9 
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IBIfS ElBAJL N 
ill 9 ! 
icgdable fearbrn. 
IN MY GARDEN. 
Walking over my lawn, a part of which 
was newly seeded the - past spring, I found 
tiie frost had cracked and hove it in many 
places; so at once I had my roller drawn over 
it, going twice, and in some places thrice. I 
the exported apples. In 1860, according to Lime-icater— How to Make, and Use it,— 
the report of the Department of Agriculture, This article of the Pharmacopeia is easily 
tins excess was more than *2,>0,000 worth, made, and is so useful, especially in a family 
I lie demand increases with the supply, where there arc young children, that “no 
OIHIIB. 
isntssiotts. 
Every farmer should at least raise his own. 
onions. I know of comparatively few who 
do. To raise onions is an easier task than 
they suppose. 
The first requisite is to have, mellow soil, 
free lrom stones. The ground should be 
well harrowed and thoroughly raked over, 
have always found my turf to be ragged and stirred and pulverized, Deep plowing I 
thin in summer, unless I had carefully rolled would not recommend. The greatest care 
it from time to time in winter. The crowns should be taken to know that you have seeds 
house should he without it.” To make, it, 
take unslaked lime and pom* water over it in 
an earthen dish, when cold empty tho water 
and lime into a bottle, cork well, and let it 
stand. Tlu> water will only absorb a small 
per centage of the lime, but enough to make 
it a valuable alkali for internal administra¬ 
tion. For children — especially very young 
children — who are troubled, as they often 
are, with “ sour stomach,” a little of it given 
compact mat which I desire my lawn to pre¬ 
sent. 
Opening my pit frame to-day in which my 
tea and Noisette roses are heeled for winter, 
weed and thin them out two inches apart. 
Keep them free from weeds, and top-dress 
with light manure and ashes. If the ground 
is rich in the first place, and these directions 
I found in one point the drip had produced fol J°wed, he who tries can easily raise 
mold and fungus, and had I not attended to ouions - We have raised them for the last 
it, soon some of my best roses, (for always 4en I ears > an d always find a ready market, 
the beat get injured) would have been tie- Galen Oderkirk. 
stroyed. I gave air for a time, then removed Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
the soggy, wet earth, and replaced with dry , -**"•- 
sharp sand, covering again so that I hope for . f""* 1 * ITeetin * ,h « Potnto.-Prof. J. L. Rtrs- 
no more drip. 3Kr “ m ,lle American Naturalist, says that in 
rpi . d , , Europe no loss than ten different kinds of funtei 
The mam thing, however, that I have done are known as infesting the potato, and adds: 
this week has been to look over and review “ Probably the number in this count cy is no less, 
my map for the position of beds in my garden. Tl ' ,s on this ftCCOU,lt that those who have at- 
I always make a map of my garden inwinter' d f ,0, ‘ ibo the P° tato dfc«ctw» among us 
i , 3 have differed so widely from each ,, t - ,.„,i 
and decide where, and how much space each while molt has thought the other wrong, all 
particular vegetable or fruit shall be grown, have gained some approximation to the truth." 
It’s no use talking to me about renewing with 11 n ‘ me( fr< ho suggests “ the entire dostruo- 
manure; for my experience proves to me Kl®! a ! 4 stalks” of the potahi, 
iliot w h 5 in { n .. iii • du t jo, many msttuiocs this would bo couiviilont 
a while m l tally superior soils the same to a complete destruction of every particle of 
vegetable can be grown for a succession of ,h<! growing crop, so rapid and wide spread is 
years in the same locations, yet in ninety-nine thc diS0u ' S0 :_ 
t °"® ll !. lnt Jf etl J c,mn S 1 ’ I*™ year Ashes Ibr Pea*. - A woman sends us the follow- 
to year is decidedly beneficial. And now I »ur from her diary of her market garden :-in I 
study the matter a little In this way. If peas the s i ,l-| ng or ihog. in so whig peas wo ashed some 
by their deep rooting serve to loosen the sub- VV* 10 row ’ 1011 vtng other towh unashctl. The 
“ d <lo not, then I 
glow my peas one year, ami follow the next richer color, iiroducinaat the time of pi C hi n ^ 
on the same ground with some crop that does hirgor pods and a superior quality of peas. Tho 
not send its roots deep in the soil, but is bene- w ""' ,s tn i ° Qf turnips. - u. n. o. 
