MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Mir (barton. 
! A PROFITABLE GARDEN 
; Bn®- Rural:—B elow I give you the pro¬ 
duct of my Fruit and Vegetable garden this 
season. It occupies ouly 75 by 85 feet of 
ground—or a little over 23 rods. I use plenty 
of stable and street manure, and dig the soil 
deep —20 inches at least: 
TRODUCTS. 
Asparagus, 1 large bed.<j ^2 00 
“ roots, 5 hundred, 75c. 3 75 
Beans, string, 3% bush., $1 .* 3 75 
Beets, Early Bassino, 4 bush., 75c. 3 00 
" late Sugar and Blood, 6 bush., 50c. 3 00 
Cabbage plants, 20 hund., 50c. 10 00 
“ 120 heads, (fine) 6 c. 7 20 
" 40 " 3c. 1 20 
Celory, plants, 6 hund., 50c. 3 00 
“ 100 heads, 8 c. y 00 
“ 216 heads, 6 c. 12 60 
Cucumbers, 12 hills, 12 c . 1 50 
Gooseberries, 9 quarts, 12c. 1 13 
Grapes,! bush. 1 00 
Lettuce, 1 large bed, 5 varieties.... 2 00 
Onions, Potato, 5)£ bush., $1,25 6 87 
“ “ seed, bush., $2 . 2 50 
“ Black seed, 2)4 bush, $1 . 2 50 
Oysters, Vegetable, 1 bush. 1 00 
Peas, Early Kent, 3>A bush., $1,50 ‘ 5 25 
“ Late Marrowfat, 4 bush., $1... 4 00 
Raspberries, 16 quarts, 12 c.. 2 00 
Radishes, Black Spanish, \y, bush. 1 50 
Pears, White Doyenne, y z bush., $3 _ 1 50 
“ Common, 4% bush., 75c.. ** 3 38 
Parsnips, 4 bush., 75c. 3 00 
Squashes, 8 hills, 19c. \ 50 
Strawberries, (very fine,) 65 quarts, 25c.’16 28 
Sweet Corn, 3 varieties. 3 00 
Tomato plants, 5 hund., 50c_ 2 50 
“ S bush, $1.8 00 
USE OF FUEL. 
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I fa/ SL& BQ. 
VpKx 
foiwntg. 
Twelve Premiums. 
As the time is near at hand when large fires (“*/AuliJIllIJ* 
must be supported in Northern dwellings, in I ^ 
order to maintain a cheerful warmth during --—— 
the severe cold of stern winter; and as coal INDIAN BREAD. 
forms a very heavy item of domestic expenses, - 
it is important to inquire if fuel is generally The “ Prompter,” in his “ Johnny-Cake Phil- 
U3ed in the most economical manner. YVe be- osophv ” in a Infp Air. u ,, .. 
Here it is not; indeed, we are confident that Lo , ™ A '; a ‘ tr,bate8 
more heat is wasted—passed up the chimneys n ”. g ? f Indian meal > as a food, to the 
of the houses in New York—than is obtained aousewife > sa y in g “it requires more care and 
Md used for warming and cooking purposes. /oret bonght, and, perhaps, more labor to <ret 
This is especially true respecting grates that U P its preparations than wheaten flour as a 
“tretTbJ cVunt Rumford be-d^f ^ ^ fr ° M that Can 
that a grate sends five-sixths of the heat up • 6 a ° ne time ’ and ^ ^ or several days 
chimney and only one into the room; it may . 0ut an 7 further care; while the other re¬ 
nt least be safely calculated that there is a < I uires lab °r at every meal” I am “very 
waste of three-fourths of the fuel by burning bappy” to tell him that he is a little mistaken 
it in a common grate. We do not know how if not more TnJUmA d mistaken 
many grate fires are maintained in this city for nuieker th 1 + , r V >A can be made 
four months in the year, but they cannot be J . tban wheat bread > wh ich will neither 
less in number than ten thousand. It may be “ require labor at every meal,” (any further 
safely calculated, we think, that in this city than the labor of eating it) nor for seven,! 
