these came the trotters, followed by a splendid five years old and under, and the premium was won draft team consisting of four large and noble bay by the horse Romeo in two heats, of 2.57 and horses attached to a large wagon. The whole num- 2.58, White Mountain Morgan coming in seber of horses was one hundred and seventy-seven. cond, Morgan Hunter being distanced in the first At eleven o'clock there was a drawing match by heat. The White Mountain colt was much admired the working oxen in the east section of the field, for his grace and activity. which was witnessed by a large crowd. The oxen At three o'clock, the call for a trial of speed free were attached to a cart loaded with 6100 lbs. weight, to all horses and drivers, was responded to but by which they were required to draw forward several the horses Chicago Jack and Lady Litchfield. They rods, and also to back it to its original position. It were to run for the best three in five for $300 for was done by some of them with great ease, by oth- the first prize and $100 for the second. The first ers indifferently, and by others not at all. The far- two heats were won by Chicago Jack in 2.36 and mers especially took much interest in this part of 2.33; the last two by the Lady Litchfield in 2.37 the proceedings. and 2.36. On the last heat she came in first, in At 11 o'clock there was a grand trial of speed on 2.38, but lost the race by the decision of the judges, the part of fancy matched horses. The trial was in who counted a habit she had of breaking, against pairs. her. Other favorite matches were also run.

After this the celebrated Drum Corps from New Albert Golder, of Watertown, Me., a lad of twelve York appeared upon the course in front of the years, rode around the course on horseback, and Judges' stand; they number sixteen, under the head won much applause by his admirable horsemanship. of a Major, who without a word of command, but He made the time in 2.50. Other trots of interest with a slight motion of the hand or head, made his also took place.

order manifest. It was surprising to see the train- Owing to the great attraction on the track, but ing of the corps, so prompt and decisive; now they few persons attended the auction sale of stock by swell out a roll of thunder, then allowed it to die Mr. Hatch. He sold some $1100 worth, and then away into a delicate pianisimo. The audience were postponed the auction sale of horses to Monday. highly gratified at the performance.

The number in attendance during the several days of the exhibition could not have been less than from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and

PREMIUMS.

At one o'clock a trial of draft horses was had on the ground east of the Pavilion. This was attractive, and afforded much gratification to those who seventy-five thousand. could not, from the press of the crowd, obtain a The receipts of the Society from all sources are good view of the trotting. from $32,000 to $35,000. This will undoubtedly The great feature of the day, the BANQUET, took pay all the premiums awarded by the committees, place at two o'clock, beneath John Wright's big all the expenses, which must be very heavy, as tent, which was erected in the centre of the ellipse. every one will conceive who has seen the magnitude The procession was formed at the President's tent and beauty of the arrangements; and we hope will a few moments before two, and marched to the big leave a good sum as the nucleus of a permanent tent, passing as they entered beneath an arch in- fund for the promotion of the objects of the Soscribed "SUCCESS TO AGRICULTURE." The tables ciety. were spread for over two thousand people, and nearly every plate was occupied. A blessing was asked by Rev. S. K. Lathrop, D. D., and after the feast, thanks were returned by Rev. E. N. Kirk, D. D. President Wilder presided, with his accustomed urbanity, and announced the regular sentiments, which were eloquently responded to by the following gentlemen :-Gov. Gardner, Mayor Smith Gov. Hoppin, of R. I., Daniel Landreth and Mor-verse, N. Y. ton McMichael, of Philadelphia, John C. Gray, R. C. Winthrop, Edward Everett, Col. Thompson, of Canada West, and J. A. King, of New York. The premiums were then announced, by W. S. King, Secretary of the Society.

FIFTH DAY-SATURDAY.

CLASS NO. 1-CATTLE.
HERD PREMIUMS.

Durhams-1st premium, $100, to N. J. Becar, Smithtown, L. I.; 2d, diploma, Morris & Becar, Fordham, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, Paoli Lathrop, South Hadley, Mass.

