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Ql\)c iTarmcv's iUontl)lD bisitor. 



(lifTorein coiintiii's, at the sainu tiinn and imiler 

 ilitlei-eiit rliaractei-s. In Enfilalid lie is a fai'Mier, 

 blacktfinilli, doctor, l)p^;;ai', Ian ycr, loal'er, minis- 

 ter, danein^-niasler. Lord .Mayor, f,'nive-di^'j;er, 

 coUler, and a genllenian in llie House of (Joni- 

 tnons. At tlie same time lie may he tinind trav- 

 elliiifr on the continent for health or pleasure, 

 ca[itain of a ship, a hand before the mast, rea<l- 

 ing prayers and peilbrmiiig other religious servi- 

 ces ibr the navy, trading in the Indies and in al- 

 most all parts of the world. In America he i^in 

 ail places and in all employments. At one time 

 we read ol his lieing lost overboard, and in the 

 same p.iper he is represented as picked up by 

 the watchmen of the city and lirouglit before the 

 police. He is at the same time a linker and 

 statesman ; a boot-black with ebony face, and a 

 member of Congress ; a sausage pedler and an 

 attorney ; a wood-sawyer and a minister ; a school 

 master and a horse doctor. At two funerals in 

 B., N. H., John Siiiith was buried, and John Smitli 

 and wife walked in the procession. At E., John 

 Smith was settled as pastor of a church, and at 

 tlie same time John Smith is tbunil building stone 

 wall and sawing wood alH. F. There is scarce- 

 ly a town buryiiig-ground in the county but that 

 ynu may iind in it the tombstone of John Smith ; 

 and freqnenlly the tii'st man you meet after pass- 

 ing the grave-yard, will hail to the name of John 

 Smith. 



JoH."i Brown, a neighbor of Smith, (for he has 

 neighbors,) is also a remarkable ujaii, and has 

 been such for many years past. In looking over 

 religious biography, you will tind him a clergy- 

 man, settled at Haddington in Scotland, anil an 

 author of much celebrity. Hut he died — so says 

 his biographer — in 1787. It is not long, however, 

 before we Iind John Brown an eminent merchant 

 in Providence, R. I., who is s.-iid to have died in 

 1803. But he still lives, though he has been lost 

 overboard several times, taken and killed by pi- 

 rales, stablied, hung, &,c. His grave-stones are 

 numerous, but he yet walks and rides aboiil. — 

 Thouilh sometimes he is Ibund in not very re- 

 spectable society, he still occiifiies as honorable 

 stations as any other man. Tiiere probably are 

 not many better men tlian John Brown; and it 

 is doubtful if many are found who are worse. In 

 fine, he issccond lo none for aiiv thing, exceplitiir 

 jdways .^J/-. /o/h! .S'mi'(/i. ' JETHRO. 



The MrsTERions Mosic. — One of the won- 

 ders of the south-west is the mysterious music 

 at West Pascagoula. A correspondent of the 

 ISKltimore Republican, who examined it atten- 

 tively, thus takes tlie mantle of romance from 

 it: — 



" Diiriug several of my voyages on the &i>an- 

 isb Main, in the neighboriiood of ' Baragua,' and 

 'SanJuaiide Nicheragtia,' from the nature of 

 the coa^t .ve were conipeiled to anchor at a con- 

 siderable distance from the shore ; and every 

 eveiiing, from tUifk to lute at night, our ears 

 wei^.deliL'bted witii the ^olian music that could 

 be bearil limieath the counter of our schooner. 

 At fii«. I thoitghl it was the sea breeze sweeping 

 thmiigb the strings of my violin, (the bridge of 

 whii-h liiad itiadverreutly left standing,) but, af- 

 ter exttti-'niation, found it was not so. I then 

 placed eiiy ear on the rail of the vessel, when I 

 w.is c«ntii;nally charmed with the most heavenly 

 strains il;:it ever fell upon my ear. They did 

 not souiiii as if closa to ii.s. but were sweet, mel- 

 low and iEfial ; like the soft breathings of a thou- 

 sand liiios, touched by the soft iiiigcrs of the 

 deep sea-ir^t.iplis, at a;i imniciiss distance. To 

 the lone -iCiiKiner, farfroiij boa.e and kindred, at 

 the still iiiH?r of twilight, t'lo notes were sooth- 

 ing but ii;Hlaiicho!y. 



Althougii :I have consideiable ' mi:-;ic in my 

 soul.' )ne ni:gi.t I became tired, and determined 

 to fisli. Mv'ltick inltaltan hour was astonish- 

 i;ur— I had'ljab' filled my bucket with the finest 

 w bite cat-6s}i»I ever saw ; and it being late, ntu\ 

 the cook aSleuji, and the moon shining, 1 tilled 

 my bucket tvJiJi water, and took fi.-h and all in 



. mv cabin ier<tj*e night. 



