,].\ No. 30. 



NEW ENCa.AMD FAKMER. 



2'6: 



AMERICAN J>YCKUM. Ci li.,: first Woiincsaayin iJay and Oi:lober, 



meetins; of Delej;ntes from the several Ly- ; ten o'clock, A.M. 



established in the towns of Leicester, Brook- 

 ).\ford, Millbury, Shrewsbury, llolden, Rut 

 n«l Southbiidge ; — held at Lf icester, Jan. 



sent from LeiccsUr — Hon. Nathaniel P. 

 Rev. John Nelson and Dr. Edward Flint. 

 kfield — Mr Arad Gilbert and Or. Lawson 



nl — Rev. Ebenezcr Newball, Ira Barton 



■ Brow II. 



,uiy — .Mr -Moses L. Morse, Dr. Wni. M 

 ic<. Col. Amos Hill, Mr. Asa Andrews ami 

 olin Morse. 



w.-ibiin/ — Andrew H. Ward, Ksq. 

 c'i— Rev. Horatio Bardwell, Col. Samuel 

 1 and Dr. Davis. 



and— Mr George S. Flint, Col. James Rsta- 

 and Dr. George Estabrook ; present also, 

 Ir Chuke. 



kbiidge — Dr. Saiuuel Hartwell and Mr 



an. 



notion of Mr Moses L. Morse Hon. JVathan- 

 Denny was called to the Chair, and Ira Bar- 

 jointed Clerk. 



r the Delegates had reported the state of 

 espective Lyceums, it was tinaniinoiisly 

 iveJ, on motion of Rev. Mr Nelson, " That 

 jetinjr deems it expedient to organi/e a per- 

 t Bourd, to be composed of Delegates from 

 fercnt Lyceums in the County of Worcester. 

 V hereupon, Mr. Jcsiali Holbrook, ha Barlov 

 idreio H. ff'ard, Esq. were chosen a Corn- 

 to draft a Constitution for that purpose, and 

 art the same to this meeting forth ivith. 

 Deleffates then proceeded to tlie Meeting 

 jvhere prayers were oft'ered by Rev. Mr 



Mode of applying- Tar to Fruit Trees. 

 Tar affords security to trees from the ravage of 

 'eif, and a highly iuterKstiug Address deliver-' hares, rabbits, and other predatory animals ; thus, 



a large and respectable audience, by Rev 

 Ison. 



Delegates and other friends of science, then 

 (d to the beautiful Town Hall, where, upon 

 1 of Andrew H. Ward, Esq. the thanks of 

 elegates were tendered by a Committee, to 

 kir A'elson, for his Address, and a copy of it 

 ited for the press. It is a subject of cou- 

 tion to the public, that the request will be 

 led with. 

 committee chosen to draft a Constitution, 

 eported the following Articles, which, after 

 ment were adopted by the Delegates, and 

 these words : 



'he said Delegates associate under the name 

 "Board of Delegates of the Ameriean Lyceum 

 '.nee, and the Arts, for the County of M'orces- 



["he Board shall consist of three Dclegate.s 

 jach Lyceum that may be established in this 



y- 



Che object of the Board shall be, to adopt 

 itions for the general and mutual benefit of 

 veral Lyceums, and to consult upon meas- 

 br carrying into effect any plan for the gen- 

 liffusion of knowledge, or the improvement 

 Bllectual and practical Education. 

 The Officers of the Board shall be a Presi- 

 Vice President, Secretary and such other 

 '8 as the Board may deem necessary, to be 

 a by ballot, on the first Wednesday of Octo- 

 inually. 



S meetings of the Board shall be hnlden 

 h place in the County as they may appoint. 



'1. The Board may adopt Byo-Lav.s, and may 

 .■KiMMid the same, or this (."onstiliiliou, by a vote of 

 t. o thirds of the Delegates present at any meeting: 

 I'dvided, that all motions for that piirpo.se shall be 

 1 lade in writing; and, before thoy arc acted upon, 

 s'inll lie over one meeting for consideration. 



After the adoption of the foregoing articles, the 

 Ho.ird was organii'.e;! by electing the following 

 .lerson.s ns Officers |iro (ihi. till an election may be 

 !iad under the Constitution, oii the tirst Wednesday 

 of October next. 



Hon. N\THL. P. Df.n .i. President. 



Rev. Horatio Bardwell, Vice President. 



Ira Barton, Serrelaru and Treasurer. 



Andrew H. Ward, Esq. CV--. Secretary. 



J.Ioses L. Morse, j 



Col. James Estabrook, > Dir -rlors. 



Dr. Samuel Hartwell, ) 

 Chnse the OiTicera of the Board a ommitee to 

 draft a code of Bye-Laws : to devise operations to 

 elfcct the ohjects of tjie Board ; — and to appoint 

 some person to deliver an Address at their next 

 meeting on the first Wednesday in May, at Leices- 

 ter. 



Voted, That the thanks of this Board be tender- 

 ed to Mr JosiAii lloLr.RocK for his assistance at 

 the organization of it, ar 1 for his able and success- 

 ful eftorts in establishing the several Lyceums 

 which we represent ; — and that we cheerfully re- 

 coiimiend him to the patronage of the friends of 

 .Science and the Arts universally. 