Derons-1st premium, $100, C. L. Wainwright, N. Y., and
$100 to L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.; 2d, diploma, William
Buckminster, Mass.
Ayrshire-1st premium, $100, Hungerford, Brodie & Con-
Herefords-1st premium, $100, Wm. H. Sotham, Owego,
Jerseys-1st premium, Samuel Henshaw, Brookline, Mass.;
24, $50, Thos. Motley, Jr., W. Roxbury.
Grades 1st premium, $100, Samuel Ellsworth, Barre, Mass.
Natires-1st premium, $100, A. G. Sheldon, Wilmington,

N. Y.

Mass.

No. 2-DURHAM BULLS.

Bulls three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, "Roingston," Paoli Lathrop, South Hadley, Mass.. 3d, diploma, meo," Morris & Becar, Fordham, N. Y.; 2d, $50, "Kirk Liv"Duke, Calvin Sanford, Barre, Mass.

Bulis two years old-1st premium, $50, "Tallyho" N. J. Becar, Smithtown, L. I.; 2d, $25, "Sir Robert Peel," B. De Wolf, Bristol, R. I.

The fair weather of Saturday brought a large crowd of people to witness the closing performances, the great attraction of which was the trotting matches, particularly that for the prize of three hundred dollars. Four horses started for the race T. Tabor, Duchess County, N. Y.; 21, $10, "Farnley," Simeon Bulls one year old-1st premium, $25, "Warwick," Samuel -Ethan Allen, Stockbrige Chief, North and Col- Leland, New Rochelle, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, "Echo of Oxford," umbus. The Chief was soon distanced and with- N. J. Becar, Smithtown, L. I. drawn. Ethan Allen won the first heat in 2.344, wards-1st premium, $100, to "Iris," Morris & Becar, FordDurham Cows and Heifers--Cones three years old and upthe second in 2.35, and was awarded the prize. ham, N. Y.; 2d premium, $50, "Bloom," L. G. Morris, FordHis driver was Mr. Daniel Mace, of Cambridge. ham, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, "Maid of Oxford," N. J. Becar, The race was won with the greatest ease, and the Heifers, two years old and under three years-1st premium, beautiful horse showed that he possessed a reserved $50, Miss Belleville," N. J. Becar, Smithtown, L. I.; 2d premispeed, had it been required, that would have taken um, $25, Minerva 4,,, Morris & Becar, Fordham, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, "Victoria 26," to the same. considerable from even the quick time made. The second premium was awarded to Columbus. The next performance was a trot between stallions of

Smithtown, L. I.

Discretionary Premiums-P. Lathrop and G. M. Atwater, South Hadley, Mass.

Heifers, one year old and under-1st premium, $25, "Surprise," Morris & Bean, Fordham, N. Y.; 24 premium, $10,

should have been awarded to "Victorine," owned by the same parties, but there being no competition, this could not be done. The committee would also speak in the highest terms of a very superior heifer calf "Grace," owned by Morris & Bean, of Fordham, N. Y., but the premium list offered no premium on calves.

No. 3-DEVON BULLS.

Bulls three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, "Winchester," J. W. DeForest, Dover, N. Y.; 24, diploma, "Frank Quartly," L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.

Bulls tico years old and under three years-1st premium, $50,, "Blucher," W. R. Sanford, Orwell Vt; 2d premium, $25, Harvey Dodge, Sutton, Mass.; 3d, diploma, B. V. French, Braintree, Mass.

Bulls one year old and under two years-1st premium, $25, "Tecumseh," E. G. Faile, West Farms, N. Y.; 2d, $10, Wm. Buckminster, Framingham, Mass.; 3d, diploma, W. R. Sanford, Orwell, Vt.

DEVON COWS AND HEIFERS.

