^I)c Jarmcr's ilIontt)lB fabitor. 



9 



ery ciRiniiiig myself. I tlioiiglit I would try it 

 agiiiii for a day "or two. 1 kt'iit one day's milk by 

 itself, 15i quarts on the loll) of June, uml churn- 

 ed it. All the milk was cluu-ned, as it ajipeared 

 to he unnecessary to cream it: I had 3 lbs. 8 oz. 

 of butter ready lor the lalll(^ The ne.xt day it 

 was also tried, and it produced 3 lbs. 4 oz. The 

 first ilay above, the milk Wrfs put in two pans— 

 the other day or.ly in one [lan, \vhi(di njay have 

 made the diiierence of a quarter of a pound." 



In September fbllowin>r, siie gave only 11 and 

 12 quarts per day, and made 10 lbs. of butter per 

 week, which would be at the rate of 1 lb. of b'Tt- 

 ter fiom 8 quarts of milk. 



The celebrated Durham cow, Blossom, bred 

 by C Henry Hall, Esq., of Harleu), is said to have 

 given in 1S40, in one week, 2474 quarts of milk, 

 or moi-e than 35 quarts per day — from which 

 was made 13.^ pounds of buiter. In the summer 

 of 1841, two months after calving, she gave in 

 one week, 253ji quarts, or 3G- quarts per day, 

 which yielded I7i lbs. of superior butter. On 

 the 13th of Jidy, tburth moiilh afi(;r calving, she 

 gave in the morning, ISJ (]uans; noon, Hi do; 

 evening, 11 do; — 33 quarts. She gave 16 quarts 

 per day up to the time of calving. This is one 

 of the largest f)roducls as to quantity of milk on 

 record. But in the first place it took over 18 

 quarts of milk to make 1 pound ol' butter, which 

 is 3i times as much as in one case of Mr. 

 Schenck's cow, and 25 as much as in another, 

 showing most conclusively tliat it is not always 

 the quantity, but the qualily of the milk that pro- 

 duces the butter. 



The Dm ham cow, lielonging to J. H. Powell, 

 Esq., about which, so tmicli ado was made a few 

 years since in Piiiiadelphia. produced in 3 days, 

 8 lbs. iuid 13 oz. of butter, which would be at 

 the rate of 20A lb.«. per week. She yielded re- 

 peatedly 26 quarts per day, which would give 1 

 pound of buiter to 9 quarts of nfilk. One quart 

 of her cream [iroduced 1 lb. 5i oz. of buiter. In 

 one case, two minules, in anoiher case, only three 

 second.'', were recjiiired to convert the cream into 

 butter. Belina was considered oim of the most 

 extraordinary cows at that lime. BiJl Belina has 

 lieen beaten since by a cow we find recorded in 

 Mr. Colman's "Fourlli lle|iort of the Agriculture 

 of Massachusetts." The cow belonged to Mr. 

 Barrett of .N'orthamptoii, Mass. This cow milk- 

 ed for one fortnight, every eight houis ; at each 



iiii:;' vieldiiii; 



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holiliug 10 quarts 

 the weight of the milk averaging daily 49^ lbs. 

 Her milk has yielded daily, 2 lbs. 5 oz. of butler, 

 making 32 lbs. G oz. in 14 days. But liere is 

 the staggerer. " From one milking alone, 1 lb. 6 

 oz. were made, which will give 4 lbs. 2 oz. of 

 butler ))er day, from one cow." 



The fanions Haskin's cow, the mother of .Mr. 

 Jaqiies' celebrated '■ Creaiiipol" breed, gave some- 

 limes 18 quarts, averaging from 14 to 15 <piarls 

 per day. Her n)ilk was noted a.s being extraor- 

 dinary lor lis richnej^s. The milk of two days in 

 the month of .\jm'11, madi; 2? lbs. boiler, and was 

 made from 2 l-liitb (piarts of cream. ."Mlowiug 

 14 quarts of milk, whic h is the lowest anioimt 

 Vier day, it took over 10 quarts to produce one 

 pound of butter, which is double ihe quantity of 

 that to .Mr. Schenck's cow, in one trial. So we 

 m;iy safely say, that Mr. Schem^k's cow is the 

 most exlr.iordinary cow, for buyteracious quali- 

 ties we have on record, and in tact wo have no 

 knowledge of any in Kurope, or the world that 

 equals her in the richness ol' her milk. ' 



In a list of sixty-five remarkable cows, furnish- } 

 ed by Mr. Colman in bis report, the average is 

 about 10 qiiarts of milk io procUice 1 pound of 

 butter. 1 



In a irial of a two year old heifei', in the month ' 

 of March, we made from 8 ipiarls of her milk 1 ' 

 pound of buller, which we thought at the fMue i 

 very ex.'raordinary, and sliil think so. .-Mihoiiu'li i 

 we have accounts of several liiut h.ive produced i 

 1 pomid of biitler from S quarts o!' milk, we have ! 

 never heard of l»ul one, with the exception of I 

 Mr. Schenck's, that produced it from les.--, aiiil | 

 that was a cow in Shfhion, Vl.; she L';ive 26 j 

 quarls in one day, and two irdlkings in 24 hours, 

 produced 3 lbs. 14 ouiie.'S of butter.— .9rta;)^ i 

 .Vortheni Light. 



