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make the strong man tremble fur his own htultli, 

 were he to be equnlly daring. 



At a Bcnson like the present it wouhl seem to 

 be a niiitter of pratuliilion, lliat shocks ou<l boots 

 can every wlicrc he obtained of hucIi materials as 

 to preserve the feet dry and warm. Leather of 

 various kin.U firm and pliable, is at the shortest 

 warning mude to opsnine every variety of shape 

 and figure, called fi>r by convenience or condbrt. 

 But we mistake ; fashion, that despotic destroyer 

 of comfort, and too often a sworn foe lo health, 

 will not allow the feet- of a lady Ki be incased in 

 leather. She nmst wear, fi)rsoolh, <loth shoes with 

 a thin leather sole, and even this lalicr is barely con- 

 ceded. A coverinL' for the foct never ori^'inally in- 

 tended to be seen beyond the cliamlier or the par- 

 lor, is that now adopted fi)r street parade and 

 travel; and they whose checks we »vonld not that 

 the wind.s of heaven shoulil vbil too roughly, 

 brave in pninollo the extremes of cold and moist- 

 ure, and oflcr ilicniaelves as vvillin;,' \ictims to all 

 the sufferings of the shiverin;,' ai,'ne. catarrli, and 

 pains rheumatic. Tell them of a wiser course ; 

 argue with some on their dutie.-', as mothers and 

 as wives, to preserve their lienllh ; «ith others, as 

 daughters of beauty who are risking by approach- 

 ing disease the loss of their loveliness ; and they 

 will rejily, that they cannot wear those horrid 

 large shoos ; that leather does not fit so nicely on 

 the feet, and that Inilia rubber shoes are frightful. 

 They do not reflect that beauty consists in the fit- 

 ness and harmony of things, and that we cannot 

 associate it with the ideas of suffering and disease. 

 The light drapery so gracefully and elegantly ar- 

 ranged as to exhibit without obtruding her fig- 

 ure, is worthy of all admiration in a Grecian 

 nymph, under a Grecian nky, and when its bearer 

 is warmed by a southern sun. The muslin robe 

 ofoneof our beauties of the ball room is taste- 

 ful nnd n,.p.-°i'"»'<' "•*"" '^s'"- •""' ••""•'^ ...o ad- 

 ditions to the scene. Hut could we preserve our 

 admiration for the Grecian nymph or the modern 

 belle, if in these costumes they were seen walking 

 the streets mid sleet and wind 'i I'ity they would 

 assuredly command ; but will a female be content 

 with the offering which any beggar is sure of re- 

 ceiving ? We have ga/ed on the finest produc- 

 tions of the chisel and the pencil ; we have studi- 

 ed beauty with the admiration of a lover, and the 

 purposes of an artist, and we do assure our female 

 reailers that however much we may admire a 

 small and finely turned foot when seen tripping 

 through the mazes of the dance, we eannot look 

 upon it with a pleased eye, unprotected by suita- 

 ble covering in a winter's day. This covering is 

 not prunello, or that most flimsy stuff satirically 

 I'alled everlasting. 



Rut how, c'jncciling all the beauty claimed by 

 its admirers to an exhibition of small feet, in neat 

 tight shoes, can we receive this as a substitute for 

 clear complexion, brilliant liL-itre of tlio eye, and 

 the niihl smile of content, all lost by repeated at- 

 tacks of a cold, or the coining on of dyspepsia, or 

 sick head uche, the conseipiences of wet and cold 

 fuet. 



Custom, it \* alleged by some, renders persons 

 thus exposed less liable to sulfur. Hut the cus- 

 tom of occaHiimally walking out in ihin cloth 

 shoes, which uro very inade(|Uale covering fiir the 

 feet, is a very difl'erent thing from the habit of 

 constant ex|>08ure of these parts to cold and inoist- 

 iirc. If the sandal were habitually worn, and the 

 toot in a great measure exposed to the air, custom 



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might then be adduced as an aiguiiieut against in- 

 creased prccauiions. It is idle to talk of females 

 accustoming themselves lo having their feel chill- 

 ed, ilainp, or wet, an hour or two in the sireelB 

 during the iliiy, when for the remainder of this 

 perioil they take the greatest pains to have them 

 dry and warm, by -toasting them, [wrhaps for 

 hours, before a large fire. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JJOSTON, FKIDAY, D ECEM BER j5^1829. 



HOGS FATTENED ON SWEET APPLES. 



A writer in the New York Farmer for .N'ovem- 

 bcr last, with the signature A. E. states in sub- 

 stance that Mr William Caiifield of Schodack, 

 Rcnsallacr county, N. Y. owns an orchard, wholly 

 grafted with sweet apples, in which he kept his 

 hogs most of the summer season, where the grass 

 and a little whey were sufficient to |iromote their 

 giowth. About the time when liogs always mani- 

 fest a disrelish for grass, the worm eaten apples 

 began to fall, sufticienlly matured to become eata- 

 ble. As they advanced in size and ripeness, they 

 became more and more agreeable, and more nu- 

 tritions, until the hogs began lo fatten rapidly on 

 no other food. The trees were therefore shaken 

 or beaten with light poles, so as to throw down a 

 due fiuantilyof the most ripened fruit. This pro- 

 cess was continued until the whole herd had be- 

 come sufficiently fattened. Then Inilian corn was 

 given in about half the common iiiiaiility fur about 

 one week, and full feeding of it another week. — 

 This brought them to the butchering, and the pork 

 was not inferior to that which is fattened in a 

 more expensive manner. One full grown tree 

 (or two inferior ones) was found sufficient for a 

 hog weighing 250 lbs. 



