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VOLUME I. 



ROCHESTER, AUGUST 6, 1831. 



NUMBER 31- 



FCBLISHBO BY I<. TUCKER & CO. 



At the Office of the Daily Advertiser. 

 Terms— $2.50 per annum, or 



$2,00 if paid iu advance. 



N. GOODSELL, EDITOR. 



USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL. 

 It appears that the Bostonians have it in con- 

 templation to ornament their city, by forming an 

 experimental garden in its immediate vicinity, in 

 which are to be made such experiments in Agri- 

 culture and Horticulture, as shall be thought use- 

 ful to the community at large. When we consid- 

 er what the people of that place have already done 

 towards advancing the character and interest of 

 the United States, it ought to excite more emula- 

 tion than we see manifested at present by the in 

 habitants of other states. With a climate and 

 soil less favorable to agricultural pursuits than 

 many of the more southern or middle states; more 

 curtailed in the facilities for manufacturing, when 

 we take into consideration the natural productive 

 ness of the soil, in the immediate vicinity of her 

 water privileges, and the amount of water-power 

 which is at her command ; we are struck with 

 astonishment at her performances, and the inqui- 

 ry naturally presents itself, " what sort of people 

 are these Bostonians V History with her records 

 will answer to the present, as well as to future 

 ages, " they are the people who dared to risk" 

 their "lives, their fortunes, and their sacred hon- 

 ors," in the cause of liberty, — they are the peo- 

 ple who formed the front-rank, when the despotic 

 and combined powers of Europe threatened us 

 with annihilation, and they are the people, who 

 with a parent's care, have unceasingly nursed and 

 cherished the tree of liberty by introducing man- 

 ufactures, and facilitating agriculture and the arts. 

 And they are the people, who, (notwithstanding 

 the cry of nullifiers against the yankees and 

 their nations) remain caterers and bankers of these 

 United States. 



The success attending their honest industry has 

 at times raised a hue and cry of envy against 

 them from some of her sister states, which she 

 with true philosophy, has passed unheeded, know 

 ing it to be the weakest passion which degrades 

 our natures. They have been the constant en- 

 vouragers of commerce, and their ships are to be 

 found from " India to the Poles." But it is in re- 

 gard to their improvements in Agriculture and 

 Horticulture, that we would more particularly no- 

 tice them at this time. There can be named a 

 certain number of gentlemen, in the immediate 

 vicinity of Boston, who have done, and are still 

 continuing to do, more for the advancement of 

 these sister arts, than the same number from any 

 ether or all our sea port towns together. As their 

 vessels traverse every sea, their opportunities are 

 great for making collections from the animal and 

 ■vegetable kingdoms ; nor are those opportunities 

 neglected. Nor are they collected with a miser- 

 like intention of being hoa ded up, for the special 

 enjoyment of the individual, but distributed with 

 a liberality bespeaking the nobleness of the in- 

 tent. 



The cities of Europe had long been visited by 

 plagues; and sweeping desolations, when the in- 



dependent genius of Bonaparte, determined on re- 

 moving the causes, (which were acknowledged 

 to be accumulated quantities of putrifying animal 

 matter, collected in the burying grounds in large 

 cities) so far as was within his power. Accord- 

 ingly those in the city of Paris were removed ; 

 the bones were deposited in the catacombs, and 

 the earth replaced with soil, free from contagion. 

 A new burial ground was laid out on the east side 

 of the city, and without the walls, which, from 

 the diversified and elevated surface, as well as for 

 the taste in arranging, has become one of the 

 most entertaining places in the vicinity of Paris, 

 if we except the garden of plants. 

