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.IT TO It JYB I*.! Tlj .1 W*,
EATONTON, GA.
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EATONTON, GA.
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EATONTON, GA.
May 16, 1854.
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May 30th, 1854. 41v
AY. A. DAVIS,”
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April 18, 1854.
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COURT CALENDAR FOR IN.jI.
REVISED BY THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
si pfkiohcoi siTS.
JANUARY. 4th Monday, Richmond
2d Monday, Chatham Muscogee
4th Monday, Richmond AUGUST.
FEBRUARY. 2d Monday, Clark
Ist Monday, Clark 3d Monday, Campbell
3rd Monday, Campbell Walton
Walton 4th Monday,
4th Monday, Baldwin Monroe
Jackson Taliaferro
Monroe Marion
Marion Baldwin
Meriwether Jackson
Sumter Meriwether
Taliaferro Sumter.
MARCH SEPTEMBER
Ist Monday, Coweta Ist Monday, Pat tiding
Chattooga Coweta
Madison Madison
Morgan Chattooga
Paulding Morgan
2d Monday, Butts 2d Monday, Polk
Cass Cass
Crawford Crawford
Elbert Butts
Greene Elbert
Gwinnett Greene
Harris Gwinnett
Polk Harris
3d Monday, Cobb 3d N[onday, Cobb
Fayette Twiggs
Hall Fayette
Putnam Hall
Twiggs Putnam
Talbot Talbot j
Columbia Columbia
Hart Hart
3d Thursday, Bulloch 4th Monday, Gordon
Monday after. Effingham Newton
4th Monday, Gordon Macon
Macon Washington
Newton * AYilkes
Washington Olay
"Wilkes Last Thursday, Rabun
Clay OCTOBER.
APRIL Ist Monday, Cherokee
Ist Monday, Cherokee Fulton
Fulton Murray
Randolph Randolph
Murray Warren
Pike Wilkinson
Warren Taylor
Wilkinson Tuesday alter, Pike
Camden 2d Monday, Forsyth
Taylor Whitfield
Thursday alter, Rabun Dooly
Friday after, Wayne *llabersham
2d Monday, Forsyth Hancock
Whitfield Montgomery
Dooly Laurens
Glynn Thrsuday after, Tattnall
Habersham 3d Monday, Lumpkin
1 laneock Worth
Montgomery Franklin
Laurens Early
Thursday after, Mclntosh Henry
and Tattnall Stewart
3d Monday, Lumpkin Emanuel
Worth Jones
Franklin Oglethrope
Stewart Pulaski
Early 4th Monday, Union
Henry Decatur
Jones IJeKalb
Liberty Houston
Oglethrope Jasper
Pulaski Lincoln
Emanuel Scriven
Thursday after, Bryan Telfair
4th Monday, Union Catoosa
Decatur Thursday after, Irwin
Dekalb Bulloch f
1 louston Monday after, Effingham
Jasper NOVEMBER.
Lincoln Ist Monday, j
Scriven Kinchajbonee
Telfair Fanninl
Catoosa Heard I
Thursday after, Irwin Walkei
MAY Upson I
Ist Monday, Ist Tuesday, Bulloch %
Kinchafoonec 2d Monday, Bim
Fannin Gilmi-I-
Heard ('hattlhoochee
Walker Bake!
Upson Jeffe§3on
2d Monday, Bibb Dadtl
Gilmer 9h Monday, Slalding
Chatahoochee Pick® ns
Baker Burle
('hath am Canlden
Dade Callloun
3d Monday. Spalding Trofip
Pickens Friday after,iWayne
Burke 4th Mondavi Glynn
Calhoun TlJbmas
Troup I’lughtery
4tli Monday Thomas } f>yd
Dougherty Thursday ; lor,
Floyd } jclntosh
Monday after Lowndes, Monday tier, Lowndes
Monday af Lowndes, and I Liberty
Clinch Thursday lifter, Bryan
Thursday after Clinch, Monday i jter Lowndes,
i Ware. ' Clinch.
Monday alter Ware, Thursday after Clinch,
Appling. ' Ware.
Wednesday after, Monday alter Ware,
Charlton. Appling
Friday after, Thursday after
Coflee. Charlton
JUNE. Friday after, Coffee
Ist Monday, Jefferson DECEMBER.