alone, ten thousand fires send off three-fourths da ys; and it is far more healthy especially for 
of their heat unused into the clouds every day farmers. How if «■ { peciall 7 for 
during the winter. A grate fire is very cheer If * ? , would affect the stomachs 
ful and pleasant to look at, but it is far from SWeet Cake bumanit 7 ” I don’t pretend to 
being economical. sa 7; (“sad experience” would tell,) but a far- 
Stoves give out a far higher per centage of mer ’ s stomach would “laugh ” at the idea of 
the heat of fuel under combustion than grates, having it to work upon. Here is the reel™ 
but many of them are so set and arranged as Take two nmric J a me recipe, 
to squander the heat by sending it half mmsed +1 v/ r } " ,° f 8 °° d buttermilk, two- 
into the chimney. It is a very common plan 111 '' s ot a toa-cupful of molasses, one table- 
in many houses in New York, to have the s P 00nful of salt, one table-spoonful of salera- < 
stove placed a very short distance from the tus >' mix as thick as it can be stirred with 1 
wall, the pipe running m a horizontal line into equal parts of Indian meal, and wheat cnLl nr ! 
an opening in the fire-board. This is a verv firakm m , ’ aa wneat canel, or 
unwise plan for using fuel, although it may be h hen steam it two and a half 1 
considered a more snug and neat method of • Uiree h0Ura Before steaming let it stand j 
arranging the stove and pipe, than by setting m a warm P laco half an hour to rise. The 
the former well out into the room, running up a hove mixture will make two loaves in \ 
the latter some distance above the stove, °and quart basins.-S^n G(1( v? 
then fiireefinor „i,i c. ..t. ’ ^ates, -*• \ 
$147 88 
EXPENSES. 
Manure, 24 loads, 25c...$6 00 
Labor, 8 days hired, $1,25 . 10 00 
Seed. 5 25 
_ , -$21 25 
Uotal after deducting expenses.$126 63 
Some of the premiums were for flowers and 
boquets. Perhaps I have made some of my 
estimates too high, and others too low. Ev¬ 
erything was of the best. D. C. Greexleaf, 
Brockport, Dee. 6, 1854. 
WEEDS IN WALKS. 
FTJCHSIAS.— THE MAGNIFICENT. 
eryinmg was or me Best. D. u. Greexleaf, w . - 
Brockport, Pec. 6,185-1. ' vv K c °utmue our illustrations of this fine 
-*_*«*, „*.—--- P lant by an engraving of the “ Magnificent.”— 
WEEDS IN WALKS. It is thus described.--“A splendid large flow - 
The following modes for preventing the hav ? undergone their winter pruning, they 
gi-owth of weeds in gravel walks, are copied agam . receive a similar supply before com- 
from the correspondence of the London Gar- l^™ 8 S pu f th ® ff rouad in neat order the 
f then directing it horizontaUy-old fashion- ^ ^ 
A ' mtu an opening made for its reception in the * 1 —~--— 
\ chimney. The heat obtained from stoves in DOW TO CURE HAMS 
rooms is by radiation from the metal; that is , - 
the air absorbs the heat of the metal of the , Thk , Rowing are the recipes for curing 
stove, with which it comes in contact, and bams : furm shed by the competitors to whom 
communicates the same from particle to par- P ren ? 1 r airis were awarded for hams exhibited at 
tide throughout the room. It is therefore tbe M aryland State Fair: ’ 1 
evident that the more radiating surface there No. 1.—For 1,000 lbs. of mpat u 
is inastove, and in its smoke conductor or hung for several days after kilfincr ’ ^ bl ^U has 
MAGNIFICENT P/ pe ’ tbe ni ° I . e beat be communicated to of Liverpool salt, l£ saltnetoe V 6 • pecb p 
er, rosy calyx, pretty well reflexed, showing a “" lI U “ s,1 ? rt<! '' ils smot « pipe, the rub the mixture on the’raeTt'welfaild’th^r 1 
iarge, rich, rosy salmon corolla Habitspread. grate !a wa^ offteT‘“ h™ ^ 
"ig and vigorous, and a free bloomer.” then, we have positive data with regard to the smoke ,wi h ereen hicW 1“ f |haDgu P' and 
— - most economical methnrl nf mcK0I 7 wood.. 
dener's Chronicle, and may prove valuable to 
some of our readers—at the proper season: 
season. Raspberries and strawberries are also 
greatly benefited by the use of this liquid. In 
applying it to raspberries the method recom- 
Ittjanit Ids, &c. 
most economical method of using fuel for do- Tnw 
mestic purposes, and our people would do well v o w L. Walsh. 
