:iilii< 



t— Uien tt^ one influenced by merce- 

 .celin^s and sinister views— iind iho very 

 nmoMt of his canton went so far as to tl.reat- 

 m with the weight of its autlmnly. His 

 1 however, continued to flourisli, and his 

 alion to intrcas.-, till the period of his death, 

 as patronised in almost every quarter of Eu- 

 En^'hin :, SotUud, Ceruiany, Russia, &c 

 pupiU to his school, and the advaulaji'es of 

 • strni were so evident, that but few h.ve now 

 ar<lihood to refuse to acknowledjre li.em. 



Ilenherji was a man of amiable disposi 



at vi^or and serenity of mind, of a mild 



countenance, and of polite 



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iNEW ENGLAND FAlliVJEU. 



357 



the cask, aiirl in five or six days, v/hcn fine, bot- 

 tle it for drinking. If molasses cannot be pro- 

 cured coarse sugar will answer the purpose. 



A VALUABLK EXPERIMENT. 



Jlr Phiiicas Whitney, of VVinclieudon, Mass. 

 has a larore farm ; cuts about l.TO tons of hay, 

 annually ; employs four or five men, during the 

 year, and nine or ten in harvest. He was in the 

 habit of purchasing' rum by the barrel, in P.oston, 

 for liis labourers, and used annually about five 

 bMrrels. He saw the habit of nsinaf it was jrain- 

 iuCT strength in himself, and in his men. He there- 

 fore resolved to use no more ; and ofl'ered his men 

 picasinu counieiiaiiti,-, a..u v,. i-^--- -"" I ong dollar monthly, in addition to their former 

 manners. His occupation, as i">";"<^'"f' <";' i „-acres if they would dispense wi'h it altogether, 

 irevent him from devoting » Po"'°"°' "'* They readily acceded to this proposal; and dur- 

 10 literary pursuits ; and he published, from , .^^ -^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^,^^^_ ,^^ 1^^^ neither used it hiin- 

 to 'inie, a number of works on the nature ami j ^^ j-^ ^^^ furnished it for his me i. His work has 

 3 of his establishment at "of*y'' J,''_"=;_.'Sbeen done quicker and better than ever before.— 



He has saved, he says, more than one thousand 

 'lollars in money. Five or six of his nei'ihbours, 

 having large farms, have seen his success, and 

 imitated his e.xample. [Recorder and Telegraph.] 



I be useless here to enumerate. The lati 

 ■ ror Ale.xander Wiis so well satisfied with 

 nberg's excellent institution, and so pleased 

 the character of the man, that he sent him 

 Iccor.ntion of St. Wlatliuiir. of the fourth 

 ' accompanied by a very flattering anto- 

 lical letter I will send you a brief sketch 

 s establishment at Hofwyl in a few days. 

 JValional Journal. 



ANIMAL POISONS. 



c following c.ase of the bite of a ratllfsnake, 

 ;or'ied by Dr. Thacher, in his Military Jour- 

 n. 54. Cottons and Barnard's edition, 

 on after my arrival at Ticonderoga, a soldier 

 the imprudence to seize a rattlesnake by'its 

 the reptile threw its head back, and strdck 



I United States Oranges. — Tliis excellent fruit 

 finds a congenial soil in the territory of Florida. 

 ilt is computed that upwards of fifteen hundred 

 I thousand oranses are gathered every year at St. 

 I Auffustinc. Many of the trees, (says Mr White, 

 'i the Florida delcsrate in Congress,) bearin? 4000 



those feudal institutions, whicli for so long a time 

 spread misery throughout Europe, still weigh 

 lieavily on the happiness of the people." 



