(li)rt[iatii mih (lar^ira. 
THE ROSE EXHIBITION. 
We published in our last, a notice of the 
exhibition of Roses by the Genesee Valley 
Horticultural Society, in which our corres¬ 
pondent, who furnished the account, bestows 
some censure upon J. J. Thomas, of Mace- 
don, for exhibiting a collection of roses with¬ 
out their names. We have just received a 
note from Mr. Thomas, in which he says by 
way of explanation:—“ Owing to the dis¬ 
tance I was compelled to carry these speci¬ 
mens h]j wagon {IQ miles) it became nearly 
impossible to preserve the paper labels com¬ 
monly used, among the moisture so copious¬ 
ly needed for the preservation of the flow¬ 
ers; metal or wooden labels would have 
bruised or mutilated them during several 
hours jolting over a common road. Never¬ 
theless, all would have been named, .had I 
not noticed at the last previous exhibition I 
attended, that some of the largest collectioris SIEAWBERSY. 
were nearly without any names attached^ ___ 
and no censure expressed; and had I not Qp j^]] choice varieties of the Straw- Those who have cultivated the New Pine 
found that none of the names on the collec- berry cultivated in this region. Burr’s New in this vicinity pronounce it decidedly supe- 
tion I then presented could be exhibited to Pine ranks among the very best. It was rior in flavor to any other variety. M. G. 
view, from the difficulty of proq^iring, in con- originated from seed, several years ago, by Warner, Esq., of this city, who introduced 
sequence of so remote a residence fiomthe John Burr, of Columbus, Ohio, anti it in this section about four years ago, and 
city, the necessary facilities for this purpose, has already been introduced to a considera- has grown it-extensively since, states that 
I have endeavored for several years past, to ble extent in various sections of the country, the New Pine is the earliest of any variety 
give interest to these exhibitions, having re- The plant is very hardy, a free grower cultivated here, with the exception of the 
ceived some twenty or thirty dollars on pre- ^^ith large foliage, and very prolific. J. J. Early Scarlet-and that it is more prolific 
miums, the money for which I have npver Thomas, in his “American Fruit Cnlturist” than any other, the Rival Hudson only ex- 
drawn from the Society, and up to the pres- gives this description:—“ Flowers pistillate, cepted. Mr. W. and other cultivators unite 
ent year, have annually contributed to its Pruit large, an inch to an inch and a fourth in pronouncino- it the best table berrxi uTown 
funds. I therefore cannot but regret that i^ diameter; roundish, conical, smooth, even in Western New York, 
any thing should appear in the columns of regular; seeds scai-cely sunk; color pale The fiict that this berry, after being tested 
a paper devoted to horticultural improve- red; flesh whitish pink,. very tender, flavor for several years, fully sustains its reputation, 
ment> calculated to discourage the enter- fine. Exceedingly prolific and with perfect is sufficient evidence of its superiority, and 
APPLE-TREE BORER. 
proves it eminently worthy of cultivation. 
MmtsWt dtanonn]. 
NEW MODE OF MAKING COFFEE. 
Choose the coffee of a very nice brown 
color, but not black [which would denote 
them the finest specimens in the room. 
GARDENING HINTS. 
rendered the transplanting of cabbage plants, 
tomatoes, &c., a rather risky piece of busi- 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
Iflufranic %x\i k |tirau. 
LIST OF PATENTS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending June 25, 1850. 
To S. Andrews, of Perth Amboy, N. J., for 
model for vessels. 
To. A. M. Billings & T. A. Ambrose, of Clare¬ 
mont, N. H., for improvements in connecting and 
disconnecting hubs and axles. 
To John A. Cleveland, of Charleston, S. C., 
for improvements in setting artificial teetli by at¬ 
mospheric pressure. 
To M. C. Bryant, of Lowell, Mass., for im¬ 
provements in looms for weaving cut pile fabrics. 
To T. Culbertson & G. Scott, of Philadelphia, 
Pa., for improvement in Brick Presses. 
To P. F. Ellicott, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im¬ 
provements in Atmospheric Churns. 
To G. H. Horn, of Boston, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in Electric Telegraphs. 
To J. G. Howard, of North Easton, Mass., for 
machine for forming washers and attaching them 
to carpet tacks. 
To A. L. Johnson, of Baltimore, Md., for im¬ 
provement in the hinge of rolling iroh shutters. 
