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NKW EiN GLAND FARM Ell. 



June 11. 1830. 



MISCELLANIES 



THE FAIR SEX. . 

 When Eve brought wo to all maakind, 



Uld Adam called horuwman ; 

 But when she woa'il with lore go kind, 



He then pronounced it woo'jnan ; 

 But now with folly and with pride, 



Their husbands' pockeU trimming, 

 The ladies arc so full of whimt. 



That people call them whim-men. 



Lon. A". M. Magazine. 



COLD WATER. 



O comfortable streams ! With eager lips 



And trembling hand the languid thirsty quaff 



New life in you ; fresh vigor fills their veins. 



No warmer cups the rural .igcs knew ; 



None warmer sought the sires of human kind. 



Happy in temperate peace ! Their equal days 



Felt not th' alternate fiLs of feverish mirth. 



And sick dejection. Still serene and plea-^^cd, 



They knew no pains but what the tender soul 



With pleasure yields to, anil would ne'er forget. 



Blest with divine immunity from ails 



Long centuries ihey lived; their only fate 



Was ripe old age, and rather sleep than death. 



Learn temperance, friends; and hear without disdain 



The choice of water. 



[Extract from Armttrong.] 



TEA. 



The following interesting account of the culture 

 and preparation of tea, was elicited from Mr Ma- 

 jorihanks before the Committee of the British 

 House of Commons on the subject of the Indian 

 trade. Mr M. had been seventeen years in the 

 service of the East India Company (of which lie 

 was lately chairman,) and a resident in Cliina du- 

 ring the greater part of the time. 



The black tea is grown and manufactured in the 

 province of Fokicu, with the exception of about 

 one third of that sort called by us Bohca, wliicli 

 third part is produced in the northeastern corner 

 of the province of Canton, in a district called Wo- 

 Ping, whicli gives its name to the tea in question. 

 The green tea is all grown in the provinces of 

 Kiang-non, Kiang-si, and Che-Kiaiig, but chiefly 

 in the two former. The tea plants of all these 

 provinces are supposed to be of one species ; the 

 difference in the manufactured article arising from 

 difference of soil, climate and manufacture. Green 

 tea has been made in the district from whence the 

 black tea comes, and vice versa. Some of the buds 

 of the plant in Fokien are |)icked in the early part 

 of the spring, before they have burst : those from 

 Pekoe tea, the most valuable part of the plant ; of 

 which buds a small portion is mixed with the best 

 parcels of Congo, to give them a flavor. I'ekoe 

 is also brought to Canton uimiixcd with other 

 leaves. 



The tea sent to Russia is said to be Pekoe, 

 slightly adulterated by the mixture of other leaves. 

 In the begimiing of May the leaves are stripped 

 ofl" the plant ; a new crop is then thrown out, and 

 picked about six weeks afterwards, and a third 

 crop about the enil of the smiuuer ; the two first 

 pickings are the hist, and nearly eipial in cpiality. 

 The third i-rop of leaves yields tea of little strength 

 and iiili-rior flavor; hence the best crops are eoin- 

 po.sed wholly of the choii-e leaves of the two first 

 gatherings, with the small sprinkling of the buds 

 of Pekoe. The infi'rior crops contain a liu-ger 

 shar(! of the third pickingd, and none of the Pe- 

 koe. The black tea in Fokien is said to bo culti- 

 vated largely by cottagers in small plots of ground 

 or gardens. The leaves arc picked by the fuiuily 



and are inunedialely e.-irried Id inurkei, whin; per- 

 sons, whose business lies in that line, collect i|uan- 

 tities of them, and manufacture them in part, that, 

 is, expose them to be dried by the wind under the ; 