 The Bostonians have now conceived the idea of 

 combining all that is interesting in these two pla- 

 ces of notoriety, and also of adding a third, which 

 shall render their contemplated improvements, 

 equal to anything that Europe can boast of, of the 

 kind, viz : that of having combined a Rural Cem- 

 etery, a Botanic garden, and an Experimental 

 farm. Should they succeed in this, Boston will be 

 rendered altogether the most interesting city in 

 the United States. Now we hope that other towns 

 will consider the importance of making public im- 

 provements, and be up and doing. There is 

 scarcely a large town in the United States, but 

 what has neglected two things, which are indis- 

 pensable for the health of the population, viz 

 1st, to secure, and keep open as public property, 

 a sufficient number of squares for the accommo- 

 dation of families where they may send their nur- 

 ses with their small children, and have them safe 

 from the common harm of crowded streets. 2dly 

 To locate proper places for the burial of the dead, 

 at such a distance from the populous part of the 

 town as shall render them free from the effects 

 of the pestilential effluvia, arising from putrefac- 

 tive animal matter. We should naturally sup 

 pose that after such a sweeping sickness as New 

 York was visited with, a few years since, which 

 undoubtedly originated at one of their cemeteries, 

 that not one of these depositories would be left 

 within the precincts of a city. But such is the 

 fact, and should the worthy citizens of Boston 

 persevere in their calculations, in regard to then- 

 intended cemetery, they will give us another ex- 

 ample of their steady perseverance in the march 

 of improvement. 



METHEGLIN. 



This is a fermented liquor frequently made by 

 those who keep bees, and is rather a pleasant 

 drink than otherwise. To make a barrel of this 

 liquor of prime quality, about one hundred pounds 

 of honey are necessary. If this is examined, it 

 will be found that a considerable proportion of the 

 honey has not been decomposed during the fer- 

 mentation, which gives the metheglin a sweet 

 heavy taste. Now one hundred pounds of honey 

 are more than is required to make a barrel of good 

 wine, and the additional cost over metheglin, by 

 adding fruit of some kind is very trifling, and the 

 liquor will be more generally liked. Two ob- 

 jects are gained by adding fruit: 1st. To commu- 

 nicate some agreeable flavor to the liquor, and 

 2dly. By adding a fruit which abounds in tar- 

 taric arid, the whole of the hqney (if the quawity 



of acid is sufficient,) will be decomposed and the 

 liquor will be freed from the syrupy taste which 

 characterizes all fermented liquors which havfc 

 not sufficient acid in them to decompose the sac- 

 charine matter contained in them. Hence good 

 wine is considered a more healthy drink than our 

 strong beer, which contains a large quantity of 

 saccharine matter in solution, which if decompo- 

 sed would render it too intoxicating. We have 

 seen it recommended, that where grapes cannot 

 be obtained for making wine, to take a quantity 

 of the young vines and steep them in water, and 

 by adding a due proportion of sugar, a very good 

 wine may be made. These young shoots con- 

 tain a large proportion of tartaric acid, and some 

 astringency, and very possibly a decent wine may 

 be made by this process. 



TAKING HONEY. 



August is the proper month for taking honey 

 from the bees, and it should be done previous to 

 the flowering of buckwheat, in order that the bees 

 may replenish their stock to meet the demands of 

 winter, and because the honey collected during the 

 flowering of this plant, is not generally liked as 

 well as that which is collected from clover, and 

 other flowers of the earlier part of summer. — 

 Most people are in the habit of taking the hon- 

 ey from the bees at evening, thinking that in the 

 coolness of the atmosphere, the bees become tor- 

 pid and are less likely to sting the operator, where- 

 as, he will find less resistance at mid-day, when 

 most of the bees are absent from the hive, and 

 such as return during the operation are loaded 

 with honey or pollen, and are not disposed to 

 wage war, until they have discharged their loads, 

 previous to which time, the skillful manager will 

 have completed his task. We are informed that 

 a neighboring farmer brought to this market some- 

 time last week, the honey taken from two hives 

 of bees, which he sold for a little over seventeen 

 dollars. What a comment on the profit of keep- 

 ing bees ; this pocketing the arguments is wha' 

 convinces the farmer. 



COW CABBAGE. 

 It appears from communications received from 

 two of our most scientific men that the cow cab- 

 bage is not likely to succeed in this latitude. Wc 

 insert their communications, hoping that our Far- 

 mers will not be humbugged too much by those 

 pompous recommendations of new plants, which 

 our transatlantic brethren are so fruitful in; at 

 one time we have the succory or endive recom- 

 mended for field culture, which proves a noxious 

 weed in this section ; at another the prickly com- 

 frey (Symphytum asperimum) is brought from 

 Caucasus, or the lord knows where, a few plants 

 of which will be sufficient to keep a whole stock 

 of cattle, and "last not least," we have the cow 

 cabbage by the cultivation of which the farmer is 

 to be enabled to keep thirty cows from one acre. 

 Vast sums have been paid for these seeds, and 

 and yet brother Jonathan is waiting very anx- 

 iously for a new edition of the " wonderful." The 

 people of England it appears are well acmtalntefi 

 with our g-uUabitity. 



