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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AN ESSAY OPT LIQUID MANURES. 
BY N. DAVIDSON REDPATH. 
IN THREE PARTS.—PART SECOND. 
Tiie system of liquid manure as applied 
to Agricultural purposes, is now being fully 
tested by enlightened farmers in Scotland, 
and is attracting the attention of Agricultu¬ 
ral Societies throughout tho land. Wo pro¬ 
pose to give an article from tho transactions 
of ono of those Associations which have sent 
out delegates to report upon tho system.— 
At tho December Meeting of tho last of 
Berwickshire Farmer’s Club tho visiting 
Committee reported as follows :— 
1 . Farm of Enterkine, near Tarbolton, tho 
property of, and farmed by Mr. Bell. 
31st October, 1852.—Visited this gentle- 
man for the purpose of seeing his arrange¬ 
ments for irrigating with liquid manure. 
His farm consists of about 130 acres ;— 
but he has only as yet laid a pipo into one 
field, which was done last winter, being de¬ 
sirous of proceeding cautiously, and feeling 
his way, as it were, beforo extending tho 
system over his whole farm. The field in 
which the experiment was tried, during tho 
past summer, contained Italian rye-grass, 
sown in spring, and contains about 9 acres. 
In the middle of it, there is a hydraut, to 
which there is a Gutta Percha hose attached 
for distributing the liquid. 
Mr. Bell has a large waterwheel for driv¬ 
ing his throshing machine, and with this 
wheel, ho works two suction and force pumps, 
to draw tho liquid manure from his tanks, 
and force it up into the distributing pipo. 
There are proper channels from his byres, 
( 1 ) feeding sheds, and stablos, to the tanks, 
which aro of a circular shape, and built of 
brick. 
Mr. Bell finds that the rye-grass, when 
properly irrigated, grows with such rapidi¬ 
ty as to admit of being cut six times during 
the summer and autumn, and immediately 
after each cutting, the manure is poured 
over tho ground, at tho ra‘to of about 3,000 
gallons per Scotch acre, diluted with three 
or four times its quantity in water. 
On asking Mr. Bell, what stock was re¬ 
quired to afford this supply, I learned that 
he has a dairy of 25 cows, besides a number 
of cattle;—but no sheep. Thoso, however, 
are not enough to supply what is required, 
especially, as he does not allow ashes, in 
order to be applied to root crops. The 
quantity of liquid given by a cow, Mr. Bell 
states to be about 2 £ gallons daily, or about 
450 gallons in six months, which, when di¬ 
luted with water, makes rather moro than 
2,000 gallons, about 10,000 gallons from five 
cows, which five cows he has found can bo 
supported by ono acre of the grass through¬ 
out six months. 
But as there aro six cuttings of the grass 
and six manurings, 6,000 gallons are requir¬ 
ed in tho course of tho season—and in order 
to make up this quantity, Mr. Bell mixes in 
his tanks Peruvian Guano at tho rate of 1 
cwt. to 3,000 gallons ; so that for each acre 
of grass he has to apply about 16 cwt. of 
guano,—in addition to what comes from tho 
court yard. 
The cost of this manuring can be easily 
calculated, and the following is the state¬ 
ment which Mr. Bell gave to mo of his re¬ 
turns per acre, as compared with the returns 
obtained from pasturing in tho ordinary way. 
Ho said that on ordinary rye-grass and 
clover, two Scotch acres ( 2 ) are required to 
keep one cow feeding on it during the sum¬ 
mer and autumn. Her produce in butter, 
cheese, and milk, may bo estimated at £4, 
which gives, therefore, a return of £2 per 
acre,—under that system of management. 
On the other hand, two acres of Italian rye¬ 
grass cut and manured six timos, will sup¬ 
port 10 cows, whoso produce at £4 each, 
will bo £40. 
Now deduct from this the costof 16 cwt. of guano, 
viz:—.'.£i 6 0 0 
Expense of cutting grass for 10 cows 
daily, at 2 s 6 d,. 12 10 0 
Interest on capital. 4 0 0 
£33 10 0 
40 0 0 
£6 10 0 
being a return of £3 5s per acre instead of £2. 
But this is not all. Some account must ho 
had of tho solid manure of tho cows which 
tho hold gets when it is pastured in tho or¬ 
dinary way, and which, by this system, is 
not applied to tlio rye-grass, but appropria¬ 
ted to other crops. Tho value of this solid 
manure, Mr. Bell estimates at 7s or 8 s for 
each cow during six months;—and if this 
view bo correct, as it seems to bo, the return 
undor the former system would bo only £l 
os, and undor tho latter £7 5s por Scotch 
acre, showing a difference of £6 por acre in 
favor of tho irrigation system. 
