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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER; AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
SLABS AND STRAWBERRIES. 
The secret of growing strawberries six ! The Agricultural talks at tho American 
H* L ♦ (7\ „l iy \\. which soon adheres to the vessel, and by a 
tUuJllttlC mb vT $nml. little dexterity of hand is finished to its 
__ proper form. 
ttrt mr patwt ot.atms _ Those processes aro performed with great 
LIoT OF PATENT CLAI rapidity, as the glass, being neither solid nor 
JUKI) FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, U P uid> JouJd dl’Op from the tube if DOt kept 
For the wee kending May 11,1852. rotating; on the other hand, it is capable in 
„ , _ , ~ „ . this condition of being pulled, twisted, 
Samuel Barker, of New York, N. for blind gtrot(d , ed ()ut? and pressed in almost overy 
id shutter fastener. variety of form. Tho whole is effected by 
Wm. 0. Betts, of New York, N.Y., for improve- tdo manU al dexterity and accurate eye of 
out in portable cot bedsteads. the workman, aided by a few of the most 
Abel B. Buell, of Westmoreland, N. Y., for im- simple tools. Now follow the decanter to 
ovemont in railroad car seats. tho " annealing,” the object being to render 
Wm. Burns of Rome, 0., for improvement in the glass less brittle, and less liable to li.vc- 
... tui'e from sudden alterations of tempera- 
HORTIGTJLTURAL EXHIBITION. 
The Genesee Valley Horticultural Socie¬ 
ty held its first EUiibition for tho season, in 
Corinthian Hall, on tho 11th of May. We 
have been furnished the substance of the 
subjoined roport,—and bog to suggest to the 
proper officers, that wo shall be happy to 
give brief notices and reports of their shows, 
provided the latter are presented in accu¬ 
rate and legible shape. If tho proceedings 
of tho Society are worth publishing at all, 
they doservo some little attention on the 
part of thoso who put them in writing. We 
have little time to re-writo and correct 
manuscripts, and our printers, though pret¬ 
ty clever, cannot always mako words and 
grammar to order: 
The display of Flowers and Vegetables was 
good, considering the lateness of the season. 
Ellwanger & Barry, of the Mt. Hope Nurse¬ 
ries, exhibited rare and beautiful plants and Row¬ 
ers. Among them were Tropiolum tricolorum 
Graudifiora, Seedling Cinerarias, Azaleas, Memu- 
lus, (?) Ac. Their Hyacinths were superb. Prince 
of Saxe Weimer, L. unique, Victoria Regina, 
Duchess of Richmond, and Lord Wellington, were 
very beautiful. « 
A. Frost & Co., of the Genesee Valey Nurse¬ 
ries, exhibited fine specimens of Cryptomeria 
Japonica, and Standard Roses, (fee., (fee. 
John Donnfxi.ax, of the Hanford’s Lauding 
Nurseries, exhibited splendid Roses—La Reine, 
Archduchess Theresa, (fee. Also, Petunias, Ver¬ 
benas, Geraniums ; and Boquets, which were very 
tastefully arranged. 
Chas. J. Ryan, of the Rochester and Charlotte 
Plank Road Nurseries, exhibited large specimen 
of Spiraea pruuifolia flora pleno. Verbenas—' 
Reine J. Jour, Anacreon, Scarlet Defiance, (fee., (fee. 
Cinerarias—Beauty of Newington, Cerulea per¬ 
fects, (fee. Roses—La Reine, Mirabilis, Madam 
Bousanquet, Grandiflora, Hermosa, Hybrid China 
and Pactolus. Also a fine variety of Petunias, 
Hyacinths, Narcissus, Crown Imperials and Ge¬ 
raniums. 
Vegetables. 
C. F. Crosman, exhibited Rhubarb two years 
old from seed, called Victoria—large and fine.— 
Also Lettuce, Cucumbers, Asparagus, and Tomato 
plants in pots. All displayed skill in cultivation. 
