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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Jan. 29, 1831. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



WINE. 



The celebrated Hoffman considered wine a 

 universal medicine. He recciraended it for 

 weakness of the stomach, obstructed liver, 

 flatulence, stone and gravel, depression, and 

 all the infirmities of age. An old French 

 writer describes the Germans as a melancholy 

 people, which disposition he attributes to the 

 want of this beverage. Fermoelius says that 

 " wine is to the human body what manure is 

 to trees — it forces the fruit but injures the 

 trees" and therefore it i9 argued that as a gar 

 dener only applies manure when it is wanted, 

 so wine should only be used when needed. 



IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY AND QUAN- 

 TITY OF WOOL. 



M. Montbret has presented a memoir to the 

 Paris Academy of Sciences, on this subject. 

 He states, that the nourishing fluids are na- 

 turally distributed between the flesh, (he fat. 

 and the wool of the sheep. He recommends 

 irequent shearings « ben the animal is young, 

 whereby these fluids are determined in greate 

 abundance towards the skin. This increases 

 the quantity and improves the quality of the 

 wool. 



BLUE OOLOR. 



Ths following is given as a method of ex 

 tracting a blue color from the straw of buck 

 wheat. The straw should be gathered before 

 i lie grain is quite dry, and placed on the ground 

 in the sun, until it becomes sufficiently dry to 

 be taken from the husks with facility. The 

 wheat having been removed, the straw is piled 

 up, moistened and left to ferment till it is in a 

 slate of decomposition, when it will become of 

 a blue color; this indicates the period when it 

 should be gathered and formed into cakes, 

 which are to be dried in the sun or in a stove. 

 On these cakes being boiled in water tbe wa 

 ter assumes a strong bine color, which will 

 not change either in water or in Sulphuric- 

 acid. It may, however, be turned into red 

 with alkali, into a light black with bruised 

 gall nnts, and into a beautiful green by evapo- 

 ration. Stuffs dyed blue with this solution, 

 which is to be used the same way as vegeta- 

 ble matters of a similar species employed in 

 dying, become of a beautiful and durable 

 color. 



INFLUENCE OF TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. 



It is known from the official returns, that 

 the domestic distilled spirits in the cily of New 

 York, amounted in 1828, to 111,604 casks; 

 in 1829, to 79,913 ; being 31,591 casks less 

 in 1899 than in 1828 ; say near 40 per cent 

 more in 1828 than in 1829. 



From official returns, the inspection of for- 

 eign spirits in the city of New York in 1828, 

 amounted to 2,925,705 gallons; in 1829, to 

 1,695,868, being a falling off of 1,229,937 

 gallons — the importations of 1828 exceeding 

 those of 1829 of rising 75 per cent. 



It is calculated from Ibe returns, that in 

 1829 the diminution of foreign spirits, passing 

 through tbe city of New York, for domestic 

 consumption, amounted^to 1,471,718 gallons, 

 costing at the wholesale price as many dollars 

 Of domestic spirits, thy diminution has been 

 about two millions of gallons, worth at first 

 cost at least $500,000 — the whole, making a 

 saving to the community of about two millions 

 of dollars at the wholesale prices ; but a( the 

 retal price, as generally dealt out, who can es- 

 timate the saving ? When we look at this re 

 turn, and at the lessened use of this wretched 

 stall', may we not be permitted to ascribe to 

 this change of habii9 in our state, the uunx- 

 ampled prosperity which prevails throughout 

 every branch of industry ? — Albany Argus. 



MAMMOTH CHRVSTAL. 



In Moretown, on Onion rivei, among tbe 

 Green Mountains, has been found a chrystal 

 of smoky quartz, weighing HOIbs.. most of it 

 of first water. This chrystal is a six-sided 

 prism, very regularly formed, having one end 

 terminated by a six-sided pyramid, surface ge- 

 nerally smooth, and angles well defined, and 

 being so transparent, that large letters may, 

 in some directions, be read through it. The 

 sides of the prism are parallelograms, trans- 

 versely etriated, varying in length from 8 to 

 10 inches, and in breadth from 54 to 7- The 

 circumference of tbe prism, at the end next to 

 the termination, is 2 feet 1 1 inches, at the oth- 

 er end, 3 feet. When this chrystal stands e- 

 reel, it is 20 inches high. It is now in the 

 cabinet of Rev. T. A. Merrill of Middlebury. 

 VI- Chron. 



MACKEREL FISHERY. 



The Hingbam Gazette gizes a statement of 

 the Mackerel fishery carried on from that 

 port, during tbe last ten years. In 1821 only 

 27 tessels were engaged in the business, and 

 only 10,875, bbls. were packed. Since thai 

 time there baa been a gradual increase of ve6- 

 sels engaged and business done up to the last 

 year, in which 64 vessels were employed, and 

 44,8784, bbls. packed. Tbe increase of busi 

 from 29 to 30 amounts to 10,147| bbls. Up 

 wards of 8000 hogsheads of salt were con- 

 sumed in the business. 



COLONIZATION. 



A society has been formed in the city of New 

 York, auxiliary to the American Colonization 

 Society, and the following gentlemen selected 

 as its officers : 



William A. Duer, President. 

 Vice Presidents. 



Walter Bowne, Abraham Van Ness, Ogden 

 Edwards, John T. Irving, William Colga, Na- 

 than Bangs. 