Aj.|.lco liuve been used for fattening hogs by 

 many other persons besides Mr Canfield. A wri- 

 ter, whose communication was published in the 

 New England Farmer, vol. v. p. 82, slates as fol- 

 lows : 



" I have tested, by ten years' experience, the 

 value of apples as a food for animals. I keep five 

 or six hogs in my orchard, upon nothing but ap- 

 ples and a little swill ; and have uniformly found 

 them lo grow and gain flesh faster than hogs fed 

 upon anything else except grain. On the first of 

 November they are very decent pork ; after which 

 I feed them about six weeks on grain before I 

 kill them, and 1 believe I have as fat hogs, and as 

 good pork as my neighbors, who give to their 

 hogs double the quantity of grain that I do to mine." 



Not only are apples of use in feeding hogs, but 

 hogs are useful in preserving apples from their 

 enemy the curculio, or worm which injures and 

 distroys a very large proportion of our fruit. — 

 When swine are ])ermitted lo go at large in or- 

 chards and among fruit trees, they devour the 

 fruit as it falls, together with the enrculioncs in 

 the maggot or larva state, which may be contain- 

 ed ill such fruit. Fruit, however, may be gather- 

 ed as fast as it fiills and given to hogsconfinol in 

 n stye, or not pormillcd lo enjoy the liberlies of an 

 orchard. But in order to insure the th:strueiion 

 of ihe insects as well as lo prepare iho fruit for 

 the swine, so that it may yield its greatest (|uaiiti- 

 ty of nntrimeni, it should bo boiled ; and a little 

 bran or Indian meal, or other fiirinaceoiis siib- 

 slance added to the fruit whilti boiling will make 

 a compound uhieh will greatly promote the 



growth and fultening of ihcse animals. S< k'" 

 applcs contain the most nourishment, but all 

 pies, and every kind of fruil are useful when I 

 prepared and applied. If no wormy fruit was 

 fered to he on (he ground lung enough fui 

 woriius to escape into the ground, we should i 

 exlir|iate this jirime plague of the orchurdi:>l. 



KLNMNG ON A RAIL ROAD. 



I W. Brown, Esq. slates in a kller from Li 

 pool lo a friend in Baltimore thai Mr Stevens 



I Locomotive Engine drew on a rail roud 3U 

 sengers at the rate of 2U miles un hour, and 

 tlie same vehicle ran a mile in 1 minute ant 

 seconds, or at the rale of forty miles an hour 



I We shall by and by, at this rate, have inachi 

 which will overtake a flock of wild geese on 

 wing, and kee|>ing pace with the sun's uppai 

 diurnal motion, circumvolale the globe ever} 

 hours, and give philoso]iliers the privilege of j 

 petual day light. 



CHAPPED HANDS. 



To have chapped hands is always an unjili 

 ant, and not unfreqiienlly a painful com|>laiiit 

 ibis season of the year. 



The following is the best remedy with which 

 are actjuaintcd : — wash your hands with cas 

 soap ; apply it with a flannel, and if necess! 

 use a brush, in orilcr ftj gel the din from un 

 and around the nails and fingers, till they arc | 

 feetly clean. The water in wiuter, if convcnii 

 may be warmed ; then rinse them in a little cli 

 water, and while they are wet rub them well 

 over with aboui half a tea spoonful of good lion 

 then dry them well with a clean towel. '1 

 should be done once or twice a day, and alw 

 before going to bed. 



The culture of the vine and the manufaclun 

 wine are increasing in Georgia. A petition j 

 been received by the Senate from G. Alcxani 

 of Jasper county, for a loan of $1000, lo aid 

 the manufacture of wine. Mr Clement Dciit 

 of Jasper county, a native of Switzerland, plan 

 half an acre of vines a few years ago, and t 

 year had two acres, from which he made 300 g 

 Ions, which sells at SL.'tO. . Next season, oti 

 vines coming lo maturity, he expects 600 gallw 

 lie has hut little land, yet with the assistance 

 two hands, who do the ploughing and hoeing 

 his grajies, his jiroduce is as above, together wi 

 all his provisions and other articles usually rais 

 on a farm. He speaks very favorably of tin- c 

 male. 



We have examined a large bundle of sewii 

 silks manufactured in Mr Ashmead's building 

 Walnut, below Dock street, under the direction 

 the " .\mcrican Silk Society." The i|uantily (k * 

 fore us is composed of skeins of all colors in n ,< 

 <|uei!l by tailors and housewives, and the threat 



of our city have teslified to its cxcidlcnce. Th 

 article may be seen by calling at Mr .\shme:id 

 ftlore. — C ^'. 6'a:. 



In Franco, last year, there were 4855 acciden 

 tal deaths, IT.%4 siiieides, anil ^^li duels; '^o of iht 

 latter were fatal. 



