Vol. TV. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



348 



It would be easy to lengthen these remarks by 

 introJuciiig further testimonies iii favour of tliis 

 breed of catUc ; but we believe it not necessary, 

 aijd iire apprehensive tliat our readers will be 

 weary of s sjbject, wliicli though of great and at- 

 tr.owledgediiiiportaucc has already been fre<iuont- 

 ly discussed by our correspondents. We will, 

 tiierefore, in our next, conclude these sketches 

 with a summary review of the evidence relative to 

 tJie rival races of cattle ; of which we have before 

 treated, and such other observations a» we hope 

 may be useful to many and perliaps new to some. 

 ^Ve are aware tliat tiiese essays wi'l be deemed 

 of little value by those whose principal object in 

 looiiing over the columns of a newspaper is amu.se- 

 iiient ; but we flatter ourselves that they v. ill be 

 t.iought worthy of some attention by those, \\ ho 

 are wil.' ig to trace tinth through tiie dullest and 

 driest details of fact and argimient, for the sake 

 of the proHi as well as the satisfaction which re- 

 oults from its acquisition. 



NEWXiY INVENTKD LAMP SHAVING CUP. 



The Editor of the New England Far«i8r has 

 invented an apparatus for heating water for sha- 

 ving, &c. which has been found useful. It con- 

 sists of a spirit lamp, shaving cup, and soap dish, 

 V hich are packed in a compass about the si,.e 

 of a pint basin. The Vi ater tc be heated pervades 

 the bottom, and a part of one side only of the cup 

 or boiler ; and being exposed in thin sheets to the 

 blaze of the lamp is soon heated. Less than two 

 tea spoonfuils of alcohol (spirit of wine) with this 

 implL'mcnt boils water sufficient for shaving in 4 

 or 5 minutes. It is icry convenient for travellers, 

 gentlemen residing in boarding houses, andoth.-;s 

 who wish to shave in their chambers. The whole 

 is afforded for the small sum of one dollar. . 



The above is part of a patent inventiou, ' which 

 the inventor secured some mouths .^iiipi. The 

 following persons, and those only, bpMacs the in- 

 ventor, have a right to sell Lamp Shaving Cujis 

 of the above description; Marsh aiid Caper, 8ti9 

 Washmgton street, Cijarlc-s Barrel L>6 Washing- 

 ton street; Ebenezer Wight, Druggist, Milk street, 

 opposite Federal street, Dr. A. T. Lowe, No. 13 

 Bowdoin Row, and William Howe No 7 Marshal's 

 lane. 



CONGRESSIONAL. 



Se:\atf, Jihy r>. The bill supplementary to an 

 Act further to establish the compensation of Offi- 

 cers of tlie Customs, and to estiblish certain col- 

 lection Distri.'ts, &o. passed to a third reading. 



Mai/ 6. A communication was received from the 

 Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the 

 Chief Engineer upon the additional means of de- 

 f "nee for the Mississippi River. 



Mdif VJ. The resolution authorizing the pur- 

 chase of a number of the Journals of the Old Con- 

 gres:- passed. 



Afai) 10. A resolution passed that the President 

 of tlie United States be required to cause an assay 

 *o be made of the Gold and Silver coins of all 

 foreign nations, which circulate in the United 

 States, and to determine the value and the rate 

 s' which each might justly be made a legal fnder. 



May 11. A report was made, and ordered to lie 

 on the table, on memorials from certain underwrit- 



I ers and others of Philadelphia and Baltimore stilt- 

 ing tliat the amount provided by treaty wit.h Spain 

 tor indemnity to claimauli against the govern- 



j r.ient of Spaiii,was insufficient, and praying that the 

 balance and interest be paid, &c. — Mr Dicker- 

 son from a Select CommiMee reported a bill to 

 provide tor the annual distribution of a part of the 

 revenues of the United States to the several States 

 of the Union, for the purpo.;es of Education and 

 Internal Improvement ; v. hich bill was read, ana 

 30tJ0 copies ordered to be printed. 



