Vol. G.— No. 45. 



NEW ENGLAND FAUMEK. 



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linders shoulil no', be cm awuy. I have, for some 

 tiino.[(ast. thousjhl of making these remarks, and 

 havjng no pCMimiry i.ilerest in view, my only 

 wish is to reuiojy wti;ii I conceive to be an evil. 

 .V. V. statesman. 



CHEliSE. 

 There are many p\ ople who dislike coloured 

 cheese; and we have often heard it sutfgested that 

 it would be desirable that the Agiicultural Socie- 

 ty should offer one of their premiams for the beat 

 cheese not colored. We confess we are not with- 

 out our objections — pr^-jmlice it may be — against 

 colored cheese ; and knowing there are many good ] 

 dairies in the country in which chrese is made of | 

 u natural complexion, and being desirous of having j 

 some specimens of such cheese exhibited at our 

 annual Cattle Show, we now offer a premium 

 of $2 and the Massachusetts Yeoman for one year, 

 to the person uho will exhibit the best specimrn. 

 not less thun 401bs, of cheese not colored, at the 

 Cattle Show in tins town, on the 8th. of October I 

 next — the premium to be awarded by the Commit- 

 tee of the Agricultur.il Society, or by other com- i 

 petent and disinterested individual:'. The value j 

 of the premium we know is inconsiderable ; but 

 perhaps, by the liberality of other individuals, wo j 

 may be enabled to increase it. — If'orcester Yeoman. | 



PINE WOOD AND STEAM BOATS. 



The steam boats are making havoc with this 

 kind of fuel. It will be as scarce and dear bye 

 and bye as mahogany. Take the North River for 

 instance. Thirteen boats between Albany and 

 New York, consume, it is said, fifteen hundred 

 cords per week, the feiry boats about fourteen 

 hundred more. The consumption on the North 

 River alone is put at more than three thousand 

 cords a week, making at least one hundred thous- 

 and corde of woo 1 in eight months, worth 500,000 

 dollars. The Sound Boats, also burn their propor- 

 tion, perhaps one touith as much. In one trip we 

 were told three hundred dollars' worth of wood 

 was consumed by one of the Sound boats. Where 

 is this fuel to come from many years longer ? — 

 Coal must be substituted, or we shall have a gen- 

 eral clearing in the Northern and Middle States. 

 Providence Microcosm. 



cians would be altogether an useless class ol be- 

 ings." 



3. For Children. — " Give them plenty of milk ; 

 plenty of flannel ; plenty of air ; and let iheni have 

 plenty of sleep ; and they will seldom, if ever ail 

 any thing." That is, imlk is Ihoir best diet ; they 

 must be warmly clothed ; must be much out of 

 doors; and must be always allowed to sleep on till 

 they waken of their own accord. 



And now. Mr. Editor, I chuUenge uny medical 

 man, or any other of your readers, be he who he 

 mav, to discover any reasonable objection to these 

 plain, simple rules, or to offer better. If he can, I 

 shall set him do.vn as a wise man, and a bene;ac- 

 tor to the human Mice. Were they my own it 

 would be consummate arrogance to say this, but 

 they are the deliberate recommendations of the a- 

 blest of men ; and they are the obvious dictates of 

 nature. 



Yeast. — A method of making what may be call- 

 ed a portable or durable yeast, is as follows : 



Take a quantity of hops, suitable to the quantity 

 of ^east you intend to make, boil them well, and 

 stiain off the water in which they are boiled ; into 

 this water stir a suitable quantity of flour, and 

 considerable salt, and then add to this a propor- 

 ate quantity of good yeast ; let this mass rise as 

 much as it will ; then stir in tine Indian meal till 

 it IS so thick as that it can be made into small 

 cakes of the size of a dollar or larger. When the 

 cakes are thus made, dry them in the sun till they 

 are hard, minding to turn them frequently to pre- 

 vent their moulding, and then lay them by in a dry 

 place, for future use. When you wish to have 

 yeast, take one of these cakes, crumble i; to pie- 

 ces, pour warm water on it, and let it stand in a 

 warm place, and it will soon rise sufficiently to 

 make good yeast. A quantity of these cakes may 

 be thus made at once, which will last for six 

 months or more. — Farmer's Assistant. 



sho lid be obli^'ed to some person belter acquaint- 

 ed with itiis bu.^incs.i than ourself. lor an estimate 

 in relation to these mutters.' — Maine Paper. 



Vinegar. — Tlie method of mailing this liquid out 

 of ciUer, wine, i!ec. is too generally Known to need 

 any description ; but it is not uo jjcntrally known 

 tnut a very sharp vinegar may also be made out 

 of wnuy. The luetliod of nianiny it, as described 

 by Jlr. Genet, is vi.ry simple, ■•.•\lter having clar- 

 ihed the v\hijy, u is poured iiuo casks with some 

 aruuialic planis, ur eider blossoms, [us suits the 

 fancy,] au.j L-.sposed m open air to ine sun, where 

 It soon acquires an uuconiinou decree of acidity." 

 Vinegar may also be made lioni llie juice of elder- 

 berries, uii.\ed with a suitable proportion of water, 

 anu exposed to the sun, as belore mentioned. It 

 may aUo be made froiii the juice of the black- 

 birch, or of the maple, wlien eiuier is boiled down 

 suihciently ; or Irom tne juice of beets, carrots, 

 turnips, potatos, 4ic. when boiled and the juice 

 pressed out, iind exposed in like manner. — Farm, 

 er's Assistant. 



