Vol. IX.— No. 20. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



15.5 



whicli may be ililutcrl with Spirit of turpentine; 

 before it is npplieil the iron should bo well cleaned. 

 From an experience of two year?, upon locks 

 exposed to the air, and watered daily with Salt 

 ■water, after being covered with two coats of this 

 mastic, the good eftectsofh have been thoroughly 

 proved. — Bull. d'Encour. Jan. 1830. 



CROUP. 



We are not going to present to our readers a 

 new and sovereign remedy for the croup ; one 

 which never ftuls until it is tried, and then is found, 

 at the particular juncture, to be utterly inert or 

 jirejudicial. We leave discoveries of this nature 

 to ahnauacs, and books on popular medicine. 

 Our design at this time is to call the attention of 

 mothers to the means of prevention, which they 

 have in their own power. But first, let us ask 

 them — for however preposterous the question may 

 seem, the conduct of many of tliem justifies it — 

 When a child is nearly sulibcatcd or actually dead 

 from croup, does the mother derive consolation 

 in her alarm and grief, by reflecting that the dear 

 little one has been always dressed in the latest 

 fashion, with very full and short sleeves, and low 

 breast ? She may, in reply, accuse us of sporting 

 with her feelings — well then, we take the liberty 

 of telling her, that she trifles with them herself, 

 and endangers, if she does not actually sacrifice 

 the life of her child, by laying bare its little bosom 

 and shoidders, which are among the most sensitive 

 parts of the skin. And what is the reason of this 

 exposure.^ None. What the excuse? Because 

 tJie little dear looks so well in this dress ; that is, 

 in (act, because it is made to look like a diminutive 

 woman, a new variety of the sj)ecies ; neither child 

 or adult; neither natural or graceful. Some as- 

 sign a better motive, viz : in order to accustom 

 the child to resist the vicissitudes and inclemencies 

 of the seasons. — 'The intention, though good, is 

 not adapted to the variable climate of this country; 

 and its adoption, the rest of tlie body being at the 

 same time covered with warm clothing, renders 

 the chest more susceptible of injury. Inflammato- 

 ry diseases do unquestionably ollen arise from 

 tliis exposure, wljich might be avoided even by a 

 slight covering of muslin. Lentin, a celebrated 

 German physician, as well as many of our own 

 countrymen, are of o]iinion that croup is not nn- 

 frequently thus produced.' These remarks of 

 an English writer, are strictly applicable to our cli- 

 mate and its inhabitants. — Journal of Health. 



RUINED BY HARD STUDY. 



The history of very many of our students might 

 be briefly told. A lad is sent to college, and after 

 afew mouths he returns, pale, emaciated, and puny. 

 Immediately a general lamentation is raised among 

 the circle of friends, that the dear youth is ruining 

 himself with hard study. It is high time that both 

 friends and the public should be disabused on this 

 subject. The truth is, in most cases, hard study 

 has had little or nothing to do wuh the business. 

 He may have studied well or he may not ; but this 

 is not tlie ground of the difficulty. He has indu 

 ed his youthful appetite, without regard to even 

 the common rules of discretion. At the same time, 

 he has indulged in indolent habits, neglecting e.xor 



cars of a young student in the report that ho is ru- 

 ining himself by hard study, that be feels almost 

 willing to endure his snflerings ; and as ho looks in 

 the glass, he thinks ho can discern in his pale fea- 

 tures, i)laiu indications of future greatness. Where- 

 as, if ho would learn to read aright, he would only 

 discern indications of present imbecility, and future 

 worth Icssncss. Only convince the young gentle- 

 man, that it will not be fatal to his scholastic dig- 

 nity to bestir himself a little, and live and act like 

 other people, and at the same time put a little re- 

 straint upon his gluttonous propensities, and the 

 blush of health, and strength of limb, will soon re- 

 turn ; and with them will return that energy of 

 mind which will qualify hint to study to some pur- 

 pose. — Christian Mirror. 



Cobhett's Corn. — Cobbett's Corn is this year a 

 comi)lete failure, even worse in gardens than it 

 was last year upon farms, none ripened in the 

 fields; but in gardens in favorable situations some 

 was saved which looked perfect, but when sown 

 this spring, has not vegetated, to the full amount 

 of three fourths of seed. — London paper, 



March of Intelligence. — This is truly the march 

 of intelligence. The following is an extract from a 

 Liverpool paper : 



It is said that a new telegraphic system is about 

 to be established in France, which will be at the 

 service of the public, like the post oflice. The 

 results will be most important to the commer- 

 cial world ; for it is calculated that a despatch con- 

 taining several lines, which would traverse a dis- 

 tance of one hundred leagues in a few moments, 

 would cost hut 20 francs. M. Ferrier do Dra- 

 puignan, the inventor of this new system, proposes 

 shortly to organise a line of telegraphs from Paris 

 to Havre. Several experiments have been already 

 made, in the presence of persons appointed by the 

 govermcnt, and they are said to afford every pros- 

 pect of the success of the plan. 



MISERIES or A RICH MAN. 