In those calculations it is assumed, that 
under both systems, tho cows givo oxactly 
tho same quantity of milk ; whereas it has 
been found that stall-fed cows givo a larger 
quantity of milk than when pasturing in 
tho open field. 
The result of Mr. Bell’s experiment has 
boon to satisfy him of tho profitableness of 
liquid manuring; and ho means to extend 
the system over his wholo farm. 
I may add, that in distributing tho liquid 
over tho land, Mr. Boll doos not follow the 
plan recommended by some, of throwing 
it into tho air, so as to make it descend in 
tho ferm of a shower. Ho considers that 
much of tho ammonia is thereby lost. Ho 
causos tho orifico of the distributing pipo to 
be held closo to tho ground. 
1. Buyers, in Scotland, mean cow-houses. 
2. A Scotch acre contains 6,15014 square English yards, 
an Imperial English acre 6860 square yards quarter. 
That plenty should produce oither covet¬ 
ousness or prodigality, is a perversion of 
providenco; and yet the generality of men 
are tho worse for thoir riches. 
Horticulture is both pleasant and profit¬ 
able. Tho term means garden-culture, and 
embraces within its signification tho culti¬ 
vation of fruits, flowers and vegetables.— 
Tho last branch is perhaps sufficiently ap- 
preciated, though not properly practiced. 
Fruit-culture is becoming moro and moro 
important, and beginning to receive a great¬ 
er degree of attention than evor beforo; 
but nothing like an adequato regard to de¬ 
tails in respoct to varieties, the true method 
of cultivation, and tho right treatment of 
trees, yet prevails. Indood, few persons, 
comparatively, givo an earnest attention to 
the subject. Here and there an amateur of 
wealth and leisure, is almost wholly ab¬ 
sorbed in the delightful and fascinating oc¬ 
cupation and study of properly preparing 
the soil, planting and pruning trees, observ¬ 
ing daily and closely tho habits of different 
varieties, and other matters connected with 
growing. But tlio majority of the people 
bavo no care or relish for these things, and 
even look upon tho devoted cultivator as 
nearly if not quite beside himself. 
Let mo tell you, friends, that — profit 
aside, of which we will speak in duo time — 
he derives more real, solid pleasure from 
these pursuits, foolish and visionary as you 
may deem them, than all your much loved 
gains afford. Tho gratification derived from 
tho accumulation of wealth is usually, and 
almost necessarily, sordid and debasing, but 
that afforded by tho culture and improve¬ 
ment of tho soil, and the training and man¬ 
agement of trees, and shrubs, and flowers, 
for tho love of it, is on the contrary, refined 
and ennobling. No individual without ex¬ 
perience, has a conception of tho sincere 
delight with which ono watches the growth 
and development of a new tree or flower; 
carefully noting its peculiar propensities or 
beauties ; training and guiding it daily un¬ 
til it becomes, to him, a sentient being, and 
ho comes to regard it with a feeling almost 
akin to tho affection he would cherish for a 
bright child he was shaping and training for 
future ornament an3 usefulness to the world. 
Is this enthusiasm ? Well, then, let it cool 
a week. 
FIVE GOOD APPLES. 
To persons intending to ingraft old trees 
or buy new ones tho coming spring, we 
recommend tho following,— St. Lawrence, 
Fameuse, Canada Red, Green Sweeting, and 
Nor thorn Spy — tho first for autumn, the 
second for early winter, the third for mid¬ 
winter, tho fourth for all who love a sweet 
apple, and the last for spring. Three of 
these, Fameuse, Rod, and Spy, possess an 
excellent quality, which we have not seen 
alluded to in print. They aro remarkably 
light and easy of digestion, and occasion no 
feeling of weight and oppression, as do many 
of our finest varieties. Persons whoso di¬ 
gestive organs aro impaired, and who can¬ 
not bear a Spitzenburg or a Swaar, may eat 
these with impunity. All the above may be 
pronounced to bo of first quality in Western 
New York. 
