DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



a dry stove— v;h\c\\ I sincerely hope is not yet 

 invented, except to liatch chickens. 



In the parlors of my eastern friends, there 

 were elegant pictures and beautiful flowers, and 

 devoted lovers of these specimens of the fine 

 arts; but they had discarded that which is far 

 more beautiful than pictures or flowers, the 

 bright, breathing, sparkling, crackling, o-pen 

 wood fire. What picture, by KubensorGuido, 

 can equal it in its colors? what flower, not even 

 the Victoria regia, can compare with its life 

 and varying change? Still, amid all the dry 

 heat that every wliere prevailed, there was one 

 dear old lady, who was not to be turned, e'en 

 by fashion's irresistible force, from the gratifica- 

 tion of her more refined and less highly educa- 

 ted taste, but who kept the old open wood fire, 

 with straight sticks, of dry hickory, the pic- 

 ture of old fashioned neatness and comfort, the 

 hearth neatly swept, and the andirons with their 

 brass balls burnished as brightly as tliough they 

 were representing the satellites of Jupiter. 

 Alas! where now are those nice brasses? — ban- 

 ished from the parlor. I loved this old lady 

 for her quaint persistance in the olden ways — it 

 struck a chord of sympathy in my own heart, 

 which vibrates afresh as I sit here now, in front 

 of a blazing fire. The frost has wrapped all 

 nature, without, in bis cerements of death; the 

 wind sings his mournful requiem of summer 

 gone, and the very fallen leaves rustle as they 

 drift closer and closer together in the shelter 

 of some little shrub in every sheltered nook; 

 but within, all is cheeiful and gay — the fire 

 crackles and rejoices, and the cricket on the 

 hearth comes forth with his merry and content- 

 ed notes. Hearths, too ; what are to become 

 of them and their genial associations of social 

 ties and social joys! arc they all to be swept 

 away? and for what? What new happiness have 

 you with which to replace them? When far 

 away from home, where does fancy picture dear 

 ones? — surely around the blazing fire. When 

 memory calls up scenes of early childhood, are 

 they not of the same place, whence we looked 

 up into the faces of dear parents? Yes, 

 the recollections of boyhood and manhood are 

 all connected most pleasantly together at this 

 spot, and the hearth-stone becomes sacred to 

 us all — we love it, we cherish it, and, if needs 

 be, Ave would fight for it. 



Good friends, in earnest truth, beware how 

 you cast from you one single source of happi- 

 ness, one single cause of joy. We have too 

 little of either in this weary life of disappoint- 

 ments, to be reckless of the one or of the other. 

 Economy and neat housekeeping are most ex- 

 cellent good things, and much to be desired; 

 but the pleasures of a refining joy and the joy- 

 ousness of pure air and consequent good health 

 are infinitely more to bo treasured. Then 

 beat down your stoves, brighten up your cheer, 

 ful hearth-stones, and you will find within your 

 own family circle a well-spring of constant hap- 

 piness. — West. Hart. Review. 



Analysis of the Peach. — According to 

 promise, I send you for publication, an analysis 

 of the ashes of three of our most valuable sorts 

 of the Peach, viz : of the Yellow Rareripe, Mor- 

 ris Red Rareripe and Morrisania Pound . I took 

 about equal quantities of limbs and twigs of 

 these three kinds, from healthy trees, burned 

 them carefully and with a moderate heat, hav- 

 ing first thoroughly dried them. They lost in 

 drying about 44 per cent of their weight, of 

 water. The branches when dried yielded about 

 one-thirty-sixth part of their weight, in aslies. 



115 grains of Ash gave of Charcoal and Sand 3. ISO 



do of Silica 1.4&0 



do of peroxide of Iron 9.30 



do of peroxide ©f Manganese. .. . &00 



do of Lniie 31 .060 



do of Magnesia 7.(i52 



do of Polash 12. MS 



do of Soda 2.^77 



do of Phosphoric Acid 1G.752 



do of Sulpliuric do 1 . 320 



do of Chlorine 422 



do of Carbonic Acid S'^.-OSO 



111.188 



The above are the results separately astound 

 by analysis, with a loss of three grains and 

 about eight-tenths of a grain, to be added 

 to the above to make up the 115 grains, 

 thus— 111.188 



Loss, 3.812 



115.000 

 It is most useful to unite several of these con- 

 stituents in their combining proportions, the 

 Chlorine to its proportion of Sodium; the Lime 

 to its Phosphoric acid; Sulphuric acid and Pe- 

 roxide of Iron. The numbers will then be ar- 

 ranged thus: — 



Charcoal and Sand S.lgO 



Silica 1 .<(eO 



Perphosphale of Iron 2.174 



Potash 12 ..5il5 



Soda 2.000 



Sulphate of Lime 2.258 



Lime 23.!1.'51 



Phosphate of Lime 21 .fiS)9 



Magnesia 7.052 



Peroxide of Manganese 8(10 



Chloride of Sodium 699 



Carbonic Acid 33 . 350 



111.188 

 Loss in analysis 3.812 



115. OCO 



The peach trees grew on a lime-stone soil, 

 that had been but little tilled, and had been 

 well manured. These facts may account for 

 the abundance of Lime in their composition. 

 Analysis shows that even the wood of our fine 

 fruits, for instance, thePear, Peach, Apple and 

 Grapevine, contain a much larger amount of 

 Phosphates, than do our forest and ornamental 

 trees. The Peach comes next to the Pear in 

 this respect. Truly yours, B. Kirtland. 

 Poland, Ohio, Dec. 14. To Prof. Kirtland. 



Horticultural Exhibition at Salem 

 Sept. 1850— The hall was beautifully decor 



