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ter 10 pe placed in these situations of danger, 

 infection may be frequently prevented by a 

 temporary suspe^ision of breath, or respiration. 



6. Visiters should not go into an infectious 

 chamber with an empty itomach ; and, in doubt- 

 ful circumstances, on coming out, they should 

 blow from the nose, and spit irom the mouth any 

 infectious poison, which may have been drawn 

 in by the breath, and may adhere to those 

 passages. 



7. Paupers from jails and other infected plac 



xNEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST '23, 1823. 



Extracts from a work lately published by William 

 CoBBETT, entitlfd " Collage Economy,'''' with occa- 

 sional remarks on some of the statements of the au- 

 thor. 



This work of 207 pages, small 12 mo. was 

 published in London in 1822. It contains " In- 

 formation relative to the brewing of Beer, mak- 

 ing of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, 

 es ought "not to be brought before magistrates | j,^^^ Goats, Poultry and Rabbits, and relative 

 without clean hands, face, and hair, and m their j ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^_^^,^^, .^ ,,^^ ^^^^,^^,. 



Sunday clothes. There is considerable danger 

 of infection by the near approach of peoiile cov- 

 ered with contagious dirt in a close and small 

 room." 



Remark. — These rules of prevention will 

 preserve all the neighbors from contagious fe- 

 Ter, and, in most cases, the remainder of the 

 family, after one of them has been attacked. 



They will enable medical, clerical, and other 

 Tisiters to perform their important duties with 

 safety to themselves. 



It ma», with propriety, be added, that fre- 

 quent washing of the body in cold water, either 

 salt or fresh, during the warm season, is another 

 powerful preventive of contagious diseases, and 

 productive of general good health and comfort. 

 The Doctor remarks, that by these rules of 

 prevention, Chester has been preserved from 

 Typhus for thirty-six years. 



At Manchester, the number of patients ill of 

 fever during twenty-four months in 1793 and 

 1796, was 1056. By the establishment of a 

 liouse of recovery, and by observing these rules 

 of prevention, in two months the number of pa- 

 tients was reduced to 25. 



The annual number of deaths by fever in 

 London during the last century was 3188. P.nt 

 by thoroughly cleansing from contagious dirt, 

 the houses of patients admitted into fever hos- 

 pitals established in 1802, and by strictly ob- 

 serving these rules of prevention, the annual 

 deaths in the metropolis were gradually redu- 

 ced, and in 1811 were only 906. These facts 

 are recorded by the Bishop of Durham, Mr, 

 Vansittart, and Sir Thomas Bernard. 



The typhous contagion remains in the body in 

 a latent state from about the 10th to the 72d day, 

 reckoning between the time of exposure to the 

 poison and the commencement of the fever. — 

 This law of Nature was discovered by Dr. II. in 

 1781, from observations on 72 cases. It was 

 fully confirmed by Dr. Bancroft, in 1809, from 

 observations on 99 cases. He observed that the 

 latent period of typhus varied from the 13th to 

 to the 68th c'ty. Hence it is manifest that an 

 infected person may travel, in perfect health, 

 from and to the remotest parts of Ireland and 

 Britain. 



CURE FOR THE GOUT. 

 A gouty gentleman who has resided in the 

 south of Prance for some years, informs us that 

 Le has remained free from gout four years, in 

 consequence of wearing oiled stockings over 

 fine worsted one^, day and night. Previously 

 to their use he had been subjected to a parox- 

 ysm every six months. This practice, he says, 

 is common in the south of Prance, and through- 

 out Italy. — London paper. 



ing of the afl'airs of a Laborer's Family." Al- 

 though it is more especially calculated for the 

 use of the laboring classes of Great Britain, it 

 presents us many things which may be highly 

 useful to all classes in all countries. It is tinc- 

 tured with some of Mr. Cobbett's peculiarities 

 and prejuices of a moral, religious and political 

 nature ; which circumstance, together with that 

 of a considerable part of the book's not being 

 adapted to our government, climate, manners, 

 and state of society, will, probably, prevent its 

 being republished in this country. We wish, 

 however, to put our readers in possession of 

 many excellent things which it contains, as well 

 as to convey the opinions of other writers on 

 some of the same topics, together with some 

 facts and observations which oppose and others 

 which corroborate Mr. Cobbett's assertions and 

 reasonings. 