Apfles for the West. — The following 
apples have been roccommondcd by the 
“North-western Fruit Growers Association” 
at their annual meeting, in 1852 :—Carolina 
Juno, Sweet Juno, Early Ponnock, Hocking, 
Early Harvest, (with a qualification,) Ram- 
bo, Snow, Maiden’s Blush, Autumn Straw¬ 
berry, Dominie, Rawles Jannot, White Win¬ 
ter Fear main, Vandervere, Talman Sweet, 
(for baking.) 
GIRDLED APPLE TREES. - AGAIN. 
Eds. New-Yorker : —While traveling in 
1817, I saw an orchard which was entirely 
girdled, from 12 to 18 inches up the trunk, 
four years boforo. They were growing very 
finely, and wore saved by inserting scions, 
four in each troo. [Tho mode in which this 
was done corresponds substantially with 
that described by R. N. Y., in a recent No. 
of the Rural, so wo do not repoat it.— Eds.] 
—E. D. Wight, North Bloomfield, N. Y. 
Mr. Moore : — If there aro any young 
sprouts growing from tho roots of this treo, 
Mr. Wight can save them by grafting the 
top of thoso sprouts into tho bark above the 
wound, or by scions grafted in above and 
below. I havo seen an orchard of fifty trees 
saved by these methods.—J. S. Tef.d, Neio 
Hartford , N. Y. 
STRAWBERIES FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION. 
The American Pomological Society, at 
tho meeting last autumn, held conversation¬ 
al discussions on tho different fruits, some 
of which have already appeared in tho Ru¬ 
ral. Tho different varieties of strawber¬ 
ries and their adaptation to the soil and cli¬ 
mate of different localities, was remarked 
upon as follows: 
Mr. French, of Massachusetts. I, move 
that tho Jennev seedling be admitted into 
the list for general cultivation. It is a large, 
hardy strawberry, a great bearer, and thrifty 
grower. It is a little too acid tor some, but 
not for me. It will bear carriage very well, 
and the vino keeps the fruit concealed from 
the birds. 
Mr. Lines, of Connecticut. It is a very 
solid fruit, and much esteemed. It is acid, 
but when quite ripe very delicious. 
Mr. R. Parsons, of Long Isalnd. We 
think none can supersede it. 
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania. I have found 
it very fine, and I believe it can be eaten 
even without sugar. 
The motion was agreed to. 
Dr. Jones, of Ohio, moved that Burr’s 
New Pino be recommended for general cul¬ 
tivation, which was unanimously adopted. 
Mr. French. I propose the Willie. It is 
a first rate strawverry, and all in my vicini¬ 
ty, who have grown it, speak in tho highest 
•P raise of it, with one exception. 
Mr. Lines. I find when tho vino has been 
standing three years, it is difficult to get it 
as large as it was before; however it is a fine 
fruit and enormous bearer. It has a deci¬ 
ded tendency to got small. 
Two-thirds of the members not voting in 
the affirmative, tho motion was lost. 
Mr. Robert Parsons asked for informa¬ 
tion in regard to the Crescent seedling, and 
said, that the White Bicton Pine was a largo 
strawberry, of a high flavor and beautiful 
color. 
Mr. Lines said ho would like to know 
something about the McAvoy seedling. 
Mr. Jones said, it has a fair reputation in 
Cincinnati, though not yet much cultivated. 
Mr. R. Parsons said he know vory little 
about it, but thought it was better than the 
English strawberries generally. 
Dr. Peirce, of Washington. D. C., said he 
had cultivated the Princess Alice Maud, an 
English strawberry, and had written to Mr. 
Slater in order to obtain some information 
in regard to it, and from whom he receiv¬ 
ed a letter, which was read, and will be 
found in the Report of tho Stato Fruit 
Committee for the District of Columbia. 
Mr. French said he found it too tender 
for his part of the country. 
RAISING CRANBERRIES. 
S. A. Shurtleff, of Spring Grovo, writes 
as follows to the New England Fanner : 
It is now five years since 1 havo turned 
my attention to this subject; I have experi¬ 
mented considerably, and find that cranber¬ 
ries will grow on almost any soil ; but tho 
best in low meadows, whero but little grass 
grows. I have succeeded best where it is not 
plowed summer or winter; whore the soil is 
deep, and before draining it was swimming 
meadow. I mean when you walk on it, on 
tho turf, it would sink from 090 to two feet, 
and then rise again when tho weight was re¬ 
moved. My best cranberries aro in a mead¬ 
ow where it was impossible to go on it with 
a horse. In 1848 I drained the meadow by 
ditching, so as to make it solid, and took 
care in mowing not to injuro the vines ; this 
has increased the fruit from about 2 bushels 
to 50 bushels. My hay is in less quantity, 
but in much better quality, on the samo 
meadow. 
