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^l)C Iaxmtx'5 ilTontljln iHoitor. 



ion is a man of merit. He brought him. 1 spit 

 I'looil ill clots. I wns ill s-urli violent imiii, miil 

 iiiv lever ivii.« so lii^li, lluit 1 riieil out, ' .All, iC 

 tlicie Ik; }h| time, save me !' lie |iioiiiise(l to do 

 )ill in hi.'* power; but I heard hini f^iij, in a low 

 voice, thnt it was very hite. Ho made me prom- 

 ise to tolluvv his orders e.\actl), how painltil so- 

 ever lliey mif;lit be : and 1 kept my word. Find- 

 ing that a remedy he (ireserihed had not the de- 

 sired eftiM't, li(! gave orders (bra cow-house to be 

 prpjiiircd lor me, wliich was tinished in a day, in 

 a coacli-lioiise beloiiijing to my boiito. 'I'liey 

 broUe open a window, and contrived slalls fiir 

 lliree cows ; a wooden railing', high .■iioii;ili for 

 me to lean upon, was all that separated me liom 

 the animals. My bed was placed upon planks 

 about a font from the ground, the belter to letlhu 

 filih run under; and the planks were purposely 

 ill-joined, that the vapor might rise through llieiii ; 

 anil this was so strong, that every thing while 

 which was brought in became reddish in a short 

 time. 



"My apartment was divided into two rooms. 

 'I'hat which 1 lived in was prelly large, and held 

 a bed with curtains, surrounded by a gauze blind 

 to keep away (he (lies, which always abound iii 

 stables, and are particularly insupportable during 

 illness, a wooden table, two straw chairs without 

 cushions, and bare walls— such was my chamber. 

 There was a sort of anti-chamber for the woman 

 who look rare of the cows. My surgeon and 

 wahing-maid lodged over-bead. I hud bells to 

 call them at pleasure. 



" I soon spit less blood. After being a week in 

 the cow-house, my legs ceased swelling. Other 

 symptoms improved. The night sweats I almost 

 always had continued long after, but finally left 

 me. From the moment 1 entered it, I renounced 

 every species of food except milk: I did not taste 

 bread even for nine months. People came to see 

 nie, as an object of curiosity. The Duchess of 

 Orleans paid me a visit ; and, after my recovery, 

 •she recominended Doctor SaifTert to the Duke, 

 which was the means of making his Ibrtnne. — 

 Here I remained nine months without intermis- 

 sion, with the e.xceplion of a few rides in a close 

 carriage. In short, he saved me at the expense 

 of my hair only, which all fell olf. It was neces- 

 i-ary to repair my fore leeth, w hich I had neglect- 

 ed in liiy illness; and 1 was absolutely forbid to 

 play on the burp, wliicdi had made my breath 

 very short; but what is aU this in comparison 

 with life? 1 am now become (piile a strong wo- 

 man ; and although not so vigorous now at thir- 

 ty-six as when 1 was nineteen, fiir all that I think 

 i shall weather lilii out very well." 



" In daring to present such cases to the pub- 

 lic," says the benevolent and enthiisiasiic IScd- 

 ^loes, " I feel that 1 am |)repariug a feast for those 

 -who resort tn ridicule, if not as a test of truth, 

 yet as the supreme delight of rational and im- 

 mortal miiuls; but I hope also to interest those 

 whom no ludicrous accessories ran prevent from 

 vii.-wiiig with complacency the first awkward and 

 unsteady ailvauces towards an nseliil object." 



A daughter of the celebrated I'riestly having 

 apgilied for advii'c : " In her ease to have; placed 

 the smallest reliance on medicine," says the doc- 

 tor, "would have been to encourage a liital didii- 

 fiioii • and there only rcm.-iincd the choice between 

 ji sea-voyage and a constant residence with cows, 

 rihe asked me which alternative I shouhl prefer 

 in her silnalion. I tidd her undoubtedly with 

 cows." . And she made the experiment uniler his 

 direction. 



The stable provided for this lady was tvvcnty- 

 fiiur feet hiiig, (iitn-teen liiet wide, and nine feet 

 high. A space piiriitioned dflj was sullii-ieiit to 

 .contain a bed, a table, and allow a little room to 

 move about in. Its llonr, (brmed of rough hoiuils, 

 was raised n fi^w inches above; the ground (d the 

 sttilile. 'I'he windows were ill-placed ; they fliced 

 Ihe iiorlli,on account of'tlie convenience (d'co.i;- 

 iiiimiciiliug with the house. They should have 

 liiccd the south. 



'I'wr) cows were placed in it fVir .'i month, and 

 three cows li)r the remaining live miuilhs. There 

 was a Hiiiidl stove in the part where Mrs. I''inch 

 lay, which was used (()r two months, for neiiily 

 half the day, but afterwiuds only in extreme li'osl, 

 or on th(; room feeling damp. 



