Vol.VIII.— No. 20. 



Ar^D HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



157 



: Jopt this plan again, till I can ascertain the pro 

 " sr season, if any such there, be. 

 t Another method, which I suppose to be German, 

 Moinvertthehiveon to the ground in the autumn, 

 ilnd take out by hand, as much honey as you think 

 ,e bees can si)are, while an assistant keeps them 

 8 ack bv blowingsmoke upon them through a large 

 »,atch"made of hitter herbs, rolled up with linen 

 I isa This I have tried once with good success. 

 )i But the plan 1 like best is as follows :— I made 

 . lar-e hive in the usual form, omitting the top. J 



B this hive, at about two thirds its height, 1 



» laced a floor of slats, sufficiently open for bees 



;i, pa~s through. On this floor I placed four small 



« ive« made of thin stufl', and of such dimensions 



•^3 exactly to fill the chamber, but not crowd so 



'ardas to prevent any one from being lifted al 



^lea-^ure Each of these four had a small strap 



i'lstened across its top to lift it out by ; the whole 



''ras then covered with a sound piece ot board, 



Shich was not nailed on, but hung on the back 



"idewith leather hinges, and fastened down in 



'«.ont with a strap. Into this hive 1 put a good 



'^warmof bees in July. Early in October, the 



« ive being full, I raised the lid and lifted out in 



'" uccession two of the small ones. Some half do- 



« en bees in each, soon left it and went peaceably 



'.('lome Those two small hives contain fifteen 



'-' lounds of honey in the comb ; the most perlect 



I" pecimen of purity and sweetness that can be 



ma-vin^d These being emptied, were returned 



their places ; and I have no doubt that the bees 



an well spare the contents of the other two. But 



vishin" to be sure, and leave them enough, as I 



lave but few bees, I shall not take them till 



. RUSTICUS. 

 pring. ^ 



soon lay again, and that the breed may be propa- 

 gated to a great extent. 



From llie Journal of Heallh. 



RULES FOR PRESERVING THE SIGHT.- 



The preservation of the sight is an object of so 



inuch importance to every individual, whatever 



may be his profession or rank in society, that we 



have thought a few hints in relation to this sub- 



;t might be productive of beneficial cfl'ects. 



It is well known to the physician that nothing 

 more certainly impairs the sense of vision than 

 debauchery and excess of every kind. The indi- 

 vidual, therefore, who would preserve his sight 

 unimpaired, must avoid carefully every species of 

 intemperance. This is an all-important rule, a 

 neglect of which will render every other of but 

 little avail. 



A long continuance in absolute darkness, or 

 frequent and protracted exposure to a blaze ot 

 light, equally injures the sense of vision. 



Persons who live almost constantly in dark ca 

 verns or chambers, workers in mines, and prison 

 ers who have been long confined in gloomy dun 

 geons, become incapable ofseeing objects distinct- 



desire ; while those that are short sighted should, 

 on the contrary, use themselves to read with the 

 book as far oft' as possible. By these means, both 

 may improve and striMigthen their vision, whereas 

 a contrary course will increase its natural imper- 

 fections. 



Bathing the eyes in cold or tepid water tends 

 to preserve the integrity of their functions ; pro- 

 vided, however, the individual does not immedi- 

 ately after such bathing, enter a warm room, or 

 unnecessarily e.xcrt his sight 



Mr P. P. Barbour, in his late speech in the Con- 

 vention, remarked, " No wise farmer ever tries an 

 experiment; he leaves that for others to do." If 

 this be the true characteristic of Virginia farmers, 

 it is well for them that there are soHie experimental 

 farmers in other parts of the world ; otherwise, 

 they would yet, like the Spaniards, in their attach- 

 ment to old nations, be using the plough described 

 f by Virgil in his Georgics. Not an improved har- 

 row, hoe, or rake, would ever have touched the 

 soil of the Old Dominion. Mr B.'s speech is a 

 dead set at all improvements. — Free Press. 



BEEF FOR EPICURES. 



■Last Saturday a small drove of Beef Cattle 



.assed through this town, on their way to Bnght- 



,D where they wili arrive about the middle of next 



-'Ive'ek Vast numlx-rs have been driven from this 



ection of the counuy to that market this fall, but 



his drove excels any we have seen. They are 



1 eautiful in form and symmetry, some of them 



" lerfectly white, all young and voluptuously fat, 



nd admirably adapted to meet the cravings of 



■• ioston epicures. One pair of speckled oxen, we 



' rere told by the drovier, would weigh twenty six 



uvJred pounds, when slaughtered and dressed. 



■hey are from Hoosack, N. Y., about 17 miles 



. rem this place. Pigs, too, are abundant, winding 



' lieir way to Brighton ; could all the swinish inul- 



'! itude w"ho have passed our office within the last 



1 week« be compelled to walk single file, they 



vould almost extend "to that bourne from which" 



»*iutfew pigs return; wo mean Brighton.— .BcrA:- 



■'^^hire Amer. 



ij' ■ In the township of Aurora, Portage county, 

 „t)hio, 175 tons of cheese were made the last sea- 

 1„ on. At five cents per pound, this cheese was 

 M rorth nearly twenty thousand dollars. 



