1^,. Vol. V — No. 47 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CA^,l^■nii.l^iL■ EXKRCISBS. 



'^ t is an odnnttod pliysiological fact, that iaipcr- 



. tions in the t'emale form havp their origin for 



most part in defective or irregular muscular 



'' ion. Tlic muscular e.\ercisL>s recommended 



ler the above title are such as are calculated 



cure deformities of the figure, whilst they tend 



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Ronfinir Public Roads.— A writer in the London 'his capsized vessel, and both were nresentli; 

 rjrua recommends tlinf nnlillr. ,.n»,i., „i i.i i._M;r,,.Q.4 i.„ „ i i. .. . , ' " 



Argus recommends that public roads should bo 

 covered witli roofs from town to town, similar to 

 rope- walks. He says " It will be necessary to 

 use cedar or locust posts, or .stone pillar.i, every 

 fifteen to twenty feet on each side of the road ; on 

 the.se put your plates and rafters, and cover th 



. .... .1 . J -(...^j^u. i^.,i.,io aim laiii-rs, an<i cover the 



the same time to inv.gorute the ^.V^'em, and ,<,of with good oak or ash boards, (shin-les ), -.bout 

 iduce to elegant deportment ; thus combmiDg 1 ,|„.pe feet long, well nailed on." By thus koeoin- 

 valuable qualities of a remedy with an agreea- ^u.e road perfectly dry, the writer thinks it would 



vocation. A series of e.vercises, called from 



'lir results Calislhenic,* has boon introduced un- 



the patronage of the Duche.ss of Wollinfftoii 



^ 



ast a long time. " The advantages and comforts 

 ol such a road," he adds, "would be unequalled 



-,.,,„ , »,■ -V, ■ „ ■ 1 "P"" ^'"■'■''- '^he traveller, in winter, could pur- 



Lady Noel Byron, bv Miss Jlarnu) iilason, in o,,p i,;, imimo,, nnnn ■, o„,„,.k i r . 



J ■' - ' I '""^ "'s louiney upon a smooth, dry, nrni summer s 



road, and would be perfectly secure without the 

 incumbrance or e.vpcnse of an umbrella 



frge-Street, lianover Square. They have met 

 h the approb.ilion of Sir Astley Cooper, Messrs, 



die, 1 ravers, and other leau.ng members of j ^gr he would be proiected from the scorchinj 



profession, wno have been present during the.rj/^yg of the sun, and the drenching showers of 



formance. Theso exercises are carefully ac- ,^,„ . ,,o would also be relieved, in a -rrea. meas 



nmodated to the delicate organization of the|„re from the suffocation of the dust, which is pro- 



lale sex, and to the peculiar circumstances of 

 individual ; and though they have been es- 

 lishcd only a few months, they have proved 

 y beneficial to pupils. [.Wic Monthly Magaznu] 



MORTALITY OF PRISONS. 

 L VilicrmG, in a memoir on this subject, pre- 

 tcd at a sitting of the French institute, places 



duced hy cutting up the roads while wet, and pel 

 verizing the clods when dry." 



It is supposed that a roof would, with a little re- 

 pair, last upwards of twenty years, and, for that 

 length of time, save all labor on the road. 



Tl'olvts. — We learn from the Williamstown, 



,,,,.., ,. ., . . ... (Mass.) Advocate, that several Wolves have made 



he head of the causes oi the great mortality ■ ||,„i. „„_„„_,„„„ ,, r 



J. o; • . 1- . ti- 1. ■' I llieir appearance on the range of mountains rnn- 

 •nsons, poor and insufhGient diet. Uis observa- ; ^\„„ \v„„t „f ,u„» ,„ ,, i .1 . 



. '^ „..,„.. „, I f"? West ot that town, through the towns of 



IS of course refer to the I'arisian prisons, nie 1 ajo.v Aci,fn,-r! ii„ »i 1 r u ■ . ,, 



,^. , ,> J i^ew Astitorcl, Hancock and Lanesborouo-h, in al 

 .y ration of a prisoner is a pound and a hallot „f,,,h;/.i, ,>i.,-.„„ *i,„„ 1- j •, ., 



', ' , v. ^ r. .• i, or wnioli places they have done considerable mis- 



ad, some economica soup Count Rumtor 's, ehief. In the three last mentioned towns, they 

 an unlimited quantity of water. This dot, i,^^^ j^jUgj ^^^^ ^^an 400 sheen : nnd in T .nnJ. 



withstanding all the fancies of philosophical 

 pie, is not good enough to preserve the hurrian 

 y in a state of health, dyen among the French, 

 uniformity, and the absence of animal food, 

 considered by M. Villerme to be its chief 

 sets. To this cause, added to the previous 

 its and privations of those confined, rather than 

 he insalubrity of the prisons themselves, he as- 

 les their great mortality ; which, before 18U', 

 ? equal to one in twenty-three, but has since 

 n reduced, in Paris, as well as in the provin- 

 1 prisons, chiefly by the attentions of the Royal 

 iety of Prisons, to one in thirty-three. 

 ir the depot de mendicite of Saint Deniis i 



more than 400 sheep ; and in Lanes- 

 borough alone, nearly .300. 