To J. A. Whipple & W. B. Jones, of Boston, 
BURR’S NEW PINE STRAWBERRY. Mass., for improvement in producing photographic 
___ pictures upon transparent media. 
Of all the choice varieties of the Straw- Those who have cultivated the New Pine . Woodburgh, Pa., for 
3rry cultivated in this region. Burr’s New in this vicinity pronounce it decidedly supe- N. Myers, of Charlestown, Va., and F. C. 
’ine ranks among the very best. It was rior in flavor to any other variety. M. G. Smith, of Flarper’s Ferry, Va., for improved or¬ 
iginated from seed, several years ago, by Warner, Esq., of this city, who introduced rangement of sash stopper, 
r. John Burr, of Columbus, Ohio, anti it in this section about four years ago, and of Knoxville, lenn., tor im- 
is already been introduced to a considera- has grown it extensively since, states that inountuig the knife of straw cutters, 
e extent in various sections of the country, the New Pine is the earliest of any variety machine for repairing roads. 
The plant is very hardy, a free grower cultivated here, with the exception of the To C. Rodgers, of Montpelier, Vt., for improve- 
ith large foliage, and very prolific. J. J. Early Scarlet—and that it is more prolific ment in the weed cutters of a cultivator. 
HOMAs, in his “American Fruit Cnlturist” than any other, the Rival Hudson only e.x- of Cato-Four-Corners, N. Y., 
ves this description:—“Flowers pistillate, cepted. Mr. W. and other cultivators unite 'wheels, for increasing 
rufl large, an inch to an inch and a fourth in pronouncing it the best table berry grown To John Underwood, of Montpelier, Vt., for 
diameter; roundish, conical, smooth, even in Western New York. improvement in self-acting cheese-presses, 
id regular; seeds scarcely sunk; color pale The fact that this berry, after being tested To W. Upfield, of Lancaster, Ohio, for im- 
d; flesh whitish pink,. very tender, flavor for several years, fully sustains its reputation, provement in Boot Trees, 
le. Exceedingly prolific and with perfect is sufficient evidence of its superiority, and • °f Somerville, Tenn., for 
irries. Leaves large, spreading.” proves it eminently worthy of cultivation. * To H. Yaw, of Boston, N. Y., & T. P. How, 
of Buffalo, N. Y., for improvement in waste gates. 
DESIGNS. 
To J. E. Owens, J. Ebert, & E. G. Dyer, of 
Flamilton, Ohio, for design for stoves. 
To W. Race, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., for design 
for stoves. 
To W. L. Sanderson, of Troy, N. Y., for de.sign 
for stoves. 
COLOR OF DWELLINGS. 
We can give no minute directions for 
painting—not having learned the art of a 
painter; but there are a few observations 
■we have made winch will be worth noticing. 
And first, the color of the building should 
be regulated by its situation. A tall house 
standing plumb with the street will not bear 
the same hue with a low neat cottage, em¬ 
bowered in trees and vines. The first will 
bear a dark color. Its prominence thrusts 
it out on the sight, and if it be of a bright 
glaring hue, it will blind the eyes of every 
beholder. On the other hand, the half 
hidden cottage, painted of a dark brown, 
reminds one only of a prison or barn; 
whereas it should wear an aspect ef light 
and cheerfulness. If deeply embowered, 
an absolute white is best. If less, the 
white may be softened or neutralized by a 
mixture with it of some other color. A 
friend of ours had a white house, situated 
as above described; but, for the sake of pre¬ 
vailing fashion, had it painted a dismal 
brown, to his utter chagrin then and ever 
since. 
The chief difficulty in getting a neutral 
color is the ignorance of many painters in 
compounding colors. They try for drab, 
and get a brown; they attempt a straw col¬ 
or and get a downright yellow. 
A series of pretty colors for houses can 
be made by putting into white lead a small 
quantity of umber, ground in oil. By va¬ 
rying the quantity, any number of shades 
of drab may be obtained. In compounding 
this, care is required not to put in too much 
of the umber. The way is to use a little 
at a time, till the required shade is formed. 
With raw umber, a cold drab is obtained; 
with burnt umber, a warm one may be had. 
A straw color is formed by adding a little 
chrome yellow to white lead, and the same 
rule is to be observed.— Prairie Farmer, 
prize of such as living remote, cannot avail berries. Leaves large, spreading.” proves it eminently worthy of cultivation. 
themselves of the advantages of those near - ■ . 
the city in the freshness of their specimens APPLE-TREE BORER. 
or in conveniences for displaying them.” j .. , . , . ^01101111]. 
