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MlSCEIiLAlVY 



A GARDEN. 



He who lias a garden spot, with taste and indus- 

 try to ciihivate it, has a good thing. iNIan, in his 

 primitive, perfect state of happiness, was placed 

 tjjere, — proof positive, we think, that the garden 

 was made for him, and he for the garden ; and 

 notwithstanding his fall and degenciaey, he can 

 still, there, aside from the world anil care, 

 suatch some brief Eden moments. Einployment 

 in a garden happily connects exercise with plea- 

 sure and interest ; and as a resort, and a relief 

 from careful perplexity and mental fatigue, the 

 earth holds not its equal. 



A friend of ours, the other day, took us into 

 his garden ; — all the work of his own hands ; — 

 he gives as many hour.-:, and successfully, to liis 

 business and relative duties, as any man, yet what 

 a little paradise has he there creafd for himself! 

 -the hand of industry and taste isvisihle in every 



part of it. There are the grape vines, the Isa 



bella, the Sweet Water, the Purple Burgundy, ] mencement of the disease 



stretching their long branching arms, judiciously relief— for children's ' belly achts,'' occasioned by 



NEW ENGLAND FAUMER. 



roiis acid, (not nitric, that has failed nie,) one ounce 

 of peppermint water or camphor, and forty drops 

 of opium. A fourth part every three or four 

 hours in a cupful of thin gruel. The bi'lly should 

 he covered with a succession of hot clothes dry ; 

 bottles of hot water to the feet, if they can he ob- 

 tained ; ons taut and small sipping of finely strain- 

 ed ffrue,cov sago or tapioca, no spirit, no wine, no 

 fermented liquors till quite restored.' 



Diairhoa: and DijsenUi-y. — As the present is the 

 season of the year, for the pravalence of the above 

 diseases, we recommend trials of the following 

 remedy : — 



Make a brine of salt and vinegar, (say a teacup 

 full or more) dissolving as much salt as the vine- 

 gar will take up — put one common table spoonful 

 of this brine to about a tea-cup of hot water — sup 

 down this diluted brine slowly, as lidt as you can 

 swallow it, and as many tea-cups full and as fre- 

 quently, as suits the stomach — this simple remedy 

 will generally efl'cct a cure, if used in the cotn- 

 It will always give 



Sept. 7, I«31. 



pruned, crowded with transparent juicy clusters. 

 The pear, the peach, the plum, of golden and pur- 

 ple hues, — theCamelion gage ; — the Bi-lle du Paris ; 

 — the Orange Peach, &c, &c, with their rich 

 cheeks reddening and ripening in the sun. The 

 gaudy flower family blooming and blushing in 

 variegated beauty, from he spleridiil exotic to 

 the wild native pasture flower springing from the 

 mimic crevice; — the iiiiniature rill, — the clean 

 gravel walks — i]ot an obsiriictin; weed dare lift 

 its head ; — anil in the midst of all a rural temple, 

 woven with umbrageous foliage ; we say, in such 

 a spot, we should almost forget the trifling con- 

 cerns of nations, and the strife of life, and consid- 

 er it the most fitting place, surrounded by His 

 beauty and bounty, to worship the giver of all 

 good. — Salem Observer. 



Professor Hossacker, in a letter to the editor of 

 the Medical Gazette of Inspruck, shows, that, in 

 proportion as the age of the married male e.x- 

 ceeds that of the female, the proportion of boys 

 born to girls increases. In cases where the fath- 

 er was fioni nine to twelve years older than the 

 mother,' the male children wei-e to the female, as 

 123J:(j to 100 ; when the • father was eighteen 

 years or more older than the mother, the male 

 were to the female children as 200 to 100. Is 

 not this a marvellous provision of Providence ? 

 The object to be promoted is to supply the defi- 

 ciency of males, the male parent having lived with- 

 out propagating the species, and the result I>eing 

 the same as if the male had not lived, or as if there 

 had been fewer males. 



RECIPES. 

 Blackberr;/ Tea a curefir Di/scntery or Diarrhoa. 

 — Blackberries are among the most pleasant and 

 speedy cures for this complaint. When the ber- 

 ries cannot be obtained the stems and leaves, or 

 roots should be boiled with a little rice, until the 

 latter becomes entirely dissolved, and the liquid 

 drank with a very little milk. — .V. Y. Farmer. 



Remedy for the Cholera Morbus — Dr Hope, Sur- 

 geon on board II. M. Hospital Ship Canada, states 

 some instances of remarkable success in the Chol- 

 era Morbus and says : 



' The remedy I gave was — One drachm of nit- oven. 



eating too much fruit, &c,itisone of the best 

 remedies. — Pa Farmer. 



Atijicial Port IVine. — The Russians make their 

 port wine thus: — Ciiler three quarts, French bran- 

 dy one quart, gum kino one drachm. And the 

 French restaurateurs imitate successfully old hock, 

 by the following mixture ; Cider three quarts, 

 French brandy one quart, alcoholized nitre, each 

 one drachm. 