Ira B. Underbill, Recording Secretary. 



John W. Mulligan, Corresponding Sec'y. 



Moses Allen, Treasurer. 



The following resolution passed : 



Resolved, That whereas the expense of col 

 onizing in Africa the annual increase of the 

 whole colored population of the United States 

 will not exceed one million of dollars, or about 

 ten cents each, if divided among the citizens 

 of New York to imitate the example of oth 

 er communities which have contributed in that 

 proportion to the funds of the American Col 

 onization Society, 



CENSUS OF NEWHAMPSHIRE. 



The census of this state amounts to 267,533 

 making an increase during the last ten yoars 

 of 25372. The number of white males |131, 

 800, white females 137,511 ; free colored per- 

 sons 023 Foreigners not naturalized 400. 



MILITARY FORCE OF THE STATE. 



The following account of the number of mi- 

 litia tn this state is taken from the annual re- 

 port made by M. H. Webster, the acting Ad- 

 jutant General. 



Horse Altillery 1,816 



Cavalry 3,814 



Artillery 12,803 



Infantry (including Light Infantry 



and Riflemen) 

 Companies of Altillery, $-c. attach- 

 ed to Infantry for inspeetion 



1G6.614 



1,763 



138,610 



Total 



SILLIMAN's JOURNAI* 



The January number of this Journal, com- 

 pleting the nineteenth volume, has been pub- 

 lished, and issued tu its patrons. It contains 

 thirteen articles on various subjects relating 

 to Natural Philosophy, Natural History, Me- 

 chanical Philosophy, &c. &c., all of winch, it 

 is said, ably sustaiu the well-earned and ex- 

 tensive reputation of tbis invaluable work 



INTERESTING TO THE LADIES 



The Journal ol "Healtu strongly recommends 

 simple soap and water, as the best wash for 

 preserving the complexion, instead of the 

 thousand varieties of cosmetic lotions, which 

 are so much used. There are five beautifiers 

 jof the skin, viz: — personal cleanliness, regu- 

 lar exercise, temperance, pure air, and cbeer- 

 j ful temper. Let all pouting beauties ponder 

 ion tbis. The Journal puts its veto on tbe use 

 Jof distilled liquor, Cologne water. Sic. and in- 

 sists that, to use them for a wash, is to destroy 

 tbe suppleuess, transparency and smoothness 

 of the skin, and to covet it with unseemly 

 blotches. 



TEIAL OF JUDGE PECK. 



The testimony in this case was closed on the 

 11th inst. and the counsel for the respondent 

 announced that they would commence their 

 augment on the next day Thus it seems 

 this matter which has consumed nearly a 

 month and a half of a short session, is now in 

 in way to be closed When we consider that 

 there is a great ma«s of business to be done at 

 tbis session, we can but regret that, so much 

 time should have been occupied with this trial. 

 We sincerely hope that but few of the U. S. 

 Judges will ever put themselves in the way 

 of an impeachment if like this tbe trial must 

 ocenpy more than one third of a session of 

 congress. 



AUCTIONS. 



Collins and Hannay and other booksellers of* 

 New York give notice that Ihey will apply to 

 tbe legislature, for an alteration in the auction 

 law, so as to confine sales of personal property 

 by auction to day-light. 



A GOOD THING. 



It is stated in an English paper thnt Mr 

 Donaldson, formerly connected with the Ed- 

 inburgh Advertiser, has at hit decease left a 

 property amounting to £220,000, ($996, 800' 

 Ibe whole of which he directed (o be employed 

 in founding and endowing a hospital for orphan 

 and destitute children. A noble act, worthy 

 i benefactor of tbe human race. Such instan- 

 ces of benevolence are rare, and should give 

 to the generous donors a high rank in tbe re- 

 cords of the great and good. 



AN UNNATURAL AND INHUMAN SON. 



We heard a stattment made from a pulpit 

 : in this city, a short time since, which made 

 our blood run cold, and tbe bare recollection 

 of which makes us shudder. What monsters 

 (men can make of themselves! It was stated 

 .by Ibe speaker, and in a manner 19 leave no 

 doubt of bis sincerity, that he had recently 

 been called to minister lo the necessities of an 

 !aged female who lay in an entry or passage to 

 a garret, tbe light to which was only admitted 

 by removiug two shingles in the roof. Hei 

 neighbor a female, who was a little more fa- 

 vored than herself by having a room in the 

 garret, w»s tbe only friend to whom sbe could 

 ^call for assistance, and she was merely able to 

 crawl occasionally to her side to hand her a 

 cup of cold water, which a high fever made an 

 invaluable blessing. Yet tins poor, helpless 

 ind aged woman, is the widow of a merch?nt 

 who once traded on a capital of near half a 

 ^nillion of dollars, and whose son is at this 

 lime an eminent and flourishing merchant, roll- 

 ing in^plendid affluence in a neighboring city. 

 vVe regret that the name of the unfeeling 

 wretch was nol mentioned ; such monsters 

 should be Leld up to the abhorrence and exe- 

 cration of mankind. — Phil. Sat. Bulletin. 



COUNTER FKITSRS. 



The bills of the Greenwich bank, which ha^ 

 just commenced discounting, have already 

 been counterfeited. At this rale counterfeit 

 bills will soon be pot m circulation before lire 

 genuine anesx 