^ Look out tor the apple-tree borer. As - 
It may be proper to add, in justice to Mr. the season has been cold and wet, it may m -rr= 
Thomas and our own extenuation, that an not commence its operations quite so early OF MAKING COFFEE, 
editorial note, referring to the censorious re- common, but it is well to watch Choose the coffee of a very nice brown 
marks as hardly proper if not unjust under r.; i color, but not black [which would denote 
tto cl—ce. was p^epared to accona- S "" 
pany the article of our correspondent, but advice in regard to the methods used for fhen dependTpon Ae qnXril 
unintentionally omitted by the printer. In- protection. We know of some neglected ground in any quanUty, keep it in a iar 
stead of censure we think Mr. T. entitled to orchards, where, in our vicinity, its ravages hermetically sealed. To make a pint nut 
much credit for his splendid exhibition, par- observant, and which ought to be ounces into a stew-pan, or small iron or 
ticularly when the distance of his residence ’a saucepan, wliich set dry' upon a modcr- 
is considered. His roses attracted marked If^they are allowed tcTeet^ffitoThe tree the a* stirring the coffee round with a 
attention, and many persons pronounced only way to destroy them is to either cut S°thn)S°\urnot^fn ^he i 
them the finest specimens in the room. them out or thrust ^u a wire and thus kill |tMfire'‘^e“v1rv “ormitw ' 
--- them, in order to prevent the ecrer from Urvr., i • -i. a? “ ’ , 
GAEBe™ HIBIS. being laid upon the bark, Ure tree should tSh ^feh w°ouu2 bTmore than 
Tun late -long spell” of dty weather Umm! sTh till" lye of 
rendered the transplanting of cabbage plants, wood ashes, <fec. ^ ^ boiling water, cover close, and let it stand 
tomatoes, &c., a rather risky piece of busi- The Pfozio/man says the flv or iwo “ com- of the fire, [but not boil,] for 
wood ashes, <fec. 
tomatoes, &c., a rather risky piece of busi- The says the fly or iwo “ com- fivp mimitGe wLon c+ ’ t ^ 
ness, and those which were removed just niences its operations in June, flying from qj. f ^ cloth, 
previous to its commonoemont have mlde “rLd'l^ih ‘t^ 'T "^P^pour [vS “wilt 
in many instances but httlo “process and ift Lds a good pTace there,IZng \ 
improvement;” yet with cai-e, and a pecu- high grass and sprouts from the tree, shl 
liar course of treatment, we have found no deposites her eggs as large as pin’s heads, -ii, breakfi^t, but with a drop 
great difficulty in transplanting with but lit- and of a brown color. These are soon mup ™ cream, i or dinner, 
tie check to growth in our garden. hatclmd and in a little while nrags^fo ap- ^X'nl^rffTn; 'ZoIrS 
Those who have gardens should no more P ‘ J !i ect an entrance under the qj. j g- jg ^ ^ requir 
suffer the soapsuds of the weekly washing t^^he surfiice of the earth. The first of p through which it is passed 
to be wasted than should the keeper of pigs July is the time when most of the ews are immediately washed and put by 
and poultry throw his sour milk into the laid.” He also observes “ that if you at- ^ hundred cups of 
gutter; and they will find on trial that old ^bis business in season, and apply a p bv 
Les have a vie to peas and cabbages, oflye to the eggsor^o^lie ly 
J A XVI r ■ 1 • young worms before they have COJ me proper proportions 
and other garden vegetables, furnishing Uriedthemselves under blrk, yon eictui and water, passing it afterwards 
some of the most important elements which ly destroy them.” The first summer they jelly-bag.—^Soyer’s 
compose them. ^o in but a little way; the second simer ^onsewt/e. 
