A correspondent of the Baton Herald thus speaks of the gardening operations, ladies, etc., of Norfolk county. He seems to have overstepped the bounds of sober prose, but this is to be expected on such a subject:

"Among our agricultural friends, notes of preparation are sounding in all directions. For amusement and recreation we have of late preambulated many of the towns in Norfolk county. The farmers commence the spring campaign under unusually favorable auspices. Vegetation is opening before us in the similitude of locomotion; the blossoms of the Peach, Cherry, and the Plum indicate that Providence is preparing for us an abundance of the most luscious fruit The ladies (dear creatures and charming souls) have, in good earnest, pitched into their tulip and dahlia beds; they are up with the lark, and down with the noon-day sun. In the cultivation of flower gardens they not only exhibit excellent taste, but from the exercise consequent thereon, expand their mind and improve their health - that great desideratum with the sex. If your city 'young bucks' have a desire to behold just the prettiest misses out, fresh from the mint and harmless as doves, let them (we do not mean your ' dandy Jims') arise with the sun, and with the team nature has given them (their feet and legs), walk into Norfolk county, and from Dorchester to Quincy, and from Quincy to South Weymouth (if they are not too lazy to walk thus far), and they will find females, with their pink bonnet and hoe, out in almost every garden, and will be convinced why and wherefor our Norfolk county ladies are so much admired for their glowing health, ruddy cheeks, matchless forms, and amiable dispositions.

"Our young misses are now so universally educated, that to speak within bounds, at least, in Norfolk county, ninety out of one hundred are competent and qualified 'school marms' - are well skilled, and have a practical knowledge of house-keeping, and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging. Many of them understand their rights, and knowing them, dare maintain them.

" The two most extensive and princly farmers in Norfolk county are, unquestionably, Hon, Benjamin V. French, of Braintree, and Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester. Both of them are alike distinguished in political and agricultural spheres. Hon. Mr. French was a member of the Executive Council under Gov. Marcus Morton. Hon. Mr. Wilder was late President of the State Senate under Gov. Briggs. They are both merchants as well as farmers. No person without a merchant's revenue can carry on, with the perfection of these gentlemen, and on so extended a scale, the farming business. The green-house of Hon. B. V. French, and plants in full bloom, is the most splendid natural curiosity now in the vegetable kingdom in Norfolk county".

How much better would it be for our country - how much it would increase their own happiness - if hundreds and thousands of our rich men would follow the example of Messrs. Erench and Wilder.