Vol. V No. -20. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



157 



We trust that we shall have occasion little Ion- I AMERICAN CARPETING 



tr to apply to foreign markets for this species ot j We have just seen a piece of Carpctin"- woven 

 iitif:icture since our own have already furpassc, „t Tariffville,about twelve miles from this,"*'; 'oliidi 

 ii-e of those imported from France and (^cai i; appears that C.irpcts can bo made there 'of any 

 tuin. The domestic Calicoes we arc happy to ' oloiirs an.! to any pattern, durable, cheap and 

 , moot the approbation of the ladies in prefer- ; elegant. Colourinjr can be done as well in this 

 •e : owii}? to the superior strength of their country as i»any other, and the weaving by this 

 ture. and the permanency of their colors. _ j looiu is of the rijht sort. The public will in a short 



[Pawtucket Clironicle.] } ;ime become acquainted with these carpets and we 



THE SULPHATE OF QUININE, 

 r.'iis article which contains the bitter and tonic 

 nciplo o! the Peruvian Hark, in a hicrhly con- 

 vi form, is daily becoming more e.xtensive- 

 kinx.vn, an'l its efficacy in the cure of diseases, 



iiighly iippreciate 



ed as a nied.cinal agent, by the French 



only claim the ccclit of being the first to mention 

 them. [Hartford Mirror.] 



HONEY A CURE FOR THE GRAVEL. 



A number of ypars ago, says a correspondent, I 

 ■vas much afflicted with the gravel, and twice in 

 When It was first in- : gprio.jg^jj„g.gP^ f.oj,, gmall stones lodged in the 

 igent, by the French pa3.;age. f met with a gentleman who had been 

 eniist-s and Physicians, its use was confined i„ „y situation, and got rid of this disorder by 

 efly, it not entirely, to the cureot the Inttrmit- sweetening his tea with half honey and half sugar. 



tf. (fr, or fever and as-ue. Even at this pen- [ adopted this remedy^ and found it eftectual. Af- ,„„„^ .„„„ ,„ ,„^. .,,.„.„„, 

 some ol our medical men are ignorant of its use ter hoimr fullv clmr of mv di^pnsp aiimih ton uonro I. ci. . r.- . , A 



„,..,'= ■ u . ; 1-er oei.ag luiiy Clear 01 my (ll^.ease aoouc ten years, to Staunton. — RichmoniJ t^nqutrer. 



any other purpose. 1 his however, is but one j declined taking honey, and in about three months | 1 



the many cases where this active preparation , j i,ad a violent nt of my old comphi int. I then re- j PHILADELPHIA, 



been used with a success^ uneqmdled by t,hat j ^ew^d my practice of taking honey in my tea, and | The Philadelphia Gazette says the improvement-, 



in that city for the last ten years must astonish 



HOGS. 



A western friend informs ns that upward.i of 

 (;i),(l()0 hogs had passed up the valley of the Great 

 Kenhawa, as early as the f.tli of November, mostly 

 destined to the eastern part of Virginia. This ac- 

 cession to our usual supply by that route, is prin- 

 cipally owing to the very useful and convenient, 

 road recently constructed between the Kanawha 

 and James river. The expenditure among our cit- 

 ivr.ns, in bringing Jiogs to market from our western 

 border is estimated at .*! 3,") per head ; and if the 

 facilities of bringing them to market should only 

 reduce the price of pork 50 cents in the hundred, 

 the results will he a disbursement of about 1*75000 

 for corn and other provisions on the roads, and 

 upwards of S50000 saveil to the consumers of 

 Western pork. These are interesting circumstan- 

 ces for the consideration of the Legislature, on 

 deciding on the expediency of extending the Ken- 

 hawa road to the Kentucky border, and eastward 



my other aiticleinthe diss of Tonic medi- ,,„ ^^.^ ,„pfg than three score, and have not for 

 cs. In all c;ises of debility, from whatever (he last twenty-seven years, had the smallest 

 ;e, in the absence of high febrile excitement, symptoms of tlio gravel. I have recommended my 

 '.f..-:icy IS certain as it is speedy and perman- , prescription to many of my acquaintance, an I iiave 

 —It IS peculiarly valuable in those cases of ^^^.^^ known it to fail.— Po/ih>«/ E.ram. 

 remo debility, attended with such an irritabili- 1 



Df the stomach, as to preclude the use of bark I CURE FOR SORE MOUTH IN HORSES, 

 jubstanco. or other tonics. In bat a few cases \ The following method of practice and recipe for 

 it disagree with the patient and its use is the cure of the prevailing disease among horses, 

 from those chronic companUs of the nervous ' was obtained from Mr Toralinson, (one of the pro- 

 tem which so often succeed the u.^e of .4r»«nt- prietors of the Western Mail Stages) on his return 

 preparations, and noslrams, denomimted 'ague from visiting the sick horses in the line, and we 

 (s.' Thtse poi..ionous specifics ought to give feel authori. ed to say, will, if strictly attended to. 

