Vol. V .No. 1! 



NEW EN(;LAi\D FAUMLJt. 



149 



Its, winch, tlioiigh they ndd niiich to gniceful- 

 .s, make no pretentions to utility .' She must be 

 ded by servants, nurses and medical practJtion- 



; but surely it would be safer und pleasanter 



os.-:ess such a skill as should prevent her from 



c: entirely at the mercy of ignorance, vanity, 



iousnoss, and pre-un)])lion. 

 is to music, which la. lies spend so much time 



learning, It is well known that they seldom 

 ctice it when thoy have entered into the roar- ' 

 1 state. Many other feminine accon-plishnients 

 re are. which cease to attract attention when 

 t'ioir posscs.-ior-i are engaged in the c.ire of 

 miilv. It is therefore probable, that the time 



limed in the acquisition of things which are 

 fessedly of no use to them, might be employed 

 acquiring such knowledge as would enable 

 n to contribute greatly to the happiness of the 

 1 to whom they should give th'fir hands and 

 and of the children which might be the 

 iges of their conjugal love. I by no means, re- 

 them to Xenop: on or Socrates ibr instruction 

 domestic mana cement. Their o\\ n parents 

 uld communicate the result ot their experience 



observation on the subject. .Above rII, they 

 uld inspire tlicm with a love of lionie. and the 

 isures and virtues of an affectionate family as- 

 ation. 



oniplaints have been made that, in the present 

 , marriage is not .sufficiently prevalent, or, at 

 :t, that good husbands are not numerous. Tlie 

 1 who appear to bo insensible to feuialc cliarms, 

 ge in excuse for thoir not soliciting some lady 

 aarviage, that such are the expensive manners, 

 is, and amusements of the fashionable parts of [ 

 sex, so little their skill iu conducting a family, 



such their ignorance of economy, that to be 

 Tied is often to be runied even in the midst of 

 lence. i 



he viciousness of many among the se.x enables ; 

 OHS men to gratify their desires at a small ex- ' 

 se. All the meaner part of mankind, of which , 

 naps consists the greater number, arc unwil- i 

 ■ to incur the danger of dissipating their for- 

 's in supporting a woman who can contribute 

 ling to the a Icvintion of tlieir cares by domes- 

 prudence and discreet economy. i 

 1 every view it appears most clearly;^that noth- 

 would contribute more to the happiness of fe- 

 es, and indeed of men and families iti general, 

 n a cultivation of that unostentatious knowl- 

 e wiiich is in hourly request, and witliout 

 .ch there can be little permanent security in 

 most exalted rank and most abundant afflu- 

 e. Socrates judged wisely, therefore, in rank 

 economics among the most useful and honora 

 of the arts and sciences. — Dr Knox. 



I away with the ushes while on fire ; but this is a 

 I mistake. The coals, if they were on tiro, when 

 buried in ashes and excluded from atmospheric 

 air, would soon be extinguished, or if they were 

 not. they could not kindle a fire when the air was 

 excluded. The spontaneous combustion of ashes 

 proceeds from a very diflerent principle. 



Hard wood ashes when first made, and while 

 they are kept dry contain a metal called potassium, 

 which is the basis of potash. This metal is very 

 combustible, and has so strong an affinity or at- 

 traction for oxygon, the supporter and causes of 

 combustion, that it takes the oxygen from water 

 the moment it touches it, and burns with a vivid 

 flame, and the product of this combustion is potash, 

 that is, potash is potassium saturated with oxygen, 

 or what may be called the o.vyde of potassium. — 

 It should be noticed too, that water is a compound 

 of oxygen and hydrogen, and that when the po- 

 tassium comes in contact with water, it takes the 

 oxygen from it, and the hydrogen being set free, 

 increases the combustion. The simple explana- 

 tion then is this ; dry ashes when first burnt, con- 

 tain in them a metallic substance which is highly 

 iiiflimmable, and which is set on fire by moisture. 

 Qrick lime and water produce heat sufficient, iu 

 some instunces, to set wood on fire, but ashes and 

 water pro luce a much more intense heat. In ad- 

 ding water to lime, much heat is evolved, but no 

 real combustion is produced ; but in adding water 

 to ashes there is a real combustion oi" the metal 

 contained in the ashes ; the metal being a com- 

 bustible substance, requiring nothing but the oxy- 

 gen of the water to set it on fire. 



FIRE FROM ASHES. 



he following explanation of the cause of so ma- 

 accidents resulting from ashes being placed in 

 oden vessels, is by Professor Smith,of Nevv-Ha- 

 , Conn, and contains information which should 

 generally diffused. 



'erhaps there are few people who are acquaint- 

 with the fact, that ashes made by burning hard 

 o6. such as oak, maple, ttc. in a fire]jlace, and 

 en up dry, are capable of producing spontane- 



combustion, simply by receiving a degree of 

 isture,or by coming in contact with a wet board 

 stave, or being exposed to a very damp atmos- 

 ;re. It is generally believed when fire is kin- 

 d by ashes, that it is caused by coal being put 



TAUNTON 



Is a very pleasant village, containing about 5000 

 inhabitants, at the distance of Si miles from Bos- 

 ton. The factories are situated on Taunton Little 

 River, so called, being the western branch of that 

 river ; which is navigable for sloops and lighters 

 to the southern part of the village. 



