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Here is a list which are hardy, easily ob- tained, and flower at different seasons of the Summer : Flowering Almond, leaves similar to the peach, flowers in masses before the leaves in early Spring, 4 to 6 teet high. Ber- berry, several kinds, including the purple- leaved, which is an ornament in itself ; the common native makes a very pretty shrub. Clethra or \Vhite Alder, handsome white flowers from August to October. Dogwoods, several very fine shrubs, all worth growing. Deutzias, the double white and double pink of the I). crenata, J). scabra. and D gracilis, are all handsome. The upright Honey- suckles, really charming, early Summer flowerers. The Forsythia, a golden stream of flowers before the leaves put out at all. The Hydrangea pamculata, a gorgeous mass of white in the late Summer months. The Mock Orangesâ€"who does not like their de- licious fragrance '3 The Goldenflowered Currant is another of those hardy, sweet- scented Spring shrubs, diflerent from almost any others 2 the Redvflowering is .not quite so hardy. nor is the charmingJapan Quince, with its brilliant scarlet flowers. Sexeral of the Rhos or Sumach family are pretty. Tne Smoke, or Fringe tree is an old favorite. The Rose of Sharon or Althea will not stand the extreme north climate, but in a tem- perate climate it is fully at home. The Spice-bush is also shy of the North, except in well protected localities. This is really true of many low-growing plants. Their hqme is under the shelter of Woods, and if partly protected by trees, their chances are improved. The early practice of manufacturing char- coal, in the days when forests were abund- ant, left fertile spots of ground wherever the piles or pits had been made. These spots were noted for their luxuriant crops of wheat and corn for many years After. wards ; and the European practice of par. ing and burning has been quite successful in the few instances Where it has been adopted in this country, especially on heavy or clay- ey soils. W's have found in past: years much benefit in its use to garden crops; dry sods, during a. season of drouth, mixed with brush and other rubbish, answering the purpose after slow combustion We ob- serve & statement of Dr. Voelcker, who made the analyses, that the amount of 501- uble matter in the sml was increased from 3 to 10 per cent. by the burning, with an in- crease of available potash and phosphoric gcid. Some other favorable changes were made. Limited conclusions are often drawn from local experiments, and rules intended for universal applie stion based on peculiar and not widely varied trials. From the many experiments which We have made in many years, on light, sandy, gravelly, and some of what would be termed hungry soils, on one hand. and heavy, strong and clayey land on the other, we have found a great difi'erence in the length of time that soils will hold the fertilizing parts of manures. Cast-iron rules cannot be established from trials alone on either kind of soils. Onsandy and gravelly soils, the value had disappear- ed long before the exact “two years"had passed ; and on strong, clayey learns they lasted more than twice that length oi time. On the last-named soils, careful experiment has given a much heavier return for manure applied in autumn or early winter, while plants were dormant, than in the succeeding spring, (or instead of being washed away, the absorbent character of the soil held it, while time was allowed for it to become well dlfl'used among the particles. Differ- ent results and different conclusions may be drawn from unlike soils, and Where, in- stead of the moderate application of manure for farm crops, it is applied annually at the rate of a hundred tons or more. The “ in- evitable force” of the statements given in the preceding quotations is therefore en- tirely dissipated by a Wider series of ex- periments.â€"ED. 1 notice an inquiry by James Hoyt, in reference to mixing the milk of far- row cows with the milk of fresh cows. Mr, Hoyt was informed by a gentleman from Delaware county that the cream from the milk of the fan-ow cows Will not come to butter as soon as the cream of the new milch cows, and if mixed would run off in the buttermilk. In discussing the subject with 1 notice an inquiry b in reference to mixing tl' row cows with the milk of Hoyt was informed by a Delaware county that the Planting-time will soon be here, and be- sides the arees of which We spoke last Week, the shrubs should not be forgotten. A gar- den or yard without its shrubs is like a wood without its underbrush. A So that the plant food hauled on to the soil as a substitute for fertility abstracted will only stay there " two years I” It mere~ 1y filters through it, by gravity 1 Now, can you explain away the inevitable force of these statements to such of us as are till- ing lands whose fertility has, to say the least, “not been maintained?"