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AUGUST 30. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Ifrtjratfo ctitti tafosu. 
Transactions of the North-Western Fruit Growers ( 
Association, at their Fourth Session, held in the City j 
of Burlington, Iowa, Sept., 1855. Edited by M. L. ^ 
Dunlap. 
In a pamphlet volume of 140 pages we here 1 
have a variety of interesting and valuable in- * 
formation on the general subject of Fruit Cul¬ 
ture, and particularly in regard to its progress ^ 
in the North-West. The reports, discussions, 1 
addresses, Ac., are worthy of extended notice, ^ 
and would have received such in the Rural j 
had not our first copy of the “ Transactions,” ’ 
received some months ago, been appropriated 1 
before we could give it attention. And now, 1 
when we have another copy of the document, 1 
though it is perhaps too late to notice in the ( 
manner intended, we find matter of permanent 1 
interest. The Annual Address, delivered by ‘ 
P. Barry, Esq., of this city, is especially valua- * 
ble and noteworthy, and we cannot refrain from ^ 
quoting, even at this late day, some of its no- ^ 
tices of Horticultural progress, and various prac- 1 
tical and able suggestions and conclusions. We * 
therefore give liberal extracts below, and shall ^ 
present others in a subsequent number : 
“ Our pomological literature has been created, 1 
one may say, within the last ten or fifteen ; 
years. What existed beyond that period, tho’ 1 
useful, no doubt, in its day, is no longer of any ( 
account. Kenrick's American Orchardist, 1 
Prince's Pomological Manual, Manning's Book 1 
of Fruits, Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of 
America, Thomas' Fruit Gulturist, and Elliot's 1 
Fruit Book, with I-Iovey's Magazine, and the 
Horticulturist, are all the product of less than a ] 
quarter of a century, and contain nearly all i 
that is of importance in the history of Fruit < 
Culture in this country.* Our enthusiasm in f 
book-making, as well as in planting, has con- < 
siderably outran our knowledge and experience. < 
But it is well, perhaps, that this is the case ; 1 
for the advantages which we have derived from t 
even imperfect books and inexperienced plant- s 
ing, are infinitely greater than the losses sus- < 
tained by errors of any and all kinds put to¬ 
gether. < 
“ The collection of fruits, which now exist in 
the grounds of private individuals in thiscoun- '< 
try, are unequaled in the world, except, per- I 
haps, in one or two experimental gardens in 1 
Europe. And the rapidity with which these 1 
collections have been formed, and the expense 
and labor which they have involved, reveal a i 
spirit of energy and enterprise which can be 
found only in America. I have taken some 
pains to procure a few statistics on this interest¬ 
ing point. * * 
[ After giving much statistical information 
relative to the introduction and progress of sys¬ 
tematic Fruit Culture in New England, New 
York, and the West, Mr. Barry continues:] 
* Thus we see that in the United States there 
are immense collections of fruits, and that most 
of them have been formed during the last ten 
to twenty years. What a progress this is !— 
And what an encouragement it extends to the 
beginner 1 If, during the last quarter of a 
century, a large portion of which we were 
without railroads or ocean steamers, so much 
has been accomplished, what may and what 
will not be done the next quarter, with such 
facilities for communication as are now enjoyed 
in all parts of the world ? The most delicate 
trees, plants, seeds, scions and cuttings can be 
transmitted thousands of miles with certainty 
and safety. I carried a basket of ripe plums 
with me from Rochester and placed them on the 
tables here in perfect condition. Trees may 
now be sent by express from Rochester to Bur¬ 
lington without having sustained injury enough 
to prevent them from bearing a crop of fruit 
the same season. With all the negligence of 
forwarders, we enjoy wonderful privileges in 
this respect, compared to those of twenty years 
ago. We can transport trees now in three 
weeks over a distance that would have taken as 
many months, but the more we have the more 
we want. We shall not feel satisfied until we 
can have them transported at the rate of thirty 
or forty miles an hour, including all delays. 
