No. 4. 



Cwe of a Puerperal Fever in a Cow. — Draining. 



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almoner; and he who has seen, in the "far 

 West," a herd besiege the kit of salt, can 

 conceive of the scene on board this hicky 

 ship. "Eighteen on deck, and six below, 

 all told ; one a piece, boys, for the well ; and 

 two each, for the sick, daily." "All right, 

 sir." Quickly the day's allowance is served, 

 and closely does the hard hand grasp the 

 prize ; but we will go below — well does he 

 know — that sailor in his narrow " bunk," 

 with the broad bust, well bronzed in the 

 eun, povverle.«s, but not emaciated — well 

 does he know the value of the gift, and he 

 is content to use it frugally — if too exhausted 

 to gnaw the sweet morsel, a shipmate scrapes 

 a little with his knife and places it upon his 

 tongue; if we may believe the oft-repeated 

 declaration, no fruit, however luscious, no 

 viand, however savory, could be half so pal- 

 atable. As slowly he is served with one 

 morsel after another — without drink, without 

 condiment, — he seems to breathe more free- 

 ly; and childish as himself thinks it, his 

 emotions cannot be restrained ; they are 

 tears of joy and gratitude ; a gratitude not 

 confined to the hand that feeds him, nor yet, 

 to the noble captain of the passing ship, who, 

 from his nearly exhausted store, has bestow- 

 ed the half upon them whose need was 

 greater than his; but rough as is his exte- 

 rior, the heartfelt offering ascends to the 

 bountiful Giver. 



Ask this man why he did not cook his po- 

 tatoe, as other folks do, and as he himself 

 ordinarily docsl he will give a smile of pity 

 for the ignorance that could prompt such a 

 question, and reply, that it would be render- 

 ed insipid, lifeless, spoiled ; and he is doubt- 

 less right; he has obeyed the instinct within 

 him, and the effect, if it were not so common, 

 would be truly marvellous; he has eaten a 

 few crude bulbs, fresh from the earth, and is 

 made whole. 



Thus a single bushel of sound potatoes, 

 yes, often a less quantity, has rescued a 

 ship's crew of twenty-five to thirty men, 

 from the most imminent peril. How won- 

 derful is that Providence that changes our 

 very tastes, our appetites; rendering that 

 delicious to us, which is ordinarily unpalat- 

 able or disgusting, and thus guiding, equally 

 the simple and the wise, to the use of the 

 means our infirmities require. 



The sailor is my friend, and I would not 

 see him wronged ; yet it must be confessed 

 his tastes are not always thus pure — he will 

 cheerfully give his silver dollar for a single 

 Irish potatoe in time of need; and with equal 

 alacrity, the same sum for a twist ctf" Negro- 

 head :" not unfrequently, also, when on shore, 

 he is induced by the tempter to bestow his 

 money for gratitications less innocent — still, 



he is a man of noble impulses, more sinned 

 against than sinning; and could we realize 

 his peculiar privations and perils, I am sure 

 one good effect would be, to kindle our dor- 

 mant sympathies in his behalf; and another, 

 to inspire us with a more lively sense of 

 gratitude for the unceasing bounty that 

 crowns our board. Index. 



In justice to himself as well as to the editor of the 

 florliculliirist, the editor of the Cabinet may remaik, 

 that the note referred to by Index, was not his, but 

 was copied from the Horticulturist, with the matter 

 in the text. Index has certainly made a very pleasant 

 as well as instructive article of his criticism. We 

 heartily wish, that for the reputation of our paper and 

 the benefit of our readers, his visits were not so "few 

 and far between."— Ed. 



Extraordinary Cure of a Puerperal 

 Fever in a Cow. — The following case may 

 prove interesting to our agricultural readers 

 at this season: "On the 1st of March one 

 of my cows calved, and appeared afterwards 

 to be quite well. On the following morning, 

 to my surprise, she was down and unable to 

 rise, with loss of appetite, and quite uncon- 

 scious of everything; ears and muzzle quite 

 cold, her head turned back to her side, and 

 to every appearance a speedy death was in- 

 evitable. I sent for C. S. Green, veterinary 

 surgeon at Pershore, who, on his arrival, pro- 

 nounced it a hopeless case, but wished to try 

 the effects of a compound of ether, with ca- 

 thartics, which I agreed to, and by the re- 

 peated administering of those medicines, in 

 thirty-six hours after its being first adminis- 

 tered she got up and began feeding. On the 

 eighth day she was pronounced to be quite 

 well. Having lost a case four years ago by 

 the same disease, which was medically treat- 

 ed, and from knowing it to be a very fatal 

 disease, in future I shall be enabled to have 

 recourse to a preventive." 



William Doughty, 



Kinnersley, near Severn, Stoke. 



Draining. — H. Colman, speaking of the 

 evils of stagnant water in the soil beneath 

 the surface, says : " plants produced on a 

 very wet soil, are unpalatable, innutritious, 

 and insubstantial. Animals fed upon them 

 always lose condition, and the manure of 

 animals so fed is almost worthless. I saw 

 this strikingly illustrated in the magnificent 

 park of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn 

 Abby. Here theie were many spots where 

 the grass was luxuriant and abundant, on 

 accotmt of their excessive dampness, and 

 which were entirely neglected both by the 

 sheep and the deer; but wherever these 

 places, once wet, had been thoroughly drain- 

 ed,- they became the favourite resorts of these 

 animals, and were fed as closely as possible." 



