i;i-(;t'orc, of iIh! 



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.Is of till 



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siu-c, ill th 

 will claiisc liL'i'ure tlic iif xt Sfs- 

 f tlie Lcgi.-latuii', is, ill cviTv way, liy I'l'i- 

 xpluiiatKiii ; ill p'iblii- meotiii,!,'.s ; tlirou^'li the 

 ess ; to spread bttbre tlie p'joplo those fiicts aiul 

 leiatioiis, whicli will cei-tnirily secure the ob- 

 ■t. J>osloii is the centre oC iiil'oiiiialion, ami 

 have a right tu look to the cily upon this oc- 

 sioii. — Exertion is iiiilispeiisihle, and the object 

 worthy of it. It is plain eiioiij'li tlint great 

 lianges are to take place, in the trade, the rnaiui- 

 ctiircs, the fortunes of our states and of ourcoin- 

 niiitics. In some great branches of business 

 ere are great dilBculties : there is to be a strug- 

 efor life ; New England is to have her full sliareof 

 ese troubles. What preparation shall we inake 

 meet tlieiii ? There is none, but in ;)!iWic s/n'nV ; in 

 common cause; in something which shall make 

 ifeel our united strength — in some general plan 

 d ilcsign for the good of the whole ; something 

 liicli shall arou-e the energy, and call out the 

 nins of our people. The governor in his las; 

 1 iinniunication, stated in the most judicious and 

 rect manner, that these exertions had become 

 idisiiensible to our manufacturing interests— to 

 Lir character. It is true that we are now discus- 

 ing the (piestion of a particular public improve- 

 lent, but we are in fact deciding whether there 

 lall be improvement of every kind. ^Ve are say- 

 i" yes, or no, to the very exisiencs and spirit of 

 iternalimproveiiienl of every kind, in every part 

 f the state. Time and chance happen to all, 



Vol. VIII. — No. V2- 



AND lIOilTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



93 



not I 



lone -iiid f.rfron hniiKin aid, for Iheniialm-e i There never was u wiser maxim than that of 

 ,„i,.ht ctiv'-t a ciiic-but in the nii.lst of an abun- j Franklin.— " Nothing is cheap which we do not 

 dant population, where a crowd will soon gather j want." Yet how perfectly insane many people 

 roun.l him. There will be great divcr.sily of i are on the subject of buying cheap things. " JJo 

 oninion as to the nature of the disease. One calls tell me why you have bought that east oti door 

 it the bolts, another the cholic, a third a founder, j plate ? " asked the husband of one o( these nota- 

 a fourth something ditrerent from all the res 



short, each one claims the privilege of (orimiig 

 and maintaining his own opinion, and each one 

 considers his reputation for judgment concerned 

 in supporting his own views to the last. 



As they differ respecting the nature of the dis- 

 ease, so they differ in regard to the mode of cure. 

 Even those who chance to agree as to the nature 

 of the disease, are a[)t to disagree about the treat- 

 ment. Of those who pronounce the complaint 

 to be botts, one recommends milk and molasses ; 

 another, red precipitate and spirits of turi)cntine ; 

 another, aloes and beef brine ; and a fourth. (O, 

 monstrous!) a fowl cut open alive, and the en- 

 trails thrust down the poor horse's throat. Think 

 of tliat, ye human jjatients — did you everswallow 

 a live toad ? If so, you wi 

 miserable sick horse swallowing the warm entrails 

 of a murdered hen. Of those who will have the 

 dis.^ase to be cholic, one recommends gin — and a 

 hnrse who never drank r.i-thingin his life but 

 cold water, has a quart of ivrdent spirits poured 

 down his throat ; another iire.-cribts castor oil, 

 and forthwith n bottle of that is sent after the gin 

 in the horse's stomach ; a.<iother thinks he has a 

 remedy vorth both the others, and a pound of 



blc bai -lainers ; — "Dear me," replied the wife, 

 "vou know it is always my plan to lay ui) ihingis 

 against time of lu-ed ; who knows but you may 

 die, and I may marry a man with the same nam« 

 as that on the iloor plate ? " 



nd the main difference seems to be, betwixt those | ground mustard seed, mixed with cayenne pepper, 



sent to keep company with the rest. For it 



ho do, and those who do not take advantage ot 

 hem. 



The people of New England have been a great 

 nd prosperous people, and so they will continue, 

 the true spirit has not departed. 



THEODORE SEDGWICK. 



FARRIERY. 



