'of tentomelogtral. 
THE FOLLOWING MANIFESTOES. 
We print the following letters because we 
believe in fair play always. Wc do not at 
all dislike a rough-and-tumble exercise, pro¬ 
vided all parties keep good-natured. What 
we are after is the trutln What we aim to 
secure to our readers are facts. Let each 
tub stand on its own bottom. Let every 
new thing succeed or fail, according to Us 
merit. The Rural will not stand in its way 
if it prove to be all that is claimed for it. 
But we want the truth made so plain and 
the fact so well established that they cannot 
be gainsaycd. 
-- 
“THE POTATO HTT lfm TTtt " 
Our attention has been called to an article 
published in the Rural of Marsh 27th, 
headed “Potato Humbug,” in which the 
name of our firm is used in such a manner 
as to lead the reader to infer that we have 
stated what was not true in regard to the 
earliness of “ Bresee’s King of the Enrlies,” 
or No. 4. Our informal ion upon this point 
was gained from Mr. Bresee personally, as 
well as from several of his neighbors, by 
whom it was tested the past season. All 
agree that it is from five days to a week 
earlier than the. Early Rose. The fact that 
refers to the statement of Mr. Pease and 
others. It is a fact that the yield with Mr. 
Pease was just as ho stated it. We bought 
the oats he raised, measured the ground 
ourserves, and oughL to know quite as well as 
Mr. Talcott ; but as lie also questions our 
veracity, we can refer him to any of the 
neighbors of Mr. Pease, and they are many. 
It Is a fact that one hundred and twenty-six 
bushels were grown from seven pounds of 
seed on one hundred square rods, in one 
season; and we are also ready to prove this 
by reference to many highly respectable 
farmers, and can have their sworn state¬ 
ments if we wish. 
It is a fact, that horses eat them more 
readily, as we have already proved by re¬ 
peated trials. It. is false that we received 
two hundred bushels from Washington 
county. Every statement made in regard to 
this seed, which Mr. T. questions, is true. 
He speaks of New Brunswick oats, as being 
so much better. We would suggest that he 
is again attempting to instruct his brother 
farmers in that which lie is incompetent to 
teach. We have no doubt Mr. T. will, hi a 
few years, know all about oats, if he will 
only apply himself to his proposed experi¬ 
ments in that line. We commenced years 
ago, and find we have much to leant yet. 
We grow fourteen varieties last year. Now', 
Mr. T. may try the New Brunswick oat by 
the side of the Ramsdcll seed, if he wishes, 
on the following terms —We will take twen¬ 
ty acres of ground, have it all manured alike, 
rirntific trnb (Useful. 
WHAT IS TO BE. 
Trre Boston Journal of Chemistry saysi 
Before the imprint of the Journal bears the 
date of 1900, science and ai t will have so far 
advanced as to have effected complete revo¬ 
lutions In man}' of the Industrial processes 
and methods of securing health, comfort and 
convenience to the human race. 
Vast, gas manufactories will be found in 
all the great cities and towus, in which the 
invisible agent will be manufactured solely 
for the purposo of cooking the food aud 
warming the dwellings of the inhabitants. 
These works will be independent of those 
established for making illuminating gas. It 
will not be necessary to purify the fuel gas so 
fully, and it will, in most places, be made 
from wood. The cost will be so low, and 
the convenience so great, other kinds of fuel 
will, in a large measure, be dispensed with. 
No ashes, no smoke, no dust—what a glori¬ 
ous realization this will be. At that time the 
air, the earth aud the sea will be full of con¬ 
ducting wires, and electric currents will flow 
constantly in every direction. A new order 
of things will prevail in our post-otfiocs. The 
click of the telegraph instrument will be 
heard, instead of the snap of the loclc which 
3 oz.: bottoms of mastic varnish (thick but 
clear,) 1}.£ oz.; mix well. 
