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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Ihc Augusta Journal. 



LIVERPOOL SALT. 



We would call the attention of those interested, 

 to the article on our last page, from the New En- 

 gland Farmer, (N. E. F. page 254,) in relation to 

 the use of Liverpool salt. The views there taken 

 of its qualities, appear to be corroborated in the 

 experience of^^ur fanners in other parts of the 

 country. TheTPortsinouth (N. H.) Herald says, 



" Last week we were told hy a gentleman, who 

 lives in the interior of the State and who makes 

 several hundred pounds of butter every year, that 

 this season he had been very unfortunate in the 

 manufacture of his butter. He said that his fam- 

 ily made and packed it down as usual ; but that, 

 for the first time, they used Liverjxiol or blown 

 salt. Although the same care was taken in manu- 

 facturing and packing the butter, it was of so in- 

 ferior a quality, that he did not think it expedient 

 to bring it to market. This gentleman attributes 

 his loss to the Liverpool salt. 



From the above, as well as from what we have 

 previously communicated, it would seem that the 

 salt in question, has not those antise])tic properties 

 which it has hitherto been thought to possess— 

 and upon further investigation, if this should prove 

 to be the case, it will be perceived that there is 

 great risk in using it in the manufactiue of cheese 

 also, as is now the custom with many of our farm- 

 ers ; nor would it be safe to use it in packing beef, 

 pork, &;c, because it will prove wholly' inadequate 

 to the preservation of these important articles of 

 food from decomi)osition, and thus render them 

 imfit for domestic consumption or shipping. 



We have been induced to bring this subject 

 again before the public, at the suggestion of a 

 wholesale grocer in this town, who says that the 

 difTerence between butter ])ut up with this salt and 

 with the natural crystalized salt, is so great, that 

 he can generally distinguish it at once, by the 

 odor, on piercing or opening a firkin. We shoidd 

 be glad to receive the opinion of some scientific 

 gentleman, who has fiicilities for analyzing Liver- 

 pool salt and who can best judge of its autiputres- 

 cent qualities, when compared with salt brought 

 from the Bahamas, Isle of May, Portugal, and the 

 Bay of Biscay." 



colors. He said that the country was in danger, 

 and every man ought to turn out and fight the 

 monster. Intemperance, he said, was the great 

 Goliah, and he had become so strong and so bold, 

 that, every day, he appeared on the roof of a dram 

 shop and dared the armies of the temperate, to 

 send out a man to meet him in single combat, and 

 they stood aghast and fled before him. He took 

 up the case of Slackhand, and told how he first 

 began his downward course and how it would 

 end — in the drunkard's grave. Mr S. was aiai-m- 

 ed, and passed by the tavern that night, without 

 stopping. He thought of his ways, anjl resolved 

 that whatever his companions might say or do, as 

 for him, he would leave oft" dr.nking ; and to back 

 up Ills resolution, as it were, with an oath, he 

 dashed his rum-jug against the stone wall, and 

 turned over a new leaf. It was wonderful to see 

 how soon the faces of his wife and family began 

 to brighten up. The broken windows were mend- 

 ed, the house newly painted, the garden fence re- 

 paired ; ami now the corn waves in his field, and 

 the flocks and herds graze upon his hills, and 

 peace and plenty crown his days. His wife ludds 

 up her head again ; and the children, neat and 

 clean, are among the first scholars in the village 

 school. Who has wrought this wonderful, this 

 almost miraculous change ? It was not Rum. 

 Rum and prosperity never yet were joined togeth- 

 er. Or if prosperity may have been somelimes 

 drawn, unwittingly, into the alliance, the partner- 

 ship was of short duration ; for he soon found that 

 his partner. Rum, was a spendthrift, and drew out 

 of the common slock faster than he could put in. 

 '" Temperance 1' others may say what they will, 

 but I say it is a good thing ; and for one, I am 

 ready to hear what the man has to say upon the 

 su hjcct." — DerJham Politician. 



TEMPERANCE. 



" Temperance ! " says one, as he casts his eye 

 upon this title, " yes, that's a good subject ; I wish 

 our newspai)ers would say more upon it. The 

 little that has been said for three or four years 

 past, has done a great deal of good. There is 

 neighbor Slackhand, (he has lately altered his name 

 to Up-and-doins;,) three years ago, his buildings 

 were going to decay and his farm running to waste, 

 the sun looked into his bed-room in the morning 

 and found him asleep, and nine o'clock at night, 

 which should find honest men at home, found him 

 at the tavern. Things were going on badly, and 

 but for a little stir about temperance, he would 

 have been a dead man before this time. Yes, and 

 his family would have been upon the town. 



"Three years ago, there came a man into our vil- 

 lage and gave notice that he would deliver a tem- 

 perance address. A tempe,rance address! It is 

 a new thing. A temperance address ! what's that ? 

 said one and another, — and they all went. Mr 

 Slackhand among the rest, for he did not like to 

 stay in the bar-room alone. The stranger por- 

 trayed the evils of intemperance, in the blackest 



March 21, 1832. 



large proportion, of milk and bread, and well boil- 

 ed vegetables. Meat and fish ought to be used 

 sparingly, and only at dinner. You ai-e better 

 without coffee, tea, or chocolate. If you use any 

 of them, it ought not to be more than once in a day. 



