VOL.. XIII. NO. 31. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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sire to learn my mode of growing Potatoes. 

 Their requests sliall be fully answered so far as 

 my knowledge extends. And should I be the 

 means of imparting to our Farmers information 

 which will enable them to make two Potatoes 

 grow where one now does, I should consider my- 

 Helf abundantly remunerated. 



A. W. BARNUM. 

 Vergcnncs, Januan/ 30, 1835. 



■WASHIIVGTON COUNTY WOOI. GROWING SO- 

 CIETY. 



A meeting of the Wool-growers was held in 

 Montpelicr on the 20tli ult. From the official ac- 

 count of its proceedings, published in the Mont- 

 pelicr jtapers, v.e copy the following : 



Jonathan P. Bliiler, Pliny Curtis and Sheffield 

 Hayward, jr., were chosen a committee to bring 

 forward measures ■proper to be taken to facilitate 

 the object of the meeting, who made the following 

 report, viz : 



That a Society be formed under the name of 

 The Washington County Wool Grou'ing Societt/, 

 whose object shall he to improve the breed of 

 sheep and circulate all information relative to the 

 sale of wool, the prices to be obtained for the 

 same, and all other information connected with 

 that object, whose meeting shall be holden in this 

 village, on tiie first Tuesday of May, annualjy. 

 Pliny Curtis, Sheffield Hayward, Jr., Horace Hol- 

 listcr and Jonathan P. Miller were chosen a com- 

 mittee to draft and bring forward a constitution, 

 which being presented and signed, the Society 

 then proceeded to organize by choosing Parley 

 Davis, Chairman, and Nathaniel Eaton, Secretary 

 for iSie J ear cnsning. 



Resolved, That a Committee of three be chos- 

 en to circulate information relative to the sale of 

 wool and prices to be obtained in market ; and all 

 other information they deem essential to wool 

 growers. Jonathan P. Miller, Caleb Curtis and 

 Sheffield Hayward, Jr. were chosen said connnit- 

 tec. 



Horace Hollister, Parley Davis, and Sheffield 

 Hayward, jr., were appointed a committee, to ex- 

 amine into the nature of diseases conmion among 

 sheep, ascertain the most effi;ctual remedy for the 

 eame and report to said society. 



Resolved, That this meeting stand adjourned to 

 the 3d Tuesday in February next, 1 o'clock, P. M. 

 at this place, when a general attendance of wool 

 growers in Washington County is requested. — 

 Ft. Chron. 



ITEMS. 



A SIMPLE Remedy for the Croup. — This 

 dangerous disorder, which has proved fatal to 

 children in almost every climate and situation, 

 and which is the dread of many an anxious pa- 

 rent, may be subdued by the thnely application of 

 a remedy which is not only simple, but easily ob- 

 tained. As soon as the symptoms of croup appear, 

 Scotch snufi' must be applied to the throat of the 

 child, either in the form of a plaster, or by rubbing 

 it OH the throat and chest ; this can easily be done 

 by mixing the snuft' with any fat or oily substance, 

 which makes it adhere to the skin. If app'ied too 

 low on the chest it causes vomiting ; and as the 

 application to the throat appears to occasion nau- 

 sea sufficient to throw out a moisture sufficient on 

 the skin, it is supposed that this alone has a ten- 

 dency to ameliorate the disease. The writer of 

 this has seen the most beneficial results from the 



timely application of this «imple remedy, and but 

 recently witnessed its efficacy in the case of a 

 child five years old, subject to this alarming dis- 

 ease from its infancy. The family were called up 

 at midnight, and found the child laboring under 

 all the distressing symptoms of croup, accompanied 

 by considerable fever. A plaster of Scotch snuff' 

 was inunediately prepared, by mixing it with some 

 pomatum which was at hand, and spreading it on 

 a bit of cloth cut to extend partly round the Ihi-nat 

 and a little over the chest. This was immediately 

 applied, but as the parents were too anxious to 

 rely on this remedy alone, they sent for a physi- 

 cian, but, by the time he arrived, the disease was 

 greatly ameliorated, the difficulty of breathing 

 having ceased, and a considerable moisture ap- 

 pearing on the skin, and the cough and restless- 

 ness also greatly relieved. In this stage of the 

 disease, the physician recommended the feet to be 

 bathed in warm water, and a dose of castor oil to 

 be administered ; the child was then put to bed, 

 became quite composed, and by the morning all 

 symptoms of croup had disappeared. — Southern 

 Agrieulturist. 



Cure for Gangrene. — lu an account of a 

 fight between a party of Waccos and Tawackan- 

 ies Indians, and a small party of Americans, in 

 Texas, in November, 1831, we find the followhig 

 singular method of curing the leg of one of the 

 jjarty, which was shattered during the action by a 

 musket ball. It was lucky for David Buchanan 

 that no surgeon attended the party, or he would 

 have been ' a peg shorter' all his days : 



' David Buchanan's wounded leg here mortified, 

 and having no surgical instruments, or medicine 

 of any kind not even to a dose of salts, we boiled 

 some live oak bark very strong, and thickened it 

 with pounded charcoal and Indian meal, made a 

 poultice of it, and tied it round his leg, over 

 which we sewed a buffalo skin, and travelled 

 along five days without looking at it ; when it 

 was opened the mortified parts dropped off", and it 

 was in a fair way for healing, which it finally did, 

 and his leg is as well now as ever it was.' 