2d Monday, 2d Monday, Leo
Dee Carroll
Carroll 4th Minday, Muscoogco
*On the Ist and 2d Mondays in October next
(for one term only.)
f Fall Term, 1854.
j After Fall Term 1854.
About the Letter J. —Many peo
ple in writing the letter J, make no dis
tinction in its form from that of I, or, if
they do, it is so slight that most peo
ple would be at a loss to distinguish the
two, unless the letter is accompanied
by the whole word, Such indis
tinctness often occasions mistakes—
mistakes that might a times result in
something serious, jiways in that
which is unpleasant, i Every letter
should have a characteristic form that
will distinguish it from all others at a
glance. And why J has come to be
written so much like 1, is hard to be
told. The fault must lie in the teach
er, or him who leads the hand to the
use of the pen.
J should always, when designed as
a capital, be made with its lower half
below , while I should come only to
the line; then there pan be no mis
take, and if the renowned “John Doe”
should take a notion to write his lirst
name with only its initial, the printer
would never transform him into I.
Doe. Every one who instructs in
penmanship, should bear this in mind,
and teach the pupil the difference in
constructing these two letters; and
those who have acquired the habit,
should at once break it, and so write
their J’s that they may be “ known of
all men.”
EATONTON, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1854.
florin).
A Duel.
Thomas Hood describes an intended duel which
was prevented by an amicable arrangement made
upon the ground. The parties—Mr. Bray and Mr.
Flay—rivals for the affections of Miss Lucy Bell,
find it necessary to appeal to arms.
But- first they found a friend apiece,
This pleasant thought to give—
That when they both were dead, they’d have
Two second# yet to live.
To measure out the ground, not long
The seconds next forebore;
And having taken one rash step,
They took a dozen more.
They next prepared each pistol pan,
Against the deadly strife ;
By putting in the prime of death,
Against the prime of life.
Now all was ready for the foes;
But when they took their stands,
Fear made them tremble so, they found
They both were shaking hands.
Said Air. C. to Air. I?.,
“Here one of us may fall,
And, like St. Paul’s Cathedral now,
Be doomed to have a ball.
I do confess I did attach
Misconduct to your name !
If I withdraw the charge, will then
Your ramrod do the same ?”
Said Air. 8., “I do agree ;
But think of Honor’s courts, —
If we be off without a shot,
There will be strange reports.
But look! the morning now is bright,
Though cloudy it begun;
Why can’t we aim above, as if
We had called out the sun?”
So up into the harmless air
Their bullets they did send ;
And may all other duels have
That upshot in the end.
ItfetdlilTOHS.
FOR THE IXDPEXDKXT PRESS.
MY UNCLE SIMON’S PLANTATION;
OH
SKETCHES OF SOUTHERN LIFE, Ac.
BA' ABRAIIAAf GOOSEQUILL, ESQ.
STUMP-SPEAKIXG AND THE BARBECUE.
“ Com’st- thou with deep, premeditated lines,
With written pamphlets, studiously devised,
Humphrey of Glostcr ? If thou canst accuse,
Or aught intend’st to lay unto my charge,
Do it without invention, suddenly;
As I, with sudden and extemporal speech,
Purpose to answer what thou canst object.”
[I. King Henry VI.
Every fourth year, if we are to cred
it our stump-speakingpettyfoggers, and
hireling slangwhaneers, our liberties
reach a crisis. Without their patriotic
efforts induced Toy the love for the dear
people, these liberties would most as
suredly be dashed doivn the precipice
of destruction, and lost in the Mtel
stroom of annihilation. In the name
of all that is good and holy, how shall
wc reward the labors of these gentry ?
1 low shall we repay them for the love
which accumulates in their bosoms, un
til, every four years, the interest ex
ceeds the principle, and breaks out in
such torrents of eloquence for us the
sovereign people? Oh! “Danielcome
to judgment,” and let us know how Ave
shall discharge the debt of gratitude
due by us! But avc will let one of
the aforesaid benefactors, in the ab
sence of a Daniel, enlighten us upon
this subject. Come on then Mr. Pet
tyfogger; just whisper it in my ear, and
I assure you I will keep it from the
common people that you have any such
thought. If I mistake not I hear in
private something like these words: —
“Givens office /” Jlelas! pcaivre Yor
ique !
