168 



«Ii)c Jiuincr's iui.iiii;iij tiiticr. 



' annejiatioii' of Oregon, l)iil ot'Caliroiin;i, and 

 ihe wliole western coast of Mexico, tefbve the 

 consiiminaiioM of lliis pri'diclion. " •■ 



"The wrony irppressions utiicli have obtained 

 in iPi'iird lo ihe Chhiese < liaraclcr, have heen 

 caused hy ihe alwajs difliridt, and otten errone- 

 ous transhilions from a |iriii.ilive lari;:naiL;e, which 

 freqiMiilly make what in Ihe orifjinal was ration- 

 al and serious, a| pear in the translalion ahsiiid 

 and liidicrons." 



lUeteorolosical Observations at Concord, 



Taken just btfinre sun-n.^e and y cVt/cA P. M- 

 BY A. CHANDLER. 



-: Character of Clouds^ etc. 



W. 1,62 -39 



l7n 



248 

 1 63 



3 39 

 171 



4 49 

 57 



5 54 

 61 



T. 

 F. 

 .6. 

 S. 

 M. 6 



i 52 

 5t> 

 T. 7 44 



W. 8 



i 

 T. 9 



F. 10 



S. 11 



B. 12 



M. 13 



.54|66| S. ■ 

 .3IU6S - — 

 .51159 N..W. 

 .69 r,2 N. VV. 



.68 .'i:i — 

 .79|i;«|s. VV. 

 ,91 .-19 



,89i62 

 61 59 

 .54 63 

 63 61 

 .80 60 

 94' 56 

 ,90i60 

 .85 56 

 .80 61 

 .70 611 

 .60 62 

 .05 61 

 .69,62 



64 

 ! 62 



73 

 I 52 



56 

 T. 14 34 31. 



60 29. 



40 



E. 



N.W. I 



S, 10 stratus. 

 W. 8 rirro and cumiiln-stratns. 



— Oclear. 



. W. llrirrn-slratiis, 



— 6 (tensie fog. 



— 3 tirpus. 



— 10 hazy. 



^- 10 flirru-slratus, 



— 10 light rain. 



10 



.\. E. 



s. 



s. 



.66,60 S. E. 

 ,50|62 S. E. 

 S. 



W.15 



T. 16 

 F. 1 

 S. IS 

 S. 19 

 M.20 



48 



>25 



43 



' 92 



50 



>25 



46 



>32 



64 



).44 



'44 



T. 21 36 



'33 



W.22'|6 



39 



T. 23 16 



'56 1 30. 

 F. 24 19 29 



54 

 S. 2Sl24 

 46 

 22 

 .54 



41I73 

 5S|65 

 ,80 61 

 ,01 '.50 

 ,88 56 

 .80 52 

 .80 54 

 .01 42 

 47 



N. VV. 

 N. VV. 



VV. 



J 

 1 



2 



a 

 

 1 



I's. 



3,S. 



4 



2 N. 



3 N. 

 



r- 



3 







3 







1 







— 2 -itrattis. 



— 9i cirrus. 



— 10|Cirro-ftratus. 



— 5 rirrn-plralus. 

 S. 10 light rain. 



— 10 rirro-slratns. 



— 10,cirro-slrafu8. 



E. X 

 E. 11 

 S. I 

 VV. 



VV. I 



W. ! 



30. 



S. 26 

 M. 27 



29 



T. 28 32 

 67 



W.29 37 

 66 



T;30 52 

 60 

 41 

 46 



F. 31 



.\. W. 



.53 N. VV. 



47 '.\. W. 

 97 44 N. VV. 

 13 33 — 

 ,07 41 

 08 33 

 ,00 41 

 80 36 



.80 47 

 .75 57 1 

 .71 51 

 .64 60 N. 

 .49 54' 

 .61 (iOlN. 

 .87 51 

 .82 .50|S. 



VV. 

 VV. 



w. 



•s. 



cirro-stralug. 



ilrizzlitig. 



riffii-stralus. 



slrntiis. 



ciiniiilo-stratus. 



fiiBey. 



citrus. 



cirrus. 



cirro-stratus. 



clear. 



dear, 

 i (it-nse fog — hard frost. 