House, Mai/ 8. A Committee was appointed 

 with histructions to examine into the existing laws 

 in relation to the Receivers of Public Money ; and 

 to report on measures to eiif rce a more rigid and 

 strict accountability on the part of those officers. 



May 9. Mr liurgess from the Committee on 

 Military Pensions rei)orted a resolution providing 

 for certain persons engaged in the Revolutionary 

 war ; which was ordered to lie on the table. 



May 11. The report relative to the raising of 

 Silk H'onns was taken up, and it was Resolved,that 

 the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be prepar- 

 ed a well digested Manual, containing the best 

 practical information that can be collected, on the 

 growth and manufiCture of Silk, adapted to the 

 ditferent parts of the Union, containing such facts 

 and observations in relation to the growth and 

 manufacture of Silk in other countries as may be 

 useful and interesting, that the same be Laid before 

 Congress at the commencement of the next Ses- 

 sion. 



>:'lllty, «nle«9 we allow the commnn nception of 

 white and li^tit colours on the score of tend^Tness. — 

 The old pro»nosti--:s drawn trom colour were truly non- 

 ;.''nsical." — Tieah'se on .A'la/ Ca/tle. 



0_^We have received a communication from Dr 

 TuACHER, too late for this paper. It will appear 

 next week, — likewise, several others. 



(T/^The Publisher of the New England Farmer, 

 ha\iug fitted up Ills office with an assortment of 

 new printing types, is ready to execute all kinds of 

 JOB PRINTING, in a neat manner, and at fair 

 prices. Orders from the country punctually attend- 

 ed to. 



well calculated to effect all the valuable purposts to Le 

 expecttd from any instrumtnt oi that kind, lis iacili- 

 ty of adjuslinejit, timincss of support, tass and cornen- 

 ience in all the attitudes of !>(>dy, are properties ty 

 whi<;h it surpasst « all oth'-'rs which have lalleu under 

 iny obsLTVati'ii ; and 1 fee) incumbet.t u| on ine to le- 

 coiiiuiend to ail v hn may be afflicted with lieinia, lo 

 have recourse to thit iNvAr.iAai.E iDEtrututrit as a safe- 

 guard agajr.sl accidents ofa fatal tendency " 

 '1 am vou: fritiui, kr. 



Plimoufh, 'Dec. H. It2.-'. J A.MKS 1 HACIIER. 



Haviiig been Tcqucfted liy Pr Hull to express au o- 

 (liuion 01 the 'JVuss invtntfd h\ him, I hereby cenily 

 that 1 think it tl^e easiest, most efficient and best aila pl- 

 ed to lhepui|(ise I'.r whith it was designed, of acy 

 'i'uisi wliirti lias come within my Knowledge. 



Baslun,.Mui/ 6, 182o. J. B. BllOWN, M, D 



The following are a few of the cures effected by the 

 al.ove TRUSS. 



Isaac Bull, Hartford, aged 82 years; cured in less 

 than one year. Aug. 6, Iu24. 



Thomas Hath, Carpenter, New York, cured in about 

 8 months. July l!iJ4. 



r.li Bristol, Oueida, aged 65, cured in two years, af- 

 ter having beeu ruptured 30 years. 



Deacon Benjamin Waltty, Conn, aged 65 cured in 

 six months. 



Dr Nash, FairfielJ, Conn, aged 40, ruptured from liis 

 infancy up, cuied in 12 months. 



S. Smith, Deerfield aged 78, cured in less than 2 

 years. 



William M. Cheever, Whitesboro,' aged 40. mred 

 in 10 months. 



Joseph House, VVpstminster, U. C. aged 45, cured 

 in less than one year, after being ruptured 25 years. 



Hon. Matthew iVIcNair, Oswego, aged more than 40, 

 cured in one year. " It is now more than one year 

 since 1 discontinued the use of it." July 26. 1894. 



For sale by I:BF.NI;ZI:R WIGHT, Druggisl, 



Mith ilreet {opposite Ftdcrat strert) Boston. 



Where mav be had a general assortment of DRUGS 

 and MF,DIC1NES. May 19, lB2t). 



