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i Useful Recipes. Zlt gnu Orlrsn of large Malaga grape fmdi from the vmcyarda of AndaltiMia, packed usual, in cork saw dust, which preserve the pluiupnena and flavor of the grape and absorb no moisture either from the gTpe or the humidity of the air. We saw, too, at Louia Torre's, on Canal street, an unusual arrival it wa shipment of pure French Chae-Ua grapes, direct from Fontainbleau, packed large earthenware iars, holding twen reached aboat tbe same d'ath be again eouoterei the tre, and a third attempt, at a still great 4 stance frora the first well, agai brought him in a contact with this sa-eriaDean forest, the tree of winch ar of grtat se and well preserved. There are portion of land in New Jersey, near the coast wbre buried tree are also found, and considerable bnsioei ka, Wn don in thetw. Tee UtlK I)MM.

The veterinary editor of the Bnf-tU Lire Stork Jotrmal does not believe the disease now so prevalent among the horse i the same that swept over the land three years ago. The doctor's teeter upon the subject is ot peculiar interest the piesent time. He says: "The disease a Inch prevails among our horses at present seeois toawuroea more serious character than was at tirst anticipated. The first sj nipt were of so mild a nature as to cause little or no apprehension of any danger from the disease in a later stage, for a treat many horses in this vicinity which have bad i he usual symptoms (cough) are apoa rently in god health and performing their daily woik. There is.

however, a large number wholly unfit tor use, it having asoumed a much more dangerous Tbe Greatest Crap Vine in the World Ta tba Kdltor at taa Naw artoaaa Tiaaa Sib I noticed in your issue of the 24'h an article headed "A immense rape Tine," taken trora the i'row of Santa Barbara, California, a a great wocder. Now, the writer of this article is willing to concede that California is a great aod good S'ate. tbat she produce cereals and fruits of tbe largest and best varieties aod in great abundance, and also tbat she is famous for hr vineyard atd wines a well as for her big trees. But when she boast of having produced tbe largest grape vine in tbe world, 1 think she claims an honor that she 1 not entitled to. In the great grapevine standing on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay.

written about by the late President Martin Van Buren (about the year 144) tbe Santa Baibara vine has a rival of no mean Dill. Ociefret X'-a r. It Of a asm rsarm. CONSTANT I WKo Stnr1r. Oct.

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KINDS. TDISE SCALE'S ARM AJtTfFACTFKJLB A a-i To Wash Calicoes. In washing calicoes in which the colors are not ft. be careful cot to boil them but wash then in tbeusaalway with soap, ana riaseia bard water. For dark colored goods ad a little salt to the water; for light, a lit tle vinegar.

The following i a simple bit sure way to tell good froes) bad egg Fat taenia water enough to cover Lbcm. All that he flat, as tbey would on a smooth serf ace out of water, are good thoe of which the big end rise are bad. The vessel used should have a smooth, level bottom. In ces ot a sudden jar, knock, or i ini of the band or fingers, immediately alter the blow prtss the lij tired part with the uninjured band, say between the thumb atd fore Surer, and gradually let op on it. It will nearly always remove the pain, and generally any swelling that might occur under the circumstance.

ticirnlifit American. IJoiLi.N; Meat. Meat boiled for table use should be plunged at once into boiling water, as the heat con tracts the outer surface, and coagulates the albumen, thus preventing the escape of the juices. Prepared for stock or broth it should be placed on the fare in cold water, a then the neon fined juices are free to pass into the honor surrounding it, Potted Meats. It not nnfreauentlv happens in a family that quantities of cooked meats remain on hand.

should be potted. Cut the meat from the bones, chop tine and seaon high with salt, pepper, cloves and cinnamon. Moisten with vinegar, sauce or melted butter, according to the kiod of meat, or to suit your own taste. Then pack it tight into ajar, and cover over the top with about a quarter of an inch of melted butter. It will keen months, and alwiy a fiord a ready and excellent dish for the breakfast or tea table.

A New Wat to Cook Apples. Fill a quart bowl with alternate layers of thinly sliced apples aDd sugar; add half a teacup of water, cover with a saucer held in place by a weight. Bake slowly three hours. Let stand until celd.andyon wilt turn ont a rounded russs of clear led slices imbedded in firm jtlly. Cooked in this way, few desserts are more delicious.

