Voi. IX No. 49. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



889 



FlLLUrATIlS. 

 , Fielilputlis are at this season piiiticularly attrac- 

 live. 1 love our real oUl English fboli)atiis. I 

 lovo those nistie and pictnrcs(|ue stiles oi)ening 

 their pleasant escapes from tVeqiieiiteil places and 

 dusty highways into the solitudes of nature. It 

 is delightful to catch a glimpse of one in the old 

 village green, under the old elder-troc by some an- 

 ciciit cottage, or half hidden by the overhanging 

 boughs of a wood. I love to see the smooth, dry 

 traiU, winding away in easy curves along some 

 rcen slope to the churcli-yard — to ihc forest 

 grange, or t- the embowered cottage. Il is to me 

 an olijoct of certain ins|)iration ; it seems to invite 

 from noise and publicity into the heart of soli- 

 tude and of rural dcligiit. It l)eckous the imagina- 

 tion on through green and whispering corn fields, 

 througli the short but verdant ])asture ; the flowing 

 mowing grass ; the odorous and sunny hay-field; 

 he festivity of harvest ; I'rom lonely farm to farm, 

 Prom village to village ; by clear and mossy wells; 

 jy tinkling brooks aiul dei'p wood-skirteil streams, 

 o crofts where the daffodil is rejoicing in spring, 

 )r meadows where the large blue geranium embel- 

 islies t.He summer way-side : to heaths with their 

 varm elastic sward and crimson dells — the cliit- 

 ering of grasslio."4)ers, — the foxglove, and the 

 Id gnarled oak ; in short, to all the solitary haunts 

 fter wliich the cily-jjeut lover of nature pants as 

 le hart panteth after the water brooks. What is 

 lere so truly English ? What is so truly linked 

 ith our rural tastes, our sweetest memories, and 

 ur sweetest poetry, as stiles and footpaths ? Gold- 

 nith, Thomson, and Slilton have adorned them 

 ith some of their richest wreaths. They have 

 onsecrated them to poetry and love. It is along 

 e footpath in secluded fields, upon thestiles in the 

 nbowcred lane, where the wild rose and the 

 jneysnckle are lavishing their beauty and their 

 agruncc, that we delight to picture to ourselves 

 iral lovers, breathing, iji the dewy sweetness of 

 mmer evening', vows still sweeter. There it is 

 (at the |)oet, seated, sends back his soul into the 

 eshness of his youth, amongst attachments since 

 ;tliered by neglect, reudered painful by absence, 

 broken by death ; amongst dreams and aspira- 

 ns which even now that they pronounce their 

 'n fallacy, are lovely. It is (here that he gazes 

 the gorgeous sunset — the evening star following 

 itli its silvery lamp the fading day, or the nioou 

 ■owering her jiale lustre through the bahny iiiglit 

 with a fancy that kindles and soars into the 

 ivens before hiin , there that we have all felt the 

 irms of woods and green fields, and solitary 

 jghs waving in the golden sunshine, or darkening 

 the niehiiicholy beauty of evening shadows, 

 10 has not thought how beautiful was the sight 

 a village congregation, pouring out from their 

 gray church on a sununer day, and streaming 

 through the qniet meadows, in all directions, to 

 ir homes ? Or who that has visted Alpine 

 nery, has not beheld with a poetic feeling the 

 imtaineers silently winding down out of their 

 nantic se(dnsioii on a sabbath morning, pacing 

 solitary heathtracks, bounding with el.istic step 

 vn the fern-clad dells, or along the course of a 

 ous stream, as cheerful, as picturesque, rnd yet 

 iolenm as the scenes around them .' — Hoivitl's 

 ik of the Seasons. 



Mammoth Dandelion. — A dandelion weighing 

 R pou.NDS 5 ozs. without the root was lately 

 in from a garden in Eastport, Me. 



KIUING FOIl DVSl'EI'SIA. 



As we said whilom that riding a hard trotting 

 horse was ' the sovcreiyn'st thing i' 'he world' 

 tor the llyp, so we now take the liberty to declare 

 that riding n gontly-trotting or sweetly-cantering 

 horse is the best thing in the world for Dyspepsia. 

 This may sound hke a bold assertion, in the very 

 face and eyes of !Mr Halstead's book ; but we 

 repeat it, and if any dyspeptical reader of ours 

 has any doubt on the subject, we advise him to 

 make trial of the remedy. 



It is not the mere tossing up of the stomach 

 which is required; the whole system nnist be 

 stirred along- with it. The body must be invigor- 

 ated, the flagging spirits must be roused. The 

 stomach is merely,"as it were, a sort of vice-pres- 

 ident of the system, and can do but little without 

 the aid of all the parts. If the body in general 

 be vigorous, there is little danger of the stomach 

 being weak. The whole must suffer, or enjoy, 

 together. When the liody is strong and active, 

 the stomach is lively and vigorous — ready to do 

 its work, and prepared to digest everything that 

 the palate delights in, even though it be board 

 nails, boiled cabbage, toasted cheese, bard eggs, 

 or heavy bread. 



Exercise, in general, is to invig-orate the body, 

 and by that means to improve the stomach. But 

 of all kinds of exercise, none is so efficacious as 

 riding on horseback. It stirs the system most ju-; 

 diciously ; it excites the bodily action witiiout in- 

 ducing any injurious fatigue. I?ut wherefore use 

 many words.' 