Tin; temperature for two monllis was kepi 

 from (iO-* to (!.')•', aliersvards fiiim (!.'>■' to /()-■, bin 

 in general at (iy**. 'I'ho Icinperatnri; was liumd 

 best betvvcci) the two latter temperatures, and the 



nir at a medium between excessive damp and too 



dry heal of a stove. The stove lighted in the 

 morning to dry a little of the moisture collected 

 diiriii" Ihe night, was plcasaiitest to her feelings. 

 Suectssive generations of flies were ftinnd to be 

 a ifieat nuisance, and the cordage and other parts 

 of the bed were speedily rotted. The vapors, 

 however, gave nobody c(dd, nor did any allenil- 

 aiit snfji'r (iom a longer or shorter continuance 

 in a medium so much warmer than ihe external 

 atmosphere. On the contrary, one lady w ho paid 

 many and long visits, had her symptoins of cliro- 

 iiic rlieiimalisin much alleviated. 



'I'he management of the cows was found to be 

 a matter of some importance. For a month or 

 six weeks they were allowed very little straw, nor 

 was their standing cleaned: afterwards they had 

 plenty of straw, and their beds were kp|it tolera- 

 l)ly dry. Hay of the best fpialily and free from 

 dust, was found preferable on all accounts, and 

 straw that was clean and ilry. The cows were 

 watereil twice a day. but not so sparingly as they 

 mi:.'hl have been. The better the hay they were 

 supplied with, the less water was necessary. — 

 Their horns were noisy, iiarticnlarly during the 

 night ; oil that account young cows wirhoul horns 

 would have been more desirable, jind such as 

 were young in calf; and halters better than chains 

 to tie them with. 



Mr. Finch observed, that if the fiatient couhl 

 have been on a low floor above the cows, many 

 di.=agreeable circumsliinces would liave been 

 avoided. 



The effect of their wet was all along nauseous 

 to a stranger, but the feelings of the patient should 

 alone be consulted. The geniid warmth relieved 

 oppression on the chest, look off resilessness, 

 and produceil a fueling the lady described liy com- 

 paring it to nourishment conveyed through the 

 pores of ihe skin ; and soditferent were lu-r feel- 

 ings ill the cow-house to whal they were before, 

 that she would have been reluctant to have chang- 

 ed her apartment for the night, however she 

 might have wished a cleaner and more cheerful 

 one l"or the day. After the first night, the air was, 

 to use her own expression, bnlscimic. 



in this she remained through auiumn and win- 

 ter, for six mouths, with three exceptions. About 

 a week after her entrance, she slept ii night out 

 of the cow-house, when the hectic syiiiploms 

 and night sweats which had left her, returned. 

 ,Si\ weeks afterwards, she lived for three days in 

 ;m apartmetit three degrees warmer than the cow- 

 house. The night sweats did not return until the 

 third night, and berbrealhing became laborious; 

 instantaneous relief took place on reluriiing to 

 the cow-house. On a subse(pient removal tor a 

 week no relapse occurred. 



The efTect on the cows living in a climate at 

 this lemperalure was not observed by the doctor, 

 but it is pleasing to relied that while alleviating 

 human suffering, the second mothers of mankind 

 were benefilleil themselves. "A cow," says An- 

 derson, "to enjoy existence, requires a lempera- 

 lure not lower than 50 degrees, nor higher llian 

 70." 15ul he sets one limit too low : a cow does 

 not appe:ir to feel pleasure in a climate under (iO 

 degi<'es; and sve have seen them in a noilh-east- 

 ei ly wind prefer a moist warm cow-house at 7o 

 degrees, to one JO degrees lower. 



During the fbllowiiig winter, Mrs. Finch con- 

 fined herself lo an nparlinent heated arlificially 

 by a stove ; but she then said, " I still prefer the 

 air of the cow-house lo my warm room, although 

 it is of a good size, and lies to the sun." 



The Alpaca. 



Desciuptio.n, Habits, Food, &c. — The Al- 

 paca, when liilly grown, is about .37 inches high 

 to the shonldei's, and .")!) inches lo the lop of ihe 

 head. It possesses many properties in ciuiimon 

 with the Llama — belongs to ihe same natural 

 liiniily, lo ihe .«nme country, possessing a similar 

 disposition and nainuei'.<, anil liears much resem- 

 blance in figure, but is smaller in stature. Its legs 

 are shorter, with larger muscles, and its wool 

 tiller, and more abmulanl ; but it is less robust ill 

 its habii, bi'ing aide to carry a continuous burden 

 of only 50 or 70 pounds. 



