Agricultural And Domestic

Away from the roar and the rattle, The duet and the (Hm of the town, Where to live is to brawl and to battle, Till the strong treads tbe wfiak man down ; Awny to the bonnie green hill, Wücre tko sunshine sloeps on the brae, And the hoart of the gr ;enwood thrills To the hvcm of the bird on tkö spray. Away from the smok e and the smother, The vail of the rtun ana the brown, The push and tü planh an.l th pother, Thewear d-id the waste oí tue town I Away where the flky shinrei olear, And the litfht brecze wrndera at will, And the dark piue woo'd nodfi iiear To the Jight plumed birch ou tbe JUU. Away from tbc whirlin, and wheeling, And Btearaing above and beiow, Where the heart lina eo leisure for feeling And the thonght has no uíet to grow. Away where the clear ï,roolL purle, And the hyacinth droopa in the ehade, And the plurne of the feru ïincurlö lts grace in the depth of the glade. Away to the cottage bo ft veetlv Embowered 'noath tb .■ fringe of the wood, Where the wif? ctt my (iosom shall meet me With thoughts OYtr kindly and good; More dear than the tcaltli of the world, Fond raother, with balmi? three, And the plump-armed bab' tt i8 cxirled Itn lipa, sweetly pouting I or ïue. Then away from the roar and tno rattle, The dust and the din of the town, Where to ïivft is to brawl naá to battle Till the" strotjg treadw the weak man down ; Away where tbe green twigsnod In tho fragraüt breath - f May, And the sweet growtü p ads on tbe od, And the blitbe birds si? "J on the spray. - JoknStu-arl Btaekie. A-round the Farm. Befoee concluding tliat nothing will destroy the onion magdot, let readera pour over tho bed attacisd, water just off the boil, and perhaps they wül be surprised to iind how uauch more heat the vegetable can stand than maggot ife. - London Journal of Horticulture. Plie ean be kept away from cattle and horses by applying a mixture of one ounce of creosote %o one quart fiflh oil once a day. Thia is a liormless applicaion aiid entirely effeotual. The íiies will not tarry in contact with the mixture). We have had it in use for two seasons on our herd, aud find it as stated. Yesterdaï we had occasion to pass over the farm of John Gelthauser, and were surprised at the thrifty appearance of its productions. Seeral yarieties were growing in al 1 the various stages - from that just p1 mted to the same articles ripe and reu j for use. So emarkable is the ptoñw iig quality of he soil that corn plauted to weeks ago tood two aDd a half f eet h gh. - Banner, Sutter county, Cal. I once killed birds in my wantonness - God forgive me- morely to test my kill with a rifle. But I received a bet;er lesson. While once passing througli ;he woods I carelessly fired at a bird, caring only to discharge my guia so as to rnake my next fire sure. I wounded a dird which sat upon "he fence. I íelfc fnilty stricken at oJ'ce and tried to atch it. Faüing in th '., I thought ifc would be h'tManity to sh ot it. Before conld reload my rifle it mttered aeróse he ñeld, whereï followeú it, and fouud he panting suíferer at ib nest aad blood rippiug apon the young. My crnelty ashed upon me in all its nakedness, nd I cringed under my refleetions liko guüty butcher as I was. - Our Dumb Animáis. How common is it for the kitchen auhorities in a farm house to throw the lops upon the ground, just outside the atchen door, oíd perhaps within six eet of the well. I have known of a oarding house epidemie of dinrrhea whioh could be traced to no other source han the oontamiuation of well water by shallow pool of sun-exposed, foulmelling slops. A cemented cistern hould be built about 75 or 100 feet from ,he house, and at a distance from the well, and to this all the kitchen slops, vegetable waste, etc., should be conlucted through a suitable pipe or coniuit. From the cistern these mattera may be fed to the pigs, or thrown upon he ground at a proper distance from he house. - Cor. Nev York Tribune. About the cheapest onamentation of a country home is trees. On this point we oan't do better than quote the words of John G. Baker, in the " Tranaaetions of the Maspachusetts Horticultural Society:" "Itis a fact admitted by all" ersons of taste that. treea add to the iharms of any location. In summer time ;hey protect it from the scorching rtiys of the sun and provide pleasant and oool retreats from the heat, and in winter are of no small valué in protecting our homes rom the cold and pierci ng blaste. ' Trees iround a house impar a homelike aqd attraetive appearancf. A few maples, elms, lindens, or moiintaia ashes, with the larch or Norway spruee, will render he humblest home an a traetive spot." Witli all due respect to Mr. Baker's opinión we should subsdtute the white )ine in place of the larch and Norway spruce. Besides being a much hands.-,mf.r tree. its balsam ia a fruitful source of health. A "Readeb" sen. s the Canada Farmer kis procesa or curing a balky horse. He says: "'Che animal ha J rown old in his viciousness, and was one of those case-hardened stagers that nirn their heads round and look you steadily iu the eye while the fit ia on. I had tried whipping, petting, the earwash, gravel in the niouth, baoking, pokicg, in sbort, everything, without effect, iintil at length, on one occasion,. jecoming thorouglily enrag"ed for the ïorse had come to a dead stop in the middle of a river we wre crossing), I sprang out, hitched a logging chaiu aronnd hia neck, and proceeded ta draw lirn out by means of anotïter horso. For upward of ten minutes he stood his ground, and it really seemed as if tho lead alone was to come without tho body, but finally the body followed like a lamb. From that day to this no further r.ttempt at balking has baen made. Once, indeed, about a w ;ek after the occurrence just mentior 'd,_ he acted ike one nesirous of re ewing an old habit, but a mere nittk of the chain eured him." About tli e House. Pickled Onions.- Boil small onions after they aro peeled until they are half oooked in salted water ; then, while hot, drop them into jars or bottles oL spioed vinegar. Gold Cake. - One and a half cups sugar, one-third cup Vutter, half a cup cora s-tarch, two cups flour, one teaspooiiful cream tartar, h üf a teaspoonful soda. Lastly, add the yelks of six eggs, beaten very lightb . Silver Cake. - One öiid half a cup sugar, half a cup butter, half a cup oom starch, tao cupa flour, -me teaspoouïul tartar, half a teaspoonful soda, half a cap milk, the whites of six rggs boaten to a stift frotb, and added last. Tomato Pbeserve.- Take them wheu quite small and green, and simnaer thora in the "preserving sirup," allowing pound for pound, iU very tender. Throw in a " few sïiiied lemons and pieces of ginger root to flavor. Cook till very tender. Soiled clcithing, put together when damp, and allowed to reniain so some time, is often covered with mildew. The remedy here, too, is in the prevention. Dry the clothes before putting togothor, and ever allow an article to 'oo ro.Ued up damp and thrown into the baket for soiled clotbing. Germán Pastk.- TLreepounds of pea meal, one ponnd of hoiiey or sirup, three eggs, one-four h pound of fresh lard, one quart of he.' ap aeed (crushed), ten cents worth of rrmv seed. Put the lard in an iron kettle over a slow tire ; stir in part of the meal when the, lard is melted ; also the eggs, ai' ter ha fin;.; been well beateu'; take it off the 8re, ajid mix in the remainderaf the mgredients ; mis and bèftt tfootófcgWS, wa md qö a platter tó: pan to ooüJ ; i-ut ihe pus'.