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io. l.'tO f liosnut Street,
nilLADELPHIA.
VIIERE all kinds of leafer trunk, valises and
carpel hae. f every style and pattern are
manufactured, in the best manner and frjm the brut
materials, and aold at tbn lowest rite.
PhibiiMplda, July tilth. 181.1. ly.
It e m oval.
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RESPECTFULLY inform ihe ci
tizena of Sunhury st.d il virinity, thi.t
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Maiket street, form-ilv otennied hv
Ueniamm Hendricks, east of Ibe store formerly op
copied by Miller &.Mariz, and now by Ira T. Cle
ment, where he will I happy to receive culla in
the line of hi profes-ion.
unhurv. Marrh SOtli IMS.
riHE subscriber hive received, and nre now
X opening a splendid assortment of Ike following
H-oils
Saxony. Wilton and Velvet Carpetituss '
Brussels and Imperial 3 'lv d i CAR.
Extra stipeifine and line Ingrain do y PET-
I'nRli:di shaded etc Dimtsk Venetian do I.'(i.
American twilled and tie'd do
English DruugeitK and Woolen ri.mr Cloths
Stair and Passage Buckings,
Embossed Piano and Table Covers
London Chenille and Tuficd l!ugg
ltoor M.itts of eveiy description.
A1.S(J
A laige and exirn-iva es--o'tmcnt of Floor Oil
Olnlh, triim one to eight yard wide, cut to fit eve
ry description of rooms or pssfancs.
Also, low priced Ingrain Carpeting from 31 to
f2 cents per yard, together with large and exten
sive assortment uf gooJi usually kept by caipel
merchants.
The above goods will be sold wholesale or retail
at the lowest market prices. Country merchants
and others are particnlailv invited to call and exa
mine our slock hefoie niakit g then selection.
clarksox. men a mi:i.lhjn,
Successor to Joseph H tack wood. No. Ill Chestiut,
corner of Franklin Place.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22d. IH4.r.
" ITMmiKIJ.AS & l'AllASOLsT"
CHEAT FOK CASH.
J. W. SVA.IIT'S
Umbrella ami Parasol jI unit factory.
JVo. 37 AorA Tniil strert, tivn Aorr below the
CITY IIOJKL,
LWAVs on hand, a large stock of I'M-
X k. is mm. i. . anii I'Mi mi tu 1114 tne
alert n.w ... 01 1 inked L.lae.l I ara-o's nl the I
best woikinati.liu and materials, at price llmt will ,
make i! an nljerl tot;..u,.lry Me.chams and others 1
to coll and examine his rt n k before pti'clm-iiig ;
elsewhere. t'e!l .H?,J.h4r,,T..lif i
SIIl.T(!KIM"S PATKN'T I
VfASHIlTG- 1CACHI1TE.
rilWiS Machine hi now heen tested by more
X than thirty families in this neighborhood, and
has given rulire ratil'ictinn. Il ia siniile in its
construction, that it cannot pet out of order. It
contains no iron lo rut, and no sptitigaor rollers to
pel out of rejiair. It will do twice as much wash
iiii!, wilh less, than hall the wear and It-ar of an) of
the late inversion, and wh it is of greater impor
tance, it costs hut Utile over half as much as other
washing mar tunes.
I lie ml. ritier Has me exclusive riglU lor .Nor. '
tliumlierlatid, Lnion, Incoming, t olinnhla, I.u- j
.erne Clinton counties. Price ,.f .iele tn... !
clime ffi. H. 11. M AfM'.l!.
Tlie following certificate is I10111 a few nl ihoKC
whu have the; machines in use.
Kuiihiiiy, Aug. 24, 184L
We, the subscribers, certify that we have now
in use, in our families, "iShogeii's J'nlent Wash
ing Machine," and do not htsilata aiyjng thai it is
a most excellent invention. That, in Wa-hing,
it will save mora than one half the usual labor.
That it does not require more than one third the
usual quantity of so.ip and water ; and that there
is no rutihing, ami consequently, htlle or no wear
im; or learinn. That it knock otVno buttons, and
that the finest clothes, soch as collars, lacea, turks,
trills, &c, may he washed in a veiy short time
Aiihont tins least injuty, and in fact without any
ipparenl wear and tear, whatever. We therefore
rheerfully recommend it to our friends and to the
public, as a most useful and labor saving machine.