“ Even the regularity of our mails favor the 
advancement of pomology. Vast quantities of 
scions are sent annually in letters to all parts 
of the country, and we have even sent a consid¬ 
erable parcel of small trees by mail to Califor¬ 
nia with success. 
“ When we consider all this, we see that, al¬ 
though we really have made wonderful progress, 
our greatest achievements are yet to be made. 
The greatest triumphs of pomology are to be 
made in America, and as I have before observed, 
here in the West, where nature has given you 
a soil of almost inexhaustible richness, and a 
glorious climate with just difficulties enough to 
keep your energies from flagging. Where na¬ 
ture does too much men never become skillful 
cultivators, but fall a prey to indolence, and it 
is, therefore, a blessing that your climate is no 
better than it is. 
“But to return to the topic of progress.— 
We have not only made immense collections of 
fruits, and planted great nurseries and orchards, 
organized societies, and circulated books and 
magazines, but we have made vast improve¬ 
ments in various branches of cultivation. In 
the early days of my experience as a nursery¬ 
man, there was scarcely a nursery in the United 
States that used seedling pear, cherry, or plum 
stocks to graft and bud upon, but employed 
“ suckers,” or chance seedlings, which were 
picked up around the country in old orchards, 
gardens and fence corners. 
* Perhaps the author of the Address is excusable for 
omitting mention of a valuable standard work which is 
entitled to prominent rank among those named—to wit., 
The Fruit Garden, by P. Barry.—[Ed. Rural. 
“ On Long Island and on the Hudson, a large Shade Trees. —The maple is one of the best 
number of persons employed themselves every shade trees for city growth. It is not affect- 
fall and spring collecting these stocks to supply ed a particle by the extremes of heat and cold, 
the nurseries. And these rough “suckers” It forms a beautiful head, with clean glossy 
commanded prices which would, at this time, foliage, smooth bark, is free from all insects. 
ftojiattit fit?, &t. 
LIST OF PATENTS, 
shamefully overloaded ; it would have required 
two of a like size to do the work endeavored to 
be extorted from it, and they would have done 
it more economically. 
There ought to be a rigid inspection carried 
be deemed extravagant for the best quality of and has a rapid growth. In five years, in a l8Bne<I from the United state* Potent offlee for the out w ith all steam boilers; this would be a 
seedlings. Now I believe there is scarcely a good soil, it makes a fine symmetrical head, 
nursery in the Union in which any other than with gracefully sweeping branches, and affords 
seedling cherry, pear or plum stocks are used, a dense shade. The American tulip tree is 
week ending Aug. la, 1856. 
Calvin Adams, Oak Hill, N. Y., corn sheller. 
Daniel N. Alard, Bokely, 0., washing machine. 
good method to insure more safety, but then 
the difficulty would be to get proper men ap¬ 
pointed or elected to fulfill the duties of such an 
The raising of seedlings has become a special also very choice. Its great elegance of habit, iia mJpportera. StUn ’ RalP ’ sh ’ N ' 0 ’ im P r0Tement in inva office impartially and intelligently .—Scientific 
branch of nursery practice, and is a most im- and striking beauty of leaf and blossom recom- Luther Atwood and Wm. Atwood,'Waltham, Mass., im- American. 
Jr’ _ provementm the production of oil from cannel coal. _ _ 
Luther Atwood and Wm. Atwood, Waltham, Mass., im¬ 
portant one. I know now of one plat of seed- mend it to any one who has an eye to fine pro- Luther Atwood and Wm. Atwood, Waltham, Mass., im- 
ling pears, containing more than a million.- portions. It requires a deep soil, with plenty Ml?ciXn! 0 ^’ Movement in mowing 
Apple and cherry seedlings are raised in many of room to expand freely on all sides. It will machines, 
nurseries by the half million and million. This not bear removing when large ; but small trees Newto^C™,’ 
is a great reform, for it is impossible to have grow rapidly when transplanted into a deep Smith Beers, Naugatuck, improvement in odometers. 
i , ,r , Jno. W. Drummond, Norwalk, Conn., improvement in 
vigorous, healthy and productive tiees, without soil. steering apparatus. 
good healthy stocks. When I look at our old- -- Anthony Faas, Phila., improvement in accordeons. 
