NEW Ex\GLAND FARMER 



the Exeter (N. H.) Nolvs Letter. 



From Porter's Health Almanac. 



PREVENTION OF DISEASE, 



The following liighly judicious j)rtcautioDS, as 

 those propel- to prevent the occiirreiice of cliolera, 

 were addressed by tlie medical iiutliorities of the 

 place, to the inhahitawts of oge of the Russian 

 cities. They are equally well adapted to ward off 

 an attack of every other prevalent howe com- 

 plaint, or indeed, of any epidemic disease ; and 

 should be cautiously lulhered to by all who inhabit 

 or are obliged to visit a sickly district. 



1. To avoid, as much as possible, the influence 

 of cold, or a sudden reduction of the temperature 

 of the body. During damp, wet, and ollierwise 

 inclement weather, to wear warmer or thicker 

 clothing than usual, and especially to defend the 

 feet and legs by woollen stockings and substantial 

 boots. The feet, in particular, should always be 

 kept dry, and the clothes immediately changed 

 when they have been accidentally wet with rain, 

 or in any other manner. 



2. Never to sleep in the open air, or in a draft 

 during the night or day ; and especially to avoid 

 Bleeping on the damp ground, or in damp beds or 

 apartments. 



3. To avoid loading the stomach with an ex- 

 cess of food, especially such as is indigestible ; — 

 consequently, it is strictly forbidden to eatciude 

 apples, prunes, melons, cucumbers, raw turnips, 

 carrots, iinishroonis, and sinnlar species of food. 



4. To make as little use as possible of stimu- 

 lating drinks, and all aliment of a heating nature. 

 Especially to abstain from eating garlic. 



5. To be very careiiil to preserve the body 

 perfectly clean ; to change the linen as often as 

 possible, and to observe the strictest cleanliness 

 not only in the houses, but also in the streets, courts 

 and alleys. 



G. Never to allow the air to stagnate in any 

 apartment. To |irevent this, the windows should 

 be left open during the day, when the weather is 

 fine ; and when it is damp or rainy, a fire should 

 be lighted occasionally. 



7. Never to go out in the morning fasting; to 

 avoid considerable fatigue in the labors of the day, 

 and to expose the boily as little as possible to the 

 direct rays of the sun. 



8. To avoicf carefully the least despondency or 

 chagrin ; I'ut on the contrary, to preserve by all 

 proper means, a tranrpiil, confident, cheerfid dis- 

 position. This is all important for preventing an 

 attack of any prevailing disease. 



JVovel Socidij. — There is in Albany a Society, 

 in the nature of a mutual insurance, for the relief 

 of the sick. Each member (jays one cent daily, 

 and when sick draws four dollars a week. In two 

 years, besides the relief affordeil, the society have 

 accumulated $700. Such a society must greatly 

 benefit the poor, as a small jiittance will insure 

 them against dependaiice in sickness ; and sooner 

 or later sickness overtakes all. Societies of this 

 kind should be encouraged, especially in large 

 cities. There are many relief societies of the same 

 character in Philadelphia, which, by monthly con- 

 tributions of twentyfive to fifty cents, from each 

 memb.er, afford to support him and his family du- 

 ring sickness, besides giving his widow forty or 

 fifty dollars in case of his death. — Philaihlpiiia 

 Saturday Bulletin. 



Mr Sleeper — Seeing in your valuable paper a 

 a recipe to make boots and shoes water-proof, is 

 the cause of my ofl'ering one, as I think, much 

 more valuable, as it will not only render tin iii en- 

 tirely water-proof, but the materials used will be 

 a benefit instead of an injury to the leather. Put 

 four ounces of India Rubber cut fine into a tight 

 vessel, and add to it one quart of neats foot oil, 

 keep it in some place where it will be moderately 

 warm until the Rubber is dissolved, then a ply it 

 to your boots and shoes, and you need not be 

 afraid of wet feet, unless you get into water over 



the tOJlS. ExPERIE.NCE. 