ClIAItLKM W. HEGINS,
A. JOKHAN.
CHS. WEAVER.
CHS PLEASANTS,
(ilUEON MAKKLE,
Hon. CiEO. V. WELKER,
UKN.I. HENDRICKS,
GIDEON LEISENUING.
Htaa's Hotsi, (formerly Tremonl House, No.
116 Cheanul ktrtet,) Philadelphia, September
Slat, 1814.
I have used Shugert'a Patent Washing Machine
in my hous upward of eight months, and do not
hesitate to tay that I deem it one of the mo-t use
ful and valuahle labor-saving machine ever inven
ted. I formerly kept two women continually oc
cupied in waahiug, who now do a much in two
day as ibey then did in one week. There is 110
wear or tear in washing, and it requires not more
than one-third the usual quantity of soap. 1 have
had a number of other machine in my family, bu'.
this is so decidedly superior to every thing else, and
so little liable lo get out of lepsir, that I would not
do without one if they should coat ten time the
price ihey are aold for. DANIEL II ERR.
0"UPERIO"RPort wine, Maderla and Lisliou
wines. Also superior Brandy and Gin, Lemon
Svrun Also a fc barrel of Blp Fin, for sale
,J P HENRY MASSER.
t-unbury, July 19th, 16.
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STOBUMT AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
Absolute acquiescence in the decision! of the
fty Itlasscr & F.lsolj.
War for OreRnn.
It lias been suggested in distinguished quarters
that the Territory of Oregon is worthless. It
has also been said on both sides of the Atlantic
that the Territory cannot long be governed ei
ther from Westminster or Washington; but that
it will require a separate Government of its own.
If either of these assertions be true, ft vnr, in
this age ol civilization, to determine the title to
Oregon will be 'monstrous' and 'impious' beyond
any trngrr of battle in history; The following
verses, front an ancient newspaper, will fitly il
lustrate the folly of both nations that engage in
it. Itmton Daily Adv.
Ci.r.Mpy and Ci.ou, two surly clowns,
As reeling home one night
FromSilebonse, where their eappy crowns
They'd souked in sad'ning plight,
While all the azure tinted sky
Spread out its clear expanse,
And all the glittering train on high
Seemed o'er their heads to dance
tjuoth Clump to Clod, "I tell thee what !
"I only wish that I
"As much good pasture land bad got
"As I could see bine sky."
"And I," quoth Clod to Clump, "should like
'Thy wish to beat by far,
"And have to prove a wealthier tyke,
"An ox for every star."
"Ah ! but," says Clump, "to veeil them all
"What pasture could be vound ?"
"Enough," says Clod, "vor great and small :
"I'd veed them on thy gotind."
"What! and without my leave?-' says Clump,
"Ay, that I would," says Cloddy.
Quoth Clump ,(tlien thee my bide shall thump,
"Or I will bump thy body."
So to't they went, both Clump and Clod,
As fast as fist could tag,
Till both lay sprawling on the sod,
And scarce a fist could wag.
"Now where's your oxen Clod ?" says Clump,
"And where," says Clod, "your ground?"
Hotli sighed, and, carcass raised on romp,
In vain for both looked round:
Then, shaking hands, they cursed all jars,
And all deceiving eyes
That looked for oxen in the stars,
And pasture from the bkies.
Value of Coal Ahra.
Part of a pirce of v?t, heavy land was drr-e-
! anil ii.ill, flm... t lm .i.. 1 1 . .....r. ... f..nl
" r-""ld be. pnsily seen at a, considerable uistatiee
now tar lliey luirj hren applied; and tli crop
,v()s ,llit, Hg 1Pnl.v ni, cm,!j have been rxpertod
. . , '
P""" '"""'" 'Tn i.ppl.rd. I linapit.fi they
net not directly ns a manure, bti', like charcoal,
,!"7 are instrumental in ati'orbin; ammonia and
"th.r pases, which plantsare known tofred on.
and yield it to the plants without pivinjr offany
of thpir own Fiibstnncp, which rr mains uncliaa-
rd fot )oaT8. Am'rican Agriculturist.