â€"X. Y. Z. Piedmont, Vrt. r “ We believe the common practice of top dressing asparagus beds in fall to be a. very wasteful one, in districts Where it is not necessary to provide against severe freezing, for as the plant is then dormant, the juices of the manure are either evaporated or else washed down by reins, below the roots of the plant. * * * All our practice, corro- borated by direct; experiment, has convinc- ed me beyond all doubt that manures, either liquid or solid, organic or inorganic, are un- profitably employed when applied to plants in the dormant state.” In “ How the Farm Pays" we are told, p. 13 : “ It is a. delusive belief that manurâ€" ing or tillage, no matter how good, will ever bring a. poor, thin soil, into permanent fer» tility, unless the application of manure is yearly continued ; for no ordinary amount of menuring or cultivation will maintain the fertility of any soil over twa years, as it will then either have been taken up by the crops growing on it, or else have been Washed down below the depth at which the roots penetrate.” ..... .n Permanence of Manmes. L Sir J 1 mees tells us, in your col- umns, that; the fertility abstracted by crops cannot 11¢ restored to the .oil, plants may be nourished by fertilizers. To such of us as were educated to believe that, to good soils at least, the mmures became integru! and homogeneous with them, and than the amalgamamon was permmenc, this was a surprise, but it was reserved for the author of “ Gardening for Profit" and “ How the Farm Pays” to give us a. real shock. I quote from page 113* of the first-named book : BURNT EARTH FOR GARDENS. meow Cows‘ MILK an inquiry _1_Jy Jan PLANT A FEW SHRC BS. FARM. (From the Chiango Herald’s Special Blizzard Re- parts.) Business has once more become paramount, and the boom which Dakota, right or wrong, has managed to keep up fora number of years past has set in again. Everybody in Dakota. (with few exceptions) is now indus- trioust engaged in singing the old, old tune of Dakota’s prosperity, of Dakota’s lovely climate. The reason for this is, of course, s zlfâ€"evident. All the business men in Dakota, the representatives of the ‘ocsl press, and the oificials of all grades are members of the conspiracy. For a. conspiracy it is. The aim is to cloak over ghastly facts; to smooth things up so as to rob criticism of its sting; to try and not injure Dakota in the eyes of the unwary and to allure as many immigrants to its precincts us of yore. For all that. the bitter, deadly iscts cannot be quite concealed. The bodies of some un~ lucky ones, Who had wandered away in the blinding, deathâ€"dealing ice storm, far, far from home, are still found, even to-day. And it is no use telling outsiders that this kind of homicidal hurricane is an excepj tional thing. Not until the farmers will combine to limit production can a better state of things be hoped for, or better prices obtained for the produce of the farm. Let the farmers form a. “ trust ” and resolve to plant half a crop for 1888, work half as many hours, raise half as many hogs, cattle, horses, etc., and I have no fear for the result. The cry of hard times, and poor prices, will no more be heard in the land, so long as the farmer will abide by the “ trust." The farmer will wear good clothes, his wife and family Will V18 with city people in Wearing fine clothes, the boys and girls he better educated, and will not be so anxious to leave the farm, and all classes will be bettered, for as the far- mer prospers so prospers the world. Far- mers, let us form one grand boss trust and resolve to limit production in such a way as will cause coal oil and railroad tyrants, end all other trusts, to wish they were never born to worry and plunder the farmer, who islthe tax payer of the nation, and burden- bearer of all other callings, trades and pro- fessions, and the overworked slave of all creation. Limiting production is the key to Golconds’s mines, beautiful country homes, and happy, prosperous families on every form. It is also the door to the settlement of the vexed “ labor question.” Let the farmers become prosperous as they should, ought, and can, if they will use