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NEW ENGLAINO FARMER. 



August 10, 182/'. 



jMtscpUanfcs. 



Sir Jonah Barrington remarks in his sketches, 

 •' in truth, the only three kinds of death the Irish 

 peasantry think natural, are dying quietly in their 

 own cabins ; being hanged about assize time ; or 

 when the potato crop is deficient." 



Some caution is requisite in passing our opinions 



MAHOGANY. 



The Honduras Almanac for 1827 gives a long 



account of the manner in which mahogany is cut 



and transported in Honduras, a British province 



on the Mosquito shore, Guatimala. The mahoga 



ny tree is of enormous size and height, and the 



branches spread to a great distance. A tree is 



not fit for cutting until it is 200 years old. This 



- .. , " 1- u «•„..,„(• heautiful wood was discovered in 15.59, and was 



inon stransrers : a caution, however, winch tew 01 • ^ . n i j i . »i. i-nn 



ipoii s.Lraiit,ui» ,,.,,' . ., „t „(• Of (first earned to England about the year 1/00 



js adopt. At a publick levee at the court ot bt. •= •' 



The Albany Argus speaks in favorable terms of 

 " Pope's improved hand threshing machine." It 

 combines simplicity and strength in its construc- 

 tion, and with two men at the wheel, and one to 

 feed the machine will thresh five bushels per liour, 

 throwing out the grain thoroughly. The cost o! 

 it is not one tliird the average cost of the Scotch 

 and English machines. It has been highly ap- 

 proved of by the Massachusetts Agricultural So- 



Tames, a srentleman said to Lord Luestertieicl, , ., . , , , ,,.., ,■ i 



pm- my lord, who is that tall, awkward woman, ^"'^ «>« ^f f °»'- -^ beautiful polish were so 

 !ndv ?" " Tint lady, sir," replied Lord Chester- Pl«'i^>"& that hureaU.- ?nd other articles were soon 



ciety, in all instances whore an opportunity has 

 The first article ma'de from it was a candle box, 1 been afforded to test its practical utility. 



yon 



field, 



with confusion, and stammered out, " no, no, my 



is my sisler.^' The gentleman reddened 



manufactured from the same in-iterial. The ma- 

 hogany cutters go into the forests in August, in 



lord, I begHur pardon; I mean 'that very '"gly p"gs of from 20 to 50 each, and the " huntsman," 

 woman, who ^nds next to the Queen." That ''='^'"ff '''■'"bed a tall tree, surveys the surrounding 



lady, sir, is vv/ wife." 



A shopkeeper at Doncaster, had. by his conduct 

 obtained the name of ' the little rfescal. ' Being 

 asked why this appellation had been given him, 

 he replied, " To distinguish me from the rest of 

 my trade here, who are all great rascals. ' 



The being Prime Minister of England has often 

 been attended with a dreadful fate — Of .31, since 

 the reformation [it may be inferred it was worse 

 "oefore] — 13 have been executed — 2 murdered — 8 



g climbeU a tall tree, surveys tlie surrounuing 

 country, ascertains whore the mahogany abounds. 



TBomtBtit 3Sconoms. 



Rice Jelly. This is one of the most nourishing 



preparations of rice, particularly for valetudinari 



ans or convalescents. It is thus made : Boil a 



J , ■ ; ,, ... , Tj" ■" <■ ii„j „ quarter of a pound of rice flour, with half a pound 



and leads the gang to the place. Having felled a r i-.f „„„^/ • „ . ^ ' ,.,, ., * , 



1. r» .1 . 1.1, . .^„ I ot loal sugar, in a quart of water, till the whole 



great number of trees, they cut a road througn the I^ ° .„ ' , . ". 



f, . , „ , , ^, ■'^ . , ■ -J Becomes one uniform gelatinous mass : then strain 



thick forest to the nearest river, make bridges, 1^.,„ ■ ,, „ i i . •. . . , , ' . ,. , , 



I, -ij u . <• .k ^ 1 .1 tti x,r. AK„., °"*"^J'^"y and let It stand to cool. A itt e of 



build huts for themselves and cattle, &c. — About ,,■ ^„,,,,; r j . ^ •• -n , ^ , 



., ^ . ^,, . .. 1, ■ . 1 this salubrious food eaten at a time, will be found 



the first of December they begin to saw each ma- , « ; i . .i, r ii , • ^ 



, , 1 ... 1 J . u • . I very beneficial to those of a weakly and infirm 



hogany tree, both trunk and branches, into logs. | ^^^-l^^jj^^,;^^ ■' 



These logs vary in length and size — the largest | 



ever cut in Honduras was 17 feet long, 5 feet 4 1 



inches deep, and weighing 15 tons. After the I 



1 constitution. 



To cleanse the Teeth and to improve the breath. 

 To four ounces of fresh prepared lime water add 

 sawing is completed, the logs are reduced by the j a drachm of Peruvian bark, and wash the teeth 

 axe, from the round to the square form, to lessen I with this water in tlie mornin"' before breakfast 

 died in prison or exile— some committed suicide— their weight, and prevent their rolling on the | and after supper. It will effe'ctually destroy the 

 and 4 are said to have saved themselves by sacn- t.^ck. When the dry season commences, about tartar, and remove the offensive smell from those 

 ficinpr their Masters. i . - - . . . 



Reminiscence. — It is stated in the first of Caleb 

 Atwater's notes on Ohio, that the first vessel ever 

 launched by Europeans on the Upper Lakes, was 

 built in 1680, by La Salle, a Frenchman — one 

 hundred and forty-seven years ago ! She was 

 called the Griffin. 