The land is so fertile ll-.at, although it is imper 

 fcclly broken up, mid but little manure is spread 

 upon it, two crojjs arc annually obtained. After 

 the crops are gathered, tlie fields are slightly 

 ploughed in the month of September, and then 

 sowed with the common blue lupine. This plant 

 grows rapidly, and in about three months, having 

 attained a sufiicient height, it is turned in, and 

 thus forms the most common, and at the same 

 time a cheap, and eliicacio\:s means of enriching 

 the soil. The experiment') of a few foreign set- 

 tlers in St. Michael have satisfactorily proved: 

 that with very little additional trouble and ex- 

 pense, a constant succession of crops throughout 

 the year may be obtained. 



Althougli so little attention is bestowed on ag- 

 riculture,. the crops of maize, (in.'.ian corn) beans, 

 and potatoes, are very great. When the corn, 

 which is of the yellow kind, is nearly ripe, the 

 cars are broken from tlie stalks, and the husks arc 

 turned back. They are then collected into bun. 

 dies and fastened to poles, from ten to fifteen feet 

 high in such a manner as to form very regular 

 pyramids. By this arrangement the corn is ex- 

 posed to the sun, and air, and dries in a ipuch 

 shorter time than when left on the stalks. 



The quantity of corn, annu;illy exported from 

 St Michael to Portugal and its colonies, is about 



oranges, are believed to be 120 years old. The , ^j^^^^ hundred thousand bushels; which is esti- 

 lemon, citron, lime and olive, thrive equally well. ^-^^^^^ to be about one third part of the whole 

 ~ " quantity produced on the islsnd. 



The wheat is heavy, and abundant ; it is thresh- 



Two Gooseberry Bushes are described in the 

 Horticultural Transactions ; the branchy of one j v;'^ ^^y-^.,^^^ „;^„„^,._ a ,p,ee in the field, 

 ,t the seat ot the late Sir Jo.ephBan.s,e.xtended,^^^._^^ ^^J^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^ loose stones, is 



.ngs into the man's hand. In a few moments ,.3 yards in circumference, and produce several ! '"■'"» '';^7\''""^l^i^T^";|;;"7,Ta uniform^ 

 elling comm.nced, attended with severe pain. ^^J^ „f ,,,, ,„,„,,„, ,, ,3 ,„,„,,,h .ith soap r."?'' {.'?!."' <• l" '111' ',1 1 t^, 



,s not more than half an hour, when his whole ] ^^j^^ ^^^ ^^^^ drainings from the dung hill. Anoth 

 to his shoulders was swollen to twice 'ts j p^, j^ ^^.^j^^^ j^ ^ building, and measures .53 feet 

 ral siie, and the skin became of a deep orajase'^^^^^ ^^^ extremity to the other, and produces an- 

 ur. His body, on one side, soon became <if- I nually from 4 to 5 pecks of fruit. 



=d in a similar uianner, and a nausea at his ■ • 



lach ensued. The poor man was greatly and j AGRICULTURE IN THE AZORES. 



y alarmed; his situation was very critical. — 'fjje state of agriculture is very low. The niild- 



) medical men, besides myself, were in close j ness of the climate, which requires Utile or no pro- 



ndance for several hours. Havinff procured jyjjion agninst inclemencies of the weather, the 



antity of olive oil, we <Urected the patient toif^cjlity with wliich the means of sustenance are 



How it in large and repeotffd doses, till he had 1 obtained, a constitutional disinclination to labour, 



m one quart ; and at the same time we rub- together with an hereditary aversion to the intro- 



into the affected limb a very lanje quantity of | duction of modern improvements, all tend to retard 



curial ointment. In about two hours we hadjUg pyogress. The grenter part of the islanders 



satisfaction to perceive tlie favourable efi'ects Uaving, moreover, no personril interest in the soil 



lie remedies. The alarming symptoms abated,] ^yi,jch they cultivate, exert themselves no more 



swelling, and pain sradually subsided, and in Hj^^ is absolutely necessary in committing the 



ut forty-eight hours he w^as happily restored jgeed to the earth, leaving the result almost entire 



ealth. I ly to nature. The entailment of estates has prob- 



oDPTTri.- nppp ably a more powerful infl.ienco than any other cir- they sroan and en 