Destkoting Weeps. Anybody who has taken the trouble observe the tendency of weeds to spring up immediately after a shower, has also observed the fact that if the ground is loosened after a rain no weeds will appear. This is due mainly to two ranges. First, weed seeds, as a rule, are very 6mall, consequently tbey will germinate only id ground somewhat packed. A rainfall will always produce a crust on the soil, and as the seeds are intimately mixed with the nme, the rootlets get a chance to start.

tecoudJy, the cultivation of the soil after a rain exposes a larger surface to the action of the air, consequently it dries rapidly, and the seeds obtain no start, or if started, dry out aDd penab. Acting on these established facts, it appears aneasy matter to destroy noxious weeds by keeping the rori broken. Of course this as- 1 1 les only to soil and seasons not exces sively wet, and only to crops susceptible of cultivation daring growth. Wlii Whew La at pa ftepl4e. All eiplosioDB of coal-oil lamps are caused by the vapor or gas that collects in tne space above the oil.

When full of oil of course a lamp cod tains no gas. but immediately on lighting the lamp con sumption of oil begins, so on leaving a space for gas, which commences to form as the lamp warms np, and after burning a short time, sufticiert gas will accumu late to cause an explosion. I he gas in a lamp will explode only when ignited. In this respect it is gunpowder. Cheap or inferior oil is always the most dangerous.

Tbe flame i communicated to tbe gas in the following manner: Tbe wick tube in all lamp burners is made larger than tbe wick which is to pass through the wick, work tightly in the burner; on the contrary, it is essential that it move up and down with perfect ease. In this way it is un avoidable that space in tbe tuba is left along the sides of the wick sufficient for the flame from the burner to pass down into the lamp and explode the gas. Many things may occur to cause the flame to pass down the wick tube and explode tbe lamp. 1. A lanio may be standing on a table or mantle, and a slight raft of air from the open window.

or a sudden opening of door, cause an explosion. A lamp may be taken oaicklv fiom'a table or mantle and instantly explode. s. A lamp is taken intoan entry where there is a draft, er out doors, and an ex plosion ensues. 4.

A lighted lamp is taken una flight stairs, ar is raised quickly to place it tbe mantle, resulting in an explosion. all tne cases tbe mischief is done bv tbe air movement either by suddenly cbeckiug the draft or forcing air down the chimney against the flame. 5. l.lowmg down tbe chimney to ex tinguish the light is a frequent cause of explosion. 6.

Lamp explosion have been caused by nmg a chimney broken oft at the top, one that has a piece broken out whereby the draft is rendered variable and the fianie unsteady. 7. Sometimes a thoughtless person puts small sized wick in a large burner, thus leaving considerable space in tbe tube along tbe edges of the wick. An old burner, with its air-drafts c'ogged up, which rightfully should be thrown away, is sometimes continued in use, aDd the final result is explosion. Hew Kallac t-A Care.

Having seen the question asked how- cure Lens from eating eggs, and having been pnt to my wit's end to devise some meaDs to step them, I finally, by ac- cident, hit npon a plan that I have Lever know to fail. One great trouble with many breeders is. thev mke their htrV nests too large, and with Brahmaa aDd Cochins the nests are near the ground, and in many cases the eggs are view of tbe hen. This was the case with my nests. Having tried every avail able stuff, soeh as pper, mustard, turpentine, and every thing 1 could hear of.

but no cure, 1 tben took a common nail keg, cut in two, or a piece about eight inches high, and placed it in the box beie tbe bens laid. I then put in an egg: hold hen monnted the nest or and tried to reach the egg. standing the edge of the keg. but it was no then got down in the keg, but that a failure, for she did cot have room get at the egg; after trying for some time she gave it up as a bad too. I have never had an egg eaten by the hens since tfen all of the nests in nir mop have a piece of a keg in the box, and have rr kegs for Destn.

I)o not make them too deep, but deep enough, so that the hen cannot reach the bottom when suiiiding i be edge cf the keg. You that are troubled with bees eating their egg, try plan it costs but little, and I think will never regret the trouble it will to outwit th hen. Vnri armer. or cr hie THE RAKE DEPARTMENT FRiMl A. BtBTLETT.

Bolter. HEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY. NOV. T. 1T.

