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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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The Persian Gulf. — Thjs great sea, formerly of 

 so much commercial importance, although entire- 

 ly neglected for the last century, is fast rising 

 again into consequence, as the British are anx- 

 ious to improve the trade of Bombay. Sonic time 

 since they began to drive off the pirates by whom 

 the gulf was infested and who had little squadrons 

 of vessels and lived in fortified towns on the coast. 

 They resisted powerfully, but were finally destroy- 

 ed, and the admiralty despatched two ships under 

 the command of Capt. Maude, to explore the whole 

 coast, with its harbors, shoals and Islands. In 

 1825 they had surveyed from Ras Monsendreni at 

 the entrance of the gulf of Ormus to the island ; 

 and at the beginning of the present year they had 

 reached the mouth of tlie Euphrates. In the ele- 

 vated promontory called by the ancients tlie Black 

 mountains, they discovered two deep harbors, 

 where vessels may lie safe from the storms. These 

 they named Elphinston and Colville. Many vol- 

 canic formations were found among the Islands, 

 although none were known previously to e.xist in 

 that part of the world ; and new tracts of land, 

 islands, &c. which were before entirely unknown. 

 The formation of some of them indeed appears to 

 be recent, as the lavas scoriee, &c. of which tliey 

 are composed, at present almost entirely forbid all 

 thoughts of_cultivation. [N. Y. D. Adv.] 



.^ cheap and excellent summer drink. — Vinegar 

 and water, sweetened with sugar or molasses, is 

 the best drink that can be contrived in warm 

 weather. It is pleasant and cooling ; it promotes 

 perspiration and resists putrefaction. Vinegar and 

 water constituted the only drink of the soldiers of 

 the Roman Republic : and it is well known that 

 they marched and fought in a warm climate, and 

 beneath a load of arms weighing 60 pounds. Boaz, 

 a wealthy farmer in Palestine, wc read in the 

 Bible, treated his reapers with nothing but bread 

 dipped in vinegar. The custom of swallowing 

 spirits and water, is pernicious in every way, while 

 this beverage, on the contrary, is pleasant and 

 is not liable to produce what the spirit invariably 

 does, namely fever and head-ache.— Ocac. of Health. 



Hmv to make a Horse go that won't hudgc. An 

 individual, who had become proverbial for sagacity 

 and oddity, laid a wager of a certain sum, to be 

 expended in punch that his horse could draw an 

 artillery piece from the west end of Long Bridge 

 to the top of the hill beyond. The bet was accep- 

 ted, and the beast put to the task ; but came to a 

 stand on arriving at the foot of said hill. (Nothing 

 daunted, however, our sportsman procured another 

 collar for the animal, the one in use not fitting ; 

 but nothing would do — he could not be urged for- 

 ward. Every means were tried in vain, jintil (oh, 

 what fecundity of genius!) a measure ofiats was 

 proured, which being a rarity, had a quick effect 

 upon the horse's stability. He made a desperate 

 effort, and — then came the tug o' war — the master 

 marched backwards in front, shaking the grain 

 under the horse's nose ; Dobbin followed on, over- 

 come by the temptation ; and the citizens trudged 

 after, in the august procession — until the great 

 gun was fairly conveyed to the mountain top, and 

 the wager declared won. [Norwich Courier.] 



Maid vs. Widow. — An article of traffic very 

 prevalent among the Turcomans will strike the 

 reader as curious and unique. The Turcoman 



buys his wife, and it is said will give in the pro- i 

 poi"tion of ten to one, more for a widow than a 

 maid. A lady that has been married,and acquired 

 any degree of celebrity for ^ill in housewifery 

 will fetch from two to four thousand rupees. The 

 average price of a maiden, unskilled in the econ- 

 omy of a household, is from two to four hundred 

 only. 



HAIR CUTTING. 



Stare not, gentle reader, at seeing this word at 

 the head 'of an article in a medical journal. We 

 have been accused of using terms unintelligible to 

 comnian readers ; we venture to assert that no 

 such objections can be urged to the term hair-cut- 

 ting. "Every body understands its meaning, though 

 most persons are not aware in what way it can af- 

 fect every body's health. 



In a previous volume of our paper, we have spo- 

 ken of the effects of the hair on the animal spirits; 