I have raised cranberries this year on dry, 
sandy pasture, in wet, springy swamp, on 
hillocks, also on the best of mowing land.— 
I have no doubt that cranberries could be 
cultivated on any soil, with proper care and 
attention. They may be propagated by 
roots or soeds. The best way is to select 
tho best kinds, and take up with a spado, a 
turf that contains plenty of vines, and dig 
a hole and put it in where you want it, and 
tread it down hard with the feet; then throw 
on one or two shovels full of sand or gravel, 
taking care to make tho surface even, and 
not quite cover the top of tho vines. This 
should bo dono in the fall, or early in tho 
spring. The first season they will spread 
almost to meet, if they aro put four feet 
apart, and the next year they will produce 
fine fruit enough to pay charges and trouble. 
They will continue to increase if you keep 
them well provided with a slight coat of 
sand or gravel every fall or winter. 
Tho vines are easily obtained if wanted, 
of oither tho largo palo kinds, tho oval, or 
the round or flat kind, which is much the 
richest, as well as the greatest boarer with 
us, and of a dark red color. 
LARGE FACTS IN SMALL FRUITS. 
R. G. Pardee, of Genova, writes as fol¬ 
lows to the Cultivator: 
1. During the last summer, I gathered 
from my garden moro than fourteen bushels 
of strawberries, all raised at a cost of less 
than two shillings per bushel, all told.— 
Watered not more than three times. 
2 . I transplanted one plant of Burr’s Now 
Pine Strawberry plant, on the 1 st July, 1851 
—from which, on the 1 st October, I trans¬ 
planted 50 plants in a roomy bod, and from 
which bed 1 sold on the 28th September, 
1852, 700 young plants at $2,00 per 100, 
besides 300 plants left, and tho fruit gath¬ 
ered in June last. 
3. On the 28th day of April last, I trans¬ 
planted in my garden, from a journey of 
300 miles, ono plant of Longworth’s Prolific 
Strawberry, which plant has since produced 
moro than 150 strong plants, which aro now 
attached to it in my garden. 
4. From eight plants of the “ Crescent 
Seedling” Strawberry plants, I sold plants 
sufficient to ono nurseryman, to amount to 
more than $ 100 , at wholesale prices. 
I give the abovo, only as remarkable facts, 
the like of which may never occur again 
even in my own experience, and for which 
I claim no particular credit, but all of which 
I can abundantly substantiate by witnesses 
entirely disinterested, in Palmyra, where 
they occurrod; and I communicate them 
for lovers of large stories. 
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LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending March 1, 1853. 
Asa N. and Alden Case, of Gustavus, Ohio, for 
Improvement in Bedstead Fastenings. 
Augustus C. Haring, of Louisville, Ky., for Im¬ 
provement in Swivel-nbbed Keys for Door Locks. 
Janies McKay, of Philadelphia, Pa„ for Im¬ 
provements in Rotary Steam Engines. 
Jonas Simmons, of Cohoes, N. Y., for Improved 
Supplemental Valve in Reciprocating Steam En¬ 
gines. 
Wm. Townshend, of Hinsdale, Mass., for Im¬ 
provement in Looms. 
E. Sumner Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio, for Im¬ 
provement in Bedstead Fastenings. 
,Wm. Wheeler, of Troy, N. Y., for Improvement 
in the Construction of Curry Combs. 
REISSUE. 
Nebemiah Hodge, of North Adams, Mass., for 
Improvement in the mode of Operating Brakes 
for Cars. Patented Oct. 2, ’49. Reissued March 
1, 1853. 
PREPARATION OF GUTTA PERCHA FOR USE. 
Some of the lumps in which it reaches us 
are not unlike flattened cheese,—double 
Gloucester, for example; others are like co¬ 
coa nuts in their rough shells; and the first 
step taken with it is to bring these within 
tlfe action of a vertical wheel, with knives 
fixed on the face of it, which revolving rap¬ 
idly, cut the material into thin slices, and 
often expose the progress of the Malays to¬ 
wards the deceits of civilization, in the shape 
of lumps of wood encased, to increase the 
apparent quantity. When it has been slic¬ 
ed, it is boiled in coppers, forced into a hop¬ 
per, when serrated knives tear into shreds, 
and it is washed in various waters, in the 
course of which the foreign matter sinks to 
tlio bottom and is removed, while the gutta 
percha floats. Being cleansed, and this is 
of great consequence especially for covering- 
telegraphic wires, tho material is put be¬ 
tween rollers which partly squeezes out tho 
moisture, and is then placed in a kneading 
machine, and ultimately is passed through 
rollers to form sheets and bands, or submit¬ 
ted to tho drawing mill to be formed into 
cords or pipes. At tho temperature of 
boiling water, it becomes soft, will take any 
form or tho finest impression, and at the 
ordinary temperature regains the consisten¬ 
cy of leather. 