Intercourse of the Sexes. — What makes those 

 men who associate habitually with the women, 

 superior to others ? What makes the woman 

 who is accustomed to and at ease in the comjiany 

 of men, superior to her sex in general ? \Vhy are 

 women in France so universally admired and loved 

 for their colloquial powers ? Solely because they 

 are in the habit of free, graceful, and continual 

 conversation with the other sex. Women in this 

 way lose their frivolity ; their faculties awaken ; 

 their delicacies and peculiarities unfold all tbeir 

 beauty and captivation in the spirit of intellectual 

 rivalry. And the juen lose their pedantic, rude, 

 declamatory, or sullen manner. The coin of the 

 understanding and the heart interchange continu- 

 ally. The a.^i<iili<h are rubbed off, their better 

 materials polished and brightened ; and their rich- 

 ness, like fine gold, is wrought into finer work- 

 manship by the fingers of woman, than it ever 

 could be by men. The iron and steel of charac- 

 ter are hidden, like the harness and armor of a giant, 

 in stubs and knobs of gold and precious stones, 

 when not wanted in "actual warfare. — .V. Y. paper. 



Double Dahlia etc. 



FOR sAe at tlic AgiiciilliMul Wiirchoiise. No<. .51 and 52 

 Norili Market stieut, a fiuti rdllfclioii cf liools of ihe 

 Doulile Dahlia, or Geornuia. viz. Double Sc.rlet. Reil, 

 Dark C^lll^ot., Dwart Ki-il, Dwaif p.ile I-uiple, Yellow, 

 Naiikcuii, Black, DaikFuiple, Curlftl rurpie.aiul Brick 

 color, ai 75 cents ei':li. Als.i, Tube Roses and Ania- 



yllis. )io cents each. Laroc, Scotch Gooseberry Bushes, 

 ^•1 oil, and in six roots of difleicnl so:ts— with the great- 

 est collection of Flower and Ganlon seeds. Jlarch 28. 



Flower Seeds, $1 per Package. 



FOU Sale at the Seed Sice roniiected witli the New 

 England Faiin-r, 31).i iNorlli Markelsreet, 



Paoka^esof the inu-t showy and rare v.n ii Ues of Flow- 

 er Seeds, containins IS varieties, among which are. 



Geraniums (mixed) 



Ten Weeks f^tock Gillillower. 



Sensitive Piafit. 



Mexican Blue Aseralum. 



Crimson Cypress Vine. 



Foiset-me-Not. 



Ire Plant. 



Kle^ant Coi'cnpsis, &c. &.C. 

 With directions for their cullure. Each sort is label- 

 led with its Englisli and botanical name, its native coun- 

 try, and mode of culture. Price $1 for- the IS s its. 



" JVo ^rcat loss without some small gain." — The 

 prevalence of the cholera in England, has given 

 a new impulse to the cause of tcinpetance in that 

 country ; it being a well ascertained fact, thct this 

 terrible disease traces out a drunkard \vith about 

 as sure a scent as a blood hound the object of its 

 pursuit. It is indeed a melancholy remer'y for 

 iiite[n|)eraiice ; yet, if Providence sees fit thus to 

 purify the moral elements of society, who shall 

 dare to complain ? l^et rum-drinkers in America 

 take warning, while yet the curse is a stranger to 

 our shores ! — JCssex Register. 



Jl Sleepy Hat. — " Isn't your hat sleejjy ?" in- 

 quired a little urchin of a gentleman, with " a 

 shocking bad un " on. " No ! Why ?" inquireil 

 the gentleman. " Why, because it's a long time 

 since it had a Hoyi," was the answer. 



Early Potatoes. 



FOR Sale at the Seeil Store conuecled with the New 

 England Farmer-, 5:«<S'»rlb Market Sueet : 



A lew busbels of die prime, early Potatoes, which 

 bave taken the premiirm at the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society's Shows llie two last seasons ; and ai-e cou- 

 sideied the earliest variety in this vicinity. March 7. 