It was proposed, at one time, to
have a “free discussion,” and barbecue
in the neighborhood of Uncle Simon.—•
The old gentleman v r as very much op
posed to it: —“For,” said he, “I have
heard several of these free discussions,
and I never knew anything good to
come of one of them yet. Y our Democrat
is not going to believe yonr Whig or
ator, and vice versa. Each speaker is
disposed to indulge in ridicule, low an
ecdote, and too often in falsehood. —
The party which halloos loudest, and
laughs most, is the one which gains the
•advantage. Now, are not such proceed
ings demoralizing in the extreme? In
stead of our smart men’s setting exam
ples of good taste, and high-toned mo
rality, they tire for pandering to the
prejudices of the people, and teaching
them that ribaldry is superior to logic.”
These Avere my uncle’s views, in
which I perfectly coincided with him.
The statute of 29th Charles 11, chap.
3, called the “Statute of Frauds,” and
passed as “An act for the prevention
“ WITHOUT FE'HI, F.tt'OU OH vIFFECTIO.Y”
of Frauds and Perjuries,” is one of
the wisest laws that adorns any civil
code. I suggest to our gentlemen leg
islators, wherever found, the proprie
ty of passing a law, Avith like intentions,
against the practice of stump-speaking.
I have no hope, however, that my sug
gestion will be heeded by those to
whom it is addressed, since most of
them are afflicted with the. mania Avhich
my proposed medicine would cure.
But to return. Uncle Simon’s ob
jections were overruled by the tribu
nal which held jurisdiction, anditAvas
agreed to have a “free barbecue and
discussion.” The Pettyfoggers, and so
on, must come, and enlighten us so that
we might know how to cast our votes ,
Nve poor ignoramuses. All in the neigh
borhood subscribed a shoat or more,
according to their several abilities, and
uncle Simon, conforming to the will of
the majority, did the same.
The night before the barbecue rolled
round, and Major Lookover was ap
pointed to superintend the feast. The
pits had all been dug, the wood hauled,
and the pepper, salt and vinegar got
ten ready, together Avith all the other
little et ceteras appertaining to such an
occasion. The next day, at about 10
o’clock, 1 went to the pit. I learned
from old David, who Avas one of the
chief men in barbecuedom, that the
shoats, about forty in number, and the
lambs, about ten, had been “put on”
that morning near day-break. Major
Lookover was boisterous in his com
mands to the darkies who were placed
under his charge. He felt his import
ance fully as much as any one on the
ground, except perhaps, the speakers
and old David.
I was much amused to hear with
what ineffable contempt the latter spoke
of “poor Avhite folks,” who, lie said,
seemed over anxious to swallow some
of that of Avhich he knew they were
destitute at home, lie said that when
ever Maj. Lookover happened to turn
his hack another way, thesefolks would
pounce down upon the pig’s tails and
ears, already sufficiently cooked, like
a turkey-buzzard at the birth of a lit
ter of these gentlemen grunters. “Mass
Abraham,” said he, “they don’t know
no more about manners clan a gentle
man’s niggers. Old Davy is black, but
lie knows heap better clan to begin to
eat afore he is axed.”
Reader, imagine old David walking
up and down the pit, with a stick in
one hand, iionv punching the lire, and
then brandishing his weapon over the
head of some delinquent younger ne
gro. The Major had breveted him
second in command, and dubbed him
Captain. This had truly a martial ef
fect on him, and it appeared in his firm,
steady tread, and a disposition to be
belligerent towards all intruders.
