Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1873, Page 12

THE CHICAGO |iAi.llY ’l‘l{l‘li‘UNl“: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 187 D e llivihi O liiEL kAAWWWBE B} R e e A e R B L i R rRH iriiini————~ METROPOLITAN MODES. Christmas and Christmas Toilettes-- Revival of .Chambery Gauze. Watteau Prevailing Over ‘Worth’s Operatic Equip-~ ments. Costumes in New Favor--An In- novation in Walking- Boots. From Our Own Correapondent, Nrw Yonk, Dec. 11, 1873, Having consed to be thankful, we are prepnr- ing to bo morty,—if meny we can bo with tho Fatos against us, 'Trade {s looking up a little, a8 is natural with tho soason; but the shops 1eom vory differont from tholr wont during tho timo of holiday-preparations, There aro sundry new goods, but the old are artfully intormingled ; .and, whilo tempting baits of chonpness aro flung in one's faco at overy counter, the human flsh cought by them are not seldom *victimized," * like their finuy follows. ‘The holiday-ontertainments, this yoar, promiso to bo simpler than usual, partly becauso we den't want to.spend much anyway, and partly becauso of decided, though unexpressed, fooliny that wo should bo sparing toward oursolves and our tricnds, for the sake of an extra genorosity to the poor. I think tho prospect is, that the suffor- ing will be less this wintor than iu a more widely-prosporous year. Everybody has it in mind to give oll ho can possibly afford ; and thoro aro mnowly-formed ~charitable soclolics, boside the old ones,with practical workers among tho members, and much private alme-giving. Novortholess, wo monn to havo Christmas ns happy and bright as though no banks had failed and nouo of our railways had defaulted, aud as though we could give jowels and nri-gomsin place of ncedle-books and pin-cushions, Ordinarily, Metropolitans sre rather lavish, nob to say reckless, in their present-maling, and feel tholr reatriction kecnly; but, on the whole, accept the situation gracotully. Onevery side you hear, * Oh! I shall make only useful Eifta thia year ; luxuries must be done without." So dresses, furs, laces, shawls, fanciful neck- wear, all soris of articles of apparel, in faot, ng woll s inoxponsive souvenirs, will be in order,, 4 OIRISTAAY TOILETTES &re by no means overlookad in the prosent burst of cconomy. They sre losa claborate, thongh prettior than I have seen thom for many o year, Not infroquently, they aro morely combinations -of several old gowns ; but this doos not datract from their becomingnoss, which, of courso, in- cludes beauty. £ The droes of a brido, who is to bo dined, on * Christmns-day, for tho first time in Ler now ca- pacity, is made of white silk and white cnsh- mere, The Pemcont (entre nous, it hns ap- oared several seasons iu various combinations, ut iu froshened by o new kilting) is of tho silk ( hu:e‘? with & Lilting which appeats to cover tho ekirt entirely. Confidontially, it renches a trifle above the knoe in front, but is loss deop in tho back, The overskirt and waist ere cut some- what like a Gabriclle,—or, ag it is called nowa- dnys, o Princesse—dross. It Lns threo wido box- Flults in the back, at tho waist, and throo deep oopiugs, which, howaver, hang gracofully, though rather tlatly, over the tournuro, In front it is closed like the old Ga- brielle; but the broad band of awan's down, bordering the over-skirt, passcsup the front seam (whore it is closed) and around tho throat. The close coat-sleoves of sillc have a band of down following the square cushmere euff, and outlining the armhole. ' Of courso, the ‘over-dress, though quite long, does not reach thae bottom of tho demi-train by fourteon inchey bebind, and barely covers the top of the kilting in front; while, on the sides, it islooped very high, atmost to the hips. As you sco, the dross {s extromely simple, but wonderfully offective. Altogether, I think that the most offcctive cos- tumes axo those that aro least trimmed. - GAZE DE CHAMBERY, or what we should once have called shoer silk grenadino, stripod in self-shudes or coutrnstlufi unts, is popular again for polonuises, whicl sverybody clings to, despite the Parisian fiat, It Is often made over silk of the shade of one of the !!fiflfls. the polonaise aud all the skirt-trim- mings being of the thin goods. A charming robe of this description will bo finished ins brlef while, Thesilk is Nile green, nnd the suze the same shade (the thin and thick stripe eing alike in hue), of courso a trifle intousitled by beicg over tho silk, The skirt is covered half-way up with five-inch bias ruftles of the auze, edged with Valenciennes lace, —(This 5onaut suggest oxtromo penury, oes it 7 308l of o single breadth of the thin stuff, edged with lnce, is cnught on the right hip with o chein of fincly-strung, opalescent sholls; is brought co(nllz round the train, and held low on the muidu y another chain of sholls, Tho waist of silk, with deep points before and behind, is sovered with biss folds of the guuze, laid on snrplice-fashion, with ruches of the lace in the pointed neck, and half-tlowing sleeves, and a fuflle of it rouna the bottom of the waist. Do you think the sholls a little startling? 'Thoy be- long to the gown, which seems as if spun from she froth of the sea. It might huve beon de- |in1::1 for some Naiad of Fifth avonue, because, wfter all, it belongs to the realms of high art in~ wond of to Natura. Another robe of a similar charaoter ia more to my fancy than the preceding. ‘ho sillc skirt is white glace. It is fostooned with whito tulle all over the skirt, in the most delicate and indescribable manner. The lnceissogracefully ar- ranged that it seoms to huve fallen whero it lies, and to be held in place but by o few bunches of whiet mwarabow feathers, Tho waist is round and low, aud has short sleoves of sillc ; but a scarf of tulle 18 carried over the shouldors #o as-to cou- cenl the neck, and long angel-slooves shade the arms. The whole dress is in pertect keeping, and on its blonde owner suggests the spirit of Winter, Frost, aud snow, and moonlight ap- 2ear to be its throads, and = fairy its wearar. COSTUMES are in more favor this year than usual, since Hiey can ba economically contrived out of two or {hree old dresses, nnd since evuryhn%y id tived of the conventionsl evening toilette. For the lut- ter reason, all sorts of quaint and pleturesquo deaigns aro used, and ancient illustrated books and engravingy ransacked for now-old idens, Often, 1n & single drawing-room, may bo scen dresuses that might have been taken bodily from French enlons of o hundred and & hundred and fifty years ngo. Historical portraits contribuie their suggestions to the novelty-seckers, and there is an iufinite varioty of Watteaneaquo de- vices. Natwally, all this sceking after tho orig- inal and peculiar ronders & compeny of pretty women an excaedingly attractivo sight, A glimmering uotion is penelrating fashiona- blo carobellums, thnt to be picturosque is betler than to be handsome or modish, It is verv dif- fioult for a purely-fashionable womait to look pie- tureaque, Lowever unique her apparel. There is always an ounicropping of conventional gen- ility, which is anything but pictwesquo. A spice of irregularity and informality always fu- noves in’a really picluresque pereon, OPERA-WRAPH e vory Eruny this season, There are moro white cloaks and dolmaus thauI remember for u joug timo, Indeed, for all mantuan dosigns, whito seems to have taken n fresh lonso of fayor. White caghwmere is less fusbionable than it has Jeen 3 but white lndies’-cloth, oporu-flanncl, Koft vorded silk, strlped slgernes, and tho infnito aumber of lnnumerable fabrics wuitable for the Mrpose, aro everywhore consplenous. ‘The dol- aan-sacque ismost geuerally worn, Ite usual form ‘8 a abort uacque, with o senwn in the middle of she back, aud undor-arm soams, quite far bo- The neaws are all shnpmf to the figuro, which gives the garment a smooth slope over the bustle, and prevents the plain Ironls from lookiufi buggy. 