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Agricultural.:
Improvement in Native Flowers and
Fruit.
For years past I have been looking out
for: some articles or communications in our
horticultural periodicals upon this interest -
Mg subject, and with. the hope of .inducing
•some young persons to enter upon this plea-
sant field of, labor, I beg to offer a few re-
marks, feeling assured that no real lover of
the beautiful that has strolled through our
native forests in the summer season, can fail
-to have been struck with the beauty and
brilliancy of our native flowers, and the rich
foliage and Frost -defying hardiness of our na-
tive fruits. In many of our town, village,
and country burying grounds, what noble
specimens of native flowers and fruits are
frequently to be found. In a graveyard not
far from where I write there is a neglected
spot -set apart for the interment of the poor
and the seranger. Upon some of these
graves there has sprung up spontaneously
a luxuriant cluster of wild roes, with their
•roots running together in a thick and en-
tangiedmass, and in the summer season, in-
stead of thew being a few straggling flowers,
there is a perfect sheet of beautiful, though
single flowers, and in the fall an abundance
%of fruit for the birds: Not many rods f,'om
this are the graves of persons of ;wealth,
where many exotic flowers are planted, and
cultivated every year 'at cons derable ex -
Tense. Here, for instance stands the rose
" Giant of Battles," but the poor giant is a
dwarf beside the wild roses, and is every
winter cut down to within a few inches of
the ground ')y frost, while the wild roses
:have stood there for years, bidding defiance
to twenty degress below zero, with no culti-
vation or protection whatever.
I was very highly pleased with the article
in your columns in February, from that
veteran florist, Wrn. Paul, of Waltham
• Cross, England, and hope every lover of his
country amongst us will see it and read it
thoroughly,- and then transfer the instruc-
tions there given on crossing plants in Eng-
land to our own indigenous flowers. It will
' be well also to leek around and see if there
are not many things besides those that are
valued for their flowers only, to which these
instructions will apply. Consider,. for in-
stance, our numerous native nutisbearing
-trees, and say can these not be =improved by
crossing with some - European varieties.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
TOMATO CULTURE.—This delicious del-
icately acid, cooling, healthful, and now_
almost indispeiisible fruit, whose ;higienic
qualities have been tested by the human
systein (tnat most perfect of laborotories,)
is, by careful culture, being brought to per-
fection, and instead of coarse, unsightly,
spongy, seedy, illflavored tomatoes, the de-
sirable qualites of earliness, productiveness,
size, soli lity, fewness of seeds, evenness of
form, richness of flavor, and beauty of
color may be secured.
For family use to get early fruit, sow
seed from the earliest ripened fruit [in a
little box containing three or four inches
of rich soil] any time from the begin-
ning of March till the- opening of Spring ;.
and for a late- crop sow seed when the
Spring opens, in the open ground ; plants
from the latter will fruit till frost comes,
and longer if protected. Place the little
box near a window Vs here the sun canshine
on it, in a warm room of even tempera-
ture. Water (with tepid water) once a
day. Let the plants have light and sun
shine, and all the fresh air they can stand.
I11 -grown plants, crowded to suffocation,
such as are seen in most dealers' hot-
beds, have little value.
When the rough leaves come, transplant
into pots, or a box, and do so three or four
times, till- open ground culture. Water
freely each tune before transplanting, so
that a ball of earth may be removed with
each plant.
Do not plant in the open ground, unless
the plants are protected, till all danger of
frost is over. They will flourish in
rather light than heavy, and rich, but not
over -rich soil Hoe early and often. . Let
no weeds grow. Keep the soil friable.
The advantages of pruning have been
questioned, but my tomatoes grow best when
pruned. Cut out all suckers, and non-
bearing branches. Let in light, air, and
sunshine. Most of the fruit grows on the
lower part cf the vines ; for nutrition will
then flow to fruit instead of tusking fibre.
Itis sometirries thought well, in garde.
culture, to support the vines by brush or
other refuse material, or by training,
which may be done by setting poles 12
feet apart,, the tops 5 feet out of the
ground. Attach wires to them horizon-
tally. Thies .the fruit may he exposed to
the free action of sun and air.
