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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



mary gland, which causes an increase of the arte- 

 lial ramifications, and results in an afflux of blood; 

 surcharging the small capillaries, producing ex- 

 travasation and forcing blood out of the walls of 

 blood-vessels. And secondly, a loss of equilibri- 

 um in the circulation of the vital fluid; whereby 

 congestion of the blood-vessels in the udder takes 

 place; resulting in extravasation, or unnatural 

 flowincr of the fluids from the ducts or vessels. 



These cases are sufficient as examples; yet in 

 themselves they are but results, for, preceding 

 them were others — such as kicks or blows on the 

 udder, termed direct causes; others, operating in- 

 directly, such as plethora, &c. Violent tuggings 

 at the teats by an inexperienced hand may also be 

 classed among the direct causes of bloody milk; 

 for then the small blood-vessels are lacerated. 



The article recommended in the communication 

 of our correspondent, ^ar^e^, known to botanists 

 as fhytolacca decandra, is a powerful nauseant, 

 irritant and narcotic. A number of years ago it 

 was proposed, in human practice, as a substitute 

 for ipecacuanha, but it was found wholly unfitted 

 for the purposes which the latter article is calcu- 

 lated to fulfil. It produced excessive vomiting and 

 purging, attended with great prostration of strength, 

 and sometimes with convulsions. It is seldom if 

 ever used with veterinary practitioners. 



We respectfully object to our correspondent's 

 mode of using the article, out up into pieces 

 ^^four or five inches long,'''' with the fixings, (pork 

 and thread,) and doubt very much if, after cram- 

 ming it into the cow's mouth, she could be made 

 to chew and swallow it. And if so, it would 

 take a long time for the gastric fluids, in the 

 stomach, 1o decompose it, so as to affect the dis- 

 ease. 



''In its green state,'' he says, "it requires about 

 double what would be required when dry." We 

 think that in its green state it is even more active 

 than when dry. "Its virtues are diminished by 

 keeping, and in the course of twelve months it be- 

 comes inodorous." See U. S. Dispensatory, p. 487. 



If, however, people prefer to use the article, why 

 not give it by infusion. For every particle of ac- 

 tive matter is imparted to boiling water. We can 

 only add that we sincerely respect every man's 

 honest opinions, and that the long experience of 

 our correspondent in the use of garget ought to 

 entitle it to a fair trial, witli all those who know 

 of no better remedy, and think its use efficacious 

 and safe. 



g^ November has been a rough month. The 

 ground as far south as the neighborhood of Boston, 

 has been several times covered with snow, and fro- 

 zen so as not to thaw in the middle of the day. — 

 Snow fell to the depth of three inches at Fitchburg 

 on Thursday, and in Maine there is at present good 

 sleighing. 



THANKSGIVING. 



Another of these interesting anniversaries has 

 just passed away; it has been a refreshing halting- 

 place in the confusion and hurry of life. We hope 

 every individual sat down to a bountiful table, with 

 a heart big with gratitude to the Great Provider 

 for all; — remembering that it is He who has con- 

 tinued our lives, given us joy and health, filled our 

 garners with food, and preserved the social dispo- 

 sitions which have kept bright the chain of friend- 

 ship, and united us in the bonds of affection and 

 love; — That it is He who has controlled the sea- 

 sons, and tempered them with His sun and wind 

 and showers, and made them fruitful for us; — That 

 He has "sent the springs which run among the 

 hills, into the valleys," filling them with beauty 

 and with life, and "watered the hills from his 

 chambers," till the "earth is satisfied with the 

 fruit of his works." 



Thanksgiving ! We trust there was a univer- 

 sal Hymn of it throughout the land — that the heart 

 of each yearned towards his neighbor, and that the 

 humble and the poor all had "their meat in due 

 season." j^" If Tho'j wert not thankful then, be 



so NOW. 



Cold winds pinch the unprotected, and colder 

 neglect crushes the best affections of the heart. 

 The poor ye have always with you. Go, then, and 

 from thy bountiful store, give warmth and food to 

 those who have had No Harvest to gather; then 

 will the voice of Thanksgiving be heard in their 

 dwelling, and their "meditation of thee shall be 

 sweet." 



Cherish this institution. Tell your children 

 how in the stormy December our forefathers landed 

 on "the stern and rock-bound coast" — how in the 

 midst of suffering and privation they erected the 

 Church and the School-House, and planted their 

 principles in the New World. And although 

 smitten with disease and more than decimated by 

 death, — though reaping scantily where they had 

 toiled and sowed in pain and in fear, yet how joy- 

 fully they gathered themselves together and united 

 in anthems of Thanksgiving and Praise to Him 

 who had brought them in safety across the wild 

 waste of waters, and given them "freedom to 

 worship God." 



Cherish this institution, then, in deep-felt grati- 

 tude, in hymns of Thanksgiving, and in affection- 

 ate remembrances of those who can be made hap- 

 pier by your kind acts; then will it be handed 

 down to future generations, to make glad the fam- 

 ily hearth and embalm the memory of the Pilgrim 

 Fathers. 



5^" We have received several varieties of fruit, 

 which will be particularly acknowledged in due 

 time. 



^' "Here's a cent," said a wealthy man to a 

 poor cripple. "I was poor once myself." 



