Vol. Vnt.— N.I. 13' 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



99 



-what is there left for you to desire or me to 

 fisU for you, — in reference to the temporal soiir- 

 iiles of good ? and what more naturally suggested, 

 lan the wish, that these three great interests may 

 ere, and in every part of our country, he found 

 lia]>py connexion with each otirer ? — I am grat- 

 ed with the belief, that this community is of the 

 Ijiinie feeling, and is friendly to that pcdicy and 

 lose measures, which aim to bring the several 

 iterests and the remote sections of the country 

 J Bo closer union for the good of all. As a citi- 

 »n of that part of the commonwealth, which, in 

 respects has been usually considered to have 

 le advantage of position, I am almost led, by the 

 ate of thmgs here, to advance as an argument 

 fa\or of the great railroad enterprise, not that 

 will give to land in the remotest parts of the 

 ommonwealth, the value of that near Boston,. 

 r, lit that it will make our land as valuable as yours. 

 Sir, I beg leave to jiropose — The great interests 

 the State — Agricutture, Commerce., and Manu- 

 letures — and success to all measures tending to 

 nite them. 

 The piircfiase of Texas — We guess Uncle Sam 

 ■,,i id better take care of what land he has got he- 

 re lie buys any more farms on speculation. 



A pmiecling Tariff — Some call it a Yo'u Cut 



tbi-y wdl try it fairly \\\l\\o\i\.frelting, they will 

 nd it altogether easier to work in, than the old 

 ( jllar and chains which they fireviously drew by. 

 The 24 Callle Team which Uncle Sam drives — 

 ive them a chaiis to draw by, that will not break, 

 id we challenge the world to beat them at a 

 ugh pull. 



Worcester County and Rhode Island — Like the 

 lamese twins, united by a chord that cannot be 

 vered with safety to either. 



Of the volunteer sentiments, we copy a few : — 

 By the Hon. Mr Welles, of Boston. The 

 'rntor — Whose good sense hs^ been instrn.tive, 

 id whose wit has added to the pleasures of the 



By the lion. Mr T.\kt. The Memortj of John 

 rown, Esq. fo.rmerly of Providence — The distiii- 

 lished projector of the sparkling eliain that binds 



li.ssoliibly the agricultural and manufiicturing 

 iterprise of the County of Worcester to the no 

 3s distinguished conunercial enterprise of the 



pital of his native State. 



By a gentleman who had been invited as a 

 jj lest, but was prevented from being present. 



The Memory of Col. Dtvid Humphreys — Good 



asoldiiM', a poet, and a diplomatist, and excellent 



an agriculturist ; for be was the first who 



ought to his country a flock of o?ie hundred meri- 



sheep. 



Further particulars hereafter. 



number of entries was 78. An insi>ection left no 

 doubt that the husbandmen of the county bad at 

 tended to improve their breeds of native animals, 

 as well as to import the best of foreign origin. 



More than 120 articles were presented for ex- 

 hibition. Among these were counterjianes, flannels, 

 broadcloths, carpets, hearth-rugs, together with 

 fiiitr fabrics, specimens of the ingenuity of enter- 

 prising and industrious ladies. 



" Tlie White Sinclair Beef, and Purple Egg 

 Plant, both brought by Capt. Daniel Chandler of 

 Lexington, deserve attention. The Sinclair beet 

 is easily raised in our gardens. The leaves are 

 abundant and tender for greens, and the stalks 

 or stems of the leaves, if cooked in the same 

 way, are as tender and sweet as asparagus. The 

 Egg I'lant, too, is easily raised, and is almost a new 

 vt'getablc-among tis. But in New York and other 

 parts of the country it has long been in use, and 

 is in high estimation." A specimen of fine cider 

 was offin-ed by Mr .Jonathan Rice of Marlboro. 

 " It was lively, sparkling, and agreeable to the 

 taste; and bad none of that vile brandy twang, 

 wliich annoys us wUen drinking other bottled ci- 

 der ; and which often induces ns to inquire what 

 proportion of brandy and gin may be used in the 

 composition of what is called cider." 



The e.vercises in the mectiug-house were short 

 and appropriate. Mr Robinson's address occupied 

 less than half an hour, and was happily adapted 

 to the occasion. It showed the dignity and im- 

 portance of agriculture ; and was received with 

 great satisfaction by the Society. The Society 

 .-ubse(|uently raised a committee to request the 

 favor of a copy for the press ; a request which we 

 hojie the orator will feel willing to grant. 



The annual choice of officers took place in the 

 Court Room, and not at the Bliddlese.x Hotel, as 

 had been previously notified. This arrangement 

 enabled the Society to get through the business at 

 -»H early hour, and we think it the best course to 

 be adopted in future. 



Premium 07i Farms. — The Committee rm Farms 

 have awarded the first premium of §40, to Mr 

 Augustus Tuttlc of Concord, for the most im- 

 proved and best cultivated Farm ; anil the second 

 premium of $25 to Mr Nathaniel S. Bennett of 

 Framingham, fiir the next best. 



