Vul.lX. — Nn.6, 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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)itch and rosin are used, mixed witli a quantity ofj ous to apply lueattoo freely ; but it is ([uito necessary 

 ;oarse whale oil to pay the seams and decks. The thatthe means above mentioned sliould be perscver- 

 Kttle used is carried remote from the fire : the f'^ '" '"■■ '? considerable time. When infants have 

 1 1 .u- t. . • . -.i, 1 r "'"-'" "verlaid or suffocated by the inattention of 



orkmen apply this hot cement with a mop made of .linir nm-Qna r.i. ,„l,n„ „„;,„n.- v. i '"'"•'•'-"'•'"" o; 

 "^ ■' '^ I '•'K^" ""ises, or when animation has been suspended 



darkest night; and the contrivance is such, that the 

 only light visible is on the part of the book that ie 

 read. 



voollen yarn. In one instance the mop took fire by convulsions, the same mode of treatment must bi 

 vhilc in the hands of the workmen ; in two instances pursued as is Inid down for 'suffocation by drown 



hey took fire while lying on deck ; and in aHother 

 he mop was placed against a pile of boards, when 

 [le men went to breakfast. In about half an hour 

 be mop took fire to the pile of boards : considerable 

 xcrtion was necessary to e.xtinguish the flames. — 

 'akin Gazette. 



mg.'—Book of Health. 



THE STAGE REGISTER. 

 There is hardly any publication except the Al- 

 lanac to which the public make a more frequent 

 sferencethan to this. We are us much a travelling 

 ;ople as the Arabs, thougli it may be that we re- 

 gain longer in a place. We travel for pleasure, 

 r profit, for health, and from idleness. Whenever 

 e would go in the Northern States, by steam boat, 

 mal, or stage, the route, distances, and fare are to 

 ! found in the Register. — Tribune. 



DROWNliNG. 

 Treat.hent. — If apparently drowned — send 

 lickly for medical assistance ; but do not delay the 

 llowing means ; — 1, Convey the body carefully with 

 e head and shoulders in a raised position, to the 

 arest house. Great care should be taken in re- 

 iving the body, that it be not bruised, or shaken 

 Dlently, or in any way roughly handled, nor car- 

 id on the shoulders with the head hanging down 

 r rolled on the ground, on a barrel, &,c : such 

 Ijithods formerly resorted to with the view of caus- 

 \y the water to flow out of the stomach, are now 

 insidered highly injurious.— 2, Strip the body, and 

 lb it dry ; wrap it in hot blankets, and place it in a 

 iirm bed in a warm chamber. — 3, Wipe and cleanse 

 (I J mouth and nostrils. — 4, In order to restore the 

 Itural warmth of the body, move a heated covered 

 nrming-pan over the back and spine, put bladders 

 I bottles of hot water, or heated bricks to the pit 



I tlic stomach, the arm pits, between the thighs, and 

 lio to the soles of the feet ; ferment the body with 



I I flannels ; (if possible immerse the body in a warm 

 1th, as hot as the hand can bear, aa this is prefer- 

 ! le 'lO the other means of restoring warmth ;) rub 

 l3 body briskly with tlie hand ; do not however sus- 

 jnd the use of other means at the same time. — 5, 

 1 order to restore breathing, introduce the pipe of 

 rommon pair of bellows (when the apparatus of 

 I; Humane Society is not at hand/ into one nostril, 

 Krcfiilly closing the other and the mouth, at the 

 s no time, drawing downwards and gently pushing 

 Ickwards the upper part of the wind-pipe, to allow a 

 liro free admission of air. Blow the bellows gently, 

 t tiie breast be a little raised ; the mouth and nos- 

 lls should then be set free, and a moderate pres- 

 I'c made with the hand upon the chest : repeat the 

 { II ''^s till life appear. 



rii<' treatment to be employed where animation is 

 g^piiided by lightning, is the same as is laid down 

 )■ iJriiwning. 



HANGING. 



In attempting the recovery of those who have 

 In;: themselves, the same means are to be resorted 

 t u;lh the addition of bleeding. 



EXPOSURE TO COLD. 



In the management of those who havebeen too long 

 posed to extreme cold, as to be apparently dead, 

 body must be restored to its natural heat by slow 

 grees; by first rubbing it all over with snow ice, or 

 Id water. After this friction has been employed for 

 ne time, the body must be wiped quite dry, siib- 

 tted to the friction of several warm hands, then 

 apped in flannel, and put in a warm room. At 

 9 stage, the lungs should be inflated with warm 

 , and a little lukewarm wine and water conveyed 

 othe stomach. In these cases, it is highly danger- 



Smoking.— 'The young man who, unjustified by 

 the plea of ill-health, or unsanctioned by the pre- 

 scription of his physician, has acquired the habit of 

 smoking pipe or cigar, may assuredly congratulate 

 himself on having reached the second stage of his 

 progress from temperance to dissipation,— from elas- 

 ticity of spirit and vigor of frame to premature im- 

 becility and decay. As the reckless poacher is gra- 

 dually led on, from his work of midnight depredation 

 in the woods, to more daring acts of violence and 

 rapine; so will the youthful smoker be too often 

 insensibly allured from a wanton indulgence in the 

 cigar to the sins of intoxication, and the ultimate sa- 

 crifice of his health, his character, and prospects. 