'Tha sleoves, wide and deaply pointed, hang low down on tha dress. A superb wrop of this kind is made of heuvy, though very goft, white silk, embroidered all over L3 Band, lined with white persiaui, aud edgod wicl white yak friuge, Bwan's down 18 widely em- Pl ma for bordering, especlaly on ailk and ntgl’ od algorinos. White coney 'fur, whioh as mutfs and boss in worn ouly by children, 9, In. the form of long sscques and large capos, & favorite party ocloak, Tty white 18 cloaror aud loss sickly than thac of o1~ miue, aud much move beconiing, therofore, Tho fur {s inexpousive ay compavod with ermine: o aufticlontly large cape, with huandsoine quileod wfllc liniug, costiug loss thun B100, Nothing is so gitloult 10 find an & wrap thut is warm euough to woar over Mgut ovoning-drosses, and yet sufil- ‘sleutly graoeful and baudsomo not to soom out of place, Thoso Whita couey oloaks wasve the and ne satinfactorlly nn, suvthing I know of, and {hio vordiot of (husd wearlng thom Iy, that 'tz * aro altagother dosirablo, “A’ chayming ana prevalont ntylo of head-oavor-, Ing ror the cartlnpo, ts u long voll of whito Npane feh blonde with Iirgo eilk docy. This s twistad ovor {hie herd and about the neek, like » woratad cloud, 'Llio effeat i 80 ver: Locaming, expocilly with a white loak, thub one marvely tho waavers should bo willing to remove it dwing the per- formuanco, ODDY AKD ENDS, Roal-skin caps havo u seal’s head, and short feathor mado of chenlilo, for trimming. Occa- alonally tho tail of the senl sorves for a plume, but it {s not 80 popular us tha chenillo feather. ‘Tho proper color for seal-skin, this wintor, fo very dark black brown; tho warm, close browny of last yenr bolng searcely salablo this, Low-necks havo been seldom seen ab tha oporn this sengon, Good tasto lias nover counte- nauced their wearing in #o public a plnce, and faehion hag finally yigidod. 1o latest thing " in feminine walking-boots is o buttoned goatskin gaiter, with tho brosd Inglieh solo, uxLundlufi Imi,'nml tho _upper all round, and stitcho ! with yellow thread, atcer tho approved masculino manner. It is not very Blognnt, but rowarkably comfortable: and, as soon 08 the streoty hnve assumed - therr proper dopth of mud aud slush, theso bootw will, wu- doubtedly, be widely worn, Tho newest ruches for mourning aro of black and white crope lisse, plaited soporately, aud thon fastened togother. Whito crope lisse iy much used for ruches insido volvet and colored siik fraiees, It is vory exponsive, however, costiug 81 o yord, aud but haif & yara wida, ¢ TFURLELOW. —_—— LONGING AND REST. Thera §s o hoart that loves me, But "tls 80 far away 1 proy thiee, Heart, coms n2ar me, * ‘Aud with'mo over atay, ; There is an oye hath beamings + 0f tendornoss for mo; But what avail thelr gleamings If these X cunnot seo 7 There ia o Land caressed me, ‘And soothied my woury brows Though soft and warm its clay;inge, X cuunot reach it now, Thero 18 o volco 8o tender That apako in thrililng tono ; But that to mo 'l sileut, 2y Lioart makea saddost moon, Teatt, ont, {hou comest near me, Hoon shall I feel thy beut; “Tiu, sure, & tasie of lleaven When 10ving hearta oy meet, Ege, Eye, I fetl thy soft ray, Tu loving tendernces; What pow'r it hath to quicken; . What pow'r it bath to bloss | ‘Haud, Hond, thy soft carcasing Hnth sootlicd my weary pain; 1 kiss theo, 1pud, n blossiug, And clawp theo once ugaln, Voleo, Yolce, 8o swoet, I hear thee,— Thou still hiast Love's pure tone} To bring lifo rick completencss, *Tls Lut thy charm I own. 5 MAnY JosEPRINE BASSRTT. Almost o Duol. From the New Orieans Picayune. Some ton or twelve years beforo the cropping out of the late ** unplensantness,” there came to New Orleaus o vur§‘ markeblo specimon of the onus yolept in Frouch chevalier d'indusirie. fiin name—or at lepst the name ho went by— wzs De Sard, 1o sported a huge mustaohe, and guvo himeelf %mmmlly tho airs and bearing of & halt-pay military officor. He wns a man of plnuuib?e address, rather well educnted, and was ondowed with an’ unhimited supply of * bress.” Haviug wormed himself into tho Enud giaces of the highly-respectod au intolli- gont, but somewhat over-confiding, pro- rictor of the Fropagateur Catholigue, Ka becamo cidef cditor and gensral manager of that fuflaentinl Catholic journal. From that wmoment Do Bard—still* presorving his floice mustache, however—aesumed a kind of semi- clorical garb, although he continad to live as o Ton wvant, and to trequent on tho sly a grent mc\luy places not fit to be meutioued to ears olite. 3 About & year or so aftor ho had become a membor of the journalistic fraternity of Noew Orleans, he bad a difliculty with o French editor. who is now no more, and with whom he had some monetary transactions, the upshot of which was an outstanding clzim of about $200 ngaiust his -late nessociate. Instend of resorting to tho conrts, De Bard wrote & very insult- ing lettor to his unfortunato debtor, which lot- ter, wa beliove, Lo ovon wont #0 far as to pub- ligh, L***, tha recipiont of the ferocions epistlo, immediately called upon two members of the Now Orleans pross, whom wo slull dosiguate here ns X, and Y., and requested thom to bear a challengo to DeSard. The mission was accopted. X, and Y. made their appearanco at Da 8ard’s offico, and wore at once admitted into a luxuriously fitted up room, looking moro like n fashionable lady's boudoir than ths editorial sanctum of o newspapor. Dedard wore rod Morocco slippers, a ‘Turk- ish cap, & gorgoous robo de chambre with gold tassols, and st in a woll- stuffed arm-chair, inhaling the _ fra- ranco of nn unmistakable Havane cigar. Being informed by X. and Y. of the nature of their errand, ho at once gave each of them a heorty shake of the band, and, bofore procecding to business, insisted upon their partaking of some ohoice’ Madeira wine he produced from & liquor case, and aceopting fragrant puros from his au- theutic sifinprl,‘(fl cigar box, * Gontlomen,” said tho clerico-belligerent editor, ‘' the occasion which procures me the homor of your visit is one which appeals to the, h{fzhest instmcts of & gentithomme's na- ‘ture, aud I am truly bappy that you should have been selected for tho purposo. But, gontle- -men, permit mo_ona singlo remark bofors we o any further, Mr. T * ** owes mo 8200, That. bolieve, is not denied.” X. and Y. nodded ns- sont, ‘‘Hence, gontlemen,” pursued the in- doruitabls Do Sura, * you, with the fin senae of honor of true covaliors, will at once perceive how unequul a mortal combat botween T, * ¥ * and myself would be undor the circumatances. Should I kill him—us it is highly probable I will —I shall lose the lnst clhauce of‘ over getling back my meney, Should ho kill me—n barely possible ovent, I admit—bhe at ouce wipes out his debt and his encmy. With due doference to yaur docizion, geutlemen, it appears to me that , * * ¥y first move shculd have been to sottle that little bill," X, und Y, locked at De_ Bard, and then at ench other, and finally broke out into a laugh. ‘fhoy concaded the point raised by Do Hard, how- over, and rotired to report to their priucipal. The noxt morning L * * ¢, hnva “proocurad the required amount, handod it to bis frieads, who once more proceeded to Do Bard's offico, and tendered payment of L* * *'s debt,—renow- ing at the snme time his domand for satisfection. Do 8ard wis as grand, a8 chivelric nd batore. His cheice wine and cigurs were again vro- duced, and & recoipt in due form was_written out by him and gracefully presented to L * * %'y gecouds. “ Now, sir," sald X.,—the eonior second,— “ will you pleaso indicute to us tho friends with whom we are to arrange the terms of the duel ¢ Da Sard’s faco was a picture at that moment. A gonial smile overaprond his featwmes, Herose, bowed with diguified elogance, and said: ** Gen- tlemen, now that the real cuuse of the unfortu- nate misunderatanding betwaen 3Iv. L * * * and myself no longer exiuty, I feol'ound, as o ¢ gon- tilhomme ' and » vral chovulicr, to tondar to lum my humblest apologies. Piay diotate tho terms, aud they are adopted by mo at once.” At this unexpected solution of the diffoulty, X.'s risible foculties could no longor bo con- strained, but his younger and more impulsive colleague Y, did not quite see it in tho sume ggl:]l, and, walking up to the ever-smiling Do ard ; ¢ Look hero |" sald