After having tried the popular varieties,
Look again at the various members of the 1 grow only Lester's Perfected Tomato ;
cotton family that spring up spontaneously and as much mixed and spurious seed has
in many localities in this northern portion been sold under that name, thus riiisrepre-
of America. I ask can these not also be senting the fruit, and - the gentleman who
.crossed with the cotton of the south, and introduced it. Mr. Lester brew and gave
yet preserve the hardiness of the one with me a few plants from genuine seed so that
all the good cotton -yielding qualities of the this valuable fruit might not be lost ormis-
represented. Most of the seed saved has
been sold at twenty-five cents a small pack-
age. and as I have not enough to make a
business of it—though farming for profit
as well as pleasure—it is hoped I will not
be considered as giving undue importance to
the variety spoken of.—J. P. Lowe.
.other? I feel confident they can. .
'The greatest difficulty that stands inthe
way of these improvements is to`finc&men-
willing to devote their time and means to
this purpose. Perhaps it may be just as
well to look some of the discouragements.
to this undertaking in the face en the outset.
One of these, and perhaps n the least to
some sensitive- persons, is a cl° ss of je lous,
.
narrow, contracted little soffit l s who , will
• meanly insinuate that we are prompted by
no higher motive than a desire of pecuniary- -
gain. - Of this class of persons I would say,
let them alone, and rest assured that when
• the improvements suggested shall become a
'reality (which theymost assuredly will if
. persevered in) these dog in -the manger men,
will be the loudest in their acclamations of
praise, provided they are only allowed a
share in then honors.
I have long been of opinion that iii what-
ever country nature has"planted varieties of
her numerous varieties of plants, there, that
family, by judicious crossing, and proper
• • :•cuativation, can be raised to a high degree
-
sof perfection. That .-the improvement will
be attended with some difficulty and -much
labor and expense there is no doubt, halt if
the one hundredth part of the money that
has been spent these last twenty years in
procuring useless varieties of fruits, owers,
cereals and vegetables from Euro e had
been spent in improveing our own
or acclimatized ones, horticulture al
:culture in Canada would occupy
• higher position to -day than they row do.
., Not that I would discourage testing the
;productions of other countries by any means,
• • but it would be folly to deny that ninety-,
mine out of every hundred of the fruits,
:owers, cereals and vegetables that succeed
well in the British Isles, when planted in
'Canadian soil and climate are a total failure.
----Chas. Arnold in the Paris Transcript.
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PRUNING ROSES.—The . pruning of the
branches should not be done till the end of
March, unless the position of your rosery is
°well sheltered. When roses are pruned
before the end of March, the buds start
-early, and the first spring frost of any in-
tensity that comes along nips them off,
and thefirst bloom is consequently destroy-
, ed. Early pruning is very well if a few
;branches are wanted as early as it is pos-
• Bible to have, bat the risk is so great that
it is hardly worth trying. The reasons for
:pruning late are simply these :-The top
buds push;;directly when we 'get a few warm
•'ehowers and bright days ; and the bottom
buds, which are intended to furnish the
bloom, remain dormant, and are therefore
safe from fost; whereas, had the branches
been cut back at this season, he lower buds
' 'would start, and most likely be cut off, a
fate which invariably befalls the top buds.
-The centre of the heads should be properly
.
thinned out, for nothing is gained by.hav-
sing them crowded with interlacing wood.
The number of eyes to remain should be de
;trmined by the strength of the individual
-trees. The shoots of weak trees ught .-to
• , be cut back to a single eye, whil 't these
.strong; and vigorous should have two or
three eyes.
ARTIFICIAL' MILKERS.—A milker has
been invented and tested, which bids fair
to supercede hand -milking. The theory
on which it is constructed is that the milk
collects in an enlargement of teat a short
distance above the orifice. The cow holds
her milk by constructing the lower piirt of
the teat, so that if a tube is inserted, reach-
ing the reservoir, the cow loses the power
of holding- her milk, which, accordingly,
flows easily through the tube. ,and is . dis-
charged into the pail. The 'tube must be
small and smooth—ivory is the material
employed in the model—and tie milk en-
ters through a small opening in the side
Tam Sampson.
All who are familiar with the works of
Burns must remember " Tarn Sampson's
Elegy," with the quaint epitaph at the end :
Tam Sampeon's weal -worn clay here lies;
Ye canting zealots, spare him !
