NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 9, 1820, 



M I s ceT la^i e s^ 



TO PRESKllVE CURRANTS. 



Gather cirranis when g-eeti, separate them 

 from stems, and pnt then, in JMi.k hottle. ; cork t Me , 

 bottle closely, an.l (.lace them in a cool part ..I the 

 cellar. Cnrrants may l>e kept fresh nn,l green .n 

 this manner 12 .nonths or more, and w>ll make 

 excellent pic8 in the winter and spring ; so say some 

 of our friends who have tried the experiment 

 several times. 



RtmtduJoT Burns and Scalds.— From the num- 

 ber of accidents which have lately taken place, 

 and by which several persons have l.een so drea.l- 

 fully burned as to cause death, wc re.-omtnencl the 

 following simple reme.ly, by which the pam from 

 either a burn or scald is instantly relieved ; let 

 clarified honey be applied on a linen rag, and in j pfgrling. 

 one moment the pain will cease. This remedy 

 has been tried several times, and it ahvays relieved 

 the moment the honey was applied.— .Veicarft 



Times. 



Cure for the Bile of a Snake.— In Indiana, a 

 man is sai.l to have cured the bite of a copperhead- 

 ed snake, upon the ankle of a child, by applying 

 every half hour in 24, a plaster of pounded char- 

 coal and lard. The child's tongue was swelled 

 five minutes after the bite, and other dangerous 

 symptoms had appeared. 



To preserve Fines from Bugs, S,-c.— Sulphate of 

 Soda. (Glauber Salts) an ounce dissolved in about 

 one cpiart of water and sprinkled upon the plants 

 or vines, is recommended as a preventive against 

 destructive inBccts. 



Wilkinson's Reed Machine.— T^o machine in our 

 country is more worthy the attention of the curi- 

 ous, than one now in operation at Providence fur 

 the manufacture of steel reeds. By the aid of 

 this machine a reed of forty beers is completed, 

 if we except trimming, in less than four minutes ; 

 and in a style superior, to those made by hand. 

 This machine was invented by Mr Jephtha W.lkin- 

 son, a native of this State, and was first put m 

 operation at Manchester, England; where it was 

 foun.l that John J$ull was very ready to avail him- 

 self of the advantage arising from Yankee skill 

 and ingenuity. Mr Wilkinson then proceeded to 

 France, and sold his patent in that kingdom lor 

 eighteen thousand dollars. From thence be came 

 to his native country and put one in operation at 

 Providence, which has been running about eight 

 years. — Pawtuckct Chronicle. 



A singular substance has been found at the 

 depth of a foot or a foot and a half in the earth 

 of Van Dicman's Land. It has not yet been de- 

 scribed, but is called indigenous bread. It is 

 coverc<l with a thin skin, has a rounded form like 

 a polatoc or yam, and is sometimes as large as a 

 man's head. When cut, it appears as if compos- 

 ed of a solid spongy ina.ss, containing a considera- 

 ble <pianlity of alimentary matter. No root or 

 fibre has been found adhering to it, so that some- 

 times it has been thought to be a sort of terrestrial 

 polypus, possessing a vriiu-ipic of animal lile. 

 The only indication of its vresencc which the na- 

 tives have, is the occurrcnCB of an exceedingly 

 small Iraf, which rises from the earih, and is coii- 

 necteil wilh il by very thin and di-licate fibres, 

 which break whenever the tuderolo is raised 



, , , , .„ , _Tl,e ! Old Slaughter's Coffee-house was my usual re- 



Jiailu-ay bcUcccn L,verpool a,ul ^> "'^^"''^- \ '^ ! ,„,, ,„ ^^J,^,, p.,,,,.^ I once sat near Sir Wil- 



most active prepera.ionsare making to esta dish H so,, ue F „„se, and who 



railway from this place to London by «"y " «- , ' »' ' ^^^^ ^ ' ,,.,,, ,/.„.,„ ;,,,. „,d General 

 niingham. Last week a company w-a fi mu in ""f "p",^ , „,,^ ,„*;,,^ g;, .villia.n, who was 

 this town wl.ich, -n -.J-non w '< »-;-•; , ^1,^:.^,., .t. continually ttsing his snuffbox, 

 pany established at f'""'"f' ""jf ,"'; ^.^.^.^-t seldom niaking the application necessar>- to keep 

 execute that part of the road, which hes '^«"'J^" ] . ^ ,.,„,. '„,^. Ob.serving him leaning 