, . , , , . , , r . nv Burs Whatever else vou destroy in Chas - R - Gardner, Detroit, improvement in dies foi 
est specimen trees, purchased m the very best Lady dugs, wnaiever eise you uesiroy in screwblankp 
nurseries, in 1839, with their deformed, stunted the insect line, never injure a lady bug; for in Theodore Gomme and Eugene Auguste Beaubrand Paris : 
stocks, and masses of suckers filling the ground larvao, its pupa (two stages ot its meta- j a bez W. Hayes, Newaik, fruit box. 
in their vicinity every year, I am quite at a morphoses,) and its insect states, it feeds upon ^ Adoiphus^HeiWeans, Pittsburgh, improved nail plate 
MAKING SHOT. 
a ^ bl o e ?,' „ jt TJDivi The pig lead is carried to the top of the 
E. R. Barnes, Brookfield, Conn., and James B. Blaiislee, . * 
ewton, Conn., improvement in felting hat bands. tower by windlass and chain, worked by steam; 
Smith Beers, Naugatuck, improvement in odometers. : fc ii™ f : fm-mup kent ronfUintlv 
Jno. W. Drummond, Norwalk, Conn., improvement in 11 m men put in a lumace, Kept constantly 
eering apparatus. burning night and day, and attended by two 
Chas. R. Gardner, Detroit, improvement in dies for se ^ 8 °* men one the fire and two to pour 
screw blanks. the melted lead in tin strainers. After pass- 
Theodore Gomme and Eugene Auguste Beaubrand, Paris, ,, , ., ,. ,, , , c , 
France, improvement in manufacture of sheet metal ware, mg the StiameiS it tails a distance ot one hun- 
Jabez W. Hayes, Newaik, fruit box. 
Jabez w. Hayes, Newaik, fruit box. dred and fifty feet, the passage through the air 
Adolphus Heddeans, Pittsburgh, improved nail plate .. , . . , ° „ 
iu men viemny- ; C «, x eui a, — ~. r —-, feeding apparatus. giving the shot their shapes or form ; they fall 
loss to account for the long continued preva- the aphis (the plant louse or vine tret ter, ) mat Frederick w. Hoffman, New York, improvement in fire- i n to a large tub or basin of water. Here a man 
lence of such a miserable mode of propagation, is so pestilent in gardens and green-houses, and ar ™' Ho]meS) Leicegter> N> Y , improvement in filtering is engaged dipping them out with a ladle and 
and I am not at all surprised that the old fruit even in window gardening among parlor plants, sand for cider. . throwing them on an inclined ulane down 
1.1 .1 ,.1111 /iVOlrl fVwi Lii-ri •,« wpll i« thn Chester Hunter and N. Isham, Norwalk, 0., improved blowing mem on an inclined plane, uown 
trees planted over the country should have Eveiychild knov s t. y , y . .. ... method of raising, lowering, and operating farm gates. which they run to a drum, heated by steam and 
* ,1 .. .1 -1, a • m — — IwVia nolla if << prmtprnn.Q J flint, ia. rnmo F mmluml RnfTMln. imnrnvpTYif*nt in borlfl. . . . , 
yielded such trifling results, 
zoologist, who calls it “coleopterous,” that is, 
Cvrus F. Kneelnnd, Buffalo, improvement in coal hods. . . , .. , . .. , , 
Frederick Kuhlman, Lille, France, improvement in ve- worked by machinery, so as to dry the shot; 
hides for paint compounds. when dry they are passed into a revolving 
Frederick D. Newbury, Albany, assignor to Richard ° 
Varick De Witt, Jr., same place, improved firearms. drum, which stops by the action ot machinery 
Abner N. Newton, Richmond, Ind., improvement in ever y fjy e minutes, for polishing them ; from 
firearms „ , , , . , , . 