Three years old and upward-1st premium, $100, E. G. Faile, West Farms, N. Y.; 2d, diploma, L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, C. S. Wainwright, Rhinebeck, N. Y.; discretionary diplomas, L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y., and C. S. Wainwright, Rhinebeck, N. Y.

Two years old under three years-1st premium, $50, E. G. Faile, West Farms, N. Y.; 2d, diploma, $25, C. S. Wainwright, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; 3d, diploma, W. R. Sanford, Orwell, Vt.; discretionary diplomas, John C. Morse, Francistown, N. H., and Joseph Burnett, Southboro', Mass.

One year old and under two years-1st premium, $25, E. G. Faile, West Farms, N. Y; 2d premium, $10, C. S. Wainwright, Rhinebeck, N. Y.; discretionary diplomas, two to B. V. Frenchi, Braintree, Mass., and one to John G. Morse, Francistown,

N. H.

Calres-Discretionary premium, $25, J. T. Andrew, West Cornwall, Ct.

No. 4-AYRSHIRE BULLS.

Bulls three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100 to "Kelburn," owned by Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, Ellisburg, N. Y.; 2d, $50, "Major," owned by G. W. Barrett.

Bulls two years old-None presented worthy of a premium, although three were exhibited to the Committee, and the same may be said of the yearling bulls of this class.

AYRSHIRE COWS AND HEIFERS.

Cows three years old and uperards-1st premium, $100, "Mary Grey," Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, Ellisburg, N. Y.; 2d premium, $50, "Jessic" Robbins Battell, Norfolk, Ct. ; 3d, diploma, "Alice," John Brooks, Princeton, Mass.

Heifers two years old-1st premium, $50, "Lady Ayr," Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, Ellisburg, N. Y.; 24 premium, $25, Jessie 24," R. Battell, Norfolk, Ct.; 3d, diploma, "Lady Gowan," Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, Ellisburg, N. Y.

Heifers one year old-Messrs. Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, of Ellisburg, N. Y., exhibited two very fine animals under this head, but the Committee under the rules of the Society, there being no competition, awarded the first premium only $25 to "Bessie," the youngest of the two.

No. 5.-HEREFORD BULLS.

A. D. Weld, Roxbury, Mass. ; 21, $25, J. W. Hollis, Brighton,
Mass.; 3d, diploma, Wm. Spencer, Lowell, Mass.

Cores one year old and under two years-1st premium, $25,
W. H. Watson, Princeton, Mass., 20, $10, C. H. Keith, Malden,
Mass.; 3d, diploma, Henry Sheldon, Cayuga County, N. Y.

The committee recommend a gratuity of 850 to Samuel Jaques, of Somerville, Mass., for his cow and calf, but, on account of considering the cow pure blood rather than grade, they were unable to include it in the latter class, and award it a premium as such.

NATIVE COWS AND HEIFERS.'

Cows three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, to Davis & Flint, Boston; 2d, 850, Daniel Higgins, of Malden; 3d, diploma, J. L. Barrett, Bridgewater.

Heifers two years old-1st premium, $50, A. & T. Jerome, of Bloomfield, Ct.; 24, Henry D. Pierce, Hillsboro', N. H.; 3d, diploma, Obadiah Howland, Auburn, N. Y. Under two years old-1st premium,$25, A. W. Copeland, Dorchester.

No. 9-MILCH COWS

Cows fire years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, W. W. Watson, Princeton, Mass.; 2d, 875, "Nonesuch," Davis & Flint, Boston; 3d, 850, A. M. Carleton, Chicopee, Mass.; 4th, "Fanny, "C. M. Hovey, Cambridge, Mass.

Cows three years old and under five years-1st premium, $75, "Fanny," Wm. Eames, Worcester, Mass.; 24, 850, "Dinah, Asa G. Sheldon, Wilmington; 3d, $25, "Nonesuch," Asa G. Sheldon, Wilmington; 4th, $15, O. Howland, Auburn, N. Y.

