Agricultural And Domestic

Tour timo is come, my tall and fllraight-limbed maplea, Wljose boles the wrathful winds have blenched, not bent ; Wo'vo done, ac last, with frosts and feows as staOr haled them for awhile to banisliiucnt. T!hh in your hour ; ye ahall no mor ) be ñouted With leafless honora by the vann aig Rpruee, Wlionn vfirdant aruin old wint':r'H ) "ionn routc'd, hile all jour Wazoned bannen driited looac. Already have its plowing Phic lds . own dusky, While emerald tinta are deepei ng in the brake ; And odora, resinoua no more, tui muaky, Steal from the beds where tñe young violeta wake. I mark your Blonder twigs againet the azure drow bossy with tho rouudmg of Iheir gems, And soon soft leaves will vail each flne embraBure, And crown your amnlo brows with diadems. For ovcry Wast that throuRh tho spiuco went crooninp, A gentle breezo yonr tender breasts shall stirYour gratelul sharle shall woo the lovers' nooning Whcu he will read fiweet par ,bles to her - So sweet tho mid-day fiilence f tiaJ bo golden Of thrush and oriole, in the aao n that sing r "_ ' " Leas dear their notes than tb e, both new" and olden, Which love's young ecstasieb to young hearts bring. And so, my maples, tall and verrture-crested, Ye f hall fling back the floutingi of the apruce, Till the biight minstrela in your bosoias nested With happy even-songs to strife give truce. I love you all, oh treea, that round my garden Stand sentries 'twixt me and the common air ■ Nor less the spruce than maple count I warden, To shut without the ill, within the fair. Grand winter treea that draw your f ringy curtain To shield my cottage idols from the stiow, I nii!!i in strains nor grudging nor uncertain Your Bomber vigilance whiie tempesta blow. And if I praiee you, maplea, in my rhyming, And brush the spruce'a light reproaeh away, I bid you heéd how gifts depend on timin ', And trees, like all our treaaures, have their day. - Wültam C. Richards, in Harjer's Magazine. Aronnd the Farm. Rockpoet, Mass., appropriates the proceeds of her tax on dogs to the purchase of books for her public library. A Wisconsin inventor has invented a fanning mili which, in addition to the usual cleaning, separate 3 the wheat aocording to the market grades. The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture has imported fifteen pigs - a trio of each Inreed reoognized by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Eastern pork-packers are sending to California something new in smoked meat - small pigs being' cured entire, so that the purchaser obtains from the same paokage - done up in canvas - hams, shoulders, and bacon. A. W. Pauij, an extensive grower of asparagus at Dighton, Mass., stated that ho could not afïord to cultívate this erop if the seeds wlvch ar ; pr oduced annuaily were allow ;d to ,erminate on the grand. - Mr. F.int's lleport. Thb Massachusetts Stilte Board of Agriculture has voted t.' at every agiïoultural society rirceiving the bounty of the commonwealth be m-ged to maintain at least one seholarship at the Agri3ultural College at Amherst, and to sesure the attendance of ono or more stuïents. Afteb being stung b ■ a wasp or bee, the first thing to be do ie is to remove bhe sting. This may b done with a pair A small tweezers, or the sides of the wound pressed with a small key so it may be squeezed out. Then apply to it immediately spirits of camphor, sal volatile ar turpentine, or failing these, rub it with a little common salt, or a little moist tobáceo or snnff. All coarso weeds may be removed by lropping into the heart of each oil of vitriol. It sliould be applied.with a stick notched round for an i ach or two at the end the better to hold the liquid, one dip of which will hold enough to kill one or more plants, one drop being sufücient if the acid is good ; the vitriol tiisses in burning np the weeds. The 3ticks should not be pointed, the bottle Liaving a wire round it for convenience uf carrying. It is, of course, needful to in trust the vitriol and its use to a careful person. A fbiend burned his ban down in a very easy way. He went r it one night to fodder, and struck u r. stch against the door-casing. The ñan i caught on the dust and lint and bearis of wheat, and bits of chaff that had setiled there, md ran np the timber like a streak of lightning. It caught the hay overhead, md in twenty minutes the barn was flat sn the ground. Some valuable stock burned up, beside all tho grain just harvested, and all tho farmiug implements lioused there. - Country Gentleman. A correspondent o' the Southern Plantation says that hc ac sidentally disoovered a way and time t destroy that great garden pest, the i it-worm. On picking up a piece of boa d in his garden, he found several worms under it. öuriosity led him to turn up other boards, and he killed seveiity-six worms in all. Thenexfcday he turned up the same boards, which he had carefully replaced, and killed seveniy-eight worms. His suggestion is to lay boards about the gardens for traps, watch them and destroy the worms. A young turkey has a smoóth black leg ; in an old one the legs are rough and reddish. In docjestic fowls the combs and legs are smooth when the bird is young, and rough when it is oïd. The bilis and feet of geose are yellow and have few hairs upon them when the bird is young, but they are red if it be old. The feet of a goose are pliable when the . bird is fresh killed. Geese are called green until thoy are two or three months old. Ducks should be chosen by the feet, which shoulil be supple, and they should have a plump and h.ird breast. The feet of a tame dnek are yellowish, those of a wild ono readish. If the rear end of the keelbone of a drossed fowl be elastic, so that you eau beud it a trifle, it is a ceitain sign that the bird is not more than a year old. About the Hou sp. Moth Patohes. - These may be removed by the followirg remedy: Into a pint bottle of rum put a tabiespoouful of flour of sulphur. Apply this to the patches once a day, and they will disappear in two or three weeks. To Stew Peaohes - Take small, underripe peaches, pire them neatly, and put them into a kett'e with water nearly to cover 1, and set them over a gentle iire; ti each quart of peaches, put hilf a pouad of sugar; let them stew until the sirup is rich. Serve cold for tea or doseert. Handy Cfow Chow. - Chop together, very flne'y, a head of cabbage, six green psppers, six green tomatoes; add two teaspoonfuls of mnstard, one tablespoonful of salt, a litt 3 cloves and allspice, md vinegar to wet it. It will keep a long time. Tomato Salad. - Tuke ripe tomatoes aud cut them in thin slicês; sprinkle over them a small quantity of fmelychopped green oni(ns; add salt, pepper, viuegar and oil, if liked. The oil should bo in the proportion of three tablespoonfuls to one of vinegar. Serve with any roast meat. SAtLY Lunn.- Warm half a teacup of bntter in a pint of milk; add a very littie salt; seven cupfuls of flour beat in till perfectly smooth; then add pressed yeast, or half teacup of home-made. Pour this into a pan and bake as soon as light. These cakes uro delicious for tea. Boiled PickTíED Cabbage. - Wash the cabbage thoroughly, cut the hoads into quarters, boil in saltea water until tender ; stick whole cloves scatteriDg over each qiiarter, then put them down in layers in a jar or tnb, add a few red pepper poda, cover with go.'d cáder vinegar. The boiliug before pi sklüig is a decided improvement upon lic nstta'. way of piekling raw cabbag i a least, so says a iriend, who ate it it i:y table ofer ' tWJiity yeareago,