Qlljc ^farmer's i^!mit!)!ij llisitor. 



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Uniili'vnnls to tlie iiiglilly illiiniinuiinn willi jrns, 

 siiico tlie trees us well iis living fruiUiires lieeil 

 re|iose at uiglil. 



Important Invention. The graiul ilo.-iderii- 

 tiiiii (if !i|>|il}iii;j: steiini .■iiiil water power to pro- 

 pel eoninioii stoekiiifr Ioomih on uliieli v:isl sinus 

 ot irioney iirid iiineh lime have heen iinsiiceess- 

 l\illy spent hi l'jif,'laiul, has lit leiifith heen dis- 

 ciivi'ied — mid three eoniiiion looms, willi slifjht 

 viiriiilioiis, are now in successful operalinn in this 

 town, and operate helter lliiiii llie most saiiyniiie 

 cxpect.itions ol'llie inventor had anticipated. 



(In Wednesday last, one fiirl attended the ihrco 

 locmis, and speiidiiii; niiicli of her lime in silliiiL' 

 to waicli ihe operation, she presented at ni^ht'-iU 

 pairs of stockiiiL'S and 2'-^ pairs drawers, a.s the 

 reMill (d her day's woik. Twelve pair stoekinjis 

 is a irirl's day's worU on tht- coiiiinon hand looms, 

 ."^onie idea<d'the saviiijr hy the new invention 

 may he IVirined froin the fact, that the (expense of 

 ihe kniiiinf; hy it on Wednesday was less lliaii a 

 ihdlav, while ihe same work performed on hand 

 hifims would cost over (i\'e dollars. 



'J'iie inventor is Mr. John Pftper, n yoiiiifr 

 man of ahmit 03 years of aue, son of Mr. Daniel 

 i'epper of this :own, a stockinj; weaver. 



At Ihe !.'ri'at saving: id' lahcir whiidi this dis- 

 covery will make, floods can he furnished a! siicii 

 rales as dety compelition with any estahlishment 

 on either side of the Alluniic. 



Porlsmoulh Journal. 



ff'liat n Woman should he, Mphahelkalhi. — A 

 w omaii should he amiahle, henevdleiit, charilahle, 

 domestic, economical, I()rj;ivin2, !.'eiierons, honest, 

 indnsli ions, jiidicions, kind, lovinj!, modest, neat, 

 olieilieiit, pleasant, quiet, reflecting;, soher, tender, 

 nrhaiie, virtuous, wise, 'xeniplary, yieldin;:, and 

 zealous. 



Ji hat a IVomnn should not be. — Arthd, hidrl, 

 cross, deceillnl, envious, fielfnJ, erovellin^', hol- 

 hiw-hearleil, idle, jadish, knavish, lazy, morose, 

 nonsensical, officious, peiulaiii, quarrelsome, rant- 

 ina;, ,'inappisli, talkative, unreasonahle, vain, 

 w r.-uifrliiij.', '.Mravaijant, or Yawning. — Portland 

 Bulletin. 



A Consistent Servant. — A lady in Boston had 

 ill her employnn'iit a yoim;; man liom the coun- 

 try. On I'eiiain occasions, he was iiislriicled to 

 iiifoim any cmiipany who inij;ht call at the door 



that 'Mrs. was not at'liomc.' One day Jidin 



made this reply to an intimate friend of ihe lady, 

 who shortly went away, leaving; a card, and a 

 promise to call apaiii. As the card was handed 



to iMrs , she said, '"John, what did yon say to 



the lady.-" "I tidd her yon were not at home." 

 "Well, .Tohii, I hope yon did not laiijih ?" Oh, 

 no, ma'am," said John, "1 never lan;;li when 1 

 tell a lie." 



We learn from the Sprini:tield(Ms.)l!ppiilj|ican, 

 that a Company with a capital of SlOO.OliO, to he 

 increased one half anoiher year, has purchased 

 .land of the value of gi;o,000 in that town, on 

 which to erect an e.\lensive range of shops lor 

 the manidiictiire of railroad cars and locomntives. 

