Vol. X.— No. 15. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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the selection of tlie best kinds cf goosebeniLs for 

 cultivation, without which all modes of culture 

 must of course fail. — Jlnierican Farmer. 



ioN THE PROPER CULTIVATION OF THE 

 I GOOSE RERRY. 



ij When the plants are two years old take them up 

 ^from tho nursery and trim off all the suckers, and 

 Slower branches, Icaviiis; only one stem with a few 

 |l)ranches at the top. Plant thetn in a rich light soil 

 lin .1 moist situation, and where they will be partially 

 Ishadod by branches of trees. In the autumn, cover 

 {tlie f^round around them with manure from the cow 

 lyard. The latter end of February thin out the 

 Ibranchcs very much, cutting them off close to the 

 istem, taking out all such as cross each oilier, but be 

 teure not to shorten the branche.«, for that causes 

 iStliem to throw out a great deal of wood and very 

 ilittle fruit. In the spring a quantity of young 

 suckers will come up round the stem, all these nuist 

 be cut off when green, as also any others that grow 

 in the middle of the bush, which must be kept open 

 BO as to admit the air freely. It is also a great 

 support to the bush to drive a stake into the ground 

 close to the stem, as keeping it steady causes the 

 fruit to be larger. Tliis treatment is to be con- 

 tinued annually, and the fruit instead of depreciat- 

 ing as is usual, will rather improve in size, as has 

 been proved by a ime planted 15 or 20 years ago. 

 The ground uuist be spadeil in the spring and kept 

 perfectly clear of weeds. 



DOMESTIC WINE. 

 Sir — I am gratified to find that tho sample of 

 wine I sent you was approved by yourself and 

 friends — it was made as follows: The ripe grapes 

 were picked from the stems and crushed, then 

 measured, and the same quantity of water was 

 added. The mixture was suffered to ferment in a 

 cask, of w'hich the head wns taken out, for four 

 days. It was then strained, and to the juice 

 whicli was about 27 galls, was added 50 lbs. of 

 Muscovado sugar, which was well stirred to dis- 

 solve it. Tlie liquor was then put into a cask of 

 26 galls., which was kept constantly filled up to 

 the bung; when the violence of the fermentation 

 was over, the bung was put over the hole, but not 

 driven in ; some time afterwards it was stopped j 

 close, and so remained till the following March, , 

 when it was fined with white of egirs, and one 

 gallon cogniac brandy was added. It was bottled 

 oil' when 10 months old. 



I am .»ir, your ohd't. serv't. 



A Groveland Farmer. 



A Malay sailor being nt IMobjIe, some years since 

 is said to have addressed some Choctaw Indians in 

 his native tongue, that he held a long conversation 

 with them, and declared there was no difference in 

 language. — It is said in the Plymouth Memorial 

 that he belonged to brig Columbia, of Boston, the 

 captain of which belonged to Cape Cod and told 

 the story. 



Count Leon and suite were lately at Erie, Pa. He 

 wishes to obtain 100,000 acres in a body, and has 

 had Rapp's settlement in view ; but it is doubtful 

 if he can find so much good land in a body there. 



In 1786 the British Government paid the Land- 

 grave of Hesse £471,000 for Hessian soldiers lost 

 in the American war, at £30 a man : the number 

 of Hessian lost must therefore have been 15,700. 



THE PLEASURES OF A CANTER. 



Napoleon himself, whose resource under de- 

 pression of spirits, and incipient indisposition, was 

 to put iiimself on diet, and mount his horse for a 

 fast ride, would not have refused his assent to the 

 following description of the benefits and pleasures 

 of a canter. Ne.\t to this, in efficacy, as a cure 

 for the blues and vapors, for the host of imagi- 

 I nary diseases which are too oppressive for the 

 jioor hypochondriac to bear any longer, is — do not 

 I anticipate lis, kind reader, wc mean neither his 

 drowning, nor marrying, nor any such venturous 

 deed ; the first beluga mark of insanity, the latter 

 j of his malice preptnse to injure another's peace of 

 niind — our remedy we say is to toss the invalid 

 into a stage-coach ; and commend him to some 

 jfiiend in Pittsburg, St Louis, or Nashville, or any 

 i such decently remote part, so as to insure adequate 

 'jolting and attention to the safety ofneck and liinb,a 

 forced look abroad at scenes as they present them- 

 I selves, and some little efforts at civility, and a po- 

 ' lite desire to please others, in order that the trav- 

 j eller may himself receive civility. 



' A canter is the cure for every evil, and brings 

 ' the mind back to itself sooner than all the lessons 

 ; of Chrysippus and Crantor. It is the only process 

 I that, at the same time, calms your feelings, and 

 elevutes your spirits, banishes blue devils, and 

 I raises you to the society of " angels ever bright 

 and fair." It clears the mind ; it cheers the heart. 