When carefully made, this cement resists 
moisture, and dries colorless. As usually 
met with, it is only of very bad quality, but 
sold at exorbitant prices.— Cooley's fiedetpts. “ SEE YOUR BEES OFTEN.” 
4 44 r p n . 
The Italian House-Pointer.—in Italy, (ho study- . ( in the Journal of Agriculture, 
and acquirements of a house-palm «\r are lid In K lvcs the following timely hints; 
inferior to what is requisite fur tho higher There is one important axiom to bo altvuva 
branches of the art; and, in fact, the practice of borne in mind i y 
both is not unfrcquontly combined. They are „ . ™. ,, 1 l, ‘ ufi<1 keeping bees, and 
more conversant with tho science, as well as the . 1 1S ’. s<Hi . y our often ;" and if there 
practice of colortnr, with tho rules nr harmony, ,H lul y time in the year in which if is moro 
and with tbo composition of ornamental paint- necessary to practice this than nimther 
loir iu all its broncho*, bo> that their works might Biuintr is that timn Thmv*; , . \ 
bo transferred to canvas, and admired for their . 1 5 , " 1 h<!1 e m a ffrc'nt deal of 
excellence. In fact, tbo great, frescoes of lho uuma » nature, or ‘total depravity,” in the 
ilrst masters, which have been tho admiration of honeybee. The strong will rob the weak • 
ukcs, were but part of tho general embillish- the rich in stores, and si rung in numbers* 
men* l>r the Churches and palaces of Judy, instead of loc.Wn.r\,iW „ , ’ 
Aud tho most oelobrated mimes In the list of r ' ,■ ° , 10 P W1 ;ilul needy, 
artists have left memorials of their fume In the reeling them from their surplus, and endeav- 
tiuinblo decorations of the arabesque, in whloh ming to build them up and strengthen them, 
all the exuberance aud playfulness of fancy arc do just, tho contrary, steal all their konev 
displayed, as well as tho most onehimtlng bar- ftn d w tbeni kWi-v,. l, , 
wouy of brilliant cotom.-/Ymtirot Valuer. tlK 1 s, ; irvu d( ' aUl ot go oil and 
_ +++ _ J ( nn some other lnve; lor this reason, no one 
Curious Production of Cold. Dr. Phxpson has bees should tail in early spring to 
recently discovered that an intereo degree of 11)0,4 at bis bees every day in wliioh they aro 
Cold Is produced by dissolving sulphocyannto of Hying freely, 
A gl ,7 ?u VT’ ,,y 4*. 
of water while dissolving: ; but, according to Dr. £ U1( Wli whether a Ulvo is all right. If 
Phipson, no compound produces tills effect hi 1,1(1 Ijees appear to be flying about the hive 
so marvelous a nmpuor u« sulphooyunnto of um- aud going in and out rather numerously and 
salt, dissolved rnpidty in t liiriy-fivo cubic ccntl- , - 0,11 ' l1 ’ 1,4 doing w <tll; but ll there 
motors of water m 23 dogs. Cent., caused tho a ®wann of bees about the hive, hurrying 
thermometer to descend in u few seconds to lo 111 un d out as tor dear life, .somethin"' is 
m* apiarian. 
those who reside in the immediate vicinity aud equally divided, and he may select his 
T.’ ;.., 7 ”* thermometer to descend in u few seconds to lo 
closes up the wide mouths ot the mail-bags. dogs. Cent. Thu moisture of u,u atmosphere in- 
'pi... ..n _ _/_,_ ■ .., .. } 
cold Is produced by dissolving sulphooyannte of 
ammonium in water. .Many salts, more cru¬ 
cially salts of ammonia, lower Ihu teuiporaturo 
of water while dissolving: hut, according to Dr. 
Phipson, no compound produces this effect In 
so marvelous a tauter us sulphocyannto of am¬ 
monium. In on^JxpGriinom 35jjiumim!«ol' this 
salt, dissolved rnpidty in tliirty-flvo cubic contt- 
metors of water at. 23 dogfl. Cent., caused the 
of where it originated and have the best 
means of knowing of its good qualities, are 
willing to pay $50 for a single tuber of this 
variety, is a sufficient, evidence that it must 
have some good qualities. 