Who is dogged in the streets and knocked down 

 at midnight ? The rich man. Whose house is 

 broken into by robbers ? The rich man's. Who 

 has his pockets cut out, and his coats spoiled in a 

 crowd ? The rich man. Who is in doubt whether 

 people are laughing at him, in their sleeves, when 

 they are eating his dinner ? The rich man. Who 

 adds to his trouble by every story which he adds 

 to his house ? The rich man — for the higher he 

 ascends, the colder is the atmosphere. A bank 

 breaks, and who suffers ? The rich stockholder 

 and depositer. War blows his horn, and who 

 trembles ? Death approaches and who fears to 

 look him in the face ? Why, the rich man — and 

 yet all the world envies the rich. Depend upon it 

 the length of your face will always be proportion- 

 ed to the length of your purse. If you live in a 

 two-story houso, be thankful, and not covet the 

 loftier mansion of your neighbor. You but dishon- 

 or yourself, and insult your destiny, by fretting and 

 repining Morn. Cour. 



Itching Feet. — Among the minor evils to which 

 the human frame is subject there are few more tor 



be well rubbed for a night or two before going to 

 bed, and perfect relief will be expiu'icnced. Th« 

 application must of course be made before the 

 skin breaks, and it will be found not only to allay 

 the itching, but {o prevent the farther progress nt 

 the chilblains. — The feet may be a little tender lor 

 a short time, but this slight inconvenience will soon 

 disappear. — Wci« Bedford Courier. 



Science in Madrid. — There are in the city of Ma- 

 drid three distinct establishments for instruction 

 in the Sciences. The first is the Museum of Natu- 

 ral Sciences, which is divided into two parts ; the 

 Museum, which contains a beautifiil cabinet of 

 natural history including one of the richest collec- 

 tions of minerals in the world. The Botanic Gar- 

 den, containing a rich collection, among which is 

 the Flora of Bogota, Santa Fc, &c. Second the Con- 

 servatory of Arts and Trades, including models 

 of the various kinds of machinery, &c. 



cise, or taking it so irregularly as to do him more j menting than that of violent itching of the feet, 

 hurt than good. And very possibly, too, he niay ,iu,;i,g severe frosty weather, caused by incipient 

 have learned the very gentlemanly habits of drink- chilblains. The following specific is so simjile 

 ing wine, if nothing worse, a;id smoking, chewing, i and cheap, that no person ought to be ignorant of 

 and snufling tobacco. And no wonder he looks pale. | it ; it is merely one part muriatic acid, mingled 

 Meanwhile there is something so pleasant to the -vvith seven parts water, whh which the feet must 



Two barns of Maj. A. Goodwin of S. Berwick, 

 were burnt night of 18th, with 100 tons hay, 

 several of barley, and six large oxen : loss $20C;0 

 no insurance. 



In Wake Co. N. C. a pumpkin weighing 86 lbs. 

 and measuring 5 feet 2 inches round, was raised 

 last season. 



Chevalier de Rivafinoli, agent of a LondLii 

 Mining Co. has arrived in North Carolina with .t 

 number of Germans, and is making extensive 

 arrangments for mining. 



The Bath (Me.) Gazette is to be discontinued by 

 the present publisher, who believes he can do 

 better in other business, although with prompt 

 payment, it would have given him a rc;asonaijle 

 support. 



Mr Bouvier, Philadelphia, has made 16 pieces 

 of furniture, surpassing anything of the kind in 

 the President's House. They were ordered by a 

 lady in the West Indies or S America, in the coffers 

 of whose late husband, immense riches were found. 



Militia officers in the Western part of New- 

 York, are holding meetings to petition Congress to 

 modify the Militia system. 



The body of a man who fell from the steam" 

 boat Ohio, Oct. G, near Poughkcepsie, was found 

 a few days after and decently interred at Milton, 

 N.Y. is that of Mr. Thos. Harrison, of Yorkshire, 

 Eng. in the employ of Admiral Coffin, and hart 

 (diarge of the celebrated horses, Serab, Barefoot, 

 and Cleveland Bay. He is supposed to have fallen 

 Over when asleep. 



Letters from France to some of the English editors 

 seem to imply that the elements so suddenly quietei!, 

 still heave a little. A good many English travellers h^vn 



hurried home, thinking it best to scud before a squall. 



These fears may be without foundation; they are foun'J- 

 ed on the restlessness of the republican party, impatient 

 under a government that even bears the name of mon- 

 rchy, and the malicious instigations of the old royalists, 

 aho try to foment faction, in order to answer their own 

 wrposes. 



It is said the age of salmon is marked by circles in the 

 back-bone, as the age of trees is by the concentric rings 

 in the heart ; every year adds a circle. 



Extraordinary speed of a Steam Carriage. — In the 

 London Globe and Tiaveller of the 14th oi 0<^t. is the 

 following article taken from the Taunton Courier. 



' UnparalielUd Steam Engine Trip. — Mr Stepenson, 

 the proprietor of the Racket Engine, on the Manchester 

 and Liverpool Rail Way, had this week decided in his fa- 

 vor a wager of one thousand guineas upon the speed 'A 

 his Engine by traversing the distance between the two 

 towns, (thirty twomiles) in thirty thre-e minutes 

 — [or in other words, at more than 58 miles per hour.] 



