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[r Lewis. Ill lliis report, tluil I may know bettor 

 !)w tlio work "jnes on, mention when yon bofjin to 

 low, tmo, or otherwise work in a field, and when 

 lat field is linislied. The increiise, decrease and 

 liangcs are to be noted as heretofore — and let me 

 ik— 



lolli. Why are the corn harrows thrown aside, 



r so little used that I rarely of late ever sec or 



ear of their being at work ? I have been run to 



jry considerable expense in providing these and 



thcr ini|ilements fur my farms ; and to my great 



lortificalion and injury, find, generally speaking, 



liat wherever they were last used, there they re- 



ain, if not stolen, till required again; by which 



eana they, as well as the carts, receive so ninch 



jury from the wet weather and the heat of the 



as to be unfit for use; to repair or supply the 



ace of which with new ones, my carpenters (who 



ghl to he otherwise employed) are continually 



rcupie,! in these jobs. Harrows, after the ground 



well broken, would certainly weed and keep the 



rn clean with more ease than plows. I hope, 



ereforo, they will be used. And it is my express 



der that the greatest care be taken of the tools of 



ery kind, carts and plantation implements, in fu- 



for I can no longer submit to the losses I am 



ntinually sustaining by neglect. 



\C)ih. There is nothing. I more ardently desire, 



r indeed is there any thing more essential to my 



rmanent interests, than raising of live fences on 



aper ditches or banks ; yet nothing has ever been 



eneral way, more shamefully neglected or 



smanaged ; for instead of preparing the ground 



perly for the reception of the seed, and weed- 



.1 and keeping the plants- clean after they come 



the seeds are hardly scratched into the ground, 



d lire suffered to be smothered by the weeds and 



iss if they do come up ; by wliich means the ex- 



nse I have been at in purchasing and sending 



■ seeds (generally from Philadelphia) together 



th the labor, such as it is, that has been incurred, 



not only lost, but (and whicii is of infinite more 



portaiice to me) season after season passes away 



J I am as far from the acco/iiplishment of my 



icct as ever. I mention the matter thus fully to 



)w how anxious I am that all these seeds which 



/e been sown or planted on the banks of the 



ches should be properly attended to ; and the 



.icienl spots made good if you have or can obtain 



1 means for doing it. 



17th. There is one thing I must caution you 

 iinsi (without knowing whether there be cause 

 charge you with it or not) — and that is, not to 

 ain any of my negroes who are able and fit to 

 rk in the crop, in or about your own house, for 

 jr own purposes. This I do not allow any over- 

 r to do. A small boy or girl for the purpose of 

 :hing wood or water, tending a child, or such 

 3 things, [ do not object to ; but so soon aa they 

 able to work out I expect to reap the benefit of 

 ir labor myself. 



18th. Though last mentioned, it is not of the 

 st importance, because the peace and good gov- 

 J|iment of the negroes depend upon it — and not 

 s BO my interest and your own reputation. I do, 

 refore, in explicit terms enjoin it upon you to 

 nain constantly at home, (unless called off by 

 ivoidable business or to attend Divine worship) 

 i be constantly with your people when there, 

 ere is no sdre way of getting work well done 

 d quietly by negroes ; for when an overlooker's 

 k is turned the most of them will slight their 



work, or be idle altogether. In which case cor- 

 rection cannot retrieve either, but often produces 

 evils which are worse than the disease. Nor is 

 there any other mode but this to prevent thieving 

 and other disorders, the consequence of opportu- 

 nities. VoH will recollect that your time is paid for 

 by mo, and if I am deprived of it, it is worse even 

 than robbing my purse, because it is also a breach 

 of trust, which every honest man ought to hold 

 most sacred. You have found me, and you will 

 continue to find me faithful to my part of the 

 agreement which was made with you, whilst you 

 are attentive to your part ; but it is to be remem- 

 bered, that a breach on one side releases the ob- 

 ligation on the other. If, therefore, it shall be 

 proved to me that you are absenting yourself from 

 either the farm or the people without just cause, I 

 shall hold myself no more bound to pay the wages 

 than you do to attend strictly to the charge which 

 is entrusted to you by one who has every dispo- 

 sition to be 



Your friend and servant, 



Geo. Washington. 



VIRTUES OF COLD WATER. 



What can exceed the beauty, freshness, and pu- 

 rity of a glass of cold water taken from the spring .' 

 It leaves no mawkish taste behind it, no fictitious 

 or unpleasant odor. When it is taken before 

 breakfast, after a bath of general ablution, it clean- 

 ses all the passages, pnrifying the mouth, and fill- 

 ing it with sweet and pleasant fluids, making the 

 individual cheerful, hungry, and wide awa' e. 

