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” ■ ' ■■■"* 5 "T^ ; TO** PUBLISHED - j "VT/'YT TT TWICE A MONTH.) V UL. 11. Reynard in tlie Poultry Yard. The tableau presented on this page is a striking one and illustrates a fable. One day as Sir Richard Chanticleer and hiB family were taking a stroll in the woods a strange spectacle attracted their attention. Lying with his head prone upon the ground, with eyes closed and hin no perceptible signs of breathing, and • t»«id feet stiff and high up raised was a denix.cn of the forest. Long did Chanti cleer gaze upon the scene, a suspicion jaws, and her comrades saw a sudden leap and heard her last despairing cry as she was carried off by the sly old fox to his quarters. Sir Chanticleer observ ed that he smelt no decaying corpse and feared it was a case of deception. This fable is not without its moral. Vice is ever deceptive, and often puts on an aspect of harmlessness that beguiles the unsuspecting. The “ Old Play ” says: “All live by seeming, Aye, and religion, too, shall strive in vatu To turn tho headlong torrent." Avoid all appearance of evil. Shun everything seemingly good or harmless that you do not know to be good or harmless. The man who was the coolest person in the battle of Waterloo, has just died. He hid in the ice-house of the chateau during the tight. Do you know what each crop costs ? Avoid waste in harvesting and mar keting by either carelessness or lack of neatness. Make note of both failures and suc cesses, and report them for the benefit of others. Tho Jellico route to Louisville is a pop ular one to the Exposition. One bushel of corn will grow as many pounds of live poultry as it will of pork. REYNARD IN THE POULTRY YARD. lurking in his brain that there was some thing wrong, and*doubting the reality of the seeming death. The curiosity of the females of his family was excited and suggested the propriety of a close scru tiny. Sir Chanticleer wisely remarked that he feared that there waB danger in such a course.and succeeded in getting them to leave tho spot. Next day they saw the same sight and so on for several days, until all their fears were removed, and day by day, they closer drew nearer tho seeming corpse. At last dame Part- let going closer to the head of the sup posed dead, was suddenly seized in its. The beggar begs with It and tho gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming. The clergy scorn it not, and the bold soldier, Will eke It with hts service; all admit it. All proctico it, and he who is content With showing wbat he Is shall have smaH credit, In church or comp, or Stato. So wags the world." But this is not a fair judgment as an- 'other passage from the “Old Play” of Scott will show: “ We are not worse at once, the course ol evil Begins so slowly and from such slight source, An infant's hand might stem its breach with . clay, « let the stream get deeper and philosophy. A shipment 3000 bushels of red acorns has been made to Germany tot planting on untillablo lands and hill sides. Don’t go to the corners whon, unnec essary. Leave costly experiments to the ama teurs. Mix charcoal with the food when fat tening turkeys. It corrects acidity of the stomach aud prevents indigestion. The yield of honey in Iowa will be 'immense this year. The crop of white clover has a great deal to do with it. Repair tools and mend harness rainy days. “ Go for” those bushes in fence cor ners. Hardly danger of over-cultivating crops. The Southern World will soon com plete its second volume. “ Stir the soil,” say the best cultiva tors.