Mr. Bresee has placed his stock in our 
hands for propagation with a request that 
we would have it thoroughly tested, both in 
this country and in Europe. In compliance 
half and sow his New Brunswick just as he 
likes; we will sow the other half with out- 
seed. If the Nonvays do not produce two 
bushels to his one, he can have the entire 
crop. If they do produce twice as many 
bushels or more, wo shall have tho crop, the 
loser to pay all expense of cultivating and 
use of land. 
In conclusion, we wish to say that we arc 
witli his request we placed it in the hands of not responsible for the send sold last season, 
several prominent, agriculturists ami ama¬ 
teurs in various parts of this country, and 
also of several prominent judges of the 
potato in England and France, with a request 
that they would lest, it with their best early 
varieties, and report the result. Should it 
prove to bn the earliest, it will be so an¬ 
nounced when offered for sale; if otherwise, 
it will take rank in its proper place among 
the early varieties. Wc have not advertised 
the potato for sale, nor do wc intend to do so 
unless it proves to be all that is claimed for 
it by Mr. Bresee. The report of your cor¬ 
respondent is so much at variance with the 
experience Of those who have tested it in the 
neighborhood of Mr. Bresee, that we can¬ 
not think lie has the new variety. Wo have re¬ 
ceived the following from Mr. Bresee which 
speaks for itself. B. K. Buss & Son. 
In the Rural New-Yorker of March 
27th, 1 find an article from James Vick, 
headed “ The Potato Humbug,” in which lie 
makes some statements wild from the fact. 
or this, by unprincipled parties, as our grain, travcler - 
which was as different as black is from Tho sick will not be required to swallow 
white. 11 tmclreds of bushels have been sold disgustingdoses of medicine. Remedies will 
this year, on the strength of our advertise- 1,0 n(,rn >nistered through other avenues than 
incuts, and the dupes will fail with their tlic stom ach. Chemistry will have elimln- 
crops, as they did last season, and then con- atcd tbe v,,ftl active principles from all 
demn us for it. Jones & Clark. curative agents; and, through the cellular 
Now York, April 21, urn subcutaneous coverings, aud by other at 
[To the above letter, because of our love of present dosed doors of access, the influence 
The small sum of ten cents (perhaps less) stantly condensed ttsoll’on tho outsido of tbo 
will plage correspondents in instant, com- glass In thin plates of loo.- Scientific Review. 
muniention with each other, no matter how . , -- 
widely they may be separated. Although ,"' S, """ !, ' ,,( 01 tho American Naturalist 
.. ■ , .7, 7 , p suysthnthe finds nit itlooholio solution applied 
the industrial arts will have enormously m- to cases of bisects, a complete protect lorn No 
creased, less steam posver will be employed, worms attack thorn, in stuffing- birds ho does 
Electric, or some other of the hidden forces uotflndlt necessary to skin thorn,as the pruc- 
of nature, will be harnessed to the primary lorm^rtv. Fruit growers should tako 
1 * tho hint, and apply this preventive to keen away 
moving wheels ot tho great manufacturing the pests or the orchard. 
establishments, and smoke and vapor will no Ml . —*■■ 
longer mark their location to the distant ^ ^ ^ 
Tho sick will not be required to swallow lUt 
disgusting doses of medicine. Remedies will __ _ _ ^ 
be administered through other avenues than- 
tbo stomach. Chemistry will have elimln.- PERIODS OF GESTATION. 
ated the vital active principles from all ~ „ . 77' , 
curative agents; and, through the cellular The following table aud remarks are ex- 
the stomach. Chemistry will have elimln.- PERIODS OF GESTATION. 