Emi^rnlion to Oregon Tcrilory. — It is stated, 

 that a detachment of along conteiiqilated emigrat- 

 ing i>arty for Oregon, is to leave New England ' 

 the last of March ; and march by land to the : 

 banks of the Columbia river. 



The U. S. Telegraph remarks on this greatest 

 of modern hnndiugs : — 



" Of all the Quixotic expeditions ever set on 

 foot, we consider this the most Quixotic. Those 

 who knoAv anything of the character of the In- 

 dians, who range the country between St Louis 

 anil the mouth of the Columbia, know that it will 

 be impossible for the party to reach its destination; 

 and those who know anything of the fur trade of 

 the Rocky Moimtains, know that those who now 

 have j>ossession of that trade, will not permit a 

 rival interest to grow up, Aviihout pm-chasing their 

 location at the cost of an Indian war. To suppose 

 that a colony composed of emigrants, not one of 

 whom knows, personally, anything of its iiduOii- 

 tants ; without cajiital, and without the protection 

 of (iovernment, can maintain themselves at the 

 mouth of the Columbia, is to anticipate a degree 

 of Divine interposition in their behalf which re- 

 quires an unexampled credulity — a delusion the. 

 most extraordinarv." 



HINTS TO MECHANICS AND WORKMEN. 



If you woidd avoid the disease which your par- 

 ticidar tr.ades and work are liable to produce, 

 attend to the following hints : — 



Keep, if possible, regular hours. Never sup- 

 pose that you have done extra work, when you sit 

 up till midnight, anil do not rise till eight or nine 

 o'clock in the morning. 



Abstain from ardent spirits, cordials .ind m.dt 

 liquors. Let your drink he, like that of Franklin 

 when he was a ]>rinter, pure water. 



Never use tobacco in any form. By chewing, 

 smoking, or snuffing, you spend money which 

 would hclji to clothe you, or would enable you, 

 if single, to make a useful present to an aged moth- 

 er, or dependent sister ; or if married, to buy your 

 wife a frock, or get books for your children. You 

 also, by any of these filthy j)ractices, injure your 

 health ; bring on headache, gnawing at the stom- 

 ach, low spirits, trembling of the limbs, and at 

 times sleeplessness. 



Be particular in preserving yovir skin clean by 

 regular washing of your hands, face, and mouth, 

 before each meal, and of your whole body at least 

 once a week ; and by combing and brushing the 

 hair daily. 



Always have fresh air in the room in which 

 you work, but not so that you shall he in a draft. 



Take a short time in the morning, if possible, 

 and always in the evening or towards stmdown, 

 for placing your body in a natural posture, by 

 standing erect, and exercising your chest and 

 limbs by a walk where the air is the purest. 

 If confined in doors, let your food consist in a 



Lact h'ork. — .iVn establishment called the Rhode 

 Island Lace School, has conmienced at Newport. 

 Notwithstanding its recent origin, no less than 700 

 females are actively enq)loyed by its proprietors. 

 The style of lace work is said to be the most in- 

 genious ofiis kind,and of that particulardeseription 

 with which the Eng-lish dealers in lace have had 

 to supply themselves in France, in con.seqflence of 

 the superior excellence of execution of their Gallic 

 conq)etilor.s. Several Englishmen are now settled 

 in France, where they em|iloy people to work upon 

 lace for the American markets, and it is calculated 

 that the people of the United States pay foreigners 

 in this way, not less than C or $700,000 annually,, 

 for what can as well be performed by themselves^ 

 A regular and habitual occu[iation in these delicate 

 fabrics, must evidently lead to that beautiful state 

 of perfection at which they have arrived in France, 

 and some of the females engaged in the lace school 

 have already attained a high degree of excellence. 



The Washington Globe states, that hy accounts 

 from several of our vessels of war on foreign sta- 

 tions, it ai)pears that more than half their crews 

 have voluntarily relinquished ardent spirits, and 

 accepted the comiuutation money allowed by the 

 government. 



The Philadelphia papers state, that two ladies 

 belonging to highly respectable families in South- 

 wark, died 7th inst. sup|)osed from eating butter 

 colored with some poisonous substance. 



To Correspondents. — We receivotl, too late forpub- 

 lioaljon this week, a letter lioni Springfield, giving an 

 account of the dre.idful destruction of truil trees in lliat 

 quarter — as far as we have yet learned, the destruction 

 has been great in every direclion. 



Errata.— In our la*t, p ige 274, column 2d, line 6lh, 

 from the bottom, for " first" read last. Page 275, 

 column 2d, line 28th, from the top, for *' Apantiacea" 

 read Opuntiacece \ line 30 of the same column, for " in" 

 read on. — page 260, 2d column, line 7ih from the top, 

 for " top" read lop. 



