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al inches thick, entirely of moss: the windows 

 are of gothic architecture, with beautifully stain- 

 ed and figured glass. The figured glass r^ presents 

 alternately scenes and characters in India, and 

 sprigs and flowers, emblematical of Flora. A 

 variety of honeysuckles are creeping over the 

 outside. Inside, the window frames are set round 

 with a great variety of beautiful shells. A sedate 

 observing old gentleman, with his apt poetical 

 quotation, occupies the wall encompassed by a 

 shark's jaw, and notifies visiters that he shall keep 

 a close eye over their greetings and note the stolen 

 kisses from love's young lips. There is, too, the 

 snow owl, with his glaring orbs, perched on the 

 cross beam — he doesn't screech. The old oaken 

 chair, — a present, and a valuable addition to the 

 antiquated roughness and beauty of the jjlace, — 

 is not the least attractive ornament. It is an am- 

 ple arm-chair wrought out of crooked limbs and 

 branches of trees, in their natural state, singular- 

 ly intertwined. The edifice and its arrangement 

 have been prepared by Mr Murniy, Messrs Win- 

 ship's gardener, who has exhibited a great deal of 

 taste in the thing. — Bunker Hill Aurora. 



Locusts, the scourge of some parts of the land, 

 have made their appearance in this vicinity. In 

 the region of Mount Tom, a few miles south of 

 us, they have just made their exit from crevices 

 in the ground as " thick as blackberries." It is 

 novr about seventeen years since the eggs were 

 deposited there and true to a proverb, they are 

 ♦' on hind" ready to serve their customers. The 

 trees and shrubs are loaded with an exuberance 

 of this new fruit and although the kind is not ex- 

 actly what is wanted, yet we hear no complaints 

 about a lack of quantity. Hogs and hens eat 

 them and it is said that they make to a French 

 palate, most exv^ellent soup. There is considera- 

 ble n\itricious matter in them, their bodies being 

 about the size of awalnut. They live upon veg- 

 etable matter and promise to take charge of all 

 the surplus produce ai the vicinity of Mount Tom. 

 What with the busy hum of locusts and rattle of 

 snakes, that elevation has musical as well as sting- 

 ing attractions. — JVorthanpton Courier. 



LIQ,VID MANURES. 



In the preceding volume of this work, page 

 134, there is a very interesting article on the pro- 

 ])riety of using liquid manures for purposes of 

 horticulture ; a solution of soot and water is there- 

 in recommended, in the proportion of six quarts 

 of the former to a hogshead of the latter. — This 

 mixture has been found to exercise a most saluta- 

 ry influence on Peas, Asparagus, and a variety of 

 other vegatables to which it has been applied. 

 We do not doubt the fact stated, and would here 

 observe that the soap suds made in a farmer's fam- 



ily, which is mostly thrown away, is one of the 

 most effective manures that can be applied to veg- 

 etables and flowers of all kinds. From an expe- 

 rience of several years, we can testify to its invig- 

 orating effects, and I'ecommend its use with confi- 

 dence. There are but few families, anywise ex- 

 tensive, who do not make a sufficient quantity of 

 this article, in the course of the year, to keep a gar- 

 den of tolerable size, not only in good condition, 

 but rich enough to secure good crops of vegeta- 

 bles. — Baltimore Farmer and Gardener. 



CURING BEEF AND HA9IS. 



The following recipe was brought from Ireland 

 about 100 years since, and has been in use 

 with general satisfaction ever since — that is, beef 

 and hams cured by this rule are never salt burnt 

 but remain juicy and tender for almost any length 

 of time. — For a barrel or 200 lbs. of either — 

 Take 6 gallons of water, 

 12 lbs. of Salt, 

 4 ounces Saltpetre, 

 li gls. molasses, 12 lbs. coarse sugar. 

 This when dissolved and mixed cold, makes a 

 brine for a barrel, which should be boiled over in 

 .June and skimmed, and when cold turned on the 

 beef again. The beef should be handsomely cut 

 in pieces, not less than four nor more than 12 lbs. 

 — rubbed with fine salt and packed close, then 

 the brine turned on. Hams should lie in this 

 brine about three weeks before they are taken out 

 to smoke ; or if a pint of pyroligneous acid be 

 added to the brine, smoking may be dispensed 

 with. — Ohio Farmer. 



Silk Manufacture. — Mr Joseph Ripka, of 

 this city, has given notice in the public papers, 

 that he has a flourishing plantation, containing ten 

 acres of mulberry trees, on the Point-no-Point 

 road, and he is trying the experiment of raising 

 silk worms on a large scale. As the attempt is 

 one of importance to the community, and the pro- 

 cess interesting to individuals, Mr R. has given 

 notice that visitors anxious for information will be 

 received by Mr John Ter Hoeven, on the premises 

 and may receive from him full exjJlanation of its 

 process. — U. S. Gazette. 



If men did but know what felicity dwells in the 

 cottage of a virtuous poor man — how sound he 

 sleeps — how quiet his bi*east — how composed his 

 mind — how free from care — how easy bis provi 

 sion — how healthful his morning — how sober his 

 night — how moist his mouth — how joyful his 

 heart — they would never admire the noise — the 

 diseases — the throng of passions, and the violence 

 of unnatural appetites, which fill the houses of 

 the luxurious, and the liearts of the ambitiouss — 

 Lutheran Mag. 



