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i^\)t Iaximt'5 iUontl)l|j lUsilor. 



piitiid meat. If tlie poioa of the Kkin are closed 

 and irii|)eixe|)til)le )M-cf|iinilioii is slopped, lliis 

 cnrnipl matter is tlimwn upon tlie lnjij;s, jivei', 

 or intestines, cnnsin^ colds, con^ouiiptioti, fevers, 

 <S:c.,&:c. Tlie remedy is found in tln^ specific 

 that will restore the sjsteMi to its proper liidiince, 

 open the Miitnr.d avenues ti)r the dicharge of 

 ])oisoiions accrolions, niid relieve the internal or- 

 pans Irom burdensome clo;;s that are thrown 

 upon them. Cold water has lieen proved to he 

 this remedy in a pre-enfineiit decree. It is na- 

 ture's own remedy. And nothiji;; but its sim- 

 plicity, its counnonness, and iliealnio.st universal 

 hydrophohia whii-h prevails coidd have kept its 

 virtues so Ion'' coin-ealtd." 



Mandfacture of Bo.ne BdttoiNs.— We had 

 B'l opportunity the other day of looUinp into the 

 Button rtlill of Messrs Kelly & Spriiijr at Bri;j;h- 

 toii Mass., and of exaiidning the process by which 

 they nianutacture a very superioi- kind of bone 

 button, much superior, we are. told, to those 

 which are imported from Britain. Tht^y m;mu- 

 factme some dozen ditVere.nt sizes, the aggre^'ate 

 quantity being about 5000 gross a year. Their 

 buttons, we believe, have a high reputation in the 

 market, and in respect to polish particularly, they 

 ceriaiidy bear a very favorable comparison with 

 any we have ever seen, whether of Ibreign or do- 

 mestic manufacture. 



The raw material for the manufacture of these 

 buttons, is fiuiiislied by the nninerous and exten- 

 sive butcheries in Brighton. The leg hones of 

 cattle are those which are used in the manufac- 

 ture ; and about 250,000 of these bones are an- 

 nually converted into buttons at this establish- 

 ment. After being boiled out, they are transfer- 

 red to the button mill, where they are first sawed 

 into convenient lengths, ami then softened by 

 steam ; after which they are sawed lengthwise 

 into slabs nf the desiied thickness. From these 

 slabs the buttons are cut by drills, rnnniug by 

 steam, one side being cut first, and afterwards 

 the other. Ne.\t, the lour holes of the button are 

 made, which is done by an operation of four dis- 

 tinct drills. Then follow the different processes 

 of smoothing, bleaching, colouring, and packing. 

 Girls are employed in several of the departments. 

 In this manidiiciiu'f! there is no waste of material. 



Such 



rts of tlii^ bones as are not actually con- 



verted into bntlonii, are used liir manure. A 

 striking instance of tin; efficacy of sucli manure 

 was point''d out to us in a turnip field near by. 

 Even the bone dust which tails from the saws and 

 lutlies, is carefully preserved, and sold to lariners 

 as a luxurious article of fodiler for their cattle. — 

 Boston Traveller. 



Education of Farmers' Daughters. 



In the families of many farmers there are 

 far too many uuprodnclive hands. In the chang- 

 es which, since the iulroductioii of e.vtensive 

 manufactories of collon ami woolen among us, 

 liave taken place in our habits of domestic laiior, 

 some of the intern.-d resources (d'the farmer have 

 been dried up, and new occasions of e.\penditme 

 introduced. 1 cannot birtter illustrate this mat- 

 ter than tiy a ri'currcnce to a conversation which 

 I hail with one of the most respectable farmeis 

 in the country. " Wir," said be to me, " 1 am a 

 widower, and have only one daughter at home. 

 I have gone to the utmost I'Xtcnl of my limiteil 

 means for her education. tShe is a good scholar, 

 and \ins every where stood high in her classes, 

 and acciuilted herself to the satisfaction of her 

 instructors. She is expert in all the common 

 branches of education, f^lie reads Latin and 

 Frinich ; she understands miiKMalogy and bota- 

 ny: and I c;in show you with pleasure some of 

 her fine luuidle work, einhroidery, and drawings. 

 In till' loss of lu:r mother she is my whole depen- 

 dauce ; hut instead of wailing upon me, I am 

 obliged to hire a servant to wait upon bc'r ; I 

 want her to take cliai^'i^ id' my dairy, but she 

 cannot think of milking; and na her mother was 

 anxious that her child should be s.-ived from all 

 liar<lsliip — for she used to say the poor girl would 

 have <'n(nigb of that by and by — she never allow- 

 ed her to share in her labor; and therefore she 

 knows no more of the care of the dairy, or 

 iinlei-d of house-keeping, than any cily inilliii- 

 er ; so that in fact I have sold all my cows but 

 one. This cow supplies us with what milk we 

 want, but I buy my liutter and cheese. 1 lolil 

 her n few days sinco that my Fiockings were 



worn oiit, and that 1 had a good deal of wool in 

 the rliamher, which 1 wished, she would card 

 and spin. Her reply was, in the tone of unaf- 

 lecled surprise, 'VVhy, father, no young lady 

 (loeslhat; and besides it is so much er'.sier to 

 send it to the mill and have it carded tiiere." — 

 ' Well,' 1 continued, 'you will knit the stockings if 

 I get the wool spun .'' ' Why, no, father! mother 

 never taught me how to knit, because she sai<l it 

 would inlerfeie with my lessons; and then, if I 

 knew how, it would take a great deal of lime, 

 and be much cheaper to buy the stockings at the 

 store.' " 



