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AND GvlRDENER'S JOURNAL. 



47 



the firet place it conduces to bealtb. A gcnlle- 



I I my acquaintance lold mv, that he would ride 



II ly niilee to e6e one really healthy woman I and 

 II hunomenon we think would be rare enough to jue- 

 f ii'' effort. Now all our treaties on the preaerva- 

 OLiI health, in recommending exertion as its "sine 

 u I'Mi," insist also, that that exercise must be taken 

 1 c iipen air, and that the mind must be engaged 

 n MLiied equally with the body. Now what occu- 

 I II lulfils these conditions like gardening 1 Let 



practice it a while out of doors, on a beautiful 



iiLirning, with all the delightful excitementof 



) • "lit a border, sowing seeds, transplanting and 



r Ling shrubbery, and they will find by the quick 



jjI every pulse, and the glow of the cheek, how 



iful is the exercise. And as a sort of enpple- 



to this part of my subject, I would add, that the 



lit of gardening leads directly to early rising, 



some of its most important olHces must be per- 



id before the burning heats of the day come on. 



"dear me I" says some young lody, "I never 



p early; if that is necessary in order to raise 



rs, I never shall do it I" Never fear, my fair 



I, once get your heart and soul engoged in the 



r, and you will rise early, because you cannot 



I. The images of your geraniums and roses 



aunt your morning pillow, and you will be down 



the first dawn, to see if the blossoms they promi- 



e day before, have stolen forth, like beautiful 



I in the stillness of night. 



5n again, gardening is a graceful accomplish- 

 for a lady, and has so been held from the time of 

 T Eve — if we may credit the saying of a very 

 old gentleman, one Mr. John Milton, who 

 many handsome lines to that effect, and who 

 'ery inuch admired in times when eeery body 

 nt write such fine poetry as they can now-a- 

 -We seriously think that it is every woman's 

 ce, as far as in her lies, to see that the outside of 

 •veiling is well arranged, trimmed, and orna- 

 d, 08 to endeavor after bright brasses, pretty car- 

 Id id handsome china, in the inside. 



'< ^hat is the use of flowers !" exclaims a thrifty 

 lU keeper, meanwhile busily polishing her fire- 

 tt What is the use of bright fire-irons, say we 

 r y 7 or of any fire-irons at all ? could not you 

 k 1 fire on two stones, that would keep you quite 



Population Statistics. 



We annex a comparative view of the Census of the 

 United States ot the several enumerations token by or- 

 der of the general government from Ic'OfI to ie40. — 

 The increase of population since 1630, is at least rouii 

 MiLF.ioNs. The present population of the United 

 Stales is very little short sf seventeen millions. 



in ? What's the use of handsome table cloths 

 d spreads 1 one might eat on a board, and sleep 

 a buffalo skin, and not really starve either ! 



nuch for the " utile." Perhaps many of our 

 I will remember how involuntary was the 

 mt they have formed, in riding by houses, as to 

 iracter of their inmates. When you see a house 

 g all alone, bare of shrub or flower, except per- 

 ime volunteer bunches of thistle and pig-weed; 

 you infer of its inmates 1 And when you 

 jssed even a log cabin, where the sweet brier 

 refully trained around the door, while veils of 

 g glories and of scarlet beans, shade the win 

 do you not immediately think of the dwellers 

 IS neat, cheerful and agreeable ? This is more 

 lly the case in regard to the homes of the poor, 

 edit of the rich man's grounds may belon" to 

 dener, but they who can keep no gardener, 

 ose simple flower garden springs out of mo- 

 itolen from necessary labor, pofsess a genuine 

 dial love of the beautiful, to render an humble 

 g 60 fragrant and fair. 



I J t then the time and e-tpense of keeping an or- 



•^ -' garden!" — says some one. — Gond, my 



H is a consideration — but I have used up my 



paper. Next month, however, I may show 



to find both time and money. 



H. E. B. S. 



5 Bradford county and parts of Union and Luzerne not in- 

 cluded 



* Ninecountiea not received. 



t Incomplete. 



t Returns from the Western district not received. 



a P.irt of Monroe county not received. 



c Seven coiiuties not returned according to law, and not 

 included in this aggregate. It is supposed they have a popu- 

 lation of aliout 50,1 00. 



PROGRESS op THE WHOLE POPULATION. 



Vear. Number. Increase. 



1790. 3,929,827 



1800. 5.305,925 1,375,098 or 35.1 per cent. 



1810. 7,2.39,814 1,933,889 " 36.3 



1820. 9,6:j8,13l 2,.198,317 " 33.1 



1830. 12,886,920 3,227.769 " 33.5 " 



1840. ahout 16,900.843 4,033,923 ■' 31.4 " 



By an examination of the tablesit will be seen that 

 the white population has increased in a very uniform 

 ratio from 1790 to the present time; the increase in no 

 decade being less than 34 per cent., nor more thon 

 36.1 per cent. The ratio of increase among the free 

 colored people has been very fluctuating; but taking 

 the colored population en masse, slaves and free, the 

 fluctuation has been moderate down to 1830, and the 

 average ratio of increase neorly as great as among the 

 whites. But for some reason or other, (perhaps the 

 Abolitionists can explain it,) the ratio of increase for 

 the last ten years, has been greatly reduced, both 

 among free negroes and slaves. A few have gone to 

 Texas and Canada, perhas 30,000 in all, but this af- 

 fords a very imperfect explanation of the phenome- 

 non. — Jour. Com. 



ta th( 

 *(al i 

 Hthis 



•5'P"! 

 fJnr to 



V Feet.— How often do we sec people tramp- 

 t'Utinlhe mud, with leather soaked through, 

 1 V often do such people when they return home, 

 d n by the fireside and permit their feet to dry 



3c changing either their stockings or shoes. 