SroPI'I.VG BLEEDIiNG FliO.M THE NoSK. — \}\.. 



N-grier, of .\ngiers, Franco, has inihlishcd a new j 

 method of stopping bleeding fiom the nose. I 

 Tl"! following tact induced him |o 'rv ilie plan;j 



— " Some years ago, I cut myself under the nose 

 while shaving. The lilood flowed copiously from 

 this |)etiy wound, and i coidd not stop il, either 

 with court-plaster or by cauterilzing with ihe ni- 

 trate of silver. By chance, however, I lifted up 

 both my arms at once to reach something, and I 

 saw, to my great surprise, that the flow of blood, 

 which was copious just bidbrc, immediately stop- 

 ped. I lowered my arms, and the hcemorrhage 

 l)egan«igain ; I again lil'ietl them up, and again 

 the blood imujediately sioppe<l. In this way 1 

 renewed and stop[ied ihe flow five or six times, 

 in order to convince myself perfectly that the 

 sudden raising of the arms was really the cause 

 of the ha;rnorrhage. Lastly, I ke|)t my arms 

 raised for one or two ininutes; anil during this 

 period a plaslic crust fi)rmed upon the cut, which 

 put a final stop to the hai-morrhage." The fol- 

 lowing case, being one of those reported by the 

 author, will show his mcihod of proceeding: — 

 "April, 1839. A chinniey-sweep, aged (burteen, 

 had already lost two hundred grammes (six oun- 

 ces) of blood from the right nostril. The blood 

 was siill flowing very tiisi. I had the boy placed^ 

 wilb his head high ; then, with the forefinger of 

 the left hand, 1 compressed the nostril from which 

 the blood was flowing; while doing this I made 

 him lift up his right arm perpendicularly, telling 

 him to be keep it so tor two ininutes; the IiCbiu- 

 orrhage had stopped in ten seconds." 



From the JMew Vcrk Rover. 

 Courtship of Capt. Miles Staadish. 



A TRUK HISTORICAL RO.MANCIC. 



KY MOSES SICI.LINS, 1762. 



About tliis ralher singul.ir production, a word or two 

 seems nccessarv. VVhellwrit be really a genuine antique, 

 or a moie modern irnilalion, is .t question for critics to 

 discuss. VVc can only throw such light upon it as we 

 iiappen to piissess, and such as the document bears upon 

 the face of it. , 



In order to ascertain whether the ballad was founded 

 in truth, VVC have turnetl to sfuiie old Wew Knglant! 

 C^hronicles, and Had that t!ie whole story is historically 

 true to the letter. — Captain Miles Standish did come 

 over in the May-liower, and his wife's name was Rose. — 

 iMr. John Alden and Mr. Wdliam Mullins were among 

 the number that came over in the same vessel. Mr. 

 \V illiim Mullins had a daugliter whose name was Pris- 

 ci!la,and the maia incident accriroing to lire chronicles 

 actually occureJ precisely as related in the pocin. 

 B A L L .4l D. 

 Miles Standish in the May-flower came 



Acrf>ss the stormy wave, 

 .\rtd in that little banfl was none 

 Mere gei\erous or brave. 



Midst colli December's sleet aaJ snov/ 



On Plymonth rock they land j 

 \Veak were llieir haiuU, hut strong their hearts, 



Xhat pious pilgrim band. 



Oh, s.vJ it was in their poor huts. 

 To hear the storm-wind blow ; 

 .\nd terrible at mid. night hour, 

 Whenyeil'd the savage foe. 



And when the sava:^,*. i^rimaad dire. 



His bloody worit bejMii, 

 I'ur a champion brave. I have been told. 



Miles Standish was the man. 



But Oil, his heart was made to bow 



With griefund pain ftill low, 

 For siclness on the pil,jrim b^nd 



Now dealt a dreadful blow. 



!n arms of death so fist they fell. 



They scarce were buried, 

 .\nd his dear wife, whose name iva*! R>se, 



Was laid I'mciig the dead. 



lbs sorrow, was not loud bur deep, 



Vor her he did bemoan, 

 .'\nd such keen anguish wrung his lieart, 



He could not live •.lone. 



Then to John Alden he did speak ; 



John .Mden was his friend : 

 .\nd said, "frienrl John, unto my wish 



1 pray thtc uow attend. 



My heart is sad, 'tis very sad. 