 a word or two at present on the influence it exerts 

 over the body. In hair cutting, as in every thing 

 else, there is always a fashion at whose shrine 

 health may be easily sacrificed. Once it was cus- 

 tomary not only to shorten the hair, but to thin it 

 out, and to the dexterity with which this operation 

 was performed, we looked for the evidence of skill 

 on the part of the artist. For a long series of years 

 this fashion prevailed. The air was thus allowed 

 access to the head, evaporation went on freely, 

 and the matter of perspiration not being confined, 

 was not compelled to concrete and accumulate 

 around the roots of the hair. This commendable 

 practice no doubt derived its origin from the just 

 and admirable doctrine of one of the Fathers of 

 Medicine who comprised the great rules of hygiene 

 in these three — keep the feet warm, the bowels 

 open, and the head cool. These wonderfully com- 

 prehensive and salutary directions were followed 

 implicitly until our own day ; but we, in the phren- 

 zy of fashion, have fallen from the faith of our 

 fathers. Instead of the thick-soled shoes and 

 home-knit stockings of former times, silk and pru- 

 nella are the only protection allowed to the feet. — 

 Ice creams and cognac are a sore deviation from 

 the second and not the least important of the rules 

 and to complete our apostacy the hair dresser has 

 entirely abandoned the small scissors, and it is the 

 universal fashion to have hair as thick as it will 

 grow. It is frequently shortened only to make it 

 grow the thicker, and the macassar oil and many 

 other such nostrums find a ready sale for the pur- 

 pose of effecting the same object. 



By this mode of dressing the hair, it must be 

 evident to every one that a degree of heat is main- 

 tained in the head which is unfavourable to health. 

 The matter of ])crspiration concretes around and 

 fills up the pores, and tlie cooling effects of a free 

 evaporation of the secreted fluids are entirely lost. 

 Add to this the uncleanliness of the practice and 

 the manifest disadvantages which must result from 

 an occasional exposure, and which might have been 

 prevented by keeping the head habitually cool. — 

 and no observing or sensible man can be induced 

 to submit to the present style of hair-cutting. We 

 would gladly say more on this subject ifwe thought 

 by so doing we could restore the good old prac- 

 tice of thinning out the hair : but our readers will 

 be led, by what wc have already remarked, to re- 

 flect seriously on this subject, and if each one ex- 

 erts his individual influence, we may hope ore long 

 to close up this avenue to disease. [Med. Int.] 



Scotch It cavers. — An unemployed weaver meet- 

 ing an acquaintance, comi)lained of the depression 

 of business and tlie general distress. His friend, 

 with great elongation of visage exclaimed, "Ah 

 Jarnie, the hand of Providence is in't ; its a just 

 punishment for our sins" — "It may be sae' and it 

 may not be sae," replied Jamie, " I cauna say : 

 but there's a thing I'm sure o,' gin that be true 

 that you say — the weavers sufffer more for their 

 sins than any set of men I ken o." 



In Dublin, where a furious theological contro- 

 versy occurred, B**"», losing his temper, boister- 

 ously Slid to a stranger who sat next to him, " On 

 which side, sir, are you ? Are you an Atheist or a 

 Deist ?" "Oh, neither, sir," was the immediate re- 

 ply ; "■ I am a dentist.'" 



An Irish drummer, whose round and rosy cheek 

 gave notice that he now and then indulged in a 

 noggin of right good poteen, was accosted by the 

 Inspecting General, " What makes your face so 

 red, sir ?" — " Please your honor," replied he of 

 the drum, "I always blushes when I speaks to a 

 Gineral officer." 



A fourth of July oration whose address appears 

 in the Marietta paper, commences thus : " Fellow 

 Citizens and Ladies.'" This reminds us of the 

 last address of George III. to his Parliament, when 

 his insanity was discovered by the commencement 

 of his speech, thus : — " My Lords and Peacocks .'" 

 jY. Y. Commercial. 



Public Sale of Wool. 

 On THURSDAY, the l4(h of Sept. at 9 o'clock, 

 At the east end of the Hall over the New Market, un- 

 der the regulation.'! of the "A. E. Society." 



A large quantity of Merino. Gradv and Native Fleece 

 Wool which will be exempt from the State duty of 1 

 per centum. 



Farmers and others, who wish to avail themselves of 

 this opportunity of disposing of their Wool, are inform- 

 ed that we are in readiness to receive at any time until 

 the 9th September, at which time our catalogue will be 

 closed. 



— ^iho al the sam.e lime — 

 300 bales Smyrna ) 



C5 do. Saxony Electoral, ), WOOL. 

 1O0 do. .Spanish ) 



This Wool may be examined on and after the 9lh 

 ofSejt. until the day of sale. 



COOLIDGE, POOR k HEAD, jlucl. July 21. 



REFRIGER..QTORS, manufactured under the di- 

 rection of the subscriber, and for sale at his counting 

 house in Sea Street, Wheeler's Point. 



The principal use of these articles is for the preserv- 

 ationiof Meat, Butler, Milk, &c. and for cooling Wines 

 and other liquors. Their excellence consists in the 

 greatpower of the nou-conductor, together with the 

 niode| of diffusing coldness in them. A small quantity 

 of ice is sufhcient to produce a uniform and powerful 

 effeci 



A large assortment constantly on hand, which are 

 offered at reasonable prices. ALLEN PRATT. 



Boit('n,.July 21, 1U2G. 



PJITENT HOES.— J. & A. Fale's Patent Hoes con- 

 tantjy for sale by French & \\e]d, 31 & 32 South 

 Maillet St., and French & Davenport 713 Washington 

 Street, who are appointed sole agents for vending the 

 eptf. Boston. April 28, 1826. 



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