VOt.. XII. NO. <*• 



A NO HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



45 



ITEMS OP ECONOMY, ARTS, &c. 



A simple ani useful Invention. An Italian 

 blacksmith baa successfully practised a very -sim- 

 ple contrivance to diminish considerably the loud 

 noise occasioned by the percussion of the anvil. 

 It is merely to attach a piece of iron chain to 

 one of the horns of the anvil, which carries off -a 

 portion of the usual acute sound. But Si{T. <■'. \ i 

 sini Asso, in the Province of Coma, ha- introduc- 

 ed an improvement to this, by adding a spring to 

 the basis of the anvil, which, (keeping the chain 

 stretched) diminishes the sound in a much greater 

 degree ; and it is equally easy to remove the ring 

 of the chain from the horn of the anvil by a mere 

 blow of the hammer.-— JV. Y. Daily Advertiser. 



In boiling salmon, split the fish from head to 

 tail; if you do not do this, but boil it entire or cut 

 horizontally through the middle, it is impossible 

 to cook it thoroughly, the thickness of the back 

 and shoulders being such, that if the outside be 

 properly done, the inside must be little better than 

 parboiled. On the Tweed, and other salmon dis- 

 tricts, the latter system is held in abomination. 



For making Jdly. Those who would make fine 

 jelly should always avoid boiling the juice of the 

 fruit when it is desirable to have the article when 

 made retain the flavor of the fruit from which ii 

 was prepared. Alter the juice is pressed from the 

 fruit and the proper quantity of sugar added to it, 

 let it be heated until the sugar is dissolved, after 

 this is effected no further heat is required. 



A Steel Trap. A gentleman who had long been 

 subject to the nocturnal visitations of thieves in 

 bis orchards, wishing to preserve his property 

 without endangering any one's life, procured from 

 a Hospital the leg of a subject, which he placed 

 one evening in a steel-trap in his garden, and next 

 morning sent the crier round the town to announce, 



that " the owner of the leg left in Mr. 's 



grounds last night, might receive it trjion applica- 

 tion." He was never robbed again. — Eng. Pa- 

 per. 



Corns. Nearly nine-tenths of mankind are 

 troubled with corns, a disease that is seldom or 

 never occasioned but by straight shoes. All meth- 

 ods of extricating corns seem but to afford tempo- 

 rary relief, and never will be attended with com- 

 plete success unless attention be paid to the shoes. 

 It is very dangerous to cut corns too deep on ac- 

 count of the multiplicity of nerves running in 

 every direction of the toes. Easy shoes, frequent 

 bathings of the feet in lukewarm water, with a 

 little salt and potash dissolved in it, and a plaster 

 made of equal parts of gum galbanum, saffron, and 

 camphor, are the best remedies that can be recom- 

 mended against this troublesome complaint. — 

 Toilet of Health, S,-c. 



Barberous ! Common candle snuff, clear of 

 grit, spread on a Razor strop, produces the best 

 edge, in the shortest time of any thing ever tried ; 

 so says a New York paper : and they are " up to 

 snuff" in the Empire State. The coat should he 

 spread with a knife — not too thick — and it will 

 last months. There is no " patent" for this dis- 

 covery ; any one may avail himself of it without 

 burning his fingers — provided he uses snuffers. 

 Neither Noyes, Pomeroy nor Emerson, nor any of 

 the slroppers, can ' hold a candle to it.' 



If you would have a thing kept a secret, never 

 tell it to any one ; and if you would not have a 

 thing known of you, never do it. 



Hops in New York. The demand from abroad 

 has been so great this year, that nearly the whole 

 crop has been shipped off, — the export has been 

 generaljy to France, and some to Germany at 

 prices generally below 15 cents. The shipments 

 have been so great that there is not enough left 

 for our own consumption. The consequence is, 

 that the few in market have been monopolized, 

 and the price run up to the unprecedented rate of 

 75 cents and a dollar. The few sales that have 

 been made for the last week, have been at 75 

 cents for first sort ; 30 to 40 cents for second, and 

 10 to 15 cents for poor. — .V. Y. Com. Adv. 



Wolves. The wolf sometimes lures a dog into 

 his power, fawning and gamboling around him, by 

 which he is probably mistaken for one of the same 

 species, until an opportunity offers, when he seizes 

 and bears his victim away to bis biding place. 

 Captain Parry saw this stratagem attempted with 

 a Newfoundland dog belonging to one of bis ships. 

 The unsuspecting animal had been beguiled into 

 play, and was only saved from the greedy jaws of 

 his play-fellows by the prompt interference of the 

 crew. 



Nottingham Pudding. Peel six good apples, 

 ttike out the core with the point of a small knife, 

 or an apple corer, if you have one; but be sure to 

 leave the apples whole, till up where you took the 

 core from with sugar, place them in a pie-dish, 

 and pour over them a nice light batter, prepared 

 is for batter pudding, and bake an hour in a mod- 

 erate oven. — Gen. Far. 



