IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY ;
IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY;
IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY.
Volume ^XXIII.
SUFFOLK, NLA., FRIDAY JUNE 18, 1880.
Number 25.
RESIGNATION
BY HEN|{Y B. HAYE9.
Lord I humbly own to Thee,
That my heart is prone to sin,
Yet I would from sin be free—
Wushed and every whit made clean.
Dear Lord I feel thy chastening red,
Laid quite heavily on me,
May 1 know M is my Ood,
For my good chastiseth me !
That the dross of base desire,
That doth lurke or dwell within,
lie consumed, so as by fire,
And my heart made pure and clean.
Through the watches of the night,
Slowly puss the hours away,
IIow I long for morning light—
For the dawn of opening day.
But the morn brings no relief,
To the sufferings which I bear,
^et 1 would no plaintive grief,
K'er should reach my Father’s ear.
Thus resigned from day to day,
Till relief to me be given,—
Restored to health, or called away
Ty my blessed home in heaven.
—At a recent missionary anniver
sary it was said: “In my travels
uromtd the world I saw not one sin
gle new heathen temple. All the pa
gan worship I saw was in old, dilajti
dated temples.”
—(Juitiv ate consideration for the
feelings el other people if \ou would
not have your own injured. Those
who complain most of ill-usage are
those who abuse themselves aud oth
ers the ofrene^t.
—Corea, with its population oi
twelve or fifteen milliou, which has
beeu closed to the world two thous
and years, has opened one of its poru
to Japan, aud a native church of Ja
pan has arranged to send the gospel
there. A
HEBE AND TH£RE,
rf&ss
Sir Bartle i'rere says: “They aie
working changes more extraordinary
than anything ever witnessed in
modern Europe.”
—One hundred and forty-eight mil
lion copies of the Bible, translated in
to two hundred and twenty-six differ
ent languages and dialects, and dis
tributed in different pails of the
world, constitute one ot the acbiev
ineuts of foreign missions within the
last hundred years.
—On Friday, June 20, Queen Vic
toiia will have reigned forty two
years—a period longer than any Eng
lish queen since Elizabeth. Since she
ascended the throne there have been
eight Prime Ministers, and there
have takeu place many notable events
in connection with the English peo
ple.
—There are 05,000 churches, 84,000
ministers, with a church membership
of 11,600,000, in the United States.—
To maintain them it costs less than
$48,000,000. There are in our coun
try 250,000 places where liquors are
sold, requiring the services of 550,000
persons; selliug $740,000,000 worth
ol liquors.
—Sir Johu Goss, the English or
ganist and composer of sacred music,
died at his home in England, on the
11th of May. He composed many oi
the finest chants aud authems now
sung in the Episcopal church, aud re
ceived the honor ol knighthood for
composing a Te Deum and the an
them “The Lord is my Strength.”
Arnoug his later woiks are “Wilder
ness,” aud “O Saviour of the World.”
— A very wise youug man says: “1
believe evetythiug is ordered. If 1
am to be saved 1 shall be saved, and
if I am to be lost 1 shall be lost; it’s
no use fur me to try to do anything
about it.” But wheu he fell iuto the
river the other day it never occurred
to him to call to those who tiuug him
a rope, “If I am to be drowned I shall
be drowned, autf if 1 am to reach
shore I shall reach shore; I wou’t
trouble myself to touch the rope.”
— Mins Louisa Allcott has no regu
lar study, aud is said to be indiffer
ent to her surroundings when at
work. She uses whatever pen, iuk
or paper is nearest, composes rapidly,
aud writes in a free, back-sloping
hand, never copying her MS., and
rarely goiug back to make altera
tions. She does not take kiudly to
being lionized by visitors, aud when
she sees them coming, slips quietly
out of the back door, as Hawthorne
used to do.
[THE PASTOR’S INFLUENCE IN WORLDLY
THINGS.
BY REV. ASA BULLARD.
