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impoverished, by the ravenoii '
. . . , Al . i are poorly paid, and
ccts, it is said that the hi 1 J '
, - .less appreciated, not-
had driven away the game, I . . , .
What". tub I S hips A:viiitary j Institute,
The gradual disappearancclotte, 1. C
grouse and quail from our .
. ' . . . . , thomas, is Supennten-
prairie, and tlie.simultane' lar aad hig
st ruction of thtf vegetation his cmiLnt quaiinca
grasshoppcrs, have led ma a position would give
have iriven the matter d itation without the in
sideration, to form the bed: -de corps of, instructors,
the latter is the natural s n the most learned and
of the former,. In distrie y meet with the reward
se
J I 1 1 Hilt Lll l l Y IHj M.UIMV j. "I .
Ihe grasshopper -came, an perjeyerance, the
prior to the wholesale sbuignialj self-conse-the
birds, continuing throng a good ieacher, than
cessive years, the plague wi of men in all other
known. It is reasonable thprofessions.
birds R eserved the country with .the excellent
the grasshoppers by dev eSes in different sec-
, V e . iV . "iitate and the Caro-
them bjefore thev attained!. . , ,
. , ' . titute, lsoneof the
cient vitality to iimlertnUt- . .,, .
J , iano with our Lm-
mastication f a railroad tray 'to th opcn itg
a stone fehee. Ornithologistden time, that the
the grouse and quail e'ntcrtail led so many of our
same degree of appreciatioboys to leave their
the grasshopper that the Ens and colleges in
sparrow docs for the eat erpf ease, and we shall
and every spring they inaugifled Mth tllcm to
a crusade against the embrl our teachers may
, : A, ' hy the intelligence
pests, j and prosecute their of J -, , . .
1 ' , 1 faround them have
tioin vith such a comment ftU tlifficulties in
vigor , as to exterminate tlppn5C1 i,nvn V1-hi,inri
,v, J.-vvu
ability. t
almost entirely. But when aland
interferes with his relentless W
petite for table delicacies, fs'
keeps the shot towers busy sst Spring I pur-
plying him with the necessary d.tusi. New
1 r J ' them with some
munition to slay the birds, tlw They looked
the boot is on the Oother lesupt tliein, perhaps
course, and the feathered' tenaigy0"
of the prairie, being immolated r ' ! ?
the millions upon the kit chW fair friend and.
range, insects of every speei(o years ago we
thrive, and agriculture succuirdfce if1 ew York,
to the devastations of the insatia operated the
hordes. The matter is worthy ? I
the legislative Colons, ahd lavj
should be enacted restraining scperating the
gunners, for of late squab-grouj orouts as we do
has commanded such a high nric those out with
in the Eastern markets that th age we imagine
extinction of the game isthrea1 in the way of
ened, as the young birds are kille grow as Lord
before thev have assisted in thve havc rca
e cpnty years ago,
i)ropagation of their species. Ar r, . 0 '
Louis limes. U i.ii
11U DIUU1U1LU
its hierocrlv-
G keen Tomato Pickles. One! t0 thousand
half bushel green tomatoes; oneiriug the mum-half-peck
onions; two hard headsfped, he found
of cabbage., Cut the above very ds a tuberous
fine, and salt down separately over fas interested
night, and squeeze out in the nS vegetable
morning perfectly dry; then mix g
together; then in a stone jar lay
first a layer of the pickles, and
then a layer of, spices, &c., with a
plenty of table-mustard and horse
radish, and then cover with . cold
riuegar. Spico to your taste. Put
in aleo green peppers.
the mummy's
kinny soil, al-
trs of heaven
'in the course
astonishment
it forth and
ilia. Thus,
age was not
of our sue-
Why. Will Our Friends Treat
Us So?
The Express 'wagon drives up to
our office door and out jumps the
courteous, efficient and popular
Agent, Mr. Thomas Pence, and with
an ominous smile hand us a package.
With the? curiosity of a woman we
hurry into it, whether suspecting it to
be an infernal machine or not, and be
hold the grapes from itfessrg. II. R.
Home & Co., Fayetteville. Packed
full is the' box and more than, a half
dozen different varieties, and all so
excellent that we shall defer until an
other number and get the opinion of
a fair friend as to the best, and we
intend to give it. To these gentlemen
we feel under obligations f or their
kind rememberance.
Again comes Mr. Pence, and always
with such courtesy we are glad to see
him, and with another box. "Now
friend Pence, what have you got
here?'' we remarked. "I don't
know," he repliesT; "but something
good, I suppose." "With the curiosity
again of a woman, the 'top is pulled
off the box split and torn in pieces.
Down goes our hand in the straw,
and we draw out a bottle marked
"Imperial," made of grapes raised on
the Vineyard of G. "VV. Garrett & Co.,
Ringwood, Halifax county, North Car
olina." Again, another bottle comes
out,, marked "Red," the other was
white. Now another, -labelled "Mish
Scuppernong ;" still another, this time
"Halifax Port" from Seedling, of
Halifax county." Once more comes
up a bottle, but of "Catawba Brandy,"
equal to France best, we verily be
lieve. However, we have in view a
judge, and the result at length we
shall make kuown at an early day, as
it could not be expected even with
stout aid, one could examine one and
a half- dozen bottles in so short a time
as two days. But we will say this,
Prof. Kerr, our State Geologist, hap
pened to be in our office when we
were taking the bottles out, and
knowing him to be one of our best
judges of wine, we opened a bottle, and
he pronounced it equal to some of the
wines of fine brand he sampled in Eu
rope, when there at the Vienna Expo
sition. But more of this; hereafter, for
here is Mr. Pence again, with still an
other box, Grapes from Warren Co.,
and when we learn to whom we are
indebted for them, they shall have
the praise of being clever and kind,
and of possessing the foresight to
send the most delicious grapes just
where they will be the most appre
ciated and the longest recollected.
