VOL. XVI. NO. I ' 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL, 



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stj'le, (tor horses aio very siiliject to panic from 

 sudden unusual a|)|)earances.) Before lie recov- 

 ers his self-possession, anil ran wonder at my au- 

 dacious i[iipud"ncn, [ fall iihoard of him liUe five 

 and forty wi'd cats, •iiid hefore he is sufBciently 

 self-possessed to front yon, he is ins|.ired with 

 some considerable respect for his new cnstomor's 

 courage and prowi'ss. ButafUT a while, he: lingins 

 to think the joke is c.irryiug too far. He turns 

 and gives yon a lf)ok, which ]>lainly says, ' who 

 the devil are you ?' I am sorry to make the no- 

 ble horse swear, on even so provoking an occa- 

 sion ; but I assure you he is not so much addic- 

 ted to it as jackasses, and some other animals, and 

 he may at least plead the excuse of — ' evil com- 

 munications corrupt good nianneis,' for this bad 

 habit. Now he surveys you, notwithstanding the 

 sharp lash incessantly applied to the hind legs, 

 fixes his gaze on you, lays his oais close to his 

 head, draws back his lips, disclosing his teeth, 

 opens his month, raises his fore feet, and dashes 

 right at yon. Woe to the timid braggart, who, 

 with wandering eye or daunted breast, is not rea- 

 dy with hand, and heart, and heels, and eyes, for 

 this crisis. Perha[>s his lime is come ! 



'Poor .lohnny Raw, what madness could impel 

 So rum a flat to face so prime a swell.' 



Let none such presume to exercise the art of mas- 

 tering even, much less the noble science of sub- 

 duing the horse. But the fearless and practised 

 horse teacher is ready for the encounter. His <!ye 

 was -fixed upon him, he foresaw the coming storm, 

 and as the open mouth and high raised hoof of 

 the indignant and enraged aninud a|iproach, he 

 seems to meet them : 



■ But when the shadow's o'er his brow, he slips aside, 

 So nimbly slips, that the vain robber past 

 Through empty air, and he so high, so vast, 

 Who dealt the stroke, come thundering to the ground j 

 Nor rest, nor pause, nor breathing time is given, 

 But raj)id as the rattling hail from heaven, 

 Beats on the house-top, showers of horseman's shot,' 

 Around the ' Stallion's legs fly peppering hot.' 

 From this to the finish is all ' tweedle dee,' 

 You now have my s<'crel, — so hand me the fee.' " 

 We did hand Jonathan his fee, and I have no 

 reason to repent it. for I believe that this method 

 has more than once saved my life, although I am 

 no Jack Mytton, to throw myself under a horse's 

 heels, or ride full tilt over a rahbit warren. 

 JOHN LEWIS, 

 Late of Spottsylvania Co., Virginia. 



Premium of ■'§100. — !n our first number a pre- 

 mium of SlOO wasoffercil by a distiiiguishod phi- 

 lanthropist, for the best experiment in fattening 

 cattle or swine the present year on apples. Com- 

 munications on the subject are to be made, post 

 paid, to Rev. J. Marsh, Philadelphia, b(fi)re the 

 last of December. The conmiittoe of award are 

 Hon. Levi Lincoln, late Governor of Massachu- 

 setts ; his Excellency Gov. Ritiicr, of Pennsylva- 

 nia, and the Honorable John Cocke, of Virginia. 



The weigiit of the animals before they are fed 

 on apples, must be given ; together with a mi- 

 nute account of the mode of fattening, the quan- 

 Lity uf apples, and grain or meal given, the time 

 spent, &c. 



This subject is extensively engaging the atten- 

 tion of farmers. We rejoice in it. It is high time 

 that the valuable fruit of the orchard was put to 

 lome better purpose than making men drunkards. 



I he inveterate habit of ciiler drinking in our coirn- 

 try has caused a dead waste of time and labor, 

 and health, and domestic jieace, and religious pros- 

 perity : while, as the many who have entirely 

 broken from it now testify, no good bus come of 

 it all. It is to the Tempeiaiice reformation that 

 we are indoljied for the destruction of practices 

 which would not, perhaps, in then;solves alone 

 have roused publii: execration, but which are now 

 seen to form such a constituent part of the great 

 system of drunkard-making, that they must ^o 

 out with those other customs which have buried 

 thousands on thousands in disgrace and misery, 

 in many [)arts of our country, the orchards are 

 loaded with fruit, and there is a strong temptation 

 to re[>airthe old cider mills; but most of the tem- 

 perance farmers where we have recently journey- 

 ed, conclude that, even in the midst of plenty, 

 they will let them rest at least another year, and 

 see if the fruit will not be more profitable in 

 another way. We met with one Temperance 

 society which had adopted the total abstinence 

 pledge, excepting cider drinking. We will not 

 mention the name of the place, but have noted it 

 down, that we may see five years hence, what 

 sort of Temperance men live there. Upon the 

 whole, we think all Temperance men had better 

 at once abandon cider drinking. We are sure 

 they will never regret it A neat orchard of well 

 selected fruit, for domestic use, cookery and barn 

 feed, is an invaluable part of a farm, — for any 

 thing else, it is a imisance.-^mfnVnn Temperance 

 Union. 