Billings' Liverpool Advertiser of 1st May says, 

 we believe there never was a period when the 

 number of persons emigrating from this port [Liv- 

 erpool] to th« Ui.ited States, and to Canada, was 

 so great as at this time. 



w3 Faux Pas. — A day or two ago, as one of the 

 steam-boats belonging to the Philadelphia line was 

 approaching her birth at the wharf, a passenger, 

 whose jolly red face bespoke the shrine at which 

 he worships, and whose want of equilibrium indi- 

 cated a recent and strong libation, tottered to- 

 ucod in the calculation, the mortality must yet I wards the gangway, which is necessarily unguard- 

 staled at one in fifteen ; it was equal to one in ed at such moments, and stepped directly over 



hcved by a large boat that made its appearance. 

 1 he only effect of his drenching was to bring bin, 

 to his sober senses ; and thus a scene, which, had 

 It terminated fatally, would have been painfully 

 serious, and would have added another chapter to 

 the dark doings of intemperance, was regarded as 

 altogether comic and ludicrous— A^. Y. Statesman. 



^l^ncultural Report for May, 1827 The wire- 



worm is committing great devastation on wheal 

 and oats, especially on rich and well prepared 

 soils. Indeed, soma farmers are talking of plough- 

 ing their fields, and sowing them over again.— 

 From the abundant moisture, the crop of hay 

 promises to be good ; the quantity of land, how- 

 ever, in grass, is much less than usual, the great- 

 e.st part of the new meadows having been plough- 

 ed up last fiill and this spring, in consequence''of 

 the grass seeds net taking well last year. Our 

 pastures have improved greatly of late, so that in 

 H short time we expect to see cattle in a good 

 condition, and the produce of the dairy increase 

 accordingly. — Montreal pa. 



New Harmony. — The last New Harmony Ga- 

 zette contains the address of Robert Owen, the 

 proprietor of that community, previous to his leav- 

 ing the place for Europe. He enumerates the dif 

 ficnities he has e.xperienced in carrying his pro 

 ject into effect, and the causes of its failure. He 

 has sold a part, and leased out the remainder of 

 his property at New Harmony to communities on 

 a small scale, and thinks that on this plan hi.s 

 hopes of success will in some measure bo realized. 

 He recommends to those he leaves bejiind him, in- 

 dustry, economy, perseverance, and kindness to 

 one another, and hopes to meet them again under 

 more favorable auspices. 



Ive before the year 1819, when the above 

 ty was established. So that M. Villerme is 

 icst justified in saying that prisoners will live 

 die, just as v.'e choose. — Biblioth. Med. 

 ^he melioration in the state of the prisons of 

 ance has been very gradual. An elc qucnt ser- 

 in, preached by the Abbe Gros de Besplot, drew 

 I attention of Louis XV. to the subject. His 

 levolent successor instituted the most imper- 

 il plan of classification of the prisoners. In 

 Jl further improvements took place ; and Louis 

 nil. during his short reign, established the 

 yal Society of Prisons. One of the most ben 



board. This was an unlucky predicament under 

 the circumstances, because swimming, even tiio' 

 our gentleman were at any other time well skill- 

 ed in that important art, was wholly out of the 

 question. The boat was stopped, and a dozen ex- 

 pedients for getting the poor fellow out of his cold 

 bath were simultaneously susgested and reject- 

 ed. Meantime he was bobbing from top to bottom 

 in perfect helplessness, and gulping down brine 

 by thf quart. Though every body seemed anxious 

 to save him. yet, nobody seemed willing to suffer 

 a ducking in the operation. Some reached out 

 sticks and others threw ropes for him to sie7e," 



;ia! measures was the introduction of labor | buthe was unable to succeed in catchinsr them 



the prisoners. Independent of the moral I Another clawed him at the coat pocket with the 

 ects of this arrangement, it is stated, that at j hooked handle of an umbrella, but a somerset un- 

 ;tz the mortiilily within the prison was dimin- der water pulled the parapZuie from the owner's 



icd one half by it — Loudon Med. Repository. 



A considerable number of orders for fresh sal- 

 m have been sent to iVIaine by the Steaii; Boat. 



A term deriveil from two Greek words, signi- 

 ng beauty and strength. 



hand, and the man sunk affain. At last a little 

 boy came up to the spot with a liwiit wherry and 

 drew him up ; but ju.st as he was enterin? the 

 frail bark. Iiis hulk over.^et it, and be wis thrown, 

 in company with the lad. into the element acain 



To preserve Currants — Gather currants when 

 green, separate them from stonis, and put them 

 in junk bottles ; cork the bottles closely, and place 

 them in a cool part of the cellar. — Currants may 

 be kept fresh and green in this manner 19 months 

 or more, and will make e.xcellent pies in the win. 

 ter and spring ; so say some of our friends whr. 

 have tried the experiment several times. 



Hamp. Gazette. 



To preserve Houses from Vermin Bugs in par 



ticular, may readily be destroyed by dissolving 

 half a drachm ef corrosive sublimate in a quarter 

 of an ounce of spirits of salts, mixing it with one 

 quart of spirits of turpentine. Shake these well 

 together, dip a brush in it, and wash those places 

 where the bugs arc supposed to resort. 



To preserve Milk. — .\ spoonful of horse radish 

 put into a pan of milk, it is said, will preserve it 

 sweet for several days. 



E.xperimente are making in Alabama, Florida, 

 &.C. to introduce the cultivation of the Olive. — 

 Now that much more oil than usual is required, 

 and the price is extremely high, seems an excel- 

 lent time to press this cultivation with a prospect 

 of a handsome reward. 



The brisk tiade between the interior of New 

 York and Canada will cause a most intimate con- 

 nection, produce a mutual dependence for various 

 supplies, open numerous new channels which viill 



The young fellow soon mounted on the bottom of hereafter always be more or less used, and accel- 



i erate the rapid growth of the countries. 