lited by having a comparatively porous sub- Sweet Potatoc. rieaw inform "no how to 
soil. And so, I have been mapping out mv raise sweet potatoes, where t can get the plant* 
coming year’s garden. Where I grew beefs 
last year, I do not hesitate to put in carrots. 5 * 
il I apply a plenty of well -rotted manure; and ~ - ■ - - - - *“■’—**<*-» 
where I grew carrots last year I now' ealeu- 4* , , Q, 
late to grow'nutmeg melons, or cucumbers. 11)11 Hi MIC Ji ItfiOTIIttt tf JT!T 
Some of my early potato ground of last v, 
year, on which I grew a crop of late turnips, . . 
I now map for beets; and where my melons SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 
and cucumbers were last year I propose to _ 
put in peas and early potatoes. This is a BY A physician. 
little of the way in which I re-map my com- Srstlda ,,w l <n 
tag ,,’nng work, and I. „,rh„p S ,!.J, a s a “tUfe 
suggestion to the many intelligent, readers of an . al £ aVfi n , lint - , 1 , , W iUy llte - 
the ltaluL who perhaps know 1 , all, but,a, 
noin me effects ot disease; their stomachs 
reject even the simplest nourishment; under 
these circumstances lime-water and milk will 
often be borne when nothing else will. 
The fact that lime enters largely into the 
composition of thc body makes this all the 
more valuable as a food—which it properly 
is when given as we have recommended. 
As the quantity of lime in the preparation is 
very small much harm cannot be done with 
it; it should not, however, be given clear as 
it is loo strongly alkaline — too much like 
lye; but in milk or water it is harmless. A 
tablespoonful may be put in a tea-cup full of 
milk for a child — or more, or less; the taste 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB. 
" E continue our notes on communications 
mid before, and discussions by, this organiza¬ 
tion, 
< ritictHin on Department of Agriculture.—A. 
" iiiPPLK objects to the estimate of the relulivo 
value Of corn meal and hay for food for stock 
made by the Department of Agriculture in lho 
report of VW, viz: That twenty-live pounds of 
corn meal is equal In huirilion to one hundred 
pounds of hay. He, \V uipplk, has been laugiii 
that ton bushels of corn to one ton of hay is 
equal to two tons of hay. lie asks tho Opinion 
of the Club in the matter. 
The graceful and admirable President of the 
Club called lor opinions; none being proffered, 
he said, “Nobody disputes the high authority of 
the Department of Agriculture." 
Why Weeds Grow.-J. W. Va.YDRNUKRO, Ol’ 
some such name, is greatly bewildered by u phe¬ 
nomenon which his observant eyes have discov¬ 
ered, and he asks the Club to toll him why, after 
plowing new ground and planting to cum, new 
varieties of weeds come up and grow which wero 
never socu on the land before. The Club’s Bird 
Professor Informs tlm gentleman that the seeds 
of the Canada this!le and some ot her weeds have 
downy wings mid float through the air, and are 
conveyed from one point to another. And he 
had found the crops of Cedar birds packed full 
of apple and wild rose seed : and thus are seeds 
scattered which germinate and develop under 
favorable conditions. White clover often an- 
'f '- 11 ‘» «*i when reaTSVeS'uS T",Z 
the milk has just a pleasant alkaline taste it where it had never appeared before. One of 
is right. tho learned Doctors of the Club explained that. 
In the “summer complaints” of children t4lQ <dlMM ^ c ' d mechanical condition of the soil 
we have found this a very good article of "> ,on P ,mvi »W 11 favorable to 
... . .. . •’,= uiuuc oi the germination ol seeds which had long lain 
diet, and usually particularly acceptable to dormant in it. The modest young man who hud 
Ibe little sufferers. We prefer it to tire Mag- uevcr married a rich widow. Informed V. that, 
nesia some mothers and nurses are so fond of oloa £ in " l ' a remain in tho ground a tong 
giving since the latter is not very soluble J'" ,c "'"Hunt, germinating sometimes thirty or 
”, i l° ’ forty years. Prof. Ptwfias said the Geological 
and has a tendency to form concretions m the Professor, if a careful student, ought, to be able 
intestines, and may so give rise to inflamina- t0 tdve important information on this subJoetT 
tion. The lime-water we regard more as SoedH were carried, in tho early geological pc- 
food than medicine. riods,inthedrilt . And from excavations several 
f/D ..... « . .. foot beneath tho surface ho had known new imd 
/' vapor of turpentine prevents the igni- sh*ang*e plants to spring*, uftor tho excavated 
»n or even the phosphorescence of phos- fi nrth had been exposed to the action of the 
orus, and is very useful to prevent the in- atmosphere. 
