VOI,. XV. NO. 30. 



AiND GARDEN£.K'oJOURlNAi. 



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large school anil dininij room, each about 38 hy 

 50, the former 12, the latter 8 feet high 'v\ the 

 clear. As our house is situated in a cold, bleak 

 place, exposed to all winds, and it being very im- 

 portant that our room shoiild be kept warm, we 

 took considerable pains to inform ourselves what 

 kind of stove wouhl best answer our purpose. 



After exaniinitij,' many different patterns, we 

 were ir.duced t> try "Fessenden's Improved 

 Steam Stove," so called. The largest size which 

 had about 70 feet of steam pipe attaclied to it, we 

 placed in the school room. The second size, 

 which had a small cap or condenser to cover the 

 head of the boiler, we put in the dining room. — 

 They both far exceeded my expectations. I think 

 they possess many advantages over stoves in gen- 

 eral ; at leant over any that have ever come under 

 my observation ; some of which I will name. — 

 They give a quicker heat than a cast iron stove. 

 Likewise, the heat is more durable and pleasant, 

 in consequence of the hot water and steam, which 

 causes a very salubrious atmosphere in the room. 

 Likewise, they aie admirably well calculated for 

 burning hard coal, and takes less to give the same 

 quantity of heat, than any other I have ever no- 

 ticed. Daniel Chandler, Superintendant. 



Thompson's Island, Boston Harbor. 

 July 12, 1836. 



Stoves of the above description may be seen in 

 operation at the following places, viz : — Boston 

 Farm School, Thouipson's Island ; New England 

 Farmer Office, No. 52* North Market St.; VVm. H. 

 Milton &. Co., Nos. 4 and 6, Old Faneuil Hall ; 

 Grant & Daniel, No. 9, Union St.; Gould, Ken- 

 dall & Lincoln, 59, Washington St.; Cornelius 

 Cooledge, 3, State St.; Parke, Wright & Co., 101, 

 State St.: Samuel Emmons &, Sons, 107, State St.; 

 Miss Newman's, 57, Court St.; T. G. Fessenden's, 

 53, Hancock st.; Tuttle, Weeks & Dennett's Print- 

 ing Office, No. 17, School St.; John Copp, Tinman, 

 158 Hanover St.; &c. &c. 



Directions for Kindling and continuing fire in Fessen- 

 den's Steam and Hot Water Stove. 

 Fill the boiler with water a little above the 

 shoulder or flange by which it rests on the top of 

 the stove ; leaving room for the water to boil with- 

 out its being liable to flow over, and then put on 

 the lid, or steam condenser. Let the fire pot with- 

 in the stove be cleared, and put in a few blocks 

 of dry wood, or a handful or two of charcoal. Set 

 fire to these, and cover them with lumps of coal, 

 about the size of a walnut. Shut the stove door, 

 and pull the ash pan out about half an inch. In 

 a few minutes the whole will be ignited. Then, 

 gradually fill the fire pot with your hard coal. As 

 soon as the mass is well kindled, and the water 

 begins to boil, open the stove door, and let it re- 

 main Ofien, except when you wish to kindle, re- 

 new, or excite the fire. By keeping the stove 

 door shut too long, you throw too much heat into 

 the boiler, too much .steam into the room and too 

 much air into the fire pot, which causes anthra- 

 cite coal to melt and run into masses, which clog 

 the grate and are almost as difficult to burn as cast 

 iron. But if the coal is burnt with the stove door 

 open most of the time, this fusion and amalgama- 

 tion will not take place ; the coal will leave but 

 little ashes and no slag, and what there is left on 

 the grate, by aid of a poker, or a straight metal 

 rod passed down between the bars of the grate, 

 may he easily dislodged from the fire pot, and 



lodged in the ash pan. 1?\' this mode of proceeil- 

 ing you may supersede the necessity of dropping 

 liie grate. 



If you wish for any particular purpose to accel- 

 erate the boiling of the water, put in a Lillet or 

 two of wood, pnll out the ash drawer a little, and 

 close the stove door, opening it again as soon as 

 the water boils. Or, with your ordinary coal fire 

 you may soon cause the water to boil, by shutting 

 the door and admitting air by the ash drawer on- 

 ly. If you have too much steam set the stove 

 door wholly or partially open. To make a dura- 

 ble fire of coarse arjthr acite, the coal should be 

 eight inches in depth over the bars of the grate. 

 But for fine coal, a less depth will be necessary ; 

 and the smaller the fire pot, the finer the coal 

 should be, till it is reduced to about the size of a 

 walnut. 



MAKE YOUR BULLS 1VORK. 



There is a practice among our farmers of let- 

 ting their Bulls he idle. Their oxen and their 

 horses work, but their bull, if any they keep, is a 

 gentleman. He does nothing and of course gets 

 fat and lazy. Now an animal of this kind in our 

 State is not a very profitable one. We know from 

 experieiu-e, that anxious as many are to improve 

 their stock, they are as anxious to have it improv- 

 ed for little or nothing as they are that it should 

 be improved at all. We are sorry to say that this 

 is the case, hut facts are stubborn things. 



