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at least an hour and a half. Tliis bread is con- 

 sidered very wholesome. 



Should you find the dough sour, you may rec- 

 tify it by kneading in a teaspoon fill of peurlash, 

 dissolved in a little warm water. — Selected. 



Tall Corn.— Dr. Lee writes to his associate 

 of the Gen. Farmer that the corn on the Savan- 

 nah Bottoms was " from 12 lo 18 feel high." His 

 friend inserts a note stating that he suspects there 

 is " some mistake in the figures," buthe "fol- 

 lows copy." We have seen corn in Western 

 Virginia, and in Ohio, which was taller than the 

 Doctor mentions, and once measured a stalk ta- 

 ken from a field belonging to Seth Bailey, a few 

 miles below Marietta, on the Ohio river, which 

 was nineteen feel two inches in length, cut even 

 with the surface of the ground. We presume 

 such evidence of this fact could be bad as would 

 be received in a "court of justice." — Alb. Culti- 

 vator. ^ 



Rhubarb. 



This wholesome and agreeable vegetable has 

 become so popular as a substitute for fruit in the 

 early spring, that no garden should be without it. 

 It will grow any where, is so prolific that a few 

 plants will yield a plentiful supply of stalks for a 

 large lainily. Yet, notwithstanding the ease with 

 which it is cultivated, we often see it badly 

 growl', and sometimes hear the complaint that 

 parties have failed in their efforts to get a crop. 

 Our remarks will obviate every objection, if at- 

 tended to, and enable our readers to grow rhu- 

 barb for themselves with ease and success. 



Rhubarb has a bard underground stem, which 

 pushes forth buds plentifully at the crown, or 

 part nearest the surface ; every one of these buds 

 taken off with a portion of root adhering to it, 

 will form a large plant in one season. If you 

 wish to make a plantation, get as many buds or 

 crowns as your lied will admit of, allowing each 

 two or three feet every way, according to the ha- 

 bits of the varieties you prefer. The plan gener- 

 ally adopted is to purchase as many roots as are 

 necessary to fill the allotted space, but this is a 

 more expensive and far less eligible method than 

 the one now recommended. Last year a new 

 sort of rhubarb was offered in the neighborhood 

 of the writer at 5s. a plant. Some of his friends 

 purchased four or five roots, lint he was satisfied 

 with one. On receiving it he placed it in a hole, 

 and covered it up with soil until February, when, 

 on examination, five good buds were developed. 

 The root was then divided into five parts; each 

 of which, at the present time, is a large, flourish- 

 ing plant, equal to any of those w hir.h were not 

 divided. A bed was thus obtained for five shil- 

 lings, equal, indeed superior, to some costing 

 twenty-five shillings. We are convinced, from 

 actual experiment, that rhubarb may be brought 

 to perfection ill one year; that old beds are infe- 

 rior to new ones; and that fresh plantations 

 should be made every two years. The old plan 

 of making a bed to descend to posterity should 

 be exploded, in reference lo many garden pro- 

 ductions. Strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb, 

 &c, &c, should be removed often, if fine health} 

 produce is wished for. 



Having a sufficient number of buds or crowns, 

 let then) be planted in a well trenched and ma- 

 nured soil. If the leaves are developed, care 

 must be taken to prevent their flagging. This 

 may be done by placing over them some long 

 litter, sufficient to answer the purpose without 

 excluding light and air. The young plants will 

 soon be established, and will grow rapidly. No 

 leaves must be taken off" the first year, as the ob- 

 ject is to convey all the elaborated sap possible 

 to the stem for future use. If die ground is good, 

 and kept free from weeds, no more care is requi- 

 red, and abundance ol fine stalks can be taken 

 off' next spring. An exposed situation, vviih plen- 

 ty of sun and air, will ol course bring this pro- 

 duction to the greatest perfection; but it will pro- 

 duce good crops without having these advanta- 

 ges fully. Every house with a garden, however 

 small, may thus furnish the table of its owner, 

 with little expense and trouble. 



But rhubarb possesses the advantage of being 

 forced with as much ease and as rheaply as it is 

 grown in the opt n air. This may be done by 

 growing it against a wall in a sunny aspect, and 

 covering it when required with pots or boxes, 

 over which fermenting materials must be placed. 



But decidedly the best method is to take the roots 

 into the house to he forced. For this purpose 

 they must be grown exactly as recommended 

 above, that as much power may be treasured up 

 in the roots as possible. To take up exhausted 

 plants from a crowded bed, which has been strip- 

 ped of its leaves during the season, is to deprive 

 them of their natural advantages, and to expend 

 the forcing process on weakened and imperfect 

 subjects. Let cuttings, with a crown to each, be 

 now put in, in the best possible situations, and 

 by autumn they will be admirably adapted to 

 your purpose. When the foliage is withered 

 take up the roots, and put them singly into large 

 pots or boxes. These may be stood away any 

 where, and introduced, two or three at a time, in- 

 to a warm situation. The writer placed his pots 

 this winter in a dark closet, at the back of a kitch- 

 en range, and the rhubarb grew rapidly. Every 

 house can find some spot having the advantage 

 of greater warmth than the ordinary temperature. 

