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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



est inhabitants of the sister isle, and soon after- 

 wards, in the forms of dyes of the brighest blue, 

 grace the dress of courtly dames. The main in- 

 gredient of writing ink was, possibly, once part of 

 the broken hoop of an old beer barrel. The bones, 

 of dead animals yield the chief constituents of 

 lucifcr matches. The dregs of port wine, carefully 

 rejected by the port wine drinker in decanting his 

 favorite beverage, are taken by him in the rnorning 

 in the form of Seidlitz powders, to remove the 

 effects of his debauch. The offal of the streets and 

 the washings of coal gas reappear carefully pre- 

 served in the lady's smelling-bottle, or are used to 

 flavor blanc-mange for her friends. This economy 

 of the chemistry of art is only an imitation of what 

 we observe in the chemistry of nature. Animals 

 live and die, and their dead bodies, passing into pu- 

 tridity, escape into the atmosphere, whence plants 

 again mould them into forms of organic life, and 

 those plants actually consisting of a past genera- 

 tion, form our present food. — Exchange. 



CSMEIJT WATEE PIPES. 



Excellent and cheap pipes for conveying v.ater, 

 may be easily and cheaply made of Hydraulic Ce- 

 ment, mixed in the same mianner as when used for 

 making cisterns. Any one can make these pipes. 

 We have frequently directed their construction 

 successfully, and presume we can direct our read- 

 ers. 



Having a ditch wide enough for a man to work in, 

 and deep enough to be secure from frost, leaving the 

 bottom with a concave excavation in the centre ac- 

 cording to the size of the pipe required, put mor- 

 tar in the concave sufficient in quantity to make 

 the bottom of the pipe from three-quarters to one 

 inch thick, and three feet in length. In this mor- 

 tar bed a rod, made smooth and true, with a slight 



for a long distance, the pipe is nearly horizontal, 

 and has much pressure to resist, when it may as 

 well be made m this cheap manner of cement. — 

 And for purposes of irrigation, when it is desired 

 to convey water nearly in a horizontal direction, as 

 from one reservoir or elevation to another, and 

 where no very great amount of pressure will be re- 

 quired, the cement pipe is admirably adapted. — 

 Counlri) Genileman. 



SEVEEAL PLUMS. 



We give below, from Cole's Fruit Book, outlines 

 and descriptions of three or four excellent plums. 

 In some locaHties the tree and fruit seem to escape 

 the combined attacks of ourculio and black wart, 

 which in others baffle all attempts of the cultiva- 

 tor to secure a crop. It is worth while, however, 

 to persevere, as an occasional crop of so delicious a 

 fruit will compensate for considerable care. 



THE EOT.iI^ HATIVE. 