 1 rl.'or. 



fmun. Tlie surface of the soil is fiilrd 10 suit 

 Ihe hn-alitv, aii<l Ihe i7iiftnrny<if water whiilij'an 

 he coinniJiikled. 'J'hiis if ijje iiiea<hi»fi he silna- 

 tpil upon a <h'cliiiry, hal ks «if Iriun oi.^" |o l«o 

 feet iti hetiihl are raised al shori di.»l;iiri-<s Iron, 

 each oiher. 'I'he water is athi iMe<i h\ sinatl 

 chiiiiiiels npon ihe ino^l elevaied h:iiik,aiiil allow- 

 ed Id iliscliar'.'e ilself over ihe siiles in snclj a 

 manner as to rnn upon lire h:iid< shiialeil lieloH. 

 The j.'ias.'! pnuMi upon meadous it 1 i;;!iled in ilii> 

 wjiy is ilnee or four limes higher than ihal oh- 

 taiiie<l from fields which are coveied <\tlh walei- 

 llial is deprived ol all ejjress and reliewiil. — iie- 

 i^g- '_ ■ '^ . ^ ■ . 



Useful Kecipes. 



" He who knows use/ut things, and nut he wlio knoiv't) Tiiarty 

 lhillg^, is the wiye man." 



How TO PRESERVE POTATOES. — The folloVv- 



ino; hiinple melhoil of preserviiif; polaloes has 

 heen ilisfoveied iiy accident. A personal .'^n- 

 nahi-rjr had a ipiaiii'ily of idiarcoal in his celtar, 

 wiiich lii; removed lor the pnipose of deposilinir 

 a hir;;e heap of ponnoes in ils phice, htit omilled 

 lo sweep lip the (Inst at Ihe hollom. Al the end 

 of the sprin;;, when they j,'eneijdly hei,'iii,lo 

 sprout, he hmnd tlml 1101 one of lliese iiolaloes 

 hail oecmiiiaied, iiml ilmi on lieiiig dressed, lliey 

 retained all their orif;inal flavor. 



To ctBE THE EAR ACHE.— Take n piece ol 

 llie lean of iiinttoii ahoni ihe size of a larjie wal- 

 nii', put it inio ihi^ tile and hiirn it somelime, till 

 it hecoines reduced alniosl to tinder; ihen pnl 

 il into ii piece of clean raf;, and squeeze it iii.lil 

 some moislnre is expressed, « hich must he ilropt 

 iiito ihe ear tis hoi as ihe i^nienl can hearil. 



Cl'RE FOR Rheumatism. — Dissolve half tin 

 oiiiire of sallpeire in a pint of hrandy, anil tiike 

 a liilile spooiiltil every day. Il is said, hy ihose 

 who have tried lite experiment to he a most ex- 

 cellent aniidole for that donhle iwisliiiif, painful 

 complaint. 



Ca.ncer. — .A cine of Cancer is recoriled, hy' 

 the use of the iitdies of « hite ash hark, mixed 

 with pure wtiier. The disease was in an early 

 slajre, and the cure was completed in a forlniuhl. 



To EXTi.vGi'isii FinE 1^ CHIMM.1S. — Pnl a 

 wcl hlanUet over ihe whole front of the tire niece, 

 which soon stops the current of air, and extin- 

 ^■iiishes ihe flame. 



Jewelry. — In uashinj; jewelry, or anything 

 oniamenteil with gold, it is a great iiiiprovement 

 to pour !i tew drojis of salvolalile into Ihe suds 

 pre|iared tor that purpose. 



White wash. — Qtiick lime mixed with skim 

 milk with ahont a pint of salt Jo ihe gallon of 

 w;i.-h will he adhesive and diirahle. 



'J'6 CURE S(;ratches on horses, wash ihe legs 

 with warm strong soap suds, and then with beef 

 hrine. Twoapplicalions will ctire ilie v\orst case. 



net (Hess lo say ihui ihe | for liiid was let a«i.v. 

 — Glasgow Con. 