The iron factories have been in operation seve- 

 ral years, and nails in large quinti'ios have long 

 been made there, and thence transported to vari- 

 ous parts of the country. The very exteiisive and 

 valuable cotton factories are of more recent date. 



The iron annually wrought into nails, hoops, 

 plates and machinery is estimated at 1500 tons 

 more ; 1200 tons are made into nails, and 300 tons 

 into plates, hoops and various articles of machine- ; 

 ry. 



Of calico prints, from l.WO to 2000 pieces are 

 prepared weekly. And they arc considered equal 

 in style and workmanship, to the I'c.it imported ' 

 goods of the same description. About 800.000 1 

 yards of No. 30 cloth also, and .50,0(X) lbs. of yarn 

 are manufactured annually. They have in opera- 

 tion 7000 spindles and 200 looms, and employ i 

 about 700 persons. 



The present capital of the company is $600,000; 1 

 ,*500,000 has been actually vested in the factories, ' 

 stock, &c. About 800 bales of cotton are used 

 annually. 



The mills are built upon five different dams, at 

 equal distances from one another. At the first, 

 the cottasjes and houses, for the accommodation of 

 the labourers, are of wood. At the next, distant 

 about one mile, the cotton mills are of stone, JOG 

 by 45, each ; with a large stone rolling and slit- 

 ting mill, the approach to which is through a 

 street of neat brick cottages belonging to the es- 

 tablishment. At the next privile^ is a new brick 



mill of the same dimensions aa the stone mill be- 

 fore mentioned. A machine shop, furnace, black 

 smithy, and a rolling and slitting mill, and a num- 

 ber of brick cottages for the work people. The 

 establishment for bleaching and jirinting cottons 

 is situated still lower on the river. To this estab-' 

 lishmont there arc attached several buildings all 

 of brick. A block of brick dwelling houses i.s 

 now building fur the people here employed. 



One other brick mill is nearly finished at the 

 same dam. — Boston Gazette. 



IIAllU TIMES. 

 ' Such is, and such always has been, the cry of 

 our fiirmors ; and the present times, as must be 

 confessed, are hanl, if we compare them exclusive- 

 ; ly V, ith much better times, so far as relates to the 

 prices of agricultural produce. But before we 

 feel justified in complaining of hard times and gen- 

 oral distress, ought we not to look to worse times 

 as well as better ? and to other countries as well 

 as our own ? It is true that wheat will not fetch 

 §2 per bushel, neither will tobacco bring $100 per 

 hogshead. But does the happiness and the com- 

 fort of life depend', indispensably on those prices ? 

 Has not the farmer an abundance, and more than 

 he can devour of meat and bread ? Does he not 

 manage scandalously whose garden does not fur- 

 nish him with plenty of good vegetables ? and 

 whose dairy does not yield milk and butter to con- 

 sume and to spare .' Cannot every farmer raise 

 wool and cotton and flax to clothe his family and 

 ; his people ? 



He who has not enough of all these, owes the 

 deficiency to his own want of industry and plain 

 obvious management ; and with an abundance of 

 meat, bread, vegetables, milk, and clothing, beer, 

 and cider, is it not under Providence, ungrateful 

 to be for ever repining and moping, and complain- 

 ing about hard times ! hard times ! Where is the 

 nation, we speak of the mass of the people, on the 

 habitable globe, that would not, if they could, 

 change " times" and conditions with us, and felici- 

 tate tiicmselves and sing hallelujahs to that kind 

 Providence which had supplied the means of grati- 

 fying every want that is essential to wholesome 

 and comfortable living .' The bane of our happi- 

 ness consists in confounding luxuries with neces- 

 saries ; and in keeping our imaginations for ever 

 fixed on those who have, per fas nut per ne/iis, ac- 

 cumulated the means of pampering their morbid 

 and vicious appetites with every dainty, and their 

 vanity with all kinds of empty shows, rather than 

 on the millions in other countries who are literally 

 naked, and perishing for want of bread I 



If^ve would look oftener at these, we Ameri- 

 cans would cease to outrage Providence with the 

 false cry of — hard times ! To a benevolent mind 

 it must be painful to draw contentment from the 

 contemplation of the wretchedness of any portion 

 of our fellow creatures; but reason teaches us 

 that such contemplation does not aggravate their 

 calamities, whilst it instructs us that ours have no 

 reality. To form a better estimate of our own 

 condition here in America, let us turn our regards 

 to the people of Great Britain — that nation which 

 is said to be the most industrious, skilful and en- 

 terprising, and to be governed by the wisest poli- 

 cy ever pursued by public councils. — ./Im. Farmer. 



INSTINCT OF PLANTS. 

 Dr Hancock says, if a vessel of water is placed 

 within six inches of a cucumber vine, that in 24 

 hours time, the vine will alter the direction of its 