Lie; * you d—d impudont seoundrel, do you think you cau make use of us to colloet {our bills 7" » % 41 beg Monsieur's pardon," replied the_still unmoved knight of the quill ; ** Monsicur, I um sure, is too much of u gentithomme lo inslst on forcing me into u fight when 1 am ready to do fiyflamu Mousiour may requiio to pawlty his rlend," Theroeultof thiswas that both X,and Y. loft Do Bard,—the former laughing Licartily, nud tho lut- tor with ill-reprersed rage and disgusl,—nnd that the Chovalior Do Sard soon after Inft the aronn of journalism i Now Orleuns for “ fresh flolds aud pasturos now " fu Moxico aud Cuba. - — Jupuneso Tens "The larger part of thy Japnneso tea comas to tho United Stutes, England tuking vory littlo of it, as the preference thore is for hlack tens, and it has beon found wmore profitable to preparo Japuneso teas greon—the color which best sults Awerican tea-drinkeis, he production of Japan for 1871 way 80,000,000 pounds,—oune-linlf necd in that country and {ho other bulf exporied. The beut produced’is in the provines of Yumushito, and I voma pavts of the province there ave troen 400 and oven BUU f““ old, which produce tos worth 86 per pound. ‘Tho tea from young slivubs doos not vamuin good for over s yeur, while tey from thoold trepsn st its bont tho end of a yeur, and romsing #o for cight months. Au importuu! feetr vof thedapanoue tons 1s that, as s rule, thoy ure not oolored wivh any pigments, while, in tho yreparation of Oblnase kioua tend, & mikbuze of spsum and Privslan blue or lndige fs used, f g o ‘gluznd slate color, Tho eolor of tho iquor witloh Jupanicss uncolared ton’ draws I o pule olive—not vo bright au that drawn from tha lnost yradon of Chinoso toss, 1u dapan thoy at- taeh groat {mportance to the color of the liquld, aa it fu n rule the fluer the grado of ten, the pator 1% tho Nlguor it draws, In ordinavy Chittosn blaclk tony, tho flavor of the lquor fu considored of | maré frapoetico than the colok, witich is uaunly reddink, When it is muddy it s nsuro aign of adulteration, Tho Jupan ten ls packed fu Tnll-- chenr hoxes, tho avorage welght belag abaut 46 ponnds, J | S S e i WITH ERGLISH TRAPPISTS. A Vinit to tho Monastory of Mount St. Mornard. 3 A cortedpondent of the London Echo supplies the follosing skoteh to that journal ¢ » Tho Jiecord fearii thal Mr, Gladstone has leon visiting tho Monastury of Lrappists; Lo has not, Dut yatt may like to hear what he would have #eon. Dud one-halt the ‘world kuow how the other lnif lives, my veeapntion would bo gone. How new to all but fow will ho my ncoount of n spot In “*Morrie Engiando™ whera mivth is known, aud where litorally the iuhabliants tako their plessure wadiy!” A Lloak moor, on tho luens @ non lucendo principle called o lovest, whoso edgos are stono dykes, popultco i8 clothed in au uncouth gurb, savoring' of n cross betwoen an old wire and o dustman,—; long white petticoats, surmonnted by polutad, hood of the same color, the monotony of the wholo Leing auly roliovad by a broad blacl: bung,. whiech bangs Cown over tho shouldors before and bohiud. Heia and thoro nio others in gavmentn. liko-faéhiond, bt of a brown or blaok e, Are thoy convicts, that thelr heads sre so oclosely ‘clipped, and that thoy go to and from :thefr Isbor in gangs, . showdoring their. - gpades or instrumonts of husbandry, aud march- ing.farth in sivgle-llo from .-that prison- Jiko odifios, eyes fixad on tho qlnuud, and lips firmly closed, lost o word should esospe thom ? -In penal servitudo they are, but of no logal #ort, condemned—not by justico, bue by ani un-. - just convietion of n tancied authority—to wear out thelr simple livey iu solitary continemont, 1o which tho horrora of 3Millbauk and Tentonvilie at0 us nothing. F Phnt gloomy-lookiug huilding, whose nurrow windows aud ‘baried gates loom up davkling agninst the pliy, und form the oaly objeet ol plght for many o mile around, {4 tho Urappist Monastory of Mount' 8t. - Bornard, witunted on Charnwood Lorast, Licicestershire, and thero are the monlks, some of them géntlo- mon—ong, at least, an Oxford man, of n rzood ovunty family in the north—ullin the white labits; men of a certain amount of higher adu- cation, somo priests, Bome pm{)nriug for tho priosthoad, 'That little man, with plorcing oyes and Urmly-comprossed jui, working in tho field and raoting oul soma obstinate thistioy, is tho Lord Abbot himsolf, who, o few hours hence, will bo rooting out tho thistles of solf from the soul of someo knecling novice, or instilling the ~ principles of ~ spiritual lLusbandry into tho minds of his subjocts, That tall, gontlemanly-looking fignre, with hoo and besom, busily engayed weeding the walks, is the Father lrior, o priest of blameloss lifo, but of most ascotic habit. Turn to the left, and it tho top of a pilo of rocks stands & lofty crucitix, {ho rond up to which ig winding, and sot upart for those who would muke the **iay of “the Cross" to the Cnlvnr( ubove, end deecend aguin to n sepulenro, which suddonly- discloses to the mmxpac!imf visitor n_full-length figure of Clinst lying in tho tomb. Look to the right ; train of novices, some mero boys, marches in smngle flle back to tho cloister. As thoy go along some colves, frisking in ol tho coutrasts of frcedom, &re per- forming some ungainly anties. A youth raisos his ayes—sin the fivet ; laugha at tho sight —sin the second; and, most heinous’ crime of all. makes & sign to hia neighbor, who, howaver, obgorves his rule to the letter, aud rofuses oven to look up. o aro joined by Brother Bartimous, tho courtcons guest-mnstor, who, gloucing ot our lotrer of introduction, conducts us within tho guesls' honse, which is separatod from tho main building, but united to tho church by a cloister. We express s desire to sl.uf the onstomary three days, on which the ‘Avbot is summoned. " Ho at onco grants us the required pormisnion, and we agroe to the fow *rules of the house,” some of which are dispensed with in_con. soquonce of our stern PTrotestantism. Bang, bang, bang! goes & great bell. * Would wo liko to go to vespera?” o vespors we betalto our- selves, and are placed in a gallery overlooking the choir, or rathor the nave of what, when fin- “islied, is to be a \re]l—firoparunuod ‘monastic shurel. Gloominess is the order of the duy, or rathor evening. The space below us is empty, till two youthful figures glide in, one of, whom lights the candles ou tho altar, tho othor busy- ing himself with arranging tho books, Present- 1y another boll, aud sundry cowled ghosts stent in and occupy their stalls, which we way obsorve oro so aranged as to reuder sitting down on impossibili- ty. A few moments of privaio dovo- J:Ju, then tho Abbot Limself begins the oftice in o stontorian voice, an antiphon 1a intoned by two novices, and then the full choir Lursts out with .the “Dixic Dominus,” takon to ‘s Gregorian time. Stay; why docs Drothor Doniface blush o8 ho ronds that ‘card? The choir-master has takon thia un-English mothod of informing him that ho Lins sung tho wrong verse, ou which tho offonder leaves his otall and prostrates himself beforo the altur, whore the Abbot suffers him to tie for fully threo minutes, and thon knocks for him to roturn, which he does in all humulity. Liko all the ofiicos, oxcopt the mess and the Tossons in the Broviary, vespers ave sung withonb book; in fect, tho atrict rule of the order iy that mone can bo admitted wn professed monks till they know the Paplter by heart ; our wouder, therofole, was that the prostrato was not the normal attitude in choir. Vespers over, we were hogpitably, but plaiuly, entertained by the guest-master, Who, however, ute nothing, nor drank with us, *¢*0s our holy rule,” ho said, though we must say that ho looked as if a little tea and bread sud butter would do him no hurm, “Qur tea? Wo have none. We shall shortly have our sapper of dry broad, cut off fiom our moruing's portion, and eome milk; and even that is o concossion to English stomachs, I'reperly spenking, & Lrappist is like n roligious bon- constriotor ; he cuta but once, and that ot noon. 