In the introduction to the work, we have the 

 following strong sentiments, expressed in a style 

 all nerve and intellect. 



" The word Economy, like a great many 

 others, has, in its application, been very much 

 abused. It is generally used as if it meaned 

 parsimony, stinginess, or niggardliness; and, at 

 best, merely the refraining from expending 

 money. Hence misers and close-fisted men 

 disguise their propensity and conduct under the 

 name of Economy; whereas the most liberal 

 disposition, a disposition precisely the contrary 

 of that ol the miser, is perfectly consistent witli 

 economy. 



" Economy means, management, and nothing 

 more ; and it is generally applied to the affairs 

 of a house and family, which aSairs are an ob- 

 ject of the greatest importance, whether as re- 

 lating to individuals or to a nation. A nation is 

 made powerful and honoured in the world not 

 so much by the number of its people as by the 

 ability and character of that people; and the 

 ability and character of a people depend, in a 

 great measure, upon the economy of the several 

 families which, all taken together, make up the 

 nation. There never yet was, and never will 

 be, a nation permanently great, Consisting, for 

 the greater part, of wretched and miserable 

 familes. 



"In every view of the matter, therefore, it 

 is desirable, that the families of which a nation 

 consists should be happily off; and, as this de- 

 pends, in a great degree, upon the management 

 of their concerns, the present work is intended 

 to convey to the families of the Labouring dos- 

 ses in particular, such information as 1 think 

 may be useful with regard to that management. 



" I lay it down as a maxim, that, for a fa 

 ily to be happy, they must be well suppli 

 with food and raiment. It is a sorry eflbrt tl 

 people make to persuade others, or to persua 

 themselves, that they can be happy in a st; 

 of want of the necessaries of life. The d. 

 trines, which fanaticism preaches, and wh: 

 teach men to be content with poverty, have 

 very jiernicious tendency, and are t'llculated 

 favor tyrants by giving them passive slaves. ' 

 live well, to enjoy all things that make life ph 

 sant, IS the right of every man who coristan 

 uses his strength judiciously and lawfully. I i 

 spise the man that is poor and contented; f 

 such content is a certain proof of a base dis] 

 sition, a disposition which is the enemy of 

 industry, all exertion, all love of independem 



" Let it be understoood, however, that 

 poverty I mean real want, a real insufficiency 

 the food and raiment and lodging necessary 

 health and decency ; and not that iniagina 

 poverty of which some persons complain. T 

 man, who, by his own and his family's labo 

 can provide a sufficiency of food and raimt 

 and a comfortable dwelling place, is not a p( 

 man. There must be different ranks and ( 

 grees in every civil society, and, indeed, so 

 is even amongst the savage tribes. The 

 must be different degrees of wealth; some m 

 have more than others; and the richest mi 

 be a great deal richer than the least rich. B 

 it is necessary to the very existence of a pi 

 I'le, that nine out of ten should live wholly 

 (he sweat of their brow ; and, is it not liogi 

 (ling to human nature, that all the nine teiil 

 should be called poor; and, what is still won 

 call themselves poor, and be contented'in that (■ 

 graded state ?" 



There is much good sense in these remar 

 We may add that there can be no real ratioi 

 freedom enjoyed by a man who is j^oor, in R 

 Cobbett's sense of the word. Such a man i: 

 slave to his creditors, a slave to his circumst; 

 ces ; the elements tyrannize over him. A ni 

 may be a citizen of a free government, but c 

 he be a freeman, while under the dommion 

 ■wa7it, the most cruel of masters. 

 (to be continued.) 



CURRANT WINE. 



We learn that the Messrs. Kenricks, ne 

 Brighton, have manufactured about 1700 gal 

 of Currant Wine the present season. From tl 

 general approbation expressed by skilful co 

 noisseurs, they indulge a hope of having broiig 

 the manufacture of this article to so great pe 

 fection, as not only to be admired, but entitli 

 to a decided preference over much of the fo 

 eign wine in general use. 



Mr. Murdock, Grocer, in Dock Square, wi 

 show samples of this Wine, or Columbian Gr 

 seille, sufKciently matured by age, and well r 

 lined, and supply any quantity that may be wan 

 cd, by the quarter-cask, demijohn, or singi 

 gallon, on moderate terms. 



The duties paid by the Auctioneers in th 

 city, under the late law of the Comraonwealti 

 for the quarter ending July Slst, amounted 

 $7187 99. 