The lives of Oberlin and Neff give
some striking examples of the influ
ence a pastor may exert among his
people in regard to worldly things.
It will be remembered that their in
tluenee was seen in almost every
thing in their respective fields of la
bor. The roads and fences, the
dwellings and grounds of the people;
the very dress and general appear
ance aud manners of the children,
all showed that the suggestions and
advice of their religious teachers had
been heeded.
The example ofthe.se godly men,
in these respects, is worthy of the
consideration of all ministers.
The pastor, in most cases, is sup
posed to be a uiau of general intelli
gence and of more or less scientific
knowledge. The people naturally
look up to him as able, from his su
perior opportunities, to instruct them
not only on religious subjects but in
regard to most matters in which they
are interested.
If « pastor has given attention to
the various branches oi business in
which bis people arc engag
ed, so that be can, us he meets them,
give them tlie results of scientific
teaching in reference to their cm
ployinents,as farmers, manufacturers,
mechanics, etc., it will giy_> great i.i
Hueucc to his religious instructions.
Some illustrations connected with
this subject may not be out of place.
Several years ago the cemetery, or
“burying ground,” as it was called, in
one of our New Euglaud villages,
was in a state of most utter neglect.
There was scarcely a pasture or spot
in town more unsightly. It was cov
ered with stoues, aud overgrown with
bushes, so that the monuments of the
dead were hardly visible at a short
distance.
The wife of one of the pastors died.
He obtained a lot in this uusightly
held, wheyo be buried his dead. Soon
alter he bad the sacred spot enclosed
with a ueafejrun feuce, the ground
cleared of brushes, graded and en
riched, the grave nicely sodded and
the lot tilled with choice shrubs and
(lowering plants. It was a gem of
beauty in the midst, of an uninvitiug
waste—an oasis iu the desert.
The effect of this act of that pastor
was that the town soon chose a com
mittee aud appropriated money for
the renovation of the cemetnry. In a
short time that unsightly held tic
came one of the most attractive spots
in the village and an ornament to the
place.
A newly settled pastor, wlio bad
been trained iu early life upon a farm,
and bad acquired a taste as well as
some knowledge of agriculture and
horticulture, obtained a little home
stead with surrounding grounds, on
which be could find his needed exer
cise and also gratify his love of fruits
and flowers.
To improve the appearance and
productiveness of bis ground, here
placed an old wall at the lower end,
with a tasteful bank wall, first dig
ging a tretieh afoot or two deep,
throwing the rich loam back upon his
grounds, aud then filling the trench
with cobble stones to serve for drain
age.
This improvement soon caught the
attention of his people. They saw
ihe utility as well as the beauty, of it,
aud bank walls at once became the
order ol the day all ovgr the parish.
Think you this attention of that
pastor to worldly things lessened his
power and influence iu his work as a
minister of gospel? Far otherwise.
With a uew and deeper interest they
listened to his instructions. Every
tanner aud every owner of a garden
spot felt that the man who could thus
stimulate aud aid them iu their world
ly interests, could aid them in mat
ters pertainiug to the life to some ;
aud that they ought to heed his in
structions.
After a pastorate of some fifteen
years, that pastor was settled iu an
other parish. In rone of his visits
among his people, he noticed a small
pasture not far from his residence.
It was very rough aud covered with
stones, while the fields on either side
showed evidence of having produced
large burdens of grass and grain. He
said to himself, “The soil in this
rough pasture is the same as that iu
these flue fields. With proper dew
ing and culture it would be just like
them. I want a little lot in which to
raise hay and oats for my horse aud
cow. I’ll buy that pasture.”
£le purchased the laud for what it
was valued by the owner—a small
sum—hud the stones dug out aud
converted into his favorite hank
wall; aud the laud plowed and level
ed. Iu a year or two abundant bar
vests of grass and grain rewarded his
labor.
Ah a result of this wise forecast of
the pastor, many a rough and almost
useless lield in the parish, was soon
made attractive and fruitful.