to profit by its application .—Scientific Am ^ or 1,000 ibs meat, take £ bushel 
- - b f St molMses - 3 Hrowu 
sugai, ids. saltpetre, pounded verv finp*TnT^ 
American Clocks.— The latest piece of a11 tiie iugredients well together in a larV P 
ankee clock-ingenuity is a clock for the Ja- washing tub, and rub the meat therewith until 
A-JL- > j-- i --- uivUUVn 1 GVylMH- 
In order to prevent weeds from growing on a . ded ‘®. r gooseberries is suitable, and where 
walks, put a layer of gas-lime under the last 1 1S a . ppll f , str awbeiries it increases the 
inch of gravel. This also helps to bind the Cr ° P j t ^°; told - Mr- Rivers strongly recom- 
gravel. mends 5t f or roses. He savs. «I hXn r. 
BASSWOOD PAPER. Yankee clock-ingenuity is a clock for the Ja- washing tub, and rub the meat therewith until 
- panese and Chinese markets, measuring time y° a absorb the whole quantity; the meat must 
The article has come. It is before us—three f 3 tbe bours ar ® ooanted j n China and Japan, be taken out of the cask once a week and 
qualities of it One almost good enough for | be band ® .making a diurnal revolution within tabbed with the pickle it makes; the two first 
gravel. S?^ 1 • r0S j Ja , He says, “I have found a newspaper, the other better than most of the tvvelv ® Chinese hours. The characters on the fames you take it out add at each time a plate- 
The following is the way in which I man- Tm mixed ^dh the drainings of the P a P er Tlie Democracy has had to put up with diaJ Pj ate m’ e Chinese. The inside circle has * ul of alum salt; it ought to remain in nicklo 
aged walks when I was a gentleman’s gardener. U f ° 11 ’ or dven Wlt b common ditch or pond- — and Ibe third a strong, smooth, even sheet, ° Ur caara f , s s powiug the sun-rise, meridian, ,ve or six weeks, or according; to the sire nf 
In one situation I held I had three miles of watd f\ so as to make a thick liquid, the best fit for promissory notes—nay for love-notes’ ?. un .' 3et and midnight The next circle exhib- tb e meat W. h. Marriott 
gravel walks to keep in order. In winter, when K? 311 “u ” roses ’ P our ed on the sur- the least dangerous of the two. It is made of , • f nd ll0Urs 5 tbe even hours are No. 3.—To 1 500 lb<? nf w * i , ", 
there was sufficient frost to freeze the gravel in tacd of th e■ sod twice in winter, and from one basswood. The genius who got up the desi ff na t ed h J a bold figure, and the odd hours G. A. salt ! bmhol !nn o bushel 
the mornings, I employed the laborers in clean- T n ^ o 0 gallon3 at u each time. December and Beardsley Planing Machine, studied out this by smidler ones - I he dial there had the com- 4 lbs. brown sucrar a Afinnl " ^ salt P etre » 
ing the walks with a half worn out birch broom, “J* 7 are the best months; the soil need P a P° r - He made the pulp in the kitchen of mon mmuteraarks, and at the extreme outside ■} lb. cayenne nemnp? wHl '^° ar j lous ^ s y ru P. 
sweeping backwards and forwards, and then i , S ! in ’ ed tll! spring, and then merely b ls bouse in Albany—and made the paper 7^ Ch ’ Rd ? e numerals, running from one oughly rubbed P 0 n P esHlu J aad , th ? r ' 
removing with a new broom what the old ones i f ^ hree inc hes deep with the there too, after some primitive fashion, in v iT/r' , lh f dI °c k was invented by Mr. S. packed away in box n° nt -^J 3 ’ 
took off the surface. When the walks were P ^ : gS °, f a fork \ for poor soils, and on lawns, w jnch a sieve conspicnously figured. On one K Botsford > of Boston. b rine to p J s 0 ff turned ^ 3 P& T S foR 
covered with moss it was scraped off with a thc ^ This method 1 of ^these sumpies isan advertisement of ,$50re- ---of sixthShl™ d LS2 atend 
br00m - wa ? u * d Aftcr <“»• most’clficaciota” ^ fetmd » Tvte ofSthSS tbe , “y wood. Mldd^ZSrsSC 
2- 1 Of V. N- Y, which cooJs1„ m S mZS T. Woxremm™,. 
ing pursued this practice for 6 years, my walks 
looked as fresh and clean as if they had been 
most efficacious.” 