John Donnellan, exhibited extra fine Pales¬ 
tine Lettuce, Giant Asparagus, (the latter attracted 
unusual notice, being large and fine,) and Radishes 
—among them, varieties produced from seed from 
China, presented to Mr. Donnellan by P. Barry. 
Mr. J. H. Watts, exhibited so mo some fine 
specimens of the Northern Spy apple. 
Charles J. Ryan, Ch’n. 
GRASS AROUND FRUIT TREES. 
The practice of allowing grass to grow 
around fruit trees, is one that should never 
be countenanced. It is harmful in a variety 
of ways—not only robbing the trees of much 
of tho rich food which they would other¬ 
wise appropriate, and which they very often 
need and suffer for, but affording shelter for 
insects, boside keeping tho soil close and 
bound. As a general rule a spaco of three 
feet in diameter should be kept clean around 
the trunk, and if the diameter is twice as 
great it will bo still bettor. On this, not a 
weed should ever be allowed to grow, and 
the surface should bo kept covered with old 
wall plaster, charcoal, or ashes, either of 
which will have a fino offect on most va¬ 
rieties, and be an effectual protection against 
disease. 
It may be well to reflect, that fruit troes 
require a largo amount of nourishment to 
secure perfect health and productiveness, 
and that every weed, however small and in¬ 
significant, necessarily diminishes the sup¬ 
ply. It would perhaps bo far better to allow 
no vegetation whatever, to grow in the fruit 
orchard, unless some cleansing crop, well 
manured, should bo thought nocessary- I 
have seen several oxtensivo plantations of 
trees, occupying soil on which not a vestige 
of vegetable growth could be discovered; 
and 1 have always found that when thus ju¬ 
diciously and carefully managed, the fruit, 
whatever might bo its description, invaria¬ 
bly presented a much richer appearance — 
was of a superior flavor, and more abundant 
in quantity, than on lands less nicely kept. 
We deem it of the very first importance 
thoroughly to cleanse our bods of vegetables, 
and we do not think wo have by any means 
performed our duty, if wo permit spurious 
vegetation to accumulate in our gooseberry, 
raspberry or currant bushes. 
Why, then, should we consider an equal 
degree of care and attention not equally as 
indispensable in our treatment? of fruits con¬ 
fessedly of far greater value and import¬ 
ance ? In a word, every production, of 
whatever kind, should, in its cultivated state, 
possess an entire monopoly of the soil on 
which it grows. There is no exception to 
this obvious natural rule, so far as weeds are 
considered. To set a tree in the best of soil, 
and cover the surface around the trunk with 
rank, growing and voracious weeds, would 
be tantamount to depriving it of roots, in 
one sense ; for of what value can tho latter 
be, if the exercise of their proper functions is 
denied for want of food. 
I trust these remarks will not bo thrown 
away upon thoso readers of the Telegraph 
who are engaged in planting trees of any 
kind, either for use or ornament; or who 
have already trees of both descriptions, as 
I trust most of them have, already planted. 
— Cor. Ger. Tel. 
For notice of a new Seedling Apple sco 
the New’s page of the present number of 
the Rural. 
months in the year continuously, has been Institute in Now York, aro suggestive and 
discovered and practiced by Charles F. Pea- full of good to thoso who are willing to avail 
body, Columbus, Georgia, one of tho editors themselves of the facts, hints, and even 
of the Soil of tho South for several years, doubts, of thoso who take part in them.— 
not as a theory, mere experiment, nor acci¬ 
dental production, but as a science,— a 
study of time successfully carried out for 
We see by tho American Artisan that Prof. 
Mapes stated, in one of their talks the other 
day, while speaking of tho culture of straw- 
profit; for ho sends his market wagon into berries, what appears to us to bo quite an w m, u jjows, oi jm cw 1 A • •> 1 
the city, loadod with luxury, from March idea. It is the use of slabs on a strawberry meat in portable cot bedsteads, 
till September, and last year bis vinos con- bed. Pieces of a convenient length are Abel B. Buell, of Westmoreland, N. Y., for 
tinued to ripen fruit until Christmas. used to lay across the beds, with notches provement in railroad car seats. 