This influence of the pastor, in re
gard to worldly things, is, Of course,
comparatively unimportant, except
as it helps to increase his influence as
a religious teacher aiid guide. The
pastor who is able, by his example, or
in his associations with his people, to
enter into all their various daily toils,
to show an interest in them and sym
pathize with them in these toils, and
especially if he can give them any in
struction or advice—growing out of
his greater advantages for study, or
from his early training and subse
quent experiments, that will make
their labors more easy or productive
—will win their confidence and in
crease the power of his influence over
them in spiritual tilings.
The pastor, too, who enters into all
the cares and duties of the parents,
and shows an interest in the children
of his parish, in their st udies and their
amusements, anil who in quiet and
unobtrusive ways seeks to improve
their appearance and manners, and
their general conduct at home and
among their associates, will gain
great powgr over them for good. Tin
simple, touching act of the little giri
speaks volumes on this subject: she
ran out from among her playmates
and up the steps of the home ol a
minister, and kissed the name on tin
doorplate, sayiug, “I love that man;
he loves little children !”
What a reward is such an act for
I any amount of attention a pastor may
! give to the little ones of his charge.—
j For Chunk tnul Hume.
SELFISHNESS AND RUDENESS AT THE
TABLE.
Among the small things which, if
unchecked, would prove life long an
noyances, none are more conspicuous
or more disagreeable than the rude,
boorish, seltish habits so frequently
developed in the conduct of children
at the table. Here, as iu all that is
connected with the early training and
education of children, parents should
realize that they will be held account
able in a large measure if tbosd com
mitted to their care aud guidance
grow up with careless aud repreheu
silde table manners.
xi in oi cio^u
not hard to teach any child old enough
to he brought to the table (and that
should be as soon as they ean be
taught to feed themselves, if only
with a spoon, «e think), to be quiet
and wait , patiently until the older
ones are served, instead of allowing
the child to call for its portion the
moment it is seated, anti, if delayed,
demand something vociferously, em
pbasizingits w ishes with loud screams
and violent blows on the table and
dishes. If this mode of gaiuiug its
own way is attempted, and the pa
rent removes the little tyrant from
the table for a short season of private
admonition, the discipline will he
found efficacious, and will not le
quite repeating often. Of course,
this will interrupt for a few moments
the pleasant harmony which should
be the crowning pleasure of each
meal, but it will not recur often, and
is a small price to pay for the com
fort and honor of having our children
become well-mannered, pleasant table
companions.
Neither would we advocate bring
ing very young children to the table
when one has company. That would
not be courteous or respectful to
guests. Hut when only the family
are present we think the earlier chil
dren are taught to sit at the table
with parents, brothers and sisters,
and behave properly, the more surely
will they secure good, refined table
manners.
It is not difficult to teach a very
young child to make its wants quiet
ly known to the proper person and at
the proper time. Hut what can be
more uncomfortable, aud annoying
than to sit at a table where the chil
dren, from the oldest to the young
est, are the dominant power, never
waiting patiently for their turn to be
helped, but calling loudly for what
ever they desire; impatient if it is
not brought to them on the instant f
If attention is not given as soon as
the words are out of his mouth, how
unpleasant to see a child standing on
the rounds of the chair, or reachiug
over other plates to help himself to
whatever he desires 1 Parents cau,
with very little trouble to themsel
ves, save their guests from witness
ing such rudeuess tf-tliey begiu wheu
every habit is yet unformed.
As soon as a child ean speak he
cau ho taught to ask for what he
needs in a gentle, respectful manner,
when requiring service of the nurses,
or tho waiter, as well as of his pa
rents and superiors. “Please push
my chair np closer.” “Please give
me some water.” “Please pass the
bread.” And when the request is
complied with, accept it and say,
“Thank you.” What hardship is
there in requiring this from children
just beginning to talk as well as from
older lads and lassies f It will re
quire but a very few repetitions of
the lessou for the youngest to under
stand that it is the only way by
which their wishes will be complied
with ; and it is surprising to see how
soon this mode of calling attention to
their wanta-becomes as easy and oa
rural as breathing. Parents are cnl
pable who do not give their children
ihe advantage of such instruction
and enforce it until they have no idea
of asking in any other way.