'Yo-morrow you shull judgo for yourselvas Low we fare.” Anathor bell, 4 * Chaptor,’ nud as theie womay talk, if it's only to acendo ourselves of our faults, we do uot seruple 1o nvail ourselves of the permission, just s wo do in choir, the only other place, except the in- flrmary, where we aro allowod the use of our un- raly mombor, Farowell till Complin.” At this servico tho whole commanity, including the lay brothers, eame trooping in, nor could anything exceeed the solomnity of the dark choir, the mo- tionless lineoling fizurey, the awful silence, as each oxamined liimsiclf on his own behevior dur- ing the day. It wau opprosive, ond great were our foolings of refief when we heaid the Lnack which signnled tho conclusion of the fune- tion, nud nllowed cach moulk‘to glide past (ho ‘Ablot, as with a low bow ho recaived Loly water from his * ruclier in God.” By 9 o’clock o deop- er silonce reigned around, both outside and - gido; wa belook ourselves to bed—very clean and vory hard—and were just asleap, whon an inoxorable boll uwoka tho ochoes. OQur flvst thought was fire; but the biother's volce erying out us he kuocked at tbe door, * Benedicamus Dowino,” reminded ‘us whoro we woio. Starting up we dressed—it- was 1 8, m., and bitter cold, but tomperats when compnred to tho biting Trigidity of tho church, Verily, if the Tinpplsla linve the truth sho lies inn well, Will it bo bo- lioved, night after night, ovory night of their lives, winter and sununer, his ordenl is gono through, and for two morts! hours, sometimes three, these wretched nien and boys sing the loug oftie of Marting and Lauds, wilh nangwh to warm them eave the firo of devotion, Rigbt glad wore wo' to gob back to bed; for thi ‘I'rappist thore was no moro bed tll the noon siesta—prayoer, study, or meditation must acenpy bis thoughts til Primo, ut 4 a. m. Once ngain wo turn ont, rorely unwillingly, with ditto repeated, At 7:80 comes anotber in- novstion on the ‘Trappist rule, namely, o “nuxt" or breakfast, cousisting of n Lunch (very small) of broad aud some new milic; than more * Chapter ;" then'Tioreo with muss ; and_ then tho day's work fully bLogins, * Our wotk is no fools' pluy,” #nid the Abbot, ** Laok all round on thexe Lundyeds of ucres, now fully tiled aud rnyiuy ; theso woro all wasto whou cur two brothovs cumo” from Ireland as pionocors. Mr. Do Lixle gave us tho land, and helped ns with our church and monnatory 5 all tho rost wo've done oursclvoes, and *lnzy ‘monka’ though we e, hnvo ot all evdts taught the furmers of the nejghborl, .ad how to break up and reolaim tho forext,” Bk, if silenco fu your rule, how do you manago to direat your Inborors 7" Wo havo an alphabot of slgus, which ovory novica loarns, and to that we stick, Of conrug, to tho Lirod Inborers and outsiders we talk, but for that duty twao or {hroo of the oldor and trustior monks aro depmted,” * How ubous rocreation 2 + Takon in silonco whon thoro i8 any—evon on Ohristmns Day aud the Feast of Bt Bernard,” *Tutdo you monks nover go msd 7" Ono or two of us havo; nuy, moro than onco we hove fonnd in the floids or a gurden-Louse, tho . habit caut off, and n lotter eaying tho wouror- Liad returned to “ihe'world,” Yes, wo'vo Liad some uu-uugo char- nctors,—eacaped oriminaly, desorters, Ouo was bere two Yewss befoxa we dissoversd what be whose rary, |- -| the grent mags of spectators, In'ti + Naflgnred by excess of digressivo SUPPLEMENT. { wan. Another proferred onx siloiico and hurd fare to the olack of hls wifo's ,tongue, and way groatly diwgusted ot having to go back to roaut ueef and a ilng spouse. Excudo moe, there' tho bell for daxt, aftor which you wilf tuste *6 Bornard’s multon,' " Woare fu the Neleotory, seatod nt the Abhot's fable, aftora lung Latin griee, The Abbot’ tnnkon w slgu; a thick voze- tsl.o soup 13 placed beforu us, In o lovdly dish ot tho commonent. *Too mucl,” ‘e exclalm tu our host, 100 erossoy thn rignt Toraitger ovor tho lett, and {mmudiately half tho quantity ls placed boforo us, Anotier sign, too quick to b rerceptible, aud o meas of pottage and plain wuot-imdding nppesrs--currants, oven at tha rate of thres to tao ounco ot Haur, woro long sitico woademned as loxurlons, Diuner lo over, tho plain boards ‘nro ¢l , tha monka roliro to thair slosts, wo to the buryhig-g o 1oo the fuevitablo apen grave, then 1o tao roformatory for hoys—onea conductrd, but unsuccensfally, by tito monks—and than back to chureh vgafi for None. Wo did not stay ont tha _three daya oue was onongh, Yeb thero wore old raen amo, compatnily, and this Brough thair eals are ullovad—and thel) t theologieal and nzeatieal De guaiibns a0tz ' GOUNCD'S NW RCHIEVIRIENT. £ Fennno drhres ‘Witting from Puiis, undot e of Nov, T, {hn covrosnundant of tho London Jaily Leh) suvs s Too grantost thoatacal pneesss of tho day L is wuguestivnaily ¢ Joaun o Qudts, ib s dur uove Lhe aveiese of the . plocens fur which thisthentro i coloarafal, 1n hwst i alomgs o dio highast luw ot deamatic art. Tt in o divo-nob tragedy by vorse, wml s onrichod with ausio writton' oxprowiy uy the Kreatast composor of the age. Bat whilo elaim- w lofty place in litaratnso aud maiie, ¥ Jaanno e presents all tho udventitious sttrns wny | which bave muda the Ciaite the nwsh ponuine thoaro in Pacis, Tho tcenery in aduniably painted, tho costumes nro both Tpndsome anil C pleturesio thers uro procesnions nud 4 )p - tions to fonst Lo oyo, aid there i+ n charming “bullet to delyght the humbdrous chies of po whu cuis appreciais no poetry but o pootr, wouon, Theie is somxhusg of everything in thopicce. T huve hieard ** Jeanno d'Are ™ ealtad Jfeerie religiense, and thera iy somo truth ng vell s much tii-uature n tho hnmorous deduition, “A Indy told me that when she camo into the the- atro in tho widst of the flunle to the sacona net, ,sho thought tho opers was transferrad to the “ Bauuro des Arts ot Motiors,” wlile o petit ercve coulldod to me hin confossion that what e dis- liked way the verso, hecauso it rammded him of tho Tientio Frauceis—Lho poor gommens huving no idea of the bittornesy of hiw own war- casn against Dhimsolf, T have not tho slightost intontion of lulllullllr upon iuur vendera alist of all tho plays which luve eon writton upon tho subject of Jonn of Are. Lheir number iy legion, and the sories began by 8 mirncto play brought out at Orlenus itseli n vory few years after the marlyrdom of tho un~ Luppy hietoine. Schitler’s pluy is fanuliar to all studonts of Gormua litorature, and 1t is probn- Llo that many pecl)la mny 1ecollect Mile, Lattis appearance it muil armor as the ouly noticiublo ‘fouture of Veordi's * Giovanun d'Arco,” whon this protentions opera was produced ab tho ‘Thontro Ventadour some five or siz years ago. Alsere may aluo Le some few Englishnion who re- member that o tragedy by Aloxander Soumet would not bo gulvauized into lifo avon by the stu- pendous geniusof the groat uchel, whose young- eat uister now sustaing the churacter in the uew play ot the QGaite. Nor mneed I altempt to 1otell tho story, the main features of which have _beon strictly adhered to in M. Burbier's story, A mero montion of the loeality in which eaeh act takes placo will suflico to mark the pragresn of itho tale, The firet nctpassos in Jeanne's cottage ‘nt Domremy, nud it is r:hlexlg filled by tho love- (making of & young swait who only makoes one fleating appearance i the Inttor pact of tha play. .Jeanne, of course, turns a deail ¢ar to hin suit, and her budding purpose of joining the armies of her King is strengthoned Dy tia appavition of St. Margaret aud Si, Catherine, who, clothed in long robes, mpproached ler from above, aud broathe words of encowragement in ler vear, The apparition is mannged uftor tho fashion of the apotheosis of Grelchen .in _the Covout Garden veision of * Fauat,” ond tho two snints elng a duet to tho accom- paniment of organ and invisible chorus. The musical part of this scene i writton iua siylo which ‘M, Gounod has minde his own; aud it would be still mora effective if all the siuging were curriod on behind the gcoves. To my think- g, the extreme realism of the tpparition some- what dotracted from its improssivenoss ; but thns objection would be considered ll)‘{:xuxcnlicnl by 0 econd ack we aro at Chinon ; sud we ace tho sad spectacle of Charles VIL forgotting in the arms of Agnes Sorel the mutllation of his country and tho wsufs Torings of his subjects. Jeauno appoors, sud succoeds first in gaining the King's mistress on lor gide, aud eccondly in stirving up the lazy mouarch himself, “There 1s Bomothing that jn1s agninst tho listoner's ideal of his horoine, 10 less than agaiust history, in this juxtaposi- tion of tlie puro Maid of Orleans and the eourle- san, but tho scene fih‘ea good opportuuitics ot deciamation to voth. ‘Ihe nctopens with o prel- Ly Lullad and choral refrain, sung by u page,-and oloscs with 8 magnificent martinl chorus, * Dieu le veut,” which excited genuinoe enthusiasm. Btill more musterly, and vastly more originul, is tho datice-music which opona {ho_third sck, which takes place on thio Bridge of Orleans, tho fortilications looming in the background. 