There is no creature, perhaps, so mucli to be 

 litied as a sick horse. We mean in thii country — 

 ur in Europe there are Veterinary Departments 

 ttached to the Meilieal schools, wherr the struct- 

 ire and diseases of the horse are scientifically 

 ludied ; where the treatment is taught on Mtional 

 )rinci|)les; and where the practice is honorable, 

 lecaiise it is based upon knowledge. But here 



othing is known of farriery, except what is 

 nckedup mostly by acci lent — ami may he right, 

 n may be wrong. F>ut the latter is most proba- 

 ble, because the practice of the art is generally 



onfincd to the most ignorant part of the popnla- 

 ion. These circumstances have rendered the 

 jractice degrading ; and that which is ipiite as 

 lonorable in its nature as the treatment of human 

 liseases, and much better paid for, is wholly in the 

 hands of quacks— a set of men who would con- 

 fer disgrace upon any calling. Let the subject be 

 attended to in a scientific manner, let there be 

 veterinary departments attached to our medical 

 colleges, and let only well educated men attempt 

 the practice of farriery, and a doctor of horses 

 will be accounted as respectable as a doctor of 

 human beings; and he who relieves the sufferings 

 and saves the life of that noble animal,, will be 

 accounted no less a benefactor, than he who per- 

 ibrius the same service for that often less worthy 



animal, man. 



But, as we have said above, there is no creature 



more to be pitied, than a sick horse. We will suji- 



cenerally happens, that whatever is recommend- 

 ed is cprried, with as littb delay as possible into 

 pi-actice ; for where all are equally good authority, 

 it would be unfair to follow the advice of one, 

 and reject that of the other — besides, the owner 

 isexcecdingly anxiou; for the life of his horse, and 

 is -.villing to give him at least a chance of recov- 

 ery, by making use of all known methods for ef- 

 iecting so desirable an end. 



Consider now ths condition of the poor ai.inia;. 

 He has, (according to all accounts,) not less than a 

 half a dozen of different diseases; and for each 

 disease he is compelled to (jwalKnv something like 

 a dozen different i-emedies! The consequence is, 

 that the poO£ horss ha^ not less than half a bar- 

 rel of themost various nostrums down his throat 

 at the same time — enough to kill any well horse 

 in Christendom — Judge, then, whether a sick one 

 has any chance of rccoveify ! As might be ex- 

 pected, the animal generally dies — and with his 

 dying breath gives evidence that the maxim of 

 Solomon — 



In the multilude of covnsdlors, there is safety, 

 in this in.stance, at Icaft, has not proved true. — 

 Berkshire Jimerican. 



Receipt for the Bilious Cholic. — Take a large 

 handful of bark of the White Walnut, and boil it 

 in water until very strong, then sweeten it with 

 molasses, and let the patient take a tea-cu]) full 

 every hour, or oflener, as occasion may require. 

 It will injure no medicine that has been taken 

 ]>revioHsly. 



Pigeons. — Lewis, in bis excellent history of 

 Lynn, speaking of the wilil iiigeons which visited 

 the early settlers of this covmtry, remarks, that 

 their flocks were so numerous as to obscure tb« 

 light, and they continued flying for four or five 

 hours togethiM-, to such an extent, that a person 

 couhl see neither beginning nor end, length nor 

 breadth, of these millions. When they alighted 

 in the woods, they frequently broke down largH 

 limbs of the trees with their weight. A singla 

 family has been known to have killed more than 



a hu 



other weapons : and they were often taken fn 

 such number.s, that they were thrown into piles, 

 and kept to feed swine. — Boston Traveller. 



Schools. — Three measures have been proposed, 

 to give success to the winter schools, soon to com- 

 mence. 



1. Appropriate ten dollars to apparatus for each 



school. 



•2. Institute weekly meetings of teachers, for 

 their niutualiniiirovementas teachers and citizens. 



3. Procure a central deposit of apparatus, for 

 t-enchcrs and others to illustrate to the oldest pu- 

 pils of all their schools, subjects which it is iin- 

 porlant for them to understaml, and which cannot 

 be introduced into each school separately. 



If these steps should be taken in every town 

 the coming winter, they would prepare the way 

 for others to be taken in the season which will 

 follow. — Ihid. 



The New York Inquirer says there is a machine 

 in operation in that city which makes daily 25,000 

 bricks, being in operation 12 hours in each day. 



Destruction of Crops.— The Wilmington, N. C. 

 Recorder says, the latest intelligence confirms ap- 

 lirehensions, with respect to the losses sustained 

 by the rice jjlanters. Some of those above tli» 

 thoroughfare, may be calculated to lose about two- 

 thirds, others, the whole of their crops. 



Remarkable Fact.— A gentleman of Saugiis in 

 forms, that during the last four years, a death has 

 not occurred in that town, of any body between 

 the age of 4 and 16. — Lynn Mirror. 



Zoological Gardens. — The number of visitors to 

 the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, last year, 

 was 112,000, and the receipts amounted to £12, 

 358. The Society has purchased S3 a^res of 

 ground near Kingston, for the purpose of breeding 

 pose the lot of the four-footed [latienl to be cast — | foreign animals. — London paper. 



Our Militia system is falling into greater con- 

 tempt every day. It is with difliculty that decmit 

 men can be induced to accept oflices. — At a late 

 review in Fitchburg, in this state, a company from 

 one town was among the missing. The reason 

 was, every individual who had been chosen an 

 officer, declined the honor. It was offered to the 

 minister— but he, not being of the church militant, 

 refused. — Salem Gazette. 



Preservative Potters of Red Ochre. — The fact 

 that quantities of Red Ochre have several times 

 been found in connexion with Indian remains, has 

 led to some speculation as to the inotives of tba 