Wm. Patton. Towanda, Pa., improved sash fastener. the drum they are thrown into a hopper, and 
waTh a e7 e and S amLlgamator h Attltborougb ’ im P r<)Ved « old from this they pass over a series of inclined 
Geo. M. Ramsay, New York, improved files. planes, where the defective shots are carried 
^ St Juiien RaveneL Charleston, improvement in artificial off . ^ ^ thrQUgh sieye8 into drawer8 
« A point, of the first importance, then, for sheath-winged-having its wings under cover ^ 
every nurseryman, is to secure the best qualityof of a pair of shells running longitudinally. The 
stocks, and work none other. A dollar or two a wings are of various brilliant colors, generally Abner Newton, Richmond, Ind., improvement in 
thousand, in the price, is nothing, when we between orange and deep red. It belongs to r "^!“ s Pattori< Towanda< p a improved sash fastener. 
consider how largely the value of the crop may 
be increased or diminished. 1,000 pear trees, 
for instance, at two years froni the bud, may be ^ 
worth $300 or $500, or they may not be worth Eruit rodin iiio. te eve anc am l. R. Saterlee, Rochester, mode of attaching inkstands 
iu T f n- e dealer is of opinion that there will be very little to desks. 
the cost of cultivation. fruit in that section the present season. The wi ^ b " ^I a s nd , Honesdaie, improved spring pullies for 
“ Another great relorm, which, if not accom- , . window sashes. 
, , . , , ... , . . peach crop will be little better than none. Out a. B. Smith and Wm. Weaver, Clinton, Pa., improved 
plished, has certainly been well inaugurated, is 1 r . machine for throwing projectiles. 
in the form of the trees. The old practice, and of wbole orchaul8 111 many cases scaicely a Edward q. Smit h, Cincinnati, improvement in manu- 
< ■ , , , ,; peach will be gathered. Apples are more plen- facturing chairs. . 
one which our ancestors brought With them r & , , Wm. F. Shaw, Boston, improvement in treating India 
iLo tiful, but there will not be as many as usual. rubber _ 
the same genus of insects as the beautiful 
cochineal.— Western Farm Journal. 
L. R. Saterlee, Rochester, mode of attaching inkstands where they are sorted by action of machinery 
John Shopland, Honesdaie, improved spring pullies for sieves , then into the large boxes, from 
window sashes. which they are taken and put into sacks, 
A. B. Smith and Wm. Weaver, Clinton, Pa., improved r 
machine for throwing projectiles. weighed and ready for use. 
Edward Q. Smith, Cincinnati, improvement in manu- __ 
weighed and ready for use. 
LIFE PRESERVERS. 
from the cider districts of England, France and 
Germany, was, to prune or trim up the trunks 
eight or ten feet high, until a young nursery 
tree looked like a fishing pole with a broom 
tied on the end of it 1 The trees were to be 
set in the grass, the branches out of the way of 
cattle, and if they ever bore, the fruit had to be 
reached by means of a long ladder, or knocked 
off by a long pole 1 
fmiffstit fcmtomti;. 
LIGHT PIE CRUST. — TO EJECT ANTS. 
reached by means of a long ladder, or knocked Mr. Editor :—A lady writer in your paper, Wm - O. Thompson. Orange, Mass., ana Leona 
. , ° , . -T rington, Worcester, Mass., improved mode of ex 
off bv a long pole I not long since, advised cooks to dispense with stumps 
“This was one of the barbarities of the past, the under pie crust in making pies—affirming Chester Van Horn, Springfield, Mass., improve 
r r nr o pi am ng metals. 
and I am sorry to say there are men yet to be that they were always heavy, and, of course, Chas. w. & Jno. W. Willard, Dorchester, Mass., im- 
found who believe that a tree is not a tree, un- unfit for dyspeptics, or any human stomach.— 
less the bead be some ten or fifteen feet from Now let me say that, by putting cream of tartar Wm. Wright & Geo. Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyr 
rubber. 