What is the secret! our fair readers ox- cut in the edges large enough to permit the 
claim. What new variety ? No other than strawberry plant to come through. The 
Hovey’s seedling,impergnated by Early Scar- slabs are laid with the flat side downward, 
let and never manured, but kept continually Tho rains are carried down the sides of each 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 
For the week ending May 11, 1852. 
and shutter fastener. 
Wm. 0. Betts, of New York, N. Y., for improve 
meat-cutters. 
Jacob R. Byler & Geo. W. Sensenich, of Bear- 
town, Pa., for improvement in measuring faucets 
ture. If glass were allowed to cool at once 
in the open air, the external surface would 
contrrot moro rapidly than tho interior, 
moist by artificial watering: for which pur- | slab to the strawberries. The ground is Ab ’ bot ’ R Davi of East Cambridge, Mass., for Xrebv the dass would' bTin an unequal 
pose he uses a garden engine. i kept moist, no weeds could grow, and the . , , ,, „ ^_wnereoy tne glass wouiu do m an unequal 
For four 
kept moist, no weeds could grow, and the 
Mr. P. cultivated the j fruit is kept clean and thrifty. 
same variety in a rich garden mould, ma¬ 
nuring liberally every year, and at any time 
A variety of seedling called Jenny’s seed¬ 
ing strawberry, was recommended on ac- 
during the summer could have mowed count of its great tenderness and amount 
a heavy swathe of luxuriant vinos, which ! of juice. 
would have made good hay—but that is not j A variety called the molon strawberry 
improvement in the manufacture of brushes. 
L. S. De Bibory, of Baltimore, Md., for im¬ 
provement in cooking boilers. 
Jos. B (fe Jno. R. Horne, of Xenia, ()., for im- 
stato of elasticity, and thereby liable to 
fracture. The slow cooling takes place in 
an annealing oven called a “ leer, which 
has a long flat arch sixty foot long, five feet 
would have made good hay—but that is not A variety called the molon strawberry James Jenkins, of Elizabethtown, N. J., for im- 
what he wished to grow. Failing to get was also recommended by the chairman, p ro vement iu blocks for printing oil cloths, 
fruit by garden culture, he commenced the (Goo. Dickey, Esq.,) to be set with other u 0 bt. Newell, of Lebanon, Ind, for improve- 
provement in apparatus for soldering a in vacuum, wide, and from ono to two feet in height. 
James Jenkins, of Elizabethtown, N. J., for im- Close to the door of tho oven on each side 
fruit by garden culture, ho commenced tho j (Goo. Dickey, Esq.,) to be set with other 
experiment which for six years has proved j varieties on account of its having stamens 
so eminently successful. Ho cleared ofi‘ a j and pistils in its blossoms, and thereby ea- 
merit in platform scales. 
Benj. Fatham, of New York, N. Y., for im- 
strip of low land along a little rivulet, tho | sily impregnating othor varieties, such as . ’ 
soil of which is coarse sand and loose gravel, Hudson Bay and Hovey’s Seedlings, causing Pavement in lead pipe machinery, 
intermixed with clay lightly, and of courso j them to bear great crops.— Me. Fanner. timothy H. lay lor, oi r ay ett ovule, j . ., 
covered with forest mould; digging out tho 
roots of a thick growth of bushes sufficiently 
prepared the land. The vines were then set 
in rows, six of Hovey and one of Scarlet, and 
the surface has never boon disturbed since, 
improvement in tables. 
