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been poured down the unfortunate animal's throat, with 

 no other effect than that of increasing the original dis- 

 ease, or producing one where none previously existed, 

 without disturbing the worms in the least. One of the 

 committee has experimented on them after the death of 

 the horse, by placing them in a cup with spirits of tur- 

 pentine, strong lie, and various powerful medicines, 

 without producing any effect for many hours. This 

 being the case, it is impossible to apply any of them 

 for a sufficient space of time to destroy the bots, leav- 

 ing out of the question the injury done to the tender 

 coats of the horse's stomach by substances so perni- 

 cious. 



If there are grounds to suppose that worms are 

 really the mischief, the most eligible course is to im- 

 prove the horse's condition by change of diet, moderate 

 exercise, and grooming, with occasional doses of some 

 gentle alterative medicine. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



James N. Crane, 

 Stephen Gould, 

 Edward L. Brown. 

 Lower Horton, September 23, 1839. 



[Extracts from a speech by David Paul Brown, Esq.] 



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^'Why, gentlemen, who was it that shed the bright- 

 est lustre upon the vast science of astronomy ? One 

 David Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, who fol- 

 lowed the plough. Who was it that tore the lightning 

 from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants? One 

 Benjamin Franklin, a printer's boy, who protected 

 himself from the inclemency of winter by exercise 

 alone, and lived upon a single roll of bread a day. 