llrriGEHoGs. - One o( die iiiosi inleiesi'ni;; fai-iti 

 ■'t III! l.illil;.! l.isl.H \ el ll e hedgel (ig> is that a'li- 

 iMPiiicrd in |g;i|, |,^ Mr. Linz, and which is now 

 coiifirmtd hy I'roles-or Biickland: Thai is. Hie 

 most violeiil poisons have no eflect upon it — a 

 fact which lejHiers it of pectdiar vjihie in ihc foi- 

 esls, where il appiars to deslroj a j; lea I niiiidier 

 of noxious reptiles. Mr. I,ei z ",.iys he liad once 

 in his house a female hedsehog, which he kl-pl in 

 a Uirge liox, and w 111(^11 siiun liec.-, me very mild 

 and lamiliar. ile ollen )>nl into ihe hox" Mnoe 

 adders, which >ho .ilNicked wilh great avidiry, 

 seizing them hy lie- Imdy, ilie In.ad, or ihc lairs, 

 and did nol appear alarmed or eiidiarrassi;d when 

 ihey coiled ihemselvcs around herliody. Neilh- 

 er herscdf nor llie \oniig she was snckliii!.' seem- 

 ed lo siifler lidm llie liiies of i'he Venonions rep- 

 tiles.. Palles jilso assures ns that l1ie hedgehog 

 can ent ahoiil oik; hundred caniharides wiihoiit 

 experiencing any of the efli-cis which thai insect 

 lakeli inwar(TTy pp-oduces on men, dogs or cals. 

 A German physician who had iiiiide the hedge- 

 hog a peculiar sindy, yrive it a strong' dosi! of 

 priL^sic acid, of tirsenic, of opium, and of cor- 

 rosive siihlniiale, none of which did iluiiy harm. 

 The hedgehog in ils n.vliir.il stale, only ti-.ds 011 

 pears, apples, and oilier finit, wlieiiit call get 

 nnihin!; il likes heiicr. lis ordniaiy food cmi- 

 sists of worms, sings, snails and adders. 



Growth of Woon. — It has Iteeii ascertained 

 that wood increases in tin? following proportion : 

 The tiisl year as 1, the .•■econd as 4, the third as 

 9, the liiiirih as 1.5, the tilth as 22, the sixth as30, 

 tlie seventh as 40, Ihe eiglnh as 54, the ninth as 

 70, and the teiilli as <J2. From ihis it is conchi- 

 ded that wood ought never lo he cut till it is in 

 lie lenih yt-ar of its growth. 



Irrigatjon of Meadows.— The ctjliivalion of 

 meadows forms one of the iiiosi important hran- 

 ches of rural economy. Il (umtrihnies maleriully 

 to the prospeiilyof the a^'ricnllnralist hy increas"- 

 ing Ills slock of callle. and conseipK-iiiry hy liir- 

 lii.-.liing him wilh mannre, which miiy hi' applied 

 to the angmeiilallon (d' his crops. Indeed, the 

 greal progress which has heeii made in G(!rmaiiy 

 ill the improvement of calile is mainly altrihn- 

 lahle 10 Ihe atleniioii which is devoled in thai 

 fouiilry lo Ihe cidlnie of meadows. The envi- 

 rons of Siegin, ill Nassau, are pai licnlarly famed 

 in this respect, and every year a large iminher of 

 young liirme s repair toil, (iir the ptirposo of 

 studying this hraiich of ugrictiltnn^ in silii. In 

 that di^lrict ihe cnllnie of grass has aliained 

 Biich great perlijction, that Ihe produce of their 

 meadow-land far exceeds that olilaiiied in any 

 other pan of Germany. This is efftcied simply 

 by preparing the ground in such a inanner as 10 

 enable it to be irrigated belli in spring and in au- 



Sandwich Islands. — Il is said that lliere are 

 five newspapers niiw puhlislied al Ilonoliilii ; four 

 in English, and one in the Hawaiin language; a 

 slrikmy illustration of the povMr of Chrislian iii- 

 slruclion, which in Iwenly-live yiuirs iias raised 

 these islands from llie lowest point of dei'iiida- 

 lion to a resjiectahle rank among civilized iia- 

 lioiis. 