ated the vital active principles from all r „ . 77 ' 
curative agents; and, through the cellular , The following table aud remarks are ex- 
subcut.ancoua coverings, aud by other at trac ,. !lom au lu ' ticIc 111 Plain’s Encyclo* 
fair play, we append the following epistle of Therapeutic agents will be brought to bear 
just received :] directly upon diseased parts. Light will be 
Last fall I bought of Jones & Clark, frt In upon nearly all the organs of the body, 
No. 20 Liberty street, New York, one 80 tbftt Hit* physician can observe the extent 
bushel of their Norway oats, which they at >fl nature of disease, and no longer be com- 
represented to weigh forty pounds to the 1° diagnose in the dark, 
bushel. I did not examine mine until a few The publishers of this and other journals 
days ago, and I thought they looked like ' vil1 P e,, b a P s b e a,,, « ♦« issue simultaneous 
rather poor oats to pay $10 per bushel for. (:t,ltinns iff a, l the groat central cities of the 
Seeing a notice in the Rural of the 10th C0lm,r y- A knowledge of practical science 
inst.., about Canada thistles being in them, I be moro generally diffused among the 
send you a specimen of the Canada thistles 
in mine. I weighed and measured thorn 
and found them, to weigh thirty-two pounds; 
and they measured thirty-four quarts. I run 
1st. He says that four years since I sent him them through the fanning mill and cleaned 
a few seedling potatoes; the truth is that it them thoroughly; they then weighed thirty 
is not quite two years yet since I sent them and one-half pounds, sack aud all. There was 
to him; he positively has not grown them plenty of thistle-seed and olher foul seed in 
but twm seasons. 2d. He says that I sent them. 1 have returned them to the sack, sub- 
him seven or eight varieties, numbering from jeot to the order of Jones & Clark, for I 
one to eight; I sent him only six varieties; shall not sow them. H. A. Taylor. 
did not send him either No. (i or No. 8. East Troy, Walworth Oo M Wis., April 19. 
3d. lie says that the No. 1 has since been Accompanying the above was an unmistak- 
disaernmated as the Early Rose and is an able a,1<1 w4 ’ll mnturoff Cunada thlBtlo head, with 
excellent csirly potato, in thi. to b rigl„. $»£ 
A^ain, lit/ the No. v lifts been culled Boed In the West cannot bo compensated for by 
Bkesee’s Prolific, and I believe is to be sold 1111 the gate which will result to tho farmers In 
at several hundred dollars a bushel” In t,mt8eot,on t Jl 'ah that is claimed tor these oats 
*»y*« ftlvertisetl at SS^Vtotto 
per pound, aud can be bought for less by than that which will result if this pest gets u 
the bushel; if ho is a reading man lie must Rood foothold upon them.—E ds. Rural. 
be aware of the fact. 4th. He speaks of *"*"* 
Bresee’h King of the Earlies being sold for CHEMICAL AN ALY SIS, AGAIN. 
$10 per tuber; this is true; but the first ones No, no, friend Hearth and Home, we are 
that wore sold for $50 per tuber were sold not at all “disturbed" by your article on 
by others who had a few, without my knowl- Dr. Lee— merely slightly amused that you 
edge of the price at the time of their sale; should have adopted that blunder made, by 
neither dull have any influence whatever in Drof. HAuitra—a blunder which no corn- 
fixing the price. potent chemist could have made, and cer- 
Again, he says of Brksek’s King of the tainljr which no hiTOlligent chemist would 
Earlies, that from his experience it is more defend. Your suggestion that the mistake 
people, elevating and improving tho masses, 
and Consequently rendering them happier, 
healthier and bettor fitted for the duties and 
responsibilities of life. 
-4~*4- 
CEMENT FOR GLASS AND METAL. 
