NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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villi worms. Eighteen or twenty years ago, 



vassin" by a saw mill jjlaced on tide water, 1 



iLiservetl some hickory planks. 1 asked the 



awyer lor what use they were intended. He 



' nsivered, for the sluice ways or other water 



"•i-orks, of tide mills ; because, not liable, like 



ak, to be eaten by the worms. Passing a few 



ays ago by some tide mills ou the same streams, 



mentioned the fact just stated to one of the 



roprietors. They continue to use hickory for 



he same purpose, "because, said he, "the worms 



on"t touch it." Any person inclined to make 



rials of this wood for such purposes rnay pre- 



iously ascertain the fact, by sinking two pieces, 



nc ol' oak and the other of hickory, in waters 



''.here worms are known to abound; and after 



few months takinc;- them up again. 



TIMOTHY PICKERING. 

 Salem, Sept. 10, 18'21. 



* From the New England ralladium. 

 DOMESTIC COFFKi'^ 



I haf^ learned, to my great concern, that tiie 

 ood peo]de of Boston, and some parts of its 

 icinitv, have lately acquired the practice of 

 sing ivhat they call " Domestic Coffee," by 

 ■ay of economy ; and after making some inqui- 

 V concerning it, 1 find some of it to be a com- 

 ound of half IJye and half imported Coffee 

 round togetiier. When I made this discovery, 

 was at no srreat loss to account for the vast 

 umber of persons, who, of late, have suffered 

 mch from weakness in their limbs, and debili- 

 ited systems. Rye is peculiarly calculated to 

 roduce that effect, in whatever way it may be 

 sod — more especially when it has been roast- 

 d and ground with cotTee where everj' particle 

 f fluid is extracted and absorbed in the coffee. 



Let Rye be ground into meal, and bread 

 lade of the meal be eaten without sifting, and 



will have an effect similar to opium. Let 

 le bran be given to pigs, and it will make 

 lem lie down and swell with weakness ; hut a 

 erson may eat of the tine meal without wit- 

 essing anv ill etiects. The reason of this is, 

 lat the debilitating lluid is attached to the hull 

 f the grain. 



Let a horse eat as much Rye as he will, and 



will destroj' him, by taking away first the 



rength of his limbs, and then that of hi^^ whole 



II ody. -i Friend lo Health. 



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HVWIOPHOBIA. 



The Baltimore Chronicle gives an account of 

 distressing case of the hydrophobia which oc- 

 urred in that city last week. Mr. Samuel 

 )unham, who was bitten by a mad dog nine 

 .eeks since, died on the 20th ult. in horrid 

 gonies. He was convulsed in every joint; 

 rothed at the mouth ; and it required the 

 trength of two men to hold him in his bed — 

 otwithstanding he was bitten so long arjo, it 

 fas only on Thursday last that he exhibited 

 ecided symptoms of the hydrophobia, and be- 

 ,'lllore Friday night he was a cold corpse. The 

 eceasod, amidst all his spasms and agonies, re- 

 ained the clear possession of his reason to the 

 ast. lie has left a wife and several children. 



'I'o the Kditor of the American Farmer. 

 rOU.VDER TN HOr.SFS. 



Paris, Bouivu7i Co. K'lj, 

 Dear S'ir, 



.\fter a journey devoid of interest, owing to 

 the lateness of the season, I have arrived in 

 Kentucky, and being desirous of communicating 

 a cure for '• Foundering," recently known ; 1 

 make one effort to conduce to the value of your 

 present work, the American farmer. 



One of the writers in your " Farmer''' calls 

 foundering, "chills and founder," and compares 

 it to inflammatory rheumatisms ; I apprehend 

 he does not understand the disease in all its 

 stages ; — it evidently proceeds from surfeit. A 

 horse rode until heated and fatigued, and fed 

 too plentifully while warm and hungry — and 

 swallov.'ing his food too grcedih', that he may 

 lie down and rest his wearied limbs ; — and the 

 stable being wet or damp, and the horse in a 

 copious sweat, arc reasons the best that can be 

 given, for the formation of the disease. 



Instead of rising up refreshed, the poor ani- 

 mal is stiff and useless. Ifhehadgot leave to 

 cool perfectly, a.-.d been fed sparingly, he would 

 have escaped this sore complaint. 



The cure is a lump of alum the size of a 

 walnut, reduced lo powder and dis-'olvetl in 

 warm water; the horse must be drenched with 

 this liquid, which in a short time will throw 

 him into profuse perspiration, and he will be 

 able to pursue his journey the next day, and if 

 not liadly foundered, in a few hours. 



You will keep it out of sight that this com- 

 munication comes from a woman, as 1 wish to 

 escape the 



'' \^'c.rl^^s JreaJ langh, which scarce 

 " The Tirin philosopher can scorn.*'' 

 Yet it is a fact that I always prized fine horses, 

 and endeavored, by every means in my power, 

 to alleviate their pain. 