-- 11 tucjl uuu UvtJLl Iipvf Koa+ Xn J v.O’ " ,, .-o uuiscBUU WagOU JL'C1MJU, -L 
newly graveled. Last season very few weeds mto a thick liquid th ® ° bject , of the Stress of the gentleman employment or use of a corrugated cylinder 
r made their appearance during the summer; by ,° 110 cons ‘stoncy of porter, and apply it in w bo invokes the linwood to aid his search of a and concave and can bnvino- °cn!r«i L 0F 
I performing the operation when frost is on the SS q ° ^ . wheu ni & ht - soil cm- thi ^ It is of white, and quite smooth paper, aud reciprocating teeth! The^Tain to g be CHEAP AND EXCELLENT CANDLES. 
J ground, you not only remove all small weeds, P^d.-Wo* Flonst. We understand that the wood is treated by ground is placed In a hopper ab?re the cor- - 
but you sweep oil most of the seeds deposited ~ " » — » 1 - revolving cutters, which reduce it to fibre in rugated cylinder, and is made to rotate when / m r. Holbrook:— 1 The following recine T 
( t wl e o t ?n V ?P tate thefolowin g Pwnimer. If KEEPING APPLET ddtm i e - q ben something else is done to this the grain passes between the concave d^crib- bay e tried twice, and find it all that’it is crack- 
docks, thistles, or dandelions appear, cut out -- LJS fibr *: which we don’t understand. A oaveatis ed and the cylinder, and is crushed between ed up to be - 1 have no doubt thatitwnnU! 
tiieir crowns and put a litUe salt on them; you Apples that are designed for late keeping curi™ at ] ^ asbl . n " t<)n > wblch will inform the the spiral flanges of the concave aud the cor- bave be f n worth mor than $20 to me if I bid 
will not have to repeat the salting twice m one should be assorted and all the defective ones canous what this something is. Two other rogations on the cylinders, and is then dis- known it twenty years ago. Most farmers 
p,ace - laid ^ide; place them carefully in boxes, or on tmitfs that M^Be °1 i** 1 ^ f ost J mpor - f barged ’ S round - b 7 aa opening in the end of ha T e a . surp J us of ataJ e fat and dirty grease, 
- ---shelves in the cellar, which should be kept at lud nikpl . Caamakd ^epulp, the concave This mill is now in use, and . wbl . ch can be madG into good candles at a 
LIQUID MANURE FOR TIIE GARDEN nearly the freezing point and permit aplenty cents^m t ot u by seihng it two gnnds four bushels of corn per hour by one tnfllDg ex P ense - 
iub of air Apples in very large boxes, casksor of the 1 he otber e ^on horsepower. Measures hav^n taken to I kept both tallow and lard candles th™ u 
„ bms, do not keep as well as when in smnllnr °\ye Albany Evening Journal will soon be secure a patent. the last summor l ^,i aid dand ]e 0 through 
1 ermit me to offer a few remarks on the parcels. They always should be ww pnnte d upon the paper- _, r , heat best ™ -) i! ^ J c . andles stamhng the 
valuable effects that night-soil, when reduced every week, throwing- out all tW -)I r - Beardsley was last week engaged ‘ • ’ V . nrmng quite as well, and giv- 
to a liquid state, lias upon the various produc The^fdlowinfXl we l^iTwSv^f! buUding for aVp^uX hS I ^^pa-Hiram Car- 0ne f A*' 
tions of the garden; and, as not a few of your trial, and if found to keep apples <rend hi process - Th e white cedar is said to yield penter ’ of Bom f> Y -> has taken measures 12 f ? f ® d dan ^ es . from lard: For 
readers wiU be aware, manures are of no use to easily adopted. A correspondent^ theA^ % bnest and strongest paper. There i S 5 talk J,^ CU , re a .Patent lor an improvement in 0 f Vum • mixtiJmnnd 5 ' i° f saltp f re ’ and 1 ft - 
vegetation until they are dissolved in water.— Advertiser, Scotland, writes thus- 1 Ay °f sett mg that apart for bank notes. The ff roads ’which consists in having either the the salrtxrtre diss .°. lve 
When, therefore, liquid manure is used, the I have a dark closet in niv bnn're nr mi Cotton wood of the south, and the Cypress. r ^ S °, r . s eepers ( or both,) attached to the top f a um with a gill of boiling 
cultivator has less trouble, and at the same I live in a row with'windows back and froM to be ^ecially adapted to it, as also bt ; ted within cast-iron cyliu- melteT^ 1 “S? int i° ? he la f d before 
time he is applying a substance in the state in The house is four stories hiUJi and the lenatb 13 the Tamai-ac. Devoutly do we invoke sue- dei,s > himJysecured in the ground in any prop- 1 0 - , | d ^ st | r the whole until it boils, 
