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<S:i)c Jarmer's iHoutl)iij JPigit or^ 



l,e m„re uuro.-iii.l.! I., il.e |Hih.l«, mul notl.mi.' 

 more lieiiunlMl lo |>rc:<<-iii ..ii^'.s i."";''!-'^ "' '] 

 winter evening', than a lm:^k.'t ..I' rirl., |.I.mm|, M|. 

 i„i,-v •M-a|,rs Irc.ni onr.'.s ..hm -anion. 1 l.-.'V "onl.l 

 ,,,lu- llie place of Ihf S.nvrMa jMape, wlnrl, n.nal- 

 Iv sell !it374 CIS a iiounil, mill are loi biiUUn i<> 

 most of ns on tliat ai-cunnl. 



Oil the llili Aiiunst 1 la.-ted my gnipes anil 

 found tl.e.n sli^'lilly aei.t Iml perhaps not ,lisa.^r.> 

 ahlv sotn M,os. people. On .he 1-ilh Ilea honie UH 

 di,lnot return nnlil the l'>ih rie|,ten,ber. 1 had 

 given directions helbre lea.iMtr, .hat a por.mn of 



a particular vine si hi not he louehed nn.d u, 



re ,.rn. A por.io., of these -rape.-, thus preserve,!, 

 remained upon the vines .ill u.to October when 

 Ihey were as rich as any lorei-n srape that I cn- 

 er tasted. 1 am eonihlent .hat most ot onr f;rapo.s 

 are eaten helbre th.^y aie ripe. I intended lo hr.ve 

 made the eNpeii.nenI of pntti.n,' them doun m 

 cotton, h't they proved loo tempuugto renmm 

 „n the vnn;s i.i sufficient ,pn.utities. A ne,i;hhn, 

 has made i., however, ami 1 expect soon to learn 

 with what succ,:ss. 1 .hi,d< the v.nes should; he 

 trimmed early "u .lamnny. TIhs chma.e .s lM^• ,- 

 Iv favorable lo .he cid.nre of .he -lape, ami nolh- 

 in.r is wanting hut a little pains to produce ihen, 

 in^anv .nmnli.v. 1 slio.dd he j;lad to U.n.w how 

 utienlpts to cultivate .hem sneceed m New il^ng- 

 l.,nrl Truly \ oms, 



''""*• ■ SIMON I5ROWN. 



rrj" \s yet li.tle has been done in New Hump- 

 sh'lre to' advance horticuilnre: even the prohts 

 and ihe itralificalion from .he pro<lncl.on of that 

 excellent fruit, the ap|de, a.-e as yet but he-mmn^' 

 to be realizeil. The best mclho.ls ol cnl.ivai.on 

 ,„-P V. t little umiers.ood. Our soil and .^ilnaiion 

 are uk.^.. lavorable for .he apple: v^e believe the 

 time is co.niu- when the pearl, .nay he common. 

 Pears a.nl plmns will also well a.lap! .hemselves 

 10 our clima.c. Thei-e an^ kln.ls of o.ir ow.> na- 

 tive Ki-ipc "l'''-!' ''V cidliva.ion, may here be 

 made e,|ual to the Isabella, .he Catawba or the 

 Sweet VVate.-. Lei M.'- H.-own'^ .node ol Ihor- 

 „n.d,cnl.iva.ion be ma.-Ued-" se. maj.ote book, 

 !,,;,';„,,! a.nl coimed by lo.e" by men ot c.niusHy 

 and h.is.ire; and we daie say ihese Norlheru 

 latitudes will sec.u-e .o us .abumiance ol -lapes 

 „K -nod for use at least a.s the Smyrna .L'lapes tor 

 wldch those who LCt u;^ ^'en.eel en.eiminmeuts 

 „av an exi.euse of thirty-seven and a ball ce.Us 

 a ponml-a price at least .imr l.u.es as jr.eat as 

 any food to pam|>ci- Ihc faslidions palate should 

 eo.st.— £:/. f'isil'ii- 



man came, the governour cousideriii;,' that il he 

 had stolen, it was more out of necessity than dis- 

 position, said unto him. Friend, it is a severe w iii- 



,.-r, .am! 1 doubt you are Ijui nnuilily provnied lor 

 wood : ulierefore 1 woidd lia\e yon supply your- 

 sidf a. my wood pile till .his season lie ovei-.— 

 Ami he liieu merrily asUed liis frielids, whether 

 he had not effectually cuieil this man of stealing; 



his woiul." 



From tlie Boston Courier. 