Tins article, so much esteemed for uniting 
•KS. tout, i fie moisture ol t ho atmosphere in- Wong, tire hive is probably robbiu"- or what 
antly condensed Itsolf on the outside of the is nrnluihl,. t i ' n , °7 ’ 
ass In thin plates of lee. Scientific Review. , l ,robub, «. ( belng robbed. Contract- 
4 »+_, *ffft Ihe entrance, so that but one can pass at 
A Correspondent of tho American Naturalist. a time, is abouL the only tiling 1 hat. con be 
,ys that ho finds an alcoholic solution applied d<me to check the robbers until night when 
. cases of Insects, a oouploti- protection# No Uuj hive can be taken away and a moveable 
arms attack Hum. fn stuffins ldrds lm docs # . 7’ amoveubie 
)t find It necessary to skin them, as thcprac- .’ aubui ;^. CXammod lo see what condi- 
se was formerly. Fruit growers ehould luUo 11 , ls U1, Very likely it. had better be 
ic hint, uud apply lids preventive to keep away imbed with another; if not, by keeping Iho 
l0 pests Of the orchard. hive away for a few days (shutting it up and 
~ • " : i ' ~~ 1 ffuiking provisions for ventilation,) the rob- 
<■© w her bees may forget it, so that it may be set 
(L ot on iUs 8tand towards night, with entrance 
° 7? n eai,, y dosed, keeping a close watch of 
— ■ _ _ movements. 
PERIODS OF GESTATION luivu fecommeiKlod putting a strong 
_ ' smelling substance at, the entrance, so Unit 
The following table and remarks are ex- bee, as itautors and conies out, would 
acted from au article in Blaine Encyclo- tou< b b, » 1111(1 cuir y tho smell homo with 
edia: LDri, so as to be refused entrance to his own 
IRIOD OF GESTATION IN nOMESTXO ANIMALS. b ‘ VC ’ 1 ,lad (l ll,V0 ' Tll, y thftt pi'OVOd tO 
SliortMt Ported. Mean P»riotl. LoilKeet fVrloJ. bC qUCeUlCSS. It had 8 WUmiCll Uv ict) jjl .! UU6, 
D ^- aiul tho usual examination two weeks after 
nv. 24 Q 321 warming hart boon neglected* Tim Ijccs 
W . lot) fit ^ commenced robbing it the next day after I 
Jat.■ m m fin had given it a queen. Closing tbo entrance 
d™::;S S ®! ami ganging um robbow with coia water 
Irknv. 5^ 86 produced but a temporary check, and the 
an. V ,. V. la a; b,ve dotted, taken down cellar, and kept, 
mseV.V.S % a vveck * 11,0,1 returned, When the robbing 
geon . 10 is a) comiitenced again. I put asafmtida all about 
According to the observations of M. Teis- 11,0 entraucc « bllt this appeared to check 
ir of Paris, in 582 marcs * * * them but little, and I was obliged, to save 
pfedia: 
PERIOD OF GESTATION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
Shortest Portod. Mean Period. LoUtfe*! Period. 
Maro...... 
Cow. 
Huw — 
Goat. 
Bitch... 
Cut,. 
Turkey. 
Hon... 
Duck. 
Goose. 
Dnyit, 
Day*. 
Dny« 
.. 322 
347 
41!) 
.. 240 
283 
321 
. 148 
154 
llil 
.. 100 
no 
143 
.. 150 
168 
list 
.. r>5 
(K) 
03 
.. 48 
50 
fill 
.. 20 
28 
86 
.. 24 
28 
80 
.. 19 
21 
24 
. 28 
30 
:i2 
.. 27 
30 
33 
.. 10 
18 
20 
According to the observations of M. Teis- 
scir of Paris, in 582 marcs, * * * 
soft, and then mixing it with spirit in which 01 ^ e83 1,111 Period of gestation in the females 
a little gum mastic and ammoniacum have °f ^timlrupeds, and of tho incubation of 
the shortest period was 287 days, and the ‘t, to hike It, to a neighbor's, two miles and a 
longest 419, making tho extraordinary differ- bab od * 
cnee of 132 days, and of 89 days beyond the 1 ro, ‘ nd on opening it that tlic quern had 
usual term of eleven months. Tho cow usu- b( ; Ln killcdf'but the love was well supplied 
ally brings forth In about nine tuontlis, and wbb honey, showing that, contracting tlic 
the sheep in live. Swine usually farrow be- cntrance Liul kept the robbers from carrying 
tween the 120th and 140th day, being liable 0,1 mucb of ll ' two montlis afterwards if, 
to variatioas influenced apparently by their ' vas brou ffht home and set in a difi’erent 
size and by Uicir particular breeds. The ,,,ace - There was no more robbing; it win- 
true causes which abridge or prolong more U ' ml wo,, » au<, ,)i,,s fithr to f>c a strong hive. 