„:e two towns, and surveys '^^"''^^;i;^l^^':,Z^:^ul^.-r^^ .able, and being at the time 



;:;;;S'r';::;o';;=::;:fir'^:Lerimve.b^^^ 



^;^::7tZ:Xl ^^^'^IT^vLr'^tLryo. . me..-...., ne.. 



I be one of'the largest, if not the largest, in the j .r.«cer.e«. 

 kin-'.lom The fiinds necessary f<:r surveying the i - 



i liue^have been raised, and the survey will, we be- 

 lieve, be commenced without loss of time. 1 1- 



Taylor, the water poet, who lived in Charles the 



First's lime, gives the following line as reading back- 



lieve, be commenced without loss of time. l tie ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ forwards the same : 



expense of the railway between l.iverpnol and , 



Birmingham is expected to be a million and a half Le«d 



' Lewd did I live and evil I did dwel, 



and adds, ' I will give any man five shillings a piece 



- ; for as many as he can make in English.' We do not 



1 How different is the situation of the agricultu- ^^^^^ ^i^^^ ^y^^ p^i^e was ever claimed.— .Soifm 

 I ral laborer in America from that of the operative^ j ^^^^^^ 



facturer; for when he ceases to pay, the operaf- - '■ ""' 



id is driven by hunger to crime or ins 

 rertion. We have been struck with the fidlowing 

 passage of one of the letters of Wilson the Orni 

 th(dogist, who was, himself, in his youth, employ 

 ed in the trade of weaving, in Scotland. 



An old weaver is a poor, emaciated, helpless 

 be " ' " " 



r-icturer- for when he ceases to pay, inc .,,..,„...., .Vhy,'saida Cockney, ' is my friend Vill, when 



For Stile, ■ 

 The well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the last 

 . , , , ,„„„ fni.rtppn vears bv the subscriber, containing about -tlU 

 • An old weaver is a poor, emaciated, helpless ^""^^f^Jff^'^ J., in a square, bounded on the south by 

 ing, shivering over rotten y.irn, and groaning j^^^^;^,^^ ^j^,^^._,„j „„ the east by Fresh creek, on which 

 rer bis empty flour barrel. An old farmer sits ;, ^ ,1,1^ mill, with an apparatus for P''""'''"? ^°f „f"™'" 

 ?. " \l. ,,„c„.„ 1,;. ;„1W fire, whilst his niaster. The Buildings consist of a large two story Bnc 



in his armchair, before his jolly fire, whilst his 

 joists are crowded with hung beef and gammon, 

 nnd the bonoties of heaven are pouring into his 

 barns. Even the article of licnlth is a considera- 

 tion sufficient to make a young man prefer the la- 

 bors of the field: for health is certainly the first 

 enjoyment of life. Hngging down trees is hard 

 work, no doubt ; but taken moderately, it strength- 



plaster. The Bull dings consist of a l='rge two ^'"'y ""f '' 

 House, of 4r, feet by 3S, with a wing of 20 by 16. all well 

 finished, arfjoined to which is a shed 34 feet by 14 con- 

 neclin<r the cider house 27 by 37, two stones, with one 

 plastered room, where all the spinning and wcaviDg is 

 done for the family ; two Barns, one of which is 100 het 

 bv 42 with two wings of about 40 feet each, one employ- 

 ed >s a stable, tlic other for a shecpfold, with a good yard 

 well walled in ; the other is a Stone Barn of 45 feet square, 

 of 16 feet post, and will contain 60 tons of hay ; a pig- 



work no doubt ; but taken moderately, 11 sirengin- ^f ig foot post, and will coniain ou vu,,, «. .-., , - ^^ 

 :rthe sinews; and is a manly, independent e- Igery of .O^fe^e^t by^30. with a^^^ 



ployment.' ^ ' ' - " ' "^ ..™» «.,n. 