Natural Insti.nct.— Kor some lime past. Hie 

 woikmrii engaged in renovaiiiiir the Glasgow 

 calhedral had observed air iimiMial coiicoiiise of 

 sparrows coming ngnlarly 10 a hole in one of 

 Ihe slanting walls of llie ol.! coii.<isiorv court, 

 which is now heing taken dow 11, and InddiiiL' a 

 greal ado, 'idieepinL' and chirpini.',' and nppiircni- 

 ly lijeding some liirds within. I'or a hriefsjiace 

 was ihoiiglu nolhiiiL' oi; as il wiis know n the 



tins 



young hriiod were just ahoiil fl/nig, and it was 

 imagined it iniglil he some of these, not so sirong 

 as lheoiliei.<, which Ihe parenis were feeding. — 

 The meeliuys heiii'.' coniinned, however, a geli- 

 lleiii.-iii In ihc iieij;hliorlioiiil iiidnced the men lo 

 get a ladder, and examine the can-^e ot' all those 

 noisy doings; when it was liuiud lliatlhc fciuale 

 sparrow, alier all hi'r hrood hnil leli her, had goi 

 so warped ahont the leg wilh some of i|,e ilneads 

 composing her nest ihalil was iiupossilile (iir her 

 lo escape, the leg heing coiisideiahly swollen l:y 

 the alleiiipis which she had madt! to (fleet it.— 

 In the almve dileniniii, how heanliful it is 10 jier- 

 ceive ih.'il she was conslanlly condoled wilh, and 

 her wants supplied hy her fi'llow-spaiioHs— spar- 

 row'sol linmaniiy and generous feeling lliev mnsi 

 have been. Let mankind take the lesson." It is 



Timepieces. — The fir.«l clock ofw hich w e have 

 any accoiml, was sent hy .Alnlalla, kin^ of IVrsia, 

 A. I*. 807, hy Ihe hands of two n.onks of Jeru- 

 salem, as a piescnl lo iheempei'ir Charlemagne. 

 Il was a very cinions iiislriinient, wiili a nniiiher 

 of lillle hrazeii hall.', which al Ihe cif>:-e (d' each 

 hour (hdpped down or pla\ed npon a .set of liclls 

 iinderiiealli, and sounded llie end (d' the hour; 

 il had also twelve tigiiies of lior>eiiien, which 

 were made to tiiuve out and in airain w hen ihe 

 twelve hours were rompleted. This iiuiinion, 

 however, was nol iiniialed in Rurope till long 

 allerwards, unless hy one or nvo arlisls. whose 

 ingenuity was not enough lo recoiemend it. It 

 was not commonly known lill the lime of ihe 

 (•rnsades, when ihe Christians of ^Vl■sIeru En- 

 rope seem lo have leariii it wilh oilier mallie- 

 malical inveniions, from ihe Saiiicen.s. .Allied 

 li.id found a descripiion of an instiiiiiient for 

 measuring lime in Uiielliiu.s, which appe.-ns to 

 have sii^'gcsted to him an iiuprovcmenl. He 

 cau.seil some wax candles to he made, which at 

 lliis lime were coiiniicndy used in churches and 

 at private houses of Hie rich, of such "size and 

 ihickness as lo hnrii each exactly four hours; 

 and hy marks set upon them he 1 ould al any 

 lime tell lion Ijil- the hoius were gone. These 

 were enclosed in a horn case, thai lliey might 

 he secure from the effect of diiinghls of air, and 

 that the light mighl he less oft'cnsive lo ihe eye 

 hj day than ifihe\ stood niihin glass or uiiiiuj'r- 

 ded ; and llie keepers of' his chajad were insirnc- 

 ted to walcli llwm, and at cerlain limes l<i give 

 him notice of ihe hour. — Earl}/ Enirlish Chii/-ch. 



M. Y. Farmers' Club. 



[We extract ihe following friiin the conversn- 

 tion al the meeting of the Cliili on ihe 4ili iiist., 

 as reporled In llii' N. '^'. Farmer and .Mechanic;] 



Geii. Chiitiiller.—\ pie.-ienl lolhe Clnh cranher- 

 ry plains, some s\iiii ilnir i.'ieai crop of linn on, 

 al the reipiesl of ,Mr, !?iilli»an Hates, of Belling- 

 ham, Mas.-. .A liw ye.-irs ii;;o, he first exhihiu'd 

 this fruit, proiliiced h\ Ids new inelhod — lians- 

 plalilin^ liinii low grounds to high. His success 

 has heen ciiniplele: he lias g.'ilhered li'oiii oiii> 

 acre, ahoiii 400 hiishels ol cranherries in n sea- 

 son 1 III' plains iheni, in drilU, 20 inches aparl ; 

 in hills. 7 iiichc.-'. The soil must he such .111 one 

 as (Ices nol hake. 



Clidinnnn. — I took from swamps on (icn. John- 

 son's place, some cranhcrry pl.jiiis, and pl.'uiled 

 iliem on ground t^O or 100 het aliove ihe swamp ; 

 they thrived, and ilieir friiil was so close logelher 

 Ihal one could hardly piil :i linger in wiihont 

 loiichiiig the cianheri ie.-i. Il is a higlihi pidtini- 

 lile crop. I am <d' opinion ihal live hundred 

 dollars might he ohtained lor a full crop of one 

 acre. 



Cen.Vluiniller. — l\Ir. I'Jaies will furnish any luim- 

 her of pliiiils to lliosi- who desire il. 



.Mr. Worth. — The cranberry of Russia is larger 