 ;e to the more safe and valuable article under succeed in curing 9'J cases in 100. — ,1mcr. Farm^ 

 sideration. 



s the Quinine is now mixh used in the cure of i 



fever and ague bv many unacquainted with the j On the commencement of the disease, bleed 

 ure of the m'edicine and the disease, it will be moderately. If the blood, after cooling, appears 

 per to state that it should never be used in this to have much buff on it, repeat the bleeding— give 

 iplaint, but during the intermission between "pint of castor oil ; if it does not operate in 16 

 h paroxysm.or fit of the disease. Its use should hours, give two thirds of a pint. Nitre maybe 

 preceded, also, by thorough evacuations from given at the rate of 2 oz. a day, or salts two or 

 ir stomach and bowels. During the hot stage three times a week, J lb. at a time ; these may be 

 tonic would onlv increase the excitement.— ' ?>ven in a thin mush, or rather slop of bran, it 

 iling medicines are then indicated. The most. being the best food for the animal while diseased, 

 venient preparation of the Quinine is the solu- i Take half a pint of honey, one table spoon full 

 I made by adding the salt to cool water slight- of borax, and one quart of strcng sage tea, mix 

 icidulated with sulphuric acid. The dose is them well together, then take a stick and tie a 

 grain every one.two or three hours, according soft fitg to the end of it ; dip it in the mixture and 

 he violence' of the disease, and clearness of the wash the tongue, gums and mouth well ; the more 

 5rmission. It may be used with or without j frequently the better, at least every two hours— 



and gratify every citi;en. Of public buildings 

 tliere have been erected the U. S. Banl;, the The- 

 atre, five churches, the Deaf and Dumb and the 

 Orphan Asylums, besides many others that have 

 been rebuilt and beautified. The western part of 

 the city has been, and is now rapidly building up, 

 by whol» rows of three story bricl< houses at a, 

 time ; several public hotels just finished exceed in 

 point of size and comfort any in the Union. The 

 new and beautiful Arcade is nearly finished; new 

 iron water pipes have just been laid throughout the 

 city ; a new E.vchange and Post Office are to be 

 built, and the city lighted with gas. 



deira or Port Wine. 



I sweet milk in tlio tea will do no harm, or a little 



'he absurd idea that it is dangerous to break I nitre may occasionally be put in with good etfect 



fits of the ajjue ought to be exploded. There 

 no constitutions that will not suffer more or 

 5 from a continuance of this disease. Enlarge- 

 nts of the spleen, (called Ague Cakes,)derange- 

 nt of other viscera, debility, dropsical affections 

 I a host of nervous complaints succeed, and 

 iiplete the wreck of the system. On the con- 

 ry, it is esteemed perfectly safe to check the 

 oxysrns at the earliest period. The Quinine, 

 ler proper management, will prove infallible in 

 ! particular. — Ohio pa. 



)r Grant of St. Simon's Island, (Georgia) has 

 sented to the Agricultural Society of that dis- 

 t,.a specimen of the Date, the product of St. 

 ions, supposed to be the first specimen of that 

 icious fruit ever produced in this country. 



— be particular in keeping the mouth clean, and 

 nursing the horse with care. 



The pulse, and appearance of the blood, must 

 govern as to the necessity of bleeding more than 

 once. 



The Legislature of Vermont have passed a law 

 requiring the venders of lottery tickets in that 

 State to pay for a license to sell tickets, the sum of 

 •*500 per annum. They have also rejected, unani- 

 mously, the several resolutions received from the 

 executives of other States, proposing an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution of the United States. 



Mr Pulton, the Civil Engineer, has commenced 

 a survey of all the navigable rivers in Georgia, 

 from the mountains to the ocean. 



'1 lie exprriments made in the South of Spain, lo 

 cultivate the cochineal, have perfectly succeeled. 

 In Murcia,the silk worm from China, which makes 

 the white silk has been introduced. 



Thirty new townships have lately been laid out 

 in Maine, on land belonging to that State and 

 Massachusetts ; and the soil is spoken of as gene- 

 rally good. 



MANUFACTURES. 



The manufactures, principally of cotton, in New 

 England, amount to about 400 distinct buildings, 

 appropriated to spinning, weaving, auil printing 

 cotton goods. These buildings average, by the 

 best estimates, 700 spindles, many of them (indeed 

 nearly all the new ones) very large ; but on the 

 other hand, most of the old ones comparatively 

 very small ; so I think the average is safely put at 

 700 spindles to the building ; that makes 280,000 

 spindles. These, after counting out Sundays, and 

 suspensions from repairs, low water, sickness, &c. 

 run 280 days in the year, and are estimated to 

 consume half a pound of raw cotton per day, which 

 is 140 lbs. to the spindle in a year ; this, multipli- 

 ed by the number of spindles, is 89,290,000 Ihs. of 

 cotton, equal to 96,000 bales. 



About one third of these buildings weave by 

 power-looms ; one other third carry on the weav- 

 ing by hand, perhaps rather more, and the other 

 pin and send oflT their yarn to the Middle or West- 

 ern slates, where it is either wove by hand under 

 contractors, as around Philadelphia, or in families, 

 as in the Western country. The manufacturing 

 of cotton goods, or rather spinning, has increased 



