A Trip Into The Country

To arte Living in the city it is a dlcv c.idled inspiratioin -ba take a drive In-., to tlhe eoumtry d'urikïg these fcarly Jume cJays. Nob iln yeare iias theore Tieei; suoh an abundlance oí vegetación in all Ibs varied' Janna, ttue ivnvSng fields of grata aind grass, tlh-e em erald greea oí tb.e luxurjanifc faliag of filie foreste on h'Al anU díale, is a seeut th.at fülls thie lcvvw oí nature wSth extreme d'eliglit. A few dfa.ys sïnce tae Wri'ter o these lilaes bad "the great pleasure oí ■vOsJtiinig tilie hiome öl an oid) pioneer, Ranso'in Townsendl, and h.iis estimat)le wilLe. aae andl a lialf; miiep from Dixixo.ro. Mr. T. aas eaeia all the ups anid dioiwms of p.ilMiser lite, 'the sturdy foirsits, wiley Imdiüaons, tbe log cabitais, fhe hiom-lüig wolw, Vlïe bear and wild turkies, have all passefl away and Slr. T. has now. a beautiliul iarm of 125 acres, veil cultitvated and, pnoiductüvie, on wnflöh het has iöred foc 50 yeans, and hia c&a bomell afford, affcer so naany yeara of cioimtilant tfoü, to rest and önjoy tto iruJt of hiiis labora. He takes great pr.ide in raiising ïiae bloioded stock, especiïlally bis band of elevea f uil blooded Jerseys, bned Trom. one of the famo us Jerseys oi San. Palmer' s herc of Detroit TMb youing lrove of ekan, briig'hit, cream-colored bovtoes tfeedilng im fhiq ctovier fiíeldis, is greatly admüred by all visito ra auid profoably has Bot iba equial ia tinte county. Amoig lite sbuid of torees he has one spleadM matclued pavr oí Cleveland bayí wliüeili read'ily captiv-ate t -he eye oí tílie real harseman, and! would, im gotkl times, fiad a ready purefraseír at. $500 or more. H.: tslieep aire oft he Sclhropshii:-le braed 29 ewes and 26 lamibs, ais nuce a flock as onj wo'uld wliih to K36. They are "í:nt ed'ed iin a eoin stone 'basement oi the barn, and tlue Jerseys have tíbaü.' snalls Hiere also, arad En tiáia ooMiaat af waaUher iit is so wiarm thiene tlnait Mr. T. lia.9 to take o;í Ms coii.il whien he miLks them. He lias a n'ovel af callhig1 hte pigs to tlieh' meáis wluaa they are aut i'n tllue íiield soine distancie f rom t.heir pen. He sliafees vi'olently an oíd öow bell and tili;& porkens come rumtriCIttg in tov t)hei;r dinnersu Mire. T. loioks after híer ohcickems, aboiuit 100 of thiem a nú1 05 youmg tu'rkeys, -w-fhucli furníisih a atoe little lnoo'me for ber pin, monetsr. Thflrty years ago Mr. Towneend plaated la froont of hi? nes.i;de[aa& on the street and iai has ya.rd, 60 beautlITul sugar maple tiiiees wihiicih low add. Very muoh ta taa.baauityi of hite home and besides they every spring furnitóh severaJ gallons of ehoice m&ple syrup for hlB table.