Vdu 0.— No. 91. 



INEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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It' the ucid has not been used in sufficient quantity 

 to destrjy the texture of the paper, and reduce it 

 to the state of tender — the color may be dis- 

 cliargcd by the oxiinuriulic and oxalic acids and 

 their compounds, though not without great difi 

 oulty. When tlie full proportion of acid has been 

 employed, a little crumplinj; and rubbing of tlie 

 paper, reduces the carbonaceous imitter of the 

 letters to powder ; but by putting a black grouad 

 behind them, they may be preserved, and thuf a 

 species of indelible writing is procured, (for tbe 

 letters arc, in a manner, stamped out of the paper) 

 whicli might Be useful for some purpo:;cs, perhass 

 for the signature of haul; notes. — Quar. Jo urn. of 

 •Science, fyc. 



As gardening has been the inclination of lungs, 

 and the choice of philosophers, so it has been tie 

 common ftivorite of public and privhte men ; — a 

 pleasure of the greatest, and the care of the raear- 

 cst — and indeed, an employment, and possossior,, 

 for which no man is too high nor too low. — -S;'.- 

 IV. Temple. 



To make teeth white. — A nii>:ture of honey with 

 the purest charcoal will prove an admirable cleans- 

 er. 



Prodigioiis ! F. Kahnback, butcher, displayed 

 in the market house, yesterday, a heifer calf, which 

 weicrhed when killed and dressed two hundred and 

 ninety pounds. The Calf was not quite five months 

 o]d.—Belvidere, JV. Y. Paper. I 



erally find the great mass composing it are as de- 

 ficient in good morals as they are in useful inform- 

 ation. 



Tho National Intelligencer states, that Colonel 

 M-Kenney, has arrived at Washington from a tour 

 of about 7000 miles among the Indians, and beec 

 successful in all the trusts reposed in him by the 

 government ; and among these, the important o^ 

 of settling the Creek controversy, with which 

 duty he was specially charged, by obtaining a 

 cession of all the lands owned, or claimed by the 

 Trceks, within the chartered limits of Georgia. 



To cleanse the teeth and improve the breath. — To 

 lour ounces of fresh prepared lime water, add a 

 drachm of Peruvian bark, and wash the teeth with 

 this water in the morning, before breakfast, and 

 alter supper. It will effectually destroy (he tar- 

 tar, and remove the offensive smell from those 

 whicli have most decayed. 



Hunting icith Tigers. — On the Coast of Coroman- 

 dcl, the natives hunt the antelope with tigers. — 

 These ferocious animals, which are not much in- 

 ferior in size and strength to the royal tiger, are 

 tamed by hunger and blows until they are quite 

 docile. When a hunt is determined on, the tigers 

 are led out by boys, with caps over their eyes, 

 that they may not break away prematurely. As 

 soon as the hunters consider themselves sufficient- 

 ly near a herd of antelopes, the sign is given to 

 the boy, who instantly uncovers the tigers' eyes, 

 and slips of his leash; the antelopes, with their 

 leader at their head, go bounding along the plain 

 or valley, and the tiger, crouching among the lon^- 

 grass, approaches their line of motion in an ob- 

 lique direction. When he thinks himself sure of 

 the leader, he rises to his full height, growls and 

 springs forward with immense force and inconceiv- 

 able swiftness towards the herd. If he strikes the 

 animal he aims at, it is instantly dead; but when 

 he misses his aim, whether through exhaustion or 

 shame, he slinks nway and lies down in the most 

 sulky h"mor in the first hole or ditch he can meet. 

 When he is successful, the boy cuts off a piece of 

 the antelope's flesh, and gives it to him ; and with 

 this he is satisfied, and immediately relinquishes 

 his prey. 



Artificial Leeches. — This instrument has been 

 invented by Mr Salandier, and acts as an equiva- 

 lent to leeches. Its advantages consist in extract- 

 ing the precise quantity of blood that is wanted 

 to be taken from the patient ; in withdrawing the 

 fluid with every desirable despatch and trentleness, 

 in not causing that repugnance which naturally 

 attends the application of disgusting insects or 

 worms ; in not causing any injury ; and, finally, in 

 being practicable in every station, climate, and sit- 

 uation and country. This instrument is manufac- 

 tured at Paris, by the engineer Dumouticz. 



The Warren Star computes that there havi. 

 been shipped from Bristol, R I. r>:i5,094 bunches 

 of onions, raised in that town the pre.'sent soa-iOf. 

 and that there arc ;200,000 bunches remaining on 

 hand. 



Method of increasing the odour of Roses. — Fir 

 this purpose, (according to the author of the me 

 thod) a large onion is to be p'anted by the side o*' 

 the rose-tree, in such a manner that it shall touch 

 the foot of the latter. The ros's which will be 

 produced will have an odour much stronger an;; 

 more agreeable than such as have not been thus 

 treated, and the water distilled from these rosee 

 is equally superior to that prepared by means of 

 ordinary rose leaves. 



