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afii* 
rous. Leaflets Voundrsh-obomLe, Wrongly' reticulated on 
And where, now, are, the, hardy, robust men, and women 
the .under side,, glabrous on botit surfaces.. Stipules, large, 
roundish and unequally cordate at base, sessile and em-- 
bracing the stem,, persistent. Flowers, yellow, pedicel- 
late)'.axillary and forming short racemes at the extreme'- 
ties of -the branches (like dioseofB. tinctorea), theupper. 
sometimes becoming unifoliolaie and bract-like. 
Teeth .-of the xxdyx short, triangular. Leg.umes short, in- 
flated, :on pcdied half inch- long, pointed with the long 
reeun^ed and vuated, .style. Plant not blaeitening in dry- 
ing.-v.pjo.wers in June and July. Root pereimhtl. ■ 
It is' iipt as it used to Tie, ’ .. ..... ■ 
\ ' ^.Vhen you and I were youngf y . 
• ..'’Wi)e.u..i;oundeach elsh and niaple free^' ' ' ^ . 
■ The'hcneysuckles^m^^ ' . , 
..I^mstdpi .loveTlie' cottage wiiefe 
.'/y '^^'i passed 'nPy early y^ ■ \ " ^ \ 
- though iioX’a sliigle' fe^ 
ThFuhehVb)xendearsi .. . 
^ R is'noi'.now as ir'used to he, • ■: 
" Thd mbs.s'is' on the roof, 
■ " And from their nests beneath the eaves, 
'"’V ^ ’ 'The swallows keep aloof. 
•rx> > ..The robins how they used to sing ^ ^ 
When you- hnd I were young. ' 
' -And' how did flit the wild bee’s wing • 
“ The opening flowers arhong ! ’ ' 
' It is not as it used to be! • 
» The voices loved -of yore, 
- ' A.nd the forms we were wont to see, 
- r-: -■ We see ai d hear no more -< • 
' " Mo more ! Alas, we look in vain, 
For those to whom we clung, 
A-' ' And love as we can love but once,. 
AVhen you and I were young. 
X ; SAEARiETUS A POISON. 
Edjtcks Southern Cultivator — I have noticed in the 
Cultivator for June, '1856, a paragraph in which it is, 
stated that Air. George Summer, “in a recent lecture,” 
spoke oi the excessive use of salerrctus as a cardinal cause 
cf dur prevalent American ill-heahh, and denounced it as 
a deadjy poison, ,<^7 I jiave, before, expre.ssed rny views 
on this subject, in the columns of .the CuKivaior^ and en- 
deavored to point out some of the ill efiects of the immoder- 
ate.; and long-continued use of alkaline compounds. Still 
the question is a§kcd f‘Is salaiaetus a poison J” Most 
as%^r$dl%At LS, ', so-As siiJa. 'ilcienUgc .vvritera,- in their 
classiflcatigns ppisoias, imyariably include . theser amd-. 
other kindred substance^ ^Ibng-. with arsenie,- antimony, 
\ic.,,in the listof “irruuing.andoprroding'poisons,” - And 
this, is exactly what they are: irrUating and corroding 
vflisms.^ And there are numerous painful examples of 
their, blighting effects upon human life and health every- 
where to be met with. The e.vcessive rise of these noxious 
compounds in modern cook.eiy is, without a-,sing!e doubt, 
the prime ca- !:-e of most of those distressing stomach dis- 
orders which afil'ict our race at the present dray. Com- 
pare the present generation with the preceding one. Thirty 
yeaiT, ago Dyspepsia was as lulJe known among oui 
hardy, robust population as the alkalies were among. our 
cooks; and it is, no doubt, within the recollect'toa o* 
many that the introduction of these poisonous compounds 
into .pur kitchens, wes speedily followed l->v a marked in- 
crease of ihis fea- nl d'sorder, whose vic'ims continued to 
iiiuiiiplv rom day to day with frightful rapidity, so that 
in a I w years 'he dis ase had became so coKTimon that it 
Tscei-v ed th-" distinctive title oi^Hhe fashionaule complaint'' 
of'these days 1 They will not be found, I apprehend., 
among the rising generation, raised on hot soda cakes apd- 
all nianner of “svveet.fixlns.” Look at our youth; pale,, 
sickly, indolent, irresolute ; \yUliout the powers of endur-; 
ance; 'incapable ofexertipii, either bodily or. mental. And, 
the sprightly, buxom i1niaidca---wi.,th “rosy cheek and fault— 
les.s Ibrin”— the perfection of all female beauLy, and loveli- 
fless--a}as.! she, fob, has been strangely transformed b, 
Lika the dpod-ied .fl.Qwer 'just openipg to the , .light, yvhik; 
bathed in liie refreshipg bajiny dew, she.may .appear love-,^ 
ly— eyeii charining for a.A.lble— yyt.prematui'p depayeds., 
plainly .wriUeP- upon her pajjid coun,tena!}ce. jShpds, the^^ 
flower pi7 a -day. ' .Alas ! hf>.w .scon slie.fcLdes. =Now, pale- 
aiiAaUenuated|-feebTf ;liftde"ss, tipiid p.screancrsau;: 
a bu.tterflg^Ysw’-Opris at a.caUe^iHar i ever ailing,, h’agilepasu. 