'Lho soldiers eing_a chorns with a capital vofrain, whila their ribaudes dance a highly churaclor- istic bullet, feativities being occasionnlly inter- rupted by the descont of an atrow shot frow the Eoglish “camp and tho dischaige of a culvorin ut the aggressors, Al this seene I8 admirably wanaged, a mock funernl-procogsion celobrating tho desth of a mannikin, etuck up to bo shot ut, being vspo- clally clover.” The act is taken up by a series of diccussions betwoen Jeanne nud tho various Tronoh chicfs, whom sho oventunlly subdues to her inspived will, 'fho scono 18 brought to a powerful canclusion Dy u choral prayer to tho God of Battles, In the fourth act Wwo aro ab TRuelws, whete tho King is ubout to Lo crowned, Jeanue, oppressed with the sense of her coming fato, niects hor parents, aud i auxious to roturn with them {o her villago liome. Dui tho King reminds her of her oath not o rest till the enemy in ropuleed from France, and ho fusists on hex outortufy the catbedial on lis left band, oo an oql:ml footing with his Queon. Phe second tablean, represouting the grand facuds of tho cathedral, is oue of the finest I huve ovor witnessed; aud the whole scone, Blled with the knights and warriors, the puges and courtiors, who have marched in procession to the portal, where thoy rre met by the priesty and iucense-boarcrs, while orchestrn und chorus join in o (rinmphal coronation mareh, is extraordina- rily improesive. "Cho last uct, also, in the two tableanx passes at Rouen. It opews in n prison, whero the Euglish soldiers sro indulging in o spirited diinkicg chorus with o capital ref1ain, *Clent l'argent de Trance qui pnyers,” while Jeanne, bound with chaing, is nsleep, 'The sninted lndies ugain appear to her n bodily form, chant- ing o lymn, which . Gounod lns cloverly worlked m combination with the soug of the rovolors, Then follows the historical oftort to wake the mulden recant Lor leresics, the condemnation to death by five, and the finnl rovolting attempt upon her vivtuo by Warwick. Lustly, wo have tho aotual funoeral \1)':5 on the murkot-placs of _Rouen—a murvolously well- dwviced sceno, Tu tha marche funchre the colestinl melody of the saluts Is effcctively alter- nated with the principal sombra, solemn phrase : Jeanne 18 bound to the stako, thio five is lighted, and, ns the lames burst forth from uuder hor Ioet, tho heavens above her opon, and disclose the noble army of martyrs waving their palm- branches fu welcoms of their sistor. I'ho yender will percoivo thut *‘Jennuo d'Ave" 18 in reulity & modern version of & mivacle pluy sot off bil ovary accossory that can chuym tho onr or delight tho oye, I is of an Infinitely \highor order than tho swoid-aud-buckler plocs which it has succceded, uud, if i mattor, at loust prosonts in anoblo Light the noblest dguro in Fronch lustory, Whether it will prove popular with the audience of the Gaito remains to bo geon, ‘Thero wore four ““wwolls ™ in front of mo in tho stalls, who jeered nt all the patriotic sentimonts oxpresied by Jeanna und langhed ab all tho ullusions to *mutilated Lrance,” Of n truth the Parisiane are » pationt peoplo, for in no_other eapital in the world would's popular andlence have suffored its aspirations to be thus doridod, Mouven forbidthat such inane ganding should be tulkon a8 n fair sample of Fronch opiu- fon. The souveraln pouple whom these woll- dresgod cads mocked bhowed bottor mottlo, and applandod to the echo every noble sentimant put into the mouth of the heroe nurtyr, ‘I'hore is no sham in their enthusinsm, for they rush in orowds to sco & play in which they can trace some yesomblanco to tha recont disnutors thut have overwhelmed Frauce, I trust that the vogue will contino, for AL Offeubach's bold- ness in rivking the lavish outlay oceasionod by the production of such a play desorvos to ho rocoguized, All tho numerous chnractors wro well suatsined, but Mlle, Lin Folix thrown hor playmates into the shiude, Bho fs o fragile in appenrance, &nd vho acts so quictly in the vpen- ng seonos, thut ouo's fivet foollng is wonder ot her boluy intrusted with so hnrulo;rurt. But a4 tho play proceeds, tho intonsity of hev emo- tion leuds o thrilllng forvor to hor thin volco, oud eyeny fikve inler frame trembles in the e Bhrary 'Avo.” Lo fuced ut. ovormaslering fullness of hor onthustam. In the Hmmm Heono thers were suidden buvata of puksion which T have roon in no netress but in Alle., Lin Belix's groat klutor Wavliol, and Mllo, BDercloo, In fea, lier Jeanue d'Are is nnoblo ocneoption, carried out with rare attistio deh- eacy aud yob rarer nutural fire, CATS AND RATS. Homo Rathoer Stoup TPales Concorning ‘Elvanne Catn are quito 1 olover iy tho ned.of oponlng lntelien witen it snity tielr purpose, A fuily in one ef the northein outsklils of Lundon wors & zood deal sumoyed with the fyeuent robbory of their larder, 8° nmall out-honse bohind thei: dwolliug, T.ogs of muiton nd othier actielen > no eould One of tho wero devoured ur tarriod off, end tellhow. ‘The iholt wis o mysler; sevyantn detorming ly ¥ wers noaet of axis balonging to | Lis nvigghborhood, The hwder hnd o inteh whieh sl bo o prassod down dn opening dio door. No eal coull properly proe 1 down hy springing comn the oo, - Thero was, howevor, en ad- tolulug wath, from wlich ealh might loap wml & tiie dupronion ot tho latel us thoy sucees. d, et i what, they did, ‘Phoy a Lo wall one utter {ue other, casi o wrets tas bach nd it paseed, wntil mozo Purtnnats than (he “othorr, wady tho uaadinl depreseron with d v T'he door unmediacely wan openod, und a leg of mucton, winteh bl voen tha object of ioge, wiue veeurod, nnd eazea adl bt (he” bunos, Was thure not much sagactons plmmiug in this piecs of ron- vy by cate? Wo think thers wia—slnosl as wuch a8 wo nee domoustratad in some of the meaner depiriments of the huwman spevios, 2'he incldout ik placo latoly, Many instanzes have beon recorded of tho die- play of intollig meo by ratd, to wieh we hag add tho Fal.owing:' A farmar's wife in of Beotiand rewatked thos o creaim suetiee or the millk in iee dulry was often edd with, Az firat sho ruspectod that vomo of her childrou had taken the unwereantaulo libotty of dipping ploces of bread in it, but who could find nothnng to confirm this suspicion ; ik hy-andsLy sii0 notieo. strungo listio rtreaks of cream on g edpes of the metk oauins, au il a string kud bean dipped In aud drayn out, ko a8 tolenve w munk. At last whe discovered (ho seeret, Thacremm weastolon Ly raly, which got upon'tho alyges of tho esith cuntuining tho mitk, snd, not being ablo toreacl down to i, ndopth of seven inees, nor l: to attempt to go down, as they could nover hu climbed up tho umnooth surfaco again, dipped in the tips of thoir long twly, drow themn up londed with tho rieh eream, and licked them. An ur- rangement of the bosing, such that tho rats could not_get upon the edges of thom, pub an eud toall” further dapredations of thiy kiud, ‘I'ioro was surely somothing woro than iustines in ihis easa in the procedure of the rats, ‘Wa hinve sumathing still to tell regarding the Ingonuity of rats. A familyin o conntry house n'lertrordshiio had o faucy for reaving ducks, but could not woll do soou _nccount of rats, which systomatically ol hold of end carried nway the young ducklings, cven from clotg to their mollier. With u view