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NEW ENGLAND FAKlVIER. 



July 2/', 1827. 



It is not easy to perceive (says the Palladium, 

 why a " Lace Scheol," to employ profitably " 500 

 young ladies" might not flourish in Boston as 

 well as Newport. The former has about (J0,000 

 inhabitants, and Newport about 10,000. Hand 



to remove in a week, peat or bog earth may be You must be careful that they have always water 

 burnt in the same way or dnj, as in the paring at hand, and plenty of litter to absorb the liquid 

 and burning method. Some only kindle a fire and i manure, unless you have reservoirs, &.c. to ans- 

 and lay on dry soils as at first, and when the wcr the purpose of preventing its waste. Mr 

 whole "is under good way, tlirow on tlie earth, | Young said that " Lucerne is the best plant for 



(subsoil, &c.) torrefied, till the heap is sufficiently 1 soiling, and an acre of it v.iU go much further ' Leoms might also be employed in Boston as well 

 large. This manure applied to cabbages, ruta ' than anything else. But clover or any other I Philadelphia. It is said there are 4000 at work 

 baga, Indian corn and buck wheat produces great ! grass, green or dry, oats or Indian corn, cut up in the latter city in muslin weaving, 

 effect." I "6ar the roots, cabbages, &c. &c. may often be _^ 



It will be observed that Mr Cobbett's directions [economically disposed of in feeding cattle and i A London paper of June 8, states that the Brit- 

 are intended not only for burning the surface of; horses, whose services are requisite for the prose- ' ish Ambassador at Constantinople had sent a des- 

 the soil, but for burnin"- earth, including subsoil, ' cution of the daily and hourly labours of the hus- j patch, announcing the entire defeat of the Turk.s 

 to any convenient depth for manure, if the sub- , bandman. I before Athens, on the 20th of April ; loss said to 



soil is wholly, or in' part, clay, or, perhaps, any rheumatism. I I'e 10,000 men. Ratisbon letters of the 26th of 



other species of earth, in which there is but little We are assured by a person who has experienc- ^^^J'' confirm the above, and state that the Turks 

 silicious sand, it may, in many cases, be expedient ed its effects, that the following is e.xcellent for were successively driven from all their entrench- 

 to dry it and burn it for manure. rheumatic complaints: spirits of hartshorn i oz. ments, and forced to abandon all their artillery 



It is observed by the Rev. Mr Cartwricht, an | sweet oil ^ oz. laudanum \ of an oz. honey \ of ^"<^ •'ag-^^ge. The Lords High Commissioners oi 

 English writer on agriculture, that in performing ' an oz. Mi.\-, and apply with friction to the part "^''^ Ionian Islands, on the 5lh of May, despatched 



the operations of burning 



. .^ „ care shonld be taken ' affected. Bind on flannel to keep the part warm, ' =^ courier from Corfu to London with another con- 

 do it with a smothering heat ; for if the fires : and make use of the ointment m.orning and even- 1 ^''™^''°" °^ "'® above, 

 are too intense, the ashes will be of an inferior i mg. The above ointment, says our informant, is 

 quality. The advantages of this practice are nu- likev.ise useful in sprains, and other cases in 

 merous ; for it in a great measure annihilates seed \ which opodeldoc is recommended, 

 weeds : it is destructive to many kinds of insects 



, , . . ■' . .^ -^ 1 1 CURE FOR THE RIKG WORM. 



and other vermin, noxious to agriculture ; it de- 

 composes whatever comes within the sphere of its ' A friend in Charlestown has given us the fol- 

 activity; and the ashes it produces neutralize the 'o^'n? '•ec'Pe. "''"ch he says he has known to 

 soil, and assist in the further decomposition of the effect a cure of the ring worm in very obstinate 



.,(] cases : — Take a half pint tumbler, and fill it nearly 



i A letter has been received in Richmond Va. 

 giving the unwelcome intelligence that Mr Madi- 

 son was taken extremely ill with the cliolera mor- 

 bus in the night of the 1 1th, but that on the morn- 

 ing of the 12th he was better.. 



Eggs. — Mr Loudon says that if eggs are left 

 unmoved for some time the yolks subside, and 



vegetable and animal matters contained in it ; and cases :- laKe a Halt pint tumuier, ana nil ii nearly , • ' " 



these substances It converts into suitable food for ; f"" of strong vinegar-then put in a new ^-^^\'°Z' ^'henfllL^^^^^ 

 future crops. Its operation on the soil is some- egg, (the newer the_better)_let the egg remain a f'jl-°^f^^7";- -^ 



thin. l.ke°[;:e Z^::^^^^^^:^^^- \ ^^^ "m^'^(;::^'c^^ l^Z^^ \ I--- P^^^ °f England, they hang up eggs ir. 

 thing like the operation ol malting on gr.m [ ^^_^^^^^ ^^^^^^ -^^ ^^^ ^pp,^ ^,^^ ^.J_ , nets and turn them every day, to prevent the yolk's 



S egar, thus prepared, to the part affected, once a "^^"'"^ '° ''''"'"'" ' '" ""'ers, they anoint them 

 day, fw a week or ten days, which will effect a """^ "'.^'^^'^ '"""°" ^"S'' """^ ^^t them on end in 

 cure. During the application, it is necessary to , '^^^"' ^'""^ containing box being closely covered. 



keep the bowels open, by salts or some gentle j Hamp. Gazette. 



