Vol. IX.— N". 41. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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Agricultural Mccling. — Tliu anminl iniK'tiiig of 

 e Worcester County Agriciiltiinil Society (says 

 e Worcester Yeoman) was hoMen in this town 



Tliursilay last. The siltialion ol'tliis Society is 

 every respect prosperous. It is l)elieveil to be 

 ) most nolilo institution of tlie kinil in the Uni- 

 1 States. The olHeers were chosen with great 

 latiimity, amt much harmony prevaileii tliroiigh- 

 t the meeting. Governor Lincoln, on being n- 

 nimously re-elected to the Presidency, which 



has loTig tilled with honor to liimself and the 

 ciety,made an eloquent address, in which, among 

 r tilings, he expressed the great satisfaction he 

 jk in being thus comiccted with the Society. 



OJJicers of lite If'orcester Jigricultiiral Society, 

 etc J .Ipril 13, 1831 — Levi Li.ncoln, President ; 

 iron Tufis, 1st Vice President ; Silas Holman, 



Vice President ; Theophilus Wheeler, Trea.snr- 

 ; Oliver Fiske, Cor Secretary ; and 37 Trustees, 

 •hiding many of the most enterprising and suc- 

 5sful agriculturists and sraziers in the Coun- 



From the New York Commercial Advertiser. 



Cure for Consumption. — We give place to the fol- 

 ving communication with much pleasure. Mr E. 

 Kite, the gentleman whose signature is attached 

 it, is well known to the community, and the ut- 

 3t reliance can be placed upon any statement 

 de by him. The discovery, if after being fairly 

 ted, it shall be found efficacious in other instan- 

 , is truly a valuable one, and is v/ell worthy of 

 attention of medical men. 



he Editor of [he Commercial Advertiser. 



leeing it stated in your paper a few weeks since, 

 i inhaling the fumes of nitric acid had been found 

 ure the consumption, at my suggestion and re- 

 st, a worthy and intelligent man who has been 

 two years past in my employ, has, within the 

 eight days, given it a trial. As no directions 

 ampanied your notice, the following course was 

 pted : — Under a handkerchief, one end of which 

 :ed on the head, the other left to fall down ove r 

 breast, he held a glass tumbler, having in it 

 Jt a tea-spoonful of the acid ; and breathed the 

 9s, thus prevented by the handkerchief from es- 

 ng, about half an hour at a time, three times per 

 The effect has been to relieve Iiim entirely 

 I an obstinate cough of many years ' standing, 

 which, for the last two months, had been accom- 

 ed with all the symptoms of a confirmed and 

 consumption ; all which have, according to 

 ent appearances, disappeared with the cough. 



i; " permanent this relief may prove, time must 

 7. That others, laboring under the like affcc- 

 may be put in early possession of the above facts, 

 with a hope that relief may be found therefrom, 

 communication is made by request of the person 



ai'e referred to. Yours, 



E. WHITE. 

 . B. The gas can only be breathed at the mouth 

 d to prevent the eyes being affected by it, keep 

 1 closed. 



meal, niid ryc-mcal, mixing it with leaven or 

 yeast, and adding one third of the quantity of 

 lioileil potatoes. To each horse is given 12 lbs. 

 per day, in three rations of 4 llis. each. The 

 lireail is cut into small pieces, and mixed with a 

 little moistened cut straw. By this means he saves 

 ill feeding 7 liorSes, 49 bushels of oats in 24 days; 



llis labor with his best friend; and if that friend 

 be not true to hiin what has he to hope ? If he 

 dare not place confidence in the cotripaiiion of his 

 bosom, where is he to place it ? A wife acts not 

 for herself only, but she is the agent of many she 

 loves. Auil she is bound to act for their good ; 

 and not for her own gratification. Her husband's 



while the liorses perform their coniiiioii labor, and [good is the end at which she should aim — his np- 

 nre much better in looks, health and disi)osition. probation is her reward. Self-gratification in 



; dress, or indulgence in appetite, or more company 



Planting Vines in Yards — Every person who, than his purse can entertain, are equally penicious. 

 occupies a house, either in the city or country The first adds vanity to extravagance ; the second 



should consider liim-self under obligations to pi 

 a vine to his yard. Suppose a choice variety of 

 either foreign or native grapes should be planted 

 in every yard in this city, in a few years not a 

 family, howeyer poor, would be without this deli- 

 cious fruit. The expense would not exceed from 

 25 to 50 cents. ]\!any would undoubtedly be neg- 

 lected and die : but many, also would grow and 

 bear fruit abundantly. Let it be not an objection, 

 that the tenant is to occupy but one year. — jV. Y. 

 VParmcr. 



fiistens a doctor's bill to a long butcher's account ; 

 and the latter brings intemperance, the worst of 

 all evils, in its train. — jVeio York Mirror. 



Fish in Winter. — It is recommended to break 

 holes in the ice which cover fish [londs in winter, 

 or the fish for \vanl of air will suffer much and 



even die. Tlie advantage of this precaution will and of the benefit received from it in an affection 

 be apparent from the avidity with which the finny i of the liver. It is unnecessary to theorize on its 



DANDELION. 



