^\)c JTarmcv's iUont!)liJ bisitor. 



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CaSE.-i, lioiM tilt; iiistniitaiieoii.s niYf.Kt it wiis t-iiiil 

 to linve ill coiiiiU'racliii'; the o|)i'nilioii rif prussio 

 aciil. Ill llii! seroiul iiiiiiilior ol' tlic Aiiioriciui 

 Joiiniiil ni' Mi'ilii-iil Si'i('iu-c, (Pliilarl'.^lpliiii,) (or 

 the liist year, it will be skkii tlial Dr. Moore, of 

 Al.ilp iiiKi, ip~eil it Willi great siieeess in llie riire 

 ot' l>ilr.-i ol' veiieinotis scr|ieiils. Froiii lliis ac- 

 coiiiil, it is prolialile tliat tlie pure iiiiiairlioiialeil 

 ntiiia nminoiiia is iiio^t etiicarioiis. 1 liavesoiiie- 

 liiiies iiolii-ed a (litTereiice, aiiil lliiiik it iimst lie 

 on aei-oiMU of its being somelinies cavlioiialetl, 

 iind at otiiers not. 



('aub.irk Tlbnep Above Ghound. — This viil- 

 imble ve^'etable, say.s the Maine Oultivntor, has 

 not as vet received ninrli attention in lliis state. 

 A few only have eiillivaled it, and its disseniina- 

 tiun lias not yet been .iiiflieiunt to rt'nili'r its 

 iiierits generally known. It is the k'ohl-nilii of 

 the Germans, and the Choiv-mt'e of llio Freni-li. 

 In ihe markets of both iliese eonntiies it is sold 

 in such i|iian!iiies as to learl one to infer that ii is 

 bigldv pii/cd by the people. The Ibllouini.' re- 

 niiiiks relative to this vegeliible, we cut from an 

 e.\elian;;e. 



" I'he Cabbaije Tiirnej) above groniid is imollier 

 variety of the CabbiiL'e 'J'nrnep, and a very sin- 

 gular prodiieiion. Where this vc^i.'table comes 

 iroin the f;ionnd, it is lu^arly of llie common size 

 of u cabbai;e, mid jus' above the {jronnd it en- 

 lur;jes into a plobiilar bulb of the size of other 

 turneps. This neeonnt as to size may appear to 

 lie as iiidefinijH as to .say thi; size of a pit.cc nf 

 cltaik ; but il ic eoriecl, for like most kinds of 

 productive Inrnops they f;row laifie under liivoi- 

 able circnmsnuice.s, mid small in u lean soil.— 

 We liavi! raised some as large as a half peck 

 measure. 



Tile knob, or protuberance which forms this 

 Iiiriiep, is covered with a iliick librons rind, sim- 

 ilar to that of a cabbaf;e stiinip, and leaves come 

 nut iif il on the sides and lop, commi.iicinL' nearly 

 at its base ; llie leaves are ol' a f;reenisli pniplc, 

 =liri(l are scattered over the sides and lo|i of llie 

 bulb or liirnep, and never form into a head. We 

 have ciillivateil ilie Cabbaije Tnrnep nhnre ground 

 ill the same manner as tlie ruia baga, and in the 

 same manner as calibaifes ; tlii-y are hardy aiul 

 in a i,'oo<! soil succeed well, and are very pro- 

 ductive." 