We have never tried coal nshca on "wet
heavy land," but we have used thont on a dry,
ft iff, clay, with the happiest ehVcta. A strnnjr
prejudice exists apaiiiHt them in many parts ol
this country, with tliote who have never used
. 1 . 1... r 1 1
j iiitrui , uin iniui inir pt:iwi!ini t'Aptririii-e, iin-
vjn ,rip( ,)l0m wil, lPached wood Btdies, on the
. . . . , , . ,
field, side by side, we are prepared tosay,
that three bushels of Coal Ashes are equal to
two of Wood.
We apprehend the ashes of coal perforin o
ther offices than that ascribed to them in the
paragraph quoted above. The property they
possess of absorbing ammonia, we presume they
detivc from the charcoal and sulphate of lime
(plaster) which form portions of their constitu
ent elements ; but independent of these, they
contain carbonate of lime, as aiso the phos
phate of lime and as these are always toiin l
in the ashes of plants submitted to analysis, it
is but a fair conclusion that cou I ashes, besides
acting as an absorbent, do undergo a chemical
cliange,and giveolT parts of their own substan
ces, as find to such plants as may grow upon
land manured with them.- lldilor American
Partner.
Churning Butt fr. Every good house wife
knows that at times, some peculiar causes, (most
generally extra sourness or bitterness of the
cieatn) much difficulty is experienced in making
the cream into butter. A Indy writer in the In
diana Farmer recommends the following course
in such cases :
I wish to inform my sister butter makers of
the means I used, which ao successfully remo
ved the difficulty, 1 churned, perhaps, three
times to no purpose, and then tried to think of
something 1 had read in the Indiana Farmer, or
soma other periodical. I could not remember
precisely, but recollected the reason stated was
the cream being too sour. 1 then thought of so
da, (pearlash 1 presume would do as well,) and
dissolved a large tea-spoouful in a pint of warm
water, and, as I poured it in, churning at the
same time, it in a moment and gradually form
ed into a beautiful lump of solid sweet butter.
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
gunbury, Norllninibcrlanil
From the American Republican.
TIUCATMK.Vr OF KM AIIj P).
Mr.ssns;. Editorsj : My a '.tent ion has been
arrested in a special manner by nn article pub
lished in your paper of the 314 nit., and 1 leel it
a duty I owe to the community to offer a few ob
servations on that article--we allude to re
mirks on small pox, by doctor Ycmnrrlnvp, a pub
lication llian which we could not imagine any
tiling1 so replete with error, and danger to man
kind. Let it not be defended under the too fre
quently delusive belief of improvement; it is in
deed, in very deed in its main pi. it the revival
of notions that destroyed millions of the human
race before the day of Sydenham, who has just
ly been paid to have been, "the saviour of mil
lions yet unborn," because lie exposed the er
ror of lorcinp out a eninll pox eruption, when in
truth, this is most sedulously to be guarded
a pa i nst
We consider the article of Dr. V. a singular
tissue of error, not only replete with danper, but
it has not the appearance of having been writ
ten by a medical observer be confounds the pre
paratory treatment, and the treatment ot the dis
ease in a very unsatisfactory manner, or rather
he seems to view them as the same thin;'.
e arc told that "all such as arc in tolerable
heath need no medical preparation. Their
ought to be pood new milk, chocolate, ten or
the like, with other bland nutricious food suf
ficient to keep in tolerable strenplh, avoiding ai
der, wine, and spirit?, as well as pepper and o
ther healing substances, and salted meats; to
cat but little meat of any kind, nnd the very
moderate use of butter. They should avoid all
extremes of heat, wetcold.and kcepthemselves
habitually a little cooler than usual nt other
times." We are also told that persons who
have been exposed to the small pox oupht to be
treated in thoFamomannerastho.se inrioctilat
ed. We hold that the main pist of the above quo
tation is highly erroneous and dangerous and
the more so because it is followed by a still
stronger expression in favor of "keeping up the
strength," and favoring the eruption by milk
jurt from the cow, &c. We have no hertitstion
in saying that the greatest error that ever was
attached to the practice of medicine was the
rrror of driving, or striving to drive out the
small pox eruption. We have innoculated, to
say tho least, hundreds for small pox, and we
... , , .. '
success which attended the practice of mnocu-
lation in former years shew tho correctnpss ot
their prsctice tint practico consisted in a ra
pid, and complete reduction of the system j
This was done by the most slender course of!
dint tlint riiiit.l la .(..uituil il....a I.i!...t .... t
,. . .. , . , ,
tew cases of exception frtim great debility of ha-
,, , , ,
bit.) Alilk wtis well watered, tea and chuco-
late withheld, and meatsof every kind, and but
ter, were absolutely forbidden mush with milk
and water, molasses, roasted potatoes without
salt, dried fruits, Arc., constituted the fare, and
so well marked was the effect of this course,
that deviations were often brought lo light, by
greater severity of disease which followed
transgressions in diet .