 Rhubarb may thus be bad at any time, and a good 

 supply kept up until it is produced in the open 

 air. It is very necessary to get it as early as pos- 

 sible, as its value is much lessened when goose- 

 berries are plentiful. — Gardener's Chronicle. 



A Comprehensive Grammar of the English 

 Language ou u new and improved plan. 

 By J. Jtt. Pitmau and H. D. Hodge— Con 



cord, J». H. John F. Biiovvs. 12 mo. pp. HIS. 



We have examined the above work and are 

 satisfied that it is a great improvement on all 

 works of the kind which have gone before it. 

 Its plan is quite original ; and its simple design 

 is to lead the student directly into a clear view 

 and correct knowledge of his native tongue 

 witii its modes of conveying thought. 



It takes the English language as it is written 

 anil spoken by the most thorough scholars— and, 

 without raising any mist or dust to obscure your 

 vision, gives you a clear and comprehensive 

 view and analysis of it. To illustrate by a 

 figure : — The Fnglish language is a beatnilul 

 house. It has hitherto been obscured by sur- 

 rounding it with lumber and scaffoldings, and 

 various artificial out-works, taken more or less 

 from ancient buildings, so that you can see 

 directly little of its proportions or elegance, and 

 can hardly find your way into it or understand 

 the design of its construction, or the uses of its 

 various departments. But this Grammar pre- 

 sents you the bouse just as it is, The lumber 

 and the scaffoldings are removed out of the way. 

 You have an open view of its beauty and sim- 

 plicity. You enter the house without obstruc- 

 tion or unnecessary delay. As you look at its 

 plan and its various parts, and enquire their de- 

 sign and use, your are at once told all about it in 

 a plain, clear and comprehensive manner. Hav- 

 ing this view of the work, we freely and cordial- 

 ly recommend it to all who wish to obtain a 

 thorough and complete grammatical knowledge 

 of their native tongue. It has, we understand, 

 although but about two mouths have elapsed 

 since its publication, been already introduced 

 into several academies and high schools with 

 great approbation. It is also adopted by the 

 Superintending School Committee of Concord. 

 A second edition is to be published without 

 delay, * 



India Rcbber Pavf.mknt. — The courtyard of 

 the English Admirably, Whitehall, has been cov- 

 ered with a paving of India Robber. An exper- 

 iment tried upon it resulted very satisfactorily. 

 It is laid down in pieces about twelve inches 

 square, and one in thickness. The quadrangle 

 at Buckingham Ha lace j formed by the erection of 

 a new wing, will also be covered with this ma- 

 terial, which its projectors have named " Knmp- 



tolite." lis chief recommendation is, that ii 

 deadens all sound, rendering the passage of a 

 vehicle or horses perfectly noiseless. 



Discovry of Mummies at Durango, Mexi- 

 co. — A million of mummies, it is said, have bet n 

 discovered on the environs of Durango, in Mex- 

 ico. They are in a sitting posture, but have the 

 same wrappings, bands and ornaments as the 

 Egyptians. Among them was found a poignaul 

 of Hint, with a sculptured handle, chaplets, neck- 

 laces, &c, of alternated colored beads, fragments 

 of hones polished like ivory, fine-worked elastic 

 tissues (probably our modern India Rubber cloth,) 

 moccasins worked like those of our Indians to- 

 day, bones of vipers, &c. It remains to continue 

 these interesting researches, and America will 

 become another Egypt to antiquarians, anil her 

 ruins will go back to tlie oldest period of the old 

 world, showing doubtless that the ancestors of 

 the Montezumas lived on the Nile, and that their 

 luxurious civilization was broken and overpower- 

 ed by the hardy hordes of Asiatic. Tartars, who 

 came down from Behring's Straits and the Rocky 

 Mountains. The scenes of Attila and Alaric in 

 Rome and Greece, were rehearsed at an earlier 

 day on the shores of California and the plains of 

 Mexico. It is unknown of the mummies above 

 mentioned, what kind of embalmment was used, 

 or whether it was nitrous depositions in the caves 

 where it was found ; a fact of importance is sta- 

 ted, that the shells and necklaces are of a marine 

 shell, found at Zacatecas, on the Pacific, where 

 the Columbus of their forefathers probably land- 

 ed from the Malay. Hindostan or Chinese coast, 

 or from islands on the Indian Ocean. — Texas 

 Star. 



Bills of Bristly Mortality-. — The slaughter 

 of hogs in the pork State of the West for" five 

 years, is given as follows:— 



1843 912,000 



1844 042,000 



1845 055,588 

 1840 800,000 

 1847 1,492,924 



Dr. Johnson's words were true — " Pig has not 

 been wanting to man, but man has been wanting 

 to pig." Nearly a million and a half of these in- 

 teresting animals in one short year, developed, 

 as the trausceudentalists would say, from the 

 state of pigdom into that of porkdom. 



Potato Disease in England. — The last ac- 

 counts received from England state that this ma- 

 lady hail made its appearance in many districts, 

 ami that the loss of a considerable portion of the 

 erop was inevitable. Accounts from Ireland, al- 

 so, slate that the disease had appeared there in 

 many instances. 



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