Vol. XI.-No. 19. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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contract from IJoston to Worcester, on which there economical anrl efficient and the heat heing applierl 

 are now 1000 laborers at work. As it is not at all externally to the cylinders, does its office without 



probable that this road will stop at Worcester, the 

 next question will he, what direction will be taken 



in any way affecting the original flavor oftheflour 

 As Car as the articles made in this way have been 



in extending it to Albany ? The routes spoken of 'submitted to the test of experiment, the result has 

 have generally been by the way of Springfield, or been perfectly satisfactory. A small parcel has 

 Northampton ; I have once seen the way of Hart- been sent to Rio de Janeiro and brought back a^ain 

 ford mentioned; three fourthsof the whole route of to this port, and is as sound and good now as at the 

 the Boston and Providence rail roarl was to have time of its manufacture. The real value of the 

 been placed under contract by first of October last, imjn-ovement can of course, only be fully tested 

 Already public spirited individuals in Stonington, in a more enlarged field of experiment and to a 

 New-London, and Norwich, have raised requisite! trial of this kind it is now submitting in a caro-'o 

 funds, and a survey is now being prosecuted to of two thousand barrels, despatched on a distant 

 ascertain the best route for continuing the railroad voyage. Should the process be successful in fur- 

 ( whether through Providence or Worcester,) from nishing so important an article as flour divested 

 Boston to Long-Island Sound. One or more rail of its ordinary tendency to spoil, it will prove in- 

 roads are in contemplation from Vermont to Bos- valuable for the purposes of commerce. To our 

 ton. Commissioners are appointed to make surveys iVicnds in the West, who send their flour to the 

 for a rail road from New York to Albany. Wher New Orleans Market under the disadvantages of 

 we look at the natural and acquired advantages j a long voyage and hot climate, it cannot be less 

 of our city, being at the head of sloop navigation, I important. — Bait. Avier. 

 on the delightful and productive Valley of Connec 



ticut, I would ask, why not improve our advantages ; 

 And provided we have not sufficient resources 



Mr 



ISABELLA ORAPES. 



Edward Dodson, of this city, possesses a 



within ourselves, invite our friends in Albany anc ; vine of the Isabella Grape, that was noticed in the 

 Boston to unite their project here. Can the Bos- 1 Western Tiller of Sept. 4th, 1829, as having a 

 ton and Albany rail road be made on a better and length of vine of 1,714 feet, and producing 13,712 

 cheaper route than by Hartford ? I know that our' bmiches, being an average of 8 bunches to each 

 citizens, within a few years, have given liberally, foot of vine, the bunches averaging 30 grapes each, 

 for the improvement of the river, and for the city This spring, Mr Dodson pruned this vine down 

 generally, without much prospect of realizing an to 2000 feet, it having grown to a much greater 

 equivalent — but better annihilate all that has been; length. Its product this season being equal to the 

 done, than resolve we will do no more. It is firmly' average of 1829, gives 16,000 bunches. He has 

 believed by many, that in fifty years, steam car-, another vine, a cutting, planted four years since, 

 riages and rail roads will entirely supersede the! that has grown in length, and produces grapes in 

 present means of conveyance ; and if we do^no/; proportion to its age. The grapes on both are at 

 stop our ears and shut our eyes on the iiii- 1 '^ast as fine as are produced by vines trained to 

 provements which are now going forward, afld in stakes and close pruned, the method generally 

 which we can participate, Hartford must become recommended to produce fine grapes. These two 

 only the second place of importance in New Ens- 1 vines furnish a magnificent demonstration that over- 

 land. Already much of the trade from Vermont pruning is not the proper mode of grape culture in 

 and New Hampshire, which formerly went to los- 1 the West. Mr Dodson states a strong circumstance 

 ton and this place, is passing to New-York by the iii confirmation of the correctness of this conclusion 



Hdn^U River — let them make the contemplited 

 roatriTani Albany to New York, and much tiade 

 will be taken from us — and when it is fairl; di- 

 verted, it will be very difficult to regain. The 

 Valley of Connecticut offers the most direct and 

 in time of war the most important inland conmu- 

 nication with our northern frontier. — Conn. \!ou. 



A VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT 



In the mode of manufacturing flour in oner to 



— his brother has been in the habit of cultivatin"' 

 the same grape trained to slakes, and they have 

 hitherto been rather unproductive and frequently 

 mild e we d . — Cincinnati paper. 



ter of laudable curiosity, and philosophical inqui- 

 ry. Who would have thought, a few years ago, 

 that the time would ever come, when the keepers 

 of a boarding house in New York would take care 

 to advertise that they furnished their tables with 

 no wine, spirits, cider, beer, tea nor coffee! But 

 strange changes are taking jjlaee now a days! 

 And it is trnly surprising to see how many tem- 

 porary sojourners in the city, from diftereni parts 

 of the country, take lodgings at the Graham 

 House, in order to be accommodated with the plain 

 mode of living they practise at home. City board- 

 ers, too, find in this quiet mansion, a safe and com- 

 fortable retreat from the noise, and uproar, and to- 

 bacco smoke so annoying to some persons, in some 

 houses.— Genius of Temperance. 



