roi. V iNo.aj. 



NEW ENGLAND FAUMEU. 



cvcral tubercular excavations in botli 



Irive certainly seen good effects from nitre 

 isiilcrable doses, given in tlie common infu- 



f roses, iici<lulateil, in common conjunution 

 auiianum, in hemoptysis ; but we never 'jr-ive 

 such Joses as above, nor have we seen such 

 exhibited fay others. The remedy is worth 

 — )hd.Chi.Rcv. 



Extract from an Mdicss at the Hccket Catlk Slwiw 

 bij Lester FilUy, Esq. 



A BAD PRACTICE. 



I am acquainted witii a custom amonjj some of 

 our respectable and most useful meclianicg which 

 auove all others is tlie nsost inconsistent and In^ 

 dicrous. It IS to he found amonjr the blacksmiths; 

 some of whom adopt as a rule to be observed in 

 tiieir respective shops, that whenever a yoke of 

 cait e is driven to the shops, to be shod, the own- 

 er must carry with him a pint of cider brandy or 

 other given quantity of ardent spirits, to be drank 

 in the shop while the work is going on ; the origin 

 ol tliis practice I have never been able to trace, 

 and I believe it will be no easy task for any such' 

 mechanic, however respectable or intelligent, to 



ns 



IXDl.VX LANDS. 



1 J and a half millions of acres of 1 .ad have 

 been obtained by a treaty from lijo Potaw- 

 ; and Miami Indians ; part of tlie compensa- 

 to be in oxen, wagons, and agricultural im- 

 nts ; $:2000 annually, as long as Congress 

 proper, for the support of the poor and in- 1 "'"--'""iit, iiu«ever respectamo or intellin-ent to 



inl for tlie education of youth, besides other | point out any single benefit resulting from it '■ 



I 'he evils attending such a praotice are many and 



^.W E.NGL.\ND M.\NUFACTORTES. Ctlf"^' I'S t' '^1°'^''''' ^'" ''^''' *"°" ^"'^^^ "*" 

 -- "tattle are shod by the smith and his apprentice in 



account of the Manufactories in the town of 



}".l, in Massachusetts, furnishes a fivourable 

 nen of the manners, regulations and morals 

 persons employed in those establishments, 

 miovos the fears and objections of those who 

 lend the prevalence of vice, ignorance, and 

 \-, in coninmnilies of that kind, so rapidly 

 ising in the United States. The different 

 ies in Lowell, employ upwards of GOO young 



rn, over 14 years old, and none under 



! work by the piece, and earn from 1 to §.3 

 leek over their board, averaging more than 

 . Attendance at some pLice of public wor- 

 is required on Sundays, at I'2J cents per 

 charged for a seat. The girls appear 

 y and cheerful, and are seen in the mills 

 d in silks, crapes, and other genteel fruits 

 ir labor. In 3c! weeks after the incorporation 

 > town, the bans of marriage between if, 

 es were published. In some other places, 

 ilO to 1200 young persons are employed at a 

 manufactory, but no where do we hear of 

 jurious effects to society so much complained 

 similar establishments in Europe. 



[N. Y. Statesman.] 



one day, there will be introduced two quarts ot 

 spirits to be drank, on such occasion ; follow this I 

 up day -after day through the season of cattle ! 

 shoeing, and if the blacksmith and his apprentice i 

 are not confirmed drunkards it is because they are 

 possessed of a strong constitution and great forti- 

 tude of mind. I have known several useful inge- ' 

 nious mechanics destroyed and made absolutely 

 wretched by this inconsistent and destructive prac- 

 tice. 



SCHOOLMASTKRS. 



An ignorant schoolmaster is a nuisance to socie- 

 ty, he can instruct no one, t!ie injury he does to 

 the youth committed to his care.is beyond calcula- 

 tion ; the money expended is worse than lost, and 

 the time occupied can never be recalled ; the 

 youthful mind in the mean time remains like a bud 

 in tlie winter, unexpauded and Ior!;ed. The mode 

 and manner, of instruction is altogether different, 

 at the present day, from what it has been. Im- 

 provements are making in tlic sciences as well as 

 in the arts ; and why should we not keep pace 

 with them ; our children must bo educated in or- 

 der to be useful, and it is our duty and interest to 

 adopt the wisest and best means in our power to 

 bring about an object so desirable. See to it then. 



sume slowly, but will burn less readily, and give 

 much less heat. A fire composed of billets of wood 

 not more than 14 inches long.will give more than 

 two.thirds as much heat as that made of v^'ood 

 'louble that length. Perhaps billets of from three 

 to four inches, of a medium diameter,will be found 

 the most economical, as avoiding the two ex- 

 tremes. 



From the Amtncan Farmer. 



QUARTERLY REVIEW. i u.".s uuum an uujeci so aesiraoie. Kee to it then 



e London Quarterly Review for September | that your school instructers are well educated' 



has just been republished by Mess. Wells & i moral men ; apt to teach and of regular habits. 