which plants can best receive it and derive fr ora back to front is <= 0 «£»«+ t A ^ cess u P on Beardsley's efforts .—Bvff Bern manner, the lower ends of the posts resting if b ^i i L Ct 1 * s . immer un til the 
most good from it. three rooms on the floor tKntrel i n G ! -_ up0D Iudia rubber, or other suitable elastfo watery aU boiled ouj or tiU it ceases to throw 
For some years past 1 have been in the the third storv the floors’ t d ?'r x, ’ substance placed within the cylinders. This dlisteam > pour off the lard as soon as it is 
habit of using this description of manure to a th e temperature ^o r 1 ? EPA ? ATdN 0F ^kixs.—J ohn Taylor, of w for the purpose of giving the rails of tracks clean + t he boiler while it is hot If 
considerable extent, and have found the re- wine store in preference to tbl Lu ^ & 1 Loi } don,bas , tak f n a paten t for the use of the that proper elasticity which is requisite for ^ R , e f ar .® to Je run, you may commence 
suits to be very beneficial; besides it prevents fit tcd it with bin. In ° f the , preparat ion of fine easy traveling, and which tends to save tear fi “? f diately , ; lf tobe / b Pped, let the lard cool 
the necessity of applying for such quantities hampers of apples (like nemmi! , 1 ? ut SO t n ^ ® klDS ’ 33 a f ?‘ tut , e fdr the 3 7 ° lk of eggs which and wear in both rails and rolling stock. . .f to a dake ’ ^ d t, bea treat lfc as you would 
of manure in a solid state. At the eL of thl one of the fiSSif t T tGd 13 “ owl ^ d - The brains are dissolved in warm -----tallow. Cor. JY. E. Farmer. 
s^durt) ebiDSam ° n8the bo ^® "b^a^^^uh^rkf wfthout \virin^ or h ^^r.S^^mends 
u" oud , for s . uch P ur P0ses.— and from the same tree, all of which were ofove-rnnkino- hi i a passage nearly at right angles to the neck — certainly improves both strength and flavor.— 
possible U fnut) °thp Une< J )y hahing all the refuse mu °h wrinkled; but on those off and from the sel and forcing ‘in a solution ot'^ntm^lh ™ S ‘ Tbe pressure ot ’ the gas acts upon it laterally Bai . n -water, when pure, is the best for making 
lieap to rot and tumfo?> J hr0Wmg v 14 n ^° a f ° Und them iu a most beautiful con- with a pump? so as to force it* throurii'Th* 0nI} J and not 011 its end< and therefore does not ?!! fdsi0ng ’ including tea, of course; since the 
; P;° t ancl tuni1 £ 11 two or three times diti on —those covered with saw-dust were as pores of the skins through the tend to e el it solvent powers of water are great in propor- 
mng the summer. The decomposed vegeta- p hmi P and fresh as when gathered whfie those P We believe nni. u,- t n- , ___- , tion to its freedom from earthly salts. P P 
ble matter is admirably adapted for the ernwtb partidlv hnAH et " ose , \ v e believe our American Indians use the * '--- 3 
of plants for culinary purposes. g covere/ with the saw dn«! 7 t0 th ° ex !? nt brains of the animals which they kill in the Japanning Leather. — A. Y. Newton, of 1 ’ * ' ‘—- 
During the winter I go over the ground in- being wrinkled. lam so ffieasedS Ki rt ^ n fdr the purpose of preserving their London, has secured a patenFfor opening’the Sir A. Cooper’s Chilblain Liximent.—O ne 
tended tor the Brassica family, pouring on a covery, that I shall pack^hem in bins npS “n reudeni ^ tbem ht for moccasins, &c. pores of leather by impregnating it with sul- ounce ° r camphorated spirit of wine, half an 
arge quantity of this liquid, in order tS allow year, for I have no doubt they wil keen In thk “ P i ° C ° P U JP ose - of preparing it for en- 0Ufide ?f hquid subacetate of lead; mix, and 
the winter rains an opportunity of washing it way till next Christmas.-E FaVLr -'-——- du . rmg a g ^ at de ^e of heat and for tough- appl 7 ™ the usual way three or four times a 
down, so that the ground is greatly benefited. _ ‘ ' Influence of Lake Erie urox Climate. eRIOg lfcs hbres. I he sulphur is combined da y* . Some persons use vinegar as a preven- 
The above is also applicable to gooseberrv 1 wZZ V * —It is boliovod that the climate on the Wlth , the var nish, and any gum elastic solution lt8 efficacy might be increased by the ad- 
and currant bushes. I have a large basin are acknowlpS f^I^/-^ B S;Tf peciineB8 southorn shoro of Lake Erie is rendered niay be combined with it ffition to the vmegar of one fourth of its quan- 
made round the root of each, and about the ; n l • i B / ® Adrian, Mich., measur- mild by tho atmosphere of that great body —--^—•—-- ^ty ot camphorated spirit. 