In transplanting during the warm, dry they become strong, and bore in a greater Sponge Cake.—“T ake six efftrs- two 
weather, which is most successful if done depth, sometimes making their paths or teacupsful of sugar; one and a half flour • 
at eyening, it is necessary to give a thorough f. ® entirely around the tree, and gird- and one teaspoonful of cream tartar • half a 
Boaking to the coil around the plants, and to “f eoSnl therolvef to a^' pSfJult Sron°e™n"OTMreG 
water them freely every n'ght unt.1 the size. We have found them in trees only whites of the eggs till l^ fioht “v he 
growth IS fairly commenced. The bones an mch or two m diameter, and also in yolks with the iSgar, and add° the whites 
should be broken fine, or reduced to pow- those of the larg^est size. They generally gradually to the ydks and suo-ar. Mix the 
der, to produce the most immediate result, tound near the surface of the ground, soda and cream tartar with l,he flour add 
but small pieces of an inch or two long v ""fi thrifty tree to the former mixture, and add the essence 
u • 1 1 XI V X- f 1 X A ^hled by their cutting into the limbs near of lemon or nntmpcr Tho wUrairx ^ ^ 
lono 7“ llT Tl 1 "f bo sthred Li; lillYhe top o7 t mtxtam L.rtiPUT..tK STKXMn..s._Considerable 
along throws, will shown the hnfuncss yound. lUakes them two years from thj- is covered withlubbles. 1511,7^ stir was excited in South and other strUe s 
and healthy vigor of their growth, the ge- egg to go through all their changes and oven.” ^ bordering on the East River yesterday af- 
nia nature of the application. ^ <=apable of laying Jt is eatable, you may depend upon it. ternoon, by the appearance of two small 
_ I lequent stilling of the soil, keeping egg-s again. In its peifeet foiin it is a bee----- - steamers, about fifty feet in leno-th, which 
IS mellow and free from weeds, is beneficial tie about iin inch long, slim, with long at- To PRESERyE Beefsteaks.-A s the passed to and fro on the river ?uffincr the 
especially in dry weather and one can hard- tennae or horns of a dark brownish color, warm season is fast approaching, when pitchy smoke from their funnelJ, and tossimr 
ly tell whether the drouth proves an injury with two white stripes the whole length of meat cannot be kept for more than a day the wayes aside, with apparently as much 
or a benefit, as it is so much less trouble to [ts body. It is armed at its mouth with or two in a fresh state, it will be no incon- complacency as larger members of the sis- 
get and keep a garden clean that it will al- two sharp cutters with which it can cut the siderable benefit to many, to be informed, terhood. We understand that they were 
most make up for the extra labor of artifi- bark or wood. We do not know as it does that if fresh meat is rolled up in Indian built by a Mr. Yates, of Milwaukee Wiscon 
cial watering x- - , t v or five sin, who had come to the East with a yiew 
Much of the injury of striped bugs upon and it is boring m around your trees, and days. The steak should belaid down in to experiment with a newly invented steam- 
our vines may be [irevented by a frequent sometimes girdling and destroying them pieces from one to three pounds, and each boat boiler, for which he has taken out a 
examination of the leaves, and the destruc- when you little suspect it. Better watch covered entirely with the meal. patent. During the trip yesterda- he w-A 
tion of the eggs which will be found in them closely from now to the latter end of------ accompanied by the engineer of the steam 
little bunches near the stem on the under August, for if the season should be unpro- When man hits nothing left to love, he ship Southampton h 1 boats are called 
sides of the largest Scores of them can pdious they may delay their operations till falls in love with his very sorrow over the the “ Pullev ” i r 
be destroyed in this state as easily as one qifite late. —Maine Farmer. departed Commerce ' • a of 
when they are hatched and grown, and -, A speedy cure of the mind’s ailment is —__ 
of a 0, ! pufled up with the outward show 
^ ^ relapse. {ind vanities of a brief existence. 
PAINE’S LIGHT.-INVESTIGATION. 
We give below the Report of a Scientific 
Committee employed by the Gas Compa¬ 
nies of Boston to examine into the merits 
of Mr. Paine’s alledged discovery: 
Worcester, Mass., June 25. 
We, the undersigned, met at the Wor¬ 
cester Hotel this day by appointment—Mr. 
Green the agent of Mr. Pedrick, having 
given to Mr. Roome the assurance that Mr. 
Paine would this day be present and prove 
to his satisfaction and the satisfaction of 
such scientific gentlemen as he (Mr. Roome) 
might invite, that his discovry of a new meth¬ 
od of decomposing water and generating 
illuminating gas was genuine and valuable. 
Having been introduced to Mr. Pedrick, 
the partner of Mr. Paine, by Mr. Green, the 
latter stated that he was sorry Mr. Paine 
could not be present, having been called 
from the city by a previous engagement.— 
Mr. Pedrick invited us to visit the machine¬ 
ry of Mr. Paine, at his room in the Worces¬ 
ter Exchange building. We accordingly 
proceeded to do so and were there intro¬ 
duced to a younger brother of Mr. Paine. 