The Columbian Institute has just received from 

 Tangier, m AJurucco, some Wheal and Barley, 

 which, U is sup|)osed, may form an uselul addition 

 to the Slock ol those grains already in the United 

 Stales, particularly m the Suies and Territories 

 soutn and sooih-west ot Washington. The Insti- 

 tute lias also received some seeds and fruit of the 

 dule, which nave been sent under a beliet that they 

 may be successfully cultivated in the most south- 

 ern parts of the Union. Tangier, whence those 

 grams and seeds are brought, is in lat. 35 deg. N. 

 Though black frosts are rare,wuue frosts are fre- 

 quent there in January, Fobiuary, anu March. — 

 Those moinbcrs of Congress who may desire to 

 obtain a portion of either or all ot those objects, 

 will please to make known their wishes to Mr. 

 Dickons, the Secretary of the Institute. — JVation- 

 al Journal. 



CHEAP RECEIPTS, TO INSURE HEALTH. 



1. jRi.se Early. Walk or ride for an hour or two, 

 then eat a hearty substantial breakfast. Let your 

 other meals be moderate, and use exercise freely 

 fby walking, skipping, or in any other way) before 

 going to bed. This receipt has lately been recom- 

 mended in strong terms by Sir Astley Cooper, 

 and many others of the most eminent physicians 

 and surgeons in Lnndon. Its first d.reftion is con- 

 sistent with Franklin's well known maxim — "Early 

 to bed, and early to rise, will make a man lieahhy, 

 wealthy and wise." Its last direction equally a- 

 grees with the well-known couplet — "After din- 

 ner, sit a while (i. e. a few minutes ;) after supper, 

 walk a mile." 



2. Keep your feet warm (i. e. by exercise ;) — 

 your head cool, (i. e. by temperance ;) and your 

 body open (i. e. take great care to avoid costive- 

 ness.) This was the golden rule of Boerhaave, the 

 greatest physician in modern, or proBably in an- 

 cient times ; who concluded his advice by siying 

 something to this effect — "If people would only 

 observe these plain simple rules, and would avoid 

 a current of air as they would an arrow, physi- 



BartUt Pear. — This pear weighs about 10 oz. 

 when at full size, shaped like a Bon Chretien, very 

 yellow, and slightly tinged with red on one side ; 

 quite juicy, and by many considered a first rate fruit. 

 It IS not however, equal in flavour to the Seckel, 

 or even to the Boston Epergne, but its siie and 

 beauty render it greatly admired. It much resem- 

 bles in flavour and consistence the St. Michael, 

 and is said to command a high price at market. 

 It is no doubt a native, and appears to have orig- 

 inated in the vicinity of Boston ; and it does not 

 seem at all strange that many fine new pears 

 should have originated there, as that city, and its 

 environs, has for a long period been inhabited by 

 a great many gentlemen extremely intelligent on 

 the suuject of Horticulture, who took much pains, 

 at an early date, to introduce tie choicest fruits, 

 and particularly the finest varieties of pears, of 

 which fruit they are skilful connoisseurs. 



Prince on Horticulture. 



Damp Distroijer. — By placing an unstopped 

 bottle or more open vessel, il convenient, contain- 

 ing strong sulphuric acid, in any part ol tne room, 

 the moisture becomes rupiuly absorbed, and the 

 sulubrity of the apartment consenuently improved. 

 The great capacity of sulphuric ai-id for vapor, and 

 the cheapness of the acid, reiiuers this mode of 

 absorbing humidity very economical. 



Driving Stock. — The driving of live stock to 

 the British Provinces of New Brunswick and No 

 va Scotia has commenced ; and last week a drove 

 of some 70 or 80 cattle of excellent appearance, 

 and another of about "2.5 horses, passed this village 

 on their way east. What number of men for em- 

 ploy, speculation, and beasts for market, go annu- 

 ally from Maine to these Provinces, we know not, 

 but probably more than one thousand of the form- 

 er, and some tens of thousands of the latter. We 



To destroy slugs on land. — Procure some fresi. 

 lime, and after throwing as much water upon it as 

 will reduce il to a powder, sow the lime in a hot 

 state upon the land that is overrun with tne ver- 

 min, at the raie of abjut twelve bushels to the 

 acre. The lime should be scan towaids the wind 

 and fulling upou them in a fermented state, it will 

 instantly kill them. 



Fire, by L,igidning.—Ou tiiilurday night, the 

 i27th. inst. between 1 and 'i o'clock, the barn of 

 iMi. Anson Whaples, of Weatliersfield, (Newing- 

 toii Parish) was consumed by lightning, and his 

 cow destroyed by the same stroke : by which event 

 of Providence an industrious man has become 

 deeply uffiicted ami embarrassed. — Conn. Observ. 



\ Strawberry. — The common strawberry in a ripe 

 .state makes a most excellent dentifrice, sweeten- 

 j ing the breath and ))reserving the gums. It ie 

 I said ihat the celebrated LinnEus cured himself of 

 1 gout by a persevering use of strawberries as an 

 I article of diet. 