Jndo'Novemherl apply two largo pans full “>!?>. f 1 ™"- » f ^or. While at Columbe. tho an- 1 'resbrvino Timurs.— A. K. P r * n™ -—- 
YYorthixgtox. 
LIQUID MANURE FOR TIIE GARDEN. 
uuaigeu, grouna, Dy an opening in the end of 7. , . cul P itd s ox siaic lat and dirty o- rease 
i. pnf A -- nr. jjearusiey can maEe tbe pulp, the concave. This mill is now in use and whlch can he ma de into good candles at a 
a plenty a for4une dut °{ it > b 7 filing it two grinds four bushels of com per hour by one triflicg exp ense. " CandLes at a 
Plenty cents the non,,,! The „,h„... lloree po wer . Measures havl beeo taK I kept both tallow a,„l « ^ __ 
Ieprovement in Railroads.— Hiram Car- 
1 , kept both tallow and lard candles through 
the last summer, the lard candles standing the 
heat best, and burning quite as well, and giv¬ 
ing as good a light as the tallow ones. Direc- 
time he is applying a substance in the state in Tbe house is four stories high, and the length 
bKt “ “ d **• , f S. b “? k t0 ? w eZitXt we ha™ 
most good from it. 
For some years past 1 have been in the 
habit of using this description of manure to a 
wu nave 
fhT'fi 0 j 0n ? R ou tbe floor > fc be centre dark. On 
the third story the floors are plaster, and I find 
me temperature so even that I use it for a 
An invention has been patented to close a 
To Improve T$a.— Mr. Soyer recommends 
ih?w- q t UUtlt7 ° f tlllS hqu i d ’ •“ order t0 allow year, for I have no doubt they willleep in^his ^ ' T 
tot winter rains an opportunity of washing it way till next Christmas. —Mich Farmer T ' ” - 
down, so that the ground is greatly benefited_ ‘ ! Influence of Lake Erie upon Climate. 
lhe above is also applicable to gooseberry Laror Wivtpw t» : I is boliovod that the climate on the 
l'!i CU ! Tan A, bu5hca ! ha 7 e a birge basin ai'c acknowIdS f^ A ^ ,?? R ^~t pCClmeilS I sonthern shoro of Lake Erie is rendered 
made round the n 
end of November 
^ -*-vx xav. 
tity ot camphorated spirit. 
» . -■''■"“•mi ± uuiuy two iarge pans lull ~ v• . . * .-wiwm- ui na tui. mmu at txoxumous tno an- 
of the liquid to each plant; afterward I level vored wintpr v^riVf 617 mT 80 f ° r tbis high flar proach of winter has boon made evident by 
in the earth that had been previously taken ed^W./7hJS’■ , lh ese speeunens, ripen- tho freezing of the Scioto, in Cleveland, 
out for the purpose of forming the basin. Martin as, into the richest juiciness, rosos, goraniums, crysanthemums and ver- 
About the end of January, after the bushes tor info . nST dt ^f r of throwing the edi- bonas aro still in bloom in open grounds— 
tor into raptures .—Albany Cultivator. Rochester Democrat. 
Rochester Democrat. 
I Preserving Timber.— A. E. P. Le Gros, of ♦ — - 
Paris, has secured a patent for preserving Dr. Hali, says:— “I set it down as a clearlv 
timber and all kinds of organic matter by established fact, that a glass or more of cold 
means of a solution of double salt of manga- water, drank habitually at meals or soon 
nese and lime, or ol manganese and zinc, used after, is a pernicious habit, even to’the most 
either alone or with an admixture of creosote, healthy. 