If Honest Worth in Heaven rise,
Yell mend or ye win near him."
A correspondent sends us the following
humorous reminiscence conn( cted with a
member of " Tam's" family. which he says
occasioned a great 'deal of amusement in
Kilmarnock, mo.e than half a century a,o :
Burns' cronie, fanniliarly called " Tam
Sampson," followed the business of nursery
.and seedmau, in which two of his sons suc-
ceeded him, and who were both very suc-
cessful men. The eldest, Mr. William, stood
six feet six inches in his stockings, but was
anything but a well, proportioned man. He
jocularly said that he grew so -.fast that he
had not time to bring the breadth along
with him. The Sanipsons resided in that
part of the town called Braehead, consisting
of a few irregularly laid out houses and
villas on the Dumfi ies road. Dr. McKin-
ley, the minister, Who had the first charge
of the Leigh Kirk parish, was. one day ex-
amining the district of Braehead. The Doc-
tor occupied a prominent: part in the poem
of The Ordination," and is designated
" Simper James" in the ' Kirk's Alarm."
At that period it was customary for the
clergyinen to make progresses through the
town and parish, calling perhaps two or
three families into the mast convenient
house, examining the senior members on
doctrinal. points, and the junior on 'their
knowledge of sacred history. A meeting
having been convened in the house of a Mr.
M , an Irishman, who happened to be
in the 'vicinity, went in with the rest., as be
said "ta see the praste." Paddy had little
Scriptural lore, and when the doctor asked
him who was the strongest man mentioned
in the Bible. he was puzzled, and, scratch•
irig his .head, replied, "Troth, your rever-
ence, I don't know.; Sure I haven't seen
all. the strong fellows in the country." The
doctor then put the question to a boy, who
-Answered -- " Sanson," " Jabbers," cried
Paddy, " is it big Samson up there, ye mane ?
Sure I know one Jamie Cafferty that 'lid
knock the nose off -his face in a minis, the
long spalpeen." The gravity of the com-
pany was fairly upset : even the doctor
with
all .his clerical dignity (which was not a lit-
tle,) was obliged to relapse into a laugh.
But Paddy would not be put down ; he
maintained that he knew Sampson, had even
worked with him, and believed that he
could " lather - hint himself." The impul-
sive but positive Irishman was at length in-
duced to leave the premises, or rather eject-
ed:- But peal -on peal of sitppi essed laugh
ter burst . out, like corks flying from soda -
water bottles) and it was found impractica-
ble to proceed with the examination. No-
body enjoyed this story or told it oftener
than Mr. Sampson himself. He has been
long gathered to his fathers, but though a
little eccentric he was one of the most kind-
ly and benevolent dispositions, many in-
stances of which might be given. On one
old roan he settled 5s per week, on account
of his leaving been his father's barber. In
the first stanza of " Tam Samson's Elegy,"
Mr. Robertson, one of the parish ministers,
is mentioned, also Dr.. M'Kinlay and Sam-
son. Of course Dr.; M'Kinlay was berried
in Robertson's grave and in the nextlie the
remains of Tam Sampson.. So that these old
worthies, all named in one stanza of Burns'
poems, may be said to lie in one grave.
near the end. One of these tubes is insert-
ed in eaQh teat, and the cow at once runs
dry. The -report of the trial states that the
cow manif stcd no uneasiness, but stood
without liftirigaa foot, until her milk was
gone.—We do not -believe in milking ma-
schines in general, but if a practically good
one can be invented, it will save much in-
jury to cows from awkward, careless, or
cruel hand -milkers.
WHERE TO BUIL A HOUSE.—Build your
houses in the country in preference to any
place near the sea coast. In the country,
choose a -slope rathei than a plain to build
upon, and . where the sun can have full
ascess to it if possible, all the day. Be sure
(if need be, by effectual subdrainage) that
the soil is perfectly permeable to water.
Let -no moisture from the soil, from any
source, be permitted to distill its pernicious
influence upon the future dwelling or its
inmates. Let the rooms be large, of sub-
stantial breadth rather than height, and so
pierced by windows- that the air may have a
bounteous and free entrance and exit. - Let
fire -places be built in every room and cham-
ber—fire-places trade for real use, not kept
for show, and not closed with iron plates
which are to be pierced for air tight stoves.