J)r. A. G. Hairs Late Improved Patent Hinge 

 Truss. 



The 1 (licary of this Truss in (he cure of Hernia or 

 rupture, is no longer a sutject of doubt or expeiiinent. 

 The cures it has so frequently effected on very aged 

 people, and so universally on children, has induced the 

 members of the Oneida .VIedical Society to present Dr. 

 Hull, through the medium of one of its members, the 

 following certificate: 



We, the undersigned, members of the Medical So- 

 ciety of the county of Oneida, sensible of the indefati- 

 g^able exertions of our Fiesident, Dr. Hull, in invent- 

 ing and bringing into use his valuable Truss, are hap- 

 py to observe, that the numerous cures effected by its 

 use, on very aged people within our knowledge, ren- 

 ders it in our o]iinion, supeiior to any ever introduced 

 in Europe or America. We most sincerely congratu- 

 late the public on the discovery of an instrument so 

 well calculated to relieve the di^tr.^ssed ; and from a 

 regard to suffering humanity, we feel it our duty to 

 recommend it in tlie strongest terms to pid.ilic use. 

 \rali Blair, V. President, I Marcus Hitchcock, 



Seth Peck, Sec'y. | Seth Capron, 



[^aureus Hull, Del. 1 Sewell Hopkin 



Seih Hastings. Tr. 

 Josiah Noyes, Prof. ofChem 

 Ham. Coll 



■Tjeweu iiopKiDS, 

 I Fzra Williams, ) 

 Ch's Babcock, \ Cen. 

 KlnatbanJtidd. ) 



The following communication from Dr Thacher, auth- 

 or of Thachei^'s Dispensatory, is equally explicit 

 and satisfactory : 



'* In compliance with your desire I hereby Inform 

 you that I have for several years txptrience.d the great 

 utility of Dr Hull's hinge Truss. It is in my opinion 



Milch Cow. 



FOR SALE, anew Milch Cow, eight years old. — 

 She has given from 18 to 20 quarts of milk a day, and 

 baV a catr by her side: Inquire of JOHN MEaRS. 



Dorchester, May 12. 



BELLFOUXDKR. 1 his celebrated horse, of a 

 bright Bay, with black legs, standing 15 hands high, a 

 celebrated trotter, and a true descendant of the Firt- 

 au-ay.i, will stand at Col. .laques' stable, in Charles- 

 town, during the season. Charge $20, and f l.CrO the 

 groom — see New England Farmer, April 14, 1826. 



kIR IS.1..']lC. This fine young seed horse of the 

 Cleaveland Bay Breed, will stand at his stable, oppo- 

 site the Bull's Head Tavern in Brighton. The charge 

 for each mare will be ten dollars the season, in ad- 

 vance. A mure particular account of Sir Isaac will be 

 found in the New England Farmer of the 31st of March. 



THE subscriber has for sale a number of pigs, fiom 

 five weeks to five months old, of the Bedford race, tma- 

 dulteraled by any mixture. To those who know the 

 circumstance of his having so far trusted to a recom- 

 mendation of" an improved cross," as to send for one, 

 and who have seen the animal, it may be necessary to 

 state, that he was not suffered to be even in sight of the 

 breeding sows, until he was incapacitated from doing 

 mischief. O. FISKE. 



Worcester, May 3, 1826. 



PATENT HOES.— J. & A. Fale's Patent Hoes con- 

 stantly for sale by French & Weld, 31 & 32 South 

 Market St., and French & Davenport 713 Washington 

 Street, who are appointed sole agents for vending the 

 same. eptf. Boston, April £8, 18:0. 



FOR sale at this office, an Essay on Sheep, by H. D. 

 Grove, containing remarks on Crossed Breeds— On the 

 introduction of a Pure Breed — On the selection of shrep 

 for breeding — Pasturage — On the disorders of sheep — 

 the Rot — 7 he Mouth and Hoof Distemper — the Itch or 

 Scab — the Sheep-Pox — the Reeling Sickress— S wi \UA 

 Paunch. Price 12j cents. 