Jerome B. Shaw, Pittsburgh, method of lettering and Inflated life preservers, made of India rub- 
OI Andrew "spragui'. Coldwater, Mich., improvement in ber, or such material, were condemned at the 
corn harvesters. . ., ,. meeting of Steamboat Inspectors held last 
Alva B. Taylor, Newark, improvement in the manufac- ° 1 
ture of bat bodies. year. In the case of the burning of a steam- 
Thos.W. Taylor, Connelton, Ind., improvement in spin- oq Mississippi, which bad a numberof 
ning frames. rr 
Geo. W. Thatcher, Philadelphia, improved chimney them on board, they were found totally useless 
Ce Wm. O. Thompson, Orange, Mass., and Leonard Har- ™ the hour of need. At the recent burning of 
rington, Worcester, Mass., improved mode of extracting the steamboat Northern Indiana, on Lake Erie, 
Chester Van Horn, Springfield, Mass., improvement in numbers of the inflated life preservers on 
auing metals. . board, it was discovered, bad been rendered 
Chas. W. & Jno. W. Willard, Dorchester, Mass., im- ’ . 
•ovement for valve gear for steam hammers. useless oy being punctured With pins, by the 
Geo. w. Wood, Green Bay, improved rock drill. ladies using them for pin-cushions in the cabin 
Wm. Wright&Geo. Brown,Newcastle-upon-Tyne,Eng., » r 
iprovement in blast furnaces. on retiring at night. 
Wilhelm Ziervogel, Treskow, Pa., improvement in pro- Met< nJ lic life preservers, made of thin sheet 
tRfiftfi of sftnaratinof silver from the ore. * 7 
the ground. At an early day in our practice, and soda into your crust, it will be perfectly Pa., improvement in pro- ^Met^lmRfe^fes^rvers, made of thin sheet 
we set our laces sternly and unanimously light. A little less than commonly used m cesses of separating silver from the ore. , . , ,,, 
. , ,, . . , . .. ... T , , . Robert P. Bradley, Cuyahoga Falls, o., assignor to Joel copper, are the safest and best. It would be 
against tins system, and said if we could not makmg biscuit will answer. Less shortening wiener East Aurora. N.Y .machine for wringing clothes. . . . , ,, , 
, , , 1 . 1 . . . , S No„v<n-k nssia-nor to Horatio Bo- very easy to make every seat, table,andmat- 
nersuade our customers to buv trees, such as we is renuired. Rezekiah Bradford, New York, assignor to noratio co jj j 
persuade our customers to buy trees, such as we is required. 
believed and were convinced to be of the proper One inquires how to get rid of ants. Take 
gert, same place, improved ore washer. 
Thaddeus Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt., assignor to 
trass, used on a steamboat, a life preserver, and 
height and form, we would lose their eustom. camphor gum, or saturate a little rag with the t John E - Schooley, same place, improvement in refrigera- steamboat proprietors should be compelled to 
1 ° tors. do this .—Scientific American. 
“ Our specimen trees are nearly all trained as liquid, and putin the region from which you Isaac Harmeans, Tamaqua, assignor to himself and Wm. 
pyramids or low standards, with head two or wish to drive them, and they will not stay long B sa^eMv^hUemar^NorHmmptoD 1 ,'assignor to Wm. J. 
three feet from the ground, and without the aid with you. A Housewife. Demarest, Orange, N. j., improved vapor burning lamps, 
of ladders or steDS of anv kind, we can accom- Herkimer, N. Y., Aug., 1856. reissue.. _. 
of ladders or steps of any kind, we can accom¬ 
pany our friends, inspect the fruit, and pick our 
specimens with the greatest ease and comfort 
imaginable. Suppose we, or any other exten¬ 
sive growers, had to climb fifteen or twenty 
steps of a ladder, every time we wished to ex¬ 
amine our specimens, would we not have a de- 
.. . , . The Sugar Refineries of New York. —The 
Demarest, Orange, N. J., improved vapor burning lamps. _ , . 