CONCORD (M.iss.) CATTLE SHOW. 



[E.xtracled and ahridgcd from ihu Ycninau's Gazelle ] 



This festival was held on the 7th inst. At the 



'u oughing Match eleven single, and five double 



ims contested fir the premiums. Their work 



lone with neatness and despatch, and the 



misters made hut little noise or bustle. The 



al of strength of the working oxen was a spe- 



j tien of good discipline in the oxen, and of skill 



their drivers. The teamsters made their oxen 



inprehend their duty without .>ipeakiiig to them, 



if they were destitute of hearinjr. The exliibi- 



■ n of animals was better than last year. The 



Fiom the Amsterdam Senliiiel. 



CIDER. 



Now is the season to make and lay up a suffi- 

 cient cpiantity of this salutary beverage. With a 

 little extra care, every farmer may hav« a suffi- 

 cient quantity, by observing the followif:g direc- 

 tions : — 



1. In picking up the apples, reject every one 

 that is unripe, or in the least rotten. 



2. Take care that the casks are clean and free 

 from must or acidity. Hogsheads are preferable 

 to barrels, in which to preserve cider. 



3. When the apples are ground, the pomace 

 should remain at least twenty-four hours, before it 

 is pii on the press. 



4. Wli'-n the cider lias run from the press into 

 the receiving tub, let it be strained through a wool- 

 en blanket, and be immediately put into a stroni: 

 cask, make the bung fast, and remove it into the 

 cellar; here give it no more vent than is absolute- 

 ly necessary to prevent the cask from bursting, 

 let it remuin quiet until New Year's, then let it be 



racked off from the lees into another good hogs- 

 head, into which put a pound and a half of alum, 

 and six or eight ounces of hops. Let it be corked 

 tight, and entirely excluded from the air. 



With this small expense, farmers may have 

 pleasant cider throughout the year, without the 

 cost and trouble of bottles. AGRICOLO. 



THE WITCH HAZEL. 



Making a short excursion from the village a 

 few days since, we were struck with the singular 

 appearance of the witch hazel. In the midst of 

 falling leaves of every hue, crimson and yellow 

 predominating, and many t thersymiitoms of tlio 

 ' dying year,' ibis remarkable shrub was seen 

 loaded with a profusion of gay flowers ; these 

 were contrasted with evidence that in other re- 

 spects it shared the fate of the greater part of ve- 

 getation at this season. On some of its branches 

 a few leaves still lingered, partially changed from 

 the green to the autumnal dye ; others were en- 

 tirely divested of these summer appendage.*, pre- ' 

 senting to the eye a ruggeil limb adorned at inter- 

 vals with bunches of small yellow flowers. It 

 might be vliat the coldness of the season had re- 

 larded the appearance of these blossoms ; but in 

 that case we thought it strange that they put 

 forth at all, ai'd were not checked effectually by 

 the action of the frost on their tender buds. It is 

 no such thing, however, as we learn. Instead of 

 it being late for the witch hazel to be arrayed in 

 this pretty style, it is in fact early It often exhibits 

 the same capricious fancy amid the snows of No- 

 vember, when every other wild flower has yielded 

 to the chilling blast, except here and there a soli- 

 tary gentian or snap-dragon. So hardy is this 

 late otrs|iring of veg(s||itive power. The nuts (for 

 the Witch as well as the Filbert hazel produces 

 this sort of fruit) come to maturity, it i- said, in 

 the following spring and smnnier, but are good for 

 nothing. The only use of the shrub that we can 

 hear of, except to catch a straggler's atteniinn at 

 this season of the year, is, to furnish the diviner 

 with the implements of his art. In his ban. Is, its 

 virgaled branches, severed from the parent trunk, 

 are thought to point infallibly to buried treasure 

 or veins of inineral wealth, wherever concealed, 

 whether in the earth's bowels, or in the poc/ff/s of 

 the credulous dupe who trusts to its power. Hence 

 probably its name. — Saco Pal. 



TAKE CARE OF YOUR ASHES! 



The careles(j«eS*of many persons in disposing 

 of ashes taken not from the hearth, and contain- 

 ing, as they generally do, a quantity of embers 

 and live coals, renders this caution highly neces- 

 sary. 



But a few nights since, had it not been fi>r the 

 timely discovery of the flames by the Watr h, a 

 dwelling hniise, and perhaps a whole neighbor- 

 hood, would have been consumed in consequence 

 of putting hot ashes into a wooden box. Some are 

 in the habit of I niting their ashes in old flour 

 barrels and the like — a short time since, we saw 

 a vessel of this kind deposited in the corner of a 

 neighbor's wood house! into which ashes taken 

 hot from the fire were inconsiderately thrown. 

 And we are sorry to learn that some of our im- 

 mefliate neighbors are in the habit of using a half 

 bushel for this [lurpose, and when filled, of setting 

 it among the shavings and other combustibles of 

 a lumber room. These things should be looked 

 to. — American Farmer. 