medicine. 



ing it to part freely with its most nutritious prin 

 ciple, the saccharine matter ; se v.-iil parinsf and 

 burning dispose the soil profusely to part with its 

 nutrition to the plants which are committed to it; 

 and this it will do, not for a single year only, but 

 for several years, according to the original degree 

 of fertility, in succession ; and if the crops are ex- 

 hausting ones, till it is soon worn out. Hence on 

 pared r.nd burnt land, more so perhaps than on 

 •any other, no two exhausting crops should follow 



JVool ill England. — On the 7th of June, in the 

 house of lords, the earl of Winchelsea presented 



First voyage of Colv.mhus. — The public will be a petition signed by upwards of 400 flock-masters, 



pleased to learn that a translation of the valuable complaining of the importation of foreign wool. 



and interesting documents relative to the first The petition was supported by the earl of Malms 

 ach other. By exiiausting crops are understood, [ voyage of Columbus, is in progress, in Boston, and bury, who stated that during the last three years.'- 

 wheat, rye, barley, oats, and buckwheat; by fcr- the printing of the work commenced. The origin- the quantity of foreign wool imported was e2,308,- 

 tilizing ones, crops of evt»ry kind which are con- , als of these documents were discovered in 1789, 000 pounds, of which dl,412,000 pounds were froni 

 sumed upon the land or mown, or carried off be- i among the archives of the Duke del Infantado. — Germany. The consequence was that British 

 fore they perfect their seed, and which are bro't j They were not published nntil a year or two wool had fallen from 22d (40 cents) to 9d (17 

 back again in the state of manure." _ since, when tliey were given to the public by or- cents.) Lord Godcrich said in reply that to en 



\ der of the present king of Spain. The manuscript courage the British wool-growers by a heavy duty 



""*^' I is said to be in the hand writing of Las Casas, and on foreign wool, would not produce the, desired 



It is stated in Young's Farmer's Calendar lliat ^ ^^ |jg j^j, jjj,gjjjjgt of jj,e original jp^^^j^^ „f Colum- effect, but quite the reverse. "If we impose a 



Mr Ducket, a celebrated farmer in England made j^^g^ j^,^^;, ^^ ,1^1^ juji^or while compiling his his- duty on foreign wool, we shall lose a great share 



use of the following method of trying the heat of ^^.^^ ^^ ji^g Indies. It is the form of a diary at of the trade in woollens with foreign countries. 



his hay' stacks. "He thrust a scaffold ''O'ti ^ >■ gea, and is probably more interesting from not and thereby reduce the price of our own wool." — 



being elaborated. Its authenticity is said to be He said the best remedy was to establish markets 



unquestionable. 



for woollen goods on an extensive scale. — Ihid. 



Currant Jelly. — There is a demand for this ar- 

 ticle in this place, and those who have an abun- 

 dance of currants, will do well, perhaps, to pav 

 some attention to it. It is made by mixing cur- 



Sther stout and long iron bolt into a stack, to give 

 easy admission to a gun rod, with a strong worm 

 at the end of it, with which he scrov/s out a sam- 

 ple, and discovers not only the heat, but the col- The following gentlemen have been chosen dol- 

 our of the hay ; if the stack wants air, he makes .egates to represent Maine in the General Conven- 

 many of these holes, which give vent to the heat, tion of Farmers and Manufacturers to be held at 



and answers the purpose of a chimney." Hnrrisburgh, Penn. on the 30th inst. The Hon. ^ ^ _ 



. .. ...,. „„n.-= '^°^^ Holmes, of York, Wm. Ladd, Esq. of Cum- , rant juice and sugar, and boiling them acntlv for 



SOILI.NG LABOURI.NG OXEN AND HORSES. l,prHnrl Gen Inslim Wino-ntp nf ICpnnpbec Rricp . i! j.i<r.i , 



ucrianu, iJcn.josMua vvingaie 01 ivenneuec, once t^^.Q hours or more, and taking off the scum that 



Instead of turning your o.xen and horses, which M. Lellan, Esq. of Somerset, and Gen. Jedediah Lriscs. Some use one pound of brown su^ar, tn 



you have occasion to use frequently, into a large Kcnrick, of Penobscot. a quart of juice ; others two pounds ; and" siftnc 



pasture where it is almost as difficult to hnd thnm _ ^j;?— ^T^ 77u m v ,! two pounds of loaf susrar. The price depends on 



as it is to find out the longitude, and to take and ^.ncr,ca« Po^e|-._The Editor oftheN. York ; j^^ ,j^,,„^^^ ^„j nicene.ss of the jelly. It will 

 harness them ns it would be for any body but a Enquirer complains that American Pr-ntmg Pa- l^^^j,, . ^i f^„^, 50 to 7.-, cents per qu.art, if 

 poet to tackle the steeds of Apollo, you had bet- per has depreciatpd in quality, at the same prices ^^^„ .^^j^^ „„j j^^ ,tity offered does not ex- 



ter soil them. By soilimr is meant keeping them -He invites good specimens to bo sent to his , ^^^^ j,,^ dp^^„d There may be other modes of 

 in stables, stalls, yards, £ic. and mowing and giv- office, with the prices, and promises to procure cus- .nanufacturing it, which are 'better than the one 

 ing them grass and other green and ilry food — |tomcrs for as much of the best sample as the vg have mentioned. flbid i 



Biills can turn out. ' ' ' ' 