lation of its fumes, where much nhosobo- Another learned Doctor, with a considerate 
. |u 1 1 regard for the profound learning of tho mern- 
bers of the Club, Btatod that it was important 
Soothing Sirups. — Whatever you do to t,le biquiring mind of the inquirer should be 
in n? rnfr s00tlun ” 8iru P 3 an(1 the like, owe their po- tho condition Of the soil; but they may and do 
lUiyiViUV ^lUUUlUaiiUU. tency to opium Or its more concentrated prep- lv,,,lli " domant b. it. twenty to thirty years 
— ^ . . ,n,,i . . «• . 
SEASON A HTV QumPorpTAiwr' ' f r8Ilk ?''T m t(> " H ' ir Ultle vI,tim; s ' r ' ll « , ‘. o.. Crocked Rati Fence*. - \ n,«<- 
bDASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. buppose a child is fretful, so arc its parents Yorker named Gao. it. Clark, without doubt a 
PHYSICIAN. 
Sfsitds and Burns .—These are among the 
moh common accidents of every-day life, 
are always painful, and sometimes dangerous. 
often enough; yet no one gives them an 
opiate and packs them off to bed. The 
human frame is, at all ages,p delienle piece 
of machinery, but vastly more delicate in 
infancy than later. What then are wo to 
wag of infinite parts in his neighborhood, pro¬ 
pounds the following convulsive conundrum i<> 
tho learned suvans. Ho knows of good straight 
mil fences hi his town, and asks: - “ If straight 
rail fences cun be made as durable its crooked 
ones, are they to bo regarded and should they 
ic bov said ), ) ,vL, 1 !n S ,'n!! * all, tout, as Where the Inuns have been deep, or exten- U»ink of the good sense or love of a mother «»*“<«***»> improve..,om.upon thohutori" ter, 
V . ^owm ig u TO u y ,or lu ^ ll „ 8Cl J ss 
frame common brown sheeting, which is lifted 
When it is necessary to water the plants. 
Norway Ont*. —A correspondent at Sparta. 
_ U IS., has soon an advertisement of those oats 
- and wants the Club to toll him whether they are 
what they are represented to bo, assorting that, 
some claim they are a humbug. At this point 
is atfent of l It esc outs In this city asked that a 
i- Hr-S mith of Vermont, have the floor to give 
his testimony concerning those outs, tie (tho 
i. ) had boon called a swindler by tho Club, or 
o “T a member or members Of it. and he desired 
k !l " opportunity tu vindicate himself. A member 
o ^l"b sa|fl that Solon Robinsox had said 
r ,h . iaso 'mig these outsat ton dollars per bushel, 
I when dtey could bo bought for three dollars, 
t w ' ,s 11 s ' vi, idle, he did not euro who did ii ; but no 
s p!'“ lllt , 0!lllljd U,t ' ««ent a swindler ; nor had the 
a bib endorsed what Mr. Romxsox had said, nor 
was t responsible therefor. Finally Mr, Smith, 
1 8 ' ,)t tbo lloor ,u,d raiten.tod what the artvertise- 
, " lents fd 1 b «* oat. He hud grown It and seen 
l> growing, and It is a. big thing. 
n ,V,’ X L G uT\ ~ A named Hurn- 
• HA “ " ld what hL ’ oallod “a. tea kettle boii- 
or, which was designed to benefit the poor. Ho 
puts one pound of meal in the boiler and four 
pounds of water, and lakes Ihorofrom five 
pounds of food good enough lor anybody. This 
was u plain sum in addition and anybody could 
see it. This philanthropic gentleman hail been 
poor. He was determined to rise; and ho left 
l.M auditors to infer that lie had risen. Tho 
emotion lie exhibited us he glanced Ins eagle eye 
over the past of his life and over his attentive 
umbo.,eo was suffuHlvcJy affecting, begetting 
great wonder at his present altitude. Hu assorted 
Utui the best food Is wasted; that the food valued 
least by the musses of the people Is thrown 
away. On - man who lives in a forty thousand 
dollar house had informed him that, he sent 
every week to the yards fora beefs head; and 
thul lor ten cents lie got sixteen pounds of meat 
thereby. [The President naturally ami naively 
remarked t hat «.*‘ 11 a geuiua could afford l<> live 
in a $40,000 house. | Andover 7,000 beef's heads 
are thrown away in New York Oily every week. 
