Show summer fruits cc I 1 have spoken of the feast of roses but the feast of strawberries must be remembered how plentiful is tho the cro crop I 1 in this happy land the poor taste of delicacies deKa cies and the horn of plenty is literally poured out with its profusion of its fruits and flowers here the cows come home at night with their hoofs actually dri dripping P in g with the red blood of this berry and tae the odors of it float over the snowy foam of the milk pail it grows wild in all the woods and all the meadows and many think the wilder the sweeter for as it is smaller in size than the seedlings of the garden it stands stanch a better chance to become dead ripe and lose loae its acid it t requires no addition and is rendered fit to eat by the sugar of its own nature doubtless says say 9 an old writer go god d might have made a better berry but be never did I 1 have however met with some who are disposed to deny the truth of this statement I 1 and who say any that the raspberry is better no doubt it is to some palates but the general voice would hardly give the palm in flavor the strawberry is admitted to be the acme of perfection and it has probably not degenerated since it was originated in eden but it is so keen and pungent that in a little while it destroys de strove the tone of the tongue whereas the raspberry has hag an exceedingly delicate aroma as much so as the wild grape blossom its merits are more slowly perceived but it less fatigues the taste and is llo loneer appreciated the succession of fruits as the year year advances exhibits adaptation most pleasing and wonderful the strawberry is first with us and its precedence in time is it ft fair presumption in favor of its ripe merits then comes the raspberry these occupy a certain space mostly to themselves but when they are gone a rabble of fruits jostle one another in the garden and every one may take his pick and choice the english cherry chit charms the eye and satisfies the taste especially when you pluck it from the branch as it hides its blushing cheek check beneath the leaves the gooseberry and tart currant arrive in the very niek nick of time but the berries taper off in excellence at the close of the y year ear the plain lain and healthful blackberry is succeeded by ly the whortleberry the poorest of fruits god forgive me but in the meantime the larger kinds come in to adapt themselves to every variety of taste and every necessity of constitution peach plum alum and grape WINTER CLOTHING winter is the time to mind the feet for health depends on keeping them comfortably warm the blood must circulate to the extremities and the nerves of the skin and for this r reason eason we recommend woollen stockings even silk is warmer than A cotton stocking because silk is a nonconductor nonconductor of heat firelight fine Fin elight light or lambs wool are much better than worsted and the texture should be rather loose than close A piece of brown paper cut to the proper size and and worn inside the sole takes scarcely any room in the shoe an and j adds greatly to its it warmth A sole of cork insi inside d e the shoe ace is comfortable and use useful fulz woollen gaiters are also a great protection elderly people or those liable to rheumatism will vill find comfort from woollen kneecaps flannel next the skin is a great preservative erva tive against cold it is not merely a nonconductor non conductor of heat beat but sots acts as 40 a stimulus to the skin akin and assists it in throwing off superfluous matters matter the celebrated john hunter gave these three chree rules for the rearing of children give them plenty of milk plenty of steep sleep and plenty of ban flannel ael in short flannel is a most important article of dress for either sex for infancy meridian or old age let all ladies at this season furnish the themselves with a good supply of flannel and merino petticoats and not sacrifice their health to the vanity of displaying display slim im figures |