We deem the point tinder notice of the very
first importance, for, if there he one sound ax
iom in the science of medicine, it is, that in the
treatment of small pox, you must reduce the
circulutory system by the lowest diet and drinks,
and the free and constant application of cool
air. The vis medicatrix nature is not to be
trusted still, as regard the eruption. But to
return to our intioculation, it was deemed no
less important to relieve the first passages of
irritating impurities, by means of light purga
tives, (and in summer months even a little calo
mel,) than it was to thin the blood by withhold
ing nutriment.
"During the symptomatic complaints, fortitude
and patience are in most cases the only proper
remedies, avoiding the fire and other unneces- ' ports of all the States of the L'nion, to the whole
sary warmth, and violent exercise." W hat are j world.
we to understand by 'symptomatic complaints " I To Wash Camcom. Infuse three gills of salt
Does the doctor mean the disease ! Well, small j in four quarts of boilin water, and put the cali
pox when uevere, which it in most cases is, con- 1 t ons in, while hot, and leave it till told. Ami in
stituted of' violent fever, sometime of a highly j this way, the colors are rendered permanent, and
malignant type, end like other fevera is attend- j will not fade by subsequent washing. So says
ed with severe chills, torturing headache and
backache. We have not found our ivilient
fond of too much "violent exercise," unless we
now and then ace somo victim, frantic with do.
lirium, making bis escape from his bd. To
advise a patient who is writhing under Ibis in
domitable disease, already half dead from an
early hour ofhia attack of small pox, to be cour
ageous (i. e. have fortitude,) might well sub
ject his medical adviser lo tho name of any thing
rather than a friend, or desirablo counseller
patience! patience! good fellow, have forti
tude, this is the balm of Gtlead for the small
pox from all such advirers "good Lord deliver
us." To our apprehension, this would appear
no less absurd and unsatisfactory, to a man of
rnminon sense, suffering severly under disease,
than to tell him he was not entitled to our com
miseration, nor to the benefits of the art of med
icine it is about equal to telling the starving
calf to "live till spring and it should have grass."
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Co. Pa. Saturday, Feb. ?, IS Hi.
Until the days of Sydenham, (say, early in
the second half of the 17th century.) the whole
profession of Europe derived their knowledpe
of small pox from the Arnbinn writers, ami their
practice founded on motions views, added
millions to the mortality of Pmall pox. Cut that
truly philanthropic ami great physician, thu
greatest that ever illuminated the pith of med
icine, broke through, all the restra ints of the
path of the nge, and adopted views nnd a p'an of
trcntment directly opposite to that of all his pre
decessors, and cotumporaries. For ftimuhn's
and hot air, he employed cool drinks, cold air,
lipht clothing, lying on the bed, not in it, a mild
but highly important medical treatment ; here
common ense must run counter to the belief,
that a fever and what is smuli pox but fever I
does not require medical treatment. Of the
neccessary mediation we need not speuk in this
place our purpose is to show that small pox,
like all other severe diseases, requires the best
medical skill. It is however, an important
truth, that no other disease yields so little to
medicine, and so much to regimen.
Out even here, the publication under notice
is greatly in fault, fince it is an unquestionable
truth, that where there is one case of small pox,
that requires to be forced outward, there nre
thousands that require to be treated by ro air
and drink, thin dress, or btd-covrring the
most rigid abstinence avoiding.ill stimulants,
warm or confined air, nnd even the blandest
nourishment toall this a little physic accord
ing to good judgment ; anil, to save the face
nnd eyes cold water should be applied, by means
of a soft towel, frequently in the early stage of
the eruption.