Digging I’otutoa* in January. —A gentleman 
called attention to the fact that, he saw potatoes 
dug a day nr two before on Long Island, 
Stock* for Standard Pear*_ Wit. II. I Joyce 
asks how lie can procure stocks for standurd 
pears what,seed he shall sow. Mels Informed 
by Mr.tJciNN that stocks are usually grown here 
fro,,, imported seed of the common pear. 
1 Darrot Crop. A woman, whose 
name we did not. learn, from Bridgeport, Conn., 
exhibited specimens of carrots which she culti¬ 
vated personally after tho ground was prepared 
and planted, producing twenty-seven bushels of 
lino roots on thirty square rods of ground. 
The Fruit Drawers’ Club nmots on Thursdays, 
ft is distinct from the Fanners' Club; and yet 
its membership seems to be Composed chiefly ol’ 
eminently philanthropic persons who do not 
hold ofliee In the lust named organization, and 
whose earnest, desire to do good is not satisfied 
will, thij opportunities for gaiTitlousneas which 
the farmers flub affords them once a week. 
Hence we have the same distinguished ladles 
and gentlemen who give tone arid character to 
that organization, Tuesdays, sHI'-denyiiigly de¬ 
voting Thursday afternoons also to the further 
dissemination of useful knowledge. A sweet- 
1'aeed young gentleman read a very prettv little 
composition upon 
The i;«cfnlauM of Lillie Birds.—Mr. Carpen¬ 
ter, prompt with good words and in every 
good work, responded to tho profound anil 
learned composition by saying that during a re- 
ms lorethought imtl only been as good, would mn/liiton „r , , .. v T . . . ; ° .* r ’~‘ 8eu,su which he la noted when an inirieato or delicate learned composition by saving that dur 
have saved him lots of trouble n ’ 40 ironi tlje sboclc to thi; ' esife lor quiet, tamper with, its workings question is to be dlgpo*edor t disposed of this by cent, visit to tha Shaker sotuotnont at Water" 
I have been looklnn- over mv seeds -dsn J 11 L>nulls ^em; Hus eondiuon is technically With down light poisons. The highest skill saying, “Some are opposed, to any fences." vliet, he observed a great many birds upon the 
and the catalogues of denim* t q L„ ■ Knovvn as» the* shock of injury” by surgeons, «oA best judgment of the physician are De«>d«ut.-d Sweet Fomm,*.-Samples 0 f des- hundred acre fftrni of the Sindtore; and upon 
n ~ n -< * * *- *-<A' CU H ICW and vv r hftl'p V»Vf*u<»nt r*n1lG il.A .. nGAilm] notlmof.. ....—: i.. .t «• SiOfttOil MWOOt iuivinrr haan uf o rvi.n.d irKMjil’V ho found tlisit tin u'liii nrau nllnwo/l hr. 
f,7 n " ; wum rntn mixes interference of the doctor. 
the pollen of my nutmeg melons and mycn- Tim n • - , r 
cumbers, my early sweet com and mv Jeffer t ^ " n ® 111 rt, atmeut is to get the 
son, is all right fol the °T ^ S ?° U *“ P 088 ^* 
but it’s certainly a yearly “out of pocket” fi • • , C ! Utte tlu ' 8,r 5 mdt * ed the soun( ' r 
to me in one *enl. L i ^ • • P 1 4,113 Is done any ease the better for the suf- 
oilier i for I know il's lolly, or worse to -row , w- ^ '.‘Pl'lications have been recom- 
impure seed I don't dare bore to say mud, “(” dc<1 f or "»» purpose, and many of tlrem 
of any dealer; but [ will say Vick has al i“ ' ’ ^ -ood reason. Many of them, 
ways sent me peas true to mane, and Bant meTf"’ are , U ‘' ,c,llt “ of 
has an early siect com that boa s he n“ie w, T f, y m,m0n t . 
crowd. I have planted il dm and day h e ■' T *TT Can be rc '‘ 
and side, with Early Jefidin and have V ,° l ' or '"'o tly subdued by plunging the 
gathered it on the same ,w « l . .T coW '™‘“- F Of » ‘Iressing, if .he 
and side, with Early Jefferson, and have 
gatlieiei! it on the same day fit for roasting. 