'I" The Hocco.— General Lafayette has imported 

 "','rom South America, two birds, male and female, 

 ailed hocco, which are now at his estate, near 

 r 'aris This bird, which is wild in South America, 

 ! ecomes speedily as tame as the domestic fowl, 

 ' nd thrives in our climates. The hocco is as large 

 ™ B a small turkey, and its flesh is said to be exqui- 

 " lite The female in the possession of General 

 "u.af'ayette has laid six eggs, but they were broken 

 '.Jy accident. It is thought, however, that it will 



the evening. While on the other hand, invarious 

 (larts of the world, in which the light is constantly 

 reflected from a soil of dazzling whiteness, or 

 from mountains and plains covered with almost 

 perpetual snow, the sight of the inhabitants is per- 

 ftct only in broad daylight and at noon. 



Those, also, who are much exposed to hright 

 fires, as blacksmiths, glassmen, forgers, and others 

 engaged in similar employments, are considered, 

 by the best authorities, as most subject to loss of 

 sight from cataract. 



All brilliantly illuminated apartments have a sim- 

 ilar prejudicial effect upon the eyes, though un- 

 doubtedly, not to the same extent. As a general 

 rul3, therefore, the eye should never be permitted 

 to dwell on brilliant or glaring objects for any 

 length of time. Hence in our apartments only a 

 moderate degree of light should be admitted ; and 

 it would be of considerable advantage, particularly 

 to those whose eyes are already weak, if in place 

 of a pure white or deep red color for the wall, 

 curtains, and other furniture of our rooms, some 

 shade of green were to be adopted. 



Reading or writing in the dusk of the evening, 

 or by candle light, is highly prejudicial. The fri- 

 volous attention to a quarter of an hour at the 

 decline of day, has dejirived numbers of the per- 

 fect and comfortable use of their eyes for many 

 years ; the mischief is effected imperceptibly, the 

 consequences are often irreparable. 



There is nothing which preserves the sight 

 longer, than always using, in reading; and writing, 

 sewing, and every other occupation, in which the 

 eyes are constantly exercised, that moderate de- 

 gree of light which is best suited to them ; too 

 little, strains them ; too great a quantity dazzles 

 and confounds. The eyes are less affected, how- 

 ever, by a deficiency of light, than by the excess 

 of it. The former seldom does much, if any 

 harm, unless the eyes are strained by efforts to 

 view objects to which the degree of light is inad- 

 equate ; but too great a quantity has, by its own 

 power, destroyed the sight. 



The long sighted should accustom themselves 

 to read with rather less light, and with the book 

 somewhat nearer to the eye than they ordinarily 



. Ewr-hearing Slratcberry.—We were presented, 



geons, become incapable ofseeing objects distinct- ^ ^^^^ ,^ ^^^^ ^y ^^^ f.iend, Mr S. Iden, of 

 ly, excepting in a deep shade, or in the dusk of j3yp|.i„gi',(„n^ with a plant of Alpine Strawberry, 



on which were growing several ripe and unripe 

 strawberries. We understand from Mr Iden, that 

 he has a number of plants growing in his garden, 

 which bear fruit constantly from the latter end of 

 May until the frosts of autumn check their growth. 

 The fruit is large and of a delightful flavor, and 

 we have no hesitation in saying, if properly culti- 

 vated, would yield in as great abundance as our 

 common kinds of garden strawberry. We believe 

 this kind is not generally cultivated ; perhaps from 

 the fact that they are not generally known. We 

 would recommend to our Horticultural friends the 

 pro,.,-iety of setting out a few plants this fall, to 

 see and try for themselves, for we think it is but 

 necessary to have them introduced in our gardens 

 to insure for them the preference. — Boyhton In- 

 telligencer. 



Elixir of Health mid Longevity. — In 1728, a per- 

 son of the name of ViUars, in Paris, gave out that 

 his uncle, who, it was well known, had attained 

 very nearly to his hundredth year, and died then 

 only in consequence of an .accident, had left him a 

 certain preparation which possessed the power of 

 prolonging a man's life to upwards of a century, 

 provided he lived with sobriety and exercised 

 daily in the open air. When this individual hap- 

 pened to observe a funeral, he would shrug up his 

 shoulders in pity. " If the deceased," said he, 

 " had followed my advice, he would not be where 

 he now is." His friends, among whom he dis- 

 tributed his medicine gratuitously, observing the 

 conditions required, experienced its utility, and 

 praised it incessantly. He was thence encouraged 

 to sell it at a crown a bottle ; and the sale was 

 prodigious. Now the remedy was in fact nothing 

 more than the water of the river Seine, slightly 

 acidulated. Those who made use of it, and were 

 attentive at the same time, to regimen and exer- 

 cise, soon found their health greatly improved. 

 To others, who were neglectful, he would observe, 

 " It is your own fault if you are not perfectly 

 cured ; you have been intemperate and indolent ; 

 renounce these vices, and you will live at least a 

 hundred years." Some took his advice ; and the 

 very decided advantage which these latter de- 



