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THE GENESEE PARMER 



Clea\ Cell vrs 

 The damp and foul air, arid the vegetable 

 and other substances in a state of cor- 

 ruption, which are not unfrequently al- 

 lowed to accumalate in the cellars and 

 vaults attached to dwelling houses, may 

 become at the present season of the year 

 a very fruitful, tho' unsuspected, source 

 of disease. The attention of every 

 housekeeper should, therefore, be par- 

 ticularly directed to the condition of his 

 cellar, and precautions should at once be 

 taken to free it from every species of filth 

 or corruptible matter. It is in vain to 

 expect thai all the advantages resulting 

 from domestic cleanliness shall be reali- 

 zed when the dirt, carefuly expelled from 

 the parlors and sitting room, is permitted 

 to take undisturbed possession of the less 

 frequented parts of our dwell ngs. To 

 preserve health, the process of purifica- 

 tion must visit every apartment from 

 the garret to the cellar. The latter in 

 particular, should be swept daily, and 

 the dirt thus collected immediately re- 

 moved. The windows should be so con- 

 structed as to allow of a free draught of 

 air passing through the whole extent of 

 the cellar, besides which to insure perfect 

 ventilation and dryness, the door should 

 be kept open several hours each day, ex- 

 cepting in damp or wet weather. White- 

 washing with lime the walls of thp apart- 

 ment, is an excellent means of purifica- 

 tion, and should on that account, be per- 

 formed at least once every spring and 

 summer. If the cellar contain provisions 

 or other articles liable to decomposition, 

 the use, during warm weather, of the 

 cloride of lime, or of soda, either in solu- 

 tion or powder, sprinkled ovei the floor, 

 will prevent the production of any dele- 

 terious effluvia. 



Cellars into which water is liable to 

 penetrate, demand very particular care, 

 For if it be allowed to remain, or cannot 

 be got rid of, in summer, it soon becomes 

 offensive, precisely in the same manner 

 as the bilge water of a ship, and emits a 

 gaseous poison, by which disease and 

 death may be spread over a whole neigh- 

 borhood. No trouble or expense should 

 therefore be spared to prevent the en- 

 trance of the water into the cellar, or to 

 drain it off by means of sinks penetrating 

 to a stratum of gravel. Until this can 

 be effected, the free use of the chloride 

 of lime, or of soda, will completely obvi- 

 ate ; ly unpleasant or injurous exhala- 

 tions from being produced, even during 

 the h itest weather. — Jour, of Health. 



Spontaneous Combustion. — Two manu- 

 facturing establishments in Plainfield in 

 this county, have been seriously endan- 

 gered, within a few weeks, from sponta- 

 neous combustion between wool and oil. 

 In one instance, at Hamlen and Bates' 

 manufactory, two hundred pounds of 

 wool were prepared with the usual quan- 

 tity of oil, before carding, and llvrown in- 

 to a heap just at evening ; at an early 

 hour next morning, and upon examina- 



August 27, 1831 



tion, the wool was found ig ited and the 

 floor to a considerable extent on fire. — I 

 The other instance occurred a few d;ysf 

 afterwards at Warner & Whiton's estab- 

 lishment; a-quantity was oiled as in the 

 above instance, and examination having 

 been made a few hours afterwards, it was 

 found in an inflammable condition, and 

 would soon have been ignited, the expe- 

 riment was afterwards made with ther 

 wool & the same result followed. There \ 

 is mystery here, however, not easily re- 

 solved; wool is usually prepared with 

 j common lamp oil, as in this instance, and 

 combustion rarely follows, while with 

 this particular oil: thrpe successive in- 

 stances were known of its igniting — now 

 j to what particular qualities of the oil 

 may this dangerous principle be attribu- 

 jted? it is well worthy the investigation 

 I of those who understand its peculiar pro- 

 perties; certainly important to manufac- 

 turers. — Northampton Cour er. 



Cold Water. — The inordinate and un- 

 controllable thirst, which induces a person 

 to drink immoderately of water, is much less 

 liable to be experienced, during summer, by 

 the habitually temperate, than by the drunk 

 ard, or, indeed, by those who make use of in 

 toxicating drinks n any quantity. The 

 I sense of thirst may, also, be greatly modera 

 ted, first, by the use of succulent fruits, which 

 would appear to be furnished by nature so 

 abundantly in warm climates, for this very 

 purpose. Secondly by a diet mainly veget- 

 able ; and thirdly, by the frequent use of 

 the bath. But the chief means of avoiding 

 'injury, from the use of water as a drink, in 

 Iseasonsof intense heat, are, complete and 

 habitual abstinence from intoxicating drinks, 

 and the moderate use of water, the tempera- 

 ture of which is not too much reduced. Wa- 

 ter, barely cool, slowly swallowed, will very 

 effectually allay the thirst, without produ- 

 cing any injurious consequences. Though, 

 at first, it may be found insipid, or even dis^i 

 agreeable to the palate, a continuance in its 

 use. will, as we know from experience, ren- 

 der it more ngreeable than water of a low 

 temperature. — Journal of Health. 