Frank Amon. 
are worth a little trouble; and if they cry, prepared it cannot bo regarded as a aubstituto 
remember it is their only way of expressing lor t,l<J condensed or canned tuber. Only in tho 
their feelings, and it is much better to inves- lonn nl 11,1 ln ’ or nu ’ ld oajl n he made voJuublo. 
.igmothocau^ofthc^tltantost.. ££?£%£ %}TES? US 5 S 
opiates. 1 he lattei process too much resell 1 - to cause the particles to adhere, biscuits were 
blcs the fascinating bin ruinous performance ma(Je l ' rom it, samples of which were distributed 
of renewing a note; the day of reckoning is u, " on8 Uu ‘ erowd ’ However nutritious and 
sure to come, with heavy arrears of interest hr f wT r bi « D,to "‘. %ht be ;. ,lluy wero 
,, . ’ . . * n.uicM. not remarkable for flavor—WCrO rather insipid; 
Lonarning / resenphojis. A. certain witty though it is proper to say that some professed 
legal gentleman said Unit “a man who was u> flisoovor remarkable quality and flavor ln 
his own lawyer had a fool for a client” t4lcm ’ Tho Chemical Professor thought that 
uiul the saving has been namdied o, L i ,r °Dorly prepared, this tuber might bo mado an 
umi in, sayufo n.us been _ parodied so us important substitute for wheat flour unfl that of 
to lead, the man who is his own doc- oilier grains. 
tor has a fool fora patient.” The say- Of the process of dcasicntlon he said tho skin 
mg is measurably true in either ease bill s4lou,d lH ‘ rerrtoved, the tuber sliced into thin 
like all apothegms, must be taken with J ^more than one- 
“ fourth inch— and the moisture evaporated in the 
quickest possible time. Coffeo had been made 
from U, approaching more nearly to tho real 
berry in flavor than any aubstituto ho bad over 
tried. Ho suggested that coffeo would hence¬ 
forward—as soon as tills learned report got 
circulation be likely to bo adulterated will, 
this tuber, and he urged that it be put upon the 
rnurket under its own name and sold us a substi¬ 
tute for coffee. 
A distinguished and sensible Blackberry l'm- 
s, have testi 
fied to the reliance which they placed on the olace th( ? 7 ! , 7 
onlom Amid an Urn changv, of coU au.l 
it. uueior. me \\ oi rn u Ullie irouble ; and il they cry, prepared It cmnot bo regarded us a substitute tartn and cneourageu him to come thoro. True, 
* in Treatmeul is to get tile remember it is their only way of expressing for t,| e condensed or canned tuber. Only In i ho 110 ^'"'etimea pulls corn : but ho has found (hat 
overeil as soon as possible, their feelings, and it is much better to inves- lorm r,f ,l,, " r or 1110111 CMl 11 l "‘ aaule valuublo. 11 " lml1 ’ hushul of corn is scattered on the tuir- 
the air • indeed the sooner tfoatc the cause of the erv than oi jU 1,ollr 11 w,w '•'««•>« Into excellent puddings, fac ‘ ! (>c 11 con,field of five or six acres, not a lull 
, , the boom. U MO tue cause Ot Uiorry than to stop It by pancakes, and, mixed with a little wheat Hour "‘that planted will be disturbed. Crows destroy 
> i .ise the better tor the suf- opiates. 1 lie latter process too lnuchresem- to cause the particles to adhere, biscuit* were a great, number of insects. All winter they for¬ 
mications have been recom- Mcs the fascinating but ruinous performance macJe rrorn it, samples ol' which were distributed a ^ Q for them; and they follow the plowman in 
mrpose, and many of them of renewing a note; the day of reckoning is m,,on * r the 0 r "'vd. However nutritious and Ma-ing m search of grubs. He has heard it as- 
rCason. Many of them sure to come with heavv armiiM nf tomtv.af healthful these hisenits might be, they were serted that they destroy eggs; hut. he has never 
“• niun - DU1 « W tuiUL.wuii Heavy micaiSOI mteiegt. not remarkable for flavor-Were rather Insipid’ '‘"own them to do so. 