And yet how many give no heed
to this duty. How inauy hear their
young charges calling impatiently or
arrogantly, “Give me the butter.
Jaue.” “Pass the bread this way.”
“Cau’t you hear, Jauef I’ve told
you two or three times to give me
some water.” Or some may soften
their imperious demands a little, by
saying, “i’ll take the bread, please;
or, “Hand uie the salt, Jane, please;’
hut the “please” is too far off to be
very pleasaut. It seems an after
I bought.
Whispering, loud talking, abrupt
calls for any article on the table, be
ginning to eat or calling to be helped
iho moment seated, before the oldest
are served, is, in the highest degree,
lade and vulgar, yet by far too com
mon. Some natural leeliug oi'ies
lmint or diffidence may keep the
young more quiet when at a friend’s
table, for part ot the meal at least;
hut they can lay uo claim to rcline
meat or good manners if they use
poiiteiress only wheu among strang
ers—keep it laid away like a uew gar
meat, to be put on occasionally, and
to be tbkowuuoff as speedilyas possi
ble because not being in habitual use
it becomes irksome.
Many other habits creep in and
Slid permanent lodgment if the pa
rents are not watchful of their chil
dren's behavior at the table. Pick
ing the teeih ; handling the hair ; car
rying food to the mouth while lean
ing back in the chair; rocking or tilt
ing the chair back aud forth while
eating; tilling the mouth too full;
eating rapidly aud wiih much noise
from the lips; sittiug with elbows ou
the table—all these, aud a multitude
equally vulgar, can be met by a care
ful mother’s vigilance before they
have time to take deep root, but if
neglected will stamp a child with
coarseness aud vulgarity no matter
how exalted the staiiou he was born
into.— Christian Union.
CHRIST THE COMFORTER.
BY MART DtVINELL CHELLIS.
“My child ! My child 1” wailed the
mother. “This morning so fair and
and strong; this evening, crushed
and crippled. 1 can not bear it. Why
was this terrible calamity sent upon
me 1 My boy ! My darling boy 1”
“You must not grieve so,” said a
neighbor. “Think, Mrs. Bowen, it
may not bo so bad as you fear. Try
to be calm, for your boy’s sake. Ho
will want you with him, aud you cau
not help him bear his sufferings,unless
you are calm aud composed. We must
all accept what comes to us.”
“It is easy for you to talk,” ex
claimed the afflicted woman. Then
chiding herself, she added : “I am
so nearly wild, I am hardly re$ponsi
ble.for what I say. It seems to me no
sorrow was ever like my sorrow.
“But many have had far greater
troubles than yours, aud have born
them bravely. You must sutumou
your fortitude, aud make up your
mind to accept the inevitable. Sor
row is the common lot of all.”
“Don’t! Don’t!” cried the strick
en mother. “I can not bear another
word.”
The neighbor, finding hereflortsat
consolation unavailing, weut home,
wondering at such want of self con
trol.
She had uot been long goue, when
a poor woman, who had sometimes
worked in the kitchen wheu extra
help was needed, came into* the room
where Mrs. Bowen was paciug the
door, and reaching out her hard,
rough hands, said gently :
“The dear Lord knows all about
your trouble. I’ve been praying for
you, as I worked, aud though it’s not
my place to come to you, 1 couldn’t
stay away. There’s a meauiug to
what’s happened, aud the Lord
lyiows it. He’ll uot send more than
you can bear, if you trust Him. Ma
ny a time I’ve said that to myself,
and theu gone down on my knees, to
ask Bi in to com tort my achiug
heart.”
“1 know you must have had troub
left, but not like mine,” was replied,
with a sob.