Herein lies as may be seen at once its ex¬ 
traordinary value. "Combined with sulphur, 
it may be made as hard as ebony, too; but 
this is not tho condition in which it is most 
useful. For pipe making and covering tel¬ 
egraphic wires, a further cleansing process 
is gone through. It is driven by immense 
pressure, the pressure of four hydraulic 
pumps, through gauze and very fine holes 
in a steel plate, and is rolled and kneaded 
again. 
CHEAPER THAN MATCHES. 
The editor of tho Albany Express, in the 
course of an article upon “ Freaks and Won¬ 
ders of Electricity,” writes out the following 
“ spiritual manifestation 
Happening to be in tho parlor of a 
friend a few evenings since, he favored us 
with tho exhibition of a vory pretty electri¬ 
cal experiment. His daughter walked brisk¬ 
ly across the floor once or twice, and then 
rapidly approached an extinguished gas 
burner, touched it with her fingers, and in¬ 
stantly the escaping fluid burst into flames. 
It was an entirely now way of lighting the 
gas, and involved a great saving af matches. 
Any person in tho room, if their shoes and 
boots were not wet, could produce the same 
effect. Tho sparks of electricity emitted at 
tho instant of the contact with tho metal of 
the burner ignited the gas. 
The New Gas Lighters. —A correspon¬ 
dent says he has tried to light his Gas with 
his fingers and “ can’t come it.” Whereup¬ 
on he berates tho press for trying to hum¬ 
bug the public. We only say in reply, that 
he is tho humbug, and not tho press. The 
thing has been and can be dono; nor is there 
any mystery about it. Children have, for 
years, been in tho habit of amusing them¬ 
selves by running across a carpeted floor, 
shaking their fingers, and exciting electrici¬ 
ty,'and then snapping it oft’upon brass knobs 
or upon the cheeks or noses of good natured 
friends. Nothing moro is required to light 
gas burners, only the experiment has been 
reserved for these “ latter days .”—Albany 
Journal. 
Improved Clover Thresher. —An im¬ 
provement on the above has been invented 
by Joseph and Charles Daniel, of Little 
Hanover, Pa., who havo taken measures to 
secure a patent. The improvement con¬ 
sists in arranging the teeth upon the thresh¬ 
ing cylinder in zig-zag lines along its length 
while thoso of the concavo are placed ob¬ 
liquely from the edges to the centre. By 
having the teeth arranged in this manner 
the seed will be thoroughly threshod and 
separated, as it is subjected to two motions, 
being carried not only around the cylinder, 
but likewise moved towards the centre dur- 
the rotary motion, previously to being dis¬ 
charged upon tho screen. 
A washing and drying apparatus, capable 
of doing the work of forty women, wash¬ 
ing, rinsing and drying clothes in thirty min¬ 
utes, has been built for tho Cunard steamer, 
and another for tho Norwich and Worces¬ 
ter steamboat line. The wear to the cloth¬ 
ing by tho cleansing process is said to be 
very slight. 
MEANING OF THE WORD “CALORIC.” 
Caloric is another name for heat. Strict¬ 
ly defined, it indicates the principle or mat¬ 
ter of heat, and presupposes the belief in a 
fluid excessively thin and fine, which per¬ 
vades all bodios, moves through them, and, 
in proportion as it is present or absent, pro¬ 
duces all the effects of heat and cold. In 
short, if heat is caused by fluid, caloric is 
that fluid. This may bo considered a dis¬ 
tinction without a difference; and, for all 
practical purposes, caloric may bo defined 
to be heat. Caloric expands air, as, with 
few exceptions, it does every other substance, 
on entering it. Caloric applied to water, 
expands it to steam; applied to steam, it 
expands it still moro, forming wha-t has 
been sometimes termed stame. Caloric is 
the source of power both of the steam and 
air engines. Both depend on the expansion 
of matter by heat. 