 It is the best preparation for all enterprises, for it 

 puts a man in good humor both with the world 

 and himself; and whether you are going to make 

 a speech or scribble a scene — whether you are 

 aboutto conquerthe world or yourself — order your 

 horse. As you bound along, your wit will bright- 

 en, and your eloquence blaze, your courage grow 

 more adamantine, and your generous feelings burn 

 with a livelier flame. And when the exercise is 

 over, the e.\citement does not cease, as when it 

 grows from music, for your blood is up, and the 

 brilliancy of your eye is fed by your bubbling 

 [Uilses. Then, my young friend, take my advice 

 — rush into the world, and triumph will grow out 

 of your quick life, like Victory bounding from the 

 palm of Jove !' — Journal of Health. 



BEES. 



The following extract from a Communication 

 to the Bristol County Agricultural Society, shews 

 the manner in which the writer has succeeded in 

 excluding from his Hives insects so often destruc- 

 tive to T?e<>s. 



'In the first place, I plant the posts of my bee- 

 house in troughs or gutters, filled with water to 

 prevent insects from getting into the hives, and 

 frequently strew fine salt at the moiilh of the 

 hives to prevent the worms from troubling the 

 bees. I have kept bees for four or five years, 

 and have never been troubled with any kind of 

 insects. ' Jacob Shepard, Norton.' 



By the official census, just published at Wash- 

 ington, it appears that the whole luimber of in- 

 habitants in the United States is 12,856,407, of 

 which 10,526,368 are whites, 319,647 free color- 

 ed, and 2,010,572 slaves. By the census cf 1820, 

 there were 7,856,269 whites, 233,400 free color- 

 ed, and 1,531,436 slaves. The increase of whites 

 \ms therefore been 2,670, 099, or 34 per cent ; of 

 free colored 86,247, or 37 per cent ; and of slave, 

 479,136 or 31 percent. Total increase 3.218,276 

 or 32^ per cent. 



RAIL ROADS. 

 Notice has been given tliat an apjdication will 

 ho made to the Legislature of Vermont, now in 

 session, for incorporating a company to make a 

 rail road between Bennington and Brattleboro'. 

 This is intended to be a continuation of, or connex- 

 ion with a projected rail road from Troy to Ben- 

 nington. Another application will he made to in- 

 corporate a company to build a rail road from 

 VVhilehall to Rutland. We hope to live long 

 enough to see these works completed ; and if we 

 do, wo shall see them connected (or in progress) 

 with the rail road from Boston to Lowell. The 

 distance, now travelled, through Lowell from Keeiie 

 to Boston, is but 84 miles, 4 miles farther than the 

 direct road through Groton and Concord. When 

 rail roads are made, it will, tijiougb Lowell, be short 

 of the present most direct route. We can then start 

 at 6 in the morning, do business 4 hours in Boston, 

 and reach home at 6 in the evening ! — Keene Sent. 



The Travel from Albany— Rail Road Statistics 

 and Revenue — The number of passengers, arriv- 

 ing and departing from Albany daily, is not only 

 much greater than is generally supposed, but is in- 

 creasing in a ratio nearly incredible. Those com- 

 ing in and going out at a sing-le point will illustrate 

 this remark. 



From the 10th to the 20th August, there were 

 1,986 1-2 [lassengers passed over the Mohawk and 

 Hudson rail road, or an average of 180 1-2 per 

 day. 



From the 20th August to the 17tli September, 4 

 weeks, the aggregrate number of passengers on 

 that road was 9029 or an average, daily, of 322J. 



This is a revenue equal to $58,766 25 per an- 

 num. The expenses of the road are estimated at 

 $40 per day, $14,600 per annum. Leaving a net 

 revenue on $44,166 25 or nearly 15 per cent per 

 annum, or $300,000, for a single track. The pas- 

 sengers by the canal and turnpike are estimated 

 to exceed the number now passing on the rail road ; 

 so that the actual number of passenger to and from 

 Albany in one direction, may be estimated at not 

 less than 600 per day. 



The above returns, it will he perceived, do not 

 include any part of the season of the influx at thp 

 Springs. Including that season, with the Saratoga 

 rail road in operation (and that work is rapidly pro- 

 gressing), and with the general abandonment of 

 other modes of travel and transportation, which may 

 be expected when the rail road shall be conqjeted 

 from one city to the other ; and the number that 

 will pass ou the road will average 800 per d.iy. 



The fact is not only a striking exhibit of the 

 number of persons arriving and departing from this 

 city, but of the great and increasing income of the 

 rail road company — JV. 1'. Am. Advocate. 



Hudson and Mohaivk Railroad. — It was the 

 American and not the English locomotive, which 

 went up the day before yesterday in thirtyeight 

 minutes and returned in thirty three. ' Brother 

 Jonathan,' as yet, is decidedly in advance of ' John 

 Bull.' — 111). Argus. 



Mr Jabez Reed, Wilton, N. Y. has raised from a 

 single, seed this season, 26 pumpkins iveighing 486 

 lbs. most of them fit fur use. There is a loud call 

 for them from the neighborhood of Windsor, Vt. 

 and Claremont, N. H. where they are at a loss how 

 to keep Thanksgiving, from dearth of pumpkins.— . 

 Patriot. 