“Ah! Mrs. Bowen, it’s never one!
that knows all another has to bear.
I’ve a crippled boy at borne, waiting!
for me, and once lie was strong as
your boy was this morning.”
“Do yon leave him aloneT” asked
Mrs. Bowen, surprised into a mo
merit’s forgetfulness of herself.
“All alone, ouly I know the dear
Lord watches over him.”
“Oh, my boy! My boy! Why
should his life be so crushed ’ I can
not bear it.”
“The dear Lord helps, those who
ask Him.”
“Will He give me back rny child,
as he went from me this morning t”
“He will give jon patieucf and sub
mission, anil trust in His love.”
“But 1 can never be happy again.
Never I Never I Are you ever hap
py I” ‘ ,
“That I am. When I get Lome,
and sit down by a warm tiie, with
my boy beside me I torget all my
hard work and anxious thoughts. I
have so much to be thankful for, my
heart just runs over. You know
Christ comes nearest to them that
need Him most.”
“I don’t know. How can it be!
Tell me.”
“I cau’t tell how. 1 only know it is,
because I have felt it.”
“Oh, that 1 could IVel it!”
“Ask Him to come to you arid help
you bear your troubles.”
“How? Iam not like you. lain
not a Christian.”
“But you can trust Him. Do, dear
woman. There is nobody else.”
“Ask Him for me. He will bear
you. Oh ! ask him for me.”
“I will,” responded the humble
Christian; and kneeling there, she
prayed as oue who craves some gift
of priceless value, sure of its bes
towal.
“Y’ou have helped me,” said the
mother, so recently afflicted, as they
stood together for a moment after ris
ing from their knees. “Don’t forget
to pray for me every hour.”
A flood of tears streamed down her
cheeks, aud she leaned upon her
companion lor support; while in some
way—she did not then question how
—strength came to her.
All advice tosumuion fortitude and
accept the inevitable calmly, had been
lost upon her. She bad no resources
of her own, upon which she could de
pend in this, her hour of need. She
had been sent from the bedside of her
boy, because of her extreme agita
tion, when she should have beeu
brave and strong.
bad been made to realize that there
is oue who, having sorrowed as we
sorrow, and suffered as we suffer, has
compassion on our infirmities, and
gives of his abounding grace and
strength to all who will receive it. In
this grace and strength she took up
her burden ; aud if now it sometimes
presses heavily, she knows where to
look for help.—Exchange. '*
A touching incident occurred a few
weeks ago at the distributing of priz
es in the English School of Sciences
and Arts at Keighley.'
The Bishop of Manchester gave the
prizes. To the pupils aud most of
the largo audieuce, the bishop occu
pies the place of a father to his chil
dren ; not only revered as a man of
God, but as a libera), practical think
er, one of the leaders ot opinion in
England in all matters which iutiu
euce the elevation of humanity.
Surrounded by the boys aud their
parents, the good bishop suddenly
was led to speak of his own mother,
and told the story of how she, “not a
clever managing woman,” had been
left a widow with seven children;
how her great love aud trust in God
had helped her to live, sacrificing not
: only luxury, but comfort, to make a
home, bare of all but the most mea
gre necessaries, bright and happy as
that House Beautiful, whose chain
bars were called Peace, aud from
which could be seen the hills of heav
eu. Most of her children through
her efforts rose to positions where
they could help to make the world
wiser aud better. “She is now,” said
the bishop, with broken voice, “in
my house, paralyzed, speechless and
helpless ; and when I looked at her
sweet face this morning, I thanked
God, who had given her to me. I
owe to her all that I am.”
Scoring is a kind of silent scold
iug. It shows that our souls need
sweeteuing. For pity’s sake, let us
take a sad-iron, or a glad-iron, or a
smoothing-tool of some sort, and
straighten these creases ontofour
i'aces, before they become iudelibly
engraved thereon. Eudeavor to wear
a cheerful expression.
Every member of the Christian
Church ought to be a reader of the
Sun.
jfarm and jfiresiify
GARDEN AND .ORCHARD.
