MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
HOT HOUSE-FOREIGN GRAPES. 
f 1 o r i t ni f i{r n I H0T H0TJSE ~ EQRE IGN GaAPES - 
k'V v & i M ♦ To be ab | e t0 t0 cu i t i vate foreign grapes, 
as is well known, they must be grown un- 
PRCF1TABLE GARDENING. , . T . . . . . l oma „ 
_ der glass. Persons wishing to see a mag- 
Mr. Editor: — Having frequently looked nificent show of grapes, need but to call 
into the line garden of Mr. S. Wright, of at Bissell <fc Hooker’s nursery grounds, 
this village, I was induced to inquire into just over the city line in Brighton, and they 
l the particulars of its management;—the can be gratified. These gentlemen have a 
result of which 1 send you, as it may be of fine grapery, and will be able to produce 
\ interest as well as profit to some of your « Black Hamburgs ” and Chasselas varie- 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUKD FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending Aag. 12,-18. r >l. 
To L. W. Boynton, of South Coventry, Ct., for 
improvement in machines for cleansing wool. 
To Li. S. Chichester of Williamsburgh, N. Y., 
for improvement in machines for jointing staves. 
To M. NI. Ison, of Etowa, Ga„ for improve¬ 
ment in spiko machines. 
To A. S. Iivman, o p New York, N. Y„ for im- 
( interest as well as profit to some of your “Black Hamburgs ” and Chasselas var.e- To m. yj Ison , 0 f Etowa, Ga„ for improve- 
readers. • ties for the State Fair, which will do them menl in spjko mac hi„ e s. 
The garden contains three-eights ot an credit Their nursery grounds are in fine t 0 ^ () r New York, N. Y., for im- 
< acre; it was well manured, then plowed order and well stocked with healthy and proved water gauge for steam boilers. 
\ the first of April and planted to onions, vigorous fruit trees as well as ornamental To John McAdams, of Boston, Mass, .or un- 
, , i iu ° movement in machines for numbering the pages 
beets, potatoes, lettuce, peas and cabbages. 0 nes. J. h. w. prove me mm c 
I will first give the varieties, second the - J-OGNCMY OF FRUITS. To Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Scotts House, Eng- 
mode, and then the result or profits up to - land, for improvement ill the manufacture of Pig- 
this date. Onions — the English hill; Beets Every man of family who keeps a good nients. Patented in England, Feb. 14, 1849. 
•; _turnip and white sugar; Potatoes-—early supply of stewing and baking apples of his To Ezra Ripley, of Troy, N. Y., for iinprove- 
June and June pink-eye; Lettuce-a vari- own raising, saves much otherwise to be mentin method of forming teeth upon cast-iron 
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JONES’S DOUBLE BEACH FOR CARRIAGES. 
The above figure represents a novel im- FLAX COTTON. 
provement in the construction of carriages, The pukd j c have already noticed with 
whiclt is being introduced by the proprie- astonishment the recent discovery ot a 
tors of the patent, Messrs. Hendrick & method of manufacturing flax into several 
French, of Clyde, N. Y. We saw, as we different fabrics, which now are, and here- 
. t tofore have been, made from cotton, v oof 
presume did many of our reader, the mod- dm.n * 
UUO auu o u m -, —— — paid to th e miller or butcher. Or if he grinders. . Dresume did many of our readers, the mod- . “ ive Rf"’ made irom cotton, v ooi 
ty called the mammoth , 1 up t.u y ,. a i ses his own grain and meat, an equal To I. M. Singer, of New York, N. Y., for un- P - h thig doub ] e reacb and silk. We were jesterday shown a 
vent and Canada marrowfat; Cabbage— amoun t is thus reserved for market. Then, provements in sewing machines. t " _ . . ,, number of samples, a list ot which we an- 
lvent and uanaaa mairowiai, v-aouago— ;imoun t is thus reserved tor market, men, provements in sewing maenmes. 
early York, sugar-loaf, large York, and ear- w hat a valuable addition to the comfort, To Francis YVilbar of Roxburv Mass., for im 
ly savoy. 