An Example for Our Young Men. Almost ever dav we are called upon by young men wlio fell as that having no employment iu the city, tbey are de- r-irousot going ioto the country to till the noil far a living in the fu'ure. pro Tided they can make a suitable arrangement. When questioned closely as to wbt tbey consider a suitatue arrangement, tuey astonmh na by statins that tne management of a plantation of several nun-aired acres, well stocked and ready sup plied wun lauor, is auout the tu to meet eir views; wnne tney readily ac knowledge that tbey know nothing of toe holiness, and that np to the present lionrtbey have devoted their auction pretty ninth entirely to the details of ttie commission, grocery, or the wholesale lry (roods business in this citv. 1 he trouble, as may tbas te seen, is lliat tbey Lave too big ideas aaout their capacity do things.

Thev must learn that the business of profitable agiicolture require an apprenticeship, as well as those to which they have served their time and that during the first two or three years they should Dot expect a greater compensation if working tor others than that which they had received at the first outset in their former employments. let, if they are realry in earnest, and Tvould become farmers, working for themselves alone, there is ootning to Hinder them bat the necessity of having a small capi tai. ii mey openea a little snop id ome hole-in-the-wall in the city, this idtntkal difficulty would have to be met. it tbey embarked in the commission business, still their desks, their books and their advertising bills woold have to lie encountered with money, either their own or that of their friends. In embarking in farmisg the different is ttiat tneir outlay is not so great, and the greater part of it is not put out in things that have no real value; and in the event a failure to realize an interest upon it, will almost always sell for as much as it cost.

Fifty dollars will support a single man a year id the country, while live hundred will hardly suffice to do it in the cities. Eight to ten acres of land will be sum- 4-ientlorany raw hand to cultivate, and tb crop which can reasonably be ex pected from this will Bet much more than any clerk or mechanic can realize clear ot expenses. Kven less land than we hae mentioned will suffice to enable an industrious man to liveconitortably.aBd when it is nnder stood, then as a farmer, he is absolutely bis own master, and is subject to Uie beck aid call ot no one. We cannot see bow there ran be a moment's hesita tion among young men about making the venture. newt out in this article to point to the results of the last yea l'a labors of one of the New Orleans raised boys, who was brave enougn make the trial of farm ing.

Mr. jold yy. uoiiens, son ot onr esteemed fellow -citizen Jndge Thomas Wharton Collens, although entirely raw in the duties of a farmer, took a small farm last year and made the following crop by tne labor of bis own bands: 1 ive bales of cotton, ninety-seven barrels of corn, fodder and hay enough to feed his working stock, aDd chickens enough to furnish the means to buy such article of diet and raiment as he requires. Thia was done in Wilkinson county, Miseis- eippi, apd he expects next year to far ex ceed Ln last year pro Lis, Now this is an example worthy ef being followed. There are hundreds of young men in this ciiy who would become far barrier and better by doing it.

They need not lear to meet toe 1 iniquities -which lie in their way, or those thev meet dily are tar more to be feared. Wnat is required is pluck. That is all. Who will try itT How to Bud. We quote the following details concerning budding from the-lmT-a Fruit I vilungt.

by I nomas The essential requisites for success are, first, a thrifty, rapidly growing stock, so tnat tne bark will peel very freelv. fee- ondly, a proper time; not so early that there will be too little cambium or no-cillagtnous cement between the bark and the wood, for the adhesion of the bud; nor eo late that the bark will not peel, nor the subsequent growtn sufficiently cement be bud to tbe stock. I hirdly, buds suffi ciently mature, ioarthly, a keen fiat knife, lor shaving on the bud, that it may lie close in contact upon the wood of the eiock. lfthly. the application of a liga ture with moderate pressure, causing the iiua to nt tne stock closely.

An iDcision is made lengthwise through tne nark oi toe stock, aod a small cut at right aogles at the top, the whole som hat resembling the letter T. A bud is then taken from a sboot or the present year's growth, by shaving off the bark an inch or an inch and a half in length, with a small part ot ttie wood directly beneath the Tbe edges of the bark, at the incision in the stock, are tben raised a little, and the bud pushed downwards nnder the bark. A bandage of bas, crn- husk, or other substance, is wrapped round, covenng all parts but the bud. Tbe pressure should be just sufficient to keep the inserted portion closely to tbe (rock, but not such as to bruise or crush tbe baik. The shoots containing the btids should le cut when so mature as to be rather firm and tiara in texture: tbey are usual! ithelest condition after the terminal bud has formed.