New American Gardener,— si.\th edition. 



This day published by J. 13. Russell and Carter & 

 Hcndcc : 



The New .American Gardener, a treatise on the culture 

 of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Grape Vines, Strawber- 

 ries, Asparagus, kc. i!tc. By T. G. Fessenden, assisted 

 by several gintlemen. Sixth edition. Price $\ 00. — 

 I bis we think may be considered the most popular ana 

 practical work on Gardening, extant. March 28. 



Tall Meadow Oats Grass, &c. 



THIS day rdceiv.^d at the New EiiRland Seed Store, 

 ."itU North Market ^treet, by .1.4!. Russell : 



A fresh supply of Tall Meadow Oats Grass Seed, so 

 valuable on thin soils for eiihcr a hay crop or for grazing. 

 Col. Tay-lor, a distinguished fainiui-, .says of it, " It is 

 the hardiest grass I have ever seen ; and bears drought 

 and Irost, ami heat and cold, better than any I have ever 

 cultivated. 11 keeps possession of the giDund in spile of 

 severe grazing. It furnish.-s better grazing early in the 

 spring, late in the lall, and in drought, than any grass 

 known to nie ; and if cut belore the seed ripens, its hay 

 is as pbasant and nutritive to stork, as any grass known 

 to me." — See also the opinion of Mr. Phinney, a most 

 judicious farmer, in the New England Farmer, vol. vii. 

 page 300. 



Also. — Lucerne Orcliard Grass, White and Red Clover, 

 Fowl Mead w. Barley, Buck Wheat, Spring Rye, Spring 

 Wheat, Broom Corn, Seed Corn, &.c. March 2d. 



Mangold Wnrtzel, Sugar Beet, &c. 



Just received at the New England Seed store, 50 

 North Market street, by J B. Russell, 



lUO lbs. Large Mangold Wurtzel, of the very first qua- 

 lity. 100 lbs. French Yellow Sugar Reel, imporled di- 

 rect from France. 100 lljs. Ruta Haga, ot lire lirst 

 qualiiy, European gi-owth ; 100 lbs. large White 

 Flat Englivh Field Turnip : 150 lbs. Short Top 

 Scarlet Radish, of English growth — very early, and ol 

 deep scarlet color. March 28. 



Grape Vines. 



FOR Sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 Euglanil Fanner, 50^ North Market Street : 



line large Vines ol the Is.ibella (purple); Winne 

 (dark purple); Alexander, (black) ; and Catawba (red) 

 Grape, with good roots, packed in moss, for transporta 

 tion any distance, all hardy and productive sorts — price 

 GO cents each. April 4. 



Market Man wanted. 



A steady and industrious man, who is a good salesman 

 and ready reckoner, lo take charge the present season, 

 of a Market Wagon to Salem, Lynn, and Marblehead 

 Markets. Preference will be given to one who is ac- 

 quainted with marketing In this vicinity. Application 

 may be made at the Reed furiu in Lynn. 



Lvnn. March 28, Iti.ii. 4t 



Silkworm Eggs. 



FOR sale at the New England Seed Store, .50,000 

 Silkworm Egas, warranted good, in packages of 5,000 

 each. Price $1 per thousand ; with short practical in- 

 structions for rearing them. April 11. 



ning, at S3 per annum, 

 t those who pay wMhin 

 bine, are entrtb'd to a 



Published everv Wednesc 

 pa\able at the end of the \e 

 sixty da.\B Irom die time of 

 deduction ol fifty cents. 



53= No papi r will be sent to a distance without payment 

 being made in advance. 



Printed for J. B. Rissei.l, by 1. R. Butts — by wboin 

 all descriptions iii' Printing can be executed to mret the 

 wishes of customers. Orders for Printing received by J. B. 

 RussF.LL. at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52, Noith 

 Market Street. 