Potato Pudding. — Take half a pound of but- 

 ter, and half a pound of (lowdcred sugar, and stir 

 them together till very light. Have ready a pound 

 of boiled ])otatoes, which must be quite cold. 

 Grate the potatoes, and beat four eggs till very 

 thick. Stir the beaten eggs and the grated pota- 

 toes alternately, into the butter and sugar, with a 

 gill of cream or rich tnilk. Add a teaspoonfiil of 

 mixed spice, and a glass of wine, brandy and rose- 

 water, mixed. — Having stirred the whole very hard 

 put it into shells of puff paste and bake it half 

 an hour. This quantity of the mixture issufiicient 

 for two shells the size of soup plates. 



Sweet |)otato |Hidding may be made in the 

 same manner. 



Rhubarb Pie. — For one pie, take four of the 

 small bunches of green rhubarb stalks that are! 

 brought to market in the spring, or six if they are i 

 very small. Peel the stalks, cut them into little 

 pieces, and stew them till quite soft in a very little , 

 water. — When done, mash the rhubarb with the j 

 back of a spoon, and make it very sweet witli sii- { 

 gar. Set it away to cool. Make a puff paste, 

 when the rhubarb is quite cold put it into the pie, 

 and which may either be a shell or with a lid. 

 Bake it about half an hour. 



French Cahe. — Take five common-sized tum- 

 blers fiill of sifted flour, three tumblers of pow- 

 dered white sugar, half a tumbler of butter, one 

 tumbler of rich milk or cream, and a teaspoonful 

 of pearlash dissolved in as much lukewarm water 

 as will cover it. Mix all well together in a pan. 

 Beat three eggs till very light, and then add them 

 to the mixture. — Throw in a teaspoonful of pow. 

 dered cinnamon or nutmeg, and beat the whole 

 very hard about ten minutes, butter a deep pan 

 put in the mixture, and bake it in a moderate 



Botanical Prospectus. 



D. & C. Laiulreth, Nursery and Seedsmen of tliis city 

 design to i>sue early in the ensuing autimin, llie first 

 number of a peuiodical work on Ornamental I'iants. Of 

 all branches ol Natural Science, Botany has ever liaii the 

 grcatL'St number of admirers ; it has been the study of the 

 liMinud in all ages and in all countries; it ciwms alike 

 the aged and the youthful, arid always prf-sents on cither 

 h;ind, something new and inlercsling; whether wandering ' 

 on the mountain top, or traversing the morass, a know- 

 ledge of tlie structure and classification of plants affords 

 the means of abundant interest and einploynii-tit. Uulike 

 the study of some departments of Natural History, no 

 investigations are to be made but such as are agreeable, 

 and in the language of the late president of the Linnsan 

 Society ' all is elegance and delight ; its pleasuies spring 

 up under our feet, and as we pursue tnem reward us 

 with health and serene satisfaction.' 



The proposed work will be modelled somewhat after the 

 Botanical Magazine of Curtis (Enajlish) ; to Floriculture 

 and the delineation of plants it will be iiiaioly directed — yet 

 it will afford opportunity for occasional remarks on the el- 

 ementary and physiological parts of Botany. It will be 

 issued monthly in a quarto form, each nuirber enibellish- 

 ed with at least fuur elegantly executed lithographit 

 drawings, colored true tonature, by an artist of high res- 

 pectability. 



The plants to be delineated, (as well native as exotic,) 

 will be selected with reference to their beauty, ease of 

 cultivation, and other desirable qualities, and embrace- 

 those of the liot-house, green-house, and open air. Each 

 figure will be accompanied with an accurate botanical 

 description; its natural family and Linna?an class and or- 

 der; its history : its use, if any, in medicine and the arts, 

 and other remarks likely to prove interesting ; toscther 

 with minute practical instructions for its propagation, soil 

 culture, and preservation. 



Unceasing are the requests made the advertisers for in- 

 struction as to the culture and general treatment of plants 

 also, for descriptions of such new ones as their catalogue 

 annually announces. It is believed the work will not 

 only meet the wishes thus expressed by their numerous 

 patrons, but prove useful in nourishing a taste for Horti- 

 culture. 



They are not stimulated to the undertaking solely by 

 the prospect of pecuniary gain. — Their collection of 

 plants present facilities for contributing, through this me- 

 dium, to the rational and intellectual enjoyments of their 

 fellow-citizens ; it is theielorc intended to issue the pub- 

 lication on the lowest terms possible. The price however 

 must depend in a degree on the patronage extended, 

 though undcrno circumstances will it exceed eight dollars 

 per uiinnm. 



Uy Due notice of its publication will be given. 



Philadelphia, August 13, 1331. aug 16. 



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