To prevent withering. the leaves must immediately be cut off as they draw and exhale rapidly the moisture from the shoot; altout one- quarter of an inch of tbe footstalks of the leaves should remain, to serve as tiHPdlta for the buds while inserting tl-em. After ttius divested of leaves, ti may be safely kept a week in a i'ioi. damp place. When, by growth of the stock, the Vr dage cuts into it, usually in ten days more, it must be removed.

Tbe bud iiEiairs dormant nnfl the folowiog rtz, when the stock is cut otf two i. 'cue or more above it, before the swel i of the bnd. If cut closer, tbe end i stock becomes too dry. and the i'-io" often perishes. All other buds mat i en be remov and all tbe vigor of the or branch thrown into the remain-- sr l.nd.

which immediately commences i apid glow th. 'i secute a straight and erect tree, tie shoot, when a few inches long, is ed to tl.e remaining stump of the sfock. yaco'hernionthnofurthersuDport will needed. and the stump may be whol cutaway, and the wound allowed to Jifal by the rapid formation of new wood. a of on in or a to in the keg on she was to tif on the you be I ty-five gallons.

These had a siitv dav vovage. Tbey are the imtat delicate of all French grape and the most corttlv. Kaiaiiu from Malaga and currants from Zante and the lim inn isle, tigs from Smyrna, dates from the south Mediterranean ports, guava jelly and paste from Cuba, fig paste prepared in New York, with citron from the West Indies, ami candied fruits from Mexico, all are found in new and convenient forms and packages, and all very tempting to one blwl with a sweet tooth. Louisiana oranges are now fully ripe and are our golden apples. Oranges have never been so plenty and so cheap.

They retail at a dime a dozen in many place. The crop of shaddocks, for pretterveft, is also large and in great favor with the old creole families. Shipment of Malaga lemons have come in. They are not near so good that is, so sour a the Sicily lemons. They are very long and pointed at both ends with sharp, long point.

They resemble in flavor the Louisiana lemon raised from Sicily seed. Something in the soil and sun of Louisiana sweetens to a high degree all fruit, and lemons here in two ot three plantings from the seed become almost sweet. Tropical fruit are coming in freely from the Bay and are being shipped for the first time in large quantities to the interior of (Georgia and Alabama as well a to the Wert. 1 his ia now the great market for cocoa nut several cargoes have gone off as quick as they could be landed and sent by rail. New Yorkrityhnsbeenbuyingwhole cargoes of Buatan cocoanut and sending them off by rail.

It ia astonishing how the trade and consumption of this article has increased ot late. And notwithstanding their cheapness, we learn that there is a large profit to the importers. Second Rice Crop. We learn that in Plaquemines, Lafourche and St, James parishes, that where the rice wa cut early the long continued rains which followed kept the held soaked and flooded, and now from the old stubble a second rice crop ha come np and is ready to be cnt. The Plaqaeinine Sentinel report that thi second crop will yield from four to six bushels per acre, and that it will add largely to the rice estimate.

It is ripening at the same time and a well as the late planting of the original crop. Tbi shows what could be done with rice in thi State. The whole crop was late in ripening thi year by three weeks. In ordinary years, thi three weeks of gain would, bv Drooer rlivrulin give ample time for the secoud or stubble crop to ripen by the first of October. Tne vast marshes along the Gulf coast, from Florida to Texas, will ere long become rice fields the astonishing profit and product of rice culture ill tempt people to endure the sandflies and mus-quitoee which infest these coast; and uui ior inese pest tnese coast would be a paradise, for they are perfectly healthy, and are fanned by cool, delightful breezes in summer, and seldom feel the effect of frost in winter.

Whatever annoyance these troublesome members of the rUx trile may be, they are certainly calculated to make man industrious, a they seldom trouble an active working man while at work, but pounce upon him wtrh- out mercy when he idle. They teach hini the salutary lesion that ceasefes activity-is necessary, not only to provide tor the main want of life, but also to keen off the leer annovance. Loafers and idlers are at once notified that the demand for labor must be met. or else these tiny freehold settlers will present their little bills for rent to ue less occupants of their soil. Blood or work ia their demand, and those who do not accept the term need not think of making their home in the great rice region.

Hew ta Peaall Hr4o with Smereoo. Novices in floriculture make frequent failures with minute seeds, like those of the lobelia, the miniulna. and thecal ceolana, and even experienced florists do not always Bncceed with every sowinir, as soeh seeds are very delicate and jrern, mate only under the most favorable conditions. Have the soil in tbe Dot. nan or box, (a shallow box is best,) com Dosed of leaf mold and clean sand, two part ot tr.e former to one of the latter, sifted! or otherwise made very tine.