 This addition to the hnsiness of !~prin<.'ti(dd will, 

 it is supposed, add one tlioiisaiid to its popula- 

 tion. 



Salt for Mogs. — Ho^s, dnrius the process of 

 falleniiiii, should he supplied with salt as often 

 as once a week. Il is no leis advaiita<;eons to 

 them than to the ox, the cow, or the sheep, and. 

 when liher.-dly f;iveii, is a preventivs of many 

 diseases, to which, from ihcir continual confine- 

 tiienl, and ihe efteci of hearty food, they are iii- 

 evitahly exposed. Store ho;;s are also jireally 

 henetlled hy a liberal provision of salt, and will 

 <;enerally partake of it once or twice a week, as 

 eafierly and to all appearance wilh as i;ood zest, 

 as they do of corn or meal. Cliarcoal is also 

 hijjihly salnlary in its influences u|ion the lieallh 

 of s\\ iiie. — .Me. Fanner, 



Method of supporting Trees. — The branches of 

 trees when loaded wilh fruit, may be kepi from 

 breaking in the follow ing manner. Connect wiili 

 cords all the heaviest branches, comm(;iicinf; wilh 

 Ihe lower ones, and fasieniiifr the ends to the up- 

 per part of lire tnmk. ni-amdies when thus se- 

 coreil tof^elher I'aiiiiot break. This plan is far 

 superior to the old melhoil of [irops. 



Connecticut Grniiig. 



In Connecticut alone, of .dl Ainericn, do they 

 know how to make brass kettles. Two towns 

 have become rich by the inainrfacture of wooden 

 clocks, which are generally sold at a preat proflt. 

 VisitiniT llartlbrd County you will lind a L'auf,' of 

 hands di;,'f;iug copper ore. The next village is 

 supported hy inakingaxes. Iveachiugthe neif^h- 

 horhood of the 'I'alcot monntain.s, you flnd a vil- 

 laj.;e of I'jOO inhahiianls, snstalneil hy weavinj; 

 carpets ; and a slill lari,'er one 15 miles firrther N. 

 E. in the same employment. 'J'lieso villages are 

 inhahiied by Scoichrnen, and Inive three I'resby- 

 teriaii churches. Fiuiher on a Shaker corinnn- 

 nily raise L-arden fefA\:i and make brooms, [laz- 

 ard's po\\(ler mills corrre ni'Xt. Then a firowiuft 

 village where are made paper, various kinds of 

 cloth, iron svire, card teeth and cards. Passing 

 H.irltor-d, yon Hud a town of 3000 inhabitanls, 

 manuliiclmiufr all sorts of brass ware, lii Tol- 

 land County you will lind numerous cotton and 

 woolen mills, liirniu;; out the diversified fabrics 

 made from tlieso materials — besides four or live 

 silk liictories, where Italian sewiiifj silk and 

 twist are inanuliiclured. In VViiulhain County 

 are cotton niaunfactorii s — there beini; not less 

 than twelve iir ihi' valley of a single stream with- 

 in a space of 20 miles. In New Loniloii County 

 India rnbbiu- is mauufaciured iii various forms. 

 In Norwich, coiloii and woolen mills iihonnd ; 

 one paper mill turns out .$:iGO,000 worth ol paper 

 a year'. Sloninulon and New London have 

 grow 11 rich by the wlnde lishery. Lyme and 

 Saj brook fnriiish sea captains for the Liverpool 

 packets. .Meiiden mauul'actures ivory ware; 

 nearly 30 men are employeil in workinj: patent 

 ink-stands. Next you find a shop tinrrinj; out 

 axe helves — thina screw liiciory. On the hanks 

 of the rivi-r yoo come to a quarry of gneiss 

 which splits with lire liicilily of chestnut timhi^r, 

 whence great qiiainiiies have been Iransporied 

 to other parts of the Union and also to the Wesi 

 Indies. A qnan-y of red sand stone employs 300 

 Irishmen. A whole town near by has been mrrde 

 rich by the manufaclme of hells of all kinds, 

 sleigh, horse, clock anil cow bells inchided — 

 Scientific American. 