the flowe'rf And t|(ese ^re-.Uie. things, tha.f, aVP fQ become^ 
tiie. nm'tbers .Qf ’die.hext gen^mfjgu.l , Q piotJierR, of pur. 
Re’'iplhiionajy/riefbe§ryC|,Amerm^j^^ I, forbear.,., 
) ; Alosi ■h'ea.rulyidbjb ip the,, unqualified- 
••cojidenipaijqn' pCja practice YhP.b. pnjy exU'emely -, sill-y. iur 
dtselib’but Jr'hygm with fhp m.o.at disastrous, copsequences - 
.;tb fhej.rfe, hpajihim^^ happiness of the lumian ihnnly. 
: ToWpdia, Mlss., March, 185'1 . , r, ^ Y 
7Y,. ' “TH-UAIPS ,IN:,.MO€iS«-K.A ■ CURE. •• -.^x' 
"I^DlTDRs T^outhern CyLTiyATOR— Engjosed I.send yo-U... 
a recipte (for publication ifyou 'deem it. necessary) for ihej. 
. cufe'of “thupips’^ in hogs. .1 do not recojlecbof ever .sep.-,,, 
.mg it ifi pri'nf ( and as it is an effectual., remedy t think s 
every person \vho rais'esdiogs should know it. One, of niy 
neighbors gave it to me, .1 to you, and you to the public. 
It has relieved everymne that it has- been given to in time, 
in this vicinity,. ■ My reasons for sending it to you are 
: these ; I hear a great comp]aihrabou,t this . disease in the 
southern portibn of the State ; some have lost aver a huri-. 
clred head arid are still dying, and something to relieve, 
them, of course, would be an advantage to them, and the 
receipe will actually cure in every instance where ii. is. 
applied in time. Heie it is ; 
1st. Burn all the old beds and around the feeding place 
‘ for several hundred yards. 
2d. Give to each hog, as soon as it is discovered to have 
the thumps, one tablespoonful of Spirits, of Turpentine 
every other day for a, week. This is a sure cure if applied 
in time. T. B, 
Glasgow, Ga., 1857. 
ROTATION OF C'ROPS-FATTENlN(^ HOG&, &c. 
' Editors -Southern Cultivator— R \vas not rny jnr , 
leilfforiAot trouBle*you^%ibth 'a coriiinFmTdai.fom^^^^ sopri,'1:ut', ^ 
ssecing my fast' artrble' noticed 'Ajjf ■a''brplite.f planter^ in... 
•youF]M_arch number,' cbriipliirienting mb,' iri^part. an3 at 
the same time, making inquiry whether or not I advocat- 
ed rotation of crops, 1 have concluded. thereToie, to give . 
you a short communication, explaining my views on that 
subject. 
In answer to my frieiid, Mr. G. D.'Harmon, ofMissis- 
bippi, I must .say, that rotation in Corn and Cotton .will 
wear out land. COrn, cotton, and small grain, alternate- 
ly, will about keep it on a stand, provided ihe pasture,, the 
third yeai, is not eaten.out too clean, but cultivating one 
year and sowing down or resting the riext, will improve 
land, provided ir is level. This is my experience. But 
wlielher or not w'e would give in to Mr, Flarmon’s notion 
of manuring and improving an old place in preference to 
settling a new one as being the most profitable, 1 must 
say it will soon become a matter of necessity find not of 
choice, as 1 consider the bounds of slave leiriiory nbw” 
fixed, should we not obtain Kansas. Therefore, sieces- 
