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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JUAE 5, 184*. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



" A Thousand Notablk Things o.v Vakiocs 

 Subjects — disclosed from the Secrets of JVniure 

 and Art — Practicable, Prof table, and of Great 

 Advantage." 



Sucli is tlie tiLle (or a pari, rather) of a queer 

 old bcioli ivhicli we lately tell in wilh, printed at 

 London in 171)1, from wtiiijh we are tempted to 

 inalie a few extracts — premising that some of them 

 will be considered rnther more ridiriUouc than 

 ■ " practicable" or "profitable." But if some of the 

 " Notable Thin<;3" do not impart useful knowledfjr, 

 they may at least excite a smile — "and smiles are 

 good."— Ed. Tar. 



"The hoofs of the fore feet of a Cow dried, and 

 made into fine powder, increnseth Milk in Nurses, 

 if they eat it in their pottag-e, or u-ie it in their 

 drink ; and being cast upon burning coals, the 

 smoke thereof doth kill Alice, or at least doth drive 

 them away." 



" Earth-worms fryed with Goose-grease, then 

 strained, and a little thereof dropt warm into the 

 deaf or pained Ear, dolh help the same. You 

 must use It half a dozen times at least. This is 

 true:' 



''The juice of Mullen Leaves put to any part 

 that is bruised, and the stamped leaves thereof 

 then put upon the same, and tied fast on with a 

 cloth, and so let lie one whole day and night, will 

 heal it finely, yea though it be a wound ; but the 

 sore must be first washed with white wine, a little 

 warmed, and the juice of the leaves must be put to 

 it, and you will marvel at the efl'ect. Proved." 



"A barren Vine will bear Grapes, if you cast 

 old and sour Wine thereon; or if you bury the 

 Lees of Wine at the roots thereof." 



"In the nioriiing, if Salt be holden in the mouth 

 under the tongue, until it melt or consume into wa- 

 ter, and the Teeth being rubbed therewith, it will 

 preserve the Teeth safe and sound ; it will keep 

 them from rotting, and that they shall not bo worm- 

 eaten. Proved." 



" A little Bay Salt, stamped small, mixed with 

 the yolk of an Egg, and applied to a Felon, and 

 ao used divers times, doth not only perfectly heal 

 the same with speed, but also draws out all the 

 pain of the arm, and ceases the awellintr thereof. 

 Proved." 



" Veil shall slay the bleeding of the Nose, if you 

 write with the same blood in the forehead of the 

 party that bleeiLs, these words following, Consum- 

 malum est:' [Consummate nonsense, we suppose.] 



"The Blood of a While Hen, smeared on a 

 freckled face, and sufferi-d to dry thereon, and after, 

 wards wiped away, clearly takes away all spots 

 from the same." 



•'The Pecoction of Hollyhock, with Honey and 

 Butter, being drank, doth marvellously ease the 

 pain ol the Cholic, and of the Bick. Proved:' 



" 'I'he White of an Egg well and long beaten, 

 mi.ved with quick Lime, will surely join broken 

 Glasses and broken Earthen Cups, and will make 

 them hold fast and surely together. Hut it would 

 be the better, if a little of very old Cheese be well 

 mixed therewith." 



"The Head of a Cat that is all black, burned 

 in a new put, and fine ashes or powder made there- 

 of, and siiine of the same thrice every day blown 

 out of a quill into the eye that hath any evil or 



grief in the same, is a most excellent help and 

 remedy thereof." 



" A Flint Stone by lying in Vinegar the space 

 of seven days, may be tlien dissolved into powder 

 by rubbing between the fingers." 



" If young Beasts eat of the leaves of an Ivy or 

 Ash Tree, they die ; but if they that chew the cud 

 do eat thereof, they feel no harm." 



" Whosoever will preserve Chesnuts and keep 

 them safe and sound, let them mix them with Wal- 

 nuts: fur they will drink up such humors whereby 

 Ihey corrupt; and they will not suffer them to wax 

 iiiouldy." 



"The paring of an Apple cut something thick, 

 and the inside whereof laid to hot burning or run- 

 ning Eyes at night, when the party goes to bed, 

 and tied or bound to the same, doth help the same 

 very speedily and contrary lo expectation." 



"The people of Jlslamorts {os Pliny reports,) 

 have no mouth, and are clad with a woolly moss 

 growing in India, and live only with smelling of 

 odors at their nose, of roots and flowers, and apples 

 that grow in the woods, which they carry with 

 them." 



" The Roots of Lilies soaken in Water, doth 

 take away the Redness in the Face, if the same be 

 rubbed therewith a few mornings and evenings." 