re-issues. sugar refining interest of New York has in- 
James A. Cutting, Boston, improvement in photograph- creased, within a few years, to a business of 
iC CharTes 9 P.“<fe War^Mas^iiprov^ient in apple g reat magnitude. The Journal of Commerce 
Egg Powder.—A patent has lately been tak- Charles P. Carter, Ware, Mass., improvement in apple g reaz magnitude, me journal oi oommeice 
„„ TPnn-inn.i w tho monnfiriiirp of eo-cr parers. Patented October 18, 1849. says that no longer ago than the year 1848 there 
en out m England lor tne manuiacture OI egg Wm . y an Andeli, Poughkeepsie, assignor (through oth- ... % ? . .. /w , 
powder. The process consists in taking fresh ers) to Alexander Frear and Jacob Rowe, of New York, weie but two refineries in the city, ( Woolsey s 
site grotveis, naa io enmo nneen oi twenty hrenkino- them and nlacino- their matter and said Van Anden, machine for making wrought iron and Stuart’s,) and now, notwithstanding the 
rcatrs bad st — boi “ es - — - *r°°r $ rr 
our lh-es ? But it is not comfort merely or they are reduced to powder, in a proper mill. The Herkimer County State Journal con- or more, and two others will soon be added.- 
convenience that we look at, but the well being and are employed for the making of pastry, Am. tains an account of the investigation of the steam The aggregate investment in t ■ & Fop^ty^ is 
of the tree. In our country-in all parts in- The air for drying the eggs must not be allow- boiler explosion which took pke. at a cotton rerj nenr $ y S S 
lightful time ? And is there any Life Insur- ed to a stream of moderately hot air to evapo- BAD STEAM BOILERS, 
ance Company so reckless as to take a risk on ra ^ e all the moistme. When peifectly dry, 
our lives ? But it is not comfort, merely, or the Y are reduced to powder, in a proper mill. The Herkimer County State Journal con- 
deed—we have gusts of high wind that rack ed to exceed 130 deg.; the object is to evaporate factory at Little Falls, N. Y„ on the 31st ult., enormous capital required to operate them, 
those tall trees fearfully and not unfrequently the moisture, and not to coagulate the albumen, and from the evidence elicited, we are of the The aggregate quantity o sugar■ t us man- 
tears them up by the roots. Do we not see so as to render the egg powder soluble in water, opinion that it was caused by too high pressure ^ the “ * ea / ® 
bow many of the old orchards are lying off the This manner of preparing eggs for market of steam in a defective boiler. The boiler could n^'SSonnn non^ 
wind, like a ship weathering a gale. Then the might be pursued by some persons in our dis- not raise a sufficient quantity of steam to drive uuu or $^g ,' uw,uuu. 
sun and the frosts act upon the trunks—you tant rural districts, says the Scientific Ameri- the machinery of the factory, and the supply of Material 
New Material for Paper. —The Cleveland 
cannot go into an orchard of tall trees, without can, with as much profit as preparing and dry- feed water for it was sometimes insufficient, and pj a - Q Dealer says the Planet brought down 
witnessing the effects of exposure on one side ; in g fruit. _ _ it was stopped on this very account when the from Lake g uperior a thousand pounds of moss 
and when once the trunk of a tree is diseased TT*'** - , , explosion occurred. It was customary to carry for Dr> Terry> of Detroit, who has been making 
its vigor and usefulness is at an end. Potted Meats. It sometimes happens to the a very hlgb pressure of steam in order to drive . - ;i ^-.*- 
° . . . ladies from some unforeseen circumstance, that tlie raac binery, and a few days before the ex- 
“ Here, in rnse wes ern prairie regions, more large qtian tities of cooked meats, prepared for a plosicm took placej a r i vet was blown out by the 
than any v. lere e se, a rees s oul e ow rty t j lat did not come off, perhaps, remain on pressure. James Peel, the machinist, 
headed —so low. that when the trees hetrin to , , , • , , o , ■, .... r . . r 
Indies from some unforeseen circumstance, that t p e mac hinery, and a few days before the ex- experiments upon it in the manufact ate of paper 