No. 10-WORKING OXEN.

1st premium, $100, J. M. Drinkwater, Cumberland, Me.; 21, $50, Nathaniel G. Giddings, Exeter, N. H. 3d, $25, Oliver Newman, Carthage, Me.; Discretionary premium, $5, E. Johnson, Auburn, N. Y.

The committee recommend the following:

Gratuities-$20, Simon Carpenter, Charlton; $15, Stephen A. Coburn, Lowell; $15, H. Sheldon, Cayuga, county, N. Y.; $10, C. H. & C. A. Smith, Vergennes, Vt.: $10, G. H. Shaw, Brookline; $10, Addison G. Cole, Buckfield; $5, John B. Newcombe, Norton; and diplomas to Nathan B. Reade, of Princeton, for best trained on exhibition; Hon. Josiah Quincy, for fine Devons; Hon. B. V. French, of Braintree, Wm. F. Wheeler, of Grafton, Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, William Buckminster, of Framingham, J. B. Moore, of Concord, Jas. Lawrence, of Groton; George Harvey, of Marlboro', G. K. Wright, of Keene. N. H., J. C. Sanborn, of Westboro', Moses D. Richardson, of Leominster, Larned Swallow, of Buckfield; J. D. G. Williams, of Raynham.

No. 11-STEERS.

1st premium, $50, D. W. Haynes, Readfield, Me.; 2d, $25, A. M. Winslow, Putney, Vt.; 2d, $15, A. G. Cole, Readfield, Me.; Discretionary, $10, Elon Sheldon, Cayuga Co., N. Y.

No. 12-FAT CATTLE.

On Bullocks-1st premium, $75, to Seth Bush, Westfield, Mass.: 24, $50, James Eddy, Swansey, Mass.; 3d, $25, Sam'i Stebbins, Conway, Mass.

Fat Cows-1st premium, $50, to E. Munson, Auburn, N. Y.; 2d, $25, E. Sheldon, Cayuga Co., N. Y.

Fat Steers-Discretionary-1st premium, 850, to E. Munson, Dan-Auburn, N. Y.; 21, $25, E. Sheldon, Cayuga Co., N. Y.; 3d, H. Sheldon, Cayuga Co., N. Y.

Bulls three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, iel Goodell, Brattleboro', Vt."; 24, William H. Sotham, Owego,

N. Y.

HEREFORD Cows AND HEIFERS.

Three years old-1st premium, $100, "Milton," State Farm, Westboro', Mass.; 2d, 850, "Milton" William H. Sotham, Owego, N. Y.; 3d, diploma, C. B. Clarke, Concord, Mass.

Treo years old-1st premium, C. B. Clarke, $50, Concord,
Mass. ; 2d premium, $25, Wm. H. Sotham, Owego, N. Y.
One year old-1st preinium, $25, Wm. H. Sotham, Owego,
N. Y.

No. 6-JERSEY BULLS.

Bulls three years old and over-1st premium, $100, Thos. Motley, Jr., of Mass.

Bulls two years old-1st premium, $50, Joseph Burnett, Southboro', Mass. ; 2d, $25, R. S. Rogers, Salem, Mass.

Bulls one year old-1st premium, $25, John Washburn, Swampscot, Mass.; 24, $10, to Thomas Motley, Jr., Mass.; 3d, diploma, W. A. Harris, Mass.

JERSEY COWS AND HEIFERS.

Cones three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, "Rose," G. H. French, Andover Mass.; 2d, 850, "Daphne," S. Henshaw, Brookline, Mass.; 3d, diploma, "Flirt," Thomas Motley, West Roxbury, Mass.

Heifers two years old-1st premium $50, "Duchess," S. R. Spalding; 24, $25, "Topsy," G. H. French, Andover, Mass.; 3d, diploma, "Rosa," R. P. Waters, Beverly, Mass.

CLASS II-HORSES.