brains, and labor riots, nihilism, communism, and all such products of an impoverished farming people will vanish like mist before a north wind. Conceallng the Facts in Dakota. This is the heading of an article by C. A Russell, in the Farmer of Dec. 10th. While it is a. ood smlble article and shows thought, do not think the Writer gives a good “ren edy for hard times.” The Mr. T. mentioned in the article says " cultivate brains.” As the children say when playing hide and seek, Mr. T. is the warmest, (meaning he is closer to the hidden article) but neither has given the “remedy for hard times." N ail makers, barbed Wire makers, and manufacturers of all’the machinery that the farmer uses combine. Every farmer who makes any pretense to reading knOWs how things are arranged by every calling, trade and profession, except the farmers. They co-operate and agree to produce only enough to insure only a good profit on their investment and labor. The various trades formed “syndicates” and cornered things. The new name is now a. trust ; everything from a. paper of pins to a self-binder, that is used by the farmer, also, coal oil, tea, coffee, sugar, yarn, clothing, etc., will soon be con- trolled by "trusts." The farmers of the United States can send every trust company or syndicate where the “Woodbine twineth,” by forming the “boss trust,” and resolving to produce only so much wheat, corn, oats, hay, hogs, cattle, horses, mules, potatoes, etc., as will pay a good profit on the capital and labor. This and this only is the “reme- dy for hard times.” One year‘s experiment will prove met I am correct. An additional cause for high coloring lies in the fact that Jersey butter, as a rule, has both a. high color and a. high flavor. The flavor of Jersey butter was at first objected to by some as too high and too rank ; and probably many still object to it on these grounds. But nevertheless, thedersey has set the standard for color, and seldom is the color of the products of other herds, save those from the Chennel Islands high enough without a resort to artificial means to highten it. At fairs. the judges have given prefer- ence tothe Jersey hue, and the butter of other breeds has suffered because of assumed defective color, though it might not in the least lack in point of flavor. A good deal of injustice has probably resulted from this. Consequently the expert butter-maker has added to his other accomplishments that of expert coloring in imitation of the natural Jersey tintâ€"ell because high colour is celled for, not only at fairs, but by consumers gen- erally. The colour is always considered by the buyer. But he is not deceived. He knows when butter is colored and when it is not; but if the hue is right, he cores not whether it is natural or artificial. The origin of coloring butter is found in the golden hue of butter made :from the fresh pasture grasses of J one. As to the origin of the practice of coloring cheese, we suspect “ no teller” can find it out. It cer- _tainly is not suggested by nature, which only imparts a. creamy tint. Possibly someâ€" body thought it made the cheese look more buttery; but how any body can see 3, 311g» gestion of butter in the bricky-red color too often given to cheese, is beyond our compre- hension. We much prefer the natural color, and the tendency toward paler cheese looks {.8 if it: would “come to this complexion a‘ est.” Mrs. Reynolds, I find that she learned some years ago that the cream of furrow cows will not come to butter as soon as that of new milch cows, and that it passes off in the buttermilk. As we have always had but little furrow cows’ milk, or those that have given milk for six months or more, she has always mixed the two and let the cream go with the buttermilk, then let it rise as all cream will. and skim it ofl" and use it for cooking. It is much less work than to keep the cream and milk sepamte. In this way there is but little waste. In a dairy of a lar 6 number of old milkers, it would pav to eep the milk separated. E. REYNOLDS, F 0nd du Lac County, Wis. Remedy for Hard Times.” NOTES Don’t; try, if you are an ordinary man, to occupy two seats in a crowded horse-car. Only women can do that and look as inno- ocnt u a. lily-of-tba-vullcy all the while. Although Lord Charles Beresford’s mo- tion declaring that an entire reform was needed in the management of the British Naval service was defeated in the House of Commons, he proved his point by relating his experience as junior Lord of the Admir- alty. and the reform will surely come. Ac- cording