Increase of Population. — The Annual Report of 

 the American Education Society states that the 

 population of the United States is advancing at 

 the rate of 1000 every day — 365,000 a year. 



Sheep. — About the time of the adoption of the 

 Federal Constitution, it was looked upon as extrav 

 agant that the number of sheep in the United 

 States should be estimated at one million. 



There is a prospect of an abundant harvest 

 throughout the England. A gentleman who had 

 just returned to England from a journey through 

 Russia, Poland, Sweden, and Denmark, states 

 that the crops of grain are, if possible, more prom- 

 ising than in England. 



Letters from Frankfort on the Main announce 

 that the continual rains which have prevailed for 

 some time, have given occasiiSfi lo extensive busi- 

 ness in corn. In Hungary the crop of fruit is 

 completely destroyed. On several other points of 

 Germany the winter wheats present a wretched 

 appearance. ■ The fine alone is in a thriving state. 



the first of April, they begin to draw the logs to which have most decayed, 

 the river. The distance is generally from 6 to 10 

 miles ; each truck requires 7 pairs of oxen, 2 dri- | 

 vers, 2 or 3 to cut food for the cattle, and several ' 

 loaders. The heat of the sun is so great that eve- 

 ry thing must be done by night. The teams start 

 from the river at 6 o'clock in the evening, and re- 

 turn with their loads the next morning; the dri 

 vera after throwing the logs into the river, retire 

 to rest. Thus goes on the routine of trucking du- 

 ring the months of April and May. This process 

 of drawing down mahogany to the river, presents 

 an extraordinary spectacle. Six trucks and 40 

 yokes of oxen occupying the road for a quarter of 

 a mile — the drivers half naked, and each bearing 

 a torch light — the wildness of the forest scenery 

 — the rattling of the chains — the sound of the 

 whip echoing through the woods — all this activity 

 and exertion so ill corresponding with the silent 

 hour of midnight 



Mr. Vaughan, the British Minister, paid to Mr. 

 Clay, at the Department of State, on Monday, the 

 second and last instalment, amounting to upwards 

 of .%000,000, payable by the Government of Great 

 Britain, under the Convention of November last. 



Silk Heel. — Any person having a model for a 

 French Reel for reelinfr Silk from the Cocoon, 

 will confer a favour on a cultivator, of silk by sen- 

 ding their address to the office of the Baltimore 

 Patriot. 



Vinegar of Roses. This fine vinegar is made 

 by putting a quantity of fresh rose leaves loosely 

 into a jar or bottle, pouring upon them the beat 

 white wine vinegar so as to fill it up to the height 

 first occupied by the leaves, if, for example, the 

 jar be thus apparently filled, there will be still 

 room enough for the proper quantity of vinegar; 

 let it remain for three weeks in the sun or some 

 other warm situation, when it may be strained oft" 

 and passed through a cotton or flannel bag. If it is 

 not sufficiently fine, after having been strained, to 

 put up into bottles, it is to be cleared in the usual 

 way, either by means of isinglass or a little alum- 

 water. It is commonly kept in large bottles ; 

 which should be well corked and kept is a dry 

 place. A lump of refined sugar should be put in- 

 to each bottle. In this way are also to be made 

 make it wear the appearance i vinegar of gilliflowers, elder flowers, &c. &.c. 



Saxony Sheep. 

 On Friday the 24th August next, at 3 o'clock P. M. 



en, the logs are floated down a distance of ^"''''Sbton near Boston, will be sold by public auc 



iiiles, until they are stopped by a boom, where ' '^Z\^^.f°'^',^!'°^^ r ^'''""l,"'^ Saxony Rams just 

 / . ^'^ ■'. „,' , , imported in the brjj: Comet, Capt. .Meef, from Ham- 



of some theatrical exhibition. About the end of 

 May the rains commence, the roads are impassa 

 ble, and all trucking ceases. After the rivers are 

 swollen 

 200 m: 



each gang seperates its own cutting. The logs bu 

 are then brought to the wharves, taken out of the I These sheep wpre selected from (lie purest blood in 

 water, and the surface made smooth by an axe, the kingdom, and will be found »t least, equal in point 

 when they are ready for shipping. — Hamp. Gaz. I of fin..'nessof fleece and symmetry of form to any here- 

 tofore imported. The sale will be perfectly free and 



Hard Soap.— To make hard soap Soda should |""s"„jp'iVs of the wool from different parts of each an- 

 he dissolved and leached through quick lime. — ! imal may be seen at No. 46 Central street, or at the 

 Six times as much olive oil or tallow are to be ad- 'olEce of the auctioneers, at any time previous to the 

 ded as the quantity of Soda used. The lie is then I s-'*''-- COOLIDGE, POOR & HEAD. 



to be gently boiled, and the ingredients will unite 

 into a hard white Soap, if the carbonic acid be 

 properly taken from the Soda. If a quantity of 

 rosin be added it Ibriiis the common yellow bar 

 Soap. To make the soap marbled, soap makers 

 add cojjperas, cinnabar, &c. to it before it is made 

 into cakes. 



J. S,- .4. Falcs' Patent Hoes, 

 Constantly for sale by French & Weld. 31 & 32 South 

 Market street, sole asents for vending the same. 



The Farmer is piililished every Friday, at $3.00 

 per .(nnum, or $2,50 if paid inartvance. 



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