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in their ride, to mar the general harmony of 

 the scene, and to proclaim that the abode of 

 the sluggard was nigh. 

 All of which is most respectfully presented. 

 John S. Sellman, 

 VVm. C. Ogle, 

 James JVIullikin. 



Turkeys, Geese, Poultry, &c. — The 



number of articles of this description, the 

 produce of the surrounding country, which 

 were brought into the city yesterday, almost 

 defies calculation. The wagons along Se- 

 cond street extended as far south as Chris- 

 tian, and north to the junction of Second 

 street with the Germantovvn road, being a 

 continuous line — with the exception of the 

 square between Chesnut and Market streets 

 — of not less than three miles in length. 

 Allowing 20 feet to each wagon and the 

 horses attached, there must have been con- 

 siderably over 700 vehicles, containing on 

 an average, say, six turkeys, six pairs of 

 fowls and two geese each. If this presum- 

 tion is correct, there were 4,200 turkeys, 

 8,400 chickens, and 1,4(10 geese, displayed 

 for sale from the wagons in Second street 

 alone. This is exclusive of an equal quan- 

 tity offered in the various markets and other 

 stands for wagons, of which there are seve- 

 ral. The price of turkeys was moderate, 

 considering the existing demand, varying, 

 according to the size and weight, from 62^ 

 cents to $3. Almost every one had a pen- 

 chant yesterday for carrying home a line fat 

 turkey, preparatory to the feasting incident 

 to Christmas. — Ledger. 



Break Bad Habits. — We often hear per- 

 sons excuse a bad habit, because, they say, 

 it is impossible to break it. This is not so. 

 The late Mr. Loudon, the celebrated writer 

 on gardening, &c., during the time he was 

 suffering severely from the pain in his arm, 

 found no ease but from taking laudanum; 

 and he became at last so habituated to the 

 use of this noxious poison, that he took a 

 wine-glass-full every eight hours. After 

 the amputation of his arm, however, he 

 wished to leave off taking it, as he was 

 aware of its injurious effects upon his gene- 

 ral health ; and he contrived to cure himself 

 by putting a wine-glass-full of water into 

 his quart bottle every time he took out a 

 wine-glass-full of the potion, so that the 

 mixture gradually became weaker every 

 day, till at last it was little more than water, 

 and he found that he had cured himself of 

 this dangerous habit without experiencing 

 any inconvenience. — Exchange Paper. 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



ATltHmCAN HERD-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, First Month, 1847. 



Since the publication of our last number, we have 

 bade adieu to the old year and welcomed the new. Ii 

 is a season of congratulation and enlivened hope. The 

 young and buoyant are happy in extended life, and 

 the old— even the grey-headed and tottering— view 

 with more or less of complacency, the privilege at- 

 tained, but which they had scarcely ventured to look 

 to, of dating another year still further down in the 

 century. It may be well for us to have these fresh 

 starting points— and it may be well that one of them 

 at least, is a liveljfcand animating one. If we glance 

 backward on the past year, and find, as too many of 

 us, alas! must acknowledge, that our progress in what 

 is essentially good, has not kept pace with the revolu- 

 tions of time's wheel, our bosoms may be stimulated 

 by the cheering impulses around, to increase our dili- 

 gence, and more thoroughly to appreciate and improve 

 the many advantages of our respective positions. It 

 may be also well to remember, that while his own 

 heart is the garden in which the Christian is most as- 

 siduously to labour, and for his own household that he 

 is most carefully to provide, yet " we do not live for 

 ourselves only." It behoves us to watch all our step- 

 pjngs, that we may discharge all our duties. May the 

 year on which we have entered be better spent by all 

 our readers and ourselves, than the last, for then it 

 will be happier— and may every department, both in 

 the heart and on the farm, give evidences of that im- 

 proved management, which will at least be a ground of 

 hope for progress. 



The American Herd Book, containing pedigrees of 

 Short-horn cattle: to which is prefixed a concise history 

 of English and American Short-liorns, compiled from 

 the best authorities, by Lewis F. Alien — has been kind- 

 ly forwarded. 



The long list of pedigrees, both of bulls and of cowb, 

 will be highly valuable to the breeders of these noble 

 animals, and the history of the breed, which precedes 

 the Register, will be carefully read by every admirer 

 of this celebrated breed of English cattle. It is hand- 

 somely got up, and apparently with great care. 



Throcgh the politeness of the publisher, George S. 

 Appleton, No. 148 Chesnut street, we find upon our 

 table Experimental Researches, on the Food of Ani- 

 mals and the fattening of Cattle, with remarks on the 

 food of Man: Based upon experiments undertaken by 

 order of the British Government. By Egbert Ddndas 

 Thomson, of the University of Glasgow. 



VVe have found opportunity to look but little into 

 this work. Its title, however, indicates its object, and 

 it will doubtless be valuable to observing and calcu- 

 lating feeders, who study and reflect upon all the 

 operations connected with the distribution of the fruits 

 of their labour. 