As it should be. — Two farmers, from a town 

 near the centre of New Hampshire, each carried 

 2 or .300 lbs. of Butter, to Newburyport, a short 

 time since, for sale. 



Their farms were close together, and as neariy 

 alike as possible. Their pastures were similar, 

 and the number of their cows the same. Yet the 

 one sold his butter quick, at 19 cts. The other, 

 after offering his all round, at the stores, made out 

 to get 13 cents. The difference between the lots 

 of butter, [look to it farmers' wives and daugh- 

 ters !]— was simply this,— one farmer had a good 

 Dairy woman on his farm— while the family of the 

 other made bad \nmer.~Portsmouth Journal. 



TEAK TREE. 



Treasury Deparlmenl, Sept. 18, 1833. 



The Secretary of the Treasury has received 

 some seeds of the teak tree, recently brought from 

 Calcutta by Capt. Land. The great value of the 

 timber particn/arly for ship building, renders the 

 introducing of this tree into the United Slates an 

 object of interest. And in hope that it may be 

 successfully cultivated in some of the southern 

 parts of the United States"; a few of the seeds will 

 be transmitted to any gentleman who may be 

 willing to make the trial. 



preserve it in a sweet and sound condition for a ' sqjj^ nii^ht be 



Consumption Some very interesting experi- 

 ments have been lately performed at Paris by Dr 

 Cptteien a physician of eminence, on patients af- 

 flicted with consumption. Having conceived that 

 tile anti-putrescent quality of chlorate of lime i 



long period, has been for some time past in pra-tical 

 operation at the Flouring Mill of Nathan Tyson, 

 Esq. on Jones's Falls. On various occasions, in 

 the sliipmi'iit of flour to hot climates or to tie dis- 

 tant ports in the Pacific, merchants have suflained 

 material losses in consequence of the article laviiig 

 proved sour and unsound on its arrival out, ii spite 

 of all the care that had been employed in he si'- 

 lection of wheat and its conversion to floiu. , To 

 obviate this difficulty is the design of the inprovc- 

 incnt of which we are now speaking, and the in- 

 vetitor acting on the principle that by remo\ing llie 

 'Cause the effect will also necessarily be rmiove.l, 

 has erected on one side of his mill a furnrce with 

 drying cylinders, by means of which after tie flour 

 is ground and bolted in the usual way, it is (eprived 

 of all its moisture — the substance which it is be- 

 lieved is the primary cause of its fcrmentaion and 

 becoming sour and hard. The apparatus b simpi 



applied with effect to ulcerated 



lungs, he invented an apparatus for the purpose of 

 ajministering it in the form of gaseous vapor; and 

 it he and others are to be believed, the eflects have 

 even exceeded expectations. Some of the patients 

 in very advanced stages of consumption, after in- 

 haling this gas a dozen times, threw up in the ex- 

 pectoration tubercles which had been detached 

 from the lungs — and the diseased parts being thus 

 removed, the lungs healed and again became 

 healthy. Slir.uld this statement, which now rests 

 on the authority of M. Cotteran and several other 

 respectable physicians, be true, we may congratu- 

 late the faculty on a fliscovery which in many ca- 

 ses must prove an incalculable blessing.— iJuWm 

 Liturgy. 



The Graham Boarding House, at No. 24, Beek- 

 1 man St. is getting to be quite in repute, and is 

 , I withal resorted to, by visitants to the city, as a mat- 



To takeout Grease spots from a Carpet or any 

 other Woollen Cloth.— DissoUe a piece of pearlash 

 of the size of a pea, in half a teacup of warm wa- 

 ter; or a piece twice the size in a full teacup. 



Pour some of the solution on the grease spot, 

 and continue to rub it' hard with a clean brush or 

 woollen cloth until it is neariy dry, and your car- 

 pet or garment will be as clean as ever. I have 

 tried it repeatedly, and found it effectual. 



Best preparation of Black Lead for cleaning 

 stoves, &,-c.—W\x powder of black lead with a lit- 

 tle common gin, or the dregs of red port wine, 

 and lay it on the stove with a piece of linen rag; 

 then with a clean, dry and close, but not too hard 

 brush, dipped in dried black lead powder, rub it 

 till of a beautiful brightness. This will be found 

 to produce a much finer and richer black varnish 

 on the cast iron than either boiling the black lead 

 with small beer and soap, or mixing it with white 

 of egg, i.S:c, which are the methods commonly prac- 

 tised.— -Z^r Cooper's Ed. of Domestic Encyclopedia. 



Industry.— h is an immutable decree, that the 

 oil of gladness shall brighten the face of industry 

 alone. For bow much virtue and happinei<s are 

 not men indebted to that constitution of things, 

 which iniposesupon them an obligation to ac< and 

 to refrain. 