Onions and beets were putout in rows 
sixteen inches apart; by the lime the on- 
variety and luxury of the table! By the provement in construction of roofs. 
first of summer, the thick trusses of straw- To A. B. Wilson, of Watertown, Conn., for 
berries bemn to redden in the sun and half improvement in sewing machines. 
el of a buggy with tins aouoie reacn number 0 f sam pl e s, a list of which we an- 
(which is for both single and double car- nex> 0 f fl ax and fabrics manufactured there- 
riao-es) on exhibition at several County from, in possession of Mr. E. G. Roberts, 08 
Fairs last autumn, and from its construction Pine street, Patentee ot the method of con- 
i c it ,.u„ : n verting flax into “flax cotton. the list 
and action formed a favorable opinion in o 
nenes apart, by the uine tin on- , mi arts of this mcltin< T crimson To J. S. Dare, of Knightstown, lad., for im- ‘ c . . _ ,, comprises 
•e marketable, (which was quite q u jd maybe had each day for “the table, provement in shoulder braces combined with ab- regard to the invention. More recen y w Flax im the straw; unsteeped flax, bro- 
lons were iiDUReiaoie, lluid may be had each day lor tne laoie, provemeiu in snou.— - - , , , , . . , , - , - x < 
early, beim<- sold when .green,) the cab- from as many half-rod beds. Cherries, cur- dominal supporters. have had the pleasure of seeing, an as ken and prepared; long flax in different 
baoes were ready to set" out, which was rants, and raspberries continue through the ----„ riding several miles in a carriage construe- stages; flax cotton, or flax prepare or 
doue before the onions were taken up.- first half of summer, followed by early STEAM SUPERCEDED. ted upon this principle, when our former spmmnghal/te I 
They were set between the rows of onions J nlc > “PP ™’ r ! c 1 . '"" l “j pkcttorvTnd Tho Oinelnnali Atlas notices a wonderful in- impression in regay to its va uc was more cotton, also spun on cotton nia- | 
leaving two rows between each line of cab- P ’ ven,ion in that city. Mr. Sdonran, a native of than confirmed. We do not profess sufficient chinery . lhe same , dy ‘ ed; yilrn half flax ; 
bages,—and so also with the beets As ' Now we do not sav, as some mistakenly Prussia, but a resident of tlrrs country for o,or knowledge of the subject to speak authon- and half wool; flax prepared to mix with j 
so,mas the peas were a„ s.d, the vines = ^fine ^77^^ 
good fruit cannot be relied on, unless the logo m Insnatrvo kuid .» _tl» age of 25^ Ho , advanl a ge8 0 f this one,and there- machmery-olso half flax and half cotton, 
.. , i- r.ultivntprl and manured joined with other patriots m aakmg Government PI ° . . bleached and unbleached; flax-flannel, half 
does not cost half as much to culti- for certain constitutional rights of the people, fore commend the improvemen as wor i) flax an( j ba jf woo l woven on woolen ma- 
. f f j t as aa acre of potatoes and-the King cast Mr. Sv and those acting with the examination, at least, of all interested. cb i nor y ; stockings, flax and wool, made on 
or corn; while the amount obtained is great- him into prison. Mr. S. was sentenced to twen- The propr i etors claim for this reach the woolen machinery 
er than either; and all ready for the table, ty-one years imprisonment, escaped, was re-ta- advantages; ^he author of this invention-the Chev- 
-,i _ . tLrnno-L the nroccss which ken and imprisoned, and escaped again in 18^J. ^ alier Peter Clausson, IS a Brazilian by bir h 
tbforlif Imn reoufres Of thrcshil and He succeed in reaching this country, and .non 1st. It gives .ho h.r .0 or horses as perfect con- extensive cotton planter, and 
the grain crop requires, oi tnrtsmng, ana «. ._«««r the hind wheels as over the forward , . ... 
