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NEW ENGLAND FAUiMER, 



Aiip. 21, lSi9. 



hears that \vi! hnvc ii Horticultural Society iti ope- 

 rutiuii, slut will senil u iiioili-l of her liivi;. Tlie 

 letter wliii-li coiituinoil this |>i),slcri|il to me, wa» 

 ilaleil (■|iurlieslioi>e, Ahircli 19, 1829. Some time 

 in April, I wrote to Airs GnirriTii that we had 

 a llortieiiltiiral Soi'iety in this state, or;:aiii/.cil, 

 which hail coiiiineneeil its operations, anil added 

 vhal a model of her hive wonid he very accepta- 

 ble to the Society, and it Would give rnc pleasure 

 to present it in her iranie — I felt anxious to have 

 it come on in season for use the past swarming 

 season, and some friends who went on to New 

 Jersey soon after, and expected to meet Mrs 

 Grikvitu, 1 requested to mention the model, and 

 the great advantage in having it in season to use 

 this year. On the 5th of July I received a letter 

 from Mrs Griffith, daVed Charliushope, June 29, 

 l>ost mark June 30, in which she writes that she 

 lias sent a little box containing the model of her 

 Live to the office of Robert Skdgwick, Esq., to 

 he forwardeil to mo, and requests me to present 

 it to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society; 

 since which time I have been anxiously expecting 

 it, have made inquiries of her friends in Hoston, 

 and such inquiries as I presume reached Mrs 

 Griffith ; and I have since been infoniied it was 

 locked up in the desk of H. Sedgwick, Esq., and 

 that he had left New York on a journey. — I also 

 mentioned .Mrs Griffith's intention to send the 

 inodtd to several gentlemen, members of the 

 Horticultural Society, and I think ])revious to the 

 meeting to which Gen. Dearbor.n alludes. I re- 

 gret that the I'resiilent of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety could not have dropped me one line of inqui- 

 ry before he published the letter of Mrs Griffith, 

 and he would then have added a note by way of 

 exculpating nie. — I have been more iniMutc than 

 I at first intended, but thought you should be fur- 

 nished with all the facts, in order to do away, in 

 the minds of the Society, and the public, any 

 unfavorable impressions of Your friend &c., 



GORHAM PARSONS. 

 Brighton, Aug. 10, 1829. 



Watering of Horses. — This is a part of their 

 dietetics that is not of trifling import. All horses 

 prefer soft water, and it proves more wholesome. 

 It is not a good custom to warm water generally 

 for horses ; but it is a inuch worse custom to give 

 them water just drawn from a pump or well; 

 and particularly in summer, when such water is 

 comparatively colder than in winter, and when 

 the horse is probably much holler from exercise, 

 clothing, &c. As some horses drink quicker than 

 Others, it is more proper to give them their water 

 in the stable than at the pond, where they often 

 drink immoderately. The quantity given should 

 be regulated by the exercise and other cireuni- 

 Btances. In summer when the exercise has been 

 severe, more is necessary. In common cases a 

 large horse requires rather more than the half of 

 a large stable pail, and that twice in the day ; at 

 night a full pail should be allowed, making in all 

 three waterings. It is erroneous to suppose that 

 alistiiienre from water increases the wind or vi- 

 gor ; on the contrary, many diseaset ore cncour- 

 oged, parllciilarly inflammatory ones, by this de- 

 privation. If it were the custom to place water 

 within the ri'acli of the animal he would bo found 

 to drink more freipienlly, but less, freely than 

 when watered according to the usuol method. 

 Tlie restraint in this particular when journeying, 

 ia barbarity it.-elf, and is final to the ajipetile, to 



the spirit, and to the temper of the animal. 

 Horses should never be galloped after drinking ; 

 it is the frcfpient cause of broken wind ; nor 

 should hor.-^cs have mucli water before eating ; 

 but on a jeiunii^y, when the animal is very dry, 

 give three or four quarts — then feed — and v\hen 

 that is partly eaten, some more ; and afterwards 

 the remainder of the quantity intended, which io 

 hot weather should be liberal. — .V. Y. Imiuxrer. 



.1 new and valuable styptic, which icill stop bleed- 

 ing even of the largest blood vessels. — Take of 

 brainly or common spirit, 2 ounces, Ca^lile soap, 

 2 drachms, pearlash, 1 ilrachm — scrape the soap 

 fine, and dissolve it in brandy, then add the pearl- 

 ash — mix it well together, and keep it close in a 

 [ihial ; when you apply it let it be warmed, and 

 dip |>ledgcs of lint in it, and the l^lood will iimne- 

 dialely congeal. 



It operates by coagulating the blood a consider- 

 able way within the vessel : a few applicati'jis 

 may be necessary where the wound is decj), or 

 where a limb is cut off. 



USE FUL HINTS TO YOUNG SI EN. 



Start, 1 beseech you, with a conviction firmly 

 fi.xed in your mind, that you have no right to live 

 in this world ; that being of hale body, and sound 

 mind, you have no right to an earthly existence 

 without doing work of some sort or other, unless 

 you have ample fortune whereon to live clear of 

 debt ; and that, even in that case, you have no 

 right to breed children to be kept by others, or to 

 be exposed to the chance of being so kept. Start 

 with this conviction thoroughly iini>lanted in your 

 mind. To wish to live on the labor of others, is, 

 besides the folly of it, to contemplate a fraud at 

 the least, and, under certain circumstances, to 

 meditate oppression and robbery. 



