NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Westphalia Plan of Smoking Ham3. — A room in 

 a garret ; fire in. the cellar ; smoke gathered in a 

 tunnel and led to the smoke rooms by a small pipe ; 

 by the time it gets there all the heaviest part of the 

 pyroligneous acid has condensed, and the smoke has 

 become cool. Nothing touches the hams but a pure, 

 light, cool smoke, which is allo-\ved to pass oft" by a 

 number of small apertures, about as fast as it is 

 supplied. 



To PURIFY Honey. — Expose the honey to frost 

 for three weeks, in a place where neither sun nor 

 snow can reach it, and in a vessel of wood or other 

 substance, which is not a good conductor of heat. 

 The honey is not congealed, but becomes clear. 



Cleaning Silk. — The following directions for 

 cleaning silks are by one of the first Parisian dyers : 

 Half a pound of soft soap, a tcaspoonful of brandy, 

 and a pint of gin ; mix all together ; with a sponge 

 or flannel, spread the mixture on each side of the 

 silk, without greasing it ; wash it in two or three 

 waters, and ii-on it on the wrong side ; it will then 

 look as jrood as new. 



Training of Children. — The instruction of your 

 children cannot comiiience too early. Every mother 

 is capable of teaching her children obedience, humili- 

 ty, cleanliness, and propriety of behavior ; and it is 

 a delightful circumstance that the first instruction 

 should thus be communicated by so tender a teacher. 

 It is by combining affectionate gentleness in granting 

 what is right, with judicious firmness in refusing 

 what is improper, that the happiness of children is 

 promoted, and that good and orderly habits are es- 

 tablished. If children are eaiiy trained to be docile 

 and obedient, the future task of guiding them aright 

 will be comparatively easy. — Nicholh. 



5oj33' department. 



The boy is a man in miniature, fitting himself for 

 the stage of action, on which he wiU soon perform 

 his part in the great drama of life. How important, 

 then, that he prepare to become a useful man, who 

 shall be a blessing and ornament to society, and 

 happy in the consciousness of deserving the approv- 

 ing plaudit of " Well done ! good and faithful !" 



Now, boys, if you will look back and count the 

 years of your past short life, you will see that you 

 will soon bo men, and you must bo prepared to act 

 as men, or old Time will drag you along to the busy 

 scenes of action, before you have learned the very 

 A, B, C, of duty. In boyhood you will lay the foun- 

 dation of your future character ; then see that you 

 build sure, that you may erect a structure that 

 neither the winds nor storms of life can shake or 

 undermine ; that you may stand unmoved amidst the 

 blast ; and in the calm, enjoy the sunshine of life. 



Your condition as men, your character as to intel- 

 ligence and integrity, your elevation, or degrada- 

 tion, as it may be, all depend, in a great measure, on 

 your own exertions. Others may instruct, guide, 

 and advise, but the exertion is j'ours. None can act 

 for you. Your friends can only act with you, to 

 encourage and aid. But for you they cannot think 



one single thought, nor fonn or carry out one 

 resolution. 



As you will soon take the place of your fathers, 

 your position is so important that we devote a de- 

 partment to your particular interest ; yet we advise 

 you to read with care all other parts of the paper. 



Farmers' Boys. — There is a wholesome change 

 going on in public sentiment, which promises to do 

 much for the improvement of the country, and the 

 condition of the people. AVe moan the change 

 which is taking place among the young in relation 

 to the great work of tilling the soil. A few years 

 ago, and the young men left their fathers' farms as 

 soon as they could get away from them — and the 

 fathers themselves not unfrequently encouraged 

 them in it. A hard hand and a sunburnt face were 

 deemed poor recommendations in life ; and more 

 genteel modes of getting a living were sought by the 

 young. But they are beginning to look at the mat- 

 ter in a different light. The dull times through 

 which we have passed, have opened their eyes to 

 the fact, that after all there is nothing lUte a farmer 

 to stand through all times, as they are quite content 

 to stay at home. The result will be, that our farms 

 will be to a very great extent better cultivated, and 

 produce more — that large farms, which are not half 

 cultivated, wiU be divided, and well husbanded — 

 and that we shall have a large and vii-tuous popula- 

 tion scattered all over our fertile hills. — Nashua Tel. 



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We think that a few plain directions, receipts, and 

 hints, on this subject, will be useful to the reader. 

 Health is not only essential to happiness, but to the 

 despatch of labor and business. Every person should 

 learn to judge what is necessary for his health, for 

 he cannot, like Sancho Panza, have a physician con- 

 stantly at his elbow to tell him how much and what 

 to eat and drink, when to sleep, and when to wake, 

 and when he is too hot or too cold ; and as a man 

 must learn these things, he may as Avell exercise a 

 little more common sense, and judge of the impor- 

 tance of exercise, diet, bathing, pure air, comfort, 

 rest, mental emplojinent, &c., &c. 



We would by no means intrude upon the province 

 of the medical profession, but advise, in all difficult 

 cases, a resort to the most skilful. But to pi-eserve 

 health is the grand object, and afford instant relief in 

 case of accident, and sudden and violent attacks, 

 when medical aid is not at hand, which may save 

 life, or prevent a course of sickness. As " an ounce 

 of prevention is worth a pound of cure," we advise 

 particular attention to the former, as the most eco- 

 nomical and pleasant. We shall be cautious about 

 meddling with such dangerous instruments as mer- 

 cury, arsenic, &c., which are proper only in hands 

 highly skilled in their use ; but we shall recommend 

 such remedial means as are safe, and they are often 

 among the most efficacious. 



For Croup or Quinsy. — For a sudden attack of 

 quinsy or croup, bathe the neck with bear's grease, 

 and pour it down the throat. A linen rag soaked in 