icult, to get, and some ot Concerning I rescnpttom. — A certain witty though it is proper to say that some professed Mr. Fuller law kept, tamo crows and studied 
ly injurious, legal gentleman said that “a man who was discover remarkable quality and flavor In their habit*. Ho had never known a crow to cut. 
severe pain, it can be rc- his own lawyer had a fool for a client,” thcm ’ Tl "‘ Chemical Professor thought that an egg, and Imd given them opportunities to do 
r subdued by plunging the and the saying has been parodied so as [’ n 1 ,| " . , , ly tllljor ll 7 llt b, ‘ ""‘de an so. Did not think they would uuiass p.tarved to 
rit4 -n \ . , , a | 44 i i i • i • linpoituut wibstituto for whciit flour and of it. A ^iil lonutu fi*om Now Joinov mid ruiiv 
lx. l oi ii dreasiug, il tho to r 6 <itl, tlic jnnn wiio is Ins own doc* otlicu uru.ln.H hawk^ hir/k nf ib.i/wn r •. . 
Frank \ MOV 0 skm ,Je n 0 t bioken, let the part be enveloped tor has a fool fora patient.” The say- Of the process of deasicfltlon he said tho skin stroyed. Sflurrowa were very useful, and rnb- 
__71 “ 111 doilr or In soft cotton wool—cither will big is measurably true in either ease, but 8hould 1,0 '■•'"'"ved, the tuber sliced into thin ins also; ami both are easily domesticated by a 
nmnwAmTAXT nr. mirr, answer the purpose. If the skin be broken, bke all apothegms, must be taken with a fS°f u [> ) «'«*’n‘ thickui«a-notm„ru than one- mile kindness and attention to their wants, and 
TIO— 0NI0N - “™ r i S *'<«!. owing iu teuclency to good m»uygr a ln» of allow,mco. Every ,„„ck Jt IX 
The importance of the onion, not alone as t Pa8t ° Wlth 4,10 8 eci ' etl 0 ns of the part, should know enough law to keep out of it; «om it, approaching more nearly to 1 . 1 m real Halt,ECU asks where English sparrows ear, tie 
an esculent, but also as an antidote for di iU , at cas0 » 4,10 best tlressing is cotton wool «»d so every one should have enough of the bor '7 1,1 11,1 vor t,JUM any su&ft,a " to ho had ever obtained. A gentleman replies in Jersey City, 
ease is bv manv households fifrarm-r.lv , " willtdl ,11LS beon well oiled with some pure physician’s Itnowledge not to need his ser- I™ ' 1 ’ J Ic ‘ 8Uinjestei1 tbllt cotTo ° would hence- where they are so plenty as to bo regunied a 
,o„A,. iaiT« a ,,rSSy S ™ *» .. 
per cent, of nourishing gluten. Durum the o f .’, . 4 ! Cipe for wluch wc ‘ ^ vu bel °w. tempts to practice these professions that he this tuber, and he urged that it be put upon the A gentleman said bo was tarnrht when « i„ ,v 
groat, rebellion no vegetable was more” ser- 18 oftun l,sed ’ antl * if » good, boes mischief. It ia a common and cheap ™“ rl ^ et un l er 143 0vm uamo and 3old * BuL,ftti - that if be killed a sparrow the emvs would give 
vieenble in preserving the health of our sol , Uny rancidlt ^ reudora il imtating and slur upon pliysieians that they desire sick- a distinguished and se„-n.ie . „ bloudy 1,1,1 k ’ and h0 reafly believed it; and 
cliers- m an historic ^ Tat ^ ,m nn White kad ^ the ahape of paint, ncas; aslur which we pronounce, in the name ^ fron. idiimg 
- tended as an application, of our professional brethren, an unmitigated denounced the sugg,«uon of any substitute foi S 
readers not to use it for Msehood. No physicians ever refuse any 4110 ^ygenuing and health-promoting Mocha, 
the first place, it contracts information as to the prevention of disease, t 77 > 1 ( u!n b thn° toanyth J“« are protected there, 
rms an irritating Instead of while they are always, and very properly, Ql ram regank-d'°this businew of defeating vtw- aro noS^T^Tv wm 
tion ; while, in the second reticent as to the treatment of it, no patient '-tables an Important one—one much more ex- the wild unes. When 77 ,. 7,* 
a poison wlffch does mis- being so difficult to treat us one who knows, 4en8lv0 ll,an ia generally supposed, and to grow eggs, peek out lamb’s eyes, and do other'predii- 
useiess. w bite lead, in tlic shape of paint, ness; a slur which we pronounce, in tlic name lessor hereupon waved' indignant, ami properly 
ms been recommended as an application, of our professional brethren, an unmitigated denounced tho suggestion of any substitute for 
but we advise our readers not louse it for falsehood. No physicians ever refuse any the invigorating and health-promoting Mocha, 
two reasons:—In the first place, it contracts information as to the prevention of disease , “!*; b T y : ,7 'vas opposi d to anything 
nn firufn.r .... i i- _ ... . . , , ,, , 1 , ’ that, should affect tho use ol coffee or tea. Mr. 
