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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



RENDERING CHILDREiNr IIAilDV. 



Endeavonritig- to hnnleii tho I'odv, l)Ut ivilh- 

 out resoitiiig' lu any violonl mean?. A child Is 

 constilutionaily «pak and irritable lo a high de- 

 gree : hence we siionld endeavour lo strength 

 en and diminish tliis irritabililjf, in order to pro- 

 cure it the greatest happiness ol' iil'e, a firm 

 body, whicli may re-iist all the iniliience ot' 

 air and weather. Such manag^inenf is highly 

 advantageous, as it will enable cliildren, when 

 ndnlts, (0 support every species of fa!igue and 

 hardship. 



The plan of hardening children may, howev- 

 er, be easily carried to excess. \n exlravaganl 

 attempt to slrengihen youth, deprives them of 

 their natural susceptibility of excilemoni, ren- 

 derS them insensible, and produces many bad 

 effects, they acquire only a temporary energy, 

 which decreases a-> Ihey advance in years, and 

 is attended wiih an early i')5s of iheir premature 

 vigor. Parents, therelorc, cannot be too seri- 

 ously cautioned against such mischievous ex- 

 periments. Among the practices alluded to, are 

 included ihe cold balh anil violent bodily exer- 

 cise ; both of which are oflen carried (o ex- 

 tremes. People do not retlect, that the exer- 

 cise of the bodily as well as the mental powers, 

 ougiit not to be inordinate. 



All attempts to render children hardy, must, 

 therefore, be made by gradu.il steps. Nature 

 admits of no sudden transitions. For instance, 

 infants sliould by imperceptible degrees be in- 

 ured to the cool and then to the cold bath; at 

 the same lime, attention must be paid to their 

 previous management. If (hoy have hitherto 

 been accustomed to an eflfemmating treatment, 

 and should suddenly be subjected to an opposite 

 extreme, such a change would lie attended with 

 danger. When children have once been accus- 

 tomed to a hardy system of education, such a 

 plan must be strictly udiiered to. Med. fat. 



EXTERNAL IMPRESSIONS ON CHILDRKN. 



All violent impressions on the senses and the 

 bodies of children, ought lo be carefully avoid- 

 ed. It is injurious to loss them about with rap- 

 idity in llie arms. Loud crying, or shouting in 

 their ears, discharging ii,e aims, presenting 

 glittering objects to their view, as well as sud- 

 den and too great a degree o( light, are equal- 

 ly injurious. Thus infants are frequently stupi- 

 fied and affrighted ; the brain is shaken in the 

 most detrimental manner; and hence arise the 

 most distressing consequences. On such occa- 

 sions, we cannot bestow too much attention on 

 the conduct of wet-nurses, or servants. .*. child 

 ought to eujoy (he most perfect rest and com- 

 posure, if it be our wish to promote sound 

 sleep, regular growth, and consequent prosper- 



iiy. 



It is equally detrimental to both mind and 

 body, when infants are continually carried about 

 on the arm of the nurse, teased with loud solilo- 

 quies, prayers, or other mechanical prattling; 

 and especially when they are incessantly pro- 

 voked to display their anger or revenge. Such 

 conduct is necessarily attended wMh pernicious 

 effects, while it prevents the spontaneous ex- 

 pansion oi intanlile powers, blunts their senses, 

 and is ultimately productive of nervous and 

 muscular debility. Tiie tender nerves of chil- 

 dren experience a violent stimulus from im- 

 pressions to which an adult may easily be 

 habituated, or which do not easily affect him. 



j From the Connecticut Mirror. 



! «DOCKINCt HORSES. 



j I am glad to see that the abominable practice 

 i of docking and nicking hors°s is goini' nut of 

 j I'.ishlon. i believe it pievails in no conntry in 

 the world besides England and the United States : 

 j we got it from the mother country, and the soon- 

 |er we leave it off the belter. It is wonderl'ul, 

 I how any body but an ignorant, narrow-minded 

 blockhead ol a jockey should ever have thought 

 ot it ; — it is as offensive to good taste, as it is a 

 violation of every hum.m feeling. Has nature 

 done her work in such a bungling manner, in 

 forming that paragon of animals, the horse, that 

 he requires to liave a large piece of bone chop- 

 ped off with an axe to reduce him to symmetry; 

 ' or that beauty and grace can be obtained only 

 j by cutting a pair of his large muscles? 

 I "The docking and nicking of horses," says an 

 1 intelligent writer on Farriery, ''is a cruel |)rac- 

 j lice, and ought to he aliamloned by tlie whole 

 [race of mankind. Every human being, possess- 

 ed of a feeling heart and magnanimous mind, 

 must confess, thai both the docking and nicking 

 j ot horses is cruel ; — but thai creature called man 

 jallempls thus to mend the works of his Almigh- 

 ty, wise Creator ; in doing which, he ofien spoils 

 and disfigures them. What is more beautiful 

 than a tine horse with an elegant long tail and 

 flowing mane, waving in the sports of the wind, 

 I and exhibiting itself in a perfect stale of nature ? 

 Besides, our Creator has given Ihcm lo the hoise 

 i'or defence as well as beauty." 



The same author rel.ites an instance of a fine, 

 hunting horse owned by an Englishman, which 

 would carry iiis rider over the highesl livebar- 

 I red gale with ease ; but he thought the horse 

 I did not carry as good tail as he wished ; he there- 

 lore had him nicked, and when the horse got 

 I well, he could scaicely carry him over two bars. 