 What a contrast this is to creeping down stairs 

 with the eyes half closed, huddling up to the fire, 

 and swallowing scalding tea, eating a few bites of 

 toast, without appetite, and requiring some relish 

 to make them go down. This drinking cold water 

 in the morning dilutes ihe viscid secretions, such 

 as bile, slimy matters, &c,, that have collected 

 during the night, and makes them pass off. The 

 determination being already to the skin, by the 

 wet sheet, or sweating, and the bath, or by simple 

 washing all over, the cold fluid being then taken 

 into the stomach, at first lowers its temperature, 

 and that of all the organs contained in the abdo- 

 men; helping still more to lesson any irritation and 

 heat, or undue collection of blood in these parts. 

 The water is rapidly absorbed by the stomach — 

 not digested, as many suppose — and not a drop es- 

 capes into the alimentary canal. When it is all 

 sucked up by the stomach, it goes into the general 

 current of the circulation ; mixing with the blood, 

 it is first carried into the lungs, and then sent on 

 by another set of tubes — the artf>ries — to the tips 

 of the fingers and the points of the toes ; and 

 every intermediate part feels its benefits, — giving 

 new life and activity to every thing it has to come 

 in contact with. It is then, in a great degree, 

 thrown off (mixed with waste matters,) by the skin 

 — in invisible steam — by the kidneys, and by the 

 breath. 



When a glass of water is swallowed, the sto- 

 mach, by its motions, diffuses it over all its sur- 

 face before it takes it up, just as you would wash 

 the face; and it has the same refreshing and beau- 

 tifying effects, leaving it at a more natural tem- 

 perature, and giving it a more healthy color. * 

 * * In fine, there is no agent applied to the hu- 

 man body, externally, that has such influence in 

 awakening all the vital powers to their greatest re- 

 storative capabilities in arresting the progress of 



disease, or preventing, when inevitable, a fatal ter- 

 mination, aa pure cold water. It is llio most pow- 

 erful therapeutical agent we possess ; the most 

 manageable in its application, the most easily ob- 

 tained, and the most certain in its results. So va- 

 ried are the modes in wliich it can be applied, that 

 there is no remedy which can bo obtained, to pro- 

 duce so many diversified and opposite effects; a 

 stimulant, a sedative, a diuretic, a sudorific, a deri- 

 vative, &c., and a cleanser and restorative in tlio 

 fullest sense of the term. Unchaining all the pow- 

 ers of the constitution, giving nature a gentle im- 

 petus, and leaving uncurbed her desire and efforts 

 to heal ; and all this without the necessity of strain- 

 ing any individual function ; and after its most 

 mighty results, in the most acute and dreaded dis- 

 eases, leaving no trace of its operation, befi>re or 

 after suffering, to point out where or how its pow- 

 er had been exercised ; a conqueror without blood- 

 shed ; the giver of sound constitutions without 

 levying f^ tribute; a divine and universal remedy! 

 universally dispensed, for the use of all mankind ; 

 and in days to come, destined to be universally 

 placed at the head of all remedies, — Dr Wilson on 

 the JFatcr Cure. 



Value of Phtsler anil ^shes. — Mr Enoch Hoit, a 

 farmer upon Horse hill in this town, informs us that 

 in the summer of 1841 four acres of pasture land 

 upon his farm were plowed for potatoes — two acres 

 for himself and two by one of his neighbors. Both 

 parts were planted without manure. At the time 

 of planting his own, a very small quantity of . 

 „round plaster was thrown in each hill; and after 

 planting, less than a gill of ashes was thrown upon 

 the hill as the potatoes came out of the ground. 

 His neighbor made use of neither plaster or ashes. 

 In all other respects the two parts were treated 

 alike. In the course of the season the difference 

 in the p iiato tops was very plain upon opposite 

 high ground more than half a mile distant. Two 

 rows of each part, side by side, were dug at the 

 same time ; when the hills where the plaster and 

 ashes were used produced two bushels for one of 

 the ground where neither was used. — Farmer's 

 Monthly Visitor. 



Religious Experience. — The Eastern Argus tells 

 the following capital story : 



In the town of W , in this State, while 



Elder K. was preaching, on the forenoon of tt^e Sab- 

 bath, a fcvf years since, a Mr C rose, and ask- 

 ed to tell his experience. The Elder desired him 

 to wait till the sermon was over, which he did. But 

 the moment Amen wag pronounced, he sprang upon 

 his feet, and began to relate a religious experience 

 of some twenty odd years. Thn first half year 

 having taken up more time than the sermon, the 

 Elder became impatient, and tried in vain to stop 

 him. Several who knew him, ventured to ask him 

 to postpone what he had to say till after dinner, but 

 to no purpose. At length Deacon True walked up 

 to him, and putting his hand gently upon his should- 

 er, whispered in his ear, " Brother C. I want to 

 speak a word to you in private," and walked direct- 

 ly out of the door. Mr G. with great simplicity 

 called out — " Deacon ! i'ts no use — I haven't got a 

 cent of money — and the Colt is dead." 



It is perhaps unnecessary to add that Kr. C. had 

 bought a colt of the Deacon a few months before, 

 and that he supposed the " word in private," was to 

 dun him for the pay. Though Sunday the congre- 

 gation broke up in a roar of laughter. 