 shade, and afterwards to be further dried in a heat- 

 ed warehouse. The persons whom we call tea 

 merchants, and the agents of the Hong merchants, 

 come to tho tea districts and purchase from the 

 men before mentioned, iiuantities .of the dried 1 

 leaves of the first, second, and third gatherings, 

 discriminating the leaves of young ami old plants, 

 of those grown in well known favorable spots, &,c, 

 &c. They then complete the dry ing process, ac- 

 cording as it may be rcciuisite, and employ women 

 and children to select the hard, the best leaves, 

 with more or less discrimination, according"to the 

 object of making very fine, middling, or common 

 tea. The tea is made into parcels of from 100 to 

 600 chests each, with a distinctive name to cash 

 parcel, and conformity of ipiality, where the tea 

 mercliant acts honestly ; hence those parcels of tea 

 which under Chinese names, have proved in a se- 

 ries of years of excellent (juality aiul similar cha- 

 racters, and which are greatly sought after at the 

 London sales, are not the produce of any particu- 

 lar farm, but owe their character to the skill and 

 good faith with which tea merchants or the Hong 

 merchant's agents have executed their commission 

 in selecting oidy superior parcels of leaves in the 

 markets of Woo-y-shan. Green tea is brought 

 from the three provinces above mentioned. Like 

 the black tea, the different classes are formed by 

 selecting the better from the inferior leaves after 

 they have been dried, the light leaves separated 

 by a winnowing machine from the heavier, from 

 hyson skins ; much of the skins of twanky are 

 sold as hyson skins. Copper is never used in ma- 

 king green tea. The blooming appearance of hy- 

 son, guni)owder, &-c, is said to arise from the ef- 

 fects of carefully roasting the leaves in .vases plac- 

 ed over a fire, and by rubbing them against the 

 sides of the vessel. In this process with the green 

 teas nuich skill is requisite ; and there is a class of 

 per.sons who are hired by some of the tea mer- 

 chants to superintend their respective manufacto- 

 ries. Bohea tea is composed partly of the lower 

 grades of the Woo-y-shan tea, wliicli has been left 

 unsold after the departure of the last ships of the 

 season, and partly of the tea grown in the district 

 of Canton called Wo-Ping. 



Mother }f'it. — A countryman, about to alter his 

 condition, ai)pcared last week, before a magistrate 

 to swear the aflidavit required by the new Marriage 

 Act, when, on its being read to him, he complain- 

 ed that he did not understaiul it. ' Not understand 

 it,' said his worship, who was not overburdened 

 with sense — ' Not undcjnstaiul it ; why you must 

 be quite a fool.' ' No, I ben't quite,' said Clod, 

 drily, ' but I be very near one.' 



Efficient Militia. — A militia soldier in Rhode 

 Island being blamed by his Captain for having no 

 lock on his gun, lied a padlock to it. 



SINGING CONUrciVE TO HEALTH. 



Many parents in encouraging the dovelopineni 

 of MiUhical tuleiils ill llicir children, have no other 

 view than In add to the number of tlieir fashion- 

 able accomplishments and alVord them a tnoans of 

 innocent solace and nnniscment. It was the 

 o|iinion of I)r Rush, however, that singing is to 

 young ladies, who by the customs of society arc 

 dcbarrod from many other kinds of salubrious ex- 



ercise, not only to be cultivated a*; an accompliKh- 

 ineiit, but as a means of preserving health. He 

 particularly insists that vocal music should never 

 he neglected in the education of a young lady ; 

 ami states that be.-ides its salutary operation in ena- 

 bling her to soothe the cares of domestic life, and 

 quiet sorrow by the united assistance of the sound 

 anil setitimcnt of a properly chosen song, it has a 

 eiill more ilirect and important eflect. ' I here 

 introduce a fact,' remarks Dr Rush, ' which 

 has been suggested to me by my prof<?ssion, and 

 that is, that the exercise of the organs of the breast 

 by singing, contributes very much to defend them 

 from those diseases to which the climate and other 

 causes expose them. The Germans are seldom 

 afflicted with consumptions, nor have I ever known 

 hut one instance of spitting blood among them. 

 This, I believe, is in part occasioned by the strength 

 which their lungs acquire by exercising them fre- 

 quently in vrrnl music, for this constitutes an es- 

 sential branch of their education. The music 

 master of our r. .. '.■ uiy has furnished me with an 

 obser\'ati' ri still more in favor of this opinion. 

 He informed me that he had known several instan- 

 ces of [icrsons who were strongly disposed to con- 

 lumption, who were restored to health by the ex- 

 ercise of their lungs in singing.' 



Hysteric Fits. — The usual remedies for hysteric 

 or convulsive fits, are bleeding and antispasmodics, 

 or such medicines as are calculated to overcotne 

 the cramps and convulsions which so severely ex- 

 ercise the unfortunate sufferer. For this there is a 

 prompt and efficacious remedy, which we have 

 never known to fail in the course of manj- years' 

 experience. This remedy is tartar emetic. 

 Wo dissolve eight or ten grains in a cup ofcold 

 water, and, when dissolved, give one fourth part 

 every fifteen minutes, till the spasms cea.';e, or 

 vomiting takes place. In this case, the nausea of 

 the stomach completely subdues the nervous pow- 

 er acting on the muscles. — .V. I'. Med. Inq. 



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