STEAM SUPERCEDED. 
twenty years, is the inventor. He is a gentle- 
manure and placing it at the roots ot every But it dQes not cost half as much to culti- 
plant. Two crops of potatoes are raised vate an acre 0 f fruit, as an acre of potatoes 
on the same ground ; the first crop plant¬ 
ed early, but before it was large enough to 
dig, the second was planted—the hills be- 
or corn; while the amount obtained is great- 
alier Peter Clausson, is a Brazilian by bir h 
—has been an extensive cotton planter, and 
1 — i' .. mmnroz nr thrPQhincr Jinri lie Huccecueu iu icaoun^ —. j > - =» . .. r uccii an wiw«. « 
ing placed'between those of the first crop, winn | w i n „ and grinding,’and kneading, and after settled in Cincinnati. There he prosecuted trol over the hind w ee s .as over e orwar owner 0 f tw0 hundred slaves. The great 
and hv the time this was ready for market, I ,i.;„ rr & " his scientific researches and experiments, which ones. expense of cotton growing, suggested to 
V ' 1 , Ut \ nd i flavored armies now promise to result in fame, wealth and honor 2d. It cramps the hind and fore axles alike, and him the desirableness of a substitute, and 
the second was large enough to hoe, and By planting rich, high-flavored apples ' , e ,• i „ n .i thus nermits the carriage to be turned, round m . , • 
....... L . . f.. ..1a t, .. fm- nies. instead of noor and to himself, glory to the city of h,s adoption, and thus permits car _ l - j ^__ M after a senes of experiments he conceives 
now is beginning to be used. Thus you for stewing and for pies, instead of poor and ° to the whole human family, one half the space required for a 
see, by the time one crop was taken off msipjd ones, each family may sav^fafty, a ^ j ^ q n _ Wnmotivo and oro . 3d. It compels the hind whe 
hundred, or two hundred pounds of sugar The invention of a new locomotive and pro- 
another was doing well upon the same annual , y ’ in swee tening and spices. A polling power by Mr. S. was mentioned some 
ground. friend of ours finds it cheaper to buy good six months ago, and a few days ago his new 
The early York cabbages have been ready fall pippins for fifty cents a bushel, than engine, in course of construction for many 
for the table some time, having been set poor sorts sold as “cooking apples,” for fif- months, was tested, and the most sanmnne ex- 
c ' , - .’ • ° , teen cents a bushel. He uses the Tallman pectations of the inventor realized. The Atlas 
between the rows of onions m the month of “ ccn c y IUS “ ‘ A ... , ,. , L. 
T „ T , i , . . ,, Sweetings largely, for puddiugs, and thinks says. . 
June. Mr. W.’s custom has been to cut the fchat an ° Indian ‘ app l e pudding, made by On Monday last the engine was kept in op- 
heads from the stumps, leaving the roots m {hig tatural swee tening, the clieapest and eration during the day, and hundreds of specta- 
the ground. Some of these sprout out best pudding in the world. He saves from tors witnessed and were astonished at its suc- 
again and head the second time, producing $65 to $100 annually in the cost of his ta- ^ . g by the genera . 
thus permits the carriage to oe mrnea ruunu. ^ & geries Qf exper i ments he conceives 
half the space required for a common canage. ^ ha§ found R complete one in thc article 
3d. It compels the hind wheels to track after ^ ^ He fou|)d metbo d of adapt- 
the forward ones, whether driving m a straig it ^ cotton machinery, but for want of 
fi“°. »' *-»»« a " d , lh ” th ' n “r , ‘ J : °f a supply the manufacture is yet quite lim- 
i_. 1 rwolrmcr n nwntiiR for the liind rr J . .. , > 
line, or a curve; and thus obviates the necessity 
the same side of the carriage apart, when cramp- 
tile seed, to be used in the manufacture of 
linseed oil, and allow the fibre to rot upon 
ed, thus allowing persons to get into and out of the ^ ‘ be p!ovved in . Now th 
_o imhincr nupr W lflft s. to 7 A 
carriage without climbing over wheels. 