The melon family are growing rap
idly from the effect of the recent rains
and warm days We presume they
have been worked and the insects de
stroyed. The watermelon bug often
injures tbo crop to a.serious extent by
sucking the juices of the stem aud
leaves, sometimes descending in the
ground along the stem. Attention to
working, hand picking, the applica
tion oT SCotli snuff' to the leaves, with
or without plaster, is the remedy to
be used. While a mixture of salt,
plaster aud guano may 1)3 used with
impunity on and around cabbage, de
stroying insects and promoting the
growth of the plauts, the tender foli
age of the melon family is injured aud
the plant destroyed by this applica
tion. Melons, cucumbers, cymblings,
squash and tomatoes are wonderfully
and rapidly hastened in their growth
by the application of Peruvian guano
in a circle on the earth several inches
distant from the root of the plant.
For the early melon crop some of our
most successful growers apply one
half the guano intended for the crop
in this manner.
The weeds and grass in the young
orchard, which we suppose was plow
ed when the ground was prepared for
a crop, are now showing themselves.
The cultivator or shovel plow, any
sm face cultivator going a sufficient
depth to make the soil loose and de
stroy the weeds, is better than the
turn plow. Newly planted trees
should by all means be hoe worked
just as the farm crops, since they are
in the same condition of any other
bn in crop whose hold of the soil is
yet feeble.
Mulching young trees with stiaw.
leaves, etc., to keep the soil moist is u
most excellent substitute for cultiva
tion, but when practicable a loose, po
rus soil around y oung trees is the best
safeguard possible Irom the effects ol
injury iu uupropitious dry or wet sea
sons.
The grapes are blooming aud the
vineyard requires tri-weekly atten
tion, tying up the' shoots for next
year’s bearing wood. Remove suck
ers from near the root, thin out the
grapes, and pinch out the ends of the
beating bunches at the tirst or second
leaf beyond the third bunch. AH
the feeble branches with only one
or two uunches should be removed.
It is time to plant pole beaus for
the tail crop, com for the table, laud
for turnips should be plowed, and ifa
crop of ruta bagas is desired, the
sooner they are planted after the tirst
week iu Juue, the better. We should
anticipate the dry season in August
aud prepare for it.—liitral Messenger.
CULTURE OF ORCHARDS.
It is an indisponsible requisite, in,
all young ore hards./to keep the
ground mellow and loose by cultiva
tion ; at least for the first few years,
until the trees are well established.
Indeed, of two adjoining' orchards,
one planted and kept/in grass, and
the other plowed fur the first live
years, there will be an incredible dif
lereuce in favor of the latter. Not
only will these trees show rich, dark,
luxuriant tjuliage and clean smooth
stems, while those neglected will have
a starved and sickly look, but the
size of the trees iu the cultivated or
chard will be treble that of the oth
ers at the end of this time, and a tree
in one will be ready to bear abund
ant crops before the other has com
menced yielding a peck of fruit. Fal
low crops are tile best for orchards—
potatoes, vines, buckwheat, roots, In
dian corn, and the like. An occasion
al crop of grass, or grain may be tak
en.
KEEPING MILK.
inhere may bo something more in
the method of keeping milk than at
first appears, in the less liability to
souriug in glass than iu metal or
wooden vessels. We know how sen
sitive milk is to electrical conditions
of the atmosphere, and that while
glass is a very poor conductor of elec
tricity, metal is a good conductor,
better far than wood. As electricity
is always present in the atmosphere
to a greater or less extent, and has
more or less of influence upon its
more aflluitive conductors, may it not
j be that the often unaccountable thiek
j euiug or souriug of milk is, iu some
I measure, due to the actiou of that
fluid through the uietal vessels upon
the lactael fluid in them?—Boston
Herald.
The body of our prayer is the sun
or our duty ; and we must ask of Got
i whatsoever we need ; we mast laboi
I lor all that we ask.