Bite of a Mad Dog. 



By W. STOWKLL. 



Messrs. Editors .■ — In 1835 a mad dog came 

 among my caiile and bit tvvo of them. I pursued 

 and killeil the dog ; and on my return home, 

 met a neighbor who was also in pursuit of said 

 dog. He informed me how to prevent injury to 

 my callle — stating that some years before a mad 

 dog had bitten several for him, and he caught 

 soi^e ol'lhem, and with a knife made an incision 

 in the woimil, ami then took as imich pulverized 

 corrosive siililimale as will lie on Ihe point of a 

 penknife and inserted into the wound. All the 

 iiogs thus oiicraled upon lived aiitl did well, 

 while Ihe others run mad anil died. This in- 

 duced me to try the experiment, which I did wilh 

 success : one of them was bitten in the nos'tril, 

 where I thought there was no cure, but the ap- 

 plication had the desired efl^ect. They were 

 young cattle, but grew finely, and were always 

 as he;ilthy as any others in my flock. 



One of my neighbors had a cow bitten in the 

 tail hy the same dog; he applied soini; of the cor- 

 rosive KiiblinraK! to the wound, but did not cut so 

 as to let blood freely, and in about ibree weeks 

 she was taken wiili the hydropliobirt and dieil. 



JVewark, III., Mat), 1847. [Prairie Fanner. 



Lampas.—B. D. L., Stratham, N. H. This af- 

 fection is most coiirmon in young horses, while 

 they are shedding their teeth ; and it is supposed 

 to arise, frequenlly, from inflammation ofihe gnirrs, 

 which spreads to the bars across the roof of the 

 moatlr, causing ihein to swell, sometimes be\ond 

 the level of the teeth, and pr-evcnting the bnr'se 

 from maslicaliiig.his food. The pressure of snb- 

 slances taken into the mouth, on the inflamed or 

 sore bar's, occa.-ioiis the horse [lain, and he may 

 refuse to eat any hard food. In ordinary cases, 

 some laxative medicines will carry oft'the iuHarii- 

 nialiou, and ndieve the animal. It may, howev- 

 er, be expedient to lanco the bars that are inosi 

 sivollen, which, causes a sliiibl How of blood, will 

 soon reduce the fever and brim; Ihe pans to their 

 natural condilimj. The praciice of burning out 

 the bars with a hot iron, is both unnecessary and 

 cruel. 



Viluuble Discovery 



. — ^x^.v..j> 



Thn last number of flowilt's Jouryial gives an 

 account of a new fluid discovered by a French 

 t'liemist. Its character and uses are certified 

 by many responsible men of science. Il has 



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J ••-■.■I .....i. .,, .-Ln.ii,,.^. 11 IIUO 



also been tested by order of the Knglish govern- 

 ment, ami proved to ho a genuine discovery. Wo 

 copy the following particulars from the Journal: 



"A fluid which [lossesses the property of dea- 

 Iroying noxious gases has heen discovered by a 

 Fr(!nch cheiirisl, and placed by him, tlrroiigli llio 

 inslriimenialily of an eningetical and patriotic 

 Fnglishm.an, .at the disposal of the English Gov- 

 ernment. This drsinliM-tirig fluid,' as it has been 

 named, is inexpensive, simple of application, 

 and wiihonl any odor of its own. It destroys the 

 putrid smell of all substances, animal or viigeta- 

 ble, in any stage of decuniposiliori. The 'dead 

 rooms' of hosplials, all desi:clirig-rooms, the snb- 

 ji'cls of Coroner's' impiests, or of any post-mortem 

 examirralion, may, hy its prt'sance, Ire rendered 

 perfectly inofl'ensive. Portions orirnmrrn retnaius, 

 portions ofaniinal remains, of lislr, of vegetable 

 matter, so putrid as scarcely to retain their foriri 

 srrflicienily to Ire recognized, have hy it been re- 

 stored to their natural order. Nightsoil, arrived 

 at that most poisorroirs |iitcl) of stench which 

 emits when acciininlaleil for years in cess-pools, 

 is, by it nearly di'piived of all smell ; that which 

 remains being so trilliirg as only to be percepti- 

 ble by very close observaliou. 