Now if a farmer would make as much profit 

 from them as he ought, he must put Jiim into the 

 yoke and make hiin toil and tug as well as his 

 oxen. They are rather bad characters to break 

 and discipline, but when it is once done, thsy are 

 excellent for labor. We know of one or two at 

 this present time that are used to the yoke, and 

 more powerful animals of their inches caimot be 

 produced. 



There is no danger of injuring thetii if they are 

 properly fed and judiciously driven. When kept 

 up in a stall or stnall yard, they are exceedingly 

 apt to become lazy and sluggish, and ultimately 

 good for nothing at all. 



We have had them become so lazy, that they 

 were totally useless for any purpose, and were un- 

 der the necessity of driving tbein about every day 

 for exercise in order to invigorate them ami bring 

 them to a proper state of health and activity. But 

 the same animal when yoked every day, would 

 never manifest any thing of the kind, but would 

 always be " on hand " when his services were 

 wanted. 



This, therefore, is proof positive that work is a 

 good regimen for them, and indeed the only way 

 in which they shoidd be used, provided they are 

 kept in a thriving condition, as every one would 

 desire to keep his team in order to make them 

 proftahle. We hope that our friends will keep an 

 eye to the improvement of their stock. It is true 

 that stock has been depressed in the market for 

 two years past, but whoever lives to see another 

 year, will find it advancing in price, and good stock 

 will be in demand. Look out then for the main 

 chance, be active and generous, and suffer no op- 

 portunity for reasonable improvement to escape. — 

 Maine Farmer. 



The Wild Hog, that has been for some months 

 inhabiting the swamps in the towns of Topsfield, 

 Danvers and Wenham, was caught on Frniay last, 

 by Mr J. Brown, E. Lake, and others. Tiiis hog 



was not very fat, but in good condit on fur a wild 

 rover ; his weight about 200 pounds ; he was Ibund 

 in the miildle of Wenham swamj), in a nest made 

 up mostly of sticks which he had gnawed ofT. On 

 being started from his resting place, he attempted 

 to make his escape, but was prevented by a shot 

 from the gun of E. Lake, which disabled him so 

 much, that with the assistance of the dogs he was 

 compelled to surrender, and he taken prisoner by 

 the hunters. This hog in the early part of the fall 

 had been in the habit of visiting the cornfields in 

 the neighborhood of the swamp, and his visits 

 were always made in the night. Many fruitless 

 attempts have been maile to secure him. On 

 some occasions from 15 to 20 jiersons, together 

 with a number of dogs, have given him chase. — 

 His speed was very rapid, and his strides would 

 measure six feet up hill ; he would leap over a 

 a wall 3 1-2 feet high with perfect ease. — Essex 

 Register. 



Silk. — The Northampton Silk Company have 

 been manufacturing Sewing Silk for the last three 

 months in large quantities. Some of it we sawr 

 the other day, is a highly finished and as smooth 

 as the best Italian. They make over GO pounds a 

 week. They are just beginning the manufacture 

 of silk fabrics and when the new faAory building 

 is finished, they will do more in this way than all 

 the other establishments in the country put to- 

 gether. — JVorthampton Cour. 



The Western Pork Market. — Tlie Cincin- 

 nati Post of the 4th inst. says : "Our pork market 

 has been very active the last week, at from six to 

 seven cents according to size. A gentleman who 

 has just returned from a fifteen days' tour in In- 

 diana, informs us that the road was literally alive 

 with hogscomingto this market. The gentlemen 

 also states that many of the Indiana merchants, 

 who had heretofore made their purchases in this 

 city, had this season made them at Madison, the 

 roads being so bad that they found it to their ad- 

 vantage to give a little higher for their goods, and 

 have a less distance to wagon their, by which 

 they got them much quicker than from this city." 



Successful Hdsbandrv. — Mr Paul Dudley, 

 Jr. of Acton has this week killed two hogs, one of 

 which weighed, when dressed, 516 Ib.s., and the 

 other 561 — the united weight being 1077 pounds ! 

 Mr Dudley sold these two hogs for 12 cents per 

 pound, making the very handsome sum of $129,- 

 24. In farming as in other ways, Acton goes the 

 " whole hog." — Concord Freeman. 



Cold Iron.-^-A writer in the Pittsbmgh Ga- 

 zette gives a caution against putting cold bridle 

 hits into, the mouths of horses, when the temper- 

 ature is bql])\v freezing point, as the iron iu eom- 

 ing in contact, with the tongue or interior of the 

 mouth, will tak.g off the skin. He attributes to 

 this cause, the frequent sore iBouths of horses in 

 cold weather. 



Fires in Boston There were in 1836, two 



hundred aiid eight alarms, seventy of which were 

 false — twenty-seven out of the city, and twenty 

 nine caused by the burning of chimnies. Forty 

 four fires and attempts tO' fire, are supposed to 

 have been caused by incendiaries. 'I'he estimated 

 amount of property destroyed, is $150,000, on 

 which there was $62,800 insured. 



