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whenever sleep or any other cause renders 

 interruption unsuitable, and this sign should 

 be strictly reg'arded, it is far better than risk- 

 ing disturbance to the patient by trying a 

 locked door. — (i. e. Tie the quill to the han- 

 dle of the door, that it be not lost.) 



A Dying Bed. — Let no one annoy the 

 patient by sitting on the bed, or indulging in 

 earnest expressions of surprise, or grief. All 

 around ought to be still — no calling out '• Oh ! 

 he's dying," &c. 



It should be carefully ascertained that the 

 body be placed in the easiest posture. The 

 bed curtains should be in most cases gen- 

 tly undrawn, and the least possible inter- 

 ruption given to the admission of fresh air. 

 All, but those vi'ho are perhaps moistening 

 the poor man's mouth by means of a camel's 

 hair brush dipped in water (or whatever be 

 deemed most proper), should be careful to 

 keep at a distance from the bed, and be quiet- 

 ly seated. It is believed that few can tell 

 the suffering often inflicted on the dying by 

 the thoughtless bustle of attendants, and cveii 

 friends. The speaking in a loud tone, the 

 setting down of even a glass or phial may 

 often cause distress. No sound should dis- 

 turb, beyond an occasional and necessary 

 whisper, at the solemn period of dissolution. — 

 English Tract. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 White Hogs. 



Mr. Editor, — It is really amusing to find 

 that many of our friends are beginning al- 

 ready to turn up their noses at the black Al- 

 bany Berkshires, and express a strong pre- 

 ference for Mr. A. B. Allen's white Kenil- 

 worths, wondering if that gentleman will 

 have a sufficient supply for all his customers 

 the next season ? and I have heard some apo- 

 logizing for having gone into the black Al- 

 bany breed, by declaring they never liked 

 them, always having had a strong prejudice 

 for a white hog — and so we go on. But I 

 suspect the Kenilworth harvest will not be so 

 profitable as has been the Berkshires, for no- 

 thing will be more easy than to compete with 

 the Kenilworths by means of our own Ches- 

 ter and Delaware county white breeds; and I 

 am sanguine in the belief that we shall be 

 able to convince all disinterested persons, 

 that so far as that distinct breed is concerned, 

 our intelligent friend Allen might just as 

 well have remained at home ; and of this he 

 might convince himself, by taking a journey 

 to these parts, at a comparatively trifling 

 sacrifice of time and money. And I take the 

 opportunity of introducing to the notice of 

 those who, having tried the Albany Berk- 

 shires, and found them wanting-, a breed of 

 hoga now in the hands of Mr. William Rey- 1 



bold, Delaware state, which, or I am much 

 mistaken, will not be found at all inferior to 

 the imported Kenilworths, if they be not 

 much superior, as I strongly suspect they 

 will prove. They are perfectly white, too, 

 and soft-haired, with the deep side of the old 

 tawny Berkshire, cutting up nearly as thick 

 in the side and belly as on the back, which is, 

 I guess, about as much of an antipode to the 

 black Albany, as the colour of the breed. Mr. 

 W. Reybold is the son of Major Philip Rey- 

 bold, the breeder and feeder of those superla- 

 tive Leicester sheep which were slaughtered 

 at Baltimore the last season, several of which 

 weighed over 40 lbs. a quarter, dead weight, at 

 the age of two years; and Mr. Allen would 

 find that the major's present stock of fat 

 wethers would vie with any of the thorough- 

 bred varieties in England, of any name or 

 county. And I cannot but suspect, from the 

 perusal of Mr. Allen's letter, that the time has 

 come when we may take our stand and breed 

 from our own stock, without being beholden 

 for any more help from abroad ; for indeed it 

 is curious to observe how very small have 

 been the importations by this first of breeders 

 and judges of stock, which, as far as I can 

 learn from his letter, amount to Jive pigs of the 

 Kenilworth breed, "three of them from a 

 smaller and coarser boar, and from sows still 

 less !" But what our friend means by stating 

 that " he was informed this was always the 

 case with this breed," I am at a loss to con- 

 jecture. It might disclose my ignorance, 

 perhaps, were I to ask, if this admission be 

 meant as a recommendation or otherwise, of 

 this particular breed ] To these are to be 

 added the number of Berkshires brought, 

 which is not stated in his letter; the sheep 

 for Mr. Rotch, Mr, Stevenson, and Bishop 

 Mead ; one dog, of a sort which requires no 

 instruction to break into the management and 

 care of a flock — which no one will believe 

 who knows any thing about the matter — a 

 few Dorking fowls, with extra toes to their 

 heels, sometimes attaining to the great weight, 

 when fatted, of 8 pounds, and a few phea- 

 sants! Of short-horns he brought none, and 

 confesses that it pains him to see so many 

 Durhams of ordinary quality imported ; and 

 as for horses, "England ought to come to us!" 

 What, for carriage horses, the present racing 

 blood, and the high-bred hunters'! Try again, 

 friend Allen. 



On the subject of the Dorking fowls, I 

 would just say, if Mr. Allen had come on to i 

 Jersey state, he would have found that Mr. 

 Wood, of Haddon field house, could " beat that 

 hollow," not sometimes, but always, many of 

 his chickens weighing more by a couple of 

 pounds than the great weight he mentions, 

 lie is in error in the statement that the game 

 cock of England is from a cross with the 