Outside of the house le'3 there be ample
space for air and sunlight. One or two
trees may be permitted to grow near the
house, but not to over-shaddow it, for no-
thing but evil comes fromtoo much shade.
_ THE AGE OF GRAIN OR HAY has a great
effect on its fattening qualities. English
race and other fast horses are never fed on
new oats until February or March ; and if
before that :time it causes a disease like
grease, and spoils the horses for fast work.
The loss of moisture is not only the change
which takes place in the grain, for drying
it by artificial heat does not remove the
bad .effect.- - On the other hand, the potatoe
loses much of its fattening quality by keep-
ing. Boussingault estimates that twenty-
eight pounds of potatoes just after digging
are worth forty-one pounds a year old. Tur-
nips or potatoes which have sprouted loose
nearly all their fattening qualities.
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Buried and Alive Again ---A Tough -
Yarn.
Every one at all familiar with. the history
of Kansas at an early day, will remember
Dr. John Doy, whose conflicts with the pro-
slavery party and whose exploits in connec-
tion with the underground railway, while
the iniquitous fugitive slave law was in
force, made him extensively notorious. It
will be remembered that, having removed
to Battle Creek, Michigan, he was arrested
on the charge of procuring an abortion, and
thereby causing the death of the woman who.
sought his services. On this charge he was
I found guilty, and sentenced to a long term
of confinement in the State prison. As he
was found dead in his bed one morning,
under circumstances which strcngly point-
ed to poison as the cause of his death, it was
'generally supposed that he resorted to sui-
cide to ward off the disgrace which would
result -from his imprisonment. At all events,
he was buried, and, as t.sual, almost forgot=
ten.
.Now comes the most romanti iortion of
his history. A gentleman, whose statements
are considered entirely reliable called at our
office yesterday, and -showed us a letter pur-
porting to come from a daughter of this
same Doy, dated from a place in Ohio. From
the letter it seems that, though legally dead,
he is still living, and at _present is in Eng-
land. The letter stated that he had sent
for one daughter, who was already with
him, and that the rest of= the family, were.
making arrangements to follow immediately.
The circumstances of his resurrection
from the grave are stated somewhat as fol-
lows: Having formed a collision with some
friends, he took a large dose of morphia,
and when found in the morning the vital
forces were apparently extinct. As he was
considered dead, of ,course no objections_
were
bjections-
were raised to his body being restored to
his family.
This being done, in order to carry out the
deception, a coffin was procured and regular
funeral services held, the body,, being com-
mitted to what all supposed to be its final
resting pace. When every thing was over,
his grave was opened the body removed,
• and by the application of powerful reme-
dies, soon restored to its normal condition.
Prudence, of course, required that he should
leave the country where he was no longer
safe, and accordingly he went to England,
his former home.—American Paper.
APRIL 22,, 1870.
DIAMONDS
—OF THE—
FIRST WATER.
PURE & GENUINE
SEEDS!
Of all kinds except Foul
Red Clover,
Alsik Clover,
Yellow Trefoil Clover,
White Clover, -
Timothy,
Tares, -
Hungarian Grass,
-
Flax,
Turnip, -
?Mangle,
Red Carrot,
And a Large Assortment of
GARDEN
SEEDS,
TO BE HAD AT THE
CHEAP
SEED GROGERY
STORE 1
W. SCOTT ROBERTSON,
PROPRI F.TOR.
SEAFOIt H, March 24. 1870.
Victoria Organs
AND
MELODEONS
MANUFACTURED BY
R. S. WILLIAMS,
TORONTO ONT.
LIST OF PRIZES
TAKEN BY
R. S • Williams' Instruments.
UNION EXHIBITION, TORONTO, 1861.
FIRST PRIZE AND DIPLOMA '
FIRST PRIZE
Provincial Exhibition, Toronto, 1862.
FIRST PRIZE AND DEPLOMA,
Provincial Exhibition, Kingston, 1863.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
ALL persons -imdebted to the late firm o£ °
Zapfe & McCallum, are hereby requested to
call and settle the same with the undersigned on
or before the 1st. of March next, otherwise costs
will be incurred.
ZAPFE Sr CARTER.
Seaforth Foundry.
Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 115-tf
FIRST PRIZE AND HIGHLY COMMENDED
Provincial Exhibition, Hamilton, 1864.