Where Been Gather Honey_ Wm. Ronnel, 
been dissolved. birds, are yet unknown to us. <; l.y<iu, n. y., writes that, he “nfves this ns a 
The jewelers of Turkey, who are mostly Iu , "°f t dierefbr °' betwccn ninc aucl cent the latter arc in a dump st^^HoiK^he 
Armenians, have a singular method of orna- ,1 ' n 1 " lon w rnii y bo 8wmcd as the usual pe- ooncliides than thero Is nu such tliinn white 
menting watch-cases etc with rlinmomln nol ‘» though witli a hull calf the cow has clover honuy, heoause Looa never work on this 
et" y rv- *» —t« 
or cementing them on. The atone is set in '' cd<s ’ and a < ( -w days leas with a fern,ale. plums. He says “wwm clover contains no 
silver or gold, and the lower part of the metal . y CaI ,m)(,11ced al 1111 earlier period t ban sweet. Bees collect from it brown hr< ad. They 
made flat, or to correspond with the part, to 300 days ,ul,9t be consi(1<jml decidedly pre- ,1 , fro1 " ll '\ ia " dry state. My 
VAitvznr u'uo ui iti**iu. can cniicitive of no 4-1 , 
greater dLsastorU) tho grain-producing prairies a K ot,lier P roc,OU3 Stones, by simply 
than that which will result if this pest gets a or cementing them on. The stone i 
good foothold upon them. — EDS. Rural. silver or gold, and tile lower part of Hi 
good foothold upon them. - Eds. Rural. silver or gold, and the lower part of the metal 
rWFMTr7r A mat vflTQ An A txt made nat > or to correspond with the part to 
_ „ - HEMIC AL ANALYSIS, AGAIN. which it is to be fixed; it is then warmed , 
$50 per tuber; this is true; but the first ones No, no, friend Hearth and Home, we are k rtjn,, y. and has the glue applied, whiclt la so J 11 ® ' . mu ^ ;i,a0 bo considered irrogu- 
that were sold for $50 per tuber were sold not at all “disturbed" by your article on VCI 7 strong that the parts thus cemented ir; ,Hltblthi3 latter case the health of the 
by others who had a few, without my knowl- Dr. Lek— merely slightly amused that you never separate. This glue, which will strong- l )rodllce iri not aflcclcd. 
