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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Domestic Department. 



A MoTHKu's Love. — There are few objects of 

 contemplation more melancholy than the waste of 

 human love which the aspect of this world presents ; 

 of deep, tender, untiring, disinterested love, bestowed 

 in such a manner as meets no adequate return ; and 

 what must be the harvest gathered in, to a mother's 

 faithful bosom, when she finds that she has reared 

 up children who are too refined to share her humble 

 cares, too learned and too clever to waste their 

 talent on a sphere of thought and action like her 

 own, and too much engaged in the pursuits of intel- 

 lectual attainments ever to think of her ! Yet to 

 whom do we look for consolation when the blight of 

 sickness or sorrow falls upon our earthly peace, but 

 to a mother ? And who but a mother is invited to 

 take our afilictions or trials ? If the stigma of 

 •worldly degradation falls upon us, we fly to a 

 mother's love for that mantle of charity which is 

 denied elsewhere. With more honored and distin- 

 guished associates we may have joy, but the bitter 

 tears of experience are wept upon a mother's bosom. 

 We keep for our summer friends the amusing story, 

 the brilliant witticism, or the intellectual discourse ; 

 but we tell to a mother's ear the talc of our distress, 

 and the history of our wrongs. For all that belongs 

 to the weakness of humanity, a mother's aifection is 

 sorely taxed : why then should not daughters have 

 the noble feeling to say before the world, and to let 

 their actions speak the same language, — " This is 

 my earliest and best friend " ? 



Jellies for the Sick. — To make Pmiada, or Bread 

 Jelly. — Cut a wheaten roll or loaf into slices, toast 

 them on both sides, and boil in a quart of water, 

 until the whole forms a jelly, adding more water if 

 required; then strain, and flavor with one pound of 

 white sugar, four ounces of red wine, and one ounce 

 of cinnamon. Very nutritious. It may also be made 

 with broth from which the fat has been skimmed, 

 instead of water. 



Biscuit Jellij. — Take of white biscuit, crushed 

 beneath the rolling-pin, four ounces ; cold water, 

 two quarts ; soak for some hours, boil to one half, 

 strain, evaporate to one pint, and flavor as above. 

 Given in weakness of the stomach, dysentery, and 

 diarrhoea. 



Rice Jdly. — Take of rice three spoonfuls ; boil in 

 water, add ten sweet and five bitter almonds, and 

 sugar to your liking ; make into an emulsion, and 

 flavor with cinnamon or orange-flower water to your 

 taste. 



Arrow-Boot Jelly. — Take of arrow-root one ounce ; 

 rub to a smooth paste with a spoonful or two of cold 

 water; then gradually add of boiling water half a 

 pint, stirring all the while. It may be thinned with 

 more water, if desired, and flavored with milk, wine, 

 sugar, and spices, according to the palate of the 

 patient. 



Hugo Jelly. — Soak sago in cold water from an hour 

 to an hour and a half ; strain, and boil in fresh Avater 

 till it becomes transparent ; then add wine, sugar, 

 clear broth, milk, prunes, or spices to flavor. One 

 ounce of sago will make a pint of jelly. 



Tapioca Jelly. — First, soak, strain, and boil the 

 tapioca, as directed above for sago ; then flavor with 

 lemon juice and peel, wine, prunes, raisins, or spices. 

 One ounce of tajjioca will make a pint of jelly. 



Note. — The flavoring of any of the above-named 

 jellies may be omitted or varied, with the advice of 

 a physicLan. — Ai7i. AgricuUurint. 



i)outl/0 Department. 



Labor and Amusement. — This is a delightful 

 season, and boys can make themselves useful by 

 labor, and at the same time enjoy the highest degree 

 of pleasure within the range of the human mind. 

 What wonders are performed where even the little boy 

 deposits m the earth a few seeds, of small size, and a 

 young shoot starts up, and finally becomes a perfect 

 plant or tree ; which no artist can imitate, and of 

 which, Avith his skill from the experience of many- 

 toilsome years, he could only make a sorry coun- 

 terfeit ! The youth, acting in accordance with the 

 science of nature, wliich is established and controlled 

 by the Supreme Ruler, the kind Father of us all, 

 can perform wonders : 



" Tall oaks from little acorns grow." 



By allowing boys a small spot for their own do- 

 main, to cultivate a variety of useful plants, such as 

 are congenial to their taste, they will take an addi- 

 tional interest in the art of cultivation. It inspires 

 them with independence, in regard to their fellow- 

 beings, and with a consciousness of their dependence 

 on that Power to whom they are indebted for the 

 genial rain and sunshine. Without his aid they can 

 do nothing, — not even start one seed into life. 

 Without their works, no plants which they desire 

 for a crop Avould sj^ring into existence. " The slug- 

 gard will not plough by reason of the cold ; therefore 

 he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing." How 

 exalted the station, then, of those who are co-work- 

 ers with the Iluler of the universe ! And while the 

 youth is engaged in the most honorable and pleasant 

 of all employments, — in the cultivation of the earth, 

 — let him cultivate the mind, as well as the soil, and 

 plant good seed in his heart, and carefully nourish 

 and train the plants of virtue, and eradicate from 

 that fruitful soil every weed of evU, however humble 

 or specious its appearance. 



One clock strikes when there is a change from 

 hour to hour, but no hammer in the horologe of time 

 peals through the universe when there is a change 

 from one era to another. 



i5ealtlj Department. 



Rise and DisArpEAHANCE of Diseases. — Some 

 diseases have arisen and have since disappeared. 

 Of this description are the leprosy and the sweating 

 sickness. The leprosy appears to have committed 

 the most extensive ravages, and to have had hos- 

 pitals erected solely for its relief It became general 

 throughout Europe in the twelfth century, and is 

 supposed to have been imported by the crusaders. 

 It has not been known in Europe since the begin- 

 ning of the sixteenth century. The sweating sick- 

 ness is supposed to have been introduced into Eng- 

 land by the army which invaded it under Henry the 

 Seventh. It prevailed from 1485 to 1551, and in 

 some years, during one month in autumn, Avas equal 

 in fatality to the plague. The diseases which have 