Ninety potatos were taken from ttie garden o: 

 Mr. John Osgood of Maverliill, which were the 

 product oi' one small potatoe, placed in the gronml 

 for the purpose of giving nutriment to a curran' 

 bush, the end of v;hich was inserted in the pota- 

 toe, two of the above number weigh three pnund^• 

 Haverhill Post. 



Dionysius' Ear. — A midshipman of the United 

 States navy, in giving an account of what he saw 

 at Syracuse, says under date of July 1st. 1837 — 

 "The cave, or Dionysius ear, is a great work of 

 3it, hewn out of the solid rock, to the extent of 

 two or three hundred feet, and about ninety feet 

 in height ; resembling in its nonstruclion, the or- 

 I'ans of hearing in the fiuman head. Here were 

 confined the prisoners of that tyrant, and tliis 

 cave the medium, through which he became ac- 

 qnainted with every Aord they lisped. The noi.5e 

 from the oxpcrimeiit we made with a pocket pis 

 tol, was almost deafening ; in fact, a leaf pluclied 

 from a small branch we took in, was perfectly au- 

 dible at the mouth or ear of the cave," | 



Knowledge is Virtue. — The axiom," Knowledge 

 is Power" attributed to Lord Bacon, is often quot- 

 ed, and generally admired. We may very well 

 add to it Knowledge is virtue. Without knowl- 

 edge there can be no principle, no discernment of 

 right and wrong : and where a community con- 

 sists mostly of ignorant individuals, we shall gen- 



Accidenl. — On the night of the 24th ult. the Rta- 

 ble floor of Asa Batchelder, of Royalston, broke 

 down, inconsequence of which, five oxen were 

 hung in the stanchals, and found dead in the morn- 

 ing. The floor was elevated four or five feet from 

 the ground. In the other half of the staile, the 

 floor had given away and cracked considerably, so 

 tliat the lives of five oxen more were endangered. 

 This should serve us a caution to those whose sta- 

 bles are elevated from the ground, to sen that their 

 floors are secure. — Worcester Spy. 



Gas tight for factories. — There is n cotton Fac- 

 tory at Middlebury, Vermont, which has recently 

 been lighted up with gas, the only experiment of 

 the kind ever made in the United States. It is 

 found that the expence of the gas is about the 

 same as that of oil, but the former has great ad- 

 vantages, givinsr a steady light by which the hands 

 can work as well as in the day ; is entirely free 

 from smoke, by which the neatneiis of the factory 

 is greatly promoted, and moreover occasions but 

 little exposure to fire. 



A cure for Itroken shins. — Make a paste of char- 

 coal and water, and apply it to any sore place caus- 

 ed by the skin being rubbed off. This will immedi- 

 ately allay the smart and remove the inflammation. 

 Mechanic's .Magazine. 



Rein force, nevt for the Colony at Liberia. — \V< 

 are happy to announce the benevolent act of ;t 

 gentleman of this city, who has recently liberated 

 iwentij three slaves, and sent them to join the Am- 

 erii-an Colony at Liberia, as a reward for thei: 

 good behaviour. — Richm. Visitor. 



The Western Herald, printed at Steubeuvilit 

 Ohio, mentions an oar of corn v,?hich was at tht 

 oflice, as being thirteen inches in length and tei; 

 inches in circumference. It has 40 rows of corji 

 on it, each row having 60 grains, total 1200 grains 



The best astronomers are agreed that the dis 

 tance of many of t e fixed stars may be such, thai 

 since they were first created, the fir.st bean o: 

 light which they emitted has not yet arrived, vvith- 

 in the limits of our system. 



JVeirspapers. — In the year 1775, there were .37 

 lialf starved newspapers published in the territor;. 

 of the Union; in 1610 there v,-ere 359 in the 

 United States; since that period the increase ha- 

 far exceeded the proporlion of the swelling tide?- 

 of population. 



Grain. — It has been estimated that upwards Oi 

 ,'50 millions of bushels of grain were raised in Ohio 

 last season, or more than 50 bushels for each in- 

 habitant ! 



Preservation of Green House Plants. — It has 

 been ascertained by Mrs Tregold, that plants may 

 be completely protected from the depredations or 

 insects, by washing them with a solution of bitter 

 aloes, and the use of this wash does not appear to 

 eflect the health of the plants in the slightest de- 

 gree ; wherever the solution has been used, in- 

 sects have not been observed to attack the plantf 

 1' ain. — Am. Farmer. 



Mr A. Willard, Jr. of Boston, has made a clock 

 for a large church in Mexico, and it is the first 

 one ever made in this country which strikes tht 

 hours and quarters. 



To check the increase of loarms which destroy 

 fruit. — Gather all punctured or decaying fruit, 

 and give it to your hogs ; — otherwise the worms 

 which destroy it, will escape into the ground, to 

 re-appear the next year. 