A prolific Cow. . Mr. Abel Woodworth, of New 

 Lyme in this county, has a cow that is only eight 

 years old, that has had twelve calves! and had 

 none till she was three years old. The fact is 

 well authenticated that she has produced six pair 

 twins. — Ashtabula Repub. 



Teasel. This plant is still cultivated in this 

 vicinity, says the Northampton Gazette, but not so 

 extensively as in past years. A farmer in Hatfield 

 recently sold the product of two acres for .$100 

 per acre ; two years are necessary for a crop. An 

 acre sometimes yields 150,000 heads, but often 

 less than 100,000. 



Ice. A writer in a New- York paper a day or 

 two since, gives the following as the best mode of 

 constructing an ice-house that will keep ice through 

 the season. It has been usually thought that the 

 edge of a declivity was the only place for an ice- 

 house, but if the following method is really ade- 

 quate to the end, no matter how level a piece of 

 ground is chosen for the purpose. 



It must be a tight frame building, and above 

 ground, the four sides of which should have an 

 hiside lining, fifteen inches apart, the intermediate 

 space filled with tan ; the floor, which should be 

 dry ground, covered with the same material to 

 the depth of about fifteen inches : the attic should 

 have a hoard flooring, with a scuttle door for 

 entrance, also covered with tan, say about five 

 to six inches : over the whole, a good tight roof, 

 with an entrance to the attic through the gable 

 end. 



Sweet Apple Pudduig. Take one pint of scald- 

 ed milk, half a pint of Indian meal, a tea-cupful I 

 of salt, and six sweet apples cut into small pieces 



should be baked not less than three hours — the 



apples will afford au excellent rich jelly. This is 

 truly one of the most luxurious yet simple Yankee 

 puddings made. — A/*. Y. Farmer. 



Pugilism. Win. Byrne, a celebrated pugilist in 

 England, was recently beaten to death, by his an- 

 agonist. He died covered with bruises, and 

 vvounds, and a heart crushed by defeat. What 

 ininane amusement ! His competitor was severe- 

 v bruised. The instigators, the seconds and the 

 nincipal, had been arrested on a charge of man- 

 slaughter. 



A Curiosity. A gentlemen of New Haven, 

 (Con.) has several volumes of the first newspaper 

 that was ever published in England. It was com- 

 menced in 1558, and is entitled "The English 

 \lei.-nrie," which, by authority, is imprinted at 

 London, by Christopher Baker, her highness' 

 [queen Elizabeth] printer. 



Burning Springs. Several springs have recent- 

 ly been discovered in Pipe creek, a branch of the 

 Big Buffalo creek, and about six miles from Au- 

 rora village, containing inflammable gas in great 

 abundance. They were ignited on Sunday last, 

 and were still burning when our informant left, on 

 Wednesday, and will doubtless continue to burn 

 until measures are taken to extinguish the fire. — 

 Buffalo Bulletin. 



The Harvest. The crops, as far as we have 

 learned, are likely to exceed till anticipation. Even 

 the districts affected by the fly, are found not to 

 have received so much damage as had been appre- 

 hended. The weather, too, has been remarkably 

 favorable for drying and getting in crops. We 

 should imagine, that even making the largest al- 

 lowance for increased consumption, produced by 

 immigration, that there will be a surplus of grain 

 in the country. — Detroit Journal. 



Manufactures. — The most important manufac- 

 turing State in the Union is Massachusetts. In 

 this State, in 1831, there were $12,390,000 in- 

 vested in the cotton manufacture ; mills, 250 ; 

 cotton worked up, 24,000,000 lbs. Next in im- 

 portance is Rhode Island. In that State were 116 

 mills, and over $6,000,000 invested, consuming 

 10,000,000 lbs. raw material. Maine, the lowest 

 in this respect among the New England States, 

 had only 8 mills and a capital of $700,000. In 

 the whole United States the number of cotton mills, 

 in operation in 1831, was 795; amount of capi- 

 tal M0, 714, 984; quantity of cotton consumed, 

 77,757,316 lbs. — Newburyport Herald. 



Very Good. The President and suit visited the 

 deaf and dumb asylum while at Hartford. The 

 lads were arranged on each side of the passage, and 

 welcomed him with their mute huzzas, waving 

 their hats. The pupils performed some of their 

 exercises in their recreation rooms, very much to 

 the gratification and amusement of the company. 

 The Vice President was introduced by the teacher to 

 a young lady from Albany, and had some conversa- 

 tion with her on the black board. Among other 

 questions, he asked her age. With a rather roguish 

 expression of countenance, she quickly wrote, ' are 

 you married, sir?' Mr. Van Buren is a widower, 

 and her reply raised a laugh at his expense. 



" Let not sleep," says Pythagoras, " fall upon 

 thy eyes, till thou hast thrice reviewed the trans- 

 actions of the past day. Where have I turned 

 aside from rectitude ? What have I been doings? 

 What have I left undone, which ought to have 

 been done ? Begin this from the first act, and 

 proceed, and in conclusion, at the ill which thou 

 hast done be troubled, and rejoice for the good." 