The Djg.nity of Labor. — Bishop Doaiie of 

 New Jersey, delivered an oration on the fourth 

 of July, before the Society of the (^incimiati at 

 Trenton. The subject was '■^ Civil GuvernmenI, 

 II sriried IruslJ'roin God" and the followiiiif liiriiied 

 Ihe opetiiiii; paragraph — as beautiful as appro- 

 priate : 



" It was the height of plovvin;^. Upon a farm 

 of scurce four acres, across the 'I'iber, just oppo- 

 site to wlii-re the navy yard was afterwards, a 

 mall was at his work. In shirt sleeves, his Ioiil', 

 cri-;p hair upon his slioulilers, covered with sweat 

 iind (Inst, he was bendiiij,' at the plow; when 

 <lepiilies approached him, before sunrise, from 

 the Ko,nan Senate, to apprise him that the Con- 

 sul, willi bis army, wassurrounded in the country 

 of the ^"Eriui ; and that he, chosen Oiciator, must 

 iiKircli at once, with all the force that could be 

 levied, to their rescue. Before the siiii went 

 down that day, bis line of march was taken up, 

 and llie slant rays of the next sunset gilded the 

 the banners with which he entered Uoiiie in tri- 

 ninph. Prevailini; plowm.in, as the Itomaii an- 

 nalist welt calls him. The cainpaii;ii ended, he 

 \V(Mit back to his oxen. And with sncli rajiidity. 

 by all the )fods, that one might say, he hastened 

 home to get his [ilowiug done! Such irian — of 

 such simplicily, of sncli alacrity, of such iiileg- 

 • rily, modest in peacr, as he was masterly in war 

 — «liom tiiose, whose sweat and IjIoo<I nchiirved 

 the imiepcndeiice of llie nalioii, lielil so high in 

 lionof, as to residve to follow his e\am|ile and 

 adopt his name. Sncli was Lucius (.iniiiiius 

 Ciiicimiatns. II' there be a nobler name lor peace 

 or war than his, on any human record, purer in 

 patriotism, steadier in disaners, cooler in trials, 

 calmer in compiesl, is it not llie Cjnciimaliis ol 

 our Commonwealth ? Is it not General Wa.'^li- 

 ington ?" 



Dumb Dogs. — The following curious fact in 

 natural history occurs In a li>Itcr from the Mauri- 

 tius to Professor Bell, of King's (^-jllege, Loudon. 

 In coining from Laclielles hither, wc touched at 



Juan de Novo, tvlicrc I had an opportunity of 

 seeing, for the lirst lime, an island of purely coral 

 formation. It is of a linrse-slioc shape, aboiii 

 twentyone miles long, and from half to ihree- 

 rpiarti'is of a mile broad, with extensive reels 

 around it abomiding with turtle. Do^^s of difi'er- 

 ent kinds have been left there from lime to lime, 

 and linding abundance of food in the turtle-eggs, 

 young tiirlle and sea-fowl, have multiplied pro- 

 digiously, so that there are now some ilionsands 

 of them. I can testily from personal observalion 

 lliat they drink salt water, and that they have 

 entirely lost the (iicnily ol' barking. Some of 

 them, which have been in captivity for several 

 inonlhs, liavi; not yet lost their wild looks and 

 habits; nor had they an inclliialion for the com- 

 pany ol other <logs, nor did they ac()niie their 

 voice. Von may, perhaps, have heard ol" this 

 before ; if so, my notice w ill confirm your knowl- 

 edge ; if not, 1 liopi! the fict, as being of my own 

 ocular demonstration, will [irove interi'sling. On 

 the island, ihe dogs coimreiiate in vast packs, and 

 catch sea birds with as much address as liixes 

 could display. They dig up the Inrlle-eggs, and 

 frequently (|UaiJel over lliis booty. 'I'he grialer 

 part of Ilieiii ilrooptheir tails like wolves, bill 

 many carry them curled over ihelr l)a<"ks. They 

 appear lo consist ol spaniel, terrier, >fewfoiiiid- 

 laiid .and hound, in various degrees of nii\liire, 

 and are of all colors except pure while or briii- 

 ille. 