No. 13-THOROUGH BRED HORSES AND MAKES.
Stallions-1st premium, $200, "Trustee," M. De Motte, New
York; 21, $100, "Logan," J. B. Monott, New York; 3d, $50,
Matchless," Wm. B. DeWolf, Bristol, R. I.; 4th, diploma,
"Tricolor," Frederick Boyden. Topsfield.

Mares-1st premium, $150, "Fashion," L. G. & F. Morris,
Fordham, N. Y.; discretionary premium, "Etiquette," L. G. &
F. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.; do., "A La Mode," L. G. & F.
Morris, Fordham, N. Y.

No. 14-STALLIONS AND MARES (ROADSTERS.)
Stallions-1st premium, $200, "Ethan Allen," 0. S. Roe &
& Co., Cambridge, Mass.; 2d, $100, "North Horse," Lemuel
North; 3d, diploma, "Boston Boy," A. Carpenter, Providence,
Mares-1st premium, $150, "Pet," W. P. Balch, Boston,
Mass.; 24, $100, "Lady Johnson," S. K. Johnson, North An-
dover.
No. 15-STALLIONS OF GENERAL USE.

R. I.

Four years old and upwards-1st premium, $200, "Young Morrell," Town & Troy, Barre, Vt.; 24, $100, "Henry Clay," Rogers & Callender, Albany, N. Y.; 3d, $50, Morgan Emperor," Harrison Bacon, Barre; 4th, $30, "Ashuelot Morgan," Bowen, Richmond, N. H.

ton, Mass.; 24, "Bess," O. H. French, Andover Mass.; 3d,
Heifers one year old-1st premium, C. L. Cunningham, Mil-U.
"Buttercup,"
" W. B. Bacon, Jamaica, Plain, Mass.

No. 7-GRADE COWS.

The committee also recommended gratuities of $20 each to

the following horses :-"North Star," Henry Olmstead, E. Hartford, Ct.; "Young Trustee," C. D. Freeland, Patterson, N. J.; "Stockbridge Chief," J. W. Bishop, Chatham 4 Corners, Cows three years old and upwards-1st premium, $100, N. Y.; "Old Sherman Morgan," A. J. Congdon, Lancaster, N. "Beauty," Geo. M. Barrett, Concord, Mass.; 2d, $50, "Genu- H.; "Granite State Morgan," C. C. Whittaker, Farmington, ine," Samuel Ellsworth, Barre Mass.; 3d, diploma, B. V. N. H.; "State of Maine," J. Moody, Linconville, Me.; "CorFrench, Braintree, Mass. Discretionary premium, $10, E. Shel-net," Iram Wood, Hancock, N. H.; R. Kelram, South Boston; don, Cayuga County, N. Y. "Wild Deer," Dean & Merrill, Fabins, N. Y.; F. Whitaker,

Cows two years old and under three years-1st premium, $50, South Malden.

No. 16-STALLIONS FOR GENERAL USE. Three years old and under four years-1st premium, $150, "Nonpareil," Jas. F. Thorndike, New England Village; 2d, $75, "Iron Duke," Timothy F. Jackson, Jamaica, L. I. The necessary. committee not being able to discern any appreciable difference between the horses, "White Mountain," belonging to S. H. Edgerly, of Manchester, N. H., and "Andrew Jackson," belonging to Harrison Bacon, of Barre, Mass., recommend City; 20, $100 "Kate Miller," Daniel Mace, Boston, Mass. 1st premium, $200, "Genesee," Anson Livingston, New York

1st premium, $100, to the horse "Clifford," five years old, owned by Mr. E. Boynton, Lexington; 3d, $50, to "Frank Pierce," owned by G. N. Holmes, of North Bridgewater; 4th, $25, to the horse "Black Harriet," owned by W. K. Rhodes, of Providence, R. I.