We are told to give new milk to fill the pock;
such a course of treatment would prove destruc
tive in many eases, and increase the danger and
deformity of others. We may remark here,
however, that while the author beforp us should
be discoursing pathology, he is discoursing
physiology to tell a patien, whose stomach,
like every point of his body from the crown of
his head to the sole of his foot, is w rung w ith
misery, to drink milk, is too absurd to think
about. Nature would here in most cases thwart
the unskilful, by rejecting the "good new milk,"
as fast as swallowed ; but should it be other
wise, so much the worse ; for, the digestive
function of the stomach being suspended, or
greatly crippled, the nii!k must become a new
and dnngerons source of irri'ation. We here
take Itaveof thisnovel production, hv remarking
,, . , . 111 , r
that Sydenham having, by his own force of in-
Iflh'Cl, exploded the errors of his day, and a
j dupted an opposite course, whs enabled to leave
I to his posterity a method of treatment, upon
which no improvement has ever been made,
I""' pr 'b'bly never will be.
! ... . . 1 ,
1 e have bLt'ii told thai Dr. i . haM had much
i
1 t- pr-i n-iit: 111 in,- 1 r.-ni ineni 01 Milan pox ; we
held this to be utterly irreconcilable with the
unif.irm character of the disease titid its results.
Whoever veiitun s to direct his remedial agents
with a view lo help or force out small pox, w ill
soon have cause to mourn over the desolation
which will thence arise, while he who Jnds
them out, wiih "new milk," or in any way en
courages the eruption lo display its unseem'y
and deadly aspect, will ever render hitiis. il an
enemy indeed to his patients'. ('Joon.u"
Vanki:k Entiim-hue am) Inw'ktry. Mas
sachusetts has now 7(KI miles of railroads in o
peration, which cost s'2S .0110 000. The aver
age value of this stock is above par, and their
average dividends exceed fi per cent. She hss
also JUiO.OOO.fHHI of capital invested in manu
fnctures; her productive industry for Hie year
ending April 1, 145, amounted to n1"J:UK)0,.
000; and with her population of NHl.OOO, she
receives annually the products of sister States
to the amount of forty millions of dollars. De-
dueling the oiiiouni of domestic manufactures
exported, this sum equals one hit If of the ex-
an exchange, on the authority of a ludy who has
often tried the recipe
One of the shortest and most comprehensive
prayers of modern times, said Sir William
Wyndham, is that of a soldier before the battle
of Blenheim "Oh ! (JihI, if ihere be a (iod,
save my soul, if I have a soul " Bishop Alter
bury, w ho was present, said he could produce a
prayer as concise as that, and in similar circum
stances, but he thought in a much better spirjt.
(l was that of a pious soldier uttered immediately
before an engagement ; "Oil ! Lord ! if in
the hour of battle 1 forget thee,d5?not thou for
get me."
I'uiUK.iTUi. Among the early laws enacted
in Connecticut, the following is Mid to be the
substance of one :
"No man shall carry to meeting for a Sab
bath luncheon, a dough nut so long, that while
he is eating at one end, hi cannot keep the pigs
from eating the other."
'JJ.
anj immediate parent of despotism. Jirvrasoiv.
Vol. Co. 20WIiole IVo, 280.
From the New York Citizen.
Joint Hnll Waking np Yankee.
We found ourselves a few days since, on
hoard the floating palace, the "Burlington,"
commanded by that prince of captains, Captain
Sherman, eliding over the waters of the beauti
ful Champlain. The day was delightful, and
the passengers had sought the promenade deck
to enj iy the attractive scene. Good humor and
delight shone upon the features of all, as they
in groups, and soi, gazed upon the enchanted
scenery, chattered and promenaded. Among
the crowd shone conspicuous three pompous
specimens ot monarchy, whose stiff" cravats,
straight-buttoned surtouts, and military air, in
dicated thpir profession, and who bore upon their
frontispiece the Royal coat of Arms; telling
that they wore it by permission of Her Majesty,
Qui en Victoria. With majesty in their mein
and a lordly contempt or the dwellers of pump
kin land upon their royal brows, they paced the
deck in evident satisfaction with themselves,
with an occasional glance of condescending pi
ty upon the Yankee natives about them. At
length their eyes lit upon one of those queer
specimens of New England production frequent
ly seen, Irom every feature of whose face spoke
the Yar-kep. He was a lank six-footer, with a
careless, sauntering air, his hands thrust into
the popketso' his coat, his cap act on the bick
of his head, and wilh supreme indifference to
all about him, was lazilv pacing back and forth
before the British Officers, whistling Yankee
Doodle. He chanced to wear upon the front
piecp o his pap, stamped in leather, the Amer
ican Eagle, with some appropr ate motto. Ta
king advantage ol this, and wishing to have a
little spurt nt his expense, one of the represen
tees of Royalty accosted him with,
'Well, my friend, 1 see you wear the eagle ;
I suppose you belong tn the Army!'
