Vol. VII.— No. 5. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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since been made suji »• nteiulent of the iron man- 

 ufactory at Spandan, wiiere he has in vuin at- 

 empted to discover tli e pr o cess cf tlie A rabian. 



From ihc Millon Gazelle. 



\ WONDERFUL DISCOVERY RECENTLY 

 MADE IN AN OLD HORSE'S AGE. 



" 'Ti< to llw pen aiul iiics-; we mortals owe, 

 Ail vve believe, an>l alr.insi all we know. ' 

 Since the age of that uobla aiiiiual, the horse, 

 after a certain period of life, (that is to say) after 

 the nnirks in his incisors and cijspit^are entire- 

 ly obliterated, to be able to ascertainliis ase,with 

 any tolerable degree of certainty, appears to the 

 eenerality of "horse age' judges," to be a subject 

 of very much uncertainty. I now take the liberty 

 of laying before the public through the medium 

 of your paper, an inlallible method, (subject to 

 very few exceptions.) of ascertaining it in such a 

 manner after a horse loses his marks, or after he 

 arrives to the age of 9 years or over, so that any 

 person concerned in horses, even of the meanest 

 capacity, may not be imposed upon in a horse's 

 age, from 9 years of age and over, more than 3 

 years at farthest, until the animal arrives at the 

 "age of twenty years and upwards, by just feeling 

 the subma.xiliary bone, or the bone of the lower 

 jaw. 



This method I discovered, by making many an- 

 atomical observations on the skulls of dead hors- 

 es and repeated dissections. In order, therefore, 

 to elucidate the above, I must in the first place 

 beg leave to remark— that the submaxillary bene, 

 or the lower jaw bone of all young horses, about 

 4 or 5 years of age, innnediately above the bifur- 

 cation, is invariably thick and very round at the 

 bottom ; the cavity of said bone being very small, 

 contains a good deal of marrow, and generally 

 continues in this state until the animal arrives at 



3. Allowances must always be made between 

 heavy, large we.stern or wagon horses, or carriage 

 horses, aud line blooded ones. By practising and 

 strictly attending to the above rules, upon all des- 

 cription of horses, the performer in a little time, 

 will become very accurate in the accomjdishment 

 of his desires, more especially if he attentively ob- 

 serves the lower jaw bone of dead horses. 



BOSCAIVANE. 



TEA. 



V/e are not without fears that we may fail of 

 withdrawing from the consideration and discus- 

 sion of the all important and very interesting sub- 

 ject of politics, a suflicient number of persons to 

 give ear to matters and things which wo conceive 

 deserve at least to share public attention. It will 

 we apprehend, be necessary after the election, to 

 eat and drink and provide for onr families, equal- 

 ly as heretofore. We cannot, therefore, see the 



SOMETHING NEW. 



Fly-blows are peculiar in chaiacter and re- 

 markably fatal this season. The slightest scratch 

 on any animal, or even a tick bite, is sutTicient to 

 imUice the fly to deposits her eggs, which turn to 

 maggots in the sjiace of an hoiu-, of the most har- 

 dy kind we ever heard of. Wherever these flies 

 attack, death to the animal is the conseiiueuce, 

 unless the greatest pains is taken. Much stock 

 has been destroyed by them, and one negro wom- 

 an. A negro man was saved with the utmost dif- 

 ficulty. He was subject to a bleeding ofthe nose, 

 and falling asleep with a speck of blood on hi.-; 

 upper lip, the tly made her deposite whi. h crept 

 into his head. No matter where the worm is laid 

 it will instantly penetrate the skin, with two 

 strong prongs or pincers that it pos,sesse.s, and 

 make a sore for itself. It works to a great depth, 

 passing through a very small hole for about an 

 inch, when it enlarges it into a kind of cell, and 

 does not stop, we believe, until it reaches the cn- 



We heard 

 The 



propriety of abandoning the various modes by 



which these objects are to be accomplished, to [ trails, unless obstructed by the bone, 

 take care of themselves; especially, when it is j of one of these cells that held half a pint, 

 known that neither the character nor interests of! usual remedies to destroy it, such as calomel, spir- 

 parties and leading partizans will lo.se any thing \ its of turpentine, &c. are very seldom successlid. 

 by a httle less observation. Whether we obtain A gentleman has requested us to state, that he 

 an audienre or not, we shall continue to discharge has succeeded by cutting open the holes and pour- 

 our duty by calling attention to subjects which ! ing in a solution of hartshorn, or aqua ammonia, 

 we believe deserve attention. ' and then keeping the place covered. We had a 



At this time we beg to recommend to the con- [ dog afflicted with these worms, which we destroy- 

 sideration of all parties concerned, the projiriety ; ed in the following manner. We cut open the 

 of taking measures for briuging before Congress j place to the depth of an inch, (but then did not 



at an early peiiod, the subject of a reduction of 

 the duty upon tea. This article has become a 

 necessary of life. Its use is found to be sakitarj', 

 and ought, it is believed, to be encouraged. The 

 duty at jiresent is high — by many deemed too 

 nuich so, and such as may be feared, will lead to 



„ , , ,, thus extensively injure onr commerce. The Sec 



that period which is generally termed un " aged ' i- ., _ r^ _ _ r ■• , . 



horse,'' or until the animal acipiires his fiill size in 



his hti ht or thickness ; or according to sporfhig 



language, is completely furnished, with very little 



variation. Cut after this period, the cavity as 



aforesaid becomes larger, and more marrow is 

 contained therein. Hence the submaxillary bone 

 becomes thinner end siiarper a little above the bi- 

 furcation. 



