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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



thus have a double advantage. Some specimens of 

 this plant were exhibited <at the Agricultural Show 

 at Montpclier. The height of it was from twenty to 

 twenty-two feet. — Farmer and Mechanic. 



MORTALITY AMONG THE HORSES. 



Mu. P. : The sake of humanity prompts me to 

 send you the following observations. Over a dozen 

 of horses died last week in our streets from what is 

 generally termed sun-strike. The fact is, that the 

 inhuman owners or drivers expect their horses to go 

 as far and as fast at this, as at other seasons of the 

 year. The spirit of the noble animal will not permit 

 him to give up until he is exhausted ; the heat is no 

 doubt the cause, but how erroneous is the treatment 

 to restore them ! The first thing is, to plunge a knife 

 into the palate of the mouth or the partition of the 

 nostrils. Here is a double error : they imagine by 

 that means they deprive the brain of blood ! No 

 such thing ; in the palate, he mostly draws arterial 

 blood which is going to the parts for support ; in the 

 nose, they only abstract the venous blood of the face. 

 The great error is, they aggravate the disease by 

 " taking away even that which is left." 



The 251'oper and simple means under such circum- 

 stances, (and which every coachman and stage-driver 

 ought to be made acquainted with,) would be, to 

 get a little gin or brandy, and add double the quan- 

 tity of water to it, and give a spoonful every five 

 minutes, until reaction takes place, when the animal 

 will be, in nine cases out of ten, restored and able 

 to walk to his stable in less than an hour. By pur- 

 suing the other course, nine cases out of ten die, and, 

 for the information of parties that advocate the 

 bleeding, I must tell them, that if ever it should be 

 deemed necessary to deprive the brain of blood, they 

 must tie up the carotid or vertebral arteries ; and 

 the only channels conveying blood from the brain 

 are the jugular veins. 



CHARLES WILLIS, Veterinary Surgeon. 

 — N. Y. Spirit of the Times. 



Tall Grass. — Mr. Nathan Pendergrass, of Ran- 

 dolph, has left at our office a specimen of herdsgrass, 

 six feet and six inches long, from seed sowed last 

 November, which barely came out of the ground 

 before cold weather. Last winter was a season of 

 regular cold weather. In winters of very changeable 

 weather, grass that has just started late in fall, is 

 very liable to be winterkilled. 



The Drought is very severe (July 30) in most 

 parts of New England, particularly in Maine and in 

 the middle and northern parts of New Hampshire 

 and Vermont. It is quite severe here, but less so 

 than it is a considerable distance cast and north. 

 In this region the crop of hay is middling. In sec- 

 tions where the drought is most severe, there will be 

 about half as much hay as there was last ji'ear. 



Ohio State Fair, which was intended to be held 

 at Cincinnati, early in September, is postponed till 

 next year on account of the prevalence of the cholera 

 in that city. 



A Horse killed by Bees. — In Chillicothc, Ohio, 

 a horse was feeding quietly, when bees suddenly 

 sallied forth from their hives, in an adjoining lot, and 

 assailed him at every point, and the poor beast died 

 in less than three hours. 



OLD FRIENDS TOGETHER. 



liY CHARLES SWAIN, ESQ. 



O, time is sweet when roses meet, 



With spring's sweet breath around them ; 

 And sweet the cost, when hearts are lost, 



If those we love have found them ; 

 And sweet the mind that still can find 



A star in darkest weather ; 

 But nought can be so sweet to see, 



As old friends met together ! 



Those days of old, when youth was bold. 



And time stole wings to speed it, 

 And youth ne'er knew how fast time flew, 



Or, knowing, did not heed it ! 

 Though gray each brow that meets us now, — 



For age brings wintry weather, — 

 Yet nought can be so sweet to see, 



As those old friends together ! 



The few long known, whom years have shown, 



With hearts that friendship blesses ; 

 A hand to cheer, perchance a tear, 



To soothe a friend's distresses ; 

 Who helped and tried, still side by side, 



A friend to face hard weather ; 

 O, thus may we yet joy to see, 



And meet old friends together. 



THE OLIO. 



" Hear, Hear ! " — The celebrated Richard Brins- 

 ley Sheridan was very much annoyed on one occa- 

 sion, in the House of Commons, by a member con- 

 tinually interrupting him by shouting, " Hear, hear ! " 

 In course of the debate, Sheridan took occasion to 

 allude to a political contemporary, whom he described 

 as one who wished to play the rogue, but only had 

 sense enough to play the fool. "Where," exclaimed 

 Sheridan, — placing great emphasis on the Avord 

 where, — " shall we find a more foolish knave, or a more 

 knavish fool, than this ? " " Hear, hear," was instantly 

 bellowed by the member in question. Sheridan 

 instantly turned round, and bowed to the gentleman, 

 thanking him for his prompt reply to his question, 

 and sat down amid convulsions of laughter from all 

 but the unfortunate member. 



An Eye to Business. — A temperance lecturer in 

 England, a short time ago, finished his discourse 

 thus : " And, finally, my hearers, why should any 

 of you drink ardent spirits ? My son Thomas, just 

 round the corner, has got as good root beer as any 

 in the country, at only sixpence a quart." 



" I was channed," says Lord Oxford, ♦' with the 

 answer of a poor man in Bedlam, who was insulted 

 by an apprentice, because he would not tell him ichy 

 he was confined. The unhappy creature at last said, 

 ' Because God Almighty deprived me of a blessing 

 which you never had.' " 



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