This incident illustrates perfectly the condition 

 of many a farmer's fimily, and exhibits a serious 

 draw hack n[ion his properly, and a great iinped- 

 imeul to his success. The liilse notions which 

 prevail among us in regard to labor, create a dis- 

 taste for it; and the fact that, if the lime reipiir- 

 ed to he employed in many articles of household 

 mannfaclure b>5 reckoned at its ordinary value, 

 the cost of making many articles of clothing 

 would exceed that lor which they could be pur- 

 chased at the store, is deemed asnf^cient reason 

 lor aliandoiiiiig their production at home. In 

 many cases, however, the time is turned lo no 

 account, but absolutely siiuandered. But the 

 clothing, if not made, must lie bought ; and they 

 who might produce it must be sustained at an 

 equal e.\[)eiise, whether they work or are idle. — 

 Fourlh .liinual Report of the American Central 

 Board of Education. 



A Farmer's Life. — " I wish I could see (he 

 says) in all our fiu-mers a disposition lo magiiily 

 their calling; but I have been grieved in many a 

 tiirm-house, to listen to loinentations over what 

 they term ilieir ' bard lot.' I have heard the 

 residents upon a noble larm, all paid lor, talk 

 about drudgery, and never having their work 

 tloiie, ;u)d few or no opportunities for the chil- 

 dren ; and I have especially been sorry to hear 

 the females lament over the hard liite of some 

 promising youth of seventeen or eighteen, who 

 was admirably filling up his duties, and training 

 himselffor extensive usefulness and influence. 

 They have made comparison between his situa- 

 tion, coarsely clad and working bard, and com- 

 ing in tiitigued, with some college cousin, or 

 young man who clerked it in a store, till at length 

 the bov has become diss.-ilislied, and begged ofl' 

 from his true interests and happiness. 



" I am conversant with no truer scenes of en- 

 joyment than I have witnessed in American fiirm- 

 lionses, and even log-cabiiis, where the father, 

 under the influence of eulighteneil Christianily, 

 and sound views of life, has gone with his family, 

 as the world have termed it, into the woods. The 

 land is his own, and he has every inducement lo 

 improve it; he finds a healthy employment fur 

 himself and fiimily, and is niiver at a loss for ma- 

 terials to occupy his mind. I do not think the 

 physician has more occasion for research than 

 the farmer; the pro|ier fi)cHl of vegetables and 

 animals will alone constitute a wide and lasting 

 field of investigati<in. The daily jourii;il of a 

 farmer is a source of much interest to himself 

 and other.s. 'I'he record of his labors, the ex|ires- 

 sion of his hopes, the nature of his fears, the 

 opinions of his neighbors, the results of his ex- 

 periments, th(! entire sum total of his operations, 

 will prove a ileep source of pleasure to any think- 

 ing man. If the establishment of agricultural 

 societies, !ind the cattle-shows of our country, 

 should have the cHect of stimulating one (iirmer 

 in every town to manage his land and stock upon 

 the best principles of husliinidry, there woiilci be 

 a wonderful and speedy alleralion in the products 

 of the earth, because comparison would fo.cn it- 

 self upon his friends and neighbors, ami his ex- 

 ample, woiihl be certainly beneficial, for prejudice 

 itself will give way to profit." — -liev. .Mr. Charles 

 at the anniversary of the Mass. llort. Suciely. 



Adulterated Milk. — The inhabitants of large 

 cities me constantly complaining, ami with very 

 good n^asoii, lliat the article sold to them under 

 the ntime of milk, is systematically ailultcrated. 

 The udder of the cow siip|i|ies merely the basis 

 of the coni|iound ; water, ami certain foreign 

 substances lo give it the rc(|uisile whiteue.ss, 

 liirmliiL' the other ingredients. The coloring 

 matter is inaile from things of which the public 

 at large have very liille notion. The prevailing 

 belief regarding tliu London tnilk iimnulactnre 



i.«, that chalk is their favorite pigment. Their 

 brethren of I'aris, however, employ a more ex- 

 tensive range of adiilteraling substances— such 

 as flour, plaster of I'aii.s, calves' lights, and a still 

 tiiorc extraordinary aifnnal substance, namely, 

 dogs' brains. 