Make the suriace even and smooth, and press sunnily; men sprinkle it ty boldinjrawet orusn over it ana drawing the haDds across the briftles so as to throw a tiDe spray npon tbe soil. On this prepared mil face sow the seed, and scatter over it the slightest possible sprinkling of fine clean sar n. iow cover the pot or box wun a pane oi glass, aDd keeo it in the ahade. watering whea necessary with the rray rrom a ornsn, as before directed Tbe soil must not be permitted to (ft aiy, nor mnst it ever be delated with water. If the seeds be sown, as is gen erally tbe case, on a loose surface, and then watered from a watering pot.

tbey are mostly carried down with the water fo deep into the soil that it is imDoHible tor them to germinate. Kral Larouman. Yrnlral Jlertea of Teearla. Mr. Thorneycroft, the well known bnilder of fait steam launches, proves that at hipb rates ot speed the body of a vessel arrually rises above its ordinary load water line, and, as the speed in-rreaes, continue to rise still higher.

The eirenments from which these results were dednced were conducted with tlie Meel torpedo launch lately bnilt for the Austrian government, with which a speed of 194 knots was attuned. The dirlerence of level were de-teranrjed by means of three plumb Ubs hangmg from a bowsprit at various distance in front of the bow, lrora olservations with which tbe altered water nrface was measured, and some exceedingly instructive diagram made therefrom. From these it appeared that to a sf eed ot about twelve knots, the vesre.1 sank more deeply in the water; but ta being driven to a higher speed he seemed to make an almost sudden ledp up, aDd continued gradually to rise above the normal water line as the speed increased. i A Berir A Bin living in county, Virginia, digging a well, recently, at a depth ot about thuly feet came upon the trunk Urge trees several teet in diameter, winch were found upon examination to ryprea. Fearing the water would be irjuied bvtbe wood, he determined te aoidon "hi well, aid duj another igue disunce otf.

When Le Lad form. Horses which apparently had entirely recovered from the former symptoms ate now stricken down with pleu risy. It is the belief of many horsemen tbai the piesent diesase is a mild type of the tpizootic of in my diagnosis of tne present disease i nna tew symptoms whch are similar to the disease ot 1872, In the first place, the present disease is not wholly epidemic, as there are manv horses which have not vet been affected, From the disease of 1STJ none escaped. 2. Mules are not troubleed with the present disease, but were equally in iSTJ 3.

The nrst symptoms of the present aiseaae are a backing cougu, witn little or no discharge from the nostrils. In 1372 the nrst symptoms were a copious discharge of mucus, of a greenish hue, from both nostrils, wirb inflammation of the eves, which also discharged watery mucus, general inflammation of the head, more or lews soreness of the throat, and in many cases a difficulty in swallowing, witn loss ot appetite, etc 4. In severe attacks of the present dia ease its last symptoms are swellings or deposits of lymoh in the extremities, commencing in the feet and extending upward toward the belly; also at the nose aDd extending back over the face, la 'be former disease the swellings were dropsical and the deposits serum, com mencing vn the belly and extending downward toward ttie feet. 3. Tne present disease has no particular time of ita appearance among our horses, nor baa it shown any symptoms ef abating.

Horses cave neen orougntto my lnurma- tyto be treated for cough for over a month. The former disease first made its appearance, in this citv, at Dr. Carey's cables on the 14th of October, and re main aooutiaree weeks. "In my opinion, the present disease is rpidemic icduecza, affecting the larynx brvt, and when the animal la not taken rare of and kept warm, the lungs and chest become the principal seats of the disease. I he diseese is now assuming a very serious character.

Too many horses which were considered well and cured are now attacked with pleuropneumonia. Horses which are com pel led to do so much work daily, and in all kinds oi weamer, snrter most, ne street ear horses are suffering severely from pleu-rsy, and so many of tbem are sick tba the full number of cars cannot be Haw la alltrata I alaarf Rlre. A correspondent of I he Southern Cut tirator, writing from Home, gives his experience on this follows: I bad tbe leon taught me, some thirty rears ago, by as clever a man as I ever knew and he was no planter. I understood that Dr. K.H Brumby had quite a farm ia Alabama, and made rice largely and somewhat similar.