My poor wife Rose has gone, 

 .Vnd in this wild and savajre land 



I cannot live alcnc. 



'J'o .Mr. William Mullin?, theti, 



1 wish you would repair. 

 To see if he vvill give me leave 



To wed his daughter fair. " 



Priscilla wa» Ihi.- dauL-hter't, name ■, 



Con.elynnd fair was she. 

 And kind'orheart^ho was withal, . 



.\r? an\ niii'i couH hr. 



John .^Iden, to oblige his friend, 



Straightway to Mullins went. 

 And told his errand like a man, 



.•\!id askecffor his consent. 



Now Mr. Mullins was a sire 



Quite rational and kind, 

 And such consent would never give, 



.\gaiiist his daughter's mind. 



He told John .Mden if his child 



Should be inclin'd that way. 

 And Captain Standish was her choice. 



He had no more to say. 



He then cali'd in his dauL-liter dear, 



.\nd straightway did retire. 

 That she might with more freedom speak 



In absence of her sire. 



John Alden had a bright blue eye, 



,\nd Wis a handsome man, 

 .•Vnd when he spoke, a pleasant look 



O'er all his features ran. 



He rose, and in a courteous way 



His errand did declare, ^ 



And s.aid, *' fair maid what word shall I 

 To Captain Standish bear?" 



Warm blushes glowed upon the cheeks 



Of that fair maiden then; 

 At first she turned away hereyes. 



Then looked at John again; 



And then, with downcast, modest mien, 

 She said with trembling tone, 



"Now prithee, Joha, why dost thau not 

 Speak for thjself alone ?" 



Deep red then grcvv John Aldon'e fa.-:e ; 



He bade the maid good bre; 

 But well she read before^e went, 



The language of his eye. 



No matter what the language said, 

 Which in that eye was rife — 



In one short month Priscilla was 

 John .\Iden's loving wife. 



How TO CATCH Cbohs. — The foliowinc de- 

 scription of a successful mode of catching crows 

 appeared not long since in an English paper — 

 and will doubtless prove new an<l interesting to 

 many of our couniiy reailers, w ho are annoyed 

 by these inveterate corn-slealers in the planting 

 season : — 



.'^t Dover, last week, a novel wager w as decid- 

 ed at the Red Cow public bouse, between several 

 persons who had met there to regale themselves. 

 The iiitensiiy of the weather, it Jippears, ha\ing 

 put ihe feathered tribe to the shift, a vasl qiumti- 

 ly of crows were daily observed to congregate at 

 Faribinglowc, between Dover and Folkestone, 

 on a mizen, whose inlernal heat bad rendered 

 the surface clear of its coal of snow. This cir- 

 cmnslance did not escape attention, and a wager 

 as to ilie tinuil>er of birds that could be taken 

 resulted. -Accordingly the person proceeded to 

 prep;u'e for ll'.e (lerf irmnnce of his task, by care- 

 iiilly making ;i quanlity of small paper Ci;[i.~-, in 

 shajie resembling a cone; these were besmeared 

 wi;li bird-linin round ihe inner (.--art of the base, 

 and as many holes were made in ih.e dung-hea|i 

 as were required to deposit ar.d keep them in an 

 upright position. Iiilo each of these caps a bean 

 was put ; and ihe. scheme being thus far com- 

 plete, the p.arties left to wilness the movemenis 

 (d" ihe unsuspecting crows. Picsenily, innumer- 

 able qiiantilies dropped upon iheir old haunts 

 and peering out the treasmcs which lay at the 

 hoilcm of the cap.--, sweeter fur than the giapes 

 ill the fable, striilled and croaked, and appar^iiilly 

 comprmiciiied each other on their good liirtune. 

 .\l lenglh, one of llie sinulty gentlemen, bolder 

 ihan the rest, determined lo make liay whilst the 

 sun was sliiiiiiig, popped his head in to seize iho 

 trensure ; but no sooner had ho grasped it in his 

 beak, than in Hying lo withdraw his cranium, it 

 adhered lo his raven coat. The sight was now 

 extremely laughable; blacky shook his bead, but 

 I lie lost nut llie envelope; llicn aliemjited to fly, 

 i he soared a i-oiijiideiable beiglit in the air, skim- 

 t ining wildly around, until at lenglh he dropped 

 j and was taken ; and in Ibis vv.iy, scores of llicm 

 were observed buffeting against each other, until 

 ! the bet was duci<lcd by a larger qiianiily being 

 icnnght tli.in iho slipulaiion of the bat required, 

 UiDfl ill less time. 



BcTTF.R IV Vir.Gl.M.v. — Tlic Souiberii xl.mli-ir 



thus speaks on this inbject: — •'■And to siicli am 



. extent iloe% tills failure exist, that a great many. 



h.ive never ffcn, ami do ie>l kiK'W w! n! jf»j»>.jl 