DOG LOST.
OST in Seaforth on the last Show Day, a
1 small shaggy, black dog, with a little tan
color on the nose and legs, answers to the name of
Ceaser. Any person leaving the same at Mc -
Bride's Hotel in Seaforth, or with the owner will
be suitably rewarded.
-FIRST PPJZE,
Provincial Exhibition, London,
1865. First Prize and Highly
Recommended, Provincial Ex-
hibition, Lower Canada, Mon-
treal, 1865.
FIRST PRIZE,
Provincial Exhibition, Toronto, 1866.
JOHN DOBIE,
Lot No. 11, Con. 9.
Tuckersmith, March 25 1870. tf.
LIVERY STABLE.
TAMES ROSS desiries to inform the public
that he has opened a New Livery Stabile in
connection with his hotel, where parties can be
accommodated with first class horses and
vehicles, at reasonable prices,
Sear.orth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 97-tf.
FIRST PRIZE & tSPECIALLY RECOMMEN-
DED, - -
Provincial Exhibition, Kingston, 1867.
We have kept no record of County Exhibitions,
at which our Instruments have always taken
FIRST PRIZES, whenever exhibited in
competition with others.
PIANO FORTE -
Money! JVloney
HE subscriber has received another large re-
mittance of money for investment on good
farm property, at 8 per cent ; or 10 per cent, and
no charges.
JOHN S. PORTER.
Seaforth, Jan'y. list, 1870. 954f.
M'GREGOR & SON,
BOOKBINDERS, HULLETT.
ARE prepared to execute binding in every
style. Persons residing at a distance by
leaving their books at the Signal Boos Store,
Goderich, or at the EXPOSITOR office, . Seaforth. ,
stating style, may rely upon then being well
bound.
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
And returned without delay.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870, 80-tf.
Our stock will be found large and well select-
ed, and comprises first and second-class approved
makes, and the new Union Piano Company's
Piano. - An inspection is solicited before buying.
Address,
R. S. WILLIAMS,
Toronto, Ont.
112-1y.
Toronto, Jan'y. 28, 1870.
Agents ! Read This
MONEY TO LEND.
ON Farm or desirable village property at 6i
per cent. Payments made to suit the bor-
rower. Apply to
A. G. McDOUGALL,
Insurance
Agent t and
Commissioner, Seaforth,
or to JOHN SEATTER,
- Exchange Broker,
Seaforth.
March 25th, 1870. ly.
SE AFOl2TH
PLANING MILL
SASH, DOOR; AND
BLIND FACTORY!
T-HE subscribers beg leave to tender their sin-
cere thanks to their numerous cestomers and
the public at large, for the very liberal patronage
received since commencing business in Seaforth.
And as they have now a very large stock of Dry
Pine Lumber on hand, and having lately enlarged
their premises and added New Machinery (there-
by increasing their facilities for doing work with
despatch), they feel confident of giving every sa-
tisfaction to those who m �y favour them with
their patronage, as none but first-class workmen
are employed.
Particular attention. paid to custom planing.
BROADFOOT & GRAY.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.
WE will pay agents a salary of $30 per week
and expenses, or allow a large commission,
to sell our new wonderfurinventiona.
Addreu, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN.
c CARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentist
-
Ex,tracts teeth without pain by the use of
the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea-
con' store. Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth,
at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes-
day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc-
ial Hotel, on the following Thursdays and
Fridays. -
Parties requiring new teeth are requested to
call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days
of attendance.
Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracted
by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices.
New York. -
Stratford, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-tf.
NOTICE OF
REMOVAL! 1
4�}
E subscribers beg to notify their customers
T
Hand the public generally that they have re-
moved
To the Store lately occupied by A.
Mitchell, Second Door Above W.
S. Robertson's ..Italian Ware-
house,
Where they will keep constantly on hand a large
stock of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and
BROVISIONS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all
kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed.
Conntry Produce taken in exchange for Groce-
ries, Provisions, Flour and Feed.
•
All goods . purchased from us will be delivered
free of charge in any part of Saaforth, Hal'puV
hey, or Egmondville. -
Farmers may exchange wheat, &c.,, for Flour
and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value.
W. A. SHEARSON & CO.
Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y.
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