In one place stood a squad of what
might be termed the %'hoys .” Each
one held in his hand a rough-looking
hickory stick, which reminded you of
Hercules’ club in miniature. Their
breeches-legs and socks seemed to have
been quarreling that morning, from the
antipathy they exhibited toward each
other, and which could not even be
overcome by the main force of old bri
dle reins substituted for straps. The
same cause of difference existed be
tween their vests, and the waist-bands
of their trowsers; or, perhaps, what I
took to be an exposure of their shirts,
in consequence of this difference, was
only white bands of cotton cloth gird
ed round about their stomachs, and
which formed part of the mode ala
Vhoy. Their coats showed that they
appeared in borrowed feathers, literal
ly and figuratively; for in reality, the
said garments looked as if they had
been stowed away in feather-beds in
stead of chests or trunks ; and more
over, their indisposition to clasp their
wearers in close embrace, betrayed the
fact, that in all human probability,
their daddies had stood for the tailor
to take their measures—the boys not
being used to such things, and there
fore liable not to stand correctly. Their
hats were probably those which their
fathers wore when they were married,
upwards of twenty years before; for
they were real bell-crowned fellows,
reminding you more than any thing else
of an inverted sugar loaf blackened,
and stuck in a rim of patent leather.—
They had little white hairs fixed about
upon their countenances here and there,
which made them resemble an old pig
eon with the feathers picked off before
the down is singed. Every now and
then when Capt. David passed these,
one of them would make an attempt
•at a witty saying, at which they all
roared, but which had no other effect
oti David than to cause his upper lip to
assume an angle of forty-five degrees,
and his nasal organ to behave accord
ingly.
In another place you might sec a
large collection of boys, of ten years
and under, sitting down upon stones
and roots of trees; now lolling about,
now huddled together like a bevy of
partridges in a sunshiny December
morning. Every now and then one of
them would stray too near the pit, and
Capt. David would jump at him, and
make him scamper off to his compan
ions with so much terror in his counte
nance, as to prevent for some time a
repetition of the offence.
I lere you might see a crowd of girls
“just out,” and dressed in a manner
corresponding with that of the young
men, only, of course, they had not yet
commenced like their mothers, to wear
the—trowsers. Every now and then
you might see a squadron of boys such
as I have described above, come dash
ing upon their three-year old cockle
burred colts, performing divers and
sundry evolutions, which would even
put to shame a Georgia Major. Now,
they would come one side-foremost, as
if nature designed their ponies to trav
el in that way, and then, they would
turn tails for heads and make a retro
grading progression towards the place
of assemblage.
“Never mind their ways,” said un
cle Simon; “every man has his own
way of being great, and I am not sure
but that the way of these boys is pre
ferable to that of the speakers, who
will pretend to enlighten us presently.”
By tliitftime the crowd had nearly
all arrived, and, to use old David’s
words, “a few on ’em” Avcre around
the pit. “Where the carcass is, there
will the eagles be gathered together.”
The sight was truly tempting. Up
on the sticks laid across the pit, were
placed whole pigs, with their tails as
nicely curled as if the task had been
performed by the liair-dresscr to some
citv belle. Their noses were turned
up just as they used to be in life, when
their owners scented an ear of corn
from afar. A constant incense of odors
seasoned with pepper and vinegar, went
up from the whole oblation, and eve
ry where greeted thc olfactories. E ver
and anon, drops of rich gravy fell
down into the lire, crackling, and send
ing up curling wreaths of smoke, ac
companied with a fragrance which made
all lament that it should be lost!
About 11 o’clock there was a com
motion among the people, and it was
announced that the speaking would
soon commence. We all proceeded to
the stand about one hundred yards off;
but, as the crowd deployed to the right
and left, many were the wistful looks
cast back towards Sodom, the place of
their future hopes. I saw both the
speakers, one Whig and one Democrat,
mount the rostrum. One came with
his “premeditated lines,” his pamph
lets and news-papers in abundance— '
the other had none of the documents
visible; though it afterwards turned
out, that he had some “few extracts
cut from some Northern papers, which
he would read to the audience.”
Well, the man Dobbs, who had no
visible documents, got up to speak first,
and made a tremendous complaint
against the other for bringing so many
pamphlets and news-papers there. For
himself, he was going to speak extem
poraneously. The intelligence of the
audience which he had the honor to
address, needed no such thing as doc
uments! lie then went onto show
that the only issue between the two
parties, was the question of slavery;
and that his candidates were in favor
of it, and the candidates of the other
party opposed to it. To prove this, he
read extracts from Barn-burner and
Free Soil papers; showing, that they
opposed his candidates, while they fa
vored the pretensions of the others.—
Ilis remarks were interspersed through
out with anecdote, witticism, etc. Os
course, the excitement was tremen
dous, and the welkin rang with plau
dits and shouts of laughter—simply,
because his party had gone to the place
determined to cheer, and laugh—and,
rather than not to laugh at all, they
were determined to laugh at nothing.
