Agricultural And Domestic

A Stïll T)ay in Autiimn. I love to wander tbrough the woodlands hoary, In the soit gloom of an autumnal dry, When nummer gathera up her robes of glory, And, like a dreaiü of beauty, glídes away. How íhrough each loved, familiar path he üngerc, Sereuely simling tlirough the golden mist, Tinting tíiü wild grape with her dewy fingere, TiU the cool emerald turan to amethyst. Kindling the faint stars of the hazcl, shining To light the gloom of autumu's moldering halls, With hoary plumea the clcmatis entwining, Wbere o'er the rock her withered garlaud falls. Warm lights are on the sleepy uplands waning, Beneath, dark clouds along the horizon rolled, Till the slant sunbeama through their fringes rainBathe all the hillsin melancholy gold. The moist wind brcathes of crisped lea res and flowers In the damp hollows of the woodtand sown, Mingling the freshness of autumnal showera, With epicy airs from cedar alleys biown. Beeide the brook and on the cumbered meadow, Where yellow fi-rn-tufts flpek the faded ground, With folded 11de beneath their palmy shadow, The gentian node, in dewy sUimbers bound. Upon those soft-fringed lids the bee sits brooding, Like the fond lover loth to say farewell, Or, with shat wings, through pilken f olds intruding, Creeps near her heart his drowsy tale to teil. Thè""little birdB upon the hillside lonely Flit noiselesBly along from spray to spray, Silent as a sweet wandering thought, that only Shows its bright wiogs and soitly glides away. The scentless flowers, in the warm sunlight dreamForget to breathe their fullness of delight ; And through the tranced wood soft airs are atreamiüg Still as the dew-fall of the summer night. So, in my heart a sweet, unwonted feeling Stire, like tñe wind in ocean's hollow shell, Through all its secret chambers sadly stealing, Yet finds no words its myatlc charm to teil. Around the Farm. ïf the farmer has no gravel bed on his farm to make walks, he freqtiently goes home with empty wagon, right by such deposits. It is worthy of remark that among the hundreds of speoifics and remedies used and recommended for the prevention and cure of log cholera, salt and wood ashes are in almost every case leading articles - partly because swine, up to the very last stages, eat of the mixture, and partly because the concurrent testimony of ten thousand iustances show results more or less beneöcial to have fullowed their use. - Des Moines Register . Old Grimes' hen, whosehistory relates that- 11 Every day she laid two egge, And Sunday ehe laid three," seems to have f ound a rival in a biddy belonging to a Norwich (Oonn.) farmer. It is said that she began her career the last part of April by laying an egg that measured seven and five-eighths by nine and three-quarters inches in circumference, and contained inside, beside the yelk and white, a perfect ordinury-sized egg with a hard shell. On the 4th of August she laid anothcr one of the same i kind- moasuring seven by nine inches ; and since then she laid two more, the sizes of which have not yet been published, butjwhich have the same doiible inside arrangement as their predecessors. A writeb in a late number of the Mark Lane Express, in describing the ravages of certain insects upon the turnips in England, gives an illustration of the damage insectivorous birds may do to crops when searching for their natural food. The grubs found in the roots of turnips are muc1! sought for by the rooks and other birds, but, singularly enough, however valuable their services may be at other times in devouring the larvsB of noxious insects, they cannot at this particular time be permitted to alight among the plants, as their doing so would prove certain destruction to the portion of the field on which they remained but for a very short time, and if allowed to come and go, without restriction, in extreme cases, they would not leave a single plant. The apple-buyers who visit Western New York during the suouner and autumn are making a combined efifort to induce farmers to pack their fruit only in barrels of legal size,ojfin flour barrels. The legal barrel for apples, quinces and" potatoes must contain 100 quarts," dry rneasure, and the flour barrel holds 106 quarts. Many coopers have been making barrels of less size, bolding only ninety-two to ninety-four quarts, and it is said by the dealers in fruit that these small barrels are injuring ;he reputation of packers and dealers. There is a penalty prescribed by an act of the Legislature of that State t be imposed on every farmer, huckster or dealer who sells apples, pears, quinces or potatoes in barrels of less size than 100 quarts. A hout the House. Lkhon Pie Without Eqos. - Take one emon, one teaoup oL sugar, squeeze the uioe of the lemon on the sugar; chop ;he pulp fine, add one tablespoonful of flour, and one teacup of water; mix altogether and bake with two crusts. Celery Slaw. - One-half head of cabDage, the tender part of one bunch of celery, two hard-boiled eggs, all chopped iue; mis with it two teaspoonfuls of sugar, two oL mustard, one-half a teaspoonful of salt and peppcr. Moisten with vinegar. A iiiTTiE knowledge of the laws of light would teach many women that by shutting themselvea up day after day, week after week, in darkened rooms, they are as certainly committing a waste of health, destroyiñg their vital energy, and diseasing their brains, as if they were taking so much poison the whole time. - Charles Kingslcy, EcoNomcAL Soup. - ínto a stewpan put the bits and bones lef t from a roast, add to it a carrot out in dice, a sweet potato cut in thin slices, a bunch of sweet herbs, a little shred cabbage, and boil till the nutriment is extracted from the meat, say &n hour and a half ; then into the soup put a pint of grated corn, half a dozen fresh tomatoes, aa onion flnely minced, boil flfteen or twenty minutes, atiain through a sieve, heat to the boiling point again, and serve. Smooth White Satjob fob Boiled Muiton ob Beet. - Two tablespoonfuls of butter, one teaspoonful of flour, one pint of milk, a little salt, one heaping teaspoonful of chopped parsley, two hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine. Mix the flour smooth with a iittle cold milk. When the pint of milk comes to a boil, add the flour and salt ; when this is thickened, add the parsley and butter. Have the chopped eggs in a sauce boat, and pour the hot mixture on them. Serve hot. EOGS PrESERVED BT SlLICATE OF SODA -Dr. Durand, pharmacist of Blois, has discovered a very efficiënt means for the preservation of eggs, viz., a solution of silicate of soda. This solution, being very viscous, is kept in a liquid state by the ad iition of tepid water. The eggs are dipped into the solution and then dried; when they have been thuH treated, and are well dried, and completoly covered with the silicate solution, they can be placed in any receptacle, and may be kept for a, year or more without undergoiug decomposition. To Bestore the Whiteness to IvobyHandled Knives. - Wash with soaped flannel and lukewarm water; then wipe verv dry. Soak them occasionally in alum water that has been boiled and allowed to cool. Lot the handles lie for one hour in this, then remove them and bruah them well (say with a nail brush). After this, lake 11 clean linen towel, dip it in cold water, squeeza it out, and while wet wrap it around the handles, leaving them in it to dry gradually, as if dried too rapidly out of the alum water they will be injured. If properly managed, this process will whiten them. Kuives, after using, should be wiped with soft paper, removing the grease, etc. , then placed in a deep can or ve sel, keeping the handles above water, lukewarm, until washed, cleaned ar}4 thor oughly dried.