"If one bleed on the right side of the Nose, 

 bend and press hard the party's right finger ; if on 

 the left side, then the little finger in like case, lor 

 therewith the bleeding will cease. This is a proved 

 remedy:' 



''If yon take an acorn from an Oak Tree, and 

 in the same you shall find a little Worm, which, if 

 It doth Hy away, it signifies Wars ; if it creeps, it 

 betokens scarcity of Corn ; if it run about, then it 

 foreshews the Plague. This is the Countryman's 

 Astrology, which they have long observed for 

 truth." 



" If one that hath eaten Garlick or Cummin seed, 

 breathe on the face of a Woman that is painted 

 the color will vanish away straight; if not, then 

 her color remains as it did before." 



"If you mark where your right foot doth stand 

 at the fir.st time that you do hear the Cuckow, and 

 then take up the earth under the same, wheresoev- 

 er the same is sprinkled about, there will no Fleas 

 breed. 1 know this hath proved true:' 



" If the ears of Cats be cropped or cut ofl', it 

 will make them keep at home the better, for then 

 the water (which they cannot abide) will drop into 

 their ears, being open." 



''When any draw nigh towards their death, and 

 their members lack lilood and vital Heat, then 

 Fleaa and J^ice leave them quite, or else tnke to 

 that part of the body where the said Heat tarries 

 the longest, which is in the hole of the Neck under 

 the Chin, &.c. This is a token that death is at hand" 



"Take Black Soap, and almost aa much Ginger 

 in powder, and mix them well together, then anoint 

 therewith any Tetters or Ringworms every day, 

 for four or five days together, and it will heal them 

 certainly " 



" The Seeds of Roses with Mustard Seed, and 

 tho fiiot of a Weazel, tied together in something, 

 and handed among the boughs or branches of a 

 'I'ree that bears but little fruit, it is said will make 

 tho tree to be marvellous fruitful." 



''If you would kill Snakes and Adders, strike 

 them with a large Radish." 



WILLIS' LATEST IMPROVED SEED SOWE. 

 In using Ihis machine, the farmer may be c. itain tb 

 his seed is put inlo the ground, and at iI.b same lir. 

 ill tiie best possible manner. There h.is been a gre 

 difficulty in iriachine.i hir sowing garden seeds; ihn 

 are very apt to clng up, and the farmer might go over i 

 aere ol land and not bow a single seed ; but not so wi 

 lliis; it is sn conslriicled thai it cannot possibly cic 

 In using this sower, the farmer nan save one half 

 his seed, and do the work at less ihan one quarter tl 

 expense of the co.nunon way of sowing, and have 

 done in a much better manner; it opens the furio' 

 drops the seed covers it over and rolls them dowi 

 It will sow any kind of Garden Seeds ; sav Ruta Bag 

 Mangel Wurlzel, Turnips, Carrots, Beels, "P.irsnips, O 

 ions, &.C, For sale at the New England Agricnlicir 

 VViirehouse ami Seed Store, Nos. 51 .-.nd 52 Norl'i ftla 

 ket street, by JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH. 



Great improvements hare I.ecn maile the past year in tl 

 form and workmanship ol these Ploughs; the mould I,, ai 

 has heen so formed as to lay the /vrroic <:or:\pMeh, ooc 

 turning m ercr,j particle of grass or sluhblc. and leaving tl 

 ground in the best possible manner. The length of x) 

 mould hoard has been very much increascrt, so that tl 

 .hh^^.j*'"''^ ]";'"*"" "f^=>'""'3'^.'"''h w.lh respect I 

 the holdins; and the team. The Committee at the late Ini 

 ol Ploughs at Woreesler, say, 



" Should our opinion be asked as to which of Ihe Plnu-I- 



we should prefer for use on a farm, we mi?hl perhaps say i 



he inquirer, >( your land is mostly light'an.l easy to wi.rl 



trj Prouty & Mears, hut if your landis heavy, hard orroch 



BEGIN WITH .Mr. Howard's.'- 



At Ihe al.ove mentioned trial the Howard Plough rfiV- 

 more ivorkv-ith Ihe sawc pawer of learn, than any oihe 

 plough e.thibited. No other turned more Ihan Iweniysoi-e 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draujht, while ih 

 Howard Plough turned Iwcntiinine and one hal f inches . i 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that Howard' 

 1 loughs are much the strongest and most substantiall 

 made. 



There has been quite an improvement made on the shoe 

 or land side ol this Plough, which can he renewed williou 

 having to lurnish a new landside: this shoe likewise secnie: 

 Ihe mould hoaid and landside together, and strengthens ill. 

 Plough very much. = > 6 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 lo 815. A Ploneb 

 sutticieiii forhreaking up wilh fourcallle, will cost aho'u 

 *.0 50, and with cutler «1, wilh wheel and cutter, Sa 61 

 extra. 



Theahove Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and retail, r 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Stme 

 Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, hy 



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