'Not exactly,' replied the Yankee, touching
his cap a Ut mode de rnilitaire, ' but f have the
pleasure of informing you that I hold a Lieu
tenant's commission in the 2d Company of the
l"th Reg't of Infantry, in the State of Connce
ttetit.' Indeed,' said the officer, 'is that the regimpnt
in which Ihpy ue pumpkin-vines for trumpets,
and bean poles for muskets ?,
Ixs k here, Mr. John Bull,' faid Jonathsn, 'if
that's your game, you've w eke up the wrong
passenger. May be pumpkin vines and bean
poles would do to thrash the impudence and
starch out of you bull headed beef-eaters; but
on a pinch we can muster yet a few of the same
old muskets nnd Ling Toms with which that
pnmpkin-rntii'g Yankee, M,:Donough, once
made your turkey cock, D.iwnte, pulldown the
Briti.h flag, on this frog pond of ours, and biub
bier for quarter. You've luarn tel! of that bit
of a spree hain't ye!
This home thrust evidently disturbed the of
ficer, ami by this tune the passengers had ga
thered nhout them. J!ut rallying he said,
'That was rr.ther an tinfprttinntp affair torus.
But what do you think would bo the result of a
w ar now V
'What tin I think V replied Jonathan, 4why 1
think we'd lick you like thunder.'
'You think so 7'
iVuiild'i't up, though By the time we got
through with you, there would'! be enough left
to make a grease spot. We'd use you up, run
you out, excommunicate you, 'radicate you. I
tell you -vliaf, stranger, if you don't want to
wake up and find your cake dough, you had bet
ter kppp that lion of yours mighty quiet.'
'But you don't imagine you could take Que
bec !'
'Take inebec ! Why we'd walk into that
Miera'ler of yours, and put tip the Eagle on
your llu.'stiiff", some morning between sunrise
and hreakfa-t, ju.-t fur diversion to sharpen our
app titiesj
Weil you seem very confident of your
strength, whero is your army to do all this !'
'Army! Maybe, stranger, you hain't travel
led through these parts much. Army ! Why,
did you ever heor of l'lattr.burg, of Saratoga, of
New Orleans, ot Yorktown anr) some other such
interesting plnces to you British 1 Well, the
blood of the John Bulls that manured them pla
ces has raised a mighty tall lot of regular Long
Tmns every lo use in these parts is a barrack,
and every man, woman ami child ia an enlisted
soldier; and at the first grow) nf your lion, we'd
be down 11 poo you like a chain of thiinderliolts.
You wouldn't be nothing in our hands. We
wouldn't leave you a foot of land from New
Brunswick to Oregon. We'd sweep you so
clean from the face of the earth that the old
Satan never would be able lo find more than balf
of you.'
The crowd had greeted the sallies ofthe
Yankee with shouts of laughter, and our officer
seeing that he had mistaken his man, began to
edge off', but Jonathan followed him up, pouring
in hi 1 roadsides. At Jst the officer said:
'Well, my friend, I do not pretend tube much
Heqiuiiiled with your iniliiury resources in the
States, and you must excuse uie, 1 must go be
low,' turning at the same time on hit heel, and
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ho wilh his brother officer, Btecrcd for the)
stairs.
'Hold on,' said Jonathan, 'don't go off mad.
'You needn't have told tts of your ignorance.
The way. faring man, though a fool, may read
that ; but wait and I'll give you a few items of
information that may be of advantage to you.'
Rut John Bull hud disappeared, and our Yan
keo resumed his walk and his Yankee Doodle.