to_eirewmvont ‘tho yuts, tho maternnl duci and hor yonng wero housod for thio nighit uuder & coop, which ndinit- tedof no opouing for the funve intrwders, “Iig rats wero not to bo ko cusily eheated of their prey. On discovering 'that the wmother duck and hor fumily wore eloxaly shrouded from intrusion, thoy dovised s pretiy plan of on- glacering, which was eminently sucecesful, In 1he courso of o singlo night they oxeavazed s tuunal, going bolow the outer adge of tho coop to its interior, und thus vory ucatly, without producing any alarm, stola every duckling from ttnder the gudrdinuship of the mothar, Two_rats bLelonging to the same colony per- formed a feat quite as ingonious, A trap which was _baited_for their capture wns hobitually plundored withont securivg o single rat. Lhey Lnd evideily inveated, some plan for safely stoaling £ ay tho bait, and whas tho plan woy conid only be lenrned by setting a watch on the trop. Wo_thall oxplain Liow the thing was effceted. Tho trap wasof the kind which ie somotimes omllloyud for catching mice. It was a hox with a sliding door, which was sustoined by mochanism connacted with the bait. On the bait being nibbled at, the door descands and makes th0 mouas o prisoner. The two rate saw through tho dovico, and resorted to tho very nimple but offoctual method to tako mway tho buit, which was u pieco of toasted cheose, aud yot eseape punishmont: One of them placed itsolt under the door, 8o that it migat fall on its bacl, whilo the othor crept in and suecessfully enrriod off tho morsol of choose. Tho firat rat thou drow itsolf from under the door aud joined its companion. ''his demonstration of rat intelli- gence, like tho preceding incidont, is of racent oceurreuco, —_— “GVER THERE.” Home one lins crossed o'er tho mystieal river; Some one's ot rest from Jifv's turmoil aud eare; Some one Lus patned the sweot peace that awalteih “Tlie world-weary voul in the Lright *Ovor There,” Sonw ono {8 lost to Earth pain and its sorrow,— Lost but to know, in that Lolier ephere, “T'ho baim that prosails {u that pearl-bordor'd efty,— ‘Flie bleseiugs that acotl, not the waitivg ones hiere, Ol ! blest I8 the alumber whoao sllencu fs dreamless, And sweot 15 tho wakiug that cometh ot lant Far 'vond tiio gates that, cternally gleaming, Lead {0 a land yhero all anguish is past, Fyes noor grow dim, and hearts nevor kngniol, Grlof nevir comen Swith it hannting desgulr, o thous bright shores whose golden-sands glimmer In o solatice unfading of love, " Ovor Tneral? Cuzcaao. OweN M, WiLsod, Iz, —_— The Irish Hlome ale ™ovement. The following are tho resolutions proposed during the sitting of the Irish Home Rulo Con- forence, which met in Dublin on the 18th of last mounth: ’ - 1. That as the basis of the proceedings of this Conferonca wo declare our couviction that it iy sssontially necossary (o tho panco aud peos- }mrny of" Irelaud that tho right of domestic ogisintion on ull Trish affeirs should bo restored to our country. 2, That, solemuly reasserting the inalienanle rights of (ho Irish people to clf-government, wa doclnre that the timo, In our opinion, hud come when o combined and energotio effort filln:‘mld bomnde to obtuin the restoration of that right, g;*). That, in aceordance with the ancient and coustitntionnl rights of the Irisn nation, we claim tho privilego of mannging our own atfairs by o Pavlinmoent assambled 1 Ireland, and com- posed of the Sovetolgn, tho Lords, mid the Com- mons of Ireland, 4, ‘Ihat in claiming theso vights and priviloges for our country, we ndopt the priuciple uf n fod- cral arrangoment which would reenre to the Irish Parlinment the right of legistnting for and rogulating alt matters releting to tho internal affairs of Ireland, while leaving to the Imporial Tarlinmout the power of denlivg with all ques- tions affecting tho Imperinl Crown and CGovern- ment, legislation regarding the colonies and oth- or dopendencios of the Crown, tho relution of the Empiro with foreign States, and all matters apperta ning to the defense and stability of the Empire at Inrge, as well a8 power of granting andproviding the supplios uecessary for Ime perisl purposes. 6, ‘Chat such an arrangement does mnot in- volve any uhxmgu in tho oxisting constitution of the lmporinl Parliament, or uny iuterferonce with the prorogativos of the Crown, or distutbe anco of the principlos of the Coustitution. 6, That to secure to the Trish people the advantages of constitutionnl Governnent it is esrontinl that there should bo fu Lreland an ad- ministration of Irish aifairs, controlled accord- ing to coustitutionnl erlnulplca by tho Irish Par- lamont, and controlled by Ministors constitu- tionally responsiblo to that Parliumeut, 7, That in the opinion of this Conforence o fedoral arrangomont, buged upon these prinel- plas, would consolidato the strongth aud main- inin tho intogrity of the Empire, und add to the digul!.y and power of the Imporial crown, T'hat while wo bolieve that in an Trish Par- lamont the rights and liberties of ull claeses of our conntrymen would find their best and surest rotoction, we are willing that there shonld be ncorporatad in the fedoral conetitution articlen supplylng tho amplest guarantees that nochange #hould Lo made by that Parlismont fn the pres- ont sottlomont of property in Ireland, and that no logislation shall be adopted to establish any veligious ascondancy m Ireland, or to subject any porson to disabilities on necount of his ro- ligious opiniona. e ring a 'Tooth From the Knoxerlla (fenn.) Chvonicle, A lady in this city, sovoral years ago, lhad a front tooth put {n on u pivot, " Latoly thn tooth beenme loose, and tho othor day, while out in the yard foeding hor chickony, slie aneozed very haxd, Whon tho tooth fall out, aud was at onca swal- lowod by ono of the chickens, The lady kapt hor oyo on that same chicken, and, us soon as nossible, offeotod n capturo, whon she folt of the eraw untll she discovored u substance sho took o ho ior tooth, und, teking s kuife, tho craw was oponod at M'mt_ [lwa, Lho tooth taken out, and again elosed with neodlo nnd thread, and the chickon relonsod, ‘Tho chickon is still living and well, though full of rosolution nevoer again lo wwallow o tooth, whilo the lady sporta s full set, of toeth again, ~ The abovo ia vouched for as tho trath by a zellable gentleman, Duiry-Hushandry--Wator the Gen'TY Requ i Avteniitne Wert 1 ng of Wellsee The ntersSupplysaCout o0f * Oheesc-Cactorys==A'ho Uso of TeeaTho URaiing of ESuttor nod SkimeChoese i WWantor-mMalting SnlesesShoe Yiold 0F Cheese Por Cows-Tlo Pautirigoe Value of Choese for Foodeasundry hangs Connt Frum Our Agry Unrdl Corrernomient, QCuasraay, Dee. 11, 1873, DAULY-IURBAR DY at this thno Is attyactivg nosmall sharoof tton- tlon. Ono greut deawhack hoy beon tho want of springs, vimell brooks, uud durabloe wells of wa- tor, Whon thoro are overcome, we mny hopo for progresa tn this ditection, In roply to an inquisy from Troquoiy County, Mr. . A Wil lavd, in the Lural New-Yorler, nays: Jvpot—Tha cust of factory wind appliuncos will ho frui 3,040 to 33,000, sccording to cot of wmatertal, L hor, uinl tho meuner In which the wructure Is findshed sl flited up, cenitd-=Lrohably the best mo: 4 wow dlerrdr s i upon ths Jots w0 nimdier of [xrdohy m oo tho enluryriag, theroby reenring votlabl putrons, I oricnced Yurk. und o good factory-tmiieger enn ke had al trom S50 to $100 per montli of tho checss-nuking W ot Pt th—Clieesn fa now betnig sada i Now Yorl nt tho £ v, ull Cxpontes beiug pufd by tha company. vaigor, at 81,60 o $1,45 per 100 powudn of Foftli—Tho probubilo yield of i svorage falr lot of wa wiil D, fay, fram 460 to 400 ponud per cason, 20 ueres of good land_ought to keep o cow Tor the year, It often feken more, nnd sometimen Tenk, Tt depends upon the wrtural ftiess of the land for geuen, und tho tommer n which §6 $2 mannged, tho toeaoi, otc, ote, We can give no moro dofiuity e Sevznfi—Calvos and hogs can bo kept fu connection willy cicese-duirying, onid tho waoy vory nGvinbas feously nned for this purpose, Tast summor wo visited o large numbor of choesa-factories, and beeame wnifsflod that choose-making in tho north balf of th2 Slate,— that 18, ol that pars having the black, loamy sotl,—can bo made as profitable au in New York, provided tha! we could obtain an ABUNDANT SUITLY OF WATER nt o reasanal lo cost. In the Troquols arteslans well region that matter is gettled, and the sup- ply s abundant for tho stock and for the eool- ing of tho milk, In some of tho northorn coun- tien thero areuprings, but the moit of these aro unavailublo on account of marshv approaches, .or Iying in deop ravines. 