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."Mo.iiTs Mui.Tic.MU.is 'I ho Moms IM(iltir:iiili.-i 



Is 111)1 only tmiacimis of life, hut it can lie scjit 

 with sa;i>ty to every sootion of tlic comilry, in 

 sea'ed packajji's. We notii-eil tho otiior day, n 

 coiipU; of small Imxes in Dr Slehliiiis' office, one 

 directei! to the interior of Vir}.'ini,i ani) the otiier 

 to Ohio, hcth of whieh eoiitained over one tkou- 

 san'J sli|is, hesides a ijiiaiitily of tho roots, of the 

 Chinese Mnlherry. [n rtlation to this i)Iimt, there 

 can he but little rionht of its superiority lor silk 

 Avornis over the other Midh.M-ry trees. It grows 

 with such rapidity, and tlirows up its iininonse 

 leaves so soon utter a twii^ emerges from tho 

 i^'round, that, in these lespects, it goes ahead of all 

 l.a/ivc |.!.iiiU. Yc: it ougi-.t r.aX to be; siippo.sod, 

 this tree will surersede, at once, the trees of our 

 own climate. The White Mnlherry possesses 

 great excellence, and it should not, and probahly 

 will not, he discarded for the Chinese. This tree 

 can easily he raised from the seed, is hardy in its 

 nature, yields abundant food for worms, and can 

 be sold at any lime, at a handsome profit. The 

 Tact is, of the differeiit kinds of Mulberry trees, 

 «!ach po.ssuss their own peculiar excellences.— 

 The \Vhito .^lulheny sljould he cultivated dili 

 jfently, and gradmilly the Chinese inlrodueeil, so 

 that their comparative goodness inay he known, 

 without sacrificing much in obtaining experimen- 

 tal ki.owlsdgj. The com iiendations bestowed 

 upon the specific merits of one, do not necessarily 

 detract from the goodness of the other. — JS/'or. Colt. 



SwEKT Potatoes ^Sweet I'otatoes yield large- 

 ly, and may be raised in this climate by starting 

 them in hot beds, or planting them early in warm 

 situalions. Mr James M'Arthur, of Limington, 

 raised a barrel of sweet potatoes from eleven hills ; 

 they were probably started in a hot bed, and were 

 planted in a very favorable situation. VV'e once 

 put a few slips in a hot bed to start them, and they 

 rotted on account of too much heat ; we p!anted 

 one in the ojjen air, not very early, nor in a very 

 warm place ; it produced fifiy potatoes about the 

 size of that we planted — about four or five inches 

 long and nearly an inch in diameter — from this, 

 we thought, that, with a little pains, sweet pota- 

 oes of a pretty good size, and plentiful crop 

 might be raised in this part of the country ; hut 

 more experience and information is necessary in 

 order to deternjine this point. — Yankee Farmer. 



To MAKE PEriPETUAi, Yevst. — Take one pound 

 fine flour, make it the thickness of gruel with 

 boiling, water, add to it half a pounri of loaf sugar, 

 mix them well together, put three spoonfuls of 

 well purified yeast into a large vessel, upon which 

 put the above ingredients, and they will soon fer- 

 ment violently. Collect the yeast off" the top, and 

 put it into a small neck pot, cover it up from the 

 air, and place it in a dry and warmish ))lace ; 

 when used in part, replace with flour made into a 

 thin paste, and sugar in the former proportion. 1 

 saw this used after it had been five months made. 

 No yeast is necessary except the first time. 



Save kour oi,d Bread. — Every person may not 

 know, what however is true, that pieces of old 

 bread, crumbs, &c. being soaked and mixed up 

 with the dough, in making new bread, improves 

 it very muih. Try it, and you will never a'.low 

 pieces of dry bread to be lost, afterwards — espe- 

 cially when flour is nine or ten dollars a barrel. 

 — Mechanic and Famur. 



Da.ngkrs to wutcH Young Men from the 

 COUNTRY AUK Expos.-.D — -Tliore iiresomi^ excellcMt 

 remarks in tin; New York Star on this subj. ct, 

 suited to this meridian. Among the practices 

 disapproved of, is' that of advertising for clerks 

 from the coimtry, under the apprehension that, 

 having b(;on brought up far ;iway from the attrac- 

 tions, the hlanilishments, the seductions of a city 

 life, and free alike from its dissipations and its 

 temptations, they will make at once more honest, 

 more faithful, more industrious, ami, of course, 

 more capable assistants in business. We do not 

 believe this is always the case; or even so in a 

 majority of instances. Take a young man from 



his parents — surround him with tho novelties, 

 the seductions, and a'l the ensnaring parapherna-, 

 lia of a city life, and, iiidess his philosophy and 

 self-control he of the most |)ractical and unbend- 

 ing nature, how long will it take to upset all the 

 good and virtuous principlts he hrs ind>ihed imder 

 tJiO pirental roof, where there were.no induce- 

 ments to vice ? He will be bewildered by all he 

 sees — he will require to see all that he has ever 

 heard of. Places notorious in history and inter- 

 dicted by a sense of morality, must be seen if 

 oidy for once, for the gratification of mere curios- 

 ity, and when seen once, will be seen once too 

 often. This is not always the esse with the young 

 men of the city, accustomed from infancy to see 

 every thing projier to bo seen, and to have the 

 vigilance of parents in checking an im|;ro|ier 

 curiosity; where they repose under the 'roof of 

 their parents, seen daily and admonished daily by 

 them, 'i he very first step towanls vice can be 

 checked, but who is to guard the erring steps of an 

 innocent youth from the country? he may plunge 

 deep in vice, and no eye sees it, no voice chocks 

 it ; he is siirroimded on all sides by temptation, 

 and there is no frieiidly hand stretched forth to 

 save him. We should say to citizens living in the 

 coimtry, keep your sons in the country; if you 

 an; a farmer, make them farmers also ; divitleyour 

 land with them, hire land for them to cultivate, 

 teach thc'm to labor, economise, and grow rich ; 