 Thus," said he, "l have spoiled a fine horse ; 

 and no wonder, for it weakened him in his loins." 

 For myself, I would cheerfully give ten percent 

 more lor a line horse whose tail had never been 

 mutilated ih.in tor one which had been under 

 the hands of a jockey. An E«iUESTRiAN. 



PEDESTRIANISM. 

 ■Daniel Angell, called the Norfolk Pedestrian, 

 started at 2 o'clock in the morning to go 72 

 miles ill 12 successive hours, on a piece of gra- 

 vel road leading from the Horse and Gate to- 

 wards Horseway, half a measured mile and turns. 

 The morning being remarkablv tine, and the 

 road excellent, be started in high spirits and full 

 of confidence. He ran the tirst 7 miles in 57 

 minutes, 14 miles in 1 hour and 54 minules, 21 

 miles in 2 hours and 55 minules, 27 miles in 3 

 hours and 40 minules, including stoppages, a nd 

 finally completed the almost unprecedented 

 task of 72 miles in 1 1 hours and 55 minules, 

 having 5 minutes to spare. The concourse ol' 

 people assembled upon the occasion. In witness 

 this great performance, from the neighbouring 

 towns and villages, was immense, but little blunt 

 was sjiorted. After he had completed half the 

 distance, 5 and 6 lo 4 were offered on time a- 

 gainst him, but no takers. — Annals of Sporting. 



The amnant of Russian produce sold last year 

 lo the U. Stales of North America, was about 

 2,210,000 rubles. 



A thousand acres of land are auiiMallv [il 

 ed with broom corn, in the town i.(M:id 

 The product is from 300 to 700 pounds of 

 broom, and from 2.t lo 70 bushels of seed, 

 acre. The seed is worlh about 25 cents 

 bushel, for hngs and cattle. The value of 

 crop, standing in the field, is from 25 to 60 

 lars per acre. — fVorcesier Yeomati. 



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On the favorite horse Cknveland, which w.w 

 lo run at the last Doncaster races in England, 

 bets to the amount of one million sterling were 

 depending. New-York has not yet overtakea 

 the English spirit of wager. — Xat. Gaz. 



The Baltimore Atheneiitn was to be opened on Mon- 

 liay 14th Inst. The building:, it is remarked, " is a 

 i splendid adilitioii to the public ijdifices of the city, alike 

 creditable to the mechanic arts and the enteiptising; 

 spirit of its citizens : and the reading rooms, as deposi- 

 tories of standard and periodical literature, are praise- 

 worthy and honorable to the proprietors." 



Dr David M. Reese mentions in an essay of late date, 

 that the exercise of sawing wood has, " under the en- 

 lightened direction of the professor of .Anatomy in the 

 University of Maryland, produced astonishing effect in 

 restoring the health of persons emaciated by pulmona- 

 ry diseases." 



We perceive that the citizens of Baltimore have tak- 

 en up the important subject of establishing a Mechan- 

 j ics' Institute in that city ; a meeting of the citizens of 

 tliat place, friendly to this object, was held on the 

 3d inst. to devise means to carry it into effect. The 

 Editors of the ..dnuricun., in calling tlie attention of (heir 

 I readers to the suhject, remark — This is as it should be. 

 I Not only Baltimore, but all Maryland will be benefited 

 ] by the proposed institute. Let this once be established 

 landw^ have no doubt of its increase. Animated by 

 I the pr(ispect of success — urged to continue by general 

 { approbs^tion and growing in moral strength hy the tx- 

 pan-ion's)f their minds and the occupation of their time, 

 j --our mccV>anics will assume the elevated rank to which 

 I Ihey are eatitled -, and in advancing their own interests 

 ' extend the circle of their influence and the advantages 

 of their knowledge even to the limits of the state. 



The Governments of Colombia, Mexico and Peru 

 have acceded to the -propositioD of Bolivar to hold a 

 general Congress of the new American State? at Pana- 

 ma. The Executives of Colombia and Mexico have al- 

 so instructed their diplomatic agejits at Washington to 

 invite the President of the United Slates to send Pleni- 

 potentiaries to the Congress of Panama. — I'hilad. jmp. 



The 10th Congress of the United States will convene 

 in Washington on the 5th of the ensuing month. The 

 Hon .Mr. Li.ovD has left town on his way to the seat 

 of government. 



Botanical Erperiment. — Two young beach frees 

 planted in the same soil, at a small distance from each 

 other, and equally healthy, were pitched upon as the 

 subjects of the following experiments. They were ac- 

 curati ly measured, and as s. on as the buds began lo 

 swell in the spring, the whole trunk of one was clean- 

 ed of its moss and dirt, by means of a htush and soft 

 water. Afterwards it was washed with a wet flannel 

 twiee or thrice every week till about the middle of 

 summer. In Autumn Ihey were again measured, and 

 the increase ofihe washed tree was found to exceed 

 the other two to one. BrallUborough Messtnger. 



The wines of Bordeaux of this year, which will >« 

 exquisite, have been sold, says Galignani's Messenger, 

 at very high prices. '1 he product of the wines of Me- 

 doc alone is estimated at thirty millions of francs. 



In the department of the Meuse also, the wine vin- 

 tage gave great satisfaction. 



A new coach, estalilished between Edinburgh and 

 Glisgow, travelled fiom one city to the other in three 

 hours and a half, the distance being; 44 miles. 