5 tlK It allows the fore wheels to be as large as 
the hind ones, without any inconvenience in turn- 
uuijii uuuuing iu uic nunu. V...VV ..v— raiTiave without cinnoing over wuocis. ^ . n .1 
$65 to $100 annually in the cost of his ta- cefeS - . 5th” It allows the fore wheels to be as large as suggesttun is rca* > v*(..n \ ‘ L 1 
bin, by bis fruit Th « ; n »" TC rr Tfr 7 T Md-it »«y inconvenience in iu,„- Rulers, that ,f the seed only makes the 
*_.. tion and expansion, by heat, of carbonic acul gas. tne mna , . raising of flax an object, and the stalk can 
PEACHES. Common whiting, sulphuric acid* and water, are mg round. . , Arnm nin«r be cut and sold for the price of hay, this 
- used in generating this gas, and the “boiler” in 6th. It preven s upse mg, ’ point of the crop is a clear additional profit. 
A few peaches, mostly from the South w hich these component parts are held is similar slewing, or driving down a ban , w i m - There would be no conceivable limit to the 
have made their way into the New York in size and shape to a common bomb shell. A riage is first detached from te »orse or rorses. denQand The only obstacle to its exten- 
market. At New Orleans they are to be small furnace, about the size of one of Dodd’s Hh. It alwajs diaws tic m wuee . on introduction into the manufacture of 
PEACHES. 
Common whiting, sulphuric acid* and water, are mgr 
used in generating this gas, and the "boiler” in 6th. It prevent, netting either by cramping. 
from one to three small heads. By man- bio, Dy ins lr u a '_ _ ______ _ _ .. tion and expansion, by heat, of carbonic acid gas. the hind ones, without any mconveme 
aging as above described one entire crop PEACHES. Common whiting, sulphuric acid* and water, are mg round. 
has been removed from the ground, and it * . used in generating this gas, and the “boiler” in 6i.h. It prevents i p ^ 
l .1 ru cnnnJ tlmo »itk fak A FEW peaches, mostly from the South w hich these component parts are held is similar slewing, or driving down a ba , 
is now covered the second t>mc with cab- , , ■ • , -vr -y i, , riivf i« detached from the horse i 
have made their way into the JNew York j n 8Ize and shape to a common bomb shell. A riage is nrst oeiacnea ir 
bages,potatoes and other vegetables, lhe markeb At New Orleans they are to be 8 mall furnace, about the size of one of Dodd’s 7th. It always draws the hind whe 
amount realized in sales, including some had in abundance, chiefly from the orchards Parodi hats, with a handful of ignited charcoal, rut in the tracks ot the forward ones. 
fabrics both in this country and England 
beinv the want of a supply.— JV. Y. Sun. 
i'.agie Harbor, ugas , ._ Orleans papers: to the square inch. With the addition of 30 de- usual m anner. _ The N. Y. Evening Post has a letter 
APRICOTS.-The CURCULIO. “That eminent physician, Dr. Stone—in ^rees of heat the power is double, giving 30 EXPERIMENTS WITH GLASS. from a correspondent in Ct., from which 
- whose blunt sayings there are always deep pounds—and so on doubling with every addition *"*_ - we make the following interesting extract: 
Four years since, in the spring, I set thought and sound philosophy-yesterday of 30 degrees of heat, m»til we have 4840 pounds Soluble glass, as it is termed, which is Upon the premises & we were shown the 
out a small apricot tree about three rods declared that Houston’s movement was under a heat of 453 de^ees-a heat which no coming i nt0 use for covering wood and oth- work E of th | Waterbury Hook and Eye 
from lhe south sule of my house, and the worth a thousand quarantines for the health engine can endure. But with the carbon, 20 de- er pur p 03 es, is composed of fifteen parts of Oomnany, where a capital of $10,000 is 
next season it boro three small, but sound °! New Orleans. -No more scurvy sa.d grccsof heat above the boiling point, give 1080 £ d( £, d ianz , ten of potash, and one of employeS in the manufacture of hooks and 