Scours in Sukfp. — Messrs. Edilors : I noticed 

 in Ihe Ciiliivalor of September lUtli, some re- 

 marks on the scorns of slieej) and a cure. I will 

 suggest a cheaper, safer, ami more convenient 

 method of cuie. Take soot I'rom the chiiiiney, 

 where hard wood is burnt, and give- about oik^ 

 lable spoonful every two or ihree hours, till the 

 patient appears relieved. Charcoal, in like ipiaii- 

 lily, will answer just as well, and it is geuer;illy 

 handier to get and use. Ami one ihiiig ks re- 

 markable, in use of charcoal or soot, ihat an over 

 dose will never do any injury. This remedy is 

 equally sale I'or human naliire, as for any other 

 nature. The eiiNi".'<t way of pre|jariiig it, is lo 

 make it up into a thick paste, with inid.isses, then 

 reduce it with water, till il slnill be thin enough 

 to drink. 



1 have not used anylhiug else for dysentery 

 for over forty years, and have had il it^ore or less 

 every year, and have found no difficuliy in man- 

 aging it. I iiave reconimended it lo others, in 

 manv cases, wiili like! good sncces.s-. TniLo. 



Portland, Oct., 184,5. ' 



As to the elFicacy of charcoal poweder in cases 

 of Slimmer coiriplainl in children, and in severe 

 cases of dysentery, «e have numerous insiances. 

 Very severe cases of dysentery, which physicians 

 have pronounced inciiruble, have been cured by 

 a dose of finely pulverized charcoal. This valu- 

 able mediinne for bipeds, will doubtless Ih: 

 equally efhcaciuiis in the same com|ihuiiis in 

 quadruped.^. — Boston Cidt. 



del ing the alutnina o.xtrmt in the soil of leached 

 ashes, solnbh' in water, and thus preparing it for 

 a more ready and facile absorption by the spoii- 

 peloes, or minule termin :| tibres of the roots of 

 plants. "By combining wiij, ainiiiina, the basis 

 of clay," .says Dr. Lee, "Lime liberates these 

 alkalies and silica, wliiidi iiniiing (diemically, 

 fcpiiti soluble selicules of poiash and soda." — 

 Maine Cult. 



"It is Victokia, a i.BF.itr."— During their re- 

 cent visit ill Germany, her Miijesty and the Prince 

 had one of those lilile love skirmishes which 

 spice the att'eiuion of yoiiiiy married people (wi- 

 suppose.] Albert shin himself up in bis room to 

 pout out his (iennaii grief by iiimsidf, and Vic- 

 toria ponied with all the childish majesty of her 

 little heart in her aparinn^nt, and thus the royal 

 pair separated for a f iiever of one half hour's 

 ieiigth. But the cpicen — I leaven bless her ! — had 

 too much of the wife in her lo hold out longer. 

 But when she reached Albei t's door, the queen 



came up ngtiin, I she rapped like one having 



aiilhorily. " Who's there .'" inquired the Prince 

 in ihe same tone. -'The Qiie(Mi," was the brief 

 and stately rejily. Now we opine that the i/uceji 

 «as Ihe last person in the winid that Albert de- 

 sired to see, liir he said not a word. In a few 

 mnments her W.jesiy tapped at the door some- 

 what more genlly,and uioregenile wiis the voice 

 wiihin that asked, "Who's there ?" " The Queen," 

 replied the wife, which \Mis fast gelling the ns- 

 ceiideiit over royally, ;i8 was evident from the 

 ipiernlous airection of her voice. The Prince — 

 aggravating man! — returned no e.nswer. A (/ii'r(/ 

 tap, as gentle as an angel's at llie door of the hu- 

 iiiaii liearl, followed. '-Who's there .'" was the 

 response, in tones musical with the gushing af- 

 leciion of the husband's heart. " /( is Victoria, 

 .'Witrt '." was the reply ihe (ineeii breathed into 

 the lips of the Prince, as the door flew opi;n and 

 they stood nidiilded in each oiher's arms, simple 

 husband and \vile, — In that quality of humanity, 

 just like any oilier two Immaii creatines that love 

 cMcIi other. — What do you say, iizekiel .' jVo- 

 tliinij: ; J a-as onli/ irnndering what business you had 

 to talk aliout such things. 



