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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Jl'SE 11. 1K34. 



M I S C E L L A N Y . 



From the Ladies' Magazine. 

 THE THREE TWILIGHTS. 



How glorious is the hour, when first 

 Tlie world from sleep is waking — 

 When in the east a Pew fainl rays 



Denote that day is breaking ' 

 And then, when from the Ocean's verge 



A broader light is gushing, 

 And brilliantly the sea and sky 



Willi verniil dye are blushing ; 

 When stars withdraw their gentle light. 



The moon her brightness veiling} 

 And, tinged with glory to the south 



The clouds of night are sailing' ; 

 When birds pour forth their melody 



To hail the early dawning, 

 And all the world doth scent to greet 



The twilight of the morning ! 

 When winter days have passed away, 



And loos'd the ice-locked fountains — 

 When trees put forth their lender leaves, 



And verdure clothes the mountains ; 

 When in the valley or the plain, 



The first fresh flowers are springing, 

 And joyously the lightsome bird 



From branch to branch is winging; 

 When cheerfully along their way 



The woodland rills are flowing, 

 And with a pleasant melody 



The western winds are blowing — 

 How much of gladness fills the woild ! 



How happy every creature ! 

 How doth the twilight of the year. 



Bedeck with smiles all nature ! 



How much the twilight of the year, 



And twilight of the morning, 

 Are like that happy lime in life — 



Our childhood's early dawning ! 

 \\ hen unknown care, and unknown pain, 



The heart is free and lightest, 

 And every hope, and every joy. 



And all tilings shine the brightest ! 

 When all the past hath no regret — 



The present void of sorrow — 

 And not an anxious thought is there 



Of what may come tomorrow : 

 O, well it were if thus through life — 



All care and woe at distance, 

 We could live on. as free as at 



The twilight of e cistence. 



From the Southern Agriculturist. 

 CURE OP BITES OP RATTLESNAKES. 



Philadelphia, November 20th, 1834. 

 From my earliest youth, I have been familiar 

 with the uccouut of a negro 'in South Carolina, 

 having been set free by the Colonial Legislature 

 of that State, as a reward for his discovery of a 

 remedy for a cure of a bite of the rattlesnake ; 

 but in Carey's American Museum, vol. v, p. 435, 

 the perscriptions of two negroes are given for this 

 object, and one of them adds a remedy for " poi- 

 son" generally, without specifying whether it be 

 animal, vegetable or mineral. Both these men 

 are reported to have experienced the generosity ol 

 the Legislature, by being made free, and by a pe- 

 cuniary compensation. If such events ever took 

 place it is reasonable to suppose, that a record was 

 made of the occasion in the minutes of the Legis- 

 lature, and of the grounds upon which their liber- 

 ality was exercised. Unfortunately no dates are 

 given in the statement in the Museum, but I 

 should suppose that not much trouble would at- 

 tend the ascertaining the facts in relation to the 



subject, and as it is nut uninteresting, I take the 

 liberty to suggest the setting on foot an inquiry 

 respecting it. A reference to the hooks of the 

 Treasurer, might probably lead to the discovery 

 of the year when the rewards, if any, were bes- 

 towed, and to all the facts connected therewith. 

 These when ascertained, would form the materi- 

 als for a useful paper in your work. 



1 am very respectfully, James Mease. 



" The cure for the bite of a rattlesnake, as dis- 

 covered by Sampson, a negro ; for which discov- 

 ery, the province of South Carolina purchased his 

 freedom, and allowed him an annuity. 



Take Heart Snake-root, both root and leaves 

 two hand fills, Polypody leaves one handful, bruise 

 them in a mortar, press out a spoonful of the juice, 

 and give as soon as possible after the bite ; then 

 scarify the wound, and take the root of the herb 

 Avena, bruise it, pour a little rum over it, and ap- 

 ply to the part, over which is to be put the Heart 

 Snake-root and Polypody, which remains after the 

 juice is squeezed out. These medicines and ap- 

 plications must be repeated according to the vio- 

 lence of the symptoms, so as in some dangerous 

 cases it must he given to the quantity of eight 

 spoonfuls in an hour, and the wound dressed two 

 or three times a day. 



The above herbs may also be bruised and beat 

 up into a paste with clay, and when necessary 

 may be scraped down to the quantity of half a 

 common spoonful, and given amongst a little rum 

 arid water, and repeated as the doses of the juice 

 above mentioned. A little paste may be wet with 

 rum, and rubbed over the wound. 



N. B. lie always used this method when he 

 could not find the green herb. Sometimes the 

 cure is entirely performed by the patient's chew- 

 ing the Heart Snake-root, and swallowing the 

 juice, and applying some of the same herb bruised 

 to the wound. When the part is greatly inflam- 

 ed and swollen, all the herbs in the following list 

 are taken to the quantity of some spoonfuls ol 

 each, and boiled into a strong decoction, witl 

 which it is to be fomented several times a-day. 



The herbs presented last by Sampson, are: — 

 1. Agarum cyclimini folia, or Heart Snake-root of 

 this province. 2. Polypodium vulgare, or common 

 Polypody. 3. Caryophyllata Virginia radice ino- 

 dora, or Virginia avens, called here Five fingers. 

 4. Loachitis aspera, or Bough spicewood. 5. Hyp- 

 nvm julaccum, or small erect CI ubmoss. 6. Gna- 

 phalium humile, ov creeping Goldlocks. 



Sampson frequently went about with rattle- 

 snakes in calabashes, and would handle them, put 

 them into his pocket or bosom, and sometimes 

 their heads into his mouth without being bitten. 

 In proof of the ellieacy of his medicine, he sever- 

 al times suffered himself to be bitten by the most 

 venomous snakes, and once let his wounds come 

 so near mortification, that it was doubted wheth- 

 er he could recover — yet he cured himself with 

 them ; he disarmed any snake of its venom with 

 some one of the herbs. It is said chewing the 

 Heart Snake-root, and spitting the juice upon a 

 snake will instantly kill it." — From an oldAlmanac, 

 published in 1780, by John Tobler. 



The negro Ccesar's cure for poison, for discov- 

 ering which the Assembly of South Carolina pur- 

 chased his freedom, aud gave him an annuity of 

 one hundred pounds. 



17S2. — Citsar's cure for the bite of a raltlesnalce. 

 Take of the roots of Plantain or iloarhound, (in 



summer roots and branches together) a sufficient 



quantity, bruise them in a mortar and squeeze out 

 the juice; of which give as soon as possible, one 

 large spoonful; if the patient is swollen you must 

 force it down his throat; this generally will cure, 

 but if he finds no relief in an hour afterwards, 

 give another spoonful which never has failed. If 

 the roots arc dried they must be moistened with a 

 little water. To the wound may be applied a leaf 

 of good tobacco moistened with rum. 



For the New England Fanner. 

 THE TEETH. 



Mr. Foitor — An article in the last Farmer 

 says, it has been thought a gargle of vinegar may 

 lie useful to clean and preserve the Teeth, being 

 destructive to animalcules, &c. ; hut I believe 

 any liquid that can remove tarter will affect the 

 enamel. Those teeth which are least used are 

 hardest to keep clean, and not chewing food suffi- 

 ciently may therefore be one cause of foul teeth. 

 — Rubbing the gums hard with salt and water 

 keeps them in a healthy state ; washing frequently 

 behind the ears with cold water is said to prevent 

 the aching, though not the decay of teeth : Hollow 

 teeth are worth preserving when, not having be- 

 come painful, the decay can be entirely scraped 

 and wiped out and strips of gold leaf crowded in 

 by the dentist's tool. Tip. 



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