is a furnace which keops up a high temper¬ 
ature; but as there is no other heating pow¬ 
er, tho oven becomes loss and less hot as the 
distance from the mouth increases, until at 
tho oxtremity, it is searcely warmer than 
the surrounding atmosphere. Along tho 
floor of tho oven are tramlines,” upon 
which tho iron trays, called “ leerans,” travel 
k growth of bushes sufficiently An eminent French pomologist informs 
land. The vines were then set us that there aro now in this country three 
: Hovey and one of Scarlet, and hundred and sixty-five kinds of pears ; of 
by spade or hoe, except so far as going over ! s i x ty-four. European horticulture possess- 
the ground once or twice a year to cut hero j es 5 ; x hundred and eighty-one species and 
and there a decaying vine or bunch of grass varieties, altogether of classed fruits, 
or weeds, few of which, however, in conso- ^ _ 
quence of using no manure, over made their 
lomeatit dtonotmj. 
year as they did in the garden. The whole .. — - 
strength seems to be oxerted for the pro- CARROT COFFEE. 
duction of large rich berries to such a degree - 
that tho ground is red with fruit—not green y 0 u can savo half your coffee, and have 
with leaves; and this not upon a liitlo plat, ag ~ ood and a more innocent potation, wo 
but over a held ot five acres. 
And does ho never manure them ? is un- thmk > from the experience we have had with 
do ubtodly asked by every tyro in the busi- carrot coffee. Economy is the railroad route 
ness of growing strawberry vines. Mr. P. to wealth, and a virtue which may be prac- 
us that there aro now in this country three > n gold beating machinery, 
hundred and sixty-five kinds of pears; of Robt. Wicks and James Faulkner, Jr., of Wil- 
apples, one hundred and eight; of peaches, liamsburgh, N. Y., for improvement in mash-tuns, 
sixty-four. European horticulture possess- Nathl. Woodbury, of Salem, Mass., for improv- 
CARROT COFFEE. 
Wm. Vine, of Hartford, Conn., for improvement with the glass to be annealed. The time 
in gold beating machinery. for annealing depends upon tho thickness 
Robt. Wicks and James Faulkner, Jr„ of Wil- of tho vessels, varying from twelve to sixty 
liamsburgh, N. Y., for improvement in mash-tuns. , . ... ,, , 
_ ,, & , r „ . The next process is cutting tho decanter. 
Nathl. Woodbury, of Salem, Mass., for improv- g in a r001 * w ith several 
ed implement for cutting butter from firkins. workmen, each of whom has a thin wheel, 
re-issues. revolving on a horizontal axis before him, 
Alexr. Smith, of West-Farms, N. Y., for im- aad above some of the wheels are vessels 
provement in apparatus for parti-coloring yarn* containing a mixture of sand and water, 
Patented June 18, 1850. Re-issued May II, 1852. which drops on the edge of the wheel.— 
Apollos Richmond, of Providence, R. I., assign- 
These wheels are of various materials, such 
as cast-iron, wrought-iron, Derby-stone, and 
You can savo half your coffee, and have sign for a cooking stove, 
as good and a more innocent potation, we Hosea H. Huntley, of Cinciuna 
think, from the experience we have had with to David T. Woodrow, of same pi 
carrot coffee. Economy is tho railroad route tor cooking stove. _ 
to wealth, and a virtue which may bo prac- MAXING GLASS 
or to A. C. Barstow <& Co., of same place, for do- billow-wood, and they are all worked by 
,. ... power, the workman having tho means ot 
sign for a cooking stove. . kinging iris wheel at will The edge of 
Hosea H. Huntley, ot Cincinnati, O, assignor tho offects the gri nding, therefore 
to David L'. Woodrow, ot samo place, tor design different thicknesses and shapes are given 
for cooking stove. to it, in order to procuro the required re¬ 
sults. 