, - . , V • . _ _* The Doctor says that moss makes a beautiful 
than any where else, all trees should be low 
The Doctor says that moss makes a beautiful 
white paper without any preparation of the raw 
headed 'So low. that when the trees begin to hMd> wWeh> for WMt „f knowledge how to stat(id P lhat b ' .. d „„ bt ed uj eapaeitv of the ” ater “* **. tto In f 
bear, the branches will reach the ground. What i„et o„„i, c i imi id Lp , , 1 , / , respects it is equal to linen rags, and can be 
, ■ , . f .1 • i • j • preserve, are measurably lost, fetich should be boiler from the time the rivet was blown out, R 1 T oin 
glorious apple trees of this kind, we see in potted 0ut the meat from the bone and chop 
some of the new orchards of Western New ^e, and season high with salt, pepper, cloves 
York; some of their trees, when loaded with aud cinnamon , Moisten with vinegar, wine, 
fruit, look like great pyramids of apples. It bran( , cider or Worces tershire sauce, or melt- 
gives us great pleasure to see that this matter ed buttei . according to the kind of meat, or to 
is already understood in the West-the late guifc QWU taste . Then pound it tight into 
planted orchards, and the nurseries, too, afford a stone • and cover over fche top wit h about a 
evidence of this-and I find but one opinion on ter of aQ inch of melted butter. It will 
the subject, among the more intelligent culti- , , , , afford a rea dv and 
Cut the meat from the bone and chop because the iron was bad.” 
season high with salt, pepper, cloves A terrific boiler explosion occurred on the | 
amon. Moisten with vinegar, wine, gth, at Wilder’s Safe Manufactory, in Brooklyn, 
dder or Worcestershire sauce, or melt- L x ; b y which three persons were killed, and 
r, according to the kind of meat, or to sjxteen seyerely wouuded . 
found in unlimited quantities on Isle Royale 
and several other localities in the vicinity at a 
very small comparative cost. 
Rapid Moving Machinery. —Of the rapidity 
with which some portions of the machinery era- 
vators. 
“For the pear and the chejry, this is still 
more essential than for the apple, because these 
, . , ,, , The evidence given in this case by G. W. ployed in the manufacture of cotton operate, we 
a stone iar, and cover over the top with about a ^ & r J r J., „ , 
J „ . . „ T , Stilwell also proved the boiler to be delective. ma y form au idea from the lact that the finest 
quarter ol au inch of melted butter. It will ° R , , . , . 
? . The iron was very brittle, and appeared to have thread which is used m making lace, is passed 
keep months, and always afford a ready and , , , r. , . . Y r , , . iV „ .. , , . v r . 
11 > i f , . , , been burned, as it it had oftentimes been defi- through the strong flame ot a lamp, which burns 
exce t. nl oi uieea a .e. cient in water, and red hot. From the great a l[ the fibres without the thread itself. The 
To Make Good Apple Jelly.— Take apples number of explosions which have lately taken ve locity with which the thread moves is so 
moves is so 
trees are more delicate in general, and injuries of the best quality and good flavor, (not sweet,) P bice > il a PP ears to us tbat , tbe P ractice of fm " great that it cannot be perceived that there is 
are much more fatal to them. For both of these cut them in quarters or slices, and stew them cingsteam boilers beyond their capacity is quite any mot ion at all-the line of thread, passing 
-r . 1 - 1 1 /> 1 .1 A _ ... __ ^ r^-V, rtvo aP Pn/lfAPiao onnOQP tn . PC „ 1 4V..AHA.K 1 l Y-i r+ o c if if 
are much more fatal to them. For both of these 
trees, I prefer the pyramidal form, whether on 
dwarf or free stocks, not only because the trees 
in that form are beautiful, but because tbe 
trunks and large branches are more effectually 
protected. The finer pears are all easily injur- 
till soft; then strain out the juice, being very common. Many owners of factories appear to off a wh eel through the flame, looking as if it 
careful not to let any of the pulp go through be guided by the stupid economy oi saving were perfectly at rest. 