In the centre of the room we saw a dis¬ 
jointed piece of machinery, said by Mr. 
Pedrick to be the machine with which Mr. 
Paine decomposed water. Mr. Pedrick and 
Mr. Paine, Jr. explained as far, they said, 
as they could do so, the action of tliis ma¬ 
chine, but from its disjointed and imperfect 
state we could form no definite idea of its 
mode of operation. 
Thence we accompanied Messrs. Pedrick 
and Green to the dwelling'of Mr. Paine, the 
brother of Mr. Paine having preceded us. 
On arriving at the house we were ushered 
into a front parlor. A two light gas brack¬ 
et stood on the mantel. Mr. Paine, Jr. 
lighted one of the burners, which gave a 
very bright light. On smelling the gas, as 
it passed through these burners when not 
lighted, it had the odor of oil resin gas.— 
We were then shown into a basement room 
in the rear of the house. In this room, 
supported on four bricks, was a box about 
two feet square and ten inches high, said 
by Mr. Paine, Jr. to contain the magnets— 
two strips of copper, said to be the elec¬ 
trodes, extended from the box to a circular 
tin vessel which Mr. Paine, Jr., called the 
decomposing vessel. -From this vessel a 
pipe passed through the wall, and we -were 
told connected with a gas holder placed on 
the outside of the building. From this pipe 
was a branch leading to a small tin cylinder 
of the capacity of a quart measure. 
In this cylinder Mr. Paine, Jr. said tlie 
gas used in the house was carbonized. A 
small plugged opening attached to this cyl¬ 
inder leaked. Dr. Torrey tasted the liquid 
which dropped and ascertained it to be wa¬ 
ter. Another branch pipe leading from the 
one connecting the gas holder Avith the de¬ 
composing vessel, turned off in another di¬ 
rection and bending downward, passed thro’ 
the cork of a wide-necked bottle and dip¬ 
ped into spirits of turpentine—this bottle 
was of glass. ^ Another tube Avas inserted 
in the cork, Avith a burner attached to its 
upper end. Mr. Paine having lighted the 
gas, it burned with a bright light, proving 
it to be carburetted hydrogen. 
Mr. Paine and Mr. Pedrick both assured 
us the gas was hydrogen, produced from 
water by the machine before us, and that 
it was carbonized by being passed through 
the turpentine alone. 
Mr. Roome then asked Mr. Paine, Jr. to 
disconnect the pipe from the bottle of tur¬ 
pentine and prove the gas to be free hydro¬ 
gen by burning it. This Mr. Paine refused 
to do, saying that his brother had forbidden 
his disconnecting any pipe. 
Mr. Blake then asked Mr. Pedrick if he 
would permit the pipe that dipped into the 
spirits of turpentine, to be draAvn through 
the cork far enough to raise it above the 
surface of the turpentine. 
After some conversation between Mr. 
Pedrick and young Mr. Paine, during which 
the latter left the room and returned, Mr. 
Pedrick consented, and the pipe was raised 
as requested; on applying a match, the gas 
burned Avith a A'ery feeble light, showing 
the presence of free hydrogen. Mr. Roome 
then asked that the pipe be again immersed 
in the turpentine and the burner lighted as 
before. Mr. Paine, Jr. objected, but as wo 
all insisted upon the experiment being made, 
it was done, and the flame from the gas af¬ 
ter passing through turpentine, was proved 
beyond all doubt in our minds to be hydro¬ 
gen only, and not carburetted hydrogen 
as at first, and to be totally unfit for illu'ini- 
nation. Mr. Paine, Jr. on Avitnessing the 
result of the last experiment, appeared con¬ 
fused and declared that the light burned as 
well as before, but Drs. Torrey and Chilton 
told him that the light did not burn as Avell 
as before but was much paler, to which we 
all assented. Mr. Paine then shut off the 
gas and positively refused to permit further 
examination. 
(Signed)— John Torrev, M. D. Prof. 
Chemistry in College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, Ncav York. 
James R. Chilton, M. D. Practical Chem¬ 
ist, Ncav York. 
Charles Roome, Engineer Manhattan 
Gas Works, New York. 
Geo. Darracott, Agent Boston Gas Co. 
J. H. Blake, Eng’r and Chemist, Boston. 