The decanter is now in the workman’s 
grows roots, stems and fruit. I repeat ho ticed with little self-denial in this case.— - ’ , 1 decanter is now m the workmans 
never manures, never digs the ground nor Mt waghing the common carrot, scrape The manufacture of glass is naturally of wffiX m inds^d^wn tho 
turns under tho old roots to give place to * 1 great interest to tho inquiring reader, not ievo vm g wheeI > wlich S 11 " 1 ' 8 down the 
new ones. In autumn, ho gives a light off the outside, and then cut them in pieces h for thy 5oaut ol A the Material pro- substance, and pi'oduces either a flat or 
dressing of the surface soil of the forest, about half an inch square and dry them on du / ed but lor the ' ariefcv of modifications c 1 ur . vod 1 su A rblc , 0 ’ according to the pattern 
and covers the ground with leaves; these re- a stovo. Parch and grind, and tako equal which’the ingredients aro' subjected to, and d ? 8,red - A 1 depends upon the accuracy ol 
main until decayed, and servo to keep the portions of carrot and coft’oe and prepare for the manual dexterity shown in the pro- 118 eye, an io < ox out) o ns mm in 
berries clean during the long bearing season. If vou kn ^ v t fco cess. « Who,” says Dr. Johnson, “ when he producing the proper form. 1 ho iron wheel 
This, and tho watering everyday when it « m ttio usual manner, it you know it to ’ i or asho8 bv a casual in- Wlth sand and water ’ 18 usod m grinding 
does-not rain, is the great secret of growing be mixed > y° u ma Y sa y * as * es a httlo + t)ngeneas 0 f h ea t molted into a metalline awa y substance of the glass; the stone 
strawberries, not only six months, but last sweeter than usual. We obtained this re- S Sd with “xcresencos aniTclouded wheel, with dean water, for smoothing the 
year ho actually had them upon his table c ipo from our German neighbors, who say with’impurities, would have imagined that surface, and the wooden. wheel with rotten 
every month but two January and bob- that in their country, there are largo facto- in this lump lay concealed so many con- iL£! 10 . an . ( pu ypowiei or po is nng i 
ruary. Of course at the North, the bearing . • J*. , - variances of life as would, in time, consti- This is simply glass cuttmg. 
l' i , _, ii- „ away ujo suobtaiioo ui tiio ; uro oi/uut) 
tenseness ot heat, melted into a metalline , J , .., , , ,.’ , . ., 
,. , „ iiii wheel, with clean water, for smoothing the 
form, rugged with excresencos, and clouded ,. ’ . 
... ’. ... A „ •’ • j ,, . surface, and the wooden wheel with rotten 
with lmnnritins. would have imao-ined that ’ . . 
every niontn out two January anci r oe- that in thoir country, there are largo facto- 
ruary. Of course at the North, tho bearing . , ... , . , . . 
season could not be of equal duration, but it nes whore tbo dned carrot 13 P ackod 111 
may bo greatly extended by the same pound papers and sold for this purpose. 
that in thoir country, there are largo facto- in this lump lay concealed so many con- 
ries where tho dried carrot is packed in venienees ot life as would, in timo, consti- 
nrmnrl and sold for thi R nurnnso. ^ a S reat P art of th °. ha PP ine3S ° f tho 
course of cultivation. 
per. 
Scott's Weekly Pa- lia y> Macomb Co., Mich., 1852. 
world ? Yet by sorno such fortuitous lique¬ 
faction was mankind taught to procure a 
stone and putty powder for polishing it.— 
This is simply glass cutting. 
Tho more costly articles aro engraved, 
that is, devices are cut on the surface, more 
delicate than can be produced by the cut- 
HOW TO GET RID OF COCKROACHES. 
GIGANTIC CACTUS. 