Pray do not put yourself to the expense of 

 sending seed you have to purchase. I hope 

 you received the last seed I sent you enclosed 

 in a letter from Missouri, particularly the " Pra- 

 irie Sensitive Plant" seed. 



P. S, — The valuable remedy for the founder 

 was communicated by Col. B. Chambers, who 

 experienced its good effect on his own horses, 

 and others. 



A Cucumber grew this season, in the garden 

 f Mr. Lovell Fames, in Framin^hani, measur- 

 ig 18 inches in length and 7 inches in circum- 

 2rcncc. — Statesman. 



(iir The authoress of the above is amongst 

 our most valued and useful correspondents, 

 worth a million of indolent men, who neither 

 write nor think any thing useful to society — 

 and yet who call themselves the Lords of the 

 creation — acting the while the part of sluggish 

 drones — -J'ntgcs consumere naii. 



From the New Yorlc Mechanic's Gazette. 

 AMERICAN Sir.K GOOnS. 



Mr. .las. Read has done us the favor to call at 

 our olhce to show a piece of elegant blue strip- 

 ed silk, manufactured by him for a suit of chair 

 and sofa coverings, for the Hon. Mr. Crawford, 

 secretary of the treasury. It is made of Italian 

 and American silk, the latter of which is made 

 at Mansfield, Con. where wc understand that 

 the silk worm is cultivated to a considerable 

 extent. Mr. Read's vest patterns, and watch 

 chains have heretofore received public notice ; 

 they are said to be equal to the best English, 

 and can be afforded on equal terms, but the 

 S^pccimen of silk above referred to (about forty 



yards) far sur[)asses any thing we expected to 

 see of domestic manufacture for many years to 

 come, and is a flattering specimen of taste and 

 ingenuity, which cannot faif to meet with en- 

 rouragcmont. We hope that Mr. Read ^vill be. 

 favored with similar orders from our wealthy 

 citizens, who can have their taste gratified with 

 any color and pattern they may select. 



From tlie Boston Patriot. 

 DOMESTIC WI.NE. 



Wc arc informed that an enterprising agri- 

 culturist in Newton, through whoso altcntioii 

 and a])iilication to the raising and cullivating of 

 fruit trees many of the farms and garden;^ in the 

 vicinity of our city have been furnished with 

 the best of fruit, has this season manufactured 

 seven hundred gallons of Currant Wine. This, 

 it will be recollected, is manufactured by one 

 individual. Should the same spirit of enter- 

 prise prompt one individual in each town in tin- 

 Commonwealth to produce an equal quantity of 

 this pleasant beverage, we should soon need no 

 importations cf common wines, hut might rely 

 wholly upon the product of our own gardens, 

 for a supply for domestic consumption. 



On Monday, says the Newark, N.J. Ccntinel, 

 we were presented by Mr. Leonard Richards, 

 with a Green Gage, (a species of plum) of aii 

 extraordinary size. It measured six inches in 

 circumference, and weighed 2 1-2 ounces. 



From the Hainpihirc Gazette. 



Tobacco. — Experiments are making in Penn- 

 sylvania with the Cuba Tobacco, so celebrated 

 for its line flavor; it promises well and several 

 loads have been cut and housed ; some of the 

 leaves are 25 inches long, and 16 broad. This 

 kind of tobacco is said to be worth jj^Ct) per 

 hundred in the Havana. 



Cattle. — It is stated in a Hamburgh paper of 

 April last that two oxen raised in the county of 

 Holsfein Ditmarsen, Germany, weighed, after 

 being killed, as follows. Largest ox 44u2 Eng- 

 lish pounds, the second 4034 pounds. 



Leeches. — It is stated in a London paper that 

 a gentleman after applying eight leeches to an 

 inflammation, deliberately cut off their tails ; 

 notwithstanding which they continued to adhere 

 as before, whilst the blood poured thro' Iheni 

 in an uninterrupted streamT The editor ob- 

 serves that these leeches resemble some state 

 leeches, called ininisters of state. 



The following experiments were made with 

 a thermometer, at the Navy Yard, in Norfolk, 

 Va. on the 2d inst. 



At half past 11 the toraperafure in a house 

 was 83 degrees. The thermometer was then 

 suspended in the open air, sheltered from the 

 rays of the sun by a 6/otiU linen umbrella, when 

 it rose in a few minutes to 93. It was next 

 placed under a silk umbrella, and in the same 

 period rose to 97. Exposed to the sun it stood 

 at II-'. 



A very general alarm prevails respecting thtr 

 danger from canine madness. Measures to aC- 

 fonl greater security to the Citizens have been 

 adopted in most Cities, and are conceived by 

 many, to be greatlj' needed in this. 



Palladium. 