No "damp spots" needed. Take good land fresh land is best, as having fewer gras seeds. But tbe aiain thing to consider, poor land doe sot pay in any crop, unless in melon then it rich must be, if only in tbe hill. Prepare land by good plowing, niakiag slight ridges, say two to three teet apart open about one inch deep, drill 'the aetd, and cover as for cotton. Land clean of everything to impede hoe work In dne time, rice, weeds and grass will all be npon the ridge.

When the nee is about two inches high, with sharp hoes, clean on trie ridge. shaviDgoit very lit' tie curie surface of the earth. In a few days the rice will be the master of the occasion, when a hand ran chop out with eight inch hoe, leaving in bunches follow by bull-tongue or sweep aod monld the rice nicely. ftir often and keen clean thereafter is the secret. Cut.

when about bait tbe top seed are past the tiongh grate, with the sickle, and leave in bunches until well withered, and tie in bunches, haoclmg carefully. When thiashed the straw is better food than fod der, bv odds. It bus beew Trr manvToara s'nee 1 have seen rice cultiva'ed at all.but know i rave made on upland a paring crop, aod never picked a biade of grass oy carjo. i remember well when mv father picked grass oat of rice; for I bad my childhood days in South Carolina, where many people think everv one made rice and lived on it. It has been sixty rears ago, and I have forgotten all tbe 'etails.

I am certain all rice, if land be dry enough to hoe, can be cleaned by -having off all crow th. and. in a far lays, the rice will all right. Of conrse, iierf prejiareo ior noouing, all graaa i kuieu oy water. An Old Pinter or the S.

W. September, lsT5, Pall Arcaa Trrea. i niess me suriace or tne ground Is alcbed arouDd young trees over an area of six to ten feet in diameter, tbe ground should be kept clean and mellow. every iarmer knows mat a hill of corn potatoes will not amount to mneh un less cultivated, and yet there are many no win negieci ro give tne same care to atreewtich is worth a hind red hill of either of the former. In rich soil, tree may grow rapidly without cultivation, and no amount of graaa weeds will retard them; but there are other things besides growth to be looked after.

If the weeds and grass are allowed to grow ud around the stems of pDle. peach or quince trees, the bark ill become soft near their base by being shaded, and thereby le in a suitable condition for the reception of tbe eggs which will evenmnlly become peach or arpie borers. Take aDy dozn young apple trees in the sertioos here the apple borer is aonmi.iut. and allow a portion to be choked with weeds aod the remainder we'l cultivated, and then watch the icsult. From our own experience, we be I eve tl)nt the ehaoers are reto one in favor tho-e cui ivited Iw-mg exempt fioni this pest.

Wetr larmer. The Soatkerw alilratar. Tlii old and tellable fnend of tee fam.er pui-uis the even tenor of its way. striving earnestly and honestly to -S'St during these hard and trying tiDjee. I' advocate progress when pry.

There is nothing of tn fancy sensational abour it- Solid, pracical, suggestive, it ia iiist what real working faime-s reed. The very large number iriqiiuua pieiterited bv trieru each nonth, to be answered by the editor or correspntdf nta, bhowa plainly their contidetce in it. IH sn 'I atnl Four years ago, the writer took the measurements of this vine as accurately with a tape measure as be could, and found them to be as follows At tbe root of the vine its girth was C91-3 inches, equal to about 19 inches diameter, four feet from the above meas urement its girth was 45 3-4 inches, equal to a diameter ot 14 13 inches; uie measurement wa again taken fourteen teet from rbe roo'. and its girth found to be 35 1-2 i niches, or equal to a diameter ot 11 1-4 inches. At tins DeigQt, rour biaochea put out in different directio is and extend a long way from the trunk ot tbe vine, but the area of ground covered bv its branches wa not measured.

Under this vine a cemented floor wa laid by the Spaniards more than on hundred year ago, and tradition has it tbat it was pnt down for a dancing door. An old resident, (William Yancy) now over 70 year of age who has resided in tbe neighborhood of this vine all hi lifetime, informed me tbat this vine was about the aama size when he wa a boy a it ia now and presented about tbe am appearance. Thi greatest of grape vine stands upon the aluft about 1 8 ot a mile east ot Mobil Bay, ia tbeCounty of Baldwin. State of Alabama, on a lot of land owned by a gentleman by the name of McCay, and in what was known as the Easter Shore Yillage, formerly a summer resort and watering place. This monster vine should be taken np and shipped to Philadelphia, be exhibited at the Centennial to shew visitors fro wiDe growing countries that onr soil i capable of producing the vine in great aiae, and in perfection.