'■ In sickness, also, the relief afforded will he 

 cxiraordinary. A sick room may be, in the 

 course of two or three mirrueis, perfectly prrrified 

 hy the use of a small qnarrtity ot this flirid, and 

 all ibrrt was disagreeal/le to lire sense Irelore re- 

 placed hy a sense of singular treshness. The 

 crowded wards of hospilals have been not only 

 purified, but lire cr'eatiorr of any oflensive smell 

 .at all has heerr pravenled by it. In thirrliing of a 

 unrrrber ot' sufi'rer's wircise proxinritv in their 

 state of sickness and prosir'ation necessarily ren- 

 ders d.'ich a cause of ofl'erice arrd additiorral suf- 

 lerirrg to all, Ihe blessing of this new power to 

 prevent this portion of their calamiiy is very 

 strikirrg. 



" Hut thern is a more important consequence 

 iirvirlved. The generation of all the classes of 

 inli.'ctious disease, the position which, arising 

 IVour the decomposition ofaniinal and vegetable 

 m.atter, becomes dillused in the atnrosphere,and, 

 heirrg inhaled into the hiuiis, causes that dread- 

 ful scoriri;e liiver', is neulralizeil, is aclnally de- 

 stroyed hy the chemical action of this fluid. The 

 danger' to which nurses and medical allcudants 

 are perpelnally exposed, and which, in the pres- 

 ent bad form of fever pi'evailing to so great an ex- 

 tent, has beerr particrrlarly (iilal, will now beaver- 

 ted. And it appears frour the experience already 

 acquired that a most beuefir'ial efFect is produced 

 on lire pruieiits themselves by lliis pnrificrlion of 

 the air ardimd thern. We should nalmally nave 

 expecteil this, anil it proved so. A fever patient 

 hecorrres in hiirrsclf a soirrce of fever. All the 

 exhalations given ofl' (loni him are dangerous to 

 life; and while he iirhales them Ire is continual- 

 ly taking fresh doses of the poison that Iras pros- 

 trated him. By annihilating the poison a. won- 

 derful assistance is given to the physician in 

 crrring hiui. Hilherto ihis effect has been pro- 

 duced, as far as possible by ventilaliirg in all 

 well-regirlated sick rooms and hospitals, bill the 

 new fluid iloes it much more completely. Ven- 

 lilatiorr orrly dihrles, this gets rid of the poison. 

 Iir the most crowiled anil ill-\cntilalcd wards, fill- 

 ed with cases of dysentery ami fever in the 

 ih'eadlid form now )jr'evailing i:i Ii'eland, it Iras 

 been fourrd srrfiicielit to wave in the air', and to 

 Iraug I'ound lire betl.s, pieces of liiren saturated in 

 the fluid, and the stale of the alinosphere around 

 has been changed in a few nrinntcs from one 

 so noxious as to he highly ilangerous to all those 

 whose dirty called tircni into lire dangei-ons sev- 

 vice of breathing ii, into one of perfect safely and 

 |)ririly ; while the poor siifferiog patients declared 

 themselves to be " in heaven." 



To Preserve Friii! Tras from Mice and Insects. 

 — Appiv early in the fivll, around the root, a thick 

 layer of lime and ashes. It would he well to 

 sink the earth ai'orrnd lire tree aliout six or eight, 

 inches, throw in a few shovels full of the lime 

 and ashes, arrd thi'U cover up with earth, Iiaaiji- 

 liiig il well down. — Ale. Farmer. 