- I forward an easy, clean, and certain 
A letter from tho Mexican Boundary method of eradicating these insects from 
Commissioner, published in tho Providence dwelling houses. A few years ago my house 
Journal, gives an account of tho abandoned was infested with cockroaches — or “ clocks” 
body at once in a high degree solid and tin £ wheel - Suppose the engraver, with 
transparent, which might admit the light of decanter in hand, seated before a email 
tho sun, and exclude tbo violence of tho latho > with several copper wheels at hand 
wind; which might extend tho sight of the aild y a ry*»g from an eighth of an inch to 
nbiioamilmi' tr> rirtw m.no'PiR nfi oYiHtmipn sind two inches in diameter. He attaches ono ot 
mission ox uocospera, once tne nenest m | as muy are cauou — anu x was re- 
Sonora, with its old church, a fine ruin full | commended to try cucumber poolings as a 
of niches for statues, and two towers now j remedy. I accordingly, immediately before 
life; and what is of yet more importance, 
tenanted by bats and owls. Tho orchard 
still flourishes, and hero, on the 5th of Oc- 
ary minute indentations aro pro¬ 
lime strew,’.<r‘tho J iloor ‘of‘tillirlt’iff might supply the decays of nature,'and suy- % dexterity of hand he can so 
time, strewed t o l oi U tnatpaitot - subsidiary sie-ht Thus combine tho indentations that a beautiful 
house most infected with tho vermin cur 0 d witn suosiaiary signt. iims „ r(M i Ilfl| „i 
h the (rrpfln neel cut not vpyv thin was the first artificer in glass employed, inta b' 10 > 01 SUI1 kon picture, is produced, 
the gieen peei cut not very thin, without, bis knowled.m or pm,!,, I his process requires tho most export a 
tober, were applos, pomegranates, peaches with tho green pool, cut not very thin, 
and quinces; the latter both sour and sweot, from tho cucumber, and sat up half an hour 
in the greatest profusion. The sweet quince later to watch tho effect. Before tho ex¬ 
in the greatest profusion. The sweet quince later to watch tho cttect. Beforo tho ex- Lani - . - . 
is a most delicious fruit, eatable in its raw piration of that timo, tho floor where tho the enjoyments of sight, enlarging the ave- 
state. and has all tho rich flavor of the sour peel lay was completely coverod with cock- nu ® 8 ot science, and conferring the highest 
variety. Further, in a gorgo among the roaches, so much that tho vegetable could an d most lasting pleasure; ho was enabling 
rocks, was seen tho groat cactus, tho cereus not bo seen, so voraciously were thoy on- ^ho student to contemplate nature, and tho 
giganteus, which is thus described: gaged in sucking the poisonous moisture beauty to behofi • 
•■This monster of tho cactus family as- from it. I adoptod the same plan the fol- rlint glass wa 
sumes various forms—sometimes rising in a lowing night, but my visitors were not near decanters luste 
single flutod column to the height of 30 or so numerous—I should think not more are made by blc 
40 foot; others at 8 or 10 feet from the than a fourth of the previous night. On and.qn a minor c 
ground divide into two or more branches, tho third night I could not d,i ir,ov-.;' f mio ai ‘ n) stai\ci 
which turn upward like tho prongs of an but anxious to ascertain whethor . xn^king, L 
inverted fork; others, again, throw off four was quite clear of them, I examined th&^i \ rtui . tM:.-, ; 1 
or more arms, disposed with great symme- peel after I had laid it down about half an ard • 
try, appearing like giant candelabras.— hour, and perceived it was covered with alu ‘ dipping oiu 
These covered the rocks on both sides for myriads of ininuto cockroaches about the sm all quantity 
miles, and among them grew numerous size of a floa. I therefore allowed the peel metal appears 1 
though without his knowledge or expecta- x ms process requires tno 
tion. He was facilitating and prolonging superior class of workmen, 
tho eniovments of sight, enlarging the avo- lts Workshops. 
xst expert and 
The Wor Id in 
RAIN WATER IS THE PUREST IN NATURE. 
1U btUUDlll LA/ nuitu nuitiuv, uum 1 • . 1 „ xl Ai 
beauty to behold herself.” . 1t “ J «- 
Flint glass ware, such as drinking glasses, bany U^g’ator that ram water .when pro- 
, , i , 6 , fo . • . ’ tected from tlie atmosphere, is the purost, 
decanters, lusters, lamp shades, and phials, , . , . y ■ ’ . r A/I ’ 
, ,, ’. 1 , ’ . i , • i healthiest, and sweetest water m use. Mr. 
re made by blowing and manual working, , , ,. 
