothing."
THACKERAY used to tell of an Irishwoman
begging alms from him, who, when she saw
him put his hand in his pocket, cried out,
"May the blessing of God follow you all your
life !" but wheri he only pulled out his snuff
box, immediately added: "and never over
take ye."
"JOHN," said a gentleman to his servant,
"I am going to church, and if it should rain,
I wish you would come with the umdrella tor
me; however, you need not come unless it
should rain downright." The gentleman
went. It did rain; but John had gone to the
other end of the town to see Mary. Hismas
ter came back with drenched garments, and
a look of implacable anger. "John," said
he, "Why didn't you bring the umbrella?"
"Because, sir," replied John' "it rained
slanting."
TRYING TO DECIDE. —A traveller stopped
at a public house in Maine for the purpose of
getting dinner, knocked, but received no an
swer. Going in, he found a little white-head
ed man in the embrace of his wife, who had
his head under her arm, wh'.le with the other
she was giving her little lord a pounding.
Wishing to put an end to the fight, our trav
eller knocked on the table, and cried out iu a
loud voice, "Halloa, here! who keeps this
house ?" The husband, though much out of
breath, answered : "Stranger, that's what we
are trying to decide."
DCST AND GIRLS. —A few Sabbaths since
Eda was allowed to go to Sabbath school,
her first time, and there she learned the
startling intelligence that she was made
of dust. Little Eda's mind was fully im
pressed with the importance of the great
truth, as was evinced by her frequent refer
ence to the subject in the shape of questions
unanswerable. One morning, however she
propounded a stunner, which brought down
the house. Intently watching her mother
sweeping, as if to learn the art she must
finally practise, saying not a word, her eye
rested on the little heap of dirt accumulated
by her mother's broom. Just as the dirt was
to be swept into the street, the little philos
opher burst forth with, "Ma, ma! why don't
you save the dust to make some more little
girls?"
' SAM, are you one of the Southern
chivalry?" "No, tnassa, I'so one of the
Southern shovelry. I shoveled dirt at
Dutch op CanaL"
THE essence of true nobility is neglect of
self. Let the thought of self pass in and
the beauty of action is gone, like the bloom
from a soiled flower.
IT is not until the flower has fallen off
that the fruit begins to ripen. So in life it
is when romance is past that practical use
fulness begins.
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IiROADTOP. Taxes
55 acres, Wm. A. Gray " 1 90
'440 do 33 perches, James Patton 6 80
440 do 130 do do do 14 20
175 do 131 do do do 7 10
58 do 44 do do do 203
63 do Jacob Meyers 788
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372 do Sauiuel L. Tobias 28 84
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396 do 129 do James Razor 2 10
405 do ITrich Banner 3 43
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60 do Wm. Figard 22 75
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110 do 150 do James Patton 5 70
393 do 197 do James Patton 5 53
76 do Wm. Anderson's heirs 38 39
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250 do do do 58 89
135 do John McC'andles 18 38
50 do Rev. P. E. Phelps 29 65
120 do Phillips A Russell 77 62
119 do James Patton 6 25
165 do do do 8 90
100 do Naomi Fisher 31 20
135 do John W. Whitney 110 39
50 do do do 40 75
30 do do do 24 45
164 do Jno. Bevereux part Jno, Belt 16 20
70 do 145 do Wm. M. Ball A James
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150 do Jas. Kntriken Dunlap tract 20 59
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP.
3 do Andrew Kyhoek 48
427 do Arthur Brown 96
50 do Philip Diehl 26
HARRISON TOWNSHIP.
412J do Daniel Hinklin 9 04
349 do John Tinman 7 71
453 do Joseph Gardner 1 70
42 do 56 do llarly A Lyons 60 ;
75 do Andrew P. Miller 1 48
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP.
200 do John Corly 90
150 do James Howard 63 |
1014 do Michael Sipe 45
404 do Richard Moans 1 10
420 do John Cheney 1 10
404 do Joseph Moanes 1 25
409} do Samuel Moans 2 80
421 do 35 do Alexander Moans 2 90
192 do Timothy Moans 1 15
200 do 54 do Israel Moans I 08
196 do 50 do Zacbariah Moans 83
222 do Elizabeth Piper 1 15
212 do 20 do John Boyd 53
216 do 80} do Isabella Davis 58
2201 do William Piper 53
233 do 2 do John Hardine 63
221 do Ignatius Hardine 53
434 do 125 do James Wilson 53
425 do George F. Albert! 70
213 do Joseph Lancaster 45
402 do 57 do Stephen Moans 1 25
240 do Peter Shaw 75
200 do Wm. Nicholas 63
25 do Milligan A Benedict 20
9 do Putterbaugh's heirs 15
402 do Francis Johnson 1 43
143 do Wm. Lane 45
365 do Daniel Montgomery 1 13
324 do Alex Johnson 93
368 do George Hinish 1 09
286 do Wm. Foster 88
75 do Robert Montgomery 23
400 do Isaac Car an 2 04
400 do Margaret Cavan 1 80
JI'NIATA TOWNSHIP,
30 do Nicholas Knonff 9 .
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP.