edge of tho price at the time of their sale; should have adopted that blunder made by ly unite bits of glass, and even polished steel, . 7 *** -’ 
neither did I have any influence whatever in Drof. Harris— a blunder which no com- and may be applied to a variety of useful’ i y011 my 
fixing the price. petent chemist could have made, and cer- purposes, is thus made in Turkey:—Dissolve the calf to drink. Ilet tho'Lif luckuntiMhS 
Again, he says of Brksek’s King of the thinly which no tuTClligent chemist would five ar six bits of gum mastic, each of the m dk becomes gonfl; this I think is tlic besi rcm- 
Earlies, that from his experience it is more defend. Your suggestion that the mistake size of a large pea, in as much spirits of wine G <*y fui» taking tho eako from the cow’s bag. r 
than two weeks later than the Early Rose; probably arose from one of those misuppre- as will suffice to render it liquid; and in that n°T <!0 ' vr , i, ‘ themondl1 *’ 
if this is really the fact, why did he not, like tensions to which conversation is so apt to another Vessel, dissolve as much isinglass, and leave it unVthe 'mS monling'^JhSof- 
a gentleman, inform me of it; he certainly give rise is more charitable than sensible, previously a little softened iu water (though Bering anything to drink. By this time the calf 
has not done so. This blunder does not concern some special n°n e of the water must be used,) in French is hu -agry, and will be ready to make an effort to 
What object can I possibly have in roc- occurrence, but relates to the general facts brandy or good rum, as will make a two calf'into 1 tlufT w! - ', \ " M! °° W ' ‘ ,ack thq 
ommending it three weeks earlier than it of chemistry, and you might as well tell ounce vial of very strong glue, adding two with left haniTwhJeh 
really is V I am not having it advertised for us t,iat a naan who reported two and two small bits of gum galbanum, or ammoniacum, then, with some ono to hold the dish, t din some 
sale. But I have put it in several prominent afi making five merely misapprehended some which must be rubbed or ground till they udlk wit1 ' my band and jiour it in its 
mens’ hands for trial next season, before ad- conversation he had heard, as to tell us that are dissolved. Then mix the whole with a , mo *h th ji ! loft ,lllt " 1 force fta head 
vertising it. It ripens with me nearly or the mistake which you quoted could have sufficient heat. Keep the glue in a vial closely milk.” tuearna t«V«irinkISOTL 4U>n *" e r ° rraor ° 
quite one week before the Early Rose; and arisen in conversation. No chemist could stopped, and when it is to be used, set the Tailing; the calf from the cow in the morning, 
another year will decide whether I or Mr. have been misled in the oue case, any more vial in boiling water. Some persona have 11 wUI ootmakeanoiso through the day, and in 
V’ick tell the truth. Albert Bresee. tlla n au arithmetician could have been de- sold a composition under the name of Ar- moo!?!? 11 * wi H lay lf tlie t ' nw 18 n ot per- 
HartonviUe. vt., March, letffl. ccived In U.o other. meaian cement, in England, Z title oom- »*«**««. /to- 
and may be applied to a variety of useful 
purposes, is thus made in TurkeyDissolve 
live »r six bits of gum mastic, each of the 
size of a largo pea, in as RiUOli spirits of wine 
than two weeks later than the Early Rose; probably arose from one of those misuppre- as will suffice to render it liquid; and in SSt laSetlt auSk th’hM 
if this is really the fact, why did he not, like tensions to which conversation is so apt to another Vessel, dissolve as much isinglass, and leave it unti/the nox 
a gentleman, inform me of it; he certainly give rise is more charitable than sensible, previously a little softened in water (though ferimeanyttfinK to drink, 
has not done so. This blunder does not concern some special none of the water must be used,) in French ‘ s huu k r ‘\v,und will be rea< 
What object can I possibly have in roc- occurrence, but relates to the general facts brandy or good rum, as will make a two 2Jftato t ttacor°* e * r ’i *t! 
ommending it three weeks earlier than it of chemistry, and you might as well tell ounce vial or very strong glue, adding two with left hand, whk-h' n 
really is V I am not having it advertised for us that a man who reported two and two small bits of gum galbanum, or ammoniacum, then, with some ono to he 
sale. But I have put it in several prominent as making five merely misapprehended some which must be rubbed or ground till they Uillk with my ri « ht ban 
mens’ hands for trial next season, before ad- conversation he hud heard, as to tell us that are dissolved. Then mix the whole with a k ‘. t -?°, th , c !‘ :ft 
sale. 
mens’ 
u, Mtw not. nocauso Ihoro whs not an abundanoo 
uf white otovw, for 1 never wiw It more plenty.” 
lie asks “ How docs tho boo aoparato Uto water 
from honey? lie takes honey and wider to¬ 
ut Imr Into liis body and thrown • df (In-water as 
lie Is llylriR. In the mornUiR look over tlic buck¬ 
wheat towards tho sun and you. will often see 
him Uy up and throw off tho water. He collects 
Iho water und the honey at the sunio Gtno, but 
ho carries nothing into his hi ve but what ia fit 
for storage." 