It has been justly said of the Farmer's 

 occupation, that it involves as much 

 skill, as much interest, and as much hon- 

 or, as any object within the range of 

 the attention, or the action of man. It 

 was certainly man's < first employment, 

 and without doubt, thehappiest in which 

 he can be engaged. True he labors hard, 

 and by the sweat of his brow he earns 

 his bread : and this is common to most 

 avocations into which manual labor en- 

 ters. But then he has his season of en- 

 joyment, and is at all times relieved from 

 the responsibility, anxiety, and the risk of] 

 the merchant, or the intense application) 

 and fearful solicitude of the professional 

 men. 



Occupation of agriculture being more 

 steady and less liable to the fluctuations 

 experienced in almost every other voca- 

 tion, more especially to those immediate- 

 ly dependant ou commerce, tends to a 

 more regular, simple, and consequently 

 of a more moral life. It is this favorable 



tendency of th ir habits and mode of liv 

 ing, which has entitled the yeomanry to 

 that political importance, which attach- 

 es to them in almost every other, but more 

 particularly in this country — our govern- 

 ment being founded on equality of right, 

 and bur. institutions recognizing equity is 

 the rule of conduct. 



The yeomanry were the instruments 

 by which our n lependence was achieved; 

 from their bosoms the republican spirit 

 was transfused into our political institu- 

 tions — and with them, by whomever as- 

 sailed, will rest the defence of those priv- 

 ileges, civil and religious, w ich we now 

 so eminently enjoy — o their honesty. 

 intelligence and firmness, we may always 

 rely to perpel iat*> the enjoyment of these 

 privileges. — B. Pat. 



Sew Cure%r Cancer.— Mrs. Alfred Hull, 

 a poor woman of Saratoga county, is stated 

 by a writer in the Argus to have the knowl- 

 edge ot a new and easy medicine for this af- 

 flicting malady; and several inveterate ca- 

 ses are mentioned, in which she has effected 

 a complete cure. 



Revenue. — We understand it is ascer- 

 tained that the revenue secured at the 

 Custom House in this city, in the quar- 

 ter which ended on the 30th of June, ex- 

 ceeds five millions of dollars. The two 

 first quarters of the year have therefore 

 produced about nine millions. — JV. York 

 Mer. Jidv. 



A famous stone, which, it is said, has often 

 cured the bite of a mad dog, and is confidenUy be 

 Iieved, by its owner, to possess that property still, 

 is in possession of W. C. Oliver, of Gloucester 

 County, Virginia, and is, by him, offered for sale. 

 — A good stone may prevent the bite of a mad 

 dog. 



R >SES, OAHL.I LS, S'l UA WHERRIES, 

 and Quicks. 



THE proprietors of the Albany Nursery have 

 printed a classification of 140 of their finest 

 Roses, according to color, to enable purchasers to 

 select a variety with certainty and economy, with 

 characters indicating the size of the flower and 

 habit, and the prices annexed. This may be seen 

 at the office of the Genesee Farmer. 



They have imported and propagated many var- 

 ieties of the finest double Dahlias, which may be 

 selected by the flowe.s, at the Nursery, until flu 

 frosts of Autumn. 



They will have for sale from this time forward 

 plants of the Methven Strawberry, at 89 50 per 

 hundred. Forty-seven of these berries havei 

 ed a"pound. They are good bearers and of run 

 flavor. Also, most of the other esteemed v.u 

 See catalogue. 



They have likewise for salo,«60,000 plants of 

 the three thorned Locust, (G/t'.' 

 u . | two ; ewp old, and of good size to be planted 

 for hedges, at $5. per 1000. 



( Were lor any articles from the Xurrerv. maj 

 be suit by mail, or addressed to the car.- of I, 

 Tucker, Rochester. BTTEL& W1LS; >N 



Albany Nursery, July 16 [i\ 



ESSAYS OS AMERICAN SILK 



WITH Directions to farmers for raising Silk 

 Worms— by J. D. Homergue and Peter S 

 Duponccau. Also. 



The American Gardener, 



Deancs Xew-England farmer, and 



ISutlcrs Parmer's Manuni, for sale by 



Hi)', T. PI IRT1 R & CO. 

 Prince on the. Vine, a few pojjtcs for sale M 

 above. 