The learned editors of the Jouriiijl of Health, 

 who so sedulously attend to our bodies corporate, 

 and tell us ' what we must eat, what we must drink 

 and wherewithal we ought to be clothed,' have 

 not mentioned the utility of this valuable early 

 spring vegetable, and I therefore wish to offer it 

 to the notice of your readers. In the medical 

 phraseology, it has long been deemed a dtobstruent, 

 and the writer can speak experimentally of its vir- 

 tue as a corrector of the bile, as a fine laxative. 



lenaiit will approach half torpid, towards the new 

 Ibrmedhole. It is said one liole will he sufficient 

 if kept open during the prevalence of hard frosts. 



'ourishment for Horses. — The practice is be- 

 ng general in Silesia, of feeding horses wiili 

 {. After an experience of four years, an in- 

 dent husbandman is convinced of its utility in 

 louble relation of economy and health. The 



JVew Holland Pine. — The Hispaniolans, with the 

 highest degree of pride, challenge any of the trees 

 of Europe or Asia, to equal the height -oftheir 

 cabbage trees, towering to an altitude of 270 feet ; 

 the New Holland Pine, however, is stated to attain 

 the height of 600 feet ! 



Family Economy. — There is nothing which goes 

 so far towards placing young people beyond the 

 reach of poverty, as economy in the management 

 of their domestic affairs. It is as much impossi- 

 ble to get a ship across the Atlantic with half a 

 dozen butts started, or as many bolt holes in her 

 hull, as to conduct the concerns of a family with- 

 out economy. It matters not whether a man fur- 

 nish little or much for his family, if there is. a con- 

 tinual leakage in the kitchen or in the parlor, it 

 runs away, he knows not how ; and tliat demon, 

 waste, cries more, like the horseleech's daughter, 

 until he that provides has no more to give. It is 

 the husband's duty to bring into the house, and it 

 is the duty of the wife to see that nothing goes 

 wrongfiilly out of it — not the least article, how- 

 ever unimportant in itself, for it establishes a pre- 

 cedent; nor under any pretence, for it opens the 

 door for ruin to stalk in, and he seldom leaves an 

 opportunity unimproved. A man gets a wife to 

 look after his affairs; to assist him in his jour- 

 ney ti;iougl] life ; to educate and prepare his 

 children for a proper station in life, ami not to dis- 

 sipate his property. The husband's interests 

 should be the wife's care, and her ambition should 

 carry her no farther than his welfare and happiness 

 together with that of her children. This should 

 ie her sole aim, and her theatre of exploits is in 

 the bosom of her family, where she may do as 

 much towards inakinga fortune as he possibly can 

 in the counting-room or workshop. It is not the 

 money earned that makes a man wealthy ; it is 



mode of action. The afllicted will rest satisfied 

 with the change in their feelings, which will be 

 perceived after using the plant. It inay be eaten as 

 a salad with the usual dressing, or the juice may 

 be taken, in the dose of half a wine glass full, 

 three times a day — or the leaves may be kept in 

 the pocket' and frequently eaten in the course of 

 the day. Dr Zimmerman, when called to Fre- 

 derick of Prussia, in his last illness, recommended 

 no medicine, bin the dandelion for the dropsy 

 under which the old tyrant labored. It is regu- 

 larly brought to our market in abundance. 



U. S. Gazette. 



Jin Anatomical Sermon. — An eminent Professor 

 of Medicine lately observed to his pupils when 

 delivering a Clinical Lecture on the effects of 

 Drunkenness, 'one of the best sermons for drunk- 

 ards or regular tipplers would be, to exhibit to 

 them the heart, the lungs, and the liver of an in- 

 ebriate, by the same organs in a sound states. 

 Such an exhibition, said he emphatically, would 

 probably produce a greater effect on their minds 

 than all the sermons which have been published 

 on the subject. — Monthly Gazette of Practical Medi- 

 cine. 



Foreign Silks. — A few days ago eleven hun- 

 dred cases of China silks were sold at auction in 

 New York by John Hoiij and Sons. The sales 

 amounted to more than half a million of dollars ! ! 



The Providence Journal of Saturday last says 

 — The freight of Cotton alone, imported into that 

 port tlie last week, amounts to twenty thousand 

 dollars. 



The Portsmouth Journal announces the arrival 

 of a brig and a ship from New Orleans with full 

 cargoes of cotton for the Great Falls Factory. 



Woonsccket, R. L on Blackstone river, now 

 contains 8 factories "and one now building, 2 ma- 

 chine shops, 11 .stores, 1 bank, post office, 60 

 dwellins houses, and about one thousand inhabi- 



what is saved from his earnings. A good .and | tants. In 1820 it contained 1 factory, 16 dwel- 



i IS made by taking equal quantities of oat- ' prudent husband makes deposit of the fruits of ling houses, and between 1 and 200 inhabitants, 