I bad act y«'. fallen asleep, when the same 



r sweet notepifaf] tpon tiiy ear; and getting up, 

 what was n)y..s«n. |jrise to find my ' cat-lisb' dis- 



. coursina: svc-eet Kfeiiiils to the sides of my biickcl. 

 I e.xamine*^! lbe«: closely, and discovered that 

 there was atti«sbed.!o each lower lip an excres- 

 cence, divided ■■'.-.y-uM'i wiry fibres, and by the 



, exhalation and -ijgcj arge of breath, a vibration 



was created similar to that produced by the 

 breath on the tongue of the jewsharp." 



It appears by the following facts, establi 

 by the census of 1841, that the largest w 

 growiii" State in the Union is 

 " Ohio', 17,979,647 bus 



The next is Pennsvlvania, 12,872,319 " 



The third New Yo"rk, 12,309,041 " 



Tennessee gives the largest 



No. of bushels of corn, 46,285,-359 " 



Kentucky next, 



Ohio third, 



Virginia raises the most 

 tobac<:o, 



Kentucky ne.xt, 



Tennessee third, 



Louisiana raises the most 

 sugar, 



ed 



heat 



40,787.120 " 



35,452,161 " 



79,4.50,193 lbs. 



56,(i78,(i74 " 



35,168,040 " 



88,189,315 " 



Care oe A.mmals. — Every kind of animals 

 require iniich care in cold weather, or at any 

 season when shut up, in order to preserve them 

 in good health and condition. For want of at- 

 tention they frei|uently become diseased and die, 

 or grow poor, to the great loss of the owner. 

 And it is frequently the case that animals thus 

 treated, or rather neglected, consume about ns 

 much food as would be necessary to keep them 

 in good health and flesh with profier care. Salt 

 should be given to animals occasionally, both as 

 a means of thrift and preventive of disease. 



By the free use of salt we have known severe 

 disorders that have appeared amonir a herd of 

 cattle, first mitigated to a mild form, and finally 

 arrested before going half through the stock, 

 when, svithout some preventive means, such dis- 

 eases prevailed tliroiigh the herd. 



In cold weather salt should be given in small 

 doses, lest it open the pores and produce colds. 

 Wood ashes mixed with salt in the proportion of 

 four to seven quarts to a quart of salt, is consid- 

 ered excellent fiir stock, as it promotes an ajipe- 

 tite and prevents diseases. It v.ill prevent bots 

 m horses and rot in sheep. 



We have given this mixture with evident suc- 

 cess. Cattle and sheep will generally eat it free- 

 ly. Horses are more particular than most other 

 animals as to w hat they eat or drink. Some of 

 them will not eat this mixture. In such cases 

 mix a small i]nnntity of ashes with salt at first, 

 and put them on roots of which the horse is very 

 fond, and in this way he will get accustomed to 

 eating iliis wholesome condiment. 



Animals should have a good supply of [iiire 

 water. Some persons think that sheep do not 

 ni'.m\ water in winter when they have access to 

 snow, but if such persons will siqiply them with 

 water, they will see their great mistake, not only 

 from the decided preference which the animals 

 give to water, but fiom their superior condition ; 

 and the advantages svill be evident by the greater 

 number, size, and superior condition of the 

 lambs. Sheep will go a considerable distance 

 after water, and go oftener than cattle, after they 

 have first been coaxed or gently diiven to it, that 

 tliey may know where to find it. 



Cattle should be fed regularly, and have but a 

 small quantity o!' fodder at a time, as they will 

 breathe iqinn it and render it unpleasant or ol- 

 fensive. To prevent this, in soni:; measure, the 

 cattle hoii.^e should not be boarded up in front, 

 e.xceptiuff above the heads of the cattle, and one 

 board at bottom to keep the hay in its place. 

 Then the breath of the animals will pass oflT 

 with less injury to the fodder and alTord good 

 wholesome ;iir for respiration. 



Boys should be early learned to feed stock, as 

 it is a business that requires much experience, 

 and a sound jutL'ment, according to the kind 

 and condition of nock, the fodder, weather, &:c. 