Dobbs wound up by addressing him
self directly to the crowd ! have de-
scribed as standing around the pit, tel
ling them how much abashed he was
to speak in the presence of so much in
telligence and enlightenment!
Hobbs, now got up to reply, and fol
lowed pretty much in tlie footsteps of
his antagonist. lie seemed carried
away with a flood of indignation, to
think that Dobbs should have com
plained of his carrying so many 'docu
ments upon the stand, when he him
self had been compelled to draw from
his pockets the documents he had cov
ertly stowed away there.
For himself, he despised hypocrisy,
and therefore had come out openly and
boldly from the first with his pamph
lets and newspapers! Here followed
the most tremendous and uproarious
applause. Hobbs then went on to tell
his anecdotes, and to excite laughter
in his party. He, also, made quotations
from other Free Soil papers, to coun
terbalance those which had been addu
ced by Dobbs.
I noticed in these speeches, that each
of the orators made constant appeals
to the lowest, and vilest prejudices of
their auditors; who hallooed, laughed,
screamed, yelled, howled and stamped
unceasingly. Very often, however,
when they sh ould have applauded they
were silent, and when they should have
been silent, they made most noise. It
was very unlucky for the speakers that
the breeze blew from the roasting meat
towards the stand—for I was several
times very much amused to See some
of the finest bursts of eloquence—some
of the most pathetic appeals —lost up
on the audience, who happened at that
time to have heir nostrils inflated with
odors from the barbecue, borne upon
the wing of the Zephyr, and who stood
with their noses turned up in that di
rection, just as I have seen cousin
Aristides’ old Louder throw up his
head to wind a fox trail.
After Dobbs and Hobbs had spoken
an hour and a half apiece, at two o’-
clock it was announced that dinner was
ready. The congregation did not wait
to be invited twice to the table, but
forthwith made a rush for their antici
pated meal.
The pigs had been taken up and carv
ed into proper sized pieces, then put in
wooden trays, and ranged along upon
the table at intervals of some three or
four feet. Between these trays were
huge piles of light bread, and a kind
of sour corn loaf which goes by the
name of risen bread. All joined in,
and reserving discussion of the merits
of the speeches of their respective or
ators until after dinner, were very bu
sily employed in a practical discussion
of the merits of the eatables—a point
upon which they all seemed agreed.—
I happened to pass by Captain David,
when a peal of laughter burst upon my
ear, and soon after, the exclamation —
“Lord, how some white folks can cat!”
Literary.— Alexander Dumas, the
French novelist, and plagiarist, is en
gaged on a “twelve volume” novel for
the United States.
Charles Dickens has accepted the
office of President of the Beading
Athenaeum, vacant by the death of
Judge Talfourd.
M. Jaques Arago is about going to
the Brazils, at the invitat ion of the Em
peror Pedro 11.
Frederika Bremer has Avrit ten a Avarm
appeal to the Swedish Parliament in
favor of the Jews.
Among the deaths in England late
ly, is that of Arthur Aikin, at the age
of 80, and the eldest son of Dr. Aiken,
the friend of children, and author of
Evening's Entertainments , in conjunc
tion with Mrs. Barbauld. Arthur
Aiken Avas Secretary of the Geologi
cal Society and Society of Arts, as well
as author of various scientific Avorks.
Prestige of Spectacles.— l de
scended to the Kulhait river, on my
route back to Dorjiling, visiting my
very hospitable tippling friend, the Ka
gee ofLingcham, on the Avay down.—
He humbly begged me to get, him a
pair of spectacles, for no other object
than to look Aviso, as he had the eves of
a luuvk. He told me that mine drew
down universal respect in Sikkim, arid
that I had been drawn Avith them on
in the temple at Changachelling, and
that a pair would not only Avonderfully
become him, but afford him the most
pleasing recollections of myself. Hap
pily, I had the means of gratifying him,
and have since been told that he wears
them on state occasions.— Hooker's Him
alayan Journals.
“Oh, what a soft seat!” as the hat said
when placed on the dandy’s head.