I suppose you in the middle rank of life. Hap- 

 piness ought to be your great object, and it is I" 

 be found only in independence. Turn your buck 

 on Whitehall and on Somerset House ; leave the 

 ("ustoir.s and excise to the feeble and low minde<l ; 

 look not for success to favor, to jjartiality, to 

 friendsliip, or what is called interest ; write it on 

 your heart, that you will depend solely on your 

 own merit and your own exertions. , 



The great source of independence the Frcn l 

 express in a precept of three words," I'tiTe rfe /i«ii," 

 which I have always very much admired. " To 

 lire upon tittle," is the great security against slave- 

 ry ; and this precept extends to dress and other 

 things, besides food and drink. 



Endless are the instances of inen of bright 

 parts and high sjiirit, having been, by degrees, 

 rendered powerless and despicable by their imagi- 

 nary wants. Selilom has there been a man w ith 

 a fairer prospect of necomplishing great things, 

 and of acquiring lasting renown than Charles 

 Fox ; he had great talent, of the most popular 

 sort ; the times were singularly favorable to an 

 exertion of them with success; a large part of 

 the nation ailmired him, and were his jiartisniis : 

 ho had, as to the great rpieslion between him and 

 his rival, (I'ilt,) reason and justice clearly on his 

 side ; but he had against him his squan.ioring and 

 luxurious habits ; these made him dependent on 

 ■ he rich part of his partisans, made his wisdom 

 subservient to opulent folly or selfishness ; de- 

 prived his country of all the benefit that it might 

 have derived from his talents, and finally, sent 

 liim to the gravi-, without a single sigh from a 

 people, a great part of whom would, in his earlier 



years, have wept at his death, Bs at a iiatiuiial 

 lamity. 



.A great misfortune of the present day is, i 

 every one is, in his own estimate, raised above 

 real state of life; every one seems to think hi 

 self entitled, if I'Ot to title and great estate, 

 least to live without work. This mischievous, 

 most destructive way of thinking, has indeed b' 

 produced, like almost all other evils, by the v 

 of onr septennial and iinrelbrmed parliaim 

 That body, by its acts, has caused an cnorm 

 debt to l)c created, and, in consequcuce, a pri 

 gioussuin to be raised annually in taxes. It 

 eaiiseil, by these means, a race of loan inon;. 

 and stock jobbers to ari.se. These carry <.i 

 species of gaming, by which some make f'ortn 

 in a day, anil others, in a day become beggar? 



The words speculate and speculation have b 

 siibsiituted for gamble and gambling. The li 

 fulness of the pursuit is thus taken away ; 

 while taxes to the amount of more than doi 

 the whole rental of the kingdom ; while tl 

 cause such crowds of idle/s, every one of wl "'■' 

 calls himself a gentleman, and avoids the app 

 aiice of working for his bread. ' 



In spite of every art made use of to avoiil 

 bor, the taxes will, after all, maintain onl_> 

 ina.iy iillers. We cannot all be " A'nig-A/.s" 

 ^•gcilUmen ;" there must be a large part of 

 al'tei all to make and mend clothes and lioi ' 

 and "-arry on trade autl commerce, ami, in spit 

 all we can do, tlic far greater part of us must 

 tuall' work at something ; for uldcss we can 

 at .s<ime of the taxes, we fall under the sem< 

 of Holy Writ. 



A .'oiing man, some years ago, offered bin 

 to 111', on a particular occasion, as an ama7>ut 

 lor •vhich he appeared to be perfectly qunb 

 TIk! terms were settled, and 1, who wanted tin 

 (fespatched, requested him to sit down anil b' 

 but he, looking out of the window, whenct 

 could see the church clock, said, somewhat h 

 ly, " I cannot stop noir, sir ; I must go to din. 

 " Oh," said I, " you must go to iliiiner, must 

 let the dinner, which you must wait upon to 

 have your constant services, then ; for you ai 

 shall never agree."' He had told me that he 

 in great distress for want of employment ; v 

 relief was there before his eyes he could fore 

 for the sake of getting at his eating and drin 

 three or four hours, perliap.':, sooner than I sh 

 havo^thought it right for him to leave otV win 

 Cobbelt. 



NITRE AS M.VM HE. 



A writer in the Gardener's Magazine .' 

 "Saltpetre is dear, but the etlect upon hot s 

 in a dry season, is astonisbingly great : it dot 

 the crop." 



PRIED (HKKRIES 

 Are a very useful article for the dessert ii 

 winter and spring. Nothing is more ea.sy iha 

 dry them. Gather when ripe, and do not b 

 or bruise the skins; spread them on earthen-\ 

 dishes, and place theui in a very cool om n ; 

 next day increase the heal, and at the einl i 

 few hours, they will be found sutlicicnily dry 

 jMitting into clo.so vessels (Inrdener's Magaxi 



G llEATljRbPSr 



The Gardener's Magozinc states on newsp. 

 authority, that the culture of Mangel Wu 

 has greatly increa.sed in Giiernsry, and c 

 hove been raised of 100 tons per acre ! 