Cure for the Consumption. — Every thing 

 which will tend to give us any insight into the 

 character of this dreadful disease, wlii;li more 

 than any other is fatal in New England — which 

 annually conducts its thousands to the tomb, and 

 which selects victims from among the young, the 

 lovely the virtuous and the good — is deserving of 

 particular attention. We lately inserted an ex- 

 tract from an article in the New York Commer- 

 cial Advertiser, from the pen of Eilward C. Coop- 

 er, M. 11., recommending the use of sulphate of 

 copper, in that form of consumption known as 

 chronic bronchitis, and stating that it is of great 

 eflicacy in catarrhal phthisis, and consumption in 

 all its forms, when in its chronic stages, and free 

 from any inflammatory symptoms. 



We know nothing of Dr Cooper, but we think 

 the suggestion may prove a valuable one, as we 

 have often witnessed the healing qualities of sul- 

 phate of copper or blue vitrol, as it is sometimes 

 called. We have seen the most happy effects 

 produced by a solution of this material, applied 

 externally in cases of ulcers caused by )iiles, or 

 other diseases, and have administered it internal- 

 ly, in small doses, for certain diseases at sea, with 

 good efl^ect. We can easily conceive that in af- 

 fections of those parts of the body, where it may 

 be directly applied, as of the throat, it may prove 

 of great efficacy. What effect it may produce by 

 acting on the system through the absorbent ves- 

 sels, in cases of tubercular consumption, we are 

 unable to conjecture. But the hint is a valuable 

 one, and s'hould not be condemned. — Boston Mei: 

 Journal. 



A medical writer of some eminence, (Dr Bing- 

 ham of Hartford, Ct.) gives it as his opinion, thai 

 many diseases, and often consumption, among 

 young ladies, frequently have their origin in 



boarding schools, where the pupils are ke|it in a 

 manner different from that to which they have 

 been accustomed, are too much confined an<l not 

 allowed siifficiint exercise, 'i bat when they walk 

 out they move too slow, being guided by a regu- 

 lar step, under the direction of their teachers — 

 We believe the writer is correct in his views, but 

 the difficiilties to which he alludes, arise almost 

 exclusively from boarding schools in large cities, 

 where the air to young (.ersoiis confined to study, 

 is almost pc^stilential, where they iire kejit in 

 buildings not suttlciently airy, and rooms too con. 

 fined and bailly ventilated. Country air, scenery, 

 room and exercise, are the articles required to 

 I reserve health, under intellectual labor and tij)- 

 plication jV. 1^ paper. 



ST.iRTiNo Chii.drfn IN THE W' RLU. — Many 

 an unwise parent labors hard and lives sparingly 

 all his lifie for the purpose of leaving enough to 

 give his children a start in the world, as it is call- 

 ed. Setting a young man afloat with money left 

 him by relatives, is like tying the bladders under 

 the arm of one who cannot swim — ten chances to 

 one ho will lose his bladders and go to the bot- 

 tom. Teach him to swim and then he will nev- 

 er need the bladders. Give your child a sound 

 education, and you have done enough lor him. 

 See to it that his morals are pure, his mind culti- 

 vated, and his whole nature ma.e subservient to 

 the laws which govern njan, and you have given 

 him what will be of more value than the wealth 

 of the Indies. You have given him a'stait' 

 which no misfortune can deprive him of. The 

 earlier you teach him to dfi|)end upon his own re- 

 sources the better. 



Woman. — As the vine which has long twisted 

 its graceful foliage around the oak, and been lift- 

 ed by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant 

 has been rifted by the thunderbolt, cling around 

 it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shat- 

 tered bough ; so it is beautifully ordered by Prov. 

 idenee, that woman who is the mere dependant 

 and ornament of man in his happier hoins, should 

 he his stay and solace when smitten with sudden 

 calamity, winding herself into the rugged recess, 

 es of his natme, tenderly supporting the droop- 

 ing head, and binding up the broken heart. 



Miami University. — At a commencement of 

 this institution on the 19th instant the degree of 

 Bachelor of Arts wes conferred on twenty-five stu- 

 dents. There are, at present, one hundred and 

 fifty-ou'i students in the various departments of 

 the University. — Ohio paper. 



The eao think others bab. — "There is an 

 observation," said Mr Huskisson in a speech, 

 " that those who are most jiractised in tortuous 

 cases themselves, are ever the most ready to charge 

 that species of conduct upon others." 



The wronger never pardons. — "The oppres- 

 sor," said Lord Brougham in a speech, '-always 

 errs. Those who begin with hurting, such is the 

 perversity of human nature, always end with ha- 

 ling-" 



It is better to tread the path of life cheerfully, 

 skipping lightly over the thorns and briars that 

 obstruct your way, than to sit ilown under every 

 hedge lamenting your hard fate. 