Death keeps the key of the miser’s
chest.
NUMBER 10.
Hgritnltaral.
Agricultural Qualities , <$V.,
of JYebraska.
The Cleveland Herald contains an
interesting letter from the Nebraska
region, written by William Walker,
aft intelligent and worthy half-breed, 1 "'
and the chief of the Wyandot Indians,
from which we make the following
extract : *
As far as I have been able to make
observations on cultivated lands, 1
have no hesitation in affirming that
there can be no country found to sur
pass it in the production of corn, wheat
and oats. Clover, I think, will not do
well. The soil is too loose, and the
clover freezes out in the winter,
and what is left gets the finishing
stroke during the autumnal droughts
so common to this country. That this
country is well adapted to fruit raising
I can speak with confidence, as I have
been doing something in that line my
self, and take much interest in that de
partment of horticulture. I think I
never ate as luscious in my
life as my neighbors and I have rais
ed. It is to be regretted, however,
that in some seasons the peach crop
has met with total failure.A But apples
and other fruit seldom fail. On the
alluvial lands we have pawpaws. &c.,
that will eclipse anything in the ay est
ern Avorld.
With regard to mercantile and me
chanical pursuits, it Avould be difficult,
at present to tell. This Avill depend
upon the population in the various
prominent points, and Avhen the cur
rent of trade has settled down to the
permanent maximum. The location
of the Mississippi and Pacific Bailroad
through the central route Avill soon
developc the business points. But
upon the organization of the territory,
and, moreover, upon the extinguishing
of the title of the Shawnee and Dela-
Avare Indians to their lands upon the
Kansas river, (as they oavh both sides)
a great opening Avill here present it
self to the enterprising and business
men of all pursuits. It is navigable
for 200 miles up to the “Rupublican
Fork,” except in a low stage of Avater,
which occurs generally in the Fall.—
The country upon this stream is con
sidered the best portion of the territo
ry, the land generally being Avell adap
ted to agricultural purposes, and being
well av ate red by streams emptying
into the Kansas River.
I have not travelled this portion of
the Territory, and therefore Mate only
whatT derive from reliable authority.
I have explored the southern portion,
and cannot speak in rapturous terms ot
the country. It is not as well watered,
nor has it as many water privileges for
machinery as in the northern part, nor
is the soil as good, though a line gra
zing country. The whole territory is
prairie, except upon the streams; and
like most other western countries,
has hills and dales, rivers and creeks,
prairie and timber, rich 'and poor land.
The upland lies high and rolling into
beautiful waves. The timber in the
timber country is red, white, black,
burr, and pine oak, shell and smooth
bark hickory, black-walnut, hack
berry, coffee, bean, mulberry, ash,
linden, &e., and in the bottom lands
which are subject to inundation, noth
ing but cottonwood of the rankest and
most rapid growth.
There can be no better country for
raising live slock. The waters (from
springs) are generally hard, owing to
the source being from beds of lime
; stone. There are springs, however,
| that proceed from clay banks, and the
| water from these is invariably soft.
With regard to the climate, it is
! about the same as in the northern pan.
|of Ohio, except the winters are not
! so long, and the summers are longer
and warmer. As evidence of the lat
ter, I will state that during the months
of July and August, the mercury in
the shade is frequently up to 100 and
105 deg., and 1 recollect two or three
instances of 110 deg.
In the winter, the weather is very
irregular. In the winter months, the
mercury will sometimes stand at 55
deg. or “Temperate,” and in twelve
hours’ time it will be 10 deg. below
zero. The irregularity of the climate
is by many attributed to our altitude
above the valley of the Mississippi and
proximity to the Kooky Mountains.—
Hut: permit me to say at least one thing
iu praise of the “Queen of the Prai
ries”.—we have, both in winter and
summer, the finest roads for wheel car
riages on the Continent of America;
I do not say turnpike' or Macadamized
roads, but roads made by the plastic
hand of In the winter es
pecially, it is glorious wheeling—in
deed, good for any other mode of trav
elling;.
One peculiarity I cannot pass with
out remark. The morning and even
ing twilight lasts about an hour longer
than in Ohio.
A crop of hay has been mown from
the Park in Mew York on the last week
of May.
The corn crop looks exceedingly One.