Fifty pounds of grapes .is no small
present.
Thus the good example of the la
dies; they commenced with flowers,
now comes the fruit. Gentlemen, we
can take care of all you will send, and
don't think we are surfeited for we are
not, and will withoutiesitation so
say when we are. We feel flattered
by such attention and shall never
forget it. We must, too, acknowledge
with gratitude the invitations pouring
upon us to the feast of the: Grangers
in different sections of our State, and
sincerely regret our inability, at this
time, to be with our brothers on the
occasions referred to.. One of the
greatest benefits Jo the members of
the Grange comcsv from these social
gatherings. In fact it is of. great in
terest to North Carolina, as thev im
prove and exalt her citizens. It in
duces, too, men to spak ; some of the
wisest, who would not in a formal
meeting, and give their experience
in business to their neighbors and
friends.
Literary . Gossip.
After trying one's eyes " over the
small print and double column of
most of the "soft backed" literature
of the present da, it is a gratification
of :the tas'te, as well as a "sight for
sair cen," to take up one of the pub
lications of E. J. Hale & Son, .who
send us this week "Ilarwood," a
- i
novel by the author of the "Odd
Trump," and four new volumes of
their Thistle edition of ( the Wa'verly
Novels. There is an appropriateness
of binding, a clearness! of -print, and
a creamy thickness of paper in all the
books of this firm, which reminds us
of the much praised English editions.'
Indeed, in some respect, the books of
Hale & Son are superior to English
books of the same class, being better
bound and far cheaper.
As a novel "Ilarwood" is not equal
to the "Odd Trump," it has the same
defects, and not so many redeeming
points. The story proper does not
begin till the eighth chapter, the first
seven being taken up with an account
of how the book came into existence
in its manuscript form, and then how
it emerged from the chrysalis into a
butterfly novel. Harper Brothers are
showed up under the thin dis
guise of Fidler Brothers, and an
exaggerated account given of the
Author's trials in search of a pub
lisher, which is neither interesting in
itself, nor necessary to the story. In
fact, these seven chapters afe a de
cided blemish, and the book is suffi
ciently heavily weighted without
them. There is, however, good ma
terial in it, and had the author left out
the unnecessary characters, who add
nothing to the interest of the story,
and such description of the drawing
of a tooth for the hero, and the theo
logical discussions of Mr. Gowrie and
Doctor Markham, it would have been
greatly improved. The introduction
of a casual infidel, and his conversion
by a few pages of wishy-washy, so
called', argument is a decided flaw in
the artistic arrangement of the story,
which, not being a religious novel
had better not have touched on theo
logy at all. '
The double disguise of Barnard
Ilarwood is well managed, and, not
till he reveals himself on his death
bed, is a suspicion aroused of who he
really is ; but the device of making
the hero believe his lady-love ia en-j
gaged to another is too thin to de
ceive the most unsuspicious reader'.:
We see through it at once and are
only surprised at his stupidity,
'The Heart of Mid Lothian" and
"Old Mortality," the last two of the
Thistle Edition of Scott's noveK
fully sustain the credit of those that
prcceed them. We have already paid
so much of the?e. books that nothing'
is left for us to sav, excent our un
fading wonder at their beauty' and
low price. Only 1.50 n volume,
beautifully bound, in green and gold;
and printed in clear type on tinted
paper. The Messrs. .Hale havc, also,
recently issued a volume of poems by
Paul Hayne, "The Mountain of the
Lovers,'" is the titletaken from W6
longest, but by- no ncans the best
in the collection. This is a .companion
volume to the "Poems of 'Henry T'an-
roa puonsneu uy tins nousa -asout a
year ago.
M. B. C.
Duke cf Mapiehurst.
Sire Badger (825,) Dam Ciemencc
(3110,) his Sire Caractacus (C14,) her
Dam Minna (G25,) 'bred by Ramsey '
McIIenry, of Maryland, will 'be six
months old to a day during the week
of the State Fair, or on the 17th Oc- r
tober next. It is really now a magni
ficent calf, and will be registered in
the. Herd book. Not a dollar less
than one hundred and fifty could have
bought him from the original owner.
We repeat the animal is a present to
us, and thinking probably it would 1 let
ter carry out the object of the donor
that is to improve our stock, we con
cluded to give the calf at the Fair,
wliprn it will lif rtn nvlii 1 If irm n flm
Grange in the State furnishing us up
to that period with the largest list of
subscribers. Of course, then the calf,
if norhinr unusual to if. orrnrs. will
be worth more than double its present
value.
We would here stave to Bro. Ellis,
of Franklin Comitv firnnw in 'an
swer to the enquiry, that it is "the J
county Granges in the State we desire
to compete for the Aldcmey Bull."
State Lecturer's Appoint
ments. I
Madison, Rockingham County,
August 24th.
Danbury, '"Stokes Count v. August
2Gth. ;
Wcstfield, Surry County, August
28th.
Scottsville, Alleghany County, Aug
ust 31st. "
Jefferson, Ashe County, September
1st.
Boon, Watauga County, 'September
3rd.
Lenoir, Caldwell County,;.- Scpten
ber 4th. i
Morcanton. Burke County, Sc
ber 7th.' A
Marion, McDowell County
ber 9th. - . ty,- Sep-
, Old Fort, McDowell
tember 10th. .-County, Scp-
Asheville, Biincoj
tember 11th. requested to meet
The Patrons fitment most conve
me at the ap . -nient
to the J. B. Smith, ?
State Grange If urer.--
11 County, Aug 9, 1S7&.
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rem-