Wilson refered to the British weaver. 1 h 



der It, wnn Doners SCI lu ■.■■■»«- ™-i - ■■ ■ 



swine The fields are divided by permanent stone walls. 

 Wilson refered to the ISntish weaver. '"<= j ^^j consist of one of 40 acres in front of the house, 01.0 

 American operatives are certainly in a mori for- 1 „f ^^ „„ „,e East, one of 10 acres on the ^o"''- <P"":;-. 

 ur'::;.dili^i^eve.^respect■-^^Ga.■ j^.'^^ o^^Li^:! °:i!.^hre?r-re"s^r2ot 



Visiters arc not proper 'company in the cham- , eadi.^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ gradually improving for the List 

 her of sickness. They come when I could sleep or I ^^^ ^^^.^ ^^-^ ,^0 two last has cut each year one hun- 

 read they stay till I am weary ; they force me to \ ,,,,,,",„„, of hay. and 20 to 25 Ions of thatch It is one 

 luend wl'ien my mind calls fi.r relaxation, and '^ -d a half nnles .cm the v^ 



speak when my powers will hardly "«''''''i '">• i ^f'^;V;^ir^|:ets. linc^^^^^^ many of which are 



tongue. The amusements and consolations of Ian- „^^f,pj_,j^.i,i, Pcars, Cherry. Hum. Peach and Qumcc 

 cuor and depression are conferred by familiar and ^ ^„,, many in bearing, with a small nursery. ■ 

 !i:;is.ieco^.panioiis which can be visited or^^^^ 

 ed at will, and can occasionally be (putt, il or »i . „ ,„ , ,hc subscriberon the premises 



missed, who do not obstruct accommodation by • ' " •^' "--' 



ceremony, or destroy indolence by awakening effort, 

 Dr Johnson's Letters. 



It is somewhat singular that the passion for dress, 

 amongst males, is almost exclusively confined to 

 tradesmen nnd persons in the lower ranks ol life. , 

 There are no people in .he world who dress so;aJM<;- 

 plainly as our House of Peers an.l H.i.iso of Com- 

 iiioiis Iii.le.'.l there are but few members ot 

 th.se august ho.lies whom a Fleet street shopman 

 w.nild not turn up his nose at in the street. There 

 are mmiy pc.i.le who are not yet aware, that 111 

 goo.l soci.ly it is onsi.lered a mark of vulirnrily 

 to be dies.sed particularly well.- iiondon netkli) 

 Times. 



Portsmouth. or the subscriberon the l-r'-mi^c'. 



June 11. mi.LIAMFLAGG. 



' l>,,l.lishcTTvcrv Friday, alS^lp" n.uu,n,. psvnl.lr nlihe 

 end of U,evcar-b.n .hose « ho pay «..l.>ns,,,y .lavs from ,h. 

 lime of subscribiue. arc enlulr.l I., n dcdjcli.-n ol fil... 



O'No paper will be »cnl lo a dislancc wilhoul payrociu t.*- 



'i-red'r'rritcssrL,.. i.vi. «•«""-';> :^i- 



,lions ofl'riming can bo exerul.-. '" .■"''•'i*',' * ., " 

 nl cusipmors. Drdersfor primiiip receive.) by J. H. "'•"*' '•> 

 alllicAtfriCDhural Warehouse N0..W Norib M.rke.S.re.l. 



pZMiu- 1). A: t; L*snKr.TH. 05 rho..nu.-.irert. 

 naWmerf-*:- "Sm.tu. Olticc ollhc American Jnrmer. 



Jw:^']v K wtr n! Jo. Jt So:,,, Prop. l.in. Bol. Garde.. 



//!!/,>r'N's -r.'j. U.m'i'.V:;". Esq. Recorder Office. 

 Mun'tnai, L. C.-A. Howmak, Hookiellcr. 