 make them thus happy and independent, but do 

 not trust them in the city unless they can come 

 under great advantages, and with certain advan- 

 tageous prospects. 



Vr rKM ARY A in: — Wc have always considered 

 this art as intimalidy cniinocted with agriculture. 

 Acting uiidrr that belief, we sliall always copy 

 into our columns ovnyihiiig on that subject which 

 wo think can be useful. 



Curtjor Yellow IVaUr. — Take 4ouiici's Glauber 

 sa'ts, .1 ouiicoa saltpetre, 2 ouiicis black antimony, 

 2 ounces crem. tartar, 2 ounces sulphur, and 2 

 ounces of rosin, and mix them well hy pounding 

 in a mortar. Dose, two or throe table spooiifulii, 

 divided into two parts, and well mixed with the 

 food, morning and evoniiig. 'f he meaame should 

 be a common iron spoon. For yearling colts, 

 one s, ooiiful given as above. While the medi- 

 cine is adinini^lorinz. the animal i.iu.ii. be kept 

 stabled. 



Sh; ET Lead The sheet h^ad from China, is 



mannfactured in a way not generally known in 

 this country. The o|>eration i.s conducted by two 

 men. One is seated on a floor with a large flat 

 stone before him, and with a movable flat stone 

 at his side. His fellow workman stands beside 

 him with a crucible filleil with melted lead, and 

 having poureil a certain quantity upon tho stone, 

 the other lifts the movable stone, and dashing it 

 on the fluid lead presses it out into aflat and thin 

 jilate, which he instantly removes from the stone. 

 A second quantity of lead is poured in a simil r 

 manner, and a similar plate formed ; the jiroce.ss 

 being carried on v\'itli singular rapidity. The 

 rough edges of the plate are theti cut ofl", and they 

 Lire soldered together for use. 



To KxraACT On. irosi Linen or Cotton. — As 

 soon as possible after the oil has been spilt, take 

 tlie article on which it fell and immerse it in clean 

 cold water, .\fter soaking a while, the oil will 

 begin to float iiiion the surface ; when this takes 

 place, cliarigo the v/ater. By thus renewing the 

 water frequently during a few hours,' the oil will 

 be gradually and completely removed without 

 rubbing or washing, and when dry, iron it, and no 

 vestige of the oil will remain, nor any change of 

 color be visible. 



Foreign Products. — Tho New York papers 

 advertise OaisnnA Barley, imported from England, 

 and Potatoes from France. It is somewhat re- 

 markable, in a groat agricultural country like this, 

 that these articles can be imported cheaper than 

 they can ho raised here ; but so it seems to be. 

 f he best way to put an end to sudi importations, 

 is to construct rail-ways from the interior to the 

 great seaports, and then we can have a plentiful 

 supply of these essential products, without being 

 dependant on a European market. 



Lime. — In Wales, the lime burners have 

 changed their method of calcining the stone. — 

 Instead of using kilns as formerly, they now man- 

 ufacture the article without any kiln at all by sim- 

 ply managing it as charcoal pits are burned in 

 this country. '] he limestone is placed in large 

 bodies, which are called coaks, the stones not 

 being broken small as in the ordinary method. 

 The lime thus obtained is said to be preferable to 

 that burnt in the ordinary kilns. This plan would 

 be especially desirable where transportation is an 

 object, as the crude stone could be taken to the 

 field whereon it may be intended to be used, and 

 ill .'re converted into lime, thus saving much troublo 

 and expense in hauling. — Far. if Gard. 



Tea3i,es. — It is not a little .singular that no sat- 

 isfactory artificial substitute for the teasle has ever 

 been invented, though many have been trieil. It 

 is used, as our readers are aware, for raising a 

 regular nap upon cloth ; its long barbs being 

 drawn over the cloth repeatedly till they have 

 combed out all the knots, and made it perfectly 

 smooth. Should the barb of the teasle, when iu 

 uSe, become fixed in a knot, or encounter suffi- 

 cient resistance, it yields or breaks without tearing 

 or injuring the cloth — thus combining pliancy 

 and stiffness to a degree which has not as yet 

 been equalled by any mechanical contrivance for 

 the same object. 



According to the Richmond Compiler, the 

 Mining Company of that city have discovered the 

 ore of Busby's mine, Goochland county, to bo 

 uncommonly rich and abundant, and increasing 

 as it dips; the pan' washings of ore yielded fivo 

 dollars per lbs. 100. The stock of tiie company 

 is selling at $70 advance on the original cost of 

 the Ehare. 



