NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



oiuul, as ihere has been hitely bioujjht to ni'" 

 icral records from ilillerent sections of tin- 

 itc, so obscure as scnrcel)' to be lea^ibie, even 

 those wliose eyesight remains unimpaired I 

 clerks, who made use of pale ink, for rc- 

 nls, were impeached and deprived of their 

 ;r!cships, for misbehavior in ollice, a few ex- 

 iplcs might have a salutary elTect, and be 

 uoticial to the community at large. 



WILLIAM I'LEJIING, 

 President of tlie Court of Appeals. 

 Hoimrville, Sept. 1, 1823. 



FROM TIIK EEOISTER, VOL 17, r.\GE 64. 



Improved Composition of Black Writing Ink. — 

 die a gallon of soft water, and boil in it one 

 und of chips of los^wood, for about half an 

 ur, then take the decoction from the firo, 

 pour it from off the chips, while boil- 

 hot, on a pound of best Alleppo galls, re- 

 coil to a fine powder, and two ounces of pom- 

 ranale peels, put into a proper vessel. After 

 ving stirred Ihem well together, with a wood- 



spaluhi, .for some time, place them in t'le 

 ri«hine, in summer, or within the warmth of 

 lire, if in winter, for three or four days, 

 rring the mixture as often as may be conven- 

 it. -Vi the end of that time, add a half a 

 und of green vitriol, powdered, and let the 



xture reui.iin for four or five days more, slir- 

 :; it tVequcntly, and then add further four oun- 

 s gum Arabic, dissolved in a quart of boiling 

 Iter, and after giving the ink some time to 



lie, strain it off from the dregs, and keep it 

 di stopped for use. 



If the ink be desired to shine more, the pro- 

 rlinn of the pomegranate peel must be in- 

 cased ; and, in the country where the lo<f- 

 'O.i cr.inot be so easily obtained, a pound of 

 le lu'ivetbarries may be substituted for it. 

 In order to secure this ink from growing 

 luldy, a quarter of a pint or more, of spirits 



wine may be added; but to prevent its con- 

 ning any acid, which may injure the ink, a 

 [le salt of tartar, or pearl ashes, should be 

 ded previously, and the spirit poured oiTfrom 



which will render it innocent with regard io 

 I color of the ink. 



PREP.iRATION OF SAUR-KRAUT. 

 Every Russian family, from that of the boor 

 the nobleman, lays in its stock of cabbage to 

 ike Saur-Kraut, about the month of October, 

 foie the setting in of the winter frost. It is 

 epared in the following manner : They take 

 large strong wooden vessel, or cask, with 

 licb every family is furnished, resembling 

 ^ salt beef cask of the Scotch farmers, and 

 [lable of containing as much as is sufficient 

 • the winter's consumption of the family. — 

 ley then gradually break down or chop the 

 bbagc (deprived entirely of the loose outside 

 een loaves) into very small pieces, beginning 

 th one or iwo cabbages at the bottom of the 

 -k, and adding others at interv;ils, pressing 

 d rubbing them by means of a wooden spade, 

 ainst the sides of the cask, until the vessel is 

 arly full. They then place a heavy weight 

 on the top of it, and allow it to stand near to 

 J peach stove, or any other warm place, for 

 \T or live days. By this time it will have 

 dergone fermentation, and be ready for use. 

 hilst the oabbage is pas^in? through the pro- 

 3S of fermentation, a very disagreeably fetid. 



acid smell is exhaled from if ; and this is strong- 

 ly perceptible to the olfactory nerveS of a per- 

 son pa-sm^' near the house, in which the pre- 

 par.ilion of the Saur-Kraut is going on. They 

 now remove the cask to a cool situation, and 

 keep it always covered up. Aniseeds which 

 are strewed amongst the layers of the cabbage 

 during its preparation, communicate a peculiar 

 flavor to the Saur-Kraut at an after period. 



In the boiling of the Saur-Kraut, and prepar- 

 ation of it for the table, two hours are the 

 least period which they allow it to be on the 

 fire. It forms an excellent, nutritious, and anti- 

 scorbutic food for winter use. For the greater 

 part of the year, this article, in one form or 

 another, supplies a daily dish to the table of 

 fhe Russian pea^nnt. It may be made use of as 

 a separate disii Ijy itself, made into soup, or it 

 may be eaten with boiled animal food. 



.Necessary hints to those k'Ao vse Copper Fcsscls 



for Culinarij purposes. 



In domestic economy the necessity of kecp- 



] ing copper vessels always clean is generally 



j acknowledged ; but it may not perhaps be so 



; generally known, that fat, and other substances, 



I and vegetalile acids, do not attack copper while 



\hot: and, therefore, that if no liquid be ever 



I suffered to grow cold in copper vessels, those 



I utensils may bo used for every calinary pur- 



|)ose, with perfect safety. 