The committee recommend to the four following horses the

sum of $20 each: "Lady Kate," owned by J. S. Williamson, of Dover Hill, N. J.; "Messenger," owned by Stephen White, of North Cambridge; "Morgan and Messenger," owned by M. C. Kenny, of Cambridge; "Bruno," owned by T. H. Leavitt, of Boston. Also to the four following gentlemen the sum of $10 each: G. H. Abrams, Chelsea, Mass.; R. M. Abbe, of Enfield, Ct.; B. M. Hunt, of Readfield, Me.; R. Shurtleff, of Bellows Falls, Vt.

1st premium, $100, Russell, Harrington & Co., Boston, Mass.; 21, 850, East Boston Sugar Refinery; 3d, $25, Page & Noyes, Boston, Mass.

Single Draft Horses-1st premium, $50, Robert Cowdin, Boston; 24, $25, Caleb Thurston, Boston; 3d, diploma, Hub-ney, Watertown, Mass.; 2d, $15, I. & J. Stickney, Watertown, bard Pierce, Boston.

Discretionary premiums--To M. W. Goodell & Co., of Boston, $25; Edward Harris, of Morristown, N. J., $25.

No. 23-TROTTING HORSES ON TUESDAY.

1st premium, $200, "Vermont Boy," E. H. & F. Gilman, Montpelier, Vt.; 2d, $100, "Ripton," Mr. Barnard, Boston.

1st premium, $15, I. & J. Stickney, Watertown, Mass.; 24 In regard to the "John Smith" horse and the "Benjamin" 'premium, $10, Abner Haven, Framingham, Mass.

Discretionary premium, to G. W. Hildreth, of Greenfield-stomach with starch. One and three-fourths pounds Mass., for litter of Pigs, $10; to James A. Stearns, of Manches, ter, N. H., for fine Boar, $10; to G. W. Hildreth, of Greenfield, of bread, and three ounces of cheese, would produce Mass., for fine Boar, $10; to B. V. French, of Braintree, Mass., the same amount of nitrogen, without overloading for fine Sow, $10. the stomach with carbon, and producing indiges

No. 32-ESSEX BOARS.

Boars two years old and upwards-1st premium to L. G. tion.
Morris, New York, for Fisher Hobbs, $25; 2d, C. A. Stetson,
New York, $15.

One year old and upwards-1st premium to L. G. Morris,
New York, $20; 2d, C. B. Clark, Concord, Mass., $10; 3d,
William A. Harris, Newton, diploma.

HAVE WE A BURNS AMONGST US? The foregoing question was in our mind when we Sows, two years old and upwards-1st premium, to William had finished reading the following beautiful lines A. Harris, Newton, Topsey, 3d, $25; 2d, L. G. Morris, New York, Aunt Cloe, $15; 3d, C. B. Clark. Concord, Mass., diploma. sent to us by one, who says, in the letter accompaOne year old and upwards-1st premium to C. B. Clark, Con

3d, to L. G. Morris, diploma.

Mass.

cord, Mass., $20; 2d, L. G. Morris, New York, Topsey, 24, $10; nying them, that they were composed while he was Essex Pigs-C. B. Clark, Concord, Mass., $15; also a diplo- "engaged in the very poetical work of potato-digma to the Sow Beauty, owned by George Bacon, of Brookline, ging." Several of his productions have appeared in our columns, but we think no one so beautiful as this. Write on, Mr. Canning, the name you bear has already taken a lofty place in the British an

No. 33-BOARS OF OTHER BREEDS.

Two years old and upwards-The committee being unable to decide on the respective merits of the Berkshire and Yorkshi, recommend a first premium on each breed, viz: wo years old and upwards-1st premium, $25,

Y

, Hungerford, Brodie & Converse, Ellisburg, N. nals of eloquence-you may cause it to take a like
, $25, Berkshire Boar, L. G. Morris, Fordham, position in the American annals of poetry.
Berkshire Boar, L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.