The steam-engine is a caloric engine, for 
tho samo reason, and to tho samo extent, 
that the air-engine is, except that in both 
the air-engines of Ericsson and Stirling tho 
caloric used each stroke is in part retained, 
and made to servo again. This is sufficient 
to justify, if any justification were needed, 
the appropriation of this name to the Erics¬ 
son engine. It is simply a distinctive ap¬ 
pellation chosen for this particular form of 
an engine, moved by heat. Tho choice was 
certainly a very happy ono, and has un¬ 
doubtedly served to attract much greater 
attention to this invention than would havo 
been done by the simple name of “ air-en¬ 
gine ’’ adopted by Stirling.— Appleton’s Me¬ 
chanics Magazine. 
IMPROVED WAGON BRAKE. 
A self-acting brake for wagons on com¬ 
mon roads has been invented by W. D. Wil¬ 
liams, of Raleigh, N. C. This brake is in¬ 
tended for retarding the velocity of a wagon 
while going down hill, and is so arranged 
that the action of the horse in drawing, 
when arrived at the bottom, will restore tho 
brake to its former position, where it will 
remain while the wagon is on level ground. 
The arrangement consists of two iron clamps 
encircling the front axle, and each connect¬ 
ed to a front hound by a link and two joint 
pins. The hounds are secured to the sides 
of tho reach as well as to a cross-piece, and 
tho latter by rods is connected to a similar 
pieco, which carries the bar for actuating 
tho brake blocks. An additional advantage 
of this brake, due to its capability of swing¬ 
ing on a centre, is, that it can bo thrown 
forward when it is desired to dump the 
load, and then replaced in its former posi¬ 
tion. 
Blake’s Nut Cracker. —This is a Yankee 
notion, having sprung into being at Now- 
Haven in the same month of the same year 
with Louis Napoleon’s coup d’etat. It is d( - 
signed to dispense with tho use of the ham¬ 
mer as well as with that of the ordinary ta¬ 
ble nut-cracker, for nut-cracking purposes. 
It is not adapted for table use, but, as wo 
can testify, cracks tho hardest shells in a 
way to render all further cracking superflu¬ 
ous. It consists of a pair of pincers fixed 
upon a bit of board. You put in your nuts, 
press down the handle, tho nut passes into 
a new condition, and as you remove your 
hand from the handle, a spiral spring casts 
it up, and the transformed nut drops into a 
basket, which ought to be standing below 
on purpose to receive it. A smart crack- 
ster ought to crack as many as twenty nuts 
in a minute, or 1,200 in an hour, without 
any danger of pounding tho fingers. 
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“POISONS AND ANTIDOTES.” 
In the 5th No. of the Rural is a list of 
Poisons and their Antidotes, to which I wish 
to add a few words. 
Arsenic. —I havo heard of two cases in 
which tobacco had been used as an antidote 
to arsenic, with complete success. Let the 
sufferer, as soon as may bo, drink plentiful¬ 
ly of a tea, or decoction, of tobacco, and 
repeat till the object is effected. It is said 
that the decoction will not sicken or oven 
be very offensive until the effect of tho arse¬ 
nic is neutralized. 
Snake Bites. —The Southern physicians, 
it is said, treat those that have been bitten 
by Rattlesnakes, with alcoholic liquors. Let 
tho sufferer drink plentifully, and the euro 
is said to be certain. 
The treatment of arsenic with tobacco 
was stated a few years ago by a lecturer on 
Chemistry. The use of alcohol for snake 
bites I have read of several times in tho pa¬ 
pers. If any one is acquainted with any 
facts in either case, be will oblige tho writer 
of this, and perhaps confer a favor on oth¬ 
ers, by making thorn known. Hi 
Mush or Hasty Pudding. —Stir iflto a 
half pint of cold water, enough siffcsd.Indi¬ 
an meal to make a thick batter* Have on 
tho fire a pot containing throe or four quarts 
of water, when it boils, pour jn, the batter, 
stirring it fast; let it boil ^ flew miqutos, 
then add sifted meal by tW handful, till it 
is quite thick. Keep it boiling slowly, and 
stir it frequently, the naore it is. stirred, and 
the longer it is boiled, the better, the mush. 
To bo wolesome, it must bo boiled at least 
two hours. This is a good receipt. 
It is not tho height to which mon are ad¬ 
vanced that makes them giddy; it is the 
looking down with contempt upon those be¬ 
low them. 
n“fi ifijift IT? 