 But they should have the advantage of constant 

 instruction and superintendance of .some one of 

 ri[ier years. Thissnpervision is necessary where 

 boys are faithful and attentive. In some cases 

 boys are negligent, and then it becomes more 

 imporl;int, as they may manage someH'bat like 

 the old negro, who threw ail the hay to the mas- 

 ter ox and requested him to divide it among 

 them. — Farmers' Journal. 



they will come out in the spring. It is a maxim 

 with one of our oldest and most experienced 

 wool-growers, that sheep shonlil be filled once 

 per day with something that they will eat. They 

 are rather capricious in their appetites. This 

 caprieiousness depends very much upon the 

 weather. When it is severely cold, they will eat 

 almost any thing with avidity. Common bog 

 hay is then greeiiily sought after. But when the 

 wi'alber is more moderate and tliawy, they are 

 more dainty, and will turn from the same kind of 

 fodder which they were very fimd ot; perhaps 

 the day before, [iemlock boughs, we believe, 

 are never refused by them, until they become 

 somewhat tough in the spring of the year. They 

 are green, succulent, heavy, and no doubt quite 

 nutritive. Those who can obtain the boughs of 

 pitch [>ine, wdl find them as good or better than 

 the hemlock. Perhaps some of the other ever- 

 greens of the turpentine order are good, but we 

 have never tried them, and cannot speak, there- 

 fore, from any exnerionce ot our own. Those 

 who have a small siqiply of hay will do well to 

 furnish a good su;)ply of browse, and those who 

 have plenty of hay should also furnish them with 

 a good supply of browse by way of treat. — Me. 

 Farmer. 



Composts. 



It is objected against the use of Lime in the 

 formation of a compost heap, that it not only 

 promotes decomposition, but expels the ammonin 

 eliminated in the process, and hence, that the 

 most valuable part of the manure, if not the only 

 part which enters into the food of plants, is lost. 

 That lime does promote the decomposition of 

 those vegetable and other substances, which form 

 the constituent elements of conqiost heaps, we- 

 most readily admit — nay, in our v»ew, we hold it 

 that this is one of the most useful ofiices per- 

 formed by it; but we are not as yet prepared to 

 bill into the belief; t!iat it necessarily also drives 

 ofi" beyond the reach ol' the plants, those parts of 

 manure which are irapable ol' being taken np by 

 their roots, because it is within the competency 

 of every one making a compost heap, to provide 

 against such contingency, in cither one of two 

 ways. First, by covering the mass with a body 

 of earth or mould siitbcienlly deep to absorb the 

 escaping gases — and, secondly, by sowing Plaster 

 over each layer of the heap when first made up. 

 By taking either of these precautionary means, 

 the ascribed tendency of the lime may be coun- 

 teracted, while, by its decomposing property, nu- 

 triment will be provided for the growing crop in 

 a (arm which « ill render its benefits immediate, 

 and enable the cultmist to reap present profit. 



Among the most enl'tghtened and earliest ex- 

 perimenters ill Plaster, was the late JohivTaylor, 

 of Caroline, Va. He, after a series of years of 

 close observation, canii> lo the conclusion, that 

 among the most profitable ways of using plaster 

 was that of incorporating it with his yard man- 

 ures, as he put them out in the spring. Without; 

 giving, er |>resuiniiig to give, the ?-a/i'ojiaZe of its 

 operation, he contented hiiiisesf with simply 

 stating the firt. Kor do ue believe, that, in tho 

 then state of agricuhnral science, that he could 

 have described the modus operandi, si' fee had 

 been so disjiosed. But this lesiilt of the experi- 

 ments of Colonel Tavlor, is amply explained by 

 the theory of Professor Liehlg, who ascribes to 

 Plaster the capacity of giving a fixed condition to 

 the ammonia which is brought in'o the soil, or 

 in other words — of seizing on ai;d retaining in. 

 the soil, the volatile iiortions of manure, wliicU. 

 would otherwise be lost lo the soil but for this 

 power of attraction and reSention, inqiuted totho 

 Gypsum. If it did not possess this power, witb 

 resjiect to this peculiar food of plants, which is 

 found as well in the elements as in the soil, it 

 would be difficult, iniieedj lo divine the process 

 by which so small a (pianlity as a bnsb.el of Plas- 

 ter to the acre could effect so disproportionate a 

 quantity of benefit as it does, in the increase or 

 the crop to which it may be applied. — .American 

 Farmer. 



Hemlock Browse for Sheep. — Sheep, as 

 well as other domestic animal.s, like green food 

 in the winter, and indeed the more they can 

 have of a lieavv and succulent nature, the better 



PouUrv. 



We are confident iiio.-i of our farming friends 

 would find thiit more attent'ion to their poultry 

 yard.s, would add essent'tally, not only to lh» 

 comfort of themselves and their (iiuiilies, but 

 also t^) the aggregate of thejrannual (arm profits. 



Without any jiarticular etTort, or any extra 