Dr. Johnstone relates fhe shocking case of 

 three mm who died, after excruciating suffer- 

 ings, in consequence of eating some victuals 

 prepared in an unclean copper on board the 

 {Cyclops frigate. Thirty-three other men be- 

 i came ill, and were put upon the Sick-list, at the 

 ! same time, and from the same cause. 

 j Dr. Percival gives an account of a young la- 

 dy who amused herself, while her hair was 

 I dressing, with eating samphire pickle impre 

 j nated wilh copper. She soon complained of 

 I pain in the stomach, and in five days vomiting 

 ! commenced, ivhich was incessant for two days, 

 j After this her stomach became prodigiously dis- 

 tended ; and in nine d.iys after eating the pic- 

 kle, death relieved her from her sufferings. 



To prevent Lamps from being pernicious to Asth- 

 nialic Persons, or others., liable to Complaints 

 of the Chest. 



Let a sponge, three or four inches in diame- 

 ter, be moistened with pure water, and in that 

 state be suspended by a string or wire, exactly 

 over the tiame of the lamp, at the distance of a 

 few inches ; this substance will absorb all the 

 smoke emitted during the evening, or night, 

 after which it should be rinsed in warm water, 

 by which means it will be again rendered til 

 for use. 



From the American Farmer. 

 TO PREVENT THE FEMALE BREAST FRO.M 

 GATHERING. 

 [Communicated by a Mother.^ 

 Sir — You ;ire a husband and a father, and 1 

 greatly mistake your character, if it would not 

 give you particular satisfaction, to communicate 

 in the Farmer, any means of mitigating the suf- 

 ferings winch Mothers experience, in endeavor- 

 ing to give to their infaiils from their ozvn 

 breasts, thcir most congenial and healthful sus- 

 tenauce. There is perhaps in the catalogue 



109 



nf human pains, none more acute than those 

 which are experienced from the gathering of 

 the female breast, in time pf giving suck— pains 

 which too often drive the devoted mother, with 

 heartfelt r.duclance, to consign to .1 strange bo- 

 som, the beloved offsi)ring of h,-r dearest atfcc- 

 tions. therein rclin.nusbing the most interesting 

 of all her tnalernal cares and duties, and losing 

 the etTect of the most endearing associations', 

 provided by nature, between mother and child. 

 But the faithful wife and the fonder mother, only 

 can undersfanil, for she alone can feel the name- 

 less pleasure of imjiarting to her child in help- 

 less infancy, its chief pleasure, its only nourish-, 

 ment. 



None else therefore can estimate the priva- 

 tion. It is tor them and their benefit 1 send you 

 a remedy which I know by experience to be ef- 

 fectual. 



To prevent ihc female breast from gathering or to 

 cure them after they have gatlicred. 



To the yellow of one egg add one table spoon- 

 ful of br.jwn sugar, one of honey, and one of 

 rum, a small tea spoonful of powdered alum, 

 ,md as much of rosin, this mixture should bo 

 put in a pewter vessel, and m.xed well together, 

 then put over a slow fire, and stirred all the 

 time with the finger*, until it comes to a con- 

 sistence (hat will spread easily.! 



A plaster of this spread over the breast before 

 the child is put to them, will prevent their 

 .rathering, or should a fever at any time fall in 

 ihem, a plaster of Ibis salve should immediately 

 be applied, and it will certainly prevent gather- 

 ing — should matter be formed before the appli- 

 cation of the salve, the breast should be kept 

 covered with a thick brown paper made wet 

 with rum, and the salve over the diseased part 

 only; when it breaks, there should be a tent 

 kept in it, and the salve spread on lint, the salve 

 side next the ulcer- -the child should be taken 

 from the lireast as soon as matter is discovered, 

 which may be done without the least danger of 

 losing the use of the breast, (which is too often 



the case by the skin cleaving to the bones.) 



after the cure is made the child may bo allowed 

 to suck, the milk will soon return. 



* It must never be made too hot to bear your iin»-ei 

 in. 



t On lint in order to keep the salve alive. 



From the American Farmer. 

 To the Editor of the American Farmer, or to any 

 person tcAo has any information on the subject. 

 A dreadful malady has appeared among the 

 catlle in Talbot on two dilJerent farms. The 

 animals are seized with a muscular or nervous 

 catching, that resembles hiccoughs, when the 

 complaint seizes ihem in the head, which it 

 cbicfiy does ; but some have been affected be- 

 hind, some in one leg, some in the chest, and 

 some across the loins — fhe catching increases — 

 the part affected is hot and appears to itch so 

 violently, that they soon rub all the hair off, and 

 lacerate the fle'h — they appear to have high 

 fever ; take to the water ; and can be with diffi- 

 culty kept out of the creeks. They appear cos- 

 tive, and die in 24 or 36 hours — bleeding, pur- 

 ging, medicine and Antispasmodic balls haye 

 been tried without any success. 



The Editor solicits the immediate attention 

 of his correspondents to the above, and r, ill host- 