REridtNo Salt ron Ruttkr, Curiw Mkat,
&c. Would it not Im an improvement in the
domestic economy of farmers if thpy were all
to adopt some simple method of purifying tho
silt they use in curing butter, meat, &c! I
have often thought that the In 1 quality of but
ler is attributablnalmnst as much to impurities
in the still as to any other cause. Iet any one
consult a practical chemist, or a pood chemical
book, ami he will be informed that the purest
salt of commerce conta ns small quantities of
sulphate of magnesia and lime, nitrate of soda
and muriate of magnesia. Rock and bay salt
are the purest, but even thpse contain the alwva
named impurities. The more common salt,
that generally used in domestic economy, not
only contains these but other impurities in con
siderable qnanities; all nf which are well cal
culated to impair the effects of the salt for the
purposes intended. A very little trouble and
less expense will enable any farmer's wife to
render the salt she uses perfectly pure. In the
first place put a peck of salt into a large ket
tle with just clear rain water Pnnugh to dissolve
it ; boil it and skim off" every particle of scum
t hat rises to the ski face. Then dissolve on
ounce of carbonate of soda in four ounces of
water, put it in the kettle and stir it well ; then
boil again for ten minutes, taking off all thi
scum that rises ; then strain the brine through
several folds of flannel. A considerable quanti
ty of earthy matter will be found in the bottom
ofthe kettle, and that is the cause ofthe impu
rity. After this straining, a small quantity of
muriatic acid must be added to the brine to
neutralize the soda ; say halt an ounce or so ;
then the trine is tn be put back into the kettle
and boiled again till it chrytilizes, or it miy
be put into a shallow wooden vessel and tho wa
ter evaporated in the sun Roiling is the quick
est method. As soon as the salt is re-chrysta.
lircd, it should be washed by putting it in bask
et, and throwing a bucket of perfectly pure wa
ter over it and letting it drain off rapidly ; then
dry it. In this way, salt perfectly pure msy be
obtained. I am aware that many people will
say that the process is too troublesome ; but
let me suggest that every kind of process for
all kind j of objects is troublesome, and that is
only because this is new or never before prac
ticed by them, that it appears troublesome. It
is true that it is more troublesome than it is 1.1
take the common talt as ii is and use it; but.
then we propose a valuable object to be obtain
ed by the process of purification, that is not at
tainable from he uso of common salt. If it is
trnublefome, it piys well for itlfin the in
creased excellence nf the butter, &e., in which
it is ued. A high degree of purity may bp at
tained hv the above process, even iflheear
h'n.aip of so-ta and mtir;a'ic aeid bp omitted,
though not aHsolutP nitrify ; common salt will
bo rendered hv it much purer than ;he bps! rock
salt without the carbonate of soda and thpacid.
Ctr..
Sfed Wheat. We are told, in the Island
of Jerspy, England, whpre the farmers sell their
produce and live upon tht refuse, it is customa
ry for them ta tie their wheat in small sheaves,
and by striking each tw;ce or tbrice across a
barrel while laying en its side on the floor, a
superfine sample of wheat is obtained for mar
ket, atter which the sheaves are I brown by, lo
be clean threshed in the evening by lamp light.
I have just nut with the account of a dinner
in Vermont, lo whom hit neighbors resorted for
the purpose of securing seed wheat of a superi
or quality j very fine in sppeirance, remarka
b y productive, and of eaily maturity ; he rea
dily commanded three dollars per bushel, when
the price of wheat was a dollar and a quarter,
calling it the red and genuine Barret Whpt.
Rut the secret was at last discovered ; he used,
before threshing his wheat, to select the b-st
sheaves, and striking them over the side on tlur
empty barrel as it lay on the floor, three or fmr
limes before laying them down to be threshed,
he obtained by this very s uilo way a superior
wheat, which the whole country coveted af
double price. Thus the largest and ripest ker
nels were generated and collect)! without la
bor or difflcu'ty, and a pnifitarsfp business was
carried nn until his neighWa discovered how
to make "Barret Wheat" fot themselves.
Fi'RB Skktixevt "The maiden wepf, an-l
I d, 'why weepest th,0u, maiden!' She an
swered not, neither did she spesk. but sebbej
exceeding'y; and ,,,,, g id, '.Maiden, why
weepest thou !' ,s,, sm continued weeping ;
and a third ti aie ,y voice, and said,
'Maiden why wee pest thou !' and she anowcretl
and Mid whu'. to )0J ! mind jour
bneieea !' "