'Tho cattle hnve long distancos to go for water, and theso springs are too far from the house for the purpose of cool- ing the wmikc. This loaves the grentor aren to be supplied with water from the wells, 'T'hen comes the question, Whare are the walls thint can supply tho demand ? At this time wo are compelled to auswer, ) WE DO NOT RNOW. ‘Tho patent-ruger man lLave made a great hlcw, but hava anly suceeeded in dénining the pockets of people for the patonts, and for wells that are of little value, In the borings we meet bould- ars of granite rock that compel & susponsion of the work, and another hole must be ocom- wmenced. If wo could go through theso isolated rocks we might succeed, but thus far theso woll-jobboers have made no attompt to do g0, and wo must aweit some more effective and perhaps expousivo appnratus. That wo bave an abunidanco of wator fn the strato of drift hos ofton baen varifled; and. if wo cau tubo out the quick-sand and tho Koft clay, we will bo ablo to securo a good supply of water. When that is nccomplislied we must know how high the water will riso, in order to see if a common suction-pump will bring up the finid, or whethor a foreo-pump con be n[ylplied: aud, failing in this, we must resort to tho long, hollow can, in order to windlass up the water. In this latter caso \wo may_despair of the dairy, for to thiswe cau only apply hand-power with advantago and certainty, . On gomo farms, and perhaps all, that have their velns of water near the surface, such cases oceur, On the farms to the west and south of of me aro TOLLOW WELLS that appoar to heve an inexhaustible supply of water, and are loss than 10 feot in dopth, while a dozen wells of 25 to 80 feot fuil to get moro than s fow buckels of water per. day. Both of these =~ wells wero discovered by the oraw-fish throwing up casting of wot clay, and, on digging, the water was soon reached, It is protiy cortain that water is not vory nenr the surface whon thero is an ab- nenco of theso crawfish-holo, On neighboring farms ab leust soven n‘.tum‘)ts linve been made with a 10-inch angor {n sinking wolls, and all but ouo failed at from 50 to 70 foot, on account of slrikiug granite-houlders. 'Lhe ono is 85 foot, and was uul:poncd to hinve beon perfect, and the tubing put in: but the supply of water is too wmall, 8t least to bo deawn up with a common pump. _ It is possiblo that o pump at tho bottom might deveiop & sapply. THIS QULSTION OF WATER must first bo settled befare we make any attempt at tho dairy. ‘Lho cows must have water in the pasture near at hand so that it can be had at all tinies, and this wator must bo clear aud pure. Water from our common rush-ponds ig not suit- able for the purposo, nor would small artificinl peads auswor a vory good purpose. 1N THE ELGIN DAIRY “DISTRICT somo of the factorics depend on well-wator, sud ‘one of thoso, ab_ lonst, pumps it with _ horae-power, Last spring the Snvoy Farmors’ Club had a disoussion in rogard to a cheose-fuctory, and this question of water met thom at tho oulset, and blocked thoir enter- prive uutil that can be overcome; and it is to o hoped that by another year this will bo ace complivhed. Tdam thus particular on this sub- jeot from the fact that fow people appear to understand it, or to fully comprehend its value, After tho wator is supplied, next comes tho FUNDS YOR THE PACTOUY-BUILDINGH, and thess Mr. Willard cstimatos at £5,000 to $8,000. Ilo does not spesl of au ice-house, but Isupposo this is included as o contingency. A the Duel flwtur?', Montgomery Couuty, N, Y., thoy put Jarge blocks of ico into the milk-vats, in uddition to o stroum of spring-water running througl the cooling spuce, This spring-water comes in pines G0 to 80 rods, In Oswego und Jaffersnn Counties they usod spring and brook water without ivo: aud the swme plan was pursued in Horkimer aud Schoharie Uounties. ‘Thig water is about 57 to 60 degrees, and it is cluimad by the paxties that it is suficiently cool. ‘The Buel factory had the milk of 302 cows the dwy I visited™ it, and made 16 cheenes that would svernge 60 pounds ocach whon cured, or o duily yiold eof 960 pouuds, or 17-10 pounds per cow. This fuctory cont abou: $4,000, and could accommodnto 800 cows, The milkk for theso 16 cheese woighed 10,680 pounds, giving a pounud of cheeso to 1114 pounds of wilk,” Thib wis_tho only factory that T met with that kept o daily uccount of the number of cows. Ono fuctory that mude 24 60-pound cliceses u day cost 8,000, sud one for 16 cheeses cost 93,500 5 but this latter heated tho mill with o fire-box undor tho vats. Those owned by privulo parties anpponred to havoe cost much less than thoso of'asnoclations, From what I could leain, the uesociated plan 18 NOT THE DST, an its luokn economy, For this ronson it wonld bo bottor thut tho cheosomalors agree to make up the cheeso at & given price, and to pay inter- torest for uuy lonns that might be required to put up tho works, At the Maneville factos conts -was charged for the ontire oxpenso, cluding the selling of the choeso, In New York tho factorios open in April and closo tho 1st of Novembor—s porlod of seven months ; while, in this State, tho factory is in constunt operation, makmg moro or less butter in tho wintor by skimming the milk 24 hours, and making what is called gkim-cheose, Bur, in this case, the cows uro fod 8 quarts a day of o mixture of corn und ouls gronud togethor, and this 8o adds to the richnees of tho miik thut this slkim-choesa is of such a quality that it seldom sacs more than 2 conts per pound loss than first- clugs choese, Of course this slum-choose could not be made to advuntuge in the summer, as the wilk fs thon loss rich fu butter and cascone. . MAKING HALES, 4 Al chocsomunkers uro not good salesmon, aud iu such case the patrons of tho factory could up- point one or wore porsons to look atter the alos and to mako the dividends, Noarly every fac- tory lins n committeo to look after theso things, I'ho smatlest fuutm?' that L saw waa for 200 cows, aud cost about %1,600, YIELD OF CHEESK, My, Willard puts the yield por cow at 850 to 400 pounds per nunum; but thisIs oxclusive of the bud huttor for November and Decewber, which is 25 to 80 pounds. This will muke the butter sud cheoss aversge about 50 por cow, In Now Yovk the cows ura of little value, whila the Elgin dairles make them into veal at 4 1o ¢ weoks 0ld, or koop the beat of thom for stook, Ar, W, ostimates 3 uoros or wora to the cow for summier aud wintor, Ho says that it often takes ‘pove, Acoording to my obsorvition 0 acres may e conaldered » better eatimate for dlas Hite, e and 4 for Illnols ; but, to do this, wo shall han Lo unu corn for eolling protty freely, and soo tha our mendows ore liborally top-drossed, Bluo grass pantures, ay deseribed [n my last lottaz Would ulso bo teoful, : OURL GHEAVER LANDS, tho nbundanco of paturago, conmidaring thy longer searen, tho lurgo growth of corn ang Hungarian gras for soling, nnd the low prict of corn und oaly for oxtra feoding, aro all in on: favor, and ought fo make the dairy as profitably an . f at tho Tnut. TUE WHITE DAIST, I wan surpriead nt the quantity of white daisier in the Now York pustures awl mendows, whick must lossen tho pasturage to 8 great oxtont, 1r the mondows Loy aro mads tiuto hay, aud the cows uppear to xelinh thom If cut ewrly in the “senaon ; hut it u{)pcm‘n tome that ‘s plant tha tiie eows reluso ty eat wihon greon and suceulont in tho pasture can hinve uo greac value whor they nen furced Lo eat it mixed In the hay, ] found at least onp pernon who was of thel opiuio:, und whose farm won kepk olonr of this - poat, - Tt omo of the pastitres ara too sirong 10 kieop thom down with the plow, aud nothing