, J. S. Van Rensselaer lias for a great num- 
ana. m a minor uegree ey casung in a mourn. b of used it for drinking and ordin¬ 
al Vs an instance ot the modus operand, ot r, t hi „ lato rosi( i c „ 00 No 1G9 
‘ : f'Uss making let us taka th,o decanter. A a A y pm poses, at ms late ic ico, ino. ioy 
3 , kr 38 ^‘“s, v 5 . /' . . , ,, State street, and could never moot with any 
'i 11011 u l ,)0 ’ a ’ < ; u lvo he considered as good. He was first inform- 
W .W * <*» \i £ :»* <*»J K-- ed of its eutility By » sou captain who usod 
and dipping one one > it in Ids viyagos from the Uldted States to 
small quantity of metal oitVtis end. iim ., _ ... J r „^.., ~ „ 
etation, unlike any thing wo had before severed in for throo or four nights, to com 
seen.” pletely eradicate the pest. Of course, i 
shape, i 
he considered as good. He was first inform¬ 
ed of its quality by a sea captain who usod 
it in his voyages from tho United States to 
the West Indies, and who found that by 
carefully preserving it from exposure, casks 
which hail been shipped at Key West and 
made their outward voyage, were, on thoir 
return to New York, found to be as pure 
and good as tho day thoy were put on board. 
Acting on this suggestion, Mr. Van Rons- 
/| . 1, n 1 • I i LIU} UUH31, II Util WlllUll 11/ wmo L>v/JUVAUL/1/Wl All tv 
place, tjfoflat para! loll arm, doping downward. Tho cisterns wore capable of 
UniWl Then, resting the tubes on these arms, ho .... b , .• 
b0lIod A ..; i I h i" holding seventy-five hogsheads, and from 
-—-- should bo fresh cucumber peel every night, follow. Alter repeating cneso processes ^ cemonted and a ir-tiglit, ono of which 
Value of Old Apple Trees.—I f you —English Paper. . twice or thrice, another workman leceives acted ag a resorvo i r> communicating with 
have old healthy trees they will yield you a --- - - f be *? etaI ’ and 3lts down 1 in . a cbair bavin g the other,from which it was conducted into 
return for working them over and cultivate To Bake a Sfiad.—I n tho first place, two flat paralloll arms sloping downward. the dwellin „ The cisterns were capable of 
ing them much quicker than you can pos- mako a stuffing of tho head and cold boiled I hen, resting the tubes on these arms, ho hf)ldi 80 venty-fivo hogsheads, and from 
sibly get it from young troes. A large, ham, seasoned with pepper, salt, cloves, and then rollsit backwards and forwards to keep fcho tiiae 0 f t hoir erection long since, Mr. 
sound, old apple tree, though producing sweet marjoram; moisten it with tho beaten Bio glass from bonding ; and a boy stooping ^ llonssolaer has had a bounteous supply 
nothing but crab-apples, is worth fifty dol- yolk of an egg. Stuff tho fish, rub the out- down at the other end, blows through the ,. g0 ^ and excellent water, 
lars, if it stand near home and convenient side with the yolk of an ogg, and some of tube, which keeps the glass hollow. I ’ . T ’ • 
for cultivation; some are worth twice that tho stuffing. Lay tho fish in a deep pan, I By the aid of an elastic instrument, oni y , j tb tor f rf)n , 
amount. We have seen a tree from which, putting its tail to its mouth. Pour in tho j shaped like sugar-tongs, the workman brings y 113 P,!p J • r i d t i . 
we have repeatedly been informed, moro pan a little water, a pioce of butter rolled j the mass into form, rolling the tube contin- 10 r00 , ^ v y f |, y 
than twenty barrels of marketable apples in flour. Bake two hours, pour the gravy j ually, and heating the glass frequently, so an ' as 1 t mnwritiirn was cool -md nbviH- 
have been taken in a singlo year.' It is a round it, garnish with lemon sliced. Any | aH to preserve the proper consistence. I ho cis oin, i l • tb | t 
Baldwin, and bears more or less, every year fish may be baked in this way. 
