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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



June 4, 183i 



THE ROSE OF MAY- 



I said the flower would bloom do more, 



That withered yesterday ; 

 That moroing dews would ne'er restore 



My lovely rose of May. 

 The future was too cold a thing 



Id my sweet dream to be— 

 The present rose, the present spring, 



Are all of life to me. 



1 do remember well my grief, 

 When died my floA-cr— nud then 



My joy, when tiraa brought, leaf by leaf, 



As sweet a flower again. 

 And then t eaid, " Farewell, despair, 



Thou art no guest for me ; 

 Whate'er I lose of bright or fail', 



I hope again to see. 



Alas! I've often wept since then, 



And death ha« robbed my bowers ; 

 Uut even amidst the grief of men, 



I've comfort found in flowers. 

 For, if the bloom of love be brief, 



And if Fai'ie's crown be riven, 

 I would not mourn life's fading leaf, 



Cut look for spring iu Heaven. 



From tho New-Euglai»d Farmer, 



A FAINT TIME 



It is now for horses ; when the warmth of 

 ;lie season is gradually increasing, their la- 

 bor comes harder upon them, and if the con- 

 stitution is not perfectly sound, it will show 

 itself, and may require occasionally some 

 assistance. A careful master should know 

 how to treat, and how to doctor his -own 

 Horse, and avoid administering strong medi- 

 cines with the effects of which he is not ac- 

 quainted. I have owned but few horses and 

 'nave kept them until nearly worn out by age. 

 I have found the use of salt to be very val- 

 uable ; it gives more firmness to a horse, 

 aid if he is troubled with worms, the steady 

 ~is£ of it will by degrees clear them away ; 

 :his daily pickling they will net bear long. — 

 I generally give my horse soaked corn ; that 

 js, throw water over it about twenty-four 

 hours before it is used; this method saves 

 time and toil, and the corn being softened, 

 it saves the horse's teeth, and getting more 

 perfectly masticated goes further for food. 

 A good handful of salt is thrown over it at 

 feeding time ; however, if a horse is per- 

 fectly firm and sound, the use of salt may 

 be omitted now and then for a short while, 

 and then begun again. It is a safe guardi- 

 an and ought not to be discontinued long. 



As an alterative medicine, I have found 

 aloes to be invaluable ; they strengthen the 

 organs of digestion and respiration, and 

 when a horse is troubled in any manner in 

 his wind, and whenji.is stomach is out of or- 

 der, either by flatulency, costiveness, or want 

 of appetite, the use of aloes will be of great 

 service to him. It should be given reduced 

 ;o a fine powder, in small doses, not exceed- 

 ing four drachms at a time, and mixed with 

 the horse's grain ; after a few days it should 

 be discontinued for a while, when the use of 

 it may be resumed, as there appears to be a 

 necessity for it. Said dose mixed with a 

 small quantity of rasped rhubard, and con- 

 tinued for a few days, will purge, and is the 

 safest medicine for a horse. Calomel and 

 other powerful articles generally called horse 

 medicines, had belter be avoided unless in 

 extreme cases. Aloes are the dessicated 

 iuice of a plant, look somewhat like rosin, 

 if of a good quality is very friable, and has a 

 strong and pleasant bitter smell ; the best 

 comes from the Island of Succotrina. — 

 There is a coarser and impure kind from 

 Barbadocs ; it is found in general in the 

 druggists's shops for its real worth. I will 

 conclude this communication with the re- 

 ipc of a simple and cheap embrocation, 

 -null as found in, and which I copy verba- 



tim from a valuable small volume published 

 some years ago in London, by Philip Astley, 

 a man of great experience in all matters re- 

 lating to horses. 



For strains, wrenches and windgalls from the 

 knee to the hoof. 



" The following simple and cheap embro- 

 cation will be found serviceable in curing 

 all those casualties. 



"Take of oil of turpentine, double distil- 

 led vinegar, and spirit of wine, each a gill ; 

 but observe to mix first with the turpentine 

 alone, the whites of two eggs in order the 

 better to dissolve them ; blend the whole 

 together, and rub the part affected with it 

 night and morning, using a flannel wrapper 

 to keep it warm : so efficacious is this med- 

 icine, that there is scarcely a strain or bruise 

 but it will cure, if the bone is not injured ; 

 but should the bone be hurt, it is necessary 

 then to foment the part with such common 

 herbs as are used on such occasions ; this 

 must be done before you embrocate the part ; 

 the best manner is to take a piece of double 

 canvass, using a stick to each end, then 

 steep a piece of flannel in the fomentation, 

 and having wrung it rather dry, by the aid 

 of the canvas and sticks, apply it as hot to 

 the strain, &c. as the horse can possibly bear 

 it, covering it with a horse cloth. Having 

 repeated this application several times, let 

 the part be rubbed entirely dry, and then 

 bathed with the embrocation twice every 

 day, for three days together, then once a 

 day : and thus discontinue it, in proportion 

 as the disease disappears. The fomenta- 

 tion may be used as often as you think pro- 

 per, in all cases where the bone has received 

 any injury ; but when the sinews, muscles, 

 and nerves are only strained, the embroca- 

 tion may be found sufficient ; care must be 

 taken that you do not use it more than six 

 times successively, lest it should bring off 

 some of the hair." 