and fair anricots That fa'I I set another "“.tT 'hat stewed peaches, ,t you pounds; .lOdcgreesgi.c ,3160 pounds; 80 degrees l rhe6e are all melted together, * J IIcre were arranged long rows of 
and a r apricots, i hat f.dl I set another „ ou l d keep off indigestion. Plenty of trait 4320 pounds; that, a 480 pounds greate power „- orktd in cold water, in which it entirely iu t | 0 macliines about the size of small 
smalt tree by its side. The season follow. f„ r the people and no yellow fever! with this gas, than 451 degrees of heat g,ve by „ t hen be applied to was hstands, under which a constant show¬ 
ing, the largest one promised a full crop, The statistics of Gen. Houston s planta- converting water into steam. wood-work, or to any other desired sub- er 0 f these little feminine conveniences was 
but the insects [the curculio.— Ed. j stung tions verify this remark. Before he bought Not only does this invention multiply power gtance As it cools it gelatinizes, and dries D0Ur i nO ' down but from what cause or 
them, and they began to rot and drop off, it great mortality prevailed there. One of indefinitely, but it reduces tho expons.ilo a mere int0 a trauspar „„ t , colorless glass, on L wh J t agency it was difficult toconjcc- 
until none were left to come to maturity ■ »’'” ere lost , hf V negroes. lie nominal amount Tho item of fuel for a first ^ urface t0 which it has been applied- t ’ rt . Upon a closer inspection, a large 
until none were lUt to come to -natur t) whipped h,s negroes whenever they were claS8 steamer, between Cmcnnat, and New Or- u ’ endere w ood nearly incombustible. sp00 l of wire was perceived revolving slow- 
Last year, both fruited well but wtth the caught eating a poach, a melon or an ap- ,e„„s going and returning, isbctwcc, * 000 and glass is a delicate process— ly in its rear, growing shorter inch by inch 
same result, Botl, trees were healthy and pie. Gen. Houston has one hundred slaves $ 1200 ; whereas, will furnish thc material tor „, ass S mu A rs[ bc thin i y c Jed with a i, mechanical harmony with the machine- 
grew finely. Last fall I spread under the on ha place. He plants thirty acres in propcUtng the boat the same dtatance by carbon. P copabl e of resisting thc rv, while iron fingers curiously articulated, 
, ,■ . . i i i i i melons. He whips them unless they eat Attached to the new engine, is also an appaiatus i u ’ r 
trees as lar as the limbs extended, leached , , r t , . , . AL, raoe „,| T, acid bv which the subject 1 
. . , , the best and choicest—and this they take for condensing the gas after it has passed through . ^ ^ rp , J , • 
ashes about four inches thick, and paved care t() do i There liave been but three the cylinders, and returning it again to the start- | ln > or “ bitten. lhe esq 
varnish or wax, capable of resisting the ry, while iron fingers curiously articulated, 
acid by which the subject is to be “eaten were ready to grasp the severed fragment, 
in,” or “ bitten.” The design must then and pass it along from change to change 
much i 
lamest 
uoo o.Ahy, hue vutu iuu«, u, AppLEg IN California, -The San Fran Urice of five feet perpendicular, five times every acid is applico, or me glass is e.xposeu 10 me power oi speccu e.ppoaicu tv « «« 
largest and fairest golden apricots that I c i sco correspondent of the Journal of Com- m i nut e. This weight was put on by way of ex- the action of hydrofluoric acid gas. The that was lacking to complete the delusion. 
it i. ii« E _ _ ° C _] . .. . dl... kLi<ia f- f h,t Ahmof TU a-a r/-\nv* nr n \ra in tho 
ever saw. But one has been disturbed by merce, under date of the 1st of July says penmeut, and does by no means indicate the 
the curculio, and that fell off when small. that a cargo of ice had arrived there, and strength of the machine. 