This system of adulteration is ibe more abnin- 

 inable, when we consider that, of all species of 

 food [iroper for the support of human life, tnilk 

 is the most useful. It is unlike any other aliment 

 in this respect — that it has the power of sustain- 

 ing life without the assistance of any other sort 

 of sustenance. Though man cannot live by 

 bread alone, yet nature can he fully sustained by 

 milk, were he reduce<l to have nothing else to sus- 

 tain him. Its consumption, therefore, is very 

 great in every part of the world except in China, 

 where it is never used as a beverage. — Selected. 



Transformation of the Locust. — In the 

 puiniiier evenings it is conimoa to see upon the truuks 

 of trees, reeds, or any upright object, a heavy-looking, 

 lump-backed Lrowii licetle, an inch and a half long, 

 with a scaly coat, clawed lobster-like legs, and a some- 

 what dirty aspect; which latter is easily accounted for 

 by the little hole visible in the turf at the foot of the 

 tree, whence he has lately crept. I h;ive sometimes 

 carried them home, and watched with groat interest 

 the poor locust " shullle ofl' his mortal" or ruliier earth- 

 ly "coil," and emerge into a new world. The first 

 symptom is the opening of a small slit which appears 

 in the hack of his coat, between the shoulders, through 

 which, as it slowly gapes wider, a pale, silky-looking 

 texture is seen, throbbing and heaving Imckvvards and 

 forwards. I'resentiv a tine square head, with two light 

 light red eyes, has disengaged itself, and iu the process 

 of time (for the transfbrinatiua goes on almost imper- 

 ceptibly) this is followetl by the liberation of a portly 

 body and a conclusion; after which the brown leggins 

 are pulled olf like boots, and a pale cream-colored, 

 weak, soft creature very tenderly walks away from i:s 

 former self, which remains standing entire, like a coat 

 of mail of a warrior of old — the shelly plates of the 

 eyes that arc gone looking after their lost contents with a 

 sad lack of " speculation" in them. t>n the hack of 

 the new born creatun^ lie two small bits of membrane, 

 doubled and crumpled up in a thousand puckers, 

 like a Limerick glove in a walnut shell ; these now be- 

 gin to unfold themselves, and gradually spread siuooth- 

 Iv out in two large opal colored wings, which by the 

 following morning have become clearly transparent, 

 while the body ba.s acfjuiretl its proper hard consisteney 

 and dark color, and \vheu placed on a tree the hajipy 

 thing soon begins its whirring, creaking, chirruping 

 song, whitli continues with little intermission as long 

 as its harmless h.ippy life. — Meredith's Mw Suulk 

 IVales. 



Introduction or Vkgetadlks and Fhuiis 

 INTO England. — Sir Anthony Ashley, of Wim- 

 bourne, St. Giles, Dorsetshire, first planted cabbages 

 in England, and on his monument a cabbage uppear,s 

 at his feet. To Sir Walter Kaleigh we owe the most 

 useful of all vegetables, the potato; and lo Sir Richard 

 Weston the iutrojuelian of clover grass tVoni f'laiulers, 

 in l()4l. Cardinal I'ole planted figs at Lambeth in the 

 time of llunry Vlll., which are said to be still remain- 

 ing there. 'I'he learned l.inacrc first brought over, ou 

 his return from the sunny regions of Italy, the queen 

 of all flowers, the damask rose. The cherry orchards 

 of Kent owe their e.\istence to a gardener of the bbilV 

 moiiari'h, and in the s.ime rcisii the currant bushes 

 were transpl.mtcd I'rom /.ante. In the earlv part of tin! 

 seventeenth century the elder Tradcsc;int ventured on 

 board a privateer, armed against Morocco, for ihe sole 

 purpose of stealing apriccls hito this counlr>', and pret- 

 ty much at ihe same period the mulberry tree appears 

 to have been iutrodnced. The first ever planted in 

 Knglaiid, those at Sion House, Middlesex, are still 

 flourishing in the grounds of that venerable seat of the 

 I'ercii'S. One of the Carews, of IJeddinglon, near 

 Croytlon, first brought o\er oranges, and for a century 

 after they grew luxuriantly there. — .V<//7r Lane Kx. 



Maple Sugar. 



We have no doubt that sugar enough to sup- 

 ply every family in Maine might he made from 

 the roik maples within the limits of the Sta'e. 

 Those w ho have been " in the icou(/.s" know .some- 

 thing ol' the vatt extent of finest there is on our 

 I'roiiticr, made up in pan, and iu iiiuny places 

 wholly bv this noble tree. 



Wlnuber it could he made aschenpas the sonth- 

 eru sugar from the cane, is entirely another qnes- 

 lioii. W'l; suppose that, as it is generally made, 

 it i-anuot be, and of course there is not so much 

 aitention paiil to the inaiiiifaclure as there would 

 be were itolhcrwi.se. When maple sugar is made 

 right, nnil divestetl of nil foreign ingredients, it is 