Y.; 1st
N. Y.; 20,
Boars one yr old-Only one entry was made under this
class, and the committee therefore award the 2d premium, $10,
Berkshire Boar, L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y.

No. 34-SowS OF OTHER BREEDS.

Two years old and upwards-1st premium, $25, Joseph Tuttle, Dorchester, Mass.; 24, $15, Charles R. Damon, Cochituate; discretionary premium, $10, J. A. Stearns, Manchester, N. H.

One year old and under two-1st premium, $20, Joseph Tuttle, Dorchester, Mass.; 2d, $10, L. G. Morris, Fordham, N. Y. No. 35-PIGS OF OTHER BREEDS.

The committee would report that there were no pigs of other breeds presented to them which answered the condition which required not less than six in a litter, and therefore made no award.

In cases where no mention is made of second and third premiums, they were not awarded by the committee.

CURING BACON WITHOUT SMOKE. "O,the trouble folks have taken,

To smoke and spoil their bacon."

To smoke the best bacon, fat your hogs early and fat them well. By fattening early you make a great saving in food, and well fattened pork. Then kill as early as the weather will allow, and salt as soon as the animal heat is gone, with a plenty of the purest salt, and about halt an ounce of saltpetre to one hundred pounds of pork.

As soon as the meat is salted to your taste, which will generally be in about five weeks, take it out, and if any of it has been covered with brine, let it drain a little. Then take black pepper, finely ground, and dust on the hock end as much as will stick, then hang it up in a good, clean, dry, airy place. If all this is done as it should be, (it ought to be done now,) you will have no further trouble with it, ior by fly time in spring, your bacon is so well cured on the outside, that flies or bugs will not disturb it.

Curing bacon is like the Irishman's mode of making punch. He said :-"put in the sugar, then fill it up with whiskey, and every drop of water you put in after that spoils the punch.' Just so with curing bacon, after following the directions given above, every "drop" of smoke you put about it spoils the bacon.-Portage Democrat.

MIXED DIET.—All the Grahamite philosophy in the world cannot contradict, by reason, the assertion, that a mixture of animal and vegetable food is best for man. To supply the daily loss of nitrogen, a healthy, laboring man, if living on bread alone, would require four and a half pounds-if on potatoes, eighteen pounds. This would overload the

For the New England Farmer.
INDIAN SUMMER.

BY THE "PEASANT BARD."
Soft falls the hazy light upon
The hill-side, plain and vale;
The yellow leaves bestrew my path,
As down the stream they sail.

I note them halting by the brink,
And idling as they run,

Or dancing o'er the ripples bright
That glimmer in the sun.

On yonder woody bank I hear

A rustling 'mid the leaves;
Borne on the still and hollow air
The sound my ear deceives;

I deem the heavy-treading kine
Are coming down the brae,
When nothing but a squirrel light
Is skipping there away.
The hunter's distant gun I hear
The forest echoes wake;
'Tis pity that such sullen sounds
The holy calm should break!
I fancy how with dying throes
The harmless quarry bleeds :-
How man but little mercy shows,
Who so much mercy needs!

A solitary bee a-field

Allured by these bright hours,
Flits like a fay before my eyes;—
She'll find no honey-flowers,
For they have perished; one by one
I marked them fade from view,
And nothing but the blackened stalk
Appears where late they grew.
How kind, how pleasant is this sun,

When cold the winds have blown!
The winds that bear the early frosts
Down from the bleaker zone.
'Tis not the burning August sun,
Nor that of fierce July,
But soft effulgence lights the earth,
And glorifies the sky.

It is the Indian Summer time'
So full of placid joy;
The dolce far niente that

I dreamed of when a boy.
And it is like a blissful dream,
Like such it soon is past;
Too bright to linger with us long,
Too beautiful to last.