former renders the surface of the etching There were but four or five men in the 
transparent, the latter opaque. A very sim- room who passed around occasionally from 
rcuuo, ana mat ten on wuen small. hnai a ctuiiu ui ice imu anivcu mvic, auu strengtn mi me iu.w,ui>tc. i-r ' . * “ . * . , ,■ 1.1 ;• 
I intend to s^rve mv plum trees the stowed in it were 1 50 barrels of “ Baldwin” Mr. Soloman will immediately commence the j pie way of performing this operation is to one stand to the other, to oil the machinery 
1 mienu 10 s.ive my pium nets tne _ .. . . , .... wet. the desio-n with sulphuric acid, and to sudd v new wire when the previous spool 
wet the design with sulphuric acid, and to supply new wire when the previous spool 
then to sprinkle on some finely pulverised was consumed, or to empty the vessels 
fluor spar (fluoride of calcium) by which when filled by the silvery shower. The 
means hydrofluoric acid is set free and at- whole performance more resembled a vol- 
tacks the glass .—London Standard. untary process of nature than the result of 
—- mechanical art. The duty of the superin- 
Pin Sticker. —Dr. Crosby, of this city, tendent of one of these machines, seemed 
como r T , ,, . v .' r • , , apples, nicely packed, and each apple care- construction of another engine on thesameprin- wet the design with suipnunc ac.u, ana to supply new wire wneu m pmvmusspurn 
110 laxe ^ Sl “= ^ P u,n > f u l|y enveloped in paper. Notwithstanding 0 f 350 horse power. We expect to see steam en- then to sprinkle on some finely pulverised was consumed, or to emp y ie vesse s 
where I ought to have bushels of them. the i r perishing condition, flavor gone, and tirely superceded by carbon, in the course of a fluorspar (fluoride of calcium) by which when filled by the silvery shower The 
D. Porter. many of them decayed, and none that few years for locomotive and mechanical purpo- means hydrofluoric acid is set free and at- whole performance more resembled a vol- 
Lafayette, Onondnga Co., N. Y.. Aug. i&>i would keep sound a fortnight, they readily sos. x tacks tlie g ' ass -—London Standard. untary process ot nature than the result ot 
- f 0UIld purchasers ut $30 per bane! in par- - ---— . . mechanical art The duty of the superra- 
The White Blackberry. — This fruit ce ls of ten, or $35 per single barrel. They A New Power Press. —F. Foreman, of Pin Sticker.— Dr. Crosby, of this city, tendent of one of these machines, seemed 
grows wild in some localities in New Eno-- are retailed about our streets, at 25 cents Iowa, has invented- a printing press to be i one of our most ingenious and successful : to me curiously alike to that or the gar¬ 
land. Beino- transplanted to the garden each for those that are sound; the others, propelled by galvanic magnets. It is said dentists, has been granted a patent on his dener who plants his peach stones, which, af- 
thev were found to nroduee a fn.it" which three for a quarter, according to the num- to work with great speed, making perfect machine for sticking pins on paper. It is ter many days, sprout, grow into a tree, 
tiit} ^eio found topioduct a fruit which ber of sp( / cs » register. The paper may be continuous, the most human piece ot mechanism that blossom and finally bear peaches, which 
entities them to a high rank in their class. -- When it is, there is an apparatus to cut it. has ever come under our observation. At- when ripe drop from their branches and 
The bush grows to the height of four or Grafting the Grape.— Mr. John Wash- “ There is no limit to its speed.” So says tached to the pin- maker ,.and driven by wa- are gathered for use. 
five feet, and is very prolific—a single bush burn of Plymouth, informs us that he set the Iowa Inquirer. But what is most ques- ter or steam, the pins fall into a hopper, by — A 
vif-Jflinnr II nn»rt« in rw. incttinnn Tt/i,, in April some scions of the Diana grape, tionable—if anything, in these days of pro- the bushel, and are rapidly and regularly If a piece ot woo e orcec a grea 
uum uitu Uk tne mgu uum, umcKoeny prop- Re a , go gtateg thftt they wiH haye a good ‘ rinte ‘ r> 
er, grow to a greater size, and are prefera- s h 0 w of pears in that region, but the crop -' umn - vi ™ v ' 
ble, for eating, from not staining the teeth- of apples will be light. Max is a wondeful, powerful machine. 
Experiments are highly commendable, like a stone. At this depth fishes cannot 
but do not become a habitual experimenter, exist. 