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250 do Jacob Bush 78
200 do Catharine Bush 96
108 do Mary Elinior 13
400J do Christian Meyers Jr 90
395 do Daniel Green 90
220 do James Shaw 93
39SJ do Wm. King 45
149 *do George Wolford 14 76
400 do Philip Ameriue 1 25
461 do Edward Allen 1 25
350 do Abraham Ameriue 1 20
4471 do Matthew Shaw 1 25
254 do Henry Amorine 93
126} do Wm. Shaw 1 25
339 do Gecrge Amorine 1 OS
271 do Frederick Amorine 88
76 do Philip Smith 50
436 do Jacob Smith 1 33
433 do John Smith 1 33
433 do George Smith 1 3S
4001 do James Dick 1 25
231 do Andrew Dick 1 25
400} Jo George McCall 1 25
400} do Joseph McCall 1 25
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
200 do Mary Gordon 2 85
200 do James Gordon 2 93
400 do Thomas Jones 5 50
150} do Stephen Kurr 1 03
165 do Edward I.angley 3 58
200 do Jacob Miller 1 38
200 do Elizabeth Miller 1 58
200 do Mary Piper 1 38
200 do Amelia Piper 1 38
100 do Edward Stone 5 50
132 do John Toon 5 50
430 do Alex Montgomery 99
200 do John Kerr 9 03
200 do John Razor 1 38
200 do Francis Moans 12 35
200 do Milligcn .t Benedict 1 2S
5 do Goorge Thompson 6
} lot Luke Fccncy 43
Slots Gen. Wm. ll.lrvine 85
102 do John McElnaly 65
132 do David Piper S3
200 do Maria Alberti 1 25
107 do Bartlebaugh 65
32 do Thomas A John King 25
40 do A. B. Crnett 1 00
1 Lot Henry Stonerook 15
do Daniel Stoner 15
do Daniel Bear 15
do Samuel Y'ingliDg 1 6S
do Jacob Biddle 15
do Epbriam Smcltzer 15
do M. Stone 15
do J. Troutman 15
do Samuel Caruiac 20
do Daniel Bear 1 32
do Mrs, Lawrence 20
do Ann Scott 2 68
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
25 do Joseph McDaniel 43
346 do Jacob Martin 3 10
440 do George Breathcad 3 30
PROVIDENCE EAST.
1219 do S. 11, Tato's Heirs 34
900 do do do 34
800 do do do 34
224} do do do W. Carvin 22
402 do 46 do Keziah Logan 90
4C3 do Charles Evans 90
402 do 62 do Charles Logan 90
400 do 75 do John Cavan 90
401 do 40 do James Cavan 90
400 do Isaac Cavan 99
394 do 38 do Francis Logan 90
210 do Goorge Dewecso 67}
30 do P. Clingerman or S Williams 30
100 do Jacob Ritchey 27
400 do Wm. Cavan 1 20
400 do Wm. Long I 35
431 do John Crosby 1 23
PROVIDENCE WEST
106 do Peter Morgart 1 05
420 do Edward Glen I 44
420} do Edward Gibbons 1 44
ST CLAIR TP.
411 do AVm Suively 90
02 do Henry Koontx 75
SOUTHAMPTON TP.
■l3B do Richard Reed I 32
439 do Paul Ward 63
557 do Patrick Ward 1 25
351 do Joseph Ward 1 25
353 do Jonathan Ward 1 25
439 do 141 do James Reed Jr 99
343} do Jesse Reed 78
362 do 19 do C Lover AG II Spang 111
I N ION TP.
400 do John Swaggart 7 52
400 do Leonard Swaggart 7 52
266 do Alexander Gardner 5 84
116 do Dr. Wm Smith 2 36
43 do Samuel Burket 100
116 do John Shee 1 88
50 do Fredetick Snyder 100
274 do Jeremiah Jackson 6 48
130 do Jacob Swaggart 3 38
440 do Wm .Pearson 9 10
380 do Ebenezer Branhain 9 10
120 do Conrad Tinier 2 44
100 do George Laib 2 02
100 do Jacob Burket 2 02
150 do Peter Shoenbcrgee 3 12
123 do John Still 8 35
200 do Michael Shinier 2 18
50 do Couples Brush Mt 63
433 do Hugh Porter 1 27
339 do Griffith Evans 6 63
403} do Philip Stinc 8 35
439 do John Martin 9 10
330 do Wilson Hunt 9 10
363} do Alex Scott 9 10
127 do Dr. P Shoenberger 7 58
124 do do do 8 77
20 do do do 50
90 do do do
part of Geo Leip 3 3S
1,0 do Wm Langham 5 72
80 do Bowser Brush Mt 369
40 do Peter Shinier Brush Mt 86 I
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, GROCERIES,
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GINGHAM, RN, 15, 18 20
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OEMOVAL: REMOVAL::
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ever brought to Bedford, and consisting in pans
j of
OVER COATS,
DRESS COATS,
BUSINESS COATS, PANTS, VESTS,
o match.
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ARMY CLOTHING
at very low prices ;
BLOUSES.
OVER COATS,
PA NTS,
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Our
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Our Notion Department is also quite attractive
GENT'S UNDERCLOTHING from $1 t03.50
" OVER SHIRTS of every style andpriee.
HOSIERY,
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PAPER CUFFS, LINEN
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We have the largest Stock of PAPER COL
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In HA TS we defy competition, as we have the
largest stock, and direct from the Manufacturers.
The latest styles always on hand.
MUSLINS, DELAINES,
CALICOES,
TICKINGS, FLANNELS.
CLOAKING CLOTHS,
in great variety.
LADIES SHAWLS
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Persons buying for CASH or PRODUCE
would do well to call and see us.
But remember, our TERMS are Cash or Pro
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Nov.B:tf.
WALL PAPER.
WALL PAPER.
WALL PAPER
WALL PAPER.
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Several Hundred Different I-igures.
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CHEAPER THAN EVER SOLD.
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