Tniirt Street, and contains articles unon the i If faithful in their eiTinlnviiiont ro,i..,..,i ti.„.-, m 



Court Street, and contains articles upon the 

 ■ing subjects : — Britton's Cathedral Antiqui- 

 -Scott's Lives of the Novelists. — Parry and 

 lell's Voyages. — Parseval Philippe-Auguste, 

 e Heroique. — Military Memoirs. — Memoirs 

 idame de Genlis. — Prior's Life of Burke. — 

 DVal ; or the Freemason. — Transactions of 

 ieological Society. — Humphreys on the Laws 

 ?al Property. — State of the Slave Trade. — 

 Publications. 



tsfttjig CoHon and Linen. — Never wash mus- 

 or any kind of white cotton goods, with lin- 

 for the latter deposits or discharges a gum 

 1 coloring matter every time it is washed, 

 h discolors and dyes the cotton. Wash them 

 lemselves. 



The liberal use of nitre in hemoptysis," says 

 'I. Chapman of Philadelpnia, "is a practice 

 h I have for several years recommended in 

 ectures.and a solution of it in brandy is a pop- 

 nostrum in this city." 



If faithful in their employment, reward them liber- 

 ally, encourage them in well doing, and be always 

 careful to support them in the necessary discipline 

 of the school; by so doing the prosperity and hap 

 piness of your children will be greatly promoted, 

 and your well directed effort^ and e.wrtious crown- 

 ed with unlimited success. 



J\retemode of making Jelly.— Vruss the juice from 

 the fruit : add the proper portion of sugar, and 

 stir the juice and sugar until the su^uris complete- 

 ly melted ; and, in twenty-four hours, it will be- 

 come of a proper consistence. By this means, the 

 trouble of boiling is avoided, and the jelly retains 

 more completely the flavor of the fruit. Care 

 should be taken to stir the mixture until the "su- 

 gar is completey melted, and fine sugar should be 

 used. 



Economy in fire uJofx/.—The size into which 

 wood should be split, so as to be durable in burn 

 mg. and yet give sufficient heat, is a matter wor- 

 thv of some consideration. If split very small.any 

 - iven iiuantity will give more heat for a while,but 

 wi,l be quickly consumed ; if large, it will con- 



ON ICE HOUSES. 

 Dear Sir — Having had some experience in pre- 

 serving ice, in the latitude of Maryland, I will 

 place at your disposal a ':(:w observations, as an 

 addition to the generally judicious directions of 

 P. The shade of trees over the house, but not 

 so much as to obstruct a good circulation of air, is 

 a point of importance, f.here are many tracts 'on 

 our Atlantic border, where you cannot go twenty 

 feet deep for the springing of water, and a house 

 eighteen feet square in the clear, and nine or ten 



feet below the surface, will keep ice very well. 



It is an essential point to prevent, far as possible, 

 all contact pf the external air, especially of the 

 I warm season, to the ice. 



•I have had what is called a dry well, (t.f ., a holt 

 in the centre of tiie floor, sunk a little deeper than 

 the common bottom of the pit,) in my ice house, 

 and have seen them in others; but I have never 

 been able to discover that the ice made any water 

 into the receptacles. It shrinks and wastes by 

 perspiration, and especially if your bottom be sanii 

 or gravel, I am convinced that the bottom logs, 

 should be bedded in it, and no place be left where 

 air can insinuate itself under the ice. 



Fodder, or Corn tops, makes a more convenient 

 thoch than straw, and the thicker it is put on the 

 better. 



The ice should gertainly be put awav as solid as 

 possible ; and while pitting a layer of the large 

 cakes, I have all the small ones, and broken bits, 

 pounded, and with this pulverized ice fill in be- 

 tween the corners, and grout the crevices between 

 the large cakes, and make it all like a piece of 

 solid stone mason work. 



I let no straw or litter of any kind come near 

 the house, when I am packing ice ; it only bothers 

 you, and will ffet mixed in with the ice, without 

 being then of the slightest service. I fill the Io.t 

 pit full of ice, hard out to the wood, and within a 

 few days after I cover with straw, not 15 or 18 



inches, but not less than 3 or 4 feet thick and 



the thicker the better. Let the air circulate 

 freely over it, but never come near the body of ice. 

 I would keep it 20 feet off, if I could. I look to 

 the house now and then, and from the middle to 

 the last of March, the ice will be^in to shrink 

 from the side logs ; and it will shrink regularly 

 and with a smooth surface I then immediately 

 stuff in dry cool straw, and stop out the air. When 

 I used to put the straw on the sides as I packed 

 the ice, when th e ice began to shrink, I would 

 find this side straw damp and disagreeable, and 

 having got mixed in with the ice as packed, I 

 could pever wet it out clean, and the sides of he 

 ice melted into irregular holes, and air holes, 

 and then it went fiister. But now if the straw I 

 stuff into the first regular shrinking get damp, all 

 I thus stuff in I can get out, and easily rspl ice 

 with drv. I used to cover 18 inches thick, ,-nd 

 frequently cl ange the str;:w. But the straw froia 

 the barn yard, as coo! as it can be had drv. is very 

 many degrees warmer than the ice — and I fo.ind, 