This embrocation I have generally kept 

 ready for use many years, and for want of 

 double distilled vinegar have found strong 

 cider vinegar, old and clear, to answer the 

 purpose ; it has been used by myself, and 

 occasionally by neighbors, with much satis- 

 faction. The results of experience in mat- 

 ters relating to agriculture, however trifling 

 individually they may appear, collectively 

 will forma valuable volume for the Farmer; 

 this volume, Mr. Editor, under your foster 

 ing care, is fast thriving in the pages of the 

 New-England Farmer, a^id it is an encour 

 agement for your friends to offer their mite 

 occasionally. 



With much esteem, yours, he. 

 Weston, June 1, 18S0. J. M. G. 



J^rora the Rochester Daily Advertiser. 



STATISTICAL MEMORANDA. 

 Id the year 1830, the 14 Bauks in the 

 city of New-York paid iDto the Treasury ol 



Ibis Slate, (or Taxes, £53,599 21 



29 Insurance ct mpanieB, paid 39,765 5G 

 5 miscellaneous companies, 4,463 85 



£97,810 63 

 In 11227, there were paid into tbe county 

 treasuries, by the AlbaDy Banks, "6,204 0' 

 Troy Banks 1,106 7? 



Otiier Banks, in the other counties, 8,165 50 

 All other inc companies, sama, 10,919 5-! 

 TbeN Y. city Banks paid in 1827, 54,700 18 

 Insurance and other companies in 



New-York, the same year. 50,642 33 



Revenue from those sources in '27 131,798 4; 

 There are in this stale 262 incorporated 

 Turnpike Companies, and 87 Bridge Conipa 

 nics. 



SAVINGS BANKS. 



New- York Savings Bank. This inslitutioi; 

 ffcm mlo operation in July, 1819, and up to 

 January, 1830, there bad been deposited 



£5,332,354 85 

 Deduct amount p'd depositors 3,795 303 20 



loterest due depositors 



A composition for coloring and preserving 

 Gates, Poles, Barns, Roofs, and Timber gen- 

 erally, from the weather. — Melt 12 ozs. rosin 

 in an iron pot or kettle, add 3 gallons of 

 train oil and three or four rolls of brimstone ; 



when they are melted and become thin, add [J tho Regents of the University 

 as much Spanish brown, or red or yellow 

 ochre, or any other color you like, ground as 

 fine as usual with oil, as will give the whole 

 the shade wanted. Then lay it on with a 

 brush as hot and thin as you can. Some 

 days after the first coat is dried, lay on a 

 second. 



It is well attested that this will preserve 

 plank for years, and prevent the weather 

 from driving through brick WAlh.—Domestk 

 Encyclopedia. 



1,537,051 65 

 524,038 9;' 



2.061,080 57 

 This considc 



This is a noble institution. 

 rable sum has doubtless been diverted from be 

 ing wasted or spent in luxury or oxtrava 

 gance, aud is now in the bank, subject to the 

 order of its owners. Of the depositors, i,. 

 1830, 157 were minors; 307 widows; GOO sin- 

 gle women; 388 trustees of children. 



Albany Savings Bank — incorporated ii 

 1820 — Amount deposited since jgloS.i'SS li 

 Withdrawn 99,955 00 



Interest due depositors Jan. 1, 1030 



38,898 16 

 7,760 62 



£66,658 0- 

 Tbe depositors principally minors and la- 

 bourers. 



Troy Savings Bank — incorporated in 1825 

 balance due depositors 1st Jan. 1830. 



£3I,4GG 00 

 Brooklyn Sivings Bank — incorporated io 

 1827; balance due depositor?, 1st JaD. 1831, 



£60,985 9: 

 Withdrawn :.'5,263 51! 



Due depositors, 35,722 1 



Last dividend, 5 per cent per annum. 



Seamen's Savings Bank, for the Citynf .V 

 York. — incorporated 1829. Deposited since 

 incorporation, about £t> 1.000 01 



There are Savings Banks at Clica. auci 

 other places, not yet in operation. 



The Literary Fund of the Stale of New 

 Y,'rk,mnounted Jan. 1, lS30,to S25<U)0J 86, 

 the proceeds of which is under the control of 



Tatlersalls. — The Arabian horses, brought 

 over by Mr.llhind from Smyrna in Novem 

 ber last were sold by auction in New-York 



on Saturday at Tattersal 

 the following prices : 



Stainboul,chesnut 



Kechlani, bay 



Zelcaadi, ehe:nV. 



Yemen, gray 



and 



:>rou^ 



$575 

 130 

 ISO 



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