ITEMS.
In almost all cases experience tea
ches that orchards are more certain
to do well where the spot chosen is
somewhat higher than the surroun
ding land.
Agriculture is to be made an
obligatory study iu all elementary
schools of France. This is a recent
action of the Senate, and was adopt
ed by a majority of 234 votes.
An English groom,who favors stea
ming food for horses, mentions as
one of its advantages that any disa
greeable smell iu the grain or hay is
likely to be removed by the process.
Prof. Dana says a cow will make
about seventy pounds of manure a
day, or twelve tons a year. Tbisiu
dudes both solid aud liquid, and is
worth ircm one to three dollars a
toll
Copperas is the dread of rats. Iu »
every crevice or every hole where a
rat treads scatter a few grains of cop
peras, and the result is a stampede of
rats aud mice. .But look ont for poi
son.
One hole in the fence will, by and
by,cost ten times as much as it would
to fix it at once. One diseased sheep
" ill spoil a flock. One unruly auimal
will teach all others in company bad
tricks.
The honey crop of the United
States is assuming large proportions.
Its annual value is now estimated at
I >S,800,000, and that of wax at $6,000,
l 000. Our exports of honey and wax
| are steadily increasing.
To keep bugs oil'melon and squash
vines, ijlaut a tomato plant in each
hill. By doing this the bugs did not
bother them for me ; while across the
fence, where there were no tomatoes
they were all killed by the bugs.
Jf the soil is full of angle worms, it
is, also, doubtless lumpy and hard to
pulverize when broken up with spade
or plow. In this ease draiuiug is the
principal remedy. An application of
salt, also ashes or sand, for mechani
cal effect, will prove beneficial.
The iudestructable artificial flow
ers now imported rbtaiu form and
color in spite of rain, suow and beat.
The first use of tbe material of which
they are made was iu the stems,
which are so flexible, and their popu
larity gave rise to the flowers.
/ SIZE OF FARMS.
Iu 1850, the average size of farms
i in the United States was 203 acres j
in teu years the average size was four
| acres less, and at the late census »
mrtherreduction of 47 acres appeared,
| aud farms averaged 153 acres. The
decline between 1860 and 1870 was so
general that the only exceptions in
AW the States and Territories were—
an iucrease in California from 466 to
632 acres, from 94 to 133 in Massa
chusetts, and from 25 to 30 in Utah.
Prior to 1850, land monopoly bad
some claim to existence in California;
in ten years the average size of farms
was diminished by a redaction of
4000 acres. Iu Jexas the reduction
was iu the first decade from 942 to
591 acres, aud in the second to 301
acres. The next census is expected
to show a further decline. Miuuesota
had 157 farms iu 1850,18,181 in 1860,
46,500 iu 1870, and now claims more
than 6S,000. There were 5,364 farms
of more than 1000 acres iu 1860; in
1870 there were only 3,720. In the
same period the number from 500 to
1000 acres declined from 20,619 to
15,873, while all the classes of small
er farms increased,the ratio of increase
getting larger as the scale of size de
scended.—American Stockman.
CLIMATE CONTROLS VARIETIES.
The varieties in tobacco are only
the result of climatic influence, as
there is but one species that has ever
been cultivated. The different kinds
soon loose their characteristics when
planted continuously in any given lo
cality. All varieties of seed leaf are,
doubtless, from the original Connec*
ticut seed leaf, which, in turn, is noth*
ing more than the Havana of Cuba,
acclimated in tbe Northers States.
Wheu these facts are known, it is ev
ident that, iu order to preserve the
peculiar qualties of any variety, it is
necessary to obtain seed frequently
from its original locality.— We$tern
Tobacco Journal.
Guinea fowls are the most ac
tive destroyers of the Colorado bee
tle,a writer claiming that oue Guinea
hen will protect an acre of potatoes.
They lay more eggs than other poul
try, and their eggs are nueqaaled for
cake and other ouliaary purpose*.