to Sir Charles, a. clerk brought him the Naval estimates to sign, and seemed very much surprised when he refused to ap- pend his signature at once. To the objec- tion of the responsible officer that he knew nothing about the estimates, the clerk re- plied, ” W'hat of that? They require your signature ?” A great deal of Government business is done in the perfunctory way assumed by the clerk to be all right, but reform is needed wherever such notions prevailâ€"the Imperial House of Commons to the contrary notwithstanding. Germany's Future. Perhaps it would hardly be venturing into the domain of prophesy to predict for the Germany of the coming generation a. Vet grander destiny than that which has been achieved by those who are now pass- ingofl the stage. To all human seeming the nation has been in training for a. nobler career than the race of glory which she has so triumphantly run. The stem military training which has made Germany a nation of soldiers; the conflicts, the hardships, the dangers, and the victories of the past have developed conscious power and strong self reliance. Her excellent if not unique syst- em of schools and colleges have made her people also a race of scholars. The great wonder has been in the pest how such a. people could how their necks so long to the yoke of a. military despotism or suffer so largeashare of the fruits of science and industry to be offered in the temple of More. But a nation does not come to maturity in oday. Much has been yielded to stern necessity in the post. Security against foes on either hand had to be provided, and the love of freedom has hitherto yielded to the love of country. Present indications point to another great struggle, more terri- ble perhaps then any that has preceeded, in the near future. When Germany has emerged triumphant from this, as it can scarcely be doubted she will if it is forced upon her, her people may hope for a. period of rest. The intense longing for relief from the present intolerable burdens, and for an ample measure of genuine freedom and self- rule will then have opportunity to make itself felt. The arts of peace will, it may be hoped, take precedence of the arts of war, constitutional freedom replace a semi‘ military absolutism, and the united people enter uponacareer worthy of one of the greatest nations in Eorope in the dawn of the twentieth century of the Christian era. But, Is Webster Right? In Helen Gray Cone's story of “Hercules: a Hero," in the Century for March, one of the leading characters, who is by no means a, hero, goes shooting with a breEChâ€"loading gun ; and his unlettered host is made to speak of it as a. “ britch-loader.” This mode of indicating the pronunciation implies that the author of the story thinks that breech is not correctly pronounced with the short sound of iâ€"britch ; but Webster says that it is. Pliny relates that a. tomb at Cyprus bore 9. lion carved with eyes of emeralds so bright they frightened away the fish in the sea. Nero wore an eyeglass of emerald which was supposed good for the sight, and it is said that lapidariea who cut emeralds have good eyesight because the hue of the stone refreshes the eye. The Orientals believe that wearing an emerald imparts courage and averts disaster. It was ground and taken as a. medicine in doses of six grains as a care for various disorders. At the con- quest of Peru the Spaniards captured hundredeeights of emeralds; and one dedicated to the goddess Esmeralda was the size of an ostrich egg. Cortez gave his bride alarge emerald carved like a. rose, which roused the queen‘s envy and lost him the court favor. We quite agree with an American con- temporary that there is as much profit in raising the trotber as in any other farm yI‘O‘ duct, provided he is bred right. The high- est prices cannot be realized for horses out of common mares, but a standardbred ani» coal is always in demand and pays a large profls. There is in nearly every county of the Dominion, where agriculture is carried on', one or two standard-bred stallions doing stud duty at fees within the means of the average farmer. If it is within the means of farmers to keep one or two standard-bred mares that can earn their keep, it will pay well to raise colts from them. The first cost of such mares is the most important item to the farmer of limited means, but as it costs no more to keep a well-bred mare than one of common stock, and as their produce by standard stallions bring higher prices, the difference is largely in favor of the better bred horse. it is not incumbent