This indelible mark may always be observed 

 in a small degree in horses about 8 years of age ; 

 but at 9 years old it is still more perceptible. It 

 continues growing a little thinner and sharper at 

 the bottom, until 12 years of age. From thence 

 until 15, it is still thinner, and about as sharp as 

 the back of a case knife near the handle. From 

 this period until the ages of 18, 19, 20 and up- 

 wards, it is exceedingly so ; and is as sharp in 

 many subjects as the dull edge of that instrument. 



Rules. — 1. Put your 3 fingers about half an 

 inch or an inch innnediately above the bifiuca- 

 tion, and grasp the submaxillary bone, or the low- 

 er jaw bone. If it is thick at the sides and very 

 round indeed at the bottom, the animal is most 

 certainly under 9 years of age. 



2. If the bone is not very thick, and it is per- 

 ceivably not very round at the bottom, he is from 

 9 to 12 years of age, and so on. From 12 to 15 

 the bone is sharper at bottom and thinner at the 

 .sides, the bottom is generally as sharp as the 

 back of a case knife ; from 15 to 18, 19, 20 and 

 upwards, without many exceptions, the bone, 

 when divested of its ititeguments, is as sharp as 

 the dull edge of that instrument. 



retary of the Treasury in his last annual re]iort, 

 makes the following judicious observations upon 

 the subject : — 



Tlie use of tea, has become so general through- 

 out the United States, as to rank almost as a ne- 

 cessai-y of life, when to this we add that there is 

 no rival production at home to be fostered by les- 

 sening the amoimt of its importation, the duty 

 upon it may saiisly be regarded as too high. Up- 

 on gome ofthe varieties ofthe article, it consider- j 

 ' ably exceeds one hundred per cent., and is believ- 

 1 ed to be generally above the level which a true 

 ' policy points out. A moderate reduction of the 

 duty would lead to au increased consumption of 

 the article, to an extent that in all probability, 

 would in the end, benefit rather than injure the 



reach them) and, after scraping out all the honey- 

 comb-looking substance, poured the hole full of a 

 very strong decoction from elder leaves 5nd tobac- 

 co, boiled together. In about an hour they en- 

 deavored to crawl out but died in the attempt. — 

 The dog appeared to be entirely insensible to the 

 eration. — Southern paper. 



Glue. — The jewellers among the Turks who an- 

 mostly Armenians, have a curious method of orn- 

 amenting watch cases, and similar things, with 

 diamonds and other stones, by simply glueing 

 them on. The 'Stone is set in silver or gold, and 

 the lower part of the metal made flat, or to cor- 

 respond with the part to which it is to be fixed : 

 it is then warmed gently, and the glue applied, 

 which is so very strong that the jiarts never sep- 

 erate. This glue, which ntay be tqiplied to masiy 

 purposes, as it will strongly join bits of glass or 

 polished steel, is made thus : Dissolve five or six 

 bits of mastic, as large as peas, in as much spirit 

 of wine as will sufiice to render it liquid — in aiio- 

 other vessel dissolve as much isinglass (which hat. 

 been previously soaked in water till it is swollen 



revenue. Its tendency would be to enlarge our t and soft) in French brandy or rum, as will make 



trafle in expoits to China, a trade of [)rogressive 

 value, as our cottons and other articles of home 

 production (aside from specie) are more and more 

 entering into it. It would cause more ofthe trade 

 in teas to centre in our own ports, the present 

 rate of duty driving our tea ships not unfrequently 

 to seek their markets in Europe ; not in the form 

 of re-exportations, but in the direct voyage from 

 China. It would also serve to diminish the risk 

 of the Uuited States ultimately, losing any por- 

 tion of a trade so valuable, through the policy aud 

 regulations of other nations. — Perm. Gazette. 



The Editor of the Picton (N. S.) paper, thinks 

 that Hemp will become a staple article of export 

 from Nova Scotia. 



two ounces, by measure, of strong glue, and add 

 two small bits of gum galbanum or ummoniacum, 

 which must be rubbed or ground till they are dis- 

 solved ; then mix the whole with a suifioient heat. 

 Keep it in a phial, stopped, and when it islo be 

 used set it in hot water. 



The Dengue has been introduced at Wiscasset, 

 by the brig Olive, from Havana. Some case 

 have occun-ed. It is compared to the Rheumatic 

 Gout. 



In a country where every mouth may be em- 

 ployed to blow a spark into a consuming flame, all 

 possible carc^ should be taken to furnish no spark. 



