Agricultural And Domestic

I saw a blown rose and a rosebud cling To ono lone bueh on a December day. The huavy air npheld no hov'riiig winf?, And yeüow leaves upon the wet eartli.lay. I heard no birds npon the branches siug, Nor saw I any clouds to break the gr iy. Can lovo live liere whilc othi-r t.hingp grow gray? Oíui youth'H bloom-blnsh unto corruptkn cling? (r nitïbt dlssemblloff reproduce Ihe day, And Winter wear the fronds of Suminer's wíng? Yea, presa the very bed where Summer lay, When tunef ui voioes nshered f o 1 tosing ? Song is not dcaü, altho' it ceaso to Beauty is quick altho' death's hue begray. To blackest night with crescent glimmer cling Somo tendor tokens of the coming day. And waning flies that flit with weaned wing, New phiineless lives upon the leiflets lay. And thuB wiíl death lie down where life once lay, And from life' dying cadenee ltarn to sing; For tho' death's plumes bencath be darkly gray, Soine brighter tints to upp.-r vanes will cling, AS if, nigkt-lierald of an ageleps day, He atight the coming light upon bis wing. Let him Who seos his cmSer hoiieB take wing Look back upoo the nest wht rei they ly, And mark how soort jiew, calJo-v, Hrdlets Bing, And see bright fealhürs -whfre ld ironds wc gray. Close to the better aspiration clin: , And hail the dawning of a olear r Say. For deep delight snall fill that dav.-nine day, A wider sweep supply a stronge wing. FrcBh ear:h shall secthe where with ;red, wet leaves iy, And woudrouR molodies the biris shall BiBg; A boundless blöe oupplant the clondlesB gray, And blowing roBee all around Lim cling. Such buds as cling abóitt a -winter day Are hopes that wing wfcere shattered fancies lay, Ihat hearts may Bing altho' the sfey lio gifay. Around the Farm. Fike Ppop Paint. - Mix commort ydröulic cement with oü and apply it to roofs and crutbuildings. If, is both waerproof and incombustible. Dr. Humphrey, of Illinois, said hO cnew one man in Iowa -wlio had plantea 100 acres of timber. He might havo ei;ed nn Illinois man who has done nearly js much - Eobert Douglass of, Waukea;an, who has 300 acres of planted tim)er. - Chicago Iribune. A few years since I took a piece of wet, rocky pasture that produced Dothag bat flags and rushes, cleared it from rocks and drained it with an open drain, hen ploWed and thoroughly pulverized t and seeded it down. TÍie first year uhere was from ooe to two tons of grasa er acre. - Maine Farmer. Wm. E. Hükt, a farmer of the townrtiip of Westmiuster, Ontario, has been 5aed $10 and cost for allowing Canada .histles to grow on his farm contayy to ïtatute. The complainant was the overeer of highways, and now Hunt has brought a charge against the orerseer for leglecting his duty in not enforcing the aw every where m that locality. In all countries the right of privilege af gleamiog is a fruitful source of dis)ut. Poor folk must appeal to holy vrit for their charter in England ; but in trance, henceforth,they can rely upon the Dourt of Oassation. Thus the láw islaid lown : "A land-owner may not turn jheep into his ñeld until two days af ter the harvest has been garnered, so as to illow glcaners sufficient time for the exersise of their right. If a proprietor or farmer have the right, so loug as his Seld is not wholly reaped, to piek up for tiis own profit ears of wheat dropped by ;he harvestrnen, he has no power to cede ;hat right to othtir peraons, eren though t be done in charity, seoing that the poor would thus be deprived of resour3es which the humanity of the law ha reserved for them," Any municipal regulation to the contrary will not be iipheld before the tribunal. So tbe jreat question of gleaning is decided for sver in France.- London Telegraph. Fetjït-beabing trees, shrubs, vines md brambles may be transplanted in the [all, and very of ten uuder more favorible conditions, and with better prospects of snecess, than if set out in the spring. There are some wcll Isnown objections raised against fall planting, esoeeiallyof trees, such as the long jxposure to the swaying of the winds Defore growth commenees. But the in jury of displacement of the rootsfrom jwayiug at the tops araoui 's to little iompared to the many strik i , g advantages gained in planting at a t ason of the ff ar when there is compara, ..ve leisure, svheu the gronnd is usuallj dry and in jood condition, and when The iiecessary preparatory stirrixg of the WiS can be made without any extra expense. Theaè ite points that teil in the growth and productivenoss of fruit trees, either in ;he garden or the orchard. If plauted in the fall, the eoil settles closely around ;h?, roots and fibers by the time the spring opens. and an ear' er growfch is startcd tlian with spring se .ting, wkich is of ten pushed back unti, r o season is well advanced, from carne: over which the planter has no control. The spring may be backward enougli lo hinder planting of trees in a way ia which they 3hould be eet out tO insuve success. All other things being eq-a.l, there is tio doubt that spring wouk. be the better time to plant trees. liut this does aot often happen to be the case, as jvery practical lruit-grower weli knows. [t is'therefore wise to transplant in the Eall if the trees and the ground aro in . readiness.- P. T. Quinn, in Soribner for October. About the Home. To Pbepabb an Egg fok an Invaltd. -Beat au egg imtil very light, add seaioiiing to the taste ; then steam untü :horoughly warmed, but ñot powdered. rhis will take about two minutes. An 3gg prepared in this way wül not distress íTeu very sensitive stomaohs. To Can Tomatobs. - Soald them sa that the skin will peel off readily, and sut them up in a colander to drain, retnoving all "hard and inedible portions. Boil them in a porcelain or brass kettle till done, which will be iu about five tainutes from the time they begin to boil. Then dip them into caos and seal immediately. The liquor which has drained off may be spiced and boiled down to catsup. Obangb Tartlets. - Make some rich puff paste, with which line some mincepie tins ; put some orange marmalade Lnto each, and sqneeze fresh Seville orange juice over them. Bake for a quarter of an hour, and strew pounded silgar over. The tartlets are goed hot or cold. Lkmon Pudding.- Take threequarters of a pound of crumba, half a pound of suet, six ounces of powdered sugar, the rind of four lemons, grated, and the juice of three ; add four eggs, woll-beaten, and a little nutmeg. Boil one hour. The only way to make pie?, according to Mary E. Wager, is detailed in the Mural New Yorker thus : " While visiting a friend last summer she remarked to her mother at dinner one day, as dessert was being served, that our guost did not eat pie. The mother gave a little nod with her head, which was full of signiñeance, and said, 'Well, when she sees some of my pies, she wiil both eat and like them too.' In due time the pies began to appear- pies of apple and pies of peaches- and the mother's prediction proved true. The pies vere delicious and quito free irrni the ordinary objections urged by hygienists and phYsiolog'atíí against pastry. ïhey were m ido iu this way : A deep dish, from twa to three inches ia depth, was fillcd with fruit, pared - md, if of apples, they were cored and cut in u dozen slices, perhaps - with the requisito addition of sugar,8pices and water. No under crust. The top crust, thin and ílaky, carne from the oven, light and crisp, aud freo from sogginess, It retained ;n fhe fruit aü flavor and the peculiar dolici :;j.s ïess that escapes when cooked unoovered. -Tn serving it, a knife was use 1 1 divide the pie in portions, as is o di .irily done, and with a spoon the frvü' rt wved from the pie dish to tho dessert ii.ate, whoro it formed an odorous aad arriber Jike pile by tUe triangular piece oí orust near it. Tlie meraory of ttiose pita remanid Üke a sweet fragranoe,"