I then wonder at the coughing and barking, 

 r umatism and inflammation, which enable the 

 to to ride in their carriages ) Wet feet most 

 in lly produce affection of the tbroot and lungs; 

 > L-n such diseases have once taken place, " the 

 »i 8 on fire," danger is not far off: therefore, let 

 m.-at our readers, no matter how healihy, to 

 tt gainst wet feet. — Med. Ado. 



leiat has no bread to spare, should never keep a 



For the New Genesee Fanner. 

 Education of Farmers' Children— Alo. 2. 



Of the hind and quantity of education for the chil- 

 dren of farmers, the following would be a just esti- 

 mate: — 1. It should be appropriate and pertinent; 2. 

 practical, as far as may be; 3. extemice as their cou- 

 dition and means will permit; 4. moral ond inlelkc- 

 tiial ; and 5, derating, and not depressing, them in 

 their rank in life. 



These particulars will comprehend more perhaps 

 than some will be ready to admit; but, it is believed, 

 not more than is required by all above the middling 

 class of farmers. The acquisition of it by this por- 

 tion will soon exert a salutary influence on those be- 

 low them. It embraces what is necessary for all, that 

 education in the common and elementary branches of 

 which no youth in our country should grow up ignor- 

 ant; next that which is specially pertinent to the far- 

 mer, that knowledge of ogricultural subjects which is 

 placed within his power; next, instruction in various 

 kindred objects, and those general subjects which have 

 a connection with our most important civil and social 

 relations, including much of natural philosophy, 

 some chemistry, moral philosophy, the elements of 



I 



the principles of government and our constitutions 

 and laws, and the rights and duties and privileges of 

 citizens, and something of political economy or the 

 knowledge of the classes of men and of production 

 and distribution of property as well as of commerce 

 and money. 



Besides these, there are various sludicB, which have 

 an i7idirect but poiccrfiil influence in forming the 

 mind, and strengthening it and fitting it for thinking 

 correctly and closely and profiiably, such as algebra, 

 geometry, languages as the Latin, botany, minernlo- 

 gy, surveying, rhetoric, a portion of geology, and 

 other things of lees consequence. Those may hovo 

 no direct influence upon the son or daughter in fitting 

 them for the immediate labors of a farm, or garden, 

 or farm house ; but they exert a great influ- 

 ence upon the mind, to bring out its powers, and to 

 give to it energy and activity. Several of these ore 

 important to the sons especially, ond will preserve 

 them nearer the level of ihe dangh.crs, os they will 

 keep them longer at school, will carry more of them 

 from home a few monibe, and show them more of 

 men and manners, and will place them more on their 

 own responsibility, and tend to elevate their whole 

 character. 



It is on undoubted fact, that the daughters too often 

 receive those advantages to a greater degree than the 

 sons, ond that the latter are depressed by the compari- 

 son. Besides, many of these extra studies are impor. 

 tant to both, and may he obtained by them. They will 

 employ the sons longer, ond when their minds are 

 made more mauue. But, how far they shall be pur- 

 sued in any case, must be left to the good judgmenta 

 of parents and the parties concerned. True it is, that 

 the sons need more special attention. They would 

 not be so likely to be dissatisfied with their condition 

 in life, and another end would be gained too by such 

 a course; the daughters, expecting a settlement in iho 

 same relative condition, would have a stronger in- 

 ducement to qualify themselves for those household 

 duties, for which they will find a strong and constant 

 call. In this respect, there is need>«oo, of correction 

 of mistakes, and the practical education of the daugh- 

 ters should go on hand in hand with that of the sons. 

 The loiter should not alone be required to labor and 

 toil in the appropriate works of a former and of a far- 

 mer's house. For these domestic duties, there needs 

 a wise preparotion. He that ly the plough would 

 thrive, must either hold or drite, is a plain practical 

 truth in all places, and conditions, and business. The 

 mistress of a family has no lees occosion for its appli- 

 cation than the farmer himself. 



Finally, such on enlarged education would make 

 the sons and daughters more miitalle companions for 

 each other, and the amount of happiness would be 

 greatly increased. The rank, the notions, the aims, 

 ond the efforts, would be more neorly alike. They 

 would be far more contented with thst truly honora- 

 ble ond hoppy condition in which their benevolent ?"a- 

 ther has placed them. Their children will be provi- 

 ded for in a wiser manner, so that their " sons may 

 be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daugh- 

 ters may be as corner stones polished after the simili- 

 tude of a palace." D. C. 

 Rochester, feb. 1S41. 



A DiRAELE WiiiTEvv.tsii. — Before putting your 

 lime, which should be unslackcd, into the water, ^tu- 

 rnie the water with murioie of soda, (common salt.) 

 This will make a whitewash that will not rub off nor 

 crack, and is very lasting 



Ctre for tooth ache. — Mix alum and common 

 solt in equol quantities, finely pulverized. Then wet 

 some cotton, large enough to fill the cavity, which co- 

 ver with salt and alumn ond opply it. We hove the 

 autboriiy of those who have tested it, to coy it will 

 pro\e perfect remedy. 