upon the farmer to develop his stack for speed pur- poses. He can leave that part of the horse's education to those who make a business of it, and who will pay him a good price on the strength of pedigree alone. Aside from the utility of the trotter as a speed horse, he is the best for light general work that the farmer can make use of. His endur- ance, nerve and sprightly movements make him of value if he never goes off the farm. Weight for weight he is the superior of any type for general purposes. A Nova Scotia farmer, who thinks for himself, gave his ex- perience as a breeder of trotting horses on a small scale. He bought several mares at a cost of $1,200, and bred them to standard stallions, standing at moderate fees. The first colt: sold Was 23 months old and brought $500. The next was a filly sold when under 3 years for $400, and the next a yearling, sold at 5300. None of these colts were handled for speed. The mares were used far ordinary farm work and more than paid for themselves in labor. Their produce unsold would bring $2,000 under the hammer. Now, if it will pay the farmer of Nova Scotia, ‘where the climate advantages are against him, to raise trotters, it will pay the farmer in any other section. The man who feels dissatisfied with results has himself to blame. No man who breeds right, no mat- ter whether his operations embrace one or a hundred mares, can fail to make a profit It Pays to Raise Trotters Nero’s Eye-Glass. “ I think the country should have a breathing time after the great expenditure on railways, canals, public buildings and other things. We ought to call a halt in this direction at least.” “ But what about the farmers' interest?” “Well, when you arrest for a time this great expenditure you do well for the farmers wno bear the brunt of taxation, no matter in what form it reaches them. Now if 1 had the ear of the Government I would urge them to do something for the farmers of a practi- cal kind. Ne have a Department of Agri- culture at Ottawa, but most of the time the title has been a. misnomer. Iam glad to see that John Carling is bringing the depart- ment nearer to the farmer than ever before. \Vhat the Government wants all round is to get near the farmer, to make our agricultur- al population see that the Dominion Govern- ment is really interested in the progress of agricu‘ture. A bold policy in this direction is absolutely needed and would be popular. The Dominion Government is now interest- ing itself in experimental farms, testing seed grain and so forth. Of course, the Government looks well after the nonintro- duction of cattle disease into Canada. and sees that our cattle interests in England are not sacrificed. That is right. But I. wish it would get still nearer to the farmers by manifesting a lively interest in their home work. There are the dairy interests. See how high our Canadian cheese stands in England and the enormous development of sales over there. Two men of enterprise,Messrs. McPherson and Ballantyne, have done more for the cheese interest than all other agencies combined. Why have our exports of butter to England fallen off so miserably? Because we are neg- lecting the art at b utter making and losing millions everv year by this neglect. An enormous quantity of bad butter is made, and this has almost destroyed the demand abroad. Now this must be changed, and the Government can do much to put our butter interest on a. first-class basis. After the Danish war with Germany, when Den- mark was almost ruined financially, and the people had to cast around for a way to in- crease their resources, active measures were taken to increue the value of their butter product ; new methods of butter mak- ing were urged upon the people ; new inven- tion: were tried ; the practical people over there took hold of the subject with intelli» genes, and to-day Danish butter is almost universally good and the best in the world. In England they have their model farms and splendid dairies among the nobility, but Danish butter is now in consumption in pala- ces, castles and other aristocratic resid- ences there,bringing‘ great prices. I maintain our Canadian Government should take hold of this butter questionwith a will ; establish first-class model creameries, schools of in- struction for the fathers, wives and daughâ€" te:s, if necessary, and give many who do not see the newspapers ocular demonstration of the right way to make butter. Or, let them spend some money to help the agricultural societies throughout the Dominion to estab- lis those model