In a « ild stale it is never kiinwii to associali; 

 with any other a niiua I, but keeps together in herds 

 of 100 or more in number, feeiliu:;, lliri)u:;h 

 choice, on a son of rushy gi^a.^s or reed, called 

 t/iho, which grows in abundance on itsniilivc hills, 

 where, it is suid, these aiiimtds are never known 



to drink, so long as a sufficiency of green, succii- 



leiil herbage, can he obtained. They resnrl to a 

 particular spot lo drop their dung', which greatly 

 resembles that of llie goal, ihe sheep, or of the 

 giraffe, and which often [iroves final to them, from 

 heliaying their haiinl.*. When domeslicated, 

 they po.ssess the siiine gregarious habits, .-ind are 

 strongly allaclied to their hirih-place, to which 

 they return at night, evincing liule or no iiicliiiii- 

 lioii to stray away, or lo mix with other tlocks. 

 They are gentle, docile, and cotilenled in their 

 disjiosilioiis, and.;ue as readily restrained as ihu 

 commoii sheep, wiih which, it is said, they |)er- 

 feclly agree. 'I'hey adajit iheinselves to almost 

 any soil or situation, proviiled Ihe heat is not op- 

 pressive, and the air is pure. They will live and 

 thrive on the same sorts of food as eaten by cattle 

 and sheep : but the inferior kinds of browse, 

 grass, or hay, with a due proportion of potatoes, 

 or other succulent roots, are prefirredto rich pas- 

 ture and liiriiiaceons grains. Too liberal an al- 

 lowance of rich and stimulating food toiiu ani- 

 mal extremely ahsiemioiis, ami habituated lo live 

 on coarse and light herbage, and that in small 

 quantities, cannot be regarded otherwise than in- 

 jurious. — American .Igricullurist. 



Preserv,vtio."( of To.matoes. — The powder 

 of tomatoes, presented at the exhibition of the 

 Royal Society of Ilorliculture, of Paris, in July 

 last, reminded usot ;i mode of preservation point- 

 ed out last year, by i\I. Vilmoriu. We ihiiik we 

 ought to rejiort it here. " M. Jullien, President 

 of the Society of Agriculture of Juigny, has 

 pointed out tu us a mode of preserving tomatoes 

 for several mouths. It consists in galberiiig at a 

 late period, the fruit which has reached its full 

 size, but w hich is yet green. Leave eight or ten 

 inches of the slalii, and tie them in bunches of 

 six or eight, taking away most of the leaves. — 

 These bunches are atterwards bung in ail airy 

 and dark place, where they will keep all winter. 

 When it is reipilred lo use them, lake the neces- 

 sary numberof bunches and place them near the 

 windows of a living room. The fVuit reddens 

 and ripens in a few days. This melliod suggest- 

 ed lo us another, which will preserve them a 

 shorter lime, but which may also have its use. — 

 Green loiii:iloes, gathered Ihe last of October, and 

 set upon the latticed shelves of a well lighted 

 Iruit room, ripen there in succession ; iiud at the 

 moment when we write, such tomatoes have sup- 

 plied our coiisiimplion tor nearly six weeks. 

 They are deprived of their leaves, like the olhers, 

 and eight or ten inches of slalk left U[ion them. 

 — Bevue Horticole. 



From the X. Y. Mercury. 

 The Reapers' Harvest Son? 



BV C. V. BKKRS. 



T!ie li^^lit winils giunbi'l ninuag the tlcwe 

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'riic clouds Ikivc rolloilr 



ay, 



1 >!(.: Liiruu^ iiiiiv I t'l 11. <i .1 o (I Y , 



Ami the misia hive Hed from Ihe leaping streams 



Before Ihc: coming day ; 

 And the riprncii urruii of ih*^ fruitful plain 



invites us — ■• Sons of toil y* 

 JS'ow with ready liatuiji loijauicr in 

 'J'he products uf iht; soil ; 



For lo ! 'lis the liarvest time. 

 The blcbtcd linrvct^t time I 



Away, to the harvest fields away ! 



'J'ho sun wht-els up the i^ky ; 

 No bondsmen wo, but unasked and free. 



Our sickles keen wc ply j 

 And tl p wavin^' ranks of Imardcd grain 



Fall prostrate on the Held, 

 And grateful, we bless the liiiid that gives 



yuch lull <.\\)t\ ample yield ; 



K«ir h' I 'tis the harvest time, 

 The blessed harvest tiino. 



Work I work! for the day will soon be gone ! 



We may not liiij;er now, 

 Kach trusty stei I ply with earnest zca!, 



With "bareil and moist brow, 

 In laiili we sovvt.>d htkI with i>lndnes8 reap 



The bonntictf Ciod has given, 

 And fiuidly trust wht-n lie binds flis sheaves, 



lie v\ill jLjallier us iii lleavvn. 

 At tlie coniin;5 harvest time, 

 'i'he bte^tttid harvest time ! 



Wisconsin.— I'he pioffFess of this Icri'ilory 

 has liccii iiiarvcMoii>Iy niltid. The lollowiiig la- 

 lilc pIhius tliu raU: of incicase: 



In I8:U1, ilie ptjjxilaiioii was 3,'^45 



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" leiO, « " 30,iM5 



" 184ii, « " 4(),(v8 