. ,. , , ,• .1 1 iL /• 11 • • cumstance, in preventins the adoption ot more "eaienuji, ., ■ ■ 



Ve are inclined to believe that the follow^.n-r •= I'p^'"^;^^ „.ethods of culture. No inducements are All the ordinary vegetables of Europe thrive in 



ood recipe for spruce beer It is cop,ed from Portuguese government for im- the Avores with little care and the onions are re- 



Rn.hsh work of reputat,o-n. <• Chowder beer ^^^^^^^,; „f. „„, ^^^^ „or c^ the proprietors of markable for their sr-e and mildness. Swee po- 



. provincial phrase of r)^yonsh,re. dpnotinc. a P ^^^^^, ^^ ^,,^^^ ^^^.,,^ .^ Portugal, ap- tatoes. (convolmlus batata.) are tolerably abund 



■ap and easily Prepared Hrink. hiHiIv recom- , ^ ^^ ^^,^^^ .^^^^^^^ .^ ^^^.,. 



ndod forpreventin'5 the Si'urvv inlonT vov??e3, " , •. , ^, .. i- .1 ■ 



„ , r- •. 1 •. u u tons, than IS excited on the receipt of their vear- 



for the usp of It where t mav have bpen t-on- ' ' ™ .,, . 1, v 1 »u „ 



' , , . 1 .. > 11 • ,lv rents. To the Azoreans may be applied the re- 



eled It IS prepare ' in the following mannpr : ' ' , „ , . ' n * • j . 



*■ , ,, r . ■ 1-1 . .u mark of a threat modern traveller* in resrard to 



e twelve srallons of water, in which nut three . „ , ., u 1 .u 1 



, T 1 ic f M 1 1! -1 •» <• ,-an'Sther Portusruese colonv ; " unhappily, the real 



inds and an hall of bl-ick spruce; boil it for 



ee hours, and having taken out the fir or spruce. 



ly level and hard surface. Upon 'his spot the 

 wheat sheaves are arransred in a circular manner, 

 and a long board, armed with sharp points on its 

 under side is dragged over them by oxen; the 

 driver standing upon the board, which is also 

 loaded with heavy stones. The sharp points cut 

 the straw, and detach the grain ; the straw is 

 then raked oft'. None of the land is laid down to 

 grass, and hay is consequently not used in St. 

 Michael ; the horses, and other animals subsist- 

 ing, on corn leaves, grain and pulse. 



During the harvest, the cars of a .■stranger are 

 exceedintrly annoyed by the noise of the carts 

 used by the country people. The wheels, which 

 are formed of krge, clumsy pieces of wood, bound 

 together with iron, are fastened to an equally 

 clumsy axle-tree, aud both turn together in a 

 round hole cut in a beam, crossin-^ the bottom of 

 the cart. Grease is never applied to them, and 

 eak to a degiee that is almost 



'.• elfare of the inhabitants does not correspond 

 vihh the advantasres which nature has lavished 

 on this spot. The farmers are not proprietors, the , a pro 



ant, and the Indian arrow root, (maranta annidi- 

 nncea.) grows wild in every part of St. Michael. 

 At present, the arrow root is almost entirely ne- 

 (Tlected by the natives, but «ome of the foreign 

 families prepare small quar.tities of it, for their 

 private use. the root in its natural state is ex- 

 tremely acrid to the taste, arid, if chewed, causes 

 fuse salivation ; when applied to the skin for 



with the liquor seven pounds of molasses, and 



, ., . , ■ . ., L ■ J u on this snot. 1 ne larmers are nm prupneiurs. uut; , ^ f- , . 



t boil It up; strain it through a sieve and when J ^^ the nobles, and : -^ome time. ,t produces heat, '•^'^"^^^"J. f."^-- 



Ik warm, put to it about four spoonfuls of yeast __lz 5 _ I .j-jij preparation consists m separating the teculi 



work it. In two or three days stop the bun^ of * Humboldt. 