- 444 ■ . ■ 
Mcliliot or Hwcct Glover for Ilees. — corre¬ 
spondent ol' tlic Boo Journal says of this plant 
for bee forage: — It grows tall and bushy, and is 
entirely unlike clover except tbo leaves, it 
blossoms from the time that white clover liemns 
to fall tiU after frost comes. I thluk it, Is as rich 
as white clover, and Its honey seems to bo just 
as good. It Is a heultby, hardy plant, and when 
once sowed on a piece of land will grow of its 
own accord, year after year. It does not blos¬ 
som much till tho second year. 
another year will decide whether I or Mr. have been misled in the oue case, any more vial in boiling water. Some persons have 
V ick tell the truth. Albert Bresee. than an arithmetician could have been de- Hold a composition under the name of Ar- 
Hbrtonvffie, Vt., March, I Still. 
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NORWAY OATS. 
M i; wish to refer briefly to the communi¬ 
cation of J. Talcott, in your last issue, 
inasmuch as it impeaches the truthfulness 
<>f several well known and good men. First, 
then, Mr. Talcott acknowledges that he is 
than an arithmetician could have been de- sold a composition under the name of Ar- 
ccived in tlic other. menian cement, in England; but this eom- 
The fact is, there are some men with whom position is badly made; it, is much too thin, 
it is impossible to argue, simply because they and the quantity of mastic is much too sm all’ 
will manufacture “tacts” of any kind and 
in any quantity to suit the occasion. Their 
object is not truth but a temporary triumph 
over some adversary. Fortunately such men 
are in general so ignorant that they frequent¬ 
ly get caught in their own trap, and when 
The following aro good proportions: isin 
glass soaked in water and dissolved in spirit, 
Clover Seed aud \bortlon. A correspondent 
of the Kansas Farmer says;-“Wo see in the 
Eastern Agricultural papers numerous accounts 
of •abortions’ aiming the cows, and to some 
not.sure-urhethor il.mr .. . , , J n ®uqj, HMU wuuu oi gum mastic, dissolved U 
hut expects t/tey will prove He then ^ ^ th ® y0UgIlt to i 1(1 exposed by quantity of rectified spirit. 
every 
2 oz. (thick;) dissolve in this 10 grains of 0x ^ cn *’ among 1 ‘brood mures’ also. I speak of 
very pale gum ammoniac (in tears.) by rub- V*. ft rcwk, ‘' T insl 1 ‘ u ' li,) «' 
v, !n „ ,, ,, - , ° -r U,M or ‘ Heed' crop ol ’..lover to preir- 
bing them together; then add 6 large tears nant aidmitL. Chvrr m-i is .'so physfolans say) 
of gum mastic, dissolved in the least possible eoeof the most active eimm-miicoirue medlcliies, 
quantity of rectiflt al spirit. whose ‘ specific not ion ' 1 * not to produce abortion J 
Lover of Fair Play. Isinglass dissolved la proof spirit, as above, 
yet medicines of this glass have a tendency that 
may, perse, produce abortion.” 
How to Find « t|uccn. Mrs. E. S. Tuoper says 
she has tried the follow I njf mode of finding- a 
queen with success: “Put over a hole in the 
top of any hlvo a surplus lioney box with one or 
more glass rides ; have no other box on ; smoke 
the bees In the hive slightly at tho entrance; 
then commence drumming on the lilvo smart ly, 
as when driving bees out. Watch tlm box on 
top and you will seo among the first bees logo 
up into it. t ho queen. ” 
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Dexerlptien of Bee-Hive Asked For.—Wift 
.fAst’ER Hazen please give full directions 
through the Rural for making tho Ihlrd-eluss 
bee-hive of which he writes In Rural ol' March 
27 th?—A Subscriber, Mexico, N. V. 