Tbe writer manufactured more than fifty gallons of wine tour year ago from an arbor of four vine in Baldwin county, of tbe Scuppernong variety. Baldwin county ia also famous for her large magnolia trees. On the place owoed by D. P. Perry.

at 133 Canal Teet, New Orleans, stands a nob'e ignolia tree that would measure at its bose over four feet through, but on the place- owned by old Uncle Billy Howard, at Howard barf, there is a grove of several hundred magnolia trees of large size. Among them is an old Patriarch tree that for size and beauty has no equal on thi continent. At its base it will measure about seven feet throagb and at the height of thirty feet It will measure aboat thirty inches in diameter. The wntor regrets that he did not make the meas urement of thi tree as acenrate as it should be. It is believed bv good jud ge tbat this tree will make, if cut ap into cord wood, more than ten cord of wood.

Will not some of our generousand enter- prismg citizens see to it that these wondeiful specimens be sent to tbe Cen tennial as products of the down trodden Sonth. Your, K. I). Casll, NewOiieans, La. Nov.

4, 1375, The Coming Winter. While we see prognostications of an early and hard winter coming from many sources, we see around us signs whicn, before Prof. Tice began to prophecy in the land or "Old Probabilities" was put to pulling the weather wires, were" considered by plain people as signs ot a late and open winter. The Mespilus.or Janan Plnm. that ex cellent and extraordinary fruit, which blossoms, the winter and brings forth the earliest of all fruits in the spring, has l-en in bloom now for a month, which is alout a month or six weeks earlier than usual.

Its early blooming h.ts been looked upon, heretofore, as the forewarning of a soft, mild winter. Oidinarilv, at this season of the vear, the New Orleans maikets have been filled with every species of wild fowl, in poor peso, at nrst, but latter by and by; not so this year, however, game ia scarce, wild fowl come in slowly and are plump and fat, as though they were migrating by short flights and feeding on their way, with no very sharp weather behind them to hurry them up. We will not prophecv. as there are eo many other prophets weather-wiser than we are; but whether wiser or not, we must leave to the future, for we have not consulted that celebrated oracle a yet, the goose bone. But we are in as bad a quandary about the goose bone, as old Mrs.

Hobba was about the bluing: "Dear me, Mrs. Hobba, I'm mighty glad you've come in; I want to buy some good bluing, and I don't know how to tell it when I see it," "Well. Lord 'a maspv. Mrs. there's anythiDg I do know it is how to choose good bluing; you jes take some of it home and make some clear lve out of nice clean hickory ashes; weak lye, mind von, don't have it too strong; lie sure and have clean hickory ashes, green hickory is the best; and then take a lump of the bluing, about the size of a thimble, and drop it very keerully into the lye, and if it good bluing it will either sink or swim, one, and I do declare I've done forgot which." If it is to be a hard winter, It is said, bv the Indians, old pioneers nod himtorl 1 i mat me raw nreasi oone or a goose, wild or tame, will lie.

in the red or white, one. and we have forgotten which, but believe that it will verv red. Let Prof, Tice trv it. Fruit Notes. Tliere are no pears in the market e- fl't a lew inferior Dears.

clu tiy the Wintw Nelia. All the mar- insula ot Dears which two week aeo glowed, with such wonderful beauty, hi.s disat ptartd as the last of the sum mer pear. Anon will come winter pe trs Horn California, and thone cultivated ot snth deliiat flavor from Airilea are in nrofimion. I.trse and all, ar cf eveiy variety and color. he laijre m'ft an1 f-hicaao Bella lrom ChkaftT" arul the liomm leanty fiom MiebiKan, with tlie naiue-let vfarietiea for rooking purpoHs.

(j in pea are still making an iinposinir I.Hatiell;. lelawnre, MarMn Coneorda from interior York nd the West, and freh anivals of Ca'i-foinia srrnpen, the btrtre wiiitejr keepinjr jrapes, fJebyand ritliia fiavor. C'jwks np in ot be mouxk, iixiivoia. yj Trucks of all 8lzes on Hand'fi cooitir ernre nr am otuno nam 1 Flra rreaaJBaae er an Ceaapotitlaw a Bot I Velre la Tklrteea twaare. a Marvin's Fire and safes.

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