cresmeries. They can also help by circulating tracts on the subject, written in a. popular style, and by sending out lecturers on this subject and on stock- breeding. I think, too, that the Government should aid agricultural societies to purchase thoroughbred stock, giving assistance,under certain conditionsof co operation, tosocieties in districts needing improvement, to buy stallions and bulls of the purest blood suited to the Wants of the country and mean in a public wayâ€"that is, what can legislation or the Government (10'? Before we discuss that let me point out what the Gov- ernment and Parliament are asked to do in various other directions at the present mo- ment. It seems to me that extraordinary pressure is being brought to bear on the Govâ€" ernment to expend public money in ‘every directionâ€"except for the advantage of the farmers. Let us look at some of these pro- posed expenditures. Montreal wants a ship channel debt of two millions assumed by the Government, ,so that the interest; the Har- bor Commissionerslare paying on it m iy go to local harbor improvements. I am free to say that Montreal, as the great port of shipment for Canadian produce to Europe and the en- trepot of Canadian imports for these upper provinces, should he made as cheap 3 port as possible ; and in this connection L would also express my conviction that Quebec should be made the point ox departure for the shortest passages across the Atlantic from America. to England for Canadian travel. Then there is a. pressure for the enâ€" largement of existing canals, the shipping interest claiming that they should be wi ened and deepened at the expense of the country (the farmers paying the greater part of the Dominion revenue) to the tune of many mil- lions more. This, I consider unnecessary at present; our farm products have little use for the canals, the railways being the principal means of transportation. At all events the St. Lawrence canal should not be enlar ed at present unless the traffic is made to ear the cost. There are other re- formersâ€"I don‘t speak of politiciansâ€"who want all the tolls removed from the canals and all the shipping dues of every kind re- moved from the St. Lawrence, from the head of the lakes to the sea, and mere expense thrown upon the country, including the farmers generallyâ€"and this is done to cheap- en the cost of United States Northwest pro- ducts on their way to England to compete with Canadian products. Then we have the great scheme of the Trent Valley canal, that is wholly uncalled for, and would cost ten million dollars before it could be com- pleted, and when completed there will be nothing for it to (10. These are only a few of the schemes involving many millions that are being pressed on the Governmentâ€"say- ing nothing of the movement to secure a few milliorl more of public expenditure in Manitoba. There are'in these heavy bur- dens for the farmers, however much the shipping interest, which is small compared to the farming interest, may be benefited by some of them.” Mr. Georgelaldlaw Intervlewedâ€"A Plea for the Improvement of onlarin Butter. A reporter called upon Mr. George L'iidlmw recently, toiask his opinion as to the best methods to be adoptei to im- prove agriculture and enhance the value of t 1e Canadian farmer’s proiuzes. Mr. Laid- lzwv has mixed with our Ontario ftxrmers during the greater part of his life, and is re- garded by them as having their interest at hen-t. Hence the interview. “ You ask me,” said Mr. Lmidlaw, “ what is the best thing to be dOne to promot ) the farming interests of Ontario. suppose you "‘ Well, Mr. Laidlaw, what do you pro- pose? Would you discontinue or arrest ex penqitqrpq?” _ PROMOTING AGRICULTURE to produce the best animals for exportaw tion. In England they are certain of want- ing a large number of horses for cavalry pur- poses ; information on this subject should be circulated broadcastshowing the class of ani- mal that is required ; and in this connection the (:‘rovernment could use its influence with- the English military authorities to have purchasing agents located in the principle centres in Canada. In a. hundred ways the Government can assist the farmer, and I think it is now the farmer's turn. For it is always well to keep in mind that here in Canada the social and aristocratic forces which have kept agriculture to the front in England, are wanting, and it is but right for the Government to take their place and supply the stimulus that is needed to deep- en the interest in agricultural pursuits and secure the needed improvements. The ship- ping interost, the manufacturing interest, the fishing interest, the railway interest, the workingmeu’s interest, the commercial in- terest generally, have all been pretty well looked after, and they can afl‘ord to stand aside for a time while the greatest interest of all, the farming interest, which is the basis of the country’s prmperity, receives- some consideration. Don’t you think so?" “ Would it cost much, Mr. Laidlaw ?”