Isthmus of Panama. — A correspondent of the 

 Journal of Commerce slates, on the authority of 

 a letter from an Knglisliman, whose position 

 makes him acquainted with the views of the 

 iMinislry, that the English Government has de- 

 termined, with the consent of New Grenada, to 

 underlake the coiislruciiou of a ship canal across 

 the Isthmus of Panama, and lo convert llnit uiost 

 impoitant post into an American (Jibraltar. The 

 iminense commercial ami naval advaniage which 

 the exclusive )iossession of tliis communication 

 would give to any power, cannot escape the at- 

 tention of onr Government. 'J'hat such a com- 

 municalion will eveninally, and if the peace of 

 the world is not distnrbeil, very soon be made, 

 cannot be doubted. Those s\lio li.ave paid the 

 most eiilighlened allenlioii to the subject, have 

 arrived at the conclusion Ihal the work sf.ould be 

 imdeimken by all the great coiiimerci.d nations 

 and placed under tliinr c.anuiun protection lor 

 the benefit of Ihe whole world. 



Savf. vour Ashes. — Kxperiuienis during the 

 present year, have clearly and conclusively es- 

 tablished the important liict that ashes are ati 

 efficient and enduring feriilizer. To derive the 

 greatest possible benefit however from iheir np- 

 |)lication, they should never be applied Rl.me but 

 always with a mi\:nre of lime in a caustic state, 

 as Ihat minerul is endued with n capacity of reii- 



Let oo mv haik. — Aft old minister once stated 

 that in the w hole course of fifty years' pleaching, 

 he never laughed but llnee limes in the pulpit, 

 during Ihe exercises ot' the Sabbiith, and one of 

 ilicse occasions was the following: 



The pews of the church (said he,) were those 

 old-liishioned .square ones, so ih.it people in dif- 

 fiu'ent pews ofieii sit bacd; to back, merely sepa- 

 rated by a low railing for a division. 



Now (continued the pastor,) it fell out one Sab- 

 bath that two old deucniis, in two conlignous 

 pi'ws, had fallen into profound uiedilntions, and 

 closing their twici^ two eyes, had thrown their 

 heads back until their long queues dangling tli;re- 

 I'roni hud met logelher, and were quietly repos- 

 ing for the benelit of the aforesaid internal med- 

 iUitione. 



There were some u ii'ki-d I'eople present (con- 

 liniicd the venerable narratur,) who scaiiiluloiisly 

 insinuated thai the two deacons were asleep I but 

 I I'Hiked upon the iinpntation as mere persecution 

 for righteousness sake. However, there was an 

 awfully depraved young man in ihe pew that cor- 

 iiereil upon the l«o where lh(.' deacons v\ere 

 .^!editalillg, and what does this sacreligious sinner 

 do ? Why, he takes the dandling (pienes afore- 

 said, and softly lies them '-losely and firmly to- 

 gether. And then, as if ihur «ere not enough to 

 send him lo [lerdilion, he lakes s\ pin and cruelly 

 slicks it into one of the deacons. 



Well, the deacon jumped of course, like a stuck 

 pig and the Jump gave a horrid tuitch upon the 

 (]ueiies of botl» heads. 



" Let go of iioi hair .'" cried deacon number one. 



" Ld goof in;i ii.ii! !" inied deacon nnniber two. 



'I'was now twitch and i-viicii ! hit and hit ! and 

 (continiKid the jiasior,) the conclusion I must 

 leave for you to imagine. 



Keeping Youa Pigs i.v Winter. — There is 

 both negligence .lod mistake in the way of win- 

 tering, pigs I am not talking lo those whose 

 manner ol' keeping stock is, lo lei stock lake care 

 of ihemselves, but to farmers who meim to ht 

 careful. Hogs should be soritd. The little ones 

 will, othiMvvise, he chealed at the trough, and 

 overlaid and smothered in the sleeping heap. 