on drjing, and forms an irritating instead of while they are always, and very properly, Quinn vegan led this business of dedicating veg- 
-i son hmg application.; while, in the second reticent as to the treatment of it, no patient etablcs an Important one—one much moroex- 
ficut, in the camp and on the weary march, 
or in the quiet enjoyment of home life, the 
onion is always needed. It is both a house¬ 
hold medicine and a relish. IIow many 
good nurses there are who, by the simple 
remedy of onion sirup, can scare off a dozen 
quack doctors, "shuddering to destroy life , ,, unlG3s specially pre- 
either by the naked knife or by the sum- and ^ ^ ?! con4petei,t authorit Y 5 iUld for 
™icr method of open “™ y °‘' “ 
are worth ten dollars a bushel to cure disease t , . . d j. . 
of poultry and stock. Numerous are the • 11 u ‘ lllue -water lmiment referred to above 
beneficial results derived from this esculent r !® by . mixin S olivi ‘ or J'^eed oil with 
It is authentically reported that the value of 4, 7 lc ‘?J' ,lter in «Q ua l bulk. It makes an ad- 
the onions exported usually exceeds that of cleanly appUcatl0n ’ lss00thm °’ and P erfect ly 
chief by being absorbed into the system. °f fancies He knows, something of medicine. 
Indeed this burned surface, so soon ns the It is more true of this than of most branches 
skin is oil, is in the best possible condition of human knowledge, that 
fo. absorbing anything put in it; great care “ A Uttle learning la a dangerous thing.” 
ought therefore to be exercised in selecting In this column, therefore, we shall have 
applications. No laudanum or opiates of any much to say about the prevention of disease 
sort should bo used unless especially pre- and the preservation of health, but shall 
scribed by competent authority; and for like meddle very little with prescriptions, the few 
we shall give being such as may be useful to 
many of our readers who cannot readily 
obtain the services of a physician, and such 
as are not calculated to do harm. 
-- 
In Hosea it is written, “ My People are 
destroyed for lack of Knowledge.” 
into one of groat utility to the food consumers 
of tho country. 
Keeping Sweet Potatoes. — David Dotton of 
Richmond, Iowa, sends the Club his and his 
neighbor's mode* of keeping sweet, potatoes, by 
which they are successful. They procure enough 
pure sand to answer their purpose and bum it 
in a kiln until il. is thoroughly dry. They till 
boxes or barrels with potatoes, and pour sand 
into them, filling the Interstices and covering 
the tubers; then keep them in a warm room 
does not ray how warm. 
Hwr-et Poiuto I'lnntri are propagated by Mr, 
Dutton in this wise: He makes an ordinary 
hot-bed In Hie spring, and after the rank heat 
has eseaped plants his tubers, and over the bed j 
builds a frame with a double inclination or roof; 
and instead of using glass frames to exclude cold 
air and coniine the heat, ho spreads over the 
tory deeds. If well fed they would doubtless do 
differently. And it Is true, too, that tho robin 
eats cherries and becomes a nuisance. Mr. 
Moulton indorses tho crow a little, Had known 
a Long Islander to kill fifty or more crows; and 
insects were found in the crops nl’ all of them. 
But hocould not defend the robins. Had never 
found an insect in their crops. They destroy all 
sorts of fruits. They visit his grounds by thou¬ 
sands and destroy fruit iu vast quantities. Ho 
had sliot. thirty Of them at a single shot. Has 
found fiiOworth of grapes on the ground at once 
in his vineyard which the robins Imd plucked. 
Mrs. Hallkck suggested that perhaps birds 
knew and served their friends and wore destruc¬ 
tive to their enemies. She protected them and 
never suffered from them in her vineyard so 
much as soma of her neighbors do who are con¬ 
stantly shooting them. 
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