Onions an antidote for ppisoN. — Upwanls 

 of forty years ago, I knew a man who willingly 

 took eleven grains of arsenic in warm tea, in or- 

 der to kill himself. It took effect immediately. 

 Three physicians exerted their skill to save him, 

 but to no purpose, and said he must die. By their 

 consent, another person proposed onions, which 

 were immediately applied to his stomach, arm- 

 pits, wrists, and all the tenderest parts of his body. 

 Though he was much swelled he immediately 

 began to recover, and the next day went to his 

 work. It appeared like a miracle to all who wit- 

 nessed it. I have heard of onions being used for 

 the bite of a rattlesnake with good success, by 

 being applied to the wound. — Chr. Adv. 



Sore throat from cold. — At this season of 

 the year, when common colds are prevalent, a 

 better remedy cannot be prescribed for a soreness 

 or inflammation of the inside of the throat, which 

 often attends a severe catarrh than the following: 



Mix a wine-glass full of calcined Magnesia and 

 Honey to the consistence of paste or jelly, and 

 take a spoonful once an hour through the day for 

 a day or two. It is cooling, healing, and a very 

 gentle cathartic. — Bermuda paper. 



HoR9E3 AND Cattle. — An intelligent fanner of 

 this town has communicate^ to us, what he saysf, 



is an elfectual remedy against injury to horses and 

 cattle, who may have eaten too much grain : It 

 is simply to administer a pint of melted hog's lard 

 as soon as the fact is discov(.-re<l. He says he has 

 tried the experiment a number of times, and al- 

 ways with success. — J\Jorr{dgewoek Jour. 



The Eye. — The use of shades and bandages 

 on every trifling affection of the eye, is an evil 

 that cannot be too strongly re])robated ; for the 

 action of light and air being thus excluded, and 

 the organ rigidly compressed, opthalmia, and even 

 total blindness, is not unfrequently the conse- 

 quence of that which, being perhaps merely a 

 slight flow of humor, or a little extravasated 

 blood, would have subsided in a few days, if ju- 

 diciously treated, or even if left to itself. — Curtis. 



Indelible Ink. — If a leaf or stem of ivy be 

 broken off" a yellowish milky juice exudes from 

 the wounded extremity. After a short exposure 

 to the sun it becomes black. This juice, when 

 applied to linen, forms one of the most perfect 

 kinds of indelible ink. It doe? not fade from age, 

 washing, or exposure to any of the chemical agents, 

 except boiling ether. The poison ivy seems not 

 to be equally injurious to all, as many people will 

 come in contact with it, and even chew the leaves 

 with impunity. 



The Cotton Gin. — Mr William S. Cooley, 

 of Norwich, Conn., has taken out a patent for 

 certain improvements in this invaluable machine, 

 which are said to be very important. He is 

 making arrangements for the manufacture of them 

 in Norwich, and for their sale in this city. — JV. Y. 

 Courier and Inquirer. 



PuMi'tiK BiiEAC. — Tak" l!:e rind frons the 

 pumpkin, cut it in slices and boil it ; when soft 

 enough strain it. ip a colander, and mash it up 

 fine ; in this state it may be used for pies or mix- 

 ed with flour for puddings, cakes, &c. For bread 

 it may be made up with wheaten flour in the 

 ]>roj)ortion of cue third to one half. The sponge 

 must ho fir.st set in the ordinary way with yest 

 in the flour, and the pumpkin worked in as it be- 

 gins to rise. The rule is to use as much pump- 

 kin as will bring the dough to a proper degree of 

 stiff"ness without Viater, The pumpkin must not 

 be so hot as to scald the yest. It reipiires more 

 baking than wheaten bread. This bread is very 

 pleasant and very wholesome. 



Hogs. -^The dealers in this article have gener- 

 ally returned, and we believe, without a solitary 

 exception, have made money. This fortunate state 

 of the niiuket will throw a considerable sum of 

 money into circulation in Kentucky. We are in- 

 formed 60,000 hogs have passed the Kenhawa route, 

 82,000 through the Cumberland Gap, and about 

 40,000 through Tennessee to Georgia and Alabama, 

 making, in the aggregate, 182,000 head. Suppose 

 half this number to have been slaughtered and 

 pii kled for New Orleans market, and we have the 

 grand total of 273,000 head taken from Kentucky 

 this season. This number of hogs, supposing 

 them to average 200 lbs. net, and supposing the 

 New Orleans market equal to the other markets, 

 will furnish the handsome sum of two million seven 

 hundred and thirty thousand dollars. From the 

 best information we have on the subject, we are 

 inclined to believe our calculations nearly correct 

 What sum has probably been realized from the sale 

 of horses, mules, and beef cattle, we have no data, 

 for calculation. — Kentucky Chronicle. 



