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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



a little till we get the "spring work" out of the 

 way. 



M. G., Portland, Me. — The apples left by you 

 from a gentleman in Cumberland, are the Newtown 

 Pippin, and give plenty of evidence that they do 

 not flourish remarkably well in New England. 



C. S., Lancaster, Mass. — Thank you for your 

 interesting papers ; shall be glad to receive arti- 

 cles as you propose, — short, and applicable to our 

 purpose. 



fly Several valuable communications received 

 we shall find room for soon. "Farmer's Daught- 

 ers," "A word to Farmers about Summer Schools," 

 "What knowledge is most valuable to the Farm- 

 er," "The present condition of Veterinary Medi- 

 cine in its relation to Agriculture," "Chemistry and 

 Vegetable Physiology," and several others, are all 

 of sterling merit. While we express our obliga- 

 tions to the writers of these and other communica- 

 tions, we would ask them to continue their favors, 

 as during the busy months of summer with most 

 farmers, they suspend writing for more active ope- 

 rations, and we shall have more time and space to 

 devote to other contributors. 



HP To the inquirer through the Franklin Demo- 

 crat, we would say, that we gave Col. Little's 

 recipe for making grafting wax as coming from a 

 gentleman intimately acquainted with all the ope- 

 rations of grafting. We have prepared the graft- 

 ing cloth by his recipe and like it ; and have also 

 used wax where the proportions were reversed — 

 the rosin largely prevailing. "The proof of the 

 pudding is in the eating," and that of the wax in 

 the working. Prepare it so that it may be handled 

 comfortably, and it is not important what the 

 proportions are. 



Cables' Department. 



COLORS IN LADIES' DRESSES. 



Incongruity may be frequently observed in the 

 adoption of colors without reference to their ac- 

 cordance with the complexion or stature of the 

 wearer. We continually see a light blue bonnet 

 and flowers surrounding a sallow countenance, or 

 a pink opposed to one of a glowing red ; a pale 

 complexion associated with canary or lemon yellow, 

 or one of delicate red and white rendered almost 

 colorless by the vicinity of deep red. Now, if the 

 lady with the sallow complexion had worn a trans- 

 parent white bonnet, or if the lady with a glow- 

 ing red complexion had lowered it by means of a 

 bonnet of deeper red color — if the pale lady had 

 improved the cadaverous hue of her countenance 

 by surrounding it with pale green, which, by con- 

 trast, would have suffused it with a delicate pink 

 hue, or had the face — 



Whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand 

 laid on, 



been arrayed in a light blue, or light green, or in 

 a transparent white bonnet, with blue or pink 

 flowers on the inside, how different and how mucl 



more agreeable would have been the impression on 

 the spectator ! How frequently, again, do we see 

 the dimensions of a tall and embonpoint figure mag- 

 nified to almost Brobdignagian proportions by a 

 white dress, or a small woman reduced to Lilliput- 

 ian size by a black dress. Now, as the optical ef- 

 fect of white is to enlarge objects, and that of 

 black to diminish them, if the large woman had 

 been dressed in black, and the small woman in 

 white, the apparent size of each would have ap- 

 proached the ordinary stature, and the former 

 would not have appeared a giantess, or the latter a 

 dwarf. Sky-blue is always considered as most be- 

 coming to fair persons, and it contrasts more 

 agreeably than any other color with the compli- 

 mentary orange, which constitutes the key-note, 

 as it were, of the general hue of their complex- 

 ion and hair. Yellow and red, inclining to orange, 

 contrast best with dark hair, not only in color, but 

 in brilliancy. Violet and green, also — the coin- 

 plimentaries of these two colors — do not produce 

 a bad effect when mingled with dark hair. 



HOW TO RENDER ASSISTANCE IN AC- 

 CIDENT. 



We digest for the benefit of readers, especially 

 in country places, the best course to be adopted in 

 emergencies like the following : — 



In case of a fractured or dislocated limb, let the 

 sufferer lay on the ground until a couch, door, 

 gate or plank can be procured, for in raising him 

 up he may die from faintness or loss of blood. 

 When procured, place the door or gate along side 

 of him, cover it with something soft, and let men 

 convey him steadily home, but do not put him into 

 a vehicle of any kind\ 



In Fits. — If a person fall in one, let him remain 

 on the ground, provided his face be pale, for should 

 it be a fainting or temporary suspension of the 

 heart's action, you may cause death by raising 

 him upright or bleeding ; but if the face be red or 

 dark colored, raise him on his seat, throw cold wa- 

 ter on his head immediately, and send for a sur- 

 geon and get a vein opened, or fatal pressure on 

 the brain may ensue. . 



In Hanging or Drowning, expose the chest as 

 quickly as possible and throw ice water over it, 

 whilst the body is kept in a sitting position. 



Children in Convulsions. — Deluge the head with 

 cold water and put the feet into warm water, till 

 medical aid can be procured. 



Poison. — Give an emetic of a teaspoonful of 

 mustard flour in a teacupful of warm water every ten 

 minutes, till vomiting ensue or medical assistance 

 is obtained. 



Burns and Scalds. — Let the burnt part be bathed 

 in a mixture of turpentine and of olive oil, or lin- 

 seed oil, equal parts, till the pain abates; then 

 dress it with a common cerate, and defend it from 

 the air. — N. Y. Farmer and Mechanic. 



A Wife's Influence. — A late writer observes : 

 "It is not presumption to believe that if Henriet- 

 ta, the wife of Charles I., had been born a Hugue- 

 not, instead of a Catholic king, the civil wars, the 

 commonwealth and the Protectorate of England, 

 would never have been." The same Henrietta 

 was the mother of James II. , whose devotion to 

 the Catholic church caused his own expulsion 

 from the throne, and the revolution which seated 