‘ “Ithink that if the Government would spend a half a million or a million in this way they would find it the best investment the country ever made. The interest on a million would be only $40,000 a. year. And you know a half million or a. million goes a. short way in railway subsidizing or canal construction.” Violets nursed by Spring’s soft: hand, then fall’n by a despot’a sway ! Not of themselves did the violets die ; souls of themselves decay. Sweetly the vio eta lived their lives, content- ed in sun and in rain. Who helpless were made to blossom and Since not your Winter yourselves ye brought, violets ! rightly ye wake. Right, too, aha] that souls should sleepâ€" souls which their winter make. 80 violets gay may laugh at decay, with many a. spring time in store. So keep your spring While ye may, ye souls; once passed it shall come no more. Whenever it is warm enough to open thé Windows the furnace sends up sufficient heat for a uro day, but when you strike 8. zero day the furnace is in the proper condition to make ice cream in it. Snow in the air, and snow on the fields, and snow, cold snowI on the hill. Calmly the lillies are sleeping yet, and via- lets sleeping still. Time ye were waked, ’tis time ye were stir- red ; we wait your promise of May, And the modest sheen of your purple and green thrusting the snow away. Yet shall the violets wake, I know, and earth shall be glad once more ; But, oh! for a spring to revisit the souls whose springtime once is o’er. Never a flower or a bud for them, but only a. wintry glow ; But only to sit with hopeless eyes and gaze in vain at the snow. “ What do you estimate would be the result of your recommendations, if carried out. in regard to the butter product ‘2" - “ I believe it would resula in a. saving to Ontario alone of at least: four millions of dol- lars a. year, besides the incidental improve- ment of at riculture which would necessarily follow. a this not a matter wort-by the consideration of the members of our Parlia- ment, representing agricultural constituen- cies, as well as the Government '2” The flowers of June smiled on his marriage kiss. And thrice ten years he tasted wedded bliss. His children, born ’nesth Freedom’s own roof tree; Were cradled in the land of Liberty. They lived to bless the author of their birth, And, by_ their deeds, renew‘d his hnnesb WOTâ€"th. His neighbors loved the kindly, honest way, ()1 0133, whose yea. was Yea, wnose nay was . - v Nay. And aid dispute arise, his word alone Was jury, judge, and verdict blent in one. Duk ‘d_a._y the} saw, and gloomier hearts Yet not his only one, where’er he trod, In childlike faith he Walk’d with God. His stalwart might, and keen, unerring aim, Taught lurking Isavages to dread his name. \Vitb guenchlesa courage and unflinching toif, _ ' Redeem’d he, day by day, the unwilling soil. Primeval gloom, beneath his sturdy blows, Beam'd forth in glebes that blossom'd as the rose. And years roll'd by. Europa her exiles semiâ€" Around him grew a thriving settlement. But ’bis not good for man to Ii've alone, He woo’d and won a maiden for his own. which said, H The father of the settlement is dead Yes ! full of years, beloved on every hand, His spirit left them for the Batter Land. Tread softly, stranger I reverently draw near, The vanguird of a. nation slumbers here. Tread softly, stranger ! raverently draw near The vanguard of a. nation slumbers here. Brave heart, beyond Atlantic’s sullen roar, He sought a home on this wild western shore. In peril’s midst he built; his log but rude, And lived, his one companionâ€"solitude. Perchance he wandered once by Yarrow’s side, 01‘ dream'd where Severn rolls his volumed tide. strife, He yearned to live a. nobler, purer life. Mayhap his infant gala first saw the light, Nigh lordly Snowdon’a heaven ambition’d height. Or thrill’d his boyish heart, in bygone days, ’Neath the sad tones of Erin's moumful lays. Amiflqt the crawded marts of Old World' ) helpless were made to blossom and fade sweetly shall blossom again. An Epitaph on an Early Settler. The Violets. HEREWARD K. COCKIN.