MADELEINE AND OSBAND PEARS. The first of these outlines, the Madeleine, is a pear hardly of the medium size, but one of the most refreshing and excellent of the early pears, and Downing says the best at the time of its ripening, which is before the Bloodgood. It takes its name from its being in perfection, in France at the feast of St. Madeleine. The tree is fruitful and vigorous, with long erect olive-colored branches.

"Invariably first-rate." Productive. Does equally well on pear or quince. We find it a good grower. Origin near Palmyra, N. Y.

For the New England Farmer.
WILD RICE.

OR THE ZIZANA AQUATICA, OF PURSH.
BY S. P. FOWLER.

The natural productions of our country, unknown Elliott, in his fruit book, says, our Eastern po- seem to have especially attracted their notice, and as they were to our early travellers and historians, mologists class this pear as "best," but that the they became very early acquainted with two of our specimens he had tasted have not merited more staple productions-viz; Indian corn and tobacco. than to be "very good." American. Native of At a somewhat later period, there was another inMontgomery Co., Penn.

digenous plant, whose discovery by our T hern travellers was thought to be importan Ls. the most sanguine expectations were enterta hat it would soon take its place among the cu as pu ed cetchi real grains, and become, as Pinkerton, w speaking of this interesting plant, says, the bi ad corn of the North. I here allude to the Wild Rice, sometimes called the Canada Rice, Water Oats, Indian Rice, and Minnesota Rice. I will here quote the relation of but one of many northern travellers, to show the high expectations raised by the discovery of this plant. In speaking of the Wild Rice as seen by him one hundred years since, he says,"This grain, which grows in the greatest plenty throughout the interior parts of North America, is the most valuable of all the spontaneous productions of that country. In future periods it will be of great service to the infant colonies, as it will afford them a present support, until, in the course of cultivation, other supplies may be produced. We need not inform the reader of this article, that the high expectations, thus early raised in regard to the cultivation of the Wild Rice have not as yet been realized; although of late it has attracted some notice, and it is said, some successful attempts at cultivation have been made. It is found growing in the shallow lakes and streams of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and in the valley of the upper Mississippi and Missouri. It is gathered in large quantities by the Indians, principally by the females, when ripe, which is in September, in the following manner. They first prepare their canoe by cleaning it, and making it perfectly watertight, and then shove it into the field of rice, bending the stalks in handfuls over the side of the canoe, and beat out the rice with paddles." The Wild Rice is found in Massachusetts growing at the edges of our ponds and shallow streams. We have seen it in a brook running into Pleasant Pond in MADELEINE, Citron des Carmes. Rather small; Wenham, in the county of Essex, and in other plalong turbinate; greenish lemon yellow, seldom a The seeds are blackish, and about three-quarbrownish cheek; stem long, stout; calyx small, ters of an inch long; within, they are white and nearly even with the surface; flesh whitish, melt- farinaceous. It would seem by what has been said ing, juicy, of sweet delicate flavor. 25 July to Au- and written of the valuable properties of the Zizagust 10. Tree very vigorous and productive. The na, that it merits some attention from our farmers, best very early pear, yet it is liable to blight in tree with a view of cultivating it, and although the Wild and very little in fruit. Does well both on the Rice is strictly an aquatic plant, we see no reason pear and quince. Ripen in the house. Foreign. why it may not be cultivated in an upland soil successfully, as it is well-known that many water plants OSBAND'S SUMMER, Summer Virgalieu. Small will soon accommodate themselves to a comparamedial; obovate; clear yellow, green dots, red tively dry soil, and thrive. Several years since, I cheek; stem an inch long, stout in a slight cavity; received from one of the western States a quantity calyx large, basin shallow, flesh white, juicy, of a of the Wild Rice seed, which was procured from rich sugary, slightly musky flavor. 10 or 15 to an Indian, which was planted in a suitable soil, but 30 Aug. Popular in Western N. Y. Barry says, they failed to vegetate. The reason of their fail

ces.