—but has every advantage which high cul- --—- 
tivation affords. The modes of grafting are Mead.—M ix four pounds of pure honey 
well understood. We will only add—what in ono gallon of spring water. Boil in a 
seems not to bo fully appreciated yet—that copper kettle ono hour, and remove tho 
ittle water, a pioce ot butter rolled | wi« umst, im-u wuwu- 
Bake two hours, pour the gravy j ually, and heating the glass frequently, so 
it, garnish with lemon sliced. Any I as f° preserve tho proper consistence. I ho 
LV hn haired in this wav “ footer” then brings a little meltod glass on 
and as it was drawn from tho bottom of the 
cistern, tho temperature was cool and pleas¬ 
ant. Rain water, as is known, is tho purest 
tho end of his rod, and applies it to tho iu nature. 
blown mass, to which it instantly adheres. 
This is shaped into a foot, and tho whole is 
In this case it was conducted from a high 
slate roof on which no dirt could woll accu- 
kettlo one hour, and rornovo tho transferred from the tube on a roll called mulate,,and tho cisterns had required clean- 
fast as it rises. The liquor should the “ punty ” the latter adhering to tho foot sing but onco m six years, and then from no 
an apple tree needs cultivation just as much scum as fast as it rises. The liquor should tne punty, tne latter aimermg to tno loot ”, ‘h ’ . J ‘ , ’ .. , ,, . 
as a hill of corn and will not flourish woll bo allowed to remain in tho copper till it of the decanter by a little molted glass, and detect in the watei ; at no timo has that 
without it.—A*. E. Farmer. becomes nearly cold, when it should bo bote the tube being detached by a touch with a been disturbed, or lost in tho least its pure 
---—- tied, and kept closely corked until old pioce of cold iron at its junction with the and wholesome tasto, and that flat and rainy 
Early Tomato. —Benjamin Hood, of Wil- enough for use. Aromatic herbs can bo glass. Then commences tho upper part of taste pecuhai to it w ion caught in open vos- 
listown, exhibited to us last week a ripe, mixed if liked. The purer tho water and the decanter. Tho workman cuts off a sels has never icon no hoc . 
full grown tomato, which was raised in the honey aro the bettor will bo tho quality of piece of glowing glass with a pair of scissors Itisstrango io lese simp e and inter¬ 
house during the winter. Tho plant came the mead. It will keep for years if placed so as to allow of a depression lor tho lip, esting tacts are no moro generally known 
up in a flower pot last fall, where tho seed in a placo uniformly cool. and tho edge is bent and curved for that and acted on; were it so our citizens on tho 
was by some means deposited in tho earth, —------ purpose almost instantaneously. Tho in- hill might now >o supplied with an ab ji u ~ 
and blossomed about Christmas, bearing Cement for Earthenware. —Cut skim tornul cavity, and external surface of tho dance ot water, instead ot suffering as thoy 
and ripening several healthy tomatoes. The milk cheese into thin slices; boil them in decanter aro generally formed by tho work- are from tho drought. I he cost of cisterns 
stock was of moderate size. This may es- water to a thin paste, and grind with it man inserting the tongs into its mouth, and does not exceed $75, and to places whore 
tablish the fact that tomatoes can bo raised quick lime; cement the pieces and set away twisting it about as he pleases. The handle there is a deficiency of good wator, wo com- 
during the winter with little trouble.— Vil- to harden. This cement is very strong and is formed by an attendant bringing a small mend this cheap and oflectual plan of ob- 
lage Record. durable. mass of molted glass upon tho end of a rod, taining it. 
mass of molted glass upon tho end of a rod, I taining it. 