Nat HI.. P. Denny, Pres't. 

 Ira BARTo>r, Secretary. 



To make Carrot Pudding — Crato half a pound 

 of the sweetest and most delicate raw carrot, and 

 double the quantity of raw bread ; mix eight 

 beaten yolks and four whites of eggs, with half a 

 pint of white wine, three spoonsfull of oranne-flow- 

 er water, a grated nutmeg, and sugar to palate; 

 stir the wliole well together, and if too tliick, add 

 morn milk, till it be of a moderate consistency ;lay 

 a puff paste all over the dish, and bake it an hour ; 

 serve it up witii siigir grated over. This finu 

 pudding is easily made still more delicious by us- 

 ing Naples bi-scuit and cretim instead of bread aijd 

 new milk, and putting in a glass of ralilia vvith the 

 orange-flower water. On account of its beautiful 

 colour, this pudding is. often sent to table turned 

 out of the crust bottom upward, having a little fine 

 sugar grated over it. Some boil the carrot, and 

 scald the cream, but neither is necessary, an i by 

 boiling, much of the saccharine quality of thecal' 

 rot is always unavoidably lost. 



if one part of tar be mixed with six or seven parts 

 of grease, and the composition be laid on the bark 

 with a brush it will effectually defend plantations, 

 and at the same time prevent the trees from being 

 bark-bound ; a disease that often occurs from the 

 injudicious use of tar and lime. There are, how- 

 ever, some delicate shrubs, to which this mixture 

 cannot be saftdy or conveniently applied ; hence 

 it will be advisable to surround them with twine 

 covered with tar ; and, as this fluid is apt to lose 

 its odour, on exposure to the air, it must be occa- 

 sionally renewed. [Domestic Encyclopedia.] 



Spruce Beer. 

 To make spruce Beer, take IG gallons of water, 

 and boil half of it : let the other half be put cold 

 into a barrel, and upon this pour boiling water, 

 then add 10 lbs. of treacle or molasses, with a few 

 table spoonsful of the essence, stirring the whole 

 well together; add half a pint of yeast, and keep 

 it in a temperate heat, with the bung-hole open 

 for two days, till the fermentation has abated. — 

 Then bottle it,and it will be fit for use in ten days 

 or a fortnight. [Ibid.] 



To remove spots or stains on linen. 

 The fumes of brimstone are useful in removing 

 spots or stfins in linen, &c. : thus, if a red rose 

 be held in the fumes of a brimstone match, the 

 colour All! soon begin to change, and, at length 

 the flower will become white. By the same pro- 

 cess, fruit-stains or iron-mould? may be removed 

 from linen or cotton cloths, if the spots be previ- 

 ously moistened with water. [Ibid.] 



LIVE FENCES OF CEDAR. 

 The cedar is peenliuly fitted for the purpose., 

 [of live fences] throughout the whole district of 

 the United States. It tlirows out houghs near the 

 ground, pliant and capable of being woven into 

 any form. They gradually,however, become stiff. 

 Clipping will make cedar hedges extremely thick. 

 No animal will injure them by browsing. Manur- 

 ed and cultivated tliey come rapidly to perfection. 

 The plants are frequently to be found in great 

 abundance without the trouble of raising them. — 

 As an ever-green they are preferable to deciduous 

 plants ; and they live better than any young trees 

 I have ever tried, planted as follows : 



From December to the middle of April, the 

 smallest plants are to be taken up in a sod of a 

 square conformable to the size of the spade used, 

 as deep aa^XissiWe, which sod is to be deposited 

 unbroken in a hole as deep made by a similar 

 spade ; the earth coming out of it being used to 

 fill up the crevices between the sod and the hole 

 for its reception. I plant these cedars on the out 

 and inside of a streight fence, on the ridge of a 

 ditch, the plants in each row being two feet apait 

 both in the direction of and across this ridge ; 

 but so that the plants on one side of the fence 

 will be opposite to the centre of the vacancies be- 

 tween those on the other. Each row will he one 

 j foot from the fence, so that the top of the ridge 

 will be about eight inches higher than the posi- 

 tion of the plants. They should be topt at a foot 

 high, and not suffered to gain above three or four 

 inches yearly in height, such boughs excepted as 

 can be worked into the fence at the ground.— 

 Of these great use may bo made towards thicken- 

 ing the hedge, by bending them to the ground, 

 and covering them well with earth in the middle 

 leaving them growing to the stem, and their ex- 

 tremities exposed. Thus they invariably take 

 root and fill up gaps. If these hedges are cultiva- 

 ted properly, aTid the land is strong, they will 

 form an elegant live evergreen fence, in a short- 

 er time, than is necessary to raise a thorn fence, 

 in England, according to the books. 



But will they keep out hogs ? I am told by 

 travellers that few or none ot the hedges in Eng- 

 j land will do so. Yet hedges are both the chief 

 1 agricultural ornament, and most valuable improve- 

 ' ment of that well cultivated country. But hogs 

 \ are not there turned loose by law to assail them.^ 

 I do however think that a cedar hedge is far more 

 j capable of forming a fence against hogs than th* 