 Lot parents, then, as they appreciate the responsi- 

 bility which devolves upon them, solemnly protest 

 against, and resist, the first encroachment of this per- 

 nicious habit in their family. Let the women of this 

 country, whose influence is commonly as beneficent as 

 irresistible, exert their powers in decrying the nox- 

 ious practice, and averting- from those in°whose re- 

 putation and welfare they are so deeply interested, 

 the moral pestilence. If the leaders of fashion in the 

 land are resolutely bent on destroying the little rem- 

 nant of energy and character which they still pos- 

 sess, let them pursue their ignoble propensities, and 

 achieve the work of moral ruin as they are wont to 

 dissipate their fortunes, in private. Society will 

 be disposed to contemplate with singular philosophy 

 and forgiveness, any act of moral suicide which 

 these 'Spoilers of human hive' may be tempted to 

 commit. But let them not contaminate with noxious 

 exhalations the public atmosphetc.—lllustrations of 

 .Medicine. 



RECOVERY FROltt AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. 



During the thunder-storm of last Saturday eve- 

 ning, one of our citizens, Mr Samuel Seaton, comino' 

 near a tree, which stood in front of the house in 

 which he resided, at the instant of a very vivid flash 

 of lightning, which fell on the tree, received the 

 whole charge in his head and body, which violently 

 threw him to the ground, and deprived him of all 

 appearance of life. Dr James Reid being called in, 

 restored animation in about thirty or forty minutes 

 by plentiful efliisions of cold water on the breast 

 and face, (not wishing to lose time in stripping the 

 body,) succeeded by bleeding. 



This case being, perhaps, in its violence, equal 

 to any on record, we have thought it important to 

 statesomeof the particulars, as a matter of public 

 interest. There must have been a great accumu- 

 lation of the electric fluid, as, in entering his body, it 

 tore his coat, (made of linsey) vest, and shiit, into 

 rents the breadth of his shoulders, both across and 

 along his body, burned his ear, singed the hair on the 

 side of his head, and, descending in a stream of four 

 to five inches broad, crossed his breast, then descend- 

 ing to the loins, divided, and passed down both ex- 

 tremities, and out through his shoos, perforatino- 

 them with holes as though buck shot had been forced 

 through them; — in some places breaking the skin, 

 and scorching it in its whole course, so as to give the 

 appearance of an e.xtensive burn. — Shawneetown (111.) 

 Gazette. 



A hiijipii /.'ioi(^/i/.— If you wish to find anything 

 that is lost in a well, or ascertain the cause of any 

 iinjiurity there may be in the water, place a com- 

 mon mirror over the well in such a position as to 

 catch, and throw the rays of the sun directly to the 

 bottom of the well, which will instantly become il- 

 luminated ill a manner so brilliant that not only 

 the smallest articles, such as pins, needles, spoons, 

 knives, &c, can be distinctly discerned, but also, 

 that the sinalle.st pebbles and stones at the bottom 

 can be as effectually examined as if they were 

 held in the hand. The sun is in the best situation 

 to lie reflected in the above manner in the morning 

 or aftermon of the day. ' This simple ex)>eriment,' 

 says the editor of the Hampden Whig, ' was com- 

 municated to us by a worthy patriot, with a wish 

 that we should give it to the public' 



Filial Affection.— Meyvioodi, in his account of cer- 

 tain persons who suflfered in Scotland, on a charge 

 of witchcraft, says, that one of them, a woman, when 

 fastened to the stake, cried to her son for water. 

 ' llelpe me to any drink, be it ever so little, for I am 

 most extremely drie,' to which the hopeful youth 

 replied, ' By no means, deare mother, will I do you 

 that wrong, for the drier you are, no doubt you will 

 burn the better.' 



Prevention of Musquitoes. — A correspondent o 

 the N. Y. Courier, suggests the following mode 

 of preventing the abundance of Musquitoes that 

 are apt to make their appearance about this sea- 

 son of the year. It merely consists in sifting a 

 peck of wood ashes into each cistern, to destroy 

 the aniinalcula; from which the musquitoes are 

 produced. So small a quantity of ashes will not 

 injure the water ; and the remedy is at least 

 worth trying. 



Remedies for Stings and Bruises. — In the trialsi 

 of many years, in our own family, we have never 

 found Olive Oil, or Commrm Sweet Oil, to fail of 

 giving immediate relief and effecting a complete 

 cure oi poisonous stings, it gently rubbed on imme- 

 diately, and continued for a short time. And, 

 for a bruise, the application of fVattr, as hot as it 

 can be borne, either by a wet cloth, or by immers- 

 ing the part, we have always found effectual. It 

 may be necessary to continue the application of 

 water, and to renew the heat, for a considerable 

 time, and to rub the swollen party soflly. — Penn. 

 Examiner. 



Elder leaves, put around the roots of peach 

 trees, is recommended as a perfect antidote for 

 the injury arising fmm worms. — JV. Y. Farmer. 



The largest holly tree now known in Europe, 

 grows at present in the garden of Richard Armstrong, 

 Esq. of Ballgaly; it is upwards of sixty feet in height. 



An ingenious mechanic in the neighborhood of Hull 

 has invented a small lamp, which may be attached to 

 spectacles of a particular description, by means of 

 which and a reflector, any person may read in the 



To destrny .Slugs — I have always remarked 

 that slugs will attack the leaf of a somewhat 

 withered cabbage in preference to those in a more 

 thriving condition. When I plant out a bed of cab- 

 bages, therefore, I strew the leaves that I cut off 

 all over the bed and the slugs will lie under them 

 and feed on them in the shade. Every day or 

 two I have the leaves gathered up and given 

 to the pigs and then strow more leaves, and .so on, 

 till I get rid of the slugs entirely. — Ibid. 



Silk Culture. — Several thousand Mulberry trees, 

 says the Troy Budget, have been jilanted in that 

 vicinity ; — Dr Corning and Mrs Pawling, are each 

 feeding several thou.sand silk worms. 