JIake trial of the remedy, dyspeptics, whoever 

 you are — we mean such as are in want of some- 

 thing more active than your ordinary exercise. 

 Ride a few miles today, and see what effect it 

 will produce. Ride again tomorrow in the same 

 way, repeat it the next day ; and in short, keep 

 riding. There is pleasure as well as profit in it. 

 But to have your stomach whipped ami cuffed be- 

 cause it is feeble and cannot execute its task, is 

 unkind, is mijust. As well might yon chastise a 

 poor sickly boy, because he cannot perform the 

 labor of a stout and hearty one. 



Get you a gentle but spirited horse — borrow or 

 buy — one that will trot easy, rack fairly, or canter 

 judiciously. A thorotigh-going racker will stir you 

 up most completely. But either kind will answer. 

 Ride every day before dinner ; ride ten or a dozen 

 miles at a heat. Follow it up ; and, liepcnd upon 

 it, you will dine agreeably, sleep comfortably, 

 wake in the morning in better condition and spirits 

 than you have been accustomed to do ; and con- 

 clude, after all, that this v/orld is not so bad as it 

 might bo jV. Y. Const. 



Will not all our churches, of every denomina- 

 tion, consider this subji^ct ? The experiment has 

 been made; our quaker brethren have set an ex- 

 ample worthy the imitation of all. Tliey have 

 long prohibited both the traffic and consumption of 

 ardent spirit in their society — and what is the con- 

 sequence ? — They are distinguished all over the 

 world for their sobriety, exemplary morals, and 

 thrift in biiisness. — They have clearly [irovcd 

 also that there is far less diflicidty in maintaining 

 rigid discipline, in the entire exclusion i>f ardent 

 spirit, than in enforcing a loose one in regulating 

 tlie conduct of those who have already become 

 temperate. — Seivall's Address. 



Driniv with Cactio.n. — Let those al)out to 

 qiioueh their thirst, when overheated observe the 

 following rules, and they may drink moderately 

 w ith impunity. 



' 1. Grasp the vessel nut of which you are about, 

 to drink, for a minute or longer, with both your 

 I hands. This will abstract a portion of the heat 

 I from the body, and impart it at the same time to 

 the cold liquor, provided the vessel be made of 

 metal, glass or earth. 



'2. If you are not furnished with a cup, and 

 are obliged to drink by bringing your mouth in 

 couuictwith the stream which issues from a pump 

 or spring, always wash your hands, previous to 

 your drinking, with a little of the cold water. 

 By receiving the shock of the water first upon 

 those parts of the body, a portion of its heat i3 

 conveyed away, and the vital parts are thereby de- 

 fended t'roni the action of the cold. 



TEMPERANCE. 



It is disgraceful to any Church, that its meiibers 

 should be concerned in the distillation, sale or use 

 of this poisonous and demoralizing substance; 

 it is offensive to God and ruinous to man. 



What should we say of a Christian, if such a 

 thing could be, who should spend bis life in wri- 

 ting and disseminating infidel books, or in jn-opa- 

 gating among his fellow citizens, lil)ertine senti- 

 ments? What should we think of him who should 

 spread the ?mall pox or yellow fever among his 

 neighbors, or sow the seeds of mania or consump- 

 tion — and this for the acquisition of wealth .' Yet 

 he would be far lesscriminal, would be tar more con- 

 sistent, than he who tnanufactures or vends ardent 

 spirit. 



GLUTTONS. 



During the gluttonous days of the Roman Em- 

 pire, once the most famous of their Ei)icurean dish- 

 es was called Trojanus. This consisted of an en- 

 tire hog stuffed (as was the Trojan horse with arm- 

 ed men) full of larks, thrushes, ca|)ons, and other 

 delicate birds, steeped in exquisite gravy made of 

 the choicest wine and other costly materials. The 

 expense of this dish was so enormous tiiat it be- 

 came the subject of a sum|)tuary law. 



Another favorite dish of these ' architects of 

 gluttons,' was fbiinedof a hog presented entire, 

 whereas one half was roasted and the other half 

 boiled ; and the whole was so curiously prepared 

 by the cook that it was impossible to discover how 

 the creature had been slain, nor yet how its inte- 

 rior came to be stuffed with sundry delicate things. 



Mr Atiijah Alley of Cincinnati has invented a 

 beehouse, which is highly approved. It has been 

 patented by himself and Mr J. C. Parsons. It con- 

 tains slides, by which the bees are shut off and the 

 honey taken without disturbing them. 



Let every farmer divide his pasture ground as 

 he pleases. Let the fence between his arable and 

 pasture laml be as strong as an external fence. 

 But, if possible, let all his arable ground, thoug-h 

 it be a hundred acres, be in one lot. Then ids 

 plough runs clear, in a long furrow. His tillage is 

 divided only by the different species of grain and 

 vegetables he cultivates. There are no fences of 

 consequence, no inconvenient and worthless head- 

 kinds ; no apology for thistles and nettles. The 

 scene is beautiful to the eye. The whole has the 

 appearance of a garden, and begets in the farmer a 

 sort of liorl-icultural neatness. — Gardeners' Journal. 