the strainer. Boil it to the consistency of mo- money by using boilers of insufficient capacity —-- 
lasses, then weigh it and add as many pounds to drive their machinery, hence they have to American Machinery in ENGLAND.-The in- 
of crushed sugar, stirring it constantly till the 8 «bmit them to intense firing and an enormous ventive genius of American mechanics, and the 
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ed by freezing and thawing in the bark, which su „ ar j s dissolved Add one ounce of extract pressure by over-loading their safety valves; perfection of American machinery, are now duly 
is smooth and thin, and by keeping the trunk of i emon to every twenty pounds of jolly, and and the climax of the reckless conduct is appreciated in England. They have the Bige- 
well feathered with branches to the ground, it wb en cold set it away in close jars. It will a terrible explosion, by which numbers are low loom for the weaving of velvet and other 
is seldom injured. It should always be borne keep „. 0 od tor years. Those who have not killed and wounded, and much property de- tapestry carpetings ; the American type cast- 
in mind, that the trunk ot the tree is the main made jelly in this way will' do well to try it stroyed, it is called an “ accident.” And it ing machine ; American improvements in self- 
made jelly in this way will do well to try it; 
they will find it superior to currant jelly.— 
Mich. Farmer. 
channel of circulation ; when it is injured, cir- they will find it superior to currant jelly._ happens somehow by the testimony of those acting spinning mules; American patent axes, 
culation is impeded and irregular, aud a gen- Mich Farmer concerned in such accidents, that however high McCormick’s and other reaping machines, Ac.; 
eral debility quickly follows. Some people -- the pressure may be to which such boilers are and now they are ordering and inti oducing the 
argue that this training of trees as low stand- Green Corn Omelet. —The following recipe generally submitted, or though they have some- type-revolving printing machine ot Messrs, 
ards and pyramids, is both expensive and un- for a seasonable delicacy is said to be excellent: times been red hot for want of water, that at Hoe A Co., of New York, 
natural, but I maintain that it is neither. The Grate the corn from 12 ears of corn boiled, beat the time of explosion there is always plenty of • ' • 
low standard requires no more pruning after tbe up five eggs, stir them with the corn, season water in them, and the pressure much below Durability of feTONE. A committee have 
tree is planted, than the high one, and it is just with pepper and salt, and fry the mixture the running standard. We have no confidence been experimenting at Washington to ascertain 
as natural, and more natural, for a tree to branch brown, browning the top with a hot shovel. If j in such testimony, for it belies itself. Common the effect of weather on the marble of which 
at three feet from tbe ground, than at eight feet, fried in small cakes, with a little flour and milk sense ought to teach the owners of such boilers the extension to the Capitol is being cousti uc- 
The pyramid does require some pruning at stirred in to form a batter, this is very nice 
first, to fix the habit, that is to secure a prepon- -- 
that “safety is economy,” for it is well known ted. They find, that after every freezing and 
that an explosion generally destroys more prop- thawing, a scale of 1-500,000th of an inch thick 
derauce of vigor aud size for the lower branches, Butter Drops. —1 tea-cup of sugar, half tea- erty in a few minutes than would have sufficed cleaves off from the surface, so that, allowing 
when this is done, it becomes natural, for most cup of butter, half tea-cup of cream, 1 tea- to purchase and run boilers of sufficient capa- fifty freezings and thawings for every Winter, 
pear and cherry trees, if left to themselves, in spoonful of saleratus, 2 eggs; add a few raisins, city, and to have paid for the best skill in at- it would require 10,000 years for the suiface of 
abundant space, would assume the pyramidal Flavor to taste. Bake in small tins.—Mrs. H. tending them. the building to be exfoliated one inch by this 
form voluntarily.” L. Bates, Grand Blanc, Michigan. ' The boiler at Little Falls was sometimes cause. The stone is fiom Lee, Mass. 