short of sheep would avuil to destroy thew. PLAIN BOILING, We ean reo no insurmountablo’ dificultios in tho way of tha duiry in that part of the ftale nlluded to, aad it wonli ve woll to givo it ntten~ tion, nnd thus diversify onr induktrios. I wonll uot greatly lesson: the corn-crap, but it w;mlld mako n new liome-demand for o portion of 1t, A CHEESE FOR FOOD, Julookingover thomatkot-raporte, it isnmatter of surprlss tosce what s swall part of thie chacee-product is consumed at lonio, aud how ous paoj.lo overlouk its valua ay food. Tlore we 1eo it a & donnert, whilo in England, and other i of Eavonc, it is cnton iu piuca of ment, wd i paeb of the rognlar meal. Oun pound of eheeso is said to Lo equal Lo bwo pounds of boet in sustaining the Janorer, and, when moat it daar, chioern 1 substituted for if. COLORALO TOR DEEF, NOT CHEESE. We hear muoh salld in rogord to tho trans. Misuouri country ay_n grasing ropion. But we cage bear In mind that 1t is bool-mukingg, grozing, aud not the dairy. Along the foot-lulla nad pares of the mounining, Lutter-making in lu'uln.nhlu,. while choose-malting on o jarga scalo 3 out of tho question. The yicld of milk is smull ay compered to ol more” succuleny foed, but it Is rich ju buter, and the cool climato is iu ita faver. Yei, nfier alf, stock-growing nud Deel-making is tho more pnfmlur omployment ; and it may bo questioned It Colorndo and Wyoming will ever have o surplus of hutter for tho would's markat. The irrigated lands will puy botter for othor producin, and the greut ranches of arid plain and wountain-slopo will Dbo given up to boof-making, tho growth of wool and horses, TUTTER, SUGAR, AND DEEF, Tu modern Immakenl)llm thero ure three ime portant olewmenta shus huvo beon wonderfully in- eronsed ; thnso nro butter, sugar, and beet, For tho ehildven ubovo 10 yearn aud tho adults of & tumily, wo may estimeto a pound of butter por week per eapita, 'This s based not 8o much on the congus-roports as it 1 upon tha genoral esti- nate of furmors who supply families from weak to weelc with fresh-mads butler, A family of ten porsons will use from 500 to 700 pounds of wugar or annum, or If {0 14 & pound each per dey. Thoso estimates are perbaps too large for the msges, but will apply to all well-to-do house- holds. It is this incceased consumption that has kopt up tho price of this prm}\\ct; i, wheu our peoplo mora fully appreciato the tood- valuo of cheeso, the demand will tend to keep up the pritu, if it dues o lieronsa it, o8 in the cade of huttor, Assnming that thoro are o mill- ion of poople in tho State who average & pound of bulter uw weolk emch, wo have s protty good nggresate to be supplied. In 1870 wo lhad 474,533 famillea; of these, 09,197 wero in Chicago, contuiniog n population of 208,877, To Luttor the brexd of tho prosent 400,000 in Chicago must raquite at least 8,000, 000 pounds, at a value of not less than $2,000,~ 000, per amunm, Thig supply must come from Northewn_Lilinois, Iowa, Minnosota, and Wiz cousin. Tamsorry to eay that, with an abun. dant bluo-grass pasture aud cheap corn, our furmors do not s\l{lply tha villages of this caung 1 (Chumpnign) with this staplo articlo of foo whon we sionld hove half a mitlion pounds o surplus for shipping south of us. Neod we ba surprised ot herd times when we purchase bur- ter, chacsg, potatoos, eud flour, year aflter year, to supply in part the home-domand? It it the old story of th:o Boutn, with her own staplo, cotton, out of which to purchase ol the noodd of the year, Bad yesr for potatoes, snd yet many farmers have fino crops: and all coutd have had the same by purauing the same syscem of culture. Not o” good butter-country, saya the larger part of our farmers, after shock-corn snd tho waut of warm stables have dried up the milk, Con't mnko choose in this climate, is shouted by the masses ; and yet Mr. Beard, of Raofonl, and Mr. Spencer, of Posotum, have, for half-p-dozen years, DISPROVED THE ABSURD BTATEMENT. It is but a fow years sinco tuo farmers woro asking if timothy and clover could be grown ; and twenty years ago not more than half of the farms in this county planted n Lill of potatoss, and the othior half did not grow a futl supply for the family, and yet the crop is as certain o in ‘Wisconsin, though the average yiold is less, aud then tho planting must bo early. 1t way found that the tiuwtl{y required an oc- casional top-dressing uf munure to make it pro- duce largo annual crops; and now the farmor who bins any misgiviugs in regard to thuothy or clover is laughed at, DOOS AND SIEEP, While wo aro busy fightinyg monopolics, wo Tovget to fight the dugs, and the dogs provent tho small favmers from keaping sheep und sup- plying his family with sweet mutton. The sheep woulidl ent tho summer-grasses from the corn and potate crops, without touching corn or potatoes; and then they would be useful in othor parts of the farm to keep down blackhorry bushes and similar plants that mar tho nppest- ance of the farm. Lot the Farmors’ Clubs and Patrons look to this thing, that the Legislature moy pass o law that sball be cffoctive in diiving out tho dogs and letting i the 'sheep. If the owners of ~dogu ero tnxod & dollar for ench dog per auuwm, aud this fand is ret apart to puy for sheep killed by dogs, tho protection would be smple. The ownership of dogs mny bo detormined by the family feeding thom, In the first placo the dol- Iur-tnx would sweop three-fourths of tho worth- loss curs out of oxistenco, and the othor one- fourth would ba so cared for that they would havo little ocossion for live mutton. Every move in the direction of divorsifylng ouz industries is o relief, and it is owr dutyto give this subjoct our earnest nttoution. We have the remedy ; IN OUL OWN HANDY, and, failing to apply, it, wo nced not lay the biame on others, I'jgro ara too many unpaid-for fm-m-lmslemoms uow rotiing whera thoy lasi usod ; too many notes given for sewing- muchines at 75 to §85, payable on timo, thut are just naw falling duo; and too many store- bitls that should havo beon avoided. All theso thinga add to tho hard times, aud are prossiug for pey. The fault is with us more than the dealers, and it should be to us &8 a vsluable losson. Homotimos & man must got in debt, but it should bu for something that in cssential to his business; but, if ho will look close, thore crsen occur loss ofton than one would supposo. That we must now come down to a rgid ecouo- wy iu order to recover from our past over-trad- {ug, Is quite evidont; and, after that, we can go on with o more liberal hand, yet at all times not uxlmndmg our incomes, The farmer who goes without butter and potatogs may begin the in- quiry how hio is to yocure the family-supply, und he will be surprised how simple & thuglilt i URAL. Monument to ¢ Fanny Fern.? Tobert Bonner Lins crectod & monumeont to the mensory of Punuy Forn at Mt, Auburn Cometor, L. 1. Ttis » Romun or Latin cross, with s ped- ostal of the samo ordor of architecttro; this latter mombor consiats of the followiny, parts, viz,: & gronite plineh, murble base, deoply molded, o dio of tho kamo material, and o well- proportioned bold projecting cap, 'Lhis pedostal supports tho cross, which ja draped with intor- Ineing fern-lonves, richly carved. The dio con« {ajus the following. hlh‘url‘)unll i Front—* Fuuny Fern,' North panel—*'Born at Portland, July 9, 1811, Died at New York, Oct, 10, 1872." Houth punel—* A tribute to the memory of a friend, by Robert Bonuer." —_— Gitts 1o Collogos, A clroular from tho Burewn of Education gives & tublo of tho gifts to collogos for the year ond- Ingg Juno 80, and of tho purposes to which thoy ure applied, From this we lonrn that the total roportod giits to uiucty-four institutions, recks onod us cotloginte aud seattored through thu country, smounted to &4,216,886, of which $1.009.997 was dovoted to general purposan, #1,840,705 to endowed funds, ¥530,616 to build- ingu, 989,000 to sru!nunnruhlpn, 10,000 to fol- lowshipy, &50,000 to scholursbips, ©2,100 to prizes, 3246,904 to now or special departments, 877,093 (o Hlbrurics, 10807 to' musbums, and 4,090 to apparatus. 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