 The comins of Winter. 



nv THo. lie 



Aiif uinii't' Rii-'ljinir, 

 Muanuip,d\ iti2 : 

 i;l"ii(ls are ttyuig 



Clfi like sifcils ; 

 Whili; tricir flaldows 

 U'( t \hr iiieiiilov.3 

 Wnlli like widows 



Dcckcil ill weeds. 



Ued II r-.v,-- trailin;:, 

 fnll iliilailiii!; 

 JtrMOpin?, tililill'J 

 I''rnm III;' \vo"d, 

 Tliia, inipliaiil, 

 Stands (lefi:Hit, 



l,il(e n giant 

 firoppillR Idood. 



Wind:; are swellillK 

 Ronnd our duel.ing, 

 A.I day telling 



Us their wo. 

 And .1 vesper, 

 I'royts prow erisper, 

 As Uiey wliisper 



Of tlie snow. 



Fioni Ui' nn.^eeli land 

 Fio7.en inl.ind, 

 Down from Greenland 

 Wintci glides. 



ISheddin;! lightness, 

 Like the briglitnesa 

 VVlien inoon-wliitences 

 Fj.Is ilie tides. 



Now hriolit plciisureN 

 Sparkling nie.isures 

 Willi rare treasures 



Oveirtow ! 

 With Ihis cladoMS 

 (■onits what madness ! 

 Oh, what inndness ! 



Uh, \vlla. wo I 



Even merit 

 May inherit 

 Eiomc bare garret, 



Or the ground ; 

 Or, a worse ill. 

 Beg a mor.-'el 

 At some door-still, 



Like a hound ! 



Stnriiis arc trailing. 

 Winds are wailing. 

 Howling, railing, 



.■\t eaeh doo!. 

 'Midst this iLliling, 

 Howling, railing 

 List the wailing 



Of the poor I 



sary : but .is this is seldom the case, eniiie ;inil 

 pm-fect seem ily afrainsl iVosi, should be linnlslied 

 befme .lie wea.her becniries loo severe. The 

 potato crop, .his seasr)n, has fallen fa.' short of an 

 aveia^'e one — conseipienlly economization of the 

 entile product, is a malter of preat iinporU.nce 

 to the farmer, as well as lo the couiinnnily .at 

 hu-o,-. We <:an bn. ill afford to loose even the 

 smallest li-nction of ihe very inconsiderable and 

 seamy liar\est which the "ro(" has left us,— .so, 

 farmers, see at once to your •' lianUinL's" and be 

 on tlie aler. in order llial ihe insidious .lack — 

 who is liusy at tliis season, and a perlecl Hiber- 

 nian ill his love of the potato, does nut rob you 

 of the few .hat remain for seed.— .Vni'iie Ci<//. 



S„j;EP._Thcse useful atiiinals reipiire e.\lra 

 atlen.ioii dminf[ the winlei-. They are more lia- 

 ble to disorder.* than any other doinotic. animal ; 

 coiisnmp.iuii, drop.sy, worms and si-,ih freqneiilly 

 attaekiu-: .hem, and'pi"VUiL' tiital even fcdbre the 

 owner is fullv aware that any such disease exists 

 in his flock. " The disoi-dei popularly co-noiniu- 

 aled"ro("is the most common, as well as the. 

 most filial. It is supposed lo result liom tlie e.\- 

 islence, in ihe vessels of llio liver, of animals 

 called "/u/re worms'' of the !;enns Fusciohi, iu\i\ 

 wliich,o«in;,'to the e.vlri.'ine difficuhy of ijectini; 

 tliem, after .hey have once made an allacli, jrei;- 

 erally prove final to the animal, as do' also the 

 /c/i/o/wfe, found within .he Hkull, a.id ■.\liicli are 

 supposed .o produce giddiness, staggers, &.C 

 Maine Cullimlor. 



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Li.MK T.iK RIkuicim.; Foii Potatoes.— 1 wo 

 fields of potatoes, side by side, in tliis village- 

 one dressed with Ian-yard manure, in which was 

 coiisideiahle lime, received no blight or rot. In 

 the other field, wiih common liarn-yard manure 

 Ihe Io|)S were eaily blighled, and a consideralile 

 poi.iou of the potatoes rvnvi\.—Bru>!Sw!ck(Me.,) 

 Pioneer. 



Popiit.ATiov of MicHiuA.^.- The census re- 1 

 turns of 25 of the 31 organized counties of the 

 Stale shows a popnlaiii'ii of y7(;,.57'.i. The same 

 counties in 1S40 coii.ained li»5,:!88. The whole 

 S.alH when heard from will overrun 30U,(I00— in 

 18-40 il was 21 1,70.5, showing a gain of 'JO.OOO m 

 five years. 



Joii.N WiNruKOC. nn-T Govi.;r.Non ok Aias- 

 SACMi.SKTTs (■oi.o>v.--"<>iice," says .llatlie.-, •Ml 

 vva- ob.serv.,bl.', that when he had distributed the 

 !a.I handful of lie: meal in ihe b.-.rrel unto a poor 

 ,„„„ ilistressed by the wolf at .he door, c. mat 

 instant they spied a ship arrived at the narbmirs 

 monih laden wi;h provisions lor .hem all. \ea, 

 Ihe ■'overiionr smnelimes made lus own private 

 ,nu4 to be publick ; um by .sucking in.o il, b.il 

 bysuueezlug on. of ii ; Ibr wieu .lie puhhcli 

 ,reasm-e liad' nothing in .', !,■• did hmi-il de,ray 

 the charges of ihe pnbliek. And having ,eai ueil 

 ihal lesson of our l.ord, .hat il is lo-tier to give, 

 ,|,nn to receive, he d;d, a. , he •..uer.d conn win u 



I,., vva'^ a Ihird line: cho.-en govern ■, make a 



.peech nnlo ihis pnrpn.-, . Thai he had leccivei 

 orutui.ies iVom div.-r.s .n,M,--, «hicb he acce|,ied 

 with uuieh i-omforl and eonieiil. and he had like- 

 wise received eiviliiies from pariicnlar persm.s, 

 uhirh he cou'.d not r. fuse wiihoul uiciviluy in 

 hiuiMlf: nevcrlheless lie look ilieiii willia irem- 

 Miiig hcail. in ivL'ard of <! ^i's word, and con- 

 hi-iiuei! of his own iidirmiiics ; and ihereloie he 

 ,|(.«iri'd them ih.'.i ilicv would not hercafler lake 

 it ill if he refu.se.l such presents for ihe lime lo 

 eonie. 'Twas his cuslom also to .send some of 

 his family n|'"n errands, nnlo llie lioiLscs of the 

 poor abo'ul lie ir meal lime, on |)Urpose to spy 

 vvhe.le-r tlu-y "an.e.l: and if it wen- h imd .hai 

 ih.'y waim-d', he would make ihat ihe opporiiimly 

 of sendim: Mi|.plies nnio Hum. And there was 

 ono passage of his charily ihat was perhaps a 

 liille imnsual: ilia hard and very hwig vvinler 

 * when wood was very seaic- at l!o.-lon, a man 

 gave him a privale infiirinaiii n, lliata needy per- 

 eon in the neighborhood stole wood soilictimes 

 from his pile; whereupon Ihe gov.-rnour in a 

 seeming anger did reply. Does he so? I'll lake a 

 rourse Willi him; so call Ihe ipaii tome. I'll 

 warrant you I'll eme him of stealing. When the 



BLUiM-r INTHK i'oT.vro.— Thenccoimts wdueh 

 pour in from all e,iiaTter.s show the blight ill llie 

 potato in-op increases raiher lliaii diuuuishes — 

 Ireland as well as Greal liriliaii lieing affecled 

 wiih it, besides immense tracts of cuumry on ihe 

 c(mlin"Ul. Il seems lo be clearly eslabllslitt.! 

 Ihal ihc iliseaseis a ihn^^UT^ which spreads wilh 

 the grraiesl rapiiliiv, and whicli it will reqnna; 

 the greatest care lo'prevenl all other crops being 



inlLcled wilh. liuiiuent ch isis who have 



watched ihe progress of ihe disea.se and sindntd 

 iis iiaiure, are decidedly of opinion that the po- 

 tato hanlm should he, burned, and that all poln- 

 locs which will he u-id for .seed should ho dres- 

 sed wilh lime, a.s seed wheat is; and that the 

 l.-md whence diseased polalo-.'S have been dug, 

 should receive a dressimj; of lime or some tlisui- 

 fecling pieparatiun.— Ji'ilisliire Imkjicndciil. 



WoMA>-.— Greal indeed is the lasU assigned lo 

 woman; who can elevate ils dignity? Not U 

 make laws, not lo lead rrinli-', not lo govern 

 empires; but lo fiirm those by whom laws an- 

 made, armies led, uiid empires governed; to 

 guard jigaiust the slightest lainl of bodily infirm- 

 ity the frail \ et spotless creauiro whose moral i.o 

 le'ss than physical lieing must he derived from 

 her; to iiispiVe those principles, to iin-nlcale iIiomj 

 doelrines, lo animate those sentiments whnh 

 generalious yet unborn and rialions yet uncivil- 

 ized shall li;arn to bless; loo sofien firmue-ss inio 

 mercy and ihasten honor inlo retineuicnl; to ex- 

 alt generosiiy into virtue; by soothing care l;> * 

 allay ihe anguish of ihe body and the far wor.-e 

 angiiish of the mind; by her' lemh rness lo dis- 

 arm passion ; by her piiriiy lo triumph over 

 sense; to cheer the scholar sinking under his 

 tni-l ; to console the slalesman for llie ingraliliide. 

 of a .misleken peoph^ ; to be compensaton fopj 

 fViends thai are perfidious, for h.i|ipiiK_ss ihal lia.H . 

 passed aw.iv. Such is her vocation, 'i'he conch . 

 of ihe deseiled Irieiid, ihe cross of ihe, rejeeleil 

 Saviour- ihese are tliealres lui which he-r great- 

 est iriiimphs have been achieved. Siicli is licr 

 des. i.iy; to visit the I'orsaken, to aiteiid ihe niij- 

 lerled ; when monarchs ab.-imlon, w hen counsel- 

 lors betray, when justice prosecutes, when lirelii- 

 reii and (iisciples'flee, lo rom^iu imshak.:u a d 

 nnchaiiee.d and cxliihit in ihis lower uoildalype 

 of that love, pine, coiislant, and inefKible, \vhi;-h 

 in anoiher worhl we are langlil lo beli.'ve, is llio 

 test of vii-Mi:. — Blnc-ricovrn Masuzi.ic. 



SUSCENSION BRIDGK AT NiAGAKA FaLI.S.— 



(.iharles Kllel, .Jr., Esq., a celebrated engineer of 

 I'hiladelphia, has, wilhiii a few days past, in 

 coinpany Willi Maj. C. il. Sluarl, of Kochester, 

 insperie"d the locahlies in the vicimiy ol Niagara 

 Tali.-, wilh a liew of' a.-^cerlainiiig ihe praciica- 

 liiliiv of a sn.-p'ension liridge across llie Niagara 

 River. 'I'hei-e is a poini, about a mile and a half 

 below the cataract, and near the whirlpool, where 

 the distance from one liigh bank to the other 

 does not e.vceed 700 I'eei. The cost of a hang- 

 ing bridge at thai point, of snllicient streiiglb to 

 ^uMai.i i:." wight of a railroad nam oraiiyolherj 

 burtheii which may be placed upon il, and made j 

 in the best and securest ma; uer, is e.sliina'ed by j 

 l\lr. F.lleit al S'-'OO.OOO. lb- olliirs m eonsiiuii 

 such a hriilgu lor ihalsum, and lo subscribe ?i'~iO,- 

 000 lo its stock.— A", y. Jilorn. .Mws. 



iMAiiK YOUR Ci-:i.i.ARs WAUM.—Grcat detri- 

 ment is olieii eNperienced by fiiriiiers from a 

 neglect to secure their cellars at the proper sca- 

 .son. Oidlars ought if |io.-sible, lo he so eonslrucl- 

 ed as to lender the labor of ' banking' iinneceg- 



ErncACY of Ammonia i.n cases ok Poison.— i 



Extiacl of a leiier from Dr. Church lo ihe Editor , 

 of Silliman's .loiirnal of Science, daled Coopers-^, 

 town, N. v., Eebriiary (ilh, 1820. 



"A young' man in ihis place had acenh nially 

 over.-et a hive of hee.s, and befiire he conlil ■■-- 

 cape, they had settled in numbei-* on difiiai i i 

 parls of" his body and limbs and sltmy bn' 

 si.verely. Il "as alemt half an hour all. r ihe. 

 accident happened, when he came lo my ofUce, 

 in i;real auoiiy, and Ic had .scarcely lime lo givo 

 au'accuunt of il before he fiinled. I miiiiedi-T 

 alely applied the ammonia to the paiis that liad 

 beeii sluni:, his le-s, arms and hrea.st. lie di- 

 nellv reccivercd frmii his liiinlucss, and e.vpcri- 

 encc'd no pain or other incouyei.ience iilicrwnrd.s. 

 "Il is several years since I lir.sl applied tho 

 ainia ammonia, to counler.-ict the etfecl of the 

 bil.s of insects and the flings ol bees, and il has 

 invariably pi-o.lnced instant relief-generally com- 

 plete. I'liave olieu .'.(en children crying m e\- 

 cessive pain from the sling of a bee, and on ap- 

 plication of the ammonia they wmild iinmedi- 

 ately cease comiilainiuL', and become cheerlul, 

 HO complete and sudden is the relief it produces. 

 1 always use ii for musiinilo biles, and lliey